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towae V GLOME XII. RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. N. C, THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1903 NUMBER 16 Half- Sick "I first used Ayer's Sarsaparilla in the fall of 1848. Since then I have taken it every spring as a blood - purify in and nerve strengthening medicine." S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans. If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then begin to take the good old stand ard family medicine, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. - It's a regular nerve lifter, a perfect blood builder. $i.m utic ah inttuf. Ask vonr doctor what he think of Ayert SarMtnrtlla. He knows all about this grand old family medicine Follow hi adTice and we will be satisfied J. U. atxk Co., Iaowelli Hast. HOTEL BURGWYN. . JACKSON, N. C. JAMES SCULL, PROPR. Bates $2.00 per day 50c per mea CLE ELAND HOTEL Jackso', N. C J. S. GRANT, PROPRIETOR, Terms 50c per meal or $200 per day. Special rates by the week or month. James A Worrell ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Jackson, N". O. Practice in all courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to Bhh S. Gat. GabiiANd E. Miotxttb Gay & Hicl yette ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW JACKSON. N. C Practice in all courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to C. G. Pbbblbs. J'. K. HABBI8 -Poobles & Harris ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLERS AT LAW Jackson, N. C Practice in all courts. ' Busi ness promptly and faithfully at tended to. - Dr. W. J. Ward DENTIST, iVELDON, N. C p-DR. J. M. JACOBS Dentist ' Can he found in his office at all times except toden notice is given in this paper. Woodland, N. C. DR. JAMES B. EVERETT eon Dentist. Hurfreesboro, N. C. Is prepared to do all kinds of Dental work in the most approve ed manner. Painless extraction a specialty Office .over-Nicholson's Drug Store. IVLT.CHAVIS " EAGLEIOWN, N. C. HOUSE CABPENTER. Am nrnnnrfld to do first class work. See or correspond with me before contracting, House Moving Over 20 Years Exp ? ience E. S. ELLIOTT :'.''- Rich Square, N. C. " A; E. Copblahd. Josiah Cgpblaitd HOUSE HOVERS Ne are now prepared to move hr .ies of any .size. Prices .low. J "a ill be to your interest to see us - COPELAND BROTHERS, . George, N. C Trnitts Improved Biff Boll Cotton t -i,avA- &bont 30 bushel, of the hnve named Cotton Seed for sale at one dollar per bushel, delivered at rai'road station in 2 bushel lots or over. 0 ttoa I made 3000 pounds oi seea of this variety on one acre last year, which yielded about 1 to 3 including bagging ana yjsw-. A. HrPBITCHARD, Keliord,N.C Unrest. 0 what a demon of unrest Doth stir the human heart to strife, When by a narrow sphere oppressed It hungers for completer rest. Why is dull drudgery the lot Of some who would, but cannot rise; By what mistake or counterplot Do they aspire to the skies? Though lowly be thy ministry, Thy thought may know no prison bars; The Universe is all for thee, And thou mayest walk among the stars. He is not in prison kept To whom the Father's House is free; O hungering soul, why not accept God's boundless hospitality. iTeorge Lawrence Spining, D. D. Sweet Potatoes and Water melons. (Cor. The Progressive Farmer) Now I want to talk sweet pota toes to you. Two years ago a very energetic man bought land joining mine, and ne vanted to know if the soil was good for po tatoes, I told him I had made forty bushels on one eighth of an acre, tie went to ngurmg.ana said that was three hundred and twen y bushels to the acre and he would plant two acres and make six hundred and forty bush els and sell them for three nun dred and twenty dollars. Now you want to know bow he came out Well, he made about forty bushels of very fa'ulty potatoes, and he was mad and swore that sweet potatoes and Blake John son would Dot do to depend on. The reason he failed was be esrftse he half-plowed, half ferti lized, and poorly worked his pota toes. I broadcast manure at the rate of sixteen loads to the acr- and break and ridge and ridge again, a nd then ' scatter guano with a high per cent of potash at the rate of three hundred pounds to the acre in the middles, and run a long plow through to mix with the dirt, then make the ridg es on that and then knock the top off. I see that my slips are set late ; in the evening with a little water under them and dry dirt on top or ground, see mat they are' straight as a line, so that I can run a harrow close to them, and never allow a crust to form on the ground. Try a small patch this way, and see what you can da ;- ; V- : Another thing I would like lor you to do is to select a good piece of ground that sloes not get hard, and have you a fine watermelon patch. Don't put too