VOLUME 41
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922
NUMBER 27
CHAMBER COM
MERCE MEETING
Goes on Record as Favoring
Co-operative Selling of
Cotton and Tobacco
Co-operative selling of cotton and
tobacco was the theme of the Cham
ber of Commerce meet'ng held at the
Opera House Monday evening. Mr.
T. S. Ragsdale who has spent some
time investigating the tobacco asso
ciation in Kentucky was present and
gave the findings of his trip. He was
convinced of the effectiveness of the
plan and gave those present the ben
efit of h's interviews with farmers
and business men in Kentucky.
Mr. W. H. Austin, has recently
spent ten days in Texas learning the
results of cooperative marketing of
cotton in Texas. The Chamber of
Commerce was glad to hear him on
t^is subject, his investigation being
in accord with that of Mr. Ragsdale.
Messrs A. O. Alford and J. Homer
Mann of the State Headquarters at
Ra’eigh, were nrespn*- and add^d
words of commendation.
After d'seussion of the matter, the
organization went on re :ord as heart
ily endorsing the plan. Volunteers
from the chamber of commerce will
assist in signing up new members in
various parts of the county, and will
aid all they can.
Committees appointed by the local
executive committee of the County
Association in cooperation with the
secretary, Mr. S. J. Kirby. The fol
lowing in each township have been
appointed:
Clayton Township—J. M. Peele, L.
F. Austin and Ramey Ellis.
Cleveland Township—A. M. John
son, Dr. G. A. McLemore, C. L. San
ders.
Pleasant Grove—W. J. Barbour.
C'aude Stephenson.
Elevation—J. S. Johnson, John A.
Smith and Paul Johnson.
Banner—S. P. Honeycutt, H.
Lucas." "
Meadow—W. V. Blackman, Elling
ton Tart, Zero Parker.
Eentonsville-- Kirby Rose, W* H.
Upchurch, E. T. Westbrook.
Ingrams—J. H. Austin, Perry John
son.
Boon Hill—P. H. Joyner, Geo. F.
Woodard, D. T. Creech.
Pine Level—W. T. Woodard, Ii). B.
Oliver, B. Godwin.
Micro—W. Barden, C. S. Fitz
gerald, I. V. Pittman.
Beulah—E. G. Holland, J. L. Roger
son, J. M. Woodard.
Oneal’s—Cullen Creech, A. D. Oneal
and J. W. Bailey.
Wilders—Julian Williamson, J. W.
Barnes.
Selma—B .F. Barnes, C. F. Kirby,
Thos. H. Atkinson.
Wilson’s Mills—C. M. Wilson, A.
V. Woodall,
Smithfield—J. W. Stephenson.
County Chairman Makes Last Call.
The Directors of Cooperative Mar
keting- of cotton and tobacco of North
Carolina have let down the bars for
new members to the assoc'ation for
two days: April 10 and 11. This will
probably be the last’ opportunity to
join this year.
As chairman of Johnston County I
take this means of calling to duty
all the township officers for these
two days service to give every pro
ducer of cotton and tobacco a chance
to come with us. Let no man say
he did not have a chance.
To the charter members the respon
sibility is none the less, in seeing his
neighbor in person about how he will
market his stuff from now on. Yon
are your neighbor’s keeper.
To any one who wants to sign up
in Smithfield ,there will be contracts
at my office. And finally, I will hate
to see any of my friends outside the
organization getting less than a prof
itable price for their products next
fall. I believe in Co-operative Mark
eting, do you ?
A. M. JOHNSON, County Chm.
Captured a Still Court Week.
Mr. J. J. Batten attended Federal
Court at Wilson this week and return
ed home yesterday morning. He was
discharged as a witness Wednesday
afternoon about 3 o’clock and at once
went to the Lucama neighborhood
where he captured a man and a small
still complete. He also captured tv,rc
barrels of beer and two gallons of
whiskey.
TOBACCO WAREHOUSEMEN
PRESENT THEIR VIEWS.
Editor Southern Tobacco Journal
Says Warehousemen Best Friends
of the Farmer.
