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SIX PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 14
PARKER ALLOWED
BOND OF $,5000
Benson Banker Is Charged
Wilh Running Over Body
of Sam Wilder near Auburn
f People here and elsewhere in
the county were shocked late
Friday afternoon when they
learned that H. A. Parker, a
prominent citizen Benson, had
run over and instantly killed Sam
Wilder, well known Wake county
poultry farmer, of Auburn. The
accident happened in front of
Mr. Wilder's home on highway
No. 10. the entire incident being
witnessed by Mrs. Wilder who
was on her front porch.
The Buick sedan uf Mr. Par
ker struck Mr. Wilder as he was
walking along the highway off
the pavement. The body was car
ried a considerable distance, the
head being completely severed
from the body. Coroner Waring
is said to have declared that the
body was the worst mangled he
had ever seen. He reported that
the body was found on one side
of the car and the head picked
up from the rear of the machine.
Mr. Parker, who was president
of the Citizens Bank and Trust
company of Benson before that
institution became a branch of
die First-Citizens Bank <& Trust
company of this city, is a brother
k our townsman. Mr. J. D. Par-,
l-.ftycxShcriff J. P. Parker, who
IhvetN near town, and of Ezra
Park, r. judge of the Johnston
county Recorder's court. The
coroner stated that Mr. Parker
was intoxicated. He said Mr
Parker admitted that he had been
drinking. Two empty bottles and
one partially filled were found in
the car. Mr. Parker was placed
m the Wake county jail Friday
night. However, he waited pre
liminary hearing and was releas
ed on Saturday under a bond of
$5,000. He will be tried in Wake
Superior court on a charge o'
second degree minder.
Mr. Wilder is survived by his
widow and several children. He
teas 08 years of age and was held j
ill high esteem by his neighbors
and friends. He was a native of |
Wake county. Funeral services
were held from Ephesus church
on the Raleigh-Car.v road Sun
day afternoon. The deceased was
a brother of L. A. Wilder, of
Clayton.
TO OPEN TEA
-4oom here soon;
The Rose-Glenn Tea Room will j
[•pen for business here on Thurs
day of this week. Mrs. Bertie I
Smitha is the proprietor. She
>ias secured the location formerly |
occupied by a barber shop on j
Third street, the place having
been newly painted and renovated i
during the past week. The new I
tea room with its appointments!
carrying out a yellow and green j
color scheme is very attractive,
and Mrs. Smilhu plans to serve'
the public in a very efficient
manner. There will be a private
dining room, and she will be pre
pared to serve banquets and par
ties. A special vegetable dinner
will be served each day.
Mrs. Smitha is well known for
her delicious cooking especially
for her cakes ana pies, and she
has built up a good tragic in this
line. She will continue to cook
cakes and pies as heretofore.
FRONT 2 LINE HEAD
MEADOW WINS
x TWO GAMES
On Wednesday night. February
12. the boys’ basketball team of
Meadow high school defeated the
Benson high school team by the
score of 29 to 19. on the latter's
court. No substitutions were made
by Meadow, while Benson rush
ed in several of her reserves in
order to try to stave off defeat.
On Friday night. February 14.
the Meadow boys defeated the
Corinth-Holders boys, in tlje ar
mory at Smithfield, by the score
of 18 to 16. At the end of the
third quarter. Meadow boys were
trailing by the score of 13 to 10.
A burst of speed however, in the
final quarter, gave them a vic
tory. Smith and Lee. the former
making eight points, did excel
lent wojk for Meadow, while
O'Neill and Hinton stood out for
the losers. _
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Champion Corn Grower
V,-£7X3X5
J. Pressley Alexander, who won the state championship from the
State's vocational agricultural schools by producing 411 bushels of
corn on three acres or 137 bushels per acre. This corn was grown as
i Pressley's field project work under supervision of D. W. Easom, agri
cultural teacher of the Cornelius High School, Mecklenburg County.
