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THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UHION subscription r?r YOLCMK LIL LOCUBCBG, H. O, E. C. PERRY RE-ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT PUB LIC WELFARE At Joint Meeting of Board of Education and County Com missioners Monday. In compliance with the law the Boards of County Commissioners and Education met in special session Mon day afternoon to take action on the Welfare work In Franklin County. The members of the Board of County Commissioners present were Chair man Strickland, Dean, Pace, Jonea, Speed, and those of tile Board of Edu cation were Chairman Johnson, Win Eton, Dickens and Jane* The flrBt ru>'l>u piesenteiJ ?ns 10 Oifitintinue wot it. lut the et'orney Itformed the meat.- g <t cou'tf not dcx that under the -law. A motion was ihen presented to con tinue the work as in the past, and was carried by a large majority. Another motion requiring the Sup erintendent to own an automobile to be used by him in the work was car ried unanimously. A motion prevailed making the ?al ary of the Superintendent for the next two years, including nil expenses $] ,300.00. The Chairman then read the appli cations for the position at Superin . "'viit from the following: E. C. i J. S. Wiggins, W. C. Stallings \. S. Joynor. v . i motion the members of the Jo;u. : ting went into executive ses sion a;.;i ' oqfc a ballot which resulted I'trry 8, Stullings 1. Tlie Superintendent was also re quired to attend the Stale Welfare In titule for two weeks, and the Jwo Boards agreed to contribute to the e>pense of this trip $10 each. Before adjournment the two Boards approved a $40,000.00 loan from the State Bull (liny fun 1 for Youngaville ?School District. Knthing further to come before the Joint meeting adjournment was taken. List of Jurors The following is a list of Jurors drawn for the August term of Frank lin Superior Court, which will con vene on Monday, August 27th, 1923, with His Honor Judge T. H. Calvert, presiding: First Week Dunns ? J. D. Ray, D. T. Hollings yorth, J. L. Johnson. Harris ? Htenry Hagwood, W. T. Beddingfield. Youngsville? M. J. Hart. Franklinton ? Clyde Allen, C. W. Day, J. S. Joyner. Hayesville ? W. C. Whitaker, H. F. Mitchell. Sandy Creek ? W. O. Burnette, C. B. Kearney. Gold Mine ? Johnnie Pearce. Cedar Rock? J. O. Wilson. Cypress Creek ? B. C. Strickland, S P. Sykes. Loulsburg ? W. E. Sledge, Second Week Dunns ? A. S. Dodd, John T. Alford. Youngsville ? F. T. Harris, W. Q. Wiggins. H. T. RogerB, B. G. Hart, A. 1^1. P&C6. Franklinton -G. L. Whitfield, C. F. Kowell. O. L. Cooke, J. S. Blackley, Joe Haley. Gold Mine ? R. P. Jones. Wallace Pearce, S. R. Thompson, J. P. Gupton. Cedar Rock? rJ. J. Bobbltt. Cypres* Creek ? B. a. Wilder. Mr. TuckeivGets Contract Mr. J. C. Tucker was the successful bidder on Tuesday night for cleaning the Btreets of T?ulsburg at )90.00 per month. This eyldently endi the cpn t rover sy and everything will settle down to the fulfillment of the follow ing contract: 1st. The paved streets In the busi ness section of said town shall be swept and cleaned dally; In the resi dential section three tlmea each week. 2nd. In the residential section all garbage shall be removed at least once a week; in the business section daily. Provided all garbage cans shall be plAced on streets. From the above the Commissioners evidently requires all residents to put all garbage in cons and place all cans on the street*. Return From Blue Ridge Missed Mary Wlatt Yarborough, Em ma Lawrence Joyner, Eleanor Foster Yarborough, Annie Willis Boddle and Louise Joyner. and Mr-i William Yar borough, Jr., returned on last Friday from attendance upon the sessions o t the blue Kldge Conference at Blue Kldge, N. C. Mrs. T. W. Blckett wan one of the hostesses of the Confer ence which, from the press accounts, was largely attended and very suc cessful. Members t the Lo' lsbu'g I'arty took a prominent part In tha proceedings, Miss Marv Wlatt Yarbor ough being chosen to preside over one of the two opea forums held fo ' the young people. * Brasil has her Brazil nuts, but we our reformers. Woman's Club at Clifton's Pond By holding Its regular meeting at Clifton's Pond last 1 hursday the Wo man's Club added a new antNmost en joyable feature to Its usual program. The business session was held in the