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SIX Labor Condition ! On Berry Farms Somewhat Better Scarcity Of Berry Pickers Has Been Causing Considerable Alarm In Sections During Past Several Weeks RELIEF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN HALTED ERA Projects Were Halted Two Weeks Ago In District To Give Farmers Opportunity To Get Necessary Help On Farms An acute labor situation in the berry growing area of this county has been alleviated to some extent during the past two days, i Scarcity of hands to be used in the strawberry fields has been reduced somewhat, as hundreds of colored people from other counties have been imported. At best, though, the situation Is by no means well in hand. Many of the best and leading farmers of the county are still unable to secure the necessary pickers to harvest their berries, ; and have made a more or less fruitless search to secure them. | The situation the first of the " week was described as immediately serious, in view of the fact that if sufficient hands were not I secured with which to harvest the berries, much of the crop might be lost. it Relief agencies, throughout this { entire district, have been assist- ( ing in an effort to secure the j necessary hands. Several truck- 1 loads have been brought into the ' county from as far as a hundred 1 miles away. i While a scarcity of hands ac- 1 companies every large berry crop 1 it has been more acute this year j than in several years. However, 1 the situation is gradually being 1 alleviated, and it is now thought ] that sufficient hands will be sec- 1 ured to harvest the crop proper- 1 iy. 1 The whole forces of the State 1 ERA the first of the week took 1 the situation in hand, and under ' order of Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, 1 the State ERA administrator, all 1 those people who ha d been re- 1 ceiying money from that organi- 1 zation, who refused to accept ^ work in the berry fields were 1 ordered stricken from the list of possible workers on ERA pro- 1 jects. 1 Two weeks ago all relief work ' and projects in this district, com- j prising Bladen, Brunswick and ' Columbus counties, were halted 1 under order of Mrs. Gladys B. 1 Proctor, the district administra- ! tor, in order that the berry far- 1 mers might have the opportunity ' to secure the necessary hands s with which to harvest their crops * In an interview last week Mrs f Proctor expressd the opinion that 1 there would be no more relief 1 work in this county by the ERA '1 until next fall when work on the farms had ceased, and empha- c sized the fact that the govern- c ment agencies were only func- 1 tioning where actual unemploy- f -ment existed. 1 v'Erom The News Reporter) s Cat Between Matt res ? Annoys Nakina Folks 1 i Nakina, April 21. ? Recently 8 Mrs. Jenny Hardee and other 1 members of her family spent a I most fearful night, all because of a cat. Mrs. Hardee had ' thrown one mattress upon an- 1 other bed and in the middle of! 1 the night a cat, which had been : .sleeping on the bottom mattress. 1 began to get restless and began mewing described as sounding like radio static. The family began looking high and low, but since it took them several minutes to locate the originator of those weird noises, they were on the verge of believing in ghosts and hunting other quarters. -? ? Daylight Saving ^ *7_ ? fl j i ime i\exi aunaay Radio listeners of this section will be interested in the change of time which tak6s place at 21 A. M. next Sunday morning, j when an hour will be lost to , . millions of people living in the big metropolises. That hour will be made up J again on September 29th, when the time is changed back from Daylight Saving Time to Eastern Standard Time. Gaston farmers have given more attention than usual to their seed sweet potatoes this spring and have used good seed treated for disease before bedding. Why do organized minorities run things? Simply because the i.iajority has not sense enough to organize. I * Scenes ant < * '*$1 1?First-ciass cadets from West Monroe, Virginia. 