JAMES A. THOMAS, EDITOR
THE COUUTT, THE STATE. THE UOTOIT.
SUBSCHIPTIOH 51.00 FEB THAI
TOL. XXXIX
X
LOUISBURGN.C. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY: 12, 1909.
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the pRosTpTipM isiir'i:
OF C0TT0I1 SEED. tb,m $20,00000 J;wth of plant
foodra cottonseed meal, as we did
in 1907. fer trhih w rcaiv .
VALUE OF wiunsujUBAui-
FOR STOCK FBK1I, . Bit this ia.only one of I th. war
la which we are prostituting eotton-
AnrtpflW 11. Soule. Presents at fd meal. Attention hac already
oeen aireetea to toe, enormous lots
incident to the use of seed so large-
FURTHER SUGGESTIONS . THAT
MAY BE BENEFICIAL. ,
Length Some Faets and Fig
11 PAR Concerning the Use
ba a w .
or Cotton Seed.
COKTIITOED FROM LAIT WHK,
ly as foedor fertiliser, since " the oil
contained is of no benefit in crop
TO RIM II IIP. I nillSRHRR bevry nU atnooot so begin
'. w ' '. mmw. . w wp wsr easy eSF m ww I a a a
iuj, oui aon yoa mmK one'or tnyi
size would, be a ere it deal bettsr
than what' we hare now? In tbu
case why,wou!d it not be practical to
Mil stock at from say f 1.00 to $2S.
00 a share, or. pi seethe Value of a
share at $100, and tell as ' much to
me personit thej wish to bay, and
make (be payments thereof 10 or CO
Ir cent of amount of stock pur
chased, payable monthly. . This
wo aid prastically pay for the mill by
(he time it would bo ready for opr-
ation, which co'uld be by the Ume
tu this year's crop of cotton. There
are a' number of good substantial
farmers who would gladly subscribe
stocV,ia this way, or pay for asm in
A Cotton Uillisused for Illus
tration, and the ' Ideas Ex
pressed are Worthy of Con
sideration by our People.
Tu our last issue we pictured the
need of our town to our buninets
men under the , head of "Suirces-
THE mOVIIIG PEOPLL
tnn. The i,038,66d tons of
Apparently, cotionseet mea n reaeeu wdico were aeai on me Tarms tions" which we keliere the raaioritT
e,r.ii y v. utf ,u w u.tw wimiu ana in fact, all ohr business mea. will
r.tme -vrw m j - wv""-w-i agree wun as.
a 11 if it is trae mat aoie meat oau au inw, u nguuj uanieu, in th, article we DroDOse to show'
i .4 .mi nti iion i tnniirr nia aoaii nitn tiiii nn i .
t , i.nm j.u.uic i y- w now easily sucn remedies can be ob-
j.r.jii uit awta, i ,TW : 4 - v h lainea ir action can only be secured I ooiion m me laii, inereare nam
n. ;i -kable that it cannot be tea nere it may De urgea mat wis is a rery an to do this we will use as an il- bra of others who would subucrii
ai Home iu tww vi mo i -0 , lustration a co tton mill, ."low o ana PT ror ineir stoat witn nuuains
preTailing for dairy produets ana the cui; m iwo, re . nare tne sum or courBe there are numerous other material or other nrdeaaary things
m J -W JI - - atl Sill llill 1 llilil 1 A.I I ...
larne amoiint ot nese ieastuirs appruuiiy f.vviu, ana yei enterprises that could be started that would har to be booehl and
r.h are anauaU? imported mto'the we hare retained to the seed the
TV ill
Suti, That the export demand is fertilising and food ralue ot these
likt iv to increase is apparent from 2,000,000 and more tons, while we
the figures auoted. and ulticnacely it have turned, into thechannels of
..nM ftMMa'r u if a market miffht aommerce a proa est wortn oyer
be found abroad for all our cottoa-1 $33,000,000 a year. There should
t . : ct 1 ..k I Ka a fair kaiit ctTaciK nnnn katwoan I .
meal. iui oaa wo aiiuru mu i -r erauons at once.
tremendous drain on the plant-food oil mills and the farmer, so that this
reso irces of our soils? Tf think not enormous amount of money could be
i. k ..r aaA a larcrftlr inr.ip.a9Ad I saved to the farmers of the South.
