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VOL. 43-NO. 125.
ASSOCIATED ?RESS
TARBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 1922
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
PINETOPS GETS BUSY FOR
COOPERATIVE MARKETING
COTTON and TOBACCO
HOUSE
DEMOCRATS
FORGE SHOALS VOTE
By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Demo
cratic leaders in the house intend,
when it reassembles next Tuesday,
to renew their efforts to force agree'
ment or date for a vote on Henry
Ford's proposal to lease or purchase
Muscles Shoals.
PUBLIC INQUIRY OF
LOCAL MILK PLANT
HAS BEEN ASKED
The 'Southerner is in receipt, of a
letter from Mr. J. D. Crisp, who at
this time has been employed by the
Town Commissioners to look after
the milk plant and make a monthly
report of the plant so as to see just
where the deficit is.
The following requests are made
by Mr. Crisp, who trusts that the
people will give him all the informa
tion they can. These requests by the
town are made for the purpose of
trying to remedy all objections as far
as possible:
1. If there is any citizen of Tar
boro who haa any information to of
fer that would lead to improvement
of this plant, they are requested to
make personal visit to the plant
during' this week, where a separate
account of each person's information
or suggestion will be taken in con
sideration. 2. Is the proper courtesy being
, shown to the patrons? Are you get
ting the service you should get? Are
you served twice each day? If not,
. do you want to be served twice each
day?
3. If you have any complaint to
make in the future, make them di
rectly to the plant. Most of the com
plaints in the past have been made to
Mr. Jacocks, the city clerk. It isn't
his business to record complaints;
therefore, they never get to the pro
per authority.
4. If you should not get the proper
recognition at the plant then advise
Mr. J. C. Martin, the city superinten
: dent, who will cheerfully take up the
matter. 4
6. Now as to quality: We admit
you have teen getting quality a little
Irregular. This is due to the present
equipment. What I mean by irregu
lar quality is that some buttles of
milk show 'but little Cream, while oth
ers show a great quantity.
6. Do you think the present loca
tion is a desirable one for the plant?
If not, then where would you sug
gest it be located?
Now for the milk. producers: At
the present only those who furnished
milk thru the winter months are ad
mitted on a whole milk basis. Is this
plan exactly just to those who have
recently bought cows and have milk
to furnish? They say they should
share equally on the whole milk ba
sis. If this be true,- then we should
have a winter price and a summer
price to pay for milk according to
the demand. Respectfully,
V JOHN D. CRISP.
That the people and business men
of Tarboro are alive to the coopera
tive system ie evidenced by the fact
that on the day following a speech to
be made by Dr. Clarence Poe of" Ra
leigh these men have agreed to close
their places of business and canvass
the entire community for the pur
pose of securing signers for the cot
ton and tobacco contracts. In this
campaign these men will also work
to induce the farmers to have their
cotton and tobacco delivered at Pine
tops as a receiving and assembling
station.
The date for the speech by Dr. Poe
has not as yet been decided upon,
but it will be within the next few
days. '.
Ffom the reading of the petition
as published below it will be seen
that every merchant in Pinetops with
out a single exception has signed,
and- Pinetops proposes to present a
solid front when it comes to putting
across the system of cooperative
marketing.
We, the undersigned merchants
and business men of Pinetops, do
hereby agree to close our places the
day following an address by Dr. Cla
rence Poe for the purpose of can
vassing the surrounding country to
secure tobacco and cotton contracts.
Also' to get the farmers to deliver
their cotton and tobacco at Pinetops
J. V. Cobb, W. E. Philips, W. E
Cobb, Planters Bank, J. P. Gardner,
Pinetops Hardware Co., Mattox Bro
thers, A. W. Crisp, L. L. Smith, E
L. Pitt, Sr., B. F, Walters, W.
Webb, Pinetops Drug Co., Walston
Cobb Co., S. L. Parker & Co., J. F
Stawis, B. F. Dunn, W. T. Harrell
J. D. Tolston, W. H. Felton, Riley
Phillips, W. L. Dunn, D. E. Vipper-
man, R, E. Fulford, R. R. Langley,
Norville Grocery Co, W. D.t Webb
Stanfield & Stedman, Pinetops Bank
ing Co., W. L. Reason, Weaver &
Harper1 and J. R. Price.
