GATHERED IN DIFFERENT SECTICKS CF THE COUNTY
ITEMS OF INTEREST COLI.KCTKI) BY OIR WIDE-AWAKE CORRES
PONDENT S INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL NEWS FROM TOWNS
AND VILLAGES WHAT THE FARMERS ARE DOING ALONG
AGRICULTURAL LINES.
RANDLEMAN" NEWS
Tae Deep River Mill Xo. 1 is hav
ing the carding room ovrrr.aiien.
Mine Hertha Cox, a missionary 01
India, will address the people at the
Hlies church Sunday night, Febru
ary 7.
Mr. W. A. Lamb of the M. P. church
held an old fashioned Methodist class
meeting1 last Sunday at 11 o'clock.
These present said it was good to be
there. Many other churches should
do likewise. How well the writer re
members, when he held his father's
haad and went with him to class meet-
Wt are very sorry to say that Mrs.
hristenberry's health does not im
prove. It is the earnest desire of all
that she may be restored to health.
She is an earnest Christian lady and
a feat Sunday School worker.
Mrs. Richard Adams is very sick at
tais writing. She has been a sufferer
far quite a while unable to help her
self in any way. She being paralyzed
nearly all over. Her husband, Nathan
Adams, better known as "Nat Ad
arris, is also paralyzed and cannot Ret
about enly as he can pull up by some
taiar.
Miss Mary Ferree returned to High
Feint Monday after spending some
time here with friends.
Mr. George Comer, of Central Falls,
was ia the city Saturday night and
Sunday.
Rev. Amos Gregerson filled the St.
Paul pulpit Sunday at 11 o'clock.
Rev. Mr. Way, pastor of the Holi
ness church, preached an able sermon
at Naeni M. E. church, Sunday night
te a crowded house.
The ladies ef the Mt. Lebanon M.
P. church, met at Mrs. J. L. Hall's
and organized a Ladies Aid Society,
January 28, with 28 member: presi
dent, Mrs. M. F. Hinshaw; vice-president,
Mrs. W. A. Lamb; secretary,
Maude Snider; assistant secretary,
Mrs. J. L. Hall; treasurer, Mrs. E. F
auele. All the ladies of the town
are cerdially invited to jiin, by re
quest ef Mrs. J. B. O'Briant.
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, wife of Mr.
Nep Joknson, died last Friday. She
leaves a husband and three children,
ene ekild only about two weeks old.
Mrs. Johnson was buried at Davis
Ohapel Sunday. Rev. Mr. Way con
ducted the services. The members of
the Junior Order conveyed the body
te is last resting place. Mrs. John
a was a good woman and will tie
ja-eatly missed, not only by her hus
end and children, but by the neigh
hers. Mr. Johnson has the sympathy
of all wne knew her.
Mr. P. Z. Clapp made a business
rip te Greensboro last week.
Sunday, January 31, was a pleasant
day at Miss Lou Fogleman's. It was
her birthday. Rev. J. B. O'Brianv
and wife, Mr. R. S. Caudle and wife
and Miss Cot, the school teacher at
New Salem, were the recipients of
ker kospitality, and enjoyed what an;
eae -would fall a feast. Anyone who
ceuld not eat a "square meal" from
ker table could not eat at all. Only
these who have visited that home and
shared the hospitality given to preach
ers and other in that home can know
what it means Those who were there
and enjoyed the day expressed many
thanks to Miss l-'ogleniun for such
kindnets.
WELCH NEWS
The teachers and students 'of the
school at this place have organized
a debating society and quite a lot of
interest is being shown in the work.
The society held its regular meeting
en last Friday afternoon, with the
following query for discussion: "Re
solved, Tkat the invention of the
steamship waa a greater aid to com
merce than the invention of the loco
mlkivjft" Betk Bides were ably de-
A fund kas been raised by the peo
ple of this community to buy a library
f JAjLecaeal at Welck. The school
hepoa to kave the advantage of a nice
eeRectiea of book at an early date".
