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RECORDER’S COURT
HAS A FULL DAY
Several Cases of Interest Be
fore Judge Noble in the
Recorder’s Court
Tuesday was a busy day in the
Recorder's Court here. Quite a
number of interesting cases came be
fore Judge A. M. Noble, among which
were the following:
Joe Horne and Lucy Horne charg
ed with larceny and receiving stolen
goods, plead guilty to trespass, which
plea was accepted by solicitor. Each
defendant fined $5.00 and adjudged to
pay one-half costs.
Joe Horne. Removing crop before
satisfying landlord’s lien. Defend
i nt plead guilty, and was ordered to
pay a fine of $5.00 and costs.
John M. Weaver was charged with 1
obtaining goods by means of a worth
less check. Nol pros with leave.
Fulton Norris, of Benson, was
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon. It being Norris’ second ap
pearance in the Recorder’s Court he I
was ordered to pay a fine of $75.00
and costs.
John Stanley, of Four Oaks, was
charged with obtaining goods by
means of worthless check. Upon the j
evidence his Honor was of the opin- |
ion that the transaction did not come 1
within the statute and ordered a ver
dict of not guilty.
M ill Bradley, colored of Princeton,
was charged with carrying a pistol
and with assaulting another negro by
shooting him through the side. Will
war, adjudged guilty and directed to
pay a fine of $50 and costs, includ
mg $57.50 on bill for medical services I
rendered the prosecuting witness !
while confined in hospital.
Willie Johnson was charged with 1
assault mith a deadly heapon wher I
he cut his brother-in-law while both j
were more or less under the influence j
of liquor. It being a family affair,
anu the parties having resumed
friendly relations, Johnson was al
lowed to go upon payment of a fine
of $10 and costs.
David Ingram, of Benson, was fin
ed $50 and costs for carrying a con
cealed weapon. ^
In the case of Wilbur Dodson, col
ored, charged with the larceny of a
watch, the defendant was allowed t">
pay the costs, and prayer for judg
ment was continued for two v *ars.
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MORRISON’S PROGRAM
Two constitutional amend
ments—one limiting the state’s j
indebtedness to five per cent of
the value of its property and an
other prohibiting future legisla
tures from diverting sinking |
funds. I
Provision for creation of sink- j
j isg funds for paying off the
state’s bonds issued for high- J
| ways and permanent improve- j
ments at the state’s institutions. ■
Additional fifteen million dol- j
lar bond issue to complete the j
! state’s highway system.
Duplication of the program j
! of the last legislature for per- [
I manent improvements at the j
I state’s educational and charit- \
able institutions.
Creation of a ship and port
commission, with $2,000,000 to
establish state port terminals
and to purchase a fleet of ships.
Creation of a state depart- j
ment of commerce and industry J
and a state department of bank- ] '■
ing, the latter to have super- :,
j vision of all state banks. !
I* Appropriation of $500,000 and |
comprehensive and adequate
| legislation to conserve and pro- !
I mote the state’s fish, oyster, ! )
! and seafood industry.
Provision of adequate funds j ■ .
to promote and carry forward j ,
the present programs of prog- I ■ .
ress and extension of the health, !
educational, social welfare and ]
agricultural departments.—The i
t'harlotte Observer.
GERMAN AMBASSADOR ]
at Paris Recalled ,
BERLIN, Jan. 10.—Germany to- ,
day recalled her ambassador at Paris, j i
The ambassador, Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, : ,
was instructed to leave the embassy j \
in charge of its counsellor. j ,
The German minister to Belgium 1 (
also was recalled, with similar in- ' <
structions.—Associated Press. (
TWO BIG CO-OPERATIVES
COMBINE THEIR FORCES
State Extension Divisions To Aid
Co-ops With Production
Problems.
RALEIGH, Jan, 8.—Officials of the
North Carolina Extension Divisions
and the Tobacco and Cotton Coopera
tives of three states completed a 3
day of conference at Raleigh last
week, which promises a program of
marketing, and production among or
ganized tobacco and cotton farmers
that will prove a practical benefit
and profit to some 75,000 growers of
these leading staple crops, in North
Carolina alone.
Dr. B. W. Kilgore, Director of the
Extension for North Carolina at this
meeting of the cooperatives asd Ex
tension workers emphasized the great
value of local organizations and coun
ty associations of the cooperatives
and said: “The agricultural work on
which so much time and money has
been spent in the past should go for
ward now by leaps and bounds be
cause of these associations.’’
