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The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
GETS CHECK FOR $4,000.
Andrew Carnegie Gives That Sum to
College at Clinton.

Jackson-Dr. W. T. Lowrey, presi-
dent Of Mississippi college, at Clinton,
has received from Mr.. Andrew Car
negie a check for $4,000 in payment
of the pledge made by the great phi
lanthropist to the institution. In a
statement on the subject President
Lowrey says:
In the last five years We have re-
ceived $4,000 from the general edu-
cation board and $4,000 from Mr.. Car
negie. The Jennings family gave $780,
600 and the people at large have given
$4,000. In all, this is $780, 00, which
has been added within the last five
years. Twenty thousand dollars of
this has gone to endowment eqlip-
ments. We spent $4,000 in the build
ing and the equiping of Jennings hall
and the large dining hall adjoining.
The balance is being put into the new
science building. In addition to these
splendid new buildings, the college
now has endowment amounting to
$4,000. Ten years ago the endow-
ment was AZ $1,000, and all the other
property put together was estimated
at $4,000 more. That made $4,000;
thus, we have gone from $4,000 up
to 100000 in ten years.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
COTTON ROOT ROT IN TEXAS
Spread From One Field to Another by
Means of Wagon Wheels-Aiso
Affects Sweet Potatoes.

By DIR. H. H. HARRINGTON, Director
of Texas Experiment Station.)
Cotton root rot of cotton and alfal-
ia is a fungi on the roots. Light and
air seem to be inimical to the life OF
the fungi, so that one Of the best
things to be done, aside from rotation
of crops, is to pillow the land early in
the fall and keep It stirred with har-
row, in order that light and air may
enter as deeply as possible into the
ground. This, of course. could not be
done for alfalfa, but could for cotton.
1t spreads from M field to another In
damp weather by means of the soil
sticking to wagon wheels or the feet
of live stock. 1t affects sweet potatoes
also. l think the reason 1t appears
worse on mesquite land is that this
land is usually black and tight, shading
out the light and air. For the samel
reason it manifests itself worse AFTER
showers, or during a series of SHOWERS
during the summer, the wa<ter com
pacing the soil so as 91'shut out the
light and air.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
DIDN'T KILL WEEvtLs.
DR.. Knapp Gives Out Statement to the
Farmers.

FaTEneTSs
Jackson-Dr. S. A. Knapp, special
agent in charge of the Farmers Co
operative Demonstration work has
given out the following to the agents
in Mississippi the boil weevil terri
tory:
1T has been reported to this office
that an impression has been given out
and somewhat extensively circulated
that the extremely cold weather Of
January tended so to destroy the wee
wills that the cotton planters need fear
very little trouble from them for the
crop of 1911.
This is quite a mistake because in
January the weeviis are in hibberna-
ton and can stand any amount of
freezing without great damage. If
such freeze had occurred before the
weevils had left the field it would
have been very beneficial because it
would have destroyed all of the larvae
in the bolls and squares and a large
per cent of the weeyils that had not
gone into winter quarters. But dur
in Information it has been shown by
the bureau of entomology that very
little effect will be had upon them.
In fact, weevils have thus been placed
in solid ice and remained for con-
siderable time without serious injury"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24

This is the land of the free and the
home of the brave. It Is the haven
Of the down-trodden and the hope OF
the oppressed. 1t is the asylum of the
homeless and the opportunity OF the
willing. Millions in o~yercrowded Eu-
cast longing eyes h~itherward and
annually hundreds of Thousands sue
coed In reaching our shores. We have
o for them. There are work and
opportunity here for each of them-if
they are of the right sort. Our broad
acres and our prosperous cities can
care for another hundred millions as
easily as they support those who are
here. All we ask is that they be
earnest In the desire to be good Amer
leans capable of self-support, healthy
of mind and body.
But, unfortunately, in our generous
hospitality we are imposed upon. This
great country Of ours In fairness to
should not be made the
dumping ground Of the mentally In
competent, the physically incapable,
the morally perverted. and against
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24

