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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12
THE BEST SEED CORN.
Tests at the Recent North caroilnl
State Fair.

At the recent state fair at Raleigh
the writer, while acting as one OF
the judges in a competitive contest fol
three prizes offered by Prof. w. A.
Withers, of the A. & M. college, for
the stalks of corn which would yield
the largest quantities of shelled corn
per stalk, was very much struck not
only at the lively interest displayed
in this contest, but also at the almost
unanimity with which the prolific va
rieties out-yielded the "one-large-ear"
varieties. The judges shelled the corn
of all the contestants and made the
weighing right on the spot.
The first three largest yielding
stalks were those that were from va
rieties that bore two ears per stalk.
The fourth by weight of shelled corn
per stalk was from a stalk bearing
one large ear per stalk. Although
this was the fourth in actual weight OF
shelled corn, the judges felt strongly
that the next one below, a two-eared
stalk, would have been the fourth had
the corn awarded fourth been in a dry
condition. 1t was very green, and
yet 1t did not exceed In weight the
next below it but two and one-half
ounces. Had this one-eared corn been
dry, it was confidently felt by the
judges that not only the first three,
but the first four highest yielding va.
rieties of corn on exhibit at the state
fair would have been two-eared ones.
while the lowest two would have been
"one-large-ear" corns.
These results are In striking accord
with those obtained on the test farms
of the state department of agriculture
during the past six or seven years. n
can not be too frequently and strong
ly emphasized that to secure the lar
gest yields of shelled corn one in
| planting must use seed Of those vari
ties that tend to the production oil
more than one ear per stalk.
To get the largest yielders, one
must also (after getting good seed
from some good prolific Variety, fol
low rigid field selection of his seed
from year to year by going in the
field in the fall after the corn is ma
ture and select seed only from well
developed stalks that possess the lar
gest amount of shelled corn-ant
these are generally those that beal
two or more well-developed ears pei
stalk.
1t is seriously doubted, however
whether a prolificacy greater than two
or three well-developed ears per stall
Is to be desired for planting on ou
average soils in their present stat
OF fertility. There is no matter be
fore the American farmer to-day tina
is more important than is that o
large general yields per stalk and tn
methods of seed-selection that will
lead to these ends.
Prof. Withers in offering thes
prizes this year has inaugurated
plan to impress farmers with the fac
that prolificacy and the highest pos
sible yields are largely 'inseparable
We trust that his good work starte
will either be continued by Pro-
Withers or by the State Agriculture
society, as 1t is a matter fraught wit
great possibilities for our farmers
C. B. Williams, North Carolina DE-
partment of Agriculture, Raleigh.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12
He Sees a Blessing.

We owe our prosperity at this time
entirely to the scarcity of labor-many
negroes having refused to work; 9TH
ers being employed in repairing torn
up railroads and building new noads.
If all the negroes had gone to work
on the farms and done full work 1t
would have taken twenty years to
reach our present situation. The scar.
city Of labor is the only blessing we
now enjoy as a result of the war;
David Dickson. in Southern Cultiva,
tor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

ing kidney trouble. My back ached.
my rest was broken at night, and tho
passages of the kidney secretions were
too frequent and contained sediment.
Three toxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me in 1897, and for the past
nine years I have been free from kid
ney complaint and backache."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12
Artists Dislike Solitude.

Mime. Bernhard and Signora Duse
have mutual horror of being alone
while travelling. Caruso, the tenor, is
of the same temperament, always
avoiding solitude. He Is always &C
companied by some friend, who ar.
ranges travelling and other details for
him, gives the singer advice and takes
all similar responsibility from the
artists shoulders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

rying Squire" BY
which he Is known
far and wide, hav-
ing already married
some 1,400 couples
Ten years ago no
was deputy county
treasurer. "At that
time" said Justice
Law, Il wss suffer
ing from an annoy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12
Sweet Thoughts.