The following editorial taken from
the Soul hern Tobacco Journtl of April
■1 sets forth the position of the tobac
co warehousemen as to the co-opera
tive marketing system, now so promi
nent before the public:
“Whatever may be sa d to the con
trary, by a lot of ‘hot air artists’ and
those whose hearts are full of bitter
prejudice, the tobacco warehouseman
is and has been all the time the best
friend the tobacco farmer has, or has
had, or ever will have. After close
observation of the warehouse business
for nearly a half century, and during
all these years standing by his side
on the warehouse floors, I am fully
prepared to say that if the so-called
co-operative marketing plan shall
have succeeded in eliminating the
warehouseman, it will be a bad day
for the grower of tobacco. Many peo
ple there are who believe that leaf
tobacco warehouses reap a rich har
vest from the farmers. We are quite
sure that here are many who are hon
est in their opinion in this matter,
and yet we know that but few ware
housemen make any money at all.
More than this, we are fully prepar
ed to say that as a class of business
men, warehouse folks take more risk
and make less money than any other
class of business men. But the thing
that ‘gets my goat,’ is that so many
unkind things are said now and then
by newspaper correspondents and
frequently the poor hard work'ng,
poorly paid auctioneer comes in for
.his share of ridicule and abuse. The
astonishing thing is that papers pub
lished in tobacco centers will permit
such rot to fill their columns. We
have recently seen articles in papers
that come dangerously near being li
belous. Now why should reputable
men indulge in such ‘stuff.’ Many
good honest menjoeiieve that the co
operative marketing plan is the fin
est thing imaginable for the tobacco
farmers, and these men have a per
fect right to their opinion and to
give expression to what they be
lieve. There are thousands who do
not believe the plan is workable, and
they also have a right to say so, and
believe me they are saying it. In the
long fight that I have made against
the pooling plan, I have endeavored
to be fair and in all the arguments
that I have used, I have not indulg
ed in bitterness or unfairness.
There are many thousands of intel
ligent tobacco farmers who are see
ing the matter in the same way we
are— many men signed up without
much thought or investigation and
now we know of some who are not
only sorry, but indignant, and again
we want to declare that we can not
quite understand why such strangers
as Sapiro (little Aaron) should be
taken up and fondled and petted and
praised, with ducats pouring into his
pockets transferred there from the
pockets of the hard working farmers,
finally landing a great big high sal
aried job, while the best .friend the
farmers ever had or ever will have
is denied, criticised and virtually
commanded to stand as;de and hand
over their business and their proper
ty to this new crowd. Well, by
George! If it was not to some extent
pathetic and serious it would be ‘but
to laugh.’ ”
Micro Literary Society.
MICRO, April‘4.—The Micro Lite
rary Society met last Friday, March
31, and a good program rendered. As
th's was the last meeting it was de
cided beforehand that he 7 and 8th
grade should join in a debate, the 8th
debating against the 7th. The ques
tion for debate was: Resolved, That
the world is growing better. The
7th grade took the affirmative of the
query and the 8th grade tho negative.
The judges were Messrs Charlie
Batten and Clifton Pierce of this
town. Both judges made their de
cision in favor of the affirmative side.
The speakers came in the following
order: Affirmative: Louise Moser, Eu
dell Corbette, Irene Pittman, Carl
Hatcher, George Barden; Negative:
Gold Barden, Walter Holland, Lola
Godwin, Hazle Smith, Coy Smith.
When the Colonists came to New
England, in the time of the Pilgrims,
they found numbers of wild turkeys
in the woods.
RECORDER’S COURT
HERE THIS WEEK
The Docket Has Been Heavy
For the Past two Weeks
Cases Disposed of
For the last two weeks the docket
of the Recorder’s court has been
heavy. Judge Brooks held Court
four days of last week and two days
this week.
In the Recorder’s Court held here
this week the following cases were
tried:
State vs B. T. Thompson, charged
with passing a worthless check, plead
guilty and judgment suspended upon
payment of costs inelud ng the
amount of the check.
State vs B. T. Thompson and Mrs.
M. F. Thompson, where she stood his
bond. Discharged upon payment of
costs.
State vs. Glenn Wood, false pre
tense. Not guilty and discharged.
State vs Jacob Coley, embezzle
ment. Prayer for judgment continued
upon payment of costs.
State vs James Raynor, Ira B. Ray
nor and George Raynor ,affray. Ira
B. Raynor and James Raynor, not
guilty. George Raynor guilty. Judg
ment suspended for two years upon
payment of costs.
