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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14
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notice that Tor the purpose OF receiving the
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ton, First district.
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Chesapeake City, Second district.
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Hill Fourth district.
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trict.
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Calvert, Ninth district.
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paid before. Septemberi Taxpayers will please
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PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THE SHERIFF OF
THE COUNTY, who shall proceed to seize their
property aid dispose of the same to pay the taxes
due, with the charges thereon and all costs OF
sale.
The Treasurer would therefore, respectful v
urge all taxpayers to pay promptly, and II pos
sible, in time to obtain the benefit of the discount
CHAS. K. LYNCH,
2ijly5t Treasurer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14
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evening.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14
For Rent.
Notice To Creditors.

FENHIS.is to give notice that the subscriber, of
Il Cecil county. has obtained from the Or
phans' Court of said county, letters OF admins
tration on the personal estate of
ELIZABETH BRISCOE,
late of said county deceased All persons having
claims against the said deceased are hereby warn
ed to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
duly authenticated
on or before the 14th day OF February, 1909.
they may otherwise, by law. be excluded from all
benefits OF said estate All indebted to said
are requested to make immediate payment to the
subscriber Given under my hand, this 18th day OF
August, 1908
SAMUEL A. TAYLOR,
Administrator of Elizabeth Briscoe. Decd
Test: T. B. Miller Regr. sil46t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14
RISING SUN (
Meat Market.
Full Line Strictly First Class Meats

FRESH MEATS, such as Beef, Veal and Lamb
of the best quality,
WE ALWAYS AIM TO KILL THE BEST
SALT MEATS OF the finest curing We select
our meats and think we handle the best. We
have Block Hams for slicing. Block Shoulders
ugar-cured Iiams, Shoulders Picnics, Break.
asst Bacon. Air-dried Beef, mot smoked This
beef is fine. Boiled Ham, just the thing for a
quick meal ard always palatable. Frankfurt
Sausage and Bologna. Also Prime Lard of our
own neutrality-suspicious. loose or in BIB and 5b
buckets.
Highest cash prices paid for Calves, also Hides
Your patronage solicited
j. M. HOLDEN.
Cecil Farmers Telephone
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Mcssrs. Editors: will try To
write IN the paper that I think 10
much OF and which I think every
Mississippi farmer ought 10 take.
People In this part OF the State are
badly behind with their crops. We
had one Of tho hi.gcst rains the nth
OF this month. and Leaf River got
over a heap of tho crop. | am a
poor man. but think II tho Lord
would send somc,hin. To Gu, the cot
ton crop half II would bc n blessing
In us farmers. We are too greedy
ia Gu, IL ourselves. but. brother
farmers. :ha. In our only chance 10
GO, well and 1.-Two we'll. We have
been sick with deb; and deeds of
trust: but wn can throw them OH
our homes and families ii va will
try. and ht cotton alone. We can
h ave novr money by raisin. what
wc need n, home. Our cribs and
smokrhouacx are too far from homo.
l; looks like. when the merchants
want people 10 raise n living at home
and they will moi heed. they onsh,
To keep a,iil and give tho merchants
their prices for meat and corn and
syrup and take what the merchants
are willing To pay for little cot
ton tina, we so much love. Most of
those ~ho write 10 the farm papers
are asking about raising o cot
ton. have cut my cotton one-third
this year. and think that everybody
else who Is n Union man nj heart
will. too. There are n heap OF Union
men I'LL you any something about
cutting their cotton crops: then they
kick. hut think they will kick
this fall. when they get i've or six
cents for their crop.
r. NJ. JAMES.
Bex.r. Miss,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
How 10 Handle n Wagon Bed Easily.

