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VOL. TWENTY-FIVE FABMVILLE; PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1934 NUMBER THIRTEEN
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Opposing Camps Voice
Pleasure at Leaf Prices
1
Hutson and Williams
Both Express Their
Satisfaction; Former
Sees Average Well
Above Parity
Washington, Aug. 2.?Complete
satisfaction over the prices paid for
leaf tobacco at the opening of the
flue-cured tobacco markets in Geor
gia was expressed from two very
different sources today.
J. B. Hutson, chief of the tobacco
section of the AAA and S. Clay
Williams, an official for the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., and spokes
man for all the tobacco companies,
deadlocked last week on the ques
tion of a marketing agreement for
the 1931 crop of flue-cured tobacco
and a hearing on the question last
week ended in a sharp clash between
the two.
But both were in complete agree
ment today in interpreting the open
ing prices paid on the Georgia mar
ket as indicative of satisfactory
prices for the entire 1934 flue-cured
crop.
"Our figures are incomplete, but
the figures we have are sufficient
to show that an average of between
21 and 24 cents was paid on the
opening day as compared with an
average price of 11.3 cents for the
entire 1933 crop of Georgia tobacco,"
said Mr. Hutson.
"These prices are very satisfac
tory and indicate that the 1934 crop
will sell well above parity and will
bring as much as the larger 1933
crop," he continued.
"I am highly gratified to learn
from the press that the market
seems to have opened on a basis in
dicating that the flue-cured crop is
going to bring satisfactory prices,"
said Mr. Williams.
Other Developments.
There were two other important
developments in the tobacco situa
tion today. i
It was reliably learned that the
AAA has worked out a plan where
by cooperating farmers growing <
less tobacco than they are entitled
to sell tax free under the Kerr
Smith bill may use their excess
warrants to sell the excess tobacco '
of other cooperating growers. An
official announcement of this plan is <
expected shortly.
The Kerr-Smith bill imposes a
tax of 25 per cent on the market
cost of the tobacco. The trading
arrangement will not be open to
non-cooperating growers, but will
be advantageous to cooperating
growers who because of weather or
other conditions have raised less
than their quotas and will also be
advantageous to those who have
raised more than their quotas, since
the latter group will have to pay
for the use of tax-exempt warrants,
but presumably will pay consider
ably less than the rate of the tax.
It was also learned today that the
tax plan offered by Mr.- Hutson in
a speech at Raleigh yesterday was
far from the plan of one man.
"I don't remember," was the smil
ing reply of - Mr. Hutson when he
was asked if he had submitted the
plan to Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace before offering it
in his Raleigh speech.
Exactly the same reply was mado
to another question as to whether
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Cotton Tax
Blanks Here
Exemption Blanks To
B e Distributed B y
Committeemen
GreenviH* Aug. 3.?We are in
formed by County Agent Arnold that
under the Bankhead Act all cotton
groweta who wish to sell tax free.cot
ton most make formal application
for allotments and tax exemption
certificates. Blanks for this purpose
will he in the hands of local commit
teemen in each township on Thurs
day morning, August 2, and there
after for a period of on? week, mad
rig August 8. No time extension
will he made. Those interested are
requested to call on their commit
tee promptly at the usual place of
meeting and funtiah the required
sad tax exemption certificates must
be made and placed in the hands of
the growers before ginning can be
jl gin. P r * ~ s.;-;;*! I
? wiU he necessary that all baaks,
lend banks, absentee landlords, in
?*
ratiqas which expect to hare an
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Farraville
Playground Is
Thrown Op
?
Good Enrollment Re- i
ported Both At Farm
ville and Ayden First
of Week ;,
(By Mrs. Eugene Robeson)
The Farmville Playground opened 1
on Monday morning with an enroll
ment of 59 children, ages 5 to 12 -
years, Miss Vivian Case, director of 1
FarmviHe, reported. As the 3ge lint- 1
it is now to be extended to from, four 1
to fourteen years of age, it was ex- j
pec ted that the enrollment would be 1
doubled in a very short time.
Farmville has the same instruc- J
tors, the same playground site and ]
practically the same chilldren, so the
work was organized quickly and the i
children are giving a play on Fri- 1
day morning, August S, "Hans Who *
Made the Princess Laugh," to which 1
they expect to invite the public. s
The folk games and dance hours 2
and story hours have been started, '
and the children are already enjoy- 1
ing supervised recreation hours. (
The Ayden " playground opened 1
Monday and by Tuesday the regis- 1
tration had reached 53 children, 1
Mrs. Sally Evans, director, reported. c
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case can ciuds were orgamzea, story
hours held, and the senior girls have 1
organized their Dramatic Club and
are working on Cinderella for their
first public performance.
