facts About the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Number 1?THE AUDIT Opponents of cooperative marketing sought to discredit the Audit of the tobacco growers' books, which showed economy in the second year of operation. The committee of State officials, invited b; the Association to investigate its opera lions, reports as follows: "F. W. Lafrentz and Co., public accountants, withe executive offices at 100 Brodway, New York City, and a branch office in Bfchmond, Va., have audited the books of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Associa tion for 1922 and 1923, and are now auditing for 1924. The investi gating committee inquired of a number of the leading bankers and business men in Richmond and surrounding cities as to the reputation and reliability of this firm. The committee was assured that this com pany was one of the leading firms of auditrs in this section of the United States and was reliable in every particular. It was further es tablished that this company audits for many of the largest business firms in the country. It was established to the satisfaction of the com mittee that anv facts given bv this firm could be depended upon. - ^ >r : ' ' . : . : __ . "At the request of.the committee, Mr. Allan Talbott, manager of the Richmond office, and three other members of the firm appeared before the committee and explained in detail the statements appearing in their audit and supplied to the committer detailed information regording many points bearing on the finances of the Association. The auditors showed a desire to be of every possible assistance and gave to the com: mittee all the information requestedof them." The Smiling Investor Can you hold your head up and smile at the good judgment used in the selection of your investments! Or aj e you one of the great many whose investment adven tures are characterized by only frowns?and losses! The wise man profitably consults his bankers before investing P his hard earned money in unknown securities. IT IS THE ONLY SAFE COURSE TO FOLLOW The first National Bank LOUISBURG, North Carolina Wm. H. KUFFIN, President, F. J. BEASLEY, Ca?hier Wm. B. BABBOW, Assistant Cashier EVERYBODY'S RE 8 POSSIBILITY With the raising of the American Legion Endowment fund, those who had no actlre part In the World war serrlce are siren an opportunity !hcr men who are disabled and, tb:io, inside to provide for themselves a-d their families arc rarely casualties of that terrible period. And Just as truly as these men ere casualties of the gre't wa\ so are the children v ho were left orphaned when tbelr fathers gave their lives in battle. There are thousand and thousands of little bo/c and girls, who i re left, many of them without too necessities of life, others without a chance at re ceiving any education or training for self support Arsn't those boys and girls Jnst as much entitled to proper c&re sad ed ucation as s'e the boys an) glrld whose fathers, some for one reaon, Bomo for ano.her, never ?T7 tw ser-, Ice? Shouldn't there be practical, some aure means, of providing for them the kind of care and training that would have been theirs If their fathers. Instead of dying on the battle fields of France, had lived to see that they received the proper financing through the years of their childhood. Then, aren't all of us responsible for these children?Is -.'t It up to us to see that the necessary funds for their cars are provided? The American legion Is composed of the men who have already given of their service?the men who fought In some branch of the nation's forses a-, long with the.fathers of these needy orphans. It doesn't seem fair for them to have to shoulder the responsibility II Choosing One's Work Br THOH4S ARKLE CLARK Dw> of Ru, Uaivmity ?< I 111 BOM. ago. when Mr. W. E. Curtla waa writing hla remarkable and Interesting aeries of articles for the Chicago Record-Herald, oar hired man whose training In the gentle art of composition constated of six months In the country school and whose travels had taken him at one time as far afield as Veedersburg, IntL, came to father and announced that he was going te give up agricultural pursuits. "What are you Intending to do V fa ther asked. "I think HI take up newspaper writlny he answered, "like this man Curtis. It looks easy. It's good pay, I guess, and lt'd give a fellar a chanct to see the world." "No doubt," was my father's reply. A boy should begin early to think about how he Is to earn his living, even if the chances are that he may never have to. Every one ought to do the work he likes. Every profession and occupa tion Involves about so many unpleas ant and distasteful duties, and If one cannot go at his work with eagerness and enthusiasm. If he must drag him self to It with regret and reluctance, if he were always wishing that he were through with It, these unpleasant things are magnified a hundred fold. If a man likes his work It Is half done; If he does It because he must or simply to earn a living he has a sad outlook. Whatever a young fellow takes up. It should be his own choice. Fathers and mothers and teachers may advise and suggest, but they should not dominate the choice. It Is natural that the proud father, trundling his young heir ahead of him In a per ambulator, should plan a definite and successful future for him, but it is the boy himself who must live the life, and do the work, and in the end succeed or fall, and It Is he who should make the choice. Every one should choose the work for which he is best fitted. The ac curate and honest analysis of one's own talents Is not an easy matter, but It should at least. be attempted. Lowell, In one of bis essays, says: "We are designed in the cradle, per haps earlier, and it is in finding out this design and shaping ourselves to it that our years are spent wisely. It Is the vain endeavor to make our selves what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left In the rough." If pos sible, before we begin to build, we should study the design. No young person should take up any life work for purely commercial rea sons. It Is Justifiable to look after one's self, but every one who enters upon a life work, no matter how hum ble or how distinguished, should do so with some Idea, at least, to be of service to the community or common wealth In which he lives. Only that profession Is honorable which con tributes to the betterment of the In dividual and ta the advancement af the state. (fi 1IU. Wntan Ntwvptptr Salaat F. Su&stegui V. Suastegul, who has Just as sumed hla duties as commercial at tache of the Mexican embassy In Washington, being the first to hold this post He was formerly com mercial agent of Mexico at San Fran cisco and believes that much can be done to Increase business relations be tween the United States and Mexico, after Importers and expos tors know mors of the tree facta about Mexico. for the care and education of the children of the men who were killed In service. During the war they took upon themselves the responslbllly of their nation's safety. It seems that those who were prevented by some means or another from serving their country that time should contribute of their material gain to this worthy cause. But this Is not something which the Amercan legion is not going to have to share In, for theirs will, undoubted ly, be the biggest share of all.' It is just that It seems that It Is a respnsi bility in which we all have a part. It Is our common duty and privilege. One experiment station kept a re cord for three years on a garden plot, one-twentieth of tn acre in else. The avsrage profit was $47.18. 't Newest Seasonable Novelties in ??? hi ??? Every Department A Saving in Every Purchase A SELECTION OF MATERIALS YOU HAVE NEVER BE FORE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LOOK ING AT IN LOUIS BURG. L KLINE & CO. Incorporated WHERE THIUSANDS SAVE MINEY LOCISBUBG, NOBTH CABOLDfA ANNOUNCEMENT We take pleasure in announcing to the cotton farmers in Justice and surrounding communi ties that we have purchased a new model Gulley gin outfit and will install it at Justice. We will be ready to gin your cotton to the best advantage when the season opens, and will buy your lint cotton, seed cotton and seed *t the top market price. Give us a chance to serve you. Respectfully, J. C. Wheless & Sons