Says Crops Are The Bert
In a Number of Year»
ImtTAmm Mm
IV yiiint tobacco crop to Eaat
«m North Carolina la declared to be
til beat ralaed to yMTi, and to ikM
the »wm» tor H» put ton ymrt, to
• itolwut laaa«d bjr lictord K. Pat
Imm Qrowera' Cooperative Aeeorto
Mr. VMtoraon mnaldef the CW
Mae bopoott doea not praaiiB| auffl
ilait raaaoti for the p'rmat low
prim of tohacco, and only co-opera-;
i|MA MaaL^laM aaa aaJMaa an J
i'T" mnr*ninir fin wi ui v mifi ■no
that H will do K aVwrtr tha mer
chant* -id banker* want tha ajraton.
IfL, ||,n| , nM, 4L - . | jfc ,j| ■ nnM
Inf nrpfOrSDIf) (H< pMIH'vK CCm*
dltfon In lilinl North Carolina to a
coaa for tha nwihwit and haabf of
Unto ii North Carolina," ha eon
The statement fallows:
"I km hewn repeatedly ubd linn
the tobacm market* opened in East
ern North Carolina what the Tobacco
Grower* Co r.ncrstive
pacta to do about the distressing con
dition* which have followed the be
low-product ion-coat price* offered to
the fTOwer* on the auction floor.
Hj reply ia that the aaaoclation
bow ia roinf to 4a Juat what it ha*
done line* organisation: Provided*
the grower a eerviee corporation
which will enable him to market his
Wheats in aa orderly way. Unlee*
and until the grower and the buainea*
man avail themselves of thia service,
aa power beneath the bine canopy of
Reana can do anything afoot the low
price* the gr^iwera are new receiving.
"Two excuses are being offered by
the dealers. One ia that the Chineee
revolution >• to Mama. The other I*
that the crop ia of poor quality.
"It ia true that the Chineee boy
cott ha* practically forced the Export
Tobacco Company, whi*b uaoally
boy* oik third or m«re of the bright
leaf tobacco produced in four State*
off the market. We hope thia asndi
tion mny he only temporary bat, the
crop in tae meantime ia leaving the
hands if tte pweri and falling into
the hand- of dealers.
"The HASflciatioa doca not want to
ran orderly marketing down the
throat of anybody. What it will do
depend* upon what the boainoas men
and other opponents of co-operative
marketing, in At pvt, do now. The
association can take the tobacco, re
dry it and sell it to the beat advan
tage* of the grower. Unlaaa thi*
course ia followed, the tobacco pa sea*
from hi* handa into the handa of deal
ers who had nothing en earth to do
with making the crop and who will
have everything to do with the profit
la It
"Aa for the quality of the crop thia
p*ar: It la far better than the acer
* mm crop of tobacco I have aeen in
North Carolina for the paet tea
pear*. 1 believe I am a competent
frdge
If I did not know for myself that
k ia the beat crop produced in years, j
I certainly would ha** been ao per
suaded by the atatemeata prior to
the opening of the aurketa.
"I know that eaatern North Caro- 1
Una ia Buffering from the low price*
offered on auction floora. I know
that the grower ia broke again. They
might aa well give him ten centa aa
to give him twelve and fourteen.
"lite budnn* man, the banker and
the profeeekmal man in eastern North
Carolina can remedy thia aituation
now. It ia up to them, when they
whole-heartedly wish for better mar
keting conditions and improved prices
they ran get them.
"It la a historic fact that when
• Mene was burning down and the
' news waa carried to Nero he sent
back word that it was a case for the
fire department. The deplorable, the
pathetic condition ia eaatern North
Caroliaa ia a caae far the merchant
aad banker of eaaterp North Care
WarW* SariM T« Start Oeto
. bar 7th
Philadelphia, Sapt. II.—TW worM't
4ay, Octohw T, In tha rity winning tlx
NttioAAl pmnu^,
0—«a will ba playarf wry 4aj uj»
inmih intai wiw. ah pHM «n
■tart at t p. n
tfrlwa win V» th» mm aa la pra
aaata MM; immI aMabu IS JO,
mi lln<T aaata 11.16
5E&BBS ■ .3? T
PATIENTLY AWAIT Iff.
