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BHAVSINHJI, MAHARAJAH OF HAVNAGAR r, the ordinary courteslea of life which re Inherent In the oriental 'of the noble type they ar doubtless better fitted than their forefathers were to realize and discbarge the obligations that lie upon them,as responsible administrators. Aa leaders of society In their own territories some of them have Bet noble examples In the way of social and educational reforms by breaking through old customs and superetltlons which have cramped the Uvea of their women for centurlea. , The compiler of -the hletory himself haa been one of them, and the be stowal of the coveted distinction of the crown of India on the Maharanee of Bhavnagar by his majesty at the Imperial Durbar was a fitting recognition of her husband'a efforts to elevate the status of Indian women. Besides being a successful administrator the"?MaharaJah BhaVstnhjl la fond of. liter-1 ary pursuits aa the history of his alma mater tesqnes, ana ne aeservea 10 be congratulated on the many-sided proofs he baa been giving of the benefit he derived from bla training there. He la, moreover, a keen .lover ot music, a tearless rider, and an excellent shot' VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN TO TAKE REST Although the family and physician of Vice President Sherman declare he haa ao tar recovered from his recent Illness that his condition Is no longer dangerous, It is certain he will not return to Washington during this ses sion of congress and will take no ac tive part in the campaign. For the first time in thirty years ho haa been forced to give up all atten tion either to business .or politics and Is compelled to take a'tborough rest cure. , For a time his 'family feared- the notification of his nomination, which will take place at Utica, N. Y., August 21, would have to be deferred. Thla was after Mr. Sherman was stricken with heart trouble, the first time In his life there had been detected any weakness of that organ, at hlj sum mer home at Big Moose lake, June 26. He was removed immediately to his home at Utica, as it waa believed the high altitude had an injurious effect For a time his condition waa such as to alarm his friends, but for the last few days he -has been decidedly better, and haa been able to take automobile rides every day. He.ls permitted to see his friends, but-it must be in the afternoon, and all business matters are tabooed. The local committee is going ahead with the arrangements tor the noti fication, and if bis Improvement is as marked as it has been for the laat few weeks, there is .no reason to think the arrangements will have to be changed. ' "I am not at liberty to say much about Mr. Sherman's condition," said Dr. H. Peck, bla physician, the other day, "but "I can say there has been a decided Improvement I see now no reason why the notification cannot take place on August 21, as arranged. That Is a month from how, and there Is every reason to believe he will be much Improved. "I shall, however, forbid him taking any part In the campaign this year." PRINCE. KATSURA OF entanglement which taught, both na tlons the necessity for a close union ot forces. : . London advices assert that the new agreement Is an exemplification of the treaty of Portsmouth between Russia and Japan. It is said 'that some ot the articles will be expunged and restated In a form, confirming to Japan her Liao-Tung peninsular lease, allowing both signatories greater military freedom1 In Manchurlan development and sanctioning the building ot a new stragetlc railway. - .; .-':; The opinion prevails that Japan will have confirmed All .of her terri tory south ot the parallel 44, east ot longitude lit, giving her paramount Influence over and enabling her to dominate Peking, while Russia will have complete liberty of action in all' of the, Chinese territory, outside the great wall and west of the Japanese tone. ' j - , Also that Japan formally accepts the Russian twelve-mile limit In terri torial waters and supports the construction by Russia of the, Klakhta railway tn Siberia. , x V , . i ' Novel Boudoir Clock. Among curious clock novelties Is the shadow boudoir clock. With it there is no need ot getting up to strike a light or turn on the bulb. All that Is necessary is to touch a. button and the time is flashed on the wall, after the same fashion that signs are f ''.!( 1 c"i the sMrtwaJk. When the f i n r c ! fa c' 'it-' s ha t'i-rs a , , i)', it. ;i It' ate r i a ! i ! M : 3 1 '.t T j , f l f 1 t. a l.