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THE M ONROE JOURNAL. VOLUME XV. NO. 0 MONROE, N.C TUESDAY MARCH 81, 190S. One Dollar a Year HANCOCK " BROS. & MS. PLUG TOBACCO is one of the bigprest plugs of standard grade flue cured tobacco ever sold for 10c It goes further and lasts longer in the going than any other brand made. A man who knows of this brand never goes around with a "chip" on his shoulder, he keeps it in his mouth. It makes friends, and makes them always glad to see you. Demand Chip, and don't stand for substitution. Manufactured by a strictly independent firm. HANCOCK BROS. & CO., Lynchburg, Va. Established 1851 Leaden 1903 THE SPLIT IJOU DRAU- the white flag of Temperance float over laud in which King AlcohoJ I hax leo dethroned! I "Will you" d "won't you," ! jBijs Mr. Vton, "mre plrsvtant Iphnwe to Auglo Haiona," while edly the rhraiM-xt method of "you shall" aud "you shant" mke meir Diooa ooiu wur lawmsirnj Helps to Cotton and torn Planters. Dr. Krapp M.ket V.lu.bU Su (ritioni to Those Interested in Copmcivs Mid Demon strative Work. The past winter has Iteen so wet that there has beeu less than usual opportunity to prepare the laud for this year's crop. The rains have eoutiuued so late that many holds are very wet. These conditions make it all the more ueceswary that the soil be well prepared before planting. Io the impatience to commence planting the temptation to plow liefore the land is dry enough is very great. Against this we issue a word of warning. There are few more injurious farm prac tices. Land plowed wet at this time is injured for the whole sea son. Hiifb land is more thau likely to be cloddy, and a clod in the field is of little use to plants. Clod dy land is hard to work and seldom gives a good stand. It furnishes a minimum of food to the plants and is exceedingly subject to drouth. While it is desirable, especially iu the boll-weevil sections, to plant cotton as early as possible, yet there is nothing gained by placing the seed iu the ground lefore the latter is warm enough to cause it to germinate and grow; or la-fore the soil is thoroughly prepared. This was strongly illustrated last year in boll-weevil sections. Where the land was properly prepared tie fore planting, even though this preparation caused a delay in put ting the seed into the ground, the yield was much ls-tter than where attention was not given in this de tail. A thorough preparation is more than half the cultivation. Do not plant either cotton or com lie fore the land is worked into a tine seed bed even if planting is a little late. Last spring a great amount of trouble was experience ! in secur ing stands, especially of cotton. This was primarily due to a late, wet spring; but there were other contributing factors,iurliuling poor preparation of laud, improper depth of planting and poor seed. The farmers seem fairly well arous ed to the importance of good seed. To be good the seed must not only be from a good variety but must have been carefully selected and so cared for that they have strong vi tality. Be sure the seeds plautcd have not been damaged from any cause. Prepare the laud thorough ly and sufficiently in advance of plantiug so that there is a lirm seed bed. Then 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 wheu covered to no greater depth than one fourth inch. Many of the cotton planting machines on the market are faulty in that it is al most 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 mils of loose dirt on each side. The first good rain washes this dirt 1 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 necessary to plant upon beds, to place the seed upon a slight ridge, especially iu planting early. This insures drainage ami warmth and consequently a good stand. There are more stands lost in planting cottou by using too much than too little seed. When a bushel of seed is used it is very often a detri tuent, because the seeds are socloee that when they germinate they lift the soil in tho whole top of the row. If dry or little cool weather follows the soil immediately around the young plant dries out or is chilled by the cool nights, and the plants die. If this docs not occur the farmer is obliged to thin the cotton wheu very young, while the plants are delicate and are easily injured. Perfect stands of cottou have been obtained with four pounds of seed aud if the seed baa been properly selected and pre served it should never require more thau a peck per acre, provided the