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SPECIAL OFFER:! "V T- fH ' ' CS v 'w'-" - " . -1 - - "r" Will send you the rTf Jl M1 PlM - Sx - - TT " " U the ledge:; ' Docg Job prl:. of every dccc:!; Prices .and C Guaranteed. - - ' . v ( 3... - , - , . 1 1 -1 . . . i, : - k - - -: : i -; VOLUME 31 To Prfevent Var Mr. Editor: , . ! : I enclose you a clipping from a mg to the better nature of Christian pie. A bloodless , victory . and ; las friendship more benificent v and g ous than an7 achieved by the war tracted countries of Europe. ; v It will re. or interest to: your: read ers. ..-' -'."i'.- J: H. Etheridge. Windsor; n. - a . Thursday September 23 rd, 1915. no. ir I . v ' . , : - ' Call Meeting pa- Pursuant to'a call for an extra ses sion by the President, ; J Lawrence per that shows what powerful influence ""'gon, tne rarmera Union of .nnaorrstPri mpn nan x miaU ! i JtJertie COUntV Rlftt in Winann n; g war with its horrors by appealing day last tne 17th ; About one hun- peo- Fng ori- !dis- T,a .anAntn.nA.. u . A i wicu WU8 me matter Deanut hacra Chile and the Argentine Republic over I w u" ecaeaiunanimiouslv to use partial urea memDerf representing a. number of Locals in the county were, present; The , body, was called, to order by -the President ,who stated that the weather at be time of the regular session pre venting, so many members, from , at tending, there was some unfinished UuD,uOBB uiai neeuea. attention among wnicn was the In This Way; The Burden Carried By Residents Of i Some Coun ; , .ties WiU Be Lightened Stand Up Sfrtiiyui ;.. '. - . . ... L- . - 1 OX the Utmost" imnnrtanfo son is .to have the , be wnicn me person is capable: e if the per. Pend . "1 st health of Tne late fhA hnnndrv lini nn tf 1 a nAaa 1 nil,.. BB iar as rpossible cotton bagging Qin a7 ohn.it A'oirif L lleuo jute bagging. They are cheaD- Information .coming . to" the " Statu departments is to the effebt that num bers of the counties that have' had tax assessments raised, materially by the corpQrotion commission in its work Sot equalizing, tax;, assessments between the counties on a statewfde hasia ha naa courity tax lowered ; since the in crease by the commission as at: least a recompense for the increase in made by the commissiair. , i . - The way th human-body is used is ' . aur Chances ior recovery de- Pii an early aidjncGU. ater in its, course thn di-. With a ease Is fniiurl fh -i person it is much the same as wUh th ppp iq fnn ' Vu"ul the auromobiie. nnpWnrMfln,B o Krt Vere 1S . wr.recovery. A hemorrhage ft om the lunc tains was auoui io culminate in a bar in the early part of ' the year .1900. Both nations. Were draining . their SU 89 Da,n- beig treasuries in nrenaratinA fnr ; tha L made ProU9 euh let in sufficient , er. and;recommended t bv man v ttr be lllfl f n a v nonil IL .. i. & . . . treasuries 19 preparation lor ; the im ji A:. j . ' : . ' ' ' - " I 1 penamg conuict ana tneir tax for ar m amenta amounted to nve douara ipsr capita population. rm us .' m xue suiuiers wece gatnering tor a desperate and fearful t'truorfirle and tin tilities were about to begin, when oh Easter Sunday, owing to the powerful appeals of Bishop Bonavents.v Qf Ar gentina, and of Bishop Jtva, of Chile, the hearts of the people of both coun tries were aroused to the horrors i of war and their minde ;,were I directed to the (christian method of t settling international disputes, and thy arose in their might and demanded that th subject of controversy be submitted to arbitration, - I ' The King , of England was selected as arbitrator and his decision was cheerfully accepted :by: both countries. So greatful were the people at the outcome of the dispute ; that in June. 3903, the two -governments concluded a treaty by which they pledged them selves for a period of fifty years to submit to arbitration all controversies arising between them, . thereby "entering Jotojhe firstrgenjsral arbi tration