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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
Diversified Crops.

We must diversity our crops. 1t j.,
not advisable to supp.ant cotton rs
our leading crop, but we must grow all
that is necessary for man and beast
and keep enough good stock to mar
ufacture the surplus farm products and
the leguminous crops that must be
grown in order to economically in
crease the productiveness of our sci
into -eams and feed for man and ma
nure for our fields.
From long continued cultivation in
cotton, thousands of acres of our
land has lost its lfe-giving vegetable
matter, or humus. 1t packs or runs
together after every rain and will not
hold enough water to supply the needs
of crops, and much of it must be de-
voted to the livestock industry. \
better balanced system of farming
must be practiced-one that will in
clude more livestock to consume the
surplus farm products and the legumi-
nous crops that must be grown to
enrich the land and to make manure
to still further enrich the land.
BY a suitable rotation of cotton
corn and peas, oats followed by peas
every acre Of our run down farms
might in few years have its pro
ducing capacity more than doubled
Such plan would in a few years re
generate our worn lands to where one.
third of the farm planted in cotton
would yield as much as the two-thirds
or three-fourths now in cotton yields,
the expense would be cut in half, and
the profits become larger. Under this
system of rotation with the legumes
the lands of this state would need only
ground phosphate rock that can be OBJ
tanned for about four dollars per ton.
This would save the state a fertilizer
bill of more than two million dollars
annually or enough money to run our
schools for at least eight months or
enough money to support one agricult-
ural high school in every supervis-
+ors district in the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28

air Can change 1t to soluble plant food.
/. i.o~sod insects are exposed and
frozen.
5. THE aon IS rcvgh ard loose 90
-. Il ~ drink in the rain thai
falls.
6, To hermit the air to circulate in
the subsoil.
T. To let the water escape from
the surface without running over the
ground and washing it off.
long to see the time when we will
have good pastures for at least ten
months in the year for fine stock to
Craze in; raise all the good stock that
our pastures and leguminous hays will
feed well in order to obtian food and
teams for ourselves and manure for
our fields; get down into old mother
earth some eight to fofteen inches
with three or four mule plow, and
thereby carry our crops through the
longest drOuth in the summer though
heavily fertilized; reduce the cost Of
producing crops b increasing the
fertility of the soil and by the use OF
strong teams and the latest and most
Improved farm implements; fare sump-
| tously every day in the year on the,
products of our own farms and keep
all of our cotton money at home to
build magnificent homes, school
houses, good roads educate our chill
dren, buy many of the Injuries of
| life, and fill our banks to Overlooking.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28

vacation at the farm and asserts his
belief that the crop will average three.
fifths of bale per acre. This would
mean a production of 1 200 bales at
the farm.
Another redeeming feature in the
crop shortage is the fact that cotton,
seed are bringing top prices, about
$1S per ton. A few years ago cotton.
seen would hardly be hauled away
from the gins, and regulations had to
be passed requiring ginners to keep
their yards clean of seed in order OF
protect stock. Now it is different, and
recently, when a large planter pro-
posed to rent his land to a tenant t.
:" ~N;o~ woV'f - ~, IL, ,l--
seed as rental. the offer was prompt
iy declined, as the value Of seei
VIII run from 81 TO $40 per acre.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
ROTATION Of Crops Is
SALVATION Of farmers

are now spending more than We are
making. We want some man to tell
us how to make the necessary money
to provide the betterments which a
progressive civilization demands. This
being true. let US reason together for
short time.
We must quit too exclusive culture
Of cotton. The too exclusive cultur,
of cotton means poor soil and IA
poor soil always means a poor people.
and poor people always means bad
roads, uncomfortable homes, poorly
the credit system, and in fact all that
retards civilization.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
ARE EXPECTING
l7-CENT COTTON
Arkansas Farmers Say This Is Not a
Day Dream, But Really Think the
Price viii Go That High.

