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SECRETARY OF AGRICOLTURE
SHOWS OP BIG LOSSES
WANTS BETTER FARMING
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In Speaking I^jfore Meeting of Farm
er* Secretary Garrison Gives Ad-
S^rice UTiich if Heeded, Will Lead to
Better Cultivation of the Land by
Its Tillers.
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CHICKENS GIVEN SAND MAKES DARING ESCAPE
NEW ADULTERATION PRACTISED
FOR OLD PURPOSE.
YEGGMAN SAWS HIMSELF OUT OF
PENITENTIARY.
Government Inspectors Take Trail of
Those Who Weight Fowls With
Gravel.
John Fisher, Notorious Safe-Blower,
Serving Fifteen-Year-Term, Climbs
Prison W T all to Freedom.
READY JJESIST
SO HUERTA INTIHATES TO NEII-
BERS OF STAFF
ORGANIZES CONGRESS
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Less than 40 per cent, of the culti
vated land in the United States is rea
sonably well cultivated and less than
14nper cent, is yielding maximum re
turns. Secretary Houston of the de
partment of agriculture told the Na
tional Grance of Patrons of Hus
bandry In 47th annual convention at
Manchester, N. H., that the best flg
ures he could procure led to such a
conclusion and that only In a very
few localities had conditions been de
veloped to Insure maximum returns.
Secretary Houston touched upon
rural credits, marketing methods, ex-
tentlon of agricultural education and
the cost of living. He spoke of "ma
nlpulations of those middlemen who
perform no useful or necessary ser
vice”, as one of the causes of soaring
prices. “I do not entertain the
thought for a second that we have ap
proximated the limit of our output
from the soil," said he. “We have
not even reached the end of the pio
Bearing stage. W’e have been so bent
I on building up great and artificial de
vice that we have had little time to
think of the very foundation of ou
industrial existence
"We had better frankly face the
fact that we are relatively Inefficient,
take atock of our shortcomings and
earnestly seek the remedy. That we
have practically reached the stage
where we have reaaed to be an ex
porting nation of food products and
are becoming dependent on foreign
nations for the necessaries of life. Is
a sad commentary upon our use of
the opportunities bestowed upon us
Speaking of whit the agricultural
department hopes to do to solve th*-
problem of the Incrfastng cost of liv
tng Secretary Houston expressed the
opinion that "the existing chaos and
consequent wastes, result from faults
on the part of the farmer In the grow
ing and handling of h:s products
from the machinery of distribution
Including physical equlpm. nt and
phvslcal handling from the mantpu
latton of those middlemen who p<-r
form no useful and ne.e-sarv v.--
vie** and from Ignorin'e on the part
of the consumer and of the producer
of the rhiraeter of the pm In •
Is placed upon the market ”
Secretary Houston urged coord
nation of federal and State agn u!
tural agencies as ess, n.M ,] to s , *s
deplored the ealousy which, he de
Hared, exists In many Sta’es between
State agricultural commissions and
the agricultural colleges, and decried
duplication of work In many local;
tiea
In the field of marketing, he de
Hared, there was danger that pres
■ ure would be brought to bear to
force the department to act every
where before It was Intelligently pre
pared to act anywhere. He explain
ed that his department, which started
a*t aumraer to make a careful atudy
f the marketing problem, waa study-
ag It from every angl e
There waa the same danger in re
gard to the queatlon of rural credits.
*T am not Impressed.’’ he said, “with
the wisdom and Justice of proposals
that would take the money of all the
people through bonds or other de
vices and lend it to the farmers or to
any other class at a rate of interest
lower than the economic conditions
would normally require and at a rate
of Interest lower than that at which
other classes are securing their capi
tal. This would be legislation of a
particularly odious type, and no new
excursions in this direction would be
palatable when we are engaged in the
gigantic task of restoring the simple
rule of equity.”
Before the problems of rural cred
it and marketing, the secretary de
clared the Individual farmer acting
alone was helpless. Nothing less
than concerted action would suffice,
he said, and the “same business sense
amd the same organizing genius
which have placed this nation in the
front rank of industry must be in
volved in agriculture”.
