• tag Is the kind that fays back to you { the —ey yoa Space ia this li paper asMiee yeapMptietaraa . . VOL. VI. NO 16 DIRECTORY Mayor—Joohaa L. Bwett. ruiwli.iii. J. m. H. Katght, N. & M, Dr. J. a Biggs. *■ r. K. KJM IP* M.S. IW CMoQsf *o«e. Bkewartee Lodge, No. 90, A. P. and A. M. BegeMr aseettog every sad aad 4th Taaaday eights. Boonnks Csmp. Ho. WO7, Woofcssa el the WqrkL Begalar waallag every sad last Friday sights. Charch of the Attest flarvieaa en the oecoad sad fifth Sun daya of the ■oath.ssocaing aad evening, sad oa the Balardays (5 P ■>•) before, aad oa Meadsvo (pa. as.) afterssid>>n dars ef the siuath AD «a ootdially ia ▼4tad. B. & Losorrim. Better. HcthsdW Ciarch Bar. B. B. Boee, the Methodist IW lor, haa the IMkiatag appointateaU • Brery Saaday ssoraiag at 11 o 'clock aad aight eg J "'dock icspsdlvdy, except the ascoad Suaday. Saaday School •very Soadav awing at o'clock. Thim aislli every Wedaeaday even iag at 7 o'clock. HoUy Spriags yd Sunday eveaiag at j o'clock; Varaoa tat Suaday evenly at 3 o'clock; Hamilton •ad SuOdsy, More tag sad aight; Haaaellt sod Suday at 5 o'clock. A cordial in vkaboa to all to attead these services- Baptist Church Fmachiag oa the Ist, sad aad 4th Soa days at II a. h.. aod l:y> p. m. Prayer- UTT'-B every Thareday night at 7:30- Saaday School every at yyt. J. D. Biggs. Superintendent. The pastor preaches at Havitom on the yd Saaday la each awath. at 11 a. as. aad 730 p. at., aad at Biddfck'a Grave •a Saturday before ovary Ist Saaday at 11 a. at., aad oa the tat Saaday at 3 p. at. Slade School Hoaae oa the sad Saaday at 3p. as., aad the Biggs' Schod Bona* oa the 4th Saaday at 3 p. at. Everybody cordially iaviled. B D. Ctl>M,i , Pastor. SKEWARKEE JL LODGE RkMki.P.hi.& •Dtancronv Poa 1905 S. & Brows, W. M.; W.C. Manning,S. *.; Mc. O. Tsylar, J. W.; T. W. Thom as, S. D.; A. P. Taylor, |.D; S. B. Biggs, Secretary; C. D. CaraUrphea, Tioaaiuii; A. B.Whitmore aad T.C.Coofc, Stewards. B. W. Clary, Tiler. STANDING COMMITTKBS: * CMaarrv—S. 8. Browa. W. C. Man Biggs. W. H. Har ell, B. J. Peel. RKvmtatrco —W. H. Bdwards, W. M. Graen, P. K. Hodgea. Asvum—hTwT Stabba, W. H. Bob ertaaa, H. D. Cook. MillOtUr-I. H. Hattoa. Professional Cards. DR.JOHN D. BIGGS GHH* DENTIST Omas— Main Sraaar Paotta « ———Jb— w. H. AFT"".*, ' wau K. wtttu DRS. HARRELL TK WARREN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OPPICB I* - BIGGS' Onuo STOBB 'Photos No. ao OR. J. PEBBLE PROCTOR PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON •ee la Mobley Boilding Boon: psso to wjo a. at.; 3tosP- «■ ■MONO is Piaads B. ttoo S^BsThewtt R ; WINSTOV A EVERETT Bank BniMhtg. WiMiamrtoo, N. C. S/ATWOOD NEWELL LAWYER jjjm. Hk* m NrwnaakMtS. Vt 1.1.1 AMSTOB v r. Sag IMs lor sanhsseta of thahcr aad tlaktt THE POOR OF BERLIN HOW THtV ARC SUPERVISED BV TH« CITV AUTHORITIES. Bsaalao b KM *• li Imi ea the Striata of tk* City, u4 lu«> ut Mlwrr Bu* Mm* Urn Ahaat t* Ik* nuta ut fMH Him. "What" I ocUMt ID Berlin, "sre there no poor in this dtyl Are you al together wttboot rag* and wretched "My tar Mend," Mid the Qertaoa, winking a hsory eyelid, "we are a rery derer people. We do not ohow oar daat bins." Berlin la nM by municipal experts. It has ite wretcbedneaa and Its doopolr. bat tbaae things are not permitted to lactases. To be out of work In Berlin la a crime, area as It to In London, bat with thto difference-la Berlin the mu nicipality leglalatea for labor In a faab ten which makea KUeneaa aU bat lad* feasible. The Iswa to this sod may not com stood themselves to English miada, (or the Germans are not soft hearted In such mstters, bat they have this en gaging recommendation, they succeed. Let a ragged man make his appear ance la Prtedrlchatrasee or the Undone or ta any of the numerous open spaces, aad a policeman is at htm In a min ute. "Tour papers P demsnds the man Of Mw. The beggar produces his docu ments. If it Is proved that he haa slept In the asylum for the hotueleea ■We than a certain number of nights he la forthwith conducted, wlllynllly, to the workhouse and made to labor tor Ms board and lodging. Now, tits workhouse In Germany Is oat a prison, bat the vagrant would as