The Largest
^1' m?
* |r * pi
1*P" hta INTCMMVC SHALLOW CULTIVATIOI
M ' 4? USK GOO? SCtO Of M9T VAglCTia,'
V )U THOROUGH PREPARATION
gas MAKE THE SOIL OCEP
Mm l-flB GOOO ORAINAGE
g V. I. BIT JCB "' ?
1^ ? , S* UNSUCCESSFUL P/
"> /Stt te/) CaltiYltH
1 141= Axj^ Uyti
. " ?- '-< W Aw/- prwpura-.
1 /?,? Jo//
; Poor Orm,n?<j
( W'^MBs^wswabeaas^inssscassc^ssx^s
I By a synopsis of our Isst article
J w? letm that poor drainage, thin
* H?or preparation before planting.
tie ana of^poor seed apd deep
i. ^ Jcoltirttlon wore cauzea for failure
i 'and a? unsuccessful farm.
f hiotfce now the diagram we arc at
% exit thb'ugh yet in the ansuccoaaful
farm, hut about ready to take the
first stfp towards the snccesaful
farm* *4hlch, without carll or contro"''n^rsy/aM;
intelligent farmers should
ihdmliIS good drainage. Many of the
jvamr conditions on many farms are
| uirw.-i.ij waccaoio w poor ur?inf.RO.
II In a great many Instances the health
lr| Of the (tolly on ihe farm lo affected
I by pooiWatnaxe. Now If these bad
J condltMtae exist (and they do exist)
v we onjNtt! as Intelligent farmers, to
A undertime to brine about a change
m for better hondltious by tradertaking
A , to get good drainage. When the
Lord t fde the earth he committed
to the? dtnanre of nature the key to
V the eoflTand when we work co-operI
atlng W Lh and conforming to the
I rales of nature It always unlocks tjie
I soil and turns loose for'us the plant
food th rein contained. But when.
nature It
M leeks U] Its bowels against us aqd
II we sufffcr in an agricultural way.
II like u^t > one wtp violates.the rule#
health who must sooner or later
U ?hy the penalty that always follows
1| tkm rlotiUlOA ot a gtren Jaw. >
fj "?? ?Kl?r H>?~ ?? ?t*p? or
Ititt (MnolplM U mart lmport?nt to
flj ?<1 uaaw fAfat** on At btiwt;
a ttom OA "o?K ton to ?py good
j drainage Is th* moat Important one
Wwftbougfc Intakes thefn all to laaure
'j' W%E*k
I saasBllsl'io Ithe growth of plants?
I Wrton. hydrogen, onjgofl. Attn***.
= f pbAAphort,.. toMA, ealclon.
1 -Wo"* AU but
to HUhroe At thoA. ? nlpplM bjr Uw Air
m . V? wator or ATO lAAOd la All aaUo
jWgrdwth gMbe oltlmAtA Aim!') Th.^
timeeh WMck It wort, .to JM1> oo to
|j&i Mao of thia frotn tho raw pui.
iVS rlOT* u4 other plants harln,
* JBJfc^owa^ to taftotha frpa nitrofen
from tho alt and depo.lt It In tho
Ml. Tte (hit air PMatratoa tho
, AM, 7M as deep u the soli It
drained, but will not penetrate a toll
"m ward dkbt
i otffp" firmk
J'rorpH That' Farming Cm* Be 8?o
I cswsfnlly Carried on WiUioat a
j*jhjw a qptement he ?rt Utat be
Halted 5.715 poundt c' lint cotton:
j, u?tafla of iwe? -otitoes; S
Here* of oats, half an r? offerontn
Hflni. V|ma-ro,'*,v n' *cta rf fe?"*
hnb:;. 4??j ij'utjeh' ' <-orn; SO
peM 1 100 bushneanut*.
He ?*W nted three
jhf nhoaphate and 'hat was uted
l#l ' ^h?fn '
h a
ASHXI
WA
Paid Subscrip
' i ,.
