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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21

watch the tired, over-burdened moth
er and see how she will brighten up.
Then she in turn will not save all
her best things for company, but
will show her appreciation by giving
YOU nice wholesome meals every day.
Then instead of having only one
Thanksgiving day in year we can
have one every day. The most &C
ceptable gifts are those most needed.
A true mother always enjoys every
thing that will add to the comfort
and attractiveness of the home. II
the bedding is getting in bad shape,
now is the time, while cotton is plen-
tiful and of a low grade, to replen-
ish them. Buy some good stout COW
ers and make some new beds, or
perhaps the covering is getting worn.
Find out what is specially needed
supply it, and you will make your
mother feel ten years younger. Try
this and see if home will not be a
| better place to live at in 1912.
I have been studying the origin
of the abbreviation Xmas for our
beautiful word Christmas. My
thoughts at once centered on the
low grade of liquor, and I said it is
singularly inappropriate, transform
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
BUDGET FOR YEAR
SHOWS DECREASE
Cut of Nearly $4,000 in Funds
for Department of Agri-
culture.
Especial to The Tlmes-pisnatcb

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
HaiciSh. y. c" december S-The
! ihehD ers OF the State Board OF Agricui-
ture LETT for their homes to-day, after
week OF the most strenuous sessions
me board has experienced in years. due
20 the sensational annual report or
commissioner Of Agriculture w. A.
lirahan, the retractions of the commits
sloner as to this report, and resolutions
Dy the board refuting features of the
| report that the commissioner wouio
not retract to the satisfaction of the
| board.
me requirement OF the last Legisla-
lure that tho board provide $4,000 for
! tue erection OF a new building at the
Asricuitural and Mechanical College
| .his year caused q Wholesale cut In
the puuSet FOR the departmental work
! lor the next six months, the budget
SHRINKING from s96.OUO Tor the same
period last year to $4,000 this six
| months period For the last six
months the budget was $4,000. 1t IS
| expected mat the impending consoli-
uatioR OF the experimental work OF the
| department and the Agricultural and
mechanlcal College by turning over the
| department WORK TO tho college Is to
net saving OF $4,000 to the depart
| iheht Furthermore tho board dropped
| TWO assistant aSronomists and an as
| sistant veterinarian There was aIso
i
| me turning over of all the boys corn
Cup work Of the department to the
coiiese. TO be operated along with thai
| maintained through funds supplied by
the General Education Board This
VIII relieve the State Board of AgrI.
] culture possibly of $4,000 expense and
greatly strengthen this work carried
| on by the college,.
! Ihcre was suit entered to-day by
w. u. Stinson against the commission
crs or Wake county for his salary as
ROAD superintendent from April to Dc
tember. when he insists that his term
OF ONCE would have expired. Under
a special act Of the last Legislature,
me rond law was changed anu loop
hole made for dropping Stinson ana
outing in w. l.. Wigs as road super
visor. IT is the legality of this change
that stinson and his counsel expect
| TO upset.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
NORTH CAROLINA
CROP CONDITIONS
Annual Report Of Commits
sioner Of Agriculture
Graham.
YIELDS GENERALLY GOOD
Farmers Institutes and Demon
stration Work Prove
= Valuable.
YIELDS GENERALLY GOOD
Especial to The TImes.p ispatch, !

