GENERAL EWS ITEE1S;
ITEMS OF LIVE NWS GATHER
ED fKOM OUR EXCHANGES
AND CONDENSED IN BRIEF
FORM FOR BUSY READERS.
The wedding of Miss Bessie Smedes
Erwitt of Durham, and Mr. Hamilton
C. Jones of Charlotte, was solemnized
Saturday evening in St. Phillip's Epis
jopal eharsh, Durham. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vf. A.
Erwin of Durham.
Miss Edith Belle Smoak, daughter
0f Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Smoak, of
Wilkesboro, and Mr. Joseph Jason
Gaines of Burlington, were married at
the heme of h bride in Wilkesboro
Thursday.
As a result of the lynching of Leo
M. Frank, who was kidnapped from
the State prison at Milledgeville, Ga.,
nisrht of August 16 last, five
f the guards and deputy wardens
have been discharged and another has
resigned. The changes were made on
orders from the State Prison Commis
sion. Henry J. Brown and Edward R. Mc
n..nnlf1. charsred by the police in con
nection with the shooting up of the
n.mnnratic executive commitee meet-
in Charleston, S. C, October 15
when Sidney J. Cohen wtas killed, have
1,1 a for trial without bail The
DBC usiu .
coroner's jury returned a non-committal
verdict but Brown and McDow
ell are held on warrants charing as
sault with intent to kill.
The St. Louis Hotel, or Hotel Roy
al, an old landmark in New Orleans
.and one of the most historical struc
in the country, has been demol
ished to make room for a modern
nuildine. The hotel was constructed
in 1840 at a cost of $600,000 and for
many years was one of the most wiae
i known hostelries in the United
States. It served as the capitol of
Louisiana from 1874 mntiT 1882.
The Bsitish Board of trade has ar
ranged to make final settlements for
all seized American cotton wmcn is
nnt rovered by sales contracts. The
price to be paid wHl be the market
value at the port, or shipment on me
Hate of shipment and contracts of the
same dates will be used as a guide in
awiving at the price to be paid.
Mr. John Sorunt Hill, of Durham
una oWtoH nreaident of the State
Pair Association to succeed Capt. E
J. Parish, of Durham, who declined re
election. Mr Hill, however, has oe
clined the residency and it is proba
ble that another choice will be made
in January.
Bids have been opened for the con
struction of the Federal building at
Wilkesboro. There were 12 bidders
the hiehest bid being that of W. J.
Brant Construction Company of Nor
folk. Va.. which was $64,993, and the
j lowest being that of King Uimoer
I Company of Charlottesville, Va., ?5H,-
'700.
P.m. WW-Vinrdsnn. editor of "Our
Dumb Animals," will deliver an ad
dress in the Auditorium at High Point
Nov. 5 with the view of organizing
a humane society there.
J. W. Johnson, of High Point, has
rented a store building ia Albemarle,
where he will conduct a wholesale
srrocerv business
In Recorder's court at Lexington
Thursday Clarence Ford was convicted
of selling whiskey and senteneed te
six months on the chain gang of
Davidson county. The defendant ap-
nonled frnm tha decision and was
nlaced under a 1200 bond.
Mrs. Matt'e Jane Bcall. aged 41
years, died Sunday morning at her
home in Greensboro.
Ralph H. Graves, a native of Chapel
Bit, and a graduate of the State
Universitv. has succeeded the late
Arthur Greaves as city editor of the
New York Times.
Aooerding to the Manufacturer's
Record plans have been made te per
fect the Southern Aluminum com
Danv'a arrest Sri.000.000 nlaht at Ba
din, near Whitney. Prior to the out
break ef the war French capitalists
-Purchased this larc-e hvdro-electric
plant and spent several millioa dollars
in she development of it, but when the
war came they distontinaed the work.
They were unable te make so large
an exDenditure outside of their own
-country. The Manufacturer's Record
in its current issue says that on relia
ble information it is learned that
American capitalists have been inter
ested im th nJ,'. ..I.- A Lo l.ni
have been consummated whereby the
yuuit wui oe completed and put inte
operation.
Mrs. S. L. Adams, aged about
45 years, died at her home at Row
land Friday afternoon after suffering
a snort time with typhoid fever.
