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HINTS ON GARDENING Some Crops That Should be in Every Southern Garden, From Office of Information, U. S. De partment of Agriculture, Frequent shallow cultivation should be given garden crops. By keeping the surface of the soil stirred a dust mulch is formed, which prevents the loss of moisture through the pores in in the soil and keeps down weeds. The soil should be cultivated as soon as possible after a rain, to break the crust and prevent baking. Sandy Boils may be cultivated when quite "wet, but clay soils should not be stirred when sticky. If the work is properly done at the right time there will be little difficulty in controlling weeds. In the garden, small tooth cultiva tors should be used to prevent ridg ing or furrowing. A turnplow or sweep should not be used unless the land becomes so weedy that cultiva tors will not do the work. Frequent cultivation kills the weeds between the rows, but hand work will be necessary to keep the soil stirred be tween the plants and keep down weeds in the row. Rhubarb. This crop can be grown in the up per South. For home use, it is best ! to buv roots from a dealer rather than to grow plants from seed. Ten to twelve good hills are sufficient for the average family. Set the roots 3 to 4 feet apart along the garden fence and manure heavily, Do not allow the plants to go to seed. Salsify or Vegetable Oyster, Sow seeds of salsify at the same time and in the same manner as those of DarsniDS and carrots. An ounce of seed will plant a 100-foot row and should be sufficient for an average family. After the plants are up, thin them to about 2 inches apart in the row. Salsify may be dug and stored the same as parsnips and carrots or left in the soil until needed. It is a biennial, and if the rotts are not dug they will produce seed the second sea son. Salsify deserves more general cul tivation, as it is one of the most de sirable root crops. It may be used in about the same way as parsnips. It is sometimes boiled, rolled in cracker crimbs, and fried in butter. Salsifywhen fried or used for making soup has a decided oyster flavor, from which it gets the name vegetable oyster. The Sandwich Island is the variety commonly grown. Spinach. This is one of the best greens and should be found in every home garden. It can be grown in the autumn and winter in all section along the coast from Norfolk, south. In the colder Tegions of the South it may need a little protection during the coldest weather. Two or three inches of hay, straw, or leaves will be a satisfactory protection. The seed planted in the Jutumn will furnish greens through the winter and early spring. Sow the seeds in drills 12 to 15 inches apart at the rate of one ounce to 100 feet of row. Three or four ounces of seed will produce enoungh greens for the average family. In gathering, the entire plant is removed. The large plants are selected first, and the smaller or later ones are thus given room to develop. The Savov is the variety most commonly grown. Peppers. Seeds of peppers should be sown in hotbed or in a box in the house about eight weeks before time for setting the plants. They are tender ana snuu.u not be transplanted until the ground is warm and all danger of frost is past. Set the plants 15 to 18 inches apart in rows 2 and s to anart. The cultivation and feet treat- ment of peppers should be the same us tlmt of tomatoes. Vnripties recommended are: Ruby Kinr. Chinese Giant, Sweet Spanish, and Dell or Bull Nose, of the sweet peppers; Long Red Cayenne, Tabasco, and Red Cluster, of the hot types. Carrots. The soil and cultural requirements of carrots arc practically the same as for beets. Carrot seed, however, should not be planted so deep as beet seed. Carrots may be dug in the autumn and stored in banks or cellars, or they may be left in the ground to be harvested as needed. Varieties recommended: Half-Long Scarlet, Early Scarlet Horn, and Chaatenay. Gsrlic. Garlic is propagated by separating the bulbs into small bulblets or cloves and planting these separately in rows 12 to 14 inches apart and from 3 to 4 inches apart in the row, either in the autumn or spring. In other respects, the cultivation is the same as for onions. The mature bulbs are left on the -ground until the tops are dry, 'when they are gathered, braided to gether, and hung in a shed to cure. GarCe la used for flavoring purposes, KeU-KabL ' KeM-Rabl belongs to the same class aa cabbage and cauliflower, but does not resemble either. The edible por- tioa ia the swollen