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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21
The Things You Wish to Know.

vxiI HAVE AGREED to answer all Inquiries
\" by personal letter. aud wo arc going 10 90
II because want the inquiries aud II
wc wan, to ask our readers 10 help us to prevent
tho necessity of doing the same thlng over and
over again. For instance. 40 arc asked questions
abou, crimson clover that have been answered
fully in columns within the last ,wo moashs.
We wish all our readers would nlo their papers.
II Is also n good plan TO mark such articles rs
yoa may probably want 10 refer 20 again.
Then again. wo are frequently asked: Where
can buy crimson clover sced'" We can give only
ono answer--thc address of some OF the s.-eds-
mon advertising tn The Southern Farm Gazette.
We are constantly receiving auch inquiries. and
ms We always carry such advertisement. the same
answor must be- given each time We can not
know personally the quality of the seeds of all
our advertisers. We believe all these advertisers
are the leaders In their class and can make no
distinction between them. We have also stated
repeatedly that crimson clover seed cost from 81
to IS bushel and that this year the higher
price rules; and also that from Is pounds 20 20
pounds OF seed should he sown on an mere. but
these same questions continue 10 come day after
day.
We wish We received more Inquiries han We
do. for from these are enabled 20 leern the
needs OF our readers but when IL Is easy obtain
the Information wanted from "A recent Issue % the
paper. IL Is To the interest OF all concerned that
the paper bo consulted before going TO the trou-
ole OF writing ua Tor IA personal reply by W3lL
We want every farmer III our territory 20 feel
Tree TO write US for Information. whether he be
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21
The Farm Labor Needed in the South

TN HERE IL No SCARCITY OF farm labor of
lh- certain Kind In tho South: but the tn
~ er"asing demand for traincd. Intelligent
thinking men who can both do things themselves
ard teach others how TO do them remains unaa,-
lnacd
Among tho other handicaps ~ith which tn.
South has been burdoncd is the old notion
handed down from the days OF aiavcry-tha, IL
IL diRoredi,ahic TO do manual labor. The over
aoer'' of tho old regime Was there simply TO sec
,ha, the hands" worked The proscn; day de-
nand Ia for men who can. nrn, of all. work them
selves. for men who can do tho thinga which the
unframed ncgrooa would aligh, or bo,ch or patch
over. and for men who can Mt the Same time
train these inefficient. indoiont hands To do bet
ter work
We have said before that probably the greatcs,
reason for Neglect of live stock In the South 4.
not our lack OF fences pastures our fear of the
cattle tick aud tho hog cholera germ. or even our
devotion TO old king Cotton" but the general
lack Of knowledge the par, OF our labor AZ to
how good stock should be fed and handled and
cared for. lie would bc n very bold man. indeed
Who would turn a good dairy herd or "A rock of
good sheep over 10 the merciea OF the ordinary
farm iaborern of this section. The results would
In all Likelihood be disastrous To both tho owner
and the animals. and tho negroes would come
out of the AFFAIR with profound disgust and dis
trust for all Improvements and Innovations
We scarcely need any more common labor
ers': but all over the land there Is crying de-
mand for men who really know how To farm
We have thousands more plowmen than are real
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21
Clean Up the Cotton Fields.

@7N THIS ISSUE OF The southern Farm Ga.
IHNI rcttc publish tho greater part of a cir
cular recently Issued by Mr.. Wlmon Ne
wcll. Secretary of tho Louisiana Crop Pest Com
mission. Tho results Of experiments stated
which thow the necessity Of early picking TO be
followed BY immediate and complete desiruc,.on
of the old cotton plants by burning The facts
given in this circular should BE- OF special inter
est In our readers. for tho bolt w.evil IA already
in considerable portion Of our territory and IN
soon be all over II. The statements made In ;his
circular beyond doubt accurate aud the advice
given Il OF the beat. bu, those who expect make
cotton nndcr boil wecvii conditions may also cx.
poet TO give greater attention to tho better preps
ration OF tho land. more liberal fertilization, bet
ter cultivation and earlier frulting varieties
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21

WE WILL positively AXE food tho loss sustained hy
w q fraudulent
made columns advertiser Who
a deliberate ndlor This does that vi
and their but In at actually fragaulcnt
DEALING Win make sod TO tho subscriber have asi
Indicated The condition 81 the guarantee that The claim
shaii within the
advertisement and that Tho subscfcr
writing each advertiser: writing
as AspUTTn~ which
reliability all advertisers thas It carries.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21

