T !S HAPPENING WITH
THE BOLL WEEVIL.
Raleigh, Sept. 4—"Undoubtedly
Lcch money has already been wanted
I North Carolina thin year in need
wa and inefective attempta to com
at the boll-weevil. Time and time
Min we warned against this", says
franklin Sherman, chief in entomolo
}y for the State College and Depart
ient of Agriculture.
"We advised against any extrava
ant outlay of money for machines or
oisons of whatever kinds in the area
here weevil-injury was due to be
!ght, yet we are told of persons Who
tave used 'remedies' and now because
neir injury is light doubtless some of
Mpo think they have controlled the
HSwB; whereas, in fact, the weevil
s equally scarce in other fields where
o expense was incurred to protect
hrom weevil."
Mr. Sherman Btates that in the re
gion where injury was due to be sa
ere this season advice Was given to
Prepare for using the standard dust
oison method and to follcw the oi
10 begin
icial advice, which is not
poisoning when the Weevil first ap
pears, but to wait until there is
(armful damage in immed ate pros
iect. A number of cotton farmers
(ought machines and poison and
msted by directions with good pros
pect of success, there are others like
wise equipped who have not yet ap
plied one pound of poison because
hey haven't needed to and their ia
estment is still safe.
But there are many others who
hought they would go one better on
he official advisers, states Mr.
Sherman.. These determined to use
ther forms of poison and to begin
when the first weevils appeared.
Rea! Estate Loans
cations for bagthna baa* an ha
proved Aw* iandh in Mason,
Scotland and Hohe Coantha to
amonnta otttt* ** andahar*
Internet Bate 5 per cent.
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PROFtSStOWALCAftCS
R. J. Britt Lather J. Britt
E. J. & L J. BRTTT
ATTORNBT8 AT LAW
OMeee 1, 2. and h. Freeman Building,
eunberton, North Carolina. Prae.
ice in both State and Federal Courts.
Prompt ataoatiep given aH bnatneea.
F.ERTEL CARLYLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Attorney Law
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J^reetice in Stete end Fedend Conrte
Kwmpt ettention ariven to eU bmdneee
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fuetice in Stete end Federel Court,
Notery Public in Odice. Oacee eve
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R. A. McIntyre R R. McIntyre
McIntyre & McIntyre
Lnmberten, N. CL
Snecie! Arente UNION CENTRAL
*LLFE CIN
intmmMeetleee cent to yen.
Peye lerse dhrideede.
They have applied their poisons re
peatedly for two months or more, and
certainly killed some weevils, espec
ially before squares formed, but it
is known today that in many such
fields there has been no real need &f
this expenditure, and that in other
fields the weevil-injury is increasing
in spite of their "treatments".
"Weevil injury is not equal and
alike in all fields," says Mr. Sherman.
"He who thinks that he mus$ adopt
a certain 'remedy' into his practice
and use it whatever happens, stands
every chance of wasting money and
effort. He who follows the standard
official advice will prepare, and Will
then apply the poison when it is
needed and where it is needed. The;
one expends blindly on a yet question- j
able method; the other uses his judg
ment and knowledge in the timely ap
plication of a known method. There
is a wide difference, and perhaps this
difference will grow wider as we
grow in our weevil experience."
ROBESON MADE FINE RECORD
IN NEAR EAST RELIEF.
Oversubscribed Its Quota 26 Per Cent
—State Chairman Says It Is *
"Wonderful Showing."
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
The following is the report of the
Near East work of Robeson county
for the year ending June the 30th:
Robeson county raised $4,885.76 on
its quota of $3,960.00, an over sub
scription of 26 per cent. Cash sent
in, $2707.76; pledges, $754; clothing
valued $1,624.
It will be remembered that Mrs E.
C. Murray of St .Paui was chairman
of the clothing campaign and did
splendid work, as the report shows.
State Chairman Geo. H. Bellamy in
hia letter to county chairman has this
to zay^
Truly this is a wonderful showing
in these times when money is noth
ing like as plentiful as it used to be.
I want to congratulate you and all
who had a part in raising this splen
did sum, and to extend to you all the
thanks and gratitude of our state
committee."
