i> '
| II O p f II11 f|II IJUI
-V jfjf ??;?- 11
Has a Definite Purpose and
| Time to Double the
) The National Boll Fortuity loa?oe I
i yhh headqnartora IB Chicago boa a
"'( no vtonbr it Boom to notoro tho i
j ) fortuity ol the ooD, and at tl)e naiae I
! tin* doohio tho yield Tho league |
V >sjl??^b7 r^lro+4*^ f
' V, It* Advisor7 oonamittso at? such men,
tkm 10"to ootoblUh and poyulartae
?y demopotratlona on tarme and
aonrnno plau la ooary county tho
moot aoororod Mthode ol (arming
i !r -^JLw.iarn"
L tur?l collate a aroetftll farm.demoofc
mU*u*-or MU chemist who, *111
~ j Inm * hla time to this aad other
} wort for Imewrie* form methode.
\I The expeaee wilt amount to abbat
K-r-j tu Mtla per person Qf oar pbputaKft
Urn u4 It h to be provided for bj
Wil. *e*e?et aad State apfctoprlatlono dlreet
to the jLcrtcuttural Collaree for
DKUHCIT*
I. ?
. TJhent. arerata field per acre (boat
?h aaofaco field per aero (boat
Baxter. acerate jrlold per aero (boat
tkatr (armara, 1* the lent twatro
beak eocebat \
' 1' - - ' ' -> :-?
H^.Vv t. onuuars
ffeubr,r
.tMU. MW?n iW4 per sere (bn?l
.OsU, average jtold per mof <bu*I
r*7*. *Ttr?M yield per acre (bust
.Barley. irn?|^ yield perocre (basl
Pprtfllty TepJnx. Denmnrlr mee fron
"?- raised an average of W baahe
TUK tTfr
' < .? ^er-1^7-., nVr-; The a*eca#e 1
. ' . / *
Wheat lhuahele)
j -
'ti- J*? tiSfaii
p . f>u* areras* nM nr-c lower th??_
it - ,f*? T?nt ikco. Th?7.h??
' { '?? .hoold do ?o. W. niui
miS
L- annnw aboCt oovkrnmmrt
ownership op mt
oraph lines creates
HEv' lfth*?OORB VAH/ OOVBTB TWfc
of . ^ oo^ibh^
Sp'.r.Z.ono, all tela
": morale*. .-HtteOeoca'n revolutionari
pAMBUawt tor vrnmMt on
erahlp and operation of tolograpl
^ Una. u as adlonet of the po.iofnc,
department. atlmd 6?*Hal Waahta,
ton aa tow legislative ante In recen
i :r.., ?-.rTorr
baas and. It la aald, earned greatea
aarprlae there. Tble wee evident
when etrorte were made laat olffht a
reeaU.Hr. Hltchooeke annotnieement
SoS*' Tkto effort did not come from Hitch
, _ ??* who waa oal of the cltr who,
"
mffi e' BBQhK^3
\ ,
' v **- *,
f B
I i ^ I
"v V ' ==
Paid Subscrip
b%
??.. ? . ;_ __ jj4 ; \,
a Feasible flan. T-> ReaoU,
and at the Same
I Yield pec Aere .? ?.. ^ T
~~T~~- * ". ^' -t '
this spselli work. ' V '
lo this codhcUob nu statistics
srs Utn.lT as to what othsr xouatHa*
liar, acom pushed br the orocaaass
proposed bjr th? Lsacns. H
rKKTiwsmT peon. ^ f
Oar popolatioa laeraasad *1 par *
Boat (a the laat tan Tsars,
Q or farm auras*. lncrsas.il t )
par coot la tba last ton Tsars.
Wa prodaced 1 1-1 buapsls of
shsat par parson.
Ws soaanms laelodln* sasd whaat.
sboaf*** bnstisla par parson.
la 1P00 ws bad tP.6 aa Urban population.
