TUeFA*MVHUMAiyEf.i
hlttt Out Merchants art OtUrj m
far What ike Farmer Hai*es. Fre
pared By T. L.StW.f. T*rna0e,
BuiDer 3
er8? ? ? -a
Pctt ?' 2A
Country Hams 3
Shoulders * 1
Bacon 12 K
Strict middling Cotton 12 1
Middiin^T^r^.. 12 ?; '
? i iw ii> v
Dr. and Mrs. Taul E. J one*
went to Bethel Saturday.
Mr. W. J. Rollins paid Middle-,
?ex a business visit. Friday.
Note the change In the adver
tisement of J. A. Mizell & Co.
Meadajnes Ed. and Maude
Wanen spent Monday in Green-;,
ville.
Mrs. W.J. Rollins and son,
Melvin, spept UA Friday in
Greenville. .
Mrs. W. C. Askew entertained
the Magazine club Wednesday
afternoon.
Note the change in the adver
tisement of the Joyner Furniture
Company.
Hon R. R Cotton, of Bruce,
spent a few hours in Farmville
Wednesday.
:?'?> "'HI J
Read the advertisement of the
Bank of Farmville in this issue.
It invites your patronage.
Misses Etta Cay and Bessie
Croon spent Sunday in Wendell
the guefo of the Misses Perkins.
Don't forget to go to Lang's
Mr.. W. J. RasbetTy left Tup*
day for a business viait to Mid
dlesex, . Baileys, Wilson and
Nashville. '
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, Let the bnOdiUgspirit continue
until there Is not a vacant lot in
the town; Ihen take* in "som4
more territory.
Mrs. G. M. Holden, who has
been i pending some time with
her parent* in Snow Hill, came
home Tuesday.
FOR SALE-Sevenfine Full
Blood Durock Jersy Hogsi
wetting from 75 to 100 pounds
gross.? T. L. T urnage, Farmville
N.G >
Mr. C. U. Townsend went to
Greenville Wednesday morning.
UHte wlurned) W the. afternoon;
and left on the night train on a
bM^ne. trip to KefahK ^
Hit many friends are glad to
at his po^Str bo?t;confine4
The handreaa residence of
street is now recemnf tts tinisfjr,
ing touches. When completed
this will be one of the handsom
eft residence in the city.
Mr. H. U Humphrey htutmov-;
ei his insurance office fromWil
oosi^lrc-et to the tore
recently vacatcd by Beamag$
Mrr*. J;J>ytar* of ?
Tueedayin Farmville
m
??? i by the
Atfomen Tuesdaynight to ser.
sSpettftg
and talcoihe badge of authority
in the hear future.
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Jlf. and Mu. ]. M. ChriSt.nan
and daughter, Miss Murgaretlc.
Aod Messrs. McD. Norton and
lobn May, Jr? were ftocky
Mount visitors lafl Sunday. They
foade the trip lo Mr. Horton's
touring ear. ? ' ' ' ?
Cootnuftor J. S. Stephenson is
rapid .cubing to completloa
| WO I andsotc*; cottage residences
oq Ei i4t Church Street for Dr.
J as. V- Patrick. Dr. Patrick wfll
move into one of them as soon
aa completed, while the other
one be wUl rent out.
Trade with those firms who
are constantly asking for a abate
of yodr patronage through these
columns. The linns who make
nublic their busineas through the
press are the one* you can a)
waya depend on for everything
you r ied, and abould be the ones
to deal with.
Elsewhere in this issue we
publiti) the International Sunday
School lesson for next Sunday.
We hope to give a column to
this work each week hereafter.
Read the lesson over and attend
some Sunday school. You'll en
joy attending and the hour given
to this work once a week will]
help you. Try it and sec.
Purer MttVng.
' There will be a joint prayer
meeting at the Methodic church
Wednesday evening Feb. lluat
fcWdock.
The meeting will be devotion
al, and we hope it will bd well
attended. We urge the church
member* especially to -be pres
ent
Faithfully yours, ?;
J. E, Kirk
t H. E. Lance
> C. B. Mashburn. |
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. MEETS
FEB. Hth.
