ACROSS CONTINENT
? OVERLAND FOUR
W. T. and Arthur Whitmire, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Whitmire, of
Cherry field, decide.} that the West
was ?n>? <o far away for a new Over
land car. so on Oct- her 10, 1925,
U-ev h Brevar and motored
w""t\va d Ui see if there could be
- ?ihv! Stat** , as jfOod as the Old
-N >rth State ? But iet "one of the
buys'* tell the storv.
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iBy Arthur Whitmire) ,
^|pi avinjr our native State we came
to Tv nnessee . then -n to Kentucky,
Irdiana, Illinois. Missouri, Kansas,
C dorado, New Mexico. Arizona.
:u!?t at last landing ?> Fullerton.
I u'.?*.Hina. a State which is so long
that while the people of the south
erir part are enjoying the warm
?sun.ry days and ^:tiherin^ tomatoes,
etc.. the northern folks are hunting
for lire. After s per.- ling a week
w:*h cur uncle, wjiio has been in
< slifomia for thir. years, we de
e'.ie.i u> motor up *. ? the coast to
Oakland. Cat., which as the radio
know, is a goc! broadcast ing
rijrfi. and after pending a few
with our aunt. Mrs. M. E.
1 -irk. wv loft for I.-s Angeles, five
ht;r:dred miles- south. taking a muun
-ta:n route. Th* writer has seen
nlany beautiful .pictures of Cali
fornia and *>ther in the U. S..
b\s; after we vie we u he giant Irees
air ! ai>o the de- p canyons, we
turned 'and looked the valley
where men w."re a; work picking:
?t>t-*n. oranges and all kinds of
l'ruit. it seemed as a dream, but one
whu-h would be enjoyed bv any one
- west and visiting the different
?> which, we -cannot take -space 1
ta ? i-ntion. We landed hac.kai Ful-1
fe.*tuti nn Saturday. and on Sunday!
?v - decided to go *?' the First Bap
? -t church-; not *r>.>wing any one. j
w . m reduced. ?'*>? rWlves a?. Wnit- j
K"::e Br??>;. from -the K:t.?t. .The pas-'
?if the church called the audience
atentiort. of tfte fact, tha: two'
...? :;-4 men frhr: . NVrtfc C&rolira .
v> ? in the hous< a::d had made the '
trip across the x*o::tincnt in an)
* >verland' c.ar. When he said this.'
?lie Overlaid dealer .leaned back in
lr.?. s< at, with .ii' ,i:: that :t> ivuc!'
-aid that the Overland will a!- '
ways carry the h -v- "hrough. Would ;
like - tb say. be r* that we ' traveled ?
i+Vtv four thousand miles before ?;?
"'?vi :? puncture ?w.- had. very f ( w
on the entire trip, After spending
a few more davs w! -i our unt ie .mo' j
?x - -
taking in the ^ o races, sixty.;
five in ti timber; ??' ! wedding in :
;he air. 5t'0 fee; above.. we thought
heir nict it WouL: he for us to dihe
?! home for T.'.ir.k.-givine and fell,
he story of our Wonderful journey.
? Weaving California," the . garden !
-pot of the world, we entered Ari- ?
. ona anain, .and ?>:i to Texas, and ;
?inallv we saw Tennessee, and it }
looked good t - ti- tor we knew we
.0* . . ? *?
were nearing hon e. There are two.
States we cross.-.,! on our pourney
which I would like to recall ? Cplor- .
ado and Kansas. A Colorado man
told us this story which helped us
later: "Two nn *n were traveling as
ie were and after . night they saw
.something. in the road which looked
l^ke a tent. They stopped to ex
amine it. ar : when they did. t>Co
men. vame out and held them up ?
""bbed them, and also took thc-ir
? ar." Ihis. lr an advised us not to
st'on for anytiirr.ir we saw in the i
road. A few days after this ? we |
were iirivin>r rather late at night and
-iw i: -urt case in the. road, but we
t>a.vsed it up: ;ve heard after reach
i-av: ^ California that two young men
were held up when they..stopped for
the >uit case and robbed of their
noney and car. We. stepped on
the gas as advised, they stopped, not
knowing the danger. So we would
like to advise our boys going West
to pass up anything at night lying
in the roan ? Safety first.
