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Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
FIGHT COTTON PEST
FARMERS ARE URGED TO BURN
COTTON STALKS.
State Crop Pest Commission issues
Bulletin lnstructing Planters
How to Clean Fields.

Baton Rousc.-MOre attention Is
being paid this year by the state
authorities to get the farmers to cut
down and burn their cotton stalks
this fall before the middle of Octo-
Der, and the following bulletin IS be-
ing sent out by the state crop pest
commission to the farmers. along
with a description of a F-shaped
wooden cutter, which the commission
recommends Cor use in getting rid OF
the weevil by burning the stalks:
The cutter should be so adjusted
that it will cut off the cotton stalks
at the surface of the earth, Or just
below. The depth to which the
blades enter the earth is regulated
by raising or lowering the chain by
which the single.tree is attached TO
the front of the machine. If the
single-tree is attached to the topmost
hole in me clevis attachment the
blades will run deep, and vice versa.
The rudders should be set down far
enough TO prevent the machine skid
ding or jumping sideways. 1t is of
the utmost Importance that the
blades be kept very sharp. TO this
end the operator should carry a good
file and file the edges three or four
times a day-oftener, if need be.
Where there is no fence surround
| Inc the cotton field it is best to hitch
the two horses or mules tandem, n
ahead of the other, as this permits
| both of them to walk in the middle
and pull steadily. With the horses
tandem, however, it is difficult to cut
! all the stalks at the end of the rows
if a fence is near, and in such fields
it is sometimes necessary to hitch
! the horses side by side. If for any
reason the machine does not sever
every cotton plant completely, it Is
well to have a good hand follow the
machine with a sharp cane knife and
cut off every missed Or partly sew.
cred plant at the surface of the
ground. 1t is extremely important
that not a vestige of green cotton be
left uncut in the field or at its edges.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
LOUISIANA AT A GLANCE.

Walter J. Suthon will erect a sugar
refinery near Houma, conducting the
enterprise on the cooperative plan.
Two deaths from pellagra occurred
at Seminary within a week.
The Dabayal Oil company has a
derrick ready to put down its fourth
we'll at Estherwood.
The Good Shepherd Auxiliary Will
raise a $4,000 fund to repair the
storm damage.
The Vermilion parish grand jury
favors curtailing the power OF the
state board OF pardons.
Daniel Hickey Walsh, Ga years old,
pioneer sugar planter and inventor,
shot and killed himself at Plaque
mine.
Night riders visited McLendon
Rhoderiguez in his home at Eliza
beth and shot him to death.
The Louisiana Travellers associa'
ton held its second annual conven-
ton at Alexandria.
In addition to getting a boat that
opens up a new route-the route to
Morgan City through the Plaquemine
locks-One that Baton Rouge has
! never been able to get into before,
the Concordia, the steamer used in
this traffic, will make the capital city
it's headquarters.
Headed by Joe Gottlieb, W. F.
Barnes, Toney Doherty and several
other prominent business men OF the
| city, an effort Is being made to raise
$1,000 a year revenue for the Protes'
tants' Orphans home at Baton Rouge.
| Already about half this amount has
| been subscribed, the business men OF
the capital city agreeing to give 50
in advance every quarter.
The assessment roll of Jefferson
J parish, received by the state auditor,
| shows a total assessment Of $5,8G7,SSO
! for 1909, against s3,SS3,S333 for 1908.
The increase in truck farming in
| Louisiana, and the increased acreage
| planted in cabbage, has caused con
| siderable attention to Oe paid to the
damage done the cabbage crops OF
the state by the cabbage worm, which
eats large, ragged holes in the caves
The state crop pest commission has
issued a bulletin on this wcrm, Civ
ing remedies.
Residents of Pecan island sub.
scribed funds to cut a canal from
White Lake to the island for trans
T, p~ortation purposes, giving a direct
route to Abbeville.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Aid Asked For Key West.

Washington.-Appeal was made to
President Taft by the mayor of Key
West for aid for the hurricane sufferers
in that city and vicinity. The telegram
was received at the White House and
forwarded by Secretary Carpenter to
the var department. A copy also was
sent Immediately to the American Ma
tional Red Cross Society in this city.
The acting secretary Of war, Mr.. Oil
yer, has wired the army department com
mander at Atlanta to investigate the
conditions ut Key West and report at
tbs sarliest possible moment.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
His Proper Field.

