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fbe - J?: i i f- INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THfNGS. I i Three Cents the Cop Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. LUMBUS, N.C., THUSS5AY, JANUARY 3, 1907. NO. 36. WILLIAMSON SYSTEM for Growing Corn Economi cally and Profitably RETARDING IDEA WORTH TRIAL Searching Review of the Essential Features of the Method Originated I y Mr. Williamson-After a Care- , , Clemson Expert Reports That Wherever Tried it Has Been Found Superior- Farmers Urged to Ex periment with it Next Tear. Clemson College, S. C, Special.- Prof. C. L. Newman, who recently . . ' I roifd Berfington county and the Pee-Dee section for the purpose of in vestigating the plan of growing corn originated by Mr. Mclver William son, an account of his visit having been printed in The News and Cour ier at the time, has completed his re port on the subject. The correspon dent of The .News and Courier has been permitted to copy the report, wmcn wia nave great inieresi ior 1 Ml 1 A i A -J I planters in all parts of the State (as uujuiuuis otaica;. xu . The peculiar or essential T ilham- I on piiui matures are; 1. Deep and thorough preparation i su uou. xue u " . . , , J , I m en more .nuiuugniy man or , ., j mi 2. Deep planting of the seed. The , t j i -i. t seed are placed four to six inches be- . ,i .. . i j i i. . X . 3 1 i i. i . a . . mi j -stunting" or retarding the growth of the young corn and of grasses and 1 i ii f. , ' , o , "L , ' , , tne soil proper ha3 been ploughed , f, , s away irom the corn row and into the j j , , applied. j 3. Infrequent and partial cultiva .u, 1 ' u rru- is contrary to popdiar belief and r i"ir '1:73 practice and Mr Williamson styles the Wamson plan were twenty it "the most.,diiBek point i ?n, d thirty bushels per acre. whole process," requirinV experience he hhest yg$ ?f . and judgment "to know jaetW Jf lTit much the stalk should be stunted, and e!s Per acr!: T,he Jie d tt0? twenty; 1 I Dlentv of nerve is reouired to hold , . , , bock your corn when your neighbors, who fertilize at planting time and cultivate rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours." Sr.: '. I 4. An increase of 200 per cent or more in the number of stalks per L - . . .wJl.. acre, vv ith rows 0x1 feet the Lil- , , ... ., ham6on plan has a little more than 700 stalks per acre against a little more than 2,900 if planting is done 5x3 feet, in accordance with the or- dinary practice. Theoretically, this xvm,A onvp 7. nr1 90 hnoh.l. np,- acre, respectively, and it seems, from evidence at hand, that it is borne out in practice, assuming that each stalk will produce an ear, and one hundred ears will shell a bushel of grain. Pn8tmn nr,r,l ;ntinn nf fprtJ. lizers until corn is given its second cultivation. In ordinary practice this would be about the time corn should be worked the third time. The stalk Vin Wn ootarl r "ctnn" oQ sired, and the fertilizer is applied v, Yli when the plant needs it for the devel opment of the ear 6. Intentional retardation of early h of the stalk until its size is growth reduced one-half or one-fourth its normal development 7. Augmented development of the ear (following retardation in stalk development,) by cultivation and heavy aplications of fertilizers made at appropriate intervals. Since the Williamson plan corn is planted 4 to 6 inches below the level, and is laid by 4 to 6 inches above the level, there is 8 to 12 inches of the stalk below the soil surface. The stalk roots or brace roots are below the surface when the crop is laid by, and probably perform their nutri ive functions better than would be of a part of them were exposed to the-j air. Amounts of Fertiliser. Mr. Williamson recommends the following amounts of fertilizers ap plied to an acre: For 50 bushels of corn per acre: Two hundred pounds of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate, 400 pounds of acid phosphate, 400 pounds of kainit, 125 pounds of ni trate soda, 925 pounds, costing about $9. For 100 bushels of