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VOLUME 24—NUMBER 4.
ANTI-BOIL WEEVIL
CONFERENCE GETS
F>jMKHS HELf
RECRUITS AID FROM THE OUT
81DEKS FOR "FARMERS
dp THE SOI TH
ATLANTA. G*. Feb. 38—The Na
thnl Campaign for 801 l Weevil con
trol, which was launched in Atlanta
last week, does not seek to supplant
any existing ageucy for combatting
the insect pest, but has the purpose
mi mobilizing new forces and throwing
UililMial strength to the support of
those who have conducted warfare up
on the "Billion Dollar Bandit" in past
pears, according to l>r. Miller Kee*«-
Hutckison, the Alabama scientist ami
inventor, who is managing director oi
the coplpk
( "The widespread effects of the bolt
weevil's ravages nutke this problem
n matter of coacern to the entire pub
lie," l>r. Hutchison said. "One of tlie
objects of the campaign, will be tc
mobilise a civilian erniy, the strength
of which will be added to that of the
regular army, the federal and stab
agricultural agencies. Just as th
regular army constitutes the back bom
of the war force when fighting ano
ther nation, so are the established ag
encies for combatting the boll
the primary factors in this warfare."
The National Cotton Conference on
801 l Weevil control held here last week
assembled leading figures of all the
branches of the cotton industry, the
acores of agricultural research and ex
tension workers ffipm the southern
states, representatives of the United
States department of agricultuie in
cluding Or. W. D. Hunter and com
pleted the campaign organization with
Dr. Hutchison as supreme generalissi
mo of the forces of the north an-,
south south fighting the "Mexican in
▼•dcr **
At the present time, according t.
Dr. Hutchison, war will be wage! o.
the weevil with all the kit >v. i weap
ons at !.J»rd in o •• -r to sav a:' niu I.
as is nt-iibic of tfi-* I!***"' fivr.i
destruction by the pest. This work
wil be carried on by leans of a cam
pnigu «l prartifil infoi in uij i a.id
demonstration in all the cotton grow
ing counties of the south. liefonstia
tion farms in these counties, ui.le.
the direction of experts, will give t*-e
plaaters the test methods of fij-hlm
the weevil In their particular are.
by use of the known poisons, sc rrtiti
use of fertilizers and intensive CulU
la addition to this work expe.Hi.K-nt.-i
are already under way to Ma
and better means of exterm n .'u.k or
coatrollia gthe insect. At Or. ItuUh
ison s request, experiments are »ow
Icing cartel on at Cle u.-m Coilege
S C, with the idea »l 'tghfihg J»
> pest through sterilization of the egg?
by means of X-Rays stored in chem
teal salts. Another experiment up
geatrd by Hadsoa Maxtf at the con
ference will be conducted shortly wish
the idea of developing a sex-lure for
• Mar weevil whieh -saa- he used «itii a
suitable poison and thus attract Hit
insects to their doom.
President Warren G. Harding ha
pledged every resource of the I eel.in
cal and scientific agencies of the Unit
ed States to the war against the boll
weevil.
REV. J. M. PERRY
WILL (JO TO A
TEXAS CHURCH
MAS SERVED ROBKBSO.NYIi.KE
PASTORATE VERY BATIBFAC- 4
TORILY SEVEN YEARS
1. R. resigned the
■mt tbs Rnharan' i"- Christian church
and has accepted the pastorate of the
church at Denton, Texas.
Mr. Ferry was at the Robersonville
chmch about 7 years. He proved
himsatf not only a good prtarliur bat
• good, progressive citizen, not pas
My an bat actively, so ht might be
: : on to do his best in every
pad «Mk. .
One of Hm faod paints in Mm was
lh«t be was Just a man, flesh mid
Mead, like tw] r P*°*de, capable of
gettiag dntfNH.the people, where
he csald dm k *; always cheerful and
tttkamUj, n flat musician as well as
a good preacher He waa popular with
yJI birm-T of his unselfishness and
Md it"" | " « to help every "kindred
Christian cMrrh lose a good paster
bat the tan, county and community,
"b^"Er^l2H e lrtlh W a Ml
Hi, of in -fa Us aaw field.
