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I' . , 'Tr' ' '" ' ' "‘ ' V ; •' , . - . .u ^ -,)'^ • ■'■ '■ .•' _■ j ''■• ■ir pj 18^' IWK |9^' HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY. AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY. fl.50 PER YEAR.—Oc A COPY Lillington, N. C., Thursday. January 3, 1929 **lf It Concams Harnett. lt*s in THE NEWS** COLLECTOR HAS TAKEN IN ABOUT HALF OF TAXES \K\V VKAIJ OPHNS WITH QUAK- TKK MIIAJOX OOl.EAKS VKT TO HE I'AII) »Y I'lTl- y.EXS OP HAUNKTT With ilu‘ opeuliiK of the new year. Tax Collector Jora Green after tabu- laiing liUt“(>lleeti()iiM .since the fir.st of Ociober finds that he still has ai>- inoximaieiy half a million dollars yet to collect from citl/.ettsof Harnett county as taxes due In 1928. Prac tically all of the coriioratlons have l>!ii(l their taxes, .state.s the collector. .;nd the sum ye! to be collected Is due by citizens. 1 here are come big tax payers yet to l»e hoard from, he says, ami when they pay tip what they owe the 'ouiity, the goti 1 of$488.64l.OO will hiive been ne.irly reached. The above figures represent the total tax lovy III Hit met t as per the auditor's statement. To tills will bo added -ome "after llsietl,” but it is Impos- ■lible to state Just exactly 'what that amount will ite. Some after listed taxes have already been placed on the books, but there will be .some after listings all along till the tax collector makes bis final roitort The sunt total of taxes Is divided between the white and colored races aii.l corporittioiis ns follows: To be paid by white people. $4 14,781.24; i to be paid by coh'red people,$ 19,756. ! 84; to be pttid by corporations, $49,1 211.86, UHIII.HTMA.S MARKKI> BY QUrWTUDE AM) ,SUX.SHINK Christmas 1928 was noted mostly for the remarkably quiet period through which It came and went, and for the sunshiny days that gave everyone hereabouts god reason for feeling happy. There was not so much merry-n akliig as usual, due principally to the large numbers of ca.ses of .sickiie.s.s in the community. Hilt those who were not confined to their homos made the most of the occasion. Gatherings were principally con- lined to home circles. Warnings against spread' of influenza through the congrogutlng of people caused many plans for Yulctide parlies to be broken up. ‘Family Christmas trees and celebrations, home-com ings and the exchanging of greet ings and goodwill were carried through without ceremony. It was a quiet Christmas in this community, but everyone was satis fied because It was a good Cbrlst- mas—as all Christmases are. HARNETT MEN STANDING GOOD FOR STATE JOBS UHAKEK.S BOS.S AM) AI.LKX M. SHAW IN LINK FOR API'OINT- MIO.VTS — OTHER .JOBS BEING .SOUGHT Raleigh, Jan. 2.—According to With approxinmtly $250,000 vet to |“round the Capital, two Har- collect, .Mr. Green Is not dl-sttirbed standing mighty good bv the fact that what i.s termed "the 1 fo'’ appointment^ to State be-t collecting period" Is gone. It Is j-»'»«• are Charles Ross g..;>erullv conceded that Octaber. j '«■ both of Lllllng- .\ovemb,.r and Dc-ember are the best prominently inotiths for "olloctiiig taxes, but \ir. j as successor to Frank Green bus foitnd in former years that I ^ ““ chairman of the State in..iiy htrge itixp.iyers have acquired | Commission but a.s execu tin' habit of waiting ttlong with some,*^'^^ secretary when Mr. Page retires ■mailer la^pllyer^ till the last minute iiofore .settling. 'I'lie collector is lak III .1 ■;(! Ji'- t , til) ( .r.'M II.. I V In r iiionf it ti* riod. upon the convening of the General .\.s.stmbly. The chairman will retire a g-)>‘iy ‘'iim en.'li day iiow.!''-'^ nll-tiine official and may retain t . :h:i! hit .lanitary report capacity the same as lovorably with any if the tax collecting Z 7. 7 7 7 z The cilbiior has made all the "11)1,lid-'' be intends to make for IP28 i.i'ic-, and now he l.s resorting •o ievying upon personal property. 