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The Nashville Publishing Co., Publishers.
ESTABLISHED 1803.
M. W. LINCKE. Editor
VOL. XVII.
NASHVILLE, North Carolina, December 21, 1011. ;
NO. 51.
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"After the Harvest"
No batter place for the year's
surplus, Oar , Commercial
Department affords every con
venience to those who pay
bills by check. Our Savings
Department pays ,
4 per cent Interest
Compounded Quarterly
We ask for your account how
ever small. Start with the
Interest Quarter ' ' '
October 5tH.
The First National Bank
Or Rocky Mount, N. C -
Safest lor Ssv Ings. '
Attention!
In addition to the best .
appointed Barber Shop
in the city I have added
an Up-To-Date
CLEANING
-.-i-JAND':.; V.:'.
. PRESSING .
Department for Mens
Suits; and Ladies -Apparel.
l;.'0.
All Work Guaranteed?
prices: -
Full Suits,
Coat,
Pants, ' ;
40c.
25c
15c.
Work will be called for and'
Delivered promptly.
P. A. Richardson.
Old Bass Block Between Ward
Drag Co. and Post Office
The Graphic
Should be in every home in
Nash County.'
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( To My Friends:
. : MILLIONS rot ROADS.
Prentjr Woald Have $80,00,00l Ii-
aended la Five Tears. .
Washington, December 16.- Ex
sctly 180,000.000 is proposed to . be
appreciated by Congress during the
next five years under a bill intro
duced r today by Representative
Prouty. of Iowa, who advocates
national and States' co-operation in
road construction and maintenance.
He proposed that Congress appro
priate and apportion among ' the
various States $5,000,000 . in 1912,
$10,000,000 in 1913. $15,000,000 in
1914, $20,000,000 in 1915, and $30,
000,000 in 1916. The expenditure
on each road is limited to one-half
the total cost. -
i Keadlaf the Newspapers.
Sqme men complain that they
have not time to read the newspa
pers. They make a great mistake.
The day's news is the most marvel
ous stimulant ithat can be found.;
Some women rarely read the pa
pers. As girls they never formed
the habit. As grown housewives
they value a broom morn than a
page of human history. Society
gossip or glaring accounts of a cala
mity they manage to read, if their
next-door neighbor does not gossip
too long over the telephone.
All bright-minded children can be
induced to pick up the newspaper
habit. They need a bit of guidance
as to scandals, as they need to be
told not paddle in the mud after a
shower.' Point out to the lad the
seat of war in Tripoli. That makes
live geography. If he will read of
the current reconstruction in Turkey
he will know, without consulting
public libraries later on, , how the
history of his time was constructed.
Aged people live too much in the
past. To prolong the vitality of the
aged, get them all the daily news.
If their fond old eyes are failing,
then you can do them no greater
service than when you Bay: "I have
come in, grandma, to sit by your
chair and read aloud the newspaper
to you." ' Do young people realize
what an invaluable service this Is?
The free press is, take it all in all,
the highest prize of a free state.
We do not stop long enough to con
fess- it. We ought to weigh it,
ought oftener than we do to rightly
value this costly machine, the daily
press, r It is not too much to say
that nothing ever did or ever will
come into the poor man's home that
stands for so much expended energy'
as the newspaper, which he may
lightly, ' perhaps, toss upon - the
floor.--NewiYork Mail.
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Gravey's Old Stand,
The Tobacco Farmers:
1 If you have more tobacco, I wish to advise you to get it ready and market it as fast as possible.
Prices are higher than they have been at any time this season, and the thing to do is to Sell
While They Are High. Rocky Mount is the place to bring your tobacco, as sales this season
have proved we pay more for the same grades than any market in the State. ,
At Pitt's Warehouse things go with a rush, and prices reach their zenith. Remember; first
cab, List cab, or any other sale, we guarantee to get you the most money for your tooacco.
Brin:; us your next load, and watch me make you money. All I need to prove it is juct ono
trial, fco como along. Good pox stalls for your teams,
ic: both white and colored. ' .
Ualtjr la Debt Paying-. -
, The Lenoir Topic says:' "The lax-
iiy which is displayed by too many
people in paying debts is appalling.
Unless the pratice is checked, it will
force the adoption of a universal pay
as you go systen. There are many
folks, whose honesty you are not
supposed to question, who buy
whatever they wwit on lime and dis
regarded any request for settle
ment. : How much worse is it to
steal than to deliberately make a
gtDi ana men make absolutely no
effort to pay?" v -
The Salisbury Post says: 'Delin
quency in paying debts is indeed
appalling and appears to be growing
worse. VVhat is more distressing,
the man who owes another, if for
food which sustains his life, the
clothing that covers his nakedness
or the paper which brings him the
daily news, gets furiously angry if
sent a bill or is "dunned" for the
amount. He considers it an insult.
Just how .this man expects business
to run without money or why others
should support him, we are unable
to understand." ' .
7 This Is The Cospel Troth.
Let a town, a home be without a
newspaper and ignorance and nar
rowness at once assert themselves.
It is when by some mischance people
are deprived of the use of their local
paper that they realize the loss they
sustain. The home paper is the
eyes, ears and mouth of the com
munity to learn the news and disem
inate it among the people. It may
not always be faultless, but there is
no other medinm that can take its
place, and there is no other single
factor that does so much for . the
material and social welfare of the
town. And in the realm of reliurion
-and . morals the - influence of the,
newspaper is almost invariably for !
the right. Standard Laconic.
Clip This Coupon And Send In Before Dec. 29th.
