£
lEminent Port Authority
I Will Address Deep Water
f # Commission on Octobe r 10
Open Meeting is Scheduled When
X Dr. Clapp Will Go Into
Facts ;
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COMMISSION FOLLOWS ‘
THOROUGH POLICY
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‘V,.; RALEIGH, Sent. 27—pr. pdwiB
Clapp, of New York, one of the'most
•minent port authorities in America,
wil appear before the. .state ship and
Water stransportation eqilinussion when
It meets here Octoberl 18. Dr. D. D.
-Carrol, secretary of the commission,
•Announced hero.
Dr. Clapp will spend the full day in
•Conference with the commission on,
, port development with particular re-|
Terence to the' proposed undertaking1
In North Carolina. He is well informed
;:o nthe circumstances affecting the con
edition ,of water transportations in
North Carolina, having studied 'this
:?• state in surveys of other, ports.
The engagement of Dr. Clapp for a
. conference ■ is in line with the commis
sion's previously announceed determi
'{nation to get at the port and water
(transportation situation from, every
‘.angle and to secure the counsel and ad
t vise of men qualified as experts in port
v'survey and engineering work.
Is Great Port Authority
( Dr. Clapp has long been recognized
■as one of the greatest port authori
ties in the country. He made the sur
/•veyS of the port of Chalreston and the
port of aBltimore as well As many
•other American port cities. Sis sur
* vey of Charleston is widely recognized
‘ as a remarkable analysis of conditions
^concerned in the development of the
; 6outh Carolina port. In making that
* survey he* considers .the cause of the
,'port’s development or lack of develop^
. Hunt, the contributing factors; its po
tentialities, essential needs for its de
velopment, the relation of the hinter
land, the extent of the territory from
, which it may collect cargoes for the.
. ships that call; and all phases of com
Vsnercial and industrial development
-pertinent to the successful growth of
cue *»•
.« Conference Vflll be Open.,
. These phases of port and water cora
. Jne'rce study are expected to fee pre
sented by Dr. Clapp. The conference
will be open to the public and a large
■ attendance of those Interested In the'
-,port development movement, is expect
" ' '
The commission will meet for two
• days, the first day. October 10, being
• devoted exclusively to the conference
with Dr. Clapp. On the ■ second day,
-teh city of Wilmington will present a
.^supplement to its brief supporting its
-Ibid for designation as a deep sea P°rt
■--fW. S. Creighton traffic manager of the
- Charlotte Shippers (and Manufaotur
. erer’s association, and an authority on
f the subject of freight rates, is also ex
, pected to be present the second day for
, a conference.
I ' The ship and water transportation
? commssion which is probably going in
.3 to the most leaborate and exhaustive
1 study of a proposed state undertakipg
• that . has ever been undertaken by a
statel agency, is composed of R. M.
*" Miller, Jr., of Charlotte chairman; Dr.
i d. D. Carrol, Chapel Hill, secretary;
i x. M. .Scales, Greensboro; Charles E.
• Waddell, Asheville; Senator Emmett
Bellamy, Wilmington; Senator Joe
• Brown, Chadbourn; Dr. J. Y. Joyner,/
Raleigh; Charles S. Wallace, More
'head City, and W. A. Hart Tarboro.
Trinity Professors
§ Are Taking Leaves
" TRINITY COLLEGE, DURHAM, N. C.,
: jBept. 27.—A committee of the Trinity
^college faculty during the year passed
Tmade a special study ®f leaves of ab
tsence to be granted to those men
ibers of the faculty who wish to pursue
•their own studies or to perform some
.special task elsewhere, in America and
vjlJurope. The substance of this report
.1 Was that sabbatical leaves should be
granted to those faculty members ac
4 cording to seniority of service, one
, \ year's leave to . be granted on half
salary or a half year’s leave on full
■ J salary. These leaves are a privilege
iof the college professors once every
i seven years, the proviso being, that
.any member of .the faculty shall have
' been in the employment of the college
Vat least six years.
Taking advantage of these leaves this
year, A. S. Webb, professor of romance
j languages. Is studying French at Sor
borne university, Paris; R. N. Wilson,
Vprofessor of cjiemistry, Is preparing
%for extension work for the college at
• the University of Illinois; and Dr.