'I his meiliod will bring in much more iiiouey than inlglii l)0 imagined by persons itiilnitlnied in the game of collecting taxes, and incidentally bring it much quicker than mere so- li.siting. f.evylitg upon personal property is the hist resort in collect ing taxes, however. The county Is other members ot the commission The Idea Is to create th« office ot all- time executive secretary, and Mr. Ro.st i.s being groomed for that poai- tion. He i.s now a.s.slstant attorney general a.ssigned to the State Pllgh- way (;omml.s3lon and is well acquain ted with the work of the commission as well as having a line store ot general Information coucernl.'jg ev ery interest of the State. It Is gen erally Conceded that 'Mr. Ross will make an extelent official for the Job cni out for him. According to other reports coming ■4 till badly in need of money with 'vlilclt to pay .scltool teachers and In- cideiilal f\pen:-es of the county gov ernment. Short nole.s are still being sold to tile bond buyers to get funds to defray rttiiultig expenses. l.fK'.VrE Tf>H.\‘(’0 BEDS IN ISOI,.4TKi) PEACE Raleigh, .ian. 2—The tobacco plant bed located in an Isodated place on the farm where there are no, tobacco .-.craps lying about and little rubbish from the bants or packhoti.se, has the best chance of producing plants t.iat are free from dlsetise. ‘‘Ordiinirlly, one would think It permissible to locale the tobacco beds anywhere the |)lanis wonltl thrive.” .says 0. W. f’ant, plant 11- sea.se .specialist at Slate College. "This might be all riglti were it not for the leaf spots and mosaic disease whleli jippearod iji si.iriling amounts throughout the Sicte ^iost .season, in several fields, ftihy eighty per cent of I lie pli'tits wore affected •with ilic mosaic tr mble. The disease af- feeis the (•ntl'e leaf and usually re duces hot It its size and quality. One of the .slgni.'leaiil tblngti about this disease waa iliai plants loft growing in the ‘oed,-! iinlll about July and .\ugu.st also showed the charactor- l.sisc llglit and dark green mottling here over the week-end, Allen M. Sliaw of Lilllu.gton, former register of deeds of Harnett, and W. W. (Rog ers ot Aho.skie crave the Job of State Pardon Commissioner during the Gardner administration. 'Mr. ^haw managed Gardner’.s campaign In Harnett county in the three-cornered light In 1920 when Cameron .Morrl- ■s.m, O. Max Gardner and iRobert N. Page engaged In the hottest light tor the gubernatorial nomination that the State ha.s .seen In years. The list of unannounced but al legedly active candidate's tor the ap pointive Jobs that 0. Max Gardner will make when or shortly after' he becomes Governor of North Carolina on January 11 gre wperceptlbly over the week-end. State Senator Rivera Johnson of War.saw, according to reports brought here from down oast over ihe week-end, Is after the position now held by Major Wade H. Phil lips, director ot the State Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. Senator Johnson, a cIo.se f'*lend of Gardner, managed the latter’s cam paign In Duplin and surrounding counties and was instrumental, 'they say. 111 helping the Governor-elect roll up sizeable majorities. So far as Is known, Senator John- .^on Is the only man reported to be anxious to succeed- Major Phillips, of the mosaic trouble,” In most in.siiiiicos of this kind, j t^ho Is generally accredited with hav- slates Mr. Fant, the (obacco fields were fully one-half :nlle or more from the bed. Indleatlng that the (llsea.se began in the plant bed and wa.s carried to the felld by Infected plants. All the litfeeied fields could be traced back to the plant beds. Those plant beds wbloli were worst infected were those located around farm buildings or farm lots. The disease will winter over In certain weeds nhlch grow about the farm bulldliigs and do not graw in the wooded areas. Then, loo there is no tobacco refuse generally to be found In the wooded areas, 'Mr. P'ant therefore a”vl8ed locating the plant bed this winter In an isolated lug made a good record since he be came director of the Department In 1925. Other candidates for the position of Pardon Commissioner, which pays a .salary of $4,000 a year, are: iClairde Woltz of Winston-Salem, iH. L. Swain of Raleigh. Phil Sawyer of 'KHzabeth City, Louis H. Clement of ■Salisbury, J. S. Massenburg of Hen dersonville. Interest flared up again over the week-end with regard to Gardner’s possible selection as State's .Prison .iuporlnlendent. Chances of George Ross Pou, present superintendent, were said by his friends to be en hanced as the result of a statement attributed to Gardner In Sunday’s INTERESTING LETTER FROM SOOCHOW, CHINA place, provided the soil Is fertile and ppaers. The Governor-elect -was quo- MISHIONARY