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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
Killing Canadian ThistIes.

The experiment stations of this
country have undertaken to show the
farmers how to exterminate the Can
ada thlStleS and do it scientifically. 1t
is the most dreaded Of all weeds, be-
cause it's seeds are SO easily distribu-
ted, and it grows by underground
stems.
The life of the plant depends upon
the green leaves above ground. Cut
ting these leave and the stems twice
does not seem to affect the roots,
which have reserve material 70 draw
upon, but by continued cuttings this
reserve will be exhausted and the
plant will die.
The most successful Of the State
experiments vas in Illinois. The
thistles used in the test covered two
and one-half acres very thickly Of
rich black prairie soil. The thistles
were cut July II, when in full bloom
very close to the ground. The ground
was plowed three inches deep and
narrowed. Hungarian millet was
soWn at the rate OF one bushel per
acre. On September 10 the millet was
one foot high and the thistles four
or five inches high. It was turned
under and narrowed. October s the
ground was plowed, again narrowed
and seeded to winter rye at the rate
OF one and one-haIf bushels per
acre.
The middle OF the following April
the rye was turned under ard the
ground thoroughly narrowed. The
ground was plowed May 25 and June
%. On May % very few thistles
could be found. July II the ground
was seeded to milIet which was cat
for hay September Is. Less than SO
thistles were found on the two and
one-half acres during the latter half
of the season. The net total cost of
this victory was $1,000 per acre.
ThlstleS SHOULD not only be cut but
burned. No trace of them should be
left, as the seeds are easily distrib-
uted and will thrive under the most
adverse conditions.-C. w. Pratt, Mis-
souri,.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
Big Eggs Sell Best.

United States consul at Copenhagen
says the leading authorities on the
subject of poultry raising in Denmark
maintain that breeds of hens having
good strain should be kept on the
farm. They do not advocate 'blooded
stock" The aim of all the central or
CARNATIONS, including the agricultural
department of the government, is to
induce the farmers to produce the
greatest number of eggs possible Of
good size. All authorities agree on
this point-that is, that the most prof
table hen for the farmer is the one
which will lay the greatest number
of eggs averaging TT to the pound.
In the United States the question
of quality of poultry meat is impor-
ant. Here it is considered to be Of
little or no Importance. Laying
qualities with particular attention to
the size of the eggs produced, is the
subject which has claimed the atten-
ton of those who devote themselves
to building up the poultry business
in Denmark. The English market is
the basis upon which the whole egg
production of Denmark has been
built.
The Danish people have discovered
hat the Englishman wants an egg
Weighing a trifle over two ounces, and
50 the Danes furnish them of this size
to the extent Of from 10000, 900 to 40
O0O, 900 dozens a year, receiving for
them more per dozen than does any
other country in the English market
and 3.3c more than the average paid
for eggs from the other countries.
The farmers of Kansas plant 9,OOO,-I
600 bushels Of wheat every year, from
which they harvest about 70, 900, OO0
bushels, most OF which is ground up
in the flour in the home mills.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
Harvesting Early Potatoes.

Usually when the early potatoes are
ripe on the farm the season is SO late
one cannot use the land for a second
crop. We manage in this way: AS
soon as they are cultivated for the
last time with our hand cultivator we
make a drill and SOW our naVV beans
for the winters use. They may be Gull
tivated with the wheel cultiyatOr by
removing all but the two srOnt teeth,
and as soon as the potatoes are dug
the horse c~ultiyator ear be put to
work.
If the rows are four and one-half
feet apart then late cabbage and cau1i-
mower may be put in the place the
potatoes occupied, or even ~turnips
sowed in a drill.
IN this way the land may be used
to produce three crops instead Of one
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
For Good ROad

