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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20
HANDSOME SCHOOL B FOR PEOPLE OF
 HOLLISTER HEIGHTS
r'OId Guard'' Submits to Will of Citizens and its Threatened Opposition Does Not
 Appear
Special to The Farmer.)

Stratford. May 2o.-Expected opposi- tion by the ''old Guard to the new school for Hollister Heights did not rnaterialize in the town meeting, last night. On the contrary the motion was unanimously adopted.
 Samuel Beardslee, who beat out Judge Charles H. Peck for moderator of the town meeting when the Barnum trolley extension was discussed, made the motion. It looks now as if the order of the citizens to the "old guard" to "go way back and sit down" is effective. It also looks as if Stratford had entered the line of progress and will no longer be pre- served merely as relic of colonial days.
 1t is predicted by local political as- tronomers that. like Halley's comet. the s'oId guard'' will soon pass into retirement to be no longer visible in Stratford politics.
 The new school will be handsome
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20
Weather Indications

Special from United Press.)
 New Haven, May 20.-Forecast: fair tonight, Saturday increasing cloudi- ness followed by showers.
 An area of high pressure along the Atlantic coast is producing pleasant weather in the eastern section. A western disturbance will move slowly eastward and probably reach this vii cinity Saturday.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by increasing cloudiness and probably showers Sat- urday. Slowly rising temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20
YALE AERO CLUB WILL
 SOON HOLD AERIAL MEET
(special from United Press

(Sp6C1dI ITO1H OIIIIeU -FT6SS.
 New Haven, May 20.-The Yale Aero Club, organized recently to pro- mote the art of aerial navigation among the students of the university, announced today that an aerial meet would be held under the auspices of the club Gin the near future.'
 The exact date, it is expected will be set within a short time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20

structure and will serve the people of a. neighborhood soon to be thick ly settled for many years.
 The result of the meeting was a complete reversal of the predictions that had been made by a portion of the Bridgeport press, through it's To- cal sources of information.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20
OBITUARY

Bertha, wife of Patrick J. McMa- hon, died this morning at 129 Brooks street, of pneumonia. She had been i'll ten days. Besides the husband she leaves six children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20
She'd Remedy That.

Mrs. Hoyle-Your husband has a mind of his own. my husband says. Mrs. Doyle-I'n speak to him about it when he comes home.-New York Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20

If you would hit the target aim lit tie above it. Every arrow that fiiet feels the attraction of earth.-Longfel low.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-20
pIrpuS TO GIVE RECITAL

PUPILS TO GIVE RECITAL. The advanced music pupils of Miss Florence J. Rharig will give a recital next Tuesday evening at Quilty's Dancing Academy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

is most handy-the rougher and more
unshapely the stone, the better. No ce-
ment or mortar is necessary for fixing
them together for the stones can be
firmly wedged and interlocked so that
they will depend upon one another, IN
stead of upon the soil between them, to
keep them together in their places.
Each successive part of the stone work
should be put together before the soil
is added
The most convenient size for a rock
cry that is built upon level ground is
about four feet high and six or eight
feet through at the base, the length
being immaterial.
There cannot be too many proJec-
tions, and care must be taken to leave
no channels between the stones by
which the soil can be washed down to
the base. Overhanging brows, beneath
which plants can be inserted are very
useful; large surfaces of stone may
here and there be left exposed, and
irregularity of form is far better than
symmetry. A formal arrangement 81
fiat pockets or nests offends the eye
without helping the cultiVator.
The degree of slope from the base to
the top of the rockery will not be uni
form. In some places there will be
an irregular level on top, bounded by
large cross keyStones, for which the
largest stones should be reserved. In
other parts sides will slope evenly to
the ridge, or the upper half may be
perpendicular, leaving only wide crew
ices to suit the taste of certain plants.
Wherever there is a steep bank fac
ing south or east it may be used for
a facing rockery." The stones used
in this rockery should be large and un-
shapely, and be buried one-half to two
thirds their bulk and form a very un-
even surface. Rockeries of this form
are less liable to suffer from drought if
the surface covered is large.
A "sunken rockery' is perhaps the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

