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ORGANIZED EFFORT
TO DISRUPT CO-OP
ERATIVE TOBACCO
ASSOCIATION
CONTRACTS AGAINST IT
CIRCULATED IN VA
Petitions Claim That Instead
of Being Aid to Farmers,
Pool Is a Detriment ? Asso
ciation To Fight ? Delayed
Payments to Growers Causes
Complaint, Though They Re
cently Received $2,300,000,
In Pool
Danville, August 23. ? A high degree
of interest was displayed In tobacco
circles generally in this section today
on receipt of news from Halifax
county that a militant effort to re
lieve farmers of the obligations In
curred in signing the Ore-year con
tract of the Tobacco Growers' Co
operative Marketing association was
on foot.
Petitions are being circulated in
t V.; county among the pool members
tllvj'ng hat the co-operative mar
I c,"^^ organization has not carried
cn' v.-'.iat it set out to do, that in
stead of being an aid to the farming
class i- is injurious and that for this
reason an inquiry be set on foot to
Investigate the conduct of the pool
generally.
A copy of the petition was re
ceived here today. It is upon ex
amination more in form of a con
tract in which the pool member who
signs it agrees to advance a sum of
money to swell a fund to be used for
the "prosecution of proper inquiries"
so that "relief may be obtained."
Foes of co-operative marketing
consider the development in Halifax
of high significance and termed it a
"revolt". Others largely supporters
of the pool refused to accept this as
a blow at the organization and de
clared that It was merely the work
of some ol the disappointed mem
bers. The text of the contract which
Is being circulated is herewith given:
"Believing that the announced pur
poses of the Tobacco Growers' Co
operative Marketing Association as op
erated does not work to my benefit
but to my Injury, I do hereby con
tribute the sum of $5 to a fund to be
expended In the prosecution of prop
er Inquiries and proceedings legal or
otherwise to the end that appro
priate relief may be obtained for my.
self and other subscribers to such
fund.
"The following are appointed a
committee to administer said fund,
viz: W. E. Haxelwood, W. S. Holt, Jr.,
and W. L. Seymore and they are au
thorized to obtain contributions to
said funds to employ competent at*
torneys and accountants and such
other persons as they think proper;
to cause to belnstltuted such suits
as the attorneys employed by them
may advise, using my name as a
party If deemed advisable and to do
any work and all things deemed by
them necessary and proper to carry
out the purpose above set forth. They
may add additional members to the
said committee if It Is found by them
desirable so to do. The said com
mittee shall fix the compensation of
all persons employed by It and the
compensation of the members of the
said committee for their services
thereunder and in connection here
with shall also be paid from said
fund and shall be fixed by the fol
lowing parties: W. E. Haxelwood,
W. 8. Holt, Jr., and W. L. Seymour.
"This Is one of a number of similar
subscription agreement* altogether
constituting one agreement between
the several subscribing parties. It
Is expressly understood that I as
sume no liability other than Is here
in set tprth and that the said com
mittee Is not authorised to Incur
any debt for which I shall be liable.
"All money collected for such fond
shall be forthwith turned over to W.
W. Sheppard, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank of South Bostoh,
treasurer of the fund, and by him
deposited In the Merchants National
bank. Richmond. All dlsburmnents
shall be made by the treasurer upon
the order of the said committee.
Inanity made today at local head
quarters of the marketing organisa
tion found officials preparing to
?ombiit the spread of the movement.
It was Hated that the officials have
had knowledge of this "plot" to dis
rupt the organisation for (bur weeks.
K. U Walton asserted that he had
be*a told that It rras not oon fined
to Halifax bat that the movement
was being dsvSlsgsd la Petersburg,
I^yncbburg, BIa?k stone and Danville,
all key polsU In "pool" territory.
