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o L I T I C A L ANNOUNCE
, MENTS.
The Independent is authoriz
ed to announce the following
persons as candidates for public
office, subject to the action of
the Democratic party:
For County Superintendent—
J. M. Brdch.
Garland E. Land.
| ** A. J. Garner.
1 Z. D. Barber
^ H. L. Thomas
■ For Congress —
W ' Wm. A. Hodges
It W. D. Davenport.
* For County Treasurer—
W. D. McLain.
Charles K. Coe.
For County Judge:
John A. Melville.
B. F. Tyer.
W. M. Tims.
W. A. MinK.
For Sheriff and Collector
Terry Guin.
J. M. Ivy.
For Representative:
R. T. Simmons
KEELS METHOD OF
GROWING CORN
During the last 15 years I hav
been asked by many inquiring indi
viduals how I succeed in raising s
much corn per acre, and for the ir
^formation of the public 1 am writin
this in explanation.
For many years of my farming' lit
I bought seed corn from Norther
seed houses, and the best yield
could get was from 20 to ,30 bushel
One day a Methodist preacher can
along with some flint seed corn in h
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saddlebags. His name was Hammond,
and said he was taking this corn to
his brother-in-law in the Indian Ter
ritory. The corn he had was so hard
and firm that the idea occurred to me
that it was perhaps imperious to the
corn weevil. So I persuaded him to
let me have this corn, and I planted
it in alternate rows with the Iowa
Dent variety.
I confessed I was amazed at the
wonderful production of this blending
of the two varieties. I made enough
from one peck of this blend to plant
150 acres in the following year, be
sides giving my neighbor some for
planting.
I have distributed this improved
j Hammond corn among my neighbors,
i up and down White river for the last
i eight or ten years, and it is not amiss
! to say that all those in my neighbor
I nood who planted the Hammond have
their cribs full, while those who
, planted other varieties are already
| buying corn for feed and seed. The
j tenants on my place, 14 families,
! have from 500 to 1,200 bushels each
| in excess of their next year’s need.
The drouth resisting quality of my
I corn, I believe, is abundantly pi oven
I in our 1010 yield, for in this section
of the state, excepting two light
showers, we had no rain from June
j 4 to October 2, a period covering prac-j
! tically the whole growing season.
Yet for all this., we made on the whole
place the high average of 80 bushels'
per acre. So I fe§l well justified in
laying claim to its great drouth-re
SlSung quamica.
Sam Greene, widely known levee
builder of Columbus, Kansas, saw
this crop growing in August, last,
and stated to me he had never seen
such corn growth in all his experi
ence in the states of Kansas, Missouri
and Iowa.
The cultivation of this corn is no
secret nor does it differ from the
methods pursued by any up-to-date
corn grower. I break land for corn
early in December, plowing deep, and
plowing under all stalks, weeds, etc.,
for humus. The later part of March
I rebrake this ground, disc harrow
and drag to smooth the surface.
I then plant on the level, with a
two-row planter, on old land, drop
j ping the seed 10 inches apart; on new
j land I use a single planter, grains 10
J inches apart. After it is safe from
■ the ravages of cutworm,, crows ant
’ I other foes, I thin to a stand, leaving
1 the plants 20 inches apart.
I When the corn is two weeks old,
j plow it with three-inch plows, fen
2 i dered next the corn, and five-incl
‘ ! plows in the middle. After whicl
0 i I roll it with iron or log roller, whicl
' ! rolling mashes the clods, levels an
SI firms the ground, aiding in retain
1 ing moisture. In 10 days I plow i
e j again with flat sweep to cut the vege
n j tation and make a dust mulch to fi
1 i the cracks in the earth and preserv
3. 1 the moisture.
e . Ten days later, if the corn is cleai
is | free from weeds and grass, I drag
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NEWPORT, ARKANSAS „
“The Bank ^ the Big Surp'
mower wheel through the rows by
ditching a mule and ' dragging the
wheel on the flat at the end of a
rather long chain; otherwise, we use
the flat sweep as in second plowing.
According to this method of culti
vation my son, 11 years old, raised
30 bushels and 11 pounds per acre.
The weight of this acre of corn was
witnessed by Farm Demonstrator
David Thibault of Jackson county,
Arkansas.
I have no ulterior purposes in offer
ing this corn to the people of the
south. I know my corn is supcrioi
to any offered for Southern plant
ing and will be as grand a success in •
the Arkansas, Mississippi and Red:
Rivers’ land as it has proven in the j
White rjver.
I have a desire to help the South- ,
ern people grow their own feed, and i
believe I have the corn that will j
solve the broblem.
JOHN H. KEEL,
wit. Ingleside, Ark.
BENGEL. !
La grippe is prevalent in this local- j
ity. Everybody has it.
In felling a tree Monday Elmer
Davidson’s little girl, who was playing j
near him, ran under the tree just as j
it fell, and was struck by some of the j
branches, which fractured her skull
and otherwise injured her. Dr. John
son of Weldon and Dr. Pierce of Tu
pelo were called, but advised that she
be taken to a hospital and opei ated
mi of nnPP
Master Jack and Dan pirley re
turned Sunday from a weelj’s visit to
their grandparents, Mr. md Mrs.
Wes W'heeler of Oil Trough
Jane, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Ketner, has beei quite ill
for several days.
C w. Gregory and f.-mily have
moved up on his farm nea the Daw
son place. We are sorry o lose this
family from our neighbrhood but
trust they will succeed ir their new
home.
Mrs. C. M. Brown is n the sick
list this week.
