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CHAHLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, MARCH 8, 1905.' 1.1 !! .fe Insurance Companies Differ in Their Business Methods and Resuits &s Individuals do. Those That Attain Greatness and Permanency do This Through Force of Character. Demand of the Company in Which You Insure Character in Methods and Management, and Have Reasons for Selecting Your Life Insurance Company. ; ' ' " " " - The FoIIowing.Facts Tire Reasons for Insuring Your Life in The Southern Life and Trust Company. (1) ITS SURPLUS to policyholders has increased from $200j000 to $402,253.51 since July 1, 1903. It how has';' over $5.00 assets to every $1.00 of liability to policy-1 ; holders. - , y . ,:: ", .- .. . r. ..V (2) ITS ASSETS have been increased from $200,000 to $564,940.00 in the first four and one-half years of its , existence. - ; (3) ITS CHARTER is most liberal to policyholders, ' stipulating that until $10,000,000 insurance is put " 'into force the entire profits return to . policyholders and after that the entire profits except 50c. on each $1,000.00 insurance in force. (4) ITS. PLAN OF OPERATION allows it to pay out : in dividends what other companies lose -through de faulting agents. : " (5) ITS CONSERVATISM in selecting risks has re sulted in a mortality experience unequaled. (6) TH& DIVIDENDS vhich it is paying are larger ; on premiums charged than any other company in 1 America, so far as we are able to find out. Investi- gate this. "We invite comparison. (7) ITS ACTUARY is one of the most eminent in the country. . (8) IT IS CONSERVATIVE before entering the con tract. Therefore it can be liberal in fulfilling it. (9) ITS STANDARD is not "how much business you are doing but what have you got to show for it?" VESTIGA TE- - ' run im LIFE GREENSBORO, (IOtWH -'CAROLINA. OFFICERS E. P. WHARTON, President. A. W. McALISTER, 1st Vice President. R. J. ME BANE, 3rd Vice President. R. G. VAUGHN, Treasurer. THOMAS R. LITTLE, Medical Director. D. P. FACKLER, Consulting Actuary. J." W. BRAWLEY, Superintendent of Agencies. . - B. T. A. M. SCALES, 2nd Vice President DAVID WHITE, Secretary. C. W. MILLER. Assistant Manager. IWPER, Assistant Superintendent of Agencies. rAgricialtore "asidl-.-'Traaaspoiritaftioa wl BY HOX. JOHN H. SMALIj. Following la an address delivered by Hon. John H. Bmall, Representa tive from the first North Carolina dis trict, at the recent "prosperity" con vention in Baltimore, his subject be ing "Agriculture and Transportation In the South:- v ' . to the South for raw cotton." To this must be added many millions, as the value of exports of cotton seed prod ucts and manufactured cotton.- If every dollar of gold annually produced In the world were brought to the South, It would not pay the yearlv In. debtedness of Europe to the South for us cotton. Is it any wonder that the South has prospered? It it not per fectly natural that the eyes of the world should ' be turned toward the South ? But It must be remembered that the law of progress is the life of vig ilance. There Is no condition of man so happy or self-satisfying, there Is no prosperity In any section so great . I, note, that this series of. meetings are 'termed the '"Prosperity Conven tion,". Whether the purpose 1 to In voke the return of prosperity by aid ing In the restoration of business in tegrity and public confidence, or to re call some of the-baeic factors existing In" the South which make or pros perity, is Immaterial. No trouble ever came to the individual or to the coun try which Justified pessimism or de- when It can safely rest unnn it. i..r. epalr. The wise man will keenly an- els. Tho world in every line of en alyze the cause of trouble and apply. deavor is constantly moving forward, the pruning knife. He will seek to j The average of Intelligence is so high restore those methods and principles and so universal, and the. spirit of In of action dictated by sanity and mor-j vestlgation ss .prevalent, that the allty. Yet, at the ame time, he will methods and' processes of to-day may keep his face toward the light, and; be superseded by others to-morrow wan courage, connaence ana nope up. in mis connection it may be stated will talk of better days to come. I that the average yield of staple crops Whatever of progress has blessed of the South per acre, and the average mi! suuia ill mo yaai imn uctii yu- tiiun VI ins prOOUCt Of farm lftbOr- marily duo to the development and ' ers. Is" not so high as It Is In some products of -her soil. The first ray sections, and as it should be In the of hope out of the shattered past of a South. This would Indicate the nre. generation ago. and the first substan- slty of more accurate knowledge of uai rearoa rrom inausirjr came ironi foii utilization and skill In the cultiva te soil, from that day to the pres- tlon of the crops and the necessity for eht her growth has been marvelous.' a higher average of Intelligence In the and the record of the past year shows man who tills the soil the seven crop, of the South iKXJp are common to the whole country).! totl value of our farm products Is that Ib to say, corn, ,iay, wheat, to- gTe.ter nQ .han .... ,,. bacco. oata, Irish potatoe. and rye. J"" .Vt ' -iau v til V tlces, which had been a