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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
DR.. BUSH DIES At
MONTGOMERY HOME
Efforts Are Made to Improve
Grade of Cotton
HOW TO FIGHT WEEVIL
Farmers Should Go Through Cotton
sAId Of DfoI. txsV QnR
HOW TO FIGHT WEEvIL
Field Before Picking Commences
and Pick Out seed-Seek to
Pardon Carroll

Montgomery, September 24.-(Spe-
ciaL) C. F. Bush. aged 80, state
jail and mill inspector, died this aft
ernoon at his home in this city. He
had been in bad health almost ever
since he took the office and has never
rallied after an operation on both
sides of his neck for enlarged glands,
performed some weeks ago at Johns
Hopkins. A widow and one child sur
vive him. His body will be taken to
Thomasville for burial.
Dr. Bush came~to the position after
the tragic death of DIR. Shirley Bragg.
He and Dr. Bragg are the only men
holding it, the place having been Gre
ated at the last session of the legis-
lature. DR.. Bush was never well and
the most of the work since his appoint
ment has fallen on John Adams the
chief clerk. However, the doctor has
made great many Improvements in
the work of the department, helping
out In special ways the conditions of
jails and the life of children in the
service of the mills and factories.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
GRAND JURY AFTER
BLIND TIGERS
SUSAN GEE WINS HER SECOND
SUIT AGAINST LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY FOR LIFE POLICY UPON
HER BROTHER

Selma, September 24.-(Special.) FRIDAY
night the grand jury of the circuit court
of Dallas county made a fourth partial
report to Judge B. M. Miller. During the
week they examined nearly 800 witnesses
and returned total of eighty-one indict-
mcnts. The work of the grand jury for
the first week they have been in session
is a record breaker. OF the 81 indict-
ments returned, 50 of them are stated to
be against operators of blind tigers.
The second case tried in the circuit
court of Dallas county of Susan Gee VS.
the Empire Life insurance company of
Atlanta. Ca, was concluded Friday
night. The suit was for the amount OF
$2500 for a straight life policy upon the
life of DIR. Henry Gee. brother of the
plaintiff, and who died in Selma about
two months4 ago. The insurance COM
pany contenaed that some questions In
their application blank had not been cor
rectly answered, and for that reason did
not pay the policy at the death of Dr.
Gee.
On Thursday there was suit brought
by Miss Gee against the Empire Life In
surance company and the jury gave a
verdict for $4,000 against the life insurance
company and in the suit Friday gave a
verdict of $500 against the company.
News was received here late last night
by Mrs. Columbus Gayle Of the death OF
her son, Columbus Gayle, in a railroad
accident near Freeman Pa. No particu-
lars of the death Of Young Gayle was
given in the kilograms.
All of the city public schools as wei
as the private schools of the city will
open their sessions on Monday morning
During the past year the number O
! school children has been largely increased
ard every grade of the public school.
| - ~ he private school.
will also have all of the pupils that the!
.4..u the year promises
to be a mos. prosperous one for the vari
! Gus institutions of learning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
NEWS OF UNIoNTowN
Henry L. Robertson Dies From Pulmon-
ary Observation-Disclosures News

uniontown, September 24-(Special)-
Henry L. Robertson died at his homo
here this morning at 1870 o'clock of pull
monary tuberculosis, after being confined
for six weeks to his bed He was 81
years old and leaves widow and young
son. The funeral services took place this
evening. interment being in the ceme-
terry here.
A severe thunderstorm passed over this
section Friday night. Eighty tons of
hay were destroyed by lightning on the
plantation of r. A. Cromer, west of town.
The residence of w. T. Underwood was
badly damaged by fire Thursday, caused
by defective f1ue.
Judge John c.. Anderson of the SUI
preme court of Alabama is visiting Judge
w. Fl. Tayloe, his wife and children ac-
companying him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
I'VE Won't Go Home Till Morni,1
And Then Down Goes a Bug

