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'r - - ''- '----'-,,Aj,-'.-.,i-..-, .j.;v,--..i,-,ij...-;;:'-. ..;;;.;;: 'r;j A---;.rV.W;-,i V - ; , .'"V . " 'v - ' i SPEC! AL ' OFFER: 'i Af ih 3 S: ! i 05'-Wi v C' -;-:v?:';-;C TVn ' :-- ' SO' . ' . Will s4nd you tW -'VD - s -'jP" V ,;:'! 'r. r ". . ;.;( X ; - 1 THE LT'"CZ" til January lHbHI ljl vi U- ' & L' J-Wl J l . 'f l 4 ' ' ..V f . cv- for 35 cents. ' ier )j V- Pr1 -J EVILS Of I. A Letter About North Carolina Conditions Just as Applicable in Texas, Alabama, ori Any Other State Judge Winston in Progressive Farmer.) The statistics of production. of wealth, and of other matters relating to farms in North Caro lina, are of greatinterest. They are especially ' suggestive in this season of low-priced cotton. In nearly every particular the cot ton producing counties of North Carolina are less successful than in those counties where no cot " ton is raided. The cotton counties iave fewer horses, cattle, hogs and other domestic land farm animals per 1,000 acres than do the average of the coun ties in Horth Carolina. There must be some funda mental reason for this con iition Naturally those counties are un usually productive; any crop of any value will grow in them. Usually they ; have fine range lor stock and especially f r cat tle and hogs. The great swamp areas of eastern North Carolina: are the finest; pastur- age for animals to be" found in -the - States - . "An animal ; can thrive in them; the yeair arbuhd. Why, then, do we have j fewer animals, so essential to success ful farming in theser favored lo calities? . I I cannot spak autnorita tively for 'any other county, but I am auite sure I can give the reason applicable to all, on the conditions i in based Bertie county. There can be no per manent improvement of agri cultural conditions where every to buy dollar of money crop goes meat and bread for man and corn and forage for beas jr. We buy more of these things than we raise. Why? Two causes are responsible for this condition: First easy; credit, the time merchant, and the tenent system; secon d, ab- sentee landlordism. In fact, both of these may be: classed as one. causes Under there our system of working can be no permanent improve ment of lands. Farms go to tuln under any tenant system. In Bertie county we have the time merchant and absentee landlord" combined in one. In this county and in many f others I have personal knowledge of merchantsfjin to wtfiwto ren i thousands of adres of lapd and then suWet to small tenan;I lAe pce is to; 'cita for the store. uTHe" ' r!t!cs: of ft land rented and sub-rented in ' this way;vidiitj ot give tfieiHAf !fl ina curacyifllpd real landlord, tiie'nirBS comes in iwntacttb tlheft real renter, is, the merchant He ha,a i nbason! :&vantihg5 lands improved fprntinff,, more stock in proportip illation. He t js interest Jarjest cotton crbphis: tenant "canraise na nas encouraged: m store -. ac count biggest crop the land islcalmblejflSnd atia prospectiveMorice i thei!marS mm 1ST CONSIDER ABWE Lilliil etgrbuldMhotf warrcntf iIt ia er, , excellent crop, : high; price trading. Whenever a pincli comes we have both parties ir the lurch ; the merchant who "u nu . yens, noc paia; tne tenant. who. has ma an unu nas noi paia out. There -has been no dis honesty, on either: hand. But there has been a false situation ; a perversion of the basic princi ple of farm life ; . I have also been interested in our study of the enormous amount of waste land in North Carolina; lands that eoufd easily be reduced to a ' state of great productiveness, Of course, there can be but, one" remedy jFor this situation and - that is more peo ple; and by more people I mean a greater number or greater in telligence and activity on the part of those here J Absentee landlordism cursed "the fairest land on earth" Ireland. The rents went from the land in.to distant hands. We may well consider it, as it is now in vogue in this State. Two ways of dealing with our lands occur to me. Our waste lands should be acquired by the State; either by purchase or by enactment. That will givethe State control of the)r disposition. The sale of these T lands to de sirable settlers upon lonlg time and at a small- rate of interest can fare easily ,broujjht about by msytem of rtaatibn. Taxvajr airffi maKe it unprpntable