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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
COTTON CROP SHOWS GOOD
Crop is Now in the Best State Of
Promise Of the Season.

Memphis, Tenn.-Unfavora re-
ports come from Texas and Northern
and Central Georgia. Elsewhere with
local exceptions the crop Is now in
the best state of promise of the sea-
son. The August fruitage has been
heavy and the plant is thrifty and
growing In Oklahoma. with an aver
age or late frost, the largest crop with
IN a number of years vii be harvested.
No shedding is reported except in
the dry districts as above The bolls
on the plant are still young and con-
tinued favorable weather is needed
for their proper development, while
the general lateness makes a late
frost very desirable.
Reports show that Texas had no
general rainfall during the week and
that deterioration of the crop has been
checked over a limited and scattered
territory, comprised mainly of the
lower Panhandle and Northern and ex-
IRENE Western Central Texas. The
heavy movement in the south and
southwest is the result Of rapid and
premature opening of bolls.
Boil weevils have destroyed consid-
cradle cotton in Louisiana and South
ern Mississippi. but elsewhere have
not been an important factor with
the crOD
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
TEDDY TALKS FARMING
CONSERVATION AND MORALS
REALLY ONE PROBLEM.
Cities Growth Only Evil, 1t Robs the
Rural Districts of Good Citizens.
Speech Before Changers

Utica, y. Y.-Theodore Roosevelt
Tuesday afternoon delivered the first
address of his Western tour at Sum
nit Park, this city. before large
gathering of grangers. He spoke as
follows:
There are no two public questions
of more vital Importance to the flu
ture of this country than the prob
lem of conservation and the problem
of the betterment of public life.
Moreover, these two problems are
really interdependent, for neither OF
them can be successfully solved save
on condition that there is at least a
measurable success in the effort TO
solve the other.
"AIl our industrial and commercial
welfare, all our material development
of every kind, depends in the last re-
sort upon our preserving and increas-
ing the fertility of the soil. This, of
course, means the conservation of the
soil as the great natural resource /;
and, equally, of course. it furthermore
implies the development of the coun-
try life, for there can not be a per
manent Improvement of the soil if the
life of those who live on it. and make
their living out of it, is suffered TO
starye and languish, to become stunt
ed. and weakened and inferior to the
type of life lived elsewhere.
NO nation can develop a real civil
lization without cities Up to a GER
tain point the city movement is thor
oughly healthy, yet it is a strange and
lamentable fact that always hitherto
after this point has been reached the
city has tended to develop at the ex-
pense of the country by draining the
country of what is best in it, and max
ing an insignificant return for this
best. In consequence, in the past
every civilization in its later stages
has tended really to witness those
conditions under which the cities
prosper and the men decay"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
2EAllARoUND
AZ bsFIOUSE

II hooks for the bathroom. kitchen
and pantry are dipped I'm enamel paint
there will be no trouble from iron
rust
Having several pairs of shoes and
never wearing the same pair more
than one or two days at time Will
rest the leather and make it last bet
ter
Chamois leather should be washed,
rinsed in soapsuds-not In clean wa
ter. Treated thus il will keep it's
original softness.
Any dish that has held dough, milk.
cream or eggs should be rinsed in cold
water before being placed I'm hot wa
ter. as hot water tends TO cook such
things and make them moro difficult
TO remove.
Small glasses filled with Jelly Will
prove TO be very acceptable gifts
when Christmas time comes. When
making your own supply OF Jelly flll
a few little glasses of different favors,
put into prettily trimmed basket or
box will make a nice present for an
invalid friend
Save old kid gloves for ironing day.
Sew "A pad made from the left glove
on to the palm Of the right one, and
you will find your hand is saved from
becoming blistered, while the fingers
and the back of the hand will be pro
tected from the scorehing heat which
is SO damaging TO the skin.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
DEATH IN FOREST FIRES
HALF or THE CITY or WALLACE
IS DESTROYED.
Two Hundred Men Hemmed In BY the
Flames, and 20 Escaped BY
Standing in Water.

