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,-Br- MhY ' qOUTEEKME READ SOUTHERNER WANT ADS FOR A BARGAIN USE SOUTHERNER WANT ADS FOR QUICK RETURNS. ' LOCAl COTTON, NINETEEN CENTS VOL. 43 NO. 67. ASSOCIATED PRESS TARBORO, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1922 ALL THE LOCAL NEWS 4 r "v. u 1 Mr, ' Virgil Chapman Speaks - T i'J r There were hundred or more of our citizeni in the court house yB terday afternoon to hear the speech of Mr. Virgil Chapman. Mr. Chapman is a Kentuckian and is a tobacco raiser himself. He rais , ed the Burley tobacco before the co . operative association was organized in Kentucky and has oeen raising 10 bacco since. -nr. vjnauiiiHii w bcii. w iwi." Carolina to tell the farmers of this statejus. how the Burley Tobacco Association has been operating and to tell them nothing but the truth Tarboro was the first place in east ern North Carolina where Mr. Chap man was billed fhr a speech. In the beginning of his speech, he stated that he was riad to nave tne opportunity of addressing a North Carolina audience afd that in com ing to the gtate ie was not prompted by4 reward or the hope. of reward, but simply to carry hegood new of what Cooperative marketing had done for the tobacco growers rn Kentucky. He stated that rn the present old system of selling his tobacco, the far mer was not getting his part. He imagines, however, that he is the most independent man in the world. ; In' the .fields on his farm, in the preparing of the plan beds, in the cultivation oi the plant, in tne nous ing of his produce, !.he works alone and it may be truly said that he is independent, but when he enters the warehouse door he is told what time to come to the market and Just how much bis tobacco is worth and from tnat moment on ne is tne most De pendent man in the world. The tobacco larmer ana an larm- ers are face tQ fe with great cri sis. ..Mortgages on. the farms in this country, have increased 500 percent withinthe las few, yejiraand about 60 percent of the' farmers of this country are struggling under mort gages on their lands. .;. He gave an instance of the suffer ing he saw In the blue grass country of his own home. , But said that these things are so familiar that we have in the past allowed them to pass by unheeded.- .But, he said, there came a time in Kentucky when men like Judge Bingham and others said that this condition must exist no longer. In making an inventory of, these con dijions they discovered that the great trouble was with the marketing sys tern' of their tobacco.?- In California they found a man by the name of Sapiro, whom they con iiltc d 'snii when the farmers started this great work it was said that they coold . not organize and they could not get the required percent to per fect their organization, but, Said her, it is a fact that on November 15, last, the organization had been put over, and it is now in good working shape. In his argument for the. coopera tive association he stated triany rea sons that had been advanced by the opponents of the system who said the organization could not be made effective.' '" , .' He said these people put out the report i'aat the association could not get the warehouses, but he stated that at this time out of the jdO ware houses in Kentucky the association now has" 120 of them and .they are ail running without a hitch. And said he, to perfect the work of the organ ization after the . Warehouses had been obtained the farmers had law passed through the legislature of his state that gave to these houses cer tain rights and privileges, and this law passed both, houses without a dis senting vote.; ; , J ; Another objection to this new sys tem as advanced by the opponents was that it would not 'be financed. He said the farmers applied to the War Finance Corporation and upon investigation the commission granted the request of these producers un der the contract that ha4 been pre h Mr. Saniro of California, Here Tuesday He said these opponents of the famers declared they could not get the money in time as the selling of the crop was right on them at that particular time.'4 The law required certain things to be done and we did not have time to do them. Mr. Stone, the president, called together the bankers of the state and laid the matter before them, and these bankers granted them five mil lions more dollars than they , asked for. So, he said, this objection was overcome. He said that ever since the asso- ciatioa was perfected there still are many knockers and would be for sometime to come. But he stated they were mostly speculators and ware housemen, . - , ,Mr. Chapman explained how the pooling of the tobacco eliminated