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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14
MAKING PLANT BEDS.


The first and most important step in
producing a crop of tobacco is to have
an abundance Of good. strong, stocky
Should be Of virgin soI with a slightly
southern exposure. IL possible, in order
that the young plants may get the benefit
sprins. This is Important to bring them
forward as early as possible: The soil
should be g rich. fertile. black loan.
more heat from the rays OF the sun than
does n otner color. and brings forward
the Plants an Is several Ts.;rsd S days ,ss s4 9obsrco " 1roh, Is
After the wild growth has been cut
on and the leaves and trash removed.
surface in sufficient quantity to burn the
top earth to a reddish tinge or soft
brick color. After the bed. has cooled,
be coultered or dug up with grubbing
hoes, frequently and chopped over
1ndho,, wssdin gg,,I hoes; until An the roo agrf sSer1 ia
be removed, as well as Jumps of up
turned clay. When nicely prepared mark
Of beds four feet wtde' for convenience
One heaping tablespoonful Of seed Is
enough to SOW ten yards square,, or one
be misea s9 Wiah a sn BECK Of rn more seee Of s meaf,
ashes or land plaster to facilitate
its even distribution over the bed. To
more surely insure this ever distrib na.
one way and then cross-sown. After
the sowing, tramp or lightly rake the bed
with q. fine garden AXE and then cover
with canvas. The edges Of the canvas
should be tackled to a frame made OF
scantlings or poles that should form a
frame around the bed. A few bent
arches made Of wire or switches should be
stuck over the bed to hold the canvas
off the surface. A trench dug on the up
per side of the bed is necessary to pro-
tect it from the washings of the surface
water, that is apt to collect the seed in
groups in the low places of the beds.
D@1- ~1@r111 10 Ir~N01 4~ ~-1 - @@Y-
sible when the land is sufficiently dry
after D he Christmas holidays. Those
burned and sowed in February and
March, when suitably prepared, always
do best. Be careful not to use too many
seed. When this Is done the plants are
SO crowded that they grow up with deli
resist the shock Of transplanting as well
as stockier plants.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14

production Of the heaviest types of to-
bacco. New ground tobacco is generally
in color and smaller in yield
than that grown on old MANFRED lots.
breaking with three horses on deep
soils is important, because it destroys to
a large extent the cut worms that prey
upon the young plants after they are
transplanted. In March the land should
be rebroken with a t~wo-horse pillow and
f%requents working with a heavy tooth or
disc harrow is necessary to put the land
in a. fine condition of filth.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14
WORDS OMITTED.
But Our Abiding Trust Is
mistaken.
The New Coinage to HencefOfth be
Conspicuous for Absence OF ''ln
God We Trust"
(By special wire to THE ARGUs.)

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE first new
coin designed by St. Gardens, under
the direction of President Roosevelt,
was today received at the Treasury De-
partment from the'U. S. Mint at Phila-
delphia.
1t is a SO gold piece, and the words
'In God We Trust are omitted.
1t is said these words will not appear
again on any coins of the United
States.
Who is responsible for their omission
is not known.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14

Political duels are out of date, and
the Cafrey-Sanders affair Will be set
tied by the people of Louisiana at the
polls.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14

Two Pittsburg baggage smashers
met retribution in the middle of the
70 ad when two trunks that they were
tossing about exploded.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14

Probably it was the sailing down the
Ohio by the President hat made the
Republican victory possible in Ken
lucky.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14
The Cause of MANY
Sudden Deaths.

prevailing in this
) because SC decep.
tive, Many sudden
deaths are caused by
it heart disease,
heart
failure Or apoplexy
are often the result
IF kidney disease. If
kidney trouble is al
lowed . advance the
kidney d
0i0od viii attack the
vita sgars or the
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14
PREPARATION OF SOILS FOR
: HEAVY SHIPPING TOBACCO.

A rich. loose. well-drained, clayey soil
ahippins tobacco. Old 1and that has
grown q crop Of clover or cowpeas the
preceding year, broker up in the fall.
well MANFRED, either before breaking or
after, with a liberal application of stable
manure is found most favorable to the
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14
TOBACCO: HOW TO CULTIVATE.
sCURE AND PREPARE FOR .
MARKET.

