BID CROP 61 SHOW!!
BY SECRETARY' V1LSOH
$485,000,000 Increase in ' Farm
Products, Report Shows.
CEREAL VALUES FALL Of F
Jfeetl of Local Meat Inspection ' is
Urged Agricultural Explorers
Kind Valuable New Plants
Some Records Broken.
Washington, D. C The tenth an
nual report of Secretary .of. Agricul
ture Wilson was presented to Presi
dent Roosevelt. It describes he
measures to enforce the new meat in-
norttnn ojid nurd fonil In
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tains a detailed description of cur-
rent crop , and live stock conditions,
The new form of spelling is used in
the report, such terms, occurring 'as
'drest
wxu, i
"past by Congress," "dropt,"; "thru,"
and: "lookt." ' - .
. The laws made by Congress at its
last session, . Secretary Wilson says,,
have required and received', special
attention. The meat law is being en
forced and inspection is. now made in
over- a thousand houses Not: less
-than thirteen hundred experts v have
been added to the inspection forced
..The economic revolution in" the art
nave a iarm vame oi fo,i94,uuu,uuu.
This is $485,000,000 above the value
ot 1905, $635,000,000 above that of
1904, $877,000,000 above that of
1903, and $2,077,000,000 above the
census of 1899. '
While the value - of all cereals
"dropt" about $40,000,000 below the
total of 1905, and about $12,000,000
below the total of 1904, the number
of bushels for 1906, which was
4,688,000,000, was 120,000,000 bush
els above the yield of 1905, 570,000,
000 above the yield of 1904 and
835,000,000 bushels above the yield
of 1903.
Corn remains by far the most val
uable crop, estimated at. $1,100, 000,
000. Next comes the cotton crop,
which, including seed, should be
worth to the growers nearly $640, -000,000.
The value of hay, which is
third in order, approaches $600,000,
000. Wheat may be worth $450,
000,000; oats $300,000,000, potatoes
$150,000,000. i
iariey, wun a vaiue oi oo,uuu,
000,. shows a gain of twenty-one per
cent, in production in the past seven
years. The tobacco - crop ; will be
, worth about $55,000,000. A remark
able development is that of the sugar
"beet, now the ninth crop in value.
The production in 1906 is placed at
345,000 long tons, valued: at $34,
000,000. The value of all kinds of
sugar and molasses aggregates $75,
000,000. Passing to the Bureau of Animal
Industry, Secretary Wilson says the
Federal meat inspection was conduct
ed at 163 establishments in dfty-
tucioi uicai lusuckuuu nets tuuuuti" i
eignt cities, and 42,901,284 animals
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were inspected at the time of slaugh
ter. This represents the greatest
amount of work done in any one
year since the inspection was inaugu
rated in 1891.
Of the animals inspected 158,953 j
carcasses and 126,159 Darts of car-
A ne economic reyomuon m ine art i chemical Manager Kunze. had just
:and science of agriculture continued as3ured there was no further danger,
during; 1906, .Secretary. Wilson xon- ( Kunze himself was blown to atoms.
illr'11! tremendus i;tSultS,n Bierman, the manager of a nelgh
the National prosperity.- The value - boring steel foundry, was killed. Di
of crops continues to rush,, forward rector Franke of tne roburite , f ac
beyond comprehension, and Crops are tory was 'severely injured. Owing
straining the freightarrying ability to the explosion demolishing many
of the railroads. - . . . - - j nQuses..and unroofing others, huuf
Taken at that point in production dreds bf.'persons.are homeless. The
At which they acquire commercial impre'ssion prevails that the explo.
value, the farm products of the year ! sIon was the work ot a crIminai.
casses were condemned for disease or ! which seventy Italians were riding
other cause. The total cost of the home from work on the tracks. This
meat inspection, including the micro-1 backed down into a gravel train
scopic inspection of pork for export, i moving in the opposite direction,
was $852,561.70. The Secretary, When the foreigners saw their man
however, urges the need of local in- gled comrades under the wreckage
apection. j they drew knives, picked up pieces
The farm still overshadows the of wreckage and started for the en-
mill, the factory and the workshop i
in providing exports, and with his
surplus beyond the nation's need the
farmer has loaded the fleets of
oceans. For the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1906, this surplus has been
exported to the value of nine hun
dred and seventy-six millions, the
largest amount ever reached by agri
cultural exports for this or any other
country and exceeding the export
value of 1901, previously the record
year.
