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F-y?.. ' . Di'MATION ON SOUTHERN FARMS Crops Must Be Diversified to Keep Our Money at Home. BREEDING HORSES AND MULES Dig rvcy to Agricultural Kctorm in tne South Is More Labor-saving Machinery on the Farm?Chief Cause of Poverty. (By O. H. ALFOUD.) We muBt diversify our crops and keep our money at borne to build magnificent homes. churches, j school bouses, and good roads, and to educate our children and till our banks to overflowing; keep out of debt and Insist on getting all that we buy at the lowest price for cash; increase the fertility of our soils by reducing washing to the minimum, by deep plowing j and turning under vegetable matter, a rotation of crops, including leguminous crops, and the addition of barnyard manure and ground phosphate rock; plant the mofit proliHc seed instead of seed that have run out; use economic plants, such ne legumes, and small grains and sorghum for feed instead of so much expensive corn; uso commercial fertilizers judiciously; drain our lands better; give our soil better preparation and frequent and shallow cultivation, but the moo -wi ?nuio nui nw |?v? wri in pi uimui v the most effective remedy for poverty ixi the south. The big key to agricultural reform in the south Is more horse power and labor-suving implements on the farm. The average farm worker toils with a small mule or horse, and his total annual income is only about $148. lu Iowa, the average farm worker uses nearly four large horses and produces $011.11 annually, exclusive of stock. An analysis of the different states show a much sma'ler use of power on the southern farms than in nny other section of the country, and consequently less use of labor-saving farm implements and correspondingly lower capacity of the farmers. Probably the chief cautc of poverty In the Bouth is the one-horse breaking / AN UNSOUNDNI WILL INTERFERE WITH FUTURE USEFULNESS O 0 | iU, THOROUGlHfljjjg^ CURB-V m B SPL | I' I ^ SIDE B ^ remedy: breed { plow. The small mulo and a small < turning plow is a guuruntoe of shallow soil devoid of vegetable mntter or ' humus. A shallow soil devoid of vegetable matter means small crops and poor farmers. The soil should bo deep and full of humus In order to increase the storage capacity for water and thereby enable It to hold enough water to carry tho crop through the longest drought in tho summer though heavily fertfllzedT ~We Cannot Plow deep or turn under the corn and cotton stnlks, oat and pea stubble, UUd weods wll*> a one-lion*pram* ^ jploW, Cultivating enn* with endorse plows and oue-horse cultivators l? 4 slow process hhd fchOVild not be practiced uitlefas the laud Is 'ull roots and stumps. This Is an *ge of saving farm implement*. and n* tkrm r can afford to walk down each middle three or four Umea at each cultivation. The one-row cultivator should be used by every farmer. The farmers of the south should raise the necossary horse power. Mil Hons of dollars are leaving the soutfc each year for the purchase of mule* and horses. Few small farmeafford to keep mules and y" least half the work stc ' farms should be d* y<idtog8engaged In he ,cK on sou 1 ductlon. T mnres. actl not f -*vy work and m?k e l( tsa great oconoeulc w use one or more draft mare s'"\. - / rJtriLan who employs mulo ' 'lnu urn.. geldings lr. farm operation* rec In return only their labor. Mare ployed for farm work. If tatollif; handled, can do all the *?rk tl required and will produce In ad a considerable number of colts, rapidly develop into marketable main, thereby adding to the fat come. It is generally considered that brood mareB must be kept to i same work that can be done by of mules or geldings of equal sti but the difference in feed c slight, and the value of the col duced offsets such difference I costs, with a considerable bah 1 spare. It is perfectly clear thai whet work done on a farm by two geldings or muleB Is equally as well done by three mares at