?mmt pffoK mad* to uncover suoh
? nxrr.nwiit tailed. Even warehouse
men pmfe?eed so knowledge at M ;
an und?|rt*yg though all app^jSj i
DROWNED SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
TAB RIVER CLAIMS
ANOTHER VICTIM
Mr. Claiborne Franklin Holmes
of Durham Loses Life in
Bathing at "Big Boys"
Swimming Hole.
Claiborne Franklin Holmes, aged
1" years a B< n ol Mr. and Mrs. Ore'n
Huliiicfc. of Tii' lit ill, who was viBitln?
In. LMilxblfK was drowned In what In
known as "big boys" swimming hole
Just below the Intake of the Loula
burg water system while in swimming
with several other boys on Sunday
afternoon about 2:30 o'clock. His body
was located and recovered about 4
o'clock after quite a long search. The
body was found with tlio assistance
of a grab hook by Mr. "Pete" Parham.
Among those assisting In the diving
besides" Mr. Parham were Messrs D.
O. Pearce, Sidney Eden, Rob Alston,
Stapleton Allen and Garland Moaley.
The body was taken to the undertalttpg
parlors of W. E. White Furniture Com
pany where it was propared for burial,
and the parents notified nrrlvldg about
two hours later.
From Information given the TIMES
young Holmes, who was not a Btrong
swimmer was caught by the current
in mid-stream and carried to his death
before aid could reach him. Attempts
to gave him were made, but Tar river
claimed him as a victim.
The youth was one of the most popu
lar boys of Durham. He had just com
pleted the first year of his high school.
He Is the son of one of Durham's best
known merchants. The funeral was
held in Durham at 4:30 o'clock Mon
day afternoon, with the Rev. J. T.'
Rlddlck, of Norfolk, Va? conducting
the service.
SAFE ROBBERY
SATURDAY NIGHT
$275.00 .Taken From Safe of
R. L. Peoples Gas Filling Sta
tion
The officers of Louisburg are Still
looking for the party who robbed the
safe of R. I* Peoples Gas Filling Sta
tion on last Saturday night, of two
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
From what we could learn of the rob
bery it seems that Mr. Peoples and
Mr. Howell had put In the safe during
the afternoon as much as $275.00 and
about nine' o'clock Mr. Peoples went
to the safe to get some change and
the money was gone. They had not
put on the night lock, uBlng only the
the day lock, and It Is possible some
one was standing near by and ob
served how to ppen the sate, and
later in the absence of nil he proceed,
ed to appropriate the funds.
At last reports no clue had been
found of the guilty party.
HINEK-HOLLAJil), RALEIGH
We are In receipt of the following
news that will be of interest to the
people of this section:
Plans are being made for the open
ing of a Ladies New Ready to Wear
Establishment In Raleigh, located on
first uoor of the handsome new build
ing of the Odd Fellows Temple QO
Hargett street. This Is one of the nicest
buildings In the South. The new store
will be known as Hines ? Holland and
will be owned and operated byMrs.
J. D. Hlnes, of Henderson, N. C? and
Mrs. George Holland of Benson, N. C.
These ladles bave wide experience In
the mercantile business and no doubt
will enjoy a good patronage from this
section. Mrs. Hlnes has been with the
Anchor Store Company, of H^derson,
for several years and Is recognised as
being one of the best buyers of ladles
wearing apparel In the State. Mrs.
Holland owns and operates the Quali
ty Shop, of Benson. She enjoys a nice
nrofltable bnslnees and is known to he
a woman of extra fine business quali
fication*.
Mrs. Hlnes and Mrs. Holland are now
ill New York buying their (all stock.
The opening date .will be announced In
this paper later.
AT WHITE LEVEL!
The White Lerel Woman's Club will
entertain Saturday night, Aug. SO, at
7: SO. This entertainment will be free
after whioh Ice cream will be sold (or
the benefit of the school. Oome and
help nf enjoy the fun.
