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.—-*^1—*■■■ || ^> f.v^'^>'»* • •-«' - '• ••'»*-*»••♦ r« ^*4\» .« ^ .V • T4r4^ •«.-*■ -f 33w5ifeA'>».wf.'ifJu^^^O?»cw'v2i4ii.r>iWvi‘/«^ •'L . -j’»f .1 *' S.A n v-' • '• ^yikjti^*^. i » v*.’^ »i ! i • ' - ■'^ > •* i . ■*» , >T' K kV.. X II, 1™ » G HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY. Vol. V—No. 26 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR—-SC COPY Litlington, N. C., Thui**d*y, June 28, 1923. *Tf it Concerns Hartiett, IPs in THE NBW!V* WEEKLY REVIEW OF NORTH CARO LINA INDUSTRIES The past six months have fnrnlsh- ert striking proof of the fact that cmM^ilng Industries with re,sulting piIlK>ll8 and employment mean pros perity for every section of the coun try. Instead of agitation that dis turbs and discourages Industrial j.Tiiwlh the American people should ■ii'ive to maintain sound, conditions tree from radicalism of any charac ter. Pitisboro: Main street section of lint tonal highway to be paved at once. coal Glen: 1,200 horse power I earn plant to he built by Sandhill Power Co. Cumnock mine running on ached- n » time; putting on men. Charltote: $50,000 office building ft) rise at Second and College streets. Wilmington; A. C. L. railway has ntoved 1,572 carloads of strawber- I 'et this season. Winston-Salem; $75,000 Burkhead .M. E. church completed. Thousands of oysters planted In .'oiinds of New Hanover and Bruns wick counties. Wilmington: Wrightsvllle turnpike to he paved. Charlotte: Telephone company’s $20,000 building completed. Parmvtlle and Coal Olen mines operating full time. Sanford: Plttsboro road to be re- .'-urfaced. Elizabeth City: Pasquotank river bridge to cost $133,860. World’s visible supply of Ameri can cotton Is '1,611,553 bales, as against 8,150,322 bales on May 18, 1022. RoseHboro: $400,000 cotton com pany to build mill, Smlthfield: Construction of $125,- 000 hotel proposed. Moyock: $60,000 high school com pleted. Mount Holly: “Citizen,” the first newspaper tor this place, has started publication. Greensboro: $30,000 athletic sta dium to be built at Davidson Col lege. Mount Holly: Belk Sand Co. to spend $45,000 on equipping new en terprise. Hendersonville: Horseshoe Cheese Co, opens plant, Elizabeth City: Avalon Hosiery M1I1.S, employing 100 persons, starts operation. Charlotte: Observer Printing Co. Inaugurates profit sharing plan, Issu ing $10,000 stock to employes. Newton: Catawba county to have new courthouse. Raleigh: St. Mary’s school to get $100,000 dormitory. Charlotte: New Eflrd building coating $600,000 under way. Jennings: Cotton mill installs pri vate sewer and water system. Cherryvllle: Building construction totaling $150,000 under way. Rutherford: Alexander Mrf. Co. building 35 new houses, weave shop and sewer system. Newberti: Independent tobacco market organized to handle ship ments. Goldsboro: Tobacco market erect ing two warehouses. Norwood: Construction of Rocky river bridge finished. Beaufort: New hotel to be erected. Dunn: Marvin Wade Co. com pletes construction of building. , Raleigh; Tobacco growers associa tion reports 95 new contracts for marketing the product. .Mock.svilte; $200,000 cotton mill lo he erected. Llllington: Cape Pear Gravel Pits Inc. Installing plant to mine and wash sand and gravel. Elizabeth City: Work on South Mills road rapidly nearing comple tion. » Oreennboro: Guilford road Just completed and dt great value. .St. Paul: Review sends out first issue under new owners. Beaufort: Inlet Inn sold for $14,- '000, many Improvements planned. Newborn; Planters warehouse to be erected at cost of $36,000. Hanford; "Expre.ss’’ buys new im- jDpwved equipment to enlarge paper. Elizabeth City shipped four car loads of May peas. Oxford: Bonded warehouse, capi tal $100,000, to be built. Kinston: Output from local ice cream plant 4,000 gallons weekly. Houthern Pines; Gulf'Refining Co. building filling station. Aberdeen: Bethseda church builds $9,000 addition. . Lumberton: Pembroke road near ing completion. Granite Falls: Southern Mfg. Co. opens 8,000 spindle yarn mill. .automobile foe collection for fls- cul year ending December 1 showed an Increase of $525,709.18 over same period of 1921. WaynesTtUe: Contractors pushing grading on road between here and Lake Junaluska. Expenditures totaling $28,576 of WILLIAM ERWIN NEVER KEPT BROWNING FROM DUKE, SAYS McDonald TOBACCO AND i VOC ATION AL EDUCATION i welfare board Rev. N. M. McDonald, manager of had in any way come Into the rol ■ Sw maSgReatest need of south the Erwin farms at Duke and pastor of Llllington Methodist church, came to see the editor of The News last Sunday afternoon and explained the circumstances which led ,to the controversy over the* holding of the Browning tent meetings at Duke. He wa.s accoiupaaieti by two officials of the