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" . 0 ,THE DAILY C0IJM0HT7EALTH, 6C0TLAXTD HECK, IT. C., TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922. 1 1 1:1 5 I pa ir. 3 i. ill' -1 r, -K. 5 i I i 1 -f 5 Ill- ' 3 ?! r, 5i ! is W SI i4 : 14 M 5f 1 !?" 1 4 1 ! N ; B If it 111 1 jj M 1 3 3 -3 THE COMMONWEALTH ' Afternoon i Daily Established 1882 ; i Clee Vaughan, Publisher. Norfleet S. Smith, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Scotland Neck, N. C, as second class matter under Act of Con gress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) Through The Mail Daily Issue One Year $4.00 Six Months $2.00 Three Months --- $1.00 One Month .40 By Carrier 15c per week All articles submitted for pub lication must bear the author's name, not necessarily for publi ration, but as a guarantee of good faith. Members of Associated Press The Associated Press is ?x elusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dis patches, credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, also in local news published herein.. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922. BIBE THOUGHT FOR TODAY LIFE AND GOOD DAYS : He that will love life, and see food (lavs, let him refrain his O 7 . r tongue from evil, and his lips! that they speak no guile. 1 Pet er 3: 10. ECONOMIC SUICIDE It is always unpleasant to have to say or write disagreeable things, but at times it is vi rally necessary in order to impress them upon the minds of hearers or . readers. Halifax County is persuing a course of economic suicide just as much so as a person courts death who persists in drinking monkey rum and other vile con coctions offered as drink, delib erately abusing a body which God Almightly intended should be kept clean and pure. North Carolina sent out of the State for food and feed, accord ing to the 1920 census, the enor mous sum of $229,000,000, of which amount Halifax County contributed the startling sum of $4,297,768. Halifax County normally produces around thirty two thousand bales of cotton. Valued at twenty cents per pound this means that we are sending out of this county for food and feed more money than is derived from the entire cot ton crop. The question is where will such a course . persisted in lead us ? In fact, where are Wi now? These are. disagreeable facts and they must be faced. Only three counties in the en tire State show a surplus pro duction of these essentials to Human and animal life, yet we could produce in this State suf ficient to feed ourselves and ten other states if necessary. More humiliating still is the fact that Halifax County is out distanced only by ten counties in the State in amounts sent out. Such a course persisted in means destitution 'and poverty beyond expression and imagina tion, and should the boll weevil strilse us before this condition is Torrected it will mean bankrupt , cy not only to the farmers them selves, but to merchants and banks as well. The fight which we have instituted for diversifi cation in this communitv and county should be persisted in with renewed energy until every single farm in this community and county is not only dreamed of and suffering un . self sustaining, but is producing a surplus for the market. In that way only can -we hope to save our section from woes un- areanieu or an asuttermg un told. The situation is worthy of the best effort of the best brains among us, for it is a condition which affects every phase of life: which threatens the future . of business, of schools, of churches for; which we were very appre and society. It is a grave situa- J ;ciative, for through shim we were land tion and should not be dealt with. lightly A VISIT TO OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE ROANOKE By NORFLEET S. SMITH Last week- the opportunity presented itself to me to make a visit to Northampton in company with the Vice-President and Man ager of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and it I was promptly grasped, .ior two reasons first, because I am ex tremely interested in the program of that organization and believe if persistently fostered it will revolutionize agricultural condi tions in Eastern North Carolina, and fecondly, because I wanted an opportunity to know our neighliprs cross the Roanoke and wanted to tell them something of Scotland Neck, what it is doing, and what they may expect to find when that long talked of bridge is built across the Roa noke. " We left Scotland Neck by car about two o'clock Wednesday afiernoon, July 5th, and drove direct to Rich Square. Al though the heaviest rain on record had fallen Tuesday after noon "we f ound the roads in -good condition all the way, except at one point between Jackson and Rich Square, where several new bridges are being built, and where a detour had to be made. Wednesday niglit we held a meeting at the school house be fore a representative body of citizens, our good friend, Andrew J. Connor, editor of the Roanoke Chowan Times, being chairman. We told them what Scotland Neck was doing to prepare itself for th-3 advent of the boll weevil, md that this community had de termined to do what no other community in the South had yet done, and that is, prepare itself in advance so that it will not have a period of reconstruction after the boll weevil gets in its work. Considerable interest was manifested in the program as outlined by Mr. N. G. Barlett, manager of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, vand Rich Square pledged its support to the organization. They are alive to the grave situation facing this section and. realize the necessity of promoting the live stock and poultry industry, and general diversified farming. They are already doing something along that line through a Farm Life School, under the direction of Mr. Jernigan, who is a young man of enthusiasm and wide awake to the situation. He ac coTurjanied us on part of our trio. the answer to Wo man credit saved - in on a Judgment - luck-is s Taetor in a mans success. A H THE OLOSST BANK , ... ... . . mmiiMimiiniii r " w"TiMniiriitT!"miTTtiiimn'i::x m enabled to meet the proper peb pie in each community. : The night was spent in Rich Square, and it is but right . that we compliment the Stanford Hc tel, run by Mrs. Peele. The fare was excellent and the rooms neat and attractive. No one need hesitate about spending a nigb.t in Rich Square. From ' there we drove Thurs day morning to Woodland and on to Conway, holding meetings in each town and carrying to them the same message as deliv- ered to the people of Rich Square, which received the same atten tive reception and interest. The most, enthusiastic and sat isfactory meeting was held in Jackson, thanks, to Mr. Wilson Pugh, cashier of the Bank of Northampton and Solicitor G. E. Midyette. It was a fine body of men which assembled in the di rectors room or the bank to hear the program of the Eastern Caro lina Chamber of Commerce out lined, and to hear what Scotland Neck is doing to prepare itself for the advent of the weevil. From Jackson we went to Seaboard and held a meeting at the Planters Bank of that place, and then drove to Roanoke Rap ids for a meeting .Friday night. Roanoke Rapids is thoroughly alive, lo the situation confronting this section. We assisted in organizing a Chamber of Com merce at that point, Dr. T. W. M. Long being elected temporary" president and J. T. Stainback secretary. They subscribed! in full to their quota for the pro motion of the Eastern Carolina Chamber, and expressed the in tention of employing a full time man to develope Roanoke Rapids and its adjacent territory. We found the people of North ampton much interested in the proposed and promised bridge across the Roanoke River and considerable interest manifested in Scotland Neck itself. There were many assurances of inten tion to visit the town soon as the many assurances of intention to visit the town as soon as the .bridge should be completed. The work, on the road on the .other side between Rich Square and the river is progressing' rapidly. e enjoyed the visit to our neighbors across the river ami deeply appreciate their , cordial reception, and we again extend to them a warm invitation to visit us now before the bridge is completed in order that we may necome oetter acquainted, as neighbors should be. We look forward with anticipation to an other such pleasant visit to our friends and neighbors in North ampton. without or money ever cot t; in M X IN HALIFAX COUNTY . is ... .. i qooammq. not ihedecidina D a Q a E3 S3 a a s a a D a D D D n 0)d) Lruu We halve just secured the exclu sive agenicy on a nationally adver tised household conunodity. No home is complete without one. You will finid ii advertised exten sively in the leading magazines of a D m a Q ' D D a the intry. a D a tm The above letters can be arranged to form the words that name this wonderful line. Try your hand, use your head, and win one of these prizes. To'the first ten persons who bring into our store the correct name of this new line of house-hold furni ture, we will present $1.00 to each in cash. a a a D a a a a a a D a a a a D a a a a D a a a D a a a 4 8 4 a a FURNITURE COM n C KITE CTAB S R ES LI EL E W H S R! GOTLAND R. A. PHILLIPS, SCOTLAND NECK, N. 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