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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16
anee County.

STEEDSvILLE, \. C., Mar. Sth 30.
HoN. MARION BUTLER, GoLpsRoRo
\. e., Ny DEAR SIR AND BRo-I
enclose fund &c only wish
NJ was hundred times as much.
We have the highest admiration for
your courage in assailing wrong and
defending right whenever found.
"llew to the line" We have the
most profound contempt for the
action of the legislature in reference
To our charter. We cannot see the
shadow CT an excuse for their inter
ferance, 1t was marked and will be
resented by all true Allianccmen-
regardless of party.
Improves conclusivziy 10 us that de-
mocracy, as now practiced by that
party, cannot be intrusted with anv
measur: which requires impartial
christian craftsmanship TO enact.
The calf has proven conclusively his
ability to hang himself-tho' he stole
the rope. Fraternally yours,
HOWARD +. JONES.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16

EDITOR CAUCAsiAN:-Ih have been
amused and edited by the reading
regularly of an Arkansas Demo-
cratic paper containing full proceed
ings of the Arkansas Legislature.
There they declare the fundamen-
tai principal and cornerstone of
Democracy to be the election by the
people of their justices every
two years. They further declare
that the cornerstone of the Democ-
racy, is the election by the people,
of their free school committeeman
everywhere have sole management of
the district school. Here in North
Carolina the cornerstone of Democ-
racy, is that the people shall not
elect their justices. This is to ena-
bic them to perpetrate the outrageous
election frauds. The people are not
allowed to elect their school COM
mitteemen for fear somebody might
teach free school who does not
slavishly vote the Democratic ticket.
A lawyer friend from Texas Informed
NE that they elect all their local Of
ficers there, and he had himself been
elected county Superintendent. The
long last right of local self govern
ment shonld be restored. Let the
people rule and down with election
frauds.
Intense excitement here over there
repeal of the Alliance charter.
have never seen pablo Indignation
from all classes so marked and en-
phatlc 1t practically wipes out
what was left of the Democratic
party. | am 10 member of the Al
lance, but the cause of the Alliance
is the cause of us all. For the last
500 years, legislation furnishes no
para lei to the outrageous proceed
ings of the House, concocted in Sc
cret, and put through under the
gag law, it is a monster in legal
proceedings.
JUSTICE.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16
FORUM or PUBLIC OPINION,

Ms EiA paesssA sissss d. -svsssafss hr cor
feSassFz on The gssssssosss es :he siay ia ths.
ooiu-ua
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16

a fellow was asked the other day
what i:e thought they would do with
him at the final wind up. He said
he didn't think they would reach
his case on judgment day, that it
would take all their time to try po-
litical thieves.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16

Avery offeious ignoramus said to
the writer the other day, 81 am a
Democrat, and why am I' Really
We were unable to say whether he
didn't know any better or had been
bribed
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16
CENTRE SHOTS,
HkTSEEDeR "RoORIck." or SAMPSON
WRITES The CAUCASIAN ANOTHER
Le TER
IL. Hits the Bulls Eye Every shot.

ESPECIAL 10 The Caucasian
Big BLUE SWAMP. y. &.
\ very caustic Democrat in our
hearing the other day said that it is
best for the South that cotton is
low. Don't you think they need him
at the national museum.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16

How many men could be found in
Sampson county before Cleveland
was nominated, that opposed free
silver: How many can be found
now: Oh, for such original thinkers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-16

If man were to burn a part of
his earnings, we would call him an
idlotic fool: but if he votes for the
old parties, men aud measures that
will destroy it IN prices and useless
expenditures, the same is a patriot
and wise man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
A Truce to Hybrids.

