gbc iMo |5eto£ ■BTABLISHED 118 0 CO-OPS WIN BEFORE SUPREME COURT Signers Must Sell With Association—Court Sustains Contentions of the Co-ops Raleigh, April 12.—The cooperative system la the moat hopeful movement •ver inaugurated to obtain Justice for and improve the financial condition of farmera and laborer*, according to Chief Justice flark, of the Supreme court of North Carolina, in the daci aion handed down by that body yea terday which upheld the contract of the Tobacco Growera Cooperatice Aa aociation. In today'* decision, to j which no diaa«nt wa* filed, the court held that the act nnder which the To bacco Growera Cooperative A •aocia tion waa formed is conatitutional and that the aaaoclation is not a monopo ly In reetralnt of trade. In this decision by the highest trib unal of the atate, It was pointed out, that the member* of the tobacco co-1 operative are abeolutely protected •gainst private profit or unfair ma-! nipulation. "The act establishes a complete plan of organization for co operative marketing of agricultural products under the fullest public su pervision and control. Every poasible safeguard against private profit, manipulation by a few powerful mem bers, squeeslng out of the weaker member* and abuse of powera are em braced in the law," according to Chiaf Justice Clark, who said "instead of creating monopoly, the object is by a rational method of putting the raw product on the market from time to time as there ia a legitimate demand for its manufacture, and by the exten aion of credit to farmer* to enable this to he done to prevent a monopoly of the tobacco industry, by those who manufacture it. Ihe right ol the association to col lect liquidated darfiage* wax mads clear by the court, which stated 'the law permit* liquidated damages in ca«e of breach. Indeed, iiuch damages would have been allowed without any statutory provision,' and pointed oat that on account of the cooperative na ture of the enterprise and sines it' make* no profit, a grower who ha*j breached his contract must pay ths cost of the suit, including premium i for bonds, expenses and fees in tV » action, as the membership of the t f socintion is limited to irrowers and a contract breaker breaches his con tract nrainst his fellow members, so that it would be unfair to make them pay for his violation. Declaring that the Cooperative As •ociation increases consumption by furnishing the consumer a regular supply at a less price, and at the same time enables the laborer and the farmer to obtain a remunerative < return. Justive Clark made clear that while cotton prices have hitherto j dropped in October oecause the pro-! duct was Humned unon the market, this year since the Cooperative Asso ciations took control of close to two millions bales of cotton, the price opened at twenty cents in September, j and instead of going down, it rose to i •round thirty cents. "Jt is an entire misunderstanding of the fact to assert that an orderly, systematized, cooperation amone the producers to prevent a sacrifice of their products and realize a living wage for the laborer and a reasonable profit! for the pnoducers, has any analogy to the system by which great combinntions of capital have prevent ed the laborer and the farmer alike from realizing a rep .iablc reward and a decent living." Declaring Ihat t'.w legality of coop erative msrketili.t associations h;i* keen upheld in many decisions in other rourts. '.iday's opinion stressed the fuct t'.at the members of the To-1 bacci Grower* Cooperative Associa tion are associating themselves as au thorized by the statute, like other persons, and they have signed mutual and fair agreements among them selves which will be futile unless those who have signed such agree ments can he held to abide by the terms of their contracts. Dc'ining the difference between a corporation and cooperative, the chief justice, in handing down the de cision of the court, declared 'the co operative principal requires Ha ser vice* to be performed for the coop erating members by fhelr appointed representatives and not by independ- j ent business unit* dealing at iraii I length and striving for profit.' The extent and benefit* of coopera tive marketing were brought* out in the opinion of the court, whirh refer red to the fact that the annual turn over of cooperative associations in California ii approximately three hundred million dollar*, that there were at leant fourteen thousand far mer* buying and railing