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Sharp County record., 1896-01-09
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EEGAE TItn4a.-0~ SON ~
Administrators A Notice

Letters OF administration in the estate of Millia
Merks deceased, were granted to the under
signed dated the 18th day of october 1885. by
jasper Justus, Clerk of the Probate court of
Sharp county All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them, proper
ly authenticated tor allowance, to the admins,
traitor, within one year alter the date Oh salu
letters. or they may be precluded from any
benefit in said estate, and ii sald claims be not
exhibited within two years from the GATE OF
said letters, they shall be forever barred ana
Irecluded from any benefit in said estate, =,
B. +. Meeks administrator of the estate OF
Nillia Meeks, deceased.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09

The mean annual temperature of Ark.
ansas aud North Carolina are just the
same. The matt er then sums itself up as
follows: Arkansas has plenty of rain
and not too much, and is not afflicted with
cyclones and hot winds and spring lrosts,
Arkansaw, God bless her, always right.
but right or wrong, God bless her.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09

How to MIKE scandals Take orr
grain of falsehood, a handful Of rugs
about. the same quantity of llmber-
tongue, six springs of backbite ard
a spoonful of don't you tell 1t"
Add a few drops of envy and,,a liz
tie discomfort and jealousy, STRAIN
1t through bag of misconstructioil,
cork 1t in a meddlesome bottla,
hang on sken of street yarn, ana
sLake we'll before usiDg,-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09
Estray Notice,

state Of Arkansas Before Hugh SPOTS, j. ?,
County of sharp. I Lebanon Township,
We, Jno, A, Sanders, u, NJ,
Dotson Nnd John Dotson, three citizens Of the
county Of sharp md houscholdrrs therein, hNyo
tins day Viewed n certain mu shown us by IT,
Ii, peebles IA an eslrNy, said mule Ia T. mare 4,
color black, supposed 10 be four old about
10 hands high, and we do value the said mule to
be worth the sum Of thirty dollars, ..
JOHN DOTSON,
JOHN A, SANDERS,
In, DOTSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the
2Gth day OF Nov, 1905, ...... ,.,.,,.,,,, :,
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Notice For Publication -5763.

Land Onicc at Little Rock Ark Nov q 1873
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of bis. intention TO
make final proof in support of hls claim, and
hat said nroof will be made before the County
Clerk le of sharp County at Evening shade 4rk' on
Jan. An 1896 viz; william r Garrison II NO
1866 ior the W hlf of NV Or Sec II I 10 n q
West.
lie names the following witnesses to Prove ms
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of,
said land viz: maui, =,
j NJ Garrison Of Polk Ark. John 4 Davis Of
Polk Jesse b Lasiter of sidney II j Wood OF
Polk, ,
Register
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09
OFFICIAL.

Congressman. First District-P L. .McCulloch
residence N arianna, Lee County.
Senator, Second Dst-Clay Sloan powbatar
Judge, 10Th Judicial Dist-John Is. McCaleb.
Evening Shade. -
Pros ATTY 10th Dlst-J.. Buck Baker, Mel.
Judgc-W. 6, Murphy.
lerk-Jasper Justus,
Sherin-Gc0. W. Mullen.
Assessor-Jno. W, Mclean
Ireasurer-P. II. Wilkerson.
Co. EXaminer-A. b. Brewster.
TIE COURTS,
Circuit Court, n. Dist-First Monday b Jar.s
February and August "a
Gount} Court-lst Monday in January, Ap'
rrobate Court, 8. Dist-lst Monday'in Febru
ary' May, August and November.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09

The undersigned lrceholders Of sharp county
WIN present ut the Jan, term, 1896, of The sharp
county court their petitlon to have new road
lnd out, commencing ut Sidney on the Sec. line
OF Sections, 10 and 70, thence north to Bailey
Bakers, intereocting the Evening Shade ana
1homnsyillo road, ..,..,
W, @, HORTON et, Nl,
Petitioners,
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N0tiCe For Publication -5774.

Land Onice at Little Rock Ark Nov y 1885,
Notice IS hereby gwen that the following
named settler has filed notice OF MS intention 20
make nnnl proof in support of his claim, and
tint said proof will be made before the County
Clerk of Sharp County al Evening Shade Ark on
Jan dth 1896 VIZ; james NJ Garrison u NO
l7lOs for the Sc qr Of se qr SEQ. Is 7 10 Il
West. a.,
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF,
SAID land, viz; ,
W + Garriton Of Polk Ark. John Davis OF
Polk II Wood Of Polk Jesse Laoiter OF Sidney
j BEAVERS
Register
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09
Notice For Publication -572l.

