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The Cotton Growers
Hear Mr. Holderness
Today witnessed the last public
speaking that the Cotton Growers
Associatiqn will have during the pres-
ent drive for signers to the contracts,
The campaign has been going on in
the county for two weeks, and most
of the towns in the county have been
Visited. There was a large crowd here
today and the interest in the associa
tion is growing. The chairman of the
meeting was W. H. Killebrew. After
a few preliminaries were dispensed
with, Mr.' G. A. Holderness made a
splendid address, the full text of his
speech being given here:
Conditions confronting the farmer
the past two years have made every
thoughtful man to whose attention
these conditions have been directed.
Whether he be a farmer a merchant
or a capitalist, give them serious con
sideration. The farmer himself has
felt these two bad years, and it has
made him realize more than ever be
fore thai farming is a real business.,
and that no business can succeed un
les it is stabilized. The sad experience
of these two years has taught him
that farming as a real business, must
be studied just as well as all success
ful business men stuy the business
that they are particularly engaged
in.
Sine the thoughtful farmer began
to analyze his business, he has found
that he, with the aid of various agen
cies, has been giving the production
end of the game real thought, and
that by this study and attention he
has increased his yield, but during
his life time he has seen no improve
nient in the selling end. He realized
thaf he-rrodtreed fir an- ui.kown
price on an unknown market. The he
wouldplanted his crops, he employed
his labor, he incurred indebtedness
wholly in the dark. He did not know
what price he wold receive for his
crop, and whether it would yield him
onminrh in nflV his labor even. Price?
would be fixed for him without con
sultation with him or thought of hi?
cost of production. These would be
fixed at a time when he was compell
ed to sell; and more than f requntly
by speculative agencies whose chief
aim would be to buy at the lowest
possible price and to sell at the high
est. He realized that he had not the
individual facilities for the proper
storage of his crop, or the individual
credit to hold it., and hence he would
be compelled to sell under the most
unfavorable conditions.
With these conditions, the question
naturally arises in his mind, '.'Why
is it not good business and good judg
ment for the farmer to form on or
ganization to market their crop in a
business like way?" The farmer pro
duces it in the best economial way,
by his individual effort, why not sell
it in equally as sound a way colleot
tively? Why shall ont the farmers go
' on the market and buy the best brain
of experienced men who have know
ledge of the business end of the sell
ing game. The banks, the manufact
urers and other corporations engage
themost experienced and best men in
their particular line, to handle their
business ' and why should not the
farmer? The answer to these
uestions can best be given by inves
sating what has been done in other
sentries.
lie argument that is most often
nseijjy those opposed to the co-oper-
ative.an of selling is that the theory
is aUVht but it cannot be put into
pratice want to call your particu
lar attenon today to the fact that 1
hall not ffer to you a single argu
ment of tory, but shall present to
youihe' pral workings of the co-
." operative mating in some cases,
but the. opp4f;on cannot present
enough cases ty,e public mind to
get a yerdict iheir favor. They
ignore the logic Ke history of its
success but say it has never
worked in this sectioVn(J conj,qUentr
ly cannot.
Co-operation, as jn all its
forma, has been "ccey-though
TH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
there have been individual cases of
failure. Denmark is one of the cases
I have read of where it required a
political revolution to put it over,
but their first consideration was the
economic value of co-operation rath
er than its political effect. One of
the conspicuous cases of failure was
in North Dakota, where it appeared
that the motive if its leaders wa.
political ratheT than economic, but
where motive ack of the movement
was purely economic, in almost all
cases, it has succeded. For mysely, I
believe that the farmers of the South
are more than equal in every way to
the Danish farmers, who were serfs
less than one hundred years ago. If
the Danish farmer has been ab'e to
make wonderful success of co-op
erative marketing, there is no reason
in the world why the American 'ni
with his intelligence should not be
able to make successful a movement
that has made Denmark one of the
bright spots in agriculture during the
past years.
Early in this year., when co-oper.
ative marketing of tobacco was be-
ing discussedd, my interest in it was
very bright. 1 felt as the average
man to whom the question-was jre-
sented and who had not given the I
problem any study, that it was all
right in theory but diffucult to be
put into pratice. During the Easter
Holidays two of my sons who were
at the University of North Carolina
asked me what I thought of it, and
in discussing the matter with them,
realized that it was a question of
great "important to the agricultural
interests of the South, and I com
menced , to give considerable study
to the question, and I wish to present
to you what a study of the problem
has convinced me of.