land is in good condition and the seed is properly planted. Prepare the land thoroughly be fore plantiug. ' I'se selected seed of known pa rentage and good quality. Plant shallow not over J inch in depth on a firm lied. Follow planting with a roller aud use care that the seed drill is uot in a trench. lie sure the seed bed M well drained. With these precautious there should Iks no diflieulty iu securing a stand either of cottou or corn this year. These directions are for normal conditions and applicable with all ordinary seasons and soils. WIDTH OV KOWS AM) PIKTASt'KH OK 1-I.ASTH IN TUB KUW. Owing to the differences in soil fertility and varieties of cottou, it is impossible to give any general rule for distance betweeu the rows aud for spacing o( theplauts iu the row. However, as some guide we give the followiug: On irood uplands ordinarily pro dncing one half to three fourhs of a bale or cottou per acre, plain in rows four feet apart aud give not less than sixteen spare betweeu plants iu the row. On rich bottom lanos wnere ex cessive stalks are produced, plant in rows not less than five feet apart and give two feet space between plants in the row. increase or ue crease these 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 like the Mississippi bottoms, give full distance betweeu the rows so as to make a broad ridge for the triauts and provide for surface drainage. D. N. Harrow, Assistant in Charge of Approved: Instructions. 8. A. Ksapt, Iu Charge. How It Improves Every Road I'ted I'pon. -forth rsrellM Anrulturml lirt.ttit. rtituiciMi the roads is uudoubt keeping the average country road in good cunditiou. I-or this pur pose the split-log drag gives most excellent service and is within the reach of every township, aud foreman of road construction. It is simple in its construction aud can be built in any tomuxhip at a very small cost. As an example of the cheapueas of the construction of one of these drag, I might men tion that recently one was made in a township in (ieorgia at a cash outlay of only '2't cents Itesides the cost of labor. The logs of the drag were made from some cast-ofl bridge lumber of heart piue, and the iron plate for the front section was made if a piece of old cast -oil wagon tire. Three men coustrncted this in less than one hour. The drag when completed worked perfectly. The value of the drag is that it uot only smoothes the road but also crow us it and puddles the mud so that it is harder than ever when dried. Ou clay roads they cau be used with the greatest success. To obtain the best results from the drag, some attention should be giv en to the time when it is used. For the most part, they should be used just after rains or continued wet weather in order to smooth the surface and prevent the formation of ruts which would hold the water. If there are many depressions to I filled up, the drag should be used when the road is quite wet. If, however, the road has already been made fairly smooth, the best re sults will be obtained by using the 1 rag lust as the earth begius to dry. If the farmers of the State would take more interest iu the repair of our earth roads aud would supply themselves with theee drags aud make themselves responsible for a certain piece of road, large sections of the farming districts that are uow troubled with bad roads could have these same roads kept in very good repair at very little cost In many sections of the est where the roads are composed of a black gumbo material, they are main tained entirely by use of the split- log drag. Nearly every farmer owns one and after a rain he spends a few hours on the road adjacent to his farm. In this way the ruts and holes are tilled up and the road kept smooth. If the farmers of eastern, central aud western North Carolina would be willing to give a small amount of their time n a similar way to looking alter the road adjacent to their own farms, he would be very agreeably surprised to find in what good con dition the road was kept over which he is obliged to haul his pro duce to town. It would lie profitable for the va rious townships to divide up their roads into sections and employ some particular person to look af ter each section anil le sure that the drag is used every time it is necessary. Local Items of Interest O Nursing baby? It's a heavy strain on mother. Her system is called upon to supply nourishment for two. Some form of nourishment that will be easily taken up by mother system is needed. Scot f J Emulsion