VOLUME 41
SM1THFIELD, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922
NUMBER 73
COTTON RECEIVING
AGENTS NAMED
Ten Receiving Points Now in
Johnston County; Two
Points in Wilson
Mr. R. J. Hicks, Field Agent for
the Cotton Growers Association, is
in the county completing plans for
receiving cotton in this section. He
has given us the following commun
ication which will be of interest to
all members of the association:
“There has been a sufficient num
ber of receiving agents appointed in
the counties to receive all cotton de
sired to be delivered to the Cottoi)
Growers Association by its many
signers. We have tried as near as
possible to arrange our receiving
points for the farmers to deliver
their cotton at their usual place of
marketing. But, however, in case
there is not a receiving agent in
your usual place of marketing, you
will then carry it to your nearest
point which will not be over six or
eight miles.
The following is a list of receiv
ing points and names of agents who
will receive.
Benson, S. P. Honeycutt.
Four Oaks, J. H. Austin.
Pine Level, D. B. Oliver
Princeton, P. A. Joyner.
Micro, A. C. Fitzgerald.
Selma, Roberts-Atkinson Co.
Clayton, V. A. Turley 01 Farmers
Bank.
Wilson’s Mills, W. G. Wilson.
S nithfield, E. F. Crump.
Kenly, E. G. Edgerton.
Wilson County
Lucama and Black Creek, L. A.
Lamm.
Stantonburg and Wilson, H. E.
Thompson.
“These agents will receive your
cotton any flay "in the weeit, ufuess
otherwise notified. Of course some
of our small receiving points will
not justify the agent to stay there
all of his time. In a case of this
kind there will be receiving days
for each week, which will be publish
ed for your information. If this
happens to be your place of delivery,
I feel confident that you can ar
range to deliver your cotton these
days.
“It must be distinctly understood
that it is absolutely necessary for
every member delivering a bale of
cotton to carry with him his contract
or certificate number. This must be
entered on shipping tags, draft,
warehouse certificate, etc., but how
ever, in case you have your cotton
ready to deliver, and have not re
ceived your contract certificate card,
don’t hold the cotton. Deliver it to
your nearest receiving agent, he will
receive it without the number and
assist you in getting your cash ad
vancement.
It is desired by the association
that each and every grower draw
his fifty dollars ($50.00) cash per
bale when cotton is delivered. The
association has the money in Ral
eigh waiting for you, it is of no
benefit to any one as it is, whereas
if all the farmers accept their cash
advancement, put it into circulation,
it will help the immediate condition
which now exists in your local com
munity.
Your identification cards will be
issued the earliest possible date.
However, if you happen to be in
Smithfield any time for the next few
days, stop by Mr. N. B. Stevens’
(Johnston County Agent) office, and
we will be glad to look yours up.”
MARSHALL WOOD SHOOTS
PETE WHITE AT CLAYTON
Tnesday night, according to news
received at this office, Marshall
Wood shot Pete White, superinten
dent of the Liberty Cotton Mill at
Clayton, the balls entering the left
leg fracturing both bones. The
shooting occurred about eight o’
clock and was the result of undue
attention paid Wood’s wife by
White. Wood was arrested but was
placed under $250 bond and released
The Way She Felt.
Mabel: “How did you feel when
Jack kissed you in the tunnel?”
Helen: “I felt as if I never want
ed to see him again.”—Pithy Para
graphs.
SHARP DECLINE
IN COAL PRICES
Prices at The Mines Drops From
$7.00 To $4.86; Ship
ments Steady.
Coal prices tumbled yesterday from
last week’s peak of $7.00 per ton at
the mines to $4.86 per ton, accord
ing to advices received by State
Fuel Director R. 0. Self, bringing the
price down to approximately the
level maintained during the few
weeks the Federal government un
dertook to regulate the cost at the
mines.
With practically all coal mines,
both in the soft coal and hard coal
districts in full operation, the in
dustry is well on the road back to
normal, in the opinion of Mr. Self.