Mr.
THE ENTERPRISE
TRACTOR MUST SHOW
RESULTS IF IT IS TO BK
PROFITABLE ON FARM
If the tractor is to be profitable
on the lami, says the United States
department of agriculture, it should
make possible the accomplishment oi
one of the following things at least:
A reduction of the number of work
-lock on the farm; a reduction of the
amount of hirx.il labor required; the
fanning of an increased acreage; oi
an increase in the amount of crops
produced.
With the addition of a tractor to
the farm equipment there will nec
essarily be soine changes in the meth
ods of operating the farm, and |ser
liaps a reorganization of the type ol
farming will be ptfs»ible. Some.sur
veys of a number of the large farm>
where have been owned and operated
have been made by the department
and show what changes take place on
the average farm under tractor con
ditions. Farmers' bulletin 121*6, The
Changes Effected by Tractors on Corn
Belt Farms, has just been issued.
With the information set forth in
this bulletin, the man who is trying
to decide whether to buy a machine
will be enabled to determine approxi
mately what influence the tractor may
have on his farm, and the man who
already owns one will be altle to com
pare the results which he has ob
tained with those that are obtained by
others.
MARTIN COUNTY
STILL NEEDS A
COUNTY AGENT
I
DISTRICT AGENT Met RAKY GIVES
REASONS WHY MARTIN
SHOULD HAVK ONE
It* boll weevil is not coming—it
has already arrived. It was found in
every cotton producing county in the
state of North Carolina, except Cur
rituck. last fall. It will catise'the far
mers of Mai tin county to lose tensj
of thousand' of dollais in 1!I23. In
1924 and l'J25, the loss will probably
run-from 60 to SKI per cent. Have
' you figured out this loss in dollars
and cents? *
If we assume that Martin countv
produces twelve thousand hales per
year, and if we value this cotton at
only one hundred dollars per bgJe» the
[crop will amount to $1,200,0110 pef
year. If the boll weevil destroys on
ly one fourth of the 1U23 crop, the loss
will amount to £1®0,OUI», counting cot
ton at only 20 cents per pound. And
should the weevil take half of the
IJKiS crop, the loss will be more than
half a million dollars, and the farmer
will pay the bill if it is paid, because
the boll weevil is a good collector.
What are you going to do about it,
Mr. Fanner? How are you going to
light this "Billion Hollar Bandit?"
Tlie county agent work was started
by the activities of the boll weevil
in the state of Texas. Today, we
have Twinty -agents all over the Unit
ed States. Three fourths of the coun
ties in North Carolina have agents
and every county should put on a man
Uiis spring. Realizing the dentruc
tiveness of the boll weevil, Halifax:
Wayne, Craven and other rounties
have recently put on two agents.
Halifax will ship three car loads
of hog.-, itroperly Ted, in March, and
these hogs will top the market at
high prices. Cooperative feeding ai d
marketing of hogs is one of the best
ways to fight the boll weevil, but the
farmers' have not done this success
fully where they have no agent.
Some farmers have the iilea that
a county agent adds a heavy bunk i.
Ir. their taxes. This is not true, as
a ■ kl county agent will save the far
ners several times what it will co-i
to support his work.
There art twenty Ave hundred farms
in Martin county. The small sum of
forty eight cents per farm will sup
port a county agent, if you count
it on the basis of population, it will
cut five r.-.its per head to p*i*e a
io«n'y ag --t m Vartin county.
It is needless to enumerate the way*
in which the county agent can help
the farmer. You are more or less
familiar with this work already. Yo.i
need his services in the fight against
the boll weevil and if you want in
agent* I suggest that you go before
your commissioners the first Monday
and ask them to appropriate enough
money to get a good fan for count.
•gent. '
Yours very truly, «
O. F. MeCRART»
District Agent
The winter has teen so mild that
paalana and winter cover crops have
held their green condition better than
1 la fart, no winter damage has
WILLIAMSTON. MARTIN COUNTY. NORTU CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MARCH X 1923.
