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VOLUME 3L (EIGHT PAGEs7 AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1920 (ONE SECTION) No. 44
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REVIEW OF PRO
DUCERS'PRICES
Cotton Market
Raleigh, N. C., February 10?The
month closed with the cotton market
rather dull, and with little change
from the previous. The demand for
better grades still continuesgood
with very little demand for the lower
grades. The producers show no in
dication to sacrifice their lower grades
at these prices, as they realize the
better grades are scarce, and nothing
would be gained By pressing the lower
grades at this time.
Following are given quo&tions for
middling cotton on January 31st, at
a few of the different designated spot
markets over the belt: New CR-leans,
39.88(g); Savannah 39.60 @ ; Calves,
ton 42.26 Q ; Norfolk 39.00 @ ; Hem
phis 40.60@; Little Rock 39.50@.
Cowyu sad Soy Boobs Much Higher
Cowpeas are exceedingly scarce
and in unusually great demand. Grow
err apparently have sold what few
they had and only a very limited qua
ntity remains in the hands of the
dealers. Prices have increased stead
ily, good seed now bringing $.76 to
$6.00 under limited supply and heavy
' -demand.
The great shortage of seed Cow
peas has largely increased the de
mand for soy bean seed. The antici
pated $4-00 level has been reached
and passed, and best seed stock is
now under heavy demand at (4.60 to
$4.76. Only very limited offerings
remain unsold.
Apply Market Slow aad Draggy
Apples continue weak with move
ment slow and draggy. Shipments of
barrel stock are decreasing. New
York Baldwins A 2 1-2 in. ranged
47.60 to 8.60 per berrel in most con
suming markets, and Northwestern
Winesaps were bringing 92.60 to
*3-50 per box la leading Eastern job
bing markets. Washington and Ida.
ho extra fancy Jonathan* ranged
$2.26 tfc $3.25 per box. Box hold
ings are considerable greater than
this time last year.
White Potato*. Mat. Con.id.r.W.
Gain
_* White Potatoes continued their
upward trend during" most of the mon
th and dawd steady with Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota, No. 1 found
whites at $4.86 to 14.56 cwt. V. O B.
loading points. Maine bulk Green i
Montaina advanced to $4.00 to $4.06
cwt., but dropped at the last of the
month to $8.66-8.76. Bad weather i
and bad roads here caused decreas
ed hauling* although the movement 1
this season has been proportionately <
heavier than last year, and supplies 1
on hand evidently are very much 1
smaller.
Sweats Steady
Sweet Potates strengthened early
'in the month and continued steady.
New Jersey and Deleware Yellow
varities ranged $2.00-2.86 per bush
el ,hamper at the close of the moth <
with Tennessee Nancy Halls at $1.76. <
2.36. North Carolina Cloth Stave
Barrels Yellow varities closed in
Washington at $7.00-7.60; mostly
$.7.00.
Peaaut Growers Waiting
? 'Reports from leading North Caro
lina peanut production centers indi
cate that growers are being offered
locally 8 1-2 to 9 1-2 @ per lb. for
Virginians and $8.00-8.40 per bush
el for Spanish. There is a strong
tendency to hold for 10@. Only a
very Small percentage of the crop re
mains in the hands of the growers at
their loading points although some
have stored their stock in Suffolk
warehouses. A limited puanity of
good seed stock can still be purchas
ed direct from the growers.
Live Stock
Moderate receipt of hogs at pack
ing centers during January, combin
ed with a steady demand for pork
products, resulted in a substantial in
crease in the prices of fat hogs. An
increase in hog prices during January
is unusual, as receipts are unusually
heavier during this month and pric
es relatively low. Still further ad
vance in pricee during February and
March is being. predicted. On the
Richmond market December 28th
hogs weighing 1(6 lbs. were quoted
at $14.80, by January 28th prices had
advanced to $18.60. On December
29th on the Baltimore market light t
and medium weight hogs 130 to 200 i
!b?. were selling at $16.40. and Mil
and around 4 to 5 cents on the Bal
timore market. The Chicago market
cloaed with bulk of hogs quoted at
January 26th this some grade passed
over the acalea at $17.40. Soft and
oily hoga are being heavly discounted
on both these markets Ii Richmond
from 1 to 3 cents is being deducted
115.90 to $15.26 per cwt.
North Carolina cattle feeders wbe
have been feeding cattle on high
priced feeds this winter have been
watching Northern cattle markets
with considerable concern during the
paat month. Fairly liberal receipts
combined-wfth alow markets have re
sulted in a decline in prices. Some
Improvement was made during the
laat few days of the month however,
ind cattle men are again growing
nopeful that their feeding operations
will prove profltable. The quality of
the cattle being fed over the State
s generally of a better grade than
ocal markets demand. Theae mar
jets handle mostly a medium grade
>f meat, which can be obtained thru
Weatern packers or locally froma me
Hum grade of cattle at a relatively
ow price. For this reason Northern
jacker markets where there ia a de.
nand for the beat grade of beef have
.o be depended upon largely to fnr
liah a market for the better gradea
r cattle. A good many North Caroli.
ia fed cattle will be marketed during
February. The Baltimore market
slosed with cattle aelling as follows:
Choice finished steers, 1200 to 1400
be. $14.25 to $14.76; good butcher
iteera, 1000 to 11501ba. $18.00 to
114.00; medium butcher ateera 800 to
>50 Iba. $10.50 to $12.60; good fat
leifera $11.00 to $18.00; light heif
?rs $8.00 to $10.00. While the gen
iral cattle market haa been alow and
ow, veal calves have moved readily
it advancing prioea. The month cloa
>d with roed veals aelling at $21.50
?k$2$.00; common kind $11.00 to
119.00 on the Baltimore market a.id
itill higher on the New York market.
CONDITION FAVOR
HOLDING PEANUTS
After a month of heavy bearish
efforts to brisk the peanut market
prices are still steadly for Virginias
at or close to ten cents with some
Fancy Jumbos going at 10 1-4 to 10
1-2 cents and with almost any kind/
of shelling stock bringing 9 1-2 cents.
Spanish peanuts have made some
gains, now readily commanding $3.40
to $3.60 in Virginia markets.
The big factor that has held the
market up has been the shortage of
the Aiperican crop, while the heavy
offerings of Oriental peanuts for fu
ture delivery has been the weapon for
trying to beat the market down. But
official figures now available show
that the Chinese crop of 1019 is
nearly fifty per cent off in quality as
compared with the 1018 crop, and no
larger than that crop. Other official
trade reports from the Department
of Commerce show that the total pro
duction of China and Japan for the
past three years has not equaled thrf
of America. These official reports
are proving that the bugaboo of As
iatic importations has been worked
over-time.
The most encourging feature of the
peanut situation is that notwithstand
ing the government statistics. f show
that the movement to the trades dur
ing the past month ha been compara
tively light, yet the total percent of
the crop of Virginias which has pass
ed through the mills is decidely larger
than any previous year up to Febru
ary 1st. It is conservatively estimat
ed that while only one-fourth of the
peanut year has passed, nearly one
half of the crop has been milled. It
is also figured that the trade has been
buying from hand to mouth and that
neither the trade nor the cleaners
have enough surplus stock to carry
them for thirty days.
Both from the standpoint of short
production and increased consump
tion with the strong probabilities of
a decrease in Asiatiaca importations
conditions are most favorable for an
advance on peanuts in the near fu
ture. Even with the grat disturbance
of the money market there is no rea
on why the reat of the 1919 crop
should decline in prices, nor will there
be any effort to rush peanuts to th*
market in this time of financial de
pression will result in a break," from
which there would be but little chance
of recovery during the rest of this
season.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST EACH YEAR
TO DAIRYMEN THR0U8H IMPROPER COOLIN6
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In Time* of Cold Wea:h?r Prepare for Hot Weather?Harvesting Ico In a
Northern State.
(Prepared by the Ignited States Depart
ment of A?rlrulHlr?.l
Rich )?<??!? lo?>' thousands
?'f dollar* from MiirMtl sour milk,
isior butter, and Urn-quality cheese.
TIwhi' lw> are largely due to im
proper <-?olluj of 11.ilk iiml cream on
the farm, aciordliis to dnlry s|>e?lal
ist*. Kor jjood results milk and cream
should Ik- cooled to ."HI tlt'^rces or lower
?mil lield tlierv; and as thii usually can
be*I I>e done hy the use of Ice, dairy
men should take advantage of any
ne:ir-b.v lake or stream to nlriaiu ?
supply of ice for next year, ,
let Costs Little.
The lee harvesting seuaou fortunate
ly comes at a time when there'U; the
least work on the farm for men and
te^iios. and consequently the actual
rtw-l" Is usually not very pht
The iiuantlty of lee needed depends
up-iii the location of the farm?whether
In the North or in the South, the num
ber of cows milked, and the method of
hnriditiiK the product. In the northern
amies It litis heeti found that, with a
luodi ratefy good lee house, oue-half of
a ton of Ice |>er cow 1a sufficient to
coi;l cream and hold 1 at a low temper
ature for delivery 1 nr* or three time* n
week. One and one-half or two tons
per cow should be provided where milk
Is to be cooled.
Capacity of Ice Houses.
A cubic foot of Ice weighs al>out 57
pounds, so in storing Ice it is custom
ary to allow from 40 to JO cubic feet
per ton for the mirks of Ice. At least
12 inches-must be left between the Ice
and the wall of the building for In
sulation. unless the lee house has per
manently insulated walls and an un
usually large space for Insulation be
neath and above the Ice.
Where a lake, pond, or stream of
clear water1 Is not available, some pre
liminary work In preparing the Ice
Bold will be required before freezing
weather sets In. It to therefore advis
able to make all plans for the work as
boob as possible. Water for the lev
?apply should be entirely free from
contamination or pollution. Poods and
sluggish streams usually have grass I
and weeds growing In them, so that the
Ice harvested la likely to contain de
cayed vegetable matter, which la al
ways objectionable. They should,
therefore, be thoroughly cleared of
eoch growths before the Ice haa formed.
In some sections It la necessary to
Impound the water for producing Ice.
Thlajnay be done either by excavating,
and diverting a atream Into the ar
ea ration, or by constructing" dalna
across low areas. In localities where
very low temperatures prevail for sev-l
era I weeka at a time, and the supply
of pure water la limited, block)) of Ice
may be frozen In metal cans or In
tpedal fiber containers.
In harvesting Ice It Is desirable to
have a field of sufficient sire to fill the
?ee house at a single cutting, as the
thickness ani quality of the Ice will
be more nearly onlform, and the necea
sary preparation for cutting and har
vesting need be made bat once. In
many Inatancea. however, the size of
the pond or stream la such that It la
necessary to wait for a second crop In
order to fill the Ice house. The aver
age farmer requires only a compara
tively amall quantity of Ice, ao that
even a small harvesting surface will
usually prove large enough, especially
If Ice la cut the second time. The
square feet of surface required per ton
when the Ice la of different thlckneasna
Is ahown In the following table. Slsa
of cake, 22 by 22 Inches.
Square Feat of loa Surface Required
Per Ton of Ice.
Thickness Number of Cutting Space
of Ice Cakes Required Required I
Inchea Per Ton Per Ton
? <1.1 106.4
? ?.? I 70.2
I ut 1 K.e
1* lit < 43 1
It 10.4 K.I
14 a.? HI
1? 7.1 M.3
u ?.? n 4
? M II I
a 1.7 t?.i
Few Tools Required.
When a small quantity of Ice Is to be
harveatnO. but faw tools are required.
The following Hat contains those actu
ally needed for harvesting Ice on a
snail scale: Two Ice saws, one hand
marker, one pulley and rope, two pairs
of Ice tonga, two Ice hooks, one pointed
bar, and one atralght edge. While
theae tools are all that are necessary,
additional ones, such aa the horse plow
and marker, horse scraper and marker,
and a calking bar are convenient and
will help to expedite the -work of Ice
harvesting.
U. S. BUTTER EXPORTS SMALL
This Country Fuml?h?? Less Than 1
Per Cant of Product That Fig
uroa In Tr?do.
(Prepared ky the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In spite of vast ermine lands In th<>
United States this country furnishes
lens than 1 per rent of the butter that
figures In world or International trade
according to KlaiMtr* recently com
piled by the (Jnlted State* department
of agriculture. However, the Millie
fact, exprvnw! In ten::* of the totnl
number of pound- of liulter exported
does not look *1 tn?!wilttaint. slno
the annual I? >t??! fee hi I en it one ye:ii
In each of III ' !:i*i *i.\ decades llfl>
approached 30 P in . i I"iiuid^. The.
has been urtTi'ti d 1 i ?timllon In thl
country's ex;ni1 < ft butter, lb
amount fV?*<jt:i-nl'y dropt^ng to le?
than one-third of i! e tutiri for the-b'
year*. The relnt'on hettveen dome
tic and (iftri^g p:\?v* lr * l>een th
determining factor in llice changer
During tile last feu xe;ir? our esportf
aninll as Ibey are relatively, have beei
going to ~i) dll* rent countries, co?
onles, and dependencies;
ORGANIZATION IN N. C. . .
Altho there are practically S00
companies and organizations licens
ed to do business in North Carolina,
hairing complied with the law respect
ing such privilage, still there are
many from outside the state who
want to reach the people, and try to
evade the law, never failing to so
present their claims by letter as to
make the impression they are offer
ing something better than licensed
operators are offering. In all sach
cases, Commissioner Jamee R. Young
of the North Carolina Insurance De
partment, gives specific notice today,
that these contracts are not allow
able under the law and cannot be en
forced Among this claaa, he says,'
the "Clergymen's Beneficial Asso- ?
elation of Pennsylvania" should be !
rated. From inquires being receiv
ed at the department every day re
cently, it would appear to be trying
to impose upon the clergymen of ths
state be uyi Responding to these
enquiries, a good practice for many
othera if they doubt the bona Ada
of any each proposition. Commission
er Young, sends this reply?"The
Company is not listed in North Car
olina and its contracts cannot be en
forced." "It has no substantial flnan
eil standing".
A Good MmHciii for the Grip.
George W. Waitt, South Gardiner,
Me., relates his experience with the
grip "I had the worst cough, cold and
groip and had taken lot or trash of no
aeeoont. Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is the only thing that haa done
me any food whatever. I have used
on* bottle of It and the cold and the
grip have loft mo.?advertisement.
Watch that lahol on your paper.
To bo on the safe aide ft would be
better that the last two tlgures were
't#.
?66 has proves it will star* Mala
ria, Chilli, aad Fever, Blliout Fever
Coldi and LaGrtppo. adv.
AMERICAN COT
TON ASSOCIATION
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Raleigh, Feb. 12.?North Carolina
producers of cotton dealer* have co
operated with the American Cotton
Association in the effort that is be
ns made by President J. 8. Wan
namaker to sell 300,000 bales of low
grade cotton to foreign spinners,
and a large number of the signed op
tions, have been received by the
North Carolina office of the Associa
tion.
These options are merely options,
and carry, of course, no guarantee
of the sale, President Wannamaker,
however, has had negotiations with
the foreign spinners and believes he
will be able to put the deal through.
In view of the fact that there is a pos
sibility of the whole deal failing to
materialize, Cotton Association of
ficials are stressing the importance
of understanding that it is merely
an option. ,j
That a decided fight is being made
against the whole scheme is indicat
ed in the present trend of the cotton
Exchange. It would very materially
hurt the interest of gamblers who
have sold the cotton market short for
low grade cotton to bring the prices
the Association is trying to get for
these low grsdes of cotton. These
prices range from 35 cents for or
dinary cotton to 41 cents for low mid
dling. These prices are jiot to the
seller, f. o. b., his shipping point.
The terms are eighty percent cash
and twenty percent deferred pay
ments, bearing interest at six percent.
Because it would be impossible
to handle options of individuals in a
deal of this magnitude, the Associat
ion has found it necessary to get the
collective options from county and
township organisations of the Cotton
Association. In a number of instan
ces eounty meetings have been held
pnd the county chairmen or some of
ficial has sfened the joint option blank
for the o?tton of all members who
wanted to g*t in on this deal.
Some definite decision is supposed
to be made about the sale of this cot
ton, in the near future. February
11th was the original date set for
closing the deal, but there have been
delays in getting the options in, and
other delays not unexpected in a deal
of this nature. Cotton men in all
parts of the state are very enthusias
tic over the proposed plan and every
effort possible is being made by Mr.
Wannamaker to complete it as early
as possible.
JULE B. WARREN,
Publicity Director.
COLERAIN NEWS
Mr. Dick Leary, of Edenton, wu
in town last Monday night.
Mr. J, T. Long had the m|iafortune
to slip on the pavement Tuesday af
ternoon breaklpg out the plate glass
to Mr. E. White's store window and :
cutting his hand badly. i
Mr. C. B. Morris went to Norfolk
last Wednesday on a business trip, i
The ground hog must have seen his 1
shadow somewhere last Monday, judg 1
ing from the amount of rain recently. 1
- Mr. Orfon" MohUqQe "came"T>ome "
Friday on Account of Ute "flue" epi
demic at Trinity Park.
Mr. Clarence Myers left Saturday
morning for Norfolk where he will '
enter the Davis Mayer School and 1
take a business course.
Rev. R. B. Lineberry was called '
to Mill Neck Friday to preach the '
funeral of Mr. Joe Holloman who
passed away Thursday.
Mr. aud Mrs. W. E. White returned
from Baltimore last Friday.
Mr. W. B. Brown, of Norfolk, was i
the guest of Mr. E. White the past '
week.
Mrs. Clarance Beasley is spending (
this week with her mother.
Mr. aud Mrs. Coy Smithwick, of
Merry Hill, were the guest of Mr. J. '
H. Myers last Sunday. .
Town Buys Site For New Light
Plant aad Water Werks.
The town of Ahoskie bought a site
from Mr. J. A. Mitchell, south of the
Columbia Peanut Mill Tuesday, and
have already started a new btiilding
for the Ahoakie Light and Water
Works, which location has bean
highly favored by the beat citiiens of
the town. This sits U located on high
ground and will make an ideal loca
tion From the looks of things the
town will soon have the long expected
day current, water and seweT system,
some of the sewer pipe was unloaded
Tu;-? lay.
REVALATION &
NEW TAX RATE
To the People of North Carolina:
After hearing the reporta made byv
the District Supervisors (n charge of
the Revaluation Act, and after a fall
conference with the Stata Budget
Commission, the State Tax Commis
sion, and the State Treasurer, I And
that I will be justified in giving to
the people of the State the following
information:
I propose to submit to the Special
Session of the General Assembly,
which is expected to meet in July,
the following recommendations:
1. That the State take no advant
age of that .part of the Revaluation
Act which authorized a ten per cent
increase of revenues for the year
192D, but that the General Assembly
fix ? rata for 1M# that will yield
all State purposes exactly the same
amount of revenue from real and
persona] property as was collected
in the year 1919 There may be one
exception to this recommendation and
that is that it may be necessary to
increase the funds provided by the
State for public schools to the ex
tent of five per cent, certainly not
more than this. This increase will be *
only half the amount contemplated
bjj the General Assembly of 1919 for
this specific purpose.
Purely Equalization Act.
It will thus be seen, in the light of
this recommendation, that tfce Re.
valuation Act becomes one of equali
zation, pure and simple, an^ with
the vast quantities of property now
going on the tax books that was not
taxed at all heretofore both of lands
and of intangible personal property,
it is certain that many thousands of
tax payers will actually pay less taxea
tn 1920, than they paid in 1919. -
2. I will also recommend tV:
there be inserted in the Revaluation
Act a clause providing that in any
year at any time before the taxes
are actually levied by the county
authorities, any property owner may
ask for a re-assessment of his # pro
perty upon filing an affidavit support
ed by two disinterested freeholders
that his property is on the tax books
at a sum greater than ita market
valae. ?. " * " v'^_.
3. I will also recommend to the
Special Sesaion of the General As
sembly that there be embodied in the
Constitutional amendmenta now pend
ing and to be voted on in November
a provision greatly reducing the pre
sent constitutional limitation of 64
2-3 centa on the one hundred dollar*
worth of property. It waa the pur
pose of the Finance Committee of
the House and Senate to revise this
limitation downwards.. It is now
apparent that the revised valuations
will be large enough to permit a sub.
itantial reduction of this limitation,
and will leave a reasonable margin
for the neceaaitites of our future
development. Just what figure will
be a proper limitation cannot be de
termined until the total values under
the new aaswment^are ascer&tiQed.
Outstanding Facts
Three facts in regard to the Re
valuation Act are now outstanding,
ind no longer the subject of con
troversy :
1. The one purpose of the act is
;o wipe out the inequalities of the
sxisting system.
2. Under the Act the tax rate
trill be so low thst no class of proper
ty will be outlawed and driven from
he State.
3. The extraordinarily loW rate
inder the Revaluation Act will un
?over milliona of dollars in the State
that have never been oa the tax
!>ooks at all, and will draw into the
State millions of capiat from he ends
>f the earth.
T. W. BICKETT, Governor.
Executive Office.
Weigh. January 30, 1920.
PARKER-DUNN
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dunn announce
the marriage of their daughter Ber
unice to Mr. Dewey Parker on Wed
needay, February 4th. The cere
mony taking place at the Baptist
parsonage of Wlnton, N. C., Rev. A.
P. Wnstein officiating. Mr. and Mrs.
Parker left on the morning train for
New York, Baltimore and Washing
ton ; upon their retarn they will make
their home In Union, N. C.
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