Co-ooeration is a name which has
been given to a movement inaugurat
ed either by the producers of con
sumers to enable them td save money
and possibly owes its first practical
application to Sir Robert Owen of
England about the end of the eigh
teenth century. Fourier of France
was also teaching the same doctrine
about the same time.
The movement has taken various
forms such ah the Consumers' Co
operation of England; Credit Co-op
eration of Germany; Workmens' Co
operation of France; and Agricult
ural Co-operation of Denmark and
other countries, and today, in view
manifested towards the co-opertive
of the great interest that is being
marketing of tobacco cotton and pea
nuts, a phase of agriculture co-operation,
I shall give this phase particu
lar consideration.
Time and experience have demon
strated that farmingfrom an ec
onomic standpoint is purely an in
dividual effort in the way of pro
ducing and it is important -that the
farmers environments should be such
as to induce his best efforts. To get
these lie should own his own farm,
have good roads to enable him to
market his crop at a low tonnage
cost for hauling and permit him to
have easy access to his church, his
schools and his neighbors,-but given
these advantages his individualistic
efforts in the production of his crops
will be a failure unless he can market
his products in an intelligent man
ner.-
Forty or. fifty years ago Denmark
was a country of feudal estates and
decaying agricultural interest. Forty-j
two percent of its farms were oper
ated by tenants and the country was
at its lowest ebb in prosperity. The
impoYtant question was how everf
were the farming classes to be kept
on the soil. Germany had enacted a
new tariff law which shut out her
products and she could not complete
with new countries with virgin . soil
on the production, of grain. :
f: The farmers themselves answered
these questions threugh intensive
farming and co-operative selling, and
in forty years time Denmark in ways
(Continued on pag two.)
KIDNAPING CASE 15
MOVEDTO COUNTY
It was learned from Solicitor R. G.
Allsbrook yesterday afternoon that
the case on the docket of the superior
court of Nash county, known as the
kidnaping case, had been transferred
to Edgecombe superior court.
This removal was brought about by
the fact that it developed at the trial
before the grand jury that these vio
lations of the law were committed in
Edgecombe county.
The docket for the next term of
criminal court here is very heavy,
and it may be that these cases will
hardly be reached even at this term.
The Rocky Mount Telegram gives
the following detailed account of the
kidnaping case:
"The trial of live defendants who
were held for Nash county superior
court, when arraigned in municipal
court August 19 on charges of strike
violence, has been shifted to Edge
combe county superior court as the
five men, now out under bonds rang
ing from $500 to $2,000, will be giv
en hearing before Judge Frank Dan
iels at Tarboro Sept. 11. This change
and the specific date of the trial was
agreed upon by officials and attor
neys at Nashville.
"The men who are to face trial in
Tarboro as an outgrowth of the kid
naping episodes at the Emerson shop
of the A; C. L. during the early week
of the present shopmen's strike are:
F. Wilson, South Rocky Mount mer
chant, who is now under $500 bond
on a charge of j-ioting; John Carber
ry, a former helper at the shops; N.
R. Barnes, machinist's helper; Hugh
Clark, a foreman in the car depart
ment, and W. G. Perry, car inspec
tor, each of whom it- held under $2,
000 bond on charges of conspiracy,
kidnaping and inciting to riot."
T
Those who attended the game yes
terday afternoon between Farmville
and Washington surely got their mo
ney's worth.
From the very beginning it was
evident that both teams were fighting
for blood and they played their best
Bond for Washington and Webb
for Farmville worked perfectly and
inning after inning came and went
and nobody was able to score.
Webb "had but two hits on him
and Bond had only three.
Thirty three men faced Webb and
35 faced the Washington pitcher.
Batteries for Farmville were Webb
and Weir, for Washington were Bond
and McQuinn.
GOOD PRICES FOR
TOBACCO YESTERDAY
Mr. Dan Taylor f the Farmers
Warehouse states that the tobacco on
the market yesterday sold better than
at any time since the opening with
the exception of common lugs.
He also said the. buyers are urging
the farmers to bring in their tips at
.this time, as this grade is wanted by
the manufacturers.
A. & P. Co. to Locate Here.
Tom Farrar informed the Souther
ner yesterday afternoon that it is a
certainty that the Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. will open one of their many
branch stores in Tarboro.