REVENUE AGENTS
MAKE A GOOD
RAID ON STILLS
LAST \\ I KK WAS A BAD WEEK
ON THE MARTIN COUNTY
MOONSHINERS
Revenue AgenU W. J. Manning uf
Bethel ami E. K. Jackson of Plymouth
with two assistants went to the Free
Union section on Friday ami sueoe.ti
ed in rounding up seven stills, catch
ingtwo men ami seeing several others,
capturing t.IHHI gallons of lieer ami
al>.Hit 2(1 gallons of rum.
I Five of the stills were complete cop
per outfits anil the otlfer tw\i were
gasoline drums. All the material and
stills were destroyeil, two men arrest
ed and warrants gotten for thiee oth
ers. This is the champion raid ever
made in Martin county, if not eastern
North Carolina.
These stills were found in that sec
tion of tlie county called Free I'nion,
ami sometimes called (iaukland. Most
of the people living in that section of
the county are colored and until they
entered the moonshine busines* about
five years ago. were among the conn
ty's most respectable citizens. But.
like all other sections that get deep
in tlie lii|Uor business, they are rapid
ly degenerating into a state of unrest
ami in some cases dangerous unreli
ability.
On Sat unlay morning. Deputy Sher
iff Luther IVel with Police Officer C.
James of Robersonville went over in
I'oplar Point township and raptured
two fine copper stills and seven Imr
rels of molasses beer, together with a
half gallon of liquor of the bluish-)
green type. One of the stills Wa
1 running full blast, but the operator
was -ifnailed by one of his watebmer
ami lie escaped. i
"On Saturday aftemoofT"Deputy IVe
t with assistant made another raid in
| I'oplar I'oint and run square on 'a still
that had been shut down only a few
P hours The still, a hundred gallon
" copper outfit Was in perfect order, but
- ill liniinr and leer had lii-en reniov
( nl a short time before the arrival of
i the olliiers.
I This made te:; stills in two la>-
• ami of course, there are still others,.
, but this will help some, and God speed
the day when we will try to do some
, thing better than to make liquor.
r —"— l —-
! UNDERWOOD MAY
' SEEK PRESIDENC Y
ALABAMA SENATOR IS GIYING
SI CtiKSTION TIIOKIII (ill CON
-1 SI DERATION, HE SAYS
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Senator
r W. I'nderwood, of Alaliama, tlie
democratic floor leader ii| the senati
' may again be a candidate for tin
' democratic presidential nomination. Hi
1 has informed friends that after hi?
return from Euro|ie he will give "ve
ry careful andHhorough consideration'
"lo tlie suggest loiiTo"eriler Hie race"Toi
1 the 1924 nomination of his party.
The position of Senator L'mlerwood
who sailed a few days ago from New
' Yoik for Europe was outlined in a
1 letter of February 2nd to W. M. Cole
man. of tlie Alaliama house of repre
' sentativea. After adoption by the Ah
1 ahunia legislature of a resolution urg
ing Seaator Underwood to permit his
1 name to go before the Democratic Na
' tional convention next year, Senator
1 l'mlerwood wrote:
' "Tlie home papers advise me of the
! great s-sr.iplimeni you and your ct>l
' leagues paid me in the resolution pas
sel, on your motion, suggesting my
name for consideration in connection
1 with the next democratic nomination
' for the pre-nlenry. I have always felt j
' that- tlie re is no honor that has ever
rome to me in my public career that
! was greater than I lie honor given me
by my home people in 1912, when
• the Alaliama delegation to the Haiti
' more convention voted for me for the
" presidential nominee through forty
-1 five ballots.
1 "None of us are wis.- enough to
i look far into the future and | do not
think we should reach a hasty conclu
sion in regard to Alabama's attitude
' before the next Democratic National
; convention. I am going away wtien
1 congress adjourns for a few months'
rest. When I return I ahall give very
1 careful and thorough consideration ot
' the friendly suggestion that are being
marie in reference to the advisability
1 of my entering the fight for the pres
klential aominatioa of our party."
Senator Underwood will not return
from Europe before the middle of
Mr. Harmon Roheraoa of Smithwiek
Creek visited us this week.
