7 IN WATERY CRAVE
Only Three of a Pcrty of Ten
Esccpe Drowning.
A DEER ISLE fLOCP CAFSIZES
Six Women and a Man, Summer Vis
itors at the Maine Rssort, Go Down
to Their Death When Pleasure
Craft Turns Tnr'.lo »n Penobscot
Lay.
Deer Isle, Main?, Special.—Seven
summer visitors cut of a party of
ten were drowned by the cap-izing of
si 35-foot sioqp in Penobscot bay off
this island Tlies'ay. The d'.owned
-are:
Miss Alice Torro, Washington,
D. C.
i Miss Eleanor Torro, Washington,
D. C.
Miss Kellogg, Baltimore, Mel.
Mrs. I.utie Kellogg, Baltimore', Md.
Mrs. Lucy S. Crawley, Philadel
phia.
—Miss Eli7nbrtb tf. Evans, Monnt
Holyokc Seminary, Ma-s.
Jackson C. Hutchins, of Bangor,
Maine.
The saved:
Capeain Haskell, Deer Lie.
P.-tf. Fdwin S. Crawley, University
of Penns ■. Ivaniu. Philadelphia, lius
b.nid of Mrs. ( rav.'ley.
ll"irry P. Evans, Mou.it Iledyoke,
brother of Miss Elizabeth Evans.
The l;oiiie- e>f' Lutie Kellogg and
Mise Kv,.:is v.irr r'tccveicd. There
ws mire hep? rhat Mr. Huteiiir.s
had he« n saved', as when last seen lie
was ::>akiiig a b ave struggle through
the c lu.ppy - sens towar's Barren is
land, neaiby. A. b.iat v,*a- sunt fit: i
this place in an effort to locate his
body.
\\ ith Cap,'. iSnmu.'l Haskell, the
pr.ily of light-hemted summer peo
ple started out Tuesday afternoon
lor a sail in Penobscot bay. It was '
drawing ne.»r the close e.f the vaea- !
jioti oil fe; . ost if I ln-iii and they '
abaci pla::r.?d this as their lad outing
iogetl:rr. Tl: V wind wa* from tho,
«o - ,\ilnvest an ! squally. The sloop i
ivas of the "i>piu" variety. It had
no deck forward and no cabin, and
it contained no hallasl, as the party
■of ten weighted the boat down quite
heavily and Captain Haskell, an e.\- j
p.runced navigator in these waters, ,
thought that tlu> craft would be |
wcll-belr: :cd. The party had ,
se.'rcrly been genie an hour before ,
the wind freshened up, heeling the ,
jdoop over and dashing the spray -
•upon the occupants. Late in tin- af- ,
lcmu-n CupU.in Ha hcll decided that
the wind was teo heavy for his boat j
and the see too choppy, se> lie'brought
flic sloop aiouiul anil started on a j
tack homeward.
All the pr.rty were perched high np i
-on the weather side, as the sloop cut
through the waves with the water
almost coming over tliJ gunwales on
the lee stele, when . Captain Haskell
-gave a sl'.out of warning that he
was going to tack and then threw
over the til! t. Ju-t a! this moment
the boat rose" high up on a wave,
exposing I' r to the f".ll brunt of the
wind. An ni.u>u;illV henvv gust „
* struck Iter, and in a twinkling' the
sloop went ove-r on her beam ends
and the party of ten were thrown into
the water.
For one brief moment it was every
one self. Cap ain Haskell
had been clinging to the shett, and
he quickly saw that the boat's tender
was right-side up. Shouting t> Pro
fessor Crawley and Henry Evans who
_ were nearest tei liini he elirected them
to make for the tender, doing so
himself. Professor Crawley, how
ever, still dung to the overturned
sloop looking for his wife, while
Evans was trying to locate hi* sister.
Condition rt Augusta.
Wn-hing!on, Special.-—A report re
garded as onr-cuiaging, was received
, Tu--sdnv by the War Department
from ('apt. Adedph H- lluguet, of the
Seventeenth Infantry, who was de
tailed by Oeneral Ramsey, commander !
■' eif the Department of the Oulf at
Atlanta, !a.. to make an investiga
tion of the needs of the people of
Augus'a, On.. by rrcent
fl;)(*e' -.
Crss7 r *ri:d fr> Crsmato Hii
Koth'rlrss, Children.
Duil iirr. N. C„ Sp n'ial.—Lumber:
Riley, anOtarg? cHi.ity man living
near Ilillsboro. attempted to kill his
motherless children several nights ago
by setting tlie house ctire. The ,mnu
lost wife se m? time ago and this
Opp-ar* to have deranged him. The
house was burned l>ut the children
escaped uninjured. Both passed
through Ditrhrm o:t their way to Ox
ford to enter the orphanage there.
No criminal indictment has been
brought against the father.
Bids Fcr New Destroyers.
Washington, Special.—Shipbuild
ers mid their representatives to tH«
number of hnlf a hundred gathered
at tho Navy Department' Tuesday to
witness the opening of the bids for
fh.' construction of te-n torpedo boat
destroyers authorized by Congress
not to exceed in cost $300,000 each
and fcr the acquisition of tht& col
liers not to exceed $525,000 each.
GEN. A. P. STEWART DEAD
Only One Confederals Lieut. General
Survives Him.
Biloxi, Miss., Special.—Gen. Alex
ander P. Stewart, one of the last
two surviving lieutenant generals of
the Confederate States army died
at his home hers Sunday. Although
in his eighty-seventh year and suffer
ing from the infirmities of old age,
Gen. Stewart's death was sudden,
and came as a distinct surprise to
his relatives and friends.
A native of Tennessee, Gon.
Stewart lived tlie greater part of his
life in that State, but of late had
been making his home in Biloxi.
He was born at Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tennessee, October 2, 1821,
and received hi early education in
that State. Later he was appoint-d
fo the United States Military Aca
demy at West Point ,and graduated
with honors from that institution in
June, 1842.
At the outbreak of the War Be
tween the States, ho was commission
ed as a brigadier general in the
Confederate States army, made a
general in ISO. - ! end received his
commission as a lieutenant general
one year later.
The close of the war found liirn in
command of the -army of Tenne-see.
After the close of hostilities be
tween the Stales he gave himself up
to the edncalion cf Sotitbprn vnuth
and served firm 1374 lo l'H,i as
chancellor of tin- University of Mis
sissippi. fn 1 S!)0 he was appointed
one of the n rrmissionr:s, of Mia
Chickr.r.r.rgr. S'r.'i .ml Pr.:!:
from that lime until he moral to
Hiloxi lie made hi home at (-11 at -
tanooga. Tenn. Gen Stewart spent
'he last years ;f his life devoting
'limsdf largely to litentrv work, lie
was regarded a; an authority upon
111" stirring events which had marked
the country during his life nnd sev
eral high honors were conferred ur>-
>n him : n conn?('.i"n wilh this woVk, j
'•.•.•.one them n fellowship in I lie '
| Royal Histoiical Society.
Gen. Stewart married at Warren, 1
Ohio, in 1.84"> .Mis-- Harriet Byron 1
Chase. She died in 1 SOS. '
The body was shit>ped to St. Louis. 1
Mo., where Gen. Slewart lived for 1
:i number of years. The funeral was
held in St. Louis on Wednesday.
RELIEF FUND FOR LEPER. j
Mor.tbE of Saving, Left by Three ,
Tot 3at Washington Times Office ,
Ca-.tsec That Paper to Bc?in Sub- •
scripiion for Leper and Family. |
Washington, I). ('., SpefctnL —Three |
little girls went into The Washing
ton Times office Monday morning and
Ipiel down sl, their savings for many
months, which they asked be given
to tin' little baby of .John FJ. K:irlv, v '
I lie leper f rom I.yiiti, N. C. From that
The Times started a subscriptioit (
which the first day amounts to SIOB.- ;
">(), for the stricken man and his
t'a mil v.
