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SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1925 NUMBER 37 Bisz®Eastern Carolina Exposition, Smithtield, N. C. April 13-18 ROAD^PROPOSITION BEFORE CO. BOARD Commissioners Spend Busy "First Monday'’; Act Today On Road Matter routine BUSINESS The County Commissioners had an other busy “First Monday” yester day, an outstanding feature of the clay’s procedure being the appearing before the board of citizens of the county with petitions signed by close to 5,000 voters asking that the county lend money to the State Highway Commission in order to help finance the hard-surfacing of Highway No. 22 to the Harnett County line. The matter was gone into carefully and the commissioners will consider the fifty or more petitions filed with them and action will be taken when they re-assemble today. After the minutes of the last meeting the reports from Sheriff Parker, Clerk of the Court J. Ira Lee, Register of Deeds M. L. Stancil, Treasurer George T. Scott, were heard and approved. Other items transacted were: Ordered that Micro Township Road Commissioners be interviewed relative to bill of cost for building line road between Micro and Selma townships rendered by Selma town ship Road Commissioners. Ordered that J. W. Creech and J. R. Barbour, Trustees for Hockaday heirs, Ingrams township, be released of SI5.96 special district School Tax in Banner township. Ordered that J. H. Smith be paid $134.26 for bridge lumber, Meadow township. Orderde that I. E. Smith be paid $$25.50 for labor on bridge, Meadow township. Ordered that M. L. Jernigan be paid $5.00 for bridge work, Meadow towmship. Ordered that A. Ward be paid $969.23 for lumber for covered bridge across Neuse River. Ordered that G. R. Stancil be paid $316.40 for bridge work in Wilders township. Ordered that D. C. smith be paid $20 County home. Ordered that D. C. Smith be paid $302.30 for keeper of County Home. Ordered that Herman Johnson be paid $13.12 for gas and oil forCoun ty Home. Ordered that Norman Jones be paid $147.74 for bridge work Clayton township. Ordered that Norman Jones be paid $154.91 for bridge work Clayton township. Ordered that there be allowed $3 extra on the allowance of $12 previ ously ordered for the County Home on snuff and tobacco bill and washing bill making a total monthly allow ance of $15.00. Upon recommendation of E. R. Gulye of Clayton an allowance of $4:50 per quarter was appropriated for a needy party, H. V. Rose to ad vise with Mr. Gulley. Ordered that Lee Parnell be re leased of poll tax for 1924 owing to his present incapacitated condition. Ordered that William Holland of Kenly, Route 1, be paid $4.50 per quarter as outside pauper allowance. Petition for road leading from “Frost Place” by and through the lands of Andrew Johnson, Charlie Warrick, James N. Cobb and J. H. Coltrain to public road leading from Central Highway at Burkett Jones place to th eSmithfeld-Raleigh road at W. D. Avera’s ordered approved as presented. Ordered that W. D. Rains be paid $212.69 for bridge work O’Neals town ship. Ordered that Luners Strickland be paid $91.70 bridge work O’Neals township. The resignation of S. W. Lassiter as Road Commissioner of Bentonville township accepted and his bond or dered released. Ordered that since it appears to this board that B. B. Batten of Ken ly is charged with $3.00 dog tax for 1924 which has been paid and it ap pearing that he opped only two dogs it therefore appears to the this board that '•4'ie should be reimbursed with $1 fro the extra amount of dog tax & To Berlin Dr. Jacob (J. Schurman, former president of Cornell university and minister to China urnller Harding, , is the new U. S. ambassador to Germany. Four Dead In Tornado Miami, Fla., Apr. 6.— (By the Associated Press.)—Four per sons were dead here today and 23 others were nursing their in juries in Miami hospitals after the tornado which swooped er ratically from the Everglades ! yesterday and did $150,000 prop ! erty damage before it vanished ; into the Atlantic. | Ford and Jewett Autos Mix-Up West of Raleigh Passing cars on a slick road caused an accident to two Smithfield people Sunday afternoon about five miles west of Raleigh on the road toward Cary. Mr. Carlton Stephenson, lo cal merchant, accompanied by Miss Helene Ives, was returning from Durham. Another car, driven by a young woman, attempted to pass him. In some manner the front wheel of the passing car, a Jewet, struck the left front wheel of Mr. Stephenson’s car, when the former began to skid. Mr. Stephenson’s Ford was turned over on its side, damaging the front right wheel, the top and windshield. The other car was turned completely around and ran into a telephone pole. None of the occupants of either car were injured. Mr. Stephenson’s ma chine was towed into Raleigh for re pairs, and was brought back to Smithfield by him last night. RECOVER STOLEN CAR Messrs. W. T. Holland and W. C. Ryals went to Greensboro yesterday to recover Mr. Ryals’ automobile which was stolen Friday afternoon from the front of Holland’s garage. The chief of police in Greensboro no tified Mr .Ryals yesterday morning that he had located his car. Gutzon Borglum, interested in the O. Henry Memorial, says that the | idea is the thing and that finances ! are secondary. Unfortunately it itakes just as much money to make the motor car go as it did in the olden days to start the mare.