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VOLUME 18. Srt of Egypt" ELWOISi SATUKDAY, NOVEMBER 6, NUMBER 23. EXPERTS TELL HOW PEACH INSECTS MAY BECOMtiATED TJniversity Horticulturialist Also Points Out Latest Opportunities of Peach Raising Before Jackson County Farmers' Institute. How to successfully meut the'insect -advance upon peach growing'in this section with the proper use of scientific treatment' was one of, the outstanding aud interesting features of the morning session of the Jackson County Farmers' Institute which is. in session at the Normal Auditorium.

This question was taken up aid dis- ciisS'ad by Etewart Chandler, a State Entomologist who' is located in this section. His talk was particularly significant in yiew ot the recent reveala'- tion of the for. peach growing in this section. Growers experience discouraging, results orchards which are not givsn proper stem the insect damages. Among the most, dangerous infections to peach trees in this section are the 'peach borer, San Jose scale and the plume "curillio All these may be conquered by scientific treatment with a nominal expellee-ta most In addition the talk by Chandler may good pointers were brought out in the talk H.

W. Day of the Horticultural Department of the University of He aproached the discussing the opportunities for peach raising in Southern Illinois soils, from a general vieiw point, making plain the 1 'vast latent possibilities of the' peach in Southern Illinois. Special to Free On Boaru Elect Harding's Special' Train, Nov. Elect Harding and wite and party started today 011 a month's vacation in southern Texas ad Harding will hunt and fish at Point Isabel. Texas and fcaeu visit-canal zone.

Chance for Renter Is Excellent Down in "Egypt" Illinois MURPHVSBCHO, 111., i enter can eventually become a farm owner in Souiliern Illinois if only lie. will use a little iNfu.agemaut and stay ou the job Miss WMfred. Fairfax Warder, a Cairo Nurse, Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice, in the Will Be Buried: at Marion day Legion Has Charge. 111., 'November remains of-Miss Winifred Fairfax Warder, the Cairo girl, who- made thei su- pruive sacrifice for her country iii the at Marion on Smiilay will be buried on Monday attcrnoon with full' military iE resent plans materialize Winifred Warder of the American NEXT DEAR'S ANNUAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ARMISTICE DAY PIMlffiEK AT BELLEVILLE "Nowhere -are the opportunities i i-jon-named in her honor, send greater," say those who have had good a rl iiHary escort thirty members. facilities.tor observing course -events here in "Egypt." Tho ses-vices be conducted by H.

P. Hames, rector of the Church "Take the case of 'Arthur Wearing, Redeemer of Cairo of which for suggested John H. Her- 3B warder, was a member, assisted bert, a Murphysborb banker and land- the pastor of the Christian church- owner. So the Globe'-Demo- 1 nt ji ar i on an(3 of the Ohris- crat cor.res'p'ondent topped into car church. there will sing.

Syria! wiU' with County Agaat Thomas and drove fcv itt the family out' to ask Arthur Nearing about it. i at Marion St. Louis Paper Boosts Egypt-Fruit. JLand following is from the. Weekly St.

Louis Globe-Democrat written by a special writer who -visited this iseetfoa; making-, a survey of Southern 'lilin'ois and its, opportunity, pledging to.work in accord with the plans.of the. Southern Illinois Development Association: CARBONDALE, 111., October While Gilbert secretary of the Southern Illinois Development Association, is planning a publicity cam'paign to snow, the merits of Southern Illinois soil, he is by bis Ha owns a quarter section not far from oil-'which he is getting- a demonstration'' of the -possi- bilities of this section. It was not very well improved place'when he pati $35 an acre £or it three years ago. Now the twenty acrt's' or peaches alone have added substantially to its value. other farmers went in together put out 15.000 order to get quantity production of peaches.

Large to Gilbert," will invite outside buyers, the growers-will-be able to pool t.heir products and organizing a unit, gst better ''p'rices. in spite of two freezss last when his tre'os were in -lull bloom, got fair prop of says'this was because the trees had careci inr-imd hs.fi gone into in good, Ihritly condition. Believing that the little would fall off the tress, -he (Mil not spray tor cureuiio or brown Nearing helping a neighbor till a silo, but he stopped long enough to tell the. main points ins. experience.

"I -bad always been a on one place Eight he said. "A'bout all. 1 ex; to rio was, off the hay and and a little other stuff for enough' to live on. Some times my rent was only $3 an but even at often took- all ll raised to pay the rent. About, four years ago I became interes'etl in the possibilities the -milk cow- as a I managed to''got hold of seven grade.

