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VOLUME 31
WINDSOR, N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 12TH, 1915.
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OLD SOLDIERS' DAY F1FTI
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One of the Best in its - Hfstory-f
Hon. Claude Kitchin Speaks
Fine Dinner-r-Good Time.
THE MOUNT GOULD PI6NIC
Qn the 6th Ws More ! Largely At
; tended This-Year. Than; Any-.; X
Several Thousand There - :
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Battle of Gettysburg Shown
Another happy, successful and en
Joyable Old - Soldiers' Day r has passed
into, history. Another mile-etqne in
the fast ending and rugged journey of
Jife of our "honored -"few? has ! ben
reached and made a part of their batt
tie and time-scarred but glorious past!
AugustSththeraCrbAiraaayrwai
replete with all that go to make a day
pleasant; , enjoyable happy, ull p of
pleasure and in'; gvery sense complete!1
It was one of the best dCya73 have
ver bad and the Old' S&!dTerV, have
ver enjoyed. ProvidencoJri its be
nign goodness gave us a good day cri
several thousand people came and rj
their homage rto our heroes-of 161
The Daughters of tnevCcnfedercey di
credit to themselves nnd to thcli"
name. It was a firQiday, Thb iaorn
ins exercises were held in" trie court
house beginning at eleven o'clock
Congresssi&rr Clsuda -Kitchin 'deli verc
an address that would have cttracte
national prominence had It been daliv
ered in sbtae metropolitan cento r? no
only on account of the reputation o
the speaker, but because of the charj
acter of the speech r"5 'of what' i he
aaid" -of what wsin-- itt It was a
great speech. The - Aulander Orchesi
tra furnished most excellent music, aha
the exercises irrthe court house were
most en1tertaihihg----amid the beautiful
decorations' "of the "Stars 1 and " Bars' f
with the pictures of Lee and, Jackson
and LJPayj8hangingjqYejh?sd ...,. , A :
dinner, .. ; which was a - feast : for. the
kings, barbecued, pig, barbecuei sheef
and barbecued cow were served 'anc
was enjoyed to the utmost.; Later tb
old soldiers were treated to the scene
of the 60's. At- the moving pictur
ehow arrangements .had, been made
cresent the Battle of Gettysburg an
there the Old Vets went through tha
great fight again, giving the .yell" anc
whoop when Pickett made hislgrea ;
charge up the hill. , They thoroughly
enjoyed it. The fact is, , they thor '
oughly enjoyed the entire day; and w
repeat it was one, of the best days am
the Daughters of the Confederacy die
honor -to their name and. proved. all
that their name implies and infers.
Pavilion, Etc., Next -Year
pleasure, the Mount 'Gould picnie is or I
has ; become second to none that we
have in the county. As t'many people
go there as go to Stbney Creek or ? to
Windsor orl anywhere else on similar
occasions. Mount Gould "to a great
extent has : such natural . advantages
THE STOREY COEEK: PICNIC t V. SI: U. AT WINDSOR GOOD
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over all other places inBe"r tiecoun ty
for a picnic that', the people are at
Jractedhere. "The beautiful Chowan
river;-rno3t excellant -xlririking water,
a t'hi bathing beach and a plenty of
shade ja located .and 'situated Ton a high'
.Uoiaealpabra! picnic 'grounds.
Next year. we have been assured the pro
posfd pavilion will be built and ready I
u&ny improvements will be inade to
nature's endowment to this, : beautiful
jjlsce. On the pavilion which will be
built on the water's - edge,' wilt -be a
bund "and speaker's stand with a bath
ing ; house for the ladies and one for
the men. with a board walk leading
out into the water. . Then the springs
will, be made larger ' and even 'more
ample than- they are . now.' Last
Friday Judge -Winston and Mr. Joseph
xa. ritnenae spoice; ana tne rtocKy
Hock ; Band furnished the music. The
dinner was in abundance and of, the
finest sort. Many people from Chowan
county were there and some from
Edenton. There were several thou
sand - It was also -:a flne 5 day and
e very Dody had a fine time. 1:1
"To Our Poet
Maintained Its Reputation in Point
: of Attendance ahdc Pleasure '
i Success of Former 'Years- :
Rochy Mount Dond; Engaged
: The picnic at.Stoney Creek of course
was a success. Hvery bod knew- that,
everybody was ccinsr, ; and-evjiry body
went.v : rof M. C. S. : N6ble, ; ,,MaV
son of state, prominence a scholar and
a. epeaker, of . state reputation, dell ver
ed the speech of .the dcTbe W. &
P. Tan the usual c ::cursloiiv trains xcar.
rylng tKe'usual rlarge crdWdrrKWo
mobiles Were thera by the hundreds;
ooOiiiif k::
Largest Dfileation Attended For the Year Past Show s a Baj.
