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The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
The Mississippi Valley.

Senator Joseph Bailey, of Texas,
will address the opening session of the
Southern Commercial Congress, April
., taking as his subject The Missis-
sippi Valley"
As the 1912 session of the Southern
Commercial Congress is located in the
Mississippi Valley, because of its past,
Its present, and its future influence
upon the agricultural destiny of the
United States, it was deemed expedient
by those who arranged the programme
to have at the opening session strong
presentation of the whole possibility OF
this vast valley, which embraces two
hfths of the area of the United States.
In view of Senator Bailey's scholar
ship and powers of oratory, those who
have had the arrangement of the pro-
gramme felt, that the subject and the
man would flt Joe Bailey of Texas,
IS such a familiar term that it will
come as surprise to many when It
IS stated that he is a Mississippian by
birth. Born in Mississippi in 1868, he
was admitted to the bar IN 1888, was a
Presidential elector from Georgia in
1884, and removed TO Gainesville, Tex,
in 1885. He was Presidential elector-
at-large from Texas in 1888 He was
elected to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third,
fIfty-fourth, and Fifty-siXth Con-
crosses as Representative. and was
elected to the Senate in 1901. When
he retires to private life, as he proposes
10 do in 1913, he will have served in
Washington twenty-five years. He is
a graduate of Vanderbilt University,
and therefore, in coming to Nashville,
will be under the shadow of his alma
mater
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
The Relation of the Mis-
sissippi Valley to the
Gulf Through Rail
road Facilities.

This country has been blessed
throughout its history by men of vision
who were. veritable empire builders
These have always been men who could
see further ahead than their fellows.
Cecil Rhodes, Of South Africa, had a
less peopled region to deal with than
is true in the United States, but his
vision as to the Transformation thai
could be brought to pass has had its
counterpart in some of the great rail-
road men of the United States.
Among such builders is BENJAMIN
Franklin Yoakum,, a native of Texas.
who has worked from the lowest 10
the highest position in railroad man
agement. He has always felt the ehal-
lenge of empty spaces, and responded
to them with some constructive idea.
In his later years he has recognized the
close relation of good roads to the eff
ciency of railroads, and in one particu-
lar case carried, at his own expense,
party of road officials from Texas
into New England, in order that these
officials might take lesson from New
England's progressiyeness in road i'm
provement and then return to put those
lessons into practice.
Because of Mr. Yoakum's eminence
in the railroad field, the executive Off
GERS of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress have invited him to be present in
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

Mississippi Is right in the midst Of the
most difficult part OF Its boil weevil fight.
The people have not gotten over the
Generalization. and have not fully learn
ed how to cope with the weevil. Mr..
Wilson has trained a number of men who
have been promoted In the demonstration
work In other States. Meanwhile DEM
onstrators in his own State have con-
tinued to make fine averages. Mr.. Will
SON Is another one Of Gen. Lees boys"
having graduated from the Agricultural
College of Mississippi In 1902.
c. A. Cobb.
C. A. Cobb, in charge Of the boys corn
clubs in Mississippi, is q representative
OF the Agricultural College, and also of
the demonstration work OF the United
States Department OF Agriculture. Mr..
Cobb had a fine enrolment of boys last
year, and these boys made some very
remarkable records. Three Of them pro-
duced more than 200 bushels OF corn
per acre apiece, and all three were sent
on the prize trip to Washington. Some
Of the county averages In Mississippi last
year were also very excellent In Yazoo
County another club averaged u1.s
bushels Of corn to the acre. Prof. Cobb
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
Co-operatipe Dairying.