Special 10 The Netos
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, September 2S.
The statement sent out by a New
York cotton broker to the effect that
"17-cent cotton will be here soon" is
not regarded as an extravagant joke
by many local cotton planters, who de-
clare that the short crop, emphasized
by the storm of Monday night, will
justify almost anything within reason
in the cotton market.
A. increase in t, @ price If cotton
IS also expected, based on the in
creased price of nearly every other
commodity. IF the farmers, partic-
ularly in the Arkansas hills, were to
get II cents for their cotton they
could stand it all right" declared an
attache of the state house, who has
just returned from a iaunt through
several counties. The valley country
however, is not SO bad, and 17-cept
cotton there would make a noise Ike
sure enough prosperity.
II fact, latest reports from the state
farm, en- the Arlransas river. indicate
'hst the crop thee wil be very good
.fl - t'o N sftS.fe
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28

plodueti.e, it lis thoroughly prepare
our Land before painting, let Us use
,Ac moo. prc..fic seed, let US Use
stror~ taarrs and labor-saving farm
implements and thereby do more and
hotter work than farmers can possibly
do with one mule plows. Let us work
along this line and we will soon be
able to have all of the necessities and
many oil the luXuries of life.
Lct Us remove from the pubic
school curricrlum all readers filled
with the gilded thought of stage and
forum, all histories which overflow
ito tho mar2ir with dates and battles,
.Grd vain many heroes who differ from
ordinary scoundrels only in the mag
rinde Of their crimes, all geogra Dhies
dealing in the romance Of climate and
situation and the hyperbole of wonder
full production in some sections, and
substitute for them truthful readers
about the wealth producers Of the
world; histories of the achievements
the industrial world as well as in
tie political arena and on the field Of
battle; and the outlines Of geography
Then let us add penmanship, spelling
grammar. arithmetic, the science oil
health, ethics the elementary princi
pies of economies, the science of gov
eminent and The science of agricult
ure.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
Rotation of Crops.

BY rotating cotton, corn and peas.
and oats followed by peas. the Louis
lana Station at Calhoun brought the
cotton up to a bale and more, the
corn yield to 81 bushels, the oats
in one case to over 60 bushels and the
peavine hay to two tons. By thi;
simple rotation of crops. with a mod
crate application of ground rock, the
poorest farm in this state may soon
be built up to where it will produce
40 bushels of corn or one bale of cot
ton per acre with as much ease and
certainty as the richest acre in the
great Yazoo Delta.
Let us make our soil exceedingly
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
Treat Your Horse We'll.

1t is wise to treat a horse well.
Men who are we'll treated are gener-
ally happier and better able to 10
good work than men who are i'll treat
ed. 1t is the same in the case Of
horses.
You should pity your horse, because
he is dumb and cannot complain if
you neglect or ill-treat him.
A horse should always be well fed.
Be sure to give your horse plenty of
good water.
A horse should be kept clean and
have a good dry bed at night. When
you clean your horse do not use the
curry comb roughly.
See that the collar fits. If the col
lar or harness begins to rub anywhere
and make a sore place, wash the sore
with clean water, and CASTLE soap if
you have it. but do not use other kinds.
Keep the shoes in good order
Keep lump of salt in the stall
where he can get it, but do not mix
it with his feed.
Never use a tight checkrein.
Keep your wheels well creased.
we've .l-st or use row Z ~orla
to your horse.
The above advice Is the substance
of leaflet that can be obtained by
writing to M. l.. Hall, 1875 Ridge street,
Providence, r. 7.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
Breaking Land.

The larger part Of the land should
be broken in the fall for the follow
ing reasons:
/. We are not as busy in the late
fall and winter as we are in the
spring.
2. The grass. trash etc. is turned
under TO decay.
?. Yesclps,a plant food &c Mr. -r'''
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
State Of Mississippi,
To Will Donald

State of Mississippi
To Will Donald
You are commanded to appear be-
Iore the chancery court Of the County
OF Forrest, in said State, on the first
Monday OF December, A. d. 1909 to de.
lend the suit in said court of DR.. J..
d. Donald, ct al wherein you are de.
PENDANT.
This 9th day of September, A. D..
1909.
T. L. BATSON,
C1ancery Clerk.
2S-5-tt07' - = y ~C VI" ;. r
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05

