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up to us, we
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different
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r line, we ask vou to dut it
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advise pou right, our Fertilizer is eritire
any other makes on the market, and if
you will put it along side of any other make w
care which makej you wm see the difference,
4 -: j y :., :V v ; : : ;v ; ,,-t :
we don't to blow ouv own horn all the time the testlmoiiials in last waeks
Issue of this qaper is evidence enough that ougoods as they
represent the most prominent people of this obunty; . :Q y) U
Tell us what you want to raise dnd we Vvill give .the fer-
tilizer to do it; ; '
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' -i-v; Beta; N. C, Nov. 26th. 1912
yjf Beta Fertilizer Co. - . - :
beta, N. C. ;
GenUemen; 1 leel that I am - due", you
some tribute ol gratitude concerning the'
W vaiue with which 1 consider your high
( graae iertilizer, permit me to say, that I
used febU.pounds on one acre cultivated
in corn, ana increased my yield 1 rom 50
cjy bushels, to 173 bushels per acre, being
V. an increase ol 246 per cent 1 have used
v other tertilizers but received only about
V per centiincrease, so it can readily be
i seen that yqur lertilizer . cannot be-too
highly recommended. By the use of your
fertilizer 1 won the first prize in rny coun-.
v ty, lor being the largest producer of- corn
w per acre, and also receiving second in
yf the state. So taking into consideration
fi the large number of others .who entered .
j' the contest ana used different brands of
M' ; i ul . 4. L a. 1
iciuiizcr-ii la uMviuua.uiat yours is super
ior to all, therefore 1 heartily recommend
vnnr nrnrinot tn all whn wish thf hpst rp.
W suits. v Respectfully,:
y) : ; I red L. Bryson, s
Vj - Webster, -Dec.l6tht"1912'
Vtf Beta Fertilizer Co. . -
beta, N. C. .
Bear Sirs; For some six - years I have
jxi used several brands ot fertilizers, among
)K which were some of the highest priced on
Vf. the market, last year .1 purchased my
1 fertilizer from the BETA :fEkT1L12ER
f CO.,!ot BLTAt iSi. C, the results were the
ii'f best I have ever obtained, particularly on
at my corn crop, with a considerable reduc-.
cu aucidgc. l piuuuucu inuic uiia vyiijj
the use of this fertilizer then 1 did the
preceding year with the use ol a fertilizer
y that cost bb.U0 a ton and the freights
making it cost over $40.0U a ton.
UOLE U. U)WANr :
; Webster, N. C
- , - Beta, N. CM Nov. 25th, 1912
Beta Fertilizer U. . , , K
teta, in. C. -
Lear Sirs,-i maae 100U to lk,0u bu. of
V
rtui rertiiizer,. loiiiy ubta n un a part
oi luy crop uns yeai, ana me Oineience
was-so great l exptct to use it all over
my farm next year, i unmt i - made an
lnciease oi one umd on wntti laiiu i used
..ll on. 1 would recouimend u to any iarm
er wno usesieiunzer, aneua oi any lert
Uizer 1 have ever used, l would be glad
to answer any' tellers m repaid to Uiq
"beta fertilizer,
i ueg to remam as ever,
lours iruiy,
' Lf. Vj. ijiSON
uciu, li. (J.
Mr
. ; , .: ( Sylva, C, Lec. kiisti1912 yjy
A. J. Dills, . ' v
byiva, N.C. ' ... At
'pear 6ir; -the potato uuu aueiv leiulizer
1 bougnt of you, maue die Dcia rer- W"
tilizer Co. is the .oesi, lei tmei i e v ei used y .
and i have used seveiai uiiieieni iiinds Sjff
oi lemlizer. . yjy
lused tiie ferulizei ou my garden '
whicd was an old worn ou-. niii ouu did ;f;
not use any manure auu am connuent
that it can t be beat lor cubuat, oeans, W
potatoes, omohs and otnti fetuueu veg- fjf
etables, as 1 nad the best garden 1 ever jjr
had and have always pianted my garden vsy
on oener grounu man l piunieu una yctu .
y cry truly ydurs,
JOHN bUTTON
COMPANY
Patent high grade, fertilizers for all crops,
EATONTO WNSSL J. BETA, NORTH CAROLINA
iG. HOFFiVIX General Mgr.
