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The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
CONFLICT IN TARIFF BILL.
To Enforce Payne Bill Cuban Treaty
May Have to Be Abrogated.

Observation-Disclosures Taft must abb
rogate the Cuban reciprocity treaty, or,
it is said, he will be unable to grant to
France, Germany and other sugar pro-
ducing countries the advantage of mini
mum rates of duty of the Payne tariff
law. This is made the subject of a let
ter sent to the president by Representa-
tive Broussard of Louisiana.
The Cuban treaty contains a clause
which stipulates that the Dingley rates
OF duty on sugar will not be reduced by
'treaty or convention" as long as the
treaty remains in force, according to
Mr.. Broussard. He contends that the
president, before issuing a proclamation
putting in effect the minimum provisions
of the new tariff law against a foreign
country, would have to enter into an
agreement with such a country, de-
claring that that country did not dis.
criminate against American products.
The Payne bill under it's minimum pro-
visions makes a reduction of five one
hundredths of a cent per pound in the
Dinelev d%ifferential on refined sugar, and
Mr.. Bsoussard expresses the conviction
that a proclamation issued by the presi-
dent, putting in effect the lower duty
and based on an agreement with a sugar
producing country, will be in contraven-
ton with the terms of the Cuban reci-
procity treaty.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
M ELECT WOMAN.
Miss Nellie Horton Made Secretary
of the Texas Union.

Galveston, Textile Farmers Union
of Texas, embracing a membership of
nearly 100000, in convention here, elect
ed Miss Nellie Horton, of Fort Worth,
secretary-treasurer of the organization,
over four male opponents. For five years
Miss Horton has been assistant secre-
tary, and proved herself not only thor
oughly competent for the very response
BILE office, but is the author of a new
system for marketing cotton, drafted
the bill for cotton weighing, and in fact
directed several movements which won
legislation for this most powerful of all
unions in Texas.
She is a brilliant young woman, only
"a years of age, possessed of exceptional
ability, and will be in charge of a large
office force to care for the records and
correspondence of the union. She is
the first woman to hold executive office
in IN of the large unions in the South
west.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
COUNTRY LIFE is ATTRACTIVE
Agriculture Is the One Profession That
Stimulates the Prosperity of
Entire Country.

Agriculture, the n profession
which stimulates the prosperity of the
entire country, is commanding in
creased attention at Washington and
also at the capitals of the several
states. Farming is the great ma
tional wealth creator, supporting not
only the domestic population of 81
900, 900, but providing a vast surplus
annually for export that aggregates
hundreds of millions of dollars.
The increased interest shown agri-
culture by legislative representatives
is a spontaneous acknowledgment OF
the Importance of husbandry as com
pared with other national industries.
The wealth annually produced from
the soil in the United States has
reached the enormous sum OF $780,
600, 900. A source of such immense
wealth not only attracts the attention
of state governments, but also stimu-
lates their assistance.
The problem 10Y being considered
by the Washington government Is,
How can the attraction of country life
be improved to encourage migration
from cities to rural districts? During
the early history of the American re-
public the population of 100000 peo-
pie were distributed SO per cent. in the
country and four per cent. in cities.
The trend of population for the last
half century has been toward cities
rather than rural districts. When
there were 1900 900 farms in the coun-
try the great mass of the people oc-
cupied farms, but to-day, when there
are 5000, 900 farms in the United
States. 70 per cent. of the population
lives in cities.
Metropolitan cities are growing rap
idly. principally from the gregarious
instincts of immigrants who flock to
cities and exc out a precarious exist
ence in preference to settling in the
country, where the opportunities are
multiplied, as compared with the adj
vantages in cities, to accumulate
wealth. The department of immigra-
ton should arrange to show foreign
ers who come to our shores to make
a home the great inducements that
the country offers a laboring man to
establish his home as compared with
the opportunities of cities.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Rhodotypes Kerrioides.

