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The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
ROPER SUCCEEDS OSBORN
Former First Assistant Postmaster
General Becomes Commissioner of
Internal Reyenua

AHtSAH~l NcFEuu0
Col. VIM. H. Osborn of Greensboro,
for the past years commissioner Of
internal revenue, has rendered his
resignation and it has been accepted.
Daniel C.Roper, former first assistant
Postmaster General and now mem
ber of the recently created tariff
commission, has been nominated to
succeed Col. Osborn.
Col. Osborn has been one Of the
most efficient Of government offic-
ials. He has collected more money,
at less cost to the government, than
ever before since the bureau was es-
tablished, and at the same time saw
to it that the business people of the
Country who had dealings with
his department were given a square
deal. Hundreds of men tried to de-
fraud the government by evading tax
es and some Of them have been
sent to the penitentiary for thei1
pains. The government is said te
| be $25,0O0,OO0 better off because
Osborn was at the head Of the great
est tax-collecting institution in the
world. Something over S2O,OO0,0O(
! in back taxes We're collected by Os
born; that is, taxes that had beer
overlooked by his predecessors un
der Republican administrations.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
PREPARING FOR A LARGER
CROP OF. WHEAT THIS YEAR
FLOUR WILL BE HIGH NExTYEAR
AND FARMERS SHOULD IN
CREASE THEIR CROP.
By c. B. Williams, Chief Division OF
Agronomy, N. c. Extension Ser

BY e. b. Williams, Chief Division OF
Agronomy, N. c. Extension Ser
vice, West Raleigh, n C.
Indications are that the price OF
wheat, and hence. of flour, is to be
high during the next year. This will
naturally cause planting of an in
creased acreage Of this crop. Under
normal conditions this would not be a
promising situation under which &c
advise the growing of more wheat;
but since Congress will in all probab
ility fix a minimum price for stand
ard grade wheat at primary markets
OF $500 per bushel it certainly seems
70 be advisable this year.
In the Piedmont and mountain sec
tons Of the State, wheat growers
should increase their acreage to soma
extent at least. Those who have not
grown this crop previously in this
portion of the State might do so with
safety, and in all probability put il
few acres to good advantage TO
provide for the needs of the family |
On some of the more compact
eastern soils, also wheat might be
grown during the present high prices
with fairly satisfactory results. Or.
dinarily we would not recommend the
growing of this crop but very little
II any, in the Coastal Plain Sectionl
OF the State because this portion oil
the State is not nearly so we'll adapt
| ed generally to it as the Western hall !
1t is highly important that goodI
| seed shall be secured for planting
| purposes. Of the varieties that az.
commonly grown Leaps Prolific
Dietz Mediterranean, FultE, Purple
Straw, and Fulcaster have shown u,
In our tests to be the leadiHg
yielders.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
BIG WAR MEASURE PASSED
Largest Supply Measure in Coun'ry's
History Passes House

The S7,OOO,OOO,OOO war deficiency
bill, carrying huge appropri iations for
the army, Notifications and shipping
board, passed the House of Congress
Tuesday by unanimous vote. The
bill, the largest supply measure in
the country's history, now goes to
the Senate, where prompt action is
expected. It directly appropriates
81, ,SSO, 900 900 and Authorizes con
tracts for $2,314,00O,0O0 additional.
The big items include:
Shipping board, $635,O00,OOO cash
as part Of the boards construction
program limited to an aggregate Of
81, 100000; Notifications, 1885,
100000 appropriated and contracts
authorized for $975,0OO,0OO more;
naval emergency fund, $10O,OOO,OOO;
War Department emergency fund,
$1OO,OOO,OOO; construction Of addi-
tional torpedo boat destroyers $685.
100000 to start a $350,000,000 pro-
gram.
Transportation of the army and its
supplies $350,000,O00; army subsis-
tence $175,OOO,OOO; quartermaster
supplies, $1,000 100000; clothing and
camp equipage s35O,OOO, 900; horses
$30,000,O00; barracks and quarters
$49,000,OOO; medical department
$1OO,OO0,000; engineer department
5,000,000; ordnance stores, am
munition 9,52O,OOO; small arms
target practice $13,OOO,OOO; ordnance
stores and supplies $70,O0O,OOO; au-
tomato machine rifles $220,O00,000
and $118,0O0,000 more authorized;
armored motor cars $16,750,000 and
$5,O00,O00 more authorized.
Aviation $35,0O0,000; naval ord
nance and ordnance stores S12,446,-
480; ammunition for vessels $4O,O00,-
900 and S15,0OO,0OO more authoriz-
ed; batteries and outfits for vessels
S5O,000,0OO and S2S,OOO,OOO addition
al authorized; reserve ordnance, sup
plies $47,5O0,OO0 cash and $780,
900 more authorized.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20