-r-.s . i . : - c t t' -ne Th publication of th history of th Rajkumar college of KathaVwar In western India has drawn lntd promt bant notice the movement for th,d ucation of th chief a and princes' of India which 'was commanoad half-a-century ago on tha model of tha English publlo schools, Tha work, which baa been sumptuously got up. gives a complete record ot the growth of the movement up. to .date and serves aa a book of reference w .v I7v 5 .-. H.n, workh carried on In that aemlnary and the two generation of youths who bare paaaed through Ua portala. in wis way it amply testifies "to the auccesa which haa been achieved by the Insti tutlon alnce Us foundation, ot which many of .the reigning chiefs of west . em India themselves furnish living examples. , Aa a rule the present generation of Arte princes may be regarded aa a notable improvement upon their pre decessors of haff-a-century back, for although it may not be possioie oy tire metboda of western education f Inculcate In. them a higher degree of JAPAN VISITS CZAR Aft 'timtrni&S' f The present visit to Russia of the Japanese statesman, Prince Katsura, is a momentous development toward completing the final details ot the defensive alliance pact between Rus sia and Japan.. , r The actual agreement between the ' former enemies ''was concluded same time ago and probably will be signed SOOn.. . , The agreement conslsuoT two parts, one dealing with the delimita tion of the spheres of influence' of Russia and Japan lh Mongolia and Manchuria, which la similar In scop and character-to the Anglo-Russian accord ot August 81, 1907, regarding Persia. The second 'part deals with the duty of the two nations for a Joint defense lb case either power tsj attacked. ; VI ' The RussoJapant.se .agreement of July 4, 1910, providing for the main tenance Jointly ot the status quo In ' Manchuria, was a- direct result of the Ill-fated neutralization 'scheme for the , Manchurlan railroads, and the pres- ' ent one was the outcome of a long ' 'Almost the Limit In Invention, -A log of wood .and a roH of paper aire placed In a . new ' match-making machine, and when human hands next touch the material It U all bound up In packages containing one gross ot boxes of matches, ready for the con sumer. During the process the ma chine cuts the wood Into proper lengths, su!;! the fjifls, counts them, mates t" a paper box t, prints the labels on them, ZAs eaea, ! t aod racks them. The machine t.,i " -n I ''tented ty a Korw'aa match vv..a- inillfflE ALLEGED SENDER OF LIAGHINE POLICE OF TWO STATE WORKING WITH HIGH POINT OFFICERS . - ' ON TaJE CASE. WAS TRACED TO ASHEVILLE Tha Developments Came With' Rapid: Ity and Grave Charges 8tfJed Work o Authorities. People Are Wrought ftp Over The Affair. .Rlelgh.-q. special from Greens- working under the direction of Chief of Police Ridge of, High Point. Joined in an effort to locate Ed R. Mo- i Intyre, a well-to-do young man of High Point, who Is wanted by : Guilford cunty authorities upon ' a warrant charging the sending of an Infernal machine to Miss OUIe Hoover, a pret ty -and prominently connected young woman of High Point The development in the -case came with a rapidity which vied in startling ness with the grave chargea. Epito mized, the-: work developed the fact that the package while shipped t through the- Tbpmasvllle office, was sent by a Hign 1'olnt man ratner than a Thomaaville man that it .was addressed to "OUIe Hoover" ' rather than to "Charlie Hoover" as wayblll ed by the Thomasvllle express clerk. Then 'the admission of Chief Ridge that his men - were seeking Ed R. Mclntyre aa the sender ot the pack age. In rapid order came the informa tlon that during last fall. Mclntyre's attention to Miss. .Hoover had been rejected, that he had been warned not to further annoy her, that fn turn he had warned her that be "would blow her up with a machine whicn he had," that secret service men had been successful In an effort to estab lish authorship by Mclntyre of an anonymous and threatening letter di rected to Miss Hoover. Want Both Townships Into Durham. There If a Movement on foot among ttty people' of Dutchvllle township of Granville county, to hare that sec tion of Granville take 'Into Durham county by the next Legislature. - A number of the'Creedmoor people, who were in Durham, said that so far as they knew every man In the whole township was in tavor of coming Into Durham county. They