FIRST SALES ON THE
EARLY MARKETS LOW
Good Tobacco Brings Good
Prices; Local Tobacco
nists Attend Sales
Among the tobacconists from this
city who visited the markets in
southeastern North Carolina Tuesday
on their opening day were the follow
ing: Messrs P. H. Kasey, T. S. Rags
dale, A. G. Johnson, and W. H. Las
siter. Some of these gentlemen vis
ited three markets: Fairmont, Lum
berton and St. Paul. They bring back
the report that the prices are much
under the averages of the opening day
last year, but say that the indications
were bright, good tobacco will seil
well. The most of the tobacco mark
eted Tuesday at these places was of
a poor grade. It may be a significant
fact that the tobacco sold on those
markets is not graded. The farmer
takes the tobacco from the stick, car
ries it to market and places it on the
floor ungraded. It looks reasonable
that tobacco which is carefully graded
would bring a higher price. The av
erage on tobacco marketed at Fair
"mont was about seven cents, while
that of Lumberton averaged between
5 and 6. Better tobacco seemed to be
in some demand. Representatives of
all the companies were on the market
and all were buying some tobacco.
Below we give accounts of
various markets which may prove of
interest even if they do not hold out
glowing hopes of high prices:
Tobacco Low at Lumberton
Lumberton, July If).—The average
price on the opening tobacco sale3
today was less than half as high as
on the opening sales last year. About
100,000 pounds was offered here and
the average was around ^f ive dollars
the hundred. The highest price paid
was $19.50 the hundred. The offerings
today were largely primings and sand
lugs, though the quality was some
what better than last year. The sales
were attended by a large number of
people, many being here from the
eastern belt.
Farmers generaly were much dis
pleased at the price, though it is ex
pected that the price of the better
grades will be much higher. Prices
on the other markets in Robeson
county were about the same as paid
here, according to reports reaching
Lumberton.—Greensboro News.
Big Drop at Fairmont
Fairmont, July 19.—The price av
erage at the opening sales of the
Fairmont leaf tobacco market today
were far under last year’s average,
89,009 pounds offered averaging $7.10
per hundred. The quality of the gen
eral crop is understood to be good.
Large sales are expected tomorrow
and Thursday. Sales here last sea
son aggregated $9,950,000 pounds at
an average of $26.38 per hundred
pounds.
Georgia Average Highest
Fitzgerald, Ga., July 19.—The Fitz
gerald tobacco market opened today
and about 17,000 pounds of tobacco
were sold. The top price was 20 cents
a pound while the lowest grades sold
for 4 and 5 cents. The average price
was 12 cents a pound.—News and
Observer.
First Curings Average 7 Cents
Florence, S. C., July 19.—First cur
ings of tobacco on the local market
today averaged about seven cents and
about 50,000 pounds were offered.
There were many buyers.—Greens
boro News.
Tobacconists Flocking to S. C.
Kinston, July 19.—Tobacconists
from this section are flocking to South
Carolina in large numbers, some of
them to be employed on the Palmetto
markets until the sales season’s open
Jng here in September and others to
observe the condition and look on at
the selling of first “breaks” there.
The average price at the South Caro
lina opening is more often than not
a reliable indicator of what may be
expected later in the summer.—The
Greensboro News.
Mrs. H. F. Edgerton, of Kenly, Mrs.
Z. R. Martin, Mrs. W. S. Stvens and
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Smith are spend
ing several days this week with rela
tives at Faison.
SMITHFIELD GIRL TELLS Of TRIP
Miss Parrish Writes Interestingly of
San Francisco and Suburbs;
N. C. Party of 61.
The letter from Miss Eula Parrish
who, with Miss Irene Myatt is at
tending a summer school at the Uni
versity of California, was read with
such interest that we are giving ex
tracts from another letter which
prove quite as interesting, although
not written for publication:
“Since I have not written you very
much about the University and Berke
ley, I will do that before I tell you
of the Fourth. As you know I have
been here two weeks Sunday. The
first impression of Berkeley, I got was
that I. had landed at a small country
place with a very nice station and
paved streets. It was not long be
fore my impression changed, however,
for a street car came jolting up the
street and on, the party of sixty-one
crawled. Mrs. Culbert met us just as
we were scrambling for seats. She
had a delightful supper waiting for
us. We met 2 of her regular boarders
Mr. Egan of Texas, and Mr. Edmund
Verbist, a Belgian, better known as
the “Baron.” He gets the name “Bar
on” from the fact that his father is
really a Baron. He has been in this
country only since last September, but
he speaks very good English though
at times quite amusing. A few days
ago he told one of the girls that he
liked her hat and dress for they wer.e
“well assorted”, meaning they match
ed well.
