Supply, War, Called
Big Cotton Factors!
Cotton farmer*, who will vote De
cember 7 on a marketing quota for
their 1941 crop, should give aenous
consideration to the European war
and it* effect on cotton, declare*
Y Floyd. AAA executive officer of
N. C State College. Quotas will be
in effect if approved by two-thirds
of the farmers voting in the Nation.
"Regardless of the outcome of the
war," Floyd said, "cotton farmer*
face difficulties ahead. If Gf"""ny
and her allies win. the United State*
may be faced with unfavorable trade
policies and economic blockades If
Great Britain wins, it will be ex
tremely difficult to carry on normal
trade in the markets of the world
because a great part of the world s
resources and purchasingpower will
have been dissipated-"1
Already the war has caused a se
vere reduction in cotton exports.
During the first three months of the
1940-41 marketing season, the Unit
ed Stales sold less than 300.000 bales
of cotton abroad as compared with
about 1.750.000 bales during the same
period last year. ?
Domestic consumption of cotton.
Floyd stated, continues at a high
level Estimates are that about eight
million bales, a new record for iio
mestic consumption, will be used
this country in the 1940-41 ?eason_
"However." Floyd warned, loss in
exports will more than offset the
prospective gain in domestic con
"""Clearly." he continued, "cotton
farmers must use every provision of
their farm program to meet this sit
uation. They must work together to
keep supply in line with demand
Only in this way can they hope
eventually to solve the problems af
fecting cotton which have been fur
ther aggravated by the war Const -
mg the situation which confronts
cotton farmers, they have need for
marketing quotas in 1941 more than
ever before."
USHA Celebrates
Third Anniversary
Washington, D* C-The United
States Housing Authority today an
nounced that on November 1st. its
third anniversary, the public hous
ing program had resulted in the
completion or start of construction
of 109,233 homes, or more than twice
as many as there are in the entire city
of Miami. Fla.
These homes, planned and bunt
by Local Housing Authorities with
the financial aid of the USHA, ar<
providing decent living quarters at
low rentals for low - income fan i d les
throughout the country. USHA Ad
ministrator Nathan Straus asserted
On November 1. 1937, there were
only 46 local Housing Authorities
Today there are 507 in 38 states and
territories and the District of Col
umbia This increase in the number
of these local housing agencies is it
self an excellent illustration of the
growth of the public housing move
ment.
Delay /* Alma*I Certain
To C.o?t Car Owner Money
Neglectful "delay cost local auto
mobile owners money last Novem
ber when they failed to prepare
their cars for winter driving. Some
failed to change oils and damage re
sulted to motors Some failed to in
sure against freezing and had radia
tor bills to pay Don't delay, your
garage and filling station operators
warn.
Latest
BOOKS
By VERNON WARD
Books described in this section may
be ordered by m*U or phone from
People's Book Clnb, a noo profit
co-op. RobersoovUle
I Rode with Stonewall, by Henry
Kyd Dug las. published by the Uni
versity of North Carolina Press. i?
a headline book for Christmas. The
manuscript of this book lay around in
trunks and attics from the time it
was written, right after the Civil
War. until it was dug out by acci
dent last year
Young Douglas started out at the
beginning of the Civil War as a buck
private, but almost immediately
gained tile litlik of lieutenant. Later
on he became inspector general in
the Stonewall brigade, and still later
adjutant general.
