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StatejFurnishes Facilities and Par
Vents Should Be Compelled to
Send Childrento School.
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r Cliarlty and Children." "o ' ' "
r' Parents who arev too 'avaricious
; or prejudiced, to . send' .their child -ren
to school where free tuition is
; " offered, ought tov be - compelled to
I - do so by the strong arm of the law;
' In almost every community, and.
. especially in thosewhere child la- j , w vf . li . ,
i , c - - . tl . made 'available in the amount of
GREEN MANURING
Value'of Green" Straw Compared
.with Fertilizer and Cow Manure. :
Travelling through the piedmont
section; it is -not unusual to see
large stacks two or more years old
rotting ; to the ; ground. : As the
farmers do not' need it for bedding
for their- live stockf nd find it
very poor roughage, they "are con
tent; to let: it lie in the field or
around tie barn lot as worthless
itraw'5, good for nothing but to
be burned or rot where it lies.
,v'A;;ten;; acre field of wheat that
yields 200 bushels will produce 10
tons of straw and chaff.i This straw
has about; 12 lbs. ; of nitrogen, 4. 4
lbs;! of phosphate and 12.6 lbs of
potash per ton. " These amounts
were necessarily taken out of the
soiL "and ;sh6uld .be returned : to
gethef with the very large amount
of organic mutter 'contained in a
ton of straw. ; , " ; .. : 4
. Should the straw ; from this ' 10
acre field.be put back into the land
the. soil would- receive an ;! applica
tionNDf 120 lbs. of nitrogen, 44 lbs.
of phosphate, and 126 lbs: of pot
ash. "This is as much nitrogen as
can be gotten from - three .tons of
an 8-2-2 fertilizer or 17 tons of
resh icbV: - manure. 5 The ootash
: bor is in demand . households iim
be found - where the f children are
growing. up fin stairk ignorance;
Welhave apttiful case, in mind
V, as we write, of ta family of bright
; and teaiitif ul children, not one. of
r whom can either read or write and
. they are within a ten "minutes walk
of a'splendid school where thoro
ugh instruction is offered without
money or price. In this case it is
the mother who stands in the way.
. ohej seems to liave a morbid "and
foolish fear: that a knowledge of
the three R's will in some way lift
her children out of theirnatural
j sphere and separate them from the
society in which they wereborn.
Reason will not teach this mother.
Nothing else will except law and it
is a great misfortune for her child
ren that it cannot be invoked: '
. A few days . ago the writer fell
in J with, a very bright ' chap, of
h eight ; -years . who was smokinjg a
. cigarette, and asked him if. he at
tended, school. r "fctNo,; by : Ned,"
, was the answer. I haven't got
time for: no school;";, ' On further
inquiry it was learned Hhat the lad
was employed to do chores about a
mica mine, and was bringing in a
pittance for . the family., What
can be done . with" stupid parents
, who cannot be f iersuaded to "dis
charge their' obligations to their
- children?' Only one - thing and
that is to' clothe: the sheriff, with
power to save 'the little ones from
. . their sinning fathers and mothers.
, Of course proper facilities, must
r be furnished for the: education of
the children; but when this is done
; the officers of . the law ought to go
, into the highways and . hedges and
compel them to come in.
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. i Dyspepsia r is our national "ailment.
Burdock Blood BitteW ia f Via
f cure for it. it. Rtrowf n a otntvt n nit
j memtjranes, promotes flow ef digestive
juiwa, puAiuca tUO D100Q, DUllQS you Up.
Bring your, fat Calves
td Nebo, N. C. after No
vember the first from 3
to 6 weeks; old. . Will
pay 3c per pound on foot
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i Will buy . them all times
during the week except
Saturdays. ,
straw is equal to that in three tons
of an 8-2-2 fertilizer or in 17 tons
of fresh cow manured " -
Wheat straw, old hay, dead
weeds 'cut when cleaning fence
ows, ditch banks, etc. should be
spread evenly over the poor places
u the field during, the fall and al
owed to weather , arid rot during
he; winter. . -In the spring this
rough material may be easily cut
6 pieces with a ; disc harrow and
plowed under. . f - . ; '
List - year. : udod farmer in
Davidson county spread a lot Of
rag weeds,' ' coarse, grasses, etc.
cu t from around his tobacco barns
and cow stables, over a veiry poor
and in: the fall on which he. bad
sown rye. He did this to cet the
'stuff" out of the way and with no
nought of its possible fertilizing
value. . I saw the rye in the spring
just before it was cut, and the. re
sult was astonishing The crop
was as thick on the ground as it
could stand,; well filled, and about
5 ft. high. Just a few steps away
where no mulch of any; kind was
used the rye made but an indiffer
ent; growth; and was thin on the
and.: Another farmer in Randolnh
county last '-year " thoughtlessly
spread some old straw, weeds, and
coarse dirty grass over a gall spot
in his wheat field, and in the spring
ana at narvest time was surprised
to find his crop looking as though
he had spread tons of stable ma
nure over the land. ' Instances may
be multiplied.
