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h"o1 a C of Grzft But Ce of tam and faoi s PART!5AN-11P, MT CORRUPTAiON Reason 'cr the Summary Dismissal of P'lic Printer Palmer is Given by Pr:sident Roosevelt. Oy ster Iy, L. I., Special.-President Rocsevelt has made public the report of the Keep comntr a on its recent investga2tion of :. er in the Govern ment P:intinz Office at Washi:gtun. The ia;uiry was made by special di r'ectin of the President on account of a prozest vhich he had :ecei':ed from a protest which hehad received from of iicials c4 the Mergenthaler Typesetting \Iachine Company against the award of a contract by Public Printer Frank W. Palmer to the Lanston Monotype Com pany for 72 mahnes of its make. The Presi:e-nt decided, after an ex aimination of the Keep report, that the contract for the Lanston machines should s:and. The Keep commIssion repo:-ed that if the contract could be set aside. "such a course would be ad visable." although the commission states expressly that "no corrupt con sideraticn, payment or promise passed f:-om the Lanston Monotype Company to the public printer or to any person in the government service." It was developed by the investiga tion. however, that two important as sistants of the public printed were in mrectly interested in the Laston Com pany. iielr wives being stockholders thec~' Th1e cornmission shows that a fair and i-partial test of the Lanston and Merthaler machires was not made. and'reports that the purchase of so !ary a number of Lanston machines was irovident" and indicated "great artia and bias on the part of the pubic pri-ter." The commission re the purchasc as "maladministra The text of the President's mem orand:m upon the report follows: "Oyster Bay. Sept. 9. 1905. "The ronclusion of the committee are' hereby approved, save the latter part of ccnldusicn first. It does not appear that there is any question as to the validity of the contract in question. If it had ;ot been for the conduct of the Mergent haler Company in preferring the charge discussed by the committee in conclusion two, that of corruption. I should agree with the committee that it would be desirable to set aside the c-ontract. if sach course were legal. But second only to corruption in a public office in point of inquiry, comes making a baseless charge of corruption, and this is what the committee finds the Marganthaler Company has done in this case, its comments being in part: " 'In the light of the failure of the company to produce evidence of such corruption. it must be held that the charge was made recklessly and the Mergenthaler Company should be se verely. condemned for including such a charge in a formal communication to zhe, president of the United States made as a basis for official action on his part. It is fair also to the Lanston Moaetype Company to say that no evi den ce was produced by the Mergen thaler Company, nor was any obtained by the ecommittee in the course of its hearing, tending to show any promise. n)ayment or consideration of any kind whatsoever made by the Lanston Comn panay. or any of its officers or agents, to any person in the government ser vice.' "Had not this char:ge of cor:-uption been made I should have entirely agreed with the conclusion of the com mittee that if it were possible (which it is net) it vwould be desirable to can cel the contract in .uestion. "Pulic Printer Palmer has been re moved from office. The cases of the subo:dinates alluded to in the report must be taken up in connection with I the discipline and re-organization of the bu'reau when M:-. Palmer's suc cess or assumnes office. "THEODRORE ROOSEVELT. Referring to the allegation that Os car J. Ricketts was the candidate of the ?.erganthaler Company for Public Printer, the report says: "Questions we~e asked of the Public Printer. Mr'. Dove and General Michner, as to what grotunds they had for' thinking that the Mergenthaler Company was be hind Mr. Ricketts. The seasons given were cf an unsubstantial character and it is only .inst to Mr. Ricketts to say that there is not in the evidence taken before this committee anything to show an illezitimate connection between Mr. Rockets and the Mergenthaler Comn pany." Gomez on Paradie. Santiago do Cuba. By Cable.-General .seph Miguel Gomez. Governor of San ta Clara province and National Lib eral candlidate for presidency, and an t'o'r: of a thousand horsemen entered ihe city satu;rday morning and par raoeii. The Governor of this province and the maynr of the cit:y. anticipat irdisorder, made erO'orate police ar 'acments. but these were found to nr..czessary as there were no start relaider.ts. Governor Gomez was n a bliliant reception ut the San (os Club this afternoon and address ed meeting at a theatre at night. Suburbs Unsafe. T3ier. Special.