WRITES HOME TO PARENTS of' many INTBH- E.STING PHASES OF HIS WORK THERE The following letter from Rev. and Mrs. Buren Johnson to Mr. Johnson’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. H, John.son of Lllllnglon, will be of Interest to hosts of friends of this splendid young couple, who with their three children have recently re turned to their mission work in Soo- chow, China, after a year’s furlough In the States; Soocl.ow, Nov. 11, 1928, Dear Homefolka: I have been Intending to write to you ever since we arrived In Soo- chow, but have been so busy that It seemed I couMn’t find time to write i decent letter. We arrived in j Shanghai on schedule time, October 26th,and came on to Soochow the next day, Several of our missionary friends and Chinese co-workers met 118 hi Shanghai and all seemed so happy to see us back. When we reached Soochow we found more of our friends at the railway station to greet us. Mr. Bostick had our house cleaned up and everything put in order .so we spout the first night in our own home. In fact the table in the dining room was already set ready for supper. 'Fhe Bo.stlck3. Md.Millaiis, Miss Lauueau and Miss Groves had already made plana and the members of our Soochow Station' had .supper together that night in our dining room. You can Imagine what a grand time we had. The ladles had prepared a grand lot of fried chiclfen, vegetables, cake, pie, etc., etc., etc. iccndltlon. The screens are also I ft,isted out and torn but fortunately I wV- don’t have to replace them until j next spring. The screening will take pnictlcaily all the repair money for I the next year but It will hav to be if.Tp we roulj not live I'ong an,d do 1 tvell without protection from mos- Iquitoes during the summer months. I iHarold and Eugenia are having quite a time. You remember they I had forgotten practically all the '(’hliiese they ever knew. It ig right pathetic to watch them rattle off a great long spiel in English -to some C'hlne.se anr .suddenly realize that the pcr.'-on to whom they are speaking doc.^ not understand thing they arc saying. They have a'Hard time mak ing their wants known. However they are beginning to learn a few words. It won't be, long until they will be Jabbering away In Chinese again. One til the iiapiiy surprises I found when we got here was the plans for making wide streets through the city. From the founding of the city of Soo chow byKink Wu In 520 B. C. until 192S the standard width of the main -Rreet was eight feet. Now they have a very carefully worked out plan ' which, la already In operation for dl- [vldlng the streets Into four classes. (iThe first class streets are to be j thirty-two feet wlde.second class twenty feet, third class twelve feet, and fourth class eight feet. There will be three first class streets run- iiig north and south Straight through the city. One of these first class street.^ will pa.ss by Yates Academy. The second, third and fourth class streets are la,Id out according to a well laid plan depending upon fhe Importance of the street In question. I was simply amazed yesterday as Kale and 1 walked along the famous I Dragon Street that runs from one side of the city to the other. Big jPago'Ja being at one end and the Confuciau Temple at the other, to ,r.,' how lapldly the work was pro gressing, It looked as though there CONTROL FLEA BEETLE BY BUILD ING TRAP BEDS (By C. H. Brannon, Extension Ento mologist, N. iC, State College.) What a feast we did have tagethor! ^ Loll Ma, our old cook, (she has down and rebuilt in order worked for us more than five years) [1,^ street. i a.iked bow' It heard that we were coming back .so j {.o^id i,e done so easily and was told she came about a week before we did gi,y offidtis had approved and helper get the house In shape. I'tjjg plans anxl would Issue orders tor She had our beds all made and every thing ready for us. You can Imagine how happy we were to find her here waiting for us, and she seemed Just as happv lo see us back. a section' of the street 'to be widened giving the people concerned so many days notice within which to tear down and rebuild- their houses. ‘■But, ’ 1 said, "What if 'the people Mr. Chen, the (Chinese who was, m-e unwilling to do this?” I was told recently elecle'd Principal of Yates,. |,i ti,jn case the clly would send well drained. To