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.
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"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
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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 <f
sharing their responsibility of the care
tox the casualties which continue.
For the casualties of a war do 1 ot
('as* vhon the last gun Is fired.
'icy bars continued, for the past six
j *?ra, since the Worid War closed.
' here ;vre those tl ousauds of me.;
whose Urea are wrecked and whose
bodies are maimed. Oorernment re
ports show that 1st year alone there
were 1.000 men who died as a result of
i ilrectlv sustained In the war.
Thty are ttitcMUst of .he War. Those
>!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.
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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