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TARBORO, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
County Commencement
Ready
Thursday
:
Fair Day Tomorrow Expected
Tremendous Crowds Coining
vVo Tarboro For Big Occas
ion; Many New Attractions
Have Been Added in Big
Fjarade; 100 Mounted Mar
shals Will Be In Line.
"EVcn since last Friday when the
commencement was to have been the
rteefing committee has not been sleep
ibiit on the other hand they have
FARMER
MUST SAVE
MONEY IN SOWING
MORE LEbUMES
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WILL HEAD PARADE
HERE THURSDAY
'beeO busy as bees keeping in touch
with everything and everybody.
ilfhey have kept their eyes open
and. their hands to the wheel and
again have gotten things in readiness
fbr'the commencement tomorrow.
; Since last Friday those who have
entered for the athletic stunts have
been working and training and those
who have entered the other contests
have not let the grass grow under
their feet.
The news is coming in from all
parts of the county that the folks
are looking forward with great plea
sure to the occasion. .? t -
100 Marahal in Line.
, Mr. Milford Ilaynes informed the
Southerner that he hai been giving
much tinie to the parade and he
thinks that this parade will be some,
thing great. So far he says he thinks
he can count on having 100 marshals
in the parade tomorrow and all of
them will be mounted. These mar
, shals will wear the color schemes of
the different schools thruout the
county. Many prizes have been-of-.
fered lor the different features of
this parade.
Will the People Be Here?
Since the postponement of the
commencement from last Friday the
question has often been asked whe-J not kept to consume the quantity .o
ther the people would come back to' legumes which should be grown in
Tarboro to this commencement to-! order to provide the nitrogen requir
morrow. j ed for fertilizer, clover, velvet beans,
Mr. Scntell informed the Souther- cow peas o other legumes should be
ner that the most elaborate prepa-' grown simply for green manure to be
rations were going on all over the turned under purely for the benefit
county to make the commencement to be derived from the fertilizer ele-
here tomorrow the ibiggest day Tar- ments and humus,
boro has ever had. I It is rather difficult for a short-
Yes, the people are coming to this sighted farmer to make up his mind
commencement because they want to to turn under a good growth of clov-
By, JOHN PAUL LUCAS.
RALEIGH, May 3. North 'Caro
lina will use this year probably 900,
000 tons of fertilizer at a cost of ap
proximately 127,000,000.
That .total is nearly three times the
value of last year's sweet potato crop
in North Carolina; nearly four times
the value of the peanut crop; more
than one-third the value of the to-
bacco crop; more than four times the
value of the wheat crop; two-thirds
the value of the entire corn crop;
nearly-, twice the value of the hay
crop; and more than 40 per cent of
the value f the cotton crop. ,
Of the$27,000,000 which North
Carolinatwifl spend this year for fer
tilizer, something like $13,500,000
will be', fori nitrogen. This element,
the most costly ingredient of fertil
izcr, may be produced at home in
stead of being" purchased if farmers
will but diversify their crops and
produce' legumes, such as clover
vetch, cow peas, velvet beans, soy
beans and others.
On a farm which produces feed
for its;-livestock, particularly where
a considerable number of cattle are
kept, the production of ample' le
gumes is so altogether -logical that
it can hardly be avoided, and
course, the, legumes are returned t
the soil in the form of manure. On
farms where sufficient livestock are
ENGLISH INDUSTRY
STEADILY S
HOI
MPROVEMEf
IT
come, and they are coming in big
crowds. .
Hearty Welcome to All.
To all the visitors who come to our
town tomorrow the Southerner fully
believes it Is voicing the sentiment of
every man, woman and child when it
says that a most hearty, welcome is
awaiting them from the time they
enter the town until they leave.
Tarboro will have on her best
clothes and manners tomorrow and
the Southerner requests the Tarboro
people to meet our visitors and shake
hands with everyone they meet.
A hearty welcome is a good thing,
but nothing in this world reaches
man's heart like an old fashioned
handshake.
Tarboro says that the string to the
door hangs on the outside and every-
body is invited to pull this string and
come in.- A hearty welcome and s
good old-fashioned handshake awaits
all. :.
PROGRESS SCHOOL CLOSES.
The commencement exercises of
Progress school will take place to
day. The teachers of this school are
Miss Beula Coley and Mrs. Helen
Knight. , .
