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ORE T PUBLIC REJOICiNGl
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Becei Peace Envoy Holds an AllDa
Conference With the Hum,
bl Sovereign and Finally l)ep.*
With a Signed Manifesto
G ting Freedom of the Press,
? fat of Assembly and Immunity
of the Person, Including the Writ:
of Habeas Corpus.
i
, The state of unnrest and semi-an,
*rchy that has existed in Russia for!
years has recently broke forth in open (
violence. Rioting has been everv-'
* where since before the closing of the |
war with Japan. Strikes and labor \
demonstrations have added to the common
danger and unrest, so much so j
ihat the Czar has been almost a prisoner
in his own palace. The termina
tion of these troubles is told in the j
following graphic account of the lib- ;
"oral measures now being adopted by
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vue xxussmn ^vveniuiciiv.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The autocracy
of the Romanoffs, and the oia
I . order of things ceased to exist in Rus.
??!&.
Emperor Nicholas has surrendered
* and Count Witte comes into power as i
I Minister-President with an imperial |:
mandate which will enable him to confif,
Tert the farcial National Assembly }
into a real legislative boddv, elected by
? > greatly extended suffrage, and to con- i'
fer upon the people fundamental civil
liberties, including free speech.
' These welcome tidings reached St.
t Petersburg shortly before G o'clock t
Monday evening. Count Witte had 1
pent the day with the Emperor at
Peterhoff, going over the final draft of
the manifesto to which he insisted
! that minor modifications be made, and 1
before ta^iggdhe train for St. Peters-11
j^^bu?g'"he telephoned to a friend that 1
Sv^"TBe Emperor had affixed his signature ' ]
| and that the imperial mandate com- j
[; prising the conditions upon which he |
; bad agreed to accept office was in his <
jp pocket. These include freedom of the
press, the right of assembly and the {
;? immunity of the person, including the '
fc right of habeas corpus. 1
Russia's Magna Carta.
"We, Nicholas the Second, by the j
grace of God Emperor and Autocrat ,
| ' of all the Rassias, Grand Duke of '
.Finland, etc.,vd?r4*re to an our laun-:
subjects that the troubles and agi-1.
? tatipn in our-Capitals and in numerous j
s other places fill our heart with ex- j
- cessive pain and sorrow.
I * "The happiness of the Russian sov-1'
i, oreign is indissolubly boundd up with
the happiness of our people, and the
sorrow cf our people is the sorrow of ;
j/ ^fce sovereign.
?. "From the present disorders may
?rise great national disruption. They
menace the integrity and untiy of our ,
ompire. I,
"The supreme duty imposed upon j j
us by our sovereign office requires us.,
to efface ourself and to use all the j ]
force Jind reason at our command to i
hasit^n in securing unity and co-ordi-1,
nation of the power .of the centrall]
government and to assure the success j
of measures for pacification in all cir-1.
cles of public life, which are essential t
to the well-being of our people. i.
- "We therefore direct our govern- j;
fr % mont to carry out our inflexible will !
, ^ following: (
Privileges and Immunities.
"First, To extend to the population J'
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Live News Items.
Asbpecial board of engineers who
investigated work on Philadelphia's:
If*% Alteration plants and boulevards de-!
j$ , clares the city has lost $6,330,000 :!
through alleged irregularities.
*Vp i j ;
t\ Leading men of both big political ,
parties in New York have infomed an (
V association to prevent the corrput use ,
of money at elections.
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The Fortifications Menaced,
j Halifax, N. S., Special.?A spectacular
fire which destroyed British
vc Government property valued at $10;).000
on George's Island, in the center
| of Halifax harbor, threatened to ob- ,
^ literate numerous masked batteries
and magazines which constitute one
* 11 ; rv>r??nt ornnns of 17) 1'- :
OX [Ut' UW51 lu.|/v>ku... s
titications at tliis port. A row of
woodeh buildings 300 feet in length
which were used as store houses and
machine shops, were burned. In tinmagazines
arc stored several hundred
thousand pounds of gun cotton and
other explosives, but the lire did not '
rrjs* reach the explosives.
Armored Cruiser Sinks.
