The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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SENTENCED TO DEATH
,HERO OF PORT ARTHUR TECHNI-
CALLY A GUILTY MAN.
COMMUTATION SUGGESTED
The General Asked That the Opinion
of the Court, Right or Wrong, Be
Carried Out.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 21.—Lieutenant
General Stoessel was condemned to
death yesterday evening by a military
(court for the surrender of Port Arthur
to the Japanese.
General Fock, who commanded the
Fourth East Siberian Division of Port
jArthur, was ordered reprimanded for
W disciplinary offense, which was not
connected with the surrender, and
General Smirnoff, acting commander
of the fortress, and Major General
iRelss, chief of staff to General Stoes-
sel, were acquitted of the charges
against them tor lack of proof. The
Court recommended that the death sen-
tence upon Lieutenant General Stoes-
sel be commuted to ten years' impris-
onment in a fortress, and that he be
excluded from the service.
General Vodar, President of the
court, read the sentences amid a
tense silence.
By a great effort of self-control Gen-
eral Stoessel maintained a rigid, sol-
dierlike impassivity. General Smir-
noff was also seemingly unmoved, but
there were tears In the eyes of Gen-
eral Reiss.
The sentence of death was passed
upon Generad Stoessel "for surrender-
ing the fortress before all the means
of defense had been exhausted, for
failing to enforce his authority and for
military misdemeanors."
Commutation of the sentence was
asked on the ground that "Port Ar-
thur, beset by overwhelming forces,
defended itself under General Stoes-
sel's leadership with unexampled
stubbornness and .filled the world.with
_astonbAafe-fii at the heroic courage of
its garrison; that several assaults had
heen repulsed with tremendous losses
on the part of the enemy; that Gen-
eral Stoessel throughout the seige had
maintained the heroic courage of tho
defenders, and, finally, that he had tak-
en part in three campaigns."
HARVIE JORDAN PRESIDENT.
Cotton Growers Adjourn After a Two
Days' Session.
Dallas, Feb. 21.—With the hope of
saving the organization from threat-
ened disruption, Harvie Jordan of At-
lanta, Ga., again accepted the office
of President of the Southern Cotton
Association last night His salary and
office expenses were fixed at $6000 per
year, each cotton State pledged
itself to pay $50 for every 100,000 bales
of cotton raised in 1906.
Walter Clark of Mississippi was
elected Vice-President and E. D. Smith
of South Carolina was elected General
Organizer. The selection of the Sec-
retary and Treasurer was left with
the President. The President and Mr.
Smith were selected as delegates to
the convention of master spinners of
Europe, n be held in Paris, France, in
June.
The convention adjourned yesterday
afternoon, after a two days' session.
Wilmington, N. C., was selected as the
next place of meeting, which will be
held in August. Hatton W. Sumners
of Dallas delivered an address on the
downfall of gambling in cotton futures
and pleaded for co-operative market-
ing in cotton.
E. D. Smith of South Carolina deliv-
ered the chief address of the meet-
ing, pleading for organization, and de-
claring that supply and demand is a
myth. The arbiters of price, he de-
clared, are organization, the consum-
ing power of the world, the cost of
-production and the price of cotton sub-
stitutes. He said that diversified farm-
ing in the South was possible only to
the extent of providing for home con-
sumption, and that cotton Is the one
exporting crop.
A system of cotton certificates in
times of financial stringency, as out-
lined by C. H. Jenkins, was adopted
or approved. .
Tho agricultural committee r«po|^
will authorize but one weather bureau
building for Texas, and that will be at
Abilene, for which Representative
Smith lias been working. It will cost
$15,000.
II. F. Looney of Hunt County, who
lins been a tentative candidate for At-
torney General, has announced that he
has withdrawn from the race.
COTTON CONVENTION MEETS.
Cold Weather and Delayed Trains Con-
spire Adversity.
Dallas, Feb. 20.—The opening piece
of the Southern Cotton Convention yes-
terday was the address by Hon W. B.
Thompson, President of the New Or-
leans Cotton Exchange. Mr. Thomp-
son's subject fas "The Functions of
the Legitimate Cotton Exchange." He
gave his definition of a legitimate ex-
change and declared that the New Or-
leans Exchange is the only one in the
world which is the friend of the pro-
ducer.
These remarks precipitated a debate
which was very lively, to say the least
of it. Members were given an oppor-
tunity in five-minute talks to express
their views of Mr. Thompson's exposi-
tion of the cotton exchange. The
speakers made It very evident that
many of those present were decidedly
opposed to dealing in futures where
the actual cotton changes hands, and
that a large number were opposed to
any kind of an exchange, legitimate
or illegitimate.
