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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
RANCHER IDENTIFIES MAN
AS CLEVER BUNK0 ARTIST

BUTTE, Mont, Sept. 11.-Charles
Guignon. White HallS Mont, rancher,
identified today George Gordon Fitz-
gerald and John Grow, held here on
a swindle case, as the men who fiim-
1ammed him out of $4,000 in New York
six years ago while Guignon was on
his way to France on a visit.
The pair are charged with having
robbed a local Greek restaurateur,
George Butler, of $4,000 in confidence
game
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
The Store That Gives Unlimited Credit

you The Gems
lowest cash prices
plenty cent extra for
inter
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12

ing tho caucuses to be held under
Southern Pacific auspices in each pre-
cinct next Friday night
Each Republican section foreman is
notified to select a place for holding
the caucus. After doing so, he will post
notices of the caucus throughout MS
precinct. At the caucus his duties viii
be to notify those present that they
must pay the expenses of holding the
meeting and to prepare for forwarding
to Southern Pacific headquarters list
of those present and voting.
Fifty-three of the 20S5 delegates for
the machine convention are apportioned
to San Pedro and Wilmington.
An instance of THE rousing interest
in the work of the good government
organization is shown in the organiza-
ton of precinct No 127. AT meeting
to organize the club held at 1908 Cen
trail avenue, Friday night, d. d. Nice
was chosen president and A. B. Bos-
well was made secretary. L. A. Hand
ley made a talk on the necessity for
the movement, which was heartily Sec
onded by DIR. w. L. Brown and several
others present. The club will meet
at the same place next Saturday even
ING
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12

"The purpose of the non-partisan
direct primary is to allow the people to
choose the candidates from among
whom they are to make their final
selection, just as formerly the parties
chose them The vice Of the old sys-
tenn was that the party machines
when we went to the polls it was for a
sorry choice between evils. If the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
VIndieated by History

had lifted them up to the same politi'
cal level of their late masters.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
The Store That Ships Goods Anywhel

forget every
carefully shipments prompt
sam
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
Value of CoWpeas.

The cowpea is a large, bean-like
plant that produces a large amount of
forage. 1t is valuable for a greer food
or for blowing under for green ma
nure 1t has been used successfully
for improving WORKOUT soils, ,espe-
cially those that are light and sandy
in texture. It's greatest advantage for
this purpose is it's ability to gather nj
trogen from the air and mineral ele-
ments from the subsoil. When the
crop is plowed under these are left
near the surface, where they will be
available to shallow-rooted crops n
those which cannot get nitrogen from
the air. 1t has been little used for
hay in the north because it cannot be
readily dried in that climate. 1t makes
a good green feed for mich cows be-
tween August Is and September Is or
it may be preserved in the silo by
mixing with corr fodder. For green
manuring the seed should be sown
broadcast in late June or early July,
at the rate of III bushels per acre. 1t
is especially valuable for growing in
young orchards. When wanted for
fodder it should be sown in early June
in drills 2k feet apart, at the rate
of one bushel seed per acre.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
FOR GOOD BUTTER MAKING.
Stir the cream every day.

Stir the cream every day.
Stop churning when the butter gran
ulates if you want to wash out all
the buttermilk.
The best butter is made from the
best cream; but the best cream comes
from the best milk.
Butter washed with water that has
been boiled and cooled keeps much
better than thai washed with unboiled
water.
When the conditions for the cream
rising are unfavorable put less milk
into the pans or cans; the cream will
rise quicker to the top.
Do not allow smoking near The
dairy; nothing absorbs tobacco smoke
more quickly than milk, and butter
tainted with tobacco smoke is an
domination.
Fine butter has a clear, nutty flavor,
a nice color (not too high, a firm,
waxy texture, free from moisture, and
a grain which, when broken, shows
like cast steel.
An overloaded churn is sometimes
the cause of slow coming of the but
ter. If the amount of cream is too
large for the size of the churn, turn
ing it over and over will not agitate
the cream sufficiently. The churn
should be less than half full, and
| should not be turned toe fast to al
low the cream to drop from side to
| side of the churn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
THE DIVORCE PROBLEM.