Douglas was the young man in I
Stonewall Jackson's staff, a dashing
young romantic who blushed when
he saw the girls, but rode and fought
in a way which attracted women to
him irresistibly He had great ad
miration for his general, but didn t
hesitate to laugh at him from time
to time, for example:
"The morning he started on this
trip, a gentleman of Winchester sent
him a bottle of fine old whiskey 11
was consigned to the care of the
staff aA evening came on, it began
to grow much colder, and it occurred
to the general that a drink of wine?
for such he supposed it was?would
be very acceptable. Asking for the
bottle, he uncorked it, tilted it to his
mouth, and without stopping to taste,
swallowed about as much of that old
whiskey as if it had been light do
mcstic wine If he discovered his
mistake he said nothing but handed
the bottle to his staff, who, encour
aged by the dimensions of the gen
eral's drink, soon disposed of all that
he had left. In a short while the gen
eral rumple""*.! .if n.g very warm,
although it was getting still colder,
and unbuttoned his overcoat and
some of the buttons on his uniform
The truth is, General Jackson was
incipiently tight. He grew more than
j usually loquacious, discussed various
interesting topics and amung them
| the sudden changes of temperature
to which the valley is liable . .
This is only the beginning of what
happened that night.
I Hode with Stonewall is a rip
snorting book, illustrated. 401 pages
$3 00
But it doesn't cost $3.00 to buy
good books. There s a new Grossct
and Dunlap edition of Christopher
Murley's Kitty Foyle out for a dol
lur. and Margaret Mitchell's "Gone
Willi the Wind." may now be had,
clothhound. for 50 cents.
I.ow-Cont Medical Care
For Low-Income Familie* \
The Community Health Center in
Julia C Lathrop Homes, public
housing development in Chicago,
will provide medical care for ten
ants and residents of the surround
litg community, the United States |
Housing Authority announced
The Health Center will provide, at j
low-cost, complete medical service, |
including arrangements for hospi
talization and surgery.
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Down
The production of manufactured
diary products during 1939. in terms
of whole milk equivalents, was
slightly below the peak year of 1938,
says the U. S Agricultural Market
ing Service.
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President Gets Christmas Seals?and a Song
Three little children, dressed to represent the child carolers pictured on the 1940 Christmas seal design,
sing for ths President as they present him with his quota of seals. President Roosevelt wears a smile as
he listens to Judith Marti, 6; Elisabeth Sterling, 4, and Robert D. Nicodemus, 6 (left to right).
On Dad's Sky Trail Already
Lieut. Hayman, Sir!
' ?V r ,r - wmmm ~ r \ w:
rhe young man with a model plane is Richard Merrill, recently-born
son of famed aviator Dick Morrill, pictured in St. Francis Hospital,
Miami Beach, Fla. The proud mother is the former Toby Wing, movie
atar and kin of the English dramatist, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. The
Merrills's first baby died about a year ago.
MERRY CHRISTMAS MONTH
On The Kami and in The Home
:
5bece*tt?esi
The prettiest second lieutenant we
ever did see is Rena Hayman, 22
year-old Boston nurse, who has been
accepted in the U. S. army nurses
corps with that rank. She begins
her active army duties with an as
signment to West Point.
Reduced
Present indications are that hog |
laughter will be- reduced matt?nall\
i the first quarter of 11141. accord
lg t?? the tJ. S Bureau of Agricul
ual fcmhhmici : j
The Pl|l(lt two on ChrMina* Day M
Found lovely thing* upon their V\
Crer, B
And they goi busy right awny W
With toy* in freat variety. Y
While Bolivar inade far more noise K
Than forty Teven girl* and hoy*.
The month of December usually |
means "hog-killin'" time in North
Carolina, but there are things other
than cold weather that are important
in curing meat.
Earl H. Hosteller, professor ani
mal husbandry at N C State Col
lege, says pork of excellent quality
can be cured on the farm if proper
precautions are taken in slaughter
ing the hogs and in curing, smoking
and storing the meat
In past years, a folder published
by the extension service on killing
and curing meat has proved ex
tremely popular with farm people
This publication has been revised
this fall to include the latest recom
mendations and will soon be off the
press. Farm families desiring a copy
should write to the Agricultural Edi
tor at State College, Raleigh, and
ask for Extension Folder No. 34.
