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SPECIAL OFFER: Will send you the Ijedger from now un til January 1; : 1915, L v Co Xo D of every deczript::: Prices and Qudi' for 35 cents. Guaranteed. VOLUME- 31 WINDSOR, tt. C, THURSDAY JULY 22ND, 1915. No. ; f. Bole " . rv ..5 . if i ' Illlf 11 The Daughters' will serve their wives. The committee composed- of Messrs. Stokes, Bond, Niaholls, Gatling, Hecks tall, Pritchard and Cooper ; will pro vide ample table room for the public spread and will be on hand to serve them in any way possible. One of the'ehief attractions of the day will be "The Battls of Gettysburg1 v which Mri Claude Pierce has arranged -to show at his moving picture place in the afternoon. It is so realistic in display that it is an hour spent with the struggles of the ; sixties. We sincerely hope that every Confederate Veteran in the county will be able to attend this their reunion and will bear in ; mind that it is their day and that the Daughters of the Confederacy are there to serve them and to con tribute to their comfort and happiness and consider it a pleasant privilege to do so, ; " , ! ' . - - t ; VIrs. W. L. Lyon, President. , Mrs. Francis By rd Chapter lT. D. More Than Half of ? North Carolina Tick-Free At the end of 1914 more than of the state of North "Carolina been released from the cattle; quaransine, says a statement 'just alf bad tick 18- sued by the United .States Department of Agriculture, and since then :he counties of Harnett, jvCumberla rid,' Wayne, Green, and Lenoir, have b!en freed. Last year was also the - first year in which the counties appropri ated money for this purpose, the tc tal being $4,605. . . " j It is predicted that if adequate fu ids are obtained. North Carolina shoiild be entirely free -from sticks in frcim threejto four years. The North," Caro lina Sapreme Court has already 'ru led that cattle cannot be moved or al lowed to ttrav over the quarantine line even in the free range territory. This enables the focal authorities Tto control as much territorv as is nee led from time to tirn, and has proved of great advantage in the' work.' i The Federal Government is prohib ited by law from building dipping, vjats or supplying dipping materials except for experimental -purposes. The Fed eral inspectors, however, are active in demonstration and. educational work. and the cooperation between, them and ? I 5 the state authorities is declared to most satisfactory in .every, respect. If more money were available, however the work would . be more rapid and effective. ' 1 , - - As a financial proposition, the value of tick eradication has already ' been demonstrated 'beyond doubt. The hide alone of a ticky animal is,' on Ithejand vitality is being fed into the average worth $1.26 less than that of a tick-free cow, . As it hag been Cal culated that it costs approzimately. SO cents to free each cow from ticks there is a profit in this respect alone of 76 cnts. - The loss in value of jthe hide, however, is only one, not even the most important, of the many kinds of loases caused by cattle ticks .Some time ago the Depar tmee t of ' Agriiul wural sent to a number of representa tive Brock-breeding farmers a series of questions to on. the effect of tick era dication In their neighborhood. ' These replies show thaj in the opinion of jtfcie men most vitally interested cattle gained in weight from 111 to 24 jper cent average being " 19.14, . and , the average mine production "increased nearly one fourth of the total yield, oreover the loss from Texas -fever, Wiwce i8 directly due to the. tickj is entirely stopped ia tick-f rco tcrritsry The first Thursday;: August the 5th, Is Old Soldiers' Day. The Daughters of the Confed eracy and their committee desire cp co-operate with the, public to make the day a success, ' and are - endeavoring to arrange a program for the pleasure of the Veterans to which they extend a cordial invitation , to every man, woman and child in the county. They have secured Hon. Claude Kitchin, one of the most pleasing speakers of ' the . South, to address the "Veterans, -an the Au lander Orchestra to furnish music. The j program will be brief .in" -view "of 'giving the time to the. Camp ; and . the speaker. " -' . 