JINGLE JIM WILSON, of the depart
u ment of agriculture. hopes to put
venison, that luxury of the rich, on
the table of every citizen in our coun-
try, and at a less cost than that of beef.
He aims to accomplish this by con-
vincing farmers that they can raise
small herds of deer or elk or antelope
on land that is at present absolutely
valueless and with practically no
attention after the start is once
made.
In many parts of the country there
are tracts of land which can be more
profitably used for raising venison
than any other purpose.
The propagation of game is as legiti-
mate a business as the growing of beef
or mutton, and, according to the de-
partment, the producer should be per-
mitted under reasonable regulation, to
dispose of his product at any time.
either for breeding purposes or for
food. This some of the state laws
now prohibit.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Increase in Our Foreign Criminals

these objectionables the barriers
should be made higher and more near
ly i~mpenetrable.
We try at Ellis Island to maintain
some sort of supervision of immigra-
ton and we do turn back many whose
presence among us would be a danger
and a burden. But we should go furth.
err than this.
What stronger object lesson OF the
necessity for careful espionage on i'm
migration do we need than the report
of the New York state superintendent
of prisons, Cornelius v. Collins? He
tells US that. notwithstanding the
growth Of the parole system, our
prison population is increasing rapid.
ly; that u state prisons are shock
ingly overcrowded. and that-here's
the point-more than 54 per cent. Of
this prison Increase is directly trace
able to the trend of foreign criminals
to the United States.
Our government a do nothing
more beneficial to the country than to
prevent the incoming Of foreigners OF
criminal record or tendency.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24

THERE Isl a story abroad in Wash
ington, whether true or not. that
the pampered men of the capital go
about accepting invitations and then
at the last moment turn a fipdap II
they get a card from a hostess where
there is apt to be more fun going on.
Anyway, it is the men Of Washington
who hold all the trump cards in the
social game. as n may infer from
this declaration Of a dashing young
American baroness who left here not
q great while ago:
Sorry to go to Turkey? Sorry to
set up housekeeping In CONSTANT
nople? Not a bit of 1t! Why, my
dear. things will be changed complete
ly. Over there l will not have the deliri-
UNI fidgets wondering whether I'll have
men enough to go around II ! give a
dance or a dinner-no, indeed, 1t will
be just the other way about. I'll be
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
New Upland Type.

Apart. from the question of weevil
Resistance the most promising OF the
new upland types thus far imported
| from tropical countries by the depart
ment Of agriculture are Mexican cot
tons with the very desirable combina-
ton Of large hollis and long lint-that
is. larger bolls and longer lint than
are combined in any of the upland cot
tons now grown in the United States.
| While the new varieties are not yet
"set" to their surroundings, the depart
ment has found a very satisfactory
strain which is being tested in regular
| field paintings.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Dairy Products.

In the twenty years ending with
1900 the population Of the United
States increased by so per cent, but
in the same time the production OF
eggs increased by 80 per cent. There
was a still greater increase in the pro-
duction of milk per capita. Mean
time the United States has practical
ly ceased to be an exporter either OF
eggs or dairy products. The in
creased production has been entirely
absorbed in the home market owing
to the fact that the same number OF
people are using vastly greater guam
titles of both eggs and milk today
than they used thirty years ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
OVER HALF MILLION GAIN.
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley and I'LL
nois Central.

nois Central.
Jacksonville report of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley and Illinois
Central Railroads, which have just
been filed with Secretary Maxwell OF
the Mississippi Railroad Commission,
shows a handsome gain in business
for the quarter ending December 81
as compared with the same period OF
1909.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
shows an increase In net revenues OF
$467, 1864 over the quarter ending
December 81, 1909, and the Illinois
Central shows a gain Of $33S,S67.40 for
the corresponding quarters of 1909,
and 1910.
The total venue of the Yazoo ana
Mississippi Valley for the quarter end
ing December 81, 1910, were s3,445,-
649.SS. against $3,OS3 .9S0.59, or an in
craese of 1851 ,66S. Sc. The operating
expenses were $1,996. 1850, against
s2,1O1, S35.43, or a decrease of $92,-
1882. The net were ST.
4~49,S11.2s, against s9Sa,144.S9, CT an in
crease of $467, 166.40.
The total revenues of the Illinois
Central for the same quarters We're
s6,679,252.75, against s6.405, 650.95, or
an increase of s273,592.S0, compared
with the same period of 1909. The
operating expenses were s4,270,931.G5,
against $4,536, POSES. The net reve-
nue. were $240S, 321.07, against $780,
451.67, or an increase of s~33S,S69.40.
This is the best showing these roads
have ever made, and is a remarkable
one, from the fact that it shows a
tremendous increase of business in
Mississippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
&GeneIulM

study the silo question.