Ferro, Spain, By Cable?The Span-i
9 ish armored cruiser Cardinal Cisneros. |
sauk near Muros, province of Coruu- j
after striking a took. The crew \
were saved. The cruiser struck a |
heavy fog on Point Mexedos, which is ;
extremely dangerous to navigation, j
Her crew, numbering 540 men. im- j
mediately took to the boats. Theic
was great excitement over the acci- j
dent on shore.
Shot His Brother-in-Law.
Chenoru, 111., Special.?William Lc-'
due, a farmer, enraged over domestic i
affairs, shot and killed Mayor Charles
Niekol, his brother-in-law in the Bank
of Chenoa, and Hugh Jones, a brick
mason slightly .wounded two pedes-1
trians and dragging Jones' body into '
the bank vault, partly closed the door j
nd defie darrest for many hours j
ainst officers and citizens with whom
exchanged scores of shots.
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IS FREE
inny Swept Away in
lamation
the immutable foundations of civic
liberty, based on the real inviolability
of person, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
"Second, Without suspending the
already ordered elections to the State
Douma, to invite to participation in
the Douma, so far as the limited time
before the convocation of the Douma
will permit, those classes of the population
now completely deprived of
electoral rights, leaving the ultimate
development of the people of the
electoral right in general to the newly
established legislative order of things.
''Third, To establish as an unchangeable
rule that no law shall be
enforcnble without the approval of the
State Donma. and that it shall be
possible for the elected of the people
to exercise real participation in the
supervisiion of the legality of the acts
of the authorities appointed by us.
"We appeal to all faithful sons of
Russia to remember their duty towards
the fatherland, to aid in trcminating
these unprecedented troubles
and to apply their forces in co-operation
with us to the restoration of
calm and peace upon our national
soil.
"Given at Peterhoff, October 30, in
the eleventh vear of our reign.
(Signed) "NICHOLAS."
Russia Acts Half Crazed.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?All Russia
celebrated the Emperor's gift of
freedom, which the greater part of
the people received with deepest joy,
though in St. Petersburg, Moscow and
other cities Socialists and revolutionists
organized anti-government demnnstrntinns
nnd red flair parades,
which, with the patriotic manifestations,
led to a number of conflicts between
the "Reds" and "Whites" as
the anti-government and royalist factions
are respectively termed. On the
whole, the day passed more quietly in
Russia than had been expected tho'
eollissions betwen the people and the
troops are reported from various
places resulting in loss o.f life.
In each of the two capitals, St. Petersburg
and Moscow, the day was
one such as Russians never before
have seen. The Slavic people, which,
during the long war just closed and
the anxious period proceeding the
announcement of the new era of constitutionalism.
seemed self-restrained
and apathetic, gave itself up fully to
the exuberance of the moment and
spent the entre day in parade-, and
assemblies, which, for the first time
in the history of Russia were i>c?ly
permitted. Under the orders of Count
Witte the General Trepoff the trcops
jenerallv were withdrawn from the
streets of the cities and the fu'iest
reign given the people to let out their
enthusiasm in demonstrations which,
so long as they were not destructive
were not intereforred with.
Gen. Trepoff Gives Warning.
Early Wednesday morning after a
conference in which all the generals
commanding troops in M. retersDuig
participated, General Trepoff issued
the folowing announcement, which is
being placarded throughout the city:
'The day of October 31, unfortunately,
did not pass off without violent
encounters between the different
factions of the population as well as
with ilie police and troops.
" Recognizing the responsibility imposed
on inc. I again request the population
to maintain order, and {rive
warning: that all attempts to disturb
order will be suppressed with the most
peremptory and categorical measures."
' TREPOFF."
President Reaches Home.
Washington. ?Special. ? President
Roosevelt reached the city on Tuesday
without accident of incident, lie regards
his Southern trip just ended as
:t most enjoyable and profitable experience.
Particularly did he enjoy the
?ea voyage and the President expressed
himself in the most enthusiastic
terms regarding the ships, officers and
oien of the squadron.
Exchange of Messages.
Washington. Special.?As soon as
(lie West Virginia got in touch with
lhe wireless station at Key West
Tuesday the first message to be transmitted
from the shore to the big cruiser
was a persona! one from Mrs.
Roosevelt to the President congratulating
him on the anniversary of his
forty-seventh birthday. This message
was sent from the Navy Department
to Key West with instructions to deliver
to the President at the first opportunity.