‘fW. H. Glasson, head of-the department
of political science, will leave ,during
4’the spring term to specialize' in the
^subject of economics. Professor-Webb
'■is away for half a year, and Professor
Wilson for a full year. Dr. Glasson
-i, will be on lteave for half a year.
> Sew Process
C4nUi Gra^iflon Company
: I "My Sweetie
f; , Went Away”
v. mourn* deli,
cioosly as fox
trotted by
California Ram
blers. And how
bluefully ' Dolly
75e , Kay can sing itt
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ELAN ACTIVITIES
, GET UNDER WAY
Many Important Changes Are
Being Made; Societies
Initiate
i ELON COLLEGE, Sfpt. 27—Follow
| ins the opening of school students
' have 'been'busy wit hthe^freorganizing
and setting to work of the .various stu
dent activities. Vancancies caused by
i failure of students to "return for this
session have been filled and old fami
liar college days and activities are in
full swing again. — . * '
■ It has been announced that the re
gistration for the fall term is 300 stu
dents. Construction work on the new
buildings continues to go forward rap
idly. The . Alamance hall is nearing
completion, and is now In use. The
wall of the Whitley Memorial build
ing have been raised to the third floor
and the steel for the roof Is ready to
be hoisted in' place and workmen are
now busy with the construction of the
library building.
President Harper and Herbert B.
Hunter,-architect, have Just returned
from Boston where they have been in
conference, with Dr. Walter S. Athe
nan about the details of the floor plans
for the the Christian education build
ing, for the erection of which M. Or
ban, Jr., Whittier, Calif, has recently
donated $50,000. The walls of this build
ing are up to the second floor. Dr.
Henry F. Cope of Chicago before he
died gave his approval to the general
plans for this building. With floor
plans worked out by the two most em
iment educators in the realm of Re
ligious Education'-thie building is de
signed to fill completely the latest
needs of a college campus—a center of
student religious activities.
On "Maroon’ and. Gold, the college
'weekly paper, W. J. Apple, assistant
business manager, and J. H. Dollar,
ciculation manager, were elected to
fill vancancies. R. W. Utley has been
leected to the Student Senate to fill the
place of C. P. Flynn, a junior who did
not return this year. ~
•fnitiations of new members for the
men’s literary societies have been
made, 21 Joining to Philogian society
and 15 uniting with the Clio literary
society. Others are bn the list to Join
later as soon as they have filled the
residence requirements. The young wo
men’s societies are to 'iniate their new
members soon.
BERGAW NEWS
J. E. Durham and Wr W. Pearsall*
of Rocky Point, were here as busi
ness visitors.
D. H. Hines, of Maple Hill, was a
business visitor here Monday.
Revival services begin at the Bur
gaw Baptist church on next Wednes*
day night. . '
Mrs. L. C. Sldbury and children, of
Wilmington, are visiting Mrs. P. P.
Sidbury this week.
Born, twin daughters, to Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Harrell, Monday, September 24.
H. M. Campbell, of Wallace Spent
Monday here. Here says that Wallaoe
is to have another newspaper begin
ning this week. R. H. Melvin will
launch the same.
Miss Williams, music teacher of the
sohool, spent Sunday at her home in
Btedman.
D. Wayland Bland left Tuesday for
Wake Forest to re-enter the college
there.
First lyceum show next Wednesday
night at school auditorium. This Is
a humdinger arfd is well worth, the
small admission charged.
Judge Cranmer, on Tuesday, appoint
ed C. C. Branch as repeiver for the
Bank of Atkinson.
Richarg Burnett, of Sanford, spent
Sunday here with his parents. He
was accompanied by Mr. Hoytt.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boyd, a
daughter Sunday night.
Mrs. Robt. George was carried to a
Wilmington hospital for an operation
Sunday night.
Stockholders: of the Planters bank
met Monday night at the courthouse
and appointed a committee to confer
with Judge E. H. Cranmer relative to
appointing a receiver for the bank who
would immediately close up its affairs.
As most people know, this bank has
been closed for some three months,
and- those most vitally Interested can
see no reason for postponing action
indefinitely.
Officers Early and Lily bfbught in
a ,still Sunday afternoon with the
alleged owner thereof, a man by the
name of Bachelor. He was arraigned
before TT. S. Commissioner Best, and
gave bond for his appearance at court.