. P
la IMP Wa.had ??.? aaopbai pop- 1
ulatloa. ;'w -C ' " "
With a population of ?s millions. p
hoosa.oonsumptlon takon ft par sant u
of corn and kl par oaat of.whaat. la c
IP Tsars oar popalatloa will ba 100 *
IV rank* at tV tanaan in
MUctrVlaa prodoean.tv?.Vt
book at tVaa ami; Wc is act
induce nora of aat laaa.
PROGRKBB.
S-Ms '1444 jw"
to) I4.S4 ft 66
to) 49.76 81.46
to) II.IB B7.*7
to 11,14 46.69
ntn. ton trebled their savings
7ROOIU?8 .v
r 1886. 19-10.
i*to S3.4 19.5
Mto) 19.1 68.4
tell) 19.0 17.1
? ! > 17.8
i proverty
li' of wheat per acre.
rHD STATKH.
field Per Acre.
.
.rrr?:-/-. . . .... w
f..V ih
.. ? "? ? 5
... M-*
4he lowlesJ for BelKlum and Germany
e advanced. ' ??
it do ho. It b? easily possible.
ixnenj; was forthcoming from the
white fi&use during the forenoon. If
wsa hinted there might be one, die-,
claiming administrative backing of j
themew plan. . - ' "" t
Ne* \orit, Jan. 15.?Announcement
from Washington that Post^
master General Hitchcock is about to
recommend government ownership
of telegraph and telephone 'lines was
received with surprise by the (big
| telegraph and telephohe company ofTheodore
N. Vail, president of the
American Telephone end Telegraph
Company, declared It was very doubt*
fnl whether the government could
fun the teUgrajphs economically. Ho
said Great Britain's experience was
TwflS MMBS
show T&irFwntiaii<
** -?? **? ? ? *
Nam?r.
J. J. Bakar and,8.dla Forreat,
> < oanty: J. B. Elka and Olltn M Elka,
t ChocOwlpltT; P. B. Btokeabnry and
I t. i. Btokaabary. Pnn?o; Lee DUon
I , .d M?. Pannla Bam... Conotli J.
- R. Etirlnghaua Ellaabath CUr.
I Culllphor andAwU. M. oibaon,' Pin a
r town; DUon and Ui?U? Barr
- Ohocowialty; Oscar E. Woolard and
i Bra U Charry; John Llllsy and Mary
: tirssssgrwze
t Wootard And Amanda V. Woolard,
? aM^Ry* 1. It. l-atham and ClrtSa
t Swannor, Cily.
- CMora*.
J Jopas Clark and Annla . l-atham.
Cltjr: Wm. Murrlll and Co'ra Branch.
City; 8am Whitflald and Loaala Panl.
a J. V. Maaon and Lamm Hardin*,
> SI
V'-tia vVi-W STtri, i
ASHmGTDN^ NORTH O
>tion of Any
5Bf!f
ME Mr Kill
harms
UK rMJTOCRAT Of WIU(MSBARRE,
FA, RKTC&NS TO NATITM
HADNTB WITH |Mt 1
HI CHANGK. > *E .:
- , *
nr. BRUE3UT HAPPY
j ~^"*V 1 t '-r
n botch of WAUiRsnf
BARONS HAD NOTHINO ON THR
"MICK" FROM THR AKTHRA.
CHI CITY?WOULDN'T BR A
MILLION AIRE IF THRY PAID
m FOR IT.
(f : \Pj. ?.
Ian.
ockeu shrunk br ebtpttneee, John
n
hfllli^hlre^rhen he stewed from n
'ullraau sleeper bet* *t I o'clock
hie mbrhlne. When he evoke h* die
il.ts. This he counted carefully and-f
ifter making * cartful search of bio '
ockets to be convinced that ho more
wmalned. he ordered a colored
orter to seise hit friyi and help nTm5
torn the train.. Aa. he stepped to the
round he handed the porter $1*60 ^
md the three remaining pennies be
bucked to a newsboy. He was then
lead broke, without the price of a
reakfett. but pn?esing a very,
itreng appetite. j
John Jay had not parted with his
teeve and this he carried with him to
ike neareet beanery. Taking his seat'
>n a stool at the l^ah house he yelled
'One thousand/' which In the .verlacular
of luacfroQms here Is a alglal
for a p!ate>of beans. CoBee waa
>rdered and with n slice or two ' of
kresd be started In to appease the
yangs of hunger. . ?
