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Hover grows too tight (sr Vio one who bas .j stemaUeally pat a j certain Sass each ?cata in the Baak- Of. portunlties often opea to people who have wig ... aoney. Are yon in a posit AJB lo fake an rantage of a rood business opportu-j elty. Deposit yonr atsaey with the SoTkgs D? partaient: of The Bank of Anderson The Strongest Baak ia tbs County. DISCUSS QUESTION OF EVACUATION OF VERA CRUZ BX AMERICAN FORCES (Continued f tomPage. One.) ns!i soon as possible. It has been pointed out that the American garri son might beplaced in an embarrass ing situation if tho forces controlled hy, Car ran ta and those of the conven tion carried On their conflict near the city of Ver? Cruz, as the* Washington government ls.desirous ot maintaining absoluto neutrality as between -the twb'factions. It wat suggested after tonight's conference that the Washington gov ernment might await some formal oxdrossion from the convention at Aguas Callentes aa well as from Gen eral Eulalio Gutierrez, whom it has selected aS provisional president, be fore Withdrawing tho Ameran | ?ropps. General Gutierrez told Am r> .".ah consolar agents that as soon as j he ?wan sworn In ho would lssuo a pro clamation calling' the pointa desired hy.- the United States. As Gutierrez was to have'taken the roath'-'nt the convention unit night, tomorrowfa.dis patches may bring word that he too haS -complied with tho demands of the united states; Even though the American forces are withdrawn,-however, . lt is not believed that the $1,000,000 and .up wards Jn customs duties collected by the American officers will be turned over by" the Washington administra tion until a central government arises out Of Cue present tangled situation. The convention, having declar^b^fsan supreme, it is pointed out, probably would look with disfavor on the deliv ery by the American government' ot the funds to Carranza, who it had or dered dopoB?d. Secretary Garrison told . Secretary Bryan before the White Hbu?a con ference that tho troops wore ready to embark, all arrangements' having bean completed some timo kirk -Twen ty four hundred marines also 'will be taken away by the war departrncpt's transports,- as tho navy has.' up i ade quate number of vessels: to; .carry them away. The troops will go to Texas City and the marines probably to Pensacola, Fla., or Guantanamo. . Tile- political- situation in Mexico had not cleared, according to tho latest official advices. General Carranza asked tho convention for an exten sion of 15 days to discuss the ques tion of a successor to whom bi would deliver i tho, executive powor but-the request waa denied. Although officials had no complets advises, titers were intimations that rleya were continuing by telegraph "te; convention. and. Carranga. tr TO MAINTAIN PEACE! Qeaaral Carranga and Genera! Guticnez Exchange Vie ws By Trir^raph. ,MBXICO CITY, Nov. ll.-In a last ? off crt to math tain peace,Gen oral V?h ustfano tJarrsnsa and Gener?4ijpa?> Uh Gutierres, elected provisional - pye* aident of Mckico by tba Agaas Calien tqa peace 0. conviction. exchanged tdojw.-bjyi,Wtevaih last night. - .T*s teat of the inessages was made public tonight. General Gutierrta, informs General Oarraa^'t?I he wm disregard the stipulation liftiitiug his tenure of of fice to twerty. days unless the conveft Upn orders ?otherwise. He calls on C&a&r&t CaiVanskUo resign in tba in terest' of antty and peace, saying General .Villa will deliver over his power von being Informed of General Carran ta's resignation. General Carra?as replying says that he does not recognize the validity ot G?n?ral Gutierres?* election. He aays hanover will resign until he la assured that he' can tum over the hettg ?sed as a tool of Villa and asks Gutierre* to meet hie? to discuss the | question. The attacks made br Zapata fol-1 KrWera on the outskirts Of the etty rAx growing in Intensity hut tho Coin ?t tutlonaiut forces are reprilslns 1 ikta ! Rot L Inst usn ?dent ot tho new cal inet, lie takes the portfolio ot pangt Viii "T?i ..-Ci ,Ui J [ MARK WiU Consider R Nev/ Law on G Representatives of All Branch?e < mg Industry Will Be Heard at Houston and the (Uv Aa?K?hM Pro*0 WASHINGTON. Nov. ll.