A colored man was brought before a
police Judge charged with stealing
chickens. He pleaded guilty and re-
ceived sentence, when the judge asked
how it was he managed to lift those
chickens right under the window Of
the owners house when there vas a
dog loose in the yard. Hit wouldn't
be no use, judge" said the man, ito
try to 'splain this thing to yo' all. Ell
you was to try it you like as not
would get yer hide full of shot an
get no chickens, nuther. IF yo' want
to engage in any %rascality, judge. yO'
better stick to de bench. whar yo' am
familiar."-Ladies' Home Journal.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
BID Cane Acreage Planned.

Baton Rouge.-lf the present plans
of the state do not miscarry, the
board of control will next year plant
4,5OO acres in cane. The state will
then be one of the biggest cane
planters in Louisiana. 1t will have
three cane plantations. Fifteen hun
dred acre tracts will be planted in
cane each at Hope, Angola and Oak
lev, This year the state has 1900
acres in cane at Hope, 700 acres at
Oakley and 900 acres at Angola. The
300 acres planted in cane al Angola
will be used entirely as seed cane
this year and will plant nearly l,5OO
acres.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Rev. Henry May Be Made Bishop.

Baton Rouge.-A great deal Of in
terest has been taken here in the
announcement that Rev. J. NJ. Henry,
pastor of the First Methodist church
OF Baton Rouge, may be named as
one of the bishops of the Methodist
church at the general conference of
the Methodist church, South, which
is to be held at Ashville, N. c., next
year. Mr.. Henry is one of the lead
ing ministers Of the Methodist
church in Louisiana. He has been
presiding elder Of the Crowley dis.
trict, holding this position before he
came to Baton Rouge as pastor of
the First Methodist church of his
city.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
SIX KILLED IN ONE HOUSE.
Death Toll Heavy in Vicinity of Shiloh
Battlefield.

Sclmcr, Tcnn.-The most terrible cy-
clone ever known in this section swept
the eastern part Of the county Thurs
day night about $3.50 O'Clock. The path
was southeast.
The home of Henry wilkins at Cyclone
was destroyed, but no one hurt.
Perry Banks home was the scene of
destruction. He, wife and two children
and Charley Moore and wife, visiting
them, were killed and two other children
are seriously hurt.
Lee pettigrew's home "a totally de.
stroyed. but NJ II was hurt.
The plantation of f. NJ. Hagy was
next visited, and every house on it was
totally destroyed and his mothcrin-law
was killed. Two of Frank Jordan's
children here were also killed.
The storm swept everything in its
path for fifteen miles, there being some
narrow escapes experienced. 1t is
thought several will die from injuries re.
ceived.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Diversity Of Crops.

Baton Rouge.-Hay and corn have
been the exclusive crops to take the
place of cotton, which has been made
Improbable on many farms by the
boil weevil. Peanuts have been
grown in large quantities in some
sections OF the state, especially In
north Louisiana. Last year the state
department of agriculture paid a
great deal OF attention 10 the cult.
walton of peanuts and got out a spe-
cial bulletin containing a great
amount of data which had been COL
lected by agents Of the department
on this subject. The result this year
is that there has been a decided in
crease in the peanut acreage.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23

months use Of them."-Mrs. S. A.
WILLIAMS, r. F. D. No. IA, Box 80,
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to a surgi.
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive.
ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and remover Of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
monyt to the wonderful virtue Of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. II you
are ill, for your own sake as we'll as
those you love, give it a trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
herfOr advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Deaths Near Huntsville.

Huntsville, Ala.-Nine fatalities are
reported in this section az a result OF
Thursday nights wind and hail storm.
Mrs. R. H. Shelton was killed at keith's
Farm in Jackson county, and eight per-
sons are reported dead at Wheth's Cove,
in Marshall county. Scores are report
ed homeless, their houses having been
wrecked by the wind.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Property Loss in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga.--Umoofed houses, broken
windows and ruined trees and shrubbery
is the extent of the damage left in the
wake of the terrific wind and hail storm
which swept over Atlanta and surround
ing country Thursday night. So far as
known no lives were lost. The property
loss is yariously estimated at from $780,
900 to $1,000
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Capitalists Visit Crowley.

