TARBORO AND EDGECOMBE COUNTY N. C. SERIES 1913 F. S. ROYSTER, PRESIDENT C. A. JOHNSON, SEC. AND TREAS. F. S. ROYSTER MERCANTILE CO. (INCORPORATED) Wholesale Provisions and High-Grade Fertilizers TARBORO, North Carolina We sell the famous Royster brands of fertilizers. The kind that makes larger crops. The kind progressive farmers should use in a progressive county. u None Better Delivered by Royster Guano Factories Here $200,000,000.00 Two Hundred Millions of Assets and 25 Companies Writing Every FORM of INSURANCE Special Policies for Every Glass of Risk: THE HOME Protected from loss by fire, lightning, wind¬ storm, burglary, buildings and contents, farm property, cotton gins, tobacco, stables, teams, cotton, peanuts, farm products. THE BUSINESS Made safe from loss by fire, lightning, wind¬ storm, burglary, boiler explosions, damage suits, etc. THE INDIVIDUAL Saved from worry by assuring an income in any contingency by having life, sickness and accident policies. Automobile, Fidelity, Surety Bonds, Plate Glass OUR RECORD FOR OVER 30 YEARS—ALL LOSSES PAID TAKE NO CHANCES —INSURE TODAY ORREN WILLIAMS, WEDDELL AND COMPANY Insurance Long Distance Phones TARBORO, N. C. 44 Tarboro s Fastest Growing Store WELCOMES YOU " There you will find a most complete assort ment of Ladies’ and Gent’s Furnishings. FOR MEN FOR WOMEN STETSON HATS, STETSON LADIES’ SUITS, DRESS GOODS, SHOES, KNEELAND SHOES, ROYAL COLLARS, ALTMAN TIES, ARROW SHIRTS, INTER- MILLINERY, PATRICIAN SHOES, R. AND G. CORSETS, ONXY HOSIERY, ROYAL SOCIETY EMBROIDERIES, NATIONAL TAILORING, PICTORIAL REVIEW ONXY HOSIERY PATTERNS MILLINER Y New creations coupled with popular prices enables us to produce the millinery you want. Do yourself a favor. See our millinery. WORSLEY AND THOMAS “WATCH US GROW" J. B. Pennington Motor Company Agents— C O LE, STUDEBAKER “The Garage Co.” Repair department under the direct supervision of skilled mechanics. Gasoline, lubri¬ cating oils, etc. Tires, Inner Tubes and all accessories of the trade carried in stock. “THE GARAGE CO.” TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA I Want Your Business And Promise Yon First-Class Goods Which Have Been Purchased at Right Prices and Will Be Sold to You at Close Figures . I have been in this county for over forty years and leave been in the jewelry business for over half a century, and my last year’s busi¬ ness was the best since I started. If s you are not a regular customer of mine drop in the next time you need anything and I will show you the splendid values I am offering. We are state licensed Optome¬ trists and test eyes at moderate prices, and would like to number you among our more than two thousand six hundred satisfied customers. BELL, The Jeweler TARBORO, N. C. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Against loss by fire, whether caused by machine itself or otherwise, in United States or Canada. FIRE INSURANCE Against loss by and in consequence of fire and lightning. TORNADO INSURANCE Against loss by tornados, windstorms and cyclones. RENT INSURANCE Against loss of rents caused by and in consequence of fire. LIABILITY INSURANCE Against damages for personal injuries to employees and the public generally. PLATE GLASS INSURANCE Against loss by accidental breakage (fire excepted.) ACCIDENT and HEALTH INSURANCE Against death and loss of time caused by accidental bodily accidents; also loss of time caused by sickness. STEAM BOILER AND FLYWHEEL INSURANCE Against explosions and destruction, damaging property; also personal injuries. BURGLARY INSURANCE Against loss through burglary, theft and larceny. LIFE INSURANCE Against leaving your loved ones in poverty or providing an income for your old age. SURETY BONDS Against loss by defalcations of persons in positions of trust. For the fulfilment of contracts. In court proceedings. BROKERAGE Meats, lards, hays, flour, meal, grains, seeds, mill feed, fruits, etc. Only first class houses represented. JACOCKS & STALLINGS CO. Phone 57 TARBORO, N. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ i 5 j Mr. Farmer: ! Use Josey’s Cotton Seed Meal and Fish | Scrap Guano. It is making Edgecombe J County Famous. 1 None better. See your merchant, or j call Oil 11S. | N. B. Josey Guano Co. ! TARBORO, N. C. 6 W. S. Clark & Sons General Merchants Edgecombe’s Largest and Oldest Store. Established 1872 “Everything for Everybody” For the FARM Wire Fencing Galvanized Roofing Tin and Rubber Roofing Buggies and Harness Rock and Shell Lime Fertilizers Farming Implements For the HOME Furniture Cook Stoves Matting and Rugs Boots and Shoes Clothing, Dry Goods Sewing Machines Groceries As we buy our stock in such large quanti¬ ties and for cash we are able to offer all goods at such prices as admit no competition Prices and Quality Always Guaranteed W. S. Clark & Sons TARBORO, N. C. For Sixteen Years The Tarboro Hardware Co. (John R. Pender) Has Made Successful Efforts in Selecting What is Most Profitable for the Modern, Progressive Farmer— Information Obtained by Years of Careful Study Is Yours for the Asking. The most complete stock and the