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Amador ledger., 1909-08-06

From the Investigations into the sub
iect IN the extensive swamps of the
United States, A.. Dachnowski con-
cludes that the loss of fertility is
due, at least IN part, TO the presence
IN bow water of substances poisonous
to plants. 1hey seem to be produced
by imperfect oxidation and decom-
position of proteius and related
bodies, and It is possible that in
respiration bog plants may differ
from others. After the land has been
exposed TO the air for a time, the
fertility is restored by oxidation of
the harmful products.
Amador ledger., 1909-08-06
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Pacific States and Territories)
LEGISLATIVE
SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G. Perkins and Frank T. Flint
CoNGRESSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district VIM. Englebright
Second district. Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct :. Joseph K. Knowland
Fourth district. ct...........J ullus hahn
Fifth district. ............E II. "A. Hayes
Sixth district james G. Needham
Seventh district -. James McLachlan
Eighth district. ...........'S. y. 9mltn
Amador ledger., 1909-08-06

MISCELLANY

Reported weekly for the Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1909-08-06

A patient mind IS the best remedy
SIS Affections. -plautus
Amador ledger., 1909-08-06
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Township l. John Stronm, Jackson
Township 2 ...... B, II. Bagley, lone
Township 3......,,A. Grillo, Volcano
Township AID. A. Fraser Sutter Creek
Township 5....., L. Burke, Plymouth
TChairman
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
A COOP TURN.

The government has certainly done
good service N bringing the thousands
Ut idle mel in the cities into contact
With the farmers of the great North
west, whose CROPS were ready for the
harvest. The Washington Herald
tits comments upon the fact:
'Gnskilled labor that is also unen-
10y ed has found some timely relief
through the DEPARTMENT of Commerce
and Labor. It's bureau of information
has found work within a period of
six weeks for 5000 idle. These are
day and farm 1aborers, so that this
official activity does not invade the
field of labor organizations. This
bringing together of the jobIess and
the job is altogether a creditabIe ser
vice by a government agency. One OF
it's features, to be especially COM
mended, is inducing the men to quit
city s1ums and to seek b muscle
making work and the health-bdildine
sunshine, air, and substantial food OF
the country.
1.-THE wheat fields OF the Northwest
will give to some of these men, and
the more the better, a taste of agrt-
cultural life that may prove perma,
nently attractive. That is 2 result the
attainment of which must depend up
on the Individual. The normal mar
would prefer to pay the price OF worl
for clean shelter by night and whole.
some food by day, instead of the sor'
did and hungry existence OF tenenlen1
and street. But the urban derelict is
not normal, and the city dweller who
is still self-respecting, even if unfor-
tunate1y idle, does not always take
kindly to the early hours inc simple
ways of the countryside. But this
work of distribution should be Of be
neficent effect among aliens recentl!
landed. They may have inherited
~preferencef or city life, but the liking
has not been acquired in the new land
If they can be put next the soil, the.
may become sturdy and useful citi
zens, instead of anaemic laborers il
sweat-shops."
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
THE WINTER WHEAT CROP.

Actual results from the winter
wheat harvest and reported conditions
from the spring wheat fields are lead
ing to a sharp revision upward in
crop figures. Not long ago the De
partment of Agriculture predicted a
total crop of 663, O00, 900 bushels, and
it is now reasonably plain that the
total crop will be $685. 00, 900 bushels.
The crop of 1909 is the largest ever
grown except those of 1906 and 1901.
The record crop is that of 1901, which
was 748, AGO. 900 bushels.
The years fine, ever great, crops
are being discounted in the speeula-
tive markets of the country. and to
some extent in general trade. The
country was not waiting SO much up
on the completion of the tariff as it
was upon an assurance of great crops.
This assurance is coming to hand and
general trade is increasing on every
hand. The condition of normal pros
perity is being restored, and just as
o as a big corn crop and an ade-
uuate cotton crop are assured pros
perity will literally be stin our midst"
It's increasing rumble a be heard on
the iron rails, and that rumble bids
fair to be deepened and broadened as
the months of the calendar year go on.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
LIEUT.. SUTTON NOW BURIED
IN CONSECRATED GROUNI
Cardinal Gibbons Granted the COnse.
Grafton Tuesday-Impossible
Before.

