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t il)IT(ML 7W mm. t.ti i orv- , SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ?1 -0 (Six Mouths -50 1 Published Tuesdays and Fridays. 4 RESOURCES ()P THE !'.MTi:il STATI With the j-iTiit nations of F.u rope wasting their wealth ami their lesuirrcs with freehanded disregard, and this country Ikmiiii forced to defend more and nioi'' upWi its own capital, ajj'icil 'ur al flnd mineral resomves, ihc question of our undeveloped "tores takes on an interest such a it never before has had. In this connection the National ;e;raph ic Society lias prepare! a state ment which says: . In addition to the wonderful agricultural and mineral develop meat," which already has taken place in the United States, and whicn makes this country out rank any other in the world in the value of her crops and the product of her mines, we have . vast undeveloped resources. We have more coal, more petroleum. ' more phosphate, and more ooppei than any other, country. Our coal -'reserves reach auch an overweh' Ining total as to make the com J)incd coal reserves of the mx; six greatest producing nations al of whom are at war dwind'e in -to "significance. Zinc, leail, sil ver, timber," ;alt, iron ore, and other staples of commerce! are Jiere in undeveloped abundance Alaska is the greatest of our mi ' exploited treasure troves. , "The largest body of unused and neglected land in the United .States is. Alaska. It is now near y a century since we purchased this territory, and it contains to t day less than 40,000 white inhab itants, less than 1,000 for each year it has been in possession. ""The purchase was made as a jneatt'.of portection against pos sible aggression of a foreign na f tion and without hope tfiat it sl1fbuld be even elf-supporting the .'Intervening 40 years we have given it little more, than the most casual concern; yet its mines, fisheries, and furs alone have ad- deilto our wealth the grand sum Of ; $500,000,000. Individual for- tunea have been made in. that Country larger than tire price , paid to Russia for the whole ter "'Its waters are teeihing in rich Skins iUid fish. IIow rich we know,a because they have been proved. But how rich its lands are in gold and copper, coal and oil, iron find inc. no one knows. The prospector lias gone far enongjh, however, t.) tell ns that . no other section of our land to day makes so rich a mineral prpmise. And in agiiultura tlie government itself demonstrated that Alaska wi:l produce in abun dance all that an he vaied in I ihe Scandinavian countries. (Sit ka has cooler summers and warm er winters than Washington, I). C.) the hardy cereals and vege-'i tablcR,' the meats and the berries off which nine million people live in Norway, SweVlen and Finland It has been estimated that there are; 50,000,000 acres of this land that will make homes for a peo pie as sturdy a those of New England;. Alaska can be made idf -ustaining agricnlturaDy. "It is a territory one-fifth the size of tin; United States contain ing les.i than 1,000 miles of auy- fhing that ran be called, a wag' on road. 1' has a lew inconsid erable stretches of railroad, which tei initiate either in the wil Terness; oi at a priva.e indu try Alaska does not bv anv means comprise all of our undeveloped resources. Yast stretches of the! iJreat American lesert will re main to be reclaimed for fruit, grain, vegetable and grazing land. Millions of acres of coal lands are. hi store ready to be ojiened as the need for their resources arise. Southwestern oil fields aiv storing vast quantities of petro emu for future use. Innumera ble water-powers throughout th-' Middle West and West are wak ing to be harnessed. Our vast de posits of phosphate rock, embrac ing milliomiof acres and contain ing billion.