treaty . . .1 n " m . . if-'' W t" . ever conciuueq. - uy a IurttJer. treaty they agreed to reduce their armies ito the proportions, of police; forces;: to etop the building of battleships and! to Gimini8n tneir naval armaments. ' I Wi th the .money saved by 1 the lesi senmg of military and naval expenses, good roads were ? laid out. a much needed breakwater in a the harbor of Valparaiso was built, a Chilean arsenal v?aa turned into school for 1 man ial training, and the great trans-A ndt an Railway, connecting' Buenos , Ar ies with Santiago, was constructed.. In coniujcmoratios sof 'the beg n ning of international. peace and of the blessings which followed, a statue of Christ was cast from old . cannons, placed on gun carriages .and dragged by soldiers and sailors of the two na tions up to the summit of ; the i Andes, were on March 13, 1914, to the soufed of music and the booming of guns, the Argentines ranging themselves on t'he soil of Chile, and the Chileans on the Argentine side of tne peak which sepa rated the two countries, the .statue was unyeiled. r;K, V On the crest of the highest mot n- vam of the Andes, which marks the boundary line of the .two ' nations, stands a granite 1 base t weighing ; four teen tonsr. supporting a bronze statue of Christ twenty-six feet height. The statue represents . Christ holding in uis left hand a cross while His right nand is stretched t out;, in . blessing and gives to all the world notice bf the pledge inscribed .thereon . V ; Sooner shall , these mountains air forr the preservation of the Dea. Besides that it will help to use cotton. The Union also asked the"Sp(retrxr to request , ,all Union fertilizer com; panies to wrap their fertilizers in cot ton bagging; trius helping to create more demand for cotton. This will amount te quite an 'item when vou consider the -fact that there are 3.000- 000 members Farmers. Union -Tn the United States using fertilizers and many of them raising Deanuts I The question of holding cotton seprl was, also considered, and ) Union men were asked to hold their seed for ; hot ter pricee later in the season. It is a known fact' that seed last year in the early part of the season sold as low as 18 or 20 cents - and later on ebld for 45 cents;--doubling : the price. : . Many other matters of imDor- tance came before - the Union - Dertain- ing to the good of the members. DelegatesHo 5 the i State Convention which will meet in Durham in Novelm ber were elected Messrs J.- A'. - John son W. C. Hughes and.VW TJ Asbtl . . a ne union, win cu-tts next jeguH lar quarterly session at Peele's Local in December. , .Peele's-V:is: located .bev tween Republican church and f Rhodes Place. :JHamony,,r:dterminatiori, union, interest, enthusiasm character ized the meeting and will; spell success for everything ; ,The ,Union in 'Bertie county is now an intergral part so to' Bpeak with the jnterestiofr the counfy It - is told of : Alleo-hnnv: anA 'j i A counties the respective bailiwicks of R , A. jDoughton. chairman of the : fi nance committee, ;and 'T. 6. ! Bowie, speaker of the bohse, for the last sea son, when hepipe liheV were laid for the taxation vreadjustment now under way; that as soon as the notice . of the thirty "per,; cent ilncreasd made against rt.negnaney,- was Teceryed at Sparta the ' coiih ty" commissioners, actin cr nrob- ably; on the advice of; sMr Doughton, determined in the county tax" rat&. ' k There being - a close alliance and cb operation between the Alleghaney and the, Ashe county;! authorities. , Mr Doughton; for; the' AHeghahyl " commis sioner called Ur.Bowie over in Jef fersonand told him what was .about to be done in5 that county, and sug gested "that Ashe hasten to make simi lar, concessions, ;to the r taxpayers for the twenty percent. increase'; against Ashe. Hbwever,1; came from Mr. Bowie tha response that- Ashe bad beateniAIIeghany by having done that very mH:;; , : -; . ,'VMr.;JBbwie;esp'neMedtheJ view, that just this course should be taken in all the counties as iar. as the conditions" the is tate. as reflected In the Jas t reve nue and; machinery v act 4 undfer : whlc the 3 present i tax assme.nts are being made, is to raise theytax "values, and, at the same time, reduce as far as pos sible the tax rates, lie believes,. .that' eyery county, against whtch increases' in tax assessments havebeen, made, can well afford to make material re ductions in 4he' county tax rates. Fiir- the auromobiie. s One reDresehts a fin horsepower engine another a! 40 an other a 30, still another 22U. anil if tiie body is used rightly this full' 'amount bf energy can be developed without harm. '" ' "t ' ff - -: If the body is used wrongly, as is true with the maehlmh ir tyiuu h ruined in developing, half the? amount of the designed horsepower. When rightlj used the parts are alMri bal ance; there is no undue strain "-to ' -anv part, the chest is carried high,- so that the breathing is easy, and there is' the full amount of wind power" . The abdominal.' organs are properly;, sup-, ported "and work with the least - diffi culty, the digestion 'arid nutrition , are gooVziW jv; : -1- t If the body is drooped or buckles in the middle, ;lhe whole body .'suffers. ana many k ' times i , disease, condi lions start in this way. In such drooped position the chest is flattened, so that the lungs cannot, work rightly and benome weak, the abdomen is tele acopea ana the stomach, bowels and other organs are crowded together! ana work , badly, so . that J Indigestion and constipation result. a; ;i. Health,, or. tbe best pdssible' :effi cien.cy; the ';f ull horsepower of the person; cannot-result' under such con, ditions any. more ythan an engine can develop its rated horsepower, if the cylinders are full of carbon, or than the fuel in the furnace can rbe con sumed properly if the dra'ts are : not properly: open , or th chca are not r? moved Ther position Vjnot "It arorzblz fo-b3ajthndtn;;wh bhrdenof Mif e -Yeah ??e ' carried most 1 easily isth tUe body, both when sit ting and when standingVTas i; Would bej-jf a person "were trying: to sit or stand'as tall as Dossible: This ciVea the high cheitj the S flat abdomen, the erecthead,; squarej shoulders, straight knees, and the", springs . of . the whole body .BroZ-aeti in the .best way. and better agricultural conditions gen-1 thermorethatlit is the policy -of - the 1C crumble into dut than Argentine and nneans break . the peace -to rwhifch lney have pledged .themselves at v the feet of Christ the Redeemer.' '.V Chile and the Argentine Repub y their united -action 'enthroping Christ in their .midst;'lend' inf pledging themsejverto bring about Hisr. teaci ,ng of 'Peace on Earth, good will Jto Dion ' U. ' '. . . ' 4 -. ' . "I , uave ip tneir - umitea sphere "shered in the day when, the vision of profit Isaiah has been mad a. real. And he shall jude among the n "ons, and shall rebuke man? ; nponlps- and they shall beat their words inio Plow-shares, , and : their spears info Prunnmg hookj, nation shall not lift P sword against nation, 'neither shall jney learn war any more. From Machinists; Monthly Journal: eraiiy. yvnen iney oetter their own condi tion they be tter the condition of I every farmer jn.tbe county; and when the condition of the farmer. is better ed . tbftcondition of everybody else j helped, : perceptibly when everybody in this county is dependent on the .pros perty of jthe :lf arm er( v When the far mer prospers it contaminates and per meates the whole V Agricultural; atmos phere, and - that is v the only atmos phere we breathe ; in this neck of the woods, peanuts i and ; cotton and , hog and hominy, good crops,, good prices, good times, smoke house full chil dren well clothed and educated, ; more comforts oh stne f arm, y They are the Objects pf ;the. Farmers Union. Are you in. favor of them? ;If you are get in it and help to , get ; them. . : Every reform "that has . ever 'cbme -to this- -United States of purs has ' origi nated in the rural : sections, : born. in. a school house in. the woods.. t btate to reduce tax rates .so fast that the raising of the tax values will jus tify jt in the maintaining of the ex penses of. the government. . Ohituary Daniel Van Pelt Sessoms, son of D. V, and Eliza Sessoms, . born in Heirt Counfy; N. C,L March 4 :i844, died at the -home i; of his . .daughter, . Mrs: Joseph Weaver, Rich Square' N.'