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The Nashville PutlUh!ngCo.,Putllsher. . . ( ; t 1 ESTABLISHED 1883. . " M. W. LINCKE, Editor and Manager
VOL. XVII. -f NASHVILLE, North Carolina, FEBRUARY, 9th, 1911. . NO 6.
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Professional Crs.
Ju, P. Battle ' TIhm. J. Dema
Cittl3& Dean '
Ptivsli lant and KurpennA " .
NasHvUls, N.C.
Offr their rfnslonal sarvlrat to UK
.penpla ot WaliHl and surround In
. coiintlv .
Prompt atteullos lveu aU ca'U, Say or
or Bight
Office located id rear of Ward Drag Co.,
Phones No. 70 A 84
FRANK A. HAl'.PTON.
Attorney-At-Uaw,'" '
Opposite Postofflce,' Rocky Mount,
North Carolina, . .
0. M T. roCNTAIM.. - vt. roosTAii.
.. Fountain & Fountain,-
Attornys-At-Law, -
Rocky Mount. K. C :.
Office Sod floor 5 Points Drue Store.
-a - a . . t . Hit. a - '..
Dr. C. F. Smithson,
DENTIST
Office Over Kyser's Drug Store.
; , Rocky Mount. N;'C.
DR. F. G. CHAMBLEE
-:' CC-STIST.' V I "
tprlngr Hope, flr C."
Office in Spring Hope Banking
. . Co. Budding . .
J. P.BUNN. F.S. SPRUILL,
, Rooky Mono. . . LouUborf,
Attoneys and Cou:seorat-Liw.
Will be la Kaahrllle ewr Irak Moadar
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S. tf. AUSTIN, ' K. D. QrflNI HAM,
: NMbTille, X. 0. J KockjrMoont.. 0. .
' AUSTIN & IXANTflAMi
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j faWaVm WW W Wm w w
Prompt attention given to'all matters
A. WOOUAED, 'i, : W. I THORPB.
Wllaoa. ', Rocky Mount
: B, A. BROOKS, KMBTilla, N. li'
WCGDARD, TKCRPE & EXOCXS,
LAWYCH3.
Offloee: Nashville and SprlnK Hope.
W. A. Vinos.
WlUoo.
' . Nashville.'
. 7 . FINCH & VAICIAN, ,
Attorneys And Ccur.;:::cfi-tt-Liw
Prompt attention lven to all matter!
entrusted to our care. Office in
. Grand jur Bulldinir.
K. J. Uabsrb. ' :. 0. P.. Dickinson
BARNES k DICKINSON,
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AUUTISCjf CiiU vviiuawuiiia-Ai'Min .
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Practice in Nash; Wilson, State and
Federal courts. . -l
OBoe over Savlnga Bank.
, SprlnSHope, N. C.
Offlce In New Finch CulldSnc
Will be in my of7.ee every Wednes
- day, lliursd.'y, Triday and
V.'Jwre I can be found .
CONDAT AND TCESDAT
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Tcky Kcv'.t, Ncrib CaroHna.
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Cra L-nte cf U. S. Ct V.r-e of Veteri-
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T or: ted tt I ' " i cf Jenkins &
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At Law,
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Stttocs Keaace Ts Lcal CesamaU
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There are two rejections to an
unrestricted parcels post.. In the
first place It would pnlrlly Increase
the already lar;e podd deficit and
defer tha diralls cheopening of
lcffitlmate correspond :nc and the
desemination of . ir.t.!!'cnc. In
the next place it wo-' I terra to
place the bg city dc",r' r?nt stores
and mail order hous j la a position
to cut into the IrgiL.nais business
of the home merchant the man who
lives in the -country or the country
town and whose life and energy are
spent la building tip the home sec
tion.. These men and women deserve
consideration. . Their success nd
prosperity are essential to local de
velopment. They make their money
and spend it at home.' Their success
means the success of their several
communities. If there la an enter
prise to be carried out, whether in
dustrial, charitable, social or what
not thes .people are looked to for
aid and encouragement. ' , ,
If the government fa going to step
in and give the big city department
stores and mail order houses easy
and cheap means of undermining the
! I merchant and cutting into his
1 " hus depriving hteief a "?
