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Newton JLHE h .ivrnnicn'oi I at hi A. 1 , finl II aT I aUL. Ve VOL. XVII NO 7. NEWTON N. C. FRIDAY MARCH 8. 1895. PRICE: S1.00 PER YEAR J. W. HARDISTER, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER DEALER IX Fine '.Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Etc. Newton, - - N. C. B.F. FALLS, M.D., Newton, N. C. I have recently moved from Cleveland rouuty to Newton and offer my profess ional services to the people of Newton and surrounding country. Will attend promptly to all calls both day and night. Have had eighteea years experience in General Practice. Otfire at residence the McLelland House. J. C. WHITESIDE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, SEWTOX, N. C. Offers his Professional services to the people of Newton and the public general ly feeling grateful for a very liberal pat ronage in the past, hopes to merit a con tinuance of the same. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office at residence. jYOTICE. o I have moved from Newton to Statesville, but will continue to practice in Catawba and Lincoln counties, and will make an ap pointment at .Newton occasion al lv. Calls solicited. P. F. JLmigenour, DENTIST. Statesville, X, C. J. B. LITTLE, RESIDENT BEHEST. NEWTON, N. C. V" Office in Yount If SHrum's Buxldmg. J. R. CAMPBELL,M.D. Newton, - - - - N. C, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offers bis piofe9sional services to the people of Newton and Catawba County. July 14th, 1891. J . E. THORNTON, KEEPS constantly on hand all sizes of Wood Coffins. Also Bnrial Robes. Strangers sending for coffins must send good security. Sh op one wile north ot Court House, NEWTON, N. C. Dr. J.M.McCOREXE, NEWTON, - - - - N. C. Offers his professional services to the people of Newton. After the first of May he will extend his practice tothecountry. ERNEST L MOORE, FASHIONABLE BARBER HAIR DRESSER, NEWTON, ---N.fr He keeps a First Class Tonsorial Parlor where you will always find clean towells and sharp razors, and a polite and at tentive barber, Every one coming to Newton desiring anv thing in the Tonsorial Art will be plvuswl after they call on me, for 1 always pl"iir all my customers. MONEY TO LOAN ! On improved farms in sums of 300 and upwards, on long time and easy terms. Seven per cent, interest. Apply to L. L. WlTHERSPOON, Atty. at Law. Sept. 10, '94. ;Newlon,N. C. SPECULATION, The Hoflp Commission Compy, BROKERS, 248 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., offers Hpeciul facilities to traders in STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN, in large or Kmall quantities, for cash or on mar (?irm of one per cent, or more. Send for our phainphlet "How to Speculate." THINACURA F OR THIN PEOPLE It makes thin faces plump and round out the figure. It is the Standard Remedy for leanness, containing no arsenic, and Guaranteed Absolutely Harmless Price, prepaid, $1 per box, for $5. Pamphlet, "How to get Fat," free. T he Thinacvka Co., 949 Broad y, N. I. th Disgrace Of Worth Carolina. Norfolk Virginia. Thursday the Legislature of North Carolina adopted a resolution to ad journ iu respect to the memory of Fredrick Douglass, the great negro 1 ider and roiecegenationist. The ame day it voted down a resolution to adjoup in r-spect to the memory of Gorge Wasbinajton. Sever! weeks ago it voted down a resoluticn to make tbe birthday of Robert E. Le . a public holiday. All over the State extreme indignation is report ed, and justly so. Naver has the old State suffered so great a disgrace, never have its people been subjected to such indignity, never have its glorious traditions and its splendid history been so wantorly and so shamefully outraged. Washington and Lee! names eantified and re vered in tbe hearts of all true meo, whose nobility of character and splendor of deeds, whose fame and renown are world known, and whose memory is imperishable, are not considered by the mongrel Legisla ture of North Carolina entitled to a patriotic recognit ion, while the death of Douglass is deplored and tbe Legislature is adjourned in token of respect to bis memory. Carolinians! Tbe people of Vir ginia, the State of Washington and Lee, whose soil is red with tbe blood of thousands of our noble sons, who bared their breasts and gave their lives in defense of principle and home and country, mourn with you over the stigma and the outrage that has been perpetrated on your honor and your Commonwealth. Tbe whole Soutbland feels tbe keenness of the indignity, and they feel confident that the great wrong will be righted They are sure that you wi!i not be slow to avenge the crime that from your great mountain peaks, in low land and in highland, the