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TIE SNIN6FIELD RIOTS. TWO MORE UK.YTIIN HKPOHTKD YfCSTKHDAY. Kkt.l t* the Hmult of Long Com III Feeling* Between Whiter Nrgroo* Only the Presence of Prerenc More Serious Tronbfte, Springfield. HI., Aug. 17 ?-Following the addition today of two victim* to the death Hat and with aporadlc out? bursts of lawlessness In various parta of the city. Indicating that the mob ?till prevalla in Springfield. Oov. tonight Issued mix proclama? tions, offering tewarda aggregating il.tee tor the arrea* and conviction of the murderers of riot victime. The death list now number* aeven. but etnoe one death was dee only Indirectly la> the disturbances, no official notice bee been Uken of It Two erlernten of Company D. Fifth Ashley and Guy Dun were fired en from atnbvah to* *L \ They were not hit The attack oc at Eleventh and Edwards Two tfoopa of cavalry gal? lo the piKim and sought the as? sailants. Shots ware heard from other In the vicinity. Five men were at Eighth and Aah streets. Oov. Dsns en Issued an addreea to the etUsene of Springfield tonight, upon all ottlaens to assist the grand Jury called to convene at It 10 o'clock for the of conducting an Investigation hies the^ crimes which occurred here em Friday, Seiurady and Sunday last. The two new victims today were J. W. Soott and a three-yar-old negro gtrt, the daughter of Lawrence Paine of Springfield. The baby succumbed le setpneure when Its parents started to walk from Sprlngfie'd to Plttafleld to avoid persecution. Scott died In a hospital Cross wounds suffered Satur? day night Mattering sections of the city were in an uproar daring the early part of she night The storm centre was Har Fark. a suburb, where the troops aaltod tost night Militiamen Ared an there twice from am but la neither ease wan anybody ?hots ?rare also heard in other of the snbnrb. which adjoins the of town* near the State and nreenat there ware sever? ed revolver Irring by rowdies, traveled In groups of er three. A second attack a _on the mlMtta from 'ambush from Foaitooath and Edwards streets at Midnight Lieut Chase and two aarreatos of Company D, Fourth Infan? try, ware bred upon, the ballets kick toej up the e>ast at their feet Com? pany B of "Jie First Infantry was nent to the pJaoe. As thai detachment erne about to return to headquarters 1 another shot was fired, the missile striking the scabbard If Lieut Ridge way. No one was hurt and no arrests of the Riot, The presset riot according to old ctttsens, is the reevlt of years of racial antagontsm. Bach year has seen an augmentation of the colored popula? tion. It Is said that In the last two years l.ftOO negrus* took up their abode In the city, giving the city a colored ppulatlon of about S.000 per? sons. "They w?re getting too bold and Impudent." said a hotel keeper today. "People outside the city cannot real tos just hoal offensive 'his was. The people of the State at large wir dts esver thst the outbreak of last Fri? day ??? not the result of momentary Irritation?a temporary ebullition of violence supsrlnduced by heat. The undercurrent or resentment growing for years needed only a pretext and the assauH on a white woman fur nhmed that pretext. The streets arg ?stet now because the troops are here, but that Is not assurance that the ejnsetton is settled. For the most part the people would have liked to sea the matter settled without the Inter? vention of the soldiers. The fact that the troab'e Is costing bustne** men thousand* of dollars dslly In loss of trade does not help matters. Personal? ly I think Gov. Deneen's ?Und for the protection of the nsgroes Is cor? rect, but 'he average worktngrnan has little aympathy with It" The tbne of thla statement Is simi? lar to that of others heard by news? paper reporters today. Barbers, street car men. miners and laborera talked rn a atmllar vein. Oen. Young himself has had numer? ous ta'ks with the representative cltl ssns In sll walks of life and he haa amended bt* first opinion that a few daya of patrol aervlce would aufflce to restore normal condition*. When ask? ed today what he thought the pro? bable duration of the stay of the troop*, the general shook his head. He could put no limit to the time. The exodus of the negroes from Springfield seems to be permanent. There are still a few scattered colored families In the few block* guarded by the aolditrs. but they, fo* the mo*t part are women, children and aged men. The younger and middle aged are few In number. Orcn*lonnlly one thves or four of the men \ ?Unding near a burned home, but all are making preparations to leave Springfield as soon as funds are avail? able. Outgoing cars are ?tili crowded with the b'acks. Carpetbags. valises and nondescript trunks and suit cases, containing In many InsUnces all of the property of the negroes. ar? piled high on the station platforms. Oov. Deneen's proclamation asking that all negroes return to Springfield and not to enter other cities seems of no avail. Hotels are devoid of negro porters, waiters and roustabouts. At the St. Nicholas, Clerk Foulk and other office help are acting as porters. The few negroes who remain In Spiingfle d are of the better class Many of them are aUylng only to protect their property. Hints Fro in the Nursery. An anxious mother determined to ring up the day nu *sery to ask for some udvlce as to he.