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The La Jara chronicle., 1911-03-17
DUTY OF WATER.

how many farmers are tiere
in the country who know what is
meant by the term DUTY of
Water?" Not many Yet they have
been living in an arid section and
irrigating their fields for years.
They have seen the value of wat
er increase year after year, and
they know that water in a res
ervoir is like money in bank,
and should be used when and
where it will do the most good,
and made to go as far as possi-
BILE.
One farmer uses certain head
Of water and with it covers five
acres of his farm in day. An
other farmer uses the same head
and irrigates only 21a acres with
it. The duty of the water in the
hands and on the land of farmer
No. l, is double the duty in the
hands and on the land of farmer
No. 2.
1t behooves every farmer, then,
to know what duty he is getting
out of his water, and, if he finds
that lie is not up to the stand
ard, he may take the necessary
steps to improve the position of
his bitches or may, during the fall
and early winter, cut off the
high spots and fill in the low
spots of the field and in this
way increase the duty of his wat
er two, three and even fourfold.
There are two general ways
of speaking of the duty of water.
One is to state the number OF
acres a second foot of water will
take care of, and the other is to
speak of the number of acre feet
of water used per acre
We used to figure that land
in this section needed l second
foot of water for every 40 acres,
and in this case the duty of wat
er was 40 acres per second foot.
Later we raised this duty to 60
acres per second foot; then we
made the duty 80 acres per sec
ond foot of water for each So
acre tract. Now we are figuring
the duty of water to be 100 or
100 acres per second foot.
Can we do better than this ?
We certainly can, for in southern
California, where water is scarce
and valuable, they make a sec
ond foot of water take care of
300 acres, and where subirriga-
ton, by means of underground
pipes, is used, the duty in some
ases has reached 1000 acres per
second foot.
This method, however, of fig
uring duty is not the best by
any means, for it presupposes
continuous flow of l second foot
throughput the irrigation season.
The farmer when he irrigates
usually wants more than a second
foot head, and he uses it for
ii few days or weeks and then uses
no water at all for period.
Hence, the second way of stating
it, which is in acre feet per acre,
is usually the best way.
A second foot of water running
for "a hours delivers approx
mately 2 acre feet. (To be exact
it delivers 2 acre feet in "a hours
IL minutes.) Let us say the ir-
rigating period is 100 days, and
in that time approximately 24O
acre feet If this We're applied all
at once to 100 acres, it would
cover it to a depth of "a feet,
and we would say that the duty
of water in this case, is "a acre
feet per acre.
The duty of water, then, in acre
feet per acre, is the number of
acre feet of water applied to each
acre of land, during the entire
season. 1t varies the country
over, from l acre foot per acre, /
to 10 or 12 acre feet per acre.
Why not make an experiment,
then, Mr.. Farmer, and see what
duty you are getting from your
water? 1t will pay you.
E. B. House.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-03-17

When buying a'cough medicine for chill
dren bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is mo.t eflrctual for colds, Group
and whooping cough anl thst it contains no
armful drug. For sale bv all dealers.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
carolinian Easy Victim for ST. Louis
Sharpers.>

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 23.-Matching
confidence men last evening separat-
ed John E. Batmer of BurnsVille, N.
c., from $163.
Batmer, who several days ago was
discharged from the army at Sen
Francisco, stood at the union station
awaiting a train home, when a
stranger approached him, saying:
Excuse me, sir, but isn't your name
Batmer and don't you live in Burns
vile, N CO." Batmerreplied affir-
matively and the stranger said he,
too, lived in Burnsville whittier he
was now bound, and had known Bat
mer there. The men shook hands
and soon were seeing sights together
They took a car ride and finally were
met by second stranger, who
shook hands with Batmer's supposed
friend
The trio entered a saloon and the
strangers started to match coins.
After a while stranger No. 2 stepped
out. Stranger No. 1 proposed to Bat
mer they fleece stranger No. 2. "All
right, I'll begin with tails and you
throw heads said Batmer, S'the next
time we will change. Either one or
the other of US will win and when
his roll is gone we will split the
winnings" AS soon as No. 2 return
ed, the game started. They matched
first for So, and then for $40 then
for $50 and the fourth time for 500.
the supposed friend winning in each
instance The strangers then propos
ed to match for $500. Batmer said
"You will have to excuse me, boys
have lost $163 and I have only a
dollar left" The winning stranger
said, "Well, then we will quit and GO
to the station; wait a minute until
return from the washroom. Batme1
and the second stranger waited sew
eral minutes. The second stranger
then said, "Batmer, you remain here
and I'll go back and see where he
is,''
Batmer waited long then sought
policeman.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
About the Street PAVING.

