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r . Pro;:rcssivo Merchants The Trading Public :..:-J jut rj PliSCo Um Th Graphic AdvrUlng : Column Tor Raaulta I I I ' Liberally Patronize Merchant Who ' BM For The Trad i I t ' It Reaches Tho Pcoplo Watch For The Bidders I-, . Tho Nashville Publishing CcPutWihort. ESTABLISHED 1803. M. W. LINCKE, Editor and Manager vol. xvir. ; NASHVILLE, North Carolina, MARCH, ffyd, 191 1. NO. 10. 08a 1. Professional Card. . J a. P. Battle Thoa. J. Dean Cattle & Dean V Physicians and Surgeon! Nashville, N.C , - Offf their pnifmslnoal acrrloe to tbt . ' people ot Nashville aud surrounding counltoa v Pronpt attention given all ca'ls, day or , or ingni Offices located In rear ol Ward Oruf Co., Phones Nos. 70 dt 84 FRANK A. HAMPTON. . Attorney-At-Law, . Opposite Postoftlce, Rooky Mount, . North Carolina, "0. U T FOUNTAIN. , B. T. roVNTAl. Fountain & Fountain AttornysAt-Law. Rocky Mount, N. C Office 2nd floor 6 Point Drug Store. Practice lo all the courts. . Dr. C. F. Smithson, DENTIST. Office Over Kyser's Drag Store. ' -I Rocky Mount. N. C. -t . DR. F. G. CHAMBLEE DENTIST. Spring Hop, N. C. Office In Spring Hope Banking ' Co. Bulldlnft J. P. BUNN. Rocky Mount. F.S.SPRUILL, ' ... Louis barf. BUNN 4SPRUILL, Attorneys and Comsellorsat-Law. 'Will be la Raahvflle. everr rs Mondar S F. AUSTIN Nanhviilr, 0. K n. GRAN! II AM. ttocky Mount. . austin & grantham;. LAWYERS. i'rouiptaLieDtlon given toall mutters t. A. WUODABD. V ' , W. L. THORPE. WUaon. . 1 Kooky Moan . B. A. B BOOKS, Nashville, B. U W00DARD, THORPE t BROOKS, LAWYERS. Offices: Nashville and Spring Hope. Offloe In Grand Jnrr Building." ; W. A. Fines . Wilson. Lsoa T, YADOSaS NaehVtlle. FINCH & VAUGHAN, Attorney, And CounsellOfS-at-LlW Prompt attention given to all matters entrusted to our care. Office in Grand 3urf Building. E. J, Barris, : O. P. Diokloson BARNES & DICKINSON, Attorneys and Counsellors-At-Law - Wilson, N. C, Practice in Nash, Wilson, State and r eueri courts. OUot over Saving, Bank. -T.T.ROSS, Dentist, Spring Hope, N. C. Office In Mew finch Culldln Will be-tn my office every Wednes- day, Thursaay, Tiday ana . Saturday. Nashville CV.'.ce at residence . Where I can be found V Monday akuTpksdat CI FRANKLIN C. IIXON Veterinary Surgeon - Rocky Mount, - NortJi Carolina. Phone No. 86 Graduate of U. S. College of Veteri. nary Sugeons. Located at Stables of Jenkins & . .; JefTries. . ' J. A. r;"in, Attorney enJ Ccu: :;'or At Law, V Cilices 2,1 1 I To T .J Li .'; Courts oor t ew C .e Euilding Ia rftY,nrt I.ouae I KLm NO G2EATH FACTOR. , Elfk Iitlatata tar Um 1fw f . HlaUter ,,,,,, ,vV ; Now is the time our country ta In need of an honest, conscience guided press. It has taken as a little more than too yean to learn of the most important lesson of our democracy, and, that being so, how essential it is that we have an honest press. . "The newspaper is Um most influ ential and powerful institution in modern society. The pulpit, the school, the forum,have to make way for the newspaper. It Is the window through . which we lookout upon the world of events, and before us pass ia rapid proces sion the activities of men an anti- foreign riot in China, famine and in dustrial oppression in India, govern mental experiments In New Zealand, parlimentai crisis in England, finan cial flurries in Wall street and whole train of happenings, inspiring, squalid, scandalous, trivial, that make up the day's news. It b the dispenser of information concerning men and events. It determines the questions of popular interest, set the trend of public thought and general customs." - .' J "." - "The community ia dependent up on it for information and guidance concerning commercial, social and political matters. 5 Should this powerful institution have a conscience, be amenable to moral law, be subject to considera tions of right and wrong, be respon sible to God or man for its influence! Rev.Reynold E. Plight, Los Ange les, Cal. ,-. BialestClvealfse. President Tftas tiorai noted Wil liam H. Lewis, of Boston, a negro, to be an assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice. This is the first time that , a negro has been named for such a prominent position in the department. Lewis, at present an assistant United State attorney at ' Boston is one of the best known negro lawyers in the United States. He will succeed John G. Thompson, who resigned recently to take dp private law practice