' "Haven't Yon Fm gotten T"
. When the meal was over McDevHt
grabbed his satchels and started
sway. As he neared the door'the
"iMha^I will call fbr If "again." T*
With hid bundle of nerve still with
bfig "BiMh" stated across the way
lo thaHoid Haddington, 'where, a
crowd of his tfiesd* bad assembled-.
He fall into one of-tbe upholatered
chairs, uncorked a smile and for several
ml no tea was busy relating his
experience.as a" "one day millionaire."
-
. "I'm dead broke/' he aald. "Little-old
New York got everything 1
had.. Thjy gave me a grand run for
my money and showed me how eas?
It la to part company with the coin.
While the kale lasted, 1 was as gay as
any old.bird who floated, in New Tork
with a million at his back.
"For every penny I spent I got ^ne
dollar's worth of fun. That bunch
dowa in th6 city of the Great White
Way slipped nothing ovor on me. 1
was a millionaire for a day, and not
a cheap one. 1 paid tor everything I
gpr-KT-betternprreM jthan-^TTEillionaires
do.* I was game to the
finish.
"1 am now* back in nay ntwwai
state?hungry, broke, but happy. I
couldn't bay a toothpick if some otfe
wedged bam la my teeth! 1 am broke
from cellar to ggreeC Cleaned up like
they usually clean them in New Tork.
Bat mr down ? bat that no dodgy
king has a thing oa me in the way oi
rj wouldn't be a millionaire if.thay
paid me for It, It's the did bean
house #nd the same aid cirdea fbs
yours truly. I got what 1 wanted add
Hb gattatteC9$U~' >
MeDovltt bee no plans for the future.
rHe will spend 4 day of M>%*hlttlng
the hay" any. place with Nthe
space.to let, afld wfrem'^e d^awlejM
Out. whldh probably wlU bh ljid %M
& m* sadg drt- may hurt for W*y
mart, aifsmffUr haunt, whenttft9ti]
- ' <. . iiwsminil i ii ii - - -*~
MD EUDHEIirnrMFAltS
ini* rmiira tnunn ummu
M BV FAIL 01IQ
5 Bank at WilMnwrta*, Hnrtnina
i-JL ?.jii inWMHflMae %g?4if*
Vr. W.nlt f. fr'aaAi. caatiloi1 Farm
era and Merchauta Bank at Wllltaiae
too, adtf-whq formerly realdort bore
where be wan aiy. amaloye Id tb<
boat ottoe. enatalned a painlul Injur
on Kridnr Hat by falling on tba to
and braaklnr Hhw $ ;
s -' i
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AOLXWA. TUESDAY KTTl
Daily, Papei
upnched on hIpp
i I %V'
v W- -;^H
* I
f^m Jr^?:
. Mr?. Charles B. Howry, vlf* of Jw
If claim?. b?a tnlrodaoid to WaakJnst
Howry, a beautiful aad jmoomf7
.;.
j AGRICULTURAL
Wil l. BE INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
A WO SENATE TOMORROW
? LEADERS OP
'BOTH PARTIES FAVOR
IT.
? ???
OMNI -PARTISAN MEASUfiE
I - ' - ^ 4
its purpose is to expend the
WORK OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES
.TO EACH COUNTY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
[ T- ' .
Washington. D C.,- January 15th?
A bill of^reat import Will bn*lntroducod
In the.-Ho'uso of Representatives
on Wednesday. January 17th,
by- Representative Leror, of South
Carolina and on the same day It will
ybe presented in the Senate Jointly
by Senators Hoke Smith and page.
The bill provides for the further endowmenfand
support of Agricultural
Col leges to enable them to assist in
i getting into practice'the heat methods
- of agriculture evolved by operation
> of the plan of establishing and maintaining
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations in Various states.
