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Modern Farm Methods As Applied in the South. Notes of Interest to Planter, Fruit Grower and Stockman Poultry Xotes. * Disease germs multiply more rap- M)r when tbo weather is warn, so use extra precaution to keep the drink and feed vessels clean. Boiling ■water will dlsinfeetf them. Because turkeys weighing fifteen to twenty pounds are a good site for most family dinners, they bring bet - tir prices per pound and are in great er demand on the markets. Too many poultrymen imagine that anything that a fowl will eat well is wholesome food for it. It is a mis take, and very often a costly one. Whatever is decaying Is bad for do mesticated fowl. It is not necessarily the largest flock that nets the largest profit. A ■mailer one well cared for and freed from loafers may pile up the net gain much faster, even if the gross income should be decreased. Keep the droppings cleaned out of the house; mix them thoroughly with ry earth; then spread the mixture about anything in the garden that is desired to grow quickly, working it lightly into the soil. The chickens -will be better off and the garden will do very much better. A dollar's worth of grit will save more than a dollar's worth of feed, and do another dollar's worth of good for the flock... Any hard stone may be crushed uo to the sizes of wheat and corn grains, and will give good account of itself; but buy the pre pared grit if necessary, rather than to try to get along without grit for chickens.—Progressive Farmer. Reducing the Cotton Acreage. What an awful amount of human labor wasted to produce only 11,- 560,000 bales on over 31,000,000 acres, when if every farmer of the South really farmed, the crop could have been made on 11,000,000 acres and the nearly 20,000,000 that were acatched over In cotton could have .been growing forage for stock, corn, ; wheat and grass. That is what acre age reduction means. It means bet ter preparation of the soil, crop rota tion for the development of the pro ductive capacity of the soil. We can not, of course, hope to get the bale par-acre standard all at once, but what a rich country the South will be if we ever get to making the crop of the season on an equal number of acres for the bale production. But it JptUl never come while farmers plant every acre tuay la cotton and depend solely on commercial fertil iser to make a crop, buy the fertil isers on credit, the mules on credit, the hay on credit, the meat on credit, and in the fall have to rush the cot ton off at any old price to pay their debts. It will come through good farming only, less land in cotton and more cotton per acre, ahd hente cheaper production. It is to be hoped that the farmers of the South have had experience enough in over-acre ago to make them cautious about spreading over too much land and puttlLg croppers in to still further in crease the weak cotton in the fall.— W. F. Massey, in the Progressive . Farmer. Cut Crimson Clover Early. Crimson or annual clover is now coming into bloom, and If cut at the proper time makes a valuable hay, even more nutritious than red clover hay. But if allowed to stand too long before cutting It makes k dangerous feed for horses. It should be cut when in full bloom and before the heads begin to turn ripe. If allowed to stand until the heads, or a considerable part of them, are ripe, there Is danger of them mat ting and forming balls in horses' stomachs and killing them. J have seen them taken from horses' stomachs as large as a man's list, and am told they often get very much larger. I write this note of warning be cause many are experimenting with crimson clover this year who never grew it before and may not know of the danger of allowing it to stand too long before cutting for hay. Crimson clover is a very valuable crop and should be planted very much more largely all over the South, but this caution about cutting it before the heads get ripe when intended for bay should be observed.—T. i). j Varkcr. l'ork Pointer*. Hogs can b3 produced and mar keted ub quickly an a crop of grulu. This should be attractive to the pcor man. A. grain or cotton crop makes an income "only once a year, but there ' Is no valid rzason why hogs cannot J bring 111 money twice a year. Pnsturage is the cheap pork maker. 1 and ihs Sr.ith leads other sections in lho l-'flim u. tha pasii-rage season; I Pert Paragraphs. Trust no man's memory—nor your own. *' fit* Forbearance is one of llie virtues our enemies do not poerifcss. 