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v THE 015 HE It VEIL FAYETTEVILLE. N. & TirUItSDAY, AUGUST 6. 190SI. t J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. tV J. Hale, Jr, Business Manager L. B. Hal, City Editor. UNNECESSARY COMMOTION. Borne of the papers continue to dls cuis the totalled new religion pro mulgated by President Eliot, of Har- . vard. - We think the event ha caused unnecessary commotion. Dr. Ellot'a "new religion" la little, If anything, more than the statement of the doc trine of the progressive or rationalis tic class of Unitarians, the leading fea- ,. ture of whose religion, apart from non belief in the divinity of Christ, la . Jectkm of authority. The circumstan ce that the present outgiving comes from a man trained to accuracy of ex pression, gives weight to It unduly. Unitarian Ism in America has :ts chief seat in Harvard University, and it began there when It was Harvard College, long before Dr. Eliot's day. It is in the religious world what the belief of the abolitionists waa in the political, and the two are nearly re lated in many ways. The Unitarians ca'l" themselves Christians and enjjy the benefita of Christianity as defined by authority of the Church, though re rejecting the chief tenet of the Chris tian faith; the AboHUonistJ called themselves, ; Americans and enjoyed the benefita of American citizenship as defined and upheld by the CotLtti tution, though rejecting the authority of the Constitution, which they de scribed as "a league with sell and ? covenant with death.'' The present reaction in favor of the authority of the Constitution will suf floe to repress the spread of Unitar- ianlam, the twin brother of Abolition . Ism. . If, . however. Dr. Eliot's de liverance is intended to signify tis cutting loose from the Unitarian faith. which he has heretofore profess- d, and his promulgation of a new relig ion, then the latter will be quickly merged in that of the -rationalists and other "scientific" doctrinaires and be come a negligible quantity. THE ATLANTA JOURNAL .. AND ' NEW YORK HERALD '. AUTO- HIGHWAY BETWEEN ATLANTA AND NEW YORK. The result of the observations the "scout cars" sent oat by the At lanta, Journal and New Tork Herald has been the choice of what they call the "Middle Bonte," that is, the one - by way of Charlotte, Salisbury and Roanoke (Virginia), in preference to the Western root (Bristol, KnoxviUe and Chattanooga), and to the Capital- to-Capital Bonte, (Washington, Hi A mond. Balelgh and Columbia). - The Journal declares that the selec tion which has been made Is not atiH derogatory ' to either of the other routes, whose present deficiencies an already in process of remedy. These deficiencies are chiefly too many fer ries by the Bristol route, and an cx cepUonally bad stretch of road be tween Washington (capital of the Uni ted States) and Richmond (lately cap ital of the Confederacy). This result does not throw our Fay ettevftle project oat, in the end. That la bound to become part of the Capital to-Capital route which will be put into commission, no doubt, as soon as the road between Washington and Bi mond is made passable. Meanwhile, the carrying out of the resohitioas adopted at the Auto-Highway meet ing in this city on the 20th instant will prepare the Coast Line route to become a part of the CapltaRoCaplUl route when opened. It Is likely that - the net outcome will be branches of the line between Emporia. Virginia. and Cheraw, South Carolina, aa fol lows: Emporia via Rocky Mount. Fay etteville, Max ton, etc.; Emporia via Balelgh, Southern Fines, etc.; Rali?h to Fayetteville; Southern Pines to Fayette vH'.e. In such case, as will seen, Fayetteville - would become very important cenjre of the systeu and to this end we must strive. ' The Journal says editorially of .he decision to select the "Middle Route": :. The Middle Route Selected. The scouts of Tho Atlanta Journal and New Tork Herald have completed their arduous task of collating the data " gathered - during their various journeys aggregating more than four thousand miles, and, after carefully weighing the respective merits of an three routes between New Tork and Atlanta, they have reached the conclu sion that the official highway shall be what has been known aa the middle or Piedmont route. Neither The Journal nor the New Tork Herald had the slightest prefer ence or predilection as to which of the three routes should be chosen. It was in a conscientious effort to arrive at the real merits of the eltuatlon that they made these long and exhaustive journeys, traversing every foot of the ground along the three prospective highways. It is therefore in the most impartial and judicial manner that they have decided that the middle route is the most practicable and shall therefore be the official route. Certain minor points will have to be determined by the official pathfind ers, as indicated more at length else where today, but it is substantially d'H-ltled that the route shall be from Atlanta to Lawrenceville, Commerce, Lnvonla, crossing the Tugalo at Knox's fcriiipe. thence on through South Caro lina by way of Anderson, Greenville, iiiutatibiirg. Cowpens, Blacksburg nml Into North Carolina in the vicinity , of Kirt's Mountain. The route lliroiish North Carolina will be by way of Charlotte and Salisbury, thence in to V 't:ia and across the Blue Ridge t ; ni ke. Passing on through Lex- t n. tho route will come upon the .'i..