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can be riped through any kind Of soil
with dynamite, at one-quarter or less
the cost. and In a small fraction Of
the time they could be dug by hand or
machine. The width and depth OF the
ditch are determined by the amount
and strength of the cartridges used
and the distance between the charges.
A curved or irregular ditch can be
dug as readily as a straight one.
The streaohes OF low swampy land
found on many farms can be drained
by sinking charges Of dynamite into
the underlying stratum OF clay or
other impervious earth and detonating
the explosive with a fuse and cap, or
by electricity. This breaks up the
hard substance and allows the water
TO drain through the gravel or other
open material below. often the work
can be done at a cost of i've dollars
or less The only tool required is a
wood or dirt auger attached to a
piece of iron pipe. fitted with a tee.
through which wagon spoke is run
to form a handle.
What part dynamite is playing in
increasing land values is partially
shown I'm the many instances where
land which sold for twenty dollars
an acre. because II was studded with
stumps. has been cleared for twenty
five dollars and sold FOR one hundred
dollars and upwards.
II Is but matter of time until ex-
tensive operations viii be carried out
by land development companies. in the
clearing of vast stretches of waste
land many Of which are within oaev
distance of cities.
, During the next few years. thous-
! ands of city toilers going back to the
farm viii find the way blazed viii
{ dynamite
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sruMPs BLASTED WITH DYNAMITE REDUCED TO KINDLING.

lie idle. because of the presence Of
hardpan clay, sub-soil. boulders and
depleted top-soil Dynamite would
make practically all Of this uncult-
waited land cultivatable.
The effective use of dynamite does
not require the expert knowledge Of
the civil engineer, or other highly
trained specialist, but only the COM
mon sense necessary TO follow few
simple directions.
What skill is required to manufac-
ture dynamite and the almost endless
experiments made to definitely deter
mine its uses and effects, is another
story which has no part in an article
dealing with the results to be secured
with dynamite.
That dynamite is not a part of
every ordinary farm equipment is due
to a lack of appreciation Of its general
utility and because of the almost sup
erstitious fear in which the explosive
is held. These obstacles are rapidly be-
ing overcome by the combined efforts
of explosive manufacturers, the great
railroads, farmers trains, agricultural
colleges and other agencies, through
which the farmers lot in life is being
rapidly improved.
True, the latent power of dynamite
is terrific, but its direction is simply
a question Of ordinary intelligence. As
a matter of fact, dynamite is safer ia
handle and use than ordinary gum
powder, with which all are familiar
No general rule can be laid down for
the use of dynamite, as there are many
/ kinds and each kind made for a par
ticular purpose. However, an enor-
nous amount of data has been COM
! piled, and specific directions for the
use of each grade of the explosive are
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walton millions of acres formerly con-
sidered worthless
When hard subsoils are blasted, the
surplus rainfall sinks down to the
lower soil and becomes available
when needed. the water being drawn
up by the roots of plants.
The millions of bales Of cotton lost
every year, because Of too much
moisture. or lack or It, can be saved
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der head Of the engine that the crew
had TO use axes to remove it. A few
hundred feet further on there was a
larger tree lying across the rails and
an hours delay ensued while this and
two other trees we're removed.
Telegraph wires and poles were
down for miles and the railroad peo-
pie say that much of the damage was
done by the extraordinarily severe
lightning, though the wind was very
high.
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CONTINUED from First Page)
on the doorstep at No. SOB East
Twelfth street. was shocked when
lightning struck the house. He was
revived a short time later and found
not to be seriously hurt.
Daniel OKeefe, employed in the
railroad offices at Todd's Cut was
shocked when the lightning struck a
telephone wire while he was using the
telephone. He had to be removed 70
the Homeopathic Hospital where he
was revived some time later.
Homer vansant, employed by the
Diamond Ice Company, was leading
horse across the company's yard
when lightning struck the ground al
his feet. The horse escaped unhurt
but vansant was knocked uncon-
soious and an ambulance removed
him to his home. No. 5O2 East Twelfth
street. in the Phoenix ambulance.
Ed. Pratt, an operator in the rail-
road tower at Bacon Hill was strucb
bv the lightning and knocked uncon-
scious. He was removed to his home
and revived later. He was not seri-
ously hurt.
Storm CrippIes Wire Service.
The terrific down-pour of rain wa
accompanied by a gale OF wind a.
strenuous as during the morninl
storm and left in its wake much dam
age. Trees were blown down ant
several buildings we're struck b.
lightning. More than 800 telephone
were thrown out of service abou
evenly divided between the two loca
companies.
The Delaware and Atlantic Tele
phone and Telegraph Company ais
reported much trouble with its tol
lines. The Wilmington and Dove
line was seriously damaged and tn
Newark and Hockessin line was ou
of service. the latter place being prac
tically isolated for a time. Com
munication is being established be
tween these places today, however
and the full service viii be restore
as quickly as possible A seriou
break occurred in the long distanc
line between Philadelphia and Balti
more. at Kennel Square.
The Western Union and Postal
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AVOC IN WAKE OF TERRIFYING ELECTRICAL STORM