6 Most liquor would improve with ape if men would let it. Don't be nfraid of experience. He ' is the best" teacher. Don't be afraid to do more than is ' required of you. . I fe.:- V r ' but pasture alone will not yield the belt pork profits. Do not be penny wise and pound foolish, by trying to get over-cheap breeding stock. Suppose one breeder, because of greater merit, costs |5 more than another, £nd suppose that it makes five per cent, difference in the offspring/(a difference of one twentieth), the extra cost will soon be repaid. A gain of only twenty five cents on each of twenty pigs re pays the extra cost of $5, and there yet remains the better blood for future breeding. The Progressive Farmer. * Irish Potatoes Then Turnips. I break ground in winter and leave rough; in March I harrow fine, open rows three feet apart, apply Btable manure from ten to twenty loads per acre; on this scatter 800 pounds of fertiliser to acre. I mix acid kainit and cottonseed meal in equal quanti ties and add. ten pounds of nitrate of soda to each 100 of other mixtures; run sweep through to mixture, drop potatoes, cut to two eyes, every eigh teen inches, cover with two furrows; just as plants begin to come up run over with spike tooth harrow; culti vate-with sweeps, three to four times, sprinkle vines with Paris green to kill bugs. After digging potatoes fertilize again with same fertilizer in same manner, cover row,then harrow down once when ready to plant turnips. I plant rutabagas in June and be gin planting purple tops in July and continue to plant in succession until October the turnip four to six inches apart and cultivate every ten days or two weeks.—Karl Q. Daly, iv Southern Cultivator. A Fine Stand of Alfalfa. We have one acre of alfalfa sown latter part .of October last, on sandy land, and have a fine stand, and It is growing fast; some of it Is four to eight inches in height, and has some weeds and oats growing In It. Would like to know whether either of them, weeds or oats, will damage the alf alfa, ai)d also if we can top dress it, and what kind of fertilizer. We had the land planted In corn and peas last year; after gathering the crop we broadcasted sixty to eighty tons of stable manure on the acre and then turned it eighteen inches deep and cut with disc harrow'until the land was well pulverized and leveled with harrow and then sowed file seed by hand and get a beautiful stand. This Is the first I ever tried to raise.—E. H. & Son, Sumter, 8. C., in Southern Cultivator, Three Beeves For Every Bale. Feeding one beef for every three bales of cottou sold in the Southern States will not enrich the farmers, but feeding three beeves for every bale sold will bring prosperity, es pecially if the beeves are of the best beef breeds, for there is little profit In feeding scrub cattle. When a cot ton farmer raises manure enough to cover hlB corn field broadcast he will not be tempted to throw away money in buying fertilizer for the corn, and he will be getting that land Into con dition not only to make corn, but cot ton, too. With manure on the corn field and peas in the corn, he will be getting back the wasted humus, and in feeding cattle he can get on a cash basis and be in a position to dic tate prices to the fertilizer men "for what little of their goods he needs to buy.—W. F. Massey. Get a Good Stand. Strive to get a good stand. All your careful preparing, and good cul tivation, and heavy fertilizing, and all the sunshine and showers and gently distilling dews cannot make corn and cotton grow on stalks that are not there. Prepare your seed bed well, be sure your seed are pure, sound and strong, and then plant them the proper distance and depth. In this way you will at least be trying to do a good farmer's part in securing a good stand.— Progressive Farmer. Feeding Your Cro(»sty One of our enterprising fertilizer companies has this very pertineut suggestion to our farnfers: "You don't eat enough in one day to last six months, nor do you feed your stock that way. Why fciiow such a plan, then, in feeding your crops?" —Southern Cultivator. Hay as a Money Crop, If oue raises peas and can not get C 2 per bushel lor them, he can sow them and sell the hay, and thus realize their value. Southern grown hay is fast coming to the front. Our markets are no jonarer prejudiced in years past South ern Culmator. Proverbs aad Phrases. Yon can't save time. The best yon can do is to improve it as it passes. Beware the geese when the fox preaches.—ltalian. If a man isr right lie can't be too radical, and if he's wrong he can't be too conservative. Always speak well of- yourself. There are others who will "attend to the other side of it. TO CUT MEMBERSHIP BiH Passes House to Reduce South's Representation SOUTHERN MEMBERS PROTEST By a Strict Party Vote, After a Live ly Debate.. the House Puses the Crumpacker Bill Provide* For » Redaction in Representation in the States Having Disfranchisement Laws. K Washington, Special.