Mrs. L. T. Townsend,
County Chm. of the Near East Relief
UNCLE GILES ROZIER*S
75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Please find space in your good old
Robesonian for this as I would like
to read it imprint. Thursday, August,
23, will be long remembered among
the colored people of the Meadows,
when they gathered together at the
Meadow school house and celebrated
the 75th birthday of Giles Rosier. He
is the father of the Meadows, bom in
the Meadows, always lived in the
Meadows ; has been married 3 times
and is the father of 32 children and
110 grand children. He is still spry
and living with, his third wife and 9
children at home, the youngest one
three years old, the most of whom
wag gathered for the occasion^ About
300 friends and neighbors wefe pre
sent, led by Byo. Jimmie Hooper, who
sang "Blessed . Assurance". Rev.
Pasen led prayer and a fine dinner
was served, and cold drinks, then ball
game And jolly good time for all, old
and young.
Hoping to read this in the next old
Robesonian, with beat wishes to the
good old reliable paper.
* KATTIE BLOUNT
Who WiH Oppose McLean?
Editor Keener, of The Durham
Herald, is putting a "wanted" adver
tisement at the head of his editorial
columns. What he wants is "an oppo
nenffor McLean," and he makes this
statement of the situation: "D%ax
Gardner declines to assist the anti
Administration forces defeat A. W.
McLean. It looks as though the job
will again be passed back to J. W.
Bailey, and he doesn't show mnch of
an appetite for it, either. Of course
Maxwell still has his ear to the
ground, but the things thathe is hear
ing are not rousing him to make
plans for moving into the Governor's
Mansion early in January, 1925. Ev
erett flatly refuses, and Gardner
does likewise, making it incumbent
upon Bailey to assume the burden or
hand It over to McLean without a
contest. Therefore, Bailey will pro
bably be laid on the sacrificial altar".
It Is a good probability that The
advertisement, will
g no satisfactory responses. May
* all, t&e, People of the State
be inclined to give the nomina
discouragement of
tioA a,t leaving
g gim to the best
tl$p to McLean,
any party op
the job of defea _ _ ^ ^
Efforts of the RepubHcans. But the
editor of The Herald appears to have
formed a strange idea of McLean's
personality. It believes him a hard
man to approach. What The Herald
has taken for aloofness however, is
nothing more than native modesty
and bashfulness. To those who want
to approach him, he will be found en
tirely approachable. He is not a lime
lighter or a player to the galleries,
lie is not effusive; he is rather earn
est and sincere. He is so much of a
stranger to the usual characteristic
of the politician that he might be re
garded as a curio in that respect. The
Herald thinks the people "do not care
for so much talk and hand-shaking,"
anyway, [and that's where McLean
makes a fine fit-in.—Charlotte Ob
server.
Groves
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CHAMBERLAIN:
TABLETS
COST OF PROBUCtNC TOBACCO
Orrum High School Boys Determine
CM# of Production This Year to
be $10^2 Per Hundred Pounds.
By H. Wilson Ballard
Is tobacco an expensive crop t<,!
produce? Every farmer freely ad
mits that it costs a iot to produce
this crop. How much does the crop
cost ? How many farmers actaaUy,
know what it take sto produce tobac-,
co by keeping cost account records? '
Every business farmer is interested
in knowing what his different farm
enterprises cost. him. The boys
studying vocational agriculture ' in
the high schools know what {they
are doing by keeping an accurate
cost account record on all crops;
grown.
Records for the year 1922 show a j
tote! of sixteen boys of this sehooi
who had tobacco projects. These
boys kept a cost account record on
30 acres of tobacco, an average of
1.87 acres per boy. A total of 19,723
pounds was produced on the thirty
acres, or an average of 657 pounds
per acre. The yield per acre sounds
pretty small. However, when we re
member that 1922 Was not an ex
tra tobacco year, and make some
comparisons, it looks good for the
boy studying agriculture. Average
pounds per acre 1922: Orrum pupil
657, Robeson county 548, State 541 j
A further study of records shows
that for each 100 pounds of tobacco
produced, it required a total of 48
man and self hours, and 9 horse !
hours. An allowance of 12 1-2 cents j
per hour for man labor and 10 cents
per hour for horse labor was made, j
There was an average of 940 pounds
of fertilizer used per acre, at an!
average cost of $14.45 per acre. This}
figures an average cost of $2.24 per!
unit of 100 pounds of tobacco. Rent
of land was placed at $10 per acre, i
Final results show that after all;
expenses had been figured, the to
bacco cost $10.82 per 100 pounds to j
grow it, and get same ready for!
market. If this had been sold for an j
eleven-cent average, as was the case j
in the South Carolina Belt in 1921, j
where would the profit for the
farmer come in?
