Otttl m\. ■ MOUNT AST, Norm CAIOUNA, MARCH 11, ltM. Marketing* b Desk Hard Blow in Smith Carolina Raleigh, March 'White W. M. Pmtmi «h tote; with storiea of the »i • PNt state Jab to to tha Utewurt parte of tha was toiling why loath Carolina Miss Kelly doee not iceaft tha Booth Carolina fall-down as lilMSiiil ahla; aha does not admit that tha caoaa la ted. Sha probably faala that navar was mass psychology mmrliif loss in tha direction of enlightened self-interest than it is doing today in state and nation. Ona almoat rsads in bar statement a suggsatioa that North Carolina laaiisrs hara not lad. Sha (tras an interesting obaarrstion as this raoa.it breakdown. Sha was In it and of It, sha want c»oijwboie. Um co-operative* have not quit, though they might easily enough de cide that distrass will eome again to Minister to tha causa of co-operation in tha Marketing of a great North Carolina and South Carolina crop. This, in pvt. is ths way Miss KaBy "Greed, indifference and ignorance, were tha trinity of forcaa which tha recent efforts of forward tobacco growers in ths: i Carolina bait to reorganise their m <6 par cent landlord control "The above statement is My own -personal opinion bassd upon a care ful stody of tha sitaatia sign-op period of N days March 1. During this time I attend ■ed numbers of districts, county and and of other basis*** men all la the Interest of tha now sign-up. I also talked with hundreds of Individuals in allt kinds of business throughc the territory. Every group and in dividual agreed that co-operative marketing has increased end main tained an increaeed price for tobacco in the South Carolina belt. Almost without exception they agreed it would be a tragedy for the associa tion to go out of existence thus plac ing tobacco growers at the mercy of the auction market. But: 1. breed kept many larfr* land owner* from aigning and kept many In other business from helping be eauae they prefer to let the other fel low carry the burden or break under the harden since in either event thia other fellow i« just ao much more grist for the mill which battens and fattena freed. "t. Indifference kept many who war* interested from ghriag active aid and support to the sign-ap becauae they cooUnoed In the belief that 'aome Vow* the sseociation would continue and there was no real danger of Its leasing to function. "S. Ignorance kapt a majority of tenants from wanting orderly mar keting. Landlorda uaed thia as an excuse for not aigning. hia ignorance Is largely doe to the fact that land lords and time merchants and others who supply these tenants purposely keep the tenant miainformed because they do not want for theae tenants any system of marketing that might ever free the tenant from the bondage of ruin one time prieas. "Of course, the report of the Fed eral Trade commission and other well timed propaganda on the part of ena miea of co-operatire marketing were particularly aggravating aa waa the apparent lack of Immediate remsdial action with reference to theae things «■ |Im part of the board. Theae things wtn hindrances, hat a careful sum mmw of the situation intsrsstod hi in aaalMaaa ea a actios floors. They haw not yet the rtainn to reeagnlae la ahocked into con •tractive action in place of dallying with iaauaa and undertaking* that moat remain impossible of fulfillment *o long a* agriculture, the chief buai ness of the whole taction, i* p*nduc in* no income for underwriting these iseoes. Perhaps thi* may be made clear by making an example of one North Carolina county involved in the recent attempted (ignup of Tobacco Gower* association. Robe »on county last year prod weed around ten million pounds of tobacco. The difference between pre-aasociation average prices and average prices *ince the association was formed is around eight cento par pound for Rnbaaon territory. It eeeats, there fore. that the aaaociatlon last year cauaed more than a half million dol lars more than otharwlaa would have been paid for tobacco to be circulat ed through various channels of busi ness in Robeson county." FLU CLOSES NORTH WILKESBORO SCHOOL Ar* Takoa a* Epi Stage in Wilkae North Wilkesboro, N. C., March I. —With approximately thirty-five per cent of tta student body HI with influenza. Prof. Horace Bisk, princi pal, today suspended the high achool here until next Monday hi anticipa tion of an improvement In conditions. No fatalities have aa yet been report ed. It in understood, but many have developed pneumonia. The malady Is widespread in Wilkea County, too, according to report* of conditions by many county doctors. Sheriff G. G. Riled ire has two patients in his home, his two children, and on* of hi* neighbor* ha* thra* or four ill with flu. There arc numerous other caaaa that have come to public notice. Many are fearful that It will be a repetition of the fatal year of 1111 which took a heavy toll of life hare. Swam* Find Bridoa Too Costly N lahniy-Novgorod, Paeeis. Feb. IS.