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7. 'V4 : . - . - ..: .X "PAGE 4.' THE MORimra1ST CORN RAISING HEROES. ' ' ' . ' ' ' ' .?...: ft : 1 t ( '-t . -.3 i 1 1 f i. V 'l A J?5 ill? I, W it m if 1' MS V 71 31 N'7 my-- mr-.-:- , . - Vv ; Published by the ,ilYULMMG,TOk StAB - COMPANY, ,INCrt .' ' Wilmington, N. O. . r . " Entered :ias ' ; secoiid-clasa matter the postofllce at. Wilmington, n. C, nndej Act of Congress. March 2nd. 1874. . JILL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. Tuesday, December 12, 1911. The ladies shop., often and early The argument' of a great many men consists mostly of loud talk and ges tures . . As soon as a 'man's sides get puffed out it is a sign that he is no longer a Spring chicken. The hoys'it toda7 will.be the '"bald; headed 'nieA '.of the fture if they are rot careful how they butt in. Wanted Men who will take advan tage of their own opportunities instead of interferring with the game of oth Sers, '' ' i- Saya a lecturer: "Neither turn to t the' "right or to -the. left" Yes, but ; suppose a blonde is seen on the right and a brunette on the left? ' Secretary Wilson says: "The con sumer, pays $1 for food. The farmer gets less than 50 cents. Who gets the rest?" We leave it to the fellow who gets the consumer's dollar. '" Mrs. Upton Sinclair's father calls his son-in-law a "pie-faced poet." He may; be , pie-faced but he can prove by readers of his verses that he is no poet." " Says the Washington Post: "Secre tary Meyer plans to locate the new naval station at Narragansett." We know-now-where the Secretary and Admirals love to spend the Summer: Says the Baltimore Evening Sun: "One million dollars has ' been paid for, a Broadway corner in New York:" ' Kuh! That's nothing. The South ha3 paid" about $300,000,000 for a Wall street corner-in cotton J '- . . A few nights ago . some unknown thief in Milwaukee stole four quarts of champagne, twelve quarts of rock and rye, two quarts of Holland gin and 'two "quarts of 'Burgundy. The .first. man caught-with fishing tackle, gun and camp outfit should be ar- ' rested on suspicion. A -financial report from New York says ".business is,. waiting ta-see what Congress will do." Are we to under stand that "business" is afraid Con gress will do something to put a stop tc the way some. business is, transact ed ? Why "should honest business care- what -Congress does? " j Itwill never do-to adopt the - pri nyary -election system. , It would take the nominations out of the hands of the few " politicians ' who control the conventions. A primary election Is certainly tough on the politician "vlho has been in the habit of promising' the vote 'of1 his' county1 to different andi: dates. s The' Public Utilities Corporation, of New Jersey, has issued an order-to the - twenty railroads ' with lines in (that State ..that they must provide each passenger with an individual drinking eujjbr.. glass free, of cost't Most passengers would prefer a "cup of coffee and a sandwich at the ex pense of the railroads. Some newspapers express sorrow that Woodrow Wilson sought a pen sion for his 25 . years of educational work. The-fact is, they are glad. It is the only .thing .they, have to dis cuss in a wax that may injure Wil son's chances for President. If they can't find anything Worse than that , the people will laugh at them. Men will be surprised at the state ment that the women of this country spend annually $400,000,000 a year for dresa!; and finery. It can be realized what an enormous, sum that is when we state that it Is precisely one-third whatmen spend for drink. Accord ing to government ' statistics the men of this 'country . guzzled $l,20r000, 000. worth of drinkables the past year They - are also making a good start this year. ' , v ' " -.'; The Wilmington Star thus hands the New York Sun a deserved one for its criticism of , .Woodrow Wilson's at titude on the Carnegie pension mat- tet: "Those wlu would spurn' a 'pen slon but 'bend the pregnant hinges f the r t knee that, thrift may fol low : rawnmg,' t-are invited to throw rocks at New Jersey's Governor. . The : apologies ,for rea culprits have found a mare's nest." Raleigh News and Observer. , Haye -you heard the calliope of the press which serves the interests? ' It is 'playing in loud and piercing notes a .concert .o, screeches and howls that are . supposed to voice virtuous sur prise and rlghteoua shock over the discovery that Woodrow Wilson desir ed;a small pension from the Carnegie Foundation, in tbe ground that he had Jbeeji :.an. educator- for twenty-five years. ' At the same time, the greatly Durtilrbed' papers have always Dlav: ed on the':ofrt.pe4al while malefactors of' greal ,wettlttt were being, exposed There Is where their influence is'los i cn