TEA COMMERCIALLY GROWN IN STILL PRODUCED THERE America J0edd*a To Become A , Self-Contained Nation, Ws , tliisi ■**•* SepRljr Cm*. k 1 In the event that President Roose velt decides to drop' effort* to revive World trade and make, America a self contained nation, this section would be pqpected to supply the country with tea, according to a witter in the cur rent issue of'the Country Gentleman. • 1J.U8 country ia in a position to perhaps/’ says the writer, "someone |MM been waiting *U this time to ask Where can we land our tea, coffee, co supply nearly ail of it* needs. "But Coe, and rubber or bananas. On the fact of it that sounds like a poser. But remember; that during'the Civil War a h-gh grade tea was raised near Ptnehurst, North Carolina. It would require only 200,000 acres to raise all the tea now in use. There is ten timee that number of acres of good tea land In the South.” I According to the Deatons, Moore teuntya famous' nurserymen, this sec tion could railse all the tea necesary to fill America’ requirements, They have' several varieties of tea growing at their nursery, but they particularly Mcommend the Youpon variety, a form of holly with bright red berries. It makes a tea equal to any of the im ported brands and contains more caf fein than either coffee or the import ed teas. It is cured by parching, tnb commercial products of tea ip this see fcaon during the Civil War, but person^ ally knew of very old bushes in sever jal different localities 'in the Sandb.ls. Tea cuture has never been commerci ally successful in this- country, they say, on account of the high cost or ia bor. American tea growers have nev er been able to compete with Chinese and Japanese labor. Meeting Other Needs. Continuing, tpe writer in the Coun try Gentleman says: “Coffee is supposed to require a soil', rich -in iron or a so called laterlitic soil. A reent survey of Texas show ed 2,60,0000 acres if ideal coffee soil in Sabinei, San Augustine, Nacogdo ches, Cherokee and Sip-th counties. That’s a l.ttle more than would be needed to grow all i)he coffee we drink. And frosts are no more ■ frequent or severe than in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s great coffee state v “With tea and coffee labor costs are the only hurdle to be jumped. Per haps we could merchanize the picking processe. Rice Is a fine example at what can be done ip that direction. "Ini the Orient rice 9s sown, trans planted, cut, gathered, threshed and fanned by hand An industrious S-V amese or Japanese farmer can take care of only a half acre of rice. One man on a mechanized rice plantation in Texas or Louisiana Can handle. 80 acres. And we are successfully export ing rice to Europe in competition with the Oriental product of fifteen-cent labor. "Cocoa is a bit different. It can.be raised only where it’s hot the year round, moist and’ not too windy. The -tree does fairly well in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In case of necessity we might be driven to make cons.derable plantings in those regions. “Should we tremble over our banana . supply? It requires about 100,000 acres to produce, the 60,000,000 bunches we yearly import, Part of the fruit comes from Hawaii and Puerto Rico. A well known fruit company ..once made a survey of Hawaii and found it highly suited to the crop. To insure a supply, it would merely be necessary to sub stitute the Gros Michel for the Va vendish variety now raised there. “Spices need cause no trepidation. Why should we continue to import caraway, celery seed and mustard anyhow? Then ginger, cloVes, pepper and the whole list, including cassia and true cinnamon, could be produced in Samoa, Canal Zone, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. .' ^ ■ “I have, myself, harvested' good vanilla In Hawaii and ’if the vegetable supply for our puddings and ice cream sodas should run a little short the synthetic product would help us out as Is true ox so many joiner iiavormg extracts nowadays. :.,l “Sisal Sis not. as indispensable as formerly. We use less binding twine and a grade of sisal equal to the.best from West Africa or Mexico has been produced in the drier regions of the Hawaiian Islands. “Even our industrious gum chewers ' need not despair. The sapota tree from which chicle is obtained thrives in Florida and Texas, It would take " only 250,000 trees to give us all a ' chew. r' ' " “It would require no superhuman 7;- effort to achieve independence in drugs. Even cocaine1 and cinchona ’ ’ could be grown'in our tropical posses %sions. For years we have made not able progress in drug production. Per fumes offor no serious trouble. ‘The Stields of flowers in Southern Franco,’ said M, I*. Taylor of Columbia Uni versity, ‘now used. In. perfumes will soon serve dhSefly as a source' of cut . flowers. Our synthetic perfumes will entirely replace them." ■< i .1.....\i\ ■ ■ ...———■ . - fj 1 Miss Jean Makepeace and1 Mildred - Williams are attending the! Girl Scout " camp near Greensboro this week. Drivers Rewarded Careful, school bus drivers in the State are being rewarded for having made no mistake* or accidents while driving children to and from school. The Carolina Motor Club has been gathering information for awarding cert ificates to those who are entitled to them. There are 27 drivers in Lee county who have been driving for the past year add are on the honor roll because they had-no accidents or Wrecks. < | Baptist Young People I Hold Successful Meet t,.