item, which re- INTERESTIXG FACTS The famous British ship, Success, the oldest ship afloat, has been taken to San Francisco foe exhibition at the Panama Pacific Exposition. This ship was built in 1700, and was used as a convict transport for years, plying be tween England and Australia. The hot sun in triple alliance with a magnifying glass and a work basket set fire to a house in the Bronx, New York City, one day recently. .Recent experiments have proven that the house fly rarely if -ever trav els more than a quarter of a mile. There are in New . York thirteen rural schools with an average attend ance of one pupil, says Current Events Officials of the Delaware and Lack awanna railroad recently conversed between Scranton, Pa., and Bingham ton, N. Y., a distance of 63 miles by wireless telephone. April 24th, was the hottest day ever known in Chicago with one ex ception The temperature was 87 in'tration was marred by friction with the shade. A baby ten inches long and weighi ng only fifteen ounces has recently been born in Boston. The Boston Post says the child has already lived four days. It is fed with a medicine dropper. RAISIXG OK RA Okra should be panted about the same time as cotton, and it i-equires about the same estivation, but prob ably a little more fertilizer. Okra continues to grow and prod cj all summer, furnishing the table with a continuous supply. WHO TOLD FIRST Oh, the sunshine told the bluebird, And the bluebird told the brook, That the dandelions were peeping From the woodland's sheltered nook: So the brook was blithe and happy And it babbled all the way As it ran to tell the river Of the coming of the May. Then the river told the meadow, And the meadow told the bee, That the tender buds were swelling On the old horse-chestnut tree; And the bee shook off its torpor And it spread each gauzy wing As it flew to tell the flowers Of the coming of the Spring. Selected. WILLISTON, N. C, MAN RESTORED TO HEALTH Mr. Wade Thankful He Read About Wonderful Remedy. E. T. Wade of Willliston. N. C. was the victim of stomach disorders. He tried many remedies and took a great deal of medicine and treatments. Re lief seemed a long time coming. lhen he found Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, took a dose and found re lief at once. He told his opinion of the remedy in a letter in which he said: Your medicine has worked won ders. I feel so much better. I am thankful to you, indeed, for advertis ing your wonderful remedy in the pa pers, as otherwise 1 might never have known of it." Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives permanent results for stomach, liver and intestinal ailments. Eat as much and whatever you like. No more dis tress after eatir.g, pressure of gas in the stomach and around the heart. Get one bottle of your druggist now and try it on an absolute guarantee if not satisfactory money wil. be re turned. sembles a turnip, but which is formed above ground. Kohl rabi should be grown both in the spring and in the autumn. Sow the seed in drills and thin the plants to 6 inches apart in the row. The rows should be 18 inches apart for r-and cultivation and from 30 to 36 inches apirt for horse cultivation. The fleshy stems should be used while fresh and tender, as they become tough and stringy with age. Kohl-rabi may be prepared and cooked the same as turnips or pre pared with cream sauce. Variety recommended: White Vien na. Lettuce thrives best during cool weather, so it should be planted in the spring and autumn. In order that the leaves or head may be crisp, the crop should be forced and success ive plantings made ten days or two weeks apart. In the lower South, let tuce can be grown in the open, and in the upper South, in hotbeds or cold frames throughout the winter. When grown in the garden the seeds' should be sown in rows 14 to 16 inches apart and the plants thinned to the desired distance. The heading typ should be thinned to stand 8 inches apart in the row, but with the loose-leaf type the plants may be grown close together and thiniied as needed for the table. For a very early crop, start the plants In the hotbed or cold frame and transplant the young plants to the garden as soon as hard freezes are over. Lettuce planted in the autumn may be left in the ground over winter in many sections of the South. Give the plants frequent shallow cultivation with hand tools. Varieties recommended: Grads Bap ids or Black-Seeded Simpson for loose- leaf lettuce, and Big Boston, Hanson, and California Cream Butter for head lettuce. FORMER HEADS UNIVERSITY Some Facts As to the Career of Dr, Graham's Predecessors, From Dr, Caldwell Down to Dr. Venable. Raleigh Times. A list of the predecessors of Ed ward Kidder Graham, the present president of the University, are given below: Joseph Caldwell, the first and third president, was born at Lamington, N. J., April 21, 1773. He was grad uated at the College of New Jersey, and came to the newly established University of North Carolina in 1796. He died at Chapel, N. C, January 27, 1835. In 1847 a marble shaft was erected to his memory on the campus. Robert Hett Chapman was born at Orange, N. J., March 2, 1771. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, and studied for the Presbyte rian ministry. He was elected in 1811, but the success of his ndminis the students, he being a Federalist and most of the students Republicans. He resigned in 1816, and died at Win Chester, Va., June 18, 1838. David Lowry Swain, fourth presi dent of the University and twenty sixth governor of the State, was born at Asheville, January 4, 1801, being the first native-born president. He attended the University of North Car olina, studied law, and became gover- nor in 1832. He was made president of the University in 1835 and during his administration the number of students increased from 90 to 500 in 1860. He died in 1868. Solomon Pool was born in Elizabeth City, April 21, 1832, and was gradua ted from the University in 1853, im mediately accepting a tutorship of mathematics. In 1869 he was elected president by a new board of trustees after the doors had been closed in 1868 at the death of Governor Swain. Aft er running two years, the University suspended for lack of funds, and Dr. Pool was nominally president until 1875, when he became principal of a high school. Kemp Plummer Battle was born near Louisburg, December 18, 1831, and was graduated fro the Univer sity in 1849. After holding various State offices he was selected to reor ganize the University in 1876. Under his administration the institution took on new life, He resigned in 1891 and then held the chair of history for about 20 years. Today he resides at Chapel Hill, retired from active ser vice in the University, and is held in great affection by the students, who call him "the Grand Old Man of the University." George Tayloe Winston was born at W'ndsor, Bertie county, October 12, 1852. He entered the University in 1866, being the youngest 6tudent When the University closed in 1868 he was appointed midshipman in the navy by President Andrew Johnson. He was graduated from Cornell in 1874. He studied in Europe and taught in the University, his scholarship being widely recognized. In 1891 he was elected president, and saw the Univer sity prosper most gratifyingly. From 1896 to 1899 he was president of the University of Texas, and later served as president of North Caro lina College of Agriculture and Me chanical Arts. Edwin Anderson Alderman was born in Wilmington, May 15, 1861. He attended Bethel Military Academy in Virginia and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1883. He became prominent in the school work of the State, and in 1896 was elected president of the Univer- sity, serving until 1900, when he resigned to accept the presidenccy of Tulane University, New Orleans. In 1904 he accepted the presidency of the University of Virginia, which position he now holds. Frances Preston Venable was born near armviue, va., iNovemDer n, 1859. He was graduated' from the University of Virginia in 1879. He then studied in Germany at the Uni versities of Bonn, Goetingen, and Berlin. In 1880 he became professor of chemistry in the University of North Carolina, and in June, 1900, ac ceDted the presidency. In 1913 he went abroad in an effort to regain his health, and resigned on account of ill health in 1914. He retains his connection with the University ai professor of chemistry, in which sci ence he has attained world-wide rec ognitioii. 