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Should Turn Over More
Cotton to Cooperattve
Association; Will Lead
To Higher Prices For
TiieStapie.
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The Cotton Growers' Association Is
OssfcaBy sound. It has proven that
it is anperier to the old system by its!
success over a -period of four years,
during which time it has overcome
.. many obstacles, and in spite of the
\ handicap* baa nearly doubled its busi
ness over and above that of the first
year.
New, I am a believer in co-opera-j
tion from the ground up. I believe
that cooperative marketing of cotton
can be made to secure for fanners
better price* and larger profits than
they have bees getting. Cooperation
cannot work- miracles however. It has
nothing magic about it. It is only a
plain business preposition?just an
other, and a better w*ay of getting the
things the fanner raises into the
hands of the man who is. to assume
them. _
Just as the small eotton plant must
be fertilised and weB cultivated in
order for it, to produce a good yield,
so must the cooperative eotton asso
ciation be fed cotton on which te hvc,
and from which to sboWits many
advantages over the old system.
.Cotton farmers in great numbers
have, scfcmed this last year or so to
be dreaming of a day when a profit
, paying price for cotton would be se-|
on their part. The sootier they wake
fro their dreaming the better it wilT
n system of orderly marketing. This
is an tdM farmers cannot too quickly
nor too firmly
fc* there.
As I said in the beginning the N. C.
Cotton Association is basically sound.
stronger to4by than it spa ever bora
But, Wbksi/tt* farmers realise tlu
necessity for the organization, put
their shoulders to the wheel and push
it can sever render the big service 01
?1nmfttebh'. as it IgOW
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? assuredly can do if the farmers will
Kalet*h, Oct. 14.?WinWr Iks just 1
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psntnp suti j^|
, lipplg af canned fruit and segaUbksB
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"On Trial" I
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?Ls U? picture Ci - Aua? .
- j&Phers&r., Los Angeke Kyaagel- s
i* ii the center of dramatic Ja
tvuit ecUoitf. Mrs. McPherson
she was abducted, but ?u
;ho.;tiee seek to Jink her .recent *
disappearance with Kenneth Orm- v
istoc, former radio operator, in her J
Ana?lu* Temple* 3
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FOUNTAIN NEWS NOTES
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The Pitt County Alumnae Chapter ^
of Teachers College was entertained j;
Saturday afternoon, October at j j,
the home of Mrs. ?eo. W. Jelfferson.
After an informal business meeting, s
progressive bridge was played. The j
high score was won by Mrs. J. A. $
Mercer. At six o'clock Mrs. Jeffer
son served a buffet supper, assisted )
by Mesdames Hardy Johnson and Cart \
Gay. y-j
Mesdames J. M. Horton, B. L. ??
Stokes and M. K Smith, Misses Burk
head and Smith, went to Greenville }
"Saturday to place the exhibit from
Fountain School and community.
Mesdames E. B. Beasley and C. M.
Smith attended the Baptist Associa- ]
tion at Bethel last Tuesday.
A. number of Fountain people-at
tended the Association at the Meadow
lost Saturday, Sunday mid Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. M, D. Yelverton and
family spent last Sunday - afternoon
in Walstenburg.
-Mies Daphne Owens, who is teach
Mesdames J. M. Horton and H. F.'
Owens, Misses Burkbead and Smith,
went to Wilson shopping Tuesday.
Miss Yetna Owens, who is teaching
near Grifton, spent last week end at
. her home in Fountain.
4 Bev. L. C. Campbell attended the
1 synod at Bed Springs last week.
Mesdames G. W. Jefferson jrnd Carl
* Gay went to Wilson Monday.
Mrs. Arthur Hoiloman spent last
week with relatives near Saratoga. -
t Parent-Teachers Hold Fair
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? The Parent-leacaeis A^iMUUU I
lad a most interesting: Community
Pair on October 8th. The parents
?nd people of the .community *s a
Bhole responded beautifully apd ex
hibited a wonderful spirit of ra
fton in order to make, it a success.
Bhte exhibits were' very good. Two
Booms were completely filled with I
Bans and garden products of vxrfoua 9
Binds, sixty-one varieties having been I
Brought in by Mr. J. C. Parker. The I
Bancy work was unusually interesting!
