Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-03-16
LEXINGTON AND.DAVlOScH COUNTY.
Money for Corn Contests. A Good Idea
About Farm Contests.
Lexington Dispatch, March 9th

About Farm Contests.
Lexington Dispatch, March 9Th
A Denton citizen states that the
smallpox situation there has been
greatly exaggerated, 18 cases be.
ing the sum total of all the sick
ones, most Of same being mild at.
tacks. There have been no new
cases aud the community is rapid
ly freeing itself of the pest.
James Snider, of Emmons
township, was brought to Lexing-
ton Thursday and placed in Jail
pending his admission at the state
hospital in Morganton, his mind
having become unbalanced some-
time ago. Mr.. Snider, it is said {,
has had several attacks of insan.
ity before.
Tho boari of county commits
sioners was in session Monday
and Tuesday until noon Agreat
deal of business was transacted,
many matters Of Importance COM
ing before the board The COM
missioners at this meeting decid.
ed to purchase land and erect a
new county home, and An order
was made, and is published else.
where in this paper, asking that
bids be submitted by parties hav-
ing land they will sell for this
purpose. These bids must be sub
mitted to the chairman on or be-
fore the first Monday in April.
The county commissioners on
Monday appropriated the sum Of
$3.50, or SIS to each township, to
be given to farmers who make the
most corn on an acre. The board
was asked to do this by the Dav.
idson County Agricultural Soc1e-
ty. The rules governing the con.
test are practically the same as
those governing the boys contest
This contest is for men and any
farmer over IS years of age may
compete The first pr,ze in each
township is $40 and the second is
$5, to be awarded to the men who
produce the most corn on one
acre.
The Daniel Boone Memorial AS
sociation IS assembling exhibits
for the big day, April 80, and
there is a movement to purchase
a monument to perpetrate the
pioneer type. A great many ar
ticles having historic interest
have been gathered and J. T. Wy
att, OF Faith, Rowan county. has
agreed to display his valuable
collection Of relics The prepara-
tions being made al tend to add
a lot to the significance of April
30. The newspapers Of the state
have given space to the matter
and the event has assumed more
than local Importance, The as
sociation, in making up it's exhi b.
It's, is especially interested in
continental moHey and would like
to piece out an already valuable
display of paper bills belonging
to the revolutionary period.
One of the coupty's best citi-
zens, while not opposing the corn
contest plan, points out hat he
likes the whole farm idea instead
of concentrating clergy on q sim
gle acre, naming G. H. Ffitts'
work last year as an exam pie of
what he means by the whole-farm
idea. Mr.. Fritts made over so
bushels of corn to the acre, good
corn, SO good that he has bean un-
able to sup ply seed for all who
wanted it. What Mr.. Frltts has
done is what the agricultural de-
partment hopes to bring to pass
on every farm through the corn
contest of the boys. The imme-
diate farming va!uo of cultivating
intensely one acre Of corn this
summer is not the obi ct Of the
contest. The ultimate aim is to in
spire both boys and farmers to
pay more attention to corn cul.
ture, apply ing what is gained
from the one.acre contest to the
whole farm.