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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02
FARMERS MEETING AT HALL
FAX NEXT MONDAY.

Let all cotton growers and bushes,
men interested in the production, mar
keting, manufacturing and selling o..
this commodity be sure to attend the
Farmers Convention at halifax rext
Monday the 9th OF February.
w. c.. WHITAKER.
Jan 81, 19O5 Enfield, N. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02

will be made. Cotton. seed meal, cot
ton seed, cow-peas, cow-pea hay, etc,
are of distinct value In this respect
while cotton seed bulls, corn slower and
corn are relatively low.
FERT,1rx1NG VALUE OF FEED sTUFFs.
To show the variation in fertile. ng
values OF feeding stnffs, the following
table is arranged and the valuation is
made on the basis of materials found
in ordinary commercial fertilizers
POUNDS AND VALUATION PER TON.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02
Notice..

NOJlC6.
Notice Is hereby given that on. JAN
uary 10Th, 1905 the undersigned duly
qualified as executrix of the last vii
and testa mert of the late f. 81. Wbita-
ker, and any person holding claims
against the estate OF the said testator,
Is notified to present the same
for payment to the undersigned on or
before the 23rd day of January 1906.
Persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make prompt settlement.
This Jan. 23rd, 1905.
ANNE H. whitaker
Executrix of will of F. H. WHITAKER.
1854
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02
Notice..

The people of Scotland Neck will
ent session to pass law establishing
prohibition for Scotland Neck and
vicinity. This January 14th, 1905.
w. A. DUNN and others.
1856.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02
EVERY POUND OF COTTON
SEED SHOULD BE FED TO
STOCK.
some two months
WEALTH said

some two months ago THE COMMON
WE ALTH said:
''Some days ago when cotton
.aed were selling at 25 cents per
;,ushel we saw a farmer sowing
osts on which he put forty bushel
If cotton eeed to the acre. Now,
the qustion often comes up whether
Or not 1t is better to sell cotton
seed and taae the money and pur-
chase fertilizers or cotton seed meal
and put On the land or put the raw
seed on the land as the farmer in
question was doing. We leave this
question to our farmer readers, and
we Will be glad if some one would
make the calculation and let other
farmers know through The COM
MoNwEALTH what they think about
1t. This is an Important matter,
and one in which every farmer
no makes cotton should feel
keen interest. We leave the ques-
zion open. Who will answer it?"
The Progressive Farmer now takes
up The question in answer to our cues
tion ana gives the following interest
ing discussion, which we reprint for the
benefit of the farmers
The truth is that neither cotton
seed nor cotton seed meal should be
used as fertilizer, but we ought tc
keep stock enough to consume these
products and thus get two profits from
them. The following editorial In The
Progressive Farmer some months ago
is worth reprintlng:
In North Carolina, over S6,OOO,OO
OF commercial fertilizer are annu
ar!y purchased. Fully half OF this i'm
ms use amount is expended for cotton
seed meal. We are taking a feedlns
stuff and using it as fertilizer. i
should be used first as food Tor farm
ANIMALS and then when it becomes
manure let it 60 to the soil.
A ton Of cotton-seed meal is worth
$50 for either feeding or for fertilizers
1t that ton is applied to the soil, 1t i
worth but twenty-one dollars to tn,
user. II it ls first fed to animals, tn,
user gets twenty-five dollars returns a
food. But the animal has used bu
One-fourth of the elements in the ton
or i've dollars and fifty cents worth
Tt ere Is left through feeding, sixtee1
dollars and fifty cents worth of manure
DOUBLE PROFIT IN FEEDING.
The user, then, has a double prof
in first using as a feeding stuff an
saving the weddings as a manure 8
fo.'ows:
Value as feeding stuff $1,000
Value as fertilizer 1850
Tota, $3.50
Had this cotton-seed meal simply bee
used as fertilizer, there would hav
been loss of sixteen dollars and fit
cents per ton.
Every feeding stuff contains plal
food some are very valuable an fertil
ears, others relati yely poor. II an an
nal D ied rlch food, rich manure wi
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-02-02
Bank Statement,

