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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-19

not nerve himselr TO confess now wean
| he had been.
He knew that Sam was very fond of
| him. though he was Sans master. He
had often stood between Sam and
harm and had given him everything he
wanted. He felt that he could impart
the news to Sam with less pain to
himself than to any one else and knew
that by confessing the whole story
Sam would blame him less than any
one else. So the day before Christmas
calling the slave aside where be would
not be overheard by others, he made
his confession.
"Sam." he added, when he had told
that on Christmas the new owner of
Billy would arrive to take the boy
away, this breaks my heart"
MARS Arthur" gasped Sam. Il for
| give you. but l wouldn't forgive no
udder marster in de worl'."
Adelia st. Clair learned the secret
| that her husband could not force him
self to tell her from the boys mother.
who. frantic with grief went to her to
| entreat her to do something to save her
from being separated from her boy
The blow was almost as severe upon
| the mistress as upon the slave. But
| she kept her head and sent Susan away
| assuring her that if there was anything
| she could do to prevent the calamity
she would do it. but, knowing her hus-
bands financial straits, she could give
no hope.
AS soon as Sue had departed Mrs St.
| Clair sent for her husband. The Gus.
tom Of gambling was so prevalent
among the planters Of that day that
she did not reproach him. She could
| not but recognize that he had been
weak to risk the happiness Of fam
fly whom both he and she considered
committed to their charge by Provi-
dence, but she knew nothing was to be
gained by holding up to him his sin.
| what he had done. She began at once
to confer with him upon some plan by
which a sum might be raised to buy
back the boy. In vain they went over
everything they possessed that could
possibly be mortgaged. All such prop
erty had been mortgaged already. Be
sides, there was no time to negotiate.
New Orleans was the nearest place
where such matter could be attended
to, and to 60 there. make loan and
return would require several days
| Sam came in just as they had agreed
that nothing could be done to save
his boy to him. He looked anxiously
from one to the other to see If there
was any hope. st. Clair nodded to his
wife to speak for both.
"There is no time in which to pre-
vent the separation" she said. 'Your
master has received message that
Billy will be called for tomorrow. We
can only promise that IL we can keep
knowledge of Billy's future where
abouts we will buy him back If 1t
should be possible
There was no comfort In this for
Sam. He knew his masters proneness
to drift financially and believed that
he would get deeper and deeper III
debt. With moan he turned away tr
impart the sad tidings to his wife.
The news that little Billy had been
sold and was to be taken away OH
Christmas morning cast a gloom over
all. white and black. OF the plantation.
"Dis won't be no Christmas at all.
said one.
"Wha' mars go sell Billy TO to 60
way on Christmas? He ought to had
| II
"Yo' shet mp. nigga" said third.
"Mars wouldn't "a done dat IL he hadn't
had to done IT,"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-19
Caustic John Rriaht.

Many stories were told about John
Bright's caustic repartees in private
life. This story. says the British
Weekly. is true:
IL should like to come back to this
world in fifty years to see what
changes have happened in England"
said q gentleman to Mr.. Bright.
MY good sir" replied Mr.. Bright.
"if you don't mend your ways you
may be glad of any excuse to come
back"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-19
DESTROY FEUDlSTS HOMES
Missouri Disturbers Horsewhipped and
Ordered to Leave Country.

Springfield, H., Dec. 16.-Fifty
masked men burned homes of elan
Of feudists, the Collins family, who
Eave caused trouble in this vicinity
for twenty-five years.
SeN eral men and women were horse
whipped and at least four homes Were
totally destroyed and most of the two
hundred of the family were warn cd to
leave the country within forty-eight
hours on pain of death.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
Wheeling Veterans
Arrive HO1neFrOn
Gettysburg Trip
ALI. REPORT FINE TRIP AND SAY THEY HAD THE TIN,
THEIR LIVES"-MET MANY OLD COMRADES AMP.
FOUGHT BATTLE OVER AGAIN.
Nearly 1000 West Virgnans Representing Both Sides in
tendance. But Many Failed to Register-Vetera tend
Vote of Thanks to Ineigencer for Aid d.