Bis there-was lots of work exhibited!
Bvhich was very, very "old; having!
Bbeen handed down from generation!
?to generation since the Civil_ War I
?The canning department feceiyed.quit-l
Ba bit of praise and comment, as there!
?were at least 2ob jars and cans of I
?fruit and' vegetables exhibited which!
? made a very good display.Quite afl
Blot of beautiful patted.plants and cutB
Baowm? wyre also on exhibit, and last*
Bbut not teasV the sewing club had aB
Bvary attractive display of lamp-shades!
? and* fans and dresses and many otheifl
? .. . ,iv ? 'T" .JE- ? ?.';?
?garments which they had made. '$$?
? department received, more cojnmenlfl
?and praise by the Judges than did th?fl
? exhibit of the Chib Girts. Tlw-.ladteffl
? of timr itereirt-Teache^ AssociatioiB
? sold refreshments on which they reaiB
?bed $75.00, which will 1? used ;tbB
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TARMVILLE, PIT^vu
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'unerol Services Con
ducted Tuesday After
noon, Followed by In
terment ; .g
Greenville, Oct. 14th.?Mrs- M- D,
asaiter died at her home on Die*?-,
m Avenue last night at nine odoefc*
Nar a short Illness. .
Mrs. Lassiter, nee Miss P*r?ah
eaman, Was born June -S, l^r .
reene county. She was nuirrtjd^n
?v.mher to, tm
fethodist church ?My W **!
y* a faithful member of Jarvis
iwal Methodist church at the time
r her death. n
Funeral services ??? 5
le home this aftemoon at 3.30 1st
ev. L. ft Jones, and mterment fol
ded in the new ceihWary.
;She la survived by luu husband.-one
in. a sLcter, Mrs. Hornet Gay thrW
rtthers, Rom, D. T? ?d
fn P
The active pall beprers wer ? - ?
(arrow. Berry - Bosfcc W J.
? tl. Smith, la W. Tuekerf>rJ~
Imith, Simon Moye and P. L. Good
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jViLtlSROY4,000
CASES OF LIQUOR.
darehal Ward Leaves
To Execute Orders of
<EmmaV Cargo.
KaWgh,' Oct- 14*.?-United
it W. Wora left last
Kington where on Friday, he wilt
SSy thl
JhiTfrem the custody- of S. C. Mc
STSloctor of the Port of W.1
""uritoi States Attorney l"'" f
Tucker will be on hand for 9g?*S|
vation of evidence in e?"necS'
the cargo, which consists ofl?0
champagne, the remamder bern
fine whiskies.
"We expect to take two days to d<
istroy the liquor and will get all of it,
said Mr. Ward.
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he thing: that surprises me alhthe
;hne is that the farmers are able to
?efc on as well as they do. With the
ligh tariff beneficiaries getting them
hard from one angler with the trusts
and combinations'hitting them below
the belt and everywhere else^wikh
Wall Street controlling their credits,
with the railroads sticking hoping.
ThTey work long hours, and they plug
and scheme and pldd.but they abso
lutely refuse to think, most of them,
when it comes to voting. Roll this
round in your mind, Mr. Farmer, and
??? if I'm not right.
State Repprtfor MontM
on the three to
cent higher than^in 1925. The aver
||e price wis $23.80 per 100 pounds
I compared with' $1?.40 per hundred
pounds last year, while the total sates,
riot including, resales, were 72,859,038
pounds for tlie mdnth compared with
72,000,329 pounds in the same period
The report on sales was made pub
lic last night by Frank Parker, crop
statistician of th^ Department of Ag
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,>^reacpjrf salesrwtere reported-from
the new-bright belt and also -the high
est prices' were paid there when com
pare^ with the other two belts.
Following are the sales bylbelt and
average price:
I ~\ New bright bei^ 55,209^44 -pounds
at $25.14 per hundred.
South Carolina belt, ^4,066,465 lbi
at $23.76 per hunted.'
