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PITTSBQRO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, TI'EDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 191C.
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PRODUCTION IN YEAR 1909
Government Census Bureau States That the Crop Was the
Most Valuable -Ever Produced.
Washington, D. C Although, the
ntton crop of the United States in
fqo9 was the smallest produced since
,qp3 its value was 19.2 per cent
we than that of 1908 and' measured
hr its yarn-producing quality and by
L financial results to the growers,
it was the most valuable ever pro-
flUTWs statement is taken from the
nroof sheets of the United States cen
ens bureau's bulletin 107 on the pro
duction of cotton in 1909. ... "
The estimated value of " the 1S09
rroD is given by the bulletin as $812,
rt9 s33 "as compared with $681,230,
ro'for IP'S. The amount of differ
Ze between the 1909 and 1908- val
ues is therefore $130,858,877, - an in
crease of 19.2 per cent, as stated.
The flares as finally compiled for
the crop of 1909, including linters and
tfnc round as half bales, show
11)356 2 running bales, which, ex
nresVcd in SOO.pcund bales, amounted
to 10 315.3S2 bales, which is 3,271,924
bale "or 24.1 per cent less than the
total 'for 190$ . .
During the last five years the price
of lint cotton aveagea ciuuui u cbis
per pound, or about ?55 per bale, anc
the va'ue of the cotton seed increased
from $13.7 per ton in 1S0G to $27,73
per ton in 1909. .
The value of a 500-pound bale c
cotton, including the value of the seed,
was $-31 in 1909, compared with
$50.37 in 1904, and with $30.22 in
1S9S.
To the producer of a crop of twen
ty bales this means that, whereas hi
realized S04 in ls93, he received
6?6 in l'JOS, which increase, notwith
standing a greater cost of productou
at the present time,v measures the dif
ference between a mere existence and
independent living.
The tuilstin notes that, according
to the bureau of statistics of the dt
partment of agriculture, the are
planted to cotton in 1909 was 32,292.
000 acres, of which 1,354,000 acres, or
4.2 per cent, were abandoned, leaving
30,93,000 acres as the area from
which the crop was harvested. There
was a reduction of .4.6 per cent in th
area harvested and 24.1 per cent in
the production of 1909. The average
production per acre in 1909 was 154.
pounds, compared with- 195.3 pounds
in ISOS.
Attention is called to the fact thr
the acreage harvested between IS 7'.
and 1903 increased 113.7 per cent an
the production 97.3 per cent. How
ever, the crop of 1908, amounting to
about 13,431,131 running bales, rtprv
sents n-cre nearly the normal produc
tion, and it shows an increase of 160.1
per cent over the crop of 1S79.
The bulletin states that Georgia
and the two Carolinas "have exhibited
especially favorable conditions in tin
last three years; their combined pro
duction in 1909 being only 6.3 per
cent less than that of 1903, whereas
the crop of the entire country war.
24.1 per cent less. They contribute
in 1909 about 35 per cent of the en
tire production.
Georgia was second in rank in the
quantity of crop produced, being ex
ceeded only by Texas; South Caro
na was third, Mississippi fourth, and
Alabama fifth. '
Concerning the conditions affecting
the crop in 1909, the bulletin, states
that the reports ' from twelve states
mentioned excessive spring rains;
from elc-yen ftates, attributed drought
grid, hisii temperatures n July and.
August- from ten states, gecrea.se m
acreage; from fire stated, boll weevil
rav&s??; ami from six flutes, ingum
icent iabor:
it is stRtH that deep and therougb
preparation of the soft, careful seec
selection, more and better fertilisa
tion, superior cultural methods, fa
vorable weather conditions, and am
ple labor for cultivation and harvest
ing, are accountable for improved
crop conditions, especially in the Car-
olinaR snrl npni-ci
Cotton growers annually, it is stat
ed, are becoming more etncient anc
successful in subduing or holding in
check the destructive effects Of tbs
boll weevil, through following the. in
structions of the national and statt
departments . of agriculturi. Invest!
eatlnns hv h f.nrrnpr have lrOV6d
that, through a more careful selection
cr seed for planting and peuer .
oils or cultivation the maturing crop
can be so hastened by the use of com
A cultural meii
ods as to develop a' large percentage
of the crop before the weevil has so
mnitinHori oo ft materially damage it.
