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1he Monroe Journal VOL. 19. No. 23. MONROE, N. CM TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1913. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. WHAT WAS IM1XK THK FOlKTII. Ever) hotly Haul laiiijj Hern, Talking About What Would llaiten, and Now It Has Ihtii "tome anil IMil" The I lay a Fine Surt-ess anil KvrrjlMHly Seemed Happy Uijj frowd The Prize Winner. How many folks were here ; the streets of Monroe on tin Fourth? Ask any man who was here and he will tell ycu a num ber different from that which any other man will say. The truth Is there were so tmuiy in the crowd that few estimates are worth any thing. Some Kiy ten thousand tome six thousand, and Boine fifteen. All we know is that there were "upwards of a blamed sight." But everybody eeemed to enjoj the day to the fullest. The last preceed ing celebration was held in 1910 and about everybody agrees that the present one was far superior to the last and to several preceed ing ones. Providence was very kind, for it cent a cooling of the atmosphere oa Thursday night, and while the day was hot enough for even the great est heat lovers, still it was endura ble. The order was good, as Is gen- . entity- true of a I'niou county gath erinsr. Our faithful officers were compell ed to make a few arrests from the fact that some thirsty persons hud "ordered on" for liquor, but this was not enough to be noticeable to any extent. There was a good sprinkle of people from nearby towns, but cn the wholi?, it was a Union county crowd, happy, pleas ant, full of life and the joy of liv ing. Many people think that the pa rade was among the best ever seen here. The automobile feature was larger than ever before, and the gal.'nnt and handsome Knights Tem plar. In full costume, each with a flowing white plume and dangling sword, and sitting his norse use a lord, added a great derl1 to the oc casion. The Knights won the prize of $20. Our new citizens reached right up and took three first prizes. Nasslf & Joseph, dry goods, fancy goods and Imported laces, won first prize for best decorated store front and window. The Beulnh Washing .Machine Co. took first prize for th best business float, and Tbarp Hard ware Co. won the prize for the best business tiutomoblle. The ball name In the afternoon between Concord and Monroe was first cM'-h. It w- n pood clean game, plajed ly nice, men, and um pired by Mr. Kmsli y Ann field. It started off as If Concord was to havo everything their own way, but Monroe got sturted In the fourth In ning and then kept ahead, winning up in n score of six to three in fa vor of Monroe. A large i-rwod wit nessed the game. . The automobile race was a nw. Interesting, and daring feature. Mr. 1j. H. Tru'Jl won, with Mr. Claude limner's machine, driven by Mr. Carl Krauss, only thirteen seconds short. Miss Nancy Yandlc of Stout rode In an automobile in the parade and won the pair of glass's offered by Mr. A. L. Parker for tho oldest la dy in the parade. She is ninety one years old. The three balloons that, were sent up caused no end of Ion among the small boys. A check for a dollar was attached to each. The boys followed them for many blocks and one bunch pulled up in anionic some bee hives and then got busy getting away. Mr. Sivpp got one check. Mr. Funderburk one, and -Jim, the little negro boy who works for Mr. N. C. English, got one. The checks were attached to the parachutes. These left the balloons and the balloons sailed on away. Three young men followed one of the balloons In a buggy and on horseback for 2 miles west of town, not knowing that the money and the parachute had fall en. Chief Marshal Slkes and Uncle Sam Dillon did their work to per fection. A few of the prizes were not com peted for. There were sixteen en tries for the baby prize offered by Capt. Hliule. and the prize was won by Mario Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Williams of Union ville. The contest was decided too late In the day to have the picture taken but this will be done later and the feature! of the lit tle lady will appear in Tho Journal as promised. The following prize! were award ed: Motor-cycle race, J. T. Cox, 2nd, Wrlnton Sheppard. Hoys' foot race, Nathan Johnson. Fire Companies, reel team. Automobile race, L. R. Trull. The horse