This is such a pretty and effective
shrub and flowers SO early in the a
son that it should be more freely
planted. The species is said to be not
strictly hardy, but is growing in Jack
s.n park, Chicago, quite exposed and
no protection of any kind is given
in winter. 1t flowers well annually n
the flowers are followed by the black
seed pods that remain on all the "a
son afterward and well into the new
year. When in full flower the effect
of the starry white flowers on the
light green foliage is exquisite and
it is a clean growing, graceful shrub
at all seasons. Winter killing does
not affect it to any great extent un.
less the situation is very much ex.
posed.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Scent FARES NOT POPULAR
Referendum Election Results In
Tom Johnson,s Defeat.

Cleveland, O.-The Schmidt ordinance,
providing for the grant of a franchise to
Herman Schmidt, insuring Scent fares
on a part of the city street car lines,
was defeated at a referendum election
here Tuesday by a majority of 1889.
The total vote was 1924 to 1926.
The Schmidt ordinance was fostered by
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson.
The campaign which has been waged
for the last two months has been par
ticularly bitter. Mayor Johnson, munic-
ipal office holders and others held hum
dreds of tent meetings and urged the
granting of the franchise.
A committee of 100 business men com-
posed it. Thousands of people crowded
the streets to hear the returns. When
the result was announced automobile
horns footed, cow-bells were rung, whis-
ties were blown and throngs of people
paraded the streets shouting.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Alfalfa Planting.

It should not be forgotten that the
spring is the proper time to prepare
the alfalfa crop that is to be planted
naxt fall. The ground which is ex-
pected to be used for this crop should
not be planted to small grain; Meth
er should corn precede alfalfa, be-
cause the ground will not be kept
free of weeds and grass. The best
preparatory crop for alfalfa is COW
peas; then after the vines are re-
moved or plowed under the ground
should be well broken and kept clean
of weeds and grass by surface culti-
walton until it is seeded in alfalfa the
following fall. Peanuts may be grown
instead of COW peas, if the crop is
considered more desirable, as it is,
perhaps, but they must be kept well
cultivated, and especially allow no
earth grass to grow in the crop
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
AMAKEs BETTER RAILROADS"
Western Writer Pays Tribute to
Railroad Magnate as BuiIder-up
of the Country.

Mr.. Edward H. Hartman Is on Q
trip to Europe. Ordinarily there
would need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortation
to Emperor William to chain down his
railroads and to other monarchs to
put their crowns and other valuableS
In the safe at night. But Mr.. Harri-
man is going off on a pleasure trip.
and SO many mean things have been
any to change the tune q moment
while he is out of the country and
not able to take any advantage OF
the lapse from the cold attitude OF Sc
verify that Is usually used in men,
tioning the name of Hartman.
or all the great railroad men de-
veloped in this generation, E. H. Har-
riman is easily the biggest and the
best, says a writer in the Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News. The head of a
railroad company, under the rules of
the game, must work for his stock
holders, whether it is for the advan-
tage of politicians, shippers or con-
ouIlCIS. IL 10 Alo JOO ~ w bhC pCoS
he can for the interests entrusted to
his care. Hartman Is not only a
financier, but he is a builder and an
operator. Lucky is the town, city
or community that has a Hartman
road. He insists on a good %roadbed.
level track, safe track and the con-
venience and comfort of the traveller
and the shipper. The Hartman roads
are noted as the bes4 in the coun-
try. When Hartman gets hold of a
one-horse or played-out track and
right of way he proceeds to put it in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates of fares, although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough of the funds go
into real improvements to make a
railroad. And that is where he stands
ahead of a good many others and why
Harrimanism is not such a bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads, and there
is more need for improvement that
way than there is in some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see, he believes in giving
every interest along his road a fair
deal.
He is a public benefactor from that
standpoint. He uses his power fairly.
He is a great man, and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personification
of the money power, seeking whom
it may devour. He is a strong man
in the financial world, but that should
not be against him, when the finan-
cial world is the object which most
of us want to reach. He is a good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads, not IN foreign
titles, race horses, old editions or
other bad habits. If he is not per.
fect-and we don't think he is-he is
no exception to the rule and is worthy
of the praise of his fellow citizens for
the good he does and has done.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
WOULD REPUDIATE HOBS0N
Alabamians Do Not Want Him on
Marine Committee.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Ala
bama delegation in the house who some
time ago Endorsed Congressman Richard
P. Hobson, of the Sixth district, for a
place on the committee on merchant ma
rine and fisheries are preparing to ask
him to release them from the indorse-
ment. Mr.. Hobson is an advocate of a
ship subsidy, which policy the other
members of the Alabama delegation do
not favor, and as the ship subsidy bill
will be referred to the committee on
merchant marine and fisheries, they do
not care to be placed in the attitude of
having Endorsed a man for that posi-
ton. Mr.. Hobson, who is now on the
lecture platform, will be formally re-
quested to release his colleagues from
their Endorsement.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Chinese Babe a Citizen.

