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s. i -Tim AFD OBSERVER, ANtJAftY 10,1000 rr MIMIIIII Ml rg i i I I I 3 Nothing succeeds lilie success and true success can only be measured by strength' Security. The EECOniX jby Coircll's 0)1 oj Strongest Life Insurance Company is shown in Figures representing cold, pla.m, unvarnished facts the most eloquent testimony the policy holder. Statement of Condition December 31st 1908, of the POLICY aw of the security to 2 1 pzD I 1 1l I vL' UL LIABILITIES Insurance til LJ 1 i 'f State and Government Bonder, Reserve on Extra Reserves All other Liabilities Loans, -First Mortgage and Collateral Real Estate ASSETS i "I accrued Cash in Bank and Office -ltr Policy Loans Premium Agents' Baalnces Interest and Repts $362,005.45 88,500 00 2,323.61 49,918.84 802.63 4,357.07 8,85.75 14795 8,151.76 1,95.97 $527,029.03 Net Premiums in course of collection (Reserve charged as liability) Furniture and fixtures (2-3 cost Oross Assets' 2 Surplus to Policy Holders TotalLiabilities i. INSURANCE IN FbUCEi Average Policy GAIN IN INSURANCE 1058 policies assrcgaling $1,744,828, GAIN IN MlEMIUM Conservative in management, every: dollar of its capital and surplus paid in pash, its assets well invested, i The.

JEFFERSON offers the best )uiiding of and at the same time get.as safe protection as any company: in the world can giveSf assets fot every ono in Life Insurance to those who dollar Liability. WE, OFFICERS W. GAStWEI.L, Actuary; DIRECTORS CI IAS. J. PARKER, Treasnrer.

AMJERT AXDERSOX, Sf. Medical, Direiton T. n. WQMACK, General Counsel, 3I-T. -rikcs.

A. IJ. ANDUKWS. Ilak'isli, X. 3..

WV If OLT; Charlotte, ci.1 Cotton Ianu fact WilHoa X. Pres. Brahch Banking Company. CVAV. iiOLD, CH Secy, anrl Kopl.

Mgenele, Jeffe Life lnsiirame Company. i JefferMin GEO IIOLDERXESS, Tarboro, X. Pres. "First National Batik. J.

C. BRASWELL, Rocky 3fount, X. President J'lanters' Rank. 4 Whl taker. N.

Planter and Capitalist. A. KHGLTRD nickory, X. lresltlet I'irst National Park. P.

SAWYER, AsliCTillc, Xf Pres leut Batterr I lc. 4 P. UAXKIX, GaMotita, jTi IresllenB titizens'- Kuticr.il Iink. QLD. Eliiabeth City, C4 Cashier First -National ml G- JA31 14.

rcfMivl llf. Prrliimit l'lrt i- G. IJKOVV5, Ralelgli, N.C Pres. llwns National Bttukv- i II; AYCXCK, Goldsboro, X. C.

Kx-Govertiof or Xortli Carolina. yV-C1LVK. JOilXON, Raleigh, leHdcnt llalelgli Hanking and Trust i'omiMiny. r- arKIAVOOD COX, tligU Point, X. Pres.

Globe Homfe Co. j-lL'W, JACKROX. Raleigh, Ca.ihT Commercial Xatloiial Bank. II. C.

BI'QUEICX, Wilmington, X. CPreW Murchlnon National IJank. I-4 1. i. GOLD, Jr Raleiffli, X.

CFirsr 1ee PreW and Gen Mgr. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company. iu C. D. REX IJOW, Greensboro X.

Farmer and Capitalist. i- i 5 x. il cajvtkii; Wallace, ji. CW 31ercliant. D.

D. M'CTLU Bennettville, President Rank tr Slarlboro. W. 31. SAXDERS, Kmithfield, 7., Prey.

Smithfleld Cotton Wilmington. Insurance, Tictv President and Cashier Fourth i. X'C 'President' Great Falls 3Ifgr. Co. ALBERT AXDERSOX, 3L 1) RalelghT X.i C.