Tomatoes do not like too much water
at the roots, but the soil should never
be allowed to dry out completely. Do
not wet the foliage; apply the water
direct to the soil about the plants.
Last season was considered only a
normal season for the production o.
tomatoes in our locality, and yet pl IN s
grown to single stems, which were l1te
seedlings, averaged seven feet in height
during the ripening season. Ninety
five per cent of the fruit was perfect
in formation and of uniform size, Whi e
plants grown to bush form yielded but
tWo-thirds as much fruit, covered
one-third more ground. and the fruit
was inferior as to quality and was not
uniform in size.
There is no question regarding the
production of good tomatoes in this
locality. While many of our readers
are satisfied with results in ordinary
good fruit, others are seeking ways of
getting better stock, so we offer these
suggestions with the idea of stmula-
ting an interest among those who wish
to do things out of the ordinary.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27
THE ROCK GARDEN

NOR ONE who desires something ar
tistic and a little more elaborate
r. than ordinary there is nothing
more picturesque and charming than
he rock or Alpine garden. 1t is an
attempt to initiate on a small scale
the gardens of nature with masses of
rocks and boulders and earth, more or
less artistically arranged with an ir-
regular grouping of grasses, shrubs
and plants as a setting.
1t is only within the last twenty-five
or thirty years that the formation of
beautiful rockeries has been seriously
taken in hand. Before that time all
kinds of material did duty for rock
cry, but usually not the slightest at
tempt at copying nature or studying
the interests of the plants was made.
Today we have many beautiful and
most artistically arranged gardens of
the Alpine order. No wood or tree
roots should be used to supplement
rockery-they should be all of stone
The kind of stone is seldom mat
ter of choice. Everyone will use what
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

perience must be the teacher to a GER
tain degree.
Any difficulty may be removed either
by discarding those plants with which
you are unsuccessful and taking those
more suited to your garden or by
changing the nature of your soil by
fertilization.
Do not expect too much from the
hardy garden the first year or even
the second, for it requires time to
establish the hardy garden and to
grow plants of sufficient size to yield
an abundance of foliage and bloom.
But the hardy garden once estab-
lished, giving it thoughtful care, proper
fertilization and cultivation, will be
source of delight to look upon and
will be a valuable addition to the
home grounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27
THE HARDY GARDEN
~ HE impression is often entertained
that only formal and pretentious

" HE impression is often entertained
that only formal and pretentious
country places are entitled to ad-
miration, but the fact remains that
the truly beautiful cannot be evolved
from a mass of ornamental effects in
gardening. The most charming effects
are produced by a thoughtful use of
the best that Nature offers.
1t is a good plan to have a portion
Of your garden hardy and of many
perennials That is, plant principally
the things that come up year after
year from the same roots. Some an
nuals are necessary, and bulbs are
necessary if you wish to keep up a
succession of blooms throughout the
year. In the main the most satisfac-
tory plants are the perennials. They
require less care, pay amply in bios
SONS for the work put on them and
are a source of increasing delight.
They may be set in borders along
the fences, in the corners and in clumps
among the shrubbery; if judiciopsly
selected, blossoms may be had the
year through.
In planting perennials several things
should be considered. First the height
of the plants. Study your grounds
and aim to plant such things as will
look right in the perspective when
they are grown. When planting bor-
ders put the tallest plants in the back
ground, next a lower plant, and in
front something still lower.
Second consider the time of bios
soming Aim to plant so that some
thing will be in blossom all the time.
That is, do not plant in border or
bed all plants that bloom in the same
month. Arrange them so that when
one row or clump of plants goes out
of bloom another set is beginning.
Third, consider the colors of the
blooms. This is a matter of taste.
Masses of color give the best effects.
For instance, if bed of yellow is
wanted plant in the background Col
den Glow, then CoreOpSis. then Yel-
low Primroses, California Poppies,
Margolds-last of all Pansies or some
low growing, yellow annual. This bed
is bordered with bulbs that blossom
yellow. like Daffodils, etc.
In another place one may have PINK
PhloX, pink Sweet William, and in
front of all pink Asters. etc. In an
other place white PhloX, white Sweet
Williams, white Asters and white
Candytuft Beds of scarlet may be
made in the same way. Some prefer
mixture of colors. This plan works
we'll if care is taken not to place
flowers with too decided colors so near
that they will clash. In the border
various Colors may be used if separ-
ated by a shrub or tree.
AS to the size, time of blossoming
and of colors. consult the nurserymens
catalogue, where all necessary infor-
nation is found. BY selecting the best
known standard plants, giving them
the proper soil and cultivation, the
chances are that they will grow and
bloom according to the information
,ri, n1onfS will thrive i'm n
certain soil, others will not. EX
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
Arrival Of Police Prevents Father
From Butchering Boys.