No doubt you have heard or read
of "The slow train thrugh Arkan
sa. ." 1 wa.:: to tell you that we
had a. narrow escape with the train
in Kansas one night, and it wasn't
a do wt rain either. We had many
narrow escapes <>f our lives in mak
ing this trip, but after all., we
iai.ded safely for Thanksgiving.
While the Western States are
great in a number of ways, and
California L<* hard to surpass in
beautiful scenery and ideal climate
in the winter in Southern California
? still we can say that North
Carolina is good enough for us, and
hard to surpass, not only in scenery
uiid other things which it produces,
hut also the good friendly Anglo
American people who inhabit -the
State from Cherokee to Currituck.
W ould Champion, Jack Dempsey,
offered no . resistance when burglars
entered his home: lwt, of course.
Jack couldn't be expected to fight
when the. ? ^-rere no gate receipts.
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POULTRY ESSENTIALS
FOR WINTER EGGS.
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1 The power to lay. protection bj
k a good poultry house, and propel
feed and care are the four cardinal
t points to assure winter production
: of ejrcs according to Dr. B. b. Kaupji
?J lead of the poultry department at
Stat* College and a practical poultry
Viower of m years expedience.
The house needs to be clean, well
? ntilated. With dry floor ami a
ijhi. roof, avs Or. Kaupp. li the
jo Use is. out. o? a good range, so
such, better, as the birds can then
jet some gr.vn feed. We have f urn
shed thousands of plants for such
houses and any grower may obtain
them free of charge.
The next thing to consider, is the
jower to lay. The average UnseWct
d farm ? hen will lay hut 7_! eg?s
i;n v.ar. By selecting the best
.,y?rs from the Hock> and Che mo-i
vigorous coekerols from these hen*,
.he flock can easily be fought up
it ? ai) average ?'f l."?0 ,e?? per rten
>er year.
Bui no matter how well the breed
ing has heo-) done, is the young pul
lets are not ted by keeping plenty of
mash before ihem at all time- and
i good scratch feed each morning
ind evening, they cannot lay. Winter
i^gs generally come froiii the pullets
.-rowri during the past season, be
,ause tin' <?! havv V.olted and
hen Ji-Orie through the rest season.
The pallets, therefore, must be fed
and when fet'i is- doled out. they
i tret only about enough for body
? .tte.eds and nor-- with which to pro
| duce eggs.
. pr. Kaupp -tates that speed in
I egg prodUcti'-n depends directly o.i
' he amount o\ the proper kind of
' n;ash the. bird takes in each day. j
| Corn al'-r.i- #31 not make eggs. ;
I>r kaup!) i;U '?::M?emU a train mix-]
tu-v eomp<??M of corn, wh-at and
-at>. ? ivedbu - rir pint to ^>4
hens, in lit: ? ? * the moving ??<' !
the afternoor. ? !
PROFITS FROM BEES
GIVE START IN LIFE
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Because i>? hii prolix -from bve
keepinc. .1- jjp Ratley of St. Paul
row known' one of the State's;
'eadini: beokt -?per* and i>..?ne of |
?the .substantial'" citizens- of his homo,
town; ?' ill-.* -o'e^at .ht- work in jyK. j
with -1 c ionic* housed in obi gums
and now "he. :*.a- about Kl'm coloni-.-s
in !?'? ?JiilV'v; t
r K^t-lcv ? -\*.?x'<*s> ui bet-^ypiur
is au.'ti.c: ? ?'" modern fairy ab
with the exception that it ?s. true. !
>ays C. I.. Swn>. extension beekee; - j
ing specialist for the North t aroliini !
Suite Collect I first began k
^ ith i-im wi.ev he had only 21 vob-n
ies and gaVr :h-.m such "aucnt io"n a
he could sj .ir-.- I.rym his labor -as a
section hate -m a railroad. He took j
i day ."ft* accompany me on :v j
trip of inspection to some other
beekeeper- ?n ;a community.
N'v.w ,h?? h - over i\0U c^onjes j
scattered fe '^rluus apiaries in the
section adjacent to St. Paul. At a
conservative estimate, his gross in
come fro iv. his bees this year will
amount to about $?>.000 and it all :
ornes from giving the bees careful
atteiitio?" and using modern, pro
gressive methods in handling both
the hee- and the honey.