14-Inch Gun Best Weapon. In answer to critics, who claim that the American navy's 14-inch rifles are inferior to the 15-inch naval gun of the British, Secretary Daniels recently declared that the Bureau of Ordinance has developed a 14-inch gunv"that will shoot farther, shoot straighter, and hit harder than any gun now in use or known to be de signed by a foreign country. Mr. Daniels conceded that the Brit ish battleship, Queen Elizabeth's guns throw a larger shell, but pointed out that she carries eight 15-inch rifles, while the American battleship, Penn sylvania, carries 12 14-inch weapons, mora- than making up the difference. REPUBLICAN REACTION IN NEW YOIwv. The explanation of the remarkable activities of the New York legislature is that it is making ready for the Pres idential campaign next summer. It is placating various rich corporations, putting deserving Republicans mevery available office, abolishing offices that cannot be used, weakening the work man's labor law and running amuck generally. For all these things Gov ernor Whitman declares "we have no excuses or explanations or apolo gies to make." And yet the state of public mind is such that every news paper in New York City that support ed Mr. Whitman for Governor is pro testing. The ever-faithful Tribune is among the loudest and most persist ent of those that protest. The last fall's election in New York and the recent election in Chicago seem to have made the "old guard" of the Republican party drunk and frenzied. One would suppose that it is ll over but the shouting. Events move swiftly these times, and it is never safe to make predic tions of things to happen even a few months hence. But at the present time there is nothing to alarm the Democrats, if we take a sober and calm view of the situation. Up to this time President Wilson has re tained the confidence of the country in his wisdom and patriotism. He is stronger than when he went into office. Notwithstanding the terrible respon sibility which has been put upon him by foreign complications, .notwith standing the strain to which lie has been subjected, he has gone calmly and patiently forward, pursuing a wise and conservative policy, uphold- ng national honor and dignity, insist ing, and with success, upon the enact ment by Congress of the laws that wera promised to the people and go ing from strenght to strenght. The only possible event that could bring about the defeat of Mr. Wilson by the Republican party would be the reunion with the Progressives. Of this there is no apparent prospect. There i3 no sympathy beween the ele ments that supported Mr. Taf t in 1912 and the elements that supported Mr. Roosevelt. The latter are farther from the "old guard" Republicans than they are from the Democrats. While it is true that a great part of the vote received by Mr. Roosevelt in 1912 was a personal vote, yet with him out of the field the Democrats carried the House last fall by a good working majority a reduced majority it is true, but the fact that the next House is Democratic shows that the country is still Democratic It would be political wisdom for the New York legislature to walk a little more circumspectly. Philadelphia Record. SAWYERSVILLE ITEMS With the nice rain that fell in this section Sunday night, and continued conditions for farm work, the farmers are delighted. The early planted corn is coming up unusually well, and plowing it over will soon be on the program. Several of our people attended the closing exercises of Farmer school Mrs. J. G. Spencer and daughter, Miss Edna, and Master Clifford, visit ed relatives near Edgar recently. Mr. A. E. Tillman, of Mercer, Ga., arrived at the home of his son, Rev. John Tilman, recently, where he ex pects to spend the summer. Miss Ola Hoover visited Miss Mit- tie Bulla one day recently. Messrs. Ross Lowe, Nathan Lowe, Earl Pool and Miss Callie Pool were among the number who attended com mencement exercises at Malboro from this section. Mr. E. M. Kearns lost a valuable milch cow recently, making the fourth milch cow to die in this community in the last few weeks, Mr. J. M. Walker losing two of the number, and Mr. J F. Hoover one, all good cattle. Mrs. J. M. Walker and little child ren made a few social calls in the community one day recently, not neg lecting to call on some of the older people, to cheer them up as they go along the fast shortening way. Whooping Couch. 'When my daughter had whooping cough she coughed so hard at one time that she had r.cmorhage of the lungs, I was terribly alarmed about her con dition. Seeing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy so highly recommended, I got her a bottle and it relieved the cough at once. Before she had finished two bottles of this remedy sh was entire lv well." writes Mrs. S. F. Grimes, Crooksville. Ohio, ror saie dj aii dealers. BRITISH MINISTRY TO BE ELECTED ' . The present British Ministry has been in power seven years, and this is the year in which a new election ia required by law.. By general con sent Parliament is expected to avoid an election in the midst of war, by passing a bill to extend the terms of its members. Such an act would be impossible