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FarmviHe Enterprise ! FARMYILLE, N. C. J a ATlgT ROUSE, Owner * Mgr. 1 Eva Horton Shnchieford 1 Associate Editor i ' ^ THE ROUSE PRINTER! i Subscription Price: One Tear fLfiO ? Six Months 76c < ADVERTISING RATES: ^ Display (Minimus) SOc Per Inch Readers?Per Line?5c All Legal advs. 5c a fine per week Published weekly and entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Postoffice at FarmviHe, N. CL, un der act of March 3rd, 1878. STANDARD FARM LEASES The United States Department of Agriculture has designed a standard flexible farm lease and urges land lords and tenants to take advantage of it in connection with their rela tionship. Farm experts assert that more than eighty per cent of all tenants and share-croppers have only verbal agreements with their landlords. Most of them rent farms for only one year, without definite assurance beyond the short term. This tenure does not encourage improvement of rented farms by tenants and has a tendency to encourage cash-crop farming to the disparagement of es sential crops which make sound a live-at-home-program for farmers. The Department pints out that half of all farmers in the United States arextenants or share-croppers! and that approximately one million, families move from one farm to an other every year. This represents one of the grave problems of Ameri can agriculture and it is believed that j the adoption of a standard farm lease will do much to remedy the situation. We do not hesitate to advise land lords and tenants in Pitt County to make their farming arrangements on the basis of the standard lease pro vided by the Department of Agricul ture. It is only fair that the agree ment between landlord and tenant should be reduced to writing, tho roughly understood by both parties and adequately safeguarding the in terests of the landlord as the perma nent owner of the land and the ten ant, as the one in possession. A YEAK IMEEJJELI 1U REARM The people of this country, tho roughly alive to the need for speedy ? - i i "k ? 1. ii. i > Till m ? i.i oeasures for national defense, should ' tot take it for granted that the needs < >f the boor have bean met simply by' i he appropriatkm of immense sums 1 >y Congress. - ] Mr. William S. Knudsen, head of j he production division of the Nation- < kl Defense Advisory Commission, i varns us that we must not expect speedy completion of defense arma ment He points out that it is now a problem of tools and men. He re ports that progress is being made even if we have a long way to go before we have enough of everything. He cautions that people must be patient while tools are being made and points out that an airplane or motor plant requires from nine to fourteen months to get into opera tion, a machine-gun factory from dight to eleven months, a powder mill from ten to twelve months and that every factory must have machine tools in order to go into quantity production. x It is important that people every where have notice of the facts em phasized by Mr. Knudsen. There is no sense in idle demands for the pro duction of planes, guns, tanks, or anything else. We must wait patiently until the plants can be built, the special ma chine tools manufactured and the skilled labor assembled to turn out finished products at high speeds. Progress will be slow for months but about a year from now, our ma chines of war will be available in suf ficient quantity to meet any need. Eight Causes Listed For Costly Farm Fires The vast majority of the fires which damage thousands of dollars worth of farm property at \his sea son of the year are due to careless ness and the use of defective equip ment, says David S. Weaver, head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at N. C. State College. There are eight principal causes of farm fires. Weaver lists them as follows: (1) Poorly constructed or defective flues and chimneys; (2) inflammable roof ing material which ignites when J sparks settle on it; (3) lightning; (4) spontaneous combustion; (5) careless use of smoking materials; (6) improper handling of kerosene and gasoline; (7) defective stoves and furnaces; and (8) lack of safe and adequate wiring for electricity, or the wrong use of electric applir ances. To make an analysis of the fire hazards in the home, the State Col lege engineer suggests that members of the family go from room to room with paper and pencil, asking and answering the following questions: " 1 ' ? " 'I .? ' n Does the stove pipe St into the Jiimney flue snugly? Is it neces sary for the stove pipe to pass through a partition, and if so, is the partition protected by a metal thim ble? How close does the stove pipe come to the walls and ceiling, and could this distance be increased? Is the can of kerosene or gasoline in the safest storage place, away from the stove? Is the attic and cellar free of rub bish and combustible materials? If there are smokers in the family, are all ash trays metal and are they placed where they will not be knocked on the floor? Is all wiring proper ly insulated, and are the fuses of the right size to protect the electric sys tem ? \ Energetic Housewives Sweep Away Good Soil Brooms wielded by energetic house wives is one of the reasons given by John Harris, landscape specialist of the State College Extension Service, for the extremely poor soil in the yards of hundreds of North Carolina farmsteads. "This fertile soil which has been swept away, together with that blown and washed away, is why it is difficult to have pretty lawns in front of numerous farm homes," Har ris declared. Continuing, the specialist said: "The best solution to this problem is the use of Bermuda grass. * This grass should be propagated by plant ing the roots during the fall or early spring. However, there are some farmers who refuse to use Bermuda because it spreads rapidly in their crop land." I "In this case, the following proce dure is recommended: A one to two inch layer of barn manui^ should be spread over the yard. The soil should then be scarified as deep as possible | and the yard sown in peas. Topsoil should be hauled in to any places