Thursday, July. 18, 1907.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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With Our Rural
Letter Carriers.
DURHAM MEETING WELIi ATTENDED.
Great Increase of Interest in Their
Organization on the Part of Rural it what it should be.
Letter Carriers :The Secretary
Wants the Address of Every One
Present The Progressive Farmer
Adopted as State Organ.
will please state amount; this is also and family to sell that which5 he may
necessary. - r never make and sell it, too. for from
The Progressive Farmer was again $10 to $20 per bale less than its
adopted as State organ, and Mr. 13. value? r
D. Pearsall was elected Correspond- Don't be too severe in your curtain
ing Secretary whoseduty it will be to lectures. Go easy with the old fellow.
write for our. department any news Advise him to read the papers, hear
of interest to the carriers. - The asso- such men as Jordan and Smith, and
ciation is taking on new life, and we others who are giving out informa-
are going to use every effort to make tion on cotton, ask him to pay less
attention to the speculators and more
J. McD. BALLARD, Sec.
Newton, N. C.
LETTER CARRIERS OFFICERS.
attention to his own friends. Deal
gently with him, poor old fellow.
How blue he does look! It's no won
der, though, when . he thinks about
the sale of his last crop at fully $20
ATcxsers "Editors: Mnra thnn IKrt
rural carriers, representing nearly PIr' E' D' Pearsall Corresponding Sec- per bale less than it would bring him
every county in the State, attended
the State Association at Durham on
retary for This Department Wil
miiigton Chosen for Next Year's
Meeting.-
North Carolina Rural Letter Car
riers' Association met at Durham 3rd
and 4th of July, with C. H. Baines,
of Nashville, president pro tern: J.
McD. Ballard, Newton, secretary; T
A. May, Elon College, sergeant-at
arms. The entire state was" 3H rep
resented. Addresses of welcome were
made by Mayor Graham and-Assistant
Postmaster Mangum in most appro
to-day.
Fifteen Cents for 1907 Cotton!
the 3rd and 4th. This large attend
ance demonstrated the fact that the
carriers are interested, and we are
certainly proud of the progress made
since last year. ;
The following committees were ap
pointed: Credentials T. S, Royster,
Jesse O. Johnston, D. J. Ward; Audit
ing Jno. M. Hartis, E. D. Pearsall,
W. H. Andrews; Constitution J. M.
Ballard, Ben Lv Hester T. A. May;
Resolutions Thos. S. Royster,' S. H.
Rogers, r
At 8 o'clock the Association met to
discuss insurance. Several plans
were discussed. Af er a considerable
amount of oratory, and some wrang
line too. there was a motion to aD
point a committee to draft plans and years since to its present far-reaching
Now all that is about the other
Mrs. warmer s oia man. so now a
word 4o your good man. You might
tell him that the demand for cotton
is the greatest we have ever! had; if
he has his last year's crop he can sell
good middling cotton for close to: fif
teen cents per pound, stains and
tinges at about thirteen cents 'per
pound. Tell him; too, that if Ithe
I CI i-T. j xl ' w n ; n. n. 'r n. r
priate words. The keys of the city Duum.prouuces mis year. j.uyv,yuu
were literallv tendered the boys (with Daies tnere wm D a demand tor
tim ovptinn nf thp bin. every hale at a price above fifteen
On the evening of the 3rd Reure- cenis Per Pouna. jjon t sen any cot-
w I J- xi ha -ilt t- 4 rti. s;
tentative Kitchin made a fine and im- LUU UUUi a"er iNovemoer xoin.
Toc,? oAAraw mif rnrni rio. Take grandma to the picnic; she
" livery from its first incipiency eleven win enjy an outing
report before the adjournment of this
Convention. This motion was finally
lost. Mr. S. H. Rogers then moved
that we drop the subject of insur
ance till some future time, and that
time - never to be . mentioned. This
usefulness. His speech was cheered
to the echo by the boys.
The following officers are elected
for ensuing year: -
Charlie U. Monday, . President,
Asheville; Sion H. Rogers, Vice-Pres-
Charlotte, N. C.
C. C. MOORE,
START A BANK ACCOUNT
BRO. FARMER.
! Every farmer" ought to put his
surplus money in a bank, as The
Progressive Farmer has so often
advised. It encourages thrift, IN
JURES SAFETY, increases your
independence. Why not open an
account with us? Deposit a little
each week, each month, and watch
the account grow. We respectful
ly solicit your patronage.
The Commercial & Farmers Bank
RALEIGH, N. C.
Capital and Surplus, $200,000.00.
J.1 J. THOMAS,
I President.
B. S. JERMAN,
i Cashier.
.1 !-
A. A. THOMPSON,
Vice-President.
