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THE NEWS-KECGIID, MASIIAIX; N. C. j QF LLID '-.,. . . I J k.alaliiLf : O 10 CLOSE PROVIDE MEANS OF ' PUTTING INTO EFFECT THE DAWES ' ' PLAN. . London. Peace between France and Germany cams one step nearer when the representatives ot the allied pow ers and Germany assembled In Pre mier MacDonald's room In the foreign office and .signed or initiated a proto col providing the means (or potting Into effect the Dawes plan, designed to settle the perplexing reparations prob lem. " The London' conterence after 30 try ing days has thus been brought to a successful conclusion. All eyes now turn to Berlin and Paris, anxiously watching te see if the German relch stag and the French parliament will support Chancellor Marx and Premier Herriot in the bold. step they have taken. Both their premiers belong to minor ity governments which 'are none too stable, and the reaction of the Ger man and French peoples will be watch ed with some apprehension until their legislative bodies approve, and make It possible for German and French rep resentatives to meet with the repres entatives ot the other Interested pow ers at Paris on August 30 and attach their formal signatures to yie docu ments. Premier, -MacDonald, as president of the conference .presided at meeting, which was attended by about 200 dele gates and experts from the various countries. " The session was strictly in formal and lacked spectacular features. It was a business meeting In a busi ness office, and more like a directors' conference than a diplomatic function. The British prime minister and Pre miers Herrot and Thenuia, Chancellor Marx, Ambassador Kellogg, Baron Hayashi, Jajan, and Dr. Stefani, Italy, all made brief addresses expressing their satisfaction over the success con clusion of the conference. M. Herriot aid: "We see the dawn and hope soon to see daylight" Filers to Attempt Longer Route. Reykjavik, Iceland. Lieutenant Lo well H. Smith, .commander of the American round-the-world flight, has decided to give up the propsed flight from Reykjavik to Angmagealik, on tne east coast ot Greenland, and with Lieutenant Erik Nelson will fly instead to Fredertcksdel. on the southwestern point of Greenland, a short distance from Cape Farewell. 1 ..The correspondent of the Associated Press found Smith and Nelson study ing large maps of Greenland, making measurements or distance ana devia tion. The jump from Reykjavik to , Fredencksdel will be the longest of all they have attempted In their world flight, about 825 miles. It Is estimated that nrltlinnt atnnnlnp thA tflrmAn will be forced to fly about 12 hours. Both Lieutenant Smith and Lieuten ant Nelson appeared Jo be cheerful over the decision to go to Frederlcks dal. Lieutenant Smith said he was very glad that the question pf a land ing .place had been settled. and that he and Nelson would start from Rey kjavik the first day weather conditions are favorable. . While, the correspondent was talking with the American fliers, Lieutenant Locatelll, the Italian airman who reach ed Reykjavik from Hoefn Hornajford, called on Lieutenant Smith and handed him a letter from the American air at tache of the embassy in Rome. The leter was 20 days old. Attempted to Land Aliens. ' Habana, Cuba. Jose Lozada as own er and Jose Urruchu as captain of the small Nicaraguan steamer Pilar, were hel din $300 bond each on charges by the Habana port police that!the Pilar attempted to land with 27 aliens, who, It is said, were to be smuggled Into Florida. ' " The aliens, for the most part, Ital ians and Poles, claim, according to the police, that they were to pay $200 each for being smuggled Into the- United States,4- The Pilar, the police say, had been cleared for NIcaraugua by Wil fredo Mason, a Cuban merchant who acts a3 Nicaraguan consul here, but it was found the steamer did not carry enough food and water for such a trip . Two Die In Trunk. Chicago.-'-Two children were suffo cated -when they were locked In a trunk by what is thought to have been the playful prank of one of their com rades or the thoughtless deed of a three year old girt. Peter'Dunele. five, and his eousn, Frank Hoellick, 12, the victims were found huddled in the trunk by Walter Dunele, , father of Peter, after the boys had been miss ing for Beveral hours and a search of the neighborhood proved unavailing. Plan to Lower Price of Potash. i New York. The price ot potash In the United States will be lowered to benefit the American farmer as a re sult of the agreement reached between the German potash syndicate and the French Alsatian Potash asosciatlon, ac cord's?? to advices received here from J. V.T. Va'son, Jr., president of the In t - 1 Ai?rici''.iural Corporation. I 1 lives of the German syn- C " ' ' v Ycik e,U they hal not j t t ' c..' r to make a clr;9 FRENCH AND GERMAN PREMIERS SHAKE HANDS London.