OtvctM1 to he Interest of 1ho? Who ? J m Till the Soil I ? CONDI 'CTED B* J. M MAO | 1 l ' "~?#S i ?J. ~f Stick to Rotation. Fifteen-cent cotton is a blessinK to the South if it does not cause farmers next year to pant "the whole face of creation" in cotton. If so, it would be in the lon? run a calamity as severe as five and six-cent cotton, because farmers would neglect "hog and hominy" and next year they would be sell ing low cotton to pay high price for hay, hog and hominy. The wise farm er wilt set his pegs to raise a bale of cotton to the acre on a smaller number of acres and raise his own bread and meat. The Monroe Journal thinks the farmers of Union county will not make the mistake of going into the all-cotton mistake. It says:: "It looks like the world will need a 15,000,000 bale crop of cotton next year, and whatever the South in general may do in the way of a big acreage, the farmers of Union county will not Increase much. An unusual proportion of their lands are already sowed in grain crops and they are now too well grounded in the principles of crop rotation to forsake the system for the big price inducement. Besides that, Un ion county will soon be growing near ly twice its present crop of cotton on the same acreage." There is no prospect that the price of things to eat will be low again in this decade, and the farm er who goes in to raising poultry and truck and potatoes and every thing that feeds mankind is the farmer who is most certain of suc cess.?News &. Observer. Tenants and Cropper# Compared. Our firsl year's e*pM^le>uc? with DttgtQ tenants taught o? a right ex pensive lesson. We stood lor Iwo unite*. guano bill, and advanced mon ey for mule feed and provisions for two families. In all, with the rent jr? wpected, It amoa-nted to over $S04.*V After It was too late to remedy the matter for that year wo began to realize what a foolish thinr we had do?o. Tho^n mules were driven night and day. 'or and near, hitched to a sec ona hand buggy, bought on credit. No amount of advising or protesting would make them stay at home and clean out the grassy cotton or plow out the middles of their weedy corn. If there was a picnic or burying with in five miles of them. We tried to encourage them to work by offering to hire them for good wages but they did not feel the need of doing any eittra work, as they had money advanced to buy clothes and plenty of provl siWis The cousetfuenoe was one of the mules had to be taken back to the stable in the fall, besides leav ing a debt on our hands of over $L'00. We decided it would be no better an other year if we kept them, so gave them a chatice to find another place. The one that had to give up the mule did not succeed in finding a place, and it was then getting late, so we offered him a farm on halves, provided he would agree to do the work entirely by our directions, and put in as much time in our crop as ho rotiM Kt>nr?? from his own in nr der to get money to live on. We were firm In denying them a "run," and we doubted having the offer ac cepted, especially when on an in quiry about the privilege they would have with the mule, we told them cone, except to work their crop*. They did accept a farm on halves and set in about the 15th of February to work in earnest. It did us good to see the difference in the way they worked the second year from the first. The crop was planted on time and kept clean and In a grow ing condition from the first. I can't say that our orders were carried out in every detail or without some pro testing from them, but I usualy had the work done according to my di rections as near as one could expect of a negro, unless you could be there to start him off every time, I was not surprised to hear him on different occasions make such re marks as this: "Unk Pos don't plow his cotton but three times and he makes as much as anybody." "I never have plowed cotton that way, bu* I reckon I can." However, it was not long before they could detect the difference by comparing their crops with those tended any old way and the advan tage ours had to others in adjoining fields. In the fall the yield was an unusually large one for them; and tbey set to gathering It with light hearts; ah there watt only half of the guano to pay for, out of their half of the crop. Now they don't mind telling any body that they had more clear money out