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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
APPLE TREE ADVICE.
II Your Orchard Is Old and Unfruitful
Try These Remedies.

The apple trees in many orchards
have become what some writer's term
untlrifty, hide bound, have stopped
bearing, branches will grow but very
little if at all from year to year, and
the trees will yield but small crops of
inferior fruit.
During the summer months. when
the new wood is forming. it is an ex-
cellent plan to rub or peel the old bark
from the ground to the first limbs. and
Il new. smooth and healthy bark will
appear.
Many times this will have So salutary
bearing.
We have seen. says Il correspondent
of Farm Progress. trees treated III this
manner with very satisfactory results,
especially when the trees are not too
old or were not injured by removing
the old bark.
\ number IF years ago we made Il
night pasture for our COWS by inclus-
ing one Of our orchards with a fence
and kept from thirty to forty cows in
this orchard nights and fed them soil.
in. crops out OF the stable. and hey
kept the old bark we'll rubbed off from
the trees and left a large amount of
fertility on the land. From this or
chard we have harvested some Of the
best crops Of apples that we ever
! grew. and we believe that it has been
| utilizing it for night pasture that
brought about the change.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Jokes Our Shears Took a Shine To
Literally Interpreted.

The teacher meant to convey a pro-
found lesson. You must forgive your
enemies. boys" she said, land then
your enemies will forgive you. want
YOU all to try it." The next morning
Johnny Jones came to school with a
very black eye. "Why, Johnny, what's
the matter" "Aw," replied Johnny,
i've been forgivin' scrappy Green an
maxim him forgive me- Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25

looking wistfully at a group Of romp-
ing children, longing to join in heir
play, but deferred by the woman who
had him in charge. They, dressed in
rougher garments, are without fear
Of soiling their clothes; he, rugged u
in a white wash" suit, knows that n
speck Of dirt on it will bring down
the a%nathemas of the person hired to
keep him clean.
Tommy Burch and I would have
been friends in our childhood had we
been permitted. But Tommy was al
ways Immediately dressed. and a
! middle aged lady tutor-nurse had him
in charge to elevate his mind. l was
always dirty, and my mother seldom
put good clothes on me, for she knew
l would tear them to tatters climbing
trees. If Tommy had had a common
nurse he might have occasionally got
away from her, but with his gov
erness it was another matter. He
was never permitted to be out of her
sight for Il moment.
The worst of it was that Tom was
not born a milksop. He became one
because he couldn't help himself.
When he had got rid of his governess
he begged me to take him cunning
and fishing and all that. 4 love Of
such sports was born in him, but he
had been so delicately reared that he
was unable to stand the hardships
they involved and couldn't keep pace
with me in anything. Nevertheless
was fond Of him, and we became
quite chummy. so after a first effort
at tramping all day through a wood
and eating bacon II bareback fol
supper he gave it up and devoted him
self to drawing pictures. for which he
had considerable talent. If he had had
the luck to have been thrown on his
W resources he might have made al
artist of himself.
My cousin, Frances Rose. having be
come the object Of Burch's alteration
he con1ided the secret to me and asked
me to sound her as to whether ther,
was n chance for him. | suggested
to her one day that she and Tom would
make a good match.
t 81 make a match with that ladylik'
young man. she exclaimed disdainful
ly. MOI mllch..'
HE might at least teach you t
speak good English.' l retorted. Tlel
| told her Of the way Tom had beer
brought up and the dragon and al
that. She listened attentively and from
contempt. with a woman's sudder
change of front, veered right round tt
sympathy. SO when l proposed tina,
she help HE to try to rectify the dam
age done she fell in with the plan. We
We're to coach Tom in athletic games
and manly amusements, giving him
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Remakin& Tommy Burch
By T R. HAYES

