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J ' . y .., .-.1 Mi ; 5 i V 5(1 ' ( f -'t ' V. ; -1 ; '-'" yj . ' . ! r. f. j .'... I vt . I ,.:,v '. Unmfl hardshin.' deny.;'" But That' none need tills i v great great andjUnlreireal catastrophe iwill fair nowhena , with lighter weight than.upou ourselve. lift us take courdge. -r A PLEASANT SUKl'KISK The Advance ha had a great al to hay from time to timkj s GREATER JOV JJATH. NO Invited to stop at noon at home in Camden the other weekj. the Advance eIitoi after a sump tuouH dinner and a delightful social, hour ,was taken in bis host's buggy to a nuinlMT of neighboring farinhouen. Hardly more than a family visited failed about the roads of Cuintuckito take the paper and the after and Camdn count.j'w and what noun's work would hve made, any u have said heretofore lias not editor's heart clad. But setting been said exactly in a iilt of congratulation to these counties. ' Ve have M" agreeably nur urukl rcentlv to lun that there 'iKi'e good roads in both counties jln communities where progrea ' H.ve citizens -o-operat$ . oine fthing baa been done which will 'at least how how easjly Curr ituck county amd Vamden might l'have good roads if they would ( bomewail Mm far day the Advance man had that wh'ch was worth more1 'than the clink of money in h.is pocket or the list of names for his sub crip tion list . 1I who linds a friend is happi er than he who founds a city or discovers a continent . Both Governor Lock Cralig and Cbief Justice Walter Clark of the tfuprema Court bench., will be guests ot the ..Wilmington Trades Council for Labor Day, and will deliver addres&s at the Labor Day (jeJebatkm to be heJd at Lut mfina, Wrightsville Beach which event will also formally mark tlw close of the beach season, 1914. Tlie Trade Council held 4 iiutt) ing last week at which a commit tee of prominent citizens were apxintHd to act with the labor later in the ink-mis "in entertaining the dis tinguished men. ElGl ONE STEP TO VIRGINIA BEACH "How can w ourb the food We d'.te one instance in I'aiirrspvulators and price UwiKters?" SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year f 1W Six Months 50c ' Pvbh$Hed Tuesdays and Friday A FAVORED SECTION. Hore than once since first we cast our lot in Elizabeth City w have been impressed with the jonsuaj' advantages of thHs sec tion. These advantages are1 the never more manifest than at a time like the present. The writer of thin editorial iwaa reared in the cotton bidt Of South Carolina. We know what it means to live where the farmers dejiand npou one crop 4tnd one crop only for their en tire revenue for th. money to pay for labor, fertilizer and ma chinery. In such 11 section the falilure of that crop or a big tlen county. Between Old trap waalu land the month of the Pasquotank Nw 7liver Sheriiff Mitchell and a'uuin ler of his neighbor got tdethtOv to we how good that road could (be made if properly worked. No Uitnv material was brought Cn but I for a slvort stref 'h a whai.low Itrench ditch was djig on each hide ( I the foad and th roa.I bed was then arched to drain into the: ditches. finally thevroad bed wius made smooth with a lmg inajle of heavy sawed tim -Ur. Thougtr t nis worn was none last winter before the fanners got busy with thel'tr croji and though lh roajl has rectjived lit tle or no attienhion mmm it i still the bast stretch of dirt road we have seen in this section Kwient for duet dn exceaive dmutb and a little mud in very wet wvather it it in every respect iNjual to niaclidam. Tlie Movocl neighlwxrhood ha nnlv srool nvMl j ) 1 we have found m ' ' rituck. Tliem' were built up bv nractical'-v tht same method as we have just outlined and are lunt in onW bv the IBX' of a sidit log drag. ' A prominent fannf.-r of Moymk, who had tht AAlvance man out iin U;s bugg,y looking over Moyosk ciojih last wwk saSdL "It is ivinarKanu how long the roads will keep theiiwJv.'s in order when prop erly worked. Little or nothing on there roaus a (listnictwi -Stop eating. housewSfei. Copies of the resolution del daring in favor of the first Sun day iu SeUember as "Peace Day'' were mailed from Mon treat last week to ail the lead ing jlifuominations in the south with a request that the day he so observed. I. A.. Taylor, of Wilmington, in a letter to Representative (Jod- win at Washington, . i has submittal a lIan for .caring for thti South's coton crop. Mr. Cod win endorsed the plan fin his rei lv to Mr Taylor and asserted that the warehouse problem is the key to thy tituatiou. Mr. Taylor's