much ma nure in the hills, and thoroughly mix the dirt with it, and keep the bugs off them by putting a little well slacked lime or tobacco dust on the young plants, ana vou must be quick for the bugs may have them ruined before you know it. Work them well when the vines are dry, and you will have nice, big. red hearted met ons for your family, and a lew dollars worth to sell just when you need a little money so bad. Blake Johnson. Gaston Co, N. C. Fertilizing We have been asked a thousand questions about fertilizing We have tried to answer them as clearly and as plainly as we could We wish to state a few general principles. It is only the part thai is soluble in water that is va uable So, as it is soluble in wa ter it will dissolve when it gets in the wet soil. Then we should never put the fertilizer in before planting long enough for it. to get dissolved and washed out by the rains. A large percentage of the ferti lizers are lost every year by being put in the ground too soon. USE SHALLOW. Again, water sinks and carries the fertilizer with i L The strength of fertilizers is not lost by evaporation, but by leaching and washing Hence, fertilizers should be' used shallow. This is true for all crop9 and all commer cial fertilizers. Manures are somewhat different WHEN TO USE THEM. As all of the good to the crop comes from the plant roots ab aorbing the dissolved plant food, we see that the good will be -jg I U g-reate-f i-t- more roots can reea pon this dissolved food. Hence it ii uj bst to put the iertuizers in a spot or narrow streak, If it is well distributed in toil more roots have a chance to get it, It should be wherever the roots go. The feeding roots of oar crops go thioogh all the broken soil. They are found everywhere when the crops are making fruit The fertilizer should be every where. Broadcasting is better than drilling. Bnt if you are go ing to use so little that you can not make up your mind to broad cast it then put part in the rows and part in the listing furrows. we think anywhere from 200 up should be broadcast Of course this advice is given to those who will keep their crop clean and well cultivated- Grass roots and weed roots are just as fond of fertilizer plant food as cot ton, corn or other crops. They must not be permitted to get it- Southern Cultivator. Tax Value Will be Doubled iNews and Observer . If the State is prosperous, that fact should appear on the tax books. The assessing officers will settle the question whether all the talk of prosperity and de velopment in North Carolina is true, it will show on the tax books or the tax assessing officers will fail to perform their sworn duty. In this connection we print the following from the Dnnn Guide: "In conseanence of the ennanftfii ment of real estate, the building of railroads and factory enterprises, it is estimated that the taxable prop erty in Harnet county will be doub led. The amount now is a little more than two million dollars." Harnett is truly going forward in every way industrially, edu cationally. morally, progressively It is a good county populated by good people. They have long lacked easy communication with the world of commerce, but with new railroads and great manufact u ring enterprises buildiing and projected.it is destined to become one of the most prosperous coun ties in the Stote. Its prosperity the prosperity of every other county in the State if it is real, ought to show on the tax books' Worth Thinking About. Some folks imagine the farmer does not need to read or think. His business is just to plod through tho mud, keep his nose down to the earth and never look up too see what is going on in the world. That was the old idea of farming. It is passing away.and ought to go, with a lot of other things that once were looked on as being all right, but which we of to-day know to be as wicked as Salem witchcraft Brighten the lives of the child ren when you go away to town by bringing them some little token of affection. It may be no valua ble thing; but worth does not count so much as the fact that you have remembered the dear boys aud girls. The farmer boy has the whole wide world for hisfield. : He need not fear that there will be no chance for him to do his best He can expand in every direction and not be afraid of crowding any one else out. There is room for us all Farm'Journal Too Great a Bisk. A reliable remedy for bowel com plaints should always be kept at hand. The risk is too great for any one to take Chamberlain's Colic, Chv,--ra and Diarrhoea Remedy nev er fails and when reduced with water is pie; sant to take. For sale t?fiK&cmTe Drug Co., Dr. J L. Outl Tne Ideal Farm Boy. In looking around among farm era lads for a sample of an ideal farm boy, one learns how very scarce they are. - Not that there is such a dearth of boys on the farms, but their heads are set to wards other things than farming towards positions they think easier and more lucrative than the plodding life they deem that of their parents to be. Nine tenths of them, like nine tenths of the boys born in other places. have their own livings to earn somewhere.