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Newspaper Page TextAGRICULTURAL^ 7 Education . fcOj, ~~ " -A-!- a- AMP Successful Fakminq- $ A Nt)REV/ 71- Thia department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letter* should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agri cultural College. Athens, Ga. THE ANTHRACNOSE OF COTTON Anthracnose or boll rot of cotton is a common disease In Georgia and Is spreading quite rapidly from year to year. A good many complaints have been received at the College of Agri culture lately relative to cotton dying ■otne believing that the trouble was due to dry weather, others confusing it with 'the wilt disease or black rot. An examination of the affected plants soon inuicatea, however, tiiat the trouble <a due to anthracnose. This disease at tacks both the seedlings and mature plants, and the bods as welt The most conspicuous injury is generally seen up on the bolls. When these are attacked minute, dull reddish specks form on the surface As the disease progresses these enlarge and become circular and change in color. The center of the dis eased section where the tissues are dead is at first black; after a while it be comes grayish, and finally is covered with a pink powder which is composed of spores. Any one who has seen dls ’ eased cotton bolls will recognise the character of the trouble from this de scription. Sometimes when the diseases attacks very young bolls they are killed* outright, while in other cases they fai. to open The disease also attacks seed lings just at or below the surface of the ground. The tissues become red and shrink, and the plant withers away in a manner characteristic of the disease known as "damping off.” When sea sonal conditions are favorable a large number of plants are sometimes killed in this manner, and occasionally the disease attacks the seed leaves When the disease attacks the stems of par tially matured plants the bark in irreg ular areas turns a dark red and dies; the foliage sometimes turns yellow ano tbe disease under these conditions may be confused with, what is known as cotton rust. There is this difference, however, that the stems attacked by an thracnose are completely killed, while those attacked by rust often remain green, and occasional? new leaves form after the old ones have fallen off. The cause of anthracnose is a fungus which is as much a true plant as cotton, though of course its structure is very simple, and It be longs to a family low down in the plant kingdom. There are two distinct parts to this plant, known as the mycelium and the spores. The mycelium is co»- orless and consists of a number m branched threads which grow down into the tissues ( of the part of the plant at tacked. thus obtaining their food, and at the same time destroying that part or the plant. The spores are minute gran ules and form at the ends of the threads which grow out from the my celium They compose the pink powder so commonly seen on the surface of diseased spots. Their purpose is to mul tiply the fungus ard to spread It to otii er plants. Thousands of them are pro duced on a single diseased boil and are very limited and easily scattered by the wind and other natural agenctek Un der favorable conditions each spore is capabl" of growing into a fungus plant. It .will thus be been how readily this disease may multiply and spread, and now thoroughly it may soon infect a whole field.'though only one plant be at tacked at the beginning. This fungus because of its habit of living on another plant may be described as a parasite, though it may live and grow to some • extent on dead plants Apparently the disease lives over from year to year, though its life hietory tn this respect has not been clearly ascertained, it is certain that when It is once intro duced into the cotton field it will mul tipfy and spread unless a rotation ot crops be practiced and disease resistant seed planted While much more might be said con cerning the life history of this pest, this Information Is hardly of service to the average layman who simply needs to know enough about the trouble to recog nize It when it attacks his plants, and then tn understand the best methods of treatment which can be suggested for Its control or eradication. Probably the most satisfactory methods of combat ting anthracnose is to plant seed from varieties which have proven most near ly resistant »o this trouble. It is not understood why some plants should be more resistant to disease than others, but in every field where anthracnose has appeared there are some plants which apparently are not affected by it. These should be chosen for seed. Not all of them will prove resistant in suc cessive years, but some ot them will, and on this account the progeny from each supposedly resistant plant should be put in a row by Itself and observe tions taken on it throughout the grow ing season, and seed again selected from these plants which show the highest degree of resistance. In selecting plants for seed, they should be chosen from area* where the z disease has been most severa Do not 1 ’N SHOT SHELLS The old original black powder shells. Introduced more than fifty yean ago. More popular today than ever. Tbe