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: I,-: The Daily News and Observer. snDAT MO MSG, LY 5. 1M7. The Solution of Hy b. r, To the Editor:. About tko months ago you copied an article! frith the .above title from J&e Jackson, Miss., News; and. as I found some statements tin it on , which 1 wished to make some ' comments. I laid it aside fbr a more convenient season." I TheJ ' - passage which'' arrested my attention, and in which misrepresentations of historical , truths appear, was copied from a cussion of the negro problem by 'late William C Whitney. Here "For half a century this quest used the American rostrum, pulpi and press to surge, and rock, and was finally debated upon th; bloodiest bac ticfields of which history hfcis made a record. In order to. fully- Understand this question let us expend a ew words upon Its origin. The Pilgrim " Fathers, being driven into exile by religious persucatlon. 1 ell nto th mistaken phllanthrophy of the "politico-social equality, of a ill men. View 1 ins the negro as th'o n an and broth er, they- were toucneai in tears, ana lieinanueu iur Ullll. nurgaiiuu miu v.n- xen"rip. . rne , .v-avauer . sci-uers i Jamestown racial inferiority, and saw in him ouly the elements of manual jemployments," euw- ' I ' " Mr. Whitney was a piative of C m way, Massachusetts: hi; father was In official lifeas collector! of revenue 1.1 Boston, and as Superintendent of the " Springfield armory; r the sni graduated at Tale, studied law at lla vard and afterwards in New York; and for four years served as Secretary of then Navy. He enjoyed, therefore, exceptional opportunities for acquir ing that broad culture for which the educational facilities, of. New Engli-J are regarded as universal. -Sat, whether we charge the responsibtiitv to his parents, his teachers or his text-books, the -, above quoted vassujre demonstrates beyond fa reasonab;e donbt that he had been mislnformci in regard to every Important fact : i which must "underlie any truthful pre sentation of the "negro "problem"; and 1. ask spaced in your 4aper to offer to j'our readers some of the evidence which justifies the chirge. The im- f portance of exposing the blamelesnc-s of Mr. -Whitney's theory of sectjoiutl antagonism In the United States wat impressed on mytmlnd during the "re construction" period, when I listened at the ; orators who . wlere sent ' ovsr the State to embJtter. 'ijthe uninform ' ed against those who had been desig nated as oar rullng class;? and ire quently , since those days I have si and heard proofs that! the. labors of those men were not. altogether fruit less. :. . r ; ---'t- . In order to save space, I present tha historical evidences, very nearly in th2 order in which they were first record ed in. the annals of this country, lear fnr unmentioned most of the authors to whom ; I am indebted. ' . The Mistaken JPhllanthropy" of " the "Pilgrim FatherslTl In 1638 tlie "- ..... authorities-of the Colony' of Massachu setts Bay -sent a slave-fhlp. the ; "De sire." to the coast of Africa, and brought back a number of slaves far , which they found ' "ready sale. In 1642 the Colonieai of. Massachu setts. Bay. Plymouth!; .OonnecJ.tcMt t, " and Ne Haven formed a - Confedera . tlon, agreeing, among" the stipulations to mutually .surrender fugitive slaves. 1C76 was the closing year of the long series f evebts in the history of the dealings pt . the Pilgrim, Fathers with the ..Indian ' tribes dealings of which i we may get a few glimpses in -Irvirtg's Sketch Book, and in Taylor History '. of the United States bopyrighted In - 1839.-by Ezra Strong. Buffalo, N. Y.) In Irvings "Traits of Indian Charac ; ter7 and In his "Philip bf Pokanoket the reader finds "artful jtraffiej" "wan ton " warfare. :r trea ted- - r them y like beasts ? of ? the 4 forest," - "hunianity shrinks front the coldblooded detail of Indiscriminate butchery. "the tn gratitude' of i white meri. "the intru ' slve policy and -dictatorial ?eonduct of the strangers, pernd3f.'4nd "burn ing their. enemleai.alivek7and Taylor, after some details of the-i last attack : on- the Narragansetts, saysr "Even at this distant period, wej cannot-recall ' tKis scene without painl lit: 167f .the Massachusetts aUthori , ties shipped to Bermuda, and sold as ; a lave-the nlne-year-ojd grandson of : . Massasoit. who was the msst valued, friend the colonists had during all their early struggles. ' i . t: .