races, both trotting and running, wore won by Robert Rod wine, son of Mr. R. B. Red wine. The mule race was won by Mr. T, C. Kezlah. ' The greasy pole was climbed by John Patterson, and the greasy pig was captured by Nathan Johnson. Best business flont. the Beulah Washing Machine Co.; second, the wholesale department of the Heath Hardware Co. Manufacturing float, Monroe Man ufacturing Co. Best private float. Wesley Helms. Best decorated automobile, Mrs. Walter Henderson; second, Frank Falrley. Best business auto. Tharp Hard ware; second. It. 8. Estrldge. Best decorated buggy. Miss May Stewart; second. Miss Janle Llngle. Best decorated pony buggy, Miss Ida lllnde; second, Miss Caroline Morrow. Best store front and window, Xas- slf Joseph; second. Heath Hard ware, wholesale dept. Best fraternal order. Knights Templar. Best music float. Union Grove String Band. Boy S-out foot race, 1st Nathan Johnson, 2nd Audrekw Monroe. Best clowns. Jim Helms and Uvirence Stltt. The sack of flour to be given for the largest family had to be divid ed between two fi mi lies, Mr. M. K. Yandle and Mr. T. I.. Hiuson, each of them having ten children. One of the very finest things of the day was not on the program and came spontaneously. Thirty or forty old soldiers under the com mand of Captain Bartley Benton, fell In line and marched. At the square some one remarked that these ought to be treated to din ner as a token of appreciation. Esq. J. C. Laney took the matter in band and quickly made up enough money to pay for a nice lunch and plenty of lemonade. The veterans, who had marched in the hot sun of the day, behind the old flag of the 4sih in the hands of Uncle Andy Presley, who had carried It for two whole years during the war, accepted the hospitality and went to the store of The Snyder-Huntley Co., where the ladies of the Baptist church were serving refreshments, and not only had plenty of eatables, but enjoyed a regular love feast as well. FOUR BANDITS HOI.II IP mux. Trouble , f Mr. W. J. Armfiold at Jvfferson, S. C. Lancaster News. On last Thursday, Mr. W. J. Armfield'a daughter. Miss Iceland, was carried to Knowiton's Infirmary at Columbia and successfully op erated on for appendicitis. On Sun day following at about 5 o'clock p. m. lightning struck his house on the top, running down a corner and shattering It to the sill, throwing the corner styling Into splinters, for possibly forty or fifty yards. Mr. Armfleld went out to sso if his house was on fire, but discovered nothing. A few minutes later Mr. Ira A nn field discovered that the house was ablaze on the top. Peo ple began to gather, and heroic ef forts were made to empty the build ing. It was of select long-leaf pine covered with rich drawn sMngUs. which burned utmost like tur. Very soon tho flames wrapped the build ing, so it became so dangerous that business operation had to cease, and the people had to stund bi'ck and look lit tho mad flumes consume tho house. The short tlnu the prople had to work, prevented saving much of Mr. Armflold's property. Mr. Armfield'8 wearing apparel, one summer coat, one shirt and what he tad on, of Mrs. Armfleld's, one or two dresses, of Myrtle's, his little girl, nothing except what she had on; all the quilts were burned ex cept one. Nothing was taken from the dining room, nothing from the cook room exctpt the safe. Mies Iva and Otto Arm'leld were within six feet of where the corner of the house was torn to pieces. Iva was slightly pierced in the ankle with what was sit posed to be a splinter. Wado was knocked off n trunk, but neither soroutly hurt. Mr. a::d Mrey Armtieid return tn-.ink to me great big-hearted people of Jefforsou for so many kindnesses shown to them during their troubles. Veteran Yeggman Shot en the Job, Columbia, S. ('., July 6. The news from Atlanta that James W. Johnson had been shot and proba bly mortally wounded after an at tempt to rob the postofflce of a su burb of that city was received here with great interest. Johnson, who during his long ca reer as a yeggman. has used the aliases Edward Murphy, Edward Howard, Edward Smith, George Howard and "Portland Ned" Is most generally known under the latter alias and bears the reputation of being one of the shrewdest as well as one of tha most dangerous yeggmen In the country. In August, 1911, having com