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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-05
vreeIand to Be promoted

NEWPORT, r. l., March Alt was
announced tonight that Capt. G. e.
Vreeland, in command of the battleship
Kansas of the Atlantic fleet, is to be
given the office of chief naval intelli-
gence officer of the navy, to succeed
Rear Admiral r. p. Rodgers, who has
been assigned to the presidency of the
war college.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
BONI REOPENS FIGHT
FOR HIS CHILDREN
Appeals From Decision Civ
ing Them to Mother-Un-
Savory Trial Expected.

PARIS, May 6.-The troubles of Count
Boni de CasteIlane and the Prince and
Princess de Sagan, the latter of whom
is the divorced wife OF de Castellane
were detailed to the public again today
in the counts appeal to the supreme
court from the decision giving the Gus
tody Of his three sons to their mother
The argument on the appeal promises
to be long drawn out and as unsavory
as the divorce trial.
Maitre Bonnet appeared for the
count, and Maitre Clemenceau for the
prince and princess. Bonnet reiterated
his charges that the home life of the
de Sagans was unfit for the children.
and demanded that they he given into
the care or their grant mother, the
Marchioness de CasteIlane.
The charge that the de ,SSgans were
so Incompatible that they we're at times
on the verge of separation was repeat
ed py Bonnet.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
READY TO ASCEND
FROM FORT MYER
Trip in the Baldwin Dirigible Is
Scheduled for Tomorrow
Morning.

Ideutenants Lahm and Fulois, of the
Army Signal Corps, will probably make
the first flight in a di-tt=Sihse airship
from Fort Myer since lust fall, some
time tomorrow, unless the weather is
unfavorable.
Isieutenants Fulois. Winter, and Bam-
berger, of the Signal Corps. with a
large squad Of ealisted men. were busy
today putting the finishing touches on
the cigar-shaped balloon which the gov
eminent purchased from Capt. Thomas
Baldwin last summer. the dirigible
is still IN the balloon shed at the east
end of the reservation, but Lieutenant
F1uiois said that IL would be removed
probably late this afternoon to the big
tent on the artillery parade ground at
the south end OF the fort
II was in this tent that the dirigible
was housed during the Baldwin expert
ments last summer, and here also the
Wright aeroplane was kept for several
weeks While the tent was not up en-
tireiy this morning, IL will be in such
shape later I'm the afternoon that the
diribibie can be placed in IL. About a
dozen enlisted men were putting the
last touches on the tent this morning.
changes have been made in the engine
that preliminary speed test OF the
motor and the propeller viii be made
today This, however, Will not take
long when the diTigible itself is once in
position in the balloon tent.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
PUPIL Of WRIGHT
INJURED BY FALL
Calderara Hurled 100 Feet
TO Ground When Machine
Goes Wrong.

ROME, May 6.-Lieutenant Calderara,
one of Wilbur Wright's aeroplane pu-
pills.. was dangerously injured today
when the Wright machine, in which
he was making a flight. fell 100 feet.
Both of Caldera-a's shoulders were dis
located and Il is feared he is internally
injured. He was pulled from the wreck
age OF the machine and carried uncon-
scious to a hospital.
While the machine was at a height
OF 100 feet, the motor suddenly stopped
and the aeropiane fell with frightful
rapidity. Caiderara made a desperate
effort 20 right the craft and clutched
wildly at the levers. but to no avail.
Calderara was considered by Wright
as one OF his most apt pupils and was
able TO sail the machine unaided. after
only three trial flights with Wright
The cause Of the accident has not yet
been determined.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
HELD UPON CHARGE
OF ''FLIMFLAMMING' G.
Negro Suspects Identified as Pair
Recently Under Surveillance
in Baltimore.