st. Louis.-If little Joe Chuck Wah,
or William Wah, as he is known to his
American friends, the 11-months-old son
OF Jue Sing Wah, a wealthy Chinese
merchant of Eudora, Ark, and his Amer
lean wife, wishes to return to the United
States when he is a man, he will have
little difficulty in being admitted on
account of the foresight of his father,
who filed papers to have his American
birth pre-investigated with the immi-
grafton authorities. Jue Sing Wah has
amassed $4,000 through his mercantile
business.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
ROOSEVELT AT NA|R0BI
ADDRESS PRESENTED HIM IN
TUSK OF ELEPHANT.
Former President Says Africa Will
Be a Great Country When De-
veloped by the White Man.

Nairobi, British East Africa.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his son Kermit were
the guests of honor at a public banquet
given in Nairobi Tuesday. Frederick j.
Jackson, governor of British East Africa,
was chairman and IT'S persons sat at
the table. Capt. Sanderson, the town
clerk of Nairobi, read an address OF
welcome to the former president of the
United States, and afterwards handed
him the address enclosed in a section OF
elephant tusk, mounted in silver and
with a silver chain.
American residents of the protectorate
presented Mr.. Roosevelt with a tobacco
box made of the hoof of a rhinoceros,
silver mounted, the skull of a rhinoceros
also mounted in silver, and a buffalo
head.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in reply to the toast
proposed by Gov. jackson, said:
81 wish to take this opportunity to
thank the people of British East Africa
for their generous and courteous hospl-
tally. l have had a thorough good
time. l am immensely interested in the
country and its possibilities as an abode
for white men. Very large tracts are
fit for fine population and healthy and
prosperous settlements, and it would be
a calamity to neglect them. But the
settlers must be of the right type.
81 believe that n of the best feats
performed by members of the white race
in the-last ten years is the building OF
the Uganda railroad. l am convinced
that this country has a great agrlcul-
tural and industrial future, and it IS the
most attractive playground in the
world"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
interviewing the professor.

$50 you don't think Mars would re-
ply, even if we did send ~signals?"
g" I'm almost convinced that there
would be nc response" answered Prof.
Thinktum, adjusting his glasses.
"Then you don't believe that Mars
Is inhabited?"
"On the contrary, I think it ex-
tremely probable that life similar to
our own exists on the sister planet"
"But you don't give those people
credit for intelligence equal to ours?"
Eyes. I am inclined to credit them
with even greater intelligence than
we display. There are many indica-
lions that they have a civilization old
er than ours, in which case they
should have too much sense to fool
away their time on any such imprac-
teal proposition"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
FIREBUGs AROUSE HOUSTON.
Negroes Believed Responsible for the
Incendiarism.

Houston, Tex.-A series of fires in va
amt houses. coupled with anonymous
written threats of negroes to burn up
the city, has caused the formation of a
vigilance committee among the citizens.
Eleven houses were destroyed IN one
night this week by incendiary fires. Over
twenty houses were destroyed during the
week, mostly vacant. In other cases
burglary preceded arson.
The epidemic of burglaries and fires
has aroused citizens to the point of
frenzy. If negro frebugs are caught
they will be severely handled. Inc
Chronicle will editorially advise citizens
to arm with shotguns for protection
against midnight intruders with jimmy
and torch.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
WATER IN TEXAS
irrigation of Soil in Lone Star
State Returns Much Profit.
Several Systems Established at Con-
venient Points Along he Rio
Grande Rfver-Lareest Plant
In the World Near San
Benito.