:
: .Having received ? number of
inquiries in regard to the time of
holding the February meelingof
the Pitt County Teaohers Asso
ciation, I take this method of no
tifying all teachers that the regu
lar monthly meeting of the As
sociation will be held ia Green
ville, Saturday, February, the
14(h? The second Saturday. Re
ports from the head of blithe de
partments indicate that this will
be.an unusally interesting meet
Jog and I urge all teache/s to
attend.
H.H.McLEAN,
; Pres. Pitt Co. Teachers Ass'n. |
Class of 1914.
i'. The clan met Wednesday af
ternoon and was called to order 1
by the president The follow- 1
M>g;Progrntn was carried out
1 Broif skctch of Mendelsohn's
life ky Mils Sallio Koel. -
v His tfyle of. composition by
Mils Sarah Pollard. ,~<v~ >
n?"
Paper- -W h a t Mendelsohn's
cotapoaed ? by Mr. Rhoderick
Joyner.
Instrumental 3ok> by Mist
BettJe ]oyn?r.
Alter a rttoad ttble talk of sev
era! minutes the class adjourned. |
HU* PROF. NOBLES
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iMt'sfdkMl Nope Friday M fpM ]
?? February 13lft. v I
Prof. C. & Nobles, of the Uni
versity of NorthOifolina will de
"iver an address at Lang's School
' , Friday night, February
Subject: "Community Bet
public "b" earnestly, re
- hear what Prof. No
tve to say. He is a
orator and a forceful
and it is expelled that
be grated with a large
ialie audience. ...
your neighbors about his
and itfVAem .logo and
[PLEASE pay your subscription.!
Womta's Horn* MM* Society!
On Tuesday afternoon, (be
sssssk
ttftSSZZ* *- ?'
ATici ;h? opening ?oqg, Qnd|
TOT*,* ihort Bible Study on
~n? Missionary ChrM-His
Minion Field" was conduced,
by the President. The subject
tor the February meeting was,
Conquers of the Cross among
? T^" therefore Mn- Hos
coe Fields gave an account of
what Ae Crews of Christ faasacJ
complished in China. Tins was
S "? J?y 8 very beautiful
?on?, China for Chritf", com- 1
P?*?d by a Chinese Lady and
which she hopes will soon be
come the national anthem.
J"' J*fk Smith told of the
the Conquers of the Cross in
the intereflintr country of Korea
after which Mrs. RE. Lance
read o I the conquers of the
Cross in Mexico.
Mrs. T. W, Lang then took
uP?ur own Country, and in a
modi intending tfory told what
the Cross of Jesus has done for
America. I
Maps, showing the locations
of the Schools, and Hopitals un
der the control of the woman's
Wt?d?nary Cbuncil e*hi*j
The devotional nnd literary I
iwrt of the Program being over,
the Auxiliary tang "The King
dom is Coming," after which the
business of the Society was tak- 1
en up.
? Alter roll call, and minutest
read, the Officers gave their re
ports.
Mia. Chriilman reported that
MUwonajy literature had been
attributed, and some very in!er- 1
erong books on Missions were
offered to the Society to read.
Mrs. J. I. Morgan, fourth Vice
President read her report on Lo
cal w0rk wbich (faat
quite a number of useful articles
had been placed in the Parson
age since la# meeting.. ' -.hT. ?
?*?* Laax reported $8.50
Mot to the Conference lYwte
Mrs. A. C. Monk reported One
renewal to the Missionary Voice
The Cor. Sec. Mrs. Eli Joyher
wad two letters from the Diil
See
??niu?e of Mis. G. A. Rouse
?doed to the rolL Twenty visits
O the ride and Grangers were
reported by the Committee
On motion of Mrs. Roscoe
Fields the Society decided to col
l?ft an absent free of five cents
each month, unless the absence
is caused by sickness.
There being no further busi
ness, the Society adjourned to
m?et the firft Tuesday afternoon
in March with Mrs. Eli Joyner.
TttLABLE LANDS 60 PER CENT.
Department Estimate} 829,000,000
Acres Not to Use.