Rev. Lester Lucas delivered a very
interesting lecture to the school last
Friday everinj Ja.i. 2$rd.
E are sorry to learn that Mra..
"Wile wko has been sick for some
time, does not iwtprve very fast.
ASJBgQRO ROUTE 1 ITEMS
Miss Minnie Ingold was the guest
of ker cousin, Miss Essie Allen, Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Mr. Stamey Cagle was a visitor at
Mr. C. O. Ingold's Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Ingold and lit
tle daughter, Mabel, visited at W. A.
Humble's last Thursday.
There will be a spelling match at
Center next Friday night. Everybody
is invited. .
Miss Vella Brown and Isabel Cra
ven visited in Asheboro last Satur
day.
There will be a birthday party Sat
urday nipht at J. C. Craven's. The
girls are requested to bring cakes
and the boys candy. Everybody 'is
invited.
If you want to see some fine poul
try, eall on Mrs. C. O. Ingold.
RAMSEUR ITEMS
Mr. A. B. Covington is vis
itiiig his son, Mr. W. P. Cov
irton at Red Springs.
Mr. W. C. Capel, of Biscoe,
was a popular visitor here
the past week.
Mr. W. M. Short purchas
ti a handsome Lister piano
last week.
The drug store will be
rady for occupancy this
week, and our people will be
dad of it.
Mr. Colon Parks' baby
continues very sick, but it is
somewhat improved.
The ladies of Franklin
ville and the citizens as well
deserves much credit for
getting up such a large list
of premiums for their show
this iall.
Mr. J. E. Covington added
a large counter to his estab
lishment last week.
The M. E. Sunday School
contributed $26.50 to the
Children's home last Sun
day.
Mr. C. H. Julian, of Frank
linville, was in town Mon
day.
WHY NOT ITEMS
Aunt ratsy fannth is
spending some time at M. A.
Cagles.
Mr. J. C. Cornelison made
a business trip to Montgom
ery Tuesday.
J. A. Monroe is suffering
with rheumatism.
"Uncle" Wesley Lawrence
is spending the winter at J,
A. Auman's. He is recover
ing from his recent illness.
Watson Smith, who has
been at his home at Samer
cand, for two weeks, return
ed to school here yesterday.
Mis Iva Way, of Steeds,
entered school Monday.
Elroy Cox spent the week
end with his parents at
Ralph.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cox
are visiting Mrs. Cox's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
King.
Misses Ada Monroe, Ma
bel and Hester Stuart and
Mr. M. C. Vuncannon attend
ed the box party at Moody
Saturday night.
Mrs. Bntt is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Ho-
gan.
Mrs. Nettie King is hav
ing the house on her farm
remodeled and expects to
move nere in a tew weeks.
We are real glad for them to
come to this neighborhood.
Rev. J. H. Stowe will
fill his regular appointment
here the first Sunday in Feb.
at 3 p. in.
The C. E. Society meets
every Sunday night.
Guess the ground hog will
see his shadow, as the sun is
shining now.
Mr. J. C. Yow has recently
purchased a nice organ.
WHAT'S INDIGESTION?
WHO CARES? LISTEN!
''Pane's Diapepsin" Mikes Soar1, Gas
sy Stomachs Feel Fine at Once
Time it! In five minutes all stom
ach distress will go. No indigestion,
heart-burn, sourness or belching of
gas, acid, or erucations of undigested
rood, no dizziness, bloating, foul
breath or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
It is the surest, quickest and most
certain indigestion remedy in the
whole world, and besides it is harm
less. .
Millions of men and women now eat
their favorite foods without fear
they kr.ow Pape's Diapepsin will save
them from any stomach misery.
Please, for your sake, get a large
fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store and pui your
stomach right. Don't keep on beirg
miserable life is too short you are
not here long, so make your stay
agreeable. Eat what you like :.nd di
gest it; enjoy it, without dread of re
bellion in the stomach.
