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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
SEVERE DROUGHT, INTENSE HEAT.
Conditions Most Unfavorable For Crops Since
August the lst.

The Crop Bulletin for North Carolina
issued by the Weather Bureau here yes
tcrday for the week ending Monday, Au-
gust 18th, says that with an experience
CT over ten years the author OF tie
Crop Bulletin of the North Carolina Sec
tl0n does not remember conditions more
unfortunate for agricultural interests
than those prevailing throughout North
Carolina since August /, 1900. The
weather during the week ending Mon
day, August 18Th was characterized by
severe drought and intense heat. The
maximum temperatures ranged from 80
degrees near the east coast and in the
mountain regions to over 100 degrees III
the central section and Piedmont Plat
eau, while the daily means have averaged
nearly degrees above normal. The
sunshine has been almost uninterrupted
and there was practically an entire abb
sence of precipitation during the week
the light showers reported August 11th
being quite insufficient.
The effect of the prolonged and severe
The effect of the prolongedcmfshrdlu
crops generally have deteriorated rapid
ly and all Vegetation has been parched
by the witherirg heat. The leaves Of
young deciduous trees have turned vel
low, ana the foliage or the forests lC0ES
dull and sckly from the accumulated
dust. Crops have suffered more ecauss
the previous drought in July lcsSened
their vitality and drought-rcsisting pow
or. Farm work has been suspended ;;
stubble land is too hard to piow; the sec
end crop Of Irish potatoes cannot be
planted nor turnip seed sowC, since the
absence of moisture prevents all growth.
Even cotton is unable to withstand the
drought much longer. Late cotton that
was plowed early in August is still doing
fairly we'll and is heavily fruitcd, but
older cotton is failing rapidly; leaves are
turning yellow, forms are shedding. and
oils are drying up or opening premature
IL.
Old corn has been practically ruined,
many fields arc completely dried from
the tassel to the ground, and small
yield only can be obtained from ealy
matUred ears. Young corn will also De
q failure without rain very soon; much
of it will not silk as growth has ceased
Cny crops on low or rich lands with abun
dant humus to retain moisture are still
good.
Tobacco is drying UP near the bottom
and ripening too rapidly: curing is pro-
crossing with only fair results; as a
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
Hester's Cotton Statement.
CBv the Associated Press.)

New Orleans, Angus 17.-Secrctary Hes
ter's statement of the worlds vlslbie
supply of cotton shows the total v!slole
supply is 1,1O1 ,697, against ,7325Sl bales
Ia ST wear The total Of American cotton
is 705 G97 bales agains 2,0i4,3S1 bales last
wear and of all other kinds including
Egypt, Brazil, India, etc, 49b,ooo paleS'
against 6SS, 900 bales last year.
The total worlds visible supply OF cot
ton shows decrease compared with last
wear of $50 6S4 bales. OF the world S
visible supply of cotton, there Is now
aGoat and held in Great Britain and Con-
tinental Europe $4,000 bales, against l.
679 600 bales last year; in Egypt 4o,ooo
bales. against $4,000 bales last year. IN
India 272 900 bales against 426,ooo bales
last wear, and in the United States l5e'-
O0OO bales against $4,000 bales last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
Comparative Cotton Statement.
nv the Associated Prcss.)

New York August 17.-For the week
ending Friday, August nth, 1900: Net
receipts at all United States ports dur
ing week 3,349 net receipts at all Uni
tates ports during same week last year
IA ,999; total receipts to TINS oate' 81
725. total receipts to same GATE last
vcar s342.O75; exports for the week,
on. evnorts for same week last year,
% O62; total exports to this date, 3''59,-
51S; total exports to same date last year.
7144O1O; stock at all United Sta1es
norris. 81 .652; stock at all united states
norts same time last year, 5of,4o9' StocA
at all interior towns.3I, ,43i stoch at sii
;nterior towns same time last year, 10
-ot etoc,< at Liverpool, 100000; stock at
1ivornool same time last year, 5000 };
etock of American aGoat for Great BTU
ain 81. 900 stock of American ahoat lor
Cro.t Rritain same time last year, lS,-
OO0.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
SUCH THE CONDITIONS
In This and Several Other States Cot
ont Deteriorates Materially.
TOBACCO SUFFERS FROM TIE DROUGHT
Il Portions of Missouri and Kansas Corn Has
Been Considerably Injured. Rains Pre-
vent the Completion Of the Spring
Wheat Harvest.
Wheat Harvest.
(By the Associated Press. J