On account of delayed trains east of
the Mississippi River, there were
scarcely one hundred delegates present
when the convention opened. The del-
egates were met at the Oriental Hotel
by the reception committee from the
Commercial Club. The band played
"Dixie," "Kentucky Jubilee," "Georgia
Camp Meeting," and other Southern
selections all the way from the hotel
to the Fair Grounds. The stoves which
the Commercial Club had placed in the
big hall being insufficient to neutral-
ize the fierce norther which raged
across the Fair Grounds, the delegates
sat through the opening exercises with
their overcoats on. At the conclusion
President Harvie Jordan announced
that the convention stood adjourned
to reassemble in the auditorium of the
Commercial Club at 2 p. m.
There were probably 250 delegates
at the afternoon session, which was a
very animated one. Two of the speak-
ers on the program had not arrived.
They were Hon. John D. Walker of
Sparta, Ga., and Hon. S. N. D. Northl
I of the United States Census Bureau.
Mr". ariiftftHRSart, some time qbee
that he would not be \Prcsen.^
| At Its session last nlglu W. R. Dod-
son of Louisiana addressed the con-
vention on the "Rotation of Crops and
Maintenance of Fertility," illustrating
his subject with lantern slides. Dele-
gates who were on the delayed trains
arrived early in the night, and there
were about 350 present last night
THE MENACE OF AMERICA.
"Child Idleness," Rather than "Child
Labor" or Trusts.
St. Louis, Mo., 20.—That the prob-
lem of child idleness is as important
as the problem of child labor, at least
from the standpoint of criminology
and crime prevention, was the view
expressed by Thomas Speed Mosby,
Missouri State Pardon Attorney, in a
lecture delivered at the Odeon Thea-
ter last night before the Citizen's In-
dustrial Association of St. Louis.
Mr. Mosby stated that the over-
whelming majority of criminals were
young men, and that over 90 per cent
of the young men found in the various
State reformatories were found to
have been wholly without previous oc-
cupation of any kind. He showed that
the greater number of criminals gen-
erally were Industrial incompetents,
and took the position that incompe-
tency in the arts and processes of
trade is quite as dangerous to society
as illiteracy, the maximum of dishon-
esty usually being found with the min-
imum of earning power.
He said that the greatest menace
that confronted American Industrial
supremacy in the world's marts was
not faulty schemes of currency, freight
rebates, monopolies or tariffs, but tho
rate of growing Inefficiency on the part
of American labor; that he believed in
the training of all to work, in the wise
and useful application of all human
energy, without regard to age, racc,
sex, political condition or Boclal sta-
tion, and that "labor is the highest law
of liberty and life."
Knox for Postal 8avings Bank. .
Washington: Senator Knox has in-
troduced a bill to establish a system of
postal savings banks. The bill embod-
ies the plan of Postmaster General
Meyer in his report, anr advocated in
public address as being calculated to
encourage economy and thrift and to
afford a place of deposit free from
any possibility of doubt or suspicion
for vast sums of money which might
be otherwise hoarded and kept out
of circulation.
FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL
AND
CO-OPERATIVE UNION
= OF AMERICA— J
J,
PREPARATION FOR COTTON
Plowing and Fertilization Will Be
Found Advantageous Just Now.
The average cotton planter has but
little conception of the necessity of
thoroughly preparing ootton land.
Most of them regard plowing as sim-
ply a necessity only when the land
Is overrun with grass or weeds. How-
ever, many are getting out of the idaa
and realize that plowing at other
times is a prime object In securing
good crops, and in this connection
they are particularly realizing that
fertilization or feeding to the plant
certain plant food at the time of plow-
ing, is also a very important item nec-
essary to the successful out-turn of
a crop; especially at this season of
the year, when there is little else to
do, plowing can be carried on to great
advantage, and It will lessen the
amount of work necessary later in
the season, when there is a rush on
the farm.
• There are certain rules which must
be observed on the farm in plowing
at this season. There is a. possibility
that the new soil will be too wet and
should not be turned up and allowed
to sun-dry. This permits the plant
food to escape, and more than this,
it practically deadens the soil so ex-
posed in its wet state.
j Harrowing the soil is practically un-
heard of in cotton farming, and yet
there are tens of thousands of acres
of corn and other grain land in the
great grain belt that is always thor-
ovghly harrowed before the cr-jp is
planted. Farmers who will harrow
a small piece of cotton land will find
the experiment very profitable. The
idea to be carried out under the pres-
ent conditions is to accomplish as
much as passible with the least ex-
penditure of labor. To do this it is
necessary to have a half dozen things, |
but ear.ly pfowfnif lfe'one of*the
eSfeentlal—thorough cultivation, a goodl
season, and above all, high fertiliza-
tion and proper handling of the crop
will work wonders. Try the plan of
special preparation on a few acres.
Look out for the difference in prof-
its and see if it will not justify fewer
acres.—J. C. McAuliffe, in "Farm and
Home."
BETTER HASTEN SLOWLY.