Renairs are being made to the
building formerly occupied by C. B
Keech & Co., preparatory to occupa.
tion at an early date.
RUSSIAN CHEKA EXECUTED
1,606,118 PERSONS, IS REPORT
LONDON, Sept 2.-rA Riga dis
patch to the Times says, according
to official Bolshevist figures, the che
ka executed 1,766,118 persons be
fore being renamed the supreme po
litical administration last February.
IflliME
WITHOU
h pnnnr
Y SOUTHERNER
TARBORO, N. C,
ii
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MAY CALL STRIKE
CHICAGO, Sept. 2. The gov
eminent acted wiftly upon the
heels of the injunction action of
yesterday, in which the V. S. at
torney general obtained a tem
porary injunction which prohib
its the strikers from interfering
in any way with the operation
of the railroads.
Notice of an order and pend
ing hearing was served on John
Scott, secretary-treasurer of the
railway employes' department of
the American Federation of La
bor; but B, M. Jewell, the ac
knowledged leader of the strike,
could not be found by deputy
marshals. Some 5,500 deputy
marshals throughout the coun
try are ready to receive and to
serve subpoenas on local fede
ration officers and other individ
uals named in the suit.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2. Under
restrictions placed upon them by
the Federal government by the
means of the most drastic and
far-reaching temporary injunc
tion ever issued in an industrial
crisis, the railway shopmen who
walked cut on July 1 in protest
against conditions prescribed by
the Railway Labor Board, today
entered upon a new era of a nation-wide
strike.
The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor is
prepared to meet September 9.
Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of La
bor, sad communications from
. labor organizations requiring the
Federation to sponsor a general
strike in sympathy with railroad
shopmen, would be placed before
the council as matter of rou
tine business.
FA!
AT GOfJETOETO BE
HELD OCTOBER 27
The Southerner is in receipt of
the premium list of Township No. 2
Community Fair, t he held in Con
etoe, Oct. 27.
The officers of this fair are: Mrs.
F. J. Do?.ier, "president; F. L. ( astex,
Jr., secretary; Miss ;uary crown,
treasurer; promoters, J. B. Warren,
Henry Broown,- Wiley Walston, F. J.
Dozier, and Sam Davenport.
The exhibits are arranged as fol
lows: Field and garden crops, H. G.
Brown, superintendent; floral depart-
ment, Mrs. N. B. Dawson, superin
tendent; live stock, Will Felton, su
perintendent; pantry supplies, Mrs.
W. K. Davenport, superintendent;
fancy work, Mrs. N. B. Dawson, su
perintendent. This is the second .year of this
community fair; and it is proposed
by the management to make it better
than the one held last year.
The splendid showing made by the
fair last year was the talk of the
county, and the exhibits brought to
the"' Coastal" riain Fair won many
prizes and received great commenda
tion from those who saw them,
In the premium list it is stated
that all exhibits of this fair will be
carried to the Coastal Plain Fair, on
Oct. 31 -Nov. 1, 2, and 8. ,
The publishers of the premium list
have received splendid support from
the merchants and business men of
Conetoe. To those who attend this
fair the Southerner is safe in guar-
anteing the very best community fair
in North Carolina,
Banks Will Close Monday.
. r ToKnf Tlav. which i
MIO PAR
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OF FEDERAT1
COMMUNITY
isn x ZoX hrst Na-!chi, and Paul Kitchin of Scotland
t onal and the Farmer, banks will bejNeck were here yesterday afternoon
---- . ' , 'i h hall o-ame.
C.OKU. . I. . V . , !.H
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2,, 1922
IHE SOUTHERNER'S
El
(Rev. Bertram E. Brown.)
Let brotherly love continue. Heb.
13:1.
Tl)is sermon shall be about the re
lations between the different church
es in Tarboro. Right at the beginning
I will say that in my opinion, there is
quite as much brotherly love, cooper
ation, charity, sympathy, between the
churches as there is anywhere. I have
never lived in but four towns in my
life, but I can say with absolute con
viction that there is no more friction
here than there was in two of these
towns, and very much less than there
was in one of them. It is a very easy
thing to see the unfortunate condi
tions close at hand, of any nature,
and conclude that they are worse
than anywhere else in the world when
maybe they are less than elsewhere.
