M«m wnjjuwnw «s m
RUCS TO SELL TOUS TOMAOOOL
TIT OMK OF THE HOUSES MR
VOLUME M—NUMSES SX
DO NOT KflX.
LADY-BEETLE
THEY MELP TO SID THE COTTON |
OF LICE AND OTMES
INSECTS
maa. Chief m K .tomotsgy for the
State of Agmliar.
"that the Lady-beetles are u
csttoa. Bather are they hdpfU ta A"
Ouriag Jdy maay farmers foaui
lady-beetles aad their hftaah warn 1
aa their cottoa aad maay ii
mere received about the lojary faar
this iaaect, bat. accordiag ta M .
.fihumaa. they are aat hortieg th
plaat aad are rendering a anitt 1.
"Wbea in ahaada.
in cattac. "states Mr. Shermaa.
alaaaat a sate .-iga that the plants a
iafected with lice, leaf-bee or athid
as they are variaady ca led. The larr
ut iajariaas ta the pbM aad be*(
the Lady-beetle aad the Maish aarsL.
feed oa theaa. »
r "The bee have beea very pleatifv
tha year, ia fact mare sa tbaa aaaa:
and the Lady-heetlea are daiag a",
they can to check the iaaect. Other
-mill parasites are aiso beipt-g a*«*
as a malt the Hce are naa daapfm
aa
So do aot kdl the Lady beetles am
their btm*h aaram when attached *o
the |plaat as they are hdpiag to rid
the ration of bee aad are tbaa rendrr
hg a service ta the cottoa greener* of
the State.
CAPT. THOMAS IS
RETIRED FROM NO. 1
Captaia T. W. Thomar* time e>
pited yesterday as far as the raraJ
routes are coaccrwed Now he caa
sd hack acd look at the camero star
off to face the wiatry wmdt af winlei
aad bear the san's ray- m the am
mer. Caplata Thomas has beea car
raer aa roate oae since November I
19M end retaes hrcaaia he has reach
ed the age bmit of «5 yean. He lea*e»
behind alma it. II years of failhfd set
vice which he has tried sa ddigtaU;-
• to leader. The pripli oa raade oae a«U
auss the Captaia'* good wuniag aa
the coartesy ahaaa them by km
The salary paid an Iks rade ia
aoa IJM per year. .
kb hfe**" 0
S a ialereotiag ta aote that thai
mate was oae af the first brd
ia North Carol ma
Mr. Maarire Vgb ha# beea ap
voaated to fid the i|f|pry aa this
male for the praaat.
600 Fanners to Leave
Southwestern Kansas
Six haa Ire I farmer. «iM be com
palled ta leave the lamhweit sedans
af Inr- aext aataam aa lit pecs
cordmg to F. A. Joae>. tf WngS.
Ford caaady. Of thme farmers aa».
their h«idahipa be sayt> ia a letter U
• aad discaaraged. AS
ate owrthy, iadnotrioas and winhag ta
work aa laag aa they caa find *- I.
yea know af any pinhiaaii or other
- oat, so they caa gH their famiDro
JIM JONES GETS A WHIPPING
AND GOES TO JAIL
SICST ALONG WIIH VT
The t.*aaies af Ik WMpgiag
Aad Loan # M Air
Jim 1-att, a plaiiiin. aad wka
weeks. koaae of Mr. Q
, wkde Mr. aad Mrs. Kewtoa were wark
tag m the market. Here he paoaM
ta aah Ma Ike kod aaaaa af the 14
year aid ImghHi af Mr. aad Mrs.
Newtaa aad to wham he ddad thai
heme aad wbm"tdd"by the giri aa
see her maker at the maaliil. which
inagwage ateaaaag a gewthm»»
Newtan itlmaad far laplfail. tb>
apaa Mr. Newtoa weat to hat Joaes
. He saaa fi ■ I bm aeatod m hat af
kgtoJaaa
! ■ _
to the hmiifakaaal KB dertv,
THE ENTERPRISE
WAS PASTOR OF
THREE CHURCHES
175 YEARS;
Mr. Harrison Is Regard
ed As A Great
Orator
Elder Nevsea H. Hantaon. who
iivet Ms miles from Pljmouih, lu>
been port jr of Horratock Pii4 -«
ciiaith for years w Oct..
uJ tie aerved in the the tue cafMfr
t> iot ikr churces at White
sad l*x«u for is years each.
