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CbiuaUrove N.O. Mar. 7, 19 J
Willi: fincatf Fir Eire!!.
From 2 to 8 cold rains with
snow. Some stormy along-.
From 8 to 16, f.-Lr with change
able. Some cold with frequent
snows.
From 16 lo 24 changeable,
cold winds, threatening rains
along .
From 21 t. .11 changeable,
colder along with raja and snow
threatening.
From 21 to April 7, fair, some
changeable and mild and pleas
ant weather."
March indicate- some rough
with snow threatening. Some
stormy first week and along con:
siderably cold. Some pleasant
all along.
This February 2uth, 1919
Henry Reid, 3, Salisbury, N. C
SHOE REPAIRING
hop op stairs over the Corriher
Carpenter store, is now open
every. week day for business.
"Respect fully, G E Jordan.
BUY NOW! SAVE MONEY!
45 O HHIAD
OF
HORSES, MARES,
450 HEAD 450
250 Head at our Stables in Staiesville,
200 Head at our Stables in Salisbury
We now have in our stables at Statesville 250 heid of trie best
assorted Horses, Vaivs and Mules that we have ever !i-ui : wo
have In oar stables atSilisbury 200 head of the bast Horses, Metros
and Mules we Lave ever had at this point.
Wo have some large pairs of Mule, medium sized Mules, largo
pairs of Draft Horses some gol single and double Driving Horses
some itrood Saddle Horses aud some excellent Brood Mares. .
We can certainly suit you in a iy i.ug in horsos, ma.-es and
mules atour sUbiesat Statosvill ), NT. ('.. or our stables inS.lisbury,
N. C. Come losee us at uc We caa cerUkinly save you money
now. as we are expecting stok to be higher later,
Mel-Craig
Salisbury, N. C.
$35,000
Great
At
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Of seasonable nptodate mercbandiee to be sold io
20 da j e.
7,000 wortb of shoe? to be Sacrificed.
Sweater Ladies' aud Childrerj'ri coata and coat
suits. Men's and Boy clotbiug, underwear for all
In fact, everything to go Nothing reserved. Most
have room and raise peme Cath.
TIKJE TO RETIRE
Fidk, Goodrich, Diamond, all sizes all the time.
Tabes and Tire accessories. Do away with Tire
troubles by deing above.
Yours for
Corriher-Carpenter Co', j
B S. SHUFOBD. manager.
CHINA GB07E, NORTH CA E 0LIN A
T Influenza and - kin ired .v
diseases start withacoM;
Don't trifle AyiHjit.
At the first sbvver cr'
sneeze, take
CASCARA M QUININE
Standard coM reOicdy tor W rrr to tablet
fuiiu fi. ur. no opiate -break t up a cold
la 34 hour relieve grip in 3 day. Money
bc If It fail. The Ktnuine box ht a Red top
with Mr. HiD'a picture. At All Dru Store-
Dr. B. G. Taylor.
DENTI 3T.
China Grove: Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Londis: Thursday, Friday aud
Saturday.
Examination Free.
Joo H. Bpowd, Opt. D.,
China Grove. N. C.
Professional Optical Service,
Headaches, Nervousness, Neu
ralgia, Dizzines: Nausea and
manv other Nervous disorders
Due to eye strain "i. os. l.ively
Relieved.
Complicated Cases
Solicited
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NTIOil
Resolutions Adopts AThj&f
Convention lleLIuyr
For Cotton Fann&s.
The South is confronted with a dla
aster unless the crop of 1919 "be re
duced and the balance of -the crop of
191&.be protected and ix Id- until mar
ket conditions justify its sale To en
able all people In the South: Interested
in cotton, and. nearly-all arer to adopt-
J a direct and Intelligent method of
meeting the situation, this Convention
earnestly recommends that : the for
lowing plan be adopted:
(1) That the crop of 1919 be re
duced at least 33 1-Sr cent in acre -
age, and that the. fertilizer on the two-
third area, be not, increased: but this
does not; apply to any farm of less
tuannvQ acres to tne norse: irovld -
-n, mas in carrymg out tnis recOm-1
mendatlon , the following schedule, of
reduction shall be observed: .