WAR FINANCE LOANS
17MILLI0N DOLLARS
WHEAT AND
COTTON
THOMPSON -WEBB
BATTLE 13 INNINGS
IN A 3-3 TIE GAME
By Th,e .Associated Press. ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 0. Appl
cations from cotton and wheat grow
ers associations aggregating seven
teen million dollars were approved
today by. the War Finance Corpora
tion, ' J'
The ppplication of the Staple Cot
ton Growers Cooperative' Association
of Mississippi was approved for ail
advance not exceeding seven million
dollars, to assist in the orderly mar
keting of cotton, the remainder go
ing to the western wheat growers.
THE COUNTY
TAXES AS LEVIED
AMERICAN BAR I1
IL
FIGHT 'ANTF IDEALS
By The Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. Es
tablishment' of a bureau to further
American ideals and offset the grow
ing' tide of anti-Americanism which
was declared to be arousing great
prejudice against the courts and con
stitution, was recommended to the
American Bar Association, in annual
convention here today, by its com
mittee on American ideals.
The report denounced a proposal
to clothe legislative bodies with su
preme authority.
SHOPMENN TO GIVE
ANSWER ON MONDA
FRENCH CABINET TO
STAND BY PREMIER
PARIS, Aug. 10 The French cab
inet at a special meeting today pre
sided over by President Millerand, is
understood to have voted entirely to
stand by Premier Pointers at the
I orison rni??-erce on T?pnTct'or.s.
By The Associated Press. . .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Presi
dent Harding probably will receive
oh next Monday or Tuesday the for
mal answer of the railroad shopcrofts
federation to his proposal that senio
rity be left to the Railroad Labor
Board for decision.
The executive heads of the shop
men's unions again engaged today in
conferences here preparatory to the
drafting of a reply. Discussions yes
terday strengthened the impression
that the president's new plan will be
rejected by the men. .;'
It will be interesting for the' tax
payers of the county to know just
exactly what taxes have been levied
for county purposes. The Southerner
will in a few days publish the levies
as mada in the several special school
districts. In some of these districts
there have been very material reduc
tions but in no district has there
been any increase for special school
purposes.
For county general purposes 12
cents on the hundred dollar.
For the ensuing year-there has
been a decrease in this tax of 2
cents on the hundred dollars.
For court house improvement bond
and interest one-half cent on the
hundred dollars, :
For public roads, 25c on $100.
For road bonds, 2c on $100.
For road and bridge bonds 3 cents.
For bridge bonds, 5 cents on $100.
This makes the county-wide Tate
for all purposes other than schools,
73 cents on $100.
For general school purposes 55 1-2
pents on $100.
These taxes do not include levies
for special school districts, which will
be given as soon as they can bo tab
ulated.
Small Crowd Witnesses One of
Best Contests on Local
Lot This Season.
FARMERS
ALL!
E
MEETS IN CHOWAN
The state meeting of the Fanners
Alliance is now in session at Chowan
The correspondent of the News and
Observer has this to say of the pres
ident.: "The annual address by Presi
dent Shelton was just what one would
expect from that able legislator and
plendid farmer."
The delegates present from Edge
combe are John L. Cherry and T. F.
Cherry.
MASTER
GUMMING
WIN
SA
N
COTTON MARKET
Oct
Dec.
Jan.
Mch. :.
HfS".v. . .
Yesterday's Today's
Close, Open : Close
20.18 20.05 20.71
20.20 20.12 20.73
... 20.09 20.04 20-65
20.12 20.12 20.68
2in '23,ia co re
In Today's issue of the News and
Observer are published the names of
the winners in the free vacation con
test. In this list, are nine winners of
Raleigh and thirteen outside of the
capital. In the list of outsiders the
name of Master Zeb Cummings of
Tarboro appears as the ninth in the
list, eo this young gentlemen will get
this trip next week, and he told the
Southerner he was surely going.
