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LARGE CORN YIELDS Palmetto farmer Gives His Method DEEP AND CLOSE CULTIVATION He O-ained a Phenominal Yield by Prc:er Cultivation and Use of Fer''izers. 3 :: Hartsville (S. C. i Messen Ir -entlv Mr. E. iMfever William tn ol' Darlington Co uty. gies to1 I h' public a most valuable paper on ~*n ,!c u:.lture. In view of the iact <;a; the Southern Cotton Association ith last meeting held in New >rnea::sadopted resolutinis of vital b1e!po!rtance to the Southern fariers :4 'ug the most important of which Iat urging the farmers to diver L he'r crops and to plant corn and henrzgrainl erops sulfielent at least r hc.ms consurption. This article !! t ubject of corn culture by Mr. Woliamison is all the more important -m :terestingt. 3Mr. Weilliamso~n I- a anmber of years after I be :n to farm I followed the old time mwhd oF putting the feirtilized all meiur the corn, planting on a level or niher, si by three feet. pushing the p:)a;t from the start and making a e talk. 'it the ears ivere few and frcuuer?iv small. I 1:lautcd iuch '-11 .1 the spring and beught much mn ' arn the next sprin-z. unut il lin ; i j was driven to the conclusion :h:o .orn could not be made on up , ir. this section crt ainly not h. :h-- method except at a less. I did uct zive up1) however. for I ,row th1.at the farmer wlho (id ntt l- .is own corn i-ver hl sur --i and never woubld. s') I bean -xp'rimlent. F'i- .. I plhi-d lower. I the yeield was huItr. but the was still too hir:7L~. -, I diizcon - altOgether f1t applica11ll) oL or before planitin. :n kunw hrt all crops sholild he fertili ! some tine usedl mixed fertiliz -r .. side applicat in il applied I! rnore soluable niti rate oi soda b-. be guided in this Iy I'he excel results obtained iroin its use as dressing for ots. Still the d though regular. was not large. d the smallness of the stalk itself suggested that they should be ed thicker in the dill. This was hoi the next year with results so id--tory that I conitinued froin to year to increase the inumber o stalks and fertilizer. i ith which utain them, also to applynitrate so.cda at last plowing, and to. lay by a dy sowing peas broadcast. This n-thod steadily increased the yield ma i! year before last, (1904) which -'rn ecven inches apart in six foot - .ows ard $11 worth of fertilizer to -hec aere, I made S3 bushels averaging I thec acre. severel of myr best acres sae;ing as much as 1.25 bushels. ILas:. year. (1905) I followed the -amte :r-ethod, planting the first week SAr-ril, 70 acres which had p~roduei .h lhe y'ear before 1000 pounds see-t *I~ton per acre. The land sandy un ::ed. n'mewhat rollingt. Seasons very maverable, owing toe the tremnendous -:iHi May and the dry and~ extrem SLot weather later on. From June 1thtoJuly 12th, the t imie when it eeea r~eeded moisture there was 5.S anIch of rainfall here; yet with .01, ast of fertilizer, my yield was 2benels per acre. Rows we're six e axd corn sixteen inches in drill. With this method, on land that will iniarily produce 1000 lbs. of seed ~u with 300 poiunds ofr fertilizer. Whls of corni shoeuld bee madec * :~ 200 poundsl' of cot toni seed - '2. >: poundsl ofi :acid pheospehate, p-m 7ounllds oft Kinn mixed or r ' ivalent in e.ther fertilizer. ecepomids of niinrae of so-la,. all - b d as side apl !ic-atiin au di - u'tw. *:d that will make a lbahe and - -Io cotton per aen-l when ier 'l;- ?undred hushels of jcornl b e produced by doiubliui- the f11.' ertilizer alb'ove. exceplt pO'ounids of nitrate oft sodca :,usea. -case there she hl bee left on 2 i corn stalks. peat, vines f , roem .912 to .$16 wo~rth~ of muateria l p Er tee b(esides b bnefit . -:e lanid fromi so unt- & bd't- vege'tabile mat ter'. 'a (I thi111 i tihe permnanien I -in vuenit of land cani never he -,c r commercial fertilizer. feor it u.I;'tely imossile to ak h'ould be thiridy~iI :end Iroken for cornelh. and~ thits is - . n 1. systemflt t'I rntetion to th- - soil. ( ett. ni requires anS - ompal3~.ict soil thant cern, aind deer> oil ie-1a to its oepment . it will nt produIi(ce - . o:: ioose open land, while corn - (':f 1n land thoroeurbly brolkein. .soil w ill inoet onlyI' produte avi~ tha n ai shallow soli with -ns b1.'