Il will become such-a place where the leading
farmers and their families will congregate once a
year for the study of farm problems and for social
intercourse.
Don't forget our Good Roads Special next
week We have large supply of good roads
matter: but we especially desire the experiences
OF our readers who have been trying TO better
their roads. II you have used the road drag or
built a sand-clay road or voted bonds. or done
anything toward improving your highways. let rs
hear from you. and at once, please. /, will be
too late TO write mex, week.
A big farmers conference In TO be held In Char
lotte. N. c.. September LIST. one of the main OBJ
Jccts being 20 provide systcm OF rural telephones
for the entire county. The business men o.
Charlotte are actively cooperating. and here II
idea for farmers organizations in other soc
tons. Let tho Farmers Union officials their
town business men and star, movements OF this
kind everywhere.
II liant bit too soon TO be thinking about that
cat crop. Early eown oa,s nearly always do the
beat: and the old notion that the preparation of
tho land isn't 81 much Importance for the oat croo
has long since been proved 10 be failacy. Loox
after tho seed. too. ihai II L. plump and heavv
and clean. Don't sow ehea, and other weed seeds
and then wonder ncxt spring why all your oats
should have turned 10 cheat
Don't forget that orchard ~ili add greatly
TO the airae,ivcnesa and homc-i,kcnoas OF your
farm. and tina; It wiii pay you handsomely for the
labor and money 1; cnn,s ~ farm wl,hon, trui,
Ia not worthy OF tho name"
our subscribers should remember that wc do
not answer inquiries ,ha; not signed With tho
name Of Tho writer These all so 10 tho ~aa,e
basket
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21

Editorial Notes.
~ RAINAoE OF OUR io~-iylng aud =

~ RAINAGE OF OUR iow-iylng and "seepy"
Uyy lands In n matter OF grca, importance to
the South. and one which nc have all too
generally neglected. we crpee; to have several
articles of the mos, practical Kind this subject
this fa and winter: articles that Wiil toll how TO
drain. and why and ~hon. what it costs and what
Il IL worth In addition 10 these we ~lah every
reader who has had practical experience along
this line TO write and tell just what no has
done how he did IL. cost. benefits. etc. We can
not afford 10 allow such largo areas of our boat
lands 10 remain untitled and vaiuelcsa just be.
cause they arc no, drained.
In the las, Govcrnmon, report OF The cotton
crop condition. Mississippi moves np from the
loves, place 10 second lowest. Loulnlana condi
iions being reported worst, Tho third ioseat con
dition In reported ia Alabama. The southern
Farm Gazette territory has had the most nnfAvor-
abb. weather conditions. and the estimate OF the
crop In the three States named IL ms folio
Alabama. ss Mississippi Gs: Louisiana SIS
These estimates are certainly not low for Ma
bama and Mlealfaippi. We have not econ tho
crop In Louisiana recently. but can readily con.
ceiye that the boil wcevii and untayorabic wealth
or conditions combined, may very pFohhblf re-
ducc the condition OF the crop in tina, State 20 tn.
point estimated by the Government In tho corn
and wheat-growing North Central Statea the
bread basket OF America" crop conditions are
from 10 10 points above the ten-year average.
bu, In the South Atlantic States about points
below and In the South Central States. points
below the ten-year average
The Roundup Farmers Institute Ia Msg'8s.ppi
will be held AZ the Agricultural College. uogr
Starkyille. August 18th TO 2sth. inclusive. \
good program has been prepared and We urge AS
many of our readers possibly do 30 TO at.
tend. No man who attends viii fail 10 receive
full value for the expense and time given Ia the
trip. We would like TO see this Roundup Insti-
tute made great annual farmers rally We hope
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-21

Entered second class matter 1877 the posioce
Eaeish c. under tho Act OF Congress OF March is
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
IOWAN LOST IN CITY SIGHTS
G. J. Bell Of Sioux City Comes to
Omaha for Stray Plants.
DREAMS IN MAZE OF INDUSTRY
Gazing at Gigantic Excavation He
Imagines He Sees Familiar
Holes In the Earth Up
ut Home.

