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I HE FOREMAN SYSTEM.
Last week I wrote 011 renting
out land. This week I shall sug
gest a better plan to all who are
prepared to take ad vantag^ of it.
The man who rents out his land
has to keep the buildings and
fences repaired, the ditches open,
and in many cases he has to take
the land about every three years
and improve it so that somebody
will rent it. In most cases he has J
to furnish the tenant with stock,
fuel, provisions and fertilizers.
If the crop comes in short the
land owner has to lose.
Fully half the tenants who are
farming are notable to farm and
would be better off working for
wages. If there is a substantial
reason for a man taking a farm I
he should have it, but many who
go out to rent can say nothing j
more than that they can work.
It is safer and better for a man
to invest a little more money and {
cultivate the farm himself. This
is true if a man knows how to
farm and if he does not know low
he had better sell out and quit.
lie your own foreman as far as
von ( in. In ell cases when you !
cannot look aft r cverv detail of I
the work put Home one else in ;
olmty . You might lind that one
of your hands could carry on
things in your* absence. If you
have as much as a three-horse
crop it will pay you to hire a
foreman and pur, hi in in charge
utile s you can look after it your
self. You can tell him what you
want done and let liini work and
direct the work of others.
The foreman system is general
in many places but has not been
the plan in this section to any
considerable extent. I know
some of the best and most suc
ce -f.il farmers who follow this
plan altogether. If they buy
land to rent out the first thing
done is to secure some one as
foreman of thefarm to look after
things. Sometimes the foreman
farms and looks after the balance
of the land for a small salary. I
know of hundreds who have lost
all they had by not, haviiur some
body to look after things.
The point I am trying to make
in writing this piece is that there
should be a head to every farm
and that farming as well as other
enterprises should be conducted
on business principles If the
store needs a head salesman, if
the ginnery needs a manager, if
the mill needs a superintendent, if
the family needs a head, if the
church needs a pastor, if the
country needs a government, j
then it seems to methat the farm I
needs a head, orforeman.
? Farming: in North Carolina.
North Carolina farmers have
Accomplished great things in cer
tain lines in spite of great diffi
culties. In the western part of
the State an improving farmer
wrote that he had been trying to
follow the plans I have so often
tried to detail in these columns
He said that he had made 75
bushels of oats per acre and had
gro wn on the same lp.nd after the
oats were off two tons of cow-pea
hay per acre worth $15 per ton.
Talk about North Carolina not I
being able to com pete with states1
north of us! Our farmers hardly |
begin to realize the capacity of
the soils of the State. In eastern
North Carolina last fall a field
was plowed late and sown to
wheat the middle of December
and the crop was over 30 bushels
per acre or double the average
of the great wheat states of the
north west. The late Governor
Holt made a little less than 50
bushels of wheat per acre in
Davidson county, and the bulle
tin of the Cornell experiment sta
tion says that on lands in New
York immediately adjoining the
farm of the University they make
eight bushels per acre. In Ohio
this year they are getting G to 8
cents per pouudforcigar wrapper
tobacco grown on land worth ten
times what North Carolina to
bacco lands are worth and by
labor a great deal more costly,
while there have been sales of
North Carolina wrappers this fall ^
at 54 cents per pound. When the
President of the North Carolina
College of Agriculture talks about
his State not being able to com
pete with those north of us in
agricultural production he fails
to realize the capacity of the soil
of his native State. Ourgrowers
are competing and with a greater 1
agricultural education we would i
be able to comjietein all the crops |
of the climate
We have the varied soil, the ;
finest of climates and a wonder
ful series of products. We need i
more enthusiasm foragncultural i
education, more faith in North
Carolina soil an 1 more effort on <
the part of the railroads to de- ?
velop the State. We need to '
keep more of our bright voung
men at home to build up the
State instead of sending them all
over the country to shipyards i
and factories of other States, i
The wealth of North Carolina is 1
in her soil. Agriculture must for !
all time be the leading pursuit of: 1
her people, and the more mills M
there are built the more need there: l
is for farm improvement for the
people taken from the farms to
the factories must be fed, and the
young men who are trained to i
grow the products to feed them
will be in a better position to i
help the State than if they had
gone hunting for places in the <
shipyards and shops of other
States.?W. F. Massey.
