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VOL. XIII. NO. 2 THE COST OF COT TON PRODUCTION Information From the De partment of Labor and Printing—-Cost a Bit v Less This Year Than tast—More Ponnds Per Acre Make The Differ ence. 1 In tlie daily cotton letter sent out by Dick Brothers and Company, New York, tbe following paragiapb appears: "As the price of cotton declines there is considerable interest as to tbe point at wbicb reach the cost of production in thesoutb. In this connection it i* interesting to note that ou October 12th last year the commissioner of labor of North Carolina, after an extensive investigation, made the calculation that the 67 cottou producing coun ties of that State producing cotton last year at a cost of $33 37 per bale which would be at tbe rate of 667 cents per pound. This would indicate that the former still has a margin of profit without figuring in the returns from the seed which runs about half a ton to a. bale of cotton. # Questioned as to the accuracy of the Messrs. Dick's quotation, tbe office of tbe commissioner of labor verified the figures, and stated that the same investigation showed this year a cost of production of $33.07, further stating that tbe reduction is probably due to incieased produc tion per acre—that is to say, the same amouut of labor on spproxi' mately the same area lias produced slightly more than last year. Commissioner Shipman savs speaking further, "It is my per sonal belief that tbe figures furnish ed us by the farmers represent the literal cost of production, and that no account of value of investment, i e.. proportionate cost of machinery depreciation, farm animals or inter est 011 value of land, is taken. Tbe figures furnished, us were giveu in response to the query: 'What is cost of production 0f.500 pound bale of, cottou?' My reason for this observa tion is that very few of our farmers_ have a fully developed system of accounting." Lame back is one of the most common forms of muscular rheu . matism. A few applications of Chamberlain's Liniment will give relief. For sale by All Dealers . Why Hesitate? * ——- An Offer That Involves no Money Risk if You Accept K We are so positive our remedy will completely relieve constipation, no matter bow chronic it may be, that we offer to furnish if free of all cost if it fails. Constipation is commonly caused by weakness of the nerves and muscles of the large intestine. To expect a cure you must therefore tone up and strengthen those organs and restore them to healthier activi ty. We want you to try Rexall Or derlies on our guarantee. They are eaten like candy, and are parti -Ctitarly good for children. They seem to act directly on tbe nerves and muscles of the bowels. They apparently have a neutral action on the other organs. •* They do not purge or cause inconvenience. We will refund your money if they do not overcome chronic or habitual constipation and thus aid to relieve the-myriads of associate or depend ent chronic ailments. Try Rexall Orderlies at our risk. Three sizes, ioc., 25c., and 50c. Sold only at our store —The Rexall Store. The S. R. Big?:* Drug Co. THE ENTERPRISE The Way of the World 1 4 ■ He is down and out. Therefore —kick him! Which is the way of the world to the unforturiate. 1 Note yonder shabby man, self ] conscious and fully aware of his ] threadbare garments, modestly ask ing for a job. The employer of help in tbe establishment looks tbe applicant over from head to foot and up again and promptly, if not gruffly*responds, nothing doing. The seeker after work may have leters of recommendation, but no one will read them; he may be a thoroughly competent man, incap acitated for a time by illness, but nobody cares. "Stand aside!" Now suppose — Suppose you are that employer and vou should give the poor fellow a neighborly smile or a kindly ip quiry or suggestion or ask him to sit down for a minute his story. You might not be able to employ him, and, again, you might pick up a prize. Anyway you would send him forth on his further que*t with graditude and hope in his heart. 1 . V But you say— Business is business. I have no time for has-beens. If be were all right, he would wear better clothes, I can't use him. * ; Figure how you would appear in his clothes. Ask yourself how you would feel after being turned down again and again because of your unpresentable appearance. And some of th«» weary ones go away from your presence and on through the gates whence none ever returns. Has vour heartlessness thrust them through? Some find heart and grace and go away with jaw firm set. They not stay down. Some insist on being kicked-upstair. instead.qf down. Courtesy and kindness cost noth ing but a moment of time —a mom ent that well may be spared for a stnile anl re-ptctful hearing to the oft rejected, weary aiid half des pairing. Besides "Chickens come home .'4O rooost." The->push you give some hapless . traveler on the dusty road will re act on you. It must be