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PITOfUAL ZhWkMCL EDITOR- SUBSCRIPTION RATIOS One Year fl.00 JBix Montlis -oO iin opportunity i learn at first hand tin1 blessedness of toil. There things of in;rt IcM'st hImiiiI ,i town lliiiii its population . Likewise in m;ik ng r ;i to a jiiK-r's (in ula! mn ihc advertiser wouM j! well ; learn not only how many Iml aKo who rend its col minis. a snic'ss. These farmers a"e working to secure a better un derstanding and more irfose and "i (friendly relations between the people of the country and the people of the town. We hope that the people of th!s section generally and the business men of Kli,aleth City in particular will c-o operate with them in their uixlertakina. Farmers front the 'Dry Ridge' section of Salem township say that the corn r0p is good in that part of the county. We are glad to hear of some good corn near home if we havn't seen anv. Published Tuesdays &. Fridays One Month 10 UBLKSATIOS AS b I'OUTL SITY or- "The task that challenges the ttatesmanlup of the I, our is to ttop the steady flow oj pollu tion from the country to the tOtcni. The current of human life run in the direction of the greatest profit and the great fitt pleasure a the river run po the eu. I'hilosphy, preach merit and oratory are powerless tQ turn the tide. It i r inex orable a the law of tjra citation it 'is gravitation. Hence the Obligation and thv trpprtunity Of the hour is to make life on the farm jut as profitable and juit us attractive as life in the toicii. The man icl0 most deeply feel this obligation irho fnost clearly sees this opportu nity will most surely serve his day and generation. The day vjill not hearken to the fanatic, the yeneratum will not tolerate fhe demagogue ; but he who POuld render this high service pvust bring to his task ft 81'ienc fuitli, superb common tense cud supreme unselfish ness. The first step to be taken is to give erery nwn who tills the toil a fair chance to own it. (This is the mud sill upon which Qlone can be hnildcd a profitable and attractive. rural civilization. The small farm owned by the man who tills it is the best plant bed in the twrld on which to grow men Jl landless populatittn will always make a Mcri'-o, but the pitizen standing in the doorway Of Ids own home is nt once the Guilder and tlie bulwark oj the (Ommon wealth" Attorney Gen Cral, T. W. Hickett. When an agitator harangues at the idle rich and then talks of a state of society in which men spend more of their time in recreation sjxirt anil pleasure than they do at work the great I'topia to whinh he ;s looking forward amounts to nothing more than a land in which all men .ire loafers. n cr cf c 1 The Advance is entirely sin cere in believing that in few if any counties in the state will the tax assessment this year show an increase of over twelve per cent since li(14. This paK'r goes to practically every county in the stato. If then- are counties that make a Mter Iigh to go ahead on the first showing that Pasquotank -we basis and that the corporation should like to hear ilrom them, commission would see to it that no injustice wus done in the The editor of this newspaper niatter Thi8 letter was dated has never been an ardent disci-; ,nne 1Gth Just Uo dayH pie of William Jennings Bryan, j M Tp!lvis .......... iUr;lill and rather lamely explained iikri: ark thk facts The Advance has endeavored to give its readers the facts in its accounts of what led to tne recent downward revision of the tax assessments in this county, and we believe that substantially we nave done :;o We are persuaded , at any rate, that we have come nearer do ing it than any other publica tion in these parts. It is true that the tax assess ors this year began work with the idea that thev should assess property to its full cash val uation. But the matter liegan to raise such a hue ain.1 cry that Judge Leigh wrote Mr. Travis of the Corporation Com mission and asked him if he was sure that to put such a valu ation on proe.rty here would not work an injustice to Pas ouotank County. Mr. Travis' replied and in effect advised Mr But those who say that since his resignation from the cabinet lie is politically dead would do well to remcmlier how often that judgement has leen pronounced on him already. As for the little fellows who