Mr. Sai l - states that - Mr. Katley
ha is ae.umuln^'d con.Mderable pro
perl v. has' given liberally to all
benevolent causes, is educating his
cauirhter at one of the. leading y:irl;.
colleges of the State and is generally
considered ai one of the lea<ling
citizens .of his eommunits. all bi
cause of the returns which he has
securvli vith bees. j
I know of no other kind of busi- j
Mess related to farming that Mr. j
Ratley have followed and]
which tt have permitted him to j
use hi> - time so profitably
until he j. - v. -tart, says Mr. Sams.
He has adopted the ideas and sugges
1 tions given, by. this office and he has
seen them work out to advantage
when put into use. There are othei >.
of Course, who are makinjr money
from beekeeping in the State, but
Mr. Ratley's success has been unusu
nl because of the small way in which
he began.
PLOWING UNDER TRASH
MAKES LAND FERTILE
Don't rake off or burn the trasff
left oi. rla* fields after the crop is
harvested this fall. Plow it under,
t contains plant fo.qd of a value
'rom five to fifteen dollars per acre
?nd will increase crop yields the fol
lowing year.
Even where we use summer and
inter legumes for soil improvement,
he main crops have a larger acreage
nd therefore the cover crops plant
ed are not sufficient to mantain the
upply of organic matter, says W.
F. Pate, fertility agronomist at
State College. This being the case,
<t is necessary to plow under the crop
residues such as corn stalks, cotton
stalks, tobacco stalks, peanut vines,
grasses and other vegetative matter.
This will help to keep up the supply
of organic matter.
Prof. Pate states that that system
of farming- generally practiced in
North Carolina tends to deplete the
amount of organic matter in the soil.
This causes the soils to wash and the
cro {is to suffer under abnormal
growing seasons as i late cold spring
too I'ttle rain or too much rain. Iii
most cases, where a soil has yielded
??mailer crops from year to ye;u* the
i eason Can be found in that the
supply of organic matter has not
been maintained. Tlu-n, in nearly
all cases whet - the soil is increasing
in cr??n producing power, the -supply
of organic matter is increasing.
Years ago when our fanning
implements were, crude or inade
quate. there Was some reason for
'.anting the crop residues but not
[now. says Prof. Pate. With heavy
plows, disc harrows and tractors
available, ir is :> crime not t.< tani
under these valuable crop residues.
By practicing fall and winter plow
ing, the crop 'residues, somei'm -s
called trash. will be (???ni?le*:ly in
corpora ted into the soil and lie
? rouble will be bad in the spring in
preparing a good seedbed.
PROTECT FARM MACHINERY
FROM WINTER WEATHER
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; r irm machinery and impFemenis
will be used very little in the field
I from now on until next spring; ?-<>.
j put them away under shelter and in
j good., repair, thus saying t'mt ; nd
' money next spring.
Pu the machinery and implement
['in a*j implement shed or. in -sonic
' outbu'iliir.g on the farm where they |
willl be !?'.!? ctcd from the rains a fid i
snows ,.?f ? winter - ays D. S. Weaver, j
farm jenginei r: <>f the Department <?f'j
Agronomy at State College. Before j
storing, however clean off all dirt '
and iliu1, especially from those '
parts not painted. Clean off th?
bright parts and cover then; with a
.heavy coating of grease. -This will
prevent rusting. Sometime during
the . winter give the painted part
which need replacing.
NEW FREIGHT TERMINAL
OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY
OPENED AT KNOXVILLE
The new John Sevier freight tci - !
initial. <>f the Southern Railway. ,
located six miles east of Knoxville. |.
and the four-mile double track belli
line, collecting it with the .Middles
boro line at Beverly, on which work
was begun in July, 1924; were placed
in service on Oct. 2#>th. .
The terminal includes a ciassitic-'
t oil yard with ">?> miles of 'track ar >
capacity for 3,500 cars modem
engine handling facilities, a transfer
station for handling less than car
load freight moving through Knox
ville, refrigeration station for icing
perishables, and pens in which live
stock can be rested, fed and watered.