Washington, D. c., August 25.-Re-
fusing to accept the verdict Of the ma
val court convened at Annapolis to
determine the manner in which Lieut..
James Sutton, Of the marine corps,
came to his death following a fight
with his brother officers, Mrs. James
N. Sutton, the mother, and Mrs. Rose
Parker, his sister, have won their fight
to have the ground in which his body
rests consecrated. Mrs. Sutton and
Mrs. Parker visited Cardinal Gibbons
and the latter granted permission to
consecrate the ground at Arlington
where the lieutenant is buried. This
had been impossible before for the
laws of the Roman Catholic Church
prohibit the use of such ground for
the last resting place of anyone who
takes his own life.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Democrats of Massachusetts will
meet in convention in Fanuil Hall,
September 80, to name candidates for
governor and other state officers.
A plot is said to be Matching in Ar
kansas to change the rules governing
the Democratic state primary with a
view to defeating Senator Jeff Davis
for reelection. 80
The progressive and stalwart fac
lions among the Republicans of
South Dakota are already preparing
for a bitter fight over the governor
ship next year.
The Commercial Club of Topeka,
Kan, has taken the initial steps to
bring about a referendum vote on the
commission form of government for
that city this fall.
A story printed in Des Moines says
that Governor B. F.. Carroll is plan
ming to III for Congress in the Sixth
Iowa district and will not ask for re-
nomination as governor.
The platform recently adopted by
the Maryland Democratic convention
favors the suffrage amendment to the
state constitution to be voted on this
fall, which in effect DISTINGUISHES the
illiterate negro vote.
Eastern political gossip credits Sen
ator Cummins of Iowa with possible
designs on the Presidency in 1912. If
the report is true, politicians believe
he will make his fight on "a tariff
| commission issue.
The senatorial contest in MISSISSIPPI
pi has reached an interesting stage.
Hon. A. J. McLaurin, the incumbent,
and Ex-Governor ]. K. Vardaman are
already avoWed candidates and it is
now rumored that a third aspirant
may enter the race for the toga.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
CAPTAIN JOHN Il DIVINE
NJ ONE TIME LIVED HERE
Was a Member of GoIdsboro Rifles at
the Outbreak of the Civil
War.

Capt. John Francis Divine, who
died in Wilmington Saturday after
noon, was formerly a resident of
Geldsaoro. end is well remembered by
tie older citizens Of this city.
Captain Divine was born in C1as-
gov. Scotland, June 27, 1880, there,
fore he was in the eightieth year of
his age. His boyhood days were spent
in Baltimore, Md, until he came to
Wilmington, September Is, 1851, to
superintend the erection of a number
of locomotives for the old Whining
ton & Raleigh Railroad, which was the
original name of the road now known
as, the Wilmington & Weldon Rail
road. In 1865, just after the close of
the struggle between the states, Cap
tain Divine became master mechanic
of the Wilmington C Weldon Road,
which place he filled until 1872, when
he was appointed general superinten-
dent of that road. A few years later
the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
road was placed under his snperinten-
dency in addition to he other line
Some years ago he was promoted tC
the general superintendency of what
was then the entire system of the
Coast Line, embracing the road from
Richmond, Va, to Charleston and Co
lumbia, S. c.. He held this position
until a few years ago, when on &C
count of his advancing years and de-
Ginning health, he was relieved of {
great portion of the arduouS duties OF
railroad life and was given the posi-
ton of assistant general superinten'
dent. Captain Divine vas connected
with the Coast Line for ffty-eigh-
continuous years with the exception O.
four years during the Civil War. HI
joined the Go1dsboro Rifles, but short
ly after the beginning of the struggle
he was made quartermaster with tn
rank of captain and was stationed a
Fort Macon, N. c., where he servet
the Confederacy well until the close o
| the war.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
COLOR LINE ANEW.

In the consolidation of the British
South African provinces into one
great confederation the color line
came up. The natives were on the
spot and they had to be dealt with.
In the union parliament, which is to
be the supreme legislature for u
Africa, no one can sit unless he IS a
British subject of European descent,
and it is further provided that where
the native is excluded from tie ballot
there he is, for the present, to remain
without a vote.
Premier Asquith has concluded to
accept the act of union as it has been
drawn up. That act does recognize
the color line, but Premier Asqu1th
acquiesces in it because it takes from
the native no right that he possessed
before, and he considers the entire
question as a domestic South African
matter to be dealt with, not in Lon
don, but in the union parliament on
the spot.
The Beers are not as kind toward
the untutored natives as the English
are, but there is no great friction be-
tween whites and blacks anywhere IN
South Africa, and under the act OF
union it is believed the natives ano
white settlers will get along with
out any of the mistakes that attended
reconstruction in the South. There /:
no acute hostility between them, ant
the acceptance by the home govern
ment of the act of union promises t.
give the natives reasonable opportu
mites to get on without creating an.
antagonisms that would militat
against the general prosperity of tn
new federation.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
GRIPS"