There are two ways, says Q. S, in
Farmer and Fruit Grower, by which a
progressive amelioration may be accom-
plished in all our fruits; one of these is
by means of liberalization or cross-polli-
nation; the other is through selection
from existing varieties.
From the hard, bitter crabapple, the
acrid sour orange, the aboriginal peach
with lust enough flesh and skin to cover
its gross pit, to the magnificent apples,
oranges and peaches of to-day is a long
stride in progress.
Naturalization is comparatively a modern
discovery, a scientific novelty; but man
kind has practiced selection, consciously
or unconsciously, from the first dawn OF
reason and intelligence in our race.
LIBERALIZATION has multiplied names and
spawned varieties until the list of reCog-
nized apples runs into the thousands and
of grapes into hundreds; but selection
has given US quality and pedigree.
Hybridizing has given us the mule, but
selection has made possible the splendid
feetness of Nancy Hanks.
Hybridizing has given us that mon
strosity, the shaddock, but selection
with cultivation) has enriched the
human race with the Incompatible Navel
the Tardiff, the Jaffa and the Maltese
Oval
The propagation of hybrids and seed
lingS has given US hundreds of named
varieties of strawberries, of which % per
cent, will never be worth cultivation;
while selection and care have developed
monster berries like hens eggs for size;
through there are plenty of people who
affirm that with all the years of mans
efforts he has never yet produced any
thing superior to the old half wild straw
berry of the forest.
HybridiZing has usurped the place of
selection, and the scientific mOnstrosities
ito catch the dollars of the gullible) fill
our modern seed and tree catalogues in
stead of the tested and proved standards
of our fathers.
1t will become true of varieties, as Oil
yer Wendell Holmes said of new books
every century will have TO load ship
with dead names and sink il in the sea.
When we have achieved a Naval, a
Jaffa, Tardiff and a Boone's EARLY, why
cross either of these peerless fruits with
anything inferior or even equall
That way lies sterility.
Let us have no more mules, but let us
lower the trotting record to 2:05 OF still
farther down.
A truce to hybrids and varieties, but
let us have a renaissance of Old-fashioned
selection and thorough going, honest
cultivation.
Let us have no more new things for
twenty years, say l; but let us put into
the Jaffa 9999 points of the citrus scale
by high intensive culture, etc.
Burn the catalogues!
There is a good deal of truth in what O.
S. says.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
Lersev Sweet Potatoea.

Savannah, Ca, April 19-Editor Morn
ing News: Reading the remarks on the
sweet potato in your last Mondays paper
think with the writer that there is
more money in sweet potatoes than in
Irish, and it is a safer crop. Last year l
planted 100 acres in sweet potatoes. l
shipped, sold here, and fed to cattle sheep
and hogs | had place for every potato,
Irish potatoes brought a very low price,
and as planters had no market or use for
them at home they lost on the crop. |
am planting the Jersey Sweets for crop.
have found that land that will bring
200 bushels of any of our native
potatoes will produce 400 bushels
of the Jerseys, and the Jerseys
are worth double the money as
a shipping potato. They will bring now
in northern and eastern markets s. per
barrel, while our white yams will only
sell for 81 75 l know from actual ship
ments. am also planting some of the
vineless yams or Bunch potato, but no
other potato will yield with the Jersey
Sweets that we have. Jerseys grow in a
close bunch around the stem more like
bunch of bananas. We have dropped all
the home potatoes this season Except the
yellow red). Another thing in favor of
this Jersey Sweet, it will stand lots of
fertilizer while the others would go to
vine We expect to manure heavily and
look for not less than 500 bushels per acre.
Last year averaged 440 bushels.
j. F. GUILMARTIN
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
Fence or No Fence.

The question of the cost of fences has
often been discussed, but the solution is
contingent upon the circumstances of 10
cality, the kind of farming, etc. Where
the material for fencing is available and
cheap and live stock is the leading iu-
dustry, the Enclosure of the farm into
many divisions becomes a necessity to the
rotation of crops and the maintenance of
the soil. A writer in an Ohio farmers
paper, in response to the question, ex-
claims: "Would that we could do away
with all fences, but we cannot, as all our
neighbors want them" although the Ohio
law permits one to abandon fences. The
desire not to be unneighborly causes many
farmers to keep up line and road fences
but it is heavy tax to pay when it brings
no profit and does cause loss. We spent
hundreds of dollars in keeping up nearly
two miles of line fence for many years,
when there was no return for the invest
ment except the promotion of neighborly
goodwill; but the great food of 1884 in
the Ohio valley swept over our bottoms
for nearly two weeks, and when the water
subsidized the fence question was settled.
The water did not give even the required
six months notice, but took away every
thing in sight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