Mr. R. L. Smith of Robersonville
i one of Martin county's leading mer
il i I . was fta tewa Wodaesday. '
LAST WEEK OF
RALEIGH SOLON'S
WORK CLOSING
'Raleigh 'Open Slioppers'
[ Try to Use Prmtinjr |
Invest In
Own Fight
KAI KU.il. Mar. I.—These aie ti.ei
closing days o>" tlie present session
of the legt>latute and mm h of the I
moftt important «»rk is lining dispos
ed of this week. There arp some i'ca j
tures uf this wwik 'tliat ca.l for care I
lul hai.d| t ng— more careful tiian Mine
of the member ate at this w i-itul* I
apparently are disposed to tk-vote to
its passage.
I ins is tlie moot overwhelmiiiglv
ilemucratir boOv, speaking fiom a par
ty Standpoint, tiiat has assembleil here
in a KeneralKou Its work will-very
propelly lie atiributeil to the demo
cratic party. Mistakes should be niore
than usually avoided and tl.e taking
of radical staiui> on atfect
ing any part of our jjivopl. .should In
shunned as a plague The p.•lilu.ii
oppo.-itn.u in this state b eagerly a«
ait in can to take advant
age of any mistakes and to capital
ue ar.y false uiove tliat is made in
the next few days. It is distressing
to lie compelled lo ald that there i
dsdiger ahead. Tlie man at the switch
is' not asleep, but it is possible tliat
he maw do »»r.e Uian permit an ac
cident by negligence.
Internecine strife within the great
liarty of the pin.pie should be stopped
and the order should go foi waixl at
once that it shall be slopped. No
member or set of members to en
legislaturv should be permitted to en
danger the welfare and future sue
.■ess of the tleoi.H latic paity by forc
ing legislation in tl.ese cloning days
tliat would heap un-ult u|ioii injury to
a large and devoted following of us
true itetiHM rats as live in Noilli Car
olina and whose woik i ntlie interest
of good government lia> Itei-n con
tiiie.l wiiliiii tlie democratic lold, in
wlioe organi.ation tliey ouistitute a
large-'propottion nf its brains and it^-
baekbone.
Ihe leport oi tlie legl lutive coin
I.mice whn li mv« stigated certain
"charges" ami uian>iu*u-ly c. ucludi il
two weeks ago tluit they weie not
sustained. ha> tiel.l back their report,
which rs expected to be made this
week. Tl.e reason for the delay is
uiiderstuw-l that tlie committee in
tend, to ilu . «-no-Uiii.g Ulncli it Was
not s|iecially to d.«, name
ly, eiiil>o>ly some i-cummendalions
which. it t.' >aul, includes one lo dis_
member, bl»w up, oi transfer tlie
de|>ailiiienl of lal«>i and . priming.
This lia. Urn uiged liefme a
small number of the eomillitteemen,
sitting as a >uh committee, by tin
employing pi inter.-" oi gani nation, who
Nyflresent the >.»calTel "open stiiip"
movement thai has been fighting tlw
ty |M>grapl.n ai oioon and all organiied
labor unions, while they themselves
maintain au ot ionization or "union,"
coniinrd to tliem-elves, but which does
not by any means include all the em
ploying punier.
Just what tl>e legislature will find
it wise to do or not wilb certain
parts of these to more. I tecomuienda*
tions still remains to lie seen in a
day or two.
There ts tlie lamg bill, which iieruiits
corporations l»« sell . Im*iiils for inonj
than six per c»-i«t if they run for over
two years. The Grist soldiers* anlj
hill is set for consideration n> t e
huutr. The pnemorV ti-l.ei.es bill]
has rtiH to yet through both hraticbif.'
tlie senate is wrestling in cmnMWltee j
with tlie solicitor.-.' salary. luli.Vand
the house is sftd Ito .leci.le whether it
will add four new judges and solic
itors to the state. The senate ha
passed an act for seven, but the house
committee cut it lown Ui four, and
there is doubt of even this getting
by'the house
~ The Giles farm loan act has' hern
■lebated considerably in tlie senate, ami
is still to be arted upon. Tlie bill
has many merit.n-.mis features, but
it may be too late now to get it
through both houses. Tlie mothers
aid bill has landed safely by boll
branches wnth an appropriation of
SSO/MO.OO annually, tot be supplement
ed by the counties to help the mothers
of children u-.able to be self support
»K-
Tobareo. like cotton, shows the pro
for an increase in acteaire
Practically all of the crop is disposed
of ■■ minting to sowttkisf less than
MOjMMMMO poumis for the North Car
olina bright leaf crop, ma.le last year.