T. F. Johnson, of Wallace, spent a
few hours hfere l&onday afternoon. The
improvements to Mr. Johnston’s hotel
are well on the way to epmpleetlon.
When actually completed, this vdll be
one of dihemost thoroughly modern and
substaptial hotels in this section of
the state.
J. W. Cruse, of Rocky Point, was
here for theday Tuesday.
This company will appear imBurgaw
next Wednesday night, October 3, at
the high school auditorium. It should
receive - a liberal patronage from the
people of the community.
Jtev. Currie, of Wallace, will preach
In the Burgaw Presbyterian church
Sunday morning at "11 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierce and daughter,
Margaret accompanied by Mrs. Walter
Green spent Sunday in Southport.
: •'_:_ ...
Mrs. Buck Displays
Latest Fall Fashion
■Windows aV the Front street de
partment store of A.' D, Brown ai\d
company are displaying all. the smart
ness of the big city show cubicles as
well as a similar artistry- •>,
Six of the latest mode gowns, pur
chosed in New Tork last by Mrs. Elisa
beth Fishblate Buck. These were exhi
bited at the fashion show by the
Brown company, where they attracted
considerable attention from - festival
visitors, and reflected the artistic taste
Of the selector, ’ f
These dresses are perhaps ^nnexcell
ed in the ‘ city in -style and modish'
ness. . . " - • •. ... - . \ - -
in addition to the dresses showi
Mrs. Buck is making exhibit of. ohb
styles in hats, , V '
ITAR HEEL WOMEN MAKE
GOOJ) RECORD WHEN
PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN
New York Exhibit Shows Just
What North Carolinians
Are Capable of
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/ _ •-.- -viv; -V..;
(Special to The Star) -
FAYETTEVILLE, Sept., 27.—"North
Carolina is right on top,” Mies Minnie
Samlet, in charge of the exhibit from
this state at- the, women's .,activities
exposition in New York, writes to
friends here. The exposition *B a na
tional affair,, held annually by the
National Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s clubs, but, ac
cording to Miss Hamlet,- none, of the
states is making a better showing iri
-the, industrial work of women than
that of North Carolina.
FayetteviHe’s section., of the North’
Carolina exhibit consists' of a handsome
showing of textile goods made by wo
men., workers at the local plants hfi
the Granite-Puritan Mills company, the
Holt-Williamson manufacturing com
pany, the Hawthorne silk mills, the,.
Victory manufacturing company, and
at the .Cape Fear cotton mill. I,
. Miss Hamlet, who now lives in
Greensboro, Was formerly the secretary
and treasurer of the Tolar-Hart cotton
manufacturing company, of this city,
and was a charter member of the lo
cal Business and Professional Women’s
Club.
RAWLS IS FREES «
WHEN TEETH SHOW
WRONG IDENTITY
Strangest Case in Superior Court
History Confronts Hender- j
son-judge and Jury
HENDERSON, Sept. 2%.—rjn what is
said to be one of the strangest cases
ever .tried . in , superior court heiie,
Janie's B. " Rawls Thursday was aquii
ted of the charge of deserting his al
legded wife,, Mrs. J. B. Reid, and he
children, the jury returning a, verdict
of not guilty on charges of_ desertion
and non-support. The case depended,
upon the jury beliefring or not that
Rawls, whose wife and two children
were present, had been able to grow r.
full qet of teeth during the eight years
that the plaintiffff alleged she had
been without the companionship and
support of her husband.
On the stand Wednesday, Mrs. Reia
testified-that Rawls Was,her husband
but she could not account for the fact
that the defendant- had a - full set of
front teeth. Eight years • ago. she
testified’, when her husband deserted
her, he had no front teeth, they hav
ing been knocked out in sn accident
20 years before. • Her two grown *chjl
dren "also identified the. defend&nt as
their father. On the other hand Reid s
three brothers and father were quite
as postlve that tfce defendant was not
of their family, "their . belief belfcg
strengthened1 and ■ iii fa# practically
based upon the condition of his teeth.