lopcCiui 10 Inc TlmeS- DiSDatCh,1
Raleigh. Va, December e.-Thc year
1911 as crop year and the general
progress and outlook OF farming in
terests in North Carolina came In
LOT Illuminating and most encourage
ing treatment in the voIunnious an
nual report of Commissioner of Agri-
culture W. A. Graham recently sub.
united TO the State Board of Agricul
ture While drought of the long
est continuance known to the pcopie
OF the State prevailed over large
part OF the State, seriously reducing
upiann Yields. still the harvest time
showed the greatest production NJ
wheat. corn and cotton in the history
OF the state. In Eastern Carolina. n.
FAR west as Raleigh, the Yields w.rn
very fine for all crops, and in the
west from the mountains to the Ten
hessce nne greater crop yields were
never known. the drought handlcan an
plying TO the wide stretch OF country
from Raleigh westward to Morpan,o,
uplanns in this territory heinz ,rc,t
J! reduced in yield. However. in.
creased yield in the bottom ana low
ihhds considerable amends for the up
lana shortage. Generally speaking
me cotton yield was tho best ever
'1' "i'h an dNtIaSe oil Il bale to
the acre, and big fields and ncighbor
moods in many instances reaching iva
and Two and half bales 10 the acr.
Ihe wheat yield was cXceptionplI,.
fne. with the we ght of ,hc rr,,,,
allowing full sixty pounds "a III.
bushel standard
Inc extreme west suffered sarI
Gus shortage of hay yield. bu, in mos,
other sections where attention w.
given to the matter there was SIN
ply housed for the winter
1t appears that the farmers Of ,ho
state have had to bug less corr ami
other supplies than ever befor. Ia
make their crops. There was NOR
hay required. to be purchased mis- sna
son than any other supply. 4 gratlIy.
ing increase in the growing Of home
supplies BY the farmers Is maxine. !,
much easier for the farmers ia Goid
their cotton for hoped for higher cor.
ton prices. Commissioner Graham feels
that one important thing that Ina
State Department is steadily instil,in.
ia the farmers of the State, is tha, !,
they will devote intelligent attcn,in,
to growing the supplies for the ,arrn
The money crops will not have IL, IL,
sacrificed TO keep the farm going. I'm
can be held without suffering. for III,
best market development.
The farmers institute and demon.
stration work is proving most valu
able IN the elevation OF the method
OF farming. and, together with tn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

profit Furthermore. that in hog rails
ing there is an immense profit that
the farmers are just beginning to rea
lie. Boys corn clubs are developing
tho cultivation OF corn wonderfully
the average corn club yield for 1911
having been 81 bushels. The highest
was 23l bushels to the acre by young
Charles Parker, of HEREFORD county.
Commissioner Graham insists that
corn is entitled to be king in North
Carolina. He and the State Board OF
Agriculture are pledged to greatest
possible effort In furthering its most
extensive and intensive culture. There
was yield this year of not less than
b9.ooo,0o0 bushels. and but for drought.
that cut the yield in the Central and
Middle Western sections OF the State,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
exhibits that the department is MAX. :

EXHIBITS that the department is maxi
ing each year in the State, and many
OF inc country fairs, are bringing
about many OF the marked improve
ments in farm conditions-increase d
crop yields as well as better farming
methods generally. In ten years the
sorn yield has increased In average
from IL TO 20 bushels to the acre:
"heat from l-2 TO IL IL bushels
cotton from 1877 to 227 pounds per
acre: the State holding. too. second
place, with Kentucky arst in tobac-
co yield.
The agricultural authorities of the
state insist that North Carolina can
easily produce nj the corn needed. not
only for the farm supplies. but for the
consumption of the North Carolina
towns as well. and do 1t at decided
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
the yield would have been

the yield would have been close
around 100000. 900 bushels.
This State produced only lO4. 600, 900
pounds OF tobacco this year. compared
with l29.o00.oo0 pounds in 1910. The
quality this year was So per cent. Of
standard. compared with rs per cent.
last year. And the market prices that
the planters are realizing this year
are decided advance over the prices
last year. In the opinion OF Commits
sioner Graham.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

English Bothlc type OF Virginia granite,
and Will include the main church audi,o-
rum and the parth house and Sunday.
school room. Work Will begin as soon as
the formal contracts made. The full,
cost OF the new building has been subscrib-
ell. The rector. Rev. Frank a. Ridout. and
the building committee Of the church havo
been hard at work for the past year In per-
fectnS the plans for the building, and as
finally adopted they have met with the
unanimous approval OF the congregation
and the experts who have from time TO
time examined them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

the President by friends OF the various
lawyers who would like to go on the
bench. and from what 1t is to be
learned the appointment may be de
cided upon In the very near future.
Judge McDowell's friends have very
littlo 10 say concerning him. but It
would not at all be surprising should
the vacancy go to the Virginia Judge.
His qualifications. IT is understood
were presented to the President some
time ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
INTEREST is REVIVED

Washington. d. c., December o.
There WAS a revival OF interest In the
probable appointment OF Judge Henry
Clay Mcdowell. OF Lynchburg. Va. to
the bench OF the United States SuprcmS
Court to succeed the late Justice Har.
Ian. at the White House to-day when
the subject OF making such appoint
ment was discussed. Not less than a
half-dozen names were presented to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
CHURCH IN GlNTER PARK

