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Better Days Than Others
To Harvest Tobacco.
MocKsvILLE, N. c.,
Juna % 1929

MoCKSyILLE, N. c.,
June 2S, 1928.
Dear Mr.. Editor,
Fifty years ago, my father, Daniel
V Davis, began growing tobacco.
A few years later he decided that there
are better days than others for harvest
ing tobacco, in order for it to cure up
nicely and have rich, 'waxy" and
heavy body. To find the way to tell
these days ahead was hard job, but
he was finally successful.
For some reason, my father kept
this information secret from every
hody. even his own family, until a
short while before his sudden death
last November, year ago. In Aug
ust he called visiting sister and my
| self TO the table where he was doing
some writing and explained it all to us.
desire TO pass this information to
as many tobacco growers as possible.
: In explanation, let me say that tobac-
co has an oily substance, which is a
natural possession. 1t has sap
fwater) like other vegetation. When
the sap rises it runs the oil out through
the pores of the leaves on the principle
that water and oil don't mix, and the
Il oil being the lighter, is pushed out BY
the sap, Tobacco harvested in thi.
state will be light and ''chaffyp wher
cured. There being only sap twater
| in the tobacco this eyaporates in cur
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Maryland Educational System Scored.

Marylandis educational system was
bitterly assaulted in Frederick last
week by Fl. Dorsey Etchison, promi-
nent attorney OF that city, and spokes-
man for delegation of 50 business
men and women, representing many
districts Of the county at hearing be-
fore the county commissioners when a
material reduction in the tax rate was
demanded.
Manual arts and domestic science
were branded as a source of Tremendous
expense to taxpayers and utterly
without value to the school children. F"
educate, 2 said Etchison, the chill
dren In the fundamentals and let their
parents pay for additional learning
for them.
rThe man of 40 years ago was a
better product OF the schools than the
man of the present time. II the pres
emit system OF education were put to a
popular vote, | am confident that 1t
would be beaten by 500 to 1. II we
we're solvent we wouldn't object, but
we do object when the payment OF the
bill is the cross we have to bear.
Much of the money is being spent on
fancy salaries. Anu WISH ucOt vi
S24 ,000, 600, 600 is on the country as
a result of the recent war, is it sensi-
BILE to indulge in extra debtf Can we
afford 1892 900 school bill in Fred
erick county for the 1924 school
year ~
Taxation, Etchison said, is driving
people from Frederick city and county,
ssThere are, - he said, "132 fewer PEG.
Iple In the county than there were In
li91O. The money-spending contagior
by Government heads and officials i:
Creeping upward, and people can
stand it.
RITCHIE is SCORED.
The farmers were declared to b.
practically bankrupt as the result o
i'over-taxation. /" ut takes" SAT-
Etchison, ''$l52 to produce bushe
Of wheat, and the market on Saturda,
Twas IS cents. How can a farmer liv
on that ? The farmer is tired Of thi
carnival of moneY-spending, in whic
1.-THE jobholders reap the benefit"
The lawmakers of the State we're re
ferred to as boys who spend publ
funds heedlessly and the policy {
Governor Richie and the last Legi'
lature scored.
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The County Commissioners have
signed the annual levy and fixed the
tax rate for the ensuing year at 81. As.
This rate is 10 cents lower than last
year. The new assessment shows an
increase in the taxable basis OF the
county of 81, 468, 1858. The total ex-
penses for the past year were $l23, $685.
40. The Commissioners levied so cents
for public schools and fraction over
45 cents for roads, making total OF a
fraction over S1.05 for schools and
roads. The State tax rate this year is
30f cents on the 800. The taxble basis
of the county is sS,3lS, 767.
The Commissioners are to be COM
mended for keeping the rate as low as
they did. The County Board OF Edu-
cation asked for S59, 900, which request,
had it been granted, would have made
the rate, Notwithstanding the large tax
able basis, practically as high as II
was last year.
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Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses were
issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
during the month of June:
WHITE.
Rabert Perry and Katie Bowie.
Marcellus Pickerell and Elizabeth
Ann Hamilton.
William Thomas Baker and Laberta
Lucretia Dent.
Ralph Waldo Kemp and Virginia
Lee Gray.
Walter Melvin Johnson and Jennie
Thelma Trotter.
Lyon Satterlee Garner and Leila
Blanche Posey.
CoLoRED.
James Turner and Nellie Diggs.
William Eugene Curtis and Ella
Coates.
Thomas Chesley and Ollie Hill.
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Weddings.

