The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15

vance the prosperity of it's community
Or State even though the promoters
are hostile to the paper. The News
and Observer is the friend of every in
terest working for the welfare of the
State and always stands ready to labor
with the men who are doing most Tor
the uplift of the State.
The policy of the paper in the past
is the best guarantee of its future.
Along the same lines that have mark
ed its course, The News and Observer,
with more zeal and earneStneSs, Will
seek to be worthy of the confidence OF
its large and increasing constituency.
What has been done. with small
equipment and enforced economy, is
we trust, only an earnest of what the
future will witness. 1t is the purpose
of the management to add new fea-
lures from time to time, and make
steady improvement in every depart
ment, and to more generally ex-
tend the circulation of the paper
into every township in North
Carolina. The establishment of the
free rural delivery has been worth
more to the rural communities than
everything the Federal Government
has done in a generation. 1t enables
the farmer at his home to know the
worlds news and the prices of his
DfOOuCIS
take them to town to sell. Many
farmers are becoming subscribers and
the extension of this system will add
greatly to the number of subscribers
| to all newspapers that meet the ap-
prevail of the agricultural population.
! To show how the rural free delivery
! has helped in extending the daily cir
culation of The News and Observer.
| it may be stated that on a single route
there are now forty-two subscribers,
where four years ago there were only
| three. This is due to the fact that the
| farmers, now enabled to have paper
delivered at their door, read more than
| in the early days of the establishment
| of these routes and also to their par
| TALLY to The News and Observer.
| desire to express to the stock
! holders my sincere thanks for their
| valued assistance, cooperation and
confidence and to pledge my best eff
forts to advance every interest of
! ment of it's affairs in every de-
partment, the company owes obliga-
tons to the large number of faithful
| and capable men, women and boys
who have an interest and loyalty far
: beyond the amount of their salaries.
! | wish to bear testimony to their fl
deity and efficiency and to say that
1 without their enthusiastic devotion to
| the paper and their high grade work
! the success of the past year would not
! have been possible.
We have had a hard fight to climb
| up the difficult hill, but The News and
! Observer has within the past eight
years added to its equipment material
| that cost it over $4,000, and to-day
! has the cash to meet every liability
If it continues to serve the public
| faithfully the future is bright and the
| best days are ahead.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
President.
Raleigh, N. c., Auga14. EG1,t in -
! After the meeting of the stockhold
ers the directors held a meeting anc
| reelected the following officers.
President-Joscphu Daniels.
! Vice-President--W. n. Jones.
Secretary and Treasurer-H. w
| Jackson.
| Attorney-R. T. Gray
A dividend of six per cent on thu
capital stock was declared