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FINE CROPS BEING PRODUCED ON LANDS OF CONSOLIDATED FARMS COMPANY NEAR HERE A t'hronlelo rt<|>i'oMi)k(utivH in colli* pany with several frlftiiU had ||?? pleasure of riding over I lie old Aucruin funn several miles Jitiluw ('umden wv ?? tit I day* It now llio pro|H?rly of the CoiiHolldated Kuniw <'<?., of Cam Mr. !?'. .M. Woolen, of Camden, In* liiK president of tlu* corporation and helnu tho director of the faruiIiik opera lions, witli Mr. II. II. Mathls, the over seer. Tills larfce farm contains seven hun dml ami fifty ari'cs under culllvatlon, with an Immense swamp ami highland pasture for stock raising. The prhle of the farm this year is the corn lield, sahl to lie the handsomest in the state ami favorably commented upon l?.\ well Known fanners thronuhont this ami ad joining counties. <'oUiit.\ demoiisira tion ageou 1 ?r. Waller Sorrell, claims to have directed ami sii^'ucstcd many of lite mH hod- nj*?n t Id- farm. I?iversi tlcation pla.vs an important part in (he operations. Stated roughly there arc l?.v tin i'.\|H*rleu(vil drainage ouifjnwr; from < haiioMc, Another in Iciest llitf |?!?????' of IiiikI Ik tli.xt .Mi?n fur mazlnti purpose*. For J t> mvc acres have been sown divided lull) Meld* of Jo (I I li I -Jft l?<"IV plot*. Tweiit.X iirivs HIT!1 Mi\Vi*r| to fj't' III Oc 1ol.ll- /111 ? I file poUllds of \\ It 11?' doVOr ?.red -?>w M broadcast iho day following ilie sowing of rye and harrowed In Twenty live |><>11 ii? 1 ih of .!it|>uli clover won* vowii broadcast on lop of mound and no) harrowed In tforlliK l'"' 111I<I<II<* of I'Vhruary. Tlir ryo was cut Jim! of .J11 iu* for seed purposes, yielding iltoul ten bushels per acre. This thou loft a pasture mixture ready for ?rn? in;?. This pasture will he permanent so loou as left undisturbed hy plow, as nature makes this mixture resccd on top of ground each succeeding year. This Held had an appliciitiou of two toiix of ground limestone per acre he. ;.?re being sou 11. The first twenty acres was limed .iml seeded al a cost in'ixMlly amount carried over from the UiMt year. Onl.v last week thene farm'* sold two hundred tviishels ??f last year* ?orn at jh'?' a carload of jhi inhering one It ii)i? I i?mI head, lir I he paatnres mi till* farm which will Im? ready for mar idlnK thin winter. .\fv. Wooten has recently purchased n new corn hinder, husking ami ah red (IIiik machine. 1'art of IiIh large crop of corn I* now l>eln? cut ami shocked ami will later I?e idireddcd ami tlie stover fed to steer*. Fifteen acres of this corn will he cut ami pla<tal Into silos ami l>e used as steer fped the coiulliu winter. These silon have heen ordered from Macon. <???aiul^are now ??n the way here. They are to he con arncted of hollow tll?. I Miring their trip to the *tockrai* ntc sections of North Carolina and Tennessee.. 1 ?r. Walter Worrell and Air. Wooton purchased four car loads of steers?eltfht-eiuht head In all-?one car 1 ('lit No. I, Showing Km! View of Fifteen Acre Corn Field as Compared With .Mans Height. ?Joii in rev in cotton. 1<m> acres in corn ."i acres in alfalfa. ~i acres in \\ Ileal, and KM) acres in mils < l.*i acres of which were killed out ami mowed tor hayi. Then* an* also -<? acre- in rye. It is est ima r <*? I that Mr. W'ootcn will , iret fi'i'in I.<mh? in hu.-hcls i?f corn from his <? r<? 11. Fifteen inro of this i?urn wiis planted in latter part of ! Mareli in tIn* usual way - live font rows , and fifteen inches in the drill, side dressed with pounds of rotten seed. ; hlood and arid phosphate per acre in til rev application-. Thi- lield of corn is shown in the accoinpanx inir illn-lra tion as ('in No. I Another twenty acre- was -own to < ritnson clover into cotton the preecd mil; year. Thirty live acres sown to Ahru/zi rv ?? the p reced i 11>ear The '-?lover and rye were turned under in April and Ma\ with a three di*c t ra?? tor. heiinr broken ahout 1 'J inche- deep. Land was then harrowed and planteil the latter part of May. fine thousand pound- of fertilizer p.-r acre wa- n-cd in three application*?one at lime ??!' planting and two side applieatiop There are acres of tine cotton on this furm which it is estimated will yield a 17."?J?ale production In some places on thi- farm lucre will In- found cotton and corn irrowiii'.' w here noth ijy.jl hu? I -heen produced in the pa-t tif f?m? n or twenty years ami which had trrown up into hrooiu ?edire or wa- for merly ditch hank- and low craw li<h lands. Thi- has all heeii obliterated liy a perfect -\-teiu of tiling which Mi Wooten ha- put in since the proper! \ came into his possession. It is esfi mated that fully live tliou-and dollar has heeli spent in tiling. usIuk twenty seven car loads and heini; placed there ,,f jfll.Tr> per tiere. It produced ten hushels <>t' rye jut aero. valued at per hu-hel, thu- leaving .1 protit of .