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THE DAILY ARDMOREITE
Ardmore, Friday, May 27, 1910
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nny person, linn or corporation
which may nppear In tho columns
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attention of tho management.
Eastern Representative.
Win. U. Ward. Trlbuno Hiilldlne.
Western Representative.
I tol) t. K. Douslns,
""0 Mnrquetto llldg, Chicago,
Ardmore, Friday, May 27, 1910
ufflif il!aiii.& i
ON EDGE OF PRECIPICE.
"On the edge of n precipice." wa-
tlio title of n picture that caught
tho writer's eyo the other day, and
In It wis written a story that has
been tho subject of poets, of moral
IstH nnd of writers since first the
dawn of 1rtuo mill goodness east 1
their reflecting rnyn upon tho human !
mind. Young girlhood, Inexperienced, i
passionate and trustful, Is about to I
break away, under the cover tf night,
from tho familiar ties and mwocla-
tlons of n plain nnd humble home,
at tho Instillation of u scoundrel
whose chief aim on earth scorns to
bo to despoil and blacken the char
acter of the Innocent and unworldly,
to leavo a vacant place In tho
hearts and nffectlous f the old folks
who have song-lit to rear their off
spring under the righteous guidance
and teachings of n divine father.
Cold, calculating and bonring out
tho diameter of MephlHtopheles,
whoso disciple ho l, tho seducer
watches tho jiolgunut grlot of his
victim, her reluctance to part from
tho associations of her Kirlhood, yet
nt tho samo limn drawn on by an
uncoun.uor.ihlo love, which Hho has
conceived for himself, tho unworthy
recipient of hor affections.
It Is tho old, old story, that 'begins
In the shady lanes of rural peace
fiilnem and ends In tho mlro of n
corrupt nnd pitiless dty, with Ita
cesspools of Infamy, Its bridge of
Highs, Its bitter dregs that end In
desolation mud death.
Innocence anil purity stand for
naught In the presence of those
moral perverts who prey uihiii the
weak, who .pander to their dissolute
ImkkIous by crushing hope of life
hero and hereafter.
1 hnvo watched specimens of this
creature during tho course of my
travels and lnevlta'bly found n worth
less dmrnctor, unpossessed of tho
manly qualities of he-irt nnd bralu
thnt would nuiko a well bred Mot.
tentlon. Ponsossod possibly of phys
ical allurement, that Is pleasing to
the eyes of the uninitiated, the Im
press of the beast Is eanlly discern
ible by those who 'make a study of
character.
The laws cannot 'bo made too
stringent for tho protection of tho
unsophisticated, the Inexperienced
nnd tho Impressionable, who happen
to -ome under tho magnet le tolls of
this human sunke, whoo charm Is
moral ami physical death, whoso'blto
In more poisonous than tho adder
Virtue Is being held to lightly In
many sections of the country. Tho
Jdiish of Innveonco In 'being s-wept
fiom the ehoek of too many of our
womanhood, the times which are fos
tering the mad rush for nionoy, may
have much to do with It, but It
would 'bo hotter to rotrogrndo Into
the days cf tho old plantation with
nil Its simple home life, with It?
eont' iitinont and non-progrosslvonoss
it It must be, than to neglect tho
humiliation of a purity of character
Into nil wo do. Into the economy
f every dny affairs, that will pro
duco happiness, f not quickly nccu
mutated rlehos.
O
MERE CANT.
The opponents of tho removal of
tin- capital from Uuthrlu nro laying
great stress on tho moral phase of tho
quest Ion eln'ming that It would be a
transgression of good faith, u blot
upon the escutcheon of tho stnto to
move tho capital from Its present lo
cation until nt least tho time has ex
pired ns provided by tho onnblliiK act.
