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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

Joseph Loeb plead guilty to Illegal
sailing and was held under $500 bail
for the grand jury.
In special sessions Saturday morning
'Gijzia Hocher, of Boonton, plead guilty
to the illegal sale Of liquor and was
fined $3.50 and costs by Judge Mills.
Hocher's case had not been considered
by the grand jury but County Detec-
tive Edward L. Brennan had caught
him selling from wagon and he came
over and plead guilty, saving the coun
ty the expense Of trial.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

Harold Viedt has been appointed
assistant business manager and Miss
Olive Goble has been appointed a men,
ber of the editorial staff Of the g Maple
Leaf to fill the vacancies caused BY
Students leaving the High school.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27
THISTLES TIE AT SOCCER.
Morristown and fridge A. G. of Kear-
ney Each score One Point.

ney Each score One Point.
The Thistles, Morristown's repre-
sentative soccer team, held the strong
Bridge a. g. of Kearney down to one
point on Saturday afternoon on Cutler
field The game was fast and inter-
esting and pleased the many specta-
tors who stood along the side lines.
Neither side scored in the first period
but In the second period clever work
by the visitors enabled Magean to get
the ball through the goal. The Nor
ristown lads redoubled their efforts
and soon had the score tied, the efforts
of Wilkie being successful in making
the goal The work of Hemsley of the
visitors and Prophet Of the locals re-
ceived much applause. The lineup.
THIsTLEs. BRIDGE A. @.
Prophet. ...,........... .....,. .Durken
goal
Black .......... ...a........ .Healy
right fullback
L. Dick. s...............S Shields
left fullback
Q. BOag. -. ...8...........O' .O'Connor
right halfback
Halpln .....s.. ........... Massey
center halfback
left halfback
Black. ...... Magean
right wing
w like. ....... Nell
right wing
: OlOA- .....ss..g- ...,.... aeInSl6y
centre
w Au6y,s.. .........s.......... leiuS
left wing
W. DUdS ........-...,... .LennOA
left wing
Score at end of first half-Thistles
Q. Bridge 0. Final score Thistles l,
Bridge |. Referee Donaldson. Line
men-Fitzpatrick and Neary. Goals
By Magean, Wilkte. Time Of halves
11fr
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

In special sessions Wednesday morn
ing before Judge Mills Clarence Fow-
Ter, eighteen years old, indicted for
robbery at Boonton, plead guilty and
was placed in the hands of Probation
Officer Edward p Byram.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

A verdict for the plaintiff and dam
ages assessed at S400 was returned
Ly the jury in the case of Mary Dula
against the Wharton Steel company.
Stephen Dula was killed, it was al
legged, while riding in the ''skip" in one
of the companies mines at Wharton
on April 27, 1907.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27
MORRIS COUNTY COURTS.

On motion of Elmer King, of coun-
sci for the Lackawanna railroad COM
pany, Justice Black on Friday after
noon granted non-suit in the action
brought against the railroad company
by Patrick Shaughnessy for damages.
Shaughnessy was the father of Will
liam Shaughnessy, who was killed at
the Mum avenue crossing of the Lack
awanna in East Orange on June l, of
this year. The judge ruled that de-
spite the fact that the gates were
not down young Shaughnessy did not
use proper care in driving across the
tracks in butcher wagon and not
seeing the wild cat engine which ran
him down.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

Miss Cecilia M. Washer, who
brought an action against the New
York, Susquehanna and Western rail-
road for damages for injuries she re-
ceiyed from falling off a train at Stock
holm last Christmas, was given ver-
dict by the jury in the case to-day and
damages of $3.50 we're assessed against
the railroad company.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

Johnson Brown, late of Hanover
township, bequeathed all his property
with the exception of the homestead
at Parsippany to his wife, Agnes
Brown. The homestead is bequeathed
to his son, Henry M. Brown
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27

Edmund @. Pruden, late of Morris
township, leaves all his property to his
wife, Fannie G. Pruden.. His daugh-
ter, Miss Nora Pruden, is named as
executrix.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

