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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-29

Des Moines, Ia.-Because she rode on
troll ey car from its first morning
rip to is last at night, and tried to
the same next day, an unknown
woman has been arrested as insane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-29

Music nightly mt The Atlas. Cab
aret Concerts-the latest Bridgeport
craze.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12

Captain E. A. Smythe's letter ask
: ing to be informed Of any long staple
cotton and stating that he would like
to have his mills use South Carolina
cotton if he can secure it, is along the
right line. II the mills will just CO.
operate with the farmers it will help
in many ways. Why import cotton
We can grow and then export wnat we
grow. Another thing might help: If
the mills that use our snort s7op1e
would just put the market IN the towns
in which they are located up so as to
induce the farmer to naul to this mar
ket instead of letting the farmer haus
to some other market. In many cases
this is done, the mills taking the cotton
from the other markets and paying
the freight, ,--
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12

Mayor Langford says he is going to
do some street paving and he is going
to do it now. We hope SO. When the
work starts it should be kept going
and it should be done under the direc-
ton of a good engineer SO that We
may not have any more patch work
and permanent wor1 without intelli-
gent foresight.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12

l.: We are Informed that the citizens
who live along the road from Newberry
to Kinards via Jalapa have agreed
TO furnish their teams and what
ever help is necessary if the county
supervisor will let them have the use
Of one of the scrapes, belonging to the
( county and one man to operate it, and
{ that they will furnish such teams anu
=, ,.as1p in order to clean out the bitches,
fill in the holes on the road from New
berry TO Kinards. This road, it will be
recalled, was put in good condition by
the supervisor about a year ago. It
has had practically no attention since
( and now needs attention, and if the
proposition is accepted, it will cost the
! county practically nothing and the
=, road can be put in fine condition in a
Very few days.
! We hope the supervisor may De able
to let. these good people have the use
of a scrape and a man to operate it
; while they are in position to furnish
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12
the teams and other help.

the teams and other help.
Supervisor Feag'e stated on Monday
that the people Of the Klnarcs road
could secure the scrape and a man tC
operate it by sending a team to his
camp just east Of Newberry at any
time.
Mr.. Geo. C. Glasgow was also seen
on Monday and SAID that the team
would go for the scrape at once SO
we may expect to have this road in
good condition this week.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12

The cotton seed market is as I'M
Dortant almost as the cotton market.
Lei our business men bear that IN
mind.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12
STATEMENT

Of the condition of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, located at Little
Mountain. S. c., at the close of Gusi-
ness September l, 1911.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12
Children's S School Caps

Case after case of boys and girls School
Caps just opened. You meyer saw such
pile of Caps in all your life. Bring the boys
and girls along and fit 'em up.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12
Mimnaugh's Trade
Winners.

The great under-priced bargain lots-fg-:
ure for yourself. -. ..=.
Two cases 36-inch Poe Mills Bleaching,
worth 8 1-3c, sale price,. -. %. ...-5c.
Five cases good heavy Fleeced Outing,
worth &c., at only. ........ ...4 3.4c.
Two cases Anderson Outing, worth and
sells elsewhere at 10c., here only. IS 1-Sc.
Five bales 40-inch Sea Island (1o yards
limiteO at only. -. -. %. SC.
Two cases Staple Apron Checked Cling
hams, worth &c., sale price,. 80. ....sc.
Three cases Cotton Flannel, worth 15c.,
special sale price,. 80. 80. 49,. .10c.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