Mrs. B. L. Ross, director of the
Greenville playground, reports an
added roll on Tuesday of 53 new
members, which brings the total on
the Greenville playgrounds to 203
children which are composed of 25
pre-school children, 90 children from *
the 1, 2, 3, and 4th grades, and 90 c
children from 5, 6, 7 and 8th grades. J
As the recreation park has not
been thoroughly cleaned from poison (
vines, rubbish, etc., an the work is ^
not able to organize as it will be
by the end of the week, however the *
children are thoroughly enjoying the 1
lovely sand beds, the seesaws, the J
story hours and the folk games and .
music hours. These latter are held
in the High School auditorium. ?
_ All of the children are showing *
much interest and entering whole
heartedly into the opportunities giv
en them by the Welfare Department .
and the City Fathers in each com- '
m unity. ?
The merchants have co-operated
wonderfully in helping with the
equipment for the playgrounds, and
shortly a full list of donations will
be printed. j
Greenville and Ayden picture v
shows are- giving a number of tick- f
ets each week for. good sportsman- a
ship, eye on the playgrounds, and r
there will be swimming pool tickets
fcfr those who have the best attend- j
ance, best cooperation and who con- ^
form to the playground rules and
enter into the activities or other- L
wise are the best playground sports t
each week. ' These tickets will be [J
Jven in Parmvifle this week sad to }
Greenville and Ayden children for .
the Greenville swimming^ post* as j
soon as opened. ""
The playground staff are hoping ^
that the people of Ayden will soon
get together and open .the lovely j
swimming pool in Ayden, now lying
idle 90 that the children there may,.
too, enjoy this healthful recreation
at home.
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It is indeed gratifying to know t
that already over 300 of the F^itt. ^
County . children are enjoying out- }
door, supervised play and it is- hoped ,
that very Soon even more' will take
advantage of health-giving, -charac- (
ter-building recreation and soon ail j
of the children may have the privi
lege of taking part j
Again please let it be known- that L
all white children, in or' near these e
three towns are cordially invited to ^
become a part of the Pitt County }
Playground Association.
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Notes: Attendance for the first j
five days at the Farmville playground \
baa averaged 63, and. a -swim in the 1
Municipal pool will mark each En- \
;
to the standard of conduct. i
. Reports, dealing with the opening 3
cud progress of the first week, from ;
. g.jf ^
ranging from 6 to 14, assemblid ott
July 30, at the Farmville school, for
the opening of the local playground
which will continue to meet here for
Early Opening To Promote More
Onterty Marketing of Tobacco
Crop In This Section
Marked By Quality;
Parity Price Chief
Concern
A more orderly marketing of to
bacco as a result of a longer selling
period, together with the opportuni
ty extended for better handling ofi
the weed, conducive to the production
of a finer quality, are among the
benefits expected from the early I
opening of the garkets this year, as I
well as to provide a means whereby!
farmers, who have some of their
weed ready to place on sale, may ob
tain some ready cash.
Sales wiU doubtless be on a re
stricted basis in some belts during I
the first and second weeks foUowing I
th opening, since marketing will
probably be comparatively light, but
planters are being assured by those!
in official positions, both government I
ind manufacturing, that buyers will
je kept on the market until the crop
is sold.
Warehouses here are being com-l
pletely renovated; the floors are be-J
ng cleaned and marked, scales test-j
:d, trucks and baskets repaired or
replaced, and everything put into
shape for the growers when they ar-1
?ive with their weed for the opening
>s August 23, for the FarmviUe
narket is anticipating another sue- j
ressful season, and expects to hold
ts record not only of high averages
>ut of paramount marketing condi
ions and courteous dealings with
,'ustomers.
The warehousemen, themselves, I
ire quite busy, spending nearly every
lay in the country now, calling on I
heir customers, and advising them
hat the same three warehouses,
Monk's, Knott's and Planter's, which
lave put this market on the map in
Eastern Carolina and kept it there,
ixed and steadfast, will be ready to
terve them again this season.