Holsteiris later on I 1 began to sell believe, that pays better soiling and: I- selling whole milk at station mile 1 from iny horns i Surplus Cash. "Well, it wa'sn't long until I began to get some surplus money. I was able to add considerable to''my farming and before) long I began interested with me at that'time, and good milk cows made us money where we were up- against it merely raising crops and Killing them." exceedingly about the success that has come to attributes it 'chiefly to his cows-and the fact that this section ot, but the care trees-fiad received arid the Southern Illinois tair-crop'-pos- sible; 'Gilbert' cultivates 2,000 trees, sclws cow peas between the rows, turns them under and uses nitrate roi soda He. disks and Barrows to teep the in the ground. This year the trees have made wonderful growth.

An IS-ineh twig on which were thirty- nine doubled among them. He says the -slope and drainage for his orchard are ideal and that there are' thousands of. such locations here in He believes that if a next year 4 year old orchard' will 'p'ay for. the -whole Earm in one crop. also is an enthusiastic, advo- cite of daii.ying in this again he is showing his toith in th-? couniry by practicing-what he preacti- es.

He has some registered Stternwjg is unsurpassed as a dairy country. But he admits that he now is the 1 owner, of a 120-acre 'fai-m which cost him more 'than $100 an 'acre. Ha. made a good -payment on. the place at the time of the sale and is facing the future with confldence.C'n his farm is a 'finely, -equipped 'dairy barn, two silos and some flrst class 'dairy cattle.

His plan is to keep the best calves from the best cows and-sfo build up the quality of his herd. "And those going to finish paying for that I have no doubt in the world about Efat." Near'ng said gearing's case is 'typical of what Ran be done here- and what happened with more than one renter on my farm th-e few years," Banker Herbert said. "I have always oun he dairy cow a mighty gooO friend aud have always' urged my ranters to some- cows -and go to. milking. Every time.

they do that they soon begin to Prosper, and before long you hear they hv own I've have farms of their lost more than one good renter, in that way the last fewiyears. and is laying the foundation for herd, a fins WEATHER FOR Incre.T-sing cloudiness and south port probaibly rain. inight.warmer TOMORROW AFTERNOON The fun-era! pi "Grandma" Schwartz will be held at the. Christian church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock instead of. 2:30 as first announced.

Ar rangements have been made expect ing a large funeral. 'Relatives and friends from Murphysborb, Elkville and other sections oC the county expected to -attend. the funeral," Mrs Schwartz being one of the best known and "most, respected citizens in the county. Senator Walter. Warder, father of Miss Warder, was advised by the government on last- Monday that the body had arrived at Hqboken, and was held there waiting instructions.

At the suggestion of Dr. J. B. Woel -fie, commander of the American ion Post here, he placed the burial in of the Legion, and the was forwarded by the government under escort detailed for that purpose, to Marion, in care of -Cbminande'r Oldham Paisley, Amer- pon its arrdTaT atlMarloni' it the.IreRoy'A, Goddard Memorial Chapeljn 'Marion' c'env etery, -where the interment will be made. iMiss' Warder was a member of Gas Mobile Unit No.

1 and had annfe'd for selrvice direcly behind the flit ing line. contracted pneumonia while on the ocean, and upon her arival was taken to a hospital at Bordeaux, where she died. Burial was in the cemeteiry. there, and many who. knevr Miss Warder visited the Exercises Normal For Armistice Day Are nqiiKced-r-rEormer Service M'ar-Wffi School Auditorium.

been completed lor ihe observance of at the- Normal Thursday "li. will be held in beginning at 9:30 and will be in the lol.owing'order: -GreGtings to ex-service' men. (All ex-service men af efasked to be seated oil' the at the beginning th-a exercises, and after the first number, may resume seats in the reserved section-. the auditorium.) Honors to. the fallen heroes.

A chair will be draped for each gold star. Sounding- of taps. "Coi'tributiou of the.S. I. tf.

to the World Association Cession; Here Yesterday Afternoon WasAttended' by -Prominent The next aimual meeting oi the Southern Association tion will be held-'at. Belleville, it was. announced: at the meeting'; here yes- ter day The program of the association and interest in the meeting declared satisfactory. eminent physicians attended and on the programr-Five former Jighted. rAddress, "Results of the -Hon.

