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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
GROW ROOT CROPS PROPERLY
Best Method Of Wedding and Thinning
Out Onions, Carrots, eests,
Parsnlps and Satisfy.

Onions. carrots. parnips, beets and
satisfy must be kept free from weeds
and grass from the time the plants
push above the ground until the leaves
are large enough to shade the soil.
says the Baltimore American. The
hand %cultivator and weeder is the best
implement for the work. Straddle the
rows and cut away the young weeds
as soon as the rows can be distinctly
seen; follow with the cultivator in .
few days. stirring the soil about n
inch in depth. This frequent working
will keep h ground mellow and at
the same time kill the young weeds.
The plants should be thinned as soon
as they have made the fourth leaf.
This nay be done either by hand or
hoe. Truckers use the steel hoe. The
two-inch steel hoe is mostly used by
the gardeners, and the four-inch hoe
by the truckers. Whatever method is
followed, they should be thinned the
proper distances, 50 they can make
good sized roots. Onions, from seed.
require careful wedding when plants
are small, in the trucking districts
the wedding and thinning of the root
crops is mostly done by contract for
SO much per row. The early crops OF
beets should be thinned out to stand
four inches apart in the row.; the
plants pulled out are set out in ad'
joining rows, first cutting of the tip
of the roo and cutting the leaves
within half an incl of the crown. Beet
plants have great vitality and will
take root and start into growth a few
days after planting. Those transplant
ed plants will make large bulbs, bu
not as large as those grown direct
from seed.
Parsnips, carrots and satisfy cannot
be transplanted; these should be
thinned out early so as to give the
roots plenty of time to grow. The
French and oxheat carrots will no.
need thinning, as they are pulled a:
soon as half grown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
SNAPSHOTS At FARM WORK.

There is no better way to stop a
wash in a field than the following
method:
The cultivation of camphor trees as
a substitute for oranges is being con-
sidered in parts of Florida.
Is there any wild grass that you can
cut down and bring in for the cattle
to stamp down in the yard for manure?
There may be a low swale where you
can get some of this. 1t will all help
to keep up the farm.
Get some old rails and sharpen
them then drive them into the ditch,
level with the ground, so that when
the rains come the rails will gather
the stalks and grass, and in a years
time the ground will be nearly level.
Such dams should be four to seven
rods apart.
After your potatoes are out of
bloom NOW the tops OF, but not too
close, and e II you don't have the
finest and most beautiful crop you
ever had. This is an Irish kink from
a potato grower of Washington coun.
ty. The idea Is that the tops have
done their duty after blooming. Try
. few.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
BEST TIME FOR ALFALFA.
October and November Generally Re-
garded as Right Time for Plant
ing; How to Do 1t.

The best time to SOW alfalfa is Oc-
tober or November. The next best
time is February Is to March 81. 1t
prefers a rich, sandy loan such as a
fresh second bottom, or branch bot
tom (not at all wet, Or a rich old
garden, of a we'll "cow-penned" plat.
AS far as possible the soil should be
clear of grass and weed seeds-for
these are the bane of alfalfa. At least
enc season of culture in a clean crop
like cotton or COW peas (plowed), or
other plowed and hoed crop, is desir-
able. With three or four o n of rot
per acre and plowed in, it will not be
found necessary to %inoculate the soil.
or the seed. Commencing now, an
excellent preceding crop by way of
preparation is COW peas.
In August or September prepare the
land by deep and close blowing (put
in the stable MANURE at this time) and
narrowing. Just before sowing the
seed scatter broadcast about 600 or
@ pounds of 10 n
potash and harrow in. Then
lay OH rows 81 inches apart,
strew $50 pounds per acre of 10
caid and so pounds of nitrate of soda,
cover by throwing several light fur
rows on it, be cultivated. Every
February you plant ~rutabagas, using
about Is pounds of seed per acre.
That's about all. No thinning will be
necessary. You may SOW 20 pounds
of seed broadcast if you wish, that be-
ing the method adopted in the west,
but sowing in 3O-inch rows, so that 1t
may be cultivated, is preferable.
Every February you should apply 900
to 800 pounds land upward) per acre
of the 10, and potash, and 1t would
be we'll to apply five to ten bushels of
air-slaked lime per acre about once in
three years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
May Reduce Cotton Rates.

