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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08
ABUNDANCE OF. INFORMING
 MATERIAL FURNISHED FREE BY kCRICULT LTURAL DEPRT. Things Which Every Producer and Every Consumer should Know Are Con-
 tained in the Annual Report of
 the Secretary of Agriculture

all the States along lines of greatest necessity.
 Our systems of renting land are faulty and result in soil robbing; where the renter can not provide do- mestic animals. the owner should ar range to furnish them, so that rota- tion of crops may be had, and hay and grains may be fed on the farm.
 Irrigation will bring maximum crops while the land is new and full of plant food; but where the crops are sold year by year irrigation will not of itself assure good results.
 Alaska will some day provide farm CTS in lower attitudes with grain seeds superior to what they can grow at home.
 The corn crop is moving northward by seed selection.
 The Southern farm boy is showing the way to grow more of all crops on an acre.
 Eudcate the farmers boy toward a more valuable life on the farm
 Uplift the farm home through the education of the farmers daughter to- ward greater usefulness and attrac- tiveness in the farm home. Save all the liquid fertilizers on the farm, in cisterns, to be applied where crops are to grow; this will recover the greatest farm waste of our times. There is great promise in the fact i that whole classes of graduates of ag- ricultural colleges go back to the farms. having learned how to make them profitable.
 | Our foresters are learning by experi- me1ts how to reforest 30,000 acres in a year; 10 times as much must be plant ed annually to cover all the bare acres In a generation. It will be done
 There should be publicity regarding the cold storage of foods, through monthly reports to some Federal au- thority that would give them to the press, to the end that the people might know to what extent foods were
 being withdrawn from consumption.
 CROP PRODUCTION AND VALUE In the discussion of crop production and values the Secretary states that the climatic conditions of the early part of the growing season of 1911 were adverse to agriculture through out the country east of the Rocky Mountains in a degree that exceeds all krecords. For period of SO days, be- ginning early in May, a series of hot waves of marked severity so early in rapid succession, and the Weather Bureau is quoted as declaring that 1t 1 is probable that during no previous | similar period of 60 days has the tenn perature been so continuously ana 1 largely above the average over so ex- tenSlVe reSlOn In the last halI ceH- tury. At the same time there was a l large deficiency of rainfall that added l to the crop damage
 The Secretary declares that while | the total values of the crops of 1911 are not so high as in 1910, there is great abundance for all purposes. | For the first time in many years the total value of farm products has de- clined from that of the preceding year. | The estimate for 1911 is based on the census items, and is $8,417, ,000, 900, or | $277, ,e00, 900 under the total for 1910. l The loss is chargeable to the general
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08

The fifteenth annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. made public today, begins with a series of short paragraphs of much national import ance. They are reprinted below:
 BRIEF COMMENTS
 When the cattle-fever tick is. de- stroyed in the Southern States the country will get much more meat from that section, and the producing of it will build up the farms there. The hog-cholera serum developed in this department is successful where 1t is properly made and applied.
 Would 1t be asking too much of our universities to have them educate more plant pathologists and road engin- eers?
 Every country in the world that has diseased plants that can not be sold at home can ship them to us. This re- suits in great loss. The chestnut dis ease here is an illustration.
 After years of experimentation we find we can grow Egyptian cotton in southern California and bulbs in the State of Washington.
 The finest dates from the Sahara Desert succeed in our Southwest.
 No seed is sent out from this depart ment without being tested for germin- alton condition.
 The schools want more of Nour pub
  Seven hundred and fifty million dol lars is the best estimate for poultry products this year. 2 The day is not far distant when we will cease to import potash.
 A serious pest in the South is the crayfish; carbon bisulphid Is a sure remedy.
 We are sending explorers to the ends of the earth for new plants-and get ting them.
 The phosphates are abundant in our country for all possible uses Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Idaho may be mentioned as Repositories.
 If good roads from the producer to the consumer were general, the bene- fits to both would be considerable. When a foreign insect invades, our scientists seek its enemy where it came from. The natural enemy of the boil weevil was an ant that could not endure our winters, but the native ant is getting busy.
 The experiment stations Of the sev- eral States are doing better work each succeeding year, the scientists are ma- turing, and the people are appreciat- ing. :. the best teacher; we had 60,000 of them at work last year.
 Six hundred thousand short tons of beet sugar were made last year in 67 factories There IS an estimated worlds shoratge of 1,600, 1000 long tons of sugar this year.
 The consumer pays dollar for food; !; the farmer gets less than fifty cents for it. Who gets the rest?
 All Government agencies that con- serve public health should be grouped together in one bureau.
 The Department of Agriculture has had success in the Southern States through object lessons in the fields, where the best Southern farmers in their counties were the instructors. This method should be organized in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08
Women's Section-
 Waist Department

Lingerie biouses.. 9Sc to $500 Tailored waists. .$2.OO to $5.9O French Voile blouses.
 .$3.95 to $t2.5O Dressy blouses. .$3.5O to $3O.OO Silk petticoats. .$2.8S to $iS.75 Halcyon petticoats. .9Sc to $2.OO Princess slips .$5.90 Women's coats sweaters. ....
 ............ .$S.5O to $15.00 Misses sweaters. .$2.5O to $1O.OO Golf vests ...... .$1.50 to $S.5O Skating sets, toque. scarf and
 huff ......... .$3.5O to $500 Children's combination sets
 sweater. leggins and cap $4.5O Wool house scarfs. ...... .$2.O0 Bradley mufflers ......... SOC Marabout scarfs $S.95 to $15.OO Marabout muffs. $3.95 to S7.50 Silk holiday scarfs from $1 up Lace collars. .25c to $10.00 Side frills ...... .25c to $10.O0 Jabors .25c to $3.05 French novelties. soc to $1.OO Embroidered linen collars. ..
 .... 2Sc and soc Stocks and reveres. SOC to S2.00 Collar and, cuff sets soc to $6.9O Leather wrist bags $1 to $12.5O Muskateer bags. .$2.OO to $15.OO Fancy face vei.s. .98c to $500 Veilings by the yard, in fancy
 mesh and chiffon 25c to S1 Chiffon made veils. .9Sc to $500 Chiffon auto bonnets ......
 ............ .$3.5O and $4.5O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08
Mems Section. '
 Mems Overcoats

We appear to be doing the overcoat business of the town, and it's not to be wondered at, when you 1earn that in variety. in volume and in value, our stocks so far outstrip anything of the kind in this section. Ev- cry style and color and cut you can possibly want is here.
 Fancy overcoats. Englishy Raglans, big double-breasted fellows, roomy ulstery gar ments, in shaggy and rough weaves-browns. tans, grays ga- olre. Dressy oxfords and black overcoats. too. $1o. $15. SIS, $25, $50. $35, 40.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08
Mems Fancy Suits

This is the home of good suits, all Meigs & Co. made and $500 to $500 better than the price. We venture to say that our values are not equalled any where, for we retail our own clothing at wholesale prices, and our enormous volume of busi- ness enables us to sell at seven lower than the usual whole salef's prices.
 Ample proof of all this is seen in our beautiful fancy suits, ev- cry one all wool, priced from s10 to $35. Not a style or color or weave you want that you can't find here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-08
Basement Shoe Section

MEMS SHOES.
 Patent leather shoes.
 ..... .$S.50 to $6.50 Tan shoes. .$4.OO to S6.50 Calf and kid shoes $500 to $5.5o Dull pumps $4.OO House slippers. .75c to $4.OO Hlgh-cut waterproof shoes
 .$4.50 to $500 Goodyear glove rubber boots
 ..............$ .$S.45 to $6.5O Gold Seal rubber boots. ....
 .$7.OO to $9.0O
 BOYS SHOES.
 Dress shoes. $2.O0 to $4.00 School shoes. ..-.$ .$1.25 to $3.5O High-cut waterproof shoes...
 ..............$3 $500 to $500 House slippers. .$1 .OO to $2.0O ; Patent leather pumps. ......
 .$1.5O and $2.OO Rubber boots. .$2.OO to $4.OO Pla-mate shoes. .$1.75 and S2.OO ~ Leggins. .75c to $2.50
 WoMEN's SHOES. Tan button and lace. .S3.5O to $500 Black suede shoes. $500 Patent leather shoes.
 ...............$ $500 to $500. Dull kid and calf $500 to $5.O0 Fancy house slippers.
 ........ .$1.25 to $500 Felt and warm slippers ................5 soc to $2.OO
 GIRLS BOOTS. Jockey boots. -. .$3 .OO to S4.OO High-cut boots. .$2.OO to $3.5O Comfy slippers. .S5c to $1.5O LegginS 75c in @ m
The Hickman courier., 1911-12-14
Special Gift Boxes

