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PAGE SIX
61 Claims For Fop Rank
In States Os Union Made
North Carolina Leads Southern States In Many Lissi of
Activity; Budget Bureau Groups Claims Undo*
Several Heads; Facts Are Presented
Raleigh. Sept. 23—(API—North
Carolina hat &4 claims to a top posi
tion among the estates of the union
The budget bureau, is compiling
these •'claims or "facts" as .hey are
called grouped them under popu it.on.
industry., tobacco manufacturing, tex
tiles. lumter products, miscellaneous
Industries, inuus : isl plants, eiect.lc
po\»tr production, minerals and min
ing and agncultuie
These facts were presented to the
New Yotk banking syndicate which
bought the state s tax anticipation
notes SiS
Here they are.
Population
North Carol.na ruths 12tr. ia the j
un.on in total K'n.
Ranks seventh in perceT.age gain I
in population fiom 1920 to I'*?!'.
Raks first :r. number of Outs p«r
thousand population.
Ranks first in size of families with
4 9 per family.
Rar.k? fit<t n percentage of na
Gve born white population. 99. T par
cent. fa 4M<!
Os total population. TO 5 pe* cent j
•white. 29 per cent negro, and 5 per |
cant other races.
The white population is increasing
at a more rxp;d rate than the negro.
Every day from 1920 to 1930 in
cluding Sundays. 21 people came to
North Carolina fto mo her states to
live.
Facta About Industry
North Carolina ranks 12th in the
number of industrial wnge earners.
Ranks 12th in the number ot horse
power and prime movers im>vUii.‘eJ in
industrial plants.
Ranks 15th in value added to raw
materials by manufacture.
Ranks 14th in wages paid industrial
workers. ml
Ranks first among southern states
in these respects except that Texas
leads in total value of manufactured
products.
Facts About Tobacco Industry
North Carolina ranks first in the
value of manufactured tobacco.
Manufactures 70 per cent of the
cigarettes made in the United States.
Manufactures 30 per cent of the
smoking and chewing tob^sco.
Manufactures 10 per cent of large
cigars.
Facts About the Textile Industry
North Carolina ranks first In the
nunUier of cotton mills.
Ranks first in the number of ac
tive spindles vand second In total
•pindles. y
Ranks first in the consumption of
cotton.
Ranks fir-:t in th* manufacture o'
cotton yarns for sale.
Ranks first in the production or
hosiery ar.d second in value.
Facts About Timber. Lumber and
Products
North Carolina ranks first In the j
pcoduc'ion of wood ami other mis
cellaneous forest products.
Ranks f.rst in the number of saw
mills. •
Ranks 10th in the production of I
lumber. V' j
Ranks first in the production of i
wooden dining room and bedroom I
furniture
Ranks third in the production of j
vaneers. '
Facts About Other Industries
North Carolina ranks third In the j
manufacture of work clothing.
Ranks third in the production of I
fertilizer. ' kPtfp ,
Ranks fifth in the production of knit *
underwear. * ,r V!S
" i
Ranks sixth in production of cotton
seed oil. cakp and meal.
Facts. About Sire of Plants
North Carolina has the largest hos
iery mill in the world.
Has the largest towel factory In the
world.
Has the largest overall factory In
the world. f *.wep*
Has the lareest cordage and twtnr
mill in the world.
Has the largest hand weaving In
dustry in the world.
Has the second largest aluminum
reduction plant in the world.
Has the largest denim mill In the
Unl*ed States.
Has th- lnrgpst damask mill In the
United States.
Has the largest underwear factory
In the United States.
“Has one of the largest paper pulp
mills in the Uni‘ed States.
Has one of the largest rayon mills
in the United States.
Facts About Electric Bower
Production
North Carolina ranks third in num :
ber of horsepower of Installed hydro
electric power.
Ranks 11th in po'ential water power
available 50 per cent of the time.
Has one plant with highest effective
head of anv plant east of the Rockies.
Facta About Mineral and Minkig
North Carolina ranks first In
United States in number of native
minerals, 284.
Ranks first in the production of
feldspar. •*»*
Ranks first in the production of
pyrophyllite.
Ranks first in the production of
rcaldual kaolyn clay.
Ranks second In the production of
mica. «'*»**V
Ranks eighth in the manufacture
of dav products.
Ranks very high In the qquallty and
variety of building stones.
Facts About Agriculture
North Carolina ranks sixth In the
farm value of 75 principal crops.
Banka first In the production of to
*£»«*» smad m m *
HENDERSON, (N. C.J DAILY DISPATCH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, iMfe
aoy beans.
