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St HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THEirTATE GENERALLY. Vol. VI—No. 17 ONB DOLLAR A YEAR—6c COPY Liilington, N. C., Tlumdoy, A|nil 24, 1924. "If it CoDcomt HomotL lt'» M THE NEWS^ One Million More to To bacco Cops All tcybacco. co-ops of Eastern North Carolina who delivered their 192'3 crop to the marketing associa tion will cut another big melon and divide another million dollars In cash not later than June 1‘5 accord- tng to the announcement of the di rectors of the Tobacco Growers Co- opdratlve Alsssoclation at ' their monthly meeting which was held In Richmond today. Other organized tobacco farmers who will be beneAted by still other cash payments by the association are Its members in the sun cured and dark fired tobacco districts of Virgin ia who are scheduled to receive cash who are scheduled to receive cash disbursements not later than May 16 according to the announcement of their directors at today’s meeting. Association members of the sun cured belt will be paid a half of their entire receipts 4"! their de liveries of the 1923 crop to date and the associated farmers of the dark area of Virginia are due for a third payment on their 1922 deliveries which will eQual ten per cent of the 'bankers' valuation tor the associa tion's dark fired receipts of 1922 tobacco, according to its directors The announcement of a second cash payment to members of the to bacco association in Eastern North Carolina which it is stated will give each member who delivered his crop of 1923 exactly half as much as he has already received from all his deliveries of last season follows the announcement by Richard R. Tatter- son. leaf manager of the association that it has sold over twenty three mllllMi pounds of tobacco within the past thirty days at satlrffacto^ry prices. ANGUS WILTON McLEAN of Lumberton (County Audi tor. McDonald Appoints List iTakers for *24 He waa given hearty ovation when his name was mentioned at the State Democratic Con* vention last week in Raleigh. A loud cheer greeted him when he entered the convention hall. Already the people are calling him Governor McLean. Week’s News From Duke ART EXHIBIT TO BE PUT ON HERE BY PARENT TEACHERS On Wednesday. April 30th, the Parent-Teacher Association of Lil- lington High School will put on an art exhibit for the benoflt of the school and community. The school auditorium will he converted into an art gallery, and one hundred and fifty paintings, re productions of masterpieces, will be exhibited. Paintings by Corot, Mil let, Bonheur, Reynolds and other great artists, reproduced In exact size and color, will be on display. For those who have had the oppor tunity to visit the Corcoran Art Gal lery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other famous galleries of the country, this will be a chance to re view the works of art; and to those who have not had this opportunity it will afford a chanceo to become acquainted wltb the world's master paintings. The social committee, Mrs. Charles Ross chairman, will be at home to visitors to the gallery on Wednesday afternoon from four to five-thirty; (hen in the evening from eight to ten. In the evening talks on the appre- o’tation of art and artists will be given by Mrs. K. A. Stewart and Mrs. K. M. Klmzey, also special music by Mias Ruth Corpening. The admission to this exhibit will be ten cents for all school children and twenty-five cents for adults. The proceeds to be used In purchasing pictures for the school. MRS. VANCE DIBS AT BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME Asheville. April 22.—Mrs. Zebu Ion Baird Vance, widow of North Carolina's governor during the War R|(ween the States, died this after- "^loon at 3 o'clock at her home "Gora broom" near Black Mountain. Mrs Vance had been ill for several months. She was born in Kentucky Septemlier 29, 1840. Deceased was a devoted 'lover of the Confederacy and has always been aetlve In work connected with the Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy. While her hus- Itand was in the United States Senate she was aetlve In social affairs In the capital city. Funeral services will be held at St. Lawrence Catholic ehnreb, this city, Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. The body will be Inld to rest at Rlveraide cemetery here, where rests the body of her distinguished husband. By Wade H. Lucas. Duke. April 21—. That the recent work of the attendance committee of the Duke Sabbath School League accomplished something Is apparent from the total number who attended the Sunday schools here last Sun day. Although falling short of the goal which the committee had set, the ones who were out Sunday have reasons to be proud of the work that has been done. From a percentage basis the net gain for the Sabbath schools was more than 100 per cent over the at tendance of the preceding Sunday. This, however, is the combined re turns from every