pleted a seven-yenr term In the fed eral prison at Atlanta, Johnson was brought to South Carolina, convict ed on a charge of blowing a safe at Knoree. S. U., and sentenced to serve ten years in the tate penitentiary here. On April 25, 1913. Governor Cole L. Blease paroled Johnson dur ing good behavior and the yegg man was brought to the governor's office on the morning of April 26. While a Federal marshal waited outside the door at the executive's office with a warrant for Johnson's arrest the governor left Johnson alone In his office for a moment to step Into an ante-room. When the governor returned he discovered that Johnson had escaped through another door of the office. The reported shooting of the yeggjpan at Kirkwood, Oa., early today Is the first intimation of his whereabouts since his escape from the state capital. Italic kill Mail ami KkchimsI in La r HKilive Bloodhound I 'tact d on Trail ai:l liig Posse in Puc-uil. Memphis, Tetin., July 4. Four I audits held up sou'hb.'iitid p:-n-ger train No. 1 oa the Illinois Cen tra! railroad south of P. at s ill'-. Miss., early today, nwei the train and locomotive crvs with weapons, blew open the safe in the express car and ransacked the mail pack ages and then escaped. None of the passengers were molested because the bandits compelled the locomotive crew- to detach the mall, express and baggage cars and run them some distance from the passenger coaches. After they finished their work in the mail car the robbers ran the lo comotive to Enid, Miss., and fled to the open country. Bloodhounds were placed on their trail and a few hours after the rob bery a big posse was in pursuit. Whether the bandits escaped with much loot was not known early to day. It had not been determined whether other than routine ship ments were carried In the express car. Passengers on the train' awoke in surprise this morning to find their -o..elifs still standing on the main line of track where they were aban doned whin the bandits detached the mail and express enrs. Express officials here say the robbers did not secure over $5,000. Four charges of dynamite were used and the explosions blew out one side ct the express car and completely demolished the safe. The bandits carried away fifty puces of registered mail. FUXDY TO THE FARMERS. man last week Soil white l-?horns for i't. 1 want fr till all rniiii.r- ;iv-s Thtin the Item fit r Observa- ing friends about this ch't-ken farm Horn in II .s Tral Wl.l soon el "Kid" Mcllrovs when home. lie Itm ui.,1 Wants Kveixlualy Just ask me. for I can't take tini" to Ask Him (J'JeMioiis. Mid space here. They have got it BirniiuKham, Ala., June ). Wo down so pa that they can cut u Is who ami what U wnat, mid how i ilucki n's luad off and In- will II. e shall we be-ter our comlitim? Shall i i.r.d go around for four we, or shall we not? i he condition Miss JESSIE WILSON' TO V.r.O. Secretary McAdoo lias designated the collectors and deputy collectors of customs who will have charge of the ports under the reorganization, which beuins today. i lie number of collectors Is reduced to 49, 113 losing their. Jobs. In North Caro lina Wilmington Is hesdquurlt rs and B. F. Keith Is continued as col lector for the present. J. Albert Patterson Is deputy as New Berne. M. II. Marshall at Beaufort and Miss Katherlne H. Davis at Elizabeth City temporarily. We have gotten creasea In our forehead figuring out how- we could manage to get one of those sum mer looking suits. . Reunion of Elks, Rochester, N. Y., July 6. Nearly every train into Rochester today brought delegates to the forty-ninth grand lodge reunion of Elks. The convention, which is expected to at tract to the city about 100.000 visi tors, will be open tomorow night. Among the speakers will bo Oovern or Sultzer, who will welcomo the delegates on behaif of the State. Among the entertainment features will be an electrical and floral pa rade of floats Tuesday nttlit. Thurs day the annual grand lodge parade will take place In the morning and in the afternoon there will be given competitive drills by uniformed pa trols. At night there will be a wa ter carnival on the river. Campaign headquarters have been ove-ied by many eirly arrivals and it is apparent the election will fur nish lively contests. The candida cy of Edward Loach of New York for grand exalted ruler was an nounced today. J. Cook man lloyd of B.