Pressley is a son of J. Wilson Alexander. State Champion Cotton
Grower.
I__
0. H. BAREFOOT IS
NOW IMPROVING
lias Regained Consciousness
Since (ioing To Richmond
Hospita; Slill Paralized
FOUR OAKS. Feb. 17.—News
comes from Richmond that O.
H. Barefoot, former deputy sher
iff of Meadow township who is
in a Richmond hospital in a se
rious condition as the result of a
knife wound inflicted by Brad
Massengill. may recover. An
X-ray taken after Mr. Barefoot
was carried to the hospital show
ed that the point of the knife
had pierced his skull and gone
into his brain. Mr. Barefoot is
now conscious and can talk so as
to be understood. His right arm
and leg are still paralyzed, how
ever. and though chances for re
covery now seem favorable, it.
will probably be a long time be
fore he is entirely well.
Mr. Barefoot is a highly re
spected citizen of the county, r.
zealous church and community
worker. He has served as super
intendent. of the Trinity Baptist
Sunday school for a number of
years.
Gone But Not Forgotten.
On January 23. 1930 the fam
ily of Mr. Needham B. Stevens1
was deeply grieved when the
death angel entered the home
for the first time and took from
them the true and faithful wife,
a dear and loving mother. God in
his goodness sa*.v that Mrs. Stev
ents had suffered enough and
called her home while asleep. Oh.
how sweet the thought is that
she is now peacefully sleeping
in Jesus.
It seems almost as if it were
a dream, and oh. if it could only
be. But it. would be cruel to wish
her back in a sinful world when
she is enjoying heavenly bliss.
It is hard to say “God's will be
done, not ours.” We cannot un
derstand why God c alls our loved
ones away, but some time we’ll
understand. As we know God giv
eth and God taketh away. He do
cth all things well.
He has called for many a loved
one.
We have seen them leave our side
With our Saviour we shall meet
them.
When we too. have crossed the
1 irif*
One of the main links in the
chain which has hound the fam
ily so close together these many
years has been broken and leaves
a vacant place in the home
which can never be filled.
I think of mother as being at
home, our heavenly home, wait
ing for us to meet her there.
Then I think of what a meeting
that will be when we all shall
gather around that great wide
throne with the angels and our
loved ones. We shall meet to part
no more on the resurrection
morn.
We journey to a city.
Where all is glad and fair.
And through the years eternal.
No sorrow will be there.
Farewell, dear mother farewell,
Thou are only gorw ‘
In heaven we she. i n. . again,
Where partings come no more.
A daughter-in-law.
Demanding Too Much.
From Poet to Editor: "Deal
Sir—I am sending you a simple
little ode. All that I ask is tha>
you give it a careful reading.’
From Editor to Poet: * Deal
Sir—I received your poem. Anc
in reply will say that the price
you ask is beyond all reason.” .
Heading off a lot of running
accounts is not the only profi
the merchant realizes from goinf
on a cash basis.
COTTON COMMITTEE
SELECTS VARIETY
J. W. Stephenson Announces
( leveand Strain SSI and
No 5 Chosen As Best For
Johnston County
“The farmers of Johnston
county have the opportunity of
a lifetime." declared J. W. Ste
phenson, chairman of the cotton
standardization committee. in
conversation with a Herald re
porter yesterday.
State College has selected John
ston county as the first county of
the state in which to launch .
better cotton staple campaign.
The chairman of the standardiza
tion-committee appointed at a re
cent meeting stated yesterday
that a full meeting of the com
mittee was held on Saturday.
February 1. and at; this meet-:
ing Cleveland variety, strain 884 j
and No. 5. was adopted as the
standard inch to inch and a six- i
tecnth staple. The committee i
went further and recommended j
that, only inch and better of other ,
varctics be planted and that sol
far as possible each farmer sc- |
cure two or more bushels of pure
bred seed to plant a seed patch
for next year.