Oder Mr. Harrison is 1H years oin
and vis ordained at the age of Is
juo. He serped through the Chri.
War m the 10th Kegimeat. N. (
Tnipi lie bna.- in the week aat
praches Saturdays and Sundays.
U hen asked if he expected to at
lead Kehukcc Association at Saitb
wick's Creek in Martin to*ty in
October. the Elder replied. "Yes.
an appointed to preach the ialro
lalltj sum us."
Many good judges rega.-d Mr
lUmsa as the strongest natural
orator they ever heard. While he had
few school advantages in early life
ais experience has been wide and kit
power to absorb knowledge was an~
■raslly strong and for that reason
he is a man of gnat learning. A pers
on. listening to his, is quickly rewind
ed of Calhogn, Webster and Clay aad
that day when American oratory war
such a moving power in the business,
political and religious life «f th*
count ry.
One of the regretable things, as w»
see it. is that the condition, the real
atmosphere itself, seems to have K
chafed, and boys are *o stunted
that we are not now predating men
of this type. We need a greater mis
tare of nature with the raising of oar
children, and aot quite so many of the
artifecial haadirap> that are sappm».
the mentality of our children.
TOWN NOW FULL
OF AMUSEMENT
All we like of haviag a real heack
is same water, and a faw other minor
IV-g-: for we have so much amaoe
meal m lowa this week that eaa w3l
he aawd to find hiauelf coanfnarrf
la Ujtog to tocirla which placa of
iii n i 1 to attend. The show a
the opera house last night was we t
* leaded «pd judging from *he laugh
ter it sw more than enjoyed- Mr
Faytnaax, the hypaotic held the at
toatiaa af the audience every mi.mt«
by famishing such comical scenes thai
codd he ao other thai laughed at
The Ole Hamilton vaudeville was
aim well atteaded, but we failed tr
■each there; so we dent know jnat
hew it ranks. However, it must he «*
ceptionally good; for a member of ear
staff atteaded and he ia wearing a
liaghi'g smile this morning.
BEAVER DAM
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. Elmer Cheaon went to William
stsa Saturday on buainaa*.
Mr. aad Mrs. Thurston Wynn, •
Bear Grass speat Sunday afteraaoa
with Mr. aad Mrs. Alonxo Wyaa.
MR. W. F. Allen speat the week end
m Plymouth with relatives.
Mews. Henry Bogers. Lester Sogers
aad Syheswr Kaynor motored^ to Wil-
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Kay and Mias
Mdke Kay speat Sunday with Mr. dar 1
Mrs. W. H. Rogers.
MMII Daa Jones Allen Peed speat
Sunday with Mr. Marvia Peed.
MM Jessie Hell went ta Bakers «a
Mr. aad Mrs. J. H. Sogers. Mim
lane M and Mi. William Calbphe*
woe oat tiding Saaday afternoan.
Maaaa Xiaa Jones. Canadl Jeaas.
with Mm Laavina Siiapion
' Mr. aad Ma J. H. Sogers aad Mr.
gjkm Callipfcrr went to Sakenaa
Mr. Gas Keel weat ta Willi amid ar
Allen, of Plymoatk. is
»- g soaae time with haa krathrr.
Mr. W. F. Allen.
AUTOMOBILE SMASH IPS
OCCUK AS (TSVAI
Trnki-gIT- N. C. Aug. Tarter
kmuuaddy koaad ta place traf
ftr fapa oa the Mads landtag oat af
the
|g aula aear Kaa «Me am
tha mad tilaan hqc and T»anlai>
Turned turtle. The hard surfaced roac
■mawroH. MARTIN COUNTY, mm CAROLINA, TUESDAY. AUGLHT 21. IN
OMCS.OKN
: TODAY ALL
OVS STATE
THE OOOHCSATIYE TOBACU*
WAREHOUSES or EN TODAY
IX EASVERX CAROLINA
The local co-op aarchaaae. a.-- ad!
as the ethesa m Eastern North tare
Una. opened today ta receive tobacco
H as expected that there trill no.