Five thousand seven hundred and
forty-nine samples of imported food
products were examined in the , fis
cal year. Of the 1246 samples which
were found not to comply with the
law, 531 were released without prej
udice, because it was evident that no
intent to defraud existed; 577 were
admitted, after being relabeled so as
to comply' with the provisions of the
law; 138 invoices were required to
le reshipped beyond the jurisdiction
of the United States.
The effect of the food-insDection
law on foreign commerce has been
salutary, the report says. In many
cases food products which were for
merly very generally misbranded are
now .found to be almost universally
ree or suspicion.
The search by' agricultural exnlor- .
era in foreign lands for new crops ;
has been continued. A trained man
has spent the last year in the culti-i
vaiea neias and wild mountains of 1
North China anA ManAhnrla coarMi.
ing for new plants and seeds worthy
to be transplanted to' this country
and for wild forma of our cultivated
fruits and vegetables which may have
Characters of hardiness . or unusual
Fish Trust in Boston.
Boston fish dealers are said to have
Jiff , eA a trust with $5,000,000
i ' ,their Plan beins to take over
practically the whole of the New
England fishing industry. -Larcesf
rwn rro . -
,The beet 8USar output of Michigan !
will exceed all records this year. j
Railroads Busy. I
anroad congestion continues to
retard deliveries.
the plant breeders of the United
States. - - -
,; Shipments of scions arid of seeds
renresentine hundreds of interesting
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things have been' sent " in, and are
now growing in the trial gardens of
;the department. Among the things
obtained are new; hardy Pekin per
simmon varieties, Interesting . vrvrie-'
t ties of the English walnut, the Chi
I nese pistache, wild and cultivated ap
ricots, the wild peach, from its sup
posed original home; hardy apnles
ana eaibie-iruited aawthorns, millets
, and fieH beans, a lawn sedge, that
1 is promising, and a very remarkable
lot of Chinese grape varieties, not
to mention a most' unusually interest
ing collection of ornamental trees
. and shrubs suited to .the climate of
the Eastern and Middle States. V
FIFTY KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Blowup in Roburite Factory Shakes
Large Section of Germany.
Berlin. Two terrific explosions
shortly after 8 o'clock p. m.. in ao-
burite factory between . Witten and
Annen, Westphalia,- completely
wrecked Annen. Every window was
shattered as far as Dortmund, which
I? fivev !Ies Vlrimt.ll-e tHry; an
r Tt 1a nfflMftiTv statprt that tvontv.
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six persons were killed and fifty se
verely and , one i hundred; slightly
wounded. Crowds gathered at the
scene of the disaster "and some of
the incidents were, heartbreaking.
The official j figures refer to the
bodies recovered.. The dead are put
unofficially at fifty.
The second explosion killed or in
jured many of the onlookers, v. horn
JAPAN MUCH DISTURBED.
Consul General Miller Thinks She
Might Fight on the Calif ornia Issue.
San t Francisco. According to the
statement of Harry B. Miller, United
States Consul General at Yokohama,
Japan is prepared to use her mili
tary and naval strength, if necessary,
to fight the discrimination that has
been "made by the San Francisco
Board of Education against Japan
ese who want to attend our schools
with white children. . Mr. Miller, vho
has been on a visit to his home in
Eugene, Oregon, is here under or
ders from Washington to look Into
the difficulty prior to his return to
Japan. He will meet . the School
Board.
"The Japanese are highly incensed
over this affair," he said, "and to
save the national dignity are willing
to go to war. They feel that they
are powerful in their military and
naval departments, and open com
ment is made on the probability of
a show of fight to, compel the Amer
ican people to cease discrimination
against the Japanese."
THREE " KILLED "'i N ' WRECK.
Italian Laborers Try to Take Ven
geance For Deaths on Engineers.
New Haven, Conn. Italian labor-
era nttpmntp1 to ntnh thA pnHnpprs
w . o
of two work trains which collided in
J. . W A K m m.--. -.X
the cut here, when three of their
number were killed and four serious
ly injured.
Both locomotive drivers fled, leav
ing their firemen and other train
hands to care for the engines.
One train consisted of an engine,
a flat car and a passenger coach in
gines,. The engineers and .firemen
saw them coming and fled to the
streets. A mistake in signals caused
the collision.
BANDITS ESCAPE THE ROPE.