Land onloc at Little Rock. Ark, Nov, 0 1895
Notice Ia hereby given that The following
named settler has llled notice Of HIS intention to
make Gnnl proof In support Of his claim, ami
that said proof will be made before the County
Dec, 81 1890 VIZ, Berry H. Couch, II, u, No
1914 for the nc ar NV AZ SEQ, " 4, IL NJ r. 7
west
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upOn aud cultivation OF,
said land YiAl
payin Jackson, Tom Todd, q, u, Ferguson,
W. ". Shelly, all of Ash Flat Ark
j j. BEAVERS,
Register,
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09
Notice For Publication -5742.

Land ONCE, Little Rock Ark, Nov. lO, 1895, /.
named settler hus fled notice Of his intention TO
make final proof In support Of his clam, and
that snid proof viii be made before the County
CLERK Of SHARP county, at Evening Shade, Ark
on Doc. 2slh, 1896, yk Hiram j, Wood u ~
No, l9siS for the ca ofne eA Sec, ~, T. 10, NJ
X, ",
lie names the following wilnt sses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation or,
snil land ylz! a.,
J. A. Clifford, Polk, Ark. A, NJ. Redlng, Sid
ney Ark J, D Lasitcr, Sidney Ark, W 4 Carl
son, Polk, Ark,
-. BEAyEne,
Register
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THE r ECO r Il
BY J.C. gel. sOUTHwORTH9
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Fees for announcements, invariably in s;i-
FOR CONGRESS
First District of Arkansas,

present my name as candidate for tho
Democratic nomination for Congress, and as
believe In an "IAdependent United States,
pledge my supporters to wave the banner 3t
Free Silver Democracyin the hottest of the ile'it
and in the enemy's own lines NO straddliag
fences, no crossing bridges, no eating crow, no
apologies to make; but in season and out Of
season will fight for fair play IOr silver as per
Arkansas State Platform.
JAMES HASLEY, Mead, Ark,
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Riuest OF Blue Laws.

The sto,y of the so-called Connecticut
"Blue Laws" is told in histlry Of col
oniai times written by the Rev. Samuel
Peters, once pastor of a chu CD in Hart"
ford in revolutionary days.
Here are some of Peters bluest laws,
all of which are identical, in vital sense
with old colonial enactments:
No l (curious rather than blue)-
"The Governor and Magistrates con-
xeued and in general assembly are the
supreme power under God Of this iDde-
pendent dominion"
No. 2 From the determination of
the assembly, no appeal shall be made"
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09

No. lO-"No one shall be freeman or
give vote unless he is converted aud
member in full communion Of one of the
churches allowed in this dominion
No, l2-"Each freeman shall swear by
the blessed God to bear true allegiance
to this dominion, and that Jesus Is the
only king"
No. l3-"No Quaker or dis:enter from
the established worship of this dominion
shall be allowed to give vote for the
election of Magistrates or any o.her
officer"
No. l4-"No food or lodging shall be
afforded to a Quaker, Adamite or other
hereto"
No. l5-"If any person turLs Quaker
he shall be banished and not suffered to
return. under pain of death"
No. l6-' No priest shall abide iD
this dominion; he shall be banished ana
suffer death on his return. Priests may
be siczed by anyone without a war; ant
No 1S-'No oOe shall ride on the
Sabbath day or walk in his garden or
elsewhere except reyercntly to and from
meeting"
40. To- No.oue -,hGM travel, cook
victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut
hair or shave on the Sabbath day.
No. 27 -"Whosoeyer publishes lie
to the prejudice of his neighbor shall sit
in the stocks, or be whipp,d fifteen
stripes. "-Ex.
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Union at Joe Sui livar's- -
directory.
RELIGIOUS.