By J. B. Killebrew, A NJ, Phi D., late
Expert OF Tobacco for Tenth
Census.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-14
Coal is the Best and
Cheapest Fuel toUse

When bought Of w. H.
Griffin you get all coal
and 1000 pounds to the
ton.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19

Commenting on the fact that lower
prices and hard times seem to be the
burning desire of a large number OF
people, Leslie's Weekly remarks:
"Curiously enough, every one is anx
ious that the low prices shall not at.
feet him or his business, Each would
like to buy from every one else as
cheaply as he can, and sell to every
one else at the highest figure"
This seems 10 accurately express
the longings of the general brood Of
tariff rippers, "progressives" and re-
ciprocators, They all want thes tar
IN lowered in M way or another. but
they do not want the lowering of the
tariff or the increase Of foreign com
petition that must come with "recip-
rocal" trade arrangements to lower
the price Of what they have to sell.
P~rotectionists are often called selfish;
but they are at least honest and con-
s~istent, Tor they do not ask that the
price OF any product OF labor shall be
lowered. The really selfish ones are
the Performers" and the reciprocal
people. They ask the privilege Of
buying the other fellows products
cheaper and Of selling their own prod
uctg as high as ever,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
A Gem Of Economic Thouobt

you don't find any working men In
favor Of tariff revision, unless he
keeps a wary eye on the fool killer. -
PQtosi journal.
at Is evident that the fool-killer has
not visited Potosi very recently else
he would not have left a Brain
Storm reckless enough to write such
rubbish. 1t has always been a mystry
to us why the Lord in his infinite wis.
dom and mercy should endOw a small
part of the human family with so
small a portion Of the corpsuls OF
brain force and then allow them to try
TO become teachers and go on their
little stage of world comedy with only
thinking force enough to worship the
hands that smite them.'-Frederick-
town (Mo.) DemOcrat-News.
II would appear that. however negli-
gent the fool.killer may have been In
and around Potosi, the schoOlmaster
is a rare visitor at Fredericktown. The
| operation of brain force 'corpsuls"
who try 10 become teachers and go on
the stage Is indeed a "mystry." The
only thing that We can clearly gather
from this bed spelling and mixing OF
metaphor Is that the News Democrat
' man 10 a free-trader.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
The STORY.

G HARP indeed the contrast between
~ the departure from and the return
to Jerusalem Of King David.
But a few days before he had gone
out of the royal city with great re.
joicing followed by 10000 of the
chosen men of Israel to bring up the
ark OF the Lord and that evening as
the shadows were gathering he had
gloomily and silently returned, follow.
ed only by his body guard and his
few attendants and without the ark.
That had been left at the place where
the awful judgment had fallen upon
Uzzah king and people with a super
stitious fear stunning it and refus.
ing TO bring it further.
The representative men whom
David had summoned from the vari.
Gus tribes and who had come so glad.
ly and in such high spirits had re.
turned home again disappointed and
troubled in heart. And they had
taken the word everywhere Of the
failure Of their mission, of how Uzzah
had been suddenly stricken before the
ark and the expedition abruptly ended.
Thus it vas that as the king en-.
tered his house that night upon his
return TO Jerusalem not only he hut
the whole nation as well were trou.
hled by the strange and untoward
things which had come to pass. De.
jectedly King David looked about him
as he sought the seClusion Of his mi.
vat" apartments, All the beauty of
the cedar palace which he had built
seemed to have passed away and I'm
place Of the Joy and satisfaction he
had found in the new surrounding
there was now only disappointment
and anxious f~orebodings.
Why is this thing come to pass >"
he asked himself, deiectedly. Did
err in my desire 10 bring up the
ark How beautiful is the situation
In this city and how fitting il seemed
that the ark OF the Lord should rest
within the tabernacle which has beer
reared upon the rocky ominence over
lookinE The Kedron. How joyful was
uur going forth and how sad has been
our return. 1t may be that the ark
caL come hither, for who is there
that dare bring it. Uzzah but touched
II and Is dead, and ! remember hear
ing my father tell Of the awful thing.
winch befel the Philistines when the,
mad the ark, and after that how the
men Of B~ethshemesh were stricken
WIN a g~rieyous plague when They
i""ked within the ark. And now thi,
tragedy has fallen upon us at a tim,
when We would bring up the ark anc
who If there dare approach unto /
more or 70 bring It up over the difficult
pathway OF this city," And he bowed
his head in his hands.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19

