I page four
I Dried pea aoup made with whey
I powder is among the supplies carI
ried by Admiral Byrd's Antarctic
I expedition.
I In the two years since the first
I soil conservation district was orI
vganized by farmers under State
law, erosion control in districts
has spread over' more than 7,000
fapns, embracing 2,000,000 acres.
Supplies of feed grains available
for the 1939-40 feeding seasc#i
are now estimated at 110,000,000
tons, reports the U. S. Bureau
of! Agricultural Economics.
I Experiments have shown that J
syrup prepared from sweet pota-1
to;, starch is comparaoie in ap-1
pearance and flavor to cornstarch !
svrup prepared under similar con- j
dnons. i
New Year Babies
J Will Get Awards j
I Esso Marketers, in connection'
with the introduction of its two!
new products, Esso and Esso j
Ejrtra gasoline, are offering to j
pay five dollars for every baby1
bprn in its marketing area, which
includes North Carolina and Columbus
County, on January 1".
1940. In the event twins are born, [
each twin will receive $100. TripI
le)ts each will receive $250, quadI
riblets $1,000 each, and quintupI
lets $5,000 each. In each case
I aWards will be made in the form
I of a savings bank account to the j
I credit, of the baby. In the 181
I states and District of Columbia i
in which the company operates J
there are an average of 3,000!
births daily. Of these there are1
an average of 35 twin births and
I one triplet birth.
N. C. Workers Get
Rpnpfit Pavwents
?
RALEIGH, Dec. 27.?Benefit
payments to unemployed workers
in North Carolina in the first two
years of distribution will exceed
$12,600,000, it is estimated by
CJjarles G. Powell, chairman of
the State Unemployment Compensation
Commission.
.Benefits through December 20
amounted to $12,551,130.17, while
collections from liable workers
through that date reached $29.465.146.17.
To this is added $581,159.33
credited in interest to the
State's balance on deposit in the
U. S. Treasury, which gives $30,046,305.50
in receipts, and a balance
of $17,492,175.33 in the
State's fund.
F.D.R. Makes Edison
Secretary Of Navy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.?President
Roosevelt advanced Charles !
Edison to Secretary of the Navy |
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Other Good i
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Every machine needs o
will reward the owner
efficient and profitable
And modern banking pe
for our 1940 business m
with a sympathetic undi
to smooth the road, mat
i- more profitable.
We want to work s
with the business it
wo serve. You'll fi:
our part?always.
WACCi
BANK & 1
WHITE
FAIRMONT CHAD!
CLARKTON TAJBOK
NORTH t
Member Federal Deposi
'Saturday, putting an end to speculation
over the delayed choice
for the cabinet post vacated by
the death last July of Secretary
Claude Swanson.
1 Assistant secretary for more
than three years, Edison had been
acting head of the navy department
for nearly six months.
The appointment was announced
unexpectedly at the White
House after Mr. Roosevelt had
summoned the acting navy secre- i
tary there for a conference. It fj
will be submitted formally to the '<
senate for confirmation after con-,;
gress convenes next week. p
ii
South Beat North
In Football Game
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 1?
The South regained in measure1
Saturday prestige lost in the;
1860's to Yankee cannon and musket
at Gettysburg when a squad ,
of picked Dixie college stars rout- ,
ed Northern football masters, 3320,
in Montgomery's second BlueGray
gridiron classic.
Both sides exhibited dazzling i:
football, but the Yar.ks were no |
match for the precisioned hocus- j i
pocus attack Ray Morrison of
Vanderbilt and Josh Cody of Flor- 1
ida had taught the Johnny Rebs.
Despite historical pageantry j1
and thousands who turned out for
a downtown parade, a disappoint- j
ing crowd of around 9,000 saw the ]
battle at Cramton bowl. Last [
year the North won 7-0.
PAIL REVEALS PLANS
FOR TOBACCO COURSE
Final plans have been com- '
pleted for the fourth annual tobacco
short course which will be
held for adult farm men and' I
women at State College, January I
16-19, says Dan M. Paul, director '
of agricultural short courses at <
tYfe college.
Three previous courses about i
the State's No. 1 cash crop have
been held at the college and 1
have attracted a total attendance ]
of 600 persons. Of this number, j
210 received certificates for at-1
tending all sessions of one short j 1
course. Any white farmer or farm ]
woman over 16 years of age is j
eligible to attend. 1
BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL !
REPORTS ENCOURAGING
J. O. Rowel), Extension entom- j
ologist of State College, says that ,
encouraging reports of boll wee- ,
vil control through the 1-1-1 molasses
poisoning treatment continue
to pour in to his office. As '
an example of the effectiveness of;'
the control measures advocated ]
by the Extension Service, Rowell ],
quoted the following report from J
F. W. Reams, assistant farm''
agent in Halifax County.
"Three farmers?C. H. Smith of i
Scotland Neck, R. Hunter Pope
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with years of service,
operation.
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BOURN ROSEHILL
CITY SOCTHPORT
AROLINA
t Insurance Corporation
THE STATE
of Enfield, and J. G. Shields of
Scotland Neck?averaged 499.7 (
pounds of lint per acre on 276 1
acres treated with the molasses 1
poison. Farmers not using poison i
made average yields of from 150 i
to 200 pounds of lint per acre, t
with a number of growers report- ?
ing less than 100 pounds per acre, t
s
BIG BUSINESS c
The growing and selling of s
Christmas trees and greens is f
getting into the big business
ilass in the United States. Last 1
year, farmers sold $10,000,000 s
worth of these products to form v
a substantial side ineime to the I
usual crop. c
I
Army Claims Youths
From This Section v
WILMINGTON, Jan. 1?Twen- I
ty-four young men from South- r
eastern North Carolina enlisted t
during December at the Wilming- r
ton district office of the army I
recruiting service, Sergeant S. W. a
D. Bennett, local recruiting of- ?
ficer, reported. r
They include: Frederick E.
Gore and Barney Andrews, of 0
Ash; Charles B. Harper, of Tabor *City;
Edwin J. Butler, of White- ?
ville; Harive T. Johnson, of Park- '
ersburg; McDuffie Spivey, Jr., and
Billy H. Skipper, of Tabor City. v
Edd Adams, of Shallotte; Du- *
pree Jenrette, of Ash; Carden J. o
Long, of Supply; Bernice C. i"
Padgett, of Watha; Felton F. g
Spivey, Elbert Todd, ar.d Willie t
R. Norris, of Tabor City; Henry 1
H. Lee and Gratchel L. Thomas, v
of Conway. j ?
William H. Bland, of Longwood; j0
Ivey L. Knowles, of Wilmington; j
Sidney L. Blanton, of Chadbourn; L
Robert C. Hall, of Beulaville; [ j,
Troy O. Evans, of Freelar.d; Rob- j,
ert F. Clemmons, of Shallotte;; e
William C. Humphrey and Mar- a
shall C. Foster, of Richland.
POULTRY POPULATION
SLATED FOR INCREASE <,
r
North Carolina is standing on f
the threshold of another great j s
coultry year, according to C. F. |
Parrish, extension poultryman at g
State College. j r
The output 01 baby chicks has t
been increasing steadily in the | a
past few years, resulting in a j \
plentiful supply of broilers and | c
fryers. Last year, Tar Heel poul- j c
trymen started approximately 30 i
million baby chicks. j t
"We must depend on North c
Carolina and other nearby mar- ; I
kets to handle the poultry supply!
produced in this State," Parrish
said. "It is not practical, in most
cases, to ship broilers and fryers
to distant markets because of
shrinkage and competition."
THE TRAP-LINE,
(By Joseph Kufhani) (
(By Joseph Hufham)
Our trap line column has been 1
off the press so long that per- *
haps some of our readers wonder- 1
ed if it had died of cholera early !
in the spring when so many other '
pigs were dying. Or perhaps some '
figured that it had gone over '
with the Russians and that a dc- '
tachment of Finns had left it 1
bleeding and dying on one of '
those frozen lakes. But it is not '
so in either case. It has merely 1
been hibernating until more ma- '
terial could be gleaned to fatten
it up.
And so we set out one gloomy i1
afternoon a few evenings ago in j'
search of some kind of adventure j1
a few evenings ago in search of j1
some kind of adventure. Roy Dew']
and I crawled into the Skillet f
and started paddling down :
stream. Ever so often we would j1
crawl out upon the bank, stretch
ourselves, including our necks,
and look about to see if a squirrel!
had dared to venture out. And
presently we saw four J laying
on the side of a dead, bleached
old cypress. Roy was still in the
boat and all the fun was left
to me. Three shots, three squirrels;
the fourth got away. ,
So we drifted a little further
on. We had a single-barrel shotgun,
and a single-shot .22 caliber
rifle. Both were beside me in the
bow of the boat. And suddenly
a big, black mink began running
along the shoreline right beside
us. Quickly I reached down and
picked up the rifle, then I realized
that I had made a grave
mistake, because I couldn't hardly
hit a box-car in motion with a
rifle. So I dropped the rifle as if
it were a hot rivit and picked
up the gun. But by this time the
mink was gone.