not only want the educational advantages JTTered by this county, and some of the benefits of a pretty good sized road fund,' but they also claim that their tax rate is so J)igh In eranvjlle that they wish to get into, Durham, They say that the people of the city of Durham do not pay a higher tax rate than they are charged-.by the county authorities of Granville. v To Go Amonjj Unsolved Mysteries. . Numbering among the unsolved mysteries of Hendersonville'ls the rail road accident which occurred at Hen dersonvllleiwhen under most 'unusual circumstances W. W. Laaever, of Con nelly Springs, and Ed. McLean, of Ashevllle, flagman and breakman ot the Southern Railway Company, re spectively, were seriously, if not fa tally injured The accident occurred Just north of the passenger depot Laaever goffering the loss of his leg and McLean suffering injuries in ous way.' The peculiar curve in the tracks a few. yards from the depot It Is believed, is lesponaible (or the ac cident " ; A . Politics' In Wake Count, . . Declaring alleglanceto the Repub lican platform, and the Republlcafl candidates named by the convention held at Chicago, and naming Thurs day, August 29, as the date of the county convention of the Wake County Republican executive committee,'- of wilch W. i. Andrews Is - chairman, which, met . recently in' the chamber of commerce rooms. The county con vention is called to meet at noon on August' 29 in the auditorium.' Investigating Disease of Cattle. . : Dr. W. G. ' Chriaman,, of Raleigh, state veterinarian, spent a part of a day recently in Caldwell county inves tigating the . disease . among cattle known as stomatlc or sore mouth. He found the disease quite. prevalent here and' Dr. Wilson, thet local veterinarian, says that more than halt of the cattle in the county are suffering from it Mah people are being greatly incon venKced because .of the existence of the disease among the milk cattle. There' is a scarcity, of milk and but tre hero now. .. ' . i . Sunday School Association. Under the auspices of . the North Carolina 8unday school , Association, which held Its annual meeting In Ashevllle, a' party composed of fifteen Sabath Bchool workers from various f parts of the state Is visltink seven of the counties of western North 0r- cafee to HendersonvlUe and surren ollna for the nurpose of holding meet-' dered to Sheriff Blackwelk - He was lngs in the interest of the. work In this, state! The paity4ncludeV speak rs, musicians and afenograhpher. The assoolatlons are-jlnterdenomajtionnl and the meetlngiAsTe ppe. tb1 th' pub lie,. ' - . '.v-, 'iii 'i t ';' Convict Killed' by Guard. ' 'Solomon Sheperd, the - half-witted negro, who two or three years ago confessed to the killing of Engineer Holt in Durham, was shot and killed by a convict guard, when he made a break for liberty while working on the construction of the Aberdeen & Rock fish Railroad, aix miles west of Fayet teville,' with a force of convicts from the state ponife't". ry. fVrwd was serving a 1; "a r !, l' 1 I r I ran wSva Vs c i v 1 1 ; -parr.:: ry t)l . i t) I GENERAL R.LLEINSJER DEAD Head of North Carolina . National Guard Passed' Away at Wllmlng ton Brief Outline of Career. . Raleigh. Shocking news ot the death of General R L. Lelnster, adju tant general ot tha North Carolina National Guard,, died in Washington. -He-'was stricken with paralyse" sev eral days ago In Wilmington en 'routs to Fort Caswejr to visit the coast ar tillery In practice camp. The "remains were carried to Stat sv)ll for fntennent : News of the death was a great shock to state officers and others. He .was born In Statesvllle In .1877. H military career dates from early youth when he waa made drummer boy tor the Statesvllle company, in mental quartermaster; sergeant Jor of the first Infantry in April, 18J8; captain of Co. E. First Infantry in 19SI; ' regimental , adjutant ' April 1903; major and assistant adjutant general February, 190S. He was detailed for duty as assist - ant adjutant general by Governor Glenn and Kitchln and commission' ed as successor to the lamented Gen. J. F. Arm field as adjutant general Nor. 15,. 