leave go to the one as to the other. The adminlatratlon of the worfchonae la conducted with Iron severity. Br ery ounce of bread and every drop of thin soap consumed by the workhouse man Is paid for a thousandfold by the sweat at bis brow. Bo It comes about that the man least disposed to work, the born ragabood, finds It more agreeable to toil for his bread In the market than to fall into the hands of a paternal government. Berlin takee adrantage of the sy»- tsm In Germany which numbers and tickets every child born to the father load. No man caa roam from district to district, changing his name and hie life's story with every liming. Be Is koown to the police from the hoar of Ma birth to the boar of his death, for a few pfenntga I can road the history of every pereon In Berlin. Therefore the municipality baa au easy task. Br ery citlseo's life story Is known to them, and every vagrant Is punished for his crime against the community. Moreover, every person of bumble moo no la Insured by the ststs. Uvea dsrks, shop assistants and servants sre compelled to Insure sgslnst sick ness and against old age. Tbß Insur ance lo effected by the posting Into s book of certain stamps every weak, sad tt la .the duty of each employer to see that thlo contract Is faithfully obeyed. And the state haa at Besllts oa enormous sanitarium costing 10,- 000,000 marka (1800.000), where the In valided dtlsen lo sent with Ms pen sion In order to expedite hie valuable return to the ranks of the wage earn ers. It pays the city of Berlin to nurse its sick and cherish Its Invalids. The whole object of the municipality Is to sseurs ths physical and lntallectaai wsll being of Its dtisens, and on this took tt concentrates Its labors with energy. Berlin has a huge balldtng reoem bUng a factory where the unemployed, whole famllleo, ore received and pro vided for, bat no one mnet toko advan tage of tola hoopltallty more than five tlmsa In three months. Consider thlo point of view. If yon sre homeless Ave ttmoo ta three months you are dubbed a reckless creature and packed off to 'the workhouse. Private enterprise has provided soother asylum where the haaJMoso may come Ave tlmeo in one month and where the police are not al lowed to enter at nlglit I have visited this place and soon the people who at tead tt, some decent enough, others criminal in every line of their faces. There are many of tbeoe deep wa to man la Berlin, many of those dirty, ragged aad unhappy wrote bee, doomed ftom the day of their birth, bat they dare aot show tbemeeivea in the decent world ss they do In London. They slink Into tbeoe asylums at B o'clock; they have their dot boa disinfected; 1 they deanas themselves under shower bathe; they eat broad aad drink soup, and then they ga to bed at 8 o'clock like prisoners to their ceils. Now, this system Is a hard oao, for when once a man gets down la Berlin B k almost impossible tar him to riee. Bat it hss this dear *drantme-ev*y body feds that tt la better to work than to fall Into the hands of the law. Ba«i and mleery dam aot Ite about to the |3hrks or scatter disease through the crowded streets.- If there Is sny virtue In the unemployed the etste will certsinty develop It ss wdl sa It Is poo dble to do sa There is s central hu man for providing men with work, and when a man knows that not to week means the wotkhoase ho aoMclts em ployment here and elsewhere with each a will as almost compels wsgso. la one year the ststs hss second employ ment tor 50,000 men The citizen Is provided with ssnltary dwellings, srith ansdnltorstod food, with schools and technical collegee end with Insurance for sickness sod old ' sge. For s penny be esa travel almost from eow end of Berlin to the other by electric tramway or electric railway. • »s streets am desa, brilliantly Mgbt | ed und noiseless;' his csfeo end music WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27,1905 THE SITDAHON AS TO COTTON ■ * — "aHr ■ ' ? '''f % By Mirtln V. Calvin! Secretary GcMtla State |l Agricultural Society At what time in the history of the Union; indeed, of the whole world has the situation ax to a single sta ple crop of any section of any conn try arooaed so deep, widespread and continuing an interest as the Ameri can cotton crop? In a large mena ure, cotton is the crop of a great sec tion of this country, but cotton, as Hon. James H. Hammond, former Governor of South Carolina, declar ed in his place in the United States senate qnite half a century ago, is Kin* Passing from the controversy whether the crop of 1904-05 wil prove to be less or greater than 12, 000,000 bales, the world is intent on two inquiries. 