- If boys could rea liza how ve-y few men there are who have been successful in bus iness, or bad any estates to leave behind when they are gone, it might wake them up to the impor tince of running no risks in lay ing the foundation of their life work. They would be more will ing to go slow and sure that they might have enougbof this world's goods to carry them through to the end and a trifle over. People who come to be depend ent on their children, or on any body, no matter who, are seldom held in kindly remembrance after they are gone. "Good riddance to rubbish" is about the feeling their death excites. Everybody has an inmate longing to be miss ed and lamented when the time comes for them to go the road that all flesh must go. It is so unspeakably sad to think there is no one to -drop a tear when the id of your coffin closes forever. To live in the hearts of those we leave behind we must do some thing worthy something they can not forget Simply living for self will not win a loving place for us anywhere. The young man in choosing his occupation should not think only of where he can earn the most money, but where he can do the most good as well. Money is not all of life and success. The ideal farm boy remembers his parents first of all, and if they need him he will not desert them. They stood by him in his helpless years often depriving themselves of many recreations and comforts for his sake, and now he will glad ly reciprocate. He has the prom ise that his "days may be long upon the land" if he honors his father and his mother. He has chosen farming for hisoccupa tion of course, he has, or he wouldn't be an ideal farm boy and now. he is going to learn all he can about it He has made up his mind to be a good farmer and make a comfortable living or die in the attempt He will try to make the most of things, study the best way to plant, how to fer tilize. how to cultivate, how to care for stock, when to plow and how to harvest and sell to the best advantage. He will not spend his strength in Latin and Greek, in philology and the ' belles-lettres and such things as he can do without He has gumption enough to know that one small head can not con tain all there is to know. He will seek first that which he most needs. Maybe his father is old fashioned and can not make both ends rreet in these fast rushing days. He will try to help him out He will try to introduce more productive methods, will raise more fruit, vegetables, poultry, hogs and stock, and keep some thing moving along , towards the market wagon to bring in money. He will begin very early to earn a little money for himself, and at the same time to save it. He will deliberate ere he makes purcbas es as to their real value, and as to his real need for the articles. The average boy spends his money as fast as he earns it in the fashions and follies of the day; but the ideal boy laya'up something in bank to be ready for the time to come when he will want a farm of his own. One doesn't have to be very old to be gin to plan for the future. A little four year old grand-foot of tho Sid ney 8 said, ' 'When I ge l big I am going to have a whole lot of hogs and little boys." Not a bad assortment to have, but he must first be prepared for the d u ties and Q responsibilities, such farm furnishings would bring. Poss essions of any sort are" worthless and a hindrance unlessoneknows how to use them. Many a man has heired a fine fortune before he knew the value of money, and lost all by his ig norance and1 thrif tlessness Parents are often iodulgeut and do not train their children in the fine art of taking care of themselves. Having rich par ents is about the greatest m'sfor tune that can befall the young. They are mostly allowed all the time and spending money and gay, reckless society they want, and luxurious ; habits are formed Abat sooner or later develop brok en health, dissolute lives, or weak ened energies that tell a true tale of the curse of riches. The ideal farm boy will make thrift his watchword rather than wealth, and if he slicks to his text fjhe will be crowned with abundance unless he me rries a spendthrift. Ay, there is the run: rne nardest problem a thrif ty young farmer has to face is who to marry? That's so." said the Head of the house, "I've been the re myself hearts are not always trumps." A man needs a helpmate, and he sometimes needs a checkmate, too It is a subject, however, on which one heed not ad vise a man, unless it is given the way he is going. He thinks all women tender and true because