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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
GROWING

Lettuce is the most popular of all
the salad plants. At the present
time, inquiries are coming in to the
Extension Specialist in Market Gar
dening at the New Jersey Expert
ment Station concerning varieties and
methods of culture for this crop. A
number of inquirers complain that
their attempts to get head lettuce in
the past have resulted in the produc-
tion of seed stocks.
With this in mind, the Experiment
Station Specialist makes the follow
ing statements: Certain require
ments are necessary to produce fine,
solid heads of lettuce. 1t requires a
deep, rich soil filled with humus and
readily available plant food. If the
soil is acid, lime should be applied.
The soil should be moist also and am
pie provision should be made for water
supply. Heads a not develop when
the plants stand closer than ten inches
apart each way. 1t has been proved
also that well-formed heads are diff
cult to get in hot weather, as the hot
sun "draws up" the seed stocks.
The earliest head lettuce is secured
from plants grown under sash and
gradually accustomed to the cold be-
fore being set in their permanent To-
cations in the field very early in the
spring. However, the main spring
crop of lettuce is grown from seed
sown in drills twelve inches apart
lettuce begins to prow, the extra
plants should be thinned out with a
hoe, to stand ten inches apart in the
row.
The time for planting spring let
tuce depends largely upon the tenn
perature and moisture of the soil. In
the cooler mo~isture-laden soils, the
lettuce may be planted at a later date
than in the warmer soils in which the
moisture is not so pronounced. Head
lettuce is seldom planted after the
first of May, then not again until
about the fifteenth of July, at which
time planting is begun for the fall
crop. Lettuce planted up to the tenth
of August will mature before severe
freezing Injuries the plants. Some
times the late maturing crop is pro-
tected with burlap Or salt hay on very
cold nights.
Lettuce planted in May or June to
mature in July or August is usually
the n~on-heading Cos lettuce or Ro-
maine. This is an upright growing
variety, has very tender leaves and
can stand the heat of summer much
better than the head varieties.
The Experiment Station recon-
mends a rich ground for lettuce plant
ing. The ground should be plowed
/ deeply and an application of lime,
well rotted n and half a ton
of potato fertilizer should be disked
into it. A ton of chicken manure
and one hundred and fifty pounds of
m~uriate of potash may take the place
of the fertilizer according to the Elk
pertinent Station Specialist. Wood
ashes and chicken generally
will produce good lettuce if applied
properly and generously.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
ORCHARD SPRAYING
RECOMMENDATIONS

Because of the large number OF
inquiries which are coming to the
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station concerning spraying problems,
the Extension Specialist in Fruit
Growing has prepared the following
recommendations:
For Apples and Pears.
The first or dormant spray is to
control scale. This srould be applied
before the buds start in the spring and
consists of concentrated lime and sui
fur diluted 10.
The first summer spray is to con
troll apple scab and to a certain extent
such fungous diseases as brown rot,
and should be applied when the buds
show pink before opening. For this,
use concentrated lime and sulfur, 5
quarts to SO gallons, adding to this
mixture 1 IL lbs. of dry arsenate of
lead as an insectide.
The second summer spray is for the
control of codling moth or apple worm
and scab, brown rot and other diseas-
es. 1t consists of arsenate of lead,
either 3 lbs. of the paste or l 3-4
TBS. of the powder, to so gallons of
water, to which is added 5 quarts of
the concentrated lime and sulfur.
This is applied within a week or at
! least ten days after the petals fall
from the blossoms. This spray should
be repeated ten days later and in the
last week of June. This final spray
ing in June is to control the second
brood of cooling moth. If there is
trouble from plant lice or red bug,
the first summer spray and the sec
ond spray should contain "Black Leaf
40" at the rate of IL pint to the SO
gallons of spray material.
For Peaches.
Peaches should be sprayed in the
dormant season with concentrated
lime and sulfur diluted 10, to con-
troll San Jose Scale and peach leaf
curl. This should be applied before
the buds start in the spring.
The second spraying or the first
summer spray is for the control of
peach curculio and consists either of
3 lbs. of ~arsenate of lead paste OF
1 ga lbs. of the powder, to so gal
Ions of water, applied when the pet
ais are falling from the blossoms.
The second summer spray is for
the control of peach c~urculio, peach
scab, sometimes called freckles, and
brown rot. For this, the Experiment
| Station authorities use s~elf-boiled
lime, and sulfur; a product not to be
confused with the concentrated lime
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
HEAD EN- OFF AND YOU
WON'T HAVE TO SWAT EN-

