The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-02-02
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Nh AlSOAS
Canton vindicator: The idea of
teaching every girl to thump a
plano, and every boy to be a book
keeper will make potatoes worth
$1,000 a Darrell in twenty years.
We r not opposed to education,
however.
Polk County News: Talk good
roads with everyone you meet;
think of good roads by day and
dream of them when you don't
think; but freeze to your pocket
book when about to be touched
and we'll continue travelling in
the same old way.
Charity and Children: Bonds
for good roads. Bonds for a state
building. Bonds for current ex
penses. Bonds for our state school.
Bonds, bonds, bonds. But these
bonds must be paid some time by
somebody. It is as foolish for a
state as for an Individual to go
heedlessly and recklessly into
debt.
Canton Vindicator: The pros
perity of our country depends so
largely on the prosperity of our
farmers, that everything possible
| should be done to render life in
the rural districts as agreeable
and as profitable as possible, and
nothing could conduce more to
the comfort and, happiness of oul
people than the improvements. OF
roads.
Waynesville Enterprise: Mis-,
Meta Adams left Friday to assum,
her duties as assistant clerk tt
the North Carolina Corporation
Commission to which position sh,
was appointed last week. The ap
~pointment is an attractive on,
and the many friends of Mis-
Adams are pleased with her pre-
ferment though they regret tina
the duties will take her to Raleigl
for the year.
Laurinburg Exchange: TIL,
most daring act of robbery eve.
committed in the county was pull
led off near the Dickson Cotton
Mill Sat. morning when MI
George F. Avinger, the secretary
of the three cotton mills of Laurin
burg, was held up by a masked
man and at the point of a pisto
compelled to yield up a bag con
tanning about eight hundred dol
lars in currency and nearly on
hundred dollars In coin. Is
Waynesville Courier: Captain
Cover, who is the organizer of the
American Salvation Army WORK
III the State of North Carolina
spent several days here this week
in the interest of work. Whit
here Capt. Cover was given a lit
tie n year old boy to be placed
in a good christian home and ed
ucated. Capt Cover will care for
all waits and strays and any lit
tie children he may find anywhere
in this state.
Newton Enterprise: This is
another fine blowing week. Cataw,
ba farmers are improving every
year in the manner of blowing and
preparing their hands for planting
Some + working three and four
horses to big plows and going Il
inches into the ground.-The
farmers are beginning to crate
and ship the famous Catawbs
county sweet potatoes. They &C
everywhere from Atlanta to Bos
ton. Charlotte and Gastonia ar
the favorite markets for those far
mers who haul their crops to mar
ket in wagons.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli
gener: The demonstration, las
Tuesday, by representatives of tn,
Du Pont Powder Co., on MI. w
R. Hanna's place, Of removing
stumps and Of subsoiling will
dynamite was most successful. TIL,
subsoiling is done by discharginG
one-half a stick of dynamite il
holes about three feet deep anC
fifteen feet apart. This breaks thu
clay subsoil, but does not bring
it to the surface. A large crowc
was present. This is said to be tn,
cheapest and best way to clear
new ground and to subsoil. Many
progressive farmers will expert
ment with it this year.