Kai*/ saw his child Monday morn- 1
ing I'm- (he first time since he was put '
under guard and the little tot did
not, of course, understand wbv his j
father did not touch him but slaved
five feet away. It was n pitiful •
scene, similar to that Saturday night '
when Mrs. Early first went to see her 1
husband. The mother and child
have not wanted for anything since
they have come to Washington, as
they have been taken care of by the
Salvation Army; but firm indications
• this subscription will be a moat—ttila..
con e one.
The health authorities have not
heard from the board of health of
Noith tiCaiolina, except that the
opiniin/of the Attorney General has
been alknl. There is a di-position
here toMwgin making some sort or
provision for the man. Plans for a «
more permanent and more comfort
able abode for him have been under
discussion and it is very clear from
what both Early and his wife sav ,
that this would be their preference.
Karlv has secured a pension of .$72
a month for total disabilitv incurrd
whilst; a sol lier in the Philippines.
Tobacco in Beljium.
Brusc*ls, Special. —Belgium has
under cultivation ove>r 5,000 acres of
tobacco. Formerly most of the to
bacco used for manufacturing pur
poses came from the United States,
but these imports are being greatly
lVduecd because of the higher prices
of the Atr.eri-.an ;o , .;a"0.
SCrs. Scje Given an Island to the
Government.
New York. Special.-'-Negotiations
have both completed for the .purch
ase by Mrs. Russell Sage of Consti
tution Island in the Hudson river,]
opposite West Point. Mrs. Sage,
presents the island to the govern
ment for the site,of a military pre
paratory school, which will form erne
of the most important features of
the military training establishment■
at West Point. Mrs. Rage has had
the purchase of the island iir view
for seme time.
Tho Law's Ban on Bucket Shop 3.
New York. Special.—Under tha op
-4 eralions of the Cassidvlnw, passed
[ by the la-1 Legislature and signal
> by Governor Hughes, bucket shops
» are now illegal institutions in New
York. It is alleged that leading
operators of bucket shops in this citv
have planned to evade the provisions
1 of the law by conducting businm
- through the medium of an apparent
. ly legitimate exchange. '
Sir- £ -
NEW ORLEANS EIRE
A Big Conflagration Disturbs
Sunday's Quiet.
SWEEPS OVER THREE BLOCKS
Firemen Enjoying Their Annual Pic
nic at Suburban Park and the
Blaze Gets a Good Headway Be
foro Ihey Get to Work on it.
■- 0 V
New Orleans, Special.—Fire which
broke out in the centre of the com
mercial district here Sunday after
noon swept over • portions of three
blocks, destroying a large number of
wholesale- liousos, martufacuring
plants and sisall stores. Originating
at Bienville and Chartres streets, the
flames worked their way north as
far as Conti street and west toward
Koyal, bringing about a property loss
of between one and two million dol
lars before they were finally sub
dued.
Several circumstances combined to
give the lire a headway which proved
hard to overcome. At the time the
alarm was turned in, shortly before 3
o'clock, the New Orleans flremer.
were in the midst of tlieir annual pic
nic at suburban park and the engines
and patrols responded with a mere
handful of men. It was fully an houi
before the department was in a posi
tion "to make anything like a suc
cessful light against the lire, and even
then the handicap against it wns
added to by mi inadequate supply of
water.
Tho fire was one of the most spec
tacular that has occurred in v ew Or- [
leans during recent years. The sec
tion devastated was made up largely
of old buildings, some pver a halt
century in use. They proved like s»>*
much tinder (o the flames, and fan
ned by a high wind, the tire made
rapid progress.
Two warehouses, filled with wines
and liquors, were uniong the build
ings destroyed by the tire. As they
burned the barrels of whiskey anil
brandy exploded with thunderous
roars which could be heard for block*
and which shook the walls of atl
joining buildings and endangered thf
lives of firemen engaged in fighting
the flames.
r
Gen. A. P. Stewart Dead.