Crops in this section at the pres
ent time, point favorably to an ex
:eptional product as to quality, and
dnce the reports of "checkers" of
;obacco acreage reveal that the grow
:rs, instead of "chiseling" have ac
;ually cut their crops some more
ban was necessary, due in part to
>eal in cooperation wiwh the goveni
nent as well as to inadequate ex
jerience in measuring, and have met
he terms of the AAA fully, they
lave every right to expect a fair
ind square deal in the matter of
) rices.
Governor Ehringhaus, in empha
J- ll
sizing the fact that a price of 22c a J
pound for tobacco this year, is not
enough to carry on the recovery pro
gram in the tobacco belts, presses
the point that manufacturers must
pay at least 25c a pound, and a pari
ty of 27 to 30 cents is regarded as a
true" parity, if parity prices are to
mean prices in terms of buying pow- A
er, as everything the farmer buys h
has greatly increased in value.
The growers should, and doubtless ^
will, demand a fair share of the im- j
mense profits of the industry this
year. * . - li
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Deputy Harris (
Victim Of Knife '
In Hands of Negro b
Greenville, July 81.?Deputy Sher- r
iff Herbert Harris, who was danger
ously injured when attacked by a 1
negro man named Jesse Dudley early '
Sunday morning near Farmville, was 1
reported today as resting comforta
bly as possible at Pitt Community
hospital. Mr. Harris suffered knife r
wounds which necessitated more than
a hundred stitches, it was reported, r
A widespread search is under way 1
for the negro, who is said to reside r
in Greenville.
Deputy Harris received a tele
phone chll Saturday night at 12:00 b
o'clock requesting him to investigate H
an automobile wreck up the Farm- jc
ville road. He did as requested but "
found no wreck. However, he heard M
a negro cursing a negress named *
Ella Armstrong at the side of the
road. |n
The officer stopped to investigate *
the disturbance and when he attempt-1
ed tc arrest Dudley, the latter slash- s
ed Harris several times with a knife, e
inflicting wounds on the face, neck, t
arms, chest and back. ^
Sheriff Harris had left his gun e
locked in the car and was unable to d
reach it when the negro viciously
swinging the knife, prevented the of
ficer from reaching the machine.
Leaving the officer streaming with c
blood, the negro escaped to the woods p
and no word as to his whereabouts n
had been received up to press time. c
Harris climbed into his car and F
drove to Farmville where fie was im
mediately rushed to the local hospi- tl
tal where considerable time was re- o
quired in closing the wounds. li
Sheriffs officers said the Arm- n
strong woman, who was later ques
tioned, identified the negro as Jesse a
Dudley. - b
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Official Announcement
From A.A.A On Tobacco
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I Washington, Aug. 1.?Domestic
myers of' flue-cured tobacco, who
vere unwilling Friday to enter into
B marketing agreement for the 1934
Bcaaon will have an opportunity to
nake certan on the markets their
nrediction thai flue-cured prices will '
Be above parity, the Agricultural
Btdministration announced today.
I The buyers' agreement that the
Blue-cured situation is such that an '
Bverage above parity will be main- 1
aii.ed this season even .without an
Bgrsament was reiterated at a con
ference Friday attended by growers, ?
Bayers and officials of the Agricul- '
feral Adjustment Administration's
obacco section. The view that an *
agreement ? is necessary was first
sxpreesed Tuesday at a conference
Bf buyers with tobacco section offi- '
Bala. The buyers contended an
agreement would woric hardships on j
Borne companies and that a competi
ive market, with a reduced crop,
vould mean a parity price for far- 1
ners without the machinery of a 1
I J B. Hutson, chief of the tobac- I
:o section, and virtually all of the 1
'armers from the Carolina?, Vir- 1
jinia and Georgia who attended the I
inference agreed that prospects for 1
satisfactory prices this season are a
rrnch brighter but they contended a 1
narketing agreement with a mini- 11
num average price would mean a ?
aofiOv orderly marketing of the crop. ?
