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folk mm. Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XIV. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUAR Y 7, r909. NO. 35. 1 CARING FOR THE VICTIMS Rations, Clothing, Tents and Other Supplies Are Pouring in and the Hungry and Injured Arc Being Cared For. Rome, By Cable. What chiefly concerns the government and the peo pie is the progress that is being V j ft v u v made toward the relief of those who have suffered by tne dreaarui eartn- i fflinVo in snutliprn Ttfllv nnrl Siftilv. I Considerable advance in this respect I . . , i vr u i has been made at Messina where, ae- coroing 10 reports rcceivea nere, tne supply service is beginning to work satisfactorily. The different regions I on the coast have been allotted to ,. , I various warsmps ana otner suipe . centres from which torpedo boats and launches convey and distribute I rations and water to the different I villages. I The Minister of Justice has wired from Messina to Premier Giolitti that large bodies of troops have ar rived and are now occupying all parts of the town. The appalling extent of the diaster renders anything like systematic search of the ruins is impossible, but persons are being dragged out all day long and are oniflfclv trnnsnnrtpri to the relief shirw I as soon as their wounds have receiv- The appalling message came on I ITew Year Day that the Ripari Is- Tonc wHIpV. lio incf nnwii f siniiu had gone-down with its 23,000 inhab- itants, but a messenger boat sent to learn the facts has returned with the news that the islands are but little in jured. Only the cracking of build ings make any real damage. Estimates of Death List. , Rome, By Cable. Estimates of the death roll of the earthquake now cease to concern the Italian people It is enough to know that the eatas trophe is overwhelming figures would, add nothing to the grief of the stricken nation, nor move to greater efforts those upon whom the work of relief and rescue has fallen. Every channel open to the govern ment has been utlized to this end, and other nations have been quick to come to its assistance, even before the cry for aid went up. Shiploads of fugitives have been carried out of the stricken zone to Naples, Palermo, Catania and other ports, and accord ing to the Minister of Marine, rescue vessels to the number of 36 are now centered in the Strait of Messina, and 5,000 soldiers are being landed on the two coasts Most important- of all now is the question of the living. Thousands of those who escaped the falling walls and the sweep of the tide are starv ing and without clothes or shelter They can scarcely longer survive their sufferings. The' first thought has been to carry food and covering for these helpless people, and it has now been decided by the government to send a fleet of emigrant steamers to transport them to other places. Professor Rice, director of the ob servatory at Mount Etna, states that his instruments have recorded 42 dis tinct shocks after the first, but that during the last 14 hours they have been almost motionless. Etna and Stromboli are now quiet and he is certain that the earthquake was not of volcanic but of geographical Orig in, similar to that of 1875. The horror of he situation at Mes sina and Reggio grows with every fresh dispatch. One of the correspon dents places the death roll through out the entire territory as high as cJUU,UU0, but this appears to be ex treme. Othersmake their estimate m llJHIIIbut .the official estimate as made by the Minister of Marine still holds to 115,000 v" i jliib tiuai wave a.ua mucn loaser i than the earthquake. During all the time vessels shivered intermittently, as though shaken by some huge ma rine monster. A naval observer of the destruc tion of Messina says there were four tidal waves, ranging in height from 12 to 30 feet. Thirty minutes elaps ed between the rolling in of the first and the destructive onslaught of the last wave. Thousands of half nude individuals of both sexes have gathered along the muddy beaches on either side of the ruins of Messina seeking food or trying to get away by sea. Many children have died from exposure and the cases of madness are increas ing. During the night the warships in Messina harbor throw their search lights on the ruins to enable-the res cuers on shore to continue their work. J he work of succor is going on fe verishly but the forces are still woe fully inadequate. The stench from decomposing bodies is becoming over powering. A frightful scene occurred her Thursday amid the ruins of the cus toms house. Bands of famished in dividuals were groping amonsf the debris in the hope of discovering rood. The first of the searchers who fwere sncessful were attacked bv others with revolvers and knives aud werfi obliged to defend their finds literally with their lives. The strue- 'gle was fierce. The famished men threw themselves upon each other i vi i i . I "Ke ves "J several ien aiwm- boweled m defending a handful of d few ounces of flour. One of the unfortunates was pinned I to a ulflnk hv ft knifr. whiln oWnannfr I to -his hand was his little child, for wn am ne naa sougnt toon, i United gtates gupply Celtic to Messina, after a brief stop at Gibralta to give a mil- I Hon and a half of navy rations to I earthquake sufferers. New York on Thursday made up