WEEKLY COTTOp LETTER
By Cotton Factorage Co.
The Government's condition report
as of Angust 25th was published Fri
day morning, showing 54.1 per cent
of normal, against 57 per cent last
year,49t3j^a cent in 1921 and $7.5
n 1920. The Condition declined 13.1
points from July 25th to August 25th
1923. The condition of the crop in this
section of i&e belt was given ap fol
lows: .' , i
Georgia—42 per cent, a loop of 6
points during the month: S. Caf<—37
per cent, a loss of 7 points; N, Car.
—71 per cent, a loss of 11 points;
Fla.—-30 per cent, a loss of 22 points;
Ala.—52 per cent, a loss of 14 points;
Texas iost 16 points.
*&rbm August 26th to date heavy
rains have continued to fall oast of
the Mississippi, causing much dam
age from shedding, army worms and
weevils. Even the best sections of
North and South Carolina have been
damaged much more than it was
thought possible two weeks ago. It
Is interesting to note that the condi
tion of the crop as of August 25th,
1923, is 10 points lower than the ten
year average, and 2,9 points lower
than the condition as of August 26th,
1922, when less than 10,000,000 bales
were ginned In view of the figures
given we do not see how anyone can
expect this year's crop to be 10,788,
[)00 bales, as estimated by the Govern
ment on Friday iast.
It looks like another good year to
hold cotton for higher prices.
PHILADELPHIA NEWS.
By W. H. M. Brown
Phiiadeiphus, Sept. 3—Mr Locke
MeGeachy of St. Pauls filled the pul
pit here at the Presbyterian church
yesterday, on account of Mr. Dixon
lot being abie to preach.
Rev. Mr. Goodwin of Antioch spoke
;o the Christian Endeaverors last
light. A chorus was sung by Misses
Amanda Brown and Mary Belle Mc
Millan, Messrs. George McKay, and
[. P. Ray.
Dr. J. P. Brown of Fairmont spent
Friday night at the home of Mr. J.
M. Brown.
Those soon to leave for college are
Messrs. John Pat Buie, Edwin Tiddy,
Douglas Brown, and Miss Amanda
Brown.
Mrs. J. P. Ashley and daughter,
Miss Juiia, has arrived, and the for
mer wiil again teach in the Phila
ielphus high school.
WELFARE OFFICER'S RE
PORT FOR AUGUST.
Visited 15 paupers. *
Visited county home twice; sani
tary conditions very good, aH'inmates
we!! cared for.
Admitted Lucy Ha!! MeDonaM to
the county home.
Placed one crippled child in ortho
paedic hospital for treatment and
operation, Gastonia.
Placed two adults and three chil
dren in hospital for treatment and
operation.
Investigated 14 families!
Professional visits, 25.
Investigated and recomptended five
widows for mother's aid.
Issued 7 employment certificates.
ELIZABETH FRYE,
Supt. Public Welfare.
INDENT 7f, MM HON IN NbW
SCHOOLS i.Sl TWO Y3 RS.
More than One Mcd^m Structure i'er
Lc; Trctt-rd Threusb Ah' ef State
Loan Turn!; Seven Hundred New
H^iMirgs: Entire Program Eqaa!
To in vestments !n Good Roads;
Blair Makes Report.
News and Observer.
Five hundred and seventy-three
new rural school buildings, cos ing
4,942,445.58 and more than a hun
dred ci y school buildings costing
SI 1,264,WO, altogether more than 700
structures costmg $25,067 043.58 ha.e
been erected in North Carolina dur-;
ing the past two years, according to
the annual report of the Bureau of
School House Planning issued yester
day,
Every county in the State With the
exception of New Hanover is included
in the list of new rural school build
ings erected with the assistance of
the five million dollar loan fund made
available by the General Assembly of
1921 ami duplicated again by the
General Assembly of 1923. The first
five million was stretched to $5,800,
000 before a!! applicants were in.
The slogan on which Governor
Charles B. Ayceck built the founda
tion of his administration—"Build
a Sfh:t! Hours a Day"—is stiil work-,
ing, and with more impressive resuits
even than in his day. On an average
the school building program for the
two-year period has run slightiy over
one new building a day and within
five years educational leaders expect
to see the entire physical equipment
of the school system rebuilt.
