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VOL. I.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, SEPTEMBER 25, 1886.
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The Pihe Knot!
IS PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY. MORNING. AT
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OUR FAME.
" A, goodname is rather to be cho
sen thanlWreat riches." We know
that country editors as a rule are very
wealthy, but we do not care for riches.
"We do want the name of being a
thoroughly good and useful ' paper.
that is your verdict concerning us
, tell
ISSTorrespondence on all topics, of sr
eral interest invited. Write only on one side of
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OUR NAME.
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It was a question much debated
NORTHERN MEN'S CON-
I VENTION.
. The Convention of Northern men at
I Raleigh, Oct. 2Gth, will be important
j for the interests of immigration in
i North! Carolina. , It will give people
from the North who have settled in
We wanted something, suggestive; nbt ! this s an opportunity to become
too hackneyed nor too sentimental. I better acquainted with each other, to
' lC8? Ao common Journal, djt- corapare experiences, exchange views
;to. Star? Higher above the heads and devise means for the diffusion of
information concerning their adopted
state among friends in the North who
are looking this way for homes.
It is to be hoped that every North
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era man wll consider it a duty as well
and hearts of the people than wei
to get. Besides: . -
' "The sky hath a million stars."
Siinf Too hot for our climate. Moon?,
Good but not appropriate, as we
wifeh
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not mean to slime by renected light, j as a ivig to attend and help. Oc-
A candid triend suggested CUirmg; as does at the same time as
zard. The spot where his body, now thft annualState Fair it will eive an
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opportunity for j better acquaintance
slat).
lies is marked simply by a rude
The Pine Knot.
In a country where the rich yellow
pine abounds, what could be better!
It suggests light, warmth, comfort.
between the Northern settlers and the
native residents of the state. It wil
also prove !a corrective of any tenden
cy to exalt the merits of one section o
housand miles, more or less, from
Brooklyn, N. Y. lost his dog. The
animal was of no particular breed and
of no particular value except to his
fond master and it was strange that
any 6ne could have taken such a vio-
ent fancy for him as to abduct him.
But strange as it seemed, it was a fact.
He had been last seen in the company.)
of a suspicious looking individual who
registered at the village hotel as from
Brooklyn, N. Y. A letter to the Chief
of Police in the last named city, .in
course of time, brought a reply which
cheered the heart of the bereaved one.
His dog was found.! "Along with the
information came an inquiry as to
what disposal should be made of the
canine. The owner wrote t back that
he should be carefully placed in a box
and forwarded at .once. To this the
polite official replied that, while he
was not. too proud for such occupation,
he felt that he had a better job than
boxing dogs. i 1 The point of this story
lies in the application of it."
, The Pi2e Knot has come to stay
with you. If you like it, take it and
pay lor it. uont uorrow u. it you
can't afford the dollar, stop using to
bacco a few weeks and then you can.
When evenings are cool, a sturdy ffre ; the state over those of another. Very
of pine knots sends out its glow frqm 'naturally Mr. A., of Vermont thinks
the broad hearth. It lights our faces that particular spot in, North Carolina
and warms our hearts In the pooJer whjcn he, out of his superlative wis
families it is the only illumination, ior dom, has chosen for a home must be
so abundant is it that even the poor st better than any! other spot and uses
may possess it. So The Pine Kn )T & nis eloquence to persuade others to
is here and we trust that before very j adopt the same view, which is well
long our readers will be ready to a 3d 1 en0Ugh if not carried too far. But at
and
with hearty good will,
may it bum.".'
OUR AIM.
Is to please, o instruct, to help.
. the Convention he meets B. , from New
York1, and learns that the latter has
found another earthly Paradise in an
e fntirplv difffirent ouarter. There will
shall try to give all the local nejwsjin probably be some difference of opin
full, a condensation of general, news ion and much good natured discussion,
but the result will be good for all who
attendnd for the interests of North
My dear Northern friend, whose dis
tressing cough of last winter has lasted
through the spring and along toward
midsummer, yoiji may as well make up
your mind to come to North Carolina.
Don't be deceived. The few weeks of
warm weather may have relieved, but
they have not cured you. Better
come to the pine woods now; they will
cure you if you-delay hot too long.
Grasses Lh the South.