F. G. Blair, Superintendenfof Public Instruction. Special music.both vocal'and instrumental, w.ill be provided by Prof. Glen C.

Bainum. i Shryock will-preside. All members of the" American' ieg- men all "friends of the school are) most cordially invited to attend these, The Legion-Post is cooperating with the Normal and expect to turn out as-nearias p'bi' sible The American Legion is urgtegras a respect to the heroes of the. great war that everybody at the hour of. eleven, the.

hour of, of of the aiQe-nded and all from South'ern Illinois'. Following tne ensuing year: East St. Louis. Hi' C. Belleville.

Shaiwneetown. a CATCHES BOLDBURGLAR: IN THE ACT LOCAL mm STOSE Enters Through Rear Door Early in Eyening and Is Filling His Pockets With Jewejrjr From -the Show Window When Caught. Had. not, he been caught in the'ace no loot would have far more profitable than it was also less comforting. But this burglar was', eanght open, above board raking in jewelry, watches a.nd the like out of the window of the Gum Jewelry- store last night about li o'clock.

'SonB were the streets and the- lAJssisftant Resolutions we're adopted commend-, 'ing pr. its and -an thanks Jackson. -County, Medical. Association i and special mention made, of the ex- I program rendered by; local mil-' and the Normal rlitalphSwaln and Bliss -Mildred? Afflack were personally mentioned In the resolutions," The burglar was last seen m'akiisp exit through the back door of tne- taking Bis cue from the. en- trance of George Casper, a jeweler ot the store.

Casper w.aa on his -way; home and; stopped to; turn off tLe display window lights. Just.as he opened the door a man-was behind the.show cases filling his pockets; ables out of the window'; As Casper- entered (fhie-' burglar Jook' chase I the rear of the 'store oieminute Republicans Win 151 Lead in Lower Chamber and 22 in the Senate. MARRIED AT MURPHYSBORO Miss Mayme Trobaugh, d-aus'liter Mr, and Mrs. Trobaugh of Car- De spent the winter. The bondale, and Eldon Griffin'of Murpliys-j' cause of nei is" not related "'in, boro, were married last Saturday v-j but Js.

death' fol- low eij a strok of paralysis. This was her second, stroke. Mrs. Baird had been number MBS. BELIE BAIRD DIES AT DECATUil j.i the Winter With'j Relatives When Attack by Stroke of Paralysis.

Belle Baird oMhts city died the home of relatives in Dacatnr this' morning, armrciin's to word receivea! here today. Mrs. Baird had'gone to Tork, Nov. size of j.i_ Hn tv. head d.own as much as possible as h- He.

escaped. Mr. Gum-estimates-: Iiis'-loas ab-piit 'consisting -a'i' wrijt 1 the No clutr has been of Alt Taylor, Republican ciiinii- date for governor, over Governor Heberts (Dem.) nearly 40,000. The senate majority was sctttea' when belated returns from the regipnsjof Kentucky gave t)ie lie- publican candidate, JJrust, victory over Senator Bcckhara (Deic- ocrat): Montana. Technibaliy Uncertam.

MEXICO FOR HARDING Addition of Another State to- Senator's Column Increase Electoral College Vote to 404'and Makes. Cox's' Final Figure 127. Harding's ening in Murphysboro by 'Rev. Markam at -the Methodist Miss Trotoaugh has been emplovcd' by the C. I.

S. Co. in their qiBce since 'her graduation from a 'business course at the Normal. Mr. Griffin is a young machinist for the M.

o. R. They will live with Grlffiin's parents, Mr. a.nd Mrs. Chas.

Griffin, in Mwp'hysboro Road Building Obstructs Road South on West Side The Department Highways in charge of-the hard road construction has issued instructions to-vehicles not to go south, on thei road which lead's south Carbondale on th-e west of railroad track. Although 'r is to go as far as the 3eorge Patterson farm on the west side alons the Egypfj3.n trail and then 'uru east onto the Star it is b-jtte'r to, go south out of Canbondalei on the "MSt side of the track. These roads aru obstructed on, account the construction work of the hard road buihleis Judge Caldwell Named Board of Health Chairman Judge A. S. Caldwell has been nam.

the city council to fill the pired term of Rev. J. W. Merrill, who has resigned as chairman of the city board of health. Mrs.

H. C. Mitchell and daughter, ms: Saturday Miss Sarah, were Chicago visitors today. New Postmaster Takes Oath of Office Herbert Harris, the newly named postmaster. for Carbondale, was yesterday formally "cheeked" into office.

