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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

bushels of good corn on land that
two years before die not produce that
much on ten acres. 1 used the
smoothing harrow for the first tune
on my corn after it was up, and II
was simply fine. l used II thIee
times. 1 have been using the weeder
for a long time, but no harrow. Will
use it more. I am like Bion Butler
about you, / guess, you have done
more for the poor farmer
than any man that ] know. l guess
you are getting tired Of such stuff,
but it had as we'll be aid while you
live as to be said after you ave PASS
ed to your eternal reward.
Professor Massey's Comment:
There is nothing more gratifying to
one who has spent a long life in the
effort to improve the farming in the
South than to get letters like the
above, showing that some one has
beer helped. In replying to Is or
20 letters a day from farmers all
over the country, a large part of my
time is spent. There is not any
money in this, very generally not even
a postage stamp for the reply. But
I enlisted in this work many years
ago and must keep at it SO long as
I 1cllSII1 lasts. d11u Tic CWdlU SO1iIC
in the consciousness that men are
being aided in the improvement of
their lands and made more success
full all over the country, for [ get
letters from farmers and gardeners
from Iowa to Florida.
Now. it nay save some of these let
ters if farmers would buy my book,
practical Farming" It is now in
the second edition and the price has
been reduced to $1.37 by mail. The
Progressive Farmer will send the
book. But do not understand that /
object at all to getting letters Of in
curry from any farmer. / have be-
come SO accustomed to answering
these letters hat I would feel tina
they are forgetting me if they did
not write.
The Progressive Farmer is pub
lished for the purpose Of aiding the
farmers Of the South, and every man
connected with it is doing his ut
most to make the paper indispensa-
lie to every Southern farmer. And
every farmer hat finds the paper is
helping him can do good to his neigh
bOrs by getting them to join our
family, and write me letters, too. 1
will promise that every letter tina
gets into my hands will get a prompt
reply by mail if a stamp or a stamp
ed envelope is enclosed. In no other
way can l keep SO close to the read
ers Of the paper. Unfortunately,
there are many things I do not know.
but l will give the readers Of The
Progressive Farmer the best l have.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Extract From a Letter to Professor
Massey.

must thank you for what YOU
have done for me or helped me to
do. | have beer reading your writ
ing a long time. | used to read your
writing when you wrote for the Prac-
teal Farmer. / have been garden
ing after your plan for six years and
have had the best garden Of anybody
IL our section. We will eat our last
green snap beans tomorrow, Noyem-
Der ); have had a fine lot, if it mas
heen SC dry that some Of my neigh
bors did not get one good mess. /
have had peas, tomatoes, snaps. corn,
butter beans, cabbage, collards. and
everything hat grows in a garden
that either l or my family like. 1
have green corn in the roasting-ear
patch now waiting for frost.
By the way, I tried out your plan
On corn this year. too, and had a
wonderful patch. I used $50 pounds
7-4-S guano, and will get so or GO
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Progressive Farmer }

SSSlSC
In north Mississippi lettuce plants
can be set in open burrows running
east and west. They will then head
well in early spring. The improved
Hanson or the Wonderful is pest Tor
this planting, as they are more Marcy
than other sorts. But n plants
should be grown from seed planted IN
September. My fall and early winter
lettuce is now heading we'll. The SEED
for this crop were SOWed in 6
and the plants set in the frames. They
low have the glass sasheS over them.
Then shortly | will SOW seed in frames
covered with glass and thin out the
plants to 8X10 nch and will head
these in March, while those set in the
open burrows will come on in late
April and wind up the lettuce season.
Growing lettuce for market one needs
plenty OF SasheS, for we can grow
better lettuce under glass than under
cloth, and in the long run, cheaper.
I mentioned the old Spanish sweet
potato recently and wondered where [
could get them. At once a friend in
Virginia sent me a basket of what he
called Spanish. But they are not the
Spanish Of my boyhood, but h is
known in North Carolina as the Bar
tadoes, or among the darkies as Bay
buses" Fine potatoes, though. Then
the same day 1 got a box from a
friend in Alabama which are the real
old Spanish, and l intend to try to
keep them for bedding. h potato
is a slim, rookie and ugly root, and
reVer grown for marke l believe, but
for quality for home use it is hard to
beat. Then another man in North
ampton county, Virginia, wrot that
he could sell me eight barrels of the
real Spanish. S, it is evident that the
old potato has not disappeared.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12
Farm Work for December.

