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Tr.E CHATHAM RECORD H. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion SL00 One Square, two insertions SUED One Square, one month $250 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will bo made. VOL. XXXIV PITTSBOtfO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 6." 1912. NO. 30. !IF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From AH Parts of World. - Southern. Though Comederate veterans gen erally are excluded from government hospitals. President Tafe made an exception of Capt. J. W. Myers of Jacksonville. Fla., and ordered that he be admitted to the army and navy general hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. Senator Fletcher informed the presi dent that Captain Myers was crippled with rheumatism and unable to ob tain relief anywhere but at Hot Springs, where he had been prevent ed from going because of the expense. An order of the interstate com merce commission reducing certain class freight rates from New Orleans to Montgomery, Selma and Mobile, Ala., and to Pensacola, Fla., was an nulled by decision of the commerce court. The decision, handed down by Judge Archbald, is certain to add considerable fuel to the controversy already acute between the interstate commerce commission and the com merce court. The court declares that congress never intended to clothe the commission with the wide authority it Las assumed. Details of a double tornado which ievasted portion of Lincoln, Jeffer son and Arkansas counties in Arkan sas, particularly the latter two, place the list of dead at ten, with at least H3 persons seriously injured. In ad dition, the storms caused property loss that as yet, can only be approxi mately estimated. Handsome homes, plantation equipment and pumping stations caught in the path of the storm were reduced to wreckage and strewn along in the wake of the storm for miles. General. Because the coal miners had been able to gain government recognition of their grievances by threatening the business of the country, the Eng lish suffragettes also entered upon xi policy of menace to trade. It was a window-breaking expedition solely. Hundreds of windows in London in many of the most famous shops of the world and in several government offices and clubs were wrecked by the suffragettes. One hundred and lifteen women were taken to police stations by police. Details of the collision between-the steamers Mori Maru and Richa Maru, involving the loss of 57 lives, were brought by the steam Awa Maru, which arrived at Vancouver, B. C, from the Orient. ' The two vessels foundered soon after the collision in the Genkai sea, off Ebosi light house, Iki province, February 10. The Maru, a collier of 1,788 tons, bound from Moji for Dalny, crashed into the coasting steamer Richa Maru, 178 tons, driving her bow into the latter vessel on the starboard. The Roosevelt campaign assumed definite form with the appointment of the men who are to assume active management. Senator Dixon of Mon tana is to be the man at the helm. His official title is chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Dixon's first official act was to give out a state ment attacking. President Taft. The appointments were announced after conference between Colonel Roose velt and leading supporters. A brief outline of the general situ tion in Mexico is contained in the following telegram from President Madero: "It must be understood by every one I have not the slightest in tention of resigning the presidency. The government is organizing many forces of volunteers under experienc ed military leaders who will take command in the zones of disturbances and make more rapid and effective their pacification." Americans were not spared in the rioting which has been going on at Kingston, Jamaica, in connection with ihe street railway trouble, a party of Americans driving in an automo bile were attacked by a mob, and one of them was seriously injured. The party included Capt. and Mrs. Fritz du Quesne of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Wortley of Brooklyn. A group of men attacked their automo bile with bricks and stones. The certificate of election of James K. Vardaman as senator from Missis sippi was presented to the senate by Senator John Sharp Williams. Mr Vardaman will take his seat on March 4, 1912. Ernest Thalmann, head of the bank ing firm of Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., died at his home in New York. State Senator Frank S. Moody an nounced his candidacy for congress from the Sixth Alabama district f.ainEt Capt. R. P. Hobsou. Colonel Moody was one of the most promi nently mentioned candidates for gov- iTior in the last campaign. Americans in Juarez, Mexico, re sponded promptly to the warnings is sue by United States Consul Ed wards and crossed the Rio Grande to HI Paso together with hundreds of -M'-xiecn non-combatants. Mrs. Neely. wife of Bishop Thomas r. Neely of the Methodist