Miss Jennie Thelma Trotter, the at
tractive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter E. Trotter, of Waldorf, and Mr..
Walter Melvin johnson were quietly
married at st, PETERS Catholic Church
Wednesday Of last week. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Father
Martin, pastor OF the church. Our
congratulations.
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Frank G. Carpenter, world famous
traveller and writer, will start new
series Of articles in The Washington
Star, Sunday, july 5. He will travel
from Scandinavia to Constantinople,
writing OF the oldest people and the
baby nations of Europe. His first ar
ticIe OF the series is entitled, s'The
Alaska OF Europe. y Order your copy
OF next Sundays Washington Star
from your newsdealer today.
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Another quiet wedding was solemn
lied on the sama day, when Miss Leila
Blanche Posey, of Ironsides, and Mr..
Lyon Satterlee Garner, of near La
Plata, we're Joined in holy wedlock by
the Rev. Vim. Hirst Heigham, rector
OF Christ Episcopal Church, this town.
Our congratulations
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Movie Program For Indian Head
JULY 1923

ing and leaves the tobacco light and
worthless. But, tobacco harvested
when the sap is down and oil in the
leaves renders it easily cured and
makes 1t rich, oily and "waxy". This
is because the tobacco is full of oil in
stead OF sap, and oil being unable to
evaporate, remains to give the to-
bacco weight.
| shall be pleased to answer any cor
respondence from tobacco growers who
may desire to write me, provided post.
age is sent for reply.
w. H. DAVIS,
Rho. 3. Mocksville, N. G.
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William and Many Parrish. wayslde.

Services for the sixth Sunday after
Trinity
Matins-Litany and Sermon, II a. m
Members OF this parish please noe
that service is being conducted every
Sunday. Sunday is the Lords Day,
for the Lords people, for the Lord S
Service.
The Rev. D. Wellington Curran will
ofiiciate.
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FRIDAY. JULY 9, 1913.


The Rev. VIM. Hirst Heigham. D. D.,
rector. Services for the sixth Sunday
after Trinity, July 81:
$50 A. M, Waldorf. Saint Barna-
bas' Chapel, Sunday School.
e:l5 A. NJ, Waldorf, Saint Barna-
bas' Chapel, Morning Prayer and Ser.
mon.
10A. NJ, La Plata, Christ Church
Sunday School.
IL A. M, La Plata, Christ Church,
Morning Prayer and Sermon.
Every Thursday, 10 A. M, Christ
Church, La Plata, Holy Communion.
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Cabbage Plants For Sale.

Late cabbage plants now for sale.
Sent to you postage paid by me for SOC
per 100, or S2.25 per 1000. 5000 for
$500. Varieties, Late Flat Dutch and
Late Drum Head.
w. IRVING TILGHMAN,
Plant Grower,
lott. East New Market, Nd,
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La Plata Charge, M. e. Church
South, Rev. H. Q. Burr, Pastor.
La Plata, End Sunday, II a. M; 4th
Sunday, 8 p. IN.
Pisgah. 1st and 3rd Sundays, II a. m.
Dantsville, End and 4th Sundays, 8
p. m.
Bethel, End Sunday, J p. m; 4th
Sunday, II q. m.
Indian Head, LIST and Bird Sundays,
7.30 p. m.
Shiloh, LIST Sunday, 3p. m.
Chicamuxen, 3rd Sunday, 3p. m.
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Durham Parish, Nanjemoy. Ser
vices at the Brick Church at IL q. N.
on the first, third and fifth SUNDAYS
In the month.
Services at st. James Chapel at IL
a. m. on the second and fourth Sun
days in the month. Holy Communion
the first Sunday in the month.
Rev. SETH A. MILLS,
Rector.
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Nanjemoy Baptist Church Services
as follows
Nanjemoy-Second and Fourth Sun
days, II a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Good Hope-First and Third Sun
days, IL a. m.
Port Tobacco-First and Third Sun
days, 3p. IN.
REV. D. A. RAMEY. Pastor.
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If you anticipate doing any building
this season you can save money at
the lumber yard of Matthews Howard
Company Inc. A full line OF dressed
lumber and building material is car
led at all times.
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The Church Of the Nazarene. Sunday,
July 3th. Preaching as follows
Du Bots at 10. 30 a. m.
Children's Day at Pisgah, exercises
beginning at Up. m.
Preaching at Indian Head at 5 p. m.
Chicaauxen, Sunday School at 10
q. m. Prayer meeting at IL.
d. w. SwEENY,, Pastor.
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II you want to sell your farm, list it
with S. X. Burch, Hughesyille, Nd
adv.
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FOR OVER 40 YEARS