part of the organisation, the methods and man agement of at least a part of our great railroads. Some of these evils may be briefly summarized. JManagers of railroads organised political - bureaus, and . were perniciously active in the control of political parties, and in the attempt to shape legislation. ' In the strife for business supremacy upon the part of Industrial organizations, and for traffic upon the part of rail roads, rebates and other like evils, were' practiced, although it Is fair to say from evidence which has been of fered, that this evil haa not existed with the railroads of the South for several years. In like manner dis crimination, has .been .' practiced be tween cities and sections, so that ar bitrarily one has progressed at the ex pense of the other. ' tion his absolute sincerity. It Is a pleasure to note that the head of an other great railroad system In the South resides In your city. His un ostentatious life, and his modesty may conceal from the world his force ful character, his potential Influence and his personal integrity. He Is known to your people and I believe that he stands for all that Is1 upright in the newer relationship of the rail roads to the public. . , If I were influential with a rail road company I would . create tne more official, and I would place him at the head of a bureau. and Inform the patrons of the railroad that they should feel free to make all their com plaints as to service, or otherwise, to his office, with the assurance t'.iat oromDt Investigation would be made nnri amnle redress afforded when Jus- In their financial methods exhibited tilled by facts. Such an official would in the organisation and' consolidation gtand between the patrons and the of railroads. In the Issue of bonds and company. In the beginning lil duties other forms of indebtedness,- they woum he burdensome and demand the have in many Instances violated the, hiirhent skill and wisdom. But this 94.,0rO00: ThUa; increase of K-wM tai1' 1" $100,000,000 over the previous year. .frelteT than thntTf and an Increase of 1266.000.000 over. f.r!'t'r.lin .that of th whole coun- lJr 111 X9V I. the year 100. This great sum repre-! senting the valu of the seven general . While our triumphs In agriculture crops did not, however, equal in valu.form a oasls for most entertaining the cotton crop In 107. including the '"' win elemental rac red, which amounted to $775,000,000. i tt' wnlch makes for prosperity In The value of the other Southern crops, !tn Euth. I beg your attention briefly such .aa rice, sugar frulta and vege-!t0 co-relative subject. Lord Bacon tables, was $800,000,000. Thus the wl"c,jr a,,: ' total agricultural output of the South "There be three things which make for last year amounts to $2, 269,000, - a nation great and prosperous a fer 000. This Is a sum greater than the. tile soil; busy workshops and easy con- farm products of the whole country In veyances -for men and commodities elements of corporate law, and have departed from the standard of Integ rity fixed in the past and - recognised In the present.' - Generally railroad manager 'forgot that In an Important sense their lines constituted publfc highways, and that they were under such obligations, to serve the public as could not be Ig nored. i These conditions could not be con tlnuer 'indefinitely with a people and under a government such as ours. The criticisms were at first Infrequent andj sporadic. The movement for reform grew to such proportions as Indicated a camplete awakening of public con science. Naturally there joined the ranks men who sought to utilise a popular movement which? did not at tract men of thla character. It can not be questioned that this agitation In some respects has worked n in justice to railroad investments and properties, and may have In some In stances Impaired their business. But such results, even If true, would not be unusual. The evil practices re ferred to had become so deeply root ed that they would not yield to ordi nary treatment, but required the scal pel. As you cannot remove the can cer without causing suffering and perhaps Impairment of the body, so In this -process of evolution which public service corporations have un dergone It' Is only natural that they should have suffered to some extent would only serve to Justify a public necessity. Absolute peace and har mony will not prevail until that por tion of the public which desires to be fair and considerate shall be fully convinced of the disposition Of the railroad companies to deal promptly ani iuitablv with all meritorious complaints. t hurf , Henired to SDeak of water transportation wbjch Is now occupy ing so Important a place In the pub lic mind, and In the discussion of which I have borne an humble part There are many who believe that the problems of land transportation - can only be satisfactorily and ultimately solved by co-operation of water trans portation , Thr is no more Important public question In the South, one which more intimately anect us inaumrmi tion or will more greatly promote Its commercial activity than the develop ment of our waterways. Our Oulf ports, and our Atlantic ports south of Hatteras. must be Improved so as to be prepared for an increase In foreign trade, and particularly for the great movement which awaits the comple tion of the Panama canal. 