Mr. R. Et Sentelle delivered the ad
dress this morning at 11 o'clock. At
. 12 o'clock there was a picnic dinner
and after dinner there were exercises
by the 'children. -
Tonight the children will put on
play, and after this, Mr. M. G. Mann
will deliver an address and present
the seventh-grade diplomas ' to the
following pupils: J. R. Taylor, Davie
Williams, Solomon Williams, Irene
er or any other legume. If he could
see one, two, three or four years
ahead it wtould not be so hard.
Land of comparatively low fertil
ity frequently has its productivity
doubled thru the turning under of
one legume crop.
The farmers who are moving ahead
most satisfactorily are those who not
only study means of making money,
but means of saving money, and a
farmer who can, in the course of a
few years, cut his fertilizer expend
itures practically in half thru the
use of legumes is certainly saving
money. He simply banks it "in the' soil
where it can be drawn out thru the
larger crop yields during succeeding
years. This is a big step in ''living at
home" and in winning economic in
dependence, s
At the end of this year North Car
olina will have used more than five
million tons of fertilizer during the
past seven years at a cost of fJ60,-
000,000. Unquestionably it pays to
use fertilizer, and North. Carolina
farmers have gotten . good results
from the fertilizers they have used,
ibut it does not pay to expend ten.
twelve or fifteen million dollars
year for nitrogen which the frm,er
can himself draw from the air above
his head thru the growth of legumes.
Mr. M. G. Mann has sent to all the
school committeemen of the county
the following letter. This is a new
feature that has been added to the
big parade for tomorrow and is a
most appropriate thing to have done:
Dear Crmmitte'emen : As you doubt
less know Edgecombe county schools
will meet here on Thursday, May 4,
for our Annual County Commence
ment, end this is to advise you that I
shull expect you to be here as it is
the desire of the Board of Education
to have each committeeman march
with them at the head of the parade.
Of course, we want each township
to march together aid we are going
to try to have badges for the various
committeemen.
The parade will form at the city
high school building at 10 o'clock
and we ask that you be here a3 early
as possible and that you make it
known that you are a committeeman
and assist us in getting our line in
proper order at the appointed time.
The responsibility of making this
commencement a success depends on
you is much as any one and I sin- C1 to Robert Skinner, the American
LONDON, May 3. Trade and in
dustrial conditions in this country
on the whole are, in the opinion of
expert?, steadily improving tho some
what slowly.
No big revival has materialized hut
there has been a continuous better
ment of conditions, a seemingly heal-
try growth, that has satislied traders
more than any sudden "revival" that
might huve been built on shifting
raiuls rnd would have collapsed, and
leaving matters worse than before.
One outstanding indication of the
trend of affairs is that money is eas
ier and more is being loaned, which
indicates confidence in the trade sit
uation generally.
DEARBORN
TOADDR
EDITOR A Military Company
lib , Can Be Obtained
ES 8U
CREEK ACADEMY
The following communication has
been received from Herman White
head, a young man from Edgecombe
county, now at Buies Creek school.
This communication the Souther
ner publishes with great pleasure.
The address at Buies Creek will be
made by Mr. Cameron, who is editor
of the Dearborn Independent.
The commencement program of
Buies Creek Academy is completed
with the announcement that Hon.
W. J. Cameron, editor of the Dear
horn Independent, will deliver the
ABORICINA
CRAVES
L
ARE EXPLORED BY
SCIENTISTS
If the people of Tarboro want a
military company in their midst now
is the accepted time for them to act
or forever hereafter hold their peace.
The only available organization
now open is a headquarters company
that j-. iui; - only 42 enlisted men
and two fli. f .s.
Tarboro - nould have a military
., ,, company and if the men will enlist
B. C, May 3. The; . . , . ' . .
, ..... UK a" easy matter to iorm
i stone age, which, scientists say, came ...
i this romnnnv at nn,o
to an end in Western Europe about r . ' .