c. J. Bell, commissioner Of the CONNER
cial club of Sioux City. came down to
Omaha Friday to see the sights and check
up the industries which have changed
their place of residence from Sioux City
to Omaha.
With COMMISSIONS J. NJ. Guild the Sioux
City booster went out to see the town in
daylight. Up sixteenth street walked the
two commissioners, Mr.. Bell gazing at the
tall buildings and making m about
having buildings lowered in Sioux City
which were too high. one of which was
the Garretson hotel.
When Mr.. Bell saw the terminal ele-
vators he said he appreciated the fact that
Omaha had big elevators, but he under
stood they were erected with tainted
money. He heard Nels Updike was one
time interested in a circus. S.
The court house looked good to Mr.. Bell
because Woodbury. county, from which he
comes. has a court house about the size
of the Douglas county jail, but when told
Of the proposed new building, the com
missioner marveled much and said:
'Oh, well. Nebraska has an inheritance
tax law and Omaha is just like a man I
knew in Missouri whose mother left him
three estates"
Mr.. Bell did not say as much, but when
he looked down from the Grain exchange
and saw the excavation for the new Bran
deis theater, he acted as though the seen
cry looked familiar.
Sioux City has many excavations" he
whispered mysterlously. Has that hole
been dug for ten or twenty years at Seven
teenth and Douglas?'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
STRONG MAN PAYS COSTS
Fellow FOOts the Bill for Bicycle
He smaAhes In Test of
His Might.

Repair the bicycle or pay a fine of SIS
and costs" said Police Judge Crawford to
Tom Carroll of 27S Binney street Friday.
Carroll repaired the wheel.
He was arrested Thursday evening by
Patrolman Timm because he misused a
bicycle belonging to Harold Smith, a small
boy working as a messenger for the Amer
lean District telegraph. 1t is said that Car
roll wanted to show how strong he was
and picked up the lads wheel and threw
1t against a building, breaking a tire rim
and doing other minor damage. He was
released from jail Friday as soon as ne
had had the repairing attended to.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
McC arthy
Thanks The Bee
Says This Papers Editorial on THE
Stuff of Soldiers is a Just
Tribute.

81 want TO thank The Bee for that
handsome tribute to the American soldier
In its recent editorial on The Stuff of
Soldiers" said Major D.. E. Mccarthy,
chief quartermaster of the Department
of the Missouri.
THE American soldier is the best soldier
in the world, whether he be a cadet at
West Point or a private In the ranks. I
am glad that Tn Bee has seen fit to
give the soldier his just need Of praise.
II sent the clipping to Major sibley,
c~ommandant at West Point, and l know
1t will please him as well as it has pleased
every officer at these headquarters"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
CHEEKY. WORRIED, FEARFUL,
GIRLS SLIDE DOWN SCALE
Hope for Freedom from Jail, but Ex-
~pectapey DwindIes rs Day
Progresses.

May Russell and Anna Kroone began Fri
dag with bright and CHEEKY smiles. At 10
a. m. they had ceased smiling and at noon
we're fearful. BY / p. m. they had slid clear
down the emotional gamut.
The tive young women are prisoners in
the county jail, held pending payment OF
fines of $50 each and costs assessed against
them in police court because they were
caught shopllfting in the Brandeis store
Monday afternoon. They had been working
a new variation in the game by aid of a
shoe box with a secret opening in one end.
The girls had reason to believe that rela-
tives were coming Friday morning from
their home in Pacific Junction. Ia, to pay
their fines. Hence the early joy. The rela-
tives had not appeared by early afternoon
and hence the grief.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
BOWERS CLAIMS W00DARD
W0RSTED HIM IN LAND DEAL
Charges Missouri Acres said to BE
Worth &e5 Each rOved Much
Less Valuable After Trade.

Herman ]. Bowers claims that A. F.
woodard got much the better OF him In q
deal involving Nebraska and Missouri land
and y promisory note.
Bowers. I'm a petition for a temporary
injunction in district court, ~recites that he
traded 1890 acres in Brown county, Ne
braska, for 2sS acres In Missouri, giving in
addition q note for 500.
Woodland, he says. asserted that the Mis-
souri, land was worth se5 an acre. This, he
alleges. was a somewhat enthusiastic view.
the land being worth no more than SIS per
acre.
So he went to Woodland and taxed him
with this charge. Woodland then agreed
to not hold the note against Bowers, says
the latter. But Woodland first eashed the
note in the bank of Ainsworth, and then.
buying it back, secured a judgment against
Bowers. He is going to levy ON Bowers.
who prays a restraining order against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
Omaha is Mecca
of Travelling Men
for One w eek
U. G. 7. Will Come In as T. P. A.. Goes
Out After Recruiting Mem
bership.