Bank Statement.
Report OF the condition OF The Scot
land Neck Bank, at Scotland Neck, in |
tie State of North Caro!lna, at the
close OF business Jan. IL, 1905.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $1l7,97s.65
Overdrsfts 3,164.87
All other stocks, bonds aud
mortgages 10000
forfeiture and fixtures 1,l35.54
Due frc,n ranks and bankers 1863 SO
Cash items 946l Is
Gold coin 500 col
Silver coin, including all
minor coin currency 3,O67 80
National bank notes aud
other U. s. notes 5000 col
Investment account 1000 COL
Total 1851 1881 O6
LIABILITIES
Capital PAID in 3 24,7Oe.CO
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses end taxes
paid 1887 50
Bills payable 165O0 90
Time certificates of deposit GIG Al
Deposits subject to check 11O,584 %
Certified checks 592 81
Total 1851 1871 O6
State of North Carolina,
County of Halifax. CO.
I, Frank P. Shields, cashier OF the
above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement lie true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
! FRANK P. SHIELDS, Cashier.
Correct-Attest: B.. M. johnson,
N. B. J.,<ey, G Hoffnan, Directors.
Subscrihed end sworn to before mo
this 2lstday . January, l906.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-07-31
CROPS OF COLORADO
RICHER THAN MINES
Total Farm Products Shipped From
the State In 1904 Worth
SAT, 10000
BY William f. Curtis IN the Chicago
Record Herald


BY William E. Curtis IN the Chicago
Record Herald
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 19.-
We are accustomed to look upon
Colorado as a mineral state, yet the
value OF the products OF its farms
now exceeds the value OF the prod
ucts OF It's mines. Last year the TO
tai of farm products sold In the mar
ket, not including those consumed al
home, was $47. 100. The increase
has been very rapid, particularly IN
horticulture. Fruit orchards and her
ry patches are extending In remark
able manner. | met a gentleman yes
terday from Grand Junction, out neal
the Utah line, who told me tina; q
million fruit trees had been planted
In that valley this spring.
The state Of Colorado has an area
of about Sc million acres, or 109,32i
square miles. or this $4,000 square
miles, or 22,400.00O acres, are capabl'
OF producing crops under irrigation
The area now in cultivation Ii abou
10 per cent of wat is possible
about two and nalf million acres
This area has increased from $500
acres in 1870. $4,000 acres In 1880
and 1929. 500 acres In 1890. The cen
sus figures for 1890 were 1.7s4.00'
acres. but those who are bes. quail
fled to Judge are OF the opinion tina
ct least 100000 acres nave been pu
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-07-31

The heads OF the departmspts q
the state government are watching
expenses closely and keeping then u
an unusually low figure. But e7.oo0
OF the $4,000 contingent fund hes
been used no far this year,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-07-31

yI3 varieties OF fruits.
The largest orchard In the state, In
Weld county. has between 5000 and
4 900 acres.
The Colorado fruit farmer sells his
crop on the trees to commission men,
who send out buyers before the fruit
Is picked and superintend the picking
| and packing. This Is dcne because
the manner In which II is packed ma
| terially affects Its value. It adds &
| per cent to the expense to wrap eacn
peach, apple or plum In tissue paper
hut II adds rs per cent to the selling
price. or course, the farmers car
pack their own crop in that way, Dui
the commission men prefer to do !.
and pocket the difference.
The sugar beet industry Is extend
Ing and prosperIng. Last year Al,
100 acres were planted 10 sugai
beets: this year about $1,000 acres
The crop last year was $4,000 tons
testing an average OF 1915 per cen
In saccharine. and 1t produced 124.
100000 pounds Of sugar, valued a
about $4,000. 900.
Two and a nalf million dollars wa
paid to the farmers for beets AM
100000 was paid to the laborers a
the mills.
The industry is only six years old
but Is now represented by nine fac
tories tand one more nearly CON
pleted), with capital upwards o
s10,O00.o00. The capital has bee
furnished and the factories are cor
trolled by two trusts. which are NOR
or less friendly and at present ar
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.

