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A Home Newspapef Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
Vol. IV. -No 14.
-Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday, March 26th, 1908.
y m, H. Stewart, editor.
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HELPS CORN AND 601 TON PLANTERS.
Something Along tne Line of the Farmers'
Cooperative Cotton Demonstratloo Work.
The past winter has been so wet
that there has been less than
" usual opportunity to prepare the
land for this year's crop. The
rains have continued bo late that
many fieldo are still very wet.
There conditions make it the more
necessary tfiat the soil be well
prepared before planting. In the
In the impatience to commence
planting the temptation to plow
before the land is Mry enough is
very great. 'Against this we issue
a word of warning1 There are few
more injurious farm practices.
Land plowed wet at thi time is
injured for the whole season.
Such land is more than likely to
be cloddy, and a clod in the field
is of little use to plants Cloddy
land is hard to work and , seldom
. gives a good stand. It furnishes
a minimum of food to the plants
and is exceedingly subject to
drought. While it is desirable, es
pecially in the boll-weevil sec
tions, to plant cotton as early "as
possible, yet there is nothing
gained by placing the seed ia the
ground before the latter is warm
enough to germinate and grow ; or
before the soil is thoroughly pre
pared. This was strongly illus
trated last year in boll-weevil sec
tions Where the land was prop
erly prepared before planting,
even though this preparation
caused a delay in putting the seed
into the. ground, the yield was
much better than where attention
was not given to this detail. A
thorough prepration is more than
half the cultivation. Do not
plant either cotton or com before
the land is worked into a fine seed
ed even if planting is a little
late
Last spring a great amount of
trouble was experenced in secur
ing stands, especially of cotton.
This was primarily due to a late,
wetjspring ;' but there were other
contributing "factors, including
poor preparation of land, improp
er depth of planting and poor
seed. The farmers seem fairly
well aroused to the importance of
good seed, r To be gooxi the .seed
must not only be from a good
variety but must have been care
fully selected and so oared for
.that they have strong vitality,
fee Bure the seeds planted have
not been damaged from any cause.
' Prepare the land thoroughly and
Sufficiently in advannce of plant
ing so that there is a 'firm seed
bed. Then avoid one of the most
common causes of loss of stand
. that of planting too deep.
With well-prepared land good
cotton seed, if properly planted,
will germinate even in a dry
spring when covered to no greater
depth than one-fourth inch.
' Many of the cotton-planting ma
chines on the 'market are faulty
in that it is almost impossible to
cause the depth at which the
seeds are placed in the gronnd.
This defect is only increased if
v-the seed bed is loose. Further,!
while thev may not actually be
covered to a great depth, many
leave them in a trench with hills
of loose dirt-on each side. The
first good rain ' washes -dirt into
the trench and buries the seed too
V
deep. This should be avoided. A
light roller should always iollow
the planting so as to press the
ground close to the seed.
It is best even where it is not
necessary to plant upon beds, to
place the seed upon a slight ridge,
r especially in planting early.
This insures drainage and warmth
' and consequently a good stand.
There are more stands lost in
I -planting cotton by , using too
uch than too Jittle seed. When
bushel of seed is used it is -very.
ften a detriment, because the
ieeda are so close that when thev
germinate they lift the bqU in the
fchole top of the row, If dry or a
ltttle cool weather follows ' the
sou;; immediately around the
yping plants dries or is chilled
y the cool nights, and the plants
e If this does not occur the
Uen very young, while the
THOSE LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS.
Sold About Thirty Times as Much Liquor as
Now Sold Bj Drug Stores.