1t seems to be the impression
among some of our citizens that the
city does not pay for onethird of the
street paving, but counts in it's one
third the eight feet paid for by the
street railway and leaves the taxpay-
ers to pay for full two-thirds of the
actual width of the street. We are
informed by Mr.. c. B. Wedbetter,
chairman of the street committee,
that such is not the case. We believe
that there was at one time an at
tempt made to pass such a ruling,
but Mr.. Ledbetter and other alder
men voted it down.
The cost is divided in this way:
The eight feet to be paid for by the
street car company is deducted from
the actual width of the str ct paved
and the remainder is divide by 3.
For instance, the paving on Gille-
spie street is 40 feet wide, feet of
which is to be paid for by the street
car company. After deducting the
feet, the remaining 80 feet of paw
ing is divided by 8, leaving 10 2-3
feet to be paid for by the city, 10 2-3
to be paid for by the taxpayers on
the east side of the track, and 10 2-3
feet to be paid for by the taxpayers
on the west side of the track. OF
cocrse each property owner pays for
the paving the actcal length of his
premises abctting on the street.
Fayetteville Observer
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Officials of Trust Company Indicted
BY Grand Jury.

Atlanta, Ca, Oct 23.-Charged
with using the mails to defraud and
to promote lottery whereby they
secured nearly a half million dollars
Richard Purvis, president of the
Southern Loan and Trust Co, of this
city, and three other officers Of the
same concern we're indicted by the
Federal grand jury here today The
other officers were Ernest o. Helm,
vice president; Guy King, secretary
and w. N. Smith, a former presi-
dent
1t is charged that the company sold
loan contracts of which only part
could be fulfilled and that in buying
contract an investor was really
purchasing lottery ticket.
The company, according to the
governme sold these contracts IN
series of 100 and granted loans in
accordance with the number on the
contract If the number was large
it is declared it was improbable the
investor would secure a loan. Con
tracts for $500 loans usually were
sold by the company. The investor
was to pay SIS a month until he nae
paid $50 and then was to be entitled
| to a loan for this amount.
Inc government CHdi 800 'hoC ~
ters detailing the company's scheme
| having been sent throughout the
South. The company's affairs have
been in the courts for some months
Land it's business is now in the hands
of Alex w Smith, Jr., as trustee II
bankruptcy, who, it is declared hopes
to realize between 100000 and $3.50,
| 600 from assets in the final settle
ment.
Purvis and his associates were ar
| rested last July at the instance o
postoffice inspectors and placed un
der bonds and these bonds Will no
he Increased pending trial.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Will Enforce The Law.

Newcastle, Wyo., Oct. 23.-Presi-
dent Taft again made it clear in
speech here that it is his intention
to enforce the Sherman antitrcst act,
no matter how much offending COM
binations squeal for mercy
'The Supreme court" said Mr.
Taft, tthas rendered two decisions
one against the Standard Oil Com
pany, requiring it to be broken up
and disintegrated into parts, and
the other against the American To
bacco company. There are other COM
panies that are charged in the same
way Some of them are coming in to
voluntarily divide themselves up ana
just as we are about to reach a prop
er and successful admiration of the
law, we find that there are some peo-
pie who object to the administration
because of the fact that we are pro-
scouting those trusts and we are en-
forcing the law.
"It is a case where the administra-
ton is going to be damned if it does
not and damned if it does Our en-
derstanding in the administration is
that when the President lifted his
hand and swore to defend the con-
stitution and enforce the law, it
1uCduC SOIuOIu1uS duu Wdcu LuCIC "1o
| a law upon the statute books for 20
years 10 suppress these combinations
against interstate trade, to monopo
| 1ize and to interfere with that trade
and to control prices, that it was his
| business and the business of all un
der him to enforce the law, and thai
is what we are doing and that is
what we propose to do, no matter
whether we be damned or not.
| "The prosecution of these grea
combinations that have been tryins
to prevent competition must go or
until the law is either repealed OF
the law is enforced, that no comb1
| nations shall exist which shall be
able to prevent competition and es
tablish a monopoly and that is the
policy which the administration has
adopted and one it intends to carry
through
/ The President spent the day travel
ing in northern Wyoming. He started
at Sheridan in the morning, with the
thermometer down around 25 am
stopped for the night in Newcastle.
/ Mr.. Taft's speech here was com
menced just as snow began to fall.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Fair Will Go On.