Grass is the greatest need of the
South. Without a rotation of crops,
there cannot be any successful agri
culture; and without grass or clover,
there cannot be!
any successful rotation
readers who desire to learn
North Carolina; how to get here,
tp locate ; what to do and how to do
he Pine Knot has peculiar fac
Caro
ina generally.
for the week, crisp editorials oh live
topics, information for all classes of
readers, stories; poems, essays, say
ings supposed to be funny, and si 'y-
:o cnnnn! rt iw.viA. TVipw till ! We have been invited to ero into
be special information for Northern politics, but felt obliged to decline the
abiut honor. The hill top from which we
where look. abroad over the earth (as far as j meager, and wholly unprofitable to
it. the nine trees will "allow us) furnishes ! the farmers. This is proved by the
li- : plenty of pure white sand, but no mud
ties for furnishing information of real consequently, dear and acute reader,
value in this line
of crops, nor, without these and other
feeding crops, can there be any ma
nure at all adequate to the necessities
of the land. The great advantage of
grass and clover is the roots and stub
ble of these crops, and the occasional
plowing under of the whole growth,
which furnishes a large amount of. fer
tilizing matter. This most important
branch of agriculture is almost un
known in the Southern States, and, jin
consequence of it, the yield of tn
crops commonly grown, and which are
exceedingly exhaustive is exceedingly
l you will st-e that re are ill furnished
There will be a household depart- for political journalism.. We are not
ment which we think will be useful to too proud to publish a political news-
fUif ii- nfliwf. but we are too bus v. More-
lUB u rTp ( r. v , .u u the majority of cases and that ofi ch
and the various i otter departments I dver-but a little anecdote better; . . . . . .
.ta Die result of the present system in i value of the land permanently. N. Y.
general ayerage as shown by the sta
tistics of the Agricutural Department,
by which it is seen that the yield of
cotton is no more than 150 pounds to
the acre, worth, at the present price,
less than 9, while the yield of corn is
no more than five to seven bushels in
will, we think, explain and commend illustrate our meaning:
Grass, however, flourishes as well in
the South as anywhere else, and some
indigenous varieties, grow there to a
perfection known in no other part of
the Unipn. We have recently passed
through three of the best Southern
agricultural states, and have specially
noticed the Bermuda grass, which is
one of the most alarming bugbears of
the cotton planter, and have observed
its very great value for permanent
pasture! and hay. This is the lawn
grass of the Southern climate and its
running roots cause it to make dense
sod, which is green the whole year,
excepting for a few weeks in the driest
of the hot season of late summer and
early fall. It seems impossible to kill
this grass, excepting by plowing and
cultivating, because of its peculiar
habit, which gives it a special value
for fieldj growth. This grass yields a
large quantity of hay, and the finest
pastured As much as four tons of hay .
per acre has been made in an ordinary
season at one cutting, when the grass
has been put in in the best manner on
good soil. This has been stated re
peatedly by the best and most exper
ienced practical farmers in the South,
and can be readily believed by one
who observes its growth" and. habit
with a practiced eye.
Clover, contrary to the belief grows
luxuriantly in the South, and we have -recently
seen large fields of it whic In
will easily make two tons of hay per
acre at the first cutting. This is a
most important fact for Southern far
mers, who can easily figure up for
themselves the, value of such a crop,
grown with such little labor. Hay is
now worth $20 a ton, and we have
seen large piles of it in bales at every
distributing point on the railroads
traversed, which have been brought
from Northern markets for the use of
planters who are growing cotton for
the paltry sum of $8 to $15 per acre,
when they might realize $40 per acre
for one cutting of clover. The plow-
ing in of the second crop, or the ma
nuring of the land with the refuse
from feeding the first crop would
easily quadruple the yield of cotton.
A farmer who has done this for three
years past has grown 700 pounds of
ginned cotton to the acre, as the re
sult of this enlightened method of
culture. -. .'
Orchard grass is also an excellent
variety for the South, and thousands .'
of acres of it are grown specially f6r
seed in Kentucky and parts of Ten
nesee. This is one 'of. the permanent
grasses, and is valuable for both hay
and and pasture. Kentucky blue
grass is another most valuable pasture
grass, and its running and spreading
roots soon fill the soil and coyer the
land with a dense verdure, which af
fords, when reserved for the purpose,
a fine Winter pasture for stock. These
grasses alone would enrich the South,
not only by by their intrinsic value
lor feeding, but by their culture
changing the present exhaustive and
wasteful system, would increase the
themselves.
A worthy citizen of a small town a which grass has no place at all. Independent. .
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