Several irrigating systems have
been established at convenient points
along the Rio Grande river. With
their installation the southwest is
rapidly developing into an important
agricultural section. Especially is
this true near San Benito, Texas,
where much attention has been CIV
en- to the development of the soil
through irrigation. l made a per-
sonal inspection of the most unique
and largest irrigation canals in the
entire southwest, if not in the world,
writes L. E. Dew in Orange judo
Farmer.
This canal is watering a tract OF
10000 acres, and the results obtained
by farmers who, within the brief
space of IL months, have not only
cleared their land of a dense growth
of cacti, mesquite and other vegeta-
ton which attested the fertility OF
the soil, but have raised various
crops which, in production, have eX-
ceeded even their most sangulne eX-
pectations. The canal gets its wa
ter from the Rio Grande, at which
point an immense head gate, which
cost in construction $4,000, has been
erected. This head gate acts as an
intake from the waters of the i've
by means of eight portals or gates,
which when opened by rack and pin
ion lifting screws, allow the waters
to pass through by natural gravita-
ton. as the base of the head gate
rests 26 feet below the deepest point
of the river. An immense basin or
artificial canal, ~ miles long, re-
ceives this flow in turn and passes
it on to it's tributary laterals and
drainage bitches, which the
10000 acres with a chain of water
way. The system complete COM
prises 114h miles of irrigation
bitches.
Another important feature of this
irrigating system is the introduction
of a series of immense locks, sta
toned at frequent intervals to hold
the water in check. These locks
were built of reinforced concrete and
are large enough to permit the pas
sage of boats and barges which will
carry the products of the farms to
the nearest shipping point. They will
also be used for the transportation
of sugar cane direct to the sugar
mill, located at a convenient point
on the main canal.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Cancer Our Worst Scourge.

New York.-One man in every thirty
two, and one woman in every eleven die
from cancer in this country, according
to DR.. Milton E. Foote, consulting physi-
clan to the New York Skin and Cancer
Hospital. II have no hesitancy in de-
claring cancer the worst physical scourge
with which we have to contend today.
Cancer is far more dreaded than tuber-
~culosis, for although the death rate from
cancer is not yet so great as that from
tuberculosis, it is steadily on the in
crease"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
KENTUCKY EDITOR Is GAINED
Con. "Peacock" johnson Takes Re-
venpe on Denny Goode.

Louisville.-Present day journalism
and the 'Old Kentucky" clashed Tuesday
when Adjt.-Gen. Philip P. Johnston, OF
the Kentucky National Guard, caned
Denny B. Goode, editor of a weekly
soc~ial-political paper here.
The general took umbrage at an edi-
torial reference in the paper to him as
General Peacock P. Johnston" and an
ep~igrammatic remark that Johnston is
a man "who spells me- in capitals and
you in agate type" The editorial re-
ferred to the recent upheaval in the
First Kentucky regiment here during
which Col. w. B. Haldeman and over
thirty of his officers resigned from the
crack command after friction with the
officers of Gen. Johnston.
The affair has created a sensation all
over the state. Gen. Johnston is a citi-
zen of Lexington, and famed as a breed
err of fine horses and a lavish entertainer
in his ante-bellum mansion.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
BOXING LID
Indiana Authorities Will Cooperate II
Crusade Against Game.

Terre Haute, Ind.-There is not like
lv to be any more boxing in Indiana
for some time to come. Governor Mar
shall has received assurances from sher-
ifs in the various counties that they
would prevent any further exhibitions.
The sheriff of Lake county, where sew
eral bouts have been carded, says in his
note that he is willing to stop the
matches at any time.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
The Way He Did Il.

Jenkins-Well, sir, I gave it to that
man straight, ] can tell you. He is
twice as big as l am, too, but l told
him exactly what thought of his ras-
cally conduct right to his face, and I
called him all the names in the die
tionary, and a lot of others as well.
Studds-And didn't he try to hit
you, jenkins?
Jenkins-NO, sir, he didn't. And
when he tried to answer back, / just
hung up the telephone receiver and
walked away.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Lose Race With Tariff.

