BMITHFIELD NEEDS:
A Modern Hotel.
Chamber of Commerce.
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
Equal Opportunity for Every School
Child.
Better Marketing System.
More Food and Feed Crops.
VOLUME 45—NO. 56
if: IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF,
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
$2.00 PER YEAR
T
Former County
Officials Settle
W. J. Massey Pays Fina
Amount of $25,000 ;Th<
Last of County Deficit:
To Be Settled
With the beginning of the fiscal
year in county government, {sev
eral settlements between Johnston
county and former county officiate
that have been pending for several
years, are written as past his
tory. The defalcation in the office
of register of deeds during- ihc
term of W. T. Adams has been
settled, and prior to that settle
ment the balance due in the office
of the clerk of Superior count
while the late W. S. Stevens was
in office was paid, and on April 27,
1927 the case concerning this
matter was judged a non-suit and
thrown out of court. Also W. J.
Massey, former sheriff, has turn
ed over an amount which com
pletes the sum due by him to the
county.
ing here in Superior court be
tween the state Ex-Rel commis
sioners of Johnston county vs. W.
J. Massey and the National Surety
Company, bondsmen, was termi
lated here Wednesday by a con
;ent judgment signed by H. V.
Hose, clerk of the court. This ac
;ion was started about twelve
nonths ago. The judgment pro
dded for the payment of $25,000
>y the defendant and his suijlty
which was accepted as a complete
‘elease of all liability against the
’orrner sheriff except a matter of
about eleven dollars cost wheih
was also paid.
The former board of county
:ommissioners had authorized an
mdit of the ex-sheriff’s books
vhich purported to establish a
ihortage on the part of the for
ner sheriff of something over a
>100,000. The former sheriff pro
ested against this audit and had
n audit of his books made by an
ther auditing company. The. lat
er audit showed a very wide di
ergence from the other audit. The
inal settlement was based on the
heriff’s contentions that he was
lue to turn over to the county
omething like $25,000.
In the April term of Superior
rcurt over which Judge W. C. Har
is, of Raleigh, presided, an or
fer was passed upon motion by
3aul D. Grady, attorney for John
ston county, substituting in the
■ase of the state vs. Leon Stev
>ns, executor of the estate of W.
5. Stevens, deceased and the Unit
ed States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, the names of II. V.
Rose, clerk of the Superior court,
ind J. Ransom Creech, county
treasurer, for J. Ira Lee, former
-lerk, and Geo. T. Scott, former
treasurer, who were parties plain
tiffs in the case.
Then Paul D. Grady, counsel for
the plaintiffs, appeared in court
*nd submitted the original agree
ment and adjustment that had
heen arranged in this matter be
tween the board of county com
missioners represented by D. B.
Oliver, chairman, and Leon G.
Stevens, executor of the W. S.
Stevens estate. It appearing that
the agreement between these
Parties had been complied with
and the entire matter adjusted in
accordance with said agreement, a
lu gment of non-suit was entered.
The agreement which • was en
efe(f ‘nto by the board of com
missioners and L. G. Stevens, ex
ecu °r the Stevens estate, was
made on November 12, 1924. This
a£reement approved the accept
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‘owing issue.
(Miss) Brookie Ennis re
°Knized her name last issue.
Todays -rantailzer:
fmoltraerns
Sees Sna)ce Personality ,
■ [fcMEEGUoaf
GEORGES CHAPPELLE, of
France, now in the U. S„ is head
of the organization which annual
ly exterminates 2 million snakes
and lizards in India and Java. He
explains here that “Charlotte"—
hand—is deadly—but really of
gentle breeding and fully of per
sonality" when you know her right.
Mrs. Price Dies
At Hospital Here
Funeral Is Conducted at
Corinth Church by Rev.
A. A. Pippin; Large
Crowd Attends
A death which brought sadness
to a large circle of friends and
relatives occurred at the hospital
here Tuesday afternoon when Mrs.
S. T. Price, of the Corinth-Hold
ers section, passed away after an
illness of several weeks. Mrs.
Price was ill for about three
weeks before being brought to the
jhospital here, suffering* intensely
with inflamatory rheumatism. She
lived only two days after coming
here, though everything possible
was done for her relief.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Cor
inth Baptist church after which
interment was made in the Corinth
cemetery. A former pastor, Rev.
| A. A. Pippin, of Wakefield, con
ducted the service assisted by Rev.