Bilo.ri,- Miss., K|>ecial. —(ien. Alex
ander P. Stewart, one of the last two,
surviving lieutenants generals of the
Confederate States, snuy, died »t his
home here Sunday. Although in his
87th year and suffering from the- in
firrnities old age, (ieneral Stew
art 's death was sudden and come as
a distinct shock to liis relatives and
friends. General Stewart had been
in. failing health here at the liome ol
his son, Dr. A. P. Stewairt, for s
year or more. Death was due to hci»rl
disease. A native of TennesseeMlru■
eral Stewart lived the greater part ol
his life in that State, but of.late-had
been making his home in Biloxi.
where he found the- salt air and pin*
woods of great benefit to his health.
Nearly Stabbed lo Death.
Winston-Salcm. N. C., Special.—
Dangerously, perhaps fatally wound
ed, Sid Chandler, a voting white man.
was found early Sunday morning
bleeding and unconscious, on tht
ground near the home of Millie Bul
lock, a white woman, on Crawforc
•street. He had been cut and stabbed
on the body.. At the Twin City Hos
pital, where the voung man was tak
en, it was said that he was doing a«
/Well as could he expected. It is be
lieved by tho police that Chandlei
was in a general flght among several
men. Several arrests will be mad®
it is said.
Killed ia Far.ily Quarrel.
Tallahassee, Special.—Tn a shoot
ing alliay Sunday night at this plac«
Jim Duncan was killed. Investiga
tion has consumed all dny to deter
mine whether the man was shot b>
one Harvey, who was visiting at th«
Duncan homo, or by the wife of Will
Duncan, a brother of the dead man
Harvey and Will Duncan and bit
wife were all arrested.
Aged Man WrlVs a Htrndrcd Kile,
to Promise.
lluntsville, Ala., Special.—Charle
F.aton, an aged one-armed man. win
had been i cleaned from jail b
Federal Judge Hundley to visit bit
. sick wife, surrendered himself Sat
urday night after having walked ove
100 miles to fulfill. his promise t>
■ return. After visiting- fiia wife a
Winchester, Tenn., En ton found him
i self without funds and was forced t'
walk back to Huhtsville, where h
was serving a sentence for illicit dis
tilling.
Found Dead in His Office.
Raleigh, N. C., Special. —Cold ant
I stiff in death the body of Mr. S. G
I Ryan, a lawyer of this city,- was fonnt
Sunday nigt at 11 o'clock in his of
fice in tho Commercial nnd Farmers
Bank Building. Mr. Ryan had prob
! ably been dead for twelve or fifteei
hours, as he had not been seen at
day. For some time he had been #
s sufferer from act h ma but death i»
supposed to harve been from bear
trouble.
DETAILS OFFLOOD HORROR
Further Lou of Ufa Damage
to Property Is Revealed by the Re
ceding Waters at Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Special.—The flood
water at Augusta is receding rapid
•y and as the water leaves the street*
.1 is apparent that the Ims ba» been
lriderestimated. In addition to the
iisasters already reported it is found
:nat the Riverside Mills, in damage
.o plant and loss of cotton, which
3c.tied away, sustains a loss \f
HMO 000 ; lieid's Cotton Warelioi'S'V
.be finest in the South, is damped
in a large sum, but it will recpur*:
i survey to determine the amount;
Triangular block, where the whole
sale houses are assembled, is badly
injured. The Nelson Morris & Co.
warehouse has collapsed, and is be
ng razed; the Augusta Grocery Com
pany's building is damaged to the
•stent of sfj,ooo; Hill * Terry
?scaped serious * loss; C. I). Carr &
Mustin & Murphy are cona
rratively slightly damaged; the Na
ional Biscuit Company's building is
wrecked. The Central Grammar
School is badly hurt and the David
son Grammar School is damaged s#-
rerely.
I Starvation Threatened.