TCVAOl
lLArtU V1U1L
v LLi rumiuLu
All persons desiring plants of
''; :ie v famou
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canDr6ciire theinjat iq
20 c. . dse 1
by placing order. with me byIlay.lst. j
A;' Y, JABRETT, Dilisboro N. C.
OLD NORTH STATE
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FINLEY'S THESfiE
RELATION OF SOUTHERN RAIL
WAY COMPANY fO y NORTH
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FREIGHT RATES DISCUSSEp
President of Bouthern Railway: Com-
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pany Guett of Goldtboro; Chamber
of Commerce , t Firtt . Annual
:- .'Banquet, y 'v-;
. Goldsboro, N. C. President Finleyj
of the" Southern Railway Company,
who' was one of the speaker at a
banaiieCcifeiiiFrlday efenlns .toy the
Gbldsboro 'Chamber cf ". Commerce,
spoke on -The State of North Car;
Una J, with special reference to the
"relations "the 7 Southern - Railway
CcvzzJltQ the Ctits rand. ,wjml 'J&e.
"vlat Company is
tne state.-..-v.-; .
'uu': chat he proposed to.
r.rund conviction that
"citiu Oi. nei. State wUl best be
-'ji",;-Tied'7by. pel! ies that are best for
J: iei;est8 c: the -people t and.;- for
, ; ioterests of the raUways: Hl.
A great deal has recently been , r;:
fafa on : the;. subject1 of ther;Vlr.;
feiia Cities rates from- the Wests
It is most lniportaht .to have a -.
clear .understanding regarding the-'
conditions "that ' have led " to I the
establishment of ; - the ; Virginia
Cities rates..; I shall refer tothis
matter only;so far as may be nec-
essary to make clear the respon-
Bibility 'for .the establishment of ;
those rates.",' : , "; ." ::x.r':: '
Mr.v;. Finley . pointed out that, prioi
to. ,the time when . the roads operatinf
through North Carolina began. to com
pete for, .Virginia Cities, business, the
rate s on that business had been . estah c
Jlished by lines which did not touch
North Carolina. " He showed that tbc
reads making these . rates traversed
more densely populated regions , and
have a greater density. of traffic thac
the line's in the South, and said;
"The fact that some of -the lines. ;
operating through North Carolina
have competed for the' Virginia
Cities business at the rates estab
lished by these other companies, "
but at a marsin of profit, at . which j--'
they could not afford to carry all
of their business, does not, in any
way, make them responsible for
the Virginia Cities ' rates.
'"It 13 new well known, how-
ever, that conferences have been
in progress between representa
tives of the State of North Caro-'
Una and the railways in an effort'
to reach an understanding on
questions as to the effect of the
Virginia Cities" rates on points in
North Carolina. The railways, in
4eferencel to the sentiment of the
. people of the State on the suth
ject and not because they consid
er the carrying of such business
at present tariff rates economi
cally unsound, have offered, in
connection with a proposed ad
justment, now iu process of being v
worked out between the State arid
the railways, to .withdraw from
the business from the West to
the Virginia Cities through North
Carolina. It. is also proposed that
the effect of the Virginia Cities
rates on points in North Carolina
shall be considered in conference
in an .effort to reach an agree-
ment a3 to reasonable, adjust
ments which may be put into effect
through an order of the Inter--state
v Commerce Commissi6n. I
will not burden you this evening
with other features of the con-
ferences between "the State and
the -rail ways. ltis my most earn-'-est
hope that the negotiations,
thus entered upon, may .result in
removing every ground of con
troversy between the people of
North Carolina and the railways
on this subject. 1
"It would, I believe, be most un
fortunate if the people o any'
State and the railways, which are
so important to their, progress and
development, should become in
volved in controversy on ques- l
tipns of railway charges. Much
the. better plan, in my. opinion, is
that of meeting in conference. In
such a-conference all - matters' at '-.
