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THIS PAPER IS READ BY THE PEOPLE. IT GIVES THE NEWS WHILE IT IS FRESH AND IS NEWS Volume XV v Lenoir, N. C.f Friday, February 21, 1913 No. 31 If 11 FARM DEMONSTRTION. Cret Of BluaRidf Highway. (Charlotte Observer.) COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS DEVELOPING DAVENPORT. May Still Get a Drink. (State Journal.) NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. V I J Valuable Work of the Southern Railway Throughout the Southern States. Atlanta, Ga., February 16, An average yield of 46.6 bush els of corn per acre was secured by 498 farmers in Alabama and Mississippi who cultivated 6, 352.5 acres in 1912, following the methods advocated by the field agents of the Department of Farm Improvement Work, maintained by the Companies that make up the Southern Rail way System. On neighboring farms where the ordinary meth ods were iollowed the average yield was 17.5 bushels per acre. In the same states 674 farmers who grew cotton under the methods advocated by this De partment nau an average pro duction of 1,205.5 pounds of seed cotton per acre on 14,3b9 acres while on neighboring farms where ordinary methods were followed the average yield was 531.5 pounds of seed cotton per acre. C. A. Lawrence of Plan tersville. Ala., averaged 109.25 bushels of corn per acre on 35 acres, A. Henderson of Green wood, Miss., averaged 100 bush els per acre on 25 acres, B. Kill ian of Collinsville, Ala., aver aged 2,732 pounds of seed cotton per acre on 6 acres, Dr. C. N. Parnell of Maplesville, Ala., averaged 2.313 pounds on 20 ac res, and a long list of other far mers who made splendid yields of both corn and cotton by fol lowing the methods advocated by the Department could be giv en. These figures from the annu al reiort of Mr. T. O. Plunkett, Manager of the Department, show what is being accomplished by farmers living along the lines of the Southern Railway and af filiated Companies through the aid of the agricultural experts, the farmers in all cases cultivat ing their own land with the re sources at their command. The work of this Department has been extended to all states serv ed by the Southern Railway and affiliated lines, field agents hav ing been placed in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Geor gia, Kentucky, and Tennessee in September, 1912. They have been cordially received and it is expected that their work wil prove as successful as that o: the agents in Alabama and Miss issippi. The Department of Farm Im nrovement Work grew out of the movement inaugurated by President Finley to aid the far mers in the territory threatened by the Mexican boll weevil to learn how to grow cotton in spite of the weevil. For tins' purpose practical farmers who had grown cotflon in Texas under boll wee vil conditions were employed and their work proved so suc cessful in not only aiding far mers to successfully -combat the weevil but also in teaching them how to get larger yields per ac re by the adoption of proper methods of culture, rotation of rroos. and ereater attention to live stock raising, that President Finley determined to extend the benefits of this work to the en tire territory along the South ern and affiliated liues. The field agents in the service of thejliove that, if any differences are rh.tmrtiTwnt are agricultural ex- ix?rt8 whose services are given without anv cost to the farmers and who work in full coopera tion with the state and federal departments of agriculture and the various state agricultural colleges, Linville Falls, Feb. 17. The Crest of the Blue Ridge' high way begins to look more like a reality on this side of the Blue Ridge. Two gangs of men and teams are now, at work on this side, starting from the point where the highway joins the present Pineola road, one mile from Linville Falls postoffice. Work is still other end of nearly seven in progress on the the road, having miles Completed from Altapass this way, ready for the top-dressing of sand and clay. The forces from this end will meet the gang from Alta pass somewhere on Humpback Mountain. At present they are about five miles apart, but all the heavy rock work is yet to be done. The work on this end is under the direction of Engineer Val entine, formerly county road en gineer of Buncombe County, and he says that if he is given suffi cient men and explosives he will be able to finish this section by June 1. It is hardly to be ex acted, however, that this will be accomplished. The surfacing will then have to be done, and t will be August before the road is ready for travel. It is now being built 1H feet wide, with the intention of widening it to 24 feet as fast as possible. Engineer Valentine says that President Joseph Hyde Pratt of the road company is insisting that the maximum grade shall not be over four and one-half per cent, regardless of expense. The road could be built much faster and more cheaply, Mr Valentine suggested, it lie were allowed to make an occasional grade ol nve and one hail per cent, but Doctor Pratt would not permit it, preferring to have the road right when it was opened The sand and gravel surfacing is preferred to macadam as be ing better able to stand automo bile travel. The building of this great through highway is already stim ulating the building of other good roads to get the benefit of it. The people of Jonas Ridge, across the Linville River from Linville Falls, are building a road from the top of Steep Gap, down that gap to cross the riv er and come to Linville Falls, when; it will give them access to the C, C. & O. Railway and to the Crest of the Blue highway. Ridge A Wild WeiternView. (Charlotte Observer.) The view taken by Oklahoma oi wilts uuuuie. sviummu is uiuei- ent from that held by the North Carolina Legislature. Ihis is : e i i : i j:: miuit;siA:u in iwem ueuisiuu by the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals. In the course of a decision rendered it was held: "We are not willing