Bile up bugs, and they found the occupa-
ton so satisfactory that for weeks they
have spent the night out under the arc
light taking on a cargo of unsuspecting
bugs, while they sleep during the day.
From in the evening until dawn these
feathered sports have been engaged for
a week past in nocturnal dissipation with
the festive bug, scorning the usual ration
Of chicken feed. A rooster and nine hens
of mongrel breed constitute this con-
vivial poultry aggregation, and they are
thriving on this nightly feeding, but they
lay for the bugs SO much that they are
neglecting to lay in the poultry yard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25

TsIladega. September 24.-(Special.)-
I'VE won't go home till mornin' " is
usually the slogan of the rounder and
club man, but Mr.. Fred Wilson's chick
ems seem to have adopted this as their
motto. Something frightened these chick
ems out of the poultry yard at o'clock
one night recently when they found
themselves under an arc light that
spanned the street in front of Mr.. Will
sons home, where there was the usual
oumber of electric light bugs and in
Oocts. At once these fowls began to COB
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x@iFs

Sadsden, September N.-espee'ai.'-
rrha .tIolIv Rollers of Alabama CITY
met their Waterloo last night. nc oi''
council passed an ordinance requlrlns
their services to close at ~ oioeN
md as the holiness folks paid no at
tention to the law they were promptly
placed under arrest. The leaders, John
Bucklew, William Graham and hupert
McMurtray, were taken to the city pas
tile and while they were there .ne
tent and other paraphernalia of the
grotesoue worshipers was burned.
Vhether or not the fire was of incen-
diary origin is not known but COM
ing at the time 1t did there are strong
suspicious that someone not In sym
patty with them proceeded to put the
rollers out of business.
Word was received here today of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
JUDGE ORDERS
DEPOTS SEARCHED

Florence. September 24-(special)-
Judge Almon, presiding during the circuit
court, on information furnished by the
grand jury. ordered search made Of the
Louisville and Nashville and Southern
railway companies depots here Friday.
The sheriff found five casks of whisky
at the Louisville and Nashville depot and
Ave casks of beer at the Southern depot.
which were brought to the courthouse.
The grand jury is unusually rigorous,
especially as to liquor cases, ana II Is be-
lieved MANY indictments have been made
and ''hide and seek" is popular game
just now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
News of HartselIe

Hartselle, September 24.-(Special)-A
large crowd greeted Congressman Will
liam Richardson here today, where he
addressed them upon political issues. He
spoke at length on the political outlook
and urged return to old-time democratic
.doctfine. The crowd was attentive and
the address was well delivered and en-
Enthusiastically received.
Sawlogs are bringing the highest prices
ever in this section. AS high as $40
per 1000 is being paid for white oak logs.
These logs are being loaded and shipped
to the Nashville, Tenn, market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
HOY, to Fight MeeviI

The influence of the boil weevil, al
ready in Alabama, is shown by the
many efforts that are being made to
improve the class of cotton to such a
point that the bug cannot have any
effect on it, or at least, minimum
effect. In a line of selection being
done by Commissioner of Agriculture
]. A. Wilkinson a hard and tough shell
is being built up, thus making it diff
ficult of puncture. The plant must also
be bred early.
l. N Duncan of the agricultural fac
ulty at Auburn and special agent OF
the federal department of agriculture,
urges much care to this point He
says: I'm order for each farmer to
get improved cotton seed that are
adapted to the soil, climate and locality
he should make careful selection from
the best plants in the field. The es-
sential qualities of a good variety of
cotton are:
"The plant should be prolific or have
the power to put on and hold lots of
bolls.
1.-The bolls should be large.
1.-THE per cent of lint, or proportion
of lint to seed, should be high.
1.-The cotton should be as early as
possible Under boil weevil conditions
this matter of earliness is of the very
greatest Importance.
For the farmer then to get quality
of cotton with the above qualities he
should go through the field in ad-
vance of the regular picking and pick
large, mature bolls from the very best
plants having these points:
1.-THE plant should be symmetrical,
stocky and close built, but not neces-
sarily cluster, or even semi-cluster
"They should begin fruiting near
ground and the joints between limbs
on the main stem should be short.
THE plants should be well filled with
large bolls.
"They should open early.
1.-THE seed should be medium In size
and well covered with lint"
1t is advised that this cotton be
ginned separately and that the seed
be well cared for during the winter
Repeating this plan of selection each
year will bring wonderful results.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
Hiram Carpenters
Wonderful Cure
OF Psoriasis

