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H" Ml SECOND SECTION ll TlfllTl ifliflilii Infill If II f t t 1 ' V A ' TTTTT V 11 III i i i T SECOND SECTION : N VOL. XV. NO. 203. ASHEVILLE, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1910. HOPE OF NATION 15 IN JE SOUTH Mr. Edmonds Says It Is Destined to Be Great Meat Producer Is Re gaining Lost Prestige. Hkhnrd II. Kdmonds, editor of the Munlifiicturcrs' IU'i'onl, In reply to an inquiry an to thr prubiililc coiTi'i'lncss of the prediction of Scrii tnry of Am'l I'lilture Wilson in the Italtiinot'i' Sun that the south 1h destined to lioeonie a lurn meiit inodueer, wild: "Secretary Wilson's i'ediili.oii iti al ready heliiK fulfilled. The south is al ready hecomhiK a live slock eoiitui-v, anil is this resieet it is merely rotntn iiiK to the conditions, of ante-lcllum days. J'rior to the war llio.soiiili was a Kreat hot:. stiee and cattle raising country. The restrneiioii roimht liv the, war chaiiKetT niiiTcitltural cotuli tions tllt'onc hunt the snmh and prac tically forced that country to aban don the system of wcll-ronnded ari-culiH-e existing up to INHO, and to con centrate Its attention on cntton-nrovv-inK to the exclusion of other thinirs. Tills was for mally years the urealost handicap under which I la' south l.i hored. (Iradlially the south is retiirii i ii K to auti'liellnin condilions id' main production and lie slock raising. Chil War 11 (.real l'.lou to the In dustry. "In ISliO, with a population of ahout one-third of the total for the country, the KoTTth hus over 40 per cenl. of the totnl value of live stock in the coun try, and it produced that year over 14 per cent, of the corn crop. So meat was the decline in the production of Kraln and In the raisinu of cattle after lSti.'i that it was not until within the last few years that the itriLhi produc tion of t ho central south from Vir ginia to Louisiana reached tic figures of ist',(l; ami though tin' smith's pop ulation is nearly three times as ureal UK it was In 18H0 there aje not now in the Central south as many cattle, sheep and swine as in ISiiO. "Even Maryland has fewer peal cattle now than in that year, the total in this stat' In 1HKI liein lJts.iiiin. aiiainst liiVi'TH hi ISfiO. .Vahama now has fiL'S.OOO meat cattle, analnst 511. 800 in 18110. Kentucky Tias !.'. lion, or just 100.000 less than 0 year nun, while North arolina has Hi, 000 less and South Carolina loo.tioo less. liliwl' lum UH'Hfc-li ViritinMi and Went Virginia comhlned have more than VlrKlnla had in ISflO, he.ause West Virginia lias of recent years !- come H ureat cuttli -ralsini; state. Of BUSINESS MEN OF ASHEVILLE dlvcrsilicd products, destroy ' the old w cl of all coniliined to -rounded tfystem iMnyiyMiMM'i.iiw."' iHi-'ciilture cxistiiiK I'efore ISliO. Ki'ualnlns Its Own Al'tcr Vcars of hor. After years of strimnle the south is retui ii 1 1 1 to tins diversitieil am ieul- u re. It is making a remarkable in rease in main prodm lion and in cal-li- raising. t-A-n as hiie .is r.iiiu t'ue Olltll tll'odliee.l nlilv ! 7 i,.(HMI,IIIMI .,- els of corn. Hie .ielil in nc.irlv all lln- central .--all's l.'.ee ,-r miicli i ss in that .M iiv Hi. in in i-oiu. In IM'.o Alaiani.i i'1'i'iliieet) Tun. oo usliels of corn; in l!iiiu it produced ,:."i."i,0(io liiishels. .M issi.ss'ppi pro- llleed .Mill. IIIMI I, usliels 111 ISliO, or 4.1100,000 liur.hi'ls more than in t'.nio. North Carolina produced l.tioo.ooii husheis mere in 1m;o llian in l'.io'i. While South Oaii.".',.i pioilueeil .',111111.- iiiio husheis more ill 1 s t; o than in Clue. Since IHOO, however, there has I n such a rapid de el.tpmetit ot ;irain lnwiny in ill" south that fiotii 4Tli.- iioo.iiiin Imshels in cum tin- corn of thai section rose in l'.ms to 7 m;. miii, -tino husheis. and this year the S'lulh's corn clop will prohahly h" hetween ilio.illill.oiiu and 1 . 