the 'peopT) -' - . - . The South Atlantic Corn Exposition opened at-Columbia yesterday and will continue jjye days. v North Carolina wiilfbethere with "the record "yield of the season on one acre of land," the champion of the South Atlan'tip this year having been ' Master C. W. Par ker, Jr., of Hertford county. North Carolina'will also give a good account of herself at the exposition, for her Corn Club' ,boys have done magnifi cently in every particular. In this re port to thff State Board of Agriculture of North Garolina, Director. T. B.. Par ker furnishes a splendid account of the corn raising achievements of the Boys' Corn Clubs by districts. From his report we take the following sum mary: "The reports that have come in from the boys composing ' the conx club's show that wfi 'built- wiser than we knw.'- when theffirstapproprlation w.as made for the purpose of organiz ing the. boys into 'Boys' Corn Clubs.' ' "Notwithstanding the dry year, the reports show an increased yield over those of last year. Fifty boys have averaged more than 100 bushels of shelled corn per acre, while one, Master Charlie W.1 Parker, Jr., report ed 235 . 1-2 bushels, harvest measure, from one acre. The yield was so large that I took, the precaution to send doWn and haVe the corn reweigh ed about a month after it was first measured. This was done in the presence of several witnesses. It was found tSat after the corn had drjed out there were still 195.87 bushels of corn that tested by analysis 12.21 de grees moisture. I regard ' this the largest crop of corn ever grown on an acre of land in this or any other State. "In Massachusetts last year and this year, the Bowker Fertilizer Company have offered premiums to users of their fertilizers' who grew most corn on an acre of land. This year a Mr. White, of Connecticut, made a yield of 160 bushels, harvest measure, that when dried out to 12 degrees moisture, made 112.68 bushels of dry corn. That yield was considered remark able and possibly, the largest well au thenticated, tested for moisture, yield ever made. Those people said our Southern yields lacked authenticity, so this year I was determined to use every precaution possible and give our largest yield the same, laboratory test the Boston people gave. The test has shown that our North Carolina boy has beat all records for dry corn. hese reports show more than, mere number of bushels .made oa an acre of land. . They also show a determina tion to do better farming. Some of the reports close with: 'I made a poor yield this year, but I am not discour aged. I am going to .do better next year. - That is the way we like to hear a boy..talk. It shows that there s something in him a good farmer, .and we are. helping to develop him. "The boys are my very Dest demon strators. A dozen men : will look at and -inspect a boy's acre to every man who gives close inspection to the dem onstration plat' of a1 grown man. Not only are we helping . the boys of the State by this work, but also the men. They do not usually like to-be out stripped by a boy, so the boys are put ting, the men on their mettle, with the result that we are getting larger yields from -both. 'The. average yield, for the nrty prize winners of the Boys' Corn Club contest, 1911: Districts. : "" Bushels. .First 83.53 Second . .' 129.76 Third ........ .124.31 Fourth .Y.:.. .. 123.34 .Fifth . .-.v. . C 113.13 Sixth .110.01 Seventh ...... ... 82.32 Eighth .: 98.44 Ninth ...... 80.24 TeTith .......... .117.38 . Total average for the ' ten districts ..106.24 "Largest yield, 235.66 bushels, har- vest .measure, or 196 bushels crib dry measure. Three boys made-over .150 bushels, 33'-'boys made over 100 bush: els, 89 made over 75 bushels, each per acre. Twelve hundred and sixty-five en tered the contest. These representing 89 counties. The 264, representing 65 counties, made final reports. These 264 reports giving an average of 67.69 bushels, per acre. "Wilkes county made 39 'reports, with an average yield of 50.61 bushels per acre. t Edgecombe county made 13 reports witn an average oi bushels per acre:' Buncombe county made 15 reports, with an average of 88.73 bushels per acre; Johnston coun ty made 13 reports, with an average of 60.09 bushels per acre; Robeson county made 12 reports, with an aver age of 61.75 bushels per acre; Pitt county made 11 reports, with an aver age of 72.96 bushels per acre "The average for the ten districts, 1911, Boys' Corn Club contest First district, 63.22 bushels; Second District, 92.19; Third District. 78.67; Fourth District, 75:95; Fifth District, 70.12; Sixth District 60.51; Seventh District. 