mate profit, It shoull ti all "fiiniees
assume the task of freight transpir
tatioa and ia C!s way place the mer
chant, in retrd to his larger orders
of merchant! on exactly the same
footing as it thus grants to the big
fellows in their quest -for the local
merchant's bttsineea. ; Since for the
goose ought to be sauce for the
jrander. :..:"i
Community development would be
saJly checked slioutj the local mer
cVfe8 "Srlved- of hi -lejritimaU
profits by big concerns that would
draw the money away and concen.
trate it in the big cities. Not only
that but the individual purchasers,
miles sometimes many miles away
from the mail order houses, would
in most cases suffer. They would
frequently be. misled into purchasing
an inferior article and in many ways
they would find themselves not gain
ers but losers by placing their pat
ronage in alien hands. . A great
deal of money yearly leaves every
community because of the mania,
that animates people frequently, for
ordering things "from off" and some
times it seems that the farther away
the better. ' . ' " "
We would not stand in the way of
bublic betterment if it could be had
by the establishment- of a general
parcels post, even though it cut into
the merchant's profits. But we do
not believe " that such a condition
would result.- If the merchant were
the recipient of governmental favors
in the way of a parcels post on a
big enough scale to ' transport his
own goods he could compete ' with
anybody, sell as cheaply as anybody
and at the same time make his legi
timate profit and both himself and
community-life would ; not be ad
versely affected by a general parcels
post. -
The plan now being advocated by
the post ofT.ce- department is for a
limited parcels post. A law is being
sought that will . permit bonafide
dealers at points from which rural
free delivery routes radiate,- to use
these .routes i for the delivery of
packages at low postal rates to pa
trons of these routes. This would
be a good thing. It would mean!
closer relations between dealer end
consumer a more active traa and
greater convt" ier.ee. It should -be
adopted, but, in our opinion that is
as far as the system ought to go,-
Kinston Free Press. 1 :
- The man who neglects his stomach
ur.t!l he is tV.rty-ve i3 KLc'-y to have
a si.:. 7 ii of nur,:..j from t!t
time on. ' -
Tc-t 'ircr l Y?ri
by ar ' ' fyinjr t "i t-oub!n
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THE SYSTEM
! TO EXPENSIVE
State ShcJJ Not Compete
- With Farmers.
Corrlcts Cai be Used to test Ad
; n:t:-e fcy Workln; the PubUc .
-. ; Iziii, of the State.
The time has arrived when the
state ought to go out of the farming
business. The state's convicts are
now. used principally for farming
purposes, and, as a matter of fact,
they are making good In that way.
The state ' prison ' makes a good
snowing financially, but one that In
the end is expensive to the state
expensive because the labor used
could be employed to a more wide
spread popular advantage in another
way and expensive in that the prac
tice ia wrong -in principle and, it
extended for enough, liable be made
a means of oppresasion. c v -'
The state should sell its farms
(except test and experiment farms)
and use its convicts in the building
of public roads. These highways of
commerce, ramifying the various
sections of the state would prove a
source of great , popular develop
ment A good road - traversing a
section b a great public object les
son. It is not only valuable on its
owa merits but because of its in
fluence upon - road-development
throughout all the regions round-about,
promoting not only, industrial
progress but lending aid to social
and moral advancement "X
Farming for profit purely and
Simply cannot be classed as a prop-,
e function of the teThejreare,'
no doubt cases in which the state,
county or municipality might with
propriety farm, for instance, where
institutions of charity are , to be
maintained and where inmates may
thus be mede to sustain themselves.
But except in eases of this nature
the state should not engage in agri
culture any more than it should un
dertake merchandising or manufac
turing for profit "-
Socialism is becoming rampant in
the land. Government is being made
to do too many things that ought to
be left to private endeavor and en
terprise. It is time to call a halt,
and this general assembly should call
it and shift the state's convicts to
service on the public roads. Kin
ston Free Press. '
; .' Newspapers' Great Wetl."