Rev. A. B. Shaw. paBtor of
Tenth Avenue Presbyterian
ehurch. save Out a statement re-
garding the liquor prescriptions
in Charlotte, a report -of which
was published some ten days ago
whichie has requested The Ob
server to reproduce. It is as fol
lows:
"The average monthly number
of prescriptions for the year 1907
was about 3,200 ; prescriptions av
eraged between a pint and a quart ;
this would make . about six hun
dred gallons a month sold by the
drug stores. It is estimated that
eacbrBaloon that sold liquor in the
Citv of Charlotte averaged about
50 eallons dailv. Just before
Charlotte went, dry there werfe
eighteen places where liquors were
sold in the city. The sale by
prascriptionB a month is about
what One saloon sold in ten
or twelve days. We had 18 liquor
places selling about 50 gallons
daily for 26 days in a month. This
does not include what the drug
stores sold while the saloons ere
in operation, The population of
Charlotte is about 85,000. The
prescriptions are filled for a popu
lation of the city, county and sur
rounding sections of perhaps 100,
000 people or more."
"The fruits of prohibition in
comparison with saloon towns in
North Carolina are as follows : In
the same month which Charlotte
had 183 recorder's court cases and
19 drunks, Asheville, with a pop
ulation of about 28,000,' had 482
cases and 388 drunks, Winston,
with a population of about 15,
000, had . 440 cases and 220
drunks, Asheville recently voted
dry by a vote of three to one.
''The saloons Bold about forty
times more liquor a year than
were sold by the drug stores."
"Prohibition has helped busi
ness and is a great blessing to the
community," Charlotte Obser
ver.
injured. Perfect stands of cotton
have been obtained with four
pounds of seed and if the seod has
been properly selected and pre
served it should never require
more than a peck per acre, pro
vided the land is-in good condition
and the seed is properly planted.
Prepare the land thoroughly
before planting.
Use selected seed of known pa
rentage and good quality.
Plant shallow not over inch
in depth on a firm bed, '
Follow planting with a roller
and use care that the sSed drill is
not in a trench.
Be sure the seed bed is well
drained.
With these precautions there
should be no diffialfey in securing
a stand of either cotton or corn
this year. These directions are for
normal conditions and are appli
cable with all ordinary seasons
and(soils.
WIDTH OF BOWS AND DISTANCES-OF
PLANTS IN THE BOW.
Owing to the differences in soil
fertility and varieties of cotton,
it is impossible to give any gener
al rule for distances between the
rows and for spacing of the plants
in the row. However, as some
guide we give the following :
-On- good uplands ordinarily
producing one-half to three
fourths of a bale of cotton per
acre, plant in rowf four feet apart
and give not less than . sixteen
inches space between in the row
On rich bottom lands where ex
cessive stalks are produced, plant
in rows not less than five feet
apart and give two feet space be
tween plants in the row. Increase
or decrease these distances rows
and spaces) according to the
strength of the soil and the usual
size of the cotton plants.
On post oak - fiats and alluvial
land like the Mississippi bottoms,
give full distance between rows so
aB to make a broad ridge for the
plants and provide for surface
drainage. D. NBabbow,
Assistant in Charge of Instruc
,j tions. il
Approved: S. A. Knapp,
In Charge.-
STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
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A Spring Fish Tale.
Statesvllle Landmark. March 17.
J. K. Morrison & sons are
building a brick store room,
20x40 feet, on the site on south
Center street from which a-smali
trame building was recently re
moved. .
Cotton dropped under 11 cents
on the Statesville market Satur
day for the first time in quite
awhile. The price yesterday was
10.43.v While the crop is short
the business depression has affect
ed the cotton manufacturers so
that many of the mills are run
ning on short time while others
have shut down. The manufac
turers say they are at present un
able to sell- their product at a
profitand this of course affects
the price of raw cotton.
been
A refrigerator which had
left unlocked' for years on a rear
porch at the home of J. H. Hoff
mann, on West End avenue, and
had never been molested was rpjj
bed most trf its contents Saturday
night. The thief secured a nice
dressed hen, several pounds of
steak, ten pounds of butter and a
bottle of milk. He' evidently had
more, than he could carry, for he
left two pounds of butter and his
walking stick lying near the ice
box. "
The Landmark is asked to com
plain of children who invade pri
vate premises, pull flowers and
break shrubbery and fruit trees.
