Housewives Sweep
\w av Good Soi
Brooms wielded by energet
housewives is one of the reasor
given by John Harris, landsrapt spe<
laiist of the State College Extensiu
Service, for the extremely pen;
soil in the yards of hundreds c
North Carolina farmsteads "Th;
fertile soil which has been swej
away, together with that blown an
washed away, is why it is difficu!
to have pretty lawns in front c
clared.
Continuing the specialist aic
The best solution to this profiler
i> tht use of Bermuda grass Thi
grass should be propagated by plant
ing the roots during the fali or earl;
spring However, there art sonv
farmers who refuse to us* Bermud.
because it spreads rapidly in thei
crop
In this case, tht following pro
cedure is recommended A one t<
two-inch layer of bam man tin
should be spread over the- yard Tin
soil should* then be scarified as deej
as possible and the yard sown n
peas. Topsoil should be hauled 11
to any places that have become erod
ed "
"The peas should be disced or turn
ed into the soil in August or Sep
tember. After allowing the soil tt
settle for two Or three weeks, tht
yard should be raked level and com
mercial fertilizer applied at the rate
of 500 to 000 pounds pet acre Then
25 to 30 pounds of Italian rye grass
be followed in the spr v v-th 20
pounds of common losj? <1* v.t >?-ed
per acre "
"Native grass such as crab glass,
foxtail grass and other? will, auto
matically come up - and if kept
mown, will furnish a fairly nice
summer lawn. In some sections,
w here there is enough rnoistur* . 15
pounds of carpet grass should be
sown with 15 pounds of common les
pedeza
Mrs. J H Saunders has returned
from a visit with relatives in Vn
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from American {ram neutral spirits Oldetymc
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Summer Project A Success
'! A very successful gardening an
tfa Willuimston School during the
sponsorship of the Works Progress
j Parent-Teuchei Association Made
MIMSTKK
>
Hey. Preston Cay ton will sup
ply the pulpit at Sweet Home
Christian Church in Williams
Township next year, it was an
nouneed recently* The minister,
whose home is in Kdenton, re
cently conducted a meeting in
the county church with Garland
Bland leading the song services.
Happenings Jn 'l'lie
Farm Life School
Tin SoniOi class of the Farm Life
school met recently and elected their
. "Mice! . mascots, grade mothers, and
j discussed other' matters of interest.
Vela I'ear I Williams was elected
president; Lala Smith wick, vice
prevalent.. 1 ,au?a?Lilley. secretary
'and ti? usurer Mesdames W A
Hodges and A T Whitley will serve
the senioiis as grade mothers; Dale
Lilley and 'Foggy" Gurkin. young
.son. of Mr and Mrs Frank Lilley
and Mr and Mrs Raymond Gurkm.
are mascots
'I'll- sweet pea will be their flow
er. and they will use rainbow colors.
Tlm senioi class mil this year is
, follows Vera Pearl Williams.
Flo**- Hodges, I^aura Lilley, Lala
Smithuiek. Marie Hodges, Vera
Ruth Griffin, Kathleen Hodges. Le
ona Griffin, Chloe Hardison, Cecil
Browi Harry Peele. Benny Daniel,
. Bhio Peolo. Cailvlc Manning and
Robeii Whitley I
Mr Russell Martin is sponsor of
the class.
A laboratory lias been established
in Charleston, S C . for the purpose
ol developing high quality, disease
resistant varieties and strains of
vegetables adapted to Southern con
ditions
Rugs and Druggets
Housewives. Waul To Save Money?
Then M-?- our beautiful lint* of Hug- ami
DrugjtelK. We liuve unylliiiifc from u
Sfillcr Kiift to a larpe Druppel. Onal
ity Guaranteed. Don't l>uy until you
hate tteen ulial we have to offer.
WE'LL GUARANTEE TO
SAVE YOU MONEY!
Martin Supply Co.
WILLI AMSTON, N. C.
d cunnnii: projt ct was carried on for
summi i months through) the joint
Administration and the Wilhamston
possible b\ it grant (tf land use by
"B A Criteher and Marshall Wilson,
the garden project was conducted
by Labor furnished by the WPA.