HALLS cATARRH MEDICINE has
been used successfully in the treatment
HALLS cATARRH MEDICINE con
sists OF an Ointment which Qnickly
internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous sur
faces, thus reducing the inflammation
Sold by all druggists;
+. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
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Maryland Independent
THE YOUNG MANS ADVOCATE
THE POOR MANS FRIEND.


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Each subsequent Insertion. 80
Six lines or less constitute square.
All embellishments due and pay
able after the FIRST Insertion.
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Score by Innings
La Plata. 4 l o 0 2 % 5 x
Mechanicsville' 0 l 0 o 0 2 0 2
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25
FIFTY THOUSAND WOMEN

would comprise vast army, yet that
is the number who have replied to a
questionnaire recently sent out by the
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. of
Lynn, Mass. Ninety-eight out Of every
100 letters from these women con
tanned positive assurances that they
have been benefited or restored to
health by taking this old-fashioned
root and herb medicine. This is most
remarkable evidence of its power over
the ills of women. Therefore, with
ninety-eight chances out of one hun
dred that Lydia z. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound will overcome such
ailments for you, why should you con-
tinue to go through life in pain and
suffering advertisement.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25
VO[STEAD VARIES
BIRTHDAY CUSTOM
0 Rhine Wine for Woman
90. Years Old.

Having arrived in Cincinnati on the
same train that took the body of
Henry Clay home for burial. after she
had made a thirty-f1ve-day voyage
across the Atlantic as an immigrant,
Mrs. Apollonia Straub, 3128 N Me
ridian ST., has lived to see the day
when she has been disappointed be-
cause she could net have the Gus
tomary Rhine wine on her birthday.
She celebrated her ninetieth birthday
today.
Mrs. Straub was born in Neustadt-
on-the-Hardt, Germany, and came to
the United States when she was 10.
She was married in CinCinnati and
later moved TO Harrison, Chic, where
she, Of necessity, entertsined Nor
gan's raiders during the Eivil War.
She has lived in Indianapolis since
1874.
Relatives in Germany. slk said. in
quired whether they were bllowed TO
send her wine for her birth liay. They
Teer told they were not.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

Make Your Diamond Grow
Pick out a small diamond on Rites
easy payment plan. After your
diamond is fully paid for Rite will
gladly allow you full value in ex-
change on a larger stone at any time
This enables you to make your dia-
mOnd grow and before long you will
be the proud owner of a large and
sparkling diamond
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25
Free Milk

Tourists going through Leban-
on to Indianapolis on the day be-
fore the Speedway race will be
served free milk by the Wilson
-Evaporated Milk Company. The
company is prepared 10 serve
1900 glasses. Roads leading into
Lebanon have been placarded for
ten miles announcing the. gift. ','
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25
BRYAN SSEES-M0 USE FOR
BRAINS WITHOUT IDEAL
CommOner DenOunces Science That
Denies Bible.

LAS a man thinks in his heart, so
is he" declared William Jennings
Bryan, quoting from the Bible, which
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

he said was right, no matter what
brainy men are saying to the con-
trary.
The commoner addressed a meeting
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

of the Mems Dor1nitory Club of the
Y. M. c. A. Thursday night on "The
Issues of Life" and devoted himself
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

only intellectual things" he said II
say the church must stand first for
Christ, and not a Mr.. Jesus Christ,
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

Watch Is Loot
A thief took a $40 watchlfrom the
home Of Mrs. Vance 1885 IN. Penn
sylvania st.
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

to his favorite theme Of Science VS..
Religion.
I'VE are told we must stand for
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

"a man may have all the learning
there is, but if he hasn't an ideal,
what is he going to do with it?'
The Indianapolis times., 1923-05-25

either. Ours is religion that speaks
from the heart, and not solely from
the head.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30

