MR. 1MCKETT AND THE "SLATE"' j ACQUIRING STRENGTH
Attorney General BUkett, the man
who the people, it seems, have 'deed
ed shall be the mxt Governor of North
Carolina, is just, now the object of
Colonel Fail-brother's wrathful ver
satility. Li'st week's Everything is
literally teeming with anli-lliekett lit
erature, all oL which was produced by
the fertile brain ami adept hand of
the Colonel, himself the same fertile
brain and adept hand, mind you. that
have of late apparently entered into
a eonspiriaey between themselves, to
convince the people of Norm t.iw.nu
that they should Rive then- consent
to be robbed by voting for a protect
ive tariir. The Colonel reads our eom
ment on the address of IV. Alexander
to the farmers of Yadkin county and
draws the conclusion "that lr. Alex
ander understands the situation." And
the "situation " as put by Co'onel
Fairbrother, is simply this: "The
farmers are already in revolt. Ihoy
have wearied of the attempt to mil
over the Ten Sacred Amendments.
Tiny are not going to allow the slate
to be fixed as it is in the cafe of
Bickett."
We find it necessary jr.st here to
appropriate the language of the
street in order adequately to express
our meaning and do respectfully sub
mit that this is "some situation,"
which the esteemed Colonel has dis
covered or thinks he has discovered.
But he is dreaming. When he wakes
up he will remember and having re
membered he will see that he is bound
to be wrong. For certainly in his
wakeful moments Colonel Fairbrother
cannot forget who it was that fought
hardest for the adoption of the "Ten
Sacred Amem!ments,"as he calls them.
Surely he cannot fail to remember
that these amendments had no more
earnest and agressive champion than
this selfsame Dr. Alexander who, the
Colonel tells, "understands the situa
tion." The ten amendments were heartily
indorsed by the members of the Farm
ers' Union all over the State and, led
by their chief, Pr. Alexander, they
took an active part in the campaign
that would have resulted in the adop
tion of the amendments had too many
people not been led astray by the tools '
of certain corporations who bitterly j
opposed the tax amendment.
If the farmers have "wearied of the
attempt to put over the Ten Sacred
Amendments," as Colonel Fairbrother
would have us believe, then the first
man they would kick out of public
position in North Carolina would be
the president of the Farmers' Uunion
and not Attorney General Bickett.
The farmers have their own organi
zation, more than anything or any
body else, to blame for the attempt
to put over the amendments that is
if they want to blame anybody or any
thing. It is true that the Attorney
General assisted in the fight for the
amendments, but having seen them
indorsed by the organized farmers of
the State, he certainly must have felt
that, in entering the campaign, he'
was taking up the sword more in de
fense of the agricultural class than
of any other.
This is enough, we think, to con
vince the Colonel that he has "the
wrong pig by the ear," as he would
say, when he sizes up Dr. Alexander
as opposing Mr. Bickett because the
latter supported the ten amendments.
As to the "slate," that is all tommy
rot. When hone is cone and there is
nothing else to say the minority cries!
"slate." If there is a slate the people
have fixed it We confess it does be
gin to look like they have slated Bick
ett fer Governor. Indeed, it looks as
if they fixed the slate eight years
ago, the moment Mr. Bickett took his
Beat after having delivered his mem
orable address placing the late Ashley
Home in nomination for Governor.
For from that day to this the masses
of the people have been the friends of
Bickett, because, in that address, he
convinced them that he was their
friend. It is a fact that Mr. Bickett's
following is not anywhere quite so
strong as in the country. For the fact
that eight years ago he made the fight
of his life in behalf of a former can
didate for the governorship is not
hurting him any among the men of
the faims today. Call it a "slate" if
you want to, Colonel. Wc suppose it
must be called something. If the At
torney General had been active in be
half of Senator Simmons you would
be calling it a "machine." Winston
Salem Journal.
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An Interesting Sermon By Rev. R. E.
j Powell, Pastor of the Baptist
! Church, Asluhoro, N. C.