BH*
UCCE5SF1IL FARM I
I A**tb.c**s~s<>fa~nh~tm ]
J 5* Thorough Prtper^tnn
12* So,/ Mod* P**p
V'" GoodDra/ntf
ShI I
t,on
? ' . -1
, .V.
* !H
* . L__i_
that-la full of water,' because air and
Water will not mix. .Now In order
to hare nature^ agencies to assist
as In unlocking the plant food In our
soil we nlult either lower the water
line or raise the land. Good drain'
age will do both: And now the question
arises how ls this to be done?* Hi
There are two methods ot drainage
In common use today. One is tile
and the other open ditch drainage.
It has been proven and we see evidences
of it almost every dajr, that
tllej drainage properly put In la the
only way to gat perfect drainage. j&j
Wo can get reaaoaahlovaoodmrstn-i^j
tWimh tlie open ditch, but nothing'wl
io compare with tile. nc
The air wo aa? is natures agent j pc!
appointed to help as in our farm op- op
orations, but It hjkuno power to force ed
water out of the soil Into an open ha
ditch; It gets out by reason of Its, tl<
own weight and velocity or by evapo- j he
r?Mnn I.
? f ua
Bfother Farmer, have you not th
aeon water after a- heavy rain go
(especially on the stiff upland) stand ha
In a cotton or corn middle in three ke
feet of -an open ditch two or three yo
dkys until the wind and sun toqk it kfc
up by Evaporation, the air having no, w<
power to fdrcojf middle Tfip
into therto^pep ditch. th
Not so with tile ^raiftage. Juat a? A(j
soon ms.you cflnpfeu m ilne oa^ys- P4
tern of tlie jpojim btiJlLar,vac*rn wi
which dpdatea a' suction under irroundjaa
aUWagjSggffijjS
vnfni'tn or'tllo a-lid It shoots down toIhn.
$$38$ |
toor '"UUid raised.' The ebntlnnal br
s-rasassssrs
tako It la Ilk# ? sponge ?ad th# sir tr
will fare# a Inio^tba tmw And chop Si
w# got food drahmgo. - . - if
If. Ih? farmm* who road ?M# will ar
rtadT th# principle# of Ul# fcdMfi th
?? look upon It as ?n lnT#ptm#nl U
tot th. farm. ln#t?*d nt, looklag w *t
s It a# u> Item of oxponao, tbon-w# '#]
will bo baring moro tlto.termor# sad ?
more good drelnago. ft
' Deop plowing tsoqo #oarco, of u
drainage end I# th# osoosd #t#p ft
toward# ottceacsfpl fermtoc which j,
w# will talk mhowim oafnwt.ejlltl#'
Vaurv tar iutt#nH( tgrmtngL -
? JOHNjir. LATHAM. dj
Qollehorator, J###em*. N. C. t
j (to B# } ; iij
from kunm crekk.
.
WJf in berln* cool weather how R
Or Jan. ?1 wehe^erow/n ; ?t
We are catching a few mnli.L up '
Blount. Creek with eat seu. '
&$atsRmmi i
J. W Latham and J. B. Weston ^
J. W. Latham moved up Blountr
Cre?v ?0'w. A. Cox's place where he, f
will main for the year r
" " V>"CT. fo V'^s'- frr o' I
today, the first jlme since he recov.
ered t Harfvpfcold feVW.
W ' ro\ had good luck today
He iVrd Geo Cox went out fcuntlu?
I and each killed a wild turkey ..
t .. > , .
NG1X
11. in i ?
SHINGTON. NORfH CAl
>tion of Any
</ \A - 2.1' +:"Upij
it
ENGRAVED #*M**
CERTIFICATE AND
ZS 50UVERN1R.
POSTAL CARDS
FREE ,k
?SSRS. MAILISON "
BROrHERS AND CITY
EDITOR NEWS ENCAGE
IN STREET AFFRAY
mlware Merchants Take ?Excep"
Ciuns to Articles Appearing in
Dally News, Relative to.
Violation of the City
Ordinances.