-A, ' In 1793 a- law was enacted by ; the Massachusetts, authorities -denying - to ' "Indian, negro" or mulaUo servants or slaves the right to" b .abroad after nine 'o'clock at night. f. ; In ' 1707 the 'Massachusetts-authorl-i ties passed an act tulrmg;freerne groes. who were not' permitted to train with the militia, j to work the - - highways and streets as an equivalent. . In 1787.win?theJ Philadelphia con " vention. the' proposition : that - fugitive slaves should be returned. 5 on proper . demand, to the ' authbritles of the. State "whence they fled, wasr supported by e-ery 'delegate from the New Eng- . :!land:Statesv :--"!...i'?-.- ' In 1788 the Massachusetts legisla.- yture passed an act denying to free ne. "i , groes from other States the right to " ; . remain tr W'i thin" her -borders for " a ? longer period than two "months, un- V less they could "produce satisfactory proor .that they were citizens of the State which they had left; and the I ' penalty : for disobediem re, after warn- ing, was flogging. : - In 1795 the Duke de lochefoucauld LJancourt ; traveled :4 l athe s United States, , and giving J-his experiences in - his "Voyage dans LeS Stats Unls. he says'that neariyitwenty vessels from the Northern States were engagetl in th African slave-trad. " In 102 when Ohlof was organized :- fas-a State by a people whose ances . tors :were mostly r Pilgrim - Fathers, free negroes from 'Other States were denied -theTTrtght tl migrate "to" Ohio : r- ..v ; v ..-1- ! r - . Nv -. - V -" 'xr "s"!- the Negro Problem bj RADY, , ... unless some responsible white man they should not "come upon the ! . m. . WT"ifi XTXyrr dragged through the streets of Bos- ton for his abolition sentiments, by al rXtertynTrisp rfojrerty .and respectatUIt In 1855 the descendants of tho 1.1 v,.... "" whhK i ?rref fn,m "' - "aCouI ts0 acSrdine to the New ATout 1860, according to tilt .New "in rtbe ilghlingale. of Boston. Francis Bowen master: was captured on the coast of Africa, having on i uc.ng cucviru unit uinv-i fia.io j escapea. lurnins now irom me cuuieinuiaiiun 01 Tile mitn ut 1 11 yiii aiit;ip'y , Hi Pilgrim Fathers, ler ns tniur How- the cavali 'Man and brother. How the cavaliers Felt toward the Tn 17L v!rK'ia imposed restrlc- uons on the importation of slaves from Africa, requiring ten per cent w S XlJ&Qh S,aVC l bC Pa,U by the purchaser. ! In 17.6 Airgin la adapted a onst.- iution in which it was declartd " thai andmdeptndenf"01'6 ""in'nclaration of Inde- pendence .and of the equality of ail men was written by a Cavalier. In 1776 -i Cavalier inseited in iii urart or the EecIari:ton Ijidvpeu-dc-nce the first note! derun.i.-iti:i .f the African slave trade. l.t u v.:i stricken ut by thot-e wi-.o piotKibly itpresented the owners of the "ni if- ly twenty ships." It was: "!.' ! (George 111 j has wsged crliM war, against hnman nature itseit. -violating j its most saei-ed ii.;hts f life anJ ; liberty in the permits of a dUtant ; people 'who ntver orTtnded hin. cup ivating and carryinsr '.hem into slavery j in another hemisphere Thl i piratical warfare," etc. In 1776 .Vorth Cnrolina adopted t Constitution ; irr which she conferred on all freemen, without regard to color. , the right to vote for members of her House of Commons. In 1787 the. ordinance excluding j . i r . i... was supported, by i every Southerner in the Congres?s. In 17 St- Bland, of Virginia, moved .n the first Congress thar a tax of ten dollars be Imposed 'on- eioti sliv? imported Into 'the, ITnlted S.t:.. 'hut New England members strong!y op posed it, and the rfotion failed to pass. In one of Washington's letters, re cently copied by the Washington lot. he said; "1 never mean, un'esa ahiw particular circumstance shouM v m pel .me to it, to psit8s anoth.'" riiive bv i)urahs. it betne anions my Tit wlhe. to -fcee-som plan a-Jopteliy J Lil t. .1.!..' ; . ...I... I mcn MBvnj ui uw abolished bvlaw. j "jb n(' me rci to prohibit Africah slave-trade was Dawd by n vote; of Al 3 yeas and 5 nays, two of thetietjeing Northernefrs ard thrt-c being Southerners. . V- There is lnncSi more of the s;ni sort, but u here is enough to enable the ; reader to decide whether the Pilgrim Fathers of the, Cavaiu-rs felt the' deepest interest in the ' uwn aim brother." and whether the "policitco social equality of all men" must regarded