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VOL. I
GREENVILLE, N. C, FEBRUARY 23718947
NO I.
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Democracy's Last Chance.
New ork Times: If the Demo
crats in full possession of tbe Legis
lature and the executive depart
ments, cannot now do the work they
have beeu asking for the imwcr tn
do foi a quarter of a century, thev
may wuisueioranotner chance. The
next House will not be Democratic
and tariff reform will be postponed
wdefinitejy. Whether that shall
happen is a question each Democratic
Senator must meet and answer with
his vote.
FARM DEPARTMENT.
The Index will endeavor each
week to have short practical articles
ou .barm Maoagemeht wiitten by
experienced, progressive and suc
cessful fanners of Pitt and surround
ing counties The editor himself
has had a varied and Ion? experience
in farming and while he, like ererv
body else, tcinks he knows how it
ought to be done, makes free to
confess that he has never doue it
Overproduction.
The Duty of Congress.
Philadelphia Press: It is the duty Statistics show that last year the
of Congress to provide funds to in- et United States imported over $2,500,
the current expenses of the govern- 000 wrth of eggs,which goes to prove
responsibility is not th Secretary g
aione, ll rgtg on Congress-as well if
the latter by its measures has caused
or has ia:Jed to provide lor its defi
ciencies. A bankrupt Treasury is
imminent. Let Congress at once
addrrss itself to providing ways and
means lor meeting the deficiency.
Silver Tongued Comment.
New York Recorder: Senator
Sherman came gallantly to the front
tuat there IS no fear of nvpmrndnn
tiOn in the noultiv hnmnMa.
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In proportion to the cnitd i
ted this business is the moat nrofi.
table. It is capable of vast expan
sion. .Not Onlv micht thft r.ror
consumption be Quadrupled, hnfc.u
market for them abroad could readilv
be made. England imports VAp.t
quantities from the Continent, and
with the improved transnortation
facilities and rapid steams hips, there
io iiu reason w.nv mere should not
be an opening for the American pro-
The following from the Atlanta
Constitution good advice and if
followed by our farmers would
greatly aid in delivering us from the
greed of; money shysters.
To Subscriber at Lincolton,N.C,
xou write as if you would be satis
'small amount of fertilizer a vield
WOMAN.
AS VIEWED JBY THE XITSEA.TT.
wpvuiujc iui cue xvnierican Tiro-
ajpfi i ... the -beuate yesterday a9 the duct iu London. Let the poultry
oefe u!er of the Democratic gold- raisers and their Cocks inmawit
faring bond scheme. The gold out fear of overdoin &Tffi.X
stauda d .dot knows nn n.,,tv lf... V"'""8 lm "usines.
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fchemian is a Republican and Caf-
Jisieisa JJemocraL but thv hnrh
JL.
ueiong ro ice same, party when it
coiner to FtriKing down silver and
appreciating gvid.
Smoked Meat.
It is a common mistake tc kvA
too ugat a smokehouse, and, in
consequence, me meat is ant to
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iew iorK voice: The Nn pre remain sou, and crreasv. Trvn
Court of Indiana savs that, nn lint.v.czi onen a hons rprnnraa t- mnni.
j - - v. uc I X " - 'x1.v 1 w 1UUV11
ou gieaBaioou tne ngnt to dam- Muej, out a little an is necessarv
V.r1"1 fijcilv. me rress oi to aia tne arviner Droces Th
rnuadelphia, says this is" a inst dP- smnW hrn1H nua
nsinn. aiwl on if is Rnf i: I .... . i . - .. WUD
, v tw 4S,. oc ia a, nueuise mfnr rniu nnn iha tcrr....,
- l I . I IU n T TT i Kl I 1 vraw. rill .
caa t envft r nn t,' ;u. cs. j. Ug meat
- m uwvj r I ' ill. i v i m
destrov life, health ami ,nr t0 n4sl' nev.er eauowecl to freeze.
