North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 111. - NO. 33. KBSTOUHGA WORK-OUT FARM. 1 do not doubt that a great many of your readers are getting to a point whew they begin to think they must do something to restore th J failing fertility ot their farms. If they are not ther ought t) be. for I know by my own experience that it is much easier to keep land rich than to make it so again after it has been badly run down. I will, thererfore, give your readers some of my experience in putting back into the soil the fertility it had lost, and hope that some may be wise enough to take warning and begin to feed the land before it gets hun trr I inherited a farm in Virginia. The land bad been in cultivation over two hundred years and all the *"P« atrength was gone even be fore my father bought it sixty years ago. Bat he was a man of wealth as well as a good fanner and it was not hard for him to make the land rich again, but he had slave labor and aaed hundreds of tons of guano. Whan I got posesaion, it had been in the handa of a very poor mana ger for aiaay years and was poor er and had nort gullies on It than "T father bought it. Still I tachfad (he Job with the determina te* to aake it what it was in ay The first thing to be done was to divide the farm into suitable 6elda and gat nore sheep, hogs, cattle and hones, far there was ver f littte stock on the place. The n xt thing was to build a roof over the barn yard so as to protect the manure torn leaching rains. Then as fast as cowld. 1 had the undergrowth, pine, willow and persimmon, grub bed oat and the gullies filled up. Afl this last was done by the regu lar hands oa the place and did not coat very n.uch. All this had to be done yon see; before I could even get in shape to begin the im proving of the soil. The laud Dearest the house was not a very difficult problem though tome of K was awfully pocr. « di vided il into lots of three to five acres, planted it in different crops for bojf pastures, using some fertili zers and some manure. The crops 1 used were crimson clover, winter oats, Canada field peas, early corn, cow peas early and late, soja beans, and tweet potatoes. I got two crops off each lot as the later crops followed the earlier ones. My hogs ran on the different lots in succcs sion, and were fed some grain all the time. I kept an account with tl-em. evrey thing except the manure and fertilizers, and the pork cost me l» »5 dressed, and I sold it for l( >s* Two or three years of this treatment, taking cothing off but pork, improved the lots so rapidly that it hardly looked as if they had ever been as poor as death. The amount of ttuff left on the ground to be turned under, soon filled the soil with hraaos and then I began to get the full benefit cf the fertilizers used, and the crops of all kinds, in three years'time, got to be very rank. Then the land was devoted to growing tobacco, which is the profitable crop to grow in that section, and more was fenced for the hags. The farthest outlying land was wmtd far cheep pasture, bat as there w «s a grant deal of it, I grew a lot •f ss fiae sheep as I ever saw, with oat any feeding to speak of except •hen the ground was covered with *•», which was very seldom. I *va did da anything more with UMpataftk farm, so will not refvr to it again. Tat the remain der of the land to be devoted to cnHwalion was a hard problem. Where the sod was waahed off en tirely, or the gnllies filled up, there was no hnmas at all, and I noticed the fiat year that nothing would grow an snch absolutely hare places was pot on dhem. Far such places I found that the only firing to he done to get a start, was to get aoaae vegetable matter into the ground. And the best way far to do it is to spread over their hajnt an early in the season as pnssUe. an much straw, weeds, gum or any other vrgelatisa as % can be had, keeping the land shaded daring the summer, then plowing under the fall and sowing to oats, rye, or something else, to be grafeed off or p'owed under early in the spring. I had some of these galled spots in field of tobacco, and quite an area of it was in some fields sowed cow peas. All of it «ai both manured and heavily fertilized, but the first year these spots did not make either tobacco or peas six inches high. It is alsolutely nec essary that there shall be some humus in the soil or yon cannot make a crop. After learning that, I made it a rule to spread my ma nure on the land that had the least vegetation in it and put the fertili zers on most liberally where the soil had not been so badly washed. After once getting the soil pretty well tilled with humus, it began to respond very wc'l to fertiliz rs. The rotation in common practice in that section is tobacco, wheat and clover on the best land, and corn followed by oats on the rest. The best farmers also sow clover on their oats. I adopted the rota tion for my tob~cco land and after my wheat, jot a fine stand on clover the first year it was sown, and on land that was as poor as it could well be. Some of my wheat to was very find. My conclusion after two yean was that the soils with clay subsoil was chiefly defi cient in humus sad nitrogen, and that the supply of potash and phos phoric acid was fairly good still. I therefor* came to rely mainly upon clover