Timely Suggestions.
Stern, cold, unfeeling winter is i
now upon us. It lias set in with
unusual severity in France, Eng
land and the United States of i
America. Her snowy mantle lias
already spread itself over all the
North. We of the South are not
as yet, snowed under, hut the
chilling blast of winter's breath j
has greeted us and warned us.
What shall we do now? This
is an important question. Each
season brings its appropriate
work. !
The fall has been passinglovely.
Long continued sunshine has
hastened to maturity the crops
of all kinds. The springand sum
mer had been late, wet and cool.
The crops were slowin maturing.
Cotton was particularly lale.
Hut October and November sun
shine hastened to maturity the
early and the late. The crop has
been gathered under the most
favorable conditions Most of
it lias been marketed as fast as it
w'as picked.
The price has been kept down
by the extra heavy receipts. Now
it is nearly all gone from the pro
ducers' hands. Will weever learn
the folly of over-selling? The
farmere lose millions of dollars
every fall simply by selling too
fast.
Such has been the eagerness to
pick and market the cor ton that
very many have failed to sow
grain at the right time. To such
the old adage "better late than
never," may perhaps apply.
Sometimes late grain succeeds.
Generally it fails.
Hut a more serious matter is
the half-way preparation that
has been given to much land
sown to grain. This has been an j
ideal fall for deep plowing and j
thorough pulverization with ,
rollers and narrows. Hut very U
many have been too busy with I j
cotton to do this work as it j j
ought to be done.
A ljc-nau^ vm 131 rni'i ram PiiAnu.'v. ^
Through all the vicissitudes of ,
wind and rain, one thing has .
shown itself everywhere. I'hor- j;
ough preparation, subsoiling and ,
harrowing havepaidonall crops, j ?
Where the hard-pan has been |j
broken, the excess of water has I <
rapidly sunk into the subsoil and
left the soil in better condition i
than where this work had not been j 1
done. When the dry weather ;
came these fields have supplied
the needed moisture from below.
Consequently the crops on these
fields are good. Never was the
thorough preparation put to a
severer test and never has it been
more triumphantly vindicated.
These farms are not washed.
The manure and fertilizers have
not been carried off and the
owners have been paid for all time
and exjiense in doing good work.
We urge any farmer to use every
suitable day before the winter
rains and freezes set in. Plow and
plow deep. The soil once made
deep is easily kept so.
Look after the comfort of your
stock for the winter. It never
pays to let an animal suffer from
cold. Iiook after yourstalls and
your supply of bedding. Save
all the solid and liquid droppings
in the same way. Keep all ma
nure under cover until ready to
be spread upon the fields.
Spreading on freshly plowed
or harrowed fields is better than
composting. Keep fire out of
your fields. Keep all vegetable
matter to plow in.?Jas. B. Ilun
nicutt in Southern Cultivator.
NEARLY 400 CHARTERS.
Total Aurthorized Stock $26,458,385
?Interesting Figures Gathered
trom Report oT Secretary
ot State.
The authorized capital stock of
the companies gran ted articles of
incorporation in the State the
past year, is #26,458,385.
About 5175 companies were
granted artidesof incorporation.
Including those that amended
their charters the total number
ax-cede 400.
These facts appear in the report
of the Secretary of State, lion.
J. Bryan Grimes. The report,
which is for the fiscal year ending
November 510th, 1901, will soon
be completed.
There were three companies
authorized to issue $1,000,000
in capital stock, which is the
limit allowed by the laws of the
State. These were the Farrish
Stafford Campbell Company of
Greensboro and the Norwood
Cigar Company and the Farmers
National Fertilizer Company of
Baieigh.