-Regula tions for administration of the new j law to eliminate so?alled . gambling features from cotton future Contracts , will be .considered at hearings -begin ning h?re tomorrow before Secretary Houston and treasury officials. Repre- . sentatlves of all branches of the cot- . ton producing and marketing Industry , will be heard. The statute goes Into effect February 18. 1915. -, By prescribing a federal tax of two < ?ents a pound on all cotton sold for' future delivery, except under con- : tracts conforming to regulations of ? thc department Of agriculture, the law i ls expected h) provent speculation and < manipulation of prices on cotton ex changes. Tentative regulations al- ; ready have been framed and submit- ? ted to those interested, who now will i be given an opportunity to criticize them. j Federal officials aro anxious to bavo tbs entire machinery for administra- i tion of the law arranged well In ad- > vance of the effective date, so that the I trade may become familiar with new 1 conditions. Promulgation of standards for cotton td be accepted aa legal "de- i livery" will form tho basia for Ute I principal discussion during the hear- 1 Inga. A tentative set of standards pre- i pared by Ole bureau of markets will < bo exhibited for informa lon of cotton ' traders and for suggestions. The department's regulations, aa i tentatively framed, pr?vido that fu-!i tUfe sales, in order to be exempt from j : Financial NEW YORK, Nov. ll.-Continued improvement in tho financial situation waa again lp evidence today. This Was seen in the' removal oC virtually all restrictions against dealings in utilisted securities, official Intimation of an .carly reopening of tbe cotton excharige and the unanimous vote bf the ..clearing .house association on tho question of reducing reserve require ments from 25 to 18 per conj., In ac cordance, with the provisions ot tho. federal reservo law which becomes effective at tho beginning of next week. Apart from another declino in ex change on Germany, which'"waa re flected, in a lower quotation for marks, too market for various forms of for eig> rem!ttan05ow?5 without materia' change. Sterling cables were higher st the outset but receded later in tho day. The outcomo of Uio recent naval en gagement in the Indian''ocean found response In record-breaking ship ments of cotton. Ss well ns anothor reduction in marine Insurance rates. Sentiment regarding steel trade conditions was moro cheerful al though little new buying wan report-, od. Tnere wore reports of a better foreign demand for copper- metal, but thia had no effect ort quoted prices, which wero unchanged., Call money waa a trifle firmer, but enormous loans wero made at 51-4 per cent Time accommodations show ed an easier trend.. Commercial pa per waa .more freely accepted at the lower rates recently quoted, the in quiry coming mainly from New* Eng land. All the. nows from London was of an optimistic character. A ruling permitting members of tho British board of trado to deal In stocks dur ing the Impending settlement without ! payment ot extra margin Interest was helpful in. stabilizing prices in tho London market --c . New York Cotton --- NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Today's de velopments in local cotton trade cir cles Indicated aa trrly resumption of futures tradlbg. At a meo tl ns this af ternoon, the plans snbmitte-1 hy the special committee for the organization of a clearing house were approved ex cept in some minor details and refer red back to the "board of tn?o?gers, but this now sppe?ra' to be the .only mailor under consideration that' has not .beeb definitely settled, and it is not. expected that the scheme win bc nut into operation before tho open ing. Reports Oiat an Advance of $500 was bid for cotton exchange member abipe hers, were, supposed to reflect, increased optimism. December con-* tracts were a shade lower on the curb here at 7.50 to 7.55. Souther a spot Markets, however, were gonerhlly ?rtoady and unchanged to 1-Se higher. New Orleans Cotton NEW OfJLEANS, Nov. 1 L-lncreas ed llquldMion worked, against the price of fulsree contracta tn ?te lo cal cotton market today. January tffcdtafc ai 7.55 and 7.5$ quite freely. S6 was about the level ot yester day's market tharo being no p'.ao in sympathy with the improvemont . ol Ohe eighth In the spot d?partaient. ?cemftnt frone Liverpool that short sale? of futures would bc allowed above tho minimum price of 3 fee May-June, togetber with ? bet Inquiry for cotton from export ers gave the market a ^te^dy \.m)er n t;*.c ET RE eg illations of triton Gambling pf Cotton Producing and Market Hearing Before Secretary Treasury Officials. taxation, must show: The sames cad addresses ot buyer | and seller; The number of bale* sold or the I quantity, in pounds; TITo date of delivery. That delivery ls to be made accord E?s to the "United Sutes standard! rades" to be promulgated by the] ecretary of agriculture. That low grades of cotton, or very) tbort staple cotton cannot be dellv rcd in settlement of the contract. That the seller shall givejthe buyer] kive days before delivery, a memo-| randum setting forth the grade, ant ppoclflcally describing each bale of | potten to be delivered. The regulations provide that the I prohibitive tax of two cents a pound,] prescribed for contracts not conform ing with those stipulations, shall bel paid by tho purchase of stamps to be] xffixed to contract of salo. Under the act no tax ls Imposed on spot cotton transactions, but the price >f cotton for future delivery must be fixed by the price in spot markets to ie designated by the secretary of ag riculture. The designation ot these narketa has been, left blank in the ten tative regulations, and probably will I 3e decided upon after the hearings. The'law also provides that disputes j eis to "dol I very of cotton shall be de :lded by the secretary of agriculture. To this purpose the regulations pro vide an elaborate machinery for ex amination of cotton delivered in dis puted cases, collection . of evidence, sd filing Bf complaints. Cotton Seed Oil NEW YORK, Nov. ll.-Cotton Seed| loll ' was lower for December under li quidation, while later months were enerally higher on coveting of shorts l?hd buying by refiners? together with fae "strength tn lard and a better de Irhand for compound lard.* Final prices] were five points lower to foui* net] higher. The market closed steady; Spot I |5.26?5.88; November 5.2605.35; De-| ember 6.89(?06.41; January 6.5705.58; ?February 6.6505.70; March 5.8606:88; |April 5.9005.94; May 6.0808.09; Juno] '1006.21. Total sales 16.300. . ? . ??'i n.. o .x Liverpool Cotton L.F/BRPOOL, Nov. ll.-Cc-:tou. spot Jin good demand; ' prices quiet; Amen icen middling fair 6.62; good middling 14.97: middling 4.66; low middling 4.05; |good 'ordinary 8:36; ordinary 2.86; Tho sales 8,000 bales. Including 7, 300 American and 500 for sp?culation I land export Receipts 6,856, including n4,$12 Aipericen. Futures Closed quint Opening Closing |Wray-juno..... ..4.36 4.32] ? 1 o.v Dry Goods NEW! YORK, Nov. ll.-Wool manu facturers' were today reported to be srreatly troubled by the English em bargo on colonial wools. Woratcd yarna'were higher with trading light ICotton goods .wore steady but quiet. Laces and embroideries were dull. Chicago Grain CHICAGO, Nov. ll -Peace talk gave the wheat-market today a sudden downward torn after an early ad [vance duo to active buying for export iThe close was unsettled at the decline Ho* to 3-4* net Corn finish 1-8 to 1-801-4 off, oats unchanged to ?Shade lower, ??d provisions S to 160 ~17.I-2 afsove last nlgnt. Grain and provisions closed: Wheat December $1.161-4; May Mt T-8. . Corn, December 683-8; May 71 Wi. Oats, December 491-4; May 531-4. Cash grain: Wheat No. 2 red. L1SR-80L16 3-8; NO. 0 hard. $1.13 ?M#L16 3-8. Corn; No. 2 yellow, 74 1-203-4. Oatt, standard, 4801-4. Adopt Amendment LIVERPOOL, Nov. lL-^Tho dlrec> tora of the -cotton exchange today adopted' tho following amendment to the mles nermltting limited trading, in ttores: .'<m and after tomorrow and until] ;lce . 'jalen of M?^r-Jtme| Ameticen and May BCgyptlan mav he mr.de without restrictions except that the price must not be below the min? ?mum of 4.25d for May-June American j and 7.66d for May Egyptian." lt is the duty ot ev*ry farmer to SO* that hi* Wife is supplied with every equipment to lighten her al bor*. Despondency Rae to Indigestion. It is not at all surprising that per sons whp havo indigestion become discouraged and despondent Here &'o a few Mrords of hope and cheer for them by air?. Blanche Bowers, Indiana. Pa. "For years my diges tion wah HO poor that I Could only ! eat the lightest foods. I tried every thing ihat I heard of to get relief, but j dot uL'ril about a year ago when I saw iihembdriatn"'? Tablets adv Ttlsed and Isij^ bottle cf tuera, did I Cad the rtgbV treatment I soon began to fm* pW*e,'attd aiitco iakinr a few bottles, of them my digestion ls fine." For; agio by sl{ dealers. IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON DEMAND . Better Demand Abroad Canse Rapid Rise in Ocean Freight Rates, (Bx Awocwtttd Pim) NKW ORLEANS,. Nov. ll.