North Carolina Newspapers

A THE POLK COUNTY NEWS COOPERATIVE THE FARMERS, MERCHANTS AND BANKERS, AUL SATISFIED WITH THE SITUATION. V1LL 60 BETTER NEXT TIME Oraanlzatlon Not Yet Stronfl Enough To Take the Prospects of a Low Market After Recent Experience. Raleigh. Farmers, merchants and bankers In meeting here were satisfied that both the cotton and tobacco crops of 1922 will be marketed through the co-operative plan, which has been steadily getting stronger for several weeks But for fear of overdoing the thing the 1921 tobacco crop might be put on the market that way as reports made to the meeting showed that fifty-two per cent of the growers have contracted to sell through the associa tion. This is sufficient to do business with, but the leading spirits are in ilined to believe that the' plan will go better next time. Financially, the crop could be handled but the organiz ation is not. strong enough to tackle he prospects of a low market on top of the disappointing prices of- last year. A full meeting of the co-operative workers will be held here in July when the ' announcemnt' of the organization will be made. In the meantime, flying squadrons are going over the state to bring the percentage of cotton .grow lers into the association with a view of enrolling enough to handle the cot ion and tobacco crops of 1922. Discfim Station Wiped Away. Officials of the corporation commis sion and of the traffic association re ceived the news of the rate victory with confidence that the Virginia ci ties discrimination has ,been wiped away for keeps and that future rate troubles will not be prejudicial ones. Only meager details were received during the day and these came to M. TL Beaman, secretary of, the North Carolina Traffic association, from the association's Washington attorney. -Mr. Beaman estimates that the ship pers of North Carolina gain $40,000, 000, annually by reason of the read justment of rates from, northern and eastern points into North Carolina and from North Carolina Into the southern states and over reverse hauls. , . - Exception Taken to Valuation. Attorneys representing the South ern, the Norfolk Southern and the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroads appeared before Revenue -Commissioner Watts with exceptions to their val uations as made last year by the state tax commission upon which they ask ed reductions before another assess ment is made. The other carriers are to be heard but no decision will be announced for -several days. Colonel Watts, in the meantime is investigating the valua tions given by the railr? Js to the in terstate commerce commission in con nection with applications for rate in creases. Examination for Postmasters. Washington (Special).- Postmas teis examination have been ordered for these places July 26, and date of the vacancy of each announced: Ashe ville, time of vacancy, March 12; Gas tonia, January 28; 1920; Greensboro, May, 27, 1920; Hickory, April 1; Kan aapolis, November 18, 1920; Mount Olive, January 19, 1920; Pinehurst, January 30 and Williamston, March 4. Re-trial of Conspiracy Case. Retrial of the conspiracy case in volving ten Syrian merchants from Eastern North Carolina, charged with using the United States mails for fraudulent purposes which resulted in a mistrial after a hearing consuming nine days at the special term of the United District Court last February lias begun here. Ljw Regarding Threshers. The North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture announces, in co-operation with the U. S. Department of Ag Tneulture, that the law requires each thresher of grain to secure a thresh ing license, from the Register of Deeds before operating. This license is free. Inr'the same way that; the operator lias to have a license, it is also neces sary for each farmer to 'see that the party threshing his grain has a li cense. Each thresher must keep and report the bushels and the acres from which the grain was harvested. Respite for Wilmington. Washington , ( Special) . C6ngress man Lyon secured a respite for Wil mington from the fear that it was to lose the vessels of the shipping board now in use by the Clyde line. Infor mation had reached that city that this was to be done, and the chamber of commerce, through its secretary, L. T. Moore, wired Congressman Lyon ask ing that the matter