.ut it wiVll sand moilre - well 'r ore de Irahr *iparit for thle cer eicrop, uldl be broen~~ brI ai-les: duri 111)w III fr. I im ti T ash muc dt 1 eee i-a uually *tand in one y11'ear ue we ~ll, hug hhuy be * tai~le manter i, beh1 trn -r Ki. it mtay. hl rv-er. b- tub to anyh deth by\ jollin in * ~ f the sub soi! than hsbe turned lI~i up. Brea wit Never plow land when it is wet, i you ever expect to have any use foi it again. Bed with turn plow in six ifo rows, leaving five inch balk. Whei ready to plant. break this out witl sCOcterl. followiiz in bottom of thi' Iurr-oV with Dixie plow. wing taker off. Ridge then on this furrow witi same plow going deeper. Rui corn a n this ridge. dropping iom grain every five or six inches. Plant early. as sooi I fro:st danger is past Sav !irst sCasonabk spell after 3Iart 15th, in this section. Especially i> early planting necessary on ve'rv rich lands where stalks aninot otherwis be prevented from growing too large. Give first working with harrow 01 uiny plow that will not cover the plant For second working. use ten or twelve inch sweep on both sides of corn. which should now be about eight inches high. Thin after this work ing. It is not necessary that the plants should be left ih same dis tance apart, if the right number re main to each yard of row. Corn should not he worked again ntil the growth has been so retardedl and the stalk so hardened that it wil never grow too large. rhis is the most difficult point in the whole pro eess. Experienee and judigment are teired to know just how much th stalk should be stunted. and plenty ol nerve is requiredI to hold bac-k your (orn when your neighbors who ferti lized at planting time and cultivated rapidly, have corn twice the size ot yours. (They are havin their iua now. Yours will conie at harvest time.) The rieher the land the more necessIrv it is that stunting process I Fhold be iroughiilv done. When you Ire coivinced that Your corn has been sutl-iently humiliated you may begin to make the ear. It -houll be from twelve to eightee inches high, and look wors thaiin vou hav ever tail any oorn lo'oik betorie. Plit halt- your iilixed i'ertilizers. (this bellg the first useI at all) is the Old sweep furrow on both sides of evxerV other inidilc and cover b.y Ireakh:g out this mnididle with Ilur; plow. About on( week later ,reat tile otler Iiddle the same waV. Within a few davs side corn in tirst nIditle wit!. sixteiln ilcll sweepl. Puit all vonr litrate of soda in this fur row. if less than 150 pounds. .i ! more use onet-hlll (of it now. Cover with tc furrow d turn plow. then sow peas in this middle breadcast at the rate of at least one bushel to the acre and finish breaking out. In a few days side corn ill )ther middle with same sweep. put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has beeni divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas, and break out. This lays by your crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June 10th to 20th, unless season is very late, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel. Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plow ing. This is when the ear is hurt., 'the good rains after laying by should make you. a good crop of corn, and it will certainly nmake with much less rain than if pushed and fertilized in the old way. The stalks thus raised are 'eery small, and dIo not require any- thing like the moisture even in proportion to size, that is necessary for 'arger sappy stalks. This may. therefore, be left much thicker in the rowv. This is no new process. It has long been a custom to cut back vines andl trees in order. to increase the yeild and ptlity to fruit, and so long as you do not hold back your corn, it will go, like mine so long went, all to stalk. D o not be discouraged by the looks of your eotto'n dur-ing the process of ultivation, It will yield out of all proportion to its appearance. Large talks c-annot make large yields. ex :ept with ext remne favorable seasons, for ther cannot stand a lack of moisture. Early app~lications of ma 1ur gt- o to m: k large stalks, which .iu doi not wanit. and the piant food is ali thuts used up beftore th- ear, which~ Ivonl dii want, is made. rail snlks. not only w ill no(t produce well themselves. but will no t allow vou to rake tihe pearines. so necessary to the improvemlent oit land. (Corn