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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20

Mrs. Rebecca Woody Hough, of
Roanoke, Va, has been spending
several days with her sister, Mrs.
James W. Carney.
Miss Margaret Shirley and Mrs. T.
Grove Henkle, Of Halltown, left last
Wednesday for Philadelphia, where
they visited the Sesqui exhibition for
a few days.
Mr.. Willard Morrow, of Clarendon,
Va, has been in the county,
visiting Mr.. c. +. Wall at Altoona
Farm, and his cousin, Mr.. G. NJ. Kiss
Ter, north of Kabletown.
Mrs. c. H. Snider, of Fairmont, w.
Va, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Frank
L. Ronemus in town and her grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Melvin, on the
Reyes Ferry road.
Miss Ruth Horsey, who has been at
the home Of her uncle, Dr. F. NJ. Phil
lips, on East Liberty street, has re-
turned to her home in Elkins, w. Va.
Mrs. Cruger w. Smith has return
ed to New York after a
weeks visit in town as the guest of
her niece, Miss Mary Porterfeld.
VIM. Theodore has been up from
Baltimore to spend few days with his
brother, Mr. Max Theodore and family.
Mrs. H. H. Cooke, of Washington,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John i.
Porterfeld on South Mildred street.
Mrs. Chas. E. Markle and little
daughter, Dorothy Louise, of Univer-
sity, Va, who have been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Marcus,
at Kabletown, and Mrs. Kate L. Mar
kle, near Nippon, has returned home.
Mr.. George Kearsley, of Sanford,
North Carolina, and a native of
Charles Town, came to Charles Town
to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, the late j. ]. Wysong.
Mrs. Willard Morrow with her two
daughters, Misses Mary and Laura
Morrow, of Clarendon, Va, spent sew
eral DAYS with her sisters, the Misses
Blessing, on East North street.
Mrs. D. w. Clendening, former
resident of the vicinity of Middleway,
now residing in Martinsburg, is a
guest of the family of Mr.. J. H.
Ramey at Fleetwood Hall"
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Frank Avis, of
Hudson, Michigan, with his two sis
tiers. Mrs. Jennie Light of gainesville,
Ohio, and Mrs. Mamie Stickler, of
Oakland, California, and sister-in-law,
Mrs. Cora Moore, of San Diego, Cali
fornia, motored TO Charles Town,
and have been guests Of
thejr cousins, Mrs. Nettie F. holland
and Mrs. H. V. Sheetz. Mr.. Avis
who is a native of the Shepherdstown
vicinity. has prospered through electric
mower Developments in Michigan, be-
ing interested in a score OF power
plants in the Peninsula state. The
marty left for their homes last week.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20

Honor Roll for the month of Sep.
TENDER for Mt. Hope School, Mechan
iestown: Ruth Myers, Virginia Mar
low, Billy Kline, Melvin Rissler Eu-
gene jackson, William Jackson, Thur
man Whitacre, Betty Jackson, Mary
Myers, Mary Anna Oft, Robert Jack
son, Roy Ashwood, Pershing OFT,
Florence Leskey. Mary Anna Barron,
Nelson Kline, Wilbur Jackson, Trayers
Viands, Marshall Tomblin, Albert
Viands, Catherine Leskey, Mary OFT,
Helen Smallwood, Ernest Carper,
Woodrow Ashwood, James Cleveland
Barron.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20

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stalk and husk, better than when
husked, as husks contain consider
able feed value. Cattle finish better
on soft corn than on hard corn Two
white home-bred calves grazed by c.
F. Wall have doubled in weight since
May 20. making a gain Of about 4
lbs. per day.
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Mrs. DIR. T. A. Ramey, of East
W ashington street, entertained de-
hghtfully at bridge party Tuesday
afternoon, October II, in honor of
Miss Laura Mcclure, of Winchester,
Va. who is the guest of Mrs. F. w.
Brown, of South Samuel street.
Quests present at the affair were
Miss Mcclure, Mrs. Forrest W.
Brown, Mrs. st. George Tucker
Brooks, Mrs. Charles A. Johnson,
Mrs. Dallas Tucker, Miss Christine
Washington and Miss Virginia Lucas.
Work has been completed on the
Improvement in the alley, on South
Samuel street, on the side of the
house and property owned by Mayor
y X. Wysong, and formerly occupied
5oy. himself. The alley. at that point
32elng narrow and sunken, a most
dangerous corner, was formerly
formed with its meeting with Sam
uel street. Now, however, the cor
lner of the alley on the Wysong side
mas been cut away and widened and
a retaining wall of natural stone has
been built to support the embank-
ment formed by the cut, both on the
alley and in front of the house.
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Evening star., 1926-03-27