A ENCOURAGEMENT THAT PRESI-
"A dent Harding is to u for re-
election is the outstanding piece of
news Of the past few days. A state
ment to that effect was issued by At
torney General Harry M. Daugherty,
the cabinet minister who is known to
be most closely in touch with the
Presidents personal thoughts, the
other day in Florida.
The statement is based on no rumor
of dubious authenticity. On the con-
trary Mr.. DaughelLy set the stage
for his pronouncement by formally
calling In the reporters who + trail
Ing Harding on his southern tour and
telling them of the decision, right after
he had been closeted with the Presi-
dent.
Along with the declaration came a
hint as to the grounds on which Mr..
Harding will seek reelection. They
are four in number, as follows: Taxa
ton, law enforcement. the record of
the Department of Justice Indicating
that attacks on him are to continue),
and the question as to whether this
government will continue to hew along
the lines as laid down by the Constitu-
ton or listen to the policies advanced
by foreign theorists.
The. first three policies are con-
sidered as measures to forestall at
tacks on the administration by the
Democrats while the last issue is
aimed at rival candidates who may APP
pear in his own party. Only one
serious candidate looms as a rival
within Harding's own ranks, according
to those close to Mr.. Harding, Senator
Robert M. LaFollette, the Wisconsin
politician who has disputed for the
nomination in every fight since 1912.
Hiram Johnson, of California, is
thought to have been eliminated when
his friends and financial hackers, VIII
liam Wrigley, Jr., of Chicago, Alexan-
der P. Moore, of Pittsburgh, and A. d.
Lasker, were brought into the Harding
encourage after the last election. Mr..
while Mr.. Lasker is a member of the
Florida h%ouseboat party and chairman
of the shipping board.
Harding will open his prediction
campaign this summer, according to
present plans, when he will make a
speaking tour on q trip to Alaska
across the country, going by the north
ern route and returning by the south
ern. Speeches in the principal cities
with addresses to the farming COM
munities now are being planned.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Attorney General Daugherty An
nounces Harding's Candidacy
for the Presidency Again.
CITES REASONS FOR HONOR

U. S. Will Not Recognize Russia While
Soviet Agitates for World Revoiu-
ton Says Secretary Hughes;
Frances Grip Tightens on Ruhr;
Wall Street JoIted by Busi-
ness Man; Judge Rules Pro-
hibition Act Is Not the
Law of the Land.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30

ONE of those rar u~tterances by Sec
~ rotary of State Charles e. Hughes
was made the other day, to a delega-
ton of women seeking to have this
country recognize the Russian govern
ment, in which he bluntly stated that
there seemed little immediate chance
for the United States to enter into
friendly relations with those at the
head Of the soviet. His statement
was to the effect that Russia would
have to show an honest desire to
accept its obligations and pay its debts,
and to cease ~antagonizing other gov
ernments by fostering social revolu-
lions outside Of Its own borders be-
fore it could be admitted to the con-
cert of nations. He asserted that this
government desired to help Russia to
its feet but that 1t must first see Il
basis of help~fulness. Recent changes
by the Lenin regime have been a step
In the right direction, declared Mr..
Hughes, but they have been so far
from being adequate that they could
not be considered seriously as the
basis for a friendly approach by the
United States.
Quoting Zinoviev, Lenin and Trotz-
ky's words where they assert the Fels-
sian political situation merely is the
beginning of a world revolution, Mr..
Hughes badly stated: II desire to
see evidences Of the abandonment of
that policy"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30

A dollar invested in the Journal will
bring you all the news Of Five Mile
Beach for one year.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30
HOW THE SCIENTIST DISRUPTS
THINGS