contains the greatest possible amount of nourish ment in easily digested form. Mother and baby are wonderfully helped by its use. All. DRUCCISTSi SO. AND II. SO o t A $ o o AAAAAAsAAAAAAAAAAAdAAAA To Destroy Humanity Is No Right. Oi- MUiT t.f The J. .urn. I : The prohibition quest iou is now being widely discussed. It is cer tainly one of vital importance. Ou the Mtith day of May the people of the State are to decide by their votes whether or not the miinufac tiireandsaleof intoxicating liquors shall be allowed iu North Carolina. Durin the last few years the anti-prohibition workers have been gradually but surely losing ground Public opinion is now more thor oughly aroused than ever before in favor of State prohibition, and 1 believe that if the people of North Carolina will do their duty for the next two months, and then go to the ballot box and do their duty, complete victory will be ours. Mr. Watson s article against pro hibition certainly has the appear auce to me of coming from (I hope the figure is uot overdrawn) drowning man." He is evidently catching at anything that has the appearance of argument to carry his point. He says, "Our race has ever beenjealons of its Individual rights aud lilmrtiee." 'I rue; and may they ever remain so. Hut gov eminent is not powtible w ithout surrendering to some extent of our rights. And again, our rights cease when they come into conflict with the rights of our fellowmen and in any way cause them to sutler, sta tistics prove that more than 100, 000 youths and nieu fill drunkard's graves every year. Have we any right to engage in an occupation so destructive to humauityt Should we not willingly snrreuder the right to manufacture and sell liquor if by so doing we conld save any part of that vast army of youths who are annually going to destruc tion! Grand right it is, indeed. If that is a right we want jealously guarded, there is something very wrong with us. "O Liberty! what crimes have been perpetrated in thy name!" How many precious lives are being burled into an aw ful eternity as a result of our nn bridled liberty to sell liquor! Oh, voters of North Carolina! is not their blood upon our bandst Forbid, Almighty God, that it should be thus any longer. I know not what course others may take, but I, for one, will ever after this wash my hands clean of the blood of my fellowman. After the 20th of May, shall the bloody banner of King Alcohol be raised over onr State and shall we march to the dram beat of the rum fiend, or shall have drawn up a prohibition bill. On the 2t!th of May the people, by their votes, can accept it or reject it Is there anything in that to make our blood tingltt The State doean't say "you shall" or "yon shall not" have prohibition. It aavs. "Will yout" or "Will yon notf have prohibition. I am glad to say that I have coutideuce enough in the voters of North Caro lina to believe that tbey will say by their votes, "We will have pro hibition." Ha also says it will cause a dan gerous fusion between church and State. Politics cannot be corrupt ed by the church; neither need the church lie corrupted by politics if it does nothing more than agitate temperance reform. It is niy opin ion that politics is too far removed from religion, anyhow. "lenmnd creates supply," says he. That may beso with the drunk- eu sot aud the tuau who wallows in the gutter; not so with the majori ty of drinkers. Mr. atson seems to favor local option. In the language of anoth er, "it the people in a county say the saloon must go, we call it local option. It is the voice of the same authority in a limited area, which sieaks in constitutional prolubl tion concerning the territory of an entire State. The rood results art- small or great in proportion as the area is limited or extended. The intelligent and robust temperance worker will couteud for every inch of territory he can conquer. He will !egiu at the threshold of his own home and not lay tiown tne warfare while there is a dram shop in any spot the flag floats over." Hear what Kev. Charles II. row ler, I). I)., has to say on the whis key questiou: "This mouster has the world for s home, the flesh for a mother, and the devil for a futh er. lie stands erect, a monsier oi fabulous proportions. He has no head and cannot think. He has no heart and cannot feel. He hasuo eyes and cannot see. He has no ears aud cannot bear, lie baa only an instiuct by which to plan, a passion by which to allure, a coil by which to bind, a fang with which to sting aud an infinite maw in which to consume his victims. I impeach this monster aud arraign bim be fore the bar of public judgment and demaud his condemnation in the name of industry robbed and beggared; of the public peace dis turbed aud broken; of private safe ty gagged aud garroted; of common justice violated and trampled; of the popular conscience debaucued and prostituted; of royaUuanhood wrecked aud ruined; aud of help less innocence waylaid aud assasi uated." 