Ranks first, in the production of
sweet potatoes.
Ranks third in the production of
early Irish potatoes.
Ranks fourth in the production of
annual legunve hay.
Ranks third in the production of
Uspedera hay.
Ranks seventh in the production of
sow peas.
Ranks fourth In the production of
peaches.
Ranks 11th in the production of
apples.
Court plaster is so-called from the
piaster that ladies at Court used to
decorate their faces.
Among wild reindeer, it is the-lead
er. a female, which invariably acts
sentry and remains standing when
all the othei members ot the herd are
resting, if it signifies its intention to
ie down, another female immediate
ly rises to ts feet.
History Os Tobacco
»
Is Outlined Briefly
Those who like to speculate on just
how long mankind has enjoyed the
blessings of tobacco will b« interested
m reading an article which appeared
in the Carthage (Tenn.) Courier un
der the by-line of George Lamberson.
He says:
When the Creator with his mag
nificent power over the univr.se sends
the raindrops to quench the thirst of
mother earch when ol’ Sol sends her
rays down upon the vegetation to
change the coloring matter to starch,
when the golden wheat is in the shock
and the cribs and cellars were over
t lowing with food, when the automo
biles wasn't known to have a con
tinued suction on the pocket-book and
leave it an empty vaccum except
debts, wishes and deeds of trust.
When neighbors manifested their
brotherly love by their kind deeds,
when friends were true friends. These
were cheerful thoughts for our fore
father farmers.
Today there ia a great contrast. Peo
ple are seeking ater worldly things
and forgetting their Creator. The lit
•ie red church with the altars have
become too small, they're not in style,
must be money raised to have the
most up-to-date churches. (Believe me,
I think it is going to the limit when
it comes to style in the religious ac
tivities >
The people tryng to live above their
income, mortgaging their homes to
buy automobiles and gas. Trying to
deceive their fellowman by burning
gas that the other man is paying for.
Even the farmers of today think that
one of "Alfalfa Bill's" five-cent cigars
is not expensive enough for the pace
of the world. These things and many
others are the reasons that the cash
crop of tobacco has become so popu
lar. Sometlng to get cash. After
searching libraries, newspaper clip
pings, dust covered books and with
apologies to Rev. S. L. C. Coward of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Dr. H. A. Ol
pier for facts on the invasion of the
weed, I offer to the Courier readers
the high lights of the famous weed.
Tobacco is supposed to have had its
origin In Greece.
1518 Charles V., King of Spain,' re
ceived the first seed o the so-called
•panaccea of India—which was to
bacco. From Spain it was sent 1q Por
tugal. 5V he re John. NlcdV gets &c->
COTTON GROWS WAIST HIGH r
iwM^i.
WtW&i
Q«oi crop produced Ip Vwei with proper ouKore, pad with rich n-
ehy pr looppre—U.
BEAUTIFUL TOBACCOGROWING IN VANCE COUNTY
/.. , / _
ft, | i'"
qu&lnted with it.
1519 Cortez, the conqueror of Mex
ico, is said to have sent a specimen
to his King. That is the first record
in Europe.
1560 it is introduced to Catherine
of Medicis, Queen of France; who re
commends it around the world under
the title of "Queen's Herbs" as a cure
for all diseases.
1600, Twelve years after Catherine's
death, tobacco is no longer practiced,
but is prohibited in France by severe
laws.
1604, in England it is perceived that
it causes among people disorder, un
morality, etc. it is then banished from
all Europe.
1616, under Sir Thomas Dale to
bacco began to be raised in Virginia.
1620, ninety English women were
imported by Jamestown planters for
wives at the price of 120 lbs, of tobac
co each. The value of a pound was
fifty cents so each female cost the
small sum of $60.00.
1621, sixty more women were in
voiced by the London company at 150
lbe. a head. (Looks from the way the
old bachelors around Gordonsvilie are
raising the weed that they have hopes
of trading their crop for a perfect
venus.)
1635, in France a new ordinance
prohibits its use and sale under pen
alty of imprisonment.
1679, it reappears in France pro
tected by privilege, John Brenton pays
the government 250,000 francs yearly
to obtain the right of sale and traffic
in India.
1718, the government of France re
takes the tobacco trade which in 1791
brought 23,000,000 francs.
1852, tobacco culture had been pro
hibited in Egypt by a decree of khe
dive. Those found cultivating the weed
art fined SI,OOO per acre.
1932, tobacco has become so popu
lar with both sex that the demands
for milk has increased enormously.
Why? Because the infants of the
young mothers have protested against
ashes falling in their faces.