-'.liimore will oppose hlni. There are three candidates for grand sec retary, Fred C. Robinson of Dub uque, Iowa, the incumbent; Thomas J. Darling, postmaster at Temple, Texas, and David MeAron of Port Huron, Mich. Four seek the grand treasuryshlp. They are Charles A. White, past exalted ruler of the Chicago lodge; William A. Evans of St. Joseph, Mo; P. J. Itrennan of Dannlston, Texas, and Georgu D Locke of Rogers, Ark. Mr. Dunham Bundy left Friday night to attend this convention. Trie Negro Chauffer Roycoltod. Greensboro Record. It did not come as soon as ex pected, but It. has arrived. News comes from New York that the col ored chauffeur is to have no more chances in that city. The garages refuse to receive machine's driven by negroes and there appears to be an understanding between the white drivers that the colored man must keep his hands off the steering wheel. ThlB Is not because of any "color line," but because the white drivers want to cut down competi tion and get more pay, and they are making It count. The negro is fast discovering that the South is the onljy place for him. The sen sible negro knows that the people of the South are not going to tolerate anything like social equality, but they know the race is given fair treatment and an equal chance. Innocent Man Pardoned After Two Yearn In Prison. Topeka, July 7. (leorge Horton, sent to the state penitentiary in 1910 charged with robbing a jewel ry store In Medicine Lodge, Kas., has u-ried nearly two year! for a crime he did not cotumit, according to facts brought out today when Cover in r Hodge granted hint a per manent parole. Hortou's conviction resulted because a bloodhound plac ed upon the trail directed suspicion to him. Horton's friends were able to present evidence to the governor that the stolen Jewelry was hidden under a Medicine Lodge hotel after Horton was In prison. Two old veterans literally burled the hatchet at Gettysburg. One wore the blue, the other the gray, and they went to a hardware store, bought a hatchet, proceeded to the place where Pickett charged, dug a hole In the ground, burled the hatch et and fell Into each other's arms In a tender embrace. Thomas E. llayden and Judge M. T. Dooling have been selected by President Wilson for United States district attorney and United Statei circuit judge, respectively, for the northern district of California, llay den fills the vacancy caused hy the resignation of McNabb and Dooling will fill an existing vacancy. Matt I. Sullivan will be the special prose cutor of the important white slave nnd other cases now pending In San Francisco. of our people in our lar.sre ci'i.-s and iu our v.isi r-irai uitinets. The v. ri er has made a clus study, and a thiilling experience cf both in the hist two months ar.il is desirous of writing cmething that may tenefit the people. God has so graciously provided the way, and It is now up to them. First, I wish to say just a little regarding the conditions of things here in Birmingham, where I have been tor three weeks, watching anil uialing a close study of the people and the high cost cf living and the suffering of humanity, and while there Is lots of wealth and high liv ing, and all this kind of things. 1 wish to confine myself to the condi tions of the "other fellow." Take a man who earns, say $20 per week, and to do this he is al most a slave, and must work from early to late, and men of his class necessarily live in the suburbs of the city and there are many here ranging from 3 to la miles out This is 10 cents per day and lunch. Then rent, laundry, picture shows, and various other things. Then comes the market. Here comes the story, heef 25 to 40 cents per lb., no chicken for less than GO cents to $1.60, and all other things in pro portion. In short, where is your $20? And the awful wicked influ encea that these people are rearing their children under. All this leads me to write the following: HIGH COST OF LIVING WHAT THK CAUSE, WHAT THE REMEDY. i Vast urea of soil untouched bv plow. Iick of cultivation is the cause of high cost of living. We need soil doctors. We need to edn cat our children in the scientific methods of tilling the soil, and to encourage them to remain at home to beautify the country homes nnd make it attractive In