A case was reported from south
Statesville yesterday. The fault
is of course with the parents who
allow the children to run at large
and do as they please.
The school at HarmoDy was
tranferred to the new academy
building yesterday. The new
building is now complete, It cost
about$2,000 and is best one of the
buildings in the county. The pub
ic high school at Harmony is' in
creasing in numbers. The school
will continue about three months.
A shipment of frsh fish was
being opened and placed on sale at
one of the fish stands on Center
street Saturday when a bystan ler
pointed to a big drum and ad-
dresed the crowd : 'How'd you
like to pull out one like that?",
One of the spectators, William
Triplett, who lives on Jas.
Sharpe's place irf Sharpesburg
township, replied by remarking
that he caught a carp in South
Yadkin river cne day last week
that tipped the scales at 7 pounds.
And the fishing fever seized the
crowd.
Chas. E. Long, the young
deserter from the Marines who sur
rendered to Deputy Sheriff Deaton
at Mooresville about ten days ago
and was placed in jail, here to
await information from the army
omcials, was released last week.
Long deserted from tlWMarine
barracks at Annapolis, Md., and
returned to his home at Concord,
this State. He got short of money
and desiring to return to the ser
vice he went to Mooresville and
surrendered to Mr. Deaton, who
immediately jiotinea tne proper
officials, Mr. Deaton received no
tice last week that the . govern
ment would only pay a reward of
$20 for his delivery at Annapolis
and realizing that this small
amount would -not pay the rail
road expenses, Mr. Deaton notifi
ed Jailer Connelly to explain tbe
situation to Long and turn him
loose. When Long left the jail
he told Mr. and Mrs. Connelly he
was going straight to West Vir
ginia, where he h&d been offered a
job that would pay $3 a day.
While out duck hunting Tues
day afternoon Dr. C. B. Mott had
a narrow escape from a serious
accident. The left-hand barrel
of a hne snot gun tne doctor was
using burst near the breech of the
gun, throwing small fragments of
metal into the" air with terrific
force, laying-open the portion of
the barrel which holds' the shell
and otherwistrdamaging the gun.
Fire did slight damage to the
woodwork of the Bostian railway
bridge yesterday morning. A re
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Merchant Arrested for Selling Beer
Stanly Man has a Menagerie.
Stanly Enterprise, March 19. -
The attomoble craze haB struck
Albermarle. and it looks how if
our little city will soon have sev
eral autos before the season ad
vances far.
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Mrs. AddieB. Ramsay, and lit
tle sou Edgarare visiting Mrs.
Sallie Smith, J. M. Coggin and
Miss Lizzie Ramsay also came
Saturday, returning Sunday.
Friends here of F. N. Patter
son and Kemp Alexander of Lex
ington, regret to hear of their
heavy losses last week by fire, and
these energetic young men have
these sympathy of every who
knows gtbem. x-
Jethro Almond is adding sever
al monkets, parrots, and animals
of the curio type to his collection,
and his home is a vert'ble men
agerie. He expects to join a
carnival troup this season.
Last Saturday night in the
Love's Grove community, D. F.
Mann was shot by some unknown
person in a mysterious way, and
very badly injured. One load took
effect in the headV the other in his
body. When brought home here
Sunday evening he was thoutght
to be in a doubtful condition, but
Monday Dr. Yow extracted three
shofefrom his head and he is now
doing well.
The Parker Little .Furniture
Company have the contract plac
ed by W. T. Huckabee for sup
plying the Central Hotel with in
terior furnishings, and have al
ready supplied a number of the
rooms with nice felt mattresses,
springs, the stairway with carpet,
and the hotel is beginning to take
uopn itself tho air jof many neces
sary and desirable improvmeuts.
The new carriage works recent
ly opened up here by MesserB
Bolich and E. E. Snuggs is al
ready doing a splendid business.
Mr. Gills, the finisher, is' an ex
pert at the business, "and when a
job is ready to leave the house it
looksx just- like new. The town
needs a good plant of this kind,
and those in need of repaired ve
hicles can do no better than to
atronizo this good firm.