Plenty of plant food in the shape of good
compost CT other lid LeriaI OF u nOn-heat-
ing character should Be narrowed in 1t
IS desirable to roll the soil just before
planting.
With the distances above given it will
require 10000 or more plants to set an
acre. Double this number to the acre has
been set by some growers, but between
10000 and $4,000 is good average num-
Der to allot to an acre. 1t may depend
somewhat on the variety used.
When the time comes to apply the
mulch, put the straw on freely, drawing
1t up closely about each plant, using
enough to completely hide the soil. Later
on, when blanching is to be perfected,
some straw is to be "sprinkledn freely
over the beds.
Now, one who has facilities for irriga-
tion-whether it be through the means of
spring branch, utilized in the most sci
entltic manner, or from an ordinary we'll
which makes of irrigation a more labori-
Gus undertaking, is the one who is best
situated for making a success of celery
growing. In the south we have little or
no soil, that is of the nature of reclaimed
marshes that we can devote to celery
culture. We are not Cognizant of any
such soil in cultivation in our section, and
the only choice of soil is in the little
patches of bottoms that may be found
here and there on places of any consider
able size.
Celery growing on uplands may be
styled a scientific proceeding. The gar
dener who makes it a success is entitled
to blue ribbon.
Celery must have an abundance of
water. Mulching can be made to econo-
mise moisture, which is equivalent, prac-
tically, to supplying it.
Finally, as to varieties. There is none
better for growing in beds than the
white Plume" and the Golden Self
Blanching' or Golden Dwarf"
In an ounce there is about $4,000 celery
seeds and, of course, if they are of good
quality couple of ounces ought to sup
ply an abundance of plants for an acre on
more than this should be sown. 1t is a
poor business to economic seeds and
want plants
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
How Plants are Heaved Out of the
Soil by Frost.

OO4A Ny - AObb'
AS was passing over a piece of ground
this morning that was frozen last night
for the first time this season, says G. A.
Green in Fruit Farmer, ] noticed where
large stones lay in my path, that these
stones appeared to be smken in the
soil, there being a cavity between the
earth and the stones beneath. But these
stones had not sunken during the night
but the earth above them had been raised
up nearly quarter of an inch. This is
precisely what occurs during every sue
cessive frost on soil that is not covered
by snow or sod, or mulch of strawy lit
ter, therefore, if there are 100 such freezes
as this, and it is possible there will be
during the fall, winter and spring, there
would be rising to a total of twenty-five
inches.
This explains conclusively how it is that
plants, such as Strawberries, raspberries
and currants, also wheat are thrown out
of the soil by successive freezes, especially
if the soil is full of water, as it is the wa
ter which expands by frost and causes the
uplifting of the soil Sandy soil being
more porous, allows the water TO escape
more freely, whereas clay soil-retain-
ing the water-is raised the most by the
frost.
IN the case of a curraut bush.
any mulch you can see by the preced-
ing remarks, how the wet earth freezing
about the plant lifts it about a quarter of
an inch every time the ground freezes.
The next day when the ground settles the
earth settles to its natural condition, but
the plant does not settle, or if 50, only to-
limited extent, but remains elevated
where it was raised by the frost Of the
night before. Next night comes another
freeze which elevates the currant plant
another quarter of an inch, thus YOU can
see at the end of four nights we have an
elevation, or dra wing out of the currant
plant from the soil Of nearly one inch.
Thus it can easily be explained why, after
so or 100 freezes, the currant bush is lifted
out of the soil and laid naked and bare
upon the surface.
Plants and vines that are recently
planted are more easily raised by frost
than those that have secured a foothold
of several years growth, owing TO the
fact that they have not become firmly an
chored in their place. / have known cur
rant bushes and years old to be raised
by frost each season on wet ground, until
the crown rested on a little hill of itself
! These plants were not destroyed, owing
to the fact that the roots yielded some
what, and yet were not severed, thus the
plants were not completely thrown out Of
the soil
Strawberry plants and cuttings Of oil
kinds having but little, or no roots at all,
are among the easiest things TO be drawn
out by the frost and injured. A slight
shading of the soil with strawy litter or
| stable manure will usually prevent all
| kinds of plants from being injured by the
| heaving effects of frost. The freezing Of
| the earth about the plants does not Of it.
self iniure the plant, except so far as ii
raises it out of its bed. Plants can often
| remain in the soil when frozen to the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
Minerals for Pntatnes-