-The story ot the Lon don conference closed with a note worthy incident. The- signing of the douments was ended, and the British , prime , minister, Ramsey MacDonald, was shaking hands all around. . 'When he came to Chancellor Marx, the prime minister, still grip ping the chancellor's' hands, led htm to where M. Herrot,- the French premier, was standing surrounded by friends. Without a word, so the story goes, Mr.. MacDonald lifted H. Herrlot'i right "hand and joined it with that ot Dr. Marx. Then he stepped back, smiling genially, while the French man and the German tightened the grip and shook hanlls cordially. 20 MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED 1 FOR RELIEF WORK; MILLIONS ' LEFT HOMELESS. ' Washington. Minister Schurman at Peking reported to the state depart ment that, according to figures obtain ed from the China international relief commission, $20,000,000 Mexican, will be needed for relief, operations in con nectlon with floods in China. The commission estimated 6,000.- 000 Chinese Wfuld be 'affected by the food shortage. The minister reported the situation, as "very serious," adding that the spring crops had been destroy ed over wide areas by the rain. Water will remain over large areas for some months so that winter wheat can not be planted. Shanghai Millions have been ren dered homeless and at least 50,000 persons have been drowned in the de vastating floods which are sweeping widespread areas of China, submerg ing tens ot thousands of tillages. Thousands of refugees are ponring into Peking. It Is impossible to get even an approximate of the fatalities, but 50,000 is said to be 'a conservative estimate. . . 1 1 ' Unusually devastating floods with accompanying widespread destruc tion ot property have been re ported from various sections of China during the last few weeks. Late in July there were 'serious inundations in the provinces of Chi hit and Hunan. On Saturday, further floods were re ported from Kwangsl and Sinklang but it was reported that the loss of life had been up until that time com paratively small. Disastrous floods in history include the following: .. ; Johnstown, Pa , May 31, 1889, nearly 2,000 lives lost. Galveston, Texas," September 8, 1900, more than 6,000 lives lost In in undation resulting from hurtcane, and $12,000,000 in property destroyed. Pittsburgh, Pa., March 12-15, 1907, few lives lost but $10,000,000 In prop erty damage. 'Paris, France, January 20, Febru ary 5, 1910, few lives lost but esti mated damage placed at $200,000,001 Austin, Pa., September 30, 1911, loss of 774 lives and $6,000,000 in property. Mississippi valley, ' spring of 1912, known loss of life 230, property dam age In excess of $10,000,000. Ohio-Indiana, March 22-27, 1913. loss ot 452 lives in Ohio and 54 in Indiana, with totaj property damage estimated at 163,000,000. Texas, December, 1913, nearly 200 lives lost In : Belton, Brayn, Brown- wod, Marlln, Temple. and other towns. Property damage $5,000,000. - Erie, Pa., August 3, 1915, loss of 37 lives and $7,000,000 In property. Pueblo, Col,, June 3, 1921, more than 100 lives lost and property damage be tween 15,000,000 and $20,000,000. Swatow, China, August 2, .1922, 72,- 000 lives lost and city nearly destroy ed by typhoon and tidal wave. Fort Worth, Texas, ; April 24-26, 1922, 34 l.ves lost and $7,000,000 prop erty loss. " San Salvador, San Salvador, June 13, 1922, 200 persons drowned in Cande laria district flood. . Cottor. Hurt By Lack of Rain. Washington. Crops and weather conditions In southern states during the week were summarized, by the de partment of agriculture as follows: There was considerable "rainfall during-the week in the northearn por tions of the cotton belt and showers were unevenly distributed in the south east; In the central and west gulf sections, including the southern por tions of Arkansas and Oklahoma, only a few local areas received ma terial rainfall and severe drought con tinued generally. ' ' Two Women Killed In Motor Accident. Hagerstown, Md. Mrs. Emma Stahle. 69. of Gettysburg. Pa., and Mrs. Retta Stahle, 38, of Washington, C. were killed on the national High way several miles swest of here when the automobile In which they were en route from Washington to New York state skidded and overturned. Robert Sthale. son and husband ot the dead women, , who was "driving, escap- unhurt. Stahle said he was any- S a the rate of only fifteen 'miles hour when I'ie machine skUJod on i wet road. . ' io,L i :,he;;o . t L.wE OPELiitfi NEW STRUCTURE AC YAD- KIN RIVER TROW wPEN, TO TRAFFIC. r Spences. With something like 10,- 000 visitors In . attendance and with suitable ceremonies presided over by Congressman W. C. Hammer, of Ashe boro, the mammoth steel and concrete double width bridge spanning the Yadkin river" at Spencer was thrown open to traffic between Washington and Florida at noon Friday. 