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:. The Trading Public i EE RAPHIC. ' Use The Orephlc Advertising Columns For Result i t 4 Liberally Patronize MerchenU Who Bid For The Trad 1 .!, I It Reached The People Watch For The Bidders Progressive Merchants 31 The NashvIHe Publishing Co., Publisher. ' . - ESTABLISHED I8&5.1 M. VI. LINCKE, Editor VOL.XVII. . : NASHVILLE, North! Carolina. September 7th, 1011. . '. NO. 35. A. ' 4 1 Safest For Savings Inspected by the United States Government . and managed by'competent of ficers and directors. The First National Bank Of Rocky Mount, N. C Insures security and courtesy to alf patrons. 4 per cent interest paid on savings deposits, com pounded quarterly. You can bank with us by mail... Write or call on J. B. Ramsey. President. R.B.-Davis, Jr. Cashier. . . S. G. Sills, Asst. Cashier. 1 Truthful Advertising Advertise the truth, and people will depend upon you and know that you will al ways state facts to them. We do not Advertise "Safest for Savings," but we do advertise that we have A SAFE, STRONG and SOUND BANK, Paying. 4 , per cent interest compound- ed quarterly. v t ; ' The Rocky Mount Savings & Trust The Shiprlh Carolina ' College of Agriculture And Mechanic Arts. THE STATE'S 1NUSTRIAL COLLEGE. ' Four-year courses in Agriculture: in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; in Industrial Chemistry; in Cotton Manufacturing and Dye ing. Two-year courses in Mechanic Arts and in Textib Arts.,1 One-year course in Agriculture. These courses are both practical and scientific. Ex aminations for admission are held at all county seats on July 13. For Catalog address . The Registbar, West Raleigh, N. C. . TH NORTH CAROLINA - State Normal and In dustrial College Maintained by the State for the Women of North Carolina. - Five regular Courses leading to Degrees. Special Courses for teackera. Free tuition to those who agree to be come teachers in the State. Fall Session begins September 13,1911. For catalogue and other information address , . , . JULIUS L FOUST, Pres., Greensboro, N, C, asB If you did not , - ' Cheep Cettoa a Disaster. V ' There are some cotton manufactur ers who seem to be wedded to the idea that , the best , interests of the cotton mill industry lie in cheap cot ton, but the number of those holding this fallacy grows beautifully less day by day. . Of course, in the stag nant and disastrous period in the cotton mill manufacture which came in this country with the passage of the Payne-Aid rich law, the cotton mill people have had a hard time and some of them have been inclined to feel that if they could have had cheap cotton they would have made money during this hard period. Most of them, however, have learned that it US IlUb bllCBU CUkVUU Uf CUllUIl that determines the. success of the cotton mill industry, but that the e sential thing, in view of the big in crease of cotton mills in the country, is larger markets and that whether cotton sells for eight cents or eigh teen cents is relatively a small quest ion in comparison with the needs (or enough markets to furnish a dumand for ' all the goods manufactured Ultimately, the prices of the finished product will keep pace with the price of the raw cotton - So far as the South is concerned with cotton as its chief money crop, everybody must know that its indus trial growth and commercial ex pan sion, as well as agricultural prosper ity, are wrapped up in good prices for cotton. If the farmers get good prices for cotton money comes pour ing into the South, It fills the banks, it Duuas new industries, it causes farmers to build better homes, it gives a stimulus to business and trade of every kind. Low cotton in the South means stagnation, even to the cotton mills In the long run whereas high cotton means confidence and faith and progress and progress and prosperity.'. It is not only the South that high cotton helps, but America is dependent largely Hipen -getting the balance of trade in its favor by the export of cotton.1 Ten cent cot ton would mean the balance of trade against the United States. Fifteen cent cotton would mean the balance of trade in favor of the United States. It is thus seen that from every consideration, the welfare of America, particularly the South, de pends upon the farmers securing a fair price for their cotton. If you consider what people pay for wool and for flax, cotton is very cheap at fifteen cents, with the new uses for cotton. In that it has taken the place of wool in so many ways, there is no reason why the South should ever have to dispose of another crop of cotton at a price that does not give good profits to the men who grow it. Cheap cotton ia a disaster-not alone to cotton growers, but to the whole country. News and Observer. Some people never hand in an item of news for publication, but if we happen to miss an item in which they are