There has been no irreater factor
in the improvement of the conditions
of die South than the country news
paper. Without exception the entire
press of the South, outside of the
bi cities, has constantly labored
with but one end in viewthe bet
terment of the condition of the farm
er and agriculturalist, and to the
editors of these most valuable week
lies the gratitude of ' the people is
due.1; , ... : ,
The country weekly that fills its
columns with agricultural articles
instead of accounts of crimes is do
ing more to upbuild its community
than any other agency, and the man
of the farm ; should be the ' first to
recognize the usefulness of his home
paper and give it his warmest and
heartiest support
To the editor of the weekly, the
fact that some of its nearby farmers
has made a good crop or that he has
discovered some new fact that . will
benefit the others of his community,
is more interesting than the most
exciting story of a crime or sensa
tion? rile would rather print the
fact that Mr, 'Hirma Smith had
grown an average of 70 bushels fof
corn to the acre, than that Bill Sykes
hxl murdered seven families and
cc r.'tted suicide six times. " And
in C.:a the editor has shown his good
3t;:j his real interest in his
; - ...i'.y. .One item stimulates
; " 3 to tt,:r crcra, and aconse-
1 - 1 1 " r t .r account, while the
c rf-'yr .g.
? i 1 1. n, Kr. F&rmer,
v ' 'i rv ' 'jt '"'-r. Cive hi.n
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The'StateVPaDper" Counties.
Aby Vafertaaate SysiesS Psrasltt ef
taste CeatltUas.
The StatesvUle Landmark presents
a list of the "pauper counties" of
the state. These counties receive
more from the State treasury for
schools, pensions, support of the in
sane, deaf duwb and blind children
in the state institutions than they
pay into the treasury. The Land
mark's list is as follows: .
Alexander,' '
Alleghany , .'
Anson. ' V,
S8.187.04
4.375.82
5,668.61
Ashe " w ' 8,812.07
Vt
Bladen
- 6,760,61
8,752,41
- 12,629.06
' 6,058.34
. 625.27
2,780.97
Brunswick
Burke '
Caldwell '
Camden
Carteret .
Caswell
Catawba
6395.57
' 5,485.04
. 6,376.70
. 1,481.74
2,884.09
6,442.68
"2,60184
- 65.69
363.32
6,041.04
2,309.09
'28.14
8,405.33
1,405.64
2,268.74
" 8,505.12
. 313.66
6,657.67
4.734.77
3,343.80
" 10,834.82
8,392.69
5,9204
,.. 2,125.33
Chatham ;' ' .ti
Cherokee '
Clay . - ,
Cleveland . " v t
Cumberland , V
Dare s '
Davidson -Davie.,
h'r
Duplin ,- ,-'
Franklin , r-
Greene
Harnett ,
Haywood .
Henderson '
Hyde U
Iredell V
Jackson
Lincoln ,
Macon , .
Madison " ',-
McDowell . ' -
Mitchell .
Montgomery
Moore" ---V- ,- : 946.87
Onslow '272.20
Pamlico 2,5274
Pender 2,978.18
Person 559.36
Polk ' 1,413.26
Randolph 4,064 31
Rockingham . 1,146. 48
Rutherford ' 4,246.58
Sampson 7,517.28
Stanly 650.24
Stokes ; 6,036.87
Surry . ' , - . 8,356.59
Transylvania . r 3,418.60
Union 2,935.45
Warren " 1,362.28
Washington ' 222.69
Watauga , . 3,958.30
Milkes 11,646.21
Yadkin ' . 6,616.29
Yancey 7.685.33
Total . , $229,017.97
"It might be offered as an excuse"
says the Landmark, ''that, it is not
the fault of these : counties if they
have more inmates in the state in
stitutions, more pensioners and more
school children than other counties,
out the fact is that there' is no ex
cuse for many of the pauper counties
and little excuse for ; any of them.