Messrs Editors: As my descrip-
ton OF a few weeks ago. in answer to
Mr.. A. F. Smith seems not to have
been clearly understood by some OF
your readers, I will give the method
a little more explicitly:
II the wagon Is under a shelter
fas II should bel take n piece OF
scantling or board long enough TO
extend out four inches on each side
OF the bed. Tie n end Of a rope or
line to each end OF the scantl!ng.
leaving the other end OF tho line
free: place the scantling midway I'M
der the bed. Throw the free
ends OF the ropes or lines over
a joist. raise one end of the bed up
high and prop II there. Tie the loose
ends OF the line or rope to the same
piece OF scantling. drawing Il up
close against the bed: then balance
the bed and run out the wagon
Adopt your own method OF keeping
the bed securely balanced: II will be
easy 10 g then how To get II back
on. A READER.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Messrs. Editors: I fully agree
with the Secretary OF Agriculture as
to planting cotton: 1t should be
planted on a firm seed bed and very
shallow and as early as the weather
VIII permit. first center furrow my
land with n middle splitter, then put
In such an amount of fertilizer as
think the land requires, then put
four burrows on 1t with a No. 90
True Blue pillow as deep as two
horses "a pull It. not less than three
weeks before planting. Four weeks
are better. A few days before I am
ready to plant. I pillow out the bal
ance of the row. which kills the
young grass on the sides OF the bed.
I then put n sharp tooth harrow with
weight on II on the bed Gan Ajax
cultivator Is better) and let my
planter follow. This leaves the en-
tire bed Is clean az II freshly broken.
Plant early. My cotton would
have been planted the third week In
March. II II had not been for the
rain. The most important thing Is
your seed. BE sure they are good
and not less than two years old:
and I would rather have them three
or four years old. as none of the Inn
mature seed would sprout then and
you would get healthy plants. In
1865. my father ran short of seed.
and planted 100 acres from seed six
years old. making III bales. The
seed were sown very thick. and II
was the prc,iiest young cotton I eve
NJ w..
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
Seeded Ribbon Cane.

Messrs. Editors: saw something
In your paper not long ago concern
ing seeded ribbon cane wish to
state that. In my opinion. every hill
farmer should raise n patch of II.
The syrup In nearly as good M the
genuine ribbon cane: and. I believe.
II will make as much per acre. II
Will grow on any land that sorghum
will. and II planted early. will ma
'urc by the irs, OF September. I,
requires some fertilizer on very thin
land. II grows fine on low land. Re.
sides making n sinc yield of syrup.
Tho second crop makes fnc feed for
stock. W. W. NJ. MCBRIDE.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
"Some Money in Sc. Cotton"
FAIRY flanting, Good Seed and Good Cultivation Necessary. Backed bv
Corn and Hogs.

When the crop begins to come up,
harrow the ground diagonally across
the rows with a light harrow; and
when it is up well, keep the sides
of the bed cultivated till there are
three or four leaves. This gives the
weak stalks time to die out. Then,
when you scrape, you will have a
perfect stand. When 1t is barred of
and scraped, keep the middles clean
with a c%ultivator; and never throw
dirt to the crop till it is large enough
to stand a furrow, and you will save
time and make better cotton. Cot
ton should have room. say on
good average land three by four
and one-half feet or three by six feet
on rich land. 1t should never have
earth piled up around 1t. as 1t Is
a sun plant and requires light and
air about the base. When the dirt
Is thrown towards It, 1t should all
be plowed Out deep and the turn
ing pillow creased and put away. Cot
ton should be cultivated often, but
shallow: and as long MS you a
without breaking 1t.
To make n success of cotton, you
must never plant more than one acre
to every two you have In corn and
to every four good hogs. Then. you
can get some money out OF scent
cotton. Yours for hog and hominy.
then n little cotton.
JACK.
Southern Mississippi.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
Plowhandle Talks
q