An Atchison father is very much
disguised. He recently bought his
daughter $75 gold watch, and she
isn't as pleased with it as she was
with box of chocolates young man
sent her. The watch from her fathehr
means nothing, but the chocolates
seem to mean enough to cause her
to sit and look out into the dark and
think. and think. hours at time
Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

Picquart's Army Nickname.
Gen. Picquart was always SO gentle
In his manner while about his regi-
mental duties that his nickname In the
French army was Georgette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

The greatest cause of worry on
ironing day can be removed by using
Defiance Starch, which will not stick
to the iron. Sold everywhere. 1S O.
for 1Oc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

He who comes up to his own idea
Of greatness must always have had
. very low standard of 1t in his mind
--Hazlitt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

Few men win admit they are wrong
as long as there Is q chance to make
others believe they are right.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

Defiance Starch-Sixteen ounces for
ten cents, all other brands contain
only IL ounces for same money.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

Smokers have to call for Lewis Sing
Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer q
Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

Conscientious people are like ideas
They refuse to strike man when he
IL down.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

To prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day-Use Defiance Starch
saves time-saves labor-saves annoy
ance, will not stick to the iron. The
big 16 OF. package for 1oc. at your gro.
GERS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12
THE MARRYING sovfRe.,
Juotlce Geo. e. Law, Of Drzzn, ln0v,
Has Married I, 400 coppies.

Justice Geo. e. Law, of Brasil. Ind,
has fairly earned the title of THE Mar
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-12

Schools Teach Gard Playing.
Card playing has become so general
among German women Of the upper
chsses that regular lessons in play.
Ing are now given in fashionable
boarding schools for girls.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31

The following which points moral
if it does not adorn a tale, is taken
from an exchange:
Mary had a little lamb, its feece
was white as snow; it strayed away
one day, where lambs should never
go. And Mary sat her quickly down
and tears streamed from her eyes;
she never found the lamb because
she did not advertise And Mary
had a brother John who kept Il village
store; he sat him down and smoked
n pipe, and watched the open door.
And as the people passed along and
did not stop to buy, John still sat
and smoked his pipe and blinked his
sleepy eye And SO the sheriff closed
him out, but still he fingered near,
and Mary came to drop with him a
sympathetic tear. How is it, sister,
can you tell, why other merchants
here, sell all their goods SO readily
and thrive from year to year. Re-
Numbering her own bad luck the
little maid replies: "Those other fell
lows get there, John, because they
advertise"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31
Beecher's Advice to Young Men.

In an address to young men Henry
Ward Beecher gave the following
advice:
When working for others, sink
yourself out of sight. Seek their in
terests. Make yourself necessary to
those who employ you by industry.
Selfshness is fatal. Hold yourself re-
sponsible for higher standard thar
anybody expects of you. Demand
more of yourself than anybody ex-
poets of you. Put your own stan
dard high. Never excuse yourself to
yourself. Never pity yourself. Be
a hard master to yourself, but len
lent to everybody else. Concentrate
your force on your own business;
do not turn off. Be constant, stead
fast, persevering.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31
British Iiohtino Plants Sold.

BY vote Of Al to 2 the Bath city cor
pOration has decided TO sell the munlc-
ipal lighting plant, which 1t purchased
In 1896. As this had been run at Il
loss, even without allowing for dcpre-
citation, the sale will result In an i'm
mediate reduction OF local taxes.
The Irish Independent states:
The Bray urban council have de-
cided to offer for sale their electric
light works, which have been run at q
very heavy loss, while the cost Of pub
lie lighting was In excess of that Of
Dublin, although the lamps were only
lighted for a third OF the time they
were in the metropolis"
The Dublin municipal plant. how
ever. was run at a loss last year OF
over 10000. irrespective of deprecia-
ton, which would have brought the
loss up to $4,000.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31
''1HE IDIOT" ON NJ. 0.
A Suppressed Chapter of Coffee
and Repartee" by J. K. Bangs.

