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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
NO DECISION ON
LOVE FEAST PLAN
Republican Chiefs Gathered
For Confab But There
Was Some Hitch.
is A DIVISION OF OPINION
THERE is SOME FRESH TALK RE.
GAROiNG c. +. REMY FOR
STATE CHAIRMAN, BUT OPPOSE.
TON HAS DEVELOPED.
palladium Specially

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 2O.-And still
the republicans do not know hether
they will have a love feast or not
State Chairman James p Goodrich
dropped his work as receiver for the
c.. c. 4 l.. railroad in Chicago long
enough last Saturday to come to this
city and talk the matter over with Fred
Sims. acting state chairman. and
Charles W. Miller. United States dis
trict attorney and one of the right hand
men Of Senator Beveridge. and al
though they conferred a part OF the
forenoon and all afternoon. they did
not decide whether there would be 4
love feast or not. Just what the hitch
was no one is saying. but it is we'll
known that there is a division of opin-
ion among the republicans Of the state
as to whether there should be love
feast this year or not After the
close Of the conference Saturday even
ing, nothing was said as to when the
question would be settled. Goodrich
returned to Chicago. and it is not
known just when he will get back II
was said that an announcement may
be made on the subject next Tuesday.
but this is uncertain
Cause Of Delay.
There is some fresh talk about Chas.
F. Remy of this city. for republican
state chairman. but it seems that oppo-
sition has developed in certain quar-
tiers. and the whole business is still up
in the air. There is general under
standing that tn date for the reorgan-
izatiOn OF the state committee will be
set late. for some reason. and that this
accounts for the lack of speed on the
part of the leaders in arranging for
the holding of conventions.
A new rule is to be adopted by the
present state committee before it re-
tires from office. 1t will require ali
counties to elect their delegates to the
state convention the same day. instead
of on different days, as has been the
rule heretofore. The state committee
will set the date for the election of the
state convention delegates. On re-
publican. in speaking of this rule. said
it would prevent federal office holders
from going around over the state and
helping to select delegates to the state
convention. This would look like a
thrust at Senator Beveridge, but it is
believed that there will not be any op-
position to the rule when it is pro-
posed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money IL it
fails to cure. r. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
Farm Value Of Toads.

A naturalist has found some very
interesting facts concerning the diet
of the toad. and it is found that it is
q benefactor Of the farmer and garden
er. 1t eats caterpillars and cutworms.
beetles. sowbugs. snails. grasshoppers.
moths. wireworms and potato bugs, all
of which damage a farmers crop or
his goods to a serious degree. In the
stomach of one toad were found seven
teen thousand-legged worms, in an
other were thirty-seven tent caterpil-
lars. in another sixty-fiye gypsy moths
were found and in still another fifty
five army worms. 1t is said that
eighty-six housewOrms have disap-
peared down the throat of one toad
in less than ten minutes. and the rec
ord OF stutting is held by another. who
was still hungry after consuming nine
ty bugs. According to this observer.
in ninety days a single toad may de-
stroy 1.16O cutworms. 1850 thousand
legs, 2.1OO sowbugs and 800 weevils.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
Want to Raise $4,000 to
Build Combination School
And Club House.
$4,000 ALREADY RAISED
ONE NATIONAL AND ONE STATE
OFFICIAL OF THE ORDER At
TENDED THE BIG MEETING
HELD ON SUNDAY.

At the meeting Of the Gonzaga
Council of the Y. NJ. L.. yesterday aft
ernOon, the proposition of securin z
$4,000 with which to construct a new
was considered and will receive the
hearty support of the mems organiza-
ton OF the church. 1t is proposed to
build the new school on the site of the
present building, South Fifth and c
streets, and already, approximately
$1,000 has been raised for this pur-
pose.
Supreme Secretary Singer and
State Organizer BudenZ were present
at the Gonzaga meeting yesterday and
spoke on the work of the organization.
The Rev. Father Roell, pastor, and his
assistant. the Rev. Father Weiland,
also delivered short talks to the mem
bers, in which they encouraged the
promotion of the organization to it's
greatest possible limits in this city.
Both are members of the organization.
Its Quarters Outgrown.
The Gonzaga club now has quarters
on South Sixth street, but it has been
the desire of the members and the aim
of the church to provide quarters in the
school house with all the features of a
Y. M. c. A., such as reading rooms,
bowling alleys, pool and billiard par
lors. gymnasium and the like. In a
manner this is provided at the school
building, but it's limitations are appar-
ent and as 1t is necessary that a new
school be erected, the new building will
include features for educational, relig-
ious and social pursuits.
The campaign for the $4,000 will
not take more than year or two, it is
believed The church is moderately
wealthy, as shown by the fact that the
congregation soon paid off the debt
after the reconstruction Of the present
church, which is one of the finest in
the city. The club will have the sup
port of not only members of st. An
drew's congregation, but likewise that
Of St. Mary's. The club will be purely
Catholic in it's organization.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
Farm Truck by Automobile.