The companies that led in the
amount of actual paid in stock
were as follows: The Hall Marble
Company of Murphy, $200,000;
The Balsam Mountain Lumber
Company, $250,000; the Wells,
Whitehead Tobacco Company of
Kinston, $100,000; the Trapp
Long Company of Charlotte,
$100,000; the Hadley Smith
Company of Mount Airy, $100,
X) 0.
The Legislature also chartered
11)0 companies at the last ses
sion.?News and Observer.
Saved at Grave's Brink.
"1 know I would longago have
been in inv grave," writes .Mrs.S.
U. Newsom. of Decatur, Ala., "if
it had not been for Electric Hit
ters. For three years I suffered
untold agony from the worst
forms of Indigestion, Water
brash, Stomach and Dowel Dys
pepsia. Hut this excellent medi
cine di<l me a world of good.
Since using it I can eat heartily
ind have gained 35 pounds.
For indigestion, loss of appetite,
i to much, liver and kidney trou
iles, Electric Hitters are a posi
tive, guaranteed cure. Only 50c.
it Hood Hros. drug store.
A Loyal and Patriotic Service.
This is a day of history-mak
ng in North Carolina; not in the
lense that the times are pro
iucing events of startling mo
ments, but that materials for
listory are being gathered and
preserved as never before, and
naterials already at hand are
jeing searched, sifted and verified
is never before. What is called
'he country newspaper is a pow
erful factor in this renaissance,
ind as often as the country news
japer or any other newspaper
niidishes an authenticchapter of
ocal history it is doing a loyal
md patriotic service to its com
nunity and to the State.?Gas
onia Gazette.
You Know What You are Taking.
When you take Grove's Taste
ess Chill 1'onie because the torrn
lla is plainly printed on every
lottle showing that it is simply
Iron and Quinine in a tasteless
orm. No Cure, No Pay. 50c.
Lenoir News: A private letter
rom Watauga informs us that
>1(1 Uncle Harrison Aldridge has
vcently killed a large bear, niak
ng the 114th for him lie is 78
rears old and is very fond of hunt
ng his favorite game, the bear,
n the foot hills of the Grand
ather Mountain.
In Arkansas vast belts of forest
ands still lie untouched by the
ix of the woodman.
How's jiujK
Yoiir JM
STOMACH ?
Does II properly Digest wholesome
end nvitrltiovjs food?
Good Digestion '? necessary to
? perfect health.
Perfect health is essential to happi
aess.
If Bytpepsia hat a hold npoa yon,
yen are unfit for tile's wark. Cast
of this dread disease.
Coleman's Guarantee
wilt positively enre all lortns ef in
digestion ana dyspepsia. Hundreds
of users attest its en estiva powers. It
will do for you what it has done for
others. One dose gives relie/.
PRICE 60c. A BOTTLR.
U ever drags 1st doesnt sell H set another
dusitil.
C01E1H REM EOT C0H Istrffs, ft., 0. I. L
For Sale by Hood Brothers.
And Benson Drug Company.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news- ]
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful i
cures maae d y ur.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
It is the great medi
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
Dr. Kilmer, the emi
nent kidney and blad
der specialist and is
wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
< bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper |
who have not already tried it, may have a j
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book I
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to j
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address^ to
regular fifty cent and Hon* of BS?mp-Koot.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
MOVED
To Brick Store,
We have moved across the j
railroad to the new brick build
ing near the Selma Manafac
ti l ing Co. We .hall keep h
complete line of
GROCERIES, FRUITS,
CONFECTIONERIES
AND VEGETABLES.
Canned Goods for sale. Coun
try Produce a specialty. Cogie
and see us at our new stand.
J. M. VINSON 81 CO.,
Selma. N. C.
i July 1-t'"
Winter Goods.
j I carry a full line of
Dry Goods, Shoes,
Notions, Hats,
Tinware, Groceries,
Canned Goods,
j and will sell cheap for cash.
Good Shoes a
Specialty. JY
Country Produce bought for
| cash or barter. Don't forget me
when you come to town.
