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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

20 Go l.ere II teaching the possibilities of
diversified agriculture and in the careful
attention 20 the soil. That this work IS
now carried on IN the most intelligent
way and is accomplishing much is evil
dent from the reports which come from
every sector OF the Southeast Live
stock and grains and special crops are 10
% grown more largely I'm these South
ecstern States than ever before. The
work in these lines already done shows
the value Of our Southern lands for all
manner OF crops and for stock and dairy
Ing
THE new agriculture has made its ap-
pearance here: IL Is rapidly spreading and
soon will have full sway. The annual re-
turns from Southern farms and planta-
lions. when that day comes. Will be al
most beyond credence. The nine states
OF the Southeast produced cotton, cotton
seed. corn. wheat. oats. hay. potatoes,
and tobacco I'm 1s0S TO the value Of $685.
600, 900; the value of the fruits and truck
crops. the peanuts. the sugar cane and
rice, and other crops. and OF the livs
stock raised and sold in that year will
put the amount above the billiOn-dollaf
mark IL may interest YOU 20 know that
in these cotton and tobacco States the
corn crop amounted 20 &336OOO,0 900, almost
as much a. hat of the cotton crop. The
lands OF the Southeastern States are
largely UnimprOved. and for that reason
present opportunities which are undoubt-
ed. The South needs for the continued
expansion Of her agriculture not only the
extension OF the best farm methods. but
a largely increased agricultural pOpula-
ton TO utilize the now vacant or idle
lands which viii so readily respond 20
intelligent effort
THE railroads OF the Southeast are
working just as closely as possible with
the people TO bring about the agricul-
tural advance OF this section. They are
pursuing every means, through their spe-
cial departments, 10 build up the agricul-
tural population. extend the area Of cul-
tivated lands, secure a diversification Of
crops. and make farm methods and farm
conditions better"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
WILL BRING SOME APPLES
West Virginia to Show Fruit at
Southern Commercial Congress.
Houston, Tex, VIII Make Display
of Its Facilities In the Way
of Gulf Port.

One OF the attractive exhibits at the
Southern Commercial Congress in this city
December and :. will come from the
board OF trade OF Martlnsburg. W. Va.
The display Will be entirely devoted 20
West Virginia apples According TO a
recent statement, the value OF the apple
crop OF West Virginia now exceeds the
mine-mouth value OF it's coal output each
year
Another exhibit OF significance viii be
a showcase Of shoes from Lynchburg
Va. with statistics TO prove the quick
development OF that city from a shoe
jobbing center to a shoe manufacturing
center turning out several million dollars
worth a year.
Houston VIII bring as il exhibit maps
and Illustrations 20 show the development
kept in the limelight by & strong delega-
ton from the Houston Business League,
headed by President Hoffman. The mem
bers will take part I'm the Southern Com
mercial Congress and then I'm the Nation
al Rivers and Harbors Congress. thus ac-
compHshing two important purposes by
one trip.
These are indications Of the practical
character OF the exhibit feature OF the
Southern Commercial Congress. The di-
rector Of exhibits IS John II. Finney. sec
rotary OF the Appalachian National For
est Association.
The agricultural side Of the congress
programme viii be strong and interest
ing.
WHlet NJ Hays. Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture. viii prepare paper on
Neglected agricultural opportunities in
the South" He viii be followed by G.
w. Koiner, just reelected as commits
sioner % agriculture for Virginia after
ten years service. Mr. Koiuer will en-
phasiZe the same subject, bringing 20
bear on It the experience OF a man direct
" IN touch with rural problems and hin
ORANGES.
The man IN the Forest Service who
knows Southern forest conditions best is
Il. s. kellogg. Assistant Forester. He
was for long time chief Of the Office OF
wood utilization and has Travelled South
ern territory more continuously than any
other man in the service lie will speak
10 the congress on "Perpetuating the tim
hff NtalAu OF lllt >OAlll- l4AiuDtIIlltl ID
will be particularly interested.
The question OF opening up empty lands
Of the South 20 settlers viii be outlined
by Hugh MacRae. of Wilmington. n c.,
who has made a number of successful
efforts His speech will be OF great value
10 land owners and real estate men. for
he will explain in the frankest way HIS
whole method. Mr. MacRea's heart is In
the South and its wise development lie
comes OF a family of engineers and rail-
road capitalists long prominent in the
State Of North Carolina.
The chairman OF the session in which
these addresses viii be given will be
Harvie Jordan, president OF the Southern
Cotton Association and for some years
president of the National Farmers Con-
gress Mr. Jordan is well known through
out the entire cotton belt His enthusi-
asm has been aroused by the purpose "a
make the South know itself and 20 make
the South known.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
TEXAS PENAL SYSTEM BAD
Legislative Committee Completes It's
Investigation.
Offers suggestions for AmeliOrating
the Conditions I'm the
PenItentiaries.

