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Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
DR0UTH IN FIVE STATES
EXCESSIVE HEAT IS A FACTOR
AND RAIN IS NEEDED.
Texas Improvement Checked-Crops
in the Carolinas, Georgia and Mis-
sissippi Delta Improved.

Memphis, Tcnn.-Thc crops are suffer
ing from want Of rain in Tennessee, Ar
kansas. oklahoma, Texas and the nil
lands in Mississippi. Excessive heat i'll
tensIticl the need of moisture, and in
the three western states named above
the plant is shedding seriously and hollis
are opening rapidly. In Texas the i'm
provcmcnt begun the previous week was
checked. \ general soaking rain is need
ed to relieve the situation.
Crops in the two Caro}inas, Georgia
and Alabama improved and reports from
the Mississippi Delta are better. In
these districts picking will not begin
until well after Sept. /, as the plant is
still growing and setting fruit. The date
of frost will have an important bearing
on the yield, as the crop is still late.
In Louisiana the hot weather was ben.
eiicial because many weeyils were de-
stroyed, but 50 much damage has already
been done that estimates for the Weld
are light.
The plant is well fruited. and except
where the drouth has been prolonged, no
serious shedding has occurred.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
HAD MILLION IN COUNTERFEIT
Uncle Sam Gets Buccaneering Broth
ers in Louisville.

Louisville, ky.-Dreams of wealth
which reflected their gaudy hues from a
brass bound trunk containing a million
dollars in counterfeit Mexican pesos,
were shattered for John G. and Marion
Roberts Thursday when Deputy United
States Marshal William Blaydes arrested
John Roberts in Shelby county with the
money III his possession. Since the hour
of the arrest there has been unraveled in
the custom house of Louisville and in
central police station a tale of attempted
financial buccaneering that puts into
shadow some of the boldest exploits in
the history of counterfeiting. Roberts,
sitting in the office of the secret service
bureau here, coolly said that he would
plead guilty at the October term of the
Federal court, and seemed pliDsophic
about spending a majority of his years
in the United States prison at Atlanta.
He had played a bold game and failed,
he said, and he would have been rich
beyond his dreams had it succeeded.
Now he was poor and in the hands of
the sternest law on earth, but laid
rather flattering junction to his soul that
the scheme had been daring and roman
fir
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
FIVE KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT
Score Wounded; Ten Fatally-Many
Strike SYmpathiZers Shot.


Pittsburg, Pa.-One state trooper, one
deputy sheriff and three foreigners were
shot and killed Sunday in a wild riot
at the Pressed Steel Car plant at Schoen-
vile, whose employers are now on
strike. At least a score of persons were
seriously wounded, ten fatally. The riot
ing followed a day of quiet and broke
without warning.
More than a score of persons received
more or less serious injuries.
While the riot lasted, mounted state
troops galloped Unfortunately through
the streets with riot maces drawn. crack
ing the heads of all persons lettering in
the vicinity of the mill. Deputy sheritfs
and troopers broke in the doors of houses
suspected of being the retreat of the
strikers and wholesale arrests were made.
From 9:30 to 1l:30 scores of persons
were arrested and placed in box-car jails
in the mill yards.
During the early stages of the rioting
women were conspicuous. Some of them
were armed, others effectively used clubs
and stones. These women, all foreigners,
insane with rage, were mainly response
bic for melting the men to extreme meas
user. At midnight quiet reigned in the
strike zone
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
CADETS ARE DISMISSED
CHARGED WITH HAZING OR.
LANDO SUTTON.
Sutton Was Badly Beaten-Assaulted
While on Guard Duty By
Masked Men.

West Point. n. Y.-By the order OF
President Taft, the military career OF
seven young cadets abruptly came to an
end Thursday, due to their implication
in the recent hazing of Cadet Sutton.
The report and recommendation of the
board were taken before Secretary of
War Dickinson, who after considering all
points in the case, concurred in the rec.
ommendation of the board. Cadet Sut.
ton was more seriously injured than at
first supposed, and has been in the hos
pital until this week, when he reported
tor duty, limping badly. Sutton is a
brother of Lieut.. Jas. n. Sutton, of the
naval academy, whose death was inves.
tigated at Annapolis recently, and who
was declared by the court of inquiry to
have either committed suicide or shot
himself accidentally III a fight with other
officers. Charges were made several
weeks ago that Sutton was assaulted
while on guard duty, walking a lonely
post, and beaten down by men wrapped
in sheets and masked with pillow cases.
He was dazed. and sent to the hospital
suffering from severe injuries.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
AIRSHIP RACES AT STATE FAIR.
First Real Speed Contests With Two
Flying Machines in Air at
Same Time.