<)after payiim all expenses <>J I??>1 It lime ami seed. Mr. Woolen is w?? 11 plea-ed uiili ?lii-* mixture that he plan- I" -ow alioiit 7-> l<> 1<MI aeres uu'it* in this manner this fall ami -prim:. 'riir <>l Imt Vweiitv live aires were -?*">w 11 in Japan ? li'Vci' in oats during iii i 11 < 11?? <>f February. ,v iehlinu around hnshels i?f oat- per :i?*!???. This also leave- another permanent pa-lure of .1 a p.i iu'v<> c|ii\ cr alone wliieli al-o re -cod- eaell s??ji-o||. I'ive Hires mhvii iii alfalfa ha- al read\ yielileii two heavy ami "lie liirht ? ?11; i I lir" lip lo dale ail'l experts lo _'e! another liefoie frovi. I i\e ii('if? -? i \\ ti iii wheal i- sai'l !?? have \ ielded I he largest amount per ;l i I'e of a 11V like er 'p \ el reported ill : hi- -tille liirinu the vear. < >ne htm ? heil ami *ixt\ ?? LlT 11f bu-hels were ?_':t I hereiI. a \ i? r.i -ziir_' 1 hit-hel- per I'e Sixj.v iii'i'e- of oats have heeii cut oil i hi- farm yieldimr U.ihmi bushels. or an avrrau'i- yiehl of ."..'J 1 bushel*: per ai re. The heaviest yield of oats was from portion of Meld on whieh arid phosphate i |(mi pounds per acre i wa applied at time of ?sovviliiT. Some of ?lies,, ai res making better than (>o hush els per aere. This yield w.'h so satis ?'a- toi \ that in the future arid phos plt.ile of the ahove amount will he used inder entire oat erop nt the lime of owin^. Twenty mules, he-ides many of the a test improved farm implements are used on this farm. Knmi^h foodstuff i- raised to feed all animals with a i wciuhinu 1,(10(1 |>i.mill- jut steer ; t w? ? ears mi 1.1>M) pounds, itiiil olio car av ciauin^ l.'J(N) pounds per animal. Most ? >f i1h-s?? animals come from Western North ('Molina Mini arc erratic short liorn variety. This firm is already i - s.??-k**?l w ith one 11 u in I r?*< 1 head of cows. ;?r 1 \??- ami yearllnirs composed tnhliil.v of i:rade ?liorf horn ami Hereford now I:-ra/iiiu in highland pastures. N. This |lastiirr demonstration of feed < ;i 111> * Iims attracted such wide at ti'iMin t liiofiulioii! tile" county that it ' i?. ver\ j1 !*oi?ihh* that half dozen or j moro farnn rs w ill iro into beef cattle, iiiMm: <-ii -.mall herds tlds fall to tie ii.< rea-ed from vear to Put Out of Office. j Austin. Texas. Aujr. 1'L'.?.lames !?'. I I \tvuson was suspended from the of ; (Jmvrnor of '|Vxa> shortly af ; lie !i o'clock toniuht. when the hoard | of nine in i mu'crs named |?y i lie house '??f rcpiv>cntatives presented t ? ? tile [senate twenty-one articles of impeach J'lient. Mlh-uin^ ??tlieiaI mi-conduct. ? H'., I', Hobby. Lieutenant (ioveriior. | aufoiiiM t ica lly succeeded to | he novel' , icr-hip. pending disposition of the ? liaises in i lie senate. The senate for ' ma lly designated next Wednesday as ' t' ie time for heirinnin^ the trial. Newton Kelly to Speak. I-Mitot* ('hroniele: lMease announce that I will make a speech at Pine (.'rove selloid house Saturday. Septem ber 1st. at -:.'?() o'clock in the after noon. My subject will he "The I'reach ??j and the Dirty Side of Politics." I.ailies and all invited. 1 make this speech by request. Newton Kelly. Cut No. 2, Showing Side View of Fifly-Fhe Am- Field as Compared to Height ?f Ford Car. N'KifRO TKOOPKKN HIOT. Chum* Death ami Injury to .Many Citi zen* at Hotwton. Te*??. floiistoii, Texas, Aug. 24? Ulanket charge* of murler were lilrnl tonlK^t by District Attorney John ('rocker against thirty-four negro soldier* of tin* Twenty-fourth infantry held in the county Jnil as a result of the trouble last ulKht. which ended with the death df seventeen persons, four of them city police officer#. This wus tlie first uiove Indicative of au attempt hy the state to retain custody <>f the soldiers rather than turn I them over to the army for punishment. Announcement that (Jen. Parker had I ordered the removal of negro soldiers of the Twenty-foijrth infantry from Houston to Ooiyihhiis, N. M., served materially to restore a spirit of quiet here tonight after a spirit of unrest following the race rioting last night, w hIch resulted in the death of seven teen persons and (lie wounding of more ifhunwt score. Coining' ns the climax to a series of | minor Ironldes ln?twoon city |m?1Ico and negro military police guarding Camp Logan, Houston's mobilization site for the Illinois division of the National I < >iittI'd, Thursday's outbreak created a reii;n of terror for many hours. Of I lie 1 'Jo negroes to leave their camp Thursday night with stolen ammuni tion for a raid upon the city all but eight were accounted for at (t o'clock tonight The remaining fugitives are expected to he round?