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FnnXAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1910. TUB GA3TOXIA GAZETTE. PAGE Tlir. : Oh Disp Silk Dresses, Serge Dresses Coats and Coat Suits The latest and most stylish articles in these lines just received from the fashion centers. Come in and see them. Thomson Mercantile Co. CASTONIA, N. C. STOIUXG THE SWEET POTATO , Fifty-Fifty. 1 In Cornwall there was a case in volving the ownership of an eight day clock. After listening to tne testimony the judge said to the plain tiff: "You get the clock." "What do I get?" complained the defendant. "You get the eight days." Lon don Opinion. A SOUTHERN R. R. FOREMAN COMES OUT WITH FACTS I L BRADLEY TELLS HOW TANLAC HELPED DAUGHTER WHEN ALL ELSE FAILED. "I believe in giving credit where credit is due and in justice to Tanlac I give it full credit for the good con dition my daughter is in today." de clared J. L. Bradley. Yard Foreman for the Southern Railroad, at Char Jotte. "My daughter Grace suffered from a peculiar form of stomacn trouble. Doctors' treatments, a stay in a sanitorium and trials with vari ous medicines failed to help her. We were uneasy about her condition and. as a last resort, tried Tanlac. From the first few bottles my girl gained ten pounds. Her complexion is clear, she is much stronger and has gained wonderful relief from those awful attacks which would come from eating different kinds of food. She would become very sick at her stomach, suffered intense pains, es pecially around her heart and her whole body would be drawn up ana she would break out in cold perspir ation. It's all different now and J gladly praise Tanlac for it did the work." Tanlac is sold in Gastonia by the Adams Drug Co.; Lowell, Robinson Pharmacy; Cherry ville, H. H. Allen; Belmont, Stowe & Sanders; Dallas, P. D. Suwmey; Bessemer City, Thigpen Drug Co.; Huntersville, S. L. Mullins; Lenoir, Ballew's Cash Pharmacy; Grover, C. F. Hambright; Worth, Harden Mfg. Co.; Mt. Holly, the Reep Company. Advt RHEUMATISM lias no terrors for people treated! by Dr. Petersoir, the Chronic Disease1, Nerve and Food Specialist: wo man's best Doctor. Over Medicines . 1 ' I 'Lebo's r furnished V ';5"f ' 1 I Dept. at his y f Store. Office. f GASTONIA, N. C. FOR SALE AUKINDS OF, FRAMING LIMBER One 90-cre v-timber tract 6 miles from city. One 125-acre -farm in South Point or will diside in 2 small farms. Five 4-room houae.3. Two vacant lots. - All on -easy : . teems. Part cash, balance in, one, two and three years. THK FAItMKItS WILL BE ALL BKXKFITKD. "Many laws have been passed which have directly helped in the de velopment of industry and trade, but there never has been legislation more important to the development of ag riculture than the federal farm loan act." That is the mature judgment of Mr. William R. Camp, given pub licity in a publication of the agricul tural extension Bervlce. The article Which that committee has issued reads: What benefit will the farmer de rive from the rural credit law recent ly passed by Congress establishing the federal land banks? ( 1 ) It will enable him to borrow for the purpose of paying off his present short term indebtedness on his farm, to purchase land for agri cultural purposes, to purchase cer tain equipment, to provide buildings and to improve his land. (2) It will do this by allowing hiin to borrow from the federal land bank at six per cent Interest from five to forty years, up to an amount equal to fifty per cent of the apprais ed value of his land, and twenty per cent of the insured value of his houses. (3) It will make if toHnlble for mm 10 own nis own hom and pay for it by small annual or semi-annual installments. ( 4 ) It will enable the wise farmer' to cultivate neglected land around him without fear of havnig his loan called and thereby run the risk of losing his property. .1 It will make him more inde pendent and will enable him to have an up-to-date and well equipped farm with many of the modern con veniences which will make the farm life more attractive to the young peo ple of our country. (6) If you are interested and want to know what you will have to do to get these benefits from the fed eral land bank, write Mr. C. B. Wil liams, West Raleigh, secretary of the committee on rural organization, re cently appointed by the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Committee Mr. E. B. Crow, casn ier of the Commercial National Bank; Mr. Joseph G. Brown, presi dent Citizens National Bank ; Mr. W. B. Drake, Jr., Cashier Merchants Na tional Bank; Dr. J. M. Templeton, vice president State Farmers' I'nion. If there is a careful study of the probable district in which North Carolina will be included this Vir ginia", Jsorth Carolina, South Caro lina, with