Mr.. Fly, undesirable citizen, official
distributor of typhoid, cholera infan-
tum, ~dysentery, tuberculosis, spinal
meningitis, is having the fight of his
life in Cleveland. The city has gone
"Swat the fy!" one better and carried
through an early spring Head 'em
off" campaign, with results that are
nothing less than sensational.
Cleveland has already been pro-
claimed a "fyless city" 1t is hardly
that yet. But thousands of household
ers have found it possible to dispense
entirely with screens at doors and
windows, and a lone fly creates more
excitement now than a swarm of flies
would have done a few years ago. In
a recent inspection of the city markets
where quantities of meat and provis-
ions are exposed, only two flies were
found. Years ago there were myr-
lads.
The "Head 'em oft" campaign was
tried two years ago, with such good
effect that last year, with improved
methods and a notable marshaling of
forces, the war was a still greater
success.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
PAINT-WISE

is to paint when your property needs
it. Paint-foolish to wait for the price
to go down.
But so many are foolish, they'll
wait a good while.
The whole rise in the cost of a job
is 10 per cent. The first years drop
won't be more than half that, more
likely a quarter.
Waiting for 5 per cent, more likely
2 1-2.
The average job with Devoe) is
$50; 5 per cent, $3.50. Put it off for
$3.50? Guess not.
You think of that job as 500. So
it is with inferior paint.
Paint Devoe; do it now, if your
property needs it.
DEVOE.
Lake & Risley Co. sell it.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
ABB THE INVIGORATING WHITE
OF THE PINE FOREST!

How it clears the throat and head
of its mucous ailments. 1t is this
spirit of Newness and Vigor from
the health-giving Piney Forests
brought back by DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey. Antiseptic and healing. Buy
a bottle to-day. All Druggists, 25c.
Electric Bitters a Spring TOnic.-adv.
Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipa-
ton. Doan's Regulets operate easily.
25c a box at all stores.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
GET THE FLY sWATTER READY.

A computer assures us that if food
and breeding places were provided and
enemies evaded the progeny of a sim
gle fly in unchecked development
through twelve generations may be
estimated as making a mass of flies
measuring 268, ITS, 165, 1861 cubic miles,
or considerably more than the total
size of the earth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
KILL THE PESTIFEROUS FLY.

1t has been definitely proved that
the fly carries the hookworm disease,
the scourge of the rural south. This
is not a theory. He has been caught
with thousands of the parasites on his
legs. He may alight on your table.
KILL HIM
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-17
Pr ASANTVILLE
OFFICIAL
BOOSTER ENVELOPES

are on sale at
The Pleasantyille Press Office.
Five cents a package of 25. Every
body who is interested in Pleasant
vile is urged to use these envelopes
and thus let the outside world know
th~t ours is the "Best Town on the
Map"
The mirror., 1915-11-25
Import Of Time tor %i IN is our an %es'tant pes anS 5ss

lmnor+ nf Timo Time is an important fac
IIIlpU VI IIIlIG tor in our lives, and per-
haps the most important. Someone has said. ''Do
not squander tme for that is the stuff that life is
made Of" But why is it important? 1t is because
time is great book in which are written not only
our deeds. great and small, but our thoughts as
well. This time-book will be the indisputable
witness at the last day to condemn or commend as
the case may be-
year is period of time, divided and SUBJ
divided down to the unit the second. These are
so small they seem unimportant, and we are apt to
throw them away we throw pennies to children.
Yet they drops of gold that if welded together
would make chain that would show us the value
of life. But there many missing links so
many lost opportunities pass them by because
they small. We are prone to think of sue
something that calls forth the applause of
the world. If we should analyze life we would
find that it is made up of small things, but like the
moving picture films they pass quickly that they
seem but one continuous roll. We walk one step
at a time. Wespeak one word at time.
There is in every human being possibility,
plan of life, or perhaps to speak more definitely.
material with which we may achieve success In
order for us to accomplish anything we must have
material. musician must possess sensitive ear
for the varied combinations of sound and coupled
with that he must have delicate touch to execute
the ears dictation. The artist must have keen
eye for blending colors. The of letters does
with words what the musician does with sound and
the artist does with paint. Each of these three
may tell the same story out of necessity they must
use different material. So success is achieved in
many ways, for each individual must use the ma
teria at command
Luther Vam Arsdalen
The mirror., 1915-11-25

