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6 BIG VALUE OF THE Oats and Cowpeas (By O. H. ALFORD.) Leguminous crops have a very ira portant place In every safe and sani ystem of farming. These crops pos ess a characteristic which niakei them of the highest value to farmers This is the power to utilize the fret Itrogen of the solid air. When we ex amine the rootB of luxuriantly grow tog plants, we find numerous nodulei or tubercles on them. These tuber les are caused by certain organismt or bacteria in the soil. It now seerai that there is a special form of hae teria for each legume grown, thougl ome forms of bacteria in time lean to live on two or more legumes. It is a matter of great important to furpiBh the soil lacking the necee aary organisms with a good supph of the right kind. There are several methods of pu.dng the necessary bac tArin In f Ho onil A rr/*. ?<l J - W .W >U %i*v own. rv fti/wvi Wfl/ Ul III oculatlng the soil 1b to soak the seed at planting time In water in which the soil from a field where the legume has been successfully grown for a number of years has been stirred. An other excellent way of inoculating the oil 1b to drill in with the seed soil in which that particular legume has been grown for a number of years. Care hould be taken to kee>p the soil out of the sunshine from the time it la taken from the field until it is worked Into the soil of the next, as the rave of the sun kill the bacteria, it is best to get tlio soil and apply it on a cloudy day. or late in the afternoon. Nitrogen is the costliest element of plant food and Is becoming scarcer and dearer so far as its commercial forms are concerned. This being true, SAD BEREAVEMENT SEN. D. B. JOHNSON tlreenwood, April 22.? Mr. Franli Johnson, son of Senator and Mrs. D R. Johnson, died at the Greenwood hospital after an illness of foui weeks. The funeral wil be conduct edat Mountain Creek church Frida> morning at 11 o'clock by Dr. E. J Smith. Dr. R. H. DoMent and Rev J. H. Manly. Mr. Johnson succumbed to injurief received a month age while he was hauling logs from a newly cleared field. The cart pole accldently slip ped and struck him in the head, rendering a blow that later caused paralysis. He suffered no ill effects from the wound for three weeks, having almost forgotten about it, bul about ten days ago he had violent headaches and a day or two afterward his right arm was paralyzed. He was brought to the hospital immediately and an operation was performed, but surgical skill failed tc save his life. He was conscious tc the laBt. Mr, Johnson was only 24 yearf old and was a very promising younp ' - man. ijcoiura ins laint-r arm momei he is survived by one brother and five sisters, ail of whom have thf sympathy of their many friend? throughout the county. NOTICE ADVERTISERS Let me observe that the men whr catch big flsh use big fat bait and gr where big fish are. Those who catel: little flsh use little bait and slniplj sit and wait. Men who are aftei big buinens use big advertising space They know you can raise more corr on two acres than you can on one More people see a big advertisement If there is a picture in It more people see it?this is a picture age Merchants who hire a store and buy a stock and sit and wait will have their shelves half full of out of date ' goods next year, worth only half their value. If you advertise yon keep things going and get full prices for new goods.?Buster Brown ! LEGUMINOUS CROPS Indicate Good Farming. a system of farming which provide means for tho collection of this vali - able and costly element from the a * and a medium through which it can t 1 stored up for tho use of succeedin crops is of the highest importance an ' utility Li_i T-y. t,-'-., * ducted at the Alabama station show that a crop of pea vines grown on a 1 aero of sandy soil of moderate ferti L ity contained 115 pounds of nitrogen ' an acre of velvet beans, 201 pounds 1 an acre of crimson clover, 143 poundi and on acre of hairv vetch 202 poundi 1 An experiment conducted at Louli 1 lana station showed that a crop of pet nuts contained 192 pounds of nitrogen * an acre of velvet beans, 191 poundi and an acre of cowpeas, 108 pounds r When calculated according to the seal 1 of fertilizer valuation, the value of n * trogen exceeded the cost of a ton c ordinary complete fertilizer. The n 1 trogen was equivalent in amount t i that contained in from 1,750 pounds t > more than one ton of cottonseed mea ^ The question is often asked if it i necessary to plow under the legi > mlnous crops in order to increase th i nitrogen in tho soil. Of course, th i per cent of fertilizer value of th > fallen leaves, stems and roots of th leguminous crops left in the field < i harvesting time varv. However ?h fallen leaves, stems and roots usuall; i contain from one-fifth to one-third c tho manurial value of the entire plant . of the leguminous crops. This beini true, we are in a position to asser ' positively that the nitrogen In the sol will be increased by the growing o leguminous crops, even though th crop is grazed off or cut for hay. TO WIPE OUT CHOLERA AMONG WAKE SWIM Raleigh, April 22.?F. I"). Owen I nited States Department of Agri c culture, is beginning a campaign it Wake county to eradicate hog chol era. The entire county will be cover ed and Doctor Owen will give illtis trated lectures in srhoclhouses a night and conduct demonstrations or ' farms in the daytime. The State Department of Publii Instruction is showing much interest in the anni-nanliinn ? ? ... ,.rr. wMvn.uh I wuiKJf lUlllUlCIICC 1 ment of Edgecombe county, which i! 1 to take place April 28 on