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OUR SLOGAN: Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Welcome to Smithfield9 Mr, Tobacco Farmer Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 18 8 2 Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 72 Longer Period Fci Selling Tobaccc Is Desire of U. S. Tobacco As sociation; Adopted Hesolu tions at Annual Meeting; IRilCHiMiOND, Va., Sept. 2. Letters are being sent out fron the office of the Tobacco Assoc! ation of the United States here to tobacco growers in Eastern North Carolina, Middle Belt am Old Belt areas calling to the at' tention of the farmers a resolu tion adopted at the annual con vention of the association in June This resolution urges fanners not not rush their tobacco to the markets and requests the buying interest to keep buyers on the auction markets until the crop is disposed of, thus avoiding con gestion and giving the buyers bet ter opportunity to examine the piles and in a great degree pre vent overcrowding the redrying plants. Interests supporting the asso ciation believe that a longer sell ing period will give buyers a greater opportunity to judge to bacco offered for sale and render it unnecessary for them to curtail purchases on account of crowded conditions in their redrying plants. The movement for a longer sell ing period has the cooperation of warehousemen and buyers. It is believed farmers will endorse the policy. The whole buying inter ests will, it is believed, give hearty support to the plan, and keep their buyers on the markets ir. the three belts until such time as warehousemen determine tlie dotes for closing the sales. DECEMBER 8TH DESIGNATED AS “GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY’* GENEVA, Sept. 2.—Under tne chairmanship ot' Dr. S. Parkes Cariman of New York, a repre sentative conference of philan thropic leaders of the United States and Europe today voted to designate Sunday, December S, as “International Golden Rule* Sunday.” On that day contributions will be ‘ received for destitute an 1 Carving children in the far eaet. Heretofore funds derived f Golden Rule Sunday have be ?r. employed for relief of orphans in the near cast. PLANE CRASH IS AVERTED LINDY’S MOTHER ESCAPES CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 2.—A head on collision of two air planes at the National air races here was averted because the pilot of one cf the planes prefered to crash to the ground to avoid the collision. \ Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh was an occupant in the plane that e.; caped. She was coming here to meet her son, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. SOUTH H hi.I) AS LOGICAL PLANE MAKING CENTER RKHMOiND, Va., Sept. 2.- - Possibilities which the .south of fers for the manufacture of air planes were pointed out by J. Gordon Bohannon, of Peters burg, president of the Virginia state chamber of commerce, be fore the round table on the eco nomic development of the south at the Institute cf Public Affa>s at the University of Virginia. Its cotton, lumber and other raw materials, its climate, labor and power make the south the logical point. Misses Pearle Olive and Luci'e Harvey, of Savannah, Ga., and Mattie Allen, of Benson, spent last week end with Miss Beady Viola Allen in Four Oaks. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith Beld or Johnston County, and » the one deciphering their name and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald oltlce, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for befoie. the following issue. Nancy Reid Lyon decipher ed her name last issue. TODAY’S TANTALIZER * ckmrahuorw ,IL I*. HOLDING IS TENNIS Cri AMIMO> R. P. Holding is the single: ) tennis champion ef John: ton coun ty, having won this title in th< lii.st Johnston county tennis tour Iramcnt just completed. Mr. Hold ling won this honor by defeating J Hairy Lee Hall i:f Clayton# j In addition' to his singles vie jtory, Mr. Holding joined in cap ‘1 tuning the doubles title. Pa ire i with James Davis, the single.' , champ and his partner won ove; , Ryal Woodall, Smithifieid, anri [I.Min it Oaver.augh, Benson, (>-!