raised~ by this meithod should never grow ver 7 1-2 feet high. and the ('ar should be necar to the grounud. I consider the final application of ntrate of soda an essential point in this car making process. It should itiays he applied at last plowinlg andl umixed with other fertilizers. I am satified with one ear to tihe stalk unless a prolill- variety is planted. and leave a hunder-ed stalks for every buts:hel that I expect to ake I1 find the six foot row easiest to c.ultivate wit h otut injuring the (-rn. Fror tiiiv butshiels ti) the aerec. I leave it sixteen iniches apart ;for eventy-five buishlf~s to the acre. 12 nethes apart, and for one hundred ushels eight inches apart. Corn houi~ld be plantedl fromi four to six inecles below the level. andl laid by our to six inches above. No hoeing hould be necessary. and middles mnay e kept clean uti!i time to break out. :y usingl blarrmow or by runningiu' one shoivel futrrow ini cnter of mididle andl edding on than, with one or more !loundsI oit turn plow. I wioulid adi onl a few acres iedl by this method o thle tirst year. o 121l yout afre famuiliar withl its ap~pli at io n. Espiilly is it hardi. at tirst. tuilly ~l car ouit the stunit ing process :(re at whole c-rop i ivo'lved. and his is the atbsolutely essential part This mat hod .1 have appliedl ort seen applied. succ-iessfully, to all kinds ot land in this section except wet lands and moist bottoms, and I am confi ent it can be made of great benefit. throuighout thle entire South. Ila the" middule We(st. whereL cornl is 1iproil andl prof~itableu. ad wher-e. ....r...ul~ for us. So m)1Eiucho OUrS hl ee-n prouced. tile si:1k does not usurall Wvrow Iarge-. As we (-'me 'iluth is -ize i::1eresss. at the ex Mexico it is nearly all stalk (witness 3:isnva riet ies.) The purpose of this method is to elniwate this tendencr of corn to overgrwVth' at th expense of yield. in this Nouthern elimate. 1 this method I have mide my con srop, and my neighbors and friiils, wlho have. wit bout except ioll. derived grr-at beneilt theref ron. Plant voIr ,w seed. I wold inot a iise a chang-e of se'd- a4tol met hoi the same veuar. as Volu will !ot know from Wn i hi vol lit%-ve derive i the l~enelii. I llave isedl thiree varities. all lhave (Iole Weil. I have llever used til- metthod (f !te plalitinig. In fact. I dlo itll ail vise! the late plaut ing of cori. inless it bec necess:try for cohl lowlands. The increased vost of labor aurd the high price of all material and land, are rapidly making farming un proniable, except to those who a'e getting from one aere. what they forue lv ot. froml two. We inust make our lands richer by lt.owingt deep. plauting pe:s and other legu wes. mnI luring them vWith acid phos phates anI potash. whieh are rela tirely cheap. and returning to the soil the resultant vegetable matter rici in liuius and *!xpensive inittogen. The nieeds of our soils are such that t Sout Ian never reap the full imcasure- o properi t *v at should be hels. ut1t1il this is <iolle. 1 give this methol as a farmuer to the a mers of 11 e Soutl. trusting Ih:it thereby they bmy be benetitted F I :hve been. 1%. Melver Williamison. OOTH LEAGUE LESSONS IUNDAY, MARCH 4. A Life of Unselfish Ministration. John 4:21; 1 Cor. 19-23. Sympathy is --putting yourself in ais place." Some people are able to io that without much efforl. Others dud that it takes quit an effort of the Imagination. But unless it is done :here can he no sympathy. You 'an not sympathize with the sorrows of inother unless they really seem to Fou to be sorrows. And they cannot be unless you either have his point :f view to begin with or you put your. ;elf there. The desire that God's kingdop1 may prosper makes many a person a help r of others far beyond the limits o: lis personal acquaintance. We cannot zome into personal touch with th( people reached by our missionaries in :heir far-scattered fields. But we be !ieve in missions as part of the plan )f the kingdom and our money, which Is one evidence of our faith, helps peo ple we never knew and never shall know unless we make acquaintance in the life that is to come. Love is the self-sufficient motive. [t does not depend on the imagina ions and the ability to understand, as sympathy does. Jt does not spring rrom any conscious desire