Glorious Times Coming, When Each
Passenger Will Be Paid For Riding
on the Street Cars-Morris Chairs,
Desks and Carnegie Libraries to Be
Provided-Ths City to Pay the Bill.
II see." said the idiot as he folded up
the morning paper and sat on 1t so that
his fellow boarders might not come
into possession, that the municipal
marshmallow and peanut brittle plant
at Hoaokus has been sold to the candy
trust. and the dream of comparatively
free and absolutely pure marshmal-
lows and peanut brittle under the con.
troll of the city fathers has turned out
TO be mere bit of bankrupted rides.
cence"
IFS all iridescence-the whole mu.
nicipal ownership scheme" said Mr..
Brief. the lawyer. ITS bubble with
oct even the soap
'Oa. ! cont think that" said the
idiot. Seems TO me it's pretty good
scheme only they ought to make it
comprehensive. What l want to see
is the day wheu the municipality owns
everything that now fills the individ-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31

street corner holds up her finger as a
sign that she would like to get aboard.
instead of cutting her dead, as many
of them do at present. and going ahead
as though the company didn't want
any passengers. they Will stop the car.
lift their hats like a pack Of Chester
fields, gather up her bundles, call her
attention to the weather. express the
hope that her family are all enjoying
good health and see to 1t that she gets
inside the car without falling on her
face or sitting Unexpectedly down In
the lap of an entire stranger. The
will be similarly trained.
only they will be rather better edu-
Gated than the man on the front plat
form. can think of no better way
to show what the conductors viii be
than to say that they will resemble the
modern policeman, that fine flower OF
the municipal ownership Of the con-
stabulary.
"You know what happens IL you ask
policeman anything. He at once
touches his helmet in respectful salu-
tation. fiicks the dust from the breast
of his blue coat and places himself en-
tirely at your service. Anything you
want TO know he tells you with
pleasant smile or with an expression
of deep and poignant regret informs
you that he is not at the moment In
possession of the information you seek.
but will find out at the earliest pos
sible opportunity and send word by
special delivery post If you will kindly
give him your address. All Of You
who have had that experience with a
policeman will know what TO expect
from the municipal ownership con-
ductor The city fathers as represent
cd by their commissioner Of trolleys
will take the same care In the selection
of the men that they now take through
the police commissioner In the selec-
ton of the preservers OF the peace, SO
that we may rest easy as to the SUI
perior morale Of the force.
"Then. as for the roadbed. which is
something of an eyesore In
certain localities, the trolley commits
sioners will seek the cooperation OF
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31


the commissioner Of parks Beautiful
hedges Of japanese japonica will con-
ceal the tracks from public gaze. At
each street corner will be flower beds,
in which the number of the street Is
set forth in growing plants. Trailing
arbutus and Virginia creeper or wis
taria vines will cover the trolley poles.
and in time. when these have had a
chance to grow, the whole trolley line
will look like beautiful floral and
green arbor, and people living along
the line, instead Of looking out upon an
ugly highway Of steel and iron and
wire, will gaze upon what appears to
be stretch of Eden running through
their midst. Now, what could be bet
teri"
at seems perfectly lovely,p said Mrs.
Pedagog, the idiots landlady, enthusi-
astically.
who's going to pay for all thls?"
asked Mr.. Brief. "You people don't
seem to take the cost of these things
Into consideration"
"Who pays for the parks, the police.
the fire department." asked the idiot
ut will all come out Of the pockets Of
the city. Of course All the city has to
do is to establish a municipal printing
establishment and publish few
bonds whenever the sinking fund gets
below the water line. Say they need
= hundred million to start with. That
means only a hundred thousand bonds
~ -
might get 'em out In smaller demon.
nations Of 500 each. SO that the peo-
pie could buy them and thus put q lot
OF US In possession of a certificate of
ownership. They'd look mighty pref
ty framed and hung on the wall. The
best way to do. however. would be to
send them over to England and sell
'em there. for 1t Is an established fact
that there is always somebody In Eng.
land somewhere that will buy any
thing"
THAT remains to be proved" said
Mr.. Brief.
well. all I have to say IL that II
you'll pay my expenses to London and
back. guarantee me immunity from
PaoSSSotAoh uho pEoNioc tbc Win tut
certificates III have Boston Common
Incorporated at 100000 tomorrow
and cell the whole Issue at 43 before
the first day Of next April" said the
idiot. 'I'll make the late @. Whitaker
Wright look like 30 cents"
THAT may be. but they'd prosecute
you jnst the same. They landed
Wright and they landed Hooiey for
very much the same sort of thing.
And after awhile they'd do the same
with the city IL II put Its privately
printed bonds for municipal ownership
Of the trolley on the market" persisted
Mr.. Brief. Cant you see thaty"
YES" said the idiot But that's
the biggest point for the municipality
In the whole business. You can't send
whole city to jail. you know"
JOHN kENDRICK BANGS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31

