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PAGE 4 Tobacco Still / Throughout Is 4 It Has Been Very Important Crop In This Country Ever Since It Was First Discovered By Europeans COAST LINE"HELPED PROMOTE ITS GROWTH Thirty Million Pounds Produced In The Early '90's As Result Of Promotional Work In North And South Carolina ' BV GUV A. CAKDWELL I' General Agricultural Agent Atlantic Coast Line R. K. Co. ! Tobacco has been an important j j crop in this country almost from j the time of its discovery by Eu-1; ropeans. Columbus, Drake. Sirj' Walter Raleigh and other early,' discoverers found it in use among' the American Indians who smok-j ed the leaves, not only socially1 j and individually but in the cere- i monial pipe of peace and around !c their council fires. The pracUce |1 was introduced into Europe and I; became general in spite of deter- * mined opposition in high quart- 1 ers. Pope Urban the VIII went j' to the length of excommunicating [ tobacco users, and no less a per- . sonage than King James I issued '! a "counterblase" t against the 1 weed. i ? Tobacco was the first crop to' * ' * - -I I r RTiJig mujiey iu me ociuti o vi the new world. The prospect of * tobacco shipments played an im- ! portant part in colonization. The principal business of Maryland ? and Virginia with the mother country from the purchase of a harpischord or a wife to a roll c of cloth or an implement was j1 transacted in terms of tobacco ? and payment was made in to- J bacco. j I think I have stated before . that in the early 90s the Atlantic Coast Line begun the promo- ie tion of tobacco growing in East-, ? ern and Southeastern North Car- j olina counties, among them Co-, i lumbus. This promotion was done , with the cooperation of the South- c ern Tobacco Journal, which jour- c nal engaged experienced tobacco j S growers to come into this terri- a tory. not only to grow tobacco but to encourage and show others ! ? how to grow and cure tobacco. I One of the young men, E. L. Ring, who was afterwards employed by the Southern Railway t ?FOLLOW Caro TABOR CITY WE HAVE THE < ( F* !; : J ^ ; I> W ?*?? Women OXFOl $t.oc Sizes 4 t< ALL SUMP VISIT OUI 3c COUNTER CAR TABOR GIT MB 1 1MB - ^ Major Crop I forth Carolina If System as a tobacco specialist, located at Whiteville, and claims to have been the first farmer to grow tobacco in that section. Mr. Ring informed me some years! ago that the Court House at that! time was the only brick building | in Columbus county; that there' was not a bank in the county and there was not a farmer in the county who had a two horse wagon. Mr. Ring said, "Flour was cheap but we did not get any biscuits except on Sunday mornings when the preacher happened to visit us." The result of tobacco promo- j tional work started in the early j JO's brought about within three | pears the production of 30,000,- j )00 pounds of tobacco over a ter-, itory extending from Weldon, on j ;he north to Sumter, S. C., on i :he South. Columbus county alone j n 1939 produced nearly 30,000,100 pounds of tobacco, and total sales on Whiteville warehouse ;hat year were almost 29,000,000 J sounds. I do not have before me lie production figures for the :ounty for 1940, but they were -ery much reduced because of vorld market conditions. Total sales on the Whiteville market i n 1940 was reduced from 28, |i 04,379 pounds in 1939 to 16,864,-j; 78 pounds in 1940. 'i The Government is endeavor- ii ng to protect the tobacco grow- |l ng farmer, that is, those farm- j rs cooperating with the plans of he Agricultural Adjustment Ad- i ninistration. In spite of the sup- ; tort given this crop by the Ag-1 icultural Adjustment Adminis- J ration, the wise fanner will j teadfastly farm for a living j1 irst, for a surplus of food and ji eed next in order to care for his ! iwn needs and the needs of his 11 mprovident neighbors, and then j i :et what money income he can i 11 addition from the sale of to-11 lacco and other cash crops. I: Livestock, of necessity, must ] lave a prominent place in South- I rn farming. I think this is now 11 jenerally understood, although ' housands of jgrmers have not ! i et gotten around to the adop- I' ion of a well balanced system- 11 rops and livestock?but this I' hange must be brought about if I louthern agriculture as a profitble business is to survive. tOLL WEEVIL THREAT IS GREAT THIS