MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909.-
NO. 35.
VOL. II.
2
010 X
Most Destructive In hz Present Gen
eration Vr'sitS Italy
WHOLE CITIES DESTROYED
Earthquake Followod By Tidal Wave,
- Destroys City After City in South
Italy and Sbily and Obliterated
Sniallor Towns and Villa&ea With
out Number. . ... -
One; of the, most disastrous earth
quakes in the world's history occur
red ctf Monday in the lower portion
tf Italy . including the island of
Sicily. - The, sews of the appalling
; disaster was not adequately conceiv
ed when the cables first brought the
Messages No tongue or pen can de
pict the horrors Of the awful calamity
that has fallen upon that rcsion.'
Later detail covering more fully
tch horrible occurrence are given in
the following dispatcher,, and show
that the first news of tho disaster
came nowhere near giving the full ex
tent of the devastation wrought.
The immensity of the disaster in
southern Italy and Sicily can only bo have not jet been put out and theu
measured by the fact that it is now i is no water with which to combat tin
estimated that 110,000 people perish-' flames. Many of the people still re
ed in Messina and Rcggio alone. Ale to leave the ruins of theii
score of other towns have been do- j houses.
, vastatcd and thousands of victims in ' A dispatch received here from
these places must be added to the Deputy .Felice at Messina says:
roll. In the face of this awful total! "Organize a squadron ofv volun
oll Iiclv stands 'appalled. Jtcers for rescue work. Send us food
Nor has. the full death-list yet for we aro dying of hunger. A num
bed reached. Ship loads of fugi- ber t the survivors are leaving for
tan have arrived at -Naples and Catania. Rcc-jive tbcm , with love
- ether ports and the vast majority of nnd fraternity. It is- the duty of
- thousands remain near the ruins of family from Messina."
thoir homes or wander half-starved, I t Only two members of tho munici-lialf-aaked
over the land. Tho forces , P?l council of Messina survived the
that cn .Monday -'overwhelmed 'the disaster.
cities 'also destroved fha ; man(i - of i?- Great Earthquakes In History,
Bubs'stenee.- TelearraDhio N commitni-l
catiCH has been established with" Mis-
amtv. tbo appariitnav having been
Dialled in railway van. thonirh thev I
have been meagro iin " detail,.' show-
ihat hope is gone. Nothing remains,
of the city but a, mass of ruins that
have been swept by fire. A morel
handful of survivors are bain eared ,
for by: the-"rescuing forces, but their
distress is great and it has. been increased-
by the violent icy wind that
followed the deluge of rain.. ' Des'ti
tution is cverywberl and appalling.
There is little food and less water.
v Of Messina's 90.000 nomilation it
is believed that fully 70,000 persons lw7. -
perished. - ' ' I Many buildings in Quito, capital
Forty thousand people died in cf Ecuador, shaken No pieces. 1859.
Eeegic. : - - -1 Manila, severely shocked, 1SC.1 -and
Despatches state that the city of 1S8 ' . "'
' Pa'mi contains 1,500 dead and twice Vslpariso, Chile, badly damaged in
as many injured. Two-thirds of the 1880.
town was laid waste. All the vil-- Earthquake at Colchester and case
laws adjacent stiffened as severe!;'. ern counties of England. 1834.
The commander of the battleship Charleston,, S. C, visited August
Admiral Makharoll, eenfirms the re- 31, 1330, by a severe earthquake, that
port of the death of the American shook down many buildings and cans
consul at Messina, Arthnr S. Chaney . ed losu of life and propertv damage;
end his wife, who wcro buried" in the disturbance felt over entire eastern
mips of the consulate. , section of the enntrv.
Tho British consul at Messin3 is St. Pierre and other towns of the
reported injured and his wife and Island of Martinique,, destroyed by
' children dead. - I eruption of Mont Pclee May 8, 1002 ;
This. disaster has resulted in a earthquake skocks through the West
greater loss of life than any of onr 1 Indies and more than 30,000 lives
wars for independence.. Indeed the.los. -.,, . ', '
situation is much worse, as, while I San - Francisco and neighboring
war is always preceded by a period towns shaken Wednesday, April .18,
of preparation, , this, has . happened , 1900, Are swept tho ruined districts
in.-:.? wnnJa Wliilrt wnf tt iht jiiv nnH -ihe nrnnprtv lopa run
ii i: UJ I. iui t snvmiB, - ii mv - ,
nnlv affects the vonnff and strong
' among tho people, the present calam-:
-ity has mowed down women and ohil. )
'dren, old men and youths. While in
war the armies are followed by tho
most complete camp hospitals, Jhe ( Kingston, Jamaica, partially de
numbcrless woiladed in Calabria nnd stroyed Monday, January 14,, 1900;
eastern Sicily have been left in many,
100 Miners Entombed.
Maburv, W. Va.,' Special. More
than 1(10 'miners are believed to be
hopelessly imprisoned irt a local mine hmcse cruisers, near Knm ; Chuk.
