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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, 'TUESDAY, MARCH 22; 1920
NUMBER 23
( lAv iLI K COUNTY TOBACCO j MR. T. LANIER QUOTES
. -in H'A1?TU "l?rf 7TT1 UTHJ
iKKI DOLLARS PER ACRE
'
vC Value Per Acre of Plow
FROM SECTION FIVE OF
THE REVALUATION ACT
COUNTY CONTEST IN
I
PEACE RESOLUTION
BREAD BAKING TO !
TAKE PLACE APRH 24
C
in
aiv
acre
1 ! N in North Carolina Is $64
s.iVS Fvank Parker Large Farms
; Tobacco Territory Have
S:id is High As $500 Per Acre
Corn Supplies on Farms Low.
Frank Parker, Director of the
o;. reporting service, states that
tl.o tobacco territory, large farms
ov.n 10 sen lor over $ouu per
la fact, near a small village
county, forty acres of cut
(',ur had. not having a cleared acre
. ;;nr- mi it snlrl fnr fhia f i cm ro
TIU fvtra.se value per acre of plow
li-ids in North Carolina is reported
n be St 4 for good cultivated lands
$$!). and for -plow lands $44 an acre.
The average value of all farm lands
including improvements thereon is
estimated at $75 while those without
such improvements are valued at $55
an acre. The Cro'p Reporting Ser
vice is expecting soon to issue a de
tailed report of land values by coun
ties as well as other valuable infor
mation for the benefit . of farmers
and business men.
Referring to the high cost of liv
ing, some critics blame the farmers.
According to the official estimates!
showing the stocks of corn, wheal,
and oats now on farms and of the
per cent shipped out of counties
where grown, the North Carolina Co
operation Crop Reporting Service ex
tends some interesting light on the
subject. Yet even with this evidence
of plentifulness of grain crops on
farms, we doubt if there will be
much change in the trend of move
ment of restless farmers from the
country to the town..
On March 1, as reported by over
400 r
Nothing Puts Edge On One's Think-1 It Means t Better Bread For the Sake
ing Like Coming On New and In-j Of Better Health,
teresting Truth. j. The Better .Bread Contest that
UUUU1 ruuuu meager: , Was advertised to take place
1 had not intended taking any part
on
in the discussion of the Revaluatron
Act, but since the merits and de
merits of this act are being discus
sed in. the papers, I would like to
call ai$ontion to two things in con
nectiorf therewith which appear to
me very vital to the interest of the
people.
The first is, the error into which
the appraisers have fallen, under
the law, in arriving at the values
fixed by them upon our land. As to
j' this, I quote from section 5 of the
Revaluation Act: x
In considering the increased "
cost of material and labor,
these 'factors shall be consider-'
ed upon the basis of such in
crease as may be demanded to
be normal or stable and not
such temporary increase as ob
tained during or immediately on
account of war conditions and
' in estimating the real value of
land it shall be ftth reference
to normal or stable values and
not with reference to temporar
ily inflated values.
That our currency has been in
flated beyond the dreams of the
wildest free-silver advocate no one
will deny; That the present price of
farm products is entirely due to
this inflation of the currency and
under production will not be denied;
That the high price of land is due
to the high price of farm products
and that all of the foregoing is due
directly . to abnormal conditions
arising out of the war cannot be
eput able farmers from over the gainsaid; The Federal Government,
IS CONGRESS PLAN
AS TREATY PAILS
Paris Pact, Beaten 49-35, May Be
come Vital Issue in Coming Campaign.
vvasnington, March 22. The
CALL FOR GRANVILLE CO. j THE GREAT REVIVAL CAME v
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION I ' TO A CLOSE SUNDAY
County Convention To Be Held Sat-More Than Five -Hundred Rededi-
cated Their Lives Fine Com
munity Spirit Manifested in
Town and County.'
The revival service at the Oxford
state, forty-five per cent of last
year's corn crop still remained on
the farms where produced. This is
equivalent to 24,795,000 bushels
which is seven millions short of the
amount a year ago, and five millions
short of two years ago.
UFK FOR THOSE IN
THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Mr. Sam Colin Will Take Subscrip
tions To. Relieve Suffering In
Eastern Europe. '
Conditions in Eastern Europe are
far v-orse now than theyhae ever
been before. Six million Jews, in
cluding over 1,000,000 children are
enduring terrible suffering and are
facing annihilation through lack of
food and disease.