ADVERTISE E in THE RoBEsONIAN
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
Cotton and the Spectators

N aISUV1lo nome.
About the only reason why the
price Of cotton has dropped $50 a
bale within the last sixty days is
that big spectators are interested
in getting this product away from
farmers at the lowest possible price
during the gathering season, regard
less of the short crop, high cost of
production and the abnormally large
demand for the staple. The specula-
tive benefits nearly all 60 to the
northern men and but little of it is
left in the South. The farmer who
is in debt must turn it loose to pay
his debts, and the merchant must
IN turn let it go to pay his debts.
Charles c. Cowan, in New York Jour
nal OF Commerce says: "Relative to
corn cotton is worth 80 cents in gold.
Relative to shoes cotton is worth
81 IL cents in gold. Relative to
wheat cotton is worth "a 1-2 cents in
gold: Relative to lard cotton is
worth 35 cents in gold. Relative to
wool cotton is worth rs cents ir
gold.' And yet with a worldwide
famine in cotton products and al
approaching famine in raw cottor
materials, cotton has been made the
football of spectators and the price
sent down $50 a bale, with prospect:
OF still lower prices as we get wei
into the ginning season.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20

In u recent raid by Entente allied
airmen on the Belgian town of Roul-
els it is sa;d that a bomb fell on a
b,lilning and killed or wounded 900
Germans.
More than a THOUSAND autos in
Havana have been forced into retire
pent, according to dispatch of the
18th from that city, by the action of
retail gasoline dealers in jumping
tie price from At cents a gallon to
81, and in some instances to $1.2O
n Is said the supply is adequate and
that the action of the dealers is un-
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20

the early winter and spring months
furnishing considerable green feed
along with the cured grass. During
the cold months the fourth lot OF cattle
was permitted to run upon this left
over summer pasture receiving no
feed in addition to the pasture except
few days when everything was
deeply covered with snow.
= Mr.. Gwyn has DONE in making pas
lures, upon his farm what thousands
Of others can do upon theirs and OBJ
tain equally satisfactory results.
In the experiments referred to 1t
was found that the stockers grazing
upon the winter pasture did much bet
ter and were wintered' much more
economically than those kept around
the barn and fed upon dry feeds. The
stockers which ate nothing but winter
pasture gained, during the winter,
from II to rs pounds each. The stock
silage and other stored feeds all los.
in weight On the average it cost
about $1,000 to feed each one of the
dry-fed steers through the winter
months but the expense of getting the
pasture-fed steers through the same
length of time was just half as much,
even when each steer was charged
$1.00 month rent for pasture.
Farmers raising hogs and poultry
should, by all means, during August
and September, take steps toward
providing cheap feeds for the winter.
The only available cheap feeds, as far
as hogs and poultry are concerned,
are pastures. Corn, wheat, oats and
other grain feeds and by-products are
all unusually expensive unless fed in
conjunction with pastures. Many tenn
porary pastures are suitable for both
hogs and poultry. An acre of good
land planted in rape affords grazing
for five or six 100-pound fatteping
pigs throughout the winter provided
a half ration of grain is employed as
a supplement. Or, one acre of good
rape should make from 300 to 500
pounds of pork. An acre of rye, oats,
barley or wheat will usually do just
about half as we'll but in addition
will yield partial crop after the
hogs are removed.
The value of pastures and range
conditions was emphasized again in
some poultry experiments conducted
,, at the Pender Test Farm during 1916
One lot of Buff Plymouth Rock hens
was given the range of the farm where
many green crops were available the
year around. A second lot Of hens
was confined in dry lot and fed upon
dry and other high priced feeds exclu
sively. During the year the range LOT
of hens produced 1851 eggs while ths
hens in the dry lot produced only 314
eggs, although, they were fed about
as well as could be expected under
dry-lot conditions. The hens in ths
two lots were fed exactly the same
feeds except those in the range lo
had the freedom of the farm and OBJ
tained green feed, bugs, and worms
The range lot of hens returned a clea
profit of $41.02, while the flock of 3:
hens in the dry lot suffered a tota
loss of 1886.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20

Feel languid,weak run down? Plead
ache? Stomach "off"? A good rem
edy is Burdock Blood Bitters. Ask
yoaf druggist. Price S1.25.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
By c. B. WILLIAMS, Chief, Division
of Agronomy, N. C. Experiment
Station, West Raleigh.