I In first Chronicles -$:!, we have
, the following: "He strong and do it."
1 Here we have a message delivered by
I a mature father, lavid, to an inex
I periencod son, Solomon, to build the
itempie, but I hear a later message
given to the young man by his father,
1 but not I imagine until he looks and
! sees the impression the call of duty,
brought then he gives another word to
God's chosen builder. "He strong, and
courageous and do it, fear not, nor be
dismayed." Many are the fathers
who need to look their sons directly
into the face and sneak a word of
cheer as the religious cares fall upon
them. Let us watch the attitude of
men from several angles as they try
to grow stror.g.
.Material View of Strength.
Considered from :he material stand
point the fathers are alert to teach
their sons the trade or profession
which is their livelihood of life. Tins
heartily meets our approval and we
hastily say, "So should it be." It is
natural that a boy should pursue the
father's trade and no one can quite
so easily give the knowledge as -the
paternal guardian. I believe every
upright father who is following a
worthy calling has some ambition
that his son shall start in his steps,
but is ever desirous that the youth
may climb to the heights. A simple
illustration from natural life verefies
this truth. A dwr.rf is always looked
upon by those who love him with
sympathy backed by a feeling of
pathos. So, we see the outward pur
suits of the parents are the inward
inclination of the children in the ma
terial world. May we rot- view the
educational strength for a few mo
ments. Strength Gained by Education.
The greater economic enterprises
are requiring a general culture for an
ndividual-who is to enter a special
training, for no calling is so small,
that the short cut to education will
not prove inefficient. I am glad to
note the great masses, when able, are
trying to send their children off to
school. I see in this step on the part
of the parents, a real effort to qualify
the child for the duties which the
father has felt as unfit to fill. This
father, like David though unfit to pro
ceed, prepares his son for the greater
task of building the temple which was
the ambition of his life. The cultured
man is not willing for his son to go
through life groping in ignorance, but
feels that first of all his child should
acquire at least a modest degree of
knowledge. Why not make life prac
tical from the religious side?
Religion is an Impetus of Strength.
We are yet to realize that nothing
will run by itself, and as workmen in
a factory, the more proficient each
man is, just so is the completed prod
uct. What is true of the material
workmen is equally true in the spir
itual field of service. Our churches
are too often handicapped by the un
willing hands to labor fer the Lord, at
the so-called hard service, in the
church. No man, nor set of men ever
grew strong doing light tasks, but
seeing the task is strenuous, the prac
tical men convene and put united and
business principles into one concen
trated channel. Thus the world takes
notice. My thought to the church is,
why should we not use business meth
ods since we are in business for the
Lord? This is a direct call to the busi
ness man to help in the business of his
church. The majority of us do not
realize how little Christians we are,
what are you going to do for the
Lord?
Why leave home in forming our
conclusions ? make the subject practi
cal. Look, if you please, upon the
so-called leaders of your town or com
munity and see if those who are prov
ing their sons and daughters in the
material field, and testing them in the
field of knowledge are not permitting
their cultured offsprings to suffer for
the word of eternal life. Men some
times stand with their mouths agape
when they behold the real situation,
others tremble as did David when God
threw the search light upon him. At
another time I hear David crying out,
"Search me, O God and know my
heart, try me and know my thoughts
and see if there be any wicked way in
me." While God is making the test
may we not remember that we are
building life's temple, and as God
saW to one temple builder, so he is
pleading with us. "Be strong and do
it."
COMBINATION OF OATS AND FIELD PEAS
MRS. E. 1 WHARTON KILLED BY
AUTOMOBILE
Mrs. E. P. Wharton, of Greensboro,
was fatally injured in an automobile
accident shortly before noon Friday
arl died in the afternoon without hav
ing gained consciousness. She had
started across the street to her home
from a neighbor's house, where she
had visited sick children, when she
was struck by a machine driven by
A. V. Caldwell. The accident- was
unavoidable and no blame is attached
to Mr. Caldwell.
