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v?.Tv?t FARMYILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH?! N?. 11
PM Connly Leads State
in Crop Productioo
Pitt Canity Alone Raises Major
Clops Estimated At Third Of
BHMon Dollars Annually; Is
lending Entire State In The
PndneHoa Of Cotton, Corn
And Tobacco. .
Kins ton, July 12.?A survey of the
: counties of Eastern North Carolina
that are affiliated with the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce with
headquarters at Kinston, showed that
Fftt county leads in the production of
tobacco, with 29,674,197 pounds in
1925, the latest authentic government
report ouL The average price of to
bacco according to government figures
|or that year was 28 cents per pound,
Jhus totalling for Pitt county $6,825,
065.31 from her golden weed.
< "Not many people know that Pitt
produces this much tobacco," Presi
dent Raymond Turnage, of the East- i
era Carolina Chamber of Commerce,
mid. "This is an average of 721 lbs.
per acre on 41,157 acres planted to
tobacco. Figuring this down further
it represents 600 pounds of tobacco
for every man, woman and child in
Pitt county, or 50 pounds per month
for the 12 months* period."
' The same year Pitt county also
produced 28,654 hales of cotton which j
sold for the neat sum of $2,572,368.80 j
according to government figures. This
cotton figured in pounds, lint, is 13,
690,720 pounds, or a little less than
half the tonage of tobacco. Pitt coun-i
ty; is one of the leading cotton coun
ties in the section.
"?*" 1?1 100S
JQfr UUiU crup 114 r<UUC XV* A?r?*v
wf* corn, having: to her credit 861,
516 bushels "at $1.10 per bushel, gov
ernment figures; making a total value
og $947,667.60. These three major
cappa brought into Pitt county in 1925
$#,345409.71.
"We can hardly conceive of this
great mass of.wealth being produced
in'one county of Eastern Carolina,"
President "Turnage continued. Taking
the above figures as an average for
a period of 33 y^s? w^hich is eonsid
N^%rolina.
Merry Matrons Are
i Entertained Tuesday
^n* of the most enjoyable affairs
of the summer season was the barbe
cue"; luncheon given to .the Merry Mat
rons Club by Mrs. W. M. Willis on
Thieday at 12:00 o'clock.
Attractive home was colorful
with est flowers. As the guests ar
rived they were invited into the din
ing^Nbm where a delicious two course
fcMtfwoa was served boffet style.
MedUanm J. W. Parker, B. S. Smith,
* 2 VUlk and J. L_ Rnmlev assist
?d (he hostess in 9trring and Mrs. M.
W. Jooes enhrsned the hour with piano
the luncheon the president,
H. Knott, called the club to
mad m short meeting was held.
The^peegswm eocaiuittee recommended
"Stoathern Contemporary Literature"
by jjfibbard, as a eeoeee of -study for
tho>B sad winter and its recommen
dation was accepted. Mrs. J. W. Park
er read Mrs. E. L. McKee's farewell
?peg&h and'Mrs. Thomas 0'Berry's in
augural address made at the State
Pedmthm meeting in May. After
whkjh the meeting adjourned.
11 l^c Union lpg^es
11 ^J^M^serrices on the rteps of thf
I 2* the Ministers of the town Jhai
wa^
^ nrrr-^
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I fci* *??<!?* it wwtor to take tw
I ijitiijut m\tm**
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? HjiHn tfr wife teite me th._
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If her (teiBMi Iter * VRCtkaiy prie,
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Edsel B. Ford
A remarkable good "close-up" of
Edsel B.'Fcrd, now president of
the Ford Motor Company, taken
as the *4 airplanes hopped off on
a reliability tour of 25 American |
?cities?and for which he will award
a special trophy for the 4,2CQ miles
of flying.
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Congress to
Utilize Radio
Heflin Astounded By Public
Political Ignorance; Radio
Proposed As Cure
Washington, July 12?Senator Thos,
Helfin, of Alabama, is responsible for
the suggestion that when Congress
meets again an effort should be made
to broadcast by radio the proceedings
of both the Senate and the House.
Mr. Helfin has been touring the
country making speeches on various
questions,- and he is shocked at the
ignorance of the people about what
is going on in Washington. .Mr,
.crowd the news columns of the news
papers and the government doesn't
get what he thinks is a proper pro
portion.