“The first Sunday night we were
here, we went for a walk through the
University grounds, which are the
prettiest I think I ever saw. Most of
the buildings are of white marble.
They have a beautiful campaville, and
trees, shrubs, and flowers are every
where. With the five or six thousand
students here during the summer and
the eight or nine thousand in the
winter, the grounds are spotlessly
clean. The grass looks like a great,
green velvet carpet. Students are al
lowed to walk on it, sit on it and some
even take naps.
“The only Greek theatre in this
country is here. I went there Satur
day night to see the play, “Romeo and
Juliet.” The play was fairly good,
but I was more interested in the the
ater than I was in the play.
The population of Berkley is about
60,000. Berkeley is a continuation of
Oakland which has a population of
about 250,000. Sunday afternoon,
Dixon Hood, who came in San Fran
cisco last week, came to see us. He
took us to San Francisco, and showed
us over his boat, the destroyer, Par
rott, which is named for a Kinston
man. The boat is manned by 114 m *n,
four 14-inch guns and 12 torpedoes.
We went over to Oakland for dinne *.
I know you want to hear about the
great city of San Francisco. Satur
day afternoon was my first real visit
over the city. Mr. Edgerton had en
gaged two rubberneck cars, and we
truly went rubber-necking. We rode
over the city proper first. I have nev
er seen such streets. They are fierce—
rough and steep. Some of them a car
cannot even go up, and on one street
a street car run by underground
cables is used to carry the people to
and from their homes. After the city,
came Golden Gate park containing
1,013 acres, in which every flower,
shrub and tree was planted, (nothing
as nature had placed it.) It was one
beautiful place. Tbrnre we saw deer
and buffaloes. Also two Dutch wind
mills were quite interesting. The
park ends at the Pacific Ocean so
we had a wonderful view of that body
of water. We stopped at the cliff
house, went out on the terrace and
watched the .-.ea * c; me out on the
rocks for a sun bath.
Our ride took us through Rich
mond, a suburb of San Francisco. The
homes there were very pretty most of
them built of cement or stucco. Ev
ery house had flowers.
“Then we drove through Presidio,
the U. S. Military Reservation. There
we saw the large guns which guard
the Pacific coast. Out in the bay on
an island is the Federal Military
Prison.
We got back to the city about six
o’clock, had dinner and then started
on our tour through Chinatown. The
first p^ace visited was a Chinese
temple called the Joss (which means
God) House. Next we visited the
largest Chinese store, the Sing Fat
Co. The articles were beautiful and
very reasonable. After that we vis
CHAMBER COMMERCE
CAMPAIGN NOW ON
Drive for Members Started
Tuesday; List of Those
Who Have Joined
Tuesday of this week a campaign
was launched to secure members of
the city chamber of commerce. Mr.
John Morris, who recently came here
from Goldsboro to give his full time
as secretary to the chamber is en
deavoring to enlist as many as possible
as members, realizing that “all the
people all the time” must pull to
gether in order to make an organiza
tion of this kind a success. There
are two classes of members in this
organization, owners and managers of
businesses and all other interested
citizens. Owners and managers of
the business concerns are certainly
vitally interested in the growth and
expansion of our town, but it is the
desire of the chamber of commerce
to enlist every clerk, carpenter, pain
ter, or whatever occupation in this
movement and start Smithfield on an
upward bound that will know no fall
ing back. A special membership fee
of $12 per year to be paid quarterly
has been made in favor of citizens
not owners or managers of business
establishments, with the hope that a
large number will respond. The Sec
retary can be reached at his office in
the Commercial club. His telephone
number is 277.
Below we print the names of firms
and citizens who have already 'joined
the chamber of commerce:
Whitehead & Springs, Sanders,
Cunningham, Ward Co., J. A. Narron,
E. A. Johnson, J. E. Gregory, J. J.
Williams, City Grocery Co., L. E. Wat
son, N. M. Lawrence, E. P. Lore, Thel
Hooks, J, D. Stephenson, J. D. Parker,
J. E. Lewis, T. H. Franks, H. B. Mar
row, J. W. Stephenson, J._ A. Keene,
A. G. Rabil, Dupree & Powell, Worley
Furniture Co., L. A. Parrish, J. H.