The most effective check for the
weevil is dry weather, me -damage
from it is practically in proportion
to thp ammnt nt nrer.initation. The
greatest advance in boll weevil rav
ages in 1909 was that of one nundrec,
and twenty miles in southern Mis
souri, but the insect failed materially
to extend its range in the Yazoo Riv
er Valley. In Oklahoma the greatest
aavance was only thirty mues, wu
l-o- tpn miles.
i v.ufcV II (AO JJ
The value of the Egyptian cotton
"iiu.i t in i 'lt L-A
States amount to more than $14,000,-
U00, and the demand is increasing.
Anwme iha rpaoons dven by the man
ufacturers for their preference for it
is thp fnnt that it is frp.er from trasn
and short fibers, with less waste in
caramg and combing, tnan vutt
tiiuer sea island or American uu6
The average bale weight for the
"op of 1309, counting rouna as
tales and including linters, was
496 6 pounds gross compared with the
average of 505.8 pounds for 1908,
uica is a joss or v.z pouauo yv
FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY
North t Carolina News Prepared and
Published Fvj the Qnick Perusal of
Our Patrons.
The chief reason assigned for light
weight bales in 1909 is that unfavor
able weather conditions affected ti
maturity of the fiber, and consequent
ly 'the yield of lint was less than un
der the better conditions during the
precedin g season. ;..-'."' -
The sea Island crop of 1909 was,
the bulletin states, practically - the
same as that of 1908. Expressed in
running bales, this crop was 833, or
three-tenths of 1 per cent. It is stat
ed that it would appear practicable
to increase' the producton of sea is
land cotton by giving more attention
to seed selection and to methods ot
cultivation and by increasing the acre
age within the present sea island ter
ritory. Other difficulties, besides soil
and climatic conditions, in the way of
extending this culture beyond present
wJll-deflned limits, are enumerated.
The bulletin stn tea it h ass heen dis
covered that Innc.atonlo intrnm nti
be produced in many sections of the
cotton-growing states, and that some
of this cotton is graded almost as
nign as sea island, having been sold
last rear for as much an 30 cents -ner
pound. The fancy prices - obtained
ana tne success which has attended
the growing of this superior upland
stanle encouraee . the hone that at no
very remote period the United States
wiu be producing upland staples
which will meet many of the require
ments of sea island onttnn The niv
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land cotton is produced at less cost
than the eea island, and, were , the lo
calities in which it is grown supplied
wth facilities better suited for gin
ning the fiber, the - competition be
tween this and the lower grades ot
sea island would De even greater, ax
nresent saw eins are used on this
kind of staple, and these cut and fre
quently materially damage it. Atten
tion i3 directed to the fact that the
Eevntian and sea island cottons are
treated by roller gins, whicii contri
bute to umiormity m the hber.
- It is stated that the breeding of
nnttn-nc Hit a A tn ocpq t-o hioll weevil
injury, to produce longer staples and
neavier y'eids, and to resist wilt, root
rot, and ether diseases, has been con
ducted with gratifying results by . the
department of agriculture.
The average value of cotton seed
for the cron of 1909 was $27.73 lit
ton, compared with $15.65 for 190?,
$17.63 for 1907, and $13.76 tor iui.
The cotton crop of 1909 was fully
ecual in erade to that of 190S, but not
so good in body and staple. On the
other hand, it -is tne most vaiuaoie
ever grown, considering its'yarn-pru-ducins:
Quality and the financial re
sults to the growers.
On the subject or omciai cottoi
standards, the bulletin states thai,
while there are Dractical difficulties
in the way cf establishing - uniform
standards for the leading grades or
cotton, they - are not believed to be
insurmountable, and that the estab
lishment of such standards, evsn r
applied only to cotton tendered on
future contracts, should go far to re
lieve the present situation.
With reference to the estimated
seed production, the bulletin states
that greater care than heretofore is
now heinsr exercised in selecting seed
for planting, and that this, with im-
proyed metnoos or ginning, leuua iu
the production of more lint than for
merly. In yiew pf these conditions,
averages pf 35 per cent lint for up
land and 25 per cent lint for sea is
land cotton haye. be?n produced ic
1909i
One p the ot important tables
in th? bulletin is that relating to the
nrrtiPtinn cotton Der square mile
in the imponant cotton-growing Btate
and in selected counties m abb a, am a,
1904, and 1909. The statistics how
the general distribution, present den
sity, and fluctuations in the produc
tion of cotton. The largest increases
between 189 and 1909 in the produc
tion per square mile are for South
Carolina, with an increase from 24.S
bales to 36.3 bales; and for Georgia,
with an increase from 20.2 bales to
30.? bales. The states showing lesi
es for the same period &e Louisiana,
with a decrease from 14.5 to' o.6
pales'; and Mississippi, with a de
crease from 24.9 bales to 23.3 .bales.