-'C. on June 20: ': 1915, after, an 5 illness of .four months. 3 He was a sufferer,' aged v seventy-one. Late In life he ioinnd the Rich Square M e. This is ibe:pb8itina7-recGgni2ed4bsr' theathletic trainers. -by the singing teachers and by all those who are ex pected 1 to train individuals; for great effort, r The same position is best for everyone, whether tbq effort tbe great or smau, or whether, the. work be with the head or muscle. ."r vik; vuucicuiusis. vvicnout c:: ception. O " A subnormal temperature i (by the thermometer) in the morn ing and an afternoon rice of temperature means tuberculc:h 99 times in 100, and the other time too unless it can ,be cc counted for otherwise bv-"a -dos- f Iowblood pressure, tilicn with a proper instrument is suir(?C3tive of tuberculosis. .... A cough that lasts more Cizn three weeks should. 3ugfxe3t tu berculosis. and make you Txel: an examination by a 'competent; pnysician. ; . . ;, . f, t The . tubercle bacillus in? tho sputum 13 a positive sign tu berculosis. ' but the dia?tlic3ia should be made longr befothia , can be forundV: . - j" : A Trlglitiul AcclS :;:MrJ B. ..Gillam's automabirja was runn oyer ' the Windsor brfiJ last Thursday the ; smaller. bridge?J'rtu. nateli, Jthe vdne nearer WincTlrJtr In the, car were Mr. .' Gillam Ur j.Cr.lam, their threo Children-end ' llrrr. C.. Condri-lrV- -."'!' Jrr. j ? - it ' " : -;- - - "r". Uo Tw aV -d r i v h: j .tha-ccrV H'J':zz relrningrto bparata the.rhachu?- TI;a car, was 'running very sloftfv Cut in spmeway;controlof;it:3 :c::.nd it' ran over the' bridge into tTScSze of the water. Mrs Gillam's k:rJrjl brokenand she: suffered otrfall?. though painful injuries; ForTilately ' no other occuoan rras h??t Zrnu they all maracuouJy ccca.j TJrioui injury if not : death: Mrs.1 IrJTj. wo are glad to say, is, :oin icery now Foreign DemaDd For ; Cotton Raleigh, N.rC, Sept. 20. r W-"P G. Harding, member;of the federanj reserve board, in a '.forcible : address Hfol i V omrl f f ha' onnnol Kan mini-. U a. Ptiet Raleigh-Chamber: of Commerce to night, declared-that ; it is no longer a secret that there is a n broad . foreiffn -Report of the' C'ondiic ; ; : he; : SAKKop,"yiK ; at Windsor in 'the Statofforth 'Carolina. 'at- the'cIoseoii:Cu21 ' ness Sept. 2nd,: I6f5 ;. "' : - ' ''. .esLerr JLoans and discounts - unsecured ; go3 S3 jDonas AH other Stocks. .Bonds-rT ? - and Mortgages . . - ,.1)00 00 Duev from Nation al . B a n t? s 20", 4 84 39 Due from State Banks f n& r . Bankers.; v . . Z2 83 Silver .coin, includinjrall minor con -currency, National . bank, notes -notes 47 ChurchSouth became a member ot?r"Z r , . XTT, D:ui r.i..- j 1 demand -.or - cotton. Estimates now mil .- f ' . 1 ran ere from ten rnillinn "tn twplvp a consistent member or both, attend J .. . . - . .." t t i .11 V v , tiion Dales, ana a price of twelve cents ing regularly until sickness prevented, . . . T ! He leaves four children,, MrsY J, -W. i,ri " C -1 ' f . . . ' - - , laid ten months acn- ' , - - - t. 1 .Weaver, Rich Square; Mrs Union Fish Fry OHifcf ron r'crf FOR FLETCHER'S " Thursday " Sept, 1 16tn, Capeh arts' Local ;Union had ? set apart that "day for' a day of - recreation and pleasure and decided to accept . an. invitation from our brother and fellow , Union man, John:-C. "ejl, . of Eden i House, ta snend lbs dav at, Edenv , House, on the Chowan River and" we shall not,. forget the pay 8opn;,ior ; ine wives or Union "men know how to prebare ' the finy tribe to suit 'the Union mens? taste At'ahnut 1:30 o'clock the Union wom en, proTedltheir ability as : cpoksi v . . . ' - . . : . .. . J !XI- .UM.AU setting a taDie.coverea;wHu xrcBfJipctuu and rock ji?st taken from the nets and cooked on the sand shore, and ohf me! we men did ."make . way:, with an abundance of fish and;; bread, and still we were prepared to feed those who might not like fish, for we had ham, roasted corn, cake and pickles.' .,-.