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PROVE FALSE Mrs. and Miss Hull Accused of Smug gling Valuable Ncklace. BAGGAGE.IS SEARCHED The Tip Given Custom House Official Turns Out to be Untrue-Ovei Zealous Customs Authorities Fin( Minor Undervaluation of Clothing The Victims are Very Indignant The wife and daughter of Josep1 Hull of Savannah, Ga., one of thi wealthiest and most influential mei in the South. were required to dis robe in their stateroom aboard thi steamship Lusitania at New York o0 Friday while a customs inspectress acting on a mysterious tip, subse quently found to be false, made , vain search for a diamond necklaci thought to have been purchase< abroad. The search proving futile, Mrs Hull and the daughter, Miss Eliz Lamar Hull, were allowed to procee< to their hotel, where another daugh ter, Miss Nina Hull, convalescin; from an attack of typhoid fever, ha< preceded them without having beei subjected to search. The necklace rumor dismissed customs inspectors searched the fam ily baggage, and, charging underval nation in the case of Mrs. Hull ani Miss Eliza Hull, seized the article in question. Mother and daughte claimed they had acted in good faith but their explanations were not con sidered satisfactory to Collector Loel and the articles were seized. They consist entirely of wearin apparel and will be held until "th home value," that is the foreign cos( plus duty, is paid. Joseph Hull, the husband an father, was on the pier to greet hi wife and daughter, as was a son Daniel, a cotton broker in this cit All were indignant at the proceed ings and threaten to carry the mat ter to the courts if necessary. "We were made to take off eve our stockings," said Mrs. Hull. "Ev ery stitch of our clothing wa searched and even our hair did no escape. I consider this treatment a: outrage and I had no idea such thing could happen on Americal soil." It was explained for the famil: that the report concerning the nec' lace had probably come from Savan nah, where there was jealousy ove the fact that the Hulls were forcu nate enough to afford luxuries ani finery. As to the undervaluatioi charges, Daniel Hull said: "My sister Eliza was the only on of the three who had previousl: been abroad, so I and my father sen wireless to be very cautious and pa ticular in making their declarations As to the alleged undervaluation, th total can be no more than $150 an' that was due to ignorance of m: mother and sister and was done wit] no malicious intent." "My sister E1,iza has a diamon' necklace which she purchased fiv years ago in Savannah. A custom inspector there heard of this and gc the mistaken impression that sh bought the trinket in Paris and wa bringing it with her on this trip. C course she had no such jewels." It was pointed out at the law dE partment of the custom house te night that federal authorities hay full power to search passengers sus pected of having dutiable article concealed about them, and it wa added that there has never been; suit brought as the result of such: search. Joseph Hull came on here fror Savannah to meet his returning wif and daughter. He is president C the Merchants' National bank of than city, chairman of the board of d. rectors of the Savannah Trust comn pany, a director of the Central rail road and president of the Prairi Phosphate company. He is credite with ha-ing made many millions ou of phosphate properties. The Heavy Price of Forestry Neglect Another thing that has burned it self into my memory is the heav penalty China is now paying for th reckless destruction of her forests il former years. On this trip I hay seen river valley after river valley once rich and productive, but now be come an abomination of desolation --covered over with unnumberet tons of sand and stone brought dowl from the treeless mountain-sides While the peaks were forest-clad they held the rain-water like sponges giving it out slowly from the decay ing leaves, humus, and well-soakel soil. Now, however, the mountain are in thousands of cases merel: enormous rock-piles, the soil, com pletely washed away, having lai waste the country below; while othe mountains show the destruction stil going on. rent as they are by gorge through which furious torrents rusi down, submerging once fruitfu plains with rock and unfertile gul ley-dirt. Usually the Chinese farme around here has nothing to do witi piddling little "patches" such as th negroes have made disgraceful1: common in the South; he prefers t' cultivate in broad fields where th plowman will not have to waste ha! his time in turning round at the en of garden-length furrows. In th devastated valleys, however. I fin that John Chinaman is often force. against his will, into this sort c patch-farming simply because iti only here and there that fertil streaks have been left unruined. I3 these cases he has piled the rocks 1 little heaps and saved some remnant from the general soil-wreck. Saturday I rode over the bed of: once-deep river. Now it is almos entirely filled up with sand and roc1 and of the once splendid arches c an old stone bridge. I found onl: a few feet of the upper part not ye submerged in sand. Once the cleai deep. steadily flowing water ran her month after month, and all arouni were well-tended lowlands; not when a rain comes a mad fury o waters sweeps over the lowlands leaving a ruinous deposit behind, an later there are long weeks when th river-bed is dry and desert-like. S it was when I saw it yesterday. th old bridge itself standing amid th waste a melancholy monument to th gladness and fertility of a vanishe era.