TU* "Wtlsnn ftase.
Washington, Special.?The supreme
court of the United States refused to
advance on its docket the case of Warren
B. Wilson vs. Leslie M. Shaw,
secretary of the treasury. The proceeding
is an effort to enjoin the secretary
from paying out money for the
construction of the Panama canal on i
the ground that the act of congre.-s
authorizing the payment is unconstitutional.
Twelve Dead in Wreck.
Kansas City, Mo., Special?At least
12 persons were killed and 30 others
injured in the wreck of one of the
fastest regular trains on the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the
California limited, which left Chicago
at 10 o'clock Monday night for the
far west. The train was ditched one !
mile east of Sheffield, Mo., six miles
from the business center of Kansas
City.
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THE DISPENSARY FAILING'
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Has Been Voted Out in All But Onfl
of the Counties in Which Issue Has
Been Joined.
Columbia State, Oct. 30tii.
It is probable that the ortiee of the
attorney general will not be represented
at Ashevillc Tuesday when the
constitutionality of the "13riee law"
will be attacked in the United States
courts, it is said that the anti-dispensary
people in Union will have a
loj;al representative there anyway and
that the law will not be allowed to
be declared unconstitutional merely
because there is no one there to de
tend it. ,
Perhaps if the attorney general had '
not had information to this effect his
ollice would have been represented
anyway, but it appears that there is
no necessity to send an additional attorney
there. Judge Pritchard recently
affirmed an order that the law
would be declared in contravention tc
the federal statutes unless the county
board of Union could show cause why
they should not reinstate certain dis(H-nsers
to their jobs. It is ijow but
two months until the legislature meets
anyway, and it is possible that a big
tight will be made to kill the law. root
and branch, if the Price law should
be declared unconstitutional.
Capt. Jno. C. Sellers of Marion was
here during the State fair and expressed
his belief that a prohibition
measure would be passed anyway. The
house was 3 to 1 in favor of anti-dispensary
legislation last year, but the
senate was mildly in favor of the
dispensary.
There are elections to be held ir.
several counties at an early date and
it is probable that in all of these
counties prohibition, or anti-dispensary,
will carry. The dates are as
follows: Anderson, Nov. 4th: Greenville
and Spartanburg, Nov. 14th;
Edgefield, December 7th; Fairfield,
December 12th. Efforts are being
made to have a vote on this question
in Saluda, Lexington and Chestertield
counties before the legislature meets,
and in Saluda at least the dispensary
will be voted out, if persistent effort
will avail.
Twelve counties in the State have
expressed their disapproval of the dispensary,
and only one has favored it.
Marlboro and Greenwood have consistently
favored prohibition, and (
York, Lancaster, Cherokee, Horry, ]
Marion, Union, Newberry. Pickens,
Oconee and Darlington have voted it ]
out under the provisions of the (
"Price law." Florence by a majori- ,
ty of 74 favored the dispensary, but (
reports from that county are to the j
effect that an election tomorrow would ,
go overwhelmingly the other way. cs- <
ii n..i:?u.. ,J
peciaiiy since ^juiui^iuh imr. .UwU I
asrainst the dispensary. Florence was ,
afraid that Darlington would keep the (
dispensary and it was believed that .
the dispensary situation would affect
trade.
As a matter of information the ,
vot"s in these'several elections have
Ik en as follows:
Anti.For
Cherokee 1,251 349 '
Pickens 761 412 ?
Union 761 412 i
Newberrv SOS 243 j
Marion.'. 1,149 281 ,
York 725 131 \
Lancaster 976 126 5
Florence 63S 706 j
Dai line-ton ISO 271 j
Horrv- 832 314 t
Oconee (partial) 560 SO
Totals.. ..' 0,031 3,156
The elections were Jield on the fol- i
lowing dates: Cherokee, November j
S, 1004; Pickens, May 20, 1905; Un- ?
ion, August lli; Newberry. August ?
20; Marion, September IS; York,
September 26; Lancaster. Florence, *
Horry. October 3; Darlington, Octo- s
bcr 10; Oconee, October 24.
South Carolina Iteni3.
