POTATO BUGHT.
Does More Damage Than Bugs —
How To Prevent It-
One of the most serious trou
bles the Irish potato grower has
to contend with is the blight.
It attracts less attention than
the potato bug, but does far
more damage, even though the
bug does serious damage when
left alone. This blight is a fun
gus disease and causes the leaves
to turn brown or dark-colored
and they die. Of course, any
thing that kills the whole plant,
as the leaves are necessary to
manufacture the food for the
plant. There is no cure for the
disease. In fact, very few plant
diseases can be cured, but they
can be prevented if you get to
work soon enough. You have
no doubt, noticed your potato
leaves turn dark and die early in
the season and have wondered
why they shou'd die so early.
The majority of our people seem
to have taken it for granted
that it was just time for the
plant to die and give it no fur
ther attention. The result is
that the crop of potatoes is very
often less than half what it
would have been had this dis
ease not appeared. This has
been proved to be the case time
and again by many of our State
experiments stations.
Commence to spray for this
disease as soon as the potatoes
are five or six inches high, as
spraying is the only method of
preventing it. Don't wait until
you see signs of the disease be
fore commencing to spray, as
considerable damage will then
have been done. You will not
lose anything by spraying for
this disease even though the
blight shouldn't appear, as it
has been proved that the spray
ings given Irish potatoes for the
prevention of the blight increas
es the amount of starch in the
potatoes sufficiently to pay for
spraying. So the checking of
the blight is clear profit.
Bordeaux mixture is the sub
stance used to prevent this dis
ease. Give the first application
when the potatoes are five or six
inches high ard repeat the dose
at intervals of two or three
weeks until the plants are about
grown. An ordinary barrel
spray pump is needed for the
work. A bucket or knapsack
spray pump will do if you have
only a few rows of potatoes, but
the barrel pump is necessary if
you are growing more than a
very few rows. Just put the
pump in a one-horse wagon and
drive down the rows, straddling
two rows with the wagon and
the horse walking in between
these two rows. Attach a piece
of hose on either side of the
ROYSTER FERTILIZER
HITS THE SPOT EVERY TIME J!
*1
The explanation is simple;they are
made with the greatest core and jlf 1
eveiyingredient has to pass the 11 ji j|
test of our own laboratories; II j |
theresnolu'tormiss aboutßqyster j / |
Fertilizers. • M Jf it
Sold 3y Reliable dealers Everywhere [J it m
F.S. ROYSTER GUANO C j
Salea Offices Ml ijl
•Norfolk Va. TarboroNC. Columbia S.C. ffl |i
Baltimore Md. _
Macon Ga. Columbus 63; _____
spray pump and a double nozzle
on the end of each piece of hose.
Let one man pump and drive and
two men carry the two lengths
of hose, each man spraying two
rows of potatoes and walking
along behind the wagon and not
to one side of it. In this way a
large field may be sprayed in a
very short time. On an average
two barrels of the mixture will
spray an acre of potatoes.
Bordeaux mixture is made as
follows : Put 5 pounds of cop
per sulphate (bluestone) in a
coarse sack and suspend it in a
vessel containing 4 or 5 gallons
of warm water. Suspend it in
such a way that it is barely un
der the surface of the water,
as it will dissolve more rapidly
this way than if allowed to rest
on the bottom of the vessel. In
another vessel slake 5 pounds of
stone lime and then add enough
water to make it a thin, milky
substance. Now pour these two
substances into a barrel. Three
persons are needed right at this
point, as the two solutions should
be poured into the barrel at the
same time, and the third person
should stir the solution vigorous
ly while they are being poured
into the barrel. After this is
done, pour in enough water to
make 50 gallons, stir it thorough
ly for a few minutes, then strain
into spray barrel or tank and it
is ready for use.
Reply To Miss Bettie Ann Bunker.
Rocky Bluff, April 15.
Hello, Miss Bettie Ann Bunker!