On Thursday afternoon, Mr. R. R. i
Q\LyJjpk0t OX- ji* AJUUHy
EWS, started up West Main street,
aen about opposite Hotel ' ofriso he
iticed Judge - W. D. Grimes and
Ofiicer "Dick" Roberta on the i
posite side of the Btreel and cross
over to apeak to them. No sooner :
,d be begun talking than aooie geniman,
unknown to him, and whom
i had neror seen before, willed up
side hlin and remarked: "It aeeniB
at here lately we can't get any
ods Into our sore that you dou'.
ve.to write us up and If you don't i
p /our nose out of our but ;
u'H get your G? D? block
tocke^ otr." JU soon as the. las. I
t^e, sentence was finished
t. Jiff# struck the gentleman In
e face, whom we afterwards learn- .
F*sd Mallison. After
astpg peroral MdWs, Mr. Ratcllffe
t4*jfcck from behind by some one.
4 .havjp^ about all he could .well
tend* to, make no+aCtsmpt to defbnd
W1* k?4kfro,a **
sr. Officer Boberts Anally got
^(Ot.ihe Jmatlsxnan* who ran . p i
>o'ntteirwnr??
.rhed w?n Mr. Ed. KntUeon. and a
?Un&r.tn?.Ujue<.oue whom we had
itir*eife? -'*lWT tMtsc knocked '
f(r?, Mr- Inked hr Dr.
the"* n^Le^r
kMdn.nt. Ik
wnilri
OOeer Rohnzfn
Id Mr. Dn?e Hampton totllM.
lr .Tidonce. brlnj In, eubetnnoe nn
?rn rented.*, dmWlil. Recorder ->
?wU, ?( _i*r th? cpae end ndjndced
1 three putltr ?t ? affrey. dlTldthe
COM i equally between the
Stcllffew. each one dollar additional,
eir line and cost, be In* f7.lk.eech.
) CMj Ordinance RefemM Te.:
sttsrt^tssss
rtW pr*roked ">
??olt. We reproduce >n editorial
J>m onr teem of ltowmb.r I0tb?;
SOUK CITY OM>INANCB8. k
In Recorder'* mart Tneedey, John
ranch wu fined 11.00 and cox. for
Mtruetlns the .treat, he hrrta. let
if hind cat. of hie cert fall In which
a 'Tea hauling cru.bed etonr. end
imping. e quantity of then In the
:reet, which lie felled to . remove,
here may. be e. aeoael to John',
illtfe to regard the ordinance.
There ere m*? end flrtne. la town,
ho have lea. elhue "for. dime gardig
the law. tbat may cenxj the city
tfhilo by their went of conformity
r to train free. Ion of the ordlnancea.
?d_we bee to nnote a few of. them:
extract. From OnHnencee.
Chapter 2?Section ??* - And
o Hereon .ball piece In any .treat or
5N D
~
lOUNA. SATURDAY AFT]
?
r Daily Papei
ifM
V., ~
AP YEAR INDUCEMEN
.
jMl
/5k BR awaywtm
each
y*??yl yKTifKRTt
iilizy ' ^^EnsiE
' <
alley or Upon sidewalks, BOXB8,
CASKS, BARRELS, or OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS;
provided however, |
that building material Ac.; may under
certain restrictions be permitted.
Penalty $6.00 for each offense and
a like sum for each and every day
that such obstructions are permitted
to remain.
Section 4$:?That no glass of any
kind, shall be thrown, or otheryvlee
deposited upon the SIDEWALKS,
STREETS OR ALLEYS of the
town. Penalty $6.00.
Section 60:?Merchants, hucksters j
and others using the sidewalks on
Main, Market, and Water streets,* or
either of them Co display their
goods, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
are% forbidden to place .anyA
rcod1 erchandlse, toxes barrels,
packages, or other obstruction on
b-.d ...uviwalks piowu u I lo. i
I j ;j : wful to u . Breton
NEXT TO THE STORE and not
MORE THAN TWO FFE1" ?ou ihe j
j i.. Penalty $5.00 fine, or twenty
Z ;'>rifonment.
o;> -?Nc ' v'aphlngton
shall encroach upoD the
deli. . orth,
B.oup, paling, chlu.ue; o her ob
* Penalty $50.00
' ? not a aMt'or. ' ove tha^
la not dally violated upon the three
.oove ineiu.oited, i* his ordiii
ante. The sidewalks tre en- ,
crouched upon more h r i wo feet
fro u he stores In " any instances,
and tn addition the side n^xt 10 the
rr-T'ii g will be found to contain
'jtCd j oxes, Ac., eo that i' is abso-*?