Dr. TV Vf dill .-j i. iv. a
. nut, prusiueni, vi cue a.
& M. CVilloo-o ,;n . -i.- ii Li.,..
& tiii wnw uic Eiiowiy
of North Carolina during the years of
or Between 1861 and 1865. To
complete the work will require about
three year's time.
Ralph Brown and, Ben Hensley
vnaigeu witn lulling Dave Wilson
l?.,tv t j ;
"UUicuuru COIlTltV a Ton, nranlra omt
were acquitted in Rutherford Supe-'
THE NATION TO GIVE THANKS.
President Wilson ) amies Thanksgiving
rroclamation A Year of Peace.
President Wilson in a proclamation
declaring Thursday. November 25. as
Thanksgiving Day, caUed attention to
the fact that the United States- has
been at peace while most of Europe
has been at war.
We have been asserting rights and
the rights of mankind without breach
of friendship with the great nations
with whem we have had to deal," said
the President.
The text follows:
"It has long been the honored cus
tom ot pur people to turn in the fruit
ful autumn of the year in praise andd
thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies to us as a
nation. The year that is now drawing
to a close since we last observed our
day of national thanksgiving, has
while a year of distress because of
the mighty forces of war and ef
changes which have disturbed the
world, also been a year of special
blessing for us.
Another year of peace has been
vouchsafed us; another year in which
not only to take thought of our duty
to ourselves and to mankind but also
tr Adjust ourselves to the many re-
ponsibilities thrust upon us by a war
which has involved almost the whole.
of Europe. We have been able to as
sert our rights of mankind without
breach of friendship with the great
nations with whom we have to deal;
and while we have asserted rights,
we have been also able to perform du
ties and exercise privileges of Bucaor
and helpfnlness which should serve
to demonstrate our desire to make the
offices of friendship the means of tru
ly disinterested and unselfish service.
"Our ability to serve all who could
avail themselves of our services
the midst of crisis has been increased
by a gracious providence, by more and
more abundant crops; our ample fi
nancial resources have enabled us to
steady the market of Die world and
facilitate necessary movements of
commerce which the war might other
wise have rendered impossible; and
our people have come more and more
to a sober realization of the part they
have been called upon to play in a
time when all the world is shaken by
unparalleled distresses and disasters.
"The extraordinary circumstances
of such' a time have done much . to
quicken our national consciousness
and deepen and confirm oar confidence
in the principle pf peace and freedom
by which we have always sought te be
guided. Out of darkness and perplex
ities have come firmer counsels of pol
icy and clearer perceptions of the es
sential welfare of the nation. We
have prospered while other peoples
were at war, but' oiir prosperity "has
been vouchsafed us,, we. believe, only
that we might the better perform the
functions which was rendered it im
possible for them to perform.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil
son, President of the United States of
Amerioa, do hereby designate Thurs
day, the 25th of November next, as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer, and
invite the people throughout the land
to cease from their wonted occupa
tons and in their several homes and
places of worship render thanks to
Almighty God.
"In witness whereof I have hereun
to set my hand and caused the seal the
United States te be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington;
this the 20th day of October in the
year of our Lard one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen and of uie inae
nendeace of the United States of
America the one hundred and lora
eth. -
"By the President: Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
- WOODROW WILSON."
EN FIVE MINUTES! HOJ
INDIGESTION, GAS OR
SOUR, ACID STOMACH
The moment Pape's DSapepsin" reach
es the stomacn ay
distress goes.
T1It. does" nut bed stomach in
j-- Anaa" overcome mdi-
UIUC1 rcoiijr wv.w "
o-Aatina. HvsnanBia. sras, heartburn
and sourness in nve "' .
j.. -4. noiu Pane's Dinneosin
the largest selling stomach regulator
in the world. If what you eat fer
ments into stubborn lumps, you belch
gas and eructate sour, undigested food
and acid; neao is aizsy
r " ' i. MntAil: vour in
Dream iuui, wus . ., ,
j tk Kilo nnd mdieestiDle
waste, remember the moment Pape s
r: in contact WUh the
n .,v tiafrsa vanishes.
siomaun an ouu. -
It's truly astonishing; almost marvel
ous, and Uie joy is iuj bmiihw.
a lnrcn fiftv-cent case of Papes
m.Mintiiii nnll tfivA VAU a hundred dol
lars' worth of satisfaction or your
druggist hands you your money o.