Rayne.-The Schell party Of CAPT
talists from Pennsylvania upon ar
rival here were entertained at the
Rayne rice mill, where they were
shown over the plant and initiated
into the mysteries of rice milling in
a modern plant. The big plant was
in full operation, and excited the ad.
miratiOn of the visitors to about the
extent that one of the Pennsylvania
steel plants would a native of Aca-
dia. A large number of ladies were
with the party.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
$4,000 Loss at Gadsden.

Gadsden, Ala.--The loss here as a re-
suit of Thursday nights hail and wind
storm is estimated at 5000. Cotton
and vegetation of all kinds i'll the sur
rounding country is practically a total
loss. Hail as large as hen eggs fell,
and within fifteen minutes the recorded
rainfall was 1888 inches.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Witherina Chances.

"I generally read the paper ON my
way to and from the Office" said the
Importantly busy man.
II used to myself" said the old-tim-
er. before / got hardened to the
looks of the girl neutrality-suspicious.
sas City Times.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
SWEPT A CLEAN PATH.
Life Taken ard Fields Left Bare Near
Sc0ttsbOr0.

Scottsboro, Ala.-The most disastrous
storm in the history of this county WIS.,
tied this section about ) o'clock Thurs.
day in the Dry Cove neighborhood, eight
miles south of here.
More than forty families are destitute
and homeless and the scene is beyond
description.
The cyclone vas about a quarter of a
mile to th~ree-quarters of Il mile wide,
and swept houses and timber clean be-
hind it. Cotton and corn fields were
stripped and the cotton was cleaned from
the bolls as if by suction, and hundreds
of bales destroyed in the fields in this
vicinity.
Only one life was lost, that of Mrs.
r. H. SHELTON, wife of a prosperous
farmer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Factory and Church Gone.

Whitesville, Tenn.-A severe tornado
struck this place Thursday night about
o'clock, doing considerable damage to
outbuildings and property generally. The
Overall factory here was partially blown
from its foundation, and the Cumberland
PRESBYTERIAN Church was shattered and
blown to the ground. The wind came
from a northwest direction and some dis
lance south of town it seemed to divide
and an angry and terrific current went
up Hatchie river, taking a southeastern
course.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Killed on Wedding Day.

White Castle.-On the morning Of
his wedding day Ed Leboeuf, Jr.. ac.
cidentally shot and killed himself
with a double barreled shotgun. He
was a popular young man, assistant
overseer to his father, Ed Leboeuf,
ST., on Supplies Kinsdale plantation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23

WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkhafn's
Vegetable Compound
Gardiner, Maine.-"I have been q
great sufferer from organic troubles

n 1enlai6
weakness. h G
doctor saidIwould
have to go to tho
hospital for an
operation, but l
could not bear to
think of it. l de.
cided to try Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
andSanatiye Wash
and was entirely
cnrp6 after three
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
New Geyser in Yellowstone Park.


For a few days past there have been
indications of an eruption of some
kind near the Fountain hotel In Vel
lowstone park, says a dispatch from
Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. Now a
new and magnificent geyser has
broken out in full force about 100
feet north of the regular Fountain
geyser near Fountain hotel. This
new geyser, which does not appear
to affect any of the others in that
vicinity, played to a height Of $50
to 200 feet, throwing off immense
quantities of hot water, mud and
steam. The e geyser does not play
regularly as does Old Faithful, but at
short intervals, the eruptions occur
ring five or six hours apart, and last
ing about one hour.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
A Pleased Audience.

what makes you spend SO much
money on that lawsuit"
IT'S a matter of taste. Some PEG.
pie like to attend lectures. l prefer
to pay more and hear a lawyer dis.
course on affairs in which I am per-
sonally interested"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Mother Accidentally Poisons Child.

Minden.-O.ive, ~4.year.old daughter
of H. l.. Bridges and wife, prominent
people of this town, met a horrible
death by the mother through mistake
administering the little one carbolic
acid instead Of medicine, as she
thought she was doing. The little
girl had been sick for the past ten
DAYS. but was much improved and
was sitting up in bed when the fatal
poison was given. The mother was
Frustrated when she realized what
she had done.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Two Houses Blown Down.