WAITB8 EXAMINATION
la the case at Town re R. W. Hud
?ob reported In the last issue of the
PRANKLIN TIMES. It should have
been Stated that Mr. Hudson waived
ixasninstlos and the oaae w?nt np to
lUowrds? Court. This to stated to
Justice to Mr. Hudson to show that the
tM* wa? not sent ore r agon tM stt*
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WORTH CAROLINA PUPILS <
RECEIVE SAFETY PRIZES
First Prist Won By Fred Smith '
Of Tileston School, Wilming- <
ton, For Best Safety Essay
?State Honors Awarded
Mrs. A. L. Thompson of Hay
mount School, Fayetteville
For Teacher's Lesson. li
Washington, August 25. ? (Special.) j
First state prize In the national safety
essay contest has been won by Fred
Smith, a pupil of Tileston school, Wll- '
mlngton, according to air announce- (
ment made today b ythe Highway Edu
cation Board. Be has been presented
with a gold medal and a check tor
fifteen dollars, while his essay wtll
represent his State in the final eli
mination for one of the three national
prlzea, namely, a gold watch and ft
trip to Washington for first prlre, and
gold ^fetches for second and third
prizes. ? .
Second State prize was won toy
Zaldee L. Smith, a pupil of the Greens
bofro public school*; a silver medal and
a check for ten dollars hare been pre
sented bar. Nine third prizes, bronze
medals and checks for fire dollars
were presented the following pupils;
J. B. Blythe, Hendersonvllle; Helen
E. Curtis, Greensboro; Charles Pre
vost, Jr., Yanceyrllle; Vlglllnl Lively,
ReldfivlUe; Robert Randolph Rhodes,
Hamlet; Margaret Sewers, Winston
Salem; Roy Sexton, Roper; Buna Roll
1ns, Shelby; Donald Johnson, Emms
Blair School, High Point.
The national safety campaign Is
conducted annually among the ele
mentary schools of the nation, Its ob
ject being to train children in habits
of safety on the highways. The sub
ject of the contest Just closed was
"Highway Safety Habits I Should
Learn." The prizes, gifts of the Na
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, were presented to the pupils
through the Honorable A. T. Allen,
State Superintendent of Public In-j
Btructlon. _ ,
Mrs. A. L. Thompson, a teacher In
Haymount school, Fayetteville, was
awarded State honors In the teacher's
lesson contest, a companion of the
pupils' essay contest. Her lesson was
entitled "Training Children in Habits
of Safety on the Highways" and will
represent North Carolina in the nation
al competition for one of three grand
prizes, ? a check for $500 and a trip
to Washington, a check for $300 or a
check for $200.
Names of national winners will be
announced In the near future.
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PURCHASES ICE PLA.\T
Mr. Graham Person has purchased
the ice plant and business ot Mr. \V.
T. Person on the south side of the
river, according to rumors afloat Mon
day. We understand he will continue
the business and vossibly make soma
enlargement of It.
BEBKELEY-HALI,
A wedding which will be of much
Interest to their many friends through
out this part of the State and Virginia,
was quietly solemnized on Sunday
afternoon .Atfgt^t 24th, at two o'
clock, when Miss Ruth Telfair Hall,
daughter of Mrs. Andrew Mct'auley
Hall, of this city, became the bride
of Mr. Scott Bruce Berkeley, formerly
of Danville, Va., but who for the past
few years has been ar esldent of North
Carolina. Only a few relatives and
friends witnessed the ceremony which
was performed at the home of the
brides mother by Rev. John Archibald
Mclver, pastor of the bride.
Immediately after the ceremony the
young couple left for South Carolina
where Mt. Berkeley Is now with the
Imperial Tobacco Co.
BABBEITE MONDAY
The Ladles Auxiliary of St. Pauls
church request us to state that they
will serve barbecue on the court square
next Monday. The proceeds will be
used for the church.
FEANKLINSUPERIOR
COURT
Hon. J. Loyd Horton, Presid
- in# ? Civil Term ? No Cases I
of Ppnblic Importance
I Franklin Superior Court convened
on Mbnday morning tor the regular.