sundry hard raps, such As he should
have had years before. All J. let him
know about it was that Frank admired
manly men and he'd better go in for
athletics. He was a tri1e old to begin
but / promised to help him.
I commenced with boxing gloves and
after a few lessons hammered him so
numerically that l feared I had killed
him. When he came round 1 told him
Id turn him over to Frank for a new
beginning, which she. a girl, would be
tackle football man.
Frank took him up. and 1 could
plainly see she developed a deep inter-
est in the work. l have seen her keep
him on the tennis court, playing first a
set, her a double set, losing just
enough games to necessitate a play
off," the sweat running down his
cheeks. his neck and trickling down
his back, while he painted like a horse
with the heaves.
A crisis came at last. It was In
cross country horseback riding. Frank
could ride like a centaur. She disda1n-
ed to strain a horse by sitting side
wise. She rode straddle with divided
skirts. She made Tom get out Of bed
before daylight to ride with her, in
creasing the length of their canters
till on II occasion she kept the poor
beggar out without a morsel Of food
from 5 O'Clock till noon. During this
, time he was obliged to Jump his horse.
she leading the way over fences.
bitches and logs. He had been born
with no craven spirit and would have
gone to his death rather than give
in to her. This led her to push him
to see how far he would go. till one
day she went over a log so large that
she barely missed it. Tom, who was
not so expert a horseman, raised his
beast too soon, and the animal, COM
ing down with his belly fiat on the
log, rolled Owe on his rider.
l was sent for to go to Toms house
and found Frank there in the hall
looking like a ghost. while the doctor
was making up his mind whether
there was any chance for the milksop
she had been trying to make a man of.
Tom lowered between life and death
for a month, then gradually came
around. The first thing he did after
! getting out was to come to mt and
tell me Of his engagement to my
cousin. I wasn't surprised, for he
had shown that had he been suffered
to make a man of himself in the first
place he would have lone so. What
the dragon had spoiled Il splendid girl
made over successfully.
When l spoke to Frank about her
engagement l said. II thought you
couldn't marry a ladylike young man.
Shut up" she cried sharply. He's
as manly as you. He followed me
everywhere l led, ever at the risk OF
his neck
smiled, but made no reply.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Live Topics For Farm Readers
TOPICS IN SEASON.
Cut the rye heads out of the

Cut the rye heads out of the
wheat.
Fence corners clean: If not
the hayiny job isn't quite done.
Care should be taken that the
drainage Of the barnyard does
not reach the drinking water.
DO it now" is n capital max
i'm for the harvest season and
if religiously followed will save
many a ton Of hay.
Get in the rutabagas now. A
timothy sod is a good place for
them. 4 few fed to the stock
next winter will save doctor
bills.
Cut fenceposts in August dur
ing the second run of sap and
peel Immediately. They will
last much longer than if cut in
winter.
Keep the cultivator going in
the corn until out in tassel.
Shallow. please. About two
inches deep is right. Muzzle the
horses and they'll work better.
Secrets Of successful turnip
growing: Have the seed bed
very fine; then roll it. Sow thu
seed soon after q rain and Ove
the seed by lightly rolling the
yround.-Farm Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
EXCHANGE Of Courtesies.

This man who wants board on cred
it claims to be a foreign nohleman.'
"Show you any proof" asked the
proprietor.
showed me a photograph of a cas-
tie"
We'll. l have II" objection to our
showing him a photograph of a ham
sandwich."-Kansas City Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
When to Harvest Timothy.

Timothy harvesting just as it comes
into blossom produces the highest
yield of digestible material. If cut be-
fore or after this time a smaller Weld
is obtained. 1t is true that if cut later
more tons of hay are obtained. but it
will not be so digestihIe or so palat-
able.-Farm and Fireside.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Coal Ashes as Fertilizer.

Soft coal ashes are Of very little
value as 4 fertilizer since most of the
elements contained are in an insoluble
form. There is very little lime in such
ashes. and they often are more harm
full than beneficial to heavy soil. Wood
ashes. on the other hand. are very
beneficial.-Country Gentleman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Sweet Corn Is Very Thirsty,

Shallow cultivation of sweet corn
should be practiced to preserve the
moisture Of the soil. since this crop re-
quires a large amount of water in its
growth and is likely to suffer from
drought.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Vaccinate Hogs and Avoid Cholera.

Hogs vacrinated for hog cholera by
tn double method. which includes an
injection with a protective serum and
a small quantity of virus at the same
time. is effective for many months and
probably for life. accordin" to Profess
sor F. E. Hadley of the College of .Ag-
riculture of the University of Wis
ronSin.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
One Of His Studies,

Church-How is your boy getting
along in college?
Gotham-All right.
whats he studying:"
Topography, l guess. He wrote fol
money today. He said he wanted to
learn the town.'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
A Better Test.