that have become eroded." "The peas should be disced or turn ed into the soil in August or Sep tember. After allowing the soil to settle for .two or three weeks, the yard should be raked level and com mercial fertilizer applied at the rate of 500 to 600 pounds per acre. Then 25 to 30 pounds of Italian rye grass should be sown per acre. This should be followed in the spring with 20 pounds of common lespedeza seed per acre." (" "Native grass, such as crab grass, foxtail grass and others, will auto matically come up and, if kept mown, will furnish a fairly nice summer iawn. In some sections, where there is enough moisture, 15 pounds of carpet grass should be sown with 15 pounds of- common lespedeza?' [ DARAMOUNT J 1 THEATRE || ' FAKMVILLE, N. C. Week of Oct. 12th SATURDAY Triple HIT Program *RIDE TENDERFOOT RIDE' with GENE AUTRY "HOT STEEL" with Richard Arien "DRUMS of FU MANCtiU" Chapter Na 8 s SUNDAY?MONDAY AND TUESDAY "BOOM TOWN" ? with ? C. Gable?S. Tracy?C. Col bert?H. Lamarr Plus Latest News Events WEDNESDAY ONLY "Argentine Nights" with Andrew Sisters?Ritz Bros. "THE SHADOW" Chapter No. 13 and Sports THURSDAY & FRIDAY "SEA HAWK" ? with ? Errol Flynn ? Brenda Marshall Plus Latest News Events INCREASE XV' J. B. Witson, a farmer of the Fork Mountain township in Mitchell Coun ty, says that due to lime and phos phate, there is four times more gTass and clover in his township than five years ago. 1 > Vegetable Laxative Makes Happy Friends Here's a laxative that usually acts thoroughly as harsher ones but is a gentle persuader for intestines when used this way: A quarter to a half-teaspoonful of spicy, aromatic BLACK-DRAUGHT on your tongue tonight; a drink of water. There's usually time for a good night's rest, with a gentle, thorough action next morning relieving constipa tion's headaches, biliousness, sour stomach, bad breath. BLACK-DRAUGHT is a splendid combination of vegetable ingredi ents, chief of which is an "intesti nal tonic-laxative" that helps im part tone to lazy bowel muscles. It's economical. 25 to 40 doses: 25c. CANNED J Of Florida's 1939<40 grapefruit and orange harvest, more than 13,- j 000,000 field boxes, almost a, third of < the crop, went into cans, reports the 1 State Citrus Commission. | ' < SOUTHERN A laboratory has been established | in Carleston, S. C., for the purpose ; of developing high quality, disease resistant varieties and strains of vegetables adapted to Southern con ditions. I i / . INGENIOUS John Carroll, a 4-H Club boy of Durham, Route 8, used scrap lumber, tin, and other materials to build a self-feeder for his purebred register ed gilt for a total cash cost of only 16 cents. BLACKHEAD Blackhead, a seriiua disease of turkeys, is making heavy inroads on the flocks of Warren County farmers,. ! says R. S. Smith, assistant farm agent of the State College Extension Service. TO ALL SUPERINTENDENTS ? OF PUBLIC WELFARE In several instances it has been re ported to this office that clients cer tified by the Welfare Department for the receipt Of surplus commodi ties have undertaken to sell or have sold the cold storage eggs recently allocated and allotted to than. It is positively against state and federal laws to sell cold storage eggs as fresh eggB and is against the regu lations of this department and the Surplus Marketing Administration for clients to sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of surplus commodities allocated to them. Will you please so notify all of your clients, as where they are found to be guilty of this practice it will be necessary for us to permanently can cel their certification. Toward this end we will appreci ate it if you will contact the various purchasers of produce in your,county and request that they furnish you with the names of such of your clients as may undertake to sell eggs or other commodities to them. Where a client is found, guilty of this prac tice, my recommendation is that you cancel his certification at least for. >some time, and make it clear to all of them that if complaint is received by this department and we run the matter down and find them guilty of disposing of surplus commodities, we will be unable in the future to ever give them any more commodities. Yours very truly,1 A. E. Langston, Director of Commodity Distribution. Want Ads! ; COMFORTS AND QUILTS made new with a new* cover. Dial 371-6, Mrs. Lola Forbes, Farmville, C. FOR RENT?SIX ROOM HOUSE? . One and a half blocks from school. 202 Grimmersburg St, Farmville, N. C.?Mrs. J. T. Nelson. ltp FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Pot Plants, Cut Flowers, Corsages and Funeral Designs. Say "It" with . Flowers. Farmville Flower Shop, Myrtle Sutton, Owner. Phones:? Day 467-1; Night 20?-l. tfc COME TO SEE US for your battery and Bicycle Repair Work. Prompt Service. Reasonable Charges. West ern Auto Associate. Store, Farm ville, N. C. tfc FOR RENT: ? FURNISHED OR unfurnished: A newly remodeled , ^ and redecorated apartment Decern ? ber 1. Apply to Mrs. J. L. Shackle ford, City. LUMBER Farmville Retail Lumber Yard ? Phone 302-1 ? Located Near Norfolk Southern Depot ? Farmville, N. C. LUMBER, MOULDINGS, ROUGH and DRESSED SCREEN DOOR STOCK. Your Patronage Respectfully Solicited. v J [ WOWWwm _ Home, sweet home ?.. ?t one of the most ? precious possessions you have. <; If you don't own your home, plan to buy one now. ;; Bank and save your money to pay for one, or to make a ;; ' substantial payment on one. <; There are many good "buys'' on the market today... j ? ; | plan to own your own home. <; ii START SAVING REGULARLY NOW \\ !: We Welcome Your Banking Business \\ u i > SAFETY of our Deposits Is INSURED ij ( ) ' ? o ? > by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $5,000 <? j; .for Each Depositor. * \ X THINK! ? I lit M I III I ? I Z HAVE MONEY! The Bank of Farmville Farmville, N. C. THINK! ? HAVE MONEY! | | Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. X Its The BIG fl PI 1/ Till P IIIA Be Down EARLY Sale Of The If 11 K-T Y I F H X Friday-Doors Year-Be Here! DLLIl I I L In II U Open 8:30 o'clock ( COLKN UiTOTM.' 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