Greece has referred Turkey to the
four protecting powers of Crete, and
the four powers-England France, It
ally and Russia-are hurrying war
ships to Crete, while they are endeav-
oring to prevent actual hostillt1es be-
tween Turkey and Greece.
There are two troubles in b way.
One is the Cretans themselves. They
are loyal to Greece, and no power in
the world can make them loyal to
Turkey. The other trouble is the 81
lent position of Germany and Austria
Hungary behind the Young Turks.
But after all the four protecting
powers will doubtless be able to haul
down the Greek flag that still flies
over the chief fortress of the island,
and then the Cretans will nc minally
be Turks when in fact they are Greeks
and no one can change them a parti-
Gle.
Nothing is EVER settled until it is
settled right. This maxim of human
wisdom applies to Crete. 1t is Gre
clan, and to Greece it will some time
be annexed; and if the four powers
would act wisely they would transfer
it at once instead of continuing the
masquefading of recent years. 1t is.
| however, better perhaps to keep UP
| the p%retense a while longer, simply
| because Greece is nc match for Tur-
key in war, and Turkey is ready to
fight to keep Crete nominally a part
| of the Turkish empire. It is a part in
| name OnlY.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
AGAIN LOWERS SPEED RECORD.
Channel Flyer Beats Americans Rec
ord by % Seconds.

Rheims, August 25.-Despite the
high winds that blew across the avia-
ton course at Rheims yesterday af-
ternoon, M. B1eriot, hero of the Chan
mel fight, smashed the speed record
made yesterday by Glenn Curtiss, the
American inventor.
In his .monop1ane, Bleriot covered a
lap of the course, six and one-ffth
miles, in 8.04 2-5. The record made
yesterday by Curtiss was 1892 2-5, SO
that Bleriot lowered it by exactly
twenty-eight seconds.
A daring flight was also made by
young Bunau-Varilla, who went up in
a ffteen-mile wind that rocked his BIZ
plane like a ship in a gale. Specta-
tors thought he would be dashed to
death, but he continued his fight and
was wildly received when he came
safely to earth.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
MARRIED MAN RUNS AWAY
WITH 15-YEAR-0LD GIRL
Outraged N%eighbors on Trail of Hill
man High-Man Aged Forty
Years.

Durham, N. c., August 23-Upper
Wake and lower Durham are filled
with outraged neighbors, WAC are on
the trail of Hilman High, of Durham,
who ran away Saturday with the ff-
t~een-year-old daughter of James
Markham, a we'll known tobacco
planter. An uncle, F. S. Brown, in
town today, said there will be quick
work made of High e caught. The
girl is his niece, and their u~nthinkable
infatuation has crushed the parents.
Among the most Infatuated men is
Highs brother, who says lie will do
nothing to stop a public demonstra-
ton against Hi1man High.
Nothing but the most meagre facts
could be learned Of the fleeing rela-
tives.
A man by the name of Wilson, of
Redmond's Grove, took them to Selma
for five dollars, and they have not
been seen since.
Though the crime was committed in
Wake, Sheriff Harvard says the feel
ing is intense in the neighborhood.
High leaves a wife and child here,
having separated from them a year
ago.. He is about forty years old.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
GOOD CROP OF CORN IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Major Graham Reports Cotton Also in
Good Condition.

Raleigh, N. c., August 24-Maj. W.
A. Graham, Commissioner Of Agri-
culture, has returned from Western
North Carolina, where he spent some
time at his home at Macpelah in Lin
ccln county, and attended some farm
ers' institute meetings. These were
at Marion, Iron Station and Lincoln
ton.
At Marion it had been proposed to
make the meeting a big event, with a
barbecue attraction to help make 1t
happy. A circus fixed on the day of
the institute for it's day of "doing"
Marion, and so the barbecue was call
ed off, as a circus day crowd was too
big a one to attempt to feed with cue
and brunswick stew. The meeting,
| however, attracted about a hundred
farmers.
AS to conditions in Western North
ECarolina, Major Graham says:
There are good crops of corn on
the good upland farms, the poor lands
giving ordinary crops, and the bot
tom lands half a crop. Cotton is hold
ing its own and if there is a late frost
there will be an average crop. There
was no shedding during August. A
drouth or a long wet spell would
greatly damage the crop. Wheat Is
about on an average. Oats vary from
very good to very poor in sections
There is the largest crop of hay ever
known in the section, but until it is
harvested it's condition will lot be
known, as it may have been damaged
by the overflow of the creeks, and up
on this its condition depends. There
was a large amount of peas sown and
a good crop is expected. The people
generally are taking more interest in
farming and that is a good sign for the
/ oronc
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28

AFTER GORDON BENNETT CUP
Established New World Record for
Speed While His Engine Was Not
Running at Full Power.