in Danville, III. The place pays $,5000 a year., . - There is a social aide to the ap pointment, which la the most import ant that has been given to a negro since the days of reconstruction. Lewis', wife will have precedence at White House receptions over the wives of representatives, and if she lis Invited, as is most likely, the President will probably, find his re- ceptlon8 boycotted, it is sale to say that no Southern repreeetative will attend a reception at which the ne gro and his wife are among those present. " , TeSellA Hllltea Saklea. Famine is making dreaded head way in China that a million babies are offered for sale by parents who cannot support them and who heed food for themselves. This is a terri ble state of things. ' One can hardly comprehend it, and one realy doesn't leeiuke doing so, mere are so many unpleasant things in this world with which we must come in contact that we are glad to get rid of all we can, The sad truth ia that half a mil lion babies can be spared in China, because there are so many of them. For a long time travelers denied that there could be 4U0,t)U0,0tia peo ple in China, because such a large portion of the country was poorly settled or not Bettled at all. Recent census returns shows the population is considerably more than given, and it is eviJent that a large share of the people live from hand to mouth and on the very s.:rntest nourishment. It is sdJ e.at 2D(CCa, CCD of Chinese were swept awsy in the Tai Ting re- be::;vn, v ' "3 7,CC3,CC3 are 6!J to hiveL. ! ' - r. 1 lao-! - Jatlon cf t:.3 u 'r river. aalrua srer. 1 1 t: I I State AM Fat Read SalldUJ. At each session of the General As sembly some measure of State-wide Importance, some especial construct ive, progressive legislation is enacted which marks l forward step in the upbuilding of the State. At this time there is no question which is creating more Interest than that of building good roads, and any safe legislation looking to the extension of this great work will meet with the hearty ap proval of the people. During the first part of the present session bill was Introduced which provides for State aid for this purpose. No more important or . far-reaching measure has been presented to the General Assembly for its considera tion. . It Is impossible for the State to make direct appropriations for this purpose; so the next best thing to do is to authorize the State to aid the counties in . this great work. That ia the purpose of the bill which has. recently passed the House of Reprentatives by a very large ma jority.-; This bill authorizes the creation of a semi-annual road fund to be loaned to the several counties which comply with the provisions of the act. It affects no county which does not by vote avail itself of its privile ges. It authorizes the issuance of State four per cent bonds, which are to be sold and the proceeds aris ing there from are to be loaned to the counties at five per cent.'. From this five per cent the four per cent interest is to be paid upon state bonds and the additional one per cent interest is to be used for creat ing a sinking fund for the purpose of retiring the State bonds at matu rity. In this way the counties get money, for, road building at five pet cent, which pays both principal and interest, whereas they now pay five ner cent and often more, for inter est alone, and unless they lay aside and invest at compound interest one or more per cent at the maturity of their bonds the original debt remains undiminished. Few county bond is sues are paid at maturity, but re funding bonds are issued, and the interest continues from generation to generation until a sinking fund is provided for retiring such bonds. The bill proposed does away with this criminal wastefulness; , From a careful study of this mea sure it appears that there are but two questions to be considered first its effect upon the counties, and ond, its effect upon the State. 