S. L. Morgan of this city, and
Dr. Ira E. D. Andrews, of Clay
|ton. A choir composed of singers
from Clayton and Smithfield ren
dered several appropriate hymns.
The deceased was, at the time of
(her death, a member of the
[Smithfield Baptist church, having
lived in this city for two years un
|til about six months ago when her
family went back to their home in
[the Corinth-Holders: community.
jRev. Mr. Pippin paid a beautiful
I tribute to the Christian character
[and Christian work done in the
[Corinth community. She was one
among those whose efforts built
a new church at Corinth.
[ The deceased is survived by her
husband, a young daughter, Mar
garet, two brothers and a sister.
A large crowd was present at
the funeral Wednesday afternoon,
[attesting the esteem in which she
was held wherever known. Among
(those attending from Smithfield
[besides Rev. S. L. Morgan who had
a part in the funeral service, were,
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Cauley, Mrs.
M. A. Wallace, Mrs. L. D. Hen
derson, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Under
wood and Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Creech.
Woodman of the World Unveiling.
On the fourth Sunday in July,
the Woodmen of the World will
unveil a monument to N. P. Haw
kins in the Micro cemetery. The
ceremony will take place about 4
o’clock in the afternoon, and all
Woodmen are requested to partic
ipate. The public is cordially in
cited.
| J. D. CREECH, Clerk.
Baptist Church.
.Sunday school 0:30. Sermon by
the pastor at 11 a. m.—“God's
Penalty For Disobedience.” In
termediate B. Y. P. U. at 7:15
p. m. A meeting of unusual im
portance, all members urged to
ibe present. Worships and sermon
'by the pastor at 8 o’clock.
It costs a man a lot to live up
to his ideals. That's the reason
many a man can’t afford to get
married.
1
Numerous Cases
Recorder’s Court
Usual Routine of Offences
—Convictions In Ma
jority; Road Sentences,
Fines and Suspended
Judgments
I Numerous cases were tried in
Recorder’s court this week which
beg-an Tuesday as usual and con
tinued through Wednesday and
Thursday. The usual offences
were charged and the cases pa
tiently heard the most of them
being convicted and the defend
ants drawing a road sentence, a
fine or a suspended sentence. The
cases disposed of included the fol
lowing:
State vs. Fletcher Wimbly,
charged with cursing on public
highway and publicly drunk. De
fendant found guilty on both of
the counts and sentenced to jail
for a term of four months to be
worked on the roads of J»hnston
county and pay cost. Road sen
tence to be suspended upon good
behavior for next two years and
paying of cost.
State vs. Colon Sanders and
Jesse Eason charged with affray.
Both guilty. Continued prayer for
judgment upon payment of cost,
j State vs. B. J. White charged
with violation of the prohibition
laws. Defendant called on June 15
and failed. Sci fa served on J. A.
Mitchell, June 21. Motion by so
licitor for judugment absolute.
Motion allowed and judgment ab
| solute ordered against J. A. Mitch
ell for the sum of $200.
State vs. J. V. Smith, charged
with disposing of mortgaged prop
erty. This case on Wednesday,
IJune 22, was nol prossed with
leave. Motion was made Tuesday
to redocket this case. Motion was
allowed and case was ordered re
docketed.
State vs. Geo. W. Messer, charg
ed with violation of the prohibi
tion laws—possession and publicly
drunk. Defendant was found guil
ty on both counts and fined $25
and costs.
State vs. Luther Pearce, charg
ed with operating motor vehicle
while intoxicated, and with as
sault. Guilty on both counts. Sen
tenced to go to jail for term of
four months to be worked on the
roads of Johnston county and pay
costs. An appeal was taken to Su
perior court.
State vs. Dave Jernigan and
Cephe Parker, charged with pos
session of still and whiskey. Both
found guilty. Dave Jernigan was
sentenced to jail for.term of four
months to be worked on the roads
of Johnston county and pay one
half costs. Cephe Parker sentenc
ed to jail for term of 90 days to
be worked on the roads of Johns
ton county and pay one-half the
cost. This sentence to begin at
expiration of sentence in another
case. Jernigan took an appeal.
State vs. Hattie Dixon, charged
with fornication and adultery.