Messrs Criteher and Wilson gave
the Pun nt-Teacher Association the
use of lour acres of the Roberson
land without charge and C. G.
Crockett and V J Spivey donated
liberal quantities of fertilizer.
The vegetables were canned in the
grammar school lunch room under
the direction of Mrs. Carrie Delle
the preparation of the free lunches
being ser ved children daily at the
'grammar school. Results of the gar
1 dening and canning are as fellows:
String beans, 210 quarts; soup mix
'ture. 402 quarts; tomatoes and corn,
29 quarts, cucumber pickles, 50
(quarts; tomatoes, 741 quarts; toma
i toes and lima beans, 01 quarts, to
| tal 1493 quarts.
A few of the nearly 1.500 jars of
vegetables stored in the school pan
try for use tbis fall and winter are
I shown above.
Even'tis Parents
\imI Teachers Meet
Monday evening the Everetts P
T A met in the school auditorium
with Mrs A P. Barnhill, president
in charge.
The meeting was opened with the
leading of scripture and prayer by
Mr. H. L. Roebuck, chairman of the
school board. fr"
Three projects were outlined in
the principal's report, which the
school hopes to carry out this year
The first one is to build up the school
library. Although considerable im
provement was made in the library
last year it is still not graded as a
standard elementary library. The
?ond project is a sick room where
children may be cared for when
taken sick at school until transpor
tation may be arranged to return
them t<? their homes A woman will
be provided by the WPA to keep the
room clean, but adequate equipment
for a first aid room must be provid
ed by the school. The third project
was for playground equipment.
The following committees were
appointed, publicity: Mr. J. Q Pa
trick. Misses Fannie Adams and
Cloo James finance, Mrs. Edith Mar
tin. Miss Georgia Moore and Mr. G.
G Bailey; social, Mesdames G. G.
Bailey, Andrew Clark and J S Ay
ers. Jr., program, Mesdames J. Q
Patrick and Henry Peel.
The program committee promised
more entertaining and inspiring pro
grams at the meetings and request
ed that anyone knowing of any tal
ent not being used to please notify
them.
The finance committee offered a
uiiiauve program lor raising money
to be announced later.
"Your school needs your support
as you need it." Reported.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
At last, a catsup bottle that you
can put right oh even the most ele
gant tabic, and which you don't
have to smack?it's called catsup
buffet bowl, and comes in a twin
package with a similar bowl of chili
sauce Latest innovation in plas
ties is then use in football helmets,
either transparent or colored . . . For
gals habitually late for dates, a
sparkling lapel pin in the form of a
clock, with movable hands that can
be ' set' as reminder of an appoint
ment.
Experiments carried on at the Il
linois Experiment Station have dis
proved an old belief among farm
ers that soybean oil is too^ laxative
for fattening cattle. |
Vegetables Can Be
D
Stored For Winter
There is no reason for discarding
surplus vegetables, or for dumpingj
them on a depressed market, says H I
R Niswonger. horticulturist of the |
N. C State College Extension Serv
ice. But on the other hand, there is
no use to store vegetables that are
not of high quality, free from mech
anical injuries, insects and diseases,
and mature but not over-ripe
"If yon pu* an ?nf??rifir, diseased,
damaged product in storage it will
come out an inferior, diseased, dam
aged product, in worse condition than
when it went in," Niswonger declar
ed- ^
The problem of where to store
vegetables is important, and the
State College specialist makes the
following recommendations along
this line: Beans and field peas may
be picked in the pod. spread out in
a warm dry place in the attic until
dried, and after being shelled the
beans should be placed in tight con
tainers and treated with carbon di
sjjjphide to control weevils.
^toot crops, su^h as carrots, beets
and turnips, should have the tops
cut off, leaving short leaf stems, be
fore storing. They may be stored in
shallow crates and placed in the
cellar. An occasional sprinkling with
water will prevent shriveling. Cab
bage and col lards can best be stored
in trenches out-of-doors. Another
method commonly used in Eastern
Carolina consists of pushing the
heads of the plants toward tho North
and covering the stem and base of
the heads with soil. The plants are
thus, left right in' the row where
they grew.
