? ? *?* f ' ^ 1 . 3: Washingto WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 17 WW. TUFT IN CHICAGO Chief Executive is Guest of Hon ' <* SPEAKS AT AUDITORIUM Hrst Efort is at Reception Tendered Him by Newspaper Men of the Windy City ? Arrived Early This Morning mod WUl Leave For Cap ital Tonight. . Chicago, March 17. ? Precedent Taft today gam a practical illustra tion of what Is meant by killing two bl'rda with one stone. This afternoon he will attempt to win over the con servation elements of the central west by an Address he Is to deliver before the CooserraUon Congress In session at the Auditorium. The President got Into Chicago early this morning and will lears st 10 o'clotY teuigbt. Daring hta brief stay he will give Chicago more speeches %to? the square minute than he has done since the campaign days. His first effort was at a reception . tendered him by the Newspaper Club of Chicago. After luncheon be Is due at S o'clock at the Auditorium, where his speech on conservation of the nation's resources will be de livered. Billed for Hamilton Club. An hour later the Hamilton club has billed him for a reception, and at 6 sharp be will wander over to the La Salle hotel, where the Irish will give him a hearty greeting The chief executive will stand on Irish soil when he addresses the ban queters tonight, a piece of the "ould sod" from County Cork having been procured for the occasion. In order that Mr. Tsft msy leave at 10 the banquet will be run on a close sched ule. On the menu Is game killed by Mr. Roosevelt and shipped from Af rica for the occasion. Women guests wtll not be allowed to wear their hats at tha dinner, according to the man date of the committee In chsrge of the affair. "I can Imagine how a woman feels who has bought a $160 hat to wear on auch aa occasion/' said James O'Sbaughnessy. chairman of the committee. "It WM hard:, for. ua to bring oarselvsa to Issue the ?dict? but It had to be done. Thqre Is a limited amount of space In any hall. Wp figured It up mathematically tbst one woman's hst takes up the space of two and one-fourth persons. There would not be room for the waiters to get around." DYING T>e Great Vlrgtaia ttenator, John W. DaiM, to km Extremis ? No Hope For His Recovery. ' ' ? The latest news from the bedside of 8enator'John W. Daniel, one of America's greatest orators sod think ers and a brave Confederate soldier. Is that he to dying. * ? He has been In a coma for the past 24 hours. All the members of his family have been Nummoned from Lynchburg, Vs. The senator Is now at Daytottla, Florida, where he went several weeks ago with the hope of rtgftlnlng his strength. LOVE'S STRATEGEM. In presenting this beautiful drama the Gem patrons will again have the pleaaure of witnessing the perform ance of Miss Florence Laurence, the former Blograph star, with whom all had become so tafceri V? her ?uperb acting Is now appearing in tbe Big Imp productions, otbefKwho were until recently Members of the Blo graph company will be recognised. All will be pleased to again see Mtos Laurence's line work. Lore and Vendetta to a melod ramie love story containing bits of more than ordinary Interest, which makes A?. Two Anniversaries are Honored b y People of Hnb City. Boston, Mass., March 17. ? This la a (lad day for the Irish and the youngsters of the Hub. but a and. sad day for the Bpstooese highbrows and patriots. For It haa come to pass that Boaton youth prefer sports and athletics to fervent oratory and pa triotic hot air. This is not only St. Patrick's day In the morning, but It Is "evacutlon day" all day ? the 124th anniversary of the evacuation of Boston by the British troops. Sons of Erin to Dine. 8t. Louis. Mo.. March 17. ? With the assistance of many loyal sons of Erin from other cities. St. Louis Irishmen celebrated St. Patrick's day with more enthusiasm than ever be fore. Governor Hadley Is expected to speak at the annual banquet of the American Sons of Erin at the Plant ers' this evening. The governor Is homeward bound from his trip through the drainage section of I southeast Missouri. Irish Parade in New Tork. New York, March 17. ? |f the good Sf. Patrick could have witnessed to day's parade In honor, covering three miles of metropolitan streets, he would have no cause to complain of ingratitude on the part of those of his countrymen who have settled in New York. Today's demonstra tion had great patriotic significance^ Brt-ilPKJIWfl. The ladles 6t the city