itt 7 i MM i r ii l h H ill n nrsv t ..
"7 ' " oni pwng up. Large On the Map ';
rhe Only .Way. is to Get FarmPr, tJoakT,v:,uus UP Iare
. . ' "taiiumess or its Climnh
farming and Quite Depending on
Cotton Alone.
'Raleigh. It
the
conference
nas Deen. noticed' that
o Southern Govern-
in tne town an i
: q has started the old ; cry cut the itssize 'in uhe dV nFt
rcotton acreage. This effort has been Present season it has sold lanrVmmn-
made
, ""b ViUHU'
years: ago when cotton was I "vana prices realized
n-low lu price, but.it avahed UtWi(
Hni for evfirv hther TYinn -nrm i,;:1 niiu: v "v wx
that tnere is-going to he a-reduction
aicieu. uanas 13. Ball, -whito
v"iseu; wiia navme forced a rhpMr
fori $25, in Princeton, August 19, was
v"" auu. wyaiu lie was taken to
Princeton by DeDntv Sheriff t w
noweil.
Zebulon.- The , tobacco market here
uuuuues gooa, tne , farmers being
wen pleased with the prices eiven
but growing Thf indications are that more pounds
1 w 111 11a en n a
- 1 oum ucio mis season man
caie. 1 worn cnl - inn
n-.tne acreage ana he .will plant all
he . can t6 get in on the better prices
knd the' result is the usual over-acre
.'.The only way to reduce the cotton
icreage is to get the farmers to farm
ing ana to quit depending on cotton
felons. Good rotative farming-not
mere growing "supplies,
"other crops ' besides" cotton
eeason. 'mo -wnre.
growing feed and feeding -beeves and housemen knd business" men are pull-
hogs; in , short, farming instead of
merely - planting ; cotton, ' No agree-
met : among , the all-cotton planters
to reduce . tne acreage will ; ever
amount to anything. Years ago vWhen
cotton was down to its lowest point
a" certan state commissioner of agri
culture was f urging in all Ms publica
lions tnat tne acreage snouid oe - re-
diibed. f He had a farm; in the coun
try;and one day I rode out with him
to his farm in the early spring, and to
iny. surprise, found the whole place
plowed for :cotton. "Why," said I,
"I thought that ;you weTe advocating
a reduction of the acreage?' "Yes,'
said he, "I think there will be a large
reduction in the acreage, and I- want
to be in on it." And men all over the
Cotton- Belt were just as insincere in
their efforts. They wanted the other
man to reduce and give them a
chance to make money.
market
s -
The People Want Belt Line.
The manufacturers of High Point
are much pleased with the idea' of the
Southern Railway Company having .un
der advisement the building of ,a beli
line Ground that part of the city where
the industries are the thickest. It is
said that the line . will branch ' off
somewhere near the new. Pickett Cot
ton Mills (. in the western, part of the
ingiogetner . to make this
second to none in tho ktat
Statesville The road force between
iviooresvuie and Davidson ia making
great headway." A fill of 18 feet has
been, finished and a top soil placed on
tnat portion of the . road that is
graded. The workmen, now- are down
as far as Fairview church. .
Service of, Publication Notice.
State of North Carolina, f Superior Court
County of McDowell J Jannary Term, 1912.
Mary Parker, Plaintiff,
.: ; - vs ' - ... ''
William Parker, Defendant. -
The defendant above named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has .been commenced in the -Superior
u)un or juauoweii county for tho pur
pose of dissolving the bonds of matri
mony existing between the plaintiff and
aetendant; and the said defendant will
fnrther'take notice that he is required
to appear at the term of the Superior
court of said county to be held on the
sixtn Monday before the first Monday I
in Marcn, lyia it being the 22nd day
of January,-1912. at the court house of !
said county in Marion. 1 North Carolina.
ana answer, or Ieinur to the complaint!
in said action, or the "plaintiff will ap
ply to the Court for the relief demanded
in saia compiaini.