Guilty. Sentenced to jail for term
of 60 days to be worked as sheriff
sees fit and pay cost. Jail sen
tence suspended upon payment of
$50 fine and cost.
State vs. Christopher Hinton,
charged with fornication and adul
tery. Guilty. Sentenced to jail
for a term of 60 days to be work
ed on roads of Johnston county
and pay cost. Road sentence to be
suspended upon payment of $50
fine and cost.
I State vs. Jodie Phipps, charged
with carrying concealed weapon.
J Guilty. Sentenced to jail for term
of 60 days to be worked on the
| roads of Johnston county and
pay cost. Road sentence to be sus
pended upon payment of $50 fine
land cost.
Mate vs. robe Morgan, charged
|with violation of the prohibition
laws. Guilty of possession. Con
tinued prayer for judgment upon
payment of cost.
State vs. Carl Johnson, charged
jwith violation of prohibition laws.
[Guilty of possession. Sentenced to
|jail for term of four months to
I be worked on the roads of John
ston county and pay cost. Road
I sentence to be suspended upon
^condition that defendant does not
jviolate the prohibition law again
jin twelve months in any form
j Turn to page six, please
Need Of Farmers
;
| Like L. A. Johnson
Deliver* Cream To Benson
Creamery Each Day;
Ships Hogs; Raises
Poultry; Other Farming
Operations.
When the number of farmers in
Johnston county like L. A. Johnson
of Meadow township, increase suf
ficiently, the Benson creamery will
not have to worry about where to
get cream, no western meat will
find a market here, and coopera
tive shipments of chickens will be
a more frequent occurrence. To
visit Mr. Johnson’s farm is to be
convinced that his slogan is to
raise all food and feedstuffs and
then something for market.
Mr. Johnson owns six Jersey
milch cows from which he fur
nishes the Benson creamery with
around 30 pounds of cream per
day. He is interested not simply
in having any old kind of cow, but
he wants a herd that will mean
a profit. Last year he had his cows
tested to ascertain the richness of
their milk and found the record
of one to be 6.9 per cent. Real
izing that another factor in mak
ing* his cows pay is the feed, he
jhas experimented with a perma
|nent pasture, besides producing
home grown feed crops. He has
three acres in a permanent pas
jture but the dry weather of last
year was detrimental to the best
development. He has, however,
three acres in Sudan grass for
grazing purposes.
Mr. Johnson does not confine his
livestock operations to cows. He
has 49 head of pure bred Duroft
Jerseys, though they are not/ reg
listered stock. He plants for his
hogs as well as his family. A
good sized potato patch is in each
cornfield', and after the crops are
harvested in the fall his hogs live
a “hog-’s life” rooting in these
fields. Instead of patronizing the
West in the matter of meat, Mr.
Johnson ships hogs himself. He
made a small shipment in April
and expects to ship more in Aug
ust or September.
A flock of 250 Rhode Island Red
chickens gives his family all the
chickens and eggs they desire and
a quantity are sold on the local
markets. He raises the feed for his
chickens also, a part of six acres
of wheat being planted especially
for poultry feed.
A casual visit to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson would scar
cely reveal these livestock opera
tions, but the 175 acres of clear
ed land stretching away on all
sides planted in cotton, tobacco,
corn and oats are evidence enough
of his other farming operations.
It requires four tenants to culti
vate this acreage which is plant
ed in something like the follow
ing proportions: 54 acres in cot
ton; 55 in corn; 12 in tobacco; 11
in oats; six in wheat; five in sweet
potatoes; 1% in strawberries; and
about an acre in cabbage. Soybeans
and velvet beans, and vetch are
found in the cornfields not only
for feed purposes but for improv
ing the richness of the soil. An
orchard with about ten varieties
of fruit trees, an acre in pecan
trees and Japanese walnuts and al
all-round garden furnish his table
with the best of food.
Mr. Johnson's home is lighted
with a Delco-Lighting system, and
he has a Dayton water system
which provides water or his cows,
provides running water in his
kitchen and on his back porch. A
telephone keeps him in touch with
the markets at all times, and a
mail box in the front yard is just
'as convenient for the daily deliv
ery of mail as the city delivery
system is to the city resident. It
is significant that worth while
mail g-oes into Mr. Johnson’s box.