largest stock of these goods in North Carolina may be seen in our warehouses in Tarboro, N.C. We have We will in connection competent tinner and thoroughly equipped tin shop. cheerfully estimate any quantity of building material, etc. TOBACCO FLUES : ROOFING WIRE AND IRON FENCING 8 Farmers Banking & Trust GEO. A. HOLDERNESS . President G. A. JOHNSON . . . Vice-President ED. PENNINGTON . . Cashier DIRECTORS: W. G. Clark B. F. Eagles C. L. Fountain M. Heilbroner G. W. Mayo Geo. A. Holderness C. A. Johnson N. J. Mayo R. B. Peters J. M. Sherrod W. L. Simmons This Board of Directors meet every month and are fully conversant with the affairs of the bank. They are conserva¬ tive and safe men to intrust with the safeguarding of your funds. TARBORO, N. C. 9 BENJAMIN’S “Head to Foot Outfitters” It is with genuine pleasure that we welcome you to our store, where you will find an elaborate and comprehensive array of the latest authentic styles for the season as developed by the foremost creators of the country. We urge you to come and see the new things and learn about the splendid values we are offering in CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, GOAT SUITS and GOATS ready made DRESSES for ladies, misses and children. The famous REGAL SHOES. Everything in Men’s and Ladies’ FURNISHINGS and many more things that takes to make an up-to-date store for Ladies, Men and Children. Measures taken for Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor-made-Suits. Workmanship, Material and Fit Guaranteed. W. BENJAMIN & SONS Tarboro, North Carolina TARBORO AND EDGECOMBE COUNTY COURT HOUSE EDGECOMBE COUNTY HISTORICAL DATA DGECOMBE COUNTY, according to Wheeler’s History of North Carolina, was formed from Craven County by Governor Burrington as early as 1733. Not until eight years later, how¬ ever, or about 1741,, did the Legislature, which then met in Edenton, confirm the action of Governor Burrington. The new county was named after the Earl of Mount Edgecombe, a British naval officer who attained much fame about that time. Edgecombe in the Saxon meaning: a valley environed by hills. History records that, notwithstanding Edgecombe’s inland location, and therefore its remote situation from the dangers that befell the country in the efforts to throw off the British yoke, a great many of this county’s sons dis¬ tinguished themselves in the brave fight and many are the names of Edge¬ combe’s citizens which have gone far to make the history of the Old North State one so full of brave, patriotic deeds. Amongst the most prominent o these gentlemen so active in the early days of Edgecombe County are to be counted: Robert Bignal, Henry Irwin, Duncan Lamon, Thos Hunter, 10s. H. Hall. William Haywood. Elisha Battle. Jonas Johnson, Isaac Sessums. o gt'15\5" II Wm. Horn, Nicholas Long, Jethro Sumner, Sherwood Haywood, Joseph Moore, Henry Horne, Exuni Lewis, Simon Gray. All of them, through their civic spirit and untiring efforts towards the welfare of their county, attained high ranks. The progress which has been Edgecombe's for nearly two centuries, has manifested itself whenever occasion demanded it. Thus, as early as 1812, and contemporaneous with Raleigh, New Bern, Wilmington and other towns in Eastern North Carolina, George Howard, Jr., was printing in Edgecombe's capital, Tarboro, the “Tarboro Free Press." It is to be noted that in those days no paper was being printed in the Tar Heel State west of Raleigh. Again, when the Bank of the State of North Carolina was incorporated in Raleigh, in 1833, eight branches of this banking institution were estab¬ lished in some of the most prosperous towns in Eastern North Carolina, and Tarboro was one of them. Here the interests of the branch Bank were intrusted to James Weddell, President; P. P. Lawrence, Cashier; R. Chap¬ man, Teller. Thus, early in its history, did Edgecombe County become prominent amongst the leading towns in the State. o o 12 MAIN STREET 13 LOCATION Edgecombe County is located in the eastern part of North Carolina, and its neighboring counties are: To the north, Halifax County; to the east, Martin County; to the south, Pitt and Wilson Counties; to the west, Nash County. TOWNS AND POPULATION Its county seat, Tarboro, derives its name from the river near whose banks the town is built, the River Tar. Edgecombe County contains approx¬ imately 515 square miles and within its borders counts several small towns where prosperity reigns supreme. Besides its county seat, with a population of about 5400, Edgecombe County has such towns as Conetoe (population 1200) ; Pinetops (population 1150); Speed (population 750). All these towns have excellent railroad communications and are thriving communities —two of them, Conetoe and Pinetops, supporting their own banks. The total population of Edgecombe County is about 30,000. TRANSPORTATION The means of communication in Edgecombe County are all that could be desired in such a progressive county. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CAROLINA TELEPHONE; AND TELEGRAPH BUILDING 14 henry crark bridger’s buieding IS breaks into Edgecombe County from the north, the west and the southeast, whilst the East Carolina Railroad from Tarboro to Hookertown, a line of about 40 miles, provides the necessary service to the south. The Tar River Oil Co., of Tarboro, takes advantage of the natural means of communication supplied by Tar River, and with two steamers trades between Tarboro arid Washington, N. C. The “Good Roads" boosters of other Eastern North Carolina Counties would do well to visit Edgecombe County, for here they will meet conditions which would surprise them. There are probably no better roads in all Eastern North Carolina as are found in Edgecombe. Not only are old roads being constantly improved and bridges repaired as soon as traffic calls for it, but wherever the building of new roads is considered beneficial, work is started and gone through with all possible rapidity. AN AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING COUNTY Time there was when Edgecombe was purely an agricultural county. Because of the nature of its soil and the mildness of its climate, this county had long ago attained an enviable position amongst purely agricultural counties. Within the last few years, however, Edgecombe capital began i7 to realize that the product of the soil could be handled at home, freeing the county from the class of counties which, through their lack of enterprise, are contented to be crop producers and nothing else. Thus, in a very short time, companies were organized, capital gotten together and factories erected. Today, Edgecombe County has no less than 23 lumber mills, five cotton-seed oil mills, three cotton mills, three knitting mills, two guano factories and two buggy factories. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS The climate in Edgecombe County is ideal. The succession of the seasons are not brought about by abrupt changes, attended by sudden reversals of the thermometer, but rather by mild steps which, without depriving Edge¬ combe County people of their seasons, yet bring them about much as the succession of the colors in the rainbow. The gradual blending of the seasons brings about a general healthv con- dition, which speaks well for the early settlers that made their homes in Edgecombe. confederate monument 18 T A R B O R O v THE TOWN It is more than probable that in establishing Tarboro where it now stands two reasons were held in mind by its founders. To begin with. Tarboro means, of course, the burg or borough by the Tar, and this latter word, being a derivation of the Indian Tan, meaning Health, it is easy to deduct that healthy surroundings were sought by Tarboro’s founders. The other i eason, and one seemingly as strong as the first one, is the natural source of communication afforded a town by a navigable river, with outlet into the ocean and the outside world. Thus, it is seen that in those days, as in the present ones, health conditions and means of communication with other people were held as primarily necessary for the success of any community. The impression 1 arboro makes upon a visitor is both of pleasure and surprise. Or perhaps we should reverse this and say of surprise and pleasure. Of surprise because no matter what he may have heard of this town, in facing the original he fully realizes that all descriptions fell short and that 1 arboro is indeed one of the most complete towns in the most flourishing part of North Carolina. Of pleasure, because all good things please, and if there are some good towns on the map of the Old North State, Tarboro is certainly somewhere at the head of the list. Perhaps the most striking feature of Tarboro is its Main street, a thoroughfare that has no ecpial in any town of the State. Of over a mile in length and stretching RUNNYMEDE HOSIERY MILE 1 J my 1 m WW 1 Wtr~ i r T t m : ' T* 1 ' - * wSy^ TARBORO COTTON MILES 20 N. B. JOSKY’S GUANO FACTORY SHIBO OIU MIBB 21 between the County Bridge over the far and the Atlantic Coast Cme Depot, it is admirably paved and kept up. Elms and water oaks line both sides of this street, which in reality is more of a boulevard than a street, and in the summer-time, when these trees “shake hands" over the street, no prettier sight than Tarboro's Main street could be desired, nor obtained anywhere else. Half way between the County Bridge and the Atlantic Coast Line Depot, Main street is cut at right angles bv “The Commons," or city park. And right here is another feature of which Tarboro can be justly proud. In the heart of the town and covering an area of five acres of ground, “The Commons," quietly, but surely, calls your attention to its beauty and fresh¬ ness. Velvety turf covers the ground, and stately, ancient trees break up the sun’s ravs into a harmless light. Along both sides of Main street and from the Bridge to within one block of the Commons are to be found most of the business and merchandising houses in Tarboro, and from there on to near the Coast Line Depot the street is lined up by beautiful residences looking into the street from beauti¬ fully kept lawns. Indeed, judging from that part of