OLD NORTH STATE ? ratEnrmEE rcummon of southern rah. W fft COMPANY TO NORTH CAROLINA. ' FREIGHT RATES DISCUSSED Pr?e4dent of Southern Railway Com pa ny Guest of Goldaboro Chamber of Commerce at First Annual Banquet. . _ uoidafcore, N. C. ? President Flnley, of tfao SotMhera Railway Company, wh# ?M Mc of tbe speakers at a btwtf et aires Friday evening by tbe QdMabora Ohamber " of Commerce, State- of North Caro um" ?Mh special reference to the f#llW ml the Southern Railway C?hapapr to the state and what tbe m^BSCeneat ?f that Company U en a? ntfng ts do for tbe State. ?r. Ftnier said that he proposed to 3gjpfc-fci the profound conviction that1 th? lBtaresU of the State will best be praaMtvd bf port iciws that are best for the interests of the people and for the Interests of the railways: He said: __ great deal has recently been 'said on the subject of .the Vir ginia ciUes rates from the West. It Is meet Important to have a dear understanding regarding the conditions that have led to the establishment of the Virginia Cities rates. I shall refer to this matter oaty so far as may be nec essary to make clear the respon sibility for tbe establishment of Sttiose rates." Mr. Plnley. pointed omt that, prior to the time when the roads operating through North Carolina began to com pete for Virginia Cities business, the ratee on tfcat business had been estab lished br Uses which did not touch North Carolina. He showed that tbe roads maWag theae rates traversed more densely popnlated regions and have a greater density of traffic than thp lines ia the Sauth, a*,d paid: "Tbe fact that some of ? 7 operatiag through North > """have competed far the v. Cities business at the rates ? -? llshed by these sther' compu.ues, but at a margin at prott at which they could not alSa'd to carry all of their basiaess. does not, in any way, make them responsible for the Virginia Cities rates. "It is aow well known, how ever, that conferences have been in progress between representa tives of ttie State ef North Caro lina and the railways In an effort to reach aa understanding on Questions as to the effect of the Virginia Cities rates on points in North Carolina. The railways, In deference to the sentiment of t^ people of Che State on the sub ject and not because they consid er the carrying of ouch business a* present tariff rates economi cally nnioand, have offered, In connection with a proposed ad justment, now in process of being worked out between the State and the railways, to withdraw from tbe business from the West to the Virginia Cities through North Carolina, It is also proposed that the effect of the Virginia Cities rates on points in North Carolina shall be considered In conference in an effort to reach an agree ment as to reasonable adjust ments which may be put Into effect through an order of the Inter state Commerce Commission. I will not burden you this- evening with other features of the con ferences between tbe State and the railways. It is my moat earn est hope that the negotiations, thus entered upon, may result in removing every ground of con troversy between, the people of North. Carolina and the railways on this subject. "It would, 1 believe, be most un fortunate if the people of any State and the l-ailways. which are so importan- .0 iheir progress and. devoK.pin.ni. fl> ?>?? tb^uM. 1 ?' '' ' . ness on ' "? ' In 'all tti.Ir eiononilc - relation. . , ........ 'on viihulii be made fo Hr-Vv-:: ? an amicable agree ment thai vill work substantial justice, i i""'? ihit-,if . .full and free eonf. renco in which ? ed>hnll h^ ,n . a spirit of r elproeal fatness. an> questions remain as to whit 1 .Breemente- ran not bereacWd, they should he submitted to those tribunals which have been con^ atltuted by the >?w" ?r the land for their adjudication. states Great Pro0re?e. Referring to the dependence of pro duction upon highway* to garMt.Mr rinley ?al(J It wttfe a. ?' ? tumx Irs-sps*-*" ?