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. .rc'V?.t-...v,,,?-: i ' ' .. . . :. . .M.yvijW'tt ..'.'.! - ! THAT WHICH IS MORALLY WRONQ ANNOT BE POLITICALLY RIGHT. VOLUME 2., . . , .f - rr - . : THOMASVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 1911. NUMBER 10 r v;" "'" " " " ' ' ' '.' ' - . , - 1 ; . . i ' i - , - i- I t'.j . ! i i Orphanage Well a Com plete Success. Fears for Water-Supply Prove Groundless. Mr. FrtmM Counts Upon 100 SiNom Minuto -jxduibly 12S tr isa Enough Water to Drown Thoma-iillo. Apparatus Working Btautlfully. The McCrary Company is Batis fled, Bobs Freeman ia pleased, Sup erintendlnt of Water-Works Mallard ia happy, ' and the Water Commis aion is ecstatic over the roagnificient performance of the deep well at the Orphanage when it was put to the teat Wednesday morning: Mr. Free man, who is in charge of the constr uction of the whole water-system for the HcCrarya, saya that the well ia good for one hundred gallons minute, at least, and possibly more than that Thomas ville's utmost need for the present will not exceed 50 or 60 gallons a minute; Lexing ton with all her factories coupled on to the city system uses about 75 gallons, while the majority of our factories either have their own water supply, or use electricity from the Southern Power Company's linee, So even at only 100 gallons a min ute Thotnas ille has twice as much water as she needs at present. The news thatthe supply is ample will come as an immense relief, not only to the officials, but to all advo cates of water-works as well, for with the bitter opposition the plan met at its beginning, and a suit still hanging over it, it would have been discouraging' to have had to dig new well before water could be had. Gloomy reports had spread over town on account of the failure of the first test. The pipes from the com pressor were at first lowered only 210 feet, and in twenty minutes the ,. PHUPtt were , JBDCto Y, gifJff: most part, mixed witn a miseraoie drizzle of water about twenty gal Ions a minute, or barely enough to supply the Orphanage alone. It was feared that the well was going to fizzle out, but a further test was determined on: Working night and day, the crew drew out the pipe and added 190 feet to its length mak ing the total depth of the pump 400 feet. The work was completed Wed' nesday morning, and the pumps set to work in the presence of an anxious group, consisting of Mr. Freeman, Superintendent Mallard, Chairman of the Water Commission C. F. lambetb, Mr. McCrary, Man atrer Kealer of the Orphanage, a representative of the Davidsonian, and the workmen. A magnificent stream sprang- from the mouth of the 6-inch pipe into the temporary reservoir. And it kept coming, The pump was run at fall speed all day but the stream never slackened for an instant; the water is there, Of course the flow is not what it will be when the aparatus is complete; the comparatively crude, temporary affair now in operation draws only about 50 gallons, but if he can get SO with that Mr. Freeman is satisfi ed of 100 when he gets his machin ery in running order. But the stream isa beautiful sight now to the drought-stricken citizens of Thomasville. The water is as pure as water often gets to be on this earth, coming, as it does from a depth of 876 feet It is cool and magnificently clear; , . the tem porary iron tank used as a reservoir at the pumping: plant is nine feet deep; yet when it is level full one looking down from above may count every rivet on its bottom. No ty phoid in that water. Much of the credit for the rapid completion of the tests ia due to the energetic and faithful work of Sup erintendent Mallard and his gang of workmen. All this week they have been working all day until 6: 90 in the evening; stopping only for supper they would hurry back, and work again until midnight or one o'clock next morning. With six hours sleep a .night, . and scarcely stopping long enough to eat, they have kept at it until their task was completed.' -"ii'v"-'' , " With a fire-hose conpled to the nearest hydrant and a two-inch stream turned on the blaze, the fire the other i morning would : have .caused scarcely a ripple of excite 'ment, instead of - stopping 'all the ; factories and fetching out half the town at it did. . 