a very slight expense In feed cost, and when such extra f?ed cost is off-set with a balance of $100 to $1&0 to spare, that it is an economic waste not to use mares. The man who uses mares and produces colts adds to his own wealth and to that of the community where he resides. We must get pure bred draft sires if we are to build up our present undersized stock of mares into goodsized, well-built draft mares for farm work and colt production. Of course, there Ib a splendid opportunity at the present time for many southern farm . Two-Horse Cultivator. era to purchase such draft mares as are suited to southern conditions, but we cannot go north and west and buy such grade draft marcs as cheaply as we can grow them. Furthermore, wo cannot purchase a sufficient number or urart mares to make much progress within two or three generations. The colt from a first-class draft sire and one of our small mares will usually weigh from 1.100 to 1.400 pounds. Two or three successive crosses with pure bred draft sireB will build this undersized stock up into a ? x ' iSS IS ANYTtilNO WHICH \ THE PRESENT OR WITH THE ^ "wind INT-*|jf W r\ oneJ^ V. ?** RINO BONE SOUND HORSES, y good grade of draft mares weighing 1 frn.n 1 onn tn 1 CArt ?... 1 - - ? r . . .,-"v w *,vvv Iiyuuu# Ul Illiriy good type. Draft horse sires must not only have | weight, but they must possess quality. It haj? been found that the heavy quality will perform more work with greater ease than will the horse of phlegmatic disposition and temperament. The draft horse that is suited for tho gouth must possess quality. There MlBt be no tendency to coarseness, heavy coats of hair, or sluggish dispo sltion. Tho prejudice that exists ago' thq site of the draft horse is not Wunded. The Tennessee expe ^ Btftthvu UBes heavy draft P< rln, mere.B with pronounced succ ,rcbe Perform heavy work at t' rp and at many farms throuf gta tire summer of each yer Adut the southern-grown hors' j si without gTeiuer 41' 4ft. mules from being in ' -*>4 'ort. A two mares I jry day, 1 reared s ^ the T"i ?uMM sts - static ^ tkeav/y pah . ' ?Ua that 1 ir' M yefurjsd V*0O>Vffor when old. / 1 The tnule is hJnX^of the most Mm 1 cog* In the 1n<*?ww*&% commercial At | agrtcuUura'l pnogrnisa. of the south lernl.la cons? giuens*".* of his faithful ?,ly \ fca that 1 ae "k^er Part of com, uro-1 . and cotto ?. n* well as numerous asto L er crops, art? produced and trane a on led to nif rket_ The mule is wi I r imrk in the logging ct a lllni IV. W | s or' "while ho excels as a boast of b\ eiveai flu tho ra Oroad camps and for tru ? em-- Kind for liwry purposes In the < ;ently' .He potu*WM'S tho ability to resls mt iai #oa?e and withstand tho strain < dition fvcro labor on loss and poorer which Khnn the horse. In many linr e ani- "work, and particularly those just ;m in- tloned, tho mule is decidedly su to the horse, and I have no q three' with those who claim a mule-is Jo the economically fed and a more ef a pair work animal than a horse of en?th, weight. At the same time, it m :ost is admitted that the mule is w its pro- pride of ancestry or hope of po In feed and valueless for any purpose ince to than labor fHE FORT BOLL TIMES, FOE' REBELS DEFEATED BL GUNBOAT FIRE HUERTA'S LITTLE V*ARSHIPS WITH MACHINE GUNS MOWED DOWN REBELS. MANY BODIES LEFT ON FIELD When Rebels Retreated They Took Twenty-five Locomotives and Hundreds of Cars. MoyIpo rilv Tim rnhpttt fnilpd in * "v .www.w their attack on Tamplco nnd have withdrawn some distance troni the city. Messages reaching here fully corroborate the war oftice report of the rebel defeat as a result of a heavy and sustained bombardment by two fed eral gunboats and field artillery. They do not, however, bear out the idea of a lout. In possession of the railroad yards throughout the battle, the rebels, when they wered riven off, remained sufficiently cool in the face of the furious lire to take away with them every locomotive and most of the roll ing