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V 5 f f 1 t TH IS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. t Volume XV Lenoir, N. C, Friday, June 13, 1913 No. 63 f CULTIVATION OF CORN. An Instructive Article to Corn Raisers by Mr. C R. Hud. son, of Raleigh. Successful corn culture de pends as much upon the "know how" as does success in any other business Of course, a deep, humus-tilled soil is the first consideration, but much de pends upon the cultivation given the corn after it is up. The far nur who understands and prac tices the best principles of corn growing, who knows the root system, the movements of soil moisture and the uses of soil mulches, will make a good corn crop in spite of adverse seasons of rainfall and drought. The one who does not understand these things attributes his fail ures to the wet weather, the dry weather, the hot weather, the cold weather, or something else the effects of which he should be able to obviate. In the Farm Demonstration Work last season some big crops of corn were made where no rain fell from the time the corn was planted till it was matured. Yet the yields of corn in this country are more dependent upon rainfall during the growing season than upon any one thing else. This should not be. But let us see that we under stand what proper cultivation does. Every good fanner knows that cultivation is to save the moisture, to destroy gertninat ing weed seeds, to liberate plant food and to warm and aerate the soil. If the first two are ae complished the others are too The successful farmer never at lows his soil to become crusted over because lie knows that it then losing moisture. To pre vent this crusting also destroy weed and gnvss seed that may be coming up in the soil. So we see that all that is necessary is to cultivate often euough to keep the soil loose on top. One of the Experiment Stations has found that during very dry hot weather a single corn stalk will take from the soil and evapor ate as much as ten pints of water in one day. It requires about 3(K) pounds of water to produce one pound of dry matter. So we learn corn is a crop that re quires immense amounts of moisture. Yet, throughout this section, we have sufficient rain fall every year to produce two or three corn crops on all our land.vThe wise farmer is he who learned how to catch the rainfall and keep it in the soil until it is needed. As to depth of cultivation, we must remember that corn be longs to the grass family and therefore has a fine, fibrous, ex tensive root system. By the time corn is a foot high the roots may be lapping between the rows. The roots grow outward through the soil from two to four times as fast as the stalks grow upward. To destroy these roots in cultivation is to cut off the feeding powers Of the corn It very often happens that the soil needs a rather deep stirring while the corn is small and be fore the roots tret out far. If this is the case, it should be giv en, but care must be taken not to cultivate deeply later. The Indiana Experiment Station has shown that corn cultivated about two inches deep yielded 42.86 bushels; that cultivated three inches deep yielded 42.56 bushels; while that cultivated four Inches deep yielded only 37.92 liushels. Another station found that shallow cultivation yielded 81.8 bushels per acre, All Would Be Benefited. (Greensboro New.) The constant aim should be. with respect to the controversy over freight rates, to keep the issue unclouded. Politics and other extraneous considerations have been kept out of it in the past, and we believe this will be true of the future. On the oth er hand we may be sure that when a basis of readjustment shall have been arrived at ev ery community will have an op portunity to present its claims, and should be content in the belief that substantial justice will be done to all. Greensboro hopes to be put on an equality with all competing cities, but, if it must suffer disadvantage, let the advantage be to Char lotte. Winston Salem, Raleigh or other North Carolina cities rather than Lynchburg, Rich mond or Norfolk, Va. It may be impossible to se cure the relief we are entitled to and maintain the present rel ative adjustment to every sec tion of the state, but a substan tial reduction in proportional rates to and from Virginia cities will greatly benefit every mer chant and consumer in North Carolina, even though it may benefit some more than others. There surely can be no North Carolina community so narrow that it prefers its citizens to pay more for their necessities, and have its business develop ment restricted, merely because they fear some sister communi ty may profit more than they. Any adjustment which will be acceptable to Governor Craig and his advisers will benefit ev ery citizen be he merchant, farm er or humble laborer, and will do approximate justice to every community in the State. Nor is it likely that the peo ple will permit themselves lo ue drawn into a quarrel over a di vision of the spoils before the battle. For Demonitration Work $66,000. (Kaleitfh Times.) The State Board of Agricul ture has appropriated $ln,000 for demonstration work in North Carolina, including the demon stration farms for men, the corn club for boys and the tomato club for girls. The United States has set apart $;W,(XX) for the year which began June 1st Fifty-two counties have appro priated a total of $15,000 for this work. There are 67 men workers in the state, some large counties having two of these There are 22 of the tomato club workers. The total availab e for demonstration work for tne fiscal year js therefore $(t,(XX) Postage stamps are great travelers, and yet the majority of them are found sticking in some corner. There is a great art in know ing what not to know when you don't want to know it. but deep cultivation gave only 