VOL. 43
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1924
NO. 54
McAdoo?s Stren
Back Below
The Vote At The End of
the 45th Ballot Stood
483 For McAdoo; Smith
Drops Back To 319.
END EXPECTED SOON
Madison Square Garden, July
8.—On the 45th ballot the lead
ers stood:
McAdoo, 483.4.
Smith, 319.1.
Davis, 73.
Robinson, 44.
Underwood, 38.
Ralston, 31.
These figures showed a loss
of one for McAdoo, no change
for Smith, a gain of 2 for Davis,
no change for Robinson or
Ralston; Underwood lost 2.
On the 43rd ballot Oklahoma, with
her 20 votes, left McAdoo and went
for Senator Robinson of Arkansas.
Senator Carter Glass today re
leased the 24 Virginia delegates
from their pledges to him, but the
delegation decided to continued vot
ing for him until they could agree
where to go.
As the clock moved to 10:30
Chairman Walsh, of Montana, began
rapping for order and introduced
Rev. John E. Heindel, of the Eng
lish Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Jersey City, who offered the morn
ing prayer.
The clerk went back to the call of
the States for th e43rd time.
“Twenty-four votes for Oscar Un
derwood,” rolled in from Alabama as
usual.
The first change came in Florida
where the singgljjs vote which had
been cast to Underwood went to
Ralston. The Ralston people said
they were ready to start their drive
today after the second ballot “if
things looked right.”
The first breaks for the Indiana
Senator were expected from the
West, Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma,
where Thomas Taggert had “been
making friends,” were being count
ed on by the Ralston people to con
tribute something
The Ralston people were claiming
they had a hundred votes ready at
once.
Nebraska took one from Smith
and entered it for Davis. The Mc_
Adoo people said they were ready
to give Ralston a run. Taggert,
more taciturn than ever, were
hurrying noiselessly over the floor
saying a word here and there. Mem
bers of the old Indiana-Illinois-New
York coalition seemed to be work
ing in harmony again.
In New Hampshire, McAdoo lost
1-2 a vote which Smith picked up.
North Carolina took a half vote
from Glass and gave it to McAdoo.
McAdoo lieutenants were notice
ably late coming in today. They
had been at a late conference. They
predicted that the convention would
end tomorrow. At any rate they
had a long record in their favor—
most Democratic conventions of re
cent decades have been in session
on the Fourth of July,
Buys Deserted Ohio Village;
Offers Free Ilomes for Year
Canton, Ohio, June 29.—The en_
tire village of Lindentree, Ohio, with
its forty-three dwellings, is waiting
for occupants to move in with rent
free promised for a year.
The village was purchased recently
by C. A. Kolp, Canton business
man, at public auction, held on the
front steps of the Carro’l County
Courthouse, Carolton. It was pros
perous •when the mines were work
ing. Now it is deserted by all ex
cepting the Mayor, the Town Mar
shal. his deputy, and one family.
Following his purchase, Kolp an
nounced that he would place the
“keys of the village” in the hands
of any Ohio organization or group
or responsible persons who want to
occupy it for any length of time up
to one year.
In addition to the dwellings the
village has one school house, a ga
rage and meeting plage,- a public
square one store building and one
town pump.
gth Topples
The 500 Mark
Gas in Filibuster v
Lieut.-Gov Toupin of Rhode Island
sat in the presiding chair of the State
Sen te 49 continuous hours inf*the
effort to break a filibuster which h^l
lasted since Jan. 1, and finally brought
to a head when the Senate chamber
was gassed, nearly causing the death
of two senators.
Burn Squares and
Kill the Weevil
Raleigh, July 2.—“Begin now to
pick up and burn th eweevil-infested
squares for present boll weevil con_
trol,” advises Prof. Franklin Sher
man, Chief Entomology for the State
College Experiment Station and Ex
tension Service.
“Reports from our field workers
and from students of State College
| whom we have placed in boll-weevil
work, and of county agents and far
mers—all, give evidence that the
weevil-population is less than it
was at this time last year, and less
than when the plants were at the
same stage of growth. Very few
fields have been found infested to
such degree that we would urge the
use of poisons. Many cotton growers,
especially to the northeast, have not
yet found any weevils in their fields.
