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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1325.
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MARY" ORAHAA -BONNER.
PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS
His name was Midget, find he wag
named that bemuse he was si) small.
In the first place he belonged to the
Pygmy Hippopotamus family and they
re all very small it Is a small family
and the members of it are never big,
as are the members of the regular Hip
popotamus family.
He was very small, even for a Pyg
my Hippopotamus, and he was eveu
very small for a Pygmy Hippopotamus
baby. That was really all he was.
He was Just a baby. He could walk,
of course. He was smart that way, and
he could do a number of tilings fol
low his mother around, look politely
at admiring visitors and put himself to
bed.
He didn't have to learn to dress and
undress himself, for he wore the same
little smooth suit all the time.
It was just like the costume bis
mother wore, except his was very
much smaller. If he had worn one the
ize his mother wore he would have
been completely lost in It.
He was such a little wee creature.
Yet he was a very healthy little fel
low. And he was getting fatter every
day.
His cunning little stomach was be
coming so round and fat that it almost
looked as though he were one of those
long, filled, toy hippopotamus balloons
(that shape you often see when you're
picking out a toy balloon at the circus
or the fair), with a little head at one
end and little feet underneath the
body.
A good many times each day the
keeper would call to his mother and to
him:
"Come, Mother, come and show the
visitors your baby. Come along,
Tootsle, and show Midget to them."
For Tootsie was his mother's name.
And when his mother was called,
he would go slowly to the end of her
Midget Never Left His Mother's Side.
enormous yard, outside of which were
visitors looking at her through the
wired fence.
v As liis mother went forward, of
course he went, too. Yes, Midget never
left his mother's side.
All day long and all night long they
stayed together. When she got up he
got up, too.
When she decided to lie down, be
did the same.
Sometimes she would pet him, and
often he would give her ear or her
bead an affectionate little Tick, which
was his kiss, and he would say :
"Dear Mother Hippo, I love you so
much."
She looked so often at him, at bis
dear little body which looked like a
smooth cake of chocolate, for It was
much the color of chocolate, too.
And she looked at the people and
went to them when the keeper called
her to show off her baby, but none of
them, she thought, amounted to any
thing. It was her baby who counted for
something. He was Just so dear and
so cunning an l. while at times be was
naughty, she rIwrjs loved him.
At times, of course, he thought she
was pretty strict, but he always loved
her.
Now, again, the keeper was calling
to her :
"Toouie, Mother, come and show
them ybur little two-months-old son I
. "Come along, Mother, show him
off!"
Slowly, down through the yard,
walked Tootsle, and Midget close be
side her.
Even in their walk he stopped at
times to give her a little kiss upon her
dear cheek and then trotted on.
. Every time she looked straight at the
people and opened her eyes Just a little
wider, It seemed; but every time she
said to herself:
"None of them can be compared to
iny little darling for charm. He Is so
unning. He is such a dear baby
love."
Afraid She Might Forget
Mary, upon her departure for the
party, was reminded to tell her hostess
before leaving what nice time she
bad h;id.
"We: I, Mary," mother said, "did yon.
thank Mrs. Jones for your good time
rt the partyr
"Yes, mother," was the reply. "I
thanked her when I first got there,
'cause 1 was afraid I would forget" .
Young America J
-Willie 1"
"Yes, mamma.''
"What In the world are you pinch
ing baby for? Let him alone IV
"Oh, I ain't doin nothio'l We're
aly playing antoa, and he's the horn 1"
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BEING SUCCESSFUL
WITH GRAPEVINES
Practical:, " trrnpevlnps are propn
gnted from cuttings, and the process
is by no means difficult. The cuttings
may be 'mule at uny time before the
growing season while the wood is not
frozen. Tills can be done when the
old vines are pruned. Select last
year's growth of approximately the
size of n lend pencil with short Joints
und fat buds. The cuttings should be
about a foot long and will contain
from three to five buds. Tie these
cuttings In bundles with the butts all
the same way itnil pot them in the
cellar In moist sawdust or moss, or
bury them In the ground below frost
until such a time in the spring as the
ground can be worked. If cut some
time before they are to be set in the
ground the cut will callous over and
Induce the growth of roots. All cuts
should be made with a sharp knife,
and the lower cut should be about a
luilf-iiich from the bud.