The most important and striking ac-
ton of the Mississippi railroad commits
sion at the meeting this week was thd
adoption of a resolution to the effect
that as the rates which are in effect on
cotton hauled in the state seem unfair
and unreasonable the carriers should be
called on to show cause why a revision
and equalization rate should not be put
in effect. The resolution suggests that
the railroads be cited to appear, by their
duly authorized representatives, at the
meeting of the commission to be held
July 21, and show cause, if any they
can, why the present rates on cotton
should not be equalized and a reduction
effected. Accordingly, the citations have
been sent out, and the result will be a
general attendance of freight traffic Off
cials, lawyers and others.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
$40. 900 for Mississippi College.

State Treasurer Edwards has received
the following letter from the United
States Treasury Department: "You are
informed that 1 have this day certified
to the secretary of the treasury that
the sum of $4,000 is due from the Unit
ed States to the State of Mississippi,
under the acts of Congress approved Au-
gust 80, 1890, and March 4, 1907 (26
Stats. AT, and "a Stats. 1881, making
provisions for the more complete en-
dowment and maintenance of colleges of
agriculture and the mechanic arts for
which sum a draft will be duly issued
in your favor and forwarded to YOU"
This money makes a very nice annual
addition to the State appropriation for
the agricultural and mechanical colleges,
and can be used for no other purpose.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16

The best record obtained was from
a Ben Davis tree sprayed with Bor-
deaux before bloom, and once heavily
with arsenate of lead soon after the
bloom fell.
The Ben Davis tree were estimated
to be less than two per cent. wormy,
including the drops, and the picked
harvest was only a fraction of one per
cent. wormy. The Baldwins averaged
one or two per cent. more wormy
than the Ben Davis, owing to the fact
that they were further advanced when
sprayed. The third orchard ofEtrees,
20 years old, which was sprayed
about two weeks after the bloom fell,
ran from three or four per cent.
wormy on some trees, to SO OF "a per
cent. wormy on others. The only un-
sprayed check that was reserved yield
ed 42.5 per cent. wormy. So far as
could be determined, the second and
third sprayings with poison had so lit
tie effect in reducing the percentage
of worminess that they did not pay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
NEEDING RAIN
PLANT SHOWS THE EFFECTS
AND WILL DETERIORATE.
Crop Il Doing Fairly Well, But the
Plant in Mississippi L Small
and Stands Arc Poor.

Memphis, T~enn.-Returns from the
sotton crop this week are mixed. Inn
provement is noted in Georgia, Ala.
bama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Northern and Eastern
Texas. No improvement or loss occurred
In North Carolina, Souh Carolina, Louis.
lana and Central, Southern and Western
Texas.
The plant in Arkansas, Oklahoma ano
Northern Texas is large, fruiting well,
thrifty and full of promise. East OF
the Mississippi river, although improve.
ment has taken place as noted, the plant
is small and not always healthy and oc-
casionally stands are bad. The crop
promise is regarded as still uncertain, all
though with favorable weather for the
remainder of the season a fair yield can
be made.
Tennessee-What rain fell during the
week was beneficial. The. crop is now
about clean, and, although the plant is
small it is growing rapidly and the
crops promise is much improved.
Mississippi-A week of dry weather
was favorable to the crop, which is now
AC0AAy AlCS VI RIdSSs IL plulC 10 uiol
but looks healthy and is rapidly round
ing into good condition. In some sec
tions stands are poor.
Alabama-The week was generally
dry and hot and much work was done in
the fields. In spite of the progress OF
the seven days the plant is still small
and no hopes are held of making an av-
erage crop.
Arkansas-The cotton crop in this
State is free of grass and in a healthy
condition. In many places the plant is
large. Generally the crops promise is
regarded as good. Boil weevil has done
little damage.
Louisiana-The week was favorable
as to weather, but the plant has not re-
covered from early vicissitudes, while
the activity of the weevil makes many
correspondents believe in the possibility
of a half crop only with favorable
weather.
Observation-Disclosures conditions con-
tinue favorable in this State, and the
cotton crcp is very promising. The
plant is large and now rapidly putting
on squares.
1eNas--The cotton in Texas south Of
Waco and east of Palestine is in need of
rain. Owing to the small winter ram
fall great apprehension exists regarding
a summer drought. In some of this ter
ritory little damage has as yet been
done, but even where this is the case
correspondents regard the crop condition
as approaching the precarious.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Twenty-Eight ~Life-Termers.