-Ship ments ot cotton Crom i'ni tod States ports today were largor than receipts. Exports amounted to 61.G60 bales, while receipts were 57,433 bales. Improvement In Ute demand was noted afsoveral important ponlts Lo cally- spot prices were advanced one eighth, middling 7 11-1 G. while Dallas rose' one-sixteenth to 71-4 for mid dling. On October 24 that market stood at 6 cents for middling but since there has been a steady enhancement of values, amounting in all to a cent and- a quarter a pound, r.r $6.25 a bale. Foreign exporta today consisted of 22,541 bales' shipped to English ports, anr? 30,325 bales to ports on tho con Itjeat of Eurone abd elsewhere. The 'atter total included ",-?63 bale* clean ed from tho Pacific coast for Japan. Shipments coastwise amounted to 12, 697 bales'. Foreign clearances thus far this week arc 127,664 bales against 85,150 last week. '< . One result of tba better demand fdr cotton from abroad has been tho rap id rise in ocean freight rat?3, shipper* paying today ' 95 cents a hundrod pounds for cotton from hero to Ge noa. SUBSCRIBING FREELY TO RED CROSS FUS I) ^ (Conti n o ed From Page* One! believed that ?aey will respond very readily to the cali. Any money contributed to this cause will ' be accepted by The Intel ligencer and from day to day a list of those making any contribution will ba printed ba the columns ot <Tfci5 In-? velligencer. When a sufficient, fund ls on hand to make it -possible, the money will be forwarded to Washing ton to Ute headquarters of Ute Rod Cross society. Thc Louisville Ciourier-Journal has started a fund for^his same purpose, and speaking editorially on the sub ject tho Courier-Journal Bays: "The COurlcr-Jdurnal, as Its readers know, has opened a subscription at the Instance and request of tho Amer clan commission tot' relief in Bel gium. This In nowise interferes with the Idea and organized effort of the good women of Anchorage. All our efforts united will 'scarcely suffice to meet the awful, tft?^tie?dly need. "The people offne Tn i ted- States arc but Just beginning to b. aroused to the truth that between six and sev en millions of human beings in Bel gium-little, noble, heroic, unoffend ing Belgium-argo in dire want and imminent peril, of starvation. Noth ing so appalling has over addressed Itself to man. Thc worst that visited tho South In the dafkost days of our travail '. * sorrow<Jwas as nothing to IL "God's help ls the invocation and God's help be our help! Words walk Ump and rall with a kind of paraly sis from the pen. Deeds, quick, and brave-self-sacrifice not Idle sympa thy-will alone respond to tho Christ ean; : each widow with her mite for the sake of the myriads of thc widows and thc orphans of Belgium;. each child with its penny for the sake of childhood and Christmas, never a su^ too small to .save some Buffering neighbor In Chrit" The following was contributed to the fund yesterday: T. Q. Anderson..$ 1.00 A; H. Osborne.1. 1.00 Ernest Cochran. 5.00 Marctibanks and Babb .. 1.00 Previously contributed .. .. .. 3.50 Total. .$11.50 A number of people in this office yesterday heartily endorsed the move ment and1 stated they vare anxious to contribute to the causo and would do,so 'it gu errly date. x Mexico Capital Thrown Into Panic ?Br Awrwinted Pf???.) MEXICO CITY, Nov. ll.--A dash by a party ot Yaqui Indians and soldiers, in two automobiles Uirough the prin cipal downtown streets of the capital ?oday, discharging Ihelr firearms, caused the circulation bf a report that tho national palace was being at tacked by Villa and Zapata follow ers^ -The "business section waa thrown In to a panic* A few shops were hur riedly closed and the ^treats were de serted. Officers were sent brit by tue Vrar office to round up the disturbers. The police finally arrested them but not until business throughout the city -waar nearly paralysed. Prayer? For Peace Offered In Japan (Viv A?~vii'*4.'