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VOLUME XXVII.
CO-OP. DRIVE
IN CITY OF WILSON
10,000 Contracts Signed In Wide
Canvass of North and South
Carolina Farmers.
SANDS AND OTHERS TALK
,
The world's largest Co-operative
Marketing Association entered the
world's largest tobacco market at
Wilson, N. C., on Saturday, July 8th,
marking the climax of the whirlwind
campaigns in the Crolinas which
have resulted in a ten thousand in
crease in membership for the Tobac
co Growers' Co-operative Associa
tion within the past ten weeks.
Oliver J. Sands, Executive , Mana
ger of the Association of 75,000 to
bacco growers addressed the mam
moth mass meeting of tobacco grow
ers, merchants and bankers from
Eastern Carolina.
More than a thousand contracts a
week have been pouring steadily into
Raleigh headquarters and mark the
successful campaigning which con
tinues in South Carolina, Virginia
and Eastern North Carolina.
The recent statement of C. C. Car
rington, President of the United
States Tobacco Association, that the
Tobacco Growers' Co-operative As
sociation is now grown into a ivz
midable rival to the independent
dealers and warehousemen, has been
followed by some of the most hoatilo
advertising which has yet appeared
in opposition to the organized
growers.
This opposition is stirring thai
growers to redouble tueir ertorts, aim
1 It i 1 SW ill
more than 600 contracts from Virgin
ia have come in since the recent meet
ings at South Boston, Chatham,
Gretna, Burkeville, Amelia and Drak
es Branch and Bedford, where Sena
tor Borah, Oliver J. Sands, J. Y. Joy
ner, Joseph M. Hurt and other lead
ers of the big Co-operativ address
ed thousands of growers
With 58 per cent of the tobacco
crop of South Carolina on signed con
tracts listed by growers, by pounds
and acres at Raleigh headquarters of
the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
Association, officials of the" organized
tobacco growers here yseterday dis
counted the report of independent
warehousemen that only 26 per cent,
of the South Carolina crop was sign
ed with the Association.
Hundreds of new contracts arriv
ing daily from South Carolina are
pushing the large majority member
ship of the big: producing counties to
higher percentage each week. Wil4
hamsburg County now passes a 90
Per cent sign-up, Florence County is
steadily climbing from 80 to 90 per
cent., and Darlington County which
signed over a hundred growers in the
last few days is close to the three
quarter mark.
Robeson County sent, in 72 con
tacts in a single day last week and
18 now close to a" 90 per cent, raera-
hership.
LIFE.
n an oak tree near my window still,
One little., leaf,
s weathered many storms and
winds but now, it's all but gone,
seems that I can hear almost, it's
farewell wail of grief
0r a11 it's mates have f allen and it
I han&'s up there alone,
watched this little leaf awhile for
Ho sure I knew SQ wel,
ow very soon it too WQuld faU Hke
those gone on ahead,
nw the little stem gave way
and tremblingly it fell
iU rest. v, ......
bro
viever with it's mates Ml
wn, withered and dead.
X
A Wave c j
j,. 1 sadness o'er me stole, and
I thoUghfeKd th6re aWMle' laSt
all 1 this life of mine and
Since st " rs that're past
artmg on life's journey three
So ma? tenet
xay more have passed away,
wish I might forget
Uf
When 1 beix' this jour
1 nev P the hiU
evLdreamed that troubles would
den,v t0 me tin
T emed lT f SrrW m Jt
Wre-L. WeiSht' I thought, would
my very soul.
- Continued On Page 8
END
GETS SIX MONTHS
FOR MAKING RUM
"Six months" on the road and cost,"
Judge T. O. Rodwell said to Tom
Shearin, colored; convicted of man
ufacturing whiskey. The whiskey
was ordered destroyed Chiefs E. L.
Green and T. H. Robertson caught
Shearin. The case of Mark Richard
son, put under bond in Shocco Town
ship on July 4 after a raidjby Green
4 and Robertson, was continued to
July 17.
In State vS' Tom Caldwell, sent up
by Justice Jack Nicholson the de
fendant requested a jury trial. The
cast was continued until Monday.
State againsjt Ben Nicholson, as
sault with deadly weapon, was con
tinued under bond as was the case
against Willie Nicholson.
PHILATHEA CLASS GIVES MRS.