I UI cava jb' mwm - -e J : I
eatlav for!ooramercial fertilisers which Natare given us a seed of mar
h ivebut a temporary stimulating effect reloua utility, but apparently we are
n crop ff rowth, Whereas the . use of dissipating by far the greater part of
tarmvard maaure would inerease itfe to actual Tatee; and just so long a
sudpW ef vegetable ssatter in the we continue this needless, ex'traor.
toil make it less liable to wash and dmary and unjustifiable waste, just
etituulate crop production for much that much longer wUl we have to
lnnirer periods oi time. We d not ear tne ouraen oil an ever-mcreas-
MAan. of course, that the mere feed- inS annual aiitlay
inv of cottonseed meal would render I plant food.
the use of commercial fertilisers, on- - In Georgia in 1907 15,677 tons
neccessarr or madwiablesiut'it r 9! . thii
weald mitigate thiSini
nosed upon the farmer t his tde- tne crop.A; jrrom
pending-exolusively on f commercial the crushed seed there wasmanatac
feruliaers. for it is realised 'ia many tared 155,002 tons of meal and 135,-
V;r..a 1 b0 tons ot nulls, ine nuus are
r C LIU LIB Biia. uuiuiuci viai isiuiuren
are not now firing the resalts oae'L1 ia PUat food bat of course
wm.M ntnrallr unticioata from them were fed at home for the moot part,
and this is directly traeeable to the Wha ProPortioa of tht mal w
iact that the soils are dereid of reg- "P0 or ,ent North caQaot be
.taW matfr and need to be ImuroT- definitely stated, but one oil-mill man
d no far as tbeirmecbanioal and reported to the wrjter this year that
physicial eondition ia aoncerned to 2500 Pttt oat b hla miU UP
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insure more stable yields of eorn.
THEIR nOVEHENTS 111
OUT OF TOWN.
AND
tocored aaless aaeetaraled Ha fall
m
aod aosaraW Cii rspart, it wQ Ve
sea tbsrsfora list It is Tarj iapert.
aat that tvery UnW be puttl at
Uus eena
Thojo Who Hare Ylsluid Lonli-
barir the Past Week Tho
Who Havre Gone EUovbere
for Bnslness or Heuurc.
Ilr. sod Mr a. J. L. Palstsr Utt
TMliy for a vim to tTartaw.
B. Vf. IlaJton retsms4 Tstaday
from a-short yisH to lUndsrsea.
Mr. L. a Wsiihsrs, of IUltigh,
visited his pert a U here this week.
Mr. H. J. StHeklaod, of La Jaola,
Col,, is vuttiog his people osir tow a.
Dr. U. II. Banks and Mr. J. A.
Taraer want to Raleigh Ibis week
on btutneaa conn a clad with the tail-
itary.
Mr. A. C. Hoghrs, of Aptx, was a
Ttiitor in Loeiaburg thii wakr. and
loek
I view ef Us aaaoaasaaal aWre
till a suiscisAt Weill Ve saxde , sX
be aarUIsaat Im erary ash.e4 tie
editor ef te Faaxsux Ttxaa Is
lag to give as a priae ta tie acbc-U
aowicg the laxgeat earaUsaact a
haoiaeaaa tea ateSal tut af lLa
United utec He wIU lrm pre a
like tasa te tie vhtV. ak-owtsg tLa
beat ht cw&taga of attwe4v&sw aw
eoaapsrwd wiih the ecreJljaist,
for commercial
tton and other essential crops. '
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It cottonseea meal is wortn fitfa
ton as afoadataS, and there arefew
who are competent to pass upon its
m m a
aaerits that will not admit its ad van
feages as a foodstuff over any con
sen urate mar as t at tnis ngure, we
are certainly loosing $20,000,000 a
j ear oy exporting it, aa we are re-
eeiTing notning ior tne eaormoas
to that time DOOO tons naa gon
North, 100 ton were sold for food
stuff in the State and 400 tons for
fertiliser. If this" represents the
figures avaible for even a small per
centage of our oil mills, what
stream of gold is passing out of the
State and not bringing an adequate
return.
This article has not been written
in a spirit of captious criticism, but
amount ot fertiliaer it contains, and rather to P"' outh0 Sreat lcon-
mio loss wnien we are now, sunenng
trom a failure to utilize one of the
it is for the purpose of directing the
attention of our farmers to this enor
mous annual loss that these figares
have been presented, as thay illus
trate one of the ways in which we
are needlessly prostituting cotton
seed meal and losing a great part of
the benefit which nature intended
we shpuld enjoy from one of the by
products incident to the production'
f the fleecy staple.
