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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
WILCOX TAKFs1HE NEWS
WITH ais USUAL GOODNESS
Hi. Mother and Sisters Weep with Joy. The
News at the cropsey Home. Prepared
for Any Demonstration

Elizabeth City. y. C., Oct IL think
it's a shame. Jim Wilcox shouldn't have
received 4 new trial. said Miss Lou. sis
ter OF murdered Nellie Cropsey. TO a re-
porter. She expressed the sentiment OF
the family.
The Supreme Courts decision in the
amous Wilcox case was received here
last night. and created no little talk. Il
was received quietly. although there was
an under current OF excitement.
T. H. Wilcox was Immediately acQuaint-
cd with the news. He was VIsibly i'm
pressed and FASTENED home 10 his family.
The mother and sisters fell upon one an
Others necks and wept for JOY.
The prisoner was not given the decis-
ion until this morning. He displayed no
emotion, simply said. Thank you" to
the sheriff and sat quietly upon his bunk
until the officials departed.
The decision is not generally known
IN the outlying country districts. Just
how It Will be received there cannot be
said at this early hour. Due caution Is
observed and the military Of this and adj
joining towns is in readiness. Governor
Aycock has wired Sheriff Grandy that the
entire State military is at his disposal In
event OF violence. The officials say that
a demonstration, If any, will be OF a
minor nature and easily quelled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
Permanent Pastures.

CIV. f. Massey, in Practical TarmerD
e. S. Miller, Miranda. n. G, has a
piece OF land along a small stream. part
" low land and partly rolling and rather
sandy. Would like to know what grassc.
TO use and how to prepare for permanent,
pasture. There is a grass in this sec
ton Of North Carolina known as johnson
grass. | would like to know the origin
of it, and the proper name. It is d very
rank grower on the poorest soils, but it
Is almost impossible to kill it. WoulG
1t be wise to sow such a grass for per-
manent pasture?' The land should be
we'll plowed and prepared by narrowing
till fine and well settled. Then during
September SOW a mixture of ten pounds
of orchard grass, ten pounds Of English
hlue grass or pOa compreSSa and five
pounds of red top, or herds grass, as il
is caVllcd in some places, per acre. Sow
without a grain crop. and note What Mr..
Clark said lately in the p. f.. in regard
to the preparation Of the soil. Get it as
line as possible with the GETAWAY harrow
by going over and over it again. Then
the heavy seeding viii give you a strong
sod at an early date. The red top viii
stay on the low ground, but the poa COM
pressa will finally form the sod. About
the only way you could kill Johnson
grass is by pasturing it hard. 1t is really
a valuable hay grass, but is such a pesti-
ferrous weed that it should not be cncour-
aged. Sections clear of it should keep
clear of it, hut in a section already in
tested with it we would not hesitate It.
make a low ground meadow Of it for hay,
! be man who brings it into a new neigh
borhOOd should be prosecuted as an enc
ny OF agriculture. It's botanical name
is Andropogon Halapense. It was form
crly classed with the sorphums. bu, now
is put in with the broom eedge class. It
Il a native of Northern Africa on the
coast OF the Mcditerranean sea. The
name Johnson grass comes from William
Johnson( of Alabama. who introduced #
there from South Carolina, where it had
been known as the Means" grass. For
tunately the winters in the North kin il.
and the pest is confined to the South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
Value of Joint Discussion.
Duplin Journal.

Duplin Journal.
A good many of the people seem to OPP
pose Joint discussion Of political issues
before the people and are quite disposed
to c~riticise Mr.. Craig because he accepted
the challenge of Senator Pritchard. Had
he refused Senator Pritchard would have
gone over the State declaring that no
Democrat would meet him.
Joint discussions should be always boil
in order that the people may hear the
issues properly discussed and thereby
gain a clear conception of the questions
at issue.
Joint discussions will then not only
educate the people but will have a strong
tendency to purify politics. No respect
able party should be ashamed Of the rec
ord and the more such records are held
up before the people the better it must
be or such party will be neglected on
account of its record.
The Democratic candidates for Congress
are forcing their Republican opponents to
refuse to meet them and nothing shows
worse for their party.
Lindsey Patterson, the Independent
Radical in w. w. kitchin's district had
his convention to pass d resolution
against Joint discussion so afraid is he
Of Kitchin.
Mr.. Hiss, the Republican candidate in
Webbs district not only refuses to meet
him but is suffering from nervous pros
t%ration' after a few days canvass alone,
and such is the case over the whole State,
Radicals and their Independents will not
be able Ito face the music"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
L OF "DORG."
A Zig Law Suit To Find Out 1t A Dead One
Is Worth.
Especial to News and Observcr.)

