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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
EDGECOMBE AND NASH
PLANTED MORE ACRES
Will Reap Only About Th~ree-fourths
of a CrOp-TObacco Light n

Will Reap Only About Th~ree-fOurthS
of a CTop-Tobacco Light nj
Thin.
Rocky Mount, N. c., Sept. 11.-With
a slight difference Of opinion regard
ing tobacco conditions so far as the
m and the tobacco men are con-
cerned the true status Of affairs SO far
as las and EdgecOmbe are
concerned are hard to determine
upon. It is evident, however, that
the offerings on the local market from
Nash and Edgecombe and
others as we'll are as a whole inferior
to what was sold here last year. 1t is
not that his market is failing to sell
its share of the bright a this
year, for his is not the case, but the
farmers are failing to produce it, due
in the main part to adverse weather
conditions. The tobacco this year
falls short in weight, and is light n
thin and while tips and good leaf have
noted a slight Improvement in quality
as What was offered last month, these
are still short Of the standard. The
prices On primings have noted a light
increase on the market here within the
past week and it is thought that the
prices that have been paid for them
have reached a mark as high as that
Of any time last year. Good tobacco
with some body to it brings a high
price and is eagerly sought after by
kIlC puSC1o oio AN A1o 81 SAAO
market for this class of tobacco is
perhaps greater than anywhere else on
the markets in this section.
This years acreage in E~dgecombe
county as near as can be determined
is about the same or possible five or
eight percent in advance If anything.
At any rate there was no dropping off
in the amount planted. In Nash county
the farmers have placed more land for
the culture Of the crOD and here the
increase t~hrol EhOut the county will
amount to about fifteen or twenty per
cent in advance of last year. The
yield throughout Edgecombe county
will be between sixty-five n seventy
five per cent of Wha it was last year,
while Nash county will raise about
three-fourths of a crop, taking last
year as a standard. Some parts Of
both counties report fair tobacco
crops, but drought and rains have
worked in this section this tobacco
season as to make the culture of a
good crop a matter Of great difficulty.
HORNE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
warehousemen of the local market. a

warehousemen of the local market a
gentleman who spends the largest por-
ton of his time in personally Visiting
the country districts estimated the
acreage in Wayne to be at the least
10 per cent larger than it was in 1908.
The amount of tobacco produced. how
ever. equals only three-fourthS of last
seasons crop, or in other words, there
is a decrease of Is per cent And too,
the quality Of the weed is very in
ferior. From the opening of the mar
ket in August, warehOuSemen have
agreed that the first primings, which
constitutefthe bulk of the sales during
the first month, did not come to the
grade offered for a similar period last
year, and now hat the season is well
advanced, an accurate idea may be had
Of the quality of the crop as a whole.
A cry conservative estimate is that in
general tobacco is Is per cent poorer
than it was last season. One buyer
states that he has never before seen
such poor grades on Goldsboro floors
as are being sold this year.
This short crop and deficient quality
is due to the excessive rains expert
enced in the early part of the sum
mer, which in many points of the
county completely washed the plants
away.
At the present time better grades
are being brought in than those mar
keted In August and as a ~onsequenc
prices have advanced. Good leaf to-
baccO is selling at prices ranging from
s to Is cents while q few small piles
are running as high as $25 and $40
per hundred pounds.
A. R. FREEMAN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
BAD SEASONS CUT THE
CROP IN DURHAM COUNTY.
Election ON the CrOp-Ffgures of
Sales on Durham Market.