to own it; and at once reduce its taxpaying value when sold for actual set tlement. , The same method might be appliedy to' the taxa tion of lands that are rentecL un der the system I have referred to. Why not increase the tax ation on lands that are " rented by the owners to those who are simply speculating, renting for the purpose of sub-renting and selling goods on time? The legislator who , gives these questions the proper study and passes a bill through our next General Assembly will do the cotton counties a lasting service; by reducing the farm to a state of real agriculture; not. speculation. (Address of the Dedication of Gettys r barg Cemetery, Nov 19, 1863. ) Foaracore and seven years ago oar fathers brought fourth upon this ; con tinent a new nation, conceived in lib erty, and dedicated!- to the proposition that all men are; created equal. ; Now we aire engaged in a great civil war, testing, whether that nation, I or any nation so conceiyed and so ded icated, can" long endure. - We are met on a great battlefield J of that war. We are met, to'dedicate' a portion of it as the final resting place of those who here gave ; their lives that that .nation might live. --lt?i Sl together fitting and prolrthalwe ., V But in a larger sense we - can . not dedicate we caa?riotf oonsecrate; weJ can not hallow this, ground. ; The braye men Hying and jdead.f who .struggled tiirtl'havilSnBew above onrBwer?;t be world will little note' nor? long remem. jritSwnatfiwe5 -it ncari never iorget wht they ; did here. It is ltofus;Jthie' livmg;! ratherjto be ded icated iierelfinis that they haye thus far so pobly carried ' on. It isfwtbe for us to the great task remain us ; that f roth these honored dead we take increaseevjption to thef cause -for which t they here gave the last .full measure of r devoUon ; r that y we here highly resolve ttiatllndeadg shall not have diediix vain; that the nation shall, under God, -have a new birth of free iiomiand; ;t6'aciyeromof the peo rlabv p5pl3t tmd for thV people. On . the evening of; January ify 191 " Aunt Levena Cathe- nne. Fferryr departed . this,: life. Shecwasibofn April 11th; 1827. ripe -;ageVandwas i ready,, when the call crimes and like Jacob 'of old. s she;gve :directiori, cbricerh-". lng-herbqdv-:: ... ti v Her father was Miles Hughes, a prominent; :andv: well-known citizen x oKftie1 county ; in his In;early: JJfe sjie nwas married to; ;:;Martin 'anyuren-j Perry; who preceded hferfto thew, grave some i twenty five years v,aga Their.- unio wob'f blessed v with fourteen children: of hich only f our ! VsurviVpitheir; ;s., sainted mother. Tjiy are ;W; T; Perry (of near Windsor,; ;Martha E. P erce, ErhrBa Williams rand : AT fl. Perry. he :had 36 grand children aria; 71 great: grand? children wKp ' creatly T honored and respected hcr.-v j She also leaves -two sisters? "Vand" ope brother vMr. -- Fannie -j Lee;v Mrs.-Celia Perry and James S. Hughes of Nprthiniptbh. ' : , 4 ; She,: joined . Ilcdsea; Baptist church while ybuh arid after wards njpved . her,;-membership to Gapehartrs; where she -re-mained a consistent and faith ful member gtill hcrjdeath." ; ;? ' VA4iTit."Trr.riK J will hri : trrcatl v rr,r-r Tr t - siderate. Her ? declining fy earqr were spent " with her youngest daughter; Mrs. Emma Williams, who carecLfor her in the best possible " manner soothed -her cares and administered to her wants ; with generous kindness and loving sympathy. Her funeral services were conducted by Rev: S. B. Barnes and her body laid to rest by the side of her husband at their old homestead. Old age serene and bright, And lovely as a lapland night, Shall lead to thy grave. Her life was well spent in the service of . mankind and her Master, and now she is . resting frbm her labors, She has cross ed over the great River to rest in the shade under the tree of life. S. B. Adams. Henry-Ifelley Mr," Charles Lea Henry of Colerain, N. C. and Miss Clio Elizabeth Kelley of Cypress, Nansemond county Va., were : united in .marriage .yesterday afternoon in the parlor of the Monti cello hotel, Dr. Calvin S. Blackwel) officiating. Only a few friends and nessing the ceremony. After an; ex tensive trip south, 'ramoaFl a., being the objective pbint9 Mr. , and Mrs. Henery'will reside at Colerain. . N.y c. where Mr. Henery is an active., and prosperous business man,--Norfolk Paper.