Here comes a perfect little
1 brunette, aged G7, weight 109,
height 4ft, 3 in. If I could stand
erect I would be over 5 ft, white
head, grey eyes, bent back and
lam considered to be a hand
some blonde. After reading
your ad in the Reporter I just
considered you to be my ideal as
you say you can plow. I Em
a good housekeeper and you may
take charge of the field. It will
suit me exactly for you to be my
plow boy. as I am getting old
and feeble. Old buck walks a
little to fast for me.
I own a log cabin, an ox and
three cats, two chicks, one pig
and a little 3 acre farm. Now,
if I am your ideal just drop me
a nice letter and your photo en
! closed, and after we are engaged
I will send you my photo, if I
can get 25cts to pay the photo
grapher, but I may sell my pig.
Now, Miss Becky Ann, don't be
backward but write to this
i brunette, and receive a jolly re-
I ply. I did expect to inherit, but
II failed I believe in the golden
; rule if I don't follow it. Awaiting
your reply.
MOSSY BILL.
Best brown chop $1.75. Boy
les Mercantile Co.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
OUR FARMERS? I
Why Do They Almost Invariably
Vote Against Bond Issues and
Special Taxes For Good Roads.
Union county, North Carolina,
| held an election last month on
| the question of bonds for road
| improvement and the majority
! against the bonds was over- j
j whelming. While the towns
!and villages voted for the bonds
j the country folks came out
strong against the proposition.)
j Why?
Anson county North Carolina,
voted a few months ago on a j
i bond issue for roads and the i
i same thing happened there.
| The proposition was turned down
by a big majority and that ma- j
j jority came from the country j
I townships. Why?
Orange county, North Caroli
-1 na, a few weeks ago carried a
, bond issue of $250,000. But for
j the practically unanimous vote
( cast in the towns, the issue
1 would have lost. The farmers
iof the county were against the
' proposition and fought it bitter
ly. Even now they refuse to
give up the fight and have start
ed a suit to declare the election
; invalid.
1 A few days ago the editor of
' the Greensboro News, comment
ing on the road situation in
Guilford county, said that the
bond issue in his county would
, not have carried but for the vote
l of the people in Greensboro and
; the smaller towns of the county.
We could fill a page with in
stances of this sort. Every
; where it is the same story. The
: people of the towns who pay
1 from 75 to 90 per cent of the
: taxes, always favor bond issues
for the building of good roads,
j The people of the country, dis
tricts, who use the roads everv
; day in the year and who endure
; the hardships and losses incident
;to bad roads, must be coerced
i into building roads. To be sure,
: after they have once had a taste
of it, and have become inoculat
jed with the good roads germ,
i they "do about," but they are
j invariably hard subjects to work
ion.
i
| What is the matter with our
1 farmers? To be sure they are
the back-bone of the country,
guardians of our liberty, and all
of the many fine things that in
sinuating office-seekers went out
j into the by-ways and hedges to
I garner in the votes of the "dear
|peepul." They are the "sterl
| ing patriots" and the "horny
! handed sons of toil on whom our
| entire fabric of government de
! pends," but it has been our ex
! perience that when the time
j came to strike the first blow for
real progress, the farmer was
not on the job.
We are not inclined to be
pessimistic, however, for the
indications are that a new era is
dawning. In all parts of the
south there are strong, level
headed farmers that stand for
all that is good in their commu
nities and who are doing all in
their power to secure better
roads, better schools and better
farming methods and these will
not always he in the minority.
The people of the towns and
cities will not always have to
take the initiative in securing
improvements, nor will those
who desire the adoption of pro
gressive methods have to de
pend solely on the towns and
cites of the country for support.
Meanwhile, office-seekers and
newspapers should recognize the
fact that the farmer is no better
than anybody else and stop tell-1
ing him that he is boss of the ;
universe. Some of them have
heard it so often that they have '
actually come to believe it and
there was never a bigger mis
take in the world. The farmer
is neither better nor worse than
the man who drives an engine,
an automobile or a typewriter.
