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MUSIC SVXNTS
AT AUDITORIUM
Pavlowa, hfllfc Wwm
rath, Rachmaninoff and
R. Martin.
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lohn A Park T? R?ium Kale Of L?
Preavarlo Next Hmh>, Assisted fcjr
Mrs. Park. - _
With an array of musical talent that
nusic lovers ot North Carolina, hare
>eldom been offered In one comprehen
sive course of unusual attractions, an
louncement Is made" by John A. Park
jf his program of evanta at the cltv
luditorium next season.
Starting with two attractions during
?he week of the State Fata- in October
md continuing until spring, the ser
es will Include some of the most 'con
spicuous artists In the music world
ind a versatility of talent calculated
.o satisfy the most exacting taste.
There will be six attractions arran
ged in one series of events at popular
prices. Tickets for all six events
will be sold at one time and reserva
tions may be made at the beginning of
he season for the entire course.
The course attractions include Rlc
>ardo Martin. Metropolitan Opera
House tenor, on November 3; Relnald
Ce'rrenrath, baritone, on December
. Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, on
j u:ary 6; Anna Case, Metropolitan
Ci't,r\ Company soprano, on February
?an i :.d. on February 27; ana Anna
Pavlo.v.t. dancer, with her Russian
Ballet ; r.d Symphony Orchestra on
March 4. \
Attractions for Wednesday and
Thursuay of Fair Weok will be an
nounced later. Tentative contracts
for a recital at that time by the late
Oirkn t uiuiiu liatl been anangodr-eoto
iect to the famous tenor's ability to
visit IJaleigh on hfs contemplated Sou
thern tour in the fall. There are sev
enil concerts for the spring season to
Opera Company completes its person
nel of artists for fall ana winter con
torts in New York.
~ Slaving a illl Mel lia aild KubcIiliTa
1914. Mr . Park has been identified with
many of the mimical successcs in Ral
eigh that have appeared at the audi
torium^ For several seasons^ he w as
in , barrc nf the big courses and sin
gle attractions presented by the ko
tarr Club. He has been identified
with the appearances of other artists,
such as Paderewskl, Farrar, McCor
mack. Galll Curcl, Lazzari, Mabel Gar
rison. Evan Williams, Kreisler, Aim
to. Gadski. Nellaon, Metropolitan Op
era House Orchestra ano othors.
Associated with Mr. Par* in the pre
sentation of musical evemi noxt sea
son will be Mrs. Park, who has assist
ed with The same kind Of work since
the Melba-Kubelik concert " of seven
years ago. Her office will be In the
new Times building^ where she ? will
handle the sale of tickets. ? Raleigh
Times .
YOlIXtSSTILLE VS. ZEBULON.
Announcement is made of a game of
baseball thlB afternoon at Youngsviilfc
between Youngsvllle .and Zebulon,
which promises to be quite an Inter
esting game. Everybody is Invited
to attend and enjoy an evening of real
ball sport.
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AMERICAN LEGION NOTES.
Jambes Post No. iOGi. American Le
gion and the Ladles Auxiliary of Louis
burg held a joint meeting last Friday
evening In the Club rooms. The oc
casion for this Joint session was a vis
it of Mr. .Kale K. Burgees, Depart
ment Adjutant of the "Legion of North
Carolina. Mr. Burgess made a very
interesting talk to the legionnaires
about the objects and hopes of the leg
Ion, which was enjoyed very much by
all who were fortunate enough to
hear him. The club rooms were very
tastily decorated for the occasion and
the Ladies Auxiliary served punch,
ice creatft and cake .
Loulshurg has a live post and auxil
iary. and they will surely be heard
from In the future In their efforts in
behalf of civic and social betterment
In the community.
The state convention of the Ameri
can l-eglon meets In Kendorsonvllle,
N. C.. August 27-2#, and the follow
ing named delegates have bean elect
ed. For the Pasl: 8. P. Boddfe and
T. K. Stockard. Alternates, Clyde
F. Collier and ji E. Mhlone, Jr. JPor
the Ladles Auxiliary: Mrs. Julia B.