-Samueli R .Cum mere?.~c American Minister and a rtumco Europ:ean Inha':ltants, have an'd their residenets In the sub "i's .Aremnoved to the ceonter of the t.owr. atie rcquest of the Moroccan ;uthOriti- whon said they wvere unable a r3r. theiir seuni'ty. owing to (Iatur"bedk 'dition of the? surronding distritS- vere fighting c'ontinues betwcen R:li's tribe and others. 'ill For Land Act. Lcr". C byofIeln. n Iiotes of Southern Cotton Mills and ( Other Manufacturing En-terprises Fountain 1n, S. C.-Tie Fountain inn Manufacturing Co.. has dhecided to add ,500 spindles. The company has erected a two-story 7~>x104 ad dition to its buih(ii2-s to receive the new spindles and preparatory ma chinery, and this equipment is now being placed in position. It is also adding G0 72-inch Jaeguard looms for weaving cotton dainasks and equip ping a dyehouse. J. R. Young, super intendent, made the plans for the limi provements, and is in charge of all the work connected therewith. The e cost of these betterments will amomit to about $50,000. The company has r( been operating 5,664 ring spindles o and 3,000 twisting spindles. manufac- I turing yearns. Its present enlarge- 5 ment is the second in five years under the same management. C. E. Gra ham is president, and R. L. Graham, S treasurer. 1 la Columbia, S. C.-The stockholders t, of the Olimpia Cotton Mils. met last T week, purpsuant to a resolution U adopted by the directors at a meeting a held on July 13. and voted an in- al crease in the capital stock to the r( amount of $3.000.00. The amount ti of the increase is $1S00.000. and is to be known as " irst preferred 0 stock.'' Practically all of this amount fa will be issued to the presen: holders ai of the first mortgage bonds. The hi company is practically reorganized. te Tie mill and equipment is in the best b physical condition and indications are that the demand for the product of a: the 100.320' spindles and 2,250 looms e will be satisfactory. : Textile Notes. hI The Lancaster, S. C.. Cotton Mills di has declared its unual semi-annual h dividend of 3 1-2 per cent. Ul The Eureaka Cotton Mills of Ches- b( ter, S. C.. has declared it;- asual semi- in annual dividend of ' 1-c' cent. m Messrs. Sanders. Si-i, N & Co., of b< Charlotte, N.C., will instali a bleach- b ing plant in their cotton-batting mill. This improvement will add largely to the mill's capacity, which is now 2. 500 pounds daily cotton batting and T mattress felts. The Eagle and Phoenix Mills of Columbus, Ga.. annonneed its fall p( prices on rope last week and on the so same day filed orders for 250,000 ed pounds of the, product. The rope 'S manufactured varies from three-six teenths to three-quarters of an inch in diameter.a The Pomona Cotton Mfanufacturing ed Co. of Greensboro. N. C., will roof in mill No. 2. which is 136x200 feet et in size, and fill it with machinery ? later on, after the first mill of 10.000 in spindles and 300 looms is finding ati ready market for its product of ex- a port sheetings andl drills. to A stock company has been organ- of ized at Clafton, Ga., to establish a to $100,000 cotton factory, and will be gin to erect its buildings next month. b A third cotton mill for Newberry, os S. C., is the latest announcement st aong the line of that city's progress O! and spirit. V Charles Iceman, the promoter ok w the cotton mill for Cheraw. S. C ., is tr looking over sites for the mill. It is sy said that sufficient capital has been m subscribed to build the mill at once. fr Capital $100.000.t Capitalists of Me'ridian. Miss.. dis- e gusted with eastern associates fail- th ing to put up $200,000 promised mon- he y, have assumed charge of the pro- be posed Beatrice Cotton Mills, costing f $00,000. Half the capitail is alreatdv tb raised, and the plaut will be bonded for the balance. e It may now be counted as an es tablished fact, that Cherrvville is to have her fourth cotton mill in the near future. A Winston special says: "C. B. 