I* ▲ • ▲ A W. F. MARSHALL, Editor end Proprietor. VOL. XXVII. i '*• 4 44 44 4 44 44 4 4 4 4 HMHSStoc,,j^i ^ *l*on»ne'* wheel tariuhent tnrlilm 4 11 mm but knew U— Who »lw«n Mil*. wll.li ell bl* elm. 4* HI* nhoaUler to It.’’ 4 4 I tAnd the main Impetus of making the wheel of Fortune roll the way you want it is Saving. ’T’ ^ nut there arc wujm and ways of Having. 4 ^ Pepwltwi Receive Ivtry Cs«Mtr»Mst 4 t CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK t 4* 4 444 44 444 4 4 4^44444444 44 PIOTECT TBE BIBB'S NEST. Parents Should see to il Thai Children ore not Allowed lo Boatroy the Bide ol Sond Birds and Insect Eotora. frwraaiv* Hirntr. Messrs. Kditors; This morn ing with the first streaks of dawn, there awoke abont almost every home ol a Progressive Farmer reader the sonpa of numerous birds; for this is not only tbe spring of tbe year with tbe fruit grower, tbe farmer and the fisherman, bat it is the spring of tbe wild things as well. It is now that there is being constructed ou every hand numerous examples ol that wonderful type of architecture which no man can duplicate, namely, tbe bird neat. Kycry nest ia the centre of interest and devotion of a pair of the hap piest and most usefnl of God’s wild creatures. Tbe neat ia not built as a home in the sense of a restiug and sleeping place for birds, but ia made as a safe de pository for the eggs and a candle for tbe young. T presume that ever aincc civilized bov first walked the earth and watched the birds as they sang and luved and built their nests there hu been a feeling in the embryonic mascu line brain that it was good to rifle the nests of their contents. This sort of vandalism seems occasionally to be «o deeply im planted in the mind of a boy that in mature years the Inst for un necessary slaughter still abides with him. Some years ago the writer taw a man twenty-one years old ahoot a mother robin as she sat on her nest. Chancing to pass that way two days later. I found the remains still in place on the nest, the bead banging down ward over the rim, swinging desolately in the evening winiT Curiosity led me up the tree and out the long limb to the nest. Then I discovered that when death came to the bird she was brooding her newly batched yonng. To these, however, I death had now mercilessly come and the ants were doing the rest. I inquired carefully into the • home training of the man be hind the gitn, and learned that at the age of twelve he began a collection of bird eggs with two or three companions and bad patrolled the neighborhood with great care, robbing every nest which could be found; even those eggs which bore evidences of being so far advanced in in cubation that it was impossible to blow the contents through the small holes made at either end of the egg. were also taken —the boys explaining that if they took these, the birds would build another nest and the next time tbev could »«i eggs for their collection. Hit accumulation of egga did not bear the lcaat evidence of haviusr been gathered by scientific methods. They were not even gathered in "clutches;" there was no record of the loca tion of the nest, number of egg* which the nest contained, stuic of advancement of the incuba tion, material* of which the neat was composed, habits of the birds, and other data, alw^vr carefnliy preserved in acietmrii. collections. The boy apiinreut ly had no real love for tkia work, his chief object beinfp to gather more eggs than his rivals. The collection, of coarse, was soon deprived of his care; mice got to thetu and ate the shells. Now, when he waa grown to a man this destructive instinct which he had so much cultivated caused hltn to take pleasure in socb wanton cruelty ae shooting a parent bird on its neat. This boy’s parents always alio wad bin to rob the nests of bird* or •boot tbe old ones at pleasure, not reallslag the hardening effect which such a life was having on the seusibilities of tbeir child. What chance is there of culti vating in the mind of a boy, thus trained, auy appreciation for the high and beautiful thiuga of life? Aside from the evil which a boy like this does to his own character, he also great ly wrongs the community by wantonly destroying the lives of useful birds. The robin belongs to the thrush family, all the representatives of which are widely known for their value as destroyers of insects and nrc more or less famed for the beauty of their song. The above is but one example of thousands of instances which occur every spring in North Carolina and throughout the South. The dhief reason for this useless destruction of bird life by destroying tbeir uests, is due to the thoughtlessness of parents. • So many people do not stop to think that the bird has a place on the farm and a work to do, otherwise God would have not placed it there. * The State Andnbon Society baa published and distributed thousands of leaflets giving de tailed information regarding the i ncr hiKila a rw4 fha nmaM value of our common bird* of the State. These leaflets may be had by request from this of fice, and it is our desire to place them in the hands of every man in North Carolina who has been intrusted by kind Providence with the rearing and iustruction of children. it is morally