1. Clearly, if a county can get its road money under it by paying for both principal and interest what it now pays for interest, is a good bill from the county standpoint. -. But as to its effect upon the State, " the bill asks for no approp riation,., ana. only - authorizes , the State to lend its credit to the count- ies in order that they may get . the benefit of cheaper rate of interest which the State can get by reason of the fact that it can sella bond -for four per cent, whereas a county cannot sell its taxible bond for less than five per cent. The-State does not spend a dollar, ; except such as may be necessary to prepare and sell the bonds and keep the accounts with the several counties, and . col lect the interest due by the counties and pay out the interest due to the holders of the State bonds. The State is given every facility for the collection of its interest that it has for the collection , or any State tax, and a penalty is provided for each day any county shall be behind in the payment of its interest, Before loan is made to any county, the bond of such county must be filed with the State Treasurer obligating such county to pay the ffve per cent interest semi-annuall y at a fixed time. Upon failure to pay the State has every remedy for the collection of the amount due. '. v ' ; The State spends nothing, but from increased taxables in every county where good roads are built it will get additional revenue for all me ta come. Not only is the State tc." iurn tOErcnd anything, t a v :y ia rrovi.! : J for increasing i r ' WLcre money has i ' 1 f ,r rc-1 " )1 ve t! ati's r. ..-n . , ! ) i i t x 3 1 s al '.. 1 -3cf V.ia ( 1 1 y 1 :.r, J r cf 1 ito it DON'T DEPEND ON Til riLIZEBS. Wk It Is iMtesalfcle ft TUrn Te Halatala Ssll, Fertility. The farmers of North Carolina tax the themselves 1 about $12,000,000 each year in their efforts to main tain soil fertility and other Southern States pay in proportion. ' " This tax is for commercial fertil izers purchased for the purpose of supplying phosphorous, nitrogen, and potassium to soils deficient, to these three elements of plant food. The farmer, knowing that these three fertilizer elements applied in appropriate proportions and quanti ties will increase crony ielda, neglects to give attention to several other things which are equally or more necessary to continued profitable pro duction of crops. That these other things have been neglected is proven by the many thousands of worn and washed fields and. by the many thou sands of fields abandoned to broom- sedge and old pine field. ' A large proportion of these abandoned fields became abandoned in spite of the useof commercial fertilizers. . Wheth er commercial fertilizers are or are not used, soil fertility roust be main tained by having an ample depth of containing an ample quantity of hu mus and by a good soil texture. When fertilizers are depended upon for the maintenance of soil fertility too much is expected of them, and they have been in many instances responsible for decrease in natural soil fertility. .'They (do not deepen the soil. . They add no humus to the soil They do not make dormant pland food available. Y They do not increase the soil's capacity for taking up or holding water, if these things are not done, soil fertility will not be ioaiiitaiifidi)yciMQni& A deep soil well tilled with humus will not only take ' up an abundant supply of water and hold it well, but will develop dormant into active plant food Fertilizers applied to such a soil will give larger and more profitable yields than will be given if applied to shallow, humus-free soils. The soils to which the twelve million dollars worm oi ieruuzers are ap plied can be made to "come back" 1. By preventing surface washing. 2. By drainage of wet lands. 3. By deepening the soil. . 4. By fall plowing. 5. By pulverizing the seed-bed. 6. By frequentshallow cultivation, 7. By improved seed. 8. By better varieties. 9. By producingmore home-grown feed. , 10. By growing more legumes, . 11. By raising morn and better livestock. ' 12. By systematic rotation. The neglect of these twelve ele ments of success are twelve cardinal sins against the soil and against ag ricultural progress. The neglect of them and the dependence upon com mercial fertilizers alone is responsi ble for the thousands of acres of abandoned lands now disfigured with gullies, and thousands of other acres now being cultivated and barely re turning the cost of production. ' If half the amount of fertilizers now used' were applied to soil upon which the above twelve things were practiced, the yields' would be at least as large as at present; or, if the $12,000,000 worth of fertilizers were applied to the same soil ' re ceiving the above treatment, -the yields would be doubled or more than doubled Prof. C L. Newman, in Progressive Farmer. ' ; - Goed School a Toar Ne itf kborkaad It is not necessary to dig up the country home by the roots and take to the city in order that the boys and girls may have a better school. t ia questionable : whether a city school, no matter, how good, can furnish the particular training for a richer country life. Only a re-organized, vitalized country school can solve the problem, And the new country school can not at all begin the Bolution of this problem unless the farmers believe more in their own schools and support them bet ter. There is no other way. A trained teacher in a cood ' sanitary house with beautiful grounds is the great thing needed. Prof. O. J. Kern. Den't forget to clip t' e cov '.. 