C.P.ALLEN SURPRISE SHOWER.
The Philathea Class of the Bap
tist Church surprised Mrs. Cv Pryor
Allen with a miscellaneous shower
at the Eugene Allen home on Wed
nesday evening. Gifts and guests
beseiged the home amid welcomes.
Tokens of esteem came with the
wish that they might be of use.
Those who made up the happy
surprises of the evening were Mrs
V. L. Pendleton, Mrs. J. M. Gardner
Mrs. Walter White, Mrs. B. P. Ter
rell, Mrs. Tom Gardner, Mrs. E. L
Knight, Mrs. Karel Faas, Mrs. W. W
Kidd, Mrs. A. S. Reid, Mrs. A. P
Reid, Mrs. H. A. Moseley, Mrs. S. J
Burrow, Mrs. W. D. Weldon, Mrs. C
F. Humphlett, Mrs. A. C. Blalock
Mrs. J. S. Bell, Mrs. M. C. Winston;
Misses Ida Allen, Mamie Gardner
Alize Rboker. Elizabeth Rooker. Mil-
dred An Mary Harris, Sallie Ah
'
len, Lottie Bell, Mabel Robertson, and
Cate Monroe Gardner.
SLIGHT INCREASE IN
RETAIL FOOD PRICES
WASHINGTON, July 11. A slight
increase in the retail cost prices of
food products in 18 out of 22 repre
sentatives cities of the country oc
curred from May 15 to June 15, ac
cording to a statement issued today
by the department of labor.
Newark, N.w York and Pittsburgh
noted an increase of three per cent;
Bridgeport, Chicago, Cincinnati, Kan
sas City, Milwuakee and Rochester,
two per cent; Baltimore, Dallas, Fall
River; New Haven, Philadelphia,
Richmond and Scranton, one per
cent; Portland, Maine, Washington
D. C, Manchester, N. H., Norfolk,
and . Providence, less than five tenths
of one per cent.
For the year period, June 15, 1921,
to June 15, 1922, nineteen of the
twenty-two cities showed , a decrease.
"Yes," he said fervently,
my fortune at your feet."
I lay
"Your fortune!" she exclaimed,
"didn't know you had one."
"WelLit isn't much of one," he ad
mitted; "but it will look large be
sidethose tiny feet."
Ladies Home Journal
PICK SALES AGENT
FOR THREE STATES
C. B. Howard of Atlanta, formerly
of Inman and Howard, cotton brokers,
has been elected sales manager for
the North Carolina, Alabama and
Georgia Cotton Growers' Cooperative
Marketing associations, according to
an annuncement by the North Car
olina association at Raleigh on Mon
day. ,
Selection of Mr.. Howard for the
job of selling, with the approval of
the board of directors, ot over ou,
members representing
cnn nnn hnlps of cotton, was
made" at a meeting of the directors of
r t 1 1 j i iiiaii uw.vw
the three associations at Atlanta the
past week, which was attended by
W. H. Austin, President, and Dr. B.
W. Kilgore, Director, of the North
Carolina association. ' ' ;
Mr. Howard, who was highly in
dorsed for the position by J. E. Lath
am, well known cotton broker of
Greensboro, has been in the cotton
business for more than 20 years and
is recognized as an outstanding cot
ton merchant in the southeast. Dur
ing the past few years the firm, of
which he had been an active member,
has handled as high as 300,000 bales
of cotton in a single year.
WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN,
Ewope Greets
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Former Presidents Taft made no flamboyant announcement of his
trip to Europe-this summer, still he is being received with enthusiasm
and. interest at every center visited. In London he was honored at
state affairs and dinners in a way befitting his ability. The fact that he
is now chief Justice of the United States impresses Europe. The tour
is developing into triumphal trip not unlike that tendered other presi
dents on visits there. Picture shows Mr. and Mrs. Taft arriving in
France. It also shows how the former president has lost in weight. 1
COMMENDS WORK
OF MISS POWELL
When one .our owu young wo
men overcomes di$teu$ies in thepre
paration of herself for the iie worth
while, it is proper to express some
appreciation of her commendable
achievements, though ske is still in
active service. Too many flowers are
placed upon graves.