* >"** mnoislble fO' ' ""o -*c*sons
w,,lh-l? g abreast to get through.
T*t\l not d v yesterday,
the awning flaps will undo
ou.rS brella, if you carry one. and
If yov t don't, the strea of water
rollirg off them will drown you.
There are a very few. If any of them,
that don't obstruct the street. While
vV* orance of the law Is no ep"t.*e
?t would be well for our merchants
to confine themselves to the
rocuirements of the law, before some
cltlsen forces Its guardians to enforce
it, The majority of the cltlr.era-wjint
to see these ordinances en- ?
forced.
lH?- her than this, it is the duty of
the officers to enferce them. sad .
should. some one rum into one of
these o be trust Ions and break his
neck, his heirs would win. from the
dty in , a court of equity, in that It
is not excercislng due diligence to
prevent accidents.
frlB lOtM^MUT to block a sidewalk
entirely, to be amendable to the- ,
lew. nor to let your awning be so low j
that a ' man would have to: crawl
under.
Better be safe than sorry.
7ZZ
Birthday Party.
Little Miss Mildred Skinner, the
flve<year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R . G. Skinner, gave a, birthday
party to a number of her little
friend at the home of her onrents In
West Second street, yesterday afterEtutcrtclrcd
at Erhlgc. .
Mrs. Harry MrMuUen del'fMfnllv
entertained three tables of bridge on
THnrsday aftert^n from 3 to 6 In
^o- or of Mrs. P. A. TJJlery. Delicious
?' Omenta were served.
V . ^ . <>
KPt* J .
AILY
?NOON. FEBRUARY 8.1
r Published t
ts ; /*- !
.
| voufi 1^0*
355J.TPH
Blm
BARN 171-3 PER
11II ILL
SIXTY-FIVE pkli CENT OF WORKER8
IN STEEL HILLS DO NOT
EARN i.ASLhVCH IT
^ OOSTnS TTffe AVERAGE
FAMILY TO LIVE.
k.
v:nnii^ir i re* tua j pi Atrriiv
W 'iffliiLC-iV lllrtl 01 MTLni
HF "n,)8 H1 E BEEN USED TO
GRIND DOWN WORKERS TO
PRESENT MISERABLE CON- '
ED CHARITIES
OP PITTSBURG GIVE OUT !
FIGURES SHOWING COST OP
LIVING.
Slxty-flve per cent of the worVerj ,
n the United State* Steel CorporaJon's
plants at Pittsburg, earn less .
.ban the actual cost of subsistence to (
Ire- to the
salculatlons made before the Staney
steel trust Investigating commit- ,
:ee by Louis D. Brandeis, "the peo- ,
>le's lawyer."
^ LO ' S '
Xfslnml Li.
"The average wage of m:> per cent
ui IUB aji(iiui4w IU me oieei (iiauu
u Pittsburg," he aal<^ "la 17 V4 cents
an hour. The Associated/Charities
of that city, by careful investigation,
has flgpred It out that .1 o obi of
bare existence of a family of husband
and wife and three children in
Pittsburg Is $768 a year. By working
IS hours a day, 866 d>ys a year,
this 65 per cent of the wOrkers, at
the ead af their year's labor, will
have,earned Just $1.80 lees than
this snm.