All of us—artisan, mechanic,
farmer, professional man,
tradesman, are dependent one
upon another and our interests
are the same in the end. What
benefits the city dweller benefits
the farmer either directly or in
directly and the farmer shares
his blessings and his misfor
tunes, whether he wants to or
not, with his brethern in town.—
Southern Good Roads Magazine.
WHY HE WAS LATE.
"What made him so late?"
"I met Smithson."
"Well, that is no reason why
you should be an hour late get
ting home to supper."
"I know, but I asked him how
he was feeling, and he insisted
on telling me i.b u his stomach
trouble."
"Did you tell him to take
Chamberlain's Tablt-rs?
"Sure, that is what he needs."
Sold hv all dealer.
A big lot u: shoos and slippers
Price from s2.'id t;> .>'4.o". will
begin at • : 2.• :0. Then every pair
sold will be one cent cheaper. I
mean to close them out. VV. E.
Butner.
Mr. 3. K. Ivcy, Marion, N.C.. writ's* : Q
"My horse had a verybad case nfwurin B
and ni't'iinjj did any good until I trlvi! your B
Mustang Liniment. I rubbed tl.e >] ;.\ln B
frequently with the liniment and tun n *i;\v B
an improvement. I did this three or f« ur fl
times a day and my home whs completely B
cured. It is sure to cure if properly used. B
IFOR HORNET STINGS. I
Mr. S. J. Hudson, Newbern, N.C. writes t
44 1 have used Mexican Mustang Lini- B
mentfor different ailments and have found B
it an excellent liniment. At one time my B
mnrewas badly stung by hornets but your B
liniment quickly cured her. I have reeom- B
inended it to others hundreds of times."
25c.50c.$labottl«at Drue & Gen'l Stores I
CURES SWINNEY.
Mr. R. S.Shelton, Hill. N.C., writes:
[ used Mexican Must. in# I.ininent on
,-i \ei \ valuable horse i f > • amy ard it
e-ivi d it. I always keep it in r \ stable and
think it the best liniment I". »r rubs and j*nl!s"
It i no ulcntnJ c.tul so ctintmt
sti: i r /" i.'isea of often w utul* or burns,
Souilus and cools ul once. Just try it.
For BURNS and BRUISES. I
Mr. W.V. Clifton, RaUigh, N.C, wrilMi I
"I keep a bottle of Mexican Muitang I
Liniment in mv house continually for Ken- ■
eral uk. It it the flaett thinf( in the world ■
for Cuts, Burns and Bruises."
2Sc. 50c. $1 a bottla at Drus & Can'! Storai I
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Saunders, j
of Winston-Salem, spent a few
days at their cottage at Pied
mont Springs this week, return
ing home Tuesday. They were
accompanied by Miss Minnie
Allen, of Winston-Salem. Mr.
and Mrs. Saunders expect to re
turn to their cottage in May to
spend the summer.
Mr. Odell Jones has returned
from Walnut Cove where he has
been attending school.
i-AXii s\u:.
IS.v virtue •if tin* authority of a
iltMMvc of tin' Superior Court of
Stokes county tvimli'lvil It.v thi-t It-rk
of t In- Superior ourt ofStokrsruiin- \
t.v ill tin- ease elltitleil Nalley .1.1
Stewart et al vs. .lolin A. IJeiil et al, |
appoiutiiiK't he
iiiissioiier to make sale of the lii'iv-.
Inafter ileserllieil lamls. I will on
Moiiihty, June the.'inl, l'.tli', at the
eonrt houseiloor in the town of l>nn
hury. N. sell at plllilieauetioll to
the highest Milder for cash the iles
erllieil lamls to wit :
A eertain tract of Inml containing
ll' acres lyinir ami heinu 1 in tiie coun
ty of Stokes anil state of North
Carolina 011 Mlackey's liriinch, ami
bounded as follows to wit: lleyin
ninjiut a post oak in James Moore's
former line, north 011 his former line,
24 poles to a small Muck kuui. Knst
so jiolch to a Spanish oak in \V. P.