NORRIS CHAIR.
ual with care, from the toothache and
appendicitis u1 to the trOlleys, theaters
and theosophy. Did you ever think,
Dr. Suulls. of what a fine thing it
would be to operate on the body polite
for ease Of municipal appendicitis"
Il have never let my mind dwell
upon SO fertile field for thought-no,"
said the doctor. 1T would be rather
difficult. wouldn't it?'
Il suppose it would" returned the
IDIOT 81 suppose it would be next to
impossible to etherize the whole city
government before you began to Crap
pie around in it's insdes after the Of
Tending vermiform, but if it could be
of getting rid of all the useless and in
famed members of the body polite as
easily as man now sheds his personally
conducted trouble with his innards."
DO you really believe that govern
meut could run the trolleys as well as
they are run by individuals g asked
Mr.. Brief.
IF they couldn't they'd better go out
of business" said the idiot. Il don't
see why they can't run street railways
as well as they run the street manicur-
ing department. And think how nice it
would be - how much envy, hatred
and malice would disappear-if the
people owned the trolley! For instance,
when you and l see Mr. j. WillieDoy
Duckington hiking up the pike in his
automotrouble''-
His whatT' demanded the lawyer.
His automotrouble," said the idiot.
ITS a machine run by gasoline that
breeds trouble Of its own power. When
we see old Willieboy scooting along in
his car you and l turn pale pink with
envy because we haven't anything Of
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31
Take Courage from the Old Gray
Mare.
Greensboro Record.

Greensboro Record
When a man crosses the line and
begins to feel that he is growing old
he should take a look at that old
gray mare drawing an ice wagon
around the streets andtake courage.
She Was here ''afore de war; was
run over by a train, given up as
dead, the railroad paid the owner
$2S5.OO for her; but she got we'll and
is still doing business. as fat and
sleek as a butter ball, good for many
more years And yet she has never
lived the "simple life" In her
younger days she used to run away
when eyer notion seized her, but
after demolishing the wagon she
would appear as meek as lamb.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31
A losino Game.

The city council of England, Ark,
has passed an ordinance leasing the
municipal electric light and water
plants for six years. An inquiry as to
the cause of this action brought the
following reply:
THE reason that the town wanted
to lease these was because for IL to
operate them was losing game. and
IL could not afford it,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-31
TOWN TAXES.

OFFICE OF Town TAX COLLECTOR
HENDERSON, N. C., Sept. 10, 1907
THE TAX BOOKS FOR THE TOWN OF
l. HENDERSON for the year 1907, have
been placed in my hands for collection. All
persons liable for town taxes for the current
year are hereby requested to come forward
and settle Immediately as the law requires.
Taxes must be paid, and the sooner, the bet-
ter, for al concerned.
Il is well thereforeto apply the first money
that comes into your hands toward getting
your town tax receipt.
THAD r. MANNING,
Town Tax Collector.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-18
THURSDAY. APRIL IS, 1907
THEPRoPER SPIRIT