Edward Scott. alias John Wood, alias
Chicago Kid, aged twenty-seven years,
and Robert Wilmington. thirty-three
years DID, both negroes, are locked up
at the Fourth precinct station charged
with ''fiimfamming.
They are men for whom the police of
this city and Baltimore have been on
the lookout for several weeks past
They were arrested Tuesday by Police
men Pierson and Arney on descriptions
furnished by the Baltimore authorities.
To make the identification complete.
Detective Bradley, of the Baltimore de-
partment, came to Washington this
morning to look the men over. BE de-
clared them to be the same ones who
were under suspicion in the Monumental
City. after several cases of "timham-
ming" had been reported The men, he
said. left the city suddenly when they
learned they were under police surveil-
lance, and came to Washington.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
MAINE MONUMENT
BODY WILL MEET

meeting of the Maine Monument
Association committee Will De held at
O'Clock tonight in the office of Repre-
sentative Joseph A Goulden, 300 House
office Building. II viii be held for the
purpose of discussing plans for the
erection Of a monument to the dead of
the battleship Maine.
Wide interest is being manifested in
the project.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06

NEW YORK, May 6.-FOrmer Police
Chief Devery appeared yesterday in the
Flushing police court in defense of his
chauffeur. John Brunnell, who had been
arrested for driving the former chiefs
daughter In the former chiefs auto at
the rate of thirty miles an hour
Thirty miles an hourT' gasped Devery
at Magistrate Connolly why, that
sausage wagon o mine couldn't run
thirty miles an hour with Barney Old
field at the wheel. Honest judge, that
amt an automobile It's a Whitehall
barge-you have to tow il to make il so
dawnhill. Many and many's the time
I've loaded the back seat so full Of
gasolene that / couldn't set in myself,
and even then lumber wagons would
pass us with the horses backing up
Il was going TO give that machine to
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
DEVERY CALLS AUTO
A WHITEHALL BARGE
When Anaigned Speeding for New York Ex-Police
Chief Says His Machine Couldn't Make Thirty
Miles an Hour Down Mountain Side.

some old ladies' home as a sedative, but
now I'll give it to anyone who can get
twenty miles an hour out of il, and he's
welcome to start from the top of any
mountain he can name. l know I'd win
at that, because the wheels of that shay
of mine simply cart turn fast enough
for twenty miles an hour"
Just the same said Magistrate
Connolly, "I'll hold your chauffeur in
800 bail for special sessions"
Then I'll give my country house at
Far Rockaway for bail" said Devery,
sadly Its worth $4,000. or I'll put
up that speedy auto you was speakin'
of and advise any man to jump the
bond
Wen accept the house, I guess .
said the magistrate smiling
''All right, answered the Big Chief.
Come on, Brunnell." to the liberated
chauffeur. 'sTYe'll now go out and lead
our auto home.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
Airship Dockyard.

BERLIN. May 6.-Germany is 20 have
an airship doclSyand where every facil-
ity for the construction and rei'air of
balloons and seroplanes viii be pro-
vided. A hill for this purpose has been
epared by the ministry of war for sub
mission to the reichstag.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
OWNERS MAY ENTER
SILVER DART IN RACE

BADDECK. N s, May 'e.-Aeronauts
McCurdy and Baldwin have been in
vited by the London Daily Mall to send
the aeropIane Silver Dart to England
TO compete for a 5000 prize for the
most successful one-mile flight by a
heavier than air machine made by an
Englishman, With an English aviator
on board.
Captain Baldwin cabled the Daily Mail
today
sPlans indicated are too indefinite for
us 70 enter the proposed competition as
yet. There IS not a machine entered
that can show anything like the record
Of the Silver Dart and IL is considered
that the Canadian machine would have
little difficulty In carrying off the prize
should she be entered in the contest"
Captain Baldwin. who is part owner
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
WRIGHTS WILL GET
MEDAL FROM TAFT

OrviIle and Wilbur Wright VIII re-
ceive the medals voted them by Con-
gress, at the hands of President Taft
in the East Room of the White House
on June 10. A large delegation of
the Aero Club of New York Will be
present to witness the ceremony.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
VICTIM OF RUNAWAY
DIES FROM INJURIES

Although declining to accept medical
attention, and insisting that he was not
badly hurt after he had been struck
and knocked down by a runaway team
at Seventh and NJ streets northwest
Abraham Smith. cOlored, of 1230 NJ street
northwest. died this morning at the
Emergency Hospital.
Death resulted from hemorrhage of
the brain, and possible fracture q the
skull.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
MAYHEM SUIT ENDS

POTTSVILLE, Pa, May 6.-Just be-
fore the trial of Mrs. Annie Oakum
and her mother. Mrs. Pfrom. charged
with mayhem (the former having thrown
carbolic acid into the eyes of her hus-
band in jealous rage, binding aim for
life). Oakum recei yed $500 for with
drawing the suit.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
TAFT SITS AGAIN
FOR HIS PORTRAIT

President Taft today gave another
sitting to Miss Lois Swami, who is
painting a life size portrait for the
Yale societies. The portrait, a three
quarter length. full face picture, is
nearly finished.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06
SMALLPOX ABATES.