—Raleigh Times. which was charged through, an error, t Ordered that Elizabeth Holland, Zebulon, Route 1, be allowed $4:50 per quarter as outside pauper. Ordered that A. H. Morgan be au thorized to investigate the condition of Stone Creek Bridge between Mea dow and Ingrams townships and that he let out said bridge to the lowest bidder and also the required embank ment to built to said bridge. Ordered that Chloe Kirby, of Sel ma, care of Geo. F. Brietz, be put on the outside pauper list at $4.50 per quitter instead of $3.00 per fpsar ter. Report of C. C. Massey, County Health Office*, rqjtfi and ordered re corded. <•.) • COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS Mr. H. B. Marrow Is Re-Elect ed County Superintendent and Miss Mary E. Wells, Super visor 3 NEW MEMBERS BOARD Yesterday, the first Monday in Ap ril, was the time for the County Board of Education to he sworn in, the board having been appointed by the recent legislature, and accord ingly W. G. Wilson, of Wilson’s Mills; P. B. Johnson, of Benson; and J. W. Woodard, of Kenly, Route 3, took the oath of office. Mr. Woodard is a new member of the board, suc ceeding Geo. F. Woodard, of Prince ton ,resigned. This official act performed, the board went into executive session and Mr. W. G. Wilson was re-elected chairman of the board. The selec tion of county school officials wa§ then taken up. Mr. H. B. Marrow was re-elected county superintendent; Miss Mary E. Wells, rural supervi sor; and Misses Virginia and Sadie Puckett, office assistants. The matter of calling an election for the creation of a special Taxing District was discussed and the board ordered that a petition be carried be fore the County Board of Commis sioners requesting this election to be called . The date for the election was not designated but thirty days pub lic notice is required. This election if carried will pro-wde a uniform tax rate within the district specified, not j exceeding fifty cents on the one hun dred dollars valuation of property. , The election calls for a new regis tration, and will be conducted as nearly as possible according to the laws governing general elections. BOLL WEEVIL NOSTRUMS WILL APPEAR ON MARKET Raleigh, April 6.—Cotton growers have read and heard many warnings as to the possible damage by boll weevil in North Carolina this season; but the grower is not the only one prepared to profit by such warnings. The seller of traps, nostrums, cure all remedies, spray and mopping machines of various kinds, is also giving an attentive ear to these re ports and is ready to begin sales as soon a sthere is an opportunity. “We know,” says Bruce Mabee, ex tension entomologist for the Agri cultural Extension Service at State College, “that large numbers of wee vils went into winter quarters last fall; that there has been a mild win ter pointing to heavy emergence of the weevils this i-pring; that some live weevils have already appeared in South Carolina and in the laboratory cages, and that everything seems to point to heavy weevil damage jn South Carolina and in the laboratory cages, and that everything seems to point to heavy weevil damage in North Carolina this year. “But we know also that this wee vil damage will be largely determin ed by weather conditions during the summer. The use of calcium arse nate in dust form is the cheapest and most reliable insurance for the cot ton grower and it is well to get a supply on hand even if it not need- I ed”. Mr. Mabee states that North Car olina has been remarkably free from invasion by the salesmen of nostrum preparations. The weevil has not yet done enough damage to make the ex tended sale of such preparations a profitable venture. Then, too, he finds that the people are right well informed and will not readily buy traps and other nostrums. “However,” he says, “when the weevils begin to get active on young cotton this spring, we may expect that many things of doubtful value will be offered for sale, I want to re mind cotton growers and business men of North Carolina that the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the extension workers recommend only calciumjarsenats5 applied in the dust form with approved machines and ac cording jfco the well known directions. It will fte wise to consult with the county agent when some doubtful remedy is offered for sale.” “Miss Princeton” f v."