The young lad has worked hard
for this prize, and the Southerner
congratulates him upon hie success.
Mss. R. A. Harris and little son,
Lilliam Inge, of Weleon arrived to
day to visit her sister, Mrs. E. Carr.
Mr. Elias Carr, who has been at
the hopitffI fo fW dqy. U mi-'i
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Cool, threatening weather brought
out the smallest crowd of the season
yesterday, when Tarboro and Green
ville staged a 13-inning 3-3 pitchers'
battle, which was called on account
of darkness.
Mark Webb, pitted against thevis.
jtors, allowed nine hits, four of them
in the fourth inning, when three runs
were tallied. Thompson, less effec
tive in the pinches, allowed the Tar
Babies onty eight safe swat3 during
the 13 frames.
Stuart's eellarites chalked up the
first run m the initial stanza with
two singles and a base on balls, while
Bradley's crack to right field in the
eighth scored two runners.
Both clubs had splendid opportun
ity to score during the latter part of
the game. . The Greenville aspirants
placed three runners on bases with
none down in the eleventh, but were
unable to reach home safely! The.
locals, in the tenth, after two had
Deen retired, nnea tne oases with a
base on balls and two singles, but
got no further than third.
Crump's fielding in center was the
feature of the game.
First inning: Stringfield flew out
to McQuinn; Doran flew out to left;
Frazier walked; Smith out second to
first.
Moran fanned; Ferry singled to
right; Crump walked; Bradley fan-
ed; Brown mngled Over second and
Ferry scored; Shannon fanned.
Second : Boehling walked ; White :
..i. -. c l ht
at first on infield hit to third; Keat
ing hit to hrst and Uoehling was
caught at the plate; Thompson flew
ut to left.
Stuart fouled out; McQuinn pop
ped out to first; Webb fanned.
Third: Stringfield popped out to
Webb; Doran called out on strikes;
Frazier out to first.
Moran and Ferry fanned ; Crump
flew out to left.
Fourth: Smith safe at first on wild
throw by Shannon; Boehling bunted
safe, Smith taking third; White out
third to first; Massey hit safe to third
and Smith scored; Keating hit safe
to left scoring Boehling; Thompson
popped out to first; Strinigfield sin
gled to center and Massey tallied;
Doran out second to first.
Bradley out third to first; Brown
walked; Shannon walked; Stuart out
on fly to short; McQuin hit to short
and Shannon was forced at second
Fifth: Frazier flew out to center;
Smith and Boehling fanned.
Webb, -Moran and Ferry flew out
to right.
Sixth: White singled to center;
Massey hit to third .and. White was
( forced at second; Keating hit to cen
ter and Massey was doubled at first,
Crump making a beautiful catch and
throw of a likely-looking hit
Crump out to first unassisted;
Bradley flew out to ehort; Brown out
short to first. j
Seventh: Thompson flew out to
center, Crump again making a run
ning catch going to the sign boards;
Stringfield flew out to left; Doran
singled to center, and "was out trying
to steal second.
Shannon walked ; Stuart popped to
6hort, who errored the ball purposely
making a double play; McQuinn out
short to first .,
Eighth: Frazier out second to first,
Smith flew out to right; Boehling
walked, White walked, Maasey hit to
short and White was forced out
Webb singled to right; Moran fan
ned and was banished from the park
for protesting agsvinlst decision;
Ferry hit to Thompson and Webb
was safe on Stringfi eld's error on
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BROTHERHOOD
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QUITTING POSTS 1
EASTERN RAILROADS
By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. Threats by
the -railroad brotherhood chieftains
that "there will bo hundreds of simi
lar cases" to tie up the Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern railroad, where engineers,
firemen, conductors and trainmen re
fused to work because of the pres
ence of troops in the Joliet yards,
further complicated the railway shop
strike situation today. ,
Leaders of the Big Four brother
hood who are to take part in the
Washington conference of rail union
heads tomorrow, when all phases of
the strike are due to come before
the chiefs of sixteen standard unions
left to the train service men the
right to decide for themselves whe
ther working conditions at terminals
are objectionable.