Now is the time to think about the
price, of cotton next fall. By diversi-
fying and properly restricting cotton
acreage, the total yield can be kept
within limits where the price will be
satisfactory. That is really the only
sure way of playing the game. The
speculators have all along tried to
frighten tho farmers with two bug-
bears; first, that the mills had sup-
plies to last for two years; second, the
mills would close down. Well, an
idle mill is a dead loss to the owner,
it can not bo turned to anything else;
whereas the farmer can change his
cotton factory to a corn, oats, wheat,
cabbage and potato factory, and still
manage to get returns for his Invest-
ment and and his labor. Hence, if the
farmer will but intelligently regulate
his prices by the law of supply and
demand, there can bo no reason, out-
side of his own lack of cohesiveness,
why he should not win the day. Nat-
urally, the spinners try to get cotton
as cheap as possible and no one
blames them for that. Why then cen-
sure the farmers when they try to
get the best price for their products?
—Belton (Tex.) Journal Reporter.
The happiest people on earth, the
most contented and prosperous, are
those who own their homes, who have
a place to live in when the winds of
adversity blow.
Every warehouse built is another
link in the chain that will draw us
away from Industrial slavery.
When a dozen farmers get their
heads together half a dozen politicians
make a break to butt into the ar-
rangement.
The scheming politician is the curse
that all organized farmers must fight
or else serve. It is up to you which
you will do.
Out in the little hamlets men on
small salaries are helping to make
this Nation what it ought to be.—
William Jennings Bryan.
This is one of the weeks that you
ought to help in the fight against the
vehicle and Implement trust. Put your
things under a shelter when not in
immediate use.
At 10 cents a pound for cotton cot-
ton seed are worth $16 a ton as fer-
tilizer on average ground. Keep this
in tnlnd when the fellow tells you that
the Union price of $20 a ton is too
much.
(treat Profits Are Possible to Careful, i
Intelligent Planters.
Probably no vegetable shows a j
grea/ter increase in consumption than
the onion. Not only Is domestic stock
largely Increased, but the importation
of Spanish and Bermuda onion is of
great volume annually.
The onion is not only nutritions,
but possesses great medicinal proper-
ties for clearing the complexion and
renovating the system.
Market gardeners are now giving
as much attention to cultivating on-
ions as in raising cabbage, and al-
though the volume of production
shows reasonable growth, the market
has not been glutted with the stock.
The onion is a voracious feeder,
and thrives best on rich soil; much
lands composed largely of humus are
admirably adapted to the crop. The
land needs to be well underdrained < >
and protected from overflow, as wa-
ter standing on the crop for any length
of time will destroy the bulbs.
Commercial fertilizers are used, and
these fertilizers should be rich in pot-
ash to insure a good bottoming of the
crop. Not all muck lands are natural-
ly adapted to onion culture, but can
easily be made adaptable to the crop.
Success in onion culture demands
indusitry and vigilance.
The white and yellow onion requlra
five pounds of seed sown to the acre,
in rows fourteen inches apart, to in-
sure a good stand.
The large white globe variety re-
quire six pounds of seed per acre.
The weeds must be kept down be-
tween the rows with a hand cultiva-
tor and out of the rows by hand weed-
ing. Onion raising is an industry ad-
mirably adapted to the farmer on a
large scale, or to truck gardeners who
sell their truck around cities. It Is
an easy cultivated crop. Like picking
berries, children ten or twelve years
of age can do much of the weeding.
In raising onions the fashion of thel
market should be considered. In thel
East the small white and yellow on-|
ions are the most popular. In the
West the large white, and * in the
South, the red onion. The flat builds
are the most popular, and-cUfe' oi/orl
.SajLjl® .ioyWfed by the proper meth-
od of harvesting the crop, which
should be stored in a dry shed after
having been cured two to four days
in the sun. The crop, like ithe apple,
can be made most attractive by prop-
er grading and marketing in crates.
NEWS FROM
OYER TEXAS
3d the House mak-
port cf entry in
Save all the Manure Possible.
Keep the stable lot well littered
with leaves and straw for the stock's
sake nnd for the lanU'd sake, is tho
advice given by the Southern Farm
Gazette. A load of manure in the sta-
ble is worth more to the farmer than
a sack of fertilizer at tho factory.
There is a great deal more in stable
manure than mere plant food. It con-
tains myriads of bacteria that In some
way unknown to the average farmer
break down and liberato plant food in
the soil, which make it of far more
value than commercial fertilizer con-
taining an equal amount of plant food.
Save all the manure possible. If it
does not lessen the fertilizer bill it
will increase the crop production.
On days when neither plowing nor
other work can be done, if thev are
convenient to the field, it will pay to
haul rotted leaves and throw directly
on the land. The fertilizing value will
justify the hauling, and the organic
matter added to the soil will also bo
helpful.
