Thursday, July. 18, 1907. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. 13 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. 5 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 RAPIDITY i As fast as you can pull the trigger the new Remington will shoot it? 200 grain bullets at a 2000 ft. velocity, piercing 5-16 of an inch of steel. It loads with a clip. Has a solid breach and Js safe. Easy trigger pull Take Down Model. NEW CATALOGUE FREE ; . ! REMINGTON ARMS CO., Ilion, N. Y. iener, Sli Broe4wy, Sow Tork Oitr. 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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. 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