Krwln Mills Co. Mr. McDonald explained that as a matter of fact Mr. Erwin had prac tically given his consent to the hold ing of the Browning tent meetings at Duke, In a conversation between himself and Mr. Erwin .several weeks ago. Mr. McDonald states that Mr. Erwin left the matter in his hands, and he in turn put the matter in the hands of the church ofilcials at Duke, he McDonald) having his church connection in Llllington. Mr, McDonald made it perfectly plain that Mr. Erwin was in no way responsible for the keeping away of the tent meetings; but on the other hand had encouraged not only those religious activities but all others that sious life of the mil! community. Mr. McDonald saw Mr. Browning Sunday afternoon and explained the matter to him. Sunday night at the tent service Mr. Browning told his audience of his conference with P.f tor McDonald and said he regretted tha tany misunderstanding had chm^ about and that “if what Mr. Mc Donald‘said was true, 1 want to rv tract v/hat 1 said about Mr. Erwin withholding his consent to holding the meetings at Duke.” Position of the newspaper was ex plained thoroughly to Mr. Mcpon:il jSundav afternoon, as it was aiso i /.■ plained to the mill officials who ac companied him on his visit to the editor. Mr. McDonald being pastor of the local church under whose auspices the Browning Party were brought ( . Llllington, win in all probability see fit to make explanation of (he matter to his congregation next Sunday morning, which is his regular pleach ing date here. On Satnrday of this 'week there is to be held at Mnmers'a Joint meeting of all tobacco nnd cotton cooperative marketing asdoc'alion members at Miimer.s. Tho meeting is to be held at four o’clock in the afternoon and not only members of the .organiza- blit hoii mciiibCi”. si'O. are in- v’lieii :ii!(l iirged lo .iitend. Speakers o’f note will be on hand and matters of great interest to the cooperatives will be illscus.sed. The Mamers community has quite a contiuiient of Co-Ops and It is pre dicted I hut .Sutnrday will sec a large gathering there. COTTON BLOOMS are coding in TOBACCO GROWERS ARE FORMING LINE FOR BIG BATTLE AGAINST KICKERS Raleigh, June 27.—The Tobacco further contract breaking In the east- G rowers Cooperative Association hit hard and high In Us first legal action to protect the tobacco of the 1923 crop which is pledged to tihe asso ciation by contract when il gained a temporary restraining order against P. A. Elks of Pitt county last week. Elks, who is called the largest to bacco .grower in North, Carolina’s largest tobacco growing county, is required to appear In court this week to show cause why he should not be restrained from delivering his tobac co outside of the association of which he Is a member. Elks Is also being sued in the amount of $6,000 for liquidated dam ages for alleged deliveries of 120,- 000 pounds of tobacco outside of the association. 'The restraining order which calls him to appear before Judge Cranmor of the Wake county superior court on June 29, is due to alleged threats to deliver his 1923 crop outside the association. R. M. Elks, a kinsman, is also required to appear in court on the same day for * similar reasons. Growing enthusiasm among the organized tobacco farmers of East ern Carolina was evidenced by a se ries of rousing meetings last week among the farmers of Pitt, Johnston orn belt. Tobacco farmers from 3.0 Johnston county locals who held a meeting at Smlthfield, expressed their resentment over the reported attempts of outsiders to break down the morale of weak-kneed members, in a strong resolution which com mended the merchants of Johnston county who have aided the farmers in their efforts to establish better methods of marketing. Congressman H. S. Ward ad* dressed hundreds-,;Of Co-Op farmers at a great barbecue of members of the cotton and tobacco associations near Washington last week when they met for an all-day ^celebration of the success of their association. The tobacco cooperative will begin its second important step in commod ity marketing in South Carolina early in July with visits by an expert corps of graders to 160 local units of the association In the Palmetto State, where demonstrations of sort* ing and bundling tobacco and uni form grading will be given to thou sands of growers. W. E. Lea, field service representative of the as.io- ciatlpn iii S. uth Carolina, and C. O. Dixon, its manager of warehouses for that state, announce that these meet ing will be open to members and and Beaufort counties. In Pitt' non-mem))ers alike. They estimate county members of the association j that th visits of the association’? endorsed their directors and de- most successful graders to every nounced the methods of propaganda bounty of the South Carolina belt and Intimidation by which those op- wHl increase the value./of the crop posing cooperative marketing are re- in that section by many thousands ported as endeavoring to cau.se still of dollars. M. I/. Ballard and:' .'ons, owners and operators of the Lafayette farm near Kipling, sent in a cotton bloom to The News office Tuesday, It was pulled Monday. This sis the first of the season In this vicinity. The Ballard farm hM three acres of cotton in one pie'Je upon which was used 200 pounds of cotton seed meal, acid' and kalntf mixed, • This land last year was, planted " in corn jiid iiea.