Swindell and Miss Ruth Rail.
The Club also wishes to express Its
sincere appreciation and gratitude to
Mir, L. W. Parrlsh for the hr.ndsotno
clock whtehfcio presented to i.he club.
And also to remind the public and es
pecially Oteh- friends that the club Is
Htlll In a very reeepttve frame of mind.
Oar Own Harden Hint*.
Robert wants to know tmw to tell
whMhet or not the little green (hoots
that appear lo.bta garden are weeds.
Yank tbem oittj Ro*en; It they come
up again th^f are weeds.? Boston
Transcript.:
TO OPEN TUESDAY WEEK
AUDITORIUM TO BE CONVERTED
nrro class booms.
Willi rryfii A 'I I hUdrtn to En
tor FrtapUf 01 The Fir* I Vtj ?
Get Book Lists.
? A? an additional ? pre??ration ? tor
which will open Tuesday week, Supt.
Mills Informs us that the Board will
have partitions run In the Auditorium
dividing It Into class rooms. He
ges all pupils to enter the first day
and attend regularly all the session,
for best results. Speaking further in
regard to the school Supt. Mills says:
School opens Tuesday, Aug. 30, and
It Is urged that all pupils be In school
on the opening day. All children
from 6 to 21 years of age are eligible
to attend the school, but we are not
allowed to receive any children under
alx years of age. The State law for
bids and the interest of the child de
mands that he be allowed to grow till
he la at least six with no task to inter
fere.
To all pupllB who failed of promo
tion an opportunity will be given next
week to stand examination. No pupil
will be allowed to go up to the next
grade who Is not found able to do the
?work.
Send to school one day next weea
and get a book list, look over the
books you have, use all of them you
can, buy only such as are necessary.
It aids us greatly If you will attend
to this next week.
The school belongs to the people
and demands a large amount of mon
ey. We want all the patrons to help
us make it a paying inatitutlOh.
CATCHES SNAKE .
Information was brought to Ixmls
burg Saturday that Frank Griffin, ol
Cedar Rock township, whor' claims to
be a holiness preacher, declared he
cquld pick up a snake and even if the
snake bit him" it would not Injure him
as he was holy. So nrrangements
was made fortlm to catch a snake
?Top Collins, which he did, the snake
biting him on both hands. In a short
while his hands were badly swelled
and at last information were in a bad
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AT METHODIST CH.UBCH
We are requested to state that there
will be regular services at th6 Metho
diHL (Jliuiuli on next Uunaay morning
and night, conduced b- Pastor G. F.
Smith.
There will also be services at Piney
Grove Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock^
Rev. ?. F. Smith preaching.
The public is cordially invited to
each of these services.
REY. T . I). COLLINS TO PREACH.
Announcement has been made that
'Rev. Trela D. Collins, a former pas
tor, but now with Wake Forest Col
4ego, ? will f>r?.ieh ? a' f be Louisburg
Baptist Chiirih Sunday at me regular
hours.
Everybody is Invited to go out and
hear Rev. Mr. Collins.
I HI S [I STILL HOPE
FOR A SETTLEMENT
Pessimism Glres Way To Reasoned
Optimism On Ere of Parliament
Meeting.'
Dublin, Aug. 15. ? The pessimism
over the IriBh situation wtilch today
In some quarters in Dublin reached al
most to the point of hopelessness,
yielded tonight to reasoned optimism
when the program for the meeting to
morrow of the Dall Eirean was made
public.
Instead of Immediately taking up the
problem of peace, or vm. , the Sinn
Fein parliament will spend at least
two days In dealing with the formali
ties Incident to the opening of the
new legislative body, thus providing
an opportunity for many things to hap
pen behind the scenes.
All Ireland Is eagor for a decision by
the parliament on the British govern
ment's termR. whether it be accept
ance of them, the expression of a de
sire for further negotiations, or rejec
tion, in order to remove the tension
which exists.
