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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

That depends upon how actively in
terested the people become who are
10 be most fayorablE affected by it.
But YOU say it is the business Of
Congress? 10 be sure But the peo-
pie at home constitute the power
behind the throne Of the Congress
man. If YOU sit still and let the other
lelloW advance all the argument aud
more favGrably impress your Con
gfessman YOU viii lose out because
your representative Will think he is
following the weight of sentiment.
When We consider the present
price OF bread and meat and home
supplies in general ii seems TO us
thar now is the most opportune time
to prove TO farmers that it is to their
interest TO diversity their crops and
plant q part Of the land that they
have planned to put in cotton in feed
crops. We admit that cotton selling
round about fifteen cents is against
this proposition, but to the thinking
farmer this fact OF itself should be
q sufficient reason for planting less.
Nereceied more money for our last
years cotton. and many Of rs have
cotton fever at a high temperature.
and will do our utmost to make d
big crop. get rich next fall and get
To tre place to live easy. In const-
QucnCe Of this toIn-fOOl notion pre-
Vailiag among cotton farmers. il we
are blessed with seasons, we may
make the big crop, but we will fail
to get the big money. Therefore, We
should talk over these matters IN our
local farmers unions and ii possible
get our members to see their mistake
before cotton is planted. Farmers
must have the proof that money car
be made from other crops or many
Of he
cotton idea.
That they may have the proof le
MS Ia lza Gp the work in our unions bN
offering prizes to the members for the
largest amount Of corn, peas, pota
toes, peaNine hay. hea aviest pig accord
ing TO age raised on their farms.
Go to your next meeting and make
YOUR own plans to give several priZes
for the largest amount. or it might
: be better TO make it TO the one tina
showed the most clear profit on III:
! crops. as ! think our efforts TO MAKE
a big crop we sometimes fal to real
ize the profit that we should because
Of the amount Of commercial fcrtl
izer that We use.
Select an acre that has grown
clover. peas. of some other land-feed
inc crops and fertilizer iiberaliy Will
the right kinds but not eNtraNa&ant
lv 1t is folly to try to force land e
make a paying crop by the use 0
commercial fertilize alone. Then pre-
pare Well plant and cultivate as Eo'
ought with Il view TO profit Away
remember that YOU are trying Il
show yourself and the other 1elloV
that cotton is not the only crop iron
which money can be made.
Now. brethren of the Union, II tn
. forty locals in the county would Ut,
these plans l believe our ehoris Woui'
| nroye a great blessing to ouISelNc:
and others.
+ +, FRANKS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26
The Folly Of Eompostin@.

With the exception Of manure tor
truck crops, / do not behtNe III COM
hosting. 1t IS all we'll to use some
acid phosphate with the manure, but
/ would then at once haul Il as last
as made and spread it where crops
are to be planted. 1t is safer thef
than anywhere else. The practice OF
comDosting has grown up from u"
scarcity Of manure by too httic callif
and the putting Of the compost only
in tho flIrrOW, for cotton. The best
way to improve the land IS to grow
plenty Of good forage and 1eed L"
cattle and then spread the manure on
y crimson clover sod to be turned
under for corn, and To spread 1t thefe
as fast as made whenever You can
GET on the land.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26
Established 1877
TARTING A PEACH ORCHARD CREATING A HONEY MARKET