IN
dsy were waiting for tkc prospective
price improvement of which
in*
trouble* with which they art afflicted
Many of the grower! hod ha—tod of
food quality imtil tho miw'l
in« a fow days ago. .Now tho
qualify of th<
away off fro* Uot year'a.
ration* of M crop inferior to
diatrkta to the southward, while in
•tany localities drought la the mld
nimmer weeks caused "burning," bat
many farmers had salvaged from a
large crop hundred! of bans of what
they considered to be bettor weed
than they harvested In 1924.
Prospects werf never brighter, in
m«at opinions, than they were ten
days ago, i *piaooiilal lit planters
■aid today. But there wiU be no pro
fit for moat from 16-cent tobacco. A
reduced acreage wilt . follow next
ipring. There is no doubt of the Co
operative Marketing Association'*
•udden jump in popularity. The
and day of the sales aeaaon it
claimed here that prions, grade for
rrade, were better on the
tire market than oa 1
many time* larger.
The average price
■lightly hatter thaa It centa a :
m* is higher than the belt average,
from reliable indication*. Bullish
report* of averages *everal centa a
pound better thaa paid on the "hi*
four" markets are dismissed without
investigation by veteran tobacconists.
LIVING WITH T I" WITH
OUT DANGEK
UMNMMUi Fttf Of PtfMM
Stiff*rmc With DiMM* U
fadph
Sanatorium, Sept. It—There in a
few simple precaution* and sanitary
rule# that persona Ihrfaic with a tub
erculous patient and the patient him
lelf may follow that will make a
T. B." of no more danger than a wall
person. When a "T. B." and those
who ear* for him follow theae rules
>n unreasonable fear of the parson
luffering with tuberculosis to fooltoh.
Infection by the tubercle bacillus
cornea almost exclusively from the
sputum of the taheteulous patient.
Bo the safe dispoaal of the sputum
of the patient is one of the moat Im
portant . precautions. Never apit ex
cept in a sputum cup which can ha
burned wheaL used, and sae that it is
burned. CovaMac the mouth with a
ra«, piece of sbaae or a paper napkin
la the next bif rale. Don't use the
bare hand. The fine spray in which
the germs live will bedspread all over
It. If sputum to accidentally spilled
cover it with disinfectant, let stand
for a while, wipe up with a ra* and
burn the raff.
In diainfacting the room of a T.
B." formaldehyde candlaa may be ne
ed. Every article ia the room hung
la the aunahiae lor three dayi la
fully aa good. Dialnfect or boll far
five minute* all diahea or drinking
veaaela the patient uaea, unleaa the
patient caea aeparate diahea and drink
ing veaaela. Sorplua food ahoold he
boiled or hallied. Boil the patient'a
•oak for two houra la a
before aandtng to the
the floor In the patieat'a
daaap aawduat or Mia of wet
Doa't kiaa the patient If ha
If they do not rough. New allow
the Nberralona patient to alpep with
any one. Every time i
waha on the patient the
be waahed in
Children are
from the pereon aad the room of
the -T. B." aa haw a
ron«he or apita Neyer let the L
kiaa or fondle them or allow them to |
or aat feed or
Fmmt TM Dm* Om W
Drift** a.cH.m wd
AItmmi Aboard It
Caldwell. Ohio, fcpt. »—A hare of
Mm Shenandoah dlaaater la«t Thurs
day morning »n found Mum* the n»
ttre mm of Mohle county May- V*
i» IniM Nielwb, a ttttfe, gilaalid,
and who grabbed «he nary'* riant
ai t ili. -*- - —
nf %mm aoM-TOtf MM poiiM
it to Um grimi,
Late today uu« bogan drifting
who helped atop Dm plunging of (ho
MmnmMi'i warn o» rr hllla and val
ley* after it broke fraa the middle
and aft Motion* a* hoar earlier near
Ava, IS mi loo awwy.