-naloah Valley turnpike at Stamv ten, aid rmmin up the valley to Antle- ton end Gettysburg, will pass through ci'i'tious of the country which have ?n i-wort'U hNtory. From Gettysburg t i-..jt will bo by way of York to 1-: : i. and by ay of Trenton 1. i ?.- York city. i , j rKti! as a -li'e Is not only ;' i r liMurlC sv'tUitlons but pass- s through souio of tho most splendid scenery in the United States. From a practicable point of view, the roads are, on the whole, by far the best of the three routes considered 1th the additional advantage that there will not be a ferry between At- anta and New York, except the final terry which carry the cars to Manhat- tan island. There waa much to commend each of - the other two routes, and there can be no doubt that before long each of them will be brought to high de gree of perfection. The good roads pirlt Is abroad in all the country tra versed by the scout cars. But aa mat ters stand it waa found that the roads between Richmond and Washington were tn such a deplorable condition that the ;: capital-to-capital route otherwise so desirable -practically eliminated it from consideration. So, too. on the Bristol route he scouts found scenery which probably surpassed that on any other route. with stretches of good roads through much of the territory, but there are eight float ferries which are but tit tle adapted to the transportation cf heavy touring cars, and in addition the roads in East Tennessee are not in condition for such travel aa the endurance contest will call for. The progressive citizens of Tennes see are already voting for special sues of bonds, in order to bring the roads npto the proper degree of per fection, and such men aa Leonard Tufta on the capital-to-capltal route are doing their full part in that terri tory, but the scouts of The Journal and the Herald were not at variance in any particular in selecting the mid dle route, and so it is to be. The Journal and the Herald will stand ready to lend all the aid and en couragement in their power to the good roads movement all over the cen tral and south Atlantic states, and .t is with this kind of missionary work view that this contest was institu ted. The time is not far distant when there will be three excellent thorough- ares between New Tork and Atlanta. but the reliability contest of next fall will be along the Piedmont route. Aa previously indicated, there is work still to be done along the route selected, and this should rushed for ward as rapidly as possible. Within a short time The Journal and the New Tork Herald will send out their pathfinders over the official route. These two newspapers, as sponsors for the contest, have reserved the right to alter the route from the pub lished man in such minor particular aa may be deemed important, and it will be to make this final determina tion that the pathfinders will make their trip. The interest which has been mani fested in the contest has been highly gratifying to The Journal and to the New Tork Herald. The effects are being felt far outside of the official route, or even the entire territory tra versed on all three trips. The gospel of good roads is spreading far and wide, and the substantial sup port It is receiving is indicated by the building of new bridges and the n luance of bonds to improve the road everywhere. - A striking illustration of this collateral Influence is found li the movement which the Wa3hingtoc Post and the Richmond Times-Dis patch have set on foot to improve th highway between Richmond and Wash ingtos one of the worst stretches c- road which the scoots had to econs ter. When the editor of the Wash Ington Post asked the Journal-Hera . scouts now ne could best eooperau tn this movement, this coalition : it improve the highway between the x lional capital and that of the Old Do minion was suggested, and as a resul' active work ta being done and those two newspapers are lending it the r best enerRiev The pathfinders wk. soon be reaJ io start out 'on tne final advance work and then- will come the great reliabi: ity contest of next fall, culminating in the great automobile show in the Atlanta auditorium. Events will move rapidly- from now until that important time. The news columns of the Journal gives this description of the route set eeted by the two newspapers concern ed: ,-. ' -;-,. , ; ;. National Highway in A NutsheX Leaving New Tork via the Battery and Staten Island and crossing the middle of New Jersey through Revo lutionary country, the first city of Im portance is Trenton, capital, of. the state. - - ; : Crossing into Pennsylvania at Tren ton, Philadelphia is next, where the Declaration of Independence was sign ed. Continuing through scenes of the Revolution, Lancaster ' is next, then Tork. then - Gettysburg, where the bloodiest battle of the civil war was fought. Passing Hagerstowa. Md, the route traverses the famous civil war field of Antietam, touching Charleston in the panhandle of West Virginia. it. enters Virginia at Berrysville, and then takes a short torn westward to Winchester, famed in connection with the name of Gen. PhJL Sheridan. There it enters upon the Shenandoah Valley pike, which it follows south ward along the skirts of the Blue Ridge mountains.- It passes through Lexington, Vs., where both Gen. Robert E. Lee and Geo. Stonewall Jackson are buried. Just sooth of Lexington it passes through. Natural Bridge, where is lo cated the world-wonder of that name. Thence it passes to Roanoke. .'