are trying to riklicule him well it s another case of what fools these mor tills Ik. A cat may look at a king but il doesn't hurt the king or help the cat. It pays to goorse. But pends on how jrbere you advertise. advertise, something and when of der and When we get to that planet when1 nobody works but two hours a day how many Kdison will Ik liorn in that, beautiful clime? There is no patieme without tribulation, no endur ance without hardship no hero ism without temptation. Some men have the ilca that if the Jiord had given them the task of making the world they would have turned out a better job. And maybe the lord will have to give them a try at it before they understand that it takes more than leisure to make men that fearing that his first let tor might be lonslnud a mean inc that irronertv .-lumld be assessed at its full ctish valut he was writing ana in to say that seventv five ncrrciit of the value would lie about the pro per figure. Then1 was nothing in the se con) I letter to indicate that such a letter was beinr sent out over the state in general On the contrary it was written in Mr. Travis' own hand and Mr. Travis intimated that Ik could not make such a state ment to every assessor in tin stare as some of them would take advantage of it to greatlv u. mm i co COTTON .GRAIN PRODUCE ELIZABETH CITY, N. C -Jul v l.p)th K!1.-) BUYING TODAY COTTON The best news to .reach us Jdtely lias been to the effect $Jiat the sweet potato crop in Currituck is good and the pi-Dee Outlook encouraging. When all parasites are weed fA out and all humbugs are exposed the creature who hith erto has lived chiefly on the fxplotation of scandal may get We introduiv to our reader this week a new member of The Advance staff in the person of Mr. Wilfred Peele, fifteen years old, who has within the last few weeks linked his fortunes with this newspaper. Mr. Peele's first newspaper story appears under his own name in another column of this issue. The county farmers met last Saturday to ask all the people both of the country and f the town, to join them in making the general community picnic this month at Albemarle Park Strict Middling S 14 Middling EGGS Hen Eggs, per doz 15c. SELLING TODAY FLOUR Patapsco, best patent ;..Ml GRAIN Corn,, White, per sack f 1 .75 Oats, per bushel (52c MEAL AND HULLS Meal, per ton 30.00 Hulls, per ton 8.00 MIDDLINGS Spring, per bag $1 .." Ballards, per bag fl.7.r HAY X 1 TiBiothf $27,110 CO co C2 u c CD of Va 0 Ci C, I Cli CTi CTz Cfi cfi en G! cn c1? r A Few Mot Weather Suggestions e 0 COOK BY GAS because it insures you a more comfortable and cleaner kitchen, it saves you 1-3 to 1-2 your time, it isalways ready when you want it night or day. You can always have any amount of heat you want by turning down the burner which will save gas. IRON BY GAS because you can iron 10 hours for 5 cents you can do your work in half the time because your iron is always ready. HEAT WATER BY GAS because you can heat as much as you want when you want it at a small cost. A small payment down and a little each month with your gas bill will make your kitchen an all gas kitchen. ASK US ABOUT OUR PLANS TIE GAS CO PHONE 271 undervalue property. When Mr. Iigh Travis' letter of the i .1.1 was iH-rsuaiico inai got 18th Mr. he as- I'll 4 valuation per cent in sessment hail leen somewhat igh. He therefore went through his hooks making such, reuue- ions as he thought proper. Hut these reductions in no townslnp iinoiinled to as much as twenty . ii the per cent. Ann Mie tTai of these reductions lacked a f onsidcrnhlc amount of bringing the assessment within twelve per cent of t he Hut a twelv crease in assessment was what the mass meeting had idecided upon as sufficient, and twelve er cent increase in the total aggregate will lie the basis for the reduction which the board of equalization has now order edi. And (Vet somebody wants to make the people think that the mass meeting hakl nothing to do witJi St. & & a & & & & a a a See E. K. SAWYER FOR BICYCLES And All Work In That Line Gunsmith A Sjecialty Trusses Repaired Wanteil Copies of The Ad vaiico of April !th and dune 4 Advamv Office. o o - FIVE HUNDRED MEN'S STRAW HATS Up to $3.00 in Values For 98c Only S..R.-SDFF COMPANY & & & & & & & & & & if: rf
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