Prepare the ground thoroughly and
malte a deep furrow. Set the cuttings
in this furrow with the butt, end down
and live or six iuohes apart. One or
two buds should show above the sur
face. The remaining ones should be
underground. Fill in the soli and pack
It well. Begin cultivation a few weeks
after to keep down weeds and con
serve moisture. Soon leaves will ap
pear from the upper buds, while roots
will spring from those that have been
covered. The fact that leaves appeur
Is not. always a sign that roots have
formed, for sometimes the cutting will
seem to grow for a while and perish.
Cultivation should continue through
out the season. Not all the cuttings
will root, but a large percentage of
them will, and the shoots from a
single cutting will often reach a
length of eight or ten feet the first
season. Such plants are ready to be
set In the vineyard the following
spring. When they are transplanted
they should be cut back to two buds.
Some of the weaker cuttings may be
left In the row for another year, the
small shoots they have made being
cut back to two buds.
There are a few varieties that do no
root well from cuttings and for these
layering Is necessary. But with most
varieties good attention should secure
at least three-fourths of the cuttings
with good roots. Gooseberries and
currants are propagated In much the.
same way, only the cuttings are
shorter.
Wound-Coverings to Be
Used Following Pruning
In the past, the planting of pruning
cuts was advised much more than It
Is at the present time. Recent ex
periments do not seem to Justify many
of the recommendations which lyr?
been made for treating wounds, nrsd.
in fact, many of them have act'.uci.r
been found injurious rather than berii?
licial. Wound coverings, while they may
often keep out diseases, cause certain
Injury to the exposed surface and re
tard healing. This la particularly true
if the wood Is very green and there Is
some running of sap. It is much more
Important to hiive the cut properly
made, so that there are no rough sur
faces, and left in such a way that all
water will drain off from the wound.
Moreover, most wound dressings either
form an Imperfect cover or are ef
fective such a short time that they
do not do much good.
It bus been found that ordinary
spraying of the fungicidal sprays,
such as lime-sulphur and bordeaux
mixture, serves the purpose as a
wound covering with less trouble and
expense than when an actual wound
paint is applied. On very large ones,
however, it may be practical to apply
some dressing, such as white lead
paint or bordeaux paste. Another
good dressing which has recently been
recommended is sodium silicate, com
monly known as "water-glass." This
substance is not only Inexpensive but
is very effective due to the mechun
ical protection caused by sealing over
the surface of the cut.
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Horticultural Notes
Give the old strawberry bed proper
working and good mulching.
Most of tbe old orchards which we
see were not properly pruned at first,
hence the winter work now necessary
la much more than it otherwise might
have been with reasonable early care.
Branches that are too rangy, tbe ones
that seeiu bent on reaching out Into the
next county, ought to be cut back, the
amount depending on tbe extreme of
the ranginesa,
Give the orchard and smad fruit land
a liberal top dressing of barnyard
manure. Ion will be pleased with the
returns.
Orchards that are located on slopes
often develop gutleys and wash out
badly. If terracing or some other
means of prevention Is not provided.
The following varieties of grapes
are recommended for home use and
local marker, la the order of maturity:
Moore's Burly, Lucile, Niagara, Con
cord, De' iware, usd Ives.
OPPOSES BONDS AND TAXES.
Editor of The News:
In the 19th issue of the News I
read Dr. Davis' letter and I viil have
to congratulate him. It is the most
truthful letter I have seen lately. I
think he told the truth about every
thing in the county. In the way our
schools are run I am of his opinion.
I think what they spend in this coun
ty for trucks and their upkeep they
could have had more local schools
and hired one high grade teacher for
each school and saved the county lots
of money by so doing. Instead of
selling so many bonds over the coun
ty to be payed by the tax payers.
Now Mr. Editor I think we have
got more on us than we can pay al
ready, I know I can't pay mine until
I make another crop. I have bor
rowed now for the last three years
and have just got clear of that and
i think I will not borrow any more
money to pay taxes with..
Now Mr. Editor I saw in last week's
jNews where the county commi3sion
jers are planning to spend $700,000
on hard surfaced roads in the coun
ty. Now I notice too that they say
it takes about $25,000 a year to keep
up the roads like they are, cost of
machinery and all and they say if
j they get the hard roads the upkeep
will not be near so much. Now
'gentlemen you know when the as
sessors went over this county and
assessed our property they told us
jthat it would not increase our tax
over ten percent and you know that
has proved a lie and this is another
similar to that. You can't place any
confidence in it. Now I think it is
time for all to kick against the way
;the county commissioners have done
to us. They have gone ahead and
passed the $700,000 bond issue over
us without giving us thought, show
ing they have just stolen our right3
;from us. Now I think there has got
i to be a stop put to it now, or we are
'all gone. Mr. Editor I think the
county officers have U3ed the least
! common sense of any set cf people
in the world. They don't even use
good judgment, did they would stop
so much expense.