' In some districts people who ean
iot leave their houses, have not tast
jd food since Wednesday night. Au
gusta is trying hard to measure up to
lie demand upon l>er. At the pub
lic meeting:) ii was decided' not to
t)ake an appeal for outside assist
ince, bnt to accept "any contributions
offered. It is a question if the citi
zens' meeting and city council did
■iot err in declining to make a public
• ppeal for assistance and many be
lieve they will yet bo compelled' to
;isk aid of the outside w«rid. it
is certain that the mayor will gladly
accept contributions and he so pub
licly said in reply to Atlanta's in-
I ii i rv.
The immense eolton manufacturing I
establishments are not only idlte be
•finse of the breaks in the canal!
hanks, but they have received
J am age.
The water reservoir is full'. Its
capacity is (10,000,000 gallons. Put
the service pipes are broken and' the
city is without water. The gas swp
ply is nearlv restored.
The electrie companies will start irp
in twelve hours, using steam power
instead of water-power. Electric
lights will not be turned on far a
week.
Estimated losses are as follows:
Total' da ma ire from $1,000,000 to
f2.000.000.
Dam acre to city property $200,000
to $250,000.
Damage to steel railroad s2f>»ooo.
Damage to railroads $50,000.
Damage to telephone and telegraph
comparers .$20,000.
Damage to merchant«*and' local in
dustries $150,000 to $200,000.
Dn in a ire to residents $50,000.
Probable loss iti wasrps to mill
operatives and others $.">0,000.
Loss hv fire.
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FLOOD FAST RECEDING.
Bodies of Two White Men and Ei?ht
\ NegTces Have Been Found Cabs
Now Taking Placo of Boats —
Property Loss Placed at a Million
and a Half. • ,
Augusta, Ga., Special.—Water is
fast receding from the streets of Au
gusta, and the city will soon for most
part be dry again. Merchants will
probably" begin to look over their
stock by noon. Bodies are being
found. ' So far two w"hite men and
eight negroes have been found. It
is believed that about 25 persons,
mostly negroes, have lost their lives.
The city is now free from water ex
cept in the extreme lower portions,
and cabs are taking the place of
boats. The property loss is now .
estimated at not less than $1,500,000. !
Part of Seaboard Bridge Near Rock
ingham Gone.
Rockingham, N. C., Special.—The
flood situation is getting better, the
water receding. The trestle on the
island connecting the steel parts of
the Seaboard bridge on the Pee Dee
river is washed away. The Rock
ingham Power Company's damage at
Blewett Falls is not as great as at
first feared. Crops in the lowlands
are ruiued.
Relisf in the Piedmont.
Cliarlo.'te, N C., Special.—The
flqod situation here is only a memory,
except great damage to crops, to
streets and public roads and bridges.
Train schedules are being rapidly ro
sumed.
P. Eowcll Dead.
Poland Springs, Me., Special.—
George P. Rowell, of New York,
prominent for many years in the
newspaper advertising business, died
Friday night at the Poland Springs
House, following an illness of more
than a month.
Fell From Train.
Lake City, Special.—Robert Cook,
a young white was painfully
injured here last week hy falling
from train No. 82 as it was passing.
Ho had enlisted in the army at Char
leston and was on his way to New
York to enter service. His family
live near here, and thinking he might
i see some of them, be went down on
, the steps of the car. Losing his
i balance, he was hurled to the ground.
Physicians my he will recover.
Modern Farm Methods
As Applied in the South.
SBOMBBUBBBMBaEC
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman
Moles in the Garfea,
In answer to a North Carolina
reader's Inquiry how to get r!f ot
moles fn the garden, I. N. M. r of Dela
ware, writes: "I have tried several
htnda of vole traps, and biswlphld'e of
carbon with more or leev success.