to spread the kingdom as zeal does. It is just itself. Where there is love there is helpfulness. It does not always stop to reason. It is its own reason for be Iing. It cannot be analyzed, and It does not not need to be explainea. is love. Whoever loves, helps. Even if the amount of assistance seems to be small, love is help. That is wvhy our poor help is acceptable to God. Doubtless an archangel could do per fectly some things we do bunglingly. But, with all our blundering. God. ac eepts our imperfect helping of hi2 work when it is the expression of our love. Love was and is the great Christ motive. God so loved that he gave. Jesus so loved that he healed. and fed and cleansed, and comforted, and taught, and saved, giving out of his mighty resources. and asking for ne return save that a little of the same love should be passed on from life tc life. "Love one another, as I have loved you.'' In that word there is the whole gospel of helpfulness, with mo tive power enough to make it opera tive until the endl of the world. 'CUDISTIAN ENOEA!OD NOJES What is True Happiness? The World ly Idea; The Christian Idea. Luke 6:20-26; 1 John 12-17. 2 Cor. 6:10; Phil. 4:4-7. In nothing Christuanity more sharp ly contrasted with wvorldiiness than ir: tne ideals of hapipiness of the two. The strength of the Christian ideal of happiness is this. that it is an end less prospect. The Christian's happiness Is often paradoxical, anid finds its richest ma-' terials where the world wouthi ind tne poorest or none at all. Our happiness, in proportion as it is Christian. is unceasing andI flawless. Suggestions. Happiness is best sought by not seeking it. The truest happiness is tie reflec tion of happiness given another. Christ was a man of sorrows -but of our sorrows; He came that His joy might take the place of them in us. Happiness never~ happens: it is the most logical of all results. its best when we do not think about it. The search for happiness is like the search ior th~e pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, which moves ahead of us as we advance. Hawthorne tells of a youth who looked all over the world for a treas tre he was to dig for and find beneath a certain sign. Returning home, de feated. he saw the sign and found the treasure in his own dooryard. So w.ith happiness. Questions. Am I expecting happiness from any soutee but cnrist? What am I doing to make others happy? Am I growing less happy or more happy all the time? Beware all joys but joys that never can expire.-Youing. To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness. F-ichte. God loves to see His creatures hap py: our lawful delight is His.-Bishop Mall DEATH IN A WREC' A fatal Sunday Collision Nea Asheville, N. C. MISUNDERSTANDING Of ORDERI Conductor Hough and Brakemai Simpson Meet Death and Enginee Peter Rouche is Fatally Injured ii a Collision Between a Passengei Train and a Light Engine Neai Black Mountain-Several Othei Trainmen Hurt, but Passangers Es cape Injury-Alleged That Failurf to Obey Orders Caused the Acci dent. Asicville. Special.-Two persons were killed and a half dozen other irjurcd in a head-on c-olliSion of pas seI.ner trains between Swannan'e and llack Mountain Sundai y afternoor shortly after 4 o'clock. The dead are: Bra'keman Simpson, Conductor Hough. The injured: Fuginecer P-te. Rouche. prhaps fatally; Engineer Dar Keever, hurt in back; Fireman Johr Snith. colored, bruised: Firmean Dar Graham. bruised; Postal Clerk, W. C. Moore,. of St atesville. hur t in back; Iagis'e Agzent Gardner of Connelly Springs, briised. Several passenger were slightly bruised and shaken up but not badly hu. Failed to Take Siding. The aevideit oi the Asheville dvi siol of the Southern Railway is said to be due to the failtre of the firsI seetion of No. 12. eastbound, to tike the siding at Swannanozi. Train No, It froi the (a'st was operated in twc S ti T he -st sectiont caie in about 2 o'c loek. ic secoiid section was reported ra-ming two hours a1( finrty miiniltes late. Second sectior No. 31 had the right of way firom Black 31inIta in to Asheville. The first section of N.). 