- child. The fol? lowing conversation ensued: "1 called for the nursery. Is this the nursery?" "Tee. ma'am." "I am so worried about ray little Rose." "Vat seems to be der madder?" "Oh. not so much, perhaps, but Juat a little general llstlessness and lack for life." "Aln'd growing rlghd, eh?" t "No. air." "Veil. I vltl dell you vat to do. You dake der scissors and cut off aboud two Inches from dar limbs und"? "Wha-a-at?" "I aay, dake der scissors and cut off about two Inchea from her limbs, und den turn der garten hose on It for about four hours In der morning"? "Wha-a-at?" and the receiver vibra? ted at her tone. "Turn der garten hoee on for aboud four hours In der morning, und den pile a lot of black dirt around und spiinkel mit Insgt powter all ofer der top."? "Sir-r-rr "Sprinkle mit Insgt powter all ofer dor top. You know usually It Is nod dings put pugs dot"? "Howe dare yon. sir? What do you der troublet d e es WO lb WYI "Noddinga bnt pugs usually causes dor troubles, and den you vant to vash der rose mit a liquid preparation I haf for sale hire"? ' "Who In the world are you. any? way?" "Gottfried Oluber, der florist" M0-c~oh!" rather weakly. Good? bye."?Judge. Railroads Plant Trees, Scientific American. In continuance of Its planj to pro? vide for some of Its future require? ments in timber and crosstlee the Pennsylvania Railroad forestry de? partment has completed tu spring for? estry planting for this year. It set. out ?26.000 trees. These make up to the present time 1,428.000 trees which have been set out by the railroad since It undertook tree planting upor a comprehensive scale. Economical? ly to prosecute tree planting opera? tions on a large scale has necessitated the Importation of much ^European plant material, which owing to the de? gree of perfection to which the Euro? pean foresters have brought their work and the cheapness of labor can be purchased at a much lower price than in America. This year the Penn? sylvania Railroad imported 200,000 seedlngs, of which all not large en? ough to be planted In their perma? nent 'tte have been aet out In trann plant rows in the new forest nursery established this year by the company at Morrlsvllle, Pa., Just acrosa the Delaware river from Trenton. In the seed beds were sown this year twenty five bushels of acorns and nuU, 8T0 pounds of other hardwood seeds and seventy-five pounds of conifer seeds. In addition 300 seedlngs were perma nent'y planted In land belonging to the company. Trees, which are not suitable for timber production arc be? ing grown for ornament. The com? pany has this year begun the propaga? tion of ornamenUl trees and plants for beautifying its property and in- ] tends to develop a largo amount of shrubbery and hedges for the pro? tection and ornamentlon of the sta? tion grounds and rlghU of way. This work will be continued until all the station grounds and unoccupied spaces on the right of way are parked. HKFOltMATORY SUPERINTEND? ENT. ? Mr. G. Ii. Emmons, of Virginia Named For School at Florence. Mr. O. L. Kmmons, of Virginia has been seleeted to be auperlntendent of the South Carolina Industrial School, commonly called the reformatory, lo? cated at Florence. Mr. Einmons has had about five years' expedience as su? perintendent of the Reform School for boys of Virginia and his work there has been highly recommended. He has been engaged In similar work In other sections of the country for about 25 ye ?rs. His appointment was recommerded by a special committee of the board of trustees and has been favorably acted upon by the entire board. SEED SELECTION IMPORTANT. _ I I>H. KNAPP MARKS INTERESTING REPORT TO SECRETARY WILSON. Planting: ami Harvesting of Cotton and Corn in the Southern States Fully Covered by Department of Agriculture Expert, who is Well Known In South Carolina. Washington. August 16.?Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the department of agri? culture, who Is well known In South Carolina In connection with his farm demonstration work,' has just made an Interesting report to Secretary Wil? son on the subject of seed selection for Southern farmers. The report covers fully the subject of planting and harvesting both of cotton and ccrn. and wi'l prove very valuable to those persons Interested In agricul? tural pursuits. "For the amount of labor Involved no work upon the farm pays better than seed selection." Dr. Knapp says. "Within a seed is the minute germ that has all characteristics of the pre- , ceding generations of that species, with the modifications which previ? ous culture, soil, olimate and selec? tion have given It, and these it trans? mits to the future plants. In addi? tion, the seed contains a little food to help the germ unt|l It can get es tab'lshed in the soil. "While the types in seed are per? sistent along general lines, within these limits they admit of great mod? ification by selection and cultiva? tion. In cotton the size of the boll, the length and quality of lint, the time of maturity, the tendency to abundant fruitage, the height and form of stalks and other plant char? acteristics may be modified at the will of the farmer. "When a farmer buys a high-grade seed at a large price he la simply pay? ing another man for using his brain to do what he can do Just as well If he will. ^ Improvement of Cotton by Seed Se? lection. "Careless cotton farming and gin run seed are responsible for a lot of short cotton cropa. There is but lit? tle pure-bred seed planted, and the product of that little generally be? comes more or less mixed In the field and at the gin. "Five points should be carefully no? ted In cotton seed Improvement: Type, variety, selection, ginning and storing. A farmer should determine the type of cotton he wants to pro? duce. He can In the end produce what he wants to If he studies and works for It. By type* Is meant the kind of stalks, boll, lint, etc. The type generally preferred Is a strong, shprt, vigorous stalk, with plenty of fruit limbs on the lower half; fruit limbs short-jointed but extending to the outer border of the plant and fruiting to the end; large bolls, storm realating; a heavy percentage of line; staple at least 1 1-8 Inches and strong; plant hardy, early and prolific. Choosing? the Variety. "Plant seed of a variety that pro? duces cotton as near the type you want as possible. It will not be ex? actly your Ideal but If good seed and of the right variety it will come near it. Plant this seed on a separate tract of land, or plat so it will not be? come mixed by Insects. Every far? mer needs a seed plat Just as much as he needs a well bred male If he Is 'going to improve his stock. Thin and cultivate this plat In the best way. Let us go personally to the seed plat in the fall with the sack over our shoulder and make selections, feet tall loaded with choice bolls. There will be mre than a pound of lint cotton on It at maturity. Around the heart of the plant we select the best bolls, rejecting the bolls on the ends of the limbs and near the tops and a few that are ao low as to near? ly touch the ground. The top and end bolls tend to later maturity and the seeds In bolls too near the ground absorb the moisture and are not as vigorous as they should be. "The next stalk Is not quite ao per 'ect, but is pretty good, and we take a few of the best bollg. On the next stalk are four or five great, fine bolls. My man was along with a sack and was Just about to pick them; In fact, his fingers had closed over one. 'Let them alone.' I called out, 'look at that sta k; it never thought about going into the cotton business until it was half grown. There Is only about an eighth of a pound of cotton on it If all the bolls mature. The plant has some bad blood In It or Is a black sheep In a good flock. We do not want to raise that kind.' "Then we passed several plants not very good and not very poor. Just a few feet along the row I no? ticed two remarkably fine bolls near the top of a stalk. Something called my attention away, and when I looked back my man had them. 'Ain't they tine?' he remarked, and he gave a smile of satisfaction. 'Right*' I re? plied, "if you do not see the plant. They gr??w too near he top and will tend to make our crop late.' 'If you are going to be so particular, we shan't get much cotton seed.' he an? swered, rather shortly. 