Any man-planting five acres or less
to the horse td make no reduction;
6-7 acres, reduce one acre- to the
-horse; 8-9 acres, reduce two acres to
the horse; 10-11-12-13 acres, reduce
throe acres; 14, reduce four acres;
15-16; reduce Ave acres; 17-18, reduce
she acres. Under no circumstances
will any. farmer plant more than 12
acres to the horse. r -
(2) That on all the cotton landMeft
out and on the balance of the farm,
ample supplies of food, feed and oth
er crops be planted. :-
(3) We believe that the existing stf
nation Justifies the holding of every
bale of cotton now in the hands of
on- Southern people, and we urge our
farmers not to sell the balance of the
present crop for less than thirty cents
per pound, basis middling.
(4) That to carry out this purpose
we call upon the bankers and busi
ness men of the State for their hearty
co-operation. .
(5) We recemmend that every own
er of cotton immediately put his cot
ton under shelter, or in a warehouse,
and will not permit it to leave the
warehouse until . the owner shall so
specify.
(6) We earnestly warn the farmer
that if he buys high-priced fertilizer.
and a large acreage of cotton is made,
he must pay next fall with cheap cot
ton for the high-priced fertilizer and
other supplies,
(7) We recommend o the farmer
that he leave uncultivated in cotton
every acre that he cannot reasonably
expect to make enough cotton to yield
a profit at reasonable prices. We. do
not believe that an acre that produces
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.iiLLuniiiinLUiuiif;
less than two-thirds of a bale will 000,000. No value can be placed upon
yield a profit to the grower, and every j the contributions of service which
such acre should not be planted In J have 'been given without -stint and of
rtton. I tentimcs at great sacrifice by millions
(8) For the purpose of securing the of our people,
united co-operation of all financial in- I "The effort of the American Red
t.erests. and to put tbls plan Into ef-; Cross in this war has constituted by
feet, the merchants, bankers, land
lords, fertilizer dealers and other
business men are asked to extend
cr-xlit and to finance farming on the
asis of a safe program, including full
production of food and feed, rather
tb.-n the production of cotton alone. ,to take care of our own, to relieve the
(9) It is recognized that the world misery incident .to the war, and also
need for cotton when conditions be- to reveal to the world the supreme
come anything approaching normal "Ideals of our national life
wMl. without doubt, be exceedingly,: -VE very one who has had any part in
TP't. and It Is therefore important this war effort of the Red Cross Is en
that those who can hold their cotton . titled . to congratulate himself. No
ATJnt that time, and that in the thanks from anyone could be equal In
meantime the situation be held In value to the self satisfaction every
h?nd by control of future production. , one should feel, for the part taken.
(10 Wo. recommend that the pres- Fully 8,000,000 American women have
ont Conirress of the United States en- exerted themselves In Red Cross serv-
act the Smith bill covering the char
acter of cottQn deliverable upon cot-
ton exchanges. '
(11) We recommend that the legis-
lature pass an adequate - warehouse
bill for the State of North Carolina.
(12) We recommend that the tax
basing day for Individual taxpayers
be made June 1st.
(13) We recommend that a commit
tee of seven persons representing the
farming and business interests of the-"'
State be named by the governor to
inaugurate a State-wide campaign to
effect the purposes set forth, such
committee to meet immediately, and Cress may be called on to assist As
to have full authority to devise ways ' to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen
and means to carry out the provisions Leral Ireiand.of the U. S. Army recent
of these recommendations. i-iy said: The Red Cross: has been an
This committee is authorized to enterprise as vast as the war Itself,
raise money, employ clerical assist- From the beginning it has done those
ance, and to put on an intensive cam- - things which the Army. Medical Corps
paign and to do any and all things
necessary to effect the purposes of-L "The Red Cross endeavor' fn France
this meeting. lhaa naturally been, upon an exception-
(14) This organization shall be j
known as The North Carolina Cotton
Association, and every person present
is asked to enroll as a member before
leaving.
The following committee was ap
pointed by the governor: C D. Or
rell, Moncure, chairman; W. Q. Clark,
Tarboro, S. H. Hobbs, Clinton; . E. B.
Crow, Raleigh; J. Z. Green, Marsh
ville; O. N. Newsome, Goldsboro; O.
L. Clark, Clarkton. . - . -
t
The committee decided that" fche as
sessment oh farmers should be twen
ty cents per bale : for all -cotton- oft'
hand and ten. cents per acre for cot
ton planted in 1919, whiclr would en;
title him to membership In' the North'
Carolina Cotton ... Association. - Fifty
per cent of the funds raised are to be
forwarded by the local treasurer to
the central organization: Dr. B. W.