"If all of the 40.000 bales of
cotton produced in Johnston
county in 1929." stated Mr. Ste
phenson. "had been one inch or
better staple, the crop would have
netted the cotton farmers of the
county $250,000 more money than
they received for the 1929 crop.
“Our mills are anxious to use
North Carolina cotton if we will
produce it for them, and if we
do not produce it we must paj
the freight to market our short
cotton out of the state. The mills
must pay the freight on the sta
ple which they must bring in
from outside the state.
“The committee urges upon ev
ery farmer the necessity of co
operating with the committee and
with the extension agencies of our
state to make this great effort a
success. There is an ample
supply of 884 and No. 5 Cleve- j
land cotton seed available for;
planting purposes isee J. . B.1
Slack and John A. Smith), and
there will be gin facilities pro-1
vided in different localities so I
that seed can be saved without j
mixing."
Mr. Stephenson lurtner stated
that if farmers keep on produc
ing short staple cotton they at
once become competitors of In
dian ‘cotton, Russian cotton, and
Mexico cotton. “These countries
produce cotton with cheap labor,'
he stated, “and force us to sell
our short staple cotton at star
vation prices. Let’s all work to
gether in this matter of stand
ardization and in a few years
Johnston county will again be the
1 banner cotton county of the
| state, and all the mills will be
anxious for our cotton.”
! The committee which is com
posed of J. W. Stephenson, as
chairman. J. Lib Lee, J. Paul
Shaw. R. C. Gillett, O. L. Boy
iette, John A. Smith, and J. B.
j Slack, will meet again next Sat
urday, March 1. at the Farmer0
i Bank and Trust company.
| Welfare Association To Meet.
The United Welfare Association
: will meet Thursday evening at 8
o'clock at the home of Miss Mat
5 tie Pou to consider the situation
i of the needy in this city. Mem
Jbers of the association are urgec
to be present.
! Manager: “What’s the idea ol
sitting out there, absolutely si*
I lent for five minutes?”
i Saxaphonist: “That was a re
quest number.”—Pathfinder.
GARLAND PRICE IS
VICTIM GUN WOUNL
Fatally Shot on Feb..'! by I’au
i E. Creech; Funeral II e I c
Friday Afternoon Neai
[ Wilson's Mills
Garland M. Price, of Wil
son’s Mills, route 2, who, on
the afternoon of February 3
was fatally shot by Paul E.
Creech at a saw m;l! :n Ele
vation township, died at the
Johnston County Hospital on
Thursday afternoon, Febru
ary 13. The shot took effect
in one limb and gangrene set
in causing his death ten
; days after the tra ;ic :oot
I ing.
j According to information re
ceived in this oflics, Paul Creech
had been warned b Mr. Price
not to have any whiskey at the
saw mill which Mr. Price was
operating five miles from Ben
ison. Some words were passed
j concerning an alleged violation
of the request, but apparently
J the disturbance had blown over.
| when Creech left the saw mill
| He is said to have returned later
I in the afternoon and. while
standing in his buggy, to have
shot Price whose back was turn to
Creech as he was firing the boiler.
There is said to have been sev
eral eye-witnesses to the sad
occurrence.
Creech was arrested and gave
bond in the amount of $1,000.
but was placed in jail when the
seriousness of Mr. Price’s condi
tion was learned. Creech is a
young man about 24 years of
age. He has a wife and child.
The funeral of Mr. Price was
held Friday afternoon at the
home of his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Price near Wilson's
Mills. The service was conducted
by Rev. Arthur Creech, pastor of
Eethesda Baptist church assist
ed by Rev. B. H. Houston, pas
tor of the Methodist church of
Benson. Interment was made in
the family burying ground.
The deceased who was 27 years
of age. leaves a wife and four
little boys ranging in age from
three months to five years. He
leaves also his father and moth
er. two brothers, and three sis
ters as follows: D. Marvin Price,
of Clayton; Walton Price, of Wil
son’s Mills: Mrs. M. D. Dorman
of Benson; Mrs. C. H. Poole, of
Wilson’s Mills, and Mrs, Thcl
Baker of Smithfield.
