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TMOE FOUR THE REVIEW: REIDSVH.L w. K. C. jfce Reidsvillp Review TUE8DAY AND FRIDAY THE REVIEW COMPANY (Incorporated.), MANTON OLIVER R. J. OLIVER .. . yM. M. OLIVER . .. ., ..President ..8ec. and Treat. . .. V.- President $1.50 PER YEAR (Entered at the postofflce t ) Ttetds Tt&a, N. C as second class 1J V mat-m'.) AMERICA FIRST AGRICULTURE F5 INDUSTRY FINANCE 1917. Duo to conditions over which the farmers of ltockinghtim County uml absolutely no control, the year of 1916 passes Into history leaving the fann ers of the county in a fairly Rood condition finaclally. A great ninny of our fanners, as usual Rambled on tobacco, to the ex clusion of cvcryhlnif else, and, for a wonder, won out. This happens once in about five years. The other years . are lean years - if our farmers Ret an avrage of fifleceti cents for their to liacco crop thev are luck v . At the end of the lean years, when the ac counts are piled, up, notes lying un paid in the bank, and the family is aown to hardpan, tiloiiK tonics an un expected rise in the tobaeco market: the debts are paid oil', and the' oppor tunity then oilers itself for a cl-in break away from a system tii.it keeps our fanners continually on the finan cial edge, through the adoption of diversification, of at least the raising rn the farm of everything necessary for tho feeding of stock, and the sup port of the family. Such a crisis is fating ihc f.irmer of Rockingham County at the begin ning of a new year. What Is be go ing to do with It? Set his face stead ily towards tho rising sun, bruk away from the old time aveva') 'r. ccme of tho Rockingham County far mer, and, by the adoption of a sys tem of diversification, raise his eyes above the water mark of the single crop system, and decido to strive for pomelhing worthy of his time and his lalents, or, trot along in tho old fashion, ending the year In debt to Mh utore and his bank; his own dis couragement, and the stultification of ambition in his children. The time to choose Is now. The average farmer of Rockingham County Is In no position to stock bis farm with cattle, In order to obtain manure wherewith to render him in dependent of tho artificial fertilizer merchant, in his efforts to bring his farm up to a productive condition. He Ih not in any position to do this at this time, nut, without proper fertilization in crop rotation, results cannot be achieved. What Is tho al ternatlve? There Is an alernatlve, and It Is me that offers Itself (as we have al ready stated more than once In these columns) to every farmer In our county, whether he be poor -or wealthy. It offers freedom from the shackles of the single crop system without tho necessity of great sacri fee or expenditure of money, and it rolnts the way to wealth and Inde pendence of a nature that hitherto has tpnly been dreamed of by our fanners. It la by the hog route the sanio route that made tho once poor farm ers of Iowa and Illinois, wealthy be jonds their wildest dt earns of avar ice, and which has enabled them to get good dividends from lands that represent an Investment ten times greater than do our lands in Rock ingham County. The road to making Rockingham County a stock county lies in the pre sent development of our hog Indus try--not (-imply the raising of a few Jioga to kill for our families, and to sell to those who raise nom, but thu raising of hogs In tiu.intftles, and 1 contributing to their sustenaneo by A. - ..... 1 - . me growing oi green crops nucl) us i rape and vetch. There is not a farmer -In our coun ty who cannot pnt in at least one brood bow at this time, bred to farrow along in March, when green feed will sent system is prodigal, extravagant -almost criminal. It has led 0a to the verge of bankruptcy. We have permitted ourselves to be led by the cose by the obsession that farming la a poor business after all, whereas i is the greatest business in the United States. Our trouble has been that we have permitted ourselves to be held down and limited by the idea tit is only an Idea) that our land can only give us a bare living any way, and we have been content to snaps our business policy to give us an average income of $500 a year iittle more tflan a laborer's wages. Let us break away from the trammel ot this thought, and determine that our hundred acres, this coming year will have to give us an Income of $I,5uo net, and then set about bring ing this dream true. We lack vis