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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17

Corn for the silo should be planted
during this month. In planting for
this purpose do not plant too thickly.
Room sufficient should be given to al
low of the plant making a perfect
growth and becoming fairly matured
and carrying a fair proportion of good
ears. Rows three feet apart and the
plants eight or ten inches apart in the
row will make a crop that will give the
best returns when fed. If overcrowd-
ed, the crop will be merely watery
stalks without ears, and will make poor
sour silage. A good many farmers
now grow peas with their silage corn.
These climb up the stalks and add con-
siderably to the yield, and at the same
time make the silage a better feed, be-
ing more nearly balanced. Soy beans
make a good crop to mix with the corn
when being cut into the silo. They
may be grown either with the corn or
as a separate crop. If grown with the
corn, the corn should be planted furth-
er apart in the rows than we have sug-
gested, or the beans will not make
much growth. The best plan is to grow
the Soy beans as a separate crop,
planting them in rows two feet six
inches apart, and about six or eight
inches apart in the rows. The crop
should be cut at the same time as the
corn, and be mixed as run into the silo.
Wherever two or three different crops
are used for silage, they should be
mixed and not be put into the silo in
separate layers.-Southern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
POISON FOR TOBACCO WORMS.

From the number of enquiries which
we have had as to using Paris green
for destroying worms on the tobacco
crop we judge that there is a move
ment on the part of many growers to
substitute poison for the hand worm
ing of the crop. Doubtless this may
be largely accounted for by the scar
city of labor in the tobacco sections
of the State. In replying to these en-
q%uiries, we have pointed out that ex-
periments have conclusively shown
that Paris green may be used without
fear of any injury to the users of the
tobacco, and with success in destroy
ing the worms, but at the same time
we have urged caution in adopting the
remedy as there appears to be a strong
prejudice amongst tobacco buyers
against the use of poison on the plants,
and a grower may ruin the sale of his
crop if it should be known that he
used poison on it. We believe this to
be an unreasonable prejudice if the
poison be only used as it ought to be.
Not more than one pound of the Paris
green should be used with $50 gallons
of water, and the plants ought not to
be sprayed with even this solution af-
ter the tobacco begins to ripen. Used
In this proportion and in this way,
there will be no trace of the poison
left on the leaves at cutting time, and
no possible injury can happen to the
user of the tobacco. The question of
antagonizing the prejudices of the
buyers is, however, one hat cannot be
well or safely di~sregarded, and where
this is found well established it would
be wiser to regard it. One or two sub
stitutes have been suggested, but as to
their efficacy we are unable to say
anything, as we cannot find n re-
ports of experiments made with them.
Amongst these we find chloro naptho-
leum advised as a safe and yet certain
remedy. We know chlOro-naptholeum
to be a disinfectant largely used for
destroying foul odors and germs, and
also for destroying insects, but can
find no record of its use on the tobac-
co crop as a destroyer of worms. 1t
may, however, be effective for the pur-
pose, but we would advise its use only
experimentally at first. The old rem
edy of poisoning the moth which lays
the eggs from which the worms are
produced by the use of cobalt made in
to a syrup with sugar and dropped
into imitation "Jimson" weed bios
SONS made of glass or porcelain, and
which are kept for sale in many towns
is n that should be resorted to. These
imitation poisoned blossoms should be
set upon boards in and around the
fields, and these will be visited by the
moths, and their powers for mischief
be ended. The destruction of a moth
means the prevention of hundreds of
worms.-June Southern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
and Raise Cattle,

Examine agricultural statistics and see the
high rank North Carolina takes in yield PEI
acre Of grasses and forage crops. Com
pare her advantages for stOck-raisingy with
those Of other States. Profit by these ,factS.
Grow grasses; raise stock. n whether yOp
have few animals or many, you cannot anor0
not to read
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
Farm Miscellany.
IENGraEN1Na 1HE TONGUES OF BEES.

Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
When a hundredth part of an inch
is mentioned, the measure is consid-
cred but trivial and of little conse-
quence, but scientists have figured
that if the bee, whose tongue-the ex-
tracter of sweetness from the flowers
is but one-twenty-ffth of an inch in
length, is capable of obtaining a plen-
tiful store of honey, then a bee with
a longer tongue must necessarily gath
er more sweetness.
Clever bee keepers, by selecting only
those bees with naturally long tongues,
have succeeded in lengthening the
tongues of a number of bee colonies, a
hundredth of an inch. 1t does not
sound much, but it enables these in
sects to do a quarter as much work
again in the same time.
Man has done more than this for the
bees. He has given them ready homes
where they are safe from wasps and
other enemies; frames for making
their combs without using large guam
tites of wax for outside walls, and food
during 1owerless weather. He has
also brought them to America where
there is an abundance of ho~ney-bear-
ing flowers. M.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
Deafness Cannot be Cured

b local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion. of the c2=. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, AID that is by. constitu.
famed condition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube getsfnRamed
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, AID unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
nine cases ont Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that can.
not be cured By Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F.. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Eo1dh nv Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17

Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures :
Where early stands we're secured cot
ton was never finer in this section at
this time of the year. However, in
many places, seed we're late sprouting
and where this is the case the plant is
not looking so well. Corn, of which
there is a great deal more planted
than usual, is looking well but there is
great complaint of ravages by bud
worms. Wheat and oats are almost a
failure.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17

1t is said that some farmers in
Stanly have the fallacious idea that
oat seed will produce cheat. A citizen
of the county referred the subject to
one of our eminent agr~iculturists.
who replied that he had long since quit
trying to argue with people who are
so ignorant of the laws of plant life
as to suppose such a thing; as a mat
ter of course oat seed will produce
oats, while cheat seed will produce
cheat. He adds: of all u farmers
would study more and learn the won
derful plant life around them thew
would get rid of these old supersti-
tions and e how absurd they are.N-
Stanly Enterprise.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
Grasses and Forage Plants d Tie South,
~ >. 3. MLLCBRCW,
q TIE UGlvOsSIIy sl TOaaOOSOa.

Il tB a complete manual of the ouI-
tur Of grasses and forage plants Of
the South. It contains about 140
pages, and is written in a style to be
understood by everyone.
The book discusses the character.
tstics Of the principal praises, the
maintenance Of pastures and mead.
ows, leguminous forage plants, wild
pastures, etc. It lie fully illustrated
with original analytical engraving
by Scr1bner, our greatest grass OK.
pert, and embellished with a large
number of half tone cuts of field
operations.
KGLLebreSO's former cork on grasses
is mOUO entirely OWt of print and
brings So a copy. This meeO book con-
tGins all the Information in the for.
maeT cork, T~e-aOTStten, and em6Odie'
the results of tsOemty gears additional
experience Of the OOr6ter and all the
S~mtOTmGhOn attained By the expert
ment stations and the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17

Glow to Treat a Wife," is the title
of a magazine article occupying three
pages. One little paragraph does the
subject justice; treat her as you did be-
fore marriage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
Giant FIOWeing CaIadium

Grandest foliage and towering, plant yet introduced:
Leaves 8 to feet long by or 2ISf eet bread PeE1ecIIy
Immense. and make q plant which 6or6ropical luxur1ance
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the mammoth lilY-like blossoms, IL to 15inches long, snow
white, with q rich and exquisite fragrance. Plants bloom
perpetually all summer in the garden, or all the year
round in pots. Not only is II the grandestg garden rIawn
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foliage, to say nothing ~ OF its observation-disclosures. Thr1YSs
in any soil or situation, and grows and blooms. all the
year, and will astonish every one with its magnthcence-
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Fine plants, which will soon bloom and reach fu1 per
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mail, postpaid, guaranteed to arrive In good cond1Gons
OUR Z Of Flower and
Vegetable Seeds, Bulbs, Plants and Rare New Fru1tsi pro-
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The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
SCHLEY'S
RECEIPT
Savannah's Tribute !
miraI Lasts Over a, =
GREETED BY MANY
Admiral Escorted to the City
Hall by Mayor Meyer and
the Aldermen.

Savannah, Ga. Rear Admiral
Schley held public reception at the
city hall here Saturday afternoon
lasting over an hour. He was escort
ed to the building by Mayor Meyers
and delegation of aldermen, and
was accompanied by Mrs. Schley anta
General and Mrs. William E. Cor
don, at whose residence he and Mrs.
Schley are. visiting. Bull street from
General Gordon's residence to the
city was lined with cheering people,
Nearly every store along the route
was draped with United States flag.
The admiral, looking the picture OF
health, bowed and smiled in response
to the demonstrations along the route.
The reception was held in the
council chamber of the city hall. A
line was formed and a great multi
tude pressed in to greet the admiral
and assure him of their respect end
esteem.
After the ceremony many OF the
people gathered at General Gordon's
residence and cheered the admiral
when he arrived.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
SEEING THROUGH TELEPHONE.
Swears he will Soon Give the Inven-
ton to the Public.

