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REQUEST TO REPAIR ROADS
United States Post Office
Timberiake, N. C.
June 24th, 1924
Mr. Tom Clayton
My Dear Sir: It
U reported to me that the road '
on which you reside on the line of the
rural route from this post office is in
bad condition and urgently in need '
of attention.
.It is a requirement of the Depart- 1
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"v.i. wuav iuaua uavcicu uj' rural
carriers in the performance of service J
shall -be kept in passable condition 1
for vehicles under ordinary conditions. *
It becomes my duty to inform you, '
therefore, that the road hereinafter c
specified should have attention with- '
out delay. Unless sufficient interest is ?
shown in the service by the local road *
authorities and those benefitted, to
keep the roads in good condition, the 1
rural route'will be amended so as to e
avoid neglected roads, or, if this can e
not.be done, the discontinuance of r
service will have serious considers- a
tion. i'
I nm required to report to the De-j
partment at the end of thirty days ."
what action has been taken in the *
matter, with recommendation for ap- 5
propriate readjustment of the route f
if the needed repairs have not been *
made.
Respectfully yours, I'
J. G. Chambers, Postmaster *
July 8, 1924 j
Mr. Editor: j
I am sending you a letter for pub-';
lication that I received from our Post r
, Master at Timberlake, and I hope it s
will be thoroughly considered by the ]
readers of the Courier. Our roads,
especially, from Ai to Surl are in al
deplorable condition, and judging from j
this letter it seems eminent that weh
are to be denied even our mail service.j t
VMS jvot (1RU H "Clil IU see mi. g
M. R. Long and asked hhn to have ^
this same road worked, it being just j,
before the association met at Surl. t
But, of course, he said "no" in a very v
short manner. So I decided not to
mention the subject to.him again. But j
I have a proposal to make to Mr.
Long if he will have this road work- r
ed from Ai to Surl: All the patrons
on said stretch of road will give one
days work or probably more, or, if ^
Mr. Long will get off just one-half c
of our road tax, we will work it our-;
selves and keep it up all the time, so ^
our mail carrier or any one can get
over it. with some degree of safety.
We are not asking for a highway or ^
a sand-clay road. Only a safe pass
way. And, honestly, I think we do
deserve something if considered citizens
of Person County. We are ask- f
jflg for only a small portion of what j
we have paid for and will have to con-;^
tinue to pay for. I think this should t
be taken up by the Legislature andj
our money put back in our county
commissioners hands for division of
our road money. The.people are getting
indignant. Not only our mail
service is at stake, but our schools
also. And readers, the time has come
when "we must take our stand for oar
rights. lurst year I paid out over one- "I
fourth of what my tobacco crop netted
for taxes, and I want some one
to.try to show me how it was appreciated.
I fear honest men will become
dishonest men with such treatment
Respectfully,
Thomas Clayton,
""" Timberlake, N. C.
Meet your neighbor at. tthe Far- _
mora Convention to be held at State
College, July 33, at and 2fi, Plenty _
of "good food both for brain and sto- ?
mach will be served at this farm gathering.
A Negro home demonstration worker
among the colored peopULof Beaufort
County began with the eaaan
h? rials for hatter Irving when she tattght _
her ciub women how to rid their homes
?-oi LexLbugs. flies and mosaultooa. ~
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AN OUTBREAK OF A
SERIOUS COTTON DISEASE
Within the past few days an unusual
disease of cotton has come tc
the attention of North Carolina farmers.
This disease which is called cotton
blight, has appeared suddenly and
is so destructive that it is causing
considerable concern. The reports from
farmers show that in some cases over
fifty per cent of the plants are af-(
fected. Up to the present the nlant
lisease laboratories of the Agricultural
Experiment Station have received
reports of the occurrence _of
>light from the following counties:
Northampton, Wake, Iredell, Davie,
rohnston. Union, Hertford, Currituck,
franklin, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Lift:oln,
Cleveland, Vance, Nash and
Chowan. These reports indicate that
he blight is of general occurrence
hroughout the State.
The most noticeable symptom of
his disease is the presence of withtred
leaves or branches. Upon closer
xamination dark brown sunken spots
nay be found at the bases of the
ffected leaves and branches. Someimes
theseoyots appear as brown
streaks extending along the main
terns. The bases of the leaves are so
weakened that the leaves shed or the
terns and branches break off. In sevre
cases the plants may become desitute
of foliage.