*>**? Hewing the splendid achievements of the people of North Caiollna as shown by United States Census figures, be summed un the ni'1""'""*' rfirrr of the State by showing that the total value of farm prosperity in the State increased from $233,834,693 In 1900 tc |fifl7 7l?"ln l- ihm .... ? lllLieaHU ? BT $303,881,517, or 130 per cent, as com pared with an Increase of 100.1 per cent for all of the other States. Ever more noteworthy were the statistics, of manufacturing showing a gain I: the value of manufactured products li: North Carolina from $86,274,083 lr 1899 to $216,666,055 In 1909, an lr crease of $131,381,972, or 154 per cent as compared with 80.7 per cent fo*-a!ty of the other States, every manufacture ing industry In the State, with the single exception of turpentine and ros Inr showing increases ranging from 66, per cent fpr men's clothing to 459 per cent for boota and shoes and 463 per cent tor mattresses and spring beds. He drew the conclusion from the sta tistics of agriculture and manufactur ing that economic conditions in North | Carolina are exceptionally favorable to progress and development. As showing that the progress of those parts of the State served by Southern Railway lines compares most favor ably with other parts of the State, Mr. Flnley pointed out that, in the twenty-year pensus period from 1890 to 191?, covering the first sixteen years of the corporate existence of the Southern Railway Company, eight een North Carolina cities wltfc ji pop" ft'atJon of 2,504 ton-Salem, 111.6 per cent; Mount Airy, 117.4 per cent; Shelby, 124.3 per" Cenl; Hendersonvllle, 131.7 per cent; Gmi-. ham, 151.7 per cent; Burlington, lfo.2. per cent; Lexington, 189 per cent; Charlotte, 194.3 per cent; Mooresvllle^ 283.7 per cent; Greensboro, 3W.2 per cent; Gastonla, 457.5 per cent; Thorn asvllle, 557.1 per cent; High Point, where the Increase could not be ex pressed in percentage for the reason that the population which bad grown to 9,525 in 1910, was so small In 1890 that it was not returned separately by the census; and Salisbury, combined with Spencer and East Spencer, su burbs which owe their existence to the shops of the Southern Railway, showed an Increase of 144.4 per cent. Speaking of the helpfulness of the Southern Railway Company to the ter ritory traversed Miy its lines, Mr. Pin ley pointed out that one of the ways ? in which It is contributing to the de velopment of North Carolina is through its large expenditures In the State, its payments within North Car olina on account of wages and taxes alone being each year in excess of the total amount of freight revenue col lected within the State. Mr. Flnley said that the Company's helpful cooperation is available for every community in the State. He told of the organization and activities of the Greater Western North Caro lina Association, and said the Com pany would be glad to participate Id a State-wide movement of the same sort if carried on under the auspices of the State or through a responsible organization similar 10 that in West-., em North Carolina. He said that, in addition to an agent of the Land and Industrial Department located in the State and the representation of the Department of Farm Improvement Work by an Assistant Manager at Charlotte and Field Agents at Greens boro and Asheville, North Carolina shares with the other States travers ed by its lines in the services of the Company's Dairy Agents and Live Stock Agents. Under a scholarship provision made by the Company, three North Carolina boys are receiv ing the benefits of the full four-year agricultural course in the North Caro lina Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege. Telling of the recent appoint j ment by the Southern Railway and | associated companies of four Market i Agents to assist in the successful mar keting of agricultural and horticultur al products from territory along their lines, Mr. Finley said that one of the first concrete propositions undertaken by these agents was that of aiding in the effort to find the most advan tageous markets for 50,000 cans of to matoes put up by the Girls" Tomato Clubs of North Carolina. Southern Not in Politics. In conclusion, Mr. Mnley said: . "Tin Southern Railway Com- I pany does not participate in -the pnlilics of North Carolina or of any oi ?? r Ktne traversed by its | ifiit : . Th'Te was a timo when i support !>> the rail'.vays of policies j rl ?,nvc! 