But for the last two or three years
I have used cansphor balls, such as \re
can buy of the druggist and Chat are
used to keep moths out. As soon as
the mole appears In the spring, T take
a smooth, round stick and make a
hole in the nnn r drop a ball in and
press it down* with the foot. Ido
this every two- or three feet. * The
mole appear in another place In* the
morning. Follow tbis up and the- (
mole will leave. I fcave had muchl
trouble from moles; but only one
peared last spring, and I got rid' of
that." A trial of this* plan is easily i
made, and will not require much out- '
lay. Traps, in Order to be effective, 
must be skillfully and persistently
set.
Pmnr and Train Grnprvines Tims.
—From Homo and Farm. 1
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Tick Eradication' Resumed. 1
The Bureau of Animwl Industry of 1
the United States Department of Ag- *
rlculture is resuming- active opera
tions for the eradication of the cattle '
ticks which prevail in the Southern
part of the country and transmit the 1
Cdntaglon of Texas fever of cattle: Its J
men are being sentr ibto the field and
preparations are being made to-push '
the work of extermination vigorously
during the warm weather, when; the 1
ticks are most actlv».
Since this work was begun, two> 1
years ago, an area at about 56,000
iquare miles, or almost tho size of
the State of Georgia, has been, freed
from the ticks. As a result the quar- '
antlne ou Southern cattle has been j
either modified or entirely nemoved
from this area. Last year work was
done to a greater or less extent la *
the States ot Virginia, North' Caro
lina, South Chrarina, Georgia, Ala- 1
bama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, 1
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and' Call- 3
fornla, and It is. proposed' thi® year to '
continue in the same 3tates, with the 1
addition of a small part of Missis- ]
lippi. Most of the work, hae-beea and
will contlnuo to be done la sections '
contiguous to the Quarantine line, the
object being to push the lt»» farther
Bouth from year to year; but encour
agement is given to local work In any
part of the quarantined district in the
assurance that when any considera
ble area Is rendered tick free it will
be released from quarantine.
The work Is being done by co-op
eration between tho Federal Govern
mont and the State and local authori
ties. Congress baa appropriated
1250,000 for the year beginning July
1, and It Is expected that the Staiea
and countlea where the work la car
ried on will duplicate this sum. Tho
Committee on Appropriations of tho
House of Representatives expressed
itself very strongly to the effect that
the States should bear a reasonable
share of the cost and that the Federal
work should be mainly confined to
States where co-operation la received.
Various methods for exterminating
the ticks are used, Including transfer
ring the cattle from pasture to pas
ture at suitable intervals, and dip
ping, spraying, and hand dressing the
cattle with oil and oil emulsion. In
sections where there are large herds
and large ranches dipping on a large
scalo is practiced, either alone or in
connection with pasture rotation,
while In other sections, where the cat
tle on some farms frequently consist
only ot a cow or an ox team, hand
dressing with oil Is found to be the
only practlcabla method.
caused by the tlclcs
and the benefits to follow from their
eradication are not generally appre
ciated. It is estimated that the Texas
fever tick is responsible for about
• 140,000,000 ot loss annually to the
people of the infected country, and
that it also lowers the assets of the
South by an additional $23,250,000,
making the enormous aggregate of
$62,250,000. To wipe out this heavy
loss Is the object of the work now un
der way, and the results already ac
complished leave no doubt that suc
cess Is possible, though a number of
years will be required for the comple
tion ot the undertaking. Much de
pends upon the capita owners, who
can cither hasten or retard progress
according as they co-uperate or refuse
i to assist in the work.
Literature giving full Information
» to the ticks, the disease which they
Not Soo Much.
"Are your exercises benefiting you
any I''
"Yes; I am getting a fine muscular
development."
"Giving exhibitions to ycur
friends t"
| "WoU, I picked up a fifty-pound
. cage of ice left by the iceman this
morning and swung it around as
though it bad been a feather."
transmit, and tire methods for their
eradication has been Issued by the De
partment ef Agriculture anf will be
supplied free of cftarge on application
to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal
Industry, Washington, D. C.
How to Got* a Goorf Stand of Cfotton.
A thorough preparation iaWnore
than half the cultivation. ifo not
plant either cottow or corn before
the land is worked" into a fine seed
bed, even if planting is a little lata.
