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QUESTIONS ANSWERED. *President Stone of Kentucky Association to North Carolina Tobacco Board of Trade. President Stone, of the Kentucky Burley Tobacco Growers' Association has answered the questionnaire sent 1 out by the Greenville, N. C., Tobacco Board of Trade in its efforts to discredit cooperative marketing in North Carolina. Saying that these questions are easy to answer President Stone has sent the following to headquarters of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, at Raleigh, w N-c 1. What per cent of the Kentucky crop delivered to the association has tion has been solo by the association ? been sold by the association? 2. What per cent of the tobacco was the best tobacco delivered to the association? Answer: Leaving out the green t.j.nc fVio ?nlfl vns not above I g I VUV VVI/MVW WW.*. .. ? the average of what we still have on hand. This question will be answered ^ more fully below. J 3. What per cent, of the tobacco row in the hands of the association is common tobacco? Answer: There is approximately twenty per cent of the tobacco we have on hand unsold which is common tobacco. 4. What per cent of the 1921 crop of Burley tobacco that has been delivered to the association, is still in the hands of the,association unsold? Answer: Same as number one. 5. When will the association sell * this tobacco, that is still in the hands 1 of the association ? Answer: Wc sold five million pounds of our re-dried tobacco last week, and judging from the demand we have for it, it all will be sold in the nxet sixty days. ^ 6. When will the association pay the farmer in full for his 1921 crop \ of Burley tobacco? Answer: Soon as all the tobacco is sold in orderlv and profitable way. 7.. Wnen will (the association be able to tell the Kentucky fanners whr t his 1921 crop of tobacco averaged ? * Answer: As soon as all the tobacco is sold? 8. What pe~ cent, of the value fixed on the Kentucky tobacco, did the association advance the farmer? Ansv/er: Approximately thirty-five per cent, in cash on the delivery of his crop to our plants. 9. Does the association require you to deliver all of your tobacco crop at one time, or can you deliver it one load at a time? Answer: The grower can deliver it all at one time, or one load at a time to suit his convenience. 10. Is the association liable to you in case the tobacco you deliver to ' " ?- ? ~ h 14 ia oaM A*? inem u;-un;ige?>, uciuie *?< * "> w <.-* re-dried ? N Answer: No, when the grower delivers his tobacco to the association, he is Issued a receipt showing the rumber of pounds of each grade he has delivered and the identity of each man's tobacco is lost from that time on and each grower owns his pro rata part in the total number of pounds received by the association of the grades delivered by the grower, if any tobacco is damaged in any grade all of the growers in the association, who cwns any part of that grade stands that damage pro rata. 11. When will the Kenstucky farmer know what it has cost him to sell his tobacco through the association? ' 'nam WOOD TMAT ALL iT8 OSMMS pmax If repairs are r the Home P I " she? ^ THEWOOE was not used at ii ? t i f Utieer in tne tact with Cypress you costly and annoyi Then,?"Buy the Gra P Why pay for a higl work needs? That buying gives you sti ing. It's worth wh: Your nearest lumb you honest advice. Write for list of FREE PL Southern Cypress Mfi 251 Graham Building. Jacksoi YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL SUFPL HASN'T ENOUGH CmESS LET US K1 lo Answer: As soon as all the 1921 crop has been sold and the final distribution made. <Jfowever, we have thoroughly demonstrated to the satisfaction of our members that the expenses of our first year's operation will not be as much as the grower in the past paid in actual warehouse fees to cell his crop over the loose leaf floors. Up to the first of April 1922 by which time all of our receiving plants had been closed, and the largest pait of our expense of operation had been paid, it cost 40 cents and 1 mill per 100 pounds for actual, operation expenses. And this operation expense includes all receiving jlants management, including common labor, salaries of graders and general; office expense including salaries, but does not include the cost to the farmer in payment for the real properties which are being used for receiving I plants. This will be about 1 cent; per pound per year 12. What per cent, does the asso-! ciation agree to advance the North j Carolina farmer on his tobacco when delivered ? Answer: This no doubt will be de - > ri tided by the Tobacco u rowers ^uupeiative Association of Virginia, North" and South Carolina in connection ufith tobacco representatives of the banks furnishing money for the advance. 13. What per cent, did the contracts signed by the Kentucky farmer; agree to advance? Answer: There was no agreement' in the contracts of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association agreeing to furnish any particular amount but the amount to be advanced was decided by the officers of the association who represented the members of the association and expert tobacco men representing the banks who agree to furnish the money. 14. Who places the value on the tobacco delivered to the association? Answer: Answer in question thirteen. 15. Does the farmer see his tobacco sold? Answer: No, unless! he wants to. | The Burley Association^ is not doing 1 anything under cover and any member has a right to any information in regard to what the association is doing. 