be taken up with Admiral Benson so as to secure an annulment of the order, for with drawal "of the boats from the New JTark. Wilmington. Brunswick route. Heavy Blow to Revaluation. , Blanket approval of the horizontal cuts in the value of real property, plus a big decrease in the value of personal property eogether with- the fifteen cent limitation on the tax rate is going to cause a reduction of the revenues available for municipalities, counties, schools and the state by many,; thousands, of dollars, and ', will place all of these units of government in a very embarrsslng position before next Christmas. While some of the counties have held theli vaJuos at practically the flgures fixed by the revaluation commission, others have cut them d?vn nearly to the point where they were before,' so that the net result will be the elimination of half a billion dollars or more from the property values in North Caro lina. So far as the state is concerned it affects only the equalization fund f or the schools and the school fund col lected by the state for the purpose of paying for the schools three of the six months required by the constitution. The equalization fund will not be enough larger this year to take care it the counties which have fallen below the point where their property values will pay the running expenses of the county, and the general school fund will be several hundred thousands dollars short of what is necessary for paying the state's half of the six months school term. Rate Cases Pending. Chief among a half dozen rate cases now pending before the corporation commission is the decision in the power case, soon to come back on the front page. Judge Pell is writing law for the order and Messers. Maxwell & Lee are writing rates. The decision ought to be down in a week, but it may be four of them. Street car raises for Wilmington, Raleigh and Durham are pending; telephone, hearings for Asehvllle and Elizabeth City are on the docket and Salisbury and Ashe ville Gas companies are begging. Y. M. C. A. Chairman Re-elected. Officers of the state Y. M. C. A. have been re-elected by the state com mittee for the coming yer. Morgan B. Speir, of Charlotte, who was re-elected chairman of the com mittee, has been at the head of 'the state work for 12 years. During the administration of Mr. Speir, associations have been organ ized at Greensboro, Raleigh, Erlanger, Concord, Hamlet, Spray, North Spray, Leaksville, Draper, Canton, Salisbury, Washington, Wilson and Buncombe county. To Oppose Repeal of Law. The state board , of health will op pose the effort to repeal the present law requiring examination of children as a prerequisite to their enrollment in the public schools. Agitation to wipe this law off the books was started afresh just as soon as it became apparent that the gov ernor would call a ' special session of the general assembly. Shipper Decision About Ready. Washington, (Special). The inter state commerce commissioner's deci sion in the North Carolina rate case is about ready for the public. "This case has attracted great at tention of the shippers of North Caro lina and if the opinion is in favor of the North Carolina cities it will mean at least fifty millions of dollars per year to the wholesalers in the state." New State Library Clerk. The council of state has authorized the employment of an emergency clerk for the state library, at a salary of $1,200 a year, in response to a written request-from Miss Carrie L. Brough ton, the state librarian. Butler Is Again a Candidate. Washington, (Special). Marion Butler has informed friends that he will run for the senate to succeed Senator Simmons. It has been rumor ed recently that Mr. Butler would get back in the game but no statement made by him reached the public un til within the last few days,, State Fisheries Commission. Announcement was made from the governor's office of the appointment of Editor W. O. Saunders, of The Elizabth City Independent, and J. K. Dixon, of Trenton, as members of the state fisheries commission, , Military Strength of State. North Carolina ranks second in the enlisted and commissioned strength of the eight"' Southern states in the Fourth Corps area and only Georgia, with the big city of Atlanta, to draw from, is ahead of North Carolina. 