1. Will Southern planters, ai o»e man, adhere to a refusal to sell spot cotton now on hand till prices ad vance to a normal? a Will cotton producers agree to reduce the acreage for 1903-06 twenty-five percent, and then relig iously observe such agreement? The bears will do all in their pow er to defeat the proposition which looks to a sharp reduction in cotton acreage on every little farm and big plantation. They will labor un ceasingly and insidiously to influ ence breaks all along the line, the moment the farmers agree to re duce the acreage and adopt other measures which will restrict the crop of 1903-06 t*> limit within the 10,000,000 figure. The two facts evtry Southern fanner, every producer of cotton it) this country whether he makes 8 holes or 800 bales, should keep con stantly before him. Write the two proposition, so vi tal to your interest, 011 a slip of pa per and paste in your hat. "I will hold all the spot cotton I have until prices return to the normal figure." "I will cut the acreage I had in cotton last year full twenty-five pel cent." Then let it be reme ■ bered that the farmer who breaks away fiom hese rules will do >0 to bis own hurt and to the injury of his fellows. In discussing the essentials to a good year >n cotton for the present season and for f ture seasons, it is being vigorously urged that there should be a reduction in the use of fertilizers 25 1030 percent., as well ae a reduction in acreage. In a previous article on the crop for 1905-06. I declared I thought the suggestion as to fertilizers un wise. The more 1 study the proposi tion, the more thoroughly convin ced do I become that such course would be extremely unwise. Men do not plant cotton aud toil with it the year round for fun. ex perience farmers, who keep a close record of their farming operations, tell us that it costs from 7 cents to 8 cents a pound to raise cotton. This being true as a whole, or true in part, a first consideration with every farmer should be to adopt and ding to a, method in cotton growing that will reduce the cost of production. This is just as necces sary as a reduction in acreage. How can the cost of production be les sened—-appreciably lessened? By increasing the yield per acre. This desirable result cannot be accoin- I NlfM ENT I THE FARMERS BEST FRIEND AND HELPER ■ plished except by a liberal and in telligent nag of fertilizers per act*. So much Tor that branch of the subject in a general way. I shaj] return to tt befttre I close this ar ticle, for it is s Butter of vast im- Here is an item which has been loat sight of in the discussion of the petfding all-aborbing question. The first step should be taken, looking to a crop which shsll be within the 10,000,000 mark, must be ta make a poative reduction in the number of mules assigned to the cotton acreage the current year. The ataeuoe of the mule is absolu tely necessary to a cotton crop within the 10,000,000 mark. Had you thought of that? In the of 1895 following the bitter days of s cent cottoo in 1894,'1 was talking with the la mented Captain T. B. Neal, of At lanta, op cotton pfrospets. He said he regarded the outlook for cotton for '95 exceedingly bright. "On what do you base your hope*?'' I asked. He replied: '*Aa a rule, 90,000 mules are sold IB Atlanta annually. This year only 60,000 weft sold. A mule stands for 8 bales of cotton This means that the Georgia crop will be about 240,000 (bales leas this year than lost. Georgia sets the pace for the otton States. You will see a reduced acreage tnd a smaller and more remunerative crop for the seaaon of 1895-96." Here we iive a lamp of exper ience, trimmed and burning bril liantly—s yery beacon light. The record of actual acreage and crops for 1894 and 1895 shows: 1. That Georgia reduced her pur chasesof mules in 1893 33.3 per cent 2. She reduced her cotton acreage 14 9 per cent. 3. She used more fertelizers. ap plying them to all crops,byfS. 1 per cent. 4. She increased her general av erage yield per acre over the entire State, from 33-100 to 36-100 bales. 