corn per acre: 400 pounds of cotton seed meal, 400 pounds of acid phosphate, 800 pounds of kainit, 300 pounds of nitrate of soda, 1,900 pounds, costing about $19. The total cost of fertilizers, culti vation, etc., for produjing 50 bushels on one acre would vary fram $15 to $20, and for producing 100 bushels on one acre from $25 to $30. These valuations are based on the market price of the fertilizers (assuming thf acid phosphate to be 14 per cent goods) and the average price of labor, The cost of labor vanes in different parte of the State and even on adja cent farms. If the cow pea crop grown with the com produces one ton of hay, this crop, if left on and in the ground, would add to it about $12 worth oi JttLf two tons of hay, this crop left on ano in the ground would add $24 worth oi these fertilizer ingredients. How- . -U Ust Ain -no'j T.ni tuc tTmfilm feeding purposes is double its vaiu Tf inrliflious- iy red to animals this- hay will hav a feeding value ot about 54 per ton and if all the excreta is saved and returned to the soil between 80 an on ner cant (10.20 per ton) of ttw fertilizing value of the cow pea na Mt 1. J l, I. V.A la1 A r . t "J1 U,Z, "Z k oromery P fflLsS J a- 4 nrtar rT iill.iva Tine " w "7 h fertilizer. A good crop should pa or both. Compared With Other Yields. Considerable effort has been made to gather as much comparative data as possible so as to have Williamson plan corn yields that might justly be compared with yields from the ordi nary method. It is highly desirable fKft. aa fmh oa mBaiKla AnA w;fhrmt J pjudicing - either, the two crops for comparison be grown on the same character of land and planted at the e time and tnat the troatment anA .nrrniinHinw-. nf rh NAPar in aa way exe6pt ag to the peculiar or es sential features of difference exist between the two plans or methods Reports of some three dozen farmers haye yeflr WjJ hamston plan a test have been , , , , r A Z "j , :. brought to the notice of the writer. a " ... . j Some of these were not considered definite enough for consideration, but twenty - eight reported either a com- ff.nson J Jrom eroV n thlS ye,ar b,,th PlanS 01 fve secured from the ordinary plan in the past on the same land. The two low- ljj au j- est yields reported from the ordinary ,r , jT. - vTr methods were seven and ten bushels per acre. The two highest yields re ported from the same method were forty-five and fifty bushels per acre I nn tiun f r x-aa r -xtxcxI r a wftnAHfeii twvto f?tJ!Fan D.10 ine oramnry ana tne Williamson plan compared gives 00- , , K 6 rT: uTl." iU . T: . X. , . V v ! j j? ntohr oh rnr n vaw n -n Kl a avtAwa , 1 r T"1, V Vi " aero in tnvnr at thp 1 li-imssnri rlan. . " r an increase 01 is per cent. IT," , , . ... fll0ffeve'in justice xu c"u mei!lw"' W rr" P j; cluai u"r- uc? f1 uie ""fms"n pian and the ordinary method. Many of e rePrts ve the number of bush- iViT -7, llumoers; 1I1U1; ca at the yields were estimated iai"cl utmixiu. i.. J num"er , c.ases ine m AWO fro the Williamson plan was com- Pared yield secured from the :me ia!m w"en " wa1 .w cv ' T?T w F m, s u , wthe same year. There may be uluer purees oi error, un me otner ha"df JS! Jmajon.11.of annfrt who Have tried the Williamson plan now enthusiastically accept it and it ii iine " in "a re t.he Plan has ee,n consistently ioiioweo. it is noped tnat every iar mer in the State will give it a fair and impartial trial in 1907. Assassinations Advocated. San Francisco Special. Secret service agents here had their atten tion called to an inflimatory paper published in Berkeley by Japanese entitled "The Revolution," in which the assassination of the Mikado, President Roosevelt and others in authority is advocated in plain lan guage. Marked copies of the paper were sent through the mail to the board of education in this city. A Company Headed By Women. St. Paul, Minn., Special. The Al asga Garnet Mining and Manufac turing Company of Minneapolis, filed articles of incorporation with the Sec retary of State. The board of direc tors is composed entirely