piaai is the tree tion f warehou8 in every town in the cotton belt by local people, the warehouses to lie frame build mgs,. i'acn town is ro have a local warehouse association wliiich chall be resiKinr-ible for; the placing of cotton in the waiv house or warehouiss in the neigh borhood so as to lend stability fo the receipts and make them ac ("ptahie t.o aocal hants. iiw ba,Tiks are to secure the eoiopera- tion of their correspondent banks aii'd the privilege of having loans on cotton receipts rediscounted at !leral reserve banks. Mr. Oodwrtn believes the plan is feasible and that some such sv-tem of provtidisg warehouses in the only practiceaMe method of solving the cotton problem. Winfall .... Elizabeth City TfLmothy Brinn, a Kinston N- gro wiio rorieneu a noma ami left that city tfineteen yiears ago and has since that tame become' Of all toilet preparations Am- one of AmexflcaVi famous musilinen's Prickly Heat and Baby c-4 composers, hasi 'jreturniil tolrowfder or Toilet Powder excel Is his native town for a visrit. Br'.nn 'every thfing of its kind on the went to New York and later to J market. It has b"en used for Berlin and is knowm both in I Mi r'ar8 and has grown in pop hiis 11m I ularitv and increased each year sical coniKsifonsj VIA NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD Wednesday August 28th. SPECIAL FAST TRAIN-Extremely Low Fares LEAVE TIME FARE Kdenton 2:00 p. in $1.25- Hertford 2:20 p. m. 1.25 . . :2:2i p. m 1.25 .. ..2:55 p. in 1.00- Camden -IM p. in 1.00 BelcrosH 3:05 p. m 1.00 (Jregory " 3:10 p. in l.0(K Shawboro 3:15 p. in 1.00- Snowden 3:20 p. in l.OO Moyock 3:30 p. in 1.00 .Irn're Virginia Beach Casino ..5:00 p. m. Returning Special Train will leave Gjin Station Virginia Beach at 11:00 p.m. Stopping atj tions named above. M VIRGINIA BEACH CASIN The most magnificent Seaside Resort Crtnth Ffw nanrincr - Surf Rflthin?. Kverv mfe amusement device. Consult Ticket Agent. H. S. LEARD, General Passenger Agent. J. D. STACK General Superintendent, Norfolk, Va. E. D. KYLE Traffic Manager one of the most pojmlar of which Ikmih tlu title "-Josephine, My Jo". Iin wiles from, the fact that it has li'vrni absolute satisfaction, basel iiK)ii genuine merit. I tine it is caneri I'ncKiy iieai James J (JillnTt, assist.nt Powder it is a preparation that director of the postal service on can lie usijl the year round. It the Panama Tana Zone, now onik'.vps tlie compaction and skin .1. .11.1 . .. i visit to K' nston say., that the 'm a fl'MMl neaitny comuuion. ror ijmal is aflrvadv a paving in-chafing, rough and pamp y hkui lump in its price 'is nothing ' ihort of a calamity so manifest . has been done H' a calamity that for many years since thfe spring J All the agricultural papers haw been urging, diversification of ' crops in the cotton belt. Happily, and at this time thrice bappCy, such diversification , alr?ad exsiists in this sjction. Onr farmers are not altogether ' dependent ipon the cotton crop five months tliroufin iF ' j for a livelihood . There aw. other Branch w0.,'k- to wrve that , tiources o revenue. There are coun the new ouiuimg, noi ties in North Eeastern Carolina his last visit, is now practically mha h fnrmPTnlinviflll:l thiir comn'iete as tot U exterior and onrseti once th's year with irish that the plastering will complete CCRRITUCK'S NEW 111(511 SCHOOL BCILDINC It wa: a ilisure inlvd to the etlfittir of the Advance, pas simr for the first time in about - potato -monev. Other truck the work in tho inter; or. With J V crops have helped. In Currituck two massive columns on the front though there is a disposition to rising to the full height of the ""A" complain at the present low building's two storil. the new t. prices of sweet potato, n.anv structure already has dignity th'irtv Mind scholastic hearing. wuen ,it has Imm'ii dMK'ated hy appro a.i that itrante exercises ana rounwnuni oat, th hont- lotuls of wnt-tTinel ' to its mission by, a years con Ann hmiurht here for the last thirl Hcjentions work on the part of pu " ' c a ,1 : it. i .... a. . Tfl r.llMIU IIIII-II1LT 111 O . f.V ' . - ' " - . 1 - : iavs nave maue cooa money on ; .lv ty days can, not doubt that these " grown merely "on h(e wide" by ' fy jmost of onr watermelon farnrers, f !itave helped to allay the summer W dearth of money in rural sections "V., . Then when comes r3.fall our ' Vfomfcr8 will sell1 soy beams and , 7 V rorn anjl so perhajm will some ' of them be ablte to hold cotton for better prices. ' ' All of this i taking no account of the May peas and string beans shipped annually to northern cjit ' ' v ie from the counties of the Al bemarlfe. All this makes no men- ' Vtion of the oantelopio and various r. fruits thrft every summer are 4 turned" into money for farmers .. "Hxiight here in Elizabeth CSty. All i Of thigifjtakes no account of thris "rMttion'g magnificent resources -V vitlli ;fish and game and its wealth ?c'0. illwnbwr . Many a section of the . 