2?Pickets surroun porary shelters prepared for a long Haitien, as the American forces final OLD NEGRO MAI SMALL CHII ^ Charlotte, April 30.?A white j laired Negro mammy, Aunt Nancy Smith, adds another sentimental :hapter to her kind by her heroic action in rescuing an 18 j rtnntVio aIH ho h*r frnm fho tracip ' 1 ll/I lklio V1U k/UI/J A.EVXJ1* u.v v . lutomobile accident which occurred on United States highway lumber one, 10 miles south of Rockingham, Saturday night. Aunt Nancy was one of the first to reach the wreck, and ivhile Jim Hamilton and Robert McBride, two strong young Negroes were "totin' folks out dat sreek sumpin' scandalous" she found Baby Mable wriggling in the water, mud. and briars, barely able to lift her head high jnough to keep from drowning. While other strong men came ind placed the dead, injured, and lying along the roadside, Aunt Nancy pressed a tiny face to her bosom and wiped away the tears mixed with the mud and grime. When the writer arrived on the scene, Curtis Quick, the child's father, was lying on the road screaming in agony, and her pretty 18-year-old mother was be-: ng placed in an automobile j sound for a Hamilet hospital. Al- j nost unnoticed Aunt Nancy was j standing by the roadway croon-1 ng to her charge. The baby, unlurt except for a briar scratch slept placidly. When some one at-! :empted to put little Mable in a 1 :ar she set up such pitiful wail-. ng that all agreed with Aunt1 ^Jancy?"Dat honey child need ne," she said. Aunt Nancy says she was born in Gourdvine creek in Anson :ounty, and accepted her part in he tragedy with that humble ;race for which her race have seen celebrated in Southern song ind literature. The Mecklenburg Jersey Breed>rs Association is planning a j nore aggressive campaign for sopularizing the breed in that1 section. A Jersey calf club sale vill be held in May. Texas seeded ribbon cane gave ;ood results in CabarruS county | Jiis season as an ensilage crop. | in one aemonsirauon, rne cane yielded four times as much silage as did corn. Demonstration settings of loblolly pines have been made in j Davidson County this spring to study timber management. Insect 1 If you are be Roaches or other 1 us before going els We Carry a Full j Watson's Southpo - -i THE STATE PORT Pli \ Persons in the Cui IviiSli:;: v:'v ' (2) ? Point getting firing practice with six-i: ding the American Aluminum company siege. 3?Lowering the Stars and Strlj ly evacuated HaitL WMY SAVES f ,D FROM DEATH |c mm* w mm Highway Man Sued For $25,0001 H. N. Panther Defendant In Three Suits Of $10,000 Each, Asking Damages ' As Result Of Wreck Near Here In September I Result of an automobile wreck which happened on highway 20 j. between Whiteville and Chad- (i bourn on the 18th of last Decern- j 1 ber, three suits asking damages aggregating $25,000 were field j yesterday in the clerk of the I, court's office here against H. N. i Panther, highway man. Plaintiffs iri the suits are C. T. j Whaley, chief of police of the \ ( town of Fair Bluff, John Powell, i i of that place, and E. T. Reed, j 1 colored merchant also of the bor- j' der town. The first two ask $10,- ' 000 each for injuries received j while Reed asks for $5,000. : The complaints allege that the I j plaintiffs received serious and j permanent injuries when the car ji owned by Panther and driven by jl another man plunged over an em- ) bankment four miles West of j| Whiteville. ) (From The News Reporter) ) Will Select Queen j Of Coastal Areaj> j J At a dance to be held at the \ Anchorage pavilion at Lake Wac- > camaw next Wednesday night, ) May 1st, i beauty contest will J be held with representatives from ) all the towns of the coastal area, ) and the winner will be awarded I a grand prize and crowned Co as- I tal Queen. > Whiteville offers four represen- I tatives in the contest: Misses j! Maggie Jackson Smith, two years j) ago Miss Whiteville in a local I beauty contest, Katye Winesett, ,1 Mrs. Paul J. Williamson and Mrs. j) H. B. Gurganus. jl U nf r>o)a I i. UlU 11 U1UU lucmi/tia | well county completed 176 projects in 1934 and obtained excellent results from their work ac- ! cording to report books filed with the county agent. "rouble? |j ithered with Ants, household pests see ewhere for relief. Line of Insecticides Pharmacy rt, N. C. lot, southport, nori rrent News nch coast defense rifles at Fortres plant at Alcoa, Tenn., with ten dps the marine barracks at Cap Tabor City Plans Big Expositioi American Legion Stagin Big Trade Week Am Festival During the Weel Of March 6th, Witi Many Interesting Featui es Plans are being whipped int 3hape for the American Legio rrade week and Festival that wi be held in Tabor City during th week of May, 6th. The city business men are plar ning great sales for every da during the big festival. The e> position will be located right i the center of Tabor City an ill merchants are buying booth in which to display their mei :handise during the big shov Some of the best circus an vaudeville acts in show bus ness will be brought to Tabc City to help furnish the visitoi imusement during the weel Special features will be on th program for each night. Th >pening night will be a gran eview of all acts. Tuesday nigh jtfCJtJIJIKJf Jt3tX3C3fJtJf3t) | There | UNITED I allowance buy. Sine of populai When are doin? j Drilling, 1 | ing, Electi ( ! ! | Auton ( I ( ( I Anyth | Body Wor i " _ IB I ! RCA ( I Coi fctKKlCICKICKKIOCKKKM TH CAROLINA | will be home talent night with , cash prizes to all winners, Wed nesday night a style show using i I ! 