Texas shows only 9.6 bales per square
mile for 1909, compared with 5.8 m
18S9. -
The cotton crop of 1S04, however,
mors nearly - represents the normal
production, especially in the western
states. The production, in Texas thai
year averaged twelve bales per squany
mile, while that of Louisiana was
twenty-four bales. - . - ,
The effect of Improved methods or
cultivation In recent years on the
production of cotton per acre is re
flected ia the statistics for Georgia
and South Carolina; in'the orm-er,
the acreage planted Increased during
the twenty years 42.4 per cent, and
the production 59.6 .per cent; in t
latter, the acreage increased about 2o
per cent and the production about 55
per cent. In Marlboro county, b. U,
the average production per square
mile for 1909 was 132 bales, compar
ed with 78.3 bales for 1904, and 63
bales for 1889. The bulletin refers to
the statement that intensive farming
had its beginning in this county about
1857 and it argues that, if it may be
assumed that the record of this coun
ty - for 1909 indicates the - potenlality
in cotton growing for all the 812 conn
ties for which ginning was returned
last year, the possible production for
the United States would be estimated
at more than 80,000,000 bales, without
taking into account any further ex-
0 - . . .-s.-wm'r r avail
tension or tne cou.on-fcvf"6
Mr. Duke Takes Fourth. Bride.
Brodie L. Duke and Miss ; Wylanta
Roschelle, both of Durham, were mar
ried Saturday, in Camden, N. J. He
was frustrated in "Washington Friday
in his attempt 4o take unto himself
alfourjth wife, by unexpected and
most unwelcome publicity, and by the
antipathy of a Presbyterian minister
to the marriage of divorced persons.
" Mr. Duke is 62 years old and his
bride 28. Mrs. Duke is a daughter
of a ; Durham merchant, and was a
student at a private school in Wash
ington. The bride is fully six feet tall and
of statuesque build and carriage.
Mr. Duke 's first marriage, con
tracted early : in life, was a happy
union.. Two daughters were born to
him by that marriage and they are
now married and have children.
After the death of his first wife a
second marriage ended in the di
vorce courts and his divorced wife
now lives in California. His third
wife was Alice Webb, from whom he
also secured a divorce. A sensa
tional feature of his union with Mrs.
Webb was Duke's incarceration in a
private asylum on Long Island as in
sane, through the efforts of his wife.
His release was secured by relatives.
The. close relatives rushed to Raleigh
through the rain in an automobile to
catch the northbound train Friday
night. The train was caught without
difficulty. '
The Duke secretary and family
spent a small fortune in attempting
to break the matter up. The girl's
people and the members of the other
Duke families are not concerned" in
the least.
NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS
Life in the Land of the Long
' " :; J-eaf Pine -
Mendacity Medal to Editor Sherrill.
One of the features of the editors
banquet at Wrightsville, was the pre
sentation to Mr. John - M. Sherrill.
editor of The Concord Times Men
dacity medal. The Charlotte Chron
icle, a few months" ago, was at
tracted by a story in The Times of
a farmer boy in Cabarrus county
who stood "in a branch and with a
pitchfork tossed out fifty pounds of
fish, some of the fish weighing six
and ten pounds. This story was the
basis for the founding of the men
dacity medal. For ten years to come
competition-to-it is to be open to
the press of the State, for the en
couragement of a more entertaining
character of literature. In offering
the medal, the editor of The Chron
icle cited instances in which the pro
position was already bearing fruit.
This medal is of sterling silver and
was designed and "Made in Char:
lotte." On the two top bars are the
inscriptions "North Carolina Press
Association Mendacitv Medal" anc"
"Founded by The Charlotte Even
ing Chronicle." Below that is the
design of a silver lyre. In a panel,
is an intaglio of The Chrcnicls's
three-deck Hoe Press. Below the
press is a bar bearing the name of
the first winner. John B. Sherrill,
editor of The Concord Times. Each
year a bar will be added for the win
ner to be named by a committee ap
pointed for the purpose. The medal
is a work of art.
American Woman Ifturdered.
Como, Italy. The badly mutilated
tody of a woman, believed by the
authorities to be that of. Mrs. H. N.
Castle, who was Mary ' Crittenden
Scott of San Jose, Cal., was found in
a trunk submerged in a lake near the
village of Moltrasio.
Wrapped about the body, was a
Piece of cloth which bore the Initials
"G. L.," and from letters found in the
trunk written in English, it appears
that the woman in 1906 lived in Thirty-fourth
street, Now York city.