8. W. Pkixi.ak. Good lor Everybody. Mr. Norman B. Coulter, a promt nent architect in the Delbert build ing. San Francisco, says: "I fully endorse all that has been said of Klcctric Hitters as a tonic medicine. It is good for everybody. It cor reels stomach, liver aud kidney disorders in a prompt and efficient manner and builds np the system." Klectric Hitters is the best spring medicine ever sold over a drug gist's couuter; as a blood purifier it is uneqnaled. 50c. at English Drug Company's. Mr. Sherrill in the Race. Tu Ot lfc-iuNrr: rf Nt.nl, 1kr4ln : It has come to me from a num ber of sources that the report is bring circulated that I have with The cloeing exercises of the Mt. drawn from the rare for the Iemo Prospect graded school w ill take cratic nomination for Commissioner place April loth. Uv. W. K. ,4 iMmt ,j printing f North Abernelhy will deliverthe address. r-ro,ua. mU at a Umi to know Mr. Neil Parker of Anson cuu- 'l'ow this report originated, as I ty and Miss Annie Birmingham, ; ve never had the slightest iuteu daughter of Mr. Joseph M. ISirm-, "on of withdrawing from the con - lugham, ol ew Salem township, " - "r riiuiK-u-m aim sup- were married 011 tbe -'-mi at luelt'"' residence of the bride's father. Experienced Experts, Intelli gent Farmers, Agricultural Experiment Stations v. z une, endorse and recommend Cotton Seed Meal Fertilizer Bemuse it produces the largest crops; Because it doesn't waxh away like mineral Fertilizers; Bvcaute it doesn't give out dur ing the growing season; Because it gives up its Nitrogen stesdily through growing seasons and leaves nom to be wasted by winter rains; Because it puts vegetable msttcr back into the soil; Becsuse it is rich in the richest form of Nitrogen-plsnt making, life giving Ni trogen; Because it is safe, sure, satisfac tory; Because it ia honest and economi cal; Because it is the BEST. Insist On The Southern Cotton Oil Company's Brindi Gloria, Moon, Conquerer, Red Ball. For sale by all local dealers in Monroe. F.lder P. I. Gold of Wil.n, the; most prominent Primitive HaptiM j preache in the State, will preach the annual sermon at commence- ment of Peachland Academy ou Sunday April l'-'th. There will lie an old time siuging at the Suyder school house, in Lanes Creek township, the first .Suuday in April, at 2 o'clock. The oid Sicred Harp hvmu book will be used. . It is unusual to see a snuke iu the snow, but Mr. C K li. Parker killed a large spreading adder a few mornings ago w hen the ground was covered with snow. It was so cold that it could hardly move. Out of some twenty five or more applicants for the position of rural letter earner on Koute .No. .t from Waxbaw, Mr. F.dwiu Niven war the successful couteetaut, having received the appointineut from the departmeut a few days ago. The new caTier will assume his duties the first of April. The Carmel school, one of the best iu the county, closed last Thursday with addresses by Kev. Geo. H. Atkinson, Ney McNeely, Prof. Nesbit, and Kev. Mr. Hipps, and a picnic. A good crowd wa present and many visitors. The ladies set a spleudid dinner, aud the day was most enjoyable. While picking up a hair orna ment from under a loom in the Heaumnnt Cotton Mill at Spartan burg, Mrs. Wheeler an oiierative accidentally caught her hair iu tbe machinery and tbe scalp on the top of her head was torn oil'. The injured woman was placed in an ambulance aud hurried to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where she is in a serious condition. In speaking of the closing of the school at Diamond Hill, iu Anson county, the correspondent of the Messenger and Intelligencer says: The teacher, Prof. W. T. Haucom of Union county, made a very tell iug talk. hen he was through many cheeks were bathed in tears. At the close of his talk be dismiss ed his audience. I think 1 can speak for the whole patronage of the school in returning thanks to our worthy teachers for the success of the school, and I hope it will be our pleasure to have them teach the next term. G. W. Kussell, a