of the Lick Branch Colliery Compauv The reason for the capture is be
as a resrlt of a terrific explosion. All bered to lie m the act that the
night long rescurers worked tireless, steamer several months ago ran down
lv. Up to an early hour 42 men had a junk and drowned a theatrical corn
been removed from the mine, 12 of ' which was on board. Fmthei
them dead. Only the main part of developments from the capture are
the mine, has been explored.
Kin? and Qaeen on Scene. '
: CatcnW Special King Victor Em
manuel and Queen Helena arrived at
Mcssiua on board the battleship Vio-"toria-Emm
Anele. . They . disembark
ed and made their way into the ruin
ed city. 'As eoon as it was known
that the King and Queen bad come
crowds 'of the" terror-stricken popu
lace swarmed arfOnd the royal party,
prostrateing themselves in the mud
and crying- aloud for pity. Thia re
ception was too much, for the Queen
who almost fainted.
DHiI0AI
cases 43 hoars without assistance.
Even when rescued, it is impossible
to houso them, everything available
having been filled bv the 'dead. Lack
of earo and starvation will eomplete
tUo work that the forces of nature
have left undone.
The King and Queen of Italy has
tened to the scene and disregarding
the dangers proceeded to help in res
cuing trcso injured beneath ttio
ruins. An ilgcd man who had been
abandoned under a bea-.u that "appar
ently had crushed out his life, reviv
ed for a moment at the shouts of
greeting to the royal pair. He stretch
ed out his hand and raised his head
long enough to cell out :
"Now I con die happy.. Long life
to the King." He then fell back and
expired.
It was learned that General Coll:
lost his life at Massina.
The troops and sailors have beer,
obliged to sheet down robbers whe
persisted ill looting.
The rescuers nt Messina are rapid
lv becoming exhausted. The fires
Guatemala, Central America, lound-
ed in .1524, destroyed by yearth'makeff rt those
,a,,.y.Mirtyi,. ywiiwi.. toyimKn
second : Guatemala, established near
(be site of the firsts almost destroy
by errthqupke in 1773, succeeded fey
the construction of the present .town,
Lisbon; Portugal, almost destroved
by quake and accompanying ; tidal
j wave. November 1, 177o, with the loss
of 00,000 lives.
Caracas; capital of Venezuela; de
stroyed by earthquake shock in 1S12.
"Akppo, destroyed in 1822.
Naples, severely shaken, with ac-
comoanying
eruption of Vesuvius,
." - ' ----- i r --
into the hundreds of millions, with
hundreds killed. . . ,
Valparaiso and other towns jn
Chile rained by earthqnako August
16. 1906, and 2,000 killed.
800 killed,
British Steaarer Taken by Chinese.
Hong Kong. By Cable. The British
steamer Tai On was captured by two
expected.
Labor to Suspend, Unfair Catalogue.
- New. York, Specfal. Notwithstand
ing the unanimous protest against the
jail. sentences imposed " on Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, the Central Federated Un
ion hero received from Mr. Gompers
a letter in which he notified the
unions that he had discontinued on
the advice of connsel, the ".We Don't
Patronize" list in the future issues
of Th Federatiomst, the labor organ
tt i, tho rontml ' Fd-l
eration nnion, also decided apon the i
advice of the chairman to suspend its I
unfair list for a while. J
PLANS FOR RELIEF WORK
nations, Clothing, Tents, and Othel
Supplies Are Ponrinj In ; and . the
Hungry and Injured Ars Being
. Cared ror. '; i:?y ''-:-':'r-.
Rome, By Cable. What chiefly
concerns the government and the peo
pie is the progress . that ; is bsirig
made towards the relief of those who
have suffered by the dreadful earth
quake in southern .'Italy and. Sicily.