The problem of the individual
farmer, said the secretary, had re
ceived scant systematic attention and
the problem of rural life as a whole
had until recently been practically
Ignored. From every section of the
country, he declared, came the atory
of "Increasing tenancy and absentee
ownership, of soils depleted and ex
plotted, of Inadequate business meth-
of chaotic marketing and dlstrl
n of Inferior roads, of lack of
rvislon of public health and san
Ration, of Isolated and ill-organised
•octal activities and of Inferior Intel-
loctaal provision." He added, how
ever, that he was not of the peesl
mists and expressed his belief that
ovt of tha chaos would coma order,
better and bigger crops. Improved ttv
tag eoaditloas In tba wintry aad re-
IM to tbe dty dweltar tkroegb ■
“Look out for sand in the chick
ens,” is the latest slogan of the.de
partment of agriculture and its
sleuths who are on the trail for vio
lation of the pure food law and the
sale of impure and deleterious food
prodqcts. The government inspectors
have for some time been investigating
the practices of certain poultry ship
pers who collect chickens from farms
and kill and ship them in large
quantities. In some of these places
the inspectors found that the practice
was to take the chickens as they
came from the farm, nearly always
below weight or out of condition be
cause of their being ill-fed on the
farms and handled roughly on the
cars, and keep them in fattening pens
for from three days to two weeks
The chickens are fed corn meal anc
water or finely ground mixed grains
and buttermilk. This practice Is be
coming more and more general and is
highly desirable because both quality
and quantity of edible flesh is in
creased. It is also profitable, as the
cost of care, feed and Interest on the
investment necessary to add a pound
in weight still leaves a good margin
of profit provided the fattening Is
rightly done.
Not content, however, with adding
legitimately to the weight of the
chickens, some of these poultry ship
pers, a day or two before the chicken
Is killed, feed red peper, which makes
tha chicken have an abnormal appe
tite then thev feed a mixture of fine
sand an a little corn meal
The chicken eats this mixture rav
enously and aa a re*ult large quantl-
tlea of sand are Introduced Into the
craw and the Intestines as well This
may amount. In the case of a single
chlrken, to only an ouce or two, but
where thousand* of chickens are soM
the agerepate charire for sand he
comes Important It simply means
»hat the poultry dealer 1* selling sand
to the customers a* tha rate of 2^
cents or more per pound
The housewife should scrutinize
the crops of poultry before bu'lng
and make It verv [ lain to her poultrv
dealer or butcher that she will not
[xwy af the rate of 20 to 2'i cm's per
pound fur an ounce or more of •an !
John Fisher, a notorious yeggman,
serving fifteen years for safe-blow
ing, escaped from the State Peniten
tiary Saturday night by sawing the
bars to his cell.. He climbed over the
wall, via the oM Hosiery Mill, let
himself down by a rope and vanished.
Penitentiary officials Sunday night
sent out description in every direction
and have offered a reward of $50 for
his recapture.
‘When the prisoners were lined up
for roll call Sunday afternoon Fisher
was absent. An investigation disclos
ed the broken bars to his cell, where
he had cut his way to freedom. A
search of the grounds and buildings
was made, and dangling over the wal
behind the old Hosiery Mill was
found a rope showing how he had
gotten to freedom. He had climbed
over the Hosiery Mill on the top o
the elghteen-foot wall which encloses
the Penitentiary grounds and let him
self down on the bank* of the Con
garee River.
Fisher was sent up from Lancaster
County in 1 905 for safe-cracking for
15 years He Is also wanted by the
United States government for post
office robberies. He is said to have
been a member of the gang which
cracked post office safes In all parts
of the ihruTh Until rounded up by
Post Office Inspector Gregory. It Is
claimed Fisher was a pal of “Port
land Ned”. There Is a warrant lyln
In the United States commissioner
nffiro for Fisher a* soon as he serves
h. s term In the State [onlteutUrv
The penitentiary officials furnished
the following description of Fisher
Five feet 2 7-* Inches high; weight,
lltr. pounds black hair, brown eyes
dark complexion, scar on outside of
left thigh, large scar on outside of
right leg scar* on both forearms and
wrists He Is T4 years old and has
the appearsn e of a tvplral veggman
There no clue as to how Fisher
got the rope by which he escaped
oxer the walls \ rigid Investigation
Is belt g made by the penttenttarv of
fb lals A general alarm sent out In
all directions It Is hoped, will be the
n.em* of q .bkly recapturing the
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Quorum Mustered by Mexican Senate
—Believed That United States Will
Soon Inaugurate Blockade of All
Important Ports—Huerta Appears
to be Undisturbed.