school. Tfiiougb the attendance last Sunday was larger than over before In the his tory of the Sunday schools of Duke will not causb the workers to let up, but will be an Incentive for theUi to go out for a still larger number. The churches here were the scene of beautiful and Impressive Easter iervlces Sunday. The pastors chose texts appropriate to the occasion and each delivered a strong sermon to the large congregations attending. The Sunday schools, also, were the scenes of many Easter egg hun'ts held over the weeilf-end. These proved to bo fuH of enjoyment for the children, who derived much fun from the frenzied searches for the luscious fruit which had been- bidden in the grass. The baseball season for Duke waa ushered In here Saturday with Fort Bragg furnishing the opposi tion. "Mickle’’ O’Quinn, former Greensboro pitcher, was on the hil lock for the locals and hurled a good game, holding the visitors to six scattered hits and whiffing twelve. Meanwhile, Duke was making five runs and thirteen bits, while the Braggites only chalked up two mark ers. The game was thrilling for the faithful bugs here, who vociferously voinced their approva lof the 19'24 edition of the Duke team. The three rural schools near Duke —^Parker, Sorrell, and Turlingrton- held Uietr. closing exercises last week. The pro^anns were very good and gave the large crowds of visitors and patrons much entertain ment and enjoyment. All thea[e schools had good years according to the respective principals of each school. Friday, May 2, has been named as the date for the union picnic of the Sunday School League. Every member of the different schools Is eligible to attend the picnic, the loca tion not having been named yet. In addition to the picnic there will be athletic contests between teams from each Sunday school. LILLINOTON GIRL SCOUTS ENTERTAINED AT DUKE Liilington troop of Girl Scouts, under guidance of Miss Mame Camp were entertained at Duke last even ing as guests of Mr. W. A. Erwin Jr. and Rev. and Mrs. Manly. At 6:30 the girls were given dinner. After wards they witnessed the famous Scout picture, "Golden Eaglet." FoRowing tlM picture Miss Camp made a talk and the girls gave demonstration In Scout drills. County Auditor D. P. McDonald, who Is also county tax assessor, has appointed tho following as list takers for 1924: Averasboro— James Pearsall, Dunn. Anderson Creek—Daniel McCorm ick, Bunnievel, R. 1. Bailbecue—(Mrs. J. W. Camtkbell, Jonraboro, R. 3. Black River—'C. S. Adams, An gler. Buckhorn—B. M. Blanchard, Klp- ;Iing, R. 1. Duke—A. F. Fowler Grove—C, D. Stewart, Coats. Hectors Creek—D. R. Smith, Kip ling. Johnsonvllle—Leona McDonald, Olivia. LlUington—J. N. Puquay. Neills Creek—A. M. Long, Lllling- ton, R. 1. Stewarts Creek—^J. H. Williams, Duke, R. 1. Upper Little River—Hugh McD. Hay, Liilington, R. 3. The above named list takers will meet In Liilington on the first Mon day in May to fix a uniform rate of values for personal property. This agreement Is arrived at for the pur pose of having articles of personal property In the various townships appear upon the tax books at the same assessed value for taxation; thus, when a mule, for instance, ap pears on the books of Averasboro at $76, the same kind of mule would appear on the Upper Little jgiver books' at the same assessed value. And so on through the category of personal belong'inga. The real es tate Is assessed only every four years. At the meeting on the first Mon day In May the list takers will re ceive their township lists and ab stracts. They will begin lisUhg, according to law, after the first Mon day in May, an dthey are supposed to wind up their job by June Ist. Tho first Monday in July Is the date for the County Commissioners to sum up the county’s entire values to rtaxation and fix the rate of levy for the year’s taxes. County Auditor McDonald, in starting off the tax gathering ma chinery this year, calls attention to these three specific facts: Ist. People who list their prbper- ty are not proper ones to place a value upon same. A great many people have this fixed in their minds as one of their rights, hut the Aud itor calls attention to the fact that the list takers are the ones to place values upon personal i^roperty. In this matter he is backed by the law. 2nd. In the matter of solvent credits: A person on listing solvent credits may deduct every penny he owes. Thus, If he has $600 In bank and owes $100, that much may be deducted, leaving $400 for taxa tion. But on the other side of the ledger, all accounts owing to the person listing must be entered, if Frank Parker Gives Outlook For Staples in Current Year By Frank Parker, State Statistician. (Continued on page 6) WARREN L. HOAGLAND PRATER SERVICE TONIGHT. Midweek prayer service will be held at Presbyterian church tonight. Union Service. Everyone invited. Warren L. Hoagland, of DetroH, lltelL,. tormeilj with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, has just been selected