perfect ignition of tbe No. 2 primer insures a quick, •nappy load seldom found in black powder ihelh. g For all shotguns. —the per fect «hoo<ing combination. REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 29S Broadway a Naw City I I Loaded! with take plants from sections of the field where the disease has not appeared as they will not be resistant. By meth ods of seed selection and the develop ment of immune strains, this disease may be held in check and virtually eradi cated from many localities. This will be made much easiefr of course if cotton is not brought on the land every year, and every farmer should institute a crop rotation system yrhich should enable him to bring cotton on the land, say once in three years, thus helping to starve out and destroy the spores. A rotation of crops is one of the very strong points in fighting this pest. The spraying of the cotton fields with Bor deaux mixture would no doubt be of some value, but investigations with ref erence to this matter have not been car ried out as yet. and the treatment can not, therefore, be recommended at this {time. The treatment of the seed with water, blue stone or formalin in a manner similar to that employed In protecting grain from smut Is strongly i recommended, and is now being practiced by a number of loading farmers. It is also employed more or less by our cx | periment stations and investigations. Os ■ course, where this treatment is pursued great care should be taken to prevent the reinfection of the seed by putting them in houses where diseased seed has (already been stored, and if there have been a large number of plants attacked in the field on which the seed is sown, i the fungus may do as much damage after the treatment as before. These facts should be borne In mind. It may be said In passing that the col lege of agriculture has been investigat ing this problem and has a variety call ed Sunbeam which Is thought to be re sistant to anthracnose. Seed of this variety has been distributed to some 24 farmers in the state so that its resist ance may be thoroughly ascertained, and if it withstands the test now Imposed, considerable quantities of the seed should be available for distribution an other year. Where seed is selected for resistance at home it should be ginned by hand, so as not to take the chance of having it reinfected by # passing it through a large ginnery where all kinds of seed are received. This is a very Important matter. In conclusion, therefore, in fight ip g this trouble, crop rotation, the disinfec tion of the seed before planting, the se lection of resistant strains, the destruc tion of diseased plants and parts of plants, and the ginning of the seed at home are points to be emphasized. As the development of a resistant strain is a very difficult undertaking, this work had probably best be carried on by state institutions endowed with special funds for work of this character. Since anthracnose does anywhere from $15,- 000,000 to 185,000,000 worth of damage In Georgia annually, an Investigation into the production of immune strains is a matter of general concern to the farmers of the state. GROWING CORN AFTER COWPEAS. 1* A. L. Crystal Springs. Ga., writes: From reading government bulletins I see they suggest for com following copwea stubble* ot a crop ot weeds, a fertilizer analyzing 5 per cent phosphoric acid, 4 per cent nitrogen and 11 per cent potash. This Is so different from what is gen erally used In thia locality that I feel some hesitancy in using it without your opinion Some of the land is upland with a red clay subsoil, containing some sand. The balance is sandy bottom land. The growing of cowpeas always tends to enrich the soil, even though the crop be cut off for hay. t)f course, one should not lose sight of the fact that the greater part of the nitrogen in the cowpea crop is tn the leaves and stems and not in the roots. The fertilizer should be used for corn after cowpeas, unless the land has been enriched through a long series of crop rotations, should be high grade in character and which will supply it with all the essential elements. I do not know just what literature you have been reading, bkt it seems as if there must have been an Jrror in IL We judge that it la more likely that U per cent of phos phorus has been suggested rather than 11 per cent of potash. At least the form ula we would advise under the circum stances is a 10-J-5 for corn. x At least 600 pounds should be used per acre, and you can probably use 300 pounds as a side application to good advantage. The char acter of growth made by the crop will determine whether it Is well to use ni trate ot soda as a top dressing when the corn la silking #nd tasseling or not. Os course, all fertilizer will give better re sults on land that contains a fair amount of vegetable matter, and the sandier the land the more Important this becomes. For cotton on these lands probably 500 pounds of the above fertilizer would be found quite satisfactory. • • • SOY BEANS FOR GRAZING HOGS. V. I- C., Meansville, Ga.. writes: Please tell me something of the soy bean as compared to the cowpea for hog pas ture. I want to plant after oats and wheat and let hogs harvest them. Is it