Kirkman, Dr. N. T. Holland, E. F.
Boyett, Dr. A. H. Rose, Thornton
Music House, E. F. Ward, H. P. John
son, C. A. Creech, F. P. Edmundson,
Stevens & Johnson, Dr. Carl V. Tyner,
B. W. Sugg, W. T. Adams, G. T. Whit
ley, U. S. Cafe, Roger A. Smith, Jr.,
W. L. Woodall Sons, Abell & Gray,
Hood Bros., J. D.' Spiers, Ivanhoe
Manufacturing Co., Sanders Motor Co.
Creech Drug Co., Jordan-Edmundson
Hardware Co. W.M. Pugh, The Smith
field Herald, W. H. Lyon, W. H. Byrd,
N. B. Grantham, Smithfield Hardware
Co., Turnage & Talton, W. H. Aus
tin Co., First National Bank, Citizens
National Bank, T. S. Ragsdale Co.,
Cotter-Underwood Co., Byrd Drug
Co., J. W. Stout & Co., Carolina T. &
T, Co., Scotton Motor Co., B. & K.
Motor Co., Peedin & Peterson, Holt
Oil Co., W. M. Sanders, Chas. Davis,
Farmers Warebpuse, Banner Ware
house, Center Brick Warehouse, H. I.
Ogburn, Johnston County Publishing
Co., W. S. Ragsdale, Dr. R. L. Tom
linson, G. A. Martin, L. S. Stevens,
H. P. Stevens, R. H. Alford, R. A.
Wellons.
Meeting Changed
Rev. R. L. Gay was here yesterday
and asked us to state that owing to
a protracted meeting going on at
Bcthesda church the union meting
will be held this time on the first Sun
day and Saturday before in August
at Pisgah Baptist church. This chang
es both the place and time of holding
the meeting.
Lady Astor Changes Style of Her Hat
London, July.—For the first time
since she entered Parliament, more
than a year ago, Lady Astor discard
ed her sober toque. She appears now
in the house of commons wearing a
sweeping black straw hat, trimmed
with Marguerites. Members infer
that she- intends, henceforth to dis
play variety in her headdress in the
historic chamber.
ited a Chinese tenement house and
my. I can smell it yet! Next came
the Chinese Music House. Speaking
of weird music, that was certainly
weird!
Here I have filled my letter with
the cities and nothing of the' Fourth.
I will say, however, that they had a
great parade, a sham battle and fire
works at night.
BEE KEEPING IN
JOHNSTON COUNTY
Apiaries of Mr. R. W. Ethe
ridge, Selma, and Mr. L.
Parker, of Benson
By S. J. KIRBY, County Agent
Although beekeepers in this county
are following such methods and us
ing such antinqu; ted equipment in
their work as to make this important
industry far less renumerative than
it should be, there are two outstand
ing pieces of work that should be of
special interest to our beekeepers. One
of these, that of Mr. R. W. Etheridge,
of Selma, is fairly well known to a
limited number of beekeepers in this
county and should be known to them
all. Mr. Ftheridge is demonstrating
th siccess of keeping bees in a real,
modern way.
Bob, as Mr. Etheridge is familiarly
known, started out on a limited scale
with a few colonies of ordinary black
bees. They were put into modern
hives, the old black queens were de
stroyed and pure breed queens of
Italian breed introduced. Soon the
whole colonies were completely Ital
ianized and instead of the little Black
stinging bees large yellow bees took
their places. Today, Bob has one of
the finest Apiaries to be found any
where. It is equipped up to the last
letter in modern bee equipment and
Bob is proving by actual results that
beekeeping is a very profitable bus
iness when done in an improved way.
A visit to his Apiary will be worth
a great deal to any beekeeper. Some
of the leading bee men in this country
have complimented his work very
highly.
Boh is doing much for the Bee In
dustry in the county. He is very
much interested in getting ou^ bee
keepers here in the county to use bet
ter equipment, improve their methods
and thereby insure increased profits
from the' investment and a perma
net place for beekeeping in our sec
tion which is so favorable to the de
velopment of this industry.
A second piece of work in which
beekeepers will be much interested is
the very splendid piece of work being
done by Mr. L. Parker, Benson, Route
2. Mr. Parker lives within a quarter
of a mile of Peacock’s Cross Roads,
and, although not so well known, per
haps to the bee men in this county,
as the work of Mr. Etheridge, Mr.