stock. According to the federal report 800 rebels were killed before they could get out of range, and tills probab'j would mean many other hundreds wounded and left behind. It is regarded here as probable that the relief of Tampico is only temporary and that before many days the rebels will resume the attack in greater numbers, although the three days' battle has materially cut down their supply of ammunition. Reports that reached here do not indicate that the piuijen; u^s us a resuu 01 me lighting has been largo. Whether the rebels, under General Itlanco now at Victoria decide to renew the attack upin Tampico or direct their efforts against Monterey, they will be able to move men and war material much more expeditiously in the next venture, since as a result of the engagements about Tampico they now have In their possession 23 locomotives and several hundred cars, many of them loaded with construction material and other supplies. FREE FOOD SWELL IMPORTS Removal of Tariff Has Opened New Supplies of Foodstuffs. Washington.?Foodstuffs ' free of duty under the rj.Vm V are swelling the V . J\, 1 ports and ? - iVimpoftvU ,r th . irfrflfhis 'of the "pre* .nt tt( f' ,Cal 0<Su'l^red with ,e sum ,ijWifill year, was sllOV&i ' ? stati, tic* made pruMic by the <lv partmer of commerce. Kxporfs tkts year haVe m mounted t ?S3S.!Hs?.8BH against $7 1 041 7V ft the Hi*m four months-*1*1 Ve.jr T, imports Htgures we* ?58(, ^Q( again si #1.20,230,987. "Tlfrti'e can be lio ^fnferen' i , 'rom IW? *ar? n jJ ry Itedfirdd. "that is not b . hPL aging and i-mnplimentar- encot I can indu.srrt-v. The tl> ^ lo markets wlfcc ''alleged /odthK of ? Europe lias nit happ< cheap wares er liand, the grow mod. On the ol both surprising a? th of exports tails of importat .d encouraging. I which the duty jon of foodstuffs duced by the r was removed or "It is of c ,ew tariff law. stute any ?' ourse much too soon new reven jefluite results under l rotary, " ae laws," continued the s HOW Kll* oa it will Wftll tO Ol ' ^plies of food, that unquesti () ias been n result. i entile, which now enter free /, the number imported In Oi jt was 130,659 against 27,696 in .ober, 1012; and of sheep, the n ber was 26,035, against 3,466, , fresh beef the imports during O ber were 5,677,461 pounds, ,n8t "Of corn, which enters Tree of c veil I tinder the new law, the tmportatt lent ,n October, 1013, were 475, 250 b iron ; els> against 226,471 in October hey year. Pish shows material increas tion importations. Onions, on which en- fate of duty was reduced one-] mall show importations of 120,487 bus and in October, 1913, against 86,361 b side els in October, 1912." the itlon Kills Mother About His Coffei the Donaldsonville. La.?'Because six aged mother did not respond pre I ly to his request ior a cup ui c? vital i Paul Falcon arose from the sn] I and I table, went Into the next room i. It ' shot her through the head. Mrs. serv- con died Almost instantly. The rice ily reside on St. Fmmu planti oth- ' severul miles from this plnce. iport- con's half brother, John It a gas, thout returned from work and asked imps, change of clothes. She was eo lrden ing with itangas' request wher cklng was shot down. lties it dis- Oreat Britain Fears Rebellion in of so- London. -The lirittsh and I feed governments arc seriously cone >8 o? over recent occurrences In soul men- rica arising out of what the Kn perlor dfans consider discriminatory h uarrel tlt-n against tliem. An efTort more injr made to minimize the seroi Hcient of the situation which was not equal nled hy a genen I strike of thoi ust be of Bast Indians In Nataland ri Ithout wlilch several were killed. Th sterity ern.neat's influence has been other cient to induce the press of tht try to print only favorable nev ^ Jl r MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA ONE REASON FOR LA1 MEXICAN ELEGT10NS VOID i HUERTA CONGRESS CALLS NEW 1 ELECTIONS FOR NEXT JULY. Unless the Rebels Throw Him Out, ' the Dictator Will Remain in Power. Mexico City. ? The Mexican con Kress nullified the recent presidential I elections. New elections are calle*' for next July. *[' Congress, according *expects General 1' flntlon, the prcsidc^y. to 'reouitn In ?