interested they are sure to hand us a north pole stare that would freeze the liver of a polar bear. - Let us work and stimulate, every legitimate enterprise by giving it all the friendly encouragement "we can, and unite our industry v intelligence and capital in a common cause for the good of our town. ," , ' V- I , THE OPENING AT PITT'S WAREHOUSE V-- .iaHHHnHHnV BafeVsaVaWaH . ' ' . (Gravely Old Stand) . ; Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Was highly satisfactory to us and to our farmer friends. The prices paid REACHED A HIGB MARK, and 3 VE ARE LOOKING FOR INCREASED SALES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON: t :: sell with PITT on the opening day, try us with your next load. Qnce a patron of Pitt's Warehouse . ' ' to Pitt. Come to see us, whether you have tobacco to sell or not. : v . , ; v : Your.friend, , ,-, RALPH PITT, Owner and Proprietor. Everything; Tending Seathward. In the financial circles of New York and New England there ' is a growing sentiment that the South is to be the center of the greatest busi ness and financial activity of the country. The. leading bankers of the East, many of whom in former years , were somewhat skeptical about the South as a field for invest ment, are now very free in admitting that this section is the most inviting field for investment. The change of sentiment is very pronounced. No one can mingle with the financial people of New York and Boston and thertem centerSf we as with those In the smaller cities of the Middle and New England States, without being greatly impressed with the unanimity of sentiment as to the great prosperity ahead of the South. In portions of the West this sentiment is equally as pronounced. The men who led in the great coloni zation enterprises of the West and the Pacific Coast are now finding in the South a field for activity which is claiming their attention as never before. ' Scarcely a day passes with out a report of the sale of some big tract of land to Western people for colonization, or for reclamation, in order to prepare it for colonization work later on. No phase of South ern development in the last decade has been more striking than that which we now see in the purchase of large tracts of land in all portions of the South for settlement by West ern people. : It is one of the most interesting phases' of ' American development. It means the utilza tion of millions ot acres of land that have heretofore been practically valueless and the bringing into the South of tens of thousands of the better class of farmers from other sections. , As the financial people of the East and the colonization men of tbe West are looking to the South as the coming center of operations, so the contractors and the builders of the whole country are beginning to un derstand that this section is to offer the broadest field for activity in the country. Here great forces are concentrating forJndustrial upbuild ing which will result in enormous expansion of the manufacturing and mining and railroad interests of the South. Even now the sixteen Southern States covered by the Manufacturers Record, as we stated last week, have invested in manufac turing $200,000,000 more than the total capital invested in manufac turing in the United States in 1880. Notwithstanding this astonishing situation, it is everywhere recog nized that the South's industrial de velopment is really just beginning. The wise manufacturers and con tractors who plan far ahead and pean parties to force the southern cotton interests to guarantee cotton bills of lading by paying a special fee to the purchasers or receivers is a high-handed demand. The Pica yune is of the opinion that "the south has often been the under, dog in the fight, but this time it is not. The world must have out cotton, and in stead of begging strangers to buy it, and in addition paying a special and high-priced guarantee to the buyers' DREAM SAVES MAN'S UFE; Baedhter Bad Tltlon and Finds Father Attempting" Sniclde. New York, Sept.' l.-If it had riot been for a vivid dream of Miss Lena Schwartz, her aged father, Samuel Schwartz, a retired business man, would not bealive today. Miss Schwartz awot early this morning with her mlndcfull of dream iu which her father had met with a serious accident of some kind. She wasso impressed with the dream that she hurried to her father's room. His bed was unoccupied, and she looked through the apartment with out finding any trace of him. Then she went to the outer hall and found the aged man seated ' on the floor with a tube attached to a gas bracket in his mouth. He was unconscious, but she tore the tube from his mouth and summoned a physician, who re vived the man. He had been ill for some time and despondent. The Ixpress Companies. What is your express charges on shipments? You don't know. The little $8-a-week express agent doesn't