The Carolina Home -and The Eastern Reflector. The Carolina Home and Farm and The Eastern Reflector. THE CAROLINA HOME and FARM and EASTERN REFLECTOR a. Published by THE REFLECTOR COMPANY, Inc. D. J. Editor. GREENVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. Subscription, one year, . . Six rates may be had upon application at the business office In The Reflector Building, corner Evans and Third streets. All cards of thanks and resolutions of respect will be charged for at cent per word. Communications advertising dates will be charged for at three cents per line, up to fifty lines. Entered as second class matter August 1910, at the post office at Greenville, North Carolina, under act of March 1879. Even the Republicans are afraid to stand on their local self-govern plank. Marion Butler is going to speak in Raleigh and try to explain it, but it won't explain. We are counting on it being g news when the election returns come in tonight The Republicans already see that they are beaten, and are prepared to take their medicine. Heavy suits that have been stored away with moth balls in the pockets, are coming out for an airing. This is the last time we can urge Democrats to go to the polls row and do their duty. This is the age for breaking rec- Another one will be broken when the returns from Tuesday's el- come in. Even white folks in Charlotte have gone to using cocaine, according to a statement of the chief of police of that city. Some folks who have dodged about as long as they can, might get a flying machine to escape the bill col- o------- If the automobiles and flying ma- chines keep up their work the next decade may show a decrease in the census. one taking a flight must sign a re- lease from any claim for damages. Not for if you please. After you read the election returns end get through shouting, down to help make more business your community. The election is not going to make much difference, and you will hardly get more you work for. In fact, that is you are entitled to. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1910. Mark this down on the calendar a Democratic day. After the election comes Thanks- giving. One good thing for this month is the prospect of turkey. anybody here But Governor Dix, of New York, sounds good enough. The Republicans are what struck thorn. Don't it make you feel good to am a The Raleigh News and Observer Las made the best fight of its life Marion Butler and has not failed to show up his infamy. It is not announced this morning that Col. T. Roosevelt, the lion nun is preparing to embark for Africa. If egg coal is worth a ton what will one egg cost In a few more days the G. O. P, will be a sick The Raleigh News and Observer Is using red with telling effect. Next will see in North Carolina buried out of sight. No doubt bonds look like a scarecrow to Marion Butler morning. Guess the Raleigh News and Oh- now feels flying in an airship sure enough. Democrats have the opportunity of electing a president next together for the goal Every Democrat in Pitt county should take the of Senator to go to the polls and vote Said the Greensboro News Tues- day have fit and but are not yet How about it this morning Wilmington Dispatch s G. O. P. as Out Losing he prospects of pie is what Is hurt- so many of them this morning 0-------- If Mrs. is alive she is keeping very quiet about it and let- ting the doctor's neck have a close call. Republicanism will be banished a snow storm of ballots by fall. The pile has been growing larger all day. Perhaps Cannon is waiting to see If the Democrats elect a majority of the congress before he makes a noise. It looks like the Democrats are going to make a clean sweep this time of every congressional district in North Carolina. Compliments to newspapers are all right, when they are deserved, but the prompt payment of subscriptions goes much further toward paying bills. The rivalry between the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern railroads to see which one can give the best schedules, will help the traveling public. There is not a decent man In Carolina but who feels a higher res- for every man who Marion But- abused in his speech in Raleigh Friday. That was certainly a Joke on Chairman Mack, of the Democrat national committee, in voting j. straight Republican ticket. how they played it on him vigilance is the price Greenville not drop back on the laurels won in the mass meeting a week ago and let the blind tigers sneak back into business. Keep the good work of extermination going on. You will not hear any drop in the ballot box tomorrow, as the fall of the votes will be silent, but when tho counting is over, you will hear some- thing drop. The wife of Col. John Jacob Aster, who some months ago obtained a from him, is to the sum Of yearly alimony. Mu i take a good pile for the lady to gut He has been reported dead several times before, but it seems to be true this time that John the once famous clown, has passed from the stage of life He was known almost everywhere that circuses went is an ill wind that blows no Everything brings its fad, and along with the flying machine has come the hair bow for girls. As it takes four yards of rib- to make one of the bows, the ribbon sellers are delighted. That exhibit in Raleigh on the 16th and 17th, under the spices of the News and Observer, going to be a great event. The railroads will give special low rat s and thousands of people will -------o Democrats of Pitt county, the day is yours next Tuesday. While it is certain you are going to elect every man on the ticket by a large majority the effort should be to swell this majority to the highest figure Be to go to the polls yourself, and see that no neighbor stays at home. We never did like to even feel, much less speak, a sentiment the slightest akin to anarchy, but after delivering such a speech as he did In Raleigh on Friday. Marion But- should not have been allowed to keep his foot on North Carolina soil even for a day. It was an outrage to every sense of decency, the of a character steeped There has been no truer cation of the man in the than in Mr. F. C. Harding chairman of the Democratic committee of Pitt county. The splendid result in this county in Tues day's election is largely due to lit excellent management and direction of the campaign. He has kept in close ouch with every detail from the very beginning of the and has left nothing undone that was lo the interest of the party. Sure he party owes him a debt of that should be recognized the very first opportunity to repay. 