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v n nr I THE BEST ADVCTTi: . TNQ MEDIUM IN CLIZA- A . NEW PAPER WfTi: AN INCREASING CIR CULATION J ! BETH CITY. T: J JUL, VOL III elizaei:tii city, kc?.tji Carolina, f;:iday, February 21 1913 . N.'S McaLSlUF.fiCniCOLIOSE'- OT - potato mi 1 1 t f I f 1 I letter To Prominent Currli; J Farmer Tells How Disease . V Prevalent in County May Be Avoided. - - WEEBIKG BELLS AT MAIuJ At the instance of Mr. Vfal-1- O'Neal of Aydlett, Cum 1 c count j, ti e U. H, Depart j it of Agricultures has. been c.aducting an investigation re yarding the disease which has been attackiug the sweet pota toes in some sections of Cuni- tnrlt. . '" Mr. O'Neal several month asro forwarded to Department sample of tlie eased jiotatoe and vines a 1 soil. The investigation lias been completed and Mr. L. X. Har der, Pathologist, has prepared ommnuieation to Mr. .O'Neal. Vs. tn subject is a matter of ,:jtrcme ''.importance' to so many :yioweis of potatoes in Currituck county, Congressman Small sends opy of this letter to the Advance with the suggestion that it be published. '- .'"''.' The letter was as follows:"' - Feb., 3, 19ia. Mr, Wallace O'Neal, : - , -Aydlett, N. C., - . Dear Sir: -. , : ' " " -... Your two letters, one of. Sept. 2nd., and. one of November 18, to Prof.L; C. Corbitt, accom panied with diseasesd sweet po- tatoeand soil, nave ueenre.ei- AGEJ OUTII MILLS Manteo, N. C.,Feb., JTlli Oa Knndar afternoon. February lGth the at four o'clock .at the borne of Rev. O. li . Marshall, air. Hor ace Doitu and, Miss Martha Meekins were quietly, united in the bonds of holy matrimony, Rev O. N. .Marshall officiating. ; Immediately, after" the ceremo ny . and congratulations ; from their - special friends who were permitted to witness the marriage the bride and groom left for their home at North Jnd, Mr. Dough is a worthv and highly esteemed young man of: North End and is enr?ed m the construction or the light house at Popular Branch Miss Meekins, for some tune, lias been the popular" and . efficient book keeper for the flrni of T. S. Meekins; and Company ; or Manteo. Their many friends wish them a long and happy life. ; , ruiKn nifl for attention. I 1 flayed, answering your in l,Jh until I could mahe,fl.tl Of 'the. disease, "'hoping as a i . -.suit td.be ihle1o 've you I'lnn1 citizen dead ' 1 -;- Hookworm In Lima 's m :'-- . -A --..;.'-' -' 1 ' ' - ' ' - - V v :--Hiy:A I.-''- - '"-x r' ' 1 W A ' t T7A ' '','' OIG BfflQIT;Fffl::SIfiOilSIIEO': FOB DOIIfll EllSIERWillll Q Black Reclaimed Lands of: Belhaven Section to be Studied. Two Hundred Acre" Farm at Wenona f-.;Xlie North Carolina - Depart-o men t of Agriculture has arrang ed Ji establish" L'00-acre Btate Kxierinienf Farni on the . black lands, north from Jielhaven. The exact' location is on the Norfolk Southern Kailroad, directly at Wenona - stat ion, and near" the county line' . tetweeu ; Washington arid ' JJeaufort counties. " . -The type of soil nt this farm locatedrepresents a black sandy loam formation, and the state ex periment operations at this farm will be for the purpose of ascer taining the best crops and crop ping -methods applicable to this tyie of soil. ; : i The active oiMrat3ont' flr nl. ready nnder way at the new farm 'iml. a large amount of money will -be expended this spring In the way of erectinz bulldinirs and brinjrins n cood Hcreaee area of this black soil land under cnl- tivatlon, All the land included in ' this istatfr-farm 1m in nn un developed, raw --condition and ad diliomU experiment value will be added to" the farm oterations from the fact that the State X)o, fuutmeht will have evidence and operation experience to record from the beginning. ; ; " The seenrinir of - this Stnlc farm for eastern North 'Carolina1 h C,a real resr.H of energetic 1 fils j.ut fori!; 1 v the Li'"i and NORFOLK SOUTIIEI... issues fold; ; V . ' Norfolk, ' Va., Feb., 18, 1013 . With a teudency to metropolitan. wav the iasseurer denartmeat of the-Norfolk Southern Kailroad 1 II .. 1 1 .. . . t V . . . ' mis recently -issued u new.ioiaer . and reference guide. This fold-; er is beins placed in the hnmJ. of the traveling public .with the view of giving them useful infor mation in a condensed form. It; Is a combination of train time tables and a compendium of gen eral information ' with reference to stations, eities and towns a- hong the several lines of road op-; I i.i.o tnrl 1... U...4t. ...... A newnnd -valuable feature or this travel irnide is a table, show' ing the population of the difA r ent cities and towns, an ui-t(-date idea, and of special inter est to the traveler unacauaint: 1 with the territory. Of late there has been a raiii ly increasing interest in Norft l NmtLern terntorv, and evu day new people, bolh l .ssii and '"prospectors. ' are travel;. through 'the 'coastal .pi ;ia c-- try, yr ' U.j informnt h i ; i -..urc- 4 nn ' ; ' . " 1 1 ...i i .jii.