do this will lessen disease, especially, If the seed are reclaimed and treated before they are planted. ted' as saying that he has never of fered nor has he promised the posi tion of prison superintendent to any one. Academy, came lo Shanghai to wcO-; come us. He Is very happy to have; us back to take up our work again* In the school. In fact we have rocel-" ved a royal welcome from the, Chlno.se. These few rays wo have' been hero havo boon filled up with; calls by our many Chinese friends! and welcome meetings by different’ classes and organizations In the schools. Several ot our friends have Invited u.s to their homes tor meals; I don’t see how we could have had a niori;: joyous reception and whole-- hearted welcome. It makes our' hearts rejoice to bo here. We got to Soochfiw on Saturday and 1 began tet.'-hlng in the school the following .Monday, Some of the leacher.s had ’’'eon doing extra work In order to take care of my clas8e.s uiull I could get I here. Kate will begin in Ihe Wol lAng iGlrl’s Academy tomorrow. She will teach one class In English, ,My schedule wll 1 be light for the remainder of this term workmen to tear the houses down and force the people to pay for the work. The city has a regular uni form rale It pays to each property- holder for the land he has to give up. This ot course Is small but It shows consideration, -it will take some four or five years to complete the entire plan because the lack of funds., This work Is being done out of some special taxes and the money comes In comparatively slow when we think of the trenu-ndous task lo be done. However we are all looking forward to Uie time when Soochow will In many ways be approaching a modern city. This widening-' of the streets of Soochow Is just o'ne indication of the many changes and the strides of progress nlreary being made in China at this time, if the new government la ahlo to carry through-Its program, and Indications n-ow are' that It will be able, this -great giant that has been sleeping the.se thousands of but U will give me time lo do some | years Is soon to awake and take Its other work amoung the students, [i-ightful place among the nations of The opportuiiltle.s for personal work 1 the world, in view of the present are limited. A good number of ourjsHimiion and Impenring progress of students are Christians hut there are j the near future there comes an over- many who are not. Fray that we whelming'challenge to Christians the may he u.ned of the Lord ,to win these (world over to arise and help to make to Clirist as their Savior. i China a Christian nation In order ■We I'otir.d moftl of our furniture hero for which we are very thank ful. There are a few little things missing but uotjilng -of very^ great Importance. Some thieves broke In soon after we left Soochow and stole a few little thlng.s but aside from that we have practically everything ^else. In the summer of 1927 some soldiers came one afternoon atid said they wanted to use the missionary resi dences and that they would move In the next day. That, night the teach ers of Yates Academy together with the school .servants moved all the furniture out of the missionary homos and put it In the different teachers homos. They worker near ly all night long. The next morning when the soldier.s came they ’ looke'd at the houses and said, "These houses are empty—no furniture. We don’t want them.” So they went away and did not move in. But for this action on the part of our teachers I doubt If any of our furniture would have been here. We found our house badly In need that she may truly be strong and be Imbued with that spirit which is HO vital to peace and good will among the nations of! the earth. May the Individual Chi;|ie8e come to know Christ In all Hta llfeglvlng power and may China become a nation whose strength and suppart Is to be found 111 a Christian citizenship. There Is sc much to tell I could keep on writing for hours but guess I will have to stop for this time, Kate and children Join In sending love to all.' Sincerely, Buren OLARK-BBRTON. The hosts of friends here and elsewhere of Mr. Alton W. Clark of Pig 'Point, Virginia,' will learn with surprise and sincere pleasure of his marriage December 15th to iMiss An nie Elizabeth Borton. The happy couple were-here dur ing the holidays, -viBlting relatives ,and