4 The comparative enlistment strength as shown in the bulletin just issued by the North Carolina Adjutant Gen eral's department follows: Georgia, 1602; North Carolina, 1357? Alabama, 1268 ; Tennessee, 1172 ; Flor ida, 1079; Arkansas, 842; South Caro lina 775; Mississippi, 427. ' v Death Sentence Commuted. "1 am not willing to let any human being be s electrocuted when all the jury who Convicted him,- the state's solicitor who prosecuted him and the judge who presided at the trial state to me that the verdict which requires the death sentence" was improperly arrived at and that the prisoner ought not to die," declared Governor Cam eron Morrison when he commuted to life imprisonment In the state's prison the death sentence . pronounced on Talmadge Bluings, Wilkes county man for murder in the .first degree. UNITED STATES RAILROAD LA BOR BOARD MAKES PUBLIC . 1 : i A DRASTIC DECISION. -l-i EVERY LAR6E ROAD INCLUDED The Rates of Reduction for Several Classes of Employes , Were Added to Thls Latest Order of Board. Chicago. The United States Rail road Labor Board has extended its wage reduction order effective July 1, to nearly every large railroad in the country. No change from the average twelve per cent reduction granted 104 carriers on June 1 was made by this decision. The board's order covered 210 roads. v The reduction order involved nearly all classes of employes on virtually every railroad known as a class one carrier not included in the original reduction order. The class one group includes every big road In the coun try. All classes of employes have been named in the submission of some of the roads. The wage cut, however, applies only to those employes of a given road which were named in that road's submission. Rates of reduction for several minor classes of employes were added to the order, which was issued as an adden dum to decision 147, the original wage reduction order. Chefs and other res taurant workers, dming car employes, laundry workers and porters were named "in the added sections of the decision. Comptroller General of U. S. Washington. J. Raymond McCarl of McCool, Neb., secretary of the re publican congressional campaign com mittee, was .nominated by President Harding to be Comptroller General of the United States. - ." Coal Users are Urged to Buy. Washington. Railroads and other large users of bituminous coal were urged by the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire a large reserve of such fuel now "while conditions are easy." I Refined Sugar ' Goes Lower. New York. The Federal Sugar Re fining company announced another reduction of 10 points in their price of refined sugar to the basis of 5.30 a pound for fine granulated. No Comment for Obregon. ' Washington. Mexico's pronounce ment on foreign policy made by Presi dent Obregon through a" newspaper interview has been mrefnliy studied and there has not and will not be any official comment. Woman Heads Baptists. Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Helen Bar rett Montgomery, of Rochester, N. Y., was elected president of the Northern Baptists at the convention of that de nomination: - She is the first woman to hold the position. Transcontinental ; Flight on. Yuma, Ariz. 'Aviators 'David R. Davis and Eric Springer, of Los .Ange les, attempting a transcontinental non-stop flight passed over Yuma, fly ing at a high attitude. Lancashire Mills to Run Again. 1 London. Peace has been signed in the Lancashire cotton trade and the mills will reopen this week with re duction in wages of three shillings and ten pence per pound. Two Flying Cadets Killed. Sacramento, Calif. Flying Cadets Harold E. Peage, of Union City, Mich., and Joseph W. Weatherby, of Fort Davis,, Tex., were killed when their airplane crashed' to earth. - 1 Two Were Shot Dead. Dublin. A police sergeant and a constable were shot dead when a po lice patrol was ambushed in Mill town. To be Technically at Peace. Washington. To have the United States technically at peace by July: 4, Independence day, appeared to be the aim of republican leaders in congress. Suit Against the. Brotherhood. Chattanooga, Tenn.