so. And a kindness shown will come back to you in blessing. It must be so. —Edwin A Nye. A Medicine that gives Confidence Is Foley's Houey and Tar Com pound. Mrs. T. J Adams, 522 No. Kansas Ave., Columbus, Kas. writes: "For a number of years my children have been subject to coughs and colds. I used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and found that it cured their coughs and colds, so I keep it in the house all the time." Refuse, substitute. Saunders & Fowden. Interesting Services Sunday will be Missionary Rally Day at tbe Methodist Church. Preaching at 11 a. m , and 7:30 p. m., by Rev. R. H. Willis, Mission ary Secretary of the N. C. Con ference. Mr. Willis is an interest ing and forcible speaker. Come and bear him. An invitation is extended to all the congregations in the town to attend these seevices. Special music will be reuuereJ. Rufus Bradley, Pastor. You are not experimenting on yourself when you take Chamber lain's Cough Remedy for a cold as 1 that preparation has won its great i reputation and extensive sale by its : remarkable cures of colds, and can always be depended upon. It is 1 equally valuable for adults and children and may be given to young ; children with implicit confidence as > it contains no harmful drug- Sold by All Dealers. WILLIAMSTON, ft. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1911 Picking Peanuts from the Vines So Ion? as the bulk of the peanut crop was picked form the by 1 hand very little trouble was ex- | perienced with the breakage of tbe | pods. The scarcity of labor has j compelled adoption of machin- | ery for picking peanuts, and many 1 of the machines have proved far i from satisfactory in that they break 1 tbe shell. 1 Peanut-picking machiues are of 1 two classes: (1) Cylinder machines 1 similar to the ordinary grain 1 thrasher and (2) picking machines 1 which remove the peas from the ] vines by means of a woven-wire 1 screen. The cylinder machines I break a large number of pods when - run at a high rate of speed, and « since the work of picking is paid ( for by the bag there is a tendency ■ ou the part of the owner of the ( machine to ruu through as many as possible. If the machines are not overfed and the cylinder is run at a speed not exceeding 370 re volutions per minute the damage will not be great. The picker type of machine does not break any appreciable number of pods and its fwork is almost equal to that done by hand. The fault of all these machines is that they do not properly clean the pea nuts; the manufacturers, however, are now pioviding a more complete cleaning process. Every farmer who hires his pea nut cr,op picked should see tbat the machine does proper work, that tbe pods are not broken, and that the peas are well cleaned. The most successful operators of thrashers and picking machines do not crowd the work and are content with turn ing out 60 to 75 bags a day. It should be borne in mind that pea nut-picking machinery is still more or l'estja tlje .experimental stag* and that many improvements re main to be made. For the present' the demand is for quality of work, although there is 110 reason why the capacity of these machines should not be increased. Con siderable breakage of the pO(U comes from trampling upon them around the thrasher, and this can largely be avoided by keeping the loose and shattered pods well cleaned up while the work is goinn on. Hair Health Take Advantage of This Generous Offer Your money back upon request at our store if Rexall "93" Hair Tonic dosen't do as we claim. That's our guarantee. You obli gate yourself to nothing whatever. Could you ask or could we give you stronger proof 0i our confidence in the hair restoring qualities of this preparation? We could not afford to so strong ly endorse Rexall "93" Hair Tonic and continue to sell it as we do, if it did not do all we claim it will. Should our enthusiasm have carried qs away, and Rexall "93" Hair Tonic not give entire satisfaction to the users, they would lose faith in us and our statements, and in consequence our business prestige would suffer. We assure you that if your hair is beginning to unnaturally fall out or if you have airy scalp trouble, Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will promptly eradicate dandruff, stimu late hair growth, and prevent pre maturs baldness, or the above guar antee becomes operative. Two sizes, 50c. and SI.OO. Sold only at our store —The Rexall Store. The S. R. Biggs Drug Co. After exposure, and when -you feel a cold coming on, take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It checks and relieves. Use no sub stitute. Tbe genuine in a yellow package always. Saunders & Fow den. : * . "4 "Let there be Light." Many of tbe citizens of tbe town arc often incouvieuced when they * ( for their evening mail by the 1 lack of light in the postofficc builn- K ing. On Sunday nights especially, c • number of people wait uutil after c Church services are concluded be- c fore