Cured will be the cost of the seed
Tor the first year. The bur clover,
III balk is left yearly to mature
seed. Will reseed the land. Very lit
tie fertilizer will have to be bought.
and what is bought will cost but little
per ton. What winter washing might
have taken place In the field will be
prevented, and most of the plant
food that might be carried of by
winter rains will be caught by the
bur clover and turned into good
plant food. The expense OF seeding
need not be heavy IL a trial In made
In a small way Two or three strips
across the field. with half n dozen
rows to each strip. may be seeded
to bur clover for n test. The yield
made on these strips and the other
strips beside these. that are growing
no bur clover will by the second or
third year--possibly the f,rst year
difTer 40 much that the virtue of bur
clover for this use will be- plainly APP
parent.
Bur Clover Also Makes Good Pas.
turn.
During the cooler periods of the
year there will also be- good bur
clover pasture. This may make II
necessary to fence on the stock be-
longing To others. but II will also en-
able one to have lots OF good late
fall and early spring pasture for
ones own stock.
II one wants n first-ciass pasture
In the South. I, IL Just as necessary
TO usc bur clover To make grazing
during the cooler periods OF the
year and TO enrich the land ms IL Ia
To use bermuda grass m a founda-
ton for pasture. There will hc many
cases when hill land or pine land
will not produce heavy yield of bur
clover tn. firxi year. and thia IN be-
licyed TO be due TO the fact that the
land IL not suitably inocuia,cd ut
nrat. In such cases bur clover viii
become more luxurious for several
years. The same thing will DO true
when bur clover IL sown In cotton
and corn fields.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

The hog Is found highly developed
among IA high class OF people. He is
impossible among low people. In
good environment the hog and his
twin. the steer. are the chief alchem-
lists OF fortune. He makes iron
nerves. cool brains. and brave hearts.
+. ID. Coburn In address to Knife
and Fork Club.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

A writer la recent Issue OF
The southern Farm Gazette suggest
cd that the authorities should
have neat sign erected By
the roadside showing tho name of
the ovcrseer OF every section OF tho
public road. This Ia capital idea.
and IL ought TO bc Incorporated into
tho road Law. The reasons that 80
many OF our public roads are only
impossible CUTTERS and gullics and
mud holes. In because neither the
ovcrsccr nor tho hands care a rap
for the condition of the roads. their
chief object being tn get through and
so home. This appealing To the
ovcrsccr's pride would have "A strong
effect on him.
The Reporter would go n step far
Their and have the names Of the
hands assigned To tn. road placed
with that OF the oycrneer. fixing a
board something like this:
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

Pride IN n powerful monitor In
the human breast. II this method
were adopted only short while
would elapse before you would no
ticc a startling change In the condi-
ton of the public roads. Both the
oyersecr and the hands would take
pains with their work: they would
be ashamed not to.-Danbury Re-
porter.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

cheaply be made TO produce a bale
of cotton per acre and very much
larger yield of corn than Is now be-
fertilizer bills and would make
cheaper and larger crop. Are you
willing to do this? DO you want to
get more net profit from corn and
cotton? This fall is the time TO make
a start Bur clover Is the means.
October j. the Best Month for Sow.
ing.
IL can be narrowed into the land:
or II narrowing is impossible. the
seed may be scattered over the land
I. for the rains 10 wash them into the
soil II Is much better TO work them
into the soil. however. They will
sprout better and make n better root
development before cold weather.
and In spring will make a much bet
ter growth of green manure before
breaking time.
From fifteen Ia twenty pounds of
clean seed or two bushels of burs
may be sown per acre I'm October.
September or November will do fair
iy we'll for sowing.
How tn Rc.ccd Your Land.
a balk OF six inches may be left
next spring when bedding II done. so
that the clover growing on the balk
may mature It's seed aud keep tn.
clover growing from year 10 year.
After the seed have matured the baik
may be cultivated out. Such n baik
may be left between each two rows
or only alternate middics may be left
tn mature seed. as preferred.
Enough seed will be made In any
case. 20 cause a good stand tho next
fall.
The first year there will be some
Improvement In the cotton or corn
crop that the field produces. but IN
the years go by and more and more
bur clover In turned under from
spring To spring and more and more
atmospheric nitrogen In stored In the
soil by the clover. the yield viii In
crease amazingly.
Growing uctsrr Cotton After Clover.
Three and one-hnif feet are ciose
enough TO make cotton rows In any
case. II land In not rich enough to
have the rows that far apart and the
plants Mt least eighteen inches apart
In ih. rows. IL In not rich enough TO
grow cotton profiiably. Cotton In
usually planted too eiosa. No close
that IT takes more hoeing To get over
the field and more acres To make
bale of cotton. This fact II men-
toned at this time because many
will think thai they must 10 on
erowding their cotton stalks together
in order TO make "A crop. Those who
start out ,o use bur clover Ia build
up their land might as we'll prepare
for wider spacing. because as the
land gets more fiiled with vegetable
matter by the clover being turned
under wider spacing will be- needed.
BY and by the land can be built up
I'LL checking cotton. either by plant
Ing the seed in checks or by drilling
II and later blowing IL out I'LL II can
be easily chopped 10 a stand. VIII
become practical. Labor viii be
saved and larger crop will be- got.
The land will wash less. will not be
80 bad 90 work In wet weather and
Will carry crop through dronth
better. In short. the land VIII be In
better condition TO work al ALL
Times and year in aud year out VIII
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