North Carolina is receiving all the
coal that is needed for industrial
purposes at prices but little higher
than those prevailing before the
^tr.ke.
Prices went skyrocketing two
weeks ago when Secretary Hoover
declared that the Federal Govern-,
n.ent had no authority to regulate
them. Prices at the mines had
been fixed at $3.50 to $4.00, but
after that coal went to the highest
bidder, with $11.00 being the high
est price paid. The Federal govern
ment retained only the right to
regulate distribution among the
States.
Regulation of distribution has been
carried on by Mr. Self with a de
gree of efficiency that has enabled
every coal consuming industry In
the State to continue to operate, and
the w >rk continues to oe dene with
a staff o.” about 20 clerks No
shortage hue occurred in any oavt
of i' e State.
13ut one difficulty is nw to be en
countered, in the optn . of the
Shite dilector, and that is in the
abui'.y of the railroads to handle
s,V,ivj|Tfrfmts-. Pract'eelly. all top,
cars have rc-en diverted to coal air
piefereiuo being giv n tc coal
sir,)!: ents. Strike co id tions con
tinue to hamper deliver/ in many
,-ections of the State, and w.U
prebably c. l.tinue unt’l the strike 's
eventually settled.—News and (ob
server.
PEOPLE OF SMYRNA FACE
FAMINE WITHIN A WEEK
Already 30,000 Refugees With
out Food; Turks Promise
Adequate Patrol.
SMYRNA, Sept. 12.—The 700,000
persons in Smyrna face famine with
in a week unless food supplies ar
rive, according to *H. C. Jacquith,
of Darien, Conn., managing director
of the near east relief, who is sup
erintending relief measures in co-op
eration with a group of Americans.
The food must come by boat, as
the sea is the only route nowr left
open.
The last of the foodstuffs left by
the Greek army upon its evacuation
has been consumed and the situation
is growing more desperate hourly.
Already 30,000 refugees are without
food. The relief organization has
established its headquarters with
other American agencies in water
front theater and the distribution
system is working smoothly.
The commander of the Turkish
troops of occupation is co-operating
and has promised that within twm
days the city will be adequately pa
trolled. This will enable resumption
of the importation of food stuffs by
sea without the danger of riots. On
ly those refugees who had engaged
passage before the entry of the Turks
have been able to leave.—Associated
Press.
Improved Gardening.
Two hundred and sixty thousand
farm families either made their
first home garden or changed their
previous ways of gardening in 1921,
as a result of demonstrations of im
proved methods by agricultural ex
tension agents, according to reports
received by the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
The One He Had To Tell.
She: “Did you tell anybody about
my pies?”
He: “Oh, yes! I had to tell my
physician what ailed me.”
SOUTH CAROLINA
REJECTS BLEASEISM
Cole L. Blease Is Defeated
at the Polls for Governor
By Mr. McLeod
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 12.—
Thomas G. McLeod, of Bishopville, at
one time lieutenant governor of the
state, was today nominated for gov
ernor of South Carolina over former
Governor Cole L. Blease. James H.
Hope, of Florence, was nominated
for state superintendent of educa
tion over the incumbent, John E.
Swearingen, of Columbia. At 11
o’clock tonight, with only 105 pre
cincts with approximately 10,000
votes missing, McLeod leads Blease
by 14,290 votes out of a total of
175f,808. Blease carried only six of
the 46 counties of the state. The
vote for Hope was 95,689 and for
Swearingen 68,752, or a inapority of
26,932 in favor of Hope.
The returns from 9:30 o’clock as
they were reported materially reduc
ed the lead of McLeod, which was at
one time 18,000 majority. When tho
complete returns are tabulated, i,t
is estimated that the majority cf the
next governor will be slightly in ex
cess of 10,000 votes.
A canvass of the next general
assembly shows that very’ few of the
members of the last Legislature will
be returned.