San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 13.-That the
Texas penal system Is every bit as bad
as that which until recently disgraced
the state OF Georgia has been established
by the legislative committee which has
iust finished a thorough investigation or
the matter.
o. For some time 10 come Texas viii have
little 90 say about Siberia and Mexico, for
a couvict's life could not harder than il
is in a Texas penal colony. The investi-
cation has shown that the average beast
OF burden exists under conditions far SUI
perior than does the individual unfortu-
nate enough to lose his identity In a
Texas penitentiary Not even a pretext
az reform has been found by the investi-
eating committee.
The system regards the convict merely
as means OF money making and in re-
turn for work Of the hardest kind gives
him Just enough 70 keep body and soul
together. Even the care the ordinary
horse would get at Ia hands Of his
driver was not accorded him. Lack OF
good food, sleeping quarters infested with
all sorts Of vermin. absence Of all sani-
tation. work in partly flooded mines and
I'm swampy rice fields at all seasons OF
the year. hot or cold. are some OF the
things the convict Of the Texas peniten-
tiary has been confronted with. More
over, there was the ever-ready lash in tho
hands Of the overseer. an individual
whom the committee has established 20
be a particularly low brute
The reforms suggested by Superintend-
ent J. A. Herring are very instructive. In
Al. frn1- 1r.F 3
deal could be accomplished by taking the
penal system out Of politics. The en-
ployes Of the penitentiary are 10 be en-
ployed only during good behavior and
efficient service The present method OF
hiring out the convicts 10 planters and
miners should he abolished and their con-
centration effected at Rusk and Hunts
willie penitentiaries. II this cannot be
done, he would favor employing the negro
convicts on the sugar plantations OF
South Texas and the whites on a farm to
be acquired by the government in
healthful location in the southwest of the
State.
Mr.. Herring is OF the opinion that the
lash cannot be dispensed with. but would
limit the number Of strokes to twenty
instead Of thirty, now inflicted. No whip
pings are TO be executed except In the
presence Of two or moro witnesses. To
Mr. Herring It was left to suggest legis-
lation to the effect that nl-treatment Of a
convict should be deemed a misdemeanor
by law. Discharged guards are not to
be re-employed by the system in the fu-
ture He also thinks it would be wise 10
grade the prisoners, separating boys and
first-termers from hardened criminals.
Intelligent sermons twice a month and
access 10 books and good literature are
also recommended
Mr. Herrings suggestions throw a great
deal of light on the system as II now is,
but would not work any material change
should they be adopted. principally for
the reason that they do not comprise the
abolition of the lash.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

