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VOLUMN XIII
OLD NORTH STATE
GARDEN SPOT OF THE WORD
The State of Rare Opportunity Favored
in Every Natural Resource.
Southern Field.
The 4S,5S0 square miles compris
ing the area of the State of North
Carolina form a prosperous and
growing section of vast present
wealth and even greater possibili
ties for the future. No region in
all this country is able to hold
foith greater or more varied. f op
portunities along so many lines as
this old established commonwealth
familiarly called the "Old North
State.7'
North Carolina has rich soils,
great wealth of minerals, large re
sources of timber, tremendous un
developed water power, a mild and
healthful ciimate, many and rap
idly growing cities, and a record
lor one of the greatest, industrial
advances witness during the past
decade. Out of a total area of over
30,000,000 acres, there were in
1910 about 10,000 acres in improv
ed farms, hardly 35 per cent, of
the entire area. Population, ac
cording to the last census, was 2,
206,287, giving a density of 45
persons to the square mile. Kor.h
Carolina has over 3,000,000 spin
dles in textile mills, using nearly
350,000,000 pounds of cotton an
nually; an annual lumber cut of
nearly 2,250,000,000 feet; a corn
production of over 60,000,000 bush
els annually; an output of minerals
reaching $2,000,000 in value each
year; a railroad mileage of 5,300;
. estimated value - of all property,
U20,000,000, and an annual pro
duction of staple crops, -exclusive
of truck, fiuit acd live fetock,
reaching to $110,000,000.
Like its neighbor, Virginia, the
State of Xorth Caroliuais divided
into three great sections: the Coas
tal Plain, a wide and level stretch
of country, with light gray sandy
soils, extending back fiom the At
lantic to the more elevated and
rollkg Piedmont Section, - which
occupies about one third ot the en
tire area ol the State and is the
foremost region in agricultural and
industrial development, and the
Mountain Region, a lofty and rug
ged stretch of country, with peaks
ranging up to 6,000 feet and over
in elevation. The soils ol the Pied
mont region are rich and varied
and produce the finest crops of
corn, tobacco, cotton, grains and
grasses. This country is well wat
ered and has many excellent fruit
growing soils. Stock thrive on its
fertile uplands. The Mountain
section is also a fruit-growing coun
try in fact it is here that the
great Western North Carolina or
chard development has taken place.
Practically every agricultural ac
uity can be suitably located on
Korth Carolina soils. The State
has numerous rivers, which afford
good drainage and have marked
haneficial effects on the climate.
The mean annual temperature
r the State is 58.9 degrees. The
lowest monthly average is 40 de
grees in January and the highest,
77 in J uly. These figures indicate
H marked absenae of extremes ol
temperature in North Carolina.
he annal rainfall in North Car-
na i3 fifty inches, well distribu
ea. The greatest amount is in
ugust, when an average of six
Ines falls, and the least in Oc
tuu .November. Farmers
should
note that this is a most ad-
antan
no Hini.:i I- r
o uioinouuon ior grow
8 and harvesting periods. Kill,
g irosta occur between the latter
Apia' Ct0ber and the miidle of
6Un?th Carolina has several great
Pie crops. Cotton occupies a
ProfitmiDeDtPlei8 V?r
stable. It thrives best in the
ledont and Coastal-lections:
HERE SHALjTtHEP
During the season of 1911 the State
produced over one million bales o
the staple. Cotton is very profit
tKlv a- x.
oulD lu me larmer if properly
grown, in one year a North Car
uiiua grower maue a profit of $38
per acre srom a large field a fig
ui uy no means uncommonlj
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leacueu. as high as three bales
to tae acre have beer, the record
m,Je by several CaroUna growers.
xieiua oi cooacco in the tier of
counties on the northern border o
me estate run very high and the
best grades sell at from filteen to
forty cents per pound. Mauy to-
oacco men receive $200 an acre for
their crop. In 1911 ths tobacco
crop was worth near'y $15,000,000
to North Carolina farmers. Th
State produces from 50,000,000 to
60,000,000 bushels of corn annu
ally and is steadily growing in out
put. Few States have made larger
yields per acre. The record for
the State is 226 bushels to the acre.
while hundreds of farmers have
reported yieldg of over 100 bush
els on large fields. One corn grow
er maae a pront oi $02 per acre
from an eighty acre field in corn.
Wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, bar
ley ana otner grains are success
fully grown in North Carolina.
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Yields of fifty bushels and over ol
wheat are often made on the red
lands of the Piedmont, while oats
give forty and even sixty bushels
under proper cultivation. Bice is
produced in the eastern part oi
tne otate to a small extent and is
very pront able. JNortn Carolina
stands second in production ol
buckwheat.
Potatoes are grown to the amount
of 7,000,000 bushels annually
yielding from 100 to 200 bushels to
the acre and commanding a high
price on account of good quality.
In the light soils of the Piedmont
and Coastal Plain early potatoes
are grown, while in the western
part of the State potatoes and cab
bage form a combination largely
Droduced. Profits of $200 to the
acre in cabbage have been, noted.
Sweet potatoes will yield several
hundred bushels to the acre in
North Carolina, and shipments of
over 10,000 barrels from stations
along the Southern Bailway are
made. Tomatoes grow well all
oves the State and are most profit
able in the western region. A
thousand bushels of cucumbers has
been made on an acre by a trucker.
ettuce is grown for March and
November markets, while all va
rieties of onions are grown. Great
crops of kale and spinach are taken
off the fields in January and Feb
ruary for Northern markets, and
asparagus, celery, D?ans, peas,
cauliflower, melons, cantaloupes
and many other profitable truck
crops add to the profits of the Car
olina growers.
There are no better fruit regions
n the country than the slopes of
the Piedmont section. North Car
olina apples are of the finest qual
ity and grow the greatest crops
under proper methods. In the
Horticultural Show at St. Joseph,
Mo., in 1911, North Carolina fruit
took over twenty first prizes, sev
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era! sweepstakes, and tne granu
prize for the finest box of apples
grown in the East, There are fine
peach orchards in many parts 01
North Carolina. Grape-growing
has reached considerable propor-
ions also, and at Tryon. Valdese
and other points in the western
section fine yields of Catawbas,
Delewares and Niagaras are made.
Berries of all kinds, cherries, quin
ces, pears and plums flourish on
he soils and are largely grown. ..
North Carolina is one of the tin-
est stock regions, mere u
Nnrth Carorina an immense a
mount of the most valuable timber,
sufficient for many years to come.
Lands suitable for grazing ana
or most crops may be securea in
some places as low as $5 an acre;
in tire apple distriets $10 and up.
RESS. THP Prno, P
MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8. 1912.
BUILDING & LOAN.
A liKEAT HELP TO THE TOWN
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Three Houses Out of Four is Charlotte's
Great Record Such an Organi
zation is Needed in Mocksville.
Charlotte Observer.
"Ot the 34,000 people living in
Charlotte, 25,500 of them occupy
homes erected through the agency
of the building and loan associa
tions."
xms xaec was developed as the
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Luc uuaerver several weeks ago
among the four local associations,
the Mechanic8, Perpetual, Mutual,
Charlotte and Mecklenburg.
it transpired that three out of
every four houses constructed in
cnarlofte were built with funds
secured from the building and loan
caarmr'..i n J lLa Z a,l j
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.ea ' included m the nve8t,gation,
notably Chester, Edgefield and
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Concord, they reported similar ex-
perieuces. It also developed that
although the four local associa-
tions had handled millions of dol-
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lars since their organization, the
oldest thirty and the vonnfirestLr .iA .
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xour years ago, mat noi one penny
ixaxi. cci uccu iuok.
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-a. review 01 mese tacts, wnicn
were given in detail in The Obser
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ia conversant, wuo ine suojeciana
familiar with operations in Penn-
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STrliran.o iaVi in anA 4Viai. Ufntaa ti I .