There are but few largely grown crops
which pay better when successfully
grown than do potatoes, says an exchange
The crop requires good deal Of labor,
and it must, therefore, have rich land.
But if stable manure is used 10 make the
land rich its fermentation in the soil in
creases the bacteria which produces the
rot if the season be at all wet. In very
dry season the manure does not rot, and
by drying up under the furrow il often
INJURIES rather than helps the crop.
Potatoes are so largely composed of
water that no manure should
he used in growing them that can tend to
make the land dryer. 1t is desirable to
have the soil as mellow as il can be got.
This clover sod insures Any further
fertilizing that is needed may be given
with commercial manures, especially
those rich in potash and nitrogen.
1t is crop that needs compare
lively little phosphate. Probably the
best compound for growing large
potato crops, says American Cultivator,
is a mixture of nitrates with wood ashes,
or if ashes cannot be easily obtained.
with potash salts MANFRED thus
the crop grows vigorously, and
its foliage keeps dark, healthy
green, which it could not do if stimulated
by termentlng manure. The potato crop
needs cool and moist ground. Mineral
fertilizers tend to keep soil both moist
and cool Although phosphate itself is
not largely used in the composition Of
the potato, the making of super
phosphate requires the use of sui
phuric acid or oil of vitrol This
is a powerful germicine or destroyer of
the bacteria which cause fungus, blight
and rot. Hence some portion of phos-
phoric acid should be in all potato ma
nures. The potato manures that are
made especially for this crop are, we be-
lieve, better adapted for potatoes than
any other, and their use will allow the
application of stable manure to crops on
which it will probably pay better, This
subject of adapting manures to crops to
which they will do most good is one of
great Importance. 1t is a matter on which
there is great need of thought, and which
needs also not less the test of practical
experience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
JAPAN CLOVER.
Seeds, Where Procured, Price Per
Bushel-How to Sow the Seeds.

Seeds, Where Procured, Price Per
Bushel-H How to Sow the Seeds.
Will you kindly inform me where l can
get some Japan clover seed? Would like
to know the price; also how and when to
plant. H. p. L.
Crandall, Fla.
Several parties in Mississippi grow large
quantities of Japan clover seed, but we do
not know of a person in Georgia growing
the seeds for sale. We send
address of parties having seeds
for sale. They are sold at prices
ranging from So to S4 per bushel. They
weigh twenty pounds to the bushel and
ten pounds of fresh seeds are ample to
seed an acre. February or March is the
best time for sowing.
Can be sown either by itself or along
with oats that are spring sown. After
the oats are cut off the lespedeza will take
full possession of the land. The seeds
can also be sown in February or early
March on the fall sown grain. This SOW
ing of clover, one kind or another, should
be marked feature of southern farming
1t is by all odds the cheapest and best
way to restore vegetable matter to our
worn soil. We have several clovers that
we ought to value very highly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

Tapperton-I am going to ask Mr.. Bull
lion for his daughters hand tonight and
I'm so nervous | can't think.
Ellington (who knows Mr.. Bullion).
No use being nervous Mr.. Bullion is very
approachabe.
"Eh? Won't he kick me out2"
mot bit of it,"
"Won't he go madp
"No, indeed"
81 am overioyed. What do you think
he will dor"
He'll laugh. New York Weekly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
Celery Culture in the South-The Bed
Plan.
TCoNCLUsIoN.1