'iHani tfuntr win nave tu write
VICTORIA,
1700 B. C, was carried on for more
than three thousand years later and
jn its most characteristic form ex-1
Sited in British Columbia up until as
literary address on Thursday, May I 'atl us a century ago in some dis
17. Other announcements of special 1 tfivts, according to findings of arch-
to General Metts in a few days and
if anything can be done it will have
to he done in a few days, because
the adjutant general will not keep
this offe open any longer.
interest are that Dr. Paul Eagby of
Wake Forest College will preach the
Encouraging reports come from i baccalaureate sermon Sunday, May
various trades, notably coal, textile
and pig-iron. General living condi
tions have improved, commodities
having dropped in price and there
has been a decrease in unemploy
ment, altho it. is still large.
In seeking for an unbiased state
ment regarding conditions from an
authority, the Associated Press turn-
14, :ind that Dr. John Alston Ellis
of Raleigh will deliver the alumni
address, Thursday, May 18.
This unusually attractive array of
speakers, together with the special
alumni announcements, is expected;
to draw great crowds of old students
and friends of the institution from
all sections. Arrangements are being
made to provide for 500 alumni ex-
aeologists who have been exploring
some of the old community sites,
mounds and aboriginal graves along
the coast and the interior of the pro
vince. i
The stone age in British Columbia!
has for many years been the study)
of scientists of note who have been
working the field in an effort to build
REGULAR
SESSION
OF COMMISSIONERS
cerely hope you will use your influ
ence in your district to have each
child to attend and as many parents
as possible.
Let's make May 4 the biggest in
the history of Edgecombe county.
Yours very truly,
M. G..MANN, Chairman
Board of Education.
RUSSIAN
DELEGATE
PLEADS FOR BIG
ARM
SCUTTING
PEKING, China, May 3. Advices
to the American military attaches
state that General Wu's main army
appears engaged, in a drive toward
Tientsin. Severe fighting occurred on
the Hun river., The Fentien srmy,
under General Chang Tso-lin, . hat
temporarily withstood the drive on
Changain-tien and stopped General
Wu'S movement toward Peking. The
Bullock, Levy Williams, Leona Will-j cost, however, wan heavy, Changsin
lams, Elizabeth Proctor and Mack' tien being filled with wounded, many
Hurdle. ,'. of thsni dying.
irt.uA, iay 3. the disarma
ment question bobbed up at today's
plenary session of the economic con
ference. '
The German foreign minister said
world trade must be doubled before
conditions could be bettered, but this
could not be done, he said, while na
tions were jumping at each other's
throats.
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, the
Russian delegate, pleaded for general
isarmament.
The financial commission's report
containing 19 resolutions, was adopt
ed this morning.
consul general in London. In response
Mr. Skinner gave the following:
''While governments undoubtedly
continue to have their very serious
difficulties of a political nature, there
are signs of improvement in business
which is much less dependent upon
the activities of governments than
might appear to be the case. The re
covery of trade is taking place very
slowly and uneventfully, but to real
ize that it is recovering, it is only
necessary to recall, for example, the
state of this country just one yt.
ago.
"At that moment there was much
political and industrial unrest, troops
in lars:e numbers were on active ser
vice, the coal industry had closed
up the story of the evolution of the
prehistoric civilization as exemplified
in the tribes who worked out their
existence between the Rocky Moun-
pected at the alumni luncheon, and j tains aRd the Pacific. Valuable collec-
ball game. Several changes in the; tons have been obtained.
program this year will be of interest was on'v recently, however, that
to the alumni and friends in all parts' British Columbia, in an effective way
of the state. Beginning with the ex
ercises by the primary grades Satur
day, May 13, followed by sermon on
Sunday, the program for the remain
der of the week is as follows:
Wednesday, May 17:
turned its attention to the past. Un
der the direction of Premier John
Oliver, the Provincial Museum has
been partially rebuilt and the collec
tion put on exhibition.
The aborig-iniil occupants of the
2:;!0 p.m. Contest for declaimers ' country belonged to the neolithic, or
medal. j new stone age, scientists determined
4 p.m.: Senior class exercises. j from the specimens obtained from
8 p.m.: Sappho and Astro Literary o!l1 villages and burying places,
societies contest. I Stone and bone tools were in corn-
Thursday, May 18: I nion ue Wjhen the first white explor-
10:30 a.m.: Contest for orator'sl ers 'visitetf'-vthe 'North Pacific, altho
medal. iron and copper in small quantities
Noon: Address to graduating class
down and dependent lilies were nec- n.V Mr. Catncron.