'I Watson left for Halifax county, Va.. Pi to appear for the defense in a .930,- at 000 dlamage suit, iustituted against w the big cotton mill at Roanoke Rap- tr ids. for which John Patterson, form- t erly of this city, is manager. The N ase is set for trial this week. The Saluda River Power Co. re- tv ports steady progress on the con- th struction of the dam for its watcr at power development five miles from to Greenville. The dam will be 3S fect C high, to develop 2300 horse-power. Tlfe work of installing the new electric lighting system in the White Oak Cotton Mis at Gr'een ;boro has dl een completed and neceptedl. The ti: plant is one of the largest in the to South. there being \n one oft the is rooms of the mill over 300) arc lights pc of 1.000 candle power ech. The s: system was installed under the direc- A: tion of Mr. W. RI. Chapmani. pi A Newber'ry, S. C. specti says-. A third cotton mill frNewherry i the latest announc'ement along t'he line of this city's progress and spirit.a A prominent citizen thoroughly alive a' to the interests of Newherry andl its b' people, stated thatt t he mill will t. be ereeted. It is probable that it w'ill-'a Ibe buiilt at Helena. *a small town ad- a jining this city. Newberry at pres A mills in the state. mE cellent ice.. Slice banar.as and sprin- f kle the slices with 1ernon juice. Place tr on the ice for an hour. then mat with a wooden spoon, and stir into the mixture three-quarters of a cup of powdered sugar and the beaten c whites of two eggs. Fre~ze for five C minuet. and add a pint. more or less. of whippe:d cream. and a cupful of chopedl Enalish walmn-3. from which. the shiras 'cave bee~n remtov.E' t is better to live one verse of the Si Bible than to be able to preach about 19 thm alld onditi-ns 4 Iteroately Worse arc. Better at Stricken Centers G6 US XX.'RK TO EXTERMINAIf unday's Reports Show That New Cases Arc Still Developing, Thcufl Not So Numerous. New Orleans. Special.-Oflcial re. ort to G p. ni.: New ca-es. 27: total. 2.289. Deaths. 7: total. 31G. New Foci. 11. Cases under treatment. 293: dis larged. 1,G77. The unfavorable part of the Sunday port is the unusually large number deaths. Another distinguished ember of the Roman Catholic clergy in the list. Father L. E. Green, of e Jesuit College. He diled at 4 o'clo:,-k nday afternoon, after being ill eact a week. He was struck with a chill st Sunday just after delivering a lec . ut nothing was thought of it. e next day he visited a room in the dlege which had been screened and ade ready for emergencies ia accord ice with the suggestion of Dr. White, id jokingly remarked to one of his >leagues that they had the room ady now and only needed the first pa ent. A few hours later he was the cupant. He was later transferred to te Hotel Dieu. He suffered from her complications whirh caused the tal ending. He was S years of age id a native of England. He had been re about two years and was a aeher in the branch school conducted the Jesuits on St. Philip street. There was not a single Italian name nong the other deaths. One occurr in the Emergency Hospital, one in giers and one in the French Asylum, i St. Ann street. Since the Marine Hospital Service is been in charge, the officers have scovered 57 foci infections, which is been of some standing and were iknwon except through the second y infection. The district officers have en especially ailigent in thus trac g up infection and this has been.the eans of checking what threatened to serious nests in different neigh ,hoods. 19 MEN BLOWN TO SHREDS. rrible Destruction Wrought by Powder Mi. Explosion. Connelsville, Pa.. Special.-The Rand )wder Mills at Fairchance, six miles uth at Uniontown. were entirely wip out by an explosion at 9.05 o'clock turday. Of the 32 men who went to >rk in the mill. 19 are known to be ad. Of these 13 have been identified. ne men. including C. M. Rand, man er of the plant. were seriously injur Scores of people in the town of Fair ane,. within half a mile of the pow rmills, were more or less painfully jured. The shock of the explosion was dis tetly felt in Connelsville, 20 miles .ay, building being rocked on their undations. At Uniontown hundreds panes of glass were broken. In the wn of Fairchancem there is scarcely a use that did not suffer damage. The Ses were battered as though axes had en used. Haystacks were .toppled 'er in the fields and live stock were inned. The rails of the Baltimore & to Railway and the West Pennsyli ,nia Traction Railway Company were oted from the road bed and traffic s delaved from four to six hours. nsfers being made over the Penn ivania- Thain No. 52 on the Balti ore nnd Ohio had a narrow escape 2m annihilation. It had just passed e Rand Mills when the explosion oc aches were shattered and passengers aches were shattered in passengers rer.wn into a panic. Had the train en a fe seconnds late it would have en blown up, as the mills were in a w rds off the track. A street car on e West Pennsylvania road had also ssed just a few seconds befo--e the plosion and was far away enough to ese) damage. though it was derailed. Purchased Term'inals. Birmingham. Ala., Special.