rhey. pointed out that flue-cured I
powers, by signing production ad- I
juetment contracts, had lived up Fo I
their agreement, to reduce produe- I
^ledt^Sb^ltAto^deriv- I
ed from a, marketing, ^agreement
similar to the one in effect for part
their. position that an agreement Is
iiizi6C66SBry
nent there was no need to discuss ^
ts possible terms. The-draft of the
jroposed agreement contains & sec- ^
ion providing for a minimum price
vhich was-to have been agreed up
m at the conference. It also in
cluded a section designed to fix the F
tumber of pounds each company 8
vould agree to buy. r
At the conclusion of the confer- 1
ntce the attitude of the buyers was
summed up in these words:
"It is the individual judgment of n
he different companies that the e
:urrent crop of tobacco will sell n
ibove a parity price and therefore 1
ve see no need for a marketing
igreement"
In answer to a question by Claude
T. Hall of Woodsville, N. C., presi- v
lent of.the North Carolina Tobacco
Growers' Advisory Committee, S..,j
Clay Williams of the B. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company said "parity is
igured right now at between 18 a
and 19 cents a pound." He em
ihasized that he did not mean any 8
larity "that might be anticipated." ?
Mr. Hutson explained that if prices
ft commodities farmers buy con- t
inue to advance during the next t
12 months at a rate equal to that
>f the last 12 months, parity price .
for the 1934 crop will bo above 20
:ents a pound. He furtLor indicate
id that over a long period there had a
lot been a great deal of difference
>etween the returns from a large 0
rop and those from a small crop ^
and that if the income from the j
934 crop was to be more than the <
income from 1938 crop, a price f
above 22 cents a pound would be* re
qutoedi r
^ ^h6"e^ent ^
to be coordinated, under the plan I
outlined by^Lawson, so that they may i
resolution urging that a market- x
lg agreement be established. . It al- 1
o contained a provision "That in tlfc
vent the nymufacturers and th?5
uyers are not able or willing "te
nter in a marketing agreement at T
his time, the markets be- permitted *
o open and that , if prices oh the 1
larkets are not satisfactory furth- *
t i consideration, be given, to a mar- 1
til}- agreemnt. - 1
??'Tk2 resolution wa drawn up by ?
committee composed of Mr. Law
on, Mr. Hall and Mr. J. A. Brown t
f Chadbourne, N. C? Mr. J. H. f
Whitehead;, of Chatham, Vas> aha \
Ir. E," P. Bowen, Jr., of Tifton, Ga. j
'hese men acted as principal spokes- *
len for the growers present as well 1
a the.thousands of growers they
epresented.
Representatives of domestic man- 6
ifacturing companies present were 1
V. W. Flowers of Liggett and My- t
rs Tobacco Company; H. M. Robert- c
on, T. Mi Anderson and C. Q. Gro- J
rory of Brown and Williams
'obacco Company; S. Clay Williams
f R. J. Reynolds Tobaoco Cony>any; .
I. E. Cabe and W. T. Reed, Jr., of i
iarus and Brother Company; Sher-. J
rood E. Silliman of the American 1
tobacco Company, mid J. B. Kuhn (
>f Philip Morris Company, Ltd., Inc., i
Pres. Paul Von
HinMnrgM
Former Leader of Ger
man Armies in World
War Succumbs To Ill
ness Thursday
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Berlin, Aug. 2.?President Paul
fon Hindenburg died today and with
n seven hours Chancellor Hitler had 1
rucceeded him and ordered a nation
vide presidential plebiscite to be
leld August 19.
Also within that seven hours was
'ormulated a new oath by which the
?eichwehr?the standing army of
Germany?will pledge its allegiance/
o Hitler.
Von Hindenburg died in his 87th I
'ear at 9 a, m. .(Germany Time) in '
ris country mansion at Neudeck, j
Dast Prussia. . i
Also simultaneously with the' an*
louncement of his death came the I'
mnouncement that the office ofj'
hancellor and the presidency had I'
?een merged. t
Any doubt as to what position J
he reichwehr, long faithful to Von
lindenburg, might take was dispell-11
id at least temporarily by the Min-lj
ster of War who announced that
he army would take the new oath. I
<
Paris, Aug. 2.?France has sent I j
ler condolence to Germany to-day I
or the deatii of President Von Hin-1 (
lenburg whose passing, may mean (
ouch to this country and an official ^
[escribed his death as a- threat to I t
European peace.
President Albert Lebrun and Pre-1
oier Gaston Doumergue telegraphed
litler expression of sympathy.
Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister, It
ent a message to- the German For- }
ign Minister. Doumergue and Bar-1 (
hou sent aids to the German eni-l(
iassy to deliver personal condol- ,
nces on the death of the man who
[irected Germany troops advances i (
tito France during the World War. |j
London, Aug. 2.?Sincere grief and j t
onsiderable apprehension over the
olitical future of Germany wash
aanifested in high governmental I (
ircles today after the death of h
'resident Paul von Hindenburg.