Ion. No man ever amounted to a hill ot beans without a dream, or vision, Much he forthwith sets out to make a reality. True, we have dreuamed j oi our tobacco crop bringing fabulous j prices, but that' is a gamble. Folks j must have food; they can get along j without tobacco, and there will be a I lot of folks who will have to get along without it tiiis 'coming year. They will lie kept busy scratching a living; keeping body and soul together, and a side of bacon will look better to i hem than the tinest. leaf of tobacco over prodiued in the. Piedmont sec lion. The world today wanta food. It will continue to need it until next har vest matures --and maybe for long litter. The -man who sets himself, to produce food now is the wise man. The other fellow can clauaiiy himself around about harvest time in i!'17. I'itit the man who produces fond in, 1U17 will have a two-fold reward the price of his product, and the in creased productiveness of his land, and his independence of the fertilizer j merchant. j This is the period of the year when we are given to the making of good -i leaolutions. The -farmer of Rocking- . ham County will make no mistake il , he resolves now to make the raising j oi food during 1 'J i 7 the object of his LMc.fitost ambition, and tho raising of lobaceo a secondary consideration. . 0 1j BROTHER IN DIS FRIDAY, JAN. 5TII. 191? RAILWAY LINE BOXED AND WILL BE SHIPPED TO ALLIES When Great Rritain appealed recent ly to Canada for ' supplies of railway rails to lie laid behind the tiring lines In 'France- the Canadian railway com panics undertook to -supply 1,(kiC miles of truck, but according to the announce nient of Herman Sonken t the JCa tlonal Association of Wio'c Material Dealers; which recentiv tint in New i Vork.it remained for tin 1 'nltcd States 1 to eonci'ive the shipment of a whole I railroad ri,cks, switches. Midges, lo j comotives and curs Mi Sunken is. I president of the Chicugo, .Sniiiiiosa and j. Northern railway, and it is his road ! which is to lie sent .-abroad. Mr Sonken's road Is i leipietitly known us the' "Can," and tie president is quite Kfiily i ncUnou ,e! jr this 'Is a J'aii (lek'i.iitioii. Iiifhci r-. mime Is about tin- liiL-gest thins hbou his road 1 1 b ,';.").:,! iriiies oi,l niui i,-., three lo coinoti'.'es. two coii.ldi.atiiin passenger and liagras.'e ears and siv In '..it car It once him tel. treight i-nr-, out the four others sort of petered out. "Big" Year For the Rand. The road was churtcred '.niiler the laws of Iowa in V.Xl to run from Ana uiosn to (.hiasiuetin nd t. connect with ilu Chicago and Xv: : h western : railway, the Chicago, Mill" -Mukep and Si I'aiii and the Illinois Central. Once 't miide a-- much as $.-,."t'.H in one year j riinf was in liilm. but several passeu J gers quit tiding regularly, and the prof jits .feh off. In pilt it-ulii. wed a dead I loss of S.sTd, and a judgment was fore closed against It. Then I'reMiicnt Son ken came into cofitrol. Mr. Sunken said that he had three steel bridues nM ready for use, togetll er with lt:,s (racks and rolling stock and just as soon as lie can get Ills road nicely boxed tip he is going to send it abroad. Mr. Sunken Is presi dent. ii!.-o ot the Iowa Sliort Line which is all of fifteen miles lung, but lias twelve freight cars although only one Incniii'it i e and one ca bouse. 'ith the recent iidvanco in the price of 1 1 1 J rail m-aterial Mr. Sonkeii could self his second pocket edition road to advantage lv -shipping it: abroad, but lie said regrel fully that it was "prac tically disposed ot" already. DISMISSAL OF SLINGSBY CLAIM ENDS FAMOUS SUIT RUFFIN Our school was reopened on Tues day morning for the spring terrm. Prof. Baker and his able corps of assistants are doing efficient work. Eleven seniors are expecting diplom as at the expiration or the term. The girls and boys who come in to spend the yuletide season with home folks have all "dispersed and wan dered," some of them far away as follows: .Mr. Xuma Carter to Louisville, Ky.; Mr. Sam Wright, Robert Sta- cey, wiuiam worsnam, ana spencer Jilackwell to A. & M. College, at Kaleigh; Percy Stokes to Richmond; Thomas Stokes to Chapel Hill; Ho race .Carter to Annapolis, Md.; Miss Iiessie Stacey and Marjorie to Greens boro; Kathleen '' Gibson to Spring Hope; Miss Leila. Chandler and Jen nie Lewis, to Iraper; Miss Pride Cibson to I'elham; and Miss Jessie May Roberta to Greensboro where .he is training in the hospital there. .Musses Mary Carter and Mary lion- Tl . . .1... 