the fact that most farmers there
used fertilizers on their corn and
that the corn was planted two stalks
to the hill; the corn crop was late :
In 1907 in Ohio and the yield 60 to
10 bushels per acre. Both in the
row and in the hill 1t was planted
closer than in my section.
Dressed fresh meat (hogs) in Co
lumbus was five cents per pound, hog
round; ten cents in my home town
at the same time. Capt V. T. Hills,
president OF the bank of Delaware,
Ohio. a wide-awake, progressive
business man, capitalist, farmer and
live stock raiser, travelled and famil-
lar with conditions South, as we'll as
West, told me that a tenant had a
much better show TO make money
and get ahead In the South. than in
Ohio.
An Education Just To See the Stock
Farms and Diaries.
had the pleasure OF meeting and
being entertained by Prof. Homer
G. Price. Dean of the faculty of the
Ohio State University. and saw the
prize winning hogs and cattle. OF
this University. in condition. fresh
from the great International Live
Stock Show at Chicago. A days
visit to one Of the big horse import
Ing and breeding farms near Column
bus. 5000 acres OF land. 100 Ger
man Coach and Percheron stations
with mares and foals. and yearlings.
a modern Dairy. containing $50 Jer-
sey cows. over 100 buildings. includ-
Ing barns and houses for all en-
ployccs. with all modern appurte-
nances. was an education In itself.
mo Place Like Home"
When ] returned to my home the
/ day before Christmas. the roads were
hub deep In mud and frequently dur
Ing tho winter almost impossible for
an empty wagon. l never go over
our roads now without contrasting
them with the splendid ones / saw
and travelled over In Ohio. was try
ms TO interest one OF our largest
land owners I'm n bond issue BY the
county. He was n successful farmer
and lived on his farm. His answer
To all my arguments was We'll, our
roads are good enough In summer"
tenant on my farm had eight
acres sowed In Virginia Grey Winter
Oats: the yield was fairly good. I
said To him: You would have made
Mt least Ave bushels more per acre
III you had seen TO IL when seeding
tho oats tina, your drill put the oats
down regularly. instead OF leaving
spaces OF foot wide ut intervals
clean across the field" He said he
knew that his drill was not working
right and not seeding regularly at
tho time he put In the oats. But"
ne remarked to me. I'VE are getting
enough oats on this piece OF ground
anyway"
The average farmer will listen to
and take the advice OF folks from a
distance rather than their next door
neighbor.
The building OF good roads should
be part OF the teaching In our
agricultural and mechanical colleges.
The Southern Farm Gazette should
be read by every one In It's territory
who makes his living out OF the
soil or who Is interested In agri-
culture. w. b. MEARES.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