—A campaign contribution publicity bill, embodying an amendment by Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, providing for u reduction in the representation in the House of Representatives in those States hav ing disfracfeisement laws, was pas ed by the House by a vote of 160 to 125, following a lively debate. The measure was brought up under suspension of the rules and but forty minutes were allowed in which to discuss it. The Southern members in particular were bitter in their de nunciation of the apportionment pro vision of the bill. Mr. Williams the minority leader, was especially vigor ous in his attack characterizing the bill as being an attempt to revive the conditions of reconstruction days. On aceount of the Crumpacker amendment the Democrats voted against the hill in it« entirety. In brief, the provision regarding publicity of campaign contributions is made applicable to the national committee of all political parties and the national congressional campaign committees of all political parties and all commit'.oes, associations or or ganizations which shall, in two or more States, influence the result of or attempt to influence the result of an election at which Representative* in Congress are to be elected. The Crumpacker amendment pro vides for the re-enactment of certain sections of the old Federal election law, except that the idea of the force bill authorizing the use of troops at the polls is eliminated. It also pro vides that the director of the cen sus shall submit to Congress a report on population showing the number of male citizens, white and black, in each State and the number disfran chised, for the purpose of enabling Congress to ascertain the apportion ment in representation to which such States must be entitled. Mr. Crumpacker explained his amendment by saying they were de signed against fraud and intimida tion in elections. He undertook to he declared, that no member of the House would object to a law whoso only purpose was to secure honest elections. In the opinion of Mr. Rucker, of Missouri, if anything were wanting to demonstrate that the leaders and managers of the Republican party in the House were guilty of deceit and false pretense, the bill supplied that want. "It is horse play," remarked Mr. Hardwick. of Georgia. Mr. Williams declared that if the publicity feature of the bill should become law, "it will damn your Re publican party and be worse for you tbsn the force bill which defeated Harrison: "Like children you are paying with fire in a powder maga zine." He closed by asking the Re publicans if they were fools enough to believeuthat the South would ever again submit to the policies to which she submitted when she was weak and helpless. Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, said no greater evil than that gentlemen should be sent as representatives to the House, "not by virturc of the votes of their fellow citizens, but by virture of the suppression of votes.'' Oregon Train Wrecked; Three Kiued. Oakland, Cal., ond section of the Vnv.roii e\)>rpwi train on the Southern Pacific Kail road, was wrecked near l'ineole Fri day. Three men were killed out right. One died Friday. Three wore injured. The wreck is supposed to have been caused by the front tnicli of the baggage car jumping the track. Governor Broward Lead', in Florida. Jacksonville, /Fla., Special.—Com plete retuinsYram Tuesday 'r'primary election have mly been received from 22 counties out of the 4G in the State. From these returns lovernor Broward for United States .Senator leads bv about 1,100 votes, and Albert W. Gil christ for Governor, leads by. votes. Governor Broward and Dun can U. Fletcher for United States Senator, and Gilehrisl and J. N. C. Stockton will have to fight it not in the second primary in June. McKinley Property to Be Sold. Canton, 0., Special—The McKinley block on Soufh Marl-> t street, one of the two pieces of c'a it on property owned by the late President William McKinley, was sold by Wilson at public auction. Tl; property has been appraised at s6o, (Hid. The sale was decided upon by th : m Mtstra tw of the estate of Ab-i.-r McKinley and representative* of ;cma.ndci ef the President's heirs. THAW FAILS AGAIN Loses In his Application Pot Release From Asylum WILL CONTINUE HIS EFFORTS The Juetico Declares That the Com mitment Was Constitutional yqri That Thaw is Still Insans, His Men tal Disorder Being so Manifest at to Render Him Unfit for Freedom. Poughkcepsi#, N. Y., Speciat.