. Crossing the Blue Ridge mountains south of Boanoke, It enters the great est tobacco-growing' section In the world, on the upper lands of Virginia, the Old Dominion state. Here It traverses some of the old est roads In the nation some of the original stage roads that grew from the Indian trails found, by the early pioneers. -"":. --v - Here again is the atmosphere of the Revolution that gave the nation its birth. - - - Here, too, is the nation's latest pro gress manifested la a manufacturing section where the cotton of the south is "handled at home." Passing through Salisbury and Coo cord, famous in old history, it enters Charlotte the seat cf Mecklenburg ' county. The - Meck lenburg declaration of - independ ence was signed within a few miles of Charlotte. Below ' Charlotte. re Kings Mountain, Blacksburg. Gaffney and Cowpens, indelibly set down in chronicles of the Revolution. ' Then come Spartanburg and Greenville and the fertile uplands of South Carolina. , At Anderson the route nears Geor gia, crossing the line on Knox bridge over the Tugalo river and passing Lav onia and Commerce. From Lawrenceville, if the alterna tive to Duluth la not selected, the route will psss by the foot of Btone mountain, the biggest solid block of stone in the world, set down there by Nature's giant strength to be picked to pieces and moved away in atoms by mere man through the rest of his tory. : ' . .. , - And thence the route heads to Its close In Atlanta, the capital city of the umpire state oi the south. -THE NASTY RICH." A North Carolina lady resident In New York, daughter of one of the State's most distinguished Democwts before the "bottom rail" got "on top," speaks of the Mugginses and "shoddy" vulgarians, with whom the triumph cf the doctrine of force has filled the Northern cities, as "the nasty rich." It is a homely saxon adjective which she uses, this cultivated woman whose . . . .v . i court; but none other fits the case. Possibly her life abroad, where peo ple are much more plain spoken than here, accounts for her use of the word. When this writer waa a boy he was staying with a friend in Washlngtu, when the British minister and his wife dined with his host The ladies at the table were discussing the hotels t Washington, when the wife of the minister exclaimed, referring to the principal hotel of the day there, "Why, that stinks." The American ladles (North Carollniana) were shocked, and, after the noble lady had gone, ex pressed their disgust. But their boat rebuked them, saying that the Eng lish were a very careful people In their speech and that the minister's wife had simply used the only wofd applicable to the case. However all this may be, no on who reads a news Item reported by the associated press and published i another column, ' will deny that the "nasty rich" is the only appellation that flu the case of the Pittsburg and other beneficiaries of the protective tariff who bring scandal on the nation by their riotous Uvea. MR. BRYAN'S LETTER TO "''"' PRESIDENT. THE The National Monthly.) From Falrview William J. Bryan ad dressed the following letter to Presl- aent Tait: ( "President Taft: Now that the States are going to vote on the amendment of the Constitution ; specifically athorixing an income . tax why not give them a chance - to vote on aa amendment prorid f Ing for the election of United I States Senators by popular vote? : la your speech of acceptance you said that yon were personally in- clined to favor such a change in : the Constitution. Would this not : be aa opportune time to present : the subject to Congress? . Two " Con&tUu.iona, amendments, one authorising an income tax and the' other providing for the popular '. election of Senators, would make , your administration memorable and I pledge yon whatever assist t ance 1 can render in securing the ' ratification of these amendments. "With great respect. I am, "Tours truly, "WILLIAM J. BRTAN." The suggestion is an opportune one. fcnd npduubtedly the President will -n no valid reason for delaying the idvocacy of the amendments for the . .fiction ot United States Senators by irect wrte; in any event, the question ..ay more fittingly now than at any other time be submitted to" the vari ous States for their approval. Coming -ran the leading Democratic figure in tae Nation outside of public office and accompanied by assurance ot his tasisiance ue matter is entitled ;o .-ry serious consideration at the Minds of the President. Mr. Bryan a peaks as a leader of the Democratic party and for a cause to which the Democracy has pledged .t self. The cause was also championed by Gov, Hughes of New Tork State -a his tour last tan for the Republi can National ticket, while the Presi dent himself on several occasions ex pressed his inclination to favor the amendment. The principle ot popular i iection of senators has grown in favor with marked rapidity, and many of the most progressive of the Republican leaders such aa La Follette of Wis consin and Hughes of New Tork, ire mong hs most earnest advocates. A resolution such as Mr. Bryan now urges upon the President was submit ted to the House in the Fifty-second ingress. The House was then Demo ralic, but the support of many Re- abUcana was given to the resolution jxi it .passed by practically a unani- .aous vote. The 8enate rejected the resolution, ft passed again in the Fifty-third Congress and was again re jected by the Senate. The succeeding ;ongress saw the Republican forces ta control of the House and the ques tion of the popular election ot Sena tors