I nic 1'ilot Covers I flrunswick County Mq[~THIRTEEN no Ihe^f family Cow To flay Part In | Defense Plans Buinerly Says That It Is Necessary For Farmers To Produce The Essential poods For Defense Forces BmVIDING FAMILY SUPPLY NECESSARY yS Any Farmer Not ProKding Adequate Supply Of Milk, At Best, Is I Not Meeting Defense Requirements J. I'. Quinerly tel. < ounty Agent I expects every one in national de . this is to wear be prepared to ssary, in the army to work in I or other factories thousand and one equipment, and to produce the feed and fibre who is not supply of . r his own family - the defense re ted of hint by r. - T'as i,m be accomI g at least one every family etter as a year : milk would then Ii aasuiCMj... only complete and Lect ' All children should tie one quart per day and [its at best a pint. It is also Le cheapest food farmers can Luce, if the cows are fed on Le raised feed, only a small Laity of supplemental bought Li being necessary. Ail animals appreciate good ire ana kind treatment, but Ek give as great cash returns [ as does the cow. The milk L l< a highly nervous animal, [a: j why kindness is so imfetir.t in her care. All other trements of a good producr cow may be met, but if she i roughly handled, she will not tbice well and may be unprolab.e. On the other hand the ce cow will produce profitably ith kind care and treatment, his explains why one person ay say "it don't pay to keep a ?r" and another "We just Clint afford to not have our w -One farmer won't keep a ?' ar.d his neighbor will never without one that is producing i ample supply of milk. Cows at expect to be "petted" are Jing in their language that X'hiteville, Sh ^ ith Modern Stores Well-Stocked With fl The Latest In Style And Design; All The Needs I Of Shopper Available EVERYTHING FOR HOME, FARM ALIKE Blcrchants Of City Have Kept Pace With The Pro gfess Of The City By 1 Improving And Modjd ernizing Them jj? BY M. s. SMITH, WUteviUe Merchants AmYU I to grow shew progress in keeping ^VUh the times The last census the three class, and while scores (a '('a- homes have been built ^ *re are no vacancies and still march of progress goes on. Of Whiteville modernizing r1'slor*" endeavoring to please B? shopper with complete lines 1 the style H York and HollyH - s a real pleasure in the stocks are ^JJ-Ttoe and well informed clerks rr' courteous, and patient "tteutivi. give the best of I, Merchants have cx contacts and K., KPcrienced buyers are in ^Krv'T to ^a'tc a(ivantagc of the E. and newest of designers. H^y . a' t; when Mi forward to fall Be t''! " Parents are shopping and school VYhiteviHe merchants ' 1 the answer to their SK 3 J> saying "Shop in White | TH1 . 27 acco Mai HERE'S ONE Wilbur'Smith, Nakina > little over a year ago was j start raising hogs. The pictur in his hog raising program i picture were not farrowed fi ' were. Pig Program In Has Been V Ithey are well treated, while those , J that frighten and run when ap- |' proached say they have been unkindly treated. | Your cow also requires shade in summer and shelter in winter. , She should have plenty of clear clean water at least twice daily and she should be fed by the rule of plenty. Unless your cow has all the good feed she can eat at all times and some to waste, she is not properly fed. No cow is (properly fed unless she has more i roughage?pasture, forage crops, etc. than she can eat. In addition, she should have grain supi plements in proportion to the quantity of milk she can give. (Roughly this should be about one {pound of grain for each three (pounds of milk she can produce. | Salt should always be available so that the cow may lick all she 'needs when she wants it. Don't forget that your cow is a temperamental animal and the-' j secreting of milk is a nervous (Continued on page 4) oDoinsr Center 11 o Stores, Shops * I ville, where you buy new goods i from progressive merchants who stand behind everything they say." All of the stores are well stocked and you are under no J obligation to purchase by visiting' our stores. A cordial invitation I is extended to come and see how far a dollar will go in purchasing new merchandise. Everything for the home and farm, for the needs of any and for all purposes, can be purchasj ed in Whiteville; hardware, furni; ture, automobiles, radios, wholesale and retail groceries, automo(bile supplies, machinery, farm : machinery, tractors, combines, I trucks, trailors, meats, livestock, fertilizer, building