It's worth its weigp-i n B""
and women who can't get their stom
achs regulated. It belongs fn your
home should always be kept handy
in case of a sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or night. It's the
quickest, surest, and most harmless
stomach regulator in the world.
DETERMINING VALUE
tarty Varieties.
No. 1 Early Ohio.
No. 2 Early Roie. ..
No. 3 Triumph.
No. 4 Irish Cobbler.
Purity of variety and freedom from
disease are the two most. Important
factors In determining the value of.
potato seed. These can be secured
only by careful inspection. There are
a few simple rules which, if carefully
observed, will surely result In better
yields better1 quality and better prices.
It Is a foolish practice, not to say. a
very expensive one, to plant potatoes
that are not up to the standard in
quality. It Is a waste of time and
money and only results In a loss ot
most or all of one's crop.
As the erop Is growing and as It ma
tures, watch it most carefully; select
the choicest plants and the potatoes
from these for next year's use.
The following are a few of the ways
by which you may Improve your po
tato seed: By co-operating with your
neighbors In securing pure-seed which
can bo obtained from the most reli
able growers. By planting this foun
dation stock by itself where It will
not be mixed with other varieties.
By learning the vine and tuber
characteristics of the variety you
plant. By discarding as seed, all hills
which do not have these characteris
tics. Bf selecting seed for next year on
the field at digging time this year.
By organizing the growers, dealers
EXCELLENT POINTS OF S1L0
Does Not Pay Farmer t Mix Corn
and Sorghum Crops, 8ays Ex
pert of Kansas College.
Mixing crops in a silo does not pay,
according to J. B. Fitch, assistant
in dairy husbandry in the Kansas
State Agriculture college. He says
that many farmers mix corn and sor
ghum crops, but that this does not
increase the value of either feed. an4
generally means mors work. In that
material must be hauled from two
fields. The sorghums, Mr. Fitch points
out are generally sot mature enough
to go into the silo until some time
after the corn crop has been cut.
This is one ot the points taken op
In a circular issued by the dairy de
partment of the college for farmers.
The tlmo to cut the silage crop, the
else of cutter, the manner of cutting,
the packing of silage, the gas in silos,
and the time to feed silage are among
the other matters In the circular.
MARKET HENS WHEN OVERFED
Best Layers Are In Good Condition
When Only Reasonably Fat Un
profitable to Doctor.
Sometimes a hen gets too fat to
lay, although not often In her pallet
year. The best layers are In good
condition when only reasonably fat
Even where the ration furnished is a
perfectly balanced one, an occasional
hen will persist In putting on meat
Instead of laying eggs. This condi
tion Is noted, by s "bagging down1
of the abdomen. When a hen gets
too fat to lay It is economy to tend
her to market Many farmers
duce the feed for the entire flock, but
this should not be done. These heni
will bring top prices on the market.
Unless the hen Is especially valuable
' It will not pay to doctor her Into lay
Ing order again.
Harvesting Onions.
Harvesting onions should begin as
soon as most of the tops wither and
fall over. Several rows should be
thrown together and the onions left
In the field a few days to dry out be
(ore topping and storing.
BAfjtwcr aFPTTnTNWl It KiTT't W Hff W
F POTATO SEED
Late Varieties.
No. 1 Rural New Yorker.
No. 2 Burbank.
No. 3 Peerless.
No. 4Green Mountain.
and others In your community who
are Interested In the development and
Improvement ot Its potato Industry.
Many people are acquainted only
In a general way with the character
istics of the different varieties of po
tatoes. Among the early varieties
are: Early Ohio; an extra early and
popular market variety. Also in
strong demand for seed. Early Rose,
a medium early vigorous' grower, par
ticularly popular for sandy loam soils,
Triumph, an early maturing variety
in strong demand as seed for southern
truck markets. Irish Cobbler, grow
ers in many sections specialize on this
standard eastern white variety tor
seed trade.
Among the late potatoes, the Rural
New Yorker Is a leading commercial
variety which Is being adopted
standard In many community centers.