the tow? commons at Tarboro. Departing front the usual parade, which is wearinf out, the Edgecombe people are pre 1 paring to have a pageant of North Carolina history. To the varioui schools of the county are esslgnei! certain periods of North Carolins history that are to be portrayed, be ginning with "Early History ol North Carolina" with Indians, forest English expedition Virginia Dare 1 etc. The pageant will close with ' George Washington's famous visit tr Tarboro, by the Pinetops school. i TO ATTEND REUNION I . Governor and Staff Visit Rod Hill This Week. Governor Manning returned yes terday from Scranton, where he de livered an address at the closing ex > orrises of the school. The governoi > is planning to leave this week fo; , Rock Hill, where he will attonH *.. r reunion of the Confederate veteran) of South Carolina. He will he acrom r panled by members of the military staff. ' Monday afternoon at 4 o'cloek th< state board of education will meet tr > discuss several matters. The gover ' nor will attend the meeting. Th< commissions for the new members oi ' the education board have been Is > Bued from the office of the secretarj i of state. The election of a superintendent of education for Charleston countj will be among the most important matters to come before the board. THE LANCASTER NEWS "1 WOULD TRMN DOG J FOR WAR PURPOSE New York, April 22.?Organizaj tion of a movement to breed and i train dogs Tor th * use of the United States army, the American Re,l l Cross Society or other military or i relief organizations, was announced . here to-day. For the purpose dog 1 fanciers have formed the army and pftlice dog club of the United States. , Dogs also will be trained for police work. It 's nroposed to maintain a registry of trained canines subject j to a call from army officers. Promoters say the movement has jthe approval of the war department. Clubs are to be formed throughtout the country where private owners can have theis dogs trained and registered for national service when I needed. < There are now in this country 4 about seventy-live dogs that have ^ j been trained for use in military campaigns including French and German dogs for Red Cross work. * ? PRESIDENT WILSON * JOINS DEMONSTRATION 4 IN WASHINGTON ,s, lr Also Watches Moving Pictures Sliow| ing IIi 111 Going to Capitol to l>eP Iivcr His Message, d I 1 * Washington, April 22.?President ? Wilson joined in a patriotic demon- . j_ stration on the submarine issue here ; to-night. While he was occupying a i; ! box at a local theater, moving pic- ^ i. j tares showing him going to the capi- < I tol to deliver his message to con- < 9" gross on the question and of a sub- i M marine in action were thrown on the I screen. The entire audience stood ' and cheered while the orchestra ' e 1 played the Star Spangled itanncr. ' j. The president bowed several times. < ?f Mr. Wilson joined in the applause , I- for other pictures showing the Amer- , ?, ican troops in action in Mexico. o a TIRESOME TEDDY. i c Since the president didn't do what e'C<>] Roosevelt denounced him in ad- ^ e \ance for doing on his appearance bee fore congress with regard to the sub- J < ? marine question, the ('olonci denoun- a % y J res what he did quite as lustily also \ if what he may do, what he should do. 1 ap'hat he could do and v hat he didn't ^ K do. It is all one to the Colonel, bet cause it is the doings of another and ? " not of himself. He finds the presi1 dent's attitude toward Germany all J e t. wrong. If, he savs, Germany ao- J cepts the terms laid down by Mr. Wilson. it will prove that she would have <? accepted them in the first Instance, and all that has Intervened, including the loss of lives in the submarine attacks, would have been avoided. If Jj Germany does not comply with the ^ " terms defined in the American note ^ 1 that will prove that no such demand ^ ' should have been made without ade" quate preparation, for which there ^ " has been ample time In the fourteen J t " minim:* *in<e mo nrst uusitania note. 2 ijr There is something about Mexico and J tVie shipping of ammunition across \ the border, the application of which ?5 ^ is not very clear, and then the sum"!ming up in the Colonel's pointing ' j out that he told all these things in ? 1 his book, "Fear God and Take Your 1 | Own Part," not so long ago ofT the 4 ' press as not to be a current work the ^ " reading of which ought to be made 1 a peremptory duty of eve-y Amerl' |can citizen. The Colonel is getting ^ ' tiresome. Can't he write a book for ' his own exclusive perusal, entitled ^ Fear God and Hold Your Own Ton- ^ gee? ?Cnarleston Evening Post. <5 1 1 ; PROTEST ON DANIELS ?5 > ? Marine Draftsmen Charge III Treatment. Newport News. Va., April U2.?The J| American Society of Marine Draftsl ini-ii in convention here to-ay adopt- ^ ed a resolution asking ocngress to ^ investigate conditions at the Ne* a York navy yard, where it was claim.I the navy department has placed incompetent and inexperienced Jl draftsmen. J r w Secretary Daniels was severely Jj eritised in speeches before the con- ^ ^ vention and the society decided to de- ? niand a statement of tho secretary's policy toward draftsmen in general. ^ It was charged that all queries on J this subject had been evaded hereto- J ~ fore. 4 The convention was adjourned late to-day. 4 r 4 To Drive Out Malaria v And IJui'd Up The System r raka the Old Standard GROVE S fASTELESS chill TONIC. You know ? t vhat you are taking, as the formula is 4 f ninted on every label, showing it ia +4 Juinine and Iron in a tasteless form. 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