beacon fires will burn brightly to arouse to action every true Carolinian, so that the overthrow of the mongrel party responsible for the dastardly deed shall be accomplished and the mark of renfgade may be indelibly stamp ed upon the white members cf the Legislature who voted to pass the resolution. o The Frnlt of Coalition Norfolk Landmark. If anything were needed to com p'ete the picture of degradation in the dear old State of North Carolina, scenes of Thursday furnish it. There, upon motion of one of the negro members of the House of Represen tatives, a Republican coalitionist, an adjournment was made in honor of Frederick Douglass, when a simi lar honor is refused when proposed in honor cf Washington and Lee. North Carolina is a great State, she is allied to Virginia by many ties of sisterhood. She has strug gled bravely through her after war troubles and has made fine progress in recovering from her prostration. She has resisted tbe efforts of ber enemies to despoil and disgrace ber, until now, with success, and we con fidently expect to see her throw off the tyranny of ber present situation, but tbe humiliation of it is horrible to think of. Tbe Legislature of tbe Old North State adjourning in honor of Fred Douglass and declining to adjourn or honor Lee and Washington ! Could anything be more significant of what may be looked for when other Southern States are made tbe victims of such illstarred fate as an alliance between Republicans, Popu lists and Prohibitionists T We invite the attention of the people of Vir- niniii f r f.ha rtirttiima ham nrMAntait w r r- North Carolina in tbe hand of a coalation party which divides op tbe political spoils between Popu lists and Republicans, giving one Senatorsbip to one eide and tbe other to tbe other, turning out Ransom and Jarvis to do it, and so on throughout tbe list of State patronage. Finally, as if to add insult to in jury, and as an act of undying infamy, to refuse honors to tbe hercee, Washington and Lee in the same breadth, as it were, that they are ac corded to Douglass, a negro agitator and politican. Think of that and re fleet upon what may and would un doubtedly come to Virginia under circumstances similar to these which now prevail at Roleigh. Does tbe prospect please you? Is this a promise which is flattering ? o - One thirty, Always Thirty. A story is told, of a woman on the witness stand in a French court. She was asked ber age, and she an swered that she was thirty years old. "But," said the magistrate, did you not ttll me you were thirty when you appeared before me two years ago?" "I think it very likely," she replied, smilingly acknowledging ber falsehood and not at all abashed. "I am not one of those who say one thing to-day ".and another thing Itomorrowt TBI PUBLIC PBIHTIHG. The Republican and PopuMut Renolve not to Qlve It to the Lowest Bid Jer. The Committee on Public Printing met yesterday afternoon in the Stn ate Obanober to recsive tbe report of the sub-Committef) who bad been in structed to examine tha bids and as certain wnioh was the lowest. Tbe sub-Committee was composed of Sturbuck, Orews, Westmoreland, Phillips, Mitchell, Young and Dowd. A report signed by Starbuck, and Crews, was presented recommending that tbe contract be given to Stew art Brother?, of Winston, and stating that they were the lowest bidders. Tbe report contained a lot of figures, claiming to show that Stewart Bros were the lowest bidders on a variety of items by certain per cent. In some case?, it was figured by per cents, and in others the aggreate cost was given. Members of the sub -committee acknowledged that they did not know and had not as certained the aggregate amount of Siewart's bid. Edwards and Brougbton appeared and claimed that they were the low est bidders by $581.33. They stated that, having been denied an opportu nity of proving their claims before expert printers, they had requested Messrs. John Nichols (Republican.) J. H Alford (Republican) and J C Birdsong (Democrat,) three of tbe oldest and best printers in the State, to go over tbe volume acd kind of printing done for the State for the past two years and how what wou'd be the aggregate cost on their bid and the bid of Stewart Brothers. Mr Nichols addressed the com inittee and presented a statement which he and Birdaoog and Alford had prepared, showing that tbe bid of Edward and Brougbton was low er than thatef Stewart Brothers by 8581 33. An attempt was made to cut oil discussion when Mr. Lineback, Re publican, protested, and told the committee they were paid four dol lars to hear the testimony and argu ment so that .they would make no mistake in ascertaining tbe lowest bidder. Senator Djwd insisted, as he has done all along, that