"Well," I said, "there went seventeen
dollars trotting off. But
I'll be ready for the next one!"
However, this wasn't true. Be- f
cause Roy was already yelling,
"Look, Joe, there comes another
mink down the hill on the other
side!" And so it was. But I would
have to had twisted like a cork-!
screw to have shot him, and so he
got away, also. Then Roy was all
but ready to knock me overboard
with the flat end of the paddle,
when suddenly I put him to thinking
the whole thing over. j
"Perhaps it was better that
way", I told him. "It might be
against the law to kill a mink
from the boat, and it might be,
against the law to kill a mink
this year, also." So we agreed
that it was perhaps better that
thirty-five dollars had gotten
away from us, as it had.
PORT PILOT. SOUTHPOR
About. this instant we espied
Charlie Hollov/ay sitting upon the
lank waiting for us. He had
leard that we were off on a trip
n the Skillet, and so he had
leaded us o{f. So we loaded him
ind our party was complete. But
l party doesn't have much of a
:hance at squirrels when it corilists
of three. And so we landed
in the opposite shore and each
let out into the swamp, looking
or some squirrels.
As I have said, it was a gloomy
ooking afternoon, and I found
i place among some gums that
vere as bleak and bare as Jack
frost and Mr. North Wind ever
:ombined to make a place. But
remembered reading, once, about
Jurroughs, who used to sit down
n lonely places of the woods and
catch life spring up about him.
And I didn't have long to wait.
L squirrel began barking behind
ne; and when I turned I saw
hat two others were within rifle
ange. And so I was glad that
had my rifle along. I was in
,n awkward position to put in a
,ood shot, and one of the squirels
was watching me. He was
larking to point me out, but the
ther squirrels seemed to misake
his intentions, and so they
tarted hopping about in the tree
ops, picking an occasional berry.
Not only these, three others
cere persuaded to come out of
heir knot-holes, and they were
cithin rifle range, also. So with
;reat caution I arose off the log
ipon which I had been sitting
.nd began making my rifle ready
o shoot. My aim at the first
rial was unture. My shot went
cild. But my nerves calmed down
. bit and by holding my breath
o take aim, I was able to bring
ne of the squirrels down.
By this time the other squirrels
""A tiri ao OnH Hfl rfpH bflck
iau gUbkbii muv Uliw MV..
nto the holes in the trees. But I
mew where they were, so I seatd
myself comfortably and waited
jid as, one-by-one they re apleared,
I sent a bullet whizzing
.fter them.
I didn't get the bag limit that
lay, but I did get eight. And the
lext morning I nad plenty of
ried squirrel, warm corn bread
ind plenty of "brown gravy".
Some people might not like such
l life. But those who do it is
nuch more preferable than living
he life of a king. Who, may I
isk, wants to be a king, anyhow?
Vhat, with all these wars going
in I had much rather be in the
lepths of the Green Swamp figurng
out how to out-wit a squirrel
han to be cushioned back in a
lozy cabinet chamber, or in any
lalace in the world trying to
igure out how to feed and prelerve
some mighty nation.
WASHINGTON
LETTER
Washington, Jan. 2.?Political
orecasters have their trials and
ribulations in the beginning of a
Congressional 3ession and a Presdential
election year. Facts and
jossip are avidly gathered in an
iffort to determine the drift of
niblic affairs and policies. Be:ause
of the direct impact
>f politics on our everyday life,
;hc citizen nowadays takes more
;han a passing glance at trends,
-ience the widespread public in:erest
in what the President has
:o offer in his message this week
>nd the early reactions of the
Senators and Representatives.
The intensified activity at the
Jovernment Printing Office is
ndicntive of the renewed interest
n legislative matters. Hundreds
Df new proposals introduced for
:he consideration of the National
Legislature must be printed for
general distribution to say nothing
of the re-appearance of the
Congressional Record, the official
ihronicle of debates and depository
of political propaganda. Sev:ral
days must elapse before -the
Capitol Hill boys buckle down to
serious business. The storm signals
have been hoisted which
[joints to partisan wrangling and
fulminations against this and
that. It is expected that the sev211
state legislatures, which assemble
this month, will reflect
the same symptoms with the
question of budgets and their political
futures uppermont in their
minds.