Indianapolis, Ind.-An IndianaPo-
lis inventor who at this time refuses
to have his identity divnlged through
a sworn affidavit by his attorney, says
he will shortly give to the world de-
vice called "The Kaleidoscope,
WI ereby man using telephone may
see and be seen ae we'll as talk, hear
and be heard.
The telectroscope, it is said. has
reached q stege where perfection is
practically assured, 1t only remains to
add an improvement or two before the
mechanism will be in shape to be put
on the market.
Attached to the sending device os
the telephone, ris ng above and over
it, will be small mirror like reflector.
The talker by gazing into this, will
see pictured before him not only the
person talking at the other end OF the
wire, but also the objects surrounding
the talker. Pictures on the walls,
chairs, tables, and in fact, all the fur
nishings within focus will be accurate
ly reproduced in the picturing mirror.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
DOUBLING THE OUTPUT.

An Increase of Nearly 200 per cent.
Invested in Naval Store Industry.
Washington. An increase of almost
1872 per cent, in the capital Invested
in the turpeniine and rosin industry
and of 1872 percent. in the value of the
products therefrom is shown by the
census report isaued Saturday on the
manufacture OF those products in the
United States.
The report shows total OF capital
of S11,847.395 invested in the 1903
establishments reporting for the coun-
try, The value of the products is re-
turned at S2,044,SSS, to produce
which involved an outlay of SITS, 694
for salaries of officials, clerks, ETC.,
SS,393,lS for wages, @476,17 for
miscellaneous IL expenses, including
rent, taxes, etc., and 50, ] st, 1872 for
materials used, mill supplies, freight
and fuel.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL.

Wushington.-Ihe joint committee
of the senate and house appointed te
make arrangements for a memorial
meeting in honor OF President Nc
Xinley at which Secretary Hay is tc
deliver an address, decided Saturday
that the proposed meeting should be
held in the. hall of the house OF rep
resentatives at noon February 9th.
The Chairman was authorized to ap-
point m executive committee Of eleven
to arrange the details of the ceremony
aad committee OF seven on publica-
ton of the proceedings.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
NEWS IN
MINIATURE
Doings OF a Busy World Told in
Terse Paragraphs.
NEWS CONDENSED
And Put Together in Readable
Form-.Happenings by Land
and Sea-.Personal and Notes.

A negro was ly nched as Springfield,
Ky.
Illinois capital will build rice mill
at Jennings.
Admiral schiey's public reception
at Savannah was an ovation.
Vigorous efforts are being made to
suppress small pox IN London.
The fsherme ems strike at Pensacola
is believed to be about ended:
Americans in Paris met to raise
| funds for a memorial to Mr.. Mckinley.
Bob Morgan, negro murderer was
hanged at Oxford, Miss, on Satur-
day.
A satisfactory adjustment oi
Frances claims against China is ex.
pected.
German-Am erican official relations
appear to be especially cordial al
present.
A wreck near Crowley Saturday,
blocked traffic on the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Thirteen British tobacco firms have
combined to fight Mr.. Duke and his
associates.
Three men were wounded in stree
fight at Starkville, Miss, over an un.
known cause.
Richard Croker formally announced
his retirement from the leadership Of
Tammany Hall.
A building covering eleven acres,
will be erected in Chicago for the
Olympian games.
Philip Jackman, OF Lumberton,
Miss, was murdered near Broussard
La =, for few dollars he had.
The Senate and House of Represen
tatives will hold joint Mckinley me
mortal services on February 9th.
1he cruiser Hartford will soon sal
Cor the West Indies, calling at Gu !
ports, and may visit New Orleans,
G. Cults, right tackle of the Har
yard football team, has been declared
professional for giving boxing les
sons for pay.
A rec ption was given in honor Of
Miss Helen Gould at st. Louis by thu
president of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.
Col. VIM, J. Bryan was given {
public reception by Democrats and
nonpartisans in tne city hall at Cam
bridge, Mass.
Former New York officials have beer
ordered by the Supreme Court tt
show cause why Chief Devery SHOULD
not be reinstated.
Chairman Burton is favorably dis
posed toward the proposition to in
crease the maintenance fund for South
Pass to $3.50
The evidence in the couit martial
trial of Lieut.. Col. lyle, at Mont
gomery, Was concluded Saturday and
verdict was expected Monday.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
STRUNG UP TO A TREE.
Jim Mayes, Colored. is Lynched in
Kentucky.