-| This measure Is the Joint work of
the National Soil Fertility League,
'{the Executive Committee of the Colleges'
of Agriculture an4 the stateei
mmr abdve named', it Is in line with
the President's recommendation In
his address at the National ConserveUrn
Congreaa' at Ijuiu city. Uc .
' Bontomhor 25th 1411, It has the sup?
jort -ot .the tfcnao toadar* ot both
fro?, **d .It m?? M'HiuiUd u
H?.omot.partlaara moaauro.
| 'SlMtrt.tJ plan <n\
: pstiSr'sssil!
cooatat ot. t.tUm loto ??aar?l prao
tlcotbo banantMi known ot oalae
use aotonktnra bpomplortng tmflred
agriculturists. or practical fsrtri de
, monetrator*. .IBUd In tun most Im
; proved methods Of term practice. tc
take to the-farmer on hi* own form
the Information or knowledge thai
> wilt eankle him. , the leUnr, to Intropet
end adapt to bio own local conditions
the best methods of. farming
In plain terms. ft "I" as rnpldljr a>
- -possible, platw a trained, practical
- men. selected * and "directed by the
. respective Agricultural College, per
> tdedenUy In each agricultural counii
r of the United States, and enaide U..
i fertnor to besoms meater of hte cell
lag aided by the beet eervloe th,
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,y--'_it-f.-'i-fziy> * i, 1
KNQON, JANUARY 1?. i#i:
Published In
r swm SEtsoil ]
K F
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It
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n
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if Howry at the United Stale* ooart
*n todrt./ her da^kur. Mto 1L E |
1
"fcomntry oto furnish, and supported I
by Federal pad' 8tats funds.
' According to the provisions of the
hlfl there will be an appreciation be- 1
glant&g at the rate of lees thvr o >e
cent perNcSplta and will approximate
tittle cents per capita by the tiuie
the annual appropriation shall have t
Increased from 9600.000 per year, t
tits starting point, to a little over t
"throe million dollars, when tt reaches (
the pMcrtmum. To have a clear idea 2
?K*^buUou Of UXSM fund. It ,
receiving Its share of the fund must' j
appropriate an equ&r amount for this fl
purpose.
Mofft. authorities have expressed |
the belief that tha operation of this I
plan will.In a few years Increase the
farming output at least.60 per c?l
That means an Increase of wealth per
i -.pivg of about $50.00 per annum, '
. ana U aaus io mo coumrj a uBBeio
four Vuid oue halt bullions lu natural 1
resources. The average acrqane of
Europe gives from two to threeHt:*s '
/ue yield of the American farms, '
notwithstanding their toll his b-'-'ii ^
producing tor centuries more than
the lauds have teen cropped here. '
In the President's opinion this 4
promises to be the moat valuahl?-con^structive
legislation of recent years.
Speaker Clark says that the mind can
not grasp the benefits that should
grow out of this movement. Majority 1
, Leader Underwood expresses the be- 1
lief that it wil do more good to more
peoplo than any other single enactment
Id a generation. Mr." H. H.J
Gross, of Chicago, President, of the j
National Soli and Fertility League, J
says he has submit to# this plan to
every agricultural college In tye land, '
"there has been fib adverse criticism
and gjmjit 95 per cent have strongly
endorsed It; It has been approved by
about'four hundred public bodies,
such as -boards of trade, commercial
associations, business men'* clubs,
women's clubs etc., and nearly a
thousand influential newspapers have
expressed a willingness to support it.
*1* GM>RY
At^^a time In the year do such
splendid constellations circle nightly
; across the heavens as fn midwinter.
I "the latter part of January and the
ftrs t phrt e/Febroary ts'a toeeon %
the yoar when conditions are especially
favorable for star gaslng. In
I sbruary number of Papular Mechan
I Mscasfne , Pr?r Forest Ray
. LMNiwn voore 10 iocs lur Nm?
o[ the plane" end con.tell?tion?
i end tejji mn fntereetlng facta ebont
JthemF A number of Uloatratloo.