FULL DRESS IN DAYTIME.
IS DIPLOMATIC SIMPLICITY
BUENOS AIRES, May 3. Full
dress clothes in broad daylight are
in accord with the Argentine policy
of "diplomatic simplicity" which ta
boos silk knee breeches for high civ
ilian functionaries, it was noted here
when John Wallace Riddle, the new
American Ambassador, presented his
credentials to President Yrigoyen at
Casa Rosada. Argentine state eti
quette insists that even at morning
functions the president and his min
isters shall wear full evening dress.
This departure, which would shock
Washington or any of the European
capitals, is the only alternative Ar
gentine statesmen have found for the
cutaway or morning coat and striped
trousers worn at daylight affairs in
other countries, but which are prac
tioally every-day togs here.
; . .
essarily affected. Prices were high,
unemployment was much greater
than at present and the psychologi
cal factors disturbed.
"It seemed a year ago as tho Bri
tain had lost her foreign coal mar
ket, but today it is obvious that this
has been recovered to a great ex
tent.
"The Manchester Chamber of
Commerce tells us that hopes of a
moderate revival 'of trade with India
have been realized and that inquiries
from India and China have been nu
merous. Egypt also has placed a fair
number of orders. South America
continues quiet.
"India, for many yeara the great
market for British cotton goods, has
become herself a manufacturer of
such goods.
"China has become more or less a
manufacturing country, absorbing,
say, 100,000 bales of American cot
ton last year. South America notably
Argentina and Brazil have begun to
manufacture textiles and generally
all countries give signs of interest in
domestic manufacture. While this
shifting of production from one place
to another creates certain difficul
ties, on the other hand, iar from in
dicating depression it suggests the
reverse condition. .
''As for trade between Great Bri
tain and the United States exports
from the city of London are sugges
tive. For the three months ended with
March 1, 1922, declared exports!
1 :.'!() p.m.: Alumni luncheon and
address.
4 p.m. : Baseball game between se
niors and alumni.
8 p.m.: Annual play.
TREASURY BU
LONG
SUFFERS SECOND
were found' almost everywhere.
In some instances the native races
had developed a degree of art. One!
... - it
or tne nature exnibits in tne museum
is a copy of a seated human figure
holding a bowl. It was shipped from
a solid block of stone and then pol
ished. There are two of three speci
mens very much alike. One was dis
covered near Departure Bay,. Nana
imo, and the other in North Saanich.
j on Vancouver Island.
Perhaps the most characteristic of
the stone age are the stone axes and
Monday was the regular monthly
meeting date for the county commis
sioners. Every commissioner was pre
sent and the entire day was taken up
in consideration of the county's business.
Dr. R. C. Gyles made a verbal re
port of his work for the month of
April.
The county attoney was requested
to draw up a bill asking the next leg
islature to change the present law so
as to provide for a vice recorder. The
attorney will have this bill before the
next, session of the general assembly.
The sheriff was authorized to bid
in for the county all property where
mere was no otner bidder.
The commissioners appropriated
per month for the Children's
Home Society at Greensboro.
A request was made for the pur
chase of a car for the public welfare
officer. Action on this request was
deferred.
the list-takers for the several
ownships thruout the county were
j duly sworn in, according to law.
j The county chairman and the au-
jditor were appointed a committee to
settle with the sheriff.
The following jurors for the June
term of superior court were drawn.
The first 25 mill serve the first week
and the others will serve the second
week of this term, which will be both
criminal and civil: G. R. Young, 12;
FIRE RECENTLY
WASHINGTON, May 3. For the
second time in three months, firemen
hist night battled a stubborn fire on
the roof of the treasury building,
which for a while assumed menacing
proportions as the flames, burning
thru the long superstructure, leaped
high and cast a threatening glow on
the White House, while sparks waft
ed across the surrounding terrace,
President and Mrs. Harding, who
hammers discovered in many places, j '1'- R Cherry 12i W. J. R. Whitley,
They are almost identical with the '
tools of the neolithic man found in!
Europe.