Durham, Sept. 1.-The first real
tobacco breaks Of 1909 were yesterday
and Friday, $4,000 pounds perhaps
being sold at satisfactory prices.
Numberless farmers interviewed
from all tobacco sections Of the coun-
ty, give a rather uisquieting reflection
upon the crop. 1t is quite larger by
6 few acres, though it is feared that
the numbe Of pounds will not equal
last years abnormal output by 2,G00,-
900 at least.
The explanation is easy. Last year
was dry but at psychological mo-
ment'' a great rain fell and redeemed
the crop. An unusual amount Of
heavy tobacco was sold. and ware
housemen say that with the bare ex-
ception of 1902, no season in twenty
years has been nearly so fine. This
yea has been a wet one and rain in
excess makes tobacco light and chafy.
This season has been unusually wet
and though the tobacco is very bright
and of exceptional color, it lacks the
body and the weight that the manu-
~facturers want.
The number Of pounds sold on the
market last year was 7,593,680. This
was an increase Of ~2,504,925 pounds
over the previous year The increase
in that season has been attributed to
the good roads that came to Durham
last year. The extra amount of that
season may again ma It's way over
that great Durham-Roxboro turnpike,
but the local crop will fall short, far,
and farmers say they do not expect
more than a rs per cent. yield, while
many fear a slump to 60 per cent
The prices are all that the farmers
hope for now. Warehousemen tell
your correspondent that Of the fifty or
sixty loads laid down here the past
week, none went away with a COM
plant. The average price paid for the
season of 1908, was $12.S0 per hun
dred. While the best weed has not
been marketed yet. it is believed here
that the crop will almost reach that
degree of excellence owing to the lack
CT pounds that result from the wet
weather.
The bulk Of the tobacco comes from
northern and eastern Durham county
and from that section the facts are
given this p There is no report
from the other sections which produce
it but indifferently.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
ytdfJ ,... Io,ooU 900 tIOr Year,
No Escape From These Facts.

year, 49,. 1880 5.S5 Gor year)
No Escape From These Facts.
The philanthropist sharply raped
those who sought to get away from
these facts. He said:
These are the official figures Of the
health department and they cannot be
successfully disputed. The explana-
ton has been advanced hat the doc
tors have been remiss in past years in
reporting cases, n " suddenly
begun to do their duty. This I reject
as a mean and unmerited attack upon
the integrity Of the physicians of New
York city.
There is no way in which these fig
ures can be shorn of their alarming
significance, namely, that the number
Of new cases of tuberculosis is increas-
Ing, in spite of better housing and
working conditions. And these fig
ures are paralleled in every other city
in which similar data is available.
The logical and inevitable concIu-
sion is that we must go back to the
proven source of much human tuber-
culosis if we are to check the avage
Of this plague. We must not stop at
protecting the healthy from human
infection, but we must save the we'll
from the infection that may Turk un-
suspected in raw milk"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
FROM INFECTED MILK
Shows Big Increase in Tuber-
cuIOsiS
Nathan StFaus Proves From New
York Vital Statistics That the
Plague is Rapidly Gaining.

Budapest, Sept. 4.-Nathan straus,
the New York philanthropist, who, on
Tuesday appealed to the international
Medical congress to stop the spreading
of disease that results from the use Of
infected milk, today submitted detail
ed figures to that body to prove that
tuberculosis, instead of being con-
quered, is on the increase.
He cited the official vital statistics
Of New York city, which was credited
by DR.. Robert Koch with leading the
whole world in the fight against tub
erculosis. He showed that the increas-
ing skill Of the physicians in treat
ing tuberculosis had reduced the death
rate from this disease in proportion
to the population from 2.42 per 1000
in 1902 to 2.39 per 1000 in 1907, n
2.29 in 1908. but he showed hat tho
number of deaths from tuberculosis
in proportion to the total humber OF
from 1904 per cent in 1902 to 1890
In 1908.
144,172 New Cases in Eight Years.
Mr.. Straus said:
"These figures reflect upon the med
ica1 profession greater credit than APP
pears upon the surface. This holding
in check of the death rate from tub
erculosis has been in spite Of a very
great and alarming increase in the
lumber Of new cases of the disease.
1.-The population Of New York has
Increased &c per cent since 1902,
while the number of new cases Of
tuberculosis reported in a yea has
Increased 100 per cent. Growth Of
the city has added 932,291 to the
population, while the spread Of tuber-
culosis has added 144,172 to the army
Of consumptives, until the vast re-
sources Of the great metropolis are
taxed to the utmost to care for these
victims of the great white plague
Steady Increase in New Cases.
Mr.. Straus showed yea by year the
increasing hold of tuberculosis upon
the people by these figures Of the new
cases:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
TOBACCO CROP OF NORTH
CAROLINA
Continued from Page One.)