issue should, in a spirit ;of fair-,
ness on both sides, be discussed -in
ail their economic relations ' ;
and every- effort hould be made
to arrive at 'an amicable agree- ,.
ment that will work substantial ,
justice. , I believe that, ' if after
full and free conference in which
all facts and arguments, pres&nt-.
ed shall have been considered in
a spirit of reciprocal fairness, any
questions . remain as to .which -agreements
can not . be reached,
they should be submitted to those '-v'-tribunals
which have been!: con
stituted by the lawa of the land ;.
fary their adjudication." . ' - V
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Referring to the dependence of pro,
due tloh upon highways to market; Mh
Finley said -Jltvwaa not a inere accident
that the progress of North Carolina'
In recent years: had been co-incident,
with, the deyelopmeitt of ' , more. effi-.
cient transportatJoa ! agencies? ; "Bjh-
sewing- the splendid achievements of
the people of North Carolina as shown
by United States Census ; figures, he
summed up the agricultural progress
of the State by. showing that" the total
value of farm prosperity in the State
increased from 233,834,693 in 1900 to
$537,71610 lnJ1910an increase of
5303,881,517, or ISO ier. cent as com
pared with an increase - of 100.1 'per
cent for. all of the other States. -Even
more noteworthy were the statistics
of - manufacturing . showing a gain' ii'
the value of manufactured products lr
North Caiolira,:'froaf ,5,274,CS3 lr
1899 ; to 216,C5&,C55 in IS D3. an In
crease pt $1313972, or lti per cent
as ccaipared with' SO.pcf cent fcr: all
cf the1 othr! AiaiM. Avary taanufadnr-
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ing maustry; m tne state, ' with the- : J
single exception of turpentine and ros-yl
In, showing increases ranging from 5n.' "
per cent for men's" clothing to 459 per- ; .'
cent" for boots and shoes and 463 per.
cent' for ' mattresses , and spring beds- .Y
He -drew, the conclusion from . the , sta . .
tistics - of agriculture and, manufacture '
Ing that economic conditions in North'- ":
Carolina fare exceptionally favorablSLSi j
to progress and i. development. V .iits
showing that -the progress of thes:
parts of the State served by Southerns
Railway . lines compares - most f a vor5-'-r
ably With other ; parts of , the " Stated j -Mr,
FinIey pointed out; that,; in the. i;
twenty-year census" period from -1890.
to 1910, covering1 .the ' first ; 'sixteen. f;
years r of . the corporate '.' existence of-iSr
the Southern Railway Company,; elgltr
een ' North; Carolina cities, with "a", pop-- -ulation
of 2,500 or more , in 13ia-hal:r
shown a growth .of more than 80 perrt4 ,
cent, - these cities being; Ashevilleii ;j
with 83.3' per cent increase; Hickory: ;.
83.6 per cent;: States vllle, 98.4. per'-v-
cent; Concord, 100.8 per cent; Wms---' -;:
ton-Salem,'111.6per.cent;Mount Airyp- 1 " " V?
117.4. per cent; Shelby, 124.3 per centp' : ; v i.