1. Of course we have our Christian
religion taught here by several dif.
ferent organizations, at variance in
their teachings as to the right and Bi
blical for of church government, the
nature and method of administration
of the Sacraments of Baptism and
Holy Communion, and all that. But
that is a condition we share with all
the world, and the fault of it, if fault
there is, must he laid on wiser and
greater and better men than any of
vis here.
2. Also, it goes without saying that
from time to time, indiscreet, over
zealous, ficespoken, adherents of ev
ery church, are certain to say things
and do things of an unfriendly na
ture. Sometimes such words and deed
are Wrung from very mild and kindly
people l y something they heard that
somebody else said. Likely as not,
some tattler who belonged to no
church, caused the trouble. But that
there is any more of that here than
in' other places, I do not" believe. As I
said above, I know there is no more
than in other places I have lived.
o. And again, I am free to say that
there is not as much love and sym
pathy between the churches as there
ought to he. For toat matter, there
is not much love and sympathy be
tween the members of the same
church as there ought to bej But that
we lack it more than others, I see n:
reason to believe.
You see, bad news travels fast and
far, and good news gets mighty lit
tle attention. Some little disagree
ment between two churches, like all
other bad things, gets a full measure
of advertisement, while dozen? and
hundreds of good, Christian, brother
ly, loving things may happen over
and over again, and nobody ever
hears of them, or repeats it if they
do hear. For instance, since I have
been lure, there have- been three
great revivals, the Thacker meeting,
and the Weigel and the Mcl.endon,
carried on by all the churches in the
- . . , ' i All
town in ported unity ana aniny. an
entered into them, and all Worked to
carry them through. I seriously doubt
if anyone who reads this can name
another town of this size in the II. S.
where that has ever been done. We
have just had a service in the town
common every-Sunday for-the whole,
summer, in which clergy and people
of different churches joined and wor
shiped with entire unity of heart and
voice. Here of recent date, the Rev.
Mr. Earnhardt, the Methodist preach
er, and I, rector of the Episcopal
church, preached a two weeks meet
ing together, I preaching a week in
one of his churches, and he preach
ing a week following in one of mine.
And after that, the Rev. Mr. Slaugh
ter and I did the same thing. If any
one who reads this can cite a similar
thing happening anywhere else, I
would like to hear of it. Members of
different choirs are all the time help
ing one another. But my space has
given out. If we will just think more
about good things and less about bad
it will be better for us.
Dr. A. C. Liverman, Arrington Kit-
SATURDAY SERMON
Firemen'
A Jolly Good Time
At the firemen's banquet given last
night by the Tarboro fire company to
the members of the fire companies of
Rocky .Mount and Wilson everybody
had a jolly good time and everything
went oil' as merry as a wedding bell.
When the clock struck 7 the crowd
had assembled, and just before the
visitors were seated the orchestra
played "America" and the firemen
sang, and it was a husky song they
gave, too.
The si.pper was just such a one as
our people can serve the best stew,
barbcc ie and cornbread. Soft drinks
were also served, and after dinner,
cigars ai d cigarettes were passed.
The toastmastcr for the occasion
was John Umstead, and he makes a
good one, too. He keeps his crowd in
a good humor, says what he pleases
about a fellow and no one takes of
fence. If he goes after one of the
speakers with a pike, it's all right,
and if he says something good, it's
just the same, and that is about the
way he presented the speakers last
night.
I
with!
The tables were decorate!
flowers and the banquet hall present
ed a beautiful appearance. Covers
Were prepared for 100 men, and
more than 100 men sat down to this
table.
The orchestra furnished splendid
music for this occasion, and the maio
quartet who sang were encored until
they just had to stop and sit down
because they did no! know any more
songs.
The first speaker was Mayor Fox
hall, who gave the visitors a welcome
to Tarboro. His address was short
bul sweet.
The i'.i'dress of wclcotie was deliv
i-red by ('apt. l'aiii .lours.
The toastmaster called upon May
or Ray ol' Rocky Mount, who re
sponded in a most graceful and at
tractive manner, lie said he was un
able to cxpres:. his appreciation for
the many kim'ne.-scs and the hospi
tality shown to the Rocky Mount lire
i i,nipa"V' and that of Wilson also. He
. Iso -..-tid this movement that had
been .-tarlod by the firemen of the
towns ef Tarboro. Uocky Mount and
Wilson and their meeting together
now and then would bring about a
spie:-d;d feeding among these towns
and in ci.se of fire help could easily
he rendered, ile slated that he hoped
these meetings would continue and
the brothel ly feeling amo;ig the lire
men of the three towns would in
crease from year to year.
