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INURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937
People who are supposed to
know say that this county will
probably produce one of Sts
largest crops of tobacco next
year, There may be crop con
trol. No one knows definately
yet, but fertilizer dealers will
Ml you that they are expect
ing a banner year.
Tobacco sold good last year.
If we could raise all that we
wanted to and still get a good
price then everything would
be fine, but just as sure as we
raise a large crop, an oversup
ply, the price is bound to go
down.
Nature took a hand in the
IBM crop and cut a few thou
sand pounds from the total, but
■he may or may not do it in
•n.
This article is not expected
to keep anyone from planting
a large crop. It may be read, ■
but a large crop will be plant
ed and the price will probably
drop.
It is thought that employees 1
of Collins A Aikman will soon 1
be put back on a full time
working basis in just a few
days. This last strike among
auto workers certainly tied up
industry in many sections of
the country. Right here in Per
son County we probably felt
the effects of it about as much
as any section not immediately
in the strike area.
Merchants could tell a dis- '
ference in the amount of mer
chandise that was sold every
waek. We venture to say that
four or five hundred families
in this county suffered as a
result of this strike.
Now that the workers have
reached a settlement with the
officials it is expected that bus
iness generally w.ill show an
increase.
If the writer of this article
decided to write about the
thing that was nearest his heart
at this particular time he
would beg the people who have
articles for the paper to send
them in early. Did you know
that we often have fifty or six
ty contributions a week and
that makes it very hard on
those working in this plant
unless these articles are sent
in early? Wednesday afternoon
is often too late and on Thurs
day we can only handle a li
mited number of contributions.
One day, not long ago, from
Wednesday noon to Thursday
noon, we received mpre ar
ticles for publication than a
, linotype could set in two entire
days. If we had printed all of
the articles that we received
that week we could not have
printed the paper before Sat
urday afternoon.
The publishers of this paper
are very anxious to get all of
the happenings .in your com
munity, but it is important
that you send them in on Mon
day or Tuesday.
We do not say that articles
handed in on Thursday will
not be printed, we will do all
that we can to print them,
but we cannot guarantee that
they will appear.
If the people of this com
munity will work with Us
along these lines we will be
able to give you a better paper,
it will save us money and
make work lighter with every
one connected with this paper.
Please do your bit and we
pure will appreciate it, from
the bottom of our hearts.
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Three 4-H club members of Cum
berland County are growing Yel
ls* Danvers onions as a new club
paafset for the county.
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Hue 4-H club boys of the Mar-
Rpg Creek community in Cherokee
Qasgy have purchased seven Ab
psdasn Angus calves as club pro-
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THE LADY AND THE LION
This pet lion is never happier than when he is speeding along the roads
near Venice, Cal- perched on the nimble of Miss Ruby Wood’s speedster,
t He appears thoroughly contented however fast the car is driven.
Tobacco Fertilizer Buying Time
Comes to Person Co. Once Again
Tobacco fertilizer-buying time is
with us again. Whe the tobacco fer
tilizer salesman comes to see us, we
ask the price (which is good jud
gement); but most of us try to buy
fertilizers of high quality at a low
quality price.
Remember, we can buy a poc
ket knife for 25c or we can buy a
knife for 75c. Experience shows
that we get value received for the .
price paid.
The farmers of Person County are 1
using more high-grade tobacco i
fertilizer than they were using 8 j
years ago. Still, there are a great <
many who are losing money be- ,
cause they are using insufficient |
potash under their tobacco. Prac- j
tically every type of soil in Person |
County should have at least 5% ,
of potash in the fertilizer for to- j
baccjo. Potash does not hurt to- ,
bacco, if you use the right kind of
potash. You can use up to 10 % pot- ,
ash without hurting the quality of
the tobacco; though this is not ad- ,
visable at this time to use more !
than 6%, but we certainly should ■
use 5% to 6% on practically every j
soil in the county.
The phpsg)u>?ic acid in tobacco
fertilizer should be derived from su- ,
perphosphate. One-half of the nit
rogen coqlent should come from
equal parts of sulphate of ammonia
and nitrate of soda. The other half ,
of the nitrogen content in the to- j
bacco fertilizer should be derived ]
from at least two sources of organic j
material such as Peruvian Guano, ji
cotton seed meal, high grade tank- ■
age, dried blood, or fish meal. ;
Where the potash content is to be ;
5% in your tobacco fertilizer, at ;
least 2% should be murate of pot- ;
ash to give you weight, and the i
other 3% should be':
be derived from sulphate of pot-!
ash, or sulphate of potash magnesia
to give the highest quality possible
under seasonal condi lions.