"These horrible conditions are the
result of the ttse'of the great power
and jrealtb- oP this trust to prevent
ltd employees,-fro -j orc-eai
anions. Thf condition of labor In
this Industry is nothlrg less thar
slavery. In ten years this trust, whllr
working men under these conditions
has taken frou the American people
1660,000,000 in excess of a liberal
profit on Its actual investment, and
~v
NEW
912
...
n Eastern No]
UNCLE JOE CANNOH
INFORilN AND
HAN
Former Speaker Wanted to !
as Sewing Machines Were
"For the Benefit of the I
the Reply Mr. Unde
Undo Joe Cannon, "High Protec- d
live Joe," wanted to know, when the $
Democratic metal bill waa before the
House, why such articles us sewing A
machines had been placed on the free a
list. Chairman Underwood of the o
Democratic Ways and Means com- p
oilttee, courteously supplied the ex- w
Speaker with the desired informs- II
tlon. p
"We have placed these krtlcleB on
the free list for the benefit of the c:
American people," taid Mr. Under- g
wood. "The uncontested testimony p
shows that sewing tflachlnos are be- ?
Ing sold to the rich and poor alike n
In this country for from $23 to $45 b
a machine, and yot are being laid t<
MRS. CARTER RETURNS I
AND MAKES GRATIFYING
REPORT TOTW. C. T. 0. c
- r
W. C. T. U. Have Knthutia*tlc Meet- > ,
lng and Mrs. H. W. Carter Renders
Report of Reception in
Washington. D. C.? Where
She Went as Delegate
From Local Union.
The Woman's Christian Temperanco
Union met Thursday afternoon]***
In the room which has been rented.
for the purpose, at thehome of Mrs. J1,1
O. B. Carijialh. There., was n most iht
encouraging attendance* * J
After the business session was over
Mrs H. W. Carter gave a most flat- j
terlng account of her trip and the re., m
caption accorded her at Washington. I
City, where she was sent by tho local
union, as a delegate in the Interest j"'0
of temperance legislation.
Sh?? rllil (hot h)ip wna mm! rnrHI. r^1
ally received and was treated espcclally
nice by. our congressman. Hon. M
J. H. Small and wife. She waa in- ' M
vlted to several receptions while ^
there. . *
She reported that all the congress-' 81
men. with whom she talked, were In **
favor of the blil which has been preRented
by the temperance forces. v,<
Mrs. Carter made an address heore
that tody which has been much m
complimented. ,/ Jl
Having the hearty support and
?*' nathy of ee many senators and
congressmen, we feel quit9 sanguine
about the .result.
W. C. T. TJ.
EXCITEMENT IN MAIN ST S
OVER AFFRAY YFSTERD. Y "
Messrs. Harvey Csrrow sad T. I.
Parrlsher Osatrd Lively Scene gj
In East Main. Htreet Yeeter* &
day Afteraeon. q,
cc
Fcr awhile on East Main street g,
yesterday afternoon. It looked as If j,
serious trouble would take place between
Messrs. Harvey Car row and T. I
I. Parrlsher. The trwgble, It lit. v
learned, dated back some little time ^
when Mr. Parrlsher Is reported to v,
have used abusive language to Mr.
C irrow't ton. Yesterday Mr. Parrlsher,
It la reported. *' a*<Ptp iO
Mr Csrrow, Sr., and ex ended his n
hind, which seemed to Inflame Mr. pi
Csrrow. who remembered what he ex
hid construed as an insult c his son. ae
While It Is reported that en.a^p, an M
rxe handle and a knife played a at
part In the mlx-up, for umtely no
one was injured, in the tscordsr'S
rourt this morning, the case wgs
continued until Monday mornJuf. B
hla epormous profit has been ua?d
o grind down its workers to their
present miserable conditieSk"'
Query tor American people: Since pi
*ldrich and Penrose represented fe
they were protecting the steel In- "l|
duetry with high tariff rites *o that LTorXSr
? nen 1st that industry Z\
'ould have good wages and desirable ai
forking conditions, and since the
'?il;lrs?t his denied Its workers
both good wages and decent working pi
I bis -vould he steel 8<
trust be longer permitted to enjoy, 8,
artff rites *Mrh taxes every family li
in the United States? jal
s
NO. 102
rth Carolina
SEEKS M
II. PIN
IS^.i POSER |
(Cow why Such Things
Placed on tne free List.