'cniial to iho prefer vat ion uf cur civilization was ' u IV.- those conditions. In ab staining from' political activity in ' the .the Company has not surrendered* any ot' the fundamen tal political rights to which it i9 entitled in as full measur^as any other business ei^erprise or any individual citizens. These rights Include the sacred right of peti tion ? the right to be heard in ar gument and protest before leglo latlve bodies, the courts of the land and administrative tribunals. They include the right to maks such a presentation of facts bm fors the bar of public opinion is * I am endeavoring to make this eventeg. In availing myself of tfcts rifht, n>1 that I ask from the people of the State oX NoVth ? Carolina It. and' I hare no doubt that It will bo accorded, fair eon ? aldeinllun fit allquastlons ilfect lng the relations cf the Southern Hallway Company to the State aa economic questions, "1 have ipokcn to you to-night not as one viewing, your situation from without, but as one who la In thorough sympathy with your Ideals and aspirations. In speak ing of the relations of the railway* to North Carolina. I have done so as one who feels his responsibili ties In the management pf an agency of vital Importance to the . development of tl> was the first for mally to declare her independence of the British Crown and has ever been among the foremast of the States in thought and action. She Is, as the census figures show, among the first of the States In present-day progress and I have no fear that, with her splendid natural advantsjros and through the cooperation of her enterpris ing citizens and her railways, Bhe will continue to hold that proud position." SILO REDUCES FEED COST How to Build a Good One With Ordlr. ary Farm Tools Told In Southern 3J ? - ? T. ? ~T ' * ' ??*?* ? Railway Folder. How the average farmer, using or dlnary farm tools, at an expense ol only $65.06 can construct a silo with a capacity of 66 tons? enough sllag. to feed 20 cows 40 pounds per day for four months ? is told in a. booklet just gotten out by the Live Stock Depart ment of the Southern Railway, a copy of which will be mailed free to an> farmer addressing request for same to Mr. F. L. Word, Live Stock Agep . Southern Railway Building, Atlanta. Ga. "Where there is Live Stock on the Farm There Should be a Silo" is the -title of this booklet which telle of the advantage to the farmer of having t silo and the great saving which it enables him to make in the cost of winter feeding for his live stock. Th< figures given are taken from the prac tical experience of a Tennessee farm er who built a silo on the lines indi cated twenty years ago, who finds it as good as new. today, and feels that It has paid for ii^elf many limes over every, year. ,i ... Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has recently declared that the Southeast ern states constitute the ideal section of the United States for live stock raising and must be looked to in fu ture years for the nation's food sup ply. To stimulate interest in the live stock industry and to aid farmers to successfully follow this line, the Southern Railway has established its Live Stock Department which is giv ing undivided attention to this work. ECONOMY IN DAIRY. The problems of dairying are not at all mysterious or difficult of solution. It is a question of obtaining a cow that will give the most milk for the feed consumed, and in suppl>ing that cow with the feed which win make milk. These, together with good care, as care is ordinarily understood by the man who is successful in handling live stock, wffl makn the dairy herd profitable and highly successful. GOOD DAIRY FARMER. A good dairy farmer ha& been de scribed as 44 a good general farmer plus the love of cows." This is a good definition, because the man who does not have a fondness for satisfac tion in caring for them seldom turns out to be a very capable and prosper ous dairy farmer. SILAGE FOR CALVES. Calves at .the age of three or four months will consume some silage if care is taken to pick out the leafy por tions for them. If does not take them Ions; after this before thfcy will con sume a considerable quantity of silage. SHREDDED FODDER AND CLOVER. Shredded corn Ipdder combined with clover hay makes an exc V.v..t :m.d'mr>st valuable food for dairy < as it cojita'.r^ n.c:led xrrotc > fi.,51 lies' 'the ?;v.al.!ni; m.. . for growing anlmuis. SILAGE FOR ONE ACRE. A yield o/ 1U tons oi silage m::; easily l.