40 ~ SIiS oootIA wv oS VI
notion hat winter is simply a time to
rest and do nothing on the farm. OF
curse, the man who still has cotton
in the field will know hat there is
work to do, but for every farmer there
is plenty Of work in winter that will
render the coming seasons cropping
IlOre profitable.
Look to the farm roads. If you
have a long farm road leading out to
h public road, and that road Of
yours is in an almost impossible con
ditien, it will do you little good for
the public road to be good, for while
you could haul a good load on the
public road you can not haul it to the
public road unless our private "a
is made good. That is where the field
rocks Will come into good use to make
the road solid. If you have no rocks,
you can improve the sandy roads by
covering with clay and, vice versa,
can cover the clay roads with sand.
The work Of a large farm will be very
much helped in a busy season if there
are good wagon roads made all over
it to the various fields. When l was
farming q 1,200-acre farm in the Vir-
ginia mountains and had rocks every
where, I macadamized the farm roads
all over the place SO that when crops
were to be hauled in l could haul
them.
Then. look after the farm buildings
and see that the stock have comforta-
Bile quarters. Tight buildings save
feed for if the animals are not shell
tered it takes more feed to keep them
in good condition. If you have made a
good crop of peavine hay and have
plenty Of corn stover, you can feed
scme beef animals with very little
grain. But it would be still better if
you have a silo filed with corn cut
at the right stage. / would not at
tempt to feed stock In winter without
a silo. It will make all the difference
between profit and loss in the feed
ing. There is nothing that will bal
ance up corn better than the cotton
seed meal that you can get in eA-
change for seed at the oil mill. II
would be a happy day for the South
if all the cotton seed meal made in
the South was fed there in connection
with good roughage in the shape OF
pea hay OF soy bean hay and corn
slower.
One of the important matters with
many is to see that the bitches are
open n drawing, and that the ditch
II L CledIeU up y / CROWN men
too. there is all over the Cotton Belt
too much farming in patches with
clumps OF bushes here and there and
Eullies that ought to be filled. The
guilies will fill themselves if you heir
them a little by dams at Intervals. In
many sections there are rocks on the
fields that can be used profitab1y fol
canning the gullies n getting then
out OF the way in the fields.
If you have cut your corn an6
cured it in the shocks, as you should
have done, it will pay now to shred
it. Shred it in dry weather and have
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-12

If you have cut your corn and
cured it in the shocks. as you should
have done, it will pay now to shred
it. Shred it in dry weather and have
the stalks we'll cured, but do not be
alarmed II the shredded fodder heats
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26

The man in the car. he said. was
working out in the road seemingly
doing something to the engine and
the woman, supposed to be Mrs.
Beattie was standing on the left run
ming board of the machine.
This story conflicts with Beattie's
account. He has denied that he
stopped his car at any time on the
night Of the killing except when he
was held up by the bearded man"
Mosely said that he and his COM
panions offered their aid to the oc-
cupants OF the standing car, but their
preferred assistance was refused.
Carter, for the defense was unable
to shake the boy on cross-examina-
ton.
w. b. Sydnor, another Of the boys,
followed He corroborated the testi-
mony of Mosely. The woman who
stood on the running board of the
stranded automobile, he said, wore
rain coat either a raincoat of o buster.
Mrs. Beattie wore a raincoat when
she met her death.
The boys passed the scene of the
crime between 10.45 and Ills, or
within a few minutes of the time
Beattie says his wife was killed. Car
ter's efforts to shake Sydnor's story
we're unsuccessful
Roland Larrister, another of the
boys. told the same story adding that
he thought the machine standing be-
side the road was a Buick car. He
said he was able to tell the different
makes Of automobiles by their APP
pearance.
Beatties car is "a four-passenger
Buick.
The Joy riders were in two cars
which passed the standing automobile
five miles apart J. l.. Paschall. who
drove the second car, declared on the
stand that when his car passed the
woman was still standing on the run
ming board of the car.
Then the prosecution caused a SEN
sation by calling the mother of the
deventeen<lyear-ol wanton who is
pointed to by the prosecution as the
motive for the crime
Jurors See Automobile.
! Before beginning to examine Mrs
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
TRANSFERS OF
REAL ESTATE
COnfOrmitOry Deeds Recorded
For Transfer Of Alley to
DUPONT Company