*) up early to night. scores of civilian and military patrols' being In the field hunting for them. Major iJen. (ieorge Hell, Jr., will ar rive tomorrow to take charge of the situation from (Jen. John A Hulen, of the Texas National (Juard. who was appointed commander when the city md county were placed under martial hi w. Indicative of the complete control now held by the white military forces the announcement issued tonight I font construction work at Camp Ixv, ! Iran, interrupted during the day be-' tiuse of the riot, would be resumed on regular schedule Saturday morning. The rioting Thursday night started i'about fi o'clock. During the day the I negro troops became Inflamed against (the white police of Houston because of l the reported shoof'ng of a negro ser ? geant by a poll<i> officer. Stealing coin 1 naiiy ammunition. about 125 of the ne groes seized their rifles and left camp, starting toward the city and shooting j indicriminately. Warning was immo idiafely given and mounted police of j fleers sought to halt the mob, surren dering their lives in vain effort to drive ! the soldiers back. Illinois guardsmen I enenniped at Camp Logan soon arrived on tlie scene, hut only in time to throw a cordon between the negroes and great Jernwds'of Houston citizens, who had | armed themselves and quickly gathered | to oppose the raiders.' The negroes* If hen took to the open country in flight, j some returning to camp, where they ; were placed under guard, and others i billing in the fields and ditches along Who near by roads. jf Thirt.v-fwo guards of armed citizens j/tided the military forces during the /day in the search of the San Vol ice district fur stragglers from the rioting , negro band As fast as a negro sol ; ilier was found he was immediately : placed in custody of either the civil ; ian authorities or under guard at Camp j I.ogait. Automobile patmls alsofraversed tho ! roads radiating from the .city in all di I rections in ?i'it'<t of fugitives, in sev leral Instances with successful results. ? While 'he armcil forces devoted the I daylight hours to this work command ; inir officers under' Gen. TTulen were en | gaged in planning for the protection of j the camp through the coming night. 1 The additional force of approximately I WX) men from Fort Sam Houston, de | tailed from the Nineteenth infantry, ?arrived during the afternoon. ' Earlier in the day a detachment of i coast guard artillery from Fort Crock j ett."Galveston, arrived and relieved the Illinois guardsmen who had been on ! patrol duty throughout the night with out rest, and these with the fresh troops from San Antonio assumed full control during the afternoon. Sentries placed on street corners in 1 In the husinem district during the j morning were gradually withdrawn un til only a few streets where racial trouble might develop were tinder guard. Much of this sentry duty dur ing the early hours of the day had been left to Texas National fiuards | men. who lacking arms were supplied ! with shotguns and riflles from the j stocks of hardware stores. Rusiness in the city proceeded during I the day in accordance with orders is I sued by < Ion.?Ilulen. Saloons were 1 closed- and all clubs obliged to ob ; serve the military order against the l sale of lienor. At Camp I/Ogan building activities ; were at a standstill. Indignation over the outbreak was i particularly expressed because of the I savageness displayed by the negroes toward the white ]h?]ir-e officers, who were slain and whose bodies in nearly i every instance had l?eon hacked with bayonets. Among the Illinois fSunrds i men. also much feeling wa? evident ( because of the mutilation of Capt. Jo seph Mattes, one of tlie first men to l>e slain by the rioter?. Hoeause of this feeling Gen. Union ' at noon ordered the public morgues in . which the hodi*?? were held to close their doors to all except immediate rel ; a fives of the victims. Chief nf Police Tlrtok during the day issued a statement concerning the > cause of the riot, in which he as 1 verted that both "he and Lieut. Sheker urlan. of the Twenty-fourth infantry, had eonfoTTCl for two honr? Thurslay afternoon regarding the possibility of i an outbreak and preventive measures Id l>e taken. Neither, however, l?e lleved the trouble yvouhl reach a crl -is so quickly. All uthduvU hefoj-y lulHtary uuthoil. ties by l.eroy rinkott, private In 1 com|amy of the Twenty-fourth regi ment, who partlelpated In the rioting giving what he naltl was a complete Ntory of l he trouble, whh made thin afternoon. 