1 s dinner to the Soldiers and F. M. Allen, Secretary. C. . and "it is, therefore possible to bring in pure-bred stock for breeding pur poses. v 5. , ; As' one man; wrote from " Warren County: "Prior to 191ll lost from 10 to 40 cattle annually out of a herd of 100. Since I have been free of the tick I Vaven't lost one from " any dis ease". Another man from Johnston County said that it waa worth $5 a head to him to bedrid af ticks. I have lost vearly. he said, 'about $200 ron account of the ticks . The Failures ;ln The City , I know the road of the farm er boy is rough arid hard but its the road , that makes big, fearless, robust manly ; meni Back, yonder inv those harsh: day.s Itoojonged for the city i just as perchance.'you are longing for it today, but I understand a : lot of things now that I didn't understand theni Viewed from the distance the bright lights look enchanting . enough ;but once familiar with theni the en chantment soon - dies away Cities annually kills thousands of boys and girls while the coun- . - '.."i .1 i ' , .1.J!J try-DUiias tnem into spienum men and women and paints upon their cheeks the rose-hued flush, of health; Today every city in the land is crowded with erst while farmer boys whose muscle maws of its giant mdustry---farmer, boys who stroke its fiery furnaces, who run its" heartless machinery its street . , cars, or who perch upon i high , chairs up in some tall skyscraper and who when the days weary grind is at an end, - betake 5themsejves ,to some dark, cramped tenement abode where vile smells and pov erty are ever companions, boys who have learned that bright lights and the music are only for those who "have idle time and the money to pay- for them. Progressive Farmer. Subscribe to the Ledger. 1,C0 thoycr.r, Feeding the 7orId Oa the - American : Farmer Rests the Burdenxof Supplying the ; Warring Nations With Their Foodstuffs. - i : Pin a medal on. the American' " far mer. - Throw your hat into the "air and give hinva cheer that: will shake from their perched Jail, croaking birds of ill omen tha have , been inclined to re gard lightly his' clairn. to pre-eminences sfor he- has- proved his , worth and title to at place of honor in the world's hall of fame. Look over : the crop ; reports of the ; country and you wilr learn wh Vi Upon -. him has fallen the task of feeding tbe .wojrld and he has proven himselfj eualto the occa sion ' '':yA -:A??' t. .. When war's fiery breath began txf devastate , Europe. sweeping with screaming shell and- sharpnel the harK vest fields of the - old world: when mil-; lions of men who had been producers were taken fro m field and "farm and placed in thefofefrontof "jbattle. their value asprdducers .was. .lost and it be fell the natipns in : "whose (cause they were fighting to seek abroad for food notv only for them, but for. the non combatants ..from whose homes the breadwinners had r been? taken away. So r it was that they r turned to the American farmer for their food and he has shown himself capable of sup plying it for the whole world. Of course -this country keeps track of what its farmers are doing and at frequent intervals issues bulletins showing, the amount,-of food ' exports and the crop prospects in the coming harvest. . A study of the official fig ures of the latest of t these reportB shows - it to-be the most - remarkable eyer issued by any f" government in the enormous, weal'l; which it indicates. Heretofore the highest mathematical unit in which the public has been ac customed to think, has - been : millions. This report; however, shows that the world . must change and enlarge its comprehension to: include , statements expressed inbiiliortsi - -v COUNTING IN BILLIONS. - t ' i - Take, for instance,vthe July fore cast of the corn crop: The estimates of experts say that it' will reach the enormous total of 2,8i4.000000 bushels. . . There was .a bumper " crop last vear. but then the farmers aid not haye the whole world , . A to feed. This year, they realized whatx was ahead' of ' them and: planted a little matter of half million acres more. They had the land to do it - before; but thev didn't want, to glut-the mar- ket. , ' Tcu, look at the wheat situation: It diuu't take muchtof a seer to pre dict that there 1 was going, to be. a big call for wheat from the - warring na tions and so . Mr, Farmer oiled up . his tractor plow and turned over the sod on' about 6,000,000 v acres ? more than he v did last , year for the sowing of wheat and he expects a : yield of at least a billion bushelsi; , . ; And so it was all ' down through the long list of crops. Oats, barley, to bacco, potatoes, apples, peaches -r the farmer .put. in a few more acres of those triat produce-in a. season; he trimmed up his fruit trees' and has kept thenx sprayed, so that he may expect a first class yield and; he brought bis working equipment up to datei v If ; the! war- should continue through another year he has the " sit uation in - hand so that he ' can f urnieh the fighters with their rations, feed the non-combatants and still; supply the tables in his own country in, he usual style : ' ' WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SENDING : The amount of foodstuffs exported during the 11 months ending Juni 1 will open the eyes of . ' the public re garding the (resources of "the Ameri can farmer. - buring.that time the ex ports of fresh beef were 0 times as great as for ,the 'xorresponding period of 1914. :The total for the fiscal year it is estimated, will be more than four times greater than the i exports of, this product during the tfiree fiscal years ended with June 30, 1914. 'w Wheat formed the biggest item in in foodstuff sent abroad. In all, 249, 576,000 bushels were "exported, an in crease, of 164,000.000 bushels. It was valued at $319,961,000, show ing an increase over the previous year of $230,133,000. Outs vu:d r.t rrl,CC?,CC0 STcro Don't Tolerate . . :- in Your llousfr You know, don't you, that flies carry the germs of typhoid -fever, second t summer trouble, cowsumption. diar- riioeai eicx ; v vv eu tney do. It thev simply carried them i t would - not be so "bad, but chey drop- them and do W . It fearful damage. : . We read with horrow of the Ger mans going over to .'England 'and dropping, bombs on. .innocent persons It Js nothing to the horrow with which we should; see .flies dropping small but more effec-tive disease bombs on unde fended babies," women , f and - men. Where the bomb kills Iten the flies kill thousands. Ppor as you may be,. youj can afford $5 for fly prevention more than vou can afford to,' mortgage your jfarm, for sickness. ; "x" , , rtiTTrfly. makes , about 50 specks a day m'ost of them beingxlfquid arid in yfsible.,1 Mariyr .authorities .-; believe there, , is more danger ; from disease germs that .pass through the fly rs body than from-'those that are carried on legs arid: wings.., 'Screen the front:and back-'" porch and ; every door . and win" "doW,' Fly traps "are easy, to tnake; and costs but 'a !few cnts. Ask us how to do it. Make two or- three fly swatters for, every room.' Keep the: garbage covered unjilfed by the pigs or spread on the farm. Do not let manure .accumulate - un leas 3? ou can give it care. - Flies seldom travel, over quarter of a mileV so are bred on your own place. A teaspoon of. formaldehyde in a pint of water and set in ' shallow .sau cers on sheltered portions of the porch or barn'will kill many flies. . Burn pyrethrum powder in, a room, sweep the flies up and burn" them be fore they jrevive. --. ; ':.- , A home-made gtickyy papacas - made bvoiling two pounds of resin in a pint of castor oil until the resin is dissolved. . Spread some of this on heavy paper as needed. , Questions About Conning Can corn and beans be canned to- gether? ."Yes indeed. . - : : Can , corn be .savedx if scraped?- Yes . it can be cut and dried or canned. ' Do you regard the bojling of. fruit bythree cookings superior to. the pro- .cess, of-: doing-' the whole boiling at one time? If sp, why? V. ; Yes,-the three day method is better for some vegetables in fact is '-the only one bywhich corn, beans, peas, and the other yegetables that contain proteicjs can be kept when- canned without "a special type of rcanner. V Tomatoes, peaches' and some ber ries are kept by one- day's cocking, but. the bacteria that feed on peas corn; meatetc, are of sturdier stuff and refuse to die so easily. : , The ' first quarter or half hour's cooking in the bottles before sealing is for the. purpose, of letting the contents exDand. ; The . following first day 's cooking is to kill the bacteria that cause decay. .This kills" the germ but not the little seed, egg, 'or "spore;" as it is called. ; By the next day these will have ' sprouted, hatched, ;br. de veloped into active life. ; The - second day .'s cooking is to kill ' them. The third-day's cooking ; is' just to. take care of any stray bacteria that may be especially tenacious of life. Thismethod is not fas much trouble as it seems; in fact, it is much easier than the messy process of standing over a hot stove,- pouring scalding stuff into bottles and handling them while they are like. molton lead. Everything- is. hard the first time. Try some 4 young - tendeTi snaps by this method and see. Progressive Farmer. shipped, m increase of , $51,028,000. There were 86 428. 