30 per cent.
Quantity as compared with last year,
IS per cent.
Prices here are much improved and
the m are better pleased.
J. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14

Especial to News and Observer
Rocky Mount, N. c., Sept. 11.-Re-
ceipts Of tobacco are constantly on the
increase. and were heavy towards the
latter part of the week, though the
rain interferred to some extent The
proportion Of primings are decreasing
while the tips and better grades of
leaf are constantly on the increase,
amounting to perhaps one-third of
the weeks sales. Prices on primings
continue low, the trade evidently pre-
ferring the "a bodied, ripe tips
and leaf. All grades Of 1eafy tobacco
are selling we'll, especially the common
to medium grade Of tips, which are
as h1gh as they were last year though
not as good. being badly graded and
mixed with dead tobaceos, though they
have good flavor as a rule, and are
ripper than usual. Bright leaf and
wrappers have shown up in small
quantities and find ready sale at good
prices, though it is thought will sell
better latter on. The rains of the past
few days afford a good tobacco season.
and large receipts are expected next
week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
CASWELL HAS THE BEST
CROP IN IT'S HISTORY
Much Of Crop Will Not Be Sold on
Warehouse Floors. But Be Stored
in Farmers Warehouse for Good

Prices.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Yanceyville. N. c., Sept. 11.-Rela-
tive to your questions regarding the
tobacco crop in Caswell this year, /
aTn of the opinion that there is very
little difference in acreage from last
year. Early in the spring we were led
pairing for the largest crop Of recent
years. but plants were carce and la
Dor tickle, and consequently many far
mers did not plant the acreage in
tended.
On the whole. we are inclined to be-
lieve the crop this year will be some
what lighter than last. In many Sec
tons of the county the plants are
somewhat understood, due to the Sc
we're drOuth we had in h month of
July.
AS to the quality of the crop, we
unhesitatingly this the
sweetest crop of tobacco in our re-
membrance.
Practically all of our farmers report
bright curings, and many of our oldest
tell US this is the easiest crop
to cure in their years Of experience.
There was a notable scarcity of to-
bacco pests, such as worms and flies,
and the leaves will be more uniform
and solid. We ave a crOp of to-
baccO worth money, and we are con-
fident hat much of it will never go
on the floor, but will be
placed in the farmers storage houses
in R~eidsville and Danville, where it
will be in better shape to command a
fair price.
Truly yours.
T. J. HENDERSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14

be marketed here in excess of the
amount sold On this market last year.
The quality. however, is greatly In
ferior to hat Of 1908.
The crop Of primings Or sand lugs,
which is the first tobacco marketed,
has been of about the same quality as
formerly, but the demand seems to
have been poor this year and the price
very low. The main crop now coming
in shows considerable fnferiority to
that of former years. due to unfavor-
able weather conditions in June and
July.
T. H FAULKNER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
LONG FOR THE DAYS
OF THE INDEPENDENTS
Acreage and Yield in Granville Same
As Last Year-Quality Only About
55 Per Cent.

40 FER Gent.
Especial to News and Observer
Oxford, N. c., Sept. Ill have on
suited tobacco buyers, Warehousemen
Of Oxford, and farmers Of Granville
in regard to tobacco interests and
find hat the acreage is conceded by
all to be larger than last years, and
the quantity of the yield as compared
to last ear is 100 per cent. The
quality of the crop as compared to
las year rs per cent.
It is impossible to give an accurate
statement as to prices except by giving
opinions Of different people.
The farmers insist that prices are
not SO good as last year., comparing
the grades.
A prominent warehouseman( Hon.
z. W. Lyon. I don't know hat 7 wish
to give his name in The News and OBJ
SeFver) told me this morning hat he
is paying higher for same grade Of
tobacco than he paid last year.
At any rate the farmers are hold
ing back their tobacco for better
prices. and they are in better position
to hold as they please on account Of
having utilized diversity of crops.
A prominent observer of the mar
kets said this morning tina m
are longing for the good old time
Continued on Page Five.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
SLIGHT INCREASE IN
CROP OF PITT COUNTY
Difficult to Forecast just How Crop
VIII Turn Out.