Missoula, Mont.-Mercilessly and
relentlessly the forest fires in West
ern Montana and Idaho are sweeping
over avast area, driving hundreds OF
fugitives before them, destroying
small settlements and wiping out of
existence millions of dollars worth OF
property.
The situation is more serious than
IL has ever been, except as 10 Wal
lace, Idaho, where il is believed that
nearly half of the city will be saved.
Elsewhere in the fire zone the situ-
alton has gone from bad TO worse. The
most serious incident is reported from
the ST. Coe country. where $50 men
engaged in the forestry service are
missing, and ii is feared they have
been burned TO death.
When the fire approached the camp
where there were 200 men. two of
the fighters took a horse. and riding
the animal To death. rode from the
camp and ordered a rescue party
which penetrated the fire TO Bird
Greek.
Eighteen OF the men were found in
the water. where they had gone for
safety and they were unframed.
From the remaining $50 men no
word has been received. 4 relief train,
well equipped with pack animals. has
been ordered, carrying provisions and
hospital supplies. and will endeavor 10
get through the fire. About a thou
sand refugees have been brought into
Missoula. There is much distress
among them. but their wants are be
ing supplied by Missoula people
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
200 DIE IN FOREST FIRE
SNOW AND TRANSFORMS oUENcH
THE FLAMES.
Wholesale Loss Of Life Occurred
When Men Were Striving
to Check Flames.

Spokane. Wash.-It is believed that
more than 200 persons, nearly all fire
fighters, persisted in the Idaho forest
fires.
Superintendent Weigle of the Couer
d'Alene national forest after receiving
many reports of disaster to various
parties of his COO employees, posted
a bulletin Wednesday in his office at
Wallace announcing the death of ia
of the men and also stated his grave
concern for the safety of Ranger Jos.
3. Hahn and seventy-four men who
were surrounded by fire in the for
est on the big fork of the Couer
d'Alene river, where another party
lost thirteen men,
The charred bodies of twenty-five
fighters were found on Setser creek in
the ST. Joe country.
Two burned Japanese dragged them
selves TO Avery, Idaho, and told of
the death of ten of their companions
The twelve men, employees of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound rail-
road, had gone out to fight fire and
had been surrounded by flames, only
two escaping death.
The number of deaths in the state
OF Washington was reduced to three,
all in the PERI dOreille Valley near
Newport One of these victims, Mrs.
Ernest Deinhardt, wife of a rancher,
was the only woman known TO have
been burned to death in any OF the
fires.
The wholesale loss of life occurred
when great bodies of men were striv-
ing to check the flames.
The names of many of the dead will
never be known.
The rangers employed all the able
bodied men they could press into SER
vice. When the groups of fire fight
ers were overwhelmed the camps were
also destroyed. the clothes were
burned off the bodies of the men ana
the bodies of the dead We're often so
charred that searchers stepped on
them, thinking they were pieces of
burned logs The fire obliterated the
trails and the burned country is diff
ficult to go through because of fallen
trees
In Montana rain and snow fell,
checking the flames
No one ventures to estimate the
financial loss, for the extent of the
burned area is not fully known. A
pine tree. centuries old, has a value
beyond the lumber il contains. and
the national forests have lost many
of the finest trees they possessed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
JACKSON.
PEANUT RAISING PROFITABLE.
Crop More Valuable in Yield Than
Cotton Gro~ing-Average Price
Probably 81 Bushci.

Peanut raising in Mississippi is an
established industry, according TO Mr.
c. u. Dahlgren OF Gloster, and is a
more valuable crop than cotton. Land
that will yield an average OF SIS an
acre in cotton will produce % per cent
more in peanuts, while the cost OF cul-
t:vating and gathering the crop is %
per cent less than cotton
When the boil weevil infested that
part OF the state near Summit and
Gloster. the merchants and farmers
began 10 look around for a substitute
crop. Mr.. e. II. Barney, president,
and Mr. c. L. Dahlgren. manager, of
the Gloster cotton seed oil mill, fig
ured on a crop that would furnish
them with raw material. with the re-
suit that a large area has been plant
ed in peanuts.
While the crop has not been har-
vested. experiments have been made
which show that the land will yield
from 80 10 100 bushels of peanuts to
the acre A minimum price of IS
cents will be paid for the entire crop.
but as the demand for peanuts is
greater than the supply for eating, it
is believed the average price will be
close to 81 bushel. AT 10 cents a
bushel peanuts will bring better re-
turns than cotton, as the meal can
be used for stock feed, but at 81 a
bushel the financial returns will ex-
coed cotton by a large margin. 1t is
estimated that the average yield to
the acre will be close to so bushels,
which, at 10 cents, will be $50 an
acre.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP SHIP
Accomplish Caught Trying to Take
Possession of Engine.

