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TBAB 01 ADYi
■r X. 8. Mill up*, who haa boon dia
frtet farm tfmt in thia iUU for *
nsbtr of foin, prooontod tho botfd
• atatomont of Dm tentaf oituation
fti Hits county u *H wymI«< by the
Moral emu ukoti la 1M0. And It
aright bo Mid that wfcon tho imift
farm rnado a poor ihowinc at that
Mm, If tho facto wore known tho «it
aation h rr*n woroo today.
Tho Uttor of Mr. Millaop • In ro
|vd to Barry'* fararin* otatiotiea
w addiooml to Mr. Byorly, Chair
Ma of tho Board of Caaaty Coaraiia
fftiDiri) ml fa publbbut Mow m one
that win proro of valnaUo informa
tion to tho poofrio of tho manly:
Btatoorillc, If. C., Sopt. 4, lftt.
*r. W. J. Byorly, Chairman,
Sorry County Cafcnaiasioaora.
m Airy, N. C.
jrtoM ia IS bwhete It «■ W
to only about tl«
fnrtiM of the MM
fi ■ •
Mock. The «I wp In Mto In
amounting to laaa than S mm per
bum. la the Matter of wheat, It la
not much batter. The malt rw
laaa than 4 Mm per fan*.
would Mean a yield of laaa than .»
bushel i par farm, and aa the average
farm population would be I It wilt be
nm that til# wheat prodncsd is not
enough to feed the fan* population
Coming down to Ihmiii, It ia
found that the entire county had only
28 ecrea in soybeana in 1M Mid only
Ml in cowpea*. Theee two rropa are
the leading noil Improving crope aa
well aa fine bay producing erapa -for
Hveatock, and yet the acreage and
production are aa low aa to ha neg
ligible. The arrange In each of thsse
crope ahoald he tecreased to the e*
beot that each farm in the coanty
where from 5 to IS acre* each. Tour
total acreage hi hay cropa hi 1M0
■ M ii «i — *• ' -* ft ggfl » - rtrjulmrti iii
Hiiif/UVlln'U aw# •» (Otw, ■fv(l w ^^»^eCe UCUwII
of (.741 tena. that weald amount to
which added to the forage from the
corn crop and the wheat straw, fe.
your roughage for tl
tbia la entirely Iaadsquati to
-*ea a very peer ration. I am K
formed that tlM town of Etkia ahipa
ia several hundred ear leada at hay
•ach year, and I do not doubt that the
same ia true of yoar town of Mt. Airy
in the roaaty.
I an handing you herewith
4sto taken ha the 1M
peri m th* •pinltaril
}M hi deciding whether the
41 MtiiUiKt. Ton will aae by reI
■mi ta time statiatica that the to
tal population of Barry euuaty to
mmmi 18 per caat daring the i
1910 to 1«8. and that
kaa population
period 23.8 which »iabra««a Mt.
ibjr town alone. The rural popula
in embraces your village* includ
k| the town of Elkin. The popula
ttsn of Elkia increaaed during that
y ini< MJ per cant. When the oth
er villages of the ounty are toaaM
arod. the real 'xra population of tht
aojiity durinc the decade increaaed
Wljr little.
A* shown fcjf i(« Census report. ti«
msasber of f:.-ra» in the c-unty de
r»wd durinc the period by 1« or
4 par cent. Th- increase in, acreage
la farm* was a little more than S per
4MK. The dec -ease in improved land
to farm* was mcr* than 7 per cent.
tW value of farm property during
4he period increaaed amazingly, autre
than 157 per cent.
lite numlyr of horses and nulee,
which meals only work stock and
doaa not include th* young (tack,
to 5,182. which is a little
than one and one-fourth horses
far fana. The heef cattle for the en.
Ike county amount* ttfs. only WSO,
Is very low considering the
of rough land that should he
la pasture in the county. Tou fare
Vttle better in the matter of dairy
s. 8412, but that includes young
If the calve* and heifers are
from that number the produr
| cows would probably not amount
more than 7,800, which would
not more than one and three
cows per farm. That is
ily enough to furnish the farm
papulation with milk to say nothing
af a few dairymen whoa* cows are in
Mad la the number and who fur
adah milk to the towns.
Ike am all animals are almoat neg
ligible Hie census report shows on
to US sheep, whan there ought to he
*aft many thousand The report
7JM.hoga which would moan
hog* par farm ft
! be airnsary far the coanty to
i or foar times that I
to ardor to
to the eouaty. The
la th*
Tour tobacco crop for 1M4 accord
ing to the N. C. Farm Census of that
year amounted to 1SJS4 anw, and
tobacco «u grown on MM farms
TW valar of the crop ia not given, Vat
of nan* the tobacco crop is the moat
valuable crop probably pndand in the
county. However, tba money lataH
ed for tobacco la larfdv spent for
feed and food to supply the farm pop
ulation and the farm animals, to say
nothing at the city of M<mt Airy and
the other non-producing populations
in the county.