1 " ' The Department of Agriculture Has Swucthias to Say That to . ItfMMIi, lf tli of 4btptlnttrt ItatlMt The Davidsonian is in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. L. Burgees, Ag rononist of the North Carolina De partment of Agriculture, calling at tention to the work of the agrlcul tural experiment stations and offer ing a series Of articles on scientific fertilization. Mr. Burgess ia a sci entist who knows; it will pay every farmer-reader of this paper to clip out these articles and preserve them for reference, for they are the prac tical result of longexperimentation. They willbe in the Da viDSONiANf rom week to week under the heading "The Department of Agriculture." The first of the articles follows. Necessity Of Organic Matter In The Soil,. There are two things absolutely essential to successful farming in North Carolina. One is deep plow ing, and the other is the incorpora tion in the soil of humus or organ ic matter from decaying vegetation. We have heard a great deal about plowing and on soils which have stiff heavy sub-soils, deep plowing,,and in some cases, even sub-soiling, is entirely necessary. But we have heard all too little about the organ ic matter content of our soils. In deed, some wag might say, there is uot enough organic matter in most of our soils to speak about anyway, but that is just why we should be gin to talk. Good plowing and a liberal amount of vegetable mould or organic matter in our soils con stitute the two oars by which the agriculture boat must be driven in North Carolina. We have hitherto done most of our pulling on the plowing oar and as a result our boat has inclined to go in a circle witn the result that the people of the State are shipping in tens of millions of dollars worth of food supplies every year when they should be Belling more than .they uy.' - '"-M i We are giving out i o information when we say that nine tenths of our soils are poor and unproductive, These poor soils are "known and read of all men." When we see t boy nowadays with a tbin, pale, an aemic lace, we are pretty apt to say he has the hookworm, by which we mean he has little red blood in his veins, low vitality, waning strength, and little ambition. His life forces are becoming weaker, he is unable to do much, we Bay, and his ability to do is becoming less and less every day and will finally be re duced to zero unless he is given a treatment Keep this in mind and go twenty-hve miles in almost any direction in North Carolina and you will see on every hand, fields of white, pale, sandy soils thrown out of cultivation; you will see fields of red and gray lands thrown out of cultivation. Why this abandonment of cultivable lands in North Caroli na? Examine them and you will find a good amount of all the nec essary mineral elements of plant food, but the bumua of organic mat ter content is almost nothing. They have no life in them and hence can. not give life to vegetation. Tbey are anaemic; they have hookworm, if you will allow the figure, and can do little without a treatment The vitality of these poor lands it o low that it pays no one to cultivate them. Deep plowing will not do. The 'proper treatment of all these poor or abandoned lands, that are well-drained, ia, first, give them' a heavy dose of organic matter either in the shape of stable manure or green manure. These are the two sources of organic matter in our soil. , The one is, and has always been, too limited to aet much store by, while the other is, always haa been, and always will be, the prin cipal source from which we must obtain humus for the agricultural soils in North Carolina. Next week we expect to take up the discussion of the bringing up of these poor lands in the State and will speak of the crops to be grown first in an attempt at their ' reform ation.'- We want to call attention to every man, who baa poor lands on his farm, to this series of articles which will likely extend over some months. J. L. BOROBBS N, C. Department of Agriculture. I Prof. J. M. Cheek, of Liberty-Pied- moat Institute, was a visitor to the DaridaoaJan office v Wednesday. Prof. Cheek whoiscanvassingforhis school reports excellent prospects. Farmers1 Institute Au gust 17th. Will be Held at the Orphanage Again. Women's butlhrta Schedules' For Sams Day. Groat Arbor Wil bo 6fvM op toFarmora And Their Wives. Tontathro Pre ram. Mr. T. B. Parker, Director of the Farmers' Institutes of North Caro hna has sent ua the proposed pro gram of the Farmers' Institute to be held at the Thomasville Baptist Orphanage Thursday August 17th. The program as printed below, is issued only tentatively; it may be changed in any way to suit local conditions; for instance, if it should prove that "Cotton Culture' is I subject that does uot hold much in terest for Davidson county farmers, most of whom are wheat-growers, that item will be changed to some more appropriate subject How ever this is a Farmers' Institute, be it understood, and every discussion will be of some topic in which farm ers, and Davidson county farmers, in particular, are interested. The same conditions apply to the Wo men's Institute. Mr. Parker says it will pay you to bring a pencil and blank book along, so as to be able to take notes. A premium of one