Now gentlemen as for our consol
idated schools in this county they are
a curse to the people. If we had the
joId way back and gave us a high
grade teacher in every school it would
be better for all, both pupi!3 and par-
ients, as it is we don't get value re
ceived for what i3 paid out. I think
here i3 to much foolishness taught
.in our schools today, if they would
teach more common sense it would
be better than so much basket ball
and running through the woods teach
ing what is so called scienca.
! Now speaking about high tax, I
talked with a man the other day who
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had been to Florida to visit his son
land he told me that a man could own
a $2500. farm there at a cost of
$8.00 tax on it. He said they had an
income tax out there to run the
county with. Now I think that would
be the best plan here for if the man
:that had the money would pay mon)
tax on his money it would be better
for the rest. Now if this county
could collect the tax on the money
that is in government bonds that
would help a lot to run this county
in its expenses.
Now Mr. Editor I want this coun
ty to know that I am against any
'more bond issues. If there aint a
stop put to it I want to sell my farm.
Now if there is any body in this
county that wants it my property is
jvalued at between seven and eight
thousand dollars. There is forty one
acres in cultivation the balance a
bout 110 acres in common woods
land. If any body wants it for
j $44,000 they can apply to me. I
could say more but I will close.
I E. L. McCAIN
Newport, N. C. March 2nd.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
I Pursuant to a power of sale con
tained in that certain mortgage deed,
executed by W. N. Dennis and wife
Carrie Dennis, dated January 9th.,
1922 and recorded in Book 30 at page
273, in the Office of the Register of
Deeds for Carteret County, and de
fault having been mar's in the pay
!ment of the note mentioned in the
said mortgage and for the purpose
'of foreclosing the said mortgage, the
undersigned mortgagee, will offer for
sale and will sell to the highest bid
der for cash at the court-house door
of Carteret County, in the Town of
; Beaufort, N. C, on Monday the 6th.
day of April, 1925, at the hour of
12 o'clock, M., the following describ
ed real estate, to-wit: A certain
piece or tract of land lying and being
! in Carteret County, State aforesaid,
i:i White Oak Township, and des
cribed and defined as follows, to-wit:
lit being our undivided interest in A.
jH. Dennis and Mary Dennis land
Iknown as Sanders Creek farm bound
las follows, on the South by Bogue
Sov.nd, on the West by Sanders Creek
land heirs of George Bell and others,
'on the north by the Interstate Coop
'erage Company, on the East by Prid
;gen and others.
I This 4th. day of March, 1925.
iTime of Sale: Monday April 6th 1925
Place of Sale: Court-house door,
Daaufrt, N. C.
Terms : Cash.
j M. Leslie Davis, Attorney
i A. M. Weeks, Mortgagee.
March. 26th.
FOR THE CAR
-Dodge Bros.
NORTH CAROLINA Eg
THE LINEN THREAD COMPANY
96 Franklin Street
NEW YORK
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGHEST QUALITY, COTTON AND LINEN
for
?OTlCE OF SALE OF LAND
Pursuant to a power of sale con
tained in that certain mortgage deed
executed by J. W. Guthrie and wife
Addie L. Guthrie, dated November
30th., 1923, and recorded in Book 30
at page 5S7, in the Office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Carteret County,
(ind default having been made in the
payment of the note mentioned in the
said mortgage and for the purpose of
j foreclosing the said mortgage, the
j undersigned mortgagee will offer for
sale and will se'l to the highest bid
:der for cash, at the court-house door
of Carteret County, in the Town of
Beaufort, N. C, on Monday the Cth.
day of April, 1925, at the houre of
12 o'clock, M., the following describ
ed real estate, to-wit: A) certain
piece or tract of land lying and beinp;
in Carteret County, State aforesaid,
in White Oak Township, and des
cribed and defined as follows, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of the heirs of
R. W. Smith, on the North, Dexter
jand Arthur Smith on the West, on
jthe South and East by Bogue Sound,
'the same being the lands willed to
J. W. Guthrie by his father, and the
land bought of J. W. Smith by J. W.
Guthrie, containing twenty acres,
'more or less.
