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United States from Chile. Right—Freighter in ••
service in 1830. Inset—Herbert C. Brewer, direc- -
tor of the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational —' tw "' w >*
Bureau.
THE older generation among
Southern farmers deserves
credit for laying the founda
tions of the modern soil-improvement
programs which have proved so suc
cessful in raising the yields and profits
on our farms.
This is shown by the experience of
Southern farmers, now past middle
age, who have volunteered information
about the earliest users of nitrate of
soda in their states. Some of these
have been using fertilizers
continually for quarter of a century,
and one farmer in South Carolina re
ports that he first used nitrate of soda
back in 1575.
As part of the 100th anniversary of
the use of nitrate of soda in this coun
try, recognition in the form of a dis
tinctive award is to be conferred upon
the farmer in each state who has used
this fertilizer for the longest period of
Farm Board Program
Say Critics
Conditions in agriculture are
worse now than they were nine
months ago when the much vaunted :
farm relief board began opera- j
tions, according to close observers]
of the situation,. Farm prices now]
are at the lowest ebb since May, I
1927, and the board can offer no :
suggestion of relief save the old
plea to cut production. There will
be bigger surpluses of most crops
carried over th's fall than last un
less drastic cuts are made.
That the farm problem is acute
none can deny. That something
ought to be done, about it every
body admits. What to do nobody
knows. With hundreds of thou
sands of people in Asia starving to
death, with hundreds of thousands
in this country out of employment,
and with millions of fertile lands
lying idle that could be producing
food and affording work, there
seems to be something wrong with
a relief plan that calls for letting
more land lie idle. The real prob
lem seems to be one of distribu
tion rather than production, and j
it was it was in this field that the
farm board was expected to give
relief. After nine months, however,
the condition is apparently no bet
ter, if indeed it is not worse.
WHO IS TO ELAME?
(From The Kingston News-Leader)
This is a true story that hap
pened in a town in lowa.
A man entered a "st ore and made
a small purchase.' •' As the . .pier
chant was wrapping it up for him
the customer pointed’ to a'package
under his arm and* said: <‘.“l -Worfder >
if you would mind wrapping' l this
up a little better for me. ? It got
"kinda damaged in shipping.”
“Not at all,” said • the merchant.
“What have you been getting?” '
“Some kind of patented salt I’ve
been reading about .in the farm
magazines,” replied the customer.
“It was announced in an advertise-1
ment the other day that they had ;
just got a carload and were selling]
it at a special price in ten pound j
lots, so I sent for some to try it j
out. It’s something new, I guess, i
but I thought I’d try it -out on j
this special offer.” |
“What did it cost you?” queried;
the storekeeper. The customer told
him.
“Huh!” snorted the storekeeper, j
“Special, my eye! They just hooked
you, that’s all. I have it right
here and sell it every day at ten
cents a pound less, and you don’t
have to take it in ten-pounds lots j
either.”
“The deuce you say!” returned!
the customer. “Don’t that '.beat!
all? I’ve been reading it in the!
farm papers quite a while and, j
thinking I’d try some, but I didn’t
know where to , get it until I read
it in an ad the other day, and
then I sat right down and sent in
my order.”
“Better try buying it at home
next time,” announced the pro
prietor a little acridly, as he handed !
him the the rewrapped package, j
“You would have saved a dollar !
on this.”
“Thank for the advice,” returned
the customer with his hand on the ;
door latch. “Now let me give you I
some. You better try advertisingl
what you have to sell and at what ‘
price. I’d have bought some from
you long ago if I’d known you car
ried it, but you sat back and waited
for me to come in and buy it.
“The advertisement told me they
had it, and I bought from them.
Probably a lot more of your cus- •
tomers did the same and I don’t j
see that you can blame them if
they did. When a business house
lets me know it has something I
want I am to buy there.”
time. This award is being given by
the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educa
tional Bureau. Letters from farmers
are reaching the office of the Educa
tional Bureau daily and the awards
will be made this fall.
“Four generations of Southern
farmers have used commercial fertiliz
ers during the past 100 years,” says
Herbert C. Brewer, director of the
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational
Bureau, “but efficient soil-building
practices were not understood general
ly until the last quarter century. It
remained for our educational agencies,
such as the extension services of the
state agricultural colleges, to popular
ize the practices which could he de
pended upon to assure the most eco
nomic production. At present, thou
sands of farmers are doing daily what
only a few of the most enterprising
did a half century ago.”
