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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
GLASS LAMPS

YOU may have electric lights in
your home, but even II you have you
frequently have occasions when a
GLASS (Hand) Lamp would be most
convenient. We r showing a fine
assortment Of Glass Lamps, and they
are CHEAP-very Cheap-20 Cts. to
so Cts. Each-Complete with Burner,
Wick and Chimney-Stand Lamps, as
we'll as Lamps without the stands.
TNWARE, ENAMEL WARE
See us for Tin Cups, all sizes; Tin
Pans, all sizes; Buckets, Dippers, Pie
Plates, etc. And also for Enameled
Ware Buckets, Stew Pans, Porringers,
Boilers, Coffee Pots. etc.
COFFEES-
We carry enough variety in Coffees
to suit all tastes-If you want a low
priced Coffee, we have 1t, n from
the low priced Coffee we go gradually
upward to the Best we have, which Is
Darlington Hall and it Is as good as
Coffee sold on this market. We also
have Jackson Square, Como, Caraja,
Luzianne, Hero, in roasted coffees in
packages or cans, and also have Bulk
Coffees-Roasted and Green-that Is
good enough for most folks.
O. MIND
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

n n Graded School grounds. Beth
" any VS.. Nicely Mill. Game called
at 4 p. NJ. Admission-15 cents.
G.. w. WHITE, Manager.
67 1t.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
Sf PAUL and Glover.

St. Paul-Services Sunday morning
at II o'clock.
Clover-Services Sunday evening at
s o'clock.
F. w. Dibble, Pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

Shiloh and Hickory Grove.
Shiloh-Services Sunday morning al
IL o'clock.
Hickory Grove-Services Sunday af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
J, 3. Talbert, Pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
The Cotton Market.

New York, August 19.-The market
closed steady, as follows: October,
$40; December, go; January, 9.S2;
March, 1904; May. 1926. Spot cot
ton, quiet; middling uplands, $40; no
sales.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
OATS AND VETCH

"OME Raised mixture of Appler
IL Oats and Hairy Vetch, at $500 d
bushel. j. W. QUINN,
If Bratton'S Farm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

TRINITY METHODIST
Rev. Henry Stokes. Pastor.
Sunday Services-Sunday school at
10 o'clock. Morning service at II.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
S N N

- TYSON AND JONES -
BUGGIES. These Buggies have been
sold on this market for many years
and never yet has n Of them ever
failed to come up to the scratch in
Style and Lasting Qualities. You
can buy Cheaper Buggies and you'll
certainly get less value. You can pay
more than the TYSON & JONES will
cost you and yet not get any more
REAL BUGGY VALUE than you will
get If you buy q TYSON & JONES.
Before you buy a buggy at least let
us show you the good qualities Of the
TYSON & JONES and quote you u
prices.
SMOAK-BROWN COMPANY
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
COFFEES

Does the Coffee you are using
just exactly suit your taste? Or do you
think you would like to have some-
thing different-just a little better?
We believe we nave variety enough In
Coffees to suit the most exacting cof-
fee drinker. Scores Of people buy all
their coffee at this store. Buy 1t here
because we furnish coffees hat ex-
actly fits their appetite. Give us a
trial. We can probably please you.
We have
WHITE HOUSE,
VOTAN,
LUXELLO,
CARAJA-
AS we'll as several others. Try us.
TEAS
Most Tea drinkers IA be satisfied
from our Tea stock. We have
LIPTON'S,
WHITE ROSE CEYLON,
HENO,
BLANKE'S MIXED, Etc.
Try Stones cakes-1o CTS, 9 OF.
w. E. FERGUSON
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
At n CHURCHES.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. E. z. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services-Sundsy school at
10 o'clock q. m.
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SMOAK-BROWN co.
HORSES. MULES. VEHICLES.
BUYING BUGGIES?

IF YOU expect to buy a BUGGY
either now or at a later date, 1t will
be decidedly to your interest to see US
before YOU close your trade. We
sell the well-known and thoroughly
dependable
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
Spetial 4otirss
Cannon Mill.