especial t News and O~bserVer.)
Greenvilie. n. c., Sept. 1O.-Those
best 1nfCl med on the situation seem
to be of the opinion that the tObaccO
acreage in Pitt county this year is
MY slightly increased over last year.
not more than 10 or II ner cent.
The Farmers Consolidated Tobacco
Company. an organization of several
hunore of the most intelligent to-
bacco M in this section, took
coshlzaEce early in the year of the
paoapettiNe increase in the tobacco
'Niease' with the result that there was
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
not much, If any, increase in this

not much, If any, increase in this
county
In the territory east Of Greenvil1e'
there was nothing like the amount OF
rainfall there was west of here, conse-
quently in hat section the yield will
very probably De heavier than last
wear and as this is the territory from
which the Greenville market draws
more largely for its trade, this mar
ket expects to increase its sales over
last year.
h quality Of the offerings up to
this time has been very poor, the first
primings or sand Tugs and tips consti-
tutins probably 80 per cent of the
sales. It is therefore difficult to fore
cast just what the crop will turn u
Our information, however, is that con-
siderable good tobacco has been made.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
PIEDMONT ACREAGE
rs PER CENT. LARGER
But n Yield Per Acre is Expected t
Be Much Smaller-QuaIity Poorer.

Winston-Salem, Sept. lin acre
age it is estimated that the tobacco
crop in the Piedmont section will be
25 per cent larger this year tina last,
but in quality it is expected to fall
short his year. One Of the best in
formed men on this market says that
in reality no one can tell just now how
the present crop will pan out and
that no one can give an accurate fore
cast until after it is cured. However,
he is inclined to believe that there will
be more common tobacco this year, as
compared with 1908, and that the
yield per acre will be much smaller.
1t is known that a much larger crop
was planted this year than last but
the growers are not expected to real
lze as much money on account Of
shortage in weight and quality.
r. E. CARMICHAEL.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
AVERAGE CROP WAS
PLANTED IN FRANKLIN.
But Yield Will Not Be Over 60 Per
Cent.-Prices Low and Farmers
DiSheartened.

DiS1leaTtene0.
Louisburg, Sept. 1.-THE general
opinion regarding the tobacco crop
in this section is that, in some sections
the acreage was increased, but in 9TH
ers only an average crop planted.
The yield is very light and a con-
sentative estimate would be about so
per cent. Of last years crop. It is hard
to judge the quality Of the crop this
year by the receipts coming in now,
as these are only primings, and are
very inferior as compared with last
year.
Prices as a rule are very unsatisfac-
tory, though good bodied leaf COM
mands a good price, this kind not Of
fering in any quantity, however.
Farmers seem to be thoroughly dis
heartened, with an increased outlay
they have a poorer yield n lower
price than last years. We have a good
market here, and with the receipts Of
good leaf, look for better prices all
along the line. Our buyers say they
want q better class of tobacco and will
bring better prices.
J. S. BARROW.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
ACREAGE AS LARGE
BUT CROP MUCH LESS.

UnfayorabLe Seasons I'm Stokes Have
Badly Affected the Crop.
Danbury, Sept. 1.-THE quality or
the tobacco crop in this county-now
being cured-is probably Is per cent.
inferior to that Of last year. The
acreage this year is fully as large, ana
larger. than the 1905 output,
but the number Of pounds will be a
good deaI less than last year, owing to
the ~unfavorable season, sometimes too
dry, sometimes too wet.
DANBURY REPORTER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
CROP DISAPPOINTING
IN WAYNE COUNTY

Though Increase in Acreage Was
About Is Per Cent, the Yield Will
Be Only About T~hree-fourths of a
Crop.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. c.. Sept 1.-THE to-
bacco crop in Wayne county has
proved a big disappointment, in view
of the fact that Notwithstanding an
increase of acreage his eason the
yield falls considerably below that of
last year. One Of the most experienced
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Prices Fixed Then Mere Starvation
Prices.
(KinSton Free PreSS.)

There were large breaks on all the
warehouses today and sales were good.
Prices were up to the standard that
was established early in the season.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
LARGER INCREASE IN
LENOIR AND OTHER COZ

The Quality Said to Be Inferior to
THAT of Last Ycar--Prices Very
Low.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Kinston. N. c., Sept. 11.-The acre
age Of the tobacco crop this season in
LenOir and those counties tributary
to this market is about one-eighth
larger than that Of last year.
1T is estimated that about a million
and a half pounds of the weed viii
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-04-03
GAME PLENTIFUL
IN EAST AFRICA
Hunting like Shooting Cows
in a Back Yard