Among the transfers recorded at the
Office of City Registry Clerk Toner
sinceWednesday were four, said at
that office to be conformitory deeds for
a small alley property in the rear of
the DUPONT Building. The transfers arc
made to the E. l. dupont de Nemours
Powder Company for nominal con-
sideration.
A list of the transfers follow:
Annie Tatnall, Mary H. Tatnall, Cliff
ford p Tatnall and wife, Edward Tat
nall and wife, and Margaret Tatnail.
to the e. l. DUPONT de Nemours Pow
der Company, small alley property in
Pinketts Court in the rear of the du-
Pont Building. 5000. 500, and 500 re-
spectively.
Arthur j. Moxham to Egbert Mox-
ham, northwest corner Eleventh and
Rodney streets, $40
James Cuddy and wife to Raffaele
Di Guglielmo, west side of Fifth ave-
nue., lao feet south of Brown street,
$780,
Charles H. and Marshall p Tindall
TO Roscoe G. Tindall, west side OF
Concord avenus, 68 feet southwest of
Jefferson street, $4,000.
Catharine u. Corsey and husband 10
John Gurczynski and wife, west side Of
Church street, "a feet north side of
Sixth street, consideration not given.
Albert w. Pussy to Thomas ]. Bis
coe south side of Fifth street, 81 feet
west side of Scott street, and west side
of Scott street 80 feet south of Fifth
street, $3.50.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
$4,000 in
WEEKS BUILDING
OF Amount $4,000 VIII be
Spent on Sewer
Hotel

Building Inspector Cassidy has is
sued building permits totaling $4,000
since Monday last Included in the
permits is one for the erection of the
Sewer hotel in Market street above
Eighth street for Frank M. Sewer.
This will cost $4,000.
Other permits issued we're for dwell
ing houses as follows: To H. S. Lynch
to erect two houses on the south sid
Of Rowland street between Clayton
and DUPONT streets at cost OF $l1OO
each.
The same contractors will erect two
dwellings on the east side OF Broome
street south Of Third street costing
$500 apiece and John P. Reardon will
construct a back kitchen for NJ An
derson at No. 1917 Cedar street at a
cost of 5000.
The A. S. Reed and Brother Com
pany will erect dwelling on the wesi
side of the Boulevard. 100 feet south
of Twentieth street for George b
Booker and Company, costing S740O.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
JURY VIEWS BEATHE'S AUTOMOBILE

Continued From First Page.)
which Lawyers Smith and Carter fol-
lowed.
The aged grey-haired father Of the
prisoner, seated with his arm about
his accused son. showed more plainly
than anyone else in the court room
the gradual trend Of the evidence
against the boy whose troubles have
drawn the lines of care on his pallid
face
When Judge Watson opened court,
Beattie with Jailed Cogbill was wan
dering about the court house yard
under the trees II took ten minutes
for the sheriff to find him and bring
him in The prisoner entered with his
father. whose arm was thrown across
the sons shoulder.
A large bouquet of Southern flow
ers, in a big glass vase. today adorn-
ed the bare wooden desk over which
Judge Watson dispenses justice. The
flowers almost hid the Judge from the
jury.
The sweltering beat in the little
court room induced many Of the spec
tators to shed their coats When
Beattie took his place and began to
scan a newspaper, Judge Watsons
Virginia temperament revolted.
Put on Their Goats.
Gentlemen" he drawled. Il have
a request tina. / must make of you
all This is the first time in my re-
membrance, gentlemen have entered
court house without their coats
There are ladies present and Virginia
gentlemen should not appear in the
Court House without their coats"
The shirt waist squad donned their
outer garments.
e. r. Mosely, one Of the joy riders
who passed the Beattie car the night
of the killing on the Midlothian
turnpike. was the FIRST witness OF the
day
Mosely told Of seeing a car which
! he believed was the ReaItie machine
standing at the side Of the road at
the place where the crime later oc-
CURED.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
ALL-STAR WILD
WEST SHOW COMING