'The streams which flow to , the Interior must be deepened anl made navl- v.1. - lhnv. all. we must bid de fiance to the terrors of Hatteras and construct sn Inside route from Chesa peake bay to Beaufort inlet, snd thence to Wilmington and ta South. Unitea states nmn w ftctlng the progress nd prosperity of the South. There are gathered lnthls good city men of Industry and commerce from all of the States of the South and they will each confirm the estimate I have made of our matchless resources In the present and the resplendent, pos sibilities of the future. Fortunate is the man who dwells within Its br der, and equally fortunate Is he w!v desires to better his condition and de termlnes to cast his fortune with u. 1 Baltimore of all the seaboard cities is most nearly entitled to be called the "gateway" to the South. On be half of good citizenship, voicing the spirit of the young men of the South, who are proud of Its past and hopeful of its future, we are grateful to the Monumental city for this opportunity of again telling to the unfortunate outside world, the resources, the de velopment and the prosperity of the South. ' , , i. x a feW lively oovht scexeh. In attracting desirable Immigrants to this section, where thousands of acrs await development. HEAL ESTATE MAKKET ACTIVE. Considers bio Priportv Cliang's Hand at FayettevUlo lrw .Mortuary Hle For the City. Bpeclaf to The Observer. Fayettevllle. March 7. Iransac- lons in real estate promise to be very stive during the spring, as indicated Dyxwalea now being maje. An auc tlonNsale of unimproved lots on lower DIcktrcet Thursday was quite sue cessfulX eighteen lots being sold In a short tlrhe. The prices paid ranged from $1211 to $395, which was con sidered satisfactory for the property sold, location etc., being considered. Mr. C. N. Gamble, who has recent ly located here, lias bought six lots on Kamsey street, adjoining Captain J. C Smith's residence. He will re model the house wrHch Is locatej on one of the lots and win occupy it with his family. Miss L. M. Jack son has purchased a lot adjoining Mr. Gamble's property, and will Im prove th building located thereon. There has been another postpone ment by Judge Long of his hearing of the Injunction case connected with the legislative act extending the lim its of the city of FayettevlHe. which case was to have been heard by him at Wilmington yesterday. He now advises the attorneys Interested that he will hear argument In the case at Ellzabethtown. RlaJen county, next Tuesday, 10th Inat. Work has begun on the new build ing of the CHrollna Telephone and Telegraph Company. It Is to be of pressed brick' and two stories, and the plans call for a creditable structure. The mortuary report of Dr. A. B. Hose, city physician, shows a total of only eight deaths during tho month of February four whites and four colored. Of the latter two were un der S years of age. 18S0. - The South holds a practical monop oly in the cotton production of the world, and It may be well to quote a recent comparison of this great crop, the comparative value and potential ity of which Is generally unknown ;o other sections, and scarcely by the people of the South from one plaqe to another." AVe have the fertile soil, the bssy workshops are multiplying In ' every section, and we are not lacking In' methods of conveyances for our prod-J ucts, yet.. In many respects, transpor tation Is the complex problem of the realised , South as it Is of the world. I have During no ttrse to discuss the very Important' the past six years our exports of cot-1 subject of public roads and highways,' ton to Europe have annually exceeded, but I will direct attention briefly ' to In value the total gold production of our methods of transportation by the world.- t (railroads and by water. "Comparing the valu of raw cotton! The railroads of the country have exported from the South with the, been In the limelight and have been world's production of gold. It will be the target of much Investigation and seen that. If. during the last six years.! legislation during the past six years. Europe could have gathered together It did not come as. in, unexpected every dollar of gold produ.-ed in all movement to those who have been a the mlnrs rj the earth and shipped ft student f the recent past. It was to the South It weuid still have fallen .the culmination of criticisms and dis-' 1200.000.000 short of paying Its debt'eursions or a number of evil prae- For one I believe the agitation was ,h. necessary and bound to have come. I! mT.A mk free every loop In the com believe that the worst Is now over and. Bjet(.,j chain of protected waterways that the result will In the end provel ; riLt,m rod to Florida and ' the to the public. Railroad managers, yith the construction of these wa will cease political activity. Dlscrlml- tf rwa , acute transportation prob nations, either against Individuals or( .,,,. which now must frequently arise sections, will not be tolerated. The, . vex the railroad commissions snd integrity which actuates the solid bus-i court wni then be equitably' and au Iness man will displace the practices tmatically solved by the inexorable of high finance. Capital stock shall' j1CRtlon 