1 ; It la wc: 'i i ?on on y to Site! te the Newspaper. Last week 150 business, men of Kansas City held a banquet and the subject of advertisng received quite lot of attention. Among - the speakers was J. M. Robinson, a well known : business man , of Topeka, Kan., who gave them this kind of advice about advertising, and it is so good that it will bear repeating here: 'If you merchants want advertis ing, go , to the plants that have built your city the newspapers. They advertise you more than the little 6x9 display ad. you place in one corner of them can pay for, They sometimes say nice things about you, and often they don't say things aboutyou which are not nice, The newspapea are the best ad' vertisement a city or a group of business possesses." The business world is coming to realize the truth of these statements more each day. A city is known by its newspapers because they reflect the business, social and intellectual life of the community. The busi ness men today who are suceeding are the ones who are using the news papers, not once a month or once week, but every day in the year. It is constant licks that makes business and the man who strikes a lick and then waits until the iron cools will never accomplish much in the world of business. You cannot do business unless you reach the people and you cannot reach the people in any way as effectively and as cheap as In the newspaper ,-Raleigh Times. Co Te WwL (A young man started out to search for happiness. He roamed the world over in his fruitless quest fatid at last in his old age found it in his garden while digging amonng his flowers.) Man has many blessings but the greatest of all is the ability to work Are you miserable? Get to work, Does the world look blue and sad? Go to work. Have your friends de serted you and is all hope gone? Search for work. It will help your nerves and relieve your mind and make you forget your trouble, work is the greatest panacea for unhappi ness. ; It is open to you from youth to old age,'" Work with your mind or with your hands, with your heart or with your soul. Do something if it is only to make a chicken coop -and sadneass will after awhile give way to gladness, tears to smiles. The rainbow of hope will span the clouds and tomorrow the glorious Sun will rise in a clear sky and the birds will sing their sweet melody. 'X'," in Lexington Dispatch, I Use u Smart Many things are well done that are not worth doing. - Keep busy and you'll have no time to be miserable. After all, intuition ia'but another word for feminie suspicion. : Of two evils choose neither. All men are equal at birth and death. - Some men's only claim to distinc tion is a pair of white trousers or a three-colored hat-band. Most everybody wishes he could live his life over again, but few would live much better. Eloquence is the truth well told. An echo is the shadow of a noise. A christian doesn't have to tell anyone. Vi-'?v'.u,.v:: i;?'v;;v:- Imagination causes more aches and pains than all other aUmente.' i y People with lots of determination are likely to be unpopular and suc cessful. Woman s Home Companion. The time for the redemption of the coupons published elsewhere in The Graphic has been extended un til Saturday, March 18th. In order for you to get the advantage of this splendid offer you must clip out the coupon and mail it in time to reach The Graphic office on or before that date. ' ' Do you know that ot all the miuor ailments colds are by far the most dangerous? It is not the cold itself that you need to fear, but the seri ous disuses that it often leads to. Most of ibse are known as trerm 'I diseases, l'neumonia end consump tion pre (t'non? them. , by cot to'..e Cu.. l.