Organization of President Huerta’s
new Congress was completed Monday,
when enough senators were gathered
to form a quorum In the upper house.
Gen. Francisco Pronces was chosen
temporary chairman of the Senate
and a committee on credentials was
appointed. A similar committee of
the Chamber of Deputies began the
work of revising the Deputies’ cre
dentials, and there Is nothing to indi
cate that the formal opening of Con
gress next Thursday will be postpon
ed. President Huerta talked Mon
day night informally to the members
of his staff and a few personal friends
regarding the possibilities of Inter
ventlon by the United States. He in
timated that he would be ready to re
sist such a step.
The opinion Is expressed In various
circles that the United States will
soon Inaugurate a blockade of Mexl
can ports. Rumor has It that Preai
dent Wilson would be content with
such an action and might even per
mlt the embassy to remain In Mexico
City until an open rapture occurred
Gen Huerta reaumed buslnesa at the
National Palace, apparently with n
thought of any quet.: ons [ending b»
tween his government ami that of the
United States He seems to regard
recent Incidents growing out of
Washington's demand that he vacate
the pre*Menry aa closed, and so they
are so far aa tie la concerned, If hla
statements and those close to him
are to t>e bellexed
1 y President Huerta's friends the
attitude of the executive is described
** one of expectancy and curiosity as
to prospective action by the United
States rather ttian one of anxiety
They say hf has given no Indication*
of changing his mind about not re
signing and proceeding with the af
fairs of the government with equa-
n m tv They add that tie regards as
probable Intervention by (tie United
M.it• s and an order was sent Tuesday
ENTERS US PROTEST WITHOUT A COUNltT
HE8HIRR DISCUSSES THE LATE
BLEASE CAUCUS,
Seem* to Think It Waa Gotten Up to
Parcel Out the Office* to the Fav
orite* In the Deal.
ORT1K McMANIGAL IB
Dynamiter Whose
Brought the McNi
Believe* He i* Marked tar
Mr. W. B. Cheshire, in his news
paper, The Harpoon, gives his views
of the late Blease caucus in Colum
bia. Here is what he says:
We have given a great deal of
thought to the complicated situation
which so suddenly developed in this
State during State Fair week. No
body expected—not even the ^actors
anything but torn results from the
Blease conference, and, presto: here
are the woods afire, with weeping,
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
The way it look* to us is that Gov
ernor Blease really sees that he has
pushed discord and strife to where a
reaction is bound to set in. We have
never doubted that at heart he really
desired to see McLaurin governor. It
didn't suit the gang of job-hunters
that he has gathered around him;
they wanted McLaurin to grovel in
the dust at Blease’s feet, and promise
to continue rslslng h—1, until each
one of them landed his piece of pie.
They were fooling with the wrong
man. John L. McLaurin made
speech on s high plane and utterly
refused to foam at the mouth or wear
anybody’s collar. We have been sup
porting McLaurin for governor; we
are going to continue to do *o. He
can not refuse hts services to the
State because s squad of hungry
camp-followers did not know a man
when they saw him
Roth Senator Tillman and Cover
nor Blease say that there is no kin
• hip In THImsnlsm and Bl^sselsm
lV:i\'i«> both of thom are right, and
that after all It Is a fight for the
spoils of office. TfTe people do not
look at It that way; they are trying
to get good government and law and
order They don t want .the State
run by the gamblers blind tlgera and
Southern railroad while the so-called
leaders are deciding who shall go to
rongreaa or the United States senate
The editor of Th*.Harpoon Is one
of the people He Is a candidate for
rnngreav he waa for Bleaae In the
!a*t election, now why ahould he not
haxe ngbta equal to any other man'a*
!• an office holding oligarchy to par
cel out things from Columbia, and
the Hlease!tea to be voted like a flock
of sheep as a master directs If so
x»<* are unfit and unable to appreciate
and enjoy the hiesetngs of a free gov-
Ortle McManlgal has becoiM a
without a country—a fuglttva, a*t
from th| law but from hla ova
of the men he served and betrayed.