At Bacon Hill. near Elkton. the
southbound Colonial express was
stopped by a red light at the signal
tower. After some delay there was
an investigation 10 see what the trou-
bic was. Il was found that the oper-
ator had been struck by lightning and
was lying unconscious on the floor
He was taken on the train to Elkton
Telegraph and telephone wires suf-
fered severely, especially south OF
Wilmington.
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back to a high state of productiveness
by the intelligent use Of dynamite.
The farmer who would grade a road
finds dynamite will accomplish more
in a few hours than would a gang
Of men and a team of horses in sew
eral days TO excavate a cellar means
simply the proper placing OF few
dynamite cartridges.
bitches for drainage or irrigation
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mrs, was 40 per cent dynamite. The
mrs stumps were blasted with 20
per cent strength stumping powder
and low powder (5 per cent. strength)
These calculations are based on re-
tail, not wholesale prices.
Records kept by A. j. Mcclure,
superintendent OF the Northeast Ex-
perimental Farm Of the University OF
Minnesota. show even lower costs.
Some of Mr.. McGuires records are
as follows:
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Greater Than Irrigation" is the
subject of an interesting article writ
ten by Samuel w. Long, of Whining
ton, which appears in the June num-
ber of the National Magazine. AS it
will be of interest to the farming COM
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are 91.sOS.946 acres of land. whose
cultivation is impeded by stumps. Sim
liar conditions exist in many other
tillable by the removal of the stumps
with dynamite.
Other hundreds of millions Of acres
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munity hereabouts. it is reproduce'
by permission.
BETTER THAN IRRIGATION.
CBy Samuel Wesley Long)

(By Samuel Wesley Long)
Yesterday irrigation was the big
word in agricultural development; to-
day the biggest term in the farming
vocabulary is dynamite.
Results which will vastly exceed in
extent what irrigation has done to
make land tillable where there was no
water, or not enough, dynamite is
securing in making available land
where there is too much water. And
the once drowned land is showing de-
grees of fertility equal to, or greater
than, those shown by the famished
soil
In the draining of swamp land by the
use of dynamite, results are immea-
surably easier to obtain and at a cost
with which irrigation admits of no
comparison; for while irrigation is
usually a stupendous cooperative pro-
ject, the retaining of much of the
swamp land is the possible and easy
work Of individuals.
But big as is the possible achieve
ment of dynamite in the reclamation
of seventy million acres Of swamp, its
magniture suffers by comparison with
the myriad square miles whose culti-
vation is blocked by stumps. boulders
hardpan, worked-out top-soil, etc. Yet
this land can be made to laugh into
harvest when awakened from its sleeI
by the dynamite blast.
Five hundred million acres, the
amount of land now under cultivation
in the United States. seems enormous
but compare this with possibilities like
these: In three states alone, Mime.
sofa, Wisconsin and Louisiana, there
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teresting. for, while II would have
required a whole day for two men to
remove two stumps In the ordinary
manner, a dynamiter and one helper
blasted one hundred and ffty-seven
stumps within the same time. The
pulling Of stumps requires at least
two horses in addition to the services
Of the men; another saving effected
by dynamite.
Careful record Of the cost Of ex-
plosives, including blasting caps and
fuse or electric fuses. used in blast
ing stumps in different parts of the
country, give these results;
Average
Cost of
Average Explosives
Diameter per Stump
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1bS southern pine
SluupS .sss 20 lils Yu.oV
rs Oak, walnut, gum,
ETC., stumps in
Illinois ......... 30 in. .5S
329 White pine, oak,
maple, birch, etc,
stumps in Michi-
gan ...........32 in. AZ
81 Apple. ash, oak
& chestnut stumps
in Pennsylvania. 34A in. .56
n Washington mr.
stumps .....50 in. lib
The explosives used in most cases
except for blasting the Washington
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fcontinned from First Pagel
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