of women. In fact, there does not appear to be a man connected with the company. The company is capitalized at $1, 000,000 and it will mine and manu facture erarnets. Mamie R. Fowler of Minneapolis is president of the company. PAID MORE THAN HE EARNED. Office boy Why, cert, I want more pay; I'm only getting "four" a week, and give my mother all I earn. Proprietor What do you do with the other three and a half? Puck. I frightful Collision Occurs Near f APPALLING DISASTER ON B. & 0. Accident Caused by Collision of Train No. 66 With Dead Head Eq uipment Passenger Special of Eight Cars Three Miles From Washing ton. Washington, Special An appalling disaster occurred Sunday night at 7 o'clock on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road at Terra Cotta, about three miles from this city, in which about 38 persons were killed and over 00 injured, some of them so seriously that they will die. The accident was caused by the collision of train No. 66, due, here at 6 :15 p. m., from Frea ericksburg,Md., known as the Fred erick special, with a dead-head passen ger equipment special of eight cars. Over 200 passengers were aboard the ill-fated train. The railway officials were unable to assign any cause for the collission. As soon as the news of the wreck reached this city all am bulances available with as many phy sicians as could be assembeld, were seat to the scene. Of the injured seven were taken to Freedman's Hospital, 15 to the United States Soldiers' Hospital, and 1 20 have been brought into the city on a special train to be carried to various hospitals. Among the injur- ed was District Attorney Baker, of this city, who, despite his inpunes, walked almost two miles to Brook- land and brought the first news of the wreck. He was completely ex hauseted, and alter medical treat- ment was sent to the city. wai suaa.- iriii 6 s- One of the worst features of the catastrophe was enacted at the sta- 1 tioa of Terra Cota. Here a number of passengers were waiting to take the tram into the city when the col- lision occurred. Of the large num- ber only two escaped; the remainder were either killed by being thrown under "the rtam or injured by nying pieces of wreckage. Partial T.iaf nf TlaaI Following is a partial list of the J , j Mary Lippold, 30 years old, Em- . plove of bureau of engraving and m m o O tl,! 2t WlUHUiS. IUIS UllV.. George Higbie, 8 years old, Brook- v J ' I J XX 1 iana, i. a,. uniaenrinea isegro, no years old. Unidentified White Rv 12 venr, old. .7 7 w-- Taii 1ii'rfc ini -k razaoem rearman, xaicoma rarK. T. A. Kelly, Kingston, Md. Dr. E. Garther Harrie, Washington miss ivou, a i. m. i. a. card was found in her pocket.) V hite Girl, 13 years old, uniden- tified. White Girl, 18 years old, unidenti fied. Negro Baby, unidentified. White Baby, unidentified. Norman Rogers, white, Marion, Indiana. Mrs. J. McCaghley ley- Edward M. Belt, white, 14 years old, address unknown. . Commodore P. Brown, 60 years of age, address unknown. Prof. King, organist Wesley Chapel Kinsington, Md. Two Negro Women, unidentified. Two White Women, about 30 years oldunidentified. ' White Woman, 25 years old. un- detified. White Woman, 20 years old, un identified. White Child, unidentified. News Items. Mms. Gould was adjudged jointly liable for a jewelry bill of $57,000 William Faversham violent! v nf. tacked a waiter in a New York hotel who had thrown a plate at the actor's Wire, 4h . ... tt. mi t i ine r-osrai -oommission win urge Congress to authorize a searching in- vestigation of the Postoffice Depart- nient. Tillman on the President. Birmingham, Ala., Special. - "Roosevelt does not know anything about the negro and every time he touches him he makes a mess of it. He had no business dischanrine the negro' troops at Brownsville before , i x t making a carfeul investigation.