Two Of the condemnation cases
brought by the Catawba Power
company pursuant to the establish
ment of its pole line between the dam
on the river and the towns Of York
vile and Glover were heard last Tues
day pursuant to appointment. O.,
The hearing was had in Ebenezer
township, on the lands in dispute, and
after everything had been gotten In
readiness was disposed Of in short or
der.
The cases were those Of Mr.. S. w.
Barron and Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Barron
and others. w. B. Wilson, Esq, rep
resented the power company and the
land owners were represented by Mr..
Walter M. Dunlap.
Only two witnesses were examined,
Mr.. Harry Wylie in behalf Of the pow
er company and Mr.. S. w. Barron In
behalf of himself and Mrs. Eliza ].
Barron and others.
Mr.. Wylie explained that the power
company only sought the right of way
over a strip Of land eighty feet wide;
that after the poles and wires had been
erected it would not need to go on this
right Of way any more except for the
purpose of making repairs; that the
owner of the land could continue to
use and work the land as heretofore.
Mr.. Barron testified that In his opin-
ion the erection Of the pole line would
have a tendency to injure the sale Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The ladies' of the Presbyterian
church will hold their annual flower
show during the latter part Of this
month. The date will be announced
later.
- John r. Hart. Esq, has sold the
two Watson houses on Cleveland ave-
nue., the James A. Watson house to
Mr.. James F. Thomson, Of the Thorn
son company and the Miss Sue Wat
son house to Mr.. Frank Tiddy.
- Sealed bids for the $1,000 worth
of bonds recently voted by the town
of Yorkville for electric light and
other purposes, were opened last
Tuesday might. There were four bids
in all ranging from par to a bonus
of $1O1. The highest bid, which was
made by a Chicago concern, was ac-
cepted. A local bidder offered $7.036
for the issue. The bonds draw 5 per
cent interest.
: 1t was little later than this last
wear when the need Of more houses
began to be so seriously felt in York
VILE Since then more than a dozen
have been built-the exact number we
do not know. But 1t is a fact that
there has been no appreciable relief.
The demand for more houses Is
stronger now than II was at any time
last year or even in the spring.
There are a number Of people who
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
THE COTTON MARKET.

The cotton market continues about
as 1t has been-the local buyers un-
able to pay 10 cents or over and the
producers refusing to sell at less
figure.
There has been no appreciable in
crease in the receipts during the past
week. Cotton is still going to the gins
in a steady stream and from there
back to the farms or into the ware
houses.
About the time cotton went below
10 cents the mills were just getting
ready to buy; but when the decline
commenced they stopped giving their
orders and as the farmers would not
sell anyway trade came to a stand
still.
There have been q few inquiries
from mills within the past few days;
but buyers are not especially anxious
to sell at the prices that are being Of
fered, being uncertain as to what may
be the disposition of the farmers.
Receipts continue pretty heavy es-
pecially in Texas and other gulf
states; but in the greater part OF
Georgia and South Carolina the far
mers seem to be content to stand pat
at least for a while yet.
There is not a great deal doing In
New York except In futures, which
are active enough to make 1t quite In
teresting for the spectators. There
are about 10000 bales Of spot cotton
in the city at this time, and this has
been quite a factor in bearing the
market during the past few weeks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
FARMERS HOLDING COTTON.
President Smith Says Paper Contracts
Won't Make Yarn.