-. ": i uvThe" many friends of Air, Henry .will read he above with much interest, and they extend to him many f alici: tations. , ;: Mr Henry is V widely known in the Chowan river section of our county where he is a ' prominent-resir-dent : and one v of v ; the county s 'best citizens. he Ledger Joins his' many friends throughout the county , in ; the wish ' that his' married li f e will be long and happy, Mrs. Henry, or ; Miss Eel t?eingjg7r years. ' 9 1 months arid 3 days.lShe A:nad attained a ley, as is . her - maiden name, is also known very-much in our Colerain ssec tion, where she made a great ".many friends while ' in "charge ' bf . Mn , T. E'.-1 Beasley's millinery department. She is native of Viginia and is & very o rjl L? to cm ?CvIm7i l:q"3 a Frean start ; in Lif3 : v1- r It has. been wisely said that .every day is a;new opportunity- This say- .LIcrry Hill Dnptit c-urch. i.i crr :T ing is not only true of men and .worn-.that by tfco death of cur -.Droth-r. en,: but . of nations and oC organized Georjra Vcshin-tcn Crov.n, ;ho v.; himanity. , Kind Reader. ' are, you called to his tevard January 11. 10K fopeyptiur.: opporfunitiesTthat ' we. losri one-of our devoted-memw Are you making an effort to better your ersl : one who, wps faithful in r t. condition both morally and financially?-: tendance, who; studied ? nr. 3 learned hi If not then ita time you should make J lessons well. ' a fresh' start in life. , Nowl -the newi . He was cat dnnn fn rit iif t. year nas arriyea anaf -wui ,marK a change in the 'lives of ? many.- Some will - change theirs occupations, some will take up different 'vocations of liv ing. . 't With all these changes Its never too late to begin. life anew. r 'Make. .a new start withvthelnew.year, Doubtless after "the great war the whole; planet Jwill ; take a fresh r star t. Certain formi civilization; appear- and neWr forms 1 will . assume shape. The great'war will mark an epoch, Many - movements and Tsys! tems of - life which - Cornered.,; large, masses will vanish because their f olr lowers "Will , perceive' the falsitjof them. The sham. will be oushedasidt for the real, The era of discontent which nourished ' neurotic, 'fvairi'1 and dangerous fallacies, . wil! not stand be , fore the - fierce blsze of. ' truth;- which will burn its way into the cbuhcials of the most powerful "nations and: influ ence the habits of: the most obscure laborers.;-7. We are almost at the Tend of the vista of detorted It acts, i Hence forward, for a time we shall walk in straight' paths and see more ' clearly than we did. . Shall .militarism sur, yive? - " Shall i- deiocraclet. endure? Shall woman suffrage 'continae to. adi yance? vShaU-a. thousand; other phil osophies and systems be aggressively advocated? .The smoke of battle will blow away fend we shall see that many things were fu tile which we thought were demanded by tho r-eeds of man- esse we thalL create, new vanities." '-'ICind-v Header, have11 you followed false systems of ,4'jf e? Do . you 'z not know that your life; battle will some day destroy them, and v that : you will reach outteagerly ; f or the strength of truth?.' Is today ..the day. for" you , to make a f resh start? 1 , As long .as you are able to stand in your own shoes it is never too late to start your life over again.: " All . you need is a bold heart.' If I have a keen mind, a story body and a good character there is no spot in this nation where you can't get g flying start always provided you navel a bold heart. A bold heart means you have not : lost - nope.' - Good character as an aid to a fresh start, this was thorough ly u nders tood , by a Conntcticutt mill owner who failed In business at the "age of seventy six ; rs. f The old yankee sold : every thing he owned and paid, all his dets dollars for dollars. ' When aslced why he had' sacrificed everything, the old man replied because 1 am going to start all over . again. ' A man must have a good reputation when ; starting out in life. . .; - You- can 1 start at 7 any time from any place; kpd if you can't start, with a good ' reputatiocy' then start and make one.' " ''4 ' Contributed; ? Vill Dalier Dead A. . Mr. Will Bakeri son pf , , Mr, Billie Baker of near Colerain, died last week. He was only sick one week, was 1 aken ill on