The approaching "show day at
Horse Show Park and the big show
now proclaiming in all the red
majesty of billboard type that it is
THE Biggest Real Wild West Show
on Earth" it is of interest to find out
just how big an affair this big new
show really is when you bring it down
to actual figures and facts.
To begin with, and allowing for the
opulent Imagination of the press
agent. he discovered that each year
an estimated total of 100000 is spent
before one cent is taken in, that BIZ
people are employed during circus
season, and that the average daily ex-
pense is $4,000. The salaries paid
run from $40 to $500 a month. To
feed this army of employees requires
the services of a chef. eight assistants,
twenty-five walters and five water
boys
In one day there are consumed $50
dozen Of eggs, 400 pounds of meat,
nine barrels of potatoes, 200 pounds of
vegetables, 400 loaves of bread, $50
gallons of coffee, 100 pounds of but
ter, so gallons of milk; other food
stuffs, such as deserts, biscuits,
condiments, etc, are consumed In pro-
portion.
Under canvas six acres of ground
are covered, the pavilions numbering
twenty The big tent can accommodate
5000 people, and includes an immense
portable grand stand with opera fold
ing chairs, an innovation for real
comfort.
To light the village" the show car
ries it's own power plant. which sup
plies the power for 1000 lights, in
Guiding specially built powerful
searchlights originally designed to
combat big Chicago fires, with over
300, 900 candle power capacity. A force
of blacksmiths. wheelwrights, builders
! and ringers accompanies the show. Y
To move the circus from town t.
town a special train of 20 railroad
cars are required, all owned by the
company.
! The show will exhibit every day
during the County Fair.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, AuEuas se.--
FEED-Cnr lots, winter bran. Ia
bulk. per ton. S2b.00as2bbo spring
bran, in lo0-pound racks, per ten.
s24.75aS26.2b.
BALED HAY AND sTRAW,-0ia
Timothy Hays--No 1 large bales,
s2b.bo; No. small bales $4,000
S2b.bo, New hay, ~ to quality, $4,000
af22.b0, new strnw-No, 1 straight
rye. siao0atia.so
WHHAT-No. 2 red, afioat, at STA
81 t-sc. Car lots, IN export elevator
NO. 2 red, % Liable; No, South
err red, ssass i-2ci steamer no. 2
tsase lac,
coRN--car lots for local trade
No. 2 yellow, 7su7s l-ac; steamer No,
2 yellow, 72a72 i-2ci No, 8 yellow,
Tail 1-2c.
OATs--No. 2 white, new, A i-2a
Acc; do old, 46 1-2a47c; standard
white, new, 4la44 lie; do old, ~ i-eei
No. white, new, as 1-2a4ic,
FLOUR-Winter clear $S,Soes,7oi
do straight. SS.S0a4.00; do patent
$425a475; Kansas, straight, sacks
$4.25a450; spring, clear $Se0a4Soi
do straight. $4.60a4.80.
BUTTER. IT Western solid-packed
creamery. fancy. 29c; do do choice,
csc; frsts. 26a27c; seconds, 28a24c.
Pennsylvania and other
nearby firsts. in free cases, $3.50, at
mark; nearby good current receipts,
In free cases. 5000; Western frsts,
in free cases, $500.
LIVE POULTRY.-F Fowls, as to size
and quality, IA 1-2a15 1-2c.; old roos-
tiers i0ai0 lie. spring chickens.
TIC; ducks, old, 12a1sc.; do young.
--.--t~-i l-r-. -ya--..s l4o-.
per pair 2Oa25c.; do young, per pair,
15a20c
GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETA-
BLES.-Apples, per hamper, 25a60c
Peaches, Delaware and Maryland. per
basket. 50caS115: do per crate $1.00-
a$175. Grapes Delaware and Mary
land, black per S-basket carrier
50a75c Watermelons. per car. S100a
SITS. Jersey potatoes per barrel, No
!, North Carolina. S250a$3.00; No
Eastern Shore S3.00aS3.25; No. 2
$1.50a$1.75.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26

Binford, however, Special Prosecutor
Wendenburg asked the permission of
the court TO take the jury out to
view the automobile in which the
woman was killed.
Judge Watson ordered that the car
be brought out from the shed where it
is housed Wendenburg asked that
the jury be instructed to look partic-
ularly for indications that blood could
have dripped through the car to the
road Judge Watson instructed the
jury simply to examine the car care
fully in every particular.
While waiting for the machine to be
brought the prosecution called w. A.
Brown. who identified a shot gun she'll
which he found a few feet from the
scene of the crime a few days after
the murder.
When Brown had concluded, the
prisoner, counsel, the court and the
jury were taken out to view the
blood soaked automobile.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26

States are 200, against 232 last week,
22S the preceding week and 1872 the
corresponding week last year. Fail
ures in Canada number "a. against "a
last week. 30 the preceding week and
23 last year OF failures this week
in the United States 70 were in the
East, As South. 68 west and "a in the
Pacific States. and rs report liabilities
Of $4,000 or more against 90 last
week. Liabilities OF commercial fail
ures thus far reported for August are
Ss,440.743 against $S.037 1876 for the
same period last year.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Has Improved to a Consider
able Extent, Says Bradstreets.