56.56; Eighth District, 67.41; Ninth District, 46.69; Tenth District, 81.77. Wilkes county had 133 boys in -the contest. Thirty-nine made final - re ports, giving an average of 50.61 bush els per acre." Thus we observe that North Caroli na will make' a good . showing at the exposition this wee'k In its forecast of the exposition, the Columbia State says: Friday has been designated as 'Boys' Corn Club Day,' and several hundred members of the clubs from North . Carolina, Georgia and this State are expected to attend when. an address will be delivered by Brad ford Knapp, head of the United States farm demonstration work, .'He win deliver an 'address on some agricul tural subject," the nature of which is to he announced later. "Clemson Col lege and the Agricultural and Me chanical College of North Carolina will send teams to compete in . the corn Judging contest. Two handsome trophy- cups will be awarded to the wiriners. - One .of .these cups is valued at.SlOQ and was donated by the Soutn era Railway. The other is valued at 125 and was presented by The Pro gressive Farmer; an agricultural pun lication of Raleigh, N. C." . . k'u.'-'-v , v ; ,. r i.i i : . FLAME FOR GOOD.,-ROADS, v Eastern ' North Carolina has the .'.godd-' roads ., fever dn Makes Home No other aid to is so great, no other , agent so useful and certain in making delicious, wholesome foods The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Alum No Li mo Phosphates What a progressive newspaper press has not done in awakening the people has been completed by the good roads train of the enterprising Atlantic Coast Line. The Coast Line js doing some thing big for the country and one of its master strokes .has been its special gcod roads train. It has been sweep ing through eastern North Carolina for, ji fortnight, and wrill this week fin ish 'up the itinerary of its lines in the Wilmington section. , Up 5 to last Saturday, good crowds had gathered to meetUie train at its various' stopping places, and it is en couraging to note t4at its staff of lec-J turers has been heard, by 3,400 people. The weather has been fine most of the time,! and altogether the ."result has been pleasing to the railroad man agement. The people everywhere have manifested deep interest and apprecia tion and enthusiasm for better high ways has been awakened by the able lectuiers and beautiful stereopticon views of good roads, by the fine exhib it of read machinery and by the prac tical demonstration of highway con struction. The lesson has been car ried to -the people. They will profit hy it, and eastern North Carolina assur edly will find itself moving forward more rapidly in developing on a line that must be acknowledged to be a prime factor in. the progress of 'agri culture communities! From all directions come words of praise and appreciation "for the Coast Line's magnificent efforts to set this country into a quicker pace for sub stantial development. The grept popu lar approval of the good roads train and commendation of the thorough and able manner in which the demonstra tion has . been -made, is a cheering sign. It denotes a tone of interest and earnestness on the part of the people," who, after jail,, must be the real developers of this matchless portion of the Nation's Garden Spot.- The Coast Line, at tremendous expense, has shown them how, and if they de sire to witness a development ' of the country on a more rapid scale than they have ever witnessed, it ' is for thennto take the lesson to heart and make good roads building the chief aim of every county in eastern North Carplina. Nothing, outside of actual capital will so 'develop the country, and . that capital will be sure to come when its forerunner, is improved high ways. . Yesterday the godd roads train visit ed Mount Olive and Warsaw, and this morning it will give ' the people of Sampson .county a demonstration at Clinton. This afternoon the . train will stop at Rose Hill and from there will go to Burgaw L where it will re mahv till ' noon tomorrow. The 'train will 'arrive in Wilmington tomorrow at 12:54 "P. M. and will remain here &U of v. Wednesday afternoon. The schedule was changed in order, that Wilmington might get the full benefit ofc .tiie. lesson, so none should fall to visit the train and, see the demonstra tioh. upon invitation of Mr. J. M. Solkythe enterprising and 'public spirited proprietor of the Grand Thea tre, tlje good roads pictures ' and' pic torial exhibit will take , place at that well,. equipped establishment. .With the theatre's . comfortable auditorium and fine electrical equipment, this'fea ture of the demonstration can b'e'ear- rled. put to great advantage.. The- lec ture and pictures will '.be on from. 2 P. M. to, 3 P. M. It is hoped the school authorities will so arrange that the children of the public schools can. see this' good roads demonstration. ' If will 'be bne they Will never forget and its effect will be lasting.