be maay deliveries for the first sever
dayj. as the faitia are aot yet neai
thiangh caring and they have had ac
time ta giato it_ The aartioa ware
bat ia a :ew days the canng will al:
he daae aad gindug win be daae a*
a taped pace, thea there wiU he many
ddhttaf made beta. The Tobacco
Alaariatun. boat HI. it hc»T
ta apaa ia cane the fat—ri had lags
ia high order aad wanted ta kave them
The I oral uan luaat of the Arrocia
tioa fe in all waihnt 11 and is able,
with ik experieaced farce ta hanMi
MINTS FOK HOUSEWIVES
Araandthe Moaae
sails, try Fmrh chalk aa a piece af
tad dean rak them nth waste aad
I a i ifia ad and paah with dry waate.
Kap. man or carpets can be dean
ad tkwaghly by giatnudj spnakl
gin «a them )tikw core meal that
snda or weak —ia water. Sweep
daa lew mmalct
UOXT SCSI'S THE SI LYES.
USE MOOES METHODS
"If year ainr a Iraatdni aad yow
weald hke ta deaa a with very M.I
effort, pat into a bight deaa aiam>
one af ayt Mrs. Jaae & lb
Iflmmaa Slate Agaal ia Hit Ptai i
stratiea Wash. "Pear aa this a qaaii
af water aad add year taraal
ed sdver. Let the water caver th
. thtr aad it win be aaly a Am
while before it tmu|i» bright nr.
SJMBHK-**
a hat iaapj water and rub with i
saft doth. Stiver is taraishad by th
salfar from gas and from haaaint
coal or more fregaeatly by certaii
-The atamiaam pea amtbad af deaa
rag daea eat mjme the silver ia ni
ls ameer by far tbaa the old way o.
aciuhkiag- When the sdter ia pat m
haw which is ta a uataia est eat bL«
aa ihrtreb ami adaaa takes plme
betweea the metals aad the tktntarali
scratching the sdver bat it gives I
sat lay tea* that is verr heaatit
a daft doth with a hat of pastr t
pi silm i tha effort after she reamve
the tarash with the al niin pan
A Correction
la ear kd pi ahppad ap »ad
foegut ta change the date af the te-
Aagaat the ZKk We arc sorry that
ta aaaphaaiue the day.; A*w* ®
Tha miateha omaiiud ia the ad of-
TH WILLIAMSTOS CHAMSES OF
rymg the mad aa inato three frem
carried mad aa this rawle anveraJ
wfl he giaadlj aaiaaed. aa deuht. hut
the paapla aa the rodtc #hadd fee
Crasrfevd aad Ma-. K. K. Pape liaifcil
day ta Matkj Meat after Mr.
Mt Ml Mia. W. L StaSs aad Mrs.
Ghaa Alea «a sidt Mr. aad Mra. Ga
ta«MI far mad waeks. Mr.
' ■
HOW TO FKEPAEE FOK
AND TO APD A
PfcRM VXEjST P S, I hi.
11 fhmgs Shaald Me lifers Into Coa-
I. Sdect a dark drainel aoi
looking to coaveaieaccß the barn lot
or stock pound.
Z. Lse plenty at MKR on web
iumd seals, mixing atjfcro witii uppei
two inches of sad or |(d boi. Makt
a UnMowgh r*T*•■■yj.' 1 *-* disc ai«l
tao aorrf ding hatrof fee br.M tool
to it* where uuad dm-p
ly in spring.
a. Suil sbwubl be piegami a_- early
as pmssdiie so as ta haa a
ly settled seed bed at Isaac of sec..
«■«-
4. Wbea ready to *eu, rua two
horse drag harrow over the xed btu.
Tbotoagly iaoealalc yoar ckitr see
The clovers are of tha same gicup
aad oaw nun illation wdl he SUHKH-UI
for all the dovers.
A Mix all the seed *nh An wjji 1 j
balk of C. S_ Meal or ieitthxri at>. '
make two sawing oae al right angle* |
to the other.
A Do aot begia giaiing m.t.l th- {
grass is from fear to ais inchr> hig..
Too dose grsriag ia t« |
jajaic tW pastuc.
7. Keep Stack off tfcrfedwr nhei. 1
soil is ausck.