The dynamiter, whose confeastoas
suited in the revealing of tha plots of
the McNamara brothers, and their go
ing to prison, and which led to the
convictions of nearly two saore labor
leaders on charges of eomplMty la
3^e dynamite plots, ha* left Lo* An
geles with the Intention of thwarttag
the vengeance he dreads by leetng
his identity.
Ever since the McNamasa aaaea
were tried, McManlgal, Indicted with
them on the strength of hie eva
fession, had been kept la )aH at kee
Angeles, nominally awalUpg trial,
but actually to protect bias. Be ha*
said from the first that be eotsM
never again live as ordinary mm de
—that the vengeance of tha asea be
betrayed, more implacable thaa the
law, would dog his foot step* aad ex
act his life.
But it became evident that be
could not live forever in )alt. Hla
health suffered from too
fort, too much food and too Httla
exercise. He left the prison ler the
hospital, but that waa only tor a tow
days, and then he left th*
tlrely. ostensibly for Tampa, FW.
Whether he will ever get there hi not
known. Rut whether be doe* or aoh
it is known that his hope of life Bee
In losing himself from the world that
has known him—of finding refege
x»' r-o th" rr.en he fcara can not trace
him
It la not the law that he
indictments against him still
hut It will never be used His hope
H^a in the belief that his eeemkee
have neither the mosey to weete la a
protracted and far-flung eeareh tor
him, nor the aid of an army of offi
cials In distant countries. If
once loee the pursuer* he
are now following him, he thl
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opportunities open for men of
no questions are asked, among
gades. fugitive* from jnstlee, seme-
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tlan the terror stricken Informer
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wlfo would have the poultry drawn
In her own kitchen she could catch
frauds of this character and take
means to prevent them
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HIDDLKD WITH SHOT.
Posse Surround* end Kills Men Who
Shot Sheriff Mci'eln.
Edward Wlnbush, a negro, waa
killed Tuesday afternoon by a sher
iff's posse In a canebrake near Frost,
i station about five mile* from Co-
umbla. Wlnbush was almost shot to
pieces, seventeen bullets taking ef
fect in his body. The negro Is the one
who shot at Sheriff McCain Monday
and was surrounded In the swamp
Tuesday. It is said that he was in the
act of shooting at one of the posse
when a bullet ended his life. Wlnbush
was about twenty years old. He had
fought off his pursuers all night and
all morning. Bloodhounds were used
to trail the negro. He fired upon
Sheriff McCain Monday night on a
crowded street car when his arrest
was attempted. He was subsequently
located by rural policemen hut es
caped after firing at the officers.
Paroled Convict Arrested.
Eddie I.-and, a paroled South Caro
llna convict, was arrested in Augusta
Friday night on the charge of pick
ing pockets. It is alleged he stole a
gold watch and a wallet containing
about $100 from Dock and Kennedy
Stranes, of Charlotte, N. C., who had
stopped in the city on their trip home
Land admits that he was a convict
and says he was paroled not long ago.
\V 1 t d<’ u bt r** n. a I:
r **g a r
rn Himrt.V* intrntionx »t'h rriprct
i ( omi'llanr** wit' the A mm -an de
mand* fur his own elimination was
removed from the mind* of most
Mexicans and foreign residents by his
peremptory dismissal Sunday of Man
uel G&rxa Aldape, minister of Inte
rior. who was looked upon as the
head of Huerta's Cabinet.