This Is n most pourlle oxcuie and
should hnvo no offect with those who
feel thnt tho host Interests of tho stnto
can be served by locating tho cap
ital nt some other point,
It Is unquestionably tho right of the
people of n stnto to chooso tholr own
coat of government It Is a sovereign
The great Baking Powder
of the country
used in millions of
homes never
failed
da
Fifty Yean
the
Standard
D! PRICE'S
CREAM
Baking Powder
Received the highest award
at Chicago World's Fair
right whii h ilu lclei.il , ox in 1. 1 ill
has not the p ni r to obllt' ra'
Oklahoma --land-, twin po'-m.-kuI o.
nil the jioweiK o! a gr ai Mate, li u-
ed with a 1 1 the right that aie uco.il
oi by tlie constitution to any othei
Into of the union nnd under audi
powers lias not only the legal but the
moral right to designate Its preference
In the matter of the capital's loca
tion. Such ennt us appears from day to
day In tho Ciithrlo State Capital In Ita
attempt to Intlueuco tho voters in
favor of (luthrlo Is nu exhibition of
peanut politics that la unworthy ol
consideration, it will take fully threo
years to make piopuratloim for the
Installation of tho new capital wher
ever t may bo and to delay tho aut
Moment of tho question na to whether
tho capital shall be removed nnd
where It Is to bo locnlod nt the explr
atlou of the probationary period
would bo only prolonging a bitterness
that la unnecessary and not In no
cord with tho best Interests of the
state.
Let the people deride whether It Is
to bo removed and whore It Is to be
located mid the state will then be In
u position to move ahead along safe
mid conservative lines and erect u per
maiient homo that will bo for tin; In
terest of the whole state and a menu
incut In our greatness.
It Is a plain business iiropoHltlnn.
and divested of soT-lntorost that the
papllcaitts for state favor may have,
lias no moral question, that would In
the least Impair the faith or credit
of the state.
O-
SOMETHING GOOD IN STORE.
There will be some very Interesting
exerclnes connected with commence
ment in our publ'e schools during the
noxt few days.
Probably no whore In the stale has
there been attained In m shott a
time so great a systematic protlcteucy
as In the Aril mote public m-hools.
It la n credit to this community
that the opiHirtunlty Is now given (o
all alike io obtain nu edueat'on under
such systematic and thorough facili
ties. It la a remarkable Instance of what
reaults eon bo obtained by the applica
tion of a thorough business udmluis-
(ration of school affairs. The noxt
few days will be days of brightness
to pupils, teachers and parents alike.
Tlie progressive methods will find
ample Jiistillcatlou In the efficiency
displayed and Anlmoro will have to
Its record another yenr of work well
done, of a step Into the advanced light
of hotter days.
O
PLUM FOR CHICKASHA.
Senate Passes Dill Approprlatlnn
$175,000 For Postofflce.
trying to llguro out.' confessed tho
Washington. 1). C, May 20. The ninn, growing -nervous. Don't they nil
sonato today passed Senator (lore's! come about tlio samo slzo? You sec.
Mil providing for the erection of a she told mo tho size, but 1 enn't re
federal building at Chlckasha at a I monibcr It.'
cost of jnr.,000. When tho bill was
called up today Senator Calllghor
New llnmpshlro voiced opposition
when ho declared that cltlos larger
than Chlckasha wore receiving much
less money nnd In the connection
singled out a city In hl own stnto
which showed a population of 10,000
at last census and for which only
$00,000 was appropriated. Mr. tloro
oxplaltiftd that the appropriation
takes Into consideration the future
as well as tlie present growth of
(Mile kasha, whereupon the bill wn
adopted.
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Ay, actress at tea nt the Plnza said
of Miss KIchiioi- Kobson:
"Shu Is a dear. She has marriud
August Helmont. Now she Is In the
sot that 1 once heard hor so wittily
ridicule.
"She said that lu conversation with
n leading matiou of tills gilded, this
Jeweled act, she uco naked:
" "Anil wheiv do you think you'll
apenit tho siiuimur," Mrs. Van Golf."
"i!r- the North Cape, I bei;oo,'
Mrs. Van Gelt answered. 'One can. not
skiing there nil through August, you
kaow.'
" 'And whore will you spend the
winter, then.'
" 'Oh, Florida, by all means. Thoio's
such ripping January bathing nt Talm
lleniii." 'Washington Star.
Mayor Magee of Pittsburg was talk
ing about an obstinate mnu.
"Ho Is 'sot' In his way," said the
mayor. "Ilu Is as bad as the old
planter of history.
"An old planter In the palmy days
befoio the war was blown up in n.
'steamboat accident on the Mississippi.
Thoy llrtlii'il him out unconscious. At
the end of nn hour's manipulation liojthat they deslro nothing more than
c-'nme to. to placo before tho Keiinto the facts,
"'Where am I?' he UMked, lifting his ns they seo them, connected wlthj
" 'Safe on tho shore,' thu Ooclor told j w" way. Ho rcunlnds mo of a!
him. j deacon in my native bultith.
