Winter covering crops and soil restoration for Southern farms
The article argues for winter cover crops and legumes to prevent soil leaching and restore fertility. It cites rye as highly valuable, praises wheat oats and hairy vetch, and recommends crimson clover on thin soil. It urges crop rotation, reduced guano use, and declares the atmosphere as a nitrogen source through legumes. It notes mixed farming benefits and provides practical sowing guidance for first-year success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
South
Sold For a Song
Dialogue hints at a home sale deal tied to a daughter's music education. De Porke reveals paying back costs by finally buying the neighbor’s house at half price after years of trying. Torke remarks on the arrangement as proof of the education's expense being recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torke
de Porke
Pork
Clark Couch
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Tle
J. L. Oxner
C. F. Pechman
L.T. L
Columbia
E. N. McElhenney
Ellenton
S. C
Timmonsville
S.C
Alc. Mitchell
Bateshare
D. R. Strother
W.T Seigler
Eurel
Henry Inman
Georgetown
J. M. Turner
T. R. Trout
Augusta Hospital
Lucile Mobley
Iloset
Rachel Simmons
Rose Simmons
G. C. Lowe
Miss Simmons
Manning Simmons
Wetz
Leroy Wertz
Belton Mills
Wilbur Wertz
Cowpens
Long Headed Woman
A clever young wife, resourceful and pretty, marries a lively husband who quickly becomes the village model of domesticity. A friend wonders how his club nights stopped, and the matron reveals a simple ruse: two seats by the radiator, the scent of smoke, and the habit ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Fragmentary note on schools and influence in Russia
Fragmentary OCR text mentions schools and cull ination papers and nations in cases of Russia. It references madness for chivalry and other wild garme across a place with farce of mankind and influence on ions in cases. The readable content is highly garbled with incomplete phrases and unclear entities.
Fragmentary note on a suicide attempt and restraint events
A fragmented OCR excerpt describes a person attempting self harm and being bound or restrained afterward. The text is garbled and lacks clear names, places, or dates, leaving only the sequence of attempted self harm and subsequent restraint as the readable facts.
Johnston Letter Shows Community Life And News From Parksville
The Johnston Letter reports a Baptist church conference where Rev. White’s resignation was rejected by a large majority and he will respond in two weeks. It notes cotton prices lifting farmer spirits, local fraternal Woodmen initiations, social visits, marriages, illnesses, and plans for a new brick church to replace the growing Sunday school. The piece documents local figures, families, and ongoing community events in Parksville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. White
Our Baptist Church
Nixon Dorn
Parksville
Youight
D. A. Bell
Cland Parks
Luther Stone
A. A. Wilson
Robert Price
John I. Burckhalter
John II, Burckhalter
Columbia
C. C. Burckhalter
W. B. Parks
Rachel Tolmes
Brunson
Beauregard White
T. G. Talbert Foreman
Clark’s Hill
Ragsdale
Martha Dorn
Baptist Church
Messrs
Wideman
Bodie
Garnett
McAllister
Timmerman
Plum Branch
Clarence Stone
Red Hill
R. N. Edmonds
D. M. Mackaye
Twin City
Geo. Bussey
John Brunson
N. P
James T.beasley
Mattie Crawford
Modoc
Charlie Whatley
Charles Strom
Fair Rehoboth
Norwood Harmon
Doughty Sanitarium
North Augusta
GB. F. Cotton
Minta Moultrie
Connecticut
Carrie
Carolina
G. Wash Branch
Engin
Lizzie White
Augusta Hospital
Georgia Turner
W. J. Hatcher
Darlington
Earline Allen
Edgefield
L. B. Lott
Myra Shaw
Anna Kate Butler
Mattie
Ben Lanham
Clemson College
R. A. Timmerman
J. M. McKie
J. F. Atkins
Sallie Mae Miller
Trenton
Emmie Lanham
Williston
Louise Young
Union
Anita Atkinson
Greenville
Joe
Greenvile
Ida Miller
Colliers
Wallace Miller
Very Interesting Letter From . Ropers
A local column from Ropers reports church activities and community updates. Republicans church youth organize a B Y P U with officers elected and devotional and membership committees formed. Deacons S Williams W J Lanham J M Miller I W McKie ordained. Rev Mealing Littlejohn Lanham assist. Families visit, students depart for Clemson and S C C I, and a new telephone line is being laid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advertiser
Republican Church
Mealing
Christ
Messrs. S. Williams
W. J. Lanham
J. M. Miller
I. W. McKie
T. M. Adams
Littlejohn
Lanham
Messrs
Ev. Mealing
D. E. Lanham
J.T. Littlejohn
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Johnston
Tutt
Oh Adams
Russia
Roches
Ambos
The
Great Western
Kansas City, Mo
Geo. Stevenson, JR
T. A. Norris
Ayts
JAS. Chappelle, Secy
Treas
Missouri
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
W.S. Cogburn
Eastern Dept
White
Ropers
Make J. Willie Levy
Cos
Augusta
Nuits
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