The prospect of having to vote
for new taxes does not set very
well with the solons here or at
state capitals. The fact that sev:ral
special sessions have been
railed lor the early spring shows
dearly that the reorganization of
state finances will have a bearing
on the thinking of the state's
delegations in Congress. Additional
state legislatures may be
called provided the present movement
toward shifting the burden
of relief from the national to
local governments gains any
lieadway. The highway problem,
too, will furnish another headichc
in the relations between the
federal Government and the
states. The proposed return to
the self-liquidating principle or
the revision of the grant-in-aid
system of controversy is taken
in some quarters to mean a fown
of Federal coercion against the
commonwealths. Others consider
the self-liquidating projects for
highways as a device for escaping
restrictions of the national
budget. Highways and superhighways
will have a conspicuous
part in the forthcoming debate
about national defense.
Monthly benefit payments to
insured wage earners which be
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T, N. C.
came effective Monday Is bound !
to revive demands for additional
amendments to the Social Security
Act. Already the pension
plan is a subject of controversy
I with citizens now exempt seeking
inclusion. There are 47 million
workers covered at present
with some coverage for their
families. The specifically excluded
classes are beating the drums
just now when many neighbors
are now eligible to receive government
checks. It is estimated
jthat nearly one million persons
i will be entitled to monthly benejfits
before the end of this year.
The amount of the check sent to
retired wage-earners is figured on
the basis of the wage credits to
his or her social-security account.
One large class not covered is
'that represented by domestics in
t private employment while agricultural
labor supplies another
exempt group.
A general program based on
broad social problems is not likely
to be encouraged at this sess- ,
ion. The much-touted public heal- (
;th plan has been shelved in favor
of a less costly hospitalization j
idea. The Administration is mov ,
ing might and main to avoid le- j
gislative tinkering with the labor j I
acts, particularly the wage and '
hour law and the National Labor
Relations Act. While it is recog- 1
Inized that Congress will not be 1
Iside-tracked from revision of the 1
jN.L.R.B., the White House is di- '
] recting its energies toward modi- 1
!fied action and doing their best 1
I to keep the item out of the list
:of campaign issues. The Federal '
relief agencies are greatly cheer- '
ed at the A. F. of L. prediction "
this week that "the year 1940 1
will start off with production 1
and profits well above the first '
quarter of 1939." There are, however,
millions of unemployed and '
the increasing: production can
only absorb a part of those out '
of work. As relief questions go
hand-in-hand with politics it will
not be an easy matter to force ;
economies in this direction.
Latest annual reports to attract
attention are those of Postmaster
General Farley and Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace. '
Farley reports a net surplus for
the seventh time "since he took 1
over a department hitherto ope
rating at a loss. There is some
wonder how he manages the I
trick as the report shows an increase
of 24 percent in operating
costs during this period. Wallace (
is basking in the limelight with I
i lengthy commentaries about the j
farm program and the war and i
his ideas for legislative cure-alls, i
i These cabineteers are potential 1
candidates for the Democratic i
Presidential nomination which i
makes their discussions on cur- l
rent problems something worth I
study. 1
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spikes, and rails. iwi
In this complex assembly the co
wooden tie plays a leading role M
because of its cheapness, /?
strength, elasticity, resistance st
to shock, and relative ease of 011
replacement, not to speak of su
its electrical insulating properties,
which are necessary to the C
operation of an increasing mileage
of automatic signal systems.
Ties sometimes last 30 or
40 years, and their average life te
is increased as a result of both gj,
preservation treatment and better
service conditions. Whatever se
the improvement in building ^1
railroad tracks, it is all in P*
favor of the wooden tie, which ^
CJl
has weathered hard service and
now seems established for a
long time to come. M
FINNS CRUSH RUSSIA
CAPTURE WAR SUPPLIES g
(Continued From Page 1)
irmy headquarters . communique
anight.
"On land: Fighting in the Lake
Cianta country in the Suomus- ?
ialmi commune on the eastern
Frontier resulted in a great victory
of our troops on December
29 and 30.
"The enemy's 163rd division
,vas definitely cut up and for the
most part destroyed. Remnants
}f the division were partly scattered
in the forest and partly
fleeing, pursued by our troops, toward
Juntusranta.
"War materials so far collected
jy us comprise 27 guns of various
:alibre, 11 tanks, two armored
:ars, four antiaircraft machine
funs, 150 motor trucks, a transport
column of from 400 to 500 ~
vehicles, 250 surviving norses, i.& ?
field kitchens, and an abundance
if other arms and munitions.
INQUEST FRIDAY
FREES NEGROES
(Continued From Page 1)
^ears old, and Rosa Mae Borne- .
man, three years old.