New York.-Atlantic steamships which
have been. bending their utmost efforts,
in response to orders sent by wireless,
to reach New York before the new tariff
law went into effect, lost their race at
4 80 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when
the doors of the custom house changed
shut and the last payment Of duty I'M
der the old law was registered and la
beled aEntry No. 1,11s,ooo." Importers
who have merchandise on these boats
will be losers to the extent of between
500. 900 and 100000.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
E DIAZ AT Ell PASO.
President Taft Has Arranged Meeting
for October Is,

Washington.-President Taft of the
United States and President Diaz of
Mexico are to meet at Ell Paso, Tex,
Oct. 1s. This programme has been ar
ranged as the result of correspondence
between the United States and Mexico.
The president will be attended by his
secretary, military attache and several
friends, who are to accompany him on
his Western trip.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Congressman Held Up.

Washington. o. Five representatives
were victims of a rude shock Monday
when they were 'held up" at the union
station by the sergeant-at-arms of the
house and compelled to remain in the
city until a vote is taken in the senate
on the tariff BILL When the house adopt
ed the conference report on Saturday,
members began to flock away from WASH
ington, and Representative Dwight, the
Republican whip" is having a difficult
time holding enough of them to transact
public business.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
McCrea Threatened.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Charged with send
ing threatening letters to President Nc
Crea of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, with a view of extorting money,
Abram C. Eby, alias Adam Smith, said
to be the mayor of Burkeville, Va, was
arrested here and given a hearing before
United States Commissioner Craig. He
held in $4,000 bail.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
MAKE THIEF TOWN MARSHAL.
Gov. Wilson Paroles Man to Fill I'm
Desired Office.

Frankfort, Ky.-Because the mining
town of Lilly, Laurel county, is without
a marshal to keep order, Gov. Wilson
has paroled Reuben Hodge, serving three
years for grand larceny. 1t is probable
he will take the job. The governor got
a petition from residents of Lilly, in
which it was set forth that the town
was in danger unless it could get a
marshal. None of its residents cared
to assume the lob.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Refuse to Handle Cotton.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Reliable reports re-
ceived here from Dallas say that the gen.
eral managers of Texas railroads, at a
meeting there, decided to refuse to handle
a single bale of Texas cotton this year
unless compress men agree to insure the
cotton before it is shipped. The rail
roads say they are forced to make good
all losses, and that it is unfair.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Cowboy Was King.

Kansas City.-Joe Carr and Edward
Burns, cowboys from the Panhandle, ar
rived here after six years. adventure in
South Africa, Australia and the FIJI Is.
lands. Carr was made king Of the is.
lands and Burns prince. The belief Of
the islanders that the Texans were gods
prevented them from being eaten, as they
were cast among cannibals. They kept
signals flying two years before a ship
came to their rescue.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
New Pennies Stopped.

Philadelphia.-The order of the treas.
ury department at Washington to dis
continue until further notice the coinage
of the new one-cent pieces was received
by the superintendent Of the Philadel-
phia mint. Up to the time the order was
received 27, 995, 900 of the coins had been
minted. About 100000 nave already
been distributed and the remainder will
be shipped as rapidly as the demand for
the pieces develop.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Up on HoyIe and Blackstone.

Sir Frederick Thesiger, while en-
gagged in the conduct of a case, OBJ
jected to the jrregularity of the coun-
sci on the opposite side. who, in ex-
aiming his witnesses. put leading
questions.
i have a right" answered the coun-
sci, ITO deal with my witnesses as /
please"
ITO that / offer no objection ret
torted Sir Frederick; you may deal
as you like, but you sha'n't Lead
London Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Kentucky Still Raided.

Whitesburg, Ky.-United States eve
nue. officers made a moonshine raid into
the Mill Creek section, above here, where
they succeeded in arresting Henry Craft,
Henrietta Craft and Jane Short, a trio
of alleged moonshiners, the last two
named being women, who have long
been wanted by the government author
ties The officers are making a most
systematic search to rid the country of
m~oonshining, and as a result more than
100 arrests have beer made during the
past month.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13

lustration. Cut strips of one-incA
hoop iron the proper length and
drive into the grooves so as to leave
about "A inch above the face Of the
board.
Place this implement in a barrel,
obliquely, and push the ears down
the small end foremost.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-13
Oklahoma Has 1901 Convicts.

McAlester, Okla.-One the 1st day OF
August there were 1901 convicts in the
Oklahoma state penitentiary. Of the
seventy-ive counties in the state seventy
are represented by convicts in the peni-
Tertiary.