competition among the producers, and said this, pooling keeps the farm ers out of politics and speculation. He added with much emphasis that the heart of the whole associa tion was what he termed the internal pool when" all the tobacco delivered to the association loses its identity and does away with all discrimina tion as has been the case in the past. Another objection was the grading of this tobacco. But this had been all attended to and the grading was done by experts who have so far giv en perfect satisfaction. , He explained bow. the long term contracts were feasible and the work of the association could not become effective if these contracts were for one year. The tendency of the long year contract is to stabilize the prices for the - producer which could not be done under a contract for a year or two. Mr. Chapman said that from the figures .that had been given him by a reliable authority, under the old marketing system the farmers were paying for the warehouses in the Burley district of Kentucky every three years, and this in the form of, commissions and action fees. He said the cost to the farmers for selling his tobacco under the old system was f 1.02 per hundred, while under the new system so far in his state it has cost only 40c per huh dred. The individual farmer is ignorant of the market conditions and the prices and can not dispose of his produce as well as the men who are employed for this purpose. He stated that one seller can do better than 60,000 sellers. , Mr. Chapman said this was an age of cooperation, and everything the farmer buys for his farm is sold under the cooperative plan and in order to mee this coope ration the farmer must cooperate in what ne has to sell. He said the big gest thing of the cooperative mar keting was not the dollars and cents in it fqr the farmer, but that the thing that gripped men's hearts most was their consideration for their homes and the homes and comforts of others beside himself, and this is the spirit that will always make this great movament a success. The Edgecombe people have never heard a stronger speech on the co operative marketing system than the one delivered here yesterday by Mr. Virgil Chapman of Kentucky. This speech did great good, and after the meeting many men went op and signed the contracts. : . Mr. Chapman ie an eloquent speak er end has splendid delivery. He understands the cooperative market ing system thoroughly and met every objection that had been raised by the opponents in his state. Mr. Chapman and Mr. Foster left here this morning for Enfield, where Mr. Chapman will speak today. FROM WASHINGTON. Mrs. Nicholson and daughter Miss Bernice Nicholson, of Washington ere visiting relatives here. OF THE PRESBYTER! The Men's Club of the Howard Memorial Presbyterian church held its regular monthly meeting and ban quet last night in the Sunday school building in honor of Rev. Daniel Iv erson, of the Tenth Avenue Presby terian church of Charlotte. Mr. Iverson was here as a guest of the church, to investigate the work of this church and look the field over. The purpose of theTanquet was to outline to Mr. Iverson in a brief manner the work of the church, an the many promising features offered in this county for the growth Christianity in this section. of The " banouet was prepared and served by the ladies of the church which speaks for itself, as the ladies of the Presbyterian church are noted for adding the much-needed touch to an occasion of this kind. After the supper, President Todd called the meeting together, stating the purpose of the meeting, and asked .Ir. W. A. Hart, to give an account of his trip to Charlotte. Very briefly Mr. Hart told of his purpose in going to Char lotte which was to secure "The man as he put it, most needed by this church. On his arrival in Charlotte in conversation with a friend he ask ed what type man Mr. Iverson was the reply was, "He is about seven feet tall, wears a number ten shoe, and his heart is as big as he is." find him just that way, Mr. Hart said and I believe he is the man of whom we are in search. Mr. R. G. Allsbrook, next speaker, told of how the men of this church supported a pastor, and that Mr. Iv erson need have no fear of thatJ should he locate here. ' Mr. Harry Smith gave an account of the missions of this church and the possibilities of a large growth with the right man behind the work, Mr. John R. Pender, Jr., told of the splendid work of the Sunday school, but also stated that something was lacking, and that was a man on the throne. Several speakers from the William and Mary Hart chapel of Leggetts made short talks. Mr. Hen ry Keehln represented the Vanguard Bible Class, of which Mr. Lapsley was the teacher. Our class is hard working, but hard to hold together, said Mr. Keehln, what we need is a leader, and there is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Iverson is the missing link.