Besides the Smithfield Herald and
I the News and Observer which
make their regular visits to this
jhome, five farm papers and mag
azines also find their way there,
iThese include the Progressive Far
mer, Southern Ruraliat, Southern
I Planter, Southern Farmer, and the
|N. C. Cotton Grower. The last
>named publication suggests an im
portant fact. Mr. Johnson is a
i member of the Cotton Cooperative
j Association haying delivered 27
bales to the association last year.
| Mr. Johnson lives in a fine com
Capture 100 Gal.
Whiskey Still
__
Safeguarded In Woods j
With Black Sewing
Thread Drawn Aroun^! i
It For Distance of Ten!
Steps
One of the biggest stills cap
tured in Johnston county in some
time was brought to the court
house Tuesday morning by Depu
ty R. D. Marler of Bentonvillfe
township. The still, which was a
100-gallon capacity affaii^ was
found on Middle creek in Meadow
township by R. D. Marler and Al
mond Hood early Sunday morning.
The spot has been under observa
tion for a while before the still
was taken, and the officers discov
ered that a black sewing thread
was drawn around the still for a
distance of about ten steps all
around it. The officers were care
ful not to break it, and lay in
waging /before making the raid
to see what would happen.
According to Deputy Marler,
they saw Handy McLamb approach
the location of the still, examine
the thread, and finding* it un
broken, go directly to the still and
proceed to stir up the beer.
The officers then, tookthe still
and poured out about six barrels
of beer. A warrant is out for Me- I
Lamb. !
The still was such a big affair j
that the sheriff had a picture tak- |
on of it before it was cut to
pieces. ,
OUR CLUB CAMP MEETING
By MRS. J. L. LEE
Benson, N. C., Route 2
On June 28th about 8:30 o’clock
I left home for a trip to White
Lake with twenty-five other club
women of Johnston County. I
reached Benson about 9 o’clock,
and shortly afterwards joined the
others wjio had come from Smith
field on two school trucks. We went
>y Fayetteville where we enjoyed
a nice rest, and a delcious feast
with the Home Demonstration
Agent and Farm Demonstration
Agent of Cumberland county. We
:hen continued our journey to the
lake, and arrived at our destina
tion at five o’clock. We unloaded
aur luggage and found our rooms,
where we were to live for five
lays.
Each day was filled with hard
work, for we arose at 6:30 a. m.,
iad morning watch at 7:00 a. m.
breakfast at 7:15 a. m. and began
Hir daily demonstrations at 8:00 a.
m. These consisted of lessons on
lome nursing and Dennison work.
We had dinner at 12:30, and had
)ne demonstration in the after
loon in painting. The remainder of
the day was left for rest and re
creation. We enjoyed going swim
ming (not swimming but splas'n
ng because we couldn’t swim)
ind boat-riding.
After 'Having spent eajQi day
joyfully together, we had supper
it 6:30 p. m. then we enjoyed
moonlight walks on the beach, and
retired at 10:00 o’clock.
On Friday some of our people
from home came to see us and we
liad a picnic dinner on the yeard
which we enjoyed very much. Soon
After dinner several of the ladies
went for a ride around the lake
)ut I left for home. I want to say
that our luggage was not so
heavy comming home as it was
aroing, for we carried our vege
tables and many other things to
eat which we did not bring back.
My trip was well worth the
Lime and expense, and I learned
many new ideas which will add to
my home.
I learned to like and to have
many of our “good ole Johnston
county” women, whom I had not
had the opportunity of knowing
before. I just wish I could tell
every club woman in Johnston
county, how much I enjoyed my
trip and how much it helped me,
and I am hoping that more of
them will be with us at our next
camp meeting.
munity. He is only three and one
half miles from the Meadow Con
solidated school which his children
attend, going: on the truck each
day. And churches in the vicinity
give religious advantages.
“Cooperatve marketing is not as
popular as it will be one day,” de
dared U. B. Blalock as he ad
dressed forty or more farmers
bankers, editors and business mer
at a dinner meeting- in the far
fliers* room of the courthouse or
Monday evening, which was the
beginning of a weekfs campaign
in the interest of the new cott.in
contract in Johnsten county.