There will be a meeting of the
Southern Appalachian Good Roads
Convention in Asheville, on October
5, 6 and Z. 1909. The object of the
meeting is to provide ways and means
for the construction Of three hun
dred miles Of improved roads in the
Southern Appalachian mountains, with
connecting roads leading to the Pied
mont region of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee.
All interested in the construction of
such a system Of roads are cordially
invited to attend the convention.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

rived an investigation showeds h a
lard. flour, meat and other heavy gro
ceries had been taken on a wholesale
scale. The thieves did not stop here,
but also made a raid on the fancy gro
ceries, helping themselves plentifully
to cigars, tobacco and preserves. The
stolen goods amour in value to about
seventy-five dollars
Entrance was effected through a
rear window, the heavy iron bar to the
shutter Of which being bent, thus en-
abling the parties to unlatch the clasp.
Presumably the thieves drove a wagon
from the back door, which was lett
open, as a large conveyance WOud be
necessary to move all the missing gro
cerieS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

A French scientist has discovered
one secret of long life. His method
deals with the blood. But long ago
millions of Americans had proveG
Electric Bitters prolongs life and
makes it worth living. It purifies,
enriches and vitalizes the blood, re-
builds wasted nerve cells, imparts life
and tone to the entire system. It's a
godsend to weak, sick and debilitated
people. 'Kideny trouble had blight
ed my life for months, writes w. NJ.
Sherman, of Gushing, Me, but Eleo-
trio Bitters cured me entirely" Only
soc. at all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
TOWN OF
Is Preparing to Celebrate Its Second
Anniversary

Middlesex is a thriving little town
situated on the Norfolk and Southern
Railway, about midway between RAJ
leigh and Wilson. 1t is preparing to
celebrate the second year Of it's birth.
1t has made wonderful progressi in this
short time, and it's growth speaks
vOlumes for the enterprising city. Two
years ago the town was laid off in an
old field. Today there are five stores,
20 100 residences, Is of which have
been built this summer. The town
has q $4,000 bank and it's business
men are of a most progressive type.
The town also has q market. There
are three doctors and a dentist. The
population now 400, anu is
still growing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

Southern China, especially in the
region centering about the city of
Hingwa, has been visited BY the ex-
traOrdinary revival which has lately
swept over Korea and Manchuria.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

and the land not allowed to run to
weeds, as is often the ease after early
potatoes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
TOBACCO PRICES LOWER
They Are Less Than The Low
Prices of Last Year
COMPARISON IS MADE

Some Information Compiled On The
GOldSbOrO Market - On Common
Grades, Primings, Which Are AL
ways Marketed First, Figures Show
That There is a Cut of a Cent to a
Cent and a Half a Pound.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03

atically and so earnestly that it has paid
we'll It has certainly kept Atlanta in
the limellght and that in Itself Is worth
a great deal to an ambitious city.
Il was in Atlanta Sunday and was
struck with the united effort being put
forth to advertise the Music Festival.
From musical point of view this festi-
val cannot be compared with the Gin
cinnati festivals, yet according to the To-
cal press 1t will be the greatest musical
event in the history OF this country. Ev-
cry one must admire Atlanta's pluck
and when We see how the city has been
built up by public spirit and hustle, we
are quite ready to overlook the sexag-
gerated claims that are put forth for ev-
cry event intended to draw crowds of
visitors.
Something like $4,000 is to be spent
on the Atlanta festival. The most ex-
pensive feature will be Caruso. This great
star is to sing in only two concerts,
and his engagement for these two nights
costs the management $4,000. I find that
the people of Atlanta expect the festival
to take In more than enough money to
defray all expenses"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Greater Rlrminaham.

1.-The Montgomery Journal is frank and
ingenious when it discusses Greater Br-
mingham," remarked a citizen. THAT
paper says: When the extra SESSION. is
called it is very certain, from the utter
anees of the governor, that the Greater
Birmingham measure will be named in
the call. The law was passed, but failed
on account of an error in the senate jour-
nal and the desire to extend the limits
and increase the population of the Magic
City failed. Unless there can be favor
able legislation in the meantime, the next
census will show Birmingham way be-
hind Mobile and Montgomery, which will
be a great injustice, as that city by right
should be at the top of the list in point
of numbers
This coming as it does from Montgoms
cry the people of Birmingham can do no
less than take off their hats to tine
Journal"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Increasing Municipal Tax Rate.