Pape s Diapepsin belongs in your
homo anyway. Should one of the fam
ily eat something: which don't agree
with them, or in case of an attack of
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis
stomach derangement at daytime or
during the night, it is handy to give
the quickest, surest relief known.
Terrible Thought
"Brederen," the old darky preacher
said, "right In dis yeah connection I
wants you to stop and consider what
a good man de Lawd was, how he
made de moments of time cannsecu
Uve 'stld of simultaneous, fo', bred
eren, if our ancestors and our poster
ity bad a both a been bo'n on d!s
yeah yeartb at de same lima, think
whut a confusion dere would a been
and vbar would wo a been at?"
HONOR ROLL FARMER
HIGH SCHOOL FOR
JANUARY
Second
Kearns, Lela
Grade Vivian
rr,..,n,lfl Al I
nammonci, iVI-
ma Presnell.
Third Grade Hazel
Kearns, Hallie Trogdon.
Fourth Grade Vernon
Nance, Herbert Kearns.
Eiehth Grade Sarah
Shaw, Philip Garner, Moses
Adams, Ernest Slack.
Ninth Grade Robert
Hammond, Claude Walker,
Carl Lassiter.
Tenth Grade Esther
Hussey.
GIRLS! DRAW A MOIST
CLOTH THROUGH
Try This! Hair Gets Thick, Glossy,
Wavy and Beautiful at Once Stops
Falling Out
Immediate? Yes! Certain?
that's the joy of it. Your hair be
comes light, wavy, fluxy, abundant
and appears as soft and lustrous and
beautiful as a young girl's after a
Danderine hair cleanse. Just try this
moisten a cloth with a little Dan
derine and carefully draw it through
your hair, taking one small strand at
a time. This will cleanse the hair of
dust, dirt or excessive oil, and in just
a few momenta you have doubled the
beauty of your hair. A delightful
surprise awaits those whose hair has
been neglected or ia scrr.ggy, faded,
dry, brittle, or thin. Besides beauti
fying the hair, Danderine dissolves
every particle of dandruff; cleanes,
purifies and invigorates the scalp, for
ever stopping itching and falling hair,
but what will please you most will be
after a few week's use, when you see
new hair fine and downy at first
yes but really new hair growing all
over the scalp. If you care for pretty,
soft hair, and lots of it, surel-- get a
25 cent bottle of Knowl ton's Dander-
from any drug store
toilet
counter and just try it.
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When r-hipmcnts were interrupted by the war, it was estimated
that there was enough Potash on hand in the United States to pro
viuo two and three per cent Potash in mixed fertilizers for this
spring's tra ie. Some manufacturers had more than enough for
thi-sc peivcnues.
Since then minor sources of Potash have been fully utilized, and
Additional shipments from the usual source are still being received.
The supply is below normal, but this need not prevent farmers
securing some Potash in their fertilizers, nor should it lead farmers
to decide not to use fertilizers. '
There is no reason to return to the out-of-date goods without
Potash, although some authorities may try to "wish" them on us.
We have not used enough Potash in the past. The largest annual
import of Potash was only one-seventieth of the Potash taim from
the soil by our J9H torn trap and only one-fifteenth of the Potash lost
every year in drainage water.
Spring crops use from two to ten times as mnch Potash as Phos
phoric Acid. Get as much Potash in the fertilizer as possible. A
;few firms are of ff i ing to furnish from four to ten per cent.
There is no substitute for Potash. It may be harder to get just
now, but POTASH PAYS.
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York
CHic.io, McCannick black Saa Fnadaa, 2S California St
FN
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AUaMa,EnpirBldt.
Naw Orlaaot, Whltaajr Caatml Bask BMc
California's Magncslte.
Magneslte, a mineral which la over
52 per cent, carbon dioxide, the gas
which is used Jcr charging soda wa
ter, ginger ale and similar beverages,
la found in greater quantities in Cali
fornia than in any section or the coun
try. California magneslte Is prooamy
xcelled by few, if any, of the foreign
Jeposlts and is superior to much that
is mined abroad.