Among those from a distance
here to attend the funeral were
Mrs. D. C. Clark, and Ralph
Clerk, of Swannanoa. mother and
brother of Mrs. Price; and Mrs.
Edith Ray. of Chattanooga. Tenn..
sister of Mrs. Price.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
TO STAY OUT
ASHEVILLE, Feb. 14.- The re
organized Young Men's Demo
cratic club of Buncombe county
has declared hands off in the
forthcoming senatorial contest
within the party between Sena
tor Furnifold Simmons and Jo
siah W. Bailey, Raleigh.
in its formal plan of organi
zation the club has frowned upon
any suggestion for indorsement of
candidates before a primary. Fur
thermore it has placed the ban
upon any speech, resolution or
proposal in favor or against any
candidate in the regular demo
cratic primary.
After the nominees have been
selected in the June primary the
club will openly espouse the
cause of the Democratic candi
dates. The action of the club was
made in order to prevent any
possible rift among membership
or candidates, it is explained by
officials.
One-Crou Farmer.
“Cotton is my shepherd and I
am in want. It maketh me. to lie
down without supper, it leadeth
me beside mortgage windows; it
restoreth my doubt in one-crop
farming; it leadeth my children
from the paths of education for
the crop's sake. Yea, though I
I walk ■ through the valley of star
vation I fear no evil, for the cow
will feed me; the pig and the
hen they comfort me. Thou pre
paresl a reduction in my income
before me in the presence of my
creditors, thou anointest my
household with debts, my ex
penses runneth over my proceeds
without the cow. pig hen, misery
and poverty will follow me ail
the days of my life, and I wil
live on a mortgaged or rentec
farm forever."—Exchange.
If there was less kissing anc
petting in the old days, maybi
it was because the shieks of thosi
I days had their faces covered will
whiskers.
! SMITIIFIIXI) (H I!
IN DRAMA CONTEST
,! Among the participants in the
': annual State Dramatic Tourna
jincnt this spring is a Smithfield
club. The dramatic section of the
Business and Professional Wo
1 man’s club enters the community
club group. Elimination contests
will be held. Smithfield and
Goldsboro will contest Goldsboro,
and Reidsville and Greensboro.
, at Greensboro. The winners will
j compete for state championship
; during the Dramatic Festival at
Chapel Hih April 10. n and 12.
Other groups besides the com
munity groups include county
j schools, city schools, junior col
! leges, and senior colleges.
' The local club is at work on
I t he play which they will use m
! the contest, which is entitled
j “Just Women.” Miss Vivian Bur
ton is directing the play.
TWO WEEKS TERM
CIVIL COURT OPENS
Juclne N. A. Sinclair of Fay
etteville is Presiding; VVeis
ner Farmer and Hugh Page,
of Clayton, Admitted to
the liar
A two weeks' civil term of the
Superior court of Johnston coun
ty opened here yesterday morning
with Hon. N. A. Sinclair of Fay
etteville. present and presiding.
More than 100 eases have been
calendared at this term. and
when the calendar was canvassed
at the opening of the court most
of the cases were reported as
ready for trial. The jury was
called and sworn and lulle liny
was delayed in the commence
ment of I he work before the
court. Judge Sinclair's coming
was not expected, as it had been
arranged that this term should
be held by Judge Devin, of Ox
ford. an exchange of courts hav
ing been arranged between the
two judges.
Weisner Farmer and Hugh A.
Page both of Clayton, were intro
duced to the court and upon pro
ducing a license from the Su
preme court to practice law in
the courts of this state, they
were duly admitted to the bar by
taking and subscribing the oath
of an attorney.