Owing to a feeling that the Allies might be
regarded unwelcome guests at Constantinople,
they have decided to dispense with Turkey this
year, and leave the Thanksgiving feast to the Teu
tons. very generous attitude indeed, on the
part of the Allies!
The mirror., 1915-11-25

Toleration is the sauce that flavors the meat of
differing opinion.
The mirror., 1915-11-25

Deception never idles in gliding bricks for the
gullible
The mirror., 1915-11-25

The best way to boost yourself, is to make of
yourself booster.
The mirror., 1915-11-25
Does the spirit of the coming Thanksgiving


But to those who feel that their present status
is inconsistent to the promotion of spirit of graft
tude, or expressions thereof, we would ask few
opportune questions.
Do you receive letters of an optimistic tone
from mother, fathsr, friends etc., If so, be
thankful that they have been loyal to you and trust
in you to buck up' and rise to their expectations
Does the Bible which is placed in your little
chamber awaken no curiosity to peruse and enjoy
the wholesome food of truth and hope contained
between its covers! If SO, be thankful that you
have at hand golden opportunity to awaken in
terest and take to heart its holy truths Read it,
and you will be ever thankful that you we're privi-
legged to get acquainted with it.
Are you physically normal and free from the
ills that beset the average moral's health? If so,
be ashamed that you neglected gratitude for this
blessing, and be thankful that you are not con-
demned to invaljdism.
Is your present status disprlting and filled
with regrets! Then be thankful that you YET
have TINE to refOrm-to fan your dying embers
of hope to flame of consuming desire to re-estab-
sh upon the ashes of the past the future activities
that lead to honored citizenship.
Have msfortunate environments of your for
mer life denied you schooling! Then be thankful
that you now have undenied privilege to attend
night school,
Have past associates and environments ham,
pered or caused you to neglect the path of virtue?
Then be thankful that you in the future, choose
wOrthier associates and select better environments.
Has booze" been curse to you! Then be
sincerely thankful that you have here-because Of
%1oo
your whskey weakened will to recover it's strength
and time to teach it to constantly hate that curse
which was your undoing.
If you can't be thankful, be as thankful as you
The best way to boost yourself, is to make of
yourself booster
Don't be crab--or you'll be mistaken for a
lobster.
Owing to feeling that the Allies might be
regarded as unwelcome guests at Constantinople
they have decided to dispense with Turkey this
year, and leave the Thanksgiving feast to the Teu
tons. A very generous attitude indeed, the
part of the Allies!
federation is the sauce that Havors the meat of
differing opinion.
gullibe.
The mirror., 1915-11-25

Don't be crab--or you'll be mistaken for a
lobster.
The mirror., 1915-11-25

For the moment the Dove of Peace is request
ed to give way to our National Bird of Thanksgiv-
ing
The mirror., 1915-11-25

If you can't be thankful, be as thankful as you
The mirror., 1915-11-25
CHURCH NOTICE.

the Prison Chapel at nine clock every Sun
day morning. Protestant Catholic every alternate
Sunday. Rev. c. E. and Rev. Fr Corcoran Chap
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
WINCHESTER
Especial to The Times dispatch.

Especial TO The Times DispatchI
WiACHESTEK. VA, February If
Mir. and Mrs. Lorng y. Cover and the
formers sister Mrs. Harry Is. Russell.
: nave gone 10 Atlantic CITY, where Mr..
Cover will recuperatc from the effects
OF a sprained ankle, which he suffered
last week. when he slipped ana fell
while inspecting the Berkeley lime
plant OF the Security Cement and Lime
Company, Of which NE is president.
Mrs. Mary Campbell has gone on a
WISH; OF several weeks L. her son and
daughterin law, MIR and Mrs. John
Pearce Campbell. at their home in Bal
,more.
Mir. and Mrs James f. Russell have
gone to Dayloun. Fla where they
will spend the month OF March
SAMUEL l.. Morton, Jr, Frederick
Morton and Charles Goldsborougn all
OF Baltimore. spent the week end in
town with friends. making the trip in
motor car
Mr.. and Mira. Harry +. Byrd have re-
turned from Washington. where they
we're the guests Of the formers uncle.
Representative Henry u. Flood. and
Mrs. Flood al their home
Mrs. Charles t. Hoover has returned
from visit Of several weeks to Mr
and Mrs James w Moore ~ their
home M Fairfield Pa
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel f.. Rhodes have
returned from an extended stay in
Florida
william Lee Gordon and his daueh
ter. Miss Virginia Gordon. OF Balti-
more, have been visiting relatives and
friends in town
Miss Ida l.. Wyndham has been
spending The week with friends In
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs I ) orndorn have re-
turned from visit to relatives a,
Ilon College. n G.
Mrs. jesse Hieman and her little
daughter Jessie. of Syracuse. Y Y,
are visiting the formers mother Mrs
l.. y. Henry at her home here
Mrs. j. l.. shaver, Of Mount Sidne.
Va, Is visiting her son and daughter
!n-law Mr.. ana Mrs. Henry u shaver
Miss Alice Ncwcome left This week
10 spend some time in Ealtinorc
Mrs koontz has returned TO stan
ley, Page County. Va. after visiting
Mrh. ]. H. Faulkner ana other rcla-
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HARRlSONRURG

