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MARION, N. C., OCT. 5, 1916.
Board of Agriculture for McDowell
At the suggestion of District
Agent E. S. Millsaps, there has
been organized a County Board of
Agriculture consisting of the chair
man of the board of county com
missioners, the superintendent of
schools, the president of the Board
of Trade and the president of the
Farmers’ Union. This is to be
known as the central board of
managers. Two other jnembers
from each township were appoint
ed as follows: Dysartsville town
ship, K. H. Cowan and M. F. Tate;
Bracketts, J, W. Wise and George
Bhom; Nebo, M. Simmons and
William Brown; Higgins, Frank
Witherow and Joe Hensley; Ma
rion, W. A. Houck and C. M.
Pool; Glenwood, T. W. Wilson
and E. G. Goforth; Montfords
Cove, J. C. Crawford and J. D.
Wilson; Crooked Creek, J. S.
Lavender and J, L. Burgin; Old
Fort, W. P. Artz and T. A. Por
ter; North Cove, J. C. Conle^ and
J. D. Avery; Broad River, C. M.
Nanney and Johnson Ledbetter.
The purpose of the organization
is to assist the county demonstra
tion agent and the district agent
to work out and promote ways and
means for better and more profit
able farming. It is hoped that a
full meeting of the organization
can be held at an early date and
that Mr. Millsaps can be present.
BURBANK OUT FOR WILSON,
GREATEST STATESMAN''
Rye and Vetch.-
“Sow rye” is good, safe advice.
It is very easy to plant, grows on
all kinds of soil, requires no in
oculation, makes a heavy early
growth that can be cut for hay or
pastured, conserves humus in the
soil, prevents leaching and wash
ing of soil by winter rains. These
are some of the reasons why it is
good policy to sow rye, then sow
more rye.
Announcing his support of Presi
dent Wilson, Luther Burbank, the hor
ticulturist wizard of California, said:
“I believe him to be the greatest
statesman we have ever had.”
• Mr. Burbank, the Edison of scien*
tlfic horticulture, declared that with
out reserve he endorsed the position
announced a week earlier by Thomas
A. Edison. Both Burbank and Edison
il^ve been life-long Republicans. Edl-
T^n put it this way:
“Times are too serious to talk in
'terms of Republicanism or Democracy.
jWhen It’s America that Is at stake
men have got to vote as Americans.
A fool or a coward would have had
•the United States In all sorts of
; trouble. As it Is, we are at peace,
•the country was never more prosper
ous, and we have the strength that
comes with honor and Integrity of
purpose.”
AN ANTI-CAMPAIGN?
As a candidate Mr. Hughes has not
jjet come up to expectations. The
trouble is that he has not yet told the
American people positively and con
cretely just what he proposes to do
!if elected President. The American
people want to know what construc
tive program Mr. Hughes has to offer
them. They demand of a leader a
demonstration of leadership. There
Is a serious danger that the Repub-
;llcan candidate may beeome an “anti.”
I And It never pays In this world to
jhe an antl-anything.—The Indepen-
,dent
High Point Bonds Sell High
High Point.—The highest
ever paid for North Carolina muni
cipal bonds was realized by the city
county in the sale of $50,000 street
bonds. The bonds brought $10,750,
the premium amounting to $3,500 on
the total. They were purchased by
a Baltimore firm. This $50,000 is
the basis of an aggregate sum of
over $200,000 which Is to be used in
building streets within the next 12
montis. Everybody is feeling good
over the prospects of splendid bitu-
lithic streets.
Mr. Wilbur W’ise, who lives
near Vein Mountain, sowed a mix
ture of rye and narrow leaved
vetch in good ground last fall.
Being in the garden where garden
peas had been grown tfbe vetch
was well inoculated, since these
plants take the same inoculation.
This crop grew off nicely and be
ing short of hay Mr. Wise cut it
early for his donkies. They liked
it so well that it was cut a second
and third time. Meanwhile much
seed matured and shattered out.
The ground was then plowed and
put in late corn and if the flood
had not come and covered every
thing with sand Mr. Wise would
have had from this one seeding
three cuttings of early hay, a late
crop of corn and enough vetch
seed left in the soil to make a win
ter cover crop. Of course the last
two cuttings were light, but this
experiment proved that the combi
nation of vetch and rye would, if
sowed on good ground, make a
good early cutting of hay, then
form seed in time to be turned for
late corn. Vetch is one of our
best soil improving crops, and
vetch and oats make a good mix
ture.
We known that if a crop of
peas, vetch, clover or any other
legume is plowed under it benefits
the following crops. But if a le
gume is planted with a non-legume,
like peas with corn, or vetch with
oats or rye, some authorities say
it helps the present crop of corn
or rye; others say it does not.
There is pretty good evidence that
vetch is more immediate help to
the crop associated with it than
any other legume would be. This
is because the vetch, when started
in the fall, grows for a while then
seems to check up in growth and
start again later. At such times
the old nodules on the roots seem
to decay and new nodules are
formed. The rye and oats seize
upon the nitrogen in the decaying
nodules and grow rapidly. Espe
cially do the nodules formed in
the fall seem to decay and new
ones are formed in the spring.
Vetch is good for the orchard since
it will reseed itself and so needs
sowing only once.
There is on hand some vetch
seed for those who can use it to
advantage.
W. K. Bailey,
Farm Demonstrator.
Shoes!
Shoes!
