The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-10
AT THE HOTELS.

} sNIbt SAtuStT . AQdllsI OI greensboro
n. c.. chairman OF the State Republican,
committee came up to Washington yes
/ terday 10 see that the location OF North
( Carolina was not forgotten on the poI!ti-
cal map. He registered at the Shoreham.
saw some people. among them Postmaster
/ General Hitchcock and when seen last
night seemed pretty we'll pleased with
things IN general
! "Politics?" he asked. "Why. down
| where I come from we are more inter-
ested in farming Just at present And LEI
me tell you, the crops are coming along
! In fine shape. It looks 10 me as II this
country will have to put Up with a great
/ deal OF prosperity for some time.
I But things are looking fine politically
/ too. The Democratic party is losing
/ ground steadily, an6 the Republicans are
! coming ahead 10 the same tune. We have
4 $4,000 voters down there now and more
are joining the ranks every year. There
/ are lots Of descendants OF the ante-bellum
Wings down in that country. and they
incline naturally TO Republican principles
! North Carolina is now frankly in the
/ list OF doubtful States, and on the
strength Of that I see IN the papers that
, the Republicans are going 10 get al the
( patronage In the census director appoint-
ments. Those appointments viii prob
I ably be made In the near future. Tho
solid South has been broken. We ex-
peet 70 elect q Republican governor at
the next election. Representative Jonn
II. Morehead. Of the Fifth district, and
others are prominently mentioned for
the place.
IN the last Congressional elections.
/ three Republicans were sent 70 the House
/ Of Representatives from North Carolina.
two from Tennessee, one fromVirginia. and
three from Kentucky In the vote on thu
conference report these Southern Repub-
leans held the balance Of power fl the
House. No sir. I believe the South Is
coming TO see that II is unwlse for the
North 10 milk the COW and the South 10
feed Il. They want SONS OF the milk"
Il had an interesting time at Peters
burg. Va. to-day" said ". L. Ross. a
contracting engineer. Of Newark n. J.,
At the New Willard last night II went
over on the trolley from Richmond 10
see the crater the hole IN the ground
the Union army made when they were
trying 10 get at Lee and the Confeder-
ates.
You remember. Grant had driven Lea
from Richmond 70 Petersburg. where the
Inflated assault took place later The
Union men started to dig a tunnel. with
tho Idea OF exploding a mine under the
rebel intrenchments and opening I'D a
breach through which an attack could
be made. The tunnel was finally COM
pleted, so feet long. The mine was set,
consisting OF 5000 pounds OF powder, ana
a train Of powder was carried back 10 the
] ~Hrn -
was fred the mine failed 70 explode. An
officer Of the Second Regiment OF Penn
I sylvania Volunteers. which had construct
cd the tunnel. volunteered to go in and
see what was the matter. That was July
50. 1854 He found the defect IN the train,
! remedied Il. touched Il OF. and came out,
with the remark:
" The mine viii explode in eleven min
utes'"
He was right almost 10 a second. IN
] the conclusion a hole was opened in the
\ ground as big as the lobby OF this hotel
/ and twenty feet deep. and 2ss COnfed-
! crates were killed. In the Union assault
/ that followed, however, the men IN Blue
were subjected 10 a cross-fre from both
/ sides. and their losses were terrible. The
/ total killed. wounded, and missing was
I $500. II was one Of the bloodiest re-
verses the Northerners had in the entire
war"
DO you know how a peanut grows2'
asked Joseph D. Warren, OF Richmond.
Va, at the Riggs House yesterday. 7
have found few persons OF the North and
| West who can answer that question.
Some say on a vine. some on a bush,
some on tree, and some in the ground.
| like potatoes
The peculiar thing about a peanut is
that Il grows in two wayS-on a bush
and Ike a potato. The first step in ths
/ process Is the planting Of a SINGLE pea
nut From that bush grows, lying
I close 20 the ground. A branch stretches
\ out close 10 the earth, and sends I'D
\ into the air shoots on which are little
yellow flowers. Ike butterCups. Directly
beneath these flowers, growing straight
downward, small, sharp pointed shoots
appear. like thorns. They are called
pegs, and grow back into the ground II
is az the end Of these pegs that the pea
nuts are found.
The growing and selling OF peanuts Is
one Of the important agricultural in
dustries in the South. and contribute
materially TO the wealth OF the country
below the Mason and Dixon line. IN
fact, Suffolk. Va, IS in the center OF the
greatest peanut raising district IN the
world"
Milwaukee was IN the throes OF home
coming week when came away" said
r. P. MallOy, Of the Cream City. at the
Shoreham last night They do things
up in great shape out there. When it
comes 10 a tag day. or any similar meth
Cd OF raising a public fund, the people
are there. In the present celebration they
are out-dOing themselves, and II old
Soloman Juneau. who discovered the
place on which the city now stands.
could come back and see the stunts. he
would feel pretty proud OF himself The
things that weren't on the programme
we're either too pallid to show I'd in type
or too black 20 print. I remember some
OF the national conventions OF fraternaI
orders that I have seen in Milwaukee.
On such an occasion II is not an uncom-
mon thing al all TO see one OF our most
dignihed citizens raped over the head
with an inflated bladder in the hand
a. some bionde-haired telephone girl on
her day q They all take IL IN good
part, though"
When It comes TO exuberant roses.
commend H. E. Henderson. who IS stay
ing at the Arlington 70 his own native
city o. Portland, Greg
Il have never seen anything to equal
them" he said yesterday with proper
care, they can be made 20 bloom twelve
mOnths in the year. That. Of course
requires a little trimming OF the bushes
70 keep them blooming in rotation But
without any attention at all the roses OF
Portland are so abundant and 81 hardy