-. At Smith fleWL thf school boys' visited the 'train and..ne.?r.a th lectures, , and those ac companying the train ;; were struck With the, great interest they manifest ed in taking notes of what they. saw. Elsewhere in The Star this mornine is published, the itinerary to be cbWa Baking Easy the housewife V .in sonvillejspollocksvilte and Newbern will b VIsited, and 'then the! train will return Wilmingljn ' , and go thence to Whiteyllle, Chadbourn and Conway.. htit ryr-, KEEPING, MILLIONS AT HOME. The merchants and business men of Wilmington and other North Carolina cities approve everything' the Star and other newspapers have said in urging the people -to-iy .from 'local jdealer, so as to keep' their mbneyat'hbnie. We have earnestly urged that time and again because it is good economy. All the money we keep at home helps to build. up Wilmington and other, cit ies anci(in the aggregate it makes North Carolina prosperous. Everybody - who has a dollar to spend must be made to realize that it is to ljisnterest tpkeep it home. Of course, itene.fits the merchants,1 but it also nbenefit; .curcommunities and its indiYiduaL.membe.rs in the substan tia hom(e . development that it brings about .Of course,,, the merchants en- dorse every prd wg say, and. have something more tof say, which ca)ls for their endorsement. If It pays to keep our nioney at home in a mercantile way, it will pay our merchants to keep their money at home by.taaklng a specialty of North Carolina 'manufactures and products. When' they purchase cotton gbods of. a certain kind,, they should order the goods that are'-m Jde at some mill in North Carolina. Even if they have to send to Boston, NeW York, or Philadel phia for the goods, they, should speci fy the North Carolina products which the. selling'- brokers handle. With more than a hundred furniture facto ries in North , Carolina, no merchant! saouiu uunK oi sending nis money away from home for furniture. TwS 1 -1 I m . a is only a hint and it is not nec2ar; to go ou and name other "North Cafi lina manufactures that will keep jot money at norae. - In that way' we can keep million o. dollars, at'nome. ,0Moreover, we cal keep, many more millions in North Carolinaoby insuring our property or our lives'ln some-'(".North Carolina's good,.' reliable insurance companies. We understand : that this . year the. North Carolina insurance companies have written not" less than $5,000,000 of business, and tnat means keeping money at,, home inbig amounts. We can continue to dot. that "by patroniz ing home companie's," by increasing their capital stock and by organizing others. That is but a small. number of the millions that we can keep at home. 1 We must keep at home the millions we pay for butter, meat, hay, corn, and food and feed stuffs. -. Aye, what ever products we can raise in ' North Carolina. So we see that the , people, the merchants, the farmers and eve rybody else can get . in this game of keeping money at home. Let every body just- try it and watch how pros perous Tt will make North ' Carolina, We senf too many millions out cf our - - . V J . ' - reach. . . . . CURRENT COMMENT, It is claimed thafc:the dissolution, of the American Tobacco Company will mean much for -Durham.1 This must mean that more tobacco will be manu factured here than1 formerly, and .this being the case we fail to see where the, dissolution is- going to 'hurt!the owners, or stockholders of the twp tac- iui ico. uurmaiu- rici uu. , . The canning industry ought to be one of the biggest of. all iNorth Caro-j lina industries. It is good - to . see that the progressive .town of. Wash ington has subscribed to the stock to put up a large , canning factory. It . will afford: a market for vegetables and fruits and - stimulate diversified crops. Raleigh News. and Observer. The Fisheries .Convention, will be held" in .Newbern next - Wednesday and Thursday . The obiect of theScon- yentloais to Jjrovidef way s andl means for building up 'and i?erpetuating . the 1 . ;; : ', . . -. s, Dolls, all sizes, Big Variety. Kid Gloves, best guaarnteed, on ly $1.00. ing industry is important to the whole State and especially to Eastern-Carolina, which furnishes a livelihood to thousands of families. Newbern is glad to have the honor' of entertainingJ the first convention to look after tne interests of this great industry. New bern Sun. 1 DWELLING BURNED SUNDAY. T Home of Mr. A. J. Lee Destroyed Sunday Afternoon. ; .. The dwelling o'ecapied by Mr. A. J. Lee, corner Third and Davis streets, wes destroyed Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The firemen were called cut but the fire had made such pro gress that their efforts were of ho avail. AJ1 the furniture of the house and the tlothes