5. She produced 42,000,000 bush els of corn; 1,400,000 bushels of wheat; 6,700,000 bushels of oats, and 240,000 tons of hay. Besides these she had qnite 2,000,000 hogs. These home supplies aggregated in farm value >36,000,000. 6. Her cotton crop, 221,000 bsles less than the crop of '94, was a dis tinct money crop. In '94 her cotton had s farm value December Ist of 4.6 centi; in '93, 7.6 cents a pound. Note: The other seven strictly cotton States, (have reduced their cotton acreage 13 per cent, in '93, made 320,000,000 bushels of corn; 10,300,000 bushels of wheat; 42,- 300,000 bushels oats, and 1,7000,- 000 tons of hay. What stronger or more practical presentation could be made than Georgia plan above itemized? i. Use fewer mules; thst means reduction in cotton acreage and crop * 2. Use intelligenllv and with an open hand, fertilizers rich in food adopted to the plant you propose to cultivate and thus lessen the cost of production. 3. Diversify your crops. This done, you will find your selves at harvest time in possession of com and oats, hay nod cane,etc. in abundance and to spare, and a cotton crop that will command a price which will bring you a well deserved recognition of the full value of your weeks and month sof toil. Boiled down, the Georgia plan for 1905-06, equally adapted to each of the cotton States, should tead thus; 1. Use fewer mules—as that is the best method of guaranteeing acreage and crop reduction in the matter of cotton. Keep the extra mules busy in the larger acreage given to home aupply crops. s Reduce the coat of production by s liberal application of fertili sers to each acre. per condition of soil, 3. Plant corn, cane and sweet potatoes; sow oats and peas and fertilize all liberally. Raise all the hogs you can for home use and for market. There is money in hogs. Bear in mind these facts as to the general cotton crop, respective ly, for the years of 1894 and 1895: Year. Total crop. Av. Farm. N. Y. Price Dec. I. Price Dec. 1. 1894. 9,901,151 4.6 S 13-16 lb. «BW. 7,161,094 7.6 8 9-16 lb. The crop of 1895 though 27.5 per cent less than that of 1894, was worth sij, ooo,ooo more. I have preferred to instance this year 1895 because it was a year that tried men's souls. Pour-cent and five-cent cotton sent values down below the level of appreciation. Negroes left the fields white unto the harvest, and sought employ ment in town*and city for the rea son that there could be no money for them in cotton and the then ab normally low prices. • I have instanced 1895 because it stands a splendid illustration of the fact that Southern farmers are equ al to any emergency; that they have the good sense to grasp a situ ation,no matter how acute anddis couraging It qiav be, and by coun sel among themselves and unity of action, turn it to profitable account. No greater victory was ever won over the unwisdom of a previous year, and the most discouraging conditions thet ever prevailed South than that of 1895. ' The Georgia plan of that year— I emphasize it, because the facts are at hand—was really the plan adopted and pursued by each of the cotton states. It cannot be im proved upon. It was so wise a plan and so preeminently success ful, it will bear repetition aud it will abundantly reward every farm er who will adopt and carry it out, in letter aud spirit, this of grace, 1905. Slcktiiig Sfcliiriig FIU Of Ague and Malaria, can be re lieved and cured with Electric Bit ters. This is a pure, tonic medicine of especial benefit iu malaria, for it exerts a true curative iuflueuce on the disease, driving it entirely out of the system. It is much to be pre ferred to Quiuine, having none of this drug's bad after-effects. E. S. Munday.of Henrietta.Tex., writes: "My brother was very low wiih malarial