000 bushels," an increase of almost 85.000,000 bushels " Flour showed the next largest in crease with a. value of $87,650,000, or $37,638,000 more than : the ' pre vious perior. Almost 5,000,000 more barrels' were sent this year, the total being 15.077,000. Corn exports were valued at $34, 542,000, an increase of $28,551,000. There were 34,542.000 bushels ex ported, an increase of about 28,000,- ooo. " . - - - Almost 306,000,000 . pounds of nacnn were' shiooed, an incrsase of i 122,000,000 pounds, was! valued at $41,294,000, or an increase of 017,023,003. ' Cotton For Big Gun Consumes 800 Puunda Every , Time It is Fired - . - The re IS no bullet or shpll nrnnoller! . - - - f-' V w m modern warfare unless . there is a j supply of cotton for the explosi vo which sends it from the iran . it is the 01 g guns that "eat up gun cottcn, For instance, a 12 inch gun uses up 300 pounds of guncotton every time it is fired. That is as much as is employed in the firing of 42,000 shots from the ordinary rifle. It ia equal to the amount that, would be used in the firing of a field gun 150 times. . - - r ' - Guncotton is also burned at a- great rate in 7 any , conflict between battle ships. A . single battleship can use 5,000- to .6, POO pounds a jninuto or from 10. -to 12- bales of cotton minute, in firing all its .uns,. v ThU gun cotton has entered so thor oughly in to -ammunition of, all nations that is . difficult -to realize that the compound was only discovered in 1845 by . the Swiss Vchemist, Scho6einti ' He invinted it by ;treating cotton with a mixture of 'nitric. and sulphuric acids. He hen had it washed with water and dried,, and even today its appearance hardly differs from "that of the cotton wool from which it is manufactured. - The effect of guncotton is not ob tained by. setting it on fire, as is tha case with- ordinary gunpowder: In fact, when a Jight is put to it it simply burns with a rapid fiare and does not explode.- i To make.it disintegrate suddenly it has to be detonated' . This can bo done by hitting it a hard blow on an iron base, but it is u?uallv exploded by the user of a detonator" composed of eulminate of mercury made by dissolv- Mns - mercury ma' 'mixture of nitric - acid and alcohol. - It is trraviah-whitf powder, discovered by an Englishman named Howard. 'and is used for percu-v sion caps, for the slightest blow or rise-of v temparature will cause it to explode, - " - ; 1 The Jews From pdtaay : l There is right much sickness in the neighborhood. - We are glad to know that Mr... T. E. Whites' boy is improving. We are glad to say -that Wr. W. D. White is improving. . We'are sorry to say, that Mr. W.v" F. White improves very slowly. -The Death Angel visited Mr. "Scott- White and took from him his; little two year old boy; Thy wjll be done. 'And Mr, White himself we are sorry to say is convalescing very slow. . The' young, folks had quite an en ioyable time at Mr, P. W. Phelphs, at an ice cream supper Monday July fifth, . - ;, , . Mr. Fred White of Norfolk is vist- ing his" brother Mr. Pat Whtie of Wind- . - - J . . 80r. . - ' - ; .; , Mr. Joe White- of Alvarista Va., has been visiting his parents Mr, and Mrs. W. F. White. Misses Lillie and Eva White and Mrs. -W. S. Hollowell went to the mis sionary meeting at Ross'- church last Saturday evening, : Mr.. W. D. White. W. A. Whita and Mr. W. S, Hollowell took a fly-. ing trip to Windsor last Saturd-7 evening on Air.. Whites'. new- car. ; Mr. W. T, Butler and, Miss Snllb White were happily' married- la-1 Thursday; Mr, W, D White officiating Miss Lillie E , White spent Satur day with he.r aUnt. Mr. Dorsey Cas tellow and wife wero the guests of Llr. P. V. Phelps . Izzt Monday night," - Gray Eyes. HE II TRIED IT A teacher was examining a clsss cf small boys in arithmetic , Addrczzl a paiticular emsrt boy, she cslicd: Can five go into one?" Yes," came the answer at once. You stupid" boy?" she edi.1 How do you make that out?" "PIsasa ma'am, "ha cr.id, 'l put five toes into one stocking this mcm ' 4 -Exchange. -nave your job vrcrl: c:n '1.
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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