1910,.He served in the Spanish-American War. He was married to Miss Lucy. Hall, who with three chil dren survive. North Carolina Enterprises. The following charters"Ior new coi porations were granted recently: The North Carolina Optical Society (Inc.), of Raleigh, . Incorporators, Frank M. Jolly, Nathan Rosensteln, J. W. Tay lor, and others, for bringing about higher standard of education " and training for practitioners ot optome try and general improvement of the 'profession, The Southefn Christian Publishing ' Company, Elon College, capital ftOOtfOOO authorised and $.500 subcribed by J. O. Atkinson, Elon College, and Charles A. Hlnes, Greens Coro. The Norllna Warehouse and Gin Company, Norllna, capital f5,000, by Brinkley Mercantile Co., Henderson, capital 115,000, by T. B. Bullock and others. The E. A. Smith Manufactur ing Company,' Charlotte, changes home office to Rhodhlss. . The State Fair Premium List The 1912 premium list of the great state Fair at Raleigh has Just been completed. The book ' contains 164 pages, outside of- the handsome cov ers printed in .two colors and showing the dates, of the fair, this year to be the week of October 14-15.. The book is well printed, as usual, on , good paper,- ana snows among .us musir tlons a fine out of the new poultry building, erected in 1911. 60" by 150 feet which harmonises so' well with' the concrete sglcultural building, "put up in 1910. T.here Is also a picture of the solid silver 3100.00 pitcher, offered tor sweepstakes In horticulture. This handsome trophy has to be won two consecutive years by the same exhibi tor before it becomes the property of the winner. " Farmers Institute In Rowan. A farmers' Institute held at Wood leaf, Rowan county, .by the state de partment of agriculture waa .largely attended by farmers from Rowan. Da vie and Iredell counties. Improving land was discussed by A. L. Burgess, of the state department; raising stock by R. W. Scott of Alamance county; poultry raising, by Prof. J. P. Kerr, ot the A. and M. College at Raleigh; tireless cooker, by Miss Lucy Webb; yari-4educatlon on the farm, by Miss Mary DeVant About 400 farmers listened with great interest to the addresses. To Have Good Roads Meeting.' Interest in the good roads 'move ment In. Rowan 'county has apparent ly lagged since the Charlotte conven tion,, but in a few days all of, the township chairmen will be asked by the president. to call township' meet ings (anj 'arrangements will be made for " 'the - cbnvention to be held in Salisbury some time soon. The con- ventlonwlll be well advertised, some leading , godd road speakers will be present and it la hoped to have one of the strongest organisations in th state.', '; V;':'. . T Robeson County Primary, - V- In the Robeson county .Democratic primary tha . following , nominations were made: Senate, G. B. McLeod; for one of the representatives in the lowe -house of the legislature, H. C. McNair; treasurer, M. G. McKensfe; register, of deeds, ..Thomas N. Hlg ley; sheriff, R. E. Lewis; coroner, G. E.'Ranckev -Sr.; county commission ers, C. 3. Townaend, Roy McNairr and A. J. Floyd;. road commissioners, . W. P. McAllister, Dr. 3. P. Brown,- A. U BuUock, M. L. Alford, Paisley McMil lan and J. A Johnson..- - Govan Step Killed by Brother. After threatening to Txill his mother Govan Stepp turned upon his brother, Klmaey Stepp, with a rasor and as a result died Instantly from a gunshot wound in his breast, received at" the hands of his brother. Klmsey 8tepp inslich a hysterical condition that he would not talk. It Is alleged that Go van Stepp was drinking and threaten ed la kllTkfs mother when Klmsey in- -tercel ed'Ko be turned noon by his en raged brother with, a razor. . The 8tate Farmers' Alliance. - 'The first session of the annual meeting, of the State Farmers' Alli ance -was held at Killsbora A splen did attendance was preseht. to hear the address Of President J. M. Mitch ell, who confined his remarks to lest than ten minutes. lie pleaded tor edu cation of the c . ses and declared that this is a i lve age, one demanding that t a f. rmers kep "'-.t of the v - -r f -1 e s 1 ; j 1 r t r. f" "- a rore '1 t t-j A Till ROBBERY j k MASKED ROBBER ENTERS THE EXPRESS CAR AND HOLDS UP THE MESSENGER. ' SECURED. $3,000 IN CASH Southern Train Was looted at Bllfc mors. Number 13, Spartanburg to , Ashevllls Was Running' any Hour Late at Tims of Hold Up, . ' Ashevllle. A Ion train robber, masked and armed, boarded Southern Railway train No. IS, Spartanburg to Ashevlllfe, as it was leaving; BUtmore, miles from this city, and covering the express messenger, B. F. Carr, of Marlon, with a revolver secured a package containing $3,000 in. bills. The robber then commanded Carr to get in the express chest which he had Just rifled and locked him in it It 1 Is presumed that the robber