Rev. Henry Stokes will preach at
the Cannon Mill Sunday evening at 8
o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

FIRST BAPTIST
Jas. H. Machen, Pastor.
Sunday Services-Sunday school at
9.45 a m. Morning service at IL
o'clock. Evening service at 8.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
Prescriptions

YOUR PHYSICIAN has implicit
confidence in the RELIABILITY Of
the YORK DRUG STORES PRE-
SCRIPTION DEPARTMENT. If he
did not have he would certainly tell
you to take your Prescriptions some
where else. But You have never
heard one intimate that u Prescrip-
ton Department isn't all that 1t should
be-the very BEST possible, where
Accuracy of Compromising, and the
Use Of Nothing But the Highest Grade
of Drugs and Chemicals Is Considered
for an Instant. Yes, YOU can depend
on Our Prescription Service TO-DAY,
TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK and on
through the coming years.
We will appreciate Your Prescrip-
ton work. large or small, and you'll
find Our Prices most reasonable.
YORK DRUG o
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBY-
TERRAIN
Rev. ]. L. Oates. Pastor.
Sunday Services-Sabbath school at
10 a. m. Morning services at IL
o'clock. No other service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

The work IN inoid.
In the current issue of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian, Miss Mary
Leslie contributes an interesting
sketch of one of the many problems
with which she is daily confronted.
Miss Leslie is a daughter of Mr.. w.
s. Leslie of Leslie No. l. IN writes
as follows, under a Montgomery, India,
date line of June %: This morning a
woman came to the dispensary to have
some burns dressed. One hand and
arm were right badly burned n
there was a burn on the other hand
and some burns on her Dody. When l
asked how it happened they told me
that she got burnt while smoking a
"huuua," CbiG Indian pipc.) | do not
know Just how it was dSnc but it seems
that she ought to be willing to give up
the "huqqa" (pipe) after such a lessen.
ON one arm she had some strings ana
charms tied. | asked why they were
tied on her arm. They said that was to
keep the evil spirits from making the
burns worse. Mrs. Richards, the medl-
cal woman. told the woman to let her
cut them off, but she would not con-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
SECOND BAPTIST

Sunday enthusiastically school
10 o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915
while 104 cases Of pellagra were re-
ported from twenty-five counties.
Fort Mill Couple Marry.

Fort Mill Times, August 1& Fred
erick Wilson, a young farmer of Gold
Hill, and Miss Sadie Bales. daughter
of Mrs. u. T. Bales, of the Flint Hill
community, were happily married in
this city Tuesday afternoon The young
people had attended a picnic during
the day and drove to the Methodist
parsonage in Fort Mill, where the Rev.
f. z. James made the two man and
wife.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-20

SAM NJ. GRIST. Special Agent.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-10-12

|Db es 0en Gerben III oen @iiden fol-
len nno bnourd bic Mblidten Der
naiierten 9iilfstrippen perbinoern
tpirD ODER Oh es oieien oniiertell
Siilfstruppen ben 8ea nerleeeu ui,o
boour6 Die Gereiniglne nit ben
Serben unmoelib MAIDEN miro. @as
ober all6 geldeben mag, zines tit
iider: Die Snpofion Der 0elttidelt
nno 0eiterreider in 5erbien miro
erfolgreib iein. Sc fntit lif) nur
0orum bm1oeln, 0oB bas 3ieI ehpos
friiber ooer ip1ter erreidt miro.
8enn aber Die oentIden 8erbiinoe~
ten Die 9nroaneuen CREDIT boben,
Damn miro Der Iebte Oft oie1er gro
BEN 8elttragooie beginnel1.
Muh anf oen iibrigen Sdladt-
fel6ern iteben Die Saben fir oie
oelttid)en 8erbiinoeten gut. Sn Sranf-
reid baben beItdnoige Sample ftatt=
gefnnoen ntr6 Die 9eiitiden boben
an einieen 5teIlel1 idon einett e.u=
ten geiI bes Eerrttorinms snrild<
erobert, Dos tie BET Der groBen Offen-
fibe berloret1 batter. M1t anfern
Stelen baben fie oner6ings al1d pie<
Der @irbtBet gemaht. gber es bar
belt iid bort ia in1mer MIR Inn fle:nc
@rrnngenid)often unb flei1te Gerlu.
fte1 Die bon elmer pirflihen 9e6el.-
tung fir bie oIgemeine Gage nidt
frno. SIN MIIgemeinen tam man la
gen. Die Stenungen in 5ranfreiA
fino 10 felt 0aB fie greigniife,
fpie Die @rfolge II. @erluite ser les-
ten 3eit obne grobe @eranoerunger
nisbolten fonnen.
SIN Often finb 6eutlde GrfoIge bei
Diinaburg uno in @oIbpnien gen1af)t
iporoen. Sample baber 10 5iemilh
an Der gat5en Rinie itattgefunoen
NIT Musnabme beg noroIiden Bol1-
MEN Der Sumpfgegen6en BON
Hinsf. Sn @aIi5ien ifeint Die So
DE oagegen nod INNER 10 gu iteben,
tpie Tie Dor a1t gagen ftono.
Gbenio it's an Der itnlieniidell
@ren5e in6 an ben DnrbaneIlen. 9(n
Der italieniiden @ren5e lit a~Ileroinss
Idarf gefGmpft piroen, Die Staliener
forrtten MIR nifts alsri6ten. Mber
an ben D~oroat1ellen mar alles rubie.
&ofit mabrIdeinlid baben Die Sron-
5olen lrlo G%nglanoer 10 biele 2eute
bort forgenommen uro na6 Salonifi
sefdift, baB fie nihts mebr aiisrid
ten fonnten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-10-12
Die beatise Sage.