^W,> WASHINGTON, Nov. Hr-Prayers for pfcftce'were offered te Jaoan in responds President .misons p'sace Sunday proclamation lest month, ac cording to a lette? to 9?d Cross head qearters here from M. 8. Tr.iro. sec retary* et the Japanese-Red 1Crofr. A tattat-Crees Baron T. Oxawh. vice pr?tddeat of the Japanese Red Cross, ea td detanhtneats of surgeons sad norata have been sent to Russia, France and England; n iospltal supplies to Beuton, and Servia. Two hospital rhips da .'o been caring fer German and Japanese wound'* gro^wd Kl?o Chow. Good Road The Be Improved Roads From tl way Station An Urgent 1 to Economical Market Fairfax Harrison, Pr R. R., Makes Speed AMOrllltOd Pt***.) . ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. ll.-President Wilson today Informed the American Road congress, lp sea,sion h?re, that he considered - good roads a prere quisite to'the betterment; of rural life In a number of directions. "Improved roads, esv^ally 'im proved community road? from the farm to the nearest railway station, ade an urgent necessity," said tho president. "They are essential to the economical marketing of farm pro ducts, and Jor the development of the educational and social institutions of the i country.** . The president's views were express ed in a letter to Austin R. Fletcher, State highway ongineW of California and president of ;tbo congress.' ; Mr. Wilson had been invited to attend the meeting 'of tho congross, but finding that he WaS compelled to bc absent, sent a letter which ho asked tb be communicated to the meeting, Relative to . movements to obtain Increased funds for tho construction of highways, the letter said: 1 ? "Aa important aa the matter of pro viding additional funds inr.v be, even I moro' important Sro the matters of better road administration and the better maintenance of roads already constructed. The nation lr. now ex pending more than S200.000.000 annual ly for the construction and mainten ance of roada and It ls clear that wo are not getting the results we should have. "Tho proper planning for road sys tems lh States, the' development of /better methods of administration, State and local and tho proper main tenance of roads, will, I am sure, re ceive particular attention from your body. When the people are convinc ed that they will receive full value for every dollar expended on roads they will he brought more eaaily to an ap preciation of the need for further ex penditure and will make tho reiulslte provisions." President Fairfax Harrison, of the Southorn railway; was. ono of the speakers and dwelt upon the import ance of good roads to tho growing de velopment, of the South. He said: "In the early davs ot the good roads movement, a meeting such aa thia In the South would properly have devot ed Ita time largely to emphasizing the advantages of good roads, hut, while educational campaigns to teach the i value of good reads are no longer needed in the South, the holding of the American Road congress in Atlan ta will tend to stimulate' the good mads movement in all of the South ern States. As soon as the present hiistness degression, growing out of the effect of tho European wa' on tho j market for cotton, has passed away, Ss lt surely will, and* when the on ward progress of the South hss been resumed one of tho ways In which it will be manifested will be In greater activity In road building. 'When road Improvement Is taken I up In any community, lt la Import ant that It be started right, ead I shall venture to speak to you briefly. on what. I think, is one ot the most 1m j portant matters that must be decided before actual work can be commenc ed*. That ls: the selection of the roads to be Improved. "It is almost invariably true that tho community embarking on a policy of highway Improvement ls not finan cially able to rebuild all of its roads st one time. Thorn In .oharas ot its road poller must decide which of tho roads shall he Improved nt once and wi?ich shall be left for the future. The answer must be fonnd In the pe culiar needs of each community. '"There ls a glamour about the mere suggestion of n great tir-ousli. high way, traversing several States, con necting widely separated cities, ard traveled by tourists from distant parts of tho country. The very history of such roads Is fascinating: as, tor ex ample, what of the Cumberland road or tho National highway which pierc ed the West, In the1 early days of the nineteenth century, lindel modern conditions such a road may benent the Owners of touring cars, and its gS*S by thom may scatter seme few dollars in the different communities which lt traverses, birt it will