Weevils did begin to appear on young
cotton as early as mid-May, but they
were very few and we have not ad
vised the use of poison in such
cases. Had we wildly urged whole
sale poisoning at that time, or from
the time the cotton was chopped,
those who followed such advise
might have wasted from $2 to $5 pet
acre by now. As it is, the weeviLpo
pulation in most fields is still so
light that poisoning would presumab
ly not pay, and those who have fol
lowed our advice have not applied
an ounce of poison, except in those
cases where the weevil was esti
! mated to be as numerous as 20 to
the acre or more. Very few fields
I have been reported to us to have
i enough weevils to pay for poisoning,
“This fortunate condition of a
very light infestation at the first of
July offers a chance to employ the
picking up and burning of infested
squares to the best possible advan
tage. In many cases it may turn the
scale and greatly help the situa
tion. Cheap labor may be used foi
this purpose, it is doubtful whether
full labor-prices can be profitably
paid for it. It is a task which can
easily be performed by children. We
recommend that the squares be
gathered at least once a week un
til the middle or end of July, or
until the natural shedding of young
bolls make it impracticable to con.
tinue. Merely covering them by cul
j tivation does not serve the purpose—
by all means the squares should be
gathered ahead of cultivation. and
burned.
“If the present wet season con
tinues it is altogether probable that
by the end of July the weevils will
be numerous enough so that the
| standard dust-method will be profit
able in many fields—then those v ho
have wisely prepared for this me
| thod will have their innings,—but
1 as yet they may ‘save their powder.’
The ‘pre-square poisoning’ has not
been needed in the great majority
of cases,—now there is the chance to
employ the square-gathering with
good effect. We do not advocate any
weevil-traps nor machines for gafh_
ering the squares, just cheap hand
labor tFat's all.
BRYAN MAKES PLEA
IN FAVOR MGAOOC
Presidential Timber A-rlen
ty If McAdoo or Smitl
Cannot Be Nominated.
DANIELS SECOND CHOICI
New York, July 2.—That stormj
petrel of Democratic politics, Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, added anothe:
tumultuous chapter to his long careei
today when he went before th<
Democratic national convention in ai
attempt to stem the tide of oppo
sition to William G. McAdoo.
Interrupting in an all-day succes
sion of inconclusive ballots for i
nominee for the presidency, the threi
times candidates of his party plung
ed the vonvention into a near rio
and finally was all but driven fron
the platform by heckling delegate!
and booing galleries.
Besides Mr. McAdoo, he mentione<
seven other presidential aspiijbnti
who would be satisfactory to him, bu
none of them aroused more thai
momentary enthusiasm and when th<
ballotiing was resumed scarcely i
vote had been changed.
Neither did the conference of th<
leaders during an ensuing recess ma.
terially alter the situation, and th<
night convention went into anothe]
night session with its disagreemen
over the nomination still in a jumble
McAdoo and Smith, both unable t<
make material headway, kept then
i respective parties at the head of thi
list. Davis, of West Virginia, lost i
few votes, but remained in thirt
place, and the supporters of Ralston
of Indiana, became more active it
presenting the qualifications of theii
candidate as a compromist selection
The entire effect of Mr. Bryan’;
appearance before the convention was
not immediately apparent. The Me
Adoo men declared the incident woulc
stimulate a new rally in the lagging
fortunes of the former treasury sec
retary, but the Smith supporters saic
Bryan had turned the trick for whicl
they had been waiting, and had rel
egated the McAdoo candidacy defi
nitely to the limbo.
Kecalling the spectacular appear
ance of Mr. Bryan before the Balti
more convention of 1912 to blast th<
candidacy of Champ Clark and turr
the tide in favor of Woodrow Wil
son, the partisans of all the present
candidates at first listened attenta
j tively, curiouus to know what sur
prise might be in store for them. The
speaker began with a plea for \ artj
harmony and moved on amid applause
to declare he would name none o!
the men to whom he objected anc
wanted only to call attention anew
to several he considered minentlj
qualified.
The first name he mentioned vas
that of Dr. A. A. Murphree of Florids
State university. Laughter swepi
the floor and galleries and a few
good natured gibes were shouted ai
the commoner. There were riples oi
| applause as he presented in tun
the names of Josephus Daniels oi
North Carolina, Senator Ralston, oi
Indiana, Senator Walsh, of Montana
and E. T. Meredith, of Iowa. Botl
applause and laughter answered f
| presentation of the qualifications oj
Mr. Bryan’s brother, the govemoi
of Nebraska.
The name of Mr. McAdoo had beer
reserved for the,last and the speak
er stirded up a demonstration of ap
proval from the McAdoo delegate!
and rumbling avalanche of booes
and hisses from the Smith support
ers in the gallery by declaring th<
former treasury secretary was en
titled to the nomination “whethei
you like him or not, whether yoi
nominate him or not.”—Associate*
Press.
TAX ON MESSAGES REMOVED
Since midnight, July 2, people oi
the United States are not paying
government tax on telegrams, cable
grams and telephone long distance
messages. The tax on messages
costing 50 cents or less .was five
cents,, and ten cents on mesfege?