left the 1 train as it slowed up for the Ashe vllle yards. When the train arrived at the Ashe vllle station express employees found Carr locked in the cheat When re leased, the express messenger was unable to give a description ot his as sailant saying that the latter was completely, masked, , The train was an hour late at BUt more, a fact which the local police department say the robber was aware of. The express messenger says be had Just finished arranging bis pack ages, preparatory to leaving the train at Ashevllle, when be was confront ecf by a masked stranger with a load ed revolver, who -demanded his mon ey.., Carr states that the robber then bound his hands and forced him (Carr) to get Into the chest which ha locked. 1 " - " The alarm was , quickly - given at Ashevllle and several policemen were sent toward BUtmore' on a special train., .Other members of the force boarded train No. ' 35, which leaves Ashevllle at 10:50. Jt was thought that the 'robber might have attempt ed to escape on this train. - At at last report the police and express officials were still without a clue. . Destroy Large IIHcit Still. HendersonvlUe. One ot the largest and best equipped stills dver destroy ed In this section was put out Of com mission in the Chunn's Grove section of Polk county; where from 7,000 to 8,000. gallons of beer, ten bushels ot meal and five bushels of corn malt were destroyed, together with the plant which was ot a 240-gallon capac ity. The copper still was so large that the officers did not take it away with them after cutting several holes In: ft' Officers making the rail report that the plant was hot from operation, and that the ' equipment destroyed would represent a loss of about 1390. No arrests were made. Eastern Carolina' Fair. . . New Bern. Craven county had . a memorable day due to the fact that ground was broken for the erection of the Eastern North Carolina fair. The matter of reviving the old New. Bern fair was taken up several months ago, and although at times it seemed like the project. would be a failure, there w.ere men -at its bead who refused to be thwarted in their purpose of reviv ing the fair and it is mainly due to their untiring efforts that the present condition exists. The matter was fin ally taken ' up by. a number of. local capitalists and a stock company was. organized. Of Interest to Dealers In Honey. Ashevllle. A meeting of unusual Importance to dealers In honey, of the western part of the state will be held at Black Mountain in the near fu ture, when persona who are interested In, this industry will form an organisa tion, the purpose of which will be the betterment of market conditions and the improvement of bee culture. Sub jects in various departments of tha work will be discussed by men of ex perience along their lines and tha meeting promises to be a very suc cessful one. ' .; Campaign In Harnett County. ' Dunn. The Democrats of Harnett county met in convention t Isling ton and named the following ticket: E. F. Toung ,ot Dunn, for the legisla ture; Allen M. Shaw, of Lilllngton, for register of deeds; I. W. Smith, of Duke, for ' sheriff; D. B. Stewart of Broadway township, for treasurer; 3. H. Williams, of. Linden, B. F. Wil liams of Aqgler; P. F. Pope of Coats, T. A Harrington of Harrington, and M. J. Senter of Klpllngr for commis sioners, v The convention was a largo and enthusiastic one. ' , i Randolph Teachers' Institute. : Asheboro. The. Randolph - county teachers' institute is now,- in session here' .under the leadership, of Prof. O. V. Wooeley and Miss Pearl Cross, In structors, -who have had much expe rience. It is stated- by some visitors who have atended other Institutes that the teachers are taking more interest and doing better work than at any in stitute they had ever seen before. Randolph' has good, consecrated teacBers and It is a , regret Jhatthey. eannot.be paid better salaries; There are about 125 enrolled. " ' ,v - V Anson'a Superintendent of Schools. Ratflgh. To fill the unexpired term of Prof. J. C. Crawford, of Anson county, who was superintendent of public schools until his" death two weeks ago, the state department of public Instruction reports the appoint ment of PanI J. Klker, ot Anson, as the successor of Mr. Crawford. Mr. fCilier is a graduate of Trinity in the 1911 class. He is a noted athlete and perhaps the beet t"-- '..tha!l center that the cu'.'i tve produced. He was bur,.A.s bs.m; r cf the Chronl c, to" ...a w.tek'y. . LITTLE