OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1910.
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A HOME-MADE BROODER.
The Trouble With Pdost Brooders is
Defective Ventilation How This
: Trouble May be Corrected.
' Messrs Editors: I have tried a
r umber of brooders which, have prov
en failures until I made the one i
3,ow have in use. The plan I sub
jvit works perfectly and fulfills a
long flet want. There are lots ot
people who can hatch their chicks in
the incubator but cannot raise them
after hatched. The principal cause o
so many failures of broders lies in
the supplying of fresh air to the
chicks inhte brooder ,and the small
ness of the brooder. A1J the brood
ers that I have seen ventilate at
me top of the machine. which is con
trary to the laws of nature, for the
reason that host rises and foul air
Vein? heavier than fresh air. or hot
cir. remains at the bottom of the ma
chine, where it makes the chicks
s?ck. What is wanted in a brooder
i; a proper (temperature and fresh an
al 1 the time.
11 y breeder is 3 feet wide and S
feet lens, with partition in the mid
dle, 20 inches high in the back, and
feet high in front, with entire front
sash as doors, and is made air tight,
nearly eo. The ventuaucn can
then be controlled. Cut a hole- thru
the wan on one end level with the
floor. 4 inches by t inches, make a
flue the same size to fit over the
intake hole, and to within 6 inches
cf the top of the brooder inside,
leaving the top of the flue open so
the air can come into the brooder
at the ceiling. Then make a flue 4x4
inches, 8 feet high. Place in center
of brooder, letting the flue down to
Avithin 4 inches of the floor of brocd
er. Wlisn the fresh air enters the
joachine it forces the foul air up" the
flue and out of the machine. The
Lot air produced by the hovtr rises
in the broder. and having no outlet,
remains where wanted.
I n?e Prairie State hover. also
their plan cf colony brooder except
J make my brooder larger and supply
the fresh air through a tine at the
ceiling, and let the out-flcw cf air
iLror.i'li a flue the same as a fire
place'in a dwelling. This plan keeps
i--e air fresh and by supplying th-?
heat the chicks will thrive in the
most severe weather.
I always make a little covert d. yard
ac the ligat end of the brooder. 6xS
3 est, ard llccr this yard. I wvll the
yard .on encs and back side, and by
fionting to the south the north
wind dees not reach the chicks. I
cu ta door 5 inches square in brood
er so chicks can get into the yard in
brooder and jard covered with fresh
good weather. I keep the flcor of
brooder and yard covered with fresh
sand half an inch deep, which ab
sorbs the moisture caused by the
chicks. I keep the chicks in the
brooder until they are a week or ten
days old. before allowing them the
run of little covered yard. The yard
js supplied with chopped hay two
or three inches deep all the time in
order to make the chicks scratch for
iced. Dry foods are scattered in
- ., i ,i n-1 I
fixe yard in trie cnoppea nay. in is
fc&y is removed when it becomes
foul. The brooder and yard give suf
ficient space for 50 or 60 chicks to
remain until broiler size. C. N. 'HAM
NER in The Progressive Farmer and
Gazette.
sincere worker for the toiling class
es would wish or, unless grossly mis
informed, attempt to destroy or ev
en minimize thsi perfectly complete
and easily accessible evidence; and
in that Fight of the matter we respect
fully dodge the esteemed Survey
and other ignorant Northern arocies
and fall back upon more c-r less use
ful testimony.
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DAMAGE OF COLD SNAP TO CROP
IS SOMETIMES EXAGGERATED
Mr. T. B. Parker in Progressive Far
mer Gives some Good Advice.
UcpoUo ind cato grtat damage
to the corn and cotton crops from
tbe recent snow and freezes through
cut the South. Usually the first
newis of damage from cold snaps,
hails, etc., is highly colored and very
much exaggerated, while occasional
ly the damage done is very serious.,
As a rule it is safe to wait a
week or more to see if the damage
is as bad as at frist supposed before
iuking action in plowing up crops
that have been planted.