ADDRESS by CHIEF JUSTICE
TAFT before the AMERICAN
BAR ASSOCIATION TODAY
SWEET POTATO
HOUSE AT BETHEL
A contract for the erection of the
sweet potato storage house at Bethel
has been let to Mr. Lane of Nashville.
This house, when completed, will
be able to care for ten thousand
"bushels of sweet potatoes,, and the
probability now is that the house
will be filled the first year of its ope
ration.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 10
(By the Associated Press.) Depen
dence upon action of congress to ef
fect reform to remove delays and to
bringvobout speed in the administra
tion of justice "has not brought the
best results and some different mode
should be tried," William H. Taft,
chief justice of the U. S-, told the
American Bar Association today.
"The failures of justice in this
country," said Chief Justice Taft,
"especially in the state courts, have
been more largely due to the with
holding of power from judges over
proceedings before them than to any
other cause; and yet judges have to
bear the brunt of criticism which is
so general as to the results of present
court action. The judges should be
given the power commensurate with
their responsibility. Their capacity to
reform matters should be tried to see
whether better results may not be
attained. Federal judges doubtless
have their faults, but they are not
chiefly responsible for the present
defects in the administration of jus
tice in the federal courts. Let con
gress give them an opportunity to
show what can be done by vesting in
them sufficient discretion for the
TWO MEN HANGED
i
F
ASSASSINATION
7
By The Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 10 Joseph O'Sul
livan and Reginald Dunn were hang
ed this morning at Wandsworth pri
son for the assassination of Field!
Marshall Wilson, June 22. I
Fifty Irish men and women assem
bled outside the jail before the exe
cution and sang symns and prayed
for the souls of the condemned men.
ATTENDS MEETING
P0TAT0GR0W
E
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
ELECT G.C.CABBELL
purpose.
Justice Taft said that litigation
J had so increased with the increase of
the general business of the country
that even in fields always occupied
by the federal courts, the judicial
force had proved inadequate. He re
marked that additional burdens haa
followed the enactment of new sta
tutes, particularly the Volstead act
"A bill which provides for 24 new
Mr. Vinton Fountain is in Golds
boro attending the meeting of the di
rectors of Eastern Carolina Sweet
Potato Growers Federation.
This is an adjourned meeting from
a session held last month in Golds-'
boro. .... 1
There was at this meeting some
conflict of opinion as to the by-lawa
and constitution of the association,
but it is thought that at this meeting
in Goldsboro these obstacles will bo
remedied,
tional questions arising in the federal
courts in the district courts or the
circuit court of appeals may under
district' judges and on .circuit judge existing law. be brought to the eu
in the fourth circuit has been repcrt-f .preme tourt as of right. ,
By The Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. Th
formal election of Supreme Vice
Chancellor George C. Cabbell, Nor
folk, Va., to the supreme chancellor
ship of tht order, led off the election
of officers to higher chairs in the su
preme lodge sessions of the Knights
of Pythias in convention here today,
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. B. F, Moore end family wish
to thank their many friends for their
expressions of kindness during the
sickness of Mrs. Moore. In life as
well as in death, these kind words
and acts will ever be remembered, j
B. F. Modre and Family.
and Ferry, Bradley being thrown out
at second.
Ninth: Keating out short to first;
Thompson fanned; Stringfield safe
on error by Brown; Doran out sec
ond to first.
Brown fanned; Shannon out short
to first; Stuart out to first.
Tenth: Frazier out short to first;
Smith dittoed; Boehling fanned.
McQuinn fouled out; Webb flew
out to left; Walker, replacing Moran
walked ; Ferry singled to right and
Walker wis held at second; Crump
singled over short filling the bases;
Bradley fouled out to left
Eleventh: White singled to left;
Massey safe on infield hit; Keating
bunted to Webb, who threw late' to
third; Thompson flew out to. right
and White was caught at the plate;
Stringfield flew out to left.