1. ,tl I .1 r. t.i.. ges or Man v me spewi me innranjn -Itlr.g relatives and friends in Ituffin Mix. Alexander Sergeant has re-tiu-r.ed to her home in Roxboro after a pleasant, visit to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wharton. Mrs. Baker and Utile Mary, of Greensboro have been visiting Prof. Laker's family, Mi-s .Mamie Ferrell is spending some time with home folks here en -cute to Baltimore from Fountain. Mr. Broom and Misses Broom of Mii-hi id visited Miss Mamie Fer- .i 1! during the holidays. and Mrs. Ernest Myium or Mr this ham Mi her Cll'ls Mr. Mrs. i i)ur- u'.ned since HELPING A TRESS. Evidently Americans are beginning to fully appreciate that we owe to Trance our existence as an independ ent nation. Over linn volunteer driv ers in the American Ambulance Field Service have served with a spirit (if intense devotion in tho present world war, and tens of thousands of other Americans on this side of the water Ilitve in manifold ways devoted all their energies for the past two years i to the making of dressings and cloth ing and the providing of comforts for the soldiers and widows aatid or phans of France, but, after all, what we have done Is Infiniteaimally small compared with the needs and sacri fices of France, or compared with what France has dono for us. When Lord Cornwallls. surrendered at Yorktown, and the Revolution, which had lasted for seven years, was brought to its end, ' there ; were as many French soldiers in the army to which he surrendered as there were Americans, and, inadditlon there was j tho great French fleet In the harbor which had driven the British fleet I away. France, spent for us during J the Revolution no less than seven i hundred million dollars, and yet at I ho end of the war she asked for not one ' hoti or orw inch of territory as j lecompense. i n ify have recently moved ) we regret to say. is Sue Lee Carter has re work at the county seat ;tmas holidays are over. Tom Lewis, mid family visited Lewis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. id, during the the holidays. new pastor. Rev..L. M. Smith ailed by telegram to Winston- i lew days ago to ciuuuci me service of one of his friends. in the parsnn to keep quite busy housekeeping, etc. He has also preached pood sermons regularly to large and appreciative audiences. Air. J. O. Williams, who conducts . i,sti-.,. in Wilson spent several t'ays with Mr. and Mrs. John L liams recently. . . Mr. and Mrs. Bostlck spent the holidays parents perahl. -;. STACEY The Stacey Sunday School cloeed last Sunday with a very 'good at tendance. Instead of the regular les rons. There were short talks by some of the best speakers, of the communi ty and it seems that all present en joyed themelves about as well as ex pected . One of the most interesting features was the presenting of the prizes of fered to the children under the age of fourteen years. The first was awarder to Jeanette Lindsey, second to Margaret Card- well, third to Florence Lindsey and fourth to Maggie London. " Mrs. T. S. Bowman and son, Dwight, have rteurned from a pleas ant visit to relatives In Caswell. Misses Lillie and Hattie Seearce have returned to Schoolfield, Va., after spending several days here. Preaching at Stacey School house next Sunday at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Lemmer Shoaf and children of Spencer spent last week with re latives here. Mr. and Mrs. 11. P. Sartin and children " of Reidsville visited rela tives here last week. Messrs. Charlie Lovelace and Ceo. Brown were visitors near Danville recently. Miss Essie Tally has returned home sfter spending some time with her relatives near Burlington. Mr. and Mr.. Willie Page and family of the Bethlehem section mov ed here recently. We welcome them into our midst. Mr. George Brown visited friends and relatives on Route Six Saturday and Sunday. Miss Onnie children of the Groom's eectmn "J'UUL Messrs. Oliver and P of Route Six spent wdth relatives here. Mr. Lester Brown Waited relatives here Sunday. Miss Carrie Robert Halz the week-end of Route Six Saturday and Lovelnco Inff- c,.. - .-"U Bume ume nanviUe. Mr. with friends in Charlie Lee snnnt tn end with relatives here Mr J. h. Lovelace visited friends Winston recently. in New Income Tax Effective -New federal taxes rates, munition new by the enacted by Blackweil of Lavson vine was the guest ot Miss Viola last week. ige in was S.iK fun i Since being installed age, Mr. Smith seems M- ville with Mi: ri L - Willie: 111 spent severa relatives here, 'ses Carrie Lovf iwsonville weri- ! w.