In the Labor World, August II. OF
Newark and Jersey city, appears q
dlgnifled, fair and truthful editorial.
entitled THE Reason Why" which
answers the question:
why should the man who works
for wages be in favor of a protective
tariffo"
II is an important question and one
well worthy of the attention given to
II by the Labor World. Printed in a
newspaper which so ably represents
the views and interests Of many thou.
sands of New Jersey wage earners,
The article should and doubtless viii
have a wide reading. II is a healthy,
wholesome sign when labor journals
Of this class take up the question of
he true relation of. a protective tarir
70 work and wages. The Labor
Worlds exposition Is clear and con.
vincing. No air.minded and intelli.
gent man a successfully %confute its
conclusion:
Low tariff always means low prices
for labor's products ana low wages
for labor. A protective tariff always
means good prices for what labor pro
duces and high wages for labor.
This is why the man who works for
wages should always be in favor of a
protective tariff"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
Useful Oklahoma,

For the novelties which 1t had the
courage to put into its new constitu.
ton Oklahoma deserves better treat
ment than the ridicule OF those who
cry "Populism."
Soon we shall know how works in
practice the often.advocated plan of let
ting a three-fourths vote OF a Jury
constitute a verdict, England just now
Is well convinced that the initiative
and referendum Is wise, but hesitates
to adopt it because the whole OF the
country, or none, must undergo the
experiment. For the United States
the experience of Oklahoma will soon
furnish a guide as to just how the gen,
eral principle must be altered add
adapted to be made practical.-Col.
Hers Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19

site may be exposed TO the north
winds or southern sunshine either OF
which will affect the general condi.
lions and require attention when build
ing. In a little house like this the
cellar becomes Of more Importance
than where the house is larger be.
cause you want the cellar for storage.
1t will be used for a great many pur.
poses, when a cellar iu O large house
would be neglected.
In building your " home il pays
10 look after the building Of the cellar.
After the excavation is made study out
for yourself the pecullarilies OF soil.
location and exposure. n the soil is
inclined 10 dampness have a course Of
~three-inch tile laid ali around the bot.
tom outside Of the wall with an outlet
at sufficient distance. The outlet may
be simply a siukhOle filled with stone.
but It must be lower than the cellar
bottom and give q good opportunity
for any water thar may accumulate 10
get away easily. II the ground is very
damp have another course Of tile aJOu,
two feet above or bali way towards
the surface.
The use Of cement mortar is a great
preventive against dampncss in the
cellar and the way the cellar floor is
made has a great deal TO DO with II
You d make q cement bottom that
Is porous or you cau make &. water
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
TOMMY AND THE DONKEY.
story Which Helped a Little Boy to
Make a Choice.

Il don't know which to do pouted
Tommy. II have been invited to sail
and 10 ride, and | cant decide"
Which do you like the best?" asked
Uncle Jack.
why, ! like both alike. II Is a Jolly
day for sailing, but the driving party
is going through a new country, and
Id like to go with them"
Then go, by all means said his
uncle.
But ! like sailing too much to miss
IT,"
You remind me of a donkey" said
Uncle Jack, solemnly.
OF a little, shaggy, lazy. undecided
donkey ! heard about" went on Uncle
Jack. He was well fed-too we'll fed
| suspect, or he wouldn't have been
such a donkey. One day his master
turned him into a field In which there
were two large stacks of hay, one at
either end. Plenty of dinner either
way he turned. In fact, he turned first
one way and then the other. trying to
decide which haystack looked the more
luscious and inviting. There did not
seem to be a pin to choose between
them, however, and the Door donkey
despaired Of being able to decide which
would make the better dinner, and
which he ought to tackle first.
When he got tired of standing up
to think about 1t, he lay down and
wagged his head. 4 like BOTH he said
TO himself. If | choose ole. | feel sure
shall be sorry ! haven't chosen the
other"
Il don't think there ever was such a
donkey" cried Tom, getting red.
oh yes. there was" reoii,d Uncle
JACK. There are lots Of Just such
donkeys."
We'll, what did this one do?" asked
the boy.
He went first one way and then
the other, turning round and round
and back and forth, until he dropped
from sheer exhaustion.
And then he lay down because he
had to, still trying to think which hay.
stack he had better try to crawl to
ward first. By this time, of course, he
wa 'SiS huhbiy, uul yet IL SeeHleu 10
him very foolish to take the haystack
which might, after all, be not so good
as the other one.
And finally this donkey of donkeys
actually lay there and starved to death
for no other reason on earth than be.
cause he could not decide what to eat
first. 1t was a hard fate, indeed, to be
unable to choose between them. Ter.
rible, indeed"
1T must have been pretty rough on
the donkey, Uncle Jack commented
Tom, with a terrible look In his eyes.
But II you'll excuse me-, uncle, | won't
stop to talk about it now. | must run
down to the river. The fellows will
be gone. and "a dreadfully to 20
sailing this morning."
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
IMPORTS FOR JULY. 1877,
Increase Has Much Significance for
Thinking Men.