0--------M Col. Harry Skinner spoke In Dur- ham Saturday, and The Herald of that city makes this reference to Pitt county is to be congratulate upon tho excellent ticket elected Tuesday. They are good men, one of them, end the people can rest assured that the affairs of tin county will properly administer- ed. The News and Observer has in- any person who wants to ride the aviation exhibit on the 16th The h of Colonel Skinner was above the heads of his crowd. It the most unresponsive audience of the years, though It was an attentive one. The quiet that was throughout would ha e one of the b st tributes to it it wasn't designed for a It was a thought producer, tho Utterance of a statesman, absolutely inelegance, abuse or perfectly fair, without fallacious- though by no means a final utterance. , As the is now over, all but the voting, it is not out of place to speak of the high plain on which it has been in Pitt county. In all the cam- there has been no bitterness, and so far as we have heard there has been no word of abuse by any candidate on either side against an one on the other. Chairman F. C. Harding, of the Democratic executive committee and. Chairman R. C. Flan- of the Republican executive committee, are both to be commended for the high plain on which the have directed the campaign of their respective parties. It is the kind of campaign that leaves no wound to heal nor bad after effects. Of course the outcome of the election is going to be a Democratic as was expected, but the minority party will accept the result with the satisfaction of the they could. Up in a Connecticut town a red- haired frightened away a bur- We trust of tho Greenville Reflector will note. Tho hair, not the damsel, of Dispatch. Notice is duly taken. But why ex- the damsel She's right especially she is red-haired, and certainly a burglar would flee from her. Why man, red-heads are an absolute safeguard against burglars, as the followers of that profession cannot stand the light such heads re- Haven't you learned from ex- Ti um mt Any- R Farm Versus Small Town. A census bulletin gives a interesting comparison between rates of increase observable in population of and small cities respectively. the data for both of cities approaching the bulletin declares, is noticeable that the smaller cities as a group seem to have main- during the decade of 1900 to a rate of growth considerably that maintained by the larger cities. The rate for the aggregate population of the smaller cities is 39.3 per cent and that for the larger 80.1 per cent. There was no such contrast in the decade 1890 to 1900, luring which the increase of the smaller in the aggregate was 33.2 per cent and for the larger per the large cities should record a considerable remarks The Woman's National Daily, commenting On these figures, reasonable when we consider that the development and commerce de- a constantly increasing of workers. The vast majority of new enterprises are located in the large cities where the foreign concentrates. But these con- do not exist in the small city. It seems reasonable to believe that many people have left the farms for no better reason than that urban life appeals to them and prefer the of small I society to comparative isolation in the . In this heavy drift of population W is ho small economic danger inasmuch as man- kind has still to be fed largely from the products of the soil and there must be raised a amount of the principal products of the farm or else famine will en- sue. It was the realization that too many farmers were wearying of country lite which led to the recent of rural conditions con- ducted by commission the auspices of the United States govern- It is the same realization which gives greatest importance to good roads movement to the up- building of rural schools, to the rapid spread of the telephone and In the at least to diversification of crops. The combined effects of these and other similar movements should e a very different showing in the of 1920. If by that time the to the tide has not set in strongly enough to be plainly visible In the statistical returns, the situation will call for the most kind of Observer. What Towns Grow. Looking into the causes of city growth during the decade Just past, a writer in The Rec- sent out inquiries, with interest- results. of the re- lie says, straight what is the dominating element in this growth, the establishment of manufacturing industries or the ex- of those which have been in operation for a number of years. In a number of instances a special in- is given the main credit. O., the center of the food trade of the country, estimates that per cent, of automobile tires made in the United States comes from its factories, while Detroit, Mich, counts to per cent of all the automobiles made in the among its producers. New Bedford, Mass., a flue example of the ability of the New Englander to turn defeat in- to victory, has its textile industry dating bacK to the decline of whaling the North And so tin story goes. Manufacturing pulls the distributing activities which it when it is versatile or on a considerable scale, forms the chief of town-builders. Any town desires further points on even against the worst that railroads do, may advantage send delegations to Observer. It Is not going to be long before a new directory to take care of the new being coined is needed For Instance, the Wilmington Star John Esq., got Roosevelt's skin in an address issued through the Sate Demo- committee in Tennessee on Monday. It covers Teddy about re- from