Special 10 The Times Dispatch
IiAIslt1SoNBURG, VA, February -
b. Ney was given a surprise party on
Tuesday night. when his children and
Era nnch!ldrcn gathered AT his home on
North Main Street In honor OF his
sixty-n!nth birthday anniversary.
Miss Clara Belle Davis. Of Charlottes
Vile is Il guest Of her sister-in-law.
Mrs y. Wilson Davis.
Miss Blanche l.cavcl. Of Culpeper.
Is guest Of her sister, Miss Louise
l.eavcl at the home Of Mrs William
Yanccy. on South Main Street.
Mrs O. X. Berlin. Of Bridgewater, was
recent guest OF her mother Mrs
-. IL. Lee MartZ, on South Main Street.
ON the occasion Of the twentieth
Anniversary OF his ordination TO the
ministry. Rev. j. Silor Garrison. of
81. Stephens Reformed Church, enter
tanned the deacons and elders Of the
church several evenings ago at his
home on Franklin Street.
Mr and Mrs Henry NJ Newman
were recent guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar Price in Charlotte. " g. They
also attended tho i.aymau's Missionary
conference az the Southern Frosty
tcrian Church
Miss Mary Lee Berlin is visiting
friends iii Stauntcn. Her niece. Miss
Nancy Carter Lambert. has returned
TO her home in Charleston. w Va.
commemorative Attorney Charles D.
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school building this week. taking as his
subject out or School Time of Chill
dren."
Miss Gertrude IIodgkln left on Sat
urday on a brief visit to relatives and
friends In Washington and Baltimore.
Mrs. Richard Cook. of Baltimore. is
spending some time ut the home of her
brother. Senator q. l.. Fletcher.
Miss Edith Maphis. of Winchester,
was recent visitor at the home OF her
uncle. De. Sam w. Ma uhis.
Miss NJ. Louise Evans has returned
from Wilmington. y. &.
Miss Marguerite Hurst. of Purcell
Vile. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. w T..
Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dillingham;, of Philade!-
phia, have Joined their daughter. Mrs.
l.. j. Deacon, aud arc stopping at Mrs.
Hugh H,umilton's.
j. Eennerly Russell. OF st. Louis. is
the guest OF Mr.. and Airs. Julia G. Keith.
Miss Sallic Wood. who has been visit
ing friends in Philadelphia. returned
this week To her home here.
Mrs, Robert l.. ORciliy aud Miss
oRsilly. OF Philadelphia, are stopping
with Mrs. iiuGh Hamilton.
Miss Madge Bolen. Of Washington is
the guest OF Miss Lily Robertson
Mrs. L. s. Blackwell. Of clifton. Is
visiting Mr.. and Airs c. l.. Melton in
Front Royal
Richard y. Brooke. the Washington
artist was visitor 20 his old home
mere this week. and was the guest OF DE-
and Mrs. Vi. -. Douglas
Mrs. Wilbur liinman and family. who
have been visiting her parents. Mir. and
Mrs. NJ. &. Blackwell, left this week for
their home In bennington, Vi. ana viii
spend several days In Washington en-
route.
Major Brooke Payne. L. : 4. has
completed his months leave and lcf:
this week To join his battery on the
Mexican frontier.
On Robert Frazer. who has been at
the home OF Mrs II. Hamilton this win
ter. left this week to visit friends in
Orange ard Richmond
Mrs. G. W. Smith left this week ON a
visit Of some weeks to her daughter.
Mrs. j, u. Moritz ut Cismout. Alhe-
marie County.
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URBANNA

