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THE McDUFFIE-TROGRESS. X? amr Vol. VIA. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1909. No. hb. KEEPING VALUES UP AND PR IS OUR CONSTANT WORK FROM SUN UP SPECIAL FOR MONDAY ONLY. 25c and 50c Belts at 5c and 10c. Tapestry Art Squares $9.98 Axminister Art Squares $22.50 Sholsten FeltMattress 12.75 Yard Wide Sheeting 4-l-2e 18x20 Hall and Dining Room Pictures 59c Lot $1.00 and $1.50 Slippers at 50c Ladies and Mens 25c Hose at 19c O SUN DOWN. THE DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. Good Calico at 5c Best Quality Pere&ls at ll-l-2c Just received a large assortment towels, prices right. Pretty Patterns in Silk Muls at 34c We have Clothing to suit the Society Man, the Business Man and the man of the world .. Large Assortment of Fancy Vest We are headquarters for Dress and Neglee Shirts, see them before you buy. .. .. Large Assortment Of Furniture And House Furnishings Always On Hand. MCCOMMONS-BUSH-BOSWELL Main Sired, Thomson, Ga. rs; *JT2 ^ ^ ^ ’-*3 75 AS -7575-75 73■ —>-75 —>■•*> “ New Store - G. \V. & G. F. Granade announce to the public that they have opened a Grocery Store on Railroad Street in the building recently occupied by J *’ 1 — th The Williamson Corn Method. mutter. /.N m to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to p (ones, wnere The following article published in The Burlington Nows, of Darlington. B. C., January :.!rd, l‘JU7, was written by Mr, 10. Williamson, wlissc method I of raisim; corn lias created great iuter- I ext all over the .-onth : , For a number of years after I began to farm ! folio wed the old time meth od of putting the fertilizers ell under the corn, planting on u level or higher, mx hv three feet, pushing the plant from the start and inakir.g a big stalk, ___ •-! .t-i • w hut the ours were few and frequently T aney and. Family Groceries. sinan. i plumed much com m the yij j soring and bought much more com a fair share of the patronage of the ^ ; mo next spring, until 11 naiiy- J was * n (driven to the conclusion that com guarantee lair prices, correct weights w| could not he made on uplands in this \h I section, certainly not hy the old metli- \b ! od, except at a loss, d/ I did not give up, however, ev will constantly keep on hand a complete stock of d/j d /; d/ d/ d/ d/ d> vi/ Land slioulu he thoroughly and deep- , fu Iv broken for com, and tills is the time ! th in a system of rotation to one-half of it now. Cover with one rrow of turn plow, then sow peas in this middle broadcast at the rate of at deepen the ! least one bushel to the acre, and finish They public solicit and soil. Cotton requires a more compact soil than corn, and while a deep foil is essential to its best development, it will not produce ns veil on loose op- ;cn land, while corn does best on laid thoroughly broken. A deep soil will not only produce imre heavily than a shallow soil with good seasons, but it will stand more wet as well as more dry weather. 1 In preparing for the corn crop land should be broken broadcast during the winter one-fourth deeper than it lias to and first-class goods. G. W. & G. F. GRANADE. Railroad Street, \$/ THOMSON, GA.^ S v cSr; isr sh sP- & S - €r- S-'Sr SixSE-Sr tirSc-Sr or & ?■' & §"■ ^' Headquarters For Building Materia! Lime, Cement, Plaster, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Screen Doors, Screen Sash and etc. ^Mantels, Grates, Tile, Paints, Var nish, Glass. Building material of all kinds .. .. for t knew that a farmer who did not make Ills own corn never had succeeded, and never would, so I began to exper iment. First I planted lower, and the yield was better, but the stalk was still too large, so I discontinued alto gether the application of fertilizer be- ! fore planting, and knowing that till , crops should be fertilized at some lime i i used mixed as a side application,and breaking out. ] n a few days side corn in other mid dle with same sweep, put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow, if it lias been divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas and break out. This lay by your crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around yourstalk. This should be ftom .June 10th to 2ftl li, unless dho season is very late, and corn should he hardly bunching tor tassel. Day by early. More com is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plov Thomson Mercantile Co. 1. Ovr services are prompt. Our material is the best. fi. J. H0BNE & CO. 657 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Long Distance Phone 473. Gov. Brown To Visit Warrenton. In a letter received iiere this week, G^v-elect Joseph M. Brown has an nounced his purpose to visit Wsrrtn- ton on Thursday, April29th. lie will roceive a courteous tand cordial wel come fjom every one regardless of how their votes were in *he Tecent primary. The Smith and Brown Sup porters* will unite in extending to him tiie hospitality and cordiality for * cifpfwr which the jieople of Warren county are rioted. In coming to Warrenton the governor-elect is only carrying out his announced purpose of visiting as many counties in the state as he can prior to his inauguration, in or der that he may become acquainted with the people. ft is not a: all improbable that Mr. Brown will address the people of WBareli county on the date above and should lit do so he will have a large udtefice to hear huh.