TRENTON, May 6.-New jerseys
smallpox scare is almost at an end, ac-
cording to the statement made today by
Dr. A. Clark Hunt, OF the State board
Of health. Since March ] there have
been sixty-eight cases Of smallpox IN the
State, including two in this city.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06

mystery and an enthraIling love
story are embodied In The Times
new serial that begins on Saturday.
-The Hand of the Unknown" f. the
title.
The Washington times., 1909-05-06

Are you eIevers See how close you
can come tn dnrEveIEng ~The Hand
Of the Unknown which begins In
The Times Saturday
The Washington times., 1909-05-06

of the Silver Dart. is a native of To-
ronto and a graduate of Toronto Uni
vprSitv
The Washington times., 1909-05-06

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15c Galvanized Iron Ice INC
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The Washington times., 1909-05-06

This Palsfs Royal Basement
Floor Coupon and ten Q0l cents.
entities bearer to one 25c Crys-
tai Glass Fern Dish on feet, with
inside lining Good for Friday
only. May 7. 1909
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23

ON Wednesday evening DIR. I'll
Lodge, of Limestone College,
make an address and, imm+
following his address. will he ba,a
reception at the Poinsett Club. n
Thursday there will be another bins
ness meeting held, and papers bv /
r. Caldwell, of the Chester Lanter
:. Z. Boney, of the Laurens Adve
use-; Col T. B. Crews, of the La,
ensville Herald; y. G. Osteen. of
sumter Watchman and SouthroI
John W. Holmes, of the Barnwy
People; Hugh Wilson, of the Abr
Vile Press and Banner; Miles B. M
sweeney, of the Hampton Guardia
Col. r. A. Thompson, of walha
Ia; E. j. Sherwood, T. H. Coker q \
4. H Seats.
On Thursday afternoon the selee
ton of the next place of meeting w,
De made. In the afternoon and afte
the election. the car ride over the cit
will be held.
AT the banquet on Thursday ever
ing some of the visiting editors wi
make addresses, and the occasion wi
no doubt be brilliant one.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23
Some Random Thoughts.

Again let me urge the Importance
of the cowpea and Of the application
of potash. and acid phosphate to pro-
duce the greatest amount Of peavine
growth, and then the liberal use of
these elements potash and acid
phosphate.) to secure the best re-
suits from the nitrogen which the
peas have started In the soil.
For the production Of seed peas
one peck per acre. equal to five or
six peas In hill two feet apart either
In rows two and one half feet apart
or In the corn field double row Of
peas to each corn row. and planted
from June Is to July Is will give the
greatest yield of seed.
Earlier planting than June 18th or
seeding Of more than a peck to an
acre will give vine production at ex-
pense Of seed peas. This for the old
reliable mixed. Cow and Tory pea.
The speckle pea or whippoowiM, and
some other varities will take heavier
seeding on account Of size of pea, and
may be planted earlier.
My experience with May and first
fifteen days Of June sowing Of peas
has always been too much vine, and
fieqently not the seed that were sown.
especially. II heavy seeding was al
lowed.
One reason for the very high price
Of seed peas In the past few years
was that too heavy seeding had
caused vine growth at the expense Of
seed. 1t worked two ways: more seed
were needed. and less was produced
Before leaving tho subject one 9TH
er thought: on poor land the seeding
should be heavy both in corn. or In
stubble land. You will make very
little progress toward Improvement
OF very poor land With peck or half
bushel Of peas per acre and no potash
or phosphate. There should be enough
peas to shade the land. and where 1t
is so poor there Is no vine, just the
upright stems with few pods Of
peas on each, the seeding should be
from one to two bushels.
E. w. D.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23
Alfalfa or COwpeas?