Especial to News and Observcr.)
Henderson, n. c., Oct. 3.-The dog and
the turkey engross the attention Of the
court, jury and lawyers here today.
The case of Switzerland V. Court. on
trial in the Superior court today, is for
damages for the killing Of a dog; that
the defendant claims was harrassing and
making life burdcnsome for his turkeys.
The value Of a dog, especially the dog
that was slain-and the right of the
owner Of the turkeys to kill the offensive
canine is the all absorbing question that
Judge Winston, twelve Jurors and four
lawyers are trying to solve.
This is the third time the case has
been tried-thcre were two miStrials.
The dog is alleged to have been worth
fifty dollars. and the costs of the case
already amounts to about two hundred,
| am told. McSSrS. ZolliCoffCr and Pitt
man appeared for the plaintiff. and
Hicks and Powell for the defendant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
IMPROVING LOW GROUND

4. b. Buchanan, Mitchell, Co. \ C
i have many acres of river bottom land
formerly wet. but now drained. and he
soil IS too light and dry. Rain seems
to go right through it, and inc nm 70
get too far into it. In a dry time vo,
can kick up dust from it like drv ashes
ne land is the wash from the very rich
soIl OF the Blue Ridge Mountains. Is
there any way to make it more so,id2 I
have thought of giving it a coat Of rod
clay from the upIands nearby How mo,,
IONS OF sllaSe Will an acre of good land
make? What is the best food IN h,,.nco
corn silase in wintcring beef cattle and
no" Much OF caeh hould be fed daily?'
mere IS no doubt but that the fine ain
Niai 81 your bottoms would be helped Dy
q coating of the red clay. II i, 1arpo.v
'ee'apie matter. ana Is deficient main.y
III mineral matter. Lining would aIxo
e,eat'y heip III It's Improvement nc
chanically and otherwise. II Won can got
e'ono o aitai1a on some Of that land
I VIII give you all you necd for tho
'oi"ncihS OF the ration of silage so far ~,
,o"shdse IS concerned, for the alfalfa
nds Is rlch IN the protein that the co~..
ANS out 10 stall feed beeyes m ;.
hhish you Will need more concentrated
1000 IN the shape of bran or cotton .ood
iueai' and these will be costly in -,
Sec'loh, we suppose. In all that e,c,,, =,
region the Stockmcn must. as a rulo -,
sfazer5 and producers OF feeds for 49,.
people 10 fatten whore q greater ,h,,,.
'hce OF gain can be made. The -.
vas certainly true in Ashn ana hu.
counties through which VIC travelled 1ur,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
D!DS'rNkl The REWARD.
Colored Physician Net Green Meade Looked
at bis Heels and Wilted.

Especial to News and Observer.)
High Point, y. c., Oct. man
ufacturers Of Kentucky Will establish a
large chair factory here for finishing
purposes. The prospective superintend-
ent is Mr.. Jno. Petty, of Winston. The
buildings will be erected at an early date.
One day last week DR.. GerTan, q color
ed physician of this place, was on the
train Greensboro and Raleigh
and ran up against a proposition that
tried his nerves. He knew Green
NcAdoo, the Greensboro negro who muir
dcred his wife some time ago, and who
has been lying out in the woods since.
When the train stopped at a small sta
ton, Green entered the car, shaking the
rain from his coat, looked around the
car. He spoke to DR.. Gerran and eyed
him with suspicion. He then took off his
coat, brought to view two guns and laid
them under his coat. He told Or. Ger
ran he was going to Selma. In the mean
time the porter came along, ana ne anu
DR.. Gerran agreed that the man was
Green McAdoo, for whom a reward OF
$500 was outstanding. The officers at
Raleigh were wired to be at the tram.
When the train pulled up Green slipped
out of the car with his guns and was
lost to sight, although diligent search
was made. DR.. Gerran said he Would
like to have won the money, but cen
cl1ded al this time he didn't need the
money.
1t is understood that Workmen Will IN
a few days to break ground
for the new depot for High Point. Hoo
raw
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