San Francisco, Cal.-With her cap
tain dead in his cabin, and bringing a
tale of piracy unparalleled in modern
seafaring annals. the steamship Buck
man arrived in this port George Wash
ington Wise. one of two buccaneers,
has confessed that he and French
West planned 10 murder the officers
and crew of the steamship before
Bleaching her
Heavily armed and equipped with
cords to be used in tying up the ''owl
watch" the two modern pirates in
vaded the bridge at midnight, entered
the wheelhouse and compelled Second
Officer Frederick Plath and Quarter
master Otto Kohlmeister, who was at
the wheel, TO throw up their hands.
Chief Engineer John Callfas ran to
the bridge, where he was met with a
command TO throw up his hands. Call
fas jumped over the bridge through
the skylight into the gallery. West
went in pursuit, and the men whom
he had guarded fed in all directions.
At this juncture Watchman Wilson APP
peared on the scene with a revolver.
He snapped the weapon at Wise, bur
IL failed to explode. This was enough
for Wise, and he fed, only to meet
his partner, who, at the point of his
shotgun, ordered him 70 cut the wire
less connections.
West began TO shoot wherever a
head appeared. Finally. a splash was
heard. and - is believed that West
jumped overheard Wise was after
ward discovered in hiding
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Helps for the iousekeeper

Green blinds that have become
faded may be renewed by rubbing
them with rag saturated with lin
seed oil
To attain a good glaze on linen II is
necessary for It TO be damp. for tho
iron TO be hot and for great pressure
10 be used.
To clean carved ivory make a paste
of sawdust damped with water and a
few drops of lemon juice; lay IL
thickly on the carving. Let this dry
thoroughly. and then brush Il of with
a dry cloth.
When washing glassware do not put
II in hot water bottom first. as IL
will be liable 20 crack from sudden
expansion. Even delicate glass can
be safely washed in very hot water
if slipped in edgewise.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
TAFT ENTERS DENIAL
POSITION WAS "HANDS OFF" NEW
YORK SITUATION.
Flags Members of the "Oid Guard
Whom He Accuses of Trying
TO Stir Up Discord.

New York.-President Taft has re
pudiated Vice-President Sherman, his
first lieutenant in the national admin
istration, as well as other Republican
leaders in New York state, who as
sisted in the defeat of Theodore Roose-
welt for temporary chairman of the
Republican state convention to be
held in Saratoga next month.
This complete reputation came in
remarkable letter from President Taft
dated at Beverly. Mass. his summer
home. TO Lloyd c. Griscom, president
of the New York Republican county
organization. who proposed Colonel
Roosevelt for temporary chairman OF
the convention and who was subse
quently defeated
All of the Republican bosses who
aided the vice-president in defeating
Colonel Roosevelt are not only repu-
dated by the president, but are like
wise charged with double dealing.
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the state committee, VINO was most
bitter in his denunciatiOn of Colonel
Roosevelt and loud in his statements
that he had the backing of the presi-
dent, is reported TO be camping in the
Adirondacks.
To make his charge of double deal
ing against VicePresident Sherman
sufficiently strong, President Taft says
Mr. Sherman talked the situation in
New York state over with him over
the long distance telephone the day
before the meeting of the state com.
mittee, and urged that Senator Root
be named as temporary chairman OF
the state convention.
President Taft adds that he pro
tested against the use of Senator
Roots name and "peremptOrily de-
clined TO be drawn into a fight on Mr..
Roosevelt" He adds that he had no
knowledge whatever that Vice-Presi-
dent Sherman was a candidate until
he read of the result of the meeting
of the committee i'm the newspapers.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
NATIONWIDE PRIMARY LAW
Cummins Will Introduce Such Meas
ure in the Senate.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Asserting as a
reason the fact that the nominations
for president and vice-president may
be and actually have been determined
by the vote of delegates from states
which cast practically no vote for the
party ticket and never elected the
party electoral ticket, Senator Albert
b. Cummins declared his intention of
Introducing in the senate a bill pro-
viding for the enactment Of nation
wide primary law.
Senator Cummins points to the diff
Guilty of making any change in the
method of procedure in national con-
ventions relative to the basis of the
representations and declares that if
congress does not act within a reason
able time upon his national primary
bill. he will propose a law regulating
national party conventions making the
basis of representation the party vote
instead of population.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Plan for Draining Delta.