In the last 3 years we have ex-
porrd 6,290,000 tons of eotteaseed
meal, containing 880600,000 pounds
of nitrogen,, which, aV 15 . cents a
pound, is worth at leak $132,000,000.
It in an axiom that 'we cannot con
tinually take from a given : quantity
ef material and hnye anything cleft.
Ws have been taking away from the
soil supplies of nitrogen aad other
essential forms of plant food for
many veara, and now we are begin
ning to reap the result ef this waste-
ful practice. It .has already been
aecceesary for as tc put probably
quite as much nitrogen into the ; soil
m the form of commercial plant food
as we have sold without-an adequate
return. If it had not . been, f er ,thc
naiurai risnnssv ex our c soils t wc
could not have doae this, CbuC now
that the available stores of plant food
which nature had been hundreds of
years ascumalatiag have been used
P, we are forced to : parsac ather
methods of practice in order tc raise
had a pi a mat, kuj
hort call I vat 8atarday frota hu
friand, J. !. Jackaoo, frmarly (
Kranklin, bot now Utidc aaar Mi
dleborg io Vnca oaooiy. Haatasaa
to lik hia new home rmtj mach.
Supenntan4at UiUa, of iht Lmu-
iaborg Grada-1 Sehoo4a, wko a Via air J
the recent rue-cling of tho Sapano-
dcata ia Haletgh. iofoc rea aa that it
was the Wat aad ir.oat largal? si
tooled rotating of tko kind iawhUh
it has ovtr ba rua plauaro W par-
tiaptte. !
that would bring similar results to paid for. There is hardly a rar
our town and to all these we give chant in town who should fail to take
our nearly enaorsement. I at least iwu worm ot siock. 1 his frieads wro glad io aaa hi
rirst, suppose a cotton mill of I alone wonld.be not leas than $40,000, j0g sa wall
iiicuiuiu Biiw w&s Bum in juouisourg sua biubjj maio wuuiu isiuutuiuii Mrs, T IJ Jaoocks and Mias A&oa
aumt was possioie io start tne op- nurauer uiai wouiu -a.uoie p xo Howell . wh oh ti.U n via 1 ti a ih.ir
nri .. ...I . .i. . a . . . i I "
rnat wouia tms mane up, wiwune amount oi oca i tn t s fiifion ntnmJ tA
a.wa a I j" a a t a jt .a I $
raearr to Lrouuburg? Say, for the tnat coma u aiapoeea ut to otner lhfT hom )n Tatboro lMf wv.
sake of argument, thaj it required than merchanli, the remaining $60,- tiior
nve nunarea operators, s it not reas-1 OU. riow ror tne pronta. tkwne
onabb to suppose that their income say that it will not pav. Well how
Would average over one.(3ollar ptr day I many well managed millt do you
ana would this not Da a ereat helD i know of tnat is not. paying? if it
to, the merchants of Louisburg?" In J will pay in any section of North Car
our opinion, it would mean about olma why not in lxuisborg? ou
one thousand more mouths to feed, might say that the taxes would i
about one, thousand more persons tojnp all profits, but we dare say that
cloth, besides the fact that it would! for the sake of havinc a mill here the
increase the tax paying list for the I town woulc1 give a company of this
town at least three hundred. Kow kind their privilege, ao far as laxrs
aa.. - 'I' fta a
aon't ail these sond gooi to the I sre conoerneo, tr tortan yeara.
merchants." iiut there are somel then it the mul ata not psy but a
who jump.up and say MOh well, they I very small margin of profits would it
wouia nave a xomDanv store." rnoi oe worm tne lnveatmenca o our
Well, if they did ahd you had stock I business men to have the $3,000 per
therein would it not pay you as well I week or $153,009 per year tamed
as any one else? Butt to avoid thiafloo iu their midst to increase their
why not provide for that in the char-regular business? Don't you think
ter? Not allow the company to nut I that the extra profits made on the in
i i
up a store. Then you would not Urease of business you would get
have this straw to hinder you. from this amount of money would
And again, what would it mean to aumciontly pay yoa to make aa in-
Iiouisburg's ootton market to have a vestment of this kind,
mill? We do not in the least mean Gentlemen, it is time for joa to
to reflect on our present market, as get together and do something. If
we are eonfident that it has been as YOo do aot'wsnt a cotton mill yoa
good the past season as any other, may decide to try something else
but would it not be better if we had ju8t as good. In deciding a question
a mill? Could it not be made better like this a person should not look st
under such circurastancrs? We the direct gain he is giring to gat
think so. Then this would mean of 1 from such sn enterprise altogether as
course more money turned loose in lit will profit him in so many other
town for our merchants to get a wv. W ahall be elad to publish
a v
the views of any of jar citizens along
organisation I , . .. . .
which seems very clear to us. Say, niaiinc,so " J j-'is
for instance1, that it was desired to ya wsnt to say write it sod bring
put in a $100,000 mill. This might it in.