his mother was so, and she thinks all me- good be cause, perchance, her father was. Farmers' sons go to cities and towns for wives, and city girls are eager to capture the best catches of the country, and they all are miserable when it is too late- So runs the world; "love is blind," and nothing will open the eyes but matrimony. The boys who propose to earn homes by farming have no time to go chasing around the country on railroad trains to sporting games and fraternity meetings, as we see by the papers young students, far mers' sons included, are doing. They have no money to spend in this way, and they should be too manly to thus trifle away the sub stance of their hardworking larg er parents. They can never be made the substantial, reliable men the world so needs in this way. The outgrowth of these expensive sports is an exodus from the farms The boya want to get at something that will roll up dollars faster than fanning. They will risk the health and peace farm 1 if e affords, they will risk bringing op their own children in the midst of city cor ruption if they can get more mon ey The love of money s the root of all evil" they may learn lat er on. The ideal farm boy who only aims at a competency honestly earned wants no ill-gotten wealth. The world is full of things for him to enjoy nearer home that costs little money. He participates in those higher pleasures that refresh the mind and leave no sting of re morse to torture the souL He is the prop of his parents, the neiuh bors respect him, and positions of trust and responsibility are open to him. Where did our nation's distin guished men hail from? The farms If the farm home is a good place to be born and raised in, it is a good place to stay in to start an other generation in the right treck Let ns reflect on the history of that lamented trio of martyred presidents Lincoln, Garfitld and McKinley all barefooted farm boys who won their first upward steps at home. They had no time for foot ball and boxing contests, in rowing, bowling and matched games of many varieties, but spent it in splitting rails, building feiices, milking cows and studying by can die light, and in all ways helping their families and themselves to earn an honest living and intelli gent lives. Had they remained on the farms and. spent their great talents there, who knows but they might to-day be living on estates of their own earnings grand spec unens of the old-time country gen tlemen? . Carrying the sword and the mus ket and controlling great armies and navies do not harmonize with the teaching of Christ, "Put up again thy, sword into its place, for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Even the greatest come to grief if they trifle Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common el ass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or set tling indicates an unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; if it stains your linen it is evidence of kid ney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. WhattoDo. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. , It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the tost. Sold by druggists in 50c and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer & Hore6 of Bwmnp-RocC Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Whtn writing men tion reading this generous offer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name. Swamp Root, Dr. Killmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,. Binghamp. ton, N. Y., on every bottle. with the Christian principles thev profess. The ideal farm boy will not be tempted away from bis chosen pursuit by the 'Lo heres" and 'Lo theres." He is engaged in the high calling of feeding the hungry and clothing the naked' He went into it for life, and he'll stick and make nis mark, and find contentment tl ere. Mary Sidney in Farm Journal. Too Many Exempted From Taxation. New Bern Journal The action of the North Caroli na Corporation Commission in its efforis to both tax income of Fed eral and State officials, aud see that the tax is paid, is to be en couraged and supported J ust why, or upon what equita ble solution of the question, there should bean exemption from tax on the income of these officials, Jit is impossible for trie average mindto-see. v The Federal and State office holders enjoy the protection ac corded all taxpayers, and the rea son for a special privilege tax ex eruption for one of these, on his income, while a merchant, banker or employe pays a salary tax looks unjust and without the sem blance of equity. It is not only in the matter of exemption from income taxation, but aUo the escape from taxation on other things, that there is al road y too m uch of, v. b ich lea v the real burden of taxation upou the small taxpayer, the person of moderate means, who pay a tax far out of proportion, comp&ifcd to the rich and the millionaire classes, ' Begin by giving any particular office holder exemption from au income tax, there is created at once a privilege class, which cm easily be increased or added to, The Corporation Commission is doing right in this tax matter Let it be pushed, and let fc very citizen pay a just and equitable tax, salary and otherwise, with no privileged class, which can have and .enjoy State and Nation al benefits of protection without paying for them. " ' ' The May School at the Nor mal College. There will be quite a number of teachers in Greensboro during the May school, beginning April 28th and closing May 23rd. Tickets will be on sale at unusually low rates On April 27th and 28th and on May 4th and 5th. On May 5th there will be a meeting of a number of prominent women, teachers and others, fro&i va rious points of the State who are in terested in the Woman's Association for the betterment of Public School Houses in North Carolina. The round trip ticket to Greens boro on the lour days above mention ed will be in no case more than one and one third fare atiJ in some cases where the distance in considerable the cost of a ticket for the rcund trip will be only a very little more than one fare. Board in the city will be furnish ed at $3.00 a week. If there are families not now taking boarders for the college who would like to do so for the month of May, they will do well to communicate with President Mclver Greensboro Patriot i mnri i c x Charlotte, N, 0 That's the name and address of the mnitrrs of the best class of ginning machinery. A cotton cleaning feeder which is as simple as aoy other, is included in our complete pinning outfits. " v ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS JrULLEYS AND SHAFTING, &C. Largest shops in the State best tools Write for catalogues, or ask tor a salesman. . ' I have just received a car load of Page Woven Wire Fence.' Page ha 3 the reputation of being the best wire fence cuade i n America. It never fails to gee the blue ribbon when in competion with other fences. It is raade of double strength well temper ea coil spring hard steel Page wire A Page fence properly erected will tasi a me time and turn all stock If -your horse runs into it he will not hurt eitl-er himself ordence which is not the c se with a soft wire fenc The first niece of Pae fence hich was nut UD 19 veurs aim this imrW - 1 O o .-till I C 3 T ; dhh uuixju kuuu service. x nave- a poultry fence that is the very thine to mnlrA a rh nan frnrovi W. F. Ouixand, Woodland, N. 0 11UVV kJl II 1 1 lf JT. O Goods and TIT A. . v Just from the Great Metropo lis mitk drmAa TlfV TV. " please the most fastidious. ' My store is filling to overflowing with the prettiest and finest Spring stools I've ever been able to display and in all the differ ent classes of goods Fve bean ac ; customed to keep Millinery in-; V eluded. The embroideries sur- pass anvtnin? I've ever had h- fore. All you want to convince you in to taxe a ioox at tnem. If you want an Up-To-Date wmte Waist. and Skirt we will be pleased to show them in the Mercerized, also the . Basket W oave nothmtr newer fnr Skirts than Rnnlfnt Wean Khan. herd - Checks ' in wnnh- omrwia which comes in black and white ; ; emu j uiiureu b oiippers. ine .; i a ''1m. m. xabcob uuiuuuti ill line paucnt : leather up to 2.25 u w i j j goods in all the latest novelties and 8 tripes. Call and examine ior yourselves MiTTIE C. PURVIS, PEOPRETOR, New York Racket Stor lV. rkTT lion v n : " CTTTnTr-ETVTg l am still in the market for Chick ens and Eggs, and pay the highest market prices for them. Being situ ated right at the railroad station where I can m ke daily shipments without extra cost I am in a position to pay more for them. The Express and Kailroad books will show that I ship more Chickens and Eggs from Bich Square than all other shippers prom this place combined. In payment for goods I prefe Eggs to money, and pay cash for Eggs when you want" it A custo mer who brings one dozen Eggs a treated with the same courteBy and consideration as the one who brings 40 dozen. You cau send your child ren to ray store with the assurance that they will be given full value for what they bring. M. H. CONNER, At Depot, V" Rich Square, N. C. When Are You Coming i? TO BUT THE CELEB BA TED Creeks villa Mill FLOUR It is made from the Choicest heat. Notice that sweet nut ty flavor. Guaranteed pure and Wholesome Manufactured by P. T. HICKS. If other Flours than those we sell For reasons that we cannot tell. Usurp the place they own should take In spite of prices that we make, And seem to think they've come to stay We hand you means to "mend your way.1
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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