materials, electrical appliances, air conditioning, plumbing and heating, in fact, i make your wants known and we ] will see that every desire is gratiI fied. Trade in Whiteville and be , satisfied. I For amusement, we have the I Columbus and Madison Theatres I and the town is well provided j with cafes, restaurants, boarding j houses, tourist homes and hotels. (The Columbus County Hospital, j new, modern, and well equipped, I meets the needs of the sick. I Health conditions in Whiteville are ideal; outdoor sports the year i round, a splendid water system | owned and operated by this city, I ample electric power, and teleI phone facilities. A cordial invita| tion is extended, hospitality awaits you, come to Whiteville to "visit; live, buy or sell". | Better practices in chipping trees for the sake of future yields and almost total disappearance of export markets have cut down rosin and turpentine production in the United States. I E STj A Goo rketing S RESULT OF PIG PI ^P3hB^?^ *3t JdWRSUf,:., ?*? outh, was one of the school riven a pig by the Whitevill e above shows the measure :rom this early beginning. Oi rom the Merchants Associati VJcinitv J ery Successful 25 Registered Duroc Pigs, Which Were Given Co-I lumbus Boys Have Farrowed 121 Pigs TOTAL OF 80 PLACED | WITH OTHER YOUTHS! Mace Jordan, Of Tabor, City, Has A Gilt That Has Farrowed 25- Pigs, Of Which He Saved 21 i BY C. D. RAPER < Ass't Farm Agent March 23, 1940 will long be re- 1 membered in the minds of twen- 1 ty-five Columbus County boys as ' a day when the Whiteville Merchants Association became inter- ' ested in its farmers and farm , boys. On this day, 25 registered j Duroc pigs were given to boys over Columbus County. Of these 25 pigs, 20 were gilts and five \ were boars. Each of the 25 boys made an ; agreement with the Merchants Association that they would keep the pig, care for it according to recommendations of the Exten-1 sion Service and Vocational Agri-1 culture Teachers and return two pigs to the Merchants Association out of the first litter. These pigs returned to the Merchants Association were to be given to other boys. The Merchants Association did this after realizing the value of good breeding stock in Columbus County. To date 12 of these gilts have farrowed 121 pigs, of which 111 were saved and 24 have been placed with other boys. These pigs are being placed with boys when they arc weaned. The name is presented by the vocational teacher and selected providing he and his father will agree to keep the pig, feed it out according to recommendations and return two out of the first litter. So far, several of the boys have made exceptionally good records with the two boys from Tabor City School making the best records in the county. Mace Jordan, Tabor City, R-l, has a gilt that has farrowed 25 pigs and has saved 21. The first litter at the age of eight weeks old weighed 419 pounds which is well above the state average of 300 pounds litter at eight weeks old. His second litter of 11 is now three weeks old. Fred Lay, Jr., down at Olyphic, has a litter that weighed 336 pounds at eight weeks old and Wilbur Smith, Whiteville School has a litter that weighed 330 pounds at eight weeks old. These pigs are now being placed in sections of the county that particularly need better breeding stock and these boys are in a position to sell registered breeding stock to farmers in their localities at a reasonable price. Farmers wishing any registered stock should see one of these boys. Wages are soaring in Manchuria \TE ] d News paper I] Southport, N. C., Wee eason Gr tOGRAM ^ ? *? ,^ ^ *; ?(?*% ^flHTm J '?v "^v ^ *T"-v^ .- 4 1 s 'v^i; %~*-5 S5psji; S'^l' ci Iboys of this county who a di le Merchants Association to I la of success Wilbur has met le or two of the pigs in the u> on pig, but most of them ti Saving Food Is " Seen Essential To ! National Defense ] In 1917 Farmers Were Called Upon To Increase The Production Of Food And _ Feed To Win War BY CORNELIA C. MORRIS Extension Food Conservation and Marketing Specialist In 1917 farmers were called upon to increase the production < of food and feed and the slogan < was "Food Will Win The War." 1 Fortunately the present crisis < found us prepared with abundant food supplies adequate to take ] care of our military and civilian ' requirements with plenty left ' over. I In a recent address Chester < Davis of the National Defense i Council, said, "It is apparent