August term of Civil Court, with his
Hbnor J. Loyd Horton, Judgn pre- j
aiding. Like moat other terms of civil |
pourt here wtt\ no oases of special j
public Interest the present term has ,
proven of little Interest ao far. Judge .
Horton la Impressing onr people with
his firmness and fairness In the hold-,
lag of hi* courts and his decisions.
This I* a two weeks term and cases
have been set op to and Including ,
text Tueeday. ?.
Omi: upon ? tlm* there was a mo- j
Hon (totnre film which did not aa
nopne* everybody from the director
reneral to the office boy. |
DPEN 34 MARKETS
IN EAST SEPT. 2ND
3o-ops Get 75 Per Cent Cash
rt'Ill Take Xo Sew Contracts For This
Crop I- Eastern Belt After Opening
Date.
(S. D. Frlsseli)
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association will open thirty-four mar
kets next Tuesday, September 2, in
eastern North Carolina and at several
>f its receiving points In the Central
Carolina Belt.
Every member of the tobacco asso
nation who delivers his 1924 crop to
:he cooperative floors will be enabled
to receive 75 .per cent of the bankers'
i-aluation of his tobacco by means of a
jash loan equal to one-half the amount
at his first cash advance.
The ability of each member of the
association to realize 75 per cent of
the cash value of his deliveries has al
reaij.' resulted In bringing the associa
tion more than 600 new members from
the South Carolina Belt.
The tobacco association has also In
creased Its cash advances upon all
medium and low grades of tobacco de
livered by its members In South Caro
lina and deliveries to the association
have Increased each week since It be
gan xeceivlng the South Carolina crop
on August 5. The cash receipts
amounting to 75 per cent of the loan
value which the associated farmers
have been receiving since the asso
ciation began Its third year of mar
keting. have compared very favorably
with the cash returns which other
farmers got all at once for their de>.
liveries to the auction floors.
No tobacco of the 1924 crop will be
received from new members after Sep
tember 2, wheji the association will
close its membership books for this
season. After that date It will re
ceive only contracts for the 1925 &nd
1926 crops of Eastern Carolina tobacco
having already cfbsed its membership
books In South Carolina.
Members of the tobacco association
[Increased their deliveries to their own
warehouses in Eastern North Carolina
llrpm 23,000,000 pounds in 1922 to 27,
bOO.OOO pounds in 1923 and from pres
ent indications the association will re
ceive a larger proportion of the East
ern Belt crop this year.
The rumor that members of the to
bacco association are not obligated to
deliver their 1924 crop until full set
tlement tor previous deliveries has
been made, is positively denied by the
association's counsel, who states that
the Supreme Court o( North Carolina
has upheld the right of the association
to demand deliveries in accordance
with its contract and that the associa
tion will grant individual members an
accounting when desired. Final set
tlement with its members will be m?de
by the association as soon as the
small remaining stocks of the 1922
crop have been sold, according to the
association.
The receiving points of the associa
tion which open next Tuesday, Sep
tember 2 are as follows: Aberdeen,
Apex, Ayden. Burgaw. Clinton. Farm
ville, Fremont. Fuquay Springs. Green
ville, Goldsboro, Kenly. Klnston. La
Grange, Maysvllle. New Bern. Pine
tops, Raleigh, Richlands, Roberson
ville, Rocky Mount. Sanford, Smith
Held, Snow Hill, Spring Hope. Tarboro,
Washington. Vass, Wendell, Wjlllam
8ton, Wilson. Windsor, Wallace. War
saw, and Zebulon.
GOVERNOR MORRISON
NAMES COMMISSIONS
Governor Morrison yesterday" named
and the Senate confirmed the two com
missions provided as a result" -of tlM
recommendations of the Ship and Wa
ter Transportation Commission.