KENLY SCHOOL
OBSERES PROGRAM
KENLY, Feb. 17.—The Kenly
- "h school observed “live-at
home” program throughout last
week, during which time a sur
vey was taken for Beulah town
ship district number one through
the children as to how many
homes had poultry, cows, gardens,
automobiles, home owners.
Through the work of the teach
ers many helpful ideas were giv
en the children to carry back
home.
The week was closed by a very
interesting program given Friday
evening for the benefit of the
parents. The first four grades
gave a short program, after which
there were four speakers. Miss
Minnie Lee Garrison spoke on
food importance to health and
especially urged that the ideas be
put into practice.
Miss Mary E. Wells gave some
very interesting facts of the con
ditions of some school children
throutout the county.
Mr. black, farm demonstrator j
gave a very inspiring talk on the
actual facts and needs of the
county.
Mr. Thompson Kirby, one of
the most progressive farmers of
Johnston county, and one who
has practiced “live-at-home” for
many years, gave a very inter
esting talk showing how we could
begin “living at home.” He also
stated that living at home is
more than gardens, chickens, and
hogs. First win the confidence of
the people with whom you come
in contact and live up to this
confidence. Second, raise foods
for home use. Third, raise money
crops for circulation in order
that we may be progressive peo
ple.
FIDDLERS CONVENTION
AT COURTHOUSE
. The County Council of
Home Demonstration work is
sponsoring a fiddlers conven
tion at the courthouse next
j Friday evening. Mr. Simon P.
Honeycutt of Benson is lin
ing up a number of fiddlers
who will compete for attrac
tive cash prizes in the con
. test Friday evening. The pro
gram will be varied by a
number of readings by pupils
of Miss Burton’s dramatic
class. It is hoped that a large
crowd will turn out to hear
the old time fiddling and
to aid in a worthy enter
prise.
FARMERS ADDRESS
MICRO STUDENTS
lAve-Al-Home Week Is Effec
tively Observed In IVI i c r o
School; Community Pro
gram Wednesday Evening
MICRO, Peb. 17,—The live-at
home program stressed in all the
j schools of the state last week
was fittingly observed in the
Micro school. The schedule as
outlined for the schools of the
state was followed and in addi
tion local speakers and a survey
of local conditions added interest
to the observance.
A radio was installed during the
week and the live-at-home pro
grams broadcast from Raleigh
were heard at the chapel hour, i
On Tuesday morning H. M. Fits- i
1 gcrald. cashier of the Micro bank, j
was present at the chapel exer
cises and made an interesting
talk showing how the live-athome
program could be better carried
out if farmers would use better
business methods. He urged the
keeping of accounts by the far
mer just as any other business
concern keeps accounts. On Wed
nesday morning Dr. M. Hinnant,
Micro physician and farmer, ad
dressed the school on the value of
a balanced diet in keeping heal
thy. On Thursday Rev. Arthur
Creech. Baptist minister and far-!
mer. made the talk, comparing!
two men who chose farming as
their vocation. One who inherited j
a farm did not follow a live- j
at-home program. He eventually
lost his farm. The other starlet!
With nothing. He rented land but
he raised his food and feed
stufis. That man now owns three
farms. On Friday Mr. Walter T.
Batten, county road commission
er and farmer, spoke on the ad- :
vantages of living at home and
urged the boys and girls to
profit by what they were learning
at school.
On Wednesday evening a com
munity meeting was held in the
interest of the live-at-home idea,
about 300 being present. Mr. J.
B. Slack, county farm agent, gave
some statistics as to what crops
Johnston county is raising in
sufficient amount and as to what
crops the county is falling short
on. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison,
county home agent, urged the
importance of a year round gar
den and of the family milk cow.
Mr, H. B. Marrow, county sup
cimtendent of schools, also made
a talk in which lie heartily en
dorsed the live-at-home program
being stressed throughout the
state. Several musical selections
by the Micio school glee club di
rected by Mrs. R. N. Hinnant
added variety to (lie program.