- of tons of phosphate. undoubtedly form the world's greatest suiipiv. These d. 'posit. - run for lnrT Ircds of miics thru J the "Round Do.eir Club'' Tue-da; Wyoming, Utah.. Montana, and evening at her home on Roa Idaho. In 1 !U U ,lie United States : street). i produced 52 per cent f tie Those present were: .Mrs C 1 world's phosphate output. Robinsi n, Mrs C W Melick, Mr 'A discovery of a deposit oi ;C A Ashby, Mrs. J 1! (iriggs, Mr potash within the United Stale i I M Meekins Mrs Tom -loii'-- was made some time agW, thong i Mis Catheiine Alhertson, Mrs little has been done iu the way o!'j Eliza ('handler, Mi s Maivia A it development. lh: Denar inent of the, Interior ha expres s(i tne nope tnat tins stippl.v would for some time at lea i make the farmers of this country independent of foreign resources, ft .ies, however, still imdevelop ed. (iennany. up to now, has had a worll monopoly of potashi." IN ANOTHER COUNTY Concerning croji conditions iu Edgecombe the Tarboro South erner inonVize?, in this wise; "The gr?atest coward in the world is the dollar and we love it so that it gives us 'more pangs and fears than wars or women have.' Sin e the war began we have b.:vr:i,ved all the trouble that we (ould, and today are acting the part of a coward in not uncl ing the situation square y and bravely. "Conditions in Edgecombe are verv much better than thev were in 188!), conditions which were met and in a few months over- oni". In that year there was on ly two-fifths of a cotton crop made, It was sold around sqvcii cent". There was not corn oP meat rais '"d to begin to supply the needs of the county. The !a V. W. Laud near Whitakers was probably tke n 1 v man in the county to raise peanuts for market. There wa no tobacco cultivated outside of a fence jam. ''What are the conditions to day? The county has made i s bread a".d ai'most eiioimh meat Its cotton corp is over the average and in addition to this-- the toba -eo crop wilt more than pay the more than the entire, cotton crop of 1880 and then some. EnouiHi peanuts have been made to buy that crop three times over. The porfits on the peanut and tobac co crop wil more than pay the losses on the cotton crop. "It is true that some people are badly behind financially, this is true every year. Rut comditions do not warrant the fears that we indulge in. By giving way to these fears, hiding our inoucv. r fusing 'o r.ay debts when we cae we are acting coward'y and doiirr in our power to brine about the realization of our fears. "If aV wil do their part the most that can be said for Edge combe is that we have worked a year for little or no pay." SOCIETY. Mr and Mr P F Cohocii enter trained Wednesday- evening at their, home on Boad street iu, hon or, of Mr. A E Cohoon "of Port land, Oregon. The Christmas idea was tarried out in the decorations, holly and pine boughs -being used in pit)fu sion. Tlio e enjtying Mr. and Mrs. Uohoon's hospitality were: Mrs S S Lamb, Mrs PG Jacocks, .Mrs : 15 C Lamb, M:s,U E Tho.np on, Mrs. flapper Stewart, Mrs Morrisetfe. Mrs A L Pendleton, Mrs W L Cohoon, Miss Edna Kra niei, -Miss Kes ie McMuilaii, Mis May Pendleton, Miss Eloise Rob inson, Miss Helen Robinson, Miss Margaret Culpepper, Miss Hessit Cohoon, Miss Fannie McMullan Mhs Maujle (irice, Miss Rawling of Wilson; Messrs. ,J Hughes Will Foreman, YA i. (laither .) M Harney, W L Small, Y 1 Wood, -C E Thompson, I)r A L Pendleton, Norman Whitehurst. Kerfrestnneuts were served ir two courses by the hostess. Mi. R 15 C JaUiiI) presided at t h punch bowl. ! Mrs. F. F. Cohoon entertainer bcrtson. Miss LiLie (irandy was chai man of the program committee, and a splendid one was arranu ed. Miss Catherine Albertsoi and Mrs C W Melick read !