Liquor Killing Home
Life of Carolina Bees
Dr. Sams, apiarist at State Col
' lege, has another indictment against
j the illegal liquor business. He says
; that bees are attracted to the stills
by the odor of -the mash and re
| fuse, and that there is something
,in the stuff that causes a fungus
' growth in the bees’ stomachs from
which they die. That opens up new
possibilities for locating moonshine
stills. Old woodsmen know that a
bee zigzags in all directions while
hunting for the sweets from which
he makes honey, but that once
loaded he heads in direct course
for the home hive. Now the ques
tion is whether or not a bee loaded
with hootch can fly a straight
course. Since a pedestrian can not
walk straight when so loaded, and
since it is an established fact that
birds get drunk and cut all kinds
of tail spins in the air, why isn’t
it logical to reason that drunk bees
would wabble in their homeward
course? Therefore, the officers have
only to watch a few bees coming
| from the same general direction in
uncertain and vacillating flight, then
follow that course in reverse to
capture the still. Os course, it is a
pity for a bee to die of alcoholism
but if in his death he aids prohibi
tion enforcement the sorrow will
be considerably ameliorated.
BAILEY AND PROHIBITION
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(From The Greensboro . News)
Political signs do not seem to
disfavor Josiah William Bailey as
he and his partisans must have ex
pected - at this stage of the sena
torial contest. •
There i 9 the prohibition' issue, for
instance.- If there ever was a
subject in which Mr. Bailey made
himself a nuisance, prohibition was
that cause to which he gave his
youthful heart. In season and out,
mostly out, he was thundering in
his Biblical Recorder against the
1 saloons and distilleries throughout
; the nineties while his national party
j was dedicating itself to an unend
; ing fight against “sumptuary legis
i lation” and interference with “per
j sonal liberty.” Long before the
I Watts Law became effective by gen
eral assembly act of 1903 he had
seen most of the towns of the State
j dried up by local option. He donned
) his swallow-tail coat in Edenton
Street Methodist church, Raleigh,
and opened there the state-wide
campaign tp banish saloons and dis
tilleries. In 1907 he was more fa
j vorable to a continued application
|of the local option plan, giving as
1 bis reasons the significant successes
jof local option which had dried 31
] towns in North Carolina. But when
j the special session of 1908 called
' for the.,;referendum Mr. Bailey took
the stump and canvassed the state
for a third time in behalf of pro
hibition.. ...
So definite and ineradicable was
that record that the Democratic
state convention of 1908 made him
elector at-large in the hope that he
i might justify his party’s course in
■ state-wide prohibition. There was
j danger that year, as the three Re
publican congressmen elected and
1 the small majority of only 20,000
! against Mr. Taft showed. Yet, Mr.
Bailey is getting himself violently
assaulted for his record on prohibi
tion.
It is not a healthy sign for the
opposition. Whatever the “Simmons
strategy” means, it never was given
to shrieking accusations, which
tested by the common consciousness
'fall without necessity for any reply
from Bailey or any of his asso
ciates.
The Simmons argument is that
whereas Bailey was staunch pro
hibitionist then, Simmons is staunch
THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C.
prohibitionist now, and the voter is
dealing in terms of now. But it
utterances in the Simmons behalf
are authoritative, the argument goes
further: the Simmons opposition is
buttomed on the wishes of persons
who are expecting to make profit
of the legalized sale of potable
alcohol. This is a, good argument
if sustained by a reasonable amount
•of proof; without any proof at ‘all,
jit is not likely to bo very effective
i paramount.
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Both Party Chairmen
May Have to Resign
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Being chairmen of a national
party executive committee is not an
easy job, as can be attested by
j both heads of the two dominant
j parties now. Clauidus Huston of
! the Republican party has been
! mixed up in power company lobby
i ing over Muscle Shoals and has
; been accused of using money raised
! for the lobby for his private stock
speculations. Thereupon demand
has been made upon him by some
party leaders for his resignation.
John J. Raskob of the Democratic
party has contributed large sums
to the fight against prohibition and
this has brought about demand on
part of some Southern Democrats
for his resignation. Whether or
not either man will be forced out
remains to be seen. At present
they are not having a very pleas
ant time of it.
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GARDEN NOTES |
FOR APRIL |
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Start planting tender crops this
month. The following schedule gives
average safe dates for the earliest
plantings in the different sections:
Coastal Plain: April 1 to 10.
Piedmont: April 10 to 25.
Mountain: April 25 to May 10.
Plant the following crops:
Beans: Good varieties of snap
beans for the home garden are
Black Valentnie, Stringless Green
Pod, Bountiful and Pencil Pod Wax.
Suitable bush limas are Henderson’s
Bush anti Fordhook.
Corn: Try some early sweet corn.
Early Market, Burpee, and Golden
Sunshine have been favorably re
ported by many growers. Standard
main-crop varieties are Country
Gentleman, StowelT’s Evergreen,
Tucker’s Favorite, and Norfolk
Market.
Cucumber: Snow’s Pickle and
Chicago Pickling are good for pic
kles. White Spine and Early For
tune are standard slicing varieties.