"A report to the American Jewish
Relief Committee from . the Euro
pean Relief General states that ty
phus, raging all over Poland is af
fecting 95 per cent of the population
of that country and threatens its
destruction. Relief funds are being
used to fight the terrible epidemic,
fcut owing to lack of medicines and
clothing as well as to the " under
rourifhed condition of the people,
it is almost impossible to combat it
and the report states that it threat
ens all of Eastern Europe.
As a Passover gift for the aid of
thf'ir sufferinsr nennle in Eastern
CD XT i
Kumpp, who are beginning . their
Eixth year of starvation and misery
as a result of the war, North Caro
lina Jewry under the leadership of
1- Sit rnberger of Greensboro, will
!i-'1:" an appeal for relief funds Ap
ril 1th to 10 th.
appealing to prominent Jews
'iuc.yphout the state asking them to
"'n'' chairman in their cities and
" '"is, Mr. Sam Cohn has "consented
to t il:e the subscription in Oxford.
when it made excess value of land
taxable as income, realized that it
was not real value or stable value
but that it was inflated value due
to war conditions.
Therefore, to value land at pre
sent prices is contrary, to the spirit
and purpose of the act as most of
this value is temporary inflation
which has obtained durinj or im-1 lr-
mediately on account of war condi
tions and in the end this' is bound
to work "harm to the people, for
when we return to normal and pre
war conditions you will 'find land
' bringing a much smaller 'return to
the owner and investor and as a
conequence the price willdrop to a
"level with the returns "to be had
from the land. We will then be
left with the high valuation on low
priced lands and to argue that poli
tical parties would not take advan
tage of it, is to beg the question, for i
every' one knows that either party
would use this taxing power to fur
ther its own ends and to create
places and pay for its political work
ers and heelers.
The second is, the enormous
and useless expense of putting the
act into effect.
As to this, I have been told by one
March 27 in the office of the Home
Demonstration. Agent has been post
poned until April 24 in -order that
there may be time for the prelimi
nary contests at the various schools
in the county.
The contest is planned and arran
ged for the one purpose of impres
sing the housekeepers of the county,
and the school girls who will be
the housekeepers of tomorrow, with
the importance of having better
bread for the sake of better health.
Many demonstrations in making
quick biscuit have been given at the
schools and at club meetings dur
ing the past few weeks. These will
be continued until twenty five meet
ings have been held for the express
purpose of studying bread making.
Only baking powder biscuit and but
termilk biscuit are called for in the
contests. The premiums offered
for the best biscuit made of the vari
ous brands of flour are nu?nerous
and valuable. A copy of the prem
iums may be obtained from the
Home Demonstration Office, also a
copy of the score card for judging
biscuit. Entries are open to any
woman or girl, in the county.
A special program has oeen pre
pared for the day of the contest, and
a lunch will be served to all the ex
hibitors in the Home Demonstration
Office where' the exhibits will be
placed.
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, State
Agent in Home Demonstration
Work, will be present and will de
liver a lecture at 2 P. M. in the Li
brary. Everybody is invited to at
tend this lecture.
LILLIAN W. CAPEHART,
Home Demonstration Aont.
urday, April 3rd Precinct Meet-
ings On Saturday, March 27. :
The Democrats of Granville Coun-1
treaty of Versatile was returned tnl? are hereby called to assemble in!
President Wilson last Saturday by! County Convention in the Court j Methodist Church came' to a close
fS.tt'enaie a!lerit had failed of ratH House in' Oxford on Saturday, Ap- j last Sunday night. During the two
ncation tor the fourth time. i'ril Srri lajrfl. at 19 Ainofa- m pa-I weeks service more than 500 neo-
r - f i v M A. r a r JF M AM V V Iw U. A - - - AT
what tS. -T f in.lmall0n asto cinct meetings are to be. held at the
Zftl ?ref dent Was would do 1 usual polling-places in such pre
with the treaty. White House offi-( cincts as desired to do so on .Satur
als said the usual-procedure would day, March 27, at 2 o'clock P. M.