- I doubt very much whether or not he ...uu v, ofv.f,. f.im such matteis in his own hands any- m m-r WW T kin KanatAW Mnviin from Dothan, Ala. guns DID NOT HE GAMBLERS f Money Placed in Banks by Treasury J f 0r the p Business only- 1 -vCBijr Aopuf at ijengm to liet Washington City ter From Nashville, Tenn., Man Who Insists Thf; Relief Has Been Given Gamblers nd Money Sharks, "the Real Causeof High Money in New York," an Inquiries How Long Will the lactice Continue. Washington, Special. In a letter to a correspondent residing in Nash ville, Tenn., Secreary Shaw repudi ates the suggestioi that tie United States Treasury eer has come to the relief of stock gnblers. The cor respondent in auction, whose name is witftheld, insis that such relief has been given gsnblers and money sharks, "the real Jause of high mon y in New York,! and inquiry how long will the pracSco continue. To which the Secretary made the following reply: 1 "Your letter of December 23d is received, and I ne your sentiments with respect to stepk gamblers. Your letter is so courttbus and voices so accurately the vie of many well in formed people thai I am constrained 0 anwer it somewfbt at length. ' You seem to proceed upon the theory that the existing monetary stringency is caused solely by stock gambling. In thif you are in error. Some people gamble in stocks, some in cotton, others i wheat, corn, pork, or lard, and sonfe in land. When times are good people will speculat in anything and everything that pos sesses a market falue. The propor tion of speeulatioii as compared with necessary and legitimate business is very small, hower, and is probably no lare-er in New York Citv than in Nashville, Tenn.,!; where you reside, or irv Denison, fwa, where I live. Aue . Desi esiimatas l can get place the amount ot speculative transac tlons m Wew orf y at from 2 1-2 to 5 per cent of tie aggregate. 'The Treasury; has never come to the relief of stockpgamblers and jirob- ably never will, " though the relief which the Treasufy grants frequently aids those who gamble on the bull I side of the stock market, and the bull side of the wheat the cotton market, th. corn market ad every other mar ket, but it is equally harmful to those who gamble on tq bear side of these respective markef. Both bulls and I Kaqy-c imnAvtnnD fiio flnnwiforv n"F t"Vi? I rr, v.Ff,.M I -l ICH31U V, UUL Lllr UUIU1C VUW UV i ii j : .sx i.u 4? tl, i i vice usually iuiu.ea iuc smc ui iuc market on which Ithev are operating:. Votuvoiiv fKoda mmmnnindtinns Vuiva I A . ul ui ail ui-.iv iiii im...vi..".. . .ffi mi i i I n inHnania it Ii q f Ivor I hn ttfl I nil?. I UU 111 ll UV-llV t 11 1114 1. I l-. A liv inPSS situation isf the sole considera- I S t tion. 1 During the dMl season of lyOb w S.JTLX' T.-i wi. I lir L irr.l LLU1 V UX ''lill'u -X k W4AJUX T V i Lqwro W1in;r,a nf Ih nnnnlA's mnnov Of - 1 . f- and locked it up This would have been a crime if Se were not willinjr to release it nowwhen it is needed, Bv aDDrOnnate ue of the money m the vaults of thi Treasury I have facilitated the importation of a hun- dred millions of Sold within the last nine months, anf have released, or arraneed for the telease of fifty mil- lions more, lnisiwas oone, as x say, .,,. - T TT for the purpose If aiding legitimate business, though it has helped the bull side of the iaarket as much as it has damaged t bear side. I care f as little for either of these considera - tiona as do vou. !ut I am intensely interested in the IWopriate business interests of the lountry. "it is for thefrelief of business that the Treasunihas returned to the hannAls of tradl the monev which it wtihdrew whel She people had no u?e for it except r purposes of spec- Li-Hnn. Tt waf then wanted for speculation and I withdew it. It is w wArf fnr wSsiness and I restore u w iin nn nnn A.mH. wnt rret U It: 1 i. .1 : 1 t i. ni-i-nrx ..- Trrrr,v .7 " uuucmg siatea axiu me went to cotton biding cities Killed By Diughter's Escort. Monticcjio. Ga bpeciai. jamet. Polk, aged liO yfars, was shot and Jki . . killed by Cirb Wldrop, a young man who had escortld two of Polk's m : r rv 11hrc tA ai-ei entertainment, re- I r m -r-v x x tumimr with then! about a. m. roiii berated tlie vounk man for coming home o late. duM in- the quarrel that fnllrtw PnlV xMs killed. 