Mr. Cillett of the Wilson fire com
pany was called on by Mr. Umstead
to say a few words in behalf of Wil
son and the mayor,. who was unable
to be. nresent. He thanked the Tar
boro hoys for their invitation to be
at this banquet and promised them a
good time when they came to his
town in the next few weeks,
But the real fun of the evening
lid not begin until Editor Josh Home
of the Telegram got up and began his
story-telling. He kept the whole audr
ler.ee in a roar and wnen ne sat down
the crow A made him get up again
and tell another. Editor Home is not
only a good writer but is a splendid
story-teller and then he just knows
ho.v to get them off.
I,. II. Beck spoke for the Hart
Mills lire company. Pr. J. P. Buttle
of Kocky Mount, Don Gilliam of Tar
boro, Chief Mabry of the Rocky Mt.
fire department, J, E. Simmons, R,
T. Wilson, chief of the Wilson com
pany, were called upon by the toast-
master and they made short speeches
full of pep and spice.
Capt. George Lucas of .the colored
fire department was called on, and
he said many. very nice words for his
white brethren.
At the conclusion of the occasion
Mr. Umstead announced that all vis
iting firemen would be admitted free
into the Colonial theatre.
Thus passed off one of the great
est occasions the fire company of this
city has evr given, an occasion that
LOCAL COTTON,
6
Twenty-One Cents
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
Banquet
will redound to the best interests
not on'y to the firemen of the three
towns hut to the property owners as
well. These occasions have brought
about a fine brotherly feeling among
the firemen of the several towns and
in the future they will know and un
derstand each other better.
The service last night at the ban
quet was rendered by the colored fire
department, and they did it well. In
their white suits this company pre
sented a line appearance and the
Tarhor.i lire company felt proud of
them and so expressed themselves by
many words of praise and commen
dation. SCHOOL OPENS AT
School will begin at 8:45 Monday
u;oniin;r. and I hope that no pupil
will he tardy. After all 8:45 is but
little earlier than 9 o'clock, and it
means but little extra effort to get
t school on time.
This change in the schedule is for
three reasons. In the first place, I be
lieve and have always believed that
it i a good thing for our institutions
of learning to begin each day with
some kind of devotional exercises. It
has a good effect upon the pupils and
leachc' alike. I much prefer this
time to breaking into the middle of
t'le dav after school work is begun,
for chapel exercises.
In the second place, we are going
to undertake to have the religious in--nu;ion
by the various churches. of.
town given in the pablic school build
ing this year. To do this, it will be
ncro-t.o'iry to lengthen the school day
v lightly.
And in the third place, by-lengthening
the school day, more time will
hi given to supervised study while
(he pupil is in the school house.
I trust that every parent will co
operate and see to it that your child
or children are at school on time each
day. Perfect attendance certificates
will be given to pupils who are neith
er tardy nor absent; during the year.
ill work hard for these certificates.
and I trust that many of the pupils
Pupil.- must be in their respective
rooms when the 8:4.") bell rings. Oth
erwise they. will be counted tardy.
L. M. EPPS, Supt.
CALVARY CHURCH.
CliiMicn's church: 9:45 a.m.
Men'd Bible Class, uptown, 10 a.m.
Ilily Communion and sermon, 11.
I have secured for the service at
the Colonial theatre Sunday night
four reels of a picture of which I
have heard much, but have not been
able to get sooner. A number of
Christian people in California under
took to produce Bible history in mov
ing pictures, bringing to the effort
the same mechanical ingenuity, and
the same skill in acting, and the same
expenditure of money, that marked
the production of worldly and often
evil things. Some very able and fa
mous men in the religious world have
had a hand in it, and at last the re
sult of their effort is within reach.
They intend making the whole Bible
vividly real to all who want to have
it taught them through the eye as
well as through the ear. This picture
I have secured, is the story of Abra
ham, from his leaving his father's
Country to his settlement in Canaan.
The four reels of this picture will be
followed by another of a lighter but
spiritual nature.
Some careless people have been in
the habit of staying outside till the
service is over, and then coming in
to see the picture. That is a poor
way to do, and from now on, nobody
will be allowed to come in after thy
service js over. It disturbs other pec
pie, for one thing, and then it it b' 1
for the characters of the peopla w".
do it. ,'- "
.M. MOMMY