Cravford-You can judge a mans
character by the way he acts when he
has Il tooth pulled. Crabshaw-l'd
very much rather size him up by the
way he goes on when he has had his
leg pulled.-Puck.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Awful Discovery.

"How now, Geraldine:'
Il am investigating the conditions
that surround poor working girls"
Their lot is often trying"
Indeed it is. Why, half of them 60
to work without chaperons, C~larice."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25

Mr.. notwithstanding NE an me
let in Il hurry.
The Accomplished Waiter-I will
bring it with alacrity, sir.
Mr.. Seedmiller-No, you won't. Just
bring it plain, | won't pay for no
trimmin's.-\eW York Globe.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
intercepted d.

did your son who went to the city
To make his fortune deliver the goods:''
NO. He was caught with them before
he had a chance."-Hou>ton Post.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Turned the Tables,

Mrs. Exe-nid you try that new girl
you heard of:
Mrs. Wye-Try her? Why. she tried
me beyond all endurance. Boston
Tro rcc~;r-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Practical.

How would you like to have a fairy
g~odmother:" sd rather have a COM
petent ~cook."-WaShincton Herald.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25
Barber Shop Tip.

You are getting very bald, sir SAID
the barber.
You YOURSELF retorted the custom
err, ARE not free from a number of de
fects that l could mention if l cared tC
become personal."-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25

4 BOY from seven to twelve tied
to Il nurses apron string is al
ways an object of pity to me.
have seen one Of these boys
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25

You don't mind high prices:"
NO. When prices are high. think
how much more You save every time
You decide to get along without some
thing
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-25

Father-Iou have no sense. I'm go
inc to cut YOU off with Il million
family by riding around in a second
hand ute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
NEGRO HAS TAKEN
VERY HIGH STAND
IN BUSINESS LIFE
Some of the Men Who Have
Worked Out Successful
Career Despite Heavy
Handicap
By HORACE d. SLATER

Many things have contributed to the
progress of the negro in the professions
and in business. First and foremost
was his desire to succeed. Then, too,
the conditions in the south that have
set the negro apart have contributed
in great degree to his remarkable sue
cess in the business establishments he
has had the temerity to open. The
same is true of the professions. not
ably the physician and the dentist.
The National Negro Business league
has perhaps done more to awaken the
negro to the possibilities he had in the
south along business lines than any
other agency. There are today 200
drug stores owned by negroes. Negroes
publish more than 200 newspapers and
magazines, many of them taking rank
as very creditable publications.
There are SO negro banks in opera
ton. Eleven are in Mississippi, 10 in
Virginia, 5 in Oklohoma, A each in
Georgia. Tennessee. North Carolina and
Texas and Alabama, 1 in Pennsylvania,
! in New York and in Illinois. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

of about 80 negroes who have succeed
ed. picked at random from long list
of prominent negroes will give a con-
crete idea of the number OF men in
professions and in business who have
made a success out of their endeavors.
Birmingham alone is filled with many
negroes who have done we'll in their
work. This list would include BARRIERS,
grocers. contractors. merchants, drug
gists, editors. as we'll as physicians and
surgeons.
DR.. U. G. Mason has made a tremen-
dous success as physician and sur
geon. and in his business relations as
we'll He has been successful in real
estate ventures, and as presidenc of
the Prudential Savings bank is re-
garded as one of the foremost negroes.
He has practiced his profession in Bir-
mingham Is years, and in point of con-
tinuous residence is the oldest physi-
clan in the city among the negroes.
He finished his medical education at
Meharry Medical college. Nashville.
Tenn. and afterward. did post work in
one of the few negroes who has taken
post work in surgery in foreign
country His first operation was a
laparotomy. the removal of large
tumor. Immediately after his return
from Europe, which was emincntly sue
cessful and at once established his
reputation as a surgeon. This was
the first operation to be performed in
the state by negro. Dir. Mason is
one of the first negroes to open an
infirmary in the state for negroes.
which was known as the Provident
hospital, and was located just opposite
the city hall.
Later he organized and opened a hos
pital known as the Home hospital in
connection with the Alabama Orphans
and Old Folks home, which is now
known as the George c. Hall hospital.
Aside from the magnificent hospital at
Tuskegee institute, this is considered
the best in Alabama for negroes DR..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