Preaching at Methodist church first and third
Sundays IN each month Rev. W. f.. Bishop,
pastor. Everybody is invited to attend.
Sunday-School every Sunday morning 2t
O'Clock at the Methodist church. Everybody is
invited to come. g. j, WILSON,
MISS Ella Craig, Secretary. Superintendent
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SOCIETIES..

a EVENING SHADE LODGE No. I43, F, Il
~ A NJ, holds regular communications on
w the Saturdy before lst Sunday in each
month, r. S. BACON, W, NJ.
Metcalf, Sec'y.
A EVENING SHADE CHAPTER, No. II, 0
< ZE. s., meets at Masonic Hall lst Thu rs
Nt day In each month, at o. clock D. m.
MRS. kAlEHUDDLEGfl n, W,M.
MRS, WILLIE AULT, Sec'ty.
lSvglzz RURAL CRATER No. so, r. NJ
SyNys@ holds regular conyecations at Mason
KeS& KzSS&s Hall in Evening Shade, the Sd Saturd
"A''sSC in each month
JNO B. MoCALEB, II. P.
Sam H. Davidson, See.
"a BEREAR LODGE, No. so, I. O. O.
SsssSSSFssSo r., holds regular meetings every al
ss.ErssS1% ternate Friday night.
l.. 7. MEDLEY, NG.
Jno. d. Collins. Scc'y.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-09
Road Notice.

Attorney for trustee, O. W. Milligon
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
HORTICULTURAL
PROFITABLE IRRIGATION BY
HYDRAULIC RAMS.

Sixyears ago Ipurchased hydraulic
ram, 900 feet of two inch galvanized
iron pipe, about as much more of one
inch, and two iron tanks with capacity
of $50 barrels. These have been used
with very good results for three sum-
mers out of the six. The other three
summers we had nearly CROUCH rain
without any irrigation. The water
supply for this irrigation is somewhat
limited, being only small stream fed
by few springs; therefore We built
dam and made a reservoir, which Gov
ers about half an acre and is five feet
deep in the deepest part, and in winter
furnishes ice for dairy and family use.
The drive pipe from pond to ram is
four inch galvanized iron pipe, the fall
is 81 feet, the discharge pipe twoinch
from ram to tanks, and the tanks 700
feet distant, so feet higher on top of
hill. This discharge pipe, which I
buried under the ground between ram
and tanks, also extended over the hill
and down the other side for about 200
feet, and had one inch connections and
valves for watering. These did not
discharge water fast enough, so this
fall have replaced them with two inch.
This plant has been sufficient to water
three acres with what rainfall we have
had the last three dry summers. While
watering on the side of the hill between
ram and tanks, the ram forces more
water than it will into the tanks at the
top of the hill, as it does not have to
raise the water so high. have also
found that the ram forces more water
on the opposite side of the hill from the
ram than it does at the tanks at top Of
the hill, for the reason that the water
acts as a cyphon. thus assisting the
ram. This whole outfit cost about $500,
but has more than paid for itself in in
creased strawberry crops.
have found by experience that irri
cation has been such a good insurance
against short periods of drouth, that
this fall 1 have purchased another ram
of the same kind and size as the first
ram, 800 feet of two inch galvanized
iron pipe, drive pipe, valves, fittings,
etc., together with two galvanized steel
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28

than sufficient to pay for its cost, the
seed and some of the cost of production.
1t will therefore be seen that no pro
gressive farmer can afford to ignore it
The formula used is 'to two ounces of
corrosive sublimate (murcuric chloride)
add two gallons of boiling water, using
wooden pulp (paper or fber) bucket
Let it stand twenty-four hours, then
mix with thirteen gallons of water. "
Some put the solution in well-soaked
up sugar barrel and put in the potatoes
and after ninety minutes soaking put
on a cover and tie it down and then
pour off the liquid in tub. The pota
toes are then spread out to dry, and the
same liquid is used over and over until
1t is all used up. Large growers use a
large trough and a wire scoop, soaking
twenty or more bushels at time, but
the best way ever tried is to pick the
seed in the fall, in bushel, all Slated
crates, load the crates into a wagon,
carry them to the cellar, stack them
up 50 that the air can pass all around
them and when the time comes to dip
set the crates and all in the solution,
using trough large enough to hold ten
crates at a time. When the time is up,
lift the crates out on a drain board and
cut at leisure, as they will dry out in
the crates. After cutting, put them
back in the crates and stack them in
the barn ready to plant, load the crates
and all into the wagon and set them off
one at time at proper intervals in the
field.
Seed will keep in crates better than
in any other way, and if this method
is properly followed, there is no need
of sending North for seed. Ihave found
that to soak the seed twelve hours did
not hurt it in the least, although the
rule is ninety minutes. Many throw
away the seed end. This end grows
the very first sprout, is the most vigor,
GUS and should never be thrown out,
as it always produces the very largest
stalks and tubers.-C. J. Norton in
Western Farm Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
SEED POTATOES.