Jury Recommends' Clemency For Al
leged Train Robbers.
East Las Vegas, N. M. James
Black, John Black and John i.ur-
I phy, who have been on trial for sev
eral days, charged with holding up
a train at Logan, N. M., in July,1904,
were found guilty, but clemency was
recommended. The robbery was com
mitted by the three men, and the two
Black boys and Murphy were cap
tured in Oklahoma and returned here
for trial.. Two mistrials resulted.
The theory of the prosecution wa3
that James Black, John- Murphy and
Tom Boswell, who was later shot in
attempting to break jail, committed
the robbery, and that John Black
conspired with them.
Train robbery is a capital offense
in New Mexico.
Children Drowned While Skating. .
At Wallace, Idaho, three children
of Titus Blessing and "Len" Rellam,
sixteen years om, were arownea in
Medimont Lake, while skating, the
ce breaking. Several other chil-
U1C" w"w xc" 1 w
reSCUeQ.
Elisha Dyer Dies In Providence.
Elisha Dyer, Mayor of Providence,
R. I., and former Governor of Rhode
Island, died suddenly , of heart dis-
Girl's Mysterious Death.
Apparently strangled to death and
maltreated, the body of MIss Dona
Gilman was found in a clump of
bushes at Dayton, Ohio.
Manufacturing Activity. "
Manufacturing activity, is un
checked, and is especially noticeable
in Iron and steel and textiles.
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Record Holiday Trade.
Holiday trade is already under
way and promises to surpass air pre
vious records.
STATEMENT OP OPERATOR.
5 S-
i.
Says He is Not Responsible For,
i Wreck and Could Prove Claim If
Given Opportunity to be Heard. .
. Lynchburg, .Va., Special.-Opera-tor
G. D.' Mottox, who is chained by
officials of the Southern Railway
Company with being responsible for
Thursday's ' wreck, ten miles, belov'
Lynchburg, when ssen Sunday at his
borne, eight miles from here, by the
representative of the Associated
Press, made the following statement
in his own behalf: , ,
' ' The statement . of officials of the
Southern Railway that I have been
missing:" since the wreck of j Thursday
morning and cbiild not be -found, al
though detectives of the company
were scouring ' the, country f or ine'is
without the slightest foundation. 1
have been at my boarding place prac-
tically all of the time since the acci
dent: .This is' the first - statement "It
have been asked to . make about th)
matter and you (referring to the re
porter) are, the first .person that I
know of "that has asked for. me.
' On' ihe night" preceding, the' wreck
I attended a box party in the neigh
borhood with friends, thVday opera
tor working for me until l returned' to
the office about midnight. The night,
being chilly the operator, L. Clemmer;
decided 'to remain at the office until
6 o'clock. He returned at 7 andTe
lieved me, suggesting that I go home,
because it was apparent, to him that
I had passed through; in. the. previous
hour. I did 'this and-remained at
home the entire day. About 6 o'clock:
getting my. usual midnight lunch' 2
started for the station to report' for
night duty. -Reaching" . the office - 1.
saw a large crowd congregated out
side and .ironi what 1 heard I con
cluded it would be best for me not
to go in the office.' I learned from the
day operator that another operatoi
had been sent to relieve me and this
is all the notice I have had that my
services were not wanted that night.
After that I returned and slept the
night through.
"I am not to blame for the wreck
and I think I would have no trouble
to substantiate this claim if given the
opportunity to be heard. Operator
Clemmer and a student operator. wero
both in the office and heard the oper
ator at Lawyers give me a clear track
for No. 33 (the train to which Presir
dent Spencer's car was attached.)
This was at 6 o'clock, as the block
sheet in the office will show. If my
recollection serves me right, No. 33
passed Rangoon at 6:06 and I report
ed this to Lawyers. I cannot recall
that the operator there signed for th&
report, but it was his business to be
there to take the report. I let No.
33 in the block because Lawyers gave
me the right of way for the train.
When No. 37 (which collided with
the rear of No. 33) left Wilmers (the
first block station north of Rangoon)
I began to call for Lawver 's. Icqn
finued! to, call until the train -was
nearly in sight of my office C".d got
Lawyers just' as 37 was coming in
sight. He gave me a clear block for
No. 37 at 6 :12. I remember the time"
very distinctly and the train passed
the block at 6 :14. As No. 37 was
passing Rangoon I was talking to the
operator at Lawyers. He wanted to
know when No. 33 was by me. I told
him at the time my sheet shows, but
I cannot recall the minute.