know. If . he" did know how to charge other 'than the maximum rates he would lose his job. Express rates are too high, but they are real ly higher than their published rates because they have never been known to refund by reason of billing a high er classification nnless it was de manded. It is doubtful if one ship per in a hundred reads the conditions on the back of an express company's receipt, and if time permitted, it would be interesting to explain what these conditions - are. Obviously they favor the express company, and were it not for the courts, the ex press companies would clearly at tempt to 'Onempt'themneiTeB from any . possible : liability.! But the courts have held such attempts to be contrary to public policy. If an express company should agree to carry a package from Lynchburg to Atlanta for 15 cents, on condition that if the goods were lost through the negligence of the express com pany, neither the consignor nor the consigee would claim any damage, such a contract would be disregard ed by the courts on the genral rule that a person cannot contract to waive the consequece of his own negligence. Most every business and corpor ation have learned lessons in eti quette and courtesy; the express companies seem only to endeavor to irritate. The proposed pareels post bill would never have been spoken of in America were it not for the need less abuse of power of the express companies, lheir scant courtesy, flagrantly unfair rates and pighead edness is enough to make anybody, except our congressmen, go after them. Merchants' Journal. look to future achievements rather than to immediate results are every where planting their agencies or their offices in the South, that they may get a foothold in this growing territory and share in its great pros perity as the years go on. Manu facturers Record. Baa Ber Werl teen Taken aweyt Under the above heading the Ladies Home Journal for September pub lishes the following sane and sound editorial which every woman should read: ... . The man or woman who thinks sanely and sees clearly is always per plexed as to how such a line of reas oning is entertained long enough or seriously enough to get into print, unless it is that such material makes "good stories," as the newspaper men say. For, as a matter of fact, modern invention has simply done for woman what it has done for man, no more and no less. And is man any less efficient than he was, or has he found it necessary to depart from his instinctive and natural work? Woman's work has been made easier by invention, yes. That is true. But is that any reason why she should run away and leave it? , The world is full of little children neglected little people, some with nurses, some without who fill our streets and Parks. Our public schools, like sorrowful bread - lines, are crowded to overflowing, and one teacher is asked to shape forty, sixty and sometimes eighty children. Our kinder-gartens, made makesh ifts footle mercy on the man responsible mothers busy with non-essentials, are full. Our private schools, rapidly becoming nothing more than board ing-houses for the young, do a thriv ing business. But from each and all of these places there comes but one cry: the growing lack of home training that is more and more evi dent to every teacher and student of children. Here lies woman's work, and it will never be taken from her. Here lies her responsibility, and she cannot shift "It upon nurse, gover ness or teacher. No modern inven tion can step in here. Children can not be handled in wholesale lots. It is woman who makes the home that Lmakes the . child. ... And. it might be well for some of our female agitators to remember, when they harp on the declining character men, that man is woman's product; and if it is true that man is deteriorating may it not also be possible that she is not mak ing good enough men? Wnatedl Tarled Industries. Twenty-five years ago Col. Walt L Steele, a pioneer cotton manu facturer in Richmond County, pre dicted that if the South continued to build no factories except cotton mills to make yarns and cheap goods, the day would come when they would produce more of such goods than thep could sell at a profit. That time has come and cotton mills have had no prosperity for several years. The cotton mills must manufacture more costly products if they are to succeed. More than that: we must have more small and varies industries. The Pender Chronicle says that the first broom of the new broom fac tory is on exhibition, and says: "This broom is first-class in every particular and if the future products of this factory are as good quality as this first broom there will be ready sale for all that can be turned out. Mr. Finke buys his broom corn from Illinois, but has some planted on the farm at Long Creek, and if the experiment proves successful will grow his broom corn himself." Why