RQfereneg is made in these lines to
Miss Mary Bbbitt Powell,' one of
Warren County's most deservingj
young women, who has been suc
cessfully engaged in High Befeool
work in Halifax County for the last
six years, and that immediately fol
lowing her graduation from North
Carolina College for Women. Four
of these years, at the least, Miss
Powell has rendered highly accept
able service as Principal ef the
Roanoke Rapids High School, being
situated the past year in one the most
imposing and thoroughly furnished
school buildings in North Carolina.
Throughout the -community, where
her labors hav hfgn so abundant and
proficient, her name is used affection
ately and appreciatively in almost
every household. She shared her la
bors with the Church and, Sunday
School, and their salutary' influence
will abide. It may be added that re
gret, general and sincere, was "felt
and spoken when it became known
that she had decided to accept a po
sition with Raleigh High Schools for
the next year.
It needs scarely be said that Miss
Powell fully believes Pope's fami
liar line. "AJittJg tearing is a dan
gerous thing." Her Summer Course
at Harvard and her work with vQur
North Carolina University and Trin
ity College Summer School strongly
and wisely indicates her ambition to
attain to greater copentency for
more excellent and efficient service.
Hers is a sober,, sensible view of
life and the responsibility to employ
one's greatest acquirements for the
moral betterment of community con
ditions. So, she was free from ajl
tendency to participate in those so
cial evils which far too many of our
teachers patronize; and, in this re-.
lation, it is peculiarly befitting to say
of her. "There she stood straight as
sl lily on its stem."
It is really difficult to contemplate
such a superb character without call
ing to mind the suggestive words of
the Book of books: "Who can find
a virtuous woman? for her price is
far above rubies." Or, "That our
daughters may be as corner stones,
polished after the similitude of a
palace."
A FRIEND.
MR. WILLIAM M. DAY TO BE
AT HOME IN BALTIMORE AUG. 1.
.Mr. William McDowell Day and
Miss Elizabeth Susan Rowland were
married in Washington, D. C, on
Wednesday, June 28, according to
announcements received recently.
They will be at home in Baltimore,
2335 North Calvert Street, after the
first of August.
Mr. Day is pleasantly remembered
by many here. He was for a number
of years with The Press Publishing
Co. and left to enter the service in
he Summer of 1917. He has been
working in Baltimore for more than
a year.
It's the oil in the soil that makes j
the turmoil. Debs' Magzaine.
N. C FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922
Former 1Pfs TTufe
PARTY MAROONED
NOW IN JULY
FORT YELLOWSTONE, Wyo.,,
Being marooned 10,000 feet above
sea level in an intense snowstorm in
July is altogether enjoyable, Mrs
Perey A- Rockefeller and other m.ern-
bers of her party told Horaee N. Ah
bright, Superintendent " of Yellow
stone National Park, on Sunday be
fore leaving for Bozeman, Mont.
Mrs. Rockefeller referred to her
experience of Saturday when she, her
son Avery, her daughters Winifred
and Faith; Mrs. H. M. Bryam, wife
of- th President of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St- Paul Raijrogd; Vil
liers of London, England; Griffith
Mark of Lake Forest, 111., and J.R.
Vietch of Seattle were caught near
the top of Mount Washburn by a
sudden blizzard.
Mr. Albright said "the party was at
no time in bodily danger. The, mer
cury registered twenty-five degrees
above zero and wood fire made by
the party on a stone lookout station
used by forest rangers kept the tour
ists from being chilled.
"The party was not really lost, but
simply marooned," Mr. Albright said.
"Tere were two rangers with them
and an automobile road runs to the
top of the peak. The station where
the party took refuge is above , the
timber line and consequently wood is
scarce, When the sudden blizzard
came up, all got busy and gathered
what wood could be found.
The Rockfeller party, guided by
Mrs. Byram, is touring the West by
automobile. They left here here for
Bozeman today.
Mrs. Rockefeller is a daughter-in-law
of William Rockefeller, who died
recently, and a niece pf Joh.ii D.
Rockefeller.
The editor of The Warren Record,
with three fellow students of the, Co
lumbia School of Journalism, New
York, recalls in this connection that
he was on Mount Washburn on July
20 last year and that snow clung to
many crevices and ravines at that
time. The "four in a Ford'? sent,
last Summer in a coast to coast tour,
and the climb over Mount Washburn
was one of its features.
Virginia Couple Get License Here.
Julian J. Smith -and Hazel Guthroe
of Virgina were issued a license on
July 11 by the Register of Deeds.