In this instance, if the damage is
as much as now reported, no very
serious loss will come to the cotton
planters, provided they have seed to
replant. There is yet time enough
to make a full crop. The sarnie applies
to corn. In case it is necessary to
replant the cotton run over it with
a tooth harrow and put the land in
fine condition. Plant the cotton ini
riediately,ussing from half a bushel t
not more than three pecks cf seed
to the acre, and cover them from a
half inch to three-quarters of an
inch deep. The soil being compact
moist, the seed will germinate quick!
and be up ready for the weeder in
a few days. If they are not. then
run the weeder ever them even be
fcre they come up, especially if it
should rain enough to form crust ov
er them. This extra preparation of
the land will be very helpful to the
crop. It will also be advisable to put
in at the time of planting the seed,
about 50 pounds f nitrate cf soda a
acie. It can be mixed with sand or
an equal quantity of dry earth so
as. to give it bulk and cause it to
go through the fertilizer attachment
to the planter easily. This will give
the young plants a quick send off.anc
it is possible th ecrop from the sec
ond planting will be larger than it
would have been if there had been
no freeze.
to replant with, other crops must
Where there are no cotton seed
be planted. Corn, of course, is the
first thing to consider. The prepar
ation given to the land for the cot
ton crop and the additional harrow
ing given to it to plant the corn
shculd give a fine crop, provided sea
sons are gocd and cultivation is rap
id and shallow. A large com crop
will not hurt the South. In many
instances it might be well to put;
a few acres of German millet, so as
not to have to buy hay. This could
be followed with a crop cf peas, soy
beans, or another crop cf millet,
though I do not advise that, as mil
let is exhaustive to land.
Let each person who has suffered
from the cold snap take a few days
to study the situation, and at the
end of the year he will Fkely con
clude the damage was not as ser
ious as at first supposed T. B. PAR
KER, in The Progressive Farmer and
Gazette.
The Fair Explorers.
In an idla--and perhaps, fatuous
moment we once expressed regret
that pugilism seemed doomed to re
main an exclusively masculine art,
and laid down the 'proposition that
the introduction of lady gladiators
would soothe it and enable it,giving
it (something of the gentleness of
piano playing and something of the
refinement of bridge whist.
We 'now withdraw all those regrets
End prognostications, and, without re
servation, for expreience ha.3 convinc
ed us of their error. Women are en
tering profession after profession, but
their influence, far from being sooth
ing, is obviously quite the reverse.
They have introduced the horsewhip,
the cobblestone and the padded cell
into politics; they have added the
hatpin to the arma'ment of labor agi
tation ;they have made novel writing
as objectionable as Salcme dancing, i
litical economy as barbarous as. den
tistry, sociology as sinsiter as the
shell-game, and now that they smcke
they even use cigarettes Averse; than
those affected by messengr boys.
In the field of exploration, which
they have but recently invaded, their
progress is already marked by the
i-Miioke of ordnance, the roar cf in
vective. With the Atlanitc between
them, Mrs. Fanny Bullock Worknan
and Miss Annie Peck, rival mountain
climbers, belabor each other furious
ly . Their war began a year ago
when Miss Peek, coming home frojn
Peru, announced that she had cl'mbe
Mount Huascaran and that its top
was 24.000 feet in air. The news
gave Mrs. Workman exceeding dis
quiet, for her own record was 23,300
ftet, and she was loth to yield the
championship. As a matter of fact
she didn't yield at all. Instead she
permitted herself a scornful laugh, as
it were, with one hand, while with
the other hand, so to speak, she
quietly dispatched an expedition to
measure Hauscaran with the tapel'ne
and yardstick. The ether day the ex
pedition got back. Its report showed
Hauscaran to be but 21,S12 feet an
height.
And so the battle began and so
it roars. From her retreat in Algiers
Mrs. -Workman sends out bolts of ma
ious animal magnetism toward Rhode
Island's rock shore, where Miss Peek
has her home. The cables are bur
dened with sneers and statistics. The
upper air currents are red hot, the
ocean tosses, ships pitch and roll.
Compared to the cosmic strife of
these fair lsdies the affair between
Dr. Cook and Cammander Peary dwin
dies to a puny "sassing" match, a pil
low fight, a duel with putt:, bio we'-'s,
a mere exchange of academic doubts.
Baltimore Sun.
The Sound Sleep of Good Health.
The restorative power of sound
sleep can not be over estimated and
any ailment that prevents it is a
menace to health. J. Li. Srtuthers,
Eau Claire, Wis., says: -"For a long
time I have been unable to sleep
soundly nights, because of pains a-
cross my back and soreness of my
kidneys. My appetite was very
por and my general condition "was
much run down. I have been, taking
Foley's Kidney Pills but a short ittaie
and now sleep as sound as a rock.
I eat and ftnjoy my meals and my gei
eral condition is greatly improved.
T can honestly recommend Foley's
Kidney Pills as I know they have
cured me."