of Mr. and Mrs. Lee and of their several small children! were destroyed. Friends of the fami ly came to their aid with substantial .assistance and . it . is .hoped that the. ramjiy. win soon, pe as comioriaoiy situated as' before.. ' ' ' 1 ' " While working at the fire Mr. Ris ing, of Hose Co., No. 3.' had his left hand badly cut with a piece of tin: He was attended by Dr. M. M. Caldr well at Councilman, B. C. Moore's drug store. s In leaving headquarters for its sta tion at Sixth and Castle streets, fol lowing the three taps indicating the fire was out, the hose wagon of Hose Co.. No. 2 ran over Fireman W. H. Kermon's foot, mashing several .of "his toes. He was takn to. the hospital by Mr. W. A. French, Jr., and had the wounded members "dressed. . Interment at Oakdale The remains of Mrs. Frances B.' ayes, widow of the late Mr.- Wm. H. ayes, formerly of this city, whose 3&Ath occurred in Norfolk Saturday afternoon, win us Drougni 10 ims Cuy today cn the 12:25 o'clock Seaboard Slur Line train, and will be met at the ii?on Btr.tion by a number of sorrow-; (h relatives and friends. The body will be tenderly borne to Oakdale cem- jetery, where the interment win De At Fountains & Elsewhere Ask for. nun ok mk m wamff - mm tm am tarn mm mm m w m The Original and Genuine ffl1ALTEB; '.MILK Tho FGoH-drlr.k for Ail Ages. At resliurants, hotels, and fountams. : Delicious, invigorating and susUining.. Keep it on your sideboard at heme. Don't travel without it.; . K quick lunch prepared in a minute. Take no iraitation. Jnst say HORUCK'S.' NOTICE , Every egg used in making: egg drinks at our Soda Fountain is laid the day or the day "before we get it. Fresh eggs, make a nutri tious drink. ;. We buy our oranges in Florida where the best fruit grows", . hence our Orangeade is TTelicious. Mission Pharmacy s MEIER'S MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS, , Wilmington, ; N,'c: " "v. Monuments, Headstones; Tiles, Mantels and Grates! v. Let us show you our line. All classes of stone, .work . for . Duiiaings. - - v r El ffm s nunL ym Assortments are Diversified and likeable, prices very reasonable. . Handkerchiefs specially, and lib erally gathered for gifts. . Fancy boxes Children's 15 ceu:s. sizes, Fancy ,boxes?' ladies' Embroider ' ed Handkerchiefs, (fine quality, big assortment, 50 cents the box to $1.98. All linen handkerchiefs, plain or embroidered, 25 cents to $1.98. .", Fancy China-ware in Japanese goods, big assortment. Toys, small and large, a , great collection of' fine toys from the small lines, Horses, Tops, and num erous 5 cents and 10 cents Toys, to the large Automobile, Express Wagon, Go-Carts, Drums, Veloce pedes, and ntany other new and fancy toys. Slippers acceptable gifts in va ried assortment. Cloaks, , Overcoats, Boys' Suits and Rain . Coats, Umbrellas, Ties, Handkerchiefs all make acceptable gifts. The FIKM THAT FATS TOVB CAB FAKE DO YOXJ 'MONEY The wise ones do;'aiwi they; are putting it in this bank, where it wil be safe and ready for use when needed. "We Pay You 4 Interest ... On Your Savings . The longer it stays the bigger it grows. . H OMExJA " MtIl& iJorth 'Front! street. (Orton . Building. ), , GETTIMC READY FOR - :Gtt$i&fmWA&s Is the permost Thought in Neary Every Mind and -What to Buy is the Great Question. Visit our store and you will be greatly benefitted in solving- the problem. You will find displayed all over our store ideal and use ful things 'suitable for Christmas Gifts. Here are a few Suggestions: Umbrellas, Hand Bags, Neck. Wear, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Hosiery, Gloves, Needle Cases, Table Linens, Napkins to Match, Embroidered Towels, Marseilles Quilts, Fancy Linens, Real Cluny, and a Set of Furs. A. D. BROWN : Dry Goods Co. "The Modest-Price Store." - When does your Liability, Accident and Health and Boiler Insurance Expire? As State Agents of the largest and best Eastern Com panies, we are in a position to offer oiir patrons the most satisfactory service hi all lines of Casualty Insurance. Before placing your; Employers' Liability, Elevator, Automobile, Fidelity and Surety Bonds, Physicians' and Druggists' Liability, let us quote you rates. We can save you money. You do not obligate yourself by asking one of our representatives to call and see you. CHADWICK, CHAtlABERRY CO., Inc. 501 Southern Building, : BAGGDNG AMD TIES 400 Rolls Bagging. . . 800 Bundles New, Arrow-Ties. S0 "..Bundles Second-Hand Ties. - Let us have your orders on the. above; or anything else in oun'Une. v ' d.:l.:gore conn p any Wholesale Grocers and Importers. Cut Glass, Eig Assortment. '" 1M"WT New Neckwear for Ladies, big assortment. J SAVE ? VINGS JLJANKl Wilmington, N. C. S I I I I I rt--
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