0f natural laws, hereafter represent actual value and. jn Xn. improvement of our water bonds, and other securities will bej wa Jt j, extremely fortunate that no honestly conceived and legitimately nBrm wni be worked to the railroads, floated. I hope and believe that from . Th(.y can harmoniously exht side by the humblest employe to the execu-)je cach contributing to progress and tlve hesd a spirit of service to ths grosWlty. each. occupying Its own public will be substituted for Indif-J ,phere. and the railroads sharing In f-renc and discourtesy. ithe benefits accruing from the water- We have with us this evening the .ways This proposition Is now uhl president of one of the great trunk versally recognised by all railroad lines of the South, and who. I be-; manafter .' and no reputable official lleve, recognizes this new era of duty n argue to the contrary. ( and of -service. In his public ad-J t have come at some Inconvenience dresses he has advocated all these re-jto talk briefly upon these two topics lorms. ana i nave no reason to ques-j agriculture and transportation as af- Wilmington lawyers Have Warm Paw wige-at-Arma Infantry Is Inwpot-tctl Hov. George F. Hobcrtsoii Con ducting Special Services. Special to The Observer. Wilmington." March 7. Superior Court adjourned yesterday afternoon and Judge Neal left for his home. The closing scenes of the special term were enlivened by a couple of.passagc-at-arms In the court room, one be tween Solicitor Duffy and Attorney A. G. Rlraud, who was displeased at some utterances of the prosecuting of ficer to a Jury In which he was Jnter rsted, and the other between Deputy Clerk W. N. Harrlss and Attorney Oeorge L. Peschsu, growing out of some misunderstanding at the form er's desk, when a crowd had collected there for witness and Jury tickets just after court had adjourned. Tnat oc curring In the court room afforded an element of sensation, but the tilts be tween the gentlemen really amounted to little. During the term 106 cases were disposed of and the congestion in the Jail is greatly relieved. The Wilmington Light Infantry last night passed what everybody believes was a most creditable inspection by Inspector General Strtngfield. of the National Guard, and Captain Hugiiet the United States array officer desig nated by the War Department to make the tour of the State militia with the Inspector, general. There Were 4S officers and men present at the Inspection and the armory and equipment of the company was found In flrt-cla?s condition. The visiting officer were entertained at the sound J while here and left this morning for Clinton. Hev. Oeorge F. Robertson, of Steele Creek, Is' conducting a series of very successful evangelistic services at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church here. No services were held to-day, but to morrow there will be three address and next week two services dally for a time. There Is an abiding Interest In the meeting and much good Is be ing done. Mr. George H. Bell, special agent of the United "States Immigration com mission at Washington, Is here looking-over the situation with reference to the several colonies -settled in this section by the Carolina Trucking De velopment Company. While bis re ports are confidential to the depart ment. It Is believed that he has been most favorably Impressed with the work being done by the local company . Plain Talks on Fertilizers How to Get the Greatest Possible Yield per Acre It b a well-known scientific fact that in order to produce the verv greatest possible yield from any soil it must contain an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly be made on it by the plants. Many farmers will feed their stock as much nourishing food as they can possibly assimi late, yet will starve their crops on the mistaken notion that they are "economizing' on fer tilizer. The experiences of farmers, government experts. and agncultur alists every where confirm the fact that plants, like ani mals, need the fullest possible amount of nour ishment that they can obtain if they are to be developed to the utmost. . The economy in fertilizers is not in the amount used but in the ratio of quality to cost. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers are the best m the world for the least money. More than one million tons were VMM I 1 rood w ft sold to Southern farm ers last year ; and every year the demand be comes greater. The best results in producing corn, the old stand-by crop of the South, follow the application of 200 to 800 pounds of the r'trht fertilizer. Virginia-Carolina' Fertilizers will greatly "in crease your yields perNacre'V of corn or any other crop, even on poor land and the most wonderful rcsulu are produced, through its use on good land. Write today to the nearest, of nee of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany for a copy of their latest Year Book or Almanac,alarge 130-page book of the most valu able and unpre judiced informa tion for planters and farmers. TTKCIXIA-CAROLtA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond. Va. Duka-a. K. C. Norfolk, Vs. ' Chvlvitov. S. C. Cohimtaa. S. C fiiiiuor lil, Attknta. Gs Colusiaia,Cv iontoer. A'm Vtm;;i, Ton. &uecpor La.
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