DEMONSTRATION
AGENTS MET IN
DUNN TUESDAY
Me*ting Called by W. B. Mabaa
la laterest Of Combatting
Tha Boll WmtU
Agent* Were Present
From Six Counties
Duatinf With Dry Calcium Ar
senate Declared To Be Beat
Known Method of Weevil
Control. Speakers Warn
Against Buying Untried Ma
chines and Poisons and Pic
ture Danger of Indifference.
Dusting the cotton plant with dry
calcium srener, was held up as the
boat known method of growing cot
ton successfully under boll weevil
condition* by tht firm demonstra
tion agents and other members of the
State Department of Agriculture who
met in Dunn Tuesday The confer
ence of county agent* war colled by
W. Bruce Mabee, who I* in charge of
the boll weevil field station here,
front the following counties
being present: Jiamott, Lee, Johns
ton, Cumberland and Wayt.e. These
era the counties in which Mr. Mabee
will conduct his weevil-fighting cam
paign this year.
Mr. Mabee Spook*
The conference was held in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms, and
^ Elite Co detain, p re aid • ns of tbs
W Chamber, presided. Mr. Mabee *e
the Ant to speak He elated that
he was here to help the farmer* u
hest he can fat meeting the situation
with which they are confronted —
thnt of coosbatting the bail arcevU
The apsakor warned agmiMt (he farm
era trying oat now and noiried plana
•f defeating the cotton enemy. Every
mdlyidoei. he aaW, hag eome ppwandl
pHn * that he believe# will a amend,,
me* effective method, however. Mr.
Mabao warned again* the baying of
nomerooa new mopping machmaa
Wing offered the public. any of
these, h« (aid, am not ueed at al) in
the (ecliona whore they are manufac
tured. They arc offered for tala in
(action* where the farmer* art not
acquainted with the weevil, as throe
are the one* who (pend their money
for fake machine* aj.d remedies
Rosalia Obtained
Mr. Mabev told of the (uceaaa with
which the Government teat* of
dostir.g with dry calcium armonat*
met last year Testa were con
duct# J In varioue eoantios, and
the rviulla proved that an aver
age of SOS pounds more **od cotton
per ecrv wa* grown where the <tutt
ing wa* done systematically than
where no durting waa Hone. The coat
of dusting totalled 45.40 per acre,
which left a not profit for the dust
ing of 434.08 per acre.
Continuing, the npeaker said the
farmers of this section are lick with
the boll weevil, and predicted that
they will become sicker, "lam here,"
he raid, to diagnose the caee, tell you
what you need end where to get it
I have nothing to roll, but am *
your service, and my servW win not
cost you any doctor* bill*.”
In dosing his talk, Mr. Maboe de
clsrod that it is up to the buainoa*
man to cooperate with the funnels in
getting tho belt boll weevil remedy
and to practice with it
Mo* Divoraifp
H. A. Edgv, farm domonatrotion
agent is -Harnett, was the next to
speak. Ha emphasised the fact that
there k a problem to be met "Fanw
ere mu* diversify, but not cut owt
cotton sD stance," ho declared In
warning againat the trying out af new
plana, Mr. Edge laid it k not the ini
Wal aawt th* flaunts tKe 1m
in return*, k U batter to epervd
MOO for onaehlnee that will get re
«uHa, than |B far aomo untried ma
chine that will not do tha work.
What ia being dona la Harnett
county? he arked. A few dueting nt
cfciaee end tome aroenata baa beea
•old. Only about twenty-three tone
of caldera araenete ban bean pur
ehaard for nae In tha county, he eeld.
Lbre OtoaW A kaeaedy
Caitn Hotwurin, agent In Cuanber
land ecanty, Mraaaad tha Importance
of tha boainaaa mn —■■—i-j tha
*•*"*•» in fighting tha waarfl. Tha
beatnaaa men aheeld try to hifieccec
the fanaara again* wanting money
•» <*be aaaebinaa end peleone Ha
peintad out tha diet that juat aa the
farmer* yreaper ae dree the buahtaaa
aua proper. Baainaaa men aheeM
aeaiet tha farmere In getting teieKxr
Peace Now Reigns In
Ku Klux Klan Ranki
Imperial Wlaard Aad Imperial Km
peror Seech Afrmaenl Aad
Alt’. Well
1 Atlanta. Ga, April 25.—The at
(tin of the Ku Klux KJan, recent!}
Involved In diAcaltics between ttu
gov tuning head and th« Emperor, fc
dsy again resumed normal tourer
Ur- II. W. Evans, Imperial Wlaard
look up the reins of government, ant
W. Jl Simmon*. Imperial Emporor
remmed his Haxiom as advisory am
spiritual director In the ritual af
fain of the orgaxinstion.