wrong to rob the nests of useful birds, and it is a violation of the laws of the State to do so. The bird egg is a beautiful thing, but the proper place for it is in the nest. T. Gilbert Pearson. Secretary of the State Audubon Society, Greensboro, N. C. NO EXCUSE FOB CATABBH. Worst Casas Quickly Cared by Braathlod Hyonst. Guaranteed by J. M. Kuauady sad Campooy. There is really not tbe slight est excuse for anyoue having ca tarrh, now that Hyomei i> so widely known and so easily ob tained, The worst cases of ca tarrh are quickly cured, simply by breathing the remedy through the pocket Inhaler that comet with every outfit. Used in this way for a few minutes four times a day, every panicle of air that reaches the nose, throat and Innga Is laden with germ-killing and health giving Hyomei. The sale of tbe old-fashioned stomach remedies for catarrh has been reduced to slmost noth ing since the introduction of Hyomei. J. H. Kennedy & Co. will tell you that their sales on (his out-of-date line hart fallen of at least two-thirds in the last few years while the demand for Hyomei has lo creaaco as u* curative power* oe c*me more widely known. The complete outfit, consisting •( aneat pocket inhaler, a medicine dropper, and a bottle of Hyomci costs only one dollar, while extra hottlea can he obtained for 30 cent*, making Hynraei the moat econotmj c**i. .Wl‘n ?• tb« moat rellftble method for curias catarrh. J. II. Kennedy & Co. positively cuaraatee a cure when llyoracl fa lived in accordance with directions. »w they will refund the purcliaao IMica. -MiJ-ZO Wkr lie Aalt. "Did yau ived n.y novel. CrhtceaT" "Well, 1 rrud as far a* the chaplet whom ft is barn was shot, amt (ban I quic* “Oh. but the Irra racer*ra hi the mist ehaoler." “1 v*a* afraid be would. That's why IIJUI* __ One may dominate moral aalfaiinga mily by Inline Study area frotu dla earngmsunt-Abnateak CfitlfiSsISMa OfHm »»wifwrto> n mmlac op wfcoe m w wiu g rut MB. EDISON INTEBVIEWEDk An Ok—r Man luaa the Dia tinfuiahad Visitor Dawn nad Oala i Paw Paint* al Iotarast Mr. Edison Psnad ky tha land* aide Diffia* lar Cobalt. 11. R. C. R. In CBwInUe OtiscfTcr. Lincolnton, May 25.—Mr. Thomas Alva Edison, of West Orange, N. J., is hero searching for cobalt, or in the language of his men, the tnangnesc wad or the mineral tramp. Mr. Edi son baa invented and is making a storage battery, the weight of which makes it objectionable. If cobalt can be found in auf ficient quantities to mine the weight of thi battery can be re duced considerably by mixing it with the nickel used. The coming of the great in ventor to North Carolina hu caused somewhat of a sensation. The good people of the State have opened their gates to him and are ready and eager to help him in any way possible. Pit teen years ago Mr. Edison went to Charlotte and lived there for a month or more, trying an ex periment on iron ore, but at that time he bad not become the fa mous nau that be is to-day. I arrived here this morning, having been sent by The Ob server to interview Mr. Edison, and found that the distinguished visitor had left early in the day for Paaour’s mountain. No one seemed to know which army lie “vua tv^i y wuu y wav certain that he was traveling in one of his pair of White automo bile louring cars, which had brought the party from New Jersey. Being fond of following a trail I got a negro, a team and a buggy and aet out in the wake ol the large machine. Col. Robt. S. Reinhardt, who knows every thing good that takes place in this beautiful, quaint old city, being appealed to for informa tion, declared that Mr. Edison hsd gone out the Laboratory road, by the home of Mr. Daniel E. Rhyne. Wc drove that way for some distance without seeing any signs of au automobile but finally came to a place in the road where two large tracks, like those of tremendous snakes, bad gone suddenly to the right and two smaller ones had cut and seesawed to the left. "Dat’a it. said the negro, "cause 1 done sec where dat horse stood up ou his hiud feets when be seed dat thing cornin’. De horses an’ mules uv dis country ain’t gwioe to take no dragging from one uv deui things. Yes. sir. boss, we sbo’ is ou de right track." Kvery now ami then we came to jnst those sort of places in the road. We passed Rudisill’s Mill, and went on toward Pay sours mountain, As we glided down a um toward a piece of timber I saw a large, covered vehicle standing by the side of tbe road and several persons bending and picking at some thing in the side ditch. "Yon dey is now," said tbe ncgTO, who bad been promised a small sum if be would over take the automobile. "Dat’s dat thing standin’ by de road." The driver was right. As wc approached I could see three men delving away with their picks, and a fourth moving abont the big touring car. Onr horses took fright at the machine and hurried by before the negro could stop them. I jumped out and presented myself to tbe man at tbe back of tbe auto and told hits that 1 wanted to see Mr. Edison. •The original?