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REIDSVILLE REVIEW REIDSVILLE, N. C. TAGE TWO TUESDAY, SEFT. 5TII, 191G Tfce Reidsvflle Review TUE8DAY AND FRIDAY THE REVIEW COMPANY (Incorporated.) PANTON OLIVER WM. M. OLIVER A. J. OLIVER k ..President V President 8eo. and Treat. $1.50 PER YEAR (Entered at the postofflc t i Reids frllle, N. C as second claac I. matter.) AMERICA FIRST AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY FINANCE THE LACK CO-OPERATION, OR, OF IT. A striking example of the absence of it occurred In Reidsville on Friday night. A local picture show had ar- ranged for one of the biggest pic tures in the movie world, and bad advertised the fact more than week in advance..-. Notwithstanding, there was pulled off the same eve nlng a lawn party by the members of the Presbyterian church, and a dance by our yonng people, None of these individual entertainments received the patronage expected, 'or deserved. There was a scattering attendance at the moving picture house (in coin parison with what would have hap pened were attention not so divided), and the proprietor, instead of making a llttla money from this enterprise, just about cleared expenses. The same thing occurred with the lawn party, arid while the dance -probably took in all that were invited and suf fered less than the other two enter tainments, it contributed to leased the attendance at them. The C. & A. Association has naln talned a notice board in the auditor! nm for several months past for the purpose of avoiding just such con fictions, but, so far, very little use has been made of it, and Friday night's experience, repeated ad uau seum, is Just what may be expected unless there Is some arrangement of a co-operative nature to meet the conditions. , ' But this lalck of co-operation works greater harm than simply dividing ths patronage at : our amusements, It caused the loss of the knitting mill, after all preliminaries had been ad- Justedlt was supposed to the sat isfaction of all interests concerned. and the loss of this industrry took away from Reidsville an initial weekly payroll of $300, increasing in units of the same amount to a largg sum. The co-operation : was needed when the promoters found the water line was not within some 700 feet of the site selected, and the town com missioners, feeling that they had nj right to do so, declined to extend the water main. Had the citizens mot at that precise moment, and Instructed the town commissioners to extend the water main at the general ex pense, Reidsville would now have a knitting mill building nearng comple tion. But no action was taken; we failed to make good our part of the contract with the promoters. The contract was voided, and a more wideawake community took advan tage of the opportunity to offer con ditions to tho promotersw that they could not afford to turn down, and the knitting mill Is now being con structed at Puluski, Va, It wiU be very interesting to note the growth and development of this Industry at that point. We have a good town. A town that is admirably located, and possessed of a citizenship of a very high class. We have not very much money, but If we are to grow, and develop our natural resources, we can bring into being something that money can not buy, viz: a strong community spirit, and u pride In the town that will cause us to put our ear to the ground when there is a noise like a new Industry, or some movement gaining way that spells increased prosperity to th whole town. The lack of in terest on the part of our citizens who possess wealth can be more than ov ercome by united, co-operative effort. We have a population of some 5,000. or thertabouts. Were we ever to bring ourselves to that point where we would voluntarily assess oursel'-a with the email sum of ten cents per week for each head of population how long would It bo before we could erect a knitting mill ourselves, and keep at home the enormous profits of the hosiery industry, instead of In viting outside capital to come In and work us for these profits T Such a consummation Is not Impossible, however Uptoplan It may appear now. . A determined combined effort to build op our very Important existing local Industry by insisting upon being served with Reidsville made brands, and accepting no other inferior brands, would come pretty close to a demonstration of the power of united, co-operative action., It would reduce tho price of the home-made products, too, and prevent economic waste. We need a stronger community spirit in Reidsville. The "Let Gorge J It" spirit wil never accomplish j anything, neither will the spirit that gives a dollar toward tho public wel fare movement oxpocting to get back two dollars before closing time. If one does something today, to nelp his brother in another line of business it is natural to expect that he will be glad to return the compliment when the opportunity offers. Public opinion will be too strong for him to ignore if we determine upon closer co-operation. This i3 a day