0Uth now clothed in sackcloth "J'and ashew woujd call itself est men t for the reason that it it lis ideal. For keeping the body, sweet doubles Ihe efficiency of tluj -V merioan Fleet and makes it ! ail I free from odor from perspi available for service on either ration lit 'is perfect. Tt means con, ocean. Mr Gilbert is a native fort fo the baby and happdnees of Kinston and was at one timeuo the family. lostmaster there. You wtill find this powder on fm SALE 120 Acre Farm five miles from town, one half mile from Railroad, 60 acres of same fine mill timber, old pine, and poplar, about 800,000 feet, and 2,000 to 3,100 feet of cord wood . 60 acres fine truck land . Good build ings C. W. STEVENS. kale at the Albemarle Pharmacy Powder. Advt. at 25 cents per box and We feed perfectly safe n saying that the proprietor Mr Jacocks can vouch for the merit of 2t. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard reneral itRngtheoftu; tonic j GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drive ou m-1-i.J Hataria.enncocmiDC Diooa.aua duihh apinc mv Am men S lOliei tcm. A true tonic. For adulu and children. SOc jiiils and twicher it will staiu forth in still more impressiv distintctiveuess Having passtnl most of what irfn-n of mm life in J MCT "JI - fcchool houses of one sort or iui oAher the editor of th Advance can say that he knows of no bulldling used for school purpose today whjich reflects more creuvi npou the communjity in wnini h stands than the auditorium buibl ing of the Poplar Branch High ftehool. Txing may it stand an emblem of what is best and stur diest aind truest in Currituck cit izenship. Tt should not Ik' forgotten, however, that a measure of the credit for the new building be longs to those who during past vears have taught in the Poplar Branch High School. The Ad -vance does not now propose to LOOK MEM OUR EXPERT CUTTER IN TOWN TO-DAY WE GIVE YOU At m rm g ir 4 s4- CBiCED Made to Your Order With Your Suit 50 Kain boat r wese suits $15 and up.-no funo pay SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Hinton Building Main & Martin Streets TE3E QUALITY TAILORS, Arthur Burgess Manager blessed if it could attaiin the op i drac into print the names of y Nortunities that lie at our door. LhoHe w have labored to in ine Auvauce socuks hi uusi ., nihniaam a- njurj j . . niond- nurils and patrons, thru O 1 long months or years, with un tMuff devotion and with unasrumi iiiff zeal. But the pupils of Pop lar Branch High School should write these names upon their lwarts . . ' . wwtee n an effort to dnyfipate a lmeestire of the gloom that has gettd upon the section's farm Jt j&n since the beginning of the Eu - (V;,rot)ean war and the slump in the "vi pnce of cotton. Our optimism is incorrigible but not extreme. The Etropean War wdll cause W (Advertisement) THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE MID MECHANIC HUTS This state Industrial College of fers strong courses in Agncul ture, Horticulture Stock raising, Dairying. Poultry. Veterinary, Medicine; in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering ; in Chem ietry and Dyeing; in Cotton Manufacturing, and in Agncur ral teaching. Four year cours e. Two ana one year courses in Agriculture and in Machine Shop work. Faculty of 61 men 738 students; 25 buildings; ex ceUent equipment and laborato ries for each department. On July 9th County Superintendents conduct entrance examinations at each county seat. For catalogue write. K. B. OWEN, Registrar, WTest Raleigh, N.C. Jun26 lOt 11 GROCERIES ARE APPETITE BUILDERS The more you eat the more you want Don't let vour stomach jet beyond control. Keep it in check. You will live longer. The only way to do this s to eat pure groceries our appetite builders, Build up vour appetite likewise your system, and your lease of 1 i f e Try our "builders." 4 M. Water Street P. GALLOP. CO., Elizabeth City,N, C. WEEKS SAWYER Haberdashers and Tailors kRAMER BLDC. . MANHATTAN SBIRT SALENOW ON Straw Ht halt price. All $4.M Oxfords $2.Q& WEEKS & SAWYER Haberdashers and Tailors KRAMER BLDG. I 4 n . ('
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