clergyman college professor siren
uously protests against divorce and
urges the necessity of a marriage tie
that a be broken only by death. No
sane person who honestly has at heart
the best interests of society in gen.
eral will differ from the professor, but
the difficulty with his proposition is
that it begins in the wrong place. II
the church and the law paid half the
attention to marriage that they do to
divorce the divorce problem would be
reduced to a mighty small minimum.
The blind, halt and foolish are permit
ted to wed without let or hindrance.
The state and the church make n 70 In
quiry whatever, says the Chicago Eve
ming Journal. Anyone-even those
m~anifestly unfit to marry-can be
welded on request, a condition which
manifestly makes for marital unrest
and dissatisfaction, and is largely pro-
ductive of divorce. Give marriage
more safeguards, and the courts will
find much less necessity to interfere
with family relations. But those who
expect to remove the effect without
eliminating the cause are attempting a
task very near the impossible.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
TEXAS SOIL NEEDS
Chiefly for Phosphoric Acid and
for Nitrogen.
Addresses Of State Chemist Traps Be-
fore the American Chemical So
ciety or 'The Needs Of Tex
as Soils for FertiIizers.r

At the Fortieth general meeting of
the American Chemical society, held
at Detroit, Mich, recently, a paper
state chemist of Texas, was read,
which is, in part, as follows:
For several years past the Texas
experiment station has been making
soil analysis, pot tests, cooperative
fertilizer experiments, and field tests,
in order to study the needs of Texas
soils for fertilizers. This article does
not purpose to go into detail into any
of these studies, but to discuss in a
general way some of the conclusions
of the work.
Texas soils may be divided into four
sectional groups-the East Texas Sec
ton, the central black belt, the gulf
coast soils, and the arid soils.
The soils of East Texas, as a gener-
al rule, are sandy, or sandy loan
soils, deficient in phosphoric acid and
often in nitrogen, low in lime but not
acid. Their prevailing needs seem to
be phosphoric acid and nitrogen.
These soils are we'll adapted to truck
crops, and respond well to fertilizers.
It is in this section of the state that
most Of the fertilizers are used.
Potash does not appear very i'm
portant for many of these soils. Fer
tilizers are extensively used for corn
and cotton, which supply only nitro
gen and phosphoric acid, and ever for
potatoes, tomatoes, and other truck
! crops, fertilizers are used which con-
tain no more potash than is present
in the cotton seed meal used in com
| pounding them. The movement to do
| away with potash appears to be
spreading.
According to our pot experiments,
very few Texas soils are deficient in
potash, and many of them give UP
surprisingly large quantities of pot
ash. Indeed, we are having trouble in
securing, for experimental purposes
soils deficient in potash. IN the 9th.
er hand, soils deficient in nitrogen OF
phosphoric acid a be secured with
out difficulty.
The soils of the Central black bell
are prevailingly black calcareous soils
very productive and durable, but some
of them are wearing out. These soils
as a general rule, are we'll supplied
with potash and nitrogen, but many
are low in phosphoric acid, while 9th
ers are we'll supplied. Some of these
black soils respond to fertilizers, 9th
ers do not respond at all.
The gulf coast soils are, as a rule
low-lying fiat soils, not well drained
They are low in lime, but not acid
fairly we'll supplied in nitrogen ane
potash, but low in phosphoric acid
Rice does not do well. Lime, ashes
or Thomas phosphate tends to pro
duce too much straw, SO that the rice
falls. Rice soils, as a rule, RESPOND
we'll to phosphoric acid.
The soils of the arid section are
as a rule, well supplied with plan
food. The chief problems with thes'
soils are water and alkali, though a.
kali has, as yet, not given a great dea
of trouble.
What has been said must be take1
in a general way. There are, @
course, types of soils of different char
acteristics within the areas mel
toned. The chief needs of Texa
soils are for phosphoric acid and TO
nitrogen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30

grew stronger, and within three months
/ vas a perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."-Mrs. JOHN G.. MoLDAN.
2115 Second ST., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
If you want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She willtreatyOurl etterasStrictly
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women i'm
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate write at once.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30