of co-operation, and doeper community spiflt. Let us fasten upon one thing, and bend our energies to the full exploitation of fthat thing, and the results will oo so surprising that we will co-operafe more closely in future, and it wi". be come a fixed habijt that will spell bigger and better Reidsvlllo, and pro:i- 'nnrlt.v for its oresent citizenship. If we fail to do it, we can not continue to exist, and others will take advan tage of the opportunity, bringing about a change .of citizenship, which would be to be very much to be se plored. ' o : 1 "DEEDS" Judge Hughes says that what the country wants Is '.deeds, not words '' And if we remember correctly, Theo dore Roosevelt also had something to say about "deeds, not words" in hi3 speech in Maine last Thursday. Today President Wilson will form ally accept the Democratic nomina tlon. On this occasion he is expect ed to tell something about the record j of his administration. We don't kr.ow what he will say, but what he might say today would be highly entertain ing to those who are busy multiplying words In an attempt to show the peo ple wherein the President should have given the country "deeds, not wonJs If the President wants to he can Htn a. most magnificent record or deeds performed in the Interest of the masses of the people a record more rPHnlonrlent with noble deeds thnn that of any Presidential adminlstra- tlon since Washington's. Among the many deeds of which he may well b-? proud are the following: The rural credits act, which permit the farmer the same access to credit facilities that Is enjoyed 'by the other elements of our citizenship. The income tax law. The Federal reserve act, which measures up to the Progressive re quirement for "the issue of currency under a system whose control should be lodged with the government and should be protected from domination or manipulation by Wall Street or by any special Interest." The good roads law, which extends Federal aid to road building. The trade commission law, which fully satisfied the progressive denunl for a "strong Federal administrate commission of high standing that shall maintain permanent active su pervision over Industrial corporations engaged in Interstate commerce." An eight-hour law applying to work done for the government aa well as work done by the government. An eight-hour law appllylng to fe male employes In the District of Co- umbla, over which Congress: has urisdiction. An eight-hour provision as to the mining of all coal to be used by the navy. The children's bureau law to pro mote the welfare of children and to devise means preventive of the neces sities of parents retarding develop ments of the child. I The industrial commission law to nvestigate the entire subject of In dustrial relations. The phosphorus match law to pro- ect the health of workers In the match industry. The Clayton antl trust act, embrnc- ng the regulation of the issuance of njunctlons. The department of labor law, cre ating a department with a secretary. who shall be a membtr of the Presl cut's Cabinet. The Smith-Lever agricultural law which responds to the progressive emand that measures be taken to lift "the last load of illiteracy from the American youth" by "encouraging agricultural education and domestic schools." The corrupt elections practice act. Measures abolishing the commcrco court and authorizing the interstate commerce commission to make a phypical valuation of railroads. The Sherwood pension bill. blood blood blood. Then nearer home gaze oa the devastation of Western North Caro lina, where life has to be begun over again by the thousands who lost their accumulations in the disaster of July 15. Then smile you son of a gun, smile at your smiling fields of rich ripe tobacco, and your green hills and bottoms of waving corn. Fortune has been kind to our farmers this year -and prices are the highest ever known. , If prosperity don't fold her gilded wings and nestle In the Buck Island hills this fall, It will be because tha busy oW bird can't get around to all the places. Danbury Reporter., . o TO THE FARMERS OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY The Review is at a loss to under stand just what political advantage the Republican Senators expect to gain by their solid vote against the Adamson eight-hour bill. This bill was designed to and effects a preven tion of the nation-wide railroad strike, and yet every Republican Senator ex cept La Follette (who never was a hide-bound Republican) voted agaiust the measure. Are all Repubil an Senators lined up with Wall Street interests? . j . o Housewives here should see to It that, sweet milk delivered at their homes , is properly covered. Numbers of people are sending it through the germ and dust covered streets in un covered buckets, and typhoid Is goinj to get somebody yet if folks are not more careful. J . o- United States Warehouse Act. The central purpose of the Unltad States warehouse act, which became a law on August 11, 1916, is to estab lish a form of