Eggplant: Set plants in the open
as soon as the soil is warm. Seeds
may be started early in the month
in a protected bed, and the plants
set in the open as soon as large
enough.
Okra: This is a favorite in most
Southern gardens. Give the same
cultural treatment as for cotton.
Melons: Don’t neglect the melon
patch. Standard varieties of canta
loupes are Hearts of Gold, Hale’s
Best, Perfecto, and Eden Gem.
Early planted cantaloupes will often
mature before the pickles worm
much damage.
Kleckley Sweet, Thurmond Gray,
and Stone Mountain are good water
melon varieties for home use. Both
watermelons and cantaloupes re
spond to well rotted stable manure
in the hill.
Peppers: Set at the same time
and give about the same euture as
for tomatoes.
Squash: Summer Crookneck and
White Bash are good early varei
ties.
Sweet Set plants in
April for an early crop. Bed roots
to produce .sprouts for the main
crop. ■ ■■ ' ' ’
Tomatoes: For the early crop,
set plants two feet apart in rows
three feet wide and train each
plant to a stake. If you do not
have plants ready to set, they may
be purchased from seedsmen or
plant growers.
Start seed early in the month
for the main summer crop. Good
main-crop varieties are Glode,
Matchless, Stone, Marglobe, and
Norton. Margleobe and Norton are
resistant to Wilt.
THINGS SEEN ON STREET
A farmer leaving town with two
bales of hay piled up in the back
seat of an old model Ford sedan.
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DR. J. C. MANN
the well-known
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
will be at
Dr. Farrell’s Office
PITTSBORO,
TUESDAY, April 22
at Dr. Thomas’ Office
SILER CITY,
THURSDAY, April 24th j
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FULL ROWS
Vol. 11, No. 4 / Virginia-Cnrolina Chemical Corporation Copyright 1 i
With V-C, You're Set
“An average crop of tobacco
withdraws from the soil large quan
tities of all the elements of plant
food,” says an exchange. An aver
age herd of cows withdraws from
the barn-loft large quantities of
animal food, too. And a drove of
hogs can do some pretty thorough
withdrawing from a field of peanuts.
But the more they all withdraw, the
quicker and finer they grow. It’s not
the withdrawing that matters. All
the bother is about being sure
there’s plenty provided to be with
drawn.
-C
“Whatever the fundamental
function of manganese may be, the
element is indispensable to the nor
mal growth of plants.”— Dr. Oswald
Schreiner, Bureau of Chemistry and
Soils. »
-C
Indians Venerate the Stem
Among the North American In
dians the tobacco pipe has a pecu
liar symbolic significance in con
nection with the superstitious rites
and usages of the race, says Encyclo
paedia Britannica. The peace pipe or
medicine pipe is an object of pro
found veneration. Though the most
ancient pipes had no stem, it is the
stem only of the medicine pipe
which the Indians, venerate. The
bowl of a medicine pipe has no im
portance, one or another bowl being
used indifferently.
-C
“Since the formation of the V-C
Company I have sold and used V-C
continuously. Have sold a great
many thousand torts. A number of
customers are using V-C exclusively,
as their fathers did before them. V-C
not only brings good crops but
builds up the land and makes a
good profit for the farmer both
wax's.” —Farmers Supply Co., Staun
ton, Va.
LAST ROUND FOR COLLECTION
of TAXES BEFORE ADVERTISING
To give the taxpayers of Chatham County an oppor
tunity to settle their taxes before May Ist, 1930, (the
date on which the law directs the Sheriff to advertise
all lands of delinquent taxpayers) I will be at the
places named below, on dates stated. Please arrange
to meet me and make full settlement.
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REMEMBER, the penalty added in April is 3 per cent of the original
amount of receipt. The penalty added in May is 4 per cent of the
original receipt. Therefore, by paying up in April you save 1 per
cent; also, you save the unpleasantness of being advertised during
May.
Wicker’s Store ('CORINTH') Thursday A. M. 11 to 1 P. M., April 10.
Harrington’s Store (Brickhaven) Thursday P. M. 1 to 3, April 10.
Moncure Bank, Thursday P. M., 3 to 5, April 10.
Jim Knight’s Store, Friday A. M. 11 to 12, April 11.
Coal Glen Store, Friday P. M. 12:30 to 1:30, April 11.
Gulf, Mclver’s Store, Friday P. M. 2 to 3:30, April 11.
Sharpe’s Store, Friday P. M. 4 to* 5:30, April 11.
Gains Grove, Saturday A. M. 11 to 12:30, April 12.
Goldston Bank, Saturday P. M., 1 to 5, April 12.
Bennett Hardware Store, Tuesday A. M. 10 to 12,..April 15.>; 7
Rock Hill Supply Company’s Store, Tuesday P. M. 1 to 2:30, April 15.
Harpers X Roads, Ellis Store, Tuesday, P. M. 3 to 4:30, April 15.