3ie 8ulgaren iino ieat auh in
Serbien eingeornnger nilo man fam
nun gelpannt oaranf iei1tt mos @rie=
henlano tun miro 3oimis bat ge-
tern erfl1rt, es meroe cine irifte
befDaffnete NeutraIit1t beobadtcT,
aber Beni5elos bot Die g~rfI1rung oE-
gegeben, Die &ammer peroe DIE
ltelte @egierung MIR 10 Iange nlrter,
fifteen, aIs iie feline BoIitif berfoI-
ge. giner Der Brogramnliase feiner
8olitif aber NOR, ouB 8riebenIano
Serbien au &iilfe ellie, pen11 es bon
8nlgarien angegriffen perbe, Die
9ettiden baben oie ierbiide Staot
Semenoria beiest unb orineen on
Der ga1l5en Sront. Dor.
SIN Often uno i'm @eifen lit nidts
GntideiOenoes geideben. Die a6m<
bfe 0u1lern fort.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-10-12

Or. s. u. Eiper, Oiteopntb, t0s
SoIeoo6 Ctr. oben. Office Gel CT.
4S6. 8obnunssteI. Ct. 1887 @n5.)
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-10-12
Sdaler Der Set,
Son Saul 8lod.
lGhIuB.l

w.
pWas Dot lie benin getar1?" erfln-
oigte iid Der &ausfpart belorgt.
u8as lon iie oenn getan baben2"
mar Die Intiport. Ser 9rieftr1aer
bat cine SeIopoitfnrte fir fie irrtiiml-
lid in meiner @obnling nbgegebcrl
urlo Die min ib ibr bringen. Die ar
men 5rauensimmer baben iebt nift5
bonn 2ebett, felt Die Sfate fort fino.
@ielleiht bangt fie fib nod ibrem
auiuft ooer @illemi"
l1fo Der alte @robian 1tel5te 0enn
audi mirflih Die bier 3reppeu Alt
Inna SiiBmilh binanf.
Mud Die miloen @eiber baden liA
perlobnt Die gauge StraBe fallnte
iie inter bieiem Mamen. Seit Sab.
rem baben fie lire @eih1fte 1leben-
chamber i'm Setter: Die cine berfauft
Wild nno 0ie anoere 8Inmen. Gas
fino Suei 9erufsarten Die eigentlid)
berltbigenb aif bas @eniiit mirfen
ionten, aber oapon, mnd]te iid be,
ben benndbarter Damen nid)ts be-
merflih. Set pielen Monnten la
gen iie beitanoig geseneinanoer anf
Ger Sauer, mie lett Die SoIoaten in
ben Sdiibengrdben, n1o Iobalo cine
nur ben &opf berboritefte, fitatterte
Die anoere los tpie Elm ginIhinenge-
mebr. Gin oiilteres @erii6t monte
miifen, oaB bier Die giferiuft ein
bdmi1des Spiel treble, oenn belize
Jrailen iino nod jung unb babet
mlebnlife Mdnner. Sb bas ridti9
lit, fam id niht ineen. 9as aber
mifien aIe, Die iebt Die Strabe emf
lang fommen baB ieit Sen eriten $50
den oes ariegs bier nnter Der groq
Elm @offenitilitano eingetreten 1T,
Der aIlmablih logar 5n einer
observation-disclosures gefiibrt 'bat
8eioe Mdnner iino i'm Seloe, betoe
fdreiben HeiBig 8nrten mad Sauie.
umo Die einiamcn Srauen iisen nun
am @beno nebeneinanoer aili De,
sreppe, Ieien iid lire Neliisfeiten
BOT, feufsen miteinanoer, tperln eine
NafJridt ausge6lieben it, uno freucn
iih 5uinnrmen, ipern etipaS @u.es
bon @eiteu ODER Often fommt.
llno tuie bat fib crit bos Sr1u.
lem bon Summer no, i6 nil
oon Iieber Sic Drummer nidt nenneit
oenn es il ein biibides SrdnIein!--
nie alio bat iid crit Dies biibibt
Srdulein ner1noertl @or einem SAB,
madte ie nnIiebiomes aufleber
nift r. mir, @ott bebiiiel), mel
tie 70 .biidtige 8luien uno gan;
oiiine Striimpfe triig, rn6 neil fl
oIe M6nner nit 9liden aniabg oit
nod Der berben &ritif Der Srol
&nn3IeirGtim aus Dem oritten Stot
"~berlnngeno" tparen. @ir M6nnel
urteilen miloer - es lit bod imner
!, bin idmeidelboft, nenri mir nberlnn
geno" mseieben iperben - o6er not
! fporen bod aumeilen berpflidtet, nee
niqitens 10 81 Inn. als menn mir bel
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-10-12
6. q. & Z. 3.