mother to visit school at least once
every term.
Do you remember when your moth
er used to visit school?
Remember what a half delightful
and half embarrassing and wholly ex-
citing occasion it was?
Remember how, when the little girl
who sat nearest the door had an
swered the knock, you saw 1t was
your mother and everyone who knew
her turned and looked at you and
you grew red?
And then remember how she found
out where you were sitting and smiled
at you and everyone who hadn't
known before knew now who it was
then and turned and grinned at you
and you grew very much redder?
And remember how often teacher
called on you and how brilliantly you
read and did sums on the blackboard
and answered questions in geography
because, of course, the teacher gave
you all the easy ones?
And remember how fondly the
teacher shook your mothers hand
when she rose to go and smiled at her
how funny it seemed that that aristo-
cratic, stern-faced person should be
doing all that for a member of your
family?
OF course you do. if you went to
school when I did-how many years
y
But the child of today won't have
that to remember. for somehow or
other mothers don't visit school now
adays-at least not near so often as
they should. -,f
And yet there is far more need of
it than there used to be.
In those days each teacher was a
we'll known parsonage in the COM
munity. Very often she was indigen-
Gus to the SOIL Anyway she was
such could be, constantly under the
eyes of the parents.
Today all that most parents-in the
big cities. ait least-know about the
teacher is her name.
Do you think it would be a good
thing for you to know a little more
than that?
One mother who visited her sons
school last winter found that the
teacher was a fresh air fiend. and had
a heavy draught of air blowing across
the .children's backs most of the time.
The fresh air was fine, of course,
but not the draught. especially for
children whose mothers dressed them
for the atmosphere of an ordinary
school ROOM ~H
Cases like that of course. are rare.
You will probably find nothing at all
to disturb you, but it isn't SO much
to look for flaws that 1 want you to
go.
It's more so tndt you Will KNOW
what your child's environment is,
have some definite picture when he
talks about the schoolroom and his
mates and his teacher. and be able to
take more intelligent interest in his
affairs.
The trip will hardly take more than
two or three hours at the most ana
I'm sure it will bring you into closer
touch with your children than two or
three days spent for that purpose IN
any other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05

street, Saturday afternoon from three
to six o'clock. She will be assisted
by Miss Helen Estey, Miss Margaret
Mills, Miss Marcia Williams, Miss
Marburgh. Miss Lenora Stubs, Miss
Edith Lnghram, Miss Florence Burge,
Miss Ruth Williams, Miss Margaret
Jetmore, Miss Louise McNeal, Miss
Mamie Veale and Miss Marcia Will
liams.
The Ceramic Art club met this af-
ternoon with Mrs. J. Howard Stuart.
1915 Harrison street. Mrs. Stuart
and Mrs. H. E. Lyman were hostesses.
Mrs. A. A. Scott, 1922 West Tenth
street. will entertain her card club
Saturday afternoon.
X y
Miss Ruby Painter and Miss Mar
tina Irwin entertained Wednesday
night at the home of Miss Painter. in
honor of Mrs. c. F. Prather, who is
one of Topeka's new brides. The fol-
lowing guests were asked: Mrs. F. c..
Prather, Mrs. DOME Short, Mrs. Cliff
ford Tromp, Miss Nina Pugh, Miss
Martha Irwin, Miss Ina Galloway,
Pugh, Miss Mary Waters, Miss Pearl
Tickner, Miss opal Drant. Miss Leta
Sherwood and the Misses Painter.
x X X
Miss Edna D. Webb, 500 East
Eighth avenue. gave a party to few
of her friends Thursday evening. Mu-
sic was furnished by Miss Katherine
Clohessy. The following guests were
there: Miss Katherine Clohessy, Miss
Elinor Eckert. Miss Katherine Dur
kin, Miss Rose Durkin, Miss Theresa
Durkin. Miss Fairy Bradshaw. Miss
Pearl Maxwell, Miss Mable Johnson,
Miss Virda Croker. Mr.. Harold Nc
Mustry, Mr.. Alfred McMustry, Mr..
Bert Smith. Mr.. John WINNER and
Mr.. Cash Stitt. Miss Webb was assist
Virda Croker.
The Topeka Chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution will meet with
Mrc. T. ]. Hankla, SIS Western ave-
nue., Saturday afternoon, November
18th.
Two visiting schoolmasters yesterday
= rayed into a restaurant that is re-
garded by the natives as one of the
1eanest and most inviting eating
houses in the town. They sat at a
table with a Topeka girl who over
BEARD their comments on the restaur-
ant in particular and the town in gen.
eral. This place looks pretty dirty to
me. I don't believe the floor has been
scrubbed for week" one of them
said, with the experienced air of a
hlase globe trotter. 81 don't see much
Hbout this town to like anyhow re-
piled the other, who probably hailed
from some such metropolitan center as
Cherryvale or Westmoreland. Mean
while they both reached over to the
Their side of the table and clawed at
the contents of dish of crackers that
the girl who sat at meat with them
had ordered for. her soup. A bluff of
superiority will work in some cases,
hut it isn't always convincing.
x x x
A club woman once wittily said: ''In
good society a woman is known, not
by the company she keeps, but by the
Salads she serves The following
recipe commends itself to the busy
he usekeeper by its simplicity, and to
the ieDicure by it's daintiness: Equal
parts of shredded shrimp and diced
celery, in a nest of lettuce leaves,
masked with cream salad dressing, on
top of which chopped nuts are
srrinkled. Canned shrimp should be
washed in cold water. This salad de-
rends largely for it's success on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05
. SONG OF WELCOME.


