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0 tear an et is i T V'; t. IH and .The Local Paper a Most Useful Agency on the Farm The Press, Pulpit and School a Trinity of Influence That Must B Utilized in Building Agriculture. i "h THE RURAL PRESS Repo-t of the condition of Waslimjjion County Ban!?, at Plymouth, in the State of N. C., at the close of business Dec ember 31st, 1914. RESOURCES 1 v ; Dy Feter Radford Ijfirtur' r Nation, it FnrnV-rs' T'nlon A broad campaign of publicity on the subject of rural life is needed in ;this state today to bring the problems of the farmers to the forefront. The city problems aro blazoned upon the front pages of tho metropolitan dail ies and echoed in the country press--, but the troubV-s of the fanners are seldom told, except by tho:-e who ! seek to profit by the story, -and the glitter of the package ofttimes ob scures the substance. A searching in vestigation into tho needs of the farmers will reveal many inherent de fects in our economic system that c:m be easily remedied when properly un derstood and illuminated by the pow er o the press. Tho rural press, the pulpit r.ml tha school are a trinity of powerful in fluences that the farmer must ut;li;:-3 to their fit'!.- a capacity before he cm occupy a commanding position in pub lic affairs. These gigantic agencies are organized in every rural community and only await the patronage and co operaticn of the farmers to fully de velop their energy and usofiilnees. They are local forces working for the best interests of their respective communities. Their work is to build and their object is to serve. They prosper only through the development and prosperity of the community. Every fanner in this state should subscribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodic? anJ such other publications as he ma? find profitable, but he should by all means subscribe for his local paper, and no home should be without it. The local paper is part of the community life and the editor tmJerstafds the farmer's prob lems. It is the local press that will study the local problems and through, its columns deal with subjects of meat vital importance to loeld life of the community. A Noble Task. In too many instances the country Pipers mimic the city press by gor ing prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation. The new rural civilization had placed upon the rural precs renewed responsibilities, and enlarged possibilities for useful ness. It cannot perioral its mission to agriculture by recording the frail ties, tho mitha ps and inordinate am bitions of humanity, cr by filling its columns with the echoes of the strug gles of b-ry streets, or by enchanting stories cf ciiy life which lure our children from tho farm. It has a higher and nobler task. Too often the pages of the ci: y dailies bristle with tho ttruggle of ambitious men in their v i!d last for pew or, and many times the lljm.es of personal conflict scar the tender ! -' of new civilization and illuminate the path way to destruction. The rural press is the governing power of public senti ment and must hold steadfast to principle and hoop the ship of suite in the roudstead of progress. The rural pre .-a can best serve the inter ests of the farmers by applying us energies to thy solution of problems affecting the local community. It must stem the might iie current that is moving from the farm to the cities, sweeping before it a thousand boys and girls per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of civilization at their fountain head Its mission is to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the intellectual life of the country, placing before the pub lic the daily problems of the farmers and giving first attention to the . islative, co-operative, educational and social needs of the-agricultural classes within its respective community. . The Power of Advertising. The influence cf advertising is clear ly visible in the hemes and habits of the farmers, and the advertising col umns of tifc pre.