This March 4th., 1925.
A. M. Weeks, Mortgagee.
M. Leslie Davis, Attorney
Time of Sale: Monday April 6th 1925
I Place of Sale: Court-house door,
'Beaufort, N. C.
I Terms: Cash
March 26
EXECUTORS NOTICE
Having qualified ff.s executor of
the estate f M. C. Parker, this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned at
Ocean, N. C, on or before tko 7th
day of February 1926, or thij notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. Ail persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate pay
ment. This 7th day of February, 1925.
C. A. Parker and J. K. Parker.
Executor of the estate of M. C.
Parker, deceased. 3-1925
BAY VIEW ITEMS.
There has been some real March
weather lately but V fine now.
Reverend Mr. Walton will fill his
regular appointment here Sunday
Ijand Sunday night.
j Mr. Oti3 Culpepper is very ill with
ithe flu, but he will soon be out again.
j Mr. Roy Dowdy spent Saturday
; night and Sunday at Newport visit
ing his brother Mr. Teddy Dowdy.
Miss Beatrice Belcher who has
been ill with the flu seems to be im
proving. Mrs. Willie Jones who has been liv
ing at Virginia for quite awhile is
now at home visiting her parents Mr.
and Mrs. K. R. Hardesty.
Mr. Tom Jones of Bay View spent
Saturday night at Morehead City vis
iting his son.
Mr. W. H. Dowdy made a business
trip to Morehead City and Beaufort
Saturday.
Quite a number of people from
Newport were visitors in our neigh
borhood Sunday.
Master Dewey Rouse son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Rouse is very ill with
the flu.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of power of
sale contained in that certain Deed
of Trust executed by E. B. Cannon
and wife, Matilda Cannon, to W. B.
Rouse, Trustee, of date, Hebruary
2nd, 1923, and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Carter
et County, State aforesaid, in Book
No. 39, page 5, and in pursuance
hereof, default having been made in
Ithe payment of the bonds secured
by said Deed of Trust, the under
signed Trustee will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder FOR
CASH, at the Court House door in
Beaufort, Carteret Couaty, North
Carolina, on Monday, the 9th Uy of
March, 192S, at 12 o'clock M., the
lands described in s lid Deed of Trust,
as follows:
"Lying and being in Newport;
Township and described as follows:
Beginning on the Public Road lead
ing from Newport at the Duncan
line to a lightwood stake; thence
eastwardly with said Duncan line to
the Luther McCoy line; thence north
wardly with the said McCoy line to
the Public Road; thence westwardly
with said Road to the 'beginning,
containing fifty (50) acres, more or
less.
This the 9th day of February, 1925
W. B. ROUSE,
3525 Trustee.
NOTICE.
North Carolina,
Carteret County.
To John W. Hamilton, Entry Taker
for Carteret County:
The undersigned Claimant, beine
a citizen of Carteret County, and
State of North Carolina, enters and
lays claim to the following described
piece of land in Morehead Township,
Carteret County, North Carolina, iho
same being vacant and unappropriat
ed and subject to entry, viz:
All of that certain piece or parcel
jof land lying and being in the Town
of Morehead City,, N. C. on the South
side of Shepard Street beginning at
a stake one hundred and sixty (160)
feet from the northeast corner of
square 99 on Tenth Street .and run
ning West fifty (50) feet along Shep
ard Street, thence southwardly par
allel with Tenth Street to the chan- i
nel or Harbor line in Bogue Sound,
thence eastwardly with the various
courses of said channel or Harbor
line to a point 160 feet west of
Tenth Street, thence northwardly
parallel with the line of said Tenth
Street to the beginning. The same
being lots Nos. 12 and 4 in Square
99 and all lands South thereof to the
said channel or Harbor line in Bogue
Sound, containing by estimation, one
(1) acre, more or less.
Entered the 4th day of February
1925. Mrs. Sarah A. Lewjs
Filed February 4th, 1925. y
at 10 o'clock, A. M. r
John W. Hamilton, Entry Taker ;
3525 -v:
NOTICE
Having qualified as executors of
estate of J. B. Jones, deceased, late
of Carteret County, N. C. this is to
notify all persons having claims a
gainst the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to the undersiened on
lor before the 19th. day of Feb. 1926
or this notice will be pled in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 19th. day of Feb. 1925
J. B. Jones Jr.
3-25-25 D. M. Jones
NETTING
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For
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Etc. Etc.
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