was not again pressed for several years. A sentiment, unmistakable, however, was prevalent throughout the country and among the progressive Republicans a tendency to accept the sponsorship of a direct nomination movement led to the introduction and passage by a Republican House of a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment for the direct election of Senators. Several times since then the resolution has passed the House, but It has always died In a committee of the Senate. The Democratic con ventions of 1900, 1904, 1908 contaiaed a plank favoring such aa amendment, and though the last Republican Nat ional Convention rejected a plank of that character, offered by Senator LaFoilette's Wisconsin delegation, the candidate of the convention William H. Taft In his speech of acceptance declared that he waa personally In clined to favor the amendment. The question of direct nomination is pressing so hard in most of the States of the Union that this reform in the election of United States Senators cannot be much longer delayed, and the business interests of the States ua well as of the masses of the people now appreciate that the senator whol ly free from obligation to any Interest is preferable to the senator whose eleev Uoa must be attributed to tome politi cal or financial faction or some busi ness Institution. The latter cannot be equally representative of all the peo ple. THE WOOLLEN GOODS TARIFF. : We have several times given reasons for the belief that the basic cause of catarrh and consumption at the North is the prohibitory tariff on warm cloth ing, particularly underclothing. Brief ly, this way: The masses are unable to buy anything better than the shod dy ."woollens" of New England; there fore super-heated houses; therefore unduly, expanded pores in the air- ducts which invite disease (if lot death) when the body passes from 90 degrees of heat inside to lero outside the house. ,Tv:'---" 1 The Baltimore Sua did Its best to elect Mr. Taft ' That was because his defeat would Injure the "business In terests". But the Sun now sees that his election Is likely to Injure the Interest of a vastly greater numbe. of people than those who compose the so-called "business Interests" name ly the people at large, whose num bers are ten or twenty timet as great and therefore It is doing Its best to make amends for ita error. Read the following interesting arti cle from it: Mr. .Taft Protect the Consumtr From the Woolen Trust? Mr. Taft si-ma to bo encountering the strongest kind of opposition from certain uncompromising "standpat ters" of the joint conference commit, tee on the tariff bill. But the strong er their opposition the greater should be the determination of the President io protect me people irooi u reao- Uonarlea , nllT2rty. 0ne or ih9 other ot the elements engaged in this contest must give way eventually. The liberal and progressive element with which the President baa associated himself, and of which be la the leader, ought not to recede from Ita position. The bill has been tn conference near ly two weeks and aa yet there are no practical results. ; But the people are looking 'to Mr. Taft to get results which will be creditable to his firm ness and atatesmanshlp and will give substantial relief to the masses. Mr. Tart's prestige la at stake. The wel fare of the consumer Is at stake. This is the first great fight ot the Presi dent's administration. He cannot af ford to lose It, for reasons which must be obvious to him. There is one thing more important to the average man than the "big five free raw materials," more Interesting to mm than- the "maximum and mum- mum," and which affects him far more deeply than any tax on corporations. This is the tariff on wool and woolen goods. Man must have food and clothes. The tariff does not so seri ously affect food, because most of our foodstuffs are produced at home and are little affected by products from abroad. But a high tariff on woolen goods results at once in high-priced doming. In order to "encourage" the woolen manufacturers of New England, the Dlngley law placed a very high tariff on everything made of wool. The prices of ail woolen products were put up at once. ' Less than two years after those rates went Into effect the wool en goods trust waa formed, and a few manufacturers seised practical control of the market The tariff on certain classes al alpacas and linings was made almost prohibitive, and one alng gle factory has fenced off this rich field for itself and exacts such prices that it can make a dividend of 80 per cent in a panic year. Protected by a very high tariff, the woolen-tops dealers, the yarn-spinners and the cloth makera have been "charg ing all the traffic would bear. Their friends in House and Senate hare shown unremitting seal in look ing after their interests in the "revis ion" of the tariff. They have done all they could to divert attention from the woolen and cotton schedules, so that they might preserve these unjust rates. Now that their efforts seem to be crowned with success, the. woolen manufacturers cannot wait until '.he rates are fixed, in law,' but already have rushed-np the price of goods The eotton manufacturers share their enthusiasm and have put up prices on the strength of what they expect to get The whole country knows now, be fore these sceheduies are adopted, that If they are pot changed the prices of clothing will be much higher. The clothing . manufacturers hare given warning that a 810 suit will