The troubles is that many counties
put entirely too low a valuation on
the taxable property, and ' many of
them ' do this systempatically and
wilfully to avoid the payment of tax
es, proceeding on the idea that every
dollar they can pull from the state
treasury puts them so much to the
good." . : '. . .
. It is very unfortunate that we
operate under a system of taxation
that permits '''pauper counties.'
Naturally such a condition causes
friction between the counties, a dis
trust of the ; equitableness of taxa
tion in all and inspires a desire far
and wide to evade taxation not be
cause men want to cheat the state
or other counties, but because tax
payers pay taxes in the light 'of the
knowledge that the burden of taxa
tion is not borne evenly and so there
is wide spread doubt on the part of
individuals as to their getting in at
"the best rate." Some system should
be established wherein this inequali
ty would not be: operative, i In sev
eral ways' the present system is do
ing an injury to the state. Free
Press. ; ".--
U'lfe Got Tip Top Advice
"Mv wifo wiin tpd mo ta take our
boy to the d oo tor to cure eu ujrly
boil, wrlt"s D. Fronk-'l, or Stroud,
( i.!a. "I F' iJ 'put I ' '.en's Arnica
. Ive on it. t se c.-J f-ituurr-i
FULL TEXT OF
NEAR DEER LAW
ty ' i
To Go Into Effect On June
1st, 1911
The Lawmakers Deliver a Knock
out Blow to the Near Beer
: Etil.
A Bill to Be Entitled "An Act to Pro
hibit the Sale of Near Beer, Beer
ine and Other Like Drinks'."
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact;
Section 1. That is shall be unlaw
ful for any person or persons, firm
or corporation to sell or dispose of
for gain, near beer, beerine or other
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or
mixtures of any kind and under
whatsoever name callsd, that shall
contain alcohol or cocaine or mor
phine or other opium derivative, ex
cept as herein provided.. ; ? '
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, firm or
corporation, who is engaged in the
sale of any kind of drinks, to refuse
to allow any person to ..carry sway
from the place where said drinks are
being sold or offered for sale, any
package or quantity of any size of
said drink which has been bought
and paid for; any if any person, firm
or corporation shall refuse to allow
said package or quantity of said
drink to be carried ' away from the
place of sale, it shall be prima facie
evidence of the violation of this act.
Sec. 3. That any person or per
sons, firm or corporation violating
provisions of this act shall be guilty
of .misdemeanor naV-ftoed .'-im
prisoned, or both, for each and every
offense, in the discretion of the
court' Provided, that this act shall
not be construed to forbid the sale
of spirituous, vinous, fermented or
malt liquors or intoxicating bitters
by a legalized medical depository, or
by any licensed and registered phar
macist, for sickness, upon the writ
ten-prescription of a regularly li
censed and actively practicing phy
sician or surgeon having the person
for whorrt said prescription is made
under his charge, which said pre-"
scription shall specify the amount of
spirits required; and that this act
shall not be construed to prevent the
sale of any alcoholic liquor to any
legalized medical depository or to
any licensed and registered pharma
cist, or any cocaine or morphine or;
other opium derivative to any regis
tered pharmacist; and that this act
shall not be considered to forbid the
sale of cocaine, morphine or other
opium derivative by a licensed phar
macist upon the written prescription
by a regular licensed physician or
surgeon: rroviaea ruruier, tnai
this act shall not apply to the sale
Of domestic wines when sold in quan
tity of not less than two and one
half gallons in sealed packages or
crated, on the premises where manu
factured, or to the sale of cider in
any quantity by. the manufacturer
from fruits grown on his land within
the State of North Carolina, or to
the sale of wine to any minister of
religion or other officer of a church
when said wine is bought for religi
ous or sacramental purposes, or to
the sale of flavoring extracts or es
sences when sold as such, or to the
sale of medical preparations manu
factured in accordance with formu
las prescribed by the United States
Pharmacopoeia and National For
mulary which contain no more alco
hol than is necessary to extract the
medical properties of the drug con
tained in such preparations, . and no
more alcohol than is necessary to
hold the medical agents in solution,
which are manufactured and sold as
medicines and not as beverages, or
to the sale of carbonated drinks that
contain no more than one-tenth of
one per cent of alcohol, and in which
drinks a flavoring agent is used, -in
the manufacture of which flavoring
agent alcohol is used to dissolve and
hold in solution or to extract from
the crude material "siiJ flavoring
arrent. "
Eec. 4, "That this act shall be in
flrce and r.T.-ct frctn End after the
f. t ? 7 tz June, c;3 t.ourcnd r.;r,e
REGALING THE NEW COUNTY.