Parker’s work is known and rated
very high by beekeepers throughout
many section of this country and
Canada.
Mr. Parker is not confining his ef
forts much to honey productions as
to the rearing of Italian queens of
the Dr. C. C. Miller three-striped
strain. Mr. Sams, our Federal Bee
Expert, says this is one of the very
best strains of Italian bees and while
down here some time ago inspected
Mr. Parker’s work and complimented
it very highly. The writer visited Mr.
Parker’s Apiary a few days since and
while there was shown orders for
queens from as far away as the State
of Minnesota. Parker is doing a good
size business in rearing queens and
has a large number of well pleased
customers in a great many States of
this country and in the provinces of
Canada.
According to the experience of the
best beekeepers in this and other sec
tions the Italian breed of bees thrive
and do much better than the common
blacks do. The former have long
beaks which enable them to extract
honey from many deep flowers among
•which the later type would starve.
Furthermore, the Italian bees will ac
tually produce more honey than the
blacks will and are practically harm
less, rarely every stinging anyone.
The European Fowl Brood, a deadly
bee disease, is wiping out black bees
in many sections. Italian bees are im
mune to this malady. These factors
are causing manj of our more pro
gressive beekeepers to Italianize their
colonies. This can be easily and read
ily done where bees are kept in mod
ern hives, but of course would be im
practical with the old type hive or
gum. To Italianize a hive the old
black queen is taken out and killed
and the new Italian queen introduced
immediately. This new queen*bej>ns
to lay eggs of her own kind and vitnin
a few weeks all bees will be if a
large yellow type except in rare cases
where hybridiziation has occurred.
(Continued on page 8)
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DR. FITZGERALD LOCATES HERE
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist
Takes Over the Practice Of
Dr. A. G. Woodard
Smithfield and Johnston county are
fortunate in having Dr. J. H. Fitz
gerald, reared in this county, come
back to his native heath to practice
his chosen profession. He has just
finished specialization courses in the
treatment of diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat in the Polyclinic and
Medico-Chirurgical hospital in Phil
adelphia, Pa., and comes with the
most approved methods of treating
these troubles.
Dr. Fitzgerald was raised near Pine
Level, and went first to the country
school near his home. His first year
in high school was spent in the
Princeton school, and then he went to
Trinity Park at Durham. Having
made the highest average in his class
in the second and third years, he was
awarded a scholarship for the fourth
year. He was a member of the Grady
literary society and won the Grady
debater’s medal. He was also pitcher
on the baseball team and won all high
school games played as well as over
Virginia Military Institute, Wake
Forest and Trinity collges. He was
one of 42 to receive diplomas, and re
ceived a scholarship to Trinity col
lege.
He received his pre-medical train
ing and first two years of medicine
at the University of North Carolina,
again taking an active interest in
baseball. He was a member of the
Sigma Phi Epsilo‘n Fraternity and of
the Phi Chi medical fraternity. Leav
ing the University he went to Jeffer
son Medical college, Philadelphia, Pa.,
where he graduated.
He Was a successful candidate in
competitive examination for position
of Resident physician in the Polyclinic
and Medico-Chirurgical hospital,
E’hiladelphia, Pa.
These hospitals are under the same
management and compose the post
graduate medical school of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The teaching
staff is composed of some of the most
famous physicians in the medical pro
fession. Among them are: Professors
John B. Deaver, Gleason, Stengel,
Rowssel, John B. Roberts, Leplace,
Ridpath, L. Webster Fox, and Cheve
lier Jackson. Physicians come from
all parts of the world to “specialize”
in this large and well known institu
tion.
Dr. Fitzgerald will occupy the of
fices formerly used by Dr. Woodard
and will take over his practice. Dr.
Woodard left here several months ago
to locate in Goldsboro, but has made
regular visits back here each week.
Lake City Averages $8.
Leaf tobacco prices at Lake City
and Florence, South Carolina, were
better than had been generaly expect
ed in view of the quality of the of
ferings, in the opinion of G. L. Davis,
vice president and general manager
of the Stallings-Davis Tobacco Com
pany, of Raleigh, who returned to the
city yesterday afternoon after attend
ing the opening sales on the two Pal
metto State markets Tuesday.
Lake City which is the largest mar
ket in South Carolina, averaged about
$8 per hundred, said Mr. Davis, with
$40 for wrappers and fine cutters the
maximum for the day. The sales ap
proximated a quarter of a million
pounds, but the percentage of the bet
ter grades was relatively small.