After 90 Years of Intense Suffering When All
Thought He Had But Short Time to Live.
Earnestly Prayed to Die-Condition Deplorable
Beyond Description-Tries OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Relief At once-Stopped Terrible Burning
Sensation From Word Coin Six Weeks Skin
! Smooth AS This Paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
"HOIY ROLLERS" IN TROUBLE
WHEN THEY DISOBEY COUNCIL

death of Mrs. John w. Duncan, a pio
neer resident of the city, at Belleview
hospital, New York Mrs. Duncan had
been living in New York city for some
time although she had large property
interests in Gadsden. She leaves five
children, two of them In this city, C.
o. Duncan and Mrs. II. M. Davis, and
the others, two daughters and one son,
living with her in New York. The body
will be brought to this city for in
terment.
A. N. White of Short Creek, Ala, for
many years a resident of this city and
the father of Mrs. ]. w. Taylor, a
prominent jeweler and optician of Gads-
den, dropped dead of heart failure at
the depot in Short Creek this morn
ing. The remains will be taken to the
family home at Columbus. Ca, for
burial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
Assessing the Banks

]. B. Powell, member of the state
tax commission, made tour of the
Montgomery banks on Saturday, as
sessing number of them. Some We're
raised and some lowered. Some of the
reports were out of whack,' said Mr..
Powell. 1.-The largest difference is in
the surplus and undivided profits Most
of the reports on surplus were correct
but some of the banks didn't under
stand exactly what was required as to
reports on undivided profits"
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all orders from Mr.. Smith and has adj
mirable control over his men.
The Smith farm is located on Mahan
creek. A considerable part is rich bot
tom land, though much of it is rolling
but equally productive under ,skilful
treatment
About three miles south of the Smith
farm is the farm of James Oakley sheriff
of Bibb county. This Is also one of the
model farms of this section.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
Work for Carroll

Many of the leading men of Ozark
came to Montgomery Saturday to plead
for the pardon of Warner Carroll, a
young man of that place who is under
sentence of seven years for the be-
trayal of a girl. Carroll waS convict
ed April last. The sentiment for him
is so strong that half the town is busy
trying to get him out. The pardon
board had the following present: Sec
retary of State Julian, Attorney Cen
eral A. M. CARRIER and Auditor W. w.
Brandon. Acting Governor Henry b.
Gray was not present, but will have
the papers later in the week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
INTERESTING FARM
IN B|bD COUNTY
How Brains and Will Can Do
Things .
LITTLE COTTON is SEEN
Boil Weevn viii starve to Death When
1t Reaches the Smith Farm-How
Alfalfa Is Produced In
Red Soil
LITTLE COTTON is SEEN
by WALTER HARPER