Hon. Maurice F. Egan. Minister Of
the United States at the Court of Den
mark, will, by permission of the Sec.
retaryN of State, attend the sessions OF
the Southern Commercial Congress at
Nashville.
At the opening session, April 8, he
will speak on the cooperative dairylng
systems of Denmark, that have. IN a
few. years, lifted the agricultural por-
tons of that small kingdom TO
afiuence. The farmers of Denmark
have not merely united for the sale OF
dairy products, but have strict or
ganization whereby the standard of
quality is maintained.
Since 1907 Minister Egan has been
a close student of Danish systems.
Realizing this, and also realizing what
remarkable unused dairying possibilities
there are in the Southern States
through moderate climate, rainfall, and
the possibilities of green feed through
out the major portions of the South,
the Southern Commercial Congress has
not only arranged for the speech in
question, but by the consent of Minister
Egan has arranged an itinerary subse-
quent to the meetings of the congress.
April 8 TO 10. This itinerary will take
Minister Egan through Kentucky. Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Texas. Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama. Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, and Viz
ginia.
The itinerary, which is arranged in
order that the Danish system may be
familiarized to the agricultural thought
of the South, is as follows:
Nashville, Tenn, April 8 to 10,
Southern Commercial Congress.
Kentucky, April II, II, and I3, visit
ing Elizabethtown, Shelbyville, and
Lexington. Arrangements made by
Commissioner of Agriculture ]. w.
Newman.
In Missouri arrangements not COM
pleted), April IS and I6.
In Arkansas arrangements not COM
pleted), April ~ and I8
Dallas, Tex, April 10 and 20, under
the direction of the chamber Of conf
merce, J. R. Bsbcock, secretary.
Palestine, Tex. April ~, under the
direction of the Young Mems Business
League.
Houston, Tex, April 23. under the
direction of the chamber of commerce,
Adolph Boldt, secretary.
Louisiana, April "a and IS, under the
direction of E L. Chappuis, of New
Orleans.
Jackson. Miss, April 26 and II, un-
-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

Herbert Myrick, president of the
Orange-Judd Company. and man OF
broad training and sympathy, whose
editorial supervision is given to a group
of publications OF more than 100000
circulation, will address the Southern
Commercial Congress during its Nash
vile session, on "A national view of
Southern development"
For nIarly thirty years Herbert My
rick has been id 1tiied more or less
directly with the great forward move
ment throughout our Southern States.
1t is not generally known that to him
is due the perfection of the fiuted me-
tallic roll for drawing the fiber of cot
ton. This invention by the late Dun
ham & McKimmie won the Franklin
Institute medal as "the greatest funda-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

is another graduate of the Mississippi
Agricultural College.
j. J. Vernon.
]. J. Vernon. dean Of the Agricultural
College OF FLORIDA. has charge Of the
corn clubs work in that State as a CO.
operative agent in the demonstration
work. Mr.. Vernon Is a graduate of Iowa
Agricultural College, and was head Of
the agriculturz department OF the New
Mexico College before coming to Florida
He has recently taken charge OF the
corn club work in that State, and Is
enrolling enthusiastic boys by the hun
dreds.
II. ID. Tate.
H. d. Tate, State agent for Tennessee,
Is another one OF the men trained in
Mississippi He graduated from the Miss
issippi Agricultural College. and started
In the demonstration work as a local
agent in one Of the counties OF North
Mississippi He afterwards became dis
trict agent for the north section OF that
State, and the next promotion was to
become State agent for Tennessee By
continued perseverance Mr.. Tate II
building UP q good organization in Ten
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
QUOTATIONS FROM DR.. KNAPP.

"A prosperous. intelligent and contented
rural population Is. therefore, essential
to our national perpetuity."
"A patent to land is a title to nobility.
q right TO sovereignty"
"A great nation Is not the outgrovth
of a few men Of genius, but the superla-
tive worth Of a great common people"
TT is impossible to impress upon any
one that there Is dignity in residing upon
a farm with impoverished soil. dilaptdated
buildings, and an environment OF ignor-
ance-"
The income Of the farm can be in
creased from three to five fold by the
use OF improved methods"
Training Is the great item which fash-
ions race
"The worlds most Important school In
the home with the small farm"
The public school teachers mission n
to make great common people and
thus readjust the map of the world"
you can cause the soil to become more
responsive to the touch OF Industry, and
the harvest more abundant to meet the
measure OF a larger hope"
The common tofler needs an education
that leads to easier bread"
The basis Of the better rural life 10
greater earning capacity OF the farmer"
Let II be the high privilege Of this
republic, where rural pride Is equal TO
civic pride. where men OF the most re-
nned taste and culture. select the rural
villa, and where the wealth that comes
from the soil 1nds It's greatest return
IN developing and perfecting that great
domain OF nature. whieh God has given
to US. as an everlasting estate"
ANY race betterment to be Of para
mount value must be q betterment Of the
masses" ~t
An idle saint only differs from an idls
sinner In o coat OF paint and direction
The greatest failure, as world force.
Is the man who knows so much that he
lives in universal doubt. injecting .
modifying clause into every assertion. and
ending the problems Of hfe with an In
terrogation point"
I'm general. It Is not the man who
knows the most. who Is most success
fuI, but the man who imparts an implicit
belief IN his message"
"Agriculture. N most sections. consists
simply in a-serles Of motions Inherited
from Adam"
This learning sgricuiture-which Is .
compound OF the following ingredients:
science three-eights- art. and
one-half business methods-out OF book
is IKE reading on the hand-ssw and jack
plane. and hiring out for a carpenter"
These mechanic farmers now reside In
a town or city. and live out OF canned
garden and milk a tin cow"
We are now preparing for the accom-
plishment OF wnat we have so earnestly
sought. the placing Of rural life upon .
plane OF profit, honor, and power
The power which transformed the
humble fishermen OF Galilee into mighty
apostles OF truth. Is ever present. and
can be used rs effectively to-day IN any
good cause. as when the Son Of God
turned His footsteps from Judea's capital
and spoke 70 he waysids ehldfsa oe
poverty" -
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