as there are no expert printers on the com mittee, it was their duty to secure expert testimony before recommend ing any award to the Legislature Senator Marshall, of Surry, aLo fa vored securing the testimony of eu perts. Ltneback and Young also protested against any recommenda tion in view of the doubt as to who really is the lowest bidder. Senator Dowd offered a substitute to tbe report recommending Stewart Bros., to tbe effect that the sub committee be required to consult experts as to who was the lowest bidder and make report. This sub etitute, the chairman (Bean, of Ran dolph) refused to put to a vote, but put tbe recommendation favoring Stewart Bros, to a vote and it was adopted, by a vote of 4 to 3. There are twenty-seven members of tbe committee on Printing ; only ten were present when the vote was taken ; the chairman and too others did not vote ; and tb majority re port goes to tha Legislature npon the affirmative vote of only fonr out of twenty-seven members of tbe committee. A Railway Curioelty. Manufacturers' Record. Work is about to begin on a rail road in Florida which is a curiosity of its kind, Some time ago the citi zens of Avon Park and Haines City, Fla,, believed that a transportation route connecting them would be of great advantage. The country is sandy and nearly level, A company was formed, but the people lacked in capital what tbey made up in en terprise. It has been decided, so tbe Manufacturers' Record is inform ed, to build the road with wood rails, which are large enough to be laid so that they will be half imbed ded in tbe sand, without other bals last. They are to be held in posi -tion by wooden pins two inches in diameter and eighteen inches long, while the ends are connected with plank couplers placed underneath and held by pins. Not a pound of metal will be used in construction of the track, although the line will be forty miles long. Most of the "rails" will be furnished gratis by property, owners along the right of way. The company believes thakin a few years the fruit, vegetable and passenger business over the route will pay for regular steel rails, when tbe others will be used for ties. A small steam dummy will furnish power for the Avon Park & Haines City road. Did you ever have bakiag dishes or cups spoiled by remaining too lone in the hot oven? Tbe brown discoloration may be .-rubbed off with a flannel dipped in whiting. Mo Him Jilit OaaeoMt. News and Observer. If the Republicans of tbe tribe of Rnsse'l arid Lie ilk do not believe that both Senator Butler and the Populists are in earnest about that pronunciamento which went out from the Populist caucus on Wed nesday night, let tbem read this. There will be no m me joint cau ouseu between the Populists and Republicans. Why? Because it was so decided in the caucus of Wednesday night and was reiterated in tbe speech of Marion Butler last night and ratified by tbe caucus. The Douglassites are beginning to stink, even in tbe nostrils of respect able Popr l.sts. The line has been drawn, tbe gauntlet has been thrown down by the Republicans and Butler baa picked it up. He spoke earnestly last night ; bis was the only speech. Other mem bers rose to interrupt and suggest, but that was all. It wa9 a general love feast and a simple continuation of Wednesday night's vote of defiS ance. , Tbe Senator spoke with emphasis, sayiDg that be did not favor tbe creation of offices for men (referring to the flake that bad been roosting Ewart so high); that there mast be at once t'e pissage of tbe Code corns mission Bill (and general opinion put down as two, Spier Whitaker and Guthrie), that the Populists must be protected against tbe negro danger in the ro chartering of East ern cities; that the geological survey mut stand as it is, (Butler said this before, last week in a caucus Bpeecbj; that the election la v must undergo radical changes before coming a law; that the distinctive policies of tbe Populist must be maintained, and that they must remain Populists. It was not concealed that Butler has felt much humiliated over the failure of . his cumulation to cumulate, but be took the compromise of the two extra com missioners to be appointed as by the amended bill of yesterday, as the nearest way out of the muddle. But thus far and no farther is the slogan now. Russell yesterday morning sent for a News and Observer be tween -l and 5 o'clock, which be knew would contain (as it did) full part ice ulars of Wednesday night's caucup, and read it with anger. He waltzed around yesterday in a kind of vie ious ghost-dance shouting a'l kinds of Indian terms to help the conspi racy against Judge Meares and bis criminal circuit, finishing off the afternoon in a vain three- hours clos