-Clarence Poe. in Raleigh (3 C.) Progtressive Farmer. REMY MAY BE FOUND SCIENCE WILL YET DEFEAT IN FANTILE PARALYSIS. Dread Disease, Caused by Germ, May Be Prevented, Thinks Dr. Flexner of Rockefeller Institute. Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rocke feller institute declared yesterday that it has now been thoroughly es tablished that infantile paralysis, the disease which has brought so much harm among children in the last few years, is a germ disease. The germ, it is true, is too small to be detected by any microscope, but its presence L and nature have been .established in other ways through animal experi mentation. Dr. Flexner, who iq, as a rule, si lent as to the discoveries made at L the institute of which he is a di rector, consented to make this state I ment yesterday to the New York Times in explanation of one of the arguments he brought forward at a t hearing at Albany last week in dc. I fense of the use of animals in medi cal research. He then stated that the means of the prevention of infan tile paralysis has already been estab lished, and that it might conserva tively be said that the achievement of cure is not far distant. "Infantile paralysis," said Dr. Flexner, "is a germ disease that at tacks the spinal marrow and brain, 5 and by merely injuring or by totally r destroying the delicate tissues causes either a temporary or permanent par alysis of the muscles. "The germ of the disease has been known for a little more than a year. It is so excessively minute that the most powerful microscope fails to re veal it. and yet there are accurate methods through the employment of which the nature and presence of the germ have been determined with cer tainty. "The proof that infantile paralysib - is a germ disease, and almost all our - accurate knowledge concerning the nature of the disease." Dr. Flexner 1 went on, "has been secured through - experiments on animals, and could 5 probably have been obtained in no t other way. I "Where does the -germ reside?" the doctor was asked. "It is not known to reside anywhere in nature," he replied, "except in connection with human beings, who either have - had or have been in contact with - some one who has had infantile par r alysis, or in relation with some ob - ject in close association with patients I suffering from the disease." 1 "How is the disease spread?" was the next question. "By persons iick with the disease or by some one who has been iln contact with a patient t suffering from the disease. The evi dence at present available points to the fact that the germ of the disease Ccan be carried by healthy persons Iwho have come in contact with the sick and themselves will not contract infantile paralysis, but who'may transfer the germ to other healtnl' Ipersons, who will develop the dis ease." sDr. Flexner went on to explain that the germ of infantile paralysis enters the brain and spinal cord 5chiefly; if not exclusiv'ely, by way of fthe nasal passages. In the course of the disease, he said, the germ is also thrown off from the brain through the nose and mouth. eHence, protection can be best se cured by disinfecting or destroying the secretions of the nose and mouth of those ill of the disease, and by pre venting the contamination of persons or objects with these secretions. Es pecial pains should be taken to main tain in a state of cleanliness the hands, nose and mouth of all chil fdren exposed to the disease, either directly or indirectly. -"For how long a time is a patient in danger of spreading the infec tion?" Dr. Flexner was asked. e"This question can not be an swered with absolute precision at present," he replied, "but it is be lieved that during the first three or four weeks of the disease the danger of transfer is greatest, and hence pa tient should be carefully isolated during this period and the discharges from the nose and mouth carefully disinfected or destroyed for the pe rinod, and, if possible, for many weeks afterward. -"There is reason for believing that even after the acute symptoms of the disease have passed, the infection may in some instances be still trans mitted by the patient by means of the nasal secretions. It is for this reason'that the secretions should bte cared for over a longer period than Iis embraced in the acute stages of the malady." '"W~hat are the main sources of in fection?" S"Inftsntile paralysis is -chiefly a disease of children, but it sometimes attacks adults," Dr. Flexner said. Since the germ causing it is carried by those who have been ill, as well as by persons who have been in immed iate contact with the patients, it is not surprising to find that the begin nings of many epidemics have been traced to schools where many chii 'dren are assembled; but any consid erable gathering of persons, which includes many children who are brought together during the preva lence of the disease, may be the means of spreading it widely. I"Thus it has been observed that country fairs, Fourth of July cele brations and like