Sweet potatoes keep best in a dry
place, and where the temperature
throughout the storage period is
around 55 to 60 degrees. Onions
should be kept in slatted crates in
the attic where the atmosphere is
dry and the temperature is around
90 degrees. A basement or cellar is
not a good place to store onions.
Pumpkins and squashes should also
be stored in a warm dry room at a
temperature of 50 degrees.
ISew Milk Route Started
In Abbottn Creak Section
A new milk route has been start
ed in the Abbotts Creek community
of Forsyth County to deliver milk to
a cooperative creamery in Winston
Salem. says Assistant Farm Agent
S. R Mitchiner.
AUM1NIB1KA1UK S WUTItt
Having qualified as administrator
of the. estate of Levi J. Manning, de
ceased, late of Martin County, North
Carolina, this is to notify ul-A?per?
sons having claims against the estate
uf said deceased lu exhibit them lo
the undersigned on or before Au
gust 7. 1941. or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 7th day of August, 1940.
A. J. WYNN.
Administrator of the estate of
s!3-6t Levi J. Manning, deceased.
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as the Adminis
trator C. T. A. of the estate of Alon
za Rodgerson. deceased ,late of Mar
tin County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at Williamston, N. C., on or before
September 4th. 1941, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment.
This 4th day of September, 1940.
PERLIE LEE RODGERSON.
Administrator C. T. A. of
sQ-6t Alonza Rodgerson.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
County of Martin vs. Clair Hodges
and Others.
Under and by virtue of tm order
of sale* in the above entitled pro
ceeding made by L. B. Wynne, Clerk
of the Superior Court of Martin
County, on the 30th day of Septem
ber, 1940, the undersigned commis
sioner will, on Friday, the 1st day
of November, 1940, at twelve o'clock
noon, in 'front of the courthouse door
in the town of Williamston, Martin
County, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
Two lots in the town of Williams
ton, same being lots Nos. 8 and 9 in
Block B of the Sycamore Park col
ored property.
This the 30th day of Sept., 1940.
ELBERT S. PEEL,
o4-4t
CORN RAINS
MnMiMNMit
Cold Spot
Corn Relief
For Sale At
Davis Pharmacy
Reita Theatre?Washington
Sunday Monday October 1J-I4
"CALLING ALL HUSBANDS"
icilh Ernetl Truex and Lucille Fairbank?
Tuesday DOUBLE FEATURE October IS
"Five Little Peppera in Trouble," Ftiith Fellow*
"Before I Die,' Doug Fairbanks, Jr., Rita Hayworth
YVrdnrxday Thursday (Maker M-17
"THK GAY CABALLERO"
irith C.eutr Romero and Sheila Ryan
Friday-Saturday October lt-10
"HIDDEN GOLD"
icilh William Boyd and Roy Roger*
fLcrfr SianJLjruf
Al tfkc/o jimfo
Xfor (ftaSt)
Only Protestant* Could Hold Office
in N. C. Before Dr. "Convention"
Operated on Mr. "Constitution".
At tne age of fifty-nine the Con
stitution of North Carolina was in
a state of very ill health. It was un
able to perform satisfactorily its
regular duty of protecting all the
people's rights.
Most people have to turn to the
doctors for aid before arriving at
the 59th birthday. It is often an ap
pendectomy, a tonsilectomy, extrac
tion of teeth, or some other amputa
tive or renovative service.
Our constitution was a product
of human efforts and has human
qualities. Thus medical attention is
the natural thing to anticipate as
time passes on.
Mr. N. C. "Constitution" entered
the "Raleigh Legislative Hospital"
at the age of fifty-nine. Dr. "Con
vention" was the surgeon assigned
to the case. Dr. "Legislature" had
diagnosed and had found symptoms
of serious internal trouble. "Undem
ocratic Politics" was the ailment. He
had advised an operation if the ap
proval of Mr. Many Citizens" could
be obtained. Dr. "Convention" was
called to operate, for Mr. "Citizens"
gave the necessary approval by a
vote of 27,550 to 21.694
In those early turbulent times
North Carolina was not truly dem
ocratic Unless a citizen owned a
tremendous plantation, he did not
have full freedom to vote and hold
office. To be governor, a candidate
was required to possess "freehold
lands" to the value of $5,000 A voter
needed fifty acres to vote for a state
senator. The thirty-second section
of the constitution was worded in
such a way that Atheists, Catholics,
Dunkards, Jews, Deists, Quakers and
Mennonites could be excluded from
holding office. The Catholics were
eliminated by a phrase which re
quired office-holders to believe the
Protestant Religion. There was
popular demand for William Gaston,
a Catholic, to accept the Supreme
Court appointment. He declined be
cause of the constitutional restric
tions.