In the Canaan Pilgrim (Congrega- tionaD church notes last week were few lines expressing the pleasure of the con- gregation because of the fact that Rev. Mr. Wallace has been returned to the pastorate of the Methodist church. Per haps this is a most common occurrence in Connecticut The editor does not con- sider himself thoroughly familiar with the nutmeg state customs as yet but we do know that human nature Is pretty much the same the world over and that n many village anything but the true Christian spirit between churches IS evidenced and such congratulations ex- tended by one church to another would be an almost unprecedented occurrence. We know of instances where friction be- tween them has been carried to an ex- tent which resulted in partial stagnation of the community, the rending asunder of the bonds of long standing friendship, the curtailing of business and the bring ing about of other undesirable conditions.
 This being the case, the feeling of harmony, of friendship and of brotherly love as evidenced in the the relation of the M e h O dist and Congregational churches of Canaan is refreshing and wholesome. It is as it should be and may it ever continue.
 Had the condition been one of enmity no comment on the same would have been seen ill these columns to-day. In the school of country journalism the editor has learned that the most effective way on earth to ''poke hornets nest, " fguratively speaking, is to dip into a church wrangle in a small community. The newspaper man can get into hot water quicker and sizzle there longer by ''saking sides" in church contention than in any other way known to mortal man.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-18

handiwork of Canaan mechanic, IT. E. Holt. The stone piers, supporting the piazzas. are now in course of construc- ton and the placing of the rubble work against the exterior walls of the first story will commence in a few days. MT Canfield plans when the grading in front of the building is completed, to arrange small grass plots and flower beds along a portion of the concrete sidewalk.
 Will be Built in 1908
 The Pittsfield Eagles Great Barring ton correspondent says: "Civil Engineer Knight and party of surveyors, who have been at work on tho route of the proposed trolley loop from Canaan to Great Harrington via Mill River and Lake Buel, have completed the first sur vey of the route and have gone to Ca naan to go over the road again for the purpose of cross sectioning the line and making the estimates. Along the state road the engineers have made location on both sides of the road and they con- oAoSA biiap NiiO oldS 10 biS illOob feasible route as it would be of less dam age to the property and trees. The resi- dents of that side of the road want the trolley located on the other side. The location has been made on the west side of Lake Buel as originally stated, but the engineers think that they will be in structed to make a survey on the east side of the lake before they leave this section. They already have instructions to go ahead with the proposed New Marlboro route which terminates at Southfield and as soon as they are through with their present work they will commence the route. There is every reason to believe that these roads will be built in 1908 and on the strength of this Turner & Cook of Southfield are building large addition to their whip factory"
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-18
RETALIATION

It is intimated that the railroads are preparing to resort to various means of retaliation because of what they style the oppression" to which they are be- ing subjected at the present time. It is evident that the railroad companies and the common people do not use the same dictionary. Public sentiment rose up in it's might against the widespread disre- gard of the people rights or convenience, the granting of secret rebates to trusts which had the effect of driving the small manufacturer or dealer to the wall and the many other acts, which are gen. erally regarded as unfair, unbusinesslike and un-American. This protest by the people is what the railroad companies style oppression. The introduction of retaliatory tactics by the railroads will simply tend to still further arouse public indignation and there can be but one re- suit. No force, company, corporation or combination of men is sufficiently powerful to successfully Haunt the ban- ner of defiance in the face of the public for any great length of time. And the greed of gain is the cause of it all, the reason for the turmoil and unrest exist ing everywhere in the Union to-day.
Connecticut western news., 1907-04-18
The Churches

Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev. T. R. Wallace, pastor. Lords Day Service: 10.3O am. morning wor- ship; ls; noon, Sunday yo School; 63o p. m; . worship; Monday, 7.3O p. m., Epworth League business, meeting and social hour. 1st. Monday in month; Official Board, 2nd. Monday in month, Thursday 7.30 p. m. prayer meeting; Friday 7.30 p. m. choir rehearsal; Holy Communion 1st Sunday in Jan., Mar, May, July. Sept. and Nov.
 St. Josephs Church, Rev. Father T. F. Ramon, pastor; Rev. J. O. Brennan