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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MARTIN.
COTTON AND TOBACCO DAMAGED
Corn Very POOr-Peanut CroD Best of
All.

Corn Very PoOr-Peanut Crop Best of
All.
The crops in Martin county are bet
ter than it was thought they would be
some time ago. The heavy rains in
Jun caused the farmers to be dis
couraged, but the favorable weather
which has prevailed since tina time
has brought the condition of each
crop forward to such an extent that
the planters have become optimistic.
The cotton crop is reported to be
far from the standard. This plant
than any of the others. In some To-
callties the cotton crop is said to be
damaged extensively, while in others,
as is stated by a reliable and expe-
rienced farmer, there is cotton which
looks like it viii produce a bale to the
acre. However,, throughout the coun-
~ cotton seems to be short.
The peanut crop seems to be the
best Of any, out this is not up to the
standard. Martin county is famous
for it's peanuts, and this crop is usual
ly a good one. The Virginia-Caro1ina
Peanut Company, of Williamson,
uses nearly the entire output Of the
peanuts grown in Martin county, so
the farmers are always anxious to ex-
eel in acreage and in quality in his
crop.
The corn crop is very poor; the
acreage is as much as usual, but owing
to the rains this crop has been very
seriously damaged.
The tobacco crop is not as good as
in former years. The rains have
played havoc with this, and in many
places the plants have been beaten
to the ground by the hard-falling
showers. The curing was begun about
the first of July, and the quality was
found not to be good. The farmers
are not enthusiastic over the market
ing of this crop.
Generally speaking, the crops of
Martin county, as stated above, are
better than was expected during the
early summer, but they are far from
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MECKLENBURC.
TIE CROP.
Cotton and Corn in Mecklcnburr
County,.
Charlotte ChrOnicIe.)

Charlotte Chronicle.)
At this season Of the year it is al
ways pretty safe to judge of how the
cotton and corn crops in the cotton
belt of the State vii pan out by the
condition Of the rop in Mecklenburg,
Union and Arson counties. These
crops are going to be about the aver
age. They have had a late start but
have reached the stage when only sea-
sonable rains are needed to bring them
to a bountiful maturity. Yesterday
these crops showed the need of rain.
The cotton plants were dropping and
the corn was wilted. In the after
noon the thunderheads that had been
floating across the skies got together
and banked up black and the rain de-
scended. A pretty good shower fell
all over Arson county. During the
night the long, slanting dashes of rain
on the car windows Indicated that the
crops between Wadesboro and Char
lotte were getting about what they
wanted. A good season Of rain just
now will practically save the corn and
cotton crops. In the Arson county
cotton fields the plants average two
feet higher than in the M~eckIenburg
and Union cotton fields. Cotton in
Arson has a beautiful stand. The
fields are clean, the stalks full of boIls
and it looks like Arson is going to
make good this rear on the first bale,
as usual.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MADISON.
WORST SEASON IN YEARS

Wheat a Third to Half Short, Oats
More Than a Half-Corn a Third
Short.
The immense rainfall here has made
this the most unfavorable season for
farming hat has occurred in many
years. Owing to the almost inces-
SAINT raining crops on low1ands are
entirely drowned out.
Wheat and oats are now being
t~hreshed. The wheat crop is off from
one-third to one-half; the a crop
more than half. The hay harvest is
about over, and I estimate that about
a a crop has been saved. Corn and
tobacco will prove short about one
third. The stand of young grass and
clover is excellent.
G.. A. HENDERSON.
Dry ranch Farm, N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MOORE.
ABOVE TIL AVERAGE.
Farmers of Moore Have No Cause for
Complaint.