Two miles north of Briarfield in the
eastern part of Bibb county l found one
of the most interesting farms in Alabama.
It belongs to ]. R. Smith, Jr., of Biz
mingham 1t is in charge of Mr.. Smith S
cousin James D. Smith. Jim is a hustler.
He knows how to farm and be good
fellow, friend to all the world, at the
same time He has mastered the art of
extracting the best there is from both the
soil and from life. He revels in hard
work and hard play with equal relish. But
neither is his master.
So well does he manage things on the
farm that ]. r. leaves him alone. He
seldom even visits the place, knowing
full we'll that his interests are conserved.
The Smith farm is the pride of a large
section of two counties, Shelby and Bib.
| It is a most wholesome object lesson to
hundreds of other farmers in this section
who watch and follow the methods used.
| This is not cotton farm. Food for
man and beast consume almost the entire
energy of the establishment.
! Corn, oats, wheat and hay are the prin-
cipal products, while mules, cattle and
hogs are being successfully raised on a
small scale. This industry will be extend
ed as the lands productiveness is in
creased.
| There is also a small herd of goats. Il
keep the goats mainly for the help they
render in keeping down briars, bushes
and the accumulation of cans, old shoes,
scrap iron and other rubbish" said Mr..
Smith.
! The Smith farm consists of 1900 acres.
The soil is a red clay similar to that of
Tallapoosa county. This soil is/pecuiarly
adapted to the growing of grafn, especial
ly wheat and oats as well as corn.
Something more than 100 acres were
planted in corn this year The acreage
yield will be more than so bushels to the
acre. Many of the acres will produce 1o(
bushels There are few patches of cot
| ton on the farm, just enough to tickle the
plantation darby and his mule, though
but little attention is given this crop. The
cotton / saw on the place will produce
more than a bale to the acre.
Stuff must make good on this farm OF
lit will be ostracised, When the boil
weevil hits this section of Bibb county he
will receive shock. On the Smith farm
he will have to learn to bore into the
lizard kernels Of corn. eat grass OF
move on.
Corn is the boil weevils best policeman
A herd of cattle produces nausea and hay
linoculates the bug with chronic hear
failure.
The boil weevil will have to hurry Il
he does the maximum of damage in Ala
bama. The progressive farmer Of THU
state is rolling up his sleeves and II
ready to swat the beast with big ears O.
corn, bales Of hay and beef butts.
On the Smith farm there are two. i'm
mense barns already loaded with hay
wheat and oats from the present year
CROP. You must see these barns to appre
clate them. One Of them is 16Ox120 feet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
JUDGE GULLATTE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Shoots Himself in Head and
Soon Dies
WAS DUE TO ILL HEALTH
Had Often Helped College Students
And Was known as Benefactor.
DIR, c. A. Cary Continues
to Improve
WAS DUE TO ILL HEALTH

Auburn. September 24.-(Special. )-Judge
William Baxter Gullatte, one of the most
prominent citizens of Lee county, and
the most beloved resident of Auburn, shot
himself in the head in his store here
this afternoon, and died within 20 min
utes.
Ill health of many years duration had
undermined Judge Guattes intellect and
his self-destruction is considered as the
action of a disordered mind. For two
years he has been mentally unbalanced,
and more than once before threats of
suicide were made by him.
Judge Gullatte was 81 years old. All of
his life he lived in or near Auburn, and
was identified with its growth. At one
time a student of the college himself, he
found occasion, as he prospered, to help
college students, and they loved him. Not
only college boys, but men and women
have called him a benefactor. Several
years ago financial misfortune overlook
him and with the worry incident to the
crash his mind and health failed.
Judge Gullatte is survived by three sis
tiers, of his immediate family, and by
many more distant relatives Many of the
older families of Auburn and Lee coun-
ty were connected with him by blood
or marriage
Judge Gullatte was a candidate for
probate judge of Lee county, opposing
Judge J. B. Lyons, in the recent cleo
tion but he withdrew before the day
of the primary. Burial will be at Au-
burn Sunday.
An improvement in the condition of DIR.
c. A. Cary, dean of the veterinary col
lege of Auburn, who was injured Thurs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25

This building was for many years occu-
pied by the big nail factory at Briar-
field 1t was recently purchased by Mr..
Smith and moved to the farm. 1t is
covered with sheet iron. 1 doubt if there
is better or larger barn in Alabama.
The other barn is 1OOx6S feet, and is
a model of construction.
Besides these there are large machinery
and implement sheds. On this farm there
are many thousands of dollars worth of
the latest improved machinery, ranging
from threshing machines to potato slip
planters. There are machines for per-
forming any work that can be done on
the farm with the exception of gasoline
plows, and these will be added. Near
Montevallo one farmer has introduced
an eight-furrow gasoline pillow that does
the work of "a mules and eight men. 1t
is success.
Sixteen hundred bales of hay are al
ready stored in the Smith barns, and
more is being harvested. Most of the hay
is Johnson grass, alfalfa and peavne.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25
Let me tell you about this alfalfa.