The Burbank is a well-known variety
which Is well adapted to new and
well-drained soils,
The Green Mountain is another
good late potato which is rapidly In
creasing In favor,
It Is greatly to the advantage of
every grower to learn all about the
stock he intends to raise. Set a high
standard and work for improvement
every season. The results will be
gratifying and profitable.
PROPER REARING OF CHICKS
Pmhiam of SuDolvIno Range and
Green Feed for Fowls Not Given
Sufficient Attention.
(Br F. C. HARK. South Carolina Expert
ment Station.)
The problem of supplying a range
or green feed tor chicks does not re
ceive sufficient attention. Tnis is an
important side ot the proper rearing
ot ooultry and the farmer who has
sour skim milk or buttermilk to spar
and a good green range has more
than half his chick problem solved.
For temporary feeding, one can
soak oats overnight In water, wash
them thoroughly next morning and
spread them in halt-Inch layers in
boxes or trays. Place these trays la
the shade outdoors and sprinkle with
water twice daily. In from three to
six days the oats wUl be ready for
feeding. For baby chicks teed wnen
the sprouts are one-halt Inch long,
giving once dally what the chicks will
eat In about ten minutes.
Rape may be sown and, when
grown, cut up and ted to chicks. Cab
bage, lettuce, mangels, beets and tur
nips can also bo cut tor green ieea,
PROFITABLE TO GRADE EGGS
Difference In Prices Between Lowest
and Highest Quality Ranges From
Ten te Fifteen Cents.
It certainly pays toi grade eggs. In
many city markets the difference In
prices between the highest and low
est trade is often nrteen or iwemy
cents on the dozen. First-quality eggs
should be fresh and of a fairly large
size, weighing around twenty-tour
ounces to the dozen. If first-quality
em and eggs ot a lower grade are
shipped in the same case, all the eggs
in that case will take the classifica
tion represented by the lowest grade.
All the dirty, small and odd-shaped
eggs should be used at home.' Brown
and white eggs should not oo mar
keted together.
Good Insurance.
The man. with a good silo at the end
of his barn is not worrying percept!
hlv about an early frost. Insurance it
a good thing to quiet the nerves
l
HORSES AND MULES :
Champion Belgian Stallion.
(Prepared by the U. 8. Department of Ag
riculture.) The destruction of horses In the
countries now at war is enoonioua, and
when peace is declared and for many
years thereafter there will no doubt
be a great demand for horses for agri
cultural and other work. The farmer
who has surplus horses at that time
will be in a position to obtain good
prices.
The United States department of
agriculture has recently distributed
throughout the cotton belt informa
tion regarding horse and mule raising
in the South, which should be of use
to cotton growers whose crop has
been affected by the present crisis,
and who now wish to diversify their
farming because of this. These farm
ers are advised particularly to keep
their best mares to work on the farm
and raise colts at the same time. They
will then be able to raise horses for
their own work as well as to take ad
vantage of the home and foreign mar
kets.
Many brood mares are overworked,
while many others are kept too close
ly confined. The mare may be safely
worked to within two weeks of foaling
If good care Is used to see that she
is not overworked or-Injured in some
other way.' It is not unusual -for.
mares which have been worked to the
date of foaling to foal successfully. It
Two-Year-Old Mule Colt
is safer, however, gradaally to dimin
ish the work so that during the last
few weeks only the lightest kind of
work Is done.
If pasture is available, the mare
may be turned out about two weeks
before foaling. If pasture Is not avail
able, she should bo given a good
roomy box stall. There need be.no
radical change In the feed, except that
the ration of the mar should ba
lightened shortly before foaling and
made more laxative. For this purpose
an addition of braa and a decrease of
other grain feeds is very satisfactory.
When the mare Is again put to work
the foal may either bo left Ia the
stable or allowed to follow. If left
ia the stable, it wlH bo necessary to
return the mare In the middle ot the
forenoon and likewise in the after
noon for the oolt to suck. Never allow
the foal to suck when the mars is
very warm, for the milk at that time
is quite apt to cause digestive disor
ders in the colt The foal should be
allowed access to tbe dam's grain la
order that it may learn to eat as
soon as possible. The foal may be
weaned at six months of age, and If
it has previously been eating grain,
no great setback will occur. The mare
can usually be bred with greater cer
tainty of success on the ninth day
after foaling than at any subsequent
date.