The classification yard is built in
two distinct units, each includiiu:
receiving and make-up sections. Tli ?
engine terminal includes a -stall
roundhouse, mechanical coal chute,
sand and cinder handling plant,
water supply. ami machine sho?
for running repairs. The transfer I
station will take rank with the large]
stations which the Southern operates !
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at Inman Yards, Ca.. Spencer. X. ('..
and Hayne. S. ('.. and will greatly
facilitate the handling of package
freight through the Knoxville gate
way. The movement of freight
trains will be expedited by. use -uf
the belt line over which will bt
diverted a heavy tonnage which ha>
been heretofore handled through the
industrial district of Knoxville.
HAVE YOUR OWN WAY
COLD WINTER BATTLE RAGES
Xorth Carolina farmers are hein>.
warned by the Sears-Roebuck Agri
cultural Foundation against placing
faith in the forecasts of an ex
tremely cold winter ahead to be fol
lowed by an unseasonable summer j
in 1926. The winter may be ex
tremely cold and the summer unseas
onable, but scientists have no means
of telling it at this early date. A
week is the longest dip possible into
the weather future.
Neither is there reason for believ
ing that the winters in this section
are longer so cold nor the summers
so hot as formerly, according to the
Foundation, which quotes weather
bureau figures on the point, running
back three decades. The mean Dec.
Janurary and Feburary tempera
ture over the decade 1895-1904 wa?
40.2 degrees. For the decade 1905
1914 it was 42.5 degrees; and for
1925-1924, 42.5 degrees, a differ
ence in the total range of 2.3 degre
es. The mean temperature' for the
same three months of winter last
year was 33.4 degrees.
Snow that lay on the ground for
months on end, skating that began
, in November and lusted until March
snow drifts that reached almost anj
height one might mention were the
exceptional occurences in grand
father's day as they are today, tht
Foundation declares. One mild win
ter starts the rumor that overt-oat1
manfacturers had better pro into th(
Palm Beach suit business, while an
extrc.ncly cold winter is dubbed a?
good old; fashion ed winter. One ex
planation for th's is that memory re
tricky and recalls the exceptional
rathe*, than the average. Another
is that modern liv.'nj; has tnk< n the
edge off (he extreme vyeather. A
snow fall that our forefathers wor' .
huve trodden under foot fe. days
mm i.? hovelled away h.fwiv w ?
get up ii the 'inprning. Better heat
ing. top.' makes us' feel the low tern*
perature 'less, and i.<e refrigerating
plants arid electric fans make "the
extermes ot - heat more endurable.
V? liile the weather is constantly
changing from one year to another,
big climatic changes are too gradual
to be observed in the lifetime of om
or even a hundred generations, the
Foundation states. Scientists ;igure
that the climate of this continent
has not changed in some ten million
years, not since the passing of tht
glacial period, and probably will not
for another ten million.
CALVERTJIEWS
Mr. T. P. Galloway has returned
home after spending some time in
St. Petersburg. Fla.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. N". Wal
drop, at the Transylvania Hospital,
a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. VVhitmire gave
a turkey dinner Thanksgiving which
was very much enjoyed by all the
guests.
Mr. I.. I.. Winchester is 1 01 king at
Kosman at present.
Mr. J. E. Thomas, of Fullerton,
CaL, is visiting his <ister, Mrs. E. C.j
(Ila/.ener.
Glazener. Mr. Thomas will >pend
the winter with his father and
niotht-r. Mi". and Mrs. W. R. Justus,
of Etowah.
Misses Alza Hogsed, Mamie Haves
and Austin Hogsed attended the
singing at Brevard Sunday.
We are glad to learn that Rev.
Hart sell is now recovering from an
operation for appendicitis.
Miss, Florence Whitmire -pent the
week-end with her parents.
Mrs. Brackens, of S<-uth Carolina.
L- spending a few day's with .da
tives at Calvert.
Quite a number of folks ar*- at
tending court at Brevard this week.
Christmas will soon be here,
folks are beginning to plan for the
holidays. So many 1. ive the wrong
spirit at this time. We all know
what Christmas represents and wh>
not leave off the things that are
evil and cleave to that which is
right.
Mr. J. V. Knceee visited friends
at Calvert Saturday.
Mrs. J. M. Zachary, of Brevard,
is visiting Mrs. R. L. Hogsed this
week. I
The members of tlie B. Y. P. U.