pavlllion. . , The finance committee road its re K rt, showing that the Club "finai ce? bad Increased, all of which is directed toward building a Club hp'-se. The committee appointed to raise funds for the Club house have been very active and success tut. The report of the Welfare commit tee, which is composed of very cap able women, ^showed that they had rendered very valuable assistance, to [ibe County Welfare officer In caring lor the needy. After the discussion " of the present ice situation in Louisburg a commit tee was appointed to confer w.th the local dealers to see if In any way the eiluatioii could be remedies. The meeting was well attended and It was gratifying for all to know that our Club membership had incensed from 32 to 90 during the short life of their club. Special music was rendered by Mr. Bryant and his orchestra, assisted by Misses Frances Russo, Ruth Hall and Vr. Berkley. After the meeting a most bount-6i:s and delicious supper was served. The husbands and friends of the Club members were invitee to partake of this feast. The Clul wishes to thank the man agement of the Amusement Company for their courtesy and added cooper ation in making the first Woman's Club meeting at Clifton's Pond a great I success. Severe Hail Storm ! A southern section of Franklin I County- was visited by a severe- hail ] storm on Friday about ou > to one thirty o'clock, which did considerable damage to crops. From isie bost 111 j formation we can get th?- hail started i near Mr. JJ._Bu_Roberts and traveled 'eastward by Hagwood's stored I-uck j.ly It was not very wide in it .? scope. I in the sections through wlnct it pass ed cotton, corn and tobacco suffered a terrible damnum, mau> fleliln bting ruined. Jhe hall was acccn.piiuieil with a hiayy rain. MBS. RAGLA.M> HOSTESS AT BAB BECtT I Monday afternoon at four o'clock, Mrs. C. A. Ragland, assisted by the ! other members of the Fannie Heck Circle, delightfully entertained the Paptlst Woman's Missionary Society at a barbecue. There were forty-twip present. They were received hy Mrs. Ragland r.nd her sister, Mrs Fr<>d Leonard, and ushered into the Mvlng room and reception hall. The devotional ser vice was conducted by Rev. Ray E. York of Towa. This was followed by n brief business meeting at which the president of the s -.ctety, Mrs. J A. Mclver presided. Whfcn the business had been con duced the company wao invited out on the lawn where the barbecue was served. The green lawn, ?elvet like In smoothness, was an Ideal setting fcr serving Ihe delicious feast, which was perfect in all its appointments. Everyone present declared this one of the most delightful entertainments ? hlch this society has ever eJt'oyod. LITTLE GIBL The many friends of Lieut. H. Hun ter Harris will congratulate him up on the arrival at his home at Fort Bennlng, Ga., on July 1st, a baby girl "Aline Bowman". Lieut. Harris with his family are expected In Loulsburg August 1st To visit his people and will remain until Oct. 4th, when he will leave for Panama, which place will be his home for the next two years. V0UNG9VILLE WINS TWO OAJTES Youngs vtlle defeated Frankllnton In a seven inning game the score being 7 to 4 on Frankllnton home grounds July 7, 1923. And on the fourth Youngsvllle beat Flat Rock In a score of 4 to 3, on Youngsvllle home grounds. Batteries for Frankllnton, Winston and Barrow. For Youngsvllle, Pearce Tlmberlako and Watklns. Flat Rock. Wiggins and Hill, for Youngsvllle, Watklns and Tlmberlake. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING The American Legion Auxiliary wll! meet at the home of Mrs. J. K. Malone on Tuesday afternoon, July 17. at 4:30 o'clock. Ail members are urged to attend. Mrs. R. C. I5eck, President. Mrs. J. W. Mann, Secretary. Auto Accident Mrs. A. O. Perry, of Maplevllle, cue near having a serious wreck Monday whon her Ford car became unruly and ran Into the steps on the Northeast corner of the Court Square, smashing one of the wheels. Mrs. Perry escaped without Injury Quickest way to make both ends meet Is eat a green cucumber. NEW YORK PAPER BOOSTS THE COOPS The World Carries Editorial Pralaing Farmers Plan of Collective Selling' ? Cites Case of Dairymen Bernard BnucU's plan for the mar keting of American whe^t abroad t*y an organization of American wheat growers probably looks to the aver age city dweller and to Tia.,y