were given another opportunity today of seeing the latest In spring snd summer mil linery at the Hub. As jsas announced In the Itaily News this opening was advertised for today and tomorrow. Alt day there have been a targe num ber of ladles to visit thfe well known store and the elaborate display of millinery was the subject of admira tion. Miss. Hattie Henby. the head milliner. Is to be congratulated on what she Is showing this season. Bach season this department at the Hub becomes more popular. The opening continues through Friday. All ladies invited to attend. *7 KtflOHTB OP PYTHIA*. ^ Th.re will be special decrefc wort to*lfkt In the or^er of the Knight* of Vytkl*.. A (oil attendant, la de aired. and all .honld be prMent. Tbe? an mow onlr fowr prtaonn FARM PRODUCTS ? Census Bureau's Ststeneiit Coo centos Methods. SHOULD FARMERS REPLY TIM Value of Farm Product* tx Made the Subject for Careful CVnulderv Hon b y the Ceanu Department ? High Pricci Jv?m to PreraJl.on a Par la All Section* of Country. Washington, D. C., March 17 ? |Q qulries hare been made of the Cen aua Bureau whether farm products should be valued bj farmers. Id re plying to census enumerators, at the general wholesale prices or at the actual price* obtained by the pro ducer. It was pointed out by the In quirers that many farmers sell a proportion of their eggs for breeding, at much higher than the regular price. Other* sell part or all of their milk, butter and cream, at retail. Quite a number sell pure-bred lire stock of rariona kinds at more or less fancy prices. The bureau's cor-1 respondents are of the opinion that If sales are quoted In this wsy lu the census, reports, the results might be somewhat* uncertain as ?a basis for the sjA*rag& market ffrl<*e. Responding to these Inquiries, Census 'Director Durand states that in forming its Inquiries and instruc tions With reference to the ralue of domestic animals and fowls, the Census Bureau must- necessarily fol low the lines laid down in the law governing its action. That law re quires the bureau to ascertain the number and value of animals and fowls. It Is the amount at which the animals and fowls can be sold. Good pure-blooded animals will sell for more, and thus have a- greater value, than the poor animals. Where there are many pure-blooded, the arerage will be higher than where the op posite condition of affairs prevails, but, as a matter of fact, the pure blooded animals are so thoroughly distributed that they left no appreci able influence upon the average pub lished by tbq Twelfth Census, except in the case of the young colts of the State of New Jersey. appreciable influence on the average oxlce or value of eggs, milk, or butter la observed in consequence of the practice mentioned by the l?r qulrers. The high-priced eggs, milk, butter, etc.. are found about 4s much in one part of the country as In an other. The average which the census will publlstv is not that of a particu lar claas of eggs, bufc~ef all eggs pro duced. It is the same ror all animals, fowls and animal products. The rel ative number and value of the ani mals and products to which specific attention has been called does not etert, for the country as a whole or for many of the States, an influence | sufficient to make the average pub lished by the census materially dif ferent from the average msrket prices. VERTIGO | The Keeper of the Waahlnjctun Bridge | Painfull/ Hurt Yesterday Morn ing While Attending Bridge. Mr. H. D. G . Hill, the keeper of the Washington bridge, yesterday morn ing while attending to his duties was attaqked with vertigo. He fell In the house adjacent the draw. Inflict ing a long gash on his head. Last night he had another attack but was saved from Injury by the presence of Mr. George 8tyron. HAIR TUBUS WHITE IN SINGLE | NIGHT. Richmond. Va., Marrh 16. ? By _ harrowing adventure wiy* flre and cold, Stephen. Green's hair turned in s night ' from coal black to snow white. More than that, Green's looks, once kinky aa Is the characteristic* of his race, are now straight as any white man's. Green and a -compan ion. while hunting In the woods, lay down and slept before their camp Are. Green awakened with his cloth ing In flames. He ran four miles through t^e snow for help, tearing off his burning ferments *? iie ran. When he reached b.elp he was almost nude. ' TUG NINA 18 GIV^N UP. Washington, March 16. ? The. Ill starred naval tug Nlaa which sailed sway from Norfolk Februsry 6 for