-.. . . . . i ' t.tlves. 1 I isolated an orruaism which I thought was the cause of the disease, but obtained no results "from inoculations. ; l tan, therefore, only give you sug gestiona for control that will ap ply to any disease of the sweet potato. '-';'"':;"" '.';' .-:,.'''" ' Three things are necessary to obtain a clean crop of sweet potatoes: (1). clean seed; (2) a clean hot-bed; and (3) crop ro tation or planting the alips on .disease-free soil. Host of the diseases of the jsweet potato attack both the vines and tie roots or potatoes. In view of that fact the diseas es are often introduced into the hotbed in the seed and from there carried to the Held with the slips. It is, therefore, very important to use diseasefree seed, ('lean seed can be secured ; .ly by selecting the potatoes isnd this can be. done most suc cessfully in the fall at dicing tiaie. The Vines and potatoes f oth should be very carefully ex r"ed. The-seed should be 1, j only from the hills' that sec z ap-'rently . free dom dis-s--A; ' '"stem rot'' U easJ'- r -i r inching '.c : . a I .stem, i y t Le blackened "iatc i i portion. The organism enters the rot 's also. v ' Wit',, clean seed potatoes it in essential t! it the Lot bed.shou! 1 l,e free cf tie parasitic orj a isins. On t care should be ex ercised in t'.j jriparation of the hotted. F.-fcie tie soid is put in the bed tie s-nt, boards,, or vhatever is : ! ia the construc tion, vuould be t' -roughly spray J v ; i a rorJi.iuz solution or i : v New soil should be from the woods or ri. : "y should be sterilized by str rr.il : or disinfected by soak-jr- v a a solution of formal J- ' It i. rx is used tie soil should tiirti'.ie.l for c --t forty min ' r tie tr t ' reach i...aikae well p.. .nJ 1'.; hjs years, he had however, been in feeble bealih all winter; grad ually growing weaker until death resulted . vv . T .." '- ' Old in yearsj and for the past few months feeble, in body Mr. Sawyer remained young in spir it to the last; He was one of the few who carry, into manhood and adb the heart of a boy. A lover of fun. he is said to have been himself a story' teller of note, delighting his hearers with his ready wit, ' ... i iv Carolina and no Ke .. V,",y Pasquct: . Ciildren. Should Net tz L.feclcd. All Should - ' , - MASQUER A DE PARTT TIia Roval Ambassadors of iii!cbwell Memorial church win have a masquerade party at the . ii i .1 hnmo of anss Annie i;eu i.awanii corner Broad and First streets tn-niffht. Admission. 5c. for children.-- 10c. for adults. i.e- fi-PKbments will le served. Come and emwirage the children. Messrs. A. C. Hathaway and F. P. Whorton of Washington, X. C, are in the city. Mr. J, R- P.iwden has boiight (' r. IVpsi Cola bottling ; WOIKS - I). W." Davis .a: kwi'.l,! eve t:.e "plant' to Mattl.ews street, ' (I'ving the building, next to tl.e' Elizabeth City Buggy Coni- i,any- FOUND on Dyer St., In front t f Mrs. Frank Winslow's. a sil ver nes-h bag. Owner can have ..: e ly identifying it. m. f armab't-hyde (1 part for maKM.yOe to '2M parts water) can be i- -fl. The soil should be thoroughly soaked about two wefls l-: .'-!? nsins. Formal- hyde can le purchased cheaply at any !rrg store. Crop r- 4 t ; -a f-lould le jrac ticed. Flarif tie Klir on ground where sweets l.ave not 1-een rown for scv . 1 ."rs. , , - ,: ; : k ' the commissioners of Pas-r.o ft - p-j tank county aX tlcir last sc-" 1 , , M. l. voted an appropiiation to ay : tiiA (TnfnsA of a Ilookworu e.i.a- pajgn in the county. Tt cam paign will begin oa Feb. y 2t and will Continue for five . ks thereafter. The work will 1 i ia charge of Dr. W. P. Jacc ' of the State Board of Health - f ist ed by, a trained microsc: ' t. . Hookworm disea.se is i valent in all sections of North Carolina ho county being exempt from in fection. It is decided! jscvere in the eastern section of the state especially in the country districts its ravages snowing m?frKs cnici ly in the children, lUs being true it is desirable that ,-th children all of thorn, be exam ined and it is the duty of every parent to see that this opiortH nitv is not neglected. A whedule of the rampajfii ' published .UW: Find out v nil i a . t . . News reached here from ISal- eigh . yesterday that B . F. Vann, convicted here of the murder-of Oliver Laydra, has Jost his ap peal 4o; the Supreme. Court and must aerve-'lis sestence of 'twen ty years. . lAt":- ' Tbb ismo surp.risci to(.the peo ple of this sec t ion who knew . the facts ; in the ca-se as , they were brought put ou trial. ' Vann had hardly a chance in a thousand to get a lighter sentence than fhat imjosed upon him. ; .