This was brouglvt about yodterday
when an agreement was reached bo
■tween Uie Imperial Wlaard and Uu
Bmperor, whorcin couA netmov
brought by the latter against Dr
Evxm eras dtsndaaed and the trinity
government act up by the tourt enai
i dissolved. The turmoil arose cvei
Dr. Evans’ edict to Klonamcn tx
withhold support from say organisa
tion of women, right after Kmperoi
Simmon* had Issued a statement toll
ing of the organisation of Kernelia
an -order for women, patterned aflat
the Klan.
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Tar Heel Student A
Suicide in Maryland
Randall O Stone, ml TkaaanaviUa,
Manga Saif la Cellea* Cya
nanfclm
Wcet«*nat«r, Md.. April 14.—
Ran.laU O. 8tonc, 26, of ThomasvtUe,
North Ceiohno, a student of tha Wc»
4em Maryland College, committed
^ suicide hare yesterday by banging
fiimaeif In the college gymnasium.
Young Stone preaidant of tha
aanior i4a—, captain of Company A.
of tha baft alio a. editor of the soilage
mevthly. and a student for the min
istry.
Hs has set been well ter Severn!
weeks,and U was thought that hie
Rev. G. T. Adeem, paster of the
Dunn Methodist church, delivered the
principal addraaa at a Sunday school
conference held at Four Oaks lata
night.
aracnatc. " We are in a rut. and if
we don't get oat there'* going ho be
a head-on collision,” continued the
speaker. Mr. Mclaurln thinks live
stock a fine ewbautut* for cotton at
a money crop in Eastern North Car
olina.
Raeaite Of ladiCoreae*
O. H. McMahon, agent in Lee
county, pictured indifference as the
greet*St drawback to the farmers la
meeting the boll weevil. Be bad seer
the weevil invade two States—Gsor
g.a and South Carolina— and is
both States the fanners had failed
to pnpan in time to moot the condt
toni that resulted. Farmers donf
behove the weevil will “ get 1heaa *
until it is toe late to profit by the
experiences of other*. After Mn
weevil has gotten in his work, tha
formers are not then able financially
t* pat ap the proper fight, he said
Mr. McMahon aaid the farmer* of
the Dana trurtridt can do ao battel
then to follow tlx i not ructions ol
i Mr. Mabee.
Dry Dae dag Beal
A. K. Robertson, agent in Wnync
county, painted a more opthEfleth
picture for the tamer. He mentioned
tbo fort that 4a aawx of tho Start*
where the weevil had been for years
he la claimed a* a friend and oot ai
enemy. Yet, ha aaid, th* farmed
of Wayne courtly are very i ad Iff or
ont as to the dangers to which tho ho)
weevil subject# them. Mr. Robert
•on also warned against the as* ol
“ fek* •• weevil remedies end ms
chine*, many of which he aaid are no
offered far ale except in Motion
whom the farmers are haring theii
Srat export ante with the hoi waovil
Ha recommended the dry docUra
method a* th# bool tor rmoha, on
appealed to the boalaaaa men not «
allow thair farmer friends Oo hi
" trapped ' into buying machinal am
poisons that are worthless.
Mast Ga Hawed
lamas M. Cray, aaststajrt f-|gt
of the Bxtensiea Borate* of tho Stnt
Experiment Station, Raleigh, do
•cribed the boll weevil aa an anau
mountable wall, a wall wMah th
farmer must ga around In ardor t
paaa It suwomfnlly. PlrinMriatlii
•rap*. Ilvs stack and poultry, war
mmed ns some of tho ways far th
farmers to got around th# wall. Hog
aa* ba raised cheaper la tick archie
Chan in the West, ha aaid. Mr. Ora
told of an Matancc whara a man too
Mi tent, for whtoh ha waa affata
71 ooats per baahot, fed It to M
! BEGINS JOURNEY TO
FIND OUT WHO HE IS
Aamii Victim I mwi Char
lotte Far Baltimore To
Saak UUoOtr
Charlotte, Aril 86.—Feeling posi
tive that Mb name » Welter C.