the town from the Commons to the Depot, Tarboro might be thought a suburb of any of the large towns in the State. So numerous are the very handsome homes in this particular part of the town that to mention just a few ones would be rather unfair to the rest. TOWN COMMODITIES No town of the size of Tarboro, and even many larger ones, enjoy the commodities that progress, enterprise, and civic pride have made its possible for Tarboro citizens to enjoy. The streets are well laid out and sidewalked, Trees, the enemies of dust, are to be found in profusion throughout the town, and a town-owned and managed electric and light plant, where the most modern methods and machinery are employed to extract a maximum of efficiency, provides Tarboro's citizens with their needs in this line. The streets are kept thoroughly clean and are regularly washed where paved, and log dragged, where otherwise. At night they are well lighted. Tarboro has a first-class volunteer fire department and to add to the safety of the town a motor driven chemical engine has been recently acquired. Having lately qualified into the class of towns which, through the number of their population and the condition of the sidewalks are entitled to free city postal delivery, this system, so convenient to a town, will soon be established here. The safety of public and private property is efficiently looked after by a conscientious police force, whilst a recorders’ court does much to lighten the docket of the supei lor court and simplify the system of administering justice. 1 arboro has a very complete hospital, eliminating the transportation to hospital COUNTY HOME 23 E. C. WINSLO TARBORO North Carolina other towns of patients requiring operations of a nature demanding the highest sanitary conditions and all such commodities as go a long- way to make such operations safe, swift and successful. Here again does Tarboro lead many other towns boasting of an even larger population. SCHOOLS Something for which Tarboro ought to get much credit is the magnificent school building erected recently at the north end of the Commons. It is, however, natural that a community where progress plays such a strong part should so well look after its schools. Yet the imposing edifice built bv Tarboro does not simply attract attention because of its purpose. The build¬ ing itself is a solid example of pleasing and practical architecture. Over six hundred children attend the graded and high schools in this building, which has for its playground the five acres of the Commons. The children are made to drill in this school and the different teams have become so proficient in this exercise that the “fire department" of the school can “turn out" in 58 seconds. The education of the younger colored population is also well attended to in Tarboro, a commodious school being maintained to the east of the river. The attendance at the colored school is also very large. CHURCHES That the religious spirit is very strong in Tarboro is well attested by the group of church pictures to be found on page 17. The different denomina¬ tions are strongly represented, services being held weekly in all the churches. No comment need be made as to the beauty of the Tarboro churches. A good illustration does away with no matter how good a description. Again it might be remarked that no community not harboring the spirit of religion that Tarboro does, could be as successful as Tarboro is. NOTABLE BUILDINGS There are in Tarboro a good many buildings notable because of their magnificence, solidity of construction and lines of architecture. First honors belong, of course, to the Edgecombe County Court House. This building was erected in 1853. In order to meet the requirements of the growing county, it was remodelled last year at a cost of $35,000.00, and it now stands in the heart of the town, a most beautiful monument to justice. The interior arrangement of offices and court room are a credit to the architects intrusted with this work. Next in order of civic importance comes the Town Hall, an imposing building with lofty tower, whose architectural lines, because of its ag*e, look rather odd, across corner from the most modern office buildinp- erected in o recent years, by Mr. Henry Clark Bridgers. Within the walls of the Town Hall and on the second floor is to be found the Opera House, not a very Continued on page 30 26 EDGECOMBE COUNTY AGRICUL¬ TURAL The fact that farboro, Edgecombe’s county seat, is the largest cotton and peanut maiket m Eastcin Xoith Carolina, seems to be a strong enough index as to the amount of these products raised within Edgecombe's borders. And yet, notwithstanding the atti action these money crops are bound to exercise in Edgecombe County farmers, when facts are looked into, statistics examined and a few of the many beautiful farms visited, the palm of versa¬ tility must be presented to the Edgecombe County farmers. An enumeration of the products yearly extracted from the wonderful soil of the county subject of this booklet, will best illustrate what is meant bv the versatility of the