TWO
ANNUAL ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT J. R. JOYCE
t. ii i J :
(Continued from Fage 1)
operations being conducted on the
practical farm, purchased by a former
director and strong supporter of the
Association, Mr. T. Jefferson Penn,
and turned over to the Association
by him with the object of giving
practical demonatraton to fanning
methods being advocated through the
press. Owing to the excessively dry
fall no clover was planted, and but
eight acres of rye wero laid down;
work of clearing off second growth
pine has been steadily progressing,
with a view to bringing every avail
able inch of land under cultivation
upon the opening of spring, and a
model tenant's or helper's housa
constructed on the property at a cost
of (350.
Three brood sows of good pedigree
and also a pedigreed male have been
purchased, and it is the intention to
demonstrate at this point the raising
of pork upon green food, with a
minimum of dry grain, and at low
cost. The farm offers splendid op
portunity to put into effect the doc
trine of diversification, for which this
Association stands, and it is hoped
good results may be accomplished
through this diversification.
But probably the moat effective
work, and one that will have the
most far reaching, and beneficial ef
fects on agriculture in our county,
was accomplished when upwards of
one hundred and fifty acres of our
. chocolate and gray lonra lands at
arious points .throughout tho county
were laid down in alfalfa during the
month of September. These plot s,
varying in size from one to ten acres,
were prepared and seeded under tho
supervision of your Vice-President.-,
and under the stimulation of press
notices and advice offered by your
secretary. Tbey have invariably' been
successful, and today splendid stands
of alfalfa are on view at almost every
point of the county, and their owners
In many instances, being encouraged
with the facility of getting a good
stand under proper conditions, have
expressed their intention to material
ly Increase their acreage during the
f&Ikot the present year. The splendid
returns that will accrue to the own
ers of these plots cannot fail to at
tract the attenion of every farmer
in our county and 1 would not be sur
prised if this experimental work were
to result In completely revolutioniz
ing our farming mothods.
The successful picnic and barbe
cue held under the auspices of the
Association in 1915, was duplicated
on August 2bth last, anl was an oc
casion of real pleasure. While I am
heartily in favor of anything that
will tend to convey to our friends
throughout the county a realization
of our unselfish interest in their wel
fare. -1 cannot help venturing the
opinion that something of a more
educational character, combining-the
spirit of hospitality together with
eoe of real progress and advance
ment, would prove more attractive to
the farmers of our county and their
families, and assist in bringing to
pass what we all have at heart,
namely the greatest good to the
greatest number of our citizens. If
i might be permitted to make the
suggestion, it would be that gather
ings of this character in the future
' ehould be in the nature of a county
lair, spread over a period of say three
days, and embracing In its program
exhibits of stock, poultry, the textile
products, for which our county is fa
mous, also exhibits of tobacco, and to
acco manufactures, the product of
the farm orchard, and garden, with
exhibits of canned goods, and every
conceivable product raised, or that
ought to be generally ralwed, on the
farm, and all Interspersed with rid
ing tournaments, band concerts, and
thor plasunt featurta of the rural
lift of our community.
- Immediately following our annual
meeting last year, tho Assocation
tendered to its members a banquet
which took place on February 22nd.
tnd proved to be an occasion that
will not soon be obliterated from the
memory of those who participated
is its enjoyment. The principal
on that occason were, Mr. F. II.
LeCaume, of the Norfolk & Westorn;
Mr. Z. P. Smith of the Southern
Hallway, and the Hon. A. L. D rooks
f Greensboro. Two hundred and
fifty- members and friends of the As
sociation partook of a splendid re
past provided by the ladles of the
Presbyterian Church, and the delight
ful evening without doubt contributed
to the development of increased in
terest in the Association throughout
the county.,
In the early part of the year some
interest was manifested in a propo
sition for the development of a hotel
mructure for Reldsville that would be
more in keeping with our splendid
citizenship, and assist in the develop
ment, not only of our town, but also
f our county, by bringing to it many
who are debarred from that pleasure
because of insufficient accommoda
tion, and the lack of a hotel supplying
the comforts and conveniences de
manded by many people of this day.
Correspondence was had with Messrs.
Longest & Tessier of Greensboro but
mlng to their absorption in large
. t-lepmcnts nothing was done,
I cannot help feeling that among the
: needs cf our community, that
cf a suitable hotel, that will prove
more representative of our citizenship
is. most pressing and I recommend
this matter to the consideration of
our new board of directors.