as a distinguishing tenet in the nioral code of, the Pilgrim FJiihe-3 Was the question "debated on the "bloodiest battlefields." , The platform on which Abraham Lincoln t..d vhn first a candidate, declared for . ' the maintenance inviolate of -tbs rights of the States, and especial lv th riKht of each State to order and control its own domestic Institutions a'-fjidini to Its own, Judgment exclusively." In Rice's "Reminiscences of Abra ham LJncoln Gen. Donn; Piatt appears as a ?contributer, H; canva-u the southern I counties of Illlnoii-for Lin coln In 1860. visited, fcnd studied him In Springfield after the ieiec'MU.. and served as a General in : the Northern army during the war. Arnon other Interesting things he says: "Descend ed from the poor whites of a slave State. through many i generation?. tie :inneniea - m cimhciuiii, If not the hatred, held' oy tnai ciass for the iegro.- .He could no more Xeel a sympathy for that wretched race that he could for the horse he worked-or the hog lie killed. , He knew. andSsaw clearly that the peof pie of the free. States 'had. not onri no sympathy -wltn; the abolition of slavery, but held fanatics, as abolition ists were called, in utte abhorrence. . Wendell Philllps.the silver tongued 'advocate, of human rights was. while Mr. Lincoln talked to us. being ostracised in Boston and rottejn egged'at CincInnatL I rement ber when the Hutchlasons were driven from the camps of the Potomac army by the soldiers for staging their aboli tion songs, and I remember well that for two t years nearly of our service as soldiers we were engaged in re turning slaves to their masters, when the , poor creatures! sought shelter In our lines. !;j In Mr, Lincoln's Inaugural address he said::- "I have mo. purpose, direct ly nor indirectly, to Interfere with the institution of slavery in the States. I believe I have no ilawful right to do so, and I have no Inclination to do so. A few davs after the first battle of Manassas Crittenden's resolution was adopted ; by . bothl housesi of Congress Vlin a Close K(-'f lyavu wuuau..., i "Wl EOUILDE12 ... ...... . ...... . "Muas 1iuinriit-n.4 hi r, I !.,..!.. dis-i to Kansas to insure "free soil" in that! - . ' - "V!:v,.": thejjftate approved by 'an overwhelming ; t,, a , V. ... !.. " It is: maioritv." as Oovernor Robert J. .V- 1. .'""""V "--- ion Walker affirmed in his inaugural ad- ?',.,nrKSV-J"8 . s" ij dress, a clause which was inserted in T""- .... ... ' vaiviiiut, .nrill arUIIIIH iUIII as Bancroft Mates It, declaring that "the war was not for conquest or to Interfere with I he rights or establish ed institutions of the Southern States." On August 30th. 1861. Gen. John C Fremont, having military control of Missouri, issued a proclamation de claring free all the tdaves of what he cajled the rebels" in that State, but onv Sentemfter 2nd. Mr. Lincoln i uisapproven it. 0 .., .cc x. ' da. and after the evacuation thoy re ' turned ndr Hag of truce fifty-two nf!rimQ In f Ha t . . . r... I ...... AtnA. 1 n command there 0n A ri ,2th , fi (;,n,ra, Huil. ! ter" "---r of the "Southern De- partInent issued a proclamation de- ..,., Klaimt v. .... 7"-" i certain parts, of Louisiana and Vir- iKin. affirming that it was solely iT'"' ".- expressing not a , hlut f svmpalhv for tne drives nor ! lhl't r , ln?w l, U t S, u.?" j tm- J ..lnL. ! ' U I,U as the Montreal Witness lii. "a revolt (j Jay eholdTs on behalf of slavery:" (2 which State seceded in order f r.rt -sprvp ainvorx- u-ithin it. i.i , t3 at what stage of the war did the i for thi r.prnniinn r.t i.j..... riv ' Whfll ditl th niiftet'mn hvin t "debated on the battlefields: and (5? whether any other dispute between families, tribes or nations has been ! ,on- s Persistently, so consistently and o successfully misrepresented And, after Ieaching a satisfactor- dei ,.fsJ nn i. .llzl --w .records for the deVTuman oV ! J". h .P- grim Fathers to upervije conditions ( in ine tooum. and -to provoke South t emers to 'debate' anv diiKtlnn ith them on "battlefields." B. F. GUADY. Clinton. N. C, Maixh . 