1 j Triple Trsedy Enacted Da'hville, Va.J Special. Joe Pat rillo,( an Italian-Jftborer, Maggie Sul- Uvari an America woman, and Law renri Snllivan. tie 12-vear-old son of Mi sitivani were shot to deat a a ' camp of ralUy employes about mTm. , ii u-u a mile from Mcfey's station which is about dO mneg irom uwviue. murears are th result ot a bitter ii Fred HPJltK - nae Cliarae Ol IUP cuuima.., I I . . Ss a 11 a X A Hill HI AFFAIRS a Items of Interest From Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Marketi. To Push Immigration Matter. Raleigh, Special. It seems certain that the next Legislature will be pres sed to push the matter of immigra tion to North Carolina, following the lead of South Carolina, where the movement seems to be so successful mi . ..... l a Here will also be a very earnest ef- ion to secure immigrants from the T..L 1- .1 "VT , .... I unuwesi ana worm, particularly uiisn, Germans ana .Scandinavians, in around Asheville, and the of who have been in the country long- ficers have been on the lookout for enough to become somewhat acclima- aim lo Know enougn ot the langu- age to mane tnemeslves understood. A a , i -. I t xS lu opinion oi many oDservant puupie mat mis ciass is more desir- T il . .1 1. . ..I latter will have so much more to learn m every way. me JNew England oiaieS5 are now congestea with tor- eigners, and out West the good land Oi.i- - ...... bas to a very great degree been taken up by homesteaders and great num- j Ders ot the people are pouring over into anaaa. it this movement could uuchu ouuiuwaru it wouia mean a good deal. Governor Glenn feels lUfll x,ullu aiUi" uew a quarter t. x i ....u i; J . l of a million of sturdy immigrants. A concerted movement, literally ad- will mpn n o-root ioi Tf ;s a. ernor Grenn's desire that Secretary p.w-. Bruner, of the board of aericulture. choll moba f H XT Al 4 illustrating North Carolina by a dis- play of resources and perhaps by sterontiflon vipw onrl Tv tVia von? free distribution of literature. A Chapter of Tragedies. A special from Asheville rives -the following- Delayed communications from Dillsboro, received here indicate that T1 ... I .! ;l o -r rJi ennnrv nrae mono n romfohlo . ""J " "-'"V iituun. I . . .. .... .y5 Dattie ground this weeTv. One man I iirno c-nJ 4- 1 -. 1 J I. . a"u f"? fw o""- ocvciai um, is not exepcted to live, and a third was 1 . . cut so badly that he will hardly re- I nAtTAT- I WT" In Savannah township Sunday night Coleman Frady ws shot and insianiiy Killed Dy nis Drother, Koh- ert Frady. The brothers were the best of friends up to the moment of the killing. They were drinking and playing cards, when a dispute arose and ttobert drew his gun and killed T?... In Canada township Christmas dav John Brown was shot several times by Henry Rheinehart and is not ex- pected to live. Rheinhart and Brown I ens-ae-ed in a nistol duel in Rhine- hart's store, when both emptied their revolvers. Brown was shot through both shoulders. A few hours after- wards the men met airain and for a second time a pistol duel was fousht. Rheinhart. ahonHn-r Brown in the mouth, inflicting a probable fatal in- jury. a .Wu.;i; Lw mZX ""ZZ irT' n""'"" "7 ZlZ ! 3 "". " w JTT. - namea racKens. uwens was icar- I .. . . . , ... r. tully cut. tie naa tne reputation oi neing uanada townships Dad man. Mills Shut Down. the scareixy ot coal and tne lnaomry .1 a . . VT i . -l-i ii. . l ot the rasroads to aenver the Cannon Mills Nos. 2 and 3 and the Franklin Mill were compelled to close down Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This, of course, means an indefinite period, and will necessarily throw many employes out of work for the time being. Child Burned To Death. Winston-Salem, Special. The 4- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Nunn, of Walkertown, was burn ed to death. The child was out in the yard with her mother, who was burning some leaves and trash: The little ones clothes ignited and soon wag d in flameSf Ef. ort wag made to ejtinish the fire j . j x. burned