According to an iron trade bulletin,
devoted to Mexican development, it
appears that the iron industry in that
country is capable of wonderful expan-
sion, says the New, York Financier.
The celebrated iron mountain of Du-
range, the Caro- del Mercado, is of
worldwide fame and it is claimed to
be one of the most valuable iron de-
posits in the world, both as to quality
and quantity. 1t is estimated to con
tain 300, O00, 900 tons of 70 per cent. ore
above the level of the plains. There
is another mountain near the mouth
OF the Balsas river which is valuable
largely because Of its accessibility to
the sea and, therefore, to the markets
of the world. This mountain is be-
lieved to contain over n billion me-
trio tons of ore low in phosphate and
averaging more han 60 per cent. of
iron. Other deposits in the mineral
regions of Mexico indicate possible
yields of several hundred million IONS
of high-grade ore, and along the Pacific
. coast there are equally valuable de.
posts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
Training Tomato Plants.

It is worth while to train a few to-
mato plants to single stems. To do
this pinch out all lateral shoots. Tie
the plants to stakes or a trellis OF
about three wires. Single stem train
ing possesses several advantages n
is practiced to a large extent in the
Marietta trucking district of Ohio. 1t
is necessary to tie the plants at three
or four points to give the proper sup
port.
The arguments in fovar of single
stem training are that the bulk of the
crop ripens early; there is greater
uniformity in size and shape, a small
err percentage of decayed specimens,
cleaner fruit, easier picking, and
spraying and cultivation may be con
tinued later in the season if neces-
sary. The system is rather expensive.
but the acreage grown by this method
is gradually increasing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30

1t is evident that the transatlantic
steamers are getting to the limit of
achievement as to speed when a mat
ter of so seconds clipped from a run is
heralded as a shortening of the time
between the two continents. This rec
ognition Of a mere shaving of time in
the running is not ~reconcilable with
the wasting hours after the completion
of the rushing voyages, before taking
the ships to dock in New York city.
This inconsistency is no longer glar-
ing, because the steamers are now
taken to the docks at night instead of
waiting for the return of daylight; but
there is time enough lost at the ter
minals to make the saving of SO sec
onds by a rush across the sea look
like 30 cents"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
HIM
Doctors Test Of Food.

A doctor in Kansas experimental
with his boy in a test of food and
gives the particulars. He says:
81 naturally watch the effect of diff
ferent foods on patients. My own lit
tie son., a lad of four. had been i'll
with pneumonia and during his conva-
lescence did not seem to care for any
kind of food.
Il knew something of Grape-Nuts
and it's rather fascinating flavor, and
particularly of it's nourishing N
ne~rve-building powers SO | started the
boy on Grape-Nuts and found from
the first dish that he liked it.
His mother gave it to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than a month he had gained
about eight pounds and oon became
so well and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
AN old patient of mine, 73 years
old. came down with serious stomach
trouble and before l was called had
got so weak he could eat almost moth
ing, and was in a serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind Of
lOOu lOl lie SICh ltHou avian.
Il Immediately put him on Grape
| Nuts with good, rich milk and just a
little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed
when l came next day Why doctor l
never ate anything so good or that
made me feel so much stronger
81 am pleased to say that he got
well on Grape-Nuts, but he had to
stick to it for two or three weeks.
then he began to branch out a little
with rice or an egg or two. He got
entirely well in spite of his almost
hopeless condition. He gained %
pounds in two months which at his
| age is remarkable.
81 could quote a list of cases where
| Grape-Nuts has worked wonders"
There's a Reason" Read "The
Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever. read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are xenuines Nrue, and full Of human
! INTEREST
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
SOWING PLASTER IN CLOVER.
After the First Crop 10 Housed Sow
Pure, Fine, Ground Flour Com
position.