Tht Priraia Secretary,
This is lb aaoo oi s ylsy to bo
girn la the Opsra Hoc ta Lots
barg oa FriJay aijbt, Fobrttry liH
t) tho "AtsaUar DtsasUc Co4&rsay
ot KlrtraH. Tboy tlsyad ia Frank,
listen pa TctaJay rJcht, ui tka
prOf4e cf that jUcw are tefc ia'
thair faiaat. The Ttaxa UiLO
a lago alta&da&o atxt Kn4sy t r-t
ani w aro tare that oaf fcp!s will
pve il
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R. E. Fottcr Dttd.
Atur a liaftria illtuai f
aalponlh Mr. It. Fc-iUr, ar.a
Arbor Day at Pin Bldze.
Oa Sstcrdsy, Fabruary 6ih, a
large nombor of the -school patrccs
gstharol aroond tho Acadaay with
a moo lot of traaa. All apent a vtry
m
of tao liU Dr. I'aUt S. Fcur. d
at tao oil I!oatrd Tl.tr 3 j
? eniatt of laat rk. Ha tad !
io fab'.a health fc atso ut&t !
fort h lok hia brd, a-f l ha daats
waa col usaxjTCU-i by lie a wbo wtro
ntaTtfai to bias. The faatal Uot
plane on Frtitv afuac&, ccoiccu-4
by the f-ttof of Trtahy Crrah, aal
tHo f'tsaina ware isurrd ia lLa
btryic; groasd atar tbo akcraV,
whera i-etU tbo ramaiika &f lUt f
hia lot. J or, tc L fota W
faro.
Daath of Bra. Martha Toon:.
Mra Martha Toeag, wife tf tSa
lata VV. It. Yosog, 4iai at li bcraa
pleasant afternoon aatung tham oBifia Fraaktia eart?, Harria twiihip.
anddusoajing vanoos auojtctt ot irv
tarasL
Many improvarnanta hare Wan
made in and arm ad the aeadaoT
at
duriog tha put station.
All the patrona have shown great
interect in tho echool by grantiag
tho many requests made by their
faeulty. K
chance at.
Nqw comes
great gifts of nature according to the
dictates of scionoe.
Supt. White at Pine Ridsre.
Supt. R. B. White will deliver an
address at Pine Ridge academy on
Friday night, February 26th at J: 30.
We always heartilv welcome Mr.
White among ns, not only for his el
oquent speeches, but also from the
fact that he has done more for the
up-buildmg of. education in our
county thari any man before him.
After the address a short, musical
't J 3 Jl
programme will oe renaereu auu
other features of amusement. r.
7
Combination Offer
Th
Buttermilk aa a Life Saver.
" A French medioal man advises
people to drink buttermilk for. long
life. He says that the lactic acid
dissolves every sort of earthy depos-
itm the blooa vessels, keeping -tne
veins an 1 arteries so supple and free
running that there can be , no clog
ging up, and hence, there is : no de-.
posit of chalky matter around the
joints or of. poisonous waste y. in the
muscles., It - is vthe' stiffenine;. and
haHening ot thrt)lood vessels which
brings Cn old age. ' . Buttermilk is
likely to postpone it ten or -twenty
years if drank freely. A quart a day
should be the minimum,': j the , maxi
Lmum: according to taate and oppoir
tunity. Exchange . 1 1: . .
Franklin Times, The Farmer
Mechanic and Weekly. News and
Observer, All For
$1.50
an
: In order to furnish the people of tkis soskca with a variety
of reading at a small cost, wo have aaado arrangements by which
we can send to all new subscribers to tas Trass aad tc those who
pay up what they owe and one year iai advance, the following;
The Franklin Times, The.Farmer and Mechanic and
The Weekly News-Observer. All For 51.50.
