Four French Ships Sunk In Battle By Britain This ^ eek (Continued from page one) i ?o5or~chUdm>~ from the coastal j tr*A? Ftance broke off relations with J England today. Germany moved to j include Rumania in the Ber'1""R have a good second crop of red clover and want to cut it for hay. go fishing and stay un til the desire to cut that crop leaves you. Help your land by plowing this crop under." T. TT Brpwn. Extension Service poultry man, urges farmers to cull out hens as fast as they stop laying. A bird that has quit laying may be detected by observing her head closely. When production ceases, the comb and wattles shrink and become pale, appearing dry and scaly. Put these hens on the market immed iately. Another hot weather sugges tion is gathering eggs two or three times a day and storing them in a cool, moist, well-ventilated base ment or cellar. ?Dining July, mi.V;. Dr. Luther Show, State College plant pathologist, ap ple growers should keep up their spray program, since blotch and bit | t? r rot usually make their appear - ' a nee at this time of the year. A spray lendar for apples. Extension Cir | cular No. 192, may be obtained with I out charge from the Agricultural : Editor at State College. Earl Hostetler, professor of ani I mal husbandry," says where facili j ties for winter lambs are available, the breeding season should begin July 1. Early breeding will be en | couraged if the ewes are gaining in weight ram. Nazi Soldiers Turn Farmers I Since action on tho Wntmi Front I. practically at a rtandatm. laoldieri har. b-nput t. work on th. ^ornu Uhlnd^th; W?t>^ TM^ | art ?fc?wn at work wttk a UaaaUna waiM. -* Thirty-Nine Years Ago As Recorded In The Enterprise THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1901. Mr John Rogerson is attending court Mr M M. Cntcher came in Mon day morning Mr A. L. Brock, of Hobgood, spent Sunday in town Quite a crowd visited the gypsy camp Sunday afternoon. Mr G. A Guilford, of Roberaon ville, was in town last Thursday. Mrs. Simon Roberson, who has been sick, is able to be out again. Mr. Jones, of the firm of Slade, Jones and Company, was in town Tuesday. Mr. W. H. Carstarphen, of Norfolk, spent several days in town this week. Messrs. J C. Roberson, S. L. Ross, and John Ross, of Robersonville, at tended court this week. Harry Latham is now on the-road epresenting the Pocahontas Tobacco Company, of Bedford City, Va. Dr. John D. Biggs returned Satur day from Plymouth where he had been a week practicing dentistry The steam launch, Maggie, owned by Mr. J. Davis Reed, of Norfolk, was at the wharf last week. Mrs. S* H. Tucker, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. E M Gordy, in Hobgood. returned home Saturday night. Judge A. L. Coble and Mrs. Co , ble, after spending the vacation be tween courts in Greenville, arrived in town Saturday. Miss Belle Carstarphen, who spends most of her time in Hamilton, is in our town, to the delight of her many friends. Mr. J. F. King's livery at Green ville was burned out last Sunday morning about 4:30 o'clock. This is the second time recently. Miss Daisy Whitley, of Everetts, was in town Tuesday and assisted the ladies of the M E. church with their dinner and supper at the Ma sonic hall. Little Francis Knight, who has been very sick for more than a week, is some better. Dr. and Mrs. Knight have our sympathy in their afflic tion. Hon. H. W. Stubbs arrived in the city Sunday evening. He would have been home last week had he not been detained by the sergeant at arms in order to have a quorum on the last day. Mr. Stubbs is looking very well. Interesting Bits of Agricultural News Cow-Tesdlng There wore 676,141 cows in 27,948 herds ?n teat in Duiry Herd Improve ment Associations in the United States last year, and North Carolina ranked eighth among the States in percentage of new herds on test. Dwarf Trees Agricultural experiment stations in many states and foreign countries are conducting experiments to de velop a dwarfed variety of apple tree, which would simplify spraying and harvesting. Farm Equipment Earnings of farm equipment com' panics declined sharply in 1939 com pared with those of the two preced ing years, as a reflection of lower farm buying power. Housing The low-rent Federal housing pro gram will be expanded to farming" sections on an experimental basis, President Roosevelt has announced. Disease A warning of the danger that far mers may contract undulant fever by handling swine at farrowing time when the farmer hps cits nr niim. sions on his hands has been issued by the American Foundation for An imal Health. Advance The general level of farm wage rates advanced about twice as much as usual from January 1 to April 1, according to the U S Agricultural Marketing Service. Record A new enrollment peak in 4-H club work was reached last year with more than 1,381,500 boys and girls belonging to 79,500 clubs in the United States and the territor -!??! 