TMeine the development of the
cotton seed oil industry, the bulletu
states that itr has been very remark
able. Before the coming .of the cot'
ton seed oil mill, about the oniy vaiue
attached to cotton seed was for plant
ing and fertilizing purposes. The ex
hausted condition of the soil in the
Atlantic coast states first led to it
use in this country as a fertilizer.
The value placed upon the seed when
so used was from $6 to $9 per ton;
while the average price paid by the
cotton seed oil mills during the set.
son 1909-10 was $27.74 per ton
Examination of Young Druggists.
At Charlotte the examination by the
State Board of Pharmacy of appli
cants for license to practice phar
macy in North Carolina was held.
The result was rather astonishing
when it was known that only 44 per
cent passed.
The Board consists of "Messrs. C.
B. Miller, of Goldsboro; I. W. Rose,
of Rocky Mount, and W. W. Home,
of Favetteville.
J. B. Polk, of Charlotte, won the
Hancock medal for the highest aver
age, he making 90 on the examination,
Ten Thousand Knights. - .
State -Deputy Grand Chancell.
James D. Nutt, of the Knights of
Pythias, announces that the member
ship in the "order in this State has
reached the 10,000 mark, the goal of
the fraternity for some years, which
entitles the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, which is in session in Char
lotte, to a third supreme representative.
lEfflNG OF EDITORS
Writers From Every Corner of
North Carolina - - '
Call for Session Legislature Revoked.
Governor Kitchin has issued a
proclamation revoking his call for an
extra session of the North Carolina
General Assembly, the necessity for it
to deal with the issue of State bonds
having passed. .
The full issue of the 40-year 4,pei
cent refunding bonds" was taken. The
bids for. the bonds were $435,000 in
excess of the issue of $3,430,000. The
greater part was taken by North Carolina-banks,
insurance companies,
"and private-individuals. .
Lots of News Condensed.
. The Lumberton postofflce will be
placed in the second class July 1.
Smallpox has showed itself again in
two Southbound railroad camps south
of Lexington. V
- .The board of examiners of trained
nurses of North Carolina will meet at
Wrightsville Beach, June 21. -4
- The V regular . annual meeting of
North Carolina State Board of Dental
Examiners will be held at Wrights
ville, July 11. '
Charlotte- Club . Fined $400. .
Consternation- has . been created
among the dozen or more clubs of
Charlotte,, all of which were indicted
by the grand jury in February for
violation of the prohibition law, when
Judge George P. Pell, recently " ap
ponted to the bench, imposed a fine
of four hundred dollars on the Busi
ness Men's Club Wednesday, follow
ing a submission on the charge.
It had been predicted that these
eases would never amount to much by
not a few- citizens, while' others
were inclined to await developments.
The stand taken by the court con
sequently has stirred up - the other
clubs indicted and the operation of
the locker system will be guarded with
exceedingly careful watchfulness' in
order to avoid any infractions of the
law. As the club fined Wednesday
will hardly be able to raise one-half
the amount of the fine, as a corpora
tion, it being such, the situation is
a peculiar one, and promises inter
esting developments. The court or
dered immediate issuance of execu
tion for the collection of the money,
and how this fine will be paid is
the question that the public is specu
lating upon. - v .
The sheriff id not find more than
$3.50 worth of property at the club
rooms.
North Carolina Injsuranc3 Men.
- The thirteenth annmal session of the
North Carolina Fire Underwriters'
Association came to a close Thursday
at Greensboro, the two days' meet
ing having been replete with inter
esting talks on insurance and enjoy
able social events. More than - 12a
delegates from all parts of the State,
with an addition of 45 special repre
sentatives from home offices, have
been in attendance and the instructive
addresses and suggestions on insu
rance have been of great value to
the Underwriters of the State in at
tendance. The selection of the place of meet
ing in 1911 also caused a lively con
test, advocates of Winston-Salem, and
Charlotte presenting their claims in
earnest and eloquent terms.. Winston
Salem won the honor by a small ma
jority.' . -
Salisbury in the Fair Circuit.
Mr. Garland Daniel, secretary of
the Greensboro Fair Association,
has closed a deal with the owners of
the Rowan Fair Association whereby
he becomes lessee of the splendid fair
grounds of this association and has
announced that the Salisbury fair will
be in the Virginia-Carolina-Georgia
circuit and will be given the same at
tractions as are booked for the fairs
at Lynchburg, Roanoke, Winston,
Greensboro, Charlotte, Columbia and
other cities, and that the dates of the
fair this year will be October 18, 19,
20 and 2L Race Secretary T. M.