107. Land the Basis of Wealth. (Continued from Page Three.) parture. though the actual ratio or area to population gives a figure con siderably higher even than this, the 414.498.487 acres of im Droved farm J. lands in the United -States on the date oi tne last omciai report, an area ma terially enlarged by the present time, would support in comfort 317.350.40 people; enabling them at the came time to raise considerable food for ex .,fo-rin '''aciurin port and to engage in necessary man ufactures employments. A:mlvin the same ratio to the entire acria' of farm lands within the United States, both improved and unimproved, 'which was at the same date 838.591. 774. the population indicated a9 able to live with comfort and prosperity on the actual existing agricultural area of this country, under an intelligent system and a fairly competent but bv no means highly scientific method of culture, rises to 642.046.823. The con clusion i, that if not another acre were to be redeemed from the wilder ness. If the soil were treated kindly and intelligently, and If industry wer xlisiriouieti duty and popular atten WI'vr. .-fc LposjiiDie utilization of the one unfail- intr national rMntirw tlicn nmilil Km wants of. in round numbers, 650.J.- 00 people. But this means such study and labor to raise production to its highest terms as have entered scarce ly at all as yet Into the American comprehension. Xeetln, of Hie Hour. Failing to understand the needs My the hour, or to appreciate the moral to which they point, what fortune must await U? Within twenty years 125.000.000 people, and before the middle of the century over 200.000.00v must find room and food and employ ment within the United States. Where are they to live? What are they to do? By that time our mineral resource will have been so nearly exhausted that (he industries related to them must fall into a minor place. By that time it is apparent that our dream of a conquest of the world markets will be a burst bubble. Mr. Howard Boice has demonstrated that the peo ples of the ' Orient, he hundreds of millions of Japan and China, with their Imitative quality, their proved ability to operate modern machinery, and to create It in their workshops af ter once using it: their enormous sup ply of coal and iron; their limitless supply of cheap labor, and their pa tience, like Fate, are prepared to con- utrol the markets of the future. They must control as against a policy which has established ; domestic conditions in manufacturing business, on lines which make production so expensive an affair that we could not hope to meet the mechanic of Germany on even terms, and must retire before the despised Chinaman- It Is a mathe matical fact that within twenty years under present conditions our wheat crop will not be sufficient for home consumption and seed., without leav ing a bushel for export. Will these coming millions go into the factories? vBut where can we then expect to sell shop products in a world of competi tion, and who will furnish the par rolls?AlI industrv stops when thes-2 are ntfprt coming. That is the dead wall against which England stands dismayed. The shops are there, the workingmen are there, clamoring for employment, but capital can find no profit In the enterprises, nobody of fers to advance money for the pay rolls of unprofitable business, and a top-heavy industry imust surely fall. Let us be warned, 11 time. On every side there is menacfe ff' our national activity be not' reorganized oa the ba n's of the old-fashion common sense. rhe safety valve for. older peoples Jia j been found In 'emigration. Their very . ni jios cuuiriuuicu iu uui gcn(rn LOCOr.lOTM With new and commodious qoarters, latest Improved equipment and iritli confpetent corps of skilled macblnista x n rive you ine oesz results. I JIAKE A SPEXriALTx OP FIX TTXG OITT KAW HfTT.f J hiHiim. fmil -r- CS Si IthH nlm ttlnM nf m.mr description. .Estimates gladly furnish IT GI y. RALEIGH, N. C. o iLli The United States cannot follow their example. It ii against the gfnius of our people: and besides, the e.lrcle or the Northern hemisphere is closed. At borne the problem muft be worked out and its terms have been clearly stated. A National Duty. The conclusion reached points mil and emphasizes a national duty so Im minent and tm . imperative that it should take prvedence of all else. It is the foe that has overthrown civV zatlon as proud, as prosperous and Tar more strongly fortified than our own. Nothing can stop the onward march of Nature's laws or close the iron jaws of her necessities when thev open to cruidi their victim. Kither we shall understand our situation and make such provision as her benignancy af fords to meet it. or we shall meet con ditions of over--rowding and artificial standard and food and employment inadequate to the national needs, ana so be in danger of destroying tn stately temple once reared with the highest hopes that ever animated hu manity. Which is it to be? If wc are to walk s.ifely in the wav t Vixdom there is much to be done. It is time to begin There mut be. first. return to conservative and economic methods, a readjutment of national ideas such as to place agriculture, and its claims to the best intelligence and the highest skill that the countrv af fords. In the very forefront. There must Ix.