State vs Harvey Creech, Elton Hud
son and J. G. Allston, affray. Harvey
Creech not guilty; Hudson fined $100
and half of the costs; Allston fined
$25 and half costs.
State vs Leslie Burgess, cruelty to
animals. Guilty and fined $20 and
costs.
SLOW TO PARDON MOONSHINER
Governor Morrison Says 12 Months
Is Moderate Sentence for Viola
tion of Prohibition Law
Declining the recommendation of
the judge who tried the case and the
solicitor who prosecuted, Governor
Merci&m yesterday - lahL down ~4hs
proposition that the crime of manu
! facturing or assisting in the manufac
ture-of whiskey is a deliberate offense
and that he will be very slow to “par
don anybody else for this offense.’*
The application in question was made
for William Edwards, of Johnston
county, sentenced in August 1921 to
12 months on the roads for manufac
turing whiskey.
In his statement of reasons Gover
nor Morrison said:
“The prisoner in this case* William
Edwards, was convicted at the August
term, 1921, Johnston superior court,
of manufacturing whiskey and sen
tenced to 12 months on the county
roads.
“His pardon is recommended by the
solicitor who prosecuted and by the
judge who Tried and sentenced him.
Ordinarily upon these recommenda
tions I would parole or pardon the
prisoner; I have done so in several
similar cases, but the crime of manu
facturing whiskey, or assisting in do
ing so, is in its nature a very deliber
ate offense. It has worked great de
moralization in many communities in
this State. I think the sentence of 12
months for this offense moderate.
There are many others on the roads
of the State for the same offense
whom I am not going to pardon and
I must decline to pardon this defend
ant. The manufacture of whiskey and
the operation of distilleries must be
broken up. It is seriously interfering
with many communities and I am go
ing to be very slow, and will have to
have most excellent reasons to pardon
anybody else for this offense.”—News
and Observer, 6th.
Selma Man Has Narrow Escape.
SELMA, April 4.—J. I). Reynolds
narrow escaped with his life when
a Southern freight train struck his
automobile and overturned it at
Webb street crossing. The approach
of the train was obscured by the
freight depot and freight ears on the
side ti*ack.
Mr. Reynolds’ car and the train
reached the crossing at the same
t'me, but the car had almost cleared
when the engine struck the rear and
and knocked it over. Mrq Reynolds
was painfully but not seriously
hurt.
And yet, you’ll seldom find a man
who is too busy to stop and tickle his
vanity by giving you a little free ad
vice.—News and Observer.
A LETTER FROM
WILSON’S MILLS
Birthday Party an Enjoyable
Occasion; Missionary
Meeting Held
• WILSON’S MILLS, April 4.—Rev.
Charlie Stevens, of Kentucky, re-'
ctntly vsited his sister, Mrs. Clair
Wilson,
Miss Maggie Parrish of Selma spent
the week end here with relatves.
Miss Bessie Rouse of Raleigh, was
a recent guest of Mrs. W. G. Wilson.
Miss Margaret Wiloti, of Smithfield.
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson.
Mr. Andrew Vinson, of Clayton,
was here on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Davis of Micro,
visited relatives here on Sunday.
Mrs. E. E Parrish is spending sev
< ral days with her daughter, Mrs.
L .C. Davis in Micro.
Mr. Paul Harty of Waverly, Va.,
visited friends here during the week
end.
Miss Lotte Wilson, Mrs. P. H.
Massey, Mrs. Carl Parrish, Messrs.
Aubrey Massey and Paul Hartz shop
ped in Smithfield Frday.
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Barbour and Miss Mable Barbour
shopped in Smithfield.
Mr. C. K. Parrish made a business
trip to Kcnly on Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Wells of Smithfield
Floyd of St. Pauls, visited M ss Eve
lyn Wilson during the week end.
Miss Eliabeth Well of Smithfield,
visited the school on Tuesday.
Messrs'Carl K. Parrish, John Tom
linson, S. L. Barbour and Joe Parrish
wont on a fishing trip to Cox s Ferry
on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gaskins and
Mrs. J. W. Vinson visited relatives in
. Goldsboro Sunday.
Miss Helen Dickson spent the we' k
I end in Raleigh.