Washington, August 14.-The Weather
Bureaus weekly summary of crop condi-
tions says
owing to the extreme conditions of
heat and dryneSS and excessive rains in
certain districts, the week, whole
was unfavorable to agricultural interests
in the districts east Of the Rocky Noun
tans, but On the Pacific Coast it was
very favorable.
'In portions of Missouri and Kansas,
corn, more especially the late planted,
has been materially injured. In the prin-
cipal States of the corn belt the reports
indicate that the bulk of the crop will
be safe from frost by September 1st to
10th and that the late crop will be ma
tured one to two weeks later.
Heavy rains in the principal spring
wheat States prevented the completion
of the the spring wheat harvest and
caused injury to the over-ripe standing
grain as we'll as to that i'll shock and
stack.
over portions CT the Central belt cot
ton has improved slightly although rust
and shedding are generally reported and
me crop needs rain in portions of Mis-
Sippi, while suffering from excessive mO.s-
turc and lack OF cultivation in parts o.
Louisiana. In the CarOlinaS, Georgia., and
Arkansas the condition Of cotton has de-
teriOrated materially, premature opening
being extensively reported from TIE Car
olinas. IN Northern Texas cotton has
made favorable progress, but elsewhere
il that State it needs dry weather and is
making too rank growth. Some picking
has been done over the Southeastern
portion of the cotton belt. and while cot
i'm
picking will not be general in that State
for two or three weeks.
''In the Middle Atlantic States, incud-
ing North Carolina and Ohio and por-
tions of Kentucky, tobacco has suffered
much from drought and heat, but in The
| last mentioned State, the general condi-
| ton Of the crop is promising. Some cut
| ting has hcen done as far north as Mary
| land and Ohio"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
Negro Farmers Conference.
Especial to News and Observer. }

Charlotte, n c., aug. Is. Prof. II. \.
Hunt, of Bddle University, has issued
circulars for a colorcd farmers confer
ence to be held at Diddle University,
Thursday, % inst.
Among the topics to be discussed will
be Some reasons why negroes should
own FARMS" How can ! secure q farm;
..I{ou to make q crop without going into
debt for supplics:" business methods
ancng farmers"
Mr. Firgal c. Black, of Charlotte, viii
have charge of the development OF the
fine water power fer the Hhodhiss Man
ufacturng Company near Lenoir, \. {.
Mr. Black has had considerable experi-
once in mechanical engineering and the
handling of large contracts.
News reaches here that q scheme is
being agitated at MoOresyillc which may
result in the establishment OF bank
in that town which is considerable
cotton milling center.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21

10 answer all of them fully, but we
VIII do the best we can, and if we fail
20 make a satisfactory answer let
some on cur readers take it up. and in
'liiS way we can make this page a
weekly exchange of experience on all
'he topics that are interesting the
men on the farm. Then too. the pa
per is not like a spoken answer. II
goes mere and there and i1 copied in
70 other papers, and is ever at hand
Tor reference. We can make this page
Tar more useful 70 the farmers of
North Carolina they Will help us
out. The Experiment Station was es.-
taDllshed by the general government
for the purpose of helping the far
mer, and we are here for that pur-
pose and are doing all that we can
to aud them. So let me have the let
ters asking for reply in this paper for
IN this way | can reach thousands to
whom it would be impossible for me
to write individual letters 4 Hcnder-
sonville frientd wants to know why
pop corn pops and common corn
does not. The reason is simply that
the pop corn is hard and oily, and the
oil is volatilized by heat and rllptures
the hard grain, leaving the starchy
part exposed. The field corn is, of a
softer nature and less oily and when
heated, the porous grain allows the
gas to escape and the corn merely
roasts and does not pop. \ physician
IN the western part OF the State
| sends us some plants, and says that
a man in his ncighborhOod was sup
! posed to be poisoned by tea made
! from the roots and given him by an
| herb doctor to cure a snake bite. He
wants the name and nature Of the
plant. The plant is Nabalus Albus.
commonly known as Rattlesnal>e
! plant and Lions foot. 1t has long
been used as a remedy for snake bites
but probably has little virtue. But it
did not poison the man. His condi-
ton was probably the result Of the
snake bite. another friend wants tc
known if mulberry posts will last as
| we'll cut in August at any other
| time in the yearn We have never cut
nor used amy posts Of mulberry that
we remember. Put rs a rule we have
found timber tC last better when cut
! in the dormant season. There is {
! greater fermentation when the tree
is full of freshly formed sap and &
greater tendency to decay than Whe'
cut in winter. If one wants TO XII
bushes like saesafras and perslm
mon. the best time to do it is in the
:.
them. for that only increases the
number Set the hands at work VIII
| stout sticks and beat and bruisc Tx
bushes as much as possible and fer
mentation IS set up that will Kill then
faster than any choDping Will do.
Another wants to know the value o
fine ground fish scrap as genera
fertilizer. Fish scrap is a valUab'
source of nitrogen but is by no means
Il complete fertilizer. It is largel,
used hv the truckers in the eastern
part Of the State as source OF am
monia for fertilizers. and IS good T
mix with acid phosphate and potas'
in nlnking crtilizers. It contains I =
per cent Of nitrogen and go per cen
Of phosphcric acid, and ranks ver,
nca,. cotton seed meal as q fertilizer
With q little more acid phosphate als
q good percentage Of potash 1t WI
make q good complete fertilizer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
DRYEsT AUGUST EVER KNOWN.
Half OF il Gone and Less Than Sixth Of an Inc
Of Ram