The program. closed with a
tableau picturing a harvest scene
with a farmer the central fig
ure. As the colored lights were
thrown on this scene Mr. O. A.
Tuttle, principal of the Micro
school, read effectively "I Am
the Farmer."
During the week prior to that
set apart for the observance ol
(he hvc-at-home idea the Micro
school made a surey which re
vealed some interesting facts. It
was found that 55 per cent of
the homes represented in ihe Mi
cro school do not have cows. It
was found also that 50 per cent
of the children in the school are
underweight, and the majority of
those who are underweight come
from homes that do not have milk
cows. ,
PASTURE SPECI’LIST
HERE THIS WEEK
Mr. S. J. Kirby, pasture spec
ialist of State College, will be
in the county Thursday and Fri
day of this week. On Thursdayo
night Mr, Kirby will talk to far
mers at Meadow high school on
the making of permanent pas
tures. On Friday night a similar
meeting will be held in Prince
ton. All farmers who are inter
ested in permanent pastures are
especially invited to attend one oi
these meetings.
SELMA KIWANIANS ENJOY
LIVE-AT-HOME DINNEIi
SELMA. Feb. 15.—With onh
two members of the cinh absent
the Kiwanis club met Thursda;
evening. Under the direction o
Mrs H. Bueck. club sponsor, i
menu was served which consistet
of nothing but what was raisei
in Johnston county.
George Y. Ragsdale, of Smith
field and Raleigh, in a brie
way, presented figures whicl
showed that our county, stab
land nation was not in as bat
[shape as some of the more pes
simistic people tried to picture.
I Hogue Vick, high school stu
[dent, rendered tw'o beautifu
j numbers on the violin whicl
|were very much enjoyed.
Neic Chief Justice
Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, ap
pointed Chief Fustifce of the United
States by President Hoover, photo
graphecT a$ he was leaving his New
York office just after the President
had telephoned him asking him t6 ac
cept the post of head of the court of
which lie was once an Associate Judge
TO LOAD POULTRY
CAR AT FOUR OAKS
N. C. Division of Markets
Sponsors Shipment Thurs
day; First To Be Made AI
Four Oaks
On Thursday afternoon. Feb
ruary 20. a poultry car will be
loaded at Four Oaks. This ship
ment which is the first to be
made at Four Oaks is sponsored
by the North Carolina Division
of Markets. The success of such
shipments at other points led to
the decision to give farmers in
other sections of the county an
opportunity to try this method
of selling poultry. The car will
open at one p. in. and close at
5 p. m. Cgsli prices to be paid
are as follows:
Colored hens. 21c per pound:
Leghorn hens. 19c; stags. 15c;
roosters. 10c; capons, 25c; ducks
and geese. 12c; young turkeys.
25c: old toms. 18c; guineas. 35c
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF
SERVICE
Elsewhere in this issue is one
of a series of advertisements
which the Atlantic Coast Line is
using at this time in celebration
of its hundredth anniversary. Six
Johnston county towns are locat
ed along one of the rails of the
A. C. L., some of them having
sprung up because of the railroad.
The “Atlantic Coast Line News"
in its February issue says:
"February 10 will mark the one
hundredth anniversary of the is
suance of the charter of the Pet
ersburg Railroad, the earliest of
the more than one hundred rail
roads that entered into what is
now' the Atlantic Coast Line.
"The Petersburg Railroad was
only fifty-nine miles long. It was
constructed by the citizens of
Petersburg for the purpose of at
tracting trade to their city. When
completed it had no connections
with other railroads, although
these were built a few years lat
er. But the founders of the rail
road had a vision, even at that
early date, of a "great highway
of the Union" that w'ould con
nect the North and South, en
courage and make possible growth
and development, and facilitate
the transaction of business be
tween the two sections of the
country.
"Looking back after the lapse
of a century, it seems nothin^
short of remarkable that those
pioneer railroad builders could
have envisaged so accurately the
great transportation system that
was to develop in later years."