conditions that enable them to grow
well. The soil Is composed OF grains.
me hair-like roots do not grow
through these grains. but between
them. The grains must be very close
together-that is. they must be
small. the earth must be compact.
When the blowing Is done so shortly
before planting that the lumps are
not broken down by the air and rains
before the roots try To grow among
them. the spaces between the grains
VIII not be OF the right size for the
small roots 10 grow or for the deeper
earth to pass water back to the up-
per layer of the soil In dry weather.
The proposed plan Of bedding I'M this
land would have been much more
practical earlier in the season than
In May.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Mcssrs. Editors: One-eighth acre
In alfalfa taown last August. .sihl.
first cutting March 2tth. SIX inches
tall. Ono acre In mixed grassca-
italian ryc. tall meadow oat. burr
clover. red clover. orchard and
herds graaaca. a anc stand. own
last August. 2sth. Three acres
Appler oats, sown las; Sovcm-
her. 10th. good stand. Three acres
Rudy wheat. good stand. Three
acres Burt oats. so~n March 9Th.
doing nicely. Three acres In Red
clover. finc stand. Onc-half acre in
oats. wheat. and winter veteh mixed.
sown October 9th. fne stand. One
fourth acre In irish potatoes. plant
ed March 10th. Onc-aixseenth acr.
In strawberries. and one-haif aero In
rye. VIII plant four acres TO corn.
and our 10 cotton. Diversity the
little farm. ]. N. cLAMpITT.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Mcssrs. Editors: One Of your con.
tribu'ors suggests using 2xs scant-
ling-fonr of thcm-so make n plat
form TO place bed on. A better way
would be tn . four strong hemp
ropes put through joisss 10 m to
form n loop n; the lower end just
above the top OF the wagon stand
ards: and raising the end of the
wagon bed. alp a piece through two
OF the loops. and 30 with the other
end. II there In n wall at III side
"A piece of AKA spiked on tho wall
will support one end OF each piece:
3 strips through tho loops fundcr
wagon bed) will hold up n ordi-
nary two-horsc wagon bed.
]. l.. II.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

but manure and soil renovating
crops will help far more for any one
year and be much more lasting In
their effects. The commercial fer
iilixcrs will also DO made more valu-
able when used In connection with
barnyard manure or soil-renovating
crops. The man who makes two
bales OF cotton per acre or one hun
dred bushels OF corn Ia very likely
To find time TO care for live stock
aud poultry. too: and these will do
more than give n direct proHt--they
win help 10 keep tho land in good
condition.
Cheap land and cheap labor are
two curses OF the South. In one
sense. II both labor and land we're
high In price. the farmer would be
compelled to be economical with
them: and better farming would be
done. Crops would be rotated and
l~ahor-saving implements would be
common. Soil fertility would
receive decent attention, and II Is a
better business policy to store up
wealth In the soil than In what is
sold OF the land or In n bank ac-
count. The Investment would be
safer. a better guarantee against
want in old age. something on which
money could be raised by a loan or
by n sale when II could be raised on
anything.
There Is than mere direct
money profit In having land that will
make superior crops. 1t inspires a
commendable pride In the farmer.
makes him hold his head up and
makes others look up to him as be-
ing successful. II makes him a bet
ter citizen. a O helpful neighbor.
a leader In what Is good for the
State. The mental work he employs
in his farming digniies 1t and him.
A little farm we'll titled is a good
motto-especially the we'll titled
part OF 1t. A little farm and great
farming are a better combination
than a big farm and small farming.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
Editorial |

F.dItDrthI NpTNHITHt. VHUUHHtVH'1
IL In more practical To reduce the
cotton acreage by using part OF the
cotton land for other crops. h by
any other means: and that plan will
be- the most profitable To the invidnal
farmers and better for the whole cot
ton belt. Those who are not now
working to get practical experience
with other crops before the boil
weevii reaches them will feel sick
when tho weevil does arrive.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Me9srs. Editors: I have been read"
Ink your paper for several months
aud am always glad when IL comes.
] want 10 ask abou; snb-aoIlipg In
the spring. have broken my land
FIAT about three To four inches deep.
O will IL do now 10 lay IL OF with
a middle bursier and run behind that
with ii long ten-inch shovel on n
shovel stock and then list back and
run the middle hurst.r. following
again with the ten-inch shovel and
then narrowing and planting for cot
Ton.
BLUE MOUNTAIN SUBSCRIBER.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
BLUE MOUNTAIN SUBSCRIBER.
Editorial Answcr:

Editorial Answer: when land In
broken deep for the first time. the
breaking should be done In the fall
or early In spring. Fall is better.
II the sub-soil Is broken up into
Jumps shortly before the crop is
planted. the roots will not find the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Mcasrs. Editors: have been TAX.
ing your paper for three years. and
have found +, worth the price.
try In 20, all my nclghhors TO take
Tho Gazette. Anybody who will take
and read your paper and then 20 ac-
cordingly has no excuse for not
making tho farm a success. We all
depend on the old way too much.
and do no, try To improve our meth
eds of farming. lie, us take less
land. make II richer and work l, bet
Ter: make plenty OF corn. potatoes.
peas. hogs. and have n good garden.
Then. II we can make some cotton.
make Il: but make the others first.
My nearest ncishbor has not used
any OF his cotton money for several
years. Hc has corn 10 sell. hogs to
sell. COWS 10 sell. hay TO sell. and
chickens aud cggs~~lots OF them:
and everybody zoe to him to buy.
Don't you think more OF us could do
better not 10 depend on one man to
make what We want! Let's try to
help him this year.
| know one man who own only
a small plat Of land. who IL now
making two bales per acre and ver
n hundred bushels OF corn per acre
all on pine land. But he has made
II rich. II shows what can be done.
Let's try and see what can be done
along that line.
Braxton. Miss. X. }. HARPER.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Editorial Comment: Such an In
spring report ought to move others
TO make rich land out OF poor. 1t
can be done gainfuily. II Ia much
less expensive to pillow and cultivate
one acre of two-bale land than six
Of one-third-bale land: and the land
that will produce two bales per acre
In more certain to make n crop un-
der unfavorablc weather conditions
than IL tho poorer land. The great
est drawback to getting more poor
land made rich Is that most farmers
imagine the best means OF accom-
plishing II Is to pile on chemical fer
tilizers. Such fertilizers will help,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

This Piece Was Lucky In Getting n Good Farmer. and 70 Made Tw
IaIr~ and One Hundred nushcl. Of Corn an Acre.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
THE STATE Is AFTER
LUMBER CORPORATIONS

Pierre. s. D., May 23.-It will be re-
membered some time & the attorney
general of this state commenced an in
vestigation OF an alleged combination
between certain lumber companies at
Webster in his state. The attorney
general has been at work upon the
violence adduced in this investigation
and has also gathered considerable
more evidence and has accordingly
commenced proceedings against the
lumber companies for the purpose of
FORGETTING their charters and GUST them
from doing business in his state. These
actions are watched with a great deal
of interest on the part of the people
all over the state as it is generally un-
derstood that the lumber business has
been greatly manipulated by price and
trade agreements. 1t has long been
felt that something ought TO be done
along this line, but there has always
been a question as to how to get at it,.
Attorney General Clark seems to think
that he has solved the proposition and
he IL determined to sift the matter to
the very bottom TO the end hat such
combinations shall no longer deprive
the public Of the benefit of legitimate
competition, The lumber companies in
volved are the Williams Brothers Lum-
Der company. Lampert Lumber COM
pany and John w. Tuthill Lumber COM
pany, We are also informed that the
attorney general has Instituted proceed
ings in other counties in the state with
the same end in view.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER THE STATE

Huron, S. D., May %. - Weekly
weather bulletin for the week ending
Monday, May IS:
The weather was generally dry until
Wednesday, and also after Friday.
Unsettled and wet weather prevailed
Wednesday and Thursday, and in some
eastern counties on Friday. The rain
that occurred on Wednesday and
Thursday was heavy in the aggregate
over nearly all the state. There was
less than the usual amount of sun
hin Some high winds occurred over
the central and eastern counties. There
was no frost. Some hail, mostly small,
fell in several localities on Wednesday
or Thursday.
The temperature averaged above the
normal, but was slightly below normal
over parts of the Black Hills district.
The maximum temperatures reached
or exceeded so degrees in most places,
the highest recorded being 81 degrees,
at Marion, Turner county, on Tuesday.
The minimum temperatures were
slightly below 40 degrees in a numbe
of places, the lowest recorded being "a
degrees, at Kidder, Marshall county, on
Thursday.
The rainfall was more than an inch
over nearly all the state. 1t averaged
much above the normal. The greatest
excess was yer portions of the James
river valley, where the amounts in
some counties exceeded four inches.
The largest amount was SIS inches, re-
corded at Mitchell, Dawson county, on
the 18th and 14th. The excessive pre-
cipitation made much low land too wet,
and in some places railway traffic was
delayed by washouts.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
BLACKSMITH SHOOTS
RIVAL WORKMAN