Tie present drouEh; is unprecedented
n this section. and uulcs II Is broken
soon crops viii bc entirely destroyed.
They arc deteTlorating rapidly eyoiy day
now in all parts OF the state.
The rainfall in Raleigh is the small
est ever known for the FIRST af,ccn days
OF August-only j or less than onc-sith
Of an inch having fallen during the
month And this fell or the night Of the
18Th.
In addition 10 the lack Of moisture the
sun has shone down with blist,riug for
yer and the temperature has rauSaa up
in 90s with regularity that ha> lccn
most depressing on man. bcust aGl most
hurtiul TO all kinds OF vegetation
The shower that fcl Monday night Ill
much good bat The earth was 80 thlrsts
and the amount OF water that fell was 50
small that its effects w.re soon dlssira-
ted. During the shower and the VIM
storm preceding il the temperature fell
from 9S 10 % degrees. Gnt remain u such
during the night that people were aisle
TO set a comfortable nights rest--the
first in over iwo weeks
But with The rising or the sun ycstcr-
day morning the attacks of hca. were
renewed, and the thermometer SCARED
back from - up 10 -.
The official record for the day. obtained
at the Weather Bureau. was as follows:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
lhe Mcather Bureau. 80 "a fnllnMs.

Weather Forccastcr says there Is no
prospect for any hrcdk in tie hot way,
or the drought. Certainly neither cool
weather nor rain can come for several
days yet, he says.
Ihunder5torms occurred Monday even.
ing over North Carolina ana Eastern
tennessee. Charlotte reporting o@S inch
and ialcigh 0.l5. amounts quito insufr.
clcnt TO break the drought. Light rains
occurred over Now England ana Icw
other points. High temperatures con
tinuc, especially in the South and West.
TIE maimum Monday Was 1872 degrees at
Dodge City. 1t is considerably nceolcr
over New England ard in Montana AID
| the Dakotas
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON.
Sold Here Yesterday at Public Auction For
8 5-3 Cents.

Raleigh saw it's first bale of new cot
ton yesterday.
IT was sent here to Mr.. c.. E. Johnson
from Scotland county, and was sold at
public auction in front Of the store of
Sherwood Higgs & Co.. at 1880 o'clock.
The cotton graded strict good midling
and the price paid for it was 95s cents.
Lee & Latta were the purchasers.
Cotton is said to be opening rapidly
in Scotland county and it is expected that
before the end of the week there will be
25 or more bales on the market in Lau
rinburg.
1t will be the last of this week or
the first of next before the first Wake
county bale will be On the market.
Scotland was the first county in the
state to report cotton opening.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
Total Net Receipts.