-c' tions of France which wa i follow ed by discussions of France an. French life, Mrs C II Robiusm gave interesting reminiscences o Parisian life as a traveler sees it Then followed current conimeni which was very instructive. Rerfre lnnents were served h the hoslesg in two courses at the close of the evening. Miss Margaret Dawson enter tained a number of her friends Thursday evening. The guests were Misse; Mil dred Commander, .Jessie Overtop of Norfolk, Pauline Reveridge. 'Iwhn .loiies, .Jennie Kramer Messi i Ki.y Siiijnious, Aubre McCahe, Raymond Evans, Ciar ence Reid, Kenneth Etheridge Victor Hoojter, Willia Wood y. Fay Hutsey. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Miss Evelyn Munden entertain ed a number of her friends Thurs lay nighf at a Watch par'v in honor of her guesf, Miss Thelma Munden of Norfolk. The game f "live linn) lied" wa- played, e'reshiuents were served. The guest? were Misses Mai Garret, Mary Ward, Lillian Rrirc C-audine Koontz of South Mill Jennie 'Cohoon, Eleanor Hall Carrie Bright. , The Elizabeth City Raiaca Philathea-Phi'athea Union will meet ,to-night at seven-thirty in the Annex of the Firnt Methodist Church. ' ' . ( Mr., .toseph C. Davis, fc.rnierly with Suskin & Berry of AYa shins ton has accepted' a position with the C.':II. Robinson 'Cei'npan.v. M'srs. ('. O. Robinson, .1, J Hughes, R T Bell lei", Monday for New Yo''k on business. Mr Russdll E Snowden left Saturday for ('oliiinbus. Miss , un a consulting enRiiieerinr- trip. Prof. J. II. Whedbee of Weeks ville vri? n the city wit business Saturday. ,. 1 Mr B J Forbes of Newlandf w a in me vuy axonuay ana a plea'ant calltr at the Advance office. 1 . Rev. n. P. Lamb of Tyner was in the city Monday on business. Rev. C. W. Sawyer of Camden was "here Saturday. Mr. William Nixon of. Sunbury was here last week. BARK LEY HOOPER Elizabeth City, N. C. Jan. 2. John Rarklfy and Miss Annie I. Hooper, daughter of Isaac Hoop v, were married last night at the residence of J S Seeley on Mat thews street. Dr. Henning, pas fbr f the First Baptst Church, performed! the marriage cere mony in the preseuse of a few in timate friends of tire couple. L 0,S T ! LOST- -Iirge Pointer Ioe Liver and White, strayed away last Thursday. Wore black c -lar with his name 'Bruce' and owners name engraved on same. Return to me and receive reward S. II .JOHNSON, "?.-.(HMI TO I'.E (iJVEN AWAY" The above amount will be. (Jis tributed to the people of this com nuinity soon Watch for details (adva FOR SAL E Two young .Jinny mules, own sisters, .' and 4 years, obi. sound as ;i dollar, well framed and sure footed. Will take f.'WO. for the pair, FRANK E. PARKER. R F. I). No. ID Weeksville, N.C. ianotlwH.. "fo.OOO'TO BE C.IVEN AWAY" . The above amount will be dis tributed to the people of this com munity soon Watch for details (adva.) Cotton, Grairv Produce KUabetb '.ity, N C. JANUARY r.th lfli:. rU'YINd TODAY COTTON Strict Middling 7 5Sc Middling 7 : -Sc. ECUS Hen Eggs, per (loz 15 1c. PEAS B).'.ack, per bu. $1.