shouldn't North ; Carolina, grow its own broom corn and make its own brooms? Thousands of dol lars are sent out of this State every year to buy brooms. We have the land to grow the broom corn and why not keep this money at home? News and Observer. The Timber Crop. "It is painful to see the way the pine forests are being butchered and wasted in Florida," said an educator who recently made a short trip through that State. "The lumbermen, as a rule, simply make a clean sweep wherever they go -leaving no proper ttand of trees on the land&r future growth, and forest fires, more often than not, are allowed to kill the young growth even where it is allowed to get a start The land is also impoverish ed through the destruction of hu mus that the pine straw would fur nish if allowed to rot instead of be ing burned off." What is here reported of Florida is true so far too many other sec tions of the South. We can not too often emphasize the fact that the timber is a farm crop just as truly as corn or cotton, and should be as carefully looked after. The impor tance of keeping a good stand is not more important in one case than the other. And with the growing scarcity of lumber and the steady rise in its price, the farmers should have as for firing his woods as he would have on a man responsible for firing his corn crib. The Progoessive Farmer flow te Get lid ef Nat-Grass. A friend wants to know if I have conquered the nut-grass in my gar den. Yes, I have nearly finished it. and this summer it is the rarest weed in my garden. Last year was the first year the garden was cultivated, as it had been lying out as a vacant lot.: One end of the lot was well set in nut-grass, and I determined that it should go. I did not dig it out except whatever turned up in the plowing of the land and was raked out. , Then every day t chopped off that nut-grass. Cut off to-day it was up to-morrow, but I knew that no plant can long survive if not allowed to make green leaves above ground. So I chopped it off daily. It got thinner and thinner by frost, and as none was allowed to seed, I find few plants this summer and have simply been pulling them out as fast as seen, and have not even had to use the hoe on them. This is equally appli cable to any persistent weed. Keep them chopped off and they must die The same is true of sassafras sprouts These will simply increaso if dug and the roots cut, but chopped off or mown off regularly with the mowing machine they soon give up. The mower is the best implement to rid land of sprouts and briers. Pro gressive Farmer. APPLICATION FOR PARDON ' Application will be made to the Governor of North Carolina for lhe pardon of Orren Fox Convicted at the March Term, 1911, of the Sup erior Court of Nash County of the crime of store breaking and larceny and sentenced to the public roads of Nash County for a term of i eighteen months. j. i. . All persons who oppose the grant ing of said pardon are invited to for ward their protests to the Governor without delay. This the 22nd. day of August, 1911. , O. A. GLOVER. PROTECTION! In cold, unassuming figures, here is our guarantee to every depositor, regardless of the a mount he may have in this bank Capital . - . . . S100.IM Snrplas ' . f SO.00 Met FreflU ... 931,O0 SteckheldersLUb- SIM.tOO TeteJ S261.MS $261,000.00, that amount stands between your deposit end any possible lose. Not a safer Bank ing Institution has Edgecombe or Nash County. Come to see us. . your business. Four Per Cent Interest paid on Savings deposits Compounded Qurterly The Planters Bank, - Rocky Mount, N. CY ' Take Care of Yourself In Time! , Kidney weakness is the fore runner of two dangerous dis eases Rheumatism and Brigh's Disease. " It Takes Bnt Little te ' Bring TBIS Ahent .. -the weakness, slight at first, is usually thought insignificant and therefore neglected. To avoid serious complica tions, treatment should start with the first hint of trouble NYAL'S Kidney Pills . should be kept handy, i- i'i ready for instant use. A pill or two now and then in- sures perfect freedom from kidney disorders, n It means strong, healthy kidneys, regu lar in their action and the blood free from injurious waste mat ter. . . ., . . Werth aach merehat -enly flftj cents the hex. The Ward Drug Co. Exclusive Agents in Nashv, ille Wood's Fall Seed Cat aIogDe just Issued tells what crops yon can put ia to make the quickest grazing, or hay, to help out the short feed crops. Also tells about both Vegetable and Farm Seeds that can be planted la the fall to advantage and profit - ' - Every Farmer, Karket Grower and Gardener should have m copy of this catalog. . It is the best and most com plete fall seed catalog issued. ; Mailed free. Write f of itj 1 T.w.wood o sous: i Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. you will sticl:
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