.accompany the article, one, ot the
. 1 Pletadee, having been made with
"light which atarted from thoae dla,'tant
Ktar. about S00 rear. ago. or
I ISA rear, before the invention of the
, j ptootopaphy."
f Capt. R. 8. Grfffln left this morn>
Ing for New B?a Jo inumo eom
nuuid of a boat plytnx between New
? Bern and Vandemere.
I ^ ..
l Eastern Noi
I DIG lil THE I
MIS
Leep the Bonus Offer In Mil
in as Many a
The great ruling contest will close It
ebruary 8th. ^ . g
With twentjr-tottr days more in
hlch to work the best time Is here 1
i which to exercise your very best s
(forts. Many of you will perhaps y
link you hare already done youi'
est work add - .wonder where you
tiould seek next for Subscriptions.
The territory Is all good. Much of
; la lying right around us that has
ot been worked. There are some
rho are Quietly but surely laying by
lie Subscriptions and Dally Bonus;
ffllLBR FREEZES J
H THE DQOlWAf
AT NORFOLK, Vfl.
tODY OF M. ItEl-ROyiTZ FOUND
FROZKN IN A HALL WAV
WHKRB IT HAD LAIN
r SINCE SATURDAY
NIGHT.
MS NATIYE OF BALTIMORE
IE LEAVES A FAMILY IN HIS
NATIVE CITY?HAD BEEN A
RESIDENT QF NORFOLK ABOUT
C1UHTEEN |fONTHS.
Froieu stiff and as blue almost as
ndlgo. the body of M. Refkovltz. a
allor, 10 years old. was found at the
K)ttom of the stairway leading to the
>8tabllrihment of A. 8. Becker, over
tf9 Main street, tbis morning. After
t was viewed by the City Coroner.
UStjiM# *mmm-tnraed -OXarLQ Funeral
>irector Warren, on Freemason
itreet to be preparod for burialSit
is believed that the man had
>cen dead sin<;o Saturday night dud
hat death resulted frbin exposure,
lis family In Baltimore has been unified
and the dead man's friends are i ,
twaitlng instructions from his wife*]
>.r one or his children as to xvn.it d.a oaltlon
i? to be made, of the tody. |
The discover or the corpse occur-j
ed shortly before "o'clock, wheal
VIr. Decker, by whom RofUovltz
employed, opened the front door (
leading up stairs. Au examination1
ifcowed bruises on the fact and body |
>f the dead man and the supposi'.fdnj
was that ho had fallen down stairs ,
ard. unable to get to his feet aguln,
rroze to death.
31r. Decker said today that lie!
closed up Saturday night about-sewn;
o clock and invited Mr. Refkovlu to j
accompany him home to dinner, but
that the invitation was declined. j
"He had a room at my house and I
thought it would-be more comfortable
for him to go home with me to
dinner," said. Mr. Becker, "byt he(
said he would get lunch down town
and sleep In the shop, aa be had a j
key to the front door. As he anttel-1
pated coming back he fixed the Are.
That was the last I saw of him until
this morning."
Mr. Robbina said he heard a fall.
In the hallway adjoining his place
about XI o'clock on Saturday night,
but that Unpaid li^Ueattention to it.
aa he heard no tfher sound afterwards.
The belief is that while Mr.
Refkovits was endeavoring to get Into
the - tailoring establishment to
abend the Sight he fell down stairs.
That his hddj 1U got round until
this morn ink *** d?e to the fact that
the door was looked on the Inside and
that he'and ll*\ Becker Wore tfceoaly
people who Ma tey to the lock.
JMr. Refkovtts came bos* from Baltimore
aMut eighteen month# ago
Opd was considered a skilled tailor
He1 leaves a'wife aid ram fly >
, ,i.r \ m*
UNITED IN MXWUMHB
?
In the parlor 6t tie Louise Hotel
at ltiSG U.dtyiJan. 1$) tn the prcr-1
once or c M w Unease* Mr. O.K. Com |
and Mtse Irene Smith, both of Farmville,
N. C . were Joinrt In holy matrimony
by Her. H. B. SearlKht.