a possibility of Maryland and Delware it will be seen that Raleigh is the logical point for the location of the bank which would be located in the district. It is upon eligibility, upon its central position with relation" to the farmers who would use the farm loan bank, that Raleigh bases its claim for selection I as the most suitable location of one of the banks. News and Observer. Not Short on Hoj's. While some of us were wondering what would be the effects of short crops in Stanly this year, twenty three of the county's corn-club boys slipped off to Raleigh and brought back a fine silver loving-cup for larg est attendance. We may be short on crops this year, but anyhow we are long on boys boys of courage, grit and will so Stanly's future is as Sured. By the way. go see that cup at the register of deed's office at the court house. Albemarle Enterprise J. S.TORRENCE Long and Short of It. "There was a chap Just in here looking for you, Smith." "Was he tall or short?" "Both." "What do you mean?" "He was a tall man, and he said he wanted to borrow a dollar." Boston Transcript. Piles Cored ia 6 to 14 Day Yjar druggist will refund none? if PAZO OINTMENT fail, to cure 'any cae of Ilchinj. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile in f to 14 daya. The firat application gitrea Ease and Best. 60c. V, . Wthiti i ur iff One of the greatest problems fa the production of sweet potatoes the question of storage. The main reason that storage is so difficult is the fact that there are very few crops that are so susceptible to in jury of frost or cold as the tweet po tato. There are two general methods of storing, namely, the pit or bank, and the storage house. Both methods are dependent for success on several conditions, the chief of which are: careful handling, freedom from dis ease, proper condition of dryness, and maintaining an even tempera ture after the potatoes are placed in storage. Potatoes that are carelessly han dled, broken and bruised will not keep. Many farmers will allow tne potatoes to be thrown roughly into the crate, heap or wagon. Such han dling tends to bruise and break the skin. Wherever there is a bruise or the skin is broken, disease will enter while the potatoes are in storage, and they will break down with one or more of the various storage dis eases, often proving to be almost a total loss to the grower. Every pre caution should be taken to see that the crop is carefully handled and that no injured potatoes are put in storage, Potatoes that are free from dls ease will keep if properly handled. but if the crop is infected with dis- eas fither the black or soft rot, succ'8ii(Ui storage must not, pe ex pected. Digraae must first be kept out of the field by careful selection of seed for slips, by not bidding po tatoes that show signs of disease, and by careful crop rotation. When first dug the potatoes are full of moisture, and when placed in heaps will "sweat." It is during the sweating process that the greatest loss from decay or rot occurs. It is at this time that the various storage diseases find the most congenial con ditions and do the most damage. If the grower can bring his potatoes through the sweating process he may be fairly certain that he can keep his potatoes, providing he can maintain an even temperature after the pota toes have been through the "sweat" in other words, have given off the excess moisture contained by them. Potatoes may be brought safely through the "sweat" by ventilation, or ventilation and heat combined. The bank method of storage depends on ventilation alone, and the storage house depends on both heat and ven tilation; Both methods have been tested during the past season at the Pender Test Farm. The results obtained were greatly in favor of the storage house method. The potatoes lor both tests were dug at the same time and were allowed to stay In the sun for a few hours long enough for them to become fairly dry on the outside. They were then removed to the storage place and were kept there from October 1st until April I The potatoes In the bank registered a loss from storage disease of 32.62 per cent. Those in the house regis tered a loss of 3.78 per cent. The variety used in this instance wai Southern Queen, and the loss ascer tained by actual count of the potatoes rather than by weight. The basis for determining whether a potato should be thrown out was its free dom from blemish such as would cause it to be unmarketable. i ne oanK was mane by digging a slight saucer-like trench in a dry place and filling it with pine straw until the straw was 6 or 8 inches a- bove the ground level. The potatoes were placed on the straw in a conical heap and then covered with pine straw to a considerable depth, a bout 12 or 15 inches. Earth was