lRN Maurice \. Bake, New Jersey
Experiment Station.)
NJ The trees are dry when received
from The nursery they should at once
I've placed in water until the bark on
the trunk and branches regainS its
full bright appearance.
Two 10 two and one half feet above
the bud is about the proper height
a. "t.ut back" peach trees for plant
ing Good trees may be formed when
,nt back 10 eighteen inches, but any
thine more than that is not to be re-
commended If the trees are we'll
branchcd and Of medium to large
graHn- the side branches should be
elu back TO about three-inch stubs,
rather than cutting the trees to a
Nhip rs the buds on the Well deVel-
rped side branches are usually stron-
-s..r Ihan the buds on the trunk and
uiU make q better start.
The lighter grades of trees with only
thnS, side branches viii of necessity
ba prJned to whips.
All injured and broken roots should
be-. cat smooth to ENSURE better healing
of the wounds. Peach-trees grown
uuon deep soils sometimes have tap
roots. ana these can be cut back to
six or eight inches without injurine
the trees and it makes the setting
mach easier.
/. is a good plan to dip the roots
I'm solution Of whale oil soap-one
pound 80 three or four gallons of
uater-to Kill any possible aphis or
plant lice upon them.
SET the trees eighteen feet apart
each way The ground should be pre-
pared as thoroughly as for a cut
crop. The outside rows should be OF
sufficient distance away from any
f>nne So that the operations Of cut
ting ana spraying can be carried on
afte~ The trees are full grown. Use
marking places when plowing the fur
rows and run the burrows in a per-
tac1iE straight line north and south.
Make tn burrows wide and deep by
going across the field and back. ploW-
Ing twice for each furr0w.
Check furrow east and west and
st ri tre" at each intersection.
I'm setting trees. two men to set and
buy to drop the trees saves time
II the day is bright and windy the
roots of the trees must be kept cover
"t with Il piece of moist burlap unit
they are carried out to be set.
4 proper place should be shoVeled
oot for the roots Of the tree; one
man should then hold the tree il
place while the other shoVels in some
Nt the loose. moist surface soil, firm
1"S il with his feet and hands anC
carefully keeping the tree in line botf
ways. The last one or two shoVelful>
ID soil should be thrown about the
tr"> loosely and not tramped down
Th~ trees should be set at a sufti
'Hul depth 10 bring the point where
ih" trees are budded just below th'
SGrfac@
4 I"gumin0us clover crop, such a.
'rsmson clover or Vetch. should b'
$""u between the trees in July upol
So'. poor in organic matter and nitro
gen and this cover crop plowed unde1
'he ioHoWing April will greatly assiS
III eHriching the soil
crimson clover should not be per
mttt"d 10 grow in the orchard lat
iu the spring as it takes out mucl
i"o'sture Of the soil which is needed
hE the trees
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

There would be no trouble from
the cotton root-louse if tobacco stems
are used in 1he furroWs. Tobacco IS
the sovereign preventive OF all forms
of plant aphides on root or TOP
Where the lands are infested Wlth the
root-louse. try tobacco stems from the
factories. and my word for it, You
VII have no IOOt-liCe.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

In CHICAGO more than 500 business
men and women spend their leisure
in looking after bees. Some OF these
reople, are engaged in the raising OF
prize queen bees of great worth. somN
Of them being valued at so et;eh
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

Irnl,uId the CNnStitutiOn-Shaii we
Have Parcels Post t?-Piant Ie"tr
Acres in Cotton.

(Ry T fNEY. in Apex Journalo
plea for the constitution and
purity That the constitution oil me
Farmers Union is formed and set
forth for government and guidance
ought to be we'll understood No local,
or county Union has any flSnt 70
change. arrogate. or suspend It IN
any manner. We may mike and
change bylaws, and rules OF order,
but not so With the constitution. we
do not make it and we cannot change
it. 1t comes 20 us in completed form
and we are required to adopt H. atiu
live I'D to it. The constitution Hseli
saws any local or county union per
mitting it's violation may nave llS
charter revoked. And this tends 70
uniformity and stabiltH.
Notwithstanding this, some iotdiS
and individuals act as if they We're
nntitled to special privileges, or they
fail to inform themselves OF the fe-
ulirenents Of the constitutions
Does the constitution permit our
,,oemhers 70 engage in merchandising,
banking or the like? Does 1T permit
c,,r officers to hold political office: Is
II RIGHT or not for q local to permit
in IFS meeting the Distribution OF
tickets to be used il an approaching
nartisan primary? These are matters
about which tie constitution Is very
clear. TO permit them Will cause Il
1lI,ntine Of the pure sensibility OF
right. 80, ,foro
Hetter put a stop to this before
the tendency grows too strong ana
our organization is filled with iffeS-
,,iarities from which it viii be impos-
| chIn to extricate ourselves oillN
through purity and loyalty can We
hope to have strength
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

Missouri produced last year more
than half million pounds of tobacco,
worth Il cents per pound.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26
VIII the parcels post hhi u

VIII the parcels post hurt the
local merchant? Not necessarily. ne
thinks so and that is the reason ne
fights it. Let him the local - -
taa+ laarn TO buv cheaper and TO
IIlo satisfied with a smaller protlt
and the trade viii stay with him. 10
doubt about that. If the local er+ mel
o{ont cannot compete with the great
department stores it is his faule; ~ ~
costs much less to produce q bdi0
o(4t+', in T,axas or a bushel OF corn
-, I1Iipoi t},an it does in North car
oIina, vet who ever heard OF q Noi ~
Carolina farmer clamorins lor aIs
,neasure that will give him advantage
of Texas or Illinois farmers
WI, ,,a,.alc most lie established :?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