It is Interesting to know that many
Of the coavenfences and helps which
were supposed to belong to city society
are now making their way into the
country. Water fixtures in the houses.
steam and hot water heaters and many
other things which fifty years ago were
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
ADAPTABILlTY OF ALFALFA.
Crops Produced In Most Climates 81
the United States.

Crops Produced In Most Climates 81
the United States.
While experts have been declaring
that alfalfa would grow only in GER
tain soils and in certain climates. it
has proved adaptability to nearly all
climates and almost all soils. 1t pro-
duces with a rainfall as scant as four
teen inches and in the gulf states four
ishes with sixty-fve inches. 1t gives
crops at an elevation Of 5000 feet
above sea level. and in southern Cali
fornia it grows below sea level to a
height Of six feet or over. with nine
cuttings a year. aggregating ten to
twelve tons. An authenticated photo
graph shows a wonderful alfalfa plant
raised In the irrigated desert of south
ern California. sixty feet below sea
level. that measured considerably more
thun ten feet in height. Satisfactory
crops are raised. but on limited areas
as yet in Vermont and Florida. New
York has grown it for over 100 years
in her clay and gravel. Nebraska
grows it in her western sand hills
without blowing. as does Nevada on
her sagebrush desert. The depleted
cotton soils Of Alabama and rich corn
lands of Illinois and Missouri each re-
spond generously with profta bic yields
to the enterprising farmer. while its
accumulated nitrogen and the subsoil-
ing it effects are making the rich land
more valuable and giving back to the
crop worn land the priceless elements
Of which it has been in successive gen.
erations despoiled by constituencies
husbandry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20


PLATE.
soil, and in such cases exceptional
care will be needed to restore the sup
ply Of available phosphates.
In the spring of 1908 a farmer in
Wisconsin made an extensive expert
ment with phosphate on clay loan
land which had not given satisfactory
yields the preceding year. For this
purpose he purchased four tons Of acid
phosphate. using it on oats seeded to
clover and on corn in three different
amounts-namely. 100. 200 and 400
pounds per acre. The result of this
experiment Is given in the following
quotation from a letter from the ex-
perimenter:
Il am Of the opinion the grain toats)
were more oats at thrashing than
where the fertilizer was not used. On
the heavier soils the difference was
apparent very early in the season, and
later on. when the grain headed out.
the pieces could be picked out readily.
the stand was thicker and more uni
form-in fact. some of it was as nice
oats as ever saw stand up. l found
that where we used 100 pounds it was
somewhat better. when 200 pounds
were used it was very much better.
and when we used 400 pounds the best
results we're obtained. The benefit
was even more apparent in the corn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
Crushed the Diamond.

Crushed tho Diamond.
Among historic diamonds one, the
Piggott, has gone out Of existence.
The story of its destruction is trag-
teal one. 1t was said to be worth
100000. The diamond came into the
possession Of Ali Pasha, who always
wore it in a green silk purse attached
to his girdle.
He was wearing it when he was
wounded by Reshid Pasha. Knowing
that his wound was mortal, he imme-
diately retired to his divan, gave Or
ders that his favorite wife should be
poisoned and then delivered the dia-
mond to Captain DAnglas with the
order that it should be crushed to pow
der in his presence. His command was
Obeyed. and the beautiful gem was ut
terly destroyed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
Wedding Out Improbable Cows.