J. W. CANADAY,
N24?lm BENSON. N. C.
|
STORE AND DWELLING
FOR SALE.
A desirable store and dwell
ing house and lot for sale, or
! will exchange for a farm. The
j store room is 20x36. The
i dwelling attached has four
rooms all well finished. The
| house is situated in a desirable
; part of the town of Selma.
Apply to
Mrs, J, E. Creech,
O30-2m Selma, N. C.
FURNITURE
SOLD FOB CASH OIt ON
THE INSTALLMENT
PLAN.
I BUGGIES
Sold for cash or on one or two
years' time. Next door to Cot- '
ter, Underwood & Co.
J, A, Morgan,
021* SMTlilHLD, N.?.
DON'T FORGET
The Big Racket Store
When you Come to Town.
Here you can find almost any little thing you want. 1 am selling out my sum
you some bargains. My line Fall and Winter Goods of Shoes
going at near cost. NEW GOODS COM'XG IN DAILY.
LOOK AT THESE PUK ES.
Soap at 2, 3. 4, 6 and 10 cents cake.
Needles, 1 to 5 cents paper.
Hose 4 to 15 cents per pair.
Gloves 15 to 50 cents per pair.
Suspenders 5 to 50 cents.
Laces and Embroideries, Combs and Brushes.
HEAVY UNE OF DRY GOODS. LADIES AND GENTS' UNDERWEAR
CHEAP. BIG LOT CROCKERY AND TINWARE.
Nice Jewelry. Nice 1< t French Candy just received. Call to see my stock. I
can save vou in ney
W. H. PEACOCK,
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
Hardware.
F"Itz Lee and Wetter Stoves
KOK COOKING AND HEATING.
Big stock of Farm Implements, Carpenters' Tools, Builders'
Material, Cutlery, Tinware, Crockery, Paints, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, &c., always on hand
GOOD STOCK OF GUMS OF THE BEST MAKES.
We Have Taken out License to Sell Pistols.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS,
We are prepared to give you wholesale prices on Nails by
the keg, Tinware, Cobblers' Shoe Nails, Axes, S. & W.
Cartridges
Everybody asked to come and trade with us.
Clayton Hardware Company,
C. W. CARTER, Owner and Proprietor,
Dio?rf. CLAYTON, N. C.
1 W!nter Goods. %
Sj ? 3
Jj] Big scoek of Dry Goods, Dress Goods and Trimmings, ^
jS NOTIONS AND HATS. 5
jri Shoes to lit and suit everybody. Dress Shoes a jg
? specialty.
I? CioiiEiog (or (Sen, 8?ys aid Children S*
fi ? IS
It will please you in quality and price. ?
The ladies are invited to examine our new millinery. jg
Jf For the next 60 days we shall sell many goods at %
2 cost in order to reduce our stock. All goods sold at 5
J reduced pri< es. Now is your time to get bargains. Jg
I SEIH Mm & BROTHER, %
* BENSON, N. C. *
* N28?lm 5
When in need of^?
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS
ANDGENERAL MERCHANDISE
call to tee us. We carry Dress Goods,
Flannels, Ready Made Waists and Skirts.
CLOTHING, OVERCOATS,
Pants. Hats, Caps, Shirts,
Collars, Cuffs, Ties.AAA;
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers.
We have a line of Rugs from 75c. to $2.50.
Trunks from G5c to $8.00.
We Carry Furniture
UP STAIRS.
Before buying, call on us. We will make prices very low.
Yours for business,
z-^ETHEREDGE & HATCHER,
I)12-2vr SEL/Vlfl, IN. C.
COTTON IS HIGHER
BUT PRICES ARE AWAY
DOWN AT
Hall's Hardware
House.
Ses them opening their new line of Hard'
ware, Stoves, Ranges, North Carolina Made
Harness, Rubber and Gandy Belting.
Pure Buck Lead, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Etc. Thanking you for your custom,
E. L. HALL, B