3IeUical Iilfectof Jefferson standard Lite Insurance i' 5 i.i;i.,,;.,i';c-i?r nitt States Department of Agrlculturtr, Bureau of Plant IWash-'l Zs fl'. A COM3IOX 'ERRORC irSifif 4 $29,534.00 2.829.00 -Y 527,029.03 ITXOMD1 G57.013J42 desire to advance the 'fa-': for the purpose of raising funds tto-secure immigration, call meetings to encourage th farmers to kn'ow the country and are loyal toil, toi universally adopt, the following First, provide their own food suplfies from the farm; second, double thetaVerage product, on every acre under cultivation and let each vorker on Oie'farm the use of better teams ad tools, till times as many acre? as at present, not mthe one crop put in a variety of diversified and profitable crops. Thl3 would cause ah Immediate demand for more land and would provide the money td pay forit This makes every man on the farm mora than sixHimes the industrial power now', is and gives him a lo1e of the farm. This is better than tof leave him. in.

discouragement and: secure immigrants to come and buy him out, i.l should hot speak so positively, only I have observed fot ajquarter, of a century that where the Southern merchants have changed from an "ad-ancer to a cash system, they have prospered very much more-than in former years and theaiumber of failures is immensely lehs. Of course, it is not meant thatrr there should be no credits, but practically there should be little necessity, for1 them the crop is actually ready for "the harvest, then trade becomes a cash transaction. Or better still, the farmer -can get his-monfy from the banlf and pay cash in all cases, If there Is. a lack of ready monly. rtThe advance: "system bears down upon the cotton farmer' wlthf special hardship, His crop is either Si sold at once or Is forced) tq the gin fend the warehouse so aa to secure loans.

If the Cotton farmer is not to sell to raise mdncy or pay debts he "will store his crop -on his farm and market at his leisure, which i in the Interest of all parties. 1J Xf appears to me. therefore, srthat the rartaer will immeasurable sraln when he produce what he has? hitherto bought a the way of living. He is not compelled to sell his cf op Immediately, upon the harvest, When he does sell he trades for cash. The greater amount of money he lias is Very helpful to the family but the stimulus to his self-respect is perhaps the most important item to baE considered.

The merchant, rrorrtersl cythe greater volume of business anrl Wth I quick return of his money. seems ia me mat tnese points should be Urged upon-ajl the people, -i t- 5 s. A. lINAPPi 1 Special Agent in Charre, Farmers -Co-operative Demonstration! Work. Row Over a :1.

(GaRtonla.fr Tlr.fnd Mrs- Wmam FTanklin after a married frn eiSh Uay8' The vife has returned to her own horns. She was Miss Roxy Christine and she sfnd her husband married after -ona d4y's acquaintance. domestic trouble -arose over tho coo'-iiof a up wwn tne home and llr and cock tY new home. cy and it rcfu-i lb dress 5. ft.

her 1 if A' "TlV-'-S I. D. GOLD, V. 1'J Gen. i CIV.

GOLD, Secy, and Sup, First Vice Pres. Soulltcm Railway. Life "Saving Station BUSBEIi ously removed their, boots, i folding dowsl the tons. and then slowly drawing, their feet Out. wet with perspira-tion from the struggle of walking, Ed, Gasklns held his streaming feet to the fire, one propped on the, other, 'and; watched in silence the evaporation from his red wool sock.

Eascter1 Williams first filled his pipe and then removed his boots. "It'sra bad night," was all he The smell of. drying woolens, of men and tobacco, filled the room. All smoked in v. Vi At.

length Gaskina said: "I never was skeered In all my life. Did you, fellers hear me holler? Well, it's wonder." 1 sand blowing so bad I thought I would rjde 'Polly DarkV and get above it a little. But I was sorry for I had to get off every litle while and wipe the sand out of her -staggered so. You all know how slow she Is anj'way. Well when got -down to -'the point I went up to ttye key post and turned the key in my register; Polly Dark refused to go a step further and began to tremble all over and whicker.

Bo hitched Kor to the post and th6ught would walk down to the very end of the around among thevreck that 'has been coming ashore for week. I might1 find one of them poor that was lost on the. Diamond. -It was black dark, but sand was plain, so I picked my way between slippery wet timbers and piles of sea weed, and aa I stepped from one beam to; another, my leers" something, God knows what I thought, rose -upf with a grunt and betwex-n myj legs, throwing me a somersault on' the sand. yt knew it was a hog but that 4 didnjt matter: I was too Fseared to holler! Man! I was all of a cold sweat.

Just lay" there. last I got up and as. I did I let a yell andI kept on yelling? for a mile. 'If you'd a-beeh to leeward you'd a heard me." ject by the side the. road, with apparently little purpose except to frighten the teams of the.

passers-by I would be indicted before the law for maintaining a If I should fill the thing full of all sorts pf-pumptf and spouts and flutter wheels and roll it Into the road and set it a-going; a term In Jail or on the county roads would be my portion. But. when I collect the $100,000 left me by my grandmother, or succeed In breaking my uncle's, will and collect $10,000, or even $500, net, then I can get -up on topjof the. thing and 'with Insolent gup take possession' ot the public roa t.I can "honk! honk!" and) everything in sight will instantly vanish. And if It be night I can hang out pair ofi lights more dazzling than the glaring eyeballs of the fierce Numldian lion and magnified to the intensity of a Sanrian monster.