'Then I asked him, "When by
you', and he said by, " but did not
give me the time. I did not give No.
37 a clear block until the operator at
Lawyers gave me authority and I can
prove this by Operator Clemmer and
by the student operator, who has been
studying at the office for the past
year. When No. 37 had entered the
block Lawyers told me that No. 33
was by and when I asked him the
time so I could record it, he opened
his key and did not reply. No. 37
had gone then.
"I do not feel responsible for the
accident and I have been and am
new where the railway detectives or,
authorities can find me at any time.
I have no desire to get -away, but
would court an investigation to clear
the matter up."
Not What He Expected.
The visitor from Mars, who hap
pened to land in the heart of a great
city, found himself in a scene of ter
rifying noise and confusion.
Pedestrians were hurrying for their
Uvea, to escape from being run over
by street cars, automobiles and great
truck wagons. Elevated trains were
thundering overhead. Stmall boys, in
a high state of excitement, were run
ning hither and thither, carrying bun
dles of papers that looked as if they,
were printed with blood instead of
ink, and yelling at the stop of their
voices:
"Uxtry!- Double murder on de nort
side! Big steal In de county buildln!
Tur'ble railroad accident! Many lives
lost! - All 'bout de etrike! Bloody '
riot,"
"Move along there, dang yez!"
growled a stalwart policeman, grab
bing him by the collar and giving him
a shove. . "Ye're obsthructln the side
walk!?. ;
"Great Jupiter!" muttered the vis
itor. "Is this the beautiful, heavenly
planet I have been all my life want-"
ing to live on! I wish I could go
back!" V "'
But his wish was vain. He had
come without a return ticket. Chi
cago Tribune.
'The cook is queen,,? says the De
troit Free Press. Nobody minds her
wearing the i crown. -The chief objec
tion is to her being a confirmed ah
dtaator. . -
PRESIDE! JT SPEtlCER DIES
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Ul RAILROAD WRECK
Head of the Southern and Three
-- Guests Meet Death. '
OPERATOR'S ERROR THE CAUSE
Rear End Collision on President's
j Own Line Claims Seven Victims
General Philip" Schuyler, of
New York, Perishes by Fire.
Lynchburg', Va. Samuel Spencer,
president ( of the. Southern- Railwayi
one of the foremost railroad men of
the country and friend and associ
ate ,. of J. " Plerpbnt " JJorganfor , . a
score of 'years, was ; killed on his
own railroad in a Thanksgiving Day
horror that probably has never been
equalled. .
General .Philip Schuyler, grandson
of General Schuyler of Revolutionary-
fame and grandnephew ol Alexr
sender Hamilton, who was accompany
ing President Spencer-on' a hunting
trip , to the:latter's; lodge at Friend
ship, N. C, also lost his life, in the
rear end collision, in which seven
persons were killed and eleven seri
ously injured. i, . ;
! ; The. seven lives were crushed out
in the private car of President
Spencer. . . ' " ' ' r
Mr. Spencer was killed instantly
while i he slept and his body - was
charred almost beyond recognition
by, the, flumes.. that consumed his car
Immediately, after the collision;
The dead: "President Samue
Spencer, New York City;c. General
Philip ' Schuyler,.: New York ! City;
Charles t. Fisher, Baltimore; Fran
cis T. Redwood, Baltimore; D. W.
Davis, of -Alexandria, Va., private
dispatcher to President Spencer; J.
W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N. C,
fireman; badly crushed and both legs
broken, died later in Lynchburg
hospital. - s
- An unknown person, whose head
and limbs are burned off short, who
is believed to be the third porter on
the private car. 5
E. A. Merrill, Mr. Spencer's private
secretary, was badly- burned about
the head and arms. Willis J. Win
stonj of No. 233 East 127th. street.
New York, suffered a broken leg. The
other injured persons were negroes.
The accident, the worst that has
occurred on the Southern road . in
many years and practically unpar
alleled in railway accident history
in that it cost the life of the presi
dent of the road on which it occurred,
seems to have been due to a mistake
by the operator of the block . signal
at Rangoon, four miles north of the
scene of the accident, in letting the
second train through before his
block was cleared. Mattox, the
operator, disappeared.