Governor Noel mas received report
from Maj +. G.. Dabney, chief engip-
eer of the Tallahatchie drainage com
mission, showing the modified plans
that have been adopted by the body
for the carrying out of that gigantic
enterprise to reclaim swamp and over
flowed lands in the Delta.
The original plan Of the commission
was to perfect the Coldwater diver
sion, build the Tallahatchie reservoir,
and clean out the channels of the vari-
Gus bayous, at a total cost of 1929
600 The commission has adopted as
its modified plan only two of the orig
inal items. the Coldwater diversion
and cleaning out the channels, which
Maj. Dabney estimates will cost So
$4,000, or an average of s4.14 per
acre.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
MOSS EXPECTS HALF A CROP.
Government Expert Tours Fields In
South Mississippi.

District Agent 3. l.. Moss. Of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstrative
Work, has, during the past two weeks,
covered a large part OF the boil weevil
area of South Mississippi, and has the
following to say relative to crop con-
ditions in his section:
"A careful inspection OF cotton fields
along the Illinois Central from jack
son TO the Louisiana line, indicated
that all of this territory viii, in all
probability, produce better than half
d crop of cotton, despite the adverse
influences that have affected it. This
view is shared by most of the local
crop authorities, who have closely
watched conditions. A severe freeze
the last of April ruined all chances of
a very large crop and the result of
this, coupled with a reduced acreage,
an almost unprecedented wet spell,
and the ravages of the weevil, will
necessarily mean a small crop.
Reports from the southwestern
part of the state, where the destruc-
ton was almost complete last year, in
dictate from 50 to so per cent of a nor
NAL crop on the acreage planted. Close
observers from these counties seem
agreed that the production per acre is
going TO be far greater than last year,
despite the bad season experienced.
I'm the territory adjacent to Jack
son the indications are for as good or
better crop than last year. The Wee
vii covers all of Kinds county, but over
the eastern half the infestation is COM
paratively light, and this, with the Wig
orous war that has been made on the
pest, means a good crop. In the west
ern and southwestern part of the coun-
ty the weevil has been serious fac
tor, and only half a crop of slightly
better can be hoped for.
Without exception, wherever a hard
fight has been made against the Wee
vii, fairly good crops are the result.
The farmers and business men are
generally optimistic and are agreed
that with anything like normal sea-
son and by a close adherence TO cultu-
raj methods, good crops can be grown.
In fact, this has been abundantly prov
en- this year. This spirit of hoperui-
ness is fortified by the biggest corn
crop ever produced in South Missis-
sippi and by the presence of plenty of
good hogs on nearly every farm.
THE community that buys meat and
corn next year win be the exception.
1t is, in fact, not improbable that some
counties will export rather than i'm.
port these commodities
What Mr.. Moss has observed and
which he gives expression to in the
above interview has been noted quite
generally by other observant men who
have been over the interior and stud
led the situation at close range, AMI
whether there be slump in cotton
there will be a decided increase in hog
and hominy.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
RAILROADS SHOW GAINS.
Illinois Central, Y. G. M. " and G. &
S. |. Report.