A determined fight against the
ascendency of Blease was made by
the newspapers of the state, aligned
with many persons who thought that
the impetuous former governor
would hurt South Carolina if nomi
nated. One of the main cards play
ed against Blease was that he was in
sympathy with the republican party
and a letter written by him to Jos
eph Tolbert, republican ‘‘boss” of
South Carolina, in which Blease ex
pressed pleasure at the election of
Harding as President, played an im
portant part in the campaign.
In the first primary election, held
August 29, the vote for governor
was 173,000 out of an enrollment of
226,000. McLeod and his lieutenants
fought to bring out the absent vote
with much success.
Another element entering into the
equation was the declaration of Sen
ator George K. Laney, of Chester
field, who ran third for governor in
the first race, who avowed his in
tention of voting for McLeod in to
day’s primary.
The Blease campaign was pitched
on the reduction of taxes through
the elimination of offices and the dis
charge of bureau chiefs and various
attaches, when they were shown to
be useless. Blease inveighed against
methods of indirect taxation.—
Charlotte Observer.
Ford’s Wealth.
The News and Observer points out
that “in comparison with the recent
official record of Henry Ford’s wealth
filed at Lansing, Mich., Croesus was
a piker,” and the figures prove the
truth of this statement. Mr. Ford
had one hundred and forty-five mil
lion in cash and enough more in
goods and lands and factories to
reach half a billion dollars.
The amount of Mr. Ford’s wealth
is not the most important point in
this story. The record of his achieve
ment is the big thing. The Ford car
is not yet 20 years of age and about
a quarter of a century ago Mr. Ford
was working for $75 a month. In
less than 20 years he has risen to the
position of the world’s richest man,
and he made his money from his own
mind. He didn’t inherit it. The Ford
car is his own creation. He saw a
vision and followed his impulses.
And to quote again from the News
and Observer “the fortune has
brought no oppression to any and
has not changed Mr. Ford’s direct
and simple life one iota.” That is
another important point. Friends de
clare the Detroit manufacturer is just
as friendly and unaffected today
with his half a billion dollars as he
formerly was when making $75 a
month. That’s the test of a man.—
Coetord Times.
None Too Great.
Few difficulties are too great to
be overcome by the person who says,
“I will” and lives up to it.
j TO SETTLE WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL ROADS
Shop Crafts Council Autho
rizes Jewell to Make
“Peace” At Once
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—B. M.
Jewell, head of the striking
railway shop crafts, announced
tonight that the union’s policy
committee of ninety had autho
rized him to negotiate individ
ual peace agreements with the
railroads of the country based
on the terms of a general set
tlement plan adopted by the
policy committee.
Mr. Jewell said:
“We have agreed to the
terms of a settlement, yield
ing wherever possible and
standing where there was no
other avenue open honorably
to those we represent."
All the men are to return to
work in positions of the class
originally held on June 30, 1922,
at the same point, according to
the statement issued by the
policy committee.
“The method of procedure
adopted by the policy commit
tee at the meeting is that no
men on any railroad, even
though included in the settle
ment at this time, are to return
to work until they have receiv
ed the necessary directions
from their respective system
federations,’’ the policy commit
tee statement said, and added
I that the negotiations with the
j’nsaSfo 'Wo u il< -’wt - orltmT.-- '(ft
' once.
Effect of Action.
This action, it was stated, would
end the strike on from 30 to 52 of
the 202 Class one railways of the
country which entered into direct
negotiations with Mr. Jewell re
cently at Baltimore, and on any
I °thers who cared to accept the peace
■ terms.
The terms of the agreement are
those offered at New York, with a
few slight changes made necessary
to mollify the opposition in the
union’s ranks. With these terms as
a basis, system federations on roads
not now parties to the agreement are
authorized to enter peace negotia
tions with the proper railroad offi
i cials. Until these employes are re
turned to work, they will be assist
. ed financially by those who are em
! ployed.
