NUMBER 38 JOHNSTON BACKS UP COOPERATION Meeting Held Here Saturday —Dr. Kilgore and Mr. R. B. Whitley Speakers Saturday afternoon, at the call of the officers, the Co-operative Market ing Associations of Johnston County met here in an interesting session. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of Raleigh, and Mr. R. B. Whitley of Wendell were the out of town speakers present. Local men interested in the movement also made addresses. The following dispatch sent to the News and Ob server gives a splendid account cf the meeting: “Co-operative marketing is being backed to a finish in Johnston county. Several hundred farmers and busi ness men pledged their help to put the movement over in this county at a mass meeting in the town hall, Sat urday afternoon. Straight talks from the shoulder were made by Dr. B. W. Kilgore, director of the agricul tural extension service; W. H. Austin, president of the State cotton grow ers’ association; R. B. Whitley, of Wendell, and T. S. Ragsdale, of this city, brought assurance to the farm ers that the movement is going to succeed. A. M. Johnson presided. E. F. Boyett, prominent farmer and warehouse manager here for many years, was among those that signed contracts after the meeting. Homer H. B. Mask, field manager for the cotton association, received one of the surprises of his life when Mr. Boyett put down his name for 200 bales of cotton and a hun dred thousand pounds of tobacco an nually. Mr, Boyett said he couldn’t stay out after seeing the intense en thusiasm of such men as Mr. Austin, a fellow townsman. “No question has spread over the country like co-operative marketing has within the last year and a half,” said Dr. B. W. Kilgore. He said that the problem was not a political one but was an economic one and that the farmer who remained on the outside were not treating their neighbors fair, as they would all ben efit and that those who did not come in would in a year walk around with something heavy hanging over them for not doing their part in putting the project over. “The question has spread from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico and it has proven a success,” declared the speaker. Touching upon misleading propa ganda, Dr. Kilgore said that he had letters from bankers, merchants and all sorts of farmers from Kentucky stating that the association was a success and that the farmers were satisfied. Dr. Kilgore spoke very briefly on the financing of the association and stated that it was the easiest part of the work and at the same time stated that the hardest work was yet to be done and that the farmers who had not signed were the ones they were after now and that the members of the association were going after them. “When we get the farmers signed up in this association we will have the biggest tobacco selling bus iness in the world.” W. H. Austiii, president of the State Cotton Growers’ Association, spoke on condition in Texas and other recently visited states where he went for the purpose of studying the situation. He made it clear to the farmers what they would have to do and that they would get the bene fit from the association. T. S. Ragsdale of this city spoke on information gathered on a tour of Kentucky when he went there in the interest of the chamber of commerce. He also told of the results of a tour of Eastern Carolina and then on down into South Carolina where he accompanied Dr. J. Y. Joyner and Mr. G. A. Norwood. They made talks in several tobacco towns and their reports were very encouraging as to the number of signers. Mr. Ragsdale surprised even the leaders of the association when he told them that here was a co-oper ative marketing system operating within a. stone’s throw of the city. “There is a warehouse which is oper atmg on the co-operative marketing plan in this State. It is a success too, and the very men at the head of it are the very ono% who are trying to keep you farmers out of this association. The first year j S2.00 MOTOR TAX BILL STIRS FIGHT IN HOUSE Banton Declares Federal Act Would Be Greatest Deterrent to Crime. Burdensome, Qthers Say. WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 11.— Prosecuting officers and representa tives of State automobile associa tions took opposite sides today at the House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing on the automobile registra tion bill of Rep. Mills of New York. The measure is designed to cut down wholesale motor car thefts by re quiring that each car be stamped with a Federal registration number at a cost of $2 to the owner. As a revenue getter it would produce ap proximately $26,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 for each succeed ing year. Joab H. Banton, District Attorney of New York county, speaking for the bill, declared it would be the greatest deterrent of bootlegging and major crimes which, he said, arc facilitated by the use of automobiles. “In New York city,” said Mr. Ban ton, “in 1921 there were 6,808 au tomobiles stolen and in 1920 there were 5,129, or about $6,000,000 worth of cars. This bill would have prevented that loss. There are to day in New York city automobile firms that make it a regular business to manipulate stolen cars so that they will not be identified. A ma chine is stolen today and tomorrow you would not recognize it. The en gines and bodies are changed, num bers scratched out and every identifi cation mark is erased from the car as it was originally.” Members of the committee sought to establish the fact that the en tire matter could be handled by the States, but Mr. Banton said it would be impossible for a State law ti^ reach the offenders. The automo bile crooks, he said, have a ready market for the machines, knowing that the State laws cannot reach them. If a Federal law was passed under which it was possible to prose cute those having machines whose identification marks are mutilated the market for stolen cars would be eliminated, he asserted.—New York Herald. _ BAVARIAN HIGHLANDERS REVIVE “PASSION PLAY” OBERAMMERGAU, May 14.