The plan adopted by leader of the
Extension Division and cooperative
marketing associations provides that
the community locals composed of
members of both cotton and tobacco
associations are to ba organized in
each rural school district wherever
these two crops are grown together
‘n North Carolina. The officers and
other delegates from the local com
munity organizations compose the
county councils, which are to meet
at the court house of each tobacco 1
and cotton-growing county every
month. In the local meetings which
are now held every week by many
community organizations of the cot- I
ton and tobacco cooperatives, a com
bined program is planned for the fu
ture, with the object of securing more
of the crops raised in their district
to the cooperative associations and
to gain more efficient farm produc
tion and a richer community life.
According to the present plan the
county agents and the field leaders
of the associations will meet with
these county councils in their month
ly conferences, will aid in solving
local problems in cooperative mark
eting and profitable production of
cotton and tobacco.
.Experts of the North Carolina Ex
tension Service will assist the orga
nized tobacco and cotton farmers in
selection of seed, improvement of
varieties, combatting of wild-fire,
boll-weevil and plant diseases and in
other immediate problems which can
be more effectively overcome by local
organization than by individual ef
fort.
The local meetings of the coopera
tives will frequently be open to all
cotton and tobacco farmers both with
in and without the association who
desire the benefit of advice on eco
nomical production and better mark
eting.
More than 1500 local units of the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Asso
ciation are now active in North Car
olina, Virginia and South Carolina.
F. V. Shelton, in charge of field work j
in Virginia, and W. E. Lea, direct- ,
ing the organization of tobacco locals j
in South Carolina, emphasized the j
importance of the locals in their!
states and in increasing membership j
and improving methods of produc
tion.
New membei-s are signing up with
the cooperatives in Eastern North!
Carolina, according to the reports of j
‘ield workers at Raleigh last week, j
Bankers and business men are highly j
pleased with the circulation of money • ;
■rom the second payments to tobac- ! j
:o and cotton farmers and many j
)anks which were formerly neutral
ire now enthusiastically supporting
die cooperatives.
A much larger membership and
letter delivery are predicted for the 1
L923 crop of tobacco throughout the j i
hree states by the field service rep- I ’
•esentatives of the tobacco coopera- j 1
,ive.—S. D. Frissell. • ]
Philathea Class Meets. ! ]
The Philathea class of the Baptist j 1
Sunday school held its regular month- ! <
y meeting Tuesday evening at the 1 s
lome of Mrs. Simon B. Jones. After S
he usual business session had been
lisposed of, a delightful social hour i
vas enjoyed by the large number of t
nembers present. About ten o’clock 1
he hostess served delicious refresh
nents consisting of cake with gela- j;
me and whipped cream topped with j i
hemes, Delicious candies were serv- 11
d during the evening. t
WILL DISCUSS THE
BOLL WEEVIL 16TH
Mr. J. O. Taylor One of the
Principal Speakers; Large
Crowd Expected
There is considerable specula
tion as to what the boll weevil
will do not only to the cotton far
mer but to all business during
the coming year. Its coming
was predicted, and the prediction
has been fulfilled, and Johnston
County, judging by the exper
ience of other counties has every
reason to expect inroads on the
cotton crop this year thereby
causing business depression un
less profiting by that experience
the farmers learn the methods of
boll weevil control.
The state department of agri
culture is cooperating in. boll
weevil infested counties in con
ducting an educational campaign
along this line.
Next Tuesday, January 16th,
a meeting will be held at the (
court house at eleven o’clock to ;
which every farmer and business
man In the county is invited. This
i? the only county wide meeting j
to be held any time soon which j
speakers from the state depart- .
ment will attend. Smithfield is j
fortunate in that Mr. J. 0, Tay- i
lor, formerly of the U. S. De- !
partment of Agriculture, is
scheduled to speak here on that j
day. He has been studying the
question for years and is prepar
ed to give Johnston county the
benefit of experiments conducted j
successfully by the State Depart- j
ment. Others will speak on far- j
ming under boll weevil ' condi- ..
tions and out of the actual ex-‘
perience of those who have suf- i
fered from the ravages of the
weevil, good can come to the j
farmers of Johnston.