Il am thinkslng," said thoughtfui
man yesterday. that one subject that
the governor can put in his call for an
extra session IS a proposition to so amend
the constitution that cities may levy a
tax beyond the present constitutional
limit The ad valorum tax rate of the
cities of Alabama is probably lower than
In the cities of any state in the union.
and the license privileges higher. than,
perhaps, any state in the union. The
present license schedules in all the cities
of Alabama are unbearable. In an effort
to release real and personal property from
a possibly too great tax charge, the con-
stitution makers placed an unequai and
impossible burden on business enterprise.
Our various municipal authorities are
forced, by their necessities, 10 destroy en-
terprise by imposition of unjust and out
rageous privilege taxes. This has been
true for years, and is particularly true
now since prohibition has gone into effect
Ask the mayors of the towns, and MEM
bers of local finance committees. They
have only one story to tell The prohibit
tionists ought to take notice and make
fight in favor of an increased tax limit for
the cities. If this privilege could be
granted to the cities a great argument
against prohibition would be destroyed. l
venture to say that no mayor of any one
of the communities in the state, with over
200O people, and no ex-masor of any one
of them, would vote against increasing
the constitutional tax limit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03

ever, in the Senate committee on the
judiciary when on Monday last it was
unable to agree upon a report. Neither
of the reports of the subcommittee
was submitted to the Senate, and the
entire subject and disagreement goes
on the calendar, and it will not be
heard from again. It dies with the
close of the session at noon tomorrow.
While the matter was under discus
sion in the House Mr.. Tawney charac-
terized it as simply piece of political
buncombe. He did not oyerstate the
case. No good lawyer believes the
purchase of the stock of the Tonnes
see company was a violation of the
antitrust law, and no impartial man
believes the President acted unwisely
when he refused to stop the trans
action in the dark hours of the Octo-
Der panic. He neither permitted nor
forbade the merger. The duty of in
shutting an action rested in the dis
erection of the Attorney General, and
he stated to the subcommittee of the
judiciary committee of the Senate that
he had talked with the President about
the proposed consolidation, and had
told him that he had no reason to be-
1ieye that the department of Justice
had any cause for action against the
United States Steel corporation under
the antitrust law. And it had none,
and it has none now. The Steel cor
poration is not monopoly, and the
present open market for iron and steel
shows it is not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
FRESHMEN WIN IN
LONG FOUGHT CASE

Cincinnati, O, Nrhrch 2.-The union
men win and the employers lose the
long-fought case of the Typothetae of
America against the International Print
ing Pressmen's union, according to de-
cision rendered this afternoon by the
United States court of appeals. This es-
tablishes an S-hour day for work
The decision was written by Judge
Cochran of Kentucky, who sat in the
hearing of the appeal from District Judge
Thompsons decision in the absence of
Judge John x. Richards, who was crit
ically i'll at the time.
The digest of the decision was made by
Presiding Judge Lurton. The appellate
court rules that no contract exists be-
tween the union and the Typothetae to
maintain the 9-hour day as alleged by
Typothetae. The appellate court declined
to enter into consideration of the injunc-
ton features of the case, but sustained
Judge Thompson on all other matters.
Judge Thompson's rulings therefore,
on the injunction features of the case
stand. He held that no injunction shall
lie to restrain the officers of the union
from advising the union men to keep or
break a contract, because they are par
ties to, or interested in the contract.
The common law on the subject is that
If a third party, disinterested, urged the
breach of contract, he can be sued for
damages.
The fight of the printing pressmen for
the S-hour day began in 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Cuha'S Population

