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Los Angeles Fire at Universal City,
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NEXT YEAR'S TOBACCO v CROP
uVveVsai 'Outlook for Price. Good-Quality of
universal. t-.r.nt Than Quanti
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
v Well-Known ; Warehouseman
Thinks Robeson Connty Farmers
Will be Safe in Growing Normal
Crop of Tobacco.
TL J. Britt -Luther J. Britt
E.J.&L.J,BRITT
v ATTORNEYS AT LAW '
Offices L 2. and . Freeman Buildinf,
iBlirtaiL North Carolina. ' Prac
tie ia both State and Federal Courts.
prompt attention fives' an anaincss.
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F. ERTEL CARLYLE
ATTORNEY, AT LAW
- NoUry Publie 1st Office. '
Offices over Freeman Printing Co.
Vremot attention given to all bust
DAVIC It FULLER
Attorney at Law " '
Second floor cotton mOl office boIM
lag, office formerly occupioa oj
Or. Baker.
LUMBERTON, N. C -
S. A. MiHIOU Jr. . O. HACEXTT. it
McNEUX & SArTT
r Attomeys-At-Law.
Woodbeny Leniion
ATTORNEY AT LAW
T Lumberton, N. C.
Offices over First National Bank.
JUNIUS Ji GOODWIN
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. v
Offices Over EfirdY Dept. Store.
John G. Proctor
' ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office next te Lnmberten Motor Cm
Ctw In Boildinf formerly occupied bj
srJsdge T. A. McNeflL ' :
A.W.MeLean Dickson McLeat
L7B.Varser ': H. B. 8taej
JJcLEAN, VAEBER, MoLBAJ
, ' BTAOY. -
" Attorneys At Lew.
GUHBERTON, - North Carollm
W. B. I VEY
" Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Office on Second Floor Freeman
Building, West Fifth
; Street
Lumberton, N. C
Stephen Mclntyre R. C. Lewrenr
James D. Proctor Robt. A. Melntyw
UdNTYEE, LAWRENCE
':: PROCTOR,
ARtmwTS and Counsellors at Law
, LUMBERTON, N. C.
. Practice in State and Federal Courts
Prompt attention given to all bualnsas
Thomas L. Johnson E. M. Johnso-
JOHNSON & JOHNSON . .
; eJtarneys and Counsellors at Law
JJT J&MBEBTON, N. C.
pracuc."" em i fJSL?0
Votary Public Tn Office. Offlcei ove.
. ; Pint National Bank. ; t -
J moo rI" t:-
PSRPBTUATB the um4
ef those ef yer loved ones who havt
paased"by the erection of an ondur
Ing MEMORIAL. Lot ns asriat yet
hi the choosing ef an appropriate do.
ciubertcp Marble Works,
. i. H. Floy. Proprietor
M 81 Loaftbwto. Ft. C
ta tv vAitnr at The Robesonian:
d. .uiot: nt larce number oi
iaWm growers in your, county,
where We were selling ' tobacco at
Fairmont during the last tobacco sea
son, asking us to give our views as to
the outlook f6r next yeas crop
through the columns of your valued
paper, as has been our custom to do
so about this time of year, 1 1 take
pleasure in saying to my friends and
customers, the outlook fqr good prices
for. the 1923 crop of tobacco, as well
as other crops, looks good to me.
. We never have advised planting too
much tobacco andif, lytnpj
keep prices good you must guard
against too large acreage. You should
consider the quality of the crop as
being of far greater importance than
the . large number of pounds. . Plant
what you can properly , manage and
take care of; and in addition to your
tobacco crop grow ay variety of crops;
Robeson county, as I have stated , in
kit former letters, can grow the
greatest variety of food crops and is
one of the very best farming sections
in North Carolina, and you should
so manage !your rotation and diversi
fy your farming as to make the farm
aif-natanrin for vour table and
stock as well, and let your cotton and
tobacco be the money, crops. ;
I know the cotton . grower is dis
couraged on account .of . the boll wee
vil, but you need not let this inter
fere with your making money. Per
haps it will prove a real blessing m
the lone run. the fact yon will not
depend so much " on" cotton: to buy
the many things you can . produce on
your farms,, and you will avoid .these
bumper crops that always pull down
your prices, . The old law of . supply
and demand is Jhe : governing factor
that controls prices, notwithstanding
the fact advocates 'of. the tobacco pool
claim otherwise : yet they liave got to
show us, and it will tak them a long
time to do this. How long ? a thous
and years, and then some.'