Sullivan. u. Thomas. ]. w Meyers.
Samuel Davis. Robert Blake. James
Young. j. X. Tolbert. Wesley Marsh,
and J. T Roseberry.
Many veterans OF Moundsville and
vicinity also returned. among them
being: T. G. Hammond. Alex. Cham
bers. T s. Bonar. s. Rysinger. ID. b.
johnson. G. c. Matthews. William
Gowdy. David Towns. Alex Henry.
-. L. Stewart. VI. W. MaiA Jacob Sup
Ter. John Trenton. r. A. Henry Saur
uel Cooper OF McMechen. Colonel w.
+. Baldwin. William Gains. and w. II.
Lindsey.
Only few Of those inattendance
from the northern section OF the state
remained until Saturday. although
Colonel Love and other officers in
many OF the southern counties did
not leave the famous battlefield until
yesterday.
Had Glorious Time.
With nothing 10 do but enjoy them
selves by participating in the rNer-
Cis"s' or ny meeting old comrades and
discussing incidents of the late strug-
&c WIN those who fought on both
sides. the old heroes Lad a gloriius
time from the start Of the reunion un-
I'll u ended yesterday Happy inci-
dents we're occurring every minute al
most. Persons met for the first time
sine" the war. in many instances. and
thrr" We're many happy reunions OF
former comrades The reinious OF
veterans OF the opposing armies were
none the less happy. however. and ap-
par"ntly more frequent. All over the
camp could be seen groups OF men
made up OF both the blue and the gray
while II TWO men were seen talking or
sittng on cot in tent. Il was al
most certain that they were JOHNNY
and Nank" recalling scenes OF ffty
years ago.
The trip 10 the old battlefield was.
perhaps. to many the crowuing event
ot their lives. Many who fought on
The hills and pla'eaus surrounding
gettysburg had never set foot on that
ground since the days Of the war
Only a few local veterans fought in
the battle OF Gettysburg. but many
Others took part IN the engagements
preceding or following the bloody con
flict.
Despite the intense heat, the Wheel
lngie- stood thc week well While Il
Ccont1nusd on Page Eighty
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
SHOOTING May
RESULT FATALLY

ers.t,. I....f. Do o.. t.e f1teIiizcn-er
TA1EWONT. vs. Va. July Prank
I.G.z ii,- af CooK hospital with %
..f .rf.d..I ir m. mock and is
,VnrctcI f1 die Iolu Lopez. h-
brother. D.. ln Jail here charged with
l'.rE material witness 100 the case.
aud county officers are searching for
sam GrriE. nephew OF 'hc injured
man. who i- charged with firing fhe
..rf
Tho shooting occurred az o. board.
irE luua. af Middleton conducted by
Nr f.~ UIru'ft early this morning
r i- claimed fh. fhrrr mon we're
counting '.. woman aud quIrrrlcd
ut'r .'r tffor thr shooting occur
r.. .ir escaped Tho bullet inter
si fh" I.ff shoulder o. Lopez. crossed
'.- lods and 'whDdod itself ir the
U'0t rrfr OBJ" RIGHT shoulder Al
Nr.t machine af tnc hospital has so
'.f failed tn discover tln bullet
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
(BY w. r. KEYSERD

