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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

fruit or a passion flower. especially that
of the North American passiflora. an
oval. yellowish berry as large as a
small apple); the remarkable aisala
berry from Hawaii, with fruit two
inches in diameter, Of a deep red color
and with an agreeable, slightly bitter
taste, also imported for breeding pur-
poses; bud sticks of seven of the stand
ard commercial varieties of the Span
ish carob, a fodder tree of decided Inn
portance for the cheap lands of Cali
fOrnia; a remarkable collection of
twenty-nine varieties of medicago, a
leguminous plant, and fourteen of clo-
yer from st. Petersburg: seventy-seven
varieties OF rice from the Philippines;
q tropical leguminous plant. %sphenos-
tylis, which forms edible tubers with a
taste similar to that Of the potato: a
drought resistant palm, which is rapid
ly being exterminated by the manufae-
turers OF miel de Palma, a much sought
for strip made from its SAP. and two
unusual forms of the potato from 49,
900 feet altitude Ia the interior Of Peru.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

AVE you ever eaten Il Stalk
- Of udo? Do you know the
taste of the Venetian squash?
u - would 0 know the differ
ence etwee the ekuri plum and the
smomo plum If both were placed be-
fore you? How about the sandershaw
mango, the tamopan persimmon, the
edible bamboo?
II they sound good to you here's
some account of how they. with many
others. are being introduced into Amer
lea through the efforts Of the office of
foreign seed and plant introduction.
bureau Of plant industry, United States
department Of agriculture. It's an i'm
posing name for an office of a bureau
of q department. housed in a three story
red brick building in a Washington side
street. but it is doing work co1nmensu-
rate with the size of its name.
Briefly told. the business Of the Of
fee is the introduction into America
of plants that shall be useful as food
or otherwise to the American public.
To this end the temperate regions OF
the earth are ransacked as well as
those mountainous districts Of the
tropical regions with climate approx
mating that Of the United States.
|oAarlag-their purpose steadily In
mind, explorers climb mountains, ford
rivers, traverse great plains, lose them
selves in immense forests and brave
death at the hands Of ignorant natives
or in waterfalls and a~valanches. They
are directed by the master minds who
realize that Americas millions. present
and prospective. must be fed, and thai
II tho sources OF food supply prove in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

Combs, chairman of the
Democratic national committee and
Governor Wilson's campaign manager.
to lay down the duties of his position
they were taken up by the competent
hands of william Gibbs McAdoo. They
are long, sinewy hands with bony fin
gers and the ability to grip tight any
thing they undertake. They are the
hands of a man who has don and is
doing things of note with them. When
Governor Wilson felt on his somewhat
softer fingers the clasp of those strong,
determined McAdoo digits he could
have felt no fear that the affairs of his
campaign had fallen into the direction
of an incompetent. even If Mr.. McAdoo
had not been known widely as a poll
tician before the present presidential!
fight. At the opening OF the campaign
he was selected as vice chairman Of the
national committee, and when Mr.. Me-
Combs succumbed to the llness he was
made active chairman.
OF course every one in and out of the
political game knows who McAdoo Is.
To adopt a form of expression that Is
common nowadays. he's the man who
put the tubes under the Hudson. The
"SEhdco ldoSS SNlSl Iooay aS u ilO%A
ment to the energy. the persistence, the
ambition. the farsightedness and the
realization Of the ideals of this man.
Thanks to him, millions of travellers
from New York TO New Jersey and
other millions going in the other direc-
ton save uncounted millions OF hours
yearly. They avoid the ~discomforts and
the perils of ferryboat traveI in win
Aa- a~I tlaxy ,nnah f1Afr Ht,afnneCaa In
New York In better time in the morn
ing and return less wearied and sooner
to their homes In the evenings.
1t was McAdoo, a commuter between
New York New Jersey. who tool
up the old scheme of tunneling the
North river and carried the plan to
completion. He was a southern law
yer who had obeyed the impulse that
carries so many of Dixie's legal lumi-
naries north to illumine the dark places
OF New York's law. He had had long
and careful training, despite his COM
paratively young age. In railroad law,
and he conveyed the knowledge into
the oiution of the Hudson tunnel prob
lem when he tackled 1t. AS division
counsel in Tennessee for the Richmond
and Danyille Railroad company he had
had to learn all about rights of way.
maintenance and operation and dam
age suits and other complex branches
of railway law. II is recorded that he
learned them with an exceedingly high
degree of thoroughness. What he
learned stood him in good stead when
the time came for the planning of the
tunnels under the Hudson.
Mr.. McAdoo will not reach the shady
side of fifty until Oct 81 OF next year.
He is a Georgian by birth. but the
greater part OF his life. before he went
to New York in 1892. was identified
with Tennessee affairs. His fathAr .
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a Confederate veteran and professor
OF English and history in the Uniyer-
sity of Tennessee.
The early education OF young Mo-
Adoo was gained In the public schools
OF Knoxville, Tenn, and he entered the
University of Tennessee, leaving that
institution. however. in his Junior year
in order to take a place as deputy clerk
of a division OF the United States cir
cult court. The study of law its
practice IN Chattanooga followed until
his removal to New York. In that city
Mr.. McAdoo formed a partnership with
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