Hartford, Conn, March 26.-An
insane father was prevented from
butchering his four little children on
the banks of the Connecticut River
to-day by the timely arrival of the
police.
When located back of some bushes.
his four boys were partly undressed
and we're lined In q row, the maniac
father standing over them with the
upiifted axe. A boy OF four was to
have been the first victim. The poor
child was standing beneath the shin
ing blade with erucifix in one hand
calmly awaiting Its fate. The 9th
ers, under orders of the madman.
were terrified spectators.
The father is Pole. valente
Chongle He had been dispossessed
this morning By hts landlord and the
occurrence made him desperate.
The officers, who prevented the
killing, said that their hearts failed
them as they beheld the terrifying
scene, fearing that the madmaI
would crush the skull of the boy hi
had before him, should their presence
be detected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
4 aIG sw1NDLE-
An Organized scheme of Spanish
Crooks Io swtntii- Americans.

The Caucasian has received a lei-
ter from = prominent ci,iEea % North
Carolina enclosing letter 70 him
dated =, Madrid. Spain. January IS,
1910. which reads as follows
Although | know you only frou.
good references ot your honesty. my
sad situation compels me 10 reveal 10
you az important; affair in which you
can procure modes, fortune. saving
at the same time thA, OF my
daughter
Before being imprisoned here
vas established a. y banker Ia Rus
sis. zs you ~ill see by the enclosed
articles about me from many English
newspapers which have published &C
counts of my arrest in London
| beseech you TO help me TO obtain
a sum OF s4S0 .o00 have in America
and TO come here TO raise the seizure
OF my baggage. paying TO the regis
trar Of the court the expenses Of my
trial and recover my portmanteau
containing l. secret pocket where
sable 10 recover the said sum.
AS reward ! viii give up q
you the third part. viz. $4,000.
Il cannot receive your answer in
the prison. but you must send Il
cablegram To a person in my conf.
dence. who will deliver ii 10 me.
Awaiting your cable TO instruct
you in all my secret, am. sir,
Yours truly,
"DEMIDOFF. ("
The recipient is told TO answer by
cable and not by letter. addressing
the message: "Gonsalves-Yac
| lars-Heaton."
Since then we have received an
other letter to another party from
these same Spanish swindlers. which
is identical in form and words. ex
cept that the last letter is dated Mad
rid Spain, March 3rd. This shows
that these swindlers are steadily a
work grinding out these letters L
American citizens.
How many have been or may b.
caught by such a swindle will neveI
be known. In order, however, tina
the swindlers may be brought to jus
tice. or at least their scheme be ex
posed. The Caucasian has furnished
this Information TO the State Depart
menr
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
FINE OPPORTUNITY.
To Carry the State, provided We
Have Something TO OFFER

The Mount Airy Leader In an ed
itorial, says:
There are many things that point
to success and the opportunity for
building up a majority in the State
was never more promising than
now. The Democrats are hopelessly
at sea. for their policies Of recent
years have not appealed, either to the
masses or tn ose men who control the
large interests that have figured in
the development of the State. The
trend of legislation has been to OBJ
struct instead of build up, and the
State has keenly felt the policy Of
develop its natural resources as rap
idly as it should have done.
Besides this, there Is fight for Of
flee and honors in that party that
must greatly disorganiZe 1t in the
near future, for Senator Simmons,
representing the more conservative
element, will hardly surrender to the
Kitchin faction, who, with Josephus
Daniels, will fight for supremacy un-
der the banner of the radical policy
that has already proven 80 destruc-
tive to the best interests Of North
Carolina. When this fight is ended
there will be plenty of recruits to Re-
publicalism, provided We have some
thing to offer With the present
high prices OF farm products, the ru-
raj voter will be decidedly more
friendly to the Republican party than
ever before because he will draw the
contrast between onw and those days
when Democracy enjoyed national
power, and farm products were hard
ly worth marketing. The wage
Garner will also lean toward the par
ty that, undoubtedly, is responsible
for the fact that he is receiving more
for his labor than ever before and
work is plentiful. Last, but not
least, the men who control the busi-
ness enterprises of the State have, at
least, realized that Democracy offers
nothing for them, in future, as the
policy of obstruction, which is sure
to continue, is ruinous to them and
the interests they represent. These,
also, will be ready to join hands with
the Republicans in placing the State
in that line of progression which her
natural advantages merit
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31

Lured by Promise of Work, She Is
Srangled and Body Burned-The
Murderer Arrested.