Brown singled to center; Shannon
hit to Thompson and was safe on er
ror at first; Stuart fanned; McQuinn
hit to short into a double play.
Twelfth : Doran out Webb to first
Frazier flew out to center, Smith
out eoond to first
Webb lined out to first; Walker
and Ferry fanned.
Thirteenth: Boehling walked;
White out Webb to first; Massey out
to center; Keating out to first
1 Crump fanned, Bradley fanned;
Fmww wtlked; Shannon flew otit ti
ed to both houses," he continued. "It
is opposed, and will doubtless lead to
diseussioii ; but in view of the previ
ous votes in the two houses, it seems
likely that the bill will pass before
the close of this congress.
"The new bill authorized a judi
cial council of ten judges, consisting
of the chief justice and the senior
associate judge of each circuit, which
is to meet in Washington the last
Monday in September, to consider re
ports from each district judge with a
description of the character of the
arreav ;. 1 a recommendation as to
the e . . judicial force needed in
his district. The conference thus call-1
ed in to consider at large plans for
the ensuing year by which the dis
trict judges available for assignment
may be best used.
"It ends the absurd condition, un
der which each district judge has had
to paddle his own canoe and has done
as much business as he thought pro
per. Thus one judge has broken him
self down in attempting to get thru
an impossible docket, and another
has let his arrears grow, in a calm
philosophical contemplation of them
as an inevitable necessity that reed
not cause him to lie awake nights.
"The members of the supreme
court have become so anxious to
avoid another congestion like that of
the decade before 1891, that they
have deemed it proper themselves to
prepare a new bill amending the jur
isdiction of the supreme court and to
urge its passage. It is now pending
in both houses of congress. The act
of 1891 introduced into the appellate
system a discretionary jurisdiction of
the supremo, ourt over certain class
es of cases.
"By the act of 1916, this discre
tionary power of the court was ex
tended and its obligatory jurisdiction
reduced, as to review of state court
judgments, so that now the only
question which can come by writ of
error from a state court to the su
preme court- as a matter of right, are
those in which the validity of a state
statute or authority or of a federal
statute or authority under the con
stitution has been the subject of con
sideration by the state court and has
been sustained In the former, or de-
"The new bill increases this discre
tionary appellate jurisdiction now
vested in .the supreme court so that
no case of any kind can be taken
from the 'circuit court of appeals to
the supreme court of the U. S. with
out application for a certiorari. Ob
ligatory appeals from all other courts
subordinate to the supreme court of
the U. S., except state courts, are
also abolished and only review by
certiorari is provided. This inclu 5
the court of appeals of tho District
of Columbia and the court of claims,
as well as the territorial courts. Di- -
rect appeals from the district courts
to the supreme court in jurisdictional
and constitutional questions are abol
ished and such questions are to reach
the supreme court only thru the Cir
cuit court of appeals. These charges,
it is thought, will give the supreme
court such control over the business
that it an catch up with its docket.
"What I would suggest is that con
gress provide for a commission, to be
appointed by .the president, of two
supreme court justices, two cifeuit
judges, two district judges end three
lawyers of prominence from a list
recommended by the American Bat"
Association, to prepare and recom
mend to congress amendments to the
present statutes of practice and th
judicial code, Suthorizinjj a unit ad
ministration of law and equity in one
form of civil action. . The act should
provide for a permanent commission
similarly created, with power to pre
pare a system of rules of procedure
for adoption by the supreme court.
Power to amend from time to tinje
should also be given. The rules and
their amendments, after approval by.
the court, should be submitted to
congress for its action, but should
become effective in six months, if
congress takes no action. In.' this
way the procedure would be foamed
by those most familiar with it and by
those whose duty it is to enforce it.
The advantage of experiment in the
laboratory of the court would fur
nieh valuable suggestions for better
ing the system. The important fet
nre of such a system is that needed
action by the commission and court
will be promptly taken and tha nee
P5arv deTsy in a corrrp'w ernwdfd
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