Kilgoi'e, Treasurer, BaJeigh, 'N. C. v
These funds are being used for
printing and advertising ix thi Slt&te
-
fSED CROSS GIFTS
S400.000.000
'I
War I Pm inr.il ; on Retirfimfint An
:: bounces Xiaslv hd Supplies :i
Contributed.
I WORKERS
"CARRY ON.w
FiveBin Societies In World Wide Plan.
H, . P. r Davison Heads International
American Red ; Cross Commission.
br'Llvinaston'J'Farrand Permanent
: Loader of Peace Organization.
" Washington. fspea t)'Benry , P.
Pavlson as chairman Issues the follow
ing statement -on behalf of the War
Council of the. American Bed Cross:
- o the American People
.The War Council of the American
'.Red Cross -amiointed by President Wil-
f goh Cn Jly 10,; 1D17, to carry on the
1 work of the' American Red v Cross dur
Ing, the. war, at their request and by
v,6te.of the Central Committee, ceased
at midnight; .FeHrunry 28
"Immediately the a run si ice was
signed the War Council instituted
studies to determine when the. strict?,
ly war work of the organizationNvonld
have, been sufficiently matured t6 en
able the direction of , affairs to be re
sumed by the permanent staff. Henry
Pi Davison, being, in Paris when tlfe
armistice, was signed, summoned a
conference there of the heads of all
the Red Cross Commissions in Europe
to canvass the. situation. After - con
sidering all the 'factors It" was con
cluded to make the transition on
March 1. The very fortunate choice
of Dr. Livingston Farrand as the hew
chairman of the Central Committee,
and thereby the permanent chief ex
ecutive of the Red Cross, makes possi
ble the consummation of this plan un
der the most favorabje conditions.
Accounts Audited by War Department.
"Detailed reports to Congress and a
complete audit of its accounts by the
War Department will constitute the
final record of Red Cross activity dur
ing the- war. Although it has been
the rule to make public all expendi
tures when authoriized and to-give de
tailed information relative to all work
undertaken, the War Council in turn
ing over its responsibilities to Dr. Far-
rand and his associates desire to give
a brief resume of Red Cross war-time
activities to the American people,- to j
whom the Red Cross belong, and' whose
generous contributions have made pos
sible all. that has been accomplished
"During the past nearly twenty-one
months the American -people have
given in cash and supplies to the
l-
American Red' Cross more than $400,- i
far the . largest voluntary gifts of
money, of band and heart, ever con
tributed purely for the relief of hu
man suffering. Through the Red Cross
the heart and spirit of the whole
American people have been mobilized.
lce. - -
Has Over 17,000,000" Adult Members.
"When we entered the war the
American Red Cross had about 600,000
members. Today, as the result of the
recent Christmas- membership Roll
Call, there are upwards of 17.000.00Q
full paid members outside of the mem
bers of the Junior Red Cross, number
ing perhaps 9.000,000 school children
additional
-"The "chief effort, of the Red Cross
during the war has been to care for j
our men in service and lo aid our j
army and navy wherever the Red
j wanted done, but eould not do itself.
ally large scale where service has
been rendered to the American Army
"and to the French Army and the
French people as wellr the. Jatter par-
rticularly during the trymg period
when the Allied World .was waiting
for the American Army to arise in
force and power, C fiospiialemergency
service for. our army' In . France ; has
greatly diminished, but the Red dross
is still being called upon for , service
upon a large; scale : in ther great base
hospitals, where thousands of Ameri
can sick; and wounded-are still receiv
ing attention. At these hospitals the
Red Cross supplies huts and facilities
for the amusement ' and .recreation f
the men as they become ' Convalescent.
'Our Army of Oceupationr Iff Germany;
was followed witb Medical units pre
Dared "to render the same. emergency u,
aid and rnpnly-service -which was - the '
primal business of the Red Cross V
111 ,11 J1V ... - a f V VHJUVWJ
Bervtoe alone the linen at travel hu : ,
onrmg nosxiiiues, - ge army tuajaieeu ,
actually tocreased slncft the--armistice.?