12, a light eng ine, b-ound for Salisbury and carrying a crew of' Engineer Rotetlie. Conductor liough. Brakeman Simpson and Fire. man John Smith. reached Swannanoa a few minutes after 4 o'clock. The engine should have gone into sidinp at this point. The second section.OL No. 11 was at Back Mountain ou time. Engineer Dan Keever had the right of way and supposedly a clear track. He pulled out for Swanuonoa about the same time. Between Swan ntouoa and Black Mountain there are no stops. It a distance of perhaps ter miles. Both engineers were ruinnn at full speed and the trains were pro bably making 35 to 40 miles an honr. A t a point nearly midway between the stations they collided. Crash was Fearful. TIhie crash and the jar is dlescribedi by the passengers as fearful. Both engineers jumped. The firemen also .iumped. Conductor Hough and Brakeman Simpson remained on t he engine. Thtey wrere both scalded t. dealth. Engineer Rouanche is badly hurt. Bo th his legs are broken. the left below the kntee. the right above. The bone of the right Ieg p~rotrudedl andl penetrated the g'rains. Hie is in Biltmore Hospital and little hope is cutertained for his recovery. The light engine, running as first No. 12. is almost a total wreck. The engine of the passenger carnryingt coaches and the sleepern is also badly damaged. It was thrown cross-wise the track. Con aiderable track damnane was done. Death of John A. McCall. New York. Special---Jiohn A. Me Call, until recently preidenL1(t 1of the New York Line Inisuranice Comupany, died at 5.:85 o'loCk Sundar a fer-. noon. at the La nre' [louse. in La ke wood. N. .f.. where he had ibeen takei three wveeks an.o in the hopue thatr the chng mi'ht hecuelit his heaIt h. whiell had suffered a breakdown two mothls a:;o. Then 3ir. 3Met all 's son, Job)ll C. 3MeCall. bre fly anntlonned: "Th eind has come. My father has passed awvay.'' Sensational Tragedy in Houston. Houston, Tex., Specia.-A sensa tional tragedy was enacted at thi Comfort House here when Jlame: Hardeastle, a prominent oil man o Humble, Tex.. shot anid killed J. B Hiuber, one of his employes. Hard eastle, it is alleged. found his wife whom he had forbidden seeing Huber int the room of the latter at the hotel 'A ile H-ardeastle was in the roof fiuber entered and Hardeastle shot him, death resultiang almost instantly. Will Stand Firm For Bight Hours. New York. Special.-John Mitchel and his associates on the anzthraeite mincrs sub-commit tee finished theii ;work of preparing proposals for at agreement and will probably meel with the coal operators' sub-,commit tee Tuesday or Wednesday. It i: practically certain that th miners wsil: niake a firm demand for the eighit hour day for all men employed about the mines. Hampton School Bought. Newport News. Special. - T he "Model School'' in Hampton wvas purchased by prominent Catholies, the deed being recorded in the name of Bishop Van De Tyer. The prie paid was $4.000'. It is intimated that a college for Catholic womner will be established there, with a een erous donation from Mrs. Thomas F DEADLY COLLEGE FIRE Students Aroused to Find the flames Around Them PROPERTY LOSS WAS SEVERE Fire at Gambier. 0., Destroys Five Buildings of the Well-Known Kin yon Institutions. College and Mili I tary Academy Breaking out at 4 O'Clock in the Morning-Bodies of Dead Still in Hot Ruins-Nine Seriously Injured and Others More or Less urt. Gambier. 0.. Sneeial.--Three are dead and niin seriouslt'r injured and scveral otIer.S more or less hurt as a rcsult of a fire at Kevon College and Military Academy, whiel destroved Milner hall. the military acad(miy.. Delano and North An'nex. The lire broks out at 4 a. mi.. while the sin dents and colhe anthlorities were still asleep and quickly spread through the buildings named. which were consumed. The search foqir the Missing boys. the bodies (: whon it is now eertain are in the ruiis. was kept up till late in the afternoo;n when the walls of the burned structure fell and at night thoir reenvery is regzarl ed as impossible for some time. The search dirinig the day was- impeded by the fact that Ihe ruins were still red hot and passing through them was nearly impossible. The faling valls iii the ateriooin barely miissing Dr. Pierre. president (IL Keyon. anrid Rieg.ents Wi:iuI and Williams. who were leading a party ot reseinrrs th roigi ie rin. The dead amd in j 'red ar. Ill sthde:its of the miili tarvw acat lenv a IIi 1od vol. I'arelis,. si-tiers tinidlbrotilers of the dead in red st delltitaciv on cvery train:. Thei news of the fire spread qu.1 ickly all over the State ani telegrams were sent It once by the college aithorities to parents of the boys injured. The messages were not inade alarmin. but even while mildly stating the ease, aroused grave appre hensious and the anxious fathers and mothers have rushed to aid their loved oics. The property loss by the destrue tion of the buildin-s is estimated to be $100,000 with 60 per cent. insur ance. Following is a list of missing and injured: Missing believed to be dlead: Henderson. Everett. 