"'Which sldo of tho river?" he In-1 "'1Iu deacon was notorious for be
qulrod. ! lug long-wlned. If ho rose to speak j
"'The Iowa side,' tho doctor replied, j prayer meeting or revival, or Iovo ,
"The planter frowned. Ho looked ! feast, he was sure to keop the lloorl
nt tho turpld yollow stream. Then j Jmlf an hour. It was on the deacon's .
lio Enid: account, when a tremendous conflict
"'Just my luck to land In n prohlbl- "iso vtr the building of a now wins.
tloa state. Chuck
Wasihlngtiiu Star.
mo lu again.'
"ilo stood Irresolutely In front or
tlio women's stocking counter for n
fow minutes; then, with a determined
expression on his fnce, ho elbowed
hla way between two women shoppers
ami acroated tho saleslady," Haiti
Charles (!. Ilrinan of Philadelphia, in
recounting ths story. Mr. Uriuan Is
is
t tliu Hlggs.
'"Have you any light blue silk stock
ings?' ho said. 'You see'
" '(louts' furnishing, third counter
to the loft,' drawled the girl, as she
readied for a box on tho upper sholf.
" 'No; I don't want them for myself,'
aid tho man, getting very red. You
lee my wife is lu tho country and sliu
wants mo to get two pairs of light
blue stockings for her.'
"'Oh, what size.' askod tho girl.
I with a smile.
i "'Woll. that's what I hnvo been
"'Oh, no; they run In half sizes,
from li to 1 1, glglod the girl
'Huh.' sail tho man. 'Well, I stip -
Vmo 1 will have to do It,' and ho fum
bled In his lusldo pocket nnd slowly
tlshod out a dainty blue stocking,
x" 'She ise this in case I forgot.'
ho said in confusion." Washington
Star.
Apropos of Speaker Caution and his
d fficultles in the house. Jerome S
Mi Wnde. nt a dinner nt New willow!,
said-
Speaker Canneu s i rafty He -v v
ALASKAN SCANDAL
INVESTIGATION 1
SENATE COMMITTEE GETS DUSY.
GOV. CLARK, EX-GOV. HOGGATT
AND SHACKLEFORD INVOLVED.
TOO CLOSE TO 6UGBEHHEIMS
Open Hearing May be Given Alleged
That Present Marshal and Attorney
Were D silked by Guggenheims
Cause Stated.
Wj-ii tigtoii, May 20. An Invcstl-
i'.uu uli ch la expected to disclose to!
n Ki'iii'er extent than over before the
'biei fatlonnl feeling: In tho repiibll-!
1 1 an paity In Alaska was begun toJny
( be Tore n subcommittee of tho senate I
committee on Judiciary. It Is being j
1 held In connection with protests made I
amttiiHt the confirmation of .lolin
' Itustguard and Herbert I,. Paulkii'-r,
nppo nted by President Tuft ns United
States nttorney and United States
' marshal, respectively, to succeed John.
! J. I.0.VC0 and Daniel A. Sutherland,
'who were removed ut tlio request, it
Is understood of (Jov. Walter 13. Clark.
Senator Nelson Is chairman of the
subcommittee and associated with him
nro Senators Ilornh .niil Overman. Tim
proceedings today were highly seiuia-
tlonal, representatives of the opposing
factions were present nnd listened to
the charges each side made against
the other.
The principal speaker today was
Delegate James Wlckershain, who
made charges against Gov. Clark, ex
(iOV. Hoggatt nnd Louis Shncklcford,
tho memb'r of the lepubllcnu nation
al committee from Alaska. The Alas
kan delegate sought to connect these
men with the (iiu'ticiihelin Interests.
As to tho exact testimony given to
day little could be learned. Senator
Nelson, after an adjournment had
been ordered until Thursday, caution
ed tho witnesses against revealing the
executive proceedings. It Is under
stood, howovor, that Senators Ilornh '
and Overman will recommend opon
bearings. ,
The controversy Is said to be chiefly ,
between the factions opposing the ac-'
tlvltlos of the (Juggenholins In Alaska
and that which favors the rap'd de-,
volopinent of the territory. The nie i
who were removed from olflce clinrgei
that Oov. Chirk has become affiliated i
Willi the (,U!,gonliclm faction and that I
he Joined with National Conimlttee-j
man Shackh-foid In recommending!
the appointment of Itustguard audi
l-'aulkner.