where they are cultivated by the Hill
Indians of the Perene."
Cover Whole of Vegetable Kingdom.
The foregoing are called In the bulle-
tin of the office worthy of special at
tention." It should be noted that COM
prised in the lists are fruits, vegetables.
grains. fodder crops. spices. timber
trees. sources of fabric and oil paint
supply, leguminous plants fitted to
enrich the soil while growing valuable
crops. through their ability to Absorb
nitrogen from the air, There are plants
entirely new to America as we'll as va
rieties Of others that have long held
places in standard lists of American
products. There are plants which may
prove very valuable additions to Amer
ica's dietary as well as others intended
mainly to tickle h Yankee palate
without contributing materially to the
maintenance OF life. Numbered among
these and others not enumerated in the
partial list are drought resistant n
otherwise hardy varieties of plants in
digenous to American soil. II only a
small fraction of the plants on the list
prove worthy OF Introduction the work
OF the Office will be abundantly justified
by its results.
It shouId not be thought, however.
that all Of the work Of plant introduce
ton into America is done by the Of
fee. This Is said without disparage-
ment OF the well directed efforts of the
men and women headed by David Fair
child. the agricultural explorer in
charge. He Is laboring hard to advance
the public welfare. A recent swelter-
Ing morning found him busily engaged
In hts Washington office sending tele-
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McAdoo, Tunnel Builder, Lawyer and Politician

lent for some time. and he bestirred
himself In the Wilson primary cam
paign. 1t was reported at first that he
would be made treasurer of the cam
paIgn committee, but Mr.. McAdoo has
a desire to be known otherwise than
as a financier, and his wishes prevail
ed. Possibly he feared hat the energy
which forms so large a fraction Of his
character could not find sufficient out
let In the task OF collecting and dis
bursting campaign funds At any rate.
he chose rather the post of assistant
chairman. and when illness forced tha
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Photograph o McAdoo copyright. ar by American Press Associate
William c. Mca5oo and the Hudson Terminal Building, New York

another William McAdoo. now chief
city magistrate of New York and for
merry assistant secretary of the navy
and police commissioner OF New York
city. In former days the two men were
frequently confused in the newspapers
and In the public mind.
The selection of Mr.. McAdoo as vice
chairman of the national Democratic
committee came about through the
confidence reposed III MIN by Governor
Wilson. 1t is a curious fact that this
man, low so active in partisan oun
ellis. is described in the latest work OF
reference for biography as '~independ-
emit in politics." But he has been an
admirer Of the former Princeton presi-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13
St. Thomas Once More an
Important Dot on the Map

