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ilE PRESENT GOT I! SITUATION A Suggested Program For; Dealing With IL j (By B. Vf. Kllgorq, Plrector, N. C. Exp. EtutUm and Kxtnlon Service, Treasurer N. C. Cotton Association.) The South, and. North Carolina par ticularly, wrought wonderfully well during the war period. Lunge crop, except cotton, have been made, par- . I .... 1 1 ,1 il ai in u Tli A .nltfin flPlin, 1 of the country (or the (our years of the war 1916 to 1918 were 11,700, 000 balet, 11,302,000, lU.r.0,000 and 11,192,000, or an average of 11,411100 balea, against the (our pre war trope of 1911-14 of 16,136,000, 14,166,000, 13, 703.000, 16,693,000, or an averuge of 14,922,000 bale, which l an average of 8,611,000 bale more annually prior to, than during the war period. The acreage of last year wai but 42,000 less than (or 1914 when the bumper crop of 16,135,000 balea was produced. The low production for the past (our years has been due mainly to bad seasonal conditions in Texas and Oklahoma. Good winter rains Already have been had in these States, and with the same acreage as In 1918, near 36.000,000 and good sea ions, a crop well nigh as large as our largest can and likely would be made, which is far beyond what there are any reasons to think the world will VUUBUIIIO. Big Crop, Low Price. Our bumper rot'on crop of 16.000, 000 bales In 1014 t.roiiRht $soi,nno.00ft an I tir 11 ZnnCM Iviln I'l-fin fif 1917 brought tlie South l.fim.non,nno, or twice as tmirh ns th limnp'r crop. We know wh:it this mean "lip rrrp. low price." Cotton tit prt"'nt pt lees is at, If not below, the rit of produc tion,, and not an inmisdlcriiMo num ber of North Carolina farmers have cotton of two years on hand. , It would seem that the world needs and will consume s4 cost of produc tion, plus a fair profit, the small crop of 1918, especially as this Is one of four small crops in succession, the av erage for the four years being 11.411. 000 bales, or 14,000,000 less for the four year war period than for the four year pre-war period. ' To Make This Effective. What can be done to make this effective? 1. A well-defined co-operative pro gram on the part of the banker, the xnercnani ana me iarmer lor nuiuiug and selling should bring results. 1 Along with the movement to en able the fanner, the merchant and the - banker, or whoever has cotton, to bold It till the right time to sell, must (0 a program to house the staple. S. wnai is peroapa mors impuruini when measured in terms of its effect upon the future of our farming in dustry, Is a plan for preventing the production of a cotton crop this year . greater than the world will require. A reduction in acreage of from one-fifth to one-third has been suggested as the method of doing this. This would mean for North Carolina In round numbers, a million acres Instead of a million and a half of cotton. This would leave a half million arr-s hr- , . tofore devoted to cotton avallablo for food, feed and soil-Improving crops, letter Land for Cotton. Cotton should likely, in most cases, be put on the better land, including some at least of the land planted to oil improving crops during the past year. It should be fertilized with the lew of economy so as to meet the deeds of the land thus used and the crop, and Increasing the acreage pro- . taction and reducing the cost so as to meet the almost certain lower price for cotton next fall I. Another matter of serious eon- , corn is the price of fertilisers. The prices of fertilisers are the highest we have ever known, end while the cotton grower cannot afford. If possi ble, to allow his acreage yields to decline, fertilisers must he nsd. as to quantity and kind to best meet the seeds of the soli end the crop. Fend and d Crops. S. It Will be easilv sereed that H reduction in cotton shnnM go into food and feed crops and pasture in an effort to make all the food and feed for the State on the farms of the State, so as to save transportation charges and intervening profits, to make easy the holding of cotton, to bacco, peanuts and other money crops, and to encourage and support our growing livestock industry beef cat tle, hogs, poultry, sheep and dairy eows for the family cow, our dairies and creameries and for our sew cheese Industry these, together with war farm and townspeople and our anr finale, make a practically sure mar ket at remunerative prices, for all the food and feed crops and roughage that can be grown. Entitled te Better Living Conditions. C. Finally, we must have in mind - as a whole people a readjustment of our wage and living scale. We shduid , sot want to gq back to the' old con ditions as regards ttese. Cotton, pea nuts, tobacco and other money and general crops in the Whole South bare been produced with low-priced labor with muck child labor, unpaid ot underpaid. Those crops have been old to the world on a basis ot this kind of labor and we have bought products from ether part of the country on basis of a higher labor and li ktgfcer living scale than vjur nr, greatly to the detriment ot oar own standard of living as a section. You Will waet a Peep" -.,! ... 