The belief prevails that rejection
wotlld mean a resumption on an In'1
tensifled scale when the trace ends, of
the guerrilla warfare that tor so long:
terrified the country.
Dublin castle officials view the pro
longation of the sessions of the Dall
fflrean Ih various lights.
One section of the British govern
ment forces expresses the fear that de
lay In Immediately acting on the trou
blesome questions at Issue may pro
voke the military. whl$h Is doClared to
be not hopeful of a favorable settle
ment, into making preparations for
eventualities.
The other section, however, advan
ces the opinion that the longer the
members of the Dall Klrean are In
debate the greater will be the chance
for acceptance of the Imperial govern
ment's terms. These persons affect
to a bright spot In a prolonged ses
?Ion. arguing that one day would be
sufficient to ond the negotiations if
the republican cabinet so desired.
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TAB KITES LEAGUE.
? _ W. L Pet.
? LOU13BURO 3 ? 1.?00
? Justice 2 1 9?7
? Casta Ua 1 2 .3*4
s. ? Spring Hnpr 1 ,HlW
?- ? ? ? a. . ? m ? 9 m
LOL'ISBUBG DEFEATS C'ASTALLA LN |
TEH IKKlKeS.
prettiest and fastest games of ball yet
In the Tar Riwr League, Louis
defeated Castalla In the tenth by
[the score of 4 to 3. The features of
the game was the pitching of Rohsrts,
who was Invincible In the pinches and |
the good playing of the entire Louls
burg club.
The box score follows:
Caataita. Ab. R. H. E.
Everette, lb 5 12 0
Thorn, 3b 5 0 0 2
Fraileer, rf _V_ _ 5 110
Cooper. If 5 0 0 0
Green, 2b-.. 5 1 3
Lancaster,? cf S 0 0 1_
Delhrldye. Sa 5 0 0 0
Melvfn, c 4 0 0 9
4 0 10
Totals: 43 3 7 3
Loulsburg -v Ab. R. H. E.
Hagwood, If x 5 110
Ford, ss S L 1 2
[Whltaker, 2b 5 10 1
Underwood, 3b 5 0 1 (L
Ruffln, cf 1 0 0 0
PeopTSTrT -? 5 0 10
Roberts, p 5 0 0 0
King, c 4 0 2 0
Tlmberlake, cf 4 110
Totals: 43 4 7 4
, Score by Innings: R.
2Q& ooi ano o ? a
Loulsburg '?I?. 100 010 010 1 ? 4
JUSTICE BEATS SPRING HOPE
Spring "Hope, Aug. 12. ? Justice de
feated Spritig Hope here t<#lay in a.
good game of baseball by the score
of S to 3 .
I.OUISBURG CONTINUES TO WIN.
Justice, Aug. 17 . ? Loulsburg de
feated Justice here today 11 to 6. The
1 features of the game was the hard
I hitting of the entire Loulsburg team
land the pitching of Barnes for Louis
Ihurg. besides allowing o?ly 2 hit# .a?
| ter he relieved Rowe in t&o second,
he hit the old pill for 3 two base hits.
Luther Whitaker pulled the "Babe
Ruth" stunt by hitting the ball for a
fhome run In the fourth. As usual
Wester, for Juutloo, wan tho fielding
Btar, robbing Hagwood of a clean hit j
in the fourth.
Box score follows:
Loulsburg Ab. R. H. E.
Hagwood. If 5 1 1 0
Furd, s?
Whitaker, 2b T 4 3 2 2
Underwood, 3b 4 1 0 0
?Roberts, lb 4 111
Allen, rf 4 2 11
Barnes, cf. p 5 1-3 1
King, c 2 0 0.1
Rowe, p, cf 4 0 1 ? 0
Totals: 36 11 11 6
Justice Ab. R. H. E.