Study the silo question. !.
Concrete 10 q good conductor CT
heat.
Meat for smoking should be lean
An The milk house should bg ,RBHhrate
and apart from the stableerewith, Jar
Cold weather never atfafsaTheselH.
but dampnes il fatal in time, And q
Cut out and burn all deiuk wdbd hG
blighted apple and pear unstsTial
Is the manure pile growAlgnAN94a
mountain? Get it on theaheldsLe
sheep return to the soil 80 eIssAidicert.
Of fertility from the food eateh.
Grit is essential to the health Of
fowls and to economy in feeding.
The value OF alfalfa for feeding
boea IL not fully appreciated as yet.
what this country needs Is more In
diyidual farmers and fewer tenants.
Look over the canned fruit and vege-
tables and work Owe all that is not
keeping well.
Live stock farming means that q
considerable portion OF the farm must
Be in pasture.
Remove and burn I'll dried up
peaches from thc tfees. They cause
fhe epread of disease.
corno}alks Il n eleitned. meke =
hok1S1 eoat ro1S& bnt 4 ~ mn
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
SlLO FOR DAIRYMEN
Good Silage viii Keep the Cow
in Vigorous Health.
Most important Rule IN Profitable
Dairy Is to Keep Cows MIX Flow
Ing Freeiy-What Missouri
Men Think.

tBy H. e. M'NATT. Dairy Department.
University Of Missouri.)
This is the time OF year when the
dairyman or dairy farmers, who owns
q silo likes to talk about silage. Good
silage comes as near being June pas
ture In January as any feed with
which the dairyman is familiar. Its
succulent or juicy nature especially
fit 1t for stimulating the milk flow. and
keeping the COW in vigorous health.
Probably the most important rule
in the profitable dairy is to keep the
cows milk flowing as freely as pos
sible after the flow has once been
started by parturition or calf-birth. To
do this demands right feeding and
good care. Silage is almost necessary
to right feeding. Silage is a cheap
feed to put up, and valuable to use. 1t
is grown on the farm. This fact il
of importance in this day OF high
priced mill feeds.
Read what a few Missouri dairymen
have recently said about silos and ST.
lage.
Messrs. j. R. White & Son. near Au-
rora, Mo-, say: I'VE consider silage
N of the best feeds we yer used to
keep up the milk flow N winter. Since
we began feeding silage we have lever
had a COW off feed and WI are feed
ing a COW all she will eat"
Mr.. John Hosmer, proprietor OF the
~well-known Hosmer farm near Marsh
field, Mo-, has this to say Have a
silo by all means. If intending to get
into the dairy business and don't plan
a silo, stay out. II dairying and are
not ifuring on a silo, get out. For
in either case, the modern dairy meth
DDS of the fellow who has and uses
the silo will put you out"
Shepard Brothers of Hughesville,
Mo-, say this: "A silo is n OF the
very best things a man a invest his
money in if he is In the dairy bust
ness. You can get more feed for less
money out of a silo than any other
way we know Of"
P. P. Lewis, Crescent, Mo-, recently
said: 81 have used silage continuous
ly for the past six years and am thor
oughly convinced that it is not only
the cheapest feed a farmer can pro-
duce, but because of its succulence, is
a great help in the digestion of other
feeds"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Have Hopes for Lakes-to-Cu lf Canal

cal interests affected. No such provi-
sion is put in with respect to the inves-
tigation Of the proposed canal connect.
ing Lake Erie with Lake Michigan.
BY the terms Of the new rivers and
harbors bill, the waterways commits.
sion is to have two years from the
4th OF March In which to Investigate
these projects. In making the investi-
cations the commission is authorised
to call upon the engineer corps OF the
army to furnish data.
Nearly every observer with a large
range of vision is convinced that
er or later. a canal connecting Lake
Erie with the lower end OF Lake
Michigan will be built, and that a
canal will eventually connect Lake
Erie or Lake Michigan with the Ohio
river. Persons who have devoted some
study to this subject OF artificial water
ways are disposed to believe that
when the country is ready for a canal
the Ohio river with
Of the great lakes the demand will be
for a canal extending from Lake Mich
igan. through Indiana to the Ohio
river.
There are many eason for believ-
ing that as soon. as the Panama canal
is completed. the building Of artificial
waterways here at home will be under.
taken on a large scale. 1t is generally
assumed that the lakes-to-the-gulf wa
will be the first Of the projects
put through.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24

From a commercial standpoint, II
may be well to remember that a pair
Of ~six-year-old mules, well-matched,
well-broken and well-grown, weighing
from LOO to 1900 pounds each. will
bring from $3.50 to $500.
More mules should be raised by the
farmers all v the country. Breed
your ~heavy-set mares to a good-sized
stylish jack, and when your colts
come, take care of them and they will
prove to be about the most profitable
stock on the place. either to work or
to sell.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
NEARING END OF SEASON.
Two jackson Oil Mills Are Soon to
Close Down.