looks forward to an access of prosper
ity when the prows Of the worlds COM
merce are turned in that direction.
But the question has arisen, How
long, then, will the harbor remain Dan
ish? Negotiations are already on foot
for the transfer of the harbor to a pow
erful Danish syndicate. Then, says
common report in the capitals OF Eu-
rope, a way will be found to transfer
1t to a syndicate composed of the ma
tionals Of another power far more
mighty than the Jutland peninsula.
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grams and cablegrams to his workers.
in far distant fields. But his efforts
and those of his colleagues are ably
seconded by the labors of correspond
ents consuls and missionaries in wide-
ly scattered countries and districts. AS
Mr.. Fairehild said In a recent number
of the National Geographic Magazines:
"Whil perhaps the great majority Of
these new plants are brought in and
purchased directly as results of inves-
LEGATIONS carried on in Washington.
some of the most valuable things have
been sent in by men and women living
as missionaries or voluntary exfles In
the most out of the way places of the
world. Plant introduction is not a mat
ter OF one generation. and It is most
pre-eminently a work requiring many
men working together doubt If there
Is to be found within the government
pie of cooperative. constructive inves-
tigation than that connected with the
bureau of plant industry In the estab-
lishment o. new plant industries in h
United States"
or course there Is no room here to
tell much about the work of the bureau
and how II Is conducted. The tale of
its Introduction of the mango. the oam-
boo. the date. the olive. the seadle-s
grape. alfalfa, etc. is a most fascinat-
ing one. This story began by asking
the reader whether he had ever eaten
a stalk of udo. so It probably cannot
end in a better way than by telling him
that udo Is a Japanese plant which Is
finding some favor as a substitute for
asparagus. Mr.. Fairchild says the
brilliant white shoots of udo are edi~
BILE to their very bases without the
least Objectionable fiber" differing in
his respect from those OF u familiar
king Of vegetables"
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Germany has been mentioned in this
connection.
The matter was called to the atten-
ton of Americans recently by Niels
Gron, a we'll known Danish-American
writer and traveller. He said:
1.-The passage Of the Lodge amplifia-
cation of the Monroe doctrine makes
the case of st. Thomas of peculiarly
timely interest. The company to which
the harbor belongs now is already in a
position to transfer its shares by the
simple process of internal reorganiza-
ton to a company Of any nationality.
The Germans are the most probable
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

future owners of the st. Thomas con-
cession. In my opinion the only thing
which can save Denmark from the
scheming and conspiring of the Dan
ish money trust and certain diplomats
Is for the United States to take over
the Danish West Indies Issues vital
to the permanent control of the east
ern end of the Panama canal are at
stake. 1t Is intended by the new con
~cessionaires to convert ST. Thomas into
the principal harbor on the Atlantic
for transshipping of traffic passing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

retirement of MI. McCombs he took up
the Management of the Democratic end
of the campaign.
The picture shows n OF the monu-
ments to the living McAdoo. II Is the
twin Hudson terminal buildings. twen-
ty-tWo stories in height. Underneath
them run the McAdoo tunnels to
and from New Jersey Ten thousand
men and women find their daily occu-
pations In these monster skyscrapers.
Many of them, with thousands In other
parts of New York. have occasion to
thank Mr.. McAdoo twice daily for pro-
viding them with swift and easy access
to their homes and their businesses.
ARTHUR j. BRINTON.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

Islands to the United States. but 1t ac-
Quires new Importance as the time APP
proaches for declaring the tnteroceanic
canal open to the worlds shipping.
The present and prospective impor-
lance of the Danish West Indies in
connection with the canal is found in
the fact that they possess one OF the
best harbors In the West Indies. That
4, the harbor of the city of Charlotte
Amalie. capital of the Islands, on the
island Of st. Thomas. 1t lies WITHIN
easy sailing distance from Colon at the
eastern end of the canal Like all OF
the territory near the n zone. u
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

Germany has been mentioned in this throu

through the canal The great German
steamship lines naturally expect to
reap the lions share Of the business.
1.-THE people of Denmark want the
United States to have the Danish West
Indies. Ninety-seven Of the 105 mem
bers of the national parliament voted
to transfer the stands to the United
States in 1902, and the islanders hem
selves almost unanimously voted in IA
yor Of annexation"
The Danish West Indies, comprising
the islands of st. Thomas. ST. John and
St CroIx, lie directly east of and very
close to Porto Rico. Negotiations look
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

n S though the United States hadn't
~ enough problems already In
connection with the rapidly
4 Il approaching opening of the
Panama canai-what with questions OF
administration and Great Britain say
ing treaty obligations prevent Ameri-
cans from letting their own ships pass
free of toll through the big ditch
along comes the matter OF the Danish
West Indies again to complicate mat
ters. It's not a new question, this ques-
ton of the cession of King Christians
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

" YHEN early In the ace for
Anx the presidency illness
forced William II. Nc
Combs, chairman of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-13

BY N. LURE.