Imports for July, 1907, amounted to
1924, 76i ,OG3, against slO2, SOP .449 for
July, 1906; increase. $40, l7l,6 GA. OF
dutiable and competitive goods the
value imported In July, 1907, was
SCI ,SS0,30i, being an Increase Of
S6,533,935 over July OF last year. The
non.dutiable imports for July, 1907,
amounted to $56,Ss3 ,7O2; increase over
July, 1906, s15,637 $40.
On its face this increase in the
value OF competitive goods. s6,533,9 1886,
does not appear to be more than nor
NAL. II is, in fact, less than the In.
crease OF July, 1906. owe July, 1905.
which was sl2,7i0, 6i9.
The fact that this rate Of increase
was not maintained for July. 1907, may
turn u TO be due to a decrease in tn.
invoice values of the merchandise i'm.
ported. The truth as to this cannot
he accurately a%scertained until a com.
parison shall have been made between
quantities imported in July, 1906, and
July, 1907, respectively.
Under the terms Of the export price
privilege which went into operation
July |. 1907, the local chambers Of
commerce Of Germany, France and
Great Britain are permitted to name
the dutiable values of goods exported
to the United States. Previous to
July /, 1907 the basis of dutiable valu,
was the current wholesale market
price in the exporting country,
1t is important to know the extent
To which dutiable values have been
affected by this export price" priv
ilege. II there has been a general re.
duction In invoiced values, the in
crease Of s6,533,S35 over the value Of
dutiable goods imported in July, 1906,
carries with 1t a much larger proper.
ton of increase in quantities.
Domestic producers will expect
from the department of commerce and
labor. at the earliest moment practica.
BILE, a comparative statement showing
quantities of dutiable imports
for the month Of July in
1906 and 1907, and for sue.
ceeding months. In no other way can
the whole truth be ascertained as to
the practical workings of the export
price" privilege. And the whole truth
is wanted as promptly as possible.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
Seven Months Of Foreiun Trade.

Our purchases from foreign coun.
tries continue to increase in a ratio
far greater thar that of u increases
Of sales TO foreign countries. For the
month of July. 1907. our exports were
in value SIPS. 765.354. while our i'm.
ports were sl24.764. O63. leaving an ex.
cess of exports of si,O01 ,291. Here we
have the largest importation in any
July in the history of the country. to,
cether with the smallest monthly ex
cess of exports in many years. At this
rate our trade balance of s47s, 900, 600
would be reduced to $780, 00, 600 for
the year ending July, 1907.
For the seven months ending with
July the imports were sS76,0i3,2 i6, an
increase Of s13O,09l, 467. compared
with the corresponding period OF 1906.
Our exports for the seven moaths
we're 81, O69, 215. 1926. being an increase
over 1906 of 1878, 724. but "a de,
crease in excess of exports amounting
to s36.4ll,143. as compared with the
first seven months of 1906,
These figures show that we are in,
creasing our foreign trade rapidly.
but mostly in imports. They show q
steady decrease in our trade balance
that II continued would leave us in
debt to the rest of the world.
Whenever the excess OF exports
falls below $500, 900. 700. as 1t is Ger.
tain to do at the present ratio OF pur.
chases 10 sales, he actual money bal.
ance will be against us.
Fully $500, 900, 900 is needed each
year to pay for carrying our outgoing
and incoming freights in foreign
ships; for interest and dividends on
foreign capital invested here: for
money spent abroad by American
travellers. and for money sent abroad
by our foreign.born wage
here; for money spent abroad by
American travellers, and for money
sent abroad by our foreign.born wage
earners.
Our national finances will, therefore
cease to be on an easy basis when We
fail to sell at least $500. 900, 900 a year
more than We buy.
For the first seven months of 1907
we are falling far below that figure.
II the same rate holds good for the
remaining five months of 1907 our
trade balance will have dropped tG
about $3.50, 900, 900.
Yet the clamor for more foreign
trade goes right on, and we have just
concluded trade agreements speCifical.
ly designed to greatly increase our in.
take of competitive goods from Ger
many, France and Great Britain. The
showing for seven months OF 1907
looks as though we had best turn our
attention to restricting rather than en-.
couraging. the inflow of comparative
competitive commodities.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
Has Been Buncoed.