events have all proved to be such centres of distribu ation of the infection." iThe period of greatest prevalence iof the disease, Dr. Flexner explained, sis in the summer. As an epidemic it is a summer disease; that is. al most all cases arise in the summer months, and by far the greatest number in July, August and Septem ber. However, the disease does not wholly disappear at other seasons, tbut a small number of cases arise in the spring and fall months, and even Sin the winter months. Whenever a Icase arises, whether in summer or in 'winter, it should be isolated and ftreated with great care and prompti tude to avoid the infection of others. I"Is infantile paralysis a new dis aease?" "It is not a new disease." Dr. Flex aner said. "but the epidemics of it are anew to this country. The disease has aarisen in this country from time to Itime for almost half a century, but in very rare instances have any con CHINA IN GRIP Its the Plague, and Tens of Thousands Are Now Dead. MYSTERIOUS HORROR Awful Disease is Spreading in Spite of Efforts to Check It, and Fears Are Entertained That It May Get Out of the Stricken County-Rats Common Medium of Spreading It. All the vast far East from Siberia's frigid wilds to the equator is terri fied by the pneumanic plague, the scourge that is killing thousands a day in Manchuria and China, and which threatens to sweep not only over Asia and the islands of the Pa cific, but, it is now feared, Europe and America as well. While many acts of heroism and noble self-sacrifice are recorded in the plague-ridden districts, the for eign doctors and scientists who have arrived from Europe, America, Japan and India. and are working nignt and day at the risk of their lives to prevent the spread of the disease, are the great heroes. They are seen everywhere, angels of mercy dressed in the garb of ogres. The germ attacks the lungs and destroys the victims with amaz ing swiftness. The patient's breatu is poison-and the doctors dressed in armor-like suits with medically treated masks covering the face and showing only the eyes. Dreadful scenes have been report ed from Fuchlaten, where the -epi demic first showed itself. The Chi nese have thrown their dead into the street. and, panic-stricken, they have been known to throw out even living plague victims. The deaths in that town at the beginning of the plague averaged 150 a day, increasing daily until nearly 15,000 succumbed. From Fuchlaten the plague spread with the swiftness of the wind to other cities in Manchuria-Harbin being the first, where 160 deaths have been reported in one day, In cluding a number of European resi dents. In the midst of it the weather be came intensely cold, and with the thermometer registering 40 degrees below zero it was impossible to use the disinfecting apparatus. Euro pean hospital attendants have been stricken by. hundreds. Crematories are being constructed in many places, for it is impossible to bury the thou sands of victims. The Japanese and Chinese authori ties, more particularly the former, I are doing all in their power to stop the progress of the plague. The Jap anese residents of Shihehienfang, Mukden, .bought the houses in which the plague had appeared and burned them to the ground. This is not by any means an isolated case, and where the Chinese hesitate to destroy pestinfested houses the Japanese do so without hesitation. Some of the smaller towns are as deserted as a graveyard, for the peo ple fled from them as the scourge appeared. There are towns in which the entire population have died. One of these is on an island in the Sun gari river, near Fuchlaten, where not one person remains alive of the near ly 400 who lived there. The author ities made one great fire of houses and bodies. When the South Manchuria Rail way Company stopped selling low class tickets it was found that the coolies raised the money for first class tickets and thus carried the epidemic into the interior. Traffic was entire ly suspended for a time, but was resumed under reasonable restric tions. Passengers are detained at stations for medical examination and only those who have passed the test are admitted to such cities as Port Arthur, Dairen and others of equal importance. Meanwhile experienced rat catch ers are being engaged by the authori ties of all the cities at salaries which they caii name themselves. At Dai in one day. The contagion is spread, so the physicians agree, through fleas, which becoming infected, are caried by rats from house to house, where fresh victims are bitten .by the little insects. The fleas can only be killed by killing the rats and im mersing them in liquid acids. The Russo-Asiatic bank at Hiar grouped together until the last three or four years. "The present epidemic first ap peared around Boston and New York about three years ago, and has grad ually, continuously and insidiously extended over North America from ocean to ocean and from Canada to Cuba. Prior to this period the epi demics were limited to Norway and Sweden, where they have been pre vailing regularly for moyre than a quarter of a century. The present epidemic in America is part of the general epidemic, or pandemic so called, of the disease affecting a large part of the civilized world. The dis ease is prevailing in many European