Charlotte, Oct 23.-Fire finished
what the fates had begun for the
Mecklenburg county fair, wien 1t
wiped out every exhibit building on
the grounds and left the big area in
the subcrbs a blackened mass three
days prior to the opening. The first
blow to the enterprise came with the
announcement of the tragic death OF
Aviator Ely, at Macon, after the fair
directors had been advertising exten-
sively as a drawing card. A fire of
unknown origin was discovered in
the grandstand, destroyed every thing
inflammable on the grounds. Work
men were busy putting the buildings
and exhibits in shape for the fair,
which opened today. The loss cannot
be estimated at this time. Undaunted,
the directors have announced that
the fair will be held according to
program.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Too Calm For Flights.

Kill Devil Hill, N. c., Oct %
A dead aim prevented any flights by
Orville Wright today in the Wrights'
new experimental glider. By hard
work the machine had been repaired
and was ready for experiments this
morning but ag ood wind of early
day fell fat toward afternoon, making
impossible any trials. Since the acci-
dent the rear rudder has been en-
larged and the tail heightened to OBJ
tain better control.
The new stabilizing device which
the Wrights' intend to try on the
new glider has not reached the Kill
Devil Hill camp. 1t is understood the
apparatus is in course of construc-
ton at Dayton, o., and will shortly
be sent here for experiments 1t is
understood to consist of an aileron
balancing system, automatically ac'
tuated by a pendulum hanging below
the center of the machine. -z-.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24

OF the ten additional delegates from
North Carolina to the proposed cot
ton meeting in New Orleans, these
being supplementary to the delegates
two from each congressional districts
named this week by the convention
of cotton farmers in connection with
the State fair. Those named by the
commissioner are B. F. Shelton,
Speed; R. H. Kicks, Rocky Mount;
w. S. Cobb, Lumber Bridge; w. R.
Capart, F. K. Borden, Go1dsboro; w.
A. Simpkins, Raleigh; J. A. Shine,
Faison: T. G. Gidney, Shelby and J.
A. Wilkerson, Bellehaven and H. E.
Thompson, Stantonsburg, N. G.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
No SLEEP in COWETA
800 ARMED NEGROES PREPARING
TO ATTACK THE CITY BECAUSE
NEGRO WAS LYNChED.

CoWeta, Okla, Oct. 23.-Prepare0
to meet the volleys of lead from
three hundred armed negroes who
are known to be eneamped not far
from the edge of the town and only
await reinforcements five hundred
negroes from Red Bird, Oklahoma
before beginning to attempt to wipe
out Coweta and all the white inhabi-
tants two hundred and fifty white
men waited for the attack. The bat
tie is expected TO begin at any mo-
ment. The negroes are aroused by
the lynching of one of their race
who killed one man and injured two
others. They have sworn vengeance
Not white man in Coweta closed
his eyes last night. The excitement
is intense. The country is populated
largely by negroes. During the night
and today the cities was reinforce9
by national guards who came on "a
special train and the troops imme-
| diately began patrol the streets.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24