- a national revolt against the wrV-shlp of muiufa-ture and trade as the only fortn- of progressive ac tivity, and the false notion hat wealth built upon these at the sacrifice of the fundamental form of wealth produc tion can endure. A clear recognition on the part of the whole people, from the highest down to the lowest, that the tillage of the soil is the natural and most desirable occupation for man. to which every other is subsid iary and to which all else must in the end:yield. is the first requisite. Then there will be a check administered to the city movement that lowered the percentage or agricultural labor to the whole body of persons engaged in gainful occupations in the United States 44.3 In 1880 to 37.7 in 1890. and to 35.7 in 1900. With public Interest firmly fixed upon the future, the country, in mere self-preservation, must give serious .attention to the practical occupation of restoring agri culture to its due position in the na tion. The government should estab lish a small model farm on its own jand in every rural congressional dis trict, later perhaps in every county in the agricultural states. Let the de partment of agriculture show- exactly what can be done on a small tract of land by proper cultivation, moderate fertilizing and due rotation of crops. The sirht of the fields and their con trast with those of its neighbors, the knowledge of yields secured and prof its possible, would be worth more than ! all the pamphlets poured out from the1 government printing office in years. The government ought not to hesitate before the comparatively small ex pense and labor involved in such a practical encqurgaement of what is the most important industry of our present and the stay and promise of our future. Disseminate knowledge of farming as It should and must be. Instead of maintaining- the pitiful! bribe of a few free iseeda. Declare j everywhere, fronvthe-executlve cham-; ber, from the editorial pffce. from the platform, and above alt, from every college class room..-and' from eery little school house "hi,; the' Jandi the new crmade. Let the 'aeal for dis covery, for exprimei?,;-fw scientific ( adcancemeat thatha - r5ud. tlw Jast century one- o! fnnult4plicd " wonders focus themselves wpoff the problems of the oldest of sciences an d arts, in comer stone of of all civilization, the improvement of tlllagi and making to grow two grains where". only one grew before.only thus may a multi plying population secure its permanent maintenance. Only -thus may the struggle- for existence that has power to either curse or bless be brought to any other termination than the peace of death. , Not prawn Upon Fancy. I have not drawn upon fancy for a Single detail of this picture. This erowinr increase of population, its rise to over 200.000,000 before 1950. the approaching exhaustion of much of our mineral wealth, the vanishing of ouFrmblic domain.' the deteriora tion of our soil, the terrible need which these must bring, the strain on Institutions and the stress of Indus trial . perplexity or decline art as cer tain as the passage of the years. I have given you the facts, drawn from authentic sources, and in every case under rather than overstated. Let them be examined, criticised, com pared with official records. For this is not a. controversy about theories, but a plain statement of natural, facts in the light or natures laws, -men let the statesmen, the writers, the thoughtlul workers of today, say IX they are not true. If true, -what are we to do? Where, save in a concen tration of national erron upon me since he left Edensls there a sure es cape and a safe relief? Let tne first and last" resource or man ever leaders of men give their answer. Situation Not at All Hopeless. The