has become possible through railroad
facilities and the railroad strategies
that have been worked out in the past
few years in the struggle for the Gulf
on the part of trans-Mississippi rail-
roads.
Biographical Notes.
Mr.. Yoakum was born August 20.
1883. on 4 farm in Limestone County.
Texas. the son OF DR.. Franklin and
Narcissus (Teague) Yoakuin. His an
cestors on the paternal side came from
Eastern Tennessee. but about the mid
die OF the last century Mr.. Yoakum's
father and the latter's two brothers
migrated to Texas. They were among
the pioneer settlers. and they and their
descendants have played q prominent
part in the history of the State. Ben
jamin Franklin Yoakum was educated
In the common schools and later at
tended college. His choice OF rail-
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Who will address the Southern Commercial Congress- April g. His
subject will be Agriculture Basis of the Nations Strength

roading as q profession was never IN
doubt. and his first job was on the
construction work OF the international
and Great Northern Railroad. when II
was being built from Jacksonville TO
Palestine, Tex. Since shat time he
has held positions OF trust with various
roads and at the present time he is
chairman of the board of directors
and chairman OF the executive commit
tee of the Frisco system.
A real empire builder. Mr.. Yoakum
has demonstrated his belief In the fu-
ture of the Southwest in various ways.
He has constructed new railroads
through uninhabited territory In anti
cipation of the coming OF settlers; he
has encouraged the converting of
grazing lands to the far more profit
able purposes of agriculture: and he
has backed vast reclamation projects.
proving the possibilities of irrigation
with artesian and river water.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

The topic, THE Mississippi Valley"
will give to this famous orator sub
ject worthy of his powers. 1t is antic-
ipated that many hundreds who have
heard of Senator Bailey, but never yet
heard him speak. will flock to Nash
vile for this great occasion, and thus
come under the influence of the whole
extraordinary programme arranged by
the Southern Commercial Congress.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

Dr.. Knapp gave him an assignment 10
organize West Texas. Mr.. QuicksalI has
charge not only OF the mems work. but
Of the boys work also. Last year he
had an enrolment OF nearly 1000 boys
In his territory. Texas has been liberal
also in the matter of local aid By legis-
lative authorization the county authori-
ties are putting up more than $50 900
in the State for 1872.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