negro bankers have national organ
ization. affiliated with the National Ne
gro Business league. or this associa-
tion. DR.. w. L. Pettiford of Birming-
ham, president of the Alabama Penny
Savings bank is PRESIDENT Among the
best known negro banks inAthe country
are:
The Prudential Savings bank and the
Alabama Penny Savings bank. Birming
ham; the One Cent Savings bank. the
Peoples Bank and Trust company
Nashville, Tenn. Bank of Mound Bayou,
Mound Bayou, Miss; Solvent Savings
bank, Memphis. Tenn; Peoples Bank
and Trust company, Muskogee. Okla.
Mechanics Saving bank. Richmond, Va,
and the Mechanics and Farmers bank,
Jessa Binga, Chicago. H.. is one of
the strong financial institutions Of that
city.
The National Medical association,
formed in Atlanta in 1896 at the Cot
ton States exposition. gives concrete
evidence to the world of the progress
made by the negro in this branch OF
| science. In the practice of law there
have been some very creditable exam
pies since Allen and Morris and Lang
ston were admitted to the practice in
the north before the war. 1t is a curl
GUS fact that the best negro lawyers,
too, come from the south, considering
their opportunity, While the first me-
gro to be admitted to practice before
the supreme court was John S. Reeh
of Boston; the first negro to be elected
to a municipal judgeship was Mifflin w
Gibbs of Little Rock. Ark. There are
now probably more than 1000 negro
lawyers Four members of the race
have been assistant United States at
torneys; William II. Lewis of Boston
j. A. Cobb of Washington, Clarence
w. Matthews of Boston, and s. Laing
Williams of Chicago. Lewis was after
wards appointed by President Taft As
sistant United States attorney general
A brief sketch of the lives and work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Of the conditions imposed by the Freed
man Aid society.
DIR. A. NJ. Brown of Birmingham is
easily one of the best physicians and
surgeons of the south, having practiced
his profession exclusively since 1891
He is graduate from the University
of Michigan and began his practice in
Bessemer. He has practiced in cleve-
land and from that place came back
to Birmingham, remaining here until
he took work as surgeon with the
Tenth United States cavalry during the
Spanish American war, to which po-
sition he was appointed by President
Mckinley. Since 1904 he has practiced
in Birmingham. He took up surgery
ii years ago. and is regarded as the
foremost negro surgeon in the south
today, taking rank with George C. Hail.
Daniel Ii. Williams and A. M. Curtis
Dr. Brown had charge of the sur.
Sical section of the National Medical
association for two years. He makes
speciality of abdominal surgery, and
among the more than 700 operations
which he has performed in Birmingham
there have been some very noted cases,
Win dI unusually Qeatn rate.
Together with Drs. U. G. Mason. N. G.
Broughton, III. C. Bryant. C. o. Boothe,
A. c. Macklin and A. G. Robertson of
Ensley he works faithfully for the up
building of the George c. Hall hospital.
DR. Brown was one of the organizers
of the Tri-State Medical association
being composed of the professional
men in Georgia, Alabama and Florida,
and is in constant demand as lee
turer at the various state medical
meetings.
Penny Savings Bank
The building of great banking in
stitution by DR.. w. r. Pettiford has
been told again and again until every
Individual who Is at all familiar with
the achievements of negroes in the
south know of II. Besides his work in
the establishment and upbuilding of
the Alabama Penny Savings banks, DR..
Pettiford is race man. and finds time
for the development of many projects
for the benefit of the negro. His most
important work outside of the bank is
the National Negro Bankers associa-
tion, of which he is the founder and
president. He has been actively en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Mason is one of the leading surgeons
of the state for negroes, and has per-
formed more than 1900 operations with
uniform success. He did all the sur
sical work for negroes during the
seven and half years he was assistant
city physician. He represented the me-
gro profession of the south at the dedi-
cation of the John A. Andrew Memorial
hospital in Tuskegee during the spring
and was one of the organizers of the
National Medical, Dental and Pharma a
ceutical association. He was president
of the State Medical association two
years and placed that organization on
its permanent footing.
Bank Is Established
His greatest work in business way
is the establishment OF the Prudential
Savings bank of Birmin CHAM, which
was the only negro bank to have be-
gun operations with paid in capital
of s25,000. This bank is considered
one of the best manag ged institutions
in the race. Although DR.. Mason Is
, president, the active management Is
carried on by w. w. Hadnott, the
, cashier. The Prudential Savings bank
is essentially young mans institu-
tion. w. w. Hadnott. its cashier. took
active part with DR.. Mason> In organic
Ing the institution, and brought to II a
ripe business experience. having
worked for about II years as cotton
classer, for one of the largest firms
in the south, in which work he had al
most complete charge OF the domestic
and foreign shipments. Hadnott re-
signed to take up the work OF organic
ing the Prudential Savings bank and
largely by reason of mis- safe and con-
servative management, the institution
has been paying venture ever since
its establishment.
Dr. Mason has been very successful
in his real estate deals and is consid-
cred wealthy negro He stands high
with all the people of the state. He
in the city and in the district. as we'll
as in New York state. Like prac-
tically every other successful negro, he
Is actively identified with the chufch,
and gives literally to the church and
to education. He Is member of the
trustee board of the Sixteenth Street
Baptist church. and had much to do
with the plans whereby the congrega-
tion was able to erect it's present mag
nificent structure. DR.. Mason had. TO
do with the location OF the Central
Alabama college for negroes at Mason
City in the Birmin CHAM district, and
made it possible for the negroes of Bir-
mingham to raise the $500 necessary
to purchase the site, which was one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
w. A. RAYFIELD
official Architect Of the African Meth
Odist Church, Supervising Architect
Freetmen's Aid society.