a i.oase wurth more than the man or
woman who occupies it
Authors- eenefiiallv
shouid be excellent judges of femi
nine human nature: benanfcA th,
are chiefly enffaored i
the acts and influences nf tho wfi2
of fifteen bnshels of corn. 20ft '.?? w.?.08e ?amfold phases and
of lint .or 10 bushels of whe per EetnZ ' JS.
acre from vonr laud, n' A. J .ae " L?.11. . Here are uome ntter-
too many irons in the fire and rtU w,niFn snow how apt are Doc-
dirersif, too much. What Tdo I" UT-
want of twenty -eight acres in wheat? ' Emerson. "Men are what their
Does wheat pay at present or pros- mothers made them."
wctire prices? Do not
lmry. bu' unless you expect to womans life a uLlJt
busi- anenisod." "
A
Calalina."Onlv he who li
nothing to hope from a woman is
truly sincere in her prises"
smaMenc,. If 'you rent thh W a BhiSg tJed th7pet"
r.0!1""0"0" on th" th'r: allowed8 tPo hide U.- P' '
it iu mm re your main
ness, or unless vou have a aonrl
marKet for milk. You will not need
a pasture after forage crops are
done. It pays better to mil -.;
lorage crops and keep tbe cows in a
i j acres and keen vour own inrni
for corn, potatoes, sorghum and oth
er forage crops. Plant every acre
of jour corn in peas. Plant your
wheat stubble in pea Make hav
of the stubble land ueavines. KWt.
one or two cows the best you can
ancttwuauirj prices; nave a sow
and pigs. Plant one-quarter of an
acre in Cat-tail millet. Pnm oaH,
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amber sorghum, for COWS. hnrfiAB unl
pigs: plaut part of vour coin in
nuts and an acre or so solid. Have
a ffood natch of cuMiaow rir
pigt and cow and chickens. andtFi
folks You ought to "bow oat mth
er than wheat, and follow the oats
with peas for hay, and next year in
cotton with 500 or 000 pou ndfl of
fertilizer per acre; next year in corn,
then oats. Sow your cotton field
(if you nan rent it next year) in rye
in September to be grazed in drv
wrainer aunng tne winter, and
i urueu unuer iu February lor earn.
Jleep as many fowls as the wife
If any political party in America
ever wishes to commit suicide it can
fid no surer means than the indorse
ment and adopticu of the discredited
un-American and wholly odious pol
icy of levying a tax upon incomes.
It would imperil every chance of
success for the Democracy of the na.
tion for years to come Boston
ijrlooe.
It is carelessness in the smoking
wuiuu cansesso many country
peopie to aisiiKe meat so prepar
ed
Geo. Elliots u0ne of the lessoni
a woman most rarely learns is never
to talk to an angry or a: diunken
man.
Sterne. "Most women are en
dowed with such naturally endear
ing charms that even their presence
is gen&rally beneficial.
Charles Lemesle. "Most of ihait
fauita women owe to us, whilst we
are indebted to them for most of our
better qualities
v Bilneart. "It . we speak ill of
the sex generally, they will rise
against ns; if we do the same of any
individual woman they will agree
with ns
Diderot.There exists anion?
women a secret tie, like that among
the priests of the same faith. Ti
hate "each other vet nrot.Pf.f cnu
other's intereats."
Shakspeare "Tt is beantv that
attend td-vou will not have "oftto ZZD Znd-H
nme ana rpii w ia . im-rua
Convincing and Eloquent.
T. i . .
it womu be difficult to say too
niuen il praise or the masterly way
in which Speaker Crisp and Mr. Wil
son brought the great tariff debate
to a close. Mr. Crisp's speech was
argumentative aud convincing. It
swept away cobwebs of mind as with
a broom. Mr Wilson's was a burst
of oratory at once persuasive and in
spiring. It was the battle-cry of a
leader who, seeing victory within
his giasp, mad it an overwhelming
triumph by a last, impassioned ap
peal to the valor ot his followers.
There can be little doubt that these
two speeches added a number of
votes to the splendid majority by
which the bill fjr tariff reiorui and
an income tax was passed. The en
thusiasm which prompted distin.
guished members of tbe Hons to
carry the chairman of the Ways
and Means Comm ttoe through the
aisles on their shoulders was a potent
f 'i ce in making the result a triumph
aut oi:e.