74.1 bushels. As to the number of times to cultivate corn, this will depend upon conditions. The thing to keep in mind is to keep a mulch on the surface until the corn has fully tasseled. In many cases it will pay to cultivate until some of the "silks" begin to turn brown. It is a critical time with corn when it is maturing the grain. It should not be neglected then. C. R. Hudson, Raleigh, N. C. COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS Items From Our Regular Corres pondents and Neighboring County Papers. LITTLE HIV EH. We are having plenty of rain. Some of the wheat is getting ripe. Mr. Kesler Crouch has gone to Virginia with the intention of taking work with the street car company. The Oak Hill base ball team played a match game with the Alkilithia team of Alexander County, on the Oak Hill play ground last Saturday evening with a score of (J to 10 in favor of Oak Hill with only two men down. The Oak Hill team is to play Hibriten Saturday evening June 21st at Oak Hill and will also play Alkilithia June 27th on the Alkilithia grounds. Some time ago the Dealville Telephone Co. made a dividing ine at Mr. J. F. Flowers store. Last Saturday the following gentlemen met at Oak Hill school house and organized a new company to be known as the Little River Telephone Co., with Mr. F. M. Wiiitener presi dent and Mr. W. L. Deal secre tary and treasurer. There will not be any preach ing at Cedar Valley church the fourth Sunday on account of the quarterly meeting to be there on the fifth Sunday. There will be preaching Saturday be fore the fifth Sunday with din ner on the grounds. Ail tin members are invited to be pres ent. Next Sunday evening at - o" ciock mere win oe singing at Cedar Valley. Everybody coi dially invited. W. June, '., r.u:;. III PSON ITEMS. Miss visited Ijessie bhellol iamioh' friends and relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Ralph Bowman made business trip to Hickory -Satin day. Misses Mamie Cline and Irene Hoke of Granite Falls were the guests of Mrs. M. T. Hickman last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. George Starnes also of Granite visited his grand-par ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hick man. While helping to load cross ties Monday Mr. L. C. Shell fel from his lever car and sprained his ankle. Otherwise he was not seriously hurt. We hope he will soon be all right again. Little Miss Grace Herman who has been spending some time with her uncle in Hickory returned home Tuesday. Mr. Jack Crytz and family o Brook ford visited relatives her Saturday and Sunday. The entertainment which was given at the graded school build ing Saturday night was a decid ed auccees in every way. The exercises were enjoyed very much by every one present. Rev. G. W. Fink of Hickov was in town today Rev. .1. A. ount will till hi regular appointment at St John's Lutheran church Sun day morning. Elkctoria June 12th, 1013. Jack Johnson, the pulgilist, will now be handled without gloves. TWO JUNE WEDDINGS. Two Couples Plight Their Troth Before the Hyme neal Altar. SHf FORD-BARBER. Mr. Thomas W. Shuford and Miss Vera Alston Barber were nited ininarriage at Edgemont Wednesday morning at 10 o'- oclc, the ceremony being per formed by Rev. Edmund N. oyner, rector of St. James piscopal church, Lenoir. The marriage vows were taken be fore a most cleverly . arranged altar in the pavillion, which was decorated with cedar, mountain aui el and ferns, near the Edge mont Inn. The .bride was giv- en away oy; her iamer, iir. William W. Barber, and the groom entered with his best man, Mr. Summery. The wed ding march was played by Miss iuth Barber, sister of the bride. Immediately after the ceremo ny, a delicious collation was served the bride and groom and the invited guests. Mr. and Mrs. Shuford were the recipi ents of many valuable and beau tiful presents. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will iam W. Barber, and is a beauti ful bright and attractive young ady. Mr. Shuford is a young man of splendid character, and holds a responsible position with the Carolina and North western Railway. The happy young couple left on the south bound train for Columbia and acksonville. On their return they will be at home at Edge inont. KI.I.H1T I'.NKI.KS. Mr. Joseph H. Elliot, of Pat terson, and Miss lsabell K. Cnk- es. of New Orleans, La., were united in marriage at St. James Episcopal church. Tuesday at 12::) o'clock, the rector, Rev E. N. .lo.vner officiating. Only a very few friends witnessed th ceremony. 1 he hnde and groom met only a few months ago. Early iu the spring, Miss Unkles went to the Valley to visit Mrs. G. H. Lenoir. Here she met Mr. Elliot, and the romance that ended so happily on Tuesday began. The bride is a bright, cul tured and attractive young lady and has made many friends dur ing her short stay at Patterson. The irroom. Mr. Elliott is a na tive of Savannah, Ga., but for the last four years he has been secretary of the Patterson School, and the success of the school is attributed to his untir ing efforts in its behalf. He IHJssesses splendid business sa gacity, and he has many friends to wish him success on his re- cent emoai Kauon. ivu. anu mrs. i , AM - 3 Elliot left on the afternoon train for the western part of the State where they will spend their honeymoon. Froatt In Virginia Hurt Vegetation. Washington, D. C. June 10. Weather bureau reports today show that cool weather contin ues generally over the eastern and southeastern states. Frosts in Virginia Monday night caus ed some damage to vegetation in various sections. Freezing temperatures are rexrted today from Vermont and Maine. Rains have been general in the past twenty-four hours in the South Atlantic and Gulf states. In the South Atlantic region the weather will continue unsettled today and Wednesday. Frosts