NORTH CAROLINA MAN FINDS QUICK
RELIEF FROM DISORDERS OF STOMACH
Mr. Wade Thankful He Read Abontof
. . Mayr a Wonderful Stomach
Remedy
E. T. Wade of Williston, N. C, was
the victim of stomach disorders. II
tried many remedies and took a great
deal of medicine and treatments. Re- ter. It brings swift relief w wuie re
lief seemed a long time coming;. era frem stomach, liver aa bowel
Then he round Mayr s Wonderful
Stomach Remedy, took a dose and
found relief at once. He told his opin-
ion of the remedy in a letter ia which
he said:
"Your medicine has wirked won-
ders. I feel so much better. I am
thankful to you, indeed, for advertis-
ing your wonderful remedy in the
papers, as otherwise I might sever
have known of it"
Along with this letter Mr. Wade
ordered more of th remt. Mia
first dose proves no Jong treatment
Letters like this come iresa all parts
SEE IF THE CHILD'S
" TONGUE IS COATED:
If Cross Feverish, Constipalcd, Give
"California Syrup of Figs"
Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, it in a sure siprn that your lit
tle one's stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle, thorough cleansing: at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out cf its
little bowels without griping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative;"
they love its delicious tante, and it
alwavs makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle of "California Syrup of t lgs,
which has directions for babies, chil
dren of all aces and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine, ask to see that
it is made by "California Fig Syrup
Company." Refuse any other kind
with contempt.
WORK OF THE D. A. R. SOCIETY
IN HALIFAX
The Elizabeth Monfort Ashe Chap
ter, D. A. R., of Halifax county, held
its rea-u ar January meeting in fcn
field last week. Important features
of the meeting were the election ot
delegates to attend the Continental
Congress at Washington in April, and
the report of the John Paul Jones
House Committee given by Miss Dan
iel, who had just returned from this
committee meeting in Washington.
The D. A. R. ladies are planning the
establishment of a school at the old
historic Grove House of John Paul
Jones fame.
Distrusted Education.
Education was considered a disqual
ification In a servant a century ago.
Even Hannah More, who did much to
promote the Sunday-school movement,
confined her curriculum to teaching the
children to read the Bible, the cate
chism "and such coarse works as may
fit them for servants." "I allow of
no writing for the poor," she stated
emphatically.
or
is food for thought
as well as for crops
this year.
Sraank. Bank at Tna Bids.
Mineral 8alt Not Necessary.
Herman Melville found the Mar
quesas islanders perfectly healthy;
there were no Invalids among them,
and there was no salt, but such aa
the girls gathered from the sea
as a luxury to be enjoyed by a chief
at a pinch. Apparently a healthy
life can be lived upon only such salt
as Is supplied by '.be vegetables the
earth affords. . ...rt. v ,
the country. Mayr's Wonderful
Stomach Remedy is known everywhere
because of its merit.
Mayr's Wonderful SUaiaeh Remedy
clears the digestive tract ef mucoid
acoretiers and removes peiBous mat-
troubles. Many say it baa saved them
frem dangerous o Derations a ad many
are sure it has saved Mieir Uvea,
We want all people whe have chron
it stent ach trouble or constipation, jio
aiatter ef how long standing, to try
one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Stom-
ach Remedy one dose will convince
you. inis is the m Mi cine so many
of our people have been taking with
surprising results. The most thorough
ytem cleanser ever sold. Mayr's
Wonderful Stomach Remedy is now
sold here by Standard Drug Company
ana aruggisis everywnere.
FOR BETTER FARMING
Southern Farmer Urged to Adopt
Diversification.
Department of Agriculture Gives Plan
for Reducing Llvl.ig Expenses by
Growing Many Things Which
the Family Needs.