M.G. Mann, who was toastmas
ter on this occasion, stated that
fifty per cent of the members of
the North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Association had
signed the new contract without
any campaign whatever. The time,
however, is getting short until de
livery time ag-ain, and the asso
ciation is starting some intensive
work along this line. Johnston,
the banner cotton county of the
state, was chosen as the place to
begin, and at the meeting Monday
evening there were seven field rep
resentatives besides John A. Smith,
of this county, who are going in
all parts of the county this week
interviewing farmers in regard to
signing* the new contract. These
men are: C. C. Hilton of Warren
county; Frank Jones of Wayne;
Paul Mack of Wayne; j:. C. Jones
of Harnett; C. G. Cox of Frank
lin, and L. C. Phillips of Moore,
Stanley and Montgomery counties.
A goodly number of the forty far
mers who agreed to give of their
time this week in accompanying
these men over the county were
also present Monday evening.
The new marketing agreement
can be counted as one of the ac
complishments of the association
because the optional pool clause
makes it possible and practical
for every farmer who wants co
operative marketing to sell his cot
ton through the association re
gardless of any financial difficul
ty or of any other condition that
may have made it embarrassing
for him to deliver his cotton un
ier the old contract, stated Mr.
Mann. The member may set the
time for the sale of his cotton and
still take full advantage of the
services which the association is
prepared to render. This new con
tract has been designed with the
sole purpose of meeting the needs
of the members. They have even
provided for the member tto
withdraw after he has delivered
one crop if he desires to do so.
If a cotton farmer fails to join the
association now, the burden is
upon him to prove that he be
lieves in cooperative marketing.
Mr. Blalock explained his state
ment concerning the popularity of
cooperative marketing, showing
how, as time g*oes on, the idea
will grow, as the advantages be
come more apparent. He present
ed in a forceful way the aims of
the cotton association, the accom
plishments already achieved, and
the safety of marketing through
the organization. Depositing cot
ton in an association, said Mr.
Blalock, is as nearly like deposit
ing money in a bank as anything
he could think of. He told how
every employee of the association
is under bond, the cotton is stor
ed in bonded warehouses, and
there is practically no chance for
any loss.
Cooperative marketing is a
process of education thinks Mr.
Blalock, but just as surely as the
worth while things—good roads,
prohibition, education—have been
worth fighting for, so is cooper
ative marketing worth fighting
for.
Among those called upon for
brief remarks at the meeting Mon
day evening were J. W. Stephen
son, director from this district,
and member of the executive com
mittee, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter, editor
of the Smithfield Herald, W. H.
Massey, former solicitor of the
Recorder’s court, Rev. S. L. Mor
gan, pastor of the Baptist church,
of this city, and Dwight L. Bar-1
hour, president of the Clayton
Banking Company.
Two is company—until they be
come one, then it seems more like
crowd.
wjawiaftfl
LOU GEHRIG, slugging first
baseman of the leading New Yorl
Yankees, who has stood baseball
on Us head this season by his sen
sational slugging, passing Babe
Ruth in home runs and bidding
fair to b cone of the biggest ‘finds'
of years.
Auto Makes Test
Trip On Route 10
D. T. Roughton Interested
In Advertising Route
Which He Calls the
“Main Street of North
Carolina’’
This morning at approximate^
7:20, an automobile carrying D.
T. Doughton of Old Fort (at one
time the western terminus of civ
ilization) and an official of the
Carolina Motor Club, passed
through this city en route from
Morehead City to Murphy, a dis
tance of about 600 miles.
Mr. Roug*hton, in making the
trip, is interested simply in ad
vertising route No. 10 which he
calls the “Main Street of Northi
Carolina.” He is attempting to
drive the entire stretch of route
10, keeping within the new speed
law, in one day. The start from
Morehead City was made at 4:10
this morning, and if the distance is
made without mishap, the car is
scheduled to drive in Murphy at
3 o’clock this evening.
Route No. 10 is the longest
highway in any state east of the
Mississippi and perhaps the long
est highway in one'state in Amer
ca. It is said to be the most! int
eresting highway in America, be
ginning as it does, at the coasjtj
lassing* through the Piedmont sec
tion and passing through unsur
lassed mountain scenery.
Mr. Roughton hopes to get ev
?ry business along the route to
publish on its stationery, “On
Main Street of North Carolina.”
L M. AUSLEY FOUND
DEAD IN BED AT MICRO
News reached here late yes
terday afternoon of the sud
den death of E. M. Ausley
which occurred at his home n
Micro yesterday morning. Mr.