Of the 1,64O convicts serving terms
in the Mississippi state penitentiary, the
records show that 145 of these are white
males, there being no white females, or
a fraction over II negroes to one white
convict. OF the 145 white men on the
books of the penitentiary, fifty-six oun
reason of homicidal acts, for which they
were convicted and sentenced, and OF
that number twenty-eight are serving
life terms for murder, five for criminal
assault and one for arson. In addition,
there are several serving sentences of
from fifteen to thirty-ive years for man
slaughter, with quite a number up for
shorter terms, from ten years down.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Atkinson Making a Crop.

Everybody knows that Tom Atkinson
has not been captured, but few people
know where he conceals himself. The
fact seems to be that he isn't hiding at
all, but that he is making a crop in
Winston county. Although the troops
secured the surrounding country, they
failed to find him, for the simple reason
that he mixed himself with the crowd
of man hunters, and the citizens, who
are not in sympathy with the search, or
friendly toward the soldiers, refused to
disclose his identity. One citizen goes
so far as to assert that the hunted man
rode in the same coach with and made
chalk marks on the backs Of the sleep
ing militia.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
OF SPRAY
Interesting Experiments with
Apples in Ohio.
Best Record Was Obtained from Ben
Davis Tree-No Russeting Of Fruit
Detected, and But a Small Per
Cent. Were Wormy.

The Ohio agricultural experiment
station last year made some interest
ing experiments with spraying on an
apple orchard. A summary, as writ
ten by H. A. Gossard is in part, as
follows:
The orchard SCI o. experiment,
the property of Mr.. John A. Stokes,
consisted of II acres located near Ere
mont, Sandusky county. Four acres
consisted of trees "a years old, four
acres of trees 20 years old and Jour
acres Of trees IL years old. The three
orchards contained 534 trees in all.
Besides these were about two acres
of scattering trees of various ages,
not included in the experiment., but
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Nav Get Part of Peabody Fund.

Hon. J.. n. Powers, state superintend-
ent of education, is hopeful that the Mis-
sissippi State University may secure a
share of the Peabody fund of $780,
900 which is to be distributed during
the next year Or so among the ten
Southern state universities, as directed
by the executive board. Superintendent
Powers paid a special visit to New York
with that end in view, and, while there
was nothing announced definitely, the in
dications seem to be favorable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
State Hospital Suggested.

What to do with Mississippi's histori-
cal old state house, that has stood at the
head of Capitol street since the early
'4O's, is an ev~er-recurrent question that
hobs up serenely at each legislative ses-
sion, and is now a topic of considerable
discussion throughout the State. L. S.
Rogers, member of the lower house from
Holmes county, and chairman of the
committee on public health and quaran-
tine in that body, is emphatically in
favor of converting the old capitol build
ing into a State hospital, and it is stated
thai he will introduce a bill with this end
in view at the next session.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
JAPS TO BREAK 1904 TREATY
Sudden Recall of Ambassador Taxa
hira Significant.


Washington.-The announcement of
the political purpose in dispatching the
Pacific feet to the Philippines startled
the state department.. On the surface at
the state department the attitude is that
it is up to Japan to make the first nov
to denounce the treaty of 1904, and
which expires by limitation in 1871.
It is incumbent on either party in or
der to abrogate the treaty to give one
years notice. There is q w~ell-founded
suspicion that Japan has already given
this notice in order to hasten the settle
ment of the labor question on the coast,
which is the crucial consideration in
that convention. At the department they
say automatically that the matter is not
under consideration yet.
The most significant development in
the whole japanese treaty question is
the sudden determination of Ambassador
Takahira to get back home.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Reunion and Dedication.