8. a. & a. y.
SO. l. Bon aouitOn, maco lnO Corpus
Gbrittt ............7:05 nndnt.
$50. Soon aouffon unb aiiienorien.
So. Soon goafum nnO aiiteuorten
.7:40 nddm.
SO. 42-Won aerrbiIIe .9:O5 born.
$50. 44-gen aerrbiIle, nur Gonns
SO. 14sIgon asrroias, iaaiia aasaes
nommen Sonntags 1856 abenos
go. aLMad 5ouiton. Baeo unb Corpus
SO. EWad aOuitOn nn6 aiiifenorfen !.
SO. e-Nad goaium un0 alitsnorisn
80. 4i.aad asrr1ins. n..r st am e ge%s.
10. 4 isa asrrsias. ..si 5:oo 5n s5e,sss
No. 145-Nad aerrbiIe, tdelid. n1tsyes
noutmen 6onntcas ....7:05 borut.
O. s. & e. a. l6anptlinie.)
10. Io1-suniet aimits0, bon geip 81.
80. ies sunist aiimitsS, bon aaa S sga'l.
llStD ..... ........o 90 p0rIts
SO. 7-@dneusus, bon aetp orIeans
SO. s-96nsasaa. bon Sci gio 80.
SO. e-@uniet erpreB. bon Nep pr
SO. ioMslnfsi Ggprsb, bon gan srans
cisco ............ $3.50 nad9m.
Gbfa6rL
SO. 1O1-@nniet aimiteb. mad Gan
NO 1 S!s.s'Sss aiaiisS, NAG ~ go, sI 81
$40. 7-sdneaaua, mad SeI Mio. 49,.
..11:00 BORN.
SO. 9-Sunfct ggpreB nod Can Srnns
cisco 1850 nadtrl.
$50. 10-6nnjet grpreB, mad Nefp ORE
leans. .............11:0 100 nadts
gtetprta Sibifpn.
SO. so1-@on eoltitou, Bort aaDaea,
@ietoria, Guero ......7:20 nadbni-
MbfnbrtA
So. S02-Nad guero, wietoria, Sort
2abaea, 9olfton ......7:45 BORN.
M., g. & 3.
NbfabrtA
Rah Morben-Gbfabrt
SO. 4-2ofaI 500 BORN.
$40. 10-aatb Qimiteb ....10:0o moro.
SO. 26-4ntb SIber ......9:30 nadlm.
SO. 22-Mah Soufton. ..10:60 abencs
glntinft -
SO. ab-aatp Slser 1855 bonn.
SO. B. 2ofaI ..........%:25 1ndnm.
Mo. 9-aatb aimite6 -. $3.50 nadm.
SO. 21-@on 6onffon. .7:45 morgens
eanta Sc IS. &. g. 81. Sepot).
SO. Bonn @oroen 9:55 BORN.
go. 1-Som Norben. 1920 nadm.
Gbfabrt-
$40. 6-Nad Dem Noroen. 500 nadm.
SO. 8-Tah benz Rorben TAO pormt.
g. 81, II. G g. g. G 9. q. 9spDt.'
Mntunft -
30. a-@on Corpus e6riiti unb Sarriao
Spriugs. ...........4:55 ndd5nt
Ro. L@on Corpus gbrifti. 200 BORN.
SO. 1-ma6 Corpus ebriai unb garri8r
springs .......... 1880 oornt
SO. 3-Nad Corpus ghriffi $3.50 abeuoA
Or. s. u. Eiper, Oiteopntb, los
GoIeooo Ctr. oben. Office Gel CT.
A96 MohnundBtgf. Ct. 1887 Gina J
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-29
ZE AECZz1C ENHT 1 >o~ VIZ

