EASTERN GROWERS
ANGERED BY PLOT
DENOUNCE ALL
SLACKERS
Pitt And Craven County Co-ops
Hold Enthusiastic Meetings
Endorsing- Association
Condemning the action which la be
ing taken by some disloyal members
of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association, the organised tobacco
grower* of Pitt County In a unanimous
resolution passed at Greenville on
?..June 29 In their regular monthly
meeting, stated that they proposed to
.resist to the uttermost the efforts of
the class and character of men who
are attempting to disrupt their asso
ciation. Following the statement
that "as loyal member*, we pledge
ourselves tp aid and urge our direc
tors to enjoin and prosecute to the
uttermost touch flagrant contract
breakers," the Pitt County members
of the tobacco cooperative declared
"We express our confidence in the
directors and other officers of the as
sociation and our hearty approval of
th?lr administration of the business
of i he tuMW. We call upon all
loyal membon to nil; to the support
of the association to fight tor our
rights, to resent all misrepresenta
tion* and slanders ot our association
and Its officers, as reflections upon
and Insult* to every loyal member."
Other resolutions approving the
sales policy ot lhatr association and
favoring the orderly selling of their
tobacco at the association's prices,
instead of dumping and selling at
the buyer's prices, were unanimously
passed with an expresstbn ot thanks
to all business Interests who have
supported and helped the organized
growers.
The fate of Fred A. Elks, the larg
tobacco grower of North Carolina's
biggest tobacco growing county, who
is under a restraining order to show
cause why he should not deliver his
1923 crop to the cooperative associa
tion, and is being sued for $6,000 li
quidated damages (or tobacco that he
is alleged to have sold at auction, may
be shared by more than a hundred
other Pitt county farmers who brought
legal action against the association
on the night ot June 25.
Aocording to M. o. Wilson, Secre
tary of the Tobacco Growers Cooper
ative Association, these growers of
Pitt County"by their very suits havo
Invited and laid themselves open to
The Board of Health warns you to screen your home
against flies and Typhoid Fever.
I have a large stock of SCREEN WIRE, DOORS,
ETC. ON HAND.
TOBACCO SPRAYERS and ARSENATE OF LEAD
FRUIT JARS TOPS, RUBBERS
NEW LOT ALUMINUM WARE
Agency for "VUDOR"- Ventilating Porch Shades,
Best made, see sample at my store.
A store full of good Hardware
H. O. TAYLOR
Hardware
Our June Message
Bay your Drugs and Medicines at Scoggin's Drug Store It you
want the freshest and best.
Rave your Prescriptions filled at Scoggin's, if you want the BEST
SERVICE and BE8T PRICES.
Ask your Physician to leave your Prescriptions at Scoggin's if you
want your friends to fill them.
Just received the largest, latest and -niftiest line of Stationery
erer brought to Louisburg. Kinds that can not be had anywhere
except at Scoggin's. fl'
Scoggin's will be headquarters for Turnip Seed thU- Summer.
Our Mr. O. L. Aycock has bought the very best kinds, and from
this year's crop, which will insure you a good drop.
Our Ice Cream (the VELVET kind) and Cold Drinks are unsur
passed by any.
Trade at Scoggin's thereby showing your appreciations for an old
friend who has stood by you for 30 years.
Scoggin Drug Store
Per Q. L. AYCOCK
All Summer Goods
? .* 4 ?
I
-At
? BARGAIN PRICES
I We are offering our entire stock at prices to suit you
summer time purse.
I
1 ' *? BEAUTIFUL NEW LINE
of VoileB, Lawns, Organdies and Dotted Swiss
\ ^ just received.
Come in and see us before you buy.
THE LADIES SHOP
ft. Surla* Prop. Mrs. J. A. Turner, Mgr.
StrM* ? LouUburg, H. 0.
fc. ' ' < > n ? i -
counter-claim and Injunction."
Like W. T. Jones and Z. A Horrell,
the flrkt contract breaker* sued by
the association, whose tobacco ot the
19S3 crop Is still under the injunction
1b sued by Judge Daniels more than
eight months ago, the Pitt county far
mers who seek to avoid delivery o f
their 1923 crop to their owV organi
sation, are giving their fellow- farm
era with whom they have contracted
to deliver, an early notlc* at their In
tention to abandon at Its very start,
the enterprise which Chelf Justice
Clark ot the North Carolina Supreme
Court called "the most hopeful move
ment to obtain Justice and Improve
the condition of farmers."