about the middle of March. The hy-
brid teas should be pruned just as
the leaf buds show signs of opening.
Climbers should be pruned right after
Towering. (Note. a special article on
climbing roses in late May.) In prun-
ing use a sharp pair of pruning
shears In shortening the shoots make
each cut slant across the branch and
about three -eights of an inch above
an eye. Always prune above an eye
which is pointing away from the CEN
ter Of the plant in order to have a
bushy plant.
With the hybrid perpetuals and
main stem. The new shoots from the
year is left, the laterals or Towering
branches of last years growth should
be cut back to two eyes from the
main stem. The new shoots from the
base should be left IL to 18 inches
long. Prune again in the same way
after the June bloom is past and these
roses will bloom again in the Fall.
After thinning the hybrid teas. the
remaining shoots are cut back to four
to seven eyes according to the vigor of
the variety. The vigorous varieties in
clude such kinds as Radiance and Red
Radiance, which can be seven eyes to
a shoot. Leave fewest buds on the weak
sorts.
Evening star., 1926-03-27
GRAPE TRAINING.

Grapevines should be purchased as
dormant one-year-old stock for plant
ing in the Spring. Large holes should
be prepared as soon as the ground is
in fit condition to be handled, but one
should keep the top soil separate, for
it will be used first. 1t is advisable to
throw some scraped bones in the bot
tom of each hole to supply plant food
for over Il period of years. If such
bones are not available the gardener
can use a few handfuls- of the com
mercial ground bone. These bones are
then covered with the top soil, leaving
/ it slightly mounded in the center.
Guard against the roots of the grape
vines drying out as they are taken
from the shipping package. If the
grapevines are moved on the place
they should be wrapped in wet bur-
lap. Plant carefully, spreading all of
the roots out naturally over the
mound. Then cover with soil and give
each vine quantity of water.
Train each vine to a straight stake
or lath for the first year. tying up the
vine several times during the year
as the growth proceeds Rub off the
surplus buds as they begin to sprout
for the leader must be kept growing
upward to form the trunk of the
plant.
Keep down the weeds and water
when the condition of the soil de-
mands it. Be ready to trellis the
plants at the beginning of the sec
ond year. Annual pruning viii
begin the second year and this, with
spraying, will be yearly operations.
The treatment given grapevines the
first years of their growth will
largely determine the profit and
pleasure to be derived from these
vine crops.
(Farmer's Bulletin All of the
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TIMELY HINTS

1t is now time to set out hardy
has practically left the ground. Some
shrubs may be planted either in
the Spring or Fall. but some need
extra protection if given a new posi-
ton late in the year. Some plants,
however, develop much more readily
if transplanted in the Spring, because
the long growing season allows them
sufficient time in which to establish
a good root system. Among those
shrubs which should be planted at
this time are rhododendrons, noun
tain laurel. AZaleas and some of the
other plants of this type, strawberry
bush, the thorns (Crataegus), rose
of Sharon, globe flower, spice bush,
Towering dogwood. Rugosa roses.
Japanese SNOWFALL, the yews and a
few others.
II good rotted manure or compost
is on hand. it may be scattered
over the soil and about the shrub
berry groups. This material is usu-
ally raked into the soil, for fertility
is the secret of good growth, and the
shrubbery plants are often heavy
feeders and soon exhaust the fertility
of the soil. The exception to the
use of manure is with the acid-lov-
ing group such as the rhododendrons,
AZaleas and mountain laurel. which
should he fed with decaying oak
leaves. Bone meal is q safe stimu-
lent for most shrubs, while sheep
manure is clean in appearance and
Evening star., 1926-03-27
ROSE PRUNING.