New York, March 29--In the opinion
of Dana Estes, the well known Boston
publisher, who arrived here on the
steamer ST. Louis after a $4,000 mile
journey in Europe. Asia and Africa,
former President Roosevelt will find
hunting big game in East Africa like
shooting cows in a back yard"
"The antelope and animals OF that
kind are so tame" he said, that they
Craze along the railroad track and
scarcely look up as the train goes by.
saw thousands of zebras, antelopes,
ostriches, etc. They were within a few
hundred yards of the train, and most
of them never even so much as lifted
their heads as we went by
Mr.. Estes visited Uganda. circled
completely around Lake Victoria Ny
ANA, and pushed in through Rhodesia
to Cape Colony. His travels in Africa
took him inland as far as the Victoria
Falls on the upper zambesi.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-04-03
"SMILE MAKERS TO
MEET IN new YORK
They Will Get Together at the
OpilmiSt's Dinner.

New York, March 3f.-''Looking on
the bright side of things Is the spe-
cialty of the members Of the Opti-
mists' club, who will hold their first
annual dinner in this city tonight The
smile Makers as the Optimists call
themselves. have long roll of dis
tinguished members. many of whom
will attend the dinner. Their honorary
president is Andrew Carnegie, and the
"Star Spangled Scotchman" will pre-
side at the dinner.
A feature of the dinner will be the
singing of some original optimistic
songs, written especially for the occa-
sion.
The founder and secretary of the OPP
timists' club is William j. Robinson.
of this city. Among the members is
General J. Franklin Bell, chief of the
general staff of the army, who has
nominated every man in the army for
membership and has requested Mr..
Robinson to send every soldier liter.
ature calculated to make him smile
maker"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-04-03
BELIEVES HE is
CHARLIE ROSS
Former S lnlOkin Man Thinks He
isLad stolen IS Years Ago.

Pittsburg March % William Grant
Eyester, of McKees Rocks. a suburb,
formerly a coal miner at Shamokin,
says that he believes he is the Charlie
Ross, kidnapped from Germantown
Philadelphia, thirty-fiye years ago anS
never recovered. He said he learnea
early in life that he was not the child
of his supposed parents and that many
things they did led him to believe that
he was Charlie Ross. He said he tallies
In every respect with the description
of Charlie, even to moles on his body.
Memories of his early home, he said,
agree with descriptions of the Ross
home. His foster parents, who lived
at Shamokin, are dead, and he has no
evidence of his identity and is not
making any effort to prove his connec-
ton with the famous case, dreading
the notoriety it would give him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-04-03
CLERK HELD FOR
$4,000 SHORTAGE
Baltimore Official Accused Of
Juggling City Deposits.

Baltimore. April denomination OF
the books Of the Office OF the city
register show a shortage OF more than
s67 600 in the funds OF that Office. vii.
liam +. Downs, stock clerk In the
office named. Is under arrest, 1t is be-
lieved that most OF the shortage, II not
all OF II, will be traced to Downs,
though this may prove dificult.
1t is said that Downs one Of whose
duties was to make the daily deposits
of the city funds in the various banks.
made out deposit slips for less than
the amounts that should have been
deposited. and afterward altencd the
figures in the bank books to make
them correspond with the amounts
that should have been deposited. The
statement is made that no record 10
kept of what employee Of the office
makes the deposits on specific days.
and the duty was not always assigned
tic Downs, who recently objected to q
promotion given him
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-04-03
new KIND or COAL
NEAR HUNTINGDON
FIve-Fo0i Vein Of Fuel Fou|I
at Depth Of So Feel.


Huntingdon. Pa. March al g.
siderable excitement has been oc1 -
stoned III Oneida tywuship. =
miles north OF this city. through
discovery of species Of bItumind A.
coal closely resembling camel Coz
This find was made on the farm A.
II. w. zinn. senior member Of t4<
mercantile firm of linn Brothers, III
shaft to the depth of eIghty-five fe9<
has been sunk. and at this depth =
fve-foot vein OF the coal has been
found. The product, which has beex
extensively used by the neighborlnG
farmers. burns freely In both hentlnx
and cooking stoves The coal and -
strata surrounding It have been crifl
oally examined BY experts, who pEt
nounce 1t very valuable ind nHI
gives every evidence OF rich Develop
ment Z. = t