-The Bir ingham Belt Railroad Company has rchased two hundred acres of land. Vilage Creek. near Birmingham. hirh will be utilized for terminals for al roads. The property extends from al roads. The property etends from arTh Birmingham to a point near the icmas furnaces, a distance of ahout - miles. The Belt Line is owned by e Frisco and the Illinois Central. .d has ust comnplcted arrangements entering Birmingham over the acks of the Frisco. Cotton Address Not Ready. Ashevile, Special.-The public ad 'es;s of the Southern Coaon Associa n will not be issued for a week or n days. The framingz of the address in the hands of a committee comn ted of Urown, of North Carolina: nith, of Son:h Carolina: Moodly. of baa; and McMartin, of Mib'sissip The aetual wording and vwriting of adccuerlt will be done by Mr. Mr Admits Wreckintg Train. ed 14 and John McDowell. aged 10, e'14 and .John McIJowell, age ' -. th clored, were arreste:l by Atlan :Coast Line Detertive L. B. Bryan td City Detective .L. T. Durst. The >s confesred that they wrecked the lantic Coast Line freight train in city limits Thunrsdaiy night .,y plac g spikes on the tracks. They want I o see how far the engine would mp. In 1he wreck Engineer Rad rd received serious injuries, and the ack was blocked for many hours. Notchez Has Two New Cases. Natchez. Miss.. Special-Two new .ses in on family. making one new 'Mus of1 ifc tion. were reprted Shv LV. The patienits, Ruby and .4C0 vto he ok where the fis ne cases for the last two weeks: no ths.-Mndiav was iunmigation diay. COTTON FOLKS MET Great Growers' Gathering At Ashe ville, North Carolina 12-CENT MEN ARiE IN TIlE MAJORITY Two Hundred Committteemen, Dele gates and Visitors Present at Open ing Session of Southern Cotton Growers' Convention -Fourteen Cotton-Growing States Represent ed. Asheville. Special.-The Southern Cotton Growers' Association, which convened at Kenilworth Inn Wednes day morning at 10:30 o'clock, with Presidcnt Harrie Jordan in the chair. is distinctly a meeting in the interest of the grower: it is a meetint. for which the manipulator has little use; it is a meeting that has little use for the manipulator; it is a meeting on which such men as Theodore H. Price may look in upon but whose voice must not be raised in its councils; it is a meeting composed of the bone and sinew of the South, the cotton produ cer; it is a meeting of intelligent men; it is a meeting of prospgrous men. In fact, it is a meeting to perpetuate the reign of "King Cott n," with the Southern Cotton Growers' Association as the power behind the throne. THE OPENING SESSION. When President Jordan rapped for order in the sun parlor of Kenilworth Inn he looked out upon an assembly of committeemen, delegates and visi tors to the number of fully 200. The attendance at the convention is gath ered from the 14 cotton growing States and Territories of the Union. They are here for business. They are repre sentatives of the most prosperous sec tion of the nation, the cotton beit of the South. They are all smiles and they intend to make the people on the other side" feel their power. Presi dent Jordan dispensed with a set speech. He stated in terse and concise language the purpose of the meeting; to hear discussion on conditions; to secure accurate statistics direct from the growers to fix the minimum price of cotton and to strengthen the asso ciation. At the conclusion of President Jor dan's remark J. A. Brown, of Chad burn, N. C., welcomed the convention on behalf of North Carolins. The question of fixing the minimum price of cotton was discussed at some length. It was 2nally agreed that each State delegation elect one mem ber to compose the minimum price committee and that this committee fix the minimum price and report to the executive committee of the asso clation. It was also agreed that the statistical committee and the minimum committee should hold joint sessions. The representatives selected to fix the minimum price of cotton are as fol lows: Brooks, of Alabama; Love, of Arkansas; Miller, of 'Georgia; Max well, of Louisiana; Witherspoon, of Mississippi; Allison, of North Caro lina; Smith, of South Carolina, chair man; Davis, of Tennessee; Hickey, of Texas, and Erwin, of Oklahoma. The committee appointed to issue an ad dress through the association is com posed of Brown, of North Carolina; MMartin, of Mississippi, and Smith, of South Caroilina. The establishment of a newspaper as an official organ for the Cotton Growers' Association, a question which was carried over from the Memphis meeting, came up for discussion. Ow ing to the absence of three members of the commi-.tee having the matter in charge, Mr. Mvoody, of Alabama, said he was unwilling to report. There