Edgecombe County farmer: cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn-field peas, clover, hay, wheat, oats, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, melons, apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, currants, damsons, grapes, Edgecombe: corn 2/ raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, dewberries, and every variety of the truck garden is gathered from Edgecombe County soil. Cotton is, however, “the Crop" in Edgecombe County. Of the more than one hundred and seventy-five thousand acres of land cleared and under cultivation, of that part devoted to the raising of cotton, the greater part produces from three-fourths to a bale per acre. Some parts having produced as much as two and three bales to the acre. Thus is Edgecombe one of the o leading cotton producing counties in the entire cotton belt. During the last few years the trucking industry has been developed to a wonderful extent. Such are the transportation facilities enjoyed by the county that Edgecombe farmers have found it very advantageous to devote a great deal of their time and land to truck raising, exporting their produce to Norfolk, Richmond and other large towns. The Edgecombe County farmer varies from the majority of farmers in other counties in Eastern North Carolina, not in the matter of a hard-working conscientious man, but in that he keeps educating himself in order to take advantage of the opportunities offered him by a wonderfully rich soil. The farmer of this county is enterprising. At all times he is experi¬ menting with parts of his land. Trying different “stunts" that will open up successful fields and will make his farm yield more. Another thing the farmer in Edgecombe is doing: He is interested in seeing his product, or rather, the product of his land, turned over into the finished product right at home. Therefore, the factories lifting up their smoke-stacks in Tarboro. The farmers are financially interested in these mills and in helping the maintenance of these mills and factories at home they are winning their freedom from outside manufacturers, who in dealing with them through exchange agents, taking their unfinished product from them at comparatively low prices, and selling it back to them in the shape of a finished product, are naturally exacting from them a healthy profit. Were more counties in Eastern North Carolina to realize how wise Edge¬ combe County farmers are in this way, no better part of the world than Eastern North Carolina would see the sun rise and set. There is but one tiling Edgecombe needs just now. And Edgecombe County is not the only part of the South suffering from that need, therefore •she need not be ashamed to confess it —more men— farmers to help clear and cultivate the rest of a land that asks but little to return a great deal. No better opportunity than that offered by Edgecombe County soil to the progressive farmers seeking new fields, could be found in Eastern North Carolina, and that is saying quite a great deal. Edgecombe County could accommodate a good many more good men. Not only would she accommodate them, and offer them a chance to “make good"—but she would give them the “gead hand.” 28 EXPERIMENT EARM “COTTON VALLEY ’ EARM 29 Continued from page 26 pretentious affair, yet a very comfortable and well arranged theatre where the best “shows" doing- southeastern time are to be seen during the season. The Town ITall has another feature of importance, i, e., the town clock. A very natural thing, of course. Of the most modern public buildings in Tarboro, special attention should be called to the Henry Clark Bridgers Building (present home of the Post Office), the Masonic Temple Building, and the home of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co. Excellent reproductions of these buildings are to be found among these pages. FACTORIES West and south, and beyond the belt formed by the Atlantic Coast tracks in that part of Tarboro, are located the mills and factories, where scores of hands find ready employment the year round. Cotton mills, cotton-seed oil mills, hosiery mills, guano factories, a peanut cleaner and assorting mill, and east of the town, beyond Tar River, a lumber mill. All these mills and factories are operated with local capital and the fact that they are all running full blast speaks with all due eloquence to their success. Within the town itself has flourished another enterprise which does much credit to the town. Two carriage and buggy factories are being successfully operated in Tarboro. The concerns summing up the weekly pay-roll in Tarboro are: The Tarboro Cotton Factory, Fountain Cotton Mill, Runnymede Hosiery Mills, Columbian Peanut Factory, The Lumber Mill, The Enterprise COTTON TigIT) 30 COTTON FIELD EDGECOMBE COTTON 3 1 Carriage Factory, The M. L. Hussey Buggy Co., N. B. Josey Guano Fac¬ tory, and Roysters' Guano Factory. Naturally, a community that has the benefit of such a pay-roll as is weekly given out in these factories and mills, is bound to expand and look to larger fields. SOCIAL LIFE AND CLUBS Hospitality, that