This 4th day of December; A. D. 1911.
Thomas Morris.
1 Clerk of the Superior Court.
City and thence through Uhe more rw. M. McNairy,' Atty for plaintiff
thickly -built factory district. On ac
count of the large - amount of -freight
handled here the main tracks of the
Sbutheml through, the' city are at" timet-
greatly congested by the much ' shift
ing of. the freight cars and the build
ing of this belt line would greatly re-
relieve -the . situation. : ,
Ar
Patterson" Memorial Cup Awarded.
For the surprising excellence of Ids Speers Ferry Dp
r'ecentlv Dublished book. "The Life and Johnson City Dp
' Works of . Bernard Shaw," as compar-"
ed .with the literary , effort' of other
Nbrth'Carolinians during the iast year
; the- - Patterson memorial cup was
awarded - to pn Archibald Henderson
o't the, chair of mathematics, Univer
- Bity Qt North Carolina, at the - annual
meeting of the : North Carolina Liter:
: ary and Historical Association. ' The
. presentation wasj by United , States
Senator Lee. S. Overman, who paid
: high -tribute "to "Mrs. J. Lindsay Pat-
terson of Winston-Salem; by - whom the
Patterson -memorial - cup is , awarded
" each "year H to., the Norths Carolinian
: doing the best literary work for the
-, year.' - -
CAROLINA, CLINCHFIELD , & OHIO RAILWAY
CLINCHFIELD ROUTE
Id effect May 28tn, 1911 Eastern Stand-
aru xune.
Southbound
No. 5 ; No. 3
Daily Daily
1:10 p m 755 a m
1:35 p m 7:50 a
3:29 -p m 9:14 a rnl
5:49 p m 10:50 a m
6:53 p in 11:32 a m
Dante
St. Paul
Dp
Dp
Erwin
Erwin
Altapass
Altapass ;
Marion
Thermal
Spartanburg
Spartanburg
Thermal t
Marion
Altapass r
Dp : 6 :5S p m, 11 :89 a jm
At
Dp
Dp
Dp
At
Dp
Dp
Dp
Ar
1:54 p m
1:54 p m
; Laqest Amou nt fay One Church
".'TTest Market Street Methodist Epis-
copal ; church South, Greensboro, rais
ed last year $20,523.34 - for all pur
poses,, which is probably the largest
amount" raised by any single church
in 'the state : not to have under way
anything special in the. way of build
ings. 1 The finance committee . of. the
church has been ' reasonably- success
ful this year in" getting: the members
to give -weekly, instead of spasmodi
callyr and this has done great things
for the work, . . -
Altapass - ,'
Erwin
Erwin
Johnson City
Speers Ferry ' Dp
St.Paul : ' Dp
Dante '. '.- ' . Ar
Dp
Ar
Dp
Dp
1U:05 p m
' No. 1
6:15 a m
7:49 am 3:08 pm
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11:00 a m 450 p m
' Northbound
No. 6 No. 4
Daily Daily
5 :20 p in 11:23 a m
6:13 pm 1:06 pm
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8:20 p m- 2:53 pm
No. 2 .
1 6:00 a m
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Mu st A ns we r To ? Se r io us C h a rg e; ;r
Rowland Lovelace, a young white
man, 18 "years "old,, was taken .from
Raleigh to 7 Shelby, Cleveland county.
to answer the charge of seduction un
der promise' of marriage. He had dis
appeared from Cleveland and. waslo-
cated in the employ of the Lattimore
Lumber Company, . near Raleigh. Dep-.
uty Sheriff R M. Gadney came from
Shelby , to carry Lovelace back.
V M Ly Ld vj, a
8tarted Fifteen Year Sentenced. :
Charles Nnell .was brought to Ral
eigh from Lexington to enter upon his
15-year sentence to the penitentiary as
the - principal in the sensational
"'white, slave" case there, in which
he and hi a' txrlfa 'were convicted in
Sensational trials that stirred the en
tire state., They enticed two young
girls . from v Davidson county to Char
lotte. Mrs. Noell-is.to;serve 5 years
- for her part -in this crime against so-
' Cietv. ; Rho. has art infant son iust a
Week old. n thnt. she cannot be
brought .to the state prison yet. r.