(Prerared by the United StntPs Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The secretary of agriculture In writ
ing recently to cotton exchanges in
the South, pointed out that the only
really efficient way to prevent a re
currence of the crisis which the col
lapse of the cotton market created
was for the southern farmer to diver
sify his agriculture. Hitherto the cash
returns from a successful cotton crop
have blinded many farmers to the proof
of the old proverb that it is folly to
put all your eggs in one basket They
have devoted all their land and all
their time to the production of cotton,
and have purchased their own sup
plies at a cost much greater than they
could raise them themselves.
The essential weakness In this prac
tice has long been apparent to agri
cultural experts, but their efforts to
secure more diversity in farming have
hitherto met with but little success.
It is difficult to change habits of
many years standing, and the man
who has been accustomed to grow cot
ton and only cotton is reluctant to
remodel his own farm, even after he
has become convinced of the necessity
of so doing.
To help meet this situation, the
United States department of agricul
ture has prepared a series of articles,
of which this Is the first, on the sub
ject of diversified farming in the
South. These articles will treat of
the raising of produce for home con
sumption In vegetable gardens, potato
patches, etc.; of such crops as corn,
beans, peas and other legumes, which
are both useful in themselves and may
be made to enrich instead of impover
ish the soil; and of poultry, dairy
products and live stock for home use
and as a cash crop to serve as a
substitute, in part or in whole, for
cotton.
By the adoption of diversified farm
ing, the farmer may reasonably expect
to achieve several important objects:
1. He may very materially reduce
bis own living expenses by growing
on his own land a great many of the
things which his family needs and
which he now purchases at the store,
paying, of course, a profit to the re
taller and the middleman.
2. He should save a very consider
able proportion of his outlay on fer
tilisers by growing crops that add ni
trogen to the soil, and by keeping live
stock to enrich it with manure
3. He Bhould grasp the opportunity
afforded by the increasing demand for
meat of all kinds to turn a large part
of his crops into stock to be sold to
slaughtering houses at a profitable
price. He should place himself in a
position where his entire prosperity
is not dependent upon the demand for
any one article, when the strength of
that demand is determined by circum
stances entirely out of his own con
trol. In othei words, he should have
more than one thing to sell. All this
seems very simple, but up to the pres
ent time comparatively few farms In
the South have been managed with
these end's fn view.
In a speech before the National
Dairy Show association in October,
1914, the secretary of agriculture stat
ed that the average Iowa farm has six
milch cows; the average South Caro
lina farm has one. In Iowa, the av
erage farm has 35 hogs; In North
Carolina and Alabama, Mess than five;
in South Carolina less than four. In
poultry the difference is even greater.
One hundred and eight is the average
in Iowa; less than twenty In North
Carolina and Alabama, and less than
seventeen in South Carolina. The re
sults of one investigation shew that
in Georgia the average farm home
produced less than two eggs a week,
less than two-thirds of an ounce of
butter, and two-thirds of a pint of
milk a day, and that the cotton crop
of the entire South did not pay for its
food and feed b.111. Thus It has been
estimated that Texas imports annual
ly more than $50,000,000 worth of
wheat, corn and oats; Georgia more
than $24,000,000; South Carolina more
than $20,000,000, and 12 southern
states more than $175,000,000. In ad
dition," more than $48,000,000 worth of
meats, dalry and poultry products are
imported each year.
To do away with this condition ot
affairs is one of the chief purposes of
diversified farming. It Is not neces
sary for the South to compete In
these crops with other regions In the
open markets of the world, but the
home demand can be met by home
production, and enough left over to
form the basis of a very profitable
stock raising industry.
In this connection It is noteworthy
that already 223,000 square stiles, or
an area that Is greater than that of
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mis
sissippi added together, has been
cleared of the cattle tick, and that if
the work is continued at the same
rate of speed, the whole country
should be free of the pest within fif
teen years. The cattle tick has, in
the past been one of the greatest
drawbacks to the raising of live stock
in the South. It has now been con
clusively shown that it can be com
pletely done away with, and with the
growing appreciation of the part that
live stock plays in sound agriculture,
there is no reason why this Industry
should not advance with market
rapidity.