Now is the time to look after your winter shoes. Fall has come and winter will soon be
here and the longer you put off the shoe question the worse it will be for you. The price of
Shoes has advanced about 25% since last winter ai^d we can not begin to duplicate our stoch at
anything like the price. We have hundreds of pairs of shoes in stock now that would cost us
50c Inore on each pair to buy them now. We have not raised the price on any shoe in oar
stock yet but can not say how soon we will be forced to do so.
Now listen! The main point is this: Buy your Winter Shoes at once while you can get
sizes and can save this inevitable advance in price. If you haven’t the cash it will pay you to
borrow it and pay interest as you will save in the end.
WALK-OVER SHOES I We have been selling Walk-Over Shoes for men for a number
of years and can honestly recommend them to you as one of the best makes of shoes on the
market for the money. We have them in the new lasts and the leading grades of leather in
tan, gun metal. Platinum calf and vici, all at the old prices of $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
“SELBY” SHOES I This is our “Ladies’ Shoe.” We have been selling “Selby” Shoes
for fourteen years and can say they have a splendid record. We have sold them to persons who
found them so good they would tear the name out of inside and preserve it and bring it back
with them when they wanted a new pair so they would be sure to get the same make. We
have Selby Shoes in all the leading styles and leathers and certainly can save you money.
The H. C. Godman make of Shoes is another good line we are proud of. They are made
for Women and Children for service or every day wear. They are made of solid leather and
give perfect satisfaction. We have a big stock to select from and all bought at the old price
and we are selling them way below the market.
“BILLIKIN,” the 20th Century Shoe. Every pair made with 5 rooms in each shoe. “A
Koom for Each Toe.” We have them in gun metal, tan, vici and patent leather and all we ask
is a trial as they are guaranteed to give satisfaction or a new pair.
Don’t forget to come in and look over our line of Shoes at once, as we can and will save
you money if you take our advice.
Also don’t fail to see oar complete stock of merchandise in all lines,
will be glad to see you and show you through whether you buy or not.
Come to see as, we
Gaston &; Tate, Inc.
“The Square Deal Store.”
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CHINESE-AMERICAN FLEET
TO ENTER WILMINGTON
Forty Fairs for This State.
Raleigh.—“North Carolina will hold
more county and community fairs this
fall than ever before,” said an official
of the state board of health. Already
over 40 fairs have been reported to
the board and they are still coming in
at the rate of about one a day. Most
of them are reiported through their
secretary or some official who has
made application for a healtli exhibit
or something on this line.
Washington.—Organization of the
Chinese-Amerlcan Exchange Company,
a shipping corporation which proposes
to inaugurate a general mercantile
trade between China and American
IKxrts on the Pacific, Gulf and South At
lantic, was announced here. It is
headed by Dr. Cllarence J. Owenis,
managing director of the Southern
Commercial Congress, and is under
stood to have the active backing of
that organization.
NEW U. 8. DESTROYER
MAKES NEARLY 30 AN HOUR
Rockland, Maine.—^Wlth the excep
tion of a six-hour run at 25-knot speed
Which is yet to take place, the tor
pedo boat destroyer Wilkes has met
all standardization testa without mis
hap, according to a statement made
by the b(Dard of Inspection and survey.
The destroyer had her four-hour endur
ance run In a choppy sea averaging
29.55 knots. The contract required an
average of 29.50.
TAX NOTICE!
The taxes for the year 1916, are
now due. Please call in and settle
the same, as the County and Schools
need the money and must have it.
All back taxes must be paid at
once, or I will have to levy on and
advertise your property. Please
attend to this matter and save cost.
This Oct. 3, 1916.
Yours respectfully,
J. A. Laughridge, Sheriff.
Present 0. Henry Engraving.
Trinity College, Durham.—Charlefs
VanNoppen of Greensboro has pre
sented to the Trinity College library a j
steel engraving of William Sidney Por- j
ter (O. Henry). This portrait will
j serve as the frontispiece of volume
nine of the Biographical His'tory of
North Carolinians, of which Mr. Van
Noppen is publisher.
Rev. A. D. Betts, a venerable Meth
odist minister of Greensboro, has pre
sented to the college library a large
number of valuable books.
Congressman Claude Kitchin
made his second speech in the pres
ent campaign to a packed house in
Morganton Tuesday.
“Theda Bara”
and ‘"My Honey Lu,”
latest New York hits, and many
other late songs in sheet music at
popular prices. Come in and hear
them. Our phonograph will give
you the best demonstration.
MARION PHARMACY
If you will subscribe to The
Progress or renew your subscrip
tion at once we will include four
standard magazines, all one year,
for only 25 cents extra. Write or
phone.
Suits, Hats and Overcoats
for
Young Men
Your New Fall Suit will be
easily selected here. You
will find the new woolens
and new style cuts In our
stock, $10.00 to $25.00.
WILSON BROS. Under-
wear, Sox, Handker
chiefs, etc.
J. H. L Miller Clothing Co.
THE QUALITY SHOP
Millinery and Dress Goods
An up-to-date line of Millinery in the season’s latest and
most fancy trimmings and shapes, we have what you are look-
ing for, and make a specialty of trimming and shaping to suit
the desires of our customers at prices to suit all. If you want
a cheap Hat, we have it; if you want a moderate priced Hat
we have it; and if it is an expensive one we can fit you also. ’
In Dress Goods our line is complete with all the latest de-
signs and fancy trimmings. Also a complete line of Notions
and Ladies Dress Shoes at prices to please.
Just received a line of Stoneware, Crocks and Jars in sizes
from one-half to five gallons. Tableware in plain and fancy
A new line of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry just received.
different lines and let us
help you select what you want.
Red Iron Racket
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Phone No. 50.