Strictly speaking, Mr. Helfin thinks
the speeches of members of Congress
would get over to the people better by
radio than any other means.
Mr. Helfin was reminded that broad
casting during daylight hours is not
usually so good for atmospheric reas
ons as at night, and that more people
have the opportunity to listen 'after
I iU^tv fbn ?tatr vh^Vp
UllliKl UiOiX UUVU^UVU v wiv UMJ,
upon he countered with the suggestion
that Congress e s#y adjusted itself
to the situation by having many night
sessions.
To get space on'^the air at night,
however, Congress Would have to dis
place the regular musical programs
far which so many, listeners-in have
expressed a preference. There is some
question, however, as to whether if
the project were seriously undertaken
by Congress a separate wavb length
could be provided that at least would
give an opportunity to those who
wanted to listen to Congress instead
of music.
In this connection, the question ox
, whether the radio makes votes or ali
. enates them is still unanswered by the
podtieians. Some of the Democrats
say the broadcasting of the wrangles
at the last Democratic National Con
vention at Madison Square Garden
did more to drive vqtes away from the
? Democrats than toward them, and it
? is being seriously advocated now that
1 if the next national convention shoule
t show signs of repeating the last ex
| perience there will be a quick switch
' ing back to radio studios where music
t and other entertainments will be sand
5 wiched in to avoid the monotony o1
- prolonged baUotihg.
. As for the broadcasting problem ii
" Congress, that body would have t<
- decide first of all whether the Senate
I or the House should havepreferw?
pud possibly if they should have sepa
I r rate wave lengths; Then unless all th<
I proceedings were to be broadcaster
| the question would arise as to jfrha
F*t>ie subject at th
y I a fow ypflpfl aeo
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pug.
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De?psey-a*key
T? Figbt On Next
Thursday Night
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National Broadcasting Company
To Broadcast Ring-Side
Report Of Affair
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The boxing match between Jack
Dempsey and Jack Sharkey, which
will take place at the Yankee Stadium
in New York City, Thursday night,;
July 21st, to ascertain which of these
two contenders will ~be allowed to chal
lenge Gene Tuney for the heavy-1
weight championship of the world,
will be broadcast T>y the National
Broadcasting Company through at j
least 30 stations of the Blue and Red
Networks, under the sponsorship ofj
the New York Telegram and the 25
other Scripps-Howard newspapers.
The nationally known N. B. C., an-,
nouncers will "describe the contest fori
the huge radio-audience. Graham Mc
Namee, famous for his microphone
pictures of the World's Series base
ball games and other athletic events,
.?>;n rW<>viVui tVip action durinar- the
TTJIA UVovxwv ???? ? w
bout while Philips Carlin, manager of
vVEAF, whose voice was heard by
radio listeners for the first time lii
months during the Washington Recep
tion of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, will
take over the microphone between the
rounds and furnish interesting side
lights on the fighters, the crowd and
the contents.
It is expected that the Dempsey
Sharkey bout will go on the air be
tween 9:30 and 10:00 P. M.,~ E.D.S.T.
(8:30* and 9:00 P. M., C. D. S. T.)
Since it is impossible to determine be
fore hand at just what moment the
various preliminary bouts will be frn
'shed, arrangements have been nthde
for the special musical program,
which will be furnished from the]
studios of WJZ New York.
The list of stations which have al
ready signified their intention to
broadcast the bout is as follows:]
WEAF, WJZ, KYW? WEBH, WGN,
WMAQ, KDKA, WCAE, WJR, WWJ,
WBZ, WBrA, WHAM, KSD, WJAR,
Wt-kG, WTIC, WSAI, WCCO, WDAF
WGY, WHAS, WSM, WMC, WTAM,
andWSB.
The above information was lurnisn
cessories for both lines. This company
will be glad to have you drop in their
store on the night of the fight and
hear the ring-side report over their
radio which will be in operation at
that hour.
If you imagine this is a cold, un
sympathetic world, tell people you
have a cold and listen to their sug
gestions. v
?PERSONALS?
Mis&?Lucy Anne Flannagan leaves
? 'Sunday for Durham where she will
spend a few days visiting friends and
relatives.
? *
Mrs. Eli JoynetV Sunday School
class, of the Methodist church, had
their class picnic at Green Wreath
Park Thursday afternoon?