For the Coastal Plain and Piedmon+
sections, the spring seeding may be
made during March or early in April,
and the fall seeding any time between
August 20 and October 15. In the
mountain section the spring seeding
will have to be made in April and the
fall seeding during the latter part of
july or early in August in order to
get best results. The rape seed are
The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
SOME RESULTS OF LAST YEARS
CLUB NNORk

SLO6 WORk.
Corn Club Work produced s29OOo
for the State.
Poultry Club Work produced SIX
S88.22 for the State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
Printed Stationery Pays.

What about that up.to-date farm
stationery you were going to have
made? We recently heard of two
farmers who happened to apply at
about the same time for loans from
a trust company. Farmer A had
printed stationary and wrote his
letter on a typewriter; Farmer B.
Just as we'll off as A in this worlds
goods, used pencil and scratch pa!
per, and wrote on both sides of the
sheet. The result was. Rs letter
made so bad an impression that he
experienced considerable delay and
trouble in getting his loan, while
AS was granted almost immediate
ly. In getting results from cor.
respondence, the neatly written let
ter on printed stationery is very far
superior to pencil scrawl on a piece
of scratch paper as twelve-cylinder
automobile is to an ox-cart. -1he
Progressive Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
Better Farming in the South
WHAT THE CROPS ARE ASKING FO.
Feed the Plants Properly Instead Run Gown
Increasing Yields

bear in mind that the best way he can
hght the boil weevil Is to force his
cotton to quick growth and to al
early maturity. Many farmers in the
boil weevil district, are finding tina;
peanuts and soy beans are splendid
substitutes for cotton. Unless thes"
crops are well fertilized, however. with
the fertilizer carrying high percentage
of phosphate, good yields cannot be
expected.
How to Tell Whak b Necessary
The farmer can oftentimss deter
mine the element most needed IN his
fertilizer BY noting the manner OF
growth Of cotton on his different soil
types. Whom the growth s slow and
The plants have Z yellow. unhealthy
look, nitrogen (or amRonia) should be
applied n rather large amounts. IL,
hovsvsr, the plants look vigorous, but
are net fruiung well. phosphoric acid
sho1ld be ssed hbsrslly.
a>asrsily speaking. for posr ssiR. the
most important element Of fertilizer
is nitrogen, and the next most Import.
ant Is lhosphoross. ThegetsTs. fof
poor soils We wsuld recommend under
present war oondiuoaa. which Kakes
potash scaros, . fertilizer for c'ttot
ald corn analyglg sksut pr cent
available RhssIhons ac&d and POI
cent aRAoAia aad 2 Isr cent potash.
~ peanuts IL PEP osU pdeaolaoha
scti, DG eat es1nonia aAA 2 PEI
ssnt potash. Fsr fertis soils We would
recommend epr cotton and cer1. O. fer.
tilizsr analysinS IL por cent available
phespAorio acid. 2 per oeat ANN onis
and 2 Per cert potash. and for peanuts.
q fsetilissr saalyzing 10 per cont phos-
phoris acid, / IL psf cont ammonia
and 2 per cent potash. For tho sandy
loan sois Of he coastal paalp pot
ash Is the noet essentfal and Tor TO
baoco and truck crops must be applied
in liberal amounts.
The reason that nitrogen or ammo
MIA Is so necessary an element Tor prac-
tioally all soils Is because the nitratea
arc soluble In water. and arc, there,
fore, constantly teaching out OF the
land. The farmers should try to store
ND as much nitrogen In tho soil rs
possible by growing such crops az
beans. peas. clover. vetches. ETC., which
plants add nitrogen to tho soil from
the atmosphere. Practically all soils
Of the South are we'll adapted to the
growing Of these legunee.
H. however, crops are grown In ro-
tstion with leeunes, II will still Be
necessary to use commercial forms OF
nitrogen to obtain the best results.
While nitrogen Is the main element OF
a fertilizer. on poor land phosphoric
acid Is the most essential and In prao-
ideally all Of the tests that have been
made in the South, better results have
been obtained with soluble phosphoric
acid than with fnely ground phosphate
rocks or floats.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
READING WHILE RIDING.
There Is One Safe Way TO Relieve the
Strain on the Eyes.