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At the annual meeting of the stock- y
holders of the Saxon mills t he reports <
weer very satisfactory. The follow- j
ing directorate was chosen: Elijah P.
Smith, New York; Ellison A. Smythe,
Pelzer; \Vm. A. Law. Philadelphia;
John I>. Cleveland, W. S. Planning, II.
E. Ravenel and John A. Law. city. {
The directors will hold their meeting f
next week. (
Sunday morning shortly after 3 -i
o'clock the Laurens roller mill, !oeated
on east Main street, was swept (
away by lire which is supposed to
have started in the negine room. '
When discovered the entire building
was enveloped in flames which fanned
by the prevailing gale made quick
work of the plant. The mill was
built by Messrs. J. S. Maeheu and II. R.
Martin seven years ago at a cost *
of about $5,000. (
Judge Benet beinjr unable to serve 1
in place of Judge Ernest Gary in t
holding the regular term of court at j
Marlboro county Judge Jas. X. Izlar
has been appointed.
At the annual meeting of the South c
Carolina State Fireman's Association 7
it was decided to hold the annual ^
meeting in Georgetown next- May. In- a
vitntions were received from Beaufort,
Sumter, Anderson and Gcorgetown.
The latter place was selected
on the second ballot * [(
Tt is rumored that tiie new treas- J
urer of Dorchester county has been '
unable to give bond. The matter has '
not been rej>orted officially.
Greeiiville County Finances.
Greenville, Special.?The vrork of
the investigating committee appointed
by Governor Keyword under a special
act of the last session of the leg|
islature to examine into the finances
I of Greenville county is rapidly drawin:;
to a close, and the report will
shortly lx*'made up and forwarded to
the governor. The committee lias until
January 1st to complete the examination,
hut the work is about completed
and the report will go forward
in a fw weelb.
STAlfc A. .AIRS
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Occurrences of Interest From '
All Over South Carolina
May Restrain Election.
Saffney, Special.'?P. Sims of
the lirni of Sims & Hatinon, Spar- j
tanburg. appeared befoic Judge C
Klngh licie and secured an order to ^
the authorities in Spartanburg to
show cause before him in Gaffney t
next Monday, November 6th why the v
superintendents and managers of ?
election should not bi.enjoined from ^
holding the election to decide the q
question of "dispensary" or "no dis- v
pensary.''
The plaintiff in this case is ,T. W. t
Harmon, one of the county dispen- p
sers, while the defendants arc I). P
M. Miles, in his own right and as ^
supervisor of Spartanburg county, p
and E. E. Bishop, J. W. Bishop et al., a
managers of election, in their own 0
right and as managers of election to ?
be held in Spartanburg county, South 0
Carolina, far the purpose, amongst c
other things, to vote for, or agaii%t fc
having dispensaries in Spartanbun^ t
county. n
The order is as follows: State of t
South Carolina, county of Spartan- t
burg, Court of Common Pleas, J. W. P
Harmon, plaintiff, against D. M. P
Miles et al, defendants: On having e
read the verified complaint in the P
above stated case upon motion of
Sims and Hannon, attorneys for the r
piaintift, it is oraerea mat tne <iefendants
be required to show cause r
before me at the court house at Gaffney,
South Carolina, on Monday, November
the 6th, 1905. at 10 o'clock a.
i
m., or as soon thereafter as counsel g
can be heard, why an order should t
not be slanted restraining the said
defendants from holding an election
in Spartanburg county, South Caro- p
lina, on November 7th. 1905, on the j]
question of ''Dispensary" or "no dis- p
peusarv.' j
J. C. KLUGH. p
Circuit Judge, i,
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New Steamer on the Waccamaw. v
Georgetown, Special?A new steam- p
or, probably the fastest on the river,
lias recently been completed at Conway
and put on the Waccamaw line
between Georgetown and the capital
if the Independent Republic of Hor- f
ry. Her name is the "Mitchelle C." y
She is 100 feet long, 20 feet beam and t(
is of 104 tons, net burden. The jj
"Mitchelle C" is elegantly fitted up tl
for the accomodation of passengers n
but has no sleeping accommodations it
for the reason that she will make t<
daily trips between the" two cities. T
T?u:? Una laal-ao tlin tliirvl new line T)
J. II ID 1II1C J 11 (t IV V. kj Iruv vt*.... .. r
jf steamers that has opened comrliuni- b
ration within the past two months
with the "City on the Sampit." n
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A Foot Crushed by a Train. lf
Columbia, Special.?About dark f,
Thursday night a negro man, who g
rave his name as Henry Green and -r
lis home as Ridgeway, was found lv- li
ing on the side of the Southern rail- a
road tracks a short distance north of si
:he freight yards at the Blanding w
street station with his left foot horri- 01
ably mashed. He had been drinking
md was unable to give any coherent h
iccount of how the accident happened Ci
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A Sponsor Appointed.
