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THE POLK COUITTY UEV7a, COLUIlBUS, If. C. PAGES TTTttTS ATP POSX ; ' . IcardeninSI HOUNG STOCK HURT TREES. Stock of almost: any kind will injure young orchard, and should not be al Jowed to pasture among the fruit trees nntil the trees become of some size and able- to withstand severe knoijvj. PROPPING FRUIT TREES. Never prop a loaded fruit tree; it is much better to thin the fruit so it will take care of itself. Do it when the fruit Is quite small. An overcrop ex hausts the. tree, exhausts the soil, and the fruit is to be taken off anyhow, and it requires no more labor to do it at one time than another. Learn to tti in or fire up growing fruit. "BREAKING" THE ORCHARD. It has been said by a prominent in stitute" worker that "at five years from planting, the ideal orchard should bear from a peck to a bushel to the tree. If it does not do this it is shirking Its duty and needs 'breaking in,' just as a colt is broken in to work. In other vords, at this age, the orchard should be forced Into the bearing habit. This may be done by pruning both root and top sufficiently to bring about a proper -equilibrium between wood growth and fruit buds. This is an important mat ter, which, if delayed, becomes harder year by year." " MANAGEMENT OF GRAPEVINES. One farmer says ho planted twelve Concord grapevines. The first winter he cut back to two or three eyes; the second, "'"so as to leave two feet of new iwood. Last spring he trained them on a trellis, raised from six to eight canes, pinched outlhe laterals, and now there are twenty to. thirty large clusters of fruit on each vine. With the Concord one can hardly make a mistake in such treatment, but with otner varieties, this course would be! fatal. I saw a Delaware vineyard ruined by pursu ing such a course. In the spring one rf-h rn1,1 WAinrv linn .t m1 i All ..- cuuuiu iuisv ivu trunks, ivuiiu are iu be grown for the bearing wood of next year. A three-year-old Concord vine should "not be allowed to bear more than from twelve to fifteen bunches. 'A Delaware not more than six or. eight. It is also recommence 1 to remove some of the cfines. as oou as the leaves fcave fa.len in autumn; after this to dig up the soil arouud each vine and apply a liberal dressing of liquid man me. This treatment), it is supposed, would secure a good and healthy growth. Ella M. Hess, in The gptto-mist. A BIT ABOUT LILIES. XI seems strange that there are not more collections of lilies in the grounds of amateur gardeners. During the weeks of mid-summer these regal blos soms surpass all others in grace and beauty. They are especially fitted for border gardens, standing out boldly against a background of vines and shrubbery. The lilies are infinitely variable In their appearance, but wonderfully uni form in their structure The Madonna lily may be taken as an illustration of the structure of the whole group. The outside of the blossom is made up of two sets of broad petals, the three outer ones really representing the sepal!?, and the three inner ones the petals. These six together fovm what V ft ? It g .N the botanists call the perianth. On the fiuade of these are six stamens, each idmslstinc: of a loner, slendpr. stm-lilr filament and a shorter, broader anther that contains the pollen. In the middle of all is the long pistil from which the seed develops. In the Madonna lily the flower Is aerizontal and the perianth is of an un (Spotted white. The variation in the Appearance of the other lilies is chieflv dae to differences in the way in which the flower is held upon the stem, and the shape and coloring of the netals. , There are hundreds of species of lilies now available for American 'gardens. Many of them are very beautiful, and :'$jtt are o.f -easiest 'culture. Wholesale Prices (tooled in New York - MILK. The Milk Exchange price for standard quality is 2c per quarts TIUTTEB. Creamery Western, i extra . ? Firsts.. .... ......... State dairy, finest... Imitation creamery........ Factory, thirds to firsts.... ';: CHEESE. State, fult cream, fancy.... Small.. ' Part skims, good to prime Full skims EOGS. - Terser Fancy .... State and Penn. Western-r-Firsts .... . Southern ... .'. . . . Duck eggs.. Goose eggs.. .... .... BEANS AND PEAS. . . . . 21 m 18 0, 20 20 20tf 11 HQ 18 13 15 $ Uhi , 144 mm m 19 '20 18 it (o) nv 22 28 43 & 50 i 3 00 2 00 S 3 05 (cb 2 05 1 bV&G. 1 W 2 an 3 20 (I 1 0 cm 3 40 3 15 S 10 1 50 3 30 3 10 (ft 7 00. 5 00 5 no (328 00 S 2.1 Beans Marrow, choice v Medium, choice Pea, choice. ..... Red kidney, choice , White kidney.... . Yellow eye.. BTack turtle soup.. Lima, Cal.... Rildwin. ncr bbl... 4 50 5 50 Greening, per bbl a 00 Ben Davis, per bbl 4 50 Northern Spy,' per bbl ... 4 50 Cranberries. . .... .... ... .25 00 Strawberries, per qt 10 UVJC POULTRY. Fnwln. ner lb. . . . - - 7 Z Roosters, per lb.... Turkeys per id.... Ducks, per pair,... 60 Geese, per pair.... 1 00 Pigeons, per pair. ......... 30 DRESSED POULTIIT. Turkeys, per lb.... 13 Broilers, Phila., per lb.... 25 Fowls, per lb.... .... .... 11 Ducklings, per lb ........ . . Squabs, per dozen 1 50 nors. State, 1905, prime to choice 12 ("nmmnn tn fair.. ...... '5 Pacific Coast. 1905, choice.. 12 Good to prime II HAT ANT STRAW. 13 12 (3 $5 1 75 35 3 38 40 13Vi 20 . 75 34 S 13 12 Ilay, prime, per 100 lb .No. l, 1 00 3. 75 m 70 (3 85 npr im lb.. ' .... 90 No. 2. Der 100 lb.... 70 Clover mixed, per 100 lb. 65 Strawy Ions rye .......... CO VEGETABLES. Potatoes, Eastern, per bag. 2 30 2 .10 RtntP npr har 2 20 ffl 2 3.) Sweets, tier basket 65 Tomatoes, per carrier...... 1 50 u... .... 2 00 1 CO 75 1 00 f0 1 25 1 00 2 50 1 50 10 1 75 25 1 00 V.trtr n'ant. ner box Squash, per crate.... Peas, ncr basket Peppers, per earner...... Lettuce, per basket...... Cabbages, per crate . String beans, per basket... Oninns- Orancft Co.. -nor bacr Conn., while, per bbl.... 2 00 Carrots, per 100 bunehe3.. 2 00 Jiects. per lu bunches Cauliflower, per basket.... Brussels sprouts, per qt.... m : 1.1.1 J.UIIWU3, per ULII,,.. Spinach. perbbl.... !'nrnin!. npr hh! -------- j r - . . . - - - - - . Watercress, per 100 bu'ehes 1 00 npr hh) ....... j...-" 25 Okra. per carrier... Z w Parser, per bbl... 1 00 Shallots, per 100 bunches.. Horseradish, per 100 lb..., 2 00 L.eeks per 100 bunches.... 3 00 Scallions, per basket 65 Radishes,-per basket. 75 Cucumbers, per basket.... 2 50 Celery, per case.. .. ..... 2 25 Asparagus, per, doz. bu'ehes 1 25 I " GRAIN. ETC. Flour Winter patents.... 3 90 t Spring patents, ... ...... 4 25 vneac, so. i ix. iuiuin... No. 2 red.... Corn, No. 2 white...... ... No. 2 yellow.. ...... Oats, mixed Clipped white.. Lard, city.... ... LIVE STOCK. Beeves, citj dressed Ca'.vcs, city dressed Country dressed.. . Sheen,; per 100 lb Lambs, per 100 lb. Hogs, live, per 100 lb Country. dressed, per lb.. 90 37 39 Co 1 .j (5) 4 00 (a) 4 00 o 2 ti 1 50 & 3 00 (2) 2 0 (a) 2 25 Q 2 25 1 25 (i. 5 00 & 3 00 C"5 .a 00 0 2 M 1 , 2 00 (o) 75 (a 1 25 (e0 2 00 ($ 75 (Si 4 00 &. 2 50 1 50 4 50 4 00 (A 85 f3 1 50 01 4 50 . (d: 3 50 6 00 (a, A 25 5 05 91 50 56 37 41 m 6i(5 8 7 104 6 (2J 9 5 00 5 50 6 00 7 10 IK OVt OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS. $700,000,000 Shipped During F.ight Months of Fiscal Year. Washington, D. C The total value of agricultural products exported from tbe United States for the eight months of the fiscal year 190G, ending with February, was $700,000,000, as against $570,000,000 in the same period of 1900, $G(W,000,000 in 1002, and $568,000,000 in , 3905. The grovrth occurs in all of the three great groups which form the bulk of agricultural exports, viz.: Breadstuff s, cotton, and provisions, the latter term including, meat apd dairy products. The