-e obtained from one acre of corn. .Allowing -SO pound:; of ullage it - a. daily ration, 0110 acre of corn wii. furnish flour cows tyith silage for 20a days. SHED FOR SUNNY DAYS. A good covered shed ^ell bedded with straw, will make a fine place for th6 cows to lie In on days when they can not go out in the fields. It will also help you to get a nice lot of ma nure. FEEDING dUST ENOUGH. ? In feeding cows do not give them more Than they can o?e readily. Any food that 1* loft tn the manger* after the eow? are through will naturally represent a certain amoont of waata. My Friend Pat A Story of Colorado and the Emerald Isle By WILLARD HLAKEM AN When I mi h prospecting In the gold lieldHTif Colorado and had mailt* wlwt I believed to be a strike I put some gold dust in oue pocket for expenses and specimens for assay In the other, a ud started on foot down the mountain ! for Denver. On the way I fell In with ! a young Irishman, very rapped, with . a bundle tied up In a red bandanna handkerchief nnd a short pipe in his month, at which he was pulling lus tily. "Good moruln* to you." ha said cheer lly. "Good morning. Pat.". I replied. "How did you know my name wi>* Pat?" he asked. N ~ ui : t * I ?'By your brogue." "Ia it very broad V "No; but brOad enough to give you away as a resident of the Emerald "Northern* Irish, is it?" "I suppose so. What are you doing out In this country?" _ "Ob, T caqje to cfTg for a fortune. j I "And havMtf' made It you're going I back bouie wEnJoy it?" | "What uv.mf you think I've made my I fortune?" I "Oh, I>y your 'eminently respectable I appearance." I "Well, now. that's lucky!" , ^ "Why so'C "Becai&fc I'm sadly 1n need of a loan, and tilnce I've made a fortune it'll be [ $afe for .vou to favor me." I laughed at the Irish wit. and the ' way the .Voting man bud caught me in j a trap. I was feeling somewhat set J up, for 1 believed I had struck a for tune myself. Besides we gold seekers,! in those days were prone to help on? 1 flfitfther. * - t * 1 "How much do. JoU wartt?" "Enough to take me to Ireland? a j matter of $100." "1 can't do that much for you., but I J might spare -$50 to get you to New \ York. Couldn't you' make up the rest j In some other way?" "Half a loaf is better than ritHje." ; We went on to DenVer together, ajid i I was greatly amused by his humor and an original way he bad of viewing I things. I sold my mine fer enougfa to ! make me independent for life and got a few buudred dollars for a first pay- j ment. By this time I had become s< 1 friendly with my traveling compan- , ion that 1 advanced him the whole1 Hiini needed to take him to Ireland. 1 believed he Uad.jnade the failure near- * ly all gold hunters make, and sln^e 1 I had been one of the few fortunate ohe I was ready to give him a tiny bit from my bonanza. "Where'll I send it?" he asked. "You needn't send It at all. As soor as I get that deal closed out I'm goinj-: . to Europe, and I'll see you there." "Well, you'll tind me on the estate of the Flarl of Ballygarnch. At any rate, inquire there for me." "A tenant of bis?"-A "No." ' "What's your place there?" Ho hesitated, and It seemed to mo he was trying to invent a reply, so I gave him a shake of the hand and said goodby. 1 felt sure 1 was making a loan that would never be repaid, but I'd had to invent stories myself about my hole in the ground in order to obtain mei\ns to keep on digging, and I wouldn't have thanked any one to question me too closely. As 1 turn- j ed ;i way from him 1 saw a peculiar 1 looU in his eye. } "W'hS do you look at me in that way. , Pat?" I asked. I had always callev! i I hini Pat. though his name was .lohn | Curran. j "I can't make out why you're lending | j me this money. Unless you give mo j j your address, that I may return it. or | I your promise to see me in Ireland I re fuse to take It." i "All right; you have my promise to ; see you in rreTand." "Don't you go back on me by not com- i ' ing." he added, and we parted. The sale of my hole in the ground was conditional, and some months elasped before the purchasers bad s:'W istied themselves that the f roperty warf what 1 claimed for it. Then, after ail. I was obliged, to take a good de:?! ?f , tlic^ stock In the f tin* mine. I;:?!er:!. * eventually l."