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VQJU XV. NUMBER 23.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1922.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
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N
Glorious Negro Is Shot
Accidentally By Officers
CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT CREATE WHEN OFFICERS BROUGHT
IN THEODORE SMITH (COLORED) SHOT THROUGH THE ASM
T
Chief Lawrence. together with
Messrs. W. H. Kitchin and Gavin Hy
man, whom he had deputised, were out
volci-lay afternoon looking for a cer
tain colored citizen and had occasion
to stop lit the store of Theodore Smith,
at Graball, to inquire where a parti
villa r negro lived.
From what could be learned the satd
Firmof Dickens
and Harrison
ClosesDoors
n nrTrnTiiir hiiiTr
! HUtltUIIVt uttii u ntu a.
i,Me
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 17,
-John
' (By Associated Press).
PARISi, starch 17. Premier Toin-
'MeHenry,, former New London, Con- icare tola, the Senate Finance Commit
ineticut vouth. was hamred in the tee that France will pay all her deots
1 r z
u Kjux Klan Will Bring
w Bullock From
Matthe
Canada To North Carolina
j
and doelared that the public deelnri
About sixty days ago the new gro-
j. :i j j i .,
tion was made to the Press m order
Washington detective and an automo- . , . . . ,
Theodore was drunk and became very eery firm of Dickens and Harrison wa3, , 1eqler after eforts to obta'u i." , , . r ' A .
f one aeaier, aner errorts xo ooi.u speech, made bv Louis Loucheurs tha
commutation, including an appeal to he belrlcved that I'rancc would never
(By Associated Press)
IIICKOPvY, N. C, March 17. The
Ku Klux Klan will have Matthew
Bullock, the negro charged with at
tempted murder, brought back from
Canada within ninety days, Lecturer
Abe mat hy, of the Klan, declared in
au address.
tailed him names that arc formed composed of Messrs. It.
unprintable-, and said ho was tired of i Dickens and Ferd Harrison. A shore
these officers nosing around his placi
jinil that if they wanted to clean nirn
oat that that was as good a time as
time, sgo Mr. Ferd Harrison withdrew
from the firm and B. L. Dickens be
came the responsible member. Yester-
Ithe President, had failed.
be able to pay tre United States.
Precautions To Observe In
.niv. 31 r. TT. Kitchin, to whom t?lay Mr. Dickens, 5t was learned froiii
particularly addressed his remarks, told 'a reliable source, turned over his store j
1 'I i
him th.it they were not looking ror jand stock to Attorney Ashby Dunn
him '.;it for another man and that no for settlement with his creditors, Mr.
THE BOLL WEEVIL
APPROACHES LIMITS
OF COTTON BELT
G
Cotton T
nmt .n p his mouth shut. He persist- j Dickens left today for his old home at j
his Year
In Boll Weevil Territory
JR.. DIED TODAY
i (By Associated Press)
DITKIIAM, N. C. March 17. Julian
S. Carr, Jr.. President of the Durham
Hosiery Mills, and known as th
j" hosiery king' died at the Fennsyl-
A message to the family here said he
was the son of General Julian S. Carr,
Commander of the Confederate ' Vet
erans.
Wilson, X. C.
A?i effort was made to
cel. however, niul followed him toward
the tor, Mr. Kitchin continuing to
toll nr.H to leave and go to his store, j Mr. Dunn, but he was also
but h? became so offensive that they town.
i
!fei(!e! to arrest him
interview
out of
and bring him
in. They proceeded to do so and put j ;
him n tl var. Theodore insisted on j DflTU DfTPIlQl IPjlNQ AWIl
sotting out although positively told to DU I 0 nLrUDLlUnllU nllU
stay in. Patience was exhausted and .
Mr. Kitchin grabbed a shot gun which
Pv C. B. WILLIAMS
In many of the lower counties in jiand w'Ai permit after rains the cult:
the southern and southeasfern portions jvations should be given. Those cul-
ief the State, the boll weevil has ar- itivatiora should be continued nrdinnr-
iiy from ten days to two weeks later
was .ii the rear of the car, holding it
by th stock and aimed a lick at him
to kue'.k him back in the car. As he
Hid .' tht negro threw up his arm,
the ;;u!. -v;is accidentally discharged,
practiv-vby the whole load passing
through the negro's arm. Mr. Kitch
in st.iiej that he did not even know
the 'un was loaded and did not have
any idea of shooting the negro. He
was bi-.niht to Dr. Smith's office, and
giver mcciieal attention and sent home.