Rev. Lee Saddler of Wilson con
ah inspiring service on Sun
day at the Christian Disciple church.
Mr. Willie Wilson was the leader
of a profitable Christ’an Endeavor
service on Sunday evening.
The Easter Week (April 10-12-14)
of Prayer will be observed by the
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions.
Splendid and appropriate programs
will be observed. On Monday all
who will are requested to meet at the
h.mie of Miss Bettie Vinson with
Mrs. Harry Wilson as leader; on
We luesday at the home of Mrs. Dock
Jones with Mrs. S. L. Barbour as
leader; on Friday at the home of Mrs.!
W. G. Wilson with Mrs. Carl K. Par
rish as leader.
Mrs P. H. Massey Entertains.
On Friday evening Mrs. P. H. Mas
sey entertained at her home, the oc
casion being the birthday of her
daughter, Miss Odessa Massey. The
spirit of gayety and youth was evi
dent. Spring flowers off-set the at
tractive living room and hall, while
a chandelier effect of pink carnations,
festooned with green foliage was sus
pended over the dining table with a
pasture scene of Bo-peep and Little
Boy Blue as a center piece.
Additional variety and pleasure
were found when Mrs. Lois Massey
Bass of Clayton rendered several
beautiful vocal numbers.
The numerous guests were made
happy when requested to write tele
grams expressing birthday greetings
to the guest of honor.
A Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
contest recalled the scenes of one’s
childhood, and thus again was the
spirit of youth everywhere.
Refreshing punch, sandwiches and
brick cream were served.
The birthday cake with pink can
dles was as pleasing to the guests
as were the favors of May basket with
mints to the young ladies and the
button-hole bouquets of pansies to the
young men.
Out-of-town guests present were:
Mrs. Lo s Massey Bass of Clayton;
Miss Margaret Wilson, Ruth Brooks.
Sarah Patterson, Arah Hooks, Rose
Grantham of Smithfield; Messrs Paul
Hartz, of Waverly, Va.; William Mas
sey and Leonard Massey of Clayton;
Norwood Holland, Edward Patterson,
and Thel Hooks of Smithfield.
Christian W. K. of M. Meets.
On Tuesday afternoon the Chris
tian Woman’s Board of Missions met
in the home of Mrs. J. A. Wilson. Mrs.
D. O. Uzzle was the efficient leader
I of the following program:
Bible Read'ng—Timothy VIII—
SMITH FIELD WOMAN’S
CLUB HOLDS MEETING
Delegates Elected to Federation;
Misses Swain and Bridge Make
Talks on Milk Campaign.
Wednt sday afternoon the Woman’s
Club held its regular monthly business
meeting at the Woman’s Club room,
with the vice-president, Mrs. L. T.
Royal! presiding. The usual reports
were called for all of them evidencing
a spirit of activity in the various de
pai tments.
It was announced that the chair
man of the Mus'e Department is at
work on an Easter vesper service
which will be looked forward to with
pleasure.
The Chairman of Civics, Mrs. F. H.
Brooks, stated that work in the ceme
tery would be resumed about May
1st and continued as long as fun Is
were available.
Mrs. II. L. Skinner, librarian, re
ported about a hundred new books
added to the library since she began
her campaign, but she st 11 wants
the good work to go on.
After hearing the reports, dele
gates were elected to the Federation
which meets in Greensboro in May
Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst and Mrs. W. N.
Holt were elected with Mrs. H. G.
Gray and Mrs. Harry P. Johnson as
alternates. The president or one ap
pointed by her will also be an offi
cial delegate.
At the close of the business ses
sion, the club had the pleasure of
hearing Miss Bridge of Harnett coun
ty and Miss Swa:n of Nash county
who are in Johnston this week assist
ing Miss Minnie Lee Garrison in her
“More Milk” week. They presented
charts and posters which were con
vincing as to the desirability of in
cluding milk in the diet. Bulletin4
along this line were given out and
plans discussed for the more inten
sive work to be done in the school
today.
The meeting was quite interesting
and though the attendance was hardly
so large as usual all presew- co.nsid
ered it a profitable afternoon.
DR. LANDRITH WILL BE
AT BENSON EASTER MONDAY
Plans Changed and Dr. Landrith
Goes to Benson Easter Monday
Instead of This City.