ing the past fcw weeks. Corr
priced there for them to anor1 II.
beef. and the result * that tnFr
are sent elsewhere to flush. II IN.
tain stockmen would get their a-y.-
toms in alfalfa 1t would 60 4 Io,.
towards remedylng this state q 4H
for the greet profit now is in this
finished beef that Viii sell for zs
per hundred on the hoof. While RI,
sells from $3.50 10 81 per hun4r.s
the clay on a small portion 81 Ian. ...
note the result, and lime the whole f..
can. At rate OF - bushels Or sla.k.t t-
per acre. Their ar" acres OF larl .e#
good that will make aboa, ton ta-.
silage per acre. There are other
aces like the low bottom lands tAs.
make twenty tons OF silaEc par a--.
have seen statements OF heavier ..
than this. but We take them vIth a
Of salt. We have cut for the s
large corn as We ever saw grow --s
actual weight. the wagons going os.-
scales 70 the silo, there was seldom
over twenty sons per acre. ana NOR.
uuently less. Land that viii make.
30 bushels OF corn per acre wll
twcnty tons OF silage. l say her.
land in the far North that viii mtr.
OF IDpit buNli'lS ~ tbAt 4t acre
not make twenty tons because a.
smaller growth Or the corn There
same effect would be found i'm your .r
waited mountain region. wher, yru .r..
ably grow the smaller "Wataaca ..--
which We saw in the mountain loa---
and you would on strong bottom ..r.
have a crop about like vhat there #r
Pennsylvania or similar lard. o- 81 sn ~.
tons Of silage, In regard TO the a...r.-
ing OF rations II will depend on H...
! you have 81 the various feeds. Clover
Viii be as good as any YOU have to n...
ance the silage for ~roughress. You .--
hardly grow the COW peas 10 the sam. a#.
vantage as in the eastern section. t.-
you may be able to make a fairly 4.-.
crop TO mix with the corn siiaca ia -#
silo. II you do not get the month.-
bulletin of the Department OF Asrj.u1w-
OF North Carolina. write ut once Jo Elar
s. L. Patterson, at Raleigh. \. C.. 1854.
have your name listed for the b|allr,H.
which will cost you nothing You u..
find in the July number tho tuIi.s. tr...
tise on beef production ever issued iu IH.
South. and fun information in regard 81.
feed rations.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
GET WILCOX out OF THIS JAIL.
Trouble Threatened in a Scrawl Nailed on the
Wall al Night.
(Snccial to News and Observe

Especial to News and ObserVer.)
Elizabeth City, n. c., Oct. 2.-'Gct Will
cox out of this Jail by Saturday night,
if you don't wan trouble.
"VOX POPULI."
These words were scratched upon II
piece of paper and nailed upon the outer
walls of the county Jail some time dur
inc the dead hours of last night. Some
one saw it early this morning and be-
fore long hundreds had tiocked thlther-
wards. read and questioned it's import.
This created no little excitement, and
MANY thought it was a warning from
some organizing mob. Others believe
with the authorities that it is some plot
of Tom Wilcox. to leave the impression
unon the outside world that jim was be-
ing bounded.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
E A Great Future Provided
FOR NORTH CAROLINA BIZ
BY s1w1so Hens, Eggs and Politicians

Seaboard Air Line is also buying eggs.
but as they buy them they promptly rush
them out of the State SO as to keep them
away from their agents, who have desires
TO pclt politicians.
Hence the egg market is on a boom
and if the price of $4,000 a dozen or there
abouts IS to be the
THE HEN WILL standard rate QUO
BECOME OUR ted. the fields
STATE BIRD. and the mills, and
the mines. the
banks and the stores and he Offices, are
all going to be deserted in the Wild
scramble TO engage in the hon and egg
industry. The statues of the jury at Car
thage which set the price on eggs should
he placed in the North Carolina Hall OF
Fame and the most valued coat OF arms
Will be that Of the hen rampant with
eggs in the foreground, the background
and all around. No more Will we be
slandered by being referred TO as the
State of tar. pitch and turpentine, but
with all feet up. we will proudly tramp
TO the front with eggs, eggs, eggs, in
scribed on our escutcheon.
And history will discount the Lay of
Ancient Rome" and in its place will be
found the Lay OF
GREAT FUTURE the Ancient Hen
PROVIDED BY of North Carolina
ANCIENT LAYS. or perhaps the
Ancient Lay of the
Hen will be the choice of the Seaboard.
The Pop politician and the egg-throwing
depot agent. From all quarters the hen
will be brought to the State, and an or
binary bird like the American eagle will
have to take a back scat when the North
Carolina hen is mentioned. There Will
be millions in her. or rather we will wish
there will be millions from her, and THAI
each one Of these Will get the Seaboard
standard of value. 1t is 4 great future
which We see for the State in this egg
production, and as the glad. glad day
Of the egg approaches all who labor In
ct ner pursuits of wealth may as we'll re-
tire and give way TO the Egg Count,
greater than King Cotton. Duke Tobacco
or the CCal Baron. All hail to the Hen,
tho Egg, the Politician. and the Sea-
board
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
WORK OF THE MGNIH.
Continued from First Page