Wheless, J. E. 2b 5 1 1 0
Wheless, E. J. ss 4 10 0
Rich, If 4 2 11
Rice, lb 4 0 0 0
Bowden, rf 4 0 0 0
Wester, cf 4 12 0
I Mullen, 3b ? ?4 0 2 0
|Bunn, P. p, c 4 0 0 1
Flow, p 1 110
Bunn. D. c 3 0 0 2
Totals: i 37 6 7 4
Score by Innings. R.
Loulsburg 000 400 043 ? 11
Justice 400 600 Oil? 6
Summary: Two base hits, Flow.
Whitaker, Allen, Barnes 3, Hagwood;
Home run Whitaker; Sacrifice hits,]
Roberts, King 2, Underwood.
Loulsburg, playn Castalia in Louis- I
burg today at 4^ o'clock at the Fair
Grounds .
CASTALIA WI*S FROM SPRING |
HOPE .
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Castalia, Aug. 17. ? Castalia defeat
ed Spring Hope here today In an In
teresting game of base ball by the
f^core of 3 to 1.
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ZEBULON HAS EASY WIN .
OVER YOCNGSVILLE, 8-S |
Zebu Ion. Aug. 16. ? With Jim Allen
giving the visitor* only three hits.
Zebulon won an easy victory from
YcAingsvlIle in the Bright Leaf League
game here today by the score of 8 to 3.
Sorrell. who started for Youngsvllle,
was hit hard but Forsyth, who relieved
him in the fifth, allowed only one hit.
The game was featured by catch ee
by Pierce and Kemp of Zebulon and
homers by Finch and Whitley, also of
Zebulon.
Score: R. H. E.
Youngsvllle 3 3 4
Zebulon 8 10 4
Batteries: Sorrell. Forsyth and Den
nis; Allen and Whitley.
FOR FORGING CHECKS.
Hubert Hawkins, colored, Is In Jail
awaiting trial today before Squire A.
W. Alston for forglnx check* on Jos
eph John Allen, Dawltt Moors and D.
P. Moore.
TBMPS f.lAKD COJfCOBD MILLS
FM Arrnt Made By aUHmrj WHcb j
Crw the (iiari Lhie.
Onmiird. Aug. 16. ? One arrest wmm
mtf It-brre this morning at'^the op?t?-'
IBS the Locke cotton mtll1 when an
unidentified man attempted * to cross
1M rortl Una thrown jtiouad id; pin
properly hy Statu troQEa,
? Bt arieated Bum searched. e
rwfnlrer found on bis pers<rtf and the
KBjrtsmen tnrned him over to the lo
cal police authorities . Ha did not re
stat anil there was no serious disturb
ing* IollAwm# hid arrest. Tlie-nnnr
ls being held In the city prison.
The lx)cke mill re-opened at 7:30
o'clock this morning, approximately
160 employes going to work. A crowd
of 800 or more unkm workers out on
strifes fathered about the mill, but con
tented themselves with "heckling"
thoae who went to work.
Why Treop? Are gtil.
Governor Morrison announced that
the decision to order troops to Con
cord in view of the striking situation
case after urgent requests from city
and county officials of Caoarrus coun
ty. Mayor J. W. Womble, of Concord
yesterday in a formal request to the
gorernor for troops stated that the sit
uation was growing worse and it was
felt that rioting may result Monday
morning and that human life will be
sacrificed unless sufficient force Is pro
Tided. All efTorts to secure a suffic
ient number of police have tailed he
stated.
Sheriff C. L. Spears wired that as
the cliy authorities could not handle
the, situation and he could not. the mat
ter was in the hands of the governor In
XjMft_irouhle should start. Chief of
Po)Pee < A. Robinson urged that
troops be sent at once before it was
too late as the situation could not be
handled by city authorities.
Barret On Scene.
F .
of the (
North Carolina Federation of Labor, is 1
at Concord in order to set first-hand !
information regarding the situation
and stated that he has been in close
June 1 after wages hadtoofch cut forty
per cent by the mill ov.-ners . The
employees urged that the cut should
iet-^ywo Uwmi- i-n per cent. Pick
et~Iinee~ have been kept by the men
around the mills and an anti-picketing
ordinance will be contested in the
courts, union leaders say and will pro
bably decide the future on picket lines
4a the State.