every way we can; ulso to teach and warn them against the awful consequences of city life. When this shall have been accomplished we will have them re maining on the farm nnd ready for the battle against the "cost ot higb living." .. During the crenticn of nil things nature provided the. eartu wiih sufficient amount of plant food, If used Intelligently, to supply every living creature with nn iibuiulaiice ot the necessaries of life for all time to come. The only mistake y If I nni allow ed to call It one) thai nature made was not in suplying evety few one hundred Inhabitants with a soil doctor, whose business it would be to instruct the average tillers of the soil how to produce n maximum crop at a minimum cost. Tho most absorbing question of this age is how great nnd skillful Is the med icine man who can euro almost ev ery ailment, but we fall to compre hend that the soil that produces tho very food for our lives Is being n g lectcd. The common prae'lee of so many of us farmers in our section is cropping the soil continually with out putting back tho plant foud tak en out by bumper crops from year to year which will surely exhaust the fertility of the land. It. is just the same as having a bank account of several hunderd did' lars and continually checking out nnd putting no more hack to our credit. How long shall we check? What great opportunities ahead of our section, those who have land, and freedom! We have a rap- Idly growing population, and are really at a standstill In production. We do not export the food stuff we have in the past and within the next generation, without H change, we will be importing our bread and how Boon the crisis? We need to build up our soil and use more scientific methods, and Just here I want to say that for myself 1 do not bellve It all depends on the soil or the tiller of it; but the exhorbi tant prices demanded of the fertil izer manufacturer. Millions of tons ot phosphate that virtually belong to the American farmer are ship ped out of this country every year to enrich the soils of Germany, Eng land, Holland, France, nnd even fur ther. I am going to advocate that In my State the fertilizer Industry be taken hold of and managed by the State government and that It operate the plants in the Interest of the fanners at actual coet of pro duction. The National Government, I belhve, should do this. I believe the time Is near when we farmers will better our condi tions, and have a stronger backing by our government. To better our selves, let us now start; we have The Prcsiil. m m Wiim ilm nouiice I In- Mairliige of 'liieir in i-veiiilN-r at While lnuc. Washington. July 2.-1 he p. dent and .Mrs. Wilson announced to liigiit the enuagelat !! of the'r sen ior he wnl actually be de..d; fi .1 ond daughter, .Mi- Jessie Woodrjw jiiui down the throat with a quill, j Wilson, to Francis Bouts Savre of 'liiis discovery was made lnn a . 1-ancaster, Pa. The wedding is ex mail cut one s head off for table use j pected to take place next Xuem- euu me ciiu-Keu noi op nun ran, ami j oer at tne unite noii.-e. .Mr. Savre he finally had to run him clown, lie kept him alive for four mouUis, and every four months cuts another's head off and keeps him on exhibi tion all the time. Ask me ail about it I'll soon be home. Also ask me about the "dancing flee" and the 'dancing turkty" and the big dog used for catching horses running away. "FUNDY." Hoy Set Fire lo Hi 1 mini's lii- mH. Statesville, July 2. The mystery of the series of fires at Mr. W. A Murdock's in Cool Springs Town ship, which has be-.-n the principal topic in the town and county for days, has at last been solved. Har vey Murdock, the 12 - year old son ol Mr. and Mrs. Murdock. confess ed that he started all the fires which wrought destruction to his father's property. The confession was made to Sheriff Deaton, Depu ty Insurance Commissioner Jordon ar.d the boy's father. The child described how he slip ped away from home and started all of the fires. He first burned a pile of slabs at the saawmill aqd at that time tried to burn the lumber, but failed. Some nights la ter he succeeded In firing the lumber without being observed. The next fire was that one that destroy ed the barn Tuesday night of last week and the fourth and the last fire destroyed the tenant house. Fri day night. All of