Even during the World War when L
he so-called Hindenburg "pill boxes" L
n the Belgiah coast menaced Eng- (
and all Britain held the German |t
lilitary leader in great respect. |r
Since then he had been regarded
s the chief stabilizing force for|j
oth republictans and Hiterlites in 1
lermany. i
King George was abroad the roy- L
1 yatch at Cowes when he was no
Ified of the passing of Von Hinden- c
urg. A message of sympathy from t
he king was sent to the president's c
on instead of to Chancellor Hitler. I j
ifficial sources explained this was j
ecause there had been no official
otification that Hitler had assumed t
he presidency. t
t
The rasberry project of the lower
iedmont is making excellent pro
ress. Those who planted this spring
eport strong growth of new canes
or next season's crop.
More than 200 Orange County far
lers recently met to discuss rural
lectrification in the county and to v
lake plans for obtaining current in
3 communities.
Wilkes County farmers report a
;ood flow of sourwood .nectar, a t
ronderful corn crop, and plana for j
igging more trench. silos to'aid the
airy industry. t
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Stale is BelM
Farmers States
Gov^EhriRgheus
Governor Intimates Ac
tion MayBe Forthcom-1
ing In View of Tobacco (
Situation
Raleigh, Aug. 1.?Governor Ehr
inghaua told North Carolina farmers '
last night that the State administra- 1
tion is behind them in their battle to 1
restore agriculture to its rightful
place as a business and an industry.
The administration realizes, he '
said, that prosperity cannot be re- 1
stored generally until agriculture is 1
placed back on its feet, with the 1
Farmer getting a square deal from
ilL
The Governor spoke to farm 1
men and women attending Farm *
md Home week at State College. 1
FJis address concluded a series of 1
.alka last night by agricultural and 1
educational leaders of the State. 1
The Farm and Home Week enters 1
its thiTd day today with a full pro- *
gram. Tobacco and cotton grow- 1
era will hear heads of their AAA
departments in the morning, and <
chis afternoon the final event in the 1
State dairymen held their annual ?
neeting yesterday. J
If tobacco does not bring a fair '
irice this year, the governor prom
sed, the administration will. take J
iction to see that the prices are '
?aised. Something may be neces- 1
:ary, he intimated, since the buyers 1
lid not sign the marketing agree- <
nent this year.
He expressed hope that the State !
:an do something soon to help the ?
[rish potato growers, who have ex- 1
>erienced difficufty with congested
narkets and low prices. '
"The price of fertilizer is entire- <
y too high," he declared. "It must <
:ome down. Freight rates are too
ligh, they must come down." ?
He said that agriculture and in- {
lustry cannot strike a fair balance I
is long as industrial employes re- 1
:eive wages of $14 a week while
he farmer hardly gets that much a *
nonth. (
Rural electrification is another *
mportant factor in the rural re
labilitation of the State, he said in
nentioning the electrification pro- 1
jram now under way. (
Dr. Frank P. Graham, president (
)f the University of North Carolina, 1
old the farmers last night that the 1
lay is passing^ when they must bar- '
fain alone against organized cor- 1
lorations and marketing agencies.
"The farmers of America are on '
?he march," he declared, "because
hey have- organized for coopera
tion. , , Organization and edu- ^
:ation will mean the emancipation r
if the farmer from economic slav- 1
>ry."
He singled out the organization
>f the Farmers' Cooperation ex
change as the biggest agricultural
ichievement of the year.
The failure of the State to make
iny direct appropriations for agri
cultural research was deplored By
)r. Graham, who said that in Wis- ]
cons in the money spent on experi
nent station work has been worth
nore financially to the farmers
here than all the money appro
)riated to the State College.
Mrs. Gordon .Reidr president of
he State Federation of Home Dem- j
>nstration Clubs, urged the club !
vomen to go into politics_ to pro
note the advancement of club work. !
'Vote for the map who is for club
vork," she requested.
Dr. William Moore, state veteri- j
lariari, spoke in place of W. A. ,
Jreham, State Commissioner of Ag
riculture, who was unable to take 1
us part on the program. He told *
if the' work the department of
ignculture hap .been doing in the !
eradication of cattle disease. "
Col. John W. Harrelson, adminis- C
rative dean of State College, who \
'poke first on tfce program, stated
hat the recent plight of agriculture
lad its beginning when farmers J
>egan to. strip the timber from their ,
and. ;'v:'r "? - "
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The best farming fand growing j
eason in years is reported by far- j
ners of Alleghany Count}' who say c
hey will produce the biggest crop c
if Irish potatoes in five years.
