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. ...nsnsal iMQRRiS'BRttsFI Better Farming in the South . HOW CROP YIELDS ARE LIMITED The big stock of nw an 1 up-to-date merchandise wo are showing la the big attraction among the trading public Just now. Most of our CLOTHING, DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY. SHIRTS, rXDERWEAR, XECKWEAR, SHOES AND OXFORDS were con trarted for while these lines were plenty and better quality and Trices reasonable, hence we can supply your needs at lower cost. Our lines of "BOSTOXIAX" and STAR BRAND OXFORDS and IjOW CUT FOOTWEAR are complete, and the prices are reasonable. WE HAVE SOME EXTKAORDIXAY BARGAINS IX MEN'S SUITS. Our SCOTCH WOOLEN MILKS all wool suits, made to measure at $15.00 is the senation of the day. MORRIS BROS. The Weakest Element of Plant Food Fixes the Crop Yield, JOst as ths Weakest Link Fixes the Strength of the Chain Only By Fertilization Can the Weakness Be Removed. Plants must feed to grow. Four es sential food Cle ments come from t,he air and six from the soil. Only three of those that come from the soil fall short of crop re quirments and have to be sap- plied by man if the greatest 7 i e I'd a are to hp nhtaln- j r PBinMnnu ed- These are Nt F 1 Agronomist trogen. Phospho ric acid and pot- STANDARDS USED IN FIDE PMEIIIIOII NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTIVE ( ASSOCIATION XAS WELL DE FINED OBJECTS IN VIEW. WHERE SAFETY-FIRST WOULD HAVE SAVED HUMAN LIFE ash. Every soil may be said to have a limiting factor of production. This may be a shortage of some plant food element If so, this should be sup plied through fertilizati:n if the larg est possible yields are to be obtained. No matter how' much of other plant food a scil may contain, if there is a shortage of nitrogen, for example, then nitrogen will fix the limits of produc tion. Likewise with phosphoric acid or other elements. Plants differ from animals in taking food, in that plants will take foods only when the elements composing them are in soluble form, that is, when they are dissolved In water. When one element is deficient, the plant ceases growing. NGN AGAINST FIRES Associations Activities Provide For an Opportunity For Every Man. to Perform Some Sort of Service. ' The National Fire Protective Asso ciation is an organization formed with two well denned objects in view, and to a large extent its work has divided In a natural way, but with full co- ' operation between the two branches. The technical branch has performed splendid service in giving to the country standard specifications tor anyuung relating to fire prevention or protection. These standards are rv . vised whenever necessary and others are prepared, to meet new conditions. It is well to here emphasise the fact that members have contributed their experience, and skill to the prepara tion of these standards without hope of reward other than the satisfaction which comes to those who know they have contributed to a worthy cause. The educational branch is performing a service, the value of which cannot be overestimated. It is leading a gen eral campaign against waste by Are. Prom this brief statement of the Association's activities you will see that there Is an opportunity for every man to perform some sort of service. Pres. Chas E. Meeks. Objective View. 1. The adoption by municipalities of the Standard Building Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters to the end that fire resistive building construction may be encouraged, the use of inflammable roof coverings pro hibited, adequate exit facilities from . buildings assured, and Interiors so de signed and fire-stopped as to make easy the extinguishment of fires there in. 2. The adoption by all States of minimum building requirements for the protection of state and county hos pitals', asylums and similar Institu tions outside city limits and of small communities in which the establish ment and enforcement of a building code is impracticable. 4. The adoption of the Association's suggested ordinance providing for the systematic inspection of all buildings by city fire marshals or local firemen to Insure the vigorous enforcement of rules for clealiness, good housekeep ing, and the maintenance of safe and unobstructed exits, fire fighting appa ratus and other protective devices. 6. The enactment of ordinances similar to that of Cleveland, Ohio, fix ing the cost of extinguishing prevent able fires upon citizens disregarding fire prevention orders, and a more gen eral legal recognition of the common law piiciple of personal liability for damage resulting from fires due to carelessness or neglect. The wider general use of the automatic sprinkler as a fire extlng nishlng agent and life saver and the more general adoption of the fire div ision wall as an Important life-saving faefflty. C. H. Williams, a Wake county farmer died in Rex Hospital, Raleigh, Sunday, April 1, from burns sustained in the explosion of an oil stove. The 21-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Bryan, Jr., of Wilmington, died March 27, as a result of burns from falling in a tub of boiling water which had been placed on a porch for scouring purposes. A negro, named Renfrew, near Bai ley, bled to death, March 28, as a result of being struck by an axe which slipped from the hand ai a fellow chopper severing, an artery. Know ledge of first aid work on the part of the fellow laborer would have saved the man's life. George Williams, an. aged bliad ne gro, was burned to death in the fire which destroyed a three room cottage, about fivemiles from