McNElLLS GATHER IN ' ' x ANNUAL SESSION1 Cape Fear Group Has Meeting = ,«t Addlussa—Greetings From McNeill, of Barra—Next Meet • tag to Be Held at Old Bluff Church. A correspondent writing from Fayetteville under date of June 20th, •*The Clan McNeill, of the two Car-' olinas will hold its next meeting at . Old Bluff Church to McNeill’s biuff, , 12 miles north of Fayetteville on the banks of the Cape Fear river.' The. Cape Fear Sept of the Clan McNeill ’ Association of America, in annual Sessions at Ardlussa Wednesday,voted to meet next in October of this year and selected as the meeting place ‘‘The Bluff”, the most ancient shrine of religious, historic ad family asso ciations in all the upper Cape Fear, country. . . “Judge , J. P. McNeill, of Florence/ S. C-, was re-elected president of the I Cape Fear Sept, which embraces the' two Carolinas and is a branch of the Clan McNeill of America. . All other! . officers were re-elected also. These are: N. H. McGeachy, of Fayetteville,1 vice president; Mrs. Hannan McNeill I Suck, of Charlotte, secretary; and ..Miss Mary McEachem, of ‘ Bed' Springs, treasurer. Greetings’ were received from* Mc Neill, of Barra, chieftain of the Mc Neill clans of all the world. His home -is, of course, in Scotland. H. H. Mc 'Neill, of New York, president of the Clan Association of America, also sent greetings to the Cape Fear Mc Neills, as did B. H. McNeill, of Wash ington, D. C. It was voted to inaugurate a cam-, paign for additional members Five new members were welcomed at this meeting. They were: 'Mrs. Lula McAllister Goodwin, of Greens boro; Robert Bruce McNeill, of ‘Florence, S. C.; and Mrs; Janie Mc Neill Tomlinson, and Miss Flora Boyce, of Fayetteville. - Hector McNeill, of Florence, S. C., was elected as a delegate to attend - he national meeting of the'Clan Mc Neill of America. Among the McNeill descendants present was Dr. Alexander Graham, of Charlotte, who has been made. 'an honorary member for’ life. This be loved son of Cumberland county, one of the most distinguished products of* the Cape Fear Scotch, makes it an an nual custom to attend these meetings while on his summer outing oh his native heath. As usual, he added much to the interest ami merriment of the occasion with his anecdotes of the early Scottish settlers. me meeting at .Aramssa was one of the most enjoyable that has beeij. held. Eevrything was perfectly in' formal, just a big gathering of klan nish kinfolk. A picnic dinner was spread under the trees of the-beau ■ tiful old place that has been the home of McNeills for a century and _Ja half. ‘“Black Neill” McNeill was the pioneer settler and colonizer of the Upper Cape Fear river, bringing the first colonies here 200 years ago. He. » was also the founder of Fayetteville, at first named Csmpbeilton. It is said that the ship load of Highlanders ' he brought at that time was to settle ' at Wilmington, but the authorities there requited each of these fieree looking kilt-clad strangers to post a! bond of $250 to keep the peace. This > they refused to do and moved on up the river. -There were two' distinct .families of McNeills who r helped largely. to people this section, The "Black” McNeill# and the “Bahn” ' McNeills, .so-called from the~ Gaelic word meaning blonde, Jennie Bahn ”■ McNeill; a picturesque and truly re markable womfm, was the beet-'known of the latter, group. ’ . ; MEETING OF TOBACCO ASSOCI ATION. AT VIRGINIA BEACH THIS WEEK,/. A meeting of the Tobacco Associ ation of the United States will' be held at Virginia Beach the latter part - of this week to fix the dates for op ening the tobacco markets of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Geor gia this season. It is stated that to bacconists from marketp in the Mid dle Belt, which includes Sanford, will attend this meeting and make an ef fort to have the date for opening the markets movedup a week earlier than last year. As a result of the late opening much tobacco was carried from this section to markets inEast eran North Carotin or to makets on the southern border. There has been considerable discus sion of a proposal to eliminate the Middle Belt by consolidating it with the Old Belt, whose markets do not open until the first of October. The contention of the MiddleUelV is that the delay causes them to lose a good deal of tobacco that goes to eastern Carolina markets, and also that it dealys the opening of the fall trading season, leaving business in general in a rather stagnant condition for just that much longer time. . Hie Virginia Beach convention will fix the opening dates for all markets in the southeastern tobacco belts, starting with the Georgia belt, then further up to the north the South Carolina region, which includes many markets in North Carolina bolder counties, and after that the eastern North Carolina belt, the Middle Belt, the Old Belt and the Virginia mark ets. • .v ■ 'is" JUNE GARDEN NOTES. Prepared By.E, B. Morrow, Ex tension Horticulturist.. _ ’*' !• , l*lfn now for a gtfod crop of strawberries, next spring. Bar off file .old bed to a. narrow row of plants amf keep well cultivated on bpth sides of the row so "tnat runner plants make take root as tney forms i'lus will give a good supply of strong new, "plants for next years fruiting. Plants formed during July and Aug ust will produce twice as- much fruit next spring aS those formed during September and October. U. Note is-the time to start sweet potatoes from vine cuttings. Vine cuttings are usually free irom dis ease and therefore offer one means of producing a clean crop. Higher yields, of Number 1 Potatoes will be secured if the plants are set as close as- 12 inches apart on a high ridge. On soils of average fertility, use-800 to 11000 pounds of 8-4- (PNK) ferti lizer per acre. - . 