Springfield, Ky--Jim Mayes, ne
gro charged with assaultiug white
girl in the Sans neighborhood in this
county Wednesday, was taken from
all by mob at about 2 O'CLOCK Sat-
urday morning and hanged. His body
was found hanging 10 tree in the
high school yard. The mob came in
to town quietly and after arousing
Jaler Catlett, demanded the keys to
the Jail Their request was refused,
however, and they Immediately began
to hammer on the locks of the Jail
doors.
They soon obtained an entrance to
the prison where they found Mayes
covering in his cell and begging the
other prisoners to protect him.
The leaders OF the mob took charge
of the negro and telling the jailer to
watch the rest OF thu prisoners drag
ged Mayes to the high school yard,
where he was speedily strung up to q
tree.
The mob's work was quietly done
and but few words were spoken by the
leaders when they were at the Jail.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
YAzoo,s COTTON CROP.

Yazoo City.-Barnwell and Co.,
cotton buyers Of this city, on Jan. l.,
1909. sent out the following set of in
quiries to about 100 reliable planters
whose crops come to Yszoo City to
be marketed:
Dear Sir-There are q great many
people in the cotton trade who claim
that Mississippi, and especially this
section Of the state, will make a
bumper crop, or in other words
moro than in 1897. We are anxious to
get some reliable figures On the sub
ject, and hope you will not think it
too much trouble to assist rs by an
swering as near as possible the ques-
tions given below. A very prompt
reply will be appreciated.
"Yours truly,
HRARNWELL AND co,
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18

Representative Roberts of Massa.
ohusetts has introduced bill author
izing the postmaster general to con-
tract for pneumatic tube mail service
in New York, Brooklyn, Chicago,
Philadelphia, st. Louis and Boston
and fixing the routes for the service
and the limit of cost for each route
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
M'GRATH CRITICALLY ILL.

Brookhaven.-John McGrath, head
of the widely know n, firm of John Nc.
Grath & Sons, died of pneumonia al
$50 Saturday evening. He was oyel
eighty years of age, and was taker
sick q week ago.
Mrs. Turnbough, widow of the late
John Turnbough,. died here Saturday
night of pneumonia.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
CONTRACT FOR COURT HOUSE.

Hazlehurst. Tho contract for the
now court house has been let and
provides for the completion of the
building by November 10, 1902. This
structure will be very ornamental
and exceedingly substantial building.
When the board of supervisors, at the
instance of Hon. r. N. Miller, J. s.
Sexton and other prominent citizens
of the county, determined to construct
new court house, which would meet
the demands of this great county,
they went about the matter in bust
ness way, and selected as building
committee Hon. r. N. Miller, j. s.
Sexton, A. Lotterhos, ]. G. Lyell, r.
s. Norman, ]. T. Smith and T. j.
Hargraves, and these gen Aen.en i'm
mediately entered into correspond
ence with a number Of the leading
architects of the country, aud finally
adopted the plans of the J. Reilly
Gordon, Company. The contract has
been let to G.. T. Haas and Co., of
jackson, Miss, for the sum of s44,-
S06. A. The people Of the county are
Unanimously in favor of q new court
house and Jail, and have sensibly de-
cided to construct such an one as will
reflect credit upon the county and
answer purposes for many years to
come
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18