This;Meeting in All Its His
V tory, Enjoyable Time.1 v
team were there
people .thsreby
Rocky Iloun t b-.
music, end . the
stands end tho
in over seven . he
amount lesa the c
the Orphana-nrC
some annual gift
Ucsonic f ratcmi :
pose cauld a day'..
T:s huCd and
. thour"nd3,:.
3psr' i'excelicnt
jfreihmcnt
v tzV.? brocM
:rcd drll-Trs, - This
ca ?,::i goJto
"d, , It is a hid-
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'.."'it csblerfpur
.iv-ro ta given
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Reports Showed an Increase
TThe' Woman's Missionary r Union "of
Wea't Chowan Association held its ant
nual meeting in Windsor N. C.,- .July
28, 1915, with the largest delegation
in the history of the Union--all eager,
expectant, anxious to do ' something
for the Masterl ..i-r: sl.i i
:Af ter gracious welcome-by- all ? the
churches of the tewn. the President;
Miss Willie Lameertson took up " the
fcr-:rr2S?i te great question of endinrj
a mi. - :cn ry which has been
ance Over Expenses which
Means Paying Basis
over to? .W conj;rstuIrrTrthpse ,whb
arranged, and cr ;:r!sdv &ut th day's
program on thb: cscccss, The day
i, c-jr fives, in the
c'jntiesand let it
has become fixed
lives of the three
ever"remain"scT." ,
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The OoqIc Tl-.:! cf;r
COVES
SEED
O, what has become of our ppet
Our bard so wonderous"wise?i v
That had such a fancy for Curly Hair
And brown sweet cat Blue Eyes.
The one that was such a writer
With a head so clear and level
And wrote such wonderful sonnets
To his friend he called the Devil
Oh, has he friends forsaken
And left thern alone to sigh? ;.
An' many a heart will ache for him .
Manv tears 'be - brushed from the
the ' Preacherk
At last we've seen
Son"' ; : - -And
now our dream is o're
For sueh a face as we beheld.
We' ne'er have seed before.
We all were anxious to see him
At last we have, and Lo!
We wish to write to him no more,
Believe me it is so, - 4
I would try to describe him
But 'tis useless to do such a j
For if I should do him justice ,
.The world of him would sing.i
thing
I think of the words of our poet ,
Whose talent alone was the pen
Who said the sadest of all words IS
Are theseIt might have, been"
But alas, from us he's departed
.vi m sau exue ne may zeveai
fiut Frankie Dear" if you are i
dent
you are pru-
view of experiments under , lab
oratory conditions and experiments
in the open field, I consider the case
completly proved that boiled bur clo
ver seed. vgerminate ; well, indeed
about . as well . as any other seed
Where the seed have been boiled one
minute they have averaged about .90
per cent germination, and where - they
were untreated they ranged from 6 to
9 per cent germination. Hence it is
fair to say that the' boiled; seed,, if
they are boiled one minute, germinate
ten times better : than .the untreated
setd, t -; : " :' '
I suggest the following method for
boiling seed: Have a large iron ket
tle ot boiling. water, and " one or two
tubs of cold, water, dearby. Put the
seed which are to be boiled in a gunny
sack, then place in the v tub of - cold
water and stir the seed inside the sack
until all of them are wet; then put
the sack of seed in the kettle of boil
ing water and boil one minute. Then
put back in' the tub of cold water, and
stir the Beed un til all of them are cool.
This is necessary to . reinoculate the
seed, as the inoculating bacteria
may beilled by boiling. They are
then ready, for sowing, and ' should be
down on ground which is already pre
pared and should -be . lightly ; covered
with a harrow. . It is best ta have
the ground fairly moist before attempt
ing to sow. A. D. McNair-rJh the
Progressive Farmer. ;
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Eighty' Bushels of Corn Per Aero
Af tcxcCclpy Tcsj,! Jade- by
This North Carolina Farmer.