the time was not many years ago Wheh
ten or fifteen or twenty bushels OF corn
per acre satisfied the grower.
Not Result of Chance.
There is no accident or mistake In this
remarkable change; for near Florence
were worked out the original experiments
with the Williamson method. I had the
pleasure Of meeting McIver Williamson. a
plain, unassuming man who had worked
at the problem of his sandy land. bring
ing II from ten bushels per acre in 1885
20 fifty-fye bushels per acre in 1905. This
change was brought about solely by cul-
tural methods and with less fertilizer per
bushel than originally needed. He and
others like him have raised the corn
products OF the State from II. 100000 to
26,0O00C0 bushels and almost stopped the
impoverishing influx of Western corn.
just a few words more and these dis
cursive but fully deserved words Of COM
mendation for little Florence viii close.
An immediate, practical result Of the
Pee Dee business mems convention was
the formation OF the East Carolina Drain
age and Sanitary Association To consider
and TO solve the problem Of draining and
ultimately making productive 1000 600
acres OF low ground lying I'm various
counties OF the Pee Dee section. The
practical effort was aided and guided by
Col Cosgrove, OF Charleston. who since
1909 has supervised the draining Of 10000
acres near Charleston He began his
direct efforts in 1893, and fought his ideas
through the legislature for four years TO
get the necessary acts passed. There is
a most hopeful feeling that later will
come into existence a general drainage
law for the whole State.
g. GROSNENOR DAVE.
Managing Director Southern Commercial Congress
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

Failing wages still continue In Great
Britain. notwithstanding the favorable
showing made from month to month in
the volume Of imports and exports.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
BEGIN SCHOOL BUILDING.
Corner stone of Structure ut Knox
Vile, Tenn, Laid.

The corner stone OF the new city high
school building at Knoxville, Tenn, was
laid with imposing ceremonies last We'd
nesday. The ceremonies were in charge
Of the Masonic fraternity. The building
will be located on the site specially pur-
chased for the purpose. at Union avenue
and Walnut street. The building is
planned as a large three-story structure,
the estimated cost OF which IS $4,000.
John p. Murphy, member OF the board
Of aldermen. was the chief speaker of the
occasion. Mayor John NJ Brooks partici-
pated in the. ceremonies. and NJ. F. Elem
niken oficiated as worshipful master dur
ing the ritualistlc ceremonies conducted
by the Masons.
A feature Of the occasion was the pres
ence Of nearly 5000 school children of the
city, who marched from their several
schools to the scene and participated in
the ceremony By singing. flag waving,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
RAILROADS AN AID
TO AGRICULTURE
Continued from Page One.

ICED by the traffic figures Of American
railroads. out OF 7g7, 10000 tons OF freight
handled by initial lines in 1908. 100000
tons. or over IL per cent, were Of farm
products. Live animals and animal prod
ucts gave the railroads over 19,600,0O) tons
OF freight: grain and grain products. 45,-
100000 tons; cotton, 100000 tons, fruit
and vegetables. over 100000: hay, $780,
co., But this showing is not all OF tie
other classes Of freight carried a large
amount is made up Of fertilizers. agri-
cultural implements. &c, while In add
ton a very large proportion Of all manu-
featured products and the products Of
mines hauled Is made necessary by the
demand Of the farming population. Either
directly or indirectly. our farmers afford
at least one-half of all the tonnage Of
American railroads. This means that the
farms Of the country do their fun share
toward supporting our transportation sys-
TENS and without them the tTanspOrta-
ton corporations would not be able 10
pay dividends. much less 10 develop the
facilities they now give travellers and
shippers.
"On the other hand. the railroads have
n 10 their credit that their work has de-
Velopcd American agriculture to its pres
ent enviable position. and that in what
ever future development may come they
Will play their part. There is nothing
more true IN our history than that. out
side the natural resources or our terri
tory and the spirit OF our Institutions.
the railroads have been the greatest
AGENCIES in the cOUntrys growth, and as
q rule throughout their whole history
they have been so conducted as 10 ala
and develop the resources and the indus
tries along their lines. Not only have
they furnished the transportation faCili-
ties necessary, but the men al the head
Of them have kept in mind an active
policy tending to the advancement OF
various interests.
Railroads and Farm Lands.
"The earliest immigration work in this
country was done by the roads reaching
into the West These roads were land
grant roads-roads which have been given
vast tracts Of public lands TO aid in their
construction. Their work was largely for
the purpose OF selling these lands and
settling a country without population
Undoubtedly the development of the West
was in great degree due 10 the efforts of
these roads. in the Southeastern States
most OF the roads had no land grants 70
sell
THE conditions in the South. where the
tenant system OF farming has been the
prevailing one, and where agriculture has
largely been a one-crop system, with de-
peldence upon other sections for q large
portion OF the supplies both on the farm
and IN the cities. Is different from that
found in most portions OF the older parts
OF the country. There IS a larger work
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
PRIZES FOR SMOKE PREVENTION
German City Takes Up the Problem
and Seeks Solution.