Harris succeeds J. who recently went to Canada where he will engage in farming. of years'and- lived.on the car line in Tte body will brought here for burial. High School Domestic Science Girls Attend Lecture (By John Pry.) The High has received a new installment ot books which are now being, put'to use: The 1 'girls- taking domestic science attended a lecture Friday'at the Normal at the Farmer's Literary meeting 5 at which the following program was Violin Borger. King.

Bright Sayings by Small Elbei-t Kimmel IRISH KILL Quick Are Made by Police on Town of Flee. Nenagh, -County Tipperavy, Ireland, Nov. Hamilton was. shot dead while motorcycling near here. Two uieii who wore arrested, on; having killed to escape and were shot ilaacl.

Reprisals followed the officer's death. Licensed premises and a printing office were -destroyed by flre aud creamery -was blown up with, bombs and 'thV machinery 1 The inhabitants of fled into" the surrounding country. The noise of firing explosi'ons night. sible "531,. and the complexion tlie senate 39 -at Republicniv today awaitpd belated returns on.

tight contests in six states Fo-fix the.exact size of the Republican house Exclusive of the eight undeterminec) seats In the house, the Republicans had to i35' four of other desigiiations, a. plurality of greatest eveivhoid by party in house. The nearest approach to it was.in the 52d gross, when the pcniocrats'Viad a lead of US. the tin position of its four eleclorul went, to the Republicans and presf- dential vote so far counted seemed iikefy" she fall Into the long HaiSllnj; list. Wr-'h-' out Montana Hav(iiiig- would nntiori's now woman voters OIIP the lower 4h" 'C Mnskojree.

a resrauriuit ili.ss an prior- tv adoption of tlie nineteenth 'amCThfibrVi'--; and mndc the oongression.il race see if tlie. it," when the vofe'on the'felrty-four ponterts'for In Ttho "pnatG thp Kepnbllcaria won serra- vote vlrrually settled at 404 by won tv-flve and the capture of -New Mexico, out a pos- The. HepuBlicans elected fifteen tors to succeeu KBpubllcuns and-ten in? place' of Beraoci-ats. The Hepnlilicuii' congress 'was In undor the adiaiiiistration of President Harrison.) EepubHcans' appeared to -have bet- e' mafle In "Arizona. CaKfw- nin.

Colorado, Ne- rnrth'; 'Oregon', -aod KentiiSky. OIL-RUSH TO THE FAITNORTif Prospectora Cause the; Revival 'of Grub-Stake Laws In Canada, Ottawa, 'Nov. spectacuiai- of hundreds of oil prospectors the. Kar Nbrtli, where "strikus" havo been, caused tlie. uiifut to" revive old grub Take ordinance, of Yukon days; Only ian even- break on the eish't I Hl to seats.

the fburth Mainland district, "Minnesota, fifth JTissburi, 15th. 2.1st and 23d New York, first North 'Dnkota-and Memphis, Nov. nessee definitely 1 Republican electoral- column, returns by newspapers that Republicans had captured four and possibly five of ten seats in'the lower house of In' the-present congress 'they 'have two. In the Fourth on the face retimis W-. was', behind resentatiVe Ctfrdell' national obmmlr.toeman from see, by less irahiil'arlon -'of the vote Kighthf.

district 'gives. Lon A. '(Rep.) a. slight. over Gordon Browning Thp elertinn.

of the of Joseph over Joliu A. Moon, Democratic been conceded- by the In the Second districts! Repuii- licans were lectetl. Both are -'represented in 'congress by Ee.piiblichns. With 'i-e'tiirri's in from 'practically the r.oi-o" 1 1 V.r: liy ac of-" an -winter and with enough to keep them, wiil be to go. PLAN IN Commission Proposes; In Default of Male Heir, People May Decide.

7 T.he Hague, Nov. 6. posclbllity of becoming a "prospect for Holland uuder recommendatioas submitted today by the commission appointed to, revise the ibcse) adopted Holland- will have the chance to decide upon doing away with royalty, tlie little Princess Juliana, ouly child of Wilhelmi'na and Prince Consort Heiir'y, some day gives birth to a son' by ft -husband the DutcJi as. hei 1 The priucess now is eleven years -The- comluission proposes that here- is direct malo desc'eudant of. a male ruler, the shall go to some'inale of tile, second generation the In tho event of there being direct, male shall Uay.e tho opportunity to the country's gbvernraeiit,.

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