Rawlsr on the stand, failed to show
any Signs of recognition. as those who
claimed to have known Raid from
childhood were called before him nor
did he show any sign of recognition
when relatives of the missing husband
, were, brought before him. DenOsts
who took the, stand, testified that
Rawls’ teeth were not false. -
Another charge growing out of the1
present case, namely of bigamous con
duct, will be nol prosed, it was stated.
Rawls has a wife and "two children,
he having married since the time he
was alleged to havg'deaerted Mrs. Reid.
Hoover Comments.
On Harris Proposal
' . ■ * : r/^
"WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Th? recent
declaration of Senator Harris', democrat,
Georgia, that he would introduce at
the next congress a bill requiring an
annual census and survey of splnnabie
and unsplnnable cotton on hand
throughout the “World, has brought to
the senator a letter from'Secretary df
Commerce Hoover expressing the hope,
that something can be done in the
^iext session to improve the whole sit_
uatlon “with regard to the gathering
of statistics on cotton in hand each
year.’,’ . .
The experiments of the department
had demonstrated, Mr. Hoover stated,
1 “that while the information would be
of great advantage to cotton producers”
it had been impossible to gather it
“without authority to require the in
formation.for there are assertions that"
the warehouses and owners do not in
many cases know their own grading.”:
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CONVICTS ARE KILLED
CHARLOTTE, Sept. . 27;—Three con-:
victs, one whilte, were killed todays
by an explosion of dynamite at a
quarry where rock was being blasted:
for road construction near Cornelius,
this couhty. The wite men killed was,
Hugfi Jenkins, serving a five .year
sentence for automobile theft.
RIOTING KILLS ONE
BERLINS, Sept. 2 7—One man wits
kllle'd and 25 men were Injured In
fighting "Wednesday night at Anna
berg, Saxony, between nationalists aild'
workmen. The police were forced to In--5
tervene to pufr'down the disorder. .%
MISS ALICE CHEEK
18 ELECTED AS BEAUTY
' RALEIGH, Sept. 27—Mies Alice,
Cheek of Henderson this, afternooin I
was elected as winner for the fall fes- '
tlval beauty ' contest anc - she was
crowned Queen of the Festival at ' a
ball which- was the culmination.. “of
three days’ festivities. ! •
Other young ladles here for the .feat-:
ivg.1 and who represents their cities
were Mieses Evelyn Llncke, Nashville,
Mary Louis Everett, Raleigh, Hilda '
Randolph, Kinston. Louis Burlington .■
Durham;*Margaret pou, Smithfleld and'
Kathleen Price, Greensboro. V;
_ "YARBROUGH JURY STILL OUT
MACON, Ga., Sept. 27.—The jury de
liberating on- the case of Dr. C. A. Yar
brough, charged with riot In connec
tion with the bogging of W. O. Barnett,
, late tonight took - a recess, until to
morrow morning without reporting a
verdict. At. 11 o'clock the Jurors had
deliberated for 3J. hours. It'
. * "• — ■ • '' .- . 'i ■ •
SLIGHT FIRE IN JUSTICE DEPT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—The Are de
partment was called out "Thursday
[ night to fight a blaze on the fifth floor
i of the department of justice, building.
J-The damage was slight. - > __
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Coastal fTopography Helps t
'V^V-V Moonshiner, Says Dry Boss
“Far more whisker Jla distilled
andbo'otlegged in the eastern north
Carolina than there la |n tho central
or western part of the state, and all
because It. la harder to control In
the coaatal aeotlon than in any other
part ot the atate/’ declared B. C.
Sharp«,' of Salisbury, Uncle, Sam’s
. division prohibition chief, when
naked Thursday ‘ merninjp At -
opinion of the Illicit boose trade in
thts-part of lhe state. ■ ' /
Division Ch^et Sharpe atutea'tthat
He Is In,Wilmington Only for a short
visit. Whether on business or
pleasure he would not state when
spoken to In the customs house
building: Thursday morning:- As di
vision chief he has ^charge of the
operation of the federal prohibition
enforcement officers In the states of
Virginia; and Worth Carolina. His
headquarters are In; Salisbury.
I,
' 4jaked ’why he ' believed mere
whiskey Teas wade Hud.iold In east
ern North Carolina than in the mid
dle and western section* of the
'state, Mr, Sharpe said that it? a"
snch easier for a moonshiner to
..operate in the lowland* of the
coastal sections than it was for one
1 to successfully operate in the hill
;j»nd mountainous sections, because <
'they could more . readily secret
'themselves and their outfit* In the
great bays.