-Willlam Fel ton, formerly employed by. the South ern railway has filed suit here against the Brotherhood of .Railway Train mrf asking $5,000 damages and alleg ing that the union caused him to be dismissed from tho service, with loss as alleged. - Plans for Wilson Foundation. New York. Plans for the establish ment of a fund to endow the Woodrow Wilson foundation, a movement start ed last March to honor the- former president for his public service has been, given out.' . - More Men Than Women. Washington. There were 2,090,132 Tiore males than females in the United' States in 1920, making the ratio 104 to 100, as -compared with 106 to every 100 in the period of 1900-10, the census bureau announced. -z - PLAN! USING PUREBRED SIRES Campaign Being Waged fn Kansas to Replace Scrubs in AH Classes ' f t F"" t-e 8tock Prp4"ed by th United States . Depart ment OI Agriculture. ; The; use of scrub sires is costing farmers of the Sunflower state $16, 000,0C annually, say live-stock special ists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Less than one-tenth of thelf arms in Kansas are using pure bred 4res of any kind. Surveys were made f in 20 representative counties with lesults showing the number of f arms ' using purebred sires ' ranged from 4.3 to 11.6 per cent. Many com munities and townships reported no purebfed sires in use. , In $ne county surveyed there were two townships in which not a single purebred bull, stallion, ram, or boar was leported. In several counties whereg good purebred herds were found neighboring farmers were still using Scrub sires. A large per cent of male fff spring had been sold to go to x-:v:v;-:ftW:-x-:w: A Scrb Cow Is Not Worth Her Keep. other founties or states. In some com munities, an active breeder had placed purebred sires on the farms of many nelghl&rs. For the most part farmers have sailed to appreciate the advan tages f using a purebred sire to in crease! the marketing returns from their live stock. - Thee conditions, announced R. W. Kiserftf the extension service, Kansas State jAgrlcuItural college, are respon sible or the active better-sire cam paign no'w being waged in 20 coun ties ad which will be extended to in clude $ill counties within the year. In every! ; county object lessons on the value .ht" the purebred sire in improv ing fjjfrm live, stock are to be found, and oten on adjoining farms. Meet ings jrranged f by the county agent through the county farm bureau and sponsted by the local live-stock im provement associations are held on these t&rms and the people attending see fox themselves the difference be tween scrub sire and purebred sire off springj , County agents directed by A. L. Clapp,! the ; assistant county agent leaderlin charge of the project work, and assisted by the specialists of the extension service, are planning for in tensive follow-up work in those coun ties were the campaign was conduct ed. Associations are being organized for tfe -purpose of advancing the cause f better live stock. Bull clubs, cow ckibs, calf clubs, pig clubs, boar clubs, sheep clubs, and stallion asso ciatiof are in demand in every courit$ " ,nigi land values, the market de mand for: stock of good quality, the greatel earning power of well-bred stocky jsare responsible for activities in replacing scrub sires in all. classes with plirebreds. 4 GENTLENESS IS GREAT HELP Loss rJue to Digestive Troubles Caused b' Excitement and Fear. Can Be Avoided. The Ibracfical value of treatiner live stock indly is discussed by a Virginia live stick owner in a letter to the Uni ted Sttes Department of Agriculture. "All cifttle buyers," he remarks, "know how gratis the 'drift' In shipping cat tle. Vlry much of this loss is due te digestive troubles caused by excite ment ftid fear incident to travel.- "Ke all live stock as quiet and make jliem as gentle as possible and your feeding costs will be noticeably reduce. Try this suggestion with one llter of pigs." ; "It ill abundantly repay any live stock freeder," he adds, "to spend a great leal of time going out quietly amongjhis animals and letting them make ghe advancements. He will be surprised how soon he can begin to put his h&0 on them. After they realize his hads are not to be dreaded they will sjbon enjoy gentle -. rubbing or scratching, When' animals are shel tered from annoying or exciting occur rences Ithey digest feed better and it takes fnuch less to keep np normal growth and fat production." IDEA! FOR PORK PRODUCTION Field f Green Com and Soy Beam ' Furnishes Supply of Succulent and Nitrogenous Feed. ' ,, Soybeans replace high-priced