Considerable adrvnee in this respect
has been made ai Messina, whero, ac
cording to reporU received here, ihe
supply scn'ico i3 beginiiing to work
satisfactorily. The different "regipns
on tho coast have been.' allotted to
various Warships and other ships as
centres from which torpedo-,, boats,
and launches convey .and distribute
rations and water to the different
villages. ,'." '"' '
. 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 diastcr renders anything like
a systematic search of the ruins is
impossible, but persons are being
dragged out ell day long and are
quickly transported to the relief ships
as soon as their wounds have receiv
ed attention.
The appalling message came :on
New Year Day that the Ripari Is
lands which lie just north pf Sicily
had gone down with its 2S.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 catas
trophe is overwhelming figures
would add nothing to the grief of the
stricken nation, not move to. 'greater"
.. 4 ,1 . I i , ,
relief and mfutf has fallen:
top wnorn me jsari
- , Every 'channel open to the1 govern
ment has buen utlixnd to this inil.
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 tho Strait of Messina,
and 5,000 soldiers are being landed
on the two coasts.
Most important of all now is the
question cf the living. Thousands of
those who escaped the falling walls
and the sweep' of the tide are stnrv.
ing and without clothes or shelter
They can .searcelv longer survive
their sufferings. The first thouebt
has been to carry feed and covering
for these helpless people, and it has
now been dee'ded by the government
to send a fleet of emigrant steamers
to transport them to other places. .
Professor Ricco, director of the ob
scrvatory aj 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
Stromboll arc now quiet and ho is
certain that the earthquake was not
of jrolcanic but of geographical orig
in, similar to that of 1875. ,
Tho horror of the situation nt Mes
sina and Rcggio grows with. .' every
fresh dispatch. One of the correspon
dents places the death rolV throueb
our tjje entire territory cs liigh as
auo.uuo, not tms appears to ...be ex-H
tre'mc. Others make their estimate
200,000, but the oflioial estimate t
made by the Minister of Marine still
holds to 'lis.ooq
The tidal wave lasted "rruch Joncer'
than the earthquake. Drring- all the
timo vessels shivered" intermittently,
as though shaken by sota) huge me
rino monster. ' -. ,
A naval observer cf ('"-a destruc
tion of Messina says there were four
tidal waves, ranging in haighl from
12 to 30 feet. . Thirty .minutes elaps
ed between the rolling in of the first
and ,the ' destructive onslaught of the
last ;wave. "' ''""''' -'' " "", ' -. ; ;
TO WASH BLAOK , WOOliEN.
Cut J-2 bar whiter soap In saiall
pieces; dissolve In I quarta of wa
ter; when cold add 'two-tables peons
of household .ammonia;' put 'n tub
with cold water to Co.' skirt, flft
Ina; often and aoujtng thji akin up
and down ' In the water; leave
In the - water several hours or
all nlghtj drain well and rinse
la cold water until all soap has been
removed from the garment; do not
wrinir hut hansr by the waUtbanJ on
line. Just as you lift It fram the fab.
It will not shrink or taJ9 ,T
find It much better than gasolene-to
remove dlrrand grease. 1 have used
Uis two yean uom ,
THEr WILLIAMSON METHOD
i Ml Till TO
"Scklicn; Ccrn fcr Wxz South"
VFor a i.iii-hcr of years after I be
gan to far:i:. 1 followed the old-time
methxx
putting the fertilizer all
"'rn, planting on a level
Ity three feet, pushing the
I lie start ami making a
'it the ears were few, and'
Mil,; II. I planted much
'spring and bought much
under tin
higher, .-ix
plant ft i :i
big stnl I;,
frequenil
corn;in t!
more' i i i, i
nr.lly 1 -
i I lie next spring, until fi
driven to the conclusion
i ould not be made on np
section, certainly not by
: .Led, except at a loss.
'. give up, however, for I
that-i
lands :'
the .! .
'x J:'d:d 1 1
knew t!:a
make i;.
eecded. .
t.e t?.' :
er, r ii ' '
Stfil ::-
tinnid i
fertili;.;-
the fanner who did not
''mi torn never had suc-
never would, so I began
nt. First 1 planted low-
yid l v;; better, but the
till too large; so 1 disron
gell'cr the application of
hct'(.ie plnntiusr. and, know
ing that all en lis should be fertilized
as!, It -:d'- apiiliraliou. and applied
the: r rr ; clul.de nitrate of soda Inter,
brfni liitii'ed in this bv the excellent
reBU'ts iitaired i'nuii its use as a top
dreps''n-' (,,, ,,.,S. still, the yield,
thoiie'i n-gular. v.;,s not large, and
the st . ! u (. ;hc stalk itself i:t-w
fugee-'.,i thnt thev should bo planted
thick, i in the drill. This was .'.one
the "i yiiir, with results so satis
fae'oix thiit i coni inued from year to
fear" I., inennse (l:e nutiiber of stalks
and't' -' I'er! ili: er with which to sus
tain ti;r:n ; also to applv nitrate of
3odn in hist plowing, and to lay by
jailv. "-owing peas broadcast. This
Bethi"! ste- 'Mv inerenscd the vield.