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?0'(BS(B011'u:S '
za 'J mm
o
: On tlie evening of December
give to :the persons holding the
the f olioiying prizes:
9:06 p m
9:34 p m
Throuerh train service daily between
Dante. Va.v and Spartanburg, S- C,
making connections between all points
north, east- west and south.
The . Carolina, Chnchheld ana unio
Railway,' VClinchfield Route," reserves
the riarht to varV from the time shown
. .. . " .. .. ..
above ' without -notice ; to, tne puouc.
Patrons are requested to apply to near
est agent for definite information or to
UHAS. -T. JUANDEL,
T. F. & P. A.
J. J. Campion - ...
Vice-Pres. & Traffic Mgr ,
. Johnson' City, Tenn.
K1f - OVER 65 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
,D
23rd,
luc!,y
I will
num-
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1st Prize: $10. Suit Case or Hand Bag
2nd Prize: $4. pair Ralston Shoes,
' or $4.00 in cash.
With every cash purchase amounting to
$1.06 you are entitled to a chance on the
We have a nice selection of Silk Hose and
Ties to match in fancy Christmas boxes, also
Suspenders in Xmas boxes.
Nice selection of mufflers.
lVte"TBii'e hmky (Dmies
J U o
0
CtotlliiJfcir
Marianna Hotel Building
Marion,. Worth Carolina.
. , ' '"- . " ,
Wc arc now sole
agents for The Irn
pcrial Plovs and re
pairs formerly sold by
A P. Trontmaru
Gaston &Tate
Marion, N C.
mm
XttXar , even and firm.j
PiTTSB
( as well as all other styles, is made of our special Open-Hearth wire the tou:h most en-
I ' durinrz metal it is possible to produce for fence manufacture. The wire is evenly and uniformly
ealvanizcd with pure zinc, and resists rust ana corrosion icrir.c jonw ui c c
Trade Mark3
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Copyrights &&
a .anHncT aVAth and dftBCTlptkm TOXf
qckly wcertiia our opinion fWe whether w
rintW is Probably pJtW Oommu
tlon strictly oonOdentfaL HANDBOOK JiJf :
Sent free. Oldest agency fori ??r?rT.
Patent taken through Mann Co. recelTt
net ial notice, without cbsfje. In tn -
- gdentmc Bneiicntij,
A Yiiuidsomelr Illustrated weekly. I-arrest r
PJJinn tvt mt icientlflo loornal. Terms, $3 a
cnlation or any senviuo newsdealers.
year j ijm uiuumi (. , .
hum & Co 3BiBr.,.iev York
Par.nn for another year and get
;.nft nf nnr solendid pocket knives.
If you are already paid in advance j
you can ; take advantage 01 inis uuer
by 'paying up tor anoiner y ear. .
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When you stretch a line of Pittsburgh Perfect
Fence around' your poultry quarters or card en, yo-j
have enhanced the appearance and increased the value of
property. You have also made a profitable investment in a per
which, though it costs no more, will still he standing erect.
cars after an inferior one has had to be rcpuced many times.
URGH PERFECT" IXffi FENCE
. m m m m t . . V Min(
wires, all tne same size, are iii-ziuiuwii ir-i- , -
producing a solid fabric of metal, perfectly adaptable to all levels and deflections.
EVERY ROD GUARANTEED PERFECT
to ttt FIELD. FAR!. RAhdl. LAUTi or POULTRY
WKte far ctWe WrW
ddifrmM lOUt mmd tin.
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- - Marion. N. C-
Inc.
Until further notice we arc going to give to every, subscriber of THE
PROGRESS who pays a year in advance arid all arrearage, if any, a SPLEN
DID (twp-blade) POCKET KNIFE Wc have thrco styles to select from.
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