prominent young farmer of Mecklenburg coun ty, was startled Tuesday morning upon opening his front door to liud a small coffin leaning agninst it aud a uote attached to the lid demand ing that Kussell leave a sum of money at a place designated. Mrs. Kussell, wife of the threatened man, was so overcome that she col lapsed and a physician hail to Ik1 called to administer restoratives. Great indignation wascreated when the news got abroad and a consta ble was sent at once to the sceue of the crime and it is believed that two well known young men of the county will have to answer for the affair. Kev. M. II. Hoyle, one of the oldest and lieet known preachers iu the Western North Caroliua Con ference of the M. K. Church, South, died Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Kucker, at Charlotte. Fun eral services were conducted Wed nesday afternoon from Tryon Street Methodist church, and the inter ment took place at Elinwood cem- tery. Kev. Mr. Hoyle had been au active minister for more thau forty years. He was one of the nit si genial men to be found, always bright and sunny, with a pleasant word. His face was well kuowa to many of the people of this county. among whom he had labored from time to time. Mr. Joel Griffin of Marsh ville aud Miss Kate Liles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Liles of east Monroe township, were married Weduesday afternoon at the resi deuce of the bride's parents, lie v. J. L. Shinn performed the mar riaee service. A number of the friends and relatives of the con tractiug parties attended the wed ding. After the marriage the bri dal party went to tbe home of the groom's brother, Mr. it. V. urinin, in Marshville, where a splendid supper was served. Ou the folio ing day a reception at the home of tbe groom s father, Mr. John (J. Grifhn, in east Monroe townaiiip, was iriven. Mrs. Griffin is a de servedly popular lady and has w ide ei rcle of frieuds. M r. G ri fli 0 is the popular manager of the Marshville Furniture Company and has a great many frieuds. I have received ' ii:trf itf tlwHtMt Miiii tu iumiii mr uoiuiuation for this office. I have received almost the unanimous en d-'i-seuietit of the North Caroliua press, aud letters ollcring tbe sup port ol many of the moat promi nent liemocrats in the State. For these assurances I aiu deeply grate fill, and if nominated aud elected will give the duties of the oflice my very best attention. Kesect fully, J. It. SlIKKNII.I. Coucord, N. C, March 21, PHIS, Best Healer in the World. Rev. F. Starbird of East Kay mond Me,, says: "I have used Bucklen's Arnica Salve for several years, ou my old army wound and other ob stinate sores, and find it the best bealer in the world. I use it, too, with great success in my veterinary business." Price 23c, at English Drng Company a, Famous "White" Actress Who U Really a Negro. According to Kay Stannard Baker in the April American Magazine there are many supposedly white iiersons of great prominence in this country who are really negroes. He savs: There are more such cases than white eople imagine. I know of scores of them. A well known white u-tress, whose name, of course, I can not give, when she goes to Boston, sec ret I v visits her colored relatives. A New York mau who holds 1 prom inent political appointment under the Stale government and who has be come an authority in bis line, is a negro. Not long ago he entered 1 hotel in Hultimoreand the negro por ter who ran to take his bag said dis- reetlv: "'Hello, Hob.' "As boys they had gone to the same negro school. 'Let me carry your bag, said the porter, 'I won t give you away. ' Iu Philadelphia there lives a col ored woman who married a rich while man. Of course, no white peo ple know she is colored, but the ne groes do, and do not tell. Occasion ally she drives down to a certain store, dismisses her carriage and walks on foot to the home of her mother and sisters. "Only a few years ago the news papers were filled for s day or two with the story of a girl who had been at assar College, and uiwn gradu ation by merest accident it was dis covered that she was a negro. A similar case arose only last summer at Chicago I niversity. "Some mulattoes I know of, one s prominent Wall street broker, have 'crossed tbe line' bv declaring that they are Mexicans, Bra.ilians, Span ish or French; one says he is an Ar menian. I'nder a foreign name they are readily accepted among white people where, as negroes, they would be instantiv rejected. No one, of