of that crop than ever before, and that they are not lookliiK for a better place. Hy farming this way we net out of standing for them, and clear an much an would pay a good rental.? M. M. Mlnter In Southern Rurallst. Fertilizer Crazy. A farmer writes to me for formula to make a fertilizer that will give him its to 40 bushels of corn next year on land that he says is run down ho that it will not uiako over five bshculs. Now tills shows the fact that, our farmers are fertilizer cra/.y. There Is no formula that could be devised that would make landj that poor yield a fair crop all at once. It did not get. poor all at once, and it Is not going to Ket rich all at once, no matter how much fertilizer you waste on it. Better put It In peas and let them die on the land and turn them under and sow rye and turn that under in the spring and then with a fair application of phos phoric acid and potash the land will make more com. Then by sowing peas among it and following with winter oats, and the oats with peas, you may gradually get the wasted humus back Into the soil; and by fol'owing a good rotation of crops with plenty of peas and crimson clover, you may finally get heavy crops. To maintain and increase the productivity of our Boll we must nun brains und continuous and wise effort and no spasmodic application of fertilizers is going to do the work for us,?W. F. Ma?*ey, Chamberlain's Cough Kemody Is a very valuable medicine for throat, and lung trouble*, quickly relieves and cures painful breathing and a danger ously sounding cough which Indicates congested lungs. Sold by Hood Bros. About the Gates. MR. MD1TOR: 1 noticed ail edi torial in your paper a few weeks a go relative to the automatic (self opening) gates which the county) com missioners were bo kind as to put up. Among other questions you ask ed, "were they too fragile or too light?" The gates were all right when first put up. though set too near the ground* Now a gate must swing clear, or it will not work. An other thing was that *heu the wheel struck the lever some mud was knocked from the wheel which fell on or under the lever and in a few days there was so much dirt around under the lever that It would not al ways open the gate. The big trouble with the gates was the travellers run ning Into the gate with heavy wag ons. A number of gates were in jured by being run Into by wagons. Had the gates been on plantations they would have lasted for years, for then the owner would have had to bear the loss of a broken gate and would have repimanded the one who ran into It, but, these gates belonged to the county and no one had the right, or cared to incur the illwill of passers by who drove his wagon into it, by reprimanding him or being the prosecutor in a case for injury to a gate. The last gate to give way was broken by the Smithfield road engine. The driver had been warned against running over the lever, but to no effect. The heavy weight broke the lever, the driver laughed and went on. Now the public have to open and shut that gate because of bis carelessness .-tad "don't care." Selma, N. C. SKNKX. selma news. Mr. H. li. Rr.y spent a few days 1 willi his pari ntti nrar Mebane, N. C. ! The Selwa graded schools will op< n again on Thursday Jan 6, 11)10. Sheriff and Mrs. Robert Millard Nowell spent a few daya with Mra. Nowell'a parents at I^ewlaton, N. C., Dr. I'ope of Edlsto island, 8. C., Is on a visit to hla daughter, little Miss Kosa Richardaon I'ope, who | Uvea with her grandparents Mr. and | Mra. Wni Richardson. Mra. B. A. N?-wlH!.d, < ' Oneida. Tenn., la on a vjjilt to her u^vgnter Mra. W. A. Green. Mr. HuKh Mitchlner, of Edenton N. C. Is here on a visit to his parent* Mr. and Mra. J. A. Mitchlner. Mr. Charlie Richardaon, of Goldsbo ro, and Miss Nannie Richardson, of Greenville and here with their par enta for the holidays. Misa Maggie Whitley, who teachea music at Apex, la here for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Allred spent the holidays with Mrs. Allred's par-, enta at Springhope. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Richardson are spending a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clem Richardson. Mr. Clalborn Allred and family and Rev. Mr. Allred, Mr. L. 11. Allred's father are here this week. Mrs. IS I.acy lloge and children, of Charleston S. C. are spending the holidays will) Mrs. Dr. Geo D. Vick. Mr. and Mrs. E. VV. Vlck are spend ing this week with Mrs. Vlck's par ents at New Bern N. C. Mr. Milton Call of Mocksvllle, N. C. Is on a visit to his brother W. H. Call, Esq. Miss. Rena Edgerton of Kenly, is visiting her brother, Mr. N. E. Edgerton. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Pearce have returned from Mount Olive where they have been on a visit to Mrs. I'earce's parents. Dr. H. K. Edgerton and Mr. and Mrs Jno. E. Edgerton who have been on a visit to relatives here and at Kenly have returned to their Tenn essee homes. Rev. J. M. Daniels preached two excellent sermons to large and ap preciative audiences Sunday. Mrs. R. B. Carrlngton is visiting relatives in Virginia. The Hook club will meet with Mrs. W, H. Call next Tuesday afternoon. Mr, Crosa Is here with the V. C. peoplw again. SBNEX. Selina Dec. 30, A Wild Blizzard Raging brings danger, suffering?often d?ath ?to thousands, who take colds, coughs and lagrlppe?that terror of Winter and Spring. Its danger sig nals are "stuffed up" nostrils, low er part of nose sore, chills and fever, pain in back of head, and a throat gripping cough. When Grip attacks, as you value your life, dont delay getting Dr. King's New Discovery. "Ono bottle cured me," writes A. L. Dunn, of Pine Valley, Miss., "af ter being 'laid up' three weeks with Grip." For sore lungs. Hemorrh ages. Coughs, Colds, Whooping) Cough Bronchitis, Asthma, Its supreme. 50c. $1.00. Guaranteed by Hood Bros. A Little Child Passed Away. On January the first the death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Oliver and took from them their baby's soul and bore it to the heaven of rest In the Home Eternal. The dreadful disease pneu monia did its deadly work. All that could be done by kind and loving parents was done, but the All-wise God saw fit to take it to Its last resting place where It will await the final resurectlon morn. May God comfort the bereaved ones and help them to meet their baby In the city of God where it has gone. A little one from them is gone, A voice they loved is still. A place Is vacant in their home ? Which never can be filled. W. K. W. Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, says the tariff Is to blame for the In creased cost of living. Has the tariff question been settled??Chicago Record-Herald. COURSE IN FORESTRY. United States Government to Hold Ranger School at Colorado Springe. ArrinituoM h?\u been uiuda b) lite fulled Hiatea (urernuMBt l".rn operata with the Colorado < oil ? School of Forestry at I in m i Hprmjw lu giving a ft real rang rv roars* during the win tor The cour*. will l>? spartai. covering a period ? ' ten weeks, from Jan 11 to March 1:4 1W10. MLd la plaiiaad to meet the needs of fisest rangers uf district 2, lurlud lug national forest* In Colorado, Wf ouilug. Mouth I >akota, w tern Nobra* kn HUil western Kansas, UmUr cruis er*. >*g1ug superintend?ts. ovun of tlmheete ails and an7 who wlsli to acquire a g?uar?J km irWIfn of Lba principles of tnrmtrj awl lomtMrtnfl. Men from tb? district oSoe of ths forest service at Lieover will be de tailed to assist tb? collage faculty In the Instruction. The tlrst flfteen (lays of the course will be held at the col lege, and the remainder of the course will be given at Manlton park, within the I'lke national forest, where prac tical demonstration will be given and actual work (tone along the lines of Html}'. The Colorado School of For estry owns a 1.8,000 acre tract of tlra berland there and Is equipped with rabins to accommodate the students. A rommlawary will be cuDdm-ted at the park, wIdch will bring the cost of living within tho means of all and encourage attendance of men whose tinanclal ondltlon might otherwise pre\ eilt their taking up the studies. No tuition will lie charged, and the course will be open to forest officers as well as man not In the service who desire to attend. To reward faith ful service anil encourage advance ment among the forest officers each national forest will lie entitled to send oue ranger. The selection of the men will be left to the discretion of the supervisors, who are beet Oited to judKO of a ranger's qualifications for the detail. This course will tie suptilementad by a coarwe of study on tha national foirsta dartn* tha winter. orrftlnad arul cnrrleil ua by tit* aupervlaors. ald?4 by the district