W. A. Phillips’ Store, Tuesday P. M. 4:30 to s :3o,'April 15. • '
Kimbolton, Wednesday-A. M. 11 to 12, April 16. J ; v ..
H. B. Phillips’ Filling Station, Wednesday 12 to 1 P. M., April 16.
CTe Hill, Dan Vestal’s Store, Wed., P. M. 2 to 3:30, April 16- ‘
Bear Creek, Emerson’s Store, Wed., P. M. 4 to 5:30, April 16.
Frank Henderson’s store, Thursday A. M. 11 to 12, April 17.
J. I. Lindley’s residence, Thursday, P. M. 1 to 2:30, April 17.
Buckner & Rogers Store, Thursday P. M. 2:30 to 4:30, April 17.
Hargrove’s Store, Friday A. M. 11 to 12, April 18.
Willie Thomases Store, Friday P. M., 12:30 to 1:30, April 18.
Jim Teague’s Store, Friday P. M., 2 to 3:30, April 18.
Taylor Teague’s Store, Friday P. M., 4 to 5:30, April 18.
Bonlee Bank, Saturday P. M. 1 to 5, April 19.
Bynum, Charlie Snipes Store, Tuesday A. M. 11:30 to 1, April 22.
T. E. William’s Store, Tuesday P. M. 1:30 to 2:30, April 22.
J. S. Petty’s Store, Tuesday P. M. 3 to 4, April 22.
T. W. Hobby’s Store, Tuesday P. M. 4:30 to 5:30, April 22.
Siler City, Mayor’s Office, All Day Saturday, April 26.
Siler City, Mayor’s Office, All Day Tuesday, April 29.
Yours truly,
G. W. BLAIR, Sheriff Chatham County.
Each Field to Its Crop
“By scientific classification and
use of their lands, farmers can
remedy the evils of over-production,
avoid the waste of cultivating un
profitable crops on marginal land,
and convert soil .unfit for one crop
into profitable use for a wholly
different crop.”— Dr. H. G. Knight,
V. S. Dept, of Agriculture.
-C
More than 325 different articles of
clothing and household equipment, from
aprons to window ventilators, are made
of cotton.
-C
“The hope of civilization
is men who are able to see,
and having seen, are able to
lead, direct and organize new
forces which are constantly
confronting us.” Presi
dent Butler of Columbia
University.
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“We have used and sold V-O In
dian Chief brand for many years,
and without exception the results
have been excellent. V-C’s effect
seems to be perfect on growing and
burning qualities.”— Lowe <fe Welles,
Big Flats, N. Y.
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Blit the Boy Paid
Conductor: “Lady, you’ll have to
pay for that boy.”
Old Lady Passenger: “But I never
heard of such a thing—l never did
before.”
Conductor: “That makes no differ
ence —he’s twelve years old and
you’ll pay his fare or I’ll put him
off.”
Old Lady: “Then go ahead —put
him off. I never saw him before.”
—Exchange
-C
“If vain our toil, we ought to blame
the culture —not the soil” — Pope’s
Essay on Man.
-C
$2,000,000 for Shade Cloth
Processes have been worked out
that triple the life of the shade
cloth used by tobacco growers on
their plant beds, says W. M. Jar
dine, former Secretary of Agricul
ture. He adds that the annual bill
for shade cloth is over $2,000,000.
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THURSDAY. APRIL Ift i n ,.
Communities Can Act
“Farmers will grow good cotton
if they can sell it for more than poor
cotton. Selling at flat prices is the
commercial millstone. How farm
ers are to get more for producing
the better cotton is the crucial
question of cotton improvement.
The individual cannot change the
system, but communities of pro
ducers acting together can obtain
better treatment.” —O. F. Cook
Yearbook of Agriculture.
-C
“When once used, V-C repeats.’”
— H. A. Barrow & Co., Dealer, Farm
ville, Va.
V-C
There Used to Be a Law
Tobacco growing was started in
England in the 16th century, but
the'New England colonies raised
such a howl that in 1660 the grow
ing of tobacco in England was pro
hibited by law. It was not until 1782,
however, that England’s tobacco
crops were finally suppressed by
armed force and heavy penalties—
and by that time the Revolution
had separated the American col
onies from England and everybody
had forgotten the original reason
for stopping tobacco cultivation.
The legal restrictions, which ex
tended to Scotland and Ireland,
were not removed until 1910.
V C
Stagnant water and sour soil are poi
son to a tobacco plant. Drainage is
the first essential.
-C
“Used 125 tons of V-C 8-3-5 and
8-4-4, and had splendid results.
Also sold about 1,000 tons of V-C,
and every customer was highly
pleased. We are sure to sell every
one of our old customers and a
number, of new ones next season.”
Groves Bros., Dealer, Byromville, Ga.