held in connection with the next Ma
tional Corn Show. The South Carolina
boys have made fine records In corn
clubs, the best Of which was that Of
Jerry Moore, the champion Of 1910, with
a yield OF 22s& bushels.
e. Gentry.
E. Gentry, State agent for Georgia, is
now working seventy-five counties in that
State with a strong organization OF men.
He has massed the heaviest part of his
organization in the Western and South
western part OF the State IN order to
be ready for the approach OF the boil
weevil there. In this State also some
fine averages have been made, and the
average yield OF corn and cotton in the
State have been greatly increased as the
direct result of the demonstration work.
Mr.. Gentry was reared in Texas, and was
a very successful farmer there when
DR.. Knapp called him to become a county
agent in the demonstration work Of that
State He was afterward transferred to
Georgia
j. Phil Campbell.
]. Phil Campbell, corn club agent for
Georgia, graduated from the North
Georgia Agricultural College and from
the State National School Of that stats.
As a teacher n the public schools he
was one of the pioneers in agricultural
education. In the demonstration work
ne has been State agent for South Caro-
lima. general field agent. and now he
is the agent of the demonstration work
and of the Agricultural College In pro-
noting corn club organizations. He has
secured much local cooperation and the
legislature has recently made liberal ap-
propriations to help in the work. More
than 5000 boys have already enrolled
in the work in Georgia this year.
b. L. Moss.
. B. L. Moss. State agent for Alabama,
is another graduate Of the Mississippi
Agricultural College Mr.. Moss did agri-
cultural work in the Philippines for the
government and on his return entered the
demonstration work as a local agent IN
Mississippi. He soon became district
agent for Southern Mississippi. and was
afterward promoted TO have charge Of
the work in Alabama Alabama Is per-
haps the best organized State, agricuI-
turally. in the United States. The College
Of Agriculture. State Commissioner OF
agriculture, and the demonstration work
unite their efforts The legislature ap-
propriates S25eo0 a year, and this amount
is supplemented by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. and by local
ald.- Tnere ID an expert a8ent IN every
county, and the results have justified
the expenditure and the organization.
A. 5. Meharg.
A. S. Meharg. State agent for Florida.
is a graduate Of the University Of Ms
sissippi In early life he practiced Law
until Ms health gave away. and he be-
came a farmer. Because OF his training
in business methods he was very sue
cessful. When the demonstration work
came TO Mississippi hs entered It as one
OF the pioneers He helped organize the
first corn club in the State OF Mississippi.
ana was afterward promoted to be State
agent in Florida. where he has secured
some splendid cooperation, and has de-
veloped. ine organization.
n. 8. Wilson.
R. S. Wilson. State agent for Missis-
sippl. became local agent in the demon
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Continued from Preceding Page.
He took some poor land near Burkeville,
worth about so an acre, and by using
Iegumes and pure blooded stock, hogs,
end chickens, made ii worth 500 an acre.
Mr.. Sandy attended the Virginia Agrt-
cultural College at Blacksburg, and has
done a splendid work as the head OF
the demonstration agents for the "Old
Dominion"
CThere is no boys corn club agent In Vir-
rinia With the help given by the State
educational department and the Washing
ton Office Of the demonstration work, II
has been possible to conduct the work
in that State without special agentO
c. n. Hudson.
C. r. Hudson, State agent for North
Carolina, entered the demonstration
work as a local agent in Alabama He
was sent to North Carolina to inaugu-
rate the work there Starting with only
one agent he has built up a force OF more
than forty men. He has received CO.
operation from local authorities and quite
recently has established cooperative re-
Iations with the State board Of agricul-
ture, whereby all the demonstration work
in North Carolina viii be conducted by
Mr. Hudson and bis men. The demonstra-
tors 10 North Carolina have made some
wonderful averages. The corn clubs this
year averaged forty-six bushels to the
acre. Mr.. Hudson Is a graduate Of the
A. and NJ. College Of Alabama
1. o. schaub.
]. o. Schaub, the corn club agent in
North Carolina, Is a graduate OF the A
and NJ. College of that State. He also
did postgraduate work at the Univer-
sity of Illinois and at Johns Hopkins.
af.z
department of the Agricultural College
Of Iowa before taking charge Of the
boys corn club work IN North Caro-
lima The North Carolina boys under
Mr.. Schaub's direction have made fine
Yields and have won many prizes. They
were especially successful at the South
Atlantic Corn Show, and expect to make
good at the National Corn Show at Co.
iumbia, S. C., next January.
L. N. Duncan.
L. N Duncan has made a success as
the head Of the boys corn club work
in Alabama as the director of that work
and also the head Of the extension work
of the A, and NJ. College. He was the
first college cooperative agent appoint
ed by DR.. Knapp In the demonstration
work. Last year he enrolled 6444 boys
in the corn clubs OF Alabama Two
Of these boys made as good records as
have ever been made in the corn club
work. They were Junius Hill, ~ bushels,
at q cost OF Sc cents per bushel, and
Eber A. Kimbrough. 20 bushels. at a
cost OF 10 cents a bushei Thirty-two
of the Alabama boys went above 100
bushels each Mr.. Duncan is also ac-
complishing great work on behalf Of
the college In encouraging the girls work
in the elementary high schools In the
State.
G. b. Haddon.
c. B. Haddon. joint agent of the de-
partment OF agriculture. and Of Clemson
College. is a graduate OF the A and NJ.
College Of Mississippi He was in the
extension department OF Clemson College
before the corn club organization for
South Carolina was turned over to him.
Mr., Haddon occupies q very important
position, especially as his boys will be
hcs.s .L.a ....a4 ..-lza ,.!nne-s. schanl
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
John o. Alien.
J. L. ouicksal1.