Episcopal i.i nrr-VK died in New Orleans. MAN Upwards cf three-quarters of a mil lion of English coal miners laid down their tools and went out on a strike. Meetings were held by the Coal Min ers Federation and the Coal Own ers' Association, but they apparently only resulted in a reiteration of the refusal of the participants to budge from their respective positions. Mr. Asquith is said to have given an as surance to the miners' delegates that means would be found to compel the minority of the coal owners to fall in to line with the majority on the ques tion of the concession of a minimum wage. Arrangements for sending a party of textile strikers of Lawrence, Mass., including children, to Washington, to appear before a congressional com mittee, as suggested by Congress man Victor Berger, were completed. More than fifty men, women and children, representing each of the eighteen nationalities among the strikers, will make the trip. The chil dren' selected are themselves mill workers on strike. In some instances they bear scars from injuries sus tained while at work. Secretary of State P. C. Knox made in Panama the first of his public addresses on his trip to the capitals of Central America and horthern South America and the West Indies. Mr. Knox said the president believed the early completion of the canal should mark the beginning of closer relations between the United States and all Latin-America; that the pur pose of the United States towards all the American republics was to live in amity and essential harmony. The taking of Juarez lacks the im portance that the same occurrence had when Madero wrested it from Diaz' troops last May in the opinion of the Mexican administration offi cials. Then it was the crowning event of a long series of operations Washington. The Democratic caucus ratified the sugar bill and the income tax or . ex cise bill presented by Democratic Leader Underwood with the endorse ment of the ways and means com mittee. Both bills will now be pre sented to the house. The excise tax so-called by the ways and means com mittee, is in effect an income tax. The bill is so drawn that it is ex pected to comply with the Supreme court's decision against the constitu tionality of an income tax. Its effect would be to tax every person who earns more than $5,000 a year, or in excess of $5,000 at the rate of one per cent. The estimate of Chairman Underwocd and members of the ways and means committee, is that the proposed excise tax. would bring in a revenue of between $50,000,000 and $60,000,000 a year. The senate adopted a resolution called on President Taft to submit to it all the correspondence with Co lombia dealing with the acquisition of the Panama canal zone by the United States. The resolution was of fered by Senator Hitchcock, who urg ed its adoption in a speech in which he charged former President Roose velt with participation in a conspir acy to foment the revolution by which Panama was lost to ' Colombia and the canal zone became the property of this, country. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food champion, is seriously considering re sighing his position as chief of the bureau of chemistry in the depart ment of agrculture. Admitting this in an interview, Doctor Wiley said that, while he had not yet determin ed to offer his resignation, it seemed that he could not be successful in his efforts to secure harmony as long as there were "inicngruous elements" in the department. President Taft will soon start a igorous speech-making campaign to explain his position on current ques tions and further his candidacy for renomination. Before the RepuDlican national convention meets in June, he will spend many days on the road, and is expected to deliver scores of speeches. He will travel as far west as Chicago, as far north as New Hampshire and south at least as far as Georgia. Pledges of support from nine Re publican governors were given out from headquarters of President Taft. The executives in favor of the pres ident's renomination were Eberheart, Minnesota; Carroll, Iowa; Hay of Washington ; Goldsborough, Mary land; Tener, Pennsylvania; Hooper, Tennessee; Spry, Utah; Pennewill, Delaware, and Pothie'r, Rhode Island. Senator Bacon .of Georgia, one of the Democratic leaders in the sen ate, declared in favor of postponing the Democratic convention in Balti more, which has been called for June 25, until a later date, because, as now arranged, it would be held only a week after the Republican convention in Chicago. Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, when his atten tion was called to Senator Bacon's declaration in favor of a later date for the Democratic national conven tion, said he was not in favor of post ponement. Senator Gardner of Maine intro duced a bill under which the govern ment would take over the properties of the express companies and operate them as a part of the postal service, extending to the rural delivery The measure indicated the probable cost of taking over the properties as fol lows: Real Property $14,930,169, equipment $7,381,405, materials and supplies $138,210, advance payments on contracts $5,836,666 and franchises and good will, etc., $10,877,369, a to lal of $39,165,819. RAILWAY BUILDING IN THIS STATE PREPARATIONS GOING FORWARD AT A GOOD PACE ALL ALONG LINES OF SURVEY. MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN Ths Territory That Will Be Benefited By the Construction of the New Goldsboro, Seven Springs and Swansboro Railroad Line. Raleigh. A special from Goldsboro states that the prepartions for the building 4 of the Goldsboro, Seven Springs and Swansboro Railroad are going forward at a good pace and all along the line of survey, which is nearing completion, unbounded en thusiasm is manifested of this new line of road, which will open up a large and rich section of country, and that means much for the prosperity, not only of Goldsboro and Wayne county, but of Richlands, Jackson ville, Swansboro and Onslow county. The unusually severe weather for this climate has delayed the work of survey somewhat, but the manage ment of the road is very well pleased with the progress made and are making preparations for the beginning of construction work at an early date. Mr. W. A. Robertson, general man ager, with offices of the road in this city, reports that in the work cf se curing the right of way he finds en thusiastic support and co-operation all along the line and throughout tht territory to be traversed. He left for Richlands, where he will meet Mr. T. H. Pritchard, of Swansboro, president of the road Theye are to decide on the station site and attend to matters of the right of way through Richlands. Mr. Roberts has received a letter from Mr. N. P. Young, engineer in charge of surveying corps, in which Mr.- Young says he expects to com plete the survey in Richlands in an other week, having already moved camp to that place. Train of Freight Cars Derailed. The Atlantic Coast Line freight for Wilmington was derailed about fifty yards north of Uppc- Little rivei bridge, 7 miles east of Sanford. The train consisted of twelve freight cars, caboose and engine. A car near the engine was first to leave the track and by the time the bridge was reach ed it was well off the ties. The en gine crossed safely but the ten front cars piled into the river or were thrown down a fifteen-foot embank ment on either side. The steel bridge which was about one hundred feet long, was completely wrecked and it will take probably several days to re place it. Man Killed By a Charged Wire. Without a moment's warning, Capt. Matt R. Denmark, son of Chief of Po lice Denmark, of Goldsboro, was in stantly killed while attending to his duties as yardmaster of the Atlantic Coast Line at that point. He was 23 years old. Young Denmark was en gaged to be married at an early date. He was superintending the shifting of a boxcar loaded with coal into the coal and wood yard of Mr. W. H. Grif fin, adjoining the Atlantic Coast Line yards, and was standing on top of the car when it passed under an electric wire leading into the office of Mr. Griffin. Committee Holds First Meeting. The committee appointed by Col. Ashley Home to select the design and superintendent the erection of the monument to the North Carolina Wo men of the Confederacy, which he is to present to the state, held its first meeting in the office of the secretary of state. The members of the com mittee selected by Mr. Home are: Col. J. A. Long, of Roxboro; Maj. H. A. London, of Pittsboro; Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Weldon; Hon. J. Bry an Grimes, of Raleigh; Mrs. F. M. Williams, of Newton, aand Mr. R. D. W. Connor, of Raleigh. Bids For !teel Bridge Rejected. The coflimittee from the Rowan and Davie boards of county commis sioners, together with Civil Engineer C. M. Millar, met in Register of Deeds E. H. Miller's office in the court house at Salisbury to open and consider bids for the construction of a steel bridge over the Yadkin River at South River to connect the two coun ties. A number of representatives of bridge building companies met with them. All bids were finally rejected and the committee will hold another meeting to further discuss the matter. Judge Cook Shaved The Verdict. Holding that the $2,500 damage ver dict 5n the trip-hammer case was ex cessive Judge Cook in superior court at Greensboro shaved the amount down to $1,000 and he said, looking toward the counsel for the plaintiff, "If you are not satisfied with that 1 will fix a price on the entire property and -see if this matter can't be settled in pome manner." It is understood that the outcome will be the offer to Mr. Moorefield to accept $1,000 frotn the Macine Co. and continue the own ership of his property. THE CENTRAL WAREHOUSE President Alexander In Durham For Conference on Subject Durham Fat- Chance to Get It. Durham. A committee from the Commercial Club has been appointed to