associations >n the United State* in 1920, who»« annual business haa been placed at about one billion dollara. Today'i decision dispone* of the caae of Maynard Mangum, prominent defendant of Durham, and ex-em ployee of the aaaociation, the cane of W. J. Ball, large and wealthy planter of Warren county, and the case* of W. T. Jone* and Z. A. Harrell. which were the first to be tried by the To bacco Grower* Cooperative Associa tion. It also disposes of the case of the Peanut Growers Association vs C. T. Harrell, a case involving a coopern tive organized under the U«> uf Vir ginia and operating in North Caro lina. Major W. T. Joyner, assistant j attorney for the Tobacco Growers Co-j operative Association, when inter viewed tonight, stated that be r«>i sidered the opinion of the court as handed down today, the moi- n*-*t for aeveral days, how«*v< • >hc ■ and oviduct will gradually rouede to a dormant condition ai 1 week* of production h tl h 'I Willi be loat at a time when iwr needed. One ahould 1>< irin hi .V • t up the broody condition placing the hen in a specially con structed brody coop, sr.' [>r K. Kaupp, in charge of po i"' ■ ' (rations for the State Coll' " a - d F.\ periment Station. Dr. Kaupp states that a ;■> ' coop can be made from laths slatted on all sides including the This coop can either be plac< .1 i !>. • or hung from a tree. By placing thf hen in such a coop just as soon a* *h< begins to cluck, and remain on the | nest, and by watering and feeding her, grain and laying mash Dr. Knupp: finds that she will start to lav again within three or four days. She can then be returned to the laying house. Dr. Kaupp advises that as soon a« the ^ien is placed in the broody coop, she should be fed at once so as not to have the chance to absorb the yolks that are developing in the ovary. By having the bottom of the coop flatted the hen cannot hover and soon gives up the tendency to brood foe* If the hen is left on the rest or if she ia not properly fed she will re absorb the eggs which are already developed ao that the care watering and feeding mmt be done right. Throwing the hen off the nest, dtp ping her in cold water, or not feed ing her, ia abuse only and will not break her up. This will often cause trouble. With the assistance of the broody coop and plenty of feed, the hen begins to lay even before she ia removed from the coon. A financial loss will thus be saved. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminiatrator of the estate of Cyntha Yow deceased late of 8urry County, North Carolina, thia is to notify all pemons having claims against the estate of said de ceaaed to exhihite them to the under signed at the Bank of Mount Airy, Mt. Airy N. C., on or before April 18th 1924 or this notice will he plead ed in bar of their recovery. All per sona indebted to the Mtate will pleas* make immediate payment. Thia 18th day of April 11)23. The Bank of Mount Airy. By Ewd. M. Linville, V. P. and Trust Officer. WIFE O*- ' ■ "* • { DENT . K M U. S Fasting of R'-p A pain ' V ' Eicciii ii < *t:njli< Pr«Mo Wa«h nir • • ! \t: -r ran iro. I u if«»t it .1 ■nee nt th ; i•-1 . i uf Iat Ine mill Tci1 exei ut»m • ' t > Itut- r vitrh put f< I I i hi n| po*iuJ i ri the nfivict, ►' ,1- 'i t I withjr.i. ' i < -n i*r>< f r »I li Riiwia" | pay a Vlmt i In ani' department ii of their th/.urH of ■ * ' r. ■» ho* pifalitv '• • < inditcrtlv Ctwtjiii ;-v'i ri g.ni.'.; TKoy t ■ >■". .-ii i r»»tcn«iM> hllti 1 . ;iri t i;i - lif her iiinti , fetdmir .if rffniifiiaim- «fwin*t lit-r In raw i» of I hi it, ri of tkc vicar Kim r»l. "The ricfxirtni' 'it uf ' " I «h ter»l nv t, "ha ran •!' ition f< r a vi*a for M: if the 11 ijci t ■ r ' '■- prot ;-t againut. #»if.» Kv#»n Ho for. t l«fth • ntoner off th** v. . i . i11itry. pn d k i " • thnt he wouM rujtk« p^ituil injj.Lal \»f b«?r propo* N§ trip ov^r th»> roup try m the int«r- • ,-M. (tf ?t-,n A'fmiliintrfi. tion offu • * v<- »■ !i5 ? nd no tejrnl hnrrirr to h« r entr" into th" rountr \: i >w vcr, thf A m e *'.■■ st n c « n su I a { ♦t Rikra ar \U v*i wt-rtt itintniotnl to .. i.4,r ,€ - * •.rt. Siner tht (fxcrution. however, which wt* mrr;«x! out ovi»r tht* »f most of th<» civil»x«i world «n pj»i< ;» ih«- short "tat^mnnt out nt the defwrt- j official* naid th" action taken! Yhii ' i tr prr«toHts ' .»« Will a.->.ii r • in it.nrlf a^aihsi imposition o< • *h p r**ilty. V- !• t"» K*-1' ' VvM «i K.