Old EngIish Gothic Type VIII Be style of
ST. Thomns.
Iids were opened Friday night by tho
building committee OF st. Thomas Episcopal
church, Ginter Park, for tho construction
OF tho church building. w. L.. Ragand &:
Co was found TO bo tho lowest bidder at
1880. and the committee will rccomuend
the award OF contract aoesrflng.
TSAf- eAl4lasas HlA tu.. 81 = ncdIasd old
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12

The Continental Congress Gt The IA
tianal Society III the Daughter; II the
American Revolution viii convene III
Continental Memorial Hall, Washing
tan, next Monday at 1890 O'Clock.
President Taft viii formally welcome
The delegates. THIS ronptr;. promises
10 he strenuous one, and already
leader, in The campaign for the two
candidates FIR president grneiaI Of The
society are arriving III town 10 begin
the great struggle
Mrs. Matthew I Scott, lhs present
incumbent Of the office, is nov IN At
.lantic City bit will retuTu late this weak
while Mrs William Cumming Story
will also come from New York several
days before the conEiess. Mrs, story
Is the candidate OF the conservative
party, and aa7 defeated by Mrs. Scott
tGu years ago
The administration ticket for the
coming election vas announced yester.
day as follows:
President General. Mrs. Matthew l..
Scott, OF illinois; vice, pre5ldant-general
~ charge Of organization OF claplcrs
Mrs. Henry l.. Mann. District al Co
nmbia; chaplain general, Miss Eliza
beth +. Pierce: recording secretary gen
eru. Mrs. Howard l.. iiodskln-. cor.
responding secretary general. MT.
William +. Dennis; registrar general
Mrs. G.. Nj BrnmbanGir, anI Treasurer
general, Mrs. William u Hmtrr, all
Of the District 81 Columbia hislonsn-
general, Mrs Charles " Ea:-ett, Bal
liinore; assistant historian SeneIal. Mrs,
Ellen Straw Thompson, Massachusetts
librarian-gensral, Miss AmaTylliss Gil
lett, District If Columbia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Consolidation Of the National Guy
Bank. with the Commercial National
Bank in Washington has been agreed
upon by the directions Of The i~o organ
zaiions.
A mob on Monday night larred
feathered, ana rode on q rail Dr. j.
p freeman, a prominent physician
living near Albert, MINI. Some diff
Guilty arose between DR.. Freeman and
his wife, and the people took the part
Of Mrs. freeman and severely pun
ished her husband. Reports bring in
the name of another woman.
Rev. Samuel Thurlow, prominent
minister OF the Episcopal Church, and
for nearly four years rector Of the Me-
mortal Church OF tie Holy Comforter.
Baltimore, died Of cancer yesterday
at the Church Home and Inhrmary,
where he had been 4 patient since
January 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12
Oueuing Of the Baseball Teams.

New York, April 12.--Smiling
skies. with just enough spring crisp
ness in The air to give the players
the proper tiEgle Of lie. today greeted
the opening OF The Eall season III this
city. A record crowd was on hand
early at the Polo Grounds to STE the
Giants and Charlie Dooin's PhiIlies
warm ni,.
Philadelphia, April Il = Good wealth.
or, with hinge OF The shiyery, marked
the opening day Of The BASEBALL SEA
son here, The norl1'a champions and
the New 'lorE: Iig.llandars bring slated
IL start the bail rolling Tor The coming
season.
Boston, Mass, April l.. With 4
bright warm .un shining and PROSPECT:
Ut a halmy aIi1rnoon. early Indications
tor The opening al the baseball 5aas'''
here today at The National Park with
game between the RuoilerS and
the Trolley Dodgers were most fafora'
bic. The rush for emily blanks i'll lilo
Excuse Club was gfeater than ever
before
Manager Fred Tenney gave ont as
his probable pitchers Maitern or Cur
It's, while he designated Graham or
Rariden for the receiving end Eel
Or Rncker vas the probable Brooklyn
choice for pitcher, while Bergen was
picked as the probable catcher.
New Haven, Conn, April l2.-lhe
Yale hall team which showed ZIP 50
,sell in the game Yesterday With The
Boston Nationals, left todsy oil ils
-outhern trip. The University Of VIZ
eiuia will be met at Norfolk Saturday
and the Portsmouth, team on Monday
Tuesday, the Yale nine will clash "ith
the Georgetown University Cluh Al
Washington. The local c"lleg,anS "!I
be gune week.
Chicago. April l.. -Eyeryone IN
Chicago except The weather man Vas
really for The openihs Of The National
League baseball! season today. Ealil
prospects vas that AIN aid net grounds
might !1rCe 3 posponeH1ent VI the
event.
Renhsch or "Alinel" Blown vas
slated IL pitch f0r the Cubs, with
:31iire OH the mound f't' lhr Cardinals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12
the Albanian Uprising.