Undonhtedly the favorable prices have
haea iiiinril by the Cooperative
r » 4 ** "'v
A IHREATENtD
i ANGLE AVERTED
BK LOCAL COURT
E\EUY ON i CONCERN El* •>' ITIS
lIED NO MC.-iE i Itol BLE
MILL APPEAR
l ui sday s se-sion of recorder's court
found but ww ta.-e os ite cnm.nal
issue docket tor irul as the first tiv»
vases liad to be (vntitool tni anuurt
of sakness.
The only ca-e tiktl was the Stat«
again t Irving Übuni. a ivlon yeat
old b»> fur assaulting a -ck«4 teach
er, at tlie Brown dw«l in Kuberwir
v die township.
\oung tobuiu was atteiading th.
siliooij and he and an associate were
v totaling -on e rule of the itlml, when
Mis.-- Margaiet Couuis and ]|i» Ev
eiyti t httlips, te.Khers in the school
attempt*-*! to (onrct them by c*>rpo
ral punishmenL Voung tuloiu resta
ted . natclunic the whip away from
"tliem. Miss Courtis being thrown t*
tlie itoor,. and after gettmg up was
struck HI the fouth. but ■> sen»*u>l)
hurt. At the bearing irprv-setit-itive
of tlie teacheisv the bo) and his fa
ther, the solicitor and private ptvse
cutor agreed that tne pioprr vvuix
was >or tlie U>y to a|vlv|iu' *n»i pa>
tlie coat and teenier .-cbiwl, wh.cl
was acceptable to ti«e coutt
livery body WW tn*d sonmi tu f»e
tliat tlie proper cvtirxr wa> followevi
and tnat much was towaid |Hu
■ noting a belter feeling in tile neigf'
I iHii Keii'iJ'l). -»«nt if any ililiei.
ences nave lieietuiwrv cVi.Uvi tiny wil
l>e laid aside and the neaghborhooo
will, ill tlie end. le he pen.
I tie folk? »lw lave had ex|H rieno
knou tliat tin- gieatf>t pi»4d«-tii pe»>
pie kive to face, ts the ptoper >nj
of the boys an>l girts of the lami
Bridge engineering, luaU buihuig. na
vigation and all other g>eat thing> fad
to measure up with the .-entice ue-«l
ed in tiainiiig tIH- .•! tlie cwun
fry v
RELATION OF THE LOW
DEATH BATE Ttl GOOD
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The low •ieath rate in the I nitel
States in IV2I was not only due to
wide spread health propagaada and
.mprovement in the food situation, but
also to several other factors, inciud
[ ink very unusual «*3llwr conditions.
-a\s the weather bureiae United Statf?
department of agriculture Further
evidence of the weather factor is pre
sented in firures just released by the
Umeau of the eee>ws, whack -bowr an
increase i% the ■Vain rate for th
first i|uarter of ISM from lit to 117
per thousand. The weather durrac tin
tirst three month i «rf the year si'
abnormally void in duai pSrt - of the
country.
The .tealh rate for I*2l was no!
only the- low 4 on iwvnl in tne L'nit
ed States, but was also ab>*ut the'
same in value for countries ami cities
widely separated. It wmild be ister
o'ti• g unJ valuable to be aide t" trace
out the , conwlka bet meet
specific diseases anj the weather.