-" ;. po.tnt .is r t your Jion. then nee to it that you visit disjiensary on tl.e first day There" will be shown at disiensary intestinal worms oystici: srrPEii F ; TH'TIMON i-Vf ieia. NEW STORE OPENS Mr. C. II. Sanderlin, who has been In the realy-to-wea r ga r men business for some time and is well known '. in this citr is oir..ing u an attractive line of a at j foindexter street. DEACONS ORDAINED Messrs. S. S. Davis. Milton Sample and George Harrel! were ordained as deacons of Corinth Dajust Church last Sunday af-, ternoon. The ordination was cor 'acted by the pastor, T,' L. la id, assisted by Reir. E. F. 'awver. : " - : '(" -.-' . ' . . MR. PEELE AT CORINTn the of '., There will te a.i t r'?er supper at the.boT " White near Qkisko, at the old John H many kinds, iateu .--.tirj .pictcres . rcrrv .'residence, "'it Wednesday and there will Lej--n eaeh.-.'iy fc?;ht ofjicxt ' eck, I ' : ..ry ?G. a talk on bookwer ho wc am' j e 6tf'r is rjven for the ben disease and nanita;:. a, illustrated 0f yt. IT rmon church, re bv pictures and Lrr wirts. iairs about fiie fhurch and par- 'Examination, trrr.tr.ent and ev (onage being c -tetnplatrd and crythrng is absol.:ttly free. Lit- fands being nr 1 to .liquindate era tare on . Ho; worn difcasc. ts already ; Mng. Malarku TyphcU rever and the . The general j lie is cordially Sanitary Privy, will le dislrifcnt- invited toflttei !. ' ed free. I Kth March 4. 11. 18, 25. rasouotank. Wr " 'jts, Feb ruary, S". I.:.'-", a r., V2. v ). 8. Davis' I rc T: .: . - ...iys. J. N. Wi!" i Februar.Vr I f and Ccth; - .... ;i...; J fr-re. H i-Javs, 'r.ttb 7, 14. 21, (Cccrt IIoase i 1. 8. 15, 22. ' Mr. Peele will sieak at Cor inth church Sunday afternoon at the ' regular preaching service .our. The pastor, Rev. L. T. Keid, will be prevented from fil ing his regular appointment on account of his part jn the Wil- ard Memorial service 11 the Vr c. t; v:x i: s U : u i,-held at the First Methodist Church. LITTLE GIRL DEAD Mary,' the twelve year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carter, died Tl -lay of Fellag ra. ' She was tuned Wednesday, the funeral services being con ducted by the Rev. L. T. Reid 'pa.stor of the First Baptist Chrrch. This is the third death from pellagra that baa occurred here in the past twelve or fifteen months.' resources and advanta;, ... . the plan of the railroad j to hereafter give out vari. '. Changing lines of in fa: and data regarding the tin '. along the Norfolk Sou the i;., to conibine these news iter.. iimg with their regular and quent issues of timetables folders. V .-,-'.' . - Another . very noticeable ture of the present folder guide is that the Norfolk ', ern has adopted a new c scheme, the old. time' but worn green Laving now f, way .to n tasty and cheerful mild mannered maroon. f; fr r.re- iven but Jfrs. C. C. I r!s and Miss Goldie Lister, r r a vis-it to Mrs. J. vr. y Jen. have r i -ed to their ! ;-e in WecL-i- vil.j.., .i . . DANTE'S INFERNO at z ,n:t alkramA ' Daute's Inferno, in five reels, waa pre.1 cn ted at the Alkrasna in moving pictures Thursday night; and this nur.iler will be also re peated to-ni;.ht. A large crowd was present at the Alkrama 1 st night, and the attendance will probably be even Iarp r to-ni-ht. The great Ital- an s nastcr 'ee; has held th intcuot f,t t. a ' world for. certa ries4 and it will be most effec tively pre ted in the pictures . that the AlLrama has secured. The intrust of those who have not real Dante's 'Inferno will la stimulate J; and those who Lavs studied it will be able to read it . with full' appreciation. . first if. k. c nunc 11, Sunday Service REV. J. C. WOOTEN, l'ator, !):r.O A. M.' Sunday School, T. O. Markham Krraist ,-ndont 11)0 A. M. Senrson on Patriot - tea 3:00 P. M. Triv cli vril"" 1 annivfr?"rv. i - ' r c : ; - cies cf tld'w.C.T.r.. .1.1 m I r I;:v. !Ir. : 1. 73 P. M. T . :r a t j I : ir- c:.: t. lours verr tr-'if, ..: ' St. I'- If it i f:u:d i!e t- f. : ty S. S. IIccl TL.r --"js -rait.
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