Hot Springs, S. D., May 22.-Richard
Cramer died yesterday afternoon as the
result of being shot by Bob Stockton.
Stockton came from Edgemont, S. D..
on the noon train and proceeded to
tank up. Later he went to Cramer's
shop and. without any warning, entered
the shop and, while Cramer was bend
ing over a horses foot, shot him. Chas.
Cramer, son of the murdered man, who
was working there at the time, struck
Stockton with a pair of blacksmith's
pincers and felled him. knocking his
gun into a corner. Richard Cramer was
upon him as soon as he fell and beat
him in the face with his fists. Cramer
hen walked about so yards to a doc
tors office. Stockton broke away from
Charles Cramer and went in search Of
another gun, and was then arrested by
Marshal Doran.
The two men were rivals in the black
smithing business n an old feud ex-
listed between them.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
FIRE DEVASTATES
LONG PINE DISTRICT

Belle Fourche. s. D., May 22.-Word
from the Long Pine national forest,
northwest OF here tells of the most
destructive forest fire that has oc-
CURED In this state in many years.
The fire started Friday night at the
head Of Plum creek and spread quickly
with the aid of a high wind. continu-
ing until Monday. The flames swept
the reserve and when at last the gov
eminent men had e~ytinguished them
the fire had destroyed over 10, 900 acres
OF reserve. Ii burned a space extend
ing ten miles long and on an average
OF from one TO two miles wide. SO
fierce did the fire become that many
homes were threatened and all the
residents Of the forest turned out TO
fight the fire. All the timber burned
was young, as % years ago the whole
forest was destroyed by fire.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
ODD FELLOWS NAME
GRAND OFFICIALS
Lodge Installs Rosters and
Adjourns to Meet at Dead
wood Next Year.

Sioux Falls. s. D., May 23.-After
having been i'm session here since Tues
day, the 33d annual meeting of the
grand lodge of odd Fellows, of the
jurisdiction OF South Dakota. and The
Rebekah assembly of South Dakota,
today concluded their annual meeting
and adjourned to meet in Deadwood
next year.
The following officers were elected
for the coming yea by the grand en-
campment, or uniform rank of odd Eel
lows, of the jurisdiction of South Da-
kota: Grand patriarch, M. j. SWeeting,
Sioux Falls; high priest. r. B.. Jones,
Madison: grand secretary. Harvey }.
Rice, Huron; grand treasurer, George
w. Snow, Springfield; grand represent
ative, w. f.. Morgan. Hot Springs;
grand senior. warden, Zina Richey,
Yankton: grand junior warden, j. j.
Pfister, Flandreau; grand marshal, w.
II. Davenport, Columbia; grand inside
sentinel. w. t. Adams, Tyndali.
Trustees for the proposed State
Home which odd Fellows will erect
We're elected for a term of three years,
rs follows; A. e. Clough, Madison,
chairman of the board; F. S. Emerson,
Sioux Falls: j. r. Sharp, Rapid City.
Prior To final adjournment both the
Odd Fellows and the Rebekah Assem-
ply installed their officers, Ohio will
serve during the coming year.. The
new officers of the Rebekah Assembly
are: Grand president, Mrs. Mary y.
Billinghurst, Pierre; grand vice presi-
dent. Mrs. Edna Lindquist, Wilmot;
grand secretary, Mrs. Hattie b. Bor-
land, Madison; grand warden, Mrs.
May Sweeting, Sioux Falls; grand
treasurer, Mrs. Edna Damn. Center
Vile. Mrs. Maude l.. Benedict of Belle
Fourche was elected a member of the
advisory board.