then thrown on the bank, commenc ing at the bottom of the trench and continuing to the top of the bank, leaving an air apace directly at the top. Care was taken to have plenty of earth thrown on the bottom of the bank and on the side most exposed. Many banks of potatoes are lost an nually because cold air is allowed to penetrate a too thin layer of soil. The air space or ventilator was lightly stuffed with straw to prevent the soil from falling in and choking the air passage. The whole bank had a few boards laid on it to protect it from rain and snowfall. The storage house is a wooden structure, 16 feet by 24 feet, built with a 4-inch dead air soace between the walls. The walls, floor and cell ing are double-boarded with a layer of building paper between the boards The windows are provided with. tight shutters, so that when the window and shutters are closed there is a dead-air space between, just as there is between the walls. Through the floor in each of the four corners a ventilator 10 inches by 12 inches has been cut and can be closed with a wood plug. A ventilator shaft is cut through the ceiling and is carried on through the roof. At the lower end of the shaft a hinged wooden plug is fixed, so that by simply pulling a cord the ventilator may be closed. The door to the house Is double, and is placed on the end most protected from the weather. The bins are made of l by 4 inch lumber nailed to 2 by 4 uprights. which extend from floor to ceiling The 1 by 4 slats are placed about 1 1-2 inches apart. The bins are 4 feet wide, 5 feet deep and about 8 feet high. The back of the bins is about 6 inches from the wall, and the whole bin is raised about 4 inch es from the floor. Divisions are mid by placing boards across the bin, so that the ends rest on the slats. In this manner anjrsized bin can be con structed and at the same time will allow for a perfectly free circulation of air. Heat is obtained by means of a small stove placed at the ends of the house.. The stovepipe is conducted, as low to the floor as possible, to the chimney, which is located at the op posite end of the bouse. The reason for doing this is to ret the greatest possible amount of heat uniformly distributed throughout the house. About a week or ten days before storing sweet potatoes, especially if the storage house has previously contained sweet potatoes, it is wen to disinfect it. in order that any dis ease spores left there by the last po tatoes may be destroyed. The house should be thoroughly swept out and all sand and dirt removed. When this is done, the interior shonld - be sprayed with a strong solution of biuestone. if a spray pump is : not available, wash the walls, celling and floor, using a brush or broom. The chief aim is to bring the solution in contact ' with every part of exposed surface and at the same time forcing it into every crack and crevice. 11 the spraying or washing is thorough ly done, there will be little danger from the black or soft rot spores left over from last season. A day or two before digging time the door, windows and all ventila tors are thrown wide open and a Are is started and the house thoroughly dried out. As soon as the potatoes sre ready, they are brought to the house and deposited carefully in the bina, care being taken not to bruise or injure them. The house is left wide open and the lire kept going until all mois ture is driven off. This can be as certained by the appearance of the potato. If the skin Is easily rubbed off, the drying process must be con tinued, but if it is firm and the po tatoes feel dry, then the tempera ture can be gradually lowered. Dry ing out will take from a week to 10 days sometimes longer. Much de pends on the local conditions. The temperature during the drying pro cess should be maintained at about 90 degrees, and care should be taken not to go much higher, since too great a temperature is harmful to the keeping quality of the potato. After the potatoes are dried, the ventilators, door and windows should be closed, but the ventilators should be operated so that the tem perature should not, go below 4$ or oO degrees. This is easily maintain ed if the ventilators are regulated properly. Should it drop below this, or should the house become damp, then a fire should be started and be kept going until conditions have been corrected. For further- information v writs Horticultural Department, Depart ment of Agriculture. Raleigh, N. C. Tile Busy Corner Where The Cars Stop You'd be surprised to know how many people do practi cally all their trading; In the Drug Line at oar store. If it's in the Drug Line we have It and yon may rest assur ed that the quality and price is right. Take Advantage of Our Phone Service No need of going down town for Drugs. Just