Hendersonville, ,:. 131.7 per ; cent- Gxas
ham, 151.7 per cent; BurlrngtoxrISOUrrr ; (
per cent;, Lexington, ; 189 . pen cent"
Charlotte, 194.3 per cent ; MoOTevilLgfcb. v
283.7 per cent; Greensboro, 2mJ"T3Kr '
cent $ Gastonia.j 457.5 percent;- TnciGsr
asville, 557.1 per cent; High F6inr "
where ,'the,' Increase' could not; be ex-
pressed in percentage for the reason
that, the population which had grown" -to
9,525 in 1910, was 'so small In 18Pr .
that it was not returned separately l r
he census; - and Salisbury; combinereS" .
vit h - Spencer and. . East. Spencer sof- -. ,
,ourbs which owe their existence . to
the shops of the Southern Railwayw
showed an increase of 144.4 per cent.-
Speaking of the helpfulneri cf the
Southern Railway Compar.y to the ter- -ritory
traversed by its lines, Llr. Fin- -ley
pointed out that one of the -ways--7
in which it- is contributing to thede :
velopment of North Carolinac -ls&--"
throtigh its large expenditures, in-ther
State, its payments within North Car
olina on account of wages and taxer
alone being each vear in excess bf'thV,
total yam ourit of freight revenue; co"w
lected within the State. ;
Mr. Finley said that the CompanF1
helpful co-operation is available f fop ;
every, community in the State.. He.-
told of the organization ahd actlyitiest
of thev G reater "Western Ncrth ' Carc- -
Una Association, and said' the-.Cnrrc--pahy.
would be glad to paTticipslii
a Stated-wide. . movement qf t&er,.sam
sortH'f carried on under the -atispfces r
of the State or' through a responsible -organization
similar to -that 'in West-i
em North Carolina. He said that;' fh"
.addition to an .agent of the Land and
Industrial "Department located in the
State and . the representation of . thei .
Department of. Farm' Improvement ': i
Work byan Assistant ' Manager, at ' -Charlotte
and Field Agents at Greer s,- -boro
-and Asheville, North Caroliris i
shares with the other States traversit.
ed by its lines in the services - ot ijSzrvx '
Compapy's Dairy . Agents and Ul?wi
Stock Agents. Under a schblarahilr r
provision made- by ythe -.Company; r i
three North Carolina boys are receiv
ing the benefits of the" full four-year-""
agricultural course in the North Card-
lina Agricultural and Mechanical Col
leger. Telling of the . recent' appoint -ment
by the Southern Railways anc J
associated companies, of four Markesi"
Agents, to assist in the successful' marz:
keting of agricultural and horticulture
al. products from territory' along their: . '
lines, Mr. Finley said that one of ftb? L.
first concrete propositions undertaker x .
by these agents was that of aidin? --f
In the effort to find the most advan 7
tageous markets for 50,000 cans bf,to, .
matoes put up by the Girls' Tdmatftrs'
Clubs of North Carolina, - - : -Southern
Not; in Politics- ; (!
In conclusion, Mr. finley saidrr ' I
. "The Southern Railway Com.-. .
pany does not participate in the .
politics of North 'Carolina or ofTv
. any other , State traversed by "it&- -.
lines. There , . was a 'time whek. "S
support by the railways of policies ;
:, deemed essential; tothe preser
- vation 4 "of our; : civilization . wasi: '
urged upon i them aa Ja; patriotic! i
. : duty. I think we .may all rejoJce"v
" In the aw,akenmgv of public; con-r"
science and the elevation of puhlici---,
. standards that would' condemns anjr
' return to those conditions.- In ah
1 staining from' political activity . Xxr-p-
the State . ,the Company has not ''-.
surrendered any of. the fundamen-: ; ? v
tal political rights- to which It :
7 entitled In as full 'measure as any- ; ,
,' other . business ' enterprise or anys;- - : -
- Individual citizens- These rightsi;
Include : the 'sacredJ right of. petfc-X ': k .
tion the right to be heard k .ar- ,
gumentvand protest before legte-. y'
- lative' , bodies, the courts -of thes I '
land and administrative tribunatsi.;; ;
': They Include the right to make
- snch a' presentation-- of - facts he ';' v
:. fore "thetbari of pubird-'opinlon as-' y:C
I am . eijdeavbrmg to. make tula . ' V ;
evening. In availing niyself ; pc: 'fit'"''
this right, aH;; that T zsk. frciar ;
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