countries at the present time, as in the United States and Canada." Then Dr. Flexner went on to de scribe the available means of comn bating the disease: "At the present time," he said, "there is no specific remedy or cure for infantile paralysis. The disease once established can not, therefore, be controlled 'by the application of any remedy known to medical sci ence. Luckily, the disease is not a highly fatal one, although it is one of the saddest of diseases because of the large amount of crippling it causes. On the other hand, the out look has been greatly brightened by reason of the recent knowledge which has been acquired concerning the nature of the causeof the disease and the mode of its transmission. "This knowledge permits the ap plication of intelligent preventive measures, which, if effectively em ployed, will serve to diminish the number of persons affected with it. The most scientific, as well as the most humane, method of dealing with any disease, is to prevent rather than to attempt to cure it. Hence, the effort to control this terrible dis ease should be in the direction of prevention. The various States are making a determined effort to deal with the malady through prevention, since they have required notification COCUCOLA CASE DR. EEBLER GIVES EVIDENCE AGAINST THE DRINK Serious Witness in Government Suit Makes Charges Against Beveridge and Its Manufacture. In the hearing of the case of the United States against a certain num ber of barrels and kegs of coca-cola in the federal court at Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday, some of the most interesting testimony yet brought out was given by Dr. Lyman F. Kebler, chief of the drug department of the bureau of chemistry, Washington, D. C. Dr. Kebler is the chemist who made a test of coca-cola and he testi fied that coca-cola contains caffeine, declaring that to each eight ounce glass there were one and one-fourth grains of caffeine, which he says is poison. Dr. Kebler cited many authorities in proof of his statement that caf feine is a poison and cited a number of deaths reported as being caused by its use. One of these writers had reported a case where four and one half grains of the drug had produced death and he declaredd that about three glasses of coca-cola contained this amount of caffeine. Dr. Kebler testified as to the finding of vermin and bugs in the vats as the result of his inspection of the coca-cola plant in Atlanta. He also testified that caramel and brown sugar were added because of their opaqueness tended tc. conceal impurities in the coca-cola syrup. Dr. Rusby, for- the government, testified along the line of the name of the drink coca-cola and stated that no other product bore the name o either "coca" or "kola." Government chemists stated that coca-cola contained neither coca nor kola and the effort of the government will be to prove that the drink is misbranded. Feeding the Chicks. The chicks need no feed for the first two days after they are hatched. It is better to leave them in the nest with the hen the first day and move to the eoop when one day old. A light feed may be given the even ing of the second day, and the next day give three feeds and increase one feed a day till they are fed five times per day. -If the chicks can not get on the ground where they can get sharp sand, they should be given a little with the first feed.. Oat flakes oi pin-head oatmeal makes a very good fed for the first day or two. Some prefer to give bread or crackez crumbs wet with milk and squeezed as dry as possible. Either of these feeds will be all right, but do not give too much of either. Feed a little at a time and often; never try to coax the chicks to eat. If they are not hungry when feeding times comes they have had too much at the lasi feed and it is better to let them ge without till they are hungry again, After the first couple of- days finely cracked grains should be added tc the ration. This can be bought ready mixed for chick feeding, in most towns. When I make my own mix ture, I use one part of corn, one part oats and two parts wheat. The corn must be quite finely cracked and thei wheat should alsc be cracked. For the first two week! I use oatmeal and then hulled oats. Corn bread .can be used to good advantage for two or the five feeds. I make it out of equal parts of cort meal and wheat middlings, mixing either with milk or water. Cooks thoroughly and do not feed till cold. If you have infertile eggs, boil thaem hard and feed with the bread, using four parts of bread to one part of egg. Do not give more than twc feeds of this per day, making the first and last of the grain. This can be continued till the chicks are from four to six weeks old. From that time the purpose for which you want the chicks will determine how you should feed them. If they are for breediing stock, gradually substitute a dry mnash for the bread, and the. grain may be changed tc larger size as soon as the chicks car eat it. If for market as. frying-size chickens, more fattening feed should be given and they should be given all they will eat and should not have toc large a range.