situation Is not at all hopeless or even desperate if the naftan turns to its task with appreciation, with, wis dom and with courage. The saving qualities of the American people are intelligence, adaptability ana patriot ism. Given a situation, simple or com plex, demanding'sacrifice or promising reward, they are quicx to comprenena It and to mobilize their forces for masterv. If they turn with compre hension of their situation maniuuy to the most vital work of the present. our children's fortunes may be made secure. .Instead of a world filled with human beings struggling against aa vancing necessity, instead of the grim choice between the slow but sure de cline to an ever lowering scale of com fort, there appears a beautiful con formitv to nature's order and the blessing of service to her law. This country may easily become what Its neonle love to boast, the happiest and most favored portion of the earth, the sure 'refune and defence or tne desti tute unH nnnressed. because of its mtzhtv heritage of that one resource which may enjoy Increase .and replen ishing as the ages roll by. This is not the coneention of a new Arcadia or a return of the golden age. Industry will sufficiently diversify Itself once the order of It is rescued from a false appreciation, and restored to, that found on nature's roll of Honor. Jn the last census year the value of agri cultural products was less than 15, 000.000.000. But the farm products of that year devoted to manufacturing uses were valued at iz.C79.V0V.ouo; the product of the. Industries using these materials was $4,720,000,000: and In these Industries, capitalized at over $4,000,000,000. there was 2.154. 000 persons employed. A profitable hnsbandrv Is the very fountain from which all other occupations flow and bv which! they, are nourished Into strength. - A symmetrical development of industry Is by no means the least Important reward of a readjustment of, industrial occupations and Inter est In harmonv with; their real re lation to man and his active life udoii this planet. Not lessened but enhanced and greatly varied industry in -the end will follow the re-arrangement and restoration of industrial values. Now. as ever, to the nation and race as to the individual, nature, the unre lenting task -mistress of the centuries, holds out in one hand her horn of plenty and In the other her scourge. This conn to has brought' itself within reach of the throng, while grasping ut the satisfaction of present appetite and forgetting the primal relation be tween the earth and man. The path to prosperity ig still open. The divinity of the earthly life at heart is kind. Under her rule there is work and abundant reward for all. but these must lie won In her designated way and in none other. Her pointing fin ger, that has never varied since man came upon the earth, shows the old and only way to safety and honor. Upon the readiness with which this is understood, the sober dignity with which a whole nation rises to the winning of its broad and permanent prosperity, will depend the Individual well being of millions of this and many generations. Largely, bv this uethod. will prosperity, our m and righteous Jufge. determine whether what issues from the crucible of this wentietli centuo is a bit of rejected dross to be cast aside or a drop of golden metal to shine forever upon he rosary of tne years. Beautify the Complexion IN TCI DAYS. Nadinola Th UNEQUALED ly tbouMaJtc usratJ to rcao mcklcs. piiaf Ics, all trial ouoolorstioas ta rutari tke Wtnty oi ywoth. The worst esse ta tweaty days. 50c. mmi $1.00 at all leading drug stores, or hy mtatL K4TKKUL TOUT CO. Statement SOIT11KKX LI IT .VXD TRUST VO- of Greensboro. . c ron Hit ion December 31. 1906. as shown by statement filed Amount of capital paid up In cash zwv.uuw.we Amount Ledger Assets Decemlier 31st previ ous year. $319,092.83: increase of capital during the year, $46. 477.87; total. 365,57V. 70 Income From Policy holders. $94,280.30: Miscellaneous. $1,972. 19; Total J. . . 98,252.39 Disbursements To Pol icy-holders, 14.458-95: Miscellaneous. $48. 612.14: Total 53.071. 7 Business written during - year Number of poli cies. 907: Amount. 1.375.500.06 Business in force at end of year Number or i policies. 