Reading in a moving train or
street car is always inadvlsablc, and
the doctors are Il unit against il.
However, there Is way to mini
mize the dangerous effects of such
reading, and this should be l1ow-
ed by any one who persists i~iS
habit.
Let us see exactly what happens
to the eve when a person reads on
a moving train. The thing We are
interested in is the jogging of the
train which causes relative motion
between the eye and the book be-
ing read. II We could so arrange
things that the distance and dircc-
ton of the book from the eye re-
maincd the same there would, of
course, be no problem at all to be
solved, for the fastest motion OF the
train forward would then make no
difference.
What does the jogging do then
1t simply causes the eyes to jump
around quickly and constantly in
an endeavor to keep the glance on
the place in the book. This causes
an undue c1ertion by the six sets
Of tiny muscles used TO turn the eve
in different directions.
Whereas the eve ordinarily uses
these muscle. slowly, it now has to
use them fast, consequently jerking
them sharply. This tires them a
great deal.
The remedy is to so place the
arm holding the book that it will
suffer the least relative displace.
ment to the body and head when the
head moves. That is, when the
head moves the arm should move
also in the same direction and the
same amount.
This may be done by holding the
arm which holds the book with the
elbow pressed closely into the side
and keeping it from touching the
car seat. Even better is to hold the
book with both hands and keep
both elbows pressed into their re-
spective sides Of the body. II one
keeps a stiff neck, so that the head
won't bob forward and backward
with the motion of the train, thii
will help also.
The thing to remember, no mat,
ter how accomplished, is to keep the
head and book the same distance
apart and the same direction from
one another.-New York American
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
A Turkish Serpent Superstition.

The people of all serpent ridden
countries have many charms, spells
and incantations which they repeat
or perform. for the purpose of e1or-
cising such obnoxious visitors. In
Turkey everybody, from the sultan
to the galnin, sppesss to tAs serpent
king, Chah Miriam. When they come
in contact with q serpent the first
exclamation is, "In the name Of
Chah Miriam, 60 away and hide thy
self" OF course Chah Liran has
been dead for centuries, but the
Turk argues that the serpents do
not know anything about this. 1t
they knew that they were no longer
under his influence they would de-
stroy the whole human rsce.-Lon-
don Nail.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
Prof Hertzog Praises
This Perfect Laxative.
DR. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin an Ideal
Remedy for Constipation.

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in ,,so esu .;,,. ."f'' fnr L,vat;ro ~ ran,od,.
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,hnt I th;t cnmh;not;on nf si,nnIe Inv.
s.';'' .;, ' h1uh, n.;,L non.in fulfns ~
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'n1,Sa'iuS =, hil.eiie".t = I,, iioii'u1.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
Red Letter DAYS.

The origin of a 'red letter day"
has been traced back to the third
century. Gregory, bishop of Cae-
sarea, Jealous for the conversion OF
pagans, found them unwilling to
give up their customary recreations
at the festivals of their gods, 50,
taking leaf out Of their book, he
instituted festivals in honor Of
saints and martyrs. This example
soon led to the institution OF holy
days, now corrupted into holidays.
In old almanacs all such holy days
were set forth in red ink, the rest
being in black; hence the term cred
letter day" for any notable occasion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
A Useful Woman.

'Bennerhassett," said Mrs. Big
gins as he was about to start down
town, "csn you let me have = little
money to run the house with to-
day?"
"You can have just so cents he
growled, flinging the coin at her
and slamming the door behind him
as he went out.
"By the way, Bliggins," said a
friend who dropped into his place
of business an hour or two later,
"will you 60 my security on a note
for $5O0?"
"Shortleigh," replied Bliggins, "it
i. an infeIible rule in my family
that I must never do anything OF
that kind without consulting my
wife."-Chicago Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
A SOUND SLEEP.
Stery Of O Courier's Experiences In the
Crimean War.

Speeding along together in mo-
torcar, two officers, d Frcnchman
and a Russian, recently fell into
cony ersation concerning the Crl-
mean war in the ffties. in which the
grandfatherS OF both had been en-
gagged.
My grandfather was in Scbasto-
pol" said The Russian, but only
for a short time. He was sent north
to Moscow with dispatches for the
car. Such a Journey as he had.
There were no railroads, and he
drove and rode all the way, night
and day, at full speed, for the dis
patches were urgent. He slept rid
ing and he slept driving. He be-
came so exhausted he could sleep
anywhere. Once he awoke and re-
covered himself just as he was fall
ing out of the sledge and found the
driver asleep, too, and the horses
going ahead at full speed, so that he
would never have been missed and
would have soon frozen to death in
the road. At last, after terrible
journey, he reached Moscow and
the palace and was taken at once
to the car. He saluted, handed
him the dispatches and Immediately
lurched back against the wall and
fell asleep standingl
Presently the czar turned to
him to ask him a question and saw
that he was asleep. 1t was a mon
strous offense, but Nicholas was not
angry. He spoke kindly to my
grandfather first; then loudly and
sharply. He touched him. He shook
him, my grandfather did not wake.
The car reflected a moment, then
he leaned close and shouted at his
ear, Your honor, the horses are
reaGyv
"My grandfather walked and
sprang upright in an instant. 1t
was the one call he would have
heard-that he had been hearing
for eight days. He was abashed
and alarmed when he realized that
he had indeed slept in the imperial
presence, an unheard of affront to
majesty, but the car only laughed
and babe him 60 home and rest. He
thanked him and started to 60, but
he moved so stumblingly, for his
eyes were already beginning to
close, that he walked into a door
frame. An escort was sent to see
him to his lodgings and put him to
bed. Once there he slept the clock
round, walked long enough to break
fast, and slept it round again. New
er again till I fall into the sleep
from which you do not wake at all,
he used to say, shall I know what
it is to sleep as soundly as you
can.'"-Exchange.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
A Matter of Business.