Immediately tho Coord of in root!
ration, which ia handling all phMaa
of tho Khutor which remain* to ha
cloarad up, became intonated hi tho
«tory and Commander Jacob H. Kloin,
rhiof of tho mveatigating bawd. Mid
aft -r hearing it that tho farmer had
done "a good job and a groat aee
jrieo."
Nichoi* waa found today hi an ob
wuro comer of hia barnyard feed
ing Ma turkey* a ad wmi appriaod of
the fact that he had done >omethhw
important.
I waa in the hona* (he pointed to
a throe-room dwelling) when my
neighbor called upon the telephone
and Mid an airahip waa hoadod for,
my houM and that/1 had better atop
it. I ran out and have It came right
through our orchard, headed etraight
for (be houae. After drifting all that
way after it broke up. it waa getting
pretty eloae to the ground aad It enrc
enough waa coming right toward my
houM.
"I looked up and there m my old
est boy—I have six boy* and one gbrl
—sticking Ui Wad oat of the up
stairs window. I knew I had to atop
that thin* or Iha house would be
•mashed and My kids would be killed.
Then, too, I heard the fellow* up
there (Hi the Shenandoah's drifting
noee) yelling, 'Grab bold! grab hold!
Turn her south.' So I crabbed hold
ef the cable that itas hanging down
and drew it around the fence poet.
The poet swapped right off. 1 grab
bed the cable again and threw tt
around that old maple stump. T
thought sure It would hold, but It
didnt. By that time the noee waa
so cloae to the ground that the an
derside had me barked up against the
fenee and I had to run. I waa head
ed away from the house then, but it
knocked off the top of that shed and
the wheel on that well and then bawl
ed oyer that grape arbor. I kept fol
lowing tt and finally threw the cable
around that tree.
"All that time I didnt know w^at
the thing was. I didnt know It wad
so big. Why it's over 1*0 feet long
"Soon my kids cams running oat
and wa helped tie tt up. then the
men began cliatbing out. Keen then
tt didnt stay where tt waa, for wa
had to tie it again several timee dur
ing the day and the men borrowed
my shot gun and punctured the gas
bags."
SUPREME COURT REVIEWS!
CASE OF HENRY GRIFFIN
Twt
» WM
Tkirty
Unjnst
Rsieigh, Sept. B—The
court, sitting for .the hearing of
ond district appeals, rwlwrrt the
caae of Henry Dennis Griffin,
has appealed from a 90-year prison
• i ence for hU pert aa iiaiar of the
Martin county mob that mutilated
Joseph Needle man last
The principal defe
which was ha sad as
was that the sentence of M years was'
unjustly excessive and hi violation of
that part of the eoostitatisa provid
ing that no violator aI the law shall
he unfairly punished. The dofaaos
that the sight other oo
The state In Its answer, argwed that
the testimony admitted hy the suuil
was entirely proper sad that Aa ssa
tenee imposed waa "an exercise
dierretiea of Iks eowrt sad a
eaereiae," given la the statute.
Griffin was am af
of mm w*k, (Mbaii W • t>»
^reeka tajpilar tspM. ^Ittn^Tia^^a in
the Cafe eaaa HfMl the wealthy
iMklnfkMi manafaetnrer wfllft mi
fr'al darinc the first wank.
Judga Ftalijr had » UrM of covrt
in Alkfktiqr «u—iy kMM far
thai thne, bat th* guearaar will mm
«a fani*ficy JMfv t# tafcr Mi ylfefi
liltN.
The Wi&aahoTo JurMt, who haa
bean Mi the bench liura IMS. praeid
ad at tha trial of Dr. /. W. Piiruk,
hi Darldaan comity, in tka iprhf of
I Ml. whan tha jnrjr Bi iMght la a rar
djet of not guilty on griiMii of in
canity. Judge Finlajr aewtatad tha
physician, who had ahat dawn tha
ThoMaariUe chiaf of poHca la raid
Mood, to life in tha inaane ward of tha
aitAt# prison, a pise* from wtlth
cock aarapad two rear* latar.