In the future do not let your old
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nay, oia straw, nooded grass mix
ed; weeds' and; coarse grass,- lie
around and rot in the fence cor
ners "and gullies, but spread them
evenly over the poor spots in the
wheat orvoat' fields just after the
crop is sown. When ; the croo is
harvested, run a sharp;disc har
row over this . mass of half rotten
vegetation once or twice and olow
it under prior . to seeding the field
to; soy beans or cowneas ta thk
plowed under -if the land is tvinr
or cut and fed to live stock if the
land, is not in need of fcrtilitv
we naa intenacd to. discuss corn
as a green manuring crop this time
but - tind our space all occnni
with the above discussidnand wo
will have to - defer . this crop for
next wuuii.. . -,
. . N. C. Dept. of Agriculture
Any skin itching is a temixr-tr.-r
The more you scratch the worse it It.rh
Doan's Ointment cures ciles, eczema
any skin itcning. - At all drug stores.
THE VALL STREET GAME
Advlca to Tfccje Who Would Duy and
-' ; bell on Margin.
A broker, once told me that ibcro
was one rule which Ue would lve if
&. dared to hU customers to culde
them In selecting stocks for trailio
purposes, . Take a piece of chewlcg
gum; redaco it to an adhesKe coa li
tion, mold It into a form convenient.
for throwing; throTT.lt at tho board.
Buy or sell the: stock Indicated by the
spot-on the board to which It adhere
Go to Europe for, three mouth3 By
following this advice, he saldt the cus
tomer would have a chance not much
of a chance, It Is true, but some chance
If however he reads the financial pace
of the newspaper and listens to the
gossip la the brokers' offices, he has
not evt?n the gambler's chance, since
he will be doing exactly what the
powers back .of the market want him
to do in order that they may as quick
ly as possible cet his prlnclDaWefore
It is exhausted by the constant rabbling
of the broker.
A welL to do man showed hit In
genue bride, a check for $1,500. . 'Do
you sco this check? Now with this
'm going to buy sugar. Sugar is co
Ing up. and 111 give you. the proflts
bugar . went down, and be loat hU
$lS0O. The lady .nsked for no ac
counting. My dear," sugar went down.
U.ue money Is lost ''And 'you haven't
even; any sugarn she asked plaintive
ly. Not even any sugarl
Aa a means of mkklnc? mnnr nv.
ulatlng'on margin" Is worthless; s a
means to loss and ruin it has no rivals
With the large number of sound In
vestments constantly offered by bank
ing . nouses to tbo public on terms
hlch offer a reasonable chance uf In
creasing value, together with ieenritv
or principal and Income. It should no
longer be necessary for men and .wi
men to put their saviors Into mar
gins." Edward Sherwood Meade In
Llppincott'a.
JUVENILEPRODIGIES.
Master Betty at' the Age of Twelve
V - Played Richard III. ,
Of all Juvenile pnKllglea was there
ever one to compare wltu Master Bet
ty. the Infant Kosci us?' The press of
tne day voted him -a very extraordi
nary phenomenon. nlavlnir
marbles In a morning and Richard
in. in the evening; an In-
spired belug . , of. exauWte
Judgment und sen.Mblllty. the
energy of . whose delivery was ancb a
to leave an descripuon at a distance.
r:m. 'Ihe Intelligence of mauuer.
the eloquence of the eve when stveech
was denied." the rapid yet Judicious
transitions from prostrate aClictlon ta
dignified . resentment, are qualities
which a Garrlck might dlspsoy.- The
Edinburgh manager was in fear that
the young actor's voice would not HU
Hie house. rMy dear , sir,- said the
nveive-yoar-old genius. -1 bog you will
be under no apprehenslon-s upon that
score, for If my voice does not fill
your house my playing will."
Writing for the stace seems alwava
to have attracted tho prodigy. loug-
laa jcrroiu wroie nis successrui farce,
-More Frightened Than Ilurt," before
be was flfteen, and Lope de Vega, tho
famous Spaniard, was not fourteen
when his Brst play wan produced.
And William' lrelaud produced his
Shakespeare forgeries, which wens
good enough to deceive the learned,
when he was about hit ee el London
Chronicle., ; . .
The population of Ireland is said
to be 4.381.951. a decrease of near
ly 37,000 since'1901.
Concord has organized a law and
order league to Cght for the en
forcement of tbex prohibition law.
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This is the season of the year that almost everyone will
be wanting heavier Shoes, and I am well prepared to take
care of the Men, Vomcn and Children in their Fall Shoes.
Men's Heavy weight Shoes $1.40
to $4.0 O the pair Men's Dress Shoes
$2.00 to "$54.5.6 the pair.
Ladies Shoes 31.5 O to $3.SO the
pair; l nave several weignts ana
makes for the. boys and girls.
See my Jack and - Jill line
of Children Shoes, they have jjZ'
broad toes and flexible soles.
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0 iuui iwuucy wui ktou u you U let US Keep it for you.
Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank.'
Wc pay liberal interest consistent vith safcr 4 per cenr.
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Hiiylei-'s Chocolates
Scudder's Genuine Maple Syrup
Every Can Guaranteed.)
Fish Flakes, Shredded Codfish and
in fact everything good to eat
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Court St
Phone 5S
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