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She is the champion Jersey for milk and butter fat production of cows four and five years of age. During the twelve months ending: December 31, 1910, on a test authen ticated by the Massachusetts Agri cultural College, under the rules of the American Jersey Cattle Club, Sophie 16th of Hood Farm gave 14, 375 pounds three ounces of milk, testing 1,005 pounds eleven ounces cf butter, or over half a ton. An accurate account was kept of her feed, and her milk sold at ten cents per quart, made a profit of $565.22. The United States Department of Agriculture's estimate in round numbers of the wealth produced each year by the 22,000,000 cows in the United States is $800,000,000, or an average profit of $33.36 per cow. If more attention was paid to feed ing and breeding it should be easy to increase the average profit per cow at least one tenth of the profit made by Sophie 19th of Hood Farm, which would raise the total to $1,240,000,000, an increase of $440, 000,000. Keep It Up. "Gcod roads" asa subject, is get ting to be rather tiresome, but it wouldn't be so if the farmer took hold and made the roads, or forced them to be made. Good roads are just as necessary to the farmer as they are to the automobilist, and more so, for bad ones only interfere with the pleasure of the automobilist, while they cost money to the farmer and lots of it. If the people who live on farms only realized, only stopped to con sider the amount of profit that bad roads are taking from them all the time there would be an instant i -w-v . 1 1 1 change. .But tms loss comes in sucn shape that it is imputed to some thing else and the good roads are only talked about as something to come in the future. Admitting that it is rather costly . m . 1 - . . m some sections ot the tsoutn to make good roads, it is more costly to have bad ones. The man who has a farm and who can use his road under any and all conditions realizes the profits from hia farm, while the one with the bad road has to work harder to make both end meet, and sometimes the waste caused by the roadway makes it impossible for them to come anywhere near each other. It is just as wasteful to have a road and keep it in bad condition as it is to have machinery and let the weather rack and rust it to pieces. As a matter of fact, it would pay the farmers if they were to use all their income for one or two years in building good roads and highways. Their savings in future years would more than make up the amount the roads cost. Even the ancients knew this, for their expensively built roads constructed centuries ago are to-day in better condition than the majority of the roads in the United States to-day. . It is time to wake up on this road question. It will have to come to it some time, and the present is the occasion. Trucker and Farmer. Nature makes the cures after all. Now and then she gets into a tight , place and needs helping out. Things get started in the wrong direction. Something is needed to check disease and start the system in the right direction toward health. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with hypo phosphite can do just this. It strengthens the nerves, feeds famished tis sues, and makes rich blood. FOB SALE BY ALL DBTJGGISTS . , Send 10c.. name of paper and this ad. for our beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch-Book Each bank contains a Good Lock Fenny. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St. New York SCOTLAND THE CHURCH AND THE POOS MAN. It Is his Home and Beerthstone, bis Right of Abode Unquestioned. It is frequently asserted that the church too often turns the "cold shoulder" to the poor man and wel- j comes the rich. The truth is, how ever, that such is not the attitude of the church as such, and that man ifestations of that sort of todayism are not characteristic of the church as a whole. As a matter of fact, the "poor man" so called, who pretends to have a grievance on this score spends more time complaining about the attitude of the church toward him than he spends going to church. Most exceptions prove the rules to which they are exceptions and it is only a coincidence, if it is true, that the church contains more rich peo ple than poor people. The church can be nothing but what the people who attend it make it, and it is illogical to plead an ab sence of "welcome" where presence is not only a right but a duty. If the "poor man" stays away from church they are sleeping on their rights as the lawyers say and their duty as well. It is unfortunate that