Tha Ola trial premiaaa to ha oM
of tha greateat murder triala in tha
history of the state, and much Inter
eat haa cantered on tha choice of tha
guvei nor far pmidiAf Judfft
G. J. Key dh Fi
Ararat, M. C„ Sept. 10—Mr. J. E.
Johnson, Editor Mount Airy News,
Dear Sir: '
I hsvt just r*td your tdilaritl in to
day'* News commenting on the v ne
cessity of • term demonstrator for
Surry County. I am very mack in
favor of i county demonstrator, tot
not without other considerations.
In the first place, to hire a demon
strator en the method previously us
ed. I consider money Ul spent, as
there are eery few who benefit frees
it, as be can see tot few farms scat
tered over the county and do person
al Instructing, hence the SMority de
not benefit by the expenditure, but
I want a demonstrator all right, and
be should have-a nice farm (owned
by the county) at or near Dobson, on
a good read, mid this farm should be
equipped with modern equipment and
stocked, (all by the county) and suf
ficient helpers famished him at all
times to enable him to cultivate a few
acres of all leading crepe each year,
and a complete record kept of every
thing, giving manser of planting, pre
paration of seed beds, amount ef gua
no and analysis
suite, aad toe* t
for distribution to all who will have
ad have the
all public days, that is oa first Mon
I believe-a demonstrate* in connec
tion with the farm cultivation as
above outlined, will to a great bene
f)1 to Surry County, aad more; I be
lieve It will to self -upporting, or
nearly so. ,
1 hope to sue more editorials about,
farm demonstration aad that the
County Fathers may decide at an ear
ly date to put this thing to working
aa farmers hi Surry County certainly
needs helpful suggestions, as to diver- J
sifted crops and to|
sad I feel that the
been ssore opportune far the
meat in ren| ear—
never more eager far benefits to to,
-a*, l _» (ton ■ - A
lenv ♦*<!, uwTi now. w
i. G.
jgr- 1 : < ' V I*
■v .. «#* _x
i/rv ersinc&tion of v,rops
ii^^j tT*w%m Cu*-» P,,„, „„ .
frgfd upon ijtftics raimers
—i—
Cnkmm m W «t Cental Flaw T«rt /am DnImw *•
Om Tk«| SnA Nm4i Today to Qhw Cwtwl of IMti
U. i, la*. M/-"Dtnr- ^
teJC]
•f I
at tha m
ara' fWid day and rtenk
Coaatel Plain Tot Fam af
"Thr on# thing tha ■oath dm# to
day to ardar to |h« it
"
< larad. "la diranifk-atiaai. Tha m
thin# the aotrth naada today to to
for man and fead for atocti la
fAatton. Tha dm thin* tha
naada today to
and yaar-roMd Influx of monay Into'
the homa traasary Ja dhrersifleatiee."
Conttnuln* and * ham;wrin(
Uiii point, tha
ad that "tha om thinar tha wroth
today to aoaibat thaaa droughta to.
tha vaaat and flood* in tha aut la d£1
» !
O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, mem
ber of the Stat* Board of Agricul
ture from the Ninth district, urged
Ms hsaieis not to be satisfied with
the things "Pa" was satisfied with.
He declared that farming should, he
carried on in a bold, aggressive man
ner if North Carolina is to cash ia on
its best resources.
Congressman Charles L. Aber
nethy, of New Bars. Secretary Louis
T. Moore, of the Wilmington cham
ber of c nmmerct, aad Mrs. Estaiie
Smith, of Goldsboro, district hoots
demonstration agent, each brought
messages of aMe* and optimism.
"It is the experience of all Mi
■■Hose knowledge of North Carolina is
«tate-wide that the weather man tr+
ouently makes an unequal distribu
tion of the moisture condition at Iks'
state," said Comm'sstsasr Grsham j
"When you hare an Ideal saaafta ta'
the east, we have a drought la the;
middle and western part 0>f the state;
and when we have eaough rain In the
west, you have your crops drowned
out la the east.