'On behalf ot the contractors, H. B. Hardaway and company, the bridge was presented to the state highway association by Major Wade H. Phillips, ot Lexington .whose address was both inspiring and instructive. The speak er brought out a vast amount of In formation relative to the splendid structure, the history of the movement and the realization of a dream of the highway enthusiasts, The principal' speaker of the 'day, however,' was Attorney W. L. Cahoon, of Elizabeth City, representing Chair man Frank Page and the 10 business men located in various parts ot North Carolina comprising the state highway association. He told the great crowd that this great bridge connecting the east and the west is not only a splendid and use ful structure but that it represents the very blood and brawn of the best that North Carolina produces. He cited the fact' that the man who de signed the bridge, W. L. Craven, is a native of Cabarrus county; that the chief , engineer on the job, J. B. Prid gen, is a native of the state, and that the contractor was. born in North Carolina. , The bridge was accepted as rep resenting the'iast word in engineering and structural skill. ' ' The speaker explained that the state has kept a census of traffic over the old toll bridge discarded, and that the tolls have amdunted to $300 per day for a long time and that the new bridge will mean Just that much saved to the public. This will pay for the bridge In two years. Dr. George S. Howard, ot the State University, was called on and made a ringing talk on the relation of good roads and bridges to the educational movement. ' '" .. . , " The new bridge, which had been under construction for more than, s year, Cost $200,000, is 1,300 feet long. parallels the main line ot the South ern railway, at Spencer and stands 60 feet above the waters of the Yadkin river. .- .- -'..- '.-' W. F. Morrison, ot Statesville, was the engineer in charge ot the struc tural work on the bridge while Karl Sloan is the resident engineer on the road work throughout this section.!' Mail Service Hero Paid Tribute, Washington. hero ot the Govern- ment's army ot civilian employes, Eugene Stack, 23-year-old postal clerk of East Orange, N. J., was ordered to report personally ; to his commander-in-chief, Postmaster General New, and tell how, Utter having been wound ed by bandits, he shot and killed one of them and routed the other in frus trating a mail robbery July 81 in the New Jersey city. . ' A handsome reward as well as spe cial commendation of his bravery had been awarded the young,maIl clerk, and President Cpolidge arranged his program to permit him to congratu late the youth personally and hear his story. ' In the presence of his official fam ily, Postmaster ' General New told Stack that the Army aid Navy decor: ated their men for conspiclous acts of bravery but the Postoffice Depart ment had no way of doing that ojher than to place In an employee's record a citation for such acts. He handed Stack a check tor $2,000 saying that was the limit which Congress had pro vided for such rewards. Decrease In' Exports. Washington.-Merchandise . exports from the United .States during July were valued a $278,000,000 against $302,186,027 for July, 1923, the com mercial department announced. -, Im ports Tyere ', valued at- $278,499,000 against $287,433,739 for July, 1923. Exports In July, : 1923, , were $14, 752,258 in excess of imports exceeded exports by $400,000. .' '. ; Imports of golf last 'month were valued at $18,834,423 against $27,929. 447 for July, 1923. Gold exports total ed $327,178 against $522,S22 for the same month a y-ar ago. . ; Silver Import for July were $7,127, 613Ugainst $10,00 J-,463 for July, 1923, while exports were, $9,190,362 against $6,233,163. , Two Killed 'and Many Hurt. Inverness, Fla.-rA workman build ing the Crystal River Road near Red Level playfully tossed a 'lighted dyna mite fuse at a boy.' It fell in a box of dynamite. Two workmen were kill ed and two others badly injured ty the explosion. ' .