-ii of Lawson ilays the past week on Incomes. manufacturerq. poration stocks and certain business- . Maujc enective with the i nn mi i ue taxes are provided emergency revenue bill Congress Sept. 8. Unmarried persons with net in. i comes of $;i.oon or u., . ouu uuuiis or families with Incomes of $4 000 or more are subject to pay a normal tax of two per cent, instead of the present rate of one per cent, and additional taxes are imposed on incomes of more " f-e.uuu by a graduated running rrom one to 13 tax of two per cent is Income of corporations valued at $75,000 or rate ace and Sue Lee visitors in this section -.Friday. Mr. George Ti spent a few- days relatives here. -Mr, and Mrs. te of the pa; High Point t week with Whit Brown and scale per cent. A made on the with stock more; the former' was one per cent Among the new annual taxes on special businesses are these: Securities brokers, $30; brokers, ?-'0 theatres, to $H)n, according to seating capacities, with rates one half as great in. towns of 5.000 or less; bowling allies and billiard looms, $" for each alley or table; to bacco manufacture, sliding scale of rates determined by sales. Special taxes heretofore collected " trom commission merchants and niercial brokers are abolished. com- Stomach Troubles. ' If you have trouble with yourtom nch you should try Chamberlain's Tablets. So many have been restored to health by the use of these tablets and their cost is so little. 25-cnts, that it is worth while to give them a trial. Mr. end with Mrs. 0 : " The Charlotte Observer says: We i have mentioned that the scientists anthropologists they call themselves When (lie British bouse of lords re cently dismissed the appeal of Mr. nnd Mrs. B. II. R. Slingsliy of San Fran cisco, v bo sought the. estate of . the Rev. Charles Sllngsby Atkinson for Teddy, their supposed son, It disposed of one of the most Interest nig inter national Inheritance cases in recent years. Tiie Sliiiushy case lias been one of the most remarka hie that has ever come tip in England under the loglti- nmcv net of lXi.s. Since HiKi it lias In ! lerested the courts of Sun Francisco land England. .Relatives objected on .religious grounds to the marriage of i Lieutenant Charles Raymond Sllngsby i of the royal navy, retired, to Miss Dor i otliy Cutler Morgan of Sun Francisco I several years ago. child, named Teddy, was born in 15)10. Lieutenant Slingsby's relatives asserted the bo; was adopted and that the child born to Mpj, Sllngsby died Immediately nftet birth. - A large part of the estate of the Rev Charles . Sllngsby Atkinson of York shire was left to his son, Lieutenant Sllngsby, find the Income .-of a trus fund of.$,iit,(MHi was provided for Lieu tenant Slingsby's heir. It was con tended in u San Francisco court that frt, v;llM,,c.lvt.. i . ... .i i .....- .1... i ...nil,.-,,.. ,mf w acini ami iiia yvr Lieiiteiidiit Sllngsby hud adopted tin : pwffyyi '' W H'J f chll.l born to Lillian Anderson a high! VJLJU'a'AiJu ..UiUfcXii ficdiool girl of Csllil'ornla. . A doi'tor was ! : -i i i accused ot Hiding the deceition. The mu T-rA Wil- ofBellville the latter's Tom Fitz- HAVE PROPER CLUBBING OFFERS The following clubbing offer are good for a limited time. Owius . to the high prices on print paper tuese rates are liable to be advanced m the uear future. The Review end Trl-Weekly ,New York World.. 52.15. The Review and Atlanta Constitution Tri-WecKly), McCalls' Maga zine, or Southern Farming one year each .. . . .. .. ?2.25 The Review and Progressive Far mer, one year each .. .. .. ,?2.80 The Review, Metropolitan Magatslno, Woman'sWorld and Farm and Home One year each .. .. .. .. .. J2.10 The Review, Everybody's Magazine and Woman's World, one year 52 75 K: York, fln came with some up at Vero, prove that a man who years ago. b available. The pigs can bo brought to maturity, vilth tho addition of a little dry feed, at a cost of around 3c per pound. If our farmers Lave to buy atificial fertilizer to raise this green crop now they will be saved this expense for next year, for the excrement of the growing pigs will fertilise their lands beyond bo 'ief, and next ye- crop will be ionbly valuable. raised in this way, and i green corn, till they weigh ds, will ;.1to. 4,000 pounds of port, at a cost f Around 3c per pound. The markeL y th time they are matured, will in II probability, be around 112.50, glv rg a handsome margin ot profit. The farmer who sells his crop, sells 1th every crop, a portion of his land, rhe man who ptanufactures his crop n his land Into pork or beef, or pout ry, sen the air. We hare - only so vch land; we have plenty of air. hy not sell sir for awhile T Our pre- havo been meeting in One of these learned before his fell bonos that ha r Fla., atwl uu to they were the or lived in Florida 300.000 Another scientist from whoso name letter manifestly was dropped at tho baptismal font Dr. llrdlickn. b writes it dissented from the cldm ind maintained that tho man had 1 , . ..1 1.. . 