friends In iHarnett, Richmond of repairs, Mr. Bostick had spent all > iScotland counties, returning to the repair money.given by the for eign Mission 'Boarid for our house for thl.s year and still there was work that had to be done. Then too;the their home at Pig Point last Sun day. Mr. Clark Is a native of iHarnett fence around the yard wasall rotten and broken down. I am havinli to spend about $100 gold of my :own ' money to get the place in a liveable county and his wide circle of friends wish for him and his bride a life full of happiness. Chattel Mbftsiigee at The Newt. The flea beetle (or.flea bug) is one of the worst insect pests af'to bacco In North Carolina. It causes thousands of dollars damage to to-, bacco each season, therefore. It Is to the advantage of every tobacco grower to give attention- to the con trol of this destructive pest. If floa beetles were as big as ground hogs and growers could easily see them destroying large quantities ol toba cco a great cry of alarm would be raised and the pest would be de stroyed as an enimy of all tobacco growers. Flea beetles are very small aud the damage caused Is not fully re alized by growers until plaut beds ,are practically restroyed or^ tobacco In the field la practically all eaten. The damage caused la-tremendous. This pest not only -feeds upon the leaves ot tobacco but the very small worm which turns into a flea beetle feeds entirely on the roots of the tobacco plants. Therefore, the dam age i-s twice as great as most growers realize. A -tobacco plant has very little chance to produce-quality leaf with a worm feeding on Its roots and the adult beetle feeding upon its leaves. Tobacco growers who iiitenid to 3tay lu the business must give at tention to the control of this pest. Those who dev not adopt approved methods of control will be unable to compete wit, hgrowers who do control this pest. Tobacco Insect pest control must be considered as a regular part of' the crop program. Why should growers fall to protect the crop against insects when they have made an effort to sow good seed and use proper fertilizer a'nd. correct cultural methoids. CONTROi; We cannot emphasize too strongly live importance of controlling the flea beetle in the plant bed. Tho.se beetles which (1«’ damage later on lii the field come from beetles which feed early in the season on the plant bed. Therefore, plant bed control will help greatly In reducing " the number of beetles which do damage later In the flold. The trap bed has given excellent results In this control and- its method of construction is shown In the ac companying diagram! Boards should bo used around the margin ot -the bed to support the cheese cloth (poles should not be used as they cannot be made'tight.) Soil should- be banked around the' boards ad that insects cani^oH craw.l u'aldter them. These boards should be fitted closely at the corners. Only new cheese cloth of a good grade should be used. The cheese cloth or "canvass” should have 25 strands to the Inch. It is very im portant that growers obtain this grade . If the dealer does not have this grade, see your county agent or write for Information as to where it can be obtained. An effort has been made to have dealers buy only the right-grade of cheese cloth as the coarser grades will not keep out the small flea beetles. The cheese cloth should be well sewn and fastened to the margin boards by wooden strips. iTacklng or nailing the cloth to' the -boards without the strip will usually rdsult In holes pulled In the cloth. An area of sever! feet around the bed should be sown In tobacco as a trap. Use poles for the margin of the trap and cover loosely with olr cheese cloth so that the flea beetles can get to the trap. This loosely covered bed around the outside of the tight bed Is the trap. (It would pay every eobacco grower .to make a tight bed- whetber he had flea beetles or not as the plants will ho stronger, for the nearer the bed can be made like a hot bed without cut ting out sunshine and air, the more vigorous the plants will be.) The plants in the trap should he kept well covered with poison, (the number of applications depending on; rains, etc.) As ,a poison use the "One-in-Six" mixture which}.is: 1 pound of Paris green mixed wHh -5 pounds of arsenate ot lead. Use at the rate of 1-2 pound'per 100 square