Arrasmifh of Hillsboro, has announc
ed that race purses io-the amount of
$1,600 will be appropriated for the
Salisbury fair.
Tobacco Year at Durham.
The close of the tobacco year at
Durham finds that there have been
sold on that town's floors 7,088,200
pounds at an average of $13.12.
This is the sixth or seventh leaf
market in the State in point of
poundage, as the market men call it.
But thus far no prices have appeared
to surpass it. -
State Merchants' Association Meeting
The North Carolina Merchants' As
sociation meets in anual session in
Salisbury on June 21 for- a three
days' session, and the .business men
of the city are making extensive pre
parations to welcome the delegates.
' Thirteenth Judicial Convention.
The thirteenth judicial convention
will be held at Newton July 12.
. Wilmington Hit for Damages.
A verdict for $7,000 was returned
Thursday in the case of Susan M.
Gregg, administratrix of E." M. Gregg
vs. City of Wilmington and J. F.
Woolvin, the - full amount being
against the city. The " plaintiff asked
for $25,000. Mr. Gregg was a broker
and was . killed last year by a pile
of brick on one of the streets falling
upon him. The trial of the ease con
sumed nearly six days. . '
"Automobiie3 Pass Like Comet.
Nearly 100 big automobiles, belong
ing to the New York Herald and At
lanta Journal good roads party, trav
ersed North Carolina Wednesday. A
string of machines forty miles long,
bearing 400 persons, stretched from
Salisbury to Winston-Salem, making
the longest procession of any. kind
that ever traveled the State.
In Salisbury, a Virginia car,v driven
at high speed, ran Dver Robert James,
aged ten.years, injuring him severely,
and at Lexington, Davidson County,
Charles Leonard, aged twenty years,
was run over, one leg-being broken.
Both will reeover. . : - -
The Value of One Cent.
The salary of Postmaster P. M.
Matheson, of Wadesboro, has been
increased from $1,700 to $1,800 be
cause, of the increase ,..in total : re
ceipts -at the Wadesboro posfoffiee.
A . remarkable fact was that for the
year ending March 31, 1909, one cent
more received would have given'. Mr.
Matheson $100 a year increase in sal
ary. This year the office only lacks
a -little of the amount necessary f oi
the increase of $200 -
ASSEMBLED AT WRIGtlTSYILlL
Hospitality of- Hotel Tarrymoore
"Warm Welcome of Citizens-f-Monu-.
jnent For Bill NyeMidt Winter
Meeting in January Opposed to
Government Printing Envelopes
To Help Good Roads Movement
Many New Members : '"r 7r
The thirty-eighth annual session of
the North Carolina Press Convention
convened Wednesday morning at
Wrightsville Beach.
Editors were present from "every
part of the State. Sessions were
held at the 'Tarrymoore -Hotel.
The first session was " opened . with
prayer offered bjTRov. P. R. Law, edi
tor of The Presbyterian Standard.
New Members Enrolled.
Major II. A. London, of the. mem
bership committee, reported the i fol
lowing applicants, who -were ' unani
mously elected to membership; ; "
A. L. Fletcher, Durahm Sun; H. F.
Jones, Warrenton Record; Thos." C.
Owen, Clinton Dispatch;; J. A. Smithy
.Southern "Republican, Charlotte; E. C.
Miller, Progressive Farmer ; - J. . C.
Gauden,. Kings Mountain Herald; Rf
S. Rivers, Boone Democrat; A. F.
Johnson, Louisburg Times; It. E.
Walton, Canton Vindicator; A. L.
Young, Troy Montgomerian r T. L.
Gantfc,.' Whiteville News-Reporter;
Isaac F. London, Siler City Grit; H.
C. Story, Edenton Observer; Percy H.
Wilson, Orrum Record; J. E. Thomp
son, Wilmington Star; Milton Tddy,
Lincolnton News; R. B. Branch, Red
Springs Citizen; F. A. State, Kerners
ville News; C. B. V. Aubon, Roanoke
Beacon ; W. Lewis Mall, 'iOur Father
less Ones: .. EHuggins, Marshville
Our Home; H. C. Dockery, Rocking
ham Post; R. P. McClammy, Wilming
ton Dispatch ; II. B. Wilkes, Chad
bourn Advocate ; Rev. W. M. Shaw,
Clarkton, Bladen Journal; Evou L.
Houser, Dallas Advocate. : .