dollar will be awarded for the best five ears of corn exhibited. The five ears exhib ited must be of one variety, uniform in shape, 'size and color. Mixed corn or mixed varieties will not be allowed to corrpete for premium, The exhibitor must be able to give, as tar as possible, the name of the variety, its productivity, yield per acre, and whether grown on upland or lowland, ibis oner is made solely with the view of studying corn and the comparing of different varieties. A premium of one dollar will be awarded for the best loaf -of "iigfif bread baked and exhibited by a wo man or girl living on the farm. The meetings will be held under the huge arbor on the Orphanage grounds, where the air will be fresh and cool. The morning session will open at 10 o'clock and afternoon session at 1:30. The programs follow: MORNING SESSION. Subjects for Discussion: Soil Improvements, byC. R. Hud son. Cotton Culture and Commercial Fertilizers, by E. S. Milleaps. Insect Pests and How to. Combat Them, by Franklin Sherman. (General Discussion.) AFTERNOON. Corn Culture, by C. R. Hudson. (Opening1 of Question Box and General Discussion.) Boyfs Corn Club Contest Explained. Appointment of Committee Women's Institute morning ses sion. Subjects for Discussion: Suggestions in Household Work, by Mrs. C. R. Hudson. Preventable Diseases, by Miss Edna Reinhardt The Home Garden by Mrs Hud son. (General Discussion.) afternoon. Possible Improvements in the Home Life, by Miss Reinhardt i...... , by Mrs. Hudson, (Opening of Question Box and General Discussion) Appointment of Commute, It Touches Us Too. Under the heading "The Lesson' the Charlotte Evening Chronicle publishes the following editorial. How well it fits Thomasville we leave our readers to judge; however, we are glad to say that Thomasville, like Charlotte, has at last seen her need, and is energetically providing for it 'The Roanoke Times, taking the water trouble in Charlotte as a text, preaches a timely sermon on the e- vils of procrastination. Moralizing, The Time says. "Charlotte, we are tpftd, haa voted a bond iaaue for a better water supply, but thework of making the new supply available cannot be completed within a year. The people are subjected to incon venience and suffering and danger. How long have the people and the city authorities been boggling and talking and debating over the water question? It seems to us it has1 'End of a Bitter Struggle. Wtttfru WiUM art MeCnq Tacttm 1 OnUm tvw tonnstwiMp En b Victory fir tka Lttor WMlifnit. I. P. On NHrintJM ( Mr. 0. F. fonday s CharlotttObaerrercar- I the following under a Lexing (date-line. Lexington is to be ; ratulated that the row ia over a st he news that came down from ihington today relative to the intment of a postmaster at Lexington was very pleasing to a nukberof people. It marks the end of a bitter struggle between the Walaer and McCrary factions of-the u. r. in uaviason- county, a atn'gg'e that has been going on forjmore than a year, with victory flitting with either side. Several times it was reported that Mrt D. F. Conrad had won and that it was all over but the shouting. Eah time the Walsers came back strpng and ousted the McCrayites. Filially Chairman Morehead and the executive committee endorsed Walser and it looked like the fight was over. The McCrary faction charged that Postmaster J. G. Wal seif voted the Democratic ticket at thq last election at least bo far as pat of the ticket w ;s concerned and the State chairman reversed hifyself. The executive committee thdn lined up behind the McCrary's and it looked like Conrad would get the job. General Walser and his postmaster brother.lned themselves to Washington and President Taft disregarded the recommendations of he State machine and nominated Wilser. Consternation reigned in the ranks of the McCrary faction. They had had from the beginning the support of the Duncan faction of the party and had come close to winning with it alone. Now they haAotb the Duncan faction and MBjriQnJButler and his crew behind atSAaaad still tbey could not win. Walser' s nomination was held up and the matter has been in abey ance for many weeks. Walser hold ing on and drawing the salary. He has been drawing the salary for a year more than was coming to him, as his term expired in June 1910. Today the news comes down from Washington that Conrad is to get the plum and it is believed here that the fight is over. jj. . conraa, tne appointee, is secretary and treasurer of the . Elk Furniture Company. He has been prominent in Republican politics for many years and he is one of the best Republicans on earth. Like wise, he is a good citizen and is very popular. He was postmaster ten years ago and resigned, Postmaster Walser succeeding him, He will make a good one. He