L Mr iSe State DePartment j Any precinct that so desires may
tor burial m the archives there, j'hold precinct meetings on the day
wo'q decisjye.. roll-call the vote! named, or all Democrats from the
was 49 for ratification to 35 against : several precincts may assemble in
the opposition numbering in its rank, mass convention on Saturday, April
tL fev,mtC f wh0iwere unwilling tof 3. at which time delegates to tne
ncaij 6u imuusn Wlin .tne 'State nnnvpntinn will ho rpTa.
republican reservations objected to
Dy tne President and three demo
cratic and twelve republican irreconcilable.
Senator Simmon's Views.
Senators Simmons and Overman
voted against the treaty ratification
resolution. They stood by the Presi
dent. Had thev decided in .rpttim?
Senator Lodge to agree to a modifi
cation of his reservation ' on article
10 they would have voted for the re
solution but failing in this they re
Where no prefiinct meetings are held
all Democrats from that precinct are
entitled to attend the County Con
vention. In precincts where such
meetings are held delegate? to the
County Convention will be- selected
as follows, together with an equal
number of alternates:
Dement 3
Bell Town 4
Wilton ' . 5
Grissoni , 4
Creedmbor 5
ADMIRAL- BENSON TALKED
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH ! 'American stage for a year, until the
fused to help him through any such s Wilkins . . 3
yiuyusiuon.
Senator Simmons does not see how
the treaty 'can be made a party is-
'sue in the coming campaign. It will
be in the fight but both parties are
divided, on it; ,
V-r;.What Hoover Sees.
"Through our. failure victory may
turn only, to vnw, antagonisms."
Germany-probably will not accept
Versailles treaty terms from United
States.
A political league may develop
against America, the great creditor
'nation.
The reparation commission, the
most powerful economic body in the
world, will at least neglect United
States interests.
The treaty must "be kept on the
He Is the Man Who Told Sims Not
to Let British Pull the Wool Ov-
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Stem ,
Geneva .....
Howard
Berea
Oak Hill....
Buchanan
Bullock ....
Stovall .
Salem ......
North Oxford
South Oxford 9
All Democrats are urged to attend
the precinct meetings where held
and also to be present at the mass
convention in the Court House on
Saturday April 3.
This March 22, 1920.
D. C. HUNT.
Chrm. Dem. Ex. Com.
BRANTWOOD HOSPITAL
in a position to know, that the di
WOI IMUCE OFFERED FOR
MAIN STREET PROPERTY
rect cost to Granville County of re
valuation will not be less than $10,
000.0Q and when we add to this
Granvill's portion of the salaries
and fees paid to State Officials con
nected with this work and its flart ;
of the other expense indident there
to this sum will certainly not fall
far short of $12,000.00.
Taking Granville as an average
County the cost of re-valuation to
the entire State will approximate
$1,200,000 and a very great part of
er His Eyes -Admiral Sims Also
Made a Few Remarks. ,
(Washington Spepial)
Rear-Admiral William S. Benson,
then chief of naval operations, was
the official who told Eiear-Admiral
Sims "not to let the British pull the
wool over your eyes; we would as
soon, fight them as the Germons,"
Admiral Sims testified today before
the Senate investigating committee.
"Admiral : Benson's statement
should never have been made pub
lic," said Senator Pittman, resum
ing cross-examinatio.n.
"Do you mean by me?" asked Ad
miral Sims.
"By you or anyone else,' replied
the Senator. "It referred to a great
power with which we were on
friendly terms and it was given to
you in strict confidence so seceretly
that it could not even be put in
writing.'
"It ,was not given to me in confi
dence," said the Admiral. "It was
told me in a room before other nav
al officers." .
"Yes, it was confined to you be
fore other naval officers, who, like
yourself, are supposed to know what
to talk about and whot not to talk
ueAi aummisirauon, wniie we re
main legally at war with Germany,
or must make a separate peace.
America will face a huge military
bi:dgtr with - billons of tax yearly
for armament.' "'$. "' -Cause
of Defeat
The Treaty was not defeated be
cause it was in any way objection
able to patriotic America, but be
cause its adoption would have been
an endorsement of the contentions of
a Democratic President. Whatever
the possible consequences of rejec
tion of the Treaty, that is the clearly
established cause for its defeat. '
IT PAYS TO LOOK AROUND
this sum will be paid to men hold-! about," said Senator Pittman.
I iuhty-Seven Feet Fronting On Main
Ktiwt In Residential Section Bid
l'r .$0,300.
portion of the old Landis home
I'loperty on Main street, owned bv
' :laria B. Landis, was o'ffered
sal- at public auction at the
LOU
ing offices newly created by our
'last Legislature.