Are Your Eyes Good?
In the future. I shall meet those
desiring to consult me at the rooms
of Dr. Henderson's dental office,
instead of the Exchange Hotel as for
merly. My next visit wiU be Tues
day, May 24th. Consultation Free
Dr. S. Rapport.
Candidate's Notice.
I hereby announce my candKta to
nomination for the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court of Granville Co
subject to the will of the Democratic
voters of the county. If inated
I will serve to the best of my abil
ity. Respectfully,
Ths Call of The Blood
for purification, finds voice in pim
ples, boils, sallow Qomplexion, a jairn
diced look, moth patches and blotcfr
eV on the skin,-all brer
trouble. But Dr. King's New Life
Pills make rich red 'blood; give oLear
skin, rosy cheeks, fine coznplexion
health. Try them. 25c at .J G. Hall a
DANVILLE GOES WET.
PRAISE FOR SOUTHERN MILLS.
In Soma Even So-called "Child Labor
Has been Beneficial.
New York Sun.
Sometime ago, perhaps three weeks,
we took occasion, to say that the wo
men and children taken frcm the
smaller Southern farms and employed
n the cotton mills were vastly ben
efitted by the transplantation; im
proved physically and morally, trans
lormed from forlorn and anaemic con
ditions into conditions of health, and
ectivdty and vigor, and elevated to
higher planes of enlightened wll be
nig. Of course we did not refer
to the exceptional mills where search
ers after hardship and neglect can
find almost any deplorable circum
stance they happen to be locking for.
We had in view the normal mill towi
representing s5x-tenths, if not more
of the now progressive industry.
There are mills all over North and
South Carolina where so-called "Child
labor "has been most benfeicial where
the mill owners build schools and
churches and for most part pay the
salaries of the teachers and tbe min
ister, where they es.tabli.sh clubhouses
end libraries and kindergartens for
tbe training and development cf the
youth within their influenece. and
where the objects cf these minis
trations emerge frcm the pallid and
i;nwhcl-ome products of the isolat
ed farms into rosy, happy and perfect
iy natural children. Seme have es
tablished bands and military eon:pan
ios, playgrounds, halls for light . the
atrical entertainments, and behind
it all are the sanitary homes, the
cooking schools, the system of picnics
and other social reunions which ilium
ine life and bring health and know
ledge and high spirits to the individ
ual. Jt is very easy for muckrakers, and
indeed, honest but misguided reform
ers inspired by hired agents, to find
liere and Mere a mill where infer
ior conditions do actually prevail.
They can -photograph niiltss brilliant
ly lighted up to prove that they
run all night, and show little hands
that have lost a finger to prove that
the relentless myrmidons of Mam
mon are grinding inncoent children
Into the dust; but the testimony of
an overwhelming majority of the Sou
them mills is to the contrary, and
ircm most cf the manufacturing vil
lages and towns of the South we
hear a very different story. From
Pelzer, S. C. and from Greenville in
the sasme state from Charlotte, N. C,
frcm Alabama City, from far and
vide, with the testimony of the
Young Women's Christian Association
and other organized workers for up
lift to sustain and illustrate the bur
den of the proof, we have a tal feo
rescue and exaltation that ought to
ifll every doubting heart.
We can hardly imagine that any
Fishes up a Safe Containing $60,0Cf
Galveston Dispatch,
A large steel safe containing dia
monds and money estimated to be
worth betlween $50,000 and $60,000,
lest in the hurricane and tidal wave
which dsetroyed town and seaport
of Indianola, in Calhoun, Tex., in
1875, has been rceovreed frcm the
gulf. Indianola was situated on Povv
derhem Peninsula, extending from
gulf. The safe was owned by James
Wiirams. a jeweler, who packed all
his valuables, .and nicney in the safe,
which wiith his home was swept to
sea. He and his daughter lost their
lives.
It was said at the time the safe
contained $75,000 worth of jewels and
money, and for many years a reward
cf $10,000 was offered for informatior
of ithe treasure.
Frank Bauer, who has systemati
cally searched for the treasure for
many years, located it nearly a mile
from the site of the Williams home.'
it was In about twenty feet of wa
ter and buried several feet in the
send. By a magnet the chest. Mas lo
cated three weeks ago and divers tin
covered it.
Woman Forges Ahesd.
From New York Mail.