kntil v.nr before last (1004), with
torn leven inches apart in six-foot
rows, and .fll worth of fertilizer to
iho ;r,crr, I made eighty-four bushels
ayc$i!.re to the acre, several of my
befri ai res making as much,, as 125
!Ut.iii 1-. ' -
t year (1905) I followed the
mothod, planting the first week
pril, seventy acres' which had
year before1!. OOU pounds
nd.'i 'somewhat rolliiiir.
seasons were .-unfavorable, owing' to
lie,: tremendous tains in .Mr.y and the
Iry and extremely hot weather later
From June 12th to July 12th, the
iimeVwben it most needed moisture,
here wag only five-eights of an inch
)f rainfall hero ; yet with $7.01, cost
jf fertilizer, my yield was fifty-two
iushels per aore. Rows were six
leet'and corn sixteen inches in drill.
With' this method, on land that will
irdinarily produce 1,000 pounds of
ieod, cotton with 800 pounds of fer
iliter,J fifty bushels of corn per acre
hould be made by using 200 pounds
if cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of
icid phosphate,1 and 400 pounds of
Saioit mixed, or their equivalent in
it her fertilizer, and 125 pounds of
itirate of so9a,: all to bo used as side
tpnlication as directed below.
-On land, that will make a bale and
ine-half of cotton per acre when well
iYitiliwd, ' .hundred bushds of corn
ifcouW-be produced by doubling the
tmourit : of ? fertilizer above, except
!hat 30O pounds of nitrate of soda
should; be used. ;
In cech : case there should he left
an the land in com stalks, peas, vines
and rcots from $12 to $10 worth
nf fertilizing material per acre, be
side. the- great benefit to the land
from bo large an amount of vege
table matter.' The 'place of this in
the permanent improvement of land
."nuv never bo taken by commercial
fertilizer,, foi' it is absolutely impos
sible to-make lands, .rich as long as
they 'are lacking in' vesetnblo mat
ter.'- .-
Land should be thoroughly nnd
rteoply broken for corn, nnd this is
Iho time in a svstem of rotation to
deepen the soil. " Cotton requires a
iroio compact soil than corn, nnd
while a deep soil is essential to its
best development, it will not produce
as' well a? loose, open land where
eom does-, best on land thoroitghlv
broken. " A deep Roil will not only
produce more heavily than a shallow
soil : with good seasons, but it will
stand more wet as well as more dry
weather..
In preparing r for the com crop,
land should be broken broadcast dur
ing the winter one fourth deeper than
;t Jims been-' plowed before, or if
much vegetable "matter is being turn
ed, under, it may bo broken one-third
deeper. This is os much deepenina
UaVland. will , usually stand in one
tear and produces .well, though it
nay be continued each year, so long
rrrmeh deal vegetablo - matter' is
being turned under. It may. however,
be eubsoiled Jo any depth by "follow
ing in bottom of, tarn plow furrow,
provided no more cf the subsoil than
has hi en directed is turned np. Break
srit'i two heavy plows, if possible, or.
bets , with disc plow. . With the lat
ter, t ton stalks or corn stalks as
lurt 3 we ever make can be turned
ui lunii i iii i ii
mr.t
ender without having been chopped,
end in pea vines it will not choke or
die .
Nc-rr plow land when it is wet. if
yen r ret ever to have any use foi
it ra.n'-i.
Bed with turn plows in six-foot
krows, irflving ttve-mcii nam. nen
ready to rlnnt, break this out with
srotter. f llowintr in bottom of this
furrow r.-rn with Dixie plow, wins
taken rff. I? idee then on this fur
row with spnie plov,'. still poing deep,
linn corn rlanter 'ii this ridge, drop
pins: ene uiain every (ue or s;x
i tubes. 1 1 : - sit catty, fi seen as f:- si
dan-r-.T is imst. sav (list sei.so"nbl
sitcll after March I'llh. in tliis se'-lion.