>e presidency fZ ut ,oast >even months more;' and fr Joast SOVen sary for the sole- - ^ lime- tiecesof his succ' .otic.n 'and illation f siderat' _?,SBor is Into conep"' .on, It will be towards the ;? of September, next year, before - yields his power to another. f In voting that the recent preslden1 1 tia"! election was null, the deputies l deeded to fix the first Puhday in o Jub', 1914, as the date for the1 hew election. They also confirmed the poe sitlo'u of General Iluerta as provisions' al president until tlieil. e TlVa notion of the depuih'A WAS Afib com/'anied by no debate. Yhe commitit tee'#, report War npprVrv'ed without u diss*'sting VotY- v,.r s'.w*idly as the artl(i clfcs couh* Vie read. >r nwjnsWres taken also provide le ft't thfc election of a new congress since the one elected to take the place of that dissolved by Iluerta is to n serve out an unexpired term which a. should terminate September 15. ir. Although there were no dissenting rj. votes in the chamber on the commit ur tee report, it was noted that the of Co tholic deputies absented themselves from the session. " "DRYS" STORM THE CAPITOl on r<>" Mighty Prohibition Demonstration ii Washington. to tju, Washington. ? Prohibition force ()(. from all over the country gathei Jeu ed in Washington for a den onstratlon before the national capita More than two thousand men an nf women, representing the Anti-Saioo (Mu League of America and the Woman ( )< . Christian Temperanco Union, marcl um p(' 'n 8eImr?te bodies to the capltr hearing petitions demanding that n cto- tionul prohibition l)e effected by co stitutionai amendment. I t,. Disagreement as to the part ea< ions orP!in{xatlon should play in the pi ush sontation the petitions threaten' jas( were to cause a sprit in the temp* jn ance forces, but all differences we smoothed out. As a result, the co half m*ttee ?' one thousand men, rep hels Anti-Saloon League fore U6h were received at the capitol first, ter which they withdrew and the wo en made their plea. B'hi Federal Ownership of Wire Lines n s Washington.?Legislation prelii iffoo nary to Kovernment ownership of t< graph and long distance teleptu '*and "ne8, or m?y be introduced , the annual postofflce approprlnt rni' bill soon to bp reporrea toi ne not 'am* Representative Moon of Tennes ltlfn' and Postmaster General Burleson In *al" been conferring on tlie subject, i lui<1 they are expected to reach a (i for n agreement as to tho form the | mply- pOS,.d legislation should take. Kx| 1 sl,? ments in the ownership of raih mail ears have been provided foi tndia To stop ..pigtol Toting." ndian Washington.?An amendment to erned pe(|ernl constitution to permit i 1,1 At' gress and the states to regulate .st In- practiCe of "pistol tot'.ng," was o oglsla- p(i jn (],e bouse by Representa Is be- j.-rnnk Park of Georgia. Judge F iisness predicted that the amendment w -ompa- receive the overwhelming approvi isands conRress and the states. He said ots in experience on the bench had cow 0 ROV" ed him that the evil of pistol tc suffl- wna directly responsible for a 1 s coun- percentage of the homical record the United States. re XMAS SHOPPING | jijf'jf JMSFMRERiilTUi N ANNUAL REPORT WAR SECRE j TARY FAVOPS RESERVE , SYSTEM. 