'Bob,' I re? plied, '! am through making these quarter-of-a-bale cotton crops. They say that like produces like. Now, that first stalk of cotton we picked had over a pound on it and if a'l the stalks on this plat were just like it we should get two and one-half bales of cotton per acre. I intend to make a two-and-a-half-bale crop, and I am going to commence by se? lecting the right seed to do it.' "The next plant was loaded with bolls, but it did not stand over 18 in? ches high. "That is a perfect plant,' I remarked, 'but we will not take any bol's from it. It is too small. Never select a runt pig for a prize winner at the 'air. If I had an acre of such plants they would not hold as much cotton as I want.' "In this way we went over the two acre plat and secured 200 pounds of seed cotton. This was carefully stored and ginned. The next year there were three times as many per? fect stalks in the field as the previ? ous season. In three years ^nearly every plant was a model and we had a two-and-a-half-ba'e crop. "In making selections never pick a boll for seed except from a plant that la just what you want your crop to be next year. You cannot buy such seed. Raise it. "Select your seed early for next year's crop. Ginning and Cleaning Seed Cotton. "Store your selected seed In a dry place and wait until the steam gins are nearly through; then carefully clean the gin, put down a sheet to catch the seed, and run your selected j lot through. Store In a dry place till it is time for planting. "Before planting, run this seed through a fanning mill, blowing out any seed that may be light, and screening out any that are too small. Follow this method just as close'y as possible. A peck of such screened seed will produce more strong plants than a bushel of the seed commonly planted. Improvement of Corn by Seed Selec? tion. "Corn is one of the easiest plants to modify that the farmer has to deal with, and there Is no plant that will respond more quickly to Intelli? gent efforts at improvement. Corn Is also very susceptible to the effect of a change of climatic or soil conditions; hence, It is very difficult to predict that the best variety at one place will prove to be the best in another locality. "Without going Into the reason for it, the following is a brief outline of just how to select seed corn. "The corn it is desired to Improve should be planted on a specially pre? pared plat and well cultivated. When the plants have silked, go through the field and remove all plants that have not started an ear. After this and before harvesting go through the plat carefully and select the best stalks, marking them so they can be readi? ly distinguished. "An Ideal stalk Is one without suckers, thick at basi, with well-de? veloped roots, as shown by Its vigo? rous growth, and bearing a good ear or ears about four feet from the ground. The stalk when mature should be between eight and ten feet high. "If It Is desired to produce an ear? ly variety, only those stalks that ma? ture first should be marked. "Select sta'ks that are free from smut or disease and are not In the Immediate neighborhood of other dis? eased stalks. The stalks should have two good ears upon shanks 4 or 5 inches long, and these ears should show a decided tendency to turn down. "The South is In greater need of Improved varieties of corn than is the case with any of her other crops. Cotton has received fairly good at? tention, but the corn crop has been sadly neglected. Our people are be? ginning to realize its importance, and quite a remunerative field of indus? try awaits the farmer who will make a business of raising reliable seed corn. Owing to the tact that corn is so easily influenced by a change of climate and soil, the field for this in? dustry Is very broad and is not like? ly to become crowded. Germination Test for Seed Corn. "A great amount of trouble in se? curing stands from all purchased seed, and especially that of corn, is due to the fact that much so obtained is of low vitality. When it is necessary to purchase seed corn, the seller should always be required to guaran? tee a germination of 100 per cent. Al? ways buy seed corn upon the ear; then you can form some Idea of what is being purchased. Afterwards test its germinattve power as fallows: "Have an ordinary box about 12 inches wide, 18 Inches long and 12 Inches deep. Put into the bottom 8 Inches of horse dung, wetting it well and packinK it Into the box. On top of this 2 inches of well dampened sandy soil and fit a piece of muslin or thin eloth Into the box on top of this. The muslin should previously I have been marked into 1-Inch squares with a pencil or ink. these squares j beliiK numbered. Now number the j ears to be tested to correspond with (the squares. Take three grains of WAITING FOR TAFT TO ASK. General Wright lb-portal I:?u<l> to Work for Republican*. Washington, A Uff. IT.?Secretary of War Wright, former Democrat, will not enter actively inio the campaign r Judge Taft un'css he is requested do so by the Republican candidate mself. So far no such requeel hua en received by