protein concentrates, and a field of green corn and soybeans affords Ideal conditions for por production by supplyinig suc culent jpnd nitrogenous feed In addi tion tui self-fed corn under sanitary conditions. Soybeans make better forage bef ore the beans are fully matured, and frequently a farmer la Justified; In turning hogs and sheep In to the i corn before either crop has maturep, for the - sake of the forage, even though he may sacrifice some corn a$d soybeans. . - f ' (,1921. Western Newspaper Union.) Some peo'ple' are always grumbling because roses have thorns;-let us be glad that thorns have roses., Now that women have the vote. "For which they strove to gain. Some day the White House may be - : swept . By a presidential train. SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS. For those who must live on a re stricted meat diet the various com binations of vege tables and' nuts will appeal. Pea Roast. Take three cup f uls of dry breac that has beeE rolled and put through a sieve. Take a pint of cooked green peas drain and while hot put through a pnree sieve. Mix the crumbs with th pulp ; there should be ' about three quarters of a cupful ; add -quarter of a cupful of walnut meats chopped, one egg slightly beaten, one teaspoon ful of sugar, and one-fourth of a cup of melted butter with three-fourths ol a cup of milk. Mix well and turn Into a well buttered pan a paraffin paper lining will be good to use in the pan. Bake forty minutes in a slow Qven. Serve with" tomato sauce. ; Pecan Loaf. Soak one cupful of rice over night in cold water, drain and add one cupful of pecan meats coarse ly chopped, one cupf uj of cracker crnmbs. one cuDful of milk, one egg beaten, one and one-half teaspoon fuls of sal and a few dashes of pepper. Turn into a buttered bread pan and spread with softened butter.; Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Serve un molded garnished with chopped sea soned carrots. Cook the carrots : in as little water as possible, dress with butter, a dash of cayenne minced pars ley and lemon juice. Polish ' Batwnla. Peel one dozen beets after cooking and place them In a jar with one quart of warm water and one' pint of good vinegar. Let stand several days. The day the soup Is to be made, strain the liquid from the beets, add one quart of tvater and put It with two pounds of beef on to cook. Boil and skim. Cut up the beets, also two or three onions and add to the soup. , Cook for. three' or four hours, take out the beef, cut In pieces about one-half inch square, remove the fat from the soup and thicken with one pint of sour cream beaten with the yolks of four eggs. I pray not that men tremble at my power of place and lordly sway; I only pray for simple grace to look " my neighbor in the face full hon estly from day to day. ECONOMICAL DISHES. A good Hvay to serve a small amount of meat for a good sized fa m- liy is to cook the meat with the vegetables; the flavor of the meat seasons the vegetables," and less, meat is need ed to satisfy the appetite. When preparing lamb or mutton pie, if the meat seems scant add a few peas - to give flavor and nourishment, and thus extend the dish. c A dish nice for a busy day is pre pared by slicing potatoes very thin, put into a shallow granite baking dish, season with salt and pepper and cover with pork steak or chops, then foakel The chops will season the potatoes and the dish may be served at the table from the dish in which it was baked. Sunday Night Salad. Take one can of peas, drained and aired for an hour or two; one cupful of finely minced celery, three-fourths of:, a tupful of fresh peanuts, rolled until like coarse crumbs, two -' small green; onions, minced, one-half cupful ' cf' olives nneiy mincea, ana three hard-cooked eggs, reserving a few eighths to gar nish the top of the salad. Mix well with a good highly seasoned mayon naise dressing and serve in a nest of lettuce which lines a bowl that has been rubbed with a clove of garlic. Dates added to a baked custard makes a dessert which the children will enjoy, and provides a sweet which is perfectly wholesome. Add them to rice, tapioca, or any cooked $ cereal making an otherwise common dish nn iiffuah : - :,-::-'!' '' - : ry.; . . . . Shirred Eggs With Asparagus-For four eggs have a, cupful of cream sauce;: into this stir three-fourths of a cupful of asparagus tips and one or, , two tablespoonfuls of chopped cooked chicken or veal, or ham. Spread this 4 mixture in buttered egg shirrers Into each break a fresh egg; sprinkle with, salt and half a teaspoonful of melted - butter , on each. Cook in the oven until the egg Is set. Serve at once. ;.. 