farmer* also Just like one rncie visionary ef fort to put agriculture on Its feet. There have been dozen of scheme#, from the Non-Partiian League to tile f<od rates in the tariff, for Increas ing farm returns, all of them, when tried, leaving the farmer In a predic ament worse than be'ore or quite as bad. He Is tlrfcd of clutching ai. draws. But co-operative marketing Is not a straw. It is the one demonstrably successful method of establishing the business of farming on a big business basis. It 1b the method of Aaron Sapiro and the fruit-growers of Cali fornia. It Is the method of the Dairy men's League Co-operative In New York, which handled $82,130,902 worth of milk last year. It has been found profitable in dozens of other locali ties wherever a group of growers has come together to pool its product and sell through a regular sales force. There is no especial reason why Mr. Armour or any other well-known man or firm should be^ called upon for aid. If the growers are willing to pool their grain they cau build up their own sales company. Nor is there any reason why the farmers should not market their grain at home as well as abroad. Whatev er co-operation will do in the Euro pean field it will accomplish in the [United States, and since the larger I part of American-grown grain Is con sumed in this country, there Is ample icason for concent-aiing on the do mestic end of the project. The export rdemand for wheat does, as Mr. Ba ruch states, fix the price of wheat at j present, but it is not so much the price as the fanners' share of the p.'"" n-hir.1. r11attpri The farmers' share of the price would he larger if the farmers controlled tne machinery for distributing their output. As things stand, the farmer buys In a seller's market and sells in ? j buyer's market, with the result thSf he loses on every transaction. No other great business In the country I allows its prices to be fixed, as are I the farmer's prices, by outsiders. | When a farmer threstjea his wheat in the Pall he dumps it on the market ! not because he doesn't know that the j price is likely to increase but because ; he has no storage facilities and needs j ready money to pay the banker, the storekeeper and whoever else has I carried him through the year. Precisely when this one farmer is ! dumping his wheat all the others are i doing the same. ' Hence the market commonly breaks under the first few | million bushels; the dealers and spec I ulators buy up the crop, and the grow ier goes home with an average return I equalling 3 per cent interest on the j price of the farm to show for his year's work. Before the year is out the dealers have moved the wheat at a profit and the cities are paying prices for bread and flour which would have made all the difference to the farmer between poverty and afflu ence. .. A co-operative tfsaociation, if it can be made to work, should end this state of affairs very simply. The far raera pool their product, store it, bor row money on It to carry them while waiting for a more favorable moment to sell and pay a selling organization to market the goods. When this scheme was first puV Into practice bankers were dubious. It looked like treason to the Jobbers. The Jobbers are still Inimical, but the bankers are coming over. A group of farmers with their storable products In the warehouse Is a much better risk than any one speculator. There could hardly be better security. The fruit growers of California and the dairy men of New York can testify to the readiness of the banks to Hc'cept sucli security. In the past, the storage of food for distribution and future con sumption has been In the hands of dealers. In the future. It now looks as if It will be In the hands of the producers. What the farmer needs, as the American Farm Bureau Federation has long. Insisted, Is not price-fixing by the government nor a tariff or a subsidy, but organization to meet the commerce of the cities on equal terms. It the farmers can get together they can sell their goods not only in Eu rope but also In the llnltad States. Moreover, they can make a living at It, which Is more than thej do now, and In the case of perishable goods, like rallk, they may even succeed In enlarging sales by decreasing the price to the consumer. ? New York World. Woman's Club To Meet The Woman's Club will meet In Its rooms on Thursday