Omaha is the Mecca this week Of the trav-
cling men.
The Travellers Protective association has
been holding q convention in this city and
il will Just about get out OF town in time
for the arrival of the United Commercial
Travellers. The latter come Saturday,
though they will not meet in convention,
but merely to welcome two OF their grand
officers and to have a generally good time.
Manley. w, Hennens OF Milwaukee, SUI
preme counsellor, and Clarence ]. Miles,
mayor of Hastings and past supreme coun-
sellor. are the two national officers who
will be here Saturday evening and who will
be banqueted at the Hanson cafe.
The welcome arch will he lighted in honor
of the travelling men with the letters ~.
c. r." above the word Welcome"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
SORRY FIRST FOR FRIEND
THEN SORRY FOR HIMSELF
MOurner's Emotion Finds New Objec-
tive when Funeral Carriage Has
an Upset ON Way TO Cemetery.

Anna Metzel's grief over the death of a
friend changed abruptly TO her own per-
sonal anguish October 10 last. She was on
that date riding in a carriage TO a funeral
in South Omaha and the carriage upset
enroute. She holds the Union Stock Yards
company, Leo Hoffman and William W.
Mace jointly responsible and asks $4,000 for
damages, which included "a severe. perma-
nent and dangerous laceration and fracture
OF the head on the left side of her face"
The Stock Yards company is blamed he
cause it is accused of allowing a hole to
form in the street by it's switching track at
Forty-ninth and I streets. Leo Hoffman
was the undertaken in charge of the funeral
and Mace the liveryman whose carriages
were used.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
Shipping Floors
on the Sidewalk
Must Come Down
Cannot Be Tolerated Even on Permis-
sion of City Council, Says
Judge Troup.

Owners of warehouses and shippers in
tho wholesaiing district who have erected
shipping platforms over the sidewalk or
where the sidewalk ought to be on per-
mission of the city council. may be put
to the inconvenience of removing them II
property owners near by object to such
use of the walks.
Judge Troup Friday held that the Loose
Wiles Cracker company could not build
an elevated sidewalk, one which It could
use for a shipping platform, along tie
side of the warehouse it is erecting at
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13

Twelfth and Davenport streets, even If the
company did have permission from the
city council.
The city council granted the permission
to the company to use the twenty feet al
lowed for sidewalks for platform purposes,
but Pat Gleason, owner of some residence
property adjoining, got a restraining order
to prevent the COMPANY from building such
q platform-sidewalk, and Judge Troup held
that the city council had no right to per
init the use of the sidewalk, a part Of the
public highway, for private purposes.
Many such platform sidewalks have been
erected in Omaha. some of them Of solid
cement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13

small amount of money were among the
stolen properly. The whole building was
ransacked, but the thief passed up the
chance to take quantities of canned foods
and staple groceries. Entrance to the build
ing was gained by breaking a basement
window, after which the burglar lowered
himself to the floor of the basement by
means of a rope. The police are looking
for SUSPECTS in the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13

has been there but little in the last ten
years. He was supposed 10 be a travelling
man. Warner is less than 20 years Of age,
] should judge"
Mr. Piilsbury is also acquainted with MIR.
baiiew Of Princeton, Mo-. who was MIXED"
out of $4,000 by the gang.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
C0NNECL TAKES THE JUROR
DESPITE HIS PREJUDICE
street Railway Lawyer Accepts Man
Who Admits He Has IL In
for the Company.

II got a prejudice against the street car
company because ] was once hurt myself. +"
explained Henry Anthony, a colored man
being tried out for the jury in a case be-
fore Judge Day. II Is the suit of Bert
Rankin against the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway company for $1,000
w. J. Connell accepted Anthony in spite
Of his declared prejudice and the plain
tiff's lawyers had no objection.
A suit for 5000 against the same com
psny was begun Friday morning by At
torney ]. E. Raft for Della B. Clawson,
who was injured getting on a car.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
KNOWS TWO MAYBRAY MIKES
Monmouth Man Tells of l. }. War
ner, Who Helped the
Game Along.