Whenever other work in the sccdiu@ u.
fall crops or the saving Of fodder anil
other crops does not press Keep tb.
teams at work breaking the falloWs and
blowing all land intended to be cropped
next year. The ground is now Cp0Iu.
off fast, and green crops and vegetable
matter of all kinds can now be- aafe'"
turned under without danger OF s0uriu.
the land. The shoWery weather We have
had has induced large groWths Of weed
These should be utilized for making hG.
mus about the value of which We Wro'.
last month. Bury them deep, and when
possible give a dressing of lime on tu.
top after blowing, and harrow IN lightly
Wherever the subSoil is a good one #uU.
soiling should also be done, so as to .M-
crease the depth of soil. There is a Itr-
supply of phosphoric acid and potash .
nearly all our subsoils which only .,-
quires TO be made available to ena1r.
large crops. The way to make These
available is to bring them within 'h
influence of the weather and the r#.
by breaking the soil and subaoii l.".
SO that the humic and carbonic @1..
which develops in dccaying OF Ve-otaOI.
matter, can act upOn them. Lime ads"
will largely help to render these avail
able. here is great gain apart from.
these advantages to be made in utiI1]IHs
the fall and winter months in uIo"u-
the land. In the spring work aI"a.
presses, and especially if il be A. aa
been the case for several years, q 81
and late spring.
See that all implements and TOOL Or"
in use are got under cover and clrah'
1t is astonishing what a great loss
sustained every year by farmers ln u".
seeing to this care OF their implement .
Have all barns, sheds and pens rIr|t-
cd out, thoroughly repaired and ul.
MaShcl so thu the stock can n- ------
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
Profit in Strawberries.

A Montgomery, Ala, dispatch "a I'''
last ycarson a fruit rover at Cast"
berry. on the louisville and NasIE.|-..
Road, in south Alabama, mace $l.'h' a'
on 8 acres in strawberries. MS ""
after deducting the whole cost or tNl...
waiting, gathering and everything 13'
the figures having been verified By 0"'
Freight Agent Sheppard, OF the Lou
Vile and Nashville, by an expert exam
nation Of his books.
Others in tina vicinity did ajmo7. .
well. and tho result is that inc &'
III strawberries there has been lh1fa
from A. to 300. A good many Or III.
aces are in young plants, which viii ""
their first crop next season. Or lh'
acres now being set out 100 acres ~.
ing put in by employees OF the Ioi'."
who ae operating together with In"
bic purpose of developing IN" t
and making n
Some idea of what 300 acres lH
ferries means NAV be gathcTca from
fact that it will take $500 picker D."
up with the gathering, an acre
bearing occurring twelve pick'FN
location is in the pine wood Sf''+'"
the State. the soil being q i!2t.
usually with a clay subsoiI.
Strawberry raising is alrea1E
industry in the extreme eastern
of this State and thee seems 40
good reason Why the industry Sea
be extended to other sections
State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
DEATH OF HON. E. z PROCTOR.
One of the Best Known and Most Loved
Citizens of Robson
Especial to News and Observer

ICICNIdI 90 NUNS UT DUoFI NGi. ,
Lrmberton, \. C.. Oct. 3.-Hon. t.. K.
Proctor, Jr., died at his residence here
this afternoon at : o'clock. He was in
the prime Of life and one Of our best
known and most loved citizens. lie vas
q member Of tho boardSsOf trustees and
dcacons of Lumbcrton Baptist church.
clerk CT the Robson Association, one
of the trustees of Wake Forest College.
he life of Roheson Institute. and it can
be truly said of him that no man had
done moro for Robson county than he.
As q lawyer he was without a superior.
fearless in discharging what he con
ceivcd to be his duty. lie leaves IN
aged father and wife. eight children, one
sister and a host of friends to mourn
his loss.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

showed that there were % deaths in Sep
TENDER IS cOlorcd and 10 white. One was
81 years old and one 20. Both Of these
were negroes.
The petition of the Victor Fire Com
pany, colored, for an appropriation of
800 to help pay the deficit of Sill in
Cured in the recent tournament, was ap-
nrOyPd.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
KILLED By
FIRE DAMP
The Lawson Mine in Wash
ington Badly Wrecked
by an Explosion.
(By the Associated Prcss.)