IIilI llt EiEnetllIh htCNENs
Smoke prevention is being combated
systematically in Hamburg by an asso-
citation. now seven years old. called the
Verein fur Feuerungsbetried und Rauch-
bekampfung. 1t is not an organization
Of "kickers," but Of owners of power
plants who recognized that It was TO
their pecuniary advantage. as well as the
good name OF their city, to attain smoke
less combustion. The influence It has
reached is shown by the fact that all the
municipal boiler plants in Hamburg have
been placed under its supervision. ard
the city pays II 81 go for this service
Particular stress is laid on the good
results which follow intelligent stocking
The association has succeeded I'm intro
ducing quite widely the bonus method OF
paying stokers. The bonus paid is ; per
cent Of the value OF the fuel saved, while
the stoker is locked 21z per cent of the
fuel lost when any hydro-carbon gases
pass away unburned.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
INLAND PASSAGE SURVEYS.
Work Progresses Rapidly I'm Hands
of Government Engineers.

Charleston. S. c.. Nov. 13.-The survey
Of the indand waterways with view of
dredging and opening up these passages
along the coast continues TO make fine
progress The force working from savan-
nah to Charleston is expected to reach
the Charleston waters in the next two or
three days. This force is in charge Of
Surveyor r. a. Meyers.
While the force is making good prog
ress from Savannah. the corps under
Surveyor Reid Bryan working northward
is also making good time. The force is
rapidly pressing toward the Santee. to
North Santee, when the expedition will
strike the Waccamaw and make the COM
plete Job from Conway to the stakeboat.
which ends the jurisdiction Of the United
States engineer officer Of this district.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

While the severe drought in August did
great damage to the apple crop. and il
was thought by the commission mer-
chants that prices would be considerably
higher than last year. since the picking
has almost been completed local shippers
say that the crop Will not be much short
of last years 1000 barrels, Most Of these
apples are being sent TO England. That
Nova Scotia apples have become world
famous is evidenced by the fact that re-
Gently shipment Of 5000 barrels was
made 20 Africa from Halifax
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14
BEESWAX FROM CACTUS.
Established in San Antonio
to Manufacture the Product.


San Antonio. Tex. Nov. ia plant
manufacturing beeswax from the candle
lilla. a species Of cactus found in North
ern Mexico and Western Texas. will be
established I'm this city IN a short time
The company organized for this purpose
has already received orders amounting
TO 100000.
Candelilla wax IS of excellent quality
and possesses every characteristic of
common beeswax. It IS from the root
Of the candelilla cactus and can be har-
vested from the same land every eight
cen months. The plant does not need
any cultivation and grows profusely IN
arid soils
The wax when first extracted Is OF the
color of cement. but a snowy white after
refinement. Oscar Pacius, Of this city,
Is the discoverer Of the plant and the
process OF manufacture.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

and similar exercises. One Of the songs
was written for the occasion by Miss
Mollie A Hayes. and was sung with fine
effect by the school children.
II is expected that the building will be
ready for occupancy in about one year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

AIolasses is not known in Southern Rus
STA, no cane being grown, though beet
root sugar is recognized as one of the
leading crops, small quantities Of which
are exported after the home wants are
supplied.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

American cranbcrr.es were introduced
into Paris on "A limited scale several years
ago. mainly in Difference TO the demands
Of large colony Of American citizens
who reside more or less permanently in
that city.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-08