Care of the Foal After Weaning.
As exercise is of prime Importance
for the proper development, of young
animals the foal should have pasture
or a paddock in which to exercise. Ac
cess to a barn or shed should be pro
vided as a protection against storms.
The feed of the foal may be similar
to that which the mare was receiving
before the foal was weaned. The
weaned foal should have two to three
pounds of grain per day and what
hay it will eat. A grain mixture con
sisting of two parts of ground oats,
two parts of corn meal and one part
of wheat bran, by weight, may be fed.
If oats and bran are not available
mixture consisting of seven parts corn
meal and one part cottonseed meal
may be substituted. (All of the lcgu-
IN THE MUM BELT
minous hays, if of a good quality, such
as alfalfa clover, and cowpea hay, are
good for the foal. As the foal becomes
older a more liberal grain ration
should be provided. A yearling foal,
to grow properly, will nocd four or flv
pounds of grain per day in addition,
to what hay will be eaten.
There is no single factor in agricul
tural production on the average farm
that is of greater Importance than
good horse or mule power. This pow
er can usually be furnished more
cheaply by the production of needed
animals In that particular locality
than by purchasing them from remote
localities. In home production there
is also the added advantage of pos
sessing animals which are thoroughly
acclimatized. Therefore If you ar
the owner of a good mare do not fall
to breed her either to a good stallion
or a good jack.
If the mare is of the light type,
breed her to a good stallion of one
of the light breeds; and it of a draft
type, breed her to a draft stallion.
The progeny of a light mare bred to a
draft stallion or of a draft mare to
a light stallion is usually a nondescript
that Is not fitted to any particular
field and will not command the price
of either a high-class light or a high
class draft horse. -By the light type
Is meant horses of the Standardbred,
Thoroughbred. American Saddle, and
"similar breeds; by the draft typo is
meant horses of the Percheron, Bel
gian, Shire, Clydesdale and similar
breeds. In breeding to a Jack, mares
of almost any kind may be used If
sound, the best mules, as a rule, be
ing produced from the mares with the
most weight and finish. The produc
tion of interior animals of any kind is
seldom profitable.
The department ot agriculture,
Washington, D. C, will send free of
charge, to anyone who applies, the
following bulletins:
No. 170. Principles of Horse Feed
ing. No. 619. Breeds of Draft Horse.
WATER GLASS AND ITS USE
Solution of Sodium 81licate Is Excel
lent for Preservation of Eggs
Liquid Form Beat.
CBy CHARLES E. FRANCIS, Oklahoma
Experiment Station.)
The chemical name for water glass
is sodium silicate or silicate of soda.
It may be obtained in a granular or
powdered form and' as it Is somewhat
difficult to get into solution I would
advise the liquid form which may be
obtained tor about fifty cents a gal
lon. This is a strong solution, 40-42 de
grees, about the consistency of mo
lasses. The following formula may be used
tr preserving eggs: To ten quarts of
water which has been boiled and
cooled add one pint of water glass
and stir thoroughly.
Place the solution 1 a Jar ot tab
and add the fresh eggs ia suXQcient
quantity to have at least two. laches
of the solution above the eggs. This
quantity should be sufficient for about
five dozen eggs.
Water glass may be bought from
any of the large drug firms.
REDUCE THE COTTON ACREAGE
Everybody Should Raise All the Hay,
Corn, Forage Crops and Garden
Truck Needed by Family.
There Is one easy, simple and ef
fective way to reduce the cotton aer
age everybody plant enough land to
raise all their hay, corn, forage crops
and garden truck. Keep enough
chickens and hogs to supply tbe table
with eggs and meat also raise and
fatten one or more beef animals. With
a few or many acres devoted to these
crops there will be less acres to plant
in cotton and less need of It for the
family living Is largely provided for.
There will be several million bales
of cotton to carry over, and if the
usual acreage is planted the price of
cotton will continue low and tho cost
of living high. Let the South raise
her own food supplies and the cotton
problem will be solved.
Select Good Seed.
Twelve ears of corn will plant an
acre. If one of the planted ears be
"no good," there is a twelfth of an
acre missing.