Dairy farms are continually advanc-
ing in value. which should be regarded
as part of the profits. Grain farming is
hard on the land.
With the case In test it will be pos
sible to weed out the poor cheese cows
on the same principle used in the Bah,
cock butter test to weed out the poor
butter cows. Instead of keeping cows
for cheese which average 20 pounds of
casein per 100 pounds Of fat. one may
breed cows that will produce milk con,
tanning close to 100 pounds Of casein to
400 pounds Of fat.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20

green or a darker nue.
Similar experiments have been made
in Illinois and Ohio.
The cuts here presented show the
beneficial effect OF acid phosphate on
corn. An increased yield Of large and
well filed eaSs resulted where phos'
phate was used compared with a light
yield and nubbins where none was
used
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
SCIENCE ON THE SOIL.
An Increase Of Yield Obtained by
Chemical Treatment.

Chemical Treatment.
This is the age Of scientific farm
ing. Take the results from grain by
the application of phosphates to the
soil. The lack of phosphates is not
limited to the older sections Of the
country. In Wisconsin, for example.
it has been customary in the wooded
districts to clear but small fields and
crop these fields continuously for a
number Of years very largely to grass
es for hay. chiefly timothy. This prac-
tice has had the effect Of greatly re.
ducing the available phosphates Of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20
NOTICE..

Business at the Abattoir will be
continued with James Beeson in
charge. Cash paid for all stock pur-
chased. P. J. Freeman, Receiver.
1S-3t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20

MOTOhOAR TRUCK FOR FRUIT FARM.
rarely found outside a large town are
now common in many farmhouses.
Machinery which was thought to be of
practical service only on smooth city
streets may now be found in the coun-
try. The picture shows a large auto
truck which does the business for a
fruit farm. 1t is shown in actual use
at Greenwich. Conn. carrying peaches
to market some eight miles distant
This machine has a fifty horsepower
engine. it's maximum speed is fifteen
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-20

Electricity On Farms.
Electric power companies are being
formed in Pennsylvania and other
eastern states which are thickly set
tied to supply light and power to
farms. One Philadelphia company II
now making contracts over nix coun-
ties.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
MASSACRE CHARGED TO LITTLE
Mrs. Little in Affidavit Declares He
Wore Bloody Clothes.

A dispatch from Bluefeld, ". Va,
says the wife of Howard Little, who
was arrested about a week ago
charged with the murder OF Aunt
Betsy Justice, Geo. A. Meadows and
wife and three children, confessed
a few days ago that she washed his
bloody clothing the day after the
murder and in her affidavit she says
also that he left their home about
dark on the night OF the murder
and returned the next morning with
his clothes all bloody and torn and
said that he would kill her if she
told anything about his condition.
He borrowed 39-calibre revolver
few days before the crime was conf
mitted and returned it on the fol-
lowing Wednesday with two cham
hers empty. The body Of George
Meadows was eXhumed and two bull
c,s taken from it by Doctors Rich
rdson and White were almost iden-
tica in weight with the balls taken
IL Olu SEello UciohSAbo W Wv " S'NPOA
Little had borrowed.
Little's wife also turned over the
lantern that he brought home with
him that night which showed Ale
marks as if some one had tried to
cut off the bloodstains. He was seen
in the barn next morning folding pa
pcrs across his knee apparently
counting money aud he gave twenty
dollars to woman with whom h3
had planned to start for the west
a few DAYS after the murder was COM
mi;teI. with which to buy clothing
and prepare for the train. Having
done this she returned one dollar
and eighty cents to Little at which
time she swears he threatened her
life if she revealed any part OF their
secret.
Requsition papers have been ap-
piled for and as soon as they can be
secured Little vii! be removed to
lebanon to await his ::"::ll Threats
OF irnchin@ nr" rraa'" mad"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Hit by BALL Bat.

F'iltcen-ycar-oid .I"serh :,Ca&-
man. who lived with MS par,n.s ~!
NJ. III Anes street. Eas: NV y0rs.
was watching numDeT o: '.uys i,in2-
ing ball near his nolae y" THs
standing close b-aina h!..N ti'y".-
ing. also fifteen y";."s oiI. The ~.
ter swuug back his b.: y IN al MS
might and arcideu;ai: ,::l"H uCuC-
man in the stomach. Thcy cac:lr'i
the hoy to drug store, hat ny thr
time an ambulance arrives! rom g.:
Marys hospital Goodman as ;,"3i
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Another Ncwbcrry Murder.