1 H ' ' If 12, At these new spring dresses for Misses and Women just out of their boxes and ready for your selection and inspection. Note the youthful lines that characterize these creations-The superb materials and trimmings, but above all note the very economical prices we have marked on the tickets. The line is now complete. Come.before t the choice is gone. j iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin: Everything that is I New n 1 Correct and Artistic In Millinery Our showing of "Gage" "John- son" and "Browning" I Patterns and Trimmed Is more extensive I fore. immed Hats 1 than ever mjM " I UNA P. GILBERT & CO. 517 Main Street , - Elizabeth City, N. C. fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiuiiimuinnuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip McCabe & Grice , IT HAS ARRIVED THE CHAMBERS FIRELESS COOKER AND GAS RANGE See it demonstrated at THE GAS COMPANY Poindcxter St. Phone 271 "THE BUSY STORE" Hi . ADVERTISING RATE CARD The Da ily Advance 1 inch 25c 3 inches 50c 6 inches .$1.00 10 inches $1.50 20 inches ........ .$3.00 30 inches ( Vi PS) ,$3.75 60 inches (Vi page) .$7.50 120 inches (page) .$15.00 The Semi-weekly Advance For rates in the semi- weekly edition published Monday's and Thursday's add 20 per cent to the foregoing. 30 inches ( Vi page) .$4.50. 60 inches ( V page) . $9.00 120 inches (page) .$18.00 Want ads and readers are inserted in the run of the paper at the rate of 5 cents a line with a min- imum charge of twenty- five cents. Front - page want ads or readers ac-' cepted at the discretion of the publisher at double the' usual rate and with a min- imum charge of fifty cents each. January 15, 1919. i ALKRAMA TONIGHT DOROTHY D ALTON IN "The Mating of Marcella" -i-Also HEARST PATHE NEWS . TO-MORROW "NO MAN'S LAND" and PEARL WHITE IN "The Lightning Raiders' NOTICE OK ADMINISTRATION Having qualified ss Executors of the .lata John T.Davis, we hereby give notice to all persons Indebted to his stats to come forward and make im mediate settlement, and those hold ing claims against the same to pre sent them tor payment within twelve months from the date of this notice, or it will be pleaded in bar ot their recovery. February 3rd, 1919. M. E. DAVIS, 8. W. SCOTT, Executors. ' , Feb..13,20,27,M..13. t For All Live Stock and Poultry Kill. Lie, Mltn, FImi, Bto. Pravmt Hog Chol.rs snd othw eont.f Iom UMUuU,KratchMandconunoo.k:n trouble. Eur to uDpndt)l-Bc(momioi. Ktwq Dip No. 1 la oriiiaal padua For SU Bf THE CITY DRUG STORE Water Street " FOOD: IS t HHUNITION j A Few Cents Will work wonders for you in the way of remark, ably improving the appearance of some garment you have cast aside Get it out and let us show you. In no other way could you spend fifty cents (50c) to improve your general appearance as much as having us to press your suit back into its original shape. Ladies white kid gloves a specialty. Work called for and delivered. WE WORK FOR CASH ONLY, have change ready for delivery boy at door. C. M. COOPER, Prop. Phone 280 A Fre eCboking School and Demonstration on the GREAT MAJESTIC RANGE At J. H. Aydlett Hardware Co FRIDAY WILL BE PASTRY DAY . Following, is the menu: Pie Crust, Lemon Meringue Pie, Lemon Filling, Cream Puffs, Chocolate Eclairs, Penny Puffs, Neckties, Queen Victoria after noon tea rolls, Cream Rings, Yellow Macaroons. ' Four prizes given away each after noon. Demonstration lasts from 2:30 to 5:00 p. m. HINTON BUILDING PROF. BECKER. WORLD RENOWNED CHEF, Bakes all kinds of dainty pastries, mixing everything before your eyes and explaining each ingredient as he goes along. Gives free lectures and practical demonstrations on the art of econom ical cooking each day during the demonstration. Answers any questions concerning cooking and gives recipes of any thing for the asking. ' , Shows the ladies how to make cooking a pleasure instead of a burden as most people term it. Serves all the dainty cakes, in fact, everything he bakes, to the la dies present. Every lady in Elizabeth City and the surrounding country should vis it J. H. AYdlett Company's store during this week and see Professor Becker's demonstration of the Great Majestic range. You are urged to come in at any time -And Bee Professor Becker and learn about this great stove. You are, under no obligation to buy, and you can be as- i Bured that the school is w'ell worth attending. - .9 " - 1 . V t
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