—To day saw the first public performance since 1910 of the world renowned “Passion Play,” with the Highland ers of this Bavarian village as the actors. In the wake of the most cruel and extensive war of history, the re vival of the pageant dramatization of the life of Christ came to an aud ience of some 4,000 persons in what seemed particularly appropriate se quence to the conference at Washing ton and Genoa. It was pointed out today that while at Washington and Genoa the expert political and economic builders of the world conferred on the recon struction of good will among men, the representatives of the four corn ers of Christendom were beginning the season’s pilgrimages to Oberam mergau to witness the established in terpretation of the foundation on which their religious structures was based in the career of the man of Galilee. Thousands of tourists are here for the “Passion Play.”—Charlotte Observer. they operated they paid 100 per cent, interest on the investment. The sec ond seasoh they paid 128 per cent, and then on the third year, 25 per cent. The warehousemen drew a salary of $37,000 for their work dur ing the few months they were at work,” said the local tobacco man. R. B. Whitley, a director of the association was present at the meet ing and he made a forceful talk urg ing the farmers to sign the contracts and also stated that he had been doing business for 20 years on the co-operative basis. There is 60 per cent, of the farm ers signed up in Johnston county and this city is going to put on a drive to get at least 90 per cent, be fore July first. When asked how many would get out and work for the association and who would get 25 contracts each signed, five men walked up and 39 agreed to get as many as 10. Ten agreed to get five and 200 stated they would get from 1 to 3.” TERRIFIC STORM DESTROYS CROPS One Person Killed at Church In Princeton and Twen ty-Five Wounded Considerable damage both to property and life resulted Sun day from two storms which swept certain sections of Johns ton County one about noon and the other about 8 o’clock in the evening. The storm seemed to gather in the northwest and be ginning at the Frost place of Mr. W. M. Sanders over the River rain was accompanied by hail for some distance. The path of the hail storm missed Smithfield but the downpour of rain was heavy. At Mr. San ders’ *place about 50 acres of cotton were totally destroyed, and oats and alfalfa damaged to some extent. Other farms near Wilson’s Mills which were damaged so that the crops will have to be replanted were those belonging to Messrs W. A. Price, Dalma Easom, Lamm Jones and Robert Parrish. Mr. Willis Wor rell had a barn and shelter under which his Ford was housed, blown down. The worst streak of the storm, however, was in the vicinity of Princeton. A section between Holts’ Mill and Atkinson’s Mill suffered much damage to crops and orchards. In this section hail was reported knee deep imsome places. Mr. R. R. Holt came from his farm at Holt’s Mill yesterday morning and brought blocks of hail which were at least ten by twelve inches and four inches thick, twenty-four hours after the storm. Numbers of trees were up rooted and several homes barely es caped wreckage from falling trees. Three tobacco barns belonging to Mr. Roland Hill were blown down. Mr. C. H. Holt THE HERALD’S correspondent at Princeton, has fur nished us with the following graphic account of the storm in that section: “Death and destruction wrought by the hail and wind storm which visited this town and vicinity Sunday at 12:35 one colored woman, named, Annie Bagley, was instantly killed, and about 25 others wounded when the colored Disciple church was de stroyed. Many of those wounded were cut in their heads, arm# and other parts of the bodies. Dr. Stev ens was kept busy several hoars aft er the storm sewing up and dressing the wounds of those injured. There were about 150 persons in the church when it was truck by the wind. Some of those who escaped say it was done so quickly they did not have time to think or to get out. Many other buildings in town had the roof torn off. The storm area was two miles wide and from best information extended about 5 miles from a point west of town to a point east of town on the line of the Southern Railway. The storm came from due northwest. The clouds were watched for a half hour before the storm by citizens here, and were looked upon with fear that some section was being visited with a furious storm. Within a few minutes after the wind and hail commenced to come the ground wTas white with ail and in some places it was six inches deep. This is the most furious storm ever known to have visited this section by the oldest citizens. Around town the damage is fearful. The farms are stripped, not a living stalk of corn, cotton or to bacco left. East of town one mile, Mr. Roger Pearce’s roof was torn off his home, and two tobacco barns completely destroyed. Many barns were completely destroy ed on other farms. On the farm of Mr. Charley Gurley several large oak trees were uprooted and one of them blown across the top of his residence, which wrecked that part of the building. Rain and hail poured in torrents. On the farm of Mr. Asa Lee an oak also tore off the rear end of the house. On the'Henderson Stallings’ farm great gullies were washed in the field. On Mr. A. F. Holt’s farm sev eral large trees were uprooted and on all these farms the crops are a total loss and will have to be replant ed. The loof was torn off the barns of (Continued on page 8) NEWS ITEMS FROM BANNER’S CAPITAL High School Seniors Enter tained; Missionary So ciety Gives Program BENSON, May 15.