President Atkinson announced with
regret that Mayor MacRae was out
of: the city" and could' not deliver the
address of welcome, but stated that
he had chosen as his substitute Al
derman Fred W. Bonitz, a prominent
young attorney of Wilmington. ..
A Warm Welcome.. - .
Mr. Bonitz extended the newspaper
men a most hearty welcome. He "Was
followed by Mayor Thomas v II.
Wright, of "Wrightsville Beach, who
welcomed the editors in a short but
f elicit ious speech and bade them blp
themselves to whatever pleased them
on the beach. - y
The last address of welcome vis
made by. the brilliant editor of the
Wilmington Evening Dispatch, James
H. Cowan, his remarks, however, be
ing styled "fraternal greetings."
Second Day.
After prayer by Rev. Hight C.
Moore, Secretary Sherrill read - a
letter from Congressman Small ex
pressing deep regret at bis inability
to be present. "
The next thing on the program was
an address by Mr. John D, Gold, of
the Wilfon Times, on "The Best Ar
rangement of Newspaper Offices."
Mr. II. M. Phillips, associate editor
of the Greensboro News, then read
his essay on "The Newspaper; and
the . Uplift of - Country . Lifp," ' It
was one of the most excellently pre
pared addresses before the conven
tion. . He was followed by -Rev.
Hight C. Moore, editor of the Biblical
Recorder, who had as his subject
"Journalism and Religion," hich
was excellent. When he had?! con
cluded there was some discussioil, led
by Mr.JThad R. Manning, as to the
use of "Mr." preceding the name of
a minister. , It seemed to be the con
census of opinion that where the
initials fire omitted " Rev. Mr.'! is
the preferable form. When Mr. 'James
H. Caine arose to discuss the latter,
Mr. ,W. C. Dowd arose to a question
of personal privilege, and declared
Editor Caine out of order, stating as
his reason that an Englishman was
never known to see the point 'm a
joke. "I have known Mr. Dowd fcr
seven years, ' ' was Mr. Caine 's sig
nificant reply. Mr. Dowd was forc
ed to admit that, for once he had
found an Englishman who could ap
preciate a joke. The house roared
with laughter. - v
The next sneaker onthc program
was J. P. Cook, chairman of the board
of trustees of the . Jackson Manual
Training School and editor of the Up
lift, published at Concord. Mr. Cook
made a strong and eloquent appeal for
the support of the newspapers. - cf
NorthCaroliiia ia behalf of .the mag
nificent institution at Concord and.
cited many concrete instances, to, show
beyond peradventure the value of the
school to the State. No address be
fore the convention was listened ' to
with greater interest than that of Mr.
Cook and no address created such pro
longed discussion. ' : ""
Solicitor W. C. Hammer, editor cf
the Asheboro Courier, was , the first
to speak , on the paper which he
heartily endorsed in every respect. He
was followed by Mr. W. L, Hill, edi
tor of Our Fatherless Ones, Barium
Springs. -Mr. Hill told of the con
dition of some of the children when
taken to the orphanage; where - they
are given such traimngjas make them
Christian men and -women, some cf
whom are a power for good in the
State. Editor J. J. Farris, of the
High Point Enterprise, was heartily
in accord with those who had pre
ceded him, but brought! outanother
important point, that the mothers of
the State should give the children
more attention than they are wont
to'do ; in ;this day. and - time, ' which
would materially decrease the number
of way wards. Mr. Farris said, how
ever, that he was not - one of those
who believed that the State -was go
ing to the bowwows. The percentage
of wayward children in the State he
considered small. At this point Mr.
Cook stated that there were only 60
children in the Concord institution,
being taxed to its capacity, but there
were at least 1,000 in the State who
should be there and probably would
if they could be taken -care of. Mr.
W. K, Jacobson endorsed the institu
tion and movement for increasing the
accommodations, f ollowing whieh Mr.
Archibald Johnson, editor of Charity
and Children,- Thomasville, made a
strong appeal in behalf of the insti
tution and told several pathetic in
stances that almost brought tears U
the eyes of some of the editors. Edi
tor D. T.-Edwards, of . the Kinston
Free Press, expressed his endorse;
ment of the institution and Editoi
R. F. Beasley, of the Monroe Journal
in his,' remarks made the point that
it Cost more to deal with the y'outb
after he becomes a-hardened
than it cost to prevent his becoming
a criminal,- Editor .Marshall, of the
Madison County Record, thought the
work of training the children ' should
begin at' home, but he thought that
there was necessity for the training
school. Mr. W. C. Dowd, general man
ager pf the Charlotte News, long an
advocate of a training school for way
ward children, made a iowerful plea
for the institution.:
- Afternoon 'Session.