--J. S. Jeffrey, in Ral eigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer. ' bin has temporarily suspended busi ness, while the Yokohama specie banki at Darien keeps a deadline outside its diors, admitting only those custom ers who can show a clean bill of health. New business is refused anc all the currency received in the bans is disinfected. Other banks are adopting this course. The Japanese are especially active in the construction of hospitals. One large enough to accommodate 1,500 was hastily built near Mukden. Tfle barracks at Tafanghen station have been rented from the military au thorities as a place of detention. The barracks will hold 4,000. The Man churia Railway Company has burilt at Changchun seven large detention buildings, each large enough to con tain 400. Physicians board all trains and passengers showing the slightest symptoms are hauled off and hustled to the detention houses. The Chinese police have closed all theaters. Lieetings are prohibited. The import of old clothing, rags and the like is prohibited. The quaran tine office has ordered .by wIre a large quantity of prophylaxes and serum fluid for hundreds of thou sands of inoculations. There is a great scarcity of carbolic acid and in two weeks the price has risen from 24 sen to 2 yen a pound (12 cent to $1. Five hundred new cases a day in some of the larger Manchurian cities is a fair estimate of the plague vic tims at this time. Electric Lamps Cheaper. As the first direct result .of (he Government's anti-trust suit against the so-called "Electric Lamp Trust," the department of justice has receiv ed intimations that the prices of all electric bulbs will be reduced 33 1-3 per cent all over the United States. By such a cut in present prices, folks who buy the electric lamps will save more than '$6,000,000 a year. The department continues to receive word, that the various pools in the so-called trust are breaking up, in LIST YOUR LAND I IF YOU HAVE ANY YOU WISH TO SELL TO SETTLERS. Many Letters From the North and West are Flooding the Office of Secretary Watson for Information. The department of agriculture is receiving hundreds of letters from investors and business men In the west and north relative to the farm lands of this state and as a result a revise list of lands for sale will be issued. Commissioner Watson has made the following statement which shows the tide of immigration is turning southward: tei Watson's Statement. an "In view of the provisions of Sec- s tion 6, of the act creating this de- er partment and in view of the hun- TI dreds of inquiring prospective pur- I chasers of agricultural lands-farm be people In other states of the south, a in the east, middle west, and even iu the northwest, the department has lu determined to immediately issue a 010 complete a revised list of available P2 properties as can be collected. We TI are now prepared to furnish to all th land owners, real estate concerns and br real estate agents, blanks upon which th to list properties with the depart- PC ment for publication in the 1911 ta land list and enter upon the land list books of the department, the keep- ki ing of such books being required by de law. The blanks referred to clearly In designate the information desirea in and should be promptly filled and fo sent to the commissioner of agricul ture without delay. It Is my purpose to to issue the published land list im- p1 mediately and a post card from any TI one asking for blanks, indicating the th number of pieces of properties it is sil desired to list, will bring to him nec- at essary number of blanks. "It has been utterly Impossible to SO adequately answer all of the specific fr inquiries that have been received w during the past few months without a vi great deal of extra work and hence ai this list is to be issued at the earli- 01 est possible moment." In accordance with the terms of pI Section 6, of the act creating this de- rc partment, Information is wanted in from land owners desiring their in lands to be advertised through the a department on the following points: b( 1. Location-Stating fully portion of county, distance from railroad line in and centers of population. Si 2. Number of Acres-State wheth cc er capable of being divided into small y, tracts. Also state what pr6portion pi is cleared and what woodland, and Ti the character of the woods. 3. Nature of the Soil-State ful ly also for what the soil Is best suit ed, naming the crops and setting th forth the average yield per acre for st the different crops, together with a, the average amount of fertilizers us- cc ed in past experience. 4. The Lay of the Land-State ti1 whether level or rolling, and indicte rc drainage facilities.w 5. Water Supply-State whether th creeks or ,branches are on the prop- to erty and average depth' at which di water is secured in wells-.t 6. Give a rought plat of land, If ca possible. (This may be done on the m back of the descriptive sheet on is space for that purpose.) . S 7. Prices-at which you will sell te the land, In bulk or broken into er small farms, and terms upon- which sc you sell. The prices quoted must be sc lived up to for a period of three el months from the date of listing. e 8. Lands for Settlement Purposes 01 -Quote terms for tracts of not less 01 than 1,000 acres and up to 40,000, th acres, or more. The larger the tract p the easier handled. p In giving the information askcd for, fill the blank spaces under num- p