.
Mrs. G. A. Jones and son Fred, are
at home after spending the month of
June in Washington, D. C., and BaL
timore, with relatives.
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Mrs. E. 0. Beamori, Miss Mary Alice
Beamon, Miss Lottie Lane Joyner,
Mrs. J. A. Mewborn and Miss Sarah
Mev/born were. Wilson visitors Tues
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Franklin, of
i Portsmouth, Va., who are visiting in
; the home of Mr .and MrS; J. K. Cobb,
; and Mr. and Mrs Cobb and Children
I spend Tuesday in Goldsboro -taunting
. friends and relatives. Theywere ac
companied home by Mrs. A. T. Griffin
: wSn*j?atend a few days here visit
? ing relatives.
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| IsSSo/ce terstmt&y
i L?i?-?
Miss Ty sonJBirtains
Miss Lyda EUisAth Tyson enter
tained at four tab
Thursday evening, **?*>
Miss Tabba KeyJp^W Winston
The house was aiM^stively decorat
ed with cut flowersMt the conclusion
of the game, Mrs. j
ing high score amolfcihe ladies, was
presented
liam Bryan, who I
mong the men, wasftiven a carton of
Chesterfield* Td 0#iwnoree tfce hos
tess presented a boAtf Coty's dusting
powder. 4
A delicious salad wuv? was jfemd
by the hoete^ tssMfrby ^Xath
CshdWwy Orn^M^mr
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Wilmington; July 12.?Outlining a
platform avowedly wet, L.. N. John
Son, former State Senator from Pen
.
tier county Saturday announced that
ie vdil ran for the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor in the next earn
:*?# ~M -^T'l
A farmer, and superintendent of the
Hugh MacRae farm developments in
Pender cour.tv, Mr. Johnson issued his
announceipent from 'Burgaw.
"I will be a candidate for governor
in the forthcoming gubernatorial con
flict," said the statement
?; "My platform is certainly wet It
provides that the national government
bay all the surplus grains and fruits
at a fair price to the producers; that
gilod liquors and excellent wines be
made by the said government from
the said grains and fruits and that
safid liquors and wines be distributed
by pared post to bona fide household
ers at actual cost of production plus
transportation charges.
"The outstanding beneficial direct
results to fellow .the application of
this platform a*e:
"1. Farm relief will become 9 fact.
"2. The bootleggers prop^VriU be
eliminated and as a natural consequ
ence, the bootlegger will become en
tirely extinct. 4
"A multitude of indirect results
which will operate to the public ad
vantage can not be detailed in the
short space of -0h announcement"
I
the last general assembly enabling
the Highway Commission to set up
headlight testing stations, is for the
service and convenience of the motor
ing public, and for the protection of
automobile owners.
This is the interpretation placed
upon the present law, about which
there has been some controversy, by
Frank Nash, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, in a special opinion on the law
in question just delivered to Frank
Page, chairman of the State Highway
Commission.
Th 'last general assembly recog
nized the'drastic uature of the head
light laws already on the statute
books, and that car owners generally
had little opportunity for knowing!
whether their lights wereproperly ad
justed or not, according to Mr. Nash's j
interpretation. Consequently it decid
ed to set up .these testing stations, in.
order that drivers might first have an
opportunity to have their lights tested
before being subject to arrest^ lit also
included the stipulation that even
after arrtst, drivers of cars with
blinding headlights be allowed 48
in which to have their lights
ac
cepted in lieu of a fin* if made within
the 48 h<^ .limit.
In eluding his analysis of the
few^Nash says:
I ? "Manifestly, this section of the law
^ was enacted for the benefit of the
motor vehicle owner. It does not it
self create any offense; on the con
trary, it provides the machinery for
answering a charge of the breach of
the law by having the tights properly
adjusted."
I So it is distinctly to the interests
the automobile owner to have- hii
lights adjusted, and made to conform
to the law, rather than to ruh the risk
of being arrested and subject to a fine
of $100 for having illegal tight* I
- " This interpretation of the law bj
Mr. Nash bears out completely the po
sition taken by the highway com
mission, according to EL K. Either
spoon, assistant to the chairman, thai
- t I J--.- "iV'A - ' I
wfiw ilgfliu> on'' ,1|5 flmiflfivSut fo
and #111 ran his ear at constant risk
of- arrest." -r^"'- ; _:_ * ,;V | ; .J
It was pointed out by Mr. Withe t
spoon that in case of -collision at
night, where one car had had its head*
lights inspected and approved, and the
o&erjutd not, that the Odds in adjust
ing damages would be all against the
man who had not had his lights prop
erly adjusted, thus showing that it is
well worth the cost to obtain the offi
cii certification for one's lights.