Mr. Lee Padgett, o Pleasant
Plains, is visiting Mr. ad Mrs. C.
M. Brown.
Mr. Blanks and family,*f Bradford,
will occupy the Gregory place, hav
ing rented land from Mr Plant.
Everybody is moving hese days—
that is, all who are pemanently lo
cated for the coming yer.
beedevile.
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I We are still havin’ some cold
J weather, but hope it will moderate
soon.
Mrs. Vina McFaddeihas been real
’’ sick for the past wrk, but is im
. proving now.
Mrs. F. W. Beede is p now, after a
6 week’s illness of Genan measles.
Mr. A. Thomas In the mumps,
l’ but we hope he won have a severe
II case of them.
- Dr. O. H. King is a new model
Ford car, s0 anyone/ho has a desire
for him to wait on iem need not be
uneasy about him ‘tting there, for
the little Ford can .trace them all.
Misses Lena Srth and Crickett
Myers spent the qv Sunday with
Miss Marguerite lede.
Miss Eva Roy suit Sunday night
with Miss Laura oy, over at Mrs.
A. Thomas’
We arc going o have some new
neighbors in our city. Uncle Jim
Huilson and wifere moving in one
;:f the store hous north of Beede’s
store.
Mrs. Lura Barr was shopping in
our city Friday.
Little Pauline ead, of Eight Mile,
spent several ds of the past week
! with her aunt nd uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Bee>
Mrs. Nettie rter called on Mrs.
W. W. Beede In day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs.im Sharkey returned
Saturday, afteipending several days
at Memphis, rnnessee, visiting rel
atives.
Mr. GeoS'e Lay is going to have
control ofhe hrber shop for a while
ov-. N'orje eed have any excuses
! about n hevirg a barber.
Mrs. iai'tha Lasseter is back vis
i jting rc‘1,atVes and friends.
■.W. W.’ ieede and wife were
j' caix^ting busvjess in Newport
jTiv'aJr‘
j 'bother Barber -e turned Sunday
. Jin Kenyon, when he had been
olding a series of matings.
Our school is progressing nicely,
with quite a number ,f pupils en
rolled.
Singing every Sunday right. We
invite everyone to come and take part
in the singing.
Mrs. H. M. McFadden spent part
of last week at Hope visiting rela
tives.
Misses Lena Smith and Crickett
Myers and Mr. Clyde Smith visited
relatives near Beebe last week.
We have Sunday school every Sun
day atl0:30 a. m. and would be glad
for every one to come and take part
in it.
Let all the correspondents wake up
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SWIFTON.
Miss Earle Russell has gone to j
Memphis to enter the training depart-1
ment of the Baptise Memorial Hospit- j
al. Miss Russell is the third young j
lady from Swifton to take up work at j
this hospital. Misses Bessie Morse
and Lillian Gourley having entered ]
the same department last year. j
Grover C. Willard, aged 25 years a.
member of the National Army, died
at Camp Pike Sunday of meningitis.
The young man was a nephew of Mrs.
S. A. Driver and Mrs. John Campbell
and a brother Mrs. Noah King. This,
is the first death among the enlisted
rnen from Glass township. Interment
was at the Arnold cemetery Tuesday.
Mrs. J. F. Wiles has been selected
by the Swifton school board to fill
the unexpired term of Mrs. Alice To
ler as teacher in the primary depart
ment.
Lee Williams will leave in a short
time for Southern Texas. The health
of Mrs. Williams makes the change
necessary.
Prof. A. J. Garner has begun an
ac.ive campaign for the nomination
in the primary for county superin
tend pm of Schools.
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The present winter promises to es- j
tablish a record for a shortage in !
rainfall. Not for many years has j
there been so little water in the
sloughs as at the present time. The J
extreme cold weather is possibly re
sponsible for the marked deficiency
in the rainfall.
The zero weather caused the loss of
a large quantity of canned fruit and
potatoes by freezing. Such a low
temperature was not expected and
preparations had not been made to
protect potatoes. Twelve sacks of
fine potatoes were frozen in the
freight room at the depot.
LOOKED SO WELL
THAT HER SISTER
DID NOT KNOW HER
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Alabama Woman Says Her Case Had ,
Been Given Up As Hopeless—
Gains 23 Pounds on Tanlac. -
“I went on a visit to my old home
not long ago and, honest, my own
sister didn’t know me at first, I’d j
improved so much.” was the aston- |
ishing statement made by Mrs. J. D. i
Morrison, of 1403 Avenue F, Ensley,
Alabama, “and all my neighbors are
asking what I have found to put me
on my feet again, for my case had
j been given up as hopeless months
j ago.
i MI had a chronic stomach trouble'
j ihe last three years that- got worse |
; and worse, in spite of all the medi
I cine 1 took, till I was a nervous
! wreck. I lived on raw eggs and li- j
quid foods and was feverish and bil
ious and restless most of the time. I
was operated on at the hospital and j
came out a living skeleton and the j
operation didn’t do me any good, so j
' far as restoring my health was con- .
corned.
“I started in taking Tanlac and af- ;
ter the first bottle I began to notice j
i my appetite increasing so when I
I had finished the third bottle I was
! eating right along whatever I wanted
I and could sleep good at night. I have
gained 23 pounds and am now doing
my housework, as well as the wash
ing, and nothing seems to hurt me.
Tanlac beats everything I ever tried
and I wouldn’t give one bottle of it
for all the other medicines in the
country.”
Tanlac is sold by W. E. Bevens, !
Newport, Ark.
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