fever and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters, which saveil his lite. AtS. R. Biggs, drugstore; price 50c, guaranteed. ... Mlatakea Kiadaoos. Jsck—Hello, old man! Awfully glsd to see yoa. Here, take off that coat and put on this smoking Jacket and make yourself comfortable. Dick—Deuce taka tt! Do you mean to inalnuato that I don't fed comfortable In a drees suit? NEW YEAR BUPERBTiriO »« m TM«ii RtUtvM by oi 1 W el Maer Uai. With the exception of All B« iita'l there la no time In tlie who! ■ iwj month about which ao many np tlona cluater aa New Year' | form of dlvlnaUon to foretel tli4 tare la practiced In almost e w> ' on Jan. 1. Tliia, of course, li larly the eaae with younK pe daaire to know whether they v»U married during the coming yqi r oi l thereafter. In the country di t:. ■ England and Germany there j t and coffee teat which la moat aaili •ory. A teaspoon la balanced caref n> the edge of a cup. Then t>-« or fa*, aa the caae may be, la droi.,wi It, drop by drop. Kvery drop that apoon will hold without loain ; tta UN meana another year b fore wtil—. One or two large drupn | uaually upaet the spoon, and ij till a vary popular way of looking ; Ti J future. The actions and voices of «raia| aniinala on New Year's day «r* j hapa more algnlttcant than n iy oi omens. A dog's cheerful bai In J morning IB a most nuaplciotit; ■ while his howl la very unf voru To meet a cat on the morn of lit) JV Year la conaldered by peoplr In j Latin countries aa a sign tl it ■ will change their realdence, ail! It § betokens 111 for the future. I out aouthem Rurope It is regao.; ij moat fortuuate aign to ae»> a o a nlfying plenty for the coming *ni month. The sight of n snak is 1 worst conceivable omen, for I' ui«j death by violence. To see a J ckdft magpie or crow la u sign that tlrn ' holder will be cheated on all aide* rtt in* the following ywur.. On New Year's day u hard U. ul Scotchman will tuke a Bible al d |>lf It upon a table, letting It fall >P' n i Its own accord. Then, without looUl be will place his finger upon t ie M where It has opened and read the vaj on which It rests. This la aupi'utinU Indicate hia fortune for the eoinl twelvemonth. No Mori Stomach Troubles ■ All stomach trouble is renio '? by the use Kodol Dyspepsia (. i • It gives the stomach perfect i cs»t digesting what you eat witln 't stomach's aid. The food buiid* the body, the rest restores the - «ch to health. You don't h 1, diet yourself when taking Kid Dyspepsia Cure. J. D. lirskir* of Allenville, Mich., says, "I ml J fered Heartburn and Stmiuci trouble for some time. My sWter iti.law has Jiad the same tr )UOk and was not able to eat for i: weeks. She lived entirely on ,vn rjt water. After taking two botilc of Kodol Dyspepiia Cure she wps -.-t tirely cured, she now eats heartily and is in good health. lam ga) to say Kodol gave me iusiatit re lief." Sold by Anderson, Craw ford & Co. Coming Apart. Unfortunately for JOIHOH, Mm. J. Is not the most careful of wometa. In fact, abe I* the kind of person who would All the sugar basin with atarch itnd wonder how the ten ouine to tasto to curious. The other day she had been doing some fancy work, and, an usual, not having her work banket by her, ahe Just put the ball of silk alio had l>ecu using into a tumbler. James was rather later than usual that night, and as ho had been staying overtime licking stamps for circulars It will be easily understood that be was thirsty. Of course he chose the tumbler wltb the ball of silk In It to All wltb water. It was emptied with two gulps, but there was something In the taste of the last one which made him think all waa not as It ahould have been. Then be felt a tickling at the back of bis throat "Thafa mysterious," he said, plac ing his finger and* thumb Inside his mouth. *' He caught hold of the end of *tlk and pulled It. The tickling sensation war worse than ever, and James' expression as he kept on pulling and accumulating yards of silk was quite awful to see. "Wife, wife," he cried, "send for Dr. Bqualls this Instant! I'm uurarel- IqT I I i&r fmmrn. ****** .;-, ? 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