afternoon, July 19, at 4 o'clock. All me'un- rs ore urg ed to be present. Mrs. M. C. Pleasants, Pres. Mrs. O. M Beam, :'ec'y. Recorder's Court Judge O. M. Beam dlspoMd of the following cases la the Recorder's Court Monday: State vs B. P. Odom, disorderly con duct, ccw. guilty as to disorderly con flict. judgment suspended upon pay ment of costs, not guilty aJ to ccw. State vs Anderson WlUiaras. adw, guilty, prayer for judgment continued to second Monday In September upon payment of costs. State vs John Moore, disturbing pub 11c worship, continued. State vs John Moore, affray, con tinued. State vb F. H. Cooke, false pretense l/lead3 nolo contendere, prayer for judgment continued to July 16th, up on payment of Costa. State vs P. H. Cooke, false pretense Pleads nolo contendere, prayer for judgment continued to July 18th, up on payment of costs. Missionary Quilt The Missionary Quilt made by Mt. Zion Circle No. 2, will be given away at Mt Zlon, Saturday night, July 21st. Those holding tickets must have them there or they will not be counted In tlte contest. Refreshments will be served on the grounds. Everybody Is invited to come. SEW INCORPORATION j Punkin Centre Amusement Co., of I Franklin County, was chartered Mon li'ny with an authorized capital stock >??-' ilO.ODO.CO with $3,000.00 subscrib I I ci. [another advance OF TWO MILLION * DOLLARS OX COTTON (Drive For New Member* Started In Fiery Cotton Growimr Comity In Mate. haleigh, July 9. ? Checks aggregat liia; a total of $2,100,000 On went out to the thirty-odd thousand members o:' the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association the past week, acccrrtlng to General Manager I". B. Blalock. This was a tourlh distribution ? mr the 1 35,000 bales of cotton received {during the past season and brought, the total advance up to 22c per pound, .basis middling, Mr. Blalock states. (Approximately $15,000,000.00 has now been paid out to the members. I Practically all of the short staple I cotton hr.s been sold, though there is 1 quite a quantity of it yet to be deliv ered during the months of July and August. Every effort is being put forth by the Association to make a final settle ment with its members before the new crop comes in. It is very likely, however, that they will be unable to nake a final settlement on staple cot ton at the same time that the Una! distribution is made on the short sta ple. The managers of the Raleigh office do not think it wise to force their stock of staple cotton on the present low market ?nd do nut believe they would be serving the best Inter ests of '.he members who have staple cotton in the Association. It is very likely that a fifth advance will be made to the' members before the final distribution checks are mail ed. , The warehousing, grading, selling and delivering of 135,000 bales 'Of cot ton has been a big task, Mr. Blalock declares, ? ut the wisdom of selling a year's crop of cotton over a period of twelve rionths, instead of dumping It on the market In ninety days, has been abundantly proved, he believes. On July 4th a south-wide campaign for new members was launched In (he twelve cotton growing slates com rosing the American Cotton Growers Exchange. "Every Member Get a Member" 1b the slogan adopted for the membership campaign, which started the past week and will con tinue throughout the aummer. This drlro will be conducted largely by the members of the Association. The entire membership Is now beginning | to realise that cotton sold on the out side of the Tsaoclation is In direct competition with Cooperative market er Already plans are under way look ing to the handling or the coming crop and with the experience gained from the past year. General Manager 'Unlock expects the service rendeied to the members to be greatly im proved. A totally tnadequute ware housing system last year was a great handicap In the past year's opera- 1 lions. Much larger and better wine houses are now being constructed at )? Rlcal noints throughout the Stnto. A competent corps of classers have 4 ready been engagett- and it is the t'ilft and purpose of the Association t j Keep up the grading of Its cotton an fast as It is re .elvod in tl.e ware houses. All members are being re numbered 'jy counties, and with the cooperation of its members In ship ping their cotton under ti eir correct came and contract number, it is hop ed to eliminate about 90 per cent of the past year's office troubles. Things could be worse. Suppose July Fourth was Christmas and you had to dress as Santa Claus? The Atlantic has Its fish, but we have our oil stock buyers. KEXTl'CKY LEADER WARNS X. C. CO-OPS Desperate Tactics Against Farmer ?