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Wharfag ' Higher thlyitYfar -i, * . * 1 To the inrin iftku, to th, I > . ?M? o? Btten). Of moll proper;/ H lo of'-rttol Importance thot th, 3r, oloctloo tomorrow b* lororoblo I Um bond lto?o?do moor room! ?ll*t In M? favor. asd io h*. If and a&alnst it. that It should be unanl 1. M Is an opportunity for Invest Mat In property upon which th xe*y ant awr lode a oMU^-nre year or fifty year* hence the city can ge tu foney bvsk with interest and good ptoflt. should it be deemed ad vlaoble to sell the property,' but thl will never bo go regarded. 1. It will never cost the t&x-payer a penny! Certainly not after th< second or third year. If ~at all. Th. roots aim revenue toO?e derived froo It will pay the latere* on the bond will provide a surplus to pay th bonds at maturity. I. The city* needs and must hav a PubUe Dock that will b^netyt al * tbe'pedple^-A" Public Dock la a pub i lie necessity. It will Induce more trade to thl port?It will bring more business t It win brtwi mora boIMlnit to Kb builder. . , , It WIU Brim more labor for tb laborer. \ .... . It will belp the farmer aloop th rtreb. ' It will help th* fishermen on tb It will balls ep the boslneee o jKSi. , ' - The etty le boxsjtafcae* tt. T wait maaaa to paava blibar pfic for a laae valuable mention. and t loee che baaehte while we, wait. 1. WttHoat a PubltT Dock M wbarfaaa cannot be aoerealaeai ac Ma eoatlnoaaoa sneered A wbarfag charpe l? a tax on business, trade an )- labor. .Tfttt a?o the county bridg over Pamlico rtrer we*a tail brldg. owxe4 .br private cltlsene. and a who meed the bridge had to par tc tha privilege Thle wag a tax o tha triads' of the town, a bprdan o tta jpneral public, ? bloch to tb and progrexa of ??r oil; Who questions the wlxdnm of bx: tap thlx bridge by the coXhty, an ooarertHng It ^nta. a public props: tr?frae to' aU. Who dcuiDu Ui wisdom at Immediately rebuilding . after the mat ptorm of laat Pet tomherl TUUlfli of dollare woi M.to tw kr iu wfc gunrraU abont issuing bonds ft Ttan arrant ti? children "cou sttnad school without paring lu tion. Bond* - wore Issued to Dal schools u>4 taxes rooted to mall tain (hom. IThs.wooU now be wl Man to tear ddwn or 'Ml our sehoo to gat rid of1'the'bonds laauad or wl would aow bo wining to doaa thai aehoels tosoea th, tax nacre to maintain tham? Which i? a grantor burden, the tax our, pe Via' would pay It our town had i school ttal oV to pergalt pur cblldri ' to grow op wlthodt oducatlon? %.' It win mot bijaro ot a*act tl [ ralua :<rf ot hnr .whhf I vropartuV ?i - rately ownad. But area though should, for a time rtndar othar whs property a liUla laps valuable tsars a public dock (which la n admitted >. yat tha .grant hanadt ' that larga numbar who own no w tar front pro party la.and should rams Ell WE IJIH This morning win tha ]all do. ware opens.) (or the puhpota ht g Ing tha prisoners their braskfi It wss discovered br the sheriff a MS d.pstl* ISst "daring the nil tha prlaonars had csit tha haathot ? to pleepe. The hammocks ara pr tlcally now and when questioned one dnaffned m tha calls know I thing about i - s'.iiiy i" "vr*1 ? it< To Wait Me ma to Pi y Lea3}.Voluble Location Benefits While We Judie Br off aw r-r-r ' - - ; /?.'-> ; > of first consideration?the UterfatM of the theny rather than the fntera ests o1 the few. There are only from 1$ \o 20 owners of private P ffilBpf There are thooss ends of our people urtso' have not , luis advantage. _ It la true that the private property on the river, front will have to bear L part of the' mall hurjden (If *hyf. 9 bat It can afford It, and for the good j of the ather"thousAnds whg .need t the beaetfc dT the Public Dock, the t owners 61 water fronts should be . aid 1 donbt-not, are willing to bea? a this burden, email.and inaigniflcant M it wlillis at 1* greatest, ' " . B 6. It is a safe prediction, upon a which 1 will risk'my reputation as a b prophet, and the reputation of my 3 