Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-09-02
PLANTERS AND M
A NeWsy and Instructive Letter
On Many Topics From Our
Bright and Practical Walter
Correspondent.
Walter. N. c., Aug. 81.

last week, for saving fodder, and
if it continues for a few days
longer they will be done pulling.
The meeting at Pine Forest
closed on Sunday morning. There
we're no accessions to the church,
but considerable good accons
elished in retaining backslid~
ars. Rev. Mr.. Ormond has been
assisted by Revs. j. E Bristowe.
pnd Chas. Peterson. y.
The water in Little RIVER has
returned to it's former condition,
out the cause of it's peculiar be-
navior for the past weeks still
remains to be explained, unless
we accept the suggestion of a
wit who says. it was due to SO
much baptizing that the water
was troubled"
The first fox chase of the sea-
son took place last Tuesday
morning. Bob Hooks Was III
command, and after a pretty.
lively and exciting run for sew
eral hours, his excellent pack of
hounds proved too much for
Reynold. and took him in.
Lagrippe has made its appears
ance in the community, it seems,
at a most seasonable time, though
not in an epidemic form. We
have been wrestling with it for
several days, and would like to
''close OUT to anyone wanting a
''cOntract."
We are very glad to say thai
the sickness has considerably
aoated since the rains. and we
trust that there will follow a PEI
Rod of corresponding healthful>
ness. This may seem somewhat
paradoxical, though it is true,
nevertheless.
Mrs. A. l.. Ormond and little
mes have been visiting her par
ents. Col. and Mrs. w. K. Craw-
ford, the past week.
Our jovial and highly esteemed
friend, Mr.. John W. Green, of
Davidson county, was in for a few
hours last Sunday afternoon. We
were truly glad to see him. He
is zone of the boys, and a good
one, too.
Miss Lizzie Becton, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Becton,
returned home Friday from a visit
to friends in Selma.
Miss Berta Crawford is on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. A. l..
Ormond, this week.
Little Mabel Howell is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Crawford, at Oak
Glen.
Prof. w. H. Hand, superin-
tendent of schools in Chester. S.
c., spent last week at his father
in-law' 8, Mr.. n. Il. Gurley's.
Ha returned home Thursday, &C
companied by Mrs. Hand and
children, who have been on an
extended visit to her fathers.
Mildred, the infant child of DR..
and Mrs. viii Crawford, has been
livery sick again this week, but she
is slightly improving.
Mr.. Jethro Howell is suffering
very much with a bo%ne-felon.
They r interesting things, to say
the least of them.
Mr.. Chas. Neal is cenvalesclng
from his recent attack of malarial
fever, we are glad to learn.
The estimable wife of Mr.. Chas.
Gurley, near Princeton, is criti-
cally i'll with fever. Her mother,
Mrs. Chris. Radford, of Smith
field, is with her.
Mr.. Louie Crocker's wife and
baby were very sick last week,
but are now recovering.
Mr. Toby Howell is making ar
rangements to considerably i'm
prove his house. He will move
it nearer the road, build on an
other story, and make other adj
ditional improvements, which
will make it a very desirable lit
tie home.
We would like to ask some of
our former friends who read the
ARGUS, to explain to US why 1t
is that the majority of those who
| plant tobacco. will use from six
to eight hundred pounds Of STAN
dard fertilizer per acre, and on
the same quality of soil, often in
the same field, will only use from
one hundred to two hundred
pounds under cotton. If it pays
to use so much under tobacco,
why will it not pay proportions
ately under cotton and corn?
The inconsistency of this method
struck US very forcibly last
Spring, and we made a test OF
it, using four hundred pounds
fertilizer per acre on six acres OF
cotton, where stable manure
had been used broadcast also,
and the result is, where the cot
ton grew only knee high last
year with only 200 pounds OF
guano per acre, it is now waist
high, and bids fair to make a
bale per acre.
The trouble with farmers, as
far as our observation goes is
overcropping. If they would dc
the same work, and use the same
amount of fertilizer on ten acres,
that is used on thirty, the result
u0Y1ld he tharo uOnld hn oouall u