The date, January 16, should bo j*
kept in mind and plans made to
be on hand to hear Mr. Taylor
and others who will be on the
program.
POSTAL EMPLOYEES OF N. C.
TO MEET IN WINSTON-SALEM
The conference-convention of the
postal employees of the State of
North Carolina will be held in Wins
ton-Salem instead of Raleigh as orig
inally planned, according to a state
ment made public today by the Post
Office Department.
The meeting is scheduled to take
place on Tuesday, January 16.
Change in the conference-conven
tion from Raleigh to Winston-Salem
was made necessavy because it was
impossible to secure hotel accommo- ;
tlauons at Raleigh for the 1500 or j
njore postal workers of North Caro- j
Ima that are expected to be in at- :
tendance.
The Post Office Department will be j
represented by 3rd Asst, Postmaster (
Seneral W. Irving .Glover and Super- ,
intendent of Post Office Service, W. j
R. Spilman. Postmaster John T. j
Benbow, of Winston-Salem will have
:harge of the arrangements and the
Chamber of Commerce of Winston
Salem will assist in making the meet- j
ng a success. The program calls for j:
i special conference of the large us , '
:rs of mail of North Carolina to dis- j'
mss postal questions as well as an j ’
>pen forum at which postal employees j 1
‘rom practically every post office in j
he State will be given an opportun- <
ty to take the floor and present their
>articular problems. ]
520,000,000 IN BONDS 11
TO BE SOLD BY STATE , 1
RALEIGH, Jan. 8.—The state will ■. i
;ell $20,000,000 in bonds Wednesday, j
treasurer B. R, Lacy announced to- i
lay. Fifteen millions will be high- [ \
vav bonds, $3,373,000 in construe - i
ion bonds, and $1,700,000 school loan i
>onds.
The amount of the highway bonds
treviously sold is $20 000,000 and
Wednesday’s sale of $15,000,000 will
eave only $15,000,000 more of the
iriginal 50 million dollars issue. The
chool loan bonds are the last of the
15,000,000 issue authorized by the
921 general assembly for a loan
und to aid counties in the construc
ion of new high and common school
'Uildings.
Bond sales are conducted by the
:overnor and council of state, Treas
urer Lacy being a member of the
ouncil.—Brock Barkley in Wilming
on Star.
REPORT OF COTTON
VARIETY TESTS
Mexican Big Boll Cotton
Does Well in Johnston;
Result of Tests
By R. Y. WINTERS
Plant Breeding Agronomist.
Reports from cotton growers of
Johnston county and results from
two variety tests indicate that Mexi
can Big Boll cotton has given good
results. This cotton was improved by
our State Experiment Station at Ra
leigh, and has been giving good re
suits in thils and other states of the
South.
lhe improvement of this variety
was started in 1915 when the best
ii\ ailable seed were secured and plant
ed on the Station farm. In the fall,
several thousand plants were exam
ined in the fields and those which
had the greatest number of bolls and
good quality of lint were marketed
for Seed. The seed cotton from each
selected plant was saved separately
and ginned on a small gin. All plants
that did not give a fair gin “turn-out”
and a good quality of lint were
thrown out. The next spring the
seed from each plant was planted isn
a separate row to see if they were
able to reproduce their good quali- j
ties. This process has been contin
ued each year since 1915 to keep it
pure and increase its yield.
Just how far the “improvement” |
has succeeded is borne out by its !
standing when compared with other j
varieties. This variety was tested ;
on the farm of Mr. J .11. B. Tomlin
son near Smitheld, in 1921 and 1922.
In these tests it was grown side by
‘-ide with Simpkins, Straughn, Pool’s
Big Boll, Webber, Cook and several
other varieties grown in the county.
In both of the carefully conducted 1
tests Mexican Big Boll has produced j
the greatest money value per acre.
,These results havj? also been sup
WfJfcA^snk^id results secure
ed by growers County, who
have grown la. gr areas of it during
the past two years.