(55 Black Eye, per bu., $1.75 to $2.00 SELLING TODAY FLOUR catapsco. best Patent URA1N Com, white per bu Oats, per bushel MEAL AND HULLS $(i.75 70c. OOc. .Meal, per ton Hulls, per ton f..OO 8.00 $1.05 $1.55 $23.00 MIDDLINGS per 100 lb. I". a I lard Bran, per 100 lbs HAY No. 1 Tim., p(..r ton mm i n A Good Eater Makes A Good Thinker Good groceries build up the system, sti mulate the brain, and increase your capacity to think. And RIGHT thinking brings BEST results Our groceries MAKE YdU THINK. Pu oooooooooooooocc With The Hoffmaa Sanitary Clothes Pressing Machine We can press better others can. Repairing, Dyeing, Cleaning and Pressing, best service in town. Garments called for and delivered. COOPER CLEANING WORKS . PHONE 280 N. Poindexter St" oooooooooooooooo ATLANTIC Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the"Nations C ar den Spji." Through (he States Of VIRGINIA NORThCAROLlNA ' SOUTH CAROLINA " ' GEORGIA ALABAMA xtv. c1K AND (January fi.OW.O and vlT INCIAN LIM ITID", "("ALMCTH UlJ0 COAST LIN FLORIDA MAIL" Oiulnij cat'b t la carte .orvlc fr roniid tamuut, ear Mr r from Nw York to botb Port Tamn nrt Kmiiir. Kt, conn.ctla wit 'auiabipi to ii1 frr.tn Havana . ?;t opawtlfully liluntrat boon.ta .no copy of "Purrl foliar' etrM J CraiK HuW iramr M, '( h(w B0.MiWBM, M-, Wit-' V OR S A L E A .Jersey Cow will be fresh a- bout the First of February. Ap-j Sanitary Inspector Gregory, re ply to, P. W. STEVENS. ;queKte(l by the boaM ainueu. , i ai aiuaen ia - tion). RUSSELL E. SNOYDEN ENGINEER i. SURVEYOR c . 14. -f i t f Specialist in Road Improvement, Drainage and Rura Betterment, h , also . i Land Drainage, Hydraulic, Topo-i graphic, Sanitary, Municipal,1 Railway, and Industrial Surveys, ( Reports, Plans, Estimates of cost; iiiv nii'Miii, Pujin ioiuw i in Inspection. n n wdeii, N. C.. Elir, City.N. C Cabbage Plants nKTY MILLIONS OP CCNUINC FROST PROOF PLANTS Grown In the open field on our fnrmi at Ajbany 0. , id Greenville, 8. C, Iron. rl" Jlren hB a chance. We change our Ian 1 each year.thii. avolulng lice and d,. WeTSp promptlj.piaranlee full count, sale delivery, and good fttrong pUnts. to wXYfr J Wakefleld, Charles E.IU. tlilt MU a. v.. OO0 to IW00 4 $1.00 per 1000; 10, 000 toij C00 at BOc lSeirfUl B"nudii onion pknta at $1.23 per 5i?iSrrr?r P1? lwllnK VArietiei at $3 P 1000) m a cbolee line of fruit trw PIEDMONT PLANT CO. Albany. a an Omnv.il, s. C. Nanor Hftll and Porto Hico potato plnnta rt-edr April let. Wrt for uur 1 1 hi.tjUd crtaloviw whirh itfv a fall dwrlptfen ot our pUnU ftad fruit ma W 1 IfhMI Gallop Co.; 4 and do it quicker tha (f COAST LINE rs' thef Yj- . !. ' M an? FLO KDA FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS FLORIO to AprV) IMOU 1 cen,i)e r meeting to hand in hi1 - resignation, failed to comply laat - . ii i glit and when Alderman Cohoon. maoe. a motion that the office be, (declared vacant he was voted down. iIr- Gregory is now on thirtyr . ; L . . . , . . . , . A1 , . his office is left to the discretion , - of the mayor. a s T-''- j : " ' A - Five Thousand Dollars (5,000) ' will be. given away very shortly i.i,M 1 1 ii ill., I iiiii Miin mo rarninmirv: mvi njiiL i it u iniico Call r a share Further deaih? later. , I -(adva.) F O It SALE FOR SALE One young Jersey" cow. Fresh. Apply to, T. L. OVERMAN, K.F.I). 1 Elizabeth CSty- jan5tli.1t.pd. Do yon wan11! a sbare of the- , Five Thousand Dollars that wiU" soon be distributed to the people" ' of this fomninnity. Of eours you do. Then watch this paper for details. (adv.) ivf
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