An earnest discussion was had-or
the question, "A Square Deal - Be
tween the "Federal Government and
the Printer." The open discussion
was led by Mr. J. J. Farriss, of th
High Point Entcrpris. There were a
number of speakers who' participated
in the discussion. The topic had foi
its purpose the - filing of a protest
against the contemplated - action bj
the government of stamping and
printing letters, etc. The inability of
the small paper to compere. was. em
phasized. .
A ;resolutioi adopted a year a;o.
was 're-adopted as fellows and "-a
copy will be sent to the proper gov
ernment departments r
"Resolved, That we most emphati
cally protest against the custom of
the Postoffice Department ef printing
the return card on stamped envelopes
free of cost, and of -delivering the en
velopes free of charges to the custom;
er, as thereby, - the . government be--comes
a direct competitor of the in
dividual citizen, and r that without
profit" to the government. - ' ; '
"Resolved, That this is intended to
express our disapproval of the course
of the Third Assistant Postmastei
General in advertising this feature by
means of alluring circulars sen:
through the mail free of postage to
every postoffice in " the country to be
distributed to business men generally.
" Resolved,- That we respectfully
ask th"t steps be taken at once to
discontinue this unwarranted inter
ference, with the legitimate printing
business, as it is obviously unfair for
officials to use the machinery of the
Government of the people to solicit
business from our customers, especial
ly when tbis business is done without
char-re and delivered free to the cus
tomer, thus making it impossible for
us tp compete for it."
The features of the last "day were
a trip down the historic Cape Fear
river on the handsome steamer Wil
mington. In the afternoon they were
guests of Wilmington . and Wilson
teams at a ball game, and Friday
jiight guests of the Tidewater Power
Company at a brilliant - dance given
at'Lumina on the beach.
To Hold Mid-Winter Sesr ion.
: At the business session Friday the
association decided to hold, a mid
winter session in the future for the
purpose of transacting business, the
summer sessions being so largely de
voted to pleasure. The time and
place will be decided, upon later.
Approve Road Measure.
A resolution adopted by the Good
Roads Association relative to the
Stata voting $250,000 bonds to be
used; 'la: aiding counties that vote
bonds for road building, the county
to receive from the State 50 per
ceit of the amount voted, was dis
cussed by the Press Association and
adopted. The Association did not ap
prove the part of the resolution,
however, which might tend to make
a change in the present county convict
system. "'".,'. -' . '
Election of Officsrs.
The following officers were eleeted:
President M. L. Shipman, Hender
sonville Hustler.
First Vice President J. J. Farriss,
High Point Enterprise. .
Second Vice President J. H. Caine;
Asheville' Citizen.
Third Vice President T. G. Cobb.
Morganton Herald.
Secretary and Treasurer J. B.
Sherill, Concord Tribune.
Historian D. J. Whichard, Green
ville Reflector. .
Orator James H. Cowan, Wilming
ton Evening Dispatch.
Alternate Orator J. P. Cook, Con
cord Tribune. -
Poet W. L. Hill, "Our Fatherless
Ones," Barium Springs.
. Executive Committee H. A. Lon
donr Pit tsboro Record; R. M. Philipsf
lrreensboro Daily News; R. W. Via-
ent, Charlotte Observer; H. B. Var
ler, Lexington .Dispatch ; and '. D. T.
Edwards, Kinston- Free Press.
SOUTli'S FARMERS ADVISED
TO TRY HEW ROOT CROPS
-. - - . ' " - - . . - --..
ITirea Tropical Plants Will Do
, ' ' Well In Southern S oils, :
WILL UTILIZE WEI
Government Proves By Experiment That the
Tuatias, Tarpj and Dasheen Flints WIU
- Be Valuable Assets to Sot to,
Washington, D. C. The southera
farmer :is. advised by , the department
of agriculture to try some new varie- -ties
of root crops with which experts
of the bureau of plant industry-have
been experimenting and, believe win
be of practical value in the southern
states. ' . ; : ' ; ' -
Three new tropical plants havebeea
found by experiments in NDrth Caro
lina to do well in this latitude. They
bear the impressive and somewhat
mistifying' names of yuatiis, taros
and dasheens. . They can be grown on
lands too wet for any root; crops or -any
cereal except rice. . " " . " '
These "plants comprise salad plants,
tubers whicii are said to.be excellent
for table. use as well as for stock feed
roots valuable for starc'i and also
as a source of alcohol- For the nativo
Hawaiians, they form a staple food,
and are also used as food in Japai.