- : . Mr. R. B. Peters gave a united ac count of the work at Runnymede, in the past 17 years, was an asset to any church and the people of that section will welcome you, Mr. Iver son, he said. . Mr. George Howard then told Mr. Iverson that he need not fear having enough work to keep him busy if he should come here, as there is ever ceasing work to be done in the gospel in Edgecombe county. ' In closing, Mr. Todd asked Mr. Iverson if there was anything he wished to say to the men. Mr. Iver son then told of his work in Char lotte, and his desire to locate there was enough work to keep a preacher busy, but said, as yet I have not been called by this church, but mere ly came down to look over the field. "I am thoroughly convinced there is enough work to be done here," he said, and you need good man, but think you people have most over whelmed me tonight, as I had no idea there was so much work here and Mr. Iverson, as yet has not been called by this church, but indications point very strongly that way. He is a middle aged man with wonderful ability and the 85 men present at the supper last night, 'as well as all who met him yesterday were favorably impressed by him and expressed themselves as very much in favor of the church calling him. THE MEN'S CLUB CHURCH HOLD MEET TARBORO DEFEATS WENDELL ID TOD, Wendell was disposed of yester day afternoon at Bryan Park by the goose-egg route,-10-0,. The Tar Ba- . ... .. ' , bies hit in 'splendid style, meeting the old onion squarely on the nose for a total of 15 safeties. Harris, right-hand slab artist, traveled th entire route in good form, donating 3 lone safeties, and turning away 6 by the strike-out route. Wendell nev er threatened to score. Bradley hit, fqr. the circuit when he parked the ball over the left gar den wall .in the first canto; Marable secured a doubt and two singles dur ing his five trips to the plate. Car penter hit safely two out of his three times at bat. The box score: Tarboro: AB. R. H. O. A. E. Gillette, r. ;, 5 12 10,0 Bradley, 1. 5 1 2 1 0 0 Kroger, m. 5 11 2 0 0 Marable, 3 5 2 3 0 3 0 Crump, 1 5 1 2 10 13 Shaner, s. " 3 0' 0 1 0 0 Carpenter, 2 3 2 2 3 5 0 McQuinn, c. ; 3 0 0 6 2 0 Harris, p. 4 1 2 2 2 1 Hayes, s. 11 11 1 0 Totals- -39 10 15 27 Wendell: : AB. R. H. O. 14 4 A. E. 6 0 L. Richardson, 3. 3 0 0 0 Creech, 2 4 0 0 4 Bane, 1. 4 0.1 1 Branch, s. 2 0 2 2 Wilkins, 1 ; 3 0 0 11 A. Richardson, m 4 0 ' 0 3 W. Richardson, r 3 0 0 2 Faulkner, c. 3 0 0 1 Parker, p. 2 0 0 0 Watson, p. , 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 3 24 14 Went in beginning of 7th. Relieved Parker in "6th with 1 out. euirmratTt Home . rtmBrdley ; 2- base "hits, Marable, Kroger, Branch; stolen bases, Gillette, Marable, A. Richardson ; sacrifice hits, McQuinn, Branch; double play, Carpenter to Crump; base on balls, off Harris 2, off Parker 1. Strick out, by Harris 6. bv Parker l.,Hits off Parker 13 in 6 1-3 innings, off Watson 2 in 1 2-3 innines. Baulk, Watson. Hit by pitch er. Branch (by Harris). Wild pitch, Parker. Time of game 1 hour 45 mlnntps. TImnires Hart and Earn hardt. Attendance, 250. Lvnchbure fans report receipt of letter from. Norman l. vnamuu&-. business manager of the Rocky Mt. club offering to sell the Rocky Mt. if rf-il I. 1 ... franchise to that city. A recent rumor has it that Roa noke, Peteriburg and Lynchburg will replace Wilson, Rocky Mt. and New port News in the Virginia League. Alford, an outfielder, and Bates, a pitcher, are expected here today. Zellers, a portsider recently cut loose by Norfolk, joins the locals today. '. . Bradley kissed one over the fence the first frame. This is the first public exhibition of the feat, it hav ing been done several times in prac tice. . '. '' ' ' Harris looked good. His control was of stellar variety and was never threatened at any stage of the game. Avery, a shortstop from the Am erican Association, is expeciea w join the local aggregation today. PAYS THE PENALTY LONDON, England, May 31. Ma jor Herbert Rova Armstrong, leading Welsh solicitor, convicted of poison ing his wife, WH executed here this morning. . He ie the first member of the English bar to be executed for murder. ' BANDITS GET $15,000. NEW YORK, May 31Seven auto bandits held up three men at Long Island City today ad robbed them of a $15,000 payroll belonging to ilk dealers. BRADLEY SHQIvlER NGLISH LAWYER tomorrow ,T IS HALL ISTHE PLACE For those old clothes to be gather ed to keep thousands of Near East