Recent reports of this variety from
other parts of the State and from
other states have also been encourag
ing. Both the Mississippi and South
Carolina Experiment Stations re- ;
port that the Mexican Big Boll led j
all the other short stample varieties
in production of lint. These tests
were made during a very wet sea
son and under severe boll weevil con
ditions. Since some growers of the
State believe they should grow the
earliest varieties under the boll wee
vil conditions. This has not been the
experience of cotton growers furth
er South. The mediumly early cot
tons have yielded best. During the
past season the Extension Service
tested this problem out in Columbus
County. The Mexican Big Boll was
in rows side by side with King. Each
row was given the same care as to
fertilizer and cultivation. The sea
son was very wet and the boll weevil
svere there in full force. No poison
ing or other means were used to con
trol the weevil. In the fall when
:he weights were taken the Mexican
Big Boll had yielded 80 pounds of
cunun more per acre man me
King. This ,may seem a small dif
ference, but when we consider that
;he total yield was reduced by wet
veather, this difference is worth
vhile. Examinations of the punctured
>olls that fall showed the damage to
King was much more severe on ac
count of its small boll and their hull.
The cotton mills of the State pro
lounce the lint of this variety as first
dass and one of the largest mills of
he State has recently purchased 500
mshels of seed to grow this variety
or their mill.
Johnston County has an opportun
ty to increase the production of this
ype of cotton and become known as
i source of good quality, inch to an
nch and a sixteenth cotton. If the
vhole county would grow it, it could
>e much more easily marketed in
arge quantities and there would be
ess danger*of mixing with other va
ieties at the gin.
See your County Agent, or write
he Division of Agronomy, State Col
ege Station, Raleigh, N, C., for fur
her information.
Concerning Riches.
There is a burden of care in get- i
ing riches, fear in keeping them, j <
emptation in using them, guilt in <
busing them, sorrow in losing them 1
nd a burden of account at last to be ‘
iven up concerning them. i
FRENCH TROOPS WILL
MARCH INTO THE RUHR
Supported By Belgium and Italy the
Long Expected Action Is
Now At Hand.
i PARIS, Jan. 10.—France will go
into the Ruhr tomorrow morning;
tanks, troops, airplanes and engi
neers are ready. Essen will bow to
the French in the early mornig hours
and Premier Poincare when he ap
pears in parliament tomorrow will
tell not what he plans to do, but
what he has done".
France with Belgium at her side,
and supported by Italy, will begii
her long-talked of “separate action.”
The decision of President Harding
to withdraw immediately the Amer
ican troops from the Rhineland came
as a blow to the pride of France and
to the French sense of right, al
though there is no word of official
criticism—only regret.
The French people, however, are
standing behind their government at
what is fresuently described as the
most critical moment since the end
of the war. Germany was notified
today in identical notes from France
and Belgium that, effective tomor
row, control of the Ruhr coal distri
bution would be under a commission
which will go in with a small army
as a guard. Italian hesitation has
been giving some concern, but Ital
ian engineers will go with the
French and Belgians which fact Mr.
Poincare’s note to Germany took
pains to mention.
General Simon, commanding the
Duesseldorf area, is ready to move
at a half hour’s notice, marching ra- j
lions have been issued and German :
auiomobiles requisitioned. General J
I'egouttc, in supreme command ot
the Frencn, has already returned to
D iesseltorf and will direct the ad
vance. he time is still secret, but
has been definitely settled opon.
7 lie vigor of the newly launched j
French policy is shown at home, as
wlL-as rfmnnTl ilflTr commun
ists, headed by Deputy Marcel
Cachin, who went to Essen in an at
tempt to organize a general strike
in the Ruhr, have been charged by
the government with a plot against
the safety of the state; and six of j
them already are in jail; four are
being sought, and parliament has
been asked to cancel Mr. Oachin’s par
liamentary immunity, so that he, as
the leader, may be prosecuted,
M. Poincare anticiipates not the
slightest difficulty in geeting parlia
ment's approval tomorrow; it has
repeatedly endorsed his plan for
seizing “productive guarantees,” al
though then there was no chance for
immediate action. The deputies and
seantors in their group talks today
voiced the sentiment that it is everp
Frenchman’s duty to support the
governmen and only the customary
opposition from the extreme left is
expected.—Associated Press.
AMERICAN TROOPS ORDERED
TO LEAVE RHINE AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, Jan, 10.—With ,
drawal of the American troops from ,
the Rhine was ordered today by Pres- :
ident Harding. ,
in announcing tms decision the
state department said the President
teemed the time expedient for the re
turn of the forces now at Coblenz.
The American forces remaining in
that area number about 1,000 men
«id it was indicated that the with
irawal order would be carried out as
soon as the American commander,
Maj. Gen. Allen, could make the
lecessary arrangements for winding
ip finally the affairs of the army of
iccupation.