cost 112.50, a 820 suit win cost 825, and that fig- tree on the more ' moderate-priced clothing will be marked np at least 2S per cent. . Yet the tariff conferees ire making no move toward remedying this injustice. The woolen and cob ton goods manufacturers themselves wrote these schedules. The Interests of the people do not seem to have been considered in the matter. What can serve to make the new Tariff bill popular if these textile schedules remain unchanged T ' If loan has to pay fa more. for his suit Ot clothes next winter, you may call his attention to -"free raw materials, the reduction In the tariff on alumin ium and " free kerosene oil all you please, but you will fail to convince him that he haa not been the victim of gross injustice. There appears to be no Just reason why the woolen trust and the. woolen trust and the alpaca trust and the wool-top monopolies should be given a protection that enables them to levy an extremely high tax on every man in the United States who wears cloth es. President Taft appears to be the one powerful party leader In Washing ton who Is considering the interests of the people in this tariff revision. The others are looking after their "friends," their constituents, indus tries in their own districts. Will Mr. Taft consider the Injustice of these high ratea on woolen goods and come to the rescue of the consumer? One of the ablest members of the House- remarked the other day .that T.ne woolen schedule is the most just and Indefensible feature of the Tariff bill." If it is left unchanged in this "revision," it will be a serious pol itical mistake, as well aa a continuance of an Injustice that should have been remedied long ago. Let the political jugglers not delude themselves. The public mind is aroused in regard the tariff aa it has never been before. The people have been learning rapidly in the past few months. There are many features they do not compre hend, but this is not one of . them. When a man comes to buy his suit of clothes next fall and finds that he has to pay 83 more for the very same thing, it will not take a map or a guide to explain to him that the tariff has taxed him that much. He will not be likely to forget it when he goes to the polls to cast his vote the next time. A FARMER WHO IS GETTING RICH ON TWENTY ACRES. The Wilson Times concludes' an In teresting article on advanced method! of farming with the following account of the experience of one of its neigh bors who is getting rich on a twenty acre farm: ' --.- The gentleman Is Mr. Tom Wiggins, of Toisnot township, a man who used his brain and is making money with it He enjoys life, too, and. does not have to work near so hard as yon and L be cause ne thinks. He keeps a pack hounds and goes bird hunting also. He enjoys life, and all of us may and be come prosperous if we try. If we will only dig Intelligently into that gold mine we have, namely that one horse crop that our farmers are tending; for any twenty acres or land In Wilson county will feed, clothe . and educate a family of seven children if brain worked in connection with the band- ling thereof. . A lew days ago, you will remem ber, we published that Mr. Wigglas made a fine yield of wheat on five acres, and yesterday for the first, we saw him In town and asked him how he did it He related to ns that this wheat followed pea vine stubble and was lightly plowed In. A cutaway har row was run over the ground to cut the turf and clods to pieces. On the 10th of April he sowed SO pounds of nitrite of soda to the acre. Isn't that simple and easy. ' But here's the real nugget of gold we are going io nana you: - Mr. Wiggins sowed this wheat in November, though he thinks this little late. This year be is going to put In bis wheat in October, breaking nis una ueep sna narrowing It wull, He will -purchase a wheat drill and buy a thrasher 1n order to have one lor himself and nis neighbors. Mr. Wiggins Informed us that the wheat came up thin and teemed to Will grow off slowly and be began to do- pair of Ita making anything, ana so January 1st he turned three milk cows, two brood sows and five ptga in on , it, expecting to plow up the land the spring and plant it in souse- thing else. To his great surprise, despite ?ne fact that the stock ate the growth close to the ground, the wheat spread until It matted and covered the earth and Mr. Wiggins noticed the hogs were satisfied with the green grass and the pea vines in the adjoining field and were not rooting up the ground. In addition the turf waa so thick tne heavy rains were making no Impres sion on the sod, and his land there fore was not going into the adjacent bottoms. On the 10th of April. Mr. Wiggins took the stock off the wheat field fat and aleek, where they had subsisted since January without extra feed. The dav that he took the stock on, the 10th of April, he made the applica tion of nitrate of soda. Now this same stock is feeding on the waste wheat In a penned lot where tne grain waa thrashed. - Now this is the nugget: "Is it worth while for you to know that you can keep on five acres of wheat 11 head of stock for months at a time oi we year when the pastures are not fur nishing nourishment, and at the same time improve your wneatT uaicuiaie the value of the wheal, the teea ot u head of stock for 4 months, the pea vine hay to follow the wheat, the un moved value of the land, and see if we haven't handed you a nugget ot gold. Besides these same hogs can I e turned in on the peas after