Fnmeworth, bat unable yet to aay
"tore be came from, the vietto. of
aauieaio who arrived hero last Pri
oay from Florida, from which State
ho haa made hie way by travekim on
ttoua and m atoomobUea following
ah accident near Plant City, and who
too been cared for by Charlotte eit
laens, loft this city tonight at 7: IS
o’doeh for Baltimore, Nd.. where he
hope* some one will roomslae him.
lie intends, he stated before leHig.
to visit the hanks and hotels of BaW
timore tomorrow, feeling oars that ho
will be identified. He is expected
to arrive In Haiti more at •: SI to
morrow morning.
He was accompanied by C.M.kywr,
manager of toe Chariots ftTssitaiil
OU branch, who wiU go eo to Now
Yoib. mid expects to stop at the
Emerson or Now Howard total.
X-»y specialists bars took X-pay
pktsm of Me toad today and tatind
that there wore no feat term or blood
rMte ea the brain, k was at Amt
thought that his amnesia retain I
from a blow on the head, as when
he eeme to hhaasif near Plant City,
FM . he had only a grip full of soiled
cloth«a, only thirty dorian U naaey.
and hie watch, and eemglaiaod here
b'^paio in the back of hri head.
back arotpr each day, and JtoTw
fore leaving Charlotte he addiaaoad
a letter te a lady tort toankng tor
for a kindness, aad involuntarily
signed U u Valter O. Partieworth.”
IrsainsH RLTUSU » V/ IblTIf T
acauwt child, she u free
«*>• It-yuaruold
<ht««bteT trf D R. Reiman, <u Hb
eraud this moraine. Her father m
fvmd to testify egainal her, and the
Indictment was withdrawn and the
was turned over to the custody of
Irar Esther, wham She was ordered
by Jade* Karr after rite and Rich
ard Ernie Tomlinson ware married In
OKkra, 5. C. Rba promised to Mvt
with her foher and hare nothing
more to do with her 17-yuar-otd tarn
band until ahe reaches the age of
dieoretioa.
BURNED CO-OF COTTON
WAS FULLY PROTECTED
Approximately $140,000. Which U
folly covered by inouranee, repru
sento thr lees austetned by the North
Carolina Cotton Growen Co-Operat
Ive Association by the burning of
1,180 bales in a Kinston warehouse.
Steps have already beet taken to
collect the insurance, which will cover
the market value of tha cotton.
The Insurance carried an the cot
ton in the JUnston warehouse is
exactly the sane kind ad Insurance
that is carried on all the cotton
stored by tha co-operatives, it la
stated, and is fur the purpose of
fully protecting menfbera against
lossas by On—Ralelght News and
Observer.
for the him com. In •peaking of
Mr. Mabac's work in tMs aeetton, Mr.
1 Gray declaim! that hi* work will not
be an experiment, bat to toaeh the
farmara tha method* found ta ha baat
by teat in th* peat
After Mr. Gray ftntchod hie (talk,
Mr. Goldttaln in a abort talk urged
i th* importance of the krtmn man
1 and farmers of th* Dunn district
' backing Mr. Make* tn his work.
Other* attending the meeting, be
' (idea a number af laeal buatneas men,
1 ware 8. J. Kirby, amtatowt State farm
1 dwmnctratfen ipd, and N. 3. #te>
• ran*, farm damonetratten agent ta
1 Johnetoa aomaty.
The Dstaiwa* attendants at the
moating warn entertained ad dinner
r at oangk ids) by tha Dunn Chaw
> her af Commerce. At th* afternoon
■ amMaw th* vMtara tendered a not*
■ af thanks to th* Chamber far th*
■ entertainment aaaaadad them white
• ta Cnmn. Plan* far 8m mark to be
> dan* ta the mrtau* cauntlaa ropre
> seated warp dsiiini by the agowta,
I together with Mr. Make* arte tba
» other Departmaat fepreo*ntatiraa. at
i th* eftumnen aaaaton, aad no doebc
f math goad wfi] raeoit Mam the mast,
t lag. tha chief purpose gf wtitoh was
l| ta argnnim far a waited fight again*
■ tha eotton enemy.
• I
Bla* Back. Tka atfgi aehoaia did not
participate 4a tfccpMdi, bat ven
tiveo bob dap far 1ba dap.
LOSS OF $100,000
IN FOREST FIRE
Lata. Raporta. Sknr. Craat
Paa«|a la OMarhad
Ami Hamatt
FapatteviMa, Apt* M.—Aa ferfear
n«wi awarpe la Croat tha area
omouidorln* from fee hip doraat ftp*
which devoured a lame part of Ceao
berlard and flora tel eeaatiee thk
week, the itemapo wr.apht bp tha
flaraaa ptari WUla the area eeu
ered bp tha blaaa dMa not aeeai to
have been aa lat* aa aa re
ported at tret, tha dnmi aeeord
i«r u> reliable Oaeiaatoa, will ha par
hope ten thnaa aa praat aa bu brat
ippntMM nn K«dM X. W.