AVE you ever eaten a stalk
Of udo? Do you know the
taste of the Venetian squash?
Would YOU know the differ
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
PEN BOARD NOT
TO IN TO MALVERN

Little Rock, Sept. 14.-The State
Penitentiary Board at its last session
voted not to go in body to the con-
Wet camp near Malvern to make a
further investigation into the death
of the Miller county convict, Lee Ed
wards, who died last June, the day
following his arrival. 1t was decid-
led, however, that if there are any
complaints to be made, or any further
evidence to be submitted, besides that
given the special committe from the
Board which recently made an inves-
tigation, that it shall be submitted tc
the Board in the shape of sworn aft
dayits, and it will be considered
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
OLDFIFLD ASPIRES
TO u. 5 SENATE

Little Rock, Sept. 14.-Consider-
able interest is felt in Littue Rock 20
litical circles over the report coming
from Batesville to the effect that Con
gresham w. A Oldfeld is consider
ing becoming candidate for the
United States Senate against James
P. Clarke. Mr. Oidfield succeeded
Congressman s. Brundidge of the
Second district, and has made a nota-
BILE record in Congress. 1t has been
expected that Senator Clarke would
have opposition. He has not definite
ly announced his own intentions with
reference to asking for another term,
although it has been generally ac-
cepted that he would run again. 1t is
believed that Governor-elect Joe T.
Robinson has his eye on the senate
but when he will run is not known,
whether against Senator Clarke next
time, or wait five years and enter the
contest with jeff Davis.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
MURPHY TELLS WHY
Hf Is A BULL MOOSE
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
LISTENED TO COL. ROOSE-
VELT'S SIREN SONG.

Little Rock, Sept. 14.-Col George
w. Murphy of the Little Rock bar
has been announced to deliver Bull
Moose address at Marked Tree Fri
day, Sept. 20. He will be unable to
fill the appointment, however, on ac-
count of having to be in court on that
date. He may make some speeches
later, if he can find the time, although
he says he has gotten beyond the
speech-making period of his political
career
When asked why he had become a
Bull Moser, Col. Murphy said he had
Joined the movement because he con-
sidered it the most practical system
yet suggested for the handling of pub
lie questions. He has always been a
prominent Democrat, having served
two terms as attorney general, but
ne thinks 1.-The country is going to the
devil as fast as it can," and that
neither the Democrats nor the Repub-
lieans are doing anything to stop it..
Col. Murphy says that he has been
most favorably impressed by Roose-
velt's speeches and his confession of
faith, and by the terms of the plat
form adopted at Chicago If he con-
sidered the Progressives merely an
off-shoot of the old Republican party
he would have nothing to do with it,
but he looks upon it as a new politi-
cal movement that may not succeed
this time but will have a strong in
fluence upon national affairs and be-
come one of the dominant parties.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
Why We Cannot
Charge School
Booszs.

Publishers give US 20 per cent dis
count from list price we to pay trans
portation and carry stock and run
risk of having dead stock left on our
hands, and some publishers offer in
lieu of the above: Ten per cent dis
count from list price, they to pay
transportation and carry the stock.
1t will be seen that they understand
that one means practically the same
as the other to the retailer; this
shows ten per cent profit (2) on
books sold at list price.
There is no one that we know of in
Conway who is able to do business on
less than about 20 per cent expense.
which means that it costs the mer-
chants of Conway zoe on each dollars
worth of goods sold to make the scale.
This being true, how much have we
made on dollars worth of school
books sold at list price?
1t would be ridiculous to ask or ex-
pect any other merchant to sell you
on such profit (?) paying basis, yet
it is all right 10 expect the book man
to do it, and in many instances to
charge the books.
AS stated at other times, we do not
and cannot sell all books at list price,
but We do sell the big per cent of the
new books at list.
This explains, We think, why we
cannot charge books and also why we
are forced to handle some second
books, which We would prefer not to
do, if we could play even handling
new ones.
We have tried for years to save our
customers every cent possible on
books, and we are making this explain
alton because We think many people
do not know the facts about this bus
mess. Approximately,
S. f. ANDERSON.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
HENDERSON INSTALLS
new WATER SUPPL Y