Manue] Garza Aldape led that
group of the Cabinet which held the
conviction that It would be best to
accede to that portion at least of
Washington's demands which meant
the total abandonment of power by
the Provisional President, and he Is
said to have been the only one with
sufficient courage to discuss the trou
ble frankly with his chief. Senor
Aldape's resignation was demanded
at a Cabinet meeting at President
Huerta's house early Sunday morn
ing.
Huerta Is said to have reiterated at
this meeting the statement that he
would not resign, that with him it
was a case of life or death and he
was disposed to play out the game.
Certain intimate friends of Gen.
Huerta have been indicating to him,
is is said, for some time that the min
ister of interior was intriguing for
the presidency and that the Cabinet
had become divided into two camps.
Those who opposed Senor Aldhpe in
clude Querido Moheno, minister of
foreign affairs; Gen. Blanquet, minis
ter of war, and Jose Maria Lozano.
■Women Send Silver Service.
A silver service costing $1,500,
the gift of women voters of northern
California to Miss Jessie Wilson,
daughter of President Wilson
on the occasion of her wedding
next Tuesday was sent from San
Francisco Thursday. The service was
purchased by subscription and Is of
old colonial design.
ness-like overhauling of marketing
methods.
Speaking of the need of better ed
ucationai opportunities In the coun
try, Secretary Houston declared that
if more enlightened attention were
devoted to the conservation and de
velopment of th* people ”we shall be
relieved of much of the concern about
tha conservation and development of
our natural resource*”. The ap
proach to the problem of the organ
isation of rural Ufa, ha dhclarad, wa*
clearly economic. The great need. Mia* Leila Reed, aged 41. eommtt-
ha mid. waa to give the rani pop*la- ted saldde la the reservoir near At
tic a. at least, approximately the pH- lasts. Oe.. beeaai
rhich the teem aa- weald he Met to a
Killed by Parlor Rifle.
Little 12-year-old Thomas E. Fish
er Jr., of Charleston, was Instantly
killed Monday by being atrnck by a
ballet from a parlor rifle In the hands
of Jewell Bremer, 14 yean old. The
■hooting was pnrely accidental.
■ x •>’* not wlthatanillng the InJifTt-r-
t iittltud** *H»utn**(l bv M'-XWo The
A r.'-nran charge d attain* received
hi*’ruction* to continue to ad%l*e
Washington »ith reapect to develop
ment*. but he waa not Instructed to
approach the Mexican government of
finals again, nor did hla Inatructlona
Includ# anything relative to the with
drawal of the embaaay. Rumor* that
the charge had been ordered to leave
peralated, although an emphatic de
nial waa made at the embaasy, all
trains leaving for Vera Crux were
watched anxiously by Americana,
who have made up their minds not to
delay their departure, if O'Shaugh-
neaay goes.
Rumor* of plots and Intrigue* were
common throughout the day, but no
facts were forthcoming to Indicate
that Gen. Huerta waa losing his grip
on affairs In the Capital. Report*
from outlying points, especially In
the north, were far from reassuring
to the war department. Ciudad Vic
torla, the capital of Tamaulipas, the
capture of which by the rebels was
denied last week by the ^ovgjrnment,
is admitted to be In a bad way. Pas
sengers from that part of the country
confirm the report that the city Is
already fn the hands of the rebels.
The Me.-lean government has not
even confirmed the capture of Jaurez
and the newspapers are still holding
out hope to their readers that pos
sibly the report of its capture by Gen.
Villa is not true.
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Sends Message in Bottle.
A message written with death
nearby, Chris Keenan, United States
marshal, and custodian of the barge
Plymouth, who lost his life with six
others in the storm of November 9
was found Thursday in a bottle fire
miles from Pentwater, near Meno
minee, Mich. It was addressed to his
wife and children and was written
when the barge had been In the
storm forty hours. Keenan’s body
waa wash'd aahor* near Manistee
last Friday.
Simms at leaat th»-y were not yet
• a'ly to commit themaelve* to Mr
mm* or any other man, for the
game 1* young yet
Call*
Tha Rav. Liston D. Bass, of Flor
enee, publish«r of th* Common
wealth, g WMkly newspaper, has Jast
received a latter from Secretary of
SUta William Jennings Bryan ask
ing Mffi to accept a position la the
and to coma to
BOY KIBES BARN.
lAacester Negro Intended to Scare
Neighbor* Bat Qaa*cd Loe*.