This sum must be paid from taxes
levied and collected out of an al
ready overburdened people.
Is this too high or too low for
the work?
The people who have this to pay
should inform themselves and then
! pass judgment on the ones respon- j
sible for this expenditure of their
money. T. LANIER.
"We naval officers made up our
minds to one thing," said Admiral
Sims, "and that was we will never
go into another war in the condition
in which we went into this one."
PRISON SENTENCE AND TEN
THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE
FOR SENATOR NEWBERRY
house door last Saturday.
' property is on the east side of
rjt and is situated between
' raises of Dr. E. T. White on
-;h and Mr. J. Robert Weod on
''i, ana nas a trontage or i
"1 extends back about 150 feet.
r'-hial dwelling of the late Mr.
: 's the only building on the
ify. but the storms of many
i": ha.VP imnnirofl ito nooMnPRS
;1 repair.
A. H. Powell bid the property
i;' r- owner at $6,300. Miss
li-'l recently stated that she
'-rjt sell the property for less
: "00 and she expected that it
$9,000.
H ill property on the opposite
Wonting 80 feet on Main and
back more than two hun
t on Sycamore street, recent-
;i w $7,500.
!: l: TO TAX PAYERS
AND LANDOWNERS
SWEET POTATO ASSOCIATION
TO BE ORGANIZED IN CREED
MOOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A Number of Distinguished Speak
ers Will Be Present.
Convicted of Criminal Conspiracy in
Election of 1918 Brother ana
Fifteen Managers Share Fate
Says He Will Retain Seat Unless
Senate or Supreme Court Decides
' Otherwise.
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 20.
Our Streets and Parkways Are Much
Admired.
Editor Public Ledger:
While in the live and hustling
town of Henderson, recently I met a
very fine gentleman, who is a friend
of mine and who is also the City Re
corder, and he asked me about the
robbery of the Oxford postoffice re
cently and remarked that he had no
idea a place like Oxford ever had
one-fourth as much on hand as was
stolen.
I requested him to take a trip to
Oxford and see what is here, and he
replied by saying that last summer
his wife visited Oxford and that
when she got back home she told her
husband that she had always" felt
sorry and sympathized with Oxford
from what she had always heard;
but when she saw Oxford's beautiful
streets and parkways, all in bloom
with fresh and fragrant flowers,
she then turned her sympathy to her
home town.
However, this is not strange, for
I have been in twenty-seven states of
the Union and in many cities and
small towns, and I have yet to visit
a town the size of Oxford which has
more attractive places to live and
better streets. Henderson is a good,
town and has a lot of citizens who
believe in doing things and who are
real hustlers of the 1920 type. .
J. B. MAYES-
Getting Ready To Open By the First
Of September.
Doctors Watkins, Thomas and
Bullock have already made consider
able headway at "Bran twood," which
is being converted into a modern
hospital. , " '
They hare already purchased thir
ty beds and other equipment, and a
lady superintendent of large experi
ence has been elected.
There is considerable work to be
done in the way of 'remodling : and
erecting a building for the accommo
dation of colored patients. This
building will stand some distance in
rear of the main building.
: The management announce that
they hope to be able to open for busi
ness by the first of September.
"I have visited many hospitals,"
said Dr. Thomas, "and I can state
with a degree of certainty that our
equipment will compare favorably
with any. hospital jn the South."
One of the features of the hospi
tal will be the private chambers fit
ted up with the telephone system,
enabling patients in Oxford and the
surrounding country to be in close
communication with their families
and their business. .
pie rededicated their lives to the
cause of Christ; 100 asked for
membership in the various Church
es, and 30 members of out-of town
Churches will join the Oxford Chur
ches by letter. The free will of
fering to Evangelist Price and his
singer, Mr. Stentz, amounted to
$1,765.
A most commendable community "
spirit was manifested . throughout
the. two weeks service, and practi
cally everybody in Oxford came un
der the influence of the GospeL
The church has a seating capacity
of 700 people, and the sanctuary
was crowded at every service. By
multiplying 700 by the number of
services .held it will be seen that
more than 20.000 people crowded
into the church during the revival,
counting those who attended one or
more services. The attendance from
out of town was very good indeed,
but not so large as it would hae
' been should the services have been
held in a warehouse or hall with
larger seating capacity.