< Most Who Sow Sue tssoclatlm [>*. llrer-d Tcl'Sft > Outride Judge Robert Bingham, native North Carolinian, millionaire owner of the Louisville Courier Journal and ' founder of the successful association I of Kentucky Burley Tobacco Growers, which received nearly two hundred million pounds of tobacco last season, commenting on the opposition to co operative marketing of tobacco, la some sections of North Carolina, stated last week that "Tho auction crowd are pursuing tactics of desper ation." Judge Bingham, after reading a re cent lsnue-of the WUson. N. C? "To bacco Farmer," telegraphed the fol lowing message to Raleigh headquar ters of the Tobacco Growers Cooper ative Association: "Examination of issue of Tobacco Farmer June 6 convinces me auction crowd are pursuing tactics ot desper ation and I can not believe the sound. Intelligent men who compose urea majority of tobacco growers in Caro l'nas am? Virginia cpn be misled hy baseless and apparently nzied statements published In th."t paper, emanating as they do from the samo group who have so long exploited the helpless Individual grower and who now realize that the trl-state cooper ative, by combining SO, 000 individual ly helpless people, has given them a combined strength which wtll protect them fron exploitation cnl enahio tliem to obtain a fair price for the product which their energy and labor have briutjht forth." The majority of the farmers vl.o lave been persuaded ti sue their own association in Eastern North Carolina (ir recovery ot their contracts are found to have-sold tobacco from their 1922 crop on the outside, instead of delivering it to their .wn arsoi ia^ion. Although less than two out of every tl.ousand members of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association were involved in 'lie effort of a few Eastern Caroline farmers to again avoid deliveries, their action lias brought indignant protest from the loyal members ot their own counties ..nd fium ? aaaoeiatlon ? members ? in. three states, according to reports from many of the county and local I organizations reaching Raleigh ii-ad I qi alters this week. THE HH NT.Uy OF YOUTH FOR SOILS Raleigh, July 10. ? ' Ponce de Leon wasteil a part of his life in riotous living and a part in seeking the 'Foun tain of Youth.' His dreams never came true. The farmers or this state have been doing the same thing In their farming operations, in huuting for some magic substance or short cut to keep up and increase the produc ing capacity of their soils. Drainage hasn't done it, good seed prolongs the agony deep plowing 1: not a panacea, crop rotations extend the unc>, plant food, In the form of fertili i?rs delays the inevitable. All of these prescrip tions are good, even necessary, pro vided there is constantly added to the soil a new supply of decaying or ganic matter ? and this is the Foun tain of Youth' for our soils. Without it the race is lost, and with it the lim ltn of crop production are unbound ed," says Agronomist W. F. Pate of the North Carolina Experiment Sta tion. "Blessed with plenty ot sunshine, and even distribution or rainfall, a long growing season, a great variety of crops and soils; It is possible for our farmers to constantly bow crops and turn them back into the soil tor larger crop yields In the future. "On account of their natute to make use of the nitrogen In the air it is beat to sow legume crops. By their use more nitrogen will be added to our soils and of course, our fertilizer bill will be lowered," he continues. Mr. Pate states that It is now too late In the season to have much suc cess with legumes but that cowpeas, velvet beans and soybeans may still be planted for soil improvement. Es pecially should all small grain be fol lowed with these' legumes. When they are sown In the corn at last working the land will Improve In fer tility. If the hay is needed for cat tle, the manure wilragain help great ly on the farm. li^SS GOVERNMENT, LESS TAXES Defenders of soaring tax rates us ii illy attempt to justify their position I' 