1t is now time to begetting
the seed potatoes assorted and
placed by themselves, and to think out
our plans for the coming season. Of
course, the most progressive farmers
set aside their seed last fall, but a few
still have the work to do, while the
non progressive ones will wait until
planting time, and then in the rush
take anything and everything and
hustle them into the ground with the
sole purpose of getting them buried as
quickly as possible, trusting to Provi
dence to produce a nice clean crop of
merchantable tubers. These later plant
ers are not few, and they are likely
to quit the business in disgust after a
few seasons experience.
My experience is that the best sized
potatoes to use for seed are the largest
ones, cut to one eye and one eye in a
place, the large sized piece Of seed fur
nishing considerable nutriment to the
growing plant, especially in a dry
spring. Next to this I would select
medium seed and would never plant
small ones unless I dropped them whole
and then very late in the season. When
small seed is held until late it is apt to
be much shrunken with but little vital
ity, and probably only one stalk will
be the result, and, owing to the late
planting, the yield will not be large,
but as rule the crop is quite uniform
and on the whole may pay for the
trouble taken.
The need of dipping seed to prevent
scab is an established fact, and all sue
cessful growers now practice it. 1t has
been proven that it not only reduces
the liability to scab, but increases the
yield of the crop to an amount more
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28

tanks with a capacity of $50 barrels.
On the same stream, about 200 feet be
low the first ram, have built another
dam, and am going to put in the new
ram. This ram will have much larger
supply of water than the first ram, as
there are several springs between the
first and second ponds, and the second
ram will have all waste water from
first ram. The new ram will also force
water into the same discharge pipe as
the old one, thus it is necessary 10 lay
discharge pipe only short distance.
The fall from pond to ram will be 81
feet. The two inch pipe, underground,
has been extended 300 feet in one direc-
tion and 900 feet in another. On the
long line, on hill little lower than
the first tanks, and about 700 feet dis
tant, I have placed the new tanks, from
which can irrigate several acres of
small fruit near by.
Now few words on an entirely diff
ferent method of irrigation which I
used on another part of the farm. On
land which used for pasture are some
streams of spring water. I found, by
damming up two streams and making
two ponds. and plowing furrow from
one pond to the other, and also fur
row from pond No. 2 to field of straw
berries which was in an adj 0ining field,
and then running the water between
the rows, that I could irrigate quite
successfully. Last summer I had one
acre of strawberries which irrigated
in this way with good results; perhaps
just as good as in the other method
where the water was sprinkled on.
Last summer, while irrigating this
acre, used only the water which col
lected in six hours each day, thus show.
ing that at that time there was sQff
cient water to irrigate four acres. a
few weeks since have built four small
dams on this land for storage of water
to be used on the adjoining land. In 6
summer like the past, I think there
would be sufficient water in these ponds
and streams to water i've acres.-E c.
Warner, Connecticut in American
| Agricultural.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
AGRJCULTURE.

To prevent failures on the farm diver
sify your crops.
This is the time of year when the ma
chinery left in the fields worries every
body that sees it except the careless
owner.
Smut in corn cannot be remedled by
immersing in some liquid, as 1t can
with wheat, because it is not in the
corn as it is in the wheat.
One man says that goats need about
the same care as sheep and will live
much longer and, he might have
added, jump a good deal higher.
If a growing young animal is fed
only sufficient food to sustain life, there
is not only the loss Of food, but the ami
NAL is stunted, and often to the extent
that no amount of feeding afterward
will entirely eradicate the bad effects.
1t may be we'll to remark that it can
not generally be known with certainty,
when q new variety first begins to
bear, whether the fruit will be of good
quality or not. 1t usually takes several
years for it to develop itself perfectly.
A thoroughly docile animal, whether
colt or calf, saves one much trouble IN
the care of it, and is more satistac
torv possession. Neither is a we'll
broken colt an enigma to the buyer
when he comes. Let it be handled
early and frequently, and domesticated
before maturity.
Pasture lands are very often badly
managed; late and early pasturing in
jures the grass plants so that they
never do their best; insufficient seeding
allows the grasses to run out and de
generate and weed growths to take
their place. Heavy pasturing demands
top dressing. Spending neither energy
nor money upon these fields is false
economy.
II ready money is not available, the
store account can often be avoided by
growing something which can be ex-
changed through the season for such
things as must be bought. A little
time devoted to fruit, vegetables,
chickens, or bees will often prove of
much more value than the mere amount
or money derived from the sale of the
products by enabling one to avoid a
debt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
RALEIGH, N. c., JANUARY %, 1896.

