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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS APRIL 4, 1908 HELPS TO THE COTTON PLANTERS BY THE OP D United States Department of Agricul ture. Bureau of Plant Industry, Farmers' Co-operative Cotton Dem onstration Work.) The past winter has been so wet that there has been less than usual opportunity to prepare the land for this .voar's crop. The rains have continued so late that many fields are still very wet. These conditions make it all the more necessary tuat the soil be well prepared before planting. In the im patience to commence planting the temptation to plow before the land is dry enough is very great. Against this we issue, a word of warn ing. There are few more injurious farm practices. Land plowed wet at i.liis time is injured for the whole sea wn. Such land is more than likely to Ijo cloddy, and a clod in the field is of little use to plants. Cloddy land is hard to work and seldom gives a good stand. It furnishes a minimum of fond to the plants and is exceedingly subject to drought. While it is desirable, especially in the boll-weevil sections, to plant cot ton as early as possible, yet there is siothing gained by placing the seed in the ground before the latter is warm enough to cause it to germinate and grow; or before the soil is thoroughly prepared. This was strongly illus trated last year in boll-weevil sections. Where the land was properly prepared before planting, even though this pre paration caused a delay in putting the seed into the ground, the yield was much better than where attention was not given to this detail. A thorough preparation is more than half the cul tivation. Do not plant either cotton or corn before the land is worked into a fine seed bed even if planting is a little late. Last spring a great amount of trouble was experienced in securing stands, especially of cotton. This was primari ly due to a late, wet spring; but there were other contributing factors, including poor preparation of land, im proper depth of planting and poor seed. The farmers seem fairly well aroused to the importance of good seed. To be good the seed must not only be from a good variety but must Jiave been carefully selected and so cared for that they have strong vitality. Be sure the seeds planted have not been damager from any ca lse. Prepare the land thoroughly and sufficiently in advance of planting so that there is a firm seed bed. Th n avoid one of the most common causes of loss of stand that of planting too deep. With well prepared land good cotton seed, if properly planted, will germinate even in a dry spring when covered to no greater depth than one-fourth inch. Many of the cotton planting machines on the market are faulty in that it is almost impossible to gauge the, depth at which the seeds are placed in the ground. This defect is only increased if the seed bed is loose. Further, while the seed may not actually be covered to a great depth, many leave them in a trench with hills of loose dirt on each side. The first good rain washes this dirt into the trench and buries the seed too deep. This should be avoided. A light roller should always follow the planting so as to press the ground close to the seed. It is best even where it is not neces sary to plant upon beds, to place the seed upon a slight ridge, especially in planting early. This insures drainage and warmth and consequently a good stand. There are inorc stands lost in plant ing cotton by using too much than too little seed. When a bushel of seed is used it is very often a detriment, be cause the seeds arc so close that when they germinate they lift the soil in the whole top of the row. If dry or a little cool weather follows the soil im mediately around the young plant dries out or is chilled by the cool nights, and the plants die. If this does' not occur the farmer is obliged to thin the cotton when very young, while the plants are delicate and are easily in jured. Perfect stands of cotton have been obtained with four pounds of seed and if the seed has been properly selected and preserved it should never require more than a peck per acres, provided the land is in good condition and the seed is properly planted. Prepare the land thoroughly before planting. Use selected seed of known paren tage and good quality. Plant shallow not over 1-2 inch in depth on a firm bed. Follow planting with a roller and use care that the seed drill is not in a trench. Be sure the seed bed is well drain ed. With these precautions there should be no difficulty in assuring a stand of either cotton or corn this year. These directions are for normal conditions and are applicable with all ordinary seasons and soils. Width of Rows -nd Distances of Plants in the Row. Owing to the difference in soil fertili ty and varieties of cotton, it is im possible to give any genera! rule for distances between the rows and for spacing of the plants in the row. How ever, as some guide we give the fol lowing: On good uplands ordinarily producing one-luilf to three-fourths of a bale of cotton per acre, plant in rows four feet apart and give not less than 16 inches space between plants in the row. On rich botom lands where excessive stalks are produced, plant in rows not less than 'five feet apart and give two feet space between plants in the row. increase or decrease the distances (rows and spaces) according to the strength of the soil and the usual size of the cotton plants. On post oak flats and alluvial lands CORN Tl like the Mississippi bottoms, give full distance between the rows so as to make a broad ridge for the plants and j provide for surface drainage. D. H. BARROW, Assistant in Charge of Instructions. ! Approved : S. A. KNAPP, In Charge. 