John B. Hood
Passes Away
I
Mr. Joan h Hood died here at the
htD'e cf his daughter, Mt3. W. P. I
Giimes, vesteiday afternoon at 1:3C
o’clock. He had been in feeble health
for sometime but death came almost j
suddenly. He was eighty-one years
old on April 1. Mr. Hood served
his country as a confederate soldier
during the Civil^War, and later set
tled on a farm near Hood’s Grove in
Meadow township where he lived un
til six or seven yeais ago when he
came to Smithfield to live with his
daughter.
For many years he had been a
member of Hood’s Grove Baptist
church which, which in appreciation
for his efforts in helping the church,
was named for him.
The funeral services will be held
, this afternoon and the body will be
I carried to the old home place for bur
j ial. His wife preceded him to the
grave fove years ago. He is surviv
i ed by two daughters, Mrs. W. F.
Grimes, of this city, and Mrs. H. N.
Jernigan, who lives near Hood’s
Grove.
The family has the sympathy of
many friends in this hour of bereave
ment.
Heavy Rains
Wash Roadbed
Princeton, July 3.—(Special).—
One of the heaviest rainfalls ever
known in this section fell here about
12 o’clock Thursday causing a wash
out at big Branch near Holts mill
on the Central Highway. About twen
ty feet of the roadway on a six foot
fill was washed out, The road force
built a bridge over the washout in
about four hours and traffic was re
sumed just before night. On Tuesday
following anoaher heavy rain caused
a washout at the same point the flood
of water carrying away the bridge
and several feet more of the em
bankment. The road force have
built anoaher larger bridge at this
poina and traffic was resumed
about night Tuesday July 1st.
ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED
Yesterday morning federal offi
cers captured a 35-gallon capacity
copper whiskey still on Sassy Riser
Swamp near Holt Lake. No arrests
were made.
BRITIAN S DRINK BILL
The
amount spent by Britian in
liquor during the year 1923, was
$1,537,500,000. This is $2,500,000
more than the interest on the national
debt, considerably more than the
gross annual assessable value of
lands, houses, and other property;
almost twice as much as the capital
invested in the coal industry; more
than twice the amount of taxes col
lected in 1922-23; nearly three, times
the estimated expenditure on Imper
ial defense; nearly four times the
amount spent on education; and more
than six times the sum spent on the
relief of the poor.
Taking the consumption of beer
alone, the Englishman’s fondness
for his beer is amply demonstrated by
the fact that the nation drank 3f.
000,000 more gallons of the oroduct
of the brewery than it did of the m'v
of the cow, while the value of the
beer consumed exceeded that of milk
by $400,000,000.
These are startling figures, and
the total expenditure in liquor rep
resents the sum of $35.50 a h id if
the population. It has been repeated.
| ly asserted that the solution of much
of the economic trouble that af
flicts Britian lies in the settlement
of the chink question. There appears
i to be truth in that view.
Mr. Kirkwood, cne of the Socialist
M. P’s for Glasgow, declared in the
Rouse of Commons the otiici* day
that bad housing conditions wag ,the
cause ot driving thousands of the
population to drink, but, on the oth
erhand, it is contended that to u large
extent these eondMoig ar-e die to ex
cessive, fondness for liquor. In, lir,
program of domestic politic;, the
British Labor government has no
greater problem to contend with than
the liquor question.—Dearborn Inde
; pendent.
RECORDER'S COURT
FOR LAST TUESDAY
Violation of Prohibition
Law and Assault Case
Form The Only Indict*
ments.
TWO CASES CONTINUED
Violation of the prohibition laws
and charges of assault vied with
each other as to the number of cases
in Tuesray’s Recorder’s Court. The
cases were as follows:
State vs. Herman Capps, charged
with violation of the prohibtion laws.
Continued to July 15.
State vs. Sandy Davis, violation of
the prohibition laws. Continued to
July 15.
State vs. H. K. Kornegay, violation
of the prohibition laws. Guilty on
thre counts. First count charging
driving car under influence of liquor
thirty days on roads. Judgment sus
pended upon condition that defendant
does not operate auto on roads of
North Carolina for twelve months.
On seconr count charging transporta
tion, $25 fine and it is ordered that
auto be confiscated and sold and pro
ceeds turned into public school funds.
On third count charging possession,
judgement suspended upon paying
costs.
State vs. John Ray and Callie, as
sault. Guilty. Judgment suspended
upon payment of costs.
State vs. Sidney Adams, trespass.
Plead guilty; judgment suspended up
on paying the costs.
State vs. It. A. McLamb, Ferny
McLamb, Wilbert Phillips, Charlie
Johnson, charged with assault. De
fendant R. A. McLamb guilty. Twelve
months on roads and pay costs.
Other defendants discharged. Appeal
ed to August term Superior Court
under $500 appearance.
State vs. Odell Badger, assault with
deadly weapon. Guilty. Eighteen
months and costs.