Judgment, that If the cltlaent fail a to vat# the bond issue and get thl* 8 prpperiy for the public. It will, In short Order, bo bought by name one B or more of the pfresent Urge water 1 rront property owners for-t&eir own profit and* benefit. And this chance of the people will be gone for good. a 7. If I am wrong In saying it will > not cost the tkx-payers a penny, nor increase taxes; if it doea not pay a s cent ot. revenue, what -will it costT $26,000 of bonds will require $1600 e per rear to pa7 the Interest on tbexu. Oaf property asetpsment la. In e round flgurea $2,600,000. A tax of tlx cents on -each $100 e of property value wlU'ralae $1600. If a man's property is valued a! if $600, total increase In,tola tax would, be ?0c? and If he is under 60 u years 18o on the poll. So a mac 0 who pay* taxes on no more than 0 $60p ^ould leave to pay. only 48c a year and If over 60 years old. only rfWci.u." ? Immediately* upon buying thU 10 property there will be work for t^c d laboring men, work for tho dray0 men, boildingi mast, be built, with S| work for the carpenter and the pain q tor, for the Jirick-maaon; anj not ,r a laborer not a carpenter, not ? K painter, not .a fisherman, boatman b clerk, merchant, or bank, but will ie have a chance to make back tta f small amount paid In taxes each year rw The property owners will get tbelri ~j In Uie Increased value of property r. and the fUauloa to trade and' hual ,e neas generally. It A. This is a mat tor In which pol y ltlca cannot enter or figure. . Let -0 our position be, "The greatest goof 10 to the greatest number." >r Lot us have a Public Dock and no ?* WDinti. fro iuwt< Id Washington brfdgo a public bridge t- free to all who wished to corns t< Id WaUjlagton to bring their produo n- and to trade, is we established pul L[ lie cchools where the children o Is the poor and the children of the rid io should hare equal opportunity?s. lo let ue hare free wharfage for tho* U Who come by water with the pf$ 14 ducts of the' eea and the soli, an< e- to do~ dtelr trading: And let al 10 the cltlsens, and not iheroly a few reap the benefits, ur ^Without a child of my own to ed ?n ueate. 1 worked day and. night an< .'votetJ for ptfbllc schools to he maiu fie ttvlned by taxing my property m wel rii ne> t'..at of others, because of th U public. netd of public schools, frfe tK to all. . to 'It la my solemn Judgment tha ot next to public schools this la the bea to thing for all our people that I bav a- been privileged to suqport. r *rr be STEPHEN C. BRAOAW. ' Machine Company for the pin / six'years, Wfe tendered her resign* tlln., What her ^future plans are not known at . this writing. Mli ' Whitley is among the city's populs young ladies and her future meat mat'j, to those whb hold ber In tt highest estimation. I HAH RETURNKI>. V Mies Battle Hernby has refui-nc frof northern markets whero si jrs purchased hdt spring an^ sum me It- millinery for tha coming' aeaao tat Her stock and opening will be awa nd ed with interest by her numcroi [hi cu?tom?r?. K- MXKTS TrftHU.LY Vv- ' f'T ' ^ I t^1 ' ~~ 1 * "" WKAnrKl washingt6n [VOTE FC ft will benefit every boa; No politics in this. The only time' you vot Th&Myers properly at t) Three hundred and thirl I Preserve our Water Froi | Don't forget to Vote Tui I . ' ' q Years of Repleate at Last Brou , . ? Washington, D. C , Mar. 9?^(Spe clal)?After years of repeated pleadings the advocates of government aid to levee construction on Lhe upper Mississippi river have won the RlvQfft*y^fed Harbors Committee to subetnritial recognition of the sound Mas of their views, the appropriation of $7,000,000 to be spent by the Mississippi river Commission In revetment work and leveo construction Qn both the upper snd lower river aiiowu g the strength of those who are Interested in this movement. Among the constant friends of the upper levee region are two distinguished membepr of fcbe Rouse whose districts are divided by the Mississippi river?Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and Representative Henry Tr Ralney of Illinois. Both of them appeared before the committee In the past to present their pleas and hare fortified their arguments by abundant testimony taa Co the great good accomplished by local levee construction unaided by the government. In the preparation of the pending IUver and 1 Harbor bill Speaker Clark while ' leaving no doubt of his position 1 entrusted to hia friend and neighbor Mr Ralney^ the discussion before the committee of the. entire subject of government aided levee building. Two'thlngs tn this connection have been extremely gratifying to both 1 gentlemen, gne the action of tie committee and the other the appointment of Edward A. Glenn, whose k home Is at Louisiana. Mo., in 8pcak| er Clark's district, has made ? closs and trultful study of the levee con ' ctrnction /n connection with the ' waterway improvement. 1 "It was a capital appointment," ' caid Mr. Ralney today, "one that li especially pleasing to our people and, I am sure, will prove^ prpulai " thjpufhout the Mississippi valley.' : Mr. Ralney speaks enthnslgstieal l sl t Proprosition Tar . v Much to W > I f Editor Dally News:?As the cltl p tojnorrow to express their approve 9 or disapproval of the proposed 925, j 000 bond Issue for the purchase oj j the Myers property to be used ai a public Wharf, allow me througi the columns of your valuable pape . to say that In my opinion, they an a called upon to vote on a queatloi i_ that la of more vital lmporance t [1 our city's progress than anythln] B they have been called to vote^ittpoi Q since we voted our special school tai which placed our public schools o: it a footing with the best In the state it Ne^t to this I say, that the j^roj ^ osUiou-on which we are to vote tc ? -morrow is pf the most vital lmpoi tance. ' I ? Wo cannot propdr and grow as It city wmrtiCohrsBme. Wo live t i- as agricultural section, an(| as mei Is clielite, physicians, machinists, m< is chanlcs or laborers, or whatever ot ir vocation in life may be. wo mu? is look to IMese agricultural interest le of our community for the suppot of these vocations. This being trt we owe it to ourselves to provk a way for the farmer and everyot else, who markets his products wit id the necessary room to KhndU^ h io products to the "best advantage. >r u a fact that a large percentage < n. the brfsitioss -done here Is done 1 it water. Dozens* of boats plying v as and down tbe river dally brlnglc produce to our markets, and carr lng goods bought of our merchant There boats, on which the farme of the lower part of this county si ho Hyde county. must handle their pr ry duce are entirely at the lperey t the few people Who own wharf pro if- erty; some have room a tccoi bt mojate two or three boats# ?oi t hate no ?foom at all, thereby wot ~ "T*." i- - * *-^1r Tq?i*ht. Slowly Rirtog Te . N. C. MONDAY AfTERNOOf 1 "T 2R PUBLIC ye and you know .exactly \v lii foot of Bonner Street, teen feet along Water Stree*. at while wp have the opportu asday March 10th, 1914. V ? HAMBER OF COMMERC m?eaeaaa?aaaa? d Pleadings Have ght Desired Result \y for the perfoctiohtaolaoaoiaojot) 1 j of the outlook for the perfection of a leVee system for the MiMlasltyl river and in good tlmo for all rivers of the country flowing through lands subject to floods. "The organic, Mississippi River Commission Act," said he, "givfc the commission Jurisdiction from the headwaters to the mouth of the Passes, but appropriations to protect lands from floods have hereto^ fore been provided only for the low. er river Two years ago provision was made for levee protectioa as far north ae Cape Oirardeau, Mo., and this year it Is Intended to push the work to Rock Island, 111., 300 tulles north of Oape Girardeau. This important step means - that hereafter the Federal government will lend Its aid In the construction of levees on all' rivers that overflow valuable and reclalmable alluvial lands. It, la clearly a legitimate as well as wise governmental proposition, coming as It does within the^commerce clause of the Constitution, even though the levee affords only a landing place for' boats." GIBUS?AKMSTBOKU. 