As result Of negro barbecue
Saturday Newberry county has anoth-
er murder to her credit. The negroes
in the lower section Of the county
about seven miles below Prosperity
had a barbecue on Mr.. Burr Stock
mans plantation. From the facts
gathered by the coroner. ii seems
that John Wheeler walked up with
a double barreled shotgun and with
little or no provocation shot Payton
Rawl
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER
Homicide Trial ut Aiken Results in
Verdict OF Guilty.

The first of the quintette of white
men of Horse Creek Valley to be
tried at Aiken for murder was
Thomas Rogers, charged with the
murder of Paul Jones. The case
was concluded Friday afternoon, acL
resulted in a verdict of guilty OF man.
slaughter. The killing occurred at
Johnstown, about seven weeks ago,
this being the first of the homicidcs
to occur there recently. 1t appears
that the men had previously quar-
relied, and when Jones was killed
Rogers was under the influence of
whiskey. Jones was cut with a knife
which disembowelled him, and b.
died some time later.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
SlMMES AND THE SUMTER
SOME INTERESTING GLlMPsEs OF
OUR STATE HISTORY.
The Brave South Carolina Soldier
Was Named.

W Us .NalnGu.
In speaking of the celebration ci
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth OF Admiral Raphael Semmes,
i the Indianapolis News says:
Throughout the South yesterday
the one-hundredth Anniversary of the
birth of Raphaei SeMmes, Tao bore
the title OF admiral III the Coated
crate navy, was generally observed.
That he was a man Of talent and
skillful seaman is without ques-
tion, as is also the fact that he, as
commander of the Alabama, which
was finally pounded to p.eces Oh
Cherbourg, France, by the old Aear-
sarge, did greater havoc to Northern
shipping than any other man that
ever sailed privateer.
The name Of Sumter, that OF his
first vessel, was as familiar TO the
North perhaps as was that OF the
famous privateer, ;he Bonne H0mme
Richard, commanded by John Paul
Jones, Of Revolutionary memory, but
most readers probably thought tae
name Sumter was given 70 tae
SemmeS vessel in recognition OF
Fort Sumter, in Charleston, S. c.,
harbor, the first United States strong"
hold to fall into the hands of the Con
| federates. The name OF Sumter,
however, is that of Revolutionary
hero, who, with Francis Marion, may
be named as the most distinguished
sons of South Carolina in that strug-
gle. In the North the name of the
| tirst-named hero is paratively an
unfamiliar one, while the name Of
Marion has been given to counties,
cities and towns in many States,
North as well as South.
Thomas Sumter called "the Caro-
J lima Game Cock" as Francis Marion
was called, "the Carolina Swamps
Fox" was born in South Carolina
in 1884 and died June i, 1882, hav-
ing lived to the extreme age Of SO
years, OUTLYING by ten years stout
old Brig. Gen. John Stark, of New
Hampshire, who died May 8, 1922, at
the age Of "a years. Stark won great
honor by defeating Baum, who com.
manded a force Of Hessians, or
August Is, TIT, at Bennington, and
afterward defeated q force under
Breyman, victorious which led to the
surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga
which In turn brought France te
the aid Of the colonies as an ally.
Thomas Sumter, after the capture
of Charleston, S. c., by the British
in 1880, took the field as brigadieI
generol at the head OF body O
light horse and Immediately became
. one of the most active and able 7arti
san leaders of the South. His bTar
cry, endurance and unvarying cheer
fitness and determination caused hin
to be adored by his followers. Thj
war over, political honors awaited
him. He was repeatedly elected Il
Congress, was minister to Brazi
and several terms in the United
States Senate. And this was th'
hero whose name was given to tn
fort lin Charleston harbnr, whe-,
the L,,g was fired upon, rousing thu
North to action, and this the name o.
the commerce destroyer commanded
: by the Confederate admiral whom thu
South remembered yesterday.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
MULE KILLED BY TRAIN.
With Buggy 1t Had Been Left to
Wander at Will.