12; H. Hfl Philips, 10; J. C. Edwards,
10; J. L. Melvi'n, 12; H. L. Tolston,
11; JR. Dawes, 14; S. N. Whitf,'8;
The stone weapons include dag-H l- Thomas, 1 ; C. D. Ruffin, 13;
gers and war clubs. There are many Jl w- Harrell, 8; A. I). Mizell, 1; E.
examples of stone dishes, hewn from H Fly' 12; P- M- Qu'ncy, 6; E. D.
small boulders. With what appear to Aycot'k' 12 I C- A. Thomas, 12; M. T.
have been rolling pins of a some- ' ' .INatB-"1 w- Harrell, 1; J.
what angular design the prehistoric
j woman of this coast seems to have
been well supplied.
Primitive man in British Columbia
apparently did a little smoking now
and then. Old shell mounds on the
Thompson and Fraser rivers have
were awakened by the noise, watched yledci what appear to have been
the firemen battle with the flames.
COTTON REPORT.
Yesterday's Today's
Close. Open. Close.
May ....
July ....
Oct
Dec. .......
Jn. .......
13.63
... 18.89
... 19.02
19.04
18.87
19.75
18.94
19.05
19.07
18.93
19.77
19.04
19.14
from London to the United States
aggregated 7,870,399 pounds sterl
ing plus merchandise valued . at 1,-
272.5S9 dollars which was invoiced
in American currency only, against
exports for the same period in 1921
amountin gto 7,201,675 pounds!"
NEW MAY LOSE SEAT.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 3.
Albert Beveridge i leading Senator
Harry S. New in the contest for hom-
19.19 j ination for United States senator by
19.03' over 4,000 votes.
HOLSTEIN COW PRODUCES
40 POUNDS BUTTER 7 DAYS
DELAVAN, Wis., May 3. Forty
pounds of butter in seven days is the
production record just announced
for a California cow by Malcolm H,
Gardner, superintendent of testing
or the Holstein-Friesian Association
of America. The cow is Miss Aaggie
Ormsby Segis, a registered Holstein
owned by Fred Hartsook, Lanker
shim, Cal. Her milk production dur
ing the seven days was 644.3 pounds.
The test was supervised by the Cal
ifornia Agricultural College, Califor
nia State Association and National
Holstein Associstion.
Miss Aaggie established V world's
record over all breeds for two years
olds several months ago,' producing
in ten months 22,084 pounds of milk,
yielding 834.7 pounds of butter,
stone pipes. The early explorers
found the native races using a true
tobacco, nicotine attenuata, which
grow wild in the Thompson river
country and was smoked alone or
mixed with grease and kinnikinick.
12 BUILDINGS BURNED.
: KANE, Pa., May 8. Twelve build
ings, housing families, factories, a
newspaper office nd other business
es, were destroyed by fire at Marien
ville, near here, today with a loss of
$100,000.
A. Jones, 10r E, C. Battle, 12: R. P.
Bell 1; W. C. Phelps, 1; W. J. Mit
chell, 4; W. B. Norville, 8; A, F.
Gurganus, 1; E. L. Minton, 12; T. E.
Mayo 13; Tom Walters, 1; C. M.
Thigpen, 2 ; C. J. Spain, 1 ; J. T.
Grimes, 3; A. W. Burne, 12; G. H.
Griffin, 10; A. S. Hallford, 12; J.
Sidney Brown, 1; Thomas Hussey, 1;
J. C. Warren, 2; R, C. Mayo, 2; J. F.
Edwards, 8; W. B. Webb, 8; L. T.
Browning, 12; G. T. Wi"';is, 13;
E. Harvey Lewis, 1 W. R. Den son,
7; W. Dawes, 4; J. W. Driver, 6;
J. A. Thomas, 13.
ELECT NEW BISHOPS.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 3.
Election of new bishops, unification
of the northern and southern bodies,
were'' among! the many ' Important
problems before the 19th general
conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, which convened'
SHARP FIGHTING RENEWED
KILKENNY, Ireland, May 3
Sharp fighting is in progress here to
day. The Free State troops are try
ing to Tecapture Ormond castle, held
by the irregulars.
OSER WILL NOT DISCUSS
ESTRANGEMENT NOW
PARIS.. May 3 Max.Oser, Swiss
riding master, declined to discuss reJ
ports of his estrangement with Math
ilde McCorraicky John D. . Rockef el
ler's granddaughter, Oser was sur
prised at the failure of Mathilda to
1...
here today for a three weeks' session, answer his cable aiesssge. ,