Close Down.
Jackson.-Two of the four oil mills
in jackson, the Mississippi Cotton Oil
Company and the jackson Oil and
Refining Company, will close for the
season next week. The other plants
will continue their runs until about
the middle of March, and probably
longer. :.
During the past week a large num-
Der of mills over the state have e.
hausted their seed supplies and closed
down. The season has been somewhat
shorter than usual, good prices for
seed have been paid since the crop
movement, and the margin of profit
for the mills will not be very large.
However, a majority Of the plants will
be able to show profits. in contrast to
the 1909-10 season, when very few, if
any, of the mills we're able to show
dividends.
Farmers are drawing heavily on
the oil mills for seed supplies for
planting purposes. Numerous orders
for seed are being booked, and ship
ments will be commenced wi hin the
next few days.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
IT'S FOOD
That Restores and Makes Health
Possible.

There are stomach specialists az
well as eye and ear and other special
lists.
One of these told a young lady, OF
New Brunswick, N. j., to quit medE
cines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says:
For about IL months | suffered se-
verely with gastritis. / was unable
to retain much Of anything on my
stomach, and consequently was COM
PEELED to give up my occupation.
II took quantities of medicine, and
had an idea / was dieting, but I con-
tinued to suffer, and soon lost Is
pounds in weight. I was depressed
In spirits, and lost interest In every
thing generally. My mind was SO af-
fected that it was impossible to be-
come interested in even the lightest
reading matter.
"After suffering for months I de-
cided to go to a stomach specialist
He nut me on Grape-Nuts ard my
health began to improve Immediately.
It was the keynote of a new life.
II found that / had been eating too
much starchy food which / did not d.
gest. and that the cereals which ! had
tried had been too heavy. I soon
proved that 1t is not the quantity Of
food that one eats, but the quality.
IN a few weeks I was able to go
back to my old business OF doing cler-
ical work. / have continued to eat
Grape-Nuts for both the morning and
evening meal. l wake in the morning
with a clear mind and feel rested. 1
reeained my lost weight in q short
time. / am well and happy again and
owe it to Grape-Nuts." Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville." In
pkxs. sThere's z Reason"
n5vev reaA the above leftert A naw
- S6rsGrs fron tine g 49, they
- 9sssisss tn, and fsu = hunes
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Lime and Fertilizer.

Repeated questions arise regarding
the effect Of lime on acid phosphate
and other fertilizers. II a soil needs
lime, make the application. Mix the
lime with the surface soil. and let it
give you a sweet soil. Then use any
kind Of fertilizer you want to use.
The chemists may or may not know
what will happen chemically, but fer
tilizers are more effective In a lined
soil than in a sol one. and effective
ness is about all you need are for.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Files s1,ooc,o 900 Mortgage.

Gulfport-There has been filed for
record here a mortgage, executed by
the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Company to the Metropolitan Trust
Company of New York, for $1,000, 900.
The mortgage is to cover bonds known
as the general and refunding 6 per
cent gold mortgage bonds, issued by
the Gulf and Ship Island Road to the
Metropolitan Trust Company. The
money derived from the sale of these
bonds will be applied to paying the
outstanding Indebtedness of 100000,
the balance to be used for the i'm
provement of the property of the rail
road.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
WANTED CORNER ON EARTH.
Governor Noel Refuses Charter for
Steamship Company.

Jackson.-Gov. Noel has had to re-
fuse a charter to a Vicksburg com.
pany because of it's provisions. 1t
proposes to do anything and every
thing from conduct an orphan asylum,
or asks for that privilege, to putting
in a line of airships from Vicksburg
or any other place the stockholders
may, at any meeting, name as the
domicile.
OF course the charter doesn't
specify these things, but the last
clause of the proposed charter woul9.
grant the company the right to d1o so
if it so desired. 1t is proposed to es
tablish a line of see1mboats on the
Yazoo and M~ississsfppi rivers, as vel
as conduct several other lines of bust
ness.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Alfalfa for Horses.