Where headlights are found to be
ofc. of adjustment, they are property
adjusted, reflectors and lenses polish
ed, bidbe of the proper candlepower
inserted, all at a reasonable cost In
cases, where lenses are found to be
faulty^, and reflectors rusty or dented,
so "that they must be replaced, the
cost Naturally more. But these lights
are repaired and put in condition only
at the? request and with the consent
of the; car owner. And most of them
ore* so delighted at the better lighting
which they obtain that they forget the
cost, according to Withe rspoon. ?* ; I
"A farmer came up to my office
the other day attd complained that it
Wwld. cost him $8 to have his head
lights fixed up," Mr. Witherepoqh;
said. "lie had an old model car, and
the lights had bee,; neglected so that
they tfefre completely unserviceable. I
told him to go ihead and have them
fixed upi and if he dklnt think it was
? nnM nrhen he ffot out On
Vf v? Ml . ? ?- 7
the ropdf at night, that Scotch though
I ara, I would pay for the t*jtia my
self. A ftw days later he eame back,
smiling rbroadly and said that he
I would not take $10 for those new
lights, aid that he didnt see how he
K had gotten along without them." \
Many similar incidents could be
given, affording to Mr. Witherspoon,
who sa^that even Mr. Page, chair
M, man or the commission, was a; bit
U skeptical at first aboit having the
lights adjusted On his cars, thinkingl
that it fould not make much differ
' ence. But when they were properlj
' adjusted,'the lighting was so mud
better, that -he could hardly believe
' that adjustment was all that had beer
' done, -? V; Z&L?9
Out of the m>>re than 25,000 cai
^{toKghSig results*ob^ned^acwrd
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man of the leading New*York
Yankees, who has stood baseball
on its head this season by his sen- ,
sational slugging, passing ^Bafee i
Ruth in home runs and bidding
fair to be one of the biggest "fiftdr
xif- years.
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Office Wounded
in Fight at Stiil
Allied Distiller Also Wounded
In Gun Fight Near Fort
Barnwell
Kinston, N.'.C, July 12.?W. L.
Lewisfi | federal prohibition officer is
in a local hospital in serious condition
and Virgil Sermon of the Fort-Barn
wen Section, also wounded is under
guard in a Goldsboro Hospital, as the
result of . a gun battle at close_range
between federal agents and mooii
shiners in the Fort Barnwell section
last night. I
- Lewis, who led a party of three
Reed Sermon, his brother, of : the
shooting. Reed Sermon is-held in the
Lenoir county jail here.
The shooting took place in a dense
ly wooded thicket which has long been
known as the location ofmoonshining
operations. The officers in two auto
mobiles, came upon the still and placed
the Sermon brothers under iirrest.
After they had loaded-, What contra
band liquor was about the still, intc
their autodobiles and were preparing
to leave, they were fired upon from
a nearby thicket, one of the fedeijsd
aai/] |
? lipi,! IHII IHMIII
Linburg, one of the agents deserted J
I 'tis companions to seach for the as
1 >ailant, and the arrested meh over
powered the remaining agents it wbs
I iafd. A hand to hand struggle ensued
I during which Virgil Sermon and Lew
I !s were shot. Linburg and McDuffy,
I third members of tl;e raiding party,
I made their way from the woods afoot.
I The two automobiles containing
I their associates have not yet been
fotind; Linburg returned here late this
I morning unhurt after following his
assailant through the woods for sever
I al hours and finally losing him.
Entertains at Bridge I
I
"Mrs. J. H. Gregory entertained all
number of( t^e young people at a lovely I
bridge luncheon on Saturday in honor
I of her niece and guest, Miss Caroline I
Warwick, of Richmond, Va. J
A profusion of summer flowers
were uised us -decoration - throughout I
I the house. After several progressions i
Miss May Joyner was awarded the I
high score prize and guests prises I
? were presented to Miss Warwick, I
? Miss Helen Jones, of Blackstone, Va..