In plot No. was buried wire network con.
nected to the terminal Of 110volt direct current
The positive terminal was attached to a small
sprinkling can with carbon electrode in its GEN.
ter The can being filled, the water was sub
Jected to electrolysis for several minutes. The
plot was then sprinkled from the can, the theory
being that the current might flow from the can,
through the streams Of water to the soil.
Plots Nos 6 and were subdivided into four
individual boxes two feet square. separated by
porcelain insulators and arranged with carbon
electrodes at each end To these electrodes were
applied both direct and alternating currents
After radsh and lettuce seed had been planted
and termination had begun, the various methods
OF electrfcation were tried with extreme care.
The result Of the experiments showed that the
plants in plot No. grew in every instance far
more rapidly than those in the other beds and
more than double the normal growth as shown In
the unelectrifed bed.
From this the experimenters became convinced
that electrifcation of the ground by highfrequen.
cy currents stimulated plant life to an extent that
warranted a more complete investigation. So
they selected two acres of fat rich ground.
First a network Of sprinkling pipes was built
Is feet above ground. The pipes ran east and
west distance of 200 feet and were spaced at
50foot intervals. In the northeast corner Of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-29
CAMERA MEN IN DANGER

Amateur photographers at the seaside or even
In London and other big cities must be more
careful than ever how they take snapshots during
wartime. for thoughtless use of their cameras
may easily cause them to find themselves in
prison for few days. to say the least, Pearson's
Weekly remarks.
In the early days of the war; for instance
perfectly innocent Hull ship chandler, on a holi-
day in London, with his wife, was arrested by
the police for taking photographs Of Battersea
bridge. After being detained the best part of
the day, during which inquiries were made the
authorities were satisfied that he was merely a
harmless snapshotter, but nevertheless they
warned him to keep his camera out of use until
the war is over!
There are probably many thousands of anna
teur photographers who wishing to snap scenes
in the neighbcrhood of barracks or other mill.
tary or naval places find themselves arrested as
If they were spies II they must take photo
graphs in these war days let them resort to the
woods and country lanes. as far from military
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-29

the nation in a single season would De tremen
dous
In his formal report to the association' Martn
said that many questions had yet to be answered
before the use of electricity for the general stimu
lation of plant life could be considered eco
nonically possible He declared, however, tnat
many of these questions are being worked out
in greenhouses over the country
Just as these American experimenters proved
the importance Of electrifcation to plant life
group Of English experimenters proved Its I'M
portance to animal life. They took two large
brooders. filled with newly hatched chickens Of
the same breeds. One Of them was subjected to
the influence of high-frequency currents and the
other was not. Those in the former were found
to grow much more rapidly than those in the
other.
Following is tabulation of the results of elec-
trical stimulation Of vegetables. : will be OBJ
served that In every particular the plants in the
first plot. where the highfrequency current and
Tesla coil were used, excelled those in plot No. 4,
where natural conditions prevailed:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-29