New York, August 1.-THE following
are the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September 1st 1899:
Galveston, 1,7o1 ,651 bales; New Orleans,
185933f; Mobile, 208, A. Savannah, l.
GSO. .G32: Charleston, 2G2, ,597; Wilmington,
2eO. $50; Norfolk, 408. $50; baltimore, 100
115; New York, 119, 213 Boston, 1881;
Newport News, 1920; Philadelphia, 40
1872: Brunswick, %. 405; Port Arthur ard
Sabine Pass. 6S,O29: Pensacola, 129, 500.
Total, 6,49S,725 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21

NmlthGnIa. ga, august !.
Governor ". j. Northcn. Atlanta Ga:
Dear Sir: have just read Your
speech before the Agricultural society
at its late meeting al Dublin. the text
Of which j, ''Iguorancc and IdIcneSs
the Blight Of Agriculture. on seem
TO thoroughly comprehend The Whole
situation. | have had an experience
Of 80 continuous/and unccasing wears
Of farming, and my own personal cN-
pcricncc viii verify that the south
furnishes the best opportunities for
successful and profitable agriculture
in the world Notwithstanding the
los >cS and the results Of war. the far
mers Of the south, since the close Of
the war have had the finest oppor-
tunity 10 make themselves rich of any
people in the world. The great ma-
iority Of all the land owners and
about all the negroes are wastcful
and cxtrayagant and ruin themselves
by going in debt. If farming had
been carried or and we're carried on
from this time out under the same in
teiliccnt management that II used in
operating manufacturing enterprises
Of all kinds. il would ne a success.
When cotton was bringing eighteen
ard twenty cents our land owners
were perfectly wiId in tie conduct of
their business. just such speeches as
YOURS. if read By every man in Gcor-
oia and rc-rcad and mcIuorizcd, would
| have a most wonderful effect through
out the entire state | wish it was
so that you could deliver the same
| speech in every county in Georgia to
large audiences. and wish every
| county newspaper in Georgia would
| publish il tinlc an again. i is about
tho best thing | have read on the sub
| icct since the ,yar. We haxe hid in
the negro the best and cheapest labor
/! in the world; all we had 10 do WAS 10
manage him N the proper way.
! would write more but am still
| very unNcll and do not feel able to
/ say mere than ] have said.
| Yours truly.
JAMES NJ SMITH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
GEoHClA'S GREATEST FARMER.
(.htlanta Journal.

(Aidllta I0uINai.1
Mr. James VI Smith. OF O-lcthoruc
coGrty. j. he largest farmer in t,yor-
GA and probably owns thc most cx-
tensl>c diversified farm IL The United
States. II covers 30 square miles and
was paid for entirely from the pro-
cccdS Of its products II crops pay
the owner Z net return which would
make liberal interest on an investment
Of 4 million dola..f
Mr.. Smith IS 4 cie.,c observer of
passing events and reads III that i
printed about farmers conventions.
He was much impressed with two
speeches made IL the state Agricultu-
raj SocictNS recent m"eling aud has
written interesting letters 10 Cover
nor Northcn @nd Mr.. Cooper.
These letters, aside from The refer
cncc TO those speeches contain com
mcntS on the present farming system
of the south, and these remark. com
ing from 4 man like Mr.. Smith Will
be read with interest. He is the rIn-
ploNcr or landlord Of about 200 ne
grocS and has achieved remarkable
success with colorcd labor On his
farm arc negroes who hay" been there
50 wears. and three generations are
represented amen" thc Dc>f tenants.
Ills relnnrks on negro labor are food
for tfCught by all students of the
race problem
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21

The Z. S Geological Survey mas sent q
n,rtv into the Black Mountain country 70
make a survey looking to the cstaplish-
r,ent Of the Appalachian National Park.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-01
PROTECTION OF PaRTRIDGEs.
The Act Prohibiting Their Sale fer the Next
Five Yoars,-Kead II.

Tho following il tho toxt of an act of
the General Assembly approved OH Fob
ruary 7th, 1900, that is Of special interest
to sportsmen:
Section 1. That Section 421, Volume 2,
Revised Statutes 1893, Criminal statutes),
bo amended by inserting between tho
word "partridgc" and tho word "any,"
tho following: "And it sl,all DO unlawful
for any person to soil, offcr for sale, or
ship or export for sale, any partridge Or
quail for tho space of five years from tho
approval Of this act: Provided, Nothing
i'll this act shall prevent importations for
sale of any partridge or quAil;" so that
tho said section, when SO amended, shall
read rs follows:
Section 13l. 1t shall not bo lawful for
any person, except upon his own lands,
or upon tho lands of another with tho
consent of tho owner thereof, to not or
trap partridge, and it shall bo unlawful
for any person to soil, offer for sale, or
ship or export for sale, any partridge or
quail for tho space of five years from tho
approval Of this act: Provided, That
nothing in this act shall prevent tho i'm
portation for salo Of any partridge or
quail. Any person violating this section
shall be guilty of q m;sdcmca.or, and,
upon conviction, shall be punished by n
fine of not exceeding $50, or by impris-
onmcnt in tho county Jail for n term not
exceeding 30 days.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-01
An Attractive Woman.