Ksp-ia'ly is carlv planting necessary
on very rich lands where sUlks 'a;!'-not'-othcrwise
bo prevented fro ;i
srowir.g too large, (live firs! wei 1-iir.r
with harrow cr any plow that will
not cover the plant. For second
working,
use ten cr twer
e-nii-i'
whii h
inches
II is
sweep on hoth side: or corn,
should new be about eight
liiuli. Thin after this workii'g.
not necessary that the plants shout J
be left all the sa:nes distance apart
if the right number remain to each
yard or row.
Corn should not be worked tf.n'n
until the growth has been so retaidid
and the stalk so hardened thnt it 'vil!
never crow tro larg.-. This is the
ii'fl't difPrnl! point in the whole pro
cess. Experience tut! judgment are
required to know i,t--i how mn?h 'he
"'r!': should he s'.'t.itcl. and plcii'.;.
of narvc is rc'iuirrd :o he I 1 hack vour
com when yi'itr n-is'ilscrs. v.lio fer
tilised at jd-'iii i:ig t:me nnd eulliva:
e 1 rapidiy. have corn twice the sii'O
cf yours. (They are havinsr their
fun now. Youis will come nt harvest
time.) The richer the land the n ore
necessary it is that the stunting pro
cess should be thoroughly done.
When vou are convinced that your
corn has heen sndicknUv humiliated,
you may besrin to n.a!:e the ear. It
should now be foira twelve to ei"b'
cen inches high, and loo!; wor" '"'!
von have ever had any corn to lco!r
bef ore.
Put. half of j-our mixed feniliccr
(this being the first used at oil) in
the dd sweep furro,v- on both sides
of every other middle, and cover by
breaking out this middlo with turn
plow. About one waek later tr.iat.
' (1i"flie;':'itt!a t.tywmetagirhie i are relaf '-ely cheap, end fe
wnnin a lew days side corn tti nest
middle,', with sixteen-inch sweep. Put
all 'your nitrate of soda in this f:ir-r5;-if
leso- thaii 150 pounds. If more
use one-half of it now. Cover with
ono furrow of turn plow, then sow
pease in the middle broadcast at the
rate of at least -one bushel to (he
tcre, and finish breaking out.
In a few days side corn in other
niddle with same sweep, pu! balance
of nitrate of soda in this furrow if
t has been divided rover with turn
plow, sow peas and break out. Tlrs
lays by your crop, with a rood bed
tnd plenty cf dirt aioimd your stalk.
This shov.id be from une 10th to 201h
unless season is very lute, and corn
should be hardly bunching for tassel.
Lay by early. More corn is ruined
by late plowing than by lad; of plow
ing. This is when 1 ho c;ir is hurt.
Two gend rains afrer laying by should
rr.ako you a good crop of corn, and
t will certainly make with much less
rain than was required in the old
way.
Tho stalks thus raised ore very
small and do not require anything
like the moisture even in proportion
lo size, that is necessary fcr large
sappv stalks. They may, therefore,
be left much thicker in the row. This
is no new process. It has long been
i 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
o, like .milie 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 its appearance. Large
?tnlks cannot make large' yileds, ex
cept with extremely favorable sea
?ons, for they cannot stand a lack of
r.oisture. Early applications of man
ure po to nake large stalks, which
von do not want, and the plant food
is all thus xused 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
She improvement of land.- Corn rais
sd by this method should never grow
over seven and one-half feet high,
and the ear should be near to. the
ground. ' . '.''-;.''- ? ' ;
I consider the final application of
nitrate of soda an essential point in
this ear-making process. ;. It should
always . be applied at . last plowing
and unmixed with other fertilizers.
.1 am satisfied with one esr to the
stalk unless a' prolifio variety ' is.
planted, and leave a hundred stalks
for every bushel that I expect to
make. ; I find the six-foot row easiest
to cultivate without injuring the corn.
For fifty bushels to the acre I leave
it sixteen inches apart; for seventy
five bushels, to the acre,, twelve in
ches apart, and for one hundred bush-
els, eight inches apart. Corn should
be planted from four to six inches
below the level and hid by from four
to six inches above. No hoeing should
be necessary, and middles may be
kpnt clean until time break out, by
using harrow or bv running one
shovel furrow in centre of middle and
bedding on that with one or more
rounds of turn plow.
I would advise o-.dv a few acres
tried by this method the first year, or
until you are fnindiar with its p.npli-i-alicn.