yards as a dust. Coyer the plants well. If a liquid spray Is preferred, use 1 1-2 to '2 pounds ot -the ''One-inStx" mixture (1 pound of Paris green with 5 pounds -of Asenate ot lead) In 60 gallons of water. (1 1-2 to 2 table- spoonfuls to 3 gallons- of water. Cover plants well. Important: The “Ono-ln-tSln” mixture has been found to control the flea beetle better than any other politon or' combination of poisons. Do not substitute calcium arsenate or any other material for the Paris, green and arsenate of lead. ' It flea beetle* show up In large numbers later in the fields, poison as follows": '(For newly set plants use 3 pounds per acre of the "One- In-Six mixeure. For field control on tobacco half grown or larger, use 4 -to 6 pounds per acre of the "one-in-slx” mix ture. This will control horn worms also, but will not control bud worms. For further Information see your county agent or write to ^Extension Entomologist, State College Btation, Raleigh, N, C. NEW YEAR WAS GREETED WITH MUCH SOUND BELliH, HORNS, WHITTLES, YELL- . iiNG AND LAUGHTER HELPED 1020 TO MAKE IIVS DE BUT MONDAY NIGHT The New Year met its welcome in Lillington at ml'cnight Monday with the ringing of bells, blowing of horns, mounding of sirens, yells and laughter by a happy throng who sprang from various places of repose, congrega ted at public square and helped 19-29 make its debut -to the world. The merry-making was not so nolsy^ as would probably have been the case had there not been so much sickness In the community. The spread of In fluenza has cast a damper over* most of the holiday spirit here abouts asilt has in practically every part of the country. ‘ Promptly at the stroke of twelve o'clock midnight Monday, the ringing of the courthouse bell by someone who was evidently In waiting for the momentous time when the old year was to give way to the new, was the signal for the outburst f celeb:'atlhg. Automobiles began making the cir cle around the public square, Ihelr homes giving vent to all the noise with which they were capable. Yells welcomed the 'new year to come and begin makln'^'‘;Mme. ■ Soon the bells in the steep ^s'of the three cliurchs -began sending out -theis messages of welcome. 'The celebration lasted for about half an hour, after which there was absolute quiet and tuo to.wn was asleep again, Tuesday morning,'j-tbe cflrst'of the new year, dawned with a smoky look as if rain was near. The temperature, however, wa smlld-. It was a- new year, all right and the refusal of -the sun to shine didn’t seem to matter much. The New Year had been given its welcome and everyone seemed content to wait for returns. ' New Year's Day was observed as holiday by most people hereab-juts. There, was work to do in some pjaces of business and it was not 8hii;ked. Those who found time hanging h.eavy ]y look more rest. COURT TO FACE DOCKET WITH % CASES PLUS JUDGE aODYKTTK TO tXJNVBNK ONE WEEK TERM HERE ON MONDAY' FOR TRlAli OF GKlMlNAIi (’A8KH Ju'J'ge Garland E Midyette, when he convenes 'Harnett Superior Court here Monday, will face a docket of 96 cases plus. In addition to the 96 cases scheduled on the calendar as fixed by the clerk, there will be a number of cases on appeal from the Recorder’s Courts of Dunn and 1,111- ington as'.well as from magistrates. The..e cases wll) be subject to the call of Solicitor 'Clawson Williams. The calendar as published con tains 45 eases set for trial on Mon day, 16 on Tuesday, 14 on Wednes- ady, 10 on Thursday and 12 on Fri day. A note at the end of the cal endar reads: "All appeals from the courts of the recorders and Justices of the peace since the printing of this calendar stand for trial at the call of the so licitor, and the >d«fendan-ts are here by notified to attend -the first day of this court and remain until their cases are disposed of.” The term beginning Monday is for the trial of criminal cases exclusively. Beginning Monday, .lanuary 2l8t there will be another term of one week for -the trial of criminal cases. This will be a special term and the judge to preside will be assigned- by the Governor. Judge Midyette, who Is scheduled to-preside at all of the regular spring' terms of Harnett Superior Court, will not be available for the'” special term, he having beeif scheduled at other points on the regular |udlctal calendar of the State. Five murder cases are scheduled on the calendar for nevt week—two on Monday and three on "Wednesday. Other oases on the calendar range In seriousness of offense from violat ing the -prohibition law to issuing worthless checks. Almost all crimes Inhibited by de calogue are numbered among the list p'repared against -the defendants by Clerk Chaffin. Jurors for both the regular and special tcims have been drawn and their names published in the- .News. lillington school to OPEN NEXT TUBS'DAY Lillington school, which was to have resumed Us session today fol lowing the Christmas vacation, has been ordered closed- till next Tu-saday by Superintendent B!