a better soil improver? There is no reason why soy beans should not be planted after oats and wheat and grazed down to hogs. It would be better to secure a comparative ly early maturing variety as the soy bean is rather a long-seadon crop. The Black or Medium Green would answer well for your purpose, and you should not have difficulty In securing seed or theae varieties from any reliable seed house. The Mammoth Yellow is the best yielding of all the varieties we have tested, but would probably require a lit tle too much time to mature to/be as well adapted for the purpose you have in mind as the other sorts mentioned. Our experience in grazing soy beans has been quite gratifying, and we have secured a larger amount of pork per acre than from the cowpea, the soy bean in our judgment outyieldlng the cowpea in the matter ot gran production. The beans for best results had best be planted in drills, say two and a half to three feet apart. Cultivate with the weeder so as to keep the crust broken until a good stand is secured. Fertilizer with 400 to 500 pounds of a 10-1-5 mixture. Turn the hogs on the beans as soon as they are paasing out of the dough stage. They will gather them very completely after they once become accustomed to them. We have made as much as 500 pounds of pork per acre on soy beans. Sometimes it Is advantageous to feed a little grain with the beans as they are rather a one sided ration, being particularly rich in protein. The advisability of doing this will be determined by the age and class of animals you are grazing. • • • PLANTING ROY BEANS IN CORN. A. H. W„ Daisy. Ga., writes: I have planted my corn in rows seven and a half feet apart, and want to plant soy beans between the rows What distance shall I have the hills? What time shall I plant to have seed mature the first of October? Is soy bean and soja bean the same? Does it pay to use nitrate THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1911. GOMNMT EXPERT'S ADVICE FDfl CORN SHOW Bradford Knapp Here--Sug gests Excursions Into Atlanta Parade of Floats, Etc. * The committee that is preparing for the corn show which will be held Tn At lanta in November will adopt some Im portant suggestions that Bradford Knapp, head of the farm demonstration bureau of the United States department of agriculture, has made. Mr. Knapp was In Atlanta Wednesday. Following his advice, the committee will arrange for excursions from all I parts of Georgia and adjoining states, in order that as many people as possible, particularly members of the boys’ corn clubs, may attend the show. In Geor gia there are over 5,000 members of these clubs. Mr. Knapp has also suggested that a large parade be planned, in which the boys would take the principal part, and which would include a series of floats, showing the improvement in agricultural implements and farming methods during the last 26 years. The retail merchants have appointed a committie to co-operate with the com show committee, the Real Estate Men’s association will hold a special session Wednesday afternoon to consider the ap pointment of a committee, and, for the same purpose. J. K. Orr will call a meting, probably for Thursday, of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ associa tion. W. L.. Peel, a member of the corn show committee, has been asked to con fer with Col. R. J. Lowry, president of the Atlanta Clearing House associa tion, in regard to the association’s co operating with the committee for the benefit of the corn show. negro7s~arrested~ FOR KILLING OFFICER NEW ORLEANS, June 17.—0 n infor mation furnished them by C. H. Herrod, a negro preacher of Lumpkin. Ga., the police today arrested Lawrence Battle, alias Robert Lacey, a negro, said to be wanted in Rlfthland, Ga., for the killing of Chief of Police Kaywood Carter, of that place, fifteen years ago. • Herrod, who says he was an eye-wit n’ess to the shooting, saw Battle or Lacey on the streets here today and notified the police The prisoner is said to have killed Carter while the officer was at tempting to arrest him on the charge of having killed two negroes. of soda on oats at SSO a ton? When should it be applied to the oats? The soy bean should be planted in drills in the middle of the corn rows, seeding a>t the rate of one bushel per acre. The plants if standing as close as six inches m the row will thrive and develop all right provided there is plenty of plant food in the soil to mature them. This crop, as you know, is a legume and is capable of gathering the nitro gen which it needs from the air. At the same time it would probably pay you to apply a fertilizer containing not less than 10 per cent of phosphoric acid, 1 per cent of nitrogen and 6 per cent of potash. The fertilizer may be applied at the time of drilling in the peas. x They may be planted any time after danger of frost is past; the sooner the better if you desire to have them mature early in the fall, as they are rather a long season crop; that is, certain varieties of them are. You will find the Extra Early Black, the Medium Green and the Mammoth Yellow among the| best varieties to grow*. The Mammoth Yellow takes longer to mature than the other varieties, but it makes a more vigorous growth