Present employes and the strikers
will be retained by the railroads
signing the Jewell-Willard agree
ment. The old men are to return
to their former positions at the
present rates of pay not later than
thirty days after the agreement is
signed. All strikers with the ex
ception of those found guilty of
acts of violence are to be on the
railroad’s pay-roll at the end of the
30-days period. Men will be called
to work in the order of their stand
ing.
Anticipating disputes arising out
of the men’s return to work, the
agreement provides for an arbitra
tion commission composed of siy
railroad representatives and six shop
crafts agents.
On the belief that many carriers
will follow those who were parties
to this agreement, it was understood
tonight the shop crafts officials
place their hopes of a nation-wide
settlement of the strike. The action
of the agreeing roads, they were
said to believe, will force the oth
ers to the same terms.
Just how soon men on the “peace”
railroads will return to work could
not be learned tonight, but it was
predicted that orders ending the
strike on some roads will be issued
within a few hours.
The peace settlement plan also
would apply to the Brotherhood of
Stationary Firemen and Oilers, some 1
15,000 members of which followed the i
strike action of the six federated
shop crafts.—Associated Press.
Contrary to general opinion, mon
ey does not count. We count it.
COTTON ASSOCIATION
COMPLETES PLANS
Conferences Held Here, at Kins
ton, Rocky Mount and
Weldon.
RALEIGH, Sept. 12.—Confer
ences of receiving agents through
out the cotton belt of North Caro
lina are being held this week to
complete plans for the handling of
the cotton of members of the North
Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co-operat
ive Association. Receiving agents
have been named for seventy-five
points in addition to the fifty ware
houses wi[th which the association
has contracts, and are now receiving
cotton.
The receiving agents for the pied
mont section met in Charlotte Mon
day with General Manager U. 11.
Blalock and B. F. Brown, manager
of the cotton department, and on
Tuesday the agents of the southern
border counties met with Mr. Brown
at Aberdeen while the agents for
the eastern counties met with Hom
er B. Mask on the same day in Clin
ton. Other conferences were held
at Smithfield, Rocky Mount, Kins
ton and Weldon.
Owing to the necessity of getting
the warehouses lined up to receive
cotton, [he appointment of receiv
ing agents for the association was
delayed for a few days, but every
thing is now in smooth working or
der, according to General Manager
Blalock, who feels greatly encourag
ed over the outlook.
The biggest lot of cotton received
by the association so far from one
man was delivered last week by
William Peterson, of Sampson coun
ty, who turned over 86 bales and re
ceived $4,300 advance on the deliv
ery.
1 he association continues to re
ceive assurances of support from the
leading banks of North Carolina.
The Murchison National Bank of
Wilmington, poc uL tligJiu'g^st f ajvj
oldst banks of the State, has agreed
to loan two hundred thousand dol
lars to the revolving fund, which is
the largest loan made by any bank
to the association although large
loans have been made by banks in
Winston-Salem and Greensboro,
Contrary to the impression receiv
ed in some quarters, it is announced
by the association management that
it is not building any warehouses.
It has entered into an agreement
with several newly organized ware
house companies for a minimum
space reservation in warehouses that
aie to be built at several important
points, but the association will sim
ply be one of the customers—in prac
tically all cases the largest customer.
The warehouses will be operated by
local capital, it is stated.
With the actual opening for busi
ness, the association headquarters
is working night and day and has
everything in good shape for handl
ing the hundreds of thousands of
items incident to receiving and
selling the cotton of its 30,000 mem
bers. The association has profited
by the experience of Oklahoma and
Texas, and a system of accounting
has been worked out that provides
for a minimum of effort to secure
tho needed facts.
All samples of cotton coming in
from the warehouses are classed
promptly by a force of expert grad
ers. Every offort is made to ex
pedite the handling of the cotton,
so that there will be no delay.