A Plant pasture acMgc ia rro i
pirtian ta stock ta kagjpaed, retnem i
beriag that it is best to provide a»o |
quale grazing far all toeck.
A Good pastaaaa ara > necax i. i ,
giaamg stock prnfilaM^.
IA FaU aowa giaalnam are bet lei |
tbaa those sown ia ap|feg.
11. One of the baUkutuie- an- i
one which n ill ttpradjl itdf from
twa ta tea years ia: I
Itahaa Bye H poaiMU
Orchard Grass —_—B poan«l>
Red Top Graf » paut.U
Alsike Claver S pouiMl,
Wtiite Clover J- 4 poaixls
Sed Clover k 4 paawls
Tkn gives us a niOat of f«t*>
pounds of seed to the firre
SUMMABY: Sded % Mutable soil j
for padate; use one faa uf bum i
lime or two tons of raff graaad lim-I
to "he acta; horoady fkrtiliir ant]
prepare the aad. TMW li «ha pre
repjta to sacceaa. and a doae o&- j
•enure of the above oatiiaa haa r* |
ea the best tesalta on handmL of
farms ia Eastern Carolina.
J. I. HOLLIDAY.
Farm Deaa. for Phillip Fertz. Co.
MKS. ALEXZENIA
Met ASK KY, DEAI>
Mrs. Alexxenia Mrt'askey died al
ker home in Poplar Point Sanday
aaoraiag after an illi*> of aare than
two years.
MR. McCa>kry *». the daurhter
of William II Whitley and wife.
A ante aad ma me-I Mr. Sam M*~
Caakey. She leaie* besider
her hasLaml four chii-treu, Mrs. Pre.
taa Swmaan. Mia- Alia M. McCaskey.
aad Sam McCaskey. Ji all of William
iton, aad Mr. Torn I ocas, of Ply
ma nth.
She ana> barne>l in the Gurkio
graveyard near Jame-vil!e je»ter.lay
afteraaan.
Wheat 10 to 20 Cents a
Bushel Iklow The
Cost of I Production
Through the drrlir* ia tha price of
wheat to aa average of SS or M cent,
a toaahd the farmer.-, of the Unite*l
Slates have loat ability to liquidate in
debtedness aggregat »g
000, jaadag to Giay Silver of the
American Farm bureau Fedevatio-i.
The present price of -wheat, experts
derlare. ia all the way from II to 30
re»v a bushel below the caat of pr>-
ductioOL depending on the yield, value
af Imd. am mat aad rate af arage*
paid far labor, distance ftaf the mar- {
he*, etc.
LITTLE CHILD), DEAD
Mittie Estdle. the- oaa year oh
daoghter af Mr. aad Mra. Sichar-i
Wyaa died yarterday morning at I
o'daefc after an iHa»* af aix week*.
H first saffered colitis and then drop
ay af ahach it dwL
The karial was at the WMiamator.
ceamlary at 1 o'dork today.
BIG MEETING OF LENOIR
AND GSEEN GOOPE
NEXT FRIDAY
Fahigfc Aag 3»—Sipaeta teceived
at the pdkas of the North Carolina
Cottaa Growers Cooperative Aaaori
attaa biadl a itcad heaulimg at
t liarf af I aaaar wm4 Graes•Co-ops'
at a kig picair take kdd Aagwst 24
Coagremmaa H. & Ward ta ta be one
of tha i|i In
emmty poper. fLM iw'jw pnyable
DRAINAGE IS
IMPORTANT
UN FARMS
WITH PKOPKK DRAINAGE ON A
I'A KM Vill.ll CAN BK
SAYED
One of the Rieate-St neeit in Mar
i tin and a«lj.iiiiing couniitt. L> »>t|Xile
i!.ain.ii;e. We have ern Mute a feu
ianas in this eounty which the owneis
j-ay are poorly drained. During the dr.
weather this summer these fa rati ha
iair to good crops. Now mafij of then,
are being dumaged by heavy
Fifty acre.- of dueh farms land -r
ed. tm-enty dollars per acre on cotto
and tobacco and two barrels to the
■tie on corn and a like iLamasv •>
other crops, will easily total the SUIT
of five hundred dollat*.