YEAR "Total preparedness" to control j he boll weevils is recommended iV THE CROWDS r iina D ,N.C. >AME ONE LOW PR 01 . Men, \ ur Choice And ( of Tenni % Smart fYLES ze 14 to 44 PA] [ade Well Right, Vat Others $ ^e Percale MI i's FELT *DS S1 I ! Black, G >_9 j dER MERCH j MANY VASELINE CASTOR OIL VANILLA FLAVORING FLASH LIGHT , BATTERIES LEMON FLAVORING OLINA L Y, N. G. ' L - - : Big 3 Proprietor A HARD WORKER Is B. Alton Garrell, proprietor and operator of the Big: 3 Warehouse in Tabor City. Mr. Garrell has almost doubled the floor space of | the Big 3 this summer and has I just closed one of the most sue-1 cessful produce seasons Tabor City has ever known. Mr. Garrell buys from farmers at Tabor City almost 12 months out of the year. to cotton farmers by J. O. Row ell, Extension entomologist of N. | C. State College. He reports that large numbers of weevils surviv-! ed the comparatively mild winter j of 1940-41 and emerged from hi- j bernation this spring. There are indications that [ weevils will be more numerous I this year than during any recent S year. Rowell says. The Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran-1 tine of the U. S. Department or Agriculture keeps a fairly close check on weevils through the use of hibernation traps. Examining hibernation traps at Florence, S. C., the Federal agency found survival of weevils at the rate of 1,960 per acre, nearly 12 times the number found in 1940. At Tallulah, La., 81 per cent of the weevils placed in traps last fall were alive this j spring. Where the cotton grower intends to follow a complete control program, Rowell recommends early or pre-square poisoning with a liquid mixture which is applied with mops. He urges, j however, that the first applica- j tion of the poison be delayed un- , til weevils occur in the field at the rate of 30 or more per acre, or one weevile to 500 plants. "Pre-square poison treatment should be started just as soon as squares begin to form," the roept. Si Buy! TPR For OTTAUTY . A. V_X ^ w A ? ? Vomen, Usually Children BOY s Shoes SHIR' 59c ?eNaL" 59c Dress While the> NTS Vat Dye 69c fa; I and $1.50 |T^ iN'S | * HATS 4 .00 I rey, Brown WHIL ANDISE REI 5c AND 10c ARTICLES Of STALEY'S STARCH 1 MANY 5c CANDY BARS s CHEWING GUM BIG BARS SOAP ' BIG BOX MATCHES ASPIRIN i IEPT. ST THE STATE PORT PII Quality Tobacco Starts With Bed A Well Constructed Plant Bed Will Protect Young Plants From Disease And Help Develop Them A well contsructed seed bed will protect young: tobacco plants from disease and enable them to develop into hardy, thrifty specimens that will grow well in the field. Dr. Luther Shaw, plant patho-! logist at State College, gives the following suggestions for tobacco j plant beds: Locate the bed in a warm, sun- ; ny place with a southern or ; southwestern exposure. The soil should be loamy and well drained. Do not place the bed on a site where a bed has been with-! in the past four years. Box the bed with planks ex- \ tending six inches above the sur- i face of the soil. Stretch wire ! across the bed, place forked sticks in the ground, to keep the canvas from touching the earth. Or the bed may be covered with a thin layer of oat or wheat straw, with the canvas resting on the straw. When the weather will permit, roll back the cover for a while during the day to give the plants fresh air and | sunlight. It is better to have several I small beds than one large bed, | as this lessens the possibility of j all plants becoming infected with | disease. A hundred square yards j of bed will produce 10,000 to 15,000 plants. One ounce of seed will sow 300 square yards of bed. Two hundred pounds of a 4-8-3 fertilizer mixture is enough for each 100 yards of bed. Thorough- I ly mix it with the upper three or four inches of soil. Be especially careful to keep the beds free from blue mold or tobacco mosaic infections. This is important. Extension specialist said. "This is usually when the plants are five to six inches high, and before the squares are large enough for the weevils to puncture. When the squares have developed to a size large enough for the weevils to feed on and lay eggs in, pre-square poison applications should cease." Rowell says pre-square poisoning alone should not be relied upon to entirely control boll weevils. Many weevils reach the field after the pre-square poisoning period has