Black Diamond, Wash, Oct. Am eX-
plosion Of fire damp occurred last night
between nine and halt past nine o'clock
in the south end of the fourth level of
the Lawson mine. badly wrccking the
minc and killing twelve miners.
Fortunately no fire was started. Three
bodies have been taken out. There arc
supposed to be nine moro bodies in the
mine. Three miners were injured, one
badly.
The dead are:
JOE JACK.
FRANK FL1NDET.
FRANK ROCHELLE.
ROBERT L~UNDBERG.
JOHN SWANSON.
JOHN C~REGNINO.
SIMON TERSUAVICH.
EDWARD ACTLENAT.
- ERICCO.
JOHN Letter.
HUGH LEVANDER.
LOUIS BERKMAN.
The Pacific Coast Company is the owner
of the mine.
Everything possible is being done to
recover the bodies. The fourth level is
]. 500 feet below the surface.
The fans are now working in the mine
and the deadly air is being cleared out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
Advices to Farmers
CTarboro SoutbcrDer.

The farmer who sells hi5 go.
outright will probably recrff
spring. He had better swap B
and hulls. He will then b" NOR
independent OF the fertilizer So"
if the seed arc worth 50 mulN T.
will he also. Later on, u i'
need the meal, he VIII he t1i'
at prices that will equal "'d'
is now Offering for the coed
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

The French have learned the ''.
lesson that the way TO have ~''.
IS to keep the roads good.
time saves nine and the col q
ing a road III repair i no.
great as the expense of rchulI'''~ I'm.
that neglect has allowed 10 -4i-
state of decay.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

The democrats of the Twcnty-third
congressional district. New York. nom
i. Cleveland. Of Schenectady. for
merly of Columbia, S. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Have all barns. sheds and pens rIr|t.
cd out, thoroughly repaired and nl.
washed, so that the stock can b" hoHa-
comfortably as soon as necessary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Seaboard Air Lin is also buying eggs.
but as they buy them they promptly rush
them out of the State so as 10 keep them
away from their agents, who have desires
to pclt politicians.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

NOW comes the serious part Of the mat
ter. II is that other politicians arc Said
to be wildly
NoW EVERl BODY clamOring for
is VILE TO an egg hath
RAISE HEN FRUIT and that in ~
der that no rail
rcad agent ma" be short on eggs when
tho politician is due in the vicinity the
aforesaid politicians are buying up al
the eggs IN the country and Shippin:
them to every railroad agent in Nortl,
Carolina. This great demand for cccc
has showed up the price and the hen and
egg industry threatens to drive cut all
other crops III the state. As an active
competitor against the politicians the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Hence the egg market is on a boom
and If the price of 81. 500 a dozen or there
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-16

continually withdrawn from the rural banks
to parent large city, Now the country bank
owndb community by local farmers merchants and small
capitalists who let their profits stay from IN THE
TILIs OF THE INSTITUTION EARNING THEM.
Then every local shareholder friend of the bank in which
in the his personal friends and
brings business Men borrow from
freely perhaps because they know its officials and feel that they
latitude of accommodation that they could not
its entire ownership vested parent bank in distant
city In short the equation into the problem
ways, and THE COUNTRY BANK IS NEARER TO THE PEG
PIE because is owned by who citizens of the community
The growing tendency of financial interests work ha
mony will in the natural evolution of financial things establish
muny of interests and while this country will have branch
banking by legislative the smaller will find
their advantage be close touch with financial institutions the
larger ceners, and THE BANKING WORLD WILL. BE EN-
IARGED AND MADE USEFUL BY THE AFFILIATION AND
COOPERATION OF BOTH COUNTRY AND CITY There
will be ntagonm and eaouse and bankers section
of the will realize that the interests of their
pie identical with those in other sections of the
These conclusive the general consolidation
among city banks This day of BIG DEALS Vast
OF upendou proportions being financed
and vast capital required for these mammoth
To keep with the consolidation Of commercial enterprise de-
nandsa like concentration se part of the financial institutions
The capital the
Again. handling large
OF business marked in banking manufacturing
transportation And the who banks blind this
NEW BLOOD another element in this of bank
ing capital The oime banker who has made
that his methods perhaps wholly accord with THE PUSH
ING DRIVING SPIRIT OF THE TIMES; cannot give
himself the sharp battle of latter day competition degree
which will maintain his prestige The consolidation offers opportun
y for him prohtab and with dignity dispose of his holdings and
step out of the
But conservative opinion points the fac, that THERE
CONTINUE TO BE ROOM in the big CITY, FOR THE BANK OF
MEDIUM SIZE and that there limit passion consoda-
ton.
od