''rhe relatives OF I. ]. Warner. alleged
member OF the Maybray gang of bunco
people, are highly respected citizens OF Mon
mouth, ILL.," says S. w. Pillsbury of that
city. who is in Omsha visiting at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Charles Westerfield, BIG
Mason street.
NJ Warmers father is a retired mer-
chant and is quite wealthy ana all the fam
lily connections are OF the best. The
younger Warner is a married man and has
a fine family in Monmouth, but the man
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
a Ton of Gold

could buy nothing better for female weak
nesses, lame back and kidney trouble than
Electric Bitters. 5oc. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
MONEY FOR NEGRO INSTITUTE
All But Nineteen Thousand Dollars
Already Raised for Branch of
Derea College,

LEXINGTON, KY, March 1:.-It is an
nounced here today that only $4,000 is lack.
ing of the $4,000 necessary TO secure Lin
coin institute, which is to be a negro branch
of Berea college for Kentucky. II the 10000
is secured, $4,000 pledged by Andrew
Carnegie, Mrs. Russell Sage and other east
ern philanthropists viii be at once paid.
The school is to be modelled after ruskeges.
Ala, institute.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

A brother of James Hevers, who died
OF lung trouble at st. Joseph's hospital
Thursday, arrived in Omaha Friday to
for removing the body to Buffalo,
N. Y, the home OF the family. This father
OF the young man is said to be a wellsto-
do railway man there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-13
THIEF COULD STOCK A STORE
Quantity of Goods stolen from Gro
Gerry Company Would OUTFIT small
Confectionery stand.

A small stores wants might be supplied
from the stock OF goods stolen Wednesday
night from the Raapke Grocery cOmpany's
store, 1904 Howard street. Tobacco, snuff,
rock candy, cigars, chewing gum and a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-16
Local Speakers and Other
Prominent Men Will De-
liver Addresses.
FIRST Meeting TOMORROW
REV. N. w. WILLIAMS WILL SPEAK
ON THE SUBJECT "ENVIRON-
MENT AND HEREDITARY INFLU-
ENcEs"-LlsT OF OFFICERS.

The program for the Crispus At
tucks Loyal League, a colored organi-
zation of the city, has just been COM
pleted and announced. The opening
service for the season will be Sunday
with an address by Rev. N. w. Will
liams, pastor of the Bethel A. Nj. E.
church and will continue until late in
the year. The numbers this year
have been selected with much care
and are especially good, including lee
lures by speakers from the city and
of state repute.
One of the subjects up for discus
sion in the suffragette movement.
This has been demanding the atten-
ton of local colored people for some
time and some action may be taken.
The program is as follows:
January II.
Environment and Hereditary Influ-
ences."-Rev. N. w, Williams.
February 81.
1.-The Trichotomy of Duty."-Rev. H.
l.. Herod, Indianapolis.
March 81.
Resolved THAT Women Should
Have the Right of Suffrage" Mrs. NJ.
A. McCurdy, Mrs. Jessie Brown Smith.
April 10.
"The Art of China Painting Mrs.
Viola B. Clark. Indianapolis. (Sam-
pies of her work exhibited.)
May IS.
Memorial. M. Langston, by Miss
Anna Brown; Fred Douglass, by Rev.
c. c. Coins; B. r. Bruce, by Rev. F. L.
Mumford.
September 10.
''The Fight for Freedom Prof T. G.
Steward, captain, retired, U. s. A., al.
so vice president and professor of his.
tory, Wilberforce University.
Abraham Lincoln" Rev. J. Everest
Cathell, date to be selected.
The officers of the organization are
as follows: President, w. B. Arnold
v1ce-president, Burdette Watkins; cor.
responding secretary, w. Grant Hut
man, M. D.; treasurer, J. Calvin
, Moore. Board of Directors-W. B. Ar.
mold, Burney Watkins, w. G. Huffman
j. c. Moore. Program committee
G. w. B. Conrad, L. L. B., Burney Wat
kins. w. B. Arnold. Membership com
mittee, w. G. Huffman, w. B. Arnold
T. c. Scott, Percy Griffin, Herb. Bun
! dy. Music committee Mrs. Effie
! Freeman, Herbert Bundy, Mrs. Albert
Conrad. Chief Usher-Herbert Bundy