Raleigh, March 28. The "negro had been left alone in the house and when fire was dis covered by neighbors it was not known he was there. No blind person should be left alone in a house. A fire at Wilson on Thursday, March 29, resulted in the loss of two lives, a negro woman and her child. News paper accounts of the Incident stated that the woman. was subjected to fits and it was supposed that she fell In the fire. Screens for the prevention of such accidents can be purchased as cheaply as fifty cents. To illustrate in another way, ob serve the picture. Here is a vessel made of staves. Each stave may represent a fcod ele ment or other factor of crop produc tion. Some of the staves are shorter than otters. Does not the shortest stave then determine how much water the vessel can hold, and does not the shortest plant food element represent ed here by a stave, limit the possible production of a crop? It for instance, there la only enough nitrogen in the soil to produce 20 bushels of corn or 175 pounds of cot ton per acre, while there is enough plant food elements of other kinds to produce enormously more, how then can greater yields be obtained than the nitrogen will permit? The problem cf plant feeding is, therefore, no simple one. It has en gaged long and most careful investi gations of scientists, who have delved deep into the mysteries of how plants feed and what they feed upon. On the basis of the most exact knowledge thus obtained, modern fertilizers have been manufactured. Soil deficiencies, or "limtlng factors," modern fertilizers are designed to remove, and to call into fullest action the natural re sources of the soiL Since there is a limiting factor in all soils, it is worth while for each farmer to undertake to remove that limitation. Intelligent use of fertilis ers will accomplish it, if food elements be this limiting factor. In no other way can it be done than by the help of man. He must bring to the plant the food it needs and cannot find when this is the factor limiting producton. The plant, of course, must be given the best of surroundings. It must not only have plenty of plant food, but the soil must be properly drained of excess water. It must be well supplied with lime, and organic matter; Its moisture must be conserved, and weeds killed through proper cultural methods. These things man can pro vide. Therefore, If man Is not the "limiting factor" and he looks after the plant food requirements, the great- est possible yields will occur. PASTURE VELVET BEANS. Inquiry "What is the most profit able use of the Velvet Bean?" Plant the velvet bean in the corn and get a double crop. They do well together. Plant an early variety and fertilize for a good growth. The most economical use of velvet beans Is to let cattle feed on them in the field and then to turn under the vegetable matter remaining. If there are not sufficient cattle on the place, get them and feed them. Why go to the expense of gathering beans, grinding and shipping the meal oft to some one else to feed and get the benefits? J. N. HARPER. MINSTREL WON WAR MEDALS PREEMINENT PERIL OF ARSON Any material evidence found at the scene of an incendiary fire should be carefully wrapped, marked with the date and place found, as well as the name of the finder in order that H may be identified in court. I would be much pleased to be call ed by telephone or notified by tele gram immediately, when guilt is ap parent, for it is much easier to trace arson before things at the scene of a fire are disturbed. From the instant that the arsonist applies the match, he sets into action our most destructive agency; a force, which under circumstances favorable to its spread, baffles man with all fire-fighting agencies at his command. The man who would burn to obtain insurance can be prevented by mak ing it lmposible for him to secure a policy in excess of sound values. If he cannot profit by a fire, he will not burn. One of the greatest hazards that we have to contend with Is over insurance. We can force the removal of any other, but that one we cannot touch. The maximum insurance on a build ing should be the value that the as sessor has listed it for, and two-thirds of the invoice should be the limit on any stock of goods. These inventories should be made and certified to by a disinterested party. How many build ings would be burned to obtain insur ance if this were done? A mental test should be made of the pyromaniac and he should not be re leased from the institution Into which he is committed unless fully cured. Fire Marshal B. B. Buckley. "Guslar," by His Playing, Inspired Hit Serbian Comrades to Brave Deeds. Six times wounded In the world war, Peter Perunovlc, a Montenegrin, was given permission to leave the army un til he bad completely recuperated from his wounds. He felt the need of n long rest and decided to take It In nn extensive trip. The trip brought him to Pittsburgh, and he Is still In the city, occasionally to be found In the headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox society, the Pittsburgh Post remarks. Perunovic has In his possession two medals, the medal of St. Sava and the mednl of Milos Obillis. They are gen erally given to Serb soldiers for vnlor In the-field. Perunovlc did not win his reward wielding the sword. His in strument Is of a different nature. In Serbia It Is known as the "gusle." Ages ago the wandering minstrel, who sang stirring war songs as he played on his Instrument, was n figure common to all lands. He has disap peared from western civilization, hut Serbia. Influenced by the East, with Its romance, has