Iloyce nnd Sutherland are not seek
ing to bo restored to office. They say
to tho church, that n rule was made
that no speaker, at tho final building
discussion, should take longer than
live minutes.
"At the llnnl discussion, held In
the Sunday school, a half-dozen, speak
ers had expressed their views, nnd
i 'lad snt down promptly whon n tnp of j
j the boll announced Hint tlmo was up,
then the deacon rose. j
"Tho deacon droned
I 1 he deacon droned on lu his old
, familiar way, and when the bell ranr i
he had not ovou got to tlio subjecc.
The Im'l's sharp tliiUlo eaiibod him to
start a:.d frown.
"'Am I to understand,' he nald, 'that
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live minutes .have expired,
j " 'Yes, deacon.' said the pastor, and
the audience tittered slightly.
" 'Then, brethren,' said' tho deacon,
'I will throw tho rest of my reinnrks
Into the form of a prayer.' " Wash
lngton Star.
"Judge," said the prisoner, "I
would like to nsk a fow questions bo
foro I enter my pica."
"You have tho court's permission,"
sahi tho Judge.
"If 1 go on trial," aald tho prisoner,
"do 1 hnvo to sit horo nnd hear nil
tho hypothetical iiuostlons asked by
1 11,0 Inwyoro?"
"Certainly," said tho Judge.
"And hear all tho handwriting ox
ports?" "Of courso."
"And follow tho reasoning of tho
chemistry and Insanity oxperts?"
"Very probably," said tho Judge.
"Well, then julKO, 1 will cuter my
pica."
What is it " asked the Judge.
'Guilty Pi' sbur-r ChronlcloTele-li'-uph.
For Twenty-Six Years
Mrs. Lamatfer, of Kentucky, Suffered
with Internal Catarrh and was
Finally Relieved by. Pe-runa.
51 IIS. W. W. LAMASTi:il.
(ft HVVVKHKO for twenty-six j-cara
1 with blnddcr anil kidney troublo,
nnd being advised togive Purunn a trial,
I did so, and am thankful to say thai
eight liottlcs of Pertinn audthrcn bottles
of M mini I n entirely cured mo of that
trouble, nnd I nm ns welt as over." Mrs.
W. W. Lnmnstor, !I1'.7 Mo.Vteo Ave,
Louisville, Ky.
Catarrh Causes Kidney Disease.
Cntnrrli Is n frequent eaue of kid
ney dlcao. The cdvis of tho kid
neys, ns well n-i tlio ttibulcH, is lined
Willi miicoim luetiibrnno, nnd Is there
fore subject to catarrhal congestion.
Sometimes tho cntnrrli Is so slight ns to
e.niM) no attention. Other limes it lends
up to very serious conditions.
Any remedy cnpablo of mitigating
the cntnrrli Is a much morn rational
trentment than to give palliatives that
only relievo the patient of ouu or moro
disagreeable symptoms.
It is claimed for 1'eruna that it Is nn
Internal systemic catarrh remedy, nnd
reaches the catarrh in whatever orgun
It happens to bo located.
"I wm cured of a sevoro attack of In
flammation of thobowcN by taking l'e
ritna. I am glnd to recommend 1'eruna
to nny one." Mrs. J. J. Kros, 653
"A'atcr St., San Antonio, Texas.
their removal. According to their
story, they incurred the enmity of tlio
Cuggeiihelins because of their prose
cution and conviction of 13d Hasey on
tho charge of having shot, and killed
two men In Keystone cannon In
Octohor, 1007.
llnsey was employed by the Uuggcii
helms and It was charged that lie shot
the two men while try.ng to guurJ
Keystone pass against tho invasion
of the representatives of it rival con
cern which was seeking entrance to
the pass as a route for a railroad line.
Hasey was convicto! and sentenced
to servo eighteen mouths In a federal
penitentiary.
Hoyce nnd Sutherland claim that
they discovered that "men higher up"
In the (iiiggeiilielm service were le
sponslble for the affnlr at Keystone
Pass. Tho two federal officers say
they were removed from office on
tho brlugiiu proceedings against oth
ers believed by them to have been Im
plicated in the Keystone nffnlr.