The teachers have gathered. oh me. oh
Like snow drops from heaven that
From the roll of the prairies. each city
TO find find in in Topeka the How of the
Their plumage of learning. oh me. oh
They're preening to use in the sweet bye
To broadly demonstrate to children of
The need of their knowing the How of
the when.
We give them glad welcome. oh me. oh
And speed speed their return with regret and a
And wish them success with their How
That fruitage of knowledge-bright women
coMsTocK.
The X U. reunion and banquet will
be held at the First Baptist church
tonight.
The trees are barren, the winds
having blown off practically all of
the leaves within the past week.
DR.. Kent of Yale university, Satur-
day night at Washburn chapel: aims
and Methods of the Great Teacher
The blackbirds have left the Beth
any grounds but this doesn't mean
that all of the birds have flown
away.
If you turn in your order now you
will get your name in the new direc-
-ory soon to be issued for the Inde-
pendent Telephone Co.
Malon Burgett predicts that Kan
sas will defeat Nebraska and Wash
burn will have a close shave with
Oklahoma-with the odds favoring
the Sooners.
The quarterly payments are being
made at the pension bureau in the
federal building. This is old soldiers
day and the building is buzzing with
war gossip.
There are about fifteen candidates
for city commissioners who have been
announced by friends at this time. By
spring the number should reach into
the hundreds.
There have been fifteen suicides in
Topeka since the first of October or
almost one in every two days. This
is a startling record and the matter
should be investigated.
The proposition of raising the sal
aries of the Topeka firemen will come
before an adjourned meeting of the
city council tonight. Everyone seems
to be in favor of the idea.
Coroner Keith says that the failure
of druggists to comply with the label
and question law in connection with
cause for a number of suicides.
Mr.. H. w. Jones says that the call
for rooms for the teachers in last
nights State Journal brought re-
sponses from 700 and that 1900 more
teachers could easily have been ac-
commodated
The North side pumping station
proposition has been laid aside again
by the city administration. Some day
in the far future the people of North
Topeka expect to have this pumping
station installed.
Two Lowman Hill street cars came
together in a head-on collision last
evening during the rush hours. No
one was hurt and the accident simply
mutilated couple of front ends. Poor
schedules was the cause. =
Apropos the article in the State
Journal last night which stated that
the -pavements over the city were
damaged by fire there was a notice.
able drop in the number of fires from
burning leaves last night. There is
city ordinance against this practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05
Afl6el11SS

In point of attendance. the concert at
the Grand Thursday night argued poor
ly for the advertising possibilities Of
Miss Flora Wilson's western tour, but
it should be remembered that she is not
the first noted singer who has been
greeted in Topeka by a much smaller
audience than the merits of the per-
Torrance called for.
The choice Of Miss Wilson's program
was excellent and it's rendering of a
high order Her voice is a pure So
rendetini Ia speme' and in Chami-
r AIDES ''Viiianelle," her high note was e.,
and the tone was full. strong and easily
taken. Her trills are pleasing and show
to advantage the remarkable f1exibility
of her voice. while her ballad singing,
by which she was first known in this
country, fully justif1es her reputa ton, as
de monstrated in a few old English and
Scotch songs that took we'll with the
crowd. Miss Wilson dresses becoming
ly and appears we'll on the stage, and
Ter manner could not have been more
gracious if she had been singing to a
packed house
The work of Mr.. Karl Klein, violinist,
was a strong feature of the concert. He
is brilliant virtuoso a--d plays straight
ed a nocturne, a composition of his
fathers. given pubica1ly last night for
the first time from the original manu-
script. He supplied the obligatc for two
of Miss Wilson's numbers adding much
to their alluring sweetness
The work of the company as whole
was given with spirit considering that
they lacked the inspiration that a large
audience gives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