Mr. (?aviu Jlyman and Chief Law
rence narrowly escaped being shot
when the gun was discharged, the shot
striking the steering wheel and pass
iug thrtugh the top. Mr. Hyman was
standi I..;- on the left running boarl
holding a pistol on the negro when the
gun -m: discharged. Considerable ex
citement was created' on the street
when the negro wa.s brought in.
DEMOCRATS INSIST THAT
0. S. SHOULD COLLECT
ARMY OCCUPATION DEBT
(By Associated Press)
WAtfifJNGTON, March 17. Declar-
rived "r. all probability in sufficient
numbers to become an economic, factor
to be dealt with. Cotton growers in
the infested section no doubt have
than is the average date for finishing
up the cultivation.
In the fertilization of the crop it
been, and are still thinking over what j will. ij well, ordinarily, to put on a
i f -
jwill be the best thing for them to do fairly good application of fertilizer
this year in the growth of
cotton, at planting time. For the
From all the information we have, it Coastal Plain soil, in good average
would f.ppear to be the part of . wis-j condition, an application of at least
dora to decrease the acreage ou each i600 pounds of fertilized containing
farm devoted to the growth of cotton 8 percett to 10 percent phosphoric
to a point so that the precautions giv-'acid, Tto 5 percent uitrogen and about jj
After thirty years of slow, persis
tant advance sdnce its first appearance
in th'.r, country near the Mexican bor
der, the boll weevil has now reached
he limit of cotton cultivation, except
in western Texas, southwestern Okla
homa, northeastern North Carolina, and
Virginia, according to Dejmrtment Cir
ular 210, Dispersion of &he Br
Weevil in 1921, iust issued bv
United States Department of Agricul
ure. Each step of the spread has
been against the stubborn efforts of
the Government, the States, and the
individual planters to hold the pest
in eh.2ck.
SEC. OF
r:
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4
IW URGES
AMERICAN
M
LMPLDYMENT
en below may be followed, and fol-3 percent potash to the acre will givt
jations that the, United States should jlowed. closely and promptly. Of 'good Results
insist nj'on the payment of the twoicourso, .the amount of reduction in
hundred and fortv-one million dollars ! acreage is one that after all will have
to be determined by each individual
cotton farmer. Thexe.-: i, no questip.ivX
tor keeping the American soldiers In
CJermaaiy wer-nxad '. iifc the'- Senate4'
by both party leaders, Lodge
Underwood.
HUNDRED M
L1D0LLA
IL
THEATRE COMBINE
and! however, but' what in these particular
sections of the State this year, the
acreage on many farms, if not most )
Of eourse, seed of the best varieties
for boll Aveevil conditions should be
used, .ilt should be remembered that
to"a iaueexleiit''so far "as the cotton
farms, should be a material lone, es- j
grower is concerned, the effectiveness
of the methods he may use will be
i based upon his prompting a rapid,
The mild winter of 1920-21 and the
wet summer of 1921 favored an abnor
mal multiplication of the insect
iroughout the territory affected. In
determining the extent of its spread
last year the search over a great part
of the territory surveyed was for the
last cotton fields rather than for the
weevil because all fields were infested.
It still -Temains to--be- seen, ays"the
ireular, whethher the 'weevil can
maintain existence in the extreme por
tions of the cotton belt in which it
DAY DRIVE
pecialiv cn the farms where cotton in ;
!
ithe past has been the chief crop and
(has been all that could be handled, J
i because it will not be possible for farm- j
early and heavy growth and fruiting Jnow frls itself.
his cotton crop before the boil For tht first time the
weevil has multiplied in
States ot
sufficient (Missouri and Kentuckv were invade'1
jers to grow cotton properly and observe j
ALL YEAR FAMILY EARDEI
the precautions neeessarj'- to be ob j
served in order to reduce the damage j
WORTH MANY DOLLAR
'By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, ILL., March 17. A num
ber of leading theatres and theatrical j from bill weevil.