The Water Transportation Commis
sion of seven members, which. In the
event of favorable action at the polls
In November, will administer an eight
and a halt million dollar bond tssae
for port development and the opera
tion of steamship lines was confirmed
by the Senate last night. The com
mission to negotiate and litigate for
the re-pos session of the C. F. & Y. V.
Railroad by the State, was confirmed
by the Senate yesterday morning.
The Water Transportation Commis
sion la composed of:
J. A. Brown, of Chadbourn, and Ar>
thur J. Draper, of Charlotte, for terms
of two years; Wallace B. Davis, of
Ashevllle and Rmmett H. Bellamy, of
Wilmington, and George Butler. Re
publican. of Clinton, for terms of tour
years; and Alfred M. Scale, of Greens
boro. and Charles 8. Wallace, of More
head City, for terma of six years.
J. A. Brown, Emmett H. Bellamy,
Alfred M. Scales, aid Charles S. Wal
lace. are the old members of the Ship
and Water Transportation Commis
sion vHiieh investigated the feasibili
ty of port development retained on the
new commission.
The Cap* Pear and Yadkin Valla?
Railroad Investigation Commission Is
r imposed of: T. C. Bowie, of Jeffer
?on; J. O. McCormlck. of Wllmtogtoa;
R. B. ieffree. of Greensboro; Frank
Armfleld. of Concord; and B. W. Tlm
t>erlake. of Waka Forest.
?ubacrtba to The Franklin Ttaaa
FORREST WEAVER
SPEAKS
TO LARGE CROWD AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Reaches First Sermon in Louis
bnrg Thursday Night of Last
Week ? Makes Splendid Im
pression on Home People.
It is cot often that a boy fourteen
years old, has the desire to preach the
gospel, and still less often that he has
enough information about gospel
themes to preach Intelligently. But
those who went to the Baptist church
las tThurstfay evening. August 21st.
are unanimous that one of the finest
gospel appeals erer made in Louis
burg fell from the lips of Forest Weav
er, a fourteen year old boy.
For the past three months, he has
been a regular member of the Mooney
York-Josey Baptist Erangeltatic -party
which has been working at various
places in North Carolina. During a
brief vacation in their work between
revivals they dropped into Louisburg
for a visit. The campaign at the Bap
tist church was just closing, so the
pastor, Rev. J. A. Mclver, invited For- 1
est to preach the closing sermon, and
Prof. I. E. Reynolds who has been con
ducting the music during the meetings
Invited Mr. Mooney, the music direc
tor of the party, and Mr. Josey the
accompanist to assist in the music.
Long before time for the meeting
to begin the church wa?* packed to
overflowing. Boy.* and girls covered
the -pulpit platform: the aisles were
so full of chairs ihat it was almost lul
l-possible to pass between; every avail
able space was filled with people. When
jthe chairs were all taken the rest
stood. Even the side rooms were filled.
The streets were crowded in each di
rection for blocks with parked cars.
jThe vestibule and steps were crowded
[with people struggling to get in and
FORREST WEAVER
U-jw old |>rMchfr
lit Ir estimated that at least two hun
Idred pecplc were turned a way among
these last being the editor of this paper.
The opening musical program was ot
the highest order. Mr, Josey is a com
poser of gospel music and a great
master at the piano. His playing will
'not soon be forgotten by those who
heard him. Mr. Mooney Is an accom
plished xylophone artist and the piano
and xylophone duets of gospel hymns
were greatly appreciated. Mr. Mooney
also sang a baritone solo and assisted
Prof. Reynolds In a quartette.