meet Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president of the State Farmers' Union for a conference in regard to locating the central warehouse in. Durham. Dr. Alexander arrived here and the meet ing was held in the rooms of the club. The central warehouse will be a distributing place for fertilizer, farm ing utensils, machinery and other ar ticles for the use of the farmers. This warehouse will be under the direct control of the state farmers' union and the articles will be sold to the farmers for the very lowest price, the middlemen's profits being eliminated. A number of other towns in the state are making a bid for the ware house, Durham" being the last in the race for the million dollar building. Dr. Alexander is favorably impressed with the easy, accesibility of Dur ham to other parts of the state, espe cially the farming sections, and it is hoped that the club will be able to get this warehouse located in Dur ham. The Farmers' Course Closes. The special short course for the farmers of this county which has been in progress for three days at States villa closed with a general question box, Mr. T. B. Parker, the state di rector of farmers' institutes, answer ing numerous questions upon the sev eral subjects which have been under discussion. At the same time Mrs. W. N. Hutt was delivering a lecture to about thirty women in another por tion of the court house. The course has been very successful, Mr. Parker in closing expressing his gratification at the large attendance and the keen interest shown. Although the roads are fearfully cut up as a result of heavy rains during the past few weeks and also that the first day was a very rainy one, the court room has had a good sized crowd in it listening to the discussions. North Carolina New Enterprises. The Racket Store Company, of Dunn, with two thousand dollars of stock paid in by Ellis Goldstein, J. C. Bell and A. D. Wilson, all resi dents of Dunn. The company propose! to conduct a racket store for the sale of dry goods and notions. Boykin Drug Company, of Bailey. The au thorized capital stock is $5,000 with $1,300 paid in by R. H. Patterson, W. M. Boykin and J. H. Liles. A gen eral retail drug business will be con ducted. The Rolin Manufactory, of Lincolnton, which proposes to operate mills for the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods. The incorporators are J. A. Anthony, L. N. Rudisill, R. Costner and others, who have sub scribed for $12,000 of the stock. The authorized capital stock is $50,000. Two Were Killed In Train Wreck. Two are dead and four more or less injured as a result of a collision on the Kinston Carolina Railroad which occurred one mile beyond Pink Hill. Engine No. 4 of the Rutledge Lumber Company was coming up out of the woods to Pink Hill and ran head-on into a string of box cars attached to engine No. 98, which was backing at about 20 miles an hour towards How ard's siding, two miles beyond Pink Hill. The, dead and injured were all on engine No. 4 and were em ployes of the Rutledge Lumber Com pany. The dead are: B. F. Harper: fireman of No. 4 of Pink Hill; C. P. Morton, section master of Newport. Good Roads Campaign Is On. Newton township's good road cam paign is on in full blast. March 9 the voters will say whether they want to issue $50,000 of bonds to build sand-clay or gravel roads in the town ship. It is estimated that this sum of money will make permanent all the leading roads as far as the town ship lines. Various committees are hard at work sending out literature and speakings have been arranged for every part of the township. There is great opposition to the bond issue but daily, as the proposition is unfold ed, opponents come out in favor of the bonds; and advocates of the issue are optimistic. Does Not Favor No-Fence Law. Governor Kitchin says reports of his address welcoming the State For estry Association to Raleigh made It appear that he dcelared for state-wide no-fence law and thai while he did say that there is imperative necessity for taking the hogs out of the long ieaf pine woods and other kinds of forests that the hof s hinder from reproduction he does not favor a State law putting on every locality a rigid no-fence law. He believes this is necessarily a local question for all sections of North Carolina. Meat Market Issue Doad. By a vote of 653 to 73, a clear ma jority of 590, Greensboro voters de feated the Socialistic v proposal to have the city establish, maintain and operate a municipal neat market, at which all meats, game, etc., was to be sold to the people at actual cost to the city. The voting was light and when the factory vote bad practical ly been registered if was relized that the issue was deed; that Social ism and Socialistic fancies could no. so easily gain a footl-sld in. Greens boro. THE COMPETITION SERIES OF CONTESTS BETWEEN STUDENTS OF 21 COUNTIES AT FAYETTEVILLE. TO TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 21 After Adjournment of