Whether that Vanishing he runaway horses, broken vehicles, crippled or dead, women and children, I care not, for "I have a right to the public road." Has not the horse some rights also? Has not a prior right by reason of 4J 9 Mi (Standard took the place of the! dishes we, have k-jirned from. our. Neither do cate'to lock any than necessary when. Therefore. 1f there is.

more hideous walking abroad. no objection on the Vart of any one. we Will remain whether as old- maids or continue to exercise our progressive influence. W1LHAM BELLAMY'S VEBSE. Mr.

Joscnli Receives Greet ings FTom Recently sMr. Joseph Brown, president of the CltizenjS National. Hank sent -out to hisj friends' a little booklet -on the Swastika, which he had adopted as a trade mark. Yesterday ho received from Vice-President Henry FOrbes, of the Shawmut National Bank, of Boston, ar congratulatory letter- and with it was a verse by William Bellamy, whose booka of conundrums and verse have attracted much The verses are given A banker In "Raleigh who planned To have the best bank in the land -Said "We need a device Something single and nice Attractive, peculiar" and'gramd." And when he revolved in his mind What suitable thing, he could find; He cried out "Eureka. Wll hae.

the So here's thg yrtevlcvfe designed. And at the bottom Mr. Bellamy had drawn a perfect Swastika: Tlie Mica Industry. (Gazette-News.) II. F.

Seymour, of Cleveland. has arrived to take tne management ot theiGreat Southern; Mica-Company here. jThls mica compan which lo-tates its Southern' plant in expects to begin operatioms within ten days. Three. of the company's South-em plants will be consolidated here with' Mr.

Seymour ih charge. The company has secured Ifrom thb'Caro-lina Coal and Ice Company buildings for the manufacture I of product and this week the work-of Installing the necessary machinery find putting the plant in readiness for will be undertaken. Mr. Seymour says that he hopes to begin work the la ter part of the week; although it will be. twoor three "Weeks yet before everj-thlng win bfr running smoothly.

He says that the raw product will, be shipped to Ashe vi lie from the com panys mines and worked into the finished product and shipped JSorth. The company will also go nto -the. open- market, and buy mica, probably securing', much, of product from Mitchell Jw Special Train oil Raleigh and South 7 I In order that' its patrqris" may; have opportunity to be present at all of the inaugural ceremonies on Tuesday, this the Raleigh and Southport will, in addition to Its regular service, run a special-train -out of at 5:30 p. reaching Fayetteviile at 8r30. Special low rates from all points have been announced, and in addition to the crowd of civilians expected from this territory, the two Fayetteviile military cdmpanies haVe decided 'to com and take part in the inaugural -parade.

Pure Absolutely. Blue Ribbon Vanilla and. Lemon extract! are made from the fresh fruits and are jguaranteed absolutely pure Ji It. g- F. 1." his long unmolested possession; his great 1 usefulness' In in conveyance and in every Interest of the country, as well as f6r the great pleasure he has given to countless thou-v sands of women "and chfldreny who either -take their life in hand and go driving, or deny themselves a.

semblance of this former delightsome and health-giving pleasure -stay at home? If the horse has not the right ot way1 the women and children surely ought to have. I- have" a neighbor who was' permanently Injured by 'reason of mules taking fright at one of these upsetting the wagon arid pitching" him out. As to automobiles doing injury to' public roads," few have stopped to consider. Indeed, the reverse Is likely regarded as true. Well, If automobiles always run at a slow pace' little in-Jury would-be, done except" negatively on the.

macadam roads. V- When Mr. McAdam Constructed his famous roads he reasoned that the steel-hired wheels fassing the roads would crush he surface rocks Into that the dust wouldT settle Into the interstices and packing there would make an lmv pervious road-bed, growing better with-age. He reasoned well. -Automobiles -crush ho rdck, but when thoyipg at a fast pace, actually blow away the rock already A few weeks ago I 'observed an automobile speeding into the town of Cary from the west over; the gravel road.v A cloud of dust was in Its wake and a slight wind blowing.

Oh. examination after thexcar passed, the road showed two tracks six to eight Inches wide each blown perfectly only the mlnuta gravels standing alone. The most "delicate fabric dropped upon the track, would not have been soiled the finer par-ticIesof earth and all; gone and settling over the fields. The recent test on the famous conduit near Washington, D. (though made in violation of law, but by special provision) proved to the entiro satisfaction experts, that the heavier the car and the greater the speed, the greater the injury, to the roads, and this by the blowing awny-ot smaller and lighter particles.