As an indication that no time
would be lost it was made known that
she transport St. Mihiel would leave
Mew York today, or tomorrow to
>ring home the bulk of the Rhine
’orces. A few small detachments
will be left foV a small time to close
>ut final settlements involved in the
withdrawn—Wilson’s Times.
10,000 GERMANS AT ESSEN
PROTEST AGAINST FRANCE
ESSEN, Jan. 10,—A mass meeting
>f 10,000 persons was held tonight,
ind adopted a resolution by aeclama
,ion in protest against the “fresh vi
tiation of the treaty of Versailles.”
The speakers included Food Min
ster Luther, and the meeting was
omposed mainly of the better class
if residents. The speeches were free
y interspersed with the singing of
‘Leutschland Uber Alles.”—Associat
'd Press.
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THE LEGISLATURE
HAS A BUSY WEEK
Many Bills Introduced; Gov
ernor Morrison Delivered
Message Tuesday
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The members of the legislature re
assembled Monday night after those
who spent the week end at their homes
had returned for the week’s work. It
took only » short time for the House
to transact the introduction of four
teen bills among which were the fol
lowing most outstanding: to fix time
for holding State primaries in Aug
ust ipstead of June on account of the
busy season among the country peo
ple in June, to empower juries to
return qualified verdict in capital
cases, to provide punishment for giv
ing bad checks, and to protect the
laboring man by compelling his em
ployer to give him a letter stating
reasons for dismissing him.
Only four measures were introduc
ed in the Senate Monday nifeht,'the
only one of importance being the
Giles bill providing for a farm loan
commission to administer a proposed
bond issue of $2,500,000. Quoting
from the News and Observer “The
bill, the text of which was made pub
lic, on Saturday provides in brief for
a bond issue of $2,500,000 to be ad
ministered by a commission of five,
of which the Commissioner of Agri
culture would be chairman and the
State Treasurer secretary with the
other three members appointed by
the Governor. Loans would be made
cnly to farmers proposing to purch
ase Derween ou ana nw acres ot land,
the idea being to enable present ten
ants to become land owners and to en
courage intensive and scientific farm
ing. The loans would be repaid in
18 annual installments with the first
due two years from the date of the
loan and would bear interest at a
rate 11-4 per cent greater than that
paid on the bonds. The bill also
Areataa » ™ —flit ,|(|
(y composed of county officers which
would first pass on each application 3
for a loan.”
Tuesday’s session was marked by
Governor Morrison’s bienniel speech
to the general assembly, in which he
recommended a bond issue of $15,000,
000 to complete the state’s .highway
system, a constitutional amendment
limiting the state’s indebtedness tc
five per cent of the value of its prop
erty, another amendment prohibiting
future legislatures from diverting
sinking funds, and the creation of a
ship and port commission with $2,
000,000 for the purchase of state
port terminals and a fleet of ships.
He also recommended the establish
ment of a state banking department,
1 state commission of commerce and
ndustry, and additional appropria
tions for health and educational work.
In defense of his ship line propos
d, he asserted that water commerce
■vould make North Carolina indepen
lent of Virginia cities to which this
state is under commercial bondage
>n account of freight rates. He also
said that the way to break this bond
ige was to put the thousands of
niles of waterways into commercial
lse.
The four outstanding bills intro
luced in the House Wednesday were
he measures to provide for the elec
ion of county boards of education
md county superintendents by di
ect vote cf the people, to repeal act '
■equiiing medical certificate for mar
iage, to repeal exemption of stock
n corporations from taxaton, and to
epeal penalties for nospayment of
axes. The question as to whether
ir not county boards of education
nd county superintendents shall be
lected by direct vote has been pre
ented to the legislative body sever
1 times before, but the bill to re
peal the medical certification for can
idttes for matrimony is practically
tew.
Both branches of the legislature
ave settled down to the daily grind
f law-making and all the legislative
nachinery seems to be running
moothly.
Dorcas Class Meets.
The monthly business meeting of
he Dorcas Class of the Baptist Sun
ay School was held at the home of
frs. M. A. Wallace Wednesday eve
ing. After the routine business had
een attended to, a pleasant social
tour fololwed in which several in
eresting games were played. At the
lose of the evening delightful re
reshments were served by the host- S
m
ss.