beeeftt relatively few farmers-only those who live along Its "line. In a com munity whero the principal Industry is conducting hotels for tourists, the improvement of roads .with special reference to attracting automobile travel may be desirable, hut, general ly speaking, I doubt whether the best use can be made of a limited road fund will be ID the construction of a throdgh highway of this klad. '"The statesman of road building must consider what permanent value the road may nervo in developing a country, and under our conditions in the South this consideration ponts Inevitably to the farmer as the class most tb be considered ia road plan ning. '.A great country hlehwav ls help ful, directly or indirectly, tn all those who live in town a* well as those who live in the country, bat it 1? primar ily beneficial to the farmer. It ls his highway to market. He and lils tem Ry want usa U tn ail of the social in tercourse of tho neighborhood and ip church *?d school attendance, lt ls ?tar I** WPr7 Ww*** tho ni rai s a rrereqi tiennent of he Farm to Nearest Rail Necessity and Essential. ing of Farm Products, esider.t of Southern h at Hoad Congress. mall carrier brings to the farmer bia letters and the newspapers which! keep him in touch with tito ovents <>r the world. 'While ls it not generally appreciated, because few farmers keep ' books in which they take account ot their own time and that of their teams as well aa of their hired men. ! statistics prepared by the United. States department of agriculture show ' that tho cost of hauling farm pro-, ducts to a shipping station is n very large percentago of the otal cost of their carriage to their final markets fend is out nf all proportion to the charges made for their transporta tion by rall or water. An improved, road reduces this cost and has the effect of bringing outlying farms, nearer to tho ?shipping, point by re-' ducing the time required for hauling,! and it tends to advance the value of | each -arm that it passen. ' "On account of the great Interest, of tho farmer in good roads, I bo-1 Heye that those responsible for the road policy of any community should endeavor to expend such funds as may bo available so that the largest pos sible number of fermera may bo ben efited and that tills may be accom plished by improving > first Ute roads that radiate from a market town ort shipping station. "If the amount nf money available, is quite small, lt may be nocessary to limit expenditures, for a time, to a single rutul, but where sufficient mon ey can be obtained, Ute benefits will be moro widely distributed if the money can be expended on several, or all, of the important roads radiat ing from the town. While it is .pos sible that, on a given road, the great est benefits will be attained by spend ing tbe money that may be avalla'/ie for lt in Improving some particularly bad part of the road at ' a distance from the town, the- general policy, I believe, should be the Improvement, first, of that part of the road leading out from tho town. "If the policy of dividing the .money available among several roads ratit er than concentrating lt on a single road shall be adopted, it may not be practicable to improve an extended, mileage on any on? of the roftd?. This ( will, however, permit the largest number of people to share in tho ben-1 eflts, for the farmer driving-into town j from' any direction, oven though ho. may live beyond the end of the road, j will have an improved highway for j. nt least part of his bault to town. ' Then, as. additional funds become available, from year to year, each 'of these roads, rnay be extended further intn the country, until, in time, they form connections with slmilrr -:rl' \t ing road constructed by other com munities, and ' the entire locality IK. provided with r. network of good j roads. "While a system of radiating roads of this kind will benefit the farmer primarily, lt will also be helpful te the town. In an agricultural com munity, without substantial manufac turing enterprises, the town IB prac tically supported by the trade of the farmers of the surrounding country. A good road? to the degree that it may enable a farmer to market to bet ter advantage, increases his purchas ing power to the benefit r.f the mer chants in the town where he may trade Improved highways radiating from a town, widen Ute ?rca from within which tho farmer may