The cause of woman is reporting
j progress all along the line. At the
recent election cf the Equality Lea
gue of Self-Supporting 'Women Miss
Ejsa U el and made a little speech, in
which she likened the anti-suffragists
to celery, both being delicate,
tender, and succulent, because of be
ing kept in the dark. Then there is
a deal of recking East and West
over the appointment of Mrs. Clara
S. Foltz as deputy district attorney
out in Lcs Angeles because of the
suffragettes' activity in petition. The
co-eds at Bates College are actually
going to play ball; some of t-hem
have been secretly practicing game
in their gymnasium. Dr. Laura D.
Gill has been telling Wellsley stu
dents to take up farming. Nothnig
was said about exercising dogs as aj
other unique occupation for college
girls, but published accounts some
time ago set forth that large returns
, were made by one such woman in
exploitation of this field. Lastly,
the barefoot nuns are coining.
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Exchange.
Yesterday aftrnoeon at Eagle Rock,
on the Norfolk and Southern railroad
Mr. T. M. Fountain, of Wilson, was
sadly hurt by being caught in a saw"
mill while it was in operation. His
light leg was broken, his left shoul
der dislocated and several other
wounds of minor importance were in
flicted. He Was brought to the Wiy
son Sanitorium for treatment..
Mr. Fountain, it is thought, is not
of sound mind, he having wandered
from his home several days ago,
causing the family much uneasiness.
The Election However, was Carried
by only Ten Votes.
Tsanville voted wet today by a ma
jority of ten votes in a total of 1,
154 cast after a vigorously fought! coi
test. Seven years ago Danville voted
against the open saloon and since
that time three additional elections
have been held, the result being al
ternated each time.
While within one hundred votes of
Mi 9 total registration was polled, the
election parsed eff without disorder o
any kind. The city council will, it is
expected, fix the license tax and reg
ulations within the next thirty days.
Exchfange.
Ilwo cases of smallpox have been
discovered in Fayetteville. Yester
day two negro men, Charles Smith
and Charles Davis 'were found on
?. railroad platform near the county
jail sick with the disease. Shrieff N.
A. Watson at once had them trans
ferred to an empty box car near bv,
where they are now ; conf'ned uiid-r
guar.. The ick ir.:i en" ihty were
laying rails for th-? Atlantic- Coast
Line near Tomahawk, when, becom
ing sick, the foreman yesterday put
them on a passing freight, and toM
ihe conductor to put them off at
Fayetteville, which he did. A phy
scian for the company, Dr. J. V. Mc
Gouigan, now has charge of the sick
men and will transfer them to the
pest house. No danger of infection
is apprehended.
ISONEY I
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a day.
They give you less results in beef,
pork, work, or eggs, when they are
not in perfect health. Take a little
interest in your own pocket book
and doctor them up with
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Medicine
It will pay you to do this.
It has paid thousands of other
successful farmers and stock and
poultry raisers.
This famous remedy is not a
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Having duly qualified as Executor
of the last will a :d testament, of
Woodson Reavis, deceased, this is
to notify all persons holding claims
against said estate to present them
to me for paymenU cn or before the
25th day of April 1910, or this no
tice wall 'be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. AH persons indebted to
said estate will please make imme
diate payment.
This April 254h, 1910.
W. J. H. BOOHER, Executor.
Graham & Devin, Attys.
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SALE OF STORE HOUSE AND LOT
By virtue ofthe power cf sale con
tained in a certain deed in trust ex
ecuted to me on the 5th day of July,
1909, by T. W. Stovall Company, and
duly recorded in Mortgage Eock 71,
page 413, of the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Granville County, de
fault having been made in payment
of the notes secured by said, deed in
trust, I siiall on
MONDAY, MAY 20TH, 1910,
sell to the highest bidder, by public
auction, ior cash, at the Court house
door in Oxford, the following describ
ed lot of land situate in the vil
lage of Stovall, to-wit:
Bounded on the west by Oxford ant
Taylor's Ferry Road, on the North
by the lands of E. B. Patrick Lumbei
Co., on the East hy Depot lot and
right of wajr of Southern Rialway Co.
?nd lot of John Bullock and on 'South
by Main Street, the same being the
store house and entire let cf land
owned by T. W. Stovadl Co.,
and which was conveyed to it by. T.
VV. Stovall and wife,and H. M. Stoval
and wife under deeds duly rceorded
in Deed Book 62, pages 216 aand 217,
of the Office of the Register of Deed;
of Granville County .
This April 27th 1910.
Time of Sale 12 o'clock M.
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