office. Kaeb forast iAr? l.i PMU^PC^I wtth a taraat library, and teit l??oks will ba ?twtaJ froaa tlia lltwnry and clrcatatad aiaoaa ttw ran t-TS, arrocapaiited fcy dl?aa*a Tb? cirrukaOoa of tba kaafca wSl ka aya taanaChmBy arraap*4 aa* yaifnai af tha ?urt JmM ky paMMh r? view hi* tha vak MM&TEfl NAVAL tML Faurtaan Inah W?a>?w ta >aa?? tba aaaaalng per formance af tha twa tr?W* Within tka abaa afla limit Kaar AI mhnl Maaon. tke taaliur af tha gar*, ka" Frer i.faara feet. TW kalaaf aUlpa of tba navy will ba e^l|f?l with tbv new fotcrtaaa loch Iran TO HAVE CHlLWlEirS WUifi. Geary* MaanariaJ Being Helped ky Bar* (MK A t?OT and Sid HUBtitary te the Cr?rgm WukM" Memaartal lanrU ttoa ka* taaaa nt?rWn thte re?t?r for the "feweral dUT^skai of Iraowledge" will b? upee^ll y aaaur?l On* whole wing In the grant build ing that nJ' Americans art naked to prat ud jrn la memory at Wnahtng toa as a ? ??4'fnarter* ind a?dtrr>r1'trn for ttie pttxtotlc, sclaptlfle. m*dlcni .rnd art nrganlpatlona of the n?ri n wtll l.c kuiit solely thr"v?h the ?-fft.rts of [lie American roui.gfcterK. who are Itelnii left to Otnclnnatl by his will, probated the othar day. He ?pe<'iflp? that the In ("ome of the eatatr I* to go to hla wid ow while ?he Uvea Th.' fort ;t c pn li ar la never to be dl??nrb?-d aid SIO - 000 la to l*e *penf nnntially to j;Ite banal roncerta to the , nor. Not Sisters Now and again you &ee two women paus ing down the street who look like sisters. You are astonished to learn that they are mother and daughter, and you realize that . a woman at forty or forty-five ought to he at her finest and fairest. Why iso't it so? The general health of woman is so in timately associated with the local health of the essentially feminine organs that there can he no red cheeks and round form where there is female weakness. Women who hire suffered from this trouble hare found prompt relief and cure in the use of I)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It fires vigor and vitality to the organs of womanhood. It clears the complexion^ brightens the eyes and reddens the cheeks. No alcohol, or habit-forming drugs is contained in "Favorite Prescription.'* Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is held an sacredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Addresa: World's Dispensary Medical Association, I>r. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y. yrnrmrrM m~r rrmiTirM mnrwr i?i> . - ?r ii?11 I ELDEP HENRYCUNNSfsSCHAM J ? ? < ?. . .? f * A , ?* - *>> > J For- "Veak, tv-un-Down T eopid. I ?? I was run down and '.vcak from I indigestion and general debility, also B suffered from vertigo. 1 saw a cod B \ liver preparation willed Vinol adver- I ' tised and decided iu give it a trial, B and the results were most gratifying. B After taking two bottles I regained my strength, and am now feeling unusually well." ? HENRY CUNNINGHAM, Elder Baptist Church, Kinston, N.C. Vinol contains the two most world-famed tonics?the medicinal, strengHinrmgnSoSy^unSm^Tlement^^loSrtlver Oil and Tonic Iron. Vinol contains no oil, and is by far the BestStrengthening Tonic^ obtainable. We return your money without question if Vinol does not accomplish all we claim for it. HOOD BROS., Druggists, Smithfield. Mules and Horses > i I have just received a car loah of fine mules and horses, k Come to see them. Prices low ? for cash. Now is the time to buy to save money. > WAGONS AND BUGGIES I have just unloaded two cars ot Piedmont Wagons, one car ot Oxtord Buggies?the very best on the mar ket for the money. FULL LINE OF BUGGY AND WAGON HARNESS EXTRAS See me Before You Buy or Sell Your Cotton Seed GUANO AT ALL SEASONS Alonzo Parrish BENSON, - - - N. Cr I ????III! ? II II ??? ? MM ?? ? | There ?s more | | to a Fertilizer g a than Analyses | PJ The mere mixing of n materials to obtain analy M sis requires no special n knowledge. The value M of a fertilizer lies in the H source from which the . R plant food is obtained. In Each ingredient in n Royster goods is selected M with a view of supplying N the plant from sprouting M until harvest. The plant N is not overfed at one n M time and starved at an K other. Twenty-five PJ M years experience goes with M IN every bag. n PI TRADE MARK n ? f?Oh) n M f.o.R? M M REGISTERED M U Sold by reliable dealers throughout |J the South. Q F. S. Royster Guano Co. Q U NORFOLK, VA. H