Ausley is agent for the A. C.
Is. Railroad at Selma, and
worked Wednesday night as |
usual until about (welv.
o’clock, lie reached his home j
in Micro about a half .hour I
later, and after speaking to
his wife, went to his room up
stairs and retired. Mrs. Aus
ley called him yesterday morn
ing about nine o’clock and re- [
ceiving no answer went to his j
room and found him dead. Ac- |
cording to the physician who
was called, he had been dead
for several hours. He had been
in his usual health.
Tho funeral will probably
be held tomorrow (Saturday)
at the residence and interment
will be made in the .Micro
cemetery.
The deceased leaves a wife
and four children. He was
about 38 years of age.
Cole-Lassiter Reunion.
A reunion of the families of the
late W. G. Lassiter and W. BJ
Cole will be held on the fourth
Sunday in July (July 24) at the
home of Seth W. Lassiter and Etta
Cole Lassiter in Bentonville town
ship. A picnic dinner will be serv
ed at the noon hour. \
RALEIGH, July 12.—The aver
age farmer probably does not
know that there will be but a few
cotton reports this year by the
government. For that reason, this
report does not carry information
pertaining to conditions or any
thing that will give a clue as to
what the crop will be this year.
Thus, farmers or growers do not
have any index for this year’s
cotton probability, while the trade
through their private reports are
in close tab with the various fea
tures, like conditions, stand, boll
weevil 'effects, cultivation, late
ness, etc. In encouraging Congress
to pass a law prohibiting frequent
cotton reports, the farmers were
blind folding their own eyes only.
The preliminary acreage for
this year’s cotton shows North
Carolina with a 10 per cent re
duction, while that for the entire
cotton belt is given at a 12.4 per
[cent reduction. Oddly, the least re
duction was from North Carolina,
to Alabama. All of the remaining
states had more than 10 per cent
reductions. This state’s acreage is
1.814.000 as compared with 2,015,
000 planted last year. The entire
belt’s acreage is estimated at 42,
683.000 acres.
According to the North Carolina
indications, the stand is estimated
at 87 per cent as compared with
70 per cent reported for the same
time last year. The average date
of first blooms is estimated to be
July 6th as compared with the 11th'
last year. Of course, the earlier!;
blooms begin in the southeastern
counties, centering around Bladen,
where a date of June 30th was
given for their first blooms. The
poorest stand appears to be in the
same southeastern area where 83
per cent is reported.
Boll weevil infestation appears
to be much more general and in
tensive than for several years.
This is indicated by the reported
average of 20 per cent of com
plete infestation over the state’s
entire cotton area. In as much as,
entomologists advocate dusting
when 15 per cent infestation oc- ,
curs, this indicates a serious sit
uation. Many areas report squares
dropping off profusely, with oth
ers claiming that the drop is due.
to boll weevil damages. County
agents report that considerable in
terest is manifested, looking to ■
dusting this year. From Scotland
to Onslow, including from Harnett
to Brunswick, the farmers report.;
a 34 per cent infestation. The .
lamage also seems to be rather
heavy all along the southern bor
der to Hoke county.
Tho most frequent comments
from over 627 cotton farmers are:
’Cool nights holding back cotton
irowth;” Too much rain has also
reen harmful by encouraging boll
weevils and grassincss; reports
are profuse indicating “backward
ness and small plants.” Most far
mers indicate that there are eith
er po boll weevils this year or that1
it is too early for them to( be no
ticed. Lice damage, due to but
weather, is serious from Union to
Beaufort counties. The crop is in
fairly good condition so far as
cultivation and healthfulness is
concerned. Prospects appear to bo
good. The early dry conditions per
mitted the roots to get a good
hold, deep into the soil. Fertiliza
tion has been heavy, but top drevs
Ing will be reduced.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—i
“Cum ter Smithfield Sept. 6th
and see backer take airyplait^
^ide. 4, ja.Mh.l a.. JLjfl
Co-Op Campaign
Gets Under Way
U. B. Blalock Addresses
Forty or More Farmers
and Other Business Men
at Dinner Meeting Here
Out-Bamming Babe
Season’s First
Cotton Report
Reports Will Be Less Fre
quent This Year; Acre
age Is Reduced Ten Per
Cent in North CArntnin