1 At the residence of Mr. Henry Armstrong, the bride's father, In ' Gum Nee* township. TyreU. count*,; Mis* Add It Armtsrong was happily married to Mr. Claud Lee Glbbs of Fairfield, N. C. The ctrtmony was pFrformtd in I i t'ho presence of a few friends and I nelghbors'at six o'clock a. m., March * i 1, 1914. Alias Armtsrong is a handsome and accomplished young, lady a conclBtent Christian and active Cburra worker. Mr, Glbbs is also ' a Christ!an gentlemen and one of : Fairfield's coming young fen. The , j word i that made them one were ' spoken by R?v. H. S. DaVenport .of j ' l flwan Quarter, N. C. Congratula 1 Hons, ' norroxv Means 'ashintjtoris Future - ing a great hardship on the boatmen, a find also on the man who la good 1 enough to allow him to load and I unload his boat at his wharf. I The city needs room to take care f ' of this water traffic, and the Myers * "Property is ideal for thlc purpose, 1 and the only piece of water 'ront r that could be purchased hardly at a any price from tho Norfolk South-, a ern to tho county bridge. This beo ing true, can we, as citizens. Jet this g opporunity to purchase this properu ty and take care of our wate/ trade u for years, slip from us and thereby a impede the progress of our city for i. years? What say you Mr. Voter? h Can you vote against this piroposit~ tlon or ktay away from the polls, not voting Tor it, an^ have the con* eclence that you have discharged a your duty to yourselves and the city n in which you live? N We are living in a progressive age, i- and we are to prosper as a people, ir- and as 'a city, we must keep pace it our slser towns, who make provision ts for such tbiogs. We likve toa much rt at stake in this proposition to let it le go by default. Ldt'a get together on tomon-oxy, ie and show to the people* who handle h their prod-tco by water transporlais tlon, that we appreciate their bulsIt ness, and provide for them a suitDf able place ta load and unload thelt >y boats. We are not buying a plf IP- in a bag, but buying 313 feet of the ig beat water ffont property iu the y- city. A piece of property that will p. not depreciate In value but enhanct ra'. as the years go by. Let's all slot id | business, if need be, and work wlfh o- iut ceasing until we have voted tbi of bond issue, thereby showing to th< P- the public our determination to kfoj ft- at the forefront with tho trend o no pragrew. k- M, M. JONE8. mpcrature. Frost. 0 i MARCH 9, 1914. IWHARf | hat you are voting for. | nity. ij E. ii. s. fwie ms visit JPMi ! The United States torpedo boat Fotfte. under tne command of Lieut. Commander Charles L. Morton, left hero yesterday morning for eBlhaven and returned last night about nine &*clock. Besides Commander' Morton tihe follclwng officers were aboard: W. B. Bell, navigating officer; W. B. Rodman, Jr#. executive officer; Lieut. Robort Small; J. P. Rafrris, engineering offlcer. Besides the officers there were twenty-two men of the Sixth Division of the North Carolina Naval. Militia. The Footo went to eBlhaven for the pur nose or BiiowinK inose interested in the naval mlllMa what Is In store 'ttr ttyem if they are given an organisation. The prospects for a company in this thriving town is bright aad promising. Tomorrow at noon an election is to bo held here to All the office of comgiondef of the militia of A ret battalion^ Mir nil | The mayor's court was a busy scene this morning at the city ball The following cases were disposed of: Sadie Waters, disorderly conduct 15.00 and cost. Dell Manning, disorderly hou<n. Attached with tbo cost. r.iiue maaicH. naiug uu ?iucwalk. Attached with the cost, Daisy Mooro and Easter Green disorderly conduct. Judgment sua pended upon good behavior. Clcve Randall, C. C. W. Round over to the recorder, W. Baker, O. C. W. Bound