off before the flames m:ta ATt- 'nn is mnnnwr VT XXI l'ii a x a p - SPURiOUS COIN IN CIRCULATION fames W. Muse, of Asheville Arrest ed, Charged With Passing Coun terfeit Money. Asheville, Special James W. Muse probably 30 years of age, has been arrested here charged with passing counterfeit money. He has been given a hearing before a United States commissioner and held under $1,000 bond, to await the action of the grand jury at the May term of United States District Court. It is al leged that Muse passed several half dollar and dollar pieces in the rail way section of the city, and it was lpon this evidence in particular that his arrest was effected. Several of the spurious coins were recovered and are now in possession of the officers. The "oneer" is a rood counterfeit. w and would easily pass undetected. It has been known for some time that '. spurious money was being circulate! tne gnty ones. The counterfeit that has recently been passed is of half- UniinT. anA AnUr. ilvAr niw.. Mnu "v imakes no denial of paying money to - orf; Knnc fmm w ko mnn. terfeit was obtained, but contends that he dld not know the money was counterfeit. He alleees that he is in- of the crime and that he will w ftbl1 t0 satisfv a iurv of this al d f act when olaced on trial. He came to Asheville from Salisbury vears aff0 and nas been em- pl ed by the Southern Railway sinca tnat tim At the time of nis arrest hc was a flaffman on the Asheville aivision. Thfi officers sav thev are confident that Muse has had in hk 1 -j e the counterfeit, and that he knew it , m, , wtls counteneu. iney ao not mma: nVwevw lUttt ue ua.8 . "WM I BV. J.L IS SUOUUbBU LUaiy 11B woa A gf representative of the makers of sPunuus W"; I 4WW vww. Greensboro, Special. The Wins- ton-Salem passenger tram and southbound ireight tram naa a neaa- on collision Monday near tne coai I ... . - . w . .1 . 1 shute in whlch tw0 Passengers were slightly injured. C. W. Rawhngs, I I u;i? 1 CiinAninfonrlanf An. I CUlCi LV UULTCliuiuucuv -.--- drews. was thrown from his. seat. His I 7 UxJ afV o winw nn riv gash was cut on his forehead. I - . m -v Rawlmgs' head struck the window. I a in j 1 j. xl JJ 7- with sucn iorce tnat me woouwur wns shattered, and he was rendered unconscious. A physician treated him- Tko other iniured man. whose name was not learned, also received a cut on the head. The responsibility for the accident has not been fixed. It is 'thought to have been due to a mis- understanding in reerard to orders. Dies in Paris, France. J Winston-Salem, Special. A cabla- mm frnm Paris, received Tuesday Q.eo p pell ann0unces the death - . n9ar Pans P? M?J wm u his aunt.Mrs. rlardin was a sister of Mrs- Y" h Ux . L. ; Ml Anme Fel &t Kal5ft' ana i.neo- Ramsey &sq., ot Wortclk. one wto the mother ol Madam L)e attorn, wue of the Swedish charge d attairs at Washington, and ot Duncan xiar- din, a prominent Pansan artist. She native of Kaleigh, being tne daughter of Walter J. itamsey, on a jeweler of that city, and, as miss fce war as oae of the belle8 0f the DUO Rnnlrpr Ramsev. was known prior to State. Shooting Scrape at Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem, Special. Joe Gor don and Pride Brannum, both color ed, exchanged several shots Tuesday night. Brannum is in the hospital hi a dying condition. Gordon has a ball in one arm, but the wound is not con sidered serious. The two men fell out over Gordon's wife. Gordon allege that Brannum was too intimate with her. c Three Men Cut. Asheville, Special. A special from Canton says that there was a serious stabbing affray among the Italians employed by the Champion Fibre Company, at fheir quarters there last night. Five or six of the men were involved in the fight. Three men were bidly cut, one in the back of the neck, one in the side, and the third, the most seriously injured, near the heart. Officers have caught two of the men implicated, but the one believed to be most guilty has not been apprehended. I 14 n ! m the killing. I i.'v; ) - r
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