The only new development in the
strike situation in Concord, so far as
the adjutant-general's oftitfe had been
Informed was that Major Faison had
availed himself of the general order al
'company If he found it necessary, and
the telegram from Camp Glenn stating
that Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts
was on his way to Concord, and would
pass through Raleigh this afternoon at
4 o'clock. The telegram from Major
Faison said that he thought it would
be tor the best interests of the public1
to call on the Charlotte company.
Another one of the cotton mills was |
opening up today and he wantod addi
tional troops to aid In preserving or
der. - .
There has been no disturbances up
to the time the last message was filed
by the commanding officer in charge
tie re. He did not hallava there would
be trouble If he had sufficient troops on
hand to stop anything that looked like
a riot In its inclplency.
J. Frank Mitchell, chief clerk of the
department, Is keeping m touch with
the situation in the absence of the ad
jutant-general and the assistant adju
jti.nt. Major Gordon Smith, both of
whom had gone to Camp Glenn tor the
annual summer encampment of the |
cavalry troops of the State. Mr. Mit
chell Intercepted General Metts at !
Newbefn last night and nail messages
coverinc all the details delivered to
htm on the train at Newbern. He m*t
the train passing through Raleigh this
afternoon and gave him of! the addi
tional Information In hand. I
EXTENSION Nf'HF.DriiE .
The following schedule has been
announced by the School Extension
Service:
Friday, August 19th ? Hunn.
Saturday, August 20th? Roberts.
Monday, August 22nd? Popes.
Tuesday. August 2Srd ? New Hope.
WodMsday, August 24th ? Mapleville
Thursday, August 26tW? Mt. Grove.
Friday, August 26th ? Wood.
IK ginning with the new program, i
Monday, August 22nd the meetings
Will be opened at eight O'clock . The
nights are growing lunger and dark
cornea a little earlier. tSall the at
tention of your neighbors to this
chang* and come In time to see the
first picture.
I,et each community put rorth a spec
lal effort to Increase Its attendanc e on
th?sne*t program. I ,etR try again to
have every man. woman and chllfl of
the Immediate and surrounding, com
munltlaa present. It helped In the j
winter, win It not do the same In the
summer?
We (forays enjoy the local commu
nity programs and we nope each com
munity will make a contribution of !
this kind At each meeting. Come out
and enjoy these meetings next week.
lu t:all out the CharTgtre
F0RD5ET FllBtr *
UtrrtfKT ni HorsE
<_ut llTMWfff trt fl-cal Y far
win )Wi ENt o( |
Tnf?
WWUUBfMB, All*. 1?.? A reduction
of f7t0.73^0*t hk Um a&oual thrift bill
of die nation will result from the chan
t?? In fh? m>-r?ir?mt? ?rt Mnhnritrrt
Hew ? t?i ? bill.
ntsifraao TWrtirey of the ways imtf
meui cwttlw declares In a major
ity report Hied today with the House .
" Inasmuch as the repeal of the . ex
cess profits tax and reduction of sur
taxes on Individual incomes do not be
come effectli* until the calendar year,
1922," the report said, $4*56 ,2 5#, 000 of
the contemplated loss of revsnoe will
not be reflected in revenue collections
prior to 1923."
Actual reductions In taxes for this
fiscal year, the report continued, are
estimated at approximately $200,000,
000, total collections under the new
570,0?ft.000 gutter the present htw^ ? ?
Estimated Cat
Estimated reductions in taxes begin
ning with the calendar year 1923, are
given in tl? report as follows :
Repeal of excess profits, Janaury 1,
11*22. $450,000,000.
Reduction of sur-tax rates on indi
vidual incomes to 32 per cent, January
1. 1922. $90,000,000. ?
Increased exemptions of heads of
families to $2,500, for Incomes not in
excess of $5,000, $40,000,000.