18, of Illinois. Kunkle. Winfield Scott. 15. of Ash tabula, 0. Fuller, James .,. 18, of Warren, 0. The i.njuredl: Barnes, Harry C., Cleveland. spine injured and leg broken fronm jumping four stories; may (die. Baker, Lenox W., C'leveland. inter rally injured: jutmped four stories. Nicholson, .J. Underwood. Steuben yille; terribly burned about the body; may die. badly bruisedl from jumping. Thierweekster. Homer. Oak Iar bor. 0.. badly burned about thme arms. Bierell. A. G., Columbus. feet badly burned. Galwvay, F. RI. commereial master, Adrian. 31ieh.. internally injured; may die. Dorsey. W. 0., Dallas. Tex., badly bruised; jumped three stories. Brown. Arthur. (ininntmatti. stui *dent at old Ke'nyvou: badly e ut while assisting in the reSeneC. * Cemetaries Bar Out Hochm. - Chicago. Special.--The body of JTo hmanni- Hoch lay in thle conty morgue at D~unning. l1i., vwhile the undertaker who had a-iree to inter. lie corpse at his own expense. and1 thle two ecrgyv tmen who were on thle seaffold F"ri (lay whien Hoch(1 was hanged, vainly tried to find a burtial place. After repeated efforts to secure a finail rest ing place for the b odyv of Hoeh in one of the cii tn'meries. thle two clergy mten finalyv desgaired anud the body v as in t err~ed ini lie pt ters ' field ad juininlg thle couty poor farm at Dun Too Young to Realize His Crime. Pitt:sburg. ik.. Spec1ial.-AX coro nor's jur;; acqluit tedi inie-ear-old Harry Hatts of the dleath of his bro th~er. 1Howard(. aged. 13 years of a-ze, whlomi lie stabbed with aa pocket knife a week ago, holding that the bov was too vouing to realize the enormilt V of his crime. The jury re eieended. however. tat tile jnvi nile cour t make in inlvestigtionl~i into the case. Ex-Speaker Henderson Dead. Dubm. ue, Ta.. Spjecial-David 1B. Hendersoni. fo'rmerly speaker of thme i.ation'al Hutse of Rep)resentatimves. d ('ed Sa turdayv afternoon at Mercyv Hospital :f peresis, which attacked in le mon'lth~s ago. (Col. UI inhsri he gan to~ sinik 1riday a tterntoon, ral ied Sat urday morn ing. hut in the afiter noon l apIsed in to unic 'nsc ionsness andti failed rapidly uti l time (end same. All of his famitly e'xceplt a sonl in (alifor riia, were at the bedside. Miners' Strike Averted. India napolis. Special.-In ai: stat - menit issued to the Associated Press. Tice President TP. L. Lewis. of the I-nited Mine workeris of Amnerica, de lares there will be no strike of the munted Mine Workers in April. saying the operators will restore the rednte tion accepted by the miners two years ago and n~erhmaps more. TRUE BILLS FOUND Congressman Blackburn In-! licted By Federal Grandjury ACCEPTED FEES AGAINST LAW Fedaral Grand Jury at Asheville Re turns Two True Bills Against Con gressman From the Eighth Charg ing Him With Practicing Before Departments-Alleging That He Received Fees of $100 and $500 for Appearing for Dinkins and Davis, Men Indicted for Violation of Revenue Laws - Statute Under Which Indictments Are Made. Asheville. Special.---Two indict ments were returned by the Federal grand jury against E. Spencer Black hurn. Republican Congressman from the eighth distriet. charging practis ing before Departments of the gov ernment and acceprinz fees(' for the service after his election to the House of Representtatives. The indictments allege that Black burn appeared before the Treasury Department and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, as attorney, and se cured a compromise of the cases against Ace Dinkins and P. A. Davis. two men charged with violation of the laws governing lie making of whiskey in the fifth North Carolina district. It is alleged that Blackburn was paid $100 by Davis for his ser viees and