?*,ar.!e amy tin: - valu tliie than tin* 'cash, pay wr.: . . .us n yo;*r a .'let* .'lie s:iie K'for?' i , ' fiii:nd myself independent ?!;? wii v , 1 1 sw off ? til ;i four :i t!ie world. My course was i-a^v.-r-i j i:nd took in Kritflaml tay f ? ? ?. lug place. 1 La.f aivavs :i de^i'^ . j visit Irehind and". after swing Kn^ls" ? my? -hrartls rortcnt. i*ro at ft little town near the estate of the Karl of Ballnaracb. I rode out to the place la mn Irish two Wheeled cart and, atop ping at the manor house, asked the butler If he could tell me of a man or the estate of the name of John rni-r;i:i who about a year before had returned to Ireland from America. The servant gave me a bluuk stare, then tenure" Into a reception room. Invited me tu Un seated and weut away. Presently he returned and said 1 !*:*' the earl wan not at home and lie ?:?> the ouly one who could give me the in formation. Milady desired that I should make myself at home? in the 11 forary If I liked? till his lordship's re turn. Since I was not averse to nosing among books I assented. Aii hour passed In this way. whea the butler entered and said that In neb eon would soon lie ready and asked If I would like to go to uiy room. Though I didn't like such trespassing. 1 was not averse t? being entertained. by an earl and his lady, so 1 followed the man upstairs. What, was my 'astonishment on entering the room Ifod^ned me tc see my hng?age there. "Hqw; did this come here?'*, I askedn"iiTyself tio make you at home. lie Wsrery fond of Americans and would nevelM'orgi- e .me If I let one of them go away AKith'out same entertainment."! I protested that I bad only called to learn of the whereabouts of one John Curran. whom I had met in Colorado, and the lady replied that the earl would give me any Information in }iis posses, slon on his return. She entertained me delightfully at luncheon, doing evfeiyr thing In her power to make me ffcet that I was welcome. Her voice was sweet and sounded still sweeter from the rich brogue of an Irish lady. She expressed groat interest in America and kept^me telling her of the country, tlje people and our customs. Just as we were about to rise from the table there was a sound of wheels without, the front door was thrown open, and a' man stalked into the dining room. Qreat heavens, he was Fat! The moment he saw me he advanced and. grasping my hand, gave It a vig orous shake, saying: ' "You've come at last, have you? 1 vowed that if you didu't come soon I'd go back to America to find you." Then, turutng to the lady, he added: "This is the gentleman I've been looking for." "I supposed he was when he askril for John Currnn, who had come frou America a year ago." "Well. I'm John Curran meself." add ed the host, "and I was Earl of Bally garnch when we were trudging toge;li er in Colorado, though I didn't ki:mv It When 1 went out there were tL'*rc lives between me and the title, but tSvo of them had died, and I had heard that the third.* in? iinrle. was very 111. 1 was trying to get home, but I didn't know what I should find here. I might find an estate waiting for me. aud I might uot be able to repay your loan: but. by Jove, old man. , that was a queer thing for you to do? letting tur have that money to get home with." I said something alx>ut his honest countenance. but my conscience was not clear, and 1 didn't help the matter much. SO 1 made light of the whole matter, mentioning the spirit that ani mated men who lived in new countries their disposition to help one another, their respect for the softer sex and their harshness with anything unman ly. Lady Ballygarach was much inter ested in thla account of a people sh* had never mingled with, though I fan cied that it was because her husband had been one of them. The earl