—The class of 1922 of the Benson high school were the honor guests at a banquet given at the Hotel Parrish Friday evening by the John Chas. McNeil Book Club. The husbands of the club members were also present. The dining room was unusually attrac tive with its decorations of potted plants and white roses. These being the class flowers. Their colors, green and white were evident also in the ice course. The program was opened with a piano solo by Miss Eunice Martin after which the toast master, Rev. E. M. Hall, extended greetings to those present. Toasts and responses were given between courses. Mrs. J. R. Barbour, presi dent of the club gave an interesting talk in which she urged the Seniors to continue their education and as sured them of the interest and sup port of the club at any time it was needed. Mr. Kenneth Cavanaugh, the splendid young president of the class, spoke in their behalf, thank ing the club for the many instances whereby it has so clearly demonstrat ed its interest in the welfare of the class and in the school as a whole, and pledging the loyalty of their class to the club. Dr. A. S. Oliver spoke on some of the- advantages of a college education. Clever little toasts and talks were made by Messrs W. D. Boon, J. H. Rose and Mrs. A. S. Oliver. Mrs. E. M. Hall sang a lovely Spring song, using “The Robins” for an enchore. Miss Chrys lelle Lucas, a member of the class, gave a delightful piano solo. At the close of the evening all joined hands around the long banquet table and sang “Should auld acquaintances be forgot.” Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Ray nor last Tuesday, a fine boy. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rose are spend ing this week end with relatives in Rocky Mount. Mr. J. R. Barbour is in Charleston and other points in South Carolina on a business trip. Mr. Gardner Morgan, Misses Ellie and Esther Morgan and Mr. Hiram Rose spent Friday in Clinton. Mrs. A. T. Lassiter has been spend ing this week at the home of her fath er, Mr. J. W. Yelvington, near Clay ton, who is seriously ill. Mrs. Walter Strickland has been confined to her home for several days on account of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smith and Mrs. Martha Jackson spent Sunday in Raleigh. Miss Louise Temple, of Jonesboro, was in town Sunday, the guest of Miss Vallie Hill. Mrs. W. R. Denning has been visit ing in Washington, N, C., this week. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Martin attend ed the organ recital at Smithfield Friday night. Miss Syble Goodrich was in Raleigh Wednesday. Mrs. Thomas W. Wilson, of Gas tonia, visited Mr. and Mrs. Crown W. Wilson a few days this week. Dr. Rosser Lane, of Smithfield, wrs in town one day this week giving the tuberculin test to several cows. Mrs. A. S. Oliver and children spent Tuesday in Selma. Mrs. W. H. Royal was in Smithfield Tuesday. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church met Tues day night at the parsonage. In the absence of the president, Mrs. A. S. Oliver, Miss Vallie Hill presided. The Bible Lesson was conducted by Mrs. J. R. Barbour. A short paper on the work in Brazil was read by Miss Hill after which the Superintendent of Study and Publicity, Mrs. W. D. Boon read several letters from our Mis sionaries in China and interesting items from the Bulletin. Mrs. Edith Putnam was elected corresponding secretary to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Kanoy. After payment of duos and other business the meeting clos ed with a chain prayer for our work ers in China and Brazil. Mrs. Hall served her guests delightful cream anc cake followed bv homemade can dy. It is hard to love thy neighbor when his chickens love the garden.— Monroe Journal. PARTY LINES TO GOVERN PRIMARY Voters Must Declare Party Prefer ence and Then Stick To It. The Voters presenting themselves nt the polls June 3rd, must declare themselves either Republican or Democrat in their affiliations and vote accordingly, according to a rul ing made public yesterday by the State Board of Elections. No parti cipation by the members of one party will be tolerated in selecting the candidates of the other. Two pnmaries are held in the State on that day, the order of the board declares, a Democratic primary and a Republican primary. The voter is free to change his party affiliation, but when he changes he must stick to it. The voter cannot vote for a particular candidate in a party of which he is not a member. Republican participation in the pri mary will be nominal, except in the ?7th Senatoral and the Tenth Con gressional districts. In only these two instances are there contests within the party. Elsewhere in the State, with the exception of some county ((Tices of which no record is made 1 ere, the Republicans will stay out of the primary,because it is a Demo cratic primary. The ruling of the board follows: “There are two primaries held on June 3, 1922. One a ‘Democratic’ and one a ‘Republican.’ The Demo crats vote in one, the Republican in the other. No Republican has anv business in the Democratic primary; likewise, no Democrat has a right to participate in the Republican Pri n'ajy. “Section (S031 of the Consolidated Statutes, being same section of the Election La v, :s very full and min ute upon the voter’s rights. I re quest all interested in the question to read this section. It is mandatory that when a voter offers himself to vote in a Primary he shall declare the political party with which he affiliates and in whose Primary he desires to vote. If a voter, ytheretofore Republican, de clares that he affiliates with the Democratic Party, and he desires to vote in the Democratic Primary, he has a right to do so; but he cannot vote for a particular candidate in that Primary, and hoht on to his Re publican affiliation. Of course, the same rule would apply if a Democrat desired to change his party affilia tions. “A voter changing his party affi liation pledges himself to vote, in the November election, for the par ty nominees. A record of all changes is kept by the Primary Election officers. This therefore, is a plain and simple question. “The voter should be candid, hon est, and fair. It is the duty of all election officers, of both political par ties, to see that good faith in this natter obtains.”—News & Observer. First Snap Beans. The first report of snap beans grown in this section comes from Mrs. H. C. Woodall, who had beans for dinner yesterday grown in her gar den. The Old is New. “There is only one way to peace and happiness,” said L