Bamberg, Special?Brigade Comnander
George Douglas Rouse has aj>x>inted
Miss Lewlie Bamberg as sponv...:
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ior IUT lilt? r UM i;ii^nuc? i'uiun v/m?w -.
ina division United Sons of Confed- ^
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rate Veterans. Mis< Bamberg has ^
iclected Miss Elizabeth Henry as her rj
naid of honor. The fair sponsor will t(
>o a fitting representative of Bam- v
)erg and Commander Rouse is to be g
ongratulated on his selection of a tI
roung lady so well fitted by natural n,
harms and grace of manner for the w
wsition. b
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New Enterprises. pl
A commission was issued last week r(
o the corporators of the Chester lee h<
ompany, Messrs. T. L. Eberhardt and ^
A P. Midglv. To be capitalized at ?
=20.000.
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The Bank of Cross Anchor was _ni
bartered, the capitalization being tl
525.000. The officers are L. H. Wilson, tt
iresident: M. C. Pool, vice-president,
ind L. Yarborough, cashier.
The National Chemical company of
Vllendale has applied for a commision.
The capitalization is to be $20,100;
company will manufacture ferti- M
izers. W. R. Darlington. H. W. Mon- JI
io
ague aud Louis P. Hart are the cor- t,
K>rtators. .
The Aiken Cotton and. Stock cx
lmusre was cimmissioned. Capitnli- I
at ion to be $2,000. Corporators O. w
Halley, N. Johnson, W. Johnson 0'
ind AC. J. Moseley.
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King of the Penguins. 's
The "emperor" penguin, one of the 'j'
iiscoverics of Capt. Scott's recent lU
intarctic expedition, was the subject ni
an interesting illustrated lecture
by Dr. Wilson before the recent ornithological
congress in London. The
bird stands about four feet high,
weighs eighty pounds or more, and nj
with its black coat and erect posture di
has, when seen at a distance, a truly se
startling resemblance to a dwarf in
man. These "emperors"/of the pea- n<
guin world live upon the great girdle or
of pack ice Which surrounds the ant- p;
arctic contineut, and seem to depend w
daily for their food on crustaceans u
caught in the crevices of the ice. cc
The female lays a solitary egg, fi|
which is caught on the great web
feet, so ' it never touches the ice,
and is *? covered with the w
moths ^ching occur*. ^
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ltlfrri anil H?rl>or* nnd Good Uoaila,
jlOK HE advocates of the Blown*
( _ jj Ibw-Latimer (loed Itoads
> I O bill are not afraid of eriti(
eisin. In fact, it is exactly
what they desire. t.s this
rill aid in getting the matter before
he people in discussion that will deelop
the strength of the question. One
f the strongest arguments in favor of
National aid to good roads is that based
n the river and harbor appropriations.
?lie only questions seriously discussed
rhen a river and harbor bill comes up
ii Congress are the amount to be voted
nd for what particular improvement
he money is to be spent, the general
olley already being thoroughly estabisbed.
Congress has in the past fifty
ears voted more than $400,000,000 for
his purpose, and now an anrual approbation
of $25,000,000 is looked upon
s quite conservative. The advocates
f National aid to road improvement
laim that much more can be said in
avor of their proposition than in favor
f river and harbor legislation, and
auch less against it. Certainly no
;ind of improvement would do more
o promote the prosperity and the
noral and intellectual upbuilding of
he masses. It Is also equally certain
hat this great work of internal imi:*ovements
will remain undone, to a
:reat extent, if the whole burden of
xpense is left to be carried by the peoile
of rural neighborhoods.