Gonstahtinnple, Apr l.. The lur-
ti=h forces in Northern Albania Ale
today facing utter ann,hiIation at The
hands Of the rebels. The situation
= admitted by high army officials 10
day 10 be the most serious iii Turkey ;
history. Grave doubts are entertained
that The rebellion can be put down and
there are many Of The higher officials
Who are advising the sultan not to SEND
any more troops to certain death.
The recent series 81 rebe! victories
has greatly encouraged the lribesmea
Who have n51el been loyal II ik5 Gisn
dynasty and this feeling ia. been added
10 BIZ the detection Of the ,. 900 Mlriits
triLesmen whose loyalty has heretofore
never been questioned. Raising the
standard Of revolt in this tribe IS ex-
pecled 10 influence many Of their
nciehhors.
Dispatches received from the seat
Of war today say that the regular
Turkish troops now 10 the field are
Seared and discouraged with the long
forced marches. In numerous instances
the columns are unable to penetrate
.hs fastness Of the mountains, while
several detachments hare been led
:a,o ambush and CIT TO pieces.
wholesale dese:s:o1s 1-oa tie
Turkish columns are reported snd n.
dese-te-s are welcomed bT tie rebels
nth cpsa arDs and veil paid % take
up sr1s against their fo-2e- co-Tadss
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12
1,iat,r crossing the naUnel,

Dover, Eng, April r. An nnkn"Hn
aviator. flying ia monoplane 10"
high for the make IL he clearly deter
mined. ra.sei over this city lhis after
noon headed across the channel for
the French coact He had no attend
ing boats and will likely drown should
anything happen Ia his machine he
fore the channel is crossed.
Later il developed that the daring
liver is a French aviator named Pfier,
Who only recently learned how 10
handle monoplane. lie startled from
aendon, small town bear London.
aid said when he left that he would
try 10 make Paris without stopping.
Later it was reported that Pfirr had
successfully essaYcd the cross-thannel
hight and that he had passed over
Calais eli route TO Paris.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12
WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL u

ir Is learned that former Senator
Aldrich, head Of the monetary com
mission, whose plan Of banking and
Currency reform would give 10 the
Great financial! interests OF New YORK
absolute control OF the money supply
Of the country and make them sole
masters Of credit, both IAibln anu
nriyate j.: mol the author OF the plan
at All hut has acted il this matter rs
he did in matters Of legislation, SIMPLY
a. the agent OF the financial comb'na'
tons. The tr,le author Of the scheme
is Paul NJ. Warbnrg, OF The hfm OF
Kuhn, Loeb & Co, Wall street bank
ers closely allied With the great corpo-
raiions and big nancy interests. Inc
astonishing feature OF this revelation IS
that hundreds of persons must have
known that Mr.. Aldrich's claim TO the
authorship Of the plan which bears his
name did not belong to him and that
his presentation OF it as his own merely
meant that he had agreed to stand Tor
il and to promote it for the benefit OF
,h. interests, with which Mr.. Warburg
Is 50 closely identified.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12
VIRGINIA \ EWS.