Tired. but extremely happy. thirty
Wheeling veterans returned Saturday
evening after having what they termed
the time OF our lives" They had at
tended the reunion of the Union and
Confederate armies. held July II. on
the scene OF the battlefield OF GettyS
burg, Pa, the event commemorative
the f1ftieth anniversary OF that battle
With the arrival yesterday OF a few
who remained In camp until Saturday,
until everything was over, the last OF
the Wheeling delegation has returned.
Yesterday large CoDttpRents OF veter-
ans passed through this city. en- route
10 their homes In western States.
The reunion is now a fond memory
IN their minds. There has been moth
ing like this event IN the history OF
the world. All from this section. TO a
man, say that the reunion was the
greatest ever held. and all are loud In
their praise of their kind treatment by
the battlefield commissiin. The affair
was pronounced in every detail sue
cess
The trip 10 this city was made in
special coaches 4 special train of ! =
coaches was made up at Gettysburg
and carried the local delegation in ad.
dition TO the Parkcrsburg. Huntington
and other West Virginia cOntingents
At Cumberland Md. few coaches
were detached ana sent up me folo-
mac Valley. while az Grafton the
Wheeling and Moundsvillc coaches
were attached II regular train No. =,
arriving in this city az 5:2' o'clock
Saturday evening. several minutes be-
hind time.
Local Delegations.
The return trip TO this city was un'
eventful. The train was due TO leave
the station at the Gettysburg battle
field at 6:15 o'clock Friday evening
hut II was almost Q o'clock before II
pulled out. and almost II o'clock be-
fore Il was finally switched on 10 the
main track at Gettysburg.
Those who made the trip in the
Wheeling coach were. p Caldabaugh
J Conrod. George Crider. G. Boyle.
w X. G Fullerton. William Hodgkiss,
Jacob Houecker. Samuel Hughes. ).
Lennon. l. Mahoney. Daniel Max
well. ID T. Mckinley. y. Nickerson.
Henry Peblcr. Samuel Welch. Frank
G. Robinson. AlonIo Reed. Richard
Robertson. Thomas V. Salisbury. o.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
One HUNDRED
YEARS OF PEACE
COMMEMORATED
PERRY'S VICTORY CELEBRA-
TION FORMALLY OPENED
AT ERIE YESTERDAY.
City Is in Gala Attire and a Most
Eventful Program Has Been
Planned for the Week.

ERIE. Pa. July 6.-True to the con-
viction that their observance OF the
one hundredth anniversary Of Com
modore Pcrry's victory on Lake Erie
was more 10 commemorate a century
OF peace than to gloat over a fallen
foe. the Ginning OF church bells and
the booming of cannon this morning
formally opened the celebration OF
the event in Erie.
Peace sunday was the name
given to the occasion by W. Pitt Gift
ford. chairman OF the Perry centen-
NAL committee. and throughout the
DAY there was no deviation from the
title. Special services were held in
all the churches in the morning, and
a great throng filed Perry square in
the afternoon. when churchmen of all
denominations gathered In mass meet
ing. The Rev. Dr Rogers Israel. bish-
op OF the Protestant Episcopal do
Cese OF Erie. delivered the invocation; ;
State Senator Henry A. Clark and
Charles +. English OF Erie. made the
Principal addresses. and the Rev.
-ohn +. F1tzmaurice. bishop OF the
Roman Catholic diocese OF Erie. pro-
nounced the benediction.
Workmen toilcd diligently during
Saturday night and early Sunday
morning 10 complete the decorations.
and al dusk tonight the electricity was
switched on in the court OF honor and
sent through the miles Of electric
wires stretched In the principal
streets of Erie. From these wires
hung approximately 100. 600 incnndes.
cent lamps. and the effect was mag.
ical. II drew prolonged cheers from
the thousands OF citizens who
ihronged the streets and who had
waited with some anxiety the first an.
nounc"mcnt that the dressing q; the
city was complete Down in the har.
bor. moored TO a dock not far from
the point from which she sailed AZ the
head Of CommOdor" Perry'S little fleet
a century ago 20 find the British
ships IN The western waters OF Lake
Erie. lies the Niagara
Many Visitors.
Many thousands Of visitors we're
handed up the gangplank by the sail.
urs from the Wolverine. n naval mill.
Tin snip lying nearby. and were shown
me details Cf the old lighting vessel
Each sailor knew fhc story OF how.
years afte- Perry had swept tho Brit.
ish from the Grca' Lakes. the Niagara
had sunk in Misery bay. near Eric.
and how she had been raised after
~ years. and reproduced from tho
drawings used 10y the shipbui,d.r who
gave her form and being Enough Of
The old vessel remained 20 allow the
committee 10 have her rebuilt. and
cannon. cast after tho drawings of Tho
runc- made fOf Perry. mounted on the
deck
Nearhy. In tho hlrbor. tho revenue
cutter NORTH and The naval training
snip EsscN. rode az anchor keeping
watch over the charge they will .e.
cort on round OF celebrations 10 De-
held az the PRINCIPAL ports ~ tho
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
OF
THE GOLD STRIKE
is INEFFECTIVE