Heart j c. our women for
on .thar
more than
A ye o to decided o send slliss
Rc Goods?":: n;r the training school
rr-sftard j c V the; foreign field;
bctUt .:ealt'i .ailed, so we edeptsd
JMi:jr:.:ni' 1 Iddleton, then ktrtha
ni 1 .ddleton,
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Write no more, to your friend th0
And write no more to "Brown Eyes
For her temper? is a sight to cse
OW take this CS n tremlnt
Hints Oo Polo Seed Seleclion
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(1) Good seed 'is a determining fac
tor in the procuction of maximum crops
of potatoes. . , ,
(2) Good seed may be obtained by the
tuber; unit and . hill- selection methods,
of selection through the elimination of
unproductive and weak plants. These
methods are explained in Farrners'
Bulletin 533 "Good SeedJ Potatoes and
How to Produce Them". V - ;
(3) Like produces, like. ; If tubers
fronv unproductive or weak plants are
used, a .similar harvest will be, reaped
(4) AH tubers showing marked dis
coloration of the flesh should ; be rejected.-
; " " .
(5) Purity of seed stock is an es
sential quality; of good seed, ; Serious
losses - are" sustained" by -the - grower
through mixtures. l .
-Oliildren Oxf
Some . years ago, when : the
farm on .which' the writer now
lives came into ; out; possession,
there lay . back of J the home an
oblong iield . containing about
eight acres: " It" was a. sandy
loam; with clay about a foot and
a half from the surface. It was
in a fair state of cultivation, ex
cept a wide streak throu h the
middle, which, by some trick of
nature, was more sandy and Jess
productive than the rest. " On
this particular area cotton would
hardly grow a foot high, The
tenants on. the farm referred to
it as the "bald spot,'? and as a
balu spot is always an 'eyesore,
we determined to get rd of it,
and as the most satisfactory
means-to that end we decideoMo
make .crimson clover its re
deemer. . -" - ;
v Accordingly in August ; we
brokeithe land, then broadcasted
well v with stable manure and '
disked it in. . In September we
applied about 400 pounds of soil
from a clover field, harrowed it
very fine, and planted our 'seed.
It came up to a splendid stand
and wintered nicely; and in the
spring,, with its heavy carpet of
richest green and-crimson, was
a glorious contrast to the -barren
field ; of former years. .To our
surprise it attained a height of
abeut a foot and a half. We
cutjt for hay and then prepared
the land for tooaccb, and at the
last plowing of this planted peas
between the rows. The tobacco
was the best we -had ever seen
grow there.
The last week in August we
disked the peas thoroughly, into
theoil and' limed it. and, about
September- 15 we - prepared r6ur
seed bed as before and planted
our olover seed. : ffe were re
garded withxi perfect tand;xmd
tr-inir j Evcl aa our missforiiry
After' paying J.ne expefes ? f or ThVr
last year we found ' the'f. Jr , support
on" the forcTn ficldhad idy f beca
provided. 6 ; I re d r f ; ,J . another
daughter, Miza Pear, cnaoni wfio is
to sail iQlOctobcr. ; V
Most of the -morning Laession was
given to Young People's work Mrs.
SN,;Watsorr;etWinton, conducted
an open ccn fere nee ipvhich some of
the topics v discussed were V What it
has meant to me to be a Sunbeam"
What it has meant to me to be! a Y.
Vi; A. ''--,- ;Why Lbelieve-every ' boy
ehould bo a Hcyal ArabHssorV -Why
trcin a child in missions'?---and f '-What
sliouldT)a;tho titudeofa;r:r?-C7"
to Young Peoples Societlef ' f; 1 "
.Reports' showed an increase in num
ber of Societies organized 14 W,' tl:
S. 3 G. A.,,11 Y. WAJ, and 4 G.
Ait - c ' .t ' -
: Miss Middleton v- gave Tah excelien t
address ;4'The ; appeal s lq of, 1 the
eastern woman to tne western, in
which she discussed, the different
countries, their needs and' nature, o . v
' Mrs. W. -N. Jones addressed! us on
"Mountain Top Visions" taking the
four. memorial peaks of" the Bible--Mt.
Sinai. Mt. 'Hatten, . the L Mt. r of
Gilgotha where . Christ , - gave . i us ' his
life tfc at we might be saved---where
he left message of love and asks that
we give him our hearts bjest love
then came, the little Mt. : of Galilee
40 days .after the cross. Mrs; Jones
urges us to do the work that lies near
est at hand. ?