President E. D. Smith of the Cotton
Growers association, has just issued
q statement that win be Of general In
terest to the cotton growers OF the
state. He argues that what cotton is
now going to market Is to meet con-
tracts and that no cotton Is being SOLO
at prevailing prices and that the spin
ners cannot spin paper contracts, put
have to get the real cotton. He says:
"I have just returned from trip
in the upcountry having spoken at
Laurens and Gaffney. AT the latter
place met President Jordan. and he
and / discussed the situation as 1t
now stands.
There is no cause for alarm on the
part Of those who are holding cotton,
but rather everything to encourage
them. The entire situation may be
summed up thus: AS might have been
expected, this being the debt paying
time, the lieners, tenants and smaller
farmers were expected to sell their
cotton together with quite a number
Of others who were In position TO
hold II they would. The season for
gathering was SO fine and the cotton
opened so rapidly that all Of this cot
ton has been rushed to market and
has created the impression that few.
IL any, would regard the association
minimum price. On the other hand
large per cent Of the crop already
picked and ginned Is being held by
strong hands. They can afford to walt
and will wait until they feel that they
have been rewarded for all delay, eX-
pense and annoyance, and attempted
ridicule on the part Of the opposition,
has been fully and amply paid for. 1t
is my honest opinion that enough cot
ton is being held from the market by
strong and determined men to put
the spinning world at their mercy
long before the prospect Of another
crop is in view. 1t would not surprise
me If subsequent events do not prove
that II would have been wisdom on the
part of the bears to have given mimi
mum prices for the entire crop rather
than to be forced to pay for their OPP
position, for as they have taken ad-
vantage Of the weak by virtue Of their
position at this debt paying time, 1t is
very probable that some of us will see
to it that restitution Is made when
the advantage lies in our hands.
This week cotton has practically all
been marketed, but from now on they
may gamble as they please, but when
they want spot cotton We will have
our price Let no one be uneasy, for
cheering news comes from every state
and we are bound to win"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13

and to do dirt that cannot be made
the subject Of absolute proof; but new
er has there been one so slick as to be
able to escape even all well-founded
suspicion. These are the men who DO
the stealing when the opportunity pre-
sents, and their honest associates
generally lack the nerve to mete out
to them such punishment as they
should have.
1t Is clear that the managers OF the
bis Insurance companies, or at least
many of them are unscrupulous
thieves. They have diverted and per-
yerted funds Of others by means that
are hardly as creditable as are those
used by the ordinary burglar the diff
ference being that the burglar takes
his life in his hands while these men
are able to accomplish their ends
without even ordinary danger.
But let us not wax too virtuous In
empty condemnation Of these or other
big thieves. The fact that a thief,
whether big or little, can ply his trade
and be left free to enjoy the fruits
thereof, is not so much reproach TO
the thief as it is to that portion of So
ciety as Is to be considered as being
made up Of honest men: II the bal
ance of society, having all the power
that could be conceived Of has no more
gumption than to allow convicted
thieves to continue In the enjoyment
of the fruits of their thievery then the
balance of society is only being treated
as II richly deserves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
Too Much Stealing.

The wholesale stealing, called graft,
in connection with the management OF
the various life insurance companies,
that has been made public as the re-
suit of various investigations evidences
a state of affairs that Is at least not
complimentary to modern civilization.
Expressions of shocked amazement
in connection with these developments
are common; but that is about the
most marked result that has been no
iced, and 1t is indeed doubtful as to
whether these expressions are really
sincere.
It is a common saying that little
thieves are caught and punished, while
big thieves are held in higher honor
than If they had chosen to continue
along the straight and narrow path.
There are those who would hold this
view to be a mere expression Of misan-
thropic bitterness; but somehow, we are
inclined to the deliberate opinion that
ii comes nearer to being true and
pointed arraignment of the hypocrisy
and sham that pervades so many of
the professions of our much vaunted
civilization.
We shall not pretend to suggest that
there is no such a thing as an honest
man because that would not be true.
There are plenty of good men here and
throughout the whole United States
who could not, under any circum-
stances. through hope of private gain
or what not-be induced to intention
ally wrong a fellow man. We say such
men are common; but still they are
not to be held entirely blameless for
the spirit of graft which seems TO so
completely pervade the entire body
polite.
Along with the honest men there are
thousands who are dishonest-unprin-
cipled, INSCRIPTIONS sharks, who If
they ever in their lives entertained
for moment a really generous sem
timent. ii was so long ago that II has
passed entirely out of their memories.
These men are generally known OF all
other men, if not at sight, then Ger
tainly by a little association. They
are smooth and hypocritical and
are frequently able with their
tongues to disguise the intent
of acts committed by their hands,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13