-s are making ilteir imprint upon the lives of our p-ople. The farmer po:;pnsKe3 the things that are best .advertised. The farmer is entitled to all the sd vantages and deserves- all the lux uries of life. We need more art, sci ence and useful facilities on the farms, and mar-y homes and farms are well ba.lar.ced in this respect, but tfce advertiser cm reader a service by teaching the advantages of modern equipment throughout the columns of the raral press. 3 Loans and discounts, t ) v e r ti r a f i , u u s e c u r Furniture aud Fixtures Duo from Pi,in!;s.uid Wanker Cash it' ms Gold coin Silver coin, including all ni- nor coi n cu rteuey Na(. b.iiik ii ..tcs aud nlier U. . notes Total, LIABILITIES Capital stock paid io Undivided proius. le- cur rent expenses acd 'axeu paid Fills payable Tiirns Certificates of Deuosit Deposits sn bjeei to cli.'cic Cashier's checks outstanding Certified clu'eka Total. . l.O.-i.t SO 773 l.S-l!) ;) 5,:5s its 4,H'5 30 786 00 1.49S 13 4.281 ()' tS 1,045 S7 k ,oo oo 841 78 14.000 et, 2 2.S2'.) 17 432 y 1 ! (!') j.jl iv Will begin Saturd,.vy, JPeb, 6th .and coatinae unII Feb.. 20fcli, ; v State of Kortb Carolina. County of "Washing-ton. ss : T, . U. Watts, Cahier of the above named bank, d i solemnly -wei.r th.it the above' sUtenv iit is true to the bvst of my liiiowk-c.ire and b;Pef. W. li. a 'its, Cp-shier. sulisc.-ibed aiid sworn to before me, tl, s Oth dav of January. 19o. L. S. ' Giio. W TIakmso.v xctary Mtbllc. r- I 1 orrect Attest: D. O- 1'itr ki,ev W. F. H ATl-S Directors I r. n t -.1) . "! All Zm i)nrs shoes reduced ;'o $2A " 3.50 " 4.0" 4.50 " " " -.65 5,oo " " ,: 5.95 This includes nil men u;u womcii'r. line tlrew slx.es. The famous Walkover and II. 5: M. line to c'umse from. All Overcoats for men and beys at ant; hcl.v wholesale cost. All ladies' Coat Suits .". "'.;. -.'. v. .. .V -. - : : ' The tYrrners are in need of personal leadership. They have political lead ers, but they iv?(4 local industrial community and educational leaders. LAND MORTGAGE SALE. Umler aud Virtue of the terms of a certain mortgage, made to me bv W. U Balldrd and wife Ilatitiah Mallard, ou tho 3Kh day of March 1914, and re corded in Hook "9 page r,0S the Regis ter ot Deed's ofiice ia Plymouth N. O. Washington County. I sluiii oJTer for sale at the court hottsf door in Plymouth on the 14th il iv cf .la iurv HH") at 12 o'clock m. the folio Wilier do.cribed feal-etate lying a .d b.)ing in Lee's Mill Township. Washington CoUNty adjoining the 1 tnds of Joh'i Hughes and othetw, unci l;ciug tha same land conveyed b3' eleed fr-m W. II Howcott aud M. Lanier to ! aid Bullard and fullv described ia said deed Recorded in Washington (k.iuity Register's office said tract r.ciug r0 acres tticre or less also one l.jt in saul Mcrae land convwyed to said Hiiilm-d by Howcott and Lanies, and it bi'ing" ii H the land owned by the said W. Ii. BalUrd isi Mcrae Quarter. Term- oi ale cash. This tha 17ih dao of Dec. 1914. J. H. SlIUttAR, Mortgagee, Van 15. Makti.v, Atty Legislative House-Cleaning Needed. While the war is on and there is a lull in business, we want all legisla tive bodies to take an inventory of the statute books and wipe off all extravagant, and useless laws. A good house-cleaning is needed and econxv mies can be instituted here and there that 'vill patch the clothes of indigent children, rest tired mothers and' lift mortgages from despondent homes. Unnecessary workmen taken' off and useless expenses chopped down all along the line will add to the pros perity of the farmer and encourage l.im in his mighty effort to feed and clothe the world. If any of these industries have sur plus employes we can use them on ..Ii.