This was the only license of the
week.
Father (to curious son): "Don't
you know curiosity once killed a cat."
Son (innocently): Gee, I wonder
what the cat wanted to know."
Attend Banquet In Littleton.
Messrs. Roy Daniel, G. B. Gregory,
B. P. Terrell, William R. Boyce, J.
Edward Allen, W. Brodie Jones and
Mr. Wilson attepded the masonic
banquet of Royal Hart Lodge in Lit
tleton on Monday evening. Officers
of Vaughan, Littleton and Warren-
toh lodges were , installed for the en
suing year by J. Edward Allen, as
sisted by W. R. Vaughan. Mr. Allen
and W. Brodie Jones responded with
short talks upon call of Toastmastef
Vaughan. Royal Hart Lodge made
the best record in the county-wide 0
masonic study course and the ban
quet was in celebration of that event.
Worshipful Master T. N. Harrison of
Littleton had charge of its prepara-
jtion.
A PENDER STORE
OPENS HERE TODAY
With the advertised purpose of
bringing the cost of living down, ano
ther Pender link is .forged today in a
chain of cash groceries operated by
this Norfolk business " man. The
ninetieth store opens this morning in
the Tarwater building on Main Street,
next to the Boyce Drug Co. .
Mrs J. N. Hart of Greenville will
remain in charge of the store for
a month or six weeks until a local
man is secured. J. W. Wood, out
of town manager of the Pender's
Stores, has been here for two days
helping get the store properly stock-J
ed and attending to other details in
cident to opening.
Mr. Pender formerly attended
school in Warren County. A recent
issue of The American Magazine gave
his life story, which mapy will re
call. Other stores of the chain are in
Weldon, Greenville, Ahoskle, with
general headquarters in Norfolk.-
MANY ATTEND SHOWER IN
HONOR OF MRS. PRYOR ALLEN.
A trunk filled with gifts from a
host of friends- was placed at the
feet of Mrs. Pryor Allen on Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Miss. Mamie
Williams, entertaining in honor of
the town's latest bride As William
Taylor, son of Dr. W. W. Taylor,
delivered his cargo as expiessman,
the group drew closer to Mrs. Allen.
As she unwrapped each gift, the
guests, in antimated conversation,
enlivened the recent bride's spirits
with added good wishes.
1 Delicious refreshments were serv
ed upon the lawn. ,
The Bride Book was filled with
expressions of good -sstill from Mrs.
J. E. Allen, Miss Louise Allen, Miss
Alice Rooker, Mrs. C. A... Tucker, Mrs.
John G. Ellis, Mrs. R. R. Weston, Mrs.
R. B. Boyd Jr., Mr. W, D. Rodgeis
Jr., Miss Lucy Burwell, Miss Edith
Burwell, Mrs. W. A. Burwell, Mrs.
H. F. Jones, Mrs. W. J. Davis, Mrs.
Van K. Davis, Mrs. Roy Davis, MrL,
V. L. Pendleton, Mrs. S. F. Twitty,
Mrs. J. B. Boyce Jr., Mrs. C. H.
Peete, Mrs. M. C. McGuire, Mrs.
Frank H. Gibbs, Mrs. Walter White,
Mrs. Herman Rodwell, Mrs. R. T.
Watson, Mrs. A. V. Fleming, Mrs?W.
B. Boyd, Mrs. John Dameron, Misses
Mary Harris, Janet, Emma and Josie
Hall, Kate White Williams, Janice
Fleming, Ethel Allen, Louise Dowtin,
Mamie Gardner, Rowe Jones, 'Belle
Dameron.
Alice Vaiden Williams, Mary R.
Burroughs, Sue Burroughs, Rowena
Jeffress, Irene Rodwell, Will Jones,
Byrd Jones, Virginia Gibbs, Sue H
Palmer, Sue R. Palmer, Sarah Moore,
Laura Alston, Rie Alston, Mrs. Mary
Eleanor Price-Grant, Misses Kath-
erine and Lenora Taylor, Mrs. R. B
Boyd Sr., Mrs. Ella A. Thorne, Mrs.
A. ,D. Williams, Miss Lucy and Miss
Mamie Williarfis.
Teacher: "Does only Abie Glutz
know what a stoic is? Well Abie
tell your classmates what is a stoic."