The farmers in this section, from
all reports, have no cause for COM
plant, as the crops Of all kinds are
above the average. The berry and
fruit growers have struck it rich. This
soil is especially suited for dewberrys
and peaches and our people are
waking up to this fact as never be-
fore, and now these bare sand hills
of old Moore County are making it's
Inhabitants rich. While these crops
a handsomely, there is great i'm
provement in cu1tivating other crops,
and the general outlook for the farm
ers here is bright, for they are fast
waking UP to the great possibilities
of the farm.
Carthage, the county capital, is full
abreast with the times. and nowhere
will you find a more beautiful little
city and a more cultured people. It
IS said there are more fine houses
mere to the size of the town than any
other in the State. There is a little
civic club, a progressive board of al
defmen, and the streets and premises
are always in perfect order. Garth
age township works the county con-
vets on her roads and in a few years
her roads will be second to none.
other townships have the good road
spirit and have voted bonds for road
improvements.
Watch Moore county. Watch Car
thage. n p KING
Carthage, N. C.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
LEE.
NOT UP TO II
Cotton Short of Past Years and Corn
Considerably Behind.

In reply to your favor Of recent
date, 1 beg to give you the following
information in regard to the crops Oh
different kinds in Lee county. After
having talked with parties from dlf-
ferent sections Of the county. 1 must
state that the crop as a whole is not
up to the average. Cotton, corn ana
wheat is raised principally, in tact
no tobacco or peanuts raised IN tne
county. Cotton is a little short Of
past years and corn is considerably
behind. Wheat was not good, but
as there is not much of this product
raised in the county, therefore all at
tention has been turned to cotton and
corn. The seasons nave been ire
[gular and very unsatisfactory in most
parts. Along Deep River where good
corn is usually raised there has been
too much rain. and in a great many
places the corn is almost entirely
drowned out. In some other sec
tons Of the county there has not been
rain enough or rather it did not come
at the right time, and the corn and
other stuff has suffered in that respect.
I am told that in the extreme western
part Of the county some of the farm
ers are turning under their drowned
cotton and corn, and getting ready
to sow grain, as the crop was not
worth saving.
This refers to the county as a
whole, and does not mean that there
are no good crops in Lee County. Some
of the best farmers have worked hard
and there are some fine crops of corn
and cotton. and some few farmers
had nice wheat, but the nice farms
and good crops are in the minority
this year With good and regular
seasons there is no finer place to raise
wheat, cotton or corn than in Lee
County, in fac the and here will
produce almost anything that can be
raised anywhere if it was gone at in
the right way. There is some edu-
cational work along this line that will
have to be done also. Some Of the
farmers should study the need Of
their land as we'll as the improved
methods of working the same, and
not expect the crops to grow without
the proper amount of work and nour-
ishment. Some of our best farmers
are taking active parts in the meet
ings of the Farmers Union, and the
good of things generally is discussed
at these meetings and I think there
is much good being done through
these meetings.. There are a few
farmers racing with each other and
trying to see who can produce
the most per acre, the largest corn,
the largest fruits and vegetables, ETC.,
all of which is a good thing to help
spur them up. The prospects are
that better crops will be raised from
year to yea in this county on account
of the farmers getting interested as
mentioned above.
c. r. FREDDY.
Sanford N q
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
LENOIR.
FARM CONDITIONS GOOD.

Tobacco Crop Largest Ever Produced
in the COunty-COtton a Fourth
Less Than Average Crop-COrn a
Little Short.
The general farming conditions in
Lenoir county for this season 50 far
are good.
Wet Weather in June and early July
did damage to tobacco and corn and
the phenomenal cold spell of a week
ago damaged cotton, but with all this
setback the crops are still very credit
able. The tobacco crop will be the
largest ever produced in the county
and the quality much improved.
Cotton will be about a fourth less
than an average crop, owing to I'M
favorable conditions and curtailment
in planting.
Corn will come a little short of an
average crop.
Peanuts are not damaged S o far as
can be judged and a good crop is ex-
pected.
Oats and hay crops are above the
average.
There has been some increase Of
acreage in wheat in the county his
year and those who soWed it have
done very well, though this section is
not SO we'll adapted to this as other
crops.
Fruit, especially peaches, has been
unusually good this year, but melons
have fallen much short of average
crop both in condition and quality.
i. H. FAULKNER.
Lenoir, N. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MITCHELL.
WHEAT CROP GOOD.
Corn Crop q Third Less and q Half