et bout with Butler, trying in des peration to change tbe course of things. But be retired baffled. This is settled beyond all doubt now. Last night it was tacitly agree 1 among tbe members of the caucus that the Railroad Cammision er shall be a Populist, and tbe rea der is referred in this connection to Otho Wilson's letter in another col umn. As to the resolution against fur' ther caucuses, it was said that Ewart never would have gotten it but for joint caucus, that he baa no use for tbe Populists for him. Seveal leading Populists told me that tbey thought t e majority of the Populists would go back to th6 Democratic party; "but," said one, "this does not include Hoover, Mewborne or Dal by." Can it be that the speaker thought them already Republi cans ?" Tbe day of reckoning has come. In Bit Wife's Kanae. The Washington Post prints a story of a man who was once a pros perous banker and politician, but who bad fallen into trouble. Rever ses overtook bim, and be disappear ed as a political factor. One day be met a friend of tbe Presbyterian faith, and in response to tbe usual salutation, replied that be was crush ed by his reverses. "Everything is gone," he said in a querulous voice "All that 1 have left is my religion," "His religion!" exclaimed a third party to whom tbe good Presbyter, ian brotber bad subsequently re peated tbe remark. "His religion! Even that's in his wife's name." It Hay Do mm Mneh for Ton. Mr. Fred Miller, of Trving 111. writes that he bad a Severe Kidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that bis bladder was effected. He tried many so called Kidney cures but without any good result. About a year ago be began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters especially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver trou bles and often gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50c for large bottle. At T. R, Abernetby'a J)rug Store, Prlneely Belnrlee Paid by the Tebaeeo Treat The Tobacco Planter Foeta the BUI. Greensboro Record. Mr. W. W. Fuller, of Durham, a very clevtr gentleman by the way. has, it is stated in all tbe papers, been made chief counsel of the American Tobacco Company, alias the Cigarrette Trust, and will hereafter reside in New York. His salary is giyen all the way from $25,000 to $50,000 a year. We have nothiag in tbe world against Mr. Fuller and if any one is to receive such a princely sum we would rather that a North Cirolinian should come in for it, but who pays it ? The president gets $50,000 this is not disputed. The "manager of tbe buyers," it is said, gets $15,000, while of course there are others ris ing up as high as five and ten thou sand. Then tbe members of tbe trust get heavy dividends. But who pays all this ? The poor devil of a farmer. Any man who knows the inside workings of this giant monopoly knows this to be a fact, though members of the con cern, employed in whatsoever capacs ity, will of course deny it. We have not tbe figures at hand, but a comparison of the former and present prices of the grades of to bacco used would show a startling fact. Happily the country is not going to stand such business forever and suits are now pending to bring the concern to account. Have the Mormon ' eiven np Polygamy j Utah baa been admitted as a State, as soon as it adopts a constitution forever forbidding polygamy. There are evidences, however, that tbe Mormons have not really given up polygamy, though they have formally renounced it: At a quarterly con ference of the Latter Day Saints, held in Richfield. Utah, on Sunday and Monday, February 17th and 18th, Elder Joseph F. Smith, a nephew of the original Joseph Smith, made an address, containing the most revolting and sacraligious statements ever uttered. Thesa ex pressions were made in a church meeting, and therefore express bis real sentiments. We qaote from tbe Richfield Advocate: "Elder Smith said be came into tbe world naked: that all his lands, goods, money, wives, and children had been giv6n him by Christ; inci dentally, in speaking of his wives, he said: 'The law has decreed that I should have but one wife, but neith er my wives nor my families bare suffered in consequence; I obey the law of god. Jesus Christ was no bachelor. Who can prove that Christ was not the bridegoom at tbe marriage in Cana. an ? I would not deprive the Saviour of the blessing of wires. It's no uee saying that Mary and Martha were only dear sisters. I Bhould like to see some one prove that they were not His wives. Therefore, to be like Jesus we must have wives. In heaven are men and women like as they are on earth. No man can at tain to the Godhead without a wife, and Fm not sure that be can without several.' " Such blasphemy can