told. Avis was a singer in the Bap-
tist church choir when Mr.. Richeson
assumed the pastorate there four
years ego. She was oaly 10 years
old but the new minister showed
marked attention to her and within
a few months was calling at the Lin
nell home.
AT first l objected" said Mrs.
Linnel1, but only because | thought
Avis too young. l liked Mr.. Richie
son and thought him an admirable
man and finally consented when Avis
told me that he loved her and that
they were engaged. The wedding
was set for last October but Mr.
Richeson's attacks troubled him un-
til he broke the engagement, saying
he would renew it if he found his
physical condition warranted He
became engaged to Avis again but
they had never set a date after the
first, I believe"
Mrs. Linnell told of visiting Bos.
ton last week when she saw Avis and
also met Mr.. Richeson "My little
girl seemed in the best of spirits and
appeared happy in her renewed en-.
gagement with Mr.. Richeson," Msr
L1nnell said, and added that the min.
lister told her at that time that re
ports that he was engaged to Miss
Violet Edmands of Brookline, were
untrue.
$50 gray and light-hearted did Avis
appear that day that one would
think the child had not a care in
the world" said her mother. Her
music lessons were delightful to her
and everything was pleasant"
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Talesmen are Excused.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 23.-Oct of
II talesmen who sat in the jury box
at the Mcnamara murder trial at
the opening of court Saturday, only
six we're left when court adjourned
until Monday. Of these six, however
it is considered more than possible
that two or perhaps three will find
themselves on the jury as it is sworn
in.
Those 10 dekcup$Thdm2YcE NIX
Those locked up Saturday night af-
ter having been passed for cause by
both sides were:
SeabOrn Manning, rancher.
F.. D. Green, orange grower.
Robert F. Balm, carpenter.
Tt is possible that all of these will
become members of the jury, no
animus against either of them on
either side being apparent
A. r. Mcintosh, challenged by the
state becacse of his opposition to IN
Fiction of the death penalty on cir
cumstantial evidence will be ques
toned by the court before he is held
or excused.
George w. Mckee, who says he. is
| firmly. convinced that the Los An
geles Times was blown up by dyna
LulC0 Was uHuoT 1ulcIIoSdIAoh OJ 1ne
court at the close of Saturdays ses
| sion. He is not wanted by counse
for the defense, who assert that Jas
B. Mcnamara, their client, could moi
| have dynamited the building ane
caused the death of Charles J. Hag
gerty, for which he is being tried, be
cause the building was blown up by
gas. They, therefore, challenged Nc
Kee and are waiting for a ruling from
Judge Berdwell. Mckee says he ha:
no opinion as to the built or limo
cence of the defendant.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Farmers Are Worried Over Low
Price Of Cotton.

Cullman, Ala, Oct. 23.-Cottcn sold
in Cullman last week the lowest that
it has for some years. All the entire
day the streets of the city were lined
with wagons loaded with the fieecy
staple, and we're forced to accept as
low as eight and three quarter cents
per pound, although in some cases
the farmers were paid as high as
$50. The low price of cotton this
fall is a source of considerable Wor-
ry to the farmers and merchants OF
this county. Many men who have
contracted debts with the idea OF
fifteen cent cotton this fall are un-
eble to meet the obligations.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
A HOLY
WAR
MOHAMMEDANS BELIEVE ITALY'S
AGGRESSION is ANOTHER
CRUSADE
TWO PRIESTS MURDERED

Rome, Oct. 23.-A holy war in Tri-
poll has been begun by the Bedouin
tribesmen according to advices re
ceived here. The savage tribesmen
worked to frenzy by fear that TIA
ly's aggression is the forerunner of
a movement to blot out Mohamme-
dism caused the massacre Of a hun
dred people including two priests
near Benghazi. The clericals murder
ed were father Umbreo director Of
the Catholic mission and Father Jo-
seph who acted as the guardian of
several hundred slaves who had been
liberated by the Italians.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Saws Hearst Will Be Presidential
Candidate.

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 23.-Wil-
liam r. Hearst's expressed intention
of realigning himself with the Demo
cratic party presages presentation OF
the publishers name to the New York
delegation as candidate for the Dem
ocratic Presidential nomination, ac-
>cording to Oscar w. Underwood, Dem
ocratic floor leader of the House of
Representatives Mr.. Underwood
made the forecast in an interview
here today and declared he thought
the California delegation to the next
national Democratic convention would
support Hearst for the nomination.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
COTTON TODAY.

New York, Oct 23.-Jan. opened
9.14; May 943; Oct 80; Dec. 9.25-
And at noon was as follows: JAM
9.1O; May 9.33; Oct 9.O6; Dec 9.26-
Liverpool closed Jan.-Feb. 4.9S 1928
March-April 500 ID; MayeJune 5.O75
Nov.-Dec. 496 1-2. Liverpool from 8
to 8 points down from the opening
today.
Spots Wilson market &c.
1870 Cotton, Dec. was 9.24; Jan.
9O8; March 9.21; May 9.35, ana
closed at prices ae follows: JAM
9.O7; May 9.33; Oct 9.06; Dec. 9-S2.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
STOCKS

New York, Oct. 23.-Fluctuatfons
and narrowness marked the opening
of the stock market although a bet
ter tone developed at the end Of a
half hours trading. Declines averag-
ed half a point In most Of the ac-
tive securities. Succeeding the fnitiaR
slump a rally developed which re-
stored Saturdays prices. The curb
was irregular and London was frre-
gular.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
JOHN WALSH DEAD.