THE American bankers in convention
in Washington have adopted resolu-
tions in favor Of the ship subsidy pro-
position that has been under consid-
Grafton In congress during several
years past. AS the bankers see 1t, the
development of an American merchant
marine Is absolutely necessary for the
proper expansion Of American trade.
They argue that foreign ships make
no hesitation in coming to America
for raw materials of all kinds; but for
eigners understand the ins and outs Of
business too we'll to send their ships
here to transport our manufactured
products to market on the same terms
with their own manufactured products.
All who have, studied the ship subsidy
question, very we'll understand that the
development of an American merchant
marine without the help of government
subsidy is we'll nigh impossible for
various reasons, principal among them
being first the fact that foreigners al
ready have the advantage Of estab-
lishment and experience, and the diff
erent European governments stand
ready to give their shipping industries
all the assistance necessary to keep
them abreast with competition of
whatever kind from whatever source.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
Friday, October l3, 1905.

capacity. but he would not give up.
His condition was considered so criti-
cal that a special train was run to
Spartanburg for DR.. Dean, a cele-
brated practitioner. who was called In
consultation with the regular physi-
clan, DR.. ]. C. Brawley. 1t was re-
ported today that Captain Cary had
suffered a stroke Of paralysis, but
that is incorrect, and while his con-
dition may still be considered serious,
with his splendid constitution 1t is
believed he will recover. AS promi-
nent manufacturer. Captain Cary was
one of the committee who recently
waited on President Roosevelt rela'
tive to appointing a commission to
open the markets Of the east to
southern cotton goods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13

along the same line. The Nobel
prize in medicine, the value of which
was $4,000, was awarded to Profess
sor Behring in 1901 for his method
of rendering cattle by innoculation inn
mune from tuberculosis. In lecture
delivered shortly afterward in Stock
holm, Behring said that he would de-
vote the prize money to further ex-
periments in the same field. In April
Of the next year proofsheets Of book
by Behring upon this method were
given out. The book gave the re-
suits of six years of investigation and
experiment. In the following May the
success of his serum treatment for
diphtheria was noted in the official
statistics Of Berlin, where death
rate of from 1900 to 1000 was cut
down, in 1901, to 469 by use Of the
serum. In March, 1908, Professor
Behring made public the fact Of the
extension Of his tuberculine expert
ments to human beings and expressed
the belief that they would be success
full.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13

Liqht frosts were reported by differ
ent people in different localities yes
terday morning. There was also frost
this morning. 80
Subscribers desiring their papers
changed from one address to another
should invariably give the old address
along with the new one, This Is for
the convenience of our mail clerk:
where both addresses are given there
is but little trouble about making
changes. Where only one address Is
given, much extra labor Is involved.
We are always glad to make changes
of address whenever they are desired.
While Il is not to be denied that the
effect Of the hold-up In the marketing
of cotton Is noticeable in business still
It Is gratifying to note that there has
been nothing like stagnation. We have
passed through many a fall during the
past ten years when trade conditions
were not as good as they are now even
with cotton moving freely, Summed up
in a nutshell the people are not selling
because they don't have to, and they
don't have to because they can get
along without selling. 90.
There are occasionally revealed some
irregularities in the United States
postal service, but taking 1t ell in all,
the system is a wonderfully perfect
and practical one, says the Charlotte
Chronicle. Aside from It's practical
operations, there Is sort Of senti-
ment which helps to protect the system
from interference. When we think or
the multitude Of letter boxes located In
every part of the United States and To-
Gated at the by-ways where In many
cases people are afraid to walk at
night, and In connection with this,
think of the fact that 1t Is one. Of the
rarest things that one of these. letter
boxes in interfered with by thieves or
otherwise, we are naturally impressed
with the fact that the people, and even
the thieves have sort of respect for
the government postal service and par
ticularly for the letter boxes holding
the peoples letters, that Is beyo7d TIE
ordinary consideration in which things
are held. A common thief with an or
binary hammer could smash any OF
these letter boxes and generally speak
ing. out Of a dozen there could be
found more or less money, quite enough
to. tempt the ordinary thief. Yet we
rarely hear Of letter box being inter
fered with. There are two hindering
influences. The people themselves
would have no patience with a man
who would break open a letter box
while the government almost always
catches the thief sparing no money In
order to accomplish this. The fact that
the letter boxes are so safe from ma
rauding is one Of the elements which
makes the postal system so convenient
and SO useful both for business and So
cial correspondence.