The quarterly reports of three of the
most important and best-paying rail
road systems in the state, just receiv-
ed, carry some rather interesting sta
tistics. The trio alluded TO are the
Gulf and Ship Island, Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley and the Illinois Central
systems. which cover large proper
ton of the railway mileage IN the
state and all sections.
The statement received from the
Gulf and Ship Island shows the re-
ceipts from transportation revenue to
have been s473, 540.S9, while miscella-
neous revenue amounted to SS,277.14.
The operating expenses, taxes and mis-
amounted TO $50, 1927, leaving a net
revenue balance of S171 ,630.76,.
The report from the Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley shows a decided pick
up in revenue. There was a total for
transportation of passengers and mer-
chandise OF s2.25S, 279.0S, with an ad-
ditional S25,06494 for miscellaneous
revenue. which gives a gross income
account of S2.2S3,3440E, which was an
increase of over a quarter of a million
above the same quarter of 1909. The
report of the Illinois Central shows
the largest volume or business, and
while there was a balance TO credit
account slight increase in that re-
spect is shown compared with the
quarter ended June 80, 1909 There
was received for transportation the
sum of s3,50S .64696, and incidental
revenue of s29. oS9S3. giving a gross
revenue account of 1887. 1863. The
total for operating expenses and taxes
amounted 10 s2.7S3, 1852. which left
net revenue account of s754.571. The
same balance in 1909 was $3.50. S3S. II.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
TWO GOOD CAKE RECIPES
Ctr ped Cakes and Small Cakes Good
Enough 70 Tempt Most faded
Appetite.

Striped Cake.-Whte Part-One
half cupfu1 butter. one cupful sugar.
one-half cupful sweet milk. two cup
fuls -four I'm which is sifted two tea
spoonfuls baking powder. whites OF
three eggs.
Dark Part.-One cupful brown
sugar. one tablespoonful molasses.
one-half cupful butter. one-half cup
full sour milk I'm which dissolve one
half teaspoonful soda. two cupfuls OF
-four. one tablespoonful of cinnamon
and allspice. Drop a spoonful OF
each kind in a well creased cake dish.
first tho light part. then the dark. al
ternately. Try TO drop IL so that the
cake shall be well streaked through.
so that IL has the appearance OF a
striped cake.
Small Gladstone pint OF New Or
leans molasses. one pound brown
sugar. one tablespoon OF melted but
ter. two tablespoons OF soda. one-half
cup OF sour milk. one-half teaspoon
each OF cinnamon. cloves and allspice,
one nutmeg. pinch of mace, and one
grated orange and lemon; -four 10
make a stiff dough. Mix the ingre-
dents the night before and in the
morning roll out thin and cut in OBJ
long; add more -four If needed. rs
some -four differs.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
MRS, CUDAHY GIVEN DIVORCE
"IncompatabiIity of Temper" the
Ground Alleged.

Kansas City. Mo.-Upon her testi-
mony of incompatability. supported by
the testimony of her maid, Elizabeth
Johnson, Mrs. Edna Cowin-Cudahy on
Tuesday afternoon got a divorce from
Jack Cudahy, son of the millionaire
Chicago packer. The case was hur-
ried through and but few people in
the court room knew that one of the
most sensational domestic scandals in
social Kansas City had reached its eli
max.
The court proceedings lasted just
ten minutes. No reference was made
to the affair at the Cudahy home sew
eral months ago when Jack Cudahy
slashed Jere s. Lillis, banker. with
q knife
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Noted Physician Dead.

Atlanta, Ga.-Dr. Albert Wellborn
Calhoun, well known throughout the
South as a physician and oculist, died
at his home here today, after an i'll
ness of several months. After serving
throughout the Civil War in the ranks
Of the Confederacy, DR.. Calhoun began
the study of medicine in this county
and then spent three years in Vienna
and Berlin, studying diseases Of the
eye, ear. nose and throat For forty
years he practiced his profession in
Atlanta and his patronage was drawn
from every Southern state.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
WILL FIGHT LUMBER TARIFFS
Lumbermen Protest Against Increased
Freight Rates.

st. Louis, Mo-What may become a
nationwide fight against increases in
freight rates an agitation by carrier
officials was started at conference
of nearly geo Southern lumbermen
here. They assembled to protest
against the action of trunk line rail-
roads in cutting them off from divi-
sions of rates that have heretofore
been IN effect.
Luther NJ. Walter of Chicago. an at
torney for the interstate commerce
commission, advised the lumbermen
to begin an organized movement, TAX
ing their cases before the interstate
commerce commission and asking that
the new tariffs, which will go into eff
feet September "a, be held up pending
further investigation.