4a r-fo Vw
Excellent Roughage for the Dairy Cow.
The raising of oat and pea hay as a substitute for clover bay has at
tracted considerable attention during the past few years, and especially in
those seasons when the clove, crop Is short.
A combination of oats and field peas makes a most excellent forage
crop for all kinds of stock. In many Instances oats are grown alone for
hay and are excellent for this purpose, but field peas are leguminous plants
and contain a much larger percent of protein that oats, consequently, If
peas are mixed with oats, the crop is more nearly a substitute for clover
hay. If peas are sown alone they are inclined to lodge and they are
difficult to harvest, but when mixed with oats in equal proportion and sown
at the rate of about two and one-half bushels per acre, the oats will help
hold the pea vines up and keep them from lodging, and the crop can be
cut with a common mowing machine the same as any grass crop with as
little expense. It 6hould be cured in the same way as grass.
HUMUS REDUCES COST
Less Need for Late Cultivation
to Save Moisture.
Crops in South Are Laid By Too Early
Under Conditions Which General
ly Exist Poor Economy to
Allow Weeds to Grow.
When our soils are better supplied
with humus, when they are better pre
pared before planting and when the
early cultivation Is more thorough
there will be less need for late culti
vation and the expense of making
crops will be greatly reduced, says
Progressive Farmer. When our crops
are planted and cultivated more near
ly level and the cultivation 1b gradu
ally made more shallow as the roots
of the growing crops more completely
fill the soil, there will also be less
need for late cultivation for the pur
pose of a saving moisture. We be
lieve that in dry weather It pays to
continue the cultivation of the crops
until they are well advanced toward
maturity: but if this is true the late
cultivation must be shallow, even
much shallower than is best for saving
moisture alone. It Is doubtful If the
last two or three cultivations should
be more than an Inch and a half deep
in dry w eather. When the weather Is
not dry these late cultivations can be
profitably omitted if the land has been
well cultivated early in the season. Iut
when moisture is scarce, shallow cul
tivation, continued as long as the
crop is growing and maturing its fruit
will generally be profitable.
That crops in the South are gener
ally laid by too early, under the con
ditions which generally exist, is al
most certainly true; but for later cul
tivations to be profitable they muBt
be shallow and as nearly level as pos
sible. Every acre of corn that does not
follow a spring legume crop should
be sown in peas at the last working,
and we are convinced that a liberal
use of seed sown broadcast Is most
profitable. There Is some excuse for
laying by the corn crop early If it is
clean and it is sown down with a
heavy seeding of peas, but to Stop
cultivating the corn or cotton crops
and allow the land to grow up in
weeds is poor economy. Last year
the cultivation of cotton was stopped
early in many sections, because it
was clean, owing to the dry season,
and later when the moisture came, the
cotton fields grew up in grass and
weeds as we never saw them before.
There is no doubt but this late
growth of grass and weeds in the cot
ton fields reduced the yields.
After all it is a matter of judgment,
based on the condition of the crop
and the soil, as to when the crop
should be laid by; but It Is certain
that these conditions and not the
time of the year, nor even the stage
of the growth of tho crop alone, that
should determine when cultivation
should cease.
Good Prstures.
Good pasture combinations are: Rye
(early spring); rape (summer); corn
in field and rape (fall); rye, alfalfa,
corn; rye, clover, oats and peas.
Hog-Tight and Horse-High.
The new fence set low. tightened
well, and firmly stapled, with ono good
strand of barb'd wire on top, serves
equally for either horso or hog.
Easy to Make a Runt.
It's easy to make a runt of a good
pig by withholding proper feed and
care, but it's mighty hard to make an
eztra good pig out ot a runt.
FOOD FOR THE BABY CHICKS
Best Thing for Youngsters I Mixture
of Hard Boiled Eggs, Broken
Crackers and Oatmeal.
(By F. C. HARK, rlemsnn Experiment
Station.)