Enos Blair, extension agronomist,
says there are plenty of jobs for the
good farmer to get out of the way
before Christmas. In the Piedmont,
he advises plowing all clover and
lespedeza lands that are to be plant
ed to corn, cotton, or any other crop
next spring. By plowing in the late
fall or early winter, the soil will be
subjected to freezing and thawing,
a process which not only kills out
many troublesome insects but also
pulverizes the soil in a manner un
rivaled by any other means. On red
clay farms, fall plowing is often the
difference between success and fail
ure in next year's crop.
For growers in the Coastal Plain,
Mr Blair gives this timely advice
Disc under all corn, bean and cot
ton stalks before the end of the year
By incorporating these stalks into
the first three or four inchex of soil,
they will decay considerably before
crop-planting time, and the results
will be much better than when the
stalks are turned under early in the
spring
December, says Roy S. Dearstyne,
head of the State College Poultry De
partment, is a critical month for
North Carolina poultrymen Winter
is here, necessitating many days of
* tioprd that she would grt perfume
hit h would have tk-klrd her a lot.
ul ju*C a plain and uvefuJ broom
fu? all the present that ?hr got
el fche wait glad with ail Ihf tftliers
ur that'll the way aith Aral rate
niotliei v
confinement for the laying birds
which should be in heavy produc
tion by this time. Careful manage
ment must be practiced, for any ne
glect of the birds under such condi
d it ions is immediately reflected in
their performance.
Here are some of the management
practices to watch: Check ventila
tion of the house carefully; be sure
that drop curtains are in good con
dition if an open front house is
used; don't neglect dropping boards,
even though this is not fly-breeding
season; clean nesting material is
necessary; careful feeding must be
practiced; and don't let disease get
a foothold in the flock.
H. H. Niswonger, horticulturist of
the extension service, reminds far
mers that December is a good time
to cut out dead limbs of trees in
yards and orchards. Cut close to the
trunk and apply a heavy coating of
point to the cut surface.
He also warns that sweet potatoes
in many banks in their present state
will rot unless protected from low
temperatures and water Take the
necessary precautions to ward off
this damage
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Defence Houning I'rojectB
Arc Ituill In Record Time
Eighty-six days after the start of
:onstruction, defense workers and
their families moved into Moreno
Courts, Pensacola, Fla., the first
USHA defense housing project in
the country.
A second defense housing project,
Riverside Heights Addition, in Mont
gomery, Alabama, was also reedy for
tenants on November 1, 93 days af
ter the start of construction Homes
in both projects are of permanent
construction, built to last at least 60
fears.
ieturns to Weldon
Miss Eva Peel has returned to her
ichool in Weldon after spending the
lolidays here with her mother, Mrs.
>adie Peel.
E\|M>rt Market Loss
Hits (Growers
| Columbus, Ohio?A backwash of
the war m Europe is being fought
thus fall in the peaceful orchards of
American apple growers, according
to Truman Nold. manager of the Na
tional Apple Institute
The conflict overseas wiped out
the normal export outlet for Jh,000,
0(H) bushels of apples, Mr Nold said,
thus threatening Ann r ran growers
with serious consequences unless!
that additional quantity could be-:
worked ?nto consumption at home
In North Carolina, where 11 ? i sti
mated crop is 1.032.00U bushels, I
growers ,are deepl} concerned, it
was pointed out.
When Cheater Davis of the Na- !
tiouul Defense Adv?sor> Com mis
Successful
What foresters call an extraordi
narily successful fire season has just
lused in the northern and western
National forests, reports the U S.
Forest Service
Cigarettes
Th? consumption of cigarettes in
1939 established an all-time high
?f 172.5o0.000.000. up 5 per cent from
[he 163.800,000.000 of 1938. despite
increased state sales taxes.
oon said several weeks ago. "The
big job is to keep our farms in
: < althv production, and. at the
Mime time, prevent American farm
rs from becoming th? first Ameri
can Kcononuc Casualty of the New
iVorld War' -worried apple growers
know just what he was talking about,
Nold explained Marketing their full
i.pplt crop without loss us of vital
import ?? i'i to farm families in 32
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