Additional exemptions tor dependents
Increased to $400. from $200, $30,000,
000.
Repeal of all transportation taxes,
January 1, 1922. $262,000,000.
~ Repeal uf tax uti llfe-ftisiff Alice, $6,
300,000.
Candy Tax Reduced
Reduction of taxes oil candy $8,000,
000.
Sporting goods $2,000,000.
So-called luxury taxes $15,000,000.
KstimrHfil Ta'1"' in '?'*?? h-irinnintT
with the calendar year, 1923, are given
as follows:
Increase of rorporuiHm income ta x
from 10 to 12 1-2 per cent January 1.
1>"?. I123.7im.fflm :
License to sellers of soft drinks, $10,
,000,000.
Tax of six cents on cerestl beveragtfs
Tax of five cents on carbonic acid
gas. $2,000,000.
Taxes on fruit juices, still drinks and
fountain syrups, $12,000,000.
Substitution of manufacturers' taxes
on toilet preparations and proprietary^
medicines for existing stamp taxes.
$8,000,000. ,
The total loss in revenue is thus
placed at $968,080,000 and the total
gains at $177.750.000. leaving the net
loss of $790,330,000 estimated by the
report.
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MAYOR JOYNER ENDORSED
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
As the Mayor of Loulsburg and as a
citizen of Franklin county 1 want to
'express my hearty endorsement of the
| Cotton and Tobacco Growers Associa
|tions for I believe them the only real
ily practical way in which our farmers
land business men can recover from the
present depression caused by the low
prices paid the past season for cotton
land tobacco. In the organizations I
can see ? very definite effort to place
the selling of farm crops on a basis
as businesslike as that employed by
any modern business concern and I
can see no reason why tnese methods
should not prove as successful for
the sale of these crops as they have
proven for. all other lines of business.
I can see fix these associations a
movement which I sincerely believe
*111 bring prosperity to Franklin,
county and tq the whole South in a
manner never before paralleled. In
stead of the high prices paid for these
crops during the latter part of the war
and the year following with a corres
ponding high scale of prices for things
which we had to buy there will be, it
appears to me, an unending period of
highly profitable prices for these crops
without the high prices wc were for
ced lo pay tbe last few years for the
things we bought.
It la my earnest hope that every far
raer wfU become a member of each or
Kanlsatfton an<f help to make Franklin
county the KQftperons farthing section
it ?hfHil<t
L. L. JOYNER.
Ntyyor of the town of i/ouisburg. j
WUHAVS AUXILIARY TO MEET.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Tar Kiver
Association will meet with Sharon
Haptist Church, Wise. N. C. First
meeting will be held Thursday, Sept.
1st. at 3:30 p. m. All day session
Friday 2nd.
All delegates going will pleaoe let
Miss Lena White, Wise. N. C. know
what train they will come on an J
what day.
Mrs. Robt. A. Bobbitt. Sec'y.
Nothing Small A boat Her
Lady (In stationery store)? I would
like to look at a globe, please.
Clerk? Do you want a small or largo 1
alze?
Lady - What Is the price of one In t
the natural size? )l
TO WIND UP CAMPAIGN
FRIDAY, Al?f8T NTH, 1M1, LAST
BAT. :
Canadian Ttfctee* G rewer* Get
Iggsflffi Bales < otU? T.
Be Shipped T? Eirope.
If Hit ?litm ? uii iWBet ml"
tne pians tor UM Soil wind-up
cotton and tobacco sign-up cam
were made and aa they now
there is only ijhort wnU? in
the tanners hare a rhanre tn a,
f8r this years crop of cotton and mh
In the higher prices which several .
the other states are getting . The
date for the wind-up is Friday, August
26th and on that date every commit' ?
tee man, eyery man who nna signed a
contract and every business mu in
the county Is expected to go out and
assist In the sign-up that day that:
there may not he a fannot-in thf mm
ty 'who has not been given the
of joining the organization and re
ceiving the aMtarance that he wlH w ar
er have to make ootton and tobacco at
starvation prices any mo,e.