Lmerlcan People" was
rwood Gave Him
[own, freight paid. in*ihe Orient, for J
8.76. )
"We are not ashamed to go to the
imcrican people and aay that wheu
n article Ib manufactured in this
ountry bo cheaply that it can com
etc In all Oie markets of the world,
re arc willing to place It on. the frep
at for the benefit of our own peole."
The metal bill passed by the Demorats
makes reductions on all metal
oods averaging 35 cent, aad
laces on the free list iron ore, nn?fc>.
awing machines, oesh registers and
lany other articles now |>4lng sold
y American manufacturers cheaper
> forelgnera than home consumers.
IISS LILLIAN V. STEWART
GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY
elehrates Twelfth Annfver*ur> Sar.
mundrd by a Host of Her Vonn<
Friends, at Her Home in
East Second Street.
At the koine of her parents. Mr.
id* Mrs. E. T. Stewart. In East Sec- 7
id street, last evening. Miffs Ldlir
prnon Stewart celebrated her 12th.
rthday. The home had been, pret- f
\y decorfifod for the occasion, and
irncd over to Miss Stejyart as
>ste?8 of the evening. She had a*. K-euewrtiVtelUeiB*^?
si i 4V
l??lle iPtcUoll, Edward L?e AVeil>lle,
Maude Swindell, Frank Free- *
an. Charlie Da'ily, George Howard.. ?
Ichard Cherry, Etta Leo Whitley.
Isle Harris, .Thelraa Haker. John
dinston. Edward Forbes. Rhoaik
IckH, Jessie Brown Latham. MesM
israan, Eleanor Berry, MkM
loyd. Annie T. Archbolle. Thelua*
ayo. Norma Jones, Mary McDeritt*.
argarot Tayloe I^eonora BtooAt,.
athleon Jackson. Rachel Ricks,
uth Mayo. Mabel Pippin, Mildred
nlth. Gwendolin Wilkinson, MariTot
. Wells.^ Bonner ArchbeHn.
ancho Kicks, Tom Hannaford, On
1 Henary Bell.
us that miff n
BWSES 8f W&RSBIP
. A,-.A. fi-MI -e rv1
West Second gtreel R a.
room, paster. Services at 11 a. m.,
j4 7-iSf p. m. . Strangers and rlsio
rar welcome, Seaday school gt l
ou. B. R. Mlxon. Sagt.
Plrsr rMsbytwMa Cfcercfc.
O lad dob street (wear Coast Unu
atlas.) Rev H. B. Sssdfkt fSltor
trrleee at 11 a. a., and 1) SB ja. nu
od nsstc. Strangers and prtsitoms
-rdlally invited te worship,,with ale.
anday school 1 p. ?a^ Or itr Bpi/^jU. .
r^Snpt.. K ^
st. Peter's Kptspopal Church.
Mkuhl BvdlMrtMH. Karaiai '
ifr and aorman at 11 B'olack;
aulas prayw at T:M. Sradaf 1
tol. K- K Will la. Jr. Supt., and on'a
Btbla ctaaa, H. 8. Ward laadar. \
; ? 9- m. ?i *
MtatB l|?lt
Thara will ba aarttMk at Um> Plant
aptlat chnrch both voralor and
rani a?. r. ' 1
colawti ahamtkm. 1 ../m
J. a. SMatW.
lator. Praacklllr ararp Ant. and
ninth Sunday*. Mora lap aaaklp at
L, o'clock; evening mftIca at
ord'a Dar whooj at S > m.. Thomas #
?cucart Saj?:. ar> lit!::*!.
ad cordially welcomed. %
C. M. K chorch, F. H Maalaw/
Mtor. Preaching at 11 a. eaoh
und%y.' Clans meeting at 2 p m.;
. 8. at 3 p. m. O. W. Edward anperitendent.
^rfeachlng Sunday night
t T:!#. . .
\ . 'jff > >..f V jSrl*..r. >j- . h
.iw x -.HAdfe j ^