preserved him. His "gusle" Is similar In appearance to the guitar, stringed, but played with a bow, made usually of the twig of n tree In the rough, as If broken off. Its player is known as the "guslar." Perunovic, according to Pittsburgh Serbs who are acquainted with his ca reer. Is known to every soldier In the Serbian army. For. so the story goes, he has often been transferred from one regiment to aiother, exposed to greater danger, that the music from his Instrument might Inspire his com rades to brave deeds. MANY KINDS OF INSURANCE MACHINE TOOLS IN JAPAN Messrs. Rufus A. Ratchford. Jo seph Patrick, Will Glenn and J. H. Huffstetler, of the Union section, were in Gastonia Saturday. HAYNE8 The Individual Car Buy It Because It's Better 1 HAYNES AUTO'COMPANY 19 W. Fourth St Charlotte, N. C. Only Comparatively Recently Has That Country Undertaken to Produce Its Own Supply. Japan has taken up the manufacture of machine tools seriously only within the last ten years or so, and, according to "Alfred Herbert's Monthly Review," little progress was made until about four years ago, when the government decided that it was time to encourage domestic manufacturers, with the ob ject of checking the flow of specie abroad and of rendering the markets less dependent on foreign supplies. The war has had great effect on the de velopment of the industry, and as an example of what has been done large works, containing roughly 1,000 engine lathes, 800 capstan lathes and 150 drill ing machines, were recently completed within three months of the first or ders being given out, over 90 per cent of the machines being made in Japan. In regard to methods of manufacture, jigs and fixtures are not used to any great extent, and as most of the works will accept any order that comes their, way within their capacity there Is lit tle opportunity for specialization. Advertise in The Gazette. Says the Dallas, Texas., "News": "In these days you can insure al most anything. At the time of the roller skating boom one Insurance company Issued a policy which, for 2.75 a year, provided $1,250 in case of accidental death, with reduced amounts for disablement. "An enterprising firm of hatters is sued a booklet to their customers in suring them with every hat they pur chased, for $1,250. Perhaps one of the most useful policies is one granted by a well-known insurance corpora tion which. In event of a firm going bankrupt, Insures the continuance of the employees' wages for a stipulated period. 'A golfer can obtain a policy to be relieved of all financial responsibility If he hits or Injures his caddie. One, can not only insure against becoming insane, but It is also possible to in sure against an insane person regain ing his mental capabilities. Several companies will insure crops in glasshouses against hailstorms. And you can also' insure against increase of income tax. loss by bad weather, riot involving loss, twins, unemploy ment, whilst a singer can insure against loss of voice." The Southern Underwriter. MF.MOHI.lIi D.1V EXKUCISE8 AT llKTHKIi CHURCH. Memorial exercises in honor of tne Confederate dead will be held at a Bethel church and cemetery Thurs day, May 10th, beginning at 3 p. m. Addresses will be delivered by Dr. E. W. Pressley, of Clover, and Hon. Thomas McDow, of York. The pub lic Is cordially invited to attend. WHAT IS LAX-FOS 1$ AN IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Laxative CATHARTIC AND UVER TONIC Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi cine but is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and hubs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Lax-Fos the Casca&a Is Improved by At . J J-.l - . . . r ik aaaiuon oi inese aigesuve mjfreai ents making it better than ordinary Cas cuu.,and thus the combination acts not only as a stimulating laxative and cathar tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Foa combines strength with palatable, aro matic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove Lax-Foe is invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Livers Price te. Enduring! Certain-teed is a name which hai come thru the storm of business competition strong er than ever. It stands for quality, dependability, satisfaction and fair dealing. On the reputation oi this name there bas been built the world's largest manufacturer of roofing and building papers. Certain-teed Certain-teed Roofing is the most efficient type of roof for factories, office buildings, farm buildings, garages, etc. It costs less to buy, less to lay and less per year of life than other types of roofing. U does not rust, is proof against gases, coal smoke, acids, fumes, etc It is a non-conductor of heat and cold, is fire rctardant and weather-proof. The cost of laying prepared roofings is the same whether you use good materials or poor. Therefore, it pays to get CERTAIN-TEED, which is' the best. It is guaranteed for 5, 10 or 15 years according to thickness (1, 2 or 3 ply), and it will remain efficient long after the time when a poor quality roof would have had to be relaid. For residences, CERTAIN-TEED Slate Surfaced Asphalt Shingles have all the advantages of CERTAIN TEED Roofing, plus artistic beauty. They need no paint, are pliable.elim- mate waste and misfits, can not curl ,buckle,rot or crack. Guaranteed for ten years. .-esttgate CERTAIN -TEED tT.ore deciding on any type ot root. For sale by dealers everywhere. Paint and Varnishes are good, reliable products made by experienced paint men who know how to make good paintl and varnishes. 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