Special Gift Boxes
for all our Neckwear, Suspen-
ders, Hosiery. Gloves. Hand
kerchiefs. etc., make the gifts
attractive.
Silk Neck Scarfs
are sensible, serviceable and
beautiful. $l.00 to $500
Bath Robes
and Lounging Robes make ex-
cellent gifts. Ours are very
attractive this year.
$3.50 to $500
Hosiery
An immense line of good
socks in all the shades one can
imagine, priced 25c to 100
Fancy Vests
are very much liked by most
men and they always long for
another one.
Umbrellas
make an attractive gift--they
are useful and certain to be
appreciated.
Fine Winter Caps
in stylish shapes and shades
made to keep head and ears
real warm. SOC to 300
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07
Proceedings in Recorders Court.
Nov. through Nov. &.

Nov. through Nov. q.
Herbert llinson. Whit. viola.
ton of ordinances 10 and n
Costs.
l.. a. Honeycutt and I. h. La
ney, assault and battery; Honey
cutt 50 and costs, Laney. costs.
Geo. Carelock, col. larceny of
gallon of oil from the city of
Monroe, I months ON roads.
Sam Montgomery, white, vio-
lation ordinance 76 costs.
WEI Green, colorel, vagrancy.
30 days on roads.
Gus Belk. white, carrying con
cealed weapons. 60 days onroads.
Appeals.
Hugh Caudle, colored. assault
with deadly weapon. 81 and cost.
Wincey Smith. committed to
Jail 10 days for failure to pay
costs in a recent ease against her.
David Bradley, white. viola
tlon of ordinance 10. costs.
Dave Parker, colored. larceny
Of chickens from James Leonard.
mol pros. The evidence failed to
show that Dave stole the chick
ems. He was also charged with
stealing watermelons from J. f..
Moore and failed to come off so
lightly, But the Recorder took
Judicial notice of the negro S
weakness for watermelons and so
said that 60 days was enough.
The warrant was changed to ford
bile trespass.
Mae Foard,white, violation of
ordinance 76. costs.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07
News in Indnan Trail Vicinity.

Correspondence OF The Journal
The late cotton is very good.
The corn crop is also very good.
Mr.. j.. ID. Helms will make about
500 bushels of corn this year. He
also raises fine stock in connee-
ton with his farm and Is an all
round progressive farmer.
There was an election held al
the new Union Grove school
house. d.Strie, II. for special
school tax. on the 18th inst. and
the proposition carried almost 10
Il man.
Rev. Mr.. Gillespie of Charlotte
will begin a series of meetings
II Emanuel church next Satur-
day. There will be preaching
Saturday evening. Sunday at II
a. m. and night. also the follow
ing week.
Mr.. Henry Robinson and sister,
Miss F'lossy. of Hugo. oklahoma.
are visiting relatives in and "a
round Indian Trail.
The railroad has built new
cotton platform at this place.
Mr.. f.. b. Rowell. who has been
in the standing army for the past
three years. has come home on a
visit, and says he likes the army
fine and expects to return in a
short time.
Mr.. G. b. Hagler has made an
other big land deal. He has pur-
chased a 200-acre tract Of we'll
timbered land ON the Monroe
and Concord road. He expects
To begi nworking up the timber
and developing up the land at
once.
Regardless of the short crops
and hard times. the congregation
of the NJ. +. church here has
paid their pastor. Rev. Mr.. Sher-
rell, in full and about $50 or $40
to the good. Brother SherrellI
has done a fine wears work here
and the church hopes that con
ference will send him back
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07
Last Notice.