by Secretary of Com merce Herbert Hoover as chief of the spectoltles division of the Department of Commeroe. Mr. Hoaglaud will in terest hlmsirif primarily In foreign trade promotion of a number of com modities peculiar to American genlns, induding typewfitera, motion pictures, hardware, athletic g^s and mnsteal instruments. Because of pending national leg islation specifically prohibiting in tentions to plant reports on cotton, no report has been complied. Tho cotton situation Is stronger than ft was in 1923. The probable supply In America on March 1 waa about 4,460,000 bales, as compared with 6,340,000 bales in 1923, 7,436,000 bales in 1922, and 10,764,000 bales In 1921. Ihe reduced supply of American cotton and resulting fav orable price sltnatioB has been cre ated by poor yields due to abnormal weather condltiona and boll-weevil damage rather than Increased de mand or to reduce acreage. T1\e acreage last year was the greatest on record. The world supply of all-commer cial cotton for the year 1921-22 amounted to about 29,006,000 bates, for the following year It was reduc ed to a little leas than 27,00,000 bales, and for the yMr 1923-44 the supply waa about 24,600,060. The carry-over was reduced from 14,- 862,000 baler on July St. 1931 to 6,341,000 on July II. 1923. A strong effort is being made to In crease production In foreign coun tries. These efforts, coupled with the high prices, -have resulted In some Increase In supply, but do not promise to compete seriously with the better types of American upland In the immediate future. The world production of commercial cotton out side of the United States was 6,730,- 000 bales in 1221-22, 7,886,000 in 1922-23, and 7,994,000 in 1923-24. The outlook for the long-staple cotton Is' not as pfomtslng as for cotton as a whole.' According to commercial estimates, the percent age of long-staple cotton produced since the war, 'as compared with pre war conditions is greater than with the medium and abort varieties. The pre-war production of long- staple varieties was 2,167,000 bales of the medium lengths, the ordinary American Upland varieties was 16,- 220,000, and the short cotton, pro duced mainly In India and China, was 6,760,000 aa. compared with a post-war average production, of 2,- 030,000 for the staples, 12;67&,000 for American types, and 5,600,001^ for the short varieties. In the light of general business conditions the, cotton. market gives promise of being able to absorb a moderate Increase in supply at a comparatively good price. It must be remembered that a large crop if secured by increased acreage and expensive production methods would tend to result in a decline In price which might more than offset any resulting reductions in cost due to higher yields. Viewing the tobacco crop aa a whole, there is an expressed Inten tion to plant about -the same acre age In 1924 as was planted in 1933. The trends of particular types differ, however, the controlling iafluenees being the rapid Increase in cigarette manufacture and consumption, the Improved foreign demand for cer tain types, and the poor demand tor others. The trend of cigars and, cigarette production has bad aa evi dent effect upon tobacco prleea and prospects. Cigarette manufacture has increased rapidly ia recent years. The acreage of Burley and the flue- cured type has accordingly made consistent increases and so tar the prices have been fairly well raalu- tained. The combined aicrdage of the principal - cigarette types—Bar ley and flue-cured— waa 1,169,060 acres In 1923. 'NotHrlthstandlag this large acreage these types outrank all except the better cigar types and Maryland Expert la price per pound to the grower and there la an ap parent intention further to increase acreage. The most significaat change in acreage for 1924 is Indicated la the. bright or flue-cared section of Geor gia, where cotton waa particularly hard hit In 1023. The production of this type has extended Into about 30 new counties, and experimental patches are reported from many oth er sections of the Incre^uMd plantings are also being made In the old tobacco counties. A hazard exists in any such vio lent Increase In tobacco production as that contemplated in Georgia, due to the -inexperience of the growem planting their flret crop of tobacco, the expense of providing curing necessary equip- JTiaw in Spotiight Once More mm- -j, • i- . f. r >' ■WW* World Photo. Harry R. Thaw resumed his long fight for freedom from the Pennsylvania Hospital fi>r Mental and Nervous Diseases, where be has been detained tor the past seven years. It will be decided by the Philadelphia Court, before which he appeared, whether the slayer of Stanford iv-hite In New York City nearly eighteen years ago Is or is not sane. Thaw’s former wife, Evelyn Neebit. Is fighting against his release on behalf of her son Russell 'William Thaw. Photo allows Thaw at the hearing in Philadelphia. National News Letter By David Loth Special to The News. New York, April 23.