Bright lugs at Lake City brought
from 1 to 25 cents and fine cutters
and wrappers from 30 to 40 cents.—
News and Observer, July 21st.
Tobacco Market Open» Sept 6
The tobacco markets of Smithfield
and all eastern Carolina will open
on Tuesday, September 6th. The
markets in the southern part of North
Carolina and in South Carolina open
ed Tuesday of this week. By selling
early there and a little later here the
companies can use some of the same
men in both districts. By the time
of our opening it is to be hoped bus
iness conditions will make further
gains and prices will be better. Farm
ers need better prices for both cotton
and tobacco. Unless better prices are
obtained the hard times will surely
continue.
Miss Florence Boyett, of Lucama,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clenon
F. Boyett, who live near town.
'FISHING FOR AUTOS
INROCK QUARRY
Hudson Super Six Is Taken
From Fifty Feet of Water;
Will Pump Hole Dry
Raleigh, July 19.—North Carolina’s
granite bed from which was quaried
the state capitol delivered a Hudson
super-six Monday from a dpth of 50
feet of water showed it had been the
property of Wilton Muse, Raleigh.
With that discovery the city is mov
ed to pump the abysmal hole dry
enough to see how many machines,
babies and grownups lie at the bot
tom. One subscription of $100 has
been made and Fire Chief Hubert
Horton thinks he can turn the trick
in 48 hours with the city’s engine.
The police superintended the fishing
party of 500 Monday afternoon. From
the top of the city’s skyscraper bank
building scores watched the party
more than a mile away. The insurance
men who have been paying heavy
theft damages suspected the quarry
hole as the auto lftnbo. Divers with
only bathing suits as paraphernalia
negotiated the distance and hooked
cables to the big machine which came
up with two dozen tugging at it.
They pulled it far enough out to see
the number. Young Muse was pres
ent and watched the resurrection of
his machine bought last year, and in
sured, it is said, for $2,500.
Moral certainty that a King eight
and a Ford have been caught leads
police to hope for at least two more
deliveries tomorrow. Not only do in
surance men believe that the rockbed
is full of machines, perhaps 25; they
believe also that the human wreckage
may exceed the mechanical. Two dead
men have been found there in the
past. It was once a fashionable suicide
resort, occasionally a failure being re
ported.
The police do not know how came
the insurance men to suspect the old
quarry. It took much persuasion to
send the divers there. L. Francis,
motorcycle salesman, artist and swim
mer did the diving. Once the machine
caught deep under the water, where
upon he dived to the steering wheel,
turned it and changed the machine’s
course. When it emerged from the
water he was riding it.
The police now think that the noto
rious Kelly who had been tried in the
local courts was at the head of the
automobile gang which mystified all
officers wherever they went early in
the present year, and late in the last.
The unusual demand for theft auto
insurance added to the suspicion that,
not all the machines have been taken
by thieves.
The rock quarry is ideally situated
for drowning machines. Chief Glenr.
thinks the method of pusing autos
into the water was the use of hign
speed rather than shoving. The men
would open the throttle, stand on the
running board and leap before the
machine plunged. By that method no
markes were left >n the bank.
That the Hudson did not reach the
bottom in 60 foot water is apparent
to diver Francis who thinks he did not
go deeper than 20 feet. The machine
doubtless rested on another and there
may be others under both. Continued
search tomorrow is expected to bring
up others.
Upon sufficient guarantees of the
payment of expenses,Chairman Frank
Page of the State highway commis
sion will authorize the use of pumping
equipment in his possession for clear
ing out the 7,200,000 gallons of water
in the Old Rock Quarry and within
the next four days, it is believed that
the thousands of citizens who for
four days past have watched the grap
pling for lost automobiles in the quar
ry will see the bottom of the hole.
The Highway Commission has a 10
inch rotary pump that is capable of
pumping 1,500 gallons per minute at
ordinary speeds. The pump is electri
cally drivene and Charlie Farmer, who
directs the great motor equipment
work suggests that it be mounted on
a flat in the quarry, wires run to the
Martin street crossing and the cur
rent turned on. Oihng is all the at
tention that the pump would need. He
thinks the cost would be very small.—
News and Observer, July 21st.
Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Baucom have
been spending several days this week
with Mrs. Baucom’s parents in Robe
son County.