and yields more grain in proportion than the other varieties. We do not think you would make a mistake in attempting to grow any of them, though if your land is in only fair condition, we would be dieposed to select one of the early and small growing varieties. The soy bean and soja bean are the same. Nitrate of soda makes an excellent top dressing for oats, even at SSO a ton. We would advise you to apply not less than 100 to 150 pounds at the time the oats are into head. We would prefer to make two applications, but the first shoulfihave been made several weeks ago, and it would be better now to use only one application. • • • SUPPLEMENT FERTILIZER FOR COTTON. J. F. F., Alamo, Tenn., writes: I would like information about the cultivation ot cotton. I used 400 pounds of 10-2-2 fer tilizer when I planted my cotton, but wish to add some more fertilizer to the growing crop. We are not very strong in the hoe line, and I thought of harrow ing crosswise just as the cotton came up; we planted enough for several stands. I want a good yield and am willing to work for it Our ground was well prepar ed and planted nicely. Cowpeas grew there last summer and some ma nure was used in the furrow In connec tion with the fertilizer. Keep the crust broken on your cotton land, even though the cotton may not have come up, by a fine tooth weeder or a. light harrow. If you are having diffi culty in getting a stand, It will be well to roll the land and then harrow it. This will tend to bring the moisture near to the surface and will tend to induce the quick germination of the crop. After, the crop is up you may cultivate once or twice with the weeder, then side the cotton and chop to a stand as soon as it is large enough. Then keep the ground worked shallow close to the plants with a cultivator like the Planet, Jr., Iron Age or any other make of the same general type. Shallow surface working should be pursued throughout the sea son and the cultivation should be kept up as late as possible. This helps to keep the grass and weeds in check and con serve moisture. A second application of fertilizer should be made say six weeks or so after planting. The time will be dp termined more by seasonal conditions than anything; else. In some Instances the second application might be made the 15th of May and In others, not ’before the first of June. Top dressing with ni trate of soda had best be done in your locality about the 15th of June. In some sections of the south the nitrate might be put on as late as the first of July. For the second application use 200 to 300 pounds of a 10-8-4 fertilizer, scattering it broadcast and working it into the soil by running a cultivator between the ridges on which the cotton is planted. If nitrate is used it should be put on about the 15th of June at the rate of 100 pounds per acre and used strictly as a top dressing, that is. not covered Into the soil. It may be put alongside the drill row or scattered broadcast, but probably the former method is the bet ter. By foilowing these suggestions It should be possible for you to keep your land free of weeds and handle the crop Buccesafully with a limited amount of kand labor. • • • WANTS TO USE A WINTER COVER CROP. J. P. K., Columbus, Ga., writes: I have an oat field which I have cut. I will then plow the stubble under and plant peas and sorghum for hay. In September I will cut the hay and plow the stubble under. I then wish to plant aometlhng HITCHCOCK CfflM WITH FOSTERING IMONOPDIF Cutler Mail Chute Company Is Favored by Department, De clares a Rival BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 16.—The committee on expenditures in the post office department today heard testimony to the effect that Postmaster General Hitchcock, In his ‘‘economy scheme” is fostering a monopoly 4n favor of the Cutler Mail Cnute company. Edwin Fairfax Naulty, president of a rival chute company, gave the testi mony. He charges that for years the depart ment has discriminated against the Naulty chutes and has refused to allow competition for bids for chutes for pub lic buildings and postoffices. Private builders are always advised that the Cutler chute is preferred by the depart ment. Naulty also charged Hitchcock with suppressing an official order of former Postmaster General Cortelyou In which the<Naulty chute was given official re cognition and standing. “The jnail chutes for use in postoffices and other public buildings are private ly purchased,” declared Naulty, ’’and they are paid for out of the appropria tion for such buildings without any competitive blds whatever.” x According to Naulty, the favored Cutler company is controlled by James G. Cutler, for mer Republican mayor of Rochester, N. Y. “The CortelycAi order,” said Mr. Naul ty, "was suppressed by Mr. Hitchcock and his subordinates, and the harm It did the Naulty Mail Chute company is easily understood. If we went to a builder and proposed to Install a Naulty chute, we were asked if It had the de partment’s approval. When we replied in the affirmative we were asked: "Why has not the approval been published in the official bulletin, then?” Mr. Naulty told the committee that a Naulty chute had operated satisfac torily in numerous buildings