Saul Vaughn, a well known and
prosperous old negro farmer of Lan
caster, sustained a losa of about $400
early Tuesday morning in th* com
plete deatruction by fire of hla barn
and contents. Hla grandchild, a boy
10 or 12 year* old, wishing to see a
blaze, It 1* said, deliberately set fire
to the building, probably thinking he
would extinguish It after scaring the
neighborhood with an alarm of fire,
but as the bam contained about a
bale of ginned cotton, a lot of cotton
seed, several bales of hay, fodder,
corn, and other highly Inflammable
material the fire soon got beyond con
trol of the little negro and in a few
minutes all was lost. Vaughn carried
no insurance. The little negro fled,
but has been apprehended and will
be dealt with.
SHOT BY BROTHER.
♦
Chester County Man Uses Fatal Un
loaded Gun.
Thinking a shotgun was unloaded
James Thompson snapped it and al
most tore off the lower Jaw of Jake
Thompson, his brother, on Miss Sal-
lie Halsey’s plantation in the Halsell-
ville section of Fairfield county, Sat
urday. They were unloading some
cotton, when Jake playfully threw a
basket at his brother, James, who
picked up the gun lying on the cotton
and thinking it was empty pulled the
trigger. Jakp is In s precarious condi
tion at a hospital while James was
released on $200 ball.
Shoot* Women end Self.
Charles Delta, an electrician of
Pittsburg, Pa., and SR years old.
Thursday morning at Brad dock, a
small country suburb, shot his wife,
his motbor-ta-law. Mrs. Carolina Mil
lar aad hlatoalf. Tha trio was harried
to the aaareet hoeptta) where phy
dans said Daft* weald Uhety die. hat
hart. Delta and hto wtto have ■
haaaJNtoc Isfttoharjto^tho toaatr I
COAL MINERS ENTOMBS*.
Midc E\|ili>*i<>n la Alabama
Thirty Mm.
Nine miner* are known to h*v*
b<-«-n killed, and at least a dosea oth-
cra acre atill mlastng at a lal* hoar
Tuenday night, as the rea.H of aa ex
plosion Tuesday afternoon to the
Alabama Fuel and Iron Oompeay’s
mine No 2 near Acton. Ala. Th*
usual quota of men employed to Mina
No 2 I* 70, but the exact samber at
work when the explosion o as aired Is
not certain. While offleoala wontd
make no eetlmate of tba number of
men In the mine, miners at work
the scene of the disaster insltoid
at least twenty men most base
cut off by the explosion. Soma esti
mate* ran as high as forty. II waa
said, however, that the at
talnly would not exceed thie
as Monday was pay day and maay of
the seventy men ssnally employed la
the mine did not go to work Tae*
day.
The cause of the explosion kaa not
been learned. That many of tbooe
entombed were killed by Ha foraa
seems certain, as two man working
near the surface at the time ware
blown several feet from th* mlaa en
trance. Officials of the mine, aaoom-
panled by rescue workers aad sur
geons, were hurriedly sent from Bir
mingham, and every effort waa made
to reach the entombed men. Mlaa
No. 2, which is known as Acton adae,
is comparatively new, and is one'of
the most productive In this district.
It has a dally output of 310 tone. Of
ficials of the company said that all
equipment was first clase.
Acton Mine No. 2 is 24 mtlee south
of Birmingham on the Acton hranak
of the Louisville and Nashville rail
road, six miles from Helena, la Shel
by county. The mine has a tingle
track slope and used an ix-foot fra
with the split air system. J. G. Steele
is superintendent of tha Aeton
branch. The names of th* dhad
brought to the surface included: L*.
L. Patterson, E. Bright. John Lang
ston. Henry Childers, Boa* Driver
Burns Klttrsll. two aagroea. JJI *»•
cept Bright wart married,
went into tha mlaa only tva
before tha axplaaloa to ii
cleaning. Three af th*
Greeks and n samber of
mlaa are thought te ha
■ a a a