Practically all the banks in the
cotton belt have been visited with
in the last two weeks, and the meth
od of handling drafts explained to
them. Many of them have agreed to
make loans to the revolving fund and
no difficulty is now anticipated in
financing the sales operation within
the State.
The Most Popular Hog.
In lowq, the largest producers of
hogs in the world, or at least one
of the largest seems to favor the
Hampshire. At the Iowa State Fair
this year there were shown 706
Hampshires; 591 Durocs; 571 Poland
Chinas; 371 Spotted Poland-Chinas;
318 Tamworths; 304 Chester Whites;
80 ^ orkshires; 17 Berkshires.
There is a reason apparently and
the Iowa farmer raises hogs for
profit.—The Breeders Gazette.
A word and a blow make many a '
free show.
CHARLES H. GRADY IS
NAMED FOR HOUSE
Former Johnstonian Nomi
nated by Democrats of
Dare County
Charles Howard Grady was unani
mously nominated for the House of
Representatives by the Democrats of
Dare County in convention assembled
on last Friday.
Mr. Grady is a son of Dr. J. C.
Grady of Kenly, N. C., and a broth
er of Paul D. Grady, the democratic
nominee for the State Senate, from
the eighth Senatorial District, and
a member of the House of Repre
sentatives for the last several ses
sions. He was educated at Wake
Forest College and the State Uni
versity and although he has been
a resident of Dare County for only
a short time he has so identified
himself with the county and its peo
ple and their interests that they
have, without a dissenting voice ask
ed him to become their Representa
tive in the next session of the
North Carolina General Assembly.
A few weeks ago Mr. Grady mar
ried Miss Glenmore Koonce a mem
ber of a well known Jones County
family. He is twenty-three years of
age and actively identified with a
number of the leading fraternal or
ganizations in the state. He was
licensed for the practice of law by
the Supreme Court of North Caro
lina in 1921 and has since that time
been actively engaged in the prac
tice of his profession.
Miss Austin Tells About Play
The talk on the Passion Play made
by Miss Margaret Lee Austin at
the League Tuesday evening made
the large number present feel that
thev, had. ceaily vjsited Oberammer
gau, seen the play, and talked with
the actors. Miss Austin presented it
simply yet vividly.
Next Tuesday evening at 7:45
Miss Margaret Pou will entertain
the Leaguers with a talk on Shakes
peare, his home and country. All
are cordially invited to be present.
TRUCK CRASHES THROUGH
BRIDGE, KILLLING 18
Sixteen of Eighteen Dead Neg
roes Recovered From
Saltilla River.
HOMERYILLE, Ga., Sept. 12.—
There were 32 negroes on board the
truck that crashed through the Sa
tillo river bridge yesterday, it de
veloped today, and fourteen of these
saved their lives by leaping and
dodging timbers from the collapsed
bridge. None of the victims, the in
vestigation discloses, came to their
death by drowning, but were crushed
to death by falling timbers or wreck
age before they reached the water.
Up to noon today sixteen bodies
of eighteen negroes drowned or kill
ed yesterday at noon when a heavy
truck, carrying them to the baseball
game at Nichols, crashed through a
bridge over the Satilla river, near
Axson, had been recovered.
More than two hundred persons
are assisting today in dragging the
river for the two remaining bodies.
MRS. HARDING IS NOW
RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—An
nouncement that Mvs. Harding had
enjoyed today the best day since her
illness became critical, the night
statement from the White House
physicians said convalescence was
continuing so satisfactorily that the
regular bulletins w'puld be discon
tinued from this time.
The statement follows:
“Mrs. Harding’s condition at 8
p. m.:
“Temperature 100; pulse 90; res
piration 26.
“All appearances and conditions
show the best day since the serious
time of the illness. Convalescence
will necessarily be tedious. All things
going well, symptoms will vary only
slightly from day to day. Sufficient
reports will be given to relate prog
ress of case. Regular bulletins will
be discontinued.
(Signed) “C. E. SAWYER, M. D.”