'roper Organization Necessr.ry for ' United States,Recognition and D _-perc,3"!ceWashi' ^ton _gpcrplar>. Garrison's j report to the pvesido'.t, as ol the war departnlent, makes no Yticommendatlons for the generally expected rearrangement of army posts to. distribute troops In mobile units. The secretary says that other things of immediate importance, "particularly an adequate supply of field artillery," will postpone his recommendations to congress, but in the"meantime the troops will bo garrisoned in as practical a manner for mobilization as is possible. Mr. GarrH^-n amflfggoB titG militia at -ornA length. Ho Atys, in part: "The national importance of a ro> serve system for the organized militia cannot l?c questioned. The minimum drvngth at Wliieii militia organize tit'llB "are maintained in time of peace will render necessary n great and iro mediate increase in n national emerg oucy. and tliis fact demands the pres once of a system of reserves fron which trained men may be secured fo this increase. Without some such s>> tern, not only will such increase b rendered exceedingly difficult, bu even when accomplished the efflciet cy of the organizations will have bee reduced to a minimum by the intn : duction of an untrained element dot ble in number tlie trained pcrsonne ' PLANNING TO CURB TRUST: Scope of Anti-Combine Legislation D Tinea ai uuiucigmvci n Washington.?The scope of Pre; dent Wilson's program of anti-tru s legislation became fairly well deflni r- at the end of a conference at tl j- white house between the preside 1. and six Democratic members of t d house judiciary committee, that is m undertake the preparation of tlie i 's ministration bills. The measures li- be advanced for action at this scs.si >1, will aim at the following results: a- Definition of the various forms n- monopoly and restraint of trade will would be "conclusively deemed" i 2I1 reasonable and in violation of la' e- Placing upon the defendant the b ed den of proof to show that there is jr- "unreasonable" restraint of trade, re Prohibition of interlocking direi m- rates between large corporations, re- Establishment of an interstate tr; ea, commisssion to exercise regulat af- powers, make original investigutl rn- and aid the courts in carrying out crees of dissolution of trusts. Possible for Man to Earn Mlllioi mi- New York.?Secretary of State 1 ?1?- ham J. Bryan, in speaking before >ne clerical conference of the New Y in Federation OI tnurtnen uu Hie nun ion of "KundamentalH," declared it tc ise. hi? belief that "it is possible U see man really to earn $30,000 a year live a life time of 33 1-3 years, or a mi ind dollars In a lifetime." Secretary nal an made this declaration in discuspro man's relation to the society a per- him, which, he said, was one of vay throe things fundamental in Im r. life. Stops as Dividend Payer, the New York.?After an unbroken ord of forty years as a dividend ffor- nr> the New York, New Haven tive < llurtford Railroad company flnall; 'ark been forced to the necessity of t>>tld pending further disbursements c i?l of tlr.7,000,000 of stock. This de< his -\-as reached after a protracted ?inc- tig of the directors. It Is estii iting tflat nto less than $40,000,000 of ?rge Haven stock and bonds, as well Is of curities of affiliated companies real estate are heid by savings I 't ... torn' , 13,B7?,000 BALES 1 IS CROP ESTIMATE I FIRST ESTIMATE OF COTTOI* I CROP MADE BY U. 8. ITf GOVERNMENT. _ ^ COMPARISONS ARE % MADE I This Year's Crop Will Probably Be 1 the Most Valuable Ever Known. I in the Country. \ I Washington.?The American cotton I crop for the season of 1913-14 will amount to 13,677,000 bales of 500 pounds (not including 1 inters), according to the first estimate made by" the government this year through theerop reporting board, bureau of statistics, department of agriculture, and! announced. This compares ' Willi 13,/703,421 bales of 500 pounds, exclusive of linters, produced last yea", when the total crop inclusive of linters was 14.313,000 bales of 500 pounds; 15v* 692,701 hales in 1911, which, inciudiug linters. amounted to 16,250.276- i bales; 11,608,610 bales in 1910>. which,, including linters, amounted to 12,-O'JiViSS ba>es; 10,004.949 bales in IStfO,. which, including linters, amounted IcT A 13,587,306 hales, and 11.107,179 bales I in 1907, which, including lintel's, B amounted to 11,375,461 bal-?s. The a, erase of the crops of 11107.3,3 ??