OJ..uU,a) vUJuu uluo. Uw,lCT,
man.K luu Bictiement mat tne ouiiu-
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ing and loan, in his estimation,
had not yet attained its highest
"The beneficent local building
and loan association is just begin-
nirinr i r rorr ror from rha rln.niru ri
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wie mierbtaie bwinuiers who in.i
tatea tnem tnrougn a long penoa
to the disaster ot many people,
The local building and loan has
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oeen coneianuy relieving ltseu 01
circumscribing handicapping con-
ditions. Years and years ago it
abolished charging premiums for
loans. Later it provided to light
en she fines of those who did not
pay on time. Most local associa
ions now start two to four series
in a year.
"In Ohio, they don't nave any
series at all. Tne Ohio system has
been called the 'Dayton plan and
a person may go in and start shares
at any time. It is just as feasible
to keep an account with an indi-
vidual stockholder in a building
and loan association as it is tolieep iieVed he owed him about.two dol
an account in a savings bank with jar8 and fifty cent8, which he de
an individual depositor. The profit 8jre(i to have pajd before he bade
of course is prorated and requires
a little more book-keeping. But
hat is nothing as compared with
he benefits that accrue to the
people.
"Neither is there a reason why
he term ofloan should be 6i years.
t might as well be made any num-
ber of years to suit the subscnb-
ng stockholder. . For example, if
he payment of a 6 years is too
great for the convenience of the
borrower, the period might be
made 10, 15 or even 20 years.
Taking to The Tall Timbers.
' 'Sistereit v and bretheren, 1 ex1
horted Uncle Abraham,' a recent
xAmAfinn fmrri thn hlftW ' to the
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nnlnit. "on de one side er dis here
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meetin house is a road leadin'
to
destruction; on de udder is a roaa
eadin' to destruction oh de udder
IS
a road g wine to damnation.
Which you gwine pursoo! Dar is
the internal question: Which is
you gwine"puISOo1,,
Law, Br'er Aberham," spoke
Sister Eliza, from the back pew,
fI speck Pm er gwine home throo
de woods!?
Many of U3 go through: life
Digging like a mole; .
No matter how we work and dig,
Were always "in. a hole"
S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND
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Pay The Printer.
Noah Lutz, in Times-Mercury.
Text "If ye are honest, honor-
able men, go ye and pay the
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" My dear friends: The debt
that sits heaviest on the conscience
I of a mortal, provided he has one,
is the debt due the minter. Tt
presses harder on one's bosom than
the nightmare, galls the soul, frets
and chafes every enoMing senti
ment, squeezes all the juice of
fraternal sympathy from the heart,
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man
who wrongs the printer out of a
single red cent can never expect to
enjoy the com fort a of this world,
and may well have doubts of find
ing happiness in any other.
"Oh, you
ungrateful sinners!
If you have hearts moistened with
thfl d!OT ff mpfPP lncfonH nf rri-r.
zards fllled witn h (ak8
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what I say unto jou. If there be
one aIU0 , w co
.inw-t . n a u-
f inn Who huS nnr fiAr r!oH H ica onnnn nf
With tho nrinfon non,i u
immpdiatfilv. and hu aMa n hilM
nn MAm in MrA 1SI
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1 guaiiu, uo icoijcuicu uy tue wise
Lnd oodfree frnm thfi tortnppa
1 ui a guniv cuuscicnce, me moriin
of repeated duns, and es
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I tauc uuiu lauiut; tutu tuo ciuiuucn
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the same thing. If you are honor-
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aoie ana nonest men. vou will jzo
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forthwith and pay the printer.
You wiu not wait fo tomorrow.
j,eCau8e tbere ig uo tomorrow: it
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a
visionarv receutacle for
llnrfi(1eprnefl nrftmlwan 1,111
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car8fB if you are dishonest, low
minded sons of Satan. I don't sut.
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-Mpoae you win pay tne printer, as
hro r... mn.,tQfinn tn inca
character to sustain , no morals to
cultivate. But let me tell you,
Ltw ff.na fhaf u Ann"i- a u
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jour path to the tomb will be
strewn with thorns, you will have
U.nBathAP mnr AnUxr tnnr fmm
your
brambles: your children will die
of dysentery, and yourselves will
never enjoy the blessings of health.