I expect to see tobacco sell r: well
again and "Believe Kooeson county
farmers ..will be safe .in; growing a
normal crop. Prices have continued
good throughout the North Carolina
and Virginia markets. Those selling
on the open market have been highly
pleased with prices and will repre
sent about 70 per cent of the tobacco
crop grown In the two States. This
is very different from what has been
told you through the press, as you
remember the' "Co-ops" claimed ; to
your people '93, per cent, sign-up for
Virginia. However, this is very for
tunate to our tobacco growers, as the
open market price (the general aver
age around 28 cents to date )has en
abled our farmers to meet their obli
gations , paying the banks, merchants,
fertilizer men, etc. The cash advance
by the pool in Virginia is about the
same per cent, as the farmers receiv
ed at Fairmont and other pooling
stations in your section, around 25
per cent, of this year's market-Your
section, I notice, has been paid an
other dividend of about the same as
their first cash advance, which comes
to petty well,1 1 am sure, yet these
two payments do not amount to more
than ' 50 per cent, o fyour neighbor
who sold on "the open market. You
will have to ' get two more of these
payments to square you with the open
market j-VVf-:
The pool, contrary to promise, con
tinues to dump your tobaccos on the
market privately and are selling your
tobacco at very attractive prices to
the tobacco trade generally, cashing
it in and making the farmer wait i
for what partly belongs 'to him.
Fairmont market 'sold over four
million pounds of leaf tobacco during
the season of 1922. How much did the
"Co-ops" sell and what price did they
get? The open markets make month
ly reports and show the number of
pounds sold and .the average price.
This is fair, the public is entitled to
the information. Don't you believe,
Brother Farmer, if your tobacco has
been sold at a higher price than, the
open 'market you are entitled to re
ceive more money than you have got.
ten? They tell you the expenses of
selling mat way wm cost you less, your nest ready. ' ..
It looks to me it is high time to look Yoi may start setting the eggs ai-
at the factk in the case and compart s ter the hens have been penned two
the Jwormethods of, selling Johacco. It weeks. - -
you have paid your, money to join the.. . Sell all-surplus cockerels and un
new way of selling, afid your tobacco dersized pullets At eight months old
has-been sold, : don t you think, as the chicks should be nearly full
stockholders and owners of the busl- weight -' -
about the price obUined,. and some.yards for the chickens Make a gmaU
'JSl! In front of chicken, house
!r!i rMStSjwS ? KmA it U ,aces the ouih,)f then make a
eral? I know everything sounds good square trough, about eight inches
irom nenuquarierB, Dui now aoout tJie .deep, then fill with fine sand, this
uuuw wuu yiuuuteu me $rop ai nis
own .expense, or perhaps at the ex
pense of his banker or merchant, who
owes money and has parted with his
tobacco and can t meet his just obli
gationa.?; Tobacco has always been a
cash article at whatever price it sdd
for. The markets have been establish-
ed throughout the tobacco belts for
the.; sale of ; leaf tobacco,; and 4 some
years the price is low, other years
good nd some yerrs high. The" same
thing applies ; to cotton; corn wheat,
meat in fact market fluctuations are
as natural as day and night, and the
great governing cog in the wheel re
solves itself in the law of ' supply "and
demand,' and other things ; of which
no human being or set of men have
any control. ..
When I started my article I nad
no idea of letting; my letter run so
long, but I feel it my duty to give the
farmers of Robeson county the bene
fit of the facts as they actually ex
ist, and I will say in conclusion that
my customers here are far better
satisfied with the auction ' system of
selling tobacco,' and lots and scores
of my old customers who were per
suaded to join the pool tell me every
day that they would give anything in
reason if they had stayed . out, and
they don't see how they can possibly
grow another crop, " j ' -
: I will say in conclusion that my
sales up to the present have been the
largest of any year for ,32 years, my
customers the best pleased,, and : the
auction system of selling tobacco, the
old way, stands in higher, repute in
Virginia today than ever before, and
there must be a reason for this. How
stands the matter in Robeson coun
ty? Our ; intention is to again' be at
Fairmont, selling tobacco the bid way,
paying cash on the day of sale,, with
the full assurance that it will mean
more money 4 to the f armer, if ready
cash,' and much less cost ; of selling.