JOHANNESBURG. July 6.-The set
tlement of the strike among the gold
miners la the Rand distr!ct. which the
government arranged with a commit.
tee Of the strikers. has proved in"Gec-
tive. although comparative order was
preserved over nigh, and today
Tho mobs reassemblcd TO-DAY Al
trains and street cars suspended ser
vice. the crews refusing - work 40
newspapers were able 20 publ sh to-
day Addit!ona! troops guarded tl"
Rand club. the scene Of 'hc -.iioI-
encounters SATURDAY \ Gr.If mob 10 ..
The troops
10 to midnight thor. had h..u ro
serious trouble. hUt armed police sy.
"r'-v hcrc were guardIrl property
lHg" meeting was held fl.- after
noon 20 celebrate the strikers victory
Tho leaders ccun-.licd 'hr mon 'o r,.
tain 10" upper hand fl"s had 3D. nod.
huf strongly .cprc'I'-l fl" Vrnpu.il
fu employ fore" 10 Ih'Fuf" fh" rinf
crS arrested during flH Gl. urhtfrsa
1u'y invited tho mon fO attend 'u
morrow the funsrI 81 thps' E.''I.
whom they d'-or.h'd as murttr- 'o
"a ElOripus cause
The suggestion thar Governor G.n-
oral Glad tones recall De- demanded
was greeted with voctf"rous cheers.
Vote 90 Aceeot.
s t1llo. of fh" AmnirsmsfsI So.
cirty 80 Engineer. of fl. whole U..t
gave vast majority ir Hvur ~ ar
c"p'rr fhr proposed ssffl.ir.uf Ttr
council of me -or''f1 adopted r.eo.
luton providing fnr fhs cllf.rr Uf a
itr.k" 1 month h.rre SHOULD 'ls
grievance. ru- hf adequately
r.dr.. -sI
~'rtt" 'adsr- arr. apparent. frt-
ir- fnuiEht fo rsf fNr mon f. accept
fn" tern. buf or aI Sides II..4ti.
faction expressed a aUrf of ar
ar'hy fl. been aroused shI,i @ I.
tfff.UF fD rnrfroi
fEr.rf no fHf fm. of fI. Jam. n
raiI .u ft.t auI fU. Outbreak rf tEs
VAR lr f.t' ffIs ciff ra. r.t .tr--..
"urrI eurh a daf Uf trrrorIsr. ta -at.
urilt I-a mpuH .u fho lusIrs.. ..e.
t.Yn caused ls.s fst- fNau Ir.rsr..
docs who asr. fNr.tfrffr- tn H.rl.
wf' 'H- home. .f fhr urtrls AL
l.lr' 0 h...l. af-r fUarI .rI
Guarded h. fr.nf aHfa I.I of
r.'Is'r- aimed t|f fI.s rtfr...I
f.' residential quarter
ii.t'..f frIff. .H.H fIf .I.r. .I
r'r were E..rI alI I.H s .r....I
nn saturday anil HIaf Iu. s.., l.fl..t
nr sounded Fr.'ar
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
Republicans Preparing
For the Attack On the
Underwood Tariff Bill