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MISS RUMLEY HOSTESS r
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A delightful affair" of the week i
vae a swimming party at which Miss 1
ilary .Louise Rumley was hostess,
;o thirty friends, honoring her house <
niest, Miss Carolyn Riddick, of Hert- (
cord. After swimming, a water- t
nelbn slicing was enjoyed at the t
tfuniciual Pooh c
Tobacco ts Good on
The Georgia Markets
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Prices Average 10 Cent
Higher Than Last
Year; All Marts Show
Great Price Gain; Esti
mate Around 20 to 22
Cents
Tifton, Ga., Aug. 1.?The T if ton
bright leaf tobacco market opened
today with more than 500,000 pound*
if tobacco offered.
First row sales ran from 12 to 45
:ents a pound. .
The Tifton Gazette said an un
official estimate placed the average
price at 10 cents a pound over last
season.
Valdosa, Ga., Aug. 1.?Thousands
if pounds of tobacco went on sale
today at fifteen South Georgia mar
kets with the tobacco growers under
going the new experience of having
their product sold by allotments.
Hoards leading to the state's mar
kets were filled with trucks late yes
terday bringing the weed to markets
opening this morning. There was
approximately 12,000 farmers grow*
ing tobacco in the state under the
tobacco reduction agreement and
practically all the farmers said they
;xpected a good break in the open
ing prices.
The markets which had announc
ed opening today were at Valdosa,
Kfton, Douglas, Moultrie, Nashville,
Blackshear, Adel, Barkley, Hahira,
Hezelhurst, Metter, Pelham, States
joro, Vidalia and Waycross.
Official figures from the Tobacco.
Board of Trade of Valdosa, Ga., plac
ed Wednesday's sales at 419,644
pounds,or an average of 24.47 cents
per pound. The total receipts were
>102,699.51.
Last year's opening figures were
323,688 pounds bringing $64,263.25,
jr an average of 12.27 cents per
jound.
Official figures at Moultrie showed
136,290 pounds sold on the opening
lay at an average price of 24.11
:ents per pound.
At Waycross 44,526 pounds were
sold on the first day for $9,727.86, or
in average price of 21.84 cents per
jound. The highest price was $41.00
i hundred pounds.
Hahaira's three warehouses sold
)2,744 pounds at an average of 24.16
rents per pound, bringing $22,396.59
o growers.
On the basis of private reports re
reived by The Enterprise from
3eorgia tobacco markets it was in
licated that the average price would
>e around 20 cents a pound or bet
;er, as compared with an average of
jetween nine and ten cents for the
>pening day last season.
From J. C. Carlton at Hazelhurst,
3a., came the following^ telegram:
'Average between 20 and 23 cents.
J. H. Stark wires as follows from
iahira, Ga.: "Quality good, esti
nated average around 23 cents
)ound.
Pitt Convict
Escapes
Bill Clark, Colored,
Makes Successful Bid
For Liberty at Bruce
Greenville, Aug. 1.?Bill Clark, 20
rear-old negro convict, escaped from
he state prison road forces on the
Falkland highway yesterday, it was
nade known today by Manley Sel
ars, camp superintendent.
The negro, along with several
?thers were shrubbing along the
ughway when Clark was said to
lave ? suddenly dived into the woods
ind escaped while the guard was
tot looking.
The negro was serving twelve
nonths for breaking and entering
Je was being sought by officers to
lay and it was expected he would
igain be back in his' prison garb
>y tonight^ if not earlier.
After his successful break for lib-'
irty the negro was said to have
mtered the home of Jack Jones in
he Bruce community and made
iway with' a gray suit of clothes in
idditional to other wearing apparel,
nvestigating officers said the negro
eft his prison stripes on the floor
if the room in which the change of
Nothing was made.
He was. reported to have been seen
i short distance from Bruce last
light dressed in a gray suit. Noti
ied of the negro's presence, officers
immediately attempted to nab him
>ut he evaded capture.
Superintendent Sellars said every
iffort was being made to capture
Slark, and that the negro would face
i new charge of breaking and en
tering, growing out of the entering
if the Jones home.
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