Through The
1f*P FarmvUle BWWKfa.
Merchants! Get Wise
Let Ue Write You ?D' Ad. li
tad we'll opM your tjre?
f l ? Year in Advance.
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G. A. ROUSE. Editor.
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Mf?N OONTENTBD HO* I* '
?
" -r : ?* W. D. Uwt? -
VlwUo* Tttu rtn?y Union. ^
Wu-to woman dUMtMkUt -^
M iU crow rmtUM *ad?r,tt
ma of womanhood? Wkj u M
winding
I Tlere should be. on end of
\*M Smes farkhi AeUftked
fill (bat is needed for it to go for
ward bf leaps and bounds' 'is
depression because o( the wa)r in
Europe has been a matter of
temporary moment and ffcis
couuiry has pasted through that
bravely, ilsfac^^fct to if*
rising can of &n increased pros
perity
. In the early season of the ?de<
pression caused by the war the
cotton. Since that time the price
has moved tip and . the South
having pasted that period is now
at ttte ifirfe of aabther season; of
c^ma^fr^, buoyant in ,
prospecls ot the future..]
^dqfiQfa&uring there has
given an impetus to produ
in many lines by reason
?wen-? d-the reflea aAion
this hot been to aid other .
shape, and there is no ezc
talk hard timet. The I
ISLtS
Ifcurs. Foi
foyertae
[wealth has been- . I |
And how great the increase
, been since I860, when our
|lationvwIlitUer^yr3
000, to t'.t8 time when we
around 100,000,000, is shown
tbo fad that our wealth
then about $16,000,000,990.! (or
about 1514 per capita a year,
the latefl erflimaje of, jhe w
of the country given by
Bureau of the Census is $187,1
000,000. The climate 6H
wealth oitne country mu(
1904 was $107,000,000,000,
hence the Rain in the deqsde
front that year has been oyer
>0,030,000, or 75 percent.'
renting on this
end showing the bright
outlook iased. on the tan jtear
increase the Philadelphia E^n
ing Ledger, has tlujj0 tan 17
"The United States in
lis
.short period, bos added to hat re
tsobrcef it sum within $5,000.<jQ0,
} 000 as large as the total wealth
]of Great Britaio, ^ Ircj^d, an
amount equal to the wealtU of
Germany, $30,000,000,000 mora
than the .iaalth of France, twice
the wealth of Russia, more than
three: Hmes as much aa jm
Au&ro Hungarians- fre-'itorth,
(and four times the wealth* of
Italy. We could have bought
in ? *|8now: America" t? a slogan that,
should ring eat from every wfiam
?TJtJ&S'JSfM
lUrUtkM a tttle upUl he is **U 1?
Canned of the resource*. poMlbllftlet
u4 tcbletemooU of our coantry; | (
. Thl* U a commercial as* >M jetr
OhatloD is bearing lti most goldjn
trait In America. Wo ar* note* toe
oor Industrial achievements as j|fo^
ra noted for her pyramids; Jenua
?lem for her religion; Oreece for; her
art; Phoenicia tor her Beets; Chaidea
for tcr astronomy and r.ouje totrher
laws. Likewise tvo havo men >h6 win
go down la the worlds history as p4f|
erful products of Ui?lr age. Kor.stsifcJ
tn^?t the source of etery glgantja
moremest that gweys civilisation lis
' creat man. The greatest minis trafel
la the greatest direction, and tho coin
merclal gociuso* of 'this ago Irould
hsve beta the sculptors, ports' pblT
osophers. a^Ust* qt
? *arller civilisations. "? <j!> ?
As Mlchaol An goto took a rack and
with a ehls*l hewed H Into the fmsgo
of an angel that ever beckon* i man
fcM made America, muter pi the
4'? finances, brousbt Klos*4o oar
lert windows, the uatlons of tb?
t M? M' deaks ??4 pUc*
MtSSlONEHf; SOClEltj [1
: O* Monday r.ftetnoon May
the I7tb, the cljtu
regular monthly! roeetin;* with
Mre- Japk $q>ilh. , . . i
It was Krattiyiog to have m
many '6f thfeiirtmbers of <ur
chutth and;Clfre$>pr<#ehV * ad
ihw'^ niaiiy dtht^ivh >m
broadcDciI. nud -ea^b^i^i by fc
CM?/ui^Wi(I>t>V 'these. >&issi t>b
Studjporofcramr.and by apply nji
tbeprinciplcs involved in Hici xr>
The subjedi Cor tfludj^Mfa:.
adequate P o
B ram (or jhc c&unirjyMtt J. W.