displaying his wisdom concerning the problem, wall eulogizing old John Brown and a martyr and saint of the villa nous fanatic who led a movement in- spired with murder and anarchy. He calls the Colonel school which is a new one In America's cal Perhaps these are not new are not sufficient- they had just as be new. They are at least jaw- Record. hopes for the best until he gets in it. Then he hopes for thing better, Peanut Versus Weevil. The Louisiana cotton farmers have been very hard hit by the ravages of the boll weevil, but being of an in- turn of mind and not easy to discourage they have buckled down to fight the pest in dead earnest, with what success may be gleamed from the remarkable increase in the value of their state's annual yield of corn A press dispatch from New Orleans describes another weapon which has recently brought into play in the same humble but succulent peanut, prized delicacy of American boyhood and chief support of all circuses. production of says the dispatch, the salvation of the cotton planter who suffers from the ravages of the weevil. The infested hilly lands will yield per acre from to bushels of peanuts valued at a bushel and tho peanut hay is worth on a conservative estimate from to a ton. Not a few of the cotton oil mills in the weevil districts are rap- idly being into of peanut oil which commands a better price in Europe than olive oil, while the cake which is a by- product makes an excellent stock Pessimists may object that th; change result in an over-pro- of peanuts, to which it may be answered that there is good son to believe that a little attention would result. In a material widening of the peanut market. Furthermore, it must be remembered that the growing of peanuts for three or four years on land invaded by the weevil will tend to exterminate the pest by in route thus opening the way for the return of such areas to cotton growing. At all events, the entrance of the small boy's joy into the Louisiana station bodes no for the all-conquering boll Observer. The Assassin of The Maine. Col. Jasper E. Brady's statement that a Spanish fanatic blew up the Maine and was quietly executed by the Spanish military authorities for doing so impresses us as to the only plausible explanation of this which has yet been advanced. On maxim, whom the crime nothing could have bed. more absurd than to suspect Spanish officials of surely bring- down armed intervention by a far more powerful nation upon their heads. Neither were Spanish traditions such as to warrant a suspicion of this nature. The max- cited would have pointed directly the Cuban insurgents, or at least tit irresponsible fanatics among them except that no one could show how such a feat lay in their power. Now that friendly relations between tho United States and Spain are fully restored, the American people should welcome any evidence showing that Spain had no official or responsible connection with the Observer. Cotton is now bringing cents or more, and it is doubtful whether the south's great crop will ever be less Acreage must, in the growth of become smaller, and of cotton goods for tho same reason, larger. And the farmer is growing more business-like. Cotton will always be Journal For Stronger Sunday laws. The North Carolina Lord's Day Al- has gone on record as being strongly in favor of the enactment by the next legislature, of more stringent Sunday observance laws. It is pointed out that at present only civil action can be brought against offenders the Holy Sabbath and, while method of breaking up lawlessness could be made effective it is not an adequate remedy. Ministerial associations are request ed to take a hand in the- movement for more effective and comprehensive Sunday observance legislation. Every minister of the state is asked to preach at least one sermon on the importance of proper observance of the Sabbath day. The great majority of North Caro- are strong believers in strict observance of Christian Sabbath, and the fact that Sunday has been set at naught in certain quarters Is a matter generally ed. Here is a religious bodies to take part in, and in theme for sermonizing. In our rapid development let us not forget to respect that set apart as holy. It is probable that the next will be urged to make Sabbath desecration a misdemeanor with heavy penalty and when this is done officers of the law can make more headway in breaking up all sorts of abuses which The Alliance calls upon each com- to express itself to the end that strong pressure be brought to bear upon legislators. The Alliance has undertaken a great and a good and a much needed work. Charlotte News. Corn The boys of North Carolina are setting a fast pace in the matter of corn growing. As a result of the corn club boys had exhibits at the state fair. Some of the ex- were fine and all of them good and the yields per acre from which the exhibits were taken were all away above the average. North Car- can grow corn and these boys, by the department of agriculture are pointing the way. The intelligent application of intelligent methods is doing the work. With the boys and showing results, their methods will be followed until may expect to see all over the state five bushels of corn growing where only one bushel grew before. In this connection it may be noted that in January there will be a corn school at the A. M. College which every in the state is The interest in corn grow- is already general, but we hope it will become so by January that every farmer In the state who can possibly do so will attend that corn school. What a wonderfully stimulating effect it would have on tho future corn production of the if all could attend. The boys and a few farmers have shown what can be done and the lesson learned from their success is one hope for the future. When we grow all of our corn at home,, and it has been demonstrated that we can, and so keep our cotton money at home, we will soon develop into one of the richest as well as one of tho best sections of tine Times. Don't place too much confidence in any