and cotton sned meal, they being both very nch in nilro gen. ' In buying fertilizers I always bought the ingredients and mized them myself, so as to be sure of getting what I wanted and paid for. I also found tha! having the barnyardmanure fully protected 1 got a great deal more and very much better manure. When it is under cover, however, one must be careful that it docs not heat and become fire fanged. For this is more destructive of its va'ue then washing. Tursuing the plan mapped Out above in three years the old farm began to look like another place, and when finally business interests elsewhere induced me to sell it, was so vastly improved in appear ance and in fact, that I sold it at a fair price with very little trouble. There is but one ether point that is worth mentioning in this connec tion and that is that in some cases as I wished to folllow one hoed crop with another, I sowed on the land a crop of rye in the fall and plowed it under in the spring. I found that it would, if plowed un der about knee high, rot in a few weeks and would keep the land mellow and moist all summer. As this keeps the Sand supplied with humus, it is a great thing to da I believe the plan I have outlined will work well anywhere and is worthy of a tiial by all wbo begin to think they must do something to help their land.—G. M. Baxter, Campbell Co., Va., in Journal of Agriculture Switzerland stands high consider ed from a standpoint of clocks and watches. A watchmaker at Znricfc has lately displayed in his shop window a wonderful piece of Swiss workmanship in the shape of the smallest watch ever made. The watch is in the form of a rose and is so small and minute that a strong magnifying glass is needed to read the time indicated by its tiny hands. A specially prepared contrivance is resorted to in winding the little watch. The manufacturer has bees offered large sums for this cmious srticie, bathe will not not adL The watch keeps accurate time. —Ex. WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW. "I have uaed DeWitt's Little Early Rims far tiw«li|ti.» and torpid Kver and they are all right. Imm glad to m done them far I think when we Cad a good thing we ought to Irt others know it," writes Alfred Herns. Qumey, ID. paia. S. R- B*gS. ®j vt WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 9,1902. The ballad of the Catan. 3 A gentleman of courtly air. Of old Virginia he; A dcmscl from New Jersey State, Of matchless beauty she; They met as fierce antagonists— They reason why, they «ay; Her eyes were of the Federal bine, And his. Confederate gray. They entered oa a fierce campaign. And. when tbe fight began. It seemed as though the strategy Had no detcnainjte plan. Each watched the other's movements well While standing there at hay- One straggling for the Federal lalne. One for Confederate gray. We all looked on with anxious eyas To see their forces move. And none could tell which combatant At last would victor prove. They marched and countermarched with skill. Avoiding well the fray; Here, lines were seen of Federal blue. And there. Confederate gray. At last he moved his force in mass. And sent her summons there That she should straight^apitulate I'pon conditions fair. "As you march forth the flags may fly. The drums and bugles play. « But yield tho»r eyes of Federal bine To the Confederate gray." "Yum are the foe," she answer sent, "To maidens such as I; I'll face you with a dauntless heart. And conquer you or die A token of the sure result The vaulted skies display; For then above is Federal blue. Below, Confederate gray." Sharpahooting oa each flank bagaa. And 'mid manoeuvres free The rattle of the small talk with Big uns of repartee. Mixed with the deadly glance of eyes Amid the proud array. There met in arms the Federal blue Aad the Confederate gray. Exhausted by the fight at length They called a truce to rest; When lo! another force appeared t'pon a mountain'* crest. And as it came the mountain down, Amid the trumpet's bray, I'ncertaiu stood the Federal blue Aad the Confederate gray. A corps of stout free lanches these. Who poured upon the field,. FielJ Marshall Cupid in command. Who swore they troth must yield; They both should conquer; both divide The honors of the day; And proudly when the Federal blue. March the Confederate gray. His troops were fresh, and their's were - worn; What they but' aggree That both should be the conquerors. And both should captives be? So they presented anus, because Dan Cupid held the sway, • And joined in peace the Federal blaa With the Confederate gray. Twelve years have fled I pasaed to-day The fort tliev built and saw vA sight to strike a bachelor With spirit thrilling awe. Deployed a corps of infsntry. But less for drill they play: And wane had eyes of Federal blue. And some Confederate gray. —Selected. DON T START WRONG, Don't start the summer with a linger ing cough or cold. We >ll know what a "summer cold" is. It's the htidatkinl to cure. Often it "hangs on" through the entire season. Take it in hand right now. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you right. Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung troubles. Absolutely safe. Acta it once. Children like it. "One Minute Cough Cure is the best cough medicine I ever used," says J. M. Bowks, Grove ton, N. H. "I sever found anything else that acted so safely and quickly." S. R. Biggs, )(r. Thomas Jones, Of Greene county, while returning home from Kins ton last night, wss held np and robbery took place about a mile beyond Glenfield. Mr. Jones was driving along at a food pace when the three men suddenly rushed upon him, covering him with pistols. One of them held the hone while the others rifled his pockets, securing about ss. all the money be had on his person. Not a word was spoken. Mr.-* Jones does not know whether the men were white or black. He says he was too frightened to offer resist ance.—Kinston Free Prtfa, 30th. A fIMTU FN aiUIHS If yon wish - your patent business prop erly and promptly done send K to SWIFT ft CO., PATENT LAWYERS, opposite U. & Patent Office, Washington, D. C. they have no dissatisfied clients. Write them for their confidential letter; a poa tal card will bring it, and it may be worth nosy to yon. See their advertisement ■ elsewhere in this paper. J ITULABIE STANDING TIMBER. The wooded area of tbe country— tbe area upon which the timber crop is growing—has recently been surveyed, or rather estimated, by Henry Gannett, chief topographer of the Geological Survey. He finds that including Alaska, 37 per cent of tbe country .is still forrst. In some of the States the wooded area is very small —in NorthjDakota it is but 1 percent. In that large State there ate but 600 square miles of woodland and in Rhode Island but 400, and in Maryland 700. These are however, extreme cases of wood land scarcity. Most of the States still contain plenty of standing tim ber. The wooded area in Alabama is put at 38.000 square miles;or 74 per cent of the State. In other words, three-quarters of the State i» tim bered land. There are 18.855 square miles of long-leafed pin« in that State; 2.307 square miles of short-leafed pine, and 17,108 of hardwoods. The comsumption in the State in the census year was 1,101,-386 thousand feci, o* about one thirtieth of the eonsunfptioa of the country. » s Arkansas contains the highest percentage of woodland—B4 per cent Main has 79 per cent. Wash ington, West Virginia, North Caro lina, Georgia and Florida, each have over 70 per cent. These are the States that have the highest percentages of timber. It is impos sible to say with any degree of as curacy what proportion of all this timber is of merchantable size, but be it large or small, it is all liming timder. It is growing, and will be avaliable, if preserved, for commer cial use sooner or later. The figures that Mr. Gannett furnishes make it plain that there is no man living who will see u tim ber famine in this country. He may fee higher prices as the timlier near navigable streams is swept away, lwt he will not sec an entire exhaustion of the timlier supply. These facts do not however, lessen the importance of protecting against fire and the like the forests of the country. These forests are a great blessing in many ways, and they should be made to serve mankind as long as is possible. The wooded area of the country has been ami still is a great source of wealth, and all of it will become increas ingly valuable. None of it there fore should be wasted unneces sarily.—Elm City Elevator. DANGEROUS IF NEGLECTED. Burns, cut* anl other wounds often fail to bfll properly if ami Iw come troublesome sores. DeWitt'sWitch Ha/el Salve prevents such consequences. Even where delay has aggravated the injury DeWitt's Witch Ilairl Salve effect.-, a cure. "I had a running sore on my leg thirty years." lays 11. C. Hartley, Yan keetown, Ind. "After using many reme dies, I tried DeWitt'a Witch Ilaarl Salve. A few boxes healed the sore." Cures all skin diseases. Piles yield to it at once. Beware of conaterfeits. S R. Biggs. Please Stop My-What? "Times are hard, money is scarce business is dull, retrenchment is a duty. Plese stop my—" Whisky? "Oh, no; times are not hard enough for that yet. But there is something else that costs me a large amount of money every year, which I wish to save. Please stop my—" To bacco, cigars and snuff? "No, no —not these; hot I must retrench somewhere. Please stop my—" Ribbons jewels' ornaments sod trinkets? "Not at all. Pride must be fostered if times are ever so hard but I believe I can see a way to effect quite a saving in another direction. Please stop my—" Tea, coffee, and needleas and unhealthy luxuries? "No, no, no; not these: I cannot think of such a sacrifice. I must think of MSKthing else. Ah, I have it now. Stop my paper. It cost me two cents a week, a dollar a year. I must save that. Please stop my—paper. I believe in re trenchment and economy.