The greatest radical in the world is
the scientist.
AS a disrupter Of industry he is
more dangerous than the labor agi-
tator.
He makes and unmakes the pros
perity Of entire nations.
AS a leveler of classes he is more
effective than the writer, orator or
statesman.
When Eli Whitney's cotton gin
came into use the Southern States
were suddenly released from poverty
and lifted to prosperity such as they
had never known. Debts were quickly
paid from the profits made from cot
ton. Land values tripled in value.
The discovery that sugar could be
extracted from beets, and the inven-
ton of a practical process for accom-
plishing this gave Europe a new crop
worth hundreds of millions, and
robbed the c-ane-growing countries of
other millions.
A few decades ago the world was
shocked by reports of the cruelties in
fiicted upon the natives in the rubber
forests in the Congo and in Brazil.
Philanthropists and statesmen I'M
dertook to remedy the intolerable con-
ditions, but real relief came from an
unexpected source, when scientists
suggested that rubber be cultivated.
The bulk of the worlds rubber now
comes from well-managed plantations
in countries where men live as human
beings should live, and the atrocities
of the rubber forests have ceased.
In 1897 nearly a million acres in
India we're used for raising a plant
from which was extracted natural in
digo-a fast dye. The value Of this
crop was $4,000, 900.
By 1914 India was producing only
100000 worth of indigo.
What had happened was this: A
process had been discovered for maxi
ing artificial indigo which was bet
ter and cheaper than natural indigo.
Even the rice eaters of India could not
compete with the chemists.
Examples might be multiplied of in
uuOI11 z IldJ nave OSCu WIpSu OuL
over night by science and invention.
Men who have given their lives to ac-
quiring a certain skill suddenly find
themselves without a job because of
the invention of a machine which can
do their work better and cheaper.
Nations are made and unmade by a
chemical formula.
Yet such revolutions as are caused
by the advance of science and inven-
ton produce ill effects only temper
arily. When the adjustments are
made everyone is better off than be-
fore.
For these reasons the writer be-
lieyes the true philanthropist and
humanitarian is the business man,
working in conjunction with the scien-
fist and inventor. He is raising the
so-called lower classes up and bring
ing the so-called upper classes down
by a process hat is as inevitable in
it's workings as the movement of the
earth around the sun.
The time will come when material
comforts and necessities will be as
universal as sunshine, and when men
will be distinguished only as they
serve their fellowmen.
And this revolution will come indie
pendently of laws or governmental
organization.-By William A. Feather
in the Type Metal Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30

indicates that the demands would not
be understated. On the face Of them
the terms are severe enough, If they
have really been made, to ALLEVIATE
many friends of the French govern
ment.
T ORD BIRKENHEAD, one of the
- cabinet ministers in Lloyd
Georges government, addressing the
house Of commons last week, stated
that France has eight airplanes to
Britain's one and that it was in a
position to blow British industries into
the air at any time a disagreement be-
tween the two countries reached the
stage of His remarks were the
prelude to an appeal for more funds
for the military arm of his govern
ment. Students of British politics will
gather mostly from his remarks that
Lloyd George merely is starting out
to undermine the Bonar Law ministry,
although there seems little doubt that
England is in bad shape, compared
with it's cross-channel rival, in regard
to fighting aircraft.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30

WALL STREET WAS BACKED
w up to the wall the past week
by Clarence Saunders, a Memphis mar
who asserts the big fnanciers tried to
hang the name of "a boob from Ten
nessee" on him. The financial dis
jolt in years. The deal came about
through Saunders deals in Piggy
Wiggly, of which corporation he is
president. He quietly amassed near
ly all the available stock that was
not held by legitimate investors and
then bought some 10000 shares on
margin for future delivery. Without
warning he demanded the delivery
of these shares and the s~crrrylng
around by brokers and the gamblers
who were the principals in the trans
actions, forced the New York Stock
Exchange to bar trading in PIGGY
Wiggly to save some big traders from
financial disaster. Saunders threatened
to force those who have sold to him
to pay him $3.50 a share in lieu of
their delivery of the actual stock, a
figure that meant ruin to many of the
stock gamblers.
The stock exchange charges that
Saunders acted in bad faith, to which
Saunders retorts that he went into
the market for the first time in his
life in his Piggy Wiggly deals and
that the financial powers let him run,
feeling certain he would come a crop
per. When he outguessed them, he
says they showed themselves poor
sports. He further says that brokers,
who are practically all members of
the New York Stock Exchange, tried
to break him by demanding that he
settle in full for all of his commit
ments and that he surprised them by
doing so and demanding the actual
stock in return for his cash. He says
that threats by the exchange to ex-
punge the stock from its trading list
have no fears for him and that as
long as he lives he will never head any
company whose stock is traded In on
the New York board. 1t is said that
it took 100000 at one time to
handle Saunders deals and that the
New Workers. figured he would never
be able to control that amount. A
few years ago MI. Saunders was a
grocery clerk at 81 a week.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-03-30

hard fight in a majority of cases ana
President Harding's announcement is
not considered by his friends as being
any too far in advance of the actual
work of the campaign.