'I cannot understand, sir, why
you permit your daughter to sue
me fer breach of promise. You re-
member that you were bitterly op-
posvd to our engagement because
/ wasn't good enough for her and
would disgrace the family"
young man, that was sentiment;
this is business"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08

phOrtc ACID A ~ puSnel crop
Of corn will remove In the grain, stalk
and fodder about "a pounds OF nitro
gen, 81 pounds Of potash and "a pounds
Of phosphorfe acid. A 10 bushel Drop
Of oats will remove in the grain and
straw sbsut aS pounds Of nitrogen.
Il pounds q potash saA u pounds OF
phosphoris seld. II. however, stalks,
bolls, strsw. ets., are ploved und1.
some Of ths plant 1ood viii bs rstuR-
Cd to Ms sedl.
csttsn Fsrtiil1sr Problem
With the present price Of cotton aud
other farm products, Il viii pay the
farmer y eve Ross attention this
Spring to The pRsAlens Of ssil build
ins and 70 TIE intelligent uss Of fes,
tili.ees thal ever before. esAs oa
the bsst tauSes Of The bsath have
adopted TIE plan Of rs4urning to The
soil in feftihssrs, the macy received
from all Or part Of their eo&tenseed.
This Is . good plan and should be
more generally adopted.
Enough Past Fsst for Best Yields
1t takes from so pounds to 400
pounds Of feetihser - make a good
weed in cotton. or q good stalk In
corn, and unless amounts above these
are used. full returns cannot be e1-
pected because large amounts nuet be
applied to produce the fruit and the
grain.
The anolAt Of fefihser that can
be used proftably will vary with the
different soA types, seasons and with
the different crops grown. The most
important factor, however. goVsr1iag
the amount OF fertilizer that oan Be
used with IrsAt Is the pries Of the
article produced. At the present price
OF cotton. it will pay to use On most
Of the soil types Of the South larger
amounts Of fsrtiHssr than heretofore.
To Meet DsH Wssvn sttvatisR
When grswa under boll wsevil co.,
ditions, cotton should be Mbsrally fer
tilted and this fsrtiliIer should con.
tain a large percentage q phoephoric
acid, which ingredient hastsns It's ma
turity. A fertilizer containing an an
pie supply Of ammonia should else be
used to start the plant OF quickly In
Its growth. The farmer must ever
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
Grenada Was Bought Cheap.

The island of Grenada, in the
British West Indies, was bought by
the French from the Caribs by a
solemn treaty in the middle of the
seventeenth century, and the price
paid was two bottles of rum. Esau's
mess Of pottage was good stroke
of business by comparison. The
Caribs soon regretted having sold
their birthright and vainly tried to
get the island back by force. 1t is
now one of England's most prosper
Gus colonies in the West Indies.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08
The Alteration Of the WIG.

Wigs were never so popular as in
the reign of Charles II. The author
of "The Beaux and the Dandies"
tells us that "when Cibber played
Sir Fopling Flutter his wig was SO
much admired that he had it car
ried to the footlights every evening
in a sedan chair, from which it was
handed to him that he might put it
on his head"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-03-08

remedy for children
DR. Caldwell'S Syrup Pepsin is sol''
in Drug stores everywhere for fifty
cents bottle. To avoid limitations
and ineffective substitutes be sure to
get DR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
See that facsimile of DR. Caldwell's
signature and his portrait appear rn
the yellow carton in which the bot
tie is packed.
4 trial bottle, free of charge, can
be obtained by writing to Dr. W i
Caldwell, 455 Washington st, Monti
cello. Illinois.