Senate T harms Will Arraas Bear
. - lag for These fatsrsstseV
Editor The Graphic,
' Nashville, N.C. ,
DearSir, i ' 1 ,
-1 wish, to say for the informa
tion of the people of the county,
that a bill has been introduced in
the Senate by Senator Hawkins of
Warren, ; to establish a county by
the name of Ransom out of territory
taken from the. counties of Wake,
Franklin, Johnson, Wilson and Nash.
The territory included within the
new county boundaries is described
as follows: ' Beginning in the mid
dle of Tar river in the center of the
bridge known as York's bridge on
said river northwest of Stanhope,
running thence South about ten
miles to the point where the Norfolk
Southern Railroad crosses the divid
ing line between Wilson and Nash
counties; thence South 46 degrees
West about six miles to the line di
viding Johnson aud Nash counties;
thence North 90 degrees West ten
and one-half miles to the center of
Neuse River; thence up the eenter
of said river four and one-half miles
to a point in the center of said river;
thence South 90 degrees East four
teen, miles to a point northeast of
the town of Rolesvllle; thence North
45 degrees East five miles to a point
in the dividing line between Wake
county and Franklin county; thence
in a straight line about twelve miles
to the eenter of Tar river at a point
where the line dividing Franklin and
Nash counties crosses the said river;
thence dowh the middle of said river
about six miles to the beginning. .
I am told by the introducer of the
bill, Senator Hawkins, that of the
new county's JeritoryIabout hk
fotW wiU U.Ukr-from' Naahj
county. ; Within the limits above
described is included the towns of
Bailey and Middlesex. This bill has
been referred to the Senate Com
mittee on Committiee, Cities and
Towns, and I will make the neces
sary arrangements for a full and
fair hearing from those of our citi
zens who desire to be heard.
Yours very truly,
T. T. THORNE.
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 3rd, I9II.
Africa Te leys.
Replying to a recent Inquiry Mr.
Bryan said:
There is no new advice to give to
boys, and there are no new boys to
advise. ; The boy is the same that
he has been and he is not likely to
change much in the years to come.
His impulses are the same that they
were centuries ago; the dangers that
confront him confronted his father
and his grandfather in their boy
hood days. If I were suggesting a
warning to boys I would not suggest
a better One than that embodied in
the text, "The wages of sin is death."
That is the law, and it cannot be re
pealed. 'The honest, thruthful, in
dustrious ' boy will succeed in pro
portion to his intelligence, but no in
telligence can ; make up for lack of
honesty, truthfulness or industry
especially is it impossible to substi
tute anything for honesty and truth
fulness. : Laziness wilt limit one's
accomplishments whatever his other
good qualities may be, but he can
outgrow laziness just as he can out
grow lack of education or intelli
gence, but it is much more difficult
to outgrow a lack of honesty or a
lack of truthfulness.
Possibly I ought to' suggest that
patience ia a virtue which should be
added to the ones already mentioned
Impatience has led many young men
to ruin; they have not been willing
to wait for fortune to come
through legitimate accumulation,
and through their haste to get rich
they have fallen. The boy should
"learn to labor and to wait" Char
acter is built slowly; 1 but it can be
lost in a day. The farmer must wait
from seed time until the harvest,
nowever long it may seem, LCjre
he gathers his crop, and so V e L
y
must be willir? to i' r.t. i.i
the
springtime cf 13 for the hrv
that he will z r vhen he
grown. Tl.a C :r.
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