There are two distinct points in
pruning roses. First, there is the thin
ming out process, which means the
complete removal of all dead, weak,
misplaced or otherwise useless shoots.
Second, there is the shortening Of
those shoots which are left, to such
an extent as to give the best chance
of obtaining the right growth and the
best bloom.
People often make mistakes in prun-
ing. They frequently leave too many
shoots when thinning. They also fail
to prune according to the variety of
the rose. They often leave the rose
bush crowded with shoots and then
they shear these to a uniform length,
just like a privet hedge is clipped.
When pruning is neglected, the rose
plant usually produces an overabund-
ance of small buds on weak stems, and
these buds either open to small bios
SONS or else fail to open at all.
Hybrid perpetuals should be pruned
Evening star., 1926-03-27

demand the whole year and is shipped
in large quantities from places where
the climate is favorable for it's growth
outdoors, while the greenhouse crop
supplements the supply during the
Winter season, when the crop Is
scarce.
Nearly every gardener plants let
tuce as one of the first crops in the
Spring, for it is a cool-season crop. 1t
should be given a very rich soil and
plenty of water, so that the growth
will be rapid and succulent. TO fur
nish plant food. the gardener will
often add aglittle nitrate Of soda or
poultry manure to the rows where
lettuce is to be planted.
There are two general types OF let
tuce, the loose-leaf and the head let
tuce, both of which have their merits
and both Of which do well when con
ditions are favorable. On the ap-
proach of hot weather there Is tend
ency for the central stalk to shoot up
to form flower stalk. This tall
growth can be delayed somewhat by
watering freely and by keeping the
plants shaded by an overhead screen
or by the shadow of taller vegetables.
Some people make use of their cold
frames during the Summer, growing
lettuce therein, where the top may
be covered with cheese cloth. raised on
Continued on Twenty-hrst Page)
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DRAINAGE

The old fashioned gardner eX-
pressed his idea tersely when he
said plants do not like wet feet"
Drainage of garden soils is a most
important subject and warrants a
long discussion. Drainage serves two
main purposes: First, to carry su-
perfluous water from the land: sec
ond, to lower the water table and to
make the soil loose and friable. Clay
soils are very liable to suffer from
a lack of drainage and should be
improved by placing tile drains at
intervals through the garden plot
Drainage allows more air to enter
the soil to the advantage of both
the plant roots and the favorable
soil organisms. Drainage allows a
deeper penetration of plant roots in
search of plant food. Drainage re-
duces the dangers from -droughts by
inducing deep roofing of plants.
Drainage aids in Fastening the warm
ing up of the garden soils in the
Spring and makes it possible to
plant seeds at an earlier date.
Drainage is a big problem in the
home grounds, and is worth investi-
eating in various agricultural buile-
tins A lack of drainage may be one
of the reasons for your failure to
have a productive garden or a splen
did lawn.
Evening star., 1926-03-27
Gardening in Washington
AND ITS ENVIRONS
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CHESTER ]. HUM. Garden Editor, The Star.
AND ITS ENVIRONS

handling and will encourage better
growth in the shrub border.
In spading the garden and flower
borders, work little deeper than
last year. A deeper soil may be
needed for the roots of the plants
should the coming Summer happen
to be a dry one.
There will he many mornings yet
when the frost will nip the tender
growths in the perennial and bulb
borders. so do not remove all the
Winter protection for week or
more. Pull out the grass which got
a start last Fall before it crowds out
the better plant material.
The young cabbage and lettuce
plants should now be hardening off
in the cold frame preparatory to
planting out in the first weeks of
April.
Do not forget to start a few
Towering ANIMALS in the house.
Among those which give earlier
flowers because of this treatment
are: Drummond's phlox, cosmos,
annual asters. snapdragons, zinnia,
heliotrope, Verbena, ageratum, sal
via. scabiosa, stocks, balsam. annual
gaillardia, ANIMALS, crysanthemums
and others. AS soon as these plants
develop their true leaves they should
be sent in. small paper pots or in
other flats and grown for few
weeks before being set out in the
cold frame for hardening They
ought to be ready to set out in the
last part of April or the first weeks
of May.
''Damping- off" a disease, is the
most frequent trouble in the seed
flats and its presence is indicated
by the decay of the Seeding at or
near the surface of the soil. Wet
soil n lack of circulation of air and
a crowding of the plants are usually
to blame for the trouble. The disease
organism is usually present in most
soils and needs these condition for
development. The control is simply
to remedy the above factors.
The last warning on the pruning of
hybrid perpetual roses is to watch
the opening buds on the hybrid teas
so that these may be pruned in time.
Tie up those stray branches of
climbing roses and other vines SO
that they will not be broken in the
rush of Spring work.
Are you thinking about poppies? ?
Scatter a packet of seed in some cor
ner and just press the seed with the
feet into the loosened soil.
Apple and pear trees can be top
worked or grated to desirable va
rieties any time now during pleasant
weather, being sure that it is done
before the buds push out from the
Winter scaly coverings.
Japanese spurge or pachysandra
is a good ground cover for shady
places. 1t keeps the ground covered
and is usually spaced s TO s inches
apart. 1t cannot. however, be walked
on like grass. but is especially splen
did under hardwood trees.
An inspection of the bulbs in the
lawn and borders shows that the
early snowdrops have gone and that
the late type is now in it's glory. The
crocuses must be fine in the daytime,
but they are closed at night when we
get home. Hyacinths are pushing
out of the soil and are closely fol-
lowed by the earlier tulips. On the
south slopes the early narcissuses are
a mass of green leaves, and the first
flowers are in bud.
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HYACINTHS.