going to the office, and then 1 unless they have a match it :s inv possible to work tbe combination of 0 their boxes. The buildiug in rented ' by the government and tbe con 11 tract calls for lights and h{»a:. «nd 1 as Uncle Sam is able to pay as he a go's, there is no need nt thi* an 1 noyance. A small electric bull) can a be arranged to burn all ni*;ht at a c very low cost, and such a liuht should be arranged or the postoffice l department informed of the service 1 #liich the people are getting down here. Let's have nore light 011 the * jwlbject. Averts Awful Tragedy i Timely advice giveu Mrs. C. I Wrtoughby, of Marengo, Wis., 1 (R. No. 1) prevented a dreadful J tragedy and saved twib lives. Doc- 1 tois had said her frightsul cough 1 was a "consumption" cough and - could do little to her. After many, 1 remedies failed, her aunt Urged her ( to take Dr. King's New Discovey "I have been using it !or some 1 time," she wrote "and the awful ' cough has almost gone. It also ! saved my little boy when taken with a severe bronchial trouble." This matchless medicine h:s no equal for threat and lung troubles. Priec 50c and $1 00 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Saunders & Fowden. Baraca Class Entertained 11. t \ ■ A— The Baptist Parsonage wa the sfeffe of a most■"enjoyable affair 011 Tuesd.-fy evening, when the Phila thea Class had as their guests the members of the Baraca Class. These classes ate composed of tin young men and women of the Bap tist Church and they are very en thusiastic workers. The evening was spent in playing games, music and songs. A salad course was served iu the dining rouui. The evening was a most pleasant i nitio everybody present and the pastor aud his wife gave fr,eelv of their hospitality to make the occasion long to be remembered. When All Will B« Rich. Hop Sing is a Chinese laundryman | with a cheerful, tboupv somewhat un j usual philosophy. After bewuillDß the j hard times awl lick of bußlnasi. he added, niMlugly: "Blmeby evrybody be Itch, velly lich, blmeby." "How's that?" "Alia poor people got no money; no ran eat. Then alia poor peoplo die." A New White Race. The Japanese la slightly yellow be cause he has descended from ancestors that were colored by millenniums of tropical .sunsMne, but. In the course of time the, Japanese will be iu» white as any Buropean. Even now there are j vast numbers of Japanese who cannot i be distinguished In complexion from tbe so-called white Japan Times. , Sound Phiioeophy. A corresponded of the Portland, Mass., Times asserts: "Men are Ilka bugles—the more **Bsb they contain, j tbg further you can ».c- them. Worn- en are like tulips the more modest and retiring they appea-. the better yqu lovo them."' There It somj truth, we think. I : that Give tie Bent You Have. Always give of the best that Is la you. Feel responsibility towards your self and yotrr' work, Never be con tent with a compromise with woi'c. Give an employer the best that you have In you to give.—Belvedere fcrooks » » y Don't trifle with a cold is good advice for prudent men and women. It may be vital in casjs of a child. There is nothing better than Cham berlain's Cotigh Remedy for coughs and colds in children. It is safe aijd sure. * For sale by All Dealers. Extended Call to Pastor Sunday v£«s the close of the* pas torate of Rev. Horace H. Settle, of the Christian Church. The con gregation extended the call for the coming year, aud same is being considered. Mr. Settle has re ceived two other calls and will give the matter due consideration. He has endeared himself to the people of his Church and made many friends outsids. He is a young man with a purpose consecrated to the cause- of the Master and is an attractive speaker. It is hoped that he will accept the pastorate lor another year. The work under his charge has made substantial gaius in each branch and the congregation is one of the most active in the town. - m Janes C. Dalilman, "Cowboy" Mayor ot Omaha, 'Throws tha Lariat" Mayor Jas. C. Dahlmtjn started, his careePas a cowboy, and is at present Mayor of Omaha, aud has the following record. Sheriff Dawes Co, Neb.{"three terms: May or of Chadron, two terms; Demo cratic N-it'l Committeeman, eight years; Mayor of Omaha, six years, and in igioCandidate for Governor ot Nebraska. Writiug to Foley & Co., Chicago, he says; ' I have taken Foley Tvidney Pills and they have given me a great deal of relief so I cheerfully recommend thern." Your truly, James C. Dablinan. Sounders & Fowden. Convocation of Edenton The sec >nd session of the Convo cation of Edenton for the year con-; vened 111 Bel haven Wednesday, evening. Rev. E. L,. Maloue is rec tor of tha' parish, but has accepted a call to Georgia and will leave for hi> new duties about November Ist. For this reason the date oT the Con vocation was changed. Rev. M. E. I Bethea, Misses Irene Smith /rnd Annie K Thrower left Wednesday un the 1:17 train for Belhaven. Mrs. James G. Staton, President