Chattanooga, Tenn. - Reports from
Collbran, Ala, sixty miles south of Chat
tanooga, are that two storms met there
Thursday night and ten houses were
blown down. Two men were seriously
injured. A large warehouse shifted from
its foundation, wires blown down and
other damage done. No loss of life Is
reported.
Fort Payne, Ala, also reports damage.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
DENIES ALL CLAIM
oCAEY OUTSPOKEN IN REGARD
TO COOKS JOURNEY
Naval Officer Insists That the Dccto"
Did Not and Could Not Reach
the North Pole, as He
Says He Did.

entered according to Act OF Congress.
N the year 1909, by the Peary Arctic club.
In the office Of the Librarian Of Congress,
at Washington, D. c.
New York. Oct. 12.-The following
statement of Commander Robert E..
Peary, which he submitted to the
Peary Arctic club in support of his
contention that DR.. Cook did not
reach the north pole. is now made
public for the first time. The state
ment has been copyrighted by the
Peary Arctic club.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Signed Statement Of Peary, Bartlett,
Mcmillan, Borup and Henson, in Re-
gard to Testimony Of Cooks Two
Eskimo Boys.

01SHSu SkdtcHl6Ht o. FcdFy, odFl!CItt
Mcmillan, Borup and Henson, in Re-
gard to Testimony Of Cooks Two
Eskimo Boys.
The two Eskimo boys, I-t%ook-a-shoo
and Ah-pe-lah, who accompanied DR..
Cook while he was away from Anora-
tok in 1908 and 1909, were questioned
separately and Independently, and
we're corroborated by Panikpah, the
father OF one of them (I.took-a-shoo),
who was personally familiar with the
first third and the last third of their
journey, and who said that the route
for the remaining third. as shown by
them. was as described to him by his
o after his return with DR.. Cook.
The narrative of these Eskimos is
as follows:
They, with DR.. Cook, Francke and
nine other Eskimos, left Anoratok,
crossed Smiths Sound to Cape Sabine,
slept in Commander Peary's old house
In Payer Harbor, then went through
Rice strait to Buchanan bay. After q
few marches Francke and three Eski-
mos returned to Anoratok.
DR.. Cook, with the others, then pro-
ceeded up Flagler bay, a branch Of
Buchanan bay, and crossed Files.
mere Land through the valley pass at
the head Of Flagler bay, indicated by
Commander Peary in 1898, and utilized
by Sverdrup in 1899, to the head of
Sverdrup's Bay Ford" on the west
side of Ellesmere Land.
Their route then lay out through
this ford, thence north through Sver-
drup's "Heuerka Sound" and hansen
strait.
On their way they killed musk oxen
and bear, and made caches, arriving
eventually at a point on the west side
of Nansen strait (shore Of Axel Hell.
berg Land Of S%verdrup), south of
Cape Thomas Hubbard.
A cache was formed here and the
four Eskimos did not 60 beyond this
point. Two others, Koolootingwah and
Inughito, went on one more march
| with DR.. Cook and the two boys,
| helped to build the snow igloo then
returned without sleeping.
After being informed of the bo;s'
narrative thus far, Commander Peary
suggested a series of questions to be
| put to the boys In regard to this trip
| from the land out and back to it.
These questions and answers were
as follows:
Did they cross many open lands or
much open water during this time?
Ans. None.
Did they make any caches out on
the ice? Ans. No.
Did they kill any bear or seal while
out on the ice north of Cape Thomas
Hubbard? Ans. No.
Did they kill or lose any of their
dogs while out on the ice? Ans. No.
With how many sledges did they
start? Ans. Two.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
MANY HAMLETS DESTROYED.
Dead and Injured People, Heavy Prop
erty Loss.

Russellyille, Neutrality-suspicious. peo-
pie injured, three fatally, and damage to
property of thousands of dollars was the
result of Thursday nights storm around
Russcssville.
The whirl of wind was of great We
locity, taking a straight course, and left
only ruins in its path.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
INTRODUCTION BY PEARY.

Some Of my reasons for saying that
DR.. Cook did not go to the north pole
will be understood by those who read
the following statements Of the two
Eskimo boys who went with him. and
who told me and others of my party
where he did go. Several Eskimos
who started with DR.. Cook from An
oratok in February, 1908. We're at
Etah when | arrived there in August,
1908. They told me that DR.. Cook had
with him, after they left, two Eskimo
boys, or young men, two sledges and
some twenty dogs. The boys were
Itook-a-shoo and Ah-pelah. hal
known them from their childhood
One was about eighteen and the other
about nineteen years of age.
On my return from Cape Sheridan
and at the very first settlement |
touched (Nerke, near Cape Chalon) in
August, 1909, and nine days before
reaching Etah, the Eskimos told me,
in a general way, where DR.. Cook had
been; that he had wintered in Jones
Sound, and that he had told the white
men at Etah that he had been a long
way north, but that the boys who we're
with him, 1-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah,
said that this was not Sc. The Eski-
mos laughed at DR.. Cooks story. On
reaching Etah, | talked with the ks'
kimos there and with the two boys
and asked them to describe DR.. Cooks
Journey to members Of my party and
myself. This they did in the manner
stated below.
(Signed) r. e. PEARY.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
Great Havoc at Athens.