!!1 Miss Mary Helen Massey, daughter of Mrs. John T. Mas sey, will represent* Princeton in the Queen’s Contest at the Expo sition. TWO DEATHS OCCUR IN TOWN OF SELMA Mr. Alex Strictland Passes Away At The Age of 71; Mrs. Julius Broadwell Dead Selma, April 6.—The news of two unexpected deaths gave Selma people a shock Saturday night. Mr. Alex Strickland, a long time resident of Selma, died suddenly at the home of his aged mother in Pine Level Saturday night shortly after eating supper. He was a carpenter and as usual had done his day’s work in Selma and had gone to spend the night with his mother in Pine Level, as has been his custom since the death of his wife. He complained of feeling a little unwell and said he could lie down for a little whie after supper. He was asked if he wanted some one to remain in the room with him. He said, “No, I’ll soon be o.k.” A few moments later the family! heard a noise, and rushing back to him found that he had fallen off the bed and was dead. Acute indigestion is said to be the cause of his death. He was seventy-one years of age. The funeral was conducted from his mother’s home in Pine Level yes terday, his pastor, Rev. C. H. Cash wrell, of Selma, officiating, assisted by Rev. J .W. Rose, of Pine Level. The remains w<?re laid to rest in the family burying ground near Pine Level Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Julius Broadwell from near Micro came to visit her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Corbett last w'eek. She contracted pneumonia and continued to grow worse until the end came' Saturday night. The funeral was conducted from the Corbett home Sunday afternoon by Rev. C. H. Cashwell and interment was made in the Broadwell cemetery near Micro. Hosts of relatives and friends are left to mourn their loss. SAVINGS Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth some thing in himself. Any fool can waste, any fool can meddle; but it takes something of a man to save and the more he saves, the more of a man does it make of him. Waste and ex travagance unsettle a man’s 'mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.—Rudyard Kipling. Johnston County Inventor To Exhibit at Exposition Mr. G. Willie Lee of Pleasant Grove township was in the city yes- i terday in the interest of placing an exhibit of the Soda Distributor in vented by him and upon which a pat ent is now pending, in the Exposi tion to be held here next week. The Soda Distributor may be found in thqt; Exhibit of the Jordan-Edmund son Hardware Company. This ma chine which is finding a ready sale both in North and South Carolina is manufactured at Raleigh, the firm being styled as G. Willie Lee and Sons. Baked Man i Holding Own Authentic information from Ben tonville township yesterday is to the extent that young Hubert Gainey, who was. baked over a burning stump in that township ten days ago, it is alleged by “Man” and Marvin Thorn ton, two brothers, is holding his own, and according to a statement made by Dr. R. B. Wilson, of Newton Grove, who is attending the victim, will get well if pneumonia does not set in. The Thorntons, who Gainey has accused of first beating and then burning him, are still held in jail i here awaiting the final turn in the condition of the burned man. SPECIAL SESSION CO. COMMISSIONERS Chairman Is Authorized to Bor row Money To Pay Expenses Of The County At a call meeting of the County Board of Commissioners held on Ap ril 2, the following order was intro duced and unanimously passed hy the members of the board present: Be it resolved, that the chairman of this Board be authorized and em powered to pledge the faith and i credit of the county to borrow such sums of money from time to time for renewals of the county’s obligations now outstanding and to provide ne cessary funds to care for the neces sary expenses of the county, and the said chairman is hereby authorized and empowered to execute all neces sary notes and other obligations to be countersigned by the clerk of this Board, and the same to be done with out any further action or authority ; from this Board. Ordered that whereas the regular salaries of the various County of icials have been fixed by law, it is therefore ordered by this board that vouchers be issued to said officials on the first of each month for their sal aries for the previous month. The order to remain permanent until oth erwise ordered by this Board. VON HINDENBURG DECLINES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY1 BERLIN, April 6.—General Von Hindenburg has declined to be a can didate for the presidency of the Ger- ' man republic. This decision having ' been known, it is expected that Dr. Karl Jarres, who was temporarily ' put side in favor of the General, will be nominated shortly as a candidate for the nationalist combination in the April 2G elections. NINE MEN HELD FOR ATTACK ON INDIAN DANCER BOMBAY, India, April 6.