VIII parcels post he est'ollshe"'
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
NOTICE TO SELL LAND

NoTICE is hereby given that the under
signed guardian of the minor heirs of
Benjamin Spears, deceased. will apply to
the Hampstead county Propate Court at
at the July term thereof for an order TO
sell the interest of said minors in the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit.
E4 Sci Sec. s, Township 10, SIR
"a, west, so acres; Part of W. Sc
/ Sec. s, Twp. 10, SR "a west, 60
acres; NE4 of SW4 Sec. 8, Twp.
10, SR a west, 40 acres; SW4 of
NW4 Sec. 9, Twp 10, SR "a west,
40 acres; W. SW4 See. 9. Twp. 10
SIR "a west, so acres; SEA NV /
Sec. 16, Twp. 10, SIR "a west, 40
acres; Part E3 NE4 SW4 Sec. 16,
Twp. 10, SIR "a west, 10 acres; NE
! NW3 See l6, Twp. 10, SIR "a
west, 40 acres,
Containing in the aggregate, 395 acres,
the same being the property of the w. f
Spears estate, and the interest to be sold
being an undivided one-ffth interest.
Mrs. BETTE SPEARS, Guapdian.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
Froos Vie With Sinners.

Theatrical companies playing In the
Auditorium have had serious compe-
tltion from large colony OF bullfrogs
that has made It's home directly under
the building. From the discord that
rises nightly there would appear to
be thousands of frogs In the pond.
When Vancouver people went to the
Auditorium early last spring they
heard an occasional croak and little
was thought of it. At first 1t was con.
sidered a joke. but the population of
Trogville multiplied fast The bull
frog chorus became decidedly annoy
ing, and on evenings when the frogs
are at their best 1t is an even break
between them and the comic opera
singers who are occupying the stage
above. Unless something is done 1t Is
regarded as only a question of time
when the theatrical attractions will
have to be limited to matinees, the
frogs confning themselves to evening
performances Vancouver correspond
ence Portland Oregonian,
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
The AhSinfhn Cure

"Give me dose of bromo seltzer,"
said the man to the bartender. "Ive
got frightful headache"
Better let me fix you up with a
little absinthe," suggested the bar
"Not on your life," exclaimed the
man with the headache. None of
that French dope for mine"
u don't want you to drink 1t" said
the bartender 81 merely want you to
inhale the fumes, and If you are not
cured of your headache in ten min
ulLs all the bromo seltzer in the world
won't fix it. Hold out the palms OF
your hands"
The man with the headache obedi-
emily die as he was told, and the bar.
tender sprinkled a few drops OF
absinthe upon them. Now rub your
hands together. put your hands to
ycur face and inhale," he commanded.
The man with the headache followed
instructions, and was very much sur
prised to learn that in a few minutes
the pungent fumes of the absinthe had
completely cured him. That's really
about all the stuff is good for" said
the bartender. It'll cure headache
every time"
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
Famous New York Trees.

In front of Columbia university Ii
brary are two English yews which
were brought from England in 1900
and set out In St. Johns park Later
they we're removed to the Elgin botan-
ical gardens at Fiftieth street, which
were then part OF Columbia. In 1897
the trees were transplanted to Morn
ingside Heights. On the upper part
of the island near Spuyten Duyvil
stands the largest tulip tree on Man
haitian. II has a diameter of 6A feet.
Near Fordham square in the Bronx
is the Stenton willow, said to be 800
years old, and at the foot of Cypress
avenue are the two largest expresses
In the country. They stand on land
once a part of the Gouverneur NORRIS
estate.-New York Sun,
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
The Appetite.