- P. Gentry of the county school system. This ac tion was made necessary by the' wide spread of Influenzr which has caused many absences from school during the past several weeks. Lafayette Is another school to re main .closed for another week' open order of the superintendent. In that school the attendance has been poor for several weeks, and -during the holidays the number ot cases of in fluenza increased. It Is sold. Practically all other schotJls In the county opened on appointed time this week. It is reported that Influenza i« affecting attendance In all of the schools, however, and li Is not alto gether certain as to whetber they will be resume normal courses of study for some weeki. I^AFAYETTK HlGlia 'I«Of GARNER IN CLOSE GAME In a highly Interesting haiketball game during the holidays, Imfayette High Schol boys defeated the Garner High School basketball quint 22 to 20 on the Hugh Morson High school gymnasium court In Raleigh. The game was closely waged throughout, with the result banging Are until the final whistle. Johnson, with 14 points, led the winners while Rhodes caged ten points to top Garner’s quint. COTTON GINNED. -Editor The News: There were 32,362 bales ot cotton ginned In Harnett county from the crop of 1928- prior to Deoemher 13, 1928, as compared with S4,8i47 bales ginned to December 13, 19‘2’L O. L. WMiSOIN, Special Agent. FOUR THINGS 1‘RKVRNT HIGHER FARM PRODUCTS Raleigh'. Jan. 2—The beginning of the New Year finds a universal In terest in agriculture. In general, this industry has not shared in the nation-wide economic prosperlly which the United States is experenc- ing and there are four main reasons why this is'true. "The first of these Is a malad justment in production.” says Dr.G. W. Forster, agricultural economist at State College. "Farmers, for va rious reasons, have not been abe to adjust their production to market demands In such a way as to obtain satisfactory returns. Then, too, our market system Is cumbersome and in flexible to Jucb an extent that it Is practical!)' useless In periods of e- conomic distress. Third, the credit mechanism is not being engineered either by private or governmental agencies Is a fashion that will be ot most benifit to farmers. -Fourth, railway rtites and taxes are important factors. Railway rates are seldom adjusted to correspond to the price movement of farm produce and when the price of agricultural products are low.frelght rates take an unusally large percent ©» the Income. Tax rates either remain constant or are in creased,-'" There, is no attempt to adjust taxes to the tneome producing power of the farmer,” Dr. Forster says that maljuatment Is practically always the principal cause of distress in any industry. On the farm, U Is brought about because farmers do not have adequate infor mation upon which to base the choice of enterprises. .As a result many choose the wrong enterprise or fail lo obtain a balance amoung the va ried things being produced ou the farm. Sometimes land, labor, fertil iser Is not used to best advantage and some men are encouraged to ex pand production by using the aub- morginal land that had been best re main in timber or be allowed to stand Idle. Dr. Forster sees the need ot more economic surveys to be made over the State similar to the one which he relped to make for the State Tax commission recently. NOTE OF THANKS 'We wish to express our sincere- appreciation, *0 those, who reme'm- bered us with so many nice thinifs on Christmas Eve night. ' Thanking you again, and wishing for each -of you a happy and aucoees- ful New Year. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Todd.
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