PATE NTS
arc being quickly sold to uiaiiufactcrora
and capitalists.
If you have an Invention, sens! us a
model or sketches Tor search and report
on patentability.
Our booV on p
sent to any adrtr
Our l>oo'? on patents aad trade-marks
sent xo any aui'ii"
D. SWIFT & CO.
7th & E. Sts., Washington, D. C.
Established in 188?.
will give a socis
days at the hoj
T. P. Gallowaj
Miss Alza
night with Mi
Rosman.
NOTICE Of
CO!
Th:: bid
di-ic.'ihcd vhivl
K.tii, i'J25, h|
u 'It*; *!ie aufh'i
of ? ' 'Urt. I will
at public autionj
< ourl House Doo^
Biovard. N. C.. o?
28th. l&2f> at 12 o'c
The lands are described
low*:
First Tract: l.yin;r in B- y.l tmvn^
ship, bounded as follows: I?f!fin?r"n^ (J
on three dog-wood in ;i noliov.% : *.i: - i
South 85 de>r. West 52 no: a ^
sj.ani^h oak and black then ,
Noilb 50 dep. West 125 poles ;o a *
chestnut oak and uutn: then We- 1 V
28 poles to a black oak; then Noah
50- de<;. West, 52 poles t ? n po-'lar Q
and hickory; then North ">2 1 (f
dej*. East, 52 poles to a whil: ! ^
oak; then North K7 do-?. K:t ~t . !
138 poles to a stake i:i the y.
n 1 ! 8
Scruggs line; then with ?ame. South 5
98 poles to the Scrubs corner; *
then with the Setups* line. Ka?? ^
poles to a maple in a swain:' ; t!'--" ' ^
South 10 poles to the he^in.nlr
containing 100 acres.
Second Tract: Lyinir on RoijLroi; 1 20
creek, Beginning on n .?oui"-v.-?:<h:. J
the north cast corner of above Tact,
near a branch, runs West 127 noli- ^
to a stake; then South 127 ,i<de- to
a st?>ke; then East U7 pole.- '.?? a "j?
1 stake; then North 127 pole.- ;o t'u ^
beginning. ^
Said sale made for the pu: ;? <<t" ^
dividing the proceeds an:>?--.' ? h? ^
various tenants in common ;i- ' c:" ^
interests may appear. ^
This Dec. 16, 1925. )$
Weh-h Galloway, Commissioner.
3tc De?\ 10-17-2 '
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Tom Tarheel says his idea el" ;? ^
big dinner is to have among other ^
things a well baked ham ar.d that is
why he takes so much trouble in ,
curing: his meat properly.
andoS^
' Before the birth of
For Female Troubles
60 I sent to get it. I lm- ,
proved after 1117 first bottle. *
Cardui is certainly a great (
help for nervousness ^
wr-ak back. I took six bot-i
do.* of Cardui and by then I (
?war; well and strong, Ju.it ,
did fine from then on. Cardui ^
helped mo ao much." (I
Thousands of weak, suf- /
taring women havo taken '
Cardui, knowing that it had (i
helped their mothers or their 1
friends, and soon gained '
strength and got rid of their (J
pi ins. i
Cardui should do yn a lot ^
of good. ' |
All Druggists' - ,12(j
10 Per Cent Reduction or
Tires and Tubes.
FROM NOW TO CHRISTMAS
Want to Make Changes First ot Year.
THE FOLLOWING SIZES IN STANDARD 10-000
MILE TIRES OX HAND:
30 x Cord
32 x 4 'j Cord
33 x 4 Cord *
33 x 4 Cord
35 x ?"> Cord
33 x 6.20 fits 4 l? rim Balloon
30 x 3 '= fabric
Red Tubes of these and other sizes
CALL WHILE THEY LAST
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ATWATER KENT RADIO
We have been amazed at the remarkable efficiency of -
the Atwater Kent Model 20 Compact and invite every
one to come to our store and hear it. The model which
was first to get real daylight reception in Brevard.
No wonder we are enthusiastic.
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For benefit of Rosman folks we wish to announce that
we will demonstrate this wonderful set next Friday
and Saturday nights in Glazener's Store. Come and
bring your family. Listen to faithful reproduction of
the best musical organizations.
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