Impressions of visit South. Posi-
bly, some of your readers may feel
interested in the ten days trip of a
Southern farmer to Ohio last De-
cember.
Everybody Doing Something ON the
Farm Even In Winter.
The weather was very cold, raw
and penetrating there, with fiurries
of snow and sometimes frozen rain
and sleet, hard upon the ground.
However. what impressed Tar
Heel most forcibly was the fact
that on Nil the farms in the neigh
borhood of Columbus. Delaware.
Newark. Strasburg. Dayton and
wherever l went. people were all nj
work. doing something on the farm;
husking corn from the shocks. haul
ing out manure. ditching. and so on
with the various kinds OF farm work.
in my section. on the contrary.
two weeks before Christmas IL was
tho exception when any man was
doing a lick OF outdoor work: even
though the weather was more open
and much milder: most of them
were strcnuously chasing rabbits. sit
ting about stores. or Mt home around
the Are. This was true OF blacks
and whites alike. except with some
landowners in person and an occa-
aional man who was absolutely In
need OF "A little money for nccessi-
ties.
Maradam Roads and Country Car
Lines.
From some OF these towns and
cities I drove Mt times over the we'll
graded hard. macadam roads or rode
on tho suburban electric lines tina,
conveniently and quickly carried one
almost to any and every farmers
door. while In my home county
tn. roads at many tlmes of the
year arc impossible for loaded We.
hiclc#. poorly graded. ridicuiousiy
worked. and tho people of the coun-
~. with few exceptions. as much
Interested ESPECIALLY the taxpay-
crs) as bull frog in the canals OF
Mars.
Coed stock and Wcil-kcpi Farms.
Everywhere l wen, In Ohio the
farms were fenced. things about the
houses and barn lots. from the
smallest to the best. were snug.
shlp-shapc and we'll kept: cattle In
the fields. sheep. hogs. horses. mares
and colts. all in good condition and
OF recognized good breeding. In my
section. possibly an occasional good
pasture. few scrub cattle In small.
bare lots. few fields fenced. and an
individual good COW or two. no sheep.
now and then n mare and colt, with
field after field OF standing corn
stalks. with fodder and tops some
times cut on and pulled and with
no stock OF any kind TO feed on them
or tramp them down.
Tho People We're Wide Awake.
People ON the farms. on the cars.
In the towns and villages In Ohio
whom met and conversed with.
were alert. polite. asking pertinent
questions about my home State. her
lands. crops. resources. climatic con-
ditions. etc. all good listeners and
Interested In what the writer told
them Of our great natural resources.
Not one man whom l met said that
he would live In any country where
tho roads were In such wretched
condition as they were In tho great
er part of the Southern hill country.
no matter how good other condi-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26
A Ten Days Winter Trip to Ohio.

Mr. Mcaes
December-An
Impressive ,'"thods Conditions
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26
Sow Some Burr Clover This Fall.

Will Improve the Soil Reduce
Fields and On Pasture
Land
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-09-26

Messrs. Editors: Not long ago |
read In your paper an Ohio mans
Impressions of visit South. Posi-
bly, some of your readers may feel
Interested I'm the ten days trip of
Southern farmer to Ohio last De-
cember.
Everybody Doing Something ON the
Earu, G...oa, In,
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-16
NO HARMONY AT HERRIN'S PRICE

TE Chronicle makes ptiful and cowardy plea
the party The OF harmony that the Chronicle
desires abject submission of republican party to
the Southern Pacific political bureau Such
harmony for which the Chronicle abo day by day
tomary sneaking way
The Chronicle may assured that there will be harmony
politics. they will be later That the first
irreducible condition OF harmony.
The John Lynch transferred from one vest
pocket OF Mr. Herin the other engaged stealing
the republican committee using the bbes patronage
accomplish that end resong threats and promises and pros
tutng Offices for private advantage with the apparent full
consent OF Governor Ge In the of such andaou
conditions all Chronicle believe
a the prospects Tor harmony bright: The first condition
harmony common honesty in politics The Chronicle asks
the membership of the party NAV
fasten his grip the state government
OF the Chronicle up and conceal
Mr. Herrns activities, and does hesitate engage
Misrepresentation OF the facts help the machine
TINS policy The other day the Chronicle printed the
following statement and the only statement in columns relative
to the fight waged Contra Costa county compel the
to hold primaries
on Angus eom m Costa sfg IN S an m Open pc PsFy under & the M state
optional regular republican organization
vote a9i to 1856 Or majority Of los 'S state law
This fiat reversal OF The regular organza-
ton did favor primaries county fought
the proposition with the bitterness
attracted all facts thus stated
by the Point Richmond Leader:
n the % @ % & @ at B Ply in Of this @ county o was T fsried & este5da
desperate one from that the voters Of the County Presented pe pef
@ % compelling them to call an election the issue, until the polls
one agents Southern Pacific fight
tooth and toen the des-
betting drowning grabbing at straw
1t IS desperate that driven silly misrepresena
ton OF facts easily exposed example quite in line
win the persistent policy OF the Chronicle in relation the work
OF the LnconRoosevet league The league complain
Of this policy does hurt anything but the Chronicle
indicate the motives and the desires
ptitul for harmony There will be
until Mr. Herrin eliminated and end
use OF state patronage for bribery and intimidation.
In San Francisco today Mr. Herrn
the republican county order
the machinery and Governor Gett appears given
nj the
government accomplish his purpose Governor Glet
brs his creator but his surrender of public for
purpose promote than the
shabby and neakng misrepresentation of the Chronicle
Governor Glett Mr.. Hen Chronicle know on what
condition they have harmony the party This fight is only
beginning and will be ended by anything uncondi
tona surrender Mr. Herrins he knows
It. If he thinks he himself by dragging Glett in the
and calling help will find his mistake
There will be no harmony a Herrins price.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-16
THE GAS coMpANYs MODERATION