0' mi. iMlli . o o o I. usliels. Iiici'iise of li per Cenl. in a Vein1. "It Is an hil'iestim; fact that the liroduction el' wheat in Ihe snulli in Clio shows a n:mi of over '':,. linn. null husheis eonipat'id with I'.hc.i, or an iu- onis i au:i:. l'holonraiih hy I lay. course, Texas shows a heavy increase. Iiecati.se in IM'iO that stale was a new r..iihtr. hauiiK less han ", null, odd meat cattle, while at present head of it Iris io er 7,000,000 head. I'i'Hit Sheep than in IStlO. "Ill IMiO tile south had li.O'.l 1,000 she. p. Tmla.v it lias only il.ns l.nnii. ihi'iiuh Tea.s shows an increase of l.iio.oiMi. the ceniral south from Vir ginia, to Louisiana showing a ej-eat ilecrease. Nortli Carolina. for in stance, had r.tii.Onu snecp In lM;n and L'1..."00 in 111 HI, while the numher in Honth Caiolina ilecliiii'd from 2;i;!.fl0 to .Ml. linn, and In Tennessee from 77:1. Ooii to :i47.ooo. "The same I'oudilious lirevall as to the i.iisiiie; ,,f h,,KS. In 1x00 the south had I s.l'iin.iiOO hoBS. or Inrnely more than one-half of the total In the. Cniied Slates. In HMO. notwithsl.ind in:4 the 1,1 1 at development in Texas .mil nntw ilhsiandiim the fact that population was nearly three times as ul'eat as in IMiO. the south had only 1 "..iioo.iioo lioj-s, or ! ss tin no-third of the total in the country. "If it had hi en possible lor th -oiith aller I .si; r, lo rcstoek its farmt- will e;itlle and hos and sheep, th Sllppl n! v.he h iiad been exhausted !v ihe war. :ini I., e.nitinue the dier- sile d farn.ihn operations ot (In dais-, it i- sale to sa that it would have recuperated from the effects of the war in one-h.ill the time it took and that il.s wealth would now he at hast double what it is. "The destruction by the war and the di.soruaniation ot labor, and 111 tenant system of tannine with tie iii'uro no longer directed and con trolled in his farm work as in the olden davs, the fact pnat money could he borrowed in advance against th cotton crop and tint unainst corn o FOLEY'S KIDNEYMIS Fon Bachachc KinMcvs and Blacocb GA YNOR ASA FIRE FIGHTER ON THE ROOF OF HIS GARAGE eorreet iii taking the uniund that the pi mho limi ot live slock hau not kept ' I.:.. . Willi Ut' growth of the country,.;' - ii is true in tin- country as a wnoia - r. ARTS MAP TTTM mi J? J Ufimr" III - JP'iy i tfMM' y" , -AS'rsmii -Jfm $IT as well .is of the south, that the In-, , i-ii'.i ii- !im stock h.-.e' not been prori'' pom ! lo He- iuci'eiLse In popiilar;J . l 1 ! . I i t in his Mate- !.. .'iii I iii.' iii, ill the i?t'ASl.t i .1 i ...! ai.ifll, ohujI 1 I the i iinditioiis of cattle ,:;- e J,,, iier, ; - I' .il.il Ii SI. James. 1.. I., Sept. :;o. -Ma;, er I ; ; i i a:;e, in W llii ll ll" I l epu, ntlj ,, ,'lur. d he i, IliS line ''Sidl'lll e. I Ii ep'A ells, W IS l.!riei the ttillll.'it elTol'ts of the Ksmle Hook a nil mil binal ion i'Mli and .' '. 111 III tl pride .is he di'l II L-'iailllld last Week llespil , ,' , , of ibis .l. a ' I'll'eeled b the Ilia der to the ioo o: if ill persMii, t., s.ne the siriieiure. lie climbed a lad i ip arli.v -trie il'lie ami diieeled the Intile hattl". I el-ease of over I- l"l' .1.1.. '.'.bile He 1 ;iv:, r all.nl winter w heal crop of lb. ..lie i .u : j lin r.a siln- lie III SlliKVod ail ill! leas. el .. . p i.ti.ilV id III cent., and Ihe sprim; wheal ei"p shiiWS a laiL'e ib'i'lilie. il.,p..a el 'lie Sollt l I l: e ;' S a 'I a. ' II I . it - el'ease ill llle wheal clup "1 lie t'uiled Sl.lleS ill ll'll Whereas III lb" -iilllll tiler-' Was llle efeat "alll id I ' p. cent. Th' safest w":v V double your mom y is f fold it once and put it in .voiir pocket. ( luce in a lone tune on lind ennllMh relations ell Spealville terms f hold a lauiil iciinion. Iiiipioiciiieiil in Ten Vrai- I'emarl, ahle. "Tile illPil'eV Clllellt 111. llle ill SO'ith- (Tll a e i' ji a 1 1 u I'll I eoiul it ii.es in the lasl 10 vears has been fell kahle, Willi llle dev eloolllent of 1 1 i V e rsi I i ed l.lllll i M14 a lal Ihe :;l'ow I h ill I i a' stool, lias b. en Live I nil'', and lo" '-ii is dlii.-lr .! ' I I lb" lot I li.H III til" .11 si ie,. s; h as .,.rti and S.'olli Carolina. I In- a'. e aee lei. I Ol ' " I t ' I '. 1" I" .1.1" I" 1" '.'. in ,,... i. ihe void in T" IS. Willi all ihe v in' in ..rtilit ol its soil. The. is a inaitoil i in or. iv eni.