Corn Crop a Third Less and a Half
Crop of Oats.
This has been court week at Bakers
vile and I have had occasion to talk
to many Mitchell county farmers con-
corning your request. While there is
some sectional difference, of course,
concerning the matter, the concensus
Of most accurate opinion seems to be
that the wheat crop is very good,
though only a small crop was planted.
The corn crop will be about one
third less than usual, while the oat
crop will be off at least one-half.
ISAAC H. BAILEY.
BakersviIle, n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
JACKSON.
HALF CROP OF CORN

Wheat Damaged After 1t Was Har-
vested. Clover Crop Almost a Total
Loss.
AS to crop conditions in Jackson
county will say that from rhe very
best information | can get from the
of the county, the corn crop
will not be more than a half crop ard
unless weather conditions are favOra-
bic from now on it will not be that.
Wheat was an average crop, but has
been considerably damaged by rain
after it was harvested. The first cut
ting of clover almost a total loss; SO
much rain it could not be cured.
NO tobacco or cotton is raised in
the county.
Webster, n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
BEST PROSPECTS IN YEARS.
Less Cotton and More Corn Planted
Crops in Good Condition.

Your correspondent has had the oc-
caslon to travel the entire county of
Lee every thirty days and finds the
crops in excellent condition about 70
per cent acreage of cotton planted,
against 100 per cent last year with
much better fruitage. More corn
planted this yea than last with the
prospects of q very large crop.
Drought in the northern section of the
county did considerable damage, but
in h southern and eastern sections
fine seasons with the best prospects
for years, this being the principal
crop raised in this county with the
exception of peas which are fine.
JOneSbOro, n. c.
O. G.. LILIES.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
JOHNSTON.
AVERAGE CROPS
Farmers of Johnston Not Looking For
Hard Times.

The farmers of this county will per-
hapS harvest an average crop. There
is much good cotton over the county
and some that is not good. There has
been entirely too much rain this sum-
mer. There is about the same acre
age in cotton this yea as last in
Johnston and the condition of the
crop is perhaps as good as at this stage
Of the season last yea Other crops
are about an average. The farmers
are cheerful and the people of this
county are not looking for hard times.
GEO. B. CRAVEN.
Selma, N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MONTGOMERY.
NOT VERY PROMISING.

Average CrOp-COrn Crop Not
An Avefage-COttOn Less Than Av-
GRACE.
The crop outlook is not very prom
Using in Montgomery Ounty. The
wheat crop is an average one. aThe
corn crop will not be an average one.
The cotton crop is less than an av-
erage one.
w. F. HUNSUCKER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
In Granville and Franklin
JONES.
INCREASE IN CORN.

But Cotton Crop is IS Per Cent.
Smallcr.-Peanuts in Good COndi-
ton.
The corn crop in Jones county is
the best in 20 years. Cotton. only
medium, stand in some sections is
poor others fair stand. At this
time the crop is doing fairly well,
though nothing to brag on. Acre
age decreased about 25 per cent.
Peanuts good stand and doing well,
and a good many planted for purpose
to fatten hogs for pork. A great many
field peas sown with peanuts for may
are also fine.
Sweet potatoes are firm; a great
many planted.
Cow peas are SOWn in every nook
and corner for hay and fertilizing
purposes.
J. G. K
- Trenton, N. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
ABOVE THE
Lenoir County Crops h Best in Four

Years
Lenoir county has better crops at
present than for the past three or
four years. We have no bumper
crop, but the average will be decidedly
above that of recent years. In some
parts Of the county we have had ex-
cessive rainfall, but this rain fall has
been confined largely to sections and
in these crops have been damaged,
in some cases badly.
AS a rule there has been too much
rain for tobacco. 1t cures up bright,
but lacks the weight it ought to have.
Cotton crops loo better, notwlth-
standing the rain and cool nights. The
farmers look forward to a fair return
from their cotton fields.
Corn prospects are exceedingly
bright.
Many Lenoir county farmers have
raised. good crops Of oats this year,
and some few wheat. Peas, peanuts
and potatoes are looking we'll.
D. T. EDWARDS.
KinStOn NJ
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
T ncDOWELLtl
HALF COTTON AND CORN.