ANOTHER COTTON BLOOM
Mr. W. Boyett Blackman, who
lives near Four Oaks was in the
city yesterday, and brought to our
office a cotton bloom, in fact three
blooms on one stalk. The bloom was
red showing that it had opened on
June 30th. Mr. Blackman says he
has fifteen acres planted in cotton
and that in spite of the rains it is
in fair condition. He has plenty of
boll we^ils already. Last year boll
weevils cut his crop short fifty per
cent, and he says if he gets a bale to
three acres this year he will not be
disappointed.
ELECTRICITY FOR THE
FARMER
The average productive labor
hour on the farm is worth about
40 cents.
To make every one of these 40
cent hours productive of its shaie
of profit, it is necessary to reduce
non-productive labor to the min
imum, and in farming as in manu
facturing it has been found” that
the best way to do this is to use
labor-saving machinery. The small
electric light and power plants
now in use on so many farms ac
complish a lot of this labor saving.
Grindstones, fanning mills and
many other light power appliances
in the barn which used to require
the time of two men are now
turned by electricity. In the
house the pumping, churning, sep
erating, sweeping, washing, anc
ironing are all done by electricity,
relieving the farmer’s wife of s
great part of the burdens which
have made her life a hard one
And of course electric light itseli
makes the farm home a bright and
cheerful place to live.
Where electricity serves the
farm family we find the best oi
living conditions, an dwe find too
that every member of the familj
makes each hour of labor pay a
profit.
Mrs. George S. Williams of Sa
vannah, Ga., has the honor of be
ing the first negro woman appoint
eu io the Isational Republican Com
WILL SHOW WEEVIL
CONTROL METHODS
—
Five Demonstration Farms
Have Been Selected In
Johnston County To
Teach Farmers.
USE PRACTICAL METHODS
(By Harvie Jordan)
St. Matthews, S. C., July 2.—The
American Cotton Association Boll
Weevil Control Campaign has es
tablished cotton demonstration
farms, of five to eight acres, in
Johnston County for improved cul
tural and weevil control methods.
The operators of these demonstra_
tion farms are as follows:
Contest No. 1—Snead Sanders, R.
IF. D. No. 1, Four Oaks; C. T. Eason,
Selma; Austin-Stephenson Co., Smith
field; R. C. Gillett, Smithfield; Pres
ton Woodall, Benson.
The methods to be employed on
these farms throughout the season as
to land preparation, fertilization,
width of rows, spacing of plants,
cultivation and poisoning for weevil
control, will conform to the best
practical plans used by successful
cotton growers in the weevil infest
ed areas of the cotton belt.
Under Contest No. 1 the Associa
tion furnishes, free of cost to the op
erators, the necessary booklets of in
struction and a diary to keep a com
plete record of the crop (including
detailed cost of production), as well
as the necessary poisons and appar
atus for applying same. In addition
to this, a competent field agent is
employed in each State whose duty
it is to periodically visit each dem_
onstration farm, check up the pro
gress of the work, report the condi
tion of the crop and render what
ever aid may be possible to the op
erators and to the growers generally.
Contest No. 2 embraces all the priv
ileges, advantages, etc., of Contest
No. 1, with the exception of fice
poisons and the apparatus for apply
ing same.
Several hundred of these practical
demonstration farms have been lo
cated in the various cotton growing
states this year to teach the far
mers in a simp e and no a''e vsy
how to check the weevil infestita
tion and produce profitable yields
of cotton. Thousands of farmers are
being assisted in this work in the
eleven cotton.growing weevil infest
ed states.
Fourteen casn prizes, aggregating
$2,000, will be awarded to farmers
by the association this year operat
ing their farms under contest Nos.
1 and 2, as an encouragement and sti
mulus to aid in the success of the
work. The literature and cooperation
of the Association are available to
every cotton grower who makes ap
plication for same to the American
Cotton Association, St. Matthews, S.
C. No additional applications can be
accepted under Contest No. 1 for free
poisions, but all applications for en
rollment under Contest No. 2 will be
accepted and free literature on cul
tural and weevil poison methods will
be promptly distributed. This is the
only practical method for weevil
control ever established and success
fully carried on by any agency in
the South.
The cotton growers of Johnston
County are urged to visit the cotton
demonstration farms in their res
pective communities for weevil con
trol this season which are to be op
erated by trc farmers named above,
I-’quid poisons and d^ calcium arse,
nate will be used throughout the
season. The f^rt application will ho
made with a mop during the month
of May and cany part of June, and
as the cotton Prr.b out, a hand power
spraying pump or dusting machine
■will be used. Kill the winter-hiber
nating weevils as they come into the
: fields after the crop is chopped to a
, stand, and by sloping the early
cycle of propagation of the insects,
a good crop of cotton can be matur
ed by August 1st, even if migration
causes infestation from other fields
'not treated and used to 'd the in
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