China, the Malay archipelago, Porto
Rico and other hot countries. '! '
"For many years the lack of a wet
land root crop has been felt through
out the south. Atlantic and Gulf
states," says; the expert cetailed'. to
investigate the matter. "I:a , view of
the fact that some 40,000 acres in tr-9
Carolinas and Georgias have been ful
ly abandoned, with half as . much
ground that is only planted once ia
two ,to four years on, acount of the
decreased profits In rice culture in
that section, aa. effort has been made
to find profitable crops which may be
grown in the rich soils of the coast
plain . area of both of the regions
mentioned, which are tco wet for
profitable potato culture." '
The report says that yautias, taros,
and dasheens come from the tropics,
and their crop season isT sufficient!
short to allow of their maturing in
ordinary seasons before the advent
of killing frosts.
The yautia plant Is said to yield
as high as 6 orv more pounds of tu
bers to the hill, and the average for
common varieties in ordinary soil
may be reckoned at 2 to 4 pounob
per hill. The yield of the taro lis
about the same as that of the yauua.
The yield of the dasheen Is 50 o
75 per cent of that of thj yautia, j;
GEORGLVraUIT CONDEMNED,
Inspector in New York City Destroy
ed Two Cars of Peaches. U
Atlanta, Ga. Upon receipt of -advices,
that two car load3 of Georgia
peaches, valued at $2,500, had been
condemned in New York find dumped
in the river, the representatives ot
the growers got busy with the wires
and had the matter stopped.
The fruit was or tne ureensDon
variety, and the inspector who con
itomnori it claimed that it - was too
green. Nevertheless it was the . same
fruit which nan Deen snipptsa w or
York regularly for the last ten yeara
and has always fpunJ a ready sale;
at good prices. ' .
r.nTmnr ptrown. Mayor Maddox oi
Atlanta "and ptber gent telegrams to
Mayor yaynor pi inbw h2
ing that the matter b Investigatid,
and. if possible, that the condemn
tlons be Jtoppe ... Vfl1.
as A result a eamctcuvi
between Mayor Oaynpr ani the heajta
department of New York City. A wl.
egram was receiy -
ti tho traubht had : oeen
straightened out and that there would
be no more conaemaauuui. .
INTERNATIONAL WEDDING.
Kllss Margaret Drexcl Weds Viscount
lYiaiuawwiiw.
i r? l A ' HPJi a marrlflTA flf
Viscount Maidstone r elder sonof the
Earl of Wlncbelsea and Nottingham,
and Miss Margaretta Armstrong
: i j...isii nt Anttinnv Trexel.
the first Of three Anfilo-Amerlcatt
weddings to take - place in Londou,
this month, was celebrated at St. Mar.
garet's, Westminster. .
i ne Drioe &gguuAyov vj v -
er, who gave her away, wore a hand
some dress of soft cream, satin, with
. Mn (n ft mYl if A And cola
a long cuuit hu w " . " .
brocade, while her lace ?eil and the
lace on tne gown waa
her mother, grandmother andjgreav
aunt on the occasions of their wed
dings. There were ten bridesmaids
in soft white satin and. Instead ot
hats they wore bandeaux of margue-.
rites with long tulle veils.-
RETURN CONFEDERATE FLAG.
Chicago Man Sends the Banner to the
Governor of Virginia.
in Aftor nearly fifty
years of separation from the people
for whom it was intended, a flag made
for the Nottaway troop of the Confed
erate army cavalry, and with which
many memories arev associated, will
soon be restored to the. survivors of
.u. o.,a Mrkttnvav trooD. ' -
- The flag has Leen sent to Governor
r TiTrU liv AHnlnh Tt.
Babcock of Chicago, who discovered
it among the relics of hi3-father. The
elder Babcock was a soiaier in tne
Union army, but members of the Bab
cock family do not know how he oik
tained the flag. .
Broward Wins Sesators-ip.
Jacksonville, Fla With 82 per cent
of -the vote cast inthu second' pri
mary reported, the vote 3tands: Brow
ard, 19,371; Taliaferro, .18,233. Tui
lead of 808 will probably be increas
ed to 1,500 by the total vote. The
remaining vote unreported will. , ii
nearly every case give a. Broward ma
jority, although it is expected that
Taliaferro's gains will be material.
The Taliaferro faction conceded the
election of ex-Governor Broward to
the senate .