the date of acceptance of these fees is placed in February and March, 1905. The indictments arc based on see tion 17S2. of the Revised Statues of the United States, which says: No Senator. Representative. or dielegate. after his election and dur ing continuance in oflice, shall receive or agree to receive any compensation whatever." etc. The indictment of Congressnan Blackburn is the sensation o1: the day The bills were sent before tie grand jury by District Attorney Holton. The bills were drawn by District Attorney Holton. They niust have been drawn some time ago, at least before Mr. Holton came here. It is said that the indictment of Congressman Blackburn will result in a trial similar to that of Senator Burton, of Kansas. A number of peo ple who had an inkling of what the' grand jury was about to do talked freely of the matter. Sone are of the opinion that the thing looks squally for Mr. Blackburn; that the matter is serious and that he has a hard fight before him. Others who ave expressed themselves on the subject, ini some instances friends f Mr. Blackburn, say that the in detments will not amount to much. They charge that personal feeling has ntered largely into the matter and that, withal, polities is playing no small figure in the whole affair. The Divorce Congress. Washington. Special.-The con ress on uniform divorce laws for he several States and Territories ex pressed itself in favor of all hearings and trials in divorce cases in open curt. It was declared that such pub ie hearings would have a tendency to o away with collusions between par tes to the suit for divorce and that ublicity would teiid to decrease ap lications for divorce by people who ould shun such publicity. Other esolttions adopted follow: "If con ition of a crime be made a cause for divorce it should be required that uch conviction should be followed by wo year's continuous imporisoumfenit a decree should not be granted a vin cuo for insanity arising after mar riage; desertion should not be a ause for divorce unless persisted in for at least two years: a divorce hould not be granted unless the de fendant has been given full and fair pportunity by notice brought home o him to have his day in court wvhen is residence is known or can be as ertained: any one named as co-res pondent should in all cases be given an opportunity to intervene.'' Business Man a Suicide. St. Louis, Special.--R. Avery. tras rer of the Avery Manufacturing Company, of Peroria. Ill.. committed sicide at East St. Lotuis by drown ing. He left \a note of farewell ad dressed to his wife. He arrived at L'entreville, a suburb of East St. Louis. on a iiorth-bound Illinois Cen tral passenger train. The body was found lying on the edge of a little lake near the railroad station. His head was under water. Identity was stabished by pap~ers in his pocket. among which was a note addressed to his wife, telling her he had taken his own~ life. Killed While Asleep. Roanoke, Va.. Special.-The coro ner's jury itn the case of former Sheriff John B. Traynhiam, who was found murdered in is bed, returned a verdict that Traynham came to his death from blows on the head and neck made by a blunt and a sharp i.strument in the hands of a party or parties unknown to the jury. Travham's skull was crushed and the head almost severed. The police have made no arrests. White Man Arested as Accessory to Assault. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-A dis patch from Andalusia, Ala.. sas that a white man named Cox has been arrested on susp~icion of being en ac essory to the assault of Mrs. JT. L. Bray at that place for which the nie :ro Pedigree was shot to death by a posse. ('ox was arrested at Geor fAVORS LOCK CANAL President Gives Reasons for His Preference WILL MEAN MUCH TIME SAVED In Formally Transmi-tting to Con gress Concrsions of Board of Con slting En eers on Panama Canal the President Sides With Minority of Board Against Sea-Level Plan Declares That the Foreign Members of the Board Were Not Familiar With Lessons Taught by Soo Canal -Half Time and Half Cost Decis ive Consideraatjons. Washington. SpeelI. - President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress the report of the board of consulting en gineers on the Panama Canal, togeth er with the letter of Secretary Taft, the