Senator Allison. of Iowa, has no illu-
sions concerning the scheme Of revis-
ing the tariff through reciprocity. He
says: The danger of attempting IT,
fix tariff rates by means of individual
treaties negotiated by the president
and approved by the senate lies in the
fact that II involves the raising Of
reyenue without the consent Of the
house OF representatives, whereas the
house is specifically given by the o n
stitution the exclusive right TO orig
mate all revenue measures. II Is a
bad thing to split up the two houses OF
congress and set them at odds, with
the president necessarily siding with
II of them. That is inevitable when
a treaty is negotiated which seeks to
change the duties fixed by both houses
of congress. 1t gives to the president
Legislative functions he was not in
tended to exercise, and ignores the
n branch Of congress which the con.
atitution intended to have all the pow
or Of initiative over revenues 1t Is
on the grounds stated by the senator
that the cOnstitutionality of the Jug.
handled German reciprocity just nego-
tiated by the president and Secretary
Root Is to be tested in the courts.
There Is not the shadow Of a doubt
that this country has been buncoed
in this treaty.-Bay City Tribune.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
What Caused the Hard Times.

The Lewiston Sun solemnly de.
clares that 1t was not the tariff but
currency that caused the hard times
OF 1898" The year 1898 was a pc.
riod Of apprehension and consequent
depression among business men who
were not disposed to take chances
in the face Of the declared intentions
of a new Democratic administration
controlling both branches of congress,
and outspoken in its hostility to the
long established policy of protection.
Panic conditions, however, and uni.
versal hard times did o come until
the latter part Of 1894, following the
passage OF the infamous free trade
Wilson bill, which closed our mills
and factories all over the land by put.
ting them into competition with the
mills Of Europe operated by cheap
labor. These hard times continued,
getting worse and worse until after
the passage of the Dingley law, since
when the country has enjoyed AN era
of uninterrupted and unexampled
prosperity.-August Journal.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19

4 mar reveals his character by the
way he holds his newspaper. The
methodical, exact man folds his pa.
per very evenly in a small square.
The man who makes an untidy fold
across the page, letting half of the
pages hang out and probably tearing
one or two sheets in the process, is
careless and good natured, but posi-.
bly, hot tempered.
He who clutches his paper as II In
mortal fear that some one is going to
take it from him is certainly bad
tempered.
The man who holds his paper close
to his face, appearing almost to hide
behind it, is watchful and prudent to
an extreme and apt to be suspicious
Watch the way people fold their
hands, Those who fold the right
thumb over the left are stronger
willed than those who fold the left
Oyer the right.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-19
Tariff Reduction by Treaty.

The goods imported from Germany
are virtually under the new agree,
ment allowed to enter at the value
certified by the German chambers of
commerce. Thus the duty On German
goods is less than that exacted upon
the products of other countries, which
are subject to an ad velorem rate of
duty, because the lower the value at
which imports are appraised the less
the duty. Until we allow France,
England and other countries the same
favor it ran hardly be called a square
deal. The Manufacturers association
and the standpatters object to this
agreement with Germany because II
thus reduces the rate Of duty in this
roundabout ~way,-Salem Ol) Demo
crat,