appeared to be a decided sentiment against the establishment of such a paper, which was emphasized when A. L. Brook took the floor and spoke for an hour and a half against the prcposition. Mr. Brook said there was no necessity for a cotton growers' or gan, as the press of the South was do ing all in its power to advance the interests of the Southern cotton grow ers. At the conclusion of Mr. Brool('s speech, a motion to, adjourn till 10 o'clock the next morning was carried. The report of the committee on min hmum price will not be made unaW :ec morning session Thursday. Ther? arc two elements contending with each other. One is holding out for 12 cns. the other wants the price fixed a: cents. it is believed that the 121 cnt men are in the majority, and tha-I this will be the minimum price. There ia probability, however, of a comn :r::mise on 11 cents. The committee having in charge the ':zing of the minimum price of thc c ming cotton crop is as follows: rooks. of Alabama; Love. of Ar katisas: Miller, of Georgia: Maxwell. oj Louisiana: Witherspoon, of Mis sissippi; Allison, of North Carolina; nith. ci South Carolina: Davis, of Tennessee (chairman); Hickey, of Texas, and Erwin, of Oklahoma. Privt.te Car Line Rates. Washingto:a. Specil.-The Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line. the Central of Georgia. the Atchison. To peka & Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania have filed the3ir answers to the inquiry of the inter-State commerce commis sion~ concerning relations bet ween re f:-ierator lines and railroads. All ex c-et the last two mentioned declare that they are in no way responsible: for the chanres ma~de by the Armour Car Lines. More Dispensary Rottenness. Sumter. S. C.. Special.-Wednesday's two sessior.s of the disoensary investi gatng commission were prod uctive of evidnce endig t sho tha L.J. IWilliamus, recentiy defeated for Con g:-ec:s. iused his influence while chair man of thec S't'Ae board. to get count; c'-~cer' -rs to, act their friendls to th'e reisi th interen of the gubernato r acicy- o ec--gessman J. W. T Ci r, 'he rolticl tladiamr agaist he disiensry aid' vheatening to ru-n for Governo- on the prohibition n oatfrom WHAT TO n~Mws; 3 Some Ex:raordinary supertiiona es :Zardin= Thei Prevail in Samoa. It is 1nt'estila. to note t!iar to: Km mon: 1g th No" i n i ndi:':a eluin or tribe: hut it si:-tie.s a ;:reat delmor thtan ni:are pltiti.al orw smoi allianie. It is not onvy a triba en Wlm. but al-;o 1 fally S!-rl:. nt merely 1 sybiniul of iationality. biut al.) 'Inl ex'Pressiol of rei;:olhn: not sinm plly a1 bnd of uinionl amlon; imii P(Apels. but also a re;ulnator of the't unt: rriage laws. and of other socal in- i stitiltions, says a1 Wvriter in the June 3 Housekeeper. A totem has been Ov finedi as "a cass of nlterial ohje)cts. whioh a savage regrarlIs with super stitious respect. believing that there exists between him and every menler of the class an intimate and special relation." Amontg the Ojibway Indians. there are no fewer than twenty-three dif ferent totens. Nine of these are quad rupeds. marking out the wolf. the bear. thme beaver, and other clans. I ei;:ht are birds, live are fishes, and one < is the snake. Some extraordinary superstitions re garding totems prevail in Samoa. Thus, it is believed that if a Turt! man eats of a turtle. he will grcw very ill. and the voice of the turtle will be heard in his inside saying: "He ate me: I am killing him." If a Banana man uses a banana leaf for a cap. le becomes bald. If a Butterfly-man catches a butterfly, it strike him .dead. I If a Fowl-man eats a fowl, delirium and death result. And so on-all going to show that the totem has something 1 of the quality of a fetich as well as the significance of a family emblem. I Regarding totemisr4 it is to be noted that the relation of mutual help and protection includes also the totem it- 4 self; that is to say, if a man takes care of his totem, he erpects the to tem to return the compliment. If the totem is a dangerous animal. it must not hurt his clansmen. The Scorpion- 1 men of Senegambia declare that the most deadly scorpions will run over their bodies without hurting them. There is a Snake clan in Australia, which holds to a similar belie. Amcng ] the Crocodile clan of the ~3echuanas, a if a man is bitten by a crocodilO, or even has water splashed on him by one, he is expelled from the clan as one esteemed unworthy by the totem. -Housekeeper. Corrupt Giving. One of the effects of the generosity 1 of Lhe unjust. which .eserves more consideration that it get.:, is this: It loses the mouths of critics whose voices might otherwise