-rUn's C-! IU-u"y f i ' cur v.nir r M you c.j, i j h lK: J. - COTTON PICKER A MAIYEL Ceedwla 1 Bardlag1, NacUae - The War at Saul! Cast. Dees Cotton picking successfully by machine is an assured fact. That machine that does the work has been invented by Raleigh men is a source of local pride. The Whitney cotton gin effected a revolution in prepar ing cotton for the market. The Goodwin & Harding cotton picker effects a revolution in gathering the cotton. , A few days ago the Goodwin & Harding cotton picker was success fully demonstrated at the Hobby farm near Raleigh. Yesterday after noon there were four demonstra tions at the Raleigh Iron works, and each was a success. Cottou plants with cotton bolls on them had been set out and the new picker a twentieth century marvel did the work of picking cotton cleanly and rapidly. A large and representative crowd attended the demonstrations yester day, and there was great enthusi asm over the work. It is a wonder in picking cotton," was the verdict, for the cotton picker worked like a charm. The cotton picker, with one man using two pickers, has a capacity of a bale a day, the cost about twenty cents a hundred pounds, as against fifty cents by hand, the results showing one man in a day can pick 1,000 pounds, as against 150 to 200 pounds by hand. The machine is not an expensive one, its cost being such as to put it in the reach of every thrifty farmer. It is no heav ier than an ordinary one-horse wag on, and it does not injure the cotton plant. One of the machines will carry two to four men, ami. this means ine picking ox two- to lour bales each day by one machine. ' f The power is supplied by a small gasoline engine and the cotton is taken from the plant into a tube, drawn In by a - flexible shaft, the cotton being carried on by the use of a small revolviug fan through a flexible tube into a receptable. The machine has fully shown that it is a success, those who have seen it being astounded at its work. It will make a revolution in cotton picking. News and Observer. What Is A Seller. A dollar what is it? "A piece of paper, says one. No more than that "Circulating medium," says one. No more than that. "Some thing that you borrowed from your friend," says another. No more than that. That dollar is a part of my life. -1 worked hard yesterday and earned a dollar. I might have spent it in a minute's time and been no richer for the investment, but I did not spend it. It was the only tangible thing I had out of the whole day's existence. The joy, the opportunity, and the privileges of the day had gone into silence of the eternity that has passed. That dol lar is my yesterday, I may spend it, and start tomorrow bankrupt. I may keep it and tomorrow need not work at all, because my yesterday's dollar will pay for the services of one who may, do the work better than myself; or, I may work again tomorrow and the next day, and the next, and save my yesterdays until I have long years of yesterdays, strong and capable of toil, who shall labor for me and keep me in comfort when my body is too weak to toil. A dollar is part of a man's life, and as he guards his health to take care of the future, so should he guard his dollars to secure the full service of - the past. .'.George Wood And erson, in National Magazine. The coupon published elsewhere in the Graphic will be worth twenty five cents to you in renewing your subscripton to this paper. There is a time limit to this offer however, and you will have to act promptly in order to get the advantage of tin's splendid offer. Clip the coupon to day and send it in with your renew al. If you Inve trouLIa ia r-1 of yc r r 1 i r y V are r i ', i; ; s co r: ' (i i PROTECTION! In cold, unassuming figures,, here is our guarantee to every, depositor, regardless of the a mount he may have in this bank Capital SI0f,tO9 Sarplas t Frail $ S5.IM StectfceMmLUh 10,M Telal f 245.M0 . $255,000.00, that amount stands between your deposit and any possible loss. This bank wants your business. Four Per Cent . Interest paid on Savings deposits r Compounded Qurterly The Planters Bank. Rocky Mount. N. C. ies! Before You Dye . . Call on us for the celebrated Putnam Fadeless Dyes Vmrteen Colors. Made and guaranteed for any iex " ; ; ture of goods .' They color Silk, Wool or ; Cotton at one boiling. It is not necessary for you to know whether - your . goods are all wool or not as it makes no difference Book of instructions free The Ward Drug Co. Exclusive Agents In Nashville. 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