The Nash County News
VOLUME VL—No. 41
SPRING HOPE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST SIXTH, 1936
$1^ PER YEAR
Premium Books
Of Rocky Mount
Fair Are Ready
PRIZE MONEY FOR NASH AND
EDGECOMBE ENTRANTS WILL
total «1,500; FAIR LATER IN
THIS YEAR
Raleigh, Aug. 6—Premium books
are now available to exhibitors
who desire to enter competition at
the Rocky Mount fair, according
to an announcement made today by
Norman Y. Chambliss, general
manager of the North Carolina
Fair Operating Company.
Prize money will total $1,500, an
increase of $250 over last year’s
total premiums, and will be limit
ed strictly to residents of Nash
and Edgecombe counties. Premium
books will be available at the fair
grounds office of the resident mana
ger, E. J. Gordon.
Plans for the Rocky Mount fair,
which will be held the week oi No
vember 2, are rapidly rounding in.
to shape. Heretofore, the exposi
tion has opened the last week in
September. The date this year was
moved back to enable farmers to
devote more time to their exhibits
and indications are that a fine ar
ray of farm products will greet vis
itors to the Rocky Mount fair.
In charge of the agricultural ex-
Nasli
County home demonstration agent.
K. H. McIntyre of Red Oak isi man
ager of the vocational agriculture
exhibit, always a popular display
at the fair.
Tuesday of fair week has been
designated as the day for school
children of Nash and Edgecombe
counties. Children will be admitted
to the grounds without charge.
The day also will be observed as
farmers^ homecoming day, under
sponsorship of the Farm Federa
tion Bureau of Nash County.
Vote This Week
On Grading
Announcement has been made
that the dates of tobacco grading
referendum on the Oxford flue-cur
ed tobacco market has been set
for August 3 to August 8. The
farmers selling tobacco in the sea
son of 1935-36 are entitled to vote
in. this referendum and if two-
thirds of the votes are for the ref
erendum, compulsory grading -will
be free of charge to either the
warehousemen or the farmer.
Only one vote will be allowed to
the producer in the state and it is
my advice to the farmers to vote
on the market where he Sells the
majority of his tobacco. The ref
erendum has not been called for
the local markets but will be called
in the next few years and if a farm
er votes on the Oxford market he
cannot vote ony any other market
and I think that farmers should
give their support either for or
against the compulsory grading on
his home market when the refer
endum is called for that particular
market.
Miss Dorothy Saunders and Mias
Elizabeth Brantley returned PMday
night from Virginia Beach where
they spent several days.
County Schools
To Open Early
Supt. L. S. Inscoe Announces:
Opening of Nash County schools
has been set by the board of edu
cation for Monday, September 7,
for white schools and Monday,
September 14, for colored schools.
The tobacco crop will apparently
be harvesrted by early September
and the cotton crop is generally
late and will proably not be open
enough to pick before late Septem
ber or early October. The period
between the tobacco and cotton sea
sons is generally about the best at
tendance period for the school
year.
The earlier date for opening this
State Farmers’
Conventions Are
Praised By Bunn
C. S. BUNN OF SPRING HOPK
ROUTE 1, DELEGATE TO CON-
VEN.TION AT STATE, ADVISES
ATTENDANCE
The annual Farmers Convention
was held at State College on July
27 through July 31 and there -were
approximately 2000 farmers and
farm women at this convention and
a very interesting program was
given for both men and women.
Nash County had quite a few wo
men present at this convention and
one man for the entire week.
We had seven representatives
year will put schools out in April j present on Thursday at which time
if there is no bad weather to nec
essitate closing of schools as was
the case last winter. Farmers! genr
erally express themselves as need
ing their children more during the
early part of May than any other
time in the year, with the possible
exception of a week or two in Oc
tober at the height of the cotton
picking season.
ed and a permanent State Farm
the tobacco situation -was discuss-
Bureau was organized at which
time Mr. J. E. Winslow was elect
ed State President and Mr. W. P.