Our palate Is a natural Indicator and
should be obeyed If 1t has not been
worn by disease. When one has no
appetite we do not as a rule need a
tonic. What our system needs is a
rest. A fire may be choked by too
much fuel, and SO these bodies of ours
may be elogged by teo much food that
cannot be used
A palate that has not been abused,
can enjoy the hundreds OF fiavors of
different foods and be able to distin-
guish the individual flavors; but If it
has been constantly overfed with salt,
pepper and other condiments, the ja-
birthright by natural flavors, avoiding
all highly-seasoned foods. Seasoning
should bring out fiavors, not destroy
them. Those who eat foods out of
season fail to enjoy them In the height
of their freshness.
Bilious attacks, headache, indiges-
tion and diseases of the stomach are
all the children of indiscretions In
eating. The over-worked stomach
must take in food three times a day
and oftener whether we feel like eat
ing or not, because 1t is the mode OF
life, and we even resort to appetizers
and tonfcs to whip up the faded and
overworked digestive apparatus.
The reason of SO many fussy, lat and
lorid women of fifty is that they
continue to eat without sufficient ex-
ercise to use up the food which they
are constantly taking in.
The fasting of a few days would
save many doctors bills, and emitting
meal occasionally would be boon
| to the tired stomach.
One meal day, and that at noon.
has been found sufficient for many
but light breakfasS and light sup
! per, with more substantial meal be-
tween as the regular thing, and If too
much food is not taken, seems to be a
good rule to live by.
| There isn't question but that we
eat too much. II we could bear in
mind the little jingle of
| Eat less, do more,
Worry less, work more,''
| We should be healthier, happier and
more agreeable to live witt 9ttDp !,
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

A LAW that is not enforced had
much better not be on the statute
book, for it is bad precedent to say
the least. 1t should be enforced or
repealed, for 70 have a law that can
be violated at will, even f it does
no harm, being Il law fixing pen.
atty for an offence not wrong in it.
self is TO create sort Of contempt
for law, and to make the individual
judge for himself whether or not
"a law should be obeyed, and as the
opinions of individuals are likely
to differ where self interests come
into contact, the thing can only
stop with a contempt for all laws. So
long as a law is on our statute
books it should be obeyed by all
good citizens, and if the good citi-
zen fails to obey the law, the good
officer should see that he does, then
if the law is not a good one the
good citizen can bestir himself to
see that it is repealed, which is the
correct thing to be done.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

THIS is the season of the year for
our road men to get to work and
have the roads in good shape for
the winter, when little work can be
done. Arkansas has made repu-
tation for good roads in this part of
the country and should keep it up,
aud especially should this be done
by Hampstead county. 1t is all
very nice to be able TO say our roads
are as good as those of any county
in the state, and it is some better
to say they are the best, but that is
not going far enough, we Eshould
be in position to say our roads are
as good as can be made, and SO long
as there Is eny room for improve
ment we should keep everlastingIy
at it, and improve. Roads canno,
be made perfect without an uniform
p d syentific system of ~--.'h'"s'
all done under one man with one
common object in view. Little
permanent good is done when each
man has his own system of work
ing, and then tacks his road on to
another where an entirely different
system is worked out.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
WARNING ORDER

The defendants, James Jones, Node
Jones, Percy Martin, Pat Martin, Laura
Martin, Juauita Martin, Lawrence Boyd
and W. H. Turner, are warned 70 appear
in this Court within thirty days and an
swer The complaint of the plaintiff, David
NJ Finley.
Given under my
this Court this 22nd day of March, 1910.
c. E RoYsToN, Clerk.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
- a., = ! Z
Ie<<1 ID
The Oranq;Outar-
Z the mrsl time LOndOnerJ


now an opportunity of seeirls
orang-outang In its nest" or SO
ing platform, DR.. Charles Hose having
recently presented to the national mu-
scum fine adult male of this Bornean
ape, together with a specimen of the
nest
Dr. A Russell Wallace in his Malay
Archipelago" states that orang-ou-
tangs build their sleeping platforms
comparatively low down on relatively
small trees at a height Of from twenty
feet to so feet above the ground, prob
ably for the reason that such situa'
ton is warmer and less exposed to
wind than one higher up, According
to Dyak report, each orang builds D
fresh platform every night, but this
as DR.. Wallace remarks, Is improb-
able on account of the relatively small
number of these structures to be met
with 1t may be added that the large
amount of materials In the nest In the
British Museum affords further evil
dence of the same kind Photographs
are extant showing three or four
orangs' nests in a single tree.-The
Field.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
NOTICE TO SELL LAND

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed Curator of the estate of Willie T.
and Clyde Curtice, minor heirs of Terrence
Curtice, deceased, will apply TO the Pro-
bate Court of HeHpstead o~rnty, Ark, at
the July 1910 term cf said court, for aR
order to sell the one-sixth undivided in
seribed real estates to- wit.
Part Southwest quarter of Northwest
quarter Section %, containing 34.50 aeres+
Part Southeast quarter Of Northwest
quarter of Section %, containing 5 eeres-
Southeast quarter of Northeast quarter
Section 30. containing 40 acres, and the
Northwest quarter of Southwest quarter o'
Section 80. containing 40 acres, and con
tanning in the aggregate 1880 acres
more or less; all in Township IL, Scrff, il
Range 25 west.
RICHARD JOHNSON, Cuartor4
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
WARNING ORDER