Oklahoma, Mississippi, Texas and
Arizona have completed their sign -no
and have elected directors. These di
rectors have employed one of the most
expert cotton men in. the South aa
saleamanager and already have ar
ranged for the sale of 3,000,444 bales of
cotton to Europe and the' War Finance
Corporation and the Federal Reserve
Banks ha^Tdvanced J35.000.000 to
the members of these associations.
These 3.000,000 bales ?iat are being
shipped to Europe will probably sup
ply fifty per cent or more ot the Euro
pean demand for cotton with the con
sequence tnat the speculators who are
accustomed to shipping the entire for
eign supply of cotton will find a biff"
portion of .their market already sup
plied and as the Cotton orowers Asso
ciation is also selling cotton to the
nulls Here in the United States they
will lind their home market more or k
I Mill i urn licted anil [Inii ifeiHSinls Uc? ?
^ ing less it would seem natural that
j the price they offer the farmer will be
I riucli leas. Oirrtie ottrer hand the As
jsociation is taking the farmery cotton
HHid shipping it to foreign markets and
( getting TTie same prices for it the
1 speculators were getting, they are
shipping it just as cheaply as the spec
1 ulntor doc9:~an3 Hie iajmm1 L? lii'ing
nnM - ??
paid the profit the speculator has
been getting which is much the largest
share.
j The Tobacco Associairon la making
^progress but the sign-up has not been
[Quite so nearly completed in the state
as the cotton one. In Franklin coun
ty the sign-up has not yet reached the
two million pound mark but Is draw
ing near it and from, present indica
tions _il will soon be Car beyond that
amount. There is a greater need for
a change in tobacco marketing than
in any other product the farmer sells
for there Is probably 'no other crop
grown in which there is a greater dls
crimination in prices. The Canadian
farmers just finished the sale of their
last years tobacco crop in the late
spring with an average of forty cents
per pound for sand lugs and one dol
lar and twenty-five cents Tor their beat
grades. This was done tn spite of
the fact that they grow only a com
paratively small amount compared to
ours an were therefore not in a posi
tion to set their own price had they
sold to speculators instead of to man
ufacturers. These prices were ob
tained tn spite of the fact that we are
told that there is a great over supply
of tobacco. Had the southern fanner
been organized in 1920 as were the Ca
nadian farmers there Is every reason
to believe that they would have re
ceived a very substantial profit on
last years crop of tobacco instead of
the ruinous prices which were pa}4
This is the biggest' opportunity bjr
far the southern farmer has ever had
and he will show in the very neap fu
ture whether he deserves anything
better for his crops than he has been
getting. It he fails to sign up with
his brother farmers for better pctpee
and has to continue receiving staifvSr
tlcn prices tor his products then l)||i to
getting not one whit mora than he de
serves and has no just cause to com
plain if hq remains in a poverty strick
en state.
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HOUND OYEK TO COl'BT
Norman Harris, colored, was bound
over to Court ui.der a $300 bond by
'Squire A. W. Alston Wednesday tor
operating an illicit distillery . He
was brought in by Sheriff H. A. Kear
ney, Constable J. E. Thomas and Mr
Robt. Alston, after they had made a
raid on Cedar Creek and destroyed a
still outfit and about 300 galloua of
beer. The officers claim they saw
Norman at the still and saw hint when
he ran off.
Sheriff H. A. Kearney and Deputy
Sheriff W. N. Fuller captured a still
outfit tfbout six miles northeast of
L*>nlsburg Wednesday afternoon and
destroyed *00 gallons of beer.
Deputy 8heriff E. B. Moor*. Mftd
Deputy Sheriff RlchartJ Laughter, of
Nash County, capture* a M gal ton
Moonshine still eu Tar Hirer hack Ot
Abaer Stalling* place jm Weduefltttf,
and destroyed SM gallouu beer. S
still was ruautac but the '
made their eaoue.