be heard in ef fectual protest against public wrongs i or defects which cry for change in eco nomic conditions. Limit:ion of space confines the writer to c illustration. There was a public v-l'ation some years ago concerning a certain bill, involving a franchise of great value. which was being -r..vily lobbied through the New Yort Legslature. A movement was at once begun agains,t the measure, and du:ing i~s progress a gentleman standing justly high in pu~lic esteem, a man of unquestionable probity and of great in'itence was asked to take part in this protest. He remained in doubt for a few days and then declined. He was the president of an important charitable institution dependent largely for its zupport on the generosity of a particular donor, who was also the real sponsor for the grab bill. With what he conceived to be the prosperity of his in~aitution at stake, he could not feel it to be his duty per sonally to antagonize the corrupt sheme of the generous supporter of his institution.--George W. Alger, in the Atlantic. Forgot What Electricity Was. A Denver newspaper devotes a large space in an unavailing effort to answer a correspondent's question. "Does anyody know what electricity isp' As somebody has observed, that re minds us of a story. "There is now in Prineville, Ore.. a' lawyer who, sonme years ago, was a college student back East. One day n the classroom the subject of dis cussion was electricity. This studepit had read all lie could iind in his text bo0k about electricity. and considered himself primed for the occasion. Thea professor openeld the ball with this] direct question, flashed perempiltorsly at this narticular student: -Mr. Blank, can you tell us wvhat electricity is?' Mr. Blank squirmed in his seat.1 hemmed and hiawed for a time, and tally admitted: *I dii know. professor- but I've for SThe professor gazed at the student with an expression of unspeakable] sorrow. Thea he said sadly: "-Mr. Blank, you do not knor: what you have :e. Alas! what a sad loss t science: You are the only man that ever lived vwh' has: known whait etee trreity is-and you have forgotten. - Portland Oregonianl. Tnsuranlce Up.tO-1ate. The drop a nickel in the slot machine has been adapted to various and divers nrposs from selling collar buttons to disn )T-nsing guml andt for-tunc. 'out an enterprising bathing pavilion manager at Coney Island has brought in a new ide by providing an insurance policy fr the nlickel. The policy is for $500) fr the day issued, the date being re.F s. -red by an atutomlatic stamp. It :surs the bather cgaintst death by droowning. he proprie or re" ts :hat them chine has been showin:g a handsome profit on the investmlent. Thus far t there have been no claimanits for in-C ranee.I Save Us From Our Frlends. ie was a doctor wvitness in ant Irish I murder cas~e. andl~ was very anxious ta~t the Crown should let hinm go home as 1oo sii 1 poibile. So he~ got a fiend of his to pleatd in his favor. Ts was how' the frind did it: "tis this way. Attorneydeneral: 31v fred the doctor has been for e ears...o...r.I fr two old Ia des. If yon Oon' l .t hoim go home Ti morroTw. Le's afraid the ladies wvil get Ad that's why the doctor doesnt] .ak to his friend ~.Sortin:: Tjims.j I80UTHERN + 7OPICS OF i.TEREST TO THE PLANT, k Sheep R'ais-inz in the Soutb. I have wondered why .ames Wilson. e.eary of Agriculture. has never iven the powerfiul impulse of his pa ernalism to sheep raising in tb outh and its almost incomputable Po entialities. Certainly here is the line f "lenst reistance" to develop the )meiness. which. in turn, would give an mpetus to cognate or allied industries hat would put the South on a plane of levelopment almost as great as was ;iven by cotton manufacture. Here :ould be developed the business of 'aizing lambs for the early markets, orth and West. an industry kindred n its spirit to that of raising erly ruits and vegetables. Hlere could be aised wools that would furnish East rn manufacturers. Here would be the greatest centre )f manufacturing fine woolen fabrics )n the globe, for, with the cheapness >f lands South, the cheapness of labor, he healthfulness of sheep, the fineness )f their wool, given the same breed, no >e could bring to the manufacturers cre so fine a wool at so low a price. )f course woolen manufacturers would nove. South from New England and lsewhere to weave this wool, as cotton manufacturers have done in the case >f cotton. I have long regarded wool -aising and the manufacture of woolen oods in the South as among its great st unexploited resources and poten :ialities. But there is another aspect to this atter that makes sheep raising in