lines of this sort should be drawn, but often those who do the most complaining are the ones who draw the lines. The church is the poor man's home and hearthstone and the question of "welcome" is one of the smallest problems that should confront him. To draw such lines is paying more attention to the god of mammon than to the God of love. On a per capital basis the finan cial possessions of the churches today are very much smaller than many "poor people" imagine thern to be, for the overwhelming majority of the church members are by no means wealthy hardly even well-to-do. Much of the trouble which has resulted in the existence of this whole "problem," lies with the peo ple who have aside instead of going quietly about doing their rights in an institution which is their own quite as much as it belongs to peo ple of wealth. The complaint about a lack of "welcome" in the church is often only an excuse for evading duties and responsibilities. When a man is faithful to his church and contributes his mite though it be small it is just as much his duty to welcome the wealthy man as it is the duty of the faithful wealthy member to welcome some other man. The church is one place where there can be no inequality of rights; and that fact has helped the church to live and flourish through ages when other institutions have failed and decayed. Greensboro News. Simmnns Stirs Opposition. Washington papers are already speculating on what effect the vote of Senator Simmons to retain Sena tor Lorimer will have on the cam paign of the former in North Caro lina this summer. The Washington Times says; "Trouble is already brewing for some of the members of the senate because of their votes in favor of the seating of Senator Lorimer. It is plain that opposition is going to be stirred against a number of the senators who voted to allow Lorimer to retain his seat. How widespread this opposition will be, of course, is not clearly manifested. But in the case of two Democratic senators the signs of political difficulty on account of their vote in behalf of Lorimer are apparent. One of these senators is Simmons, of North Carolina and the other is Paynter of Kentucky. "Senator Simmons, in the last minutes before the Lorimer vote, arose in the senate and explained his position. He declared he could not, in conscience, vote to oust Mr. Lorimer. Previous to that he had been informed by some of the house mpmbers of the North Carolina delegation, who have hitherto sun ported him, that they could not sanction a vote by him in the interest of Lorimer. "As a matter of fact, he will have the fight of his political life on his hands, and his vote in the pro-Lori-mer column will be used against him. Governor Will Kitchin, bro ther of Representative Claude Kitch in, is already announced as a candi date against Simmons. Washing ton Cor-Charlotte Observer. Do you know that all the minor ailments colds are by far the most dangerous? It is not the cold itself that you need to fear, but the seri ous diseases that it otten leaus to Most of these are known as germ Pneumonia and consump tion are among them. Why not take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and cure your cold while you can? For sale by all dealers. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH NORTH CAROLINA LAND. It is Assessed for Taxation at an Aver age of $6.39 Per Acre. The table shows that the so-called pauper counties list their land as high as some of the surplus counties. The big discussion over "surplus" and "deficit" counties ia causing much attention to be paid to assess ments and to taxation, and there is a feeling that some strong legisla tion must be enacted to secure more equitable valuation of property in the State. The report of the State Tax Commission gives the assess ment of property in North Carolina for taxation. Here is a statement showing the average values per acre at which land is listed for taxation in North Carolina: Alamance $10.39 Alexander 5.22 Alleghany 3 56 Anson 4.68 Ashe 4.87 Beaufort 6.74 Bertie.. 5.98 Bladen 3.29 Brunswick... 2.72 Buncombe '. 17.08 Burke 4.64 Cabarrus... 9.72 Caldwell 6.19 Camden 3.41 Carteret ,. 4.48 Caswell 4.09 Catawba 7.76 Chatham 5.34 Cherokee 4.61 Chowan 7.41 Clay 3.04 Cleveland 11.39 Columbus 5.00 Craven 4.96 Cumberland : 5.40 Currituck........ . 7.97 Dare 1.45 6.30 8.61 4.80 18.12 Davidson Davie Duplin.... Durham- Edgecombe..... 7.42 Forsyth 8.51 Franklin... 7.63 Gaston... : 26.11 Gates : . 