w. A. Rayfield, the official archi-
tect of the African Methodist Episco-
pal Zion connection and the general
supervising architect OF the lrreedmen's
Aid society in the south is probably
the most thoroughly educated designer
of his race. His success among his
people in Birmingham has been so no.
table as to attract widespread atten-
| tion. but Rayfield made a hasd uphill
struggle before he won the position
which now entities him to call himself
the foremost colored architecx in the
country
| Rayfield chose architecture as his
life work at a time when no other COL
ored people attempted success In that
profession. He found himself opposed
not only by the prejudices df genera
tions, but even by some of the most
| optimistic members Of his race who told
| him ne would never succeed. Undis-
| couraged by these early universities.
however, Young Rayfield conrinued to
study his chosen art and to perfect him.
self in 1t despite all obstacles.
| He grounded himself firmly by
thorough courses in Atlanta and How
ard universities and then went to the
| architectural department of the Pratt
| Polytechnic institute. where he pur-
sued the Curriculum with honor. I'm
satisfied even with this preparation.
Rayfield continued on through the Co.
lumbia university school of architec-
ture and topped off this training with
| years course OF special work at the
famous London (Eng.) Polytechnic in
| stitute.
Then Rayfield came south again. He
took. practical charge Of the. Tuskegee
Institutes designing department and in
the 10 years of his work there put 1t
firmly on its feet. At the end of that
time he determined to go into business
for himself and settled in the New
York Of the South" birmingham, where
he won an almost immediate success
Among the buildings he has designed
/ are included some Of the most costly
and pretentious erected BY his race
anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

gagged in settlement work in the mines
in and around Birmingham. giving
freely of his time for the development
morally and religiously of the men who
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-03-28
Easter Sunday FittingIy
Observed

Easter Sunday was httingly OBJ
served in this citv. Special Easter
services were held at the Union Col
lsge Chapel Sunday evening in
a very beautiful musical program
was given and which was attended
by large audience. The arrange
ment of this special program reflects
much credit upon Prot Rowland
and Miss LilIiston who t. aimed the
large GLORIOUS and aided in the vo
cal and instrument al selections.
Society was also blossomed out in
full Sunday, new toggery, flowers
and other accoutremente being very
much III evidence.