Nashville-At the Tennessee State
Fair the first real airship races ever at
tempted will be flown" by two of the
worlds most famous aerOnauts, Roy
Knabenshue and Lincoln Beachy.
This is in accordance with a contract
made Monday, August 16, for the whole
of the week Of September 20.
These two famous masters of aerial
cruising will bring two great dirigibles
to the fair, and rising from the field
in front of the grandstand at the same
time, will fly real races over a prescribed
course, finishing just where they start.
Besides the one race each day, these
flyers will give exhibition flights every
few hours, and will also make ascensions
in the glare of the searchlights each
night.
The State Fair management had al
ready spent nearly $4,000 for free
amusement features, but when the OPP
p%ortunity was offered to get these air
ship masters right at this time, when
there is such an interest in the con.
quest of the clouds, the executive com
mittee took a chance and contracted for
an expenditure of $4,000 additional.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
TO ERADICATE THE MOSQUITO
German Government Experimenting
with Water-Plant to Kill lnfec-
ton Carrying Pest.

Under the heading "A Vegetable
Observation-Disclosures" the Municipal
Journal and Engineer of New York
published the following article:
1.-The effort to eliminate malaria by
exterminating the mosquitoes which
r credited with transporting the
germs, is by no means confined to the
United States and Cuba. The German
government has been carrying or
operations along this same line, and
is now investigating the practicability
of importing into it's colonies the wa
ter-plant known as arzOlla, which
plant is semi-tropical and owes such
efficacy as it may have in mosquito
determination to the fact that it COM
pletely covers, the water in which il
grows to a thickness Of over two
inches, thus suffocating the mosquito
larvae and preventing the deposit OF
eggs in the water. AS this is a semi.
tropical plant, it is probable that ii
would not thrive in the northern part
Of this country. If any ideas are en-.
t~ertained of testing it's virtues in the
southern states, we trust that the ex'
perience Of a few years ago with the
water hyacinth in southern waters
will not be forgotten. 1t will be re-
membered that within a few years
after the introduction Of this water.
plant it had spread so a%bundantly as
to almost entirely interrupt navig&
ton in certain rivers. Should the
arzolla take kindly to our southern
waters and spread over them a con.
tinuous layer of two or three inches of
vegetation the result would certainly
be disastrous. Until the existence OF
otherwise Of this danger has been ca.
tablished, %precaution should be taken
by the government against the intro
duction of any plant which offers such
possibilities Of becoming a serious
pest"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
BANKER PROTECTED RELATIVE
Took Mortgage for Sister-in-Law Be-
fore Bank Closed.

Asheville, n. C.-Joseph E. DlckersOn
co-defendant with Breese and Penland
charged with conspiracy to wreck the
First National Bank of Asheville, testi
fed Friday on cross-examination in his
own behalf. He declared that certain
overdrafts appearing against him on the
books of the bank were erroneous, and
that the overdrafts were on account OF
interest and principal on a certain paper
which he had secured for Breese. He
declared he had gotten no benefit from
the notes.
Dickerson also ADMITTED that he took
a mortgage for Mrs. Alvey, his sister.in'
law, from Penland for $4,000 shortly
before the bank failed, and in reply to a
question he said he thought he should
take care of Mrs. Alvey's interest be-
fore he did the bank.
The witness stated that there was
practically no business done by the bank
during the last three years of its ex'
istence save the renewal of old notes,
Many Of these "old notes." he said in
reply to a question by counsel, were
held by himself, Penland and Breese.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
AID THE ARMER
Congressman Meet State Agents
OF Cooperative Demonstration.
Government Appropriates Money for
Educational Work in the Southern
Shakespeare for Appear
ance Of Boil WeeVllI.