—Ar mory. RKOAFFLT'I Uttl BIMC Uvar Pill make Mae people bright, clean tea the ayateu ' of all the deletcrioua and unhealthy ant ter aadnakeaa aewpeiaaaof jroa. Wantaß Defeats Srathera. A plucky woman scored an un usual victory in a contest with tbe Southern Railway Friday night. She get on a Pullman car attached to the Southern's train at Briming ham Friday afternoon, and showed a ticket and Pullman car coupon for Washington. When the train arrived at Atlanta Friday at it.3o it was found that the woman was the only person on the car ticketed for tbe north. When she was asked to transfer to another car attached to the north bound train she pro duced her pullman coupon from her card case and said: "This entitles me to a section in this car to Washington." "That is all right, madam," re plied the conductor. "Other ar rangements have lieen made and this car will not go through." "I think it will," said the lady. "My coupon says I am 40 ride in this car to Washington and 1 don't propose to leave the car." Kfforts of the officials to make the woman leave the Pullman were in vain. She was perfectly cool and determined; and finally the railway officials admitted defeat by attach ing the Pullman, with its single passenger. to the northbound train and carrying it through to Wash ington. The car was without conductor or porter, and the passengers along the way thought it a dead head car but Mr. J. M. Culp,traffic manager of the Southern, and J. 1,. Cox, of Atlanta, a solicting freight agent for the road, who were on the train told the story of the occurrence at Atlanta, and admitted defeat for their company. The name of the womau was not given by the South ern officials. She was well dressed and distinguished looking. —Char- lotte Obaerver. LIKK A DROWNING MAN. "Five years ago a disease the doctors called i|yspe|isia took such hold of me tliat I could scarcely go," writes 00. S. Maish. wcII known attorney of Nocona, Tex, "I took quantities of pepsin and other medicines but nothing helped me. As a drowning man grain at a straw 1 grablied at Kodot. I felt an improve ment at once ami after a few bottles am Sound and well." Kwlol is the only prestation which exactly reproduces the natural digestive juices aud consequent ly is tbe only one which digests any good food and cures any form of stomach trouble. S. R. Biggs. POULTRY POINTERS. A dark comb is an indication of a congested stale of the system. Land that dries quickly after a rain is well adapted to poultry rais ing. When one does not care to raise chickens, it is better on the score of economy to keep the layers with out cocks. » See that the hens are well devel oped and not too fat. Mate them to males also well developed, and the chxks will be all right When the hens are too fat, reduce them in flesh by giving them short er rations and give more bulky and less fattening food. Fowls appreciate good food as well as other animals, but it is un wise to limit them to one kind, be it ever so good and wholesome. Crude petroleum thickened to a proper consistency with red or brown mineral paint is good to use on th] outside of poultry houses aad other farm buildinga. Bone and grit of some kind are an absolute necessity to fowls con fined in small yards and unable to supply themselves with these little items alwaya obtainable by birds at liberty. AII Indiana man wants a divorce just because his wife, who found him unconsciously drunk in a field, tied his hands and feet together and then covered him with salt, so that the cattle might lick him to death, which they came very near doing. She says she wanted the cattle to lick him to death to get even with him for licking her near ly to death while he was in a drunk en rage a few days before that. — Wilmington Star. The Tide of Progress. Rapid Strides in Material Develop ment is Eastern Carolina-Martin County Forgimf Ahead-Tobacco Culture Doing Wonders for the Fanners-Williimstou Keeping op With the Onward Narch. (Correspondence of The Messenger ) Williamston, N. C., May i. That the tide of progress in North Carolina is tending eastward has never been more clearly demon strated than in the material devel opment of Martin county since 1896 Up to that date the farming element had seemingly remained ignorant of the great storehouses of wealth in the soil around them. The key to the door of this storehouse might lie properly called "confidence" for 'tis proven to have been the only thing lacking: but like a strong man when aroused from sleep, they arose and in an intelligent and in dustrious manner liegan the culti vation of toltacco—the commercial value of which has made more towns than any one thing in the state. The soil peculiarly adapted to the production of tobacco had lain in many instances neglected year after year, and there are thousands and thousands of acres in the coun ty. Upou the mil is grown the finest tobacco North Carolina has ever produced. In the Bear Crass section, particularly, one will find a grade of the leaf taking prizes, not only in the state, but at the Paris exposition. But, perhaps, no one section may boast—all parts arc fitted if properly cultiva ted. It is said ami clearly proven bv results. that the finest warppers. produced hetetofore only in Cuba, grow abundantly in this soil. This year the increase in acreage is immense and the prospects were never lietter for any section of North Carolina. Our farmers are a study, indus trious ami intelligent set and the growing of the weed is no fad with them, hut a determined effort to make Martin the banner county in tobacco culture. The cultivation of tohaceo must, of necessity, bring liefore the minds of the people the need of an acces sible and practicable market for its sale. The business men of Wil liamston, the chief town in the county, realizing the importance of the movement and what it had done for sister towns, formed a stock compauy with all necessary capital. Dennis S. Biggs, a