Before, however, the fanner turns
his att ention to marketing his produce
be It live stock or cotton, he should
first see to it that his own de:iisnail
are supplied; n other words, that he
grows himself as many of the necei.
sltles of life as he can. For this rea
son, the "Home G. rden" will be the)
subject of the next article in thud
series.
FEED THE DAIRY COWS VVELlI
!
Cottonseed Meal Is Convenient Feed
In Texas and Oklahoma to Bal
ance Sorghum and Silage.
(By H. M. COTTRELL.)
Native pasture and silage should be
available summer and winter. The
silage should be fed generously at
any time of the year when the grass
is not sufficient to secure a high yield
of milk. In dry times during the
summer and at all times during the
winter, sorghum, hay and the hay from
either alfalfa, sweet clover or Span
ish peanuts should be fed liberally.
Rye pasture usually can be provided
and It makes a good winter feed. In
favorable years wheat pasture may
furnish nearly all the feed needed
for a high yield during the winter.
Five good cows fed all they will eat
will yield more profit than 15 half
starved. ,
The dally ration must be balanced
between the starchy, heat-making
feeds, like silage, sorghum hay, corn
fodder and millet, and the blood and-muscle-making
feeds like alfalfa,
sweet clover and Spanish peanut
hays. Every cow yields a good flow ot
milk on grenn, luscious grass. The
grass furnishes about three and a
half parts of the starchy to one of the
blood-and-muscle-making material. Dry
Excellent Dairy Type.
land farmers often say that sorghum
hay will "dry up" a cow If she Is given
enough of it It will when fed alone,
but It may be ftd in large quantities
to advantage when balanoed properly .
with bay from alfalfa, sweet clover
or Spanish peanuts. Cottonseed meal
is a convenient feed In Texas and Ok
lahoma with which to balance sor
ghum, millet hay and silage.
SOIL EROSION IN THE SOUTH
Other Crops Must Be Grown Thar
Those Requiring Clean Culture,
aa Do Cotiirt and Tobacco.
The following statement regarding
soil erosion in the South is taken from
the annual report of the bureau of
soils of the department:
"In a study of soil erosion in tn
South it has been found that large
areas are lost to agriculture annually
through erosion. In some states vast
areas, amounting to as much as 5
per cent of the arable land of these
sections, have been abandoned. The
character of the erosion varies with
the type of soil. Usually, on the
heavy clay soils, "sheet or surface
eroaion is fouud. With Increasing:
nroDortion of sand in the soil the ero
sion changes to the "shoestring" type.
then to the gully type, with roundeo
edges, and finally to the gullies with
caving sides. The most rapid erosion
seems to occur in soils having a layer
of silt or clay at the surface and a
substratum of sand. This condition
usually leads to erosion of the deep
gully type, which is difficult to check
and unprofitable to reclaim.
"All methods for prevention and
control are, based either on increasing
the capacity for absorbing the water
as It falls, or on decreasing the veloc
ity of the run-off. A new method In
use In one locality is the construction
nt whut arts known as 'Christophers,'
ih distinctive feature of this plan ly
ing in the mainer of disposing or
storm waters. Across an incipient
eniiv in built a dam. through which is
passed a sewer pipe conneated with
an imrltrht nine on the upper side or
the dam. Water fills the valley until
it reaches the tap of the upright pipe.
and then flows down this pipe in u
next field. The water left standing
hAlow the Moath ef the upright pipe is
gradually remeved by a tile drain. It
is also demoMtrated ia the sontn mau
nthnr crons Meet be grown than those
requiring clean ealtare, as do cotton.
corn and tebtreo."
. . Keep the Horse Busy.
The horse Is aa inexpensive animal,
to feed and coasequently should bej
kept busy aM the time If possible. If1
this cannot be done then he should,
be fed as cheaply as possible. With
hay or other roughage and two pounds
of cottonseed meal a day the idle,
horse or mule can be kept in good!
condition on a very small amount or
corn. i
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