Going Some" spends a two days en-
gagement at the Grand commencing to-
night with matinee tomorrow. The
Omaha Bee said of the opening per-
Torrance there:
Going Some came to Omaha and
the Burwood last night. 1t certainly
went some at the first performance and
it won't need to go any more than 1t
did last night to keep on pleasing for
the balance of the week. The audience
laughed and giggled itself foolish at the
funny capers. the amusing situations
and the mock tragic peril of the COM
edy with its farcical touches.
Louise Cunning, who will be remem-
bered in the soprano role of TON
Jones." and as member of Nine.
Schuman-Heink's company in Loves
Lottery comes to the Grand Wednes-
day, Nov. 10th. in Pixley and Luders
newest operetta, "Marcelle." This is
Miss Cummings second season as a
Shubert star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05

Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter
of William Jennings Bryan, and Mrs.
Mary c. Black of Ness City. are the
guests of Judge and Mrs. Silas Por-
ter. Mrs. Black will give a dinner to-
night at the Topeka club in honor of
Mrs. Leavitt to which the following
guests are invited: Mrs. Leavitt,
Judge and Mrs. Silas Porter, Mr.. and
Mrs ]. e. Hurley, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Blood Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Free
man, Mr.. Herbert Armstrong and Mr..
E. P. Greer of Winfield. The table
will be decorated in yellow chrysan-
themums and the same color will
decorations. Mrs. ]. E. Hurley will
also give an informal tea at o'clock
this afternoon in honor of Mrs. Leav-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05
A ..TRUsTY, WENT HUNTING.
His Adventures Cost Leavenwortf
Prisoner Two Months Liberty.

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. st. C.
Burbage, a ''trusty' prisoner at the
Kansas penitentiary, took two hours to
90 hunting and it cost him two months
Of liberty Burbage was working on
Staiger island with three other "trus-
ties getting out mine timber. when
Two young men came along with guns
and he started off hunting with them.
Soon after this the other prisoners re-
ported that Burbage had run away.
The parole board was in session and
was signing papers recommending
parole for Burbage and ten other
prisoners when the escape warning
came in on them.
Just as the tugboat, towing squad
OF officers. reached, the island Burbage
and the boys he was hunting with
came in sight. Burbage expressed sur
rrise when he learned that it was
thought that he had tried to escape.
The officials decided to look on the
hunting trip as a breaking of the rule
against quitting work without permits
zion and to Withhold the recommended
ton for parole for two months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05
THE EVENING CHIT-CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON

Your child has been at school about
two months now.
Have you been yet to visit the
place where he spends almost as much
of his waking time as he does at
home?
Have you made it point yet to
meet the woman who has as much. if
not more to do with shaping his
development as you have?
Visiting school is one of the old
fashioned customs that I think moth
ers have made great mistake in
dropping.
When went to school 1 remember
it was a regular custom for each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05

lit. Mrs. Leavitt visited Mrs. Black
in Ness City, after which she went to
Winfield where she lectured last night
She has been giving a series of lee
lures through western Kansas on her
trip through the Holy Land. The
coming month she is to lecture in
the interests of the Nebraska Univer-
sity Extension Course. She will then
sail for Germany to spend the winter
in a course of study at Berlin and her
two children will be placed in a kim
dergarten there.
Mrs. Black, who has for some years
been president of the National bank
of Ness City, is on her way to Ransom
Kan, to be president of the First State
bank of Ransom.
X y
Miss Lenore Monroe will give re-
ception at her home, 900 Harrison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-05
X u. Reunion and Banouet.

The K u reunion and banquet which
is held annually in connection with the
State Teachers association will take
place this evening at the Baptist
church. The reception and social hour
will be from 4:30 to $50 and the BAN
Duet will be at $50. There will be a
record breaking attendance and the K.
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rened to leave home. His father had
just purchased a gasoline engine for
his ranch, and the boy wanted to see
how 1t would work. But he blew up
the machine. Fearing to meet his
father after the accident he took his
rifle and beat his way here on freight
trains.