5.05 J Graham ' 4.08 Granville 5.93 Greene 6.67 Guilford 10.07 Halifax 9.04 Harnett , 4.84 Haywood 5.00 Henderson 7.78 Hertford 7.63 Hyde 2.47 Iredell 7.12 Jackson 3.93 Johnston 6.80 Jones 3.87 Lee 5.85 Lenoir 6.04 Lincoln 11.00 Macon 3.26 Madison..;.. 5.61 Martin 5.52 McDowell 3.27 Mecklenburg 9.33 Mitchell 4.55 Montgomery , 4.30 Moore 3.04 Nash 7.42 New Hanover 15.58 Northampton 8.10 Onslow 5.57 Orange 7.05 Pamlico Pasquotank 4.98 8.22 3.09 6.70 5.29 6.60 5.13 5.42 7.05 8.16 Pender Perquimans Person Pitt - Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham 7.92 Rowan '. 8.29 Rutherford 5.22 Sampson 3.46 Scotland 6.98 Stanly 7.11 Stokes 5.44 Surry 5.96 Swain 5.28 Transylvania.... 4.50 Tyrrell 435 Union 6.43 Vance 7.89 Wake 8.72 Warren 6.15 Washington... 3.98 Watauga Wayne , Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey.. 4.48 8.42 3.85 9.85 5.66 2.74 Total average $ 6.30 What is the true value of . land in North Carolina? Certainly it is more than $6.30. Gaston county has the highest average assessment and Dare the lowest. News and Ob server. It's a long road gate.- that has no toll 16, 1911. NEWS FROM HALIFAX. Death of an Aged Uolornd Kan. Two Strong Sermons. Otlisr FJews. Halifax, N. C, March 14. The weather last week interfered much with the farmers in their prepara tions for the 1911 crop, as a good many had made up their minds to get down to real business. There is no telling what March will do, .s usually there are some very peculiar pranks played before it becomes a back number. The death here last week of Uncle Ephriam Walker at the advanced age of about 93 years, removes from our midst one of the very oldest col ored citizens. Uncle Ephriam for a number of years before his death was totally blind. He was an hum ble, honest and . respected darkey and ever retained the good will of the whites. There was quite a large concourse of colored people at the interment. He leaves a widow. The pastor, Rev. J. E. Holden, preached Sunday morning and eve ning perhaps two of the very strong est sermons in the Methodist church here that he has delivered during his pastorate of nearly four years. These sermons appealed to the very best there is in us, and no doubt there will come the fruits. Mr. Holden is getting to be one of our strong preachers, and the regret is felt here that this will have to be his last year. He has endeared him self to all in the town regardless of denomination. The ladies of the Philathea Clars are doing some very excellent work, and are lending incentive to the Sunday school which for this year has taken a much greater interest in the studying of the lessons than heretofore. Miss Virginia Hale, who is ter.ch - ins- in Mount Olive, came home Fri - day to see her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hale. Miss Nell Nelson, Richmond about ten not yet returned. Mr. Frederick C. ho days vent to ago, has Frcciich left Sunday for South Richmond to spend this week with his people. Mr3. P. H. Morgan, of Henderson. ! is visiting her sister, Mrs. John H. Fenner, this week. , We failed to state last week that Mrs. J. T.. Gregory and Miss Jessie j left for a trip to the Bermuda Islands, and were to meet Mr. Fletcher H. Gregory in New York, who left on Sunday, March oth. Master Edward Travis, who has acted in the capacity of page to the Senate at the State Capitol during this session, is home again to the delight of his many friends. Mrs. Joe Braswell and daughter, Miss Margaret, of Whitakers, stop ped over a few hours here last Sat urday enroute to Scotland Neck to see Mrs Mills. Mr. Dow Vick, a former Halifax man but now of Enfield, spent last Friday here. Mr. W. D. Willcox spent Sunday in Weldon and reports having a most delightful day. Mr. Jack Jones, of Tillery, spent Sunday here with friends. Mr. Harry W. Gowan is spending a few days at home after a prolong ed business trip. Miss Esther Howerton has return ed from Richmond, where she has been for some weeks, very much im proved. Mr. George A. Hux spent two or three days last week in Baltimore making purchases of merchandise. Miss Leonora Howerton has re turned from Richmond, where she spent several days with relatives. Mr. George Stephenson, who is with the A. C. L. at Rocky Mount, spent Sunday and Monday with his family. Mr. W. J. King, of Norfolk, was a caller here a few days ago. On The Same Level. One hundred thousand dollars paid for a dinner service in New York! The user of L & M. Paint is on the same level as the purchaser he can't get better paint, because none bet ter can be made; and its cost is the least because 4 gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of Oil added there to by the user at a cost of about $1.60 per gallon will paint a cottage. Thirty-five years use in N. A. & S. A. 