—Twa hundred Maalem youths, wishing to autrry, paUUuoed the Gov ernment today to abolish the present system of "selling marriageable girl* like cattle." Complaining that timaa are bad and the coat of living high, ths awaiais say they cannot pay the parents the prevailing compensation Mr young brides, which consista of (100 in caah, 100 pounds of sugar, IB pounds of butter, 4 pounds of Chinese tea, SS pounds of honey and two pairs of In addition to this, the bride receives from her spouse a dowry coaaprialng ten yards of material for a coat, nine yard* of satin, three woolen ahaw la, two pair* of ahoea, a woolen necker chief and a set of necklace* aad a bra ml at made of old silver Ow Too of Sagor Uao4 at koari Iff A Hon Grace aad Jailer Seb tar captured a still of M galksa ca pacity la Pocket The negro M. dy for a "re*" had the surpriae of Ms llfa Whan ha tamed arooad aad mo the approaching officer*. A "ran" waa than mad* hoi It waa by th* frightened n Ing through the tall timber* a the ttqaor. XI bag* af sugar tainlag 100 poeoda each had easpMed Ma MM galkma of LOW GAP VS. BN1 ■OUTS David OmM had a motto «W Mr* |M an right aad then |o ah—d," which it • iplwW om to follow h tu-Hjm at Dm OM Town DloUlct for they are the mm who maet yd op tho money. AD of us would Mho to mo both roods bo lit, aad battt they Will bo tn ttao. Mm wo eon got hat mm rood now every citiser and tu payor should ho tetafootod hi iwhn hit money expended whoto It will ■orro to tho hoot adrtnUfi to tho dis trict m a wholo. As wo sm It tho facta in tho pro mises ars about as follows: The Low Gap road, about eight miles in length, parallels the Carroll-Grayson bound ary line aad tho average distance be tween thorn is probably not above two miles; thus throwing tho road on the edge of the district, where in the Tory nature of the case but a small par cent of the people of the district would be benefitted. On the other hand the Knniee road runs through the very heart of the district and traverses the Old Town, Reavistown, Creoia and Dalhart com munities. and is in cloee touch with Round Meadows and Barwood neigh borhood* This road would un<|ueetionably servo more people of the district and the county than the Low Gap route possibly could. Then too. It tartar sects the Ennice-8 parte road tins forming a direct route to the county seat of Alleghany. As an asset to tho aterchaata of Galas there isnt much comparison between the two roads. The Law Gap toad would bring little bmisM which is not now coming to Galax, while the Eimiee road running as it does into the very heart of Alleghany County would bring bach to Galax a large part of the business of that county which has been loot to Galax since the construction of the Sparta Elkin road. i»rn.«rr» wjr umj prw fer to com* to Galax, that they have i a bfttw market her* for their pro duce, and if there li any on* thin* in the world that will rarely bring this bu*in*ss hack to Galar it hi the build ing of the Ennire road. What are the pointa in favor of the Low Gap road? One argument ia that it will rive Galax a direct outlet South, and that it would bring touriat travel our way. The Gasette would like to see all the touriat travel possible routed through Galax, but white we are build ing roads to accommodate touriat*, and that mmi to be the big idea in the mlnda of many what about get ting roads to accommodate the farmer whoa* huaincaa 1* really the life of the town. Many with whom we have talked are at the opinion that a good road connecting Gahui and Sparta and Roaring Gap will turn more touriata thia way than wtt a road to Low Gap. Anyway it ia a matter that should be gnoe into from every angle and what ever b heat for Galax and her trade territory ihould he dona. Bryaa EaUto Mm Th*» Half Million. Miami, F1a„ March Official ap | praiial of the estate of WUliam Jea I ningt Bryan, filed yesterday in Dade j county court, placed a valuation of tM8.MS.74 upon the properties of the late Commoner. The larger portion of this amount waa in real setate.The preaant Bryan home in Cocoonut Grove waa valued at M*.000, with other items including Ufa insurance.