warehouse receipt for cotton, grain, wool, tobacco and uax seed which will make these receipts easily and widely negotiable as deliv ery orders or as collateral for loans and, therefore, of definite assistance In financing crops. This purpose the act aims to attain by licensing and bonding warehouses under condition? which will Insure the Integrity of their receipts and make these receipts reliable evidence of the condition quality, quantity, and ownership of the products named which may bo stored with them. The Secretary of Agriculture is giv en general authority to Investigate the storage, warehousing, classifica tion, weighing, and certifying of cot ton, wool, grains, tobacco, and flax seed, and to classify warehouses for which licenses are applied for or it sued. Potatoes Way Up. Potatoes that last year could be shipped North and sold for 60 or 70 cents per bushel, this year are bring ing as high as $1 on some of the East ern and Northern markets. A light crop Is given as the cause for tho high price being paid this year. North Carolina Is one of the heavi est growers of potatoes. In the East ern districts a large crop is plained every year to be shipped to Northern markets. In some instances farmers In the vicinity of Elizabeth City plant nothing but potatoes. In the tidewater district of Virginia potatoes are also grown. This em braces the region adjacent to Suf folk, Norfolk and Portsmouth. It is these sections that will reap a har vest from the high price of potatoes this year. which must meet the progressive Idea of a "wise and Just policy of pensioning American soldiers and sailors ''and their widows and ch.ldren." The parcel post law. The enactment of a shipping bill that will set the commerce of the country free. ;. o SMILE. -"Smile, you son of a gun, smile. Cheer up, and stop secreting bile; Don't look as if you were one your last mile, Turn your mouth corners up lor awhile. Forget the "grouohes" you've placed on file. Don't be the bluest pill in the pile. Tickle yourself if you have to-but smile; Ifa ketchln' too, a smile; but U'b al ways in style, Smile, you son of a gun. smile." . Cast an eye to the red fields of Eu rope where colossal tragedy reigns where property, prestige, money and place, home ties, associations, every thingall swept away by a tide of She Rode Across the Continent. ' Attired In a becoming khaki uni form, the type for men, Miss Amanda Preuss, a pretty blonde, of 25, reacned City Hall, New York, a few days ago with the announcement that she had traveled all -alono In an automobile from San Francisco to that city. She covered the distance of 3,600 mils at an average rate of 300 miles a day. "I am a crack shot, but I did not carry a revolver or a rifle," declared Miffs Preuss. "Neither man nor boast molested me. My route was ov er the Lincoln Highway official tour. My trip established a new record for a woman. What I jnean Is. that I traveled the greate'st distance unac companied. I left San Francisco August 8 at 6 a. m. In these columns, we have fre quently of late directed attention to alfalfa grewing in this county, show ing that it could grown, and has been grown, and (fciat It Is one of the best paying and easiest maintained crops on the farm. We have pointed out tracts now ii. cultivation that, have been giving their owners an average of ten tons I of good hay per annum, or a gross return of $200 per acre. These dern onstration tracts are scattered all over the county, and the facts are within your own reach without de pending upon hearsay evidence which might reasonably be question ed in the face of our statement. Jiut the facts are before you. Now, gentlemen, what are you going to do about it? Alfalfa must be sown before Sept. lyth to make sure of a good stand the first season. It "must be sown in land that possesses humus; has been well manured, and plentifullyl treated with ground limestone. The seed bed must be well prepared, and all weeds killed, and the land must have been plowed to a depth that will en sure the retention of moisture enough without possibility of encountering loose, dry places in the soil, which will undoubtedly kill the plant before it reaches moisture. Given these conditions, and younwry plant alfalfa safely In our ref loamy soils of Rockingham county, and derive a splendid return from it, with the ad ditional assurance that every year it stands on the land the land is im- jjruvmg iu vaiue, wnue your own bank account is also growing. If your land' is not in the condition indicated above, better not plant al falfa this season, but do plant crim son clover, preparatory to putting in a permanent area of alfalfa this time next year. The farmer who has five acres in Huaua is inaepenaent or tne sea sons. Alfalfa Is a crop that flourish es in dry seasons. It will give as much hay in a dry season as In a wet one. Its Intrinsic value in this county is $20 per ton. Its feeding val ue is equal to wheat bran. You can feed ten hogs on an acre, and fatten them, giving them an allowance