The wheels of law and judg-
ment will begin to grind out what
YOU owe us tomorrow. November
LIST. 1t may hit you first, we
don't know, but il will surely
strike YOU sooner or later if you
don't beat time and settle your
account, note, etc, before the
law reaches you. This is no
ehild's play. 1t is business to
the core. No snap judgment, it S
a fair notice. If YOU owe ms any
money you have had due and am
pie notice to settle up. We have
notified You by letter in person
or through the newspapers, what
better time or notice can we give
you. Promises don't go anywhere
with us as they don't pay debts.
We are sorry cotton is so low, but
we cant help. Don't come to
see about your account expect
ing to beat time; it will take the
hard cash to satisfy us. You
know we have gone out A. the
mercantile business and it is un-
just and unreasonable for YOU to
expect us to carry YOU any fur
Their, for we cannot do it. Our
old business must be wound up,
so come before the officer rides
up to your door and settle We
believe You intend to pay us some
time. Now is the accepted and
expected time. Now we have
had our say, what will be your
answer. We cant tell, but we
think our lawyer will find out.
Yours truly,
McRae Mercantile Co.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07
CONTINUE TO ACT WISELY.

A great effort was made on
the farms this year, but the har-
YES; i Disappointing. The Bank
Of Union tried TO do as much
good as possible and backed up
every honest effort, but all our
efforts could not make perfect
crops and we cannot regulate
prices locally to suit our condi-
tions. Nevertheless, farmers. as
well as others. should deposit ev-
cry dollar possible in bank, not
onl, as a means Of economy, but
in order TO have perfect rec
ord of everything paid ont. In
these days merchants. creditors
and people generally prefer
checks to cash and il is mach
more easy on rarcr To pay the
exact amount desired. If II { al
ready doing business IT the Bank
of Union, il will be 4 msve in
the right direction 10 open an
account there. You cannot find
better accommodations. mere ia
eilities or greater safety. Expe-
rienee has demonstrated these
facts beyond controversy. More
over, your business is appsecia-
ted at this bank. You in your
personal and business affairs re-
eeive the utmost sympathy, atten-
ton and protection. Accept the
invitation thus offered and YOU
will never regret the business
connection thus formed.-Adv.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07
ChrySanthenurn
Show.
Nov. 10 and IL.

To be held in connection with the Bazaar
given by the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church, in the building formerly
used by c. N. Simpson, Jr, as drug store.
Send all flowers to be exhibited on the
the morning of Friday, 10th at 10 o'clock.
Miss Katie Farley requests the children
who have geraniums for exhibition to bring
them to the building Thursday afternoon,
the ninth of November.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07

Everything in this world is OF
some use. although some Of the
inhabitants seem to he the ex-
ception TO the rule.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07

j. W. Copeland, Of Dayton, Ohio, pur.
chased bottle Of Chamberlsins Cough
Remedy for his boy who had cold, and be-
fore the bottle was all used the boys cold
was gone. 1s that not better than to pay a
five dollar doctors bili Sold BY all dealers.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07

Sick headache is caused hy disordeed
stomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and
correct that and the headaches will disap.
pear. For sale by all dealers.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07

There will be a heap more reli-
gion when ministers stop setting
their dogma on their brothers
cat-echiSm.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07

Illustrated song by Mr.. Henry
Farley at the Dixie tonight.
The Monroe journal., 1911-11-07

No man il SO worthless that he
cannot get a good man to recon-
mend him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-09
Free Remedy
Helps Children