gain in breadstuils was $70,000,000, in provisions $33,000, 000. and in .ottoa $30,000,000. '; While agricultural exports are larger in total value than ever before, the percentage -which they form of the total exports in the eight recorded months is -smaller than in any earlier year in our history, except in 1805, In which they were abnormally .low by reason of thi shortage in the grain crop of 1904. The. percentage which manufactures form of exports in the eight months Is 32.8, as against 27.2 per cent, of the total in the corresponding months of 1903, and 22.5 por cent, in 1898. Farming Communities Prosperous. Busiress is booming and in no way can conditions be described except by calling them a boom.'T, C. fcuotwell writes in :e New York American. Not only are farming communities prosperous and all conditions promis ing big crops for the year so far as they can oq promised iAs early, but mining and manufacturing are being carried on at the limit of crpacity and H (HIM fllFK Items of Interest from Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Markets.- Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent, the prices paid to wagons: 4 . Good middling f : ; 7 ; . V... .11 3-4 Strict middling. ... . ... . . . . . 11 3-4 Middling....; ..... .... ..... 11 5-8 Good middlhig, tinged . ... . ... 11.50 Stains.... .... .... ....10 to 10ll-2 . General Cotton Market. '!:' Galveston, steady. . . . New Orleans, easy ... Mobile, steady . ... ; . . Savannah, quiet: . . . . . Charleston, quiet . . Wilmington, pteady. . . . Norfolk, steady 1 . . ." . . Baltimore' nominal . 'U . New York, quiet .... . Boston, quiet .... Philadelphia, quiet. . . . Houston; qniet. ... Augusta, quiet. Memphis, steady. .. . . St. Louis, quiet . . . . Louisville, firm t ..11 1-2 .11 3-5 .11 1-4 11 3-16 . 11 1-8 11 1-8 11 1-16 . 11 5-8 11.7Q .11.85 ;. n.95 11 5-16 11 7-16 11 3-16 11 7-16 11 5-8 rCondition of Crops For the Week A ; Seen By the Department. The North Carolina Section of the Weather and Crop Service of the De partment of Agriculture issues , the following Bulletin of conditions for the past week: ' The weather during the past week was generally clear and 'much .warmer than the weather during the preced ing week. The mean temperature for the State. was about 6 deg. above the normal. The highest temperature re ported was 86 deg. in Iredell county; the lowest was 36 deg. in Jackson countx- . The, warmest period extend ed from the 10th to the 13th. No damage from frost has been reported. On Friday the weather became cloudy and some rain fell. On Saturday, good showers fell, in most sections of the State. ' In Jackson county 3.92 inches fell on the night of the 14th. The rainfall for the week was -above the normal in the - extreme eastern and western " portions of tljie State, and below normal in other sections. Will Plough Up Cotton. , Maxton, Special. At an enthusias tic meeting of the cotton grower's of this sectiuu of Robeson county here it was decided to reduce the cotton acreage by plowing up a wide area of cotton land, and planting other crops. This! .action was determined upon when the rqxrts from the sta tistical committee revealed the fact that the acreage in this yieinity was in excess of the proposed reduction of 25 per cent, on the basis of the 1904 crop. President Charles C. Moore of the State Division of the Southern Cotton Association addressed an en thusiastiebody of farmers and busi ness men at the meeting, and the large audienc-e responded to every setiment he uttered, and followed every sug gestion he made. A rousing', mass-; meetinur of the farmers of Robeson county will be held , here Saturday afiernOoivat "'three o'clock, when the entire county division will; begin the work of reducing the excessive jeotton acreage by plowing aip cotton and planting diversified crops. President Moore spoke before