Parkdr ably' led lh tl(6 discussion
of this subject. ' ':
J. when risked
tor conucdtipg )jpl? beu\*en :his
lesson, aqd jtmypj-. the previous
Ipontb, Jiaye t&e key noie, of the
whole subjectlkT-."we-'CJnnoi ret
nearer to God than our, laiktrs
did, but we cati brin^ God neur
er to more points of life ur.d
more crudes'of men.1' ' '??T .
r , Mis. Parker read a beautifully
prepared and mu^ typic-al paper
on ifca Hut aliGhurcb. Tbfc was
followed, by a tfear cut ?^nd
uinu.*' j U
mountain' T.
mountain life ihidi ^bad comc
j?det .her observation id ber
mountuin home. ? '
Mrs. Roscoe l;ietds. n^xt 'read
a paper on the case of the
believe Mu. Fields
bBDught some points' to light on
??| -? JV*?VO|
lucfa Mw.'LovcIacb offtied n
Went pWj$ter." r Following pray
? all joined in singing; t*4 Who i#
v N&ghbor?" JSf /V> ? -sr. ti'
(^rju4giraij|tfpro
^?moS|RS
iOn delightful of ic08i ? -
Am&thc milling ol voices,
!artwd|
t, cou)?l be heard#.. 3 Soope to
icvt yon again."
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It is not rcnough to kaort^BU},
i MEETING
? frvsr
underthe direction
ig&pjsft $J1> di
spirited Song; iS
pel Preached ii
IS
CLUBS OF PITT
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Tb^lMRHS meeting of the
? >U?fjufl^federajk>a pi^wom
Sraan cHr. of Greenville, W
siiledM{s. H. R; Cotton in re
. The, (our club# lorming this
wsa#
"Sail's Soacl," of Greenville,
and the "Magazine Club," ol
Faypville, were well ^cejpjre
'tter a feligljifiif coun ify Win
ner served "on Ac lawn the meet
ing was called to order by the
president. Before proceeding
with the business the' delegates
present who attended the State
Federation cf Woman's Clubs: in
GofdSboroTweiti called on to
give some of their impressions
Of (he fttiteMtith.
Miss WiiHe'ilie newly eleded
chairman of education, was im
pressed most with the Feder
ation's endorsing the movement
of eliminating adult illiteracy in
oriiix2ar<iIina. ' ?? v4
. T^iii \vfs the fir&StateJSwlcr
atiott Mrs. R G. James hffi^ver
alio nded ondshc was
presSSmfrthe large
mtelligei it women i
Mjs. W.C.
Askew brought back with l?er
progressive ideas for h$r Civic
Club ?mi.fl!so stoke of |f
pitality of the Goldsboro
J. Uasberry, the newly
eletfed president of the- Earm
Magazioe.iClubj. fpoke.on her
f ?
s i
Hol
chibsr<lceT5Tesidenni M
vey.-At^^R#^
treasurer.
The Federatiop voted to have
a fair in -the -fall and cidoried
two niMdMtoosp one, "Jo
?<n assistant cougty superin
an.1 b'c a
(or' T*ci|*^cs fbri
the town of GfeeiwiUe " ??; ,
l^Tbe meeting adjourned; each
2P$tyl?Mkiug ,Mra, Cotton for
unothet^elightful day spent at
Cottondale? the beautiful South
ern lipiQfi Qf Mr, and Mrs. R. R,
id. fOr its nation
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W^v m jr'
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ltn is from Lang's Church.