the south a pressing necessity. Any one amiliar with the inroads the sawmills tre making-on our yellow pine areas )f the South and the effects on the to )ography this deforestation makes, nust vlew 'almost with dismay their uture condition. Our heavy precipi :ation, in conjunction with the rolling tnd hilly topograpby, sets the soil to vashing rapidly. The soil being sandy nore or less is soon gullied, and the and is washed into the valleys. The andscape is scarred and marred into insightliness, and, in many instances, :he ruin is irredeemable. This is pro :eeding at a fearful rate, and some arge and concerted action is necessary. The railroads, if they could only be nduced to reflect upon it, are most in :erested, for who will want to settle )n those cutover, unsightly areas when :he timber has been removed? 'At >resent they are having a fine business ,n the tonnage of the lumber these preat pine areas afford them from the nnumerable mills along their lines, >ut after the timber is exhausted.what hen? It is no answer to say that iuckers and fruit raisers will occupy them. They will do so, and have done so, in a measure, but they can only parsely populate the vast areas de spoiled by the sawmills. And, truth is, these very sandy lands, with a hilly topography, ought never to be broken. 'hey ought to be put down in Bermuda rass, red top or herd's dirass and white lover. These would furnish pasture or sheep the year round. - - Every considerable railroad in the outh might do an infinita service by iaving several experimental farms on their lines, where the finest wool breed >f sheep could be thus raised. They would soon be largely imitated. This is a needed diversification in Southern igriculture. Ere long woolen manu acturers would come in and prosper aus town would soon spring up, .where else some may be some day irreclaim ible wastes. As it is, there is room for many woolen factories in the Gulf States to ibsorb the .wool that is raised there ad carried at great cost to the great wool markets of Philadelphia and Bos ton, paying many tributes to middle ien before it reaches its consumers In the South as woven material. Of these wools the best are well known as lake wool, and have been long esteemed and bring a high price.-M. B. Hillyard, in h Tribune.Farmer. -Sweet Potatoes. C. R. Smith, of Texas, gives the fol 'owing advice on the planting of sweet 'otatoes: In discussing the sweet potato qures io, too much cannot be said on its be ialf, for there is no animal or fowl on :he farm but what relishes it, cooked >r raw, and a more toothsome or .whole ;ome diet is hard to find for man. For ~eeding stock, its value is about three ushels of potatoes to one of corn, but when we comne to the yield, it Is from Cour to eight times that of corn per ire; and no farmer that has a few icres of sandy land has any excuse for iot having some good feed for all ~inds of stock, and a nice dish of good ood on his table three times a day or six months in the year. So I will ;ive you what seems to me the best nethod of cultivation. I- know it will ot fit all cases and under all circum tances, but I believe it worthy of any me man's consideration. To prepare the sweet potato bed, dig ,t the earth three feet wide and six nhes deep, and as long as you need. [ill three inches with fresh stable anure, press down smooth, cover Pointed Paragraphs. Who'ver thinks he knows it all evi ently imagines there isn't much v'orth knowing. There is a certain brand of charity hat will give a man a crust and then teal his coat. A 4voman will do without some hing she needs in order to save mon-' 'y to purchase something she docsn 't Some women mourn the loss of a >ad husband more than some others lo the loss of a good one. B3oil the water--unless you prefer :o be an aquarium rather than a emetev. It takes a lot of philosophy to en tble a man to adminre a n'oman after e isovers that she has no earthly se for him. It 's easy for the average man to be ARM ~ UT R. STOCCfMA .NN9 yRUCK GRCWEV with loose soil two inehces deep. then lay potatoes on that along side of each other, not one on top of the other. Then cover with rich soil to the depth of three inches: keep bed moist as long as needed for slips. You can use vines cut ten inches long. Be sure to: bury two or three joints in setting out. In preparing the land. be sure you have it in good tilth. for there is -no crop that depends as much on well pul verized soil as the sweet potato. Make your ridges moderately high, smooth off with a light board that will cover three rows at a time. Now you are ready to set your slips any time you have moisture enough to make them live. In