man young in years, but full of those qualities which go to make the suc cessful business man, with an able corps of assistants, were placed at its head. Perhaps, no other market in the state will begin so prosper ously. This company is erecting two warehouses with a floor space of j 20,000 feet ; two prize houses, threv stories high, and a stemmery with full capacity for caring for every |x>und of the leaf. Buyers will find every facility for shipping in excellent order. from tlie acreage there will 1* between three and five mil lion pounds sold on the floor. An added impetus will be given to the market by the opening ot a roadway through the lowlands of Bertie to one of its main thorough fares, affording an excellent oppor tunity for the fanners of that coun ty to briug their tobacco to the Roanoke and then bring across on the ferry to within half a mile of the warehouses. Bertie is engag ing in tobacco for the first time and will, so say experts, produce a fine grade. The roadway to Wil liainston will materially benefit both sections, and the tobacco can be marketed in a very convenient and satisfactory manner. WiUiamston is naturally situated to become an important place in the commercial world. Transpor tation is excellent. Daily lines of steamers directly in touch with northern markets, and the Atlantic Corst Line with its commodious and handsome depot and four daily trains, give all the outlet one may ask. Telegraphic and 'phooe lines sntscftirnox PRICE : fi.oo A YEAR. SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS EACH i are excellently managed, and no place in east Carolina is better pre pared to please. To those seeking a home, there is offered healthful location, pure water and the satis faction of knowing that they are to dwell among a people kind, ener getic, hospitable to strangers. The town is growing rapidly. The Land and Improvement Company has opened new streets and sold numerous lots to those contemplat ing building in the near future. Handsome residences are in course of erection, and the building force is taxed to the utmost to complete contracts. There is no boom, but a steady stream of improvement set in motion by meu of means and enterprise. The mervhantilc business has al wav* l>een profitable but never so much as now. The crops of toliac -00 have brought money into the pockets of the farmers ami they keep it in circulation. The Martirt Kink lias gained the confidence of the people, and its facilities for ac commodating arc most excellent. It will move into a handsome new building in a short while and be better equipped to serve. One of the best weekly papers in the state is published here ami its editor is an energetic promoter of all that is best for the town and county. The office is fully equipped to do as good job work as any in North Carolina. It may tie truly said that no mar* ket has a fairer prospect of success. The directors of the company have been very careful in the selection of men to niauage the warehouses. Men of u ide experience and energy will ultimately bring success. The tohacoo u ill lie at our very door, aud the quality lieing known though* Hit the state must bring the the full complement of purchasers. All things necoesary for the con venience of lioth seller and buyer will be had and the Williamston tobacco market is even now an as* sured success. THE TELLTALE THUMB. Its Marks and Lines and Its Signal From the Brain. A tremendous amount of nonsense has been written about thumb marks- It is claimed that the curious skiu configuration 011 the ball of the thumb is never the same in any two people and that it never changes*. The first statement is correct, and the same thing can he said of the lines 011 the |>a!m and the ch!ases on the bottom of the feet. But the assertkn that the thumb marks never change throughout life is a decided exaggeration. The alter-" at ion may come from a variety oC causes anything, in fact, that destroy the outer layer of skin. Another modifying cause is thd tendency of tl e the thumb to de* velope little horizontal creases as cne grows old. This is especially true nf mechanics and other work* i ng people who use tooLf; and even tually the crea«es will break tip tha lines to such an extent that it is equivalent almost to a rearrange ment of the pattt rn. Specialists in uevre diseases by an examination of the thumb can tell if the patient is affected or likely to be affected by paralysis, as the thumb singals this long before it is visible in any other part of the body. If the danger symptoms are evidenced there, an operation is performed on what is known as the "thumb center" of the brain, and the disorder is often removed. No matter how carefully the in dividual may attempt to conceal in cipient insanity, the thumb will re veal it infallibly. It ia the one sure test If the patient in his daily work permits the thumb to stand at a right angle to the other fingers or to fall listless into the palm, taking no part in his writing, his handling of things. injhis multiform duties, but standing isolated and sulky, it is an unanswerable confession of mental disease.—Kansas City IIH dependent ncMDt'i Tirpeatlae ft/luttoa Sac* LM{ Plaatar u a cetfain cure for whoop ing cough, easy and comfortable, work# arhilejnm deep. T asapoa, .