are expected again tonight in Virginia. The Lobby Hunt Enlarge Scope. Washington, D. C, June 9. The Senate lobby investigators plunged into their second week's work today. Less than a dozen Senators remained to be exam ined before the committee took up another trail and began call ing a score or other men men tioned in Senators' testimony as being on one side or the other of a free sugar tight, or of being attorneys or special representa- tives of interests here. It was admitted on all sides that the investigation had out grown its original bounds. It originaily was intended to de velop evidence concerning influ ences President Wilson charged were being brought against the tariff bill, but the Senators' tes timony has broadened the scope of the inquiry so as to touch many subjects. Under the ex tension of time granted by the Senate, Chairman Overmans' committee exacted today to de velop all the new phases. President Wilson told callers today he expected the lobby in vestigation to have beneficial re sults through the publicity giv en to conditions surrounding the making of tariff bills. When asked his opinion of the charge made by Senator Townsend as to his own influences with ref erence to legislation the Presi dent replied it needed no com ment. Governor Craig Will Convene Legislature. Asheville, June In re sponse to a question from a Citizen representative tonight Governor Craig, who arrived here this afternoon for a month's rest, declared that a social ses sion of the legislature will b called to consider the freight question as it affects this state. He said: "There will be a social ses siun of the legislature. 1 hat has been contemplated ever since the last session oi ine general assembly, and 1 will certainly take any proper action that may be necessary to secure for North Carolina fair treat ment by the railroads. The people are determined that they will no longer suffer the injus ticeto which they have been subjected for years in the mat ter of freight rates, and I will do all in my power to aid them in this contest. With fair treatment the cities and towns of North Carolina would grow and prosper, and we are going to have that treatment before long." Durham Fellows Had Great Old Time In Jail. (Daily liews.l Some of the prisoners in the city lockup Sunday night had a rousing good time, when they pulled one of the barrels con taining beer up to the window of the cell, broke the head out of the barrel and filled them selves with the stuff. The beer was a part of the lot that was seized by the officers in their raid of the joints two weeks a go, and was placed in the jail yard for safe keeping. A part of the stuff had been destroyed, but the other was left in the yard till the trial of the cases. One of the prisoners declares that though he has been in jail a number of times he never en joyed it so much as he did this last time, when he was able to get all of the beer he wanted. Condemnig another is only a roundabout way Of bragging on yourself. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. The town of Graham has vot ed jO,000 in bonds for paviutf her streets and sidewalks. Snow is reported to have fal len in Mitchell county to the depth of three inches on Wed- nesday morning. Several peaks in the Glades mountains of Haywood count were covered with suow eany last Sunday morning. J. W. Pless of McDowell coun ty will oppose Congressman, J. M. Gudger of the tenth congres sional district for nominatiou to Congress next year. Henry Stirewalt, of Rowan county, who accidentally shot limself la.st week, while after a cat at his home, died Sunday morning from his wounds. The new home of L. N. Worn- ble, a prominent merchant of ittsboro was totally destroyed by fire early Monday morning, and the family barely escaped. with their lives. J. F. Reinhardt, of Lincoln county, for 16 years a member of the General Assembly of North Carolina, died suddenly n a hospital at Charlotte, Mon day afternoon, while uudergoiug an operation. Out of 72 applicants for li cense to practice pharmacy in the state of North Carolina, on- y thirty succeeded in passing the examination of the Pharma- ceutal association, recently giv en in New Bern. The big barn at the Lexing ton township stockade, located in Lexington was totally de- troyed by fire Tuesdoy night, ind six tin' mules were burned to death. The loss is more than 2,XX). The origin of the tire is unknown. Washington, D. C. June 9. The American Cotton Manufac turers' Association tod y began a three days session here. Tues day the delegates will be re ceived by President Wilson. Secretary Rcdfield addresses the opening session today. In the United States court at Greensboro on Wednesday, an involuntary petition was filed asking for a receiver for the Columbia Furniture Co. of High Point. The liabilities are $75,- 000 and the assets are repre sented as being very much less. A pullman car attached to train No. on the Southern railway caught on tire Monday evening west of Hickory from a hot box and the tire could not be extinguished till the train reached Hickory, and access was had to the fire department. William Lassiter, son of Rob ert W. Lassiter, banker and farmer, of Granville county, was found dead early Sunday morning at his father's country home, death being the result of a pistol shot. It is thought that the shot was fired by acci dent in a nightmare. In the United States conrt Tuesday, Judge James E Bjyd signed orders placing Rjert Harris and Bro, big tobacco manufacturers, and J. H. Wa'jlfev. i i i ;., business of milling flour and manufacturing boxes, in the hands of a temporary receiver. Both firms are engaged in busi ness in Reidsville, and the lia bilities are believed to be over $725,000 with assets of ouiy $225,000. it 1
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