> M 12,331,047 bales, exclusive of llwwrs m A crop of 6,o'l:,,85'>.?i00 jwnmi's of" . < 11on. not Ir.cliuli g Uubersv was pro - | i i; ? . -i*. "'JmI, the #1-rrn-- t of ag7fcW> tare announced. ' , ; is the In size, that of 1911, which 7,459,940,000 pounds, being n*5:'r^B8? (lint of last ydar, wnen ttxo 000 pounds wore grown, being' se<-<^B|^^H^BB| crop probably will b<led States. At t'nj uvera^ faiflflf Wt .of cotton on jtfbvcmie^ 4, %vhicln^vd? ^8^8 ' i:l cents n pound, it ts worth IS5<V SiUjl j :>70.r?00 for (lie lint alono. To tills YH 1 about $125,000,000 ptobab y wi'.l be ! added by value of the seed and Jin j ters. The previous er>rr?T vuiuable HE I crop was tliut of 1910, which \\ is val- H ued at $820,320,000 and with seed and H lint at $9C?:,.,iSO,nort. ^ TAFT BACkS UP VVILSON Former President Says Monroe Doctrine Must Be Upheld. ^ flj Now York "We are' intr^niifkmiui H trustees of iho prosperity t une have* H . and the power we enjoy,. ajicfc wo are- flj . ii\ duly Bound to use rheiu wh^n it V is both civil and proper to help our fl i neighbors," declared former President fl William 11. Tuft in a lecture before -r the New York Peace Society on the Monro** doctrine, which, ho held, should be continue d in full force, despite the hostility to its expressed In ' I snr.ve nuartei B. * ' | e i "We cannot be too careful to uvuftP ^ t ! forcing our own Ideas of government i- on peoples, who, though favoring popii ular government, have such different;> : Ideas as to what constitutes it,* i- lie alluded to criticism of the appli1 cation oi the doctrine as lcadinj? to' "intermeddling by our government tn< g the politics of the smaller countries like Sun Domingo and tho central American republics," and that we are e' exercising a protectorate of a direct character over some of thein. "What, si- wo are doing with respect to them,"' he continued, "is in the interest of" civilization, and we ought to do it to? 1 aid our neighboring governments*. Iie whether the Monroe doctrine prevails a :it or not." if* * he I to "Mona-LisV Is Found. ? ld" Florence, Italy. -"Mona-Lise," I.eo Jj to nardo Da Vinci's great painting, JB on which was stolon from the Louvre, in Paris, more than two years ago, aafe ^ been found. It is now in the hands i 'c*1 of the Italian authorities and will bo l,u" returned to France. "Mona-Llsa," or lV- "La Joconde," as it is more popularly ur" known, the most celebrated portrait no of r woman ever painted, has been the object of exhaustive search in all :to" quarters of the globe. The mystery of its abstraction from the Louvre, Its rtde great intrinsic value and tha strangeory | fascination of the smile of the wum 0,18 an it portrayed?Lisa Del Giocond* ? d?* have combined to keep aliva interest: In its recovery. Defender's Keel Laid at Bristol. Bristol, R. I.?Disregarding the oltfthe time sailors' superstition attaching ill 'ork lupjj i0 Friday, the builders of the -U* I.. Jcl'' vandernui Bynnicme ynciu, nmui ?o ' to be a candidate for the defensa ot ,r a the America's cup, cast her keel on 'or that day. A little ceremony added In11 ion tCfest to the casting of the keel when Miss Agnes Herreshoff, daughter of 'sing designer, tossed into the melted bout m(.tal several bright new pennies. the 'pj,e coins had been given iher for the [man purpose by Cornelius Vanderbflt and other members of the syndicate. Admiral Stops Fight, rec- Mexico City.? Ftenr Admiral Flet< hpay. er, commander of the American na\al nut f?rceH Mexican waters, ordered t ?e rebels and federals fighting at Tamol^ co to cease tiring, threatening to op-m sus" up on them with tlie guns of the gunm its i,oat Wheeling if his order was not vision obeyed. Both sides complied with the meet- order. This information is contained nated jn a dispatch received by Sir Lionel New farden, the British minister, from as se- near Admiral Sir Christopher Crad- ^ ? and ocjti Qf the British cruiser Berwick I yanks. which Is lying ofT Tampico. I n( "i . \ '' *1 .vC. -.J/