.... The division, chief stated that he
did not believe ttyit the prohibition
law-lb North Carolina wui being as
we}I enforced at the present.time «»
it was eighteen month*, .or two .
years ago. Recently the prohibition
force has been considerably reduced
because of' ‘finances, ■ and this has ^
given the moopshtner* and boot
leggers a wider, range^
Wilmington. Presbytery Closes ,
Sessions At Garland; Reports
Of Committees: Show Progress
The 108th stated meeting of Wil
mington JPresbytery came to a close
Wednesday at 10 p. m., after two busy
days and adjourned to meet at synod
next month, the next stated meeting
being April 15, 1924, at 8 p. m., at the
Presbyterian church of Southport.
More than two-thirds of the churches
of the- Presbytery were represented
either by their. pststor or elder, and
while many delegates were compelled
to leave before the adjournment there
was a good representation to the end.
Among matters of special interest
during the day .were the reports of
the ?resbytery’s home missions com
mittee, the committee stewardship and
the committee on BChools and colleges.
A letter of dismissal was granted to
Rev. J. S. Crowley, of Wilmington, to
Harmony Presbytery in the synod orf
South Carolina. A good part of the
morning{ was spent in verbal reports
from the different churches on the
spiritual-life during the. year* Rev.
J. MrMcBryde, of Chinquapin, preached
at 11 a. m., by special appointment of
Presbytery, from the text, Romans
3:32-23, "For there Is no difference: for
all have sinned and come short of the
glory ofj God.” His subject was “Orig
inal Sin." . ‘ ‘ _
The closing session of Presbytery
was in charge of Rev. W. H. Goodman,
of Clarkton, who conductad a popular
meeting in the interestf of Sabbath
schools. Different ministers of the
Presbytery made remarks concerning
their particular works. Rev. W. W.
Morton, of Wilmington: Rev. W. M.
Baker, of Mount Olive; Rev. P. L.
Clark, of Burgaw, and Rev. J. M. Mc
Bryde, of Chinquapin, were followed in
their remarks by J. M. Harvey, Pf
Wilmington, . special Sunday school
school worker in this Presbytery, who
made a report of his work. '
Ih dismissing Rev. J. S. Crowley to
another work, the Presbytery took rec
ognition of the labors of Mr. Crowley
within its bounds for a period Of 20
years, during which time he has been
active in the outpost developments of
the church, he being-the second oldest
member in polrtt of service. Rev. Mr.
Crowley is well known in Wilmington
having been especially active* in the
early life and work of Immanuel Pres
byterian church and as the recent pas
tor of Pearsall • Memorial jchureh. He
goes to a work near Florence,. S. C.
The report off the committee on
schools and colleges wak adopted after
Before amendments were offered and the
result is that Wilmington JPresbytery
has accepted th'e generous invitation
of Rev. C. G. Vardell, D. D., president
of Flora Macdonald college. Red
Springs, N. C., and by the appointment
of 12 members of her board of tru8„
tees assumes her share in the owner
ship and,control of the college. Fay
ettevllle,Orange and Wilmington Pres
byteries comprising that Pfjt'**
Carolina, lying on either side of a line
from New Hanover to Ashe counties,
including Wilmington, Fayetteville,
and bending somewhat to the north to
pass through Greensboro and Winfton
Salem. It is the declared purpose of
the -leaders of this college to give the
Presbyterian church an A grade_col
lege' for. woiqe In eastern North Caro
JlnThe report of the home missions
c unmlttee shews advance-Work opened
in Onslow county. At present -there Is
rrly one Presbyterian church In the
county, but -new work, is contemplated
and some Is already opened. P«rmlf»
sion was granted the comra teo o
move into the Castle Hayne neighbor
hood with definite work/ The wotk as
a twhole was; reported In a growing
condition. ;
The committee on stewardship
brought in a report that was adopted.