Superintendents Principals Held Interesting Session 44 High Schools In the 21 Counties Composing Southeastern District. Fayetteville. A series of contests ia declamation, recitation, spelling and athletic sports will be held in Fayetteville by high schools of the 21 counties of the southeastern section of North Carolina, on April 12th. So it was decided by the bigh school prin cipals in session here. After the superintendents of edu cation adjourned the principals assem bled and held a session which was of great interest. The meeting was con ducted by Superintendent N. W. Wal ker, of the secondary schools of the University. "How Ought the Efficien cy of the High Schools be Increased?" and "What Can a Good Daily Program do for High School Standards of Work?" were discussed. At the night session Dr. H. W. Chase,- professor of the Philosophy of Education at the University, ad Sressed the high school men on ' Formal Discipline." Dr. L. R. Wil son, librarian of the University, spoke on "How May the Use of the Library be Put to the Best Use of the High School?" There are 44 high sefiools in the 21 counties composing the southeast ern district, and 25 principals were present at this meeting. They are a fine looking, intelligent and well equipped body of young men. Both the superintendents of education and the high school principals expressed themselves as much pleased with Fayetteville, declaring they had a de lightful time and a helpful conven tion. Fayetteville will be glad to wel come them again next year. Received Certificates of Merit. Washington. County Superintend ent W. L. Vaughan has received cer tificates of merit for three boys who were members of the Beaufort coun ty corn club during the past year. The winners are: Jasper W. Leg- gett, yield 77.8 bushels; Roscoe Rad- cliff, yiled 91 bushels, and Murray Midgette, yield 84.9 bushels. These certififcates bear the great seal of the state of North Carolina and are signed by the governor, state super intendent of public instruction, com missioner of agriculture, county su perintendent of schools, Special Agent United States Department of Agricul ture I. O. Schaub and the secretary of state. They are awarded to all boys of the corn club who do the work in regular manner and make a yield of over seventy-five bushels. Taylorsville Wants College Too. Taylorsville. There was a meeting of the citizens of the town at the court house for the purpose of as certaining what could be done in the way of an inducement for the trustees of Rutherfordton College, in case it is moved to have it located here. Mr. A. C. Payne, president and J. P. Bab bington acted as secretary. . The meeting was well attended and much interest manifested. Committees were appointed consisting of repre sentative men from different sections of the county to solicit subscriptions and frame a proposition to be pre sented to the trustees. Appoint Director of Agriculture. Concord. Messrs. C. R. Hudson and 33. S. Millsaps of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, have ap pointed Mr. George W. Cress, director of agriculture for this county. This office was created here by the board of commissioners accepting the prop osition of the Department of Agricul ture. The duty of the director of ag riculture in advancing agricultural work in the county will be similar to those of superintendent of county schools an instructor. A number of demonstration, farms will be estah tished. Charged With Illicit Distilling. Salisbury. Berry Basinger, of Providence township, Rowan county, and his father-in-law, Moses Reid, of Davidson county, have been ar rested on the charge of illicit distill ing. Basinger was tried on this charge several months ago and ac quitted on account of lack of evi dence. A still alleged to be his had been destroyed by Sheriff McKenzie and deputies. Deputy Marshal Grant took up the case and having secured additional evidence has arrested both Basinger and his father-in-law. Farmers' Institute at Weaversville. Asheville. The short course farm ers' institute for this county was held at Weaverville Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, there was two ses sions each day, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. Thursday was devoted to the discussion of gen eral farm work; Friday to the dairy and seed corn contest, in which prizes were offered for the best displays There were special meetings Thurs day and Friday for the women. Rep resentatives of the ' state department of agriculture were present. LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE A Column of Short Paragraphs That Were Collected With Very Much Care by the Editor. Raleigh. There are twenty-six ap peals from the first judicial district awaiting argument when the Su preme Court convenes for the spring term. Williamston. Work on (he town ship roads, for which $40,000 was voted, has been impeded greatly by the extremely bad weather and heavy snows which have fallen since the