After the first crop of clover is cut,
cured and put into the barn, If you
have a good stand, SOW 200 pounds of
plaster to the acre. There are sew
eral kinds of plaster on the markets
the Nova Scotia plaster or gypsum 10
said to be much the best. Plaster
that is mixed with marble dust, slate
and ground shells has little value.
Buy pure, fine-ground, dry, -four plas-
ter. Plaster is not a direct plant food,
but it acts indirectly in drawing moist
ure to the plants and making avail
able the plant food already in the
soil. 1t is especially valuable to
spread over all the leguminous plants
when a few inches in height. The way
to test it's value is to SOW marked
strips over the clover or other le-
guminous plants. We have found
that 1t vas a great help in increasing
the growth of the cloverseed crop;
when sown on newly seeded red and
white clover-and over ambro sugar
cane intended for midsummer green
feed.
A thin dressing of fine manure
scraped up from the COW yards, and
where manure piles stood during the
winter, spread over the clover sod
early his month, will increase the
| yield Of the second crop, also make
more and heavier seed. If clover
seed is wanted the field should not be
pastured at any time, as the trampine
of the cattle compacts the soil. A
1oocn n,nJi0u, coil ir nnnlnI IN ohc0rH
an abundance of rain to nourish the
clover roots whesl the seed com
mences to form in head.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30

Railroad Assessments Raised.


Notwithstanding oil the protests and
arguments advanced by the officials and
attorneys of the Illinois Central and
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley systems
against any advance in their assessment
valuations, the railroad commission,
after full consideration, concluded to add
an extra 81 900 per mile to the ad va
loren valuation of each of these great
systems, which comprise in the aggre-
gate, with their branch lines, more than
SO per cent. of the railway mileage of
the state. In the case Of the Illinois
Central the valuation was carried out at
S21. 900 a mile on the main line, as
against $4,000 previously, while the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley main line
stands assessed at $4,000, which is also
an increase of $1,000 a mile.
The Louisville & Nashville was also
subjected to an increase, the valuation
being 100000, as against $4,000 under
previous assessments. This, with the
amount figured against the two systems
mentioned above, constitutes all of the
material increase as made, with some
slight increase among some of the newer
and less extensive systems.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
Mississippi Exhibit Train.

Capt. J.. F. Merry, immigration agent
of the Illinois Central, to the
farmers of Mississippi that the exhibit
train of that company will start on its
annual tour through the West and North
west Aug. 80, and all Mississippi farm
ers who desire to SEND exhibits are re-
quested to notify him to this effect.
The annual trip of the exhibit train
will be somewhat later this year than
usual, owing to secure creditable dis
plays of the agricultural of
Mississippi, and free transportation will
be given to such products. Upon appli-
cation to Capt. Merry Shipping tags will
be furnished, and full instructions given
how to send exhibits.
1t is believed that the annual trip of
the train has had a good result in at
tracing desirable white settlers to Mis-
sissippi from the thickly populated agri-
cultural regions of the North and North
west.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
OFEN0UGHM
COTTON CROP MADE GAINS IN
SOME SECTIONS.
Plant Small hut Well Cultivated.
Picking in Southern Georgia
and Southern Texas.