fcnd o Jy $100,000 Sfi S relief fund. Chicago's contribution fund aggregate $30,000 Hed Cross la co-operating with the I Italian Red Cross for the relief of the suffering. STROMBOLl VIOLENT Eruptions Attended by Earthauake OHImm i i. ri- T - Jury Dons Rescue Work in the Kwnexen Regions as Seen One Week Later. I Rome. Bv Cable. A violent rth I running nortn-southwest and asi-nortneast, lasting tnree seconds, J SunHav uiH nrin0 wKioh tha stmn,. boli volcano betran eruDtion. occurred in Stromboli island Sundav. The nhpnoitionnn wns onmnanipH by prolonged dull rumblings. The Houses on the island were badly dam- aged and the populace fled to the streets in panic, but no one was hurt, The weather is intensely cold on Stromboli island The svstem of resene work in I Messina has been irrearlv aumnented bv the arrive! nf tvnnis whn . to be seen all over the ruined eitv in Quads of twentv nnH thirtv. out- I them also are working in the ruins by dav and until weH into the niriit. The movement of refugees from thfi villap-PR is riailv inrinsinor in I e vJIWa. i doiiv iSSSSfnW in I rnlnmp nf tV. victim tinri nnHor I the ruins few have been rescued alive I It is now eleer that the etmrmnn. nnmher of eesnelHe. in Me wc due to the snVMennens with whih the first shock came- envin but little -w " mmm a time to the neonle to eaeene from their homes. The tidal wave was not so high as was at first reported, and wnnU hava Ama. Httia iit-d xa ;t not. heon nrAW hir thA irthnniiire I The damage done by fire was com- Darativelv insiewifieant. The first earth shock last Monday momino- tAriw thTO tho if o I nrl .imnct rrv Btrt tps completely buried under the walls that had faUen. furniture and other debris, practically cutting off every avenue of eseane - Then Peine the tionl wnve to in- nnete the eitv arA the livino- en. a dying were caught like rats and drwn nr hod thAir hrin "UhAo out by being thrown by the rushing waters against piles of masonry and rubbish Par irrAfftAi. imvno wc wrono-ht. ; Messina than was believed when the Associated Press correspondent first 0- . , ' r"5 - nflcsprl arnnn thA nntatirts with Frank Perret. of Brooklvn. N. Y.. ftaoiatAnt irAtor of 'the ohservAtorv on Mount Vesuvius. Durinff this tour .wiwwMAmw v w Tw- 7 a most critical examination was made i . "a - of the American consulate. It is a complete ruin nothing but a heap of crumbling and crushed stones, without semblance of its original shape. It is most doubtful if the res- aiipvq Mrill Ka aKIa in repnver thai keliea kn-moil kinoorli 4" V a loKvie -Prt- e fpw .Tbvs. btrt. everv effort, to do n will he madA vThe Preneh and - m,,j.:i, ion worn vorrA . . . , emiteems almost im- possible that anv oKtheir inmates could have escaped. Officials in Messina say original estimate of the fatalities the city probably was not exaggerat ed. The lower part of the city is practically totally destroyed. A Washington special says: "Pres ident Roosevelt has sent two supply ships with $300,000 worth of supplies to Italy, that he will ask Congress for additional aid and that he has of fered the use of the battleship fleet to Italy. Big Fleet at Suez. Suez, By Cable The United States Atlantic battleship fleet, completing two days ahead of its schedule the next to the longest run o' of its worid girdling cruise, asrived here Sunday morning from Colombo, a distance of 3,440 knots, from which place the fleet sailed on December 20th. The loss of a seaman from the battleship Illinois, who fell overboard and was the only accident to mar the voyage from Colombo. ! t M. WILLIAMSON'S i CORN METHODS, ji "Southern Corn for the South" j For a number of years after I be- i. f T 4-11 A il.- -U a.u: " "P'-V I 5 method of putting the fertilizer all nndr the corn, planting on a level higher, six by three feet, pushing the plant from the start And makinir ft big stalk, but the ears werefewt and irequenny small, l planted mucn corn in the spring and bought much more com the next sorine. nntU fi nally I was driven to the conclusion that corn could not be made on up lands in this section, certainly not by the old method, except at a loss. I did not give up, however, for I knew that the farmer who did not make his own corn never had ceeded, and never would, so I begsi to experiment. First I planted low- er, and the yield was better, but the stalk was still too large; so I wnued altogether the application Of fertilizer before planting, and, know ing that all crops should be fertilised as a Slde application, and applied . . n . t i 7 a a m i . a " more soiuDie nitrate oi soaa laier, :ai - il:. i n re8ulta obtained from its use as a ton dressing for oats. Still, the yield. though regular, was not large, and smallness of the stalk itself now ""fv D""" . h- w the next year, with results so satis- factory that I continued from j'ear t to crease the number of stalkg ana me ieruiizer witn wmcn 10 sus- tan N"3?? to PPiy nitrate of at 4"?fc VmwiBKt Bn lo eari7' sowing pea8 Droaacast. ims metnod steadily increased tne yieia, 1111111 year Deiore iasi w corn eleven inches apart in six-foot rowS d $H rth fertiliser tO the acre, -I made eighty-four bushels average- to the acre, several of my best acres making as much as 125 bushels. Last year (1905) I followed the 8ame metno planting the first week m APni seventy cres wnicn naa produced the year before 