It was through the instrumental
ly of Dr. R, C. Craven, pastor of
the Oxford Methodist Church, that
Evangelist Price and his singer
came to Oxford and held the servi
ces in the Methodist Church, but in
the strict sense of the word it
was a union meeting of all of the
Oxford Churches in which all the
ministers took an active part The
community spirit was beautiful to
'behold and it is of a lasting nature.
Speaking of the meeting, Dr. Cra
ven stated that there is a movement
on foot to hold a big revival of a
county-wide nature in one of the
warehouses in June or July; that
Dr. Harte, pastor of the Oxford
Baptist Church, will probably make
all necessary arrangements, and
that he and other ministers,, irres-
pective of denomination, would ded
icate their Services to , the success
of the meeting. , ' -
A LESSON IN THRIFT
CONSUMER WHO DIDN'T PAY
TVTr- T T. Tmro ftranvillfi P.miTltV
Farm Aeent. has 'called a meeting Truman H, Newberry, junior United
tr
have sold land recently and
"e purchaser toj'pay the tax
U2). call immoAotolir q the
ujuivVIiU tvij W 1 v
' ;jrrvisor's office" and have the
3 Din OP nn t"h a vnnrwAa V .
r -l persons who failed to list their
';-',;!al Property with the Town
;'ip list taken must list at once at
' - jax Supervisor's office, Oxford.
W. A. PARHAM,
Tax Supervisor.
at Creedmoor Wednesday nigm,
March . 24, . for the purpose of or
ganizing "The Granville County
Sweet Potato Association."
Among the noted speakers who
will be present on this occasion to
discuss ways and means, Farm Ag
ent Dove announced the following:
Messrs. Shoemaker, chiet discus
sion of markets; Dr. Jehle, exten
sion pathologist; P. T. Schooley,
extension horticulturist; C. A. Mac
hews, state horticultorial.
TWO MEN TO INSPECT
v . . -4r a rnn
HIGH SCHOOLS -m SiAixj
Prof. J. H. Highsmith and Prof. N
W. Walker to do Work Heretofore
Done by Latter. '
the general education
board has decided that, the time of
two men instead of one should be
devoted to the inspection of high
schools in North' Carolina. Prof. N.
W. Walker. ' of the University of
North Carolina, who for 15 years
has had sole charge of inspection,
will henceforth divide the work with
J. Henry Highsmith. of the state
board of examiners. , ,
FOUR PRETTY AND BRIGHT
NORTH CAROLINA PAGES
States senator from Michigan, was
today convicted by a Jury of having
conspired criminally in 1918 to vio
late the election laws. He was sen
tenced by Judge Clarance W- Sessions
to two years' imprisonment and fin
ed $10,000, released on bond pend
ing an appeal, and at once issued a
statement declaring his intention to
retain his seat in the upper house,
unless that body decides otherwise,
or the supreme court upholds his
"conviction. ,
Sharing the fate of the senator
were his brother, John S. Newberry,
and 15 campaign managers, includ
ing Frederick Cody, New York, and
Paul H. King, Detroit. Both these
men received the limit sentence with
their chief.
Charles A. Floyd, Detroit, was also
sentenced to two years in the peni
tentiary, but he was fined only half
as much as Newberry.
: The brother was fined $10,000 and
was one of four who were not sen
tenced to Leavenworth. The - light
est sentence went to George S. Ladd,
of Sturbridge, Mass.. and he was
fined $1,000-
They Are Misses Taylor, Graves,
Baldwin and Caldwell.
A report has just been made of
the very particular honor paid to
North Carolina by the State and Na?
tional regents of the D. A. R. in ap
pointing four North Carolina girls as
pages to the 29th annual congress.
Which will be held in Continental
Memorial hall.Washington, D. O.,
April 19. Every State is supposed
to furnish two pages appointed and
approved by the State and National
regent, but upon this occasion four
young ladies from the State have
been chosen. They re as follows:
Miss Pauline Taylor, of Winston
Salem; v Miss Elizabeth Graves, of
Yanceyville ; Miss Annie Wall Bald
win, of Charlotte, and Miss Adelaide
Caldwell; of Charlotte-
Hail, Spring! You're a won
der! Of joy you're the chum. V
faith there's no reason to grieve
when the flowers and birds give
their ;promrse to come, and the trees
are beginning to leave. When each
sweet- growing thing and" each bird
on the wing join in giving Dame
Nature a cheer! When each young
fellow's fancy is turning to Nancy
then spring is officially here
Of course, he was rich and lived in
New York; therefore could afford to
refuse to pay.