The policy of voting Federal aid to
oad improvement has three great adantages
over that of voting funds for
iver and harbor improvements, as foljws:
First?While the money voted for the
itter purpose is collected from the
rhole people by taxation, it is necesarily
expended in limited localities,
he inhabitants of which receive the
xeater part of the benefits. In fact,
great majority of the people of the
Tnited States receive no direct and but
ittle indirect -benefit from these imrovements.
On the other "hand, a
federal appropriation for road imrovement
would be available for use
a any section. Every State and counv
could share in the direct benefits,
khlle large indirect benefits would
ome to the people or an euies auu
3wi1s.
Secoud?-The benefits flowing from
n appropriation for rivers and harbors
re strictly limited to the amount of
loney voted, as ho help is required
som the local communities. But the
tofownlow-Latimer plan merely eonsmplates
that the Government shall
elp the people who are willing to. help
lemselves. No community could have
ny part of the Government aid until
: had raised a share of the funds equal
) its quota of the Government fund,
'bus a Federal appropriation for this
urpose would produce benefits far
eyond the limits of the amount voted.
Third?National aid to road improvelent
would be free from the"log-rolllg"
features of river and harbor legisition
which so often injuriously af?cts
other important matters in Conress.
This is true because the fund
.^.,1,1 l,n aonltohlr (lietrihlltpH flPPOrd*
UU1U UC CVJUI ia Wij
ig to a general plan. The Governlent
would simply make available a
urn of money an equitable share of
'hich could be secured by any State
r county complying with certain speeied
conditions. It is difficult to see
ow any member of Congress can logially
vote for a river and harbor bill
nd refuse to support an appropriation
> aid in improving the highways of
le country.
Road Building Active.
Good roads conventions have beer
eld in twelve Western Stated, and
>rty-six good roads associations have
pen formed during the year. Reports
hich have been gathered show that
here these campaigns have been cared
on great impetus has been given
> public road building. In the States
isited during the year and in the
tates traversed by the good roads
ains previously sent out over the Illiois
Central and the Southern Riiiay
systems, about S31.000.000 has
een raised by bond issues and direct
ixation, and is being expended in
ermanent road construction.
Xever since the days of national
>ads and turnpikes, the report says,
as there been so much active road
aildine accomplished in the United
tates as during the last few years.
Several of the States within the year
ave provided highway commissions
ad made liberal appropriations for
ie sv -t of their work. Among
tese s are Maine, New Harnp is,
Iowa and Washington,
other States have taken
looTiing to the utilizand
county prison labor
4*'d the preparation
/tth yiv distribution to
vvernfs^ ><ies and. districts.
aTjyT also enacted that road taxes.
' at least a portion, shall(be equally
vi - ^ all property, and further,
fan* labor system be abandoned.
N. cuch taxes be collected in cash i
ld^s^nded under expert engineer- ,
g direction.
'j'here is a healthy, substantial and
idesprend sentiment in favor of a
manent system of public roads in
< country, including State and 1
:ntv roads connecting the cities and J
?*wi hn Kiifol /liqli'lris Thorp
*119 UliU IIIU uivttiv..-.
a growing and f liveable j.cntiniont 1
so for the principle of naiiouai altl ]
ir the building of permanent postal
id interstate roads and national
unk line highways.
A IIn;e Hope.
The biggest rope ever used for h. ulje
purposes has just been made foi a
strict subway In Glasgow. It /is
ven miles long, four and tive-eiglith
ches In circumferoiice and weighs :
?arly sixty tons. It has been made in
ie unjointed and unspiiced length of
itent crucible stool. When in place it
ill form a complete circle around
lasgow, crossing the Clyde in Its i
>urse, and will run at a speed of
'tven miles an hour.
There is a llsli in Hawaiian waters
hich is known by the native name of
lmahumunukunukukuanjuta.
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70/>/CS Of INTEREST TO THE PLANT
I UJM
An Experiment With Germniams.
T do not know of any plant which is
mentioned in a tlorist.'s catalogue which
so bravely endeavors to do its best
under trying conditions as the geranium,
wrftes A. Eva. No matter if the
rain falls or there is an excess of damp
weather for weeks, it continues to
send forth its cheering brightness; and
when hot wind and sun of drouth wilt
or destroy some other plants, it yet
more proudly lifts its glories in defiance.