1,000 pounds Seed COtlOn per seed cotton per acre. This "land isTtae other middle the saararway. sandy upland, somewhat rolling, Seasons were unfavorable, owing to tne tremendous rains in May and the and extremely hot weather later rTom June lath to July zth, tne fcime hen it most needed moisture, "ere wa8 oniy nve-eignxs oi an men ft 0 ft a A ft rainfall here; yet with $7.01, cost f fertilizer, my yield was fifty-two ;hels per acre. Rows were six feet and corn sixteen inches m drill. With this method, on land that will ordinarily produce 1,000 pounds of seea coiion wnn ouo pounas oi xer- ""J one oi corn per acre should be made by using 200 pounds n Ifi. i 1 - - of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of J"? phosphate, and 400 pounds of nrai?e.a or ineir equivalent in herA fertiliser, and 125. pounds of nuraie oi soaa, ail 10 oe usea as siae i 1 : a j; a i l i appucaiion as oirectea oeiow I On land that will make a bale and J1?1 c?tto? Per acre when well fertilized, a hundred bushels of corn "Od be produced by doubling the T10"" ""luzer anove, wce I luaL om' pounas ox nitrate ox soua I should . .be used I -r . m eacn case mere snouid pe ien on ,the land in corn stalks 1' e ana TOOIS ITOm IO JpXO worm 1 OI lerimzmg material per acre, e- side the gi-eat benefit to the land I MA ft A A Irom so iarSe an amount or vege- table matter. The place of this in the permanent improvement of land can never be taken by commercial fertilizer, for it is absolutely impos- swe to make lands rich as long as Jney are wcaong m vegetaoie mat- A Land should be thoroughly and deeply broken for corn, and this w the time n a system of rotation to aeepen rne son. cotton requires a mre compact soil ihan corn, and wnile a deeP soil is essential to its best development, it will not produce as well as loose, open land where corn does best -on land thoroughly ken. A deep soil will, not only prodnce more heavily than a shallow soil with- good-seasons, but it will stand more wet as well as more dry- weather! In preparing for the corn crop, land should be broken broadcast dur ing the winter one-fourth deeper than it has been plowed before, or if much vegetable matter 4s being turn ed under, "it may be broken one-third deeper. This is as much deepening as land will usually stand in one year and produces well, though it' may be oontinued each year, so long as much dead vegetable matter is being turned under. It may, however, be subsoiled to any depth by follow ing in bottom of turn plow furrow, provided no more of the subsoil than has been directed is turned ip. Break with two heavv plows, if possible, or, better, with disc plow. With the lat ter .rtton stalks or corn stalks as i large as we ever make can be turned nnder without having been chopped. and in pea vines it will not choke or drag. Never plow land when it is wet. if you expect ever to have any . use for it again. Bed with turn plows in six-foot rows, leaving five-inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with scotter, following in bottom of this furrow deep with Dixie plow, wing taken off. Ridge then on this f nr-' tried by this method the first year, or row with same plow, still going deep.until you are familiar with itg appli. Wi ptt vii mi nuge, urop ping one gram every five or six inches. Plant early, as soon as frost danger is PMt, .any- first seasonable spell after March 15th, in this section. lHitj eany pianwng necessary on- very rich lands where stalks can- not otherwise be prevented from growing too large. Give first workin- witn narrow or any piow mat wiii not cover the plant. For second womng, use ten or twelve-incb sweep on Doin siaes oi corn, wnicn fould ab?ut in5h high. Thm after this working. It is not necessary that the plants should pe ien all the same distance apart if the right number remain to each yard or row. Corn should not be worked again until the growth has been so retarded J and tne stalk so hardened that it will I never grow too large. This is the J most difficult point in the whole pro- 1 cess. Experience not judgment are required to know just how much the stalk should be stunted, and plenty of nerve is required to hold back your corn when your neighbors, who fer- tilized at planting time and cultivat- ed rapidly, have corn twice the size Plant your own seed. I would not of yours. (They are having theu advise a change of seed and method fun now. Yours will come at harvest the same year, as you will not then time.) he richer the land the more know from which you have derived necessary it is that the stunting pro- the benefit. I have used three va cess should be thoroughly done. rities and all have done well. I have When you are convinced that your never used this method for late plant corn has; been sufficiently humiliated, ing. In fact, I do not advise the you may i begin to make the ear. It late planting of corn, unless it be should now be form twelve to ei. necessary for cold lowlands. een inches high, and look worse than you have ever had any corn to look before. Put half of your mixed fertiliser (this being the first used at all) in the. old sweep furrow on both sides of every other middle, and coyer by freaking ' out (his middle with turn in-low. About one week later treat Within a few days side corn in first turning to the soil the resultant vege middle with