Cuba contains 44,164 square miles,
and Alabama has 52,250 square miles.
The population of the two is nearly
equal Cuba had in 1907 population
of 2,O48,9S0, while Alabama's present
population is put at 100000 by the
World almanac. Cuba is therefore
rather more thickly populated than
Alabama, because her area Is about
20 per cent smaller.
Nearly 70 per cent of her population
consists of whites. There are 274,272
negroes, 334,695 of mixed bloods, and
1887 Chinese. OF the whites 1,224,
500 are natives, and 203,637 are for
eign born. Nearly all of the latter
came from Spain.
Fifty-seven per cent Of the people
over 10 years of age can read and one
third of the children are in school,
These facts show that illiteracy is
more prevalent in Cuba than it is in
the states of this country, but the
school attendance is increasing and
this may soon greatly reduce the per-
centage of those who cannot read and
write.
Havana has a population of 7,159
and is well built handsomely built and
solidly built. 1t contains few streets
of one-story frame houses that will
have to be rebuilt, differing in that
respect from New Orleans and many
other American towns.
The entire census is one that should
encourage the island republic to higher
endeavors, for there is nothing in the
figures that need discourage any one.
The republic has secured a good start
and she will no doubt strive to make
good from that start.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
LET NOT LOVE GO, TOO.

By Alfred Noyes.
Now the purple night is past, &
Now the moon Daore family CLOVIS.
Dawn has through thy easement cast
Hoses on thy breast, a rose.
r.?w the kisses are all done.
Now the world awakes anew;
New the charmed hour is gone
Let not love so, too.
When old winter, creeping nigh
Sprjnkles raven hair with white,
Dims the brightly gIancing eye.
Laughs away the dancing light,
Roses may forget their sun,
Lilies may forget their dew,
Beauties perish, one by one
Let not love go, too.
Palaces and towers of pride
Crun1ble year by year away;
Creeds, like robes. are laid aside,
Even our very ton)bs decay!
When the ail-conpue-inS moth ana rust
Gnaw the goo6ly garment through,
When the dust returns TO dus.,
Let not love sc, too.
Kingdoms melt away like snow
Gods are spent like wasting flames,
Hardly the new peoples know
Their divine, thrice worshiped namesl
At the last great hour of all,
When thou makest all things new,
Father, hear Thy children call
Let not love go. to-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Cheering Signs

Following close upon the reorganiza-
ton of the Southern Steel company
comes the reorganization of the Shelf
field Coal and Iron company, with am
pie working capital to resume opera
tons. The latter concern has three
blast furnaces at Sheffield. In the re-
organization James Gayley, for sew
eral years first vice president of the
United States Steel corporation, be-
comes a member of the board of di-
rectors and vice president of the COM
pany
The reorganization of the Southern
Steel-to be known as the Southern
Iron and Steel company-will be COM
pleted soon, and the work Of repairing
its plants and making important i'm
provements will be under way some
time during the spring. This alone
will give employment to hundreds of
wage-workers, and when operations
are resumed several thousand men will
be needed.
While the Sheffield company is not
in the immediate Birmingham dis
trict, the fact that its plants are to be
rehabilitated with view of being op-
Grated, will be regarded as significant
and will have a stimulating effect on
the industrial life Of Alabama. 1t is in
the air that genuine prosperity will
return within the next few months
All signs at least point to healthy
business activity in the summer of the
present year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Politics and the Tennessee Mercer

In the attempts of disgruntled politi-
clans to put President Roosevelt in a
hole before he goes out Of office they
tried to utilize the Presidents knowI-
edge when in the hours of panic the
United States Steel corporation de-
sired to buy up the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company. Senator Culberson
had for some reason brought the sub
ject before the Senate and the For
akers and Kittredges who go out of
ONCE tomorrow seized upon it and
made it part of their scheme of dirty
politics.
But when the House on Friday last
by vote of 113 to 81 knocked out of
the sundry civil bill the item of
$4,000 for prosecuting the Steel cor
poration on account of the merger.
there was really nothing left of the
movement but hot air. There was a
spirited debate in the House over the
matter, but the item was readily voted
out Of the sundry civil bill.
The closing scene occurred. how
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Low Prices In Steel