J.NL. ouicksall. State agent for West
Texas. came to the Lone Star State from
Kentucky. At first he became a teacher
and afterward bought and developed q
successful farm In McLennan County.
Tex. When. DR.. Knapp was seeking
agents for the Demonstrated work, Mr..
ouickszifs reputation attracted him. and
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
n. 8. Wilson.

R. s. Wilson. State agent for Missis-
sippL. became a local agent in the demon
stration work when DR.. Knapp first In
troduced It into Mississippi. He has grad
ualiy risen in the work until he has
charge OF the organization IN that State.
He has q very important work. because
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
KNAPP MEMORIAL.

Continued from Preceding Page.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-23

Mason Snowden. state agent for Lcuisi-
ana. started In the demonstration work
in his native State Of Mississippi He
was a successful county agent in South
western Mississippi, where the boil weev1
TO Louisiana, where be be-
came assistant State agent aud afterward
state agent. He has very din,out and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-11
MORE SUBWAY BIDS OPENED
Others Will Be Examined by the
p. s. G. This Week.

The Public Service Commission opened
bids yesterday for another section OF the
Lexington avenue subway, and within
three days will open BIDS for another
section Of the Lexington avenue line,
two sections of the Fourth avenue,
Brooklyn, extension. and one section OF
the Southern Boulevard branch of the
Lexington avenue subway. Unofficially
totalIed, the bids received yesterday foot
up as follows:
+. L. Crawford, No. III Montague
street, Brooklyn. sl.222. 900; the Crawford
Company, No. 1870 Montague street,
Brooklyn, 81, i27 900; the 81. George Con-
tracing Company. No. 221 West 95th
street, Sl,57S 900: the r. f. Smith Con-
tracing Company, No. II Broadway.
tl5sl.f7s so; Patrick McGoyern 4 Co,
No. ] Madison avenue. sl,596.000: the
ORourke Engineering Construction Com
pany, No. 34b Fifth avenue. $l,600,000;
the Degnon Contracting Company, No. 60
Wall street. slySs0,000; the j. F. Cogland
Company, No. ESQ Broadway S.1O0. 900,
and the UNDERMINING and Foundation
Company, No. 200 Broadway. 1920, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-11
ATTELL MAY CATCH A TARTAR
Harry Thomas Likely to Keep Him
Busy When They Cross Gloves.

Unless good judges Of boxing who have
looked Harry Thomas over are much
mistaken. Abe Attell is going to meet
the ropes at Madison Square Garden on
Friday night. Down AT Felix Bend
Staten Island where the little Briton is
training under the watchful eye OF Jimmy
johnson. no doubt exists as TO his skill.
II was I'm 1905 that Thomas, then about
twenty wears old, first spranG into promi-
nence by winning the Olympic bantam
weight championship OF England Closely
following that ne came to this country.
and In his first professional tight faced
the then sensational Pal Moore of Phia-
delrhia. He followed this with contest
against Knockout" Brown, and In both
encounters Thomas held his own. Going
back to England, Thomas engaged in If
teen fights. four OF which extended over
the twenty-round route. lie was the win
ner In al these bouts. Over there Thomas
Is regarded as almost the equal OF tha
famous Jem Drscoll.
Attell, whose one ambition is 10 regain
the featherweight championship from
Johnny Kilbane, has gone about mis- work
along different lines than In the past.
While in the West he built himself up.
and this will give him n chance to train
down and still keep his strength. For
years he was fighting around l2c pounds
or less. and in staying at that low notch
often taxed hts vitality. Attell, who will
weigh rs pounds at s o'clock, has changed
his training quarters from Jerome avenue
20 Rye Beach.