'intending that the government is tel. ; fug a greater service and tax payers should therefore be willing to pay for It. fnt majiy Instances these extra ser vices are unnecessary or not worth j the cost and some are positively In jurious to the taxpayer. As long as the government under takes to regulate minutely the lives ot individuals and the conduct of every business greht and small, the tax bur den will bo exorbitant, says the Hous ton Post. The old village store which kekt everything has moved to town ajd calls Itaelf a drug store. Sahara DesfH ha* her water prob lem, but we^har? oilr prohibition. among the visitors 80MB IOC KXOW AND Mil YOU DO SOT MOW. Perianal Item* About Folij *-* Their Friends Whn Travel H<n And There. Mr. W. H. Ru/Hn visited Fort Bragg Sunday. ? ? Mr. O, C. Hill visited Jonesboro, Sunday. ? ? Dr. W. B. Morton went to Raleigh Tuesday. ? ? Capt. L. li Joyner spent Sunday at Fort Bragg. '? ? ? Mr. K. A. Pittman, of Ayden, Tlalt ed his mother Monday. ? ? Mr. Torn Simmons, of Rocky Mount was in Louisburg Tuesday. ? ? Constable J. E. Thomas returned Tuesday from Pittsburg. Pa. ? ? Lieut.' T. W. En (Tin came liome from Camp Bragg and spent Sunday. * ? .Mr. and Mrs., R. W. Hudson and clildren visited Raleigh Tuesd^#; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Pittman, of Bal timore, are visiting his people here. w * Mr. W. B. Wheless, of Spring Hope, ?was a visitor to Louisburg yesterday. * ?? Mr. Lawrence Egerton. or Burling [ton. was a visitor to Louisburg this I week. ' ? | Messrs. B. T. Holiien and W. M. i Person spent the week-end at Blow | ing Rock. ? * i\ Mrs. Charles Adams sper.t the week end with her husband, Lieut. Adama, | at Fort Bragg. . ? * | Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hudson and lit tle daughter, Luclle, spent Tuesday night in Rocky Mount. ? * Little Dorothy Page Wlggs is vlslt ing her nni le Mr W A. Wiggg In. Kocky Mount this week. 4- * Mrs. G. R. McGrady and children, of Raleigh, are visting her parents, I Mr. and Mrs. D. C. High. e * Miss Ida Mae Yow returned the f ast week from StaiesvilJe, where she spent, ht-r vacation with her people. * * Mrs. M. T. Howell was taken to Mary Elizabeth hospital, Raleigh, Thursday of last week for treatment. * * Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hawk3 and chil dien returned home Tuesday after an extonded trip to Western North Car olina: ? * Messrs. Cheatham Alston. Claude Collins, Jake Freelander, William Webb and E. F. Thomas spent Sunday at Fort Bragg. * * Messrs. D. R. Mark ham and W. li st rong, of the State Welfare Depart ment. were in Louisburg this week riaking a survey for the Raleigh of fice. * * The many friends of Mrs. B. H. Meadows were especially well pleas ed to see her back at home so much improved in health. She returned Friday. ? . Mr. an"d Mrs. George T. Andrews and lfttle daughter, .Mildred, stopped over and visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cooke on their return from a trip to Ashevllle to their home in Enfleld. . * Miss Jessie Taylor Harris left July 1st for Hendersonvllle, where she lias taken a position as bookkeeper and stenogratftier for the Maimer, Si s will be absent until Septeiubor L * ? Drs. W. R. Bayner, of Roxboro, and W. C. Dendinger, of Goldaboro, were in Louisburg Tuesday preparatory to getting the cattle Investigation under way. Dr. Baynes will remain tha County to carry on the work. ? . Miss Klttie Boddie waa taken to Rocky Mount Tuesday by her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Boddie to nnHergo an operation for appendicitis Her r;any friends will bo glad to ldfcra that she underwent the operation Wednesday and Is doing nicely. UTILITIES MUST MET CAJOTAL In discussing the question of a Hair late of return on public utility prop erties. J. S. McCulloh. vtcu- president presidei Cttfan of the New York Telep says: "It Is in the public lnWr?at that public utility propertlM 4pHd be fairly valued and the I* t* Of return sufficient to enable them to attract capital which would otkerviM aeelt other lines of Investment." ? "Telephone and electric c?*panie: must meet unprecedented Ikwnls. requiring Investment at htaMIMa ef millions of new capital annually. "In the effort to snppty faimitg sec tions great problems lire freed to se cure- capital to furnish and service to supply the public needs "