IN THE PROBATE COURT, of tue County of Cochise, Territory of Ali ZoI'.
 In the Matter Of the Estate and Guardianship of Lote Aston Carter, Goldie Violet Carter and Ernie Wade Carter, minors.
 Notice is hereby given that Jesse Yoakum. the person and estates of the above named minors, has rel dered and presented for settleU'nt, and filed in said Court, his first ac count of his guardianship proceed ings; and that Saturday, the 16th day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock, a. m., at the Courtroom of said Court, at the Court House in Tombstone, in said Cochise County, has been duly appointed by the said Court, for ths settlement of said account, at whi .h time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to the said ac- count and contest the same.
 Dated October 1st, 1909.
 J. E. JAMES.
 Clerk.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-08
DOUGLAS PERSONALS

Mrs. c. McDowen. of Bisbee, is in the city.
 Mrs. s. Crum was an arrival yes terday from White Oaks. New Mex leo, to make her home with her son c. N. McMains of the Copper Queen store.
 c. o. Ellis, w. NJ AdamsoD, and Dr. A. R. Hickman. returned yester- day from Tombstone where they had been on business.
 S. S. Badger is assisting at the First National bank during vaca- tions.
 Mir. Maloney formerly with the street car company is at the Arizona Drug store taking the place of MT. Levine. who is with the Douglas Drug company.
 Mrs. W. G. Mcdonald is visiting friends and relatives in Minnesota, expecting to be away for several months.
 Miss Ruby Ament is expected to- morrow from Hope, Arkansas, to wis it her sister Mrs. J. A. Yestry.
 Miss Maud Nolan returned to Apache this morning, having been in Douglas for several days to prove up on a homestead.
 Jose Peralta has resigned his posi- ton as messenger for the Bank of Douglas and will leave shortly with his mother and sisters to make their home in Los Angeles.
 One of the twin infants of Mrs. Townsend on Fourteenth street died this morning.. He was about three months old.
 Mrs. w. ". Hunt left this morning for EI Paso, her husband, a fireman on the Southwestern, having been transferred there.
 Mrs. Pat Smith left this afternoon for Los Angeles to spend several months.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-08
Johnson x Haigler o. K. BLOCK. OPPOSITE DEPOT,
 PHONE 7e, 5Is5EE.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Notice is hereby given that the Duplicate Assessment Roll of Cochise County, Arizona, for the year 1909, is now in my possession for the col lection of taxes leveied for that year. Such taxes will become delinquent on the second Monday of December and unless paid on or before the third Monday of December 1909, will bear interest at the rate of one per cent per month until paid, and there will be added fifteen cents per tract city or town lot, together with four per cent on the amount of taxes, in terest and costs. Payment of taxes may be made at my office in Tomb stone, Cochise County, Arizona, dur ing legal office hours.
 C. W. HICKS, Ex-Oficio Tax Collector, Cochise
 County, Arizona
 FOR SALE-Cheap on account of sickness; installments or cash, a 19 room house, furnished for board Enquire at 11S Opera Drive. 672
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF cHE
 V. pABovIcH.

Notice is hereby given to the credi- tors of Chris " Dabovich, of Bisbee, Arizona, heretofore doing business in said city of Bisbee, that the said Chris V. Dabovch, did, on the 18th day of August, A. D. 1909, make, execute and deliver to the undersigned, a general deed of assignment for the benefit of all his creditors, of all his estate, both real and personal. and that the under sized has duly qualified as such as- sigDee.
 All creditors are required within six months from the first publication Os notice of appointment of such assignee to file with such assignee a distinct statement of the particular nature and amount of hi claim against the said debtor which shall be supported ny an affidavit of the creditor, his agenr or attorney, that the statement Is true, that the debt is just, and that there are no credits or offsets that should be allowed agains-- the claim. except. as shown by the statement. ar creditor shall take any benefit ,:u,,, said assignment who neglects to file such statement
 CHARLES E. TRoTMAN.
 Assignee.
 Bisbee. Arizona, Sept. l9, 1909,