4 ; . : Th fallowing menu for. moderate breakfast of a normal kind will afford a scope for individual , preference : ..Stewed prunes, with apple sauce rooked. cereaj with; cream and sugar broiled whitefish, baked potato, toast a? d f?e?' ' ran?e or grapefrnit. shredded wheat : biscuit,, lamb chops: creamed potatoes, muffins, marmalade, coiiee or cocoa. CONDENSED NEWS iflt UU NORTH STATE SHORT NHTcn w,fcOUF INTERS CAROLINA ST0 01 jnariotte. W9cn ly injured bv T. Tra Charlie Huss. 1 unven by Carthage.-The whearCrft . county has been harvested K poorest in years, averaginT 18 eight'bushelsper acre aLLflr average of thirteen bushPiR i l Graham.. Alamance C011n, signed up more than 35 2 7 her tobacco growers as incr Cent terest shown around Elon a9 Isley and Stony Creek commit t;nariotte. u. Li5:e .Tn)10t, barn was burned and his finJr the barnjgnd set it on fireVi84 electric-form. . Spencer Suffering frem . sustained by failing down a sta 1 a Ctni. three weeks ago Mrs t o ni aged 84 years, died at the w. daughter, Mrs. L. M, s. Ketchu l Spencer. ' Greensboro. -The North Ca Public Service commission has Z in its initial effort in the tJt courts to win a judgment ordering J! the Southern Power company contS furnishing it current for distribatia in Greensboro and High Point Winston-Salem. Heart trouble an overdose of morphine were signed by the coroner's jury here as the cause for the death of Dr. Andrei J. Smith, of Garner, N. c, who aj found dead on the floor of his room at a local hotel. High Point. The second day of Southern Furniture Exposition, wMiJ opened in High Point's new ten-story building, proved a distinct success.ac- cordine to the managers of fhp Snrnv, first furniture show. ' Winston-Salem. An incoming folk and ., Western pa s sender train struck a motor truck at the crossinj leading to the Mayo cotton mills at Mayodan. One negro was killed di stantly while another was fatally it Juned. Hickory. The North Carolina Post masters association will hold its u nual convention in Hickory Am 16, 17 and 18. Postmaster Bagbjai nounced. Winston-Salem. The conerstone of the new Salem Methodist church was laid with appropriate ceremonies. Winston-Salem. Caught in a torn ing barn on the farm of her father, 1 D. Stockton, near Kernsville, Alice Stockton, 7 years old, was burned to death : Statesville. William Sigmoid East Mombo, was probably fatally H jured and his son Ralph, age 17, badly bruised when their car over turned. Asheville Rust which has made its appearance in the wheat crop hia iintv ic PYMPrtpd to result i damaging the crop one-third. C. l- Profitt. county agent, stated upon u return from a tour of inspection Asheville Sentence of six mon on the roads and. to pay a.nne 1 ArtA wac nsRSPil UDOn Noah U&ms, aged .65, and whiteheaded, j Polk county superior court. catii n hoon fnnnd on his pJ" was of the old government type. i McGinn wie of Sergeant McGinnis. batter 21st field artillery, .and Privaw Howell, battery D, of the same ment, were Kinea at wswy an army bus in which they nau - ed to Fayetteville tur-? !'l over, Mount Airy.-O. N. a"! niot Mountain, uit-u a- ir 1 t 1 in this City . , , trip memorial iiusyiifiu ohile was the victim of an automo - ' . , u'pct&e tween Pilot Mountain and annt of Dr. l. m. rayjui Taylor, died at tne nomc here. Nearing her. ,94th Wrw. ... - Af me ii was one of the oldest pers section. a Armors nersons the women and children, ieay roof, second story and nr?" Art dows of a boarding house dw could be summoned to - , from flames which na - . men them throughout the house. 1 ne ' fma. Etnirture. was gritted. Salisbury. tCity tnf w 1 1 a - armft to v:.e 1 ber company for the, My $100,000 plant in the scllue, v& Work '".a"? :trl . 1,-cMTJ rsf tbf. ritv Wori on this new home or a u - - 11- na uv . ai concern that is 10 ur . . j 1 nirf o" WUWIU LU.Uk .... to Salisbury's industrial l ,1 W Mnrinn The MarJOxi .jjbt election carried here o jority. There was a v n haaw vote. wte high school building on 'the present graded scno