sixteen-ineh sweep. Put table matter rich in humus and ex all your nitrate of soda in this fur- pensive nitrogen. The needs of our row, if less than 150 pounds. If more I soil are such that the South can nev use one-half of it now. Cover with I er reap the full measure of prosperity one furrow of turn plow, then sow pease in the middle broadcast at the rate of at least one bushel to the acre, and finish breaking out. In a few days side corn in other middle with same sweep, put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has been divided cover with turn plow! sow peas and break out. This lays by your crop, with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June 10th to 20th unless season is very late, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel. Lay by earl v. More corn is rumen by late plowing than, by lack of plow ing. This is when the ear is hurt. Two goodrains after laying by should make you a good crop of corn, and it will certainly make with much less rain than was required in the old way. The stalks thus raised are very small anH do not require- anything like the moisture even in proportion to size, that is necessary for large sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be left much thicker in the row. This is no new process. It has -long been a custom to cut back vines and trees in order to increase the yield and quality of fruit; and so long as you do not bold back your corn, it will go, like mine so long went, all to stalk Do not be discouraged by the looks of your corn during the process of cultivation. It will yield out of all proportion to ifs appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yileds, ex cept with extremely favorable sea sons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. ...Early applications of man- ure po to make large stalks, which you do not want, and the plant food is all thus used" up. before the ear, which you. do want, is made. Tall stalks not only will not produce well themselves, but will not allow you to make the pea vines, so necessary to the improvement of land. Corn rais ed by this method should never grow over seven and one-half feet high, and the ear should be near to the ground nitrate this ' ear-rnaking process. It sbonld always be applied at last plowing and unraiied with other fertilisers. I am satisfied with one ear to the saiucu wmi uue mi iw .uc unless a prolific variety is d, and leave a hundred-Stalks stalk putnieu, mm iwe uuuuicuwn;. T i - J for every bushel that I expect make. I -find the six-foot row easiest irl thA six-foot row easiest to cultivate without injuring the cowi. JFor fifty bushels to the acre ,1 leave it sixteen inches apart; for seyenty five bushels to the acre, twelve in ches apart, and for one hundred bush- 1 consider tne nnai application oi njis j5 es lo per pair, but for ad vertWing; purposes we are making; a spec!! Tactory price to of soda an essential point m OTiy I4.80 per pair. All orders smppiMy els, eight inches apart. Corn should be planted from four to six indies below the level and hid by from four to six inches above. No hoeing should be necessary, and middles may be kept clean until time break out, by using harrow or. by running one shovel furrow in centre of middle and bedding on that with one or more rounds of turn plow. I would advise only a few acres cation. Especially is it hard at first, to fully carry out the stunting process where a whole ig involved, and this is the absolutely essential part Df f je process. method I have applied, or 8een applied successfully to aU vinA Af i.nj i tik. 0aT wet landg and bottomsr and I anj confident it can be made of great benefit throughout the entire South. ift tb6 middcl West vhcre corn is sa nreA(io m) nroflfriU. rA hAn unfortunately for us, so much of ours has en produced, the stalk does not oatnTaiiy grow iarge. As we come South its size increases, at the ex- pense of the earv Mntil in Cuba, and Mexico, it is nearly all stalk (witness Mexican varieties.) The purpose of this method is to eliminate this tendencv of corn to overgrowth at the expense of yield in this Southern climate. By this method I have made my corn crop more profitable than my cotton crop, and my neighbors and friends who have adopted it have, without exception, derived ereat ben- I efit therefrom. I The increased cost of labor and fhe high price of material and land are rapidly making farming unprofi fable, exeept to those who are getting from one acre what they former;; got from two. We must make out lands richer by plowing deep, plant ing peas and other legumes, manuring I them with acid, phosphate and potash, 1 which are relatively cheats and re- I that should be hers until this is I done. i I give this method as a farmer to the farmers of the South, trusting I that' thereby they may be benefitted l-as, I have r-"n, . K xVER WILLIAMSON. , - Scientists Working For Humanity 'i Good. Baltimore, Md., Special. That the influence and efforts of the leading scientists in the country will be con centrated in the effort to establish a national organization, with regula tions and rules of its own, for the conservation of disease generally was demonstrated in the symposium on public health of the American Asso ciation for the Advancement oi Science Wednesday. 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