that l the supplies of American farm 1 products are sufficient to meet 1 any demands that may be antici- < pated. The essential task is to > maintain the farm plant in such 1 a healthy, productive condition 1 that supplies of foods and other < farm essentials will continue to | be sufficient." "We can always depend on J farm men and women in North _ Carolina to grow surplus food 1 whenever there is an emergency. ' They are asked now to grow and can enough food to supply j their own families adequately, e with a surplus to market. Nutrition experts tell us that the average family of five persons will require 160 quarts of vegetables and 120 quarts of fruits during the winter months to supplement j ' the fresh fruits and vegetables 1 that come from orchard and garden in summer. With these figu- c< res in mind, it will be well for every farm family to make plans zi now to produce an ample food ri supply for 1941, to supply the es- h (continued on page two) They Had Troi Plants Be \ Times don't change much. Back in 1911 farmers were having the'p same trouble about the 20th of si March which they so often en- a counter in these modern times. ti Tobacco plants were scarce. p This excerpt from the Mullins a Enterprise bears out this con- si tention: "So far this year, we have v found only one man who has even and average stand of to- o bacco plants, and this man, Mr. v W. B. Collins, of near Mullins, t< has a full stand. 1 "Mr. Collins brought one of d his plants to town a few days ti ago that was as large as a dol- r lar. He stated to the enterprise |C man that he planted his bed on i p the 12th of January, just a few days before the big rain. o "The seed came up in due time o and have grown off well. He has c 136 yards and says that he will g be able to put out his entire crop b at one setting by the 10th of a April. He will plant 10 acres. ti POR' n A Good Coi Inesday, August 6, 19 eatest E iVorld Famous Resounded! . A. (Speed) Riggs Spent One Summer Selling Season With The Crutchfield House In Whiteville NCE SOLD HALF A MILLION IN DAY iained His Nickname Because His Prowess For Rapid Sale Of Tobacco; Has Been Auctioneer 9 Years A tobacco chant which has relunded the world around once irled up among the roof and .fters of the Crutchfield Ware>use in Whiteville. Of a Saturday night, about the me you're preparing for your eekly ablutions, you're likely to :ar something like this, in case >u turn on your radio: "Twenty-three dollah-le-la-la-la-la-la." Well, folks, that would bp L. . (Speed) Riggs, of Goldsboro, orth Carolina, famous tobacco ictioneer who is one of the prinpals on a nationally known rao program, advertising a popur brand of cigarette. Mr. Riggs, who because of his ausual "sing-song," rhythmic >ant, has become known over le country as "the singing auconeer," spent the summer of >37 in Whiteville auctioneering >r Crutchfield's Warehouse. One of the Crutchfield boys disjvered Mr. Riggs over about Hfocutt Warns Hazards In T Another "Chant" Familiar Here Along frith the familiar chant >f the tobacco auctioneer there tomes another chant?just as 'amiliar, perhaps. We mean the thant of "Ice cold lemonade . . two glasses for a nickel!" Each year with the grand opening of the Whiteville Tobacco Market there comes the endless swarm of ambitious venlors. Some are old but the majority of them are just barefooted youngsters, roaming the tvarehou.se floors with the same lusty yell. The peanut and 1cm 'made salesman Ls a prominent figure on the WJliteville Market as he sells his wares to he thousands of tobacco farmers. Research Helps Tobacco Growing 'his Is One Of The Greatst Contributing Factors In Making Tobacco Carolina's Biggest Cash Crop The guiding hand of research as been one of the greatest con ibuting factors in making toacco North Carolina's No. 1 jsh crop. Experimental work in fertilisration, cultivation, curing, vaieties, rotations, and marketing ave produced fruitful results (Continued on uage 4.) uble Getting ick In '11 Too "While he made this good reort, he has neighbors who have carcely any plants at all. and lready number of them are af:r him for plants with which to ut out their crop. When asked s to the size of his plants, he fated they were an average size -about as large across as a siler dollar. "His bed is planted on the side f a branch, and under a hill, 'here the plants are well proected from the cold north winds, "he Enterprize man has made lligent inquiry from every secIon, and without exception, baring Mr. Collins, the reply is reeived that there is a scarcity of lants. "Several parties we have heard f have already thrown their beds ut and will plant the land in otton. Wherever it is possible to et the plants, by all means toacco should be put out. From 11 indications, this is he year 9 plant it" 4 r pii mmunity 41 PUBLl vent Of ; Chant Once In Local House * fmtm n fl L. .' 