'KEEP OFF THE STAGE!' If any woman should know both the trials and rewards of stage life it is Clara Morris. Her opinion must have weight. Would I again adopt the stage? she asks in the Delineator for April. Never! Never in the world, if .n com fortable and happy circumstances. It was the necessity of providing food and clothing for my mother and myself that drove me to the stage door, and it was the, .mercy of heaven that swung it open for me. There is no disparagement of the stage intended. If I had a daughter I would prefer her not to be an ac tress. I should wish her an easier life, unless the fever of acting is in her very blood. Acting has nothing weird to offer in the line of danger To be quite frank, all the possibilities of resisting or yielding to temptation lie with the girl herself. Every young woman who works for her living must eat with her bread the bitter salt of insult. The stage has great rewards for the few and great trials and tribula tions for all; and as I have advised many times before, if there is one among my readers to whom the dim and dingy half-light of the theater is dearer than sunlight; if the burnt out air with its indesirable odor is more welcome to your nostrils than could bo the clover-scented breath of the grenest pasture; if that great black golf yawning beyond the extin guished footlights makes your heart leap at your throat; if without noting the quality or length of your part, just the plain, bald fact of "acting something" thrills you with nameless joy; if the rattle-bang of the ill-treat-i erl nlrt overture dances throueh vour' blood and the rolling up of the curtain on the audience at night is to you the magic blossoming of a mighty flower if these are the things you feel your fate is sealed. Nature is imperious, and through brain, heart, necve, she cries to you: "Act! act! act! oth erwise keep off." But, oh, my dears! believe me, a lov ing mothers declaration, "I don't know what I should do without my daugh ter!" is sweeter and more precious to the memory than the careless ap plause of strangers! - Do Negroes Prefer Straight Hair.; In the April American Magazine Ray Stannard Baker writes most entertain ingly of "The Tragedy of the Mulat to." Following is an extract: "Even among those negroes who are most emphatic in defense of the race there is, deep down, the pathetic desire to be like the white man. It is not unreasonable, nor unnatural: for all outward opportunity qf develop ment lies open to the white man. To be colored is to be handicapped in the race for those things in life which men call desirable. I remember discussing the race question one evening with a group of intelligent colored men. They had made a strong case for the negro spirit, and the need of the race to stand for itself, but one of them said in a passing remark (what the investigator overhears is often of greater significance than what he hears,) speaking of a mulatto friend of his: " 'His hair is better than mine.' "He meant straighter, more like that of the white man. "The same evening another negro, referring to a light-complexioned col ored man, said: " 'Thank God, he is passing now for white.' "At Philadelphia a dark negro made this comment on one of the colored churches where mulattoes are in the ascendency: "'You can't have a good time when you go there unless you have straight hair.' "This remark indicated not only the ide; held by the speaker, but showed the line drawn by the Tight-colored man against his darker brother. "In the same way it is almost a universal desire of negroes to 'marry whiter;' thatjs, a dark man will, if possible, marry a mulatto woman, the lighter, the better. The ideal is white ness: for whiteness stands iot oppor tunity, power, progress." THE GYPSY. By Helen Hay Whitney, in the April Metropolitan Magazine. . Oh, she was most precious, as the Wind's self was fair. What did I give her when I had her on my knee? Red kisses for her coral lips and a I red comb tor her hair. I She took my gifts, she took my I heart, and fled away from me. Oh, but she was fanciful. She found j a savage mate; I He scorned her, he spurned her, he I drove her from his door. She cuddled in his ingle-nook and laughed at all his hate, She took his curses, took his blows, and never left him more. KEEPING OPEN HOUSE. Everybody is jvelcome when we feel good; and we feel that way only when our digestive organs are working prop erly. Dr. King's New, Life Pills regu late the action of stomach, liver and bowels so pertectly one can't help feel ing good when he useses these pills. 25c at Woodall & Sheppard's drug store. NDUSTHY WHITE BOY TRIED MURDER Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 2. Wake su- pericr court is being taken up just now with the trial of Everett. Suenco, a young white farmer of the county, on the charge of ki'ling Walter Chavis.inoss on acount of colored, more than a year ago. Srcnce is sixteen r ears eld. He was held in jail several months without bail, Jus rice Ccnnor, of the supreme court, re fusing a writ of habeas corpus at one time after reviewing the evidence. A few months ago, however, hail was allowed and now the trial is tor man slaughter only. The ycun.-; man anl several older men were in a wagon driving out cf town for home when they passed a negro church. They had been drinking heavily and became in - volved in a quarrel with the negroes about the church yard. The Chavis negro was shot., and died from the wounds. The boy, Spence is alleged to have fire 1 the shot that hit the ne gro. The defense is that the negro was s coping to pick up a rock to throw at the men on the wagon. Plans For Another "Corn .Special" Special to The New. Raleigh, N. C, April 2. Plans are already being formulated for another "corn special" train to be operated next season over the North Carolina divis:cns of the Norfolk & Southern Railway for the improvement of meth ods of farming and farm work. This is because of the great, success that attended the "special" that is just in from a two weeks' trip. Next year there will be demonstrations in a num ber of features of farm work as well as the usual lectures and specimens of seeds nlniits nrwl lilanl diseases The train was met this time at everv point bv large crowds and the interest was very trreat. The train was under the auspices of the A. & M. College, President Winston and several