hu-odu .'tions will be merged under a For these growers in the boll weevil
'central management, according to the territory it will be advisable, too, at'-
1 t
Chicago Herald-Examiner, which tells tor good and suitable land has been
a hundred million dollar combine selected in the way indicated in a pre-;
numbers in his fields to become a ma
terial factor in reducing his yields.
j Ordin a rily, the crop of squares that
(Come on after the first of August will
I
EMPLOY
.Kaleigh. March 17. If every farm
family ii. North ' Carolina had a real, t other things.
all-the-year garden the average valuo
would be not less than $150 and their
aggregate value would be $45,000,000,
in the opinion of agricultural and
garden exports. As compared with
that goal the State last year had pro'o
;idy i'OO.UOV) gardens of an average
value of too an aggregate value of
In ,-.icr to make a steady, inten
sive ru,,; more effective fight for this
ifoal, and laking advantage of the o--U'liiizrti.ju
and publicity incident to
the ''Live-at-Home'' campaign, the di
vision of horticulture of the North.
Carolina Agricultural Extension Ser
vice has employed a garden " specialist
who w':U devote his entire time to the
ptoiii!,, ion of garden work. He will
The merger aims at the elimination of
needless theatre buildings, among
QlTMflTlnfAl I ft!
COUNTRY M
IMPROVING '
vious article, to break it now as soon j
as t-oudttions will permit, in order to
jgive it time to settle fairly well before
running the rows. It has been found ;
in stat-3s to the south of us that if one ,
has a fairly firm seed-bed that tne
cotton will ordinarily grow off much
more quickly from the start than when j
be destroyed by the boil weevil under
1 complete infestation. In order to re
duce the number of boll weevil adult:?
that survive during the winter, which
of course will be the parents of the
boll weevils of the followinfj: year, it
will be necessary to destroy as much
1 of their fall food as possible in vhe
! early fall. For this reason, it is very
necessary that the cotton be picked
early as it can be gotten front
field, lid that the green stalks
! leaves shall be turned into the
the
"and
soil
planted on a bed, the land of which
has jut been broken; the latter plan j
heaving the land too loose for best re-j
early. Wher this plan
the boll weevils will be
is followed,
starved out
an other wis? destroved in larsje nura-
ibers. a nil if the hedgerows and
conditions.
i harbor ino- idar.es at the end o
tr, snou i oe cieany in mmu liuau a i
suits under bool weevil
-ii'i
i'itveted with boll weevil
is the most pressing ne
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 17. Re
ports from widely separated states
'catrtct his efforts for tho first year
. . ,. . New York to Kansas show an improve-
iM ui.-ipidly to the cotton counties that i
where lnont 111 tnt employment situation,
. . !Cnlnnel Arthur Woods, chairman
. ihii tnr,vi ni-nocinif ieel ffr lll
the I'meryenev Committee of the
n President's Unemployment Conference
ihvj now expert is Mr.E. D. Bow-; -
xho is a native of Mitchell , fcait
r"iHty, a jrraduate of the A. & E. ; gardening is not a seasonal proposi-
r"l'eg... xiul a county farm agent with tion," declared Acting Chief C. D.
creditable record behind him. Mr. j Matthews of the Division of Hortienl-
cwtlitid! has been in the horticultural (ture. "It is an all-the-year nndertak-
'fu-e lor several days and begins Ms ing. The late summer, fall and winter
field work the latter part of garden is. so important as the spring
ok, Iiis immediate itinerary and early summer garden. The farm
'"'iug the counties of Columbus, ' family ran get as large a part of its
i,!, it -J Robeson, Bladen,, Sampson, living from the garden during late
'uinSejlaTid and Brunswick. summer, fall jand winter as during tne
our new project we want to im- spring if the garden is properly pl'-n-
l'i'0-;r .. .1 :t-t. 1. t.t tli at -naA
is highly necessary that the planting
should be as early as the soil aud the
weather is warm enough to germinate
the seed promptly. Too early plant
ing, of course, before the ground and
temperature of. the air are sufficient
llv wiirm, is not best as the cotton' se-3-1
would not germinate quickly and sat
isfactorily. At the proper time, th3
rows idiculd be run and the seed plant
ed in about 4 feet rows, being sure to
use something like 50 percent more
eed than is ordinarily used. One can-
'ins ..