1. ^51 1. J > / Duplin that Spring, auctioneerini off dewberries, and engaged hir I for the summer season here. H 'stayed here about two months. I The broadcasting company firs heard "Speed" Riggs auctioneer ing tobacco in the Liberty Ware house in Durham. His chant wa | (continued on page two) > Of Traffic obacco Season f Increased Traffic On Th Highways During 'lobac co Season Creates A Set ious Hazard To Travel lers ALREADY HAVE WORS' CONDITION IN YEAR .State Highway Director Ap prehensive As The Season Approaches, And Warns Those On Highways To Use Care RALEIGH?Already confronte j with the worst traffic conditior in the State's history, state 01 ficials who are interested in th highway safety problem view wit apprehension the opening of th tobacco markets this year. "In normal years ,the marke ing of the tobacco crop cause abnormal traffic conditions ri suiting in many accidents, bi with traffic already at an al time peak, the 1941 tobacco se; son is liable to result in a bun per crop of traffic accidents said Ronald Hocutt, director ( the Highway Safety Division. Our principal tobacco-producin section is Eastern North Carolir where most of the defense activ I ty in the state is concentrate* I This will mean that certain higi | ways wil lbe jammed these ne? !few months with military vehicle i private cars of defense worker 1 and tobacco-hauling vehicles. Fc this reason, it is all the moi i important this year that tho.< I who have tobacco to haul I market should take every pr< caution to see that their haulin is done in the safest possible mai ner." Hocutt pointed out that tt opening of the tobacco market usually brings forth upon th | highways a vast array of noi 1 descript vehicles which stay i the far myard or under a she ter most of the year and whicl for the most part, lack a lot ( being in the safest mechanic; condition. "The vehicles can create ser ous hazards on our highways the safety director said,, "and mi torists should recognize the! hazards and compensate for thei by increasing their alertness ar I caution when driving on roai [where tobacco-haulers are opera I >??: " j By way of suggestions to ti i bacco growers. Hocutt stressi I the importance of proper loadin, | so as to give even weight di i tribution, and of careful inspe tion o ftires, brakes and raili couplings. Inasmuch as much t bacco is hauled during hours i darkness, he also urged the in portance of careful inspection i running lights and clcarani lights before each trip to marke He also sugested that tobaco (Continued on page 2) \ ,0T | SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Entire Y Whiteville Mc \ Readiness For With Tremei Merchants Ass'n Proves Itself As Farmer's Frienc Operates For The Benefi Of People Throughou This Vicinity; Livestocl Program An Outstanding Achievement ONLY ORGANIZATION LIKE IT IN COUNTS [Credit Bureau, Publishing Of Bulletin, Operation In Connection With Tobacco Board Of Trade Prove Beneficial BY M. S. SMITH Secretary The activities of the Whitevill Merchants Association, accordinj ' to the records, prove conclusivel; ^ that it is doing very constructiv work. Teh organization is mor than a group of merchants or t! ganized for their particular needs but it acts in every field of en 1 J e iU- u-li s. ? i ueavor iur me ueiiernieiii u a j every citizen of Whiteville, Colum bus County and surrounding area j Naturally the merchants ar interested in the welfare an | success of the public, especiall; the farmer and it has been th ; main purpose of the Whitevill | j Merchants Association to improv the living conditions and increas j the income of the farmers c e j this vast area. How well they have succeede - can be measured or judged b I- comparing conditions of the pas with the present. It is impossible to enhumerat r in detail just what is envolve S but we point with pride an considerable satisfaction to ou Livestock Program, which, at cording to S. C. Oliver, count agent, has advanced Columbu County at least ten years, an farmers