—The Senate of these United States has gone atilt- lag against windmills. Now the bat tle is over, and with one foot firmly pinning the conquered to earth and the bright sword pointing toward the heavena, the Senate stands proudly glaring about tor some other rash enough to dare its mighty vengeance. With a great sbow. of indignation, the Senate has demonstrated to all nations that thsfy cannot meddle with our sovereign rights. The proof has been passage of the Immigration Bill with a clause excluding Japan ese. The Japanese Ambassador Hanihara had urged that this clause be omitted as Japanese are barred from the country anyway under a "gentlemen’s" agreement. He was so Incautious as to refer to the "grave consequences’' that might follow passage of the bill. That roused the Senate. Who was Japan to threaten us 'with war? We are tho sole judge of who shall be admitted. So In a -burst of good old Jingo patriotism the bill was passed, only six Senators dissenting. The Ambassador has disclaimed any in tention to threaten and has practic- leaders of his party in such a mat ter. Charity For Ford. Congress is considering the ques tion of giving—practically free—to Henry Ford, the greatest potential power resource in the country. The Automobile maker has offered $5,- 060,000 for the property that coat the Government $85,000,000, to build and in addition he wants to be released from all legal restrictions that surround other power compan ies. Simply because Mr. Ford makes a cheap automobile, has built up one of the greatest businesses in the world and has proved a wonder at getting publicity, even if he doesn’t know history, a great many people are prepared to make him this gift. All that -he promises in return Is to make 40,000 tons of fertilizer a year and sell It at an 8 per cent profit. Farmers who believe this will en sure them cheap fertilizer overlook expert testimony that any fertilizer made at Muscle Shoals will cost more than it does now. Ford wants the Shoals for a big factory. He does not say what he will do with the surplus power, but he wants to bo freed from restric tions that govern ordinary power companies. He wants a 100 year lease where the Federal Water Pow er Act expressly limits all leases to 50 years tor the wise purpose of pre- Siiiii|[ Raiinad For $201,000 Mr. A. J. Gregory, who lives near Angler and follows the occupation of farming, has filed snlt in Wake county Superior Court for $20,000 damages against the Nortolk-Geoth- era Railroad * Company for Injuries he received In an accident which happened on November 26, 19,28, when be was driving his wagon across the rl^t-ot-way of the rail road company near Fuquay Springs. Mr. Gregory was cnoeslng a small bridge over a ditch near the rail road track when a loose plank flew up and struck bis horse, oauslng the animal to dash away and throw Hr. Gregory out, striking hts bead and back, causing severe Injorles from which he says he still suffers and from which he declares he belleyes he never will recover. 'Mr. Gregory wee living in Wake county at that time, but has since moved into Harnett county. He ia aibottt fifty years old and has a quite a large family. He Is a cousin of Mr. A. W. Gregory of 'Varlna, who is well known in Harnett. Mr. Gregory has employed a firm of Raleigh lawyers to prosecute bis case against the railroad. It is state- ed that thA defendant has made sev eral overtures tor a compromise.. but' they have not been acceptable to Mr. Gregory. It Is believed by hts friends that .be is permanently In jured and that a Wake county jury will give him a verdict for tho amount which he aaks. It is alleged that the bridge was built by the railroad, being con structed for their convenience be cause of the fact that It was neces sary for them to cut the ditch on their right-of-way. SANS UOHDT, SANS LIOBNSB, BUT RUM RUNNER HAD BOTH GUN AND LIQUOR ON DECK ally apologised. But that makes no difference; the Senate was out to( venting power monopolies such as show what it could do. An Unnecessary lusolt. There ta nothing in the bill that needed this insult to the Japanese. They naturally resent being classed as an interior people. Perhaps they are—opinions differ—^but they are not so Inferior that they like being told so, especially after all our in sistence on the open door tor Amer icans an^ American capital. The gentlemen’s agreement excluded them just as effectively as the bill does and it did us no harm to re spect their pride. Of course some are smuggled In every year. The bill will not praven-t that. Indeed, the JapanMS Government will not be eager now to help stop it. But if the Senate felt it -bad to do something—^it had no hand in the gentlemen’s agreement—dt could have put Japaa.