-i and followed ,by clover as a cover crop. Tlie cotton was plant ed on April 7tli and i.s now In the squaring stage. Mr. Ballard was in his cotton field Monday and found on an average 26 full grown squares to the stalk. He hii.i noticed .some sighs’' of the boll weev:i, hut he has gone over It and pulled olY all of the punctured square.s and is planning, on spraying this week with calcium iarsenate. Mr. Ballard expects to gather ftvr bale.> of lint off of the -.three acres. So far, this ii^ssld to he the best cotton In Harnett county for the 1923 crop. Mr. Joel G. Layton also brought In to The News Monday a cotton TODAY, DECLARESFRANKS endorse aid for NEEDY MOTHERS bloom, a fine specimen, from hls fanii near Buies'Creek, occupied by A. J. McKay, a colored tenant, Mr. Layton lias several farmn and looks after all of them personally. . It is said that there are no crops Cn the county looking finer than those on the Layton plantations. It might be stated here that Mr, Layton is one of those who are very optimistic over the crop outlook. He harbors no fear whatever from the boll weevil. “Pshaw,” says he, “the little old boll weevil cannot doivn we follows. We work." Which la good enough motto for a.nyone. Mr. Walter P. Byrd brought in ? bloom from hls plantation Tuesday. He says that upon examination he found no weevils. Mr. J. E. Wonihle also handed In a couple of blooms Tiiesdav, ■ Ho reports no weevils. Nora Chance, living on the Chaftln farm, sent in three large blooni.s this moining with report that the field was fast opetiliig. No weevils. DAN M. M’LEAN DIED TUESDAY TWO SEVERELY HURT AS FORD GAR AND MOTOR BUS MIX UP AT R. R. GROSSING Last Sunday afternoon as Mr. C. the embankment with the' right front M. Johnson and his brother-in-law, i wheel completely demolished and the Mr. Crlo, Wicker, were irMm '"to as to lay It flat on the ground, riie Llllington from Mr. Wicker s home njyj,jg].y Qf accident Is that nei- about three miles south of town, the Ford touring car In which they wore traveling came in sudden cohtact with a moving motor car on the A. & W. railroad which was Just at that time crossing the Lafayette highway going towards the depot. The im pact was so fierce that it shoved the big railway motor bus off the track and almost telescoped the Ford. Mr. Johnson, who was driving, re ceived internal InJ'aries. two or three ribs being broken and sustaining a shock that has caused him much pain since. Mr. Wicker sustained severe bruises about the head and otherwise shaking him up. Neither one of the mun in the Ford are willing to say now the accident happened. A couple of cars travel ing directly In front'of'them erv-ated such a dust that they evideptly did not see the Jitney car'as It made its way toward the station pick up passengers for its Sanford Journey. The Ford was knocked back down ther of the men in the Ford was killed from such a terrific crash. Both the injured men were imme diately rush to Central Harnett Ho.s- pltal where Dr. J. W. Halford ad ministered medical aid. They were afterwards removed to their home.s, although Mr. Wicker did'.not regain consciousness' till Monday morning. Prom their homes comes the report that they are both standing good ohances of early recovery, although badly bruised and still in pain. The railway motor car was soon lifted back on Its track and proceed ed on its way. Mr. Wicker, wiho holds a position tn Roanoke Rapids, ha^ been home spending the week-end with his par ents. He was on hls way back, to Roanoke -Rapids when the accld'ent occurred. Mr, D.in M, McLean, aged fifty-five and one of the most highly respected men in this section of the county, died at home at Montlcello, a few miles west of Lillington, Tuesday afternoon, June 27th, at 6 o'clock. Mr. McLean had been In bad health for'several years, but had recently gotten up from a severe attack and had out nnd around for .some weeks when he was stricken with hls last Illness. Mr. McLean was engaged in the meroant'.le business ^jat Montlcello where he had been residing and in business for about 20 'years, He was national forest highway funds and $71,424 from other Federal road funds tor construction of 19 miles of been an elder ii member of SummeV|Ville Presbyte rian church and had for the past 16 .years. He Is survived by a wife and five children, Steadman,' Stewart, Frank, Wayne and Gladys, jjall of whom were ai home at the time of the death of their fathei'l Deceased-, Is also survived by five brothers', aa follows: Messrs. Johri' Alex, Laugh- lln McLean, all of iillUngton com munity, and Messrs, Peter and Dou- • WANTED. Men to sell Rawleigh’s Products in Cumberland and Lee counties. F. M. Beachum, Lillington, N. C. 28-lp Pack up your troubles and hang ’em On the moon; roads approved by Secretary of Agrl-jThe Polly Tlckk family wMl be with culture Wallace. us very soon. gald McLean of Georgia. Mr.