The daily times., 1922-02-17
THE BIRTHDAY OF THE TIMES.

THE BIRTHDAY OF THE TIMES.
The Daily Times has almost attain
ed its majority for twenty years ago,
February 18th 1902, it. first saw. the
light The Wilson Times has the
right to- vote. It was born February
18th, 1896, and is therefore rs
years old. The latter publication was
begun as weekly paper. Later it
was changed to semi-weekly, and
as such it is now being published.
These publications were established
by the present Editor, and have been
conducted by him from the
very beginning. While we have never
placed slogan at the mast head or
these publications., as some papers
have habit of doing. we have tried
to place the welfare Of the people
and the community above every other
consideration, even above the person
at interests of the Editor and this
Company, and have stoutly maintain
the true requisite of every newspaper.
We trust our readers will pardon
a word of reference to these publica-
tions, which as Mr.. Mcfarland so
kindly. stated in an article published
yesterday, cover this section of the
state pretty thoroughly, in order not
only to secure revenue for our busi-
ness, but to place the people of East
.ern North Carolina in touch with Will
son. Solicitors are busy covering
trips over the Norfolk and Southern
to Raleigh, the first week in the
month, to Selma and across to Colds
boro and back over the branch line
,of the Atlantic Coast Line
the second week in the month"; to
Farmville and Greenville over the
Norfolk & Southern and the Eastern
Carolina Railroad to Tarboro back to
Wilson, the third week in the month,
and from Wilson to Spring Hope
through Elm City and Sharpsburg-
the last week in the month, soliciting
subscriptions to the Daily and Semi
weekly Times. and securing orders for
printing for our printing depart
ment. In other words we are covering
this territory for business and to
place the Times within the reach of
the people dwelling in this section,
the trading territory of Wilson, that
sour merchants and tobacconists may
profit by this circulation, and trade
may flow in this direction.
AS is we'll known Wilson is the
largest bright leaf tobacco market in
the world and farmers haul their to-
bacco a distance of thirty and forty
miles to Wilson. Our tobacco buyers !
and warehousemen are thoroughly
interested in this market, and their
energy and enterprise have brought
the efforts of alert and hustling busi- |
ness men. Noting this enterprise, and !
this interest, the Times has felt that
it would be remiss in it's duty If it did ]:
not match their efforts. and SO we |
have tried to keep the people in this |
area informed as to Wilson, and the
advantages in selling their produce :
ON the best market in the world.
OF course we could go on and on !
handing yourselves bouquets directly
and Indirectly, but our modesty will
not admit OF doing that to a degree /
that might prove irksome and tire
some to the reader, but in this con-
nectio nwe would like to say that in +
addition to these publications, we .
have another publication, lions
Landmark, the organ of the Primi- {
tive Baptist church which was found
ed BY Elder r D. Gold November :
18th, 1867 That paper circulates in
every state IN the union, with sub
scribers in England and Canada. So
ron see We are trying to keep Wilson.
"a map. For fifty four years this
- las been directed by the
ars of one family, and since the