Rheims, France, August 23-Glenn
H. Curtiss, the American aviator, and
vided the honors of the second day of
aviation week, the former with a
thrilling flight just before dusk. in
which he lowered the speed record for
the course, which measures 6 1-5
miles, to s minutes 35 2-5 seconds,
the latter making wv impressive high
altitude flights of 40 1-2 and Sc kilo-
metres respectively in the endurance
test for the Prix de la Champagne.
Curtiss' performance began just as
the time limit of the start for the Prix
de a Champagne was expiring, when
the American enthusiasts had aban-
doned hope of seeing their representa-
tive take the field.
Amid the unbounded jubilation of
the french spectators, Bleriot, only a
few minutes before, a clipped 10
seconds off Lefebvre's record, made
yesterday with his powerful SC-horse-
power m~onoplane. Suddenly at one
| end of the field a cry went up, "The
American is starting"
With a preliminary u along the
ground of 100 yards, the machine OF
| Curtiss rose lightly and shot by the
tribunes at a height of so feet. 1t was
going at a terrific pace with the wing
level as a plane. Curtiss made the
last turn under the mistaken impress
| sion that the finish line was closer. He
descended so close to earth that many
thought he touched, but perceiving
his error, he mounted quickly ano
easily, crossing the line majestically
An instant later the signal was hoist
ed that he had made a record.
Curtiss said that he had not pushed
his machine to the limit of its speed
and la%ughingly declined to say more
adding thai the most interesting Incl
dent of his fight was the view he go1
of his fallen rivals strewn around the
course.
1t is the intention of b American
aviator now to await patiently the in
ternational event for the Gordon
Bennett cup Saturday, for which ht
will try for the Prix de la Leyixe, thu
final of which will be contested OF
Sunday.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
SPEAKER cANkON
SAYS FUR WILL FLY
|PfOmists a Treat at the
Next Session of
Congress.
-
WILL EXPOSE INSURGENTS
D%enOunces Declarations That Legisla-
ton Has Been Stihed and That the
People Are Not Getting What They
Want. : casa"

Chicago, August 25.-Speaker Jo-
seph G. Cannon is on the warpath. He
says fur will fly when the House con-
venes in December, ever though he
will not now reply to the Fowler at
tack. When in Chicago last Satur-
day he told a personal friend about
his plans for the coming session. Here
is what he said:
when Congress convenes l intend
to call a friend of mine to the chair
and take the floor and speak as long
as l am allowed. l tell you the fur
is going to fly. Some people who
profess to be Republicans will get the
severest cantigation that you ever
heard. | intend to call a spade a
spade. Some of these people who are
ranting about the present tariff bill
supported and helped frame the Ding
ley bill. Their present rampage is
hypocrisy. Some of the men who talk
of legislation being stified will nave
their records shown up at my hands.
Your Uncle Joseph is going to talk
in language that anybody can under
Et"hu, oIIu ! plOiiiST thdt LII FlIIIIIy
it will rank as a masterpiece. It's.
time somebody showed these maIcon-.
tents just where they stand. All this.
| talk about legislation being stif1ed and
the people not getting what they want
is bosh. | believe in the rule of the
majority. [ have always followed that
and the principles of my party. When
representatives attack me they are at
lacking their party and the great ma
jority of the House."
Speaker Cannon, personal friends
say, is looking up the records of the
insurgents and printing himself for
the fray.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
Maryland Republicans Meet.

Baltimore, Md, August 25-Repub-
Iicans of Maryland met in State con-
vention here today to nominate a can
didate for state comptroller and to
adopt a platform for the coming cam
paign. The platform, which is ex-
pected to be devoted almost wholly to
state issues, will urge the defeat OF
the suffrage amendment to the state
constitution to be voted on this fall.
which in effect DISTINGUISHES the illit-
crate negro vote.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
TOURIST CONDUCTOR is
INSANE FROM QUESTIONS
Alleged That Party Of Tourists En-
Route to Coast Hurled Com
plants at Him.