New York, March 26.-The body
of Ruth Wheeler. the little girl grad
uate who was lured from her widow
ed mother on Thursday last by de-
coy offer of employment was found
late this afternoon, huddled in a gun
ny sack on a flre-escape outside the
apartment Of Albert Woiter, the man
charged with her abduction.
She had been strangled with q
short end Of three-eighths rope. hack
ed with q knife, burned beyond rec
ognition and thrust carelessly out o.
doors like 80 much rubbish.
Wofter was arrested and the polict
have positive evidence of his guilt
He admits having written man!
young girls Offering employment
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
Two killings Near Charlotte.

Charlotte. y. c March zs.-Ies-
terday VIII Walker shot and killed
Bub Durham at Shelby. Walker
claims that he did not know The gun
was loaded Both are negroes.
At Caroleen. Mr. Chas Walters be-
came involved vlth 40 mall car
riers. Samuel Melton aud one Hamea.
In the fight walters vas shot aud
killed Hames is accused OF hrlnE
the fatal sho, aud is II jail
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
NINTH DISTRICT COMMITTEE
MEETING.
A Good Representation, IA Good Meet
ing-They Feel Encouraged at the
Outlook
Lincolnton Times. !

The Republican Executive Commit
tee for this Congressional District
met in Charlotte Wednesday. There
was a very good turnout OF the com
mittee. Other Republican leaders
In the State met with the committee
as honorary and advisory visitors
The members gave reports of the
political situation in their respective
sections and specially their counties.
They discussed the outlook for the
State and specially for this District.
They talked candidates and issues.
and felt greatly encouraged. The
party is daily growing in favor in
numbers, and in harmony.
All that will be needed is an intel
ligent campaign, harmony. thorough
organization, and good, clean and
strong men nominated for all the of
| fees which forms one great chain OF
| political strength, each candidate
| constituting one link in the chain
And they realize that no chain can be
stronger than the weakest link In It.
In this, they are right, and are con
sidering and planning wisely.
Congressman John NJ. Morehead
was In Charlotte, but not in the meet
ing of the committee; c. F. McKes
son was made temporary chairman
and c. A. Jonas secretary. Speeches
were made by Newell, Jonas, De
Priest, and others.
| They decided to hold the conyen
tion in Shelby on May 18th. Resolu
tions were passed that indicate thrift
and progress. Will enlarge on thii
In Tuesdays issue.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
RICHMOND POSTOFFICE ROBBED
Thieves Make a Haul Of $50, 1000 In
Stamps--Inspectors at Work on
the Case.

Thieves Make Haul of $50, 900 In
Stamps-InspectOrs at Work on
the Case.
Richmond, Va, March 28.-Com-
bining the skill of experts with the
| simplest of methods, thieves last
night or early this morning robbed
the vault in the Office of the cashier
at the Richmond postoftice OF stamps
estimated to be worth about $85, 900
and incidentally carried off $50 In
cash belonging to the payroll fund.
For audacity the feat was almost
without parallel. certainly in this
part of the country. The robbers
| could hardly have chosen more pub
| lie place in which to operate. They
were within less than fifteen feet OF
one of the main thoroughfares Of the
city, which is at all hours of the night
brightly lighted.
Box after box Of stamps was re-
moved from the vault. One man
could not possibly have carried all
away, nor could half a dozen men.
The probabilities are that some sort
of vehicle was used to bear off the
booty.
Secret Service men from Washing.
ton, under the direction Of District
Inspector Harrison. have been on the
case all day, assisted by the city po.
lice, and it is understood that there
is a clue tonight which may lead te
an arrest or several arrests at al
Later-A New York dispatch
states that the two men were arrest
ed and $4,000 worth of stamps re.
covered
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
MURDER AT BATEsBURG, S. c.
Merchant Shot and Killed by City
Electrician Yesterday.