NATION OF ANDORRA Republic la a Veritable Rip Van Wliv fcle Land Hidden High Among , the Pyrenees. Paris, France. There is nothing else in the world quite like the little "pro tected republlo" of Andorra, a verita ble Rip Van Winkle land, hardly yet stirring from Its thousand years', slum ber, and tn Its dreams it still hears echoing tha march ot the valiant pala dins of Charlemagne, by whoae help it came into being.. But It is likely to waken soon .'and be made to realise that It, too, belongs to the 20th cen tury. For a railroad is being built across the Pyrenees -Just esst of An dorra, and then will be sura to come a wagon road the valley can be en tared now only by a bridle path from the railroad Into Its midst Perched np among the Pyrenees, on the border between France and Spain and on tha ridge ot the watershed be- Old Stronghold lnAndorra. tween the Atlantic and the Mediter ranean, the flag of this proud little na tion flutters over a region that Is al most as much the land of the free and quite as much the home ot the brave as Is that of the Stars and Stripes, al- inougo it memoes but 17Fsquare miles and contains a population of only ,000 souls;' . For1 over 700 years Andorra has thrived under a modified double pro tectorate, the rule ot France on the north and ot the Bishop of Ungel on the south. A representative of each lives tn the valley, administers Justice and receive a small biennial tribute. Otherwise Andorra Is an Independent and self-governing state. Its relations to these two "over-lords" are a quaint survival of medieval feudalism,. , FINDS HIS LONG-LOST RING Msn Gets Wedding Band Burled Sand Three Years at King's Beach in Massachusetts. In Boston, Mass. Three years ago this summer J.' Franklin Brown, now head bookkeeper In a shoe factory at Chelsea,' lost a wedding ring while in bathing on King's Beach, Swamp sott, Today 'he has the ring, and be hind Its restoration Is a story of a bit of detective work. Two weeks ago Arthur Getchell, mall clerk in the Lynn postofflce, was rolling around on the beach In a bathing suit when the sandy recess In which the ring bad lain hidden for three years was exposed. The. only clue to tha identity of the owner was an Inscription on the Inside which read, "From Flossie to Frank, Oct 11, 1905." , . .. How to find the owner on such a meagre clue, when ' thousands bathe on the beach every summer, was the problem. . For a -.week . Getchell searched , every place that he could think of. ' Then, remembering the old adage about two heads being bet ter than one, he consulted a friend. George F. Alley, and, out of their conferences, 'a bright thought popped forth: "Why not look up the marriage records on that date," That settled it They found a Frank and a Flossie were married and Frank lived then at 63 Essex street, Lynn, from where he was traced. . Flossie, before she became Mrs. Brown, was Miss Lauckner of 41 Porter street, Lynn. FINDS GREAT STORE OF LOOT Stocks 'of 8llks and Sstuis Valued at $29,000 Is Discovered ' by Alert , Policeman. ,,' New York. A policeman passing a tall loft building on- Tenth avenua heard men's voices coming from, an upper floor, and broke in to investi gate. , In a closet on the fourth floor he found a muscular young man who Jumped at him so quickly that they both .rolled down three flights ot stairs together. The young man was underneath at the foot of the stairs, and was 'promptly handcuffed. A search of tha lofta revealed a great stack of silks and satins, valued . at 325,000, packed up ready to be taken away. The prisoner told the police later that three other men escaped while he was struggling on the stairs. They had an automobile outside the buUdlng to use In carrying oft their loot, he said. ..Sells Stove to See Show. Hardin, Colo. Daniel Hardin, a far mer, sold his cook stove that his wife and fiv.e children might see a circus performance. Hardin had promised his f amUy that they might see the show, but a hailstorm "a day or so ago destroyed his crops and left hfm without money for tickets. When a 'ditch crew bffered him 15 for bis stove he accepted. . . , No Pay Check, No Wash.