The defendant Norlean S. Merrill is
warned to appear in this court within
thirty days and answer the complaint of
the plaintiffs Il. G. Stuart ct al
Given nnder my hand and the seal of
said court this 9th day Of July, 1910.
c. E. RoYsToN, Clerk
p'By j. S. MONROE, d. C.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
Ze:EIk.RsTG1HEN
[YeEH7ABfNET
III z5l I!IEZEE u |'l!!EjIIiI||I| I'M
u THAT never chanpeth a

- E THAT never changeth any
of his opinions, never cor
rected any of his mis-
takes. ."-Whitcote.
1t was never yet loving that emptied
the heart,
Nor giving that emptied the purse"
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

IN Hampstead Cdhancery Curt, Sept.
term, 1910.
David NJ. Finley, plaintiff,
VS.
Alice Finley. def.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
Commissioners Sale

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a decretal order of the Hampstead
Cbanc,ry court made and entered at the
March 1910 term of said court in GER
taip ease therein pending in which Al
bert Darlington was plaintiff and W. II,
Tbomasson was defendant, the under
signe1 commissioner will sell on
SATURDAY, JULY 80, 1910
the following described property, to'wit;
Southeast quarter of the Southeast
quarter of Section (1O); Northeast quar-
fer of the Northwest quarter; Southwest
ouarter of the southwest quarter; South
half of the Sc quarter cf the SW qua.ter
Of Section Il, all in Township u, South
Range Twelty-six (26) west, containing
I4o acres more or less, Said lands will
he sold on credit of three months to the
HIGHEST and best bidder, aud the pur
chaser will be required tc execute notes
for the purchase money, bearing in
from date at the rate of ten per cent per
annum until pail with approved person
al security. and lien will be retained on
the land to secure the payment of the
purchase money,
J. s, MONROE,
Commissioner.
, ashiupton. Ark. July 5th, 1910.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

In Hampstead Chancery Court, Sept
Term, 1910.
r. Q. Stuart eft al, Plaintiffs,
vs..
Ellie S. S. johnson, ct al Defendants,
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

Entered at Postoffic, at Washington
Arkansas, as second>class mail matter,
W. H, ETTER, Editor !. E. GOLD, Publisher and Msr
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
FOLEYSKIDNEYPIILS
FoR BAeaAeae KIDNEYS Ase BLAooss
Commissioners Sale

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
of decretal order of the Hampstead
Chancery Court, made and rendered at
the March term, 1910, thereof, in GER
tain case therein pending wherein W. M.
Duke, T. NJ. Duke, Martha E. Johnson,
Julia Daniels, Katy Stewart, by I. M
Duke, her next friend; Cora Duke, aGs les
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

UNCLE JOE CANNON will again be
a candidate for speaker of the house.
and if he knows his strength will
again be elected.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

Northwest quarter of the Northeast
quarter, and the East half of the Moth
west quarter of Section Thirty-one (3l)
Township Nine o. South Range Twenty
three (23) west, excepr 3A acres in The
Northwest corner of said land,
TERMS OF SALE
Said prop, rty will be sold on credit of
three months to the highest and best bid
der, and the purchaser will be required to
execute notes with approved personal Sc
curity, bearing interest from date of sale
at the rate of ten percent per annum until
paid, and lien will be retained on the
lands to secure the payment of the pur-
chase money.
n 1910 is MONROE, Commissioner
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22

in Hampstead Chancery Court, Sept.
term, 1910
D. M, City plaintiff
VS.
W. NJ. Walker, ct al, def.
WARNING ORDER
The defendant, w. NJ. Walker, is warn
ed to appear in this coult within thirty
days and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff, d NJ. City.
This oath day of May, 1910.
G. E. RoYSToN, Clerk.
Fy J. s. Monroe, d. G.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
J s MONROE,
Commissioner.

y ashington, Ark, July 5tb, 1910.
Washington telegraph., 1910-07-22
= August IS. 1910.

door of the Court House in the
Psshington, Hampstead county,
between the hours for judicial
{ following described property,