Hyacinths are beginning to push
up through the soil and will soon
form one of the early Spring attrac-
tions of the well planted gardens. A
few words on their culture will not
be amiss.
In the first place, hyacinths should
always have good drainage, for they
are naturally adapted to sandy loan
soils. The heavier. types of soil
should be made porous by mixing in
sifted coal ashes and sand. The
bulbs should be planted as soon as
received in the Fall, setting them 3
to 6 inches apart, with about 4
inches OF soil over them. Increase
this depth for very sandy soils and
decrease it when the soil is heavy.
All bulbs abhor fresh, fermenting
manures. In fact. it is well not to
use any manure in the preparation
of the bulb bed, but use bone meal
instead. This bone meal is worked
into the soil area below the bulb,
using a pound for each 10 square
feet of bed. If manure is availa BILE
top dressing after the soil cools
Off in the Fall is recommended. For
further fertility. a good potato fertil-
izer can be broadcast over the bed
at the rate of two pounds for each
100 square feet, applying this plant
food late in the Winter or early in
the Spring, just before the plants
come up.
Although many people leave their
hyacinths in the ground for a num-
ber of years, it is advisable to dig
them every year or two for rea-
sons to be explained later. In this
climate hyacinth tops die down the
first half of June. at which time the
bulbs should be dug. They are then
stored in shallow boxes in the cell
lar until planting time comes around
again in late August and early III
September. When left in the ground
the bulbs will, after attaining a GER
tain size, split into two or more.
When this splitting is excessive little
or no blooming may occur until the
bulbs have grown up again.
In purchasing hyacinths it is nee
essary to avoid the first size, for
these are the largest and most eX-
pensive, producing enormous spikes
and then falling away to very small
bulbs. One should order, rather, the
second size, or miniatures, as these
are well adapted to home culture and
will give several years of bloom. In
ordering, one should be very specific
concerning teh sizes, the variety, the
color and whether double or single.
(Save these notes if you are interested
in planting hyacinths this coming
Fall)
Evening star., 1926-03-27

United States Department of Agri-
culture will give advice on Grape
Propa@ation, Pruning and Training.o
Evening star., 1926-03-27
LETTUCE.

Lettuce is probably the most exten-
sively used salad vegetable. 1t is in
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-08-15
HON. JOSEPH MURRAY

We have an admiration for Joseph Murray. It is because of his many good qualities and his great abilities. There is mistaking where he stands on public questions. As he expresses it in his letter to Arthur Frame he says But the struggle through life teaches Us that cannot carry water upon both shoulders"
 Joseph Murray does not carry water upon both shoulders His good qualities to which we refer are his rugged honesty and his powerful intellect. But he has delivered his abilities to the service of those who exploit Alaska He Is the champion not of the poor but of the rich who would become richer by shifting the bur den of government onto the shoulders of the weak
 "Workmen's Compensation Act'
 He defended the Alaska workmen's compensa- tion act in its worst form opposing every change even of its most unjust features. And with that ruggest honesty of his, he let it be known that he opposed the change because capital was op- posed to the change.
 "The Tax on Nonresident Fishermen"
 Mr. Murray opposed this bill to protect AL aska fishermen against the unfair competition of foreign fishermen because the canneries of Brs- tol Bay wished him to. This bill is milder bill than the law of Washington, Oregon and Cali forna; for our fishermen cannot go to those states and fish until they have resided for twelve months within the state. Our tax bill had only a six months clause.
 Murray Organized the House"
 The Murray crowd" had majority of mem bers in the House of Representatives in 1925
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-08-15