WASHINGTON. y. G. July Co.
Republican memb bers of the senate
have been quietly PREPARING for some
weeks for tho attack that is 20 D.
made on the Underwood : .mmous tar
~ bill when II gets back into Tho son
ate late this week While program
of tariff policy has not been la.d ont
b. the Republicans leading repre-"n'-
atives ~ the party ia the Senate have
prepared amendments. substitute
schedules and protection argument.
directed az many ~ no important ecc-
t!ons of tho Democratic bill
senator Simmons. chairman ~ 'hc
finance committee which win bring
n the bill from corlmff'" with fh"
zeal o. Democratic DagcI- approval
upon it. estimates that Eve weeks Vill
be enough 20 Wind up general debafr
and discussion ~ tl' measure anI 'o
secure a vote on i's final passage.
Promircnf Republican Senators
1Oubt whether ~ triT Crr b" I Pei
Josed 81 ln 'he sena'" in that time
The Democrats are Ulf rp' ir com
ole'a harmony over 'he maa-ur. bo.
cause ~ the iu4ie'ercr - sCn- West
srn ard sOufhe-r Senator that 'ln
free suEar and f-re wool plans ~ frr
hfmiuisfra Ion bn rrnH f-d So rf
tempt g. fo h. made .f'n tomorrow ''
pl- q binding rule fIrD.el 'fa 'tt.l-.
riedgirg over Democrat 'p vote
dopn amendment .r fh" fnrf'. .ri
t9 sYpporf fan h.I .r .f er'Irf'.
Pronounced opposition 'r '... i'rr t..
.s's within mo party raf
Try 20 Break Ranks.
Fvor though fhn u.m.srr. .tr
sdopt ftn urIt rY'n ..l 1'f.r fI
stamp gl' aU OUrr.If.Hr ff t.I '.I
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
They Worked While He SLEPT
Severe Fighting In the
Balkans; Ministers Are
Recalled and War Is On

LONDON. July 6.-After ten days
OF fighting. more severe and dealy IN
character than anything in the last
Balkan war. a little light begins TO
break upon the hitherto obscure op-
erations. In the first place. the Serv-
ians have lost more men than in the
whole previous campaign and sent
official statements issued az Belgrade
have tho appearance OF an intention
10 prepare The public FOR news or a
disaster
Desperate fighting. with fluctuatinc
fortunes Is proceeding along the Var.
Gar and Bregalinitza rivers. which
which seems 20 be in favor Of the
Bulgarians. Important news has beer
received of the Bulgarian invasion OF
Servia through Bclorradchyk. about
- miles northeast Of Nish. SeryiA's
most important fortified town No In.
uicauon is given of the strength of
the bulgarian column AZ this point
but the Bulgarlans claim 10 have Dc.
iea'"d the Servians and captured five
guns and a quantity %: war material
and. by the occupation - ~. PASSES
10 have opened The road 20 Nish
There IS heavy fighting also ba
tween the S"rv ians and BULGARIAN. n
the south OF Is'ip and in the neigh
borhood of kotchana About eOl uud
men are engaged and the losses ON
both sides appear 10 be- terrible
To Hold the Greeks.
Bulgaria's strategy appears IN be to
mold the Greeks .u check. prob.bI,
With comparatively small fo-c,-
Will" She deals with Servia Thf, a..
sumption. " correct. would explain fho
victorious advance 81 tho Grc..l. arm,
nronfrmed reports credit tho VuI
sarinuS with victories near KopriIf
ewing them tho k'y 20 Istup and
WIN an outfauSinE movement from
tho south of TahynOs lake Ubtrr
""uld c'it on ~" Creek retreat
Shloniki dispatches continue fo -.
port Greek Victories Tn. t,root. p.
said 10 have captured o. guns af Dof
ran. Evidence ~ 81, .fcr.tto gshtif..
Is found ia IN" arriv4. ~ 600 goind
- hf SdiOnidi. taxing the town. .- ap
IWmpdaiions and resources 90 ft.
utmost
conservative estimate ~ 'ho
killed or q sabled 300 lat week arhf
i1E h1cs The numb@r ~ from to 0.0 f0
f'NIV IlOueanI- 90 Hrafifu-. r.fIf
f"rs from 'he srrUo p flc drhfing are
pouring into SalOafhI
lHe frfH.s t"t .r.I. ........
argos H. hff f.t l.4ivtr.ara .f ..f-..
81 fsi-F t' fr .tl... f-.
.,,.iiii. ii.at.ggs l.i 90 Or h.rrof- 1fa-- ti ,n
HiFr.ia ard affscenf villages
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07
THB wUArrfER

WfsHIHGTOH. Jniy G.-Foreoasts
Weaf virginia and OtfoAF Fafr n~nr.-
raT. TueH0ay fair warrusr. rn0dsrafs
IH.f wee. wirdg becoming varia ahr-
Wrrfr. "a Hyfyarfn-- Pair 81 N.r1ay
anI rl.sfay Wff. riUreTy rfarr fefr -.s.rs
Winds
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-07