The western counties had a large
population but a small voting pow
er. The eastern counties had a small
population and little taxable wealth
in proportion to their great voting
strength The western counties de
manded reapportionment. They
even threatened revolution. Some
old towns had borough representa
tion. Other larger towns did not
have that privilege, for they were
not important in 1776 when the state
constitution was written. New Bern,
Edenton, Wilmington, Halifax, Salis
bury, Hillsboro, and Fayetteville
could send borough representatives
to the state legislature. Other towns
were jealous
The people could not vote for gov
ernor. The members of the legisla
ture elected the chief executive. Al
though the Governor of North Car
olina lias little real power and no
veto power, the voters thought their
voices should be heard.
Today is the 105th anniversary of
the assembling of the convention
which faced a multitudinous task. It
was responsible for remedying the
constitution's evils and for restoring
its health. There were many men
present who are prominent in the
annals of North Carolina history: e.
g., John Owen, of Bladen; Nathaniel
Macon of Warren; John Branch, ex
Secretary of the Navy; John More
head of Guilford; Weldon Edwards
of Warren; William Gaston of Crav
en; Asa Biggs, of Martin; Kichard
Dobbs Speight of Craven; and Gov
ernor David L. Swain, who at a later
date became president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
The East and the West united to
pay tribute to the aged Nathaniel
Macon whom they elected ufiSfii*
mously to the presidency of the con
vention. There were five weeks and
two days of hard work before ad
journment on July 11th.
Dr. "Convention" had performed
a successful surgical service. The
political conditions in North Caro
lina were much improved.
The people could vote for the gov
ernor. The word "Protestant" had
been changed to "Christian." Wil
liam Gaston, the popular Catholic,
would become Supreme Court judge.
Borough representation was termin
ated. To satisfy the Western coun
ties, reapportionment was granted
to solve the inequality of representa
tion.
Dr. "Convention's" operation per
formed on Mr "Constitution" was
another victory (or democracy.
Question Box
Which member of the Constitution
convention of J 835 wrote our state i
song9 It begins
"Carolina! Carolina' Heaven's bless- !
"While we live we will cherish, pro
tect and defend her."
Answer?William Gaston, of New
Bern.
Tobacco
A record crop of flue-cured tobac
co in the Orient is expected to re
duce drastically imports of leaf from
the United States, says the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
SERVICE OF SIMMON'S BY
PUBLICATION
North Carolina. Martin County In
The Superior Court
Mary Alice Beecrett n. Cheater Bee
croft
The defendant above named will
Lake notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Martin County for
absolute divorce on the grounds of
two years separation, and the de
fendant will further take notice that
he is required to appear before L.
B Wynne. Clerk of the Superior
Court of Martin County, on or be
fore thirty days after the expiration
jf the service of summons by pub
lication, and answer or demur to
Ihe complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
This the 7th day of October. 1940
L B. WYNNE,
Lil 1 -4t Clerk Superior Court.
SERVICE Ut SIMMUNS
BY PUBLICATION
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court,
lames Louis Morris vs. Josephine
Jackson Morris.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Martin Coun
ty for absolute divorce on the
grounds of two years separation, and
thi defendant further will take no
tice that she is required to appear
before L. B Wynne, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Martin County,
within thirty days after the pomple
lion of this service of summons by
publication, and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action, or
the plaintiff will apply for the re
lief demanded in said complaint.
This the 7th day of October, 1940
L B. WYNNE,
ul 1 -4t Clerk Superior Court.
Jo Relieve
Misery
CP1666
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