characteristic of the Southern States, has been made a specialty of in Tarboro. No newcomer need feel “out of it" when coming to this town, for he will soon find his hand that shakes because the heart beats, not just as a matter of fact. The social life in Tarboro is more so because it is truer and when a person of the worth-while kind makes up his mind to make Tarboro his home he finds not the slightest difficulty in being- accepted and welcomed into all those festivities that help make life worth living. There are in Tarboro several ladies’ clubs, the most prominent among which is the “Hillside Country Club,” with a very pretty club house, golf links, etc. The men have two organizations, The Tarboro Board of Trade, a very active business organization, and the Tar Heel Club, a social one. This latter club was lately re-organized with a very large list of members; if plans materialize the Tar Heel Club will build its own home before very long. The Board of Trade, as its name implies, looks after all such matters as will improve the community from a business as well as civic point of view. STACKING PEANUTS 32 peanut stacks threshing peanuts The most active business men in town give the Board of Trade their support and several good things have been accomplished for Tarboro through this organization. o MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION Tarboro is well served by the Coast Tine and the East Carolina Railroad, as far as means of communication is concerned. The Coast Tine runs as many as ten passenger trains daily, whilst the East Carolina Railroad, which runs from Tarboro to Hookerton, a run of about forty miles, puts on four trains daily. Besides these two railroad companies, the Tar River Oil Co. operates two steamers between Tarboro and Washington, N. C. A community as well served by artificial as well as natural means of communication and transportation, it will be easily understood, is bound to push to the front and make a decided mark for itself. SPECIMEN OE EDGECOMBE COTTON 34 PECAN GROVE CORN FlERD 35 COTTON and CORN STATISTICS DEMONSTRATIONS CONDUCTED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cost of corn production, on dem¬ onstration of W. W. Eagles, Mac¬ clesfield, N. C. Size of demonstra¬ tion, five acres. Breaking land. $1.00 Discing.40 Running rows and planting. .45 Seed .20 Applying fertilizers.35 Cost of fertilizers. 9.92 Cultivation . 2.05 Housing corn. 2.00 Housing fodder. 3.00 Rent of land. 5.00 $24.37 Value of fodder (775 lbs). . 7-75 Net cost per acre of corn. . .$16.62 Yield per acre, 68 bushels ; cost per bushel, 24.5 cents. Cost and profit of cotton per acre, on demonstration of W. W. Eagles. Macclesfield, N. C. Size of demon¬ stration, 2 acres. Breaking land. $1.00 Running rows.25 Listing.50 Planting.25 Seed .50 Cultivation . 2.30 Applying fertilizers.35 Cost of fertilizers. 11.45 Picking. 14.12 Ginning . 3-04 Rent of land. 5.00 Total cost per acre.$38.76 Wine of seed raised (1808 lbs.) .$18.08 Wine of lint (1016 lbs.) at 12.5.127.00 -$145.08 Total net profit per acre.$106.32 TOBACCO FI3LD 36 PANOLA DAIRY FARM PANOLA COWS 37 SOME BUSINESS HOUSES DE¬ SERVING SPECIAL MENTION Prominent among business houses and enterprises in Tarboro are Orrin, Williams, Weddell Co., Jacocks & Stallings Co., and W. M. Royster, Insur¬ ance Agents, representing the strongest and most reputable companies in this country and abroad ; F. S. Royster Mercantile Co., and N. B. Josey Guano Co., manufacturers and distributors of fertilizers of wide fame; Worsley & Thomas, W. Benjamin & Sons, and W. M. Arnheim, dry goods merchants and ladies’ and gent's outfitters, whose stores are always replete of the best goods at the best figures; J. B. Pennington Co., agents for the Michigan, Studebaker and Cole cars, a trio of automobiles without a peer in the automobile world; Bell, the jeweler, who has so well served the people of Edgecombe county throughout the many years he has dealt with them; W. S. Clark & Sons and the Roberson Ruffin Co., general merchants of county-wide fame for the fairness of their dealings as well as the values they are always ofifering. The Tarboro Hardware Co., a veritable emporium of hardware goods ; the First National Bank and the Farmers' Banking and Trust Co., banking institutions which through their enterprise, as well as the safety with which they handle the funds intrusted to them, have done so much for the county ; G. G. Fineman, the well-known piano salesman and agent, in whose show-rooms in Tarboro the finest line of pianos are to be seen; T. W. Thrash and R. M. Brown & Bro., proprietors, respectively, of the Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola bottling plants, plants which through the sanitary conditions in which they are maintaned, are most creditable, both for the proprietors and the community in which they are operated ; McNair’s Drug Store, a first-class pharmacy, ready at all times to answer all needs of this line; Carlisle Bros. Co., furniture dealers and undertakers, showing the most complete stock of furniture with a recently