The Woman's Home Companion
for September contains a strong arti-
Gle urging parents 10 use more care
in teaching children TO speak pure
English Following Ii an extract:
One OF the causes of bad English
Is the disrespect which children are
permitted 10 feel for each other. The
sacredness OF personality Is not
taught them, and they are allowed
to badger each other. and 10 make
each other ashamed OF all distin-
gushing peculiarities. Disrespectful
nicknames are permitted-very diff
ferent things these from the affec-
tionate little home names-and con-
versation. instead OF being the medi-
UNI of friendliness between brothers
and sisters. becomes as prickly as q
Cherokee-rose hedge.
Undue familiarity between fellow
students breeds the same disrespect
and cheapness, and young folks who
indulge In these insolent jocularities
extend their impudence until Ii in
cludes their fathers and mothers. To
be sure, this impudence may be mix
ed with affection. A boy may call
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

An old Confederate soldier xays
that when BE waa returning eth
Dies TayioT's command from The Red
River campaign he was greatly dis
coaraget lie came along wtth bis
command over > country road II
Louisiana The sun Vas hos and the
road was dusty. and everything about
him showed discouragemen; His
worn blanket was heavy and his
knapsaek. never too full. seemed al
most made Of lead His gun. too.
vas burdensome. and heaviest OF all
was his own heart. He thought he
might be cured OF his discourage
ment IL only his mind might be d.
serted. and SO going 10 the side OF
the road 10 an old-fashioned worm
rail fence. he selected q good sub
stantial rail. and putting IL on his
shoulder walked along the road. His
comrades laughed ~ him. asking IL
he we're not already well enough
loaded. but he went silently along
for a hundred yards or more. AS
long as he had the rail, he could not
think OF anything else. Its weight
and awkward shape combined TO
take his mind from all pressing dis
tresses. By and by he threw Ii down
and took up his march with fresh
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

good lntsn5aonA Many . the aAss
heard her say watA he greatest az
p&reas eoEa1eace 70 sonae waTsrsng
girs. OF coarse. yoa eoaf6n't DO sny-
thIng IN tie matter fkas l. unsrae o.
unlatyIike. That wosid - gate %;
Of keeping With yoa.' Aad tie w.v-
ering girl waa promptly xsrsnxshsnea
in her DISCRIMINATION 10 do the right
thing - any cost
Believe the world l. good. and yo1
wiIi do much - make IL so.-Cosc-
RADIO Springs Gazette
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

Trust begets honesty and openness.
Distrust Is a natural breeding ground
for deceit and dishonesty.
When hear q woman complain
ing OF the dishonesty OF her servants
or the people with whom she deals.
I always wonder much II part Of II Is
not caused by what she lets herself
expect, and II the same servants or
tradespeople would be dishonest with
some one who expected honesty OF
them.
A week ago. IN the course OF a
little boat trip, ! was anxious TO buy
some fruit at one OF the ports where
the ships topped few minutes. The
stopping time was limited by the
amount OF freight TO be taken on,
and although | would probably have
had plenty Of time 10 get the fruit. l
did not quite dare risk being left be-
hind.
An honest-looking boy was stand
Ing ON the wharf watching the load
ing. Taking out dollar bill-the
only money I CHANGED to have-I
held 1t out to him and asked him IL
he thought he could get up to the
store and bring me back some or
anges before the boat sailed. He said
he thought he could, and started off.
Ny companion looked at me in as
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

guueh horror ~ IL she bad ssen ne
throw my n,orey into the wate-.
That's the Iass you'II see Of tat
money" abe said. DO you thlnE
that boys going to get hack here BE-
fore the ship sails whea IL means
he'll be = dollar In IL be doexnyr"
Just a. the gangplank va Oeang
drawn up be came rushing aown the
wharf. And happy IS / was 20 gel
my change and my oranges and dis
prove the iady's doubts. l was even
happier TO have mr. faith In human
nature remain unshaken~
II wouldn't dare do IL, all the
same" said the distrugtfuI LADY As
she shared my oranges II wouidn :
be safe for her to.
a woman" says Sentimental
Tommy. can be anything the man
who loves her would have her be. -
In lesser degree that Is true OF mos;
OF us In our relations 10 each other.
We rise-or sink, alas-to the level
Of whatever people believe us eapa-
BILE OF.
People who knew Alice Freeman
Palmer, the wonderful woman who
rose from poverty to be President Of
Wellesley College when she was only
twenty-six, say that one OF her great
est qualifications for her high posi-
ton was her marvellous ability 10
help people by making them realize
she believed in them.
"A great reason for her strange
control of girls" says one who knew
her methods. was, I think, that
she always seized on some good
point In a girls character. empha-
sized that. and made the girl think
that she must bring the whole up to
the level of this. She took for grant
ed, or appeared to do SO, the girls
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