Aldhe with that slogan is another
informal platform of "tear , down a
school house a day", brought about
by the consolidation movement. Ap
proximately 1,500 school houses have
been abandoned and tom down, the
average running about three oid
buildings going when a new one is
erected and districts consolidated
around it.
Twenty-fiye million dollars, with
approximately (16,000,000 in perma
nent improvements for the colleges
and normal schools of the State bring
the total for educational purposes to
forty million dollars, or just about
the amount of the State's investment
in roads during that period, two itmes
in which the State has set up a
leadership that has not been* challeng
ed in the country.
Impetus was given the building
program for rural schools by the
Brooks plan for a loan of five mil
lion dollars to be repaid by the coun
ties in 20 annual installments. Months
before the loam became available ap
plications were on file for more than
the total of the issue, and Dr. Brooks
asked for another five million from
the recent session of the General As
sembly and got it. It has already been
applied for, but will not become avail
able until January.
-.aSate supervision of school mnld
ing6 is in the Bureau of Schoolhouse
planning, under the direction of Dr.
John Jay Blair. Every bnilding to
wgdch the State contributes aid must
measure up to the standards set up
by the Bureau, with special attention
to lights availability, sanitation, etc.
Mr. Blair gives his entire time to in
spection and conferences with archi
tects and school committees.
The report made public by his de
partment is a handsome pamphlet,
well illustrated with photographs of
many buildings that have been erect
ed during the two-year period, to
gether with some examples of the old
"one-roomer*' and others of the some
what better but now equally obsolete
structures of the Aycock period.
have been issued reading
MEMORIAL BUILDING AT JACK
SON TRAINING SCHOOL TO
DEDICATED
Invitations
as follows:
'The Superintendent and officers
of the Stonewall Jackson Manual
Training and Industrial School re
quest the honour of your presence at
the formal opening and dedicatory
exercises of the James William Can
non Memorial building on Tuesday af
ternoon, at 3 o'clock, a—
eleventh, Concord, N. C."
The address of the occasma —
delivered by Governor Morrison. The
memorial will be presented by Hon.
David H, Blair. The following note
follows the printed program: "The
campus will be open to visitors at 2
p. m. and all are cordially welcomed
so the priv%age of an intimate in
fection of the Memorial mad its ap
the plant in general
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LUMBERTON, N. C.
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mmo DENSELY ' I
POPULATED C!TY!
(By Th^ Associated Press)
Tokio. capita of Japan, with a
densely popuiated an a of 40 square
tniles, is on* of the wor]d'tt iaryest
cities. The last census showed it to
contain 2,173.162 persons. Condition?
in it approximate more nearly both i
the crowded conditions of Occidenta!
cities and their architectural develop
ment than sny other of Japan's
.
Unr<! h*' Restmotion. the city was
i<. .^d "Yedo" a.rd it became the cap!
te' of Jaran oniy in com pa ratify
recent years, the oid capitoi being
Kioto, 200 miies distant, ft is per
haps the city of Japan best known
to visitors from the Occidents!
countries, being one of the priAeipai
railway centers of the empire.
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YOURS MAY BE NEXT AND IT TAKES ONLY TWO
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Lumbcrton, N. C
REMEMBEB—Tomorrow s Inonronco Won't Toko Coro
Today 'oFiro. Ploy iMo ond Imncro Now.
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See Ms for furniture
Stove*, Range*, Rug* and Druggit*. We w31
Save Yon Money.
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Phone 35S Lmnberton, N. C*
Sale of Town Properly
For Unpaid Taxes 1922
The following real estate in the Town of Lumberton will b esoid at
the Court House door on October 1st. 1923, at 11:00 o clock A. M., for
town taxes remaining unpaid for the year 1922.
Mrs. Flora Flowers '
R. O. Edmonds
Mrs. Fannie M. Prevatt
L. S. Prevatt
A. M. West
Addie Avery Estate
S. W. Millikin
John and Edna McLanrin
Charles McLaurin
Isabelle Croom
1 lot
1 lot
^llot
1 lot
I lot
1 lot
1 lot
llot
llot
1 lot
J. F. RUSSELL,
OeTk
9040
108.06
11.50
21.45
16.55
.83 ^
14.90
1.65
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