«r» l« K.I • 'pied t\^-t months ilonif «hich limp shf to aiftirPM1 '• ' o i. .. under1 the audpii-cs of th'- ^mr'cnn coin mittP for rili>*f of I; -- an children. !t tm th<- unj.-ri.tnnd l>-n- that she #a |Brt|MU"inir to M.irt for Ameri ca in the very m ;ir future. Dunces 50 Hour -. v nd Brenk* World Re-cord Kiav York. A[.ril 9- Witt*, a Texan whoop Mi<» AIr.ia Cumminr* shook licr wnm «1 ppors from Her (net tc niirht anil did a barefoot ( -ou-'ttf on the floor of ui »towro li.tll. and thus »u created formally a i w world's record of 50 hours' continuous dune in if. Mills Cumtnir" the. San Ar. -lio Ifirl who rrscr' t breaking "f her world's Tv«iri| for continuous danc ing last week l>y a pair who went six more hou>s than her ~7. She start i*d off on a new attemrt at 7:1(1 last Saturday evening. At 9-15 tonicht she finished her steipinjr. having irone 50 continuous hours. Sho said she was not tired. She u«"d up the .nr-rjry ■ f tiv ore!. tra and seven men partners. Some Grapefruit, tomato soup and peanut* were her only food. Sh" would have rone beyond ttv "ifl mark. Miss (um minKS said, ex> ■ pt that mr ... be (tan to ache h<- nu«e »!•« vns exposed to strong sunlirht for three hours this afternoon. During the last six hours ice cold towels wore applied to her head. Her employer presented her with a silver loving eup. Indigealion and ( oastipation. "Prior to using Chamberlain's Tab lets, I suffered dreadfully from indi gestion. Nothing 1 ate a (tired with me and I lost flesh and ran down in health. Chamberlain's Tablets strengthen**! my diiestion and cured me o' constipation," writes Mrs. Geo. Stroup, Solvsy, N. Y. CLEARING THE COURT DOCKETS " I Ju '*«• l ong Diimiwci 304 Old n N i Menbery County • ' 1". A total nt 'VM ' 1 .. um the » io» e»mrt 4aeki>e° »l« — 1 WJ rtceaa ' ' ' ' J'1-" »»• ti fir i of thiw *».r *■' Vl '' ' r ,■ ,i ,c ' ' 1 !> ■ r C'>m« up 1 ' ! ' • f w !t win ♦ Ufi •* i» » !h it ft„m ! i yo,, W(|j ' '' • • ' •' ! * ' iMM'A thv v. r% of The courts , t 'v> fiam) r " •' • ■■ t as.fi, ft 'Artimittvt. "« " * £o over i M t! - Locked • o Have Fight ' 1 ' M ' ■ m ,rk ha(| 1 Will ' 1,1 ' 4« if. ft jury ' - v • - ' • Hit torl-.y T>'- Jur>' madt' up of eight men - ,;r two ,f the I after • «•' r" • • •! «J> all night try " ' h 11 v' '• ' ;n nr. a^ualt 11 v i- . r, .iik th.- 1)nc„m. r, mark to Juror Howard • hi iccompnnied /; ' • "" the faee. John«on court. It wa* also related r C"urt that Johiwoti »eiz prenence ofi "• -r A tipataff told 7"rt ,h"f he "yanked him out of * upper was king *erv tipstaff did not Mate r Johns<•!-- at the state penitentiary to life imprisonment, asserting that ho will not puss Ahe cases to the next gov ernor by a series of postponement. "Regardless of the criticisms thata may he hurled at tm>, I have the legal authority to say that no man shall rlie in the electric chair or by the hanjrman'1 nooae in this state and that is my resolve," the governor said. Six men are new awaiting execu tion at the state penitentiary for murder. HARDING TAKES ANOTHER LICK AT US South Will Not Bo Rapreawnt •d On Rtitrr* Board Washington, April 10.—Praaidant Harding took • wallop at the south today whan ha mad* it known ha would not nama a southerner for tha federal reservs board. Ha ia peeved over tha failure of tha aanata to eon firm tha nomination of Jamn (J. Mc Nary of El Paao, and aaems to faal that tha aouth waa raaponaibla for that. Hanator James Coaacna, of Michigan, hlocked tha McNary nomi nation. Cousens ia a republican. Tha President ia about to appoint a Kanaai man to tha board, and hia explanation fiat tha aouth ia not 'ikely to sat a member now, aa Mc Nary failad, ia • aoft place for him fall on. Southern aanatora will pmtaat againat auch action. TVey think tha south ia antitlad to placa, and tha republicans are taking it for another aection. It waa aaid at tha Whita Houaa to day that tha aouth ia not apt to hare n-prascntation on tha board again President Harding Is feeling fine, hut mora of a partisan than before. He does not agree with leading Wil son democrats who hare asserted that his proposal for United States membership on the court of inter national ] tut Ice waa a roundabout way of getting Into the league of na tions. He resents the suggestion that his purpose la to enter the league by the back door. The administration, It was explain ed today, is not proposing any new ntitude toward the league of nations hy* recommending the protocol court provision, The issue, acoording to the White House, is becoming be clouded because of the arguments of the friends of the league that Mr. Harding's position is the hark d or entrance. Democrats believe they are right. The republicans want to right thrm selvea, but they dont know h' W. North Carolina Third Frtm Last in Illiteracy Standing Chapel Hill, April 11.