in the United States, with its written Constitution. In Great Britain the i?Hl of the House of Com mons is practically the Const itution. BUZZARDS MAY BE KILLED The last legislature of North Caro lina repealed the law that for years had protected the buzzard in this State, making it legal to kill the filthy bird wherever and whenever found. Sentiment has changed indeed from that of a few years ago, when the buzzard was the accepted scavenger and sanitary agent ah over the South ern States. An exchange says: "In the city of Charleston, for instance, he was more familiar around the market than the dogs, and far more impudent; for anybody would kick a dog, but nobody dared to kick buzzard. He wandered in and out among the meat stalls, picking up the scraps and trimmings, and made him self entirely at home. Perched in long rows on the combs of the roofs, he was among the most novel and striking features of the outward as pects of the city and made a great impression on visitors. Now it is said that the buzzard spreads hog cholera. The farmers and business people demand its extinction and the Florida legislature has passed an act to pay rewards for buzzard scalps. "The Audubon Society resists stren uously. That society is identified in the public mind with the preserva tion of the beautiful and dainty and tuneful creatures of bird life and in that respect enlists the general sym pathy. Its allegiance to the buzzard, so majestic and graceful at a dis tance, so unutterably homely and un pleasant on closer acquaintance, seems somehow inappropriate. It is hard to reconcile love for a humming bird i mocking bird and attachment for the turkey buzzard." It is now claimed that the buzzard preads hog cholera; and as a further preventative of the disease, the last legislature passed a law, requiring all dead animals to be buried at least two feet deep within twelve hours after the death of the tvnimals, and making failure to comply punishable by a fine of five or ten dollars. MONOTONY BROKEN The monotony of the talk about war orders placed in this country has been broken. During the past week two orders were placed that break all rec ords in either peace or war. The American Locomotive Works secured an uncancellable order from the Brit ish Government for the manufacture of 5,000,000 shrapnel shells. The cost for some of these shells is $14 each, while for the smaller shells the price is $12.50. The whole of the contract amounts to $66,250,000. The second contract was for rifles by the French Government and was given to the Westinghouse Company. The amount of this contract is $50,000,000. It is believed that the contracting firm are good for a profit of 20 per cent. all of which money will be sent here to stay. Whether the war is soon con- eluded, or whether it lasts a long time, the contracts will be filled, for as stated, thev cannot be cancelled. The rifles supplied the French Govern ment are to cost $27.50 each. The contracting firms will distribute the orders among other manufacturing comnanies in the North and New England. Charlotte Observer. ARE YOU RHEUMATIC? TRY SLOAN'S If vou want quick and real relief from Rheumatism, do what so many thousand other people are doing whenever an attack comes on, bathe the sore muscle or joint with Sloan's Liniment. No need to rub it in just apply the Liniment to the surface. It is wonderfully penetrating. It goes to the scat of trouble and draws the pain almost immediately, oet a doi tle of Sloan's Liniment for 25c. of any druggist and have it in the house no-ninst. Colds. Sore and Swollen .Tnints. Lumbasro. Sciatica and like i ments. iour money DacK u nu satisfied, but it does give almost in stant relief. FISH PONDS URGED FOR RANDOLPH The last legislature passed an act providing for a fishery commission to protect the fishing industry of the State. This will conserve the millions of young fishes which the Federal government is placing in the btate waters every year. The next step to wards extending this valuable Indus try is the establishment of fish-breed ing stations. A fish hatchery in this county or section of the State would enable the farmers to secure usher- lings for their ponds. This would cut down meat bills and at the same time be a step toward the balanced ration movement. It has been estimated that the fishing industry of North Carolina today is worth to the people of the State approximately $2,000, 000. How Mrs. Harrod Got Rid of Her Stomach Trouble. "I suffered with stomach trouble for years and tried everything I heard of. but the