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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 a<al| awrksting a healing agency
fer Mm gall tag eaabertog sore which
eoattoaes la he inflicted on agricul
com# willing to (in facta and rteef
nil* condition*. I hart faith to ba
ilor# that om thaaa leaden faoa
facta they viU ha >hocked 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. <lt.M7.8S; household
furniture, *S,#08.M; cash In hank
MUT-SS; stocks and iMmda MUSSJ4,
royalties, etc., MtM,
Appraiaal of the aatata had haen la
progress for several mantha and aaK
pteUoa wil psrssH.immediaU distri
bution by enecutera of the vartoaa ha
gnseta. many of which wB» go fer the
a# Galax
Gates Gazette,
Jmm Allen, • negro of about fifty
fhre year* of age was found guilty In
the mayor* court Tuesday morning of
storing liquor and was sentenced to
pay a fine of 1100 and coats and to
work on the streets three months.
The negro came to Galax several
months ago from Dobeon, North Car
olina, where it is reported he had got
ten into the meshes of the Prohibition
tew.
The officers had bean suspicious |
for some time that Allen's job as fur
nace tender for a number of Gates ea-1
tablishments was not his only
of support. Early Tuesday
they got a tip that a considerable
quantity of ardent spirits were stored
in Allen's home, so officers Anderson
and Dotaon made a search and found
three gallons hidden In different parte
of the h
ft la very evident that this old dar-1
hay has been paid by men of a differ
ent color and of higher order of intel
ligence to break the tew* of the tend
in order that their dep»a»ed appetitea
might ha
Is Army
Washington, Feb. 10.—President
Coolidge's action today in formally
approving the court-martial death
sentence imposed on Second Lieu
tenant John S. Thompson mads a pre
cedent in the history of the American !
system of military justice.
Lieutenant Thompson shot and kill
ed Miss Audrey Burleigh of Memphis,
when she was on a visit to her step
father, in officer in the Army Medical
Corps in the Philippines. He had
quarreled with the girl because she
had taken part in an amateur theatri
cal, and then fired five shots at her.
He surrendered to the military au
thorities, pleaded guilty at the trial
and the death sentence followed.
He is the first American officer
ever convicted by court-martial in
time on a murder charge and
to forfait his Ufa.
ft was not until lltl that the ar
ticles of war authorised eoart-mar
tial trial of persons fat military es
tablishments for crimes punlahable by
death. In that year the Ninety sac.
ond Article of Wat. under which
was found guilty, was ra
te make poesible such proced
ure. 8earch of War Department
records today failed to bring forth a
rim iter case. ,
Advised that he had loot a long
fight to save h*s son from being!
hanged the Bar. J. Milton Thomp
son, Piecbyterian minister, returned
to his home at Far Sockawsy, N. Y., ]
without the esacutlve clemency ha!
had hoped to obtain from President
Cootidge.
For a long time the elder Thomp
*on waged a lone fight to prove that
his sea's act waa the result of heredi
tary insanity. He
of the officer's cteamutoa at!
Went Point,
hi!
to show that he
Mr.
4
af New Tech |
and Charles D.
National
Talks By the
County Agent
t« hold
and invito in
the affect of the
It is impossible I
conditions to fW
grower ao ws arc trying to worit thru I
groups of people with the idea of |
reaching as many iiuwii as
Ma. In these meetings practical or
chard management, fertilisation and
cm are discussed. Keep in mind
that we are tryinf to reach as many
people as possible through certain def
inite demonstrations hoping that I
others win come and study the raeth-1
ods and results and return
carry out the same plan in his own]
orchard.
tm nrct orchard rutted la owned
hy T. N. Woodruff, Lowgap. This
orchard has been over pruned and a
Treat deal of food fruiting wood ha*
been cut oat eo we recotnponded the
growing of more fruiting span and
■praying aba proper fertilisation.
With proper care we think this or
chard will be producing a larger
amount of fruit in a few years.
Mr. Curt Blue, White Plains la plan
ning to sow some white eweet clover
in his apple orchard with the idea of
building up the fertility of the soli at
the least possible sxpenss. Sweet
clover is a great soil builder and goes
well with orchard management.
Mr. E. C Bhrens, near Mt. Airy is
planning to grow soy beans in his or
chard this year to build up the soil
fertility. He Is thinking seriously
shout liming his soil and the growing
of sweet clover.
Mr. A. V. West is following the
light method of pruning. Moat or
chards hsve been rather over pruned
than under.pruned so he is followed
the newer methods on pruning. Mr.
Niswonger pruned several peach trees
to illustrate the new method and ex
plained the reasons back of light
pruning.
Ur Curran Smith.'State Road is
orchard in connection
crops on the farm—he
is running a few dairy cows and
to bring in ready
of the year—this
is a excellent Idea of having some
—l 1 uk fmgrowing.
has a
to
about ready to
produce heavy crops and with proper
fertilisation, spraying and ears in
two or three years will be producing
heavy crops. Mr. Wood asked
help to find him a
years. He is not able to sae after
this himself.
ft seems to me to ha a very goad
opportunity for sows ons to gat In the
fruit business on a short notice with
out waiting several years before re
ttvraa mh Ka avnartMi
COLE CASE REVIVES INTER
EST
Hearst Papers Us* It as Basis
for Pas* Spread of Killings
Charlotte, March 9 — Echoes of the
famous Cols episode at Boclcingham
continue to reverberate through ths
country, the latest outburst on the be
wildering eass being a par* spread la
the Hearst papers, which circulate
from New York to Saa frantieou.
The feature is Isvishly lllastsstsd
with photographs and pen sketches,
showing large pictures of Elisabeth
Cole, the girl in the case, aad Bill Or
mond, her sweetheart, slain last Aug
ust by her wealthy fsther.
The article purports to be a treat
ise on the cheapness of htnaan Ufa—a
"whither are we drifting?" effort—
but contents itself with • lerlee of
the sensstional facts, 1 saving sen
cluaions to the reader.
Othsr Cssss
mentions the Wiles eass in Durham
—Durham, 8outh Carolina." It asserts
confidently—wherein the hwshaad,
tracked down his wife and her lever,
killing them both, and—liks Colo—
was found not guilty of murder.
A complete history of the Cole
case is given in the story, beginning
with the boy-snd-gir! courtship be
tween Bill Ormond and Elisabeth Cole,
his departure for duty in France, his
return, deaf and shattered, his desire
to marry her and her father's objec
tions, his audacious attempt to con
vince Cole that the laws of morality
demanded that he aad Elisabeth
marry, Cote*« placing the luastiuctioa
of slander and threat upon the letter
—and the shooting. Cole claimed ha
was temporarily insane.
North Carolina is before a greet
while to hare smother chapter in the
affair when Be*. A. L. Oi mood's
suit for damages agatest ths Bosk
trial. The minister, failing to fat
what he considered to be soeential Jus
tice la criminal court. Is attacking
Cole's financial resources. Chief pub
lic interest, as expeeeeed. Use la
whether the trial wffl bring to light
the letters which Elisabeth Cole wrote
to BUI Ormond. thees being supprsoe
ed through rules of sridsnas in tto
murder triaL
In 0m meantime, the Cob family,
having pesssd through aa ordeal
which attracted the Mareet of Bul
lions of people, conttaaee hi lsck>
ingham. No one question. the san
ity of the father. He operates his
cotton mill as usual. Many frisnis
have supported hhn through tisidlew
companionship.
Mount Airy Bneti Ne. t, Mar. %—