the fires were started Just before or after the sup per and the child told how he man aged to get away from the house and in again without being observed. After he hud told nil, the officers tried to liarn the motive, but the boy said he had none. He did not know why he did It. The boy was brought to States vlli last evening and examined by Dr. R. F. Lonf.', who pronounced him a pyromaniiic. The child tins not been strong physically since he was two years old. lie was taken to Morgnntcn to !iy f-r ex miration by specialists. There Is do desire to punish him, it being realized that he was hardly responsible for his actions. Records or Births ami Deal lis Musi Im Kept. One of the most Important pieces of legislation enacted by the last legislature is now In effect as It will make possible the gatherlnj; or Information upon which work f ir the iinprovemi nt of health condi tions tuny bo based. This law re quires that certain public officers to be appointed must keep an accu rate record of nil births and deaths. The work ha: heretofore b -en part ly dime in towns only, lty tlise statistics the healMi am lioritit s will know the conditions that produc't disease In evt ry s -cll-in of the State and they will know when on ditions are above the luriniil nnd . hat, should be done. It. Is now the duty, beginning with the first of this month, of every chairman of county hoards of health and every mayor In towns or cities to Appoint these local officeis howe dull wli be to gather the so term ed vital statistics relatvle to the life and death of North Carotin folks. These vlUil statistics from every township and city In Nonh Carelina are to bo filed monthly at the office of the secretary of the State Hoard of Health. This tremendous arinv of health officers interested In gath ering these statistics minutely both as to birth and death rate must In actively nt work not later than Oc tober I. This much margin Is per mitted in order that the chairmen of tho boards of health and the may ors of the cities may have ample time to exercise discretion In mak ing appointments of these local of ficers that are to gather the vital statistics. Victim of Xcrvouiic!t Wills Body to Doctors, New York Sun. The wlU of Miss Lucy Hunter P.nlrd of Washington, who died here on June 19, was probated today, and It devised her body to the med ical profession for the use of science. She directed that her body be given to Dr. S. Weir Mitchell nnd his son, Dr. J. K. Mitchell to per form the autopsy. For several years Misi Ilaird was a sufferer from nervous disease, and Doctor Mltchell nnd his son did much to ameliorate her condition, la willing her body to them she waited long enough. Think ot cat- hoped that they would discover tie on foot bringing 7 cents n pound, some causes of nervous diseases. and I heard a nian In Kentucky say less than a month ago he would soon realize 10 cents and whs expecting it to get even higher than that. Let us get busy, and grow money while we are sleeping; take a part ot our old cotton fields and get It Into pasture. We have just as good lands tor this as I have found in all my travels plenty of pure water. Poultry Is another Industry we may bo benefited largely by. I spent What A In, in Women? I noticed, Mr. Medlin, your com munication In The Journal, in ex planation of faith, or "Faith on the Rock." I am not able to see what the author was driving at unlet- it Is man having his part in his own salvation. Do you mean to say that man has no part In his own salva tion? I can't interpret your explana tion. I would like for you to sim- yesterday with an old friend of mine plify in your next communication, out at Edgewood who has a poultry! You seem to harp on man, nliat about the women? X. farm nothing but high bred stock He tells me he has not had a sick chicken this year, and has not lessj The kodak trust Is certainly not than sooo at any time; just sold one in the hands of amateurs. is at present an attorney la the of fice of District Atluii.ij Whitman of New York. While close friends of both fami lies have known of the engagement for some time, announcement was withheld until today, the Trsl an niversary of Mr. Wilsou's nomina tion at the Baltimore convention. White House officials accompanied the chief announcement with a bh graphy of Mr. Sayre. He is 2s