H. W. JACKSON,
Ass't Cashier.
motion brought on a roar of laughter ident, Monroe; McD. Ballard, Secre-
and carried. ' I tary-Treasurer, Newton; T. A. May,
The first full meeting was held Sergeant-at-Arms, Elon College; C.
wnpciinv nftoT-nnrm , Tho anion hi H. Baines. Poet, Nashville: D. J.
speech of Hon. W. W. Kitchin was Ward, Musician, Winnabow; L.. D.
followed by adjournment for the I Hamlin, Chief Joker, Durham; E. D.
trolley ride over the city. At the Pearsall, Corresponding Secretary for
moraine session Thursday an in- State Organ, Rocky Point.
creased attendance heard the fine ad
dress of welcome by Mayor Graham
and Assistant Postmaster Mangum, to
which enjoyable speeches a highly
appreciative . response was made by
the President pro tern, C. H. Baines.
At this meeting the following sub
jects were discussed: Good Roads
and How to Obtain Them; Organiza
tion of State and How. to Accomplish
it. These subjects brought on lively
discussion.,
Salutatory next week.
E. D. PEARSALL.
Pender Co., N. C.
HURRY CALL FROM COTTON
MOORE.
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President Harvie Jordan to SpeaK
Three Times in AVake County This
Week.
Dear Mrs. Farmer; A telegram
just received from President Harvie
The committees on credentials and Jordan informs me that he will de-
Audit reported everything in satisfac
tory condition. The committee on
Constitution was allowed thirty days
to revise it and present to the Execu
ttve Board, and authorized to have
same printed in pamphlet form.
Officers were . elected as follows :
President, C. U. Monday; Vice Presi
dent, S. H. Rogers; Secretary-Treas
urer, J. M. Ballard; Delegates to
National Convention, A. J. Faucette,
Thos. S. Royster, J. M. Ballard; al
ternates, L. D. Hamlin, I. L. B. Pen
ny, C. H. Baines.
Kesolutoons adopted will appear
next week.
The active part taken by the car
riers in the discussions was diverting
liver three addresses in North Caro
Una: "
July 19th, at Garner, in Wake
County.
At Raleish. the 19th. at 8 p. m.
(especially to the busines men) .
At Cary, July 20th.
If you can reach any one of these
points you should by all means hear
this noted man.
Urge your husband to go to one
of the above places, tell him Mr. Jor
dan has a message for him right from
the manufacturing centres of the Old
World whence he has recently re
turned. " . I
Why the Old Man is Blue.
Don't you know what has brought
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We want agents in every county. If
you want to make easy money It sells
itself.; Enclose 2c stamped self-addressed
envelope for full instructions, for work,
etc. ? .
WE ARE SELLING
COW PEAS
At Reduced Prices. Write us for
Quotations.
I We are Headquarters for
Crimson CloVer
(Cargo Just Received);
Write us for Prices.
DIGGS 8c E
The Seed Merchants,
RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA,
as well as encouraging, and the ora- on that case of the "blues" you old
tory of some of the carriers will not man is moping around with? I'll tell
soon be forgotten. The entertain- you. First he sold his "storm" cot-
ment given us by the ..carriers and ton last fall for about seven and one-
citizens of Durham was more than half cents per pound; sold it right in
could be expected of any city, and the face of our information telling
every carrier appreciates their kind- him that the "storm" cotton would
nesses. . , be in demand. That same cotton is
Wilmington was chosen as the how selling at thirteen cents per
place of Fifth Annual Convention in pound; it's no wonder the poor old
North Carolina the 3rd and 4th of fellow is "blue;" but the real "indl
July, next, to which every carrier in go tinge" that you observe In his
orth Carolina is invited. present pitiable condition is the dye
I want the name and address of effect of selling his growing crop for
every one who was present at Durham fall delivery around ten cents per
as delegate or visitor. Send them to pound,
me at once, including your county, as Be Easy on Him.
I have an object in view. Those who Is it not strange that a man will
contributed to the deficiency fund be so blind to the interest of himself
N
IN
TO PURCHASERS AND USERS OF
Cotton G i nn i ng Mac hi n ery
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has decided in favor
of the Murray Co., therefore BUY ONLY FROM AUTHORIZED
SELLING AGENTS and avoid risk of legal complications, and of
disappointment in not getting what you ordered. We make a
specialty of ginning systems and can furnish) the Genuine Murray
Elevator and Cleaning Feeder made by Liddell Company at Char
lotte, N. C, who are licensed under the Murray patent to make
them. For further particulars, write ft -
GIBBES MACHINERY CO., Box 1 60, COLUMBIA, S. C.
mm mm
Do you haul them to the depot, sell them at ten
to fif teen dollars per ton, buy the meal at twenty
w twenxy-nve per ton ana give away your nuna
m the trade? t Why not make your meal ana nuus at.
your gin and save this enormous loss? - m ' ,
We Build a line of plantation cotton seed trailers and
separators, (3 to X8 tons daily capacity), that can oe
run in connection with any gin or saw mill and wui
grind your seed into meal and hulls as they come I rom
the gin. They are fully guaranty and are m success
ful operation all over the South. Write for catalogue.
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