I and Mrs. Howard Eberly, of Washing- I
H delicious two course luncheon I
m was served at 1:00 o'clock. . . [
Most of the big jobs are helo. by I
1 men who couldn't even name three I
naughty magazines. I
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55,900 Stnd Congratulations
I To Lindbergh by Telegraph
j Telegraphic congratulations, from I
r more than 55,000 persons throughc it
- the United States and Canada were
s delivered to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh?
r from ^^njule lltlTwiSfthe
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Farmers of Pitt Me
Much Interest in l eHf
y-?'sif&tfy*. ?? *' c .. r % m w
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Farmers Of This County Have
Shown Great Interest Jn lie
Proper Cultivation Of Tobac
co; Proper Care ofHugs, and
Raising of Poultry. Over
2,00 Hogs Vaccinated.
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The Hog Cholera campaign in which
2,500 hogs were immunised" against
cholera -was completed Saturday.
The entire time of the county agent
for the past thirty days has been de
voted to immunizing with Che excep
tion of four days spent with the dub
boys at camp Leach. All requests
made have be,>n complied with and
now that this phase of the work has
been taken care of until the' fall cam
paign, the county agent will turn his
attention to developing other phases
of the Pitt County Agricultural Pro
gram such as tobacco production!
Poultry Work and Dairying.
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Last week eighty-eight .farmers
from all parts of the county visited
the variety, fertilizer and cultivation
demonstration on the Cox farm near
Ayden. This week a delegation of
Pitt county farmers went to Oxford
to attend the Special One Day Tobac
co School held on the State Test Farm
there on July 14, and observed fer
tilizer, variety and cultivations tests
* i i 1
unaer way mere.
Twelve hundred invitations have --
gone out from the county agent'soffl
ce inviting farmer., to attend another
field meeting at the Cox Farm two
miles east of Ayden on July 16th to
observe test with tofoaeca under local .
conditions. The unfavorable season on
tobacco has raised two questions in
the farmers minds; first, am 1 using
the right kind of fertilizer,- or good
fertilizer, and second, am I .cultivating
my tobacco properly. Both these ques
tions will be "answered by doaely^b
serving the demonstrations underway
on the Cox Farm. The demonstrations
speak for theselves. ; %
The campaign .'or twenty newjponl
County this spring and another ea*
or so will-be Bhipped this fall torid
the flocks of the non-profltaWe and
thereby sav a winter feed MIL
"i
0. E. S. Meeting
- On July 7th, the Farmville 0?pter
Oi E. S. held its regular meeting, with
Mrs. M. V. Jones, Worthy Matron,
presiding. - -
' Routine business was transacted,
after which a not of thank's waa read
for flowers sent a member in a Rich
mond-Hospital, who is. very, ilL.
r\? fnr the Decrees of the
_ Wire jwMuv.. _ - ? _
Order was received. " ? I ?
Interesting reports were made from
several who attended the St. .John's
Day celebration at the Oxford Orphan
age; also reports were m?de.\ from
those who attended the Grand Chapter
meeting at Salisbury last ; moittlnl
Plans for the celebration of Sobert ' <
Morris Day were discussed, but notttv ?
ing definite will be decided on unta *
next meeting. ? - ? I ??
The. Grand Matron, Mrs. J. W: I*ar- '~y
ker, being present, was escorted to the '
East, and given Grand Honors.
Hon. Walter Sheppard was also in- ?
-traduced, and addressed the Chanter
on "The Lessons Taught "by' the
ern Star," which was greatly en. .
by all.
Mrs. M. V. Jones and Mrs. J. W.
{Parker kindly tanked tie Chapter
for the lovely g$te_presentM- them a^l
Grand Chapter-JI- ?. ^ -
After th?'meeting an. <fc* craanr**^
course wasj&ved by Mn.antfMra. J. '
G. Smith,jattctMrs. j?&,^
The Befreshment Committee for
August , js: MesdamasT Jl X. SKackle
ford and Haywo^'.Smith, and! J. L. -
Taylor- ..^^64*- ' -
J. Sf?
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Put)' op p?0pl6 top th? rh^hti
| "I don't care fou pwt-ujj jflfrft "
11 *pjjg hftppiftst land in