The establishment of an open mar
ket in the steel industry affects this
district but little outside of the price
of rails. The present contest is one
between the Steel corporation and the
Independents, and it is difficult to see
how the latter can cut the price of
steel rails, for the production is al
most wholly in the hands of the Steel
corporation and it's allies.
In 1898 things were different. A
war arose in that year between Car
negie and the Illinois Steel company
headed by John w. Gates, and the
price of rails went down to SIT, but
they were worth $2S in 1899 and S35
in 1900. In 1901 the Steel corporation
was organized and the SIS price was
established. There is no clear, con-
vincing evidence that the open mar
ket has changed the price of rails.
The situation outside of rails is
novel. The plans of the Steel corpora
ton are not definitely known even in
Pittsburg. A decline in that market of
81 per ton in steel bars, Sc per ton in
steel plates and shapes and $40 per ton
in tubes should have some effect on
consumers, but the belief is that We
will have to wait from three to six
months before we can judge to what
extent low prices will increase bust
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Hendrix HudSOn'S Fame UndeSerVed

Investigation shows that Verrazano
and Gomez sailed up the Hudson river
before Henry Hudson did and made
maps of it, We say Henry Hudson
advisedly, for he was an Englishman
and he wrote his first name as any
other Englishman would.
Some say the river should be re-
named, but that is impossible. Hudson
no doubt did steal Italian thunder, but
Americas got even when he attached
his name to a hemisphere that Column
bus discovered. 1t is too late to mend
matters. America always will be
called America, and the river that
flows from Albany to the sea will al
ways be called the Hudson river.
Some one has said that history con-
sists largely of acceptable fictions that
have crystallized into facts so far as
present generations are concerned.
Romance which has not been and can
not be controverted is exactly as good
as history, and the two are inexplic
ably confused. This country is COM
paratively young, but many things are
told and retold in our history that
would not stand a siege of historical
investigation. All things considered,
it is perhaps best to let them stand
unrefuted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Queen Alexandra III.

London, March 2-Queen Alexandra, VINO
Is suffering from a sereve cold, has &C.
cided not to attend the court at Buck
ingham palace, which the King will hold
tomorrow evening. The Kings plan to
proceed to the continent on Thursday has
not been altered, and the inference is that
the Queens illness is not serious. Weataer
conditions, however, render exposure can
gerous. 1t is stated that the King prac-
tically has decided to purchase seaside
residence at Worthing. 10 miles west of
Brighton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Will of Or. Bull.

New York, March 2.-The will of DR..
William IT. Bull the surgeon who died in
the south about week ago, was filed
for probate here today. The value of the
real property is given at 100000 and of
the personal property 'in excess of $780,
co." nephew, William C. Bull receives
$4,000. The remainder of the estate is
TO go ultimately in equal portions to
DIR. Bulls son and his step-son, James
G. Blaine, third, both of whom are at
present minors. Mrs. Bull will receive
the income of the estate during her life
time,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Teacher on the Jury.

Chicago. March 2.-One of the jurors
chosen in the retria1 of the Standard Oil
case before Judge Anderson, says the
Record Herald, is Prof. Frederick R. Dap
prich, instructor in political economy at
the University of Chicago. The professor
was not questioned whether the dona-
tons given by John D. Rockefeller to the
institution would affect his decision in the
case. When asked If he considered the
Standard Oil company monopoly he an
swered in the affirmative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-03
Business IMPROVEMENT.

while trade is quiet in most lines there
is a decidedly better feeling throughout
the east than there was month ago."
said Herman s. Rathborne of Philadei-
phla. "There are, indeed, unmistakable
signs of Improvement.
Business conditions are sound. Money
was never more plentiful, and it is gen.
orally felt that shortly after the inau-
guration business will become very ac-
tive. If the crop reports are satisfactory
in the early summer there will be every
reason to expect return of genuine
prosperity