regard to cultivation, as SoonI as the plants take hold of the ground and show that they are going to live, it is time to commence cultivation, for you will find a first class stand of weeds and grass if you have any seed. Take off the outside feet of your cul tivator and put on two twelve or four teen inch sweeps on the inside feet. (Must have beams of inside feet hung on springs so as to give them a move-, ment in any dire'tion.) You must necessarily go slow. but you will- find with a little practice you can clean your drill. Then with a thirty-inch solid sweep once in the middle you will have your potatoes clean. Do this as often as the grass comes up until the vines get too long. Remove all grass or weeds that might be left by the plow with hand or hoe. Radishes and Peppers Profitable. 'A Louisianian bas the following tO ay of what he did .with early crops of radishes and peppers: In January last I planted Chinese giant sweet pepper seed in hotbed; as pepper plants grow very slowly at first and as it is 'not advisable to set themn out before all danger of frost has passed, I planted them with turnip radd ish seed the last of January. These[ did very well and most of the crop was shipped to Kansas City in sugar bar rels with about fifty pounds ice in eachi barrel. The first shipment was made March 9 and the last April 8. The, netted $SG.88. .1 Immediately upon clearing t ground of the radish crop I set out 4W. pepper plant, quite large by this time The plants were set two and a half feet asunder in rows three feet apartd and occupied about half of the radisli ground. A stake was driven at eachI plant at once and the plants tied se curely. After the p)ants had started growing I applied a small quantity of commercial fertilizer to each. The month of May .was very dry and Iwscompelled to water the plants separately .with hose attached to a force pump. Later, 'when rains came; - growth was fine. At first a Planet Jr. single wheel hoe was used, but .when . the plants became too large for this L used an ordinary garden hoe. As the plants grew it 'was necessary to eon' Ktinue tying them up, as they are very tender and easily broken by the wind. About the time the plants began toi fruit I applied a smalI shovelful of well rotted mnanure to each. As the season advanced the price of pepperS declined, until I received only six cents a dozen. My last sale, which was made November 21, brought total receipts-up; to $43.50. - ' The ground is cleared again a-nd sowed with mustard, which was off in time to follow the last of January 190, with radishes again. Decstroying Wild Cnions. 'A correspondent asks for a way of destroying wild onions. A heavy ap plication of salt to the ground occupied by the onions, or water at the boiling. point .will kill them.. It might be diffi cult to make this application on anyi large scale, however. We believe tli.tt the best way of dealing with the problem is by putting the ground so- troubled in some crop calling for clean eulture. No plant is known to us that can live through tils sort of treatment, and probably,. all things considered, it is the most eco nomical way of removing the difficulty. By it all undesirable vegetable growths can be brought to an end. Some plants are almost certain to be missed by anyi of the other methods employed with this obpect in view.-Home and Farm. -. rnling Borers. The various borers that infest fruit trees nearly always enter the tree bodies right at the surface of the ground, where the -bark is soft, and work upwards inside the wood. .A wire inserted in the hole made by them will usually destroy them and prevent further injury, and the work should be attended to in good season.:6 Trees Need Room. Give trees plenty of room If you would have them thrifty and vigorous nd bear large well matured fruit. It is better to err on the side of giving. oe room than is necessary, rather: than on the other.-Southernl Fruit Grower. Reflections of a Bachelor. It is easy to see the good points of the man on a pedestal. It's tough when a man has to give up good money for a tough steak. Eggs, like men, are often broke, but unlike men, they are never too frest. A sensible man never has any spare time to attend to otber people's bus iness unless- he is hiredi for the pur True love is founded on the rock of reverence. Men never realize the joys of labor util pay day. More corn grows in crooked rows than in straight ones. A charter is granted the Boylan PN'ree Corapany, of Ralcigh, capital $10,00,. to deal in dry goods. It lv~av. makes a mean marn happy to se anothert's misery, Nver (do today the tinkind things you could put off forever.