to establish a double standard in Oklahoma in favor of men and against worn anhood. This court will extend to the prodigal daughter every right and every protection which is afforded the prodigal son. It is a false and vicious standard of morals which oiens every door and bids welcome to the prodigal son, hut closes every door except that of the grave to the prodigal daughter. We he- made between men and women, they should be in favor of worn- I anhood." The justice and truth of that decision is not to be de- nicd. Wonder if mermaids tie up their hair with marine bands? Items From Our Regular Corres- pondents and Neighboring County Papers. whitnel. Mr. D. M. Cloninger left Sun- dav fnr rtalt.imnrR whArp hp will purchase goods for his new stand of business at Newton. Messrs W A and .las H Blair are eontinuintr at the Clonintrer UtnnH near tha railrnaH Thov aro hilloH nut. a Tho Rlair Vtor. cantile Co. May prosperity smile upon their new under takings. Bully for the News!. Hurrah for Martin! Give us better roads "somehow." The editori al of last Friday together with J. B. Voncannon's article would be a fitting epitaph to engrave on some or the non-road unro- vists tomb, with only a few words added to make things plain, i. e. Here lived in the progressive century a "patrio tic citizen who had spent time and money for that which satis- tied not namely "mud tax" which amounts to a higher fig ure than a jermanent road im provement tax. See! The idea that narrow tires ultimately damage a road or public high way is no longer glimmering in the shadows for if broad tires did not benefit a road-bed, why is it that the Lenoir & Blowing Rock Turnpike Co. doesn't table a lower rate for the narrow tire against the 3 and 4 inch tires just simply because the broad tire acts in the place of a roller when proierly guided over a road. You may go up to Bilt more if you like and examine the roads of the famous Vanderbilt estate, and if you find any wa gons supported by a narrow wheel tire you will discover something that is against the policy of the management of that estate for even to the wa gons that are used to haul away the trimmings from the shrubs are equipped in the modern com mon sense way Broad tires. If the same jxilicy could be insti tuted here the result would be marvelous. So much for th road question this time while wt anxiously wait for something new from our "Good Road Asso ciation. Rev. I. W. Thomas, of the Whitnel Baptist church, will till the pulpit next Sunday at 11:00 a. m. and in the evening at 0:30 p. m. The people are glad for the fourth bunday to arrive when thev are accorded the I i hi t i . 1 privilege oi hearing mm preacn i le carpenters WHO Will erect Mr. W. E. Plumber's house ar- i rived last Sunday and the vil- I, tt., nage oi narnsourg assumes a prosperous aspect occasionally, Mr. R. A. Beard has recently added a phone to his home, making connection with the out er world. Mr. John t. Deal is also the proud possessor of the same convenience. Glad to observe that Messrs. W. J. Lenoir and K. Jones, Jr., aro making preparations to drain their creek bottoms with tiling. A marked advancement in th proper direction. R. McL. S. February lHth, 1913. OAK HILL SCHOOL. l he school at uaK mil is go ing along nicely. The teachers and students are hard at work for the County Commencement now. Wo know with their ef forts they will succeed in all their undertakings. The Prin- ciiml is trying to make up money to have a well constructed on New Dormitory to be Erected at Once. Capacity of Institu- tion Will be Doubled, Through the generosity or a a friend olthe institution, a new twenty thousand dollar dormi- tory will be erected to Daven P female College this sum mer. The plans are now in the hands of the building committee, of the Board of Trustees and as soon as they are perfected the work will be commenced. The necessary money has been pro vided by the generosity of a friend of the institution, whose name we are not yet at liberty to divulge. This means the doubling of the capacity of this grand institution, which is doing so much for the education of young womanhood and which is the pride, not only of all Lenoir, but of the Western part of the State. Under the present man agement the capacity of the col lege has been taxed to its ut most for several years and the addition of the splendid new building will double its useful ness. The new structure will be located on the ridge some dis tance to the west of the present building and will be modern in every particular. Our whole community is to be congratulated upon this fortunate bequest to this already splendid institution. A sociable man is one who when he has ten minutes to spare, goes and bothers some body that hasn't. the school campus. He will be glad to have any donations from those that would like to see perfectly sanitary well for the school. The two young men, Messrs. D. T. Smith and Frank Austin, who had acepted the challenge of Lutz's school, won a decis sion two to one on the subject Resolved; That our Women should have the same privilege to vote as our Men." We con gratulate the young men of both schools. They all did well and it bespeaks for them much. Mr. Albert Phillips, of Idle wild, Ashe county, who has been selling books in and around Lenoir, is visiting his friend Mr. Wiley G. Hartzog, at Mr T. M. Whitener's. X February 19th, 1913. LITTLE KIVEK. Our farmers are taking advan tace of the pretty weather for t ip nast few davs and are ore i i - i-- paring for crops. Mr. F. M Whit.ner has been nlowincr with I . . ..... three horses, which looks more like farming than with only one to the Plow- Mr. W. L. Deal is having some timber cut for market. Mr. N. W. Williamson is cut ting hickory logs for Picker Sticks. Mr. C. L. Sherrill has bought a place from Mr. Vance Roberts near Union Church. ftl. ri. Jvl . L'rouch has sold his farm to Rev. J. M. Shaver who expects to move to it in time for the owning of school next fall. A little son of Mr. Arthur Me Rary died last Tuesday night and the body was buried at Un ion Church Thursday, Rev. J. M. Shaver conducting the ser- - vices. Mr. T. H. Sherriil is building S. a new barn. February, 19. 