isneeiai 20 The Times Dispatch
IRBAHNA' w. February - The
Episcopalians In this parish are look
ing forward "itt great d.al OF in
tcrest TO the visitation of the bishor
during the early part Of next NORTH
The little chapel ia This town 10 8.
branch OF the Mother Church aho,,,
three miles distant IN tn. county !,
is portion OF what was formerly TIC
courthouse. which was Transferred IN
Saluda, the present county seat .hou,
1851. The old building was cony.r,cd
into a church severa! Years prior 10 IN.
War Between the states. ana d,irinc
these troublous times WAS perforated h,
Two shot fired from The cannon. ou
the, Federal gunboats that block,dea
the mouth Of the Rappahaunock ,rh4
building was altered rs Captain Ba,lcv
"A man OF wealth I'm the community, and
uas used by all dcDoIaina lions Af,e,
Ills death his property came. into Tho
nossession Of his widow. aud al b.,
dsath waH sold. being purchased bv th.
Methodist denomination ,he! In turn
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AMHERST

Special 10 The Times Dispatch
AMHERST. VA. February 27-Thcre
has been a luil in all social activities
AT Amherst during the past week
owing TO the observance OF Lent by
most Of the society pcopl" Of tn. place.
Miss Gcnevievc bowman spent the
Weekend with relatives and friends In
L.ynchburg.
George :. Whitehead OF Mavberrv. W.
Va. was IN Amherst this week
Mrs. Margaret War. and daughter
Miss Ada, hsve gone To Gordonsvill.
Ia visit
Mrs. cornelia Knight. of Colcman's
Fails, last week was the guest OF her
cousin. Miss Carrie Seay
Miss Lphnsic Iiobson. OF North caro-
lima. is spending some time with her
sister. Airs. William Ernest Sandidc~
Charles \. Graham, OF Bedford City.
WAS here last week
Mrs. John NJ. Baylor. OF Poplar
Grove" spent the weekend with
friends ri Amherst
Howard Watts, OF Monroe. on SUNDAY
visited Il, Mrs. Bessie r.. wares
Mrs. Addie Mills and little daughter
OF Washington. are The guests OF Mrs
Miilss father. Judge e. j. Campbell
Miss Helen -. Joyncr. OF Monroe.
spent the Weekend al her home here
Joyncr 7. Cameron, OF Brownsville.
Texas. Il the guest or his parents Nh.
and Mrs {. ID. Cameron. near the vi!
lage.
Mrs. j +. Blizzard has returned iron,
visit 10 her husband in New Yor,,
CITY.
James and Lee Williams or New
York. are iE Amherst. having pecr
called here by the critical illness Of
their father, james +. williams
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BUCKINGHAM

Sptcial 10 The Times Dispatch
BUCKINGHAM. VA. February 81
Miss MARY Glover has been spending
several days visiting friends NJ How
arhsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hooper. Of Fran
cisco District. have moved here unG
vil' make theiEi. home. with AR. Hoop-
era eister, Mrs. Rosa Word.
Josh A Twyman. superintendent OF
schools, has been busy this week Wis
iting the schools OF this county. and
he is well pleased with the teaching
force.
W. H. MeGeehee, manager Of The
Diliwyn Tobacco Market, has been buv-
ing lot OF the finest tobacco that was
made last season, and the prices paid
have been such az to attract planters
VINO are more convenient 20 other
markets Wagons have been coming
for distance OF TWENTY-FIVE miles
Business men say that there /. som.
aenu, " binder Irvine can be bought
to harvest the incoming crop OF wheat
unless some change takes places as re
CARDS the war In Europe
Judge Hundley Is expected here on
March 10 open the spring term Of
Circuit Court
Robert A. Hall ". l.. a. Mos!lev. g
TAYLOR and Robert Agee the rour man
appointed 10 reass-ss tn" lands OF IN,
county, Will hold a conference here on
march >, preparatory TO beginning tho
assessment.
Miss Minnie Eldridge has been quite
sick al Alton THE week
Professor c. X. HolsinEer with an
able corps OF assistants is doing fine
work al the buckingham HIGH school.
Mrs. j. r Gillian. who has been sick
a. The Spencer Hotel is much improved.
Leon Jones has been appointed most
master At Buckingham vice W "
i2skins resigned
Paul Elcan the new deputy in Inc
county clerks Once viii serve j., Oman
court for she FIRST time al The March
term OF court.
Thomas 6. Guthrie. Charles ~
Forbes T. =. Glover. /. = Tapsco;, ~
j.. Boatwr'sht ana w W. Haskins arc
the six men who arc 10 take IN. schooI
cenHns in this county EXTRA onor,s
Will he made IA each d!s,ric, q, ,nts
county 20 get the names OF ever, ri,iId
OF school age