* 6-2, in the finals, j Mu:h interest was displayed in I the tournament and the entry li«t included tennis stars from Selina ! Four Oaks, Benson, Clayton ant! Southfield. Board Oi Trade | Hears E. W. Pou Congressman Believes in Boosting Home Town anti Believes Smithiielcl Has Future As A Tobacco Mar! j Congressman E. W. Fou on one i occasion in Congress was askH what town he was from. He an swered: “The best little tovn in the United States.” Congressman Pou reiterate! this statement in his address Friday evening bei'o'c the Smithfield Beard of Trade. Mr. S. T. Honeycutt, president jef the Smithfield Board of Trade, presided over the meeting whmh I was hold in the courthouse and I which was attended by a goodly number of business men of this j city. Mr. Honeycutt introduced J Congressman Pou and for twenty - (five minutes the audience gave the speaker an attentive heasmg as he spoke of the regard wh’ch l he had for his home town and tf | the hope which he had for its This section is going through a period of readjustment, sta.cd !.\lr. Fou, and he is afraid that King Cotton is going to bo de throned. What is the alternative? he asked, and then he projected to show that tobacco wa> the hope for tlu- future de reloomont! cf SmithfieTcl. Cotton does not make cities unless it happens 101 be a seaport. Tobacco does. Borky Mount, Wilson and Kinston are! examples of what tobacco has j done, and Mr. Fou believes that Smithfield has the same c nance1 to develop into a bigger, th.-.v Mr. Fou told the busine.^ nu n | present that if every citizen ! would never at an> time say ^ n> -1 thing to the detriment of their; home town they would soon see! a difference. The opportunity of cooperation is knocking at the ] door of Smithfield. Tcbac o is a j roduct which the world intends' to have. Tobacco consumption in creases each year and there is no I reason why Bmithiield should not | be one cf the permanent m rv.ois of eastern North Carolina. | Mr. Fou closed his remarks (with a fitting quotation, Waiter [Malone’s poem, “Opportunity.” Following Mr. Pou’s talk, Mr. Honeycutt threw the meeting open for a discussion of the to jlxacco market here, and a num ing town. -her ol citizens including i. n. j Hood, F. H. Brooks, Dr. W. J. B. Orr and R. P. Holding made [pertinent remarks concerning this I market which opened here today, j L is the concensus of opinion that the Smithfield market must grow. The markets in the bright to bacco belt have decreas'd in -ti* s past eight years from toviy-'ix to sixteen, the tendency be'»n.$ to weed out the smaller market.; It was pointed out that lost year the average of the Smithhei mar ket, taking into considerati >a the grades of tobacco, was as gcvd as anywhere in eastern No?th Carolina, and good prices this year should mean the sale of seven or eight .million pounds on this To Visit Relatives in Kenly. Wadsworth, O., Aug. 110.—Mr. and Mrs. Rosea r Starling ana son, Donald, left here today for a visit to Mr. Starling’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Starling, at Kenly, N. C. Lovely Wedding At M. E. Churcli Miss Edna Coates Hetonief The Kride of Arnold Kin sey King of Chapel Hiil The Methodist church here was the scene of a lovely wedding Saturday .morning when, at 7:h(J celoclv. Miss Edna Coates became the bride of Mr. Arnold Kinsey (King: of Chapel Hill, i The church was u bower of : loveliness as the early morning ’sunlight cast beams ever the pro fusion of golden rod and purple Jasters which carried out a eoloi ischeme of purple and gold. Bos jten ferns were used to outline ■ the chancel, and tall standard, i filled with graceful cut .flower.-. I adorned the choir left, j At the appointed fine, Mis IBo’ctlvy Paiham of Oxford, cltss t mate of the bride, took her place at the organ to play the wedding music. She was attired in yellow and wore a shoulder corsage of i roses, asters, and physcstegia liei with ribbons in tints of yellow. I Before the entrance of the bridal j party, the following musical pro i gram was rendered: “Condoleiri,” by Ncvin; "rDink to Me Only With Thine Eyes”; and "Dawn,’ by Ncvin. The Bridal Chorus from I/ohengrin was used as the processional while, Mendelsshon’s Wedding March was the root sional. While the vows were being spoken “Liebestram” by Liszt was softly played. The wedding was vc-ry simple there being no attendants save the ringbearer, Master George Whitley, nephew of the bride. Ho wore a white suit and carried co ring in the heart of an Easte • lily. The bride and bridegroom entered the church together and took their ploces at the altar j where Rev. D. H. Tuttle, assisted! by Rev. J. D. Bundy, performed i the impressive ring ceremony. The bride was particularly love-I ly in an ensemble of Wood tone i crepe with eggshell blouse and j ha: mcnizing accessories. Her only ornament was a platinum pin set with diamonds and sapphires, the gift cf the groom. She carried a bridal bouquet cf Talis-m xi f roses and valley lilies tied with I tulle edged with picot shower I combined with silver mesh. Mr. and Mrs. King left imine-I <ilately after the cert mony for a motor trip in Western North Car olina. After September 1 they will be at home in Chapel Hill. The bride is the dough ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Coates of this city. She is a graduate of N. C. C. W. and after her graduation she taught two years in Greens boro. She is a young woman with a charming personality. The bridegroom is the son if Mr. and Mrs. W. F. King, for merly of Hendersonvile, but nj\' cf Morrill, Nebraska. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and of the Uni versity of Chicago. Hr ;.s at pres ent assistant professor of Educa tion in the University of North Carolina. He is a mcirber of Lam bda Chi Alpha national social f raternity. Out of town guests here for the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. George T. Whitley, of Kenly; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Coates, o.' Spartanburg, S. C\; Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Coates, c*f Chapel Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coates, of j Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Par ker, of Goldsboro; Miss Dorothy' Parham, of Oxford. MM) MEUSE RIVER IS IN NEED OF DREDGING GOLDSBORO, Aug. 29.—The observations of W. W. Rivers and three Eagle Scouts who have just returned to Goldsboro from a mo tor boat trip down the Neuse River are very interesting in that they throw light on actual condi tions along this river at a time when the opening up of the water ways of eastern North Carolina for commerce and flood control is 'being worked for with deep inter est *>y the people. | Snags and sand bars in profu sion were encountered during the entire trip and often they had to get out of the boat and push it over the sand bars into deeper [water. MI'S VIRGINIA PUCKETT WINS CHECK FOR $10 Annouuccnu.nt was made of ‘hfc -winner in the popularity contest put on here by the j Sanders theatre at the theatre ! Friday evening, the lucky ! young lady being Miss Vir i ginia Puckett of this city. Miss Puckett was forthwith pre I seated with a check for $100, ■ Mr. I,. E. Watson, dr., mak ing the presentation speech. The contest which began on j dune 10 and lasted for fifteen weeks, closed on August 15, but the winner was not an* ! nounced until August 30. There were eight or nine young ladies in the running, but when the votes were counted, it was found that Miss Puckett was in the lead | with little Miss Eliza Ives, i second, and Miss Louise Mor gan, third. j Popularity tickets were giv ! en by the merchants of Smith | field and Four Oaks with each ' cash purchase, and the inter j cst was keen throughout the contest. TO HI V RESORT TO END RATH INK SUIT DANCINO 1 ROME, Aug. 31.—Young couple? who have been dancing in bathing costumes at the fashionable sea side resort, Fregene, 20 miles frum Rome, are being subjected in criticism, because the girls' bathing costumes are too scanty. The Osservatore Romano, the papal organ, is starting a cam paign against what is called "Wo man’s altogether extravagant be haviour on the seaside/’ and it appears now that the Vatican, in aider to put an end to the craze as far as Catholics are concerned, is determined to buy the entire Fit gene estate, which consists of three miles of sandy beach and huge wood land. it will be turned into a special seaside resort for ecclesiastic, Catholic schools ami people wh.> bathe only for bashing’s sake. Only costumes buttoned up t j the throat and shewing as little ns pc.ssiblo of the skin will be al ii wed. There will be a ban on dancing, sun baths, lying half naked <'ii the sand and spooning under the moon. THIRD ANNUAL RADIO AUDITION AT RALEKiH The third annual audition fAr Raleigh and vicinity of the At water Kent Foundation is to be held in Raleigh Saturday, Septem ber 14. At three p. m.f at the- Woman s club the elimination contest will be held and those winning in that will sing over the Raleigh radio station, WPTF, at seven Any*non-professional singer be tween the ages cf eighteen and twenty-five is eligible. Two sing ers, a young man and a young wcman, are to be selected by the Rnieigh Audition Committee, who wiil compete in the state aud'tion h Charlotte in October. T h? purpose of the; Nation;'! Radio Audition is to find and to enlarge the opportunities of am bitious young men and worn* n who wish to make music their ca reer. Local district, state and na tional district auditions will be held. Twenty-five thousand dollars in prizes will be distributed among the eight national winning con testants. For further informatio write to Mrs. T. S. Johnson, 1026 Cotwper Drive, Raleigh, N. C. SPECIAL MEETING OF FELLOWSHIP LODGE NO. 84 A special meeting of Fel