- Peter McLean was here for tho funeral, the other brother ini;Georgia being detained by unavoiliable circum stances. j Funeral was conducted at four' o’clock yesterday afternoon by Rev, J. F. Menius at Antioch church, with interment In Antioch jeemetery. The funeral v/as attendeli by a large gathering'' of frlend.s'j and relatives. Tho floral tributes vlWc many'and beautiful. ,, Tho community In ,|WWch he lived is sorely bereaved upon the death of Mr. McLean. He was one of the most substantial citizens of the com munity and had hosts'of friends who admired and esteemed him. (Special to The News.) The South is on the eve of one mighty Industrial developmont, de clares Edward T. Franks of Owens boro. Ky., member of the Pederai Board of Vocational Education. In fluences now being felt in the South ern States promise to place this re glon in the forefront of American manufacturing enterprise, he asserts. .V.-i the Southern representative on the Federal Board, Mr. Franks has felt grave concern over .the present back-wardness of bis native region in manufacturing and agriculture, but ho believes that correctivsuinfl'aeaces are new at work, which foreshadow a great revival. "The traditional mistake of the South in the past has been to ship its raw materials away to other sec tions of the country to be manufac tured,” says 'Air. Franks. “Thus we have enriched other regions at the expense of our own under-develop ment. The remarkable recent growth of the cotton manufacturing industry In the States of North Carolina, South Cr.rolina, Alabama and Geor gia demonstrates what'Yhe South can actually do when it manufactures its products at home; “The Southern Railroad recently l-ssued a dfrectory showing that there sro now'15,964,381 spindles in oper ation In the Southern States. Th!n represents 43.21 per cent of tV.e to tal for the entire nation. In 1922, mills In the South consumed 3,977,- 847 hales of cotton, which wa.s 60.74 per cent of the total consumption in the United States. This Immense Southern industry has sprung up al most entirely in the h st three dec ades. “Thus, in the year 1890, the total number of 'spindles In operation In the South was only 1,570,000, in comparison with 1-2,814,000 l':i the North. In thp year 1890, the num ber of spindles tn the South totalled only 561,000 tn comparison with 10,092,000 In the^ North. By enter ing the manufacturing .field herself, the South has"^ overcome the advan tage of the North I'n a comparatively few years, and is fast moving to a position of supremacy in this .indua- trj'. During the year ending July 31, 1922, new spindles numbering 244,- 669 were installed in the South while only 83,301 were installed in other part'-, of the Country during the same period. On January 1. 1923, 27 plants and additions, were under «* «• structlon in the South. These plants when completed will add 3,062 looms and 270.640 spindles to the Southern total. “Similar industrial development has oeen accomplished in the South in the last few years In the tobacco and F.teel manufacturing Industry. Wherever we have seriously attempt ed the task of manufacturing our raw materials at home, success has been enormous.” The key to Southern success in manufacturing, according to Mr. Franks, lies in two steps: (1) the utilizing of unused water power; and (2) the intensifying of the skill of Southern labor by vocational edu cation . “The South has enough water power going to waste to operate, every factory and spindle in Stales,” declares Mr. Pranks, are superbly endowed by nature to be a manufacturing center, but we have neglected our advantages. Water-power -development should be the foremost i consideration of our Industrial leaders. "Again, the South has the advan tage of possessing a great reservoir of intojllgent. Anglo-Saxon labor. We have only to give ' vocational training to our workers, to develop the most highly skilled man-power of any section .of America. This is an. urgent problem, for our public, .'schools. The Federal Smllh.