Mr. W. E. Boyce, one. of our
prosperous formers, paid Farm
villc a' business visit Wcdneiday,
.,,CrPP|iojhil..?cc51lon arc rtioV
id? oii.ii ^ and outas well as' we
a - ' r U(. .j U ? ? ? ? ?
can hope for as everything now
*~;ak8 for a bounteous harvest.--,
' Mrs.'1 John May ls Confined
wlth' mdlatU fevrt, as h also
Mils Haille FuUord. We trU
ibat both will ?ooo be able Jo be
out again. "IV;' I '
Rev. Nathaniel Wright,
how.'prcftchcr ?o wippfrfcn
?W|^#te,con
serv?<^at Lana't church*
day. Tlfe t^WocHrtordiall,
THE Mi [IE OF
. IfWS
ai.a Comiiurclal
. V Uninteresting to watch. the. toroes
of ^lvtylxation battling tpr supremacy.
The struggle now coins on between the
rubber and the Iron tire promises to
be the IKoUeat coolest, of the Twen
tioth Century. i
The elrussle la a alleat ode and
there are no war correspondents to
.write vivid descriptions of the con
flict buf. tho results are nore far
reaching to present and future gen
erations then the war of Europe.
:Tbe rubber Lire baa been maneuver
ing for point of attack for several
years iuiil Uus captured a tew unim
portant petitions' In trsffle.butlt has
now pitched a 'daeljbyi battle with
lta Iron competitor by hurting amli
llon "Jitneys" at the street railways
and tbe battle -Is raging from otean
to oceans Ttpott'ithe result of? the
struggle depends the future of the
rubber tlra It It is compelled to re
treat. Its doom Is staled, bat tt it wins
the b?ttla It 'win revolutionise the
transportation methods of thla natlon.
It the rtibbef tire conquers the
street traffic Its next struggle Is with
the railroads ot the country, and 'then
the greatest battle between; eoo^mle
forces ever fought out "on' the "faco
ot this earth 1s on, for iron Is the un
dlspuMM master (ft tranap*rt*Una. and
1s fortlflcd behind billions of dollar*.
&nd million* ot xniofL
Stephenson appUed the <te^l Ure
..to an irtti rail in lilt but tf was 1869
.steelCWK;look the'<Mn^Ure -?j?-flvo
years to oreeD tuns ootlA to ocean,
gen his sped across* ffcC continent? like
an. arrow shot frp?a the, bow ^TClys
sos. The roaidbed was already, pre
pared and therein lies the powhr ot
'?the rtibber ttte of ItOn, tor
the
But 353 is .' Stubborn metal' and
. ithaa nas tared every : /wheal ithat
turna; has tQaght.**t)sft wtt**Mry
of defeat, 'and %hlM 'liibber burta its
,?4Mca?e]*irtn|*,thj? monarch of
the Mineral Kingdom. It may rebound
to (he factory stirtned beyocd recov
ery. -*?/ '?* - a 1 1 *
Wr*4??tap**hcr^ Iftitd *l way** been
>/t? v?rt ite??ljie< -to iKte) ;l* luxury
Inspire confidence ti - keary ttafflo
?partowaanj*. .0'^.-. ? -..x- I
^t.to i"? _to?g
are&miana, it is encnaiitmg to noto
that thWef *Ul-h? a martetou* UMfer
?ence between * jruhb*?(*nd _M> iron
age. Tbe rubber ttre will scatter the
cities throughout the valleys for 'with
transportation a( ' -every ihan'a door,
why-a.dtyTii Jf.?in.tauMtMi4he con
tinent with a net work of Macadam
highways ns beautiful a* the boule
vard buflt by Napoleon. Jt will par
> alyse th? law nahlag bodies ot this
nation lor libit rould the legislatures
ran wltho?tf the railroads to Operate
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?v V^'^ViNk1 coviuiANt. n
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' God Almighty fwe Bv* -to Adam
with tba pledge that ?he would be Ml
helpmeet and with this order of com
panionship civilization baa towored
to Its greatest heights, la thla rela
tionship, God has Ms? lid woman and
man has honored her and altar (our
man by asking tor suffrage, thereby
by amending, an agreement to which
aflffSU'tidt a pa ttf. 1 t :? ?
? Woman, remember that the Israelite
scorned a dfrtH ?d aa a
raault wandered forty years la tie
wJSfeW**-" ?ttho?t Oq4, likewise
man shoold remamberthat It Is a
ianCvfona <Mm todebaaa coman by
law. Roma tried towering woa*n*a