they come up and kept until there la a ground pea paten ready ana tne neia peas do gin to bloom, when they will eat tho young peas. , In other words these live acres were worth more than 8500 to Mr. Wig- rina because they furnished him his bread, hla milk and butter ana ais meat - The possibilities in this country mtial those ot any other section f-n earth. Get busy, ye farmers and let's make our living in this country. . FARMERS' COLUMN. "Up-to-date" A Parable., Quid Nunc. I see a man running about who says ne is "up-to-date. What does he mean? Bene Tunc Why, up-to-date means abreaat of the times. Quid Nunc So I thought; but this man oooosed the charter; and the waterworks: and the sewerage; and the lights: and the abolition of the dlsDensarv: and the pavements; and, aa to the Canalization ot the Cape Fear, it isnt six weeks since he used that aa an Illustration of things that never would come to pass. Yet now he- savs he's "up-to-date." Bene Tunc Oh. he means ne s in the Band Wagon. Quid Nunc But he says he t "pro- cressive." ' Bene Tunc lie means mat ne won't do so any more. The following excellent article on the Cowpea, of Interest to the farmer, is taken from the Progressive Farmer of Raleigh: '. . " ,-. . " 1 The Cowpea. - The cowpea is a child of the South, a lover of the sun, shrinking away at the first breath ot winter or , the slightest touch of frost, but grow ing green and fresh and vigorous. Bit ing new leaves toward the sky, send ing out new tendrils in ail directions through all the heat of the long, fervid summer days.- And when the soil has become warm and the : breeaeav stir lazily with their load of sunshine,' how rapidly it grows and how quickly it changes the bare stretches of np-turn-ed earth -into swards of tangled ver dure, dense, deep-glowing, fruitful, full ot promise. -. - - " . .. Ah, wonderfully full of promise: For the slopes over which the cow pea has gnown are not only rich with the food of herds ana nocks, witn potential fat porkers and ripening steers, liberal-uddered cows and frol icsome colts and calves and lambs and pigs growing through all their days ot rich-fed contentment into early and vigorous maturity. They yield also a stranger and more aig nlficent fruitage. - Wherever the cow pea grows there follows as if in some tale of magic - from past credulous years a soil richer and more produc tive for ail that has been taken from Those fields where the cowpea grew and spread and fruited' and fed the hungry stock are, by reason of that very fact, ready to grow corn taller and- greener and more heavily laden with drooping ears; harvests of ripen ing grain, deeper and of richer hue cotton more beautifully covered with the snowy locks whose whiteness com merce changes into gold. It is one of Nature's every -day miracles of good ness that this plant should reach into the air and gather from it the ethe real food that is to feed future har vests, and through these harvests the beasts of the field, and man himself. Truly.we of the South have despis ed the precious gift bestowed us, the magic-making plant which, like the fabled fountain of youth, restores and refreshes and refertilixee our soils. winging to even the aged and lonar- barrea fields a more than virgin capac ity for fruitfulness, - tle opulent friend that with inexhaustible liberal ity oners to the farmer on one hand the richness of Its own productivity and on the other the more abiding wealth of an Increased fertility of the soil from which its sustenance was drawn. - ; -- . - How to' Get the Most from Cowpeaa, In just the proportion that we Increase the acreage of the cowpea, in that pro portion wlU the soils ot our section be increased in fertility. v With us. It usually follows a winter grazing crop that has been sown on corn stubble, but we are not averse to turning a good sod of clover and timothy, and often do this, plowing the sod In the late winter. Then as soon aa the corn crop la planted, we start to harrowing the pea land. And the deeper the plowing is done' and the better the seed bed to prepared, the better results we obtain in the pea crop. No crop we have tried wlU respond better to good treatment than will the pea crop. We usually prepare the land well with the disc. Acme, and spike-tooth harrows; sow the peas broadcast by band and cultivate them In with the spring-tooth cultivator. Then level the land with the smooth ing harrow. On our best land we generally use three-fourths to one bushel per acre of good clean Clay peas and a peck of Amber cane seed. This makes the best combination for cow feed of any thing we have ever used. On the thinner fields, where we sow the peas for soil improvement primarily, we use the pea alone, broadcast, ons bush el per acre. Then where we want the crop to be grazed by bogs we put the peas la rows two feet apart We plant these with our two-row corn planter. ' When we hare grown a crop of pea vines that will make as fine a quality of hay as we have ever been privileged to feed, we make hay of it every acre, aa we have never been able to figure out the economy of making manure direct of peavlnes, when every ton of pea hay is worth fifteen dollars when fed to first-class cattle or sheep, and the manurial val ue of the product reduced very little by being patted through the animal When we can niaite hay of peavlnea at cost of from 81 to 81.60 Dor ton and return the manure back to the land for 25a per ton, we believe.lt is good business to do so rather than to plow under the crop In the raw stato and Just bury $13.25 with each ton so plow ed under. Doesn't the proposition look reasonable? . So we nut the big six-foot mower Into the pea field when the pods are getting brown, let the hay Ue in the swath until thoroughly wilted, then rake Into good slied windrows and leave until pretty well cured. If the weather continues fair, bunch and haul to the barn at once, but If rain threat ens, cock up into large, high cocks and leave them alone until the weatner clears, when the cocks are taken apart. sunned and aired and tent to tne nam with a rush. REAL, ESTATE TRANSFERS. Complied Weekly by MacKtthan Real Estate, Lean and Trust Co. at -4 ." E. R. MacKETHAN, Attorney. ; .... ... ... ,: -i . 