II you did not eat three dozen bananas
last year, says Franklin Adams, in the
Bulletin of the Pan-American Union, you
did not have your share. Over 100000
punches, or more than 5000, 700 bananas
were imported into the United States In
1910 The immensity of this shipment can
be more readily grasped by the statement
that it would cover an area twenty feet
wide, reaching from New York to San
Francisco. or, placed end to end would
extend thirteen times around the earth
at the equator. The slip" in the peels
would launch the ships of the world.
The wholesale value of the 1910 importa-
ton, at point of export, was over $12,5OO,-
900, while in all probability the consum-
ing public of the United States expended
over SS5,OOOOOO for this deIectable fruit
During the past ten years the number
of bananas consumed in the United States
has more than doubled, and the increased
tropical acreage under cultivation assures
even more startling figures for the next
decade Many European countries are
importing. large quantities of bananas;
last year Great Britain consumed over
100000 worth, Germany, over $4,000
and France, S5OO,OOO.
An Important Food Factor,
With the worlds decreasing food sup
ply, and the wheat crop at a standstiil,
the banana comes forward as an impor-
tant factor in saving the day. One acre
with little labor will annually produce
1900 pounds of bananas, or more than
one and one-third times as much food
substance as an acre of corn, two and
one-third times as much as oats, almost
three times as much per acre as wheat and
potatoes, and four times as much as rye
The chemical composition of banana and
potato is almost identical.
Forty years ago there were very few
people in this country who could boast
of having seen a bunch of bananas.
The fruit was practically unknown
Now, in even the most remote country
store, this pride of the tropics is a
familiar sight
The red banana is not common in the
American markets. There is a reason"
In the United States it is used only to
dress" fancy baskets of fruit, but in the
tropical countries it is quite a favorite
The individual banana is large, but the
stalk does not carry as many hands"
as the yellow varieties so as it does not
bring as large a price to the grower and
wholesaler, its extensive cultivation is
not encouraged.
Banana Culture an Ancient Industry.
Banana culture is one of the oldest of
industries. 1t. has been known since
the origin of the human race. The ba-
mana was generally considered a native
of Southern Asia, and to have been car
ried into America by Europeans, until
Humboldt threw doubt upon its purely
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
LONDON MARKET WOMEN
~. HAVE GREAT STRENGTH

Many Londoners who know their city
well are often puzzled il they have oc-
casion to pass early in the morning the
Covent Garden Market Qondon's central
vegetable, fruit, and flower market). as
to the functions of number Of women
who are always to be seen there rush
ing around with baskets of flowers on
their heads. They are particularly capa-
BILE looking persons, and they are easily
recognized by a distinctive green plaid
shawl and large white apron they wear.
They appear perfectly at home in the
market, and the officials and porters
treat them with marked Difference.
Moreover, they have a distinct though
not very choice vocabulary. II hustled
or bothered by any one at all, they do
not exclaim. "Oh, dear me, how pro-
voking!" or tell the offending person
with a simper that '1t really doesn't
matter" If a stenographer, hardened
enough and able to write about a couple
of hundred words a minute. could be
found, then perhaps some sort of an
idea of these women's powers OF vi
tuperation and repartee might be con-
veyed to the reader, but not until then.
Their average weight must be about $50
pounds: 200 pounds is evidently not un-
common.
These women are portresses in the
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
More Than 3OO0,OoO,GOO of This Popu.
lar Fruit Imported Into This Country
Alone Last Year-How It Is
Grown and Cultivated.

Asiatic origin. quoting early authors who
asserted that the banana was cultivated
in America long before the conquest.
1t is claimed that at the time OF the
Incas in Peru, bananas formed one of
the staple foods of the natives of the
warm and temperate regions of the Mon
tana. In spite of the uncertainty as to
just which country may claim the fruit
as Indigenous, all tropical lands assert
their right to it.
The banana plant is practically i'm
mune from insect pests, and worm
eaten banana is unknown. The plant re-
quires a great deal of moisture and wfll
grow with wonderful rapidity under IA
yorable circumstances. In fact, the de-
velopment from a newly planted sucker
to the plant in full bearing is simply
short of marvellous.
Within a space OF six or seven weeks
the two Or three foot plant has more
than doubled in size, and a month or
so later the leaves cease to unfold and
a spike appears out of the center of
the crown. This is the future stalk of
the bunch and carries huge red bios
som at the end. 1t develops rapidly,
continually bending more and more, until
in a short time It has turned complete
ly upon ITSELF so that the bananas grow
end up, or in position the reverse of
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