The most lovely geranium of the
single flowered class I have ever owned
or seen is the "Julia Marlowe."
It is said (and easily believed) to be
one of the most exceptionally valuable
novelties which spring up in plant life.
The flowers are as perfectly formed
and rounded as though made of wax.
In color It is a dazzling scarlet; the
petals are broad and overlapping and
form a flower which is fully two to two
and one-half inches in diameter. The
t^ses are extremely large, and the
pmnt attracts much attention.
Another geranium which I believe is
without exception the most intense
scarlet bedder known is "Le Soleil."
This is one of the double type and
is extremely effective when planted
in masses. The flowers are very large
and held up by strong, straight stem's,
and resist both storm and heat.
No matter what the variety of geranium,
I have learned that we must expect
effects in accordance with the
plant food which it receives.
Last year when transplanting them
to the open ground, we made the soil
rich with well rotted manure from the
cow stables. The plants made.an exceedingly
rapid growth, with leaves
Tomnrlrnhlrt net to fiizo and
deep coloring, hut throughout the summer
the flowers were so sparse that
our disappointment was great. For
some reason florists seldom, or never,
re^er to the proper balancing of plant
foods when preparing soil for flowers,
but I believe it fully as necessary to
success in this work as in the growing
of fruits and grains.
The fruit glower and the farmer
knows that nitrogen in too great
amount will cause too rank a growth
of leaf and stalk at the expense of
fruit or grain, but if the nitrogen is
properly balanced with the two other
important elements of all plant life,
viz., potash and phosphoric acid, both
fruit and grain will be perfectly developed.
It was plainly evident that my geraniums
were given an excess of nitrogen
by fertilizing with the barn manure
alone, which is quite often very deficient
in either potash or phosphoric
adds, scientists tell us. and so I decided
this past spring to experiment
Before transplanting the geraniums,
we thoroughly mixed with the soil of
the bed, which was eight by two feet,
a round quart of high grade fertilizer,
such as we use for garden truck. This.
/?rtnfnina in too nounds of material,
four pounds of nitrogen, seven pounds
of available phosphoric acid and ten
pounds of actual potash in the sulphate
form. r
The result has been most satisfactory.
The geranium leaves have not
been abnormally large, as were those
of last year, nor too greatly abundant,
but the flower stems seem almost
countless and the trusses are enormous
and of great brilliancy of color.
Plants of the same variety were
again given the treatment of last year
and proved as unsatisfactory. I think
all flower growers will meet with better
success in regard to profusion of
flowers and intensity of color If they
will mix some potash salt with the
stable manure and soil, and I know
the flowers are far more lasting than
those grown with manure, without this
addition.
Lucerne on Sandy Soil
J. P. Pearson?Could sandy pine land
with yellow sand subsoil be made rich
enough to grow lucerne? What time
should It be sown for winter pasture?
Would it injure cotton to run one or
two furrows to the row at this time
of year and sow rye for winter pasture?
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AUSHtT?A StlMUj ;uaui( ujuuv ?v.rf
rich. is the very place for lucerne (alfalfa),
such a location and condition
as would produce a tine yield of sugarcane,
or forty to fifty bushels of corn,
would produce a satisfactory/ growth
of clover. The proper time to sow the
seeds is in September or October, after
thoroughly preparing and fertilizing (or
manuring) the land, provided you can
have a good season in the groundsufficient
to bring up the seed promptly,
If the seed lie in the ground until
the winter rains set in and then come
up the chances are that the young
plants will be killed by the first heavy
frost. I advise you to sow in rows
thirty inches apart, just as you would
sow rutabaga turnips, so that the land
can be tilled with cultivator or scrape.
Lucerne is not so well adapted to grazing
and certainly should not be pasReflections
of a Bachelor.
The cream of society is easily sepirated
from the milk of human kindness.
Money has power to crush happiness
only when its roots get in the
heart.
The tnie children of the kingdom
?re not wearing themselves thin over
their precedence in the mock-court
which men call society.
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News Notes.
James Whitcomb T>"
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for a historic?
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I tured before It Is in Its third year, and
then not heaUIy. It is particularly,
suited for green soiling and for hay.