tht War Secretary. General Wright returned to tin- elty day from Hot Springe. While at. e Virginia resort he discussed d? artmental matters with Judge Taft, nd certain political natters also were entloned. His friends here, how? ever, say that he If In readiness to ump into the campaign the moment Taft says the word and that to give Mr. Taft assurance of this fact was the object that toe k him to Hot Springs. Several days ago Chairman Hitchcock intimated that the Repub? licans were not ov??r-hopeful about carrying Tennessee, Secretary Wright's native State, and almost at the same time General Wright announced that the report that he would open the Taft campaign in Tennessee was "ridi? culous." Things are said to have hap? pened since then to cause a change of mind on the part of the Republican managers. Protests have been made by Tennessee Repub'icans against the abandonment of the State to the Democrats. As a consequence Gen? eral Wright may be asked to make a few speeches. His influence, it is considered, would be worth more to the Republican cause In Tennessee than that of any other one man. P. O. Person's Pretty Way. The discourtesy of some postofflce lady clerks in London is proverbial. Occasionally, however, the fair crea? ture receives a Roland for an Oliver. An Irascible stock broker entered a certain city office exact1 y at the hour of closing, and, approaching the mon? ey-order-desk, politely requested the presiding genius to issue him an order of 48s. j "Too late!" said the damsel, curtly, pointing with an tnk-stalned flnirer to the clock. The indignant broker stormed, raved; and Anally challeng? ed the correctness of the timepiece. The imperturbable lady smiled. The following afternoon, two min? utes before the closing hour, the mer? chant again presented himself, and calmly asked: "Am I too late?"' "Only just In time!" replied the damsel, crossly. "Thank you. Now, misa, I must trouble you to Issue me forty-eight or? ders for lc. each. "F-f-forty-eight!" gasped the hor? ror-stricken woman?her tea had just arrived, and was standing on a table behind the screen?"surely you are joking?" NEGRO COLONY DECAMPS. Driven Out of Oklahoma Town After Attempted Assault. Duncan, Okla.. Aug. 17.?One hun? dred negroes were residents of Duncan last week. Today there are none. They heeded the warning from the whites ordering them to leave before sunup on pain of their lives. "The trouble started with the at? tempt at assault, made on a 14-year o'd white girl fcy a negro boy of 18. The father tried to shoot the negro, but both barrels of his shot gun refus? ed to explode. The negro is in jail, and thtreats of lynching, at first freely made, have quitted. Many of the ne? groes who left town owned property here, but have been unable to make disposition of It. They will probably be given a chance to dispose of it soon. FLOUR AND BREAD TO GO UP. Will Be Higher Than Last Year, Says Milling Men. Minneapolis. Minn.. Aug. 17.?Flour Is gc'ng up and bread with It, accord? ing to an interview given out by John i Washburn, vice president of the Wash j burn-Crosby Milling Company, today. This rise according to the Minneapolis bakers, will bring the price Df a 14 ounce loaf up to 6 cents. Concerning the advance of flour prices, Mr. Washburn said: "Frorn present Indications it is safe to believe that the general range of quotations on all grades of flour will run higher even than last year. The Contented Hostess. All sorts of Ideas are advanced by writers on women's affairs as to how to make entertaining easy; how to stop worry; how to make every guest not only feel at home but that all the lit? tle niceties you offer were prepared especially for each one. These writers mean well; but they don't go deep enough to get at the real facts or they would find that Nabisco Sugar Wafers, the dainty, delicious confec? tion, are the real basis of a hostess* success and contented spirit. They're just the sort of desert for a luncheon, ideal after dinner, and delightful with a hot cup or with the tinkling glass on a moonlit porch. Ever tried them with chocolate Into which a marshmal low has been dropped? Merely a sug? gestion! A Sure Cure for Piles Mr. P. 8. Rindall el No. so East Main St., Leroy, N. Y , write* that Bloodin* Ointment ban Eovto ??ticio? in a stubborn case el Pilaa aa4 actal F insures where everything alee has tailed. Bloodina Ointment u told on a posture gaaraata* lo cart Files or money back. Bloodinc Ointment. la the saest ha*Una *aW? in the world. It win pos? itively cur* cut*, barns, old sores, leases' k salt rhsum aad all akin dueeae*. Tound at Last ? enra for Ecxsma. Mr*. 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