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WAREHOUSE SYSTEM IN NORTH CAROLINA SHOWS BIG INCREASE Tump Shows Expansion From 32 Buildings in 1921 to 78 in 1922 -T““: RALEIGH, Jan. 11.—North Carolina's wareh&use system increased from ^2 buildings..in 1921, Vith an aggregate capacity of 49,050 bales of cotton, to 78, with a total capacity of. 212,620 bales tn 1922, and great progress In market ing was recorded, according to the an nual report of the division of markets and rural organization made public tonight. “There was little demand for cotton classing offices for the 1922-23 season, because of the organization of the Co operative Marketing association with its 30,000 members in North Carolina.’' the report reads. “Only t\fo offices, therefore, have been operating dutside of Raleigh. The New) Bern office from September to December 1 has classed 2,769 bales, and the Fayetteville office 9,348 bales for the same period. “Through a co-operative arrange ment, the cotton association is now furnishing ideal quarters for the class ing work and all cotton samples sub mitted, regardless of whether the own ers are members of the association, are classed in the same town by the samp classers. At present there are eight classers and five helpers engaged in this work, but five of these classers are engaged only for: the rush season. During September, October and Novem ber a total of 74,000 bales have been classed for the association and 5,872 for non-members. This gives a tot.v of 114,638 bales classed during the fis cal vear. December 1, 1921, to Decern ber 1, 1922. "During, 1921, the numerous Inqui ries received from all over the state indicated that interest in cotton ware house development was active even though' construction projects were held back by reason of financial strengencv and later rise in the price of cotton. By reason of this situation'and merely formative stage of the marketing as sosiation. the services of our engineer, J. M. Workman, were directed largely toward a survey of the state aimed to determine the actual and relative ad vantages of 300 towns as marketing and storage centers for cotton. "This study is designed as a guide to the marketing association and to the most intelligent application of the state aid and loan funds. It takes into consideration existing trade connec tions, variety and density of cotton production and its distribution, high ways and transportation facilities, financial instructions and fire protec tion ratings. It is recognized that de velopment is intelligent and truly eco nomical production must reinforde all marketing accomplishments.” During the past year plans for ware honuses at Goldsboro, Norlina. Fay etteville and Raeford, having an ag gregate capacity of 26,000 bales were furnished and the buildings now are Hearing completion, according to the report. « Nashville, Whitakers.; Condtoe, Ben son. Norlina, Warrentoh, Warren plains, Raeford, Stantonburg, Chinn i; rove, Salisbury, Kelford, Scotland Neck, Mount Olive, Goldsboro, Kinston, Greenville, Farmville, Macclesfield, Pinetops, Weldon, Cleveland, Mount Gould and Seaboard, are among the places visitecl by experts of the depart ment in the interest of establishing better warehousing facilities, it was Gated. ' . The activities of the. division in mar :eting livestock, lambs, wool, qheese; ■ pgs, farm fencing campaign, fruits rul vegetables were outlined in other (•ports already published "Growers everywhere are indorsing he standardization program,” the re )0rt reads. “More* calls for grading lemonstrations are received than can e cared for with the limited force at land. The strawberry and sweet potato rrades remain unchanged and only light changes have been made in the fhcial grades for potatoes and ap-( lies Beginning with the coming sea on there Will be official grades for •ucumhers and peaches as the ot wo years of experimental work with iiese grades among our growers have net with so much favor among both ■■e trade and producers. Grades will ... recommended for other commodi ies as fast as time can be spared from he present projects for the investiga ional work necessary. .. In regard to agricultural statistics md the crop reporting service, the re port says: This wo^k is showing the most com plete results of any period in Its exist < i -e. It embraces, in addition to the original crop estimates program, sta tistical work in research, an annual farm census of considerable possibili ties, a well-developed tobacco sales reporting system, and it now proposes to function in a more- effective way bv extending agricultural-, economics data and interpretation to the State College of Agriculture and to the ex tension service workers.” , Records of the year show that 4,692 letters, 29,967 reports were received through the mails; 4,295 letters mailed out and 114,082 reports and schedules in addition to thousands of circular letters and printed matter, It is stated. Emile Belot is an astronomer who claims stars marry, so Emile must be thinking of movie stars. • _ Asked $100,000 fof Kisses « “Stolen kisses” worth $100,000 (her valuation) must be paid for, Mrs. Alma Smythe of Alexandria, Va.. told the Washington court She asked that sum in, her suit against Leighton Taylor, secretary to late Senator Boies Penrose. ’—:— ---ii Borah’s Challenge to Harding Editorial Discussion of the Harding-Borah Controversy by the National Democratfc Committee It is apparent that there is to be a matching of minds between President Harding and Senator Borah of Idaho, in the present and the next congress. Mr. Harjjing and Mr. Borah are irre concilable in respect to their convic tions and views on political, economic and social questions- • They are equally at variance as regards the mechanics of government. They are identical only in that they are both called Republi cans. Until now Senator Borah has fought for his phlitical and economic philoso phy alone and in the face of great odds. For the last two years an overwhelm ing Republican majority, subservient, if not loyal, to the President, has stood ready to prevent the success of any attempt on Senator Borah’s part to give a progressive or liberal complexion to congressional legislation. In, the face of this presidential power Senator Borah has nevertheless essayed independence nearly always and insurgency sometimes. With help from the Democrats and only hindrance from the Republicans Senator Borah, has'' • overmastered the President in more than one trial of strength. It was Borah’s initiative and insistance that made President Harding call the con ference on -the limitation of armaments after all the influence of the adminis tration had been exerted to defeat the Idaho senator’s two resolutions on the subject. It was Senator Borah tnat forced the President to accept the proposal for an inquiry into the coal industry. On the negative side, it was Senator Borah that challenged the Liberian loan and the Dyer antl-lynching b'U— the administration’s twain of devices for catching negro votes. >11 the en ergy of the administration was in vested in the task of seating Truman H. Newberry in the senate. Ax1 of Bo rah’s vigor was directed to prevent ing Newberry’s admiasioh. The ad ministration urged, and Borah opposed, the passage of the Fordney-McCumber profiteers’ tariff bill. ... All these things Borah undertook with little or no support from his Re publican colleagues in the senate and the house. He risked hi« political life in every such undertaking. Indeed, the administration gave aid and comfort to the Republican organization in Idaho when it sought to compass Borahs elimination by substituting a hand picked convention for a Popular pri mary as a method of choosing the next United States senator from that com monwealth. ... . But Borah will have friends and fol lowers to the number of some 20 in the next congress. They are sufficiently numerous to constitute the balance of power. They stand, as he does^ for policies and a program which Presi dent Harding has resisted during the whole of his public career If Borah fought alone it can hardly be that he will cease fighting with the backing that seems assured him now. The public may well await with ex pectant interest the beginning of this conflict, between radical and reaction ary. Borah knows he can never sue* DWINELL-WRIOHT CO.‘*.«^ White House Coffee -Only In Sealed Air-Tight Package* -Going Straight to the Point WILL CERTAINLY SUIT YOU ceed Mr. Harding- in the presidency, but who knows that he cannot prevent Mr. Harding’s succeeding himself? ] Helping the Farmer Increase His Debts Republican leaders, jarred into ac tion by the Democratic victory on No ember 7, are scurrying about in quest of a sop for the farmers. They are furthering a bill authorizing the fed eral land banks to increase the limit of loans on farms from $10,000 to $25, 000. Those who have become familiar with the present deplorable condition of American agriculture and conver sant with its causes doubt the efficacy of this Republican scheme. American farmers are in debt to the amount of five billions of dollars. They I are daily going deeper into debt. Thou I sands of them are bankrupt. Hardly | any of them are able to sell their prod i ucts at prices that cover the bare cost i of production. Their surpluses are accumulating for want of buyers. "What they need is a market and a fair re turn for their grain and cotton and I livestock. Europe is unable to pur- ] [ chase the output of American farms because Europe has neither cash nor credit. ' The latest Republican tariff has helped to prevent Europe from selling here or buying here. This Republican tariff was a piece of internal legisla tion designed to cure a condition whose causes are almost wholly outside the United States. The proposed change in the farm loan law will prove no better remedy for the ills of agricul ture than the profiteers’ tariff act has proved. During the eight years of Democratic administration which came to a close In March, 1921, American farmers were acquiring new wealth and savings. They were as a class more nearly free from debt than they had been in ’the history of the country. Most of them were prosperous. In the campaign of 1920 the Republi can candidates, big and little, prom ised an increase in agricultural pros perity. They were voted into office and power, and from that day to this the condition of the American farmer has grown steadily worse. All his wealth has been swept away. His debts have grown to be a ruinous burden. The Republicans are offering as a boon to the farmer the opportunity to borrow money instead of a chance to pay what he owes; to insur new debts instead of paying old ones. That is the anti-climax of 1922 to the promises of 1920. As part of the amenities of the sea son it is permissible to wish for the American people in 1923 all the pros perity that was promised to them by the Republican orators during- the cam paign of 1920. * • • Republican mouthpieces of tne Hard ing administration are declaring that Senator Borah’s proposed economic conference is not the plan to adopt. Af ter two years of governmental and po litical failures the Harding administra tion ought to be an authority on what not to do. Jackson day is a fitting occasion for beginning the fight to restore the gov ernment to the people^ in 1924. Secretary Hoover assures* President Harding that the Fordney-McCumber tariff law will soon Increase this coun try’s foreign trade and bring prosper ity. That’s w'hatl some one told the President about the "emergency” tariff act of 1921. They ought to stop "spoof ing” Mr. Harding. * • • It is to be hoped that Secretary Fall will not prove untrue the reports that he was about to resign from office. It is the best bit of news that’s been told about Secretary Fall since March, 1921. Rev. J. Wylie Cobb is Placed at Rest The Rev. John Wylie Cobb, one of. the 'pioneer citizens of Lumber Bridge, died at his home In that place Sunday evening, January 7, at 7:15 o’clock,, friends here in *Vilmington ' and throughout this section of the state will be grieved to learn. He was buried Sunday with Masonic honors. The Rev.' Mr. Cobb ’•was In his 75th year. He is survived by his wife,1 Mrs. NelJa Owen Cobb, and four daugh ters/ Mrs. W. H.- Howell, of Roseboro, and Miss Pearl Cobb, Miss- Nannie i Cobb and Miss Hazel Cobb, of Lumber Bridge. ' " ! The Rev. Mr. Cobb was a man of Who fas the Crouds? EFIRD’S—— ■ i / iOho Jells the Values? / ^-EFIRD’S— Who Jakes in the Money? EFIRD’S— no argument Who Keeps the faith? EFIRD’S— The First Day of Our Brought the usual crowds of clamoring shoppers to our store, eager to snap up the bargains being offered in all departments Men, women and children were here taking advantage of the EFIRD policy of Forcing Down Prices THEN— Selling fot J^ess—^ All five floors and the annex were busy all day Thursday. There will be no let-up in our volume Friday, Saturday and Monday. Hundreds and thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise now on sale—more in the basement— and still more in transit—and more being bought J'he Public Knows— \ strong character and a staunch and faithful minister of the gospel. Up until a few years ago, he worked continuously at his ministerial duties, and it was only failing health that caused him to give up the work he loved. For a number of years, he trav eled throughout the state for the Bibli cal Recorder. i Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church, by his pastor, the Rev. E. N. Brooks and the Rev. J. L. Jenkins,'of Wagrsm, assisted by the Rev. C. H. Durham, of Dumberton, the Rev. Jjl S. Sanders, of Fayette ville, the Rev. Fred Collins, of Smith field, and the Rev. Mr., Sorrell, of Park ton. - Paul’s quartet, assisted by the choirs of both local churches. BABY MOTOR CARS Even ^ baby may go motoring. The recent London show had on display a motor-driven baby carriage. It is op erated, by the nurse, who stands on a platfSrm at the rear. COMMISSIONER THOMPSON ILL. Many friends will regret to learn that Commissioner Joseph E. Thompson is slightly ill, and they will hope for his speedy recovery. Relics found in Egypt are said to be Vorth 115,000,000. It must be a whole HAND BAG STILES The black moire bag hung from a metal frame i'ncrusted with marcaslte remains the fashionable type for, use w^h tailored costumes. > For evening, colored moire an<J col ored velvet, with steel bead embroid eries, are the note. Tiny enamel and metal vanity cases -hung from metal chains, and small black moire vanity cases beaded in steel, and incrusted with marcaslte, are also shown for evening wear.—Dry Goods Economist,. SunshinS Laundry Damp Wash Ser vice. Call 172.—Adv. Attention, Odd Fellows! All members and visiting Odd Fel lows are urged to attend the Joint Installation of the Officers of Cape Fear, Orion, Wilmington and Han over lodges, Friday evening. Janu ary 12, at 8 o’clock, Odd Fellows’ Temple, corner Third and Princess streets. A pleasant entertainment has been provided. W. H. TOPP, Chairman Joint Committee.
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