OAA AAAA~0' but by subserviency to special interests either of capital or booze Of this crowd, Thomas Jensen of Nome Ben Grier of Anchorage George Moody of Fairbanks and Joseph Murray of Mccarthy, call themselves Republicans. N. O. Hardy of Juneau, William Sherman of An chorage and Charles H. Wilcox of Valdez Democrats, the only three in the House. Robert Sheldon of Fairbanks, and Harry Watson of Fairbanks, style themselves as Independents"
 The Lineup
 Those men serving the special predatory in- terests for various motives follows;
 Thomas Jensen of Nome finds himself in this crowd because of his peacock vanity, holding off till the last moment, swaying from one side of the fence to the other frequently boasting that he held "the balance of power. He sold out the working of Alaska for special bill giving the right of eminent domain to certain company in Nome who wished to dredge the beaches near Nome. He made his bargain with Joseph Murray. His first speech in public in Juneau showed his subserviency when he said "I will never do anything to hurt capital which became apparent every time the just de- mands of the working men were opposed by "capital."
 George Moody of Fairbanks
 This man, candidate for the Senate from Fairbanks, has no character. He is impelled by his weaknesses which mainly two-desire for revenge and personal spite, and booze He branded the people of Juneau "robbers' be- cause he found out that certain traders, being stamped out by Marshal Albert White were charging $12o per case whereas by making pool certain legislators and employees of the Juneau Empire, could buy case of booze for only $9O per case.
 Ben Grier of Anchorage
 Ben Grier of Anchorage is sort of chame- leon, changing color at pleasure He is of good motives, but with wish bone where back bone ought to be. If he could get away from the Murray influence, he would make a fine legislator The Republicans of the Third Division should insist that Grier stay with his
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-08-15
W. o. Hardy of Juneau

Nate Hardy, Democrat, is famous principally for his booze bill He is teetotaler himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10
ALEXANDRIA GOLFERS
HAVE LEAGUE MATCH

ALEXANDRIA,, Va. September 10.
Alexandria sporting fraternity
will gather at Belle Haven Golf and
Country Club tomorrow afternoon to
witness the playing of the six Tri-
State Golf Association teams in the
NTH tournament of that body this
year. Provisions for 5000 spectators
have been made by the golf COM
mittee.
The Fountain Head Club of Hag-
erstown. Md; the Blue Ridge Golf
and Country Club of Martinsburg,
W. Va: Winchester Golf Club of
Winchester. Va; the Catoctin Club
Of Frederick. Md; the Opeaueon Club
OF Royce, Va, and the Belle Haven
of this city have entered eight-man
teams.
Following the Belle Haven meet.
the teams will appear in competition
for the last time this season on the
Catoctin Club course at Frederick.
Five races, postponed from the
Labor day program at the Alexandria
municipal pools when rain interfered,
will be held tomorrow at $3.50.
The Old Dominion Boat Club will
send its Junior quadruple- SOULS
crew ana Junior gig crew to the
Potomac Boat Club regatta in Wash
ington tomorrow for special match
races. The quad will be composed
of B. @. Minor. Tom Hulfish, Parke
Bell and Robert Whitton. The gig
will be handled by Lewis Bell, cox
swain; Marshall, Trout, Curtin and
German.
The Potomac Volunteer Fire De-
partment foot ball team will hold a
workout Sunday morning, and all
candidates are requested to report
at the clubrooms. A team will be
placed In either the senior or UNI
limited class this Fall.
Owen Creegan, star baclxfield man,
will manage the destinies of the
Virginia Athletic Club foot ball team
this Fall. Creegan has been the
moving spirit in the reorganization
OF the Virginia club.
The newly organized Alexa ndrfa
Fire Department Athletic Association
Is losing no time in getting things
started. On Saturday. September IS
a Firemen's day has been carded for
the Dreadnaught Park. with game
between the local and Washington
Fire Department mines as the
feature. The St. Mary's Club will be
played on September 10 in a benefit
game for the Firemens foot ball
team.