Thus, in Kn;faui>l. in 1921. when 4n
weather wis persistent, there wer»
severe t pulmiics of arVt fever. sh4
medical authorities had peevitmslv net
e.l a connection between soriet fe
ver an«l .try years. A correlation stn
ly of the Itimrhamlon. X. Y . record*
and those of IVoimi huna. leads to th« j
U-tief. that it is low relativity humid
tv that is the important factor, coup
led,, of Course, wh a -uitahle M l foi
endemic prevalence of the bacterium
WORK SUCCEEDS
FALL; NEW IS
l\ M. t; EN ERA I
I'la si.NT POSTMASTER UEN Kit
;.i. TMANSI LBRUS TO- INTER
IOR DEPARTMENT
W ASIIINGTON. Fein 3S. Pn ilial
Hauling tIS lay effected the greater
change his cabnet has undergone
since his administration began nrarlv
two years ago by desagnatirig I»r
tluneit Work, of I'vlwiaki. now p-4
master general, lo te secretary of the
interior, succeeding Albeit IV Fall, td
New Mexico; and Senator llac i y S
of Indiana, tvt head the p»s
i.|lkc departments m swrresnosr to l»r
Work.
I tie nominaliuo vl Dr. and
Serat»r Nr* were enl lo the senate
an.i promptly cunhtnaed. that d Sen
alor New alnu-l in op
en atnmkem in aßMilwe with the our
tc--y always evten»ted-suiting
and"that of Dr ttoik. Sale in lie da)
after It had Inn iriemd I" Colli
fittee m open KsSim i'»l
l>ak. The two wd Bake up thm nr*
duties next M«n>lay w».en lie regis
nation of Sevirtary Fall. anSM«icei
several weeks ago. kn««w- effective
.senator N« w ntue> Ike !«ial
with tlie adjournment of oil
Sunday
Tlie srleetioa male by Ihe presi
ilent were n>4 nne%|arcted. as ll«ev
«w-foeecat two weeks or ««e ago.
I lie piesi*lenl. upun reeeivuag O*■ ie«
ii-nation of J*e»e«a»> Fall, si* re
lues after two years m Ike cabinet,
lo take rare of bu private
I ii.lrrest», lenderiM |» Secretary Hmi
er, tike interior portfolio. M lie
nierce secretary eipns-(d a Jfxrf U
cunlintse al hi present p»l in order
to work out certain parts of the pr>
gram of l»-lpfulae U Unie» lltal
he ha- in-lilitledL
B\iHlN€ v A\ INt REtSEU
irr HtkiiMi TARIFF
Mjsufaitsieij of men's balking
suijLs—which are coveted by the -pec
itic and ad valotem dalle J in the Futi)
pyf Mlriilal pistoliit* tanff hill
f are niakme the e article* much tear
| er. though su teller. f«r aest nan mi r
■ The a>lvarices have already aanuunled
I t.j |2 -4* a >loien for -suits of cotton
! mixtures. The increase of worstcvls
|is somewhat greater. By the time
, these bathing *wt* are aid by the
i retailer these increases in price will he
I T-"", cents ami II ench. _»
Tl«e Australian limit* weevil |De
nociva Irai has snt«n fosmd
by the I nilinl SlaUs Orfartoesl al
i. jrirutture to he e>lsMnhrd at a
nunler of points along the coast of
Mississippi, in adMtiam la the piertem
inland infe-lslions It is now repert
eil frons five distinct places in Harri
son cousktjr. two in Stoae county, and
one in Jarkmn cwaty. This sndwsta
that the original iMrstotiaa accwrmd
pre-umahly at a* earlier dale thaa
was beret ofo«e iatps e
Truck aad fririt ernpi have prat
peels fa riar rearer, to view mt Caeara
hle prices Car hat ywar- Thsa ta pro
iHE BEST ADVERTISING ME
DIUM FDR THIS SECTION VIU
BE IOIND IN THE ENTERPRISE.
ESTABLISHED UN
CORN
MAKE U NEW
HIGrtvRECORD
THEtS VALUE IN EXCEEDS
THAT OF ANY OTHER
YEAR IN HISTOKY
Export* of corn from the United
States in the calendar year 1922 made
a new high record when considered,
by the number of dollars which they
onnight to the American fanner.