ber corresponding to the questions on 1a accompanying sheet. w; Tracts of land which the timber fe has been freshly cut, which would be bi suitable for farming operations, 01 stock raising and fruit growing, par- m ticularly such as can be divided into w, tracts of 100 acres or less, are par- er ticularly desired. If your lands are m in the hands of a real estate agent, til note the fact In filling the accom- e panying sheet, and give the address at of the agent. ly Prospective purchasers will be 5 asked to communicate direct with t owners or agents. - E. J. Watson, Commissioner. * fi HE WILL AFTER THIS. la 1"Oh, Henry," said she blithely mn As he sat him down to dine, pr "I have bought the sweetest cushion or For a dollar ninety-nine. t "It was bargain day at Stanley's, er And they advertised it so fl That the store was fairly crowded, For the prices were so low." fo di H'm!" he coughed and looked as- th kewly. uw "As sure as I'm alive, 01 We are selling that same cushion te At a dollar twenty-five." at so Not a word then broke the silence ti< Till his wife, with many sighs, th Softly said in accents tearful, a "And why don't you advertise?" fic -Shelton (Conn.) Booster. ox pl Workmen Find Skeleton. in Workmen installing a heating ito system at Alvah S. Brainerd's house, I near Hazardville, Mass., found a keg be in an old-fashioned chimney contain- te ing a human skeleton. The remains rc: were those of a child. Nothing was au left but the bones and a few ashes. wl The -Brainerd family is at a loss to an explain the mystery.* Suicides After Five Trials. a At Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Sarah E.m Ashbell tried four times to kill her- p1 self, and on her fifth trial was suc-m cessful. Thursday, she tried hang-- s ing and her husband sat up all night al to keep watch over her. While he ~ dozed, Mrs. Ashbell drank carbolic n acid, and the husband woke to find her dead. * One thing is certai-. and this is that the Southern farmers must as Tl rapidly substitute horse-power anno er machinery for so much human Ia- dig bor. There are plenty of laborers if ali their labor was made more effective nc through the use of machinery as is .bc done in the West.-W. F. Massey, in th Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farm- hi. er. * 'un RIED TO TRADE Eandayer's Brother Ofered Votes to Get Him a Full Paren OFFER WAS REJECTED W. Gaumxan, Who Was Senteneed to Fifteen Years Imprisonment for Killing a Man, Since Paroled by Gov. Blease, Tried to Purchase a Promise of Pardon. The State says last August or Sep nber, after the first State primary d before the second, a man who pported Mr. Featherstone for gov nor told a member of the staff of Le State that a man named Gall in had come to- Columbia that day aring a letter of introduction from resident of Union. Mr. Featherstone was not In Co mbia and Gallman called to see .e of the men active -in his cam ign, presenting the letter to him. Le letter said, among other things, at Gallman, the bearer, had a other in the penitentiary and- that e bearer of the letter had large litical influence in Union, Spar aburg and Greenville counties. - The bearer of the letter desired to Low if Mr. Featherstone could be pended upon to pardon his brother case of his election, provided the fluence of the bearer were exerted r Mr. Featherstone's election. Mr. Featherstone's friend promptly Id the bearer of the letter that no edges or promises would be made. ie Union man thereupon begged at the matter be taken under con leration, and left, showing some xiety to catch a train. Of course the matter ended there, far as Mr. Featherstone and his iends were concerned. The man < io told The State man about the sit remarked at the time that in Ly event he expected to keep an eye developments in the Gallman case. Yesterday the announcement was iblished that the governor had pa led James W. Gallman, a prisoner the State penitentiary, convicted 1907 of manslaughter and serving sentence of 15 years, during good havior. James W. Gallman was convicted .Union county In 1907 for killing ms Gilmore at Jonesville, in Union unty. He was sentenced to 15 ars in the State penientiary. The Lrole was announced by Gov. Blease >wnsend of Union. What Constitutes Soil Fertility. What is soil fertility? What does e term mean to you? What is your andard of measurement? ' What 'e the conditions or factors which ntrol or constitute soil fertility? It appears that, to some, the quan ty of the so-called plant foods, nit gen, potash and phosphoric acid, ich are applied to or contained in .e land, is the most important fac r in measuring the fertility of pro ictive power of a soil. To others .e proper amount of humus,, or de ,ying organic matter in a soil, is the easure of its fertility, or at least, the first essential of soil fertility. ill others believe that tillage de rmines more largely than any oth factor the productive capacity of ils. And still others, even certain ientists and investigators, have aimed that soil fertility is almost or tirely a question of a proper supply moisture in the soil, independent its chemical composition, except as is chemical composition affects its iwer to furnish a proper water sup That all soils contain sufficient ant foods for the production of rge crops, or