Just before tho committee adjourned
today a young man named Douglas
who had been an nudltor In tho em
ploy of the Ciiiggeiihelms was called
to tho stand. He tcstlllod. thnt $70,
000 had been expended prior and dur
ing tho Hasey trial nnd lie charged
that tho expenditures had been made
for tho entertainment of Jurors nnd
otherwlso ns a corruption fund to de
font the prosecution by federal offi
cers. BEATTY IN JAIL.
Alleged Member of Mabray Gang Ap
prehended in Little Rock,
(luthrlo, Okla., Jlay 2C Dick Ueatty
nliegod member of tho .Mr iray gang
of foot race swindlers, was lodged in
tlio federal Jail hero tolay by Deputy
United States Mnrshal Davo Haddon.
Ueatty was IniPcted at Llttlo Hock,
Ark., about a year ago, on complaint
of K. 10. Itay of Woodward county, who
lost JtlOO on a fake raco, but (lovernor
Haskell refused to honor a requisition
for him, on the ground that n man
who lost on a deal of that sort had
no kick coming. J. 12. Iove, chairman
of tho Oklahoma corporation commis
sion, appeared on behnlf of Ueatty at
tho hearing and urged the governor
not to grant tho requisition. Itoatty
was tho foot racer who foil down dur
ing tho raco and iillowoi tho other
follow to win.
Golden Spike Driven.
Seymour, Tex., May 2ti. May '.'I
dawned beautiful and clear and nt S:.10
o'clock n. in., tho Inst steel rail being
laid and tho Inst spike ready to bo
driven, whon from tho crowd of 11,000
people, wild nnd jubilant, Miss 'Ilertha
Word wns cho3on as tho most popular
girl to drlvo tho golden spike, wh'ch
how connects the city of Soymour
with Port Worth nnd Dallas by a
woll-biillt and equipped railroad tho
Gulf, Texas nnd Western.
Some men's Idea of hnpptness Is to
discov wet smllo In a dry town.
Subscrlbo for The Ardtuorelte.
That Tired Feeling
Can be relieved at once by a glass
of any of our celebrated carbonated
beverages. They are pure and
wholesome, made from the purest
ingredients by experienced men and
are as near perfection as can be
reached. We are exclusive bottlers
in this section for Coca Cola, "the
world's drink." When you get car
bonated beverages protect yourself
from inferior goods by asking for and
insisting on getting the CROWN
BRAND.
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CROWN BOTTLING
AND MANUFACTURING WORKS
MORGAN J. HAYS, PrcsiJcnt and Manafcr
PAULS VALLEY CONTRIBUTES TO STORM
SUFFERERS: CRUCE'S FRIENDS 01 HAND
(II) Kiigeno Kay)
I was right there when Puuls Valley
ono day this week, made its contr.hu
t (on to tho htorni sufferers. Pnuls Val
ley has never done mo any great
ood or any harm, yet I am going to
say It deserves praise for its great
charity. Ju nu hour, on n stieot cor
ner, with no great crowd there, H. M.
Carr, an attorney of the town, got
moro than two thousand dollars out of
thoso people, to say nothing of n
thousand or two lu lumber, provisions
etc. I looked at tho slzo of the crowd
befoio Mr. Carr opened up oil It, and 1
supposed he would get not more than
live hundred "dollars.
Hut Mr. Henry M. Carr got twenty
one hundred and llfty dollars out ot
those fellows. Mr. Carr has beeu
there before. I bolleve ho Is u Meth
odist and has had experience. It was
plain that Mr. Carr was at home. Mr.
Carr Is a lopubllcau In politics mid has
figured succssfully In the political
game. Hnlf-Joklngly and half-various-ly,
ho told the crowd tho republicans
would enrry the state this fall and we
would have no more storms. That,
was very funny to me. I have been
laughing about It ever since the meet
ing. More than once, nt tho beginning
Mr. Cnrr pointed a linger ns If ho woro
lu n political meeting wfiere with
every tiling "cut mil dried," ho wns
about to "recognize"' some great poli
tical leader, lint 'Mr. Cnrr apparently
TO INCREASE CORN
CROP IN SOUTH
LARGE FUND IS AVAILABLE FOR
'DEMONSTRATION IN BOLL WEE
VIL REGIONS.