English flower section OF the Covent
Garden Market. Ever since the Covent
Garden was a market it has been the
custom to employ women to do the por-
tering in connection with the sale Of
flowers. The buyers of flowers, as a rule,
have their vehicles some distance from
the salesroom-a huge bTick and glass
structure-and the women have the Job
of carrying their purchases to these
carts. They have big baskets similar to
those commonly used for clothes, and in
these on their heads they carry the
blooms
The fine shawls and aprons which all
the portresses wear are the gift of the
Duke and Duchess of Bedford. Each
year every one Of the women gets one
shawl and a couple Of aprons, and on
one or two occasions the duke and duch-
ess have entertained them at luncheon
Some of the men engaged in the market
also receive gifts OF uniforms from the
duke and duchess.
The Duke of Bedford's relations with
Covent Garden Market are very much
the same as those OF the medieval baron
would have been. He owns the market
and all the property adjoining II, and
he charges toll on every bit of pro-
duce that is brought into the market and
on every vehicle that stands IN It, With
out exaggeration, the only thing that you
can do in the market without the dukes
permission Is to walk across It.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Auto. suppIant Caravan.

"One by one, slowly, but none the less
surely" says letter from Russia, things
old and venerable are pushed aside, de-
stroyed or disregarded by trade progress
and other relentless instruments of
change. The latest is the attack on the
Asiatic caravan by means of which the
best tea has been brought from China,
packed in alright metallic canisters,
across the Great Cobb Desert OF Central
Asia to Russia, crossing en- route three
ranges of high mountainS This pictur-
esque transportation system will soon
give way before the automobile. A line
running at regular intervals has al
ready been established and two weeks
time is cut of, while the tea is better
because Of the shortened time Of ex-
posure"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

nels and brigadier generals and belittling
his seniors.
Now. the name of man when written
at the bottom of check or a promissory
note has certain projections in law. 1t
ought TO have the same safeguards. rights
and immanities when signed to letter
or telegram. II forge your name on a
check. go to jail. If, however. / am
your chief clerk or private, secretary,
am licensed by the loose custom of busi-
ness to attach your name TO any paper
not calling for money, and even for money,
I suppose, in some instances. where the
habit OF forgery has become an hourly
crime against sound principles.
bigger Than Cabinet officer.
THUS IN great corporations, and in the
government Of the country itself, we see
rule by proxy carried on by deception
and to the Injury Of all concerned. In
deed. the secretary to the President Of
the United States has more authority
than q member Of the Cabinet What I
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18


5000 men, and from 20 to 200 loco
motives. Below him are a number, of
operating officials with distinct titles.
such as assistant superintendent, division
engineer. traInmaster. master mechanic
chief dispatcher, and so on. Each of
these men is specialist. the baron OF
a hef. and is only incidentally interested
or concerned In the work of the rest
There Is a group Of officers, II is true,
but they have not been cemented into
q harmonious end workable stan Chang
ing the figure, each is the attorney for
himself
Going further ihto the details of CO.
operative control by present methods, let
as follow the division superintendent out
upon the road. His private car is at
tached to q train. That he has gone is
known at headquarters ana up and down
the line. Just the same. orders from the
once. bearing his name. continue TO cir
culate by telegraph and mail The chief
clerk you see. Is running the business
and q corporal. going to the army for an
analogous situation, is iastructing col
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
ROCK CRYSTAL HUNTERS
FACE MANY PERIL s DAILY