Others Can Do It.
Parker Rand of Wake county
sold SI.268 worth of hogs and
pork and $495 worth of beef
calves from his farm near Gar
ner. He also produced 33 bales
of cotton on 30 acres as a result
of good cultural methods and
dusting the cotton with calcium
arsenate.
Wit and Philosophy.
Mr. and Mrs. Bust were very
pleased with the new' twins.
Many and furious had been the
. arguments over the naming of
the little darlings. But at last
they had agreed, and now they
were at the church for the chris
■ tening ceremony.
Mother was holding the little
i girl, while father had the boy.
■ The clergyman turned to the
! mother.
"Well. Mrs. Bust—what are the
little girl’s Christian names to
■ be?”
1 "Florence May.”
i "And how about the little boy?’’
"John Will.”—London An*
SUB COMMITTEE
STUDIES CONTRACT
Reports To Organizatin Com
I mittee In Session at State
•College Not All Favorable
Towards Tbacco Associa
tion For 1930
RALEIGH, Feb. 17.—Unable to
decide on the kind of contract to
be offered tobacco growers in the
proposed state-wide cooperative
marketing association. 13 mem
bers of the organization commit
tee of 15 meeting at State Col
lege last week, appointed a sub
committee to study the three
kinds suggested and to report
to the committee as a whole with
in the* next month.
The sub-committee composed of
J. E. Winslow of Pitt as chair
man. J. T. Valentine of Nash
and S. E. Coltrane of Guilford
will make a study of the central
ized organization contract as
adopted in South Carolina, the
I de-centralized or federation con
tract as used by some coopera
tives in California, and a com
promise contract which calls for
a central organization with fed
erated groups formed in the dif
ferent sections of the state.
Thirteen members of the or
ganization committee met in the
offices of Dean I. O. Schaub at
State College on the afternoon
and evening of February 11. At
first there was a lengthy, infor
mal discussion about conditions
for the association in the vari
ous districts represented by the
13 committeemen. Not all of the
reports were favorable towards
the organization of an associa
tion to market the tobacco crop
of 1930 though some members
thought it possible to get under
way by 1931. The committee re
ported numerous obstacles and
lack of enthusiasm on the part of
growers and others. However, the
committee decided to go ahead
with its task and after hearing
from the sub-committee, will re
port back to a mass meeting of
growers to be called as early as
possible.
rne suo-committee will work
with representatives of the Fed
eral Farm Board and with the
division of Cooperative Marketing
of the Board in trying to offer
the best contract to suit condi
tions in North Carolina. Dr. J.
G. Kaupp. economist at State
College and Dean I. o. Schaub
will advise with the committee in
Its labors.
J. R. BRASWELL
PASSES AWAY
Mr. J. R. Braswell died at his
home two miles northeast of Pine
Level Sunday evening about 7:30
o'clock, following an illness of
some duration. For two months,
lie had been confined to his room,
but he had been in feeble health
for some time prior to that time.
The deceased was 69 years of
age.
The funeral was held yester
day afternoon at two o'clock at.
the home. Rev H. S. Sty run of
Pine Level, conducted the serv
ice. Interment was made in the
family burying ground in the
presence of a large crowd. A pro
fusion of beautiful flowers bore
testimony to the esteem in which
the deceased was held.
Surviving are his widow and
four children as follows: C. R.
Braswell of Boon Hill township;;
W. B. Braswell, of Princeton:
Mi's. Charlie Crocker and Mrs.
Jadie Bunn, of near Princeton.
There are also several grandchil
The deceased was the step
father of our townsman. Mr. Will
Davis.
He: “Darling, I’ve made up my
mind to stay home.”
She: “Too late. George. I’ve
made up my face to go out.”
Aunt Roxie Says
“Love uv money stopping will
never be invitin’ ez long ez rool
ers make mistakes and fools en
joy fitin’.”