other
the
rows and around the fields are destroy
ed there will be a minimum mimbe-
of
far as the individual farmer i;. eo
by the weevil and all fields in these
States were found to be infested. The
gain west of the Mississippi iiiver
is very nearly equal to that east t!
the river. The greatest gain in srn
single State, however, is 15,700 square
miles in North Carolina. The circu
lar" contains a map showing the sprea"
of the pest each year since its discov
ery in 1S92 in the sonthcrmost tip of
Texas. Copies of the circular may be
had fve3 upon application to fhe Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
REALITY MEN ARE
STILL SATISFIED
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 17. A full
coooperatiou with the American Le
gion in its "employment day" drive
next Monday to find jobs for seven
hundred thousand veterans, is urged
in a statement by Secretary of Labor
Davis.
MANYNATIVESKILLEDAND
cm itu
UUIM
iiuuiiuLU ii; u
AMERICAN REBELLION
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 17. Twenty na
tives were hilled and thirty wounded
at Nairobi, British East Africa, in the
fighting after the demonstrations over
the arr-st of Thuku, the Indian agita
tor, sayj the Central News. Thou
sands of natives with sticks were dis
persed by the police with bayonets.
j Washington, March 10. Business
ondiiiens throughout the country have
! wuntr back to a pre-war normalcy,
. i . j i. . . .
ww.vus io survive me winter, m
u re.timis.
representing practically
every lanre city in the United" States,
eerued, to produce weevils for th'i f "
'declared at the executive committee
following year. Generally in many .
lof the National Association of Real
farm -a certain portion of this broken ;
and' "shorn! 'go into cover crops of such
a nature as to provide some for graz
ing, some for soil improving purpose-,
some for hay, and some for forage.
The most favorable conditions for
not afford not to get a good stand the development of the boll weevil "w
from the start. As soon as the cot- a milld winter followed . by a damp,
ton is up and ready to chop, no lime rainy season during the time which
should be lost in thinning to a stand the ortoa is fruiting most rapidly,
at least 50 percent greater than is or- There cannot be too much emphasi
dinarily maintained, for it is found placed upon the importance of having
that the thicker stand is one factor in the crop start early in the spring and
hastening the fruiting of tha cotton, to grow off vigorously from the firs;
From the time of chopping until about. nrl throughout the season. CouT
the first; of August, the cultivations with this is the great necessity of
should be kept up promptly at suffl- having the cotton set its fruit rapldlv
ciently close intervals to maintain at and early., In order to do this it wirt
all times as nearly as practicable, n be necessary for the cotton to set its
dust mulch on the land. Usually every fruit' fairly low, thick, rapidly and
week to ten days, and as soon as the early on the stalks.
t
i ' -
(Estate Boards held in Washington.
Money for loaning purposes is now
easier tt obtain, the realtors claim.
Taxation, on the other hand, it wis
said, is still a "sore eye" for con
tinued prosperity. '
A sensation was created at one of
the delegates declared that taxation j
and building costs have brought, about J
a national crisis .in the housing situa- j
ion. It was pointed out that present j
conditions makf it almost impossible March .
KRUPP DIRECT
TO BE MADE THE
ASS AD O R
THE u. s. a:
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Associated Press)
BKRLIN, March 17. Although no
choice ha! been made, Chancellor
WirtVs .search for a man as ambassa
dor to The United States is known to
have centered on Dr. Otto Ludwin
Wiodf'ddt, leading member of ths
Kr?pp directorate, industrialist and
economist.
WEATHER REPORT
For North Carolina: Fair tonight
nd Saturday. Increasing cloudiness.
Not. ir.uch change " in temperature.
Moderate to fresh north and northeast
winds.
COTTON MARKET
TODAY'S MARKET
IK. 11
17.95
for the realtor to make sin attract! ve 'May
offer to a prospective home-buyer. , July . 17..7
Many securities offered for sale arlOctober in. '
exempt from taxation, while real estata .December 1G.7.)
mortgages are not. it was declared, j YESTERDAY'S MARKET
As a result of this many large sums .March
18.10
of money are being withdrawn daily j May 17.05
mortgage-. uly -wjj
financin-.' October 1831
" i -. -
ecember . iu.,s
from the investment of
resulting in a decrease of
buildings.