CtaleUaD, who tod the *fMg MM
again* the Ore, yleeee the lea at
$100,000. The dtarnation of crepe to
nraeh mom earioaa <tai, reported
erhHe the Are wee aging. Mr. Chrto
tiaa atatee that many trope wCH have
to be pleated ever again. Bnwa and
other hve-eboek wan burned ia away
laetaaeea. the priaidpel ba, of
eoaiee, m from barned timber.
The Ore awept ana aa ana of 40
Shan! Rockefeller and Kaartmae.
It it « NtoM ft* «f (nay that
thie bleat, the Wage* fora* Are
which Erie eertlen at the Stole hae
aaea la a n amber of yean, and Owe
ath ate, broke at* ea the day oddek
wWaeaaad the opening of Fere* Pip.
eerraMon Week.
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IMPORTANT MEET
MONDAY EVENNC
Mmm mca «f Dmud irtonmi
bo haM in ^***"■■■ iTn
'tort wotk.^A^rt *T«fiSO
Tbo tooting ott bo iiMwooi by
W. Bnaoa Mabaa. ato la il charge
of tha local bob weevil Ml Mka
Unite of iMocot to banfceca aal
to baotoo* «m» of DmmIoNm
bo^ooaaMoood. aa4 to
to
Mr. Moboo M Mtb Dam by
to OoaifMMtt to moM to buwn
of Mi* port or to Mote tn ffM*|
to woovQ, cart new tot be ie bote,
to btonate an aa4 foiata ebook
ca operate oMb bfca la to wait b*
la to aatotaba far totr toaroat. Bo
U oaha**.
CIIU. lurrucii uvkn
KSM TO DIB W BUMU
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0< the private ptvceiMltea. Jaattce
«f pope* B> Loyd TMocy aewight with
drew the warrant tented bp bias Paw
WMhaag^ <ka«tec TIm«m C Coop
er aad J. C. ha a*, paaafdeat aad
eajkter, reaper dvtey. ef the defanoc
Liberty wad Baring Bank «f WOming
tor, with obtaining aw nay ander
faUa prate ace.
Following several watfanieni
tbraagh the dag far oanferancae bo
tw»e« oppeviig eoeneri, Mr. TtUey
declined te dtentee the warrant aad
rantlnd the caae until seed Wed
needay. Tonight the wagietwde eea
aaKtf ever the leag dlteenei telo
phase with Belie iter W. F. Erena,
wtai le ia Biebteood, Ta., aad Mr.
Bvaae aenaented to the dteadeaal ad
Tonight eon rue] far the Apex bank
tented the fattening derate eat:
“The warrant In thte aaaa taw te
wed at tke lariaerre of the Foeplea
Baak ef Apex. M. C . In geed faith,
ef a rletedem ad tew. lafenaallea
tee been gained aa a reowh ef tUa
iMatedteted^gi J
■wwgrgj, wiiMfl WWV
tedteau that Ike warrant waa laaed
wader a wiempuhi ill a aa to sown
of the facte.
“*e believe tent Mr. Cpaper and
Mr. Bawet, the defendant te thte
aaaa, and Mr. Little, re eater cr far the
Liberty Beviag. bank, ahewld he per
AMERICAN BEAUTY WEARS
LOVELY GOWNS IM TNnDEL"
though Rm local* at Kath
ploy. “The Infidel,* whiefc
mm far Rio Scat tone in toil eRy
am Monday at tor Oolnalnl Theatre, 1a
ana ef tor (iiof Booth Baa ufeada,
noanOMlas, Mlu MacDonald'a ad
■uon anil Sad her garbed ia aojac
traly waodrrfal gatm daring to*
dr*alrp«n«nt of tor atory.
Mian MacDonald ia introduced ia
rrk* fnSdd” na on* of a eUp
wtatoad party, aaahrd to tor Soak
vito to* angry Mm of a l/Rin,
tort toe Ugaanrty of toe aotbor of
to* Mery. Charier Logon, fe each
toat the later to toe arraaa ytay eke
if called open to wear cam el other
Rtot aro raid to he too loot word in
DUU“D
1 local he«pW tetof after te tad
*•tan tteoan* tta vtatew of a trail
tat aat ttaafte to te fatal.
Mr. Mytoaa war-lr-,i1 aa
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