- ' ' The dead are A. D. Bertin, 38, of Red Level, i .J Louis Turner 18, of Inverness. Ti e icjured are, A. D. Eertlne, Jr., I ?, e i ITubln Turner, t". botu of r I I el." The Injured s.e in a ho . " lil C i'a. , ' , AUTOMOBILE VICTIMS DIE FROM INJURIES. Raleigh Police authorities were seeking to apprehend Harvey Un derwood, of Bailey, driver ot an automobile which crashed into a motorcycle ridden by Herbert Drew and Ludwell Polk, Raleigh youths, causing Injuries that' resulted In their deaths. " s V The accident occurred on the BU burno' road, about 12 miles from the city. . v- An Investigation by Traffic Offi cer Mangura was said to have re vealed that the automobile was on the wrong side of the road. , There were no eye witnesses to the acci dent other than the passenger in the car. ; .';. .- ' FAIL AS TO RUHR ISSUE COMPROMISE ON TIME FOR EVAC UATION IS SOUGHT AT CON FERENCE. London. The French and German delegates; to the international confer ence resumed their struggle for ? a compromise on a time limit for the evacuation of the Ruhr one of the Questions which is holding up the work of the conference and which must be disposed of before the conference can proceed in a eflnlte.way with the program ot instituting the Dawes reparation plan. - " The- Germans say that the evacua tion should be compjeted within six months after it has been started while the French are holding' out for one year. It Is believed, however, that a compromise will be negotiated. Meanwhile the work ot the confer ence was proceeding with a meeting ot the "big fourteen" at Downing Street," ! '.' .." It was understood that the "big fourteen," after their meeting' at Downing Street left there without having arrived at any settlement on reparation in kind. The French premier, M, Herriot, is supposed to have returned from his Paris trfp with authority to agree to the evacuation within 11 months, but the question of when the withdrawal is to take place and the details of itst execution remains to De sewea. .With the matter also is bound up the decision regarding the desire of the French and Belgians to retain a number of .their men in the Rhineland railway regime while the Cawes plan Is operating. The Germans are in sisting in their demand that the rail ways be turned back under an all German status. Reports from, all three committees ot the conference now , have ., been agreed to in principle, and the opinion seems general that the oucome will be definitely settled by Thursday or Friday. , -, As a result ot exchanges of views in London banking cincles Says The Dally Telegraph, the interest rate on the proposed lean to Germany under the Dawes plan is generally computed at seven per cent and the issue price la 93 while the underwriting will cover 91 1-3 per cent. - Florida Route Is Certainty. Charlotte, N. C A hard-surface highway from Hillsvllle, Va.to near kMt. Airy, N. C, as part of the Great Lakes-Florida tourist route proposed by the Rotarians and KIwaniana of West Virginia, Virginia and - North Carolina, to be built from Blueflelds, W: Va., to the western North Carolina line, is assured, under terms describ ed in a telegram received here by David Clark, editor of. The- Southern Textile Bulletin, and a prominent Ro tarian. - - ' ' According to the telegram, which was sent by E. M. Linvllle, president of the MLAiry Kiwanis club, the su pervisors of Carroll county,, Virginia have agreed to - re-loan to the state of Virginia $300,000 which , the state owes the county, and which is due to be paid about January I, 1925, tor the purpose of constructing a hard-surface road from HUlsyllle, Va., to the North Carolina line near Mt. . Airy. The terms of the. proposal designate Fancy Gap road as the one to be rebuilt. , Recently Rotarians from Charlotte, Concortl, Lexington, Tbomasville, Salisbury, High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Mt. Airy and other North Carolina cities joined with Ro tarians from West .Virginia and Vir ginia cities in a meetng at Wythevllle, Va., td promote "the Interests of "a hard-surface highway from Blueflelds, W. Va., to Mt.' Airy, to divert motor tourist traffic from the Great Lakes section through western North Caro lina to Florida, This motor travel has been taking a route through Chatta nooga, Tenn., or Richmond, Va a dis tance ot more than 60 miles out of the way. Greensboro Building Nears $3,6OO,CC0. . Greensboro. -r-Buildlng totals here BO tar have gone to $2,854,636 for 1924 and Indications are that they will soon pass the three millions dollar mark. The city hall permit will add around $350,000 to the total. Work on it has already, started. " . .." It appears that work will begin be fore the end of the year on the $1, J : 0,000 passenger station. Six hun dred ar,.l seventy-nine presets t?ve tron start-'J here tl'a year, a I.tj r'-u.