Mr.. B. Howard Tyson. we'll
known clnhmau. died in Ealtimare yes.
tcriay OF pneumonia.
Rev. ]. G.. Miles. former pastor Of
Clopton Street Baptist Church, South
Richmond. and Mrs. Rosa Lee Tim-
mons Brown. the divohaed vile Of
Charles ". Brown, Of SwansLoFo, were
ulsrsled in knoxville, Tenn. on Thurs
day.
Senator Simon GugFenheim, Of Col
nrado, has had enough. He 1,ll not
be a candidate for ia election At the es-
piraton OF his term in The Senate,
Which expires one year from next
March.
The Norfolk county grand jury at
Portsmouth, late yesterday returned
eight or ten Indictments for luther
te,l Of alleged violation on the lanes
town hockey Clubs race track OF the
Virginia alli-betting statutes. The m
Licimcnts, however, we're not made
public, it being stated that snch a
course vas deemed hest for the present
The I.ynchbnrg hoard al aldermen
last night refused 10 concur IN the
amendment to The license tax urtll'
nance rs adopted by The common conn
ell last week, by which It was intended
10 increase The retail liquor licence
from 81 500 to g, 500. The Old license
viii prevail ior another Year at least
The rote On HE proposition Vas 10
concurrence ard ) against. The vote
III The lower branch was 2 t"r The IN
crease and Il against.
n. r. Bnuiar i son, public &c
ronntantS, of Richmond, who we're
employed ny the hoarl Of supervisors
OF Piinre William county to audit the
accounts Of former Treasurer James
T.. iIerrell, report that The system Of
accounting employed hy Herrcll is IN
complete. The summary shows that.
no, counting The sum OF $1,000 de-
posted ia The defnnct Alexandria Bank +,
his available fund. are short So, ,? d.
| Rev. Francis G.. Steinmelz, rector Of
Christ Church. Norfolk. who on Mon
day wrote 4 scorching letter To Bishop
A. NJ. Randolph because the latter IN
SIM ted the rector to discontinue IN
tuning and other features Of the high
Episcopal Church, yesterday apologized
fnr his rn.l.lurt and the threatened var
| il the church il over cish6p Ran
d3!ph i in LYnchl.urg Aid viii arrive
home today. II is believed hat tha
bishop viii accept The apology 81 ~.
| S;r,nmsl5 aid gl1sa lhu UNPLEASANT
chapter, winch Threatened Ia maxi
ia tloi,- in The church.
All al The four superintendent OF
state hospitals for The insane aud sill
periRtendenl Tor The heMly established
cptlrplic coluny. near Lynchburg, will
he elected at the Guadrennial meeting
II tie general boaiil OF directors Of hos
ri.alS fnr the insane n lie held i'll Lynch
hug on April -. The elections viii
h,, for a term Of four years. 1t - re.
sardpt n certain that Or. W. +.
Drwry. superintendent Of The Central
Hospital, at Petersburg; DR., j. G. King
OF the Southwestern, ut Marion. and
Or. j. S. Dejarnetle, Of the Western,
At Stanton, will be re elected They
have no opposition nor il any likely.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12

FROM WASHINGION

President Taft, cabinet members, ana
many senators aud representatives,
turned official business 10 the WINS
today anu went 10 the American League
base ball park 10 watch the Nationals
aud tie Boston Red SoN open the sea
soa. There vas sharp wind and clouds.
Dolly GRAY, was announced as the
1wirler for Washington, with either
Street or Ainsraitn doing the receiving.
Tor Boston. Cicoste 0, Wood viii be on
the slab With Car7isan or kleinow De-
ciod the home plate. The first call
Sss'to be tossed cut OF the field b.
President TAFT. :
With millions OF dollars annually at.
sake, attorneys for tap-lina owners IN
eli sections OF the country today be
gan final arsunente before the utter
State Commerce Commission for the
restoration OF through rates With con,
Meeting carriers. Lumber dealers Of
the west aad south are particularly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-12

LETTERS from newspaper correspond,
ents in Washington are almost unanl'
nous in referring TO the general salts
faction expressed by democrats Of the
Senate over the personnel of the demo-
cratic steering committee appointed by
Senator Martin, recently elected floor
leader OF the minority in the Senate.
The correspondents say Mr.. Martin will
loum larger in the public eye in tue
next few months than lie has IN the last
eighteen years Of his service III that
hody. His friends have the utmoa,
confidence in the political sense and
ability with which he will meet his re.
sponsibllties. Assuming the leader
ship under lire from, the Bryan element
of tn. party asa reactionary, he
will, they believe, completely Justify
The wisdom Of the majority OF The dem
scrats III refusing to permit the Ncbras'
kan to dominate the Senate democracy.
He will, those close 10 him contend,
rroye alive 10 the democratic op por
unity OF 1872. The efforts 10 classify
Him rs = tariff leactlonary, 1t Is de-
clarsd, will be shown 10 have been un'
founded. and so far rs the tariff Is con
cerned no real dcmocrat'Will have cause
for complaint against the new leader;
also they rxpec, 10 SEE him solldlfy and
harmonic The party in the sens'e.
Politically, Mr.. Martin is Al exceed
ingly shrewd and able man who knows
The game from the ground up anu
whose political mistakes are few and
far between.