Cotton blight has not been prevously
reported in this State but" ap>eared
in severe form in Arkansas in
,920. Observations made at that time
how that the disease is caused by a
fungus or mold which very probably
s present year after year on cotton,
>ut under normal conditions causes
iu (lamajre. vx)non Diignt in Arkanas
appeared in epidemic form folowing
a prolonged period of rainy
loudy weather. It was completely
hecked, however, when dry weather
The unusual rainfall and high humdity
which have prevailed recently
ir to the conditions which existed
irhen the disease was severe in Ar.ansas.
It is to fee expected therefore,
hat with the coming of dry clear
reather the spread of blight will be
hecked. Plants which are only slightly
njured will soon completely overome
the disease. Those which are
nore seriously affected can be -exacted
to form newleaves and branchis.
These which, have been severely
lefoliated cannot be expected to reover.
Since blight has been so little in'estigated,
and since only a single
pidemic has been previously reportid,
sufficient time has not been af
orded for the working out of definte
control measure*; '
Each day the mail brings letters
rom people who wish to settle on
arms in North Carolina. Agricultural
workers of the State College staff
ry to locate these people pleasantly.
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watched nls faforltm play.
THE ROXBORO COURIEI
T. G. POOL ESTERS
Pl.t A OP GUILTY
Richmond, July 9.?Thomas G. Pool
in Hustings court here this afternoon
entered a plea of guilty of embrexzling
funds of the Bank of Virginia.
Being unable to enter cqnrt under hts
own strength, he was brought into
court on a stretcher. He was given a
sentence of 15 years. The exact time
that he will begin serving his term
will depend on his physical condition.
Commonwealth's Attorney James
Easley, of Halifax county and F. L.
McKinney and W. B. Settle and S. L.
Adams for the defense were On hand
when tthe plead guilty to four indict
of. As will be recalled the Pool case
was transferred to Richmond at tht,
adjourned May term of the Halifax
circuit court by agreement of the attorneys
of both side3 upon the plea
that Pool was too ill tto be removed
from Richmond to Halifax for triaV
The indictment against Pool charged
the embrezzleraent of (208,000 of the
funds of the Bank of Virginia.
Henry Ford the assistant cashier
of the above mentioned bank, who at
the May term of court pled guilty to
' four , indictments of making false entries
i nthe books of the bank, will receive
sentence at the November term
; of court.
According to the penalty prescribed
py law, Ford is entitled to receive 26
years in the penitentiary, there havi
i.?- it -_s? : tfim iffrlni-1 ? -
nig oeen ltj.cuums in me inui^mcni
and each count carrying two years
In prison. Whether or not Judge Brak-s
dale will exercise clemency in the case
of iFord Is not known. Ford Is now out
on bail in the sum of $10,000.?Dan
ville Nows
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Honored
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iijSPk. LadiHl
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Mrs. Leroy Springs of South
Carolina, who caught the fancy of
the convention and was put in
nomination for the Vice-Presidency.
She also was acting Chairman of
the Credential Committee.
NiiT enough eggs
FOR BREAKFAST
Raleigh, N. | C., July 14.?Poultry
Extension Specialists of the State
College of Agriculture state that 83
per cent of the hens on North Carolina
farms lay only 86 eggs each;
while the other 11 per cent, making
up the improved farm flocks and the
commercial unit lay an averag^of
170 eggs.
The Crop Reporting Service for
North Carolina estimates that there
are 5,658,669 hens of laying age in
this State and that there is a human
population of about 2,706,00 people.
V. W. Lewis livestock marketing specialist,
for the State Division of markets
has studied these figures and
from them he has secured the fol
lowing information:
1. Eleven per cent of hens lay 24
per cent of the eggs.
2. There is an average of 95 eggs
per hen in the State.
3. The average number of eggs per
day per person is only 0,55.
4. Half the number of hens could
furnish the same number of eggs-a
day per -person if tho average laying
rate was 170 eggs, or it would take
twice the number of hens producing
170 eggs per hen annually for each
person to have two eggs a day, or
four times the number of hens at the
present rate: Hence we see there is
a great deal of work to be done in
building up the quality of the average
North Carolina hen, also there
is a plhce for increased production in
the State.
"Before the increase in the numt
ber of hens comes about, the problenf
of marketing must be taken care of
and this -we are planning to do.""says
M' * ewi? "Cnnntv Agents in many
tuunties cooperating yith the State
Division of Marketing have inauguratedyi.
scheme to show that the
marketing of poultry can be done in
a very practical way. Many coopers-;
tive shipments were made this spring
carried on each vi?ar. (>q soma shjpments
as much as $850.00 was saved
to the,farmer.
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I. July 16th 1924
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
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last will and testament of Mrs. Mil
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this is to notify all persons holding 1
claims against said estate to present i
16 the same to the undersigned on or
before May 19, 1925, or this notice
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