1368.60. J. A, Culbreth, et ux, to Mrs. E. F. Page, 1 7-10 acres Falcon, 13000. W. B. Coats, et ux, to E. P. Jessup.165 acres Gray's Creek. 83000. W. B. Coats, et ux, to E. P. Jessup 43 acres Black River. 8725. J. B. Andrews to Maggie U York, lot Raeford, N. C. V $9L Z. L. Talton, et als, to John 8, Blake, 14 acres Black River. . 81800. M. H. TUghman, et ux, to C. J. Cooper lot Green street 1300. Albert R. Williams to E. N. Williams about 6 acres Cross Creek. $10. J. S. Hall to J. J. Hall 24 lote southern part ot Fayetteville, N. C. 8100. J. A. Humphrey to Sallie Thomas, lot on Holt's Hill. 8850. J. D. Jessup. et ux, to R. J, Hair 30 acres Cedar Creek, N. C, $10. J. B. Broadfoot, et ux, to B. Hawkins 91 acres Beaver Dam. ' $10. W. Jessup to W. R. -Graham, et ux, lot Holt's Hi it. HOPE MILL8 NEW8 NOTES. Hope Mills, N. C, Aug. 3. Mr. John Fowler and family are visitors here this week. Miss Mary Holt is visiting In Raeford this week. 1 Miss Mabel Pate .went on a visit to see Miss Margaret Mclnnls, of Gala- tia, last Saturday. . Class number four ot the Presbyte rian Sunday school, which la composed of young ladles, went on a pleasant trip to Red Springs last Saturday, and a good time baa been reported. Mr. C. R. Callcut'a 5-year-old daugh ter fell from a wagon last ' Friday, breaking her arm in two places. We hope the little girl may have a speedy recovery. " . , Mrs. Ms B. McDonald and her daugh ter, Miss Mary Sherwood, of Kenly, N. C, who have been visiting rela tives and friends in this vicinity, re turned home on Saturday. - Mr. Will Murphy, of Mexla, Texas, is in town this week. Mr. Murphy Is formerly of this place, and be having been: away about twenty-four. years, his many friends were glad to shake 'his hand.':,"i: ;''.",;,,.'; " ' Mr. John Pamell and Miss Annie Canady, who lives near Ed onia, were married here on Sunday, Mayor W. C. Perks Officiating. .'.:' r. C. H. Adams, of Duke, N. haa returned to Hope Mills to take charge of the hotel We welcome Mr. Adams and his family back to Our town. .-' . ; Mr. J. A. Bynum, of the Hope Mills Furniture Co.," has accepted a posi tion with the Singer 8ewing Machine Co, at Laurlnburg. ' Mr. Bynum will retain his interest In the " furniture store, which will be In charge of Mr. M. Hamilton. - - ;. On Saturday afternoon, July 23rd, an entertainment was given to . the ladies, Baptist Missionary Society at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Rogers which waa a success. . A Dice supper was placed before the charming dies, after which icecream was serv ed. Among other features of the en tertainment was good music, and the occasion was greatly enjoyed by all. After this feast of pleasure the ladies went in a body to the Baptist church for preaching services. Mr. A. P. Adcox, of Parkton, N. R. F. D. No. I, has entered the Caro lina Business School for the commer cial .course. " ' ' ' ' GRAY'S CREEK ITEMS. ' Fayetteville, N. C, R. F. D. No. J, At 1 The protratced meeting clos ed at Cape Fear yesterday. There were two members added to the church and many others made to rejoice. ' Mr. Ransom rope and sister, Mist Annie, from the east side of the riv er, spent last Thursday and Friday with friends In this community. Miss Lina Marsh Is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Mary Hlldretn, in South Car olina. " ' " " ' ' '. f '" : , Miss Loula Graham spent last week with her sister, Mrs., Harrlef Edge, ft Roberson. ' ' - ,. Mr. W. L. Clark : spent Saturd ty night and Sunday on the east tide of the river. Mr. James Marsh, of Fayetteville, Is spending a few days at hla brother, Mr. T. A. Marah. ; Mr. A. A. McQueen and family have gone down to Sampson to visit Mrs. McQueen's people this week. Mr. J. A. Davis returned home last Friday from Staley, N. C. ' i There will be an ice-cream tapper at Marvin church next Saturday even ing, August 7th; beginning at ( o' clock promptly. The proceeds will go to the benefit ot the new church. Eve rybody la Invited to come. ; , t w , Messrs, Henry and John Joces, ot Parkton, attended services tt Cape Fear Sunday.- ' , t : ;" Miss Mallle Blake, hat gone to Fay etteville to ttudy music under Mrs. Robinson.'-' -;v-v v v-.-, -., . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cashwell visited their parents, Mr. snd Mrs. Hall, of Cedar Creek, last Sunday. A -protracted meeting is in progress at Bladen Union church this week. AUTRYVILLE DOTS. Autryvllle, N. C, Aug. 2. Cropt aro dolug fine In our locality at present. e are glad to say. Ws are also hav ing tome hot weather now to neip stuff grow. - ' Mrs. L. M. Cooper, who was right sick last week, la much Improved now. Mr. W. M. Dullard and family, of Gainesville, Fla., have been visiting re latives and friends at Autryvllle and Satemburw for the last tew days. Mr, Bullard returned to Florida last Fri day, but bis family will remain here for the next week. - A good crowd of people went from here to Wilmington and the beach on the excursion last Tuesday, and re port a fine time. Those who went say that It was the quietest that hat evr been on the A. ft Y. It is with much regret that we learn the sad intelligence of the death if Mrs. Charlie Bullard, of Hayne, N. C. We tender our deepest sympathy to the bereaved husband, relatives and friends. Mr. J. A. Cooper, ot Wilmington, N. C, spent last Sunday here with hla parents, t Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Falrcloth and their daughter, Mlaa Bessie, were the welcome guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Strickland, ot Stedman, N. C Sun day p. m. , Mr. A. A. Autry called at "Brook- land" Saturday night, and reports fine time. ,;. - Mrs. Mary Sutton, ot Wilmington,. , passed through our town last Sat urday enroute to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Autry, ot Clement Mr. J. T. Williams, ot Cooper, N. C spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Cooper. ' - :V' ; - -;. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sessoms, with Mrs. J. Holmes, of Stedman, N. G, were callers at Dr. Bullock's last Sun day evening. Mr. G. W. Autry, who. haa been at Duke, N. C, for some time, has return ed here to take a position as chief en gineer with the Autry k Autry Brick Company. '' ' Mrs. D. P. Spell, of this place; is visiting at Capt J. L. Autry's at Cle ment - ' - Mr. C. S. Falrcloth It on the tick Ust today, but we look and hope for his speed recovery. - Among the crowd that attended the Moore's Creek celebration were Mr. A. A. Autry, Isaac Lewis, and N. J. Autry. They all report a fine time on their return. f ' , Marshal E. Allen was, aires ted yes terday afternoon at he waa strolling down the street with a tack contain ing 25 pints of white lightning on his shoulder. 4He was tried before the Mayor today and bound over to. court in the sum of $200 which he gave. ' " Wheat a fertiliser i wjljUV' -' a fertiliser that coo tains TTIfli 1tfll . jP- ammonia in different forma, umi . 11 ViV"" i ammonia in different forms, some alow, some active, IS"'-,; and continual food to the start to maturity. MIKl.. 41. ' lA IV"" There is one fertilizer that does this one that is Nature's own provision for wheat crop one which contains ingredients that the chemists have never been able to put into fertilizer. It is genuine old" r ..' . ( Peruvian Guano sssbbsssbbsbssssbbbbbssbsbSI saassasBsssasBssssai ' ... Old farmers of Virginia and the Carolina's recall the splendid crops grown with Peruvian Guano years ago. 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FARMERS' INSTITUTES Will Be Held At Court House, Fayette villa, Wednesday, August 18 Red Springs, Thursday, ; August 19. ; , The object of a Farmers' Institute la to bring together the farmers In or der that they may discuss and study the subjects relating to their business, such at the best methods of using fer tilisers on various cropa, the prepar ation and cultivation of the toil, stock raising and stock feeding, diseases of - stock, grain and grass growing, truck ing, fruit growing, Improvement of worn soils, etc In addition to local speakers, Frank lin Shermui, State Entomologist; N. A. Layton, ot Bladen County, and Prof. Branson Barlow, Botanist, State De- partment of Agriculture, will be pres ent and discuss questions of Intereit An Interesting porgramme hat been arranged. All farmers and those in terested in farming are Invited and urged to come and ask questions and Join la the discussions. Morning session will open at 10 o' clock sharp, and afternoon session it 1:30. Bring pencil and blank-book to take notes. T. B. PARKER, Director ot Farmers' Institutes. . W. A. GRAHAM, Commissioner of Agriculture. , Hodges-Seagls. At high noon today at Ivy Burne, . the beautiful home of Mr. and lira J. M. Hodges, near Linden, Mist Sadie Hodges waa married to Prof. P. E. Seagle, ot Raleigh.' The ceremony was impressively performed by Rev. Nath- A. Seagle, rector of St Stephen son's church, New York. Miss Hodges is the accomplished and charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hodges, and Mr. Seagle is promin ent educator ot Wake county, r The Observer wishes the happy young couple long years ot life and prosperity. ' . WANTED fclve girls and three boys to work In Hosiery Mill; steady work and good pay. Standard Hosi ery Mills, Creedmoor, N. C WANTED One hundred young men not under sixteen years ot age who . desire to he something more than or dinary "-hands" who want to earn : more than wages generally paid to "hands" to come to the Agricultur al. Jb Mechanical College for the Col ored Race and there prepare them selves to be skilled mechanics, intei- ligent farmers, well qualified teach- - era. Graduates earning from - $30 to $150 per -month. Board, Lodging : and Tuition $7 per month. Fall term 'begins September 1, 1909. For free tuition or for catalog, write Presi- "' dent Dudley, A. ft M. College, Greensboro, N. C. , . - requires x- that contains to provide gradual plant front .$.70 . .7 Tkh oMwkte n ertmtnt f eiri (a yim by umsj ruMit la in? point m A4ua rlaamlaraaUa 1.00 ' j g .-Mir WsM tJ lCJ g
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1880-1919] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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