The Census report shows some cash
receipts such as dairy prod acta,
chickens and eggs, honey and wax,
and wool. This amounts to leaa than
V176.0M. The report also shows ths
value of the crops, bat as those crops
! with the exception of tobacco, are
onsumed an the farms, they da not
mean cash receipts. The tobacco crop
would be worth on an srerage about
2 millions of dollars, hat this item
while it looks rather large, divided
among the MOO farms, would mean
wily about $800 par farm, which is
ridiculously low cash income for a
farm family of I people, three of
whom would be farm workers. It
| wouM mean only $360 or perhaps lees
; to be divided among the farm work
ers, and out of this most be purrhas
I «d the automobile, clothing, food de
ficit. to pay taxes, to pay doctor's
hills, and to pay the preacher end
of course the prsach«r does not fat
mack.
Considering all these things, it is
not to be wondered at that youe
young people are lea ling the farm
and going to the cities whan they
amy ear* from $$.00 ta $$.00 per day,
and even though they may not save
much of the msney, they hare ths
plsasais of speadin* IC
With each a small farm tiusmi
every buainsas enter pries hi the soon
1*7, according la Sheriff John W.
^mm'a'uty 1» mflea^lm lw^TrSy!
Over a 1.0M nmnw van to the
mob which took Mm mpi frets Sher
iff Robert* af Uafaa comity and
| Sheriff Baaaa af La* county While
of the other* we mmmMh* far three
catad to the rrln by fey.
The nee* era# bra—ht to Aber
daon tMa afternoon ne that the girl
could Menttfy hha aa (ha iMnhai.
Aai a Ne %ae4a*^e ^ e I n mm I U — — nUal
"" •« n»inf K • NNVI nonpiTJIl W7\t*T*>
the girl ia to a aertoaa I'aodtttoa, the
ft ..«iee. I.lantllla rl * ' (|L I #< » »
' Ivltlii iwwIHInWHi wffeilTT RiyDertw
declared. Miatm of the Mob Mark
•4 every road leading oat af New Al
bany. The two nherHTa atartad at a
high apaed in the direction af Roily
Springe, followed by hundrada of au
tomobile*.
About eight milea from Saw Al
bany, the ahertfr* ear ran into a bar
ricade of automobile* *trotchad aeroaa
the road. The mob ctoeed to from'
eeory direction.
Not a (hot waa fired by the offi
cer*, Sheriff Robert* declaring later
Tahaa Negro Away
Ivy waa one of a crew of timber!
cotter* who war* working to New
Albany Friday near a earn field to
which the girl waa attacked. Al
though *he waa in a aariooa physical
condition the girl r>a«h*d her home
and the alarm waa spread. Hundred*
of farmer* from the Bteh community
were to Aberdeen Friday, bat Sheriff]
*«bert» aecaped with the negro to]
Aberdeen.
L—don of tbt mob IttfMd of thf
intention of officer* to brine tW ae-j
fro hark today, sad «»«; road wma
Into the town after the town officer*
had entered New Albany with their
pVVMMg*
After they had seised the negro the
mob started the auirch bach te Etah
with criee of "tarn him
Piles of brash were heaped arotmd
the stake to which the negro was tied
aad he irrinii ae they w*n ignited.
In a few mount* Me body was en
veloped in flame* and hie outcries
•tilled.
W~ rnmd QmIm Jm To Civw
Helena Thrill
Helena, Mont.. Sept. It.—-Snow and
earthquakes ware experienced here
today. A sharp, short If Slur was
feh at MS o'clock this Morning bat
did no property damage. It stopped
the clock est the Ceort House tower.
The qoake rams as a climax to an
unuaual September storm during
which thrse inches of wet, heavy
snow ML The snow did henry dam
age to tree*. Street car service was
Hum pared and electric light aad power
service was halted temporarily.
A heavy snow was report* d at Great
Falls. Despite the fhet :hat tem
peratures were above frees tag, the
•now lay to a depth of several laches
early today. Several other Montana
points reported snow.
Malnourished children in Cleveland
schools are gathered into special
classes conducted by the nutrition
clinic*. They "graduate" when they
attain the weight required for their
age and height.
' 1 1 ;
banks. If the farm income could he
pushed up to three or four times what
It now is, aad It should he aad can,
the farmers would have asaay times
the assouat of money that woald pass
through the baaki^ institutions of
the county. A prosperous rural pop
•nterprises for the towns aad eMee.
I have made these few fimaiks on
your attention te thsm, bat leaving
the matter to yoe aad year sseodatss
te decide whether the county as a
whole should make nay effort te ins
While the rep#t of m
at 18 rents for tM Fttrtaor.1
*thh uT^nTr'"
fact that takaaeo nU tor
11 cants to that
The
osaaDy to* "* ** J
h la •* ^J* ^
a sorry crop of
bacco. Tha first offer-toga
to hare baan Mm
sorrier than had baan loohad for to
view of tha lon« dry spall, bat the
quality generally la said to ba good.
The tobacco growi
tha Eastern markets with their
toga because they are difficult t*j
keep to wot weather, sad this waa ana
cauae of the eonfaation at the first
of tha month, and added to tha da- j
Stamp Broaght DumIn.