- farm. We have no regular : ehedule of wages, but we pay good farm hands on an average of $1.50 per day of thirteen hours when they board themselves; work usually runs about nine months of the year and the three months dead time, they can do the chores for their board. It they prefer to farm on their own account, there are more than 14,000,000,000 acres of idle land on the earth's sur face awaiting the magic touch of the plow. The compensation is easily ob tainable from Federal Agricultural Department statistics. The total average annual sales of a farla in the continental United States amounts to $516.00; the cost of operation is ':::).!; leaving the farmer $17G per annum to live on and educate his family. There is no occasion for the legis latures making a position for surplus employes of industry. Let them come "back to the soil" and share with us the prosperity of the farm. Keport of the codition of Tho Ba-iis oi Row MORTGAGE SALE. at RoDar. in tha Stats 'of North Carolina, at the ctase of business Dec. 31st, 1914. RESOURCF.s Loans Discounts t8),S.Vf,00 Overdrafts unsecured 1U2 33 Hanking II mss ,2t0 U) Furniture & Fixtures 1.3J2.O0 All othor real estate owned 4.!!0.t.) Due t'fotii banks and B 11,715.7 Cash items ' OOL'JS Gold coin 10.00 Silver co; n, in cl'.idtn"- an uii- ii"r coi, i currency 341,63 Napooal bank no es andtb- er U S. note 3,832.00 Total 1()1 '''D'J. 11 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in r)0 00 Suuhis fund O.iloo.eo Undivided profits. Sos' current expenses attcl tuxo paid :,()7i 37 Deposits subject to choc if !'!!,1'S6 IS Savings Deposits 4Vl.l4 9 Cashier's chocks o ti ' "-diner 4'-'3.77 Certified Checks S c0 under anil ba virtue of the terms of a morttraere made to B F 0c by Richard Bunch and wife Clarica Hunch on the Mird. dav March it) 3 nod duly recorted in Register of Deeds Office oi Washington County in Book -1 Page L'5"i. aud the mortg-y e h'.vinsj been as siusij ced to J. J Bos'on, deceasid I shall offer for silo at public unction at the Court Housa Door iu P!y:n oath, N. 0. on the 8tu. day Febru iry l'M. t l't Oclock, XI. the following desci ihed re; 1 estate. That tract land adjoin'ng the lan is of Jennie Muore, Jim talker. Providence Walker and other unci lyirg on Welches f'reek cont ining ahont 1. ") acres more or less and b ing the same land inherited by Claries unwell from the estate of her fattier Pr-.-uee Walker. This 4th. dav January 191".. LOVlfi i.'SK IJOSTOX, Adm'x. of J. J. B.ston P. H. Bell, Any. $1-2.50 values j;oinp at 7.50 15.00 44 1 :4 " itu'O 22.50 " 4 12.50 25.00 44 44 M.00 Lsclios' 7 50 sport cottt f.'oin.!;--i.if - 4.75 15. & IS " " 9.95 Il'icrn":!- 5.00 " 44 3 25 .M-j.:'.3 7 50 h'u.tt-; 415 10 00 "' . 7.50 12.50 " a;:; 15.C0 44 1 1.00 20.00 " J0.D0 iioys, 'Suits at equal! v lew price?. Tlik? sa'e i ; k-r C A S H only as they-can't be eluded at bale pr:ce:-. C,d! and con vince 30'irst'lf J' ' -J j ": J 6, ..e y -;1 . -e ,r;,',vr- Total $l04,,.)'J;i.il County of tae of North Carolina V' r iu.igt jii ss : I, L. G le'i'p-r. President of the a b,.ve naiudi bai.de, do Sjlemiily sw-ar that i he abovii Mtcttemcnt is true to the .bc' i of my knowledge and behet i " L- G. KoriCK, President. Subscribed aud sworn to orture me, tins '-'ill day of January l'.ti.l b ,S CI.AKK N P T R HaSfil N U.Miy.ell E L Ltc-rrington "DRY Pill W00B FOE SiiLE Price S3. Per Cord , DELIVERED in any quantity in Plymouth. Terms: C. O. D. A. T. NKiJKIt i V, Plymouth, ;. f m Five year old, 1,1-'.' I'c. inire iiiulj, guaranteed o he broke to anv impj-i-.Ym. nt on the farm; per'tct conditio" ami !;cilj tiispiK-iilit.:.-. Farming unploment:-, incltuiing Deer Sulky plow, die best u the m;;:!-.ct. The above can 0- ot en at W'ibs, Vci-e-r Co.s pknt Arply to IC. 1 WALKER i'. i ' - ! . When honesty is merely a good policy it is a poor virtue. Lazy farmers are just as useless as dead ones and take up more room. When the soul communes with the spirit of nature the back to the farm movement prevails. There are two kinds of farmers. One tries to take all the advice he hears and the other won't take any at alL NOT1CK A Special Election k&s been called by the Board of Courcii men of the town of Plymouth to be held at the Court House in Plymouth on Tuesday Feb. :23rd, 1915, from 8 o'clock a. m. to mn fct. when and where the quali fied voiers of said town will de termine whether or not bonds of said-town shall be issued to the amount of 12,000, for the pur pose of building and installing an electric light p ant for the purpose of furnishing light for the said town. Those favoring the issueing of said bonds will vote a bakot on wiiidi shall be written or printed the wordr. "For Bonds'' and those eppos: d shall vote a iai; t cm vvhieii st - 11 be written or piimed the uoals "Against Bord-;." " J. 0. Eveictt has been ap pointed registrar for said elect ion and the registration book is now open at said Everett's store on Water Street for the registra tion of all qualified voters wlu have not heretofore registered. Said registration book will re jmain open for said purpose until 0 o'clock p. m. oc Saturday Feb 13th, 1015. and as provided by ;lsw. E. S: Wizeil and W. Ii. White have been appointed Jud ges of Election for said election. This IGth day of January 1915. K. A. WlLLIFORD, Mayor of Plymouth. Sealed Bids. j Sealed bids'will be received by the Board of County Gouuniss-' ioners of Washington Canity at 1 tneir next meeting, oa tha first Monday in February, 1015, for; covering the Courd House with galvanised iron roofing. The bkis to specify tiie difierent weights of material, with price of each, including the price of the finished job, it to be done in good, workmanlike manner. Right reserved to refuse any or all bids. F. R. Johnston, Clerk. k: " V :.- ". CI ; I -:;::.: , i vVu -;, ;:, v. ;,. '....-, '' .---k bltf.-i"., y t C .. -'.; I' .: : ' :.' I1 , eii'C'ric . .' de'.':;r- .:.;! . i : --.-I ' -,' i i'.i: 1 -.a;; ;,. .1 '. , .... . , ; : wa,..;; :t'i,t-rt:' ; rif-c . . -. posver &')'. nolliii;:; -. , . . ci r.y' or i. Speed re$ui:.!'H- Ci., Cii . itored while ri.:v:l;r. t,: H i-uer c.o'er widcii a-u :.y lii' .-.r 1 c.-'lindor nii; t 'so ,'' . 1 hotcr ioo cold, -i' S ' ' fro-i-protfa!uteantfre;z.: .t ' "jecijl ,.' ) ' ' ' ,: it' .; :. !c .n . . c! .-! . ,- i.ei sua- .:;.;,; cn . i', , . , . .. f l o t o r . -: n 1 ;-c- .1 ' . : .-. '.' .: --. ': - ' . ;;l . . a.r ri'-'-; a- ).' . NOTICK Under and by virtue of'tli ter ns of a tuortgare from W. !. t.'lifto.'i and wile to A. L. Uwens. resist e-.ed in Washington County, N'nrth earulina, in C 'ok s'i 1-HG !,a. The uadersitied will sell for c-ush at pubi c s;t e i.t die Court lluse door in ashingtou ('o,. Norb' Carolina at l'2n-i., on Febniury tith. il'l'i. that property described as follows: Lytng and being in the County of Washington, 'fovfu of Plymouth and known and designated as follows, viz: Containing b)3 feet ou Fort William Street 2nu feet deep, bounded on the east by tho binds of W . IJ, Weede, Toe: Chairs and Will Nnrney, on tbc wt si by Jobn Is'cal, on the south by For Vi illi.im tre' t and knovti as i ot T"', Tin shown and registered m liooV 47 p..ge :57 in the liegister of llovds' Office, Washington County, This the 2nd day of J..n i ry, 10 to. A.L.Owens, Mortgagee watjou no , found.: ' i.iil VV . .... ' ft''-C Z7 o:i v.-:,' : . . . '. o:- .' : i:Hvrt'. i'' . ; 1 ., V : : t'iiy I. :. I n' b r. , , ; . fall t . . '. . V peclu r ll . : v ; .. :. t : I .;; v ... lj ' '- ; i'..: v. r;- 1 i: . i (' , , -; !r .'. . : - . . f. b i ; surjihis -. r r:u 1 - . ; . : i'.i-'j Isntioil to opera! z and tls.'! i.i-.si ii.'.ud.w.- : 1 - - "v; ? simply mus: gt-t tl;u f,:e.:s ;l o.... 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