This committee presented a systematic
effort to assign fair* appointments to
our various churches Ttar jtheir benevo
lent budgets. For the -"^to^cal^" t
was reported a real, effort to call ,vt
tention M the. churches to the salary
Daid pastors, This is a part of an ef
fort aB over, th« synod to ihcrease pas
salaries and-provide each worker
^h a^sonable ^ary. lUoommmida,
tions were -made ter
churches through this Committee^
Tn attendance at this .meeting
Presbytery from Wilmington were; Rev,
a T Caldwell, Immanuel church^N.N;
Fleming, Winter Park. * Andrew’s’
mnnsail■ J. E. Purcell, St. Anarews,
i‘j jlirriy, ,,p,rtnt.na,nt « w»
■mg *»*•.
J. A. Sallingfe, JfciBAnuel. -
Go8iasbprt?‘,whLe?'Se W Mutate*
> •;«
Curtain Rinfcs Down Oyer
Food and Fashion Display
* ^how is Ringing Success
^ • ■ '■ ' '
-V. - - .V. ( ~r • >„r> /
(GoQttirafcd. yz6m,JZ*$? One)
Honnet Otj*~ . and the Groce#
teria. -':.:.V f. ...fi
Much' praise -was given' the band of
the local, post of thei American Legion,
which furnished the music fop- the
show all1 three nights. The proceeds
derived from gate receipts will go to
tfh A hnnf f, fne- e vnan d li itp« - «■’ tVa,
derived from gate receipts will go t6
me post; bs*e>?:fpr:.e*ppndl.ture;.M' th«!
d <i\i
ROANOKE MAROONS
LEAVE FOR BATTLE
WITH TAR HEELERS
t Game Will Mark Curtain Raiser
I of Season for two Old
Enemies. ,
Salem, Va„ Sept.* 27.*—The Roanoke
Golleg^ Maroons will leave here Fri
day morning* for Raleigh for thilr an
nual clash _ with North Carolina state.
The Roanoke grldders will spend Fri
day,'' night in Durham and will journey
over to Raleigh Saturday morning. '*
Coach Spruhan has announced that
he will carry twenty men to Raleigh.
It will be quite a different varsity
from that which gave State the gruel
I ling battle last fall. Hite and Roller,
whose brilliant work at ends featured
' the game, have been lost by gradua
tion. Couk, Smoot, and Yost, the flow
ers of th<? 1922 backfield, will also
be missing from the Maroon offense, It
was Couk wtom on two occasions car
ried the ball to the shadow of State’s
goal last fall.. To date. Plnkey Spru
han has found no one to fill the shoes
of the big plunging back. ,
The Maroons have had no Oppor
tunity-for a real test of their strength.
Heretofore, the game with the Tar
Heels has -been a mid-season . affair.
This year it will he the curtainfai,ser
for the. Virginians. .
While ends and backfield are weak,
Roanoke will present a well-seasoned
and heavy line averaging one hundred
eighty pounds.- Wnite and Giesen .will
be at their old guard positions with
“Toots Logan at center* Potter and
Davies, veteran tackles, constitute a
combination that ranks among the/best
in Virginia.
Captain Caldwell Will direct the
team from quarter with Cokey, Hurt,
Bisslnger, and McConnell being the
bets for the halves and full. Woods and
Child are the selections for the flank
positions. ,
Many Roanoke alumni Hving .in N.
C., are expected In Raleigh to see the
Maroons in action. /
STATE MAY RANK?
HIGH IN COTTON
AT-HARVEST'S END
Indications Look Towards Most
•• Prosperous Fall For the
Farmer
(Special to The Star)
[ RALEIGH, Sept. 27.——'With, strict 'and
good middling- at 29 or 30 cents, there’s
a promising- fall .for' the farmer in the
prospect for a bounteous cotton crop
and the possible rise of the state do
second place In production, as seen. by
numerous analysts of cotton condition
and government reports.
Although the state and government
reports sandwich Arkansas in between
Texas and North Carolina, a good many
optimistic' cotton men are expecting
this state to stand, second In produc.
tlon when the actual count has been
made, Texas, of. course, always has
leadership by reason of its expanse and
a two million' bale output.
.The .greatest cotton acreage in the
state’s history has gained a govern*
ment forecast of 885,000 bales, which
IS , only 83,000 below the forecast for
the state of Arkansas. . And the Tar
Heel farmer, at least. Is hoping pro
duction witl go a good many thousand
bales above the forecast, especially if
:the riiarjtet continues its upward tend;
ency. The state’s output last year was
852,000 bales, or 33,000 less than the
government forecast for this year.