7 ; ^ Unaffected Norway by German troops probably will have little immediate effect on the exports of farm products from the United States, Believes the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Surplus Despite wartime demands, the world has 1.400.000,000 bushels of wheat more than it will consume during the marketing year 1939-40, reports the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Contrast During the period from 1929 to 1932, industry reduced its production 59 per cent, while farm production, on the other hand, decreased only 6 per cent in the same period. One-Third To show the importance of cotton in the agricultural scheme of the na tion, the U. S. Department of Agri culture points out that nearly a third of the farms in the United States grow this crop. LOANS RECORD Total consumption of all dairy products, including fluid milk and cream and manufactured products, established a new high in 1939, about 17 per cent above the 1924-29 aver age MATTRESSES The U S Department of Agricul ture wttl expand its surplus cotton distribution program to include fur nishing cotton to low-income families for use In home mattrdss-making. UNCHANGED The decline in Industrial activity during January apparently had lit tle or no effect upon consumer da BRITISH-AMERICAN CORPS CALLS FOR AMBULANCES, MEN Seven men enlist, twelve ambulance* donated within 24 hour* of call NEW YORK?Twenty-four hours after the announcement of the incorporation of the British-American Ambulance Corps, seven men had volunteered to drive the ambulances which will be sent to Eng land for service with the British Army, William V. C Ruxion, presi dent of the Corps, revealed. Volunteers have continued to besiege his office at 46 Cedar Street. ? ,. ?? ? .mhiilanaa tor "The first reaction to our call for volunteers Is most encourag ing." Mr Ruxton said "80 was the gift of twelve ambulances with in twenty-four hours of the an-1 nouncement of our Incorporation, | which we made on Monday. "I believe we were all aware of the necessity of haste even before the capitulation of France, but the fact that England now fights alone makes it imperative that we get as many ambulances and drivers to England as we can. as soon as we can. Not merely days but hours count now! We need eighteen more men to go over in the first unit." The ambulances will be sent over in units of twenty-two. and on the strength of the first day's contributions Mr. Ruxton ordered the first group, which also will in clude a staff car. The Dodge Motor Company, from which he ordered them, promised delivery in three weeks, and they will be sent over immediately, Mr. Ruxton said. Twenty-five men will be sent over with each unit, consisting of a driver for each of the twenty-two ambulances, a unit commander and two mechanics. It costs $1800 to buy, equip and "I Feel Terrible" year, and the British-American Ambulance Corpe it appealing tor gifts of ambulances, or any amount toward the purchaee of one, po matter how small. The Allied Re lief Fund has agreed to transport them free of charge. The seven men who volunteer ed in the first twenty-four hours were: William Yarrow, forty-eight years old. the painter, of Redding Ridge, Conn.; Peter Ball, twenty six. Williams '36. of 1326 Astor Street, Chicago. Hugh J. Turner, thirty-five,Rugby'22 and Jesus Col lege, Cambridge, a broker, of 112 East Eighty-first 8treet; Arthur T. Jeffress, Rits Tower; John W. R. Peabody. forty-five, of 125 West Fifty-first Street; Leslie Turley Butler, thirty-eight, a housing en gineer, of 1 Fifth Avenue, and George Kendall Cole, Jr., of 215 West Eighteenth Street. Mr. Ruxton said men wishing to volunteer to drive the ambulances In the first unit should apply to Mr. Yarrow, at the office of the Corps, 46 Cedar Street, New York City. Uniforms, food, shelter and transportation will be furnished the drivers, but they will be paid no salaries and must provide their own spending uion? Skilled Workers Return To Posts Skilled workers who have been forced into the army of unemploy ed during the depression, or into less attractive other jobs, were reassured last week that jobs for which they're suited will be held open for them so far as government national defense Howard C. Hopson, who one* reigned over the huge Associated Gas & Electric Co., is pictured as he left office of a heart specialist in New York. Judge ordered the ex amination when Hopson said he was too ill to testify before a federal grand Jury regarding the utility empire. mand for farm products, reports the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics. I.ARGER The number of livestock on Amer ican farms January 1 was substan tially laigei than on the same date last year, says the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Increases Cash income from farm market-: ings and government payments in January totaled $733,000,000, a rise of nearly $100,000,000 over the in come and payments of the same month a year earlier. War The present European war has diminished rather than stimulated the demand for American farm prod ucts, according to the U. 3. Buieau of Agricultural Economics. Vegetables Vegetable supplies for the late winter and early spring are expect ed to continue short until the first of April, due to the winter freezes which destroyed a large acreage of tender vegetables. Livestock Large suplies of feed and favor able feeding ratios resulted in a 7.4 per cent increase in the number of grain-consuming animal, units on American farms during 1039. work u concerned, "before increas ing the limits on hours of labor al lowed." President Roosevelt told AT of L leaders who complained about men on an air-base project at Jack sonville, Fla., being kept on the job as long as 56 hours a week, that all the country's skilled workers would have to be "absorbed" in industry before there would be any relaxing of the work-week hours limits. Just how to find these workers?and whe ther they will measure up, after their lay-offs, to the degree of skills re Elmer Lilley, of Raleigh, visited friends here today. WANTS The ENTERPRISE WANT AD RATES One cent a word (this type) each insertion. 25c Minimum Charge 2c a word this size Cash must accompany all or ders unless you have an open ac count with us. We reserve the right to revise or reject any copy. The ENTERPRISE PHONE 46 SEE THE ENTERPRISE FOR WED ding announcements or invita tions. m21-tf RECEIPT BOOKS FOR SALE: EN terprise Publishing Company. Tel ephone 46. a26-tf FOR SALE: FIVE-BURNER NES co, built-in oven, black and white cook stove. In good condition. $25.00 cash. 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