Rev. Byron Clarke, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at
Salisbury is preaching an inter
esting series of sermons at the
Presbyterian church here, pre
paratory for the communion ser
vices next Sunday. Services will
continue through the week, at 10
o'olock in themorning and 7.80 in
the evening. -
Henry, the 3-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs, Henry M. Snuggs,
shows a wonderful capacity for
remembering pictures that he has
once seen. A collection of Souv
euir pdst cards of twentv-seven
of the different State buildings
was given him. and the child re
members the name of each State
represented. -He speaks the name
of the State distinctly, and it is
impossible to fool the little fellow
in trying to confuse him.
Officers J. E. Kluttz and Sheriff
Love on Thursday night caused
the arrest and imprisonment of
Charles Morton . on the charge of
retailing. Morton had evidently
gone to Salisbury and had five
barrels of beer on his wagon. Mr.
Kluttz purchased four bottles from
him, had the beer "sampled" and
adjudged as the real article, and
then swore out a warrant against
Mr. Morton. The latter claims
that it was not beer, but his store,
back, of Morrow Brothers & Heath
Company, has been-the scene of so
much nightly disturbance that sus
picion 'has been resting, against
him for sometime, and it is be
lieved that more than beer has
been sold from his store.
port reached town :a little after 6
o'clock that half the woodwork
of the bridge had been destroyed
by fire, but this was not entirely
true.
John Hudspeth, of Catawba
county, ferryman at the Long
island terry, was in town y ester
day with a load of fine river fish
suckers. They sold rapidly at
I a cents a pound. The load
brought the rise of $30
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II fill P1IBW RALLY-
JUDGE SHAW" AND JUDGE
PRITCHARD SPEAK.
Large Audience Composed of Farmers,
Business Men. Mechanics and Ladies
Present Both Morning and ETening.
Much Enthusiasm.
irroDaDiy tne largest rally in
the cause of temperance ever held
in Salisbury took place here Sat
urday, the opening day for the
temperance campaign in Rowan
county. Men in all walks of life
were present and gave the closest
attention and frequently applaud
ed the telling points made by the
orators. Nothing" seemed to elicit
more cheers and create greater en
thusiasm that the expressed belief
that Rowan would give a rousing
majority for prohibition. The
court house was well-filled and
hadthe weather conditions been
fiore favorable no doubt hundreds
would have been turned away.
During Judge Pritchard's speech
there was hardly standing room,
the audience was fairly well
sprinkled with the fairer sex.
Judge Shaw, of Greensboro
spoke in the foorenoon and was
introduced by A.VH. Price, Esq ,
and Judge Pritcbard in the after
noon ai.d was introduced by Hon,
John S, Henderson. The morn
ing meeting was opened . with
prayer by Rev. J. M. L. Lyerly,
h. D., of Crescent Academy and
Business College.
Mr. Price's introductory re
marks were particularly appropri
ate and leaves little doubt as just
where-he standson this great j
moBayaueBtion. He said:
"It is extemely distressing to
he intelligence and combined
morality of North Carolina that
there should be any opposition to
movement tending to advance
the public welfare.
'It is fundamental and axioma
tic that the safety of the people is
the supreme law.
"Never before in the history of
our Commonwealth, has the pub
ic conscience been so aroused
against evil of every sort and
kind, and never before has there
been such concerted action on the
part of God-fearing men and wo
men, to oppose these evils.
"There is a public determina
tion evidenced by State-wide un
rest, that influences tending to
pervert the public mind and to
deprave the public morals, shall
be stamped out by the will of the
people, expressed in- legislative
enactment or l)y the ballot.
Gambling' has been prohibited ;
prize-fighting has been prohibit
ed; the sale of dangerous and
harmful drugs has been prohibit
ed ; crime of eyery sort and kind
has been prohibited ; then, why,
ask, should an admitted evil
growand spread under the protec
tion oftbe law.