of the officials of the college experiment sta tion taking part in the program. WAS STRATEGIST Namesake of Napoleon Tries to De stroy Prima Facie Evidence. In the police court this morning Na poleon Davis, colored, was bound over to court on the charge of resisting an officer. Napoleon, who is a great strategist, in keeping with his name, got mixed up with the law late yesterday after noon, when he tried to destroy some prima facie evidence in the shape of a jug of whiskey. Chief Christenbury and Patrolman Earnhardt went out yesterday after noon to arrest one Walter Hendricks, and found him in possession of two jugs of the liquid from Rowan, and placed him under -arrest. Just about this time Napoleon decided to bo shrewd, and without saying a word, broke one of the jugs. He was ar rested and carried along with Hend ricks, and cn the way to the station, he tried to break the other jug, think ing that with the whiskey out of the way that there would be no evidence against the two. Hendricks was also bound over un der a 100 bond for retailing. : :': ::: :fc BACHELOR GIRL CHAT. (By Helen Rowland.) Husbands are life the pictures in the anti-fat advertisements so different before and after tak- ing. There a"e moments when the meanest of women may feel a sisterly sympathy for her hits- !': band's first wife. When a lawyev is slow about getting a pretty woman her 'di vorce it is because he wants a chance to make love to her be- fore she is in a position to start a breach of promise suit. a, It isn't what you can see through the holes in a peek-a-boo waist that makes the garment at- tractive, but what you just can't. A man who would turn up his nose at an overdone chop or an overdone biscuit will swallow an overdone compliment with the keenest relish. Tobacco and love and olives are all acquired tastes; your your first smoke makes you sisk, your first olive tastes bitter, and your first love affair makes you unhappy. . Some men feel that the only S: thing they owe the woman who marries them is a grudge. The supreme test of love is when a woman asks a man to let her take his new motor car out for a spin all by herself. The Young Men's Christian Associ ation has issued two booklets which are given at the port of departure to immigrants coming to the United States. One is "The Country ;to which You Go," a brief statement ' of the geography, history and govern ment of the nation. The other is "How to Become a Citizen of the United States." Both give lists of Associations all over America to which the immigrant is invited. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of BEEF FAMINE IN SPARTANBURG Special to The News. Spartanburg, S. C, April 2. Many the butchers doing business in the sub urban sections of thee it v, and around the cotton mills, ar e g:)inr?; out of busi- he scarcity of beef cattle Never before in the hi:, lory of the city has cattle been a; scarce- as at present. A well known butcher said that ev erything pointed an increase in the price of fresh meat in the near fu ture. THIS AND THAT j : Did you ever notice that the March 1 winds always begin to blow after 1 April 1st., while April showers ccme in May? Esther Time, like the South crn Railroad, seems to be running behind the schedule. They seem to have the police baiting habit down in Fayetteviile. We look in almost every day to see that some additional damage has been done to another Fayetteviile police man. The I.illey beat-graft charges in stead of belonging to the flower king dom, as might be expected trom the name, seem to belong to the tad pole family big at the front end and grad ually tapering off to nothing. In Georgia, that most entertaining of states, Mr. Brown is trying to de feat Mr. Smith, tor governor. We are hourly expecting to hear that Mr, Jones has entered the race and cap tured the prize. Certainly, no gentle man with a more aristocratic name than Jones could dare to ask tne crackers for support, as against the two candidates already out.1 NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE. Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor, Maine, speaking of Electric Bitters, J says: "It is a neighborhood favorite here with us." It deserves to be a favorite everywhere. It gives quick relief in dyspepsia, liver complaint, kidney derangement, malnutrition, nervousness, weakness and general de bility. Its action on the blood, as a thorough purifier makes it especially useful as a spring medicine. This grand alterative tonic is sold under guarantee at Woodall & Sheppard's qui Skirt It is about time to put away your Furs and Winter Clothes and make arrangements to take care of the always pop ular Shirt Waist. We are showing a line from the smallest to the largest and from the cheapest to the best Cloth Covered Box, 27 inches Cloth Covered Box, 30 inches Cloth Covered Box, 33 inches long, 17 inches deep.. . Matting Covered Box, 21 inhes long, 13 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box, 30 inches long, 15 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box, 33 inches long, 17 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box, 27 incches long, 9 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box, 31 inches long, 11 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box, 40 inches long, 11 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box, 45 inches long, 11 inches deep.. Matting Covered Box 45 inches long, 11 inches deep. Solid Red Cedar Box, 36x15 inches $6-50 Solid Red Cedar Box, 4S inches by 21 inches $22.50 Order the size you want. It will you Parker Compamy Furniture Garpets Pianos Pianolas 3C DO t too Early TO INVESTIGATE REFRIGERATORS See Our "STONE-WHITE" "The Chest With the Chiil In It." COLDEST AND CLEANEST. J.N.McCausland&Co Stove Dealers Roofing Contractors. 221 S. Tryon. BssmsssS ' DR. JOHN R. IRWIN, Office: 21 South Tryon St. Woodall & Sheppard'ft. 'Phones: Office 69. Residence 125. RawFur-Hides Ship the above to .SABEL&SONS Dealers in HIDES, FUR, PELTS. 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