Athens, Ala.-Athens was struck BY
a cyclone early Thursday evening, which
wrought great havoc in the town.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
TWO DOZEN DEAD.
Dreadful Loss of Life at Pittsburg and
Vicinity.

VICINITY.
Corinth, Miss.-Thursday about $50
pm, clouds began to form northwest of
Pittsburg, Tenn, and at 6 o'clock a tor
nado started on its mission Of death and
destruction, l~eveling every building in
the little village except the office and
blacksmith shop of the superintendent OF
the national cemetery, and killing TWEEN
ty-four people.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
No Other Kind.

Blinks-I know of a place where
you can always get cut rates for work.
Clinks-Where is It?
Blinks-It is a mans who makes a
specially of trimming trees.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
scandinavian Custom.

Knicker-We garland our discover
ers with roses.
Bocker-I know it; whenever my
wife finds me out I have TO give her
a bunch
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES
BY THE ODD FELLOWS

The parade was formed at the corner
of Broad and Marietta streets Sunday
afternoon at 2:90 O'Clock, and from there
the line of march was made to the
church. Despite the threatening weather
fully 3,C00 Odd Fellows were in line for
the parade.
The exercises at the church were very
impressive. The address of the after
noon was made by Rev. H A. Atkinson,
VINO also rendered the invocation. After
the address two anniversary odes were
sung One was given to the tune of MY
Maryland" and the other to the music
of "Old Hundred" For a text DR.. At
kinson chose He went about doing
good and on this subject paid a high
tribute to the order of Odd Fellows. He
talked of the good of fraternal organiza-
ton.
While the Atlanta lodges were celebrat-
ing their anniversary, other lodges in all
parts of the country were doing the same.
Similar ceremonies were held in every
city in which a lodge has been estab-
lisEed.
The Atlanta lodges that took part in
the ceremonies Sunday were:
Atlanta Lodge, No. Il; Barnes Lodge.
No. IS; Central Lodge. No. 2S Capitol
Lodge, No. co; Decatur Lodge, No 195;
East Point Lodge, No. 81; Fulton
Lodge. No. 90; Hemphill Lodge, No.
$50: Piedmont Lodge, No. 100; Schiller
Lodge, No. IL; West End Lodge, No
90
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27

Ten thousand cards containing the
above notice were scattered broadcast
over Atlanta Monday exciting the curios-
ity of every one who read them
The inference is that DR.. Len G..
Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Taberna-
Gle, is to be the subject of the alleged
expose and those behind the affair do not
deny that this is true.
Inquiry developed the fact that the
Grand opera house had been engaged for
Saturday evening by Byron A. Pugin, Sc
nior member of the architectural firm of
B. A. Pugin, & Son, 423 Austell building.
Mr.. Pugin was a former deacon in the
Tabernacle Baptist church. Some months
ago he sued DR.. Broughton for $500 alleg-
ed to be due on plans which the Pugins
drafted for the Tabernacle infirmary.
This suit is still in the courts.
1t is w6id that Mr.. Pugin is at the head
of the movement to "unmask the car of
tabernacledom: that he will read an adj
dress of 2S typewriter pages, including
a number of affidavits.
Mr.. Pugin was seen and questioned con-
cernnig the cards and the motives of
those who are circulating them. At the
time he was interviewed Mr.. Pugin had
his hands and his coat pockets full of
the cards. He did not deny that h was
connected with the movement, but declar-
ed that there were a hundred other citi-
zens who were fully as interestd as he.
He refused to be quoted about the con-
tents of the address which he termed
IAN important message to the citizens of
Atlanta"
Efforts to locate DR.. Broughton elicit
ed the information that he was conduct
ing a meeting in Valdosta and would not
return to the city before the latter part
of the week. The Journal Immediately
wired it's Valdosta correspondent to see