Memphis, Tenn.-Rainfall in the cot
ton belt throughout the month of July
has been light. This has been favorable
to the extent that it has permitted thor
ough cultivation, but now that such
cultivation has been accomplished, the
need for rain is becoming general. Out
side of Texas there has rs yet been no
acute suffering.
The plant has not made rapid growth
and is still small everywhere except In
Oklahoma, but it is stocky and would
readily respond to the stimulation Of
abundant moisture.
In Texas reports covering the week
show that abundant rains fell in south
ern and western parts of the state, and
that the crop, although it had suffered
severely, was much benefited. In CEN
trail and northern counties some rains
fell, with great benefit to the cotton,
but many districts in these sections had
very light showers or no rain at all, and
are still dry.
The most marked gains during the
week were made in Alabama, Georgia
and the C%arolinas, where the crop in
many instances now makes better prom
Use than was at one time thought posi-
BILE.
Mississippi-Where rain fell in this
state the crop looks much better.
Throughout the delta it is quite dry,
and although the crop is now in a good
state of cultivation, it is not growing
rapidly.
Tennessee-The crop in Tennessee is
doing we'll. Some correspondents say it
Is quite promising and above an aver
age. It is rapidly being laid by. A
good general rain would be beneficial.
Alabama-The cotton crop is another
week gone toward maturity. Weather
was very favorable, showers being bene-
Rcial, and since the crop is clean it is
| growing rapidly. Farmers now expect
TO make much more cotton than was at
one time thought possible.
Arkansas-There are complaints that
The plant needs rain. Showers which
tell were only local, and there are sec
lions which have been dry for weeks.
The plant, as a rule, however, is
thrifty.
Georgia-The crop in Georgia is ir
The best condition of the month. In
central and southern counties its con
lition is excellent. A few locally heavy
rains fell, but the damage was not ex
t~ensive.
~Louisiana-The crop improved during
the week. Such rains as fell in the cot
ton territory were beneficial, while thu
not weather is holding the boil weevil
in check.
Texas-In the territory south of a line
drawn from Navasota to Burnet ane
west of a line from Burnet to Vernon
abundant rains have fallen. In most OF
this territory the crop will be greatly i'm
proved by reason of the moisture, al
though in the. southwest it is impossl
BILE to regain all the loss. aElsewher'
some good rains have fallen in localities
while other localities not far distan
have had very light showers or no rail-
at all. Around Dallas and in Northern
Texas it is becoming quite dry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
HARVEST OF THE HURRICANE
Thirteen Additional Victims-Re-
ported-Loss So, 600, 900.

New Orleans, La.-With definite re-
ports today OF thirteen additional
deaths not heretofore recorded as the
result of the hurricane which swept
portions of Texas and Louisiana last
Wednesday, the death list tonight totals
.forty-one, with six persons previously
reported missing still u~naccounted for.
While the various towns and cities
which suffered damage in the hurricane
have reported property losses agggregat-
ing in the last reports over 100000,
the vast area swept by the hurricane and
the absence of estimates as to crop
damage, makes impossible anything like
I. correct estimate of the total damage
done. Many rural sections in which
many residences and barns were dam
aged or destroyed are also believed to
be absent from the list of losses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
WHY, OF COURSE.
Privilege of English Husband.

A wife who complained at the
Marylebone police court in London the
other day that her husband used
abusive language to her was informed
by Mr.. Plowden hat this was one of
a husbands privileges.
you must put up with it," the mag
istrate told her. Better an abusive
husband than no husband at all
But | have had so many years OF
this kind of thing" she protested. .
Il cannot give o any redress"
Mr.. Plowden replied. You must ex-
pect a certain amount of abuse in this
world"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
The Dairy farmer.

No farm worker has a steadier In
come than the dairy farmer. The work
requires some close application, but
not more than many another business.
BY having competent help the propri-
etor has plenty of time off when it
pleases him
And then think of the fertility that
comes to the owners soil! Not only
does his bank account grow pletheric,
but the vital energy. of his land wakes
strong and powerful. No more indie
pendent citizen lives than the dairy
farmer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
Have No Use for Pins.

All American exporters concerned
are warned by Consul General DENLY
that they'll never get rich by selling
pins to the people of Shanghai. The
Chinese have no use for pins" he
says, strings and knots n loops
meeting every requirement of male
and female, young and old, to keep his
or her garments securely n neatly
fastened"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
Killing the Beetles.

The asparagus beetle is a trouble
some pest, not easy to control, says
Rural New Yorker. Chickens are fond
of them, and will rid garden beds of
the adults, but, of course, a be of
little benefit in large fields. Clean cut
ting, especially in ridge culture, keeps
them well under control in spring, but
the slugs or larvae do considerable
harm later.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30
Stork Not Wanted.

Maryyille, Mo.-Rev. W. J.. Parvin
pastor Of the First Methodist Church.
South, in this city, who recently inaugu.
rated a move to erect q four-suite fiat
on part of the church property as a
church investment, has announced that
the stork is to be shooed away from
these church flats. Families of two, OF
even three, are to be permitted to take
the four suites. but the line will b
drawn at one child. All four suites ars
already rented by four childless couple,
al married for several years.