THE action OF Judge Van Fleet in permitting gas company
to FIX its price for light pending litigation say the
least unexpected 1t is wholly of line Far
ringons in the suit indeed with the
general OF the pending
suit tor an injunction and the determination OF rights This
where irreparabe technical
side the other Either the present Just or thew
are not In the former the rate suffer epaabe injury
fact the although theory protected b
bond In practice rate would think of suing wealthy
corporation ovearge that be likely to
SO in the of 1t is the established practice
OF corporations fight all claims of this On the other
hand the rates unjust the corporation injury from
continuance OF the status Now if the existing
thing and showing OF injury might or
might not according to the circumstances be justification
for immediate change but where the condition complained
has been by the petitioner
onged period there be little permitting
the corporation before hearing of its petition the
action OF the municipal governing body taken
authority of the constitution The has power review
ard aside the action Of the municipal body but no power
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-16
HAYES AMONG THE MARSHES

TINE CALL modesty congratulate Congressman
Hayes his intrepid invasion of the Avso marshes He
will have learned that the spreading
by proxy always profitable and ceditabe If
he has learned TO the evidence of his
prompting of his interests hope that he will
prety OF making suitable apology The Call
columns telling what He himself
right in three lines But probably he big enough
do that He would rather be wrong than congressman.
Therefore, may confidently expect four columns
Hayes the San Jose Mercury gorifying the imported perfumes
of Aviso and further usng the well spiked nadvertence
the Dumbarton land company This astonishing inadverence
that had be nailed down has bottled whole full
sewage and left tester Under the of Avo until the thing
smeled to heaven and the grand jury.
Doubtless through the efforts of The Call and despite the
resistance OF Hayes this disgracefu will be
the spikes will be extracted from the Dumbaon nad
vertence but of this would have accomplished
Hayes have prevented and therefore,
the people of Santa Clara the spectacle presented by
their representative and presume them if
pure himself
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-16
The Smart Set

n engagement of interest to So
ciety here is that of Miss Maude
4 Payne, daughter of Mrs. ]. Eu-
gene Freeman and Russell
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-16
Especial by leased wire, the longest In the wor


b in the ewondl
WASHINGTON, July 4Delegates independence
league
the William Randolph
Temple Graves of Virginia president
For blue longer the lustrious Hisgen of Mas
achusetts has been the atted calf of the independence
that the prodgal is his way Hsgen
ripe for the slaughter properly podiga always
the ideal candidate of doodle him they live move
and have their being. 1t is not party but payroll
1t quite in accord with the fitness of things and the ruling
OF precedent than of Mr. Hearst writers should
drafted for second place The doodle decide ticket usually peced
out with of Mr. Hearsts humble servants is policy
that aecords heartily with the payroll idea
have harmony his party. Mr. Hern might his
learn harmony six short lessons.
We trust there will be mutny among
writer's and employees of Mr. Hearss because of the prefer
shown for Mr. John Temple Graves seems unfortunate
that the national ticket 50 short that there for Mr. Arthur
Brisbane Mr. Andy Lawrence Mr. Clarence Shean to enu-
modest and shrinking few Yet let
from the grand overlook take grace There will
plenty more elections with candidates and pose
advancing down the line from managing editor to the man on
night police. God bless the prodigal SOM 80