only relief I got was tempo rary until last spring I saw Chamber lain's Tablets advertisea ana procured a bottle of them at our drug store, got immediate relief from that dread ful heaviness after eating and from pain in the stomach," writes Mrs, Lin da Harrod, Fort Wayne, Ind. For sale by all dealers. A MIDNIGHT RECEIVERSHIP Minority stockholders in the Rock Island Railroad have organized as they say, to take the property out of the hands of the old management and "place it in hands -hat will operate it for the welfare of its own ers and not as a football for stock market operations." They make thia the equivalent of a fight to get the property out of the present receiver ship. Is such a challenge of the propriety and character of the receivership warranted? The Federal Court cer tainly acted with singular haste. It acted on the petition of a $15,0(0 claimant against the road whose un secured bill had not been repudiated. It then named as one of the two re ceivers of the road its president, who k a defendant in a suit to recover $7,500,000 alleged to have been mis appropriated from the company funds. Such a receivership is obviously calculated not to remove the property from th cortrol of the old manage ment but to tighten that control. Was it designed so to be? This is a matter which calls for the most searching inquiry. It is for these minority stockholders to crowd an official investigation. New York World. CASTOR I A For Infant and Children, Tha Rind You Have Ahrajs BssgSit Bears the fcAgnature of I REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The bank of Ramseur, at Ramseur, N. C, at the close of business May 1st, 1915. Resources Loans and discounts $104,025.10 Overdrafts 20.05 Banking Houses ;Furni- ture and Fixtures .... 4,000.00 Demand loans 43,000.00 Due from Banks and Bankers 33.5.WT5 Gold coin .',420.00 Elver coin, including all minor coin currency . . 1,692.60 National bank notes and other U. S. notes .... 2,067.0(1 Total $191,761.50 Liabilities Capital stock paid in .. $12,000.00 Surplus fund 10,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid 719.15 Deposits subject to check 51,128.95 Demand Certificates of Deposit 8,615.00 Savings Deposits 108,205.71 Cashier's Checks out standing 767.69 Accrued interest due de positors 325.00 Total $191,761.50 State of North Carolina, county of Randolph, as: I, I. F. Craven, cashier of the above named bank, do solmnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I. F. CRAVEN, Cashier. Correct Attest: W. H. W ATKINS, A. H. THOMAS, E. B. LEONARD, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of May, 1915. H. B. MOORE, Notary Public. My commission expires November 20, 1916. NOTICE OF RE-SALE OF LANDS By virtue of the powers vested in the undersigned in the decree ren dered in the special proceedings en titled: "J. O. Hinshaw, et al. v. Roby Hinshaw" in the Superior court of Randolph county, I will sell at public auction at the court house door in Asheboro, -N. C, on the 22nd day of May, 1915 at 12 o'clock, M., the fol lowing lands situate in Randolph county, North Carolina, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a stake in the road, Martin Ledwell's corner, running thence west 11 chains and 87 links to a stone in Jerry Collett's line, thence south 13 chains and 78 links to a post o-ik, thence west 9 chains and 55 links to a stone, UMietts cor ner, thence south 6 chains and 28 links to a stake in the public road, thence north 55 degrees west 9 chains and 50 links to a stone in tho road, thence south 16 -chains and 47 links to a red oak, W. C. Hinshaw's line, thence east 67 links to a stone, thence south 6 chains and 94 links to a stone, thence east 15 chains and 50 links to a stone, thence north 28 degrees east 17 chains and 68 links to a stone on the north side of R. R., thence north 65 degrees east 10 chains and 30 links to a cedar in W. C. Hinshaw's line, thence north 10 chains and 13 links to a stake, thence north 20 degree west 8 chains and 55 links to the place of beginning, containing 95 acres, more or less. Terms of sale: One third cash, bal ance upon a credit of 6 months, ap- proved security to be given for de f erred payments, same to bear in terest from day of sale, title retained until all purchase money paid. This May 3, 1915. R. C. KELLY, Comm'r. TO THE PUBLIC We, the undersigned, have this day, sold our interest in the New Hope Milling Company. We will not be re sponsible for any debts made by the company after this date. Q J. M. SHAW, C. C. SHAW. i " This April 20th, 1915. ,jO