Thompson, the biographer of Sir
Walter Raleigh, says that the first
tune the Spaniards ever saw tobacco
smoked as luxury was at a friendly
interview with Grijalue in 1581, at To
basco, an islapd in the Gulf of Mex
ico. That is rwhere it got its name.
Veteran Tobacconist
? * w| H|
J. H. Cheatham has been head erf
the Big Henderson Warehouse since it
was erected, and is one of the oddest
tobacco men, in point of service on
the Henderson market.
Governor
Rooseveli
Says: ,
“Let us have the courage to stop
borrowing to meet continuing def
icits. Stop the deflcita. Let us
have equal courage to reverae the
policy of the Republican leaders
and Insist on a sound currency.”
* • •
“The only hope for improving
present conditions, restoring em
ployment. affording permanent re
lief to the people and bringing
the nation back to its former proud
position ot domestic happiness and
ot financial, industrial, agricultural
and commercial leadership In the
world Meg In a drastic change in
economic and governmental poli
cies.”
• • *
“There will be many in this at
tion during the coming months who
will implore you not to swap horses
crossing a stream; there will be
others who will laughingly tell you
tbat the appeal should have been
worded ‘do not swap toboggans
while you are sliding down hill.'
Bat it seems to me that the more
truthful, the more accurate plea to
the people of the nation should be
this: ‘lf the old. car In spite of fre
qaent emergency repairs has been
bumping along downhill on only
two cylinders for three long years,
it is time to get another car that
will ovWll on all four.”*
* • •
“That a great Barbas swept the
country few can -sfwbL Normal
times lull us into complacency, we
become lazy and contented. Then
with the coming of economic stress
we feel the disturbing hand of fear.
This fear spreads to the entire
country and wttb more or less
unity we turn to our common gov
ernment at Washington”
. *! Sell Your Tobacco Mid Cotton. In Henderson
And Buy Building Materials and Paints
At “The Place of Valued
“Where Qt*aHty T&tU and Price* Sett”
ALEX 1 WATKINS
(Hast to Bom’s Gin—Back of Cooper’s Warehouse)
1889 1931
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Established In The Year 1889
••• • •
In January 1889 this Bank opened for the transaction of
a Banking Business in what is known at the present time
as the “CITIZENS BANK” Building.
Since that date, this country has witnessed several ma
jor and minor depressions and panics, as well as wars
and catastrophes of various kinds, not to mention the
dark days of September and October 1929, when the
last depression started.
But that's all in the past. At the present date the
“CITIZENS BANK”, like the rest of the country, is
looking to the future. • It has always been our conten
tion that the darkest cloud will eventually blow away
and let the sun shine through.
Our slogan has always been “PROTECTION PLUS
SERVICE.” Since 1889 we have been living up to this
motto, giving first class protection as well as personal
service to our patrons.
We take this opportunity to thank our patrons for let
ting us serve them, and on the basis of Experience Pro
tection and Service YOUR Ratronjage is Solicited.
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Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Henderson, N. 0.
Capital and Surplus $000,000.00 "
y “The Lesding Bank In This Section”
1889 1932
TOBACCO
PLANS COMPLEX
, (Optioned ttjm r,p. OQ| (
p*t iftto op*rarioi7T
mmt on carUin markets in
and TtnnMSM lut Doo-Oib-, “ ,W ' '
resist* bav* been so satisiiu- J; ‘ a r *
tW nuw method has beer, - d "‘ y ,h “
**» of the old. Under th, s *
caditf* tobacco grading JZ U *
furnished waere tn e wareh * 4
agrees to have all tobacco
a flat rats per hundred ° 41
"Department officials bel*?*
Inmost markets tobacco hi:
vica can be supplied at mUttrlZ * r '
cost when all the tobacco u
Tha advantages found j n
cedure are that the grade,, ai ,
fully occupied, thus reduce , ht K
per tei>Mir«d po Unds for Rta
vice, and buyers more uuicklv tT
faooUUr with the standard
ha* boon found that the grading J'
vie# is much more effective „ *
ing the interests of faimer. - n 3 /
tobopco trade under these conditio*
PR*AGHB» TKLLS OF
bulk of thrff r.
Amwiing to The Harrodaburr
HmnM AMP« preacher in South
OaroUw* bos been prear-hing then,
rtaa of wisdom to his flock I)i6
cussing tbs “depression the
bad this to say:
Bendders and Sistern, ,-f Wf
gwrino to make any headway
Kghttn’ de depression, *e mUk ,
fust learn de rule of de three
F-s—Here dey is-Faith i n God
—Ford in de ftbed— Family i n d*
field.” f