— Warrenton applied Die more.':soluble nitratg of j ei , um | er withoul soda later, being guided in this hy the i jn ))L , a vines | excellent results obtained from its us? us a top dressing for oats, fc'till the yield, though regular, was not large, : and the smallness of the stalks now 1 suggested that they should bo planted thicker in the drill. This was done 1 the next year with results so satisfac- itorythat I continued from year to | year to increase the number of stalks I and the fertilizer, with which to sus- ! tain them, also to apply nitrate of soda ! at last plowing, and to lay by enriy, l so\v'ng»peas broadcast. This method ! steadily increased the yield, until the ! year before last (1904) with com 11 in- [ dies apart in G foot rews mid 11 dollars I wortli of fertilizer to the acre, 1 made ^ i 48 bushels average to" the acre, several' of my best acres making us much as 125 bushels. Last year (1905; I followed the same method, planting the lirst week in April 70 acres which had produced the year before 1,000 puinds seed cotton per acre. Uhls land is sandy upland, somewhat rolling. Seasons were very unfavorable owing to the tremendous rains in May rnd the extreme ly hot weather Inter. From Jir.-.e 12 to July 12, the time when it most need ed moisture, there was only five-eights of an inch rainfall here ; yet with $7.91 cost of fertilizer, my yield was 52 buihels per acre. Rows were 0 feet and corn 16 inches in drill. With this method, on land that will ordinarily produce 1,000 lbs. of seed cotton with 800 tbs. of fertilize, 50 bushels of corn per acre should lie made by using 200 lbs. cotton seed meal, 200 lbs. acid phospate and 400 lbs. kainit mixed or their equivalent in other fertilizers, and 125 lbs. of nit'aTeof soda, all to lie used as side application as directed below. On land that will make a bale and a half of cotton per acre when well fer tilized, 100 bushels of com should be produced by doubling the amount of the fertilizer above, except that 500 lbs. of nitrate of soda sh-uld be used. In each case there should be left on the land in com stalks, peas, vines and roots, from $12 In $16 worth of fertili zer material iwr acre, besides the great benefit to the hum from so large, an amount of vegetable matter. The place of this in the permanent improve ment of land can never be taken by commercial fertilizer, for iuis absolute ly impossible to make lands rich as long f) they are lacking in vegetable been plowed before, or iT much vege-jmg. table matter is being turned under, it may be broken one-third deeper. This is as much deepening us land will usually stand in one year and produce well, though it may be continued each year, so long as inueli dead vegetable matter is being tumedunder. It may, however, be subsoiled to any depth by following in bottom of turn plow far row, provided no more of the subsoil than has been directed is turned up. Break with a two horse plow if possi ble, or better, wit h disc plow. With the latter, cotton stalks or com stalks us large as we ever make can be turn- having been chopped, it will not choke or drag. Never plow iand when it is wet if you expect ever to have any use for it again. l’ed with turn plow in G-l'oot rows, I saving 5 inch bank, i Whin ready to plant, break this ouL with scooter, fol- j cannot stand a lack of moisture, lowing in bottom of this furrow deep with Dixie plow, wing taken < if. Ridge then on this furrow with same plow still going deep. Run com planter on this ridge, dropping the grain every 5 or 6 inches' Plant eaily, as soon as frost, danger is past, say lirst seasona ble spell after March Jlotli, in this sec tion. Especially is early planting nec essary on very rich land- where stalks cannot otherwise be prevented from growing too large. Give first working with harrow on any plow that will not cover the plant. For second working use 10 or 12 inch sweep <>■ both sides of corn, which should now be about 8 inches high. Thin after this working. It is not necessary that the plants should he left all the same distance apart, if the right number remain to each yard of row. looks | | - i Thi,s >s When theear i , hurt. Two good mins after laying byshould make you a good crop of com, and it should make with much less rain that if push-1 ed and fertilized in the old way. The Malks thus raised are very small and do not require anything like the moisture even in proportion to size, that is necessary for large sappy stalks. They may therefore, be left much thiospr in the row. This is no new process, it has long been a custom to back vines and trees in order to ■ in crease the yield and quality of fruit, and so. long as you do not hold back yaur earn, it will go, like mine so long wont, all to stalk. J)o not be discouraged by the of your com during the process of cul tivalion. It will yield out of all pro-1 portion to its appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yields, except with! extremely favorable seasons, for they! Ea r-! ly applications of manure go to make! large stalks, which you do not want; and the plant food is all thus used up' before the ear, which you do want, is made. Tall stalks, not only will nol.J produce well themselves, but will riot ! allow you to make the pea vines, so i necessary to improvement of land, j Con; raised by this method should nev-1 er grow over seven and a half feet high and the car should lie near to t Site | ground. 