' Miss Worthlngton. of Belalr. Mrt.,
le the fneet of Miss Ifattle Laoghinftt
houee. ,
, - ' -?*> '
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*ir JT*?
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f - s
' k M * ' ' iW
rth Carolina ^ ?
JWlflG SHORT 1
id. Get Susy and Pull ?31
s You Can
titers are gliding along ou an easy yUjB
9a thinking the others are lagging.
Appropriate today. Do not tarry.
'he weather Is bad. but time goes on. ''ffin
nd the end draws near, so Its up';
ou to work. ,
For each twenty-flv^v^r; jtrs
($25.00) remitted fojr/ Scrip- ^:j8
lions between the V -gftnd 3#th
of January, a Bop'''Vf thirty-ire
thousand votes, he givenf
I ; V
[HE YEAR'S HOOKWORM
CAMPAIGN MOST SUCCESSFUL
9AJASES TREATED
The annual report of Dr. Perrell,
a charge of th? State. Campaign
t gainst Hookworm Dtaeaae, Bums up /
he activities accomplished (luring - \ 1
he year 1911. 8ome of the record* _
ire as follows: -3
Sanitary surveys have been coni>leted
In forty-three counties. State
ind County dispensaries for the free
wamlnatloh and treatment of heokrorm
disease have been operated in
lxteen counties. At thpec d Is pea
laries 63,6z5 have been* examined
Ad 28,902 treated These treated
aaeg added to 24,709 which the
ibralclana over the Btate have treated
how that 62,911 people have been
reated since the campaign opened
'he work Is now being done in five
xtuntles, and there ipmaln on the
waiting list six countlea, making
wenty seven countiee making the ap>ropriatlon
for the dispenBarlee.
During the year there have been ? *
liatrlbuted something, like 200,000
Jlsease to people from all sections of
the stat^, and about 600 public ad- ,
dresses delivered to approximately So
500. people. The work accompUeli>d
has Wen remarkable, not alone '
of -the number- treated foj'.
voolcvior? di6eV?t... but also for th**
ictlvlty that has been aro ujed ainon s
the people for providing themsolv. s
with sanitary surface closets to r
place the unsanitary ones comnio*, f
round In use ,
IS JO EE SY
" ANDJHE SilUATiOM
flavor , Harding . Invent ipest*** ,IV?dltJon*?The
Worthy, an Well
as the Unworthy ore Ktelnu
Relieved.
The mercury registered & tU-arn--'
this morning, which la decidedly th
coldest morning this winter. Ano'fa*
iour of tho city to learn of what
being done to rc'iovo the suffering,
leads tits to conclude thatno atone i*
being unturned to relieve every oar
really in need, regurdleaa of race or
creed or paat history. We found
some instances, that tho heaviest tti
upon the cause of charity are th<=
same persons who have figured moi'
conspicuously lii the Recorder's Court
in the past. Women, without ahy . ?
visfCTe means of support, cancers upon
the social life of the city, whoaplaces
of abode have been* nestling
places and incubators of crime an 1
vlciouaness. These ropresent no Bmall
per centage of the calls for wood and
clothing, but without question they
have been supplied. A proposition
has been made to tho Mayor to start
a subscription for the further relief
of sufferers, hut after considerable
Investigation upon his p&rt^bc ?* *** . *
it an itapcoper course to. yuHue for .
two reasons.First: He roaligpf that
tho nnnr aro with na ilvnn anil
pare and parcel of ererj city, and If
the cltisens are to contribute to auea
a cause, he believes it can be doe* 't <'|
more Judiciously by calling a mass
meeting, should occasion require, and
discussing ways and means of distributing
aid- Secondly: Igenevoleat
organisatlona, church societies and
other todies are at work; na4 it is believed
by centralising and getting
these todies together much mor
good can be done thpn could poiMbir
be accomplished byiny plan no .
effect Several calts by colored wotnea ^
were made to the DAILY NKWS office
this morning for wood, who wcr?
nro-nptiy directed to Chief George
Howard. They were Immediately
supplied. la fact every call for help
tffus far has been generously complied
with
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