"I once called upon a sick per
son whom the doctor had given up
as a gone case. I asked him if he
had made his peace with his Ma
ker, He said he thought be had
8qaared up. I enquired if he had
forgiven all his enemies. He re-
plied yes. I then asked him if he
had' paid his printer. He hesitated
L m0ment .and then said he be-
g00dbye to the world. His desires
were immediately ratified, and
from that moment he became con-
vaieacent. He is now living in the
anjoyment of health and prosper
icy afc peace with hia conscience,
n;g God. and the whole world.
m j,e an example for you,
my frien(js. patronize the printer,
take his paper and pay for it in
advance, and your days will be
long upon the earth and overflow
ing with the honey of happiness. "
Mr. Bryan's Attitude.
Mr. Bryan has at last explained
his preference among the presi
dential candidates. He is. opposed
to Harmon or Underwood but will
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crrnnrf VVilsnn. flark nr anv nrn-
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gressive. in tne atates wnere
Wilson is opposed by Harmon or
Underwood he supports Wilsor;
where Clark is in the lead he sup
ports Clark. Statesville Land
mark.
"But why do you advertise that
you want to sell this car because
you are going to leave the city!
You know that isn't so."
"Yes it is. If I ever sell this
car for. what I ask for it I'll have
to leave the cifiy." Ex.
Look over this issue of.The' Ee
eord, and if you like it, send us
50 cents for a year's subscription.
UNBRIBED BY GAIN."
GET RICH QUICK
OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE MISSED
For Want of a Little Capital a Fellow
Often Misses Great Honor and
Untold Riches.
Dick Naylor, in Home and Farm.
When one reads what are called
the "classified ad column8,, of the
newspapers, one is deeply impress
ed with the absolute importance of
having at command a good supply
of "filthy lucre.,, in order to be
able to avail himself of the oppor
tunity thev present. These little
three or four line ads often cause
pangs of regret that one's crop of
the "ions green" is too short to
J permit ol investing in some of the
alluring schemes they offer. For
example:
Under the heading, uBusiuess
Chances." I read this morning of
an "up-to-date, thoroughly equipp
ed modern five-story hotel" in a
health resort town for sale for
$100,000. Unfortunately. I lack
some $99,000 of having the neces
sary sum to purchase the hotel
and become a smiling Boniface oi
a fashionable, money-making hos
telry.
There is a silver lining, however
to the cloud of inability to buy a
$100,000 hotel. If I had $100,000
I would have no earthly use for
hotel anyway; so it is not so bad
after all. not to be able to invest
in one.
Another advertiser desires to
borrow $500, offering as collateral
a nineteen-foot boa constrictor,
which he firmly declares is worth
$1,500. The snakeman offers a
liberal rate of interest, and it
seems to be an inviting opportun
ity, which I would perhaps eagerly
grasp, but for one thing: I haven't
the requisite $500.
There is a consoling thought.
however, that soothes my disap
pointment, and it is this: Bhould,
by some unforeseen misfortune,
tne sna&eman De unable to repay
the $600, and I should be forced
to foreclose my chattel mortgage,
I would find myself the unwilling
proprietor of an enormous, squirm
ing reptile of which I should stand
in mortal terror. That would be
worse than being the owner of a
white elephant, no doubt, as the
elephant would not at least try to
swallow his master, while the
snake might not only attempt such
a feat, but succeed in it. So I am
consoled at not being able to in
vest in the snake by the thought
that, later on, the snake might
inuest in me.
One advertiser wants to sell a
.Suburban grocery, well located
on a prominent street, doing a
paying business. He says further
that the rent is cheap, and that
the stock will. in voice $4,000.