sufferers from freezing to death this coming winter, and dying with rheu matism and pneumonia contracted for lack of clothing. The following can be used: Coats, trousers, sweaters, dresses, boots, shoes, wool shirts, blankets, heavy hosiery, wool gloves and mittens, shop-worn garments, sheets, new cloth, and any warm clothing in which there is still some wear. The following is not wanted: Silks, laces, veils, satin slippers, evening clothes, muslin underwear, silk stock ings, and frame or straw hats. : If the boys and girls do not call for your bundle, please call phone number 334. ' B. B. Slaughter, County 'Chairman STORES TO CLOSE COMES OFF BALL . The following was published in the Scotland Neck Commonwealth today Tarboro, May 30.- As June 5 ap proaches, final touches are. being gradually applied to the new base ball park in Tarboro. The park has been rfubbed Bryan Park, in honor of Mr. H. T. Bryan, who has long been the dominating porker, pro moter and enthusiast of the national pastime in this section of the state. .3ihe' stands "provide 'a seating capac ity lor two thousand. The held is exceptionally fast. No less than two thousand five hundred fans are ex pected here for the lid opener of June 5. All business houses will be closed during the afternoon of that day, and superior court, in. session at that time, will be adjourned by the presiding official, His Honor, Judge J. Lloyd Horton, president of the East Carolina League, the Landis of independent baseball. The Tarboro team, with sixteen aspirants already here, is condition ing itself by morning and afternoon workouts, with practice games sand wiched in. The personnel of the club has been garnered over several states and includes college and professional performers of stellar rank. The East Carolina League will ex hibit the fastest brand of . real red blooded baseball that has been un raveled in this state. Intense rivalry of the towns and splendid teams, fighting to win, should satisfy the most exacting fan. The personnel of the teams will contain just enough college stars to lend an aif of the collegiate fight-for-blood and enough professional players to round out the whole into heady, steady organization.- SHANGHAI, May 31. Six million people, of the 27,000,000 in the prq vince of Hunan are starving, and hundreds of thousands are certain to die before midsummer, according to an estimate of mission workers. Cannibalism is rampant. COTTON MARKET. Monday's Today's Close. - Open. Close. July 20.91 Oct, 20.47 Dec. .'- 20.30 Jan. .... 20.15 Mar. 19.38 21.13 20.69 20.70 20.26 20.45 ' 20.05 20.28 19.81 20.05 19.64 HE KM MONDAY WHEN L!0 CANNIBALS START W BAN Panicky Condition of The Republican Party WASHINGTON, May 31. Presi dent Harding, apparently, does not intend to accept the verdict that the recent republican primaries in Illi nois, Indiana and Pennsylvania, where old guard reactionaries and defenders of the administration went down in defeat, were a repudiation of the executive or his administra tion, for the administration organ's are boldly charging that the verdict was a repudiation of the republican congress and not of the administra tion. The Chicago Tribune, the adminis tration organ of the middle west, is positively denunciatory of the work of the present congress, in seeking to shield the executive from the con sequences of old guard defeat. It de clares that the president's record is clean and constructive, and then says: "We can hardly say as much of the present congress. If repudia tion is seen in recent state primaries it is repudiation not of President Harding but of a congress which has been marked by delays, bickerings, private interests, injustice and lack of construction." The cut given by the Chicago Tri bune to place all of , the blame upon congress and relieve the president of his share of the responsibility for the defeat of the supporters of his administration, is taken up by the president's organ and mouthpiece, the Washington Post,' which editor ially indorses the impassioned utter ances of the Tribune to the extent of reprinting them with the added comment that "whether the voters of those states were primarily anxious to rebuke congress or not, the effect of their vote seems to be a rebuke which conpTss may heed." After saying that "the situation in the senate at this moment consti tutes an indictment of the good sense j of the republican party,'' the Post j charges the republican senate with j "making a record of absenteeism and neglect of public business which will surely return to plague them." It points out that with sixty it publicans in the senate there has not yet been present a quorum on any. roll call