Of his dreams under an almost inaccessi-
BILE crag a short distance above.
He managed, after many hours OF
weary and dangerous work, to reach ths
spot, which was a deep recess in the
rock, and to his great delight found a
vein of quartz beneath which was a
fair-sized cave rich in splendid block Of
pure crystal. He used his hammer freely,
where, to mis- horror, there was a sudden
crash, and the larger portion Of the ledge
crashed into the abyss below. making
his descent apparently impossible
There was, fortunately, sufficient space
for him 20 lie down, and he had a good
sized loaf Of pumpernickel left; besides,
there was water trickIing down every
where, so he took courage and waited
for the following day He was i'm
prisoned for three days and nights,
orking ike beaver all the time 70
riG up some means Of escape. This he
finally accomplished b. fastening the
iron hook of his alpenstock at the end
Of his rope, which, lying on his stomach,
he swung around the corner of the rock,
trying to fasten it into scme crevice
Finally he succeeded and managed to
reach a small plateau below. Il don't
Believe in miracles" sni6 the old man,
but don't ask me how this was done,
for I cannot tell, and at first hardly
dared believe that I was saved When
sufficiently recovered, Nimber, with his
two sons, returned to the spot where the
treasure of the dream had been found
After cutting a safe path, they reached
this hidden cavern, which contained not
less than 400 pounds OF pure rock crystal
and other curious rare quartz forrna-
tions. 1t took some time to remove this
treasure. The old man, though, of
course, happy to have earned what for
him is fortune, is loath to speak of
the matter and has vowed never again
tc indulge in crystal hunting, which, he
says, in this case would be sacrilegious
after his miraculous escape.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

81
cut stalk, which contains great amount
OF sap. until fully ripe. Should the
cutting occur too soon, however, the fruit,
although turning yellow, will never 81
tain the perfect flavor.
With the cutting of the bunch ends the
lie or the plant, for 1t bears but once
and is usually cut down to obtain the
fruit.
How Fruit Is Handled.
There are now l25 vessels in the ba-
mana trade and by aid of steam appa-
ratus 10000 Bushels can be loaded and
slowed in ten hours The fruit was for
merly sold by the bunch. but now it is
handled by the hundredweight.
When a vessel arrives at an American
fruit wharf it is scarcely made fast be-
fore the work of discharging the cargo to
the ventilated cars commences. Every
bunch is recounted, regarded, and re-
inspected. Fruit that shows signs Of
ripening is reserved for nearby mar
kets. Fully ripe fruit is sold to deal
ers and peddlers in the city. In a few
hours the shipment has been discharged
and cleaned up.
After cargoes are discharged in the
United States solid trains OF banana
cars run as specials" every day in the
New Orleans to all of the large cities
OF. the country. Carloads are even ship
ped to Calgary, Canada, over 1000 miles
from New Orleans.
Banana Flour and Sugar.
To the average Northerner. the ba-
mana is but a fruit seldom eaten in any
other manner than raw, but in the trop-
les It is often baked or fried, forming
a most palatable food.
Banana flour makes very acceptable
cake and bread. The -four Is prepared
by. cutting the banana in pieces. drying,
and then grinding. 1t is difficult to make
the flour where the climate is both warm
and moist, but there are many elevated
and comparatively dry places, near rich
lowlands where the fruit may be dried
and ground, and thus preserved for long
distance shipment. Extensive banana
flour factories will ultimately be estab-
llshed in the principal banana-growing
sections, where the understood fruit Will
be converted into flour, or perhaps into
some new, and delicious breakfast food.
Banana flakes" may soon be with us.
When the bananas are placed in an in
closed barrel and allowed to ferment,
they will produce an excellent vinegar.
From the ripe fruit a delicious cordial
maica and banana coffee in British
Dried ripe bananas are superior
to figs. for when split into four slices
and thickly covered with powdered sugar
and exposed to the sun, they turn to
jelly-like confection. Dried bananas weigh
only one-ninth as much
as the punches. and have a same per-
centage of reduction as to space. This
fact alone would save a large amount of
the cost in transportation and the cold
storage of fresh fruit. Heavily COM
pressed in a small space, they would
make an ideal ration for soldiers and
travellers on long inland tours.
Banana OIL, which is used for applying
and aluminium paints, is a mis-
homer, for while 1t has the odor OF ba-
mana, the fruit does not in any way enter
into its manufacture.
Costa Rica is the greatest producer
Of bananas, sending forth to the world
more than A,5OO,0o0 worth OF the fruit,
one-half Of the value of its
total export trade.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
BANANA GROWING WORLDS
GREATEST FRUIT INDUSTRY