Woodruff from Aventon communi
ty of Nash County was elected
Vice-President and E. F. Arnold
was elected State Secretary.
A State Tobacco Advisory Com
mittee was elected and resolutions
adopted to support the National
Soil Conservation Program and to
enact compact legislation for the
control of tobacco production. Mr.
Lion’s Festival
Dates Announced
J. B’. Regional Director,
tlfltt lOlilP ^tCTtaLlHyfltUt j from Washin^on"TTe^^ the^’Sis-
programs to be sponsored in cussion at the tobacco meeting,
Spring Hope this fall by the lions! Each day at the convention a pro-
Club have been announced by Ho- j g^am was carried out with various
bart Brantley, president of the j prominent speakers along all the
club here. . phases of agriculture.
The first of the cultural features | Mr. C. S. Bunn of Spring Hope
Rl, the only male , delegate from
Nash made the statement that the
farmers’ convention was well
worth the time any farmer would
spend attending this convention
and that every farmer should try
to attend this convention annual
ly. He stated that all discussions
on all pTiases of agriculture in N.
C. fitted in with the present Soil
Conservation Program and that it
will appear in Spring Hope Octob
er 30, the Di Crosta-Ferrar musi
cians. “Musical Moments” will be
presented by Andrew Di Costa and
Lenora Ferrari, who are accom
plished musicians on a variety of
instruments.
The Cutler-Griffen Company will
make the second appearance of the
series November 6. In their reper
tory two ladies and a gentleman
will present a melodious program^ belief if the farmers! of N.
C. would adopt a sound method of
diversified agriculture that the
of piano, violin and vocal music. I
The third program will intro
duce an interesting speaker who
has a s'ubject for today’s audiences
Elwood T. Bailey, social economist
and manager of the San Diego
Exposition, will speak on the top
ics, “Full Speed Ahead” and “Knee
Deep in Opportunity.”
A three-act comedy -will be the
last of the presentations, Novem
ber 20. An accomplished cast -will
present “Cricket”, a play modem
in spirit.
The Lions Club has secured these
artists from the Collins Manage
ment Services of Rochester, New
York. The Lions have undertaken
the project for the purpose of
bringing to Spring Hope popular
entetainment of the better sort, in
the belief that people of the com
munity appreciate cultural divei^
sion and will support the Lions)’
Entertainment Festival.
need of control programs woulH be
reduced.
I hope that it will be possible to
change the dates of this conven
tion so that the farmers in eastern
Carolina can attend either before
or after housing their tobacco crop.
J. S. Sugg.
County agent.
Auto Accident
Births
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Savage of
Rocky Mount announce the birth
of a a(on, William McDonald, July
30 at Sanatarium Hospital. Mrs.
Savage formerly was Miss Mackie
Lee Price of Selnuu
J. B. Weaver of Rich Square was
injured, though not seriously, Sat
urday night when the car he was
driving ran off the highway and
smashed into a concrete wall six
feet below.
Weaver was returning from Ral
eigh about 10 o’clock when the ac
cident occurred. He was treated for
injuries to hisi head and arm in
Nashville.
Indicted for reckless driving, he
was fined $25.00 and cost.
UDC To Meet
U. D. C. will have its regular meet
ing Tuesday, August 11, with Mrs.
Lizzie Brantley at 4 o’clock. All
members are in-vited to be present.
Amateur and Beauty
Contests Announced
Farm Notes
BY T. H. LeCROY
The 1936 crop of flue-cured to
bacco is estimated at 662 million
pounds. This may be compared
-with a 1928-32 average of 680
million pounds and a 1935 crop of
a little over 800 million poimds.
Considerable damage has been
done to the tobacco crop in general
this year by diseases and insects,
while some common diseases and
insects have not been so prevalent,
some of the less common have been
found on many farms in this sec
tion.
The most common disease found
in large quantities this year is
what is known as sore-shank which
causes the tobacco stalk to rot off
at the ground. This disease is as
sociated largely with wet weather.