But the real feature of the evening,
the erent for which the people really
came, was to hear Forrest Wearer
preach the gospel in Ms home town
and to his own home folks and friends,
Thar had read of his success else
where and they ware anxions to N*
and to liear tor Unnelree. r
| Hi* rose to read Ma ecrl pin re IMML
Rrery eye ?u upon him. Be TU
dressed as ? (MiMea rear ?M b?y
should b? la short trouMa and looked
th? Uf he r*4Ur *. ijiit ? hm+ wmt
no itn N nenroesnees ehout him. 0*
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TWO YOUNG iftEN
KILLED IN WRECK
NEAR HENDERSON
MEET INSTANT DEATH_
WHEN MACHINE SKIDS
C. L. Wiggins and: Lawrence
H. HiUiard, Both of Norlina,
Were En Route to Louis
burg; Both Employed As
Railroad Men; Both Badly
Crushed
Henderson. Aug. 24. ? Two young
men. C. L. Wiggins and Lawrence H.
Hilllard. both of Norlina. were killed
almost instantly at an early hour to
day when the automobile In which
they were riding overturned on the
main highway from Henderson to Ral
eigh, The tragedy occurred twelve
miles south of this city, legs than a
quarter of a mile north of the Tar
river bridge.
There is a very sharp curve In the
road at the point where the automobile
overturned. One theory Is that the
car probably skidded on the curve and
shxit over a three-foot embankment in
to a Held, where it encountered anoth
er shallow embankment thrown up by
the farmer to prevent washing of the
land, and It was upon this. It is under
stood. that the machine overturned,
finned I'nder Wreckage.
Wigins and Hilllard were both pinn
ed beneath the wreckage, and both
were dead when found. An old negro
farmer, who lives on the top of a hill
a in w hundr2d yards distant, saw the
overturned car from his home and dis
covered the iragedy when he went to
inveutigate. The wreckage was eas
ily visible from his home, it is said,
although be did not see the accident,
which is believed to have occurred be
tween 5 and 8 o'clock.
no i n Bodies were scarred and lacer
ated to some extent, but it is the belief
that Internal injuries cauaeri death.
Both bodies were still warm when dis
covered by, the old darkey, who gave
the alirm. The men were picked up
and brought to a local undertaking es
tablishment. where they were prepared
for burial. The body of Wiggins will
be sent to Xorlina this evening on the
shoo-fly, but instructions have been
receivetl to hold Hiiliard here for the
present, on account of a serious illness
in his family, and fears that the shock
of the sudden death might prove mora
serious to the patient.
Wiggins and Hiiliard apparently left
their home in Xorlina early today
They stopped at a filling station a mile
north of this city and replenished their
supply of gasoline and oil. They told
the keeper of the filling station th?y
were going to Louisburg. and contin
ued on their way. it was said, about
4:30 o'clock. It requires from a half
to three-quarters of an hour to make
the run Irom Henderson to the river
bridge, and it is supposed that the ac
cident occurred shortly after 5 o'clock.
Both Railroad Men.
Hiiliard was firing on the train that
operates between Louisburg and Frank
linton. and Wiggins was a brakeman
on a shifter at Xorlina. He worked
on the shifter in the Henderson yards
until a week or so ago. and he. as well
as Hiiliard. was rather well known in
Henderson.
The car in which they were riding
was a five passenger Studebaker, and
it was badly damaged in the smashup.
The top was demolished, the windshield
broken, and the steering wheel was
stripped. It was salvaged and bronght
to a Henderson garage, and will re
quire considerable repairs to put it
into operation. It Is said to have
been the property of Hiiliard. and he
is believed to have been driving at the
time of the accident.
A small quantity of whiskey in a
bottle was taken from the shirt bosom
ot one of the men by a Henderson po
liceman. be reported, and another re
port Is that a small bottle containing
whiskey was found In on* ot the pack
ets In the car.
Vet Instant Death.
When found, the bodies were ginned
beneath the automobile, tkt feet ot
both men protruding threegfc the wind
shield. The men are UHH>t to hare
met with Instant death, aa there was
no sign ot lite when they were remov
ed from the wreckage. The exact
manner and cane* o t the crash ffoh
ably will never be known, sine* there
were no eye-wltneMM to the
Both Wlggtna and Hiiliard wore
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