The National tribune., 1909-08-12
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CORRESPONDENTS
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A Word 10 Correspondents
Please do no. write on both sides of your
letter paper. Sign your full name. mot neees,
proper names very distinctly. Do not ab-
breyiate your words. Give your postothce and
state We get letters occasionally In which
either the name or postofice address has
been overlooked. Do not mix business ques-
tons and correspondence. Use separate
sheets OF paper. All letters viii be given
prompt attention, ether by mail or In The
National Tribune.
w. NJ. Patriot, Ind: Thousands of
special or private pension bills are in
troduced ct each session of Congress.
Those who are successful in getting
their names on the bills that go thru
are soon notified of their good luck.
while the others wait unless they make
personal inquiry of their Congressman,
who usually knows of the fate attending
any of his own bills.
A. c.. T.. Girard, Pa: There are vari-
GUS kinds of soils in Florida The sandy
loan seems to be the one best adapted
to general purposes. The muck soil is
black and formed of decayed veseta-
ton. In a bulletin lately issuei by
Prof. II. W. Blair, of the State Expert
| ment Station at Gainesville. Fla, he
says: Muck soils are generally acid
or sour, and this acidity must be cor
rected before they will be productive
Muck soils often contain substances
that are injurious and even poisonous
to cultivated plants" He further adds
that by deep cultivation these poison
GUS substances can be exposed to tire
air and oXidized and 10 a considerable
extent destroyed. 1t takes much more
labor to handle muck soils than any of
the others While muck soils are rich
in nitrogen, yet experience has shown
that they require nitrogenous fertiliZ-5
ers. The sandy loans respond quicker
to intelligent cultivation than the muck
varieties, and intelligence can keep
them in order. 1t was the experience
of Western farmers to begin in the
muck soils on the river bottoms and
leave the higher prairie lands to less
fortunate people later. and now the
prairie land is preferred for general
farm usefulness.
J. L. NJ. Troy. Me-: Section 10 of
Laws Governing Elections in Florida
says:
Who Are Qualified Electors-Every
male person of the age of 21 years and
upwards that shall at the time of regis
tration be citizen of the United States,
and shall have resided and had his hab-
itation, domicile. home and place of
permanent abode in Florida for one
year, and in the County for six months,
shall. If otherwise qualified according
to law in such County, be deemed a
qualified elector at all elections under
the Constitution. Naturalized citizens
of the United States, at the time of and
before registration. shall produce to
the registration officer their certificates
of naturalization or duly certified copies
thereof, and shall make oath that they
are the identical persons named in such
certificates. before they shall be allowed
to register:
Provided. That the following classes
of persons shall be not entitled to vote:
1. Persons not duly registered accord
ing to law.
2. Persons under guardianship, in
cluding those kept in or confined in any
public prison.
3. Persons who are insane or idiotfc.
A. Persons who may have been con-
victed of felony by any court of record.
8. Persons who may have been con-
victed of bribery, perjury or larceny, or
of any infamous crime in any court OF
this State, or any other State. or inter-
ested in any bet or wager, the result Of
which shall depend upon any election,
or that shall hereafter fight duel, or
send. knowingly carry or accept chal-
lenge to fight, OF that shall be a second
to either party, or that shall be the
bearer of such challenge or accept
ance: but the legal disability shall not
accrue until after trial and conviction
by due form of law. -eg
G. No person shall be permitted to
vote at an election who shall have
failed to pay, at least on or before the
second Saturday in the month preceding
the day of such election. his poll taxes
for the two years next preceding the
year in which such election shall be
held; provided, that no person shall be
prevented from voting on account of
not having SO paid a poll tax for any
year which shall not have been lawfully
assessable against him by reason of his
not having been of age, or having been
over 55 years Of age, or who has lost
limb in battle. and who shall have pro-
cured and shall exhibit the certificate
of the Supervisor of Registration to that
effect as hereinafter provided for; pro-
vided. that no person who has not been
in this State one year previous to any
general election shall be required to pay
more than one years poll taxes.