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Yew totter of the 2«th tut. I iMMthti my hack r to the mmcWm. Wj tn I the mm poittion in tltot to aoawthing to mab* to bacco bring • fair priet rvrry jwr. b> 1IM the average was aboat Jte; in 1M1 It averaged $21.40; and » IMS it will average about Kc. When yes consider that are had «* million pounds More 'abaeco m 1*22 than in Ml and that our export* felt off M •illion pounds there u certainly good ground to ctaia that cooperative mar keting made the price in l*tt.!n fact a gnat many experienced nun told mm that tobacco woo IJ not btsaabt mar* than an avarace rf lit had it not baaa far ikia rnatxm'Mkm. "We have already paid the farmer* aber* of the aseociatien through yoar district, an average of al it 20c par pound. We aave an hand probably M.milUaa pound of "Old Bah" tahorco; all a# the better |iifc» on which we have borrow e4 SO c v cent of the apa»ai*«d va'u*. If we can aettR at oar price», and thi* we are determined ta do. we wilt be able to pay the farmera in the "Old Belt" aoasewhere klmtn 5 and 7 cant* average ia addition to what they have received. 1 would therefore xt payment a , IM per tent of the f irat payment that the next refare a» »hoold be Hie farmera. banker* and men have pot to realise that the or derly amrketing of tobacco ia the exact oppoaite of the dumping ayetem, and that If we *«ll this tobicco at a fair price are meat not push ft on the We are in a vary strong position, aa the tobacco wa are holding h at high quality and much better than ths average of IMS, and it will he in de aaand and at gaad pricea. Wa hava recently audc « large aak to one of the Export Companies at oar price*. Our sales department feels they will sell the tart that way If th* from the member* i* not to* I have talked to thousands of peo ple within the last month, and when ever theae facta are put up to them, they have approved the policy oi thi Association We are changing from a system which haa been estonlixhed tor three hundred years. Our first year haa proven everything that ii claimed for it. If we will stand to gether and fight H oat along thh laic, we anil surely win. It takea i considerable amount of thoae oppos hw this system, and to appreciate Hi advantages. but wr have the demon stration made for as by Kentucky aad now we have the practical ftrat ypar* experience. The aMtketa han opened at good price* thi* year. It is geaprally believed that faefwr* ot r. are go 8. C. are getting twice as much foi their tohaeoa as they could hare ex pected had the old system been m run swing. Ths fact that this Asao flatten is in a position to withhold top quantities of tobacco from the J*Aet is of great hamfll to every body who raiaea tonarco, and if in ten »«ke the tsbaiss and entton ttf&js&razrz Th* 1»*8 win to to —r «M in tto beyond this cHy, ant out by tto seventeen yean if* ud Sunday achooU near Cnm Kibler. Va. She labored in tto mourn tain* a number of yean and than tto work new ml to need and to ready for tto aatabMaliunt of tharctoa and Mid Houston waa transferred to Breathitt cotm'.y Kentucky, where tto a rain did pioneer wo*, and a preacher waa aMiynad to tbia field. Miaa / Heuatea waa ptiiitogad to visit tto old work darh« tor vtoM ton and tor jay waa toyond exprea tto bountiful torveet that ia old mtoaioo hi Patrick baa a new chap el aaar Craaa Una da known aa Unity, aad Re*. Boy 8aaMh to doing a splen did work there. Hia father Be*. New ton Sasith baa r barge of tto work at Friaads' Missiq^'where a new school to known aa Bin* Bifee academy. Miaa Houston to hi tor eightieth year and to vary bright aad exceed ingly act ire for one of tor age, or even much younger, she to filled with enthusiasm and appreciation. Tto contact with tto toarista who tore stopped at tto Brown Ho as a. daring tto summer from many states has been a delight to tor, she thinks she has aever a»t such charming and in tellectual people and pratoaa Mrs. Brawn's excellent food aad tor abi lity to make tor gueata feel at home. Arctic Explorers Pariah Nome, Alaaka, Aug. 90.—An ex pedition which left tore August 8 to relieve a party tod by Abut Craw* ford which want to Wrangell Island ia which went to Wrangell I aland in 19tl, returned to Noasa toffcy with tto news that aO of the Crawford patty Harold Noire, leader mt the relief irtod that to land i toe aad bad jh trouble to i fjth. Gmtp Cotlina. i. p.. seating th* fstdt HmM PiiiiiIwI. spent err ml days in tW* ceanlj laat week :nnp#ctmc tki W«ltk writ ari «•» !;»■> i_ M_.. w « - * a (imoni in jui if, «an hhbv i»f* ing ha nIM in The Ntw «ffw stated that ha waa highly planned at th# satisfactory and effWiaat week being nadeisd by th* Cuaaty Health Officer. Dr. WgHami anl Ma aaaia tanta. In lalhit wtr tha haalth —k that ia being to in North Carafe* ha aaU that the mark dene la Sarry reality waa equal to any hi tha state, •ad hi fart lead auury of tha maatlaa Our health ijepaitmsat ia now atafe ing tumlntimi and adrjdnf wn at Waa* IOjM* parsaaa in tha eaunty each yaar. In tUa Hat ia far laded aB th* (rhaol rhihhren who art yearly • xaminad aad a haw any pfcyeical da ferto arc found th* parents ar* noti fied and urged to fhre th* prspf ' rritnmt Th* coat of this walk ia divided btleiea the state and county. Dr. Canine aaya that aMira countiea are calling far atata aid tha^the ap propriation. allowed the Baaid of Health can take care of, and that mac of the couatiee are puttiag th* work on at their own expenae so great do they saa the need at the aott of this liipartMSK. Anarchy or Mrtrtiw, Which »..B Rails Two ypuag man. one the Bav. Ar thur Kale, as Dears* Keen, the other R. L. Da via Jr. as Sheriff Keener, rave a dramatic dialogue fan the Pint Baptist church last Wadneaday «IS» in| that was considered by Man who heard tkcp, to ha a very effactlva preaentation of the duty af citisana and officers frith regard to the en I foneaent of tha prohibition Mr. These young Man are sent ant by tha Anti-Saloon League and their debate Is a variation from tha usual lecture and beinf preaented somewhat in tha manner of a Stage performance H makes an appeal oat af tha ordinary. Tha deacon charges tha sheriff with the neglect of fftity ia the enforce ment of the law, ana the sheriff comer bade with th* counter charge that tha Christian people are at fault by their failure to back ap the officers in tha matter af law eaforcement. Towards the doae af their dialogue they reach a plan of ceo pa ration. Mayor West «nder»sd tha boyt aad •ays in part "In my judgement this waa tha ssoet affective presentation af the wark af the AaU lalooa League la ChrMtaa CHiaonahip of our state that It has aear haM my artnlege to hear." MttagC* kmmif Is Jay." —Roger W. Baboon, World Famous Statistician. TWO^iImA far Kgfci TMdkfa««dl Bight —Go to Church Sunday Soft H&ts * '■ m for Fall •V;' For fall wear Soft Hats promise even greater popularity than in any season of the past We are featuring an ample assortment oi shapes, colors and materials so each man may choose a Hat exactly in accord with his requirements and individual taste. L-v . ou .f V U Will Like For several reasdhs you will like theee Ties, but the one big thing about them is the fact that they dont wrinkle. No need to bother tying in one place—and tti sr.. adds to their ,Aji
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