step to the phone and tell us your wants in the Drug Line. We will fill and deliver phone orders promptly and satisfactorily. No extra charge. Prescriptions Accurately Compounded Leave your prescriptions to us and they will be filled promptly and accurately. We devote utmost attention to prescription work and have succeeded in winning the con fidence of the majority of the leading physicians and the general public to such an extent that we have a large per centage of the prescription business of the city. , , , - . , . Qur Famous Ice Cream, 4 Flavors, at All Times. i- TORRENGE DRUG CO. PHONE J 6 "ON THE CORNER" QASTONIA. N. Q, HOI18E AXI Al'TO. Untie Walt Mason. A year ago I drove a steed, and said, "A horse is better far (although deficient in his speed) than any chugging motor car. A horse is man kind's faithful friend, a thing of spirit, heart and sense, and serves you well till in the end, he kicks you through a barbed wire fence." My wife grew weary of our plug, that often needed whip and goad; "1 want a car that goes chug-chug," she said, "and burns the dusty road". The tnan who wants a peaeeful life, with minimum of jolt and jar, will always strive to please his wife and so I bought a motor car. The motor car I now indorse, and often wonder how a man can have the nerve to drive a horse, the most distinctive alsd ran. I meet old Dobbin on the road, at4 weep with pity for, his woes: how earnestly he hates his load, and, jimlny, how slow be goes! A million flies are on bis legs, hlsbusy tall brings no relief; in every move ment Dobbin begs for chloroform, to end his grief. The flies can't bite my motor car, and so I bithely acorcn along: no spavins can my pleasure mar. 1 fill the throbbing air with song. IX IIGHALP W THE FAIR. Quite an Accident. New York Herald. Binks had only recently bought the new 60-horsepower Diehard, and when his chauffeur ran it into tne garage with all the tires cut to rib bons he was naturally annoyed. It Is probable that he used language. "Alfred," he cried, "what the blinking blue moon do you mean Dy bringing the car home in that state?' "Very sorry, sir, 1 couldn't help it. It was an accident. I ran over a beer bottle. "Ran over a beer bottle? Why, surely you could have seen anything as big as that and have avoided it!" "I'm sorry, sir; but 1 couldn't The boy had it under his coat." To the Editor of The1 Gatettfl. Let's help make Gaston County's beconrj Annual Fair the fair of fairs. L$t's put our shoulder right to the wheel and things will roll. If oiit shoulders were as strong as our de termination to make good, I am sure our oaston fair would be a success and I am sure it will be anyway as we have the strong shoulder of the men folks co-operating with the go- aneaa oi me women, lai s da sure to have something on exhibit. If w do not have time to do the dainty work of our town neighbor let's not get discouraged and think our fancy work and canned goods are not nice enough. Take your goodies to tne fair and let us have an idea of your pantry shelves for I know they are beautiful. It's your fair, my fair and everybody's fair. So let's go if we can and help to build up our county and show others what w can do since we are waking up from. a long nap. SLEEPY MEAD. Sunnyslde, Sept. 18. 191 k. .New Pythian Publication, The initial number of The Pythian Monitor has just been Issued from The Gazette press. This publication is edited under the direction of Gas tonia Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias, and will be published monthly. It's purpose is to keep a live the interest of the members of the local Pythian lodge and to de velop a spirit of closer fellowship among the Pythian lodges In this immediate section. The magazine contains 1 2 pages, is neatly printed and is teeming with interesting reading matter relative to the cause of Pythianism. Messrs R. G. Cherry and F. C. Abernethy are editors with Mr. George B. Mason as busi ness manager. It has a circulation of 500. IHxhearieninK Prospect. Country Gentleman. "That was a delightful humorous speech you delivered at the banquet last night, senator. I dare say you would make good on the Chautau qua circuit." "1 have no doubt you mean that as a compliment, sir, but pleas don't repeat it where anybody else can bear you." "Why not? "The Chautauqua, sir, has been the graveyard of many an aspiring statesman, and I don't want my ene mies to get the notion that some thing of the sort is in store for me." More Watchful Waiting Detroit Free Press. A quiet but sorrowful motorist Bat One afternoon by the side of a car that was drawn up near the pave ment. A man In another car, who had passed the disconsolate one that morning slowed up on coming level with him again and Inquired: "How long have