"Please, teacher," said Abie, "a
stoic is a boid what brings the ba
bies."
WORLD COURT STAR
RETAINS HER TITLE
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen of France
on Saturday successfully defended
her title as world's woman tennis
champion by defeating Mrs. Molla
Bjudstedt Mallory, American cham
pion, in the final round of the inter
national grass court tennis tourna
ment. The score was 6-2 and 6-0.
Mile. Lenglen's victory came after
a brief, tense struggle marked by
the coolness with which the French
champion played her game and the
brilliancy of her all-around perfor
mance. Suzanne was a victor from
the loutset, taking the first set with
comparatively little trouble, 6-2, and
walked away from her American
rival in the second set without allcw
ingher opponent a game. ,
Miss Margaret Russell of Virginia
arrives this afternoon on a visit to
her cousins, Dr. and Mrs. C. H.
Peete.
Superintendent's Office Closes.
Supt. J. Edward Allen said yester
day that his office would be closed
all of next week, to open on Monday,
July 24.
NUMBER 27
ASKS PUBLIC AID
TO PROTECT MAILS
President In Proclamation Calls
On Officers to Prevent Inter
ference By R. R. Strikes.
STATE COTTON FIGURES
President Harding, in a proclama
tion issued at the White House late
Tuesday directed 'all persons to re
frain from all interference with the
lawful efforts to maintain interstate
transpotation and the carrying of the
United States mails."
In the proclamation which was is
sued after a day in which continued
reports had reached the postoffice de
partment of interference by railroad
strikers with 'mail trains, the Presi
dent invited the co-operation of all
public authorities, state and muni
cipal, and the "aid of all good citi
zens to uphold the laws and to "faci
litate' those operations in safety
which are essential to life and liber
ty, and the security of property and
our common public welfare."
The peaceful settlement of con
troversies between shop craft em
ployes and carriers, it was stated, "in
accordance with law and due respect
for the established agencies for such
settlement are essential to the se
curity andxwell being of our people."
ine .President took the position
that men willing to maintain the op
eration of railroad trains in order to
transport mail have the "same indis
putable right to work that others
have to decline to work."
Discussing probable boll weevil
damage, further decrease in yield on
account of the weather, and general
acreage conditions, the crop reporting
bureau concludes that' cotton is at
this writting a trifle shy for 1922 and
says :
'The cotton crop is short of the
probable needs despite, everybody
saying 'I told you so' concerning the
10 per cent increase in acreage of
the southern cotton crop. The condi
tion of 71 per cent .of afull crop was,
lower than they expected, for that
is only! two per cent above last year'?
condition for June 25th. North Caro
lina , . is forcasted by the national
crop reporting board to have a 13
per cent increase in aceage and three-
fourths of a full crop prospect,, which
is nine per cent better that at this
date last year, but 12 per cent less
than the final conditional average
showed.
"The; State's acreage is still less
than in 1919. The condition of the
cotton crop is expressed as late,
grassy, small and in need of dryer
conditions to permit' of cultivation
and grass killing.
"The national prbspect of 11,065,000
bales, while more than last year's
crop it is claimed by some organi
zations that the present prospect will
not meet the trade's requirements.
"In North Carolina, the boll weevil
is gaining conspcuous headway along
the southern border in Robeson. The
crop will perhaps be damaged heav
ily. No appreciable reduction has
been made in any of the counties ex
cepting Columbus 50 per cent, Bruns
wick 65, and slight decreases in (
acreage of counties just northeast of
these. f
"The areas of increased acreage is
just north of the effective area of
the weevil. Lincoln to Polk shows
considerable increase, also 'North
ampton to Hyde and the adjoining
portions of Harnett, Johnston, Wake
and a strip along southern Nash
through Edgecombe.
"The fertilizer sold for the Spring
shows an increase of almost 40 per
cent in North Carolina but the heavy
rainfall will reduce its effect con-
siderably. A large reduction in the
usage of cotton seed meal is no-
ticable."
A definition of happiness "Get
ting what you want and seeing the
rest of the world get what they de
serve.
Waiting to laugh last has made
many a man a grouch. Exchange.
Norlina Wins 1 to 0.
Norlina won from Henderson by a
score of 1 to 0 yesterday afternoon
at Norlina. Rain ended the game in
the fifth inning. Billy Polk of War
renton played short for Nprlina.