that the supply of ater is the sole measure of soil rtility, will be accepted by few; Lt if any one factor could be singled it as the most important in deter ining the fertility of any .soil, it :uld certainly be the one of a prop supply of water. The lesson which ust first be learned is, that soil fer ity is dependent upon many differ t factors, and that if we neglect y one of the factors, or if we great exaggerate another, we shall most rely fall short of that full grasp of e subject necessary to the best soi1 anagement. If we admit that good tillage, suf :ient plant foods, organic decay and cterial life and a properly regu ted supply of moisture are all es ntial to large crop production, or aximum soil fertility, it is not quite oper or accurate to state that any te of these is, in the true sense, e most important; but since all oth s of these are more or less depend .t upon one, water, it may be placed, 'st in consideration.1 Most soils contain much more phnat] ods than would be required to pro ice scores of maximum crops; but ese are useless for crop production itil dissolved in the soil water. ganic matter decays through bac rial activities, which break down Ld render soluble plant foods in the i; but an equally important func mn of decaying organic matter in e soil is its value in preserviug proper water supply. If, then, suf ient plant foods in soil, decaying ganic matter and proper water sup-1 y are thi-ee most important factors soil fertility, it is entirely -proper place the water supply as first in portance. Organic matter would placed second because its decay rds to render the plant foods al ady in the soil available to crops d to regulate the water supply in lich the plant foods are dissolved d carried to the growing plants. These, then, are our problems: (1) control the water supply by drain e and the introduction of organic atter. and (2) to furnish soluble nt foods by introducing organic a.tter which in its decay will supply hstances to dissolve the plant foods -eady in the soil, and by the addi >n of other supplies of plant foods commercial fertilizers.--Raleigh C.) Progressive Farmer. * Rescued Alive. At Kansas City for fifteen minutes Lursday Ernest Boldinger, a labor-t was buried under eight feet of rt in a well, but he was rescuedt e and physicians say he suffered c serious injury. He was at the ttom of a sixteen-foot well when a wall caved in. Workmen heard . icries and dug him out. He was I R01 BAlDl *poY PO1 Absolute) The official G show Royal Baki an absolutely pur grape cream of powder, and care: to prevent the sub other brand in its With no other cuit, cake and hot. so pure, healthful Royal Baking Powder costs a and is cheaper and better atitsI powderin the world. It makes R1oya Cook Book-800 Receipfs-] ROYAL BAKING POWDE THE WORLD. Te argued his suit, she answered But the world went on revolving F just the same. ler answer filled his heart with woe, But the world went on revolving just the same. he had no wish to be his bride, T er cold rejection hurt his pride. e med-I-ta-ted su-i-ci-de, But the world went on revolving just the same. rhe rbusiness man ran out of cash. f] But the world went on revolving - just the same. h His business simply went to smash, 1 But the world went on revolving n just.the same. a le pleaded with the banks, but no. p Mhey wouldn't help him make it go. And so his heart was filled with woe. b But the world went on revolving t just the same. 1 And so It Is-we come to grief, a But the world goes on revolving i2 just the same. n )ur ship runs on a jagged reef it But the world goes on revolving A just the same. a and when at last, in course of years, rhere comes an end to hopes and' a fears. I And we must leave this vale of tears. fa It will go right on revolving just 1< the same. -Sommerville Journal. g n The Implements the Farmer Needs. sa Few farmers need all farm imple- E nents. The man who has no cowb Ices not need a separator; the man without live stock has no use for a I anure spreader; the man who aises only cotton does not need a s pea huller; the man with only one C orse could not afford to buy a two Norse plow. We admit all this. fi What we wish to impress upon our n eaders Is that it will pay a man to b frow peas and save them for seed; s ;hat he should .get two horses and i: :hen a two-horse plow will follow; V :hat he. can make money by keeping a ive stock, and that when he gets he live stock he can afford to buy a nanure spreaders and cream separa- si :ors and build silos. In short, we '2 wish to inspire him with high Ideals, v o make him ambitious to do better ti ~arming, to get more work stack and 1 nore machinery, and thus to make t] nore money and live more comfort ably than he possibly can while he works only one horse and uses only few of the more inefficient tools. f we could only convince our one iorse farmers, however, of the value :o them of three tools, we should be loing them a wonderful service. [hese, too, any energetic farmer can ave; and if he will manage to have ls land broken and harrowed with ood two-horse machinery, he can do ust as good cultivating with them s anyone can do, although it will inevitably cost him more than it would with more team power. The .mplements we refer to are: (1) a b rood planter, (2) a good weeder, (3) a good cultivator. The one- d irse farmer who has these will soon e able to get two horses; the man who is without them should not rest. mtil he gets them.