'It is well that the people of
this State shall have public dis
cussions of this measure, so vital
ly affecting their well-being, and
it is fortunate that we have with
us today, a man so well qualified
to submit such observations as he
feels appropriate for. Uhis occa
sion. "He is a man favorably known
throughout the length and breadth
of North Carolina, and a man who
has well served the State.
"He practices what he preaches,
and lives up to his professions.
"I bespeak your very earnest
consideration of what he has to
say.
"I have the honor of presenting
to von Hon. Thomas J. Shaw, of
Greensboro."
JUDGE SHAW'S SPEECH.
Mr, Chair man, Xadies and Gentle
men;
I consider 'it a privilege . to ' be
present with yoju on this occasion.
I am here by invitation of the
Anti-Saloon League of your coun
ty for the purpose of discussing a
bill, known as the prohibition bill,
whieh-tbe last legislature directed
should be submited to the people
of the State for their adoption or
rejection.. I come here realizing
that this prosperous ai.d growing
Continued on page five.
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Yadkin Hosiery Mill Is Destroyed by Fire.
big Hernials- Closes. . Some Personals.
Lexington Dispatch, March. 18th.
D. K. Cecil, the contractor, left
Monday morning for Ooleemee.
where he is building an addition
to. the Methodist church and doing
other brick work in that place.
Moyer Sink, manager of the
Lexington Steam Laundry, went
to Columbia, S. C Sunday night
to attend the Laundrymen's Asso
ciation, whioh convened in Col
I. : ir 1 w . .
uuiuia monaay. bit. einx was
called home Monday by a tele
gram announcing the sudden
death of his wifs's brothtr, .Lon-
nie Harrison, at Salisbury.
The Lexineton Ice and Fuel
Company will start to making ice
for the summer season the latter
partt)f this week. W. B. Cli
nard, the manager, has been here
for several days overhauling and
improving the plant"" and he
promises much better ice this
seacon than last, A meeting of
the. stockholders of the plant will
be4ield here tomorrow.
Monday morning about 11
o'clock firewas dicovered in the
basement of the Wennonah cotton
mills No- 2. A lot of trash and
waste caught fire, just how is not
known. The blaze was quickly
extinguished by the employes.
No alarm was given, and up-town
people knew nothing of he fire
until after.it was exti norm' short
Had the fire occurred at flight.
the mills would probably have
been burned. i
A recent ordinance allows ,the
commissioners to pay firemen $1
each for services at any .fire.
Nineteen firemen of Co. 1, and 12
firemen of Co, 2, responded to the
alarm and rendered service at the
fir9 at the knitting mill last
Thursday morning and 14 mem
bers of Company 2 were present
at the fire at the Wennonah cot
ton mills Monday morning.
Each fireman was allowed $1,
making a total of $45.
The building committee of she
Methodist church met Monday
night and discussed the plans and
and specifications of the new
church soon to be built here. A
picture of the new church has
been received and it is in keeping
with the the progress of the town.
Already building material is on
the grounds and the church will
be completed before the year
closes. The Methodist congrega
tion is deeply interested in the
building of their new church and
when it is completed it will be
one one of the handsomest
churches in the stats. Work will
begin on the church in about two
week.-Thomasville note.
Fifty-three new members were
received into the First' Methodist
churchjhere Sunday night, thus
marking the close of a series
of "revival services which
have been conducted in that
church for-the last fifte'en days.
No more remarkably successful
revival has been held in Lexing
ton for many years, if at all. In
all there were about one hundred
professions of faith and reclama
tions. The interest in the meet
ings has been unusal and the at
teudance has been very large, the
cnurcn Deing wen niied everv
morning and crowded to its ca
city at the evening service. The
stores and places of business, in
eluding some of the . factories,
have been closed each day for, the
morning service, this step being
taken at the suggeston of Jthe pas
tor, Rev. A. L. Stanford. Rev.
A, B, Hunter, of Merrryville,
Tenn., lead the sons service.
which was very good. Miss Sallie
Sue Ellis and Mrs. J. M. Harkey
organists during the meetings, and
performed their duties well. All
the local churches joined heartily
in the meetings.