then asked where 1 nnd put up. saying that he must send at once for my luggage, but his wife in formed him that she had sent for H whereupon he conimeuded her highly and declared she was a trump. The earl kept me a guest several weeks, during which he entertained me royally. He told me that he wa a younger son in another branch of tin family: that his father wished him t enter the army. but. having no for tune and being In love with the who .was now- his wife, he had prct'e" red to go to America to seek Ins fo; tune. While away his father and Sc older brother hail died, and his uiv-'e the ea1*!. a bachelor, had fallen i!l '! ! ?? death of hi' father and brother !: left him wf!h i;o one to eall i:]? funds, ami. as he bad before bl* uin-le w 1 not liave he!; i- I : ? he i r help I confe-s tin* i-hange in ?;ir? v. great front v!u.? I bad knmvi 5 : the - ?! I .dk"-'ng* that It si !*?'!*- e to address hiiu by his tl ' v. .< v;nji.^:int: to get .It ??nt a'1 I * n< . -ed far a-* Lord I*".";' v. ? mi 4j-? l it r;c in .upon me: "\i?vm' mind flint*. Call me l*flt. ? ; became f.:r Americanized whi'??%;n| vonr country that these flourishes ??'! :? man's nmue sonnd redlciilous." "I>o yon object, to your title, l.adv Ballygarach?" I asj^ed. "Not a bit ??f It." her husband re plied for her- "What woman wotnd?" During the rest of my visit I called the earl Pat. x I 1 IPC nine ,ro fond of Pat that I found It difficult to. tear myself away frb'tn him. , 4i* had had Just the expe rience to make a man of him. When 1 left Win tt wnn with the protttoe that he We did return my visit In the Utad whtf? wa'htd Mb be?u toot, tie dM **?ifed my mew as a miner enabled me te retorn Wi h6.pl Ullty In kin* In wg tin bean. Professional Card r. in, _ DR. W. B. MORTON Bye Specialist ~~T*j?inlpuiy, N. Caroling OOe* WltfcU. A. Tura.r, Kat pA to Hotel QR. ARTHUR HYNES FILMING.' Dentist, Oflltte in Hotel blildins:. next to Fostofilcs j* Louis bury, lie. Hour*: 9 to 4:30. .Phone No. 40. QE. H. A'. NEWELL, PI$Y8lCiAN. Lonfwburg. N. C. \ 'Phone No. 156 tffe, E. M. PBRRY Physician and Surgeon Louisburg, -1 North Carolina OfAcs next deer Uj Ayoock Drug Store Dvpb?MW \ j Nijrht Paene 197* T\rTj. E. MALQNK, Supt. Health. 1/ Louisbarg, N. C. Office in Aycock I>rug Store, Market Street Office pxactice, Surgery and consultation . JJB. fl. P BUKT' j PHYnlCl AN aod SL'RGFOJT . BiekettV reHideuc-*. phone 74. TV 1 I.LI AM WILLIS ^ODDIE Tt aTTOB*BY-AT-LAW Louishurg North CaroKnd General practice Offioe over M. C. Pleasant's store ^yM. HAYWOOD RL'FFJN ATTORN ET AT ^AW Louiabura. N.* 0. Will practice In all eourts of Franklin and adjoining comities, aluo in the Supreme Court and in the United States District and Circuit Court. . Office orer Firet National Bank. \ 3 PRUILL A BoLDEN A'iTofeSMS AT LA^ Louisburc. H.J ?' ill attend tbceourttol *rahkliti, Van? ?*. Granville. Warret. and \ counties.. aleu (be Supreme Court to ortb Carolina. Prompt attention Rirsn collectioim ??fH c m Spiuill buildintf. f.W.Bickett, R.B. White. E.H. Malone TJICKETT, WHITE A MALONE LAWYERS Louisburc. N. . General practice, settlement ef estates funds invested. One member of the lirq^alaways in the office. m M. PBRSOK ATTORNEY AT LAW \ Louiaburir.'N. C_ Practice in all courts Office on Muin Street H. Y AliBO ROUfl H,'?f r. ATTORNEY AT LAW .l.ouisbarg. N. C All '??flfal but-n^ss intrueted to miR' receive prompt ntt.mion. Hfflrp in (Egerton B^il-lv \ M F. HOUt K CONTRACTOR and BTJILDER F.ouihI.ii nr. N. C.\ Trading ugent for all kiuds of build lay j?up pliea. artistic Mantlt-a and Tiles. Architec tural desiern* anbmitted. \ y New. -BAKERY 1 am now prepared to famish the people^ of Louisburg and Franklin county fresh loaf bread and hot rolls every day, except Sunday. I have au expert bak er anil can fill your special or ders to your own satisfaction. O'o'prices are reasonable and yolir patronage will be appre t i.ifc'l. A special ? invitiiliun is you to call in and ex. aiuiue and inspect, the bi king ; I its W' rJiin-^s ,'it. anytime, i. : us Ti-i.- vtiui; ortlrrs. W. H. ' HARRIS Louisburgr IN. C. \wan*j#ij Orders for HAeFt,/rost ?. roof tabbagre plants; all varieties, >1.25 per th