-iit no! i.;.1' ,u the uiilnbi r of live slock, l.at i'! Ho- bleeding. This is i special!;. H e as t i bo-s and at lb-. In sic p i : the s mi h is pi .1 ma knn; nun Ii pi art;.". Ih"n:h adniil'ablv a.laple.l I .r sheep. Small I'aruw f lie- Na'ions Hope. "So, iv!; y Wi'i'a.n rv ii-.o n 1 b . 1 1. 1 ! i v n y aii in. longer iook to .jf .. He- v.e.-i i i.i of Texas, , v i i v e 'itle ranch in' . .ii up 'ui'i small farms , i: '. I.ieiebi up by tens .ol ; J-;;- . i v.. si. i n people, for Its - . o aiock. The only hope .. . ! e i oninieiisiii'atu with the ... oiisinniitiv e reiiulri-.iientB - . ....... ". I. i i nidation win ne ni , A lad on small farms whore .. ai mi hot increases even. ; ;i , l .. nnltl. ' ' ' ' o 111- n 1 1 II 1 1 ie I i.i I -aiun, : id s.viue. Capid progress 1 ' imil. ii m 'iiv portions of the "d in id" mountain regions, ; .. i ,, .a - i,a. k ho- formerly . a bet!, r breed is being in- h i.io . I. an l Hie number is being !n i d. in (he central -oeili ib" :-aine conditions are true, ; I i.e., ...! i ... it of 'the cotton-grow- ', , ! . i . - Hi" i . i. .i ts show a very j J, , ,,t .., in live stock this year io.i i i , i '. ne .insi as this year will ,i show such a .phenomenal increa. "to . '' : i a i a i a oil a. i urn o er last yeur. ;, , l;.-i I -1 i 1 1 1 1 1 Ihe Wet i.ands, i i o tor ol liir-reachini? im- ;' i . o. , . . i" lie- li. do country, es I! a ibe day of decreasing ... is ihe reclamation work , . r v. iv to reclaim the 50,000,- . ... or re or over-llowed or . . . in lie .south. North Caro , i.i .. : ; i l ie . out ract in a few ..I.- ,.i .b.biiim several hundred . i- d a. i'..- of wet land, but which id. . , mi I.. ...i I will lie worth from . -I i.'i i . . e.i aii acre as soon as re- . , ..a ha lias several million oi vv hat is roKardcd hy the i ii-i'iow in" experts in the west' i. host . ..i n land in the world, io lor i-i claination. Much of i.e.:; dra im d. and land I... ,s "ii"! "siniflile at $10 Or ' . . e, in a ret laitncd at a i n oi ; -l :. an acre is immedi- ib i " a or more per acre, i' ... . .d when it entered I.ou- iiu ih. eottoti production, i ,. a 1 1. pi ion ol t he people of e p. oo i n Ki'ow ini;. and the in n w.-rk. some of which is i-i b ihe largest operators i. lias attracted universal Wc a.- h ft i i k LI.Jt-t ti Hit i i t.wyy ..vi mum hi Jin' mil .i 1 1 imi DAY WAS OCT Over Six Hundred Shares io the New Series Sold Already Before the Series Closes it Will Reach Over a Thousand Now vim ;irc lriiiio .-i;nl well --Tliiit 's inciiMint. Vm I'luit's iiiissi'ilf. A olivine I'iiiiiI won't hint vmi Tli; likclv. It' yon (lcliiy Mm will ifurct it iiioro tliiin wi 'l lial 's iirovoii. A little hcnltlr; ii little? woaltli, A little lidine and l'reedoin With siinie few friends, tor certain Ends, hut seldom cause to need 'em. hope to remain so . ;i I Natural, i ".i ma he I i -: : r 1 1 'I 's evident. Ii' you don't .need it now u ui;i ,',ii - 'I'ltai'- ju ill That 's certain, (iel rich ipiick scheme- -pell v t 1 1 That's Pleasant, Possible, and All Important The Time, NOW. The Place, Citizens' Bank. The Girl Will Be on Hand All Right. til: lid And how about those children to lie educated, 01 been itching lor. It will be tboro, too, all rijjlit. Six p No single institution in Asheville contributes to tl more economically conducted none has better seeuri Books now open. OFFICES CITIZENS BANK. Over two hundred thousand dollars loaned out. I'rojts about twenty thousand itvfi Bue Ridge & S'-if r- .Jfli. 4 t y'il KfJi. i 3- se notes to be met. And don't overlook that inlcrc-l mi cent, and the taxes. material comfort to such a decree as we do. None Ii.i- 'oi' its loans. None whollv divides its earnings with it pat 11 111- iiilding Loan Associa J. E. RANKIN, President. H. TAYLOR ROGERS, Active Vice-Pres. J. 0. MARTIN, Attorn. A. H. COBB, Auditor. EDWIN L. RAY, Sec-Trcas. ... ' ! il ;rn 1 . . '.'I"" "'.Ml Ukiul" '4.1' i s. ' '! sti'.ioii i' (.oo- Am'oiniil iii Fg. .hi. inn. i. 1'.. ('., o.'t. 1. The Ca- ii t'.o i'c Mi'i'in-r VrinroM DciMr.v i i. " v. cil M.- hofc today in u f"g In V.. mi. ii .i iinrr.ivvs. It in not te ';.".. .i .-. ,s i:i a il'iimi't'otis position. ! i M i l
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