Besides, What business has this dangerous, de-' structlve machine on the horse roads? Electric and steam cars construct their own. roads. -'rY-'-L Now, as to the remedy, if permitted at all. First, charge every automibile a licence tax of $25 a year. i Second, nlace the owner, of every suchtmachme under a $5,000 'Justified pondi, tor tne purpose or making gooa, as far as possible, any damage caused by his machine injuring persons, horses, vehicles or other nroDerty.

Third, require each machine rt6 "be numbered in large figures in frbht and rear, and the numbers registered. Fourths enforce strict rules as to the Conduct of chauffeurs require them upon meeting a horse Vehicle, if the horse Bhows thet least fright, to stop his car; dismount and stand by IV si v-ins "the herse vehicle not less than half the right of way. Forbid the chauffeurs to run up behind persons, or vehicles and "honk! honk!" "Let them attract attention in a decent way. In fact, require- them to be generally polite'' arid hot insolent; Such rules would, remove much of the bane to the people traveling the country roads.A- well, known agricultural- paper suggests filling the tires of the insolent chauffeurs with shot, but the provocation hardly Justifies the unlawful remedy. It T.

IVEY. Cary, N. C. 'TAYIjOR, O. FXLtXGTOX, National Rank.

W. I. EVERETT, BED 3tEXS EVENT l'ublic Installation and; Banquet at Wasiiingtotf-tiSIx County Convicts Special to Xe WS and Observer! ashington. JST- Jan. 9.

Tau Tribe of Red this! city held a public installation and banquet in iheirj lodge rooms Thursdiiy; eVentng-and there were about three hundred people" present jnembers1 of the and the The Washington Concert Band furnished the music for theoccasloriand the event was thoroughly enjoyed by) all who attended. Mr, E-. a rising young, attorney of this city, delivered the address of the evening i in-words: of prpateness and beauty. The installation services were solemn' ahd impressive. The following officers being Sachem.

W. J. Pippin; Senior Sagamore, H. G. Infield Junior Sagamore, J.

Johnson; First Sanap, L. Holton: Second Pilley; I. H. Waters; Keeper of Wampum. T.

W. Phillips; Keeper of Records, W. H. Keeper of IX Whitley, and Guard of Wigwam, Clyde Harrison. There "were also a number of minor officers Installed, consisting of raves and Suoday.

morning at iFirst' Presbyterian, church in this city the Ministerial will, extend a cordial Welcome to Rev; Ryler. the rrew: pastor of the Methodist church. All the churches will unite with their congregations in a Joint service, i i While moving the county convict camp from Old Ford townshln to thi citysslx convicts succeeding in eluding; tne guards and making eecape. They were'Edward Griffin and 'Roland Phbdes. white, and Gus Vines, Will Mack, Jack Staton.

and Dock Daniels, colored, vines and Mack returned to the convict camp during the night and surrendered, while Staton and Daniels were, captured in;" this city and placed In but men are still at large. Searching parties have been Instituted and! are now looking for the two white convicts. RIGHT TO BE A WOMAN" A Privilege 'omd of thd Sex Would i CLife.) fc: Those of Us who happen to have been brirn and-; yrlsh "to a so, are havirtg a. hard lime of it. It is expected that We shall vote, that we -shall go' about lecturing, or, if yo have social ambitions, thati "ve shall play travel the rounds of rc sorts, tour Europe and "deck ourselves out in all -j sorts of fantastic and grotesque habiliments.

There are some of us. who desire to be women. We wish to retain our native modesty, rind that superior ity dver the which Comes from being permitted td perform our natural functions. We do not care to compete with" men on their own ground because we. feel that this would be a distinct abrogation of some of pur sacred privileges.

One of the reasons why we desire still to vbe women Is that we desire to continue" in power. We, as women, are somewhat fond of politics, pf what the world is doing. We however, to- exercise our power in these directions through the men, vwhoht we can easily control, rather than unsex ourselves, and. by placing ourselves on the same level with Jh em perjnlt them to exercise their- own inclinations without our Interference "We prefer to" superlnter otir own households, as we have Vever had cooking done by 'that quite AnJhcidenc at Hatieras By JACQX2S The two' surfmen. still stupid rwitli i tleep.

who were t0 so out on the i Mwelve o'clock" patrol, came down stairs front their cots "and put oa their oil. skins and gum boots They. stood and waited with all the stolidity of hitched horses. They did. not speak.