The 1 ra«le Kecord of the National
t ity l>juik of New York has issued
nKWTsnhuwing that fur the first time
in Uie history of our exports, the va
lue bf the coru exported crussefl the
nuiulrW million dollar line. For the
vear ending December, 1922, the value
•as $1 la.tw7.unu against a former
high* reronl of $92,767,0u0 » the calen
dar year 1921. If we add to this the
s7,uuu t wiu worth of corn meal and oth
er foodstuffs prepared from eon, the
SB,dW,WUO worth of corn syrup some
times designated as "giucoc*," the half
million dollars worth of corn sugar
and the half million dollars worth of
corn oil and cake, the 1922 exports
of the products of our corn fields will
total nearly SIOU^UU.OOO.
The value of American corn export
ed during the last decade aggregates
considerabK more **>■" a half hillwm
dollars, an average of about JjO.OUU,-
UOU a year, while the 1922 total as
alieady in .icated, exceeds |IuU,OUU.OUU
and if we add the cum "by products,"
the total will approximate $150,UU0,-
UUU. -r
This increase in the European taste
for com is especially interesting to
us of the I'mted States because of the
fact that we pro-luce more than three
fouiths of the corn of the world, and
our possibilities in that line are almost
unlimited. In fact, our corn crop in
the latest year for which world sta
tistics are available, the calendar year
1921, was in round terms 80 per cent
of the world's production.
Argentina is the next in rank to the
I inled States as a corn producer, but
her total output is in fact last than
»ne tenth that of the I'nited States,
her 1921 crop luting totaled 231,000,-
«•"« l>us|iels against 3.UBU.UUU.MM in
lite I mted States. Rumania produce*
about lUi.iAHi.tiUO bushels a year, and
Italy als.ut W.UUU.UIIU, and ll>ese are
the chief com producing countries of
the world, the United States with ov
er thice fourths of the world's total,
theu Argentina, Rumania, and Italy.
Ihe Orient produces practically no
ts.cn;-Ao-tralia hut a small quantity. _
while in Africa and South America,
the pi—lu.rtintt is confined to the south
ern ami therefoie the temperate zone
e« tion of the continent is in ques
tion.
Mlule the prices at which our corn
*i ; exported in 1V22 were of course
slightly less than in 1921, the price
■eduction was far than that ef
4lie|. grains, especially wheat, the av
erage export price of corn in 1922
being Til cents per bushel against 72
cents in 1921, while the export price
of wheat in 1922 was $1.25 against
fl X: in 1921; in the fall in the export
price of corn being but 2 cents per
Im liil, while wheat *#)owed a fall of
:Jt» cents.
STOLEN CAR RETURNED
TO ITS LAWFUL OW>ER
PRISONERS AKE ALSO CARRIED
lO CHAKIJOTTE WHERE
THEY WILL HE TKIED
Mr. W. W, Met.raw of the Char
lotte police force with Hr J. P. Props!
c ame in Tuesday aud get the stole*
ar and the man and womaa who drove
ll«e same down, and who are charged
with the theft. The ear was stolen
Saturday night at »:15 on the street
beside the Clayton hotel in Charlotte,
where it had ju&t been left by Mr.
i i'. Fiopst and wife, with the doora •
ami motor locked, and it is net known
how same was unlocked, Mr. Propst
having had —ether car stalea only
thirty day s before. him (fe
cial I y cautious.
The mart and woman claimed to be.
married and from East St Lews, Me.
The man said his name was C. R.
Marcum, and manuscript >in his pe»-
aessiea indicated that as being his tree
name. •
- B K Barn hill wan pa* «M for the
recovery of the car, and Fi—l Gur
gai us was paid |GO fer the peineners.
Marcum claims he did net get the
car'm Charlotte, but says it was de
livered to him in Raleigh and that h»
was goiag to RiHi—iil This will ha
the fifth criminal charge to ha triad
■Mtiii at Chariatte.
OMcer McOraw expressed hia appra
l iaHw fer favwts frees the aAdaia hi
making the capture and to
Sheriff Bsbarsca and li|ilin tor