Keiil's former line, south-4 poles ton
post oak W. 1\ Itehl's former line
corner, west M) poles on his former
line crossing a lirauch to the lieuln
iiiK, adjoining tile lamls of Zeli.
Martin and others, and fully deserllied
in a K'rant from the state of North
Carolina to W. I'. Held which appears
of record in the office of the Itcu'lster
of Deeds of Stokes County In Book
No. Ispayel-'is.etc., to which reference
is hereto made for further descrip
tion. Sale subject to the confirma
tion of tile court. This April Isth,
J. I>. IH'MPIIItKYS.
Commissioner.
NOTICE OF ENTKY OF LANI>.
Notice is hereby yiven that Ollie
11. Kiser, has this day entered
acres of land in I (anbury Township,
Stokes County. N. C., on the waters
of llamrinu; itoek Creek, adjoining
the iaiiils of J. Tise, M. T.Chilton,
A. \V. I'a vis, N. (>. I'etree. anil
others. This the l:sth day of April,
Hill'.
W. C. SLATK.
Iteyister of Heeds and ex. ollicio
entry-t.iker {■»r ■ ikes ('iX, i
M A STERS
X RAPID
\jJjM PUN! SETTER
• ffi" is,ilist assiapleiis
The Hoe or
; f j the Spade
! ft#,' 1 lr 1 oil every well
f I liiananeil farm.
; m / and for setiiim
' W / "lit all kinds of
11m';. j plants, such as
/ Tomatoes. Cab
i fljiv f bage, Tobacco.
\ j Sweet Potatoes.
I there is nothing
]/ lo'iinal it in the
uetier wn'rUthaii
wPt I can lie done b\
lmiiil nml more
tlmu twice as!
/ EVERY FARMER
Should buy and use this Setter. No
stooping, no lame backs, but straight
ahead easy pleasant work. Write
us at once for testiinoiiials and full
jiarticulars. Answer today.
R. T. BECK & CO.
General Agents.
Germanton, N. C.
Laffargue
PIANO
Excells in Purity of Tone and
Durability of Construction.
Catalogue Free-
Write Department S.
R. J. BOWEN & BRO.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
We carry a complete Hne of
Edison Phonographs and Re
cords. Write for catalogue of
new records.
Page 7
j NOTICE OK SALE.
By virtue ofannuthoritycoiiveycd
111 a certain ileeil of trust executed to
C. °iuii|>l>eli. trustee, by .lolin
Owens and Thenie, his wife, on the
i-.'itii day of Nov.. l'.tio, and recorded
in the otlice of tile lteyister of Heeds
of Stoke* eounty, X. c.. in book of
mortgages No. .11 page 751 ami tile
conditions therein not having' been
complied with, at tin' request of the
holder thereof I, C, iI nlupbeil,
'i'rustei', will sell for cash to (he
highest bidder at the residence of
John Owens, on tin l premise* of
said lands in Stokes County. N.
at il'o'clock ni. on Saturiia.v, April.
I' 7. lid J. 11n- following described real
csta te si! liatcil in Stokes colltit.V. N.
• ill Quaker iap township
and described as follows: Adjoining
tile lands of I'etcr slate. Thompson
Itiwrs and others and bounded
as follow: Beginning at a small
persiiuiiioii liusii i*uniii dn West
to I'eter Slate's line, thence Willi his
line to ('ieiiinioii Heartnin's eorner,
thence with his line to Thompson
Buyer's line, thence with his line to
I'.oli Ward's corner, thence with his
line to the h.-yiuniiig, containing
acres more or less.
This March I'lllli, lull'.
c. c. CAMI'IiKLI,.
Trust. ; .