scenes as they can get.
At the outset of the war the military authori.
ties issued an order that no aeroplanes or air
ships must be photographed at a distance of
less than forty yards. Of air station at all.
without the permission Of the authorities
Germany has always been the most dangerous
country for the amateur photographer. and more
than one tourist has found himself roughly han.
died by the German police for innocently taking
photographs. A special bill was passed a few
years ago threatening tourists with fine of ESQ
or two months imprisonment who took photo
graphs without permission.
The French officials in the towns on the Fran.
co-German frontier have always objected to any,
one taking snapshots. and, indeed many a tour.
list has had his camera temporarily confscated
to find afterward that his plates have all been
rendered useless.
Italy not only bars people taking photographs
near Notifications, but forbids the use of a
camera in most Of the picture galleries and mu-
seums.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-29

yield 10000 volts choke coil and Tesla coil
were used The whole thing was connected up so
that by means of antennae current from the wire
network was sent to the network Of sprnkling pipes
the ground.
By the latter part Of last July the system was in
readiness and the currents were tested. At that
time pressure of 5OOO0 volts obtained and the
frequency of the oscillatory currents estimated
to be about thirty thousand cycles second Birds
alighting on the wires were stunned and thrown
the ground but none was killed.
The ground planted to radishes. lettuce, beets,
cabbaces. cucumbers turnips, muskmelons. water
melons. tomatoes. parsnips, beans. peas, corn and
tobacco. All were planted in rows running east and
west, so that one-half of each row electrified
and the other half was not.
As result 1t found that practically all the
plants in the electrified area grew much more rap
idly than those out of it. In almost every the
electrified vegetables were ripe two weeks earlier
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-29

than those outside the
zone.
The electrified end
of the tobacco crop was
cut and it was found
that each plant weighed
1857 grams. It was two
weeks before the un-
treated tobacco could
be cut and then 1t
W eig h e d only 1852
grams to the plant.
Taking into considera-
ton that the most rapid
growth of the tobacco
plant is in its last two
weeks before ripening,
the experimenters esti-
mated that the actual
increase in weight OF
the plants in the elec-
trified zone was 20 per
cent greater than that
in the unelectrified
zone. If this could be
followed out on a grand
scale, it is apparent
that the effect Of elec-
trification on the an
rual tobacco output of
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"Ae correct diagnoses and prescribe the nroner
treatment. 'o '"e pioper
riec.rincation for plant growth has arrived And
when the canny American farmer Iearn. ~. 1nu na
Ca" uouoie or even treble the output of his fe,d.
'he use or electricity, somebody will have 20
"na way for him to use electricity and mako .
sood Profit out of HIS crops
weeks ago there was convention of prac.
.oAi electricians In Philadelphia. Among the ad.
dresses one virtually escaped the attention 80 az
eorps OF reporters Yet Of all the addresses nono
was more pregnant Of great possibilities
II was really part Of the report of the conver.
uon committee of progress and was read bv ~.
committee chairman, T. c. Martin NJ Nou, W,
an authority on things electrical He ao,. .' o'h'
and ngures to show that plants electrically traasa
grew mucn more rapidly than those growing ,,s
normal conditions. Why this was so he Ala S"ue. .
assume to say He simply gave the resnI,. No. =.
experiments 's OF
The work started on Moraine farm, a.,
fertile Miami river valley four miles south - n e
ton, Ohio. DR., Herbert G. Dorsey an exnert h:.
cnarge OF the experiments, which were fostor.d
py the enorts OF F. NJ TAFT former president
OF the National Electric Light association.
In preliminary tests. according to Martins re
port small plots were marked OF for exposure
to different kinds Of electrifcation To insure
that the soil OF plot was not better than that
OF another, top earth was collected mixed and
sifted and then was laid to the uniform depth of
seven inches over the entire area.
In the soil Of plot No. / was buried a wire
screen Over the plot network of wire
stretched about fifteen inches from the ground
Connecting the network above the ground and
the screen below were several wire antennae
The screen was connected to one terminal of a
Tesla coil and the network to the other trans.
former stepped 11o-volt alternating current up
to 5000 volts. charging a condenser of tinfo and
glass plates, which discharged through a primary
Of the coil. About one hundred and thirty watts
were operated for hour each morning and
evening
Plot No. Q was illuminated by 100-watt tuns.
stem lamp with a ruby bulb. The light was
turned on for three hours daily, beginning at sun.
down. Plot No. 8 was Illuminated the same way.
except that a mercury vapor lamp was used No
had no artificial stimulation of any kind being
intended as comparison between electrically
excited plant growth and that of natural condi.
tions.