Several efforts were made in the
early spring to interest the merchants
of Reldsville in an organization, hav
ing for its purpose the building up a
buy at home' organization, and the
rivl imnrovement of business
conditions in ReldBVille. Nothing de
finite however, resulted; and for lack
of definite cooperative efforts, I feel
much trading that, ought to be aon
in Reidsviile is being carried to n
id towiiH. to our detriment.
'considerable publicity was given to
this feature through The Review. II
im effort to awake a good health;
public uplrit. but for lack of interns
and cooperation on the part of thos.
most Interested, the movement fniloi
cf Bueeess.
i-wilim thiit the development of tht
social side of our natures ought to
nin concurrently with that of an in
dustrial character, the Association in
MiguratPd a series of monthly At
Homes, which were maintained thru
unmnipr in the auditorium
mil. ....
n nd until cold went her, and inability
to beat the room, caused their dis
continuance. These simple evenings
of song grew in popularity with our
people and proved without doubt u
success. It is hoped they may be re
t,.,i with ihe coming of warm
weather. The hearty thanks of this
association ore due to the many Kmu
Mends who so willingly helped to
make these evenings pleasant, and
we are not without hope that they
'iad some bearing upon the increas
ing love of good music apparent to
the citizens of Reidsvillo.
industrial Development
That a larger measure of develop
ment of this character In our town
cannot be referred to with satisfac
tion at this time Is in no manner due
to lack of activity on the part of your
Association, or its directorate. We
have- cause, in the acquisition of ad
ditional Industrial development on the
part of our good friends, -the Ameri
can Tobacco Company, for roal con
gratulation 4he extent of which has
hardly yet been borno in upon om
people, and were your Association
unable to point to any other develop
ment during the year that has passed
into history, there would be more
thun enough reason for the genera
tion of a hearty spirit or optimism
in the location of a factory of the
character of the Cigarette Factory of
the American Tobacco Company.
The proceedings leading up to the
decision of this companp to select
Reidsviile as the point for this de
velopment, were conducted through
the officers of a friend in tho person
of Mr. C. A. Penn. who thereby prov
ed his friendship, at one and the
same time, for the company whom
he has the honor to represent, and
the town that is so proud to claim
him for a citiaen, negotiations pro
ceeded in a most smooth and satis
factory manner between your direc
torate and Mr. Penn, who is Vice
President of his company; the neces
sary guarantees were freely conced
ed by your directors fno financial ob
ligation, or exacting being involved.)
and on Friday, January 6th, the man
ufacture of cigarettes was begun, in a
temporary building, and the purpose
of the company is to break ground,
tnd to proceed with the erection of
one of th most modern, and up to date
plants in tho country as soon as It
will be feasible to do so.
While the number of hands at. pros
at work is small, It Is .the: purpose
of the company to Increase this num
ber conservatively until an organiza
tion has been built up with a capa
city of ten million cigarettes daily.
That this will be the successfully ac
complished may be regarded as a
foregone concli!i!,;:i. The maximum
to be employed in this plant will
reach 800 hand, and a payroll will
consequent;.- k.o distributed in Reids
vlllo aggregating 'Home seven or eight
thousand dollars per weok.
As an auxiliary to this development
to provide the necessary housing fa
cilit.i38 for a larger population, there
was developed through this Associa
tion a company the Fidelity Invest
ment Company and this company is
now incorporated and doing business
In Reidsviile. In addition to this
step to 'cooperate with other -Interests
working for the benefit of our town,
private Individuals have guaranteed
the erection of 57 dwelings. and
some of these are already under con
struction, and no 'misgivings may be
felt as to complete housing facilities
for whatever help may come to Reids
viile to obtain work In this plant. Suit
Ohio boarding accommodation also
bas been provided by a public spirit
ed citizen in Dr. J. II. Thacker.
Early in May the Association de
veloped that Messrs. A. V. Victorious
& Co., of 87 Leonard Street New York
were desirous of organizing a knitting
mill in the the South. Communica
tion wag had with this firm, and ne
gotiations begun, resulting in bring
ing Mr. A. V. Victorious to Reidsviile
on several occasslons; the subscrip
tion of $16X00 to take care of the pre
ferred stock In a $50,000 corporation,
by. our. citizens;-the gift of a -free
nite by Mr. James A. Walker and the
clearing away apparently of all ob
struction to the realization of tho In
dustry by our town. .