1 I is an follow*; 'Yesterday about 3 p. m. we heard that Corporal linltlmore, of our com pany, bad been shot hy aiieclal police officers <white officers who ride horses) All the boys said: "let's go get the man who shot Haltlmore" It wan get ting late then, and we atood retreat at (I o'clock and then 1 heard Sergeant llenry of our company, any "Well don't stand around like (hat.' If you are going to do anything, go ahead and do ii." "After thai I ?aw some of the boy a Klip over to Company ft-41 ml I heard them say they had stolen the ammu nition. Then <'apt. Snow called the men out in line. He ordered a search made for the ammunition and alao or dered that' our rifles be taken tip. "Another sergeant, took up our rifles from our tents. In this same talk ('apt. Snow told us that Haltlmore was not in the wrong, that the policeman was in the wrong. I heard him say that. A big fellow in our company named Frank Johnson then came run nine down the company street, holler ing, ^Jet your rifles, boys'. We all made a rush then for the supply camp and got our rifles and we went to a large ammunition box and got our am munition. Sergeant Henry was the leader. v "Corporal Wheatly, Corporal Brown, Corporal Snodgrass and Corporal Till man and about one hundred privates were in the crowd that had gone and started off towaru town. I was in the crowd. I had n^y gun and my ammu nition. We done some shooting as we left the camp. I shot, about, five times. I did not know a girl got shot. We met an automobile with a white man in it. They stopiied him and Sergt. Henry told the man to get. out of Ills !>:u\ but lte did n<it uet out and all the soldiers that were in front shot the man. I judge that about fifty shots were tired at him. I was to ward the back and did not fire any shot here. Then we marched 011 up the road and as I passed the cafr I I heard the white man in the car groan. I Then we met some officers in a car coming itoi the K.MiHil xNMM| Hlu, sergeant 11 inde them M'l um Ull(, Uitttk t? leuVi' the ?ur. Wo did Uor?j 4Uiy_jiUuulUm hetu. w*> IUM mm in h buggy which u.kui .J*, Mexican*, hut we did not siUK? ,/h Then WO started to tlu* grave yttr,i ' Sail ftjUpft street HMtt vlght ai <3 graveyard they started shooting. Henry wnn in front and ho holing / everybody to lay down. They.?| down hut myself and two iUoPt, ^ lows, ami wo ran down a aide 8tr^? Ah wo ran I hoard shooting tbi sounded like all of them were *hoS Jug together. 1 tried to Ket back b the camp, hut wan afraid ami Ht|*2 in the woods all night ami wan ar rested thin looming". Seventy-live delegate* said to \ from Alabama, North and South C?r lollna and Florida appeared at M?co* <ia? Thursday to hear "thoma* K. Wit son addresa an anti-draft meetlt?i Their chieftain failed to put lu I appearance. Olty and county author! ties imd put out worn that the uit^ ing would not lie allowed. 1 An a result of. the inquest h cot I neetion with the killing of the negr< preacher at York three white an and throe negroes have been pl*^ in jail. m NOTICE OF ELECTION A petition having beeil tiled witj the County Hoard of Education si| hy at least one -third of the real ?lectors and a like number of the Ideut freeholders of the age of years of Indian Fol*| School l)l? No. 21 aaklng for an election to tormlne whether or not an addi' two mill tax shall he levied the property In said District for __ purposes and the Oounty hoard ha granted said petition notice 1h hy given that an election for ? purpose will be held nt Indian Ko school house on Tuesday, Sept. Ill 1917. Only qualified electors who In the District and who present t tax receipt and registration .oei cate shall l>e allowed to vote. P open at 8 A. M. and close attt4 P. The election shall be conducted in same manner as general elections ? held. T. P. Horton D. A. West, It. M. Ray. Board of Trustees. WANTED A Man of Ability Fo? Permanent Money-Making Business A half-million dollar corporation is looking for one or two good men to represent them is this territory. The man we want need not necessarily he a thoroughly experienced salesman, but he must have sufficient education and ability to properly present to farmers the most'highly efficient and modern system of Electric Lighting for the home and farm. The Company is thoroughly established and now employs over a thousand representatives, every one ?of whom derives a very fine income from his work. Every man gets a thorough training in this work and the connection offers an unusually fine opportunity for the right man. In writing, give full particulars about yourself and your financial; responsibility. 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