of the Worn n's Auxiliary and Par ochial Society, was unable to at tend, and Mrs. Nathaniel Harding presided in her absence. Hearst's Judgment Mr. Hearst is a Democrat, and he cannot be expected to sorrow as thos«; who are without hope over the prospect ot Democratic victory, There are good Democratic candi dates, and he specifies two of them, whose names might suffice to Itad the party to victory. These two", it might naturally be supposed, are Wood row Wilson of New Jersey, and Judson Harmon, of Ohio. Guess again! Harmou is a second edition of Parker, and therefore impossible, wb'le Wilson is clever but dosen't know where he is af half of the time. These are not the kind of men the Democratic 1 party wnnts to Itad it to victory. The men that loom up largest in thtf Hearst horoscope are 'Champ Clark, of Missouri, aud Oscar Un derwood, of Alabama. With sncb standard bearers as these, Mr. Hearst thinks, the Democratic 1 party might advance to assured victory. —Brooklyn, N. Y., Times. Glies Aid to Strikers Sometimes liver, kidneys and bowls seem to go on a strike aud refuse to wark right. Then you need those pleasant little strike breakers—Dr. King's New Life Pills—to give them natural aid and aud gently compel proper action. Excellent health soon follows. Try them. 25c at Saunders & Fowden. . - Not So Bad. Since 1826 the clothing of mea has grown simpler and simpler, aud If tbe course of evolution has taken away from the plcturesqueness of the crowd. It has added to the dignity of the man I- sr.oo a Year in Advance Lost SSOO "' J ;\J Mr. J. B. Burroughs, a promi nent farmer living between Will iamston and Everetts, came here Monday morning and cashed a check at the Farmers am! Merch ants Bank, leaving ao amount oo deposit and taking SSOO and plac ing it in his coat pocket. He re mained in to wn for some time at tending to several matters of busi ness. After awhile he discovered that the purse containing the mon- ' ey had slipped through a hole in the pocket of his coat and search vva.s at once begun. The citizens on the streets took great iuterest in as sisting in the search and A. K. Hateni and Miss Emma Clyde Mizeli told of having seen Church Hoards pick up a book of like de scription as that owned by MrJ| .Burroughs and passed through Hatem's store. Wlii le going thro ugh, he was asked by Mr. Hatetn what he had found and he said: but an old book," but refused to show it. Officers upon learning this, took Hoard iu charge. He owned that he found a book but threw it away in the iot back of " Hatem's store. Search was insti tuted but the hook could not be located, nor the money—Hoard claiming that there was nothiug in fhe book. Every effort was made to induce hiui to confess as to the whereabouts of the money. He was tried before Judge Godwin and placed under a SSOO bond, failing to arrange this he finally n'lve the wink to his attorney who toon pro- ~ duced the original book containing the money. Hoard had concealed tht! book iu the storeroom of the Williamston Telephone Company I for whom he had worked for yerrs. 1 W. C. Manning and Sheriff CraW ■ ford bad looked carefully over the . room but failed to thoroughly ex ~ amine tbe~generator box, where . it is thought to have been conceal- I ed. The monev was handed to Mr. • Borroughs, wbo expressed his ap , preciation of the efforts of officers f- and citizens and freely offered to divide any part of the money be ■ tween them, but his geneioity was ; declined as they had only done their duty. On the same day a nother man from the country lost a roll of money 111 the store of Cow ing & Company but it was found I beside a barrel by which the man r had been standing. I r . was a day on r which bills seem to have been slip* , pery but after all every one was ■ made happy except Hoard, who , might have t received blessings in i stead of condemnation, if he had , acted wisely and honestly. The best plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamber- I lain'sJLiniment and bound ou over . the affected parts is superior to a - plaster and costs only one tenth as [ much. For sale by All Dealers, t ~ : Embroidery Club 1 The Embroidery Club met with ) Miss Anna on Friday ■ last instead of Miss Nannie Biggs 1 as announced, owing*to the indis , position of the latter. The meeting r was a most pleasant one and the 1 enbroidery season is well on as . Christmas is so .apidly approaching The meeting on November 3rd, will be held with Miss Nannie 1 s> It's Equal Don't Exist' No one lias ever made a salve,. ; ointment or balm to compare with j Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Buiys, Sores, ScAlds, Boils, Ulcers, Eczema, Salt Rh#um. For Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped Hhnds or Sprains its supreme. Unrivaled foi Piles. Try it. Only 25c at J Saunders A F'owden. t j Cqnarie* Are Lonfl-Llvtd. I Caaariet tikve been known to lire* twer'y ene . . ..rs ■
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