Thursday morning about 3
o'clock Lexington people were
awakened by the fire whitle, and
soon the othe other plants were
making the night hideous with
their whistles. The plant of the
Yadkin Knitting Mill Company
was found to be on fire. Although
HOCKSYILLE AND DAVIE COUNTY.
Cupid's Dart Strikes Cripples. Coleemee
Man asks Important Question. .
Mockavllle Courier. March 19th.
C D. Lefier, of Coleemea has .a.
brand new boy baby at his house.
We congratulate the Squire on his
doodluok. We understand that
the Squire is very Careful as to the
health of this youth1, and he woujd
like to know if it would imperil
the child's health for him (the
Squire) to eat turnip greens and
smoke a pipe. As we are not
posted on such matters, we hope
some land reader will give thef
Squire the desired information, "'
Quits an interesting marriage
was celebrated at Courtney, Fri
day night, the contracting parties
being Frank Henderson, a no-leg- '
ged man and Miss Annie Seabolt,
a clubfooted woman. Mr, Hen
dersou came here Friday in the
baggage car on a roller chair and
was taken, to Courtney by private.
conveyance, where he met his
bride. The marriage ceremony -
was perfomed immediately upon
his. arrival. Many people were ,
present to witness ttie unique cere
mony and from appearances they
seemed to-be a ery happy pair.
t seems that this .incident of
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marriage came about through a
matrimonial beaureau.
J. -A. Lefier who lives - a few
miles on this side of Cooleemee
had the misfortune to loose his
house, and contents that were up
stairs, by' fire Sunday afternoon
about four o'clock. The house
caught from a spark that came
from the chimney and lighted
upon the roof, setting fire to the
dry shingles. No little amount of
work was done to extinguish the
flames and save the building, but
to no avail. This is a great loss to ;
Mr. Lefier as there was no insur
ance upon the property.
Two small white boys, Paul Ja
cobs, and Donnell Williamson,
eleven and fourteen years of age,
werearrested by policeman Cur
rent Tuesday mcrning. The boys
said that they ran away from
their homes in Winston and were
on their jray to Spencer, but on
arriving here, tired, sleepy and
hungry, after walking the whole
distance, decided to spend the
night, and slept along beside the
railroad. Mr. Current was noti
fied about the boys and put them
under arrest but later . made up
8ome change to satisfy their emp
ty stomachs and sent them back
to Winton, "They were satisfied
to go but the smaller one said he
dreaded that whipping he had
coming when he got back home.
A. T. Grant, Jr., of Mocksville,
and Miss Helen Brewster were '
married in Raleigh Wednesday
afternoon at the home of the
bride's sister, Mrs. W,R. Bishop.
The marriage was a quiet one on
account of a recent death in the
bride's family. s
Charley Hege, who was acci
dently shot by his sweetheart, at
Advance sometime ago, and was
reported dying of consumption,
has improvetrmuch and is able to
be out again.
it was raining and had been rain
ing all night, a goodTmany people
turned out to see the spectular
blaze. The fire began in the rear
of the plant, and within 80 min
utes little was left of the splendid
and comparatively new factory.
The total loss on ? building and
stock something like . $21,000.
There was no insurance-on the
building, ancL the loss is $3,000
on that. The $18,000 or $19,000
worth of machinery and hosiery
and yarn had $11,000 insurance
on it, so tnat tne loss is about as
much as the insurance. The plant
was by C. M. Thompson, Geo. W,
Montcastle, Ed L. Green, F. N.
Patterson, who "was mjmager,
Kemp Alexander, who was super
intendent, O. A. Hunt, Jr.T J. B., "
and T. J.' Grimes. It was located,
on Foster street, near Depot
street, and manufactured iiosery.
The stockholderrhava not as yet
definitely decided as to whetfier
they will rebuild, but it is " very
probable that they not do so aft ..-
!prdsent;
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