—Baaed >n the 1 St h and 14th censuses, the a^rage of white illiteracy in the I'nited States was 8 per cent in 1910 und 2 tier rent in 1920. with North Carolina ranking third from the last in stand ing of states, according to figures compiled by the denartment of rural •octal economics. University of North Carolina. The average in North Carolina was 12.3 per cent in 1910 and H.2 per cent in 1920. Louisiana and New Mexico were the two statea ranking below North Carolina. "The white illitftates In Denmarl. are only 2 per thousand inhabitants,' it is stated. "In North Carolina, they number 82 per thousand, or 41 times as many. Almost nobody but the feeble-minded are illiterate in Den mark. Illiteracy does not mean fee hle-mindedness in North Carolina as in Denmark— not yet at least, but some day in the near future it may 1 ave some such significance in this state." Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Washington led the nation in 1920. aocordin^ to the figures, with MaAsai husetts. Connecticut, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nehraaka, Neva da, Orvgon and California next. 21 Year* in The Pen For Banker Cincinnati. Ohio, April 10.—A. H. Penfield, form or cashier of the Springfield Ohio National bank, who pleaded guilty to wven of 12 counts in an indictment charging embesxle ment of the hank's fund* wat sen tenced tc serve 21 year* in the fed eral prison at Atlanta by Federal Juige Hickenlooper late today. The former banker made no com ment when Judge Hiekenloop«r pass ed sentence upon him. He will be taken to Atlanta probably tomorrow. Penfield walked in the courtroom with a smile on hi* face. He wa* taken to the Hamilton county jail where he spend the time prior to hi* removal to the federal penal Institu tion at Atlanta. He appeared before the federal grand jury before hi* sentence wa* announced. He wa* understood to have testified relative to hi* transac tions in the stock and grain market and it wa* rumored that other per sons would be implicated in the man ipulation of Penfield, which amounted to nearly 11,004,000. The federal grand jury will maka it* final report to Judge Hickenlooper tomorrow. JULE CAM A REBEL AND A KU KLUXER Pr*ti*e, J, too, would have been 1 ril ! to it." It was feared this aftem'yv that I the Ku Klux Klan would he i> . • id i into the proceedings a* an l»su< Vll week there had been vague r in -s that a row over the Klan wa- ti mering nnd that it would bresk out | n full force at the least pfcvoc.it ion. General Julian 8. Carr of Durl . m, ! V. C„ commander in chief at the fore ! noon session during a discu .«n ■ ■ f the term "rebel" as applied to the Confederate soldiers, shouted at one ooint: "I am a rebel and Ku Klux er too." At the afternoon session he j loudly repeated the phrase an.l this I time shout* of "I am, too," came from j all quarters of the auditorium. Must Pay Pledge To 75 Million Campaign Columbia, S. C., April II—Three important cases were decidiii by the ! supreme court In opinion handed l down Tuesday evening. One 11 that j of Furman university against Cote man R. Waller, et al. administrator* i o< the i'state of C. C. Waller, father and respondent, involving a pl>-dge of $10,000 to the $76,000,000 ram paiim of the Baptist church, for Fur man university. In the Furman university rase, the late Mr. Waller, father of the re*pon ; dent, pledged |10,000 to Furman uni versity in the Baptist campaign. Ha ! erased from his pled* card the clause .specifying that in case of death re I latives could have the pledge can yil | ed if they prefered to do so. The es tate declining to pay the pledge. Fur i man university brought suit, and the i lower court ordered the amount paid. Waller estate appealed, but the ap peal is dismissed, and tke pledge to the institution stands. Adaiatstratar's Notice Having qualified a* Administrator upon the estate of T. T. Barker, no tice is Hereby gTrr-n to all perso— owing money to said estate to pay same immediately; and to all persona having debts agsinat the setaU to present them an or Wfers March, *>. 1M4, or tkis notioe will be plsadsd ht bar of lecovery thereon. M e This the Mth day ef March. IMS. A. D. Barker. Adnr J. K. Carter, Attaraey. in**,.,. .