*’ said the man with a pleasant smile upon his ruddv face. " *es, air, the only one.” "Well, there he is, the mon in his shirt sleeves, with gray hair.” 1 had encased that the man indicated was Mr. Edison for he' looks like the pictures printed of him. He is a man of strong t:l . j * •« r '■“'“’I srvrsir, Minngivv* IICIU, anil more tnau ordinary I '■tattire. He is 59 years old and mnst weigh about 200 pounds. His bsir is s little more than iron gray and iiis face is blight and full of life. While I convcired with the! man at the auto, wbo Introduced himself as Mr. John Morris, Mr. Bdiaon, his sou Charles and bis brother-in law, John Miller, con tinued to peck away along the road. The it ventor was collar lets, listless and hot. but in bit seal for cobalt hr forgot that the sun waa Doming down on Ills back. If tbe automobile had been out of sight and s stranger hail passed lie would, no doubt, have mistaken Mr. Edison for •ome well-to-do Gaston county farmer, wbo bad ran out of fish ing bait and bad gone up to the road to grab for * few worms. No nun would have ever dreamed of hia being tbe aJ V '* ' -JWggH—WW < !!'■ — man who perfected the duplex the quadruplex, aud the aextu plcx telegraph, or invented the printing telegraph for gold and atock quotation*, the carbon telephone trauamittcr, the mi* crotaaiineter, the aerophone, the megaphoue, the phonograph, aud the incandescent electric lamp. Having watched him fur some moment* I o.?il«d aiy interview with Mr. hdi»on by tieiat him a copy of yesterday’** Observer ?Pd. °?* 0< Thursday’s New York Sou, lor then be climbed up in tbs automobile and lay l*sck to read. The citiaeua of Liacoluton are very prond to have Mr. Edison ia their mid it, sod if be will permit them to do so he will be entertained royally. The latch ■fringe are all hanging out. Ltucolnton is one of the most delightful places in the country and the people here know how to tie at visitors. . Later, after Mr. Bdiaon baa viiited all of the cobalt depoaits (n Lincoln, Gaston and Catawba counties, the Observer will give the result of his research. A Kingdom is a Ona-Mala Farm. Conan? Oculttwaa. The following communication is sent us by Mr. Raymond L. Griffiw, 35 Wall Street, New York, whose experience as pres ident of the Southern Immigra tion Society has brought Mm tuto close tooch with the agri cultural problems of the South and with the possibilities which that section offers to immi grants. Mr. Griffins adds that he can prove every word of hu store (we do sot doubt it, for we know what can be done in the South) and offers to send the name of the "King" of the tittle "Kingdom” aud other informa tion in regard to what baa been done bv others to so* who will write him. As so illustration of what can I be accomplished on Georgia land by studying the noil, a op plying it with the necessary plant food, diversifying crops, using brains as well as hands, and superintending everything, personally, a Southern farmer has year by year added to his possessions, until his one-male farm has become one of the largest in the world, covering thirty square miles of land, and giving employment to 1,250 men, women and children. llu average for years has been twenty-five bushels of com per acre and one thousand pounds of seed cotton. Some acres yielded sixty-five bushels of corn, thirty-five of wheat and two bales of cotton. His land at first was worth $10 per acre, now $00. His cattle now num ber 500,beside his on* hundred thoroughbred Jerseys and Holstems, which have produced each year 20,0Wpounds of bat ter at eighteen to tweoty-five cents per pound. With agri culture he has combined man ufacturing, and his raw material has been tnroed into valuable manufactured articles bv means of the steam ginnery, oil mills and fertiliser factory. He has employed negro labor only. His saw mill cuts his lumber (or bis bouses, etc.: his brickyard toms out his brick; his wagons are made in his shop. His own railroad, seventeen miles long, hauls materials to his factories and bit marketable products to the ontside world. The average prod action of lint cotton is one bale to two and one-half acres on good, bad indifferent farms, but it is not at all uncommon for a good farmer to raise a bale to the •ere bv vood culture and •bund. •nt fertilizer. Intensive far ta in v, which applies the lessons of science end experience, has achieved some remarkable re sult*. The following is the average annual product of this farm: 2,200 hales of cotton, 120,000 of cottonseed oil, 3,000 tons of fertiliser, 20,000 bushels of eon. 10,000 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of rye, 3,000 bushels of oats, 6,000 of peas, 20,000 pounds of butter. 100,000 pounds of fat cattle. 3,000 ponnda of bacon and bams, besides aacb crops as sweet and Irish potatoes, watermelons, ground peas, scr ghntu, etc. - • hw *r rnunut. "Wlist I took* haw baurfllml job ■awtT' the r«M| wporlar sf »ke ta'iukm«l.v rW» aiau. "Law Ixiotu,** I'm I'imiim pnaniaty Npltstt. "My raltav Inlnulw) oa- ree a lawyer, hut i failfel t» |mu aiy ea ajnlnutea. naj now I'm worth Sfty mH»ont."-Clor»bm•*» «w iwyt mHa quo 4om not tot MkOtl to Uluut.T.—OUt. PeotrMo, tlie awn-lb at totoUtHKM m.t power* U (ho ettd Mod tarn at Kb •Hj. mid trllbont (bio a poaplo may hbr# the »im« bat not ttw mb taaroiirni riot Hoary bmvo ami Jin Toa. It to And It'* tountao no am— tHiy, wtat do yoa omoo? 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