Neariy all the latid in th-s territory
necas lime. An applicatii.'n of are u t
of lime per acrv on the let- a.
two tons of AKticultural lime on t i
very- acid soil would inciease ;h
; tel.! of crops on the average farm at
ieast fi-.e I: unit MM dollar % i«.| Lii -
the land conditioned for four to fi" •
year'. Drainage first iix! lime wiii
humus crops second to make the a »
age farm in this county semw-'
uone in the state.
Cover crops, clover, rye. and ats i
winter and cowpeas, and roybean- i"
summer will enhance the value of the
average two horse farm five hundre
dollars a year, to say nothing of thr
1 ruzing value of the e cover crops '«
the farm dock which will surely pay
the cost of the seed and see«!ing. A
cover crop on each acre each year
should lie a part of the plans of every
I fanner in the couaty. It is not say -
■ng too much to put the va'ae of tea
acres sown to rye ahead of a taharr •
-nop a- Worth five hundred dollar, a
i veai Hut hold a n.isute, someone has
ha.l l'M-ir tofcatci- crop destroyed by
aiif worms wltere rye wa» sown ihra
ot t«di.:ctx>; svrvly. And sxneoiie el?e
lost their rye s»trn early, in. say.
lat« August o. early September; that
I is In-e. and is oito of aaany other haul
plans—the rye «~as sown too early.
Kye for a cover crop thmild aot be
.«>wn here earlier than September Ii
to October 1. Th® last date we be
lieve to be preferable. On lands wheie
wire worm are known to be de-truc
tive, plant rye from October li to
Noveintier 1, ami turn in by Marcn la
and no wire worm damage may be ex.
! perted, sitire' the weather is too rol-1
for insect life to he active within lb»-
data*.
As I ;«e it, one of the grn«se4 mi»-
takes is made; by many fartnri
by not having their plants in lime It
set their crop in the proper season
I refer to tobacco crops. Nearly all «»
the old tobacco i» louig fine "*e«i u-»
•ler tlie present comlitioa- HhiSe
nearly all of the late set crwp> are
hanKing in the balance, aad as t
wliole. will be a poor crop. A IlltSe
more money «|ieiit |n the ptepaia:H>
for plants would make five kuMir-1
•toliai- moie a year on fifty pte ieai
of the tobacco farms in thi-« >»ttkfc
In accord with th.- methuls wt
this reason, there are hundmb of
farmeis who have already Iwt fin
j hundrel dollars on their cotton CIOJ.
,on acocunt of weevil damage. Just n
j front of me stamls a stalk of cott—"
I which came from one of the want »a«
J-ly infested fiebls in the caanty. Be
| fore the squara- began to form in It.
I field, there were from one to tw
weevil-: on many of the plant-. Tfci
cotton has from ten to twenty boil-
So the stalk which is now out of dar
ger. This cotton has teen kept poison
ed and a gaol crop made. What «e
man can do, others ran do alw.
J. L HOLLIDAY
Farm Dem. for Phillip* Ferts. Ga.
TIKKD OF MAKKIED LIFE.
SELLS WIFE AND SEYEN
CHILDREN FOR JIMK
* ——
Stebeaville, (Miio. Aug. 20. —Br«»*-
coupty. West Virginia, authorities an
comiuctmg search for John Miller,
who late Sunday night "sold" hi wife
and seven children to Michael Duv,s
of Beech Bottom and then disappear
ed.
Davia ia in the Weilsbarg jail. *
his arrest he told Shenf J
Slepheiv that he had "pirrbsert"
Mrs. Miller and sevoa saaaTl tfciMiw
from Miller for the sum of SIOO.
"1 am tired of aaai iMil bfe." M-I*>
told Davis, so the latter iafermr
Sheriff Ohphtßu.
Mrs. Miller causou Daw* arrv
when he called at her haaae ta da>-
her and her children.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Banker visit el
relatives here Sunday.
Mr. Arthur White haa teaagaed a
carrier on roate number three for 'K*
parpoa of giving Ida full time to hi-
PREPARATION IS
BEING MADE IN
CHARLOTTE HV
1 t
rhree Minute Speec.