; 'Aa for work among. the:French peo;r
pl, nowfthat hostilities have rceaaed, ;
the French ; tbemsel res' naturally pre-;, j
4
er as far as possifile to provide for
their iwn. ' It has accordingly been jfle
termlned that the gltfdig prineiple of
Kea Cross pollqy isi France henceforth
shallbe to liave punctilious regard to
its eyei7 responsibility, but to .direct
fts " efforts .primarily . to - 'assisting
French relief societies The liberated
and devastated regions ofTFrancehaye
been divided by the government into
Jsmali: districts, each Officially assigned
to. a designated French relief organi
sation: ' C 'I-' ' i'
. ?The American Red Cross work in
France was, initiated by a commission
of eighteen men who landed on French
shores June 13,' 1917.;; Since - then
some 9,000 persons.have been upon the
rolis in France, of whom 7,000 were
actively engaged when the armistice
way signed. An indication of the pres
ent scale of the work -will be obtained
from the fact that the,sefvicej of 6,000
persons are still required, v ' -
"Dur American Expeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities of the Red Gross Commis
sion there are naturally upon a dimin
ishing scale period. Active operations
are still in progress in Archangel and
"Siberia. ; .
"The work In Italy has been .almost
entirely on behalf of the civilian pop
ulation of that country. In the critical
bours of Italy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross," sent
a practical message of sympathy and
relief, for; which the government and
people of Italy have never ceased to
express their gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel to Near East.
'The occasion for such concentra-!
tlon "of. effort" In Italy, England, Bel
gium and even in France having natur
ally and normally diminished, 4t has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel fn large measure to the aid
of those people in the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible to out
stde assistance, but wbose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale. -The
needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet .them,
but the American Red Cross Is making
an effort to relieve immediately the
more-acute distress. .
"An extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitally needed supplies, and to work
this winter In the various Balkan coufi
tries. In order to co-ordinate their ac
tivities, a Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters at
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan tenters can be reached
promptly. "
"A commission has just reached Po
land with doctors and nurses, medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and Invalids
An American Red Cross
Commission lias also been appointed
to aid in relieving the suffering of Rus
sian prisoners still confined in German
prison camps.
"An Important commission is still
working in Falestine. Through the
war
special co-operation- has been
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re
lief Commission, which was the only
agency able te carry relief. In the in
terior of Turkish dominions.
Red Cross Will Continue.
"Red Cross effort Is thus far flung:
-Itwill continue to be so. But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an Intimate place
in the daily life of pur people at home.
The army of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demobilized. AH our ex
perience in the war shows clearly that
there is an unlimited field for service
of the kind which .can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross. What its future tasks may be
it is yet impossible to forecast. . We
know that so long as there Isan Amer
ican array In the field the Red Cross
will have a special function to perform,
"Nothing could be of greater impor
tance to the American Red Cross than
the plans just sef In motion by the five
great Red Cross societies of the world
to develop "a" program of expended ac
tivities in the - interest ,of humanity.
: The. conception involves not alone ef
forts to relieve human suffering, but
i to prevent it; not alone a movement
by the people of an individual nation
i but an attempt to arouse all people to
; a sense of their responsibility for the
; welfare of their fellow beings through-
out the world. It is a program both
I ideal anci practical. Ideal In that Its
j supreme aim is nothing jess than ver
itable "Peace on earth good will to
men," and practical in that it seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them ef
fective in meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent in the
lives of all peoples. .
"For accomplishing its mission In
the years of peace which must lie
ahead of us the Red Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership, and
must enjoy the continued support, sym
pathy, and participation fn its. work
of the whole American people. It Is
particularly fortunate that such a man
as Dr Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
of the organizationT The unstinted
fashion in which all our people gave
of themselves, throughout the war Is
the best assurance that our Red Cross I
will continue to receives that co-opera- ? as
tion which wijl make Its work a source
of pride and Inspitation to every Amer-
-M- - 'i '
lean. . "
Tlfr Tintrlssnn- ns tmlrmnn nf tho- In-i
ternatlonal Commission of the Ameri
can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep-resent-the"
American Red Cross Tn the
preparation of the program for extend
ed" Red Gross activities, and will spend
the nertrseveral months In Europe Ir
consultation with other Red Cross soc
etles far that purpose.
THBlVTR COUNCIL OF.THB AMJ"
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(By B. W. Kilgore, Director, N. C.
Dealing
: ifixp. station and Extension service, -Treasurer
N..C.,Cottoa Association.) ;
, The South; and Korth Carolina par-;- ,
tieuiarlyj wrought v wonderfully i well K ' '"
during the war period."- Large crons. v
except cotton, have Tbeen made. Dar
. ticularly food crops. The cotton cropt
; ol the country f6r: the tour years of s
; the wan-1915lo 1918 were ll.70tf "
000 bales, . 11,302,000, 11,450,000- and
11192,000, or an average of 11,-411,000.
bales, "against the four pre-war crops '
of 1911-14 of .15,135,000, 14,156,d6o, 13 "
703,000, 15,693,000, :6r average ot
14,922,000 bales, whictt' is an average
of 3,5il,000 bales more annually prior i ,
to, than during the war period.