beginning of the year. Asheville. Mr. Richmond Pearson, Dr. A. T. Pritchard and Mr. F. S. Ken- nett go to Marshal to organize a Roosevelt club for that county on the lines of the one that was formed here some weeks ago. Salisbury. Salisbury is preparing to entertain 700 or 800 visitors when the state . Baraca-Philathea union meets here April 13-15. The pro gram committee is arranging a pro gram of which every item will be a feature. Charlotte. A merchants and manu facturers' exposition for Charlotte is the latest undertaking of the Greater Charlotte Club. This was decided at a meeting of the executive committee several days ago. The dates selected were May 20-25. Asheville. Those who have, lately traveled over that part of the Burns ville road, which has been undergo ing improvements declare (that ion that stretch can be seen the sand clay in the acutal process of forma tion. Raleigh. Governor Kitchin order ed three special terms of superior court for Mecklenburg county for civil cases. Judge Lyon will hold one the week beginning April 15; Judge Foushee will hold one week begin ning May 6 and Judge Cline will hold one week beginning May 27. Greensboro. In supeerior court the grand jury returned a true bill against Mr. Frank Wineskie of High Point charging him with the embezzlement of $30,000 from the Standard Mirror Company. It is understood that the prosecution will be vigorously pushed although Mr. Wineskie and his friends do not seem to have any fears rela tive to the outcome of the case. Charlotte. The settled determina tion of the ministers of the city and county to lay hold of the prohibtiOD question and stress it just as long and as patiently and a3 persistently as it is necessary to make prohibtion ef fective in Charlotte, was the keynote of an epochal meeting of the Charlotte Ministerial Association which was held at the Y. M. C. A. Greensboro. It is learned here that the circuit court of appeals has grant ed a new trial to Sidna Allen, the Virginian, who was convicted in Uni ted States court here several years ago and sentenced to 5 years in the Fed eral prison'1 for offering a $20 coun terfeit bill at Winston-Salem. Aller was alleged by government detectives to have been, a notorious and danger ous counterfeiter. Raleigh. A meeting of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers was held in Raleigh to consider the bill now pending in Congress known as the Empolyees' Compensation Act. The engineers in North Carolina are bitterly opposed to the passage of this bill and think that it denies them the protection to which they are en titled in case of accident by the neg ligence of railroads. Asheville. The Republicans of this section are very sanguine over their prospects since their favorite has come out again and said that he will accept the nomination for the presi dency if it is offered to him. They have believed all the while that . he would, they say, but this defnite as surance was all that they needed to put all possible vim into their efforts in his behalf. Bervard. A petition is being cir culated in Brevarrd for signatures ask ing the Southern railway to build a new passenger station where Main street crosses the railroad tracks, about one-fourth of a mile from the present station site. If this proposed station is built, it will be of great value to the town, as it would bring the statio nnearer the center of the town and would eliminate the steep grade on Caldwell street. Raleigh. At Lumberton postoffice inspectors arrested B. F. Stephenson, bookkeeper of the Lumberton postof fice for the last five years, on the charge of being $400 short in his ac counts. He was committed to jail in default of $700 bond. He protests his innocence. Lumberton. Sanford Prevatt, tbe young white man who attacked and severely cut his cousin near here came in and surrendered to the sher iff. He gave $500 bond for his ap pearance at court and was released. The wounded man is in the hospital doing as well as could be expected. Raleigh. Adjutant-General Leinster issued commissions to Dr. S. Robert Horton, of this city, and Dr. B. F Hall, of Asheville, as first and second lieutenants of the Dental Corps, North Carolina National Guard; also to Frank Walker, of Mount Airy, as second lieutenant of company. Hickory. Large quantities of cot ton and peanuts have been brought here during the past week or ten days, and it Is said that there is much of, last years crop yet remaining H the hands of the producers, and a good bit of cotton yet in the fields to be picked. . EXPLAINS COTTON CULTURE Co-operate With Farmers in Growing Cotton in Boll Weevil Infected Territory Along Road. Washington. President Finley, ot the Southern Railway Company, speaking of tl first year's work of the Cotton Culture Department main tained by the Southern Railway, the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, and ' tbe Georgia Southern & Florida Railway, said : ' "The primary purpose of the organ ization