of tomorrow will be bel I ter informed and more substar - tial in business because of th (l cooperation they have receive 13 and the interest created throug f. our organization. ie The outgrowth of the Livt h stock Program was the White 1C ville Livestock Market which i ; operated successfully by Mr. I t_ B. Felton. ,s I The Whiteville Merchants As:- I I r $1.50 PER YEAR B ear Here I irt In Complete I Opening 12th, I tidous Interest I . Six Gigantic Warehouses H Are Prepared To Handle H Easily Up To 3 Million H Pounds Of Tobacco Daily | I WAREHOUSE FORCES B 1 ARE ALL LEADERS n t Topnotchers Are Found t Among The Personnel Of Hj 1 Whiteville's Warehouses; Three Sets Of Conscientious, Energetic Buyers r BV >1. 8. 8.>IIT1I Sales Supervisor J The tobacco marketing season HH is the greatest event of the year |H ' in Whiteville and the 1941 opening promises to be of greater i interest and more significance than any season during the past decade. Warehousemen, auction- / eers, weigh masters, and other e employees have had a long rest S and they are now in readiness y and it is their desire and purpose e i to serve former patrons and new BR e : ones with the very best services - possible. Every consideration is Ifl : , given to the farmers and every - effort is made to secure what he f desires most, and that is TOP H| - PRICES FOR EVERY POUND H 1.1 OF TOBACCO OFFERED FOR M e; SALE ON THE WHITEVILLE H J | MARKET. H V! The Whiteville Market has 1 H e long been recognized by producc | era throughout the Carolinas as c the most satisfactory tobacco e I market and the records show 'f that the highest grade for grade prices are paid day in and day d out. There is no room for doubt y' in this market as the proof of it J the pudding is in the tasting and I producers who have continuously e sold their entire crops in Whited ville confirm this statement. It is d un-necessary to make false state- |M if ments regarding the service and !- high prices, the thousands of fll y satisfied customers, hundreds of s them selling on the Whitcville J d Market since it was established, t- arc loud in their praises, and i- are true witnesses to the facts. e Whitcville is well located in d the heart of the best agriculture h section of the Carolinas, the county seat of Columbus County. It < JUj !- is the cross roads of business and pleasure; highways leading north, - j s south, cast and west, center in 3. Whitcville. Tobacco growers coming from all sections enjoy their >- stay in Whiteville, because every n provision is made for their proy | tcction, comfort and welfare. , i-1 GIGANTIC WAREHOUSES H is; The six gigantic warehouses n on the Whiteville market, with if onroo s\f flr\r\r cna net am timnlo s, to take care of over three miln lion pounds of tobacco spread H| for sale. The houses arc modern, >- well lighted, with good roofs,- ' is solid floors and with all modern d conveniences, essential to the re- ||H d quirements and needs of cxpeditt ious handling of the golden weed n from the time it is hauled in until it is hauled away by the |H n buying companies. ie The floor managers are exceedi ingly capable and have exper- IH is ienced men under them to assist , H| w in preparing the weed in the id most attractive manner and show it it to its best advantage, so that . j^l re it will appeal to the buyers. H| r- Few people realize the trials i- of a floor manager, because they appear to be happy and congen- H ts ial under all conditions. The ie whiteville warehousemen are well > known by growers of the Caro- mM id Unas and Virginia and their opin- i ^9 ie ion regarding quality and price is ^9 based on actual facts through H >- years of experience. Bj >y They have had their training i H 'r the hard way, the actual growing, H grading, handling, and living with H i- the golden weed day and night, '|H advising farmers and assisting H >e them in every way; therefore they J jH arc appreciated as men of honor H le and integrity. H They are not perfect in every S y sense of the word; however, they le are cautions, honest in their opin- H ion. faithful to their trust, and "s human in their sympathy and H endeavors. H m The owners and operators of H ie the Whiteville warehouses have fl le their names engraved in the H le "WHO'S WHO IN THE TOBAO- H CO WORLD" and they have reached the "pinnacle of succcse H lit because they have kept the faith. j.^B It is refreshing to see their named j|H (Continued on page fourj H