is a member of the board of aldermen and is deeply interested in the welfare of the city. At the municipal election in May he led the aldermanic ticket by several votes. Later News has come from Wash ington that Conrad's appointment has been held up, and the wnole thing may have to be gone over a- gain. ' been years. How many times has ihe matter been discussed and re ferred to committees and referred back and how frequently have 'tax payers', and 'lot owner? put them- selves. ' in the way and denounced and obstructed the whole thing? It is the old story of Noah taken with reverse English. Noah warned a gainst a flood and some people in Charlotte this long time have been warning against a drought One warning went unheeded as the other ; did. And throughout the country, cities and towns are threat ened with one peril or another, one loss or , another; are offered and lose one opportunity or another; endure one loss or another; and councils serenely boggle and stum ble and meander and blunder a long, talking and yawning and dis coursing and referring and report ing and referring back and sending to sub-committees and dawdling throunh hearing. So it will be un til we get compact, efficient, business-like . systems of city govern ment, ,, .:V;l-'V:',i!5.? ' f At the next municipal campaign, perhaps, our people will be more in favor of providing Charlotte , with genuine form of government by commissiona mayer and five al dermen." , - ' ". 1 -' Cotton Mills Shut Down Power Company Cuts off the Juice. Low Water in Catawba River Combined With Accident in Steam Plant Com pels the Closing of 100 Cotton Mills for a Day or Two. The Jewel and Amazon Among Them. The Jewel and the Amazon cotton mills, both of which are operated by electricity, received notice Tues day that low water in the Catawba river and an accident in the steam plant at Greenville, S. C, had brought the Southern Power Co. face to face with a serious shortage of power, and Messrs. Hill and Lil ian were asked, if they could, to shut down their respective mills for the next couple of days, which they readily agreed to do. The papers indicate that they were only two out of a hundred to whom the same request was made. Only the large mills are asked to shut down; the small plants will not be disturbed and there is no fear of a shortage of light. Wednesday's Charlotte Evening Chronicle puts the situ ation thus: "All cotton mills and most other industrial enterprises operated with power from the electric transmis sion lines of the Southern Power Company are closed down today and will probably not resume work before Thursday or possibly Fri day. On account of tbe lowness of the Catawba river, from the flow of which is produced the hydroelectric power used throughout this section, together with an accident that put the 10,000 horsepower auxiliary steam plant at Greenville out of commission until certain repairs can be completed, officials of the Southern Power Company called up or wired all cotton mills and many other industrial plants and secured their consent to a shut down of two or three days. In every instance permission was readily given and the shut-down followed. The Catawba river is lower than it has ever been, the drought of 1881 and, so far as can be ascertained, of 18-15 being of less severity than the present one. Not only is the river low, but there are a number of power plants operating individual mills a distance up the river. The river has been so low that some of these mills have shut down until they can accumulate a - head of water snfficient to operate their hydroelectric power plants. This, of course, seriously curtail the volume of water lower down the river where the Southern Power Company's plants are located. The company had the situation well in hand, having built the aux iliary plant at Greenville in antici pation of tbe short supply of water during the dry summer months, and there wonld have been no ne cessity for any shut down except for the fact that the brickwork un der the huge boilers caved in, up setting the boilers to some extent This work is being repaired as rapidly as possiblejand the magnifi cent plant will be in operation again within a few days. Meanwhile a larger volume of water ia being ac cumulated above the dams at the power plants, so that when the power is turned on for the mills within a day or two there will be no danger of further interruption. The shutting down of the 100 or more cotton mills operated from the lines of the Southern Power Co. will not be regretted by the mill ow ners. There has recently been con siderable voluntary curtailment by the mills of all sections of the coun try and with the market conditions as they sre and the tariff question unsettled the mills are not at