Let us hope, pray and work together
for,; continued prosperity, peace and
happiness, and with all good wishes
to all my old friends for a prosper
ous 1923. -
Yours for success,
1 . ' ' E. J, DAVIS,
Martinsville, Va. 1 ;
Dec. 18, 1922.'
makes a fine dusting place for win
ter. - - ' - -, :
Keep a close record of, your poul
try yards, and watch your account
grow. - , ,
v-1vl- "will answer any ; questions con
cerning poultry I can , through The
Robesonian. - ' ' '
Elrod, N. C. .v " -
Robeson Building &
Loan Association
, , A CORPORATION ,
Home Builders
. 'TWENTY FOURTH, SERIES -opens
January: first. Read statements below.
Come join us. Let us put your dollars
to work. . ' - .'."
Robeson Building and Loan -Association
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Wilmingtonr-One person was kill
ed, two fatally injured, - and two
slightly injured when Atlantic Coast
Line passenger : train No. 49 utrurk
an-automobile truck at the Main street
crossing at Burgaw Dec. 23rd.
Raleigh News and -ObserverAu-thorization
of an ' appropriation- suf
ficient to erect Nand equip an adequate
office building to'housejthe. State De
partment of Lducation on the vacant
lot opposite the southwest corner of
Capitol square will be asked by the
State Board of Education when the
General Assembly comes to conftirfnr
the general appropriation bill in
January, " ,
:The,undersignd executors, under the last will and testa-
ment of Sallie 'McLeandeceased, will, on 1 ; '
Saturday, Dec. 30th,
1922, at 11 o'clock A. Itv -
Upon the premises, offer for sale and ell, to the highest bid- '
dr for cash, all that tract of 'land belonging tb the late
Sallie McLean, deceased, adjoining thejands of John K. Mc
Girt, Neill Alford; Mrs. Anna Phillips and' others! situated in
U Smith's Township, Robeson County, North Carolina contain- '
, "Fumoicijr w creH. . inia iract contains about 75
acres of cleared land, and fs situated in a fine farming sec
tion of Eobeson County. The lands will be( sold for parti
tion among the heirs at law of Sallie McLean. '
YES WE HELP YOU BUILD:
Nineteen' thousand six hundred dol
lars mortgage, loans in force .March
first nineteen twenty. . Forty seven
thousand, dollars now in force .with
applications in for nine -thousand
more. , , . ,
; .- Robeson Building and Loan
I - Association , . ' .
THE POULTRY YARD
By Garvice H. Lamm. ' .
It is time to get the pullets in
the pen. If they are moved after they
begin laying it wil stop the egg flow.
! See that there are no draughts in
the chicken house, but have it venti
lated from the south. Keep , the drop
ping boards and interior-of the chick
en house weU sprayed. Have oyster
shells .before the hens at all times.
In "the coldest " weather it pays - p
warm the chickens wateri a little. Get
ARE WE GROWING? - Read this;
Five hundred thirteen shares in force
March first nineteen twenty. Four
hundred sixty seven shares paid in
full and cancelled since then yet we
now have; eleven hundred and twelve
shares in "force. .
Robeson Building and Loan
- Association
START EARLY SAID MARK HAN.
N A. If you want to be anything in
life or in your community save money
in a savings and loan " association.
Begin to do it right now. "Twenty
fourth series opens January first
"' ., Robeson Building and Loan
Association -
EVERY FORTUNE founded on thrift
was based on the Unvarying practice
of saving a definite sum small or
large before any spending was done.
Twenty fourth aeries' opens January
first n
' Robeson Building and Loan
' Association
Time of Sale 1 1. o'clock a, m. i
Date of SaleSATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1922.
Place of flalerOn the Premises ' : .
Terms Tbf Sale--Cash. - .
' v a. ,w. Mclean, ,
h'Myil: S. B. McLean,
Executors.