Prepare the land tlrovoughly and' suf
ficiently in advance of planting so
that there is a firm- seed bed. Then
avoid one of the most common caueea
ef loss of stand—tha* of planting two
deep. i
It is the best, even- where It Is imC*
necessary to plant upon beds, to place
;the seed upon a slight: ridge, especial
ly in planting early.. This ins urea
drainage and warmth and consequent
ly a good standi There are more
stands lost in planting cotton by
using too much than' too little seetf.
When a bushel of seed is used it Hi
vrery often a detriment, because the
irseds are so close that when they
'germinate they lift' the soil In the
whole top of the row. If dry or a
little cool weather fallows the soft
immediately around the young plant
yfrles out or is chillbd by the coof
nights and the pl&nta die. If this
does not occur farmer is obliged
tw-thln the cotton'when very young,
wbfle the plants are delicate and are
easily injured. Perfect stands of cot
ton have been secured with four
pounds of seed, and If tho seed haa
tteen properly selected and preserved
it shopld never rtsqutfre more than a
peck per acre, provided the land Ib
fca good condition and the seed is
property planted.
Prepare the land thoroughly before
planting.
Use selected seed of known, parent
age and good quality.
Plant shallow—not over one-fourth
Inch In depth on a firm bed.
Follow planting with a rollbit and
use care that the seed drill 1$- not in
a trench. (Rain will wash dirt into
trench and bury seed too deeß;>
Be sura; that seed bed' i& well
drained.
With these precaution* there
should be no difficulty ln securing
a stand of either cotton or oorn this
year. These directions are foe normal
conditions* and are applicable with
all ordinary seasons and soite.
Owing tax the difference in soil fer
tility lb la impossible to. give any gen
eral mile for distances between the
rows and tor spacing of the plants In
the row.. However, aa soixne guide w»
give the following:
On good uplands ordinarily produc
ing one-half to three-fourths of a bal*
o£ cot torn per acre, plant In rows four
feet apart and not less than sixteea
Inchea apace between plants in th*
tow. -
Ob rich bottom lfeiMts where exce»»
sive stalks are produced, plant IA
rows not less than fire feet apart and
give two feet apace between plants In
the row. Increase or decrease these
UintaIICVS (rows and spaces) accord
ing to the strength Of the soil and the
usual size of the cotton plants.
On post-oak flats and alluvial landa
like the Mississippi bottoms full
distance between the rows so aa to
mske a broad ridge for the planta
and provide for surface drainage.—lX
N. Barrow, of Soutu Carolina.
For Saving Hqj.
The long pieces are made of oak
2x3 Inches wide and as long as re
quired for the manger. The back
pieces to be four inches longer than
front one and two Inches of each end
to be roughed off to fit in holes at
side of feed boxes. The cross pieces
are made of oak lxS inches wide and
| long enough so that when grooved
into the loDg pieces it will fit the top
of the manger. The cross pieces art
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> to be placed eight Inches apart so
I horses can put their noses through
) and eat hay. When manger is to be
, filled the rack Is raised up, the hay
t hay put. in and the rack lowered
/ down on top of hay, thus the weight
- of rack carries it down to the bot
- torn of manger, as the horees eat the
- hay out, which they will do without
f throwing any hay out to be trampled
C upon.—W. E. George, in The Epito*
(- mist.
o . -■
s In a recent campaign of the French
e In Madagascar 14,000 men were sent
to t|ie front, of whom t*enty-nln«
n , were killed in action and over 7000
y jftrerlshed from preventable disease.
Blinks.
The grass widow is not to be wink
a ed at 4 —Knoxville Sentinel.
How. about a contest for th.o able
r j liars who have to write daily to dis
tant wives? —Baltimore Sun.
r Leap year has not made an aj>-
preciable reduction in the sals o£
j bachelor battons.—Atlanta Journal. -
s The things that we oughtn't to do
8 seem to be the only ones that makes
life wprth living.—New York Press.