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Astromers have made some pro gress toward showing what is the largest object in sight. The earth is small, and the sun, 850,003 mibs diameter, has over a million times its bulk but the su: is not one of 1 th- largest stars, in brigntnorw 1 &:uus is equal to forty suns uxpeiio to 220 Antares to 900, Arctunn to 1,300 and Canopur;, in the southern hemisphere, to 10,000. Little is known of the actual diam eter and mass of the star.-, but Myers has found evidence that one binary has components that are er.ch more ihmi 10, CCD, G00 miles in diam eter, with masses ten and twenty one times that of the sun. Even this is email compared with the apparent size of the nebulae. Though the computation is very uncertain the great nebula in Orion is thought to be about 1,000 light years distant, and if so, its diameter is twenty-five or thirty liht years that is the distance across this object is about seven times that of the ner.rest fixed star from the earth, or about the same distance from us of the star Vega. A light year the distance light. at 186,000 miles a second, travels in a year is nearly 6,000,000,000,000 miles, so that the breadth of the great nebula is approximately 180,000,000,000,000 miles. The nreat nebula in Andromeda also of inconceivable size and may be even larger than the Orion nebula. But try to imagine an object 180 trillions of miles Newark News. across! From tt'hy Scbciczrs Hz2 tt2 toiis. The posttm' as saying th.t er-g2nerr.i i q K-te 1 within n few v"rs more than $1Q0,C00,Q0 has b-.cn ta ken fraudulently from the pcv;.:e through the machinery of the po .i -cfuce, and the syread of the rurrJ free delivery syctcrn. This ir, an enormous amount, but the authori ties declare that it is far below the actual sum and possibly represents; less than one-half of the total amount lost through the rasrility cf the few nJ tre blind credulity of the many. The whole nation would rise in in- ! dignsnt protest if cur postal authori ties attempted to emulate those oi. Russia by reading thy private cor- respondence of ;ir.- ciir:cn;j. ine schemers know this, and take advan tage of it. This done the rest is easy. Christian Herald. 2l III Hines, Ala. In r. place, Mrs. Eula M ttcr from this Bradley says: "I used to spit up all 1 ate. 1 was tired and sleepy all the time. My head ached and I could hardly drag around. Since taking Cardui this has entirely quit, and now I feel quite fit." Mrs. Bradley suffered from nervous indigestion. Cardui builds up the nervous system and strengthens the womanly constitu tion. That's why Cardui helped Mrs. Bradley and why it will help you. Try it. Stops itching instantly. Cures piles 1 . t .1 4- eczema, saic rneuu:, icmi, i hives herpes, scabies Doan's ment." At any drugstore. Oint- NUMBER 11. cLcuM ho taken lii'ilieia or any E!?s. Ksycs Acrj'ilttad. WhitcviHo.N.C., March 11 "Not guilty" was the verdict of the jury lute this afternoon, and Mrs. Rosa D. Ii'ayc., who sniro lime ago shot to death Robert M. Floyd, a popular medicT'l student from Charleston who had I eon called to her home to treat a mole on her face, walked from the court room a free woman. Her husband who had been charged with accjsjory to the murder was also acquitted an." h? accompanied his wife to the home in the door of which Fioyu's dead body lay some vvecks ago, with more than nine bul !el through it. . - Never before in the history cf Vhitevi!!e has the place been so aroused i:s It has been by the killing of tho young man. He had known Mrs. Hayes before her marriage, was well acquainted with her hus band and had been in Whiteville but a few hours when his lifeless body was t? ken from the steps of the Hayes horn ?. Standing above the body was the young wife with a smoking automatic revolver in her hand. She had fired in defense of her honor, so she graphically told the ! jpry, and the twelve men believed her recital of the facts and justified ' her act. Able counsel, for the State ' and for the defense had argued all , of the day. Every phase of the caoe bad been dwelt upon. As a woman scorned Mrs. Hayes was pictured by the prosecution. It was attempted to show that she loved Floyd and learning that he might soon be married, shot him. In con tradiction to this was the testimony of the woman defendant the only eye witness to the shooting. Now for Congress and an increase in the supply cf natural gas. 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