Old bright beltfcihSgS^ pounda ^
$23.99 per hundred.
jj Eliminate 83 Grade
I R^<lou^i>I)isWd
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Raleigh,Oct. 14.?Through the' fn^
[ gram of elimination of grade crosi
ings, the State Highway Commissic
has retluced the total number of su<
k f ti At i&L&a
crossing existing in the iourtn iuicn-:
way district in 1921 from l2o to S7.
During the past five years a total
of 83 grade crossings have been elim
inated, either through the re-location
of highways, erection of overhead
bridges or under-passes. The records
show that ?5 crossings liave been re
moved as a source of danger to the
traveling public through the change
in^oute of highways; six bjr the,erec
tion of overhead bridges, and 12 by
under-passes. An average of 17 cross
ings have, been elj^dnated each year
for the past ftro years.
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Caj Get Money. '"Ml
Washington, D. C.,-Oci 14.?SoUi- j
tion of the cotton price problem is J
believed by Secretary Mellon to bej
aseured in the aggressive attitude of!
southern business leader^. - I
It was reiterated at the treas^K?
today that there will be no difficulty [r?
so far as credit is concerned- tor the - j
orderly marketing of the record crop. I
I 'Federal Reserve banks in the south *
were said to be in. excellent.opndition ?
and the intermediate credit banks I
hanks were reported ready to jnect f
demands. *
Warehouses and other storage facil- *m
ities and other requirements for the s I
marketing are tlie immediate demand kJ
and in this respect the secretary un- 3
derstands the conditions are mucmp
i prnar than in 192r..i r* ' ... ?
| AshevUle^Getting
ft-' Queen of Ronmania.
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4 Ashevdle, Oct." 1#.?-Plans for the
- entertainment of rQneon Marie, of
? Itoumanla, on her forthcoming visit 4
to Asheville, N. C.f mountain resor^ g
: city, are temg twh \
The royftl party probably ififl be f
entertainedat Grove Park Inn., ac- {
Hpqiof Qntfptf l-i
'Miller skid ^? rt^ ?*? F,
; Mugfoat Farm Ini I
I f#v f *- SofHi Bjtrollha. *
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. L a resident of Stanford, Conn., has
* jix pressed his desire to eo in$?m North
| Carolina and start a muskraf farm.
>- He recently wrote Henry M.^London,
*- j State Legislative Reference librarian,
?nj at Raleigh, asking for information
!li{ibottt itate Iaifrs1 governing such a
He did not state in his message just'
what part of the state he wished to
establish -such k farm,- bnt\werelyi
asked-for conditions m general suit
able to a project of this nature/
Mr. London answered him by quat'
ing from the state law covering hunt
ing fur-hearing animals. At the same
time he expressed the opinion that
his answer would probably see the end
of the proposed new industry, as the
sthte law on fur-bearing animals re
quires residence in the State for two |
| years prior to making the first Bag.
I NOTHING COULD BE SUCKER By A, A chaw f
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^^aS?fiUrt^ dfoblu^F** ^
Four Million Bales of J
I Present Crop Only Sal
I vation for Farmers. I
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?^emphis, Tenn., Oct 14.?A pUui J
^L.'' fclii. ''J. ?*?? '? - -*- - '? J, - ,.., , ? | " i* A J * ??
y trie conrerence or representauyes ?
i itc
general committee? in each state. I
Tl
aaae up -.ox ous bunkers. ?. mctffiiUPv^i
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mg this, year's .surplus, fhis with- ?
Jrawal ? must bo. accompanied by <a 1
reasonable reduction in the crop for ?
I
withdraw their cotton from- the-mar
g Financial 4nstit*iions,: both govern- I
mental and private, were invited to
I redudfrm next yea^o^SjfS^Sn
| The Convention subscribed a fund n
If approximately $8,500.00 to" pay the ?J
os'tj,of;5preli?|h|ar|! Wprk. in setting ^
he withdrawal movement into action
Ind for organizing the credit re- c|
lources-if -the South for handling the I
I urplus* cotton. Declining to t^e I
I wsitive-action toward legislative eh- =.