all averae to ' resting for a few days, and the courtesy of the company in securing permission before shut ting off power was greatly appre ciated by the users, who might, otherwise have been inconveinced. The gas-electric auxiliary plant of the Southern Power Company is in' operation in this city and some of the hydroelectric plants of the com pany are operating on reduced units so as to furnish enough ' power .for the operation of the small motors in stores, markets, etc., and for the operation' of small industrial plants which, unlike - the cotton - mills, could not shut down without heavy loss and inconvenience. . Dr. Rothrock's Barn Burned. Small Blaze Causes Tremendous Excitement Little Joseph Rothrock was the direct cause of more excitement for a few minutes Monday morning, than a typical western "bad man" shooting up Salem street, would have provoked in the same length of time. It seems that the Roth rock children were having a "mov ing picture show" in the barn on East Guilford street back of Dr. J. M. Rothrock's house when the little fellow dropped a lighted match into some straw; fortunately the chil dren immediately ran out of the building, else the damage might have been more serious. A passer by heard their screams and saw the flames through a crack in the barn; seeing that he could not extinguish them alone, he rushed into the of fice of the Lambeth Furniture Co. just across the street and gave the alarm, and the factory whistle quickly roused the town. In an amazingly short time several hun dred people were on the spot with all sorts of hand-operated fire-fighting apparatus, but the barn, which was filled with hay, was beyond all help. Fortunately there were sev eral big oaks between it and Dr. Rothrock's house, and at no time was the residence in serious dan ger. The barn burned to the ground in a very few minutes, and even the trees are not very badly dam aged. The total losa is about $i:i5, with no insurance; however Dr. Rothrock is congratulating himself upon the fortunate escape of the children. All of them are small and had they attempted to extin guish the flames instead of running out, they might have been seriously burned. The whole incident is a timely and striking illustration of the great value of the new water works sys tem. There is a hydrant within two hundred feet of the spot, and with a fire-hose and two men to handle it while the barn would undoubt edly have been destroyed anyhow, there need not have been tbe slight-, est fear for the adjacent buildings, and some twenty-five bucket and ladder carriers would have been spared an exceedingly hot and un pleasant half-hour. Mr. H. C. Grubb's Home Burned Boons Township has $33,000 Fire. Mr. Grubb WIU Rebuild. The Charlotte Observer, of Wed nesday morning says: A disas- JjW8 fire occurred at noon today in Boone township, Davidson county, just across the Yadkin river from the toll bridge which connects Row an and Davidson, when the mag nificent country residence and home of Mr. H. Clay Grubb was reduced to ashes, the fire originating over head in the kitchen. The residence was destroyed, also the private school building and large barns, as was also the greater part of the household furniture and a lot of feedstuff. Mr. Grubb had one of the fir est country residences in the South, elaborately furnished and the loss will reach probably $33,000. It was learned that something like $11,000 insurance waa carried. In the building was a complete libra-' ry one of the best in this section. The driving and saddle horses were saved, as was also Mr. Grubb's big automobile. Mr. Grubb was at home at the time in a nearby field looking after some farming. Farm hands and neighbors hurried to the scene, but arrived too late to save much of the furniture. A telephone message to Salisbury announced' that the residence was burning and numbers of citizens hastened there by automobile and in buggies. Mr. Grubb will probably rebuild ' at once on the site as he owns ex tensive farming interests in David son. He also owns large farms in Rowan, also much city property, a mong which is The Post building, the; Grubb theater, formerly the Meroney theater, and is individual ly erecting the Grubb skyscraper. Saliaburians hope he will decide to take up his residence here, where' he Js a daily visitor, but he loves the : country and will - doubtless continue to reside on his largest farm.. He also has interests in Jack sonville and Richmond, Va. ; , r While the manner tn wnicn tne blaxestarted is not positively known, ' Mr. Grubbs thinks that the fierce windstorm which swept through this section some weeks ago may have , damaired " the kitchen - flue,- though this is only Surmised. . ;
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