MANY a mother has learned OF way
Of avoiding sickness in her family, es-
pecially among the children, by the
use of a free sample bottle OF the ia
nous laxative, DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. This offer Of the doctors to
send a free sample bottle has been re-
sponded to by thousands OF women
in all parts Of America.
This DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin is
truly wonderful laxative and especially
adapted to the needs OF Dapies ano
children because 1t Is pleasant 70 tasto
and no child will refuse It. Then, ~ y
mild and never griDes. 1t 10 all that
= chiId's remedy should be, though II ~
q rood laxative for the whole fanny
because IL IL effective at all ages ~
Il simply not dynamic like salts. PILE
and powerful cathartics, which snouio
NOT be given to children anyway
Nine times out Of ten when chlid
roynnIains and you don't know exactiy
What Is the matter with 1t. II needs
ia1ative-its boMles .s are t GOnS treublS.
Zone up the child and soon It VIII Dc
we'll aEain--over night wonderfuL re-
vu NH have been secured with Syrup
Pepsin. ....,.. -
atty cents or dollar q bottle, the ias az.
Ter being the family size. but you az az
invited to make test OF Il nrs o q! e w
%vesS todsv and he will send you free
Sample bottle direct to your home.
Then when satisfied buy 1t Of your raw
prite druggist.
Or. Caldwell does not feel that the
ourchase Of his remedy ends his opl-
ration. He has specialized In stomach 1ss.a;
liver and bowel diseases toF Is Uy Siye he
yeader any advice on the subject tree
~ cSarTe. All are welcome to write
him. Whether for the medical advIce
or the free sample address MIN Dr.
W. B. Caldwell. 81 Caldwell Upllolns'
Monticello, Ill. lat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-09
AlIBI WITNESSES GO TO JAIL
Called to Kansas to Help Bank Rob
bers, PerIured Themselves, and
Now Await Trial. ."

Topeka. Kan, Nov. Al. N. Dolleyr
state bank commissioner, proceeding
against the bank robbers that De
came so bold in this state the nrst
of the year that robberies were q
weekly occurrence has had almost as
much trouble in prosecuting them as
in taking them. They call on theiI
men and women pals in Kansas CITY
to come to the trials and prove an
alibi.
In Stafford when the robbers were
being tried they had three fnendi
from Kansas City to prove an aiiDi
But the alibi did not work. DolleS
brought witnesses to prove that TINS
men had been seen eating at
restaurant in Stafford on that date
The alibi witnesses were elappeu II
iall and are now awaiting a state &C
ton for perjury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-09
ABANDON SMALL ARMY POSTS
HIGHER BASIS OF EFFICIENCY
10 SOUGHT.
Hall Dozen Large Places TO Take
Care Of All Troops at
Less Expense.

Washington, Nov. S.-Secretary
|Stimson, In the forthcoming annual
report Of the War Department, is ex
pected to make some rather radical
recommendations concerning the or
Eanization of the army with o view
to putting on the highest possible
basis Of efficiency. One OF these
recommendations, 1t is said, Will be
that large number Of small posts
throughout the country, particularly
in the West, be abandoned as useless
and the military forces concentrated
in the large posts which are conve
nlent to quick transportation to any
part OF the country. A bill to this
effect is now before the house com
mittee on military affairs. 1t Is said.
The idea Of the secretary and the
higher officers of the army Is that
there should be a half dozen large
posts, like Fort Leavenworth' Fort
Riley, Fort Sam Houston, Tex, Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyo., or Fort Sill, Vk
where two or three brigades could De
chartered, the idea being to give Of
ficers regular practice in the hanl
ling of large bodies Of troops under
conditions approaching that OF actual
war.
The concentration Of troops IN
large posts not only will make jfol
increased efficiency in the service Pu'
will afford a considerable reduction
in the expense of the army. Whiie
1t would be necessary at the posts &c
be enlarged to spend several million
dollars for new quarters, this would
be Offset by the fact that, II the pres
ent small posts are not abandoned 9
large amount of money will be neces
sary to rebuild them. Most OF these
small posts, are old and the buildings
are in bad condition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-09
CHICAGO ROBBERS UP TO DATE
Backed Up Motor Truck to Store and
Talked to officer While Help
Ina Themselves.

Chicago, Nov. IA motor truck
has superseded the old-fashionec
drays with which thieves used to haul
away the loot Of Chicago robberles
A modern pair Of robbers backed .
motor truck up to building in the
wholesale clothing district here and
while the Waterman passed them re
peatedly visited the seventh floor anc
carried down silks valued at $1,000
Chatting pleasantly with the police
man on the beat, the driver Of ths
truck said the company was going tt
make deliveries at a suburb, which
accounted for the early start. Meth
er policeman nor Waterman suspected
a robber until members OF the firm
arrived.