NOTICE OR SALE.
i'tider and b.v virtue of the power
conferred in a certain 1 iced of Trust
executed to tue oil the I'l'lid day of
Any. lull, by 'l'. J. 11utchciis and
wife, ilattie V. iiutcheiis. ami duly
recorded in the otlice of Begistcr of
Heeds of Stokes County, llook .W.
I'aye l.'i'. the terms of which not
haviny been complied with. 1 shall,
iti the town of Danbury, X. ('.. at
the court house door at 1 o'clock I'.
M. on May liitli, lull', sell for cash to
the iiiyliest bidder the followiny de
scribed tract of land: iyiny and be
ing ill Stokes County. North Caroli
na and beiny the interest of T. .1.
llntcheiis in his father's estate
known as the.l. 11. liuteheiis tract
of land, bounded as follows:
On the North by the lands of .1. W.
Hutclietis: on the west by the lands
of W. E. Rhode*; on the South by
the lands of Sarah .1. llutchcus,
I ilec'd: and on the East by
the lands of Sarali .1. Hutclietis.
dee'd. containing U4 acres, more or
less.
This 12th day of April, lid-.
J. o. KAUSDALE,
Trustee.
.1. M. Sharp, Att'.v.
XOTICE OK SALE,
rniler and by virtue of the power
vested In me by the terms of a cer
tain Heed of Trust executed to me
onthcJiith day of July. l'Jll. by
linker Martin, and duly recorded in
the otlice of Register of Heeds of
Stokes County, Hook "> payc l.'ll.
the terms of which not having been
coiiiplieii with, i sluill. iu the town
i if Danbury. X. •at the court house
door at 1 o'clock. i\ M . May l:>tli,
lull', sell for cash to tile liiyliest bid
der. the following described tract of
land. Iyiny and beiny in Stokes
County. V c., adjoining the lands of
liid Huniap and others, and being
the lands purchased i'.v linker Mar
tin from 1 'hil I'.ililes, and Hilly .
and others on which he i linker Mar
tin' now lives said tract coutaininy
about -."iii acres.
Tills the il'tli d iv of April, lull'.
J. M. sli VKI'.
Trustee.
State ot' North Carolina. [
Stokes County. \
To whom this may concern :
This is to notify the public and
all persons interested that my
wife Julia Iv Hairston has sepa
rated herself from me and is
now living separate and apart
from me. without any just
ground for abandoning me, and
this is to notify all persons that
I will not pay any debt that my
said wife may undertake to
charge me with, and I will not
in any way be responsible for her
debts or contracts
Pine Hall, N C. April lltb,
1912.
WM. L. HAIRSTON.
>.' >TICE.
Having duly iunlfti*'d as executor
of the last will and testament of
I'etcr K. overby. deceased, notice
is hereby given to all persons hold
ing claims against t lie estate of the
said I'eter K. overby, to present
them to me for payment, duly
authenticated, on or by the Ist day
of April, i'.d:', or this notice will lie
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate are
j respect fully re«|tiested to make ini
j mediate settlement of same with
me.
I This the 14 day of Mar. 11111,
ii. K. OVEIMIY.
Executor of I'. K. Overby.
I'ost otlice, Stuart Va.. Routed.
| N. o. I'etree. Atty. for Ex.
NOTICE !
ilavinyduly |n.-i 1 ili-d as adminis
trator Upon tin' estate of Will. M.
lleatil. deceased, notice is hereby
'given to all persons holding claims
against t'.e said Win. M. Heath, to
present them t.• me for payment.
duly authenticated, on or by the
Ist day of April, l'.d:!. or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their iv
covery. All persons indebted to
said estate are hereby respect fully
ii >i I nested to make immediate pay
ment to tile.
This the I'Uth day of March, l'Jll'.
S. L. HOLLAND, Ad'mr.
I'. «>. Mlzpali. N. C., Route 1.
X. O. I'etree, Atty. for Admr.
The wonder lamp 6 times the
volume of light for one sixth the
cost $3.50 for a few days only.
W. E. Butner.