exist only where ignorance or sin, or both, ob tain full sway. It shows that there is grave doubt about the propriety of admitting Utah as a State, if, in deed, it does not (bow that such Mormons are totally unworthy of citizenship, and wholly lost to shame in tbeir abandon of lust. Agreed with Hie Oroee-Bxamlner. Indianapolis Sentenial. James Hyde, once a lawyer in a small town on Long Island, tells a good story about himself. He says: "It was when I used to practice law in a little town near the center of the State. A farmer had one of bis neighbors arrested for stealing ducks, and I was employed by the accused to endeavor to convince the court that uch was not the case. Tbe plaintiff was positive that bis neighbor was guilty because he had seen the ducks, in the defendant's yard. - 'How do you know that tbey are your ducks V I asked. atOb, I should know my own ducks anywhere,' said the farmer, and be gave a daecription of tbeir various peculiarities whereby he could readily distinguish them from the others. " 'Why, said I, 'those ducks can't be of such rare breed. I bave souie just like tbem in my own yard.' " 'That's not at all unlikely,' re plied the farmer, for tbey are not tbe only ducks I have bad stolen lately. " Send in your Job Work to our office. We will do it in good style and at prices that will tickle you. Independence ef Farmers. Wilmington Messenger. The independence of the farmers and tbe ownership of farms are very important for the prosperity and safety of a great Repub'ic like our own. It is known that highly important and most radical changes are taking place in this country, that eventually wtl threaten the perpetuity of free institutions aid the prosperity of the peop'e. The farms are slipping away from the original owners and being more owned by capitalists and corpora tions. But more of this at another time. The farmers should own their farms, keep them unembarrassed, and put them in a highly improved condition. Three factors enter into successful farming, not to multiply them. 1. Enrich the lands. 2. Diversify the crops. 3. Make all your home supplies. Tbe farmer who regards these three fundamental laws will prosper under tbe smiles of Heaven. Of course be must be sober, indus trious and prudent. But be may be all this and without the three factors named he may prove a failure and never be independent He will be probably in debt to bis merchant and behind generally. If he will enrich bis lands be will hare excellent crop3 in good seasons. Why shall a farmer make three bar. rels of corn to the acre when he may make eight, ten or fifteen or twenty barrels? Why shall he make a quar ter of a bale of cotton when be could make or e bale or more ? The thing to be learned and acted upon is to make in abundance your own manures and give the lands you cultivate a heavy dressing with it. Great results have followed when the wise farmer enriched his lands with stable and other manures of tke farm. We have known a farmer to run up the product of land planted in corn from four barrels to ten barrels on upland, and this was done in three fir four years. Every par ticle of the manare was made at horns. The rich stable and hos pea manures will last in their effects upon lands for threa or tour years. He is indeed a wise, prudent, inde pendent farmer whe relies upn bis own resource?, and by tact and en ergy produces at home manures enough to improve and strengthen every foot of Inn i he cultivates. Do not cultivate poor land. Resolve to enrich it by diligence in the pro duction of home manures. Do this, and when your money comes back in tbe sale of the products of the farm it is yours and for yjur own use in the future. It la Well to Knew That if children would stop grows ing so fast, tbe rest of us wouldn't feel so old. That February, though the short est, is the month in which the great est number of births occur. June tha fewest. That Edison's great grandfather died at 102, bis grandfather at 103, one of his aunts at 103, while his father is alive at 90. That robbing graves is the only Chinese law for which ' the tnief may justly be killed on the spot by any one finding him out. That one of the saddest and most vexatious trials that comes to a girl when she marries is, that she has to discharge ber mother and depend on a h;red girl. That he wouldn't marry ber be cause she bad false teeth. Bat when his wife kept bim awake nights with the toothache and n9u -ralgia, he wished he bad. That owing to the warmth of the climate people lire much in the open air in Australia, and on the frontier there are said to be full-grown per son?, both man and women, who have never slept under a roof in their lives. o Kalghta ef the nlneeabeea. The State Commander writes us from Lincoln, Neb as follows: "After trying other medicines for what seemed to be a very obstinate cough in our two children we tried Dr. King's New Discovery and at the end of two days the cough en tirely left them We will not be without it hereafter, as our experience proves that it cures where all other remedies fail." Signed F. W. Ste. vens, State Com. Why not give this great medicine a trial, as it is guaranteed and trial bottles are free at T. R. Abernetby'a Drug Store. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. o Did you ever make excellent iron holders and at the sme time util ze the tops of a pair of womout boots or shoes? Cut the leather into squares and cover it with some suit able materia, using as many thick nesses of leather as desired and whipping it closely in place. These will prove very serviceable. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report The Dend Pea ef America. Medical Lake, so called oa account of the remedical virtues cf its waters, situated on the great Columbian plateau, in Southern Washington, at an altitude of 2,300 feet above the level of the Pacific, is the Dead Sea of America. It is about a mile long and from a half to three quarters cf a mile in width, and with maximum depth of about sixty feet. Tbe com position of the waters of the Alpine lake is almost identical with that of the Dead Sea of Palestine, and like its oriental counterpart, no plant has yet been found growing in or near its edges. It is all but devoid r.f animal life, a species of large "boat bug," a queer Utile terrapin and the famous "walking fish" being its only inhabitants. This walking fish is an oddity really deserving of special note. It is from eight to nine inches long and has a finny membrana ex tending from head to tail, even arouDd both of the upper and lower surface of the tail. It is provided with four legs, those before having our toes, the hinder fire. He Wanted n Kiss. Greensboro Record. A certain ycung man in Greens boro was out calling recently. It was late when be started to leave and he wanted a kiss. All of his importunities were un availing, however; but after a time the young lady said to him: "If you will first kiss that axe lying at tbe woodpile, Fll kiss you I will sure. She didn't dream bs was going to do it, but the "galoot" went for it, grabbed it up and socked bis lips to it. When be suddenly commenced backing and grunting like a dog with a bone fast in bis jaws, all the time holding to the axe with both hands. Before he could get away the girl's mother had to get some warm water and apply it with a "dishrag." When he was released all tbe skin was off his lips and his tongue was in a frightful condition. He didn't ask the young lady to forfeit her promise, but he won't likely kiss any more axee, especially in cold weath er. Stanly'a Log Jail. Speaking of tbe recent burning of Stanly county jail, the Concord Standard says: This jail, while a very homely builiing, is said to bave been the safest jail in the State, so far as es capes are concerned. It was built of logs, a log wall within a log wall, with chunks of wood, knots and pieces of timber filled in between tbe two walls. A man with an axe could not cut his way out in a month. Whenever be cut a hole through the inside log wall and removed one of these chunks, another would slip down in its place. He could never reach the outside wall to ply his axe. It is the first and only jail Stanly county ever bad. o Be Bferelfal t Tenr Animal. American Agriculturist. When we see a man exposed to the cold winter wind pumping water for farm animals that have no protec tion from the weather as they hud dle together at th9 trough, we know of a man that has missed one oppor tunity to put a few boards to a good use. Four poles will answer for posts, and old and broken pieces of boards will answer to inclose two sides and to roof an enclosure about the pomp that will protect from wind and snow in winter and from sun and rain in summer. Four or five poles and two or tbrea dollars worth of cheap lumber will mike an effective wind break to shield the animals as they stand at the trough. This much protection will be a great gain and will pay for tbe boards a score of times before they are worn out If tbe trough is roofed, so much tbe better; and it will cost only a little. Eqalae Sacnelty StuiTersblad. First Lieutenant How do you like tbe horse you bought from me last week ? Seccnd lieutenant Very much. He might hold his head a little high er, though. First lieutenant Ob, that will come all right when be ia paid for. Don't wear a fur or feather boa with A cotton dress or shirt. v t TSa ntOBCXKVT. A Letter Fmna Mr The interest in the