—All nine men charged with attempting last . January to abduct the Nautch girl, , Mumtaz Begum, former favorite of j the Maharaja of Indore, were com- , mitted by the magistrate today after ] a. preliminary hearing for trial in the ( Bombay high court. It is understood j the defense is circulating a petition |, to be submitted to the viceroy, ask- i ing that the case be transferred to . another jurisdiction on the ground , that it would be impossible to obtain a fair trial before a Bombay jury. , SEVEN SPRINGS SECTION NETS SEVERAL STILLS GOLDSBORO, April 6.—Henry Moses, negro, a large quantity of beer and several stills were brought to the city from the Seven Springs section by Deputy John H. Thomas, and a duo of federal agents. Moses was the man power at a still of one hundred-gallon capacity and the other plans were warm and showed signs of a recent run. Th ethree sleuths have taken six stills in as many days and destroyed one hundred and eight barrels of beer. Henry Ford, it appears, is supect ed of wanting to secure control of ; the Dodge. He ougl>^ to be encourag-1 ed to keep on buying until he finds a door that will shut and stay clos ed.—Raleigh Times. VIR. SANDS REVIEWS HISTORY OF COOPS attacks Instigated To Stir Up Strife In Organization Asserts Banker SOT WEARY WELL DOING The Tobacco Growers Co-operation Association has been somewhat under ire recently, which fact has caused Oliver J. Sands to give out the fol owing statement as published in Sunday’s Richmond Times Dispatch. “Tobacco Co-ops of the Carolinas md Virginia are not liely to become veary of well doing,” declares Oli ver J. Sands, chairman of the finance committee of the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Marketing Association, n a statement issued yesterday cov ering the activities of the organiza tion during the three years of opera ton. More than 445,000,000 pounds of tobacco has been received by the , association from three crops, includ ing that of 1924, and of this amount, the growers have practically been paid for the tobacco of 1922 and 1923, declares Mr. Sands, and at a price approximately double that re ceived for tobacco during the three best years preceding the great war. In reference to a series of “bit ter” attacks recently made upon the association “instigated for the most part by outside interests seeking to stir up strife among the member ship,” Mr. Sands concludes his state ment, “By meeting and overcoming constant difficulties and attacks, the large body of Carolinians and Vir ginians who are banded together in the Tobacco Growers Co-operative Associations have become seasoned veterans of co-operative marketing. Having marketed 445,000,000 pounds through their association, having paid more than half their debts on g3,000,000 worth of warehouses, bet tered their prices and improved their credit, the Tobacco Co-ops of the Carolinas and Virginia are not like ly to become weary of well doing.” Virginia growers have averaged 13 cents a pound from the associa :ion during two years against an iverage of 13 cents a pound for the hree years, 191c! to 191b, according ;o United States Department of Ag riculture figures quoted by Mr. Sands. Quoting figures from the same source, it is shown that the Morth Carolina members of the as sociation have received 24.7 cents a jound as an average against 15.1 •ents a pound from 1913 to 1916. In South Carolina, the members have •eceived an average of 21.9 cents igainst 10. 4 cents as the average of he three year pre-war period. This increased price of tobacco vas brought about in spite of an in ■rease in production and at a time vhen other farm products were on i great decline, it is brought out by Hr. Sands. He uses comparative igures to show the purchasing pow t of a given quanitiy of tobacco be ore the war and during the life of he association, compared with the >urehasing power of their farm pro lucts during the same time for the >urchase of barbed wire. These fig ires show that a farmer could get >0 percent more wire for the same imount of tobacco since the founda ion of the association than he could Tom 1913 to 1613. Other farm pro luce used in the comparison showed i decline in purchasing power dur ng the same period. Larger dividends declared by "the •obacco manufacturers are pointed to oy Mr. Sands as an indication that ncreased prices to the farmers by jse of business methods are not in compatible with increased dividends.’ Repeal of an additional tax of $1 on every 1,000 cigarettes through the combined efforts of the tobacco co operation associations, is declared by Mr. Sands to have been a real ser vice to the entire tobacco trade. Full and complete payment has Seen made on the crop of 1922, states Mr. Sands, and in Eastern North Carolina, and South Carolina in the crop of 1923. This is declared al^jk true of thirty-five grades of the 1923 crop ii^th^.Old Bright Belt of Virginia and North Carolina, leaving (Turn to page two, please)
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