Wednesday before; Pneumonia set in and the end ' came the Tuesday following, : Mr. Billie Baker is one of the C3unty.'s best citizens, a brother of the late Geo. W, Baker of Lewis ton, and Mr. Raleigh Baker ' of Abos kie. f Young Mr. Baker .was a man of many good qualities and his. untimely death was a shock to the community. J: . WHEN YOU COME TO, COURT Be sure you come to see us, our prices will please you, . everything inx our store reduced, n We know we have - the quality. You come and youwiil be convinced that we have the price to suit you., -,: -; f,;If youdortt waat toXbuy come7 to see us " we are always glad t? see r bur friends also- to; make i new - ones. v. If you want that ' suit for'yourself ; or boy, -you will always be glad you come. Remember, we have a complete line of Gents Furnishing, ' : . -Wev al8o hayfr the spring samples. Be sure you come to sea us. ; J. H. & J. E. White, ; r-v: - , '--. . Cct!::r- Co. " C-cc:rrrr3t C. A. Czzzz. : qaoi aa r i r I .Resolved bv tlia 2rr a CA- ing Jn his 19th year when the lum monB came.; He was a faithful t consistent . member -Jot Merry 1JU Baptist, church. . 3 ' " ; .'George was indeed a good boy. 1 It can only; be said , byCthose who 'kner? him that his departure from this lfe into the , tone to;come " must tnrn to him eternal restiHis aced father. 0'ie .brother. and oiev sister and man?? relatives and friends are left to tnounV his, loss, v ') - ' ; : . y Therefore be' U resoUed, . lst. That we, the ; members of ) class, have 'sustained a serious loi " .2ndJ:Tat-; we fehould cherish memory and, pray that we may gir inspiration from bis 'gentle and blam. less life, , 'S A- 1 . ' " " ' ' iSrdj That we" extend our- tender estt; symoathy ; to the bereaved or and' commend vthem f to a loving Heavenly Father's care. s4thThat a copy oMheso resohf. tlons be Inscribed upon tho mlnutre, a .copy; sent to the;: bereaved family and one to i the Windsor Ledger, fof publication,-. 4; V . ; V4 ,1 J. H.,tlyncr, Cecil Whita., Committee, . nbusfilinid ; - Drir Aiint Jane end T'rt-r-: ing a few tested remedies: yFor Toothache-Saturate a bit c2 cotton fn boiled vinegar and ' apply tD toeth;1 ,x.y: , . V : For BurnsTV Rub on butter imr:c:S ately. I, v,' y " - - -If a wart is rubbed three tines daily with islice lof raw potato it x;l disappear within a'month. 'Tb the mother of little ones J xrill tayV For, scurf orp U baby's head u: sweet olive oil, rubbing it on v In tty evening and washing it off in the racrr. ihfr ,VRepeat until it" disappears end never rub or try ; to comb It off cksn Sassafras rood 2s a good blood purU fier if mode into a. tea. 'fY' ' To prolong the' life of a broom dl it for a few minutes in your wash bell er of boiling suds once a , week, tr.3 the broom will last a long time. 1 Cut warm bread' or cake with a hz knife.. "5vy -: V - f. Dipping fresh fish In scalding watt will cause the scales to come off ntr. : J think If mothers would keep th:!j girls with theirolls and teach thzzz , to help in the bouse, and above all . fca youngrth them; it would keep then pure, andaweet. ; ' Mothers should " teach i", their lltth ones to pray, and ask God to forko their sins and make them good; tcc:!' them to love Jesus and to believo Him. Such teachings from mot!;:ri will never be forgot ton. Eeep the boys at work or in scbs: and not have ,' them'' sitting arcn3 country stores listening to somd ' nc body who potsibly is intoxicated, ts!l ing. vulgar tales and , using! bad lcn uage.k ' ;Eeep the boys1 on the farm. A Card Of TIigdIis 1 wish to extend ' my ; hssrtfc! thanks" to Mr, JT. T.v Mizell ; and. nlf z also : the neighbors surrounding tz7 their 'kind attention tot my dauzht:? while in hersickness and death at t3 home of ; Mr, J rT, Mizell. Mothfc could have been done for her that x:zi not done if she had been In my ca.' home. :" . 'And I can not speak too h!!;! bf ' them 'In ? their. klnd; attention cr.l hospitality towards my danghtcr. X shall ever , remember, Mr. Mizcl cr4 be under any obligation to him Vizi be may ask at any time. . ; And thanking him again forh kfci effection and attention. Respectfully, "-"x . A. S. Perry, ' It's curpririn Lovz many t!;!r3 rc ,CA- t - tyhat ciy bo'cailcd tzlr s
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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