Wnshlngton, May liS. -dly means of
tho ?iC0,0U0 appropriation for co-operative
farm demonstriit on work, sup
plemented by $113,000 set nsldo yes
terday by tho I'Mucatiounl Hoard ot
Now York for Southern agricultural
development, Dr. Seaman A. Knapp,
chief of the co-operative farm demon
stration work, hopes to Introduce a
nuw era of diversified farmln lu the
ball weevil Infested regloi; of the old
er Southern fctntes.
Dr. Knapp expects that as a result
of tho weevil and the lnrjro fund at his
disposal to blurt the South on Its way
to becoming tho greatest corn-growing
region of tho United States. In nu
Interviow toJny on this subject Dr.
Knapp said:
"The Kducntlonnl Hoard ot Now
York, which yesterday awarded tho
sum of $113,000 for agricultural edu
cation In tlio South, is in reality John
I), Ilockofellcr, who soma tlmo ago
gavo $10,000,000 to bo dovotcd to euu
cation throughout tho United States,
Tho Kducatlon Hoard wns organized
to direct tho uso of this vast sum and
tho $113,000 nwarded for agricultural
otucatlou lu tlio South represents tno
pro rata shnro of that section accru
ing from tho Interest on tho grand
Intnl.
"As chief of the Rureatt of Fanners' I
Co-oporatlvo Demonstration Work ofj
thought better of It and didn't do It.
His church experience predominated
and ho got the money. "I g.vo a
hundred dollars," said some one in the
crowd.
Hut the hundred clip did not last
long. Tho soventy-llvc, llftys and
! twenty-lives were numerous. Soma
whero In tho proceedings, Mr. Carr
j repeated "Alfalfa Hill Murray, ton doi-
Inrs." And thero was a cheer. Alfal
fa Hill's friends wero seeing to tt ho
was represented in that good work.
I In less tlmo than It takes to tell It,
j thrco Pauls Valley citizens, who are
not Murray men, had their heads to
gether In earnest convorsatou, and aft
er a fow quiet words, Judgo T. h.
i Kendall, of tho police court, pointed
a linger at Mr. Cnrr and said, "I:o
Cruce, twentyflvo dollars," and there
was n roar from the crowd. Tho threo
Cruco men were Judge Kendall, C. P.
Hruce, tho leadln? druggist, and Davo
Shorlll, nil well and favorably known
lu Ardmore. J. W. Fielder, another
Cruco follower, of Pauls Valloy, no'
seeing the other threo nt the moment,
got busy and ns a result Iee Cruco
was about to bo credited with a con
tribution of fifty dollars. It was nil
Just n llttlo friendly rivalry bctweru
tho friends of tho candidates for gov
ernor. Cruco should give fifty dollr. -to
theso storm sufferers, for ho Is '
lug through hero now like a cyclone,
sweeping everything along with him.
That's a fact.
tho Department ot Agriculture, I
agreed to direct the application of tho
annual award made for tho benellt or
tho South, npplylng tho fund. In connec
Hons with tho appropriation mmlo
each year by congress for a llko pur
pose. This year tho nllnwnnce for tho
South, by special direction, is being
expended in tho stnte of Florida, Geor
gia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
nnd Virginia. In thoso' stntes tho de
partment has experts making demon
strations and great good is being ac
complished. I hope to turn the wholo
South to dlversllled- farming.
"Tho fact that a lioy in South Caro
lina produced 1G2,$ bushels ot corn to
tho aero, when tho averngy yield
throughout tho stnto was only sixteen
bushels to the ncre, is, to my mind,
proof of tlio possibilities of corn pro
duction in tho Southern stnto by tho
Improved methods of cultivation, ns
taught by tho department of agricul
ture. In Vlrglna D00 acres under tho
approved demonstration methods had
yielded an nverago of forty-ono bush
els of corn to tho aero. I n Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Ixml
lana and Arkansas results similarly
significant havo been achloved. in mr
opinion tho Southorn states can. be
made to yield nn nvora?o of forty-flvo
btiBholfl of corn to tho acre. This In
creased productiveness depends, of
courso, upon tho application of improv.
ed methods of boII cultivation and at
tention." TO.NIGHT
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