RecF~&sios Il - =.
sSessSsS = to .As s-r=As = ~
The saEs Of Il. wAls -ss.-.-S''s@
gTow eull AH8 eiuss -
that spends Ats $40 - --'''F'ass
ton ss ever wAettlax -
IA grass nay r~ox a.
sArFe: a.. eoatTzF.3y As,s,.
tolls and neser re~--.s... -
moving. never wae.tz-x Sc
no scythe - 40 eaKe re. = sa>s
the work 80 for~ara xAx. = -
Is 50 seasonahly a. -
~hetted that Il may G., as
that IL may have he -. =
ening.-Bishop Hail
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
ACHILDs THOUGHT OF GOD.

C8ILD's THOUGHT OF GOD.
They cay that God lives very high:
Bat, II You look above the pines,
You cannot see our God, and why?
And IL you dig down In the mines,
yen never see him In the gold:
Though from him all that's glory
shines.
God is 50 good he wears a fold
OF heaven and earth across his
face,
Like secrets kept for love. untold.
But still I feel that his embrace
Slides down by thrills through all
things made
Through sigat and sound Of every
As IL my tender mother laid
On my shut lips her kisses pres
sure,
Half waking me at night, and said
who kissed you through the dark,
dear, guesser?"
Elizabeth Browning.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

"a fafksr ghe cd m&r.' Aad ssIls
lore hin: Ae szsy s&r. TIE mater will
sIea. u - does sBsa an1 szeA .
sAanw. ard - ready. ~ he tisne. -
1evoss his ssfs 10 IS motaer. sat BE
- Iowcv.d rs own standards hy
taking - ssxh . manner. ise = 49,
coming. iEuperc~.saaly. not oniy less
= genslez2a. bat less = Exz % char
aessv."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
KILLS 4 arRnEErn

4 merciless mur4e-er :, =
eitis with many r.etaut
Kings New Life Pills &. nt
vention. They gently s,lz.l,.. =
ach. liver and bowels. prrrss,s,. -
clogging that invites 49,
curing Constipation. HeaA.-A. =
iousness. Chills. Tweaty-st. - =
all druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

- fTOz 80 sae~saa.
s@ = @s.r =
% $50 - Carr 8sa -.
SsEAs sArs ia ease.e>. a''z@
0a8g - MU@s5 saa- 8sEssus !.
@Asessssss. asAs&sw kk.- EsS :
ATTY s@s& To- = ssafs- 90
xSce wuuas a~ A. a. NNA
sara 3 M@a&5 - = So Nas@~e
La O. CAr1ss r..
eFas har6~aa see Is sasns
tan AAvo~eAt~
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

Watch the label on your a.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

This high -grade Shoninger Piano has won the
exalted position it occupies in the estimation Of music
lovers by reason Of an unequaled combination Of
beauty Of tone and touch and durability secured by
use Of best material and most skilled workmanship.
1t was purchased through Darnell & Thomas, the
oldest and most progressive music dealers in the old
North State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

What you ask and expect Of peo-
pie. that-approximately-you get.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
SCAMP WAS CAUGHT.
Negro Wrote Obscene Letters to La
dies and is Trapped.

Ned McGehee, a negro, was ar
rested several miles from Nashville,
Tenn, this week, on the Murfrees-
boro turnpike, and is being held be-
fore being turnd over to the Federal
officers on the charge of sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails.
1t is charged that McGehee has re-
Gently, on several occasions, sent the
most obscene letters imaginable to
two of the most prominent ladies lv-
ing on the Murfreesboro road. IN
these letters the negro is said to
have asked the ladies to meet him at
a given place at a set time.
In order to accomplish the arrest
of the man, decoy letters were used
with good results, these being writ
ten by some Of the male relatives OF
the ladies who had been so grossly
insulted. In those decoy letters an
appointment was made to meet the
negro at the place indicated by him.
The time for the meeting was this
week. The astonishment of the fend
when he went to fill the appointment
can be imagined upon coming face
to face with the detectives and a
number of prominent citizens of the
neighborhood.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
WEDNESDAY. JULY 49, 1911
REAL STORY TOLD
CONNECTED ACCOUNT OF FIRE
SWEPT DISTRICT.
Two Cities Were Wiped Out by the
Flames and Many Were Drowned
to Avoid Awful Death.