Mcdowell County Raises no Cotton.
We will make about one-half an
average corn crop in Mcdowell Coun-
ty. We raise no cotton.
-. 3. B. PRICE,.
Marion, y. C.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
LINCOLN.
Situation Now

Cotton and Corn Situation Now
Improving.
Lincolnton, N. c., July 31.-Corn in
the western portion of the county is
fine. Cotton is fair in the eastern
portion. About half crop will be
made.
LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS.
L%incOlntOn, N. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
SHORT CORN CROP.
Crop of Cotton-SnaH Grain
IN DOC Condition.

All or the northern part of Moore
county that raises wheat and oats re-
ports a good crop of small grain good
wheat and a large yield of oats. The
armers are bringing in oats for mar
ket at SOC. per bushel. All the South
CONTINUED on Page Seven.) .
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
Tobacco Good as Usual.

Mr.. r. H. Lassiter, Wild runs a
farm in Johnston county, near Clay
ton, says that his tobacco crop is as
good as usual, but that his cotton is
not up to the usual standard, owing to
the heavy rains of the early part of
last week. He has 25 acres in cotton
and expects to realize about 20 bales.
a Fair Crop.
Mr.. F. Pool, who runs a farm near
Clayton, in Johnston county, was in
the city yesterday and reports that his
crops are in a fairly good condition,
but that his cotton was badly wash
ed by the heavy rains Of last Tuesday.
He has so acres. planted in cotton and
expected TO realize 80 bales. His corn
crop is fairly good.
In Granville and Franklin.
Mr.. J. B. TomlinsOn, Of Johnston,
was in the city yesterday. He report
ed having recently travelled through
Franklin and Granville counties and
says that the crops in that section are
not up to the usual standard.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03

good. It is hoped that the prices OF
farm products Will improve so that the
hard-worked farmers will not suffer.
Williamson, N. Co. s,ts
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
Best i'm Several Years.

I think the crops in the vicinity Of
LAGRANGE are good where the land is
good-very much better than last
year, and perhaps better than for
several years past. On Weedy, sandy
lands the crops are very poor.
Yours very truly,
T. I. ROUSE.
LAGRANGE N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
MACON.
HAS RAINED THREE MONTHS.
Crops Have Been Badly
ged in Macon.
Badly

Franklin, N. c., July Sit has
rained in this county almost contin-
uously for three months and the
crops have been badly damaged. The
best hiDe is for 20 per cent of an
average crop.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30
Paw Paw, Mich.

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, Ill. Il want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has done for me. Two of the
best doctors in Chicago said 1 would
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troubles so that 1 suffered day and
night. A friend recommended Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it made me well woman Mrs.
ALvENA SPERLINa, II Langdon St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
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ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tiOn, and nervous prostration. Itcosts
but a trife to try it, and the result
mas been worth millions to many
suffering women.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30
HhzZZ<pMSZI17ZECmA ECmAsHNpMHMIDh hAsHWMxMN2hHV1