It was a wild' i nteht. The wimi blew with, such steady force that the w.indovs rattled only lulls. Ike Mid sett, six feet two, 'powerful, taciturn, at "length Epoke. rathef patrol on nights like this than In good weather." "Good, Good!" said the 'Captain. "Wt-U -every man has hi ratherg." You've got something i to think was ili Ike Midgett tj The night was "dramatic fit for a Two weeks before on such -a ntsht a vessel had struck on -the and Ih twenty mmutes not a spar remained; Only two men wore kivcJ and tho drowned had washed up at Intervals ever since, i.

)i. Htowe had found the mate in 1 the surf, at least it waa telieved to be the but when the body was shipped to.tho widow, she refused to pay the freight oTTeceiv-? the cof tin-said it was not her husband. Iren Miller had found the skin of a man on the bekch in the hook of the Cape only, the handa and feet hanging to the hide; crushed the Impact of shivering timbers. "lie seemed a hearty 'man with" such pretty said Lorcn Miller. "'And all these brare men hare to show for their heroism, for their Uvea held in trust and! at the, disposal of eomers to are letters complimentary, from the Department The outer door opened and the sudden draught bum open the door to the waiting room as-two sarftnen fame, in Trom patroh their oil skins dripping and thelr.moustacnes glitter-inif with att Pray.

First taking ore their dll they down-around the red hot stove and laborl- APTOMOBtLlCS OX 'i i THE PUBLIC ROADS. A Corrctqjondeui Argues for the Horse, Which, He Think lias Rights. Superior to the Ahtoinobilc. To the Editor: Will you? while the! question of public roads for Wake county is being agitated, permit a. few word in regard, to automobiles on the country roads? Iet i me present the matter briefly under! the following headings: I.

A nuisance to the public. 'II. The Injury of the roads. 7" The remedy. 'That 'hav" a right to ex one will deny.

That they do give1 pleasure to a few people i (Very few) and do sometimeii perform an errand of business, will also be admit ted; but whether these death-dealing machines, belonging as a rule, to a very secluslve class, have the right and simply because the construction of the car makes it possible to monop-. olize or eyeh to occupy, the public roads -is a live Question. Jf I should erect frightful ob I I I I i For many years it has been the custom ot Southern farmers to make their crop uponUhe "advance and while this has been "regarded as an economic error on the side of the farmer, by rnanj' merchants It has been thought that It was. a. very profitable way of buying cotton.

The farmer realized that ak a matter of safety it was better "to make, the food consumed by -the- family and his stock upon the farm rather than to purchase It and especially when he had td promise -payment out of a crop which had not as yet been I have been watching this countrj' llfe in the South for many years and have come to the conclusion that the "advance system" is Just as great a mistake on the part of the merchant as It is on the part of the rarmer, tor the following reasons: i First, the merchant takes great risks, -vyhich. of course, fie tries i to cover by increased But even these charges are. increased, the staples of life are not euch articles as a high percentage of profit will adhere to, and the merchant is practically trading gold for a promise to pay. If the crop fails, he Is obliged to cffry and'earry apd carry and possibly may in thousands of cases, be obliged to take, the farm, for which he as no and under boll- weevil conditions la difficulty to. handle profitably upon a tenant $ys--tenw i -t vrjnder a.

cash system there will be a great reduction In the sales. of some, tsaple foods such as bacon, potatoes, beans, lard, vegetables canned gods hy, corn. all articles that carry low profits. The farmer is rarely, a hoarder of money and if he saves two hundred dollars or more by producing all his food supplies at home he has that much more to spend when his crop is made, and It Is cash. a i a dash system" the farmer will buy with, his surplus more dry goods, clothlrisr.

shoes, furniture, for his family, better teams, farm Implements, wagons. -buggieSr on which there is much greater profit for the merchant than on 'Staple articles Of food. The merchant can turn his money in thirty days. Instead ot a year. Ten per cent clear profit turned monthly is better than 12 per cent gain received annually.

Some of the farmers Increased inebme ges Into permanent improvement to enable the farmer to more and spend more annually. Again, there, is something about raising tobacco, to pay debt, that saps the vitality pf the farmer and affects the quality of his tillage. It really bowers the grade of farming. If ypon other hands the, merchants will join rith in urging farmers to raise all their food supplies and-try, to produce by, better tillage double the crop per acre they, now produce, the result as it affects the merchant will be this: All business will soon be done on a cash basis and the volume will I be three or four times as, large from the armerrf'. alone.

advent of more money. Will bring diversified industries among the farmers and eventually will attract manufacturers to the market tOWhS.i If there arnf idle farms in the confTV inter 1 of cnllirrr meotlr.S's v..