Upon the architect coming to look
over the ground with a view to im
mediate building operations, it devel
oped that the water main did not go
within 1580 feet of the location, al
though it appeared to be understood
that the water was within a few feet
of the site, while negotiations were
Being conducted. Upon representing
tho matter, to the Town Commission
ers the stand was taken by them
that inasmuch as the site selected
was 100 feet outside- the corporate
limits, they would not feel jusuneu
in making the necessary expenditure
of $2500 to complete the connection
and they made counter proposals,
which did not prove to be acceptable
to tho promoters.
While negotiations were proceed
n.g, with a view to satisfying all in
terests involve the town of Pulas
ki, Va., made the- promoters a very
a' tractive-proposition, with the... re
mit that he deal fell hrocgh. tho
in Ml poing-to Pulaski, where it is
now in full operation.
This failure to secure- tho firt In
dustry sought after by our Associa
tion "was the cause of much heart
burnings, and was most bitterly felt
oy our secretary who had labored
faithfully for months on ibo propo
sition. The time has arrived now when
such auxiliary development would be
most opportune for our town, as it
would afford work which cannot, be
cause of lack of special qualifications
cbtuin employment In the cigarette
factory. A development to take care
of the surplus labor coming to Reids
viile will be most necessary in the
immediate future.
Town Improvement
Through the efforts of our Associa
tion there has been effected in Reids
viile an improvement that, without
doubt, must be the cause of self gra
t.nlatlon to every citizen participating
I refer to the three miles of asphalt
paving now being completed. There
is additional cause for congratulation.
In the fact that contracts made by;
the company 'in other towns for aim-1
ilar paving; since the Reidsviile con
tract was signed, have been based
(,n a price cf about 30c per yard in
advance of (hat obtained here.
Tho original contract made for our
streets was a blanket one. witn a pro
vision for scaling the price down to
a minimum of $1.40 contingent upon
a certain number of yards paved. I
iwiuwe the provision has been met,
and we secure the advantage of the
minimum price. I hope that, before
the contractors wind up their opera
tions, everv available street in our
town will be covered with, a hand
some coat of asphalt, and that the.
mud scourge, from which we have
suffered so long will be relegated to
a memory of the past-
Publicity
While the handicap of keen finan
cing prevented that measure of pub
licity to which our town and county
are strictly entitled by their natur
al and other advantages, still a great
deal of adventitious advertising has
boon secured, with little or no cost,
and Reidsviile is better known today
to the outside world than over be
fore. Our Association has manifest
ed an interest in the preservation of
inr natural resoiirtvls; particularly
our forests in the western part of
tha State, and their relation to re
cent floods that so seriously affected
large area of our commonwealth,
and we have not hesitated to express
an opinion on the denudation of our
forest lands as a contrlbutary to ine
increase of danger in natural pne-
nomena.
Thft unfair retention of our Nation
al Guard on the border has also been
th snhlect of considerable corres
pondence and has brought Reidsviile
into the limelight as a champion or
fair play-and the further thrashing
of this question is liable to bring
additional honors to the Association
nd good to those most intimately
concerned. Your secretary has also
contributed to monthly and weekly
magazines articles that have drawn
public attention to Reldsville and
Rockingham County, while many or
his comments upon current events in
The Reldsville Review, have been en
dorsed and copied by leading and in
fluential newspapers. Hundreds of
booklets have been distrlbutd broad
cast during the past year, and the i
envelope In use by the Association
has been commented upon more than
nee by correspondents indeed I
know of no better advertisement
regarded with a view to economy as
well as utility, than the adoption of
his envelope, with small changes, by
our "business houses. There is one
phase of advertising the continued
reiteration of undeniable facts that
never fails o secure results.
Good Roads
Your Good Roads Committee has
done splendid work during the year
that ts gone. Upon the completion
of the sandclay road through Wil
liamsburg Township. It took up the
matter of the connecting link be
tween its terminus and the Caswell
County line, and secured l5rnature
to a petition with a guarantee of 450
days work of men and tenia, and
free topsoll, and rights of way, for
the purpose of meeting our good
frlends of Caswell County. This
stretch is now in process of construc
tion, and I believe it will be a great
stimulus to good roads In Caswell
County. In all this good work the
committee has had the faithful, un
tiring and energetic assistance of our
secretary. The committee also inter
csted itself la the Greensboro thor-
ouKhfare. and obtained some assist
tance from the county commissioners
calculated to render that road more
passable, and all this work has had a
stimulating effect through the county
and will bring a reward in time.