-Raleigh (N. C.) ' Progressive Farmer.* Wanted a Fine Church. Great preachers like Wesley andb hitefeld did not feel the need o1 ;plendid houses of worship for their I ~special use. They carried on their work of religious and moral teacu g without thought of the cost of. he edifices in which they changed0 .o take the pulpit. They were satis ied to spread the message of salva ion among men in the open fields or mder humible roofs. Building funds td questions of architecture were he least of their concerns. A popular revivalist like Moody ' would speak night after night, if ieed be, In any available hall or old b torage warehouse or freight statien. )thers like Torrey, whose eloquence Lnd earnestness have daily swayed housands, were content at times, if io other shelter offered, to hold their eligious meetings in a tent on some 'acant city lots. Their surroundings - were of little importance if only they eached the people in their ministry if the Gospel. The New York World says in set ing so great store uponL a magnifi-n ent temple on the avenue Dr. Aked ook different grounds. Hie has part- e: 'd with the congregation in- New e ork city which brought him from ingland, because it disappointed his Lopes of erecting a huge tabernacle ;h~ere every Sunday he should preach rc o crowded audiences. The trusteesY id not feel justified in undertaking Cc he task of providing a $2,000,000 n: hurch building.b The Senate is a thing of the past A rith one, and with the other it is W .either a thing of the past or of the w Me FDER Pure wvernment tests g Powder to be and heaf tartar baking ;hould be taken stitution of any place. 'agent can bis breads be made and delicious. ly a fair pdce per pound rice than any other balang pure, clean, h hini food. 'ee. Sed Name and Ad&rs. WECK NEAR AKN REIGHT TRAIN RAN INTO BY A PASSENGER TRAIN. he Fireman on the Freight Train Has His Skull Fractured and is Expected to Die. A special to The News and Courier om Aiken says several persons ere injured, one seriously,. in -a ead-on collision on the Southern oad, about 11 o'clock Thursday. ight, the scene of the wreck being bout a mile below the passenger de ot at Aiken. The injured were given attention local physicians and later- taken. ) a hospital in Augusta. It seems that passenger Train. No. 7, from Charleston to Augusta, was bout two,,hours late, and after leav g Aiken was running, as the engi eer expressed it, "pretty fast," when ran into an extra freight,. which ras coming around a curve without headlight. The freight was running at about five-mile rate of speed. The engi eer of the passenger did not see the reight until the headlight of his own. comotive revealed the situation. He immediately applied .the~ emer ecy brakes and yelled to his fire ian to jump, intending to do the. me himself. However, before eith could jump the crash came. It. eveloped that the freight engineer ras stooping down in his cab and did t see the approaching passenger. The fireman on the freight bad his kull fractured and the engineer was msiderably bruised about the head. On the passenger, the engineer,. reman, ticket collector, and Pull ian conductor suffered various ruises, as did also six of the pas ngers, all men. The only serious ijury, so far as could be learned, ras to the fireman on the freight, 'ho may die. Both locomotives were badly dam ged, one ,being partly derailed and ~veral of the passenger coaches were masiderably torn up. The injured 'ere placed in a baggage car and ken to Augusta, an^ engine, in the eanwhile, having been sent from tat city. HUMOROUS. "I ish I had the toothache." "Why such a wish?". "Well, I've got a lot of other trou les that I'd like to forget for a hbile." Now Helen pink, the papers say, Is Washington's new hue; 'ell, if the shade has come-to stay, That must make Alice blue! Aice-That girl is pretty, but she asn't any brains. Lorraine-If she's pretty she esn't ned any brains. Miss Elderly--What would you do I should 'tell you mny age? He-Double it. "I have a remarkable history," egan the lady who looked like a ssible client. "To tell or sell?" inquired t.he Lwyer caoutiously." First Tramp-What do yer t'lnk Sdis "pure beer" idea? Second Tramp-I wish day'd jest iake me one of de inspectors. Farmer-Here's a letter from city lks aniswerinl' our ad, Miranaiy. hey want ter know if there's a bath the house. What'll I tell 'em? His Wife-Tell 'em the truth. 1 'em if they need a bath they'd itter take it afore they come. The Collector-Are you Lawyer The Lawyer-Yes. The Qollector-Want to know hen you will pay this bill? The Lawyer-Never? Two dollars r the advice, please. Bae n-I :understand your wife ever dces things by halves, .Egbert-That's about right. She ther leaves the door wide open or se she slams it. Robbed Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan was bbed at the Majectis Theatre New rk of a handsome seal hand bag, intaining $75 and valuable souve rs collected by her and her bus nd in their recent travels, last Sat tday afternoon. Mrs. Stephen B. rres, wife of the Congressman, ose guests Mr. and Mrs. Bryan ire in the Bronx, made the fact