ice ship Masonic Lodge No. 81 wi.ll be held tonight (Tues day) uj eight o’clock at the lodge room. There will be a fish fry in the lodge hall after which third degree work will be done. All members and visiting brothers are invited ; to be present. J. P. RODGERS, W. M. (iR A DC ATES A PPALACH1 AN STATE TEACHERS’ COLLEGE Among the thirty young teach ers who completed their training for work in the elementary fie! i c-f education at the Appalachi. i State Teachers College last week was Miss Ola Keaty of Johnstor county. Miss Beaty is a riaughta; Mr. and Mrs. George G. Beaty i who live near town. ) Gov. Grader On Tobacco Market i-. j Frank IS. Wilkinson of Wash ington. I). C.. Explains I How Governmenet Grading ! Will Be Conducted; Two i Official Graders Here i -- . 1' rank B. Wilkinson, of Wash ington, D. C., who is in charge jcf tobacco standardization and j grading woik, is in the city to sec the work of government grad ing of tobacco get under way. The jgovernment graders for the Smith field market, the only place in j ^»orth Carolina where government gracing is being done, are Edwin i tb McDowell of Goldsboro, and ! Thomas Woods of Oxford. A I grader will be at each warehouse ai all times for the purpose of advising with farmers as to the handling and preparing of their .crop, of informing them as to .market conditions, and of grad ing tobacco for those who wish this service. Farmers have been inquiring how they might go about getting this grading service, and Mr.! W ilkinson gave this information to the Herald in an interview yes-j terday. Farmers who wish to have their tobacco government graded j should advise the warehouse truck men or the men at the scales in : order to get a special ticket wh.ch a iot me govei.l-' mcnt grade. If the farmer does I , not want his tobacco government graded he should get the weigher j to use the regular warehouse ticket which does not provide space for the government grader. In the mornings before sale starts the. government grader will start at llie beginning of the break a ml I fro over the entire warehouse I floor, grading each block bearing those tickets with space for gov ernment grades. After determining the grade he will mark it on the •ticket and sign his name. When the auction starts the graded and ungraded tobacco will all be sol i in like manner with the exception that the warehousemen will ca” cut to the buyers the government grade on each lot that has been graded. A charge of five cents > r hundred pounds, or fiftv cents per thousand pounds will be made for grading service. Thii charge will not be made on any Charts will be displayed each tobacco not government graded, week in each warehouse showing the average price received for gov ernment graded tobacco. Prices wi’j also be quoted in the Herald so that the farmers, dealers, and warehousemen can keep posted on market prices on a grade basis. This is the first time n: i the history of the tobacco busi-1 ness that such quotations have i been made possible. ims government grading serv ice was instituted this season in South Carolina on the Lake City market. There was a substantial increase in the amount of tobacco graded at Lake City by the Feder al-State tobacco grading service at the end of the third week. I There was an upward trend also j in the prices for most grades. 1 he average prices paid per lvun- > deed pounds for graded tobacco for . !the first three weeks were as fol-1 l lows-: | B2L, $.‘18.45; B3L, 31.05; B41 124.40; B5L, 22.20. | B2F, $27.60; B3F, 27.85; B4F j2 5.50; B5F, 18.45; B6F, 13.30. j B.KM, $15.75; BUM, 11.54; B7M 7.56. j B3G, $25.70; BIG, 19.35; B5G, j 17.15. BOG, 12.40; B7G, 10.2-5. I 'C2L, $33.55; C.'il,, 20.00; C4V, 12-1.70; C5I„ 21.80. | C3F, $30.25; OIF, 20.10; ObF, 2:1.05. COM, $10.05; C7M, 10.40. 05G, $20.50; COG, 17.50; Ci'G, i o.oo. X1L, $18.35; X2L, 10.10; X3I,, 11.00; X4L, 9.05; X5L, 0.'l2. X1F, $20.25; X2F, 17.75; X3F, I 1.05; X IF, 9.15; X5F, 5.50. X3M, $12.15; X1M, 8.55; X5M, j0.00. XOM, 5.25; X7M, 3.85. X3G, $12.05; X4G, 9.00; X5G, 9.05. The first letter of the gra'ie mark represent the groups of the tobacco which are as follows: A. wrappers; B, leaf; C, cutters; X, J. E. Medlin Dies | Almost Suddenly ( _ Succumbs To Brief Illness Sunday Afternoon; Funer al Held At Bethesda Yes terday Afternoon ! A sad death occurred Sunday afternoon when J. K. Medlin pass ed away at his home two miles from Smithfield, after a brief .11 ness. He Jiad been sick with a cold for several days, but was net confined to his bed until Satur day. Sunday, his condition became very serhus, bis lungs becoming congested, and late in the nftei noon he died. Tlie funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 3:iS0 o'clock at !!c thosda Baptist church of which Hie deceased was a member. His pastor, Rev. A. R. Creech, as sisted by Rev. S. I,. Morgan . f this city conducted the service. Interment was made in the Bethes da cemetery. A lovely floral of fering covered the new-mad’ grave. I he .pallbearers woie. Messrs. Willie Wilson and Jun ius Parrish, of Wilson’s Mills, Lee Og'burn, of near Smithfield, M. A. Wallace, II. 1). Ellington and \V. M. Gaskin of this city. A large crowd of relatives and friends not only from his community hut ■ from Clayton and Smithfield were ! present to pay a last tribute of respect to the departed. The deceased* who was 51 years cf age, leaves a wife, who i before her marriage was Miss Lizzie Easom, and seven children as follows: Mrs. Chas. N. Day of. this city, Miss Irene Medlin, Kit- ! gene, James, Mary Edna, Ernest. | arid Evelyn Medlin. He is also survived by his mother Mrs. I. W. Medlin, Sr. of the Powhatan section, an ! | eight brothers and sisters, namely, i Mrs. Jim Poole, of Roanoke Rip ids; Mrs. Lonnie Spence, Mr-. David Barbour, Vernon and Clar- j once Medlin, of Powhatan; Ferm and Sam Medlin, of Clayton; and I. W. Medlin of this city. A Decalogue. 1. Never put off till tomorrow , what you can do today. 2. Never trouble another tot K’-hat you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money be fore you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap, it will re .dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than lunger, thirst, and cold. G. We never repent of having ?aten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that j ive do willingly. X. How much pain have cost ; is the evils that have never h in- j rened. 9. Take things always by the j •niooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten be- ' ’ere you speak; if very angry, ! \ hundred.—Thomas Jefferson. • K.\r speedim* over ATLANTIC TO HOME HANCAII I.AKFI1URST. N. J., Sept. 2. — j Aided by favorable winds, th“ j Graf Zeppelin was flying far out j over the Atlantic today on her j filth crossing between the United ! States and Germany. She was j hound for her own hangar at . Fi iedriehschafen after touring the I world. Carrying 22 passengers, the airship was flying more speedily than • on her first transatlantic flight to Lake hurst less than a. year ago. Radio advices indicating she was making about 80 miles an hour, virtually full speed for her five motors, strengthened the probability she would reach Fried-’ richschafen before Thursday morning and lower her own rout'd the world record of 21 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes.—Associated Press. lugs; N, nondescript or damaged tobacco. Following the group letters the numbers one to seven refer to t.ie quality of tobacco within the group. The third letter represents the color of the tobacco. The col ors were: L, lemon; F, orange; I), dark orange or mahogany; M, ;mixed other than green. G, green, j In case the tobacco is a priming, ‘the letter P will he used after j the grade mark. FIRST BALE NEW COTTON Neil Williams, colored, who lives on the farm of Kirby Rose in Cleveland township, had his first bale of new cot ton ginned yesterday. This is the first bale of Johnston county cotton reported this season. State Will Have New Farm Body ! * V- * ' . -I < . IsT, Call Is Issued For Stale Con vention of hte Crange At Raleigh Sept. 26-27; Dr. Clarence Poe Heads Advis ory Committee RALEIGH, Sept. 2.—T h e Grange, one of the leading na tional farm organizations in the. United State*, has come to Nortii Carolina, I* or some time, Fred Brenck man, Washington representative of the Grange has been at work J in the state organizing locals at j various points. In this work he j has had the support and cooper-1 at ion of the farm and home' agents of the State College Ex tension Service and the advisory I help of a committee headed by Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the | Progressive Farmer and chairman of the college board of trustees. At a meeting held last week in the office of Dean §I. O. Schaub : head of the school of agriculture, I it was decided to issue a call for i a state convention of the Grange | to be held at Raleigh on Sep tt irJber 20 ami 27. At that time cnicera will be chosen, a cons i-1 tution adopted, a program of work mapped out, and the organization ' placed in the hands of the North Carolina farmers* L. J. Tabec,' master of the National Grange, ‘ will be present to help the new state organization get started. In commenting on this new de velopment in farm organization m the state, Dean