rctrtenttoMnsure reduced^rodoction; U
he conference referred this matter II
governors of the various states, j
^fcmr^ittee wniposeh of br. Taft 9
Butler, of Memphis, as chairman; B. J
W.J. W. I
Growers'. Co-operative Association, I
was wins! headquarters of the as?o- I
ciationat Raleigh Monday bythe t*4d- I
era I Intermediate Credit Bank of Co- I
ilumbia, S. C. ? |
l> It has been suggested that the ctf- I
operative association be used a* an
l
I thought that the extension of^|jpl
fewi GBS?Tf'WMhi^^a^
ITwas also in Raleigh Mortday in con
ference with officials of the oo-opexn-1
ae-sociatior. In regajds Jo .a linei
of^mjit f^ftnancu^he^o^tio^M
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Vfany Stirring Address
es Featured Meeting
Held at Belhaven; Six
teenth Division Gets
aig-h Honor,
teJhavrrj, Oct l i.?Featured by ad
sses by Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva,
,te President; Mrs. E. H. WiJliarr.
i, of Fayette ville, second vice presi
tt; and State chairman of districts,
i Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, of Farm ville,
isident of this district, the district
the State Federation of Women's .
ibs convened at Belhaven at iteji
lock this morning in the Christian
ireh.
An address of welcome was made
. Mrs.? W, J.. Ju .tis, of Belhaven
Oman's Club, with a response by
ft V, A. Ward, of RobersopvUle..
e present officers, Mrs. J: M. Hob
od, president, and Mrs. W. E. Willis,
sretary, -were unanimously elected.
District Wins Jewel.
Undef Mrs. Hobgood's able aod'en
usiastic leadership this district won
e jewel' given" each year /or the
rgest number of new uubs organ
id, eight in this district arid one in
other haying been added to the>oll
the past club year.
Music was furnished by a tejjire
ntative of the\ Windsor ehorail club
is being" an annual feature an the
ttsima. wjp. a .man, member, Mr.
itchell,cwho.sang delightfully "If J
new J'd Find. You.", Counties r^?
i^entetl in this dictrict are Bertie,
louforfc ?*&' Martin Pitt, T^ll
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ad literary dub, Farmyill*; Fiuptaitt
oman's dub, Farm ville p stent-teach
rs' association,Aurora woman's dub,
IreenviUe woman's club and end of
he century club, Greenville/ Plymouth
"hursday afternoon literary club, the
iobersorivttl.e woman's dub anil book
overs' club, Washington wonlftn'a
lub.^filialnston woman's dub, Wind
er woman's club and choral dub,
I7interyille Woman's dub'/ Washing
on county, copneil and the federated
ienie demonstration clubs of the dis
rict.
Miss \ iolet Aiexunnci, ui n wno??p^
>n, heme demonstration agent, of
eaufort county, reported the "Work
f the latter, her report being one of
te significant features of the meeting.
As always, Mother Cotton was wel
amed Ipvingly in her home district.
Stresses Legislative Program. ' _
Mrs. E. L. McKee, state president, ?
tressed the five measures of kgiS2
itive program, Australian ballot, law
imiting employment of children, ea
ablishment of a farm- home for -wom
iQ other than those, received at ;Sam- ?
ireand, law. requiring two weeks no
ice before marriage and talking over
ly the State of the, reformatory for
fegro girls at Efiand.
She urged women to stand stead
fastly and fearlessly behind tSe State
3oard of Charities and Public Welfare
'or upon its success more than' upon
my one thing else the kind of ,place
Vorth Carolina is going to be depends.
Mrs. E. H. Williamson, of Fayetto
dtle, in a witty, yet thoughtful, speech' I
urged the elub women to use the full
woman power of the State. She-want
ed them to be like .gasoline she saw
advertisejV^Full -of Eager Energy"
and said Bhio often, wondered what God
thinks when He holes down and sees I
what wome>< do with their power and
thafc*i3ub is aihte in which the
Christian woman of the State can
use its pdwer. - '
Reports of officers, both State and I
ktdaL showed a vast amount of eon* - I
structive worfc inlander was cEosea
st the next meeting place. The meet
ing adjqvriwd'tb tbe.paviflion where
local women, directed by Kes. Dave
; Blount .and Mrs. J. M. Bynum, served
a delicious picnic
injf tl?-'ilr^'.v^k.i}|.oi>6raU6n *t the
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i according to ngurw presented lues