Boston by sn official order, was stricken from 0* nsval list today This constitutes an official declara tion by the navy department that the little vessel Is lost with all on bosrd. In scoordanee with law the mi* at will pay tha aegt of kls orf the . cers'and crew ths ass's full for six months from this date.' After LESSONS FROM 1909 COTTON CROP ? i* Cooperative Demonstration Work of the Department of LAST YEA* TAUGHT A MOST VALUABLE LESSON Mr. M. A. Br-lfi fiplllal Aflat In Charge of Hie Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work, lTrge? That Every Farmer In Moutlwru Htatee Eaett Kvery Kflort to Hake a Haaaer Crop of all Farm Staplm OP P In Forepart or the Heaaon WU1 Check Uie Weevils? Several Man An Advanced bj Department of Agriculture. The MMon of 1909, whils on? of the wont wo have ever known for the cotton crop In nil hut (ho Atlan tic State*, taught some valuable loa ms: "rtt It demonatrgtsd that a crop of cotton. under heavy boll weevil Infestation, could be SMtfa after July 1, provided the farmers'plck up the punctured aquaroe and work the teld Intensively. In fact, there were very few holla on the cotton plants In Louisiana and southwest Mississippi $m July l, 1*09. The leather then became dry and warm, and auch aa followed the Instructions of the gov ernment demonstration Work made a fair crop of cotton, both on the allu vial bottoms and on the hill lands, and the planters who' failed to follow auch instructions made very little. Louisiana has always had years of a short cotton crop, duo to adverse weather conditions. The crop of 1905, though practically unaffected by the weevil, was only 511.738 bales, which la leaa than half the product of 1904. Owing to loaa or labor and fear of the bott weevil, at^out thirty per cent leaa than nor mal acreage was planted to cotton In 1909 and when practically no cotton waa made up to July 1, aucb was the alarm that a large area of cotton waa plowed up and planted to other cfops. The amount plowed up or abandoned la estimated by good judges at fo^ty per cent. But allow that it. waa twenty per cent, deduct ing from the probable crop in such a season, to-wlt. 511.738 bales, the thirty per cent not pUtated and twenty per cent plow.sd op or aban doned, and tbe crop of Louiaiana, without allowing anything for weevil damage, ahould have been about ?286,574 bales. As far can be as certained the crop nai, I Tl 000 bales. This clearly proves thst tbe fright Is more damaging than the weevil. . *% The second Item empbaalsed by tbe experience of 1909 is the impor tance of picking up and burning the frtnctured squares. There never had been any question but picking up the squares in the fore part of the sea son would check the weevils, but It was proven in 1909 that it was effec tive after the Held was fully Infested If rapid cultivation was continued. The third item of value demon strated by the season of 1909 la the Importance of having the land well drained so the crop can be worked as soon as the rain ceases. Under boll weevil conditions the heavy black land and the poorly drained fields should be devoted to other crops, be cause intensive working of ttw crop is a necessity. There must be no weeds and no grass in the crop. Fourth. The past season has aid- 1 ed Its conclusive testimony in favor of the plan for making cotton under , boll weevil Infestation which plan,! approved by the United* States De partment of Agriculture, is as fol lows: ^ 1. The destruction of the weevils in the fall by burning all rubbish and material In and about the field which might serve for hibernating quarters iof the weevils, and breaking (plow ' ' ? . L . .5 ' ? .. Ins) the soil as deep as condition^ will allow. t. The shallow winter cultivation! of the soli If no cover crop Is used. J. Delaying the planting till the soil and temperature .are warm ( enough to make It safe. j 4* The planting of early-maturing varieties of cotton. 6. The use of fertilisers. | |. 6. Leaving more space between! the rows, and on ordinary uplands having a greater distance between plants in the row than Is usually al lowed. 7. The use of the action harrow before *nd after planting and on the, young cotton. , I " *8. Intensive shallow cultivation. | 9. Agitation of the stalks by means of brush attached to the cultivator. ^ 10. Picking up and burning thei squares that fall under weevil con ditions. especially; during the first | thirty or forty days of Infestation. I 11. Controlling the growth of the plant If excessive by deep and close cultivation while the plant Is young. 