1913. For the benefit of those anxi ous souls who fear that the Webb liquor bill which has just been passed by Congress will dry up completely the fountain of interstate supply, we hasten to say, nay. While many good prohibitionists would no doubt be glad if this were the effect of the law, still it is not. Thous ands of people, both prohibition ists and antis, do not understand just what the law is intended to accomplish. It means simply that w hen li quor is shipped to this State it becomes subject to the laws here It is notuulawful in North Car olina for a man to order liquor from the outside of the State for is own use. We simply require that he shall not engage in the sale or distribution of it. The Webb bill takes the National hand out of any interference with us in carrying out our own aws. That is all. ll Major ones, who has always taken a ittle sniff before breakfast, Suh, and expects to do so, orders a gallon to adorn his sideboard, nobody will interfere with him. But if a man who is known to be a blind tiger, orders a barrel to supply his customers, Uncle Sam simply says to North Car olina, "Son, he's your meat." And by the new search and seizure law that is likely to be passed by this Legislature, North Carolina will be able to catch the tiger either before or after he gets to his lair. Central Highway. (Sptcial to The Observer.) Asheville. Feb. 13. That the Central Highway of North Car olina, connecting Morehead City with the Tennessee line by a good road which will be availa ble for use at all seasons of the year will be finished by the middle of the coming Summer is the belief of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, and nu merous other men who are in terested in the road, the High way Commission having met here last night for the purpose of discussing plans as to what action should be taken looking to the earlv completion of the highway. The counties repre sented at the meeting were Bun combe, Carteret, Wake, Durham Oranire. Davidson. Rowan, Ire dell, Catawba, Burke, McDowell Haywood and Madison. It was stated that only 25 miles remains to be finished be fore the road is completed. portion of this line is between Wavnesville and the Tennessee line and bridges have already been constructed along this ter ritorv. Four miles is on the link between Old Fort and Swan nanoa Gap, and it is believed that this will be graded and sur faced soon, as a petition bearing the signatures of a majority of the voters of Old Fort Townshi has been presented to the Gen eral Assembly asking that the Good Roads Commission of Ol Fort Township be empowered to issue bonds for $30,000 to carr on the work. The remainder of the unfinished portion of the! road is in Burke County and pro visions are being made there for the issuance of bonds for good roads punoses. The seed catalogues are being sentout over the country. It would be well for publishers to send out a lew chicken coops. If you want a man to think you are smart, you have only to make him think he is so. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. The bill introduced to force railroads to pull m Uge on the trains instead of the milage be ing exchanged for tickets was defeated in the Legislature. The chair factories of Thomas ville make approximately WOO chairs daily, while, fifteen year ago there was only one factory there with a capacity of one hundred chairs per day. The Federal Pension bill pass ed Congress last Tuesday appro priating over one hundred and eighty millions of dollars for pensions. This is an increase of one million over the hist pension, bill. Washington, Feb. 17. Mr. R. Clay well of Morganton came to Washington today to get an expert to go and see about the strange light on Jomas Ridge. he geological survey will send man down at the request of Mr. Webb. The revolutionists under the eadership of Diaz seem to have won the victory in Mexico. Resident Maduro and his cabi net have been placed under ar rest and the General of Federal army has wen proclaimed resident. The bill providing six months terms for all public schools in the State passed second reading n the Legislature last Tuesday. t will come for final considera tion on Wednesday of next week and will, no doubt, pass its final reading by a good majority. The legislature should provide n every possible way for the comfort of the Confederate vet erans and the wives and widows ought to be properly cared for. The people of the state will not begrudge money so used. Greensboro News. Joaquin Miller, "The Poet of Sierras" died last Monday at his home in California after an ill ness of two years. He had been married threeJtimes and his last wife and child, a daughter, were with him at the time of his death. He was about 70 years of age. "The announced policy of the incoming Administration toward the agricultural interests of the country, I am quite sure, will be exceedingly popular throughout the United States," said George H. Campbell of Baltimore, assis tant to the president. Washing ton Post. Greensboro, Feb. 17. Follow ing a session well attended and which extended for several hours, the City Commissioners this afternoon definitely and unanimously refused the peti tion of hog raisers and others allowing hogs to be raised with in a less distance than one-quarter of a mile of the city limits. The commissioners refused to grant the petition, which was signed by approximately 500 people, and it is understood that an appeal will be iim ,j the legislature for relief. There is a good denl of iPfVr ence between the scum ana u.e uppererust, though both are at the top. Yesterday we saw a nr'ti masked as a Higiilanutr, aiid can't help wondering how they strike matches in that country. 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