Editor The Graphic:
I am a reader of The Graphic and believe in standing by home
institutions. I desire to render my assistance and become a
member of the '. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
"opl Imtft of 5iHT .
I herewith enclose $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, to assist you in
making the improvements in The Graphic plant, and help you
meet your pressing obligations. You will give me credit on my
subscription for the amount enclosed, ancT send me receipt for
same.
, . Signed .',
, ; P. O . R. F. D.;.
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AjUL
HERE'S THE WAY.
We Want Five Hundred
y Just Like Him.
FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE.
Alfred Wheless, Jr.; Always Maui.
fests Pride For Nash County
' and Her Deserving Insti
tutions. How Is II
With You? :
Spring Hope, N. C,
!- ;; Dec. 15, 1911.
Editor The Graphic,' r -
Nashvffle.N.'C.
Dear Sir; - 3 v
' For several yeara I have
been reading Nash County's
leading paper; The Graphic,
and in looking over it tonight-1
find you want 500
men to come to the front and
aid you a little. '
, Enclosed you will find one
dollar ($1.00) for which you
will give me credit and con
tinue sending me The Graph
ic for the year 1912. May
you and Tne. uraphic live
long' to accomplish much
more good for--'the .County
and its good people in it. v
yr:H Your friend-" ?jv'"
, : Alfred Wheless, Jr.
MAP?
We Can Ealio Tea Moch Cotton.
Many times in the past five years
farmings have been told that they
could not raise too much cotton.
It w as argued that owing to tho
scarcity of labor and the multiplying
of cotton mills and the increase in
the world's consumption of cotton,
it would be impossible to grow too
much. This idea wag .advanced by
men who market cheaper cotton.
Agricultural writers and leaders of
farmers' organizations have seen!
danger ahead and have sounded
warning many times. Many paid
very little attention to these warn
ings The statement that ' a small
crop would bring more than a large
one had very little weight and in we
went for big crops. At last we made
a big crop, the greatest ever raised,
and it has almost made the South
bankrupt. Experience teaches
dear school, but we will learn in no
other. We have demonstrated the
fact that we raise too much cotton,
Smithfield Hera'd. v
. More Women Than Hen.
It surprised many North Caro-
Hans to know that there are 9,345
more women iu this State than men.
We had somehow or other gotten
the idea that in New England the
women predominated in number but
that in the South the males were
more' numerous. The census dis
perses that notion, and gives as the
figures showing that there are 9
346 more women in North Carolina
than men. The figures are: Females,
1,107.816: males, 1098,471. This
means that if evety man should find
a mate there would be 9.345 women
who would find no mate. There are
only five states in the Union in
which the women outnumber the
men. They are Massachusetts.
Rhode Island. Maryland. North Car
olina, South Carolina, andthe"Di-
tnct oLUolumbia JNews and Ub-
server.
.191.
Rocky Mount, N.
and best sleeping
''"V'
V CLARA BARTON VERY ILL.
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Famous Founder of Red Cross Is In
Critical Condition.
Washington, December 16.- Miss
Clara L'itrton, founder of the Ameri j
can He J Crofs and for ,muny years
its present, lies in a precarious !
condition at her home at Glen Echo,
just outside of Washington. Friends
and neighbors had hoped that she
would be well enough for a celebra
tion of her ninetieth birthday anni
versary on Christmas Day, but they
have been obliged to give up any
such idea. ' , ,
Miss Barton has been gradually
failing ever since her serious illness
last winter. Of the friends who
call, only the most intimate are al
lowed to see her. It is said that her
illness left her heart weak, and that
her throat is affected now. '
The Cause Ascertained.
The naval board appointed to in
vestigale the wreck of the battle
ship Maine has reported that the
vessel was blown up from the out
side.. The statement follows: 'The
injuries to the bottom of the Maine
were caused by the explosion of a
charge of low form ' of explosive
exterior to the ship between frames
28 rnd 31, strikes B, port side. This
resulted in igniting and exploding
the contents of the six-inch reserve
magazine A-14-M, said contents
including a large quantity of black
powder, . The more or lets complete
explosion of the contents of the re-
mauiing forward magazine followed.
TWmagazlne'r explosion "resulted
le destruction of the vessel."
Secretary Meyer announced that
there might be a further statement
on the report of the board after it
had been considered by the presi
dent. One member of the board
was of the opinion that the report
never would be published in full,
but would be kept confidential by
the navy department. The declara
tion that ''a low form of explosive"
was used in the outside explosion
indicates a belief that, a mine and
not a dirigible torpedo was the in
strument of destruction. .This only
deepens the mystery of the destruc
tion of the Maine. A mine charged
with sufficient powder to blow in the
bottom of the ship must have weigh
ed several . hundered pounds. To
plant Buch a mine and lay the elec
tric connections necessary for, its
discharge would have required the
service of a number of men. Ex
change. '
Rocky Mount, N. C,
accommcdati
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Your : Business !
The Largest and Strong
est Bank in Nash and
Edgecombe Counties Paying .
interest on Deposits.
4 INTEREST 4
Compounded Quarterly ,
on all deposits made in. Sav
ings Department " ;
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J. M. Sherrod,
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WW.'AVEKA,
, President.
Pice-Pres.
Cashier.
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Nashville, N. C. '
T.T. ROSS. Dentist.
Spring Hope, N. C.
Office In New Finch Building
Will be in my office every Wednes-
oay, xnursaay, mriday and
Saturday.
Nashville Office at Residence
Where I can be found
Monday and Tuesday
C.
Nov. 20th, 1911.