course, can estimate the number of men and women w ith negro blood who have thus 'gone over to white'; but it must be large. Mr. John Kiha of ViniiiK, la., says -1 have lieen selling DeWitt's Kidney nd Bladder rills lor about a year aud they give bet'er satisfaction than any pill I ever sold. There are a doen people tieie who have used them aud they give perfect satisfaction in every case. I have used themselves myself with fine results." Sold by English Drug Company, Done by Public Opinion. HttHlmnn- American. "InGod We Trust" is to go back on the wins, this is one 01 tne things accomplished by public opinion. It may l perfectly Bate to tamper with the rights ot tbe American people, but when their sentiments and traditions are inter fered with they are pretty likely to become indignant. A Narrow Escape. Many people have a narrow escape from pneumonia and consumption as result of a cold that haneson. Foley Honey and Tar cures coughs and cold no matter how deep seated sod pre vents pneumonia and consumption Refuse substitutes. English Drug Co, A Waste of Money Husband (going on jouruey) I think, my dear, 1 11 take out au accident pol icy. V ife bat's the use, you're never lucky at that sort of thing. Fliegende Blatter. A Life at Stake. Your life msy be at stake when you notice any sign of kidney or bladder trouble, as Bright s disesse sud dialie les start with a slight irregulsrity thst could be quickly cured by roley s Kid ney Remedy. Commence taking it at the first sign of danger. English Drug CompaoVj King left i.62 behind, but it must have been where he could not get his hands on itDurham Her aid. Kodol is todsy the best known and most reliable remedy for all disorders of the stomach, such as dyspepsia hesrtburn, sour stomach and belching of gas. Kodol containa tha same juices found in a healthy stomach. Kodol pleasant to take. It is guaranteed to give relief and is told here by English Drug Compsoy. Roosevelt at forty-nine, Bryan at forty-eight and Taft at fifty, woold appear to be decidedly active raid dleegers. Thousands Perish. Thousands perish every year from consumption resulting tiom a cold, Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most obslinste tacking coughs sod eipels the cold irom yoor system and pre vents consumption and pneumonia. It baa cured many cases of incipisot con sumption. EeslaiidSays K0 AHUM In Food and strictly prohibits the sale of alum baking powdei aSo does France So does Germany The sale of alum foods has been made illeg&l in Washington and the District of Colura bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized at injurious. jQ when ordering baking powder, Say plainly- RVA1LpoS an) b very sure you get RoyaL Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole- 1 t t Mmeoesi ot tbe looa s1. XXXIXXXXXXXXXXXXIXXIZZZZXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1XX111I2XU What We Know and Yob Should w We Know that every kernel of wheat that goes into tbe manufac ture of l.NviNi'iiu b Flora is of only the best selected No. 2 lied Winter Wheat. W Know that erery care is exercised to insure a perfect run of our product. We Know that all our Flour is packed in absolutely new packages of the best cotton bags. "Finer than ever;" "As good as the Best,- is what is being said about our Invincwlb Floi r. Just the Flour you are looking for, and if you will give us a chance we will prove it to your own satisfaction. Henderson Roller Mills Company g Monroe. N. C. 3 It's Dollars to You! Trv It! fxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfl Get this In your Mind And TninK on it: People who save come out in the end with plenty of money. All classes can protect themselves atrainst sickness, loss of employ ment and other unforeseen misfortunes by Opcnlnrj A Savlnos Account with us and depositing regularly a small por tion of their earnings. Write or call for in formation about our Savings Department. The Savings, Loan & Trust Company. R. B. Redwine, fres. H. B. Clark, Cashier. V GOOD MUSIC What is there more pleasure in than good music? We are now ready to supply you with all the latest improvements in Edison Phonographs. We have all the latest and best records: Bands, quartets, solos, instrumental, comic, etc Buy a Phonograph now and listen to the best music that can be made by man. When you need a Piano or Organ see us; we give you a guarantee and stand to it Anything in Musical Instruments, from a Jew's harp to a piano, with guaranteed prices. T- IP. IDillorL.