-Hughes Act has made available to the States geperous Federal support for thOj VO- cational Education program’. By de veloping practical vocational schools, the South can overtake and equal the Northern States, which have so ■long held supremacy In skilled labor The vocational training program is also heeded by the South to increase the skill and productivity of her far- merk Mr. Franks warns the South that It Is facing an agricultural crisis Just as exigent as the crisis In industry •We Southern people have care- . 1 her *We lessly allowed ourselves' to' aasijme that we are. atUl the premier agri cultural region of America,” hej de clares. “Unfortunately, the United States Census statistics tell a diiTer- ■ent story.” i The United States Census of 1920 shows that 14,700,000 of the i®!*- 600,000 farm population of the coun try recide in the South, or 46.6 ^'per 1 cent of the total, says Mr. Franks. I “Contrast this wilb iIip -(Citisdc.s o£ farm valuation. With 46..5 per cent of the farm population, the 13 Southern States report only S8.9 per cent of the national livestock and crop output. Our farm property values are only 20 pepr cent of the value.s for the nation as a whole. Our farm land values are only 19.6 per cent. The value of our farm buildings is only 20.2 per cent. The value of our machinery and equip ment Is only 18,6 per cent. The value of our livestock is only 24.5 slaughte-Iiigsf is only 18.6 per cent of the. national total. The value of our livestock; products is only 16.1 per cent. The value of our crops products is only 33.7 per cent. “Such a discrepancy between pop ulation and ^output is. alarming. It shows that the South has fallen far behind the national procession in agrlcaltural .efficiency. Is it not per tinent at this time tor us to consider tne reason why?” Mr. Franks calls attention to the immense increase' in the use of fer tilizers in the South In late years at another Indication of the agricultural crisis. "In 1909, the annual fertilizer bill for the 13 Southern States amounted lo $69,603,463. By 1919, this fig ure had increased to $205,710,409. The fertilizer -bill for the entire United States in 1919 was. only $326,399,800. Alniost two-thirds of the total was used in the’South, Ex haustion of the soli is becoming an imminent .problem in many sections of the South. ’) . "While we were thus increasing our use of fertilizers at this unpre cedented' rate, the productivity per acre in the principal Southern crops was either standing still, or declin ing, during the same ten-year period. Our‘corn crop In. 1909, according .to official ^United' States Census statis tics/'showed a productivlty^of' 16.1 bushels per acre, in the 13 Southern States. In 1919, despite the lavish use of fertilizers, the productivity^ had barely increased to 17.7' bushels per acre. “Our cotton crop in 1909 showed a productivity of 165.5 pounds per acre. In 1919 it showed only 167.5 pounds per acre. In the case of our tobacco crop there was an actual* falling off. In 1909 the figures show a productivity of 767 pounds per:acre. In 1919 the productivity had dropped to 683 pounds per acre. It is Indeed an unhealthy condl- Mon for any region when its fertlH- treblep Itself, while its pro duction stands still or declines.’’ In Mr, Pranks’ opinion, the out standing remedy for these conditions is 'Vocational Education. “By setting up vocational instruc tion in the public scho.ol8 the South ern States can take a long >step to ward regaining their agricultural su premacy,” he declares. \ “Today the^Soulh is In the gripVof a condition which has increased our acreage' and decreased our produc tion per acre. The purpose of voca tional education will be^sto decrease the acreage and increase the produc tion per acre. “By improving the human element on our farms,, we make possible a far-reaching economic development. Vocational education would bring to every community the knowledge of scientific' methods of soil cultivation and, animal .husbandry. It would re pay -itself in dividends of increased output, anti' farm prosperity. Already^' the vocational schoph- set up under the provisions of the Federal Smith-Hughes Act have demonstrated the ecoitomlc worth of ^^mch trainlii'g. In ail of these schools every pupil is required to -put in six months per year of supervised or di rected practice, on an actual farm. 'The lessons which they learn in the vocational-, schoor' are faithfully ap plied.