added line of pianos; the R. B. Peters Grocery Company, a wholesale and retail concern carrying in stock only such goods and representing such firms as have proved of value to the local trade; L. R. & W. G. Sugg, mechanics of much experience, operating a shop complete in every detail; Staton & Zoeller, up-to-date druggists, carrying a most complete line of everything to be found in a drug store, and the Tar River Oil Co., operating a line of steamers between Tar¬ boro and Washington, and doing a general cotton-seed business. In the issuing of this booklet, I beg to express my appreciation for the support given me by the local merchants and especially for the assistance rendered me by the Tarboro Board of Trade, through its secretarv and treasurer. J. A. LorEnTE. Kranich and Bach, Lester, Bjur Bros., Stultz and Bailey Pianos Are standards of perfection, used in over one hundred conservatories and colleges throughout the country. <[ Bjur Bros. Players, the American Player-Piano, and the Apollo have no equals in the Player- Piano field. My Motto is : “Better Pianos for Same Money; Same Pianos for Less Money." Have several slightly used Uprights, taken in exchange for Players, at bar¬ gain prices. One Stieff Upright without a scratch at $200.00. Fine display of Grands, New Uprights, and Players. Next Door to W. A. Hart’s Office G. G. F1NEMAN, TARBORO NORTH CAROLINA I have sold pianos in nearly every school in Eastern North Carolina, in¬ cluding Tarboro School and East Carolina Teachers’ Training School, Greenville, N. C. *1 9 .1 Pepsi-Col a Works. Tarboro ' N - MANUFACTURERS OF “TRIPURE” DISTILLED WATER, BOTTLERS OF PEPSI-COLA, NORTH STATE GINGER ALE AND ALL FLAVORS OF PURITY SODA. OUR PLANT IS SANITARY AND MODERN YOUR ORDERS SOLICITED T. W. THRASH, Proprietor Agent: Standard Oil Company .4 39 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE Arnheim, W. M. 48 Atlantic Coast Realty Co. 44 Bell, the Jeweler . 4 Benjamin, W., & Sons . 10 Clark, W. S., & Sons . 6 Coca-Cola Bottling Works . 42 Carlisle Bros. Co. 42 Clayton, the Printer . 41 Dawson, Ernest, Horse and Mule Co.3rd Cover First National Bank .4th Cover Farmers' Banking and Trust Co. 9 Fineman, G. G. 39 Flanagan, John, Buggy Co. 47 Jacocks & Stallings . 5 Josey, N. B., Guano Co. 6 MacNair's Drug Store . 40 Orrin, Williams Weddell Co . 1 Pennington, J. B., Co. 3 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works . 39 Peters, R. B., Grocery Co. 43 Royster Mercantile Co.2nd Cover Royster. W. M. 43 Roberson Ruffin Co. 46 Sugg, L. R. & W. G. 44 Staton & Zoeller . 45 Tarboro Hardware Co. 8 Tar River Oil Co. 45 Winslow, E. C.. 24, 25 Worsley & Thomas . 2 MacNAIR’S DRUG STORE Headquarters for Everything Carried In a First-Class Drug Store THE SPOT Free by Parcel Post—Any Order Amounting to $1.00 or Over. PHONE 60 TARBORO, N.G. 40 1_J DOCTORS [~ | BAKER, THIGPEN and GREEN ' Physicians and Surgeons TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA ‘•1 * Dr. G. E. Weeks DENTIST Tarboro, N. C. M.C. STATON Attorney and Counsellor at Caw Tarboro, N. C. New Farrar HOTEL THOMAS J. FARRAR PROPRIETOR Kuropean Plan FIRST CLASS CAFE IN HOTEL BUILDING THOROUGHLY REMOD¬ ELLED and REFURNISHED RUNNING WATER AND STEAM HEAT IN EVERY ROOM TARBORO , N. C. I am not the cheapest nor the biggest; but , somehow , I sell print¬ ing to people that know the value of a dollar as well as anybody . Clayton Job Printing Tarboro, N. C. Satisfaction in Every Particular or no Pay ! I 41 iFimtttur? Sralpra anh Muiicrtakfrs Your prospective house furnished completely from our stock. Your present home enhanced by additional purchases from the most com¬ plete stock of furniture. Our recently added line : “ CHASE-HACKLEY ” Pianos of standard value and tone. Cash or Credit. PICTURE FRAMING A SPECIALTY R. M. BROWN & BRO., Proprietors BOTTLING WORKS TARBORO NORTH CAROLINA Office and Bottling Works, Clark Building, Main Street, Telephone 147 We [invite you to call and inspect the sanitary conditions of our bottling plant. Filtered water used in manufacturing all drinks. Every bottle sterilized before being refilled. MERCHANDISE BROKERS COMMISSION MERCHANTS ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ V. M. ROYSTER j 1 o' 1 nsurance \ WRETY BONDS ! BROKERAGE j J Main Street, Tarboro, N. C. i Results Are What Count There is practically little or no difference in the appearance of the several flours offered to the public, but there is a vast difference in the results obtained from their use. VOIGT’S GILT EDGE FLOUR Is the acknowledged favorite of all who have tried it. There is no other like it. None that can anywhere approach it in point of purity and perfect combination of essential elements. With it there is no possibility of failure. No doubts or fears to distract the good house¬ wife, or in any way mar the pleasure and happiness of the guests at your table. Use it and you will always have white, flakey loaves; light crisp buscuits; appetizing toast; rich, brittle pastry and the most superb cakes it is possible to produce. VOIGT’S MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. We