1 consider the final application of ni-l Irate of soda an essential point in this ear nuking process, it should always be applied at lust plowing and umixeo with other fertilizers. lam satisfied witti one ear to stalk, unless a prolific variety is plant led, and leaves 100 Announce to the people of McDuffie and adjoining counties that they have recently greatly enlarged their business and are now better prepared than, ever before to furnish their customers, friends . and the public generally with every article usually kept in a Grocery Store. At our store on Railroad Street vou cun al ways lind a large stock of Flour, Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar, Molasses, Salt, Tobacco, Bag ging and Tie £?. And many other 1 arm Supplies< The buantities in which we will purchase these goods will make us buy and sell at the LOWEST market prices. We solicit the patronage pf the trading public. ^ 4 t Thomson Mercantile Co. f The. Crow Of The Game Cock Is permissible because he has spurs to back % { | bushel 1 expect to m Corn should not be worked again un-1 font row easiest to till the growth lias l>cen so retarded, and the stalk so hardened that it wid never grow too lurge. This is the most difficult point in the whole procoss. Experience and judgement are requir ed to knowjust liow much the stalk should be stunted, and plenty of nerve is required to hold hack your corn when your neighbors, who fertilized at planting time aud cultivated rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours. (They are having their fun now, Yours will come at harvest time.) The richer the land toe more necessary it is that the stunting process should be thor oughly done. When you are convinced that your com lias been sufficiently humiliated, you may begin t) make the car. It should now be from 12 to is inches high, and look worse than you have ever hud any com to look before. Put half your fertilizer (this being the lirst used at all) in the old sweep furrow on both sides of eveijr other middle, and cover by breakurg-oyt. this ‘middle wi(H~lum' plow. About*'one week later treat the other middle the same way. Within a few days side com in first middle with 16 Inch sweep. Pal all your nitrate of zodajin this fur row. if less than 150 lbs. If more, use us t -,4o < injuring the com. For 50 bushels the acre, J leave it 1G isches apart 75 bushels, 12 inches apart, and for 100 bushels 8 inches apart. Corn should be planted from 4 to 6 inches ire low the level, and laid by from 1 to 6 inches above. No hoeing should lie necessary and middles should be kept clean until time to break out, by using harrow or by running on shovel furrow in center of middle and bedding on that, with one or more rounds of turn plow. 1 would advise only a few acres tried by this method the first year, cr until you are familiar with its application. Especially Hit hard at first -, .o fully carry out the stunting process where a whole crop is involved, and this is the absolutely essential part of the proces: Ibis method l have applied or seen applied, successfully, to all kinds of land in this seetlon exeept wet lands and moist bottoms, and 1 am confident it can he made of great benefit through out the entire riouth. pin the Middle \Vest,iwhrjscorn is so prolific and pr ditable, and. where, un fortunately t'dr us, so much of.ours ljas been produced, the stalk does not nat urally grow large. As we come tsoiith its size increases, at the expense of ihe Continued on fourth Page.) it up wjili; and for quantity ask the man We mean the Tax Collector. The records j show who carries the stock and pays the taxes. L It is alright to make a noise about quanti- ty, quality aud durability provided your jobs 5 hack it up—clear to the end of the shafts— £ Why not have style and etc, combining all j these with comfort and a durable finish. S Babcocks carry quality to the fullest require ments. I I. IT COBKERY, ,0a. 1 Cj T+-) Broad Street, Augusta, S 1 9 0 8 BANNER YEAR. ^ ie ; ^ Not-withstandkig the panic and other business £ drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous ^ year. We are better prepared than ever to serve you i and can give you your money’s worth every time. ^ Agents ior Sucrene Food. < Arrington Bros. &■ Compan. J LEADING GROCERS, 1 863 BROAD, ST., AUGUSTA, GA. h i \ ( $ /"- w' v w~W' -