An announcement sent us from
the National headquarters of the
Anti-Saloon League of America
as to an address scheduled to he
delivered in this city Monday
night, April 17, was published in
our last issue. Leaders in the
county who have charge of the
matter have seen fit to change the
program, and Dr. Ira Landrith
will speak in Benson Monday
night instead of here.
Dr. Landrith will use as his sub
ject, “To-day and The America
For It.” I)r. Landrith, who is a
native Texan, is said to he an ef
fective speaker. He was for 14
years a religious newspaper edi
tcr and for ten years a college
president. He has been on the
Chautauqua platform and devot
ed a good deal of his time during
the war to speaking at army
camps cantonments and naval
training stations.
Supt. Franks Re-elected.
At a meeting: of the school board
of the Smithfield district las>t Mon
day evening, Supt. Thos. H. Franks
who has been at he head of the
Smithfield schools for the past year,
was re-elected for another term. Mr.
Franks has been here for two years,
having been pi incipal one year prior
to his election as superintendent. He
has given the district a good school
and is laying plans for a still bet
ter school in the future. The super
intendent of the Smithfield schools
has under his supervision about a
thousand pupils, and the position is
a responsible one. Smithfield is for
tunate in having Mr. Franks at the
head of its school system.
Mrs. D. 0. Uzzle
Sentence Prayer—Members of So
ciety.
Shall We Let the Strategy of Our
Foreign Mission Work Break Down—
Mrs. Carl K. Parrish.
Negro Education in the U. S.—Mrs.
Willie T. Wilson.
Hidden Answers—Members of So
ciety.
NEW MARKETING
PLAN APPROVED
Mr. Austin Writes Article:
Industrial Slavery or In
dustrial Freedom?”
Tho Co-operative Associations of
cotton and tobacco are about to
launch another drive for membership.
It is the interest of every business
and also the interest of the South that
this movement should be a success,
and with your co-operation it will.
The banks should give loyal support
to the movement; it means better and
safer business for them and their cus
tomers. Unless the farmer gets a
fa.ir price for his crops it means ev
ery business becomes stagnant, suf
fers, topples and decays. Unless the
banks can get good deposits it means
that they soon will be running at a
loss. It is to the interest of the banks
to render every service they can to
every industry and business consist
ent with safe and sound banking.
Read what Mr. Eugene Meyer,
Chairman of the War Finance Corpo
ration, has to say in regard to Co
operative Marketing: “The rapid
growth and popularity of the move
ment for the co-operative marketing
of cotton throughout the cotton belt
is one of the most interesting and fas
cinating business romances of this
generation.” Theo. Price, the best
posted man on cotton in the world,
says: “I would not urge non-co-opera
tive even if I could adduce a hundred
reasons in favor of it. There is but
one side to the question and that is
affirmative. It is through co-opera
tion that civilization has advanced and
those who oppose it oppose human
progress."
The merchant should be enthusias
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MU. W. H. AUSTIN
tic for the success of the Association,
because it is upon the success of the
farmer their success depends. If they
prosper, we prosper; if they fail, we
fail. The great army of consumers of
the South are farmers; unless the far
mers can be thrifty the business in
terest cannot be; unless the merchant
can find a sale for his goods, wares
and merchandise, and collect for the
same, he is on the road to bankruptcy.
It is the interest of the farmer to join
the Associations. We have tried the
old methods of every farmer being in
competition with every other farmer
in marketing his products, and as a
result failed to receive anything like
the cost of production, counting any
thing for the services of ourselves,
wife and children.
Now, gentlemen, what is Co-opera
tive Marketing? Concisely stated, it
is simply organizing together and em
ploying experts to market our cotton
and tobacco on business principles.
1'Ians of the Associations
The Association employs the best
and most experienced brains obtain
able to handle the marketing of their
products. Warehouses are provided
for the storage of the cotton and to
bacco of the Associations. The mem
ber delivers his cotton and tobacco to
the warehouses, where it is weighed,
graded, classed and a certificate given
him for the same. Upon delivery the
Association advances him a certain
amount of money per pound for his
cotton or tobacco. After delivering it
the individual member has nothing
more to do with his commodity it is
handled entirely by experts of the As
sociations, and sold in the highest
markets in the world, and the produc
er gets every dollar it brings, except
the running expenses. The ignorant
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