I. O. Schaub said, hat the Grange is the oldest farm j >rganizati.on of its kind in the United States. It has been in con tinuous existence since 1807 and H;W has 800,000 members in granges located from Maine to California. It is unique among ‘arm organizations in that it is • i fraternity, an educational insti tution, and a social club. For >ver two generations, it has been < tn outspoken spokesman for ru ral America. At the meeting to be held on September 20 and 27 from 50 to 100 delegates from the recently i organized granges are expected Lo be present. MJK.MAN I LA 1 KKIS IILKK j» FOR \\ EKK S’ KN(i Ad KM ENT *Til<ly Ann” a three act com-! lily drama, opened the bill Iastj night for the Jack Norman’s Week’s stay here. The audience! took cognizance of the players’, efforts to please and generous ap plause greeted tihem on dozens of occasions. The play well written j and the different characters were well portrayed. Delightful comedy courserl its way all through the play and .the “Village Constable” ■anie in for his share of honors. In fact, each one carried out his part to perfection and honors seemed about evenly divided'. Vaudeville sketches came between! acts and were bhorouhgly enjoyed. \ New scenery and lighting effects adieu to the enhancement of the stage. The six-piece jazz orchestra is composed of musicians of no mean ability and their popularity was evidenced by the generous applause they received. The Norman Flayers are well known in Smithfield, this being their fourth year’s engagement' here and "e can truthfully say it is one of the cleanest and best shows that has ever played our town.—H. •Children are much nearer the inner truth of things than we are, for when their instincts are not perverted by the superfine wisdom of their elders, they give them selves up to a full, vigorous ac tivity .-—<Froeib e 1. i Club Women Are At Annual Camjp ■ ‘ 1 _i . H Forty-two Leave To-day Spend Rest of Week At White Lake; Special Dem onstrations ■' : •- A —.. !■ A Forty-two home demons triti in olul) women and 4-H club Sgirls left this morning for White Luka where they will spend the ? rest of this week in a camp. Miss •Minnie Lee Garrison, county nen-'e agent, who is in charge of t’.’e camp, wm oe assisted during tne ■week by Miss Nonie Johnson, principal of Corbett-Ha ;dhe,’ school, Miiss Annie Ford of FeiSr Oaks and Miss Gertrude Trimble of Salisbury, who will give daily demonstrations in fall millinery and felt novelties. A special lead er will be in charge of recreation. Also there will be demonstratici s in handicraft. The party left this morning at , 8:30 o’clock, and stopped for a 'while in Fayetteville, where place* of Historic interest were visited. Friday will be visitor’s day, and a number of club wcme? from the county will spend that day at White Lake. CLEAN UP THIS WEEK Mrs. II. L. Skinner, president of the Woman’s club, requests that a fall “clean up be conduc ed within the next week as a fin ale to the yard and garden on test. No yards and gardens will be judged except those entered hut spring, but the judges will make a general survey of the city end the club would like for Smitl. lield as a whole, to make a good showing. The prizes will be awarded in the contest at the club meeting to ibe held Wednesday, September 12 th. GRAF TO START FOR HOME WITHOUT COMMANDER LAKRHURST, N. J., Aug. 29.— The German dirigible Graf Zeppe lin completed its triumphant three weeks' swoop around the wo did today and immediately pre pac tions were begun for a take off at midnight Saturday for her home port across the Atlantic. It will be the Graf’s fifth crossing of the Atlantic and for the first time on a major flight she will not be under the control of her veteran commander, L\ Hugo Eckener. On completion today of tha first airship girding of the glob* and the fastest circumnavigation by any manner of transportation, Dr. Eckcner announced that re would stay in America about *2 days and would follow his dirigi ble home to Friederichshafen py steadier and train. ^ ^ During this period he planned to visit Washington, New York, and Akron, Ohio. He went to Washington today where he w&3. presented to President Hocvtr. For tomorrow he accepted an in vitation to be formally welcomed by the city of New York and to morrow night he planned to leavs for Akron.—-Associated Press. Though a county agent has been at work in Stokes county sincq the first of July, he has already placed several pure bred dairy lipifers. Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me— i “Have your ’baCco government graded so the price won’t be de graded. “P. S. Hurrah! for SmHhfteU tobacco market.”