Arkadelphia, Sept. IA valuable
Improvement at Henderson Brown
College is the installation of a hy-
draulic ram at the artesian well half
mile from the campus, which will
force the water over the hill to the
college for drinking purposes and for
baths. This has been donated by
Capt. c. c. Henderson. Natatoriums
for girls and boys will probably be
provided, says President George H.
Crowell. Until the plant is complet-
ed the students will drink distilled
water.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

We want to announce the coming of
Mr.. Frank Phillips of Little Rock.
We have been lucky to secure this
gentleman to take charge of our
work. Mr.. Phillips comes to us very
highly recommended and was employ
ed by one of the leading laundries
when we succeeded in getting him to
come to our little city. We feel sure
that you viii be pleased with the high
grade work this gentleman turns out
Thanking you for past favors, we
hope to serve you in the future. 2
I, CONWAY STEAM LAUNDRY.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
pound deliveries in solid blocks to fit
your refrigerators. If

NOuI
The Jolly Seven Club was very
pleasantly entertained yesterday af-
ternoon by Miss Ethel Nixon. The
usual soeia. naur W.; siytn to faacy
needlework. Dainty refreshments
were served. Miss Valarie. Voss will
be the next hostess
Mrs. W. R. Hairston delightfully."-
entertained the members of the
Woodmen Circle yesterday afternoon
at her home on Hairston avenue. A
gerry enjoyable guessing contest was
engaged in, prizes being awarded tc
Mesdames Joe Nixon and San
Glenn. After the contest, delicious
ices and cake were served and the
guests returned to their homes re.
porting a most delightful time.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
DAVIS BEGINS SENTENCE.

Little Rock, Sept 14.-Lifus Davis
the young mountaineer convicted at
Salem of completely in the killing OF
Charles Moore and sentenced to 21
years in the penitentiary, was placed
in the prison Friday afternoon by
Sheriff Carruthers. He had spent
the summer there as safe-keeper
and now returns to spend large part
of his life behind its walls. He con-
fessed the murder, duplicating others
who are yet to be tried for their part
in the crime.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14

jim Arthur and family left for
Comanche, Texas, Saturday.
3. f. Burnett and wife are rejoic-
ing over the arrival of fine boy.
Several of the young people attend
ed the negro baptizing on the north
Cadron Sunday.
The Sunday school at this place is
not doing as well as it should.
]. H. Patton has his renter resi-
dence near completion.
j. NJ. Browning is building a barn
on one of his places.
Clint Ellzey is Offering his place
for sale
Lost, Saturday, Sept 7, at Conway
at one of the following places:
Faulkner County Bank, Racket Store.
Frauenthal & Schwarz or the Busy
Bee restaurant, ten dollar bill. Re-
turn to j. d. Burchfeld, Wooster,
Ark, and receive a reward.
W. A. Brannon is erecting rent
er residence on his farm
Lester Patton, Lee Burchfield and
Barnett Ethridge will enter the State
Normal at Conway on Sept. %.
Matte and Luke Hickman of Con-
way visited here Sunday.
The work on the abuttment of the
King bridge can be completed in
week longer
Burl Burchfield and wife visited at
Pickles Gap Saturday.
Cotton is very short in this section.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
SON SUCCEEDS FATHER.

Little Rock, Sept 1.-THE COVER
nor has appointed f. o. Johnson
treasurer of Desha county to succeed
his father, j. s. Johnson, who died
last Sunday. The appointee was the
nominee for the office, and was elected
Monday, but would not have taken
the office until the other officers
change on October 81.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-14
RANDOLPH REPORTS FIRST

Little Rock, Sept. 14.-Randolph
county is the first to send its official
returns from Mondays election to the
Secretary of State. They were re-
ceived Friday morning. 1t shows
Robinson 1913, Roland 251, Nickel
219; for license 933, against license
1140; for Act No. 2, COG, against Act
No. 2, 1896.