*' Bo'bks have been kept upon the crop yield which these student farmers haire obtained. They show that the vocational pupil? produce a yield far In excess of the average yield per acre of the farmers of the dtate. “In the Southern States, this fact has been shown strikingly in the case of the three major crops of corn, cotton and tobacco. “The Year Book of the United States Department of Agriculture has published estlmates-of the crop out put of 1921. Take corn: For the year 1921, the value of the output per acre of corn on the farms of the 13 States of the South averaged $11.50. In those same. States, the average output per acre of'the voca tional pupils was $27.50. Vocational Instruction meant' an increase of $16 per acre over the old methods. Had the same productivity'pe'r acre been shown tor the South- as a whole, as was shown by the vocatipnal pu- Harnett County Board of Public Welfare met in Lillington Monday to [assist the Superintendent of Welfaro, [Miss Marne Frances Camp, in^formu- 'lutiiig' ptan.s for the coming year. The Itoard is composed of Mrs. Joel O. Layton, chairman. Duke; J. A. McLeod, Duniir .M. T. Spears. L|l- lliigton. Plans for a Countywide Associated (^haritle.'i were endorsed by the board. Every Sunday school in the- county will be, given an opportunity to con tribute to this worthy cense, and will be informed as to bow the funds are spent. The Mothers’ Aid bill was en- .dorsed by rhe board, and Mr. M. T. Spears was appointed to take the matter before the Board of County Commissioners at their next regular meeting, which takes place the com ing Monday. Harnett county's share of the State appropriation is $668.80. This amount duplicated by the coun ty will' enable many of the worthy .mothers in the county to keep their children at home and give them wholesome and proper home train ing. CO-OPS SUED BY growers Raleigh, June 27.—^Legal battlei of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association in 1928 seem desttaied to revolve around Pitt county. 1110 aa- soclatlon has already started- its 1928 legal campaign against Pitt oonnty growers and 67 members of the asso ciation yeaterda'y rptallated with suits which seek to have the con tracts brought Into court and sur rendered as Invalid? Since the association's contract was -upheld by the Supreme Court last fall and about 260 suits started in Wake county against members, there have been several scattering suits against the association, all hav ing as their purpose trial in the county of the grower rather than before a Wake county Jury. However, the 67 suits In one bunch from one county partakes of the nature qf wholesale- rebellion. All of the growers are represented by Skinner & Whedbee, F. C. Har ding and P. G. James & Sou. Temporary restraining order against F. A. Elks, the largest grow er in Pitt county, and R.-M. Elks. a. kinsman, have been made returnable before Judge Cranmer at Raleigh on Friday of this week. pits, there would have been an in- . creas^L in the value of the' 1921 Southern crop of $688,760,000. Likewise, cotton: Tbe yield of cotton per acre on the farms lo 1921 (was $20.80. Tbe yield of tbe voca tional pupils per acre was $48.80. The vocational pupils showed a pro ductivity of $28 per acre more than the farmers. .Had tbe same produc tivity peir acre been shown by tbe farmers, as was evidenced by the vor catlonal puiitls, there would have been an Inci;ease in -the value of the 1921 Southern cotton crop of $946.- $04.00. "The same' result was shown in the case of- tobacco. The yield of tobacco per acre on the farms aver aged $96. The yield of the voca-- tlonal pupils per acre averaged $190, or a productivity of $96 per acre greater. Had the same productivity per acre been shown by tbe farmers, as was shown by the vocational pu pils, tbe increase in the Southern to bacco crop lor 1921 would have ag gregated $114,157,000. “On these) three crops alone,’ voca tional education shows a possibility of increasing the annual Income of the South to the amount of $1,594.- 721,000.' Certainly here is a pro gram which it behooven the South to seriously poi^er." There 'are.jsome spots in the South which are doing exceptional work in increasing production, through voca tional education, Mr. Pranks an nounces. Be has recently visited several of the Southern States and has found w;ell organised vocational instruction being conducted in many communities, with gratifying results. Unfortunately, this condition does not prevail for the South' aa a ■whole. There are g;reat stretches of terri tory which have not yet awakened to the economic Import of the voca- tiional education program. There is a brilliant Industrial fu ture before the South, which only watts' upon the rebirth of agrteul- ture,” asserts - Mr; Franks. • By in creasing productiont through Intensi fied vocational tndntng,' and by ntil- iztng the watjted water, power to keep tbe manatactorlhg of Its' raw mate rials at home, the Sontb can soon- become the garden spot of Amertea. The first step In auuh a program, according toj Mr. Franks, is to de velop Fed«irally-aMM vomtlonal schools on tin adagvate sehla In all of the Southern pnUlc ^sehool sys tem.
Harnett County News (Lillington, N.C.)
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