1.643; Amount 2.729.750.00 Assets. - ' Book value of real es tate X 75.7 17. ZX Mortgage Loans on Real Kstate ZB.I46.V0 Loans secured by pledge of Bonds. Stock3 or other foflateral 45.650.00 libans made to Policy- holders on this Com pany's policies assign- eri us collateral 3,346.67 premium notes- on Poli cies In force z.8i.22 Book -'value of Bonds anrf Stocks. 223.69C.00 Cash In Home Office . 569.25 Cash deposited in Banks. not on interest a .;... Premiums unpaid 466.10 Agents balance. Total $ 409,218.1: Less Assets. ' not admitted ........ .Total admitted ..Assets . . i : Llabllltie. 800.00 408.418.11 Net' ' Reserve; as -com puted $ C0.18S.09 Capital paid up In cash..$ 200.000.00 Unasslgned Funds (sur- -.-- ' plUS IS,Z5.i Total Liabilities.. $ 408,418.12 Business In North Carolina In ltOft. policies on the lives of citizens or said state. in force December , 31st of previous year f ? Vnmher 931- Amounts 1.591.500.00 Policies on the lives of citizens of said state. Issued during the - " rear. Xo. K54? Amount 1.302.000.00 Policies In force Decem ber 31, 1901, Number l.six- Amount........ 2.C07.250.00 Losses and Claims In- year. Number- a;' amount ............. 3,000.00 Losses and Claims paid , during tne year. nm her S; Amount. ........ 3,000.09 Premiums collected - and secured m casn ana nntM or rtA If ,with out anv deduction.'.-..' - 90.29225 president. K. P. WHARTON w.Mar nAvtn W1ITTE. Home Office. East Market Street, y. XT'- r - . General Agent for service, Officers of Company, Greensboro, N. " C. - Business Manager ror nwm Una, Home OfflceGreensboro, N. C State of ?orth Carolina. Insurance Department, T?a1elrh Anril 25. 1907 t iiMris i vftTTVfi. TnKnranrv. Commissioner., do hereby certify that stract of the statement of the South ern Life and -Trust Company, ot nrMnthnrn nr. c - filed with this De partment, showing the . condition of said company on mo aay "i cember. 1906. . -- Witness my hand and official seal ... . . . . - - - tne day.ana aate aoove wrmcu. . JAMES R. YOUNG. y Insurance Commissioner Personal Invitation Bids for Craven County Jail, Jfew Bern. JT. C Sealed' joposals for building a county Jail at New Bern,-N. C will be received by the County Commis sioners until noon of May 16. 1907. and then publicly opened. Plans and specifications may be obtained by ad dressing - R. , B. Lane. Register of Deeds. New Bern, N. C. and enclosing with annlicAtion a denosit of 13. - Each bid must be accompanied by & certified check for $ L00 0 to secure entering Into a contract with tne suc cessful bidders. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. ' - - ' .-. CL E. POT. . Chairman Board of County Commis sioners, New Bern, N. C 4-27-d&w toMlt . those win are coffee wise, say: "In an America no eoZTee good as the coffee one gets in w Orleans- . Why? Because genuine New Orleans coffee- In all Its delid-" uasae i the perfected product of a French speaking; race the) Creole and the French wherever found are supreme In all the art of cookery. LUZIAVXE tTOFFlE Is not wiIt Xcw' Orleans coffee, but It's TITE New Orleans coffee. It's okl by goo d groccta everywhere, 5 cents tl.a pound. trail for IL ' ' ; Positively guarantccxl nmler the Xevr Pure Vcod Law. " THE REJLY-TATLOR CO, -.. -New Orleans, V. S. A. '' HART-WARB HARDT7AEE CC. ITuJQJJlLLE n n7? rn rrar T , ' COJJES AU3 CC23 ' - .V-. ' - " SELL DIRECT to K0?TH CAUCL!::A T?::: Correspondence yJnvIZcC- ? RALEIGH C0TT0IT I2Z , ; j; y T ; "Raleigh, Contract given, backed by $S00,t - - DRAUGHON'S PKACTICAIi BUSINESS S3 Colleges hi 16 States. Indorse d LEARN BY MAHj Book-keeoln?. Short-hand, Penmanship, Law, Letter I Writing, lingllah. Drawing. Illus- tratlng. etc Money back If not satus-i lied after f completing course. VFor" IlAIiKIGllx Cor. Martin andiwuminxton; or jorc.--i. KnozvUla, - - : - jacixo:j crr:,C3 : The Famous Waters at tils ro-:I-r TTr cetTed the EUver Sletial Awsri trczx t:.3 i ; The waters are free to frscctj cX tl.3 L.: . - v ' KOBURT rJlYTN", JLIanaer. ' School and Colic .... - Annualsf Anne: ' : MOST ARTISTICALLY ' PRIXZD. II. ? M other iijl.ltstratioxs a cit.it.'.lt ' i. ON APrUCATIOX. ' ' - . . nxizzGu, i:. c. . ... f ' PiT "V f -IT. C, . " 0.00 capital and 13 yens c . v.. by business men. a Io v Catal6ms ir." en II "Catalogue P." on attet: "phone (Interstate) 570, or c ,I address llanaffr, jjrau cal Business Co 11 --re. At . - -:-' 1 VJ ' r ; : J -
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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