Automobile Tours To
lie Features There
ItailolU', \. C. August 18.—To in
teiest Charlotteans in Made in Caro
lina, Exposition, to arrange lor the
entertainment of the thousands of visi
tors expected here during, the twt>
necks of September 24—October 6,
a*.d to act as a steering committee foi
ihe civic Unties of Charlotte in the
in tlie events of the Ex
po-itiou period, a large and represent»
live committee was appointed today
al a joint meeting of the boai 1 of
directors of he Chamber of Com
merce ami the Made in Carolina* Hx
position company, and the represent:!
lives of the several civic bodies heie
This committee i.~ composeil of Pau!
M hillock, J. M. Clark, S. A. Aver>,
O. J. Thies and others.
The committee meets Monday after
noon at four o'clock at the Chamber I
of Commerce to go over plans for the ]
|entire supervision of the reception o!
visitors; for providing for three m;n I
utc speakers in the Charlotte place* '
of amusement, telling the audiences :
about the exposition; autotnobib '
tours of towns within a radiu ot j
fifty miles of Charlotte; and any nth
er means whereby interest in the bii
exp*sitioa may be increased .tmong
Charlotteans. Sub-committees will be
appointed by this general steering |
committee.
The greatest amount of enthusiasm
was manifested by those who attend- |
ed today's lunrheon meeting. Stirling |
talks being made by Clarence Kuester.
executive secretary of the Chamber j
of Commerce. Guy A. Myers and
others. It was fully determined at the
meeting that Charlotte wouM show
the greatest amount of inteteH in
this fall's exposition the city has
shown in any of the other three.
The main object of the steering
committee appointed today will be to
bring forcefully before th^ y people of
Charlotte and surrounding territory
the the Made lu Carolinaes Exposition
happening iu Charlotte, is one of the
cityY greatest assets. The entertain
1 ment of visitors to the Exposition wilt
be better taken care of this year than
ever before it was promised.
PARAMOUNT WEEK
TO BE HERE SOON
New Yirk, August 80.- The long
promised advance in motion picture
art hat at la t begun.
Observers of things cinematic sa>
that never before in the history o
■notion pictures have there been >•
many big ami really worth-while film
productions mailing for release a
there air at this time. Critics of m»
ttoo pictures who have been denial 1
tag for years that the film studii>s dr
ieop their opportunities are likely t
be .at is tied this year, if promises and
■«ports fiom production centers a •
fulfilled.
More time, effort and actual coin of
the realm have been spent in il.
production of pictures this summe.
Ihaa ever before, observers say, and
producers are anxiom-ly awaiting ttw
mew season in the hope that atten
Vance at motion picture theatres * t
jusify the tremendous effort which has
lets expended to improve the artisli' -
-taailards of motion pictures-.
The eyes of the motion pictui
producers up and down Broadway an
centered on theatrical bov offices thiu
cut the country during the week o
September 2 to 8, when most of th»
notion picture theatres in the United
States will celebrate the sixth annua"
Paramount w. ek
As oae of the c-teps toward raising
the artistic standards of pictures, pro.
• arm of Paramount pictures, the
Ussaaa* Players-Lasky Corporation,
lave reduced the number of picture,
which they will release this ye«r
two ytais agi tiiere wehe 1M Pa.-*
ma*at pictures released between Sep:
>4 *nd Aag. Sis Lr-st year there were
tt, and this ytar there will he on'/
tt or one a week. Each of the picture
accofding to an announcement by the
heads af the Corporation, will be big
ger ia every way than any pictures
hitherto produced by the company, ami
as mate time has been givea to the
mlection af stories, the casting of
the players, and the choice of directors
and building of settings, observers
here say that the productions made
■adec this policy will do more than
aaythiag else toward offsetting the
•i iit iris ■ which hto been leveled at
Mm pmdattiona for the last two or
three years.
Ia America there are un
able to speak the English language.
There are IjMOjWO move who can
not read it.
' A M foot thermometer at Atlantic
City can ha rand a mile away. Lights
THIS MAIKET IS CAPABLE OP
GIVING SERVICE limtn Will
ABSOLUTE COURTEST— TBT IT
ESTABLISHED ISM
I Work Progressing
Nicely On Street
j NEW GRADING CREW ON JOB
u THIS MORNING BESIDES -
REGULAR ONE
.ent mixer has had a
thn-e v * re»t due to the failure of
Ihe artival of material, bat bow since
h several 01* of rwk and sand are here
e it is rattling again. The jack-rabbits.
for they appear more like rabbits ii»n
J* they do trucks, art jumping back and
fori by carry ing twenty v.mr odd loads
1 per day earh to the giant mixer, and
' there are eight trucks.