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ANY i YOUNG MAN who saves s part
of his income however small will suc
ceed, and he who spends his entire in
come will fair Invest with us. Twenty
fourth' series opens January first
- Robeson Building and Loan
Association- '
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GOOD MEAT !
Tht the" kind wo elL 8e
M t oi Beef, ail kinds Pork, 8ac
'tare. Liver, eta..
Highest market prioes paid (or
gooa owl, came.
A. HINDS7 MARKET
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Toone 63. Lnmbertos. M. C
Dr. E. Clay Hodgin
CHIROPROCTOR
Lumberton Cotton Hill Building.
Elm St. T Lumberton, N, C.
Office hours 9 to 12 a.'m. and 2 to S
p. in. Other' hours by Appointment.
Phone 377.
Real Estate Loans
t , I am fa poaltioa to handle app3
cations, for long time loans ew la.
; reved farm lands ts Robesoa,
: Scotland and Hoke Cosstles la
'amoaats ef $448941 and abera.
. Interest Rate S per cent
a., T. Mclean
' I&hertoa. IV. C.
ADJUSTS
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In these perilious tib.ee it Is fine to have faith in your customers,
and to have that faith returned, in good measure, t r lt speaks irell
for. both eides. We have faith that our (eustomerswllL as . in the
past, make a living and be able to pay their dehts. W.e will, as we
have for TEN YEARS, do our best to aid them so that their various
business may be carried on with a minimum expense thru the wise
use of cash money. Before the war our deposits were , less than
$10,000.00 and today; they are over $158,000.00. ' , - , v' ,
Our customers have never failed to pay, their notes In" full, not -even
in 1920 when prices were deflated. We hare faith in the fu
ture of this Southland, faith in the Good Old North State, faith in
Robeson County, faith in Pembroke Township, faith in the town, of
Pembroke, and win back this faith to, our limit, realizing always that
we shall be guided by the banking, laws of our State, snd that ie in
:terBts of our depositors are ever tot'-ita ow'-'nunos,
' .Wo invite the business of all our friends and neighbors, and will
assure to all the best of treatment, and offer to all good safe place
to keep your surplus funds, and shall extend aid to our patrons as .
:- needed.: j t W - 'i'.V'-X': -?vl "V"-' " "
:y CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION NOV. 17th, 1922. ;
l . ' . . RESOURCES. , - '
Loans and Discounts .'. . . ... .... $129,155.56 , .
Furniture and -Fixtures vi'.; .:Vi''W2tS8i
; ' Cash on "hand and in banked . . ;. . . V 8835.04 . :
:;i Real Estate' ;.. 2,000.00 1
vv U. S. Treas, Certificates .V..,.......
Stocks and. Bonda '' 668,70
' , l- $181,7808 . .
"'-Capital; Stod.y.
Undivided - Profits Net ..'...'.....'......... 480.62
Combintd Depdaits . . ..... ...... ........ 158287.15 J.
v Due Wit Finance Corporation ;.w.v;i;i. 112.fl .... -
-V.i . U": ; '4 1 . W $181,738.68
: Pembroke.
R.Q. LXYERMORE. President,,, v. Ti L PAUL Cashier.
i--:'J : .-A. M. BREECB, Yfce iWJent, :'TjX
9 ; BIG LOT LADIES AND GENTS' UM-"
BRELLAS; Prices $1.50 to $3.50
ALSO SOME WALKING CANES
- FOR GENTLEMEN.
SPECIAL VALUES IN WHITE ENAMEL
ED WARE: ONE-THIRD OFF OF , ,
REGULAR PRICE
f
IL M.
. ; LUMBERTON, N. C.
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THE BANK OF. PROCTORV1LLE,
Proctorville, N. C. . - -
?-:We invite your account and guarantee prompt
' service. We pay 4 per cent on time deposits
compounded quarterly. 5 f'
i.y.MAKE THIS YOUR BANK
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GErrOUaPOLICY - a
;And do it now. ; Fires art disastroiui and
Yon can't brinW back what ii coxuxxmed' -
bw Fira. Ton can thnus-h. . "."y:- t
Be Reimbursed on Your Fire Leofts :!;
S Xtlt'g.cne oloTir'coihpasiei. Preziitrj ca donttfd policial is
money thrown away. Be tsrt and izrsre with cs. " '
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