* 'if -.f /' 'S’ The second annual meeting of the Young People of the Sandy Creek Association waa held in the First Baptist church, Sanford, on Thursday, July 27th. Mrs. B C Gyles, Y. W. A. and G. A. Associational Leader, piesid ed over the morning session, the key note of which was "light Bearers.” The meeting wa opened (by singing "Send the light," land this was fol lowed by prayer by Bev. Frank C., Hawkins. Miss Carrie Glass extended a very cordial welcome, and led the devotional, using John 1:1-12, John 8: 12-16 and Matt. 6:14-16 as texts, for her remarks orough, Jonesboro; Miss Evelyn Marsh, Siler City. ^ _ * Time sind Place: Mrs. T. A. Burns, Siler City; Mrs. D. H. Ivor, Carthage; Mrs. Fred Nooe, Pittsboro. The meeting was adjourned for the noon hour. . After a most enjoyable lunch hour the afternoon session was opened by singing “The King’s Business,’ and the meeting was presided over by Mrs. J. C. Canipe, Associational Leader of the. G. A. and Sunbeam Banda. ■ Rev. D. H. Ives, of Carthage, con ducted the devotional; using as his subject “Pure Religion,” and taking his text from Jas. 1:26-27:: "Pure re ligion and undefiled before God. and the Father is this, To visit the father- , less and widows in their affliction, I and to keep unspotted from the! world/' Jas. 1:27. This was followed by prayer, and a song, “Stepping in | the Light” was sung. I The Stewardship Declamation Con test waa then given ns follows: Sun beams—George Johnson, Pittsboro; Mary John Whitley, Siler City; Malda Andrews; Love’s Creek; Zettie Mae : O’Quinn, Jonesboro. Jr. G. A.—Christine Siler, .Love’s Creek; Dorothy Farrell, Pittsboro; Frances Canipe, Siler City. | t R. A.—Baird Paschal, Siler C5ty. Int. G. A.—Leah Cheek, Siiar City. Y. W. A.—Florence Wicker. Jones boro; Frances E.'.dns, Siler C ty. At the conclusion of the contest the , judges adjourned to render their deci sion, and tre report on Resolutions was ceiled for, and given by Miss Arlene Dorsett. Report on Time and Place was given by Mrs. D. H. Ives. A song, “The Way of the Cross,” I was sung after which Mr% Gyles! brought in the decision of the judges, as fallows: Sunbeams: Walda An drews,. Love’s Creek; Jr. G. A.: Doro thy Farrell, Pittsboro; R. A.: Baird Paschal, Siler City; Int. G. A.: Leah Cheek, Siler City; Y. W. A.: Frances Elkins, Siler City. A playlet, “Timothy’s Tithe,” was then given by the Pittsboro R. A.’s Which was followed by a song “Give,” sung by Carlton Jones, of Pittsboro. 4The meeting adjourned to meet nexd: July in Carthage. - Crop Adjustment Plan For'Tobacco Expected Announcement of a crop adjustment plan for flue-cured. tobacco is expected before opening of the market August 16, government leaders said here fol lowing ac omfereOce with growers of the state. The conference was held in conjunc tin with the American Institute of Cooperation which ended a week’s see sion yesterday, iji Dean j. q, Schaab of N. C. State college, said tobacco growers favored application of a processing tax similar to that placed on wheat, but that government leaders were unable to give any definite answer to that pro posal until further conferences are hold in Washington. The problem of coop ration tobacco was discussed before the institute by J. B. Hutson, of Wash ngton, D. C., director of tobacco for the agricul tural adjustment administration. Passible Control Methods. He listed three possible ways of con tro'ling flue-cured tobacco: first, the manufacturer promises to buy all tobacco produced; second, limited production on the'part of the growers; third, payment lor restric ; on of acreage. : Dr. Huston said'tobacco growers would have to cooperate with the ad ministration in developing some effec tive reduction plan. Dean Schaub said that N. C. State college would, upon completon of the cotton program, throw its Weight back of the tobacco proposal. "Tobacco growers cannot success fully organize a cooperative market ing association unless it includes manu facturing as well as market ng,” Dr. Carl C. Taylor, of Ealeigh, told the conference. , - Demands Supervision. Dr. lUylor said the earnings of four tobacco companies in the past iOyears had totaled $9,130,124,437 and sale that liv ng conditions of the majority of the growers still were no highei than those of 75' years ago. “It is doubtful, therefore,” he as serted, “whether there is any industry except public utilities wh ch demandi supervision and probably governmeni control more than dies the produc tion, marketiny, sale and rrnyiufactun of tobacco.’’ . . Grwwfcrs’J'iews. ~""~ “CoopBrat ve marketing assoc ation; instead of being relegated to the back ground underthe *new deal,* will play an increasingly important role ns the plans of the agricultural adjustmenl administration reach definite form,’ said Chestci* KX Davis, director of the production division ofjhe adjustment adm nistrat^n, - JO!*** -r'. jsas » rJ*M.r o??o^' i *»*?*„ l ■'&.. mark twain SAID— "Everybody complains about tie 4^ •mother, but ho me teem ^ to do anything about U.” % TIMES have changed since cmr i American humorist made this witty remark. Although we may still eompbun about the weather, we have learned to do something about k. , The summer no longer b a season of mWm discomfort in modem hoops. MUlioos corned the delightful caw of keeping cool tricelly. 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