If woman is not attractive there is
something wrong. Any woman can be
attractive if she will make tho effort. 1t
iSn altogether question of beauty. It's
largcly matter of health. The bloom
and glow of health go far toward bring
ing beauty. y clear skin, bright eyes,
rcd lips and tho vivacity which bodily
good feeling brings, will make even a
homcly woman handsome.
Half of the women one meets arc
Scmi-invalidS. Failure to heed tho
warnings of outraged naturc-failurc to
give the help needed by the most deli
cate and sensitive organs-littlc troubles
ignored until they havc become dormi-
nant-thesc things bring about tho sun
ken, circlcd eyes, the hollow checks, the
pale and sallow skin, the nabby,
strcngthlcSs flesh, which characterized
the appearance of the woman who suffers
from 'femalc Weakness"
Dr. Picrcc'S Favoritc Prescription has
cured thousands of suffering women. 1t
is perfected specific for the troubles
peculiar to them. 1t cradcatcs the dis
ease, stops the draggings, life -sapping
drain, and in perfectly rational, natu-
raj way, builds up the wasted strength
1t will bring buoyant health. twill put
roses into pale faccs-sold flesh in sun
ken places. 1t does away with the
humiliating examinations and "local
trcatmcnt' so much dreaded by modcstly
sensitive women. For thirty years, it
has been successfully prescribed by DR..
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to
the lnyalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
at Buffalo, y. Y.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-01
Fast Train Kills Five Smiths.

Last Saturday night tho midnight
express on the Lchigh Valley railroad
struck Il carriage, containing seven per
sons, at Tnttlc's crossing, near Rochcs-
ter: y. y, instantly killing five of the
occupants, fatally injuring another and
badly bruising the other. All were mem
hcrs of Il family, Smith 10y name. The
family had spent the evening ut Il fricnd's S
house, near Tuttlc's crossing, and were
on their way home. Before reaching the
crossing the carriage was stopped and
Mr.. Smith listened for the train, but did
not hear it in the howling gale. The
horses had just crossed the track in
safety when the engine of the express
crashed down upon the G9rriage and it's
occupants. Gardner Smith, who was
the least injured, crawlcd to station
nearby and secured assistance. The
mother and eldest daughter were car
ricd for mile on the cowcatchcr Of the
engine. The bodies OF the three young
est children were found near tho scene
of the accident
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-01
Criminal Statistics.

An important act of tho General AS
scmbly is that requiring tho keeping of
record and the making of reports
Of criminal statistics. The need of such
an act has boon obvious. Here is the
tcxt:
Section |. That each Clerk of the Court
of General Sessions shall keep record
and report annually to the Attorney
General and tho Solicitor of his circuit,
III duplicate, by tho 10th day of Dcccm-
bcr, in blank forms to bo furnished by
the Attorney General, tho name, race,
sex, age, alleged crime, of every person
brought to trial in his court for tho year
ending December LIST; and in case of his
failure to make said report within the
time herein limited, hc shall forfeit to
the county $40 rs a penalty for each d ay's
delay in ma king such report, to be re-
covered by tho Solicitor Of the circuit By
an action in any court of competent juris-
0ictiOu
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-01
Two Killed ; Third May Die.

a tragedy occurred five miles east of
Horse Creek, Ala, last week in which
two men were killed and a third badly
wounded. The trouble arose over a dis
putc about some lands. Walter Stevens
sued his nephew, Sylvester ITinson, for
rents alleged to be due, and the Gaze
came up for trial. Tho trial was post
poncd and the crowd left tho school
house where court was held. AS soon as
they were outside iIinson and Stevens
became involved in row, which was
entered into by others. Pistols and
knives were drawn, and when tho smoke
cleared away Jack Boyd. IN innocent
hyStandcr, was dead, shot through the
heart: Sylvester Iiinson was also dead,
with hole in his left breast, and Ste.
vcI'S was shot in both legs and cut in the
neck. Stevens may recover,