While generally the quality of to
bacco higher up the sialic is said to
bo good, the stamp m price brought
• great Jsprsssion bscaaa■ it to con
ceded that the cotton crop in the
Eastern belt wfll be much shorter
than Orst expected. It did not rain
in Aagvat, bat the boil weevil got hi
much of hto deadly work just the
luuae. aad it to said that to Many sec
tions there to practically no August
crop of cotton.
Until tbt slump hi tobacco fwrli m.
Eastern North Carolina r«iiisidsm<
itself in clover. It looked forward to
a bountiful tobacco crop, which to
still in prospect, aad also to fair to
bacco prices, then, it was thoaght
that there woald bo a good cotton
crop with fair prices. Coincident
with the slump to tobacco prices case
reports of the catting off of the cot
ton crop. This brought discourage
ment not only to the farmers bat also
to the business Men.
Growing Spirit of Unity
Una indicate that more thinking to
being done in that 'sectioa than erer
before. There to an aboence of con
versation fa meoaingUss subjects.
The animosity that had grown up
in recent years orsc the co-operative
marketing movement to snid to have
bean largely i —used with a spirit of
give and take and nn aheence of ques
tioning of motives in evidsnee. Then
to said to ha a growing spirit of unity
wnong the people of Eastern North
Carolina with the realtoatiea that af
ter all they have common battles to
It to stated that this evidence of
a common interest has been tatenai
fied by the realization that a half
doxen large tobacco corporations with
interests running int» .Millions domi
nate and control the prices en Eastern
Carolina markets. Each corporatioK
uses special kinds of tobacco in the
manufacture of Its products, and
there to said to be little competition
between the various sets of buyers.
Walks BiNfMt Far 400 Mifes
Om Ehete hi
Philadelphia. Sept. 1 l—Feet blis
tered, but spirits high, Bib mi A. Loar
aa attorney of Fairmont, W. Va„ whs
last Call made a bat with a friend that
if John W. Davis, the Democratic
presidential candidate, was not elect
ed. he would walk barefooted from
his home to Tammany Bat, New
York, arrived here Satan-day en roote
to the latter city
IMMn afcoat Jana 1 Tbia wll aw
ry thaaa omit tba <1rat W July «baa
crop of Wan* at which Hn tba (Mi
la est and plawrf to daw. ' Tito
bogs than (a into tba first flald ■<
corn raady and m carriad Utroufh
[H tA J-n|.a(|lu.a an J ...|m Arf kar
ww nvpwnDvr ana wif ucvoow,
Tba fall farrow nn« fro* ffapf
Har 1» to Oetobar 14.
"If tba flwt earn Raid la rlaaoad
up by Oetobar SO, tba flald b aowad
to ctewr, U la tor, tba flald la waad
to oata. But by tbia tuna, our eora
ia all hard and a flald it randy far
tba p%a aa faat aa thay ara raady far
it. In thaaa flaida, wa can gat aa
covar crop baaaaaa of tba bags grac
ing. bat tba |/ll auaa of aay baaa
waato and tba raatdua of tba an
ere* togatbar wttk tba tk iipphiga
frua tba pigs mabaa ttttla naad af
lha rorar crap. Thaaa flaida carry
*h» pigs until Jaaaary Tbay Haaa
ap tba flaida daring tba viator mi
wa W tbaai aaiagh aara to sisba
• >>a ooaaa to tba bam «a*b night.
"By Fabruary flrat, aw ptga ga to
tba faad lot arbaaa tkay ara fiawbad
for • to 8 waaka with eora. flab isaal
tnd aoy baaa aiaal. Wa ciaaa ap
rvaryrhing by AvU first aad gaa
ara!.y aaU two orsthraa cars af gaad,
fmirbsd bags. Wa try to arraaga
for atnra if tba aurfcat jaatiflaa sacb
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Si* Carloads TMa Toaf
Thi. poit jrvar Mr Lathjua mM
three car* on March 9, and later m
April • aoM another ear, some of
which ha purchased from Mifttm;
so during August, he aold an addi
tional two cars using mm of the ani
malt tluit ht Intended to fn4 during
'h« roainf winter. Tfceae vara >a«h
rd however and broaght a good priea.
Tito pigs oald thi* year Wroogit in
grftsa about It ,000 to Circle Grvn
farm and ia addition titer graasd crop
residues and ate waste Material or
the grating crops which flourish Ml
the farm.
Mr. Latham also has some 20 acres
| to cotton, all of which will prndacs
at Isast one hale par acre. He has
keeps about 40 head of heef rattle.
He hps his awn milk cow* which sap
ply a plentiful flow of milk for the
two Latham families and he ptaata
about SO acre* to Irish potatoes for
the early market
Ia feet ana is atracfc bjr the fact
that every cleared acre of CM*
drove Farm is'made to work. Abeut
the houae, even in the fence tnnmrs
there are magnificent pecan tree.
Here and there is a walnut and to am
vide, the grape arbor. Mr. I atliam
haa recently rtt oat a good acroafl*
to a young p«<-aa grore and hoMeves
that it will ha time tarnish a good ia
He believes it heat to have eaty a
small farm sad to so rotate his eraps
that li|Hi will go on each acre