^oa the same footing as other nations In the bill. It calls for admitting 2 .percent of the num- -her that were In the country in 18'90 This would exelude all hut 100 or so Japanese each year. A clause to this effect seamed to have a good chance until the Hanihara letter In other ways the bill is a slap at other foreign nations. It is gen erally agreed we. need immigration restricted. But there is n-o excuse barns and other (Continued oa page 6) Ford seeks. Other Interests have offered the Government what it paid tor the Shoals -and in addition they -jre willing to keep them within the law. They promise to- turn the whole works over to the government In case of war—the Shoals is a war project—while Ford promises only part of the plant. And most im portant these interests agree to soil their PQwer to develop the South. Ford wont say what he will use It tor and refuses to come to Washing ton to talk about U. The suggestion has even been made that Ford was bought of the presidential race with a promise that he would get the Shoals, which if true, would be a scandal that would make even oil look clean. The only facts adduced, however, are that after being prominently mentioned for a Democratic or third party nom ination, Ford saw Mr. Coolldge and suddenly announced he was for the President. England Talks to Russia. England and Russia are now hold ing a con-ference wsbich will shew to the world whether or not the Soviets are really anxious and fit to take their place among tho rest of the earth’s so-called civilized govern ments. England has recognized Mos- Parked in front of Mayor Thom son's offlee Tuesday morning ^tood (or sat) a Ford **rnnabout'’ thkt had run about all It ever Intends to run—^at least under present man agement. iFor the old gas stead fell into the olntehes of Night Po liceman Bhep CatlUesa early Mon day morning abont 2 G. H. Pollea- man Shep, who has not been on the Job so very long, but long enough at that to know a law-abiding Ford from one whose ways are the ways of darkness, espied the old trap meandering through town In the sma’ wee hours. Awful snspieloue looking get-up she was, and the po liceman pursued her rather accom panying like still she hit the hill on the Neill Creek side of Cape Fear. Shep overtook and hailed the boat and towed her into port togeth er with her pilot who gave- his name as Isaac Johnson and his home port as Coats, North -Carolina. She con tained in her hold one plat of un- vouched-for liquor and one small fire-arm. She was docked In front of Town Hall, the entire rigging swept away and her deck showing signs of having' been storm-Swept. She listed sorrowfully. Her engine room was badly battered in, the tun nel pointing windward like unto the snoot of a plne^rooter. She vas a private yacht and this is evidently her Initial opening to public Inspec tion. The scribe viewed her with mis giving as to her go-ablllty. “Win that thing run?" was the in quiry put to (Thief Dixon. "Run? Man., twist her snoot and she’ll sell ont,”'BlDrified the Chief. "But she doesn’t look seaworthy,’* ventured the sorfbe. “No,’ ’ goodhatnredly admitted the Chief, "Bhe''8 probably never seen any worthy eervlee-.^11 nnworthy.” "Her air chambers are grounded. Chief.” "Oh, she didn’t ever run on air; she ran on reputation/’ "And what Is it?" ‘Well, I would say, judging by the cargo she earned, it was bad,*’ The pilot bnnked in the county bastllc ‘till late on the Sabbath day when h,e arranged bond for hie ap pearance at the hext term- of court to explain- his ^ueer voyage; for dleerimlnatlng not only against cow diplomatically and now the two the Japanese but also against all the Sontli European nations, aa Is done by changing the basis for each quota frpm the census of 1910 to that of 1890. The -bin had already passed the House and after confer ence between the two Houses to smooth out minor differences, it will go to President Coolidge. Perhaps If he vetoed It, the -Senate would have cooled down sufBeieutly to al 9ow the objectionable clause to go out, but Mr. Coolidge. has not yet showed any inclination to cross the countries are discussing at London problems connected with, promoting tradOj and settling outstanding dis putes. England has olalms on Russia for British property damaged during the revolution, lor personal Injuries to British ettbjects, tor debts which Russia owed Englishmen and which the Bolshevists have so far not rec ognized. Russia has counter-d^ms for similar damages done Russians (Continued on page 6) ‘POLISHED PEBBLES" AT SCHOOL AUHlilORlini TONIGHT "PoUshod Pebbles,’’ junior oper-r etu by the grammar gmdee of Lil- Ilngton eohool, will, be pi||) on In the auditorium tonight Thow who care for the very brightest sort;of enter- talnmoB’ti.-.t&at of child ta3eflt->-wfll do well to attend. A eparpatpe of money’s worth goes with eiieb ticket sold. _ ^'1 Better meals and pUH^f.,o( hot coffee ere ptomlf ed tor the Farmers’ State, Cofirentiojo tlM« Fear. A food program is befnfl prepared.' ,X . rai . '■ O’ r i. u, ■J ‘xrA L K J i ..4'srj -V £ Af 1 >i'SS' - 4 '? sK Sk. .r?; irti - -'m t .-i . - i -tr - i'* jti Mik
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