The all powerful devil—we call it
devil because it spits fine— is tearing
' Iwm the dirt packed by thousands
if automobiles, mule-. horses, buggies,
wagons ami carts, and humans for the
|*»rt century. Thousands of loads of
1 dirt will have to be moved and are
, l*"»g moved to the lota and yards
facing the street, and now the people
'iliving on Main street can look down
Ikt the stieet instead of looking up
[ to it, as has been the ci-« every cinee
j eld Kri's hill was mcved on it, and
, j the handneds of dollars burned with
jit in the attempt to get it then-.
| The contract calls f«r Ibe comple
j He# of the street in fix more weeks,
j and fiom all available information
I ami indication* it might be.!
sls MORE PER BALE
* IS TO BE EXPECTED
| Kaleikfh. 3D.—"Coeperativß
i Marketing is a tew thing" -aid U. B.
J Itlalock, general manager of the N.
t |C Cotton "tVop." in an address to
I Chatham o«i*'.t> farmers at their
r I fourth annual pict K- at I'lttsboro.
j "*ou must not ji »sj:e a now thing by
P jils miiial year's result ami yet the
, j first year of the cooperative market
n I '"K of cotto has demonstrated the wis
s j dom of the movement and iti» possi
bilities
{ After briefly sketching the history
„ of the North Carolina Association, and
f ! review mg its beg.nmr.gs. Mr. Blakxk
F j -md that while a final settlement of
n I the years business had not been made.
r ! it *»a a safe bet to slate that maa
,. j hers of the Ask-ociat.ua would receive
;j jaa average of at-least lli a bale man
u j than the average price received by
,i»n mrnber, who sold their cotton on
,tlie open market by the old pioceaa.
In sum- rua»tie, said the speaker,
the members actually received as
I j much a> |3I a baie more than tha
javerage paid for cotton t»y the old
rraMpagrneaE —
( ,! Mr. Itlalock calbd the attention of
| the farmer* to the fact that th«*
■ orderly market .ng prures s'ablised
V I the market and the good results of thti
!>w felt by non members as well as
' | members. l'»r this reason every cot
" 1 tun farmer .houid unite with his
1 I neightwr in the assuciational m -rk
Orderly marketing offer a solution
' for many worrv»- of the o»tt-n farm
ers dad) life. If this plan i*. made a
Mm-rf ami there is every leason to
"M expert it to te even greater sue.ess.
' j then it will ettminatet he credit >ys
£ tem whirh is «* of the chief buniens
1 [of the farmer. It trivet the farmer
| cash in hand throughout the year and
' [enables him to purrha.'e necessities
''. without having to give a
' { For the n- it eason, said Mr.
■ Itlalock. the Association is prepared to
? handle the rrop to better advantage.
* I More and more warehousing facilities.
1 a larger rorpi of dassers, and addi
' tioaal selling force, together with the
■ experience of a year, will enable the
| asoriaf lonal management to iirrmse
many of the worrisome thing* of the
past season an! give to the rcmbsr
ship, the cotton buyers and exporters
' more efficient sernee. Mr. Blalock re
-1 ; ferre-d to endarsetneald iccerved frvaa
j leading business awn. bankers, cot
r ton buyers and manufacturers who
u realize the value of tha sraciatioa to
r them and U the farmrm of the State
looking forward, the speaker said
" that if the asseciatioa coo tinned to
" I grow as it had gioau its first year
i that ft would mean that at the end of
(the five year period the associativa
would control the sale of M per cent
of the cotton crop of the Stale and
this woold mean that the Mike would
r1 be so stabilised that North Carolina
fanners waald he receiving at least
* SU/m>.oO a year Mate far their ceb
-1 toa than if it were sold by the aid
f method of dumping it aa a market
within a period af sixty day*.
* -
\ Special Demonstartion
At SmL
. ——
l The I * If af three new
r types ef efl stores at C«itaqj*s
furniture Stole ant Petal day wB
" lead eac to fhc the aew tjpus af
» types li ftil
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