you been here?" "Several hours." "Can't you find out what is the matter? Inlet valve' all right?" The other smiled. "That's all right." be said. "Trouble with the spark plug?" "Think not." "How are the batteries?" "All right." "Got plenty of spirit?" "Yes. plenty." "Your tires look all right. What is wrong?" "Oh," replied the waiting motor ist, "there's nothing wrong with the car. But ever since 10 o'clock my wife's been in that house. She came to see her sister's first baby." Attending Director' Mectlnfc. Mr. u. w . Kagan, who is a! ber of the board of directors of Oglethorpe University, left Wednes day morning for Atlanta to attend the opening of the university. A meeting of the board of directors is being held this afternoon, and on Sunday morning all the Presbyte rian congregations in Atlanta will unite in a big Jubilee service at the university. The Administration building, the first unit In the univer sity plant, has been completed and Is in use this year. At Sunday's meeting Mr. Asa Candler, mayor elect of the city of Atlanta, will pre side, and United States Senator Hoke Smith will deliver an address, Stats of Ohio. City of Toledo, Iflif-ai County, ss. Frank J. Chancy makes oath that he Is senior partner of tbe firm of F. J. Cheney 4k Co doing- bu Bin ess la the City of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the am of ONB HUNDRED DOLLARS (or each and arery ease of Catarrh that cannot be eared by tbe nee of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before ne and subscribed In my presence, this Sth day of Decern ber. A. D. mi A. W. GLKASON. 8eal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken Intern ally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Bead for testimonials, freas , F. 3. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, X Bold by aU drnrrteta 1& Hail's Family Pills for constipation. Given Year for Car Breaking. Belvin Clonlger, a young white man of this city, was tried and con victed In the Municipal Court yester day morning on a charge of car breaking. He was given 12 months on the county chalngang. Tbe theft was made on Sunday night from a box car on the Southern tracks near the Trenton Mill. Among other merchandise was a box of lemons, one case of coffee and a package of Spanish sweet pepper. Clonlger ad mitted having disposed of some of the goods but claimed that he had found the material on the side of the tracks. "" ItuKincMK Change. A deal was consummatedthis week whereby the Parker News Co.. of Macon. Ga.. took over the entire stock of the Piedmont News Co., op erating over the P. & X. Lines. Mr. G. II. Marvin was manager and prin cipal stockholder in the Piedmont. Mr. Amos Morris will continue to be local representative of the owners. NOW READY ' F..' SmmBBBmaBsaSSafl " ' ' SETTLES ELKCTTIOV AltGUMKXTS JXSTANTLY v- , tj Contains Facts, Figures, Date aad Data About All Past and Present Elections ;-?" If you want to know how the poli tical "machine" works; If you -want to know the "strength1 ; of each.' 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' The ability to answer correctly the questions this book contains Indi cates a more Intimate knowledge of past history and current events than Is possessed by the average citizen. Many a surprise is in store for any one who thinks to do so without "brushing up". - y We were fortunate in securing a supply of these books for Immediate-, delivery. If you want one you caa secure a copy at The Gaxette oflJce for 10 cents, postage free, fitamps or silver. "Be sure you are right then go ahead," was the favorite saying of old David Crockett. Those who be lieve In this motto will find In "The Presidency of the United States" an abundant supply of historical factV and non-partisan Information ' upon which to base tbelr statements and arguments during the 116. presi dential campaign. Secure your copy at this office right away before the supply is ex hausted. C : : Home Farmer, This Man. A Boston man who lives in Wake- -V field and does intensive farming said to a friend the other day. ' , "I got three bushels of potatoes ' : out of that little garden of mine this : year." - . , ( "That's a pretty good showing." "I should say it was. Why I only ; planted four bushels." Judge. T. Miss Eunice Stroup returned Tuesday from Reepsville, Lincoln county, where she visited the fami lies of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Riser and Mrs. C. C. Leonard. Miss Stroup was accompanied - home' by Mrs. Leonard, who will be her guest for the remslnder of the week. . - )j(g-,ij(( Tr' ) i SMETAL SHINC3LJBS r. - i i uiav our house Js m appearance THE STORMPROOF ROOF '; For Sml y - ,-.' Spencer Lumber Co., Gastonia, fJ. C
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