Batesburg, S. c.. March 26.-Clin-
ton Rhoden. a merchant of this place
was shot and instantly killed on the
principal street here this afternoon
by W. B. Glenn. city electrician
Glenn then fred three bullets into
Rhoden's body. There has been bad
feeling between the two men fol
some time.
Glenn who claims self-defense, sur
rendered and was locked up.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
Gen. W. p. Roberts Passes.

Norfolk, Va, March 27.-General
w. P. Roberts, of Gatesville, y. G..
who bore the distinction OF being the
youngest Brigadier-General in the
Confederate Army, died here to-day
as the result of a fractured hip sus-
tanned in a fall at his home recently
General Roberts, who was sixty-nine
years old, commanded brigade In
the Southern army when he was %
years old. The body will bs sent TO
his home in North Carolina for inter
ment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
MT. ETNA IN ERUPTION.

Italian Volcano Again Active and
Fears Entertained-New Crater
For1med-MaHy Towns in Danger.
Catania, March 25.-Mount Etna,
the grandest of Europeans volcanoes
as well as one of the most destruc-
tive, is bursting forth in eruptions
again, much to the terror of the ma
tives. A new crater at Volta st. Gia-
como, between Albaneilli and Cas-
tello, has opened and lava and smoke
have been rolling forth for week
past. More than two score earth
quake shocks have been recorded
within the past week, and the obser-
vatory has sent out warning tina,
greater and more eruptions may bs
expected within the next ten days.
| dozen towns along the coast are il
danger, and the horrors of 1852
1853, 1892, and of a year ago, ar
causing the residents to make ever
preparation for flight The lates
) cablegrams indicate very serious cor
sequences within q very short periot
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
Killed After Bctug Ikobbs,d.

Spencer. y G.. March .s James
Martin Mas shot 10 death il Lake
Vile Alley yesterday by = coal miner
who. II is said. had robbed him ot his
money and Wlth whom h- had hard
nst night The miner 4z said 20 have
lost Ia the fight and 70 have whipped
out a revolver. shooting the North
CaroliniAn 10 death
Martins body Was brought 10 Cold
Hill for intermeat today lie leaves
a wife and four children
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
LAST OF The NEW BEEN ALDEh'
MANIC CASES
q Williams Adjadged euiltI' But
n. Also Takes an APPeaI.

xew Bern. =. c. March zf---lh hlS
..,a-,oon Judge G. 5 Ferguson
harded down his decision In the case
- eugene II. Williams, city aiaet-
ar charged with buying ana sell
tna - the city. Judge Ferguson a0-
fgdged the defendant guilty. aha
Cd him one dollar and the costs Of
the case 80 ,hs
The defendant appealed 10 'N'
Superior Court
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
DanviIle to Vote on Liquor Questions.

DaRvilie, Va. March 26.-Iudge
A. NJ. Aiken of the Corporation Court
to-day issued an order calling fer a
special election to be held On April
28th to determine whether the sale
OF liquor shall be licensed. The or
der was In response to petition
signed by SOC voters, constituting &
more than twice enough necessary to
assure the election.
DanviHe was voted dry two years
ago by forty-hse majority.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31

One of the New Bern aldermen
has been convicted Of graft. He is
a Democrat. but suppose he had been
a Republican. The "Old Reliable"
would have issued an extra red-head-
ed edition.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31

If the Congressman from the Sixth
North Carolina District devoted half
as much energy and time to his du-
ties as he does to obtaining renomi-
nation, what an excellent representa-
tive he would be.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31

If it is a Republican who seeks Of
flee it is a desire for ''pone" and
pie" If it is a Democrat, it is pa
triotism which means all the ex-
tfas. with pie" included
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31

A New Orleans man charged with
bigamy said that he forgot" that he
had a wife and seven children, That
mans memory is almost as bad as the
man who persistently votes the Dem
Ocratic ticket.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-03-31
No Problem at AL
creensboro News. ]

Greensboro SeWs.J
Tbs Charlotte Observer makes
"a no,nt. why sgitate for a re-
auction Of prices. Why not raiSe -.
,,-s s,ock and make money!" Wei
"a - hpt what are you going TO DO
~i,h = thick-hsaded Democrat tha' =
aood idea cant penetrate!