Celery growing for a long time con
sisted of deep trenches four or five feet
apart, and the setting out in them of the
taIl-growing sorts, which, in the compile
ZION of blanching, left the soil in the
shape OF a series of entertainments. The
gIu plan was certainly laborious one.
IA Jhe bed plan the plants are set out in
oeus Jour to five feet, with (any lengthy
walks" to assume the shape of trench,
Two teet wide. Separate the beds. The
pants are set in rows twelve inches
apdrt and with a distance eight inches
apart in the row.
- by the time it is needed a liberal sup
plS OF straw Tin the south, pine straw, of
CQurse,) IS provided, for the chief feature
VI GhlS plan consists in mulching.
for some weeks after setting out the
pants are pushed forward by the fire.
guent stirring of the soil with the hoe. 1t
depends to considerable extent on the
conditions of weather and fertility of the
ssou whether this cultivation be continued
the mulch
N1lle the plants are growing in the
seeu beds the soil should be thoroughly
prepared by proper use Of pillow AND
narrow, and roller, too, if necessary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
How Many Ewes to a Ramp

j. C. L., Louisville, Ga, ask; Glow
many ewes can a ram server"
If ram is vigorous and has a fair
ration of grain prior to and during the
coupling season he can be allowed to serve
as many as fifty ewes-less if he has not
been properly fed. Rams not looked after
and fed no grain should not be allowed
more than twenty-five ewes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

A professor has made the calculation
that, If men were really as big as they
sometimes feel, there would be room in
this island for only two professors, three
lawyers, two doctors, and a reporter on a
paper. The rest of us would be crowded
into the sea and have to swim for it.-Tit-
Bits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

depth of two o. three feet throughout the
entire winter and yet come out in the
spring in healthy condition. IL is the
successive freezing and thawing which is
injurious, and it is this that the mulching
prevents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
Collie in Horses and Mules-Remedy
r. F. B. asks for the most reliable
remedy for collie,

remedy for collie.
There are scores of remedies for collie,
some involving very elaborate mixtures
of a half dozen or more ingredients
The simplest and the best is to
give from twenty-five to forty
drops tincture of aconite Ito be had
in any drug store for 10 cents an ounce
We have seen it used hundred times,
perhaps, and found it to be as nearly in
fallible as anything could be. Another
good remedy is one pint whisky, one gill
spirits turpentine and one-half gill spirits
camphor. Put in quart bottle and fill up
with water and drench the animal.
In using the aconite one dose generally
cures, but sometimes it may be necessary
to give a second dose twenty or thirty
minutes later if its need is indicated.
In treating collie it is always in order to
give an enema of warm soap suds, but it
is not often necessary when either of the
above remedies are used.
Cut this remedy out and paste it where
you will readily find it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

Questions and communications relative
to agricultural and horticultural subjects,
if addressed to Agri Editor, Drawer N,
Milledgeville, Ca, will receive immediate
attention
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
Planting for Honey-The Clovers or
Bee Plants.

A writer in Farmers Review says
Beekeepers all agree on this one point,
that it does not pay to plant for honey
alone. While this is no doubt true bee
pastures may be very much improved by
sowing the seed of honey plants in waste
places, and by planting crops that have a
dual value. A crop of fig-wort, catnip or
globe thistle that has little or no value,
although at times yielding honey pro-
fusely, may not pass as field crop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

He that hath grass hath meat, and he
that hath clover hath milk and honey,
and may God Almighty bless the clover
seed sown and the hands that SOW it. 1t
adds fertility to poor, barren lands and
causes them to bud and blossom like the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
SWEET CLOVER, OR MEL1ToT,

How many of our readers are giving
attention to Sheep If you have the land,
you make a great mistake in not doing so.
We should be glad to hear from some Of
our sheep raisers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24

We solicit articles for this department
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily for
publication, but as an evidence of good
faith.