return nro.
Capt. Fechet had his Hotchkiss thrown into
action and he dropped a shell in front of the
ghost dancers, and then the command charged
down the hill.
The shell had it's frightening effect on the
savages who held aoof though still pouring in
their fire, which was answered by the soldiers
as Fechet himself took rapid course to the log
house, with his life in his hands every step Of
the way.
Inside the hut were found three of the Indian
policemen dead and three mortally wounded. The
wounded, resolved on exacting a price for their
coming DEATH were still using their rifles against
the besieging foe The soldiers finally drove the
savages to flight
The few that were left living of the little force
of Indian police told this story. Lieut.. Bull Head
had arrested Sitting Bull and had led the chief
from his cabin only to be confronted by hundreds
of crazed savages. Catch-the-Bear and Strikethe-
Kettle, two of Sitting Bulls men, strobe through
the Indian ranks raised their rifles and fired.
Bull Head was shot through the body Dying, he
turned quickly and killed Sitting Bull Strikethe-
Kettle killed Sergt Shave Head. Instantly Po-
lceman Lone Man killed Catch-the-Bear. Then
the surviving policemen sought shelter in the
cabin and held off the ghost dancers as has been
told.
Ridge Sioux, who went the warpath in De-
cember 1890, were few stalwart warriors of the
tribe of the Northern Cheyennes. That the Chey
ennes braves were limited In number was due
TO tne IacL tnaL IL years DeIOre tne exlled
and longing for its old home, had met with prac.
tical annihilation in the attempt to regain 1t.
The Northern Cheyennes had been sent to
reservation in the Indian territory following one
of the uprisings against the whites. Their hearts
they left behind them in their old home and the
warriors yearned to return
Late in the fall of the year 1873 the Cheyenne
braves, taking advantage of the temporary abb
sence of their soldier guardians, gathered to-
gether their women and their children and dashed
northward in the direction of the land where
their fathers had lived from the time back of the
beginning of tradition.
They had been told by the Indian agents and
by the soldiers who acted under orders, that they
never could take the trail back to the north
but they paid no heed to what was told them but
gathering their possessions they set out.
The Cheyennes' love of home. natural and sym.
pathycompelling to everyone except to those who
thought that an Indian should have naught to do
with Inconsistencies. was the cause OF the destruc-
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

sharp skirmish lost their commander, Maj. Lewis.
The Cheyennes broke away. battalion of in
fantry thrown their tracks but the willy
savages eluded all save few of the soldiers,
who in a sharp skirmish lost their commander.
Maj. Lewis
The trail led to of the low hills that chain
the reservation. The Cheyennes had taken refuge
near the summit in natural hollow. The sides of
the hills rose sheer and slippery to the lurking
place of the savages. 1t place admirably
adapted for defense. few could hold 1t
against regiment.
Capt Vessels, in command of the cavalry, saw
that the attempt to take the hilltop by assault
would be to sacrifice the lives of half of his men.
He threw Gordon around the hill, knowing that
the warriors could not escape, and trusting that
in a few hours hunger would force them to sur
render. Meantime the Cheyennes active.
They picked Off many trooper, and at noon On
the day following the night of their fight ball
struck Capt. Vessels in the head. The wound was
not serious. but its effect to make captain
and men eager for a charge. Capt. Vessels went
to the front of his troops and prepared to lead
them up the slippery hillside in the face of the
fire of the be< Indian marksmen on the great
plains
All things were prepared for the charge, when
to the amazement of the troopers, the whole band
of Cheyenne warriors, naked to the waist and
yelling like devils came dashing down the hill
side straight at the body of cavalry. The Indians
had thrown away their rifles and were armed only
with knives. They were going to their death and
they knew it, but death was better than return
to the reservation which they hated.
Vessels and his troopers of the Third cavalry
tried to spare the Cheyennes, but the warriors
would have death at any cost. With their knives
they plunged into a hand-to-hand conflict with the
troopers and before they were slain they exacted
price for tNsir dying.
When the time for the burial of the In
dians, Tea Kettle, chief. was found to be alive.
but unconscious. Tea Kettle carried back to
the fort and there made comfortable.
squaw sought the wounded warriors couch
and handed him pair of scissors which he instant
ly plunged into his heart. He spurned life In the
knowledge Of the fact that his brother braves were
dead
The Sioux nation heard Of the bravery of the
Cheyennes and they adopted the women and chill
dren, and some of the boys, grown to manhood
+ went with the Sioux on the warpath In their last
great uprising