A Newberry dispatch to The State
says the down freight on the Colum-
bia, Newberry & Laurens railroad,
which passes Newberry about S:S6
every evening on its way to Colum-
bia, struck a mule and buggy at
the crossing on the street leading to
Helena, the next crossing above the
fatal Give street crossing, where so
many accidents have occurred here
tofore, Saturday night, killing the
mule and demoishing the buggy.
1t seems that the train was run
ming very slowly, about six miles
an hour, and the mule with the bug
gy was unattended. The mule had
been left unhitched by it's owner,
Lee Rutherford, colored, in town.
nearly mile from where the accident
occurred. and had walked off with
the buggy. going in the direction OF
its home. The mule was Of average
value and is. the second that RGther-
ford has lost this year. :
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
UTICA CRIME SOLVED
THEODORE RIZzO HELD FOR
MURDER OF 2 CHILDREN.
Lured Three Children to Lonely Ra-
vine for Purpose of Assault, and
Then Shot Two Dead.

After puzzling over the case since
September 12, the authorities Of
/ Utica, N. Y, have finally solved the
mystery of the murder Of Theresa
Procopio, seven years old, and Fer
| dinando Infusino, two and half
years old, and the shooting Of the lot
tiers six-year-old sister, Fanny, the
crimes which were committed in an
isolated ravine on the outskirts Of
Utica, and which, for several weeks,
threatened to always remain q mys-
terry. The police have not only clear
ed up the case, but in the arrest of
Theodore Rizzo, who has been ar
| raigned and held for court on a
charge OF first degree murder, they
have the brute who butchered the
children. So complete was the chain
OF evidence which Chief of Police
Brophy wove arounI The prisoner
| that the latter broke down and con-
fessed to the crime when told of the
evidence against him. Rizzo's con-
fession has not yet been made pub
lie, as the $4,000 Italian residents of
Utica are in an infiamed state of
mind over the atrocious deed, hence
fears for the prisoners life are en-
tertained.
Rizzo's confession is complete and
binding, he having told the police
| ,x1l At Nf ho
| admits that he lured the three Italian
| children to the lonely ravine for the
purpose of criminal attacking either
| the Procopio or the Infusino girl,
and then when they resisted and de-
clared their intention of telling on
him he shot all three of them to
seal their lips.
When he left the ravine he
thought all the children were dead.
The Procopio girl and little Ferdi'
fnando Infusino were, but Fanny In
fusino, though. sorely wounded, soon
regained consciousness. She saw the
| body of her brother lying in the
mud at he bottom of the ravine and
she dragged it out among the golden
rod that frlnged ne side Of the hcnE
and then kept watch over it until
neighboring woman discovered them
the next morning.
Fanny Infusino was taken to q
hospital, where she recovered, aud
tne police immediately set to H''rk
IL the case. They made but 81 'S
progress, as clews we're very few
but the fact that Rizzo was seen
coming from the ravine soon after
the crime occurred gave them some
thing to work on. They built VI
strong case against the Italian
but it threatened to fall fiat wher
the Infusino girl failed to identity
him.
She said, however, he looked some
thing like the man aside from the
fact that her assailant had lone
hair, whereas Rizzo's was cropped
close to his head. The police soon
discovered that he had had his hair
cut like this On the day after the
murvep, and when he was fitted
out, with a wig the girl identified
k;In. He was immediately taken
into custody, and his confession fol.
lowed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
MnnIrd 10 ht. S.l.s..i.

!, Pn"f&, ia,.on-n h"n"in, a
workman. on uial - ,nr fonrdtr
Of his wife. declared t!:I.:. h. filled
her at her own request because her
suffering from consumption was
greater than she could bear. The
mans story was not believed, the
medical examiner having declared
Daudin degenerate. Nevertheless
the court acquitted him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Shoots the Sheriff

Sheriff II. j. Pope OF Taylor ccan-
". Ca. lies in hospital dangerously
wounded, having been shot three
times in attempting TO drr"s' j X.
Brown at Butler, Ga, la'c SunLav
night. The surgeons entertain iittc
hope for his recovery. The officer
His too seriously injured u make ANY
&tatement about the shooting AVID as
a here were no eye witness dy,ai!G
SSf the affair are mcaSCr.