A movement is ON foot among the
United Confederate Veterans for the fix
ing of the date for the State reunion of
that organization in Vicksburg this fall,
to correspond with the date for the dedi-
cation of the monument to the MISSISSIPPI
pi soldiers now being constructed at the
expense of $4,000 to the State in the
Vicksburg national military park, SO that
the latter event will fall within the re-
union dates and become virtually a feat
ure of the former. A conference between
Adjutant General John A. Webb, of the
Mississippi division, and Col. w. A.
Montgomery, of the First Brigade, re-
suited in a tentative agreement that the
dates should be between the 10th and
18th of September, although there has
been a disposition in some quarters to
have the event in October.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Feud.

There seems to be very little proba-
bility of a fresh outbreak of the New
man-Pritchard feud, and the governor is
encouraged to believe that hostilities are
at an end. The chief executive has been
keeping in constant touch with the situa-
ton, and the advices that reach his
office are to the effect that perfect peace
and harmony prevails in Meadville, no
belligerent talk of any kind is being in
dulged in, and the people of the county
have reached the conclusion that there
has been enough blood spilled by the
two factions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Let's Be Fair

The wires have flashed the new
that a peach basket" hat worn by a
woman in a canoe, and rendered lop-
sided by the careless zephyr, caused a
list and overturned the craft. At this
point the correspondent, evidently
male and prejudiced, stopped short. If
he wished to be fair he should have
gone on to tell that the occupants of
the boat grasped the hat, climbed
aboard of it, and until their rescue
Jared sumptuously on the fruit and
garden truck which constituted a part
of it's artistic decoration. The true
news expert never is biased.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Hangs Self to Avoid Arrest.

st. Louis.-Rather than face United
States postoffce inspectors, who charge
her with having sen threatening anony-
nous letters to her husband and neigh
bors, Mrs. Carrie Schewe, wife of Will
liam Schewe, kissed her children farewell
and then hanged herself in her home.
The inspectors had told Schewe his wife
had been sending the letters. She con-
fessed to her husband she had q mania
for writing them. Schewe promised her
h would try to have the prosecution
dropped
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Pueblo "Dry" Temporarily.

Pueblo, Colo.-Because the aldermen
canno agree upon the list of favored
ones who are to receive saloon liquor Ii
censes for the coming year, Pueblo Sat-
urday was dry. for the first time in its
history. Every saloon was ordered closed
at midnight.s Under the new city ordi-
nance not more than 100 saloon licenses
can be issued, The councilmen have
besn unable to. agree on who are to
have licenses in their respective wards
and since July / saloons had been run
ming without a license.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16

None but the brave deserve the fair,
and Cupid has always taken peculiar
delight in mating the embryo naval
and military heroes with fair brides.
Hence, the recent order that midship-
men must not marry during the six
years of their course is a solar pleXus
for the little blind boy, while as for
the president, who signed the bill.
parting so many fondly beating hearts,
he will be denounced by scores OF
pouting rosy lips as "a mean old
thing"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16

The British admiralty is planning
what will be the greatest naval dis.
play in the history of the world. Three
hundred and fifty ships, built for every
branch of naval service. have been or.
dered, to assemble for a month of sham
fighting. The scene of the demonstra.
ton has not been announced, but 1t is
believed it will be off the coast OF
Scotland. Wherever these ships may
assemble, the maneuvering will on
stitute an exhibition of strength and
efficiency of application such as has
never before been witnessed on any
sea.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Pea Lice.

Pea lice often become troublesome,
especially if the crop is started in the
spring. The best means of proven
ton is to use tobacco stems in the
burrows at the time of planting. These
may be purchased about $12 per ton,
which is about their manurial value.
Should the lice appear 1T any time on
the plants the most effective treat
ment is to sprinkle the vines with to-
baccO dust.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16

Mr.. WI. who is the Chinese minis.
ter at Washington, is also the &C.
credited representative of his govern
ment to Peru. He is going to that
country to present his credentials, and
incidentally will open negotiations
looking to the establishment of diplo.
matte relations between China and
other South American countries. This
is indicative of China's new and pro.
gressive policy. And Mr.. WI may be
counted O Is a potent factor in ex.
tending Chinese relations with con,
temporary nations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered By Oue Special
Correspondent At Jackson.
Consolidation of Schools.