- - Tn vrin TTninn " men Who were notl there, if you knew what we folks who j were there, you would regret staying away, .for we all enjoyed w it go well that we. decided to try it again next September. - ; '-'.'" There is not a prettier place than Eden House to have a fish: fry. The w. : 1 - M'W ' aww 1-k a . . . . :. . . - lor chean mnnev av&il&hlA fnr RMith- apvpn j trranffrhilnrpn.' Wp --'miss "vnii 1 . - -. - - , -. -. grandpa His grandson. Robert : eir juogment, ..'' - , . , I auvice ana co-oneratmn nennn tn a great degree thef'"question; of: whether beach is as pretty as ceuld be wished lor not farmers shalL receive intrinsit for, and the river and r soundvfew. are I values for .cotton this season 1 heautif uh: Jhe shade of the beautiful "VThe financial emancipation; pf ; thk trees protect you ' fr nnn and tne crentle pleasant than - 4the electric fan, 1, The j reality, and surely you of North Car- day will be remembered:tlongby.$the olina . whpse forefathers ; at .Mecklen Iittle boys, and girls that stood on the burg framed tha,original; declaration beach and saw: plainly the N.& ;'S. of political indenendence. will' not be trains as' tfiey crossed the r Albemarle j lagarda'in this movement for the -'new Sound on .that R;R;r bridge., fVVell it freedom would take oages to hold ; what could far. ' Hardin? declarp that. tha be said In praise of theUnion fish fry. I import chairmahshios" held " by your After we had ; satisned the . inner senators and representatives will give man with as good provisions as North I your State i a : commanding influence Carolina affords, "we 'decided to gojiri legislative, affairs . during the term home feeling that it was- a day well of the next Congress.'1, - ; . ; spent, and thanking Mr Bell for his : Mr. Harding launched on a presen tation of the federal reserve- board and' its work. ' declaring that, while onJy ten months have . elapsed since the twelve federal reserve banks were opened and ready ' for business and. while the bans a have not yet attained their full developments-be thought it would be conceded that they have, during their briaf . existence, accom plished all that could fcavft been rea ecnably expected of theni, ' investation and hospitality and . assur ing him that we will noi decline next invitation in linewith s this one. . would say to all weak' Union men - that Cape- harts Local Union is on the boom and going ahead -and you , do likewise It will do you good. - f - - - :v - - - - - " W. L. Baker. - It is more blessed to prevent than to cilre' 65 03 and other U. . S.; ,nQtes ; TotalJ CapitalystocV: paid in,., w X20. 00 00 Surplus fund,, WhQO 00 Undivided profits' Jess il"-" , : current , expenseandg r c ..taxes paid , - ..-.'Jfra 87 Bills payable.,, t sd .'0.015 CI i7epo8iL3 cuoject to jcncK 7;j,&7 VZ Time. Certiricates' oiT Dp-" posit. . ,t , - 92.' 13 Savings Deposits 4 . . "C" i55 51 Cashier's Checks outatind'C" v ,1 -ing.:; ; .. .. iTso ca Certified Checks, - -"",r.,i"il Total. " 13,, County ?3 fTwrc; Lycn,siCwrye r.f thi above named B h'tl Ir , ' i c ! : y svrcr.? that the above EtbtCmsntrialririo th3 best of my knorrldgtPrrid Lo:::r. 2tate oi worth arohria, 21G, :Z2 CD 'Bertie, ss I, W. L. f- . Of . Subscribed andswc this 13th . dayof--ptb.:;lC15, ICorrecMfekO ' 3J7- ' . - . P. D. Wi-icn, '3 ' - ' DIrjctrrr 1 n w! ,
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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