during the tariff discussion, and asks: "How can any republican senate ba sent himself from the senate at this juncture and then ask his constitu ents to re-elect him on the theory that he has done good and faithful service?" The panicky conditions in republi can affairs have reached the stage, where it is evident that congress is to be made the goat if the adminis tration mouthpieces can bring it about, otherwise why this concerted action on their part in contrasting the record of the president with that of congress in a way that eulogizes the executive and condemns the con gress in language as strong as that used by democrats or the general public? ' This attitude upon the part of the administration's organs raises the question whether or not the republi can congress will silently bear the sole blame for the disaster which has overtaken the reactionary wing of the party,' and thus admit, that it is unworthy to be further trusted, and at the same time permit the presi dent to escape his share of blame. Admittedly this is a Do-Nothing congress, but might it not have done something if it had had aggressive and constructive leadership on the part of the president? . ' Admittedly this is no time to try to revise the tariff, but was it not President Harding who insisted that a tariff bill should be passed? . - Admittedly the' bonus issue and bonus bill have been muddled, but has not the president's attitude up on that measure been shifting and Uncertain from the beginning? , Admittedly the tax bill is a sad disappointment, but was it not an administration tax bill, and did not the president plead for the kind of a tax bill the reactionaries voted for? Admittedly the republican senate reduced the dignity and standing of that bony to its lowest level when it seated Newberry, but was not New berry the president's close friend and associate, and was. the seating of Newberry any greater offense in morals than the appointment of Nat Goldstein or the appointment of men indicted with Newberry to be federal district attorneys in the state of Michigan? These are some of the questions that will inevitably arise if the re publican congress, now repudiated by the administration organs, including the one supposed always to speak the president's mind, shall decide that the administration must bear its share of responsibility for the re pudiation of the reactionary congress and the reactionary administration. ANGLO IRISHTREATY AFFECTED IN LATEST L LONDON, May 31. Winston Churchill, secretary of the colonies, asserted in the House of Commons today that an agreement reached be tween the political factions of South ern Ireland strikes directly at the provisions of the Anglo-Irish treaty. It sumed probable, he said, that the Irish people would not be able to give free expression to their views as a consequence of the agreement. SPOT COAL PRICES FIXED BY HOOVER BELFAST, May 31. Tension on parts of the Ulster Free State border still ran high today, although little additional fighting is reported up to noon. Each side is' apparently oc cupied with taking measures for pro tection against possible attacks. BELATED RECOGNITION. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 31. Lieut. Col. Andrew S. Rowan, re tired, the man who carried the fa mous "message to Garcia" in 1898, during the Spanish-American war, will receive a belated recognition for bravery, if Senator Samuel F. Short ridge of California can bring it about. The senator has received assurances from Secretary of War Weeks that he will take up with the army board having jurisdiction the granting ot a medal or of a distinguished service cross v..' ' I CHINA TO CUT, WORDS. TOKIO, May 31. With a View of setting a limit to the burdens impos ed on school children, the education department has recommended that the Chinese characters in common use be restricted to 2000 words. At present the ordinary school grade ft six years contains about 2,600 char acters, higher grade 3,680 and mid dle school about 5,000, Besides Eng. lish or German is compulsory. ' First Scant Troop in China. CHICAGO. 111., May 81-Credit for organizing the first Boy Scout troop in China is claimed by Boone University, a Protestant Episcopal in stitution at Wuchang, a representa tive of which, Rev. Alfred A Gilman has arrived in this country.. In the scout troops of the school the boys of official and well-to-do families are taught to rise their hands in fire drills, bridge and hut making, fence . and tree climbing, cooking and tent making, according to a statement ' from the' department of mission et the Protestant Episcopal church, POLTICA UNIT
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