- Justice Morchauser filed a decision Monday declaring Harry Thaw to be still insane and refusing to release him from Mattcawuu on habeas cor pus proceedings. The suit was brought on th© grounds that Thaw is not now iiisaue arul that his commitment was unconstitutional. Justice declares it to be constitutional, saying that sj long ns iin appeal is possible, the law I should nut bu called invalid unless unconstitutionality is plain. Review ing tbe testimony heard before him he say* that Thaw's mental disorder so liii.nifest ns to render.him unfit for freedom. Thaw will not be recom mitted, liowever, until u plea be made for his transfer to some other insti tution for the insane. Thaw s attorneys declared at the beginning of the suit that they would appeal in ease of an adverse decision. It is believed that thoy can secure the consent of District Attorney Je : rome to the transfer they will drop the appeal. The decision makes no reference to the testimony given by experts at the present hearing and the kind of insanity from which Thaw is now suffering is not specified in thu finding. - Thaw will now remain in Dutchess county jail until the final disposition of mutters. He is cheerful and so is Evelyn. ' The Thaw family is willing to spend every cent of its money to keep Harry from returning to Mutt'eawari Asylum. [ "I had counted on this outcome," said Thaw, in commenting on the de cision handed down by Justice Mors chauser. "Jerome has a lot of hot air and my side was put at a disad vantage. The heaiing brought out several things in my favor which were not printed. I)r. Jacob's testimony was conclusive, but not interesting." Thaw took the decision coolly, and said he would win it possibly later. Discussing the unit for the annulment of bis marriage, he said: t'-jt' Colonel Barrett could have had the unit thrown out and time for sev eral days.'' He said lie thought there was no danger that his wife would withdraw in hope of being appointed trustee of his property. Thousands arc Homeless. Dallas, Tex., Special.—Four lives known to have been lost, more than a million dollars' worth of property destroyed, 4,000 people made home less and telegraph and telephone wires west and southwest from the city out of commission are the re sults of a record-breaking rise and ovrflow of Trinity river Sunday nipht and Monday, making the great est volume of water ever known in tin - city. The flood at nightfall pass ed the, record made by the rise in 1. C| (i, 52 feet, when business houses sit iated in what is now a poorer residence section of Dallas, were swamped. That same section of the ci: v is under several feet of , water ai''! thousands have lost their house hold effects, while the residence sec tion of north Dallas is cut off from tin' business part of the city so far ea street ear lines are concerned. **" Killed by a Train. Columbia, S. C., Special.—A spe ciiii from Aiken says Mrs. T. B. Wil ro' , wife of a of the county, was run over by a Coast Line pa senger train at Jackson station, near her home, and instantly killed, Ik i body being horribly mangled. Mrs. W.'Son attempted to cross the tracks 1/ ind a freight train, apparently n->: knowing that the passenger train wus coming in the opposite direction. Firjtean Killed at Anderson, S. 0. Anderson, S. C., Special.—Mr. (oorge Reed Keith, lireman of No. IS passenger train of. the Blue Ridge Kail way. fell in front of his engine I'cre at 0:30 o'clock Mondey morning while flagging the train over a street dossing. The engine trucks passed oxer both legs, severing them from the body at the kites. He was "hurried tn,n hospital where amputation was a member of n prominent Andoj-«n made, lie died'at noon. Keith was . iW and was a brother-in-law of Nipcriiitruucn: Anderson of the rail way. Deaf and Dumb Reunion. Baton Rouge, Special.—A reunion of' the deaf and dumb of tbe State, graduate* of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, wa3 commenced Monday and lias attracted a large : amber of" visitors, who are working tiieir fingers overtime in extending n"C,tii>fja and felicitations to their f' i'imr friends and companions. The mmion is the flr'jt of thia eliarnelrc ever held in I,otiit,ifi:ia t;ml v, ill In-', tiuce or four days. Suffering Ladies are urged to follow the example of thousands at their sisters and take Cardui. Cardui is a non mineral, non-intoxicating medicine for women. It is for sick, weak ladies, with sick female organs. ""CARDUI It WOl Help You It is a genuine, curative medicine, that builds up the female system and relieves female pain. Mrs. M. A. St*Clair, of Eskdale, W. .Va., writes: "Before taking Cardui, I had given up all hope of getting well. I had suffered for 3 years *with my left side and was confined to my bed, so I took Cardui, and now Cardui has about cured my female trouble." 1 AT ALL DRUG STORES John \). L'igga, .President; Asa T. Crawford, ISec. & lYoas. T. W. Tilgham, Gen. Mgr.; T. C. Tilgliam, Gon. Supt. The V Dennis Simmons Lumber Co., Manufacturers of Kiln Dried N, C. Pine Lumber Dennis Simmons Brand Cypress Shingles Orders and Correspondence Solicited. WILLIAMSTON, N. C. CfARTS AND WAGONS i. r i ; ' Made to Order J\ WoolardV Combin er Harrow and U Cultivator. H I A *rmng of One Horse and tw« B jQr/ Works both side* of the row at the same time. Breaks the eloda and enlfivt'ac with as much ea»c as any orii.inr* * '** U What every Farmer and Tiuck Gardner needs. J. L. 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