FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1952 Carolina Ginners Headquarters Now Located In Dunn Myres Tilghman i President Os Cotton Ginners ! *n the early thirties, gin service ! iii North Carolina had reached Mich a low state of business prac tices and services that many lead- j ing ginners and other cotton in- ; terests seriously considered the ad- ! visability of subjecting gins to reg- i ulation under the Utilities Commis- , sion. The North Carolina State De partment of Agriculture, after spv months of study, took the pos iftm that the needed reforms and improvements in gin service could best, be accomplished through the voluntary cooperation of individual ginners through a properly funct ioning trade organization and the State agency. In line with this policy, the Department undertook to assist leaders in the industry in organizing a ginners’ association, the objectives of which were to bring about better understanding wjhhin the industry, improved gii)- infr-customer relationships and the adaptation of cotton gin service to the mutual interest of other seg ments of the raw cotton industry. | On June 1, 1939, the North Caro lina Ginners Association was in corporated. The organizational meeting was held July 21, 1939, in Raleigh. The late C. A. Johnson of Tarboro was elected President, the late P. D. Herndon, Kings Moun tain, vice-president, and Fred P. finson, State Department of Ag ulture, Executive Secretary. Up until October, 1943, when Fred Johnson was granted a leave of absence from the State Depart ment of Agriculture, the Associat ion dues were SI.OO per gin stand and expenses were limited to nost age and costs incidental to the annual convention. Office space, stenographic and secrptrial ser vices were provided by the Depart ment. T. Ashford of Red Springs was elected and R. B. Reeves of Raleigh, secretary in 1944. Member ship dues were raised to one cent per bale and the Association became entirely independent and self supporting. In 1946, leading ginners in South ; Carolina reorganized the Associa tion in that State and adopted sim ilar constitution and by-laws and elected J. F. McLaurin of Ben nettsville, S. C., as its President. '* —if!!! ! ■ •,j re Invited to a . FIRST SHOWING! "America’s Favorite Twins" NEW 1953 LAUNDRY TWINS , LAUNDROMAT® You save up to 10 gallons or I ['&\m more of water per wash load— . I3?J C \\gy,, ~V A V \ you save soap, softener, time ft ft \ \ \ ft and work. Features new, larger \l vVjnf ft \ \ ftCNHV \ ft Weigh-to-Save Door, Auto \\ mmK ft ft \ \ ft P a tic Water Saver, WASH- Hr ’ away, RlNSEaway Action! | CLOTHES DRYER ♦ I It’s new! "Croons a Tune” I ——when clothes are dry. 3-Way Dry Dial has dry setting for storage—damp-dry setting for > .Urtrki ironing—low-temperature-con- **. of cour»», a t titcfrk f trolled heat for new synthetics: | ~ down See these other New Arrivals that will make your home life easier! ■ r REFRIGERATOR "PRESIDENT" RANG! AND WASTE-A WAT* * Sized right for SHHBfsfl Big capacity at "" You can’t find a your needs ; . . medium price! 4 better timesaving, ■-- priced right for surface units, worksaving buy -I your budget! • In February of 1947, the two associations met in joint annual convention in Charlotte, N. C. While \in joint session each State Association, voting independently, elected to merge with the other. Following this action, the North Carolina Ginners Association amended its charter and became the Carolinas Ginners Association, Incorporated, and was domesticat ed in South Carolina. George Ash ford served as President until 1943 when J. F. McLaurin, Bennetts ville. S. C., was elected to succeed him. Other past presidents of the As sociation are Edwin Pate, Laurin burg; A. D. Cashion. Cornelius; and J. Henry Vaughan, Elm City. T/ie Association officers remain ed in Bennettsville, S. C„ until July, 1952. At that time the office opened in Dunn, N. C„ Myres W. Tilghman of Dunn was elected to the presidency to succeed J. Franklin McLaurin. Still Operator Goes To Prison Two still operators from nearby Sampson County were sentenced in U. S. Court in Fayetteville by Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro. Both had pleaded guilty. Fred Weldon, Plainview Town ship, drew 18 months in prison for the operation of a still. In the same case, which was in vestigated by federal ATU and Cumberland .County ABC officers, Alton David ‘Lee, also of Plainview I township?