The effort ot a few of the farmers
ot Pitt county to avoid delivery of
their 1923 crop of tobacco to their own
association has caused a wave ot loy
alty throughout Eastern North Caro
lina which has never fceen equalled
In the history of the association. Sev
eral hundred members of the associa
tion from Craven county who met in
Vanceboro last .week held the most
enthusiastic meeting ot association
members which has taken place in
that section elnce the farmers of
Kastern North Carolina Joined hands
to Improve their system of marketing.
Director J. Y. Joyner, from Raleigh
headquarters, Director J. H. Coward,
of Ayden, R. J. Works, of Kentucky,
and Ai'chie D. Odum, of Nashville,
were among the speakers who ad
dressed meetings ot Pitt and Craven
ccunty tobacco farmers during the
past week.
The serious crop shortage in Vir
ginia has reached alarming propor
tions, according to the latest reports
of the county chairmen and secretar
ies of the tobacco association In twen
ty-four counties ot that state, and a
shortage of 35 per cent, as compared
to last year's crop, seems certain
from the estimate based upon report*
handed In from twenty-four Virginia
counties on June 21.
CBEK.N LAWX8 FOB ALL SUMMER
Raleigh, July 3. ? "Lawns will ?ot
remain green during the hot mid
summer" says F. F. McCall, Garden
Specialist for the North Carolina
State College and Department of Ag
riculture "It the lawn grasses are on
ly annual spring grasses or If the
lawn soil Is tgo sandy or lacking in
humus ; or If "there is poor . drainage
or a lack ot moisture- When two or
more ot these factors enter, then the
lawn cannot help but become unsight
ly during mid-summer".
Lawns can be green throughout
the year if the soil Is properly pre
pared. Mr. McCall says that an Ideal
soil Is one moderately moist and con
taining considerable clay: a soil that
holds moisture well and has a tenden
cy to be heavy and compact rather
than loose and sandy. The applica
tion of 'well rotted manure or leaf
mold, lining and drainage are impor
tant.
Mr: McCall gives the following for
mula for the preparation of the lawn
on one fourth acre.
Well rotted stable manure or leaf
mold 10 loads ,
Utrae 250 lh*. -j
Ground bone (fine) 200 lbs.
Fertilizer (3 per cent nitrogen
6-8 per cent Phosphoric aclde 8
per cent potash) 100 lbs.
"A lawn" states Mr. McCall "in
which the major element Is Bermuda
Grass will be most likely to succeed
under our extremely hot conditions
while Italian rye grass matos a splen
did winter lawn.
"The lawn should not be clipped
too closely nor too often, nor should
the grass be raked ? the cut grass may
look bad for a day or two but it will
toon settle about the (rtu roots ?uid
help protect them from the burning
sun."
REVIVAL SEASON *
At Cedar Rock and Hickory
Rock; Dr. A. Paul Bagby of
Wake Forest to Be at Cedar
Rock
The revival meeting will begin at
Cedar Rock on July 8th, 2nd Sunday
Dr. A. Paul Bagby. pastor of the Wake
Forest Church will do the preaching.
Dr. Bagby la one of the ablest preach
ers of the South, and occupies one of.
If not the most important pulpit In
the South.
The people of Franklin County are
iuvlted to attend these services. Dr.
Bagby Is expected to draw great
crowds from all over the entire coun
ty and even out of the county.
Services will be held each afternoon
and evening at S and 8 p. m. during
tbe week following the 2nd Sunday
In July.
The meeting at Hickory Hock will
begin the week following the meeting
at Cedar Rock, which will be the third
week.
If you want to know the facts about
fi'rm credit in North Carolina write
the editor of the extension service at
haleigh for a copy of the May. 1923,
Bulletin of the Department of Agrl
cculture. It's title is "Farm Credit
in North Carolina-"
Cotton Blooms
Mr. John W. Harris, of Loutsburg.
township, brought to the TIMES of
fice Friday, June 29th, a white cotton
tloom taken from his field. Mr. Har
lis has tho honor of being the first,
to present a bloom In this section
this year.
Mr. D. Q. Pearce, near Loulsbttrg.
tent In the second bloom Friday.
Mr. 0. S. Cottrell, of near Moulton,
brought In a red bloom Saturday.
Mr. N. S. Phelps, ot near Loulsburg
brought in a red bloom on Saturday.
S. T. Delbrldge, of near Cedar Rock
brought In two red blooms Monday.
^Henry H. Yarboro, colored, of near
Moulton, brought In a red bloom
Monday.
Johnnie Day, Jr., colored, of near
Emilsburg, brought In a white bloom
Monday.
Recorder's Court
Judge O. M_ Beam had only a few
ct ses before him Monday. The f ol -
lcwlng dispositions were made:
State vs Sam Denton, slander,
guilty, Judgment suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
? State vs O. T. Meade, assault, prose
cuting witness moves to withdraw
warrant. Motion allowed upon pay
ment of costs.