12. Selecting the. seed. 13. The rotation of crops and t^e use of legumes. It will be noted that the system,! ?s outlined, has a two-fold object: i(ll To reduce the number o ( weevils and (5) to aid oarly maturity. The foregoing method* may require mod Ideation to iult the aoll and climate. Where there is too much food and a surplus of moisture available for cot ton In any soil, common sense dic tates that these condltlona should not be Increased by deep fall breakings. We therefore advise the following plan under boll weevil conditions on such lands: ; Burn all the cotton stalks, and after ibe weevils have gone Into win der quarters burn all the rubbish In IstfSlBO.* I*. #?? ? earl* in the fall -is possible. In the spring, i>?? on th?. flrm ground, giving more space between the rows, prepare a good seed bed before planting and maintain ridge cultivation through the season. The torcglng l? especial ly for lands where, under weevil con ditions. there Is an excess of plant growth. Fifth. The lands must be well drained and no larger area planted i than can be Intensively worked. Sixth. All the supplies of food and forage must be raised at home and can be on the lands not planted to cotton. ? * Seventh. It I" practically ?afe to make advances In boll weevil terri tory If the tanner follows Govern ment Instmel.ous. Egthi There should be a rigid I system of Inspection to sec that the Government plan Is followed The ureal drouth and the Intense heat In July and Ausu?i last year throughout Texas and Oklahoma ac centuated the Importance of deeper tillage and more thorough prepara tion of the soli. I 1 ask -very agent o? tiie Farmers Cooperative Demonstrative Work and every farter 111 the Southern States to do his best to make a ban ner crop of all farm staples in 1910. S. A. KN.Art . j Special Agent in Charge. Prospects of National Legis lation for Anti-Saloon League While there Is a universal cry go ing on. not only In our State, but In all the other dry territory of the na tion. Against the protection that the interstate commerce laws give the liquor traffic, the National Antl-Sa loon League and other temperance organisations are hard at work to se cure relief. There 'has already been introduced at the present Congress, the "Langley-Curtis anti-saloon l$a igue Interstate liquor shipment bill." Senate bill No. aad House bill No. ftlCt. The bUl reads as follow^ "To reg ulate the Interstate commerce ship ment of IntoitntlDi U*uors." Be Jt enacted by tfc* Scute and Houm of R?pre*ootaMva* of the United State* of America la Congreaa aaaeahlod: That any person. Ira. corporation . common carrier. or aay a?enoy of Intaratate commerce who ?hall ahlp. laiiim. or othanrlae transport aay dlatUUd, malt, .lama, or iitafetatlil liquor (rom any 8tate. I ments ore transportation of such liquor cannot legally be made from one point to another within such State, territory or district of the United States to which such liquor is consigned, or to any place In such 8tate. territory or district of the United 8tates to which such ship ments ar transportation of such cannot legally be made from another point within the same State, territory or district of the United States, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 0b fined not less than $600 nor more than $1,000 for the first offense, and for the sec ond offense not. less than $1,000 nor more than $6,000 and Imprisoned for |ft term of not less than six months nor more than Iwo years." This bill provides for the direct exercise of congressional power by prohlfcltlag transportation of lienor I rota outaldo a Stats to point* to wkfck ilqnor eaaaot to tacallr treoa port*4 from another point within tko ana* ttat*. tt ta calculated to a? P?7 ta tot* prohibition Statn* u< FONFILS mis __ Stat* Llbrsry Teddy Not to Retuni Home by the Back Door. GOES DIRECTTO NEW YORK If He lie (urn* Home rim Han Fran cisco, He Could Not Reach New York In Time For His Bon's Mar riage ? Real I lesson Is He l>ue (iKF.SK. A large number of wild geese ur-j rived In the market this morning fori sale from the sound. .AC "('KITS POSITION. Mr. Robert Bogart has accepted a position with the Washington Drug Store, where he will be pleased to see his many friends. .MILL1XKRV DISPLAY. The display of spring and summer millinery will be on exhibition *t T. W. Phillips & Co.. beginning next Monday. Ail