-ber of t' u dwc:.;s. ul; J,. uu.flL IS PROMISED BY COOLIDGE IN finally accepting nomi ' . nation. ; ' 7-: Washington. A "government ot common sense," dedicated to honesty and economy at home and peao abroad, was promised by president Coolldge in formally . accepting the nomination , of the ' republican party as its candidate for President , ; Declaring domestic affairs of chief concern to the nation, Mr. Coolldge proposed further tax reduction and "more tax reform" and announced his Intention to appoint a committee to in vestigate means ot aiding agriculture. He summed up the foreign policy' of the administration In a single -word-peace and promised to propose after the Dawes reparation plan gets' under way another conference to consider further imitation of armaments and codification ot international law. " Addressing himself to possible oppo sition party issues, Mr. Coolldge re ferred to the question of honest gov ernment and replied that "the .govern- ment Is sound" and would prosecute wrongdoers fearlessly. He referred to a probable "discussion of liberal thought and progressive action" In the campaign and answered that' liberality in thought and progress in action is all well enough for the country, "but its greatest asset is. common sense." The address was devoted largely to a review of the accomplishments ot the administration during, the last four years, and contained a speclffe program for the future in which the President outlined his views in charac teristic short, pungent sentences. Detailing his . views, the President announced he favored: ' The principle of protection. The child labor amendment., , The permanent court of Interna tional justice. - Further Imitation ot armaments. Support by the government In en couraging American citizens and re sources to assist in restoring Europe, Enforcement of the prohibition laws. Specifically he declared opposition to any general extension ot govern ment ownership and control and to aggressive war. , . ( , Decrease In Mining of Cotton. Washington. Cotton consumed dur ing July totalled 346,671 bales of lint and 40,884 llnters, compared with 350,- 277 of lint and 39,583 of llnters In June, this year, and 462.664 of lint and 45,- 1933 of llnters In July, last' year, the Census Bureau announced. Cotton on hand July SI was held as follows: In consuming establishments: 719,- 827 bales ot lint and 100,640 of llnters, compared with 950.620 ot lint and 110,- 778 of linters on June 30, this yeaf, and 1.093,618 of lint and 127,138 . 61 Haters In Joly SI. last year. . .' : In public storage and at compresses 6t3,934.-bales or lint and 57,796 ot llnt ers, compared with 882,204 of lint and 69,742 of llnters on June 30, this year, and 938,903 of lint and 36,000 of llnters on July 31, last year. . Imports during July totaled 6,597 bales, compared with 13,641 In June, this year, and 6,356 ,ln July last year.1 Exports during July totaled 211,533 bales, including 8,906 bales of linters, compared with 230,979 including 13,- 831 of linters In June, this year, and 171.469 Including 3,661 of llnters in July, last year. A, ; Cotton splndleB active during July numbered 28,710,359, of which 15,392, 664 were in cotton growing States; c&mpared with 29,216,486, of which 15,- 582,726 were in cotton growing states. in June, this year. Red Cross Cables $100,000 to. China Washington. The American .Red Croft cabled $100,000 for the relief of victims of the floods sweeping sever al provinces of China. Chairman John Barton Payne ordered the aonation upon receipt of a" report transmitted through the State l. apartment, at the request of the Red Cross by Min ister Schurman at Peking. , Minister Schurman estimated that ten milllion persons are already af fected b ythe floods and that "$10,000, 000 willl be needed for relief work. Army Fight on Weevil Atlanta. . Gav, Intensive research work with -powerful poisons tor con taining the bold weevil will begin in about ten days at the Georgia experi ment station of the chemical welfare department of the. army, It wasvan- nounced here by Brlaagier Qen eral "Amos v Fries, chler -o Ithe ser vice, who survey p;fthe Griffin, sta tion. Kill Two In Bank Jobbery Seattle.Wa Miss ' Isadora Hall, vice-president of the Snoqualmie Val ley Bank at Tolt, was ordered to throw up her hands by three bandits at the teller's window ot the bank.. She obey ed then sheriff Matt Starwlch and six deputies arose from behind the. tel ler's counter and oredred the bandits to surrender. In the ensuing revol ver fight two "of the bandits, R C. Mar lone and Ted Lashe, were killed. ' The sheriff had been advised -of tie Lapend'.ng attempt to rob the ba&k. a Lr.. However, the Industry Was Not Very , , Profitable This Year At ML . oilVe '',!"' I Mount Olive. Truck-growing tot farmers