Suggested control measures for
next year’s crop are; use new beds
and new canvass, have well-drain
ed beds and well-drained rows in
the field, use none or very little
stable maTi-urej-^-ml moist iniport^t
of all, rotate tobacco to another
field if posible.
A very common insiect has been
found in large quantities on to
bacco on Mr. J. A. Davis’ farm of
the Taylors Cross Roads communi
ty. The insect, small fly-like in ap
pearance, produces young which
look like plant lice and suck the
leaves of the tobacco. The damage
is_done by leaving numerous specks
on the leaves and sucking the leaf
until the quality is considerably
lowered. A specimen of thisi tobac
co was sent to specialists at Ral
eigh and they report that the in
sect is called Tobacco Suck Fly.
The insect has been found in no
part of the tobacco belt - except in
Nasih county. Suggested control is
the use of a 2 per cent rotenbne
dust.
Winners To Get
Audition; Trips
BAPTIST LADIES AID CON
DUCTS THREE contests OF
TALENT AND BEAUTY; MER-
CHANTS TO sponsor COUNTY
WIDE CONTESTS
Many farmers fail to keep Irish
potatoes from rotting every year.
All the work of growing and har
vesting- is lost when they are al
lowed to rot in storage. Two fun
damental principles must be con
sidered in storing Irish potatoes.
They are even moisture and even
temperature conditions. The drying
period is important and the place
where they are placed first must
be well ventilated and dry. After
they are dry, or when the skin
fails to peel when rubbed with the
finger nail, they should be placed
in a cool place where too much dry
ing will not take place and where
they will be protected from -winter
freezing. They can be hilled the
same way that sweet potatoes are
hilled. Or a shallow pit can be dug,
the potatoes put in, a thick layer
of dry straw put on and then cover
over with about three inches of
dirt and another three inches just
before time for freezing weather.
Surface water should be drained
away from the pit, but do not put
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Spring Hope will be entertained
by a parade of talent and beauty
August 14, in the form of a beau
ty pageant, an amateur contest
and a Shirley Temple Contest for
young children by the Ladies Aid
Society of the Baptist Church.
The winner of the beauty con
test, which is open to all girls in
Nash County, -will receive a trip
with expenses paid to compete in
the . state--wide beauty contest
among county contest -winners.
Winner of the amateur contest re
ceives expenses paid while at a
state amateur contest and will be
given a free radio audition. The
winner of the Shirley Temple con
test, which is conducted to select
the most attractive young child,
will be crowned “Little Miss Shir
ley Temple” and will rS;eive a
Shirley Temple dress.
All three contests are open to
residents of Nash County.
Persons who wish to enter any
of the contests.' may notify Mrs. R.
L. Pitts, Mrs. A. F. "May, ot»Mrs.
L. T. Bartholomew immediately.
Girls who enter the beauty contest
and children who compete for the
title of Shirley Temple will find it
to their advantage to register ear
ly. The contestants in these two
pageants will be individually spon
sored by merchants of Spring
Hope and the vicinity.
The following rules have been
aimounced for the beauty contest:
1. Entrants must be between the.
ages of 14 and 25. -
2. Evening, afternoon or sport
clothes may be worn, but clothing
is not a point on which contestants
will be judged. Bathing suits and
other abbreviated costumes are not
allowed.
3. Three out-of-to-wn judges will
make the decisions.
4. No local winner may partici
pate in another beauty contest
within five years from the date of
her election. No state -winner may
compete again for ten years.
Any little girl of suitable age in
Nash County is eligible to enter
the Shirley Temple contest.
The only qualification for the
amateur contest is to poslsess some
ability or talent which might
pjease an audience. It is open to
any resident of Nash County.
Merchants will be wise to make
their choices of contestants in the
beauty show and Shirley Temple
contest early, to get the represen
tatives they prefer. Each merchant
may sponsor one contestant in
each of the two contesrt*.
Mrs. F. E. Squiresi of Livonia, N.
Y., accompanied Miss Frances Dan
iels home from New York.