Pope Leo Is reported to be in good
health.
Oil has been stfaek in Colbert
county, Ala.
I Banks will be established in Chi
nese sections of American cities.
Chilians are on the way to England
to take charge Of four new warships.
Wire and wire nail manufacturers
will form an arbitrary price associa-
tion.
Charles M. Schwab, president of
the Steel Trust, won $40, 600 at Monte
Carlo.
Secretary Shaw will be unable to
take charge of the treasury until
February 1.
The Euclid Avenue Trust and Saw
ings Company of Cleveland, o., made
an assignment.
Ben A. Oxnard said he did not be.
lieve that the Sugar Trust and the
beet sugar men had como to an agree
menf:
The Hamilton Club Of Chicago, has
arranged the details of its program
for the entertainment of Admiral
Schley January 25, &c, and 27.
Documents found in Columbia Uni
versity indicate that the Chinese gov
ernment was allied with the Boxers
in furnishing foreigners.
The Panama Canal Company made
its formal offer Of sale to the chair
man of the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion.
The chancellor of Germany made d
strong speech in thesreichstag in favor
of cultivating cordial relations with
England.
The Tristate Grain and Cattle
Growers convention at Fargo, s. D.,
indorsed J. J. Hills efforts to secure
the railway merger.
At Oxford, Miss, Judge Lowery
sentenced Whit Owens to life impris-
onment, George jackson to two years
imprisonment and Mathis and jack
son to hang February IA.
BriRadier General Robert F.
Hughes, who arrived at San Fran
cisco from Manila, and it would be a
long time before American troops
[ could be withdrawn from the Philip.
pines.
James j. Hill, the railway mag
nate, addressed the Tristate Associa.
tion of Grain and Cattle Growers at
Fargo, s. D., on competitive railway
rates and railway development.
The Senate of the Mississippi legis.
lature adopted resolutions indorsing
the Dewey report in the Schley case
and forbidding the use in public
schools of histories that do not give
Schley the credit for the victory al
Santiago.
The London Daily Mails "Yeai
Book" says the United States is the
richest nation of the earth. Great
Britain is placed second, France
third, Germany fourth and Russia
fifth.
A Washington special says the agi.
tation of the compromise" allowing
q rebate on Cuban Sugar, may influ
ence legislation Fastening a measure
of reciprocity.
The Sugar trust has agreed to take
all the sugar shipped from the Ha
waiian Islands, and have extended
contracts with plantations for TIVE
yeas.
President Roosevelt yesterday had
conference with high naval officers.
it is assumed upon the Admiral Schley
case.
1t is reported that coal com bina.
tion, embracing all folds east of The
Indiana line. is being formed.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
A NEW JAIL.

Gulfport. The board Of mayor and
aldermen has finally decided to build
a new Jail for Gulfport, as the pres
ent building, which is being used for
that purpose, is no longer equal to
the demands of the town. A steel
cage has been ordered and bids are
being asked for the new Jail.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
LOUISIANA TRAGEDY.

Geism ar, Ala. Lee Geismer, mer-
chant at this place, was shot and kill
ed on the gallery OF MS store Saturday
nj Int. One OF the negroes, Eilis
Wash ngton, accused of participation
u ths shooting has been arrested.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
OBSCENE CARD TO ROOSEVELT L.

Richmond, Va--Lieut. John W..
Stark, company B, 18th regiment, was
arrested Friday by deputy U. $. y ar
shall Bennett, on the chargs OF send
ing obscene liturature through the
mails.
The arrest grows out of an insultin
advertisement card alleged to have
been mailed from Richmond month
AGO to President Roosevelt. Inc
charge was brought against stark by
Postoffice Inspector Bella, who has
been working up the case.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
MURDERER Is ARRESTED.
Wanted in Hill County Texas, on
Charge Committed in 1889.

Modesto, Cal.-Sheriff Purvis has
has arrested Charles Thompson, want-
ed in Hill county, Texas, on charge
Of murder committed in 1889. lie
was arrested at Newman, where he
WAS working on q ranch un Ter the
namc OF Charles Fras. He acknowl-
aaoed that he is the man wanted, but
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18
BURIED AT WINONA.

Winona. The remains of Percy L.
Moore were brought here from Wash
ington City and inferred in Oakwood
Cemetery. Mr.. Moore died on Mon
day. He was formerly citizen Of
this place, and for several years wa
editor of the Winona Advance
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18

Lord Rosslyn. who was to break the
bank at Monte Carlo with his new sys-
tenn, has returned to England penni-
less. Charles schwab. president of
the Steel Trust, was S140, 600 ahead Of
the bank Saturday, but later broke
even, after three days. play.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-01-18

The United States will make no re-
sponse to the Russian brief and the
case will be regarded as closed unless
the arbitrator, desiring special infor-
nation on some points, calls for fur
ther presentation.