Gentlemen, while, we have much
to look backward upon with regret,
wfi have still a great deal that we
can recall with satisfaction. There
is a growing inclinaton ou the p'm
of the landholders, Of our county to
depart from the single crop system,
and a keener desire for information
upon crop rotation, and restoration
of abused soils. There never existed
a better opportunity to press home,
by percept and example, the folly of
abandonment to the single crop sys
tem than the present, and I am more
i- convinced than ever before thst in
the adoption of a wise system of
diversification lies the road to wealth
and happiness in Rockingham Coun
ty. I hope your Association will con
tinue its unselfish, efforts to benefl'
not ono township or one town or vll
lapp. but every section of the dear old
county of which we are all so proud,
and I sincerely reeomend to you a
steadfast adherence to the principles
upon which your Asportation Is
founded keeping ever before you the
.promise that "he who endures to the
end shall be saved". No great move
ment was ever carried to succeSs
without difficulties and disappoint
ments, which in the last analysis but
sweeten the fruits of labor, I do not
Irnniv n llf.llv (if TlieTl Who .''"ft dOttll"
nated by less selfish motives than
hre the members of your Associa
tion, and I am proud, to be permitted
to contribute my small quota of work
find financial aid to the furtherance
cf the splendid objects we hive in
view. We have now reached a cru
cial period in the history of our or
ganiation, having successfully weath
ered the storms and- difficulties of its
first two years of exigence, but I
am convince! that with a continu
?nce of that loyal support.' and con
sistent persistence in working along
ourr prfscnt lines, results of a nature
that will be most, eminently satis
factory to every member of our or
Ionization will achieved. You
have before you tonight the task of
selecting men from your number
...,, ..hail trnirtn tliR destinies of the
Association through Its most critical
v o" e r
year tho third of its existence;. I
sincerely hope that your selection
shall be. made with wisdom, and that
your new president will, at the close
of 1917. feel as grateful to his direc
torate aa I do after completing my
term of office.
t cannot close my. address without
referring to two agencies that have
contributed largely to the success un
doubtedly attending our operations
as an organization for the upbuilding
of our town and county during the
past year. You will doubtless recog
nize) tfliese twcV );encie before I
intention them, but mention them I
must, and that in terms of the heart
iest enthusiasm The Reldsville Re
view, and the Secretary, Separate
and apart they would have proven
invaluable aids to our Association,
working as units, but when combined
and working together with a whole
hearted desire for the attainment of
those splendid results we all yearn
for they have accomplished result
that call for my most emphatic ac
knowledgment. I unhesitatingly say
that whatever good has been accom
plished, and whatever progress has
been made, has been due largely to
our secretary and he has been, splen
didly supported by the quick and
willing cooperation of The Reldsville
Review whose space has been gener
ously contributed free of all charge
for the dissemination of Association
Items, and articles from the pen of
our secretary treating matters rela
ting to the improvement of conditions
in every phase of life in our com
munity. I congratulate our Associa
tion upon the splendid service it has
always been able, during the past
year, to count upon from this source
in its campaign for improved farming
methods in Rockingham County, and
I am encouraged and I am sure our
Association will feel greatly encour
aged in the prosecution of this splen
did and unselfish labor, by the mag
nificent utterances of the Chief Ex
ecutive of our, State, whose remarkks
at his inaugural proved a practical
endorsement of what our Association
has been doing, and what. I most
eanestly hope, it will continue to do
along this line in the future.
I extend to you. gentlemen, who
have supported me by your advice
and assistance in some trying situa
tions, my heartfelt thanks for your
close and earnest cooperation, and I
most snloerely hope that your new
board will enter upon its duties with
that deep sense of the possibilities
of our Association, without which
no great or lasting good can be ac
complished. Respectfclly submitted, .
J. R. JOYCE
. President
January 12th, 1917.
INSANE MEN have epileptic fits,
ne men have "Stockard & Wlm
blsh fits." We moan in clothes. There
fore be sane and let Stockard &
Wlmbl8h make your Spring Clothes.
We will guarantee you a fit.
Subs crib today
Prefers Chamberlain's.
"In the course of a conversation
with Chamberlain Medicine Co's. rep
resentative today, we had occasion to
discuss in a general way the merits
of their different preparations. At
Lis suggestion I take pleasure in ex
pressing my estimation of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. , I have a fam
ily of six children and have used this
remedy in my home for years. I con
sider, it the only cough remedy on the
market, as I have tried nearly all
kinds." Earl C. Ross, Publisher
Hamilton County Republican-JJews
Syiacuse, Kan.
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WE PAY 75 CENTS PER HUN
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