The acreage of last year was but
942,000 less than ,lor , 1914 wben the
bumper ctop of 16,135,000 bales wat
produced.. The. low production for
the past fou years has ; been ..duti
mainly to bad seasonal cbndltlons In
,Texas and" Oklahoma. . -GoodT winter
rains already have been had in these
States, and with the same acreage as
in 1918, near 36,000,000 and good sea
sons, a crop well nigh as large as ' our
largest can and likely would be made,
which is far beyond what there are .
any reasons to think-the world will
consume. " " .
Big Crop, Low Price
Our bumper cotton crop of 16,000,.
000 bales in 1914 brought $800,000,000 . a
and -our 11,500,000 bale crop of lilT
brought' the South $1,600,000,000, or
twice, as much as the bumper crop..
We know what this means "big crop,
low price.! Cotton at present price
is at, If not below, the cost of jprodue-, -tion,
and not-an inconsiderable num
ber of North Carolina 'farmers liaY
cotton of two years "on hand. -v.
It would seem thit the world needs
and will consume at cost of produe
tion plus a fair profit, the small cropr" '
of 1918, especially as this is one ot
four small crops in suocession, the ste
erage for the four years being 11,411,
000 bales, or 14,000,000 less for the
four year . war period than for Che
four year pre-war period.
To Make Th's Effective.
What can be done to make this effective?
1. A well-defined. co-opera.Ive pro
gram on the part of the banker, the.
merchant and the farmer for holdmf
and selling should bring results.-- -
2. Along with the movement to 'en
able the farmer, the merchant and the
banker, or whoever has cotton.to
hold It till the right time to sell, must
go a program to house the staple. "
3. What is perhaps more important
when measured. in terms of its effect
upon the future of our- farming In
dustry, is a plan for preventing the
production of a cotton crop this year
greater than the world will roguire. A
reduction in acreage of from one-flftk
to one-third has been suggested . as
the method of doing this. This would ,
mean for North Carolina in round
numbers, a million acres instead of a
million and a half of cotton. This
would leave 'a-ha f million acres here
tofore devoted to cotton available fer
food, feed and soil-improving crops.
Better Lano for Cotton."
Cotton should likelyJn most cases,
be put on' the better land, including
some' at least of the land planted to
sQil improving crops during the past
year. It should be fertilized with th-' -
view of economy so as to meet the
needs" of the land thus used and the
crop, and increasing the acreage pro
duction and reducing the cost so'as to
meet the almost certain lower price
, for cotton next fall. -
4. Another matter of serious con
cern Is the price of fertilizers. Tn
prices of fertilizers are the highest
we have ever known, and while the
cotton grovr cannot afford, if possi
ble, to allow his acreage yields to
decline, fertilizers must be used, as to .
quantity and kind, to best meet the
needs of the soil and the crop.
Food and Peed Crops.
5. It will be esflv agreed that all
reduction in cotton' should go into
food, and feed crops and pasture in :
an effort to make all the-food and
feed for the State on the-farms Of "
the State, so aj? to mv transportation. '
charges and intervening profits, to
make easy the' holding of cotton, to
bacco, peanuts and other money crops.
and to encourage and support our
growing livestock industry beef cat
tle," hogs, poultry, sheep and dairy
cows for the family cow, our dairies -and
creameries and for our n
cheese industry these, together with
our farm and townspeople and our an
imals, make a" practically sure mar- '
ket at remunerative prices, for all the
food and feed cops and roughage
mat vclu uo unui
Entitled to Better Living Conditions.
6. Finally, wc must have in mind
a whole people a readjustment ot - !
our wage and living scale. We should
not, want to go back -to the old con l Z '
m . ' ' . a - -f - A. A. ' i
anions -as regaras uiese. vJiion, peai -.
nuts "tnba.nn vcnil " thr mfmftV.ftBdl ' " e '
general crops in the whole South have - ; ,
been produced with low-priced labor4- . .
with much; : child labor, unpaid or ; y '
underpaid. These crops have been- v ;
sold to the world on a b,asis'of this
kind of labor 'and we have ' bought,
products- from other parts , of the'
country ' on basis of a blgher.'labor "
nnd-ft liigher . living -scale than oar
-own, greatly to 'the detriment ot our
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