Confederate monu ment rand is increasing In two days these subscriptions have been announced: Hon. T. M. Holt, Alamance, f 100 O. J. Carroll, Raleigh, 50 Senator Moody, Waynesville, 50 L. W. Wiae, Durham, 10 Mrs. W. H. S. Borgwyn, Vance, 100 Mrs. II. A. Foote, Warren, 100 S. McD. Tate, Burke, 100 A patriotic North Carolinian, now re siding in Washington, writes: Washington, D. CL, Feb. 23. News and Observer. For God's eake tell the ladies of the Monumental Association not to ask this Legislature for one cent to perpetuate the memory of .ur Confederate dead. Let not one stone be placed in that mon ument that does not represent the tru est, teaderest, and moet devoted affec tion of the good people of North Caroli na. Such wQl not be the case if this Legislature is permitted to help build it. To honor Fred Douglas, whose hand is stained in the blood of every Confederate soldier and whose social life since the war has been a conspicuous insult to the Southern people, more than our loved Lee and Jackson and all the rest of our Southern heroes who gave their lives lor the preservation of our Southern arGiia tion, ia almost more than we can bear. Tell the ladies of the Monumental Asso ciation, among whon are perhaps many widows of husbands, sisters of brothers, and daughters of lathers, whose precious blood crimsoned the fields Virginia in our defence, to return to their homes, look again upon that picture on the wall, that sword unsheathed. Those precious letters brimming full of love and bravery, and with new courage aad new hope, pray and work for & speedy return of our people to power in the old North. State. No, no, let not this Legislature put one stone in that monument. Tour friend, Geo. McCoxrxE. Oerm Land. Southern Cultivator. Remember, in preparing the land for the different crops, that for corn should be particularly well and deeply broken. Corn is more sensitive to" droutii than our other cultivated crops, and needs av deep mellow bed in which to send out its little food researching roots. It has be come a proverb that a corn crop wefl prepared is half made. If the land is thoroughly and deeply broken some time before planting, it may be necessary to harrow it before the planting is done, but nothing is lost indeed much is gained by the additional labor. It is a moet ef fectual means of preventing the loss of moisture by evaporation, of conserving the water deposited by the heavy winter rains. Once this crop begins to grow, it is the presence of moisture, more or less, that iiakes or mars it. Humus, deep breaking, repeated and shallow sur face stirring are the three powerful agents to invite and retain this all im portant agent, ready for the demands of the rapidly developing plants, for be it remembered that com, unlike cotton is made in a few weeks. GRASSES AXD CLOTER.'" The best time for seeding these in the spring is the latter part of this month. Next to sowing in land especially prepar ed for this crop, is the plan of sowing in the standing grain. Fortius purpose it is well to harrow the grain, which will be of advantage to that crop; then now the grass seed, which will thus be washed in, instead of off, by the first rain. The best varieties are red and mammoth clover, tall meadow oats, orchard, red top rye grasses. Alfalfa and Japan clover should not be sown until later. The for mer requires a rich soil, but Japan clover will grow on land too poor for anything else. It is a nitrogen gatherer, good for stock, and can be used as a startingpoiHt for more desirable crops. Anaons tbe PenJ try. Farmers' Voice. Dirty water is a cause of grapes. You cannot give the hens too much sweet wilk. The ordinary fanner had better stick to one breed of fowls. Bread and milk is the delight of the hen and it is a fine food for her. When the chicks come at first feed bread and milk and oat meal and milk. As soon as the chick can swallow wheat feed it, and give some meal pudding oc casionally. If eggs are fed to chicks they should be boiled for 25 minutes, as such boiling; makes them digestible. Have plenty of glass on the .south of the poultry house. The rays of the sun help in the production of eggs. When fowls first come off tbe roost in the morning they are both hungry and thirsty. See that good, dean water, or what is better, milk, is ready for them. Did you ever want to tint the eaka frosting? Lemon juice will whiten it, the grated rind cf an orange strained through a cloth will gird it a yellow tint, and strawberry or eras berry juice will produce a pretty shade ot pink.
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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March 8, 1895, edition 1
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