16. Can the farmer refuse to accept the price the association sells' his tobacco at? Answer: No, the members select j the directors in their respective disincts in whom they have confidence, and those directors direct the policy of the association. You might add to the answer of tjiis question, what could the farmer do under the old auction system, if he did not accept the price he got on public sale? o Robert E. Lee, Man and Soldier. "Duty is the sublimest word in the English language." These words echo down the years and will live forever in the hearts of all who speak the English language as a never-dying memorial to that great patriot and soldier, Robert Edward Lee, who it was that originated this noble saying The line of Lee can be traced back to h'aunceiot.L?e or lxmaon, r ranee who went witm William, the conquerer, on his invasion of England. From that time on the name of Lee has teen a highly honored one in Great Britian. In the time of Charles I, Richard Lee caire over to the New World and from him descended the r.oble stock of the Virginia Lees. Robert E. Lee, who v;as born at p , THE WLSX1NVXSTOM SAFELY BUYS." teeded around lace because IESS ) ETERNAL" rst there is Good that if you repair stop the cycle of ng replacements. ide That Fits the Job." ler grade than the kind of intelligent 11 another real sav lie. er dealer will give So will we. 4 ,ANS for farm buildings. V rs/Assn* ?ST Crpnu *ville, Fla. Y YOU. IF SB \*&K\ * HOW AT ONCE. ********* II I Stratford, Virginia, on January 19,! 1807, was the great-great-grandson of the pioneer of the Lee family in America. The father of Lee was General Henry Lee, otheru isc known as "Light! Horse Harry," a dashing general in | the Revolutionary War who later became governor of Virginia and a mem- j ber of Congress. His mother was i Anne Hill Carter who came from one j of the best families in Virginia. His father died when Robert was eleven years old and his mother once laid of him, "How can I do without Robert! He is both a son and a daughter to me." For, in fact, he took the keys and kept house for her. In his boyhood days he went to school in Stratford and in 1825 entered West Point. At the age of twenty-two he was graduated from that institution carrying off second honor and the distinction of having received not a single demerit. Immediately after his graduation he was appointed second lieutenant of engineers. While engaged in this work he performed many impoitant undertakings and was promoted step by step to the captaincy of the engineers. During these youthful ye: rs, Lee was remarkable for his personal appearance. He had a handsome face and a superb figure. He was dignified and dutiful in the smallest detail and tespected by all. His moral che.racter was a living example of the fact that there need be no such thing as a double standard of morality. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was placed, at the special request of General Scott, on that officer's personal staff. It was he who Kitilf tho hatteri,.e that wpre so pf fective in the taking of Vera Cruz, and all during ihe war he showed great bravery and courage. General Scott, more than once said that his success in Mexico was due to the great ability of Captain Lee. During the subsequent years of peace he was of great service to his government It was he, who, commanded by President Buchanan, quelled the John Br*wn uprising with great vigor. At the beginning of the Confederate War Lee was fifty-four years old having been in the service of his government for thirtv-two years or more. Although greatly opposed to secession he said that he felt duty-bound to fight for his state. At the beginning of the war between the two sections of the country, Lee was called to Washington and the commandership of the United States forces was almost forced upon him, but he refused this honor and immediately sent in his resignation. He then went to Virginia and accepted the leadership of the Virginia forces. As the North and the South fought, so did Lee's two selves fight. Part of him hating secession and war and the other part making him help his native state and subsequently the South in her fight against injustice. On the severe wounding and illness of two generals in the battle of Seven Pines, he was placed at the command of the army of Northern Virginia. His strategic manoevers and errant ohiiitv stnnued McCIellan's "on to Richmond" march and thus failed the Peninsular campaign. He dealt similarly with Pope; and all during the war handled the larger armies of the North with great skill. But? the increasing resources of the North and the decreas ng resources of the South could only result in the victory of the former. Although Lee's tender care of his soldiers, his respect for his officers and his love for them all won him their love and loyalty, to the end that they fought desperately for him, the uneven numbers in the two forces resulted in Lee's surrendering to General Grant at Appomatox courthouse, Virginia in 1865. The rest of his life was spent as president of the "Washington and Lee University." On October 12th, 1870 he died having a malady that his friends knew was sympathy and sorrow for his people. Comparing Lee with other great commanders can be best expressed by the graphic, concise sentences of Benjamin H. Hill?"When the future historian shall come to survey the character of Lee, he will find it rising as a huge mountain above the undertaking plane of humanity and he must lift his eyes high toward Heaven to catch its summit. He possessed every virtue of the other commanders without their vices. He was an enemy without hate; a friend 1 I without treachery; a soldier without j cruelty; a victor without oppression; and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without oppression; a private citizen without wrong; a Christian without hypocrisy; a neijhbor without reproach; and a pin without gui'e He was a Caesar j avithout his ambition; a Frederick without his tyranny; a Napoleon with-1 out his selffirhness; and a Washington without his reward. He was as gentle as a woman in life; as pure and sweet as a virgin in thought * as' watchful as a Roman vestal in .uty and as grand as Achilles in battle." o Are you advertising your goods to | the public? If not, try a Record advertisement and see the result. REGISTRATION NOTICE The office of the Supervisor of Registration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of tht poll.' j precinct in which the e'ector offers to vote four months before the day of elction, and shall have paid, six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has naid all taxes collectible on during the present year, property/ in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or -e. R. E. CT RKSON, Clerk of Board. i It is when your clothes are * made-to-measure by a good | tailor. | "Made to measure by a good | tailor." 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