The consolidation of schools, and espe-
cially rural schools, is coming to be one
of the features of educational life and a
topic of discussion that attains more and
more prominence, especially where sew
eral educators may chance to get to-
gether. Some of the county school
boards of the State are either taking &C
tive steps to consolidate their county
schools, or else they are considering the
proposition with a view to definite &C.
ton, and they expect to profit thereby.
It is demonstrated to the satisfaction
of leaders of educational thought that
the multiplicity of small schools, as will
be found in some counties at every point
at which the public roads cross each
other, fail to do the work that they are
designed to accomplish, while the pupils
themselves fail to do the work that 10
accomplished in the larger schools.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
TiIIage of Asparagus.

The question of the size of aspara-
gus shoots is merely a matter of soil
fertility and good tillage. Very few
growers have reached the limit in the
amount Of manure that al be used
profitably. Manure nay be worked
into the soil in the fall, early in the
spring, or after the cutting season.
The size of plants secured from the
end of the cutting season until cold
weather determines the size of shoots
that will be cut the next spring.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Next Best.

A certain young minister in Phila'
ielphia, recently ordained, is still very
nervous and sometimes his remarks
do not onvey exactly the meaning he
intended. A few Sundays ago he rose,
rulnbled with the papers on his desk,
blushed, and then said:
MY Friends: II am sorry to say
that | have lost the notes for my SER
mon. and | therefore cannot deliver
1t. ! will have to do the next best
thing, therefore. and read a few chap
tiers from the Bible!"-Illustrated Sun
day Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Will Pickett Pardoned.

Gov. Noel Wednesday granted a par
don to Will Pickett, a white man, of
Kemper county, who was sentenced to
pay d fine of $500 and undergo ninety
days imprisonment for assault and bat
terry. He had served out practically all
of the prison sentence, but had not paid
the fine in full, but, in view of the strong
recommendation of the Law Eenforce-
ment League, the governor considered
the case favorably.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16

1t has been discovered that SNUG
CLING trunks with false bottoms are
manufactured in Paris expressly for
the American trade. One of these,
belonging to a wealthy Boston WON
IN, was seized by the customs officers
in New York and found to conceal
$4,000 worth of handsome gowns. This
shows that the quickening of the ma
tional conscience, of which SO much
is being made, isn't quite swift enough
nc vot
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Favors Direct Vote for Senators.

At the approaching session of the leg
islature, Senator Mcdowell will present
a resolution memorializing congress to
submit a constitutional amendment pro-
yiding for the election of United States
senator's by direct vote of the people.
Although the direct election plan has
practically prevailed in Mississippi for
ten years, the nomination at Democrat
ic primary elections being equivalent to
election, the state has never Joined in
.memorializing congress to make this
plan a part of the federal constitution.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
DRUNKENNESS ON INCREASE.
Prohibition Has Increased Tipping i
Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga.-Notwithstanding that
Georgia NEAR beer" is the nearest ap-
proach to the "exhilarating beverages
the records of the Atlanta police depart
ment disclose that the first six months
of 1909 there were 1875 arrests in this
city for drunkenness. This record is in
excess of the first half of last year,
1,123, and equals the record for the first
six months of 1907, before prohibition
was in force.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-16
Mississippi Did Not Celebrate.

The observance of the nations birth
day throughout Mississippi was a very
quiet and uneventful affair. There was
a general suspension of business, but the
public exercises of jubilation were few
and far between, and the events of this
character for which plans had been made
were rather poorly attended, owing to
the intense heat. In the agricultural dis
tricts of the State the farmers forgot"
the nations birthday, being too busy
getting their crops out of the grass to in
dulge in public celebrations.