Had he been poor he would have
paid without a word when the deli
catessen dealer sent him a bill for
$25 for a boiled ham.
But this man being rich, like the
Bolshevists, sent the bill back to be
erased, with the word that he would
not pay more than $1 a pound for
ham, and that the ham weighed only
fourteen pounds, he would pay only
$14 for it
As proof of his intentions he sent
along a check for $14.
A jury just sustained him in his
view that $1 a pound was enough for
ham. '
. So here is a short way with profi
teers, if you have the leisure and
money to undergo a lawsuit.
If not, there is no hope. ,
At least not now.
WARSHIP MARYLAND
GREATEST IN WORLD
v LAUNCHED SATURDAY
Work, Cooperation and Thrift Go
Hand-In-Hand.
Put one hundred men on an island
where iish is a staple article of suste
nance. Twenty-five of the . men
catch fish. Twenty-five others clean
V-m fish- TwLty five cook t'le '.h.
Twenty-five hunt fruit and vegetables-
So Jong as everybody works
there is plenty. All hands are
happy. v
Ten of the alloted fish catchers
stop.
Ten moV t'ry and hide part of the
fish they catch.
Five continue to catch fish, but
work only part of the day at it.
Fewer fish go into the kitchen.
But the same number of men in
sist upon having the same amount of
fish. -
The 50 men who formerly cleaned
and cooked the fish have less to do
owing to the under supply of fish.
But they continue to demand food.
.,' Grandually greater burdens are
laid upon the fruit and vegetable
hunters. These insist upon a larger
share of fish in return for their lar
ger efforts in gathering fruit and
vegetables. It is denied them and
soon 20 of the 25 quit.
But the entire 100 men continue
to insist upon their right to eat.
The daily food supply gradually
shrinks. The man with two fish de
mands three bananas in exchange for
one of them. The man with two ba
nanas refuses to part ,with one for
fewer than three fish.
' Finally the 10 men remaining at
work quit in disgust. The hidden
fish are brought to light and consumed-
Comes a day when there is no
1 food of any kind- ' Everybody blam
es everybody else. .
What would seem to be the solu
tion?
Exactly! We thought you would
guess it.
For we repeat that you can't eat,
buy, sell, steal, give away, hoard,
wear, use, play with or gamble with
what isn't. Editorial in the Chicago
Herald and Examiner.
The battleship Maryland, the
greatest craft in the world, was suc
cessfully launched at the plant of
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock Company, Newport'. News,
last Saturday morning. Mrs. E.
Brooke Lee, wife of the controller
of Maryland, was the sponsor.
DON'T ENLARGE THE TOBAC
CO ACREAGE THIS YEAR
Strong Letter From Mr. Brummitt.
Mr. D. G. Brummitt has an article
on the -subject, of taxation which he
asked us to publish in-this issue , of
the Public ,Ledger, but-owin to the
crowded condition of 6ur colums it
is 'impossible to get it in today's
paper- It will appear in our issue
of Friday. - - .
The Aurora Borealis was plain
ly visible in Oxford and vicinity
Monday night, and -was reported to
be playing his pranks. over, the north
ern skies as far south as Florida.
The spectacular display attracted
attention5 all over the country.
Avoid Low Prices, Disappointment
and Loss.
The Southern Tobacco Journal
sounds the following warning: "A
privilege and duty devolves u?on
warehousemen . to ..discourage farm
ers in any plans to greatly enlarge
this year's tobacco acreage. No
other men know better than do the
warehouse managers that any con-,
siderable increase in production is
bound i to react injuriously ,upon
growers of the weed; and that such '
,a result will tend to demoralize them
and the trade in general. - Lower
prices, with consequent disappoint
ment and loss, will naturally cause
a greatly aiminisnea acreage an
other year; and this will bring about
such an unsettled market that it
will take another year or so for the
trade to regain its -equilibrium.
A campaign is being quietly
condncted by the Lite, Law and Or-,
der League to abolish capital pun
ishment in North Carolina. . ; '
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