Representatives Clayton, i}"iliin and
| Dent met the other day at DR.. KnappS
office in Washington with the state
agents OF the farmers co-Opera-
tive demonstration work. This work lS
carried on under the supervision OF Dr..
Knapp and this meeting was composed
of agents representing II southern
states. The object Of the work is to
improve farming conditions in these
! states. Demonstration is made in varl-
| Gus sections to show how results may
be increased by improved methods.
The various reports showed that the
work is accomplishing wonderful re-
suits.
Heretofore Alabama has depended
for this work upon contributions from
tele educational board, but beginning
with the first of September next the
government appropriations will apply
there.
This work has been done in some
portions of districts represented by
the congressman who attended the
meeting, and they asked for and were
assured of an increase Of the work in
each of their districts.
Each congressman expressed hearty
approval of and sympathy with the
work. Representative Clayton asked
for orl DhtoirnI tho caryinnc Of two
lecturers to attend the farmers insti-
tutes to be held at Columbia, Houston
county, August 4, S and g.. Mr.. Wilson,
who has charge Of this work in Ala
bama, said that the boil weevil is now
about so miles from the west line of
Alabama, and that 1t travels at the rate
Of IS to 40 miles a year. At this rate
it will soon appear in that state, and
will possibly be doing damage in the
next three years.
He is ~endeavoring with much sue.
cess to prepare the farmer for its ap.
pearance. He says the first year of
the weevil is generally the worst, be-
cause the farmers become panic
stricken. He is trying to prevent a
panic and have the farmer prepared to
meet the condition when it arrives.
Mr.. Evans, who has charge of the
work in Louisiana and Arkansas, said
the boil weeyil had not been an I'm.
mixed evil; that the farmer, to meet
the condition, has intensified his farm.
ing and diversified his crop. BY this
means he is raising other crops to sup.
port himself and family and feed his
live stock and raising about as much
cotton upon a very much smaller acre.
age. He said that, as a result of this
demonstration work, Louisiana this
year would raise all the corr that she
needed for home consumption, and
that is the first time in her whole his:
tory that this has been done. The
methods Of combating the weevil, in
brief, are the picking off of the first to
appear and the gathering up and burn.
ing off OF all dead squares in which the
eggs have been deposited; and i'm.
proved, intensive cultural methods.
The congressman say that they ex'
pect to have reports Of these state
agents gathered and printed this fall,
They will then be ready to distribute
them to their constituents.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
SUTTON KILLED SELF
BY ACCIDENT OR PURPOSE, SAYS
NAVAL COURT.
Officers Mildly Characterization Di
rectiy and Solely Responsible
for His Death.

W@>Aington.-With the publication
"Wednesday Of Acting Secretary Of the
Navy Winthorr's approval Of tn, tint.
ing, Of the court Of inQttirv that Lieut..
Jas. y. Sutton. Ir., OF the United States
Marine Corps, was .Lircc,iy and solely
Responsible for his OWE death a, An
napolis, nearly two wear, oro." the io-
NOUS Sutton case became il closed incl
dent as far as the navy depay,mcut j,
concerned.
Counsel for the Sut,ons intimatrd,
however. after the courts decision had
become definitely known. that they were
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
INSURANCE COMPANIES SUED
Antitrust Law Violations Charge
Made by Prosecuting Attorney.

Little Rock, Ark.-The greatest in.
surance war undertaken in Arkansas
since the original crusade ten years
ago. when all the foreign companies
were driven from tn estate. was in
augurated at Newport at 4 pm. Au'
gust IS. At that hour Prosecuting At
torney r. Z. Jeffrey of the third judicial
circuit, with G. L. Grant as c%o-counsel,
filed a suit in the Jackson Circuit Court
against sixty-five fire insurance COM
panies doing business in the State, ask
ing the assessment of penalties in the
amount of $l,000,00 each, the cancella-
ton and revocation of their licenses, and
their ousting from the State. 1t is al.
legged that the companies are acting in
violation Of the antitrust law. There
are very few companies in the State
that are not included in the wholesale
suit hat has been instituted at Newport,
which appears to have become the storm
center of trust busting in the State,
since the suit against the so-called book
trust was instituted here several days
ago for a total of $4,000, 600.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
WOULD AMEND TRUST LAWS
President to Have Acknowledgement
Make Law More Specific.

Beverly, Mass.-President Taft aims
to make the antitrust law so clear that
there can be no violation of its pro.
visions without swift Jail punishment,
The antitrust law, the president points
out, is a criminal statute, and business
men are entitled to know definitely the
lines which they may not cross. Con
sequently he believes that amendments
are necessary, defining in more detail the
evils against which the law is aimed,
making clearer the distinctions reason.
ably restraining trade and those which
are pernicious in their effect and p~articu.
larly denouncing the various devices for
m%onopolizing trade, which investigations
and prosecutions are shown to be in
actual practice.
With the law so amended, the presi.
dent thinks business men who are will
ing to obey the law will know what is
to be avoided. And when the law has been
80 amended and business men and cor.
porations understand exactly the limits
placed upon their acts, then if previous
illegal practices are continued nothing
but criminal prosecutions should be re-
sorted to.
1t is the conviction eff the president,
with the law thus cleared up as to its
meaning, there could be no excuse for
its violation by the corporations, nor
could there be any hesitancy on the part
of judges, where convictions are OBJ
tanned, in applying punishment to fit the
literal meaning of the statute.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28