1. 1 it .i . im.il in mo iiiiiu ui mo evurgiades is recently us U'j.omi years ngo. The discussion waxed warm. Dr. Hay evidently got a little mad that bis ae 1'inen could bo brought into dispute He insisted that the tiiati whose bones were under discussion "lived when the animals -the prehistoric mastodons and the, sloth as big as mi i lephant did, that they belonged to the first half of the pleistocene period, which would make them at least 300.000 years eld," Things are hkoly to happen when the anthro pologists get Into a wrangle. For our etlf, we would rather know just who It was that struck Billy Patterson than to get tho straight-goods on the matter as to whether the Florida bones were 300,000 or 125.000 years old. . - - o . Prediction that another revolution in Ireland is certain unless peace is restored "very soon" is made by John D, Moore, secretary of the Friends of Irish Freedom, n a- statement Issued as a protest In behalf of Irish Nation alists against on International League o Enforce Peace. ':'-'--. . o ; '- jj.-"-; : ' ,. Tiberius st his death left $118,125, 000, which Caligula spent In less than tea months. ,'" court decided the child was the leglti- l tnate sou of Lieutenant and Mrs Slingsby. . j The legitimacy claim was contested! by two brothers of the lieutenant, and J the case was taken to the probate court j of London. There again Lieutenant j Sllngsby won, the judge bidding Unit J there was a remarkable rescniblnitci-1 between the boy and Lieutenant Sllngsby. The case was appealed In tho. other side. Among their counse' was Sir Edward Carson, now tirst Ion; of the admiralty. Lieutenant Slingsln j was represented by an array of attor neys that Included members of the Sim ; Francisco lair. ! The court of appeal in London last i March allowed the appeal of Lleutcii ' ant Slingsby's brolliers. The bearinc on their appeal lasted 'seventeen days i The three Judges bad the case undei ! consideration live weeks. The linistci of the rolls pointed out that It was im possible, to overrate the Importance oi the advertisement said to have been in scrtcd by Mrs. Slingsby within u few lays of the birth of-Teddy. This ad vertisement called for a newly born male Infant, which the advertisei wished to adopt. i'u i ins decision me attorneys ror tin boy decided they would npiK-al to tin house of lords. The Review and Jbryan i Commoner $2.00 ret year. JEWELRY, FOR "Al OCCASIONS FOR WHA TE VER THE OCCASION MA ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT NOT-WE OCCASION. THE QUALITY OF OURJ- -. WE KEEP RIGHT UP TO THE MINU AL WA YS MODE R A TE FOR THE S BEFORE THE OCCASION AR: - YOURSELF WITH THE JEWEL . ' ABUNDANT TIME TO CARE . - :. n r.--WEDDING, PARTY.. CWELRY TO FIT THE S NEVER QUES TIONED . LES! OUR PRICES ARE - RADE WE SELL. - IT, COME IN AND EQUIP IRE THA T WE MAY HA VE REQUIREMENTS. MORRISON LWELRY CO., DIFFICULTIES. Do not let any difficulty, how vtr formidablo, discourago you. Difficulty is a vr instructor, at over us by the Supreme Guardian and Legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves and loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpen our skill. Out antago 1st Is our helper. Burke. . i . - ri ::-- ' '.Ar. rr'V:. "."'"-,: -- ' ' ''''- J,l-''s'' -'?"t '' ' "'"'" " M"- "- mm SELLIG WE I am glad to say the market opened up good and strong and as far as I can see selling fully as well as it was before Christmas. There is a very small quantity of tobacco in the country to sell and I think it will be wise to sell as soon as possible as buy ers will be dropping off when breaks get too small to pay them follow the sales. Come to see me with your first load. Thanking yea for past patron age and wishing yon a prosperous New Year, I m Ycsrs Trcly, -.('----.. sT . toucteat thico to IUs4 the hw refiiarljr. 1. '