Don't pay any attention to the man
who is offering a panacea for all that
troubles that annoy you along the
pathway of life. We are not going to
have any heaven here. This is a place
to "work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling," but it is easy to
do this if you confine your own ef-
forts to your own welfare and to
those In your own class. Let farmers
interest themselves In farms; the oth-
er fellows are already organized—
against us, too.
The bill has pai
ing Port Arthur
transit.
Sherman has a mad dog scare, a ca-
nine having run amuck and bitten a
number of dogs there recently. D
News Is received that Johu Alcora
of Milam County was in a runaway
!
i
accident
broken.
in which his neck was
Dr. S. L. Hornbeak has been elect-
ed President of Trinity University,
Waxahachle, by the trustees of that
institution.
San Angelo is given a population of
12,500 by the new directory now be-
ing delivered to subscribers. This is
regarded bb a very conservative esti-
mate.
The old Green wall theater in Fort
Worth, which has been unsafe for sev-
eral years, has' finally been con-
demned as unfit for use, and will be
closed.
An automobile line between Grand
Falls and Pyote, Ward County, has
been arranged, giving daily service
to the railroad station. A bonus was
required.
The Governor has approved a defi-
ciency for the State Orphans' Home at
Corsicana on the application of Super-
intendent Tennant. The deficiency em-
braces $1800 for fuel.
A company has been organized at
Sweetwater with $10,000 capital to en-
gage in the manufacture of galvanized
iron articles, tin roofing, etc. A char-
ter will be applied for soon.
Knights of Pythias of Greenville are
making arrangements to commence at
early date the erection r>J_
*"111. story to
be adapted to business uses.
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an
story~casti'
Just a Texas Pig.
H. E. Singletan recently shipped a
ten-months old Poland-China pig to
the A. and M. College of Texas at
Bryan that surpassed any hog of its
age we ever saw. It tipped the beam
at 365 pounds, and, besides its weight,
it was pronounced by judges to be a
model hog and of the most perfect
type of the thoroughbred registered
Poland-China breed. The A. and M.
College raid Mr. Singleton the .fancy
price of $100 for this boar. jlFlitter
mate of this same hog was bought
several months ago by A. L. Priest, of
Chambersvllle, for $60. Many years
of intelligent persistence, Industry,
study, observation and travel are
fielding him a merited reward In dol-
lars and highest honors.—McKinnoy
(Tex.) Courier-Gazette.
Don't consent to pay $500,000 for a
court house for the use of a lot of
highly paid county officials and a
bunch of lawyers, while you hav« to
haul cotton through mud bei.'y det-'p
to the mules to pay fer it Build first
eomu good roads for yourself.
James Spiller of Jacksboro, Texas,
has been chosen as one of the three,
who will represent Georgetown Uni-
versity in the intercollcgia^e debate
with Notre Dame University in April.
F. Klopp of Denison and six others
nre negotiating for 20,000 acres of land
near Denison on which to locate a
colony of German Catholics. The land
is to be divided between 150 families.
The recent death of "Uncle Dick"
George at Austin removed a popular
darky of the old school type. He was
ninety-four years of age, and followed
Sam Houston through several Indian
campaigns, and in his earlier days had
guided John H. Reagan on many a fox
hunt.
Jewelry, the value of which is esti-
mated at about $8000, was stolen Tues-
day afternoon from the residence of
J. S. Armstrong, JC8 Ross Avenue, Dal-
las. The articles stolen range in value
from $2000 dawn, and consist of about
twenty pieces, mostly diamond brooch-
es and rings.
James Jackson, a negro who resided
In Dallas until a few days ago,, wa3>
shot in the back and killed Wednesday
night at his home near Grange Hall
School House, about five miles south-
east of Seagoville. Deputy Sheriffs
Wake Coates and John Chiesa placed a
white man In the county jail.
S. E. Nlckey has filed suit in the
Nineteenth District Court at Waco for
$10,000 damages against the Cotton
Belt Railroad, alleging that he re-
ceived permanent injuries while load-
ing stock at Axtel by the platform
breaking and throwing him down.
The Residence and contents of Dan
Humphrey of Rockett were destroyed
by fire last Friday night. A trunk con-
taining $200 in money was lost in the
fire. The building was insured for
$800.
William Woods, a negro, aged fifty-
six years, died suddenly while sitting
in a chair in his room in a cottage
near the cement works In West Dal-
las. He was employed at the works,
and appeared to be in excellent
health.
Work on the foundation of the John
H. Reagan monument began last Wed-
nesday morning at the corner of Hous-
ton Street and Avenue A, Palestine.
When completed the monument will
cost about $8000.
The Commissioners' Court of Hop-
kins County has flx"l the salary of
County Treasurer at $1200 per
Fanners arour
With tljeiv woi
pi i.
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