"I tee* just returned from aa ex
tended tour of the western part of
the stats where everything is so dry
that. one hardly dares drop a burn
ing match to the ground for fear of;
starting forest fire—whew the usual
ly green Mils aad vwrdaat mountains.
Awed with succulent grass aad fat
cattle, have given place to parched.
desert-Jiks wastee with never a herd
ia sight aad never a smile on the face
of tkt owner.
"The drought in the western part.
of the state this jWr," iiaitluasd the|
there, "is so bad Hat most of the;
small streams have already dried up
lower than the oldest fit!sens can re?
member ever to have ssen before. The j
farmers, aad, in some cases, the
townspeople, do aot dare uee eaough
water to wash their clothes, for fear !
they will not have enough to drink.
"In the Piedmont' counties I saw
thousands of acrss of cotton not over
hand high,' and with neither blossom
pi or boll, hundreds of acres of corn
with not a green blade from the
ground to the tassel. No sign of hay i
or forage for wiatering live stock—
the wont drought fa) the history of
Western North Carolina. Here in the
romantic highland North Carolina
that generally furnishes water to gen
erate Itydro-electric power to run all
the cotton mills, all the street cars,
and ail the electric lights in the slate,
has new hardly enough water to
wash a dirty shirt.
HOOGW GIVES ITOKY 5
PACIFIC PLIGHT
Cm Gm OMmH* Wm
M far Hdp W—
•00 Fw* k«*Ak
BT COM. JOIN BOOT. OH,
N. 1
Honolulu, Bp*. fttfc Dm ba*a
fit of the HrtmMfMk, ( Mr* l»
■MRt of facta te regard to tba
a«a a# tto ne'e Ka. 1 fraw Mm
Franciaro to NawiltwUL Otter rtato
raeMa heretofore pnHlatil bf tte
No. 1 and NoTleft 8m
Frawiaro approximately at tka mm
time Aaroat II, No. • laadiac by
abort *> minotoa. Tba PN-t No. 1
waa not righted by No. 1 attar de
parture. Plana PN-9 No. 1 pmead
pd a« per inntrurtiona, Bailing a* •
•traigfct eonrae to Ealnlni.
tm «M out of San Francisco waa
yery light from the aortbweat. grad
ually hauling to the north. The navi
gation wa» dona entirely by dead
reckoning, no attention being p*M to
radio keailaga. Wa flaw liilnw M
«rxj 400 teat Mow the tMa tehg
tha night, the sky being tUcldy urar
'»»♦ and all daatruyara were picked
op aa expected lit • diataivra easily
vifibt* from tha PN-9 while at tha
t||B# thf pltM wss fiiily viiibl#
fro* the intnym. ■
Tha Wginn worhad perfectly aad
there wara bo signa of lea ha or any
other trouble Tha wind changed
northaaat, aa expected, about t$t
■ilea /ram San Francisco, bat waa
much lighter than had baan ho pad
far. In tha awraing it becaam art.
dant that tha gasoline aufcply w^a run
nine abort, and it woald ba doubtful
tf tre rould reach Kahuiui, dua to tha
(act that expected favorabla wtada
wara not racordad. About noon ma
daeidad that our gaaoth* aupply
would carry about midway baiwaaa
tha Arooatook and tha Taagier, n>
■pactivaly, tha aext to tha laat aad tha
taat itation ship. 1 tharafora daeidad
to land at tha Aroodtook, which la
fully equipped with atrptaaa tondar.
Wa still had plenty of gasoline to
land, refuel aad take off again far
Honolulu. Thi» waa la accordanca
with tha pre-air ai> gad plana to mast
AI Ia aI __ M ^Li.L mm .AmU
tw ittoition of wnicn wt wwt Airuv.
On approaching tha Arooatook. wa
ia<aiead radio bearing* from her aad
changed our couraa to approach aa
theae bearings. It harama evident
that she woald not he fouad aa thie
rourae. I started to write a meaaage
which woald give her aoaaa clue to ear
whereaboata, but Joat then the gaaa
Una gave oat. Bdl eagiaap wara eat
eat aimuhaneoaely aad we started to
glide from about MO feat.