a,vbig crowd of cotton grcrwers at Raeford. T TolMeet in the Eighth. Salisbury, Special. A meeting of the Democratic executive committee of the Eighth Congressional district has been called by Chairman John S. Henderson of this city, to be held in VVilKesbom on the 25th insL'for the purpose of selecting a time and place for the district convention. Salis bury is KSaking strenuous efforts to secure this political gathering and there is a strong sentiment in favor of holding the same heie. There are a number of party leadei-s who beleive the race in the convention will be be tween -Vv? C. Newland, of Lenoir, and R. N. -llajkett, of Wilkes, each of whom has a long list of followers in this section othe State. - North State Brevities. A charter was granted, the Cres cent Cotton Mills, at Bessemer City, with a capital stock of $150,000. .', State - - Chairman Josiah William Bailey of the North Carolina Anti Saloon Xgue says there are only 225vsailc;n an the entire State anil less than 10 dispensaries, and North Carolina is .in better, condition than any other State regarding temperance. TAR HEEL CROP BULLETIN at the highest rate d l:i207VU f; net profit ' ever ; 61 Killed in Asylum. ' Oakland; Cal.; Special. t)r. Clark, superintendent of the San Francisco County; Hospital, telephoned Piess headquarters in. Oakland concerning the situation at the' Agnews Insane Asylum near San Jo6c. Dr. Clark said that Jl employes and officers of the institution, including iDrs Kelly and Bell, were killed and 20 injured! Ambnlf' the. 'patients 55 were killed and 120 Injured. All the buildings were demolished. Dr. Clark said that there was absolutely' no confusion, and that he -believed all the patients Ural beeiw'.ceoimted f"f. . For a High School Course. Raleigh, Special.- The president of the State University, presidents and professors in State colleges, and the heads of public and private high schools and academies gathered in Raleigh to plan for a uniform course of study that would lead from the high schools and academies to higher education. The conference was held at the Yarborougli House, but the on ly result of the discussion was the appointment of a committee to for mulate a eourse of study that would be uniform for the high schools and academies as preparatory to college. On this committee there was appoint ed President Poteat, of Wake Forest College; Dr. W. P. Few, of Trinity College; Prof. M. H. Holt, of Oak Ridge; Prof. J. .nerV School, O C. Horner, of Hor- Isford ; Prof. Hugh Morson, of the Raleigh High School, and Superintendent I. C. Griffin of the Salisbury Graded School. , - Homicide in Franklin. Louishurg, Special. Phil Alston, colored,-shot and killed his negro mistress, Keziah W'ilson, at the home of her mother Saturday mght, about 1.0 o 'clock. It is said, that the cause" of the shooting was over spending 30 cents of the man's money by the wo man. The. shooting occurred while they werej'eating supper. The woman ran out of the house for some disV tance after being shot, where she fell" dead in a ditch. The coroner held an inquest. No permission has been given for the removal of the body. This killing occurred in Crip ple Creek, a low disreputable negro suburb, and is the sixth killing there within the past three years. Highland Forest Company. Asheville, Special. The complaint in the suit of the Highland. Forest Company of New York against Jack son Owens, was filed in the clerk's office of United .States circuit court. The suit involves thousands of acres of land in Jackson county and a'largo sum of money. The Highland Forest Company, a corporation organized un der, the laws of New York, is suing the defendant for $10,000 damages; and also undlputtid possession of thousands of acres of mountain and timber lands in Jackson county. " . 