The bodies were almost entire- j
ly consumed by the fire.
Three children, also asleep in
the house, escaped the blaze.
They were Dorothy May Owen,
seven, Henry Owen, Jr., six and
John Earl Owen, four.
' ' I
Carl S. Ward Has Been
Appointed Census Taker
(Continued From Page 1)
:he appointment of the Enumerators
said,- "Our first job is to
nake certain that every business
nan understands that this community's
hopes for new indus-1
tries, investments, payrolls, and |
residents?in fact, all its plans?
ire tied up directly with getting
full census reports from every
business firm." He also added,
'We don't want a better record Z
ice!
:all foi
he places cited belo1
of collecting taxes.
r NOW AND SAVE
lett's Store, Jan. 17th
-Simmon's Store, Jan.
)FFICE, Jan. 17th
>, Jan. 17th
GROSS ROADS, Jan.
RO, January 18th
OWN?Parker's Store,
S FOLLY ?Roach's J
;GK?Robinson's Store,
S FOLLY?Varnum's !
S FOLLY?Kirby's St
'?Post Office Square, J
>T?Lonnie McKoy's St
>T?H. O. Peterson's S
5T?Mrs. A. M. Ghinni
ST OFFICE, Jan. 24th
?Henry's Store, Jan. \
muary 26th
1?Post Office Square, J
chasTe.
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY s |
ar we get by reporting truth- [costs.
ny but we want everything to Dolon Norris, white IB
Jch we are entitled so that we , charged with operating . B
11 have a proper ranking when vehicle without driver,VB
mpared with other similar Judgment was with held ^"B
ies and areas." This census in- Joe Cause, colored ^ B
rmation is strictly confidential with possession 0f lnJSB
ated Mr Ward and wall be used liquor for purpose of ^SB
,lv for census purposes by cen- guilty, his sentence of , B
s empioyees;
OM^ESs\oNETHURSDAY Judgment was with he^B
Action was deferred in the mat ^ . and
r of hearing Odell Williamson and possession.
10w cause why his license to L- A. McUn.b. whit(
11 heer should not be revoked. found SulUy of being dn^fl
ie board was in possession of a disorderly. Sentence of 4 JB
itition signed by residents of on the roads was suspends*
e Thomasboro community re- payment of a fine of
testing this action. costs, upon further conditio |B
Other matters discussed Tues- he be of good behavior,
lv were of routine importance, lw
any of them dealing with tax COLLEGE GIRLS * H
atters. AND BOYS RFml
(Continued From pVT
IG SESSION OF to Charleston Colleee ,'M
RECORDERS COURT Niernsee to Peace Jun^ JfM
(Continued From Page 1) and Margaret Watts tc
lyment of a fine of $10.00 and burg College.
rwash your Disii
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$5 YOUR )?0SPI?1.C1M||
sift "? Ifimify-yCONCtNTttAa
J^f^UPERSUOSl
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D. G. ANDREWS
SHALLOTTE, N. C. fl
NOTICE I
FARM FOR SALE I
The Brunswick County Board of CommiuionmH
offer for sale the Edward Sparrow properly i|H
Town Creek Township, for cash to the higheitH
bidder. B
The s-'le of this land will be conducted on tktH
property on SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1940, ill
12:00 O'CLOCK NOON. The Board reservei thtl
right to reject any and all bids. H
(SIGNED:)? I
Board Of County Commissioners H
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NOTICE! I
I TAXES I
w at the time designated for I
PENALTY BEGINS, FEB. I
COST. I
10 to 11 A. M. I
17th 11:30 to 12:30 P. M. I
1 to 2 P. M. I
2:30 to 3:30 P. M. I
17th 3:45 to 5:00 P. M. I
10:00 to 11:00 A. M. I
/an- 18th 11:15 to 1 P. M. I
Store, Jan. 18th 1:30 to 3 P. M. I
Jan. 18th 3-15 to 4-15 p. \j.
St?re, Jan. 19th 10 to 12 A. M. I
ore, Jan. 19th 1 to 4 P. M. I
fan- 2?^ _ 2 to 5 P. M. I
ore, Jan. 24th 11 to 12 A. M. I
tore, Jan. 24th ..12:30 to 1:30 P. M. I
s' Store, Jan. 24th 2 to 3 P. M. I
) 3:15 to 4:30 P. M. I
,6th 11 to 1 P. M. I
1:30 to 4 P. M. I
an* 27th 2 to 5 P. M. I
GAUSE |
LECTOR I