passed. Post-square dusting with calcium arsenate is necessary to control late weevils. tores LQR1S, S. C. j low MERCHANDISE : 75c * /mm i i! pJm \ f last! i I . . . . Long Wear i I 5T COLOR rcale 0f dy. il ? IT LASTS i 3UCED [; 1LY 3c IODINE SALTS rt'RPENTINE SAIL POLISH \DHESIVE TAPE ORES LORIS, S. C. "J I1 i .OT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. Insurance Man |HBr ' HT Br' - ! HHm. i HARVEY N. RADCLIFFE '' f Insurance Co. Makes Report < Jefferson Standard Life Ip- t surance Company Report t Shows Assets Of More j Than 100 Million jf H. N. Radcliff, special local re-'e presentative of the Jefferson a Standard Life Insurance Oomp- s any, Greensboro, North Carolina, t received the semi-annual report " today from the Home Office 1 which was presented to the board j" of directors of the company at ? the semi-annual meeting held on v July 28. Ij Some very interesting figures t were released by President Julian -j Price at the emeting. The cornp- c any now has more than $435,000,-1 c 000 life insurance in force. As- r sets increased during the past i ? six months at the rate of $900,000* per month, and now exceed $100,- r 000,000. i Going further, the company's j chief executive explained that a the paid-for business for the c first six months of the year j r amounted to $28,667,404, the larg-! E est total since 1928. t "Comparing this increase with j the average increase of 4 per- ( cent for all companies shows the j exceptional progress of our com- j | pany", he declared. "Our increase j in business in force is $13,505,379, , which is the largest increase for j ? the first six months in over 20 i years. The total business in force 1 is $435,824,570." if * We Can 1 When combined ' your loved ones, the ] a high plane. As a gui 1 (These figures, Jm Sales W*&\ Wee> k^\\ \ A POLIO EVERY I WthwRHI ^ |lhlliU+lH mjm A Major Co Jefferson Standard progr who have made a study Jefferson Standard reprej protect tomorrow, today. Over Guiton's mngnMnnnD * * JULIAN PRICE, I Ih^bbbbib Two Columbi Are Plannin iV. J. Bussey, Of Hallsboro, And H. C. Hunt, Of Clarendon, Both Planning To Ship To Fayetteville *10 milkTurplus for COUNTY IN SIGHT dilk Route Already Serving Several Producers In Bladen County Will Extend Into Columbus By i. P. Quinerly, Ass't. County Agent W. J. Bussey, Hallsboro, and I. C. Hunt, Clarendon, are prelaring to produce milk for mar:et. Model milk house and barn ilans have been supplied them by P. Quinerly, Assistant Couny Agent, who will assist in eviry way with this project, tfessrs. Bussey and Hunt plan to itart with ten to fifteen cows ach and probably increase the lumber of milkers as fast as hey can produce feed and pasure, the idea being to provide a 'ear round income from their arms by selling milk. This milk will be sent to Faytteville on the truck now operting on a milk route serving everal producers in Bladen couny. Before long, however, it is beieved that other Columbus Couny farmers will be attracted by The company, which next * * 1 - **? oitu nonui ceieorai.es us ?ui a,,,,, ersary, has had satisfactory :arnings during the first half of he year, President Price said, "tie Jefferson Standard has inxeased its surplus $370,000, adled $100,000 to its contingency eserve and $25,000 to funds for i pension plan. Mr. Radcliffe has been special epresentative for the company n Whiteville for the past five rears. Hes ays that his compiny's volumne of business in this :ounty amounts to around three nillion dollars in life insurance ind that for the past four years his county has led in volume for 'efferson Standard in Eastern Carolina. Mr. Radcliffe has specialized in ife insurance; he has just competed a study course in programing life insurance?an importint matter to the investor. He naintains an office in the Guiton 3rug Store building in Whiteville for his company. . . that all men are created bat among these are Life, Lib t.TlNSARpMXlCYf On every Jeffersc "A Jefferson Stan< 175,000 peopleHelp You Pn with a feeling of security for Pursuit of Happiness reaches ide to the selection of a com'ACTS FROM n our June, 1941 report, again reac, f over ~ iDolhrs kiii # gi < FOR need inipany , . . Cap ess is the result of service rende of Life Insurance so that they c ientatives have a complete servic . Call upon the undersigned free REPRESENTED H. N. RADCLIF Drug Store President . Founded 1907 . > WEDNE us Farmers e To Sell Milk sk ? I this new source of income and enough milk will be produced to extend the route through our county or have one of our own. j Mr. Quinerly states that his investigations disclose the fact that Columbus County farmers are (within easy reach of two of the I best milk markets in the State? i Fayetteville and Wilmington. Because of the big increases in both (civilian and army population, (these cities have a big milk (shortage and are having to im(port it from long distances. High [quality milk is bringing an average of about 30c per gallon delivered in Fayetteville. This, ac! cording to A. C. Kimrey, State | College Daily Specialist, is a very profitable price and from [20 percent to 50 percent above standard prices in many sections. , Furthermore, Mr. Kimrey says , that there is no indication of a possible overproduction of milk in this area for many years to come, if ever. Messrs. Bussey and Hunt are not making this venture blindly. [They have visited farmers in Bladen County who are produc! ing market milk with satisfacj tion and profit and feel that j they can do as well or better. Like many other Columbus farmers, they are confronted with the problem of finding other sources of farm income than the (old standbys of tobacco, strawj berries, etc. Cows will consume | large quantities of feed stuffs [that are easily grown and at the same time rapidly increase the fertility of the farm as a result of manure produced. All Columbus County farmers interested in producing milk for home or market?a family cow or milking herd, feed production, breeding bulls, etc., are urged to avail themselves of the services available at the County Agents Office. Much of the 1941 Wool clip has been marketed and is now moving from producing centers, with prices received by farmers this spring about 30 percent higher than a year ago. A new process for making cotton and other fabrics mildew resistant has been developed by scientists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Rafts with sails are beipg used by fishermen off the coast of Peru. THTV equal. . . endowed. . . with c <erty and the Pursuit of Happi) ?Thomas Jefferson?Dect >n Standard Policy, this trade m; iard Policy is a Declaration of Ind -in all walks of life?have signed dect Tomorro pany in v. i:::!: to insure the your family, these achieve! a a ' Standard will prove helpful. ^ FINE RECOR] b a new bigb in Jefferson Standard p ably Represented red by its representatives?peoplt an give helpful and wise counsel :e available and want to help yoi :ly?no obligation. r 'FE Whiteville, N. C. SREENSBORO, N- C. SPAY, AUGUST f l|B Properly Gra^H '^Tob^^'Far^^B Anequiit^^^H A little ,, tobacco carefullv has i- -JIB to earn W gg |than oil Im the field growing una In the wareh >uses it ; .1 Iff mon sight to sec a JB buy a few baskets of 9a I fully, anil l 1 J for considerably ; paid the farmer fur ;-rJ I? , tobacco, says E. V I The farmei v. ho 'weed could get just as it as the "pin-hooke brings it to the wairh B ,i5 1 fully sorted and packed tively on the baskets, | Buyers don't like iisiv.j^B mixed leaf, and they ,3| very much for them B.; it has been re-sortci j into lots according to i iity, color, and size of '^B 'they will bid the tup :.3 'the particular Adequate light is ;. i shorting rooms so the leif seen clearly and gi. tely. Tie the same kimloffl into bundles or hands. enough different lots ' the full range of quality M tj and color of the crop. Tobacco l> - ten onni! :i properly prepared, but t .< best grade on the mwfct fl m3 bring top prices if fe with inferior leaf. e .^g Growers who have n: r- Hpyg than they can sell tax-!>B -rj* find it pays to .-> :[ th-r^^H leaf first, and pay t?\ -U .rj?j the lower piiced tobacco, .1 <Jii higher the pii tax will be. However, ers with excess tobacco a: jl ning to buy quota cards from . up the full amount of the,: Sweet potatoes grown ily for starch have jfelMI ( high as 2.500 pounds of to the acre, compared witli:Htf| , pounds from coin. ft C& ertain inalienable rights, p-fcj jess?" ||;?? Juration of Independence p? ark and phrase appears- K o? lependence for the Family.'' S,l| this declaration. ? fe w, Tod (if. I security of yourself and 1 D nenis of the Jefferson BI rogress and service.' 8 fi'? lH k^BHBlMait^SSH HI 5E5!jM^BJ 47 I 4 IN 26 STATES I