ovei to tee recorder. Frank Staton. disorderly conduct ,2*6t guilty,' lit f U1 III At the annoal meeting of tlv Elka lodge held at their rooms 01 Friday eveningMast the tollowinj officers were elected for the ensuin; yoar: Exalted Duler, John Bonner Esteemed Leading Knight, Job 1 Smith. V ^ v Lbyal Knight. W. B. Wtn-JW? - Lecturing Knight, C. II. Sterling Sr. Tiler, ClAude A, LHtl#. Secretary and House 8uperintcr dent, E. L. Archbell. II. M. Jenkins was elected deb gate to the Grand lodge at Denve Col., in July. W. H. Elliron wi named as alternate, IN THK CITY, Among the welcome visile r a f tho city today was !Clr. H. 8. Gt 'of Bath,"N. C. His many frlent were glad to hlra. I atatoUkMTf r NE\ + ? *' I . Demonstrator Lai This Week j. He Gives Most Interesting Next Week Hi Will Subject of Tt Cot Mr. Editor:?Last week wo talked about fertiliser, soil culture and plant growth. Tho article was devoted principally to corn. We come now to talk about cotton, fertiliser and oojl culture. We have never heard of a large yield of cotton made on a thin poor soil but tho lurge yields always como from a deep fertile soil. A soil cannot- be termed fertile if it does not contain all the material* necessary for the nutrition of plants in tho required quality and in the proper form. With every crap a portion of theso ingredients is removed. A part of this is again added from the inexhaustible storo of the atmosphere; another part, however, lsjost forever if not replaced by man. It Is generally understood that all manures or fertilisers are valuablo for tho nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash they contain. Though oaher substances are needed for plant growth, thejr arc almost always present in the^oil?except lime. Perhaps most farm lands of Beaufort county aro deficient In limp I Lime is used largely to improve the ncchnnical conditions of the so.M and euro it of sourness, or sweeten tho soil as. we sometimes say. L!ai"j abo aidj In rotting tbo vegetable matter in sollt As we mentioned above fertilizers are valuable in proportion to the amount of available nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash they may cotnain^ Most ' fartn lands In Beaufort county i ar e "deficient eltchcr In one and In ' some drs4 almost all of tbc?e elements ofplant feed and that is why wo hav^'to supply these (tendencies by applying Iq commercial fertilizer;' the mirslng element of plant food- In the proper proportions '*to balance the plant food already In the roll and at tho same lme keep balanced with the other elements combined with It at the time of the application to the soil. Nitrogen is tho moet expensve element in commercial fertilizer and the farmers in Beaufort county in a large degree ought to grow their own nitro' gen, but inasmuch as wb do not, and | inasmuch -as plants will not grow wHhout, ttien to make successful c;cpr wo 'have to buy It in commercial fertllider. The influence of nl' tregen In It3 various forms upon plant growth is to make stalk, stems. I leaves and to give deep green color , to the foliage, which Is a sign of increased vegetation activity and I* health. Experiments have rhown that . plants will die ocrore tney reacn maturity unless they have phosifho, r!c arid to feed upon. It in some - j way aids plants to make UBe of 01 r.rs'mulate other ingredients. And 1 -aa stated, plants do not come to matailty and therefore does not prof duco seeds unless there ia phosphoric ncld or its equivalent in tho roil for . paints to feed upon. I k el lev? there is in our clay soils BXiRfllCT 1W THEATRE I FOR 111 j "Tho PrescoK*" offer tlfelr ini jj t!al performance at the Nepr Thea 5 ter today for a three day engagemen 5 i The P^rscotts offer an act out o ! the ordinary being tho original ac | offering "mentaltelepathy" that ha n. oused interest of all America fo j^cxcollcnt performances, and ha created excitement throughout tini land. J The Prescotts offer a reward c i- ! $25 to any person tf'they fail to te your name. They have received th j- very highest praise from both, pret r. and public, and no doubt their oi is ' gagement here will bo a 'wolcoir one. Today's program at the Now Thei ier offers a feature of motion pictar apart from tho bookings that wl to make up an evening's enterainmei iy that you can enjoy. ? , : . I !