? Personal Service in a county neigh
borhood, by Mrs, P, B Lineberry, ; Are'
Mission Study classes worth .while,
by Mrs. G. F.. Gav, Womans part in
State Missions" by Mrs. C. H. jQrif
fin. ' '
Miss Pearl Johnson gave "us an in
teresting talk on thev Training School
after. which Mrs. Sruk enbrok : added a
personal touhh to Training' School life.
,;:.One of the interesting featuresV of
of the dayi a Linen Shower" given
to Mldnleton to which . the three .coun
ties contributed. An address . by - Dr.
John Jeter Hurt of Durham closed the
program for the day. ... J
The meeting goes to Meherin Church
the last .Wednesday in J uly 1916. .
' MRSM, D. CtJRTIS, .
s - Sec: Pro. Tem. ,
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dead,, then disked it so thor
oughly that you could hardly see
any clover.! -:-i :: a -
,On June 20, -after harrowing
the field until it was fine as a
flower bed, we planted corn in
four-foot rows. It was soon up
and growing, and we thinned it
tb?abt 15 inches apart.' Once
a week we went over the field
wii h a Planet Jr. cultivator, and
when the corn' was about two
feet high we side-dressed it with
200 pounds of fertilizer. We
had intended' using more, but
To expenses . $2357. 89
By cotton-and
' peanuts raised '
. on farm, ' " f- 4 v r
By feed furnished '
, road mutes -By
corn and hay
i sold f roni the ' .
' f&rm' : :' . r :r- ; '
By SOO bushels ? -j
:: cbrn on hand" : " '
forsale at
By bc2rd end j" C -
r f clpthinij' fpr 7 VJt
months :at; $7.50
:pcr head: per .
; mcith :fj nt : '
By.bclahcd to-. -if
credit of farm t "
V above total ex-
pensesTor year
$ 1875.50
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TOBACCO. 'WAUEHOUSE WHO
bring things to pass. -Crute & Flem
ing, ovricrs and proprietors of tho
BANNER WAREHOUSE, Wilson, N.
C, made a record the past eenson of
selling tobacco the past , econ for
more money, and having the - laigcst
increase ia business,' of cny'wcrchcura
n y vr h c r a ; -Th c have cn!r-c J- zr.l-
remodled their warehouse, ; making it
one of the largest and .best equipped
houses in the .state. The old edecrot
follow the crowd",, has given glace to
''follow tbe' dollar", and the thinking
man is traveling the road . toCRUTE
& FLEMING'S Warehouse. : If you
Want the best prices .: and the best ser-'"
vices.A prompt 'and efficient, ship your
tobacco to them: ,: The . HIGH DOL
LAR is their winning card.
the corn looked so strong and
lustythr.t we decide J" to risk it
ing before - breakfast I Would
walk down to see how many
inches it had grown during tho
previous night, and to listen to
the soft, sighing mvsic, as the
morning breeze played among
the glossy green blades and
wafted"; the . fertilizing pollen
from the, golden tassels ; to the
fragrant silks below. Yes, in
deed, for that corn seemed lit
erally y to laugh and sing as it
sent down its roots and luxuri
ated, in that clover-filled andi
moisture-laden 7soiI 4 and . gave
promise of the harvest that was
to be..
-And: what of the harvest? It
was not anything phenomenal,
but we measured the corn, and
its pe r acre.yield was 80 bushels,
not bad for an old-time bar
ren field.
What a wonderful plant this
crimson clover, with its beauti
ful green foliage, its fragrant
crimson spears, its bacteriaIaden
roots!; What a world, of possi
bilities ic holds out to the far
mer; who will put forth the nec
essary v effort to receive them!
What a.n amazing scheme the
Master Farmer above perfected
when he created those little or
ganism to snatch the lif e-gi vine:
nitrogen from the passing
breeze, and store it in the soil,'
to feed and clothe the provident
farmer who avails himself of -their
services! Progressive Far
mer r -. , -
it rrrew even better than before, with the small amount.
The next spring it attained a j The seasons were ideal , for
height of about two feet and late, thick planted corn, end it
verjr thiol:. V7c d::I not cat ' dicUpy henrt need to zzz thr.t
WANTED 1,000 lbs. coed caUcrj
delivered in August 1C15. R. C.
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