3. Set tomato plants for the late summer -crop. Plants set at this time should have their roots placed deep in order to reach the most layers of soil. If the plants are-tall and leggy, lay them horizontally in the bottom of $ deep furrow and cover all but the top 2 or 3 inches of the plant. Sow seed now for the fall crop. In the moun tain .sections early,maturing Varieties, should be planted if a crop is to be had before frost. ‘ - - , 4. . Plant cabbage and collards for the fall and winter crop. Sow the seed in a partially seeded bed and well watered until the young plant's are established. In. transplanting, especially during hot weather, the plants should be lifted with as much soil adherring to the roots as possible. Lift them with a spading fork or shovel -and add Water at-the time of setting If the soil is dry. 5. Keep up the supply of sweet Com com by making successive plant ings every three or four weeks. Early maturing varieties may be planted as late as ten weeks before the usual date of killing frists with fair'assur ance of a crop. Main-crop varieties should be given at least three months in which to mature.' As soon as the plants are well established, hurry them along by Eide-dressing with a "fertilizer high in nitrogen. 8. Plant bush beans every three weeks in order to have a constant supply of fresh, tended “snaps.” beetle early by spraying with magne sium arsenate as soon as adult beetles Start the fight against the bean are found on the plants. .7 Spray cantaloupes, cucumbers, order to control leaf blights. The best insurance is to keep the vines covered with the sp/ay material, al though two or three applications will give reasonable control in an. average season. - -- 8. Go over the watermelon patch every two -Weeks and remove all misshapen melons ' while they are young. This will allow all the strength of the vines to be used foi the production of the remaining mel ons. If you1 would have the very largest specimens, leave only one meUm per vine. » GREAT SALES TRAINING SCHOOL. What his! been termed the greatest sales training school in the history ol the automobile industry—a series o! live meetings conducted over a pe riod of 10 days in each of 12,00( Chevrolet ratail stores in the Ututee States, and attended by 24,000 sales men—has just been completed by th< Chevrolet Motor Company. - So successful were the meeting! tnat unevraiet omce omciais are con sidering making the ‘‘school” an an nual aliair. In practically every in instance Chevrolet dealers reporter their complete sales personnel in at tendance at each meeting, and in ad dition the office and service staffs re questen and were given permissioi to attend the sessions. In all, it it estimated that an average of 40,(XX sales, office and service employees it Chevrolet retail stores attended eacl of the five meetings. Increased sel ing efficiency by their present staffi and the addition of many salesmen t* their organizations are expected b; many dealers as a result of thi “school.” . " The thought behind the school w the belief that most automobile salei men possess only the theory of sell ing' and usually are forced to under go long experience and overcomi many difficulties before they are abb to furnish prospective buyers with i fully satisfactory exposition of th< car's features. The school woul< immediately put the salesman in pbs session of the experiences and meth ods of the most successful men in thi industry. ~ All phases of the meeting weri worked out and the materials prepar ed by the central office of the Chev rolet Motor Company. Holding th< school was optional with each dealer but practically the entire Chevrole dealer organization responded. CARD OF THANKS I want to thank the many' friend and neighbors and doctor for theii many deeds of kindness, love ant sympathy during the illness and deatl of my mother. Mrs. H. A. De Berry. j POPLAR SPRINGS NEWS.' Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Campbell spent 1 Sunday xlferting' w^.h IMfy. Camp bell’s mother, Mrs. A. C. Rosser, of Olivia. J£r». J. 3: Campbell spent'Sunday with Mrs. L. J. Campbell and also visited Mrs.-W. I* Thomas, of Broad way.: ’..£'' .k , Mrs. D. C. Campbell and daughter,' Miss Mary Campbell, are spending a while with Mrs. Campbell’s sister, Mrs. River, of Bladen County, v Mrs. {a C. Watson has been sick: ■ with neuritis. Hope she will soon be Out aghin. 5 Mr. T, A. Mansfield has bee., very sick for the last four days. Wish him speedy recovery.' t. Misd Lizzie Stewart spent Stmday with Miss Vivian Campbell. . Mrs. J. J. Qampbell spent last Thnra day with Mrs. W. C. Matthews, of Sanford. ' Miss lizzie Stewart and Mrs. Har old Stewart and others spent last Thursday afternoon in Fayetteville, Mrs. J. 3. Campbell and Miss Liz zie Stewart spent- last Friday even* ing with Mrs. Ed Wicker, of the pumping station. _ ; *■ - Mrs. Fannie Campbell -spent last Wednesday with Mrs, T. A. ManSr field. Mrs. J. R. Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. Max Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. Purvis Baton, spent Sunday evening with Mrs.,T. A. Mansfield. .. . - • ' BOY SCOUTS TO CAMP NEAR DUNN THIS SUMMER The Scout troops of the Walter -Hines Page Council will go into camp .at .Camp Bethune, near Dunn, June 30th. The camp near Buckhom Falls will not be used this summer as it will take considerable funds to put it in proper shape. This camp will pro bably be used next year. Approximately forty scouts will at tend each week ftg>m the towns of Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Carthage, Raeford, Sanford, and Fayetteville. Many of the scouts will attend for at least two weeks, while several appli cations have already been received for even longer periods. Scout Execu tive Rivers will have charge of the camp for .the entire time. He will have with him the best instructors available to teach- the scouts- and to instruct them in their resnective courses First 5Lica Petroleum Products TEXACO-ETHYL THE "DRY"ANTI-KNOCR GASOLINE"g®