San Francisco, August 25.-George
I. Root, a tourist conductor of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail
road who was found wandering about
the railroad yards in a half demented
condition yesterday, attributes his
mental breakdown to the complaints,
protests and questions poured into his
unwilling ears by a party of tourists
of which he was in charge On the
trip to the coast from Kansas City.
In one of his lucid intervals at the
hospital he said that the woes of his
charges after a slight accident in Col
orado caused his mind to become IN
balanced from worry.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
arts of a human Body Found in a
Shark.

Pensacola, Fla, August 24.-When
a f~ourteen-foot shark, caught here re-
Gently, was cut its stomach was found
to contain the backbone, two ribs and
portions of the skull of a man. It is
believed they are the undigested parts
of the body of a fisherman who fell
overheard from a schooner in Pensa-
cola Harbor several days ago. A
school of sharks was following the
schooner at the time.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
Wisconsin Fruit Growers.

La Crosse, Wis, August 25.-A large
and representative attendance marked
the opening here today of the annual
summer meeting of the Wisconsin
Horticultural Society. Two days will
be spent in the discussion of horticul-
tura1 problems, and members Of the
faculty of the State Agricultural Col
lege will give practical instruction in
the cultivation and spraying of farm
orchards and gardens.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
Charlotte to Entertain Veterans.

Charlotte, N c., August 24.-Char-
lotte is a mass of bunting and flags in
honor of the Confederate Veterans,
whose annual State reunion will begin
here tomorrow and continue through
Thursday. All signs point to a good
attendance of veterans and their
friends from every part Of North Car
DINA. The program of the reunion
provides for the usual business ses-
sions, parade and social entertain
ment.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
Insurance Commissioners Meet.

Colorado. Springs, Col, August "a
Present prospects indicate that the
fortieth annual meeting Of the Nation
al Association of Insurance Commits
%sioners, which opened here today,
will, will be a very profitable session.
The gathering is attended by commits
sioners, deputies and actuaries repre-
senting nearly every state. Many of
the leading insurance bodies are also
represented. Uniform laws governing
all lines of insurance form the chief
topic of consideration. The sessions
will continue until the end of the
week.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
NEVER AGAIN TO ENTER
INTO A RACING EVENT

Dayton, O., August 25.-Charles G.
Stoddard, vice-president of the Dayton
Motor Car Company, announces that
the local company will " again
enter into a racing event. The Day.
ton concern conducted a large excur-
when 1900 residents Of this city saw
the races and accidents which marred
the sport.
Stoddard says that automobile races
not only u men to risk their lives
unnecessarily, but that the motor car
business is damaged every time a man
is hurt.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
RUMORS ARE CURRENT THAT
BLACKBURN HAS RESIGNED

Washington, D.. c., August 25.-Ru-
mors are current here that ]. S. C.
Blackburn, civil governor Of the ca
nal zone, has resigned.
No official confirmation of the re-
burn has resigned the resignation
would be sent direct to President Taft
at Beverly.
The report comes from Governor
BIackburn's friends in Kentucky.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
MRS. VERA LYON Walden
DIED IN LA GRANGE TUESDAY
Daughter of Mrs. j. Edward Lyon, of
Durham, and Member of Prom
Family.

Mrs. Vera Lyon Walden, wife of the
American Tobacco Company's repre-
sentative at La Grange, died Tuesday
evening at six o'clock, after a brief
illness.
Mrs. Walden was a daughter of Mrs.
J. Edward Lyon, of Durham, and was
aged tWenty-nine years. Surviving
are her husband, three children and
several sisters.
The remains were brought to Colds
boro Wednesday and taken to Durham
on the 2:05 Southern train.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
North Texas Fair Opens.

Greenville, Tex, August 25.-The
annual North Texas Fair, for which
preparations have been making for
several months, was formally opened
this morning with an address by May
or Nichols. All departments of the
program is the best ever arranged for
a meeting here. The fair will con-
tinue until the end of the week.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
SERIES OF SERVICES At
FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. J. Frank Casey, assisted by
Rev. w. R. Coats, of Four Oaks, and
Rev. J. F. Hill, of this city, will con-
duct a series of meetings at the Free
Will Baptist Church, Georgetown, be-
ginning Sunday. The public is cor
daily invited to attend.