in the Mount Olive territory wasn't very x profitable this, year, but is wasn't due to a short crop,- for re cently compiled statistics Indicate un usually large yields in most cases. Perhaps the chief causes of the sea son's unprofitableness this year were heavy rains at the wrong time and the old law of supply and demand large supplies from most ot thecountry'i truckng sections. But even with the low prices pre veSltng, the total , monetary return, on that shipped from here, was not insignificant approximately haH million dollars. ' ; , According to th-s figures gathered, quantifies of the various crops were substantially as follows:, 716 cars ot Irish potatoes, or 11J 950 barrels, which was nearly double last year's ylefd. . 73 cars ot beans, or 37,230 baskets, which was about , ten thousand mora than last year's yield. 402 cars of cucumbers, or 133,878 baskets, 8,194 barrels and 627 crates, about 100,000 crates more than last year's crop. v - , 80 cars ot strawberries, or 18,218 crates .nearly double last year's-production. v21 cars of cantaloupes, which, was considerably under last season's ship ments, due to poor prices, caused by poor quality, for which too much rain was responsible. . 13 cars of watermelons .about 15 cars less than last year, the produc tion and prices of which were affect ed in about the same manner as were cantaloupes. - . ' In addition to the above, there were also shipped about 1,000 crates of corn, 800 baskets of pepper, 800 baskets of squash, 300 crates of huckleberries .' , ; Altogether there were 1,322 cars of produce, totaling 330,045 packages. - N. , ' ' . ' To Check EpIdSmlo of Typhoid High Point. Typhoid has secured start In this city which Is being des cribed as approaching an epidemic. Sixteen cases have been reported in less than ten days and one death has occurred ,. . -. . i The local health authorities, have sought and secured . special' assist ance from the State Board to , fight the disease. Malcolm Lewis and Dr. C. N. SIsk, milk expert and health and sanitation expert, respectively, have come from Raleigh. not been fixed definitely, although a single dairy is under suspicion of having been the cause of eight, of, the 13 cases reported. This dairy was found to be using water from a con taminated, source according to the local health officers, "and was suspend ed in its sales for a day or two. How ever the suspension order was re scinded. - - Cotton Crop off Forty Per Cent Goldsbovo. "The cotton rop in North Carolina, according to my judge ment. Will be about sixty per cent of what it was last year said B. G. Thompson, one of the f best 1 posted m$n on the cotton crop situation1 to be found in the State. Mr. Thompson spent a great deal of time dur ing ( te . spring and early part ot the summer traveling all over the wtate for the purpose ot studying the cotton situation and he is considered by many of the large banking institutions in the north as authority on the subject. "I have been keeping a close watch on the cotton field ot this section," said. Mr. Thompson, "and; I find in most cases that .the late cotton in locations where the Water had not stood on the wAAt waiiI1 maVa tlia liaaff-nn fiv fnl ' The weevil has done practically no damage though there are a few fields where the punctured---squares have been found". ' , . Granville Man Heads Sheriffs Raleigh E. D. Hunt, of Granville 7 county, was' elected first president of the Sheriff's Association ofNorth Car olina wmcn was recognizeu nere ui .:-. meeting in the Wake County Court house at which the sheriffs ot 26 coun ties were present . w. ' , , r Tim association was formed largely through the efforts of Sheriff Hunt who called the meeting here after correspondence with the hundred sher iffs of the State. Amendment to the State Constitu tion' making the. terms of all county, officers a period ot tour years Instead of the present two years term was dis cussed and advocated ny tne new or ganization.. Plans were made to take ' up the matter with Dennis G. Brum- mlt, nominee for attorney general. and to solicit his aid in carrying the four year term Into the law of 'the State. - Growng Tobacco tin Dunn Dunn. The advent .of the boll wee vil has caused many Dunn district far mers to turn to tobacco growing. A number of farmers are trytas out the weed" for the first time this year. Most of these' have succeeded in pro ducing good crops of tobacco. B. O. Townsend, of Dunn, planted 35 acres. He . is curing the crr.i within the incorporate limits of punn. Ills barn Is something new and novel and has a capacity for hous ing 5.000 sticks of tobacco at cr.a
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