in various cities for a number of years, but, de spite this, jie said, his company is not allowed to submit blds for chutes In public buildings “If we are lucky enough to secure a contract for a private building,” con tinued Naulty, "the bond exacted by thei postoffice department is excessive and we are forced to have the approval of a surety company recognized by the department. The department accepts Cutler’s own bond and unaer monop oly granted by the postoffice department the Cutler concern has become a $2,000,000 corporation.” FOREST FIRES SWEEP BRITISH COLUMBIA VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 16. —The destructive forest fire in Hokaido province, Japan, briefly reported by ca ble May 30, raged 13 days and burned an immense area, causing timber loss estimated at $5,000,000, according to ad vices received by the Tacoma Maru. The fire extended to Soya on the north and as far as Nemuro on the north east, after devastating the central re gion. A great number of buildingg were destroyed, including the various local government offices. that can plow under in January or February, and then later plant the same land in cotton. I propose to rotate my land as follows: First year, 1911, in oats to be followed by some crop to be plowed under In spring of 1912. In 1912, in cob ton; 1913 in corn; and fall of 1913 in oats again. What do you think of this plan. By all means rotarte your land as this is the most certain way of increasing the supply of vegetable matter in the soil and glvin / permanency to the fer tility of your land. Probably the best crop which you can grow In the autumn after the peas and sorghum would be the hairy vetch or crimson clover. A light seeding of oats with the vetch is often desirable, though not so necessary with crimson clover. The objection to the use of the hairy vetch is found In the fact that it does net make much growth in the fall or early winter. The clover, on the other hand, makes quite a vigor ous growth in the late part of the win ter and early spring, and is a little bet ter adapted for tuil purpose by reason of the volume of green material It will pro duce early in the season for plowing un der on land intended for corn. These are both leguminous crops and will enrich the soil considerably by gathering; nitro gen from the air. They will only give their best results, however, on land which is in fairly good physical condi tion and where the seed bed has been carefully prepared. This Is especially true of crimson clover. Sometimes the land for these crops also needs Inocula tion, but this is more often true of crimson clover than with vetch. There is another vetch known as the Oregon vetch which makes a vigorous growth in the fall and winter, but It is not hardy, in your locality and a severe freeze will often kill it out. It is a good. idea to mix the two vetches in equal proportions, and If the season is favorable you will have a larger and earlier growth on the land. On account of the tendency of one vetch to freeze out and the slow devel opment of the other. It is generally bet ter to sow some oats, barley or rye with this crop so if one be destroyed there will still be something green to cover the land, prevent washing and erosion and add a considerable amount of organic matter to the land when turn ed under, tour plan of rotation is a gooa one. Bring all the legumes into It you possibly can. I Our ISII A $ dpi Catalogiitbe Every Farmer in ITB pae»» Ailed from corer to corer with renulneW W fotrr, Hernoee end Saddle hardline; Bfil Uloatra-H W ticns, many in colon; IM atyloe of Vehicle!, 74 de- ■ ■ eiyna in Uarneet; the bl<ro«» end beat book ever printed ■ ■in thia Una. Don't miM tending for itl , '■ Murray Highest Award Surries Direct Froza 1 His Factory Four Weeks’ Bead Trial I Insures Sale Delivery—Three fears’ Caarantee I •efora buying any Kind as vahlala, gal the 1911 I Murray Style Beak and compare Murray yricee g with all others. Coati ■ B you nothin Yen > mtcht as well here 1 this book in your home. 1 I Save f \ Wilber H. Murray I do MSjfafW \ 4<< i. sth st, ■ SHVwfllr Yl Clnctimatl, JBBd i awRF Jr wtwFY w. Free V7 ftVfIYV Bight Now. I II /)\Z s4= Standard Cotton Grader Best Premium Ever Offered Farmers and Cotton Buyers — — ; v sihf ■■ < » A r. * ■> A *' ; ? fll This Grader will enable the Farmer to GRADE HIS OWN V COTTON CORRECTLY apd know what each grade is worth. The Government has established nine standard grades of cotton, and is , , now sending out these grades with the seal of the Government on them at $35.00 a set, which are put up in large boxes about 20 inches square and six inches deep,’ which is too expensive and too unhandy for a Farmer. Our Standard Cotton Grader—is “Handy Size” about 16 inches long and 4 inches square, containing the nine standard samples with the name and DIFFER ENCE in PRICE of each grade, printed thereon. These differences are es tablished by the New York Cotton Exchange, which is one of the most im portance to the Farmer. Full instructions how to grade your own cotton with each Grader. Remember—We Give You One of These Standard Cotton Graders and One Year’s Subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal, Both for Only $4.00. The Cotton Grader alone is worth $20.00 to any man who has a bale of cotton to selh Send for one today as we only have a few and they are going fast. USE THE COUPON BELOW: x To the Semi-Weekly Journal. Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen': — Enclosed find $4.00 for which please send me The Semi-Weekly Journal One Year and your Standard Cotton Grader, with full instructions. NAME ' TOWN STATE v. r . ' CONVICTS RESCUE CHILDREN AS HOME IS SWEPT BY FLAMES (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) QUITMAN, Ga., June 17.—William Lew is, a farmer, and v his family probably owe their lives to the timely arrival of a s.quad of convicts who rescued them from tnelr burning home several nights ago. The Lewises live near Pavo, on the western line of the county, and the WILL BEGIN WORK ON DALTON HIGHWAY DALTON, «... IT.—Th. several committees appointed to perfect ar rangements for building the good road between Dalton and Ringgold to con nect with the government pike at thq latter point, met In Ringgold Thurs day afternoon and named H. J. Smitn, of this city; C. A. Roht, of Chattanoo ga, and D. A. Trundle, of Catoosa coun ty, as the committe to take over the fund raised and see after the expendi tures. At the meeting delegations represent ing the people on three different Ca toosa county roads, appeared and of fered the committee inducements to em brace their respective lines in the of ficial route between Chattanooga and Dalton. The committee then appointed J. C. Hicks, Robert Ware, W. M. Smith and J. C Thornton to present to Mr. R H. Freer, the road expert, who wu. go carefully over the three different roads, their claims. Mr. Freer will consider these and will then estimate the amount of money needed to put the three different stretches of rogd in good condition and keep them so. He will then recommend one of the three roads as the connecting link between the Whitfield county road and the gov ernment pike at Ringgold. Construction work on the new roaa will be begun within the next three weeks, according to a statement made by the Dalton committee on its return from the Ringgold meeting. CRUSHERS WILL MEET AT LITHIA SPRINGS The Cotton Seed Crushers Association of Georgia will hold their seventh an nual convention this year at the Sweet water Park Hotel, Lithla Springs. Ga., on July 3d and 4th. This decision was made by a vote of the membership while on board ship bound for New York City last week to attend the Inter-State meet ong, and has been confirmed by the executive committee. The convention this year will be char acterized as usual by Its business-like briefness. Speeches will be short and snappy from speakers of note. Then will follow the election of officers. As the dates of the convention fall on Monday and Tuesday It is expected that a large number of the members with their families will arrive on Saturday to Spend Sunday at the resort. The program of ths convention will be an nounced later. GRIFFIN FARMER IS STRUCK BY TRAIN GRIFFIN, Ga., June 17.—J. T. Grant, a farmer, was struck by Central passen-! ger train No. 3 Friday at the Solomon street crossing and severely injured. He was taken to the Griffin hospital where he received medical attention, ind it is believed he will recover. Later In the day three cars loaded ■lth watermelons jumped the track In the Central yards but did very little damage. convict road gang were encamped near their home. Some of the convicts saw the Lewis house burning and with the guards Uiey hurried to the rescue. They found the Lewises all sleeping and arousing them, the prisoners .carried the drowsy chil dren out in their arms. The family just did escape in time. FORMER BROKER GIVEN SIX YEARS WASHINGTON, June 17.—Six years In the penitentiary was the sentence im posed yesterday in criminal court No. 2 on Hume H. West, who, posing as "Lieut. Com. Henry K. Knowlson, U. S. N.,” had swindled local jewelers and brokers. West was formerly a broker of De troit. He fled that city a year or so ago. Since then his career had been ad venturous. In Baltimore he masqueraded as a priest. Arrested, he stoutly main tained that he was a priest, ftnd was not unfrocked until brought before Cardinal Gibbons, who repudiated him. He broke jail In Baltimore and sprained an ankle in scaling a high wall and was recap tured. CASTRO WAS NOT ON BOARD HAITIAN BOAT PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 17.-The In quiry Instituted by the ministry of the interior with reference to the presence of ex-President Castro on the steamer Consul-Grostuck, demonstrated that Cas tro was never on board the Grostuck. The Grostuck was taken possession of by the Haitian government. 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While no cantaloups are raised fcere for the foreign mar set, they app# red this week in the local market. Churches to Unite ST. JOHN, N. B„ June 17.—A union of the Presbyterian, Congregational and Methodist churches of Canada will be come an accomplished fact if the plans of the Methodist churches of New Bruns wick and Prince Edward island are car ried out. The Methodists, who are holding their annual convention here, voted 101 to 9 in favor of the consolida tion. 5