The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-10
Al r.,,. /, st.te Make large Yields.

III CROPS IN SIAte M0sN~ - - 7sss.ss.-
DsclaTing that the closing year n lasel
been one OF large yields for almost
every crop raised in the state Tor COM
merce. Mai. w. A. Graham, commas:
sioner Of agriculture, submitted 20 the
board in annual session. iengtny Ie
port and review OF the activities OF the
department and the farming inter
ests of the state. Commissioner G il7at
ham estimates the cotton crop at Il
900 900 bales which is 10000 more
bales than generally grown IN TINS
state. Except for the low price Ior
the staple, the farmers OF the s.ate
would be in good financial condition,
and despite this low price, the state ls
better off than ever before, the COM
missioner says.
Commissioner Graham estimates
the corn crop at 100000 busneis
six millions more than last year, ana
the wheat crop at 8,0O0,O0O. Dusneis.
The corn supply is 5.OOO,O0O business
in excess OF home consumption ana
the wheat supply about 4.O0O,0OV
bushels less than is used in the STATE
Oats, peanuts, sweet potatoes ana
apples, he asserts, are all fine, Irish
potatoes being the only short crop.
Four years ago $60,000,0 900 was sent
out of the state for food supplies. but
the commissioners believes the amount
has declined to $2O,O0O,O0O this
year. He observes that more food
supplies are being produced each year
and he has hopes that the result VIII
be more gratifying each year. Hun
drds of additional acres have been
sowed to small grain, and the COM
missioner estimates that there Will De
considerable shrinkage in the sale or
fertilizers next spring. For this rea-
son he urges the board to retrench,
as the department depends on the
revenue derived from the tax on fer.
tilizers.. Major Graham believes that
an unusually large crop OF tobacco
will be produced next year, and that
the following year, because OF lower
prices, this acreage will be curta1ied
Just as is the case with cotton now.
Commissioner Graham refers to his
efforts to aid in the marketing of the
cotton crop, and again brings up the
question of new quarters for the de-
partment The states exhibit at the
San Francisco exposition, he says,
has been abandoned owing to the
war. The report deals briefly with
complaints of fertilizers, and urges
that standard be establishes In
each county. Soil surveys have been
hn
syth, B1aden, Union, Rowan, Wake
and Lincoln, and work will be pushed
in Wayne, Wilson, Columbus and Hal
flax counties during the winter. The
commissioner suggests division OF
soils in order to get better results in
this work.
Supreme Court Delivers 10 Decisions.
Eighteen appeals were decided by
the supreme court in the weekly de-
Avery of opinions which were delived
in the following order: I
McNeill VS.. Atlantic Coast Line,
Cumberland, no error; State VS. Trip,
Durham, affirmed; McAdams VS.. Trust
Company, Alamance, reversed; Gam
VS.. Spencer, Stokes, new trial; Faust
VS.. Roberts, Union, no error; State
VS.. Williams, Meeklenburg, no error;
South Atlantic Waste Company VS..
Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Rail
way, Mecklenburg, no error as to de-
PENDANTS appeal, affirmed as to plain
tiff's appeal; Watts VS.. Seaboard Air
Line, Mecklenburg, affirmed; Page VS..
Page, Polk, appeal dismissed; Page
VS.. Page, Polk, separate appeal, no
error; McLaurin VS.. Mcintyre, Scot
land, affirmed. Evans VS.. Seaboard
Air Line, Arson, affirmed; Withers
VS.. Solomon, Rowan, no error; Ted
der VS.. Deaton, Montgomery, no error;
Barger VS.. Altey, Iredell, no error;
International Waste Company VS.. Nc
Eiroy, ct al, Yancey, petition for
certiori denied, appeal dismissed.
Several New Charters Issued.
Menzies Drug Company, Hickory,
capital $4,000 authorized, and $4,000
subscribed by T. B. Buchanan, e. B.
Menzies and others.
The International Machinery Com
pany, Greensboro, capital $25,0 900 au-
thorized, and $1,000 subscribed by w.
D. McAdoo, J. P. johnson and others.
STANDARD Loan and Realty Com
pany Charlotte, to do a general read
estate and loan business, authorized
capital, 100000; subscribed, $4,000:
incorporators J. J. Misenheimer, F.
e. Harlan, Charlotte; G.. M. Tucker,
Monroe.
Rural Supply Company, Winston
Salem, to do general mercantile
business, authorized capital, $4,000;
subscribed, $1,000; incorporators, C.
M. Phelps J. R. Phelps, J. A. Conley.
all Of Winston-Salem.
United States District Court Adjournsa
The United States district court adj,
journed after disposing Of 118 cases,
and continuing probably the most i'm
port cases, that Of Portland Ned"
xa-s-