You may also sow the seeds in March *
I or April. . * -g
It would not Injure cotton in the least
to sow In rye and cover in with two
or three shallow furrows in one trip; <
with a cultivator.?Professor Soule.^j
Establishing a Bine Grass Sod.
J. L. M. writes: How is the best
why to get a good blue grass sod?
What soils are most suitable "for blue
grass? What is the correct way to get
ha nnmw of himhpis of lime per
acre? *
It -will take both time and patience
and good farming to secure a good bine
grass sod, some of the best sods I have
ever seen being from twenty-five to
100 years old. Blue grass comes slowly,
and does not become well established
for several years, but of course it will
yield some grazing and continue to Improve
in quality if handled judiciously.
Many persons make the mistake of
not sowing blue grassrTtratl, but rather ^
wait for it to come naturally. This
takes too much time, for one thing, and
unless the conditions are very favorable
the waiting may be in vain. On
the other hand, many who sow blue
grass attempt to graze it at the end
of the first or second season and overstock
the ground, with the result that
the crowns of the grass are eaten down
too closely and much of it dies, or at
least it does not grow and spread as
rapidly a* it should, and weed^ come
in and choke out what the cattle do
not destroy.
. Land intended for blue grass should
be very carefully prepared and well
enriched with farmyard manure, dr if
that is not available, a leguminous
qrop may be plowed under to advantage
and supplemented.with liberal applications
of high-grade acid phosphate
and potash, say at the rate of 200
pounds of the former and fifty pounds
of the latter per acre. Be sure that
the land is free from weeds. This may
be accomplished by putting it in a
lioed crop a year before seeding to
grass and is probably a better and
more satisfactory method than summer
fallowing. Strong limestone soils are
best suited to blue grass. It does not
give good results as a rule on thin,
light, leachy soils or very tenacious
clays unless they are well underdrained.
Blue grass love3 lime, and
where the underlying rocks are well
supplied with this element, it generally
provides satisfactory grazing when
once well established. Dry, thin lands
are not well adapted to this grass. This
does not* mean that it mast of necessity
be sown on low land, for blue ?
grass in sections to which it is adapted
does well on hilly, rolling land sufficiently
porous to retain a good part of
the water that falls on it as rain. It
also gives its best results in semi-shaded
pastures, as it does not like too
strong open sunlight. .
There are many ways of applying
lime and it is hard to say which, is the
best. . That depends a good deal oa
local conditions and on tbe lime used.
There are many forms of lime sold
on the markets which can be distributed
in the grain drill to advantage.- A
special drill Is also made for the application
of lime. It is not an expensive
implement and provides qne of
the easiest and most satisfactory waya
or aistriDuang a suDsiance wmi-u i?
! very mean to handle. Lime can be applied
by buying it In the unslacked
condition and distributing it at satisfactory
distances over the field, depending
on the amount to be applied
per acre, scattering over the : ground
uniformly after it is slaked and Incorporating
in the soil with a harrow.
The distance apart to place the piles
of lime on an acre of Iqpd depends on.
the rate of application. For instance,
if you put the lime approximately
twenty-two feet apart in each direction
and put half a bushel in each
pile, you would be applying between
fifty and sixty bushels per acre. If
you put twenty-five bushels per acre,
the distance of the piles would be
twice as great, but twenty-five bushels
is a light application. The ordinary
grain drill will not apply lime in sufficient
quantities for heavy applications
unless it is especially constructed with
that end In view. For ordinary farm
practice Mine can be distributed from
the wagons in piles as sugested. Limo
should be applied about two weeks
before seeding, so that It will have no
injurious effect on germination, and as
a rule, it should ue applied, separately
from any commercial fertilizer which #
may be used.?Andrew M. Soule. in
Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy John D.
Long prefers to make a speech rather
than to listen to one. He declares
that both arc bores.
"Shagreen," now applied to sharkskin
goods, came originally-from the
Persian word Snghrl," which means
the back of a beast of burden.
* Current Happenings. m
. C. Cutchin, of Franklin, was ar- fl
rested, charged with forging check B
for $1/100. B
James Pruitt, a Danville co4'
boy, fell under moving ce*
instanntly killed. I
twelve lives jr fi
been lost in ^
over the r %
have 1