have been handling this flour more than 20 years and we can vouch for every word of the above R. B. PETERS GROCERY CO., Tarboro, N. C. 43 L. R. and W. G. Sugg MACHINE SHOP and GARAGE In order to meet the demands of progress in this branch of our business, we are installing adjacent to our machine shop, a garage and automobile repair shop complete in every detail. This annex to our business will be under our direct supervision and in soliciting your patronage we re¬ spectfully call your attention to the years of ex¬ perience we have had in matters mechanic. A complete stock of repair parts for Ford Cars will also be found in our Garage. Gasoline and Oils. We carry in stock “Hoe” Saws, Bits and Eyes. Phone 141, Tar boro, North Carolina Atlantic Coast Realty Co. City and Suburban Lots. Farm and Timber lands bought and sold. We can furnish your every need in the real estate line. ^ Call on, write or phone us. *1 Any information regarding real estate will be cheerfully given. ^ Auction sales our specialty. Conducted in a rapid and business-like manner. <1 Expert advertising men. CJ All deeds, notes and other papers are prepared free of cost at the close of every sale conducted by us. Offices in EDWARDS BUILDING OR COURT HOUSE SQUARE GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 44 COTTON SEED HULLS AND MEAL “2™ S r? ED HULLS ha ve more nutritive value than common hay W !5 S l P f C 7 nt more ’ 18 more convenient to handle, is perfectly free from dust or foreign matter and is healthful and appetizing. COTTON SEED MEAL is the most concentrated and richest food known. Has about six times the nutritive value of corn and more than four times that of wheat bran, while its cost L one and a half times that ot either. THE MIXED FEED forms a “Balanced Ration,” giving better results, increased milk and butter production in cows, and in flesh, fat and general condition m all annuals, and for cattle, horses and hogs, will reduce your feed bills and GIVES BETTER RESULTS than any other feed. Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls Exchanged for Cotton Seed at Liberal Rates TAR RIVER OIL COMPANY TARBORO, N. C. MILLS AT SHILOH You Want Our Kind of Service People are unanimous when it comes to drugs and drug store service; all want the best. It is worth while to know where the best and none but the best can be had. During 37 years, we have built and maintained a reputation in Edgecombe for upholding the highest standards of pharmacy. Observing people have learned that when they come to us for any drug store need they can do so with confidence that they have procured just what they shoidd have and at the most reasonable price. STATON & ZOELLER The Right Place to Get Right Drugs 403 SOUTH MAIN STREET TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA .-4 45 r Roberson-Ruffin Co. GEO. HOWARD J. C. RUFFIN R. M. RAWLS . . . President Vice-President and General Manager . Secretary and Treasurer Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes and General Merchandise j Agents for Crossett and Clapp Shoes The Celebrated Jefferson Hats BUGGIES, WAGONS , CARTS, AND FARM MACHINERY. WIRE FENCING A SPECIALTY. T arboro North Carolina 46 ! The John Flanagan Buggy i BUILT BY THE JOHN FLANAGAN BUGGY j COMPANY, IN GREENVILLE, N. C. i j I I Is meeting the demand for a buggy that will meet the ! i test—a buggy that will roll over miles of all sorts of ! j roads and come out “unhurt.’’ A buggy that embraces ! ! all the qualities that go to make up an excellent prod- ! j uct. Our buggies are sold wherever “Money’s ! ! Worth” is considered in the purchase of any article, j j SOLD IN EDGECOMBE j J COUNTY BY THE ! | ROBERSON=RUFFIN COMPANY j - TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA- j 47 W.M.ARNHEIM Dry Goods Merchant Ladies’ and Gent’s Outfitter HATS-SHOES C[ Not in every case do the clothes make the man” or the woman. Yet in the majority of cases do good clothes indicate the character of the wearer. GOOD CLOTHES are as good indexes as GOOD COM¬ PANY. €J The same care which you exercise in selecting your company should be employed in the choosing of your WEARING APPAREL. €][ We are in a position to make your selection EASY. The largest and best stocked store of its kind solicits your inspection and patronage and is ready to meet all your requirements from the hat that covers your head to the shoes that make your walking easy without detracting from looks. tjYou ought to see what we have ready for you in FURNISHINGS, SHIRTS, HATS, SHOES, TIES and the like. We can save you money because of our business methods. We have unquestionably the most up-to-date stock in town. Please us with your visit. We will please you with our prices and goods. W. M. ARNHEIM TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 48 rnest Dawson Horse &Mule Co. a> 0 V c O jj 43 43 4-» H 13 M-l 0 C/D 3 ^OD o ^ \c « oo 0) O J3 eJ ■fi « ^ *■* ^3 *+* £> • *■* O Jh cj 2 CO ti g < a) -ti iE^ s ^ ^ k T 3<0 d> £ k 8 * 2 S on u C 3 ^ =3^ T3 r* co § « 4) 3 es ITS Vh cz> 75 O X OD O ^ o c» SS s *-! o -h CL) §•£ \m CJ 8 e a 60