of the Cotton Culture Depart ment by the railway companies which contribute to its support was to co operate with farmers along the lines of those companies in the territory along the advance of the Mexican cot ton boll weevil for the adoption of those cultural methods recommended by the late Dr. S. A.' Knapp, of the United States Agricultural Depart ment, for growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. Dr. Knapp also ad vised that it would be advantageous to adopt those methods independently of the presence of the weevil. The results of the first year's work of our Cotton Culture Department have dem onstrated the soundness of his advice in all respects. "n a circular, under date of Febru ary 12, 1912, prepared by Dr. W. D. Hunter, the boll weevil expert of the Bureau of Entomology, and issued by Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief of that Bu reau, with the approval of the Secre tary of Agriculture, It is pointed out that the weevils were less numerous in 1911, owing to adverse weather con ditions, and that the insect was ex terminated in an area covering about 23,000 square miles in the northwest ern portion of Texas and the western portion of Oklahoma, where conditions were particularly unfavorable. Dr. Hunter shows that, notwithstanding these conditions, the insect continued to spread to the northward and east ward in Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. He says that the reduction in numbers in 1911 was due to a com bination of climatic influences which can only be expected to recur at infre quent intervals, and that, with the re turn of favorable seasons, the weevil will again multiply. He urges, there fore, that it is necessary for planters to continue their fight against the weevil according to the methods that have been recommended by the Agri cultural Department. These are the methods advised by the Southern Rail way Cotton Culture Department. "It should be borne in mind that the cultural methods recommended by the late Dr. Knapp and advised by our Cotton Culture Department in volve intensive farming. This is Im portant not only as to cotton, but also as to other crops, and we are urging farmers to produce all of the grains, fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy pro doucts, and poultry used on the farm so that they may not have to sell cot ton regardless of market conditions in order to buy these things, but may be able to market their crop when there is an economic demand for it. It will thus be seen that the agents of the Cotton Culture Department are giving advice as to farm operations generally. Their success in this is shown by the records made in 30 fields of corn grown in accordance with their advice. The average yield ob tained under improved cultural meth ods was 47 1-2 bushels per acre, aa compared with an estimated average of 14 bushels per acre on similar lands in the same general localities. The best corn yield reported by 'our Cotton Culture Department was 82 bushels per acre on a field of 65 acres. "I desire again to call attention to the fact that the services of the field agents of this Department are given free of charge to all farmers along the lines of the participating compa nies. Farmers residing along the lines ofj these companies in localities where a field agent has not yet been stationed may obtain literature de scriptive of the methods recommend ed by addressing Mr. T. O. Plunkett, General Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn. Favors Postponement of Convention. Washington. Senator Bacon of Georgia, one of the Democratic lead ers of the Senate, declared himself in favor of postponing the Democratic convention in Baltimore, which has been called for June 25, until a later date because as now arranged it would be held only a week after the Republican convention in Chicago. Fifteenth Conference of Education. Nashville, Tenn. The Southerner's methods of agriculture, his wifes methods of home making, the health and senitary conditions under which they live, the rural church they go to in its relations to civil and eco nomic life, the schools and colleges their children attend; in short, all the educational problems of the South, and all its problems of daily living, especially of daify living in the coun try, are to , be taken up at the Fif teenth Conference for Education in the South, which meets in Nashvili"e. Woodrcw Wilson Is Only Chance. Washington. That Roosevelt it pitted against either Clark or Under wood, would have an easy chance to sweep the country, and that Go. Wood row Wilson is the only Democratic candidate who would have a fighting chance if nominated to carry Maine are two sharp expressions taken from an interview with United States Sena tor Obadiah Gardner of Maine, In which he gives his reasons for believ ing the New Jersey executive the most available man in the party, and Dledses his support to him.
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