Espeeihllv is it hard at first,
to full earrv c,i; the hunting process
where n whol" crcp is i : vcl red. and
Ill's is the iib.-eluicl issenlinl part
( J' 1 1,1 IV (H ( - :,
This r'r'lod T have applied, ot
f(.n aripl'.cd snrcessf'el)-,' to nil
'iinds ( T land in thv section, except
wet l"?i'! nnd rrt-:i-t 1ni Imtig, and 1
:ir:i (fifidenl it can he made of great
benefit thrMt?hott' the entire Sonlh
!! the ir.idd, I 1
to mi !'(!' r:td pr
. wh"re com if
hie., end where
-:i much of ours
e stalk does not
As wc i omfl
is. at the ex
1 '.: C-ha. and
unfort'inntt lv for n--. fi
has tiecn prc lu; i d. t!u
r-itlni i liv grow I n c.
lilli its sii i
i use of the ear n '
Mexico, it is !:.:..' r.il
laili f wit ties?
itfexie.tn variotics.)
T o punoe if tl:i: m-.-'hed i:i fc
( liiidiiiite this (ttulcnev ;' ern tc
(..-. iCiowlh ai it:" c.'Nr-i-.' of yii I I ir
this Vouib fi (d'mate.
By Hi's r-ithed I hav : :-de my
t-o.-'i etc p lvi'.t' pvofitiiM;' than m
iiflr-i o:ip, and ni'' ii"iohhms an"
friends w!o have adi pted il have
williout rxi-epiicn, derived great ben
i fit thereficr.i.
plant your o.vn seed. T would no'
advi-e a chnn-je of seed an 1 method
the same year, as you will not thou
know from which yen have derived
'he he::: fi:. I have used three ve
rities a:id all have done well. I have
iiever us "ii this method for late plant
ing. In fact, I do not advise the
late planting cf corn, unless it be
necessary for ccld lowlands.
The increased ccst of labor anr
'he high price of material and land
nre rapidly making farnring unprofi
table, except to those who arc getting
from one acre what they former
got fiom two. Wo must make our"
lands richer by plowing deep, plant
ing peas and other legume?, manuring
them with fic;d phc phuu; and potash,
oif ret-,.. .Ltmie, itKii-
table matter
rich in humus and ex
pensive nitrogen. The needs of our
soil are si'cli tnm tau c-outu can nev
er reap the full measure of prosperity
that should be hers until this is
done. . 1
I give this method as a farmer to"
the farmers of the South, trusting
that thereby they may be benefitted
as I have been.
E. M'lVER WILLIAMSON.
Locking After Inland Waterways.
A party of Congressmen and others
are making a personal inspection of
the inland waterway route along the
eastern Carolina coast under the per
sonal direction of 'Congressman
Small. Colonel Olds joined the party
Sunday at Norfolk and will not re
turn to Raleigh before the new year.
Steam "Laundry Burned.
Lenoir, Special. Early Christmas
morning the. Lenoir Steam Laundry
was burned to the ground and was a
total loss to the owner, Mr. W. H.
Sherrill. The building was partly in
sured. It is thought the fire originat
ed on the first floor in the rear of
the machine room or in tho pressing
department. Owing to the unusual
amount of fire-cracker popping -and
hollering going on about that hour
the people were a little slow in reach
ing the fire, but as fast as possible
every man was-hard at work to pre
vent the fire from spreading.
- , Will Servo the Sentence.
Joseph Lane was convicted of fir
ing a random shot from a passing
train durit g the Christmas holidays
or iuuy at iioauni vista, wmch re
sulted in the death of little Alma
Green." He was sentenced - to nine
years imprisonment on a charge of
manslaughter, but escaped the claf eh
es of the law till last Thursday ha
camo up and surrencied to the prop
er officers at Asbeville. , Ho was a
citizen cf 'Limestone township.
;'.' . . Exchanfo-of Courts. .
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
authorizes au exchange of courts be
tween Judge Allen and Judse Cook,
whereby Judge Allen will- hold the
Pitt .country, court beginning January
18th and, Judge Cook will hold the
Franklin' county court : to. - convene
January 11th. There is rlio an order
by the Governor, annulling the order
for a special term of Brunswick
county ccurt January 11th for the
reason that it , conflicts with the
Cumbcilcnd county eourt. -
An average man, living for the aver
age period of aumraa lite, may be cal
oulated to get through, about 2,501
miles of reading. . '