are invited to inspect. One of Baitlmorc'K most artistic trim mers Is in chai RKSl'MKS HUSINK8S. Mr. Suffold Miles has (f Kannffs, a tried and tested friend of every reasonable temperance move ment. I believe that this bill is the thing for North Carolina, and. therefore, we desire to give all of our Influence to aid Its t?a=s*ge. Wo would advise those, who favor such measure, to send personal letters to their con gressmen and senators and ask them td use their Influence to aid thla leg islation, giving ibem the name and number of the blll^. We also advise o*r confer?Mvtu:. conventions, aya oda and othtfr cbnrch gatherings to pass resolutions and reports asking for the puwcc v; thla bill. 1 believe If the forces of righteousness will put fotth atreauous efforts for tin PMaage of thli Mil. that it can be se cured through the praaaat ce a gross, and It aot la the very Mr (ttaf*. 1 cf??B*L STRIKE ? ? i There Are Small Prospects of Peace Now. SITUATION IS UNCHANGED [Onljr ? Kurtden Change of Front on the Part of the Tran.it Company Cmm Keep Back a Ktate-w Ide Strike ? All Prospect* of Peace Are Now Shattered. \ Philadelphia, March *16. ? A gen eral strike throughout the United States, meeting millions of workers was today predicted as the direct outcome of the Philadelphia general strike and the immineat state-wide strike. While the members of every union In Pennsylvania were voting on an immediate state-wide strike. Hugh Barron, secretary-treasurer of the car meiTs union, fald? "We are on the verge of a national Btrlke. If. this matter Ib not quickly settled, within a short time every union man in the country will be call ed out. Unionism Ib passing through a crisis, and the struggle here Is but the opening gun In a mighty battle for the life of organized labor In the nation." No Prospects of Peace Now. Only a sudden change of front on the part of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, absolutely revers ing the past and present attitude of the company, can avert a state-wide general strike In sympathy with th?? Philadelphia car men. All prospects of peace are shattered, and today the unions are preparing for the most gigantic labor struggle America has ever" seen. The tenatlve conference brought about between the transportation company officials atid the. strike lead ers have been repudiated by the for mer. and the outside efforts to bring on an amicable settlement have been abandoned or are admittedly hope lees. Throughout Pennsylvania the unions today began voting on the genernl strike following the order issued by President E- E. Greena walt of the State Federation of La bor. MEETING There Will lie ? Meeting of tlie - Chamber of Commerce m Their Rooms Prida? On tomorrow evening at g o'clock there will be the regular semi-month ry meeting of the Chamber of Com merce at their rooms to which every member la urged to be present There is business of much Importance to be transacted. Several of the com mittees will make their report. All ment^jlfs^ interested In their report shpuld be present. MARRIED LAST NICJHT. Mr. Henry Swanner and Miss Amanda Water*, were happily mar ried at the home of the bride's fath er. Mr. F. H. Waters, of Slatestone. last evening. Justice of the Peace Charles Singleton performed the cer emony. The Dally News extends congratulations. A woman's faith in her Intuition may be due to her inability to re member the numerous times it went wrong. ? Chicago News. THE GREEN*. Quite a number of "Washington's citizens are today wearing the green, for It Is St. Patrick's Day. The sons of the Emerald Isle are always loyal when March 17 rolls around. It is said, according to the early English calendars, that March 17 was the date on which Noah entered the ark. As to this assertion we cannot say. all we know Ib that when St. Patricks comes the loyal sons of Old Ireland are always found "wearln* o' the green." "The lllllcs may droop and their leaves decay. The rose from its stem may never; The shamrock and thistle may fade ?way, But the stars will shine forever." ? New Advertisements -? n Today's News ? ? Oem Theater. ? ? Gaiety Theater. } * ? ? Basaar ? New Arrivals. ? ? Bo wera- Lewis Co. ? Men's Kas- ? ? ?/; ter Clothes? ? ?' Jefferson Furniture Co. ? Mat- ? ? tings. ? ? J. JC. Hoyt ? Ladles' 8ulta. Ac. ? ? Mrs. Summers' Remedies. ? ? Partalan Sage. ? ? Card a I. ? ? Doan s Kidaey pilta. ? ? Mother Gray powders. ? ? Wright's Tallortm* Parlors? ? ? *??"#?#???????? ,