State vs Frank Byrd, upw, pleads
guilty, fined $10 and costs.
State vs Sol Williams, selling whis
key, guilty, prayer for judgment con
tlnued to first Monday In December
upon payment of costs.
State vs Howard Glllls and John
Wllloughby, affray, Wllloughby plead*
guilty, guilty as to Glllls, 12 months
on roads to begin at expiration of
present sentence, as to Wllloughby,
Judgment suspended upon pnyment of
costs as to Glllls.
State vs P. A. Strickland, adw, guil
ty, prayer for Judgment continued to
first Monday In December upon pay
ment of costs.
State vs BenJ. P. Odom, ccw, con
tinued to Monday, July 9th.
PEN DERIS
YELLOW FRONTSTORES
Swift's Pic Nic Shoulders, Pound / 14c
Jell-0 All Flavors . . 11c Tomatoes, Large Can. 17c
Ice Cream Salt, 10 pound bag 22c
Underwood '8 Deviled Ham or Tongue, Can 17c
Fmpire Evaporated Milk, Large Can 12c
Butter, Cut from the original tub, P<5u?3 . .77 .... 48c
Prairie Hose Butter, 1 lb Prints ...... r. 50c
1-4 lb Prints 52c
D. P. Extracts, Lemon or Vavilla, full 2 oz. bottle. .25c
?.ard, Found 15c
Ivory Soap, family Size. .0 l-4c Fab, Pkg 11c
Olive-G'o Toilet Soap, Bar 5c
3 on. Jar 8 oz. Jar Pint Jar
Qelfand's Mayonnaise 15c 25c 49c
D, P. Oak?, Plain, Layer or Baiain, Pound 25c
~ D. P. YSLLO# LABXL TEA
2 oz. Pkg. .10c ' 1-4 lb Pkg.. ,17o 1-2 lb Pkg.. .32c
^ lib Iltg. . .80c .
A Blend of the Finest Orange Pekoes
Makc4 Delicious Jce Tea for the hot summer days
j m ^ (J? " ' ? ?' 1 -> ^ ?*??> tii?_ . "j j
Bridge and Rook Tovrn&menf
The W out* 11 ' s Auxiliary of St. Paijla
Church will (Ire a bridge nod rook
(iiurutuu In the building next to
l*ck"? Oarage, Wednesday, July 11,
at 10 a. m Refreshments will be
served. Please reserve tables at 5c
cents, per plate. Phone Mrs. B. H.
l'erry by Monday nlgbt, July 9th.
MRS. C0LL1H8 6KT8 DUJfOSU
ttl.Xi
Mrs. Claude Collins was 1he lucky
contestant In the drawing tor the (100
diamond ring at Riff's Jewelry Store
Saturday afternoon, the lucky num
ber being 464. Constable J. E..
Thomas drew the coupons from the
box. The ftrst number drawn was
199. Non one present hoMtng this
another drawn was made which pre
sented No. 266. There being no one
present with this number the third
ai d last whs taken from the box and
announced.
Have you marked on your calendar
these dates, "July 31, Aug. 1 and 2"?
If not President J. Y. Joyner of the
Farmer's Convention at State College
wants you to do so today. It will be
the biggest gathering of progressive
farmers to be held In North Carolina
In several years.
Von Guard Agnlnst Burglars, But
What About Ruts'
Rats steal millions of dollars' worth
of grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy
pr6perty and are a menace to health.
If you are troubled wtth rats, try
RAT-SNAP. It will surely kill them
? prevent odars. Cats or dogs won't
touch It. Comes In cakes. Three
sizes, 3f>c, 65c, $1 25. Sold and guar
anteed by Cash Grocery and Market.
Summer Blouses
Overblouses in semi-tailored
style* are most in demand for sum
mer wear. Handkerchief linen la
a popular fabric for l hem and so is
English broadcloth and novelty
dimities in colors. Illustrated ar*
some of the welMikcd models.
The Great Majestic
"The Range With a Reputation"
Special Demonstration
July 9th to 2lst
McKINNE BROS.
PAY CASH and PAY LESS
NOTICE!
The Board of County Com
missioners will meet on Mon
day, July 9th, 1923 at 9:30
o'clock as a Board of Equaliza
tion. All persons having com
plaints to make as to the tax
vi-luation of their property are
notified to make sneh com
plaints on the above date. Any
one knowing of any property,
that is on the tax list at too low,
a value will please furnish thia
information to the Board at
t is time.
By order of the Board of
County Commissioners,
Arthur Strickland, Chairman.
S. C. Holden Clerk. , -
? " ?