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TJLE BpANpKE-OnOWAy JIMES THUKBDAY, FEBRUARY 20. WIS..: Icrlei ol "CbecklDg tbe Waste." FIRST EIGHT CHAPTERS. The conservation of our Na tional resources is a serious prob lem that is facing us as a nation today, for if we do not become less careless and extravagant in our use we shall find ourselves in actual want, and that before many generations have passed. However our danger does not lie so much in the use as in the waste; indeed, true conservation does not mean that we shall not use oui resources at all, but only that we shall use them more carefully and more wisely and with much less waste than we now permit. The soil is our greatest re source, and unlike the use of our other resources, is nothing taken from our store in the using. The soil is there just the same, and if properly treated means new wealth every year. The soil is exhausted in two ways. First: by so using the soil that it's prin ciple elements are exhausted. The soil contains ten elements that are used by plants and they are all necessary to plant life. When the land has been "single crop ped" for a long time certain ele ments are lacking. It is wisdom on the part of the farmer to learn what each crop is taking from th soil in order that it may be replaced. In the second place our sou is exhausted by erosion, whic means the wearing away of the soil by stream flow. It is estimated that our rivers carry out to sea one billion tons of our richest soi each year. Tbe destruction of our forests is partly responsible for this wearing away of the soil. The hillsides were left bare of forests, and then the streams wore great ravines down the hill sides carrying our richest soi with it from the farms. But when erosion has been checked tbeie are other lessons in soil preservation to be learned. The American farmer needs to culti vate a smaller amount of land thoroughly. We have desert lands that through irrigation must be brought under cultivation. After the soil there is no re source so valuable to man as the forests. Forests effect the cli mnte and rainfall; they keep the waters in check and prevent de structive floods; they supply us with food and medicine. After ' they are cut there are thousands ' of uses that we take as a matter of course; and their destruction would mean distress lor every one of us. There are five ways by which we may prevent the waste m our forests. First; to use the trees without waste. Sec ond: to save the area3 that are now burned each year. Third: to prevent loss from insects. Fourth: to use substitutes when possible. Fifth: to plant trees and replant them where they have been cut. Every communi ty, every public ground, every school ground shoul have plenty of shade and fruit trees. This is a work in which all of us may take some part Few of us think of water as a resource that can be wasted or abused, yet it is so. The water that flows through our streams is called the "run off." That is increasing every year as we de stroy our xorests; Put the in crease is not always an advan tage because it comes in floods, tears away dams, river power sites, fills up the rivers and changes channels. The best plan for conserving our water is as follows: First, build reservoirs to Btore the waters of the flood season. Second, remove all obstructions from tbe rivers end build canals where needed. Third, dams should he built to take advantage of every opportunity for water power. ' . A study of these facts should arouse in each of us the feeling that there is work for all in help ing to develop, to save, to use wiselv all the possibilities of our resources and to make the most of what nature has given us. Annie C. Jerome, Jackson, N. C Report of the Condition of The Bank of Conway, At Conway in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business Feb. 4, 1913. Resources Luana and discounts $26,058 36 Overdrafts secured, $200 00; unsecured. $40.42 240 42 Banking Houses $671.05; fur niture and fixtures 898 30 1.569 35 Due from banks and bankers 14,521.85 Gold coin 12.50 Silver coin, etc. 128 95 Nat't bank Aother U. S.notes 2.058 00 Total LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in Undivided profits lew current $44,569 43 $5.000 00 982 39 30.541 48 7,968 39 79.00 18 17 expenses and taxes paid Deposits subject to check Savings deposits Caibier's checks outstanding certified checks Total $44,589 43 State of North Carolina, County of Northampton, as: I, L V. Flythe. Cashier of the at ove numed bank, do solemnly swear that tbe above statement is true to the best of ray knowledge and belief. L. W. Flythe, Cashier. Corrtct Attest: L. H. Davis, J. O. Flythe, W. T. Bridgers, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8 day of Feb., 1913 T. B. Deloatch, . Notary Public My commissi jn expires May 4, 1913 AGED PEOPLE cannot properly masticate solid foods and digestion is often upset they do not receive the needed nourishment to make strength and preserve health, but if aged people everywhere could only realize the strength-sue- taining nourishment in Scott's Emulsion they would take it after every meal. It possesses the nourishing ele ments of coil liver oil, the vital powers of the hypophospuites of lime ar.d soda and the curative qualitiesof glycerine, all so perfectly combined that nature immediately appropriates them to create strength nourish the organs and build the body. 1 1 relieves rheuma tism and ailments due to declining years. It i.dds to tbe span of life. Refuse substitutes for SCOTTS. Scott & Bowmb, Bloomfield, N.J. 12-63 The Thrice-a-Week Edition of the NEW YORK WORLD Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. No other Newspaper in the world gives so much at so low a price. This is a time of great events and you will want the news accurately and promptly. The Democrats, for the first time in sixteen years, will have the Presidency and they will also control both branches of Congress. The politi cal news is sure to be of the most ab- f orbing interest. There is a great war in the Old World and you may read of the extinction of the vast 1 urkiah Empire in Europe, just as a few years ago you read how Spain lost her last foot of soil in Amer ica, after having ruled the empire .of half the New World. The World long since established a record for impartiality, and anybody can afford its Thrice-a-Week edition, which comes everv other day in the week, except Sunday.' It will be of particular value to you now. The Thrice a-Week World also abounds in other strong features, serial stories, humor, markets, cartoons; in fact, everything that is to be found in a first class daily. .. THE Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1,00 per year, and this pays for 156 papers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and Roanoke-Chowan Times together for one year for $1.65. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.00. Send your sub scriptions to The Roanokb-Chowan Tinas, Rich Square, N. C. q nnji,lB!PLWmWJPI llll IIIMM m 1 " i Cdttdn iM Pea nut Buyer. I am now located at Jackson, North Carolina, and pay top prices for co ton and "peanuts. . . I am' mating standing timoer a specialty. I also estimate stand ing timber at a reasonable price per day, for those who want to sell or buy. P. M. FLEETWOOD. Notice. Road and School Taxes. I will be at the following places on the dates named belrw for the purpose of collecting the one dol lar road tax in lieu of three days work. I will also collect school tax from those who have not paid. Those who owe any of these taxes will please meet me and pay, This is the final limit. The law will be enforced after these appointments. Pendleton, Feb. 21. Severn, Pleasant Hill. 22. 25. 26. 27. 28. Thomas Store. Vultare, Garysburg, Privilege and bank stock tax will also be received. HlNTON L. JOYNER, Sheriff & Special Tax Collector. January 20, 1913. Lands for Sale. Valuable Farm Lands for sale, about $25 per acre. Possession Jan, 1, 1914 Terms reasonable. Make your bargains now. C. C. Tyler, Roxobel, N. C. Th Eoanom-Chowan Timb and Bryan's Commoner $1 tin. KS ID HORSES. iw - ft 5,'Vif r J ! OUR MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE in the stock business enables us to give the very best service to We will keep constantly on hand and Horses through the season. would get the best for your money. able. COMB QUICK AND GET TOUB Yours very Holoman Phone No. 25, M. T. Blassingbam M. T. Blassingham 6c Co wholesale Lumber WE BUY ANYTHING IN LUMBER. WRITE US FOR PRICES Cypress, Oak Bills, Yellow Pine, Railroad Ties, Kiln-Dried N. C. Pine, Air-Dried N. C. 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