Using Muck.
I have beeu hauling muck into mv
uurc iou wuicn is covered with
straw and leaves, expect to pile tlis
wiuver ttauui air-siacKed Jime with
it. How much lime, snv rn tpn ff
7 WU
square, six inches thick, would you
a ivise ? Would it be best to put up
in lagre or small piles ? Would salt
be of any benefit ? Will such com
post be a goodlertilizer for corn on
light sandy land ? , How long before
using would you advise piling? An
swer through the Constitution and
oblige,
Ave doubt if it will pay you to haul
muck to spread in the open lot Good
muck that has been dug up and per
mitted to rem in in heaps until most
of the water has drained out (dug up
in the summer or early full) ii good
for beddinfir in stalls. Vnr Hr
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aayise putting lime m tbe stable
manure. In the first place it will
likely to set free any ammonia salts
that have formed in the fibtble ma
nure, and in the Second Tilling vnii
oannot afford to Pav mor thnn
$6 a ton for lime io be used in a
compost.
The material von -refer. will
better for a sandv soil thn fnr amr
other Large piles are best and six
weeks i3 long enough for thpm to
BtanqL
time and sell what increase you do
not need lor your owu consump
uun.
; 4-1 x j.ii i
vinuc niat uoin make them most
admired; it is modesty that make3
luciu orcui uivine.
The Money We Waste.
Stahl. No woman evpn fha
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Recent intern s reyenue statistics homelr l uS
ihow that iu .pite of the hanl times ?al tor tW n?l 'I
r harp WM.tii otnu nral, for there are some most charm-
without a paiticle of
in
in
mg women
beauty.
we have wasted enongh money
tne past year to make everybody
the country comfortable.
The Americans who watp howlino fiknmv. .
-kn. .u. " r;i;;j "w L ...uuw in me cnoice ot a
"7 wur uunncwi uePrssion spent lover a woman considers more how
in tne past twelve months $600,000.- h
000 for whisky. rnen than in her own. i rZ?
The same crowd spent in that pe- nliainr
nrw SkfH 7 AftO roa :T " - wu. iwi ro-
..Vv. mance is more entertkininty fV.t
8275,750,000. V
au"c kuuicib nuu gixiwiers i jejuni more uooper. "li women
wno (aixeu economv to tneir wives onlv thoronrrhiv nnOM(A i
and children and prayed for the re- ranch of therr real power and infln-
turn oi goou umci, man agea , to ence arises ironi their seeming de
scrape up about 81,000,000,000 for J fwnH&ncSm there would lw vat liffia
their common drinks and their p.i. I toTrnrtf in fKoir r
. 4 . . . - i w unu viiivice lor
garf, ana wnat tneir wines ana oran- those among them who are for mw-
dies cost we may imagiuej claiming their rights to equality m
Phiio OnnrnTAM a farm . i-U. I a11 l. Z 91
"o vuuiimuuo DULU to U1U1C MJUU I Wi tUlUgO.
our entire volume of circulation. It
is 827 per capita more than the ores- John Raskin. "The existence of
Ant TT rAmr.A mronlufinm I .a I Wftrfl IU fhO riml rrfr1
$195 for eacn head of every family j wholly the fault of women. I must
iu hue umrou out ire. ;v nuiucu ting, n tne U8Uai -
This money would pay all the ap- course of war, instead of unroofing
crese and leave nou?h to more thjrn ants' fields merely broW nhinannnn
half pay the expenses of another I your own drawine-room tables, no
such con&rreesl it would pav six war in civilized countries would 1fl.,
times over for onr annual cotton
. .
crop- n wouia pay tbe cost or a
lonjr foreign war. It would leed and
vtuc iu a piain iasuiou every Fam
ily in the union. Aln and brethren
a week."
To talk of revivine: the tax on -pri
vate incomes now is mdnABa
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ponder over this.
Philadelphia Times.
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