- was fined S3OO. t~ Market Having Its Best Week The Dunn Tobacco Market is enjoying its best week since the opening of the season here, with a great deal of good quality leaf sell ing for the top dollar. • Yesterday a total of 199,910 pounds of tobacco was sold here for $91,824.37, at an average of $48.93 for the market. At the Growers Warehouse op erated by Dick Owen a total of 41,668 pounds of leaf was sold for $20,867.94, an average of $50.08. At the Big Four Warehouse, oo« erated by Buck Currin, yesterday's sales amounted to 158.242 pounds, sold for $76,957, an average of $48.63. Boy Scout Drive Opens October 8 The annual Boy Scout drive for funds 'in this area will begin on -October 8, it was announced by Waite Howard, Harnett District Chaiiman. | At the same time he made the unusual announcement that there would be no quota set up for the county, but that this year a greater I effort would be made to have tnore j people participate in the drive. I The advance gifts program will start sometime in the latter part ‘of this month, Mr. Howard said.’*"' THE DAILY RElunu, iIDNN, If. (X Draft Worries Causes Murder And Suicide LAS VEGAS, Nev. —HP)— A 19- year-old New York clothing heir killed his sweetheart and then him self because of anxiety over a draft notice, a coroner's jury has ruled. Only two witnesses testified at a brief inquest yesterday in which the jury ruled the death of Adrain Lionel Grodnick. and Betty Baron, 25, were murder-suicide. Sheriff's Investigator Lloyd Bell said Grodnick's fingernails were bitten to the quick and the boy apparently suffered from an anx iety complex because of the pending Army call that would separate him from his bride-to-be. better JOHNSON COTTON better S[RVI(E COMPANY GINS TUgNOUTS Now Operating ■ All Operated By Experienced Ginners Pledged To Give Their Personal Attention To Every Bale Ulington finery Mrs. Lucy Long, Mg,. „„„ CharlkOnech, South Dunn Dobbersville Ginnery for, Wesl ' Mgn Jackson's Comer Ml. ■■■!—■— I I Albert Jorner, Mgr. Leamon Naylor, Mgr. . QUALITY GINNING COUNTS Johnson Cotton Co. Standard Os Ginning Will Be Maintained It Cost No More For Better Johnson Cotton Co. Ginning Service JOHNSON COTTON CO. BETTER SAMPLES BETTER SAMPLES * - - - . . . . - - - - - - - Mechanical Pickers Proving Successful . With the scarcity of good cotton pickers in this sec tion and the high price demanded for picking this year’s crop, the eight big cotton picking machines have been kept busy from dawn ’till dusk since the season started. The demand for their services are *,j great that the owners of the machines have decided to turn the profits on the harvesting of this years crop back into more machines for next year. Although the progress of one of - these machines over a cotton field appears slow, this appearance is de ceptive. Ope of these lumbering monsters is capable of picking six to eight bales of cotton a day. as much ai 20 pickers might average. Myret Tilghman, owner of Gen- eral Utility Co. here, has been hand- ] ling some of the machine-picked cotton. He reports that the mech anical picker does a remarkably good job and that, the cotton pick ed by machine loses only about a cent a pound over hand picked lint. The machines in use in this sec are of th’ee different manufactures Internat.onai, Allis Chalmers and John Deere and are expensive : the ' cost running from about $5,000 to about SII,OOO. However, Rusk Brothers, cne manufacture.. v-jis been experi menting in South Carolina with a new model which will cost only about $2,500, and. will be designed | for operation behind any farm tractor. I The experiments on this model PAGE FIVE have been highly successful, and in tlie spring. Rusk Brothers is planning to put the model into full produ .'tion. Using this model, v.hen it goes into production, owners of large acreage, or a combination of small holders, may find it profitable to invest in one of these machines to harvest this cr.,p, so vital to the economy of this section. ♦ Feeds —: — Seeds j Fertilizers 1 if DUNN FCX SERVICER i R. H. GOitWIN, Manager f