Feed alfalfa In reasonable rations
of from ten to twenty pounds q day.
Livery horses may be kept in vigor-
GUS thrift with a small quantity OF
grain. and thus q saving may be
made Of twenty to thirty per cent. in
cost Of maintenance. In the alfalfa
districts may be found many livery
men who. having had experience with
alfalfa hay, feed their horses little
of anything else. In the last few
years there has been a growing de-
mand for alfalfa hay for southern
towns and cities.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
State Retail Merchants.

Natchez-In announcing the dates
for the annual convention of the Mis-
sissippi Retail Merchants Association
to be held in this city, Mr.. James w
Miller, president of the association
said that they have been .sarranged
with a view to securiRggs the most
prominent and best ssspeakers, those
who Will deliveEr~ addresses at the
Arkansas Meeting which is to be held
at Little Re5ck and the Tennessee CON
yentHpyy11, at Memphis. The dates for
thse Mississippi convention are May
,%23, "a and rs.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
WORKING TO GET RECORDS.
Efforts to Obtain Data on Participants
in Civil War.

Jackson.-John A. Webb, adjutant-
general and chief-of-staf of the Missis-
sippi division, United Confederate Vet
Grams, with Gen. Montgomery, division
commander, has been doing all in his
power to promote the success of the
Foster amendment now pending in the
United States senate, providing for a
subsidiary allowance in connection with
the army appropriation bill for the pur-
pose of ~defraying the expense of provid-
ing a complete official record of the
names and other information pertaining
to them, of all soldiers and sailors of
both the Union and Confederate armies
who served during the war between the
states.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Pays to Advertise.

If you raise fine fruit or vegetables
for the table, why not let the people
in your market town know It BY
means Of 4 card2 You may thus sell
many q wagon load direct to CON-
sumers. and at q much better price
than when the middleman = your only
customer.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Working for Exposition.

Jackson-Secretary of State Joseph
w. Powers has received a letter from
the management of the Panama Elk.
position, San Francisco, asking infor-
nation about the meeting of the Mis-.
sissippi legislature, and intimating
that this state will be asked to mako
an appropriation for the exposition.
Mr.. Powers will supply the informal
tion asked for, but unless there is a
decided change in public sentiment
Mississippi will not be represented ct
the San Francisco fair.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24

Clutches or Biers.
Richard Croker, at a dinner in New
York, expressed a distrust for aero
planes.
There's nothing underneath Them"
*hn, ircatr -hhsn5 Sues
wrong, down they drop.
Il said to a Londoner the other day:
How is your son getting on since
he bought a flying machineT
Ion crutches, like the rest o.
them the Londoner replied"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
eIf-cIeanine Rake.

grasps the end of the handle while the
other hand. sliding in a downward anA~
backward movement, comes in csontact
with a lever which sljdAes forward and
pushes a rod that 'vuens the inner fork
downward ps-er the rake teeth, thus
.cleapirdg chem at every stroke of the
rake.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
$4,000 is VERDICT.
Selling Negroes Pullman Berths Un-
profitable for Railroad.

vieksburg-In the case of Miss
Pearl Morris VS.. the A. & V. Railroad,
suing for $685. 900 in the circuit court,
charging that three negroes were sold
berths in a Pullman sleeper in which
she took a berth last February, the
jury brought in a verdict for $15, 900 in
favor of the plaintiff. The case may
go to the United States supreme court
to test the law.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
Lower Telephone Rates.

Jacksonville Mississippi Railroad
Commission issued an order direct
ing the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany to reduce the rates on residence
phones at Vicksburg, Natchez and
Greenville. The rate has been $3.50
a month for residence phones, while
the same for the same class of bust
ness in jackson and Meridian is 50 q
month, and the commission ordered
the reduction so as to make the rate
uniform. The new rate will become
effective at an early date.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
SELF-CLEANING GARDEN RAKE
In Using This implement All of Move
ments Are Observation-Disclosures
at Every Stroke.

The rake shown in the illustration
is composed of an inner fork that
works on a hinge connected to the
main fork. A perforated angle bar
connected to the inner fork rests on
the rake bar and slides on the teeth
of the rake. This is operated by a rod
and lever attached to the rake handle.
In operating this rake the move
ments are mechanical. One hand
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
$4,000 Fire at Yorktown.

Yorktown-Fire, believed to be Of
incendiary origin, completely de
stroyed the main business section of
this town, causing a property dam
age which will probably raech $4,000,
only a small portion of which is COW
cred by insurance.