Of the lower seat must be bevelled in
the opposite direction from the main
part of the scat SO that the water will
not run into the joint and rot the
post. Instead of using old pipe for
reinforcement as suggested | would
put the bolts right through the pipe
and not use wooden plugs, a smooth
pipe would have little value as a re.
enforcement for concrete, and the
strain being transVersely Of the post
the reinforcement should be put in
vertically and should consist of twist
ed iron or steel rods, or ever the
twisted and serrated fence band OF
tape would be of more value than q
smooth piece of iron Of any kind.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
He SHOT INTO WRONG CROWD
Turned Weapon on Himself When
OutcrV Arose,

Paducah, Ky.-Plungcd into depths of
rcmorse upon the immediate discovery of
his mistake, DR.. II. w. Kicdel of Muir
ray, Galloway county, blew his brains
out after firing into Il crowd of young
society men, installing them for mali
cious boys who, he claimed, had been
worrying him. Death was in"stantane-
Gus.
The tragedy occurred early Wednesday
morning. DR., Kiedel was awakened by
a passing crowd of merry-makers re-
turning home, and selling his revolver
threw open the door and fired into the
midst of the crowd. +. +. Acres, a
prominent young attorney, received a
bullet, and his cry of pain was the first
intimation to the physician of his mis-
take.
Before the Mortified crowd could stop
him he had committed suicide.
He was one Of the most prominent
professional men in this end of the State,
but is alleged to have been unbalanced
by his addiction to the drug habit.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
Harvest Plenty Of Roughness.

You all remember the story Of the
school boy who said there were two
seasons, one the season Of planting
and the other of picking. We are now
rapidly approaching the season Of pick.
ing, so far as the crop Of rOughness Is
concerned. By r%0ughness, 1t Is aimed
to include all hay crops and any crop
Of fodder or other forage usually fed
to stock through the winter, says Mis-.
souri, Valley Farmer.
Feed of all kinds was scarce last
spring. Grain was exceptionally 80
and on many farms where the corn
crop could have been made to yield
an abundance of roughness for thu
mere work of putting it in shock, stock
lived through the spring months on a
short ration of roughnesa. The long
and short of it Vas this, many farmers
concluded they had enough of such
feed and quit harvesting long before
they really had. AS a gentle reminder,
mentioned when timely, be sure to put
I'D enough this year.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
Makes a Good Lamb Ration.

A recent feeding test shows that
lambs fed on a mixture Of two parts
corn meal and one part co%ttonseed
meal made a weekly gain of three
pounds per head for ten weeks. The
lambs were fed 81 pounds each Of the
mixture per week. This is a very
profitable gain for the grain fed and
furnishes a hint to sheep feeders this
fall. The lambs were fed on pasture,
which partly accounts for the fine
Gains
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
McKenna May Retire.

San Francisco.-Associate Justice Nc
Kenna, of the United States Supreme
Court, is about to retire on account of
ill-health, according to statements made
bv intimate friends of the jurist. Justice
McKenna, who was appointed a member
of the Supreme Court in 1898, has been
in poor health for some time. He has
talked freely to his friends about his
retirement. He is said to be extremely
DESTROYS of remaining on the bench, but
his health prevents this.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
Hartman Has Not T. P. R. r.

TT. Worth, Tex.-Reports from Bos'
ton to the effect that T. H. Hartman has
obtained control of the Texas & Pacific
railroad from the Goulds was denied Fri
day by E. 7. Jeffrey of New York, in
charge of the Gould systems. Jeffrey
wired that the report is absolutely with
out foundation, and that no transfer OF
control is likely.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
~
Platform for Driving Posts.

Build a platform of the kind indi,
cate, in the drawing and attach a pair
of wheels. Old wagon wheels made
of boards will suffice. They should be
not less than - inches in diameter.
The dimension Of the other parts
should be: Length Of platform, three
to four feet; width of platform, two
and a half to three feet; height, thir.
ty to forty inches. A board nailed
across the handles will render it easy
for the worker to ascend and descend.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
None Too Early.