One of the best foods for baby
chicks when they need nourishment
at 24 toi30 hours old is a mixture of
two hard-boiled eggs cut up fine, two
broken crackers and a small handful
of oatmeal. Roll with the hand, mix
thoroughly and scatter a little on a
clean cardboard.
Do not throw the first food in litter,
because it is necessary first to teach
the baby chicks what to eat. Other
wise they will eat any small sub
stance. This applies to feeding a mix
ture of small graine as well.
Feed the egg mixture tlx times the
first day and four times daily there
after. Place before the chicks a shal
low box containing equal parts of
wheat bran and oatmeal. This box
must be kept filled for at leiust two
weeks, allowing the chicks to eat all
the bran-oatmeal mash they desire.
On the second day commence scat
tering small grains and seeds in one
inch litter (oat straw, shredded or cut
fodder, broken pine straw or cut al
falfa) to make the chicks exercise.
The following Is an excellent mixture
of scratching grains for baby chicks:
Equal parts craoked wheat, cracked
rice, cracked corn and millet seed,
added to lend variety to the food. The
object of feeding small grain is to
make the chicks scratch, work and
thereby keep healthy, dry mash Is to
supply the best growing foods and the
more mash the chicks eat the faster
they will grow, provided one keeps
them exercising by scratching for
grain and running over a good range.
The dry mash can be changed at the
end of two weeks to this cheaper mix
ture: Wheat bran, 6 pounds; wheat
middlings, 5 pounds; corn meal, 4
pounds; oatmeal, 4 pounds; cotton
seed meal, 2 pounds. Total, 20 pounds.
The cottonseed meal must be good
feeding meal. Keep this dry mixture
before the chicks constantly.
HANDLING EGGS IN SUMMER
Odors Are Readily Absorbed and Oil,
Onions or Similar Articles Should
Be Kept Away.
Here are some hints on handling
eggs in summer, from the Iowa Agri
cultural college:
Sell, confine or eat all mature roost
ers. Do not allow nests to become filthy.
Separate the broody hens from the
laying hens.
Gather eggs at least every day and
better twice a day during the warm
est weather.
Keep all eggs in a dry, cool, well
ventilated place.
Never wash eggs, as it spoils theit
keeping qualities.
Eggs readily absorb odors and
should be kept away from anything
such as oil, onions or any material
that has a strong odor.
Eggs that are of questionable qual
ity, such as those secured from
stolen nests, ought not to be market
ed unless candled.
When tailing egprs to mnrkot keep
UieBi covered from the direct ray
of the sun.
Provido plenty of clean nests in tht
chicken house so that the hens wili
not bo compelled to seek the weeds
and undesirable places to lay their
eggs.
Do not sell eggs case count, but do
mand that your eggs bo candled and
that you be paid lor the quality oi
the eggs that you bring In.
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13 AN UNLUCKY NUMBER
Through all countries we find su
perstition concerning the number 13.
It is traced to France where M. Clem
encean actually postponed the publi
cation of the names of a new cabinet
so that the list might not appear on
the 13th of the month. Bismarck, of
Germany, would sacrifice his dinner
rather than make the thirteenth. In
the Scandinavian countries the super
stition has its origin in mythology.
There were 13 who sat down to the
last supper. In the insurance offices
it is believed that out of 13 persons
taken indiscriminately one will die
within a year, and Many of us believe
it .
TRY PRUNES IXSTEAD OF PILLS
The secret of health is a clean
healthy stomach. For constipation
most of us use "pills" which stimu
late a drastic cathartic action which
leaves the bowel muscles more trou
bles, or atonic as the doctors call it
than before. The only real safe
corrective for constipation is diet. And
among the most dependable things in
diet are prunes. To obtain the bet
results they should be eaten boldly
and fearlessly. A generous saucerful
with plenty of juice should bo the av
erage dose. And they should be eaten
regularly. If this is done fewer drug
bills will bo the result, .