The Banker Who Was ParoIed Last
Week From .Penitentiary
Chicago, Oct. 23.-John r. Walsh,
the recently paroled banker died sud-
denly of heart disease at 5:25 this
morning. He was paroled last week
from Leavenworth penitentiary where
he was sentenced for wrecKing three
Chicago banks.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24

At 1870 Dec wheat was 1o2, egYH
Dec. IS 1-2
Chicago, Oct. 23-At the opening
Dec. wheat was 102 IA, corn was IS
3-4.
At 2 O'Clock Dec wheat was 101
3-4, Dec. corn e5 IA.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
AFRAID Of
saHzE.Sz
AEROPLANE
WHICH The ITALIRNS Are USE
ing To ASCERTAIN STRENGTH
OF ENEMY
FLEE AT FIRST Sight

Tripoli, Oct. 23.-The Italians oc~
cupying Tripoli are meeting with
striking success in the practical USE
of the aeroplane in war. Ihe natives
and Turkish marauders In the hills
south of the city are stricken witka
terror at the sight of the flying nnaa-
chimes and are oflecing in a manic
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Frost Tonight.
program,

Fair tonight with frost probably
heavy in the western portion. Cooler
except in the extreme western por
ton. Tuesday fair and light to mod
crate northwest winds.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
No Game Today.

Philadelphia, Oct 23.-Todayrs
game between the Giants and the Attn
let1cs in the worlds series has been
postponed for the fifth consecutive
time owing o the grounds being
wet.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
PEkIN SETTLING / WITH
REVOLUTION
THE SUCCESS OF THE REBELS
is MAKING ALL OF CHINA
LONG FOR FREEDOM

Pekin, Oct. 23.-The city today is
seething with revolution which
threatens to momentari1y burst its
bounds and turn the streets into a,
battlefield. The success of the revo-
lutionists is making all of China res.
tive
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-10-24
Seven suildjnos Destroyed.

Milton, w. Va, Oct. 21-Seven
buildings are destroyed with a loss
of eighty thousand and one fireman
is injured. Fire swept the town tor
day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
BUT Books LIVE ON.

Many a man lives burden to the
earth; but a good book is the pre-
cious life blood of master spirit,
embalmed and treasured up on pur-
pose to a life beyond life. 1t is
true no age can restore life where
Of, perhaps, there is no great loss,
and revolutions Of ages do not oft
recover the loss Of rejected truth,
for the want of which whole nations
fare the worse. We should be wary,
therefore, what persecution we raise
against the living labors of public
men, how we spill that seasoned life
of man, preserved and stored up in
books, since we see a kind of homi-
eide may be thus committed, some
times a martyr6om, and, if it extend
to the whole impression, kind of
massacre, whereof the execution ends
not in the staying of an elemental
life, but strikes at the ethereal and
fifth essense, the breath of reason it.
self Stays an Immortality rather than
a life.-Milton, Areopagitica.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
REM6RANDT's HOUSE.

The Inauguration by Queen Will
helmina of the museum and picture
gallery installed in the house occu-
pied by Rembrandt at Amsterdam
from 1889 to 1858, in the Jodenbree-
STRAIT, marks an interesting event in
art commemoration Rembrandt
purchased the residence for $4,000
forms, and it was here that, in COM
pany with his wife, he passed the
happiest and at the same time the
most fertile years of his life. The
house was sold in 1858 for 1000
florins and was subsequently divided
into two, until in 1906 a special
commission, of which the famous
Dutch artist, Joseph Israels, was the
moving spirit, purchased the place
and had it restored and transformed
into a museum adorned with a large
number of Rembrandts pictures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
OUR BABEL OF TONGUES.

The old and the young sometimes
have difficulty in understanding
each others language. Geraldine,
playing with her little companions
ON the sidewalk, succeeded in fool
ing one of them rather neatly.
Pleased with the infant crime, she
dashed in to tell her grandmother :
Margaret got stung, gramma
"What stung her, dear, a bee p
asked gramma, mildly. Geraldine
stared at her In blank surprise.
whats a beef" she asked, deeply
perplexed. "Well, what do you
mean by 'stungP" inquired gram
ma, In equal dismay, and at last &C
ANunts neither had been able to
make the other comprehend what
was meant.