18 of the young ladies of the | county, Thursday night will be Old Fiddlers Night with cash prizes to the best string band, | best old fiddler, best banjo play- j | ers. A couple is wanted to get | | I married on the exposition stage Is 1 on Saturday night. The exposi-1 j tion mannager has a wonderfull I a j offer for a couple planning to I | get married. The auto dealers will1 also have a chance to show their j i new cars at the big exposition. I The Legion's S5.000.00 hut will , be formally opened with a big I ! dance, and the Legion post hopes I I to make this one of the biggest j I ! dances that has ever been held I in this part of the state. One of I | I the best Orchestras will be se-1 | [ cured for Friday night. Hal; | Thurston, Hod Williams and | ! others are under advisement but I I so far the dance committee has | ! not yet picked the band. The new hut is one of the 1 | finest in this part of North Caro- i | lina, and the post members are! | ! very proud of the building. The j I floor is made of hard wood and j ! makes a very fine dance floor. , The hut will be decorated with iK the colors for the big dance. ) | e Falls At Dance, Breaks Her Knee While attending a square dance | on Saturday night, Mrs. Rossie | Fowler, who lives out on Tabor 1, City Rt. No. 1, happened to trip [ : and fall, sustaining a fractured I | knee cap. g Rushed to Tabor City physic ians, she is now progressing nik |Cely" h PCA DISBURSEMENTS The Whiteville office of the j Production Credit Associationj through April had disbursed a a total of $51,650.00, information n ; issuing from Columbia, S. C., in11 dicates. e Evergreen Youth ?- Contest Winner y ; In a live stock judging con-1 n test held at Fort Bragg the first1 d of this week, Anthony Benton, is | Agriculture student in the Ever- . r-1 green high school, won first place ip. with a score of 183. d These contests are sponsored! i- by the state department of vocair; tional education and the Young s Tar Heel Farmers organization. | c.: ,e | Mountain farmers of Graham ,e j County have purchased 5,800 lbs. d j of lespedeza seed for demonstra- J it tion planting this season. j WAR! is a Price War on Tii STATES TIRES bef< on old tires. Let ui :e they do not cost ai r UNITED STATES MACHIDi ; do you get your m; a lot of machine sho] -athe Work, Press *ic and Acetylene Wi " PANIT DEF (lobile painting and 1 GAR ling done on an autot k and New Parts. lADIO-Repait VICTOR and DELO Terms to sn lumbus KJCKMKKKKKHglCKKIOetKI ] Boone Bicenten The obverse and reverse sides bicentennial half-dollar, as designed authorization by congress for the The money from the sale of the co tennial commission of Kentueky institute the pioneer's national monii In Rutherford County, 267 farners have sold 14,786 pounds of I SPECIAL Taxi April has gon linquent in listing 1935. In order to g failed to list, furth are given until W< to see your Tov and make your ta? Section 521 Act provides thai per cent added to failure to list is a the Board of Cou shall present the persons, firms or grand jury. SEE YOUR AT C W. R. 1 TAX SUF mMXMXXMMXMXXXXX WAR! res this week. Ge ore the price goes s make you a pric< ly more why not ] TIRES. rE SHOP <*> ichine shop work 1 1 _ 3 worK sucn aj iVork, Rebabbitti dding, Etc. ARTMENT bodywork. Sip age nobile. . Repairing ing and Pai 3 RADIOS FOR 5 lit you Motor tmcmcmcicicMmcKmcii:] WEDNESDAY, MAY l, H nial Half DoUaTl > of the model of the Daniel Bo?l by Augustus Lukeinan, following inunufnelure of 600,000 of the pl^^H ius will go to the Daniel Boone bi^^H hicli will acquire four shrines lo cfl iment. j poultry for $1,798.97 during jfl j last few weeks. .notice! listing I e and many are detheir property for I live those who have er opportunity, you idnesday, May 15th mship Lister and i returns. of the Machinery I : in addition to 10 the tax, the willful misdemeanor, and nty Commissioners names of all such corporations to the TAX LISTER )NCE 10LMES I 'FHVISOR I t your set of > up. Good i ; before you I put on a set I done? We .... I ; Reaming, I ng, Rebor- I I Painting. I I, painting, I rts I SALE I Co. 1
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