bacon made in America, says the Farm
News, has hitherto been too fat to meet
with great favor in the markets of the
world. In Europe, Danish bacon has
first place, while that of Canada is
taken in preference to that from this
country. This is because of the greater
amount of learn meat in the product of
these countries as compared with ours.
The American swine breeder has
been paying most of his attention to
producing weight without regard to
what their weight is made up of, and,
as a consequence American pork is
largely pure fat, and it is not uncom
mon to find American side pork that
has no lean in it. The favorite breeds
in America have been bred to this
weight ideal, until they are largely fat
producers, and very few of them are
good bacon hogs, and who desires to
produce first class bacon must choose
his breed carefully. A few years ago
the Berkshire produced good bacon,
but the rage for great weight and the
habit of getting this by feeding heavily
on corn to the exclusion or more nitro
genous foods, has made this breed a
fat producer instead of good bacon
breed. 1t is altogether possible to breed
back to the old time qualities, but this
is waste of time, and to meet the pres
ent demand, other breeds must be
looked for. The Yorkshires are first
class bacon breed, that promises to OBJ,
tain popularity that they have not
had because of this disposition to pro
duce we'll streaked bacon The Tam
worths are also a good breed for this
purpose and are largely bred in Eng
land for bacon, but in this country
they have not been as widely intro
duced as the Yorkshiree.
Feeding has something to do with
producing bacon, and if the farmers of
the country will feed more heterogeneous
foods and not so much corn, they will
go long way toward making good
bacon with the breeds now found on
the farms of the country. While corn
will probably remain the standard food
for hogs, they should be given wheat
or middlings, bran, oats, grass, milk
and other lean making foods, and re
ceive less corn in their rations. If a
hog is we'll fed, and by that we mean
properly fed, so as to make size with
out being made fat, it can be finished
on corn and make very fair article OF
bacon, but if it has been grown and
fattened on diet that is almost exclu-
sively corn, it can never be made tu
produce first class bacon. Wisconsin
Agriculturiat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
CATAwBA COUNTY ALLIANCE.

This body met with Crowdertown
Alliance last Friday and Saturday.
The attendance was not very large.
Four or five Subs were not present at
all. A committee was appointed to
look after them.
The first day was devoted to the reg.
ular routine of business.
Brother John W. Robinson, who was
managing the funds contributed to
Bro. N. E. Propst, reported the follow
ing amounts received with more sub
scribed:
Crowdertown Alliance, $50 so; other
Alliances, 81 so; outsiders, $1O.5O,
making total paid in, $3.50.
The amount may reach at least $40.
The several Alliances could have done
better if they had tried.
The proceedings of the meeting and
the discussions seemed to elicit much
interest.
The brethren of CrowdertoWn ALI
ance had prepared for large turnout.
Their rations were fine and in great
abundance. 1t was our pleasure, in
company with Hon. L. r. Whitner
and Capt. ]. III. Sheriff. to spend Fri
day night with the pleasant family of
Mr.. N. E. Propst. A good crowd came
in and we had a pleasant time.
The next meeting will be held with
Catawba Alliance. Let every Sub. be-
gin now to work for it so as to have q
good delegation. Hickory Mercury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28

Many heavy clay soils are improved
by mixture of sand with the surface
soil. 1t is especially valuable for mel
ons, cucumbers and early vegetables.
a very slight covering of sand, less
than an inch in depth, will suffice if
the land is not plowed very deeply.
The pulverization of clay soils is greatly
helped by having some sand mixed
with them, as this gives a chance for
water to soak into the soil, and for frost
to penetrate deeper. This also is greatly
aided by under draining, which almost
all clay soils need.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
THE RETE EVRNESS OF SOILS.

Prof. Crosby, of Michigan, has re-
Gently conducted some experiments to
determine, among other things, the de-
gree of retentiveness of moisture that
exists in various soils. Sand, clay,
loan and muck were used as the rep
resentative soils, and after being thor
oughly kiln dried, and equal amounts
of water being added to equal amounts
of the several soils, the vessels contain
ing the soils we're exposed to the August
heat from the 18th to the 26th of the
month, inclusive. Atthe end of ninety
seven hours the sand was dry. At the
end of 1877 hours the clay had practically
lost all it's moisture-that is, SO 2 per
cent. of it. The loan had lost 81 and
the muck 60 per cent. In a general
way, therefore, it will be seen that sand
dries out little more than twice as
fast as clay; that loan retains it's moist
ture longer than clay, and that muck
holds moisture still longer than loan.
While these general conclusions are
not new, exact experiment with the
four kinds of soils under precisely
similar conditions showing their rela
tive retentiveness do not exist so far as
we remember.