report of the Isthiian Canal com mission and a letter by Chief Engi neer Stevens. The letter of the Pres ident says ii part: "The Secretary of War recom trends a lock canal. pursuant to the recommendation of the minority of the board of con:ulting engineers and of the majority of the canal commission. After careful study of the papers sub mitted and full and exhaustive con sideration of the whole subject, I con cur in this recommendation. "It will be noticed that the Ameri can engineers on the consulting board afndf on the commission, by a more than two to one majority favor the lock canal. whereas the foreizin enineers are a unit against it. I think this is uartlv to be exolaiued bv the fact that tie great trafie canal ot the old world is the Suez Canal. a sea-level canal, whereas the sreat traffic canal of the r.ew world is the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, a lock canal. Although the latter, the Son. is closed to naviga tion during the winter months, it car ries annually three times the traffic of the Suez Canal. In my judgment, the very able argument of the majori ty of the board of consulting engi neers is visiated by their failure to pay proper heed to the lessons taught by the construction and operation of the Soo Canal. I call special atten tion to the fact that the chief engi [leer, who will be mainly responsible for the success of this mighty engi neering feat, and who has therefore a peculdr interest in judging aright, is enphatically and earnestly in favor of the lock canal project and against the sea-level project. Spring Trade Expanding New York, Special.-Spring trade in dry -goods, clothing, shoes and mil linery continues to show expansion, iespite the presence of winter condi Lions Interruption from this source, in fact has been less than anticipat ad and shipments of goods on old or lers .and preparations for house trade it leading centers go on unchecked. Rtetail trade has been appreciably. telped by the weather, but consider able stocks will unquestionably be yarried over. The effect of this car ry-over on next fall and winter de nands remains to be seen Other de relopments have been generally fav yrable. Concessions in pig iron prices iave brought out some new business IWest and South. Collections are fair :o good except in the South, where tolding of cotton is a drawback as ~or some time past. Business failures for the week num :ier 204, against 243 in 1905. Bridal Trip South. Washington, Special.--Mr. and Mrs. Kicholas Longworth started Monday mn a bridal tour South. They will to to the West Indies before return ng. _________ Tillman's Resolution. Washington. Special.-The Tillmnan joint resolution directing an inqiuiry into the Pennsylvania Railroad and its control of the coal fields wa~s brief ly considered by the House Committee :.n Inter-State and Foreign Commerce md referred to the sub-committee con sisting of Representativcs Hepburn, Republican-, Townsend, Republican; and Adamson, Democrat. The sub committee was directed to report to the full committee when definite ae gon is expected to be taken. Charter For $1,500,000 Mill. Chattanooga. Tenn.. Special.-A charter was filed here for the incor poration of the Wachovia Mills, to manufacture cotton fabrics. The cap ital stock is to be i1,500,000 of which 91,000.000 is common and .9500.000 is preferred. The names attached are those .:-f Chattanoogans, but Eastern capital is supposed to be back of the movement France's New President. Paris. By Cable.-Clement Armiand Fallieres assumed the duties of Pres ident of France, while former Presi dent Loubet paIssed into private life. The cerem'onyv of the transmission of ofiee took place in the Elysee Palace at 4 o'eloek Saturday. wvhile the crowds that were massed in the sur rounding streets shouted. "Long lire the President.'' and "Long live Fl lieres"' and every military carison in France teindered a salute of 21 News Notes. The subcommittee of the United MIine Workets appointed to draw up the precise demiands of the employees fori submission to a similar committee from the operators in New York is not expected to complete its work for i week. A bill introduced in the Virginia Senate provides a jail penalty for bookmakers, pool-room keepers and ~ambiare on hosbarces neraally.