Mr.. A. o. Myers tells in the Nation
al Stockman and Farmer of a CONVEX
sation he heard between two farm
hands after he had made a talk or
alfalfa at an institute.
Work all done. Bill?"
"Yep,"
Going to the meeting tonighto"
yep"
"Was you down today?"
Yep, the old man let me off, and
told me to go down to the meeting
and hear that fellow talk on alfalfa. -
did you hear him?"
Clear through"
What do you think about it?"
"Well. I'll tell you, he makes alfal-
Ia look like national bank on the
farm, and I got to thinking since ]
went home to do my chores that If al
falfa Is as good as he says it is, and
Is as easy to raise, it seems to me he
can make more money raising it than
he can in telling about it, for I don't
think he gets so awful much for his
talk"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23
How to Cure Cowpea Hay.

have been fighting the battle for
the cowpea for so many years that
am glad to welcome an efficient help
er In Mr.. French. But what a change
there has teen in this respect! Twen-
ty years ago hardly any one thought
Of field Of peas for hay, but rested
satisfied with some sown among the
corn. and the peas gathered and sold
for so to rs cents per bushel.
A friend recently wrote to me
When you began to write and talk
cowpeas I could buy all the peas
wanted for so cents a bushel and
could buy land for any old price. Now
peas are worth anywhere from $500
up. and land has doomed in price, and
IL Is all your fault" Well. 1t is a good
thing for man to have been instru-
mental In doing some little good to his
fellows. and I have no reason to re-
gret the price Of peas or the increased
value of the land in his county.
am glad to see, too, that Mr..
French cures pea hay without the
fussy practices that SO many adopt,
with stakes. frames, scaffolds and all
sorts Of contrivances to lose the
leaves and make poorer hay. / have
often tried to show that there is no
hay more easily cured than peavine
hay. II you will only let 1t cure. and
rot go to monkeying with all sorts OF
useless and expensive contrivances t.
spoil It, The man who piles his ha,
ON scaffolds or any sort of frame ma,
cure II dry, but he will lose the bes
part of II. the leaves. i'm handling it
Get the hay under cover as soon a.
iC Is thoroughly wilted but still linn
and II will cure If you let II alone
and you will have a fine. sweet ha,
instead of the dry sticks that on,
commonly sees. BY using a tedde
after the mower to toss the hay III
lightly and hasten the whiting. | hav,
always been able to rake into wind
rows I'm the afternoon all that was Gu
I'm the forenoon. and by turning tn,
windrows the next morning could pu
" into cocks that afternoon, IL neces
sary. or leave 1t to finish I'm the win
drCw. II the weather was not threat
ening. and the next day into the barr
with II before the leaves get crisp.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23

please send us cut of this cowpea
you write about; we want to know
more about the plant" And year af-
ter year the interest in the cowpea
has grown.
am especially glad to know that
in the South, especially in North Car
olina, there are fully one hundred
acres Of peas sown every year where
one was sown twenty years ago: and
1t Is one of the most gratifying things
In my life that I have had some infiu-
ence in this increased culture of the
cowpea. Therefore, the present issue
of the Progressive Farmer is especial
ly interesting to me, since it shows so
well how the pea is being appreciat-
3D.
One ton per acre Of cowpea hay is a
very moderate crop, and a crop that
can be made on the poorest of South
ern lands, and $40 per acre is a very
moderate estimate of the feeding VAL
ue of such a crop.
While alfalfa is certainly a valua-
BILE crop, where one succeeds in get
ting it, I believe that for the average
Southern farm the cowpea has
greater value, and that we can get
more feed and cheaper from cowpeas
than from alfalfa. unless on some
particularly rich lot.
But about the second crop from
one sowing. 1 do not believe that any
one ever got a second growth of
cowpeas If the first was mown for hay
in the properly matured condition. If
peas are cut before blooming. they
will make second growth, but both
crops will not be worth as much as
one well-matured crop.
Mr.. Tufts at Pinehurst made five
tens of peavine hay per acre in two
crops. But 1t was two sowings and
not second growth from the first
sowing. But when one can make five
tons of peavine hay per acre in one
season, what need has he for spend
ing lot of money trying to get al
falfa to grow? There are conditions
OF climatic character and soil con-
ditions. too, that make certain crops
adapted to certain sections. The
Western plains have the conditions
for alfalfa. The South has the condi-
tions for cowpeas, and in a series of
years can get more feed from these,
and do more good to the soil than
ever can be done with alfalfa.
A mixture of sorghum and peas is
all right for soiling or for silage, but
very poor mixture to make hay
with. for the peas will cure better
without the sorghum than with it. In
fact. I have never seen. any mixture
that was any Improvement on clean
pea hay. except the natural crab
grass.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers

Conducted by e. w. Dabbs, President

The Watcbman
The Farmers Union and
Practical Farmers will be nv
aim give the Union
publish
Bulletins readers
gnal articles
and ished.
Trusting this Department will be concerned
All be sent to w Dabbs
Mayesvile
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23
Alfalfa Requires Rich Land; Cowpeas
Grow AnyWhere.

--~-S
And have often thought that II all
the pains and labor and expense that
have been spent in the effort to grow
alfalfa in the South had been expend-
ed In getting big crops Of cowpeas.
and using them for feed and the i'm
provement Of the land. we would be
further ahead in farm Improvement
than we are. Not that alfalfa is not
valuable plant for a hay crop, but
the time and expense that many have
spent in the effort to start an alfalfa
patch would have given them many
times the amount OF feed in cowpeas
that require so much less expense
and give their returns 80 quickly. I
believe that, as q rule, the Southern
farmer can get more out Of cowpeas
and crimson clover than out OF alfal-
IA. and can improve his land faster.
Cowpeas will grow anywhere in the
South and fit-in nicely in a short ro-
tation of crops, and will build up the
soil more rapidly and cheaply than al
falfa. Cowpeas are the natural legume
forage for the South. and while on
little pet patches the alfalfa may give
large returns after several years Of
effort, the crop for the field, the crop
that can be depended upon to feed
the stock and improve the soil rapid
ly In the South, Is the cowpea.
The COwpea is the South's Main De-
pendence.
1 have no objection to people ex-
perimenting with alfalfa, but I do
not believe that it will ever be in the
Fast what it Is in the West any more
than I believe that the cowpea will
ever take the place of alfalfa on the
Western plains. Certain crops find
their best conditions in certain Sec
ticns, and the conditions in the South
indicate that the cowpea is the great
est of all legume forage crops for the
South.
In some sections Of Mississippi and
| Alabama there seems to be a soil nat
urally adapted to alfalfa, and here the
plant should certainly lie grown to a
much larger extent than it now Is
For the farmer who has succeeded
with alfalfa. we would give no more
discOuraging advice than to go ahead
and do more of it; but over most OF
the South, while it may be well to ex-
pertinent with other crops, the cow
pea Is the "old reliable" on which the
farmer should place his main depend.
| ence.
There Is many a farmer who Of late
years has spent enough time and
money i'm the effort to get an acr.
patch of alfalfa to have filled hi.
barns every year with the best Of pea
vine hay. while he was failing Will
alfalfa. You may think me crank,
on this subject, but / know that tn,
pea has done, and is doing. more fol
the South than alfalfa ever will.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23

From all present indications the in
tCrState firemen's convention and
tournament which is to be held at
Union July 6. Z and s is to have the
l6I gest attendance ever known in the
history of that association. Much in
'erest is being manifested. Prizes
amounting to $675 will be given 10
contestants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23

the ladies' OF the Civic League OF
MuT'.r. w..h a rumtev os prominent
business men of the town have or
szsnized the Mullins Library Associa-
sion. A board OF directors has been
siected. and they will begin at once
ON selecting the place for the lib
rary The location and arrangement
are very desirable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-23

sam Long. a young man living near
Westminster, committed suicide late
Thursday evening near his home. He
left home presumably to go huntin ;;
hut did not return. \ party which
went to- look for him Friday found
his dead body about 500 yards from
is not known.