It has always been a dream of
mine to be the proud proprietor of
a grocery store. , mere is some
thing fascinating in the idea of
being surrounded at all times with
good things to eat. Just think oi
being able to eat a banana, an
apple, orange or a bunch of grapes
at auy old time you feel . like it,
without- goiug down into your
pocket and fishing out a nickel, a
dime or a quarter-to pay for them.
Pleasing thought, eh! Think ol
the pleasure, too, of "sampling"
the many toothsome things that
should come into . my store! A
slice 61 nice, fresh cream, Swiss or
even Limbnrger cheese, with a
handful of crisp crackers, are
dainties worth while to a hungry
man, and I am perennially hungry.
Then, for a change, just think of
lunching upon dried herring, sar
dines or pickled pig's feet! What
a royal time I could have if I only
hail the necessary $4,000 to buy
that grocery store! And think
how economically-we could live at
home, and how . much could be
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saved on the monthly family ex
pense account during these times
of high cost of living. We could
utilize much of the overripe fruit
and vegetables at home, and what
we couldn't use ourselves we could
feed to a flock of hens and thus get
a big supply of eggs at a trifling
cost. Is not the idea of running
a suqnrban grocery store a fasci
nating one! Katuer Utopian, in
fact. Alas, for the lack of that
paltry $1,000, I must pass this
golden npportunity up to a more
fortunate man.
So many fine business opportu
nities have been lost to roe that I
feel like the poor poet felt when be
woefully sang:
' 'Twas ever thus from childhood's
hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes dispel;
There's sure to come a soakin'
shower.
When I hain't got no umberel."
Wijh me the golden opportunity
always comes when lam flat broke.
SPRING.
Law's Lash.
Ob, when spring cometh for sure,
and Hiram with much compression
and prof used grunts, filleth to
their utmost, a pair of new-style
summer trousers, and elevateth
his chin to a great elevation with
a stand-alone collar 60 high he can
with much difficulty see Lucy only,
when he mounteth upon his tip
toes or climbeth upon a stump.
To Lucy, the fuzz on Hiram's top
lip is a poem and his fried shirt
covereth a multitude of sins. And
Lucy, ah, sweet thing! she finderh
in the first bustling violet a long
ing for an Easter bonnet, and hos
iery like unto a multitude of twin
augerholes. Every time the blue
bird stuttereth, she singetb, "Un
der the Old Apple Tree," and not
a wave of trouble rolls across her
peaceful breast. To her all nature
is heaven, and all life is wrapped
in the beautiful all-over lace dress
she's having engineered by the
seamstress. And behold in the
balmy days of spring, she flirtetli
with much fleetness, and tangleth
her wings in the webs of Hiram's
heart, and ere the last rose of sum
mer has laded, they consolidate
their energies and study the mul
tiplycation table and become fa
miliar with mathematics, even the
single rule of three. Gradually
he sun passeth the meridian, and
happy dreams ripen, and spring
ades into summer. The happy
couple that once walked upon the
pink beds as Peter of old walked
upon the waters, now (troll in life's
garden amid the onions, lettuce
and turnip greens. Hiram fiirteth
between the plow handles and
cooeth to a red and restless steer
in the new made furrow, breathing
he sweet aroma of fresh plowed
ground, dreaming of corn dodgers
and pumpkin pie by autumn's
glowing fire. Hiram, in life's
spring time had red hair and white
teeth, and now he hath white hair
and no teeth. Lucy possessed bine
eyes and red lip?, now she hath
blue lips and red eyes She hang-
eth her all-over lace on a nail in
he solitary old closet add bendeth
over tne wasntuo on tne bacic
porch and violently scrubeth his
stud leas aad collarless shirt as she
sings:
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed
How sweet the memory still."
Big Factory For Granite Falls.
The E. A. Smith Manufacturing
company has let the contract for a
5,000 spindle cotton mill to be
ocated one mile from Granite
Falls on the Catawba river oppo
site the present libodbiss mill.
The cost of the mill will be some-
bing near $500,000. The agree
ment calls for ehe work to be com
pleted within six months. Ex.
Some one has said that the dark
est shadows of life are those that a
man makes when he stands in his
own light,
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