Ccon-inued on Page Eighty
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-19

few months have shown decrease, az
IL characteristic OF tariff revision
period, the total for the fiscal year
reached $S1s,142, 900, an Increase Of
nearly 100000 over the previous
year.
Under the first years operation OF
the new pension law the government
paid veterans and widows s175, 134, 900.
an Increase OF $21,537 ,00O
The fiscal year closed with $164,704,-
600 in the general fund Of the treasury,
as compared with s167,152,O0O a year
ago.
Secretary McAdoo announced that
the daily treasury statement in future
would be issued in a complete changed
form, designed to show at a glance
the assets and liabilities OF the gov
eminent It will be in the nature Of a
budget statement, with a purpose Of
indicating from day to day whether
the government revenues are progress
ing on a surplus or deficit basis.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-19
Well Druqoed.

A doctor was summoned to a police
station to examine an unconscious
prisoner The prisoner, very muddy
and disheveled, lay on the floor Of the
cell. The physician bent over and
examined him, and then, rising, said,
in a loud, stern voice:
This mans condition is not due to
rink. He has been drugged."
A policeman turned pale, and said,
in a timid, hesitating voice:
I'm afraid ye're right, sir. / drug
ged him. all the way-a matter Of Q
hundred yards or more" @--.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-19
Easily Earned.

what do you make a week?" asked
a magistrate before whom an Italian
organ grinder appeared, charging a
fellow musician with breaking his in
strument.
twenty-five dollaire," was the an
swer.
WHAT" exclaimed the magistrate,
twenty-five dollars a week for grind
ing an organ?"
"No, sare; not for grind; for shut
up and go away."-Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-19

the best-informed persons in each
Observation-Disclosures country mer-
chants, implement dealers and others
and to collect information in every
way. They make reports in every
way They make reports monthly,
sometimes by mail and sometimes
by telegraph, and IL conditions re-
quire more frequent reports they are
made. Then there are state Stats
teal agents, each of whom reports
for his state as a whole. and main
tains a corps of correspondents entire
ly independent of those reporting d.
rectly to the department at Washing
ton. The state statistical correspond
ents report monthly to the state
agent, who cooperate and analyses
them in the light Of his own knowl-
edge, and from them prepares his re-
ports to the department
OF course, although there is much
checking up of reports from various
sources, the final result cannot APP
proach mathematical exactness be-
cause the whole rests on the opinions
of farmers, merchants and others,
based on such information as they
ave at hand. Tue reports. however,
o not purport to be other than esti-
mates. To take an agricultural cen
sus each year. IT is explained. would
be out of the question because Of the
great cost, and when It is taken the
results cannot be known for a year
OF more after the data are gathered.
The collection. OF estimates, with as
great care as possible. is made 10 sup
ply the demand for current informs
ton.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-19
CROP REPORT work
Thousands Of Reporters Contrib
ute to Making Of Estimates.
Most Of Them Are Not Paid, Being
classed as Volunteer Correspond
ents," and Only Reward They
Get IL Receipt Of Circulars.

Washington.-Abou 10000 report
ers contribute to the making Of the
government crop reports which are
Issued monthly at Washington. Most
of these reporters are not paid, but
are classed as voluntary correspond
ents," and the only reward they get,
aside from the satisfaction of doing
the work itself, is that they receive
the publications Of the department
without having to write to ask for
them. Nevertheless most OF them
stick to the work. An inquiry made
in January, 1912, showed that IS per
cent. Of them had served more than a
year, 81 per cent had served more
than two years, AZ per cent. more
than six years, four per cent more
than twenty-six years, and one per
cent. more than thirty-six years.
Among these volunteers are county
correspondents who have several as
sistants who can be called on IL nee
essary. They report directly TO
Washington. There are also township
correspondents who report directly
and Independently to Washington.
Reports from these and still other in
dependent sources are used to check
one another. The number of counties
of agricultural Importance in the Uni
ted States is approximately $500, and
the township reporters number $4,000.
Then there are reports from many
individual farmers and planters re-
ceived at the end Of the growing sea
son. 1t is their business to question