Let me tell you about this alfalfa.
AS every intelligent farmer knows this
red clay soil will not produce alfalfa
1t is lacking in lime Smith wanted al
falfa. Brains and will can always over
come difficulties.
He hauled lime from Shelby county
and put it on about five acres of his land.
He treated the land with inocculated soil
tsoil brought from alfalfa fields) and
planted alfalfa.
He cut four good crops this year. Great
applause.)
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An improvement in the condition of DR..
C. A. Cary, dean of the veterinary col
lege of Auburn, who was injured Thurs
day, is announced by the attending ply
sicians. There is little doubt now of
DR.. Cary's ultimate recovery.
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I walked, or rather tore my way
through a part of one of Mr.. Smiths
corn fields. This corn is now ripening
1t is heavy and solid. There is some
thing like 100 bushels on the acre. The
stalks and middles are loaded with tan
gle of peavines loaded with peas.
You farmers know the value of this pea
growth.
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Mr.. Smith employs negro labor. He
has operated the farm for four years,
and today has the same men he had in
the beginning of his operations. He pays
these men SIS per month in money.
They trade where they please. Henry
Smith, a rawboned negro. wearing No.
10 made-to-order shoe, and over six feet
high, is Mr.. Smiths foreman. He takes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-25

On the Smith farm there are two. I'M
mense barns already loaded with hay,
wheat and oats from the present year
CROP. You must see these barns to appre-
clate them. One of them is 16Ox120 feet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-03-31
UNCLE SAM ASSISTS

1t is interesting to note the marked
increase of real estate business that
is transacted through the mails these
days. Time was and not 80 very long
ago when it was considered impossible
to get buyers into the western coun-
try without a personal solicitation
but it is evident that the more pro-
gressive real estate agent or land
firm with the best interests of their
business at heart is growing away
from this old fogish idea. A radical
change. has taken place in the meth
ods of the larger and more wide
awake land agencies, all within the
past four or five years. They are
beginning to learn that Uncle Sam
furnishes the cheapest method of
conveying their offerings to the party
interested. True, that often the first
effort does not always bring the
desired result III the form Of an
immediate sale, nor does it with
personal visit. In takes time and pat
ience and concentration Of mind
and will power to do anything in this
world worth while and why should
the land business be different from
other business operations. What the
young inexperienced dealer needs
most of all is gumption or grit or
whatever you may call it to stick to
what be Is aiming at until he hits the
mark. A deal means something; It
means more money than most men
would earn through three or four
months Of good hard work. It is
reasonable to expect that much can
be accomplished in this line without
some expense or some expenditure
OF time. 1t is not as is often supposed
so much mans capability as it is
his stability that makes for his
success in any line The land business
has grown to greater propositions in
this country within the last 10 years
than has any one other line and with
the enlightenment Of the raw recructs
it will be but few years until the
rank and file will be enjoying a
prosperity anvied by most of their
|fellowmen. All the businss needs is
men of larger calibre, men of more
|liberality, broad minded and hopeful,
Ito put it on q par with any other
business on earth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-03-31
A GREAT WHEAT CROP

South Dakota continues to devote
about two and one halt million acres
annually to wheat and produces an
average crop of about forty million
bushels. Wheat was the pioneers
crop and in the early period or devel-
opment was nearly the sole depend
ence, but with the accumulation of
means and diversity of industry
more and more attention is given to
other products, and the wheat area is
gradually reduced to make place for
corn, oats, barley and other crops.
Still, wheat is a marked factor in
South Dakota s industry and turns
into the pockets of the farmers this
year S24 234 ,250 40. In the older sec.
tions land is becoming too valuable
to be prolitably devoted in any CON
siderable acreage of wheat culture,
but i'll the newer sections wheat will
continue for a long period to be one
of the staples. Rapid City Guide.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-03-31
FACTIONS TO MIX

Hnronite: On the 9Th day of ,Julv
there VIII be held at Sioux Falls
convention for all the republican par.
ty OF South Dakota, the republican
state central committee having re-
Gently issued the call for the conyen-
ton, III compliance, with the state
primary law, which fixes the date OF
the convention.
The business Of this convention will
De the adoption of a platform and
the tllling of vacancies on the state
ana congressional ticket of the party.
if any there are.
that this convention is to be com
posed OF the representatives of all the
party, the same as though the partv
was not divided and it's factions pull
ing frantically in opposite directions,
VIII render it scene Of acute inter
est.