Only 27 per cent of the'tillable
land of the United States is actu
ally under cultivation, according
to estimates of tbe Department
of Agriculture, based upon re
ports of 35,000 correspondents.
Tbe entire United States ex
cluding; foreign possessions, con
tains about 1 ,900,000,000 -acre?.
Oi this area about 60 per cent,
or 1,140,000,000 acres is estimated
to be tillable, that U, capable of
being brought. under cultivation
by means of the plow. This in
cludes land already under such
cultivation by means of the plow.
A total of 361,000,000 acres, or
19 pet cent, are estimated to be
non-tillable but valuable for pas
ture of fruits."' On'y 21 per cent
or 339,<KM>,000 actus, was estima
ted to be 'of no use for agricul
ture, present or future.
According lo the censiis of
[1909, the land area in crop*
where acreage was given was
311,030,000 acres. This is about
16 per cent of the total land yea
or about 27 per cent of the esti
mated potential tillable area of
the United States, ?st'duding for
eign possessions.? Wall Street
Journal
Lots For Sale.
^ Five- Ropd residence lot# in
NorfolK Highlands, on m line,
near Indian RiVer Park. Sell
cheap for cash or installments.
Dr. James E. Patrick.
Report ;of the condition of the
BANK of FOUNTAIN
at Foantain/N. G;, at the
close o^busi^ess Jan. 3! , 1914.
otSHKi irrpr P ?
uveraajli, j * ? 314.71
???
Furniture fsTlxtares, 1.868.V6 2,440.71
Duo frpa Banks & Bankers 9,832.14
Cash item* * 264.68
Gold Win .24#.
Silver Coin, including kit
' . minor coin currency 1,052.72
Nallnol bank It. other U.S. notes 976.
Tout l- I 4U4J.N
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock .paid in ' $ 12,350.
Surplus Fund ?. 1 ,500.
Undivided profits, loaa cur
rant expenses & taxes paid 1,201.64
Dividends unbaW 57.00
Time ecrtilidUes of Deposit 9,284.41
Deposits subfoS to check 23,700.19
Cashiers cbcc^cj outflaqdln? 152,00
Total t 4 48,245.90
State ol Nich Carolina, County ol
Pitt, Hi
I, K. T. Wdoten, cashier ol the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above tfatemaat Is true to the bcil of my
knowledge add belief.
; . K. [T. WOOTKN. Cashier.
Subscribed fend aworn to before me,
this 24tl> day of Ian. 1914.
A. C. QWENS, Notary Public:
My commlssloo expires Dec. jr, 1914.
Corrctf-Attefl: R. A. FOUNTAIN
R. L. JEFFERSON
T . O. W. J KFFERSON
Directors
?M ^
m vbj-ili"
man & Monk Bros.
teaman & Monk Bros
The Big Store, - - FsrmvUle, fL C
?t ? SB& ? ?
ie Store of Low Priced
And We'll Furnish the Home.
help "Young Couples" to happiness now, and a com
fortable home in their declining years.
Newly married folks who are waiting for their
' "Ship to come in" before furnishing a home of their
own not only lose the beA part of life but the content
and comfort of a happy old age. Do not let lack of
money continue to hold you down. Stop paying rent
for a furnished home and get one that belongs to you.
Let little monthly payments bring you and yours
the pleasure ol youth and happiness of age.
You can make your payments at the ?tore. No
inquiry is sought among your neighbors about your
ability to pay our easy credit way. All transactions
glritfUy confidential. A home furnished complete is
yours for the asking.
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E> CRBT OP'
VOCE>-,SSJi
- ? -V ?? v . * . f . ?
_ IN TH? HOMK
It Lies in a Bank Account
In Business, in the Home or in the Social whirl,
the Bank Acct. cuts a figure not to be discounted.
? ' * 0 '
It gives security and stability to your business
affairs ? brings happiness and plenty to your fam
ily and insures for you and them respectful recog
nition in the social functions of the community.
No matter how small your beginning may be, it puts you on
the right road? the way (to wealth. Start on it to
day by making your firtft deposit in this bank
THE BANK OF FARMVILLE
FARMVTLLE, N. C.