The favorite time for seeding any
crop of tame grass or alfalfa, with the
exception Of clover, is everywhere rec
ognized as the fall, and more especial
ly in the southern half Of the corr
belt. Where nature attempts to cover
all bare ground with a binding crop of
grass, starting it soon after early
spring, this grass pest becomes an en-
envy Of spring seeding. This is more
particularly the case with alfalfa. Fall
seeding is the only way Of circum-
venting the grass pest.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
Don't Mix Dairy Herd.

It is not wise to mix breeds in the
dairy herd. That is, we do not deem
it wisdom to have the herd composed
Of Jerseys and Holsteins or Of Jer.
seys and Shorthorns for the reason
that no two breeds require the soma
treatment to get the most satisfactory
results at the milk pail. Select your
breed and stick to it. You can't make
a mistake in selecting ether Hol.
stems, Jerseys, GuerHseys or Ayr
shires.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
Would Abolish Sweat Shops.

Chicago.-Centralization of the com
bined garment manufacturing interests
of Chicago, by the erection Of a group Of
eighty buildings, to cost approximately
S., 1000, 600, and the adjustment of the
sweat shop" by the building of homes,
club houses, libraries and gymnasiums
for $500 employees, was the plan
launched Wednesday night by the Chi
cago Garment Manufacturers Associa-
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
BIG RAINS IN TEXAS.
Downpour General and Heavy Through
Cotton Belt,

Dallas, Tex.-From all reports rains
seem fairly general and fairly heavy
Nine hours rain at Big Springs and from
there to Sweetwater on east. Steady
slow rain at Austin all last night. Good
rain at Cleburne; five hours at Sherman,
Good rain at San Angelo, Waco, Temple
and Bolton, and from Fort Worth to
Grand Saline. Rain at San Antonio,
Wichita Falls and Brentwood. Light
rains in the Panhandle, also Dallas and
vicinity, about th%ree-quarters Of an inch
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
w. G. T. q.

Wichita, Kan.-Following the refusal
of the city's commission to prohibit the
sale of imitation beer, commonly known
as "near beer" the county Woman's
Christian Temperance Union held an in.
dignation meeting Friday night. The
~"recall" of three of the commissioners
under the "~recall" election system was
proposed. 1t has been found that one
resort which had been closed for six
months, sold 200 cases of genuine beer
within six hours.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
TO FIGHT BUCKET SHOPS.
National Meeting of Farmers Union May
Take Steps.

Little Rock, Ark.-That probably the
choice of the matter to be taken up at
the national meeting of the Farmers
Union at Birmingham next month will be
that of organizing a crusade against
bucket shops throughout the entire coun.
try, was the statement made by r. H.
McCulloch, of Beebe, Ark, chairman of
the executive committee of the Arkansas
Farmers Union and national secretary
Of the union, while in Little Rock.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
Abridged Right of Speech.

Lincoln, Neb.-Judge w. B. Rose, of
the Supreme Court of Nebraska, Wcdnes-
day handing down his decision, declared
the non-partisan judiciary act passed by
the last Legislature invalid. The law
was Knocked out chiefly on the ground
that its attempt to inhibit praise or CEN
sure of candidates by political parties
was an abridgement of the right of
speech. An oral opinion declaring the
act invalid was delivered a month ago.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
PROSECUTE STANDARD ANEW.
Independents Claim They Are Discrimi.
mated Against.

Washington.-The government may be-
gin a new prosecution of the Standard
Oil Company, if it can find a way to
do it, because of the methods Of the
giant monopoly is employing in the Okla
homa oil field to drive out of business
the Independent producers, many of
whom are Pennsylvanians. The indie
~pendents complain bitterly, and say that
if some sort of relief is not speedily
given them they will be ruined.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
hurley MEN FILE SUIT.
Independents Failed to Take Tobacco
Sold to Them.

Winchester, Ky.-The Burley Tobac-
co Society has filed suit against fourteen
Independent tobacco companies for dam
ages for failure to take the tobacco sold
to them when the big sale Of pooled
tobacco was made in November, 1908.
About 10000 hogsheads were sold and
OF this 4,400 were not taken and were
sold at a reduced price. For this dam
ages in the sum of 100000 are asked,
also $4,000 for outage fees and other
costs.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28
USEFUL FOR DRIVING POSTS
Portable Staging That Is Light
Enough to Be Pushed About
the Farm by Hand.

1t is not always convenient to use
a wagon drawn by horses as a plat
form for driving posts.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-28

POINTEAIA1IACIIE La. SATURDAY, AUGUST Is, 1909.