**' Ralld In Pnrk. vs - - .. II* 1 .!_ rfl- * J 1 ; 1? av ?,-. tham Talks A bout Cotton, Etc. r Data as to Cotton Culture ' -1 Discuss the Important )bacco in This rnty. t enough potash for continuous crop 1 growing for all time to come if it I was properly drained and managed. The elements of plant food in a wa- J ter Bogged soil are in a dormant *-fl Btato and cannot nor will not yield ; themselves up to meet the demands | of plant growth. Therefore wo j have to meet this deficiency by apI plying commercial fertilizer contain- ' ing available potash. As we have * already seen that plants cannot grow without potash and no other element can take the place o^potash and do its work. JDetash is Important on ac ' "r'-lM count of its influence" upon the development of the woody parts of ?9 t terns #and the fleshy portions of fruits^ At Iffco experiment Btation the ?. *3 scientists have gone into an invest!gatlon and can now show that in the production-and sale of 1200 pound* of seed coaton per acre we sell oft $5.97 worth of plant food from our soil. That Is to say in the production of 1200 pounds of seod cotton per .acre the Boll must yield up about 26 pounds of nitrogen, eleven 9 pounds ef phosphoric acid and 11 pounds of potash. Now to main- , 9 tain soil fertility we must put back Into the soil in some form materials U? replace the plant food removed / Ky this 1200 pouu,] crop of cotton. Now if i&e materials to be used are cotton seed meal, acid phoBphato and kainlt then we suggest the following: (If st ' Mood. fish svrap or muriate of |.utubh then the formula would be greatly changed.)' 1,000 pounds cotton reed meal. 7 l-;: per cent nitrogen, 500 pounds ^ 1G per cent acid phosphate and 500 pounds of-kainit 12 per'cent pot&ah. , l-'ry Gitii poundaafire. x>n a * ^ fairly good type -of cotton. soil In good conditions that would with good preparation and cultivation without fertiliser yield 50 pounds of reed cotton per acre Lpnen this same acre should with the application of 600 pounds of ahis formula yield the 1200 pounds mentioned above. 1 have suggested cotton aeed meal rctd phosphate and kainit for this for inula not because these are the best materials with which to replace tho ,-lant foo(] removed by this crop but because these elements are more easily obtained by the average farmer. We can make a much better and higher grade fertiliser than tho formula suggested if we ubo roda, blood, fish scrap aud muriate : of potash, etc.C"Of course, we can buy rea'dy mixed fertilisers and if they arc made right for our soils and we can-buy them right then all i will be rigtt. Hut each farmer ' should mix his own fertilizer by special formula for each particular soil. ? Yours very truly, J. F. LATHAM. Agent In charge Beaufort County Farm Bureau, i Tobacco next week. Irw IB BE TESTED I i WEDNESDAY ] - | The auto truck which has arrived - for the Volunteer Hose Company, j t is surely a handsome piece of maf ' chinc ry and must be seen* to be apt predated. The truck is named in a honor of the captain ,of the comr pauy, Mr. CharleB M. Brown, Jr., 3 his name being engraved on a brass r. On another brass plate is^ T""" J the names of Mayor Collin ijj. Hard- J ? inp. Chief of Fire Department, Df 51 ! E. M. Brown, and the fire commtttee, Messrs. Fred W. Ayers, C. O. J ! Morris, and C. M. Brown, Jr. The ie new truck will be given a thorough test on Wednesday, The demon- . j strator to now in Rocky Mount testes ing a similar madhlne ordered by 111 that town. The tj-uck ^s a beauty nt and Ie tho latest word tn Are fTghtlng " | apparatus. . J It's TVealthfvl la Vs%is|t?i Dark. > " '