years of age, and after preparing at the Hill school at Pottj-town, Pit., and Lawrencevllle, N. J., graduated from Williams College In 19UK. He was manager of the football team there, valedictorian of his class and Inter ested in Y. M. C. A. work, lie spent two summers with Dr. Alfred T. Grenfell in his missionary work on the coast of Labrador and studied law lit Harvard Law school where he graduated last year. "Cum Lau de." He has traveled extensively during his vacations, spending last summer in Alaska and Northern Si beria. Mr. Sayre comes from a collegiate family. His father was the late Robert Heysham Sayre, for a long time president of the Board of Trus tees of Lehigh University, and builder of the Lehigh Valley Rail road. His mother was Martha Fin ley Kevin, a daughter of John Wil liamson Nevln, theologian and presi dent of Franklin and Marshall Col lege at Lancaster, Pa, Sho Is de scended from Hugh Williamson of North Carolina, one of the franiers of the Constitution. She is a sister of Robert J. Nevln, head of lh American church of Rome, Italy, and a first cousin cf Kthelbert Ne vln, the composer. Miss Wilson is 24 years old and was educated at Goucher Collet", Baltimore, and specialized in po litical science. She has done much settli nient work in Philadelphia and has been actively identified with the Y. W. C. A. having recently made many speeches in its behalf. Cattle Ruising lit the Koutli. Home and Farm. "The South Is especially adapted to raising cattle, because of the long grazing season, the enormous areas of cheap land (much of which iy now lying idle), the great varie ty of pasture grasses and legumes, which grow luxuriantly on all soils, and because of the mild winters." Wo taks this paragraph frrm a. bulletin Issued by the Department of Agriculture June 13, 191.'!, iuhisii.g Southern farmers against selling off their cows. This bulletin states that during the past twelve months cat tle buyers have been active in the Southern States purchasing eat'.l to be shipped to the .Middle Western markets, either as cannons or stock -ers. Tho prices, it Is said, paid f n tills cattle have b 4-11 so hi-li that thousands cf cows 1.111I he'.frns haw M'tie ti) the sluiniliis which ought to have been retained on tha farm for breeding purposes. Since tlie fir.d f January the buyers from the farms m.d ranch's of the West have h-cii scorning tlm Gulf States in s-areh of breeding slock, due to the fiat tlnit there is a shortage of rows far breeding pur poses, and the ranches are glad to get those cheap cows, from which they will breed beef bulls. Summarizing the bulletin, the ad vice Is that, before the Southern farmer sells even a scrub cow h' ought to have a better cow to tako its place. The warning Is that prices are going to be higher and higher, and that when the farmer who sold his scrub cow cheap, socks to buy a better cow, he will find that the price he received will not go far in getting what he wants. Tho chances, says this bulletin, of Southern farmers n filling their stables with good cattle are Indeed small. We pass this advlie on to th' farmer, and we emphasize the warn ing. Sell your poor cows, by nil means, if you have got a better to take its place; breed for the lies', qualities possible; grade up your stock. There is far more profit in well-bred stock than in scrubs, es pecially when you are in the stock raising business. We believe there Is a sreat future for the Southern fanner who can raise cattle. As this bulletin s-iys. t!ij advantages nre so marked that they cannot longer bo Ignored. Above all things, kep your cat tie free from ticks, says the Agri cultural Department. That Is a warning already given In these columns. Futheimere, "Increas. the efficiency of your pasture by planting mixtures of lespedeza, bur clover, white clover, or perhaps, nul ilolus. nlslke clover, and red top ever your pasture lands." Do it, continues this circular, "by raising more hays and forage crops for wintering your stock and finishing them for market. Hie surplus cattl-i can then be maliiuined by feeding coifoi, seed cake, on grass or grazing field." or velvet beans, the whllo feeding some concentrate." At Rex Friday Mglit. "The Inauguration of President Wilson." Don't miss this big feature.
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