Bradsreet's trade resume says
House trade at many Of the large
centers has been improved TO a con-
siderable extent by the presence Of
numerous visiting buyers. Staple
commodities. such as dry goods, wool,
print cloths and clothing. show the
effects Of the better buying, move
ment. Withal there is no disposition
10 load up or to speculate as to the
future. In fact, the tendency is TO
buy sparingly and to await develop
ments. Under the circumstances,
trade may be termed disappointing
but there is a tendency TO look for
better things, now that Congress has
adjourned and that one disturbing
feature-tariff legislation-is, tempo
rarily at least, regulated to the more
or less distant future. Cooler weather
has improved retail trade 10 mod
crate degree, but developments in
this. as ia other lines, are not salts
factory. and current clearance sales
with marked reductions in prices evil
IDENTIFY leave little room for profits"
Dun's Review says. Commercial
failures this week in the United
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
Confidential Talk No. 2.

The daily average circulation of THE EVENING
JOURNAL is i4,l5o. THE JOURNALS circula-
ton is nearly as large the combined circulation
of any two other newspapers published in Will
mington This circulation is unprecedented in the
history of Wilmington journalism. 1t has been
made possible by the exclusive features and pro-
gressiveness of THE JOURNAL.
Isn't it the newspaper that is strongest in the
home, that brings the biggest returns from your
advertising? The enormous circulation of THE
EVENING JOURNAL is clear evidence of the es-
TEEN and confidence in which this newspaper is
held by the public Of Wilmington. and the go. of
Delaware,
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
EAGLES END THEIR WORK.
Large Cities WIN be Allowed More
Than One Aerie.

Large Cities WIN be Allowed More
Than One Aerie.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 26.-Del-
egates to the Grand Aerie. Fraternal
Order Of Eagles. held two sessions
yesterday and cleared up the business
One decision of the Grand Aerie
which is considered Of Importance is
that permitting the organization of
more than one aerie in cities of 100000
inhabitants or more without the con-
sent of the aerie already in existence.
It was also decided that an aerie may
be organized in a city of $500 or
more inhabitants providing the grand
worthy president decides that the dis
pensation should be granted. At pres
ent San Francisco is the only city
having more than one aerie.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
BOY STEALS POCKETBOOK.

A II year-old-boy who entered tbs.
home Of Mrs. Robert M. Mcclellan, at
No. 1922 Washington street yesterday,
stole a pocketbook containing is cents.
He was discovered while in the house,
but made his escape before he could
be captured.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
CONFETTI A Success.

Owing to the storm Of last evening
the first concert of the Arden Choral
Society was poorly attended. The re-
cital, however. was declared by those
present to have been all that could be
desired The chorus contained fifty
voices under the direction OF Profess
scr Edmunds assisted by a number
OF Philadelphia solists.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
AUTO is DISABLED.

One Of the Street and Sewer Depart
ment's automobiles became stalled in
West Sixth street yesterday while
Harry L. Maier and Nevin w Clowney
were riding in IL. The machine Of thu
Water Department containing Fore
man Charles T. Martin happened along
and towed the street departm ent car
to a garage for repairs
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
WEFKLY RANK STATEMFNT.

Rg The United Press
NEW YORK, Aug 26.-The weekly
bank stateemnt shows the following
changes:
Cash reserve increase. $4,725,000.
Loans. decrease S9.570000.
Specie. increase S5,04S000.
Legal Tenders. decrease SS23000.
Net deposits, decrease S10.SS1 800.
Circulation, increase $4,000.
Total loans. Slips sos. 900.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
DEATHS.
Mary M. Thompson.
TIenrv Neumaun.

Mary M. Ihompsun.
Henry Neumann.
NEUAIANN-1n this city, on August 18th,
1911, Henry Neumann, aged 81 years
Relatives. friends, Columbia Lodge No. 20,
i. o. o. +. and the German Beneficial So
ciety are invited TO attend the funeral ser
vices at his late residence No. 5o4 North
Adams street on Sunday afternoon, August
27th. at 3 o'clock. Interment RivervieW
cemetery.
THOMPSON-At Newport, on the 23rd inst,
1911, Mary NJ, wife Of Daniel Thompson.
Relatives and friends are invited 70 at
tend the funeral services from the residence
Of her husband at Newport, on Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Interment ct St. James
cemetery, Newport.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26

Reported daily by F. d. Lackey 4
Co. bankers and brokers, members
Philadelphia Stock Exchange. s4s
Market St.