-,,. Chicago. Judge Gemmlll of the do mestic relations court told "BUI" Coughenour if he didn't bring his wife his pay , check Saturday night she d)dn't have to wash his clothes. Use Barrel as Collection Plate. ' Waukegan,-m. Instead of a collec tion plate,, a barrel was used tor con tributions at theZion City tabernacle. Deacons announced that it contained V7.500. ' Hen Lays Hug Egg. Springfield. L, t A hen belong'?. to Stephen-Decker haa 1'I an t -.' eight and a half Inches irmirl .j weighing four and a half ounces. ' 5a.. -: jr$& Xffi 1st PARKTREES PERILED Fine Elms In New York Endan gered by Caterpillars.' Mora Spraying Is Needed but There Is Not Enough City Money to do This Thoroughly, Says Corn- ; . miasioner merer, ; - New Torku Tttttors to Central park within the last few days, and those who walk along the Fifth ave-- ui-uj para, nave oeen ap palled at the destruction dons to th fin elm trees by thousands ot cater pillars, remarks a writer in the New York-Tribune. They are th tussock moths,- long known among landscape r gardeners aa on of the most persls- ' th limits of Central park they seem , to have sprung Into life in unusually large number this year. Charles Downing Lay, th landscape architect ot th park, said recently that in a recent trip through the parks of Brooklyn and the Bronx he saw com paratively few of them.' E. S. Avery, who lives at the Metro- " nnlltjin nlnh nnA nth ImM of New York's fine trees, have called attention to this unfortunate state ot affairs, and have not hesitated to say' that unless the deadly moth situation is taken in hand quickly and forcibly Central park and other sections of Manhattan Island which possess hand.' some trees will see many of the best specimens degenerated to decaying stumps before th approach of anoth er, spring. - Landscape architects and authori ties on trees who wer asked yester day if It wer too" lata in th season to do anything to counteract the de structive effects ot theee pests 'said on the contrary that this was the time to get to work. As soon as the cater pillars emerge from their - cocoons, which tbey are now doing by the thousands, they start upward for th green leaves, upon which they feed, and then return to th trunk to lay. their eggs within the bark. If th trees are well sprayed with arsenate ot lead mixture they will die before denuding th tre partially of th leaves. I ' This spraying is the econd means Of eradicating th moths," said Wil liam J. Zartmann yesterday. For ten years he was superintendent of parks In Brooklyn. "My method of fighting the tussock moth has been' to have workmen clean off th trunk and branches thoroughly in the winter-, with .wire brushes. The small co coons are swept out of their hiding Vv - 'Typo.of Tress That Suffer. places, and, being caught pn pieces ; ot canvas under the tree, are then burned.' Thla is a laborious Job, for .' with large trees the men must get -up to the top and scrap all -th ' branches and one man $ cannot do much more ;than three trees a day. Th spraying comes when th moths first appear anywhere ' from . th end of June to the middle of July. ' If thoroughly applied by power spray ing machines to ivery part of the tree one good spraying ought to' be sufficient" ' v ' . . '. 1 : Mr. Zartmann figured out the ap proximate cost bt this work at about 11.30 a tree. The spraying '. is th most costly. A crew of five men and modern power spraying . machine, v he said, ought to clean about sixty -trees a day. , One or two years' work is not - enough," added Mr. Zartmann. "It must be faithfully followed out year after year, and, then, while we can-,- not prevent th appearance of these Insects entirely, tbey will be less In number and less destructive to th future beauty ot the trees.'-, . Park Commissioner' Stover, . when asked what was being done to1 kill off the moths and prevent their future propagation, said that he believed ev- ! erything that .could be done with th means at hand was ; being, ascom pllshed, and he added that spfaying machines wer' at work in several ' v parts' of th park. - T-.l ,1,. ...n,mflM lh. Mm.lH. .r ing elms s!ow Indications of other '- diseases noticeable by-' 'the ' iread i ' branches protruding In a moat unpic- turesque war from the sides and tops. ,-' ' ' ' ' Dies Laughing at Own Joke. Philadelphia, Pa. While laughing uproariously 'at one of his own JAes Robert M. Cunllffe, a retired Ironmas ter, was stricken with an attack of eart disease and died sud Jenly. .- ' First 6m at 1C3. Plymouth, Mass. Unci Tlldea Pierc. aged 100, r - "r played his f- t gi"-e tf f ' ' ' r 1" ' t? ' n t:s f 't ri.: ar.d t i L,t d.' 't i " , .- '
The News-Record (Marshall, N.C.)
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Aug. 23, 1912, edition 1
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