H. B. Spencer, who is a vice-president,
of the Southern . Railway and
the son of President Spencer, was a
passenger on. the northbound train
from the South which- reached the
scene of the wreck soon after it oc
curred. He spent several hours there
until the charred remains of his
father were taken from under the
locomotive and then he came to the
city 'with them and those of the
others of President Spencer's party.
Samuel Spencer was regarded as
perhaps the biggest figure in the rail
road and unancial world that the
South has ever produced. He was
fifty-nine years old and in the height
of his career. Mr. Spencer was born
in Columbus, Ga., the son of juam
bert and Vernona - Spencer. His
father was a prosperous storekeeper.
As a mere youth he shouldered his
father's musket and went to the
front as a private in the Nelson itan
gers, and independent company of
Confederate cavalry, operating on
scout duty. After serving for. sev
eral months with the Nelson Rangers
he joined General Forrest's cavalry
troop, and later served under General
Hood in Atlanta and in the cam
paign about Nashville. At the close
of the war young Spencer entered
the University of Georgia, taking a
civil engineering course. He married
Miss Vivian Bennlng, of Georgia, in
1872. He is survived by his wife
and three children Henry B. -Spencer,
sixth vice-president and general
manager of the Southern Railway;
Vivian Spencer and Mrs. James T.
Lang, Jr., wife of the vice-president
of the Michigan Central.
The interests of the South were al
ways prime considerations with Mr.
fcjpencer, and he probably ?did as
much as any other one man to pro
mote the So'uth'Si industrial, devel
opment. He was regarded as one of
the most democratic railroad presi
dents in America.
DIES TO SAVE FRIEND.
Girl Pushes Her From Harm to Be
Herself Killed. .
Crestont Ohio. In saving the life
of Miss Nettie Mclntyre, a g'rl friend,
from death by a fast Erie passenger
train, Miss Nellie Carter, daughter
of Judge Carter, was struck by the
train and Instantly . killed. Miss
Mclntyre was uninjured.
The two young women, . insepar
able companions, went for a walk
and on their return strolled along
the railroad track to take a - short
cut to theCarter residence. They
were so engrossed in conversation
that they did not notice the approach,
of the passenger train. behind them.
Jligh Price" For Peanut Crop.:
The -peanut growers of Virginia
and North Carolina' will demand five
and a half cents a pound for prime
grade peanuts of this year's crop.
Failing to receive this price io the
open market the growers are pledged
to hold the entire output The grow
ing rop is short and inferior.
Vermont Bees Not So Busyl
- Vermont reports , that the hees
have not been so active in that State
the past season as usual. - .
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Jls now reaay Iorpuslness nave uu mcir-iibt suiuc - uasuiuu u-?
buildinp; :iots and form lans. Also houses to rent
Prof ossional Ccxrclci
H. S. Anflerson : r
Attorney and Caaacellor at Xaw '
Hendersonville. N. C. -
Removed to ofSce. over new bsc
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OfSce in Bank of Hendersonyilie Bldj-
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G. H. Valentls
Holmes & Valentino
- Office over Bank of Hendersonville
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Office over ? Bank of Hendersonvilla
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. Hendersonville
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MONO GRAM7 COFFEC
Evolution In Coffee Blendlnj 1 '
Evolution has . beoome the lea&rt
science of the world' and the ! principUt ',
of it can be . applied to 'the uhfoldrar! i
of everything in accordance with lntsLj
gent a e signs, wnicn. is ever aaapiizrr
one thln.tcr another to make fiecetssx'
and more harmonious ends meet. w
; Will there be further evolutlen la'
Coffee Routing and Blendinfff We ka
a a a . -: . a a T
Heve we now have this art toperfecuesk
and reouest everv user of coffee to f2.
that they fret the celebrated :f v
Monogram Coffee "
Sold in 1 and 3 lb.' cans only, never se! "
in bul k. Ask your grocer for Monogf Xm .
Coffee. 5 " - ' "
T. W. WAQENEE & CO.
New fleat Market
k Hendersonville and Flat Rock
Notice'' ' :
Is hereby given that we haveopes
ed first-class meat . markets la
the above places and . solicit , &
share of your patronage. J&rvsf
variety of an up-to-date marked
production and prompt delivery
guaranteed to all customers.
, Hendersonville market adjoh .
ing Dotson's store ; Flat. Roc2
Hart building,
Phone 25. $
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