which they are usually hung. From
seven to twelve months after the bios
som appears the fruit is ready for the
gatherer. At irregular intervals along the
entire stalk, and only extending part Of
the way around at any one place, the
bracts break forth tiny ridges Of flowers,
which are almost Immediately replaced
by nine to twelve embryo bananas. These
are the future hands" of the bunch.
so called on account Of their resemblance
to those members when held in certain
position.
Grows in ProdigaI Fashion.
The banana has curious and prodigal
method Of propagation, for before the
parent stalk and fruit have matured new
ones spring up. These are offshoots that
grow from the root of the original plant
ing, resembling the sprouts from the
eyes of a potato, and each in turn
becomes parent stalk with its fruit
1t follows that unless most of the con-
tinually appearing new plants are cut
out (Which is the practice) the first stalk
in few years win become the center
of a miniature jungle. The plants grow
to height Of from fifteen TO thirty five
feet, spreading in all directions, until the
soil is overburdened with an enormous
mass of stalk and leaf growth, and stunt
ed fruit is produced.
A great many people are OF the opinion
that the banana would be much better
If 1t were allowed to ripen on the plant,
but this is not the case. Such fruit is
strong in flavor, does not mature to per-
fection, and the skin breaks, attracting
numerous insects. while the weight of
the bunch itself becomes too great for
the plant, either one or both coming to
the ground. The punches are cut when
the fruit is one-half to three-quarters
matured, though still green and as hard
as nails. 1t continues to feed from the
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Increase in Value of Mineral Has Given
Impetus to One of the Worlds Most
Dangerous and Strenuous
of Callings.

Rock crystal has been of late in great
demand, and on account of the increase
in price is now being eagerly sought for.
1t is at present used more extensively
than ever for optical work, and the popu-
larity of crystal gazing is also said to
have brough about an eager inquiry for
larger specimens of this beautiful ma
teriaI
In North Carolina and California there
have been found pieces large enough to
cut into small objects of art, but there
has been no systematic search for the
crystals on account Of the, cost and un-
certainty of such an undertaking. If re-
ports are true, experts have been sent
out from Switzerland to investigate and
report on the possibilities Of finding this
mineral in America in paying quantities.
Rock crystal hunting Is one of the most
dangerous, difficult, and strenuous occu-
pations imaginable. Even under favorable
conditions the compensation is nothing to
boast of, and yet there are no greater
enthusiasts in the world than the inde-
fatigable searchers after this semi-mystic
material, who prefers the dreary, desolate
wildness among the snow-capped peaks
of the mountains to the peaceful pastoral
life of the village.
The Swiss Alps. particularly the Ber-
nese Oberland, have for ages been the
ideal region for crystal hunters. The
ever-present danger, the possibilities of a
rich strike exercise a powerful fascina-
tion over men; and once experienced,
the search for crystal is rarely abandon
ed. There are families. the male men,
bers of which for generations have been
'strahlers," as these searchers are
known.
Rock Crystal Pure Silica
Rock crystal. the object of their hunt,
is pure silica and of varying fineness and
color. The crystals sometimes inclose
other substances which are beautifully
seen through the transparent matter, as,
slender hair or needlelike crystals of
asbestos, rutile, or oxide of
tItanIum. These rare specimens are
known by various fanciful names, a
Venu hairstone, Cupid's net, Thetis' mys-
tic gem, dreaming dew, and bring good
prices when cut. Certain specimens were
held almost priceless by the ancients.
The crystal hunters are not inclined
to sociability. AS a rule they work alone
while prospecting, because then there Is
no one to clam a division of find. II
a pocket has bean located which is too
large to handle some member Of the fam
lily is generally called upon to aid in
gathering the harvest.
The outfit of "strahler" is simple and
consisting of stout alpen-
stock from four to six feet long, provided
with a strong hoelike hook at the end,
shovel, large leather bag, a mattock,
strong rope, a hammer, and as much pro-