profita bly market his products and buy bis supplies in tho. town; Good roads In any community ara also an important factor In attracting farm settlers, who We have for sale 500 I (Oats (graded seed) ?t $1, When tinned on Our S [premium .extra length sta Dalrymple and Texas SU I worth a premium. We buy for cash or ?xci seed, or sell meal and hulls ROBERT 1 General i will bring Increased trado to the , Lown. "But wo have in tho South many purely industrial towna and cities, which msy seem not to depend large ly on nny hack country-towna tn which tho trado of the surrounding farmers ls relatively of littlo import ance in tho total volume of their bus iness. Such towns aro nevertheless Interested In developing systems of radiating mailt; sucb as I have sug gested. Even In tho largest city, a certain element of the population !s concerned, directly or indirectly, lp the trado of tho surrounding country and every resident is almost as much Interested In building ,up nearbv aources of cheap and fresh supplies for hi sproduce market aa he la in tho maintenance of good schools. "With had roads that are almost Impa-sable during certain seasons cf the /jar the area within which milk, and perishable articles generally, can be successfully produced for tho city market, ls restricted. With Improved roads this aroa ls greatly extended. A system of good roads out of a city may moan, for e. lar^o part of tho population, tho difference between fresh food and tho cold storago < warehouse. "I may omphaslso the point I am endeavoring to make by citing the concrete example of Mookie nbc TR county, N. C. That county was ono of tho first In tho State systematically to take up the matter of road Im provement. The United States cenBut reports show that In the 20 years from 1890 to 1910, the population of Mecklenberg county increased r>7 per cent., as compared with an increase of but 36 per cent for the State ot North Carolina as a whole, and the popula tion of Charlotte, tho county seat in creased in the same period, ono hun dred and ninety four per cent, a more rapid rate of growth than was shown by any other' incorporated place of relatively the same size in the State. "The value ot all farm property in Mecklenberg county in 1910, as re- . ported by the census bureau, waa greater than in any ether county in < the State with the exception of bnt one county with ono and- three-fourths times the area of Mecklenberg county, and the value of farm lands per acre, was greater than In any other county in the State with a single exception. Other factors have contributed to the . progress of Mecklenberg county, but we may . fairly attribute part nt ita growth in population and wealth to Its enlightened road policy. "Other Southern counties might be cited showing atrofiar progress fol lowing the construction of las proved country highways radiating from * ceptrai market town, and I believe that, wherever this policy, msy bo adopted, ita wisdom will be demon strated by results" CAMPAIGN TO DETECT INCOME TAX RODGERS ^n?ni^?^fra^ faxe one^_ stockholders and actual dividend pay ments to them. Tho ecopo of auch a task has been 1*4? -subject ef comment ahtbng those' who havo heard this plan broached, lr, ko* I'"' pointed out that corpora tions such as the big railroad sys tems ot tho country, the United States, Bteel corporation and scores r.f oth ahave outstanding thousands of res of stock, spread among thous ands or shareholders. The physical labor Of transcribing lists rrom these corporations,' in caso they are not voluntarily given, probably would bo Duormpus and tho, expenso might be Brent. . . _ ?ad that Yilla Retire. IE DO, Texas, Nov. ll.-Ad vices twight from Mexico City say a joint manifesto WOB issued today, by Generals Obrcgon, Hay, Lucio Bianco, i/ll?areal and several others demand ing that Villa retiro from command pf the division of the north and pledg ing their royalty to Carrante, le Hancroft Prolific 00 i>er bushel. pecial 'Gins, we buy at a pl?'c?ttoii.; Good stvie Dim Proof ar? ireneraUv .ianee meal arid hulls for *for.ca*frn. ?a 1 LIGON rlanager , ^ IF YOU CANT SEE ? You should consult an Optome trist AT ONCE. To neglect or tlnVer with your Suppose you went blind! Byes examined and glasse** fitted, prices reasonable, $3 to SS and up. Repair* ioc and up. Dr. ML R, Campbell 112.W. Wat teer : St Ground Floor. Tfler/'5?*e Conseillons,