Eugene A. Thomson, business man
and fire chief, who Wednesday night
brought a party Of refugees to De
troit from the burned towns of Au
Sable and Oscoda furnished the first
connected story which has come from
the fire swept district.
''The first serious fire on the out
skirts of the town was discovered
Sunday and a crew fought it until it
was under CONTROL" he said. Monday
nothing was done and on Tuesday,
aided by high winds, it burst out
again with great fury.
tThe first alarm in Osceoda came
in at 8 o'clork from a private house.
President Gowley and myself pro
cured pals from the Loud Company's 8
office to fight the flames that had
spread to the Catholic cemetery. The
next alarm came in from Au Sable
township slab piles. Just about the
time the host was working well we
got an alarm from the village Of Os-
coda. The first to go was the Oscoda
and Au Sable canning factory and in
few minutes the fire was general, 4,
breaking out north, east, south and
west all at once.
"Our equipment of three hose carts
and thirty-six volunteers fought for
an hour and a half with good sup
ply Of water.
''Then the flames reached the
pumping station and it went out OF
commission. A few inhabitants
among them myself and my father
and mother, went to the steamer Nj
ko, Captain Meyers, which was lying
at my own door.
"Wnen we left the dock between
200 and 300 people were on it, 80 OF
them were nursing children, cut off
from shore, with the tramway over
head afre. There was no escape for
them unless they jumped into the wa
ter. saw Peter DuVal struggle down
the tramway with hisa aged father
in-law on his back, but the flames
forced him back and cannot tell
whether he was saved.
"I saw a woman with two children
in her arms rush out on the dock.
One of the children fell into the wa
ter and a young man leaped in after
it and saved it.
"When the fire started the wind
was blowing about so miles an hour
from the southeast. Then it shifted
10 the westward and the flames COM
pletely swept the towns. Two hours
afterward it shifted to the northeast
and swept the blaze back over the
ground it already had travelled, lick
ing up the whole of oscods and Au
Sable city and township for a radius
Ct three miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
DISAGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR.
Demand That Hosiery Mil Be Abol.
ished Refused.

Disregarding the demands OF the
governor, the board Of directors of
the State penitentiary Thursday re-
fused to abolish the hosiery mill, and
the entire controversy will be left
with the general assembly for e de-
cision. The contract is for, i've years
and provides for the employment OF
from 200 to $50 prisoners. J. NJ.
Graham holds the contract with the
State. A letter embracing the posi-
ton of the board was addressed to
the governor. The governor has on
several occasions stated that if the
hosiery mill was not abolished that
he would pardon all of the 800 men
and women employed in the mill.
The board finds that ]. M. Graham
has observed every provision Of the
contract. That failure on the part
Of the State through its officers to
perform it's duties toward the con-
victs, should not be allowed to work
e hardship on J. NJ. Graham nor JUS
tify the State in breaking the agree
rent with him.
That the hosiery mill Is in thor
oughly sanitary condition and the
converts therein work under more
favorable circumstances than en-
ployes in similar industries conduct
ed by parties or corporations.
That deaths from tuberculosis in
the whole penitentiary, including the
hosiery mill, has decreased from So
during the years between 1900 and
1905 to- % during the years between
1906 and 1919.
That a greater number Of convicts
are brought to the penitentiary al
ready afflicted with tuberculosis than
those contracting the disease within
the prison walls.
That as soon las a convict shoWs
alb h1chdeT bmorniartlfhSo
any symptoms Of tuberculosis he or
she is placed in one Of the finest
tuberculosis hospitals In this seq
ton of the country.
That the board stands ready to
make any changes In the buildings
that may be necessary to further
safeguard the health of the conVicts,
whenever they ascertain through the
board of health and their own IN
vestigations the same is desirable.
That the board invites inspection
by private citizens Of the State at
any time, Of all the buildings within
the walls Of the State penitentiary.