of grain averaging one pound to ' the hundred pounds of pork. Alfalfa must not be grazed however for the first two seasons. Save the hay, and harrow the land to prevent packing. and permit the young plants to come up. After the second season it will give you from 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of porn each yeas, with little adrti- tlonal expense. The farmer who has five acres pf alfalfa is also Independent of mis giving as to his living were all his other crops to fail, and you all know with what better heart you can un dertake the cultivation of an area of tobacco, or corn, if your living is already assured. Your land that Is in alfalfa can not leach, or wash away, unless a cloud burst occur; it Improves each suc ceeding year, and by the time you want to break it up you will get pos sibly 100. bushels of corn from your first crop. Mr. F. S. Walker, the county agent, will co-operate with you In putting in an acre of alfalfa, or you can call at this office and get a Government bul letin giving you full Instruction. How ever, we recommend that you see Mr. Walker who will be glad to help. It will cost you around f 25.00 to plant an acre of alfalfa. Is it not worth while? We have orders placed now for four tap Time to chuck that old, dirty straw bon net and get a nifty new Fall "Lid." Our new styles are on tap the proper blocks, curls, dips and colors. Buy your new hat from US; We've got the BIG LINE to pick frorn. We won't send you out with a hat you'll want to throw away tWelve times Within ten minutes, because your friends "guy" you about it. Instead, they too, will come to us. We put VALUE into our hats, too. " WILLIAMS THE MAN'S STORE REIDSVILLE. N. C. cars of ground limestone. Let us add a few tons for each farmer in Rock Ingham county, at a cost of $3.70 in bags. It will spell prosperity for the whole county beyond your expecta tion in a year's time. C. & A. ASSOCIATION. A Stokes County Monstrosity. Mr. S. C. Hill, one of Germanton's leading citizens, hands out a hog story that is worth printing. Twenty months ago Mr. Hill presented his father-in-law, Mr H. F. Samuel, who resides near Germanton, with a pig two months old. Today that pig is nine feet long and stands four feet in height. Its ears are fourteen inch es wide. Accorning to Mr. Hill's statement, the feet of this animal are as large as those of the average cow. "The hog now is poor, but it weighs three hundred pounds," saH Mr. Hill, who expressed the opinion that if it was right fat it would pull tho beam in the neighborhood of fif teen hundred pounds. Mr. Hill is confident that it is the largest animal of its kind in Stokes county.-4-Dan-bury Reporter. Forget Your Aches Stiff knees, aching limbs, lame back make life a burden. If you suffer from rheumatism, gout; lumbago, neuralgia, get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment, the universal remedy for pain. Ea3y to apply; it penetrates without rubbing and soothes the tender flesh. Cleaner and more effective than mussy oint ments or poultices. For stralre or sprains, sore muscles or wrenched lig aments resulting from strenuous ex ercise, Sloan's Liniment gives quick relief. Keep it on hand for emergen cies. At your Druggist, 25c. or I w I lV II trouble NOTICE OF SALE. I have been authorized by the Jr. O. U. A. M. to advertise for sale a va cant lot on the Boulevard street, said lot being a part of the lot where the Junior iwilding now stands, tho Or der reserving eight feet adjoining the Junior building for an alley, and sell ing off a front of 42 feet and running back 120 feet. Sealed bids only ac cepted from Sept. 1 to '29. Bids will be opened at a public meeting of the Order Oct. 4th at 9 p. m., the Order reserving the right to reject any and all bids. Conveyance of said lot be so made that the purchaser can not erect other than brick, stone or concrete building thereon. Terms of sale: Cash. W. H. OWEN, Secretary. Boosting State Fair. The election of Leonard Tufts as president of the State Fair brings to the head of this Institution one of the foremost practical publicity men of the United States. Mr. Tufts wants to make North, Carolina and Its re sources as well known to the world as he has made Pinehurst, and he believes the State Fair Is one of the means to this end.: He therefore asks that the people of North Caro lina make an effort to show at the i State Fair as wide a range of their resources as possible for he is sat isfied that the State "has the goods." Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. ' . ' ' - FOR LARGE AD. American Inventions. j Ellas Howe, the sowing macMifa Ell Whitney, the cotton gin. I Thos. A. Edison, the electric light. Samuel F. B. Morse, the tele-i graph. ' i Robert Fulton, the steamboat Prof. A. Graham Bell, the phone. Westlnghouse, the airbrake. Bushnell, the torpedo. Franklin, the lightning rod. tele- Boost your town! IN NEXT ISSUE OF THE REVIEW! PRICE & CO YOUR MONEY'S WORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK n