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The Franklin Times
WATCH LABEL OX TOUR
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Before Tim# V \ plra*. 1
A. r. JOHNSON, Editor sad 9?u??r
TOLI/MN L.
THE COUNTY, THE STATE. THE UNION
LOCISBCKG, 5. C, fIiIIAY,
SCBSCBIPTION ?Ui 4> Per 1mm
, JCLT 42,
TXBKB SI
FARMERS SIGN1NG-UP
SOMfc SECTIONS WILL REACH
xmcTY ees^eeST. ? = :
? Mnnir^hfyd ? SeTenil
Sections SlKiilnir-ui' Almost to S
Man? Others Becoming fcntliuicd.
The sign-up campaign of tllB jVBttun;
ami TobMcou Onnna XaaoidaUQQB la
making excellent progress In the coun
ty and the farmers are showing tSe
greatest interest and are signing up
wry satisfactorily. ? Already l.OQQJHlii
pounds m luua'liu mm ? lnmdretia nl
bales of coHen have been signed up
in the two associations with only a
small part of the county worked.
Several small -school districts have*
signed up 100,000 pounds and over of
tobacco and over a hundred bales of
cotton each_and say they are not
through yet. Some claim thannilBty
per cent of their fanners will sign. If
the present interest continues and
there is no reason for thinking it will
nut. much more than halt the tobacco
signed up by the time cne campaign
ends.
In others parts of the South the Sign
u] Is meeting with splendid success.
Texas already has a pool of nearly a
million and a quarter bales of cotton
and is not through yet and they are
"mfMttif nrrnretniPiiti fnr finan
i ins their crop so that It may be mar
keted as the demand calls for It. Ok
: oma, Mississippi. Arkansas and
k ' ? r states are preparing pools of
" ii to be marketed gradually. The
i i ml Reserve Board has Just made
t! -. . ::nouncenient that tney are pre
pare:. to furnish one hundred million
rtoliarv. or more if ueedcu, tor finan
cing the Souths crops.
With the marketing associations
i laking such progress atid the finan
cial centers showing their willingness
to supply ihc money needed it begins
? R> look as if ihe fanner is going to
lure much better than he did last year.
MSH < 01NTY SH.S.IT.
The following extracts taken from
ti?e Nashville Graphic will, no- doubt.
fnfnrocti.iy \ farmers of Frank
iin County:
The recent campaign in Nash Coun
tv hy the Co-operatlvo Marketing for
ces reveals suhstaiWAl {iiugiusu iAa.de
toward achieving the ultimate goal.
"1 he latest figures ^aliow that 15,000
bales or cotton and about seven mil
lion pounds-of tobacco have &een pled
ged to the Association. The farmers
Tivuf fliuiliiwllM inimlrnnliift an A- qfrnfHflg
in their contracts. No farmers ought
to stand back ?nd see whether or not
the marketing system win be success
tul, but be should promptly line up
with the others, and thus be enabled to
cay that he was among the flr*t tn help
emancipate the South. The fact that
SO per cent of the farmers in Nash
County who have been approached sign
ed the contract is abundant evidence of
their faith in its ultimate success.
Recently a whirlwind campaign was
waged throughout North Carolina in
an effort to secure the signatures of
cotton and tobacco growers who would
unite In the proposed Co-operative
Marketing proposition. as in other
counties, this campaign was staged in
Nash and It Is reported that rrom sev
enty to eighty per cent or the growers
of the county enlisted in this gigantic
movement, which, if carried out is of
great moment to the cotton and to
bacco growers of North ana 3outh Car
ollna, Virginia, Tennessee and all oth
er cotton and tobacco producing states.
Now that the worx of soliciting sig
natures has been completed, it does
not remain for the leaders in this
rrovement for co-operative marketing
to go to sleep at the switch and have
the thousands of farmers without lead
ershlp and direction in fully carrying
out the purpose of the organization.
Any let up In holding together the pre
sent unperfected organization and
keeping the farmers standing Arm un
til the objects sought have been real
ised will not only prove disastrous
now. btJt for all time to come.
Unless the present plans are made a
reality, the future hcjds very little In
store in the matter of again getting
the farmers aroused to the point of
definite action. If present plans fall
it will be either the fault of the farm
ers themselves or due to unwlse^and
insincere leadership.
Moses was not a "quitter." It took
him forty years to hold hrs forces to
gether and effect their final deliver
ence from bondage. Those leading
the formers today must stand firm and
j rove themselves loyal to the task now
lying out before them.
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CARD OK THANKS.
We wish to' extend our sinc ere ap
preciations to all those who so kindly
rendered assistance and expressions
of sympathy during the death of our
mother. They will he lon^ remem
bered by us.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Pleasants.
Safety First
Jnd Tunklns says the most valuablo
sense of humor Is the kind that en
ables a person to. see Instantly what It
Isn't safe to laugh at ? Washington
Star.
TAR RIVER LKAWK.
W L. .Pet. ?
Justice 2 0 1 000 *
Castalia ? T" ; 333 ? *
Spring Hope 1 '2 .333 ?
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LouKburv Defeat* Sprlnir Hope.
Spring Hope. N. t*:, July 20 ? In an
exciting game of baseball Louisburg
defeated Spring Hope 3 to 2. The
wila "tiluatj Ant! f:isr tin ini^biint^
beiny 'a pitchers bat He between Rob
erts and Alford. The former was in
vincible in the pinches striking out 12
batters. The features of the game
Ifrcre the fleldi?g-aad~hittlng oL Kord
fthd W"hl taker of LouIhIjutk ami rrf"
Richardson of Spring Hope.
Batteriesr~for Louis burg. Roberts
and King; for Spring Hope. Alford
and Brantley, ?
Justice Defeats Castalia..
Castalia. X. C.. July 20. ? Justice de
feated Castalia fn a one-sided game
by the score of 11 to 4.
Batteries for Castalia, Beale and
Green ; for Justice. jHow and Bunn.
CASTALIA DEFEATS LOUSB URG.
In a very erratic game of baseball,
Castalia defeated Loulsburg by the
score of 12 to 1. Peoples, for Louis
burg pitched a fair game, but poor
headword on his part, coupled* with
several errors^, gave the game away.
Tilt; features of the game w?ia the
pitching of Beal for Castalia and a
spectacular catch by Delbridge, the
Castalia shortstop, who robbed King
of a sure hit.
Louisburg has secured the services
of a much needed pitcher and one ln
fUlder. These should strengthen the
team considerably.
Batteries: Castalia. Beete and Green
Louisburg, Peoples and King.
In the Tar River League Justice de
feated Spring Hope ^it Justice Frttlny
the 15th. in a pretty game of baseball,
hy the score of 5 to 3. It was a pitch
era battle after the first inning, the
.1 nstire nitcher being aided by several
remarkable catches by his learn mates,
Batteries Justice, Bunn and Bunn;
Spring Hope, Brake Yarboro and
Lrantley,. _
BASK BALL IMRF.CTOKS MF.KT.
? A mtifiliin or thq aimuujiK uf ? rtnr
Tar River League was called at Jus
tice Friday, July 15th.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. Sexton, the temporary chairman.
The following officers were elected:
BIssett, of Spring Hope. IstTtee Pres
ident; Mr. Emmltt Bartholomew, of
Ca8taliH, 2nd Vice President; Mr. Wil
liam King. Louisburg, Secretary.
Most of the meeting was consumed
in selecting umpires suitable to all
^managers. The directors decided to
extend the season two weeks, thereby
enabling them to divide It into halves.
After the following rules and regu
latons were read and carried the meet
Ing adjourned.
Rules for the Tnr Hirrr Lpngne, -
We. the managers o V the baseball
teams of Louisburg, Justice. Castalla
and Spring Hope, in order to form a
league, and Insure, provide, and pro
mote a general organization of ath
letics. do establish these rules and
regulations for amateur baseball lea*
gue of Franklin County.
Rule 1 ? The league shall be com
posed of a president, vice president and
secretary.
Rule 2 ? Each team shall comprise a
manager and a captain and nine play
ers. besides substitutes, and an umpire.
Rule 3 ? No team shalt be allowed
more than two hired players, and they
must not be professional ball players.
Rule 4 -Each-town or community
must finance its own team from the
leceipts collected.
Rule 5 ? Each team will receive the
whole amount of gate receipts when
played on the home diamond, except
when two play a game for exhibition,
then divide equally.
Rule 6 ? Each team shall select ltd
own umpire, to do all of the umpiring
vhen tho separate teams are playing
off the home diamond.
Rule 7 ? Each member ??f ihe teams
shall abide strictly by the decision of
the umpire.
Rule 8 ? The umpire shall be vested
power to put any player out of the
game who has become unruly.
Rule 9? That the Mayor or Justice
of the peace be asked to assist in main
tain Ing order at each ga?*ie
Rule 10 If any team shall fall to j
meet its schedule, the game shall be
forfeited to the Opposing team. '
Rule 11 If any member of the. teamp
found to be intoxicated Tiefore the
game he will bo put out of the Imme
diate game.
Rule 12 ? Wr. the teams of Louis
burg. Justice. Castalla Spring Hope,
do adopt the above schedule.
There will be three games of base
ball here next week Wednesday the
27th, Castalla plays Ixnilsburg and on
Friday the 25th thero will bo a double
header between IXMilsburg and Jus
tice. The fair grounds will be In first
class condition for these games and
If you want us to win come out and
root.
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THR FRANKLIN TIMES
11.60 Per Year In Advance.
MRS. CADDIE STKI( KLAM) DEAD.
The announcement that Mrs. Caddie I
V. Strickland died at the home of hee
daughter, Mrs. Myron l*ieasants on
r>dAr Saturday^ ntght ahoqt
twelve o'clock from heart trouble was
received with sorrow ixy the many,
friends of the family. MYs. Strickland
was 70 years old ana puts pteceedi iQ~
to the grave by her husband thirty
five years ago. She was a most estl
mable wonvan. true to her religion and
fptondo. She wni a moat lovihlfl
frienfls ^cre" nuittb^ffrd by n*r
tances. Alrtiougtr her health had not
been good for years she was appar^
ently in her average health until an
hour or so before the end came. She
leaves three daughters, Mrs. J. C. Fos
tcr. of near Laurel. Mrs. Ben W. Brown
of Petersburg, Va.. and Mrs. Myron
Pleasants, Louisburg. and one son.
'Mr J. 5. Strickland, of Jackson, all of
whom were present .tn attend the fun
eral. two sisters. Mrs. ? . ? . Mullen,
of near Pilot, and Mrs. W. J. Shearin.
ol Louisburg, and two brothers. Mes
srs. George Conway, of Canton, and
4.^ Conway, of Durham. ~
The funeral services were held from
the home on Monday morning at 11
o'clock and were conducted by Rev. G.
F. Smith, pastor of the Methodist
church, assisted by Revs. L. S. Mas
sey and W. R. Burrell and the Inter
num was made at Oaklawn cemetery.
Large numbers of relatives and friends
of the family attended each services,
vhich'were especially impressive. The
floral tribute whh caiwmny pmfusg
and beautiful. The pallbearers were
I M. a. Clifton. J P. Timberlake. E. W.
iFurgurson. W. B. Cooke. S. P. Boddie,
O. C. Hill.
The bereaved family has the sym
pathy of the entire community.
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UK, Bl KKKLL KKSIiiNS.
'The announcen^iU? fwnr the-^iulplt
let the Baptist Church Sunday mom
HnTErtiy Dr. W. It. Burrell , offering hil
resignation in order that he could ac
^~cept n call tg Monroe was f>?ito ? ft
j shock l<> his congregation and the peo
jt-l.- .,f JLntiislnng in pem-ral.
| Dr. Burrell, who came to Louisburg
ji'bout eight months ago trom Williams
ston. to take up the pastorate of the
? Louisburg Baptist church, has made
. an impression nnnn our people regard
I less of denomination as being one of
(the finest preachers in North Carolina,
a man who is thoroughly consecrated
and conscientious fn ?TT3 Work fTTT
Christ jiiid a genial, pleasant and in
teresting companion. He is- full* of
energy and throws his whole soul in
w hatever the task-might be that he -as
sumes and is always found working
fur the -upbuilding of Humanity ? juiil
community and through these his
Master's Kingdom.
Louisburg realizes its loss in the re
signation of Dr. Burrell. However it
I extends its congratulations to Monroe
and its best wishes for a more and con
tinuous useful life to Dr. Burrell and
[his good family in their new home.
? BASE BALL AT YOl'XiSVILLE.
oungsville, X. C:-- VotmgsvW*
led a double header ball game Tuesday
ion the local diamond with Wendell,
'dividing the games with the visitors.
Wendell won the first game 6 and 4.
while Youngsville took the second with
a score of 2 and 1. Youngsville is
tied with Smithfleld for top place on
the second half, having won four out
of seven games played. A close fight
In the Bright Belt league is developing
? all four teams being within two
games of ffre top. The teams all seem
to be pretty evenly matched and arc
playing good-1>all. Visit Youngsville
and see a good game of ball "for less
money," only four more games are to
be played on the local diamond during
the second halt unless a tie develops
Youngsville played a double header
at Smithfleld Friday, losing the first
game 4 and 5, and winning the second
game 5 and 3.
The ladles of Youngsville gave a
reception to the ball players at Cheat
I ham's Warehouse Tuesday night.
I which was largely attended and great
I ly enjoyed.
A SrUl'RISK BIRTHDAY PARTY
At the home of M*r. and Mrs. D. B. |
Pearce on July 16th, it betng the 67th
birthday of Mrs. ffearce. their child- i
ren and grandchildren began to roll |
in about 9:30 o'clock with happy greet '
Ings for mother and father.
The social hours before noon were,
greatly enjoyed by all, while grandpa
made music for the little folks.
At noon a bountiful dinner was i
spread under tho shade or those dear
old oaks that reminded the children |
of their childhood dayn so much. The j
dinner wasn't much show of hard'
time. About 3 o'clock Ice cream wast!
served until each and every one dc !
dared their thirst for Ice cream was :
satisfied.
The only regret of the day was that '
all the children were not there When i
the sun was bending low nil left for j
their homes, wishing mother ami fa J
ther many more happy birthdays. j
One Who Attended
? ? ? - ? ? ? O- ? 1 -
But They Bark.
Have you ever noticed how polite
the trees are? They always bojivrt be
fore leaving ?The Wisconsin C .toptis.
AMONG THE VISITORS
Mr, T W Kaffin went to Raleigh yes- |
terday.
? Mr. R. W H ml son vinlted ? Raleigh ;
Tfcursaay. ~~
-^tr.-Kr-H Malooa paid Henderson a i
l*Us;nesa visit Wednesday
Mr. jfv -C. Conway, of DurtiAm. at- |
tended the funeral of his sister Mon
day
-Mrs, M. E. Winston and little daugh- |
parents. ~ ? ? ?
Mr. Joseph Hale, of Laurens. 8 C..
visited his mother. Mrs. Ida Hale the
paw; wook. ? i
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Griffin, of Ral
clgl . ap?j y Handing some time with his
je^p'.c here.
Mr. Ben T. Holden and family re
turned Wednesday from a two week's
trl^i in Ocean Vfew.
Mrs. F. F. Fagan and little daughter,
ot Rocky Mount, spent the week-end
with her parents here. ??
Miss Bessie Hale, who has been vis
iting friends in Wilson and Raleigh,
has returned home.
Mrs. E. F. Thomas and her guest,
Mrs. C. G. Bedford, of Lexington, were
visitors to Raleigh yesterday.
Mrs. F. Parrish and son. Forest, of
Durham,- have ? roturnad ? homo ? aftcp
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ida Hale.
Miss Bettie Mildred Shearin. came
home from Petersburg. Va., Sunday to
bo present at the funeral of her aunt.
Hon. A. D. Watts. State Commis
sioner of Revenue, spent last Sunday
In Louisburg the guest or Mr.. W. H.
"iqrborough. .
"Mrs. Ben W. Brown, or Petersburg.
*arid Mr. J. S. Strickland, of Jackson,
ware in Louisburg Monday to attend
the funeral of their mother.
^7iss Dorothy Johnson, who has
b??a visiting friends and relatives in
ailftj ueai^LuuisliucK 'reiUHlWl S&IUF
daflktp her home at WintervifleT
* X-;
? ?fcsrti' J. J. Lancaster and E. S.
FtEnJB went to Raleigh Monday.
Ful&knm took a position no
A*^^nt Superintendent of the State
4 rfupL H. it. lUlUUflll. iti WnHl^tHnn;
was a visitor to Louisburg Tuesday,
j . Mr. T. \V. Stovall and son. Harvey,
I of Stovall. visited his sou, Mr. H. M.
| Stovall the past week.
Mr. T. W. Stovall and son. Harvey.
?lMrho have been visiting his son. Mr.
I H. M. Stovall. and Messrs. H. M. Stov
jalt Jr.. Jafiies Stovall and Edward
j Stovall. soils of Mr. H. M. Stovall. left
Lonisburg Tuesday for Pamlico Sound
in a .fishing trip.
NO\.Aim.KTI>KKS AMI KUU HKS
j The Editor and Publisher is teiling
; the story.
j Eighty-four per cent of the business
| failures of the past year occurred am
ong nrms wni'ch did not advertise,
j This is the assertion made by Brad
I street's Comn>ercial Agency, which is
| as unbiased an authority as can be
i t'oar^l in the business wurid today.
Bradstreet's compiled its informati
jon from statistics, not guess work.
! The importance of advertising as a
I business element must have been re
Igarded as vital by this great commer
cial agency, else it would not have
! wasted the time of hundreds of train
j ed men throughout the nation collect
ling and tabulating this information.
I Hradstreet's thus points the way to
one of the elements of business suc
| cess.
[ The lesson to be learned from the
statistics regarding the advertising
I merchant is obvious.
} This by no means is taken by us.
jand we know it will not be so taken by
you. as compelling the conclusion that
all these failures were wholly due to
failure to advertise, or even that an
overwhelming majority could have a
verted failure by advertising No flT?ubt
j either elements entered iritothe crash
es^ but when a business dependent up
I on a public market for the sale of its
output does not use the recognized
best means of reaching that market it
is only a 'question of when the call will
I be turned in for the undeitaker.
I Kmerson's proposition that if a man
! make a good enough mousetrap the
world will beat a path to his door, stil!
(remains true ? if the world finds out |
about the mousetrap Kaleigh Times.
There is a lesson in the above wor
thy of the consideration of some of
I'Ouishurg's merchants.
Insuring the Tears.
Lawyer If you expect to be acquit- j
ted, your wife will have to weep a lit- j
tie during the trial.
The Accused Thai s easy. Just |
tell her I'm going to be acquitted.
The American Legion Weekly.
Worse Than Hopeless.
The only son of an American mil- |
llonalre recently ran away from home
and Joined the staff of a weekly Jour- j
nal. We understand that friends j
broke the news by telling the parents
that their son whs dead, and gently
worked up to thn climax The Pass
ing Show (I/ondon)
CAPTURES VrilJ.
J. O. ( Qllln* and (?arland Farrl*h
Bonn* Over to Court,
Constable J E. Thomaa. Prohibition
Agent Ernest Raines and Deputy Mar
shall, B. H. Meadows reported the cap
-Hire of d cumpleie still outfit on Tues
day morning and destroy ed^hree hun
itrednfrallona of Deer. The still was in
operation and was located near White
I -?? v e 1 p^r^h \t ?> . n r i , t i 11 ? ?>
Collins aad Garland Parrlsh were
-caught AL Llltf 3til] ancl_ were given a
hearing before V S Commissioner W
! H Morton and were" THTUud ? over- te
I Court under a $200 "tin ml tfarh Prom
the evidence before the Commissioner
| Muhhi H. I ftlllns ana Parrish admitted
the ownership of the plant and ex
plained they were making a little
I whiskey for their own use.
TEXAS COTTON pTmTT HAS
I DIiOhP?i ALI. RHOKDS
Dallas. Texas. July 15. ? The biggest"
jro operative marketing orgrniilzatioirof
I growers in tfic world is being complet
l-#4? at the? ?*Ha* offices- OT Life Texas
[Farm Burqjyi FederattOTi. More than
six hundred thousand bales of cotton
I from approximately 40.000 Texas mem
[bers have been put in one pool to be i
disposed of through a sales agency set
jup by what is known as the American j
Cotton Growers Kxchange. Oklahoma I
| has signed up over 400.000 Dales to go
{into thu same pool ana Mississippi is
{contributing 210.000 bale^-and Arizona
? is also in. The total already promised
1 for the pool is more than one and a
quarter? million- bales. Texas cotton I
(farmers are still signing contracts and
I it is expected that this state will ulti-l
| mutely contribute more than a million
bales, to the pool.
Every grower contributing to the
pool has agreed to deliver all of the
cotton, that he produces for the n?xt
i five years to the association which is
-composed of growers anc managed by
Pj board of directors elected by the
Vfc+-?wtHi5-ttn*l-conn705e<t-or growers. ' 'al
iHorpia co-operative marketing associii
tii-n* dwindle I....,
i , 'j ilils toew~coIlosal mer
I rhanilising movement: -
I The largest association on the Pa
! citTic coast has less than fifteen thous
: : m < 1 m-enilierF Th.> 'mwri- - n ''???V"1
Urov ,<*rs KxchjjtySft will have more than
1 70.006 njembers, each pledged to deliv
er all tes foj'ton during tue period nm
v.i4?wl Wf- IH*4-ne contract:" "TTl'ls' organ-*"
|i?ation aiftomaticaliy occomeb -rh>'larg
lest cotton factor in the wortd. Its of
jfice will bd located in Dai:a&, T??xas.
Adequate financial support -for ? th?~
Organization is now being arranged
, through different ? agcm ius: Letters
| fronr thfrwnr finance corporation '.mil
' ( ate that this board wiil render the
| same support to the Texas farmers
! that it has already rendeTcd to the
? .Mississippi Delta Growers Associaiton
which has borrowed five million dol
llars and which will be advanced to the
[growers while the crop is being mar
jketed through the same exchange that
I will handle-fehe Texas crop.
New York financial circles are also
Interested in advancing money for the
, f ji&ndng x>i this-erop-raovem^ntr as are
I also the larger Texas banks.
The magnitude of 'he undertaking
ihas attracted the attention of the keen
I est minds in the banking world. ? Ex
aminer-Review. Xavasota. Texas.
RA 1 1, ROADS TREATED BETTER
THAN' KAH.HKRS
I.ast year the railroads of the United
States asked the government for a loan
I of $700,000,000 to enable them to do
| business. The request was very prompt
lly granted and in addition a guaran
tee by the government that they, the
railroads, should make b per cent net
Ion their investments, which are based
lor. their own valuation or $19,000,000.
|000. These special privileges were
{granted in May, 1920, when the roads
claimed that they were m distress.
The farmers have recently asked aid
and on the 17th day of May. 1921, a
bijl was introduced in the Senate au
thoring the loan of $50,000,000 to the
12 Federal I /and Banks that they might
in turn loan the money to needy
farmers. From everv standpoint of
logical reasoning and good thinking
the farmers are as much entitled to
help as the railroads. Indeed, a few
political thinkers are of trie opinion |
that the farmers are in reality more I
important than the railroads. Yet
the House of Representatives granted
the Railroad 28 times as much help
as it did the farmers.
1'erhaps one of the chief reasons for j
?. .avoritism is that Congress comes j
in l?i.:ch with the farmers one day in j
two vears and comes In touch with the!
i al roads 72'> days in two years.
The farmers of the country however
should thank the Democratic ropresen
tation of the South for standing squar
ly for their interest and if the Demo
cratic party were in favor in Washing
ton things would be different. Kx.
UK VIVA I SERVICES.
Wo are requested to state that re
vival services will begin at IMney
Grove church on next Sunday after
noon at .3 o'clock. Rev. G. F. Smith.
I astor. preaching. Services will be
held Sunday night and every night
during the week. The public is Invit
ed to attend.
FIRST SALES SHOW
50 PER CENT SLUMP
IN TOBACCO PRICES
(HH.P1S WEED SEI LS AT aYER
AGE OF FRO* Si TO il2 O* THE
*?' y R1 Y
Ateragt at Lomlwrton and Fairmont
' Trom i* To $7, With Highest Pri?*n
j Ranging Aronnd gff; Georgia Jtar
hrl Kf[V"r*- ^ Wlf t|a
Leaf tobacco prices on markets in
southeastern North Carolina* South
croilna and t>eorgia were more than
nrty per cent under the averages of
the opening day last yenr. according
to reports on the initial sales at the
13J1 season yesterday "from tobacco
"towns in the three states. Price av
erages ringed from $r to ?12 per hun
dred, whereas last year the average
W;is Xroai $20 to $25 and over. The
preceding year tobacco sold at an ar
eiage of from $35 to $45 per hundred
pounds. X
Although jio reports or sales being
Stopped were received, the prices gen
oralis- were disappointing to farmers
? Rd business^ men^ _Qn_ the basis of
the Initial prices. Lohaxaat-growera ap
parently will not be abie to realize ai
appreciate proiit despite the fact
that the crop this year has been pro
duced at a greatly deduced expense
ar- compared with 19:o.
One Ray of Hope.
However, there may vet he some
thing of a silver lining tn the la'rk
' lou<'- offering^, yesterday? wen.
mostly ??primings." consisting "chiefly
I of the low graiiesofjiigs, and appar
ently little tffBai'co of the higher
M'ades was sold. The opinion has
I been advanced that there is a surplus
.of 1"W grade tobacco, hut rv.t n-.a |n.|.
Uei grades will be in demand. When
( the better grades ? wrappers, cutters
HUid bright nv.'fflge natnraliy"
j will go higher and if there is a hrislt
? ' i d for good tol:accos. the average
I within the next week or two should
I lie considerably above the opening
.r-iy's llffiiroo, ? i iiudU'U mth l. his ? are
reports that the quality of the crop is
much bett&r than last year and that
better grade* .vHli nyi'ii; Hill Ij in i
rrrmfrnmTTTs srowrs. have paid more
cttention to finality than to quautity
this season.
I Thor highest prices paid yesterday
; winged ^rrminft "2D cenfa '^a "WnsB, -
I W nile the low grades so;d jnniml fm.r
I"*-'1 ceu l.s. Oil mariots in south
^?astern -North-Carolina prtces averag
ed from $5 to $7 per hundred pounds,
l umberton reported sales of 100.000
pounds at an average of $5. with $19.50
I the top notch figure for the day, Oth
ier markets in Robeson averager about
'the same. At Fairmont nearly 90,000
: pc.tinds were sold at au average of
I $7.10 per hundred.
V>'MM X't.MKST.
A mimher of the public spirited .cit
iztns have placed their services at
j the disposal of the Cotton and Tobac
co Association organizations and have
given us the privilege of making dates
for them at any place and time we
think best, all that they ask is that
they ba informed of the dates and
places to which they are to go. These
men are doing this at their own ex
penses. the association not paving
them a cent for their services or ex
penses. They feel that^he two asso
ciations will do such an immense
amount of good to the, farmers that
they want the privilege of assisting
Franklin County in getting organized
For unavoidable reasons it has been
necessary to make a number of chan
ges in the dates at different time and
through some oversight Mr. W. H.
Yurborough was not informed of the
date that was made for mm at Frank
Hilton and therefore he failed to All
the appointment, not knowing of It.
This explanation is on our part that.
Mr. Yarborough^, may not be charged
v/lth failing to nil his ..ate through
any fault of his own | would like to
say here that without the assistance
of the men who have placed their ser
vices at the disposal of the associa
tions it would have been utterly im
possible for us to have made any suc
cess at all in organizing Franklin co
unty's quota 111 the Cotton and Tobac
co Growers Associations.
J JONES. Campaign Director.
TO CON KK OE RATE VETERANS
Ali Confederate Veterans ill Frank
tin County who wish to attend tho an
imal Reunion in North Carolina, to
be held at Durham on August 23, yr
and 25th are requested to meet at the
Courthouse in Louiaburg on Saturday
Julj> 30th.
t\ (!. ALSTON, Com.
CARD Of THANKS. i
I
We wish to extend to the people ot
[.ouisburg our deep appreciation for
the many kindnesses shown us dwr
ir.fc the past few weeks. Kaptclftlly
lo we wish to thank the neighbor*
iave heen no thoughtful of our WQr
? eert ?
Mr and Mrs. W. B. Mumford.