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The Farmer aud Mechanic is what it ataaea latplioa, . oo a tains '
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?16.pa'g69 of good. reading matter for the iarta aad hoaaakold and
the Weekly News and Obaeryer contaiaa S pagoc of -general aad
political news, while theJTmjB contains 3 paaa pertaiaLn-; saainly
to -homo affaiia.'yery famUy in.ihc aoltnty1 snomld aaako a awyi-
fioe to secure tnesc three papers, .which will giva a sufioiant sap
ply. of newspaper reading. Sand jn yoav aaacaec, with the cash, or
call at the Trans cfScc iri Lomisharg aad let as tlx yoa ap at
Important to Farmers-
In oar laat week's iaaae w pab
lishod a part of an artiolo taaJa-J
Frostitatioa of Co I too Saa-l" aal In
this wMt'i iaaao w aro nabluhise
the ramainder ot the article, which
was written for tho Manafaetartr's
Record of a re-cant data. Afur
reading the article ia the Record tha
a .k at. . ft . ft
eoitor ot tne irwss ten uti ct
aosld aot pnnt antthi&g that would
prove of snore bonafit to its tamer
readers who aaltivatv cottoa, pro
vided they woald read and prof t by
what ia contained in aaii arxial
Tho claims of tho wriUr that tSa
cotton seed cneal ia of more valaa aa
a f artiliter than tho saad the Ito
is worthy ot ooQiidaraUaa' by ox
farroara.
oa YTedaeaJsy, Fhraary 2r4,
the as4a of her -death taia paea. i
taoola ha ta 73 vaara ot ar
laatea oalj oaa eSuJ, a aat; tLre
saiters sf cca brathar. 5ie waa s
faithtai ia a a bar ot LeaVa ahrrak
atd not oale tailMs! to hr aittfea.
tal was taiihfal ia bar bcove aflatr
Sh was over redy sod wLL!tsc to
balp the akk aad a21c:d a d w3
be greatly amiaal by the wbolctoj
ktr, bat otr loea ia Ker pain.
A io4 woraa Lls hal and died
end her taefaofy will near aeaao to
W a bAelicua to ttca who taew
bar. Wo ebeald ac ihtnk aVe m
9
ffore ffata csj fceetr fr if wo are
taithfsl w will tra bar arua . Tbo
a rial teok f4aoa at the tataily btry-
t9f croc n J ca TtcrJay tad wu at-
tandrd br a large cas&tf ct y-p'a
Tta fa&aral aariaa war aJcid
be lUt V U. Vatkar, t-f Yt cuca
Ule aircait. W. V V.
Teacher's Association.
The eoanty tstshars wUl meat ea
Sstardsy, Vel-reary SOth. The pr
grsrarae will be as snooao a-l for the
last meeting which was prevented by
rain. In addition, 9uaL R. 11. White
has loqaeeted re porta from ovary
aehool and wQI have prepared a
statement ahowiag a total enroll-
meat and average attcadaaco ta aaoh
school in the coaaty.
Pretty Hoat Waddicr.
Ia the taaufully decoratrd f-arlcr,
aad ia tic prea-e&oe of s sacWr c4
frie&dj and ralatita, aynauy teas
wadding was Cole aexs-ed bsi cvea
isg at tho hcot ct i be trade cm
Lcxingtca etnrat, wbaa lira, Mitlo
Tiava Johaaoa aad Mr. tlxrCac
tlefo Siratat fiigbud their itslk.
IU. JL A, Tyacc, faibrr - cf the
bride, waa tho cZScutisg tUtgjxztM,
aad very iapfvaacvelf axsd the cpril
that made tho happy pair odc
Tte bride waa tcodbjfly. attired
ia a trareliag sit, with hat asJ
glovec to cxa'vch, w LAm tho groora wcjfo
tho oca v actional Uaalu
An oXccaat lcacbooa ecjruag of
r ft . . . V' l . a
we Dope to puouaa voa auiemast i aaTtTai cooraaa was served, a ctav
inlhaT-Tlatcs and faaiamra will bcUr
cf iatarast to the people cf the ooia-
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Also lasl report blaoka will bo die.
tribaaed at this meeting with 'dire
o f ir. t tied pi eats twisg f rtaaat
The trva aad . rjoeta arc tcth
pcpaUr sad waZl kaown aad have
taaoy fnada bare aad - alacwbara.
I Aoa! o?gn:ltk-D4 . aad Veal
tioas as to bow they oast be CUed a,i,bes for ala lc cf w&saUal
cat. The atundaasa of taachara Is Juiac, Mr. aad tSta. E'u&ec left ca the
ccpctTally diraeted Ur tae introa.LiTia o'clock traia' for a wiak'c
tioni of Sept. White that no voucher uip U aevcral of tb ccrihent ddas.
for salary for the laat saoath wiU bc.Twia Cilv Echo, Ilky Ml.