'i . Buys A Timber Boundary. Asheville, Special. It is stated that W. A. Rexford, of this city, has acquired a large boundary of timber lying in Trasylvania, Jackson, and: Macoii counties. It , is stated that the consderation involved is about $100,000 and that $25,000 has already been paid over. The boundary is heavily timbered with hardwoods. No Fairy .Tale. He belonged to the "hie" brh.rt He came home, late and in disbi-H His wife met him with a rollin nf and a tense biceps, ready to strnT when the ire was hot. kf 'hweetheart," he said, 'Tv0 j, , discushin war at the club, i 5Cn you reading a paper on peace you real before the woman's club. Now (hv lesh arbitrate thish matter." He thought be was wise. Next morr 11:3 he was wisor. Indianapolis In Interest of The South. .Washington," Special. A rpqr.ost was made fof the President by' Repres entative" Livingston, of Georgia, ;;i)f Underwood, and Richardson, of Ala bama, that he instruct the Ameri(ar delegation to the Pan American con ferepee, to be held next July at h. de Jenerio, to present to the confer. cotton and iron interests of the So-,-i Tt is likely that such instructions will be given. Shooting at Wadesboro. Wadesboro, Special -Kershaw Bal lard, of Hamlet, wa3 shot and badly wounded here by Noah Ramsey, col ored, rbose .home -he -was trying t( enter. . He had been drinking heavi ly during the day.- Ballard was driven medical attention and it is believed that his wounds ar.e not very serious. He was placed in jail. Ramsey i has also been locked up. . . Mahaden Factories in Op'eratioi. Wilmington, Special. The menha-. den factories af Old Brunswick, down the Cape Fear fiver, started up last week for the first time. T A fleet of fishing steamers has been hers for two weeks or more but the "fat backs" did not make their appearance cff. this coast until this week and therefore .no hauls of consequence could be made. The ocean fisheries at Old Brunswick will probably beguv operations"; next week Strawberry Shipments Besin. Ywimmgton, 1 Special. Let (nee prices are now looking up and llio ;4-row ere. in t bis " section -feel s.xruy what- encouraged 'The vegetahh-. is bringing from $2:25 to $2.50 per bas ket hint the demand is good. Straw berries are beginning to move by the single" crate, from the Rocky Poi.it and . A.: sections. The prices are depressed north . on account of tin? heavy shipments of Florida, ber-.rle-s. just now. . - . .. . . The Derrick Fell. ' ' Faith, Special.' While men werff loading cars with granite curbing the gashes in -Aught Coppley's head and bruised him 'otherwise ; also mashed the foot of Medlin Sluder. The men worked for Peeler, Barne & Co., and lived m Faith.- A messenger went to the granite quarry for Dr. Peeler and to Faith after a. carriage, to take he wouwlpd men bnrne. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther' you. are" removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has a right to compel one of the family to lie in agony for hours while he drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book tells how to or ganize, ; build and operate tele phone lines and systems. Instruments sold on thirty days' trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 201 CCC Building, Cadiz, Ohio. mm THE R IW OF SWING By applying two coats Of WRIGHT'S CONDENSE BMOKB alrectly to tbe meat with a brush alter the meat has gooe through the salt, it will be thoroughly smoked, will have a delicious flavor and will keep olld and sweet and free from Insects through the entire summer. j Wright's Condensed Smoke v, v., . . , , f . . 2 ""uw,,u uuLuiuK except irnaz is oouudbu Sf.SSLr? vWaiii t?V&Pi?tU& 111 SQare. uart bottles only, each with a xnetal cap. NEVMl SOIJ IN BULK. A bottle will smoke a barrel ol meat im? vuIkVt? dE?WJ&U B?.76oi, Every tootile enaranteed. Aek drnif t THE E. H. WRIGHT CO., Ltd., 103 W. Fourth St , Kcnsas CSty, Mo and Oak m home, ?sjoeand J CO., Cbla.