Last year North Carolina ranked
fourth in production, Arkansas and
Mississippi both slipping ii) next to.
Texas. Mississippi has been lowered to;
fourth place by the government re
ports, and Arkansas’ lead in the fore
cast is small.
According to the reports, the yield
will not be so large as formerly In any
of the states; and North Carolina has
given over more acreage tp the pro
duction of eight or nine hundred thou
sand bales of cotton than it has de
voted to that'amount before. The,boll
weevil is primarily responsible, but
whit- it has djme to North Carolina
it has cfcire to a greater extent to the
other cotton-producing states.
RIVAL HIGHS PLAN
TO FIGHT IT OUT
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Fayetteville and Raeford Get
Ready for Season Foot
ball Events
FAYETTEVILLE,' Sept. 27.—1The 1923
football season will open here Friday
afternoon, when the Fayetteville' high
school team *■ plays, Raeford taiga.
FayetteviUe and, Raeford are tradi
tional rivtals on the gridiron, and the
game should be an interesting one.
The local -squad will have had three
weeks of training under Robert R.,
Harley, head coach and three assis
tant coaches, and, according to pres
ent Indications, will begin in good
condition for the fray. The locals are
.not under estimating their opponents
however, as Raeford always furnishes
strong opposition. , .|
The Fayetteville pllayers will take
the field under the command of their
newly elected captain, Wilbur Andrews
one Of the veterans of the. team.
Andrews is playing his fourth year on
the local squad, having filled the posi
tions; Of center, guard, end and half
back during that time. He ,was the
regular center of the “^Vonder Eleven”
that brought the-state high school
championship to Fayetteville in 192i,
and is back at his old position this
fall. In 1920 he played a guard, and
was used on the end and in the back
-fleld last year. He is fast and aggres
sice and has a good football head.
Buna! of Seymour
Johnson is Held
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WARSAW, Sept., 27.—Funeral Servi
ces for Seymour'Johnson, who died of
pneumonia at hia home in Cumberland,
Md., Sunday were held here Tuesday
afternoon, and interment was in the
family plot'ln the local cemetery, Rev.
George Mathis, conducting them.
Mr. Johnson was about forty.four
years of age, and was a son of the
late Captain and Mrs. S. A. Johnson
of this city, where he was raised, and
spent part of his life, moving to Cum
berland severa.1 years ago, where he
held a position with the Railroad com
pany. He.' is survived* by his widow"
three sons, Francis, Lindsay, and r0J
toert; also a daughter, Miss Annie Clark
Johnson four sisters: Mesdames l. a
Beasley, Kenasville, John Land, Chod
bournr, Herbert Smith, Clinton, and j
T. Gresham, Warsaw, and the follow
ing brothers: Dr. John Johnson, Golds
boro; Joe Johnson, Waynesvilie, anj
R. D.-Johnson of Warsaw.
The floral tributes were unusually
handsome and abundant, and were
from friends of severfcl states.
For dressing the hair in
the new style there’s
nothing to equal Nelson’s
which makes stubborn hair
sof tand very easy to manage
Nelson’s gives the snap and
sparkle to bobbed hair for
misses and the glossy, soft;
stay-combed ^ffect for
young men. Besides Nel
' son’s is fine for the scalp
and hair.
Sold by all drug stores^ •
ME1SONS
1 'I HAIR DRESSING
WaeaM{g,Co4 Richmond, Vo.
"the m Jrch is on national Sank;
Six immense fertilizer plants in the vicinity ofWilming-. /
/' ; , ; ton serve agricultural territory extending'even into South
• Carolina atod Georgia. ' /
" . In a single day 20,000 sacks (1820 tons) of nitrate of ?
/. , soda have been unloaded from one foreign ship alone in •
the Port of Wilmington—rayr material for our fertilizer
^plants, v,;, 4 •1 I'’ f 4 ";3’U'i.? ' :< 4.4'
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Nearly all of these plants are customers of The Muiv
chison—as depositors and as users of our draft collection Y .
service as well as other i domestic and foreign
Wilmington 4:^ v' ' j- North Carolina:
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