There are two grades of 3-8-5
fertilizers, one selling for perhaps
$2.00 to $2.50 per ton more than the
other grade. The farmers should in
sist on buying the grade of 3-8-5.
Our records show that the farmers
who use the higher grade tobacco
fertilizer, make an average of S4O
to S9O per acre more clear profit.
If your tobacco is not ripening
fast enough, stays green on the hill
too long, the fertilizer formula
should be increased 10% phospho
ric acid.
If your tobacco is growing too
tall and too large or boney, this can
be corrected by using 2-10-6 fer
tilizer and spacing the tobacco thick
er in the drill, and topping it a
little higher.
Whatever (formula you
use for tobacco fertilizer
whether it is either 3-8-5 or 3-10-5,
or 4-10-6 or 2-10-6, the nitrogen con
tent and the potash content should
be in the same proportion as men
tioned above under the 3-8-5 fer
tilizer.
People who change from low-grade
to high-grade fertilizer should bear
in mind that no fertlizer can do ife
best under adverse seasonal con
ditions. Therefore, if you under
take a high-grade fertilizer this
year, it should be carried out three
years before condemning the high
grade fertilizer.
Person County farmers can grow
a better quality of tobacco if they
will use at least 5% ot 6% of pot
ash in their fertilizers, 2% from
murate of potash and the rest of it
from sulphate of potash or sulphate
of potash magnesia.
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A. P. Honeycutt of Day Book,
Yancey County, recently purchased
a young registered Hereford bull
with which to build up the beef
. cattle of his community.
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Advertise in iße Times
For Immediate Results
PERSON COUNTY TnpEft’.-rer'?- ROXBORO.
MOUTHPIECE
“PETTY RACKETS”
“Investigate Before You Invest”
EMPLOYMENT, TERRITORY
RIGHTS, PARTNERSHIP- Don’t
buy a job. If asked to put up mo
ney in the form of a cash bond, an
investment in the company, or to
cash a check for someone you do
not know, investigate first. Remem
ber that jobs do not seek the em
ployee very often and it is well to
be somewhat suspicious of the posi
tion that seems to come too easily.
If the prospective employer is sin
cere he will not object to giving
you sufficient information. If not,
a little investigation before you part
with your money may save you
some headaches. The same princi
some headaches. The same princip
les applies to offers to sell territory
rights and partnerships. There has
been a lot grief in this one.
SUITS OF CLOTHES- Hundreds
of business men have been taken
in on the suit of clothes racket.
We have heard of several sales
men operating locally. Don’t pay
deposits to out of town strangers
for a suit. Many men have paid de
posits but the suits never material
ized.
OUT OF TOWN NEWSPAPER EDI
TORIALS-A glib, smooth talking
young man or woman calls from a
Roxboro hotel. When you answer
you are told “Long Distance” wants
you. The young man says: “I am
the editor of the blanktown Maga
zine and I have written an editoral
about you” and he reads a flatter
ing editorial and then tells you
there is no charge for running it
except the small amount of $20.00
for setting up the type. The young
man is not the editor, is not calling
by long distance and the article is
a paid advertisement in a racket
publication.
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
COURSES- Unscrupulous “shys
ters” have sold so called corres
pondence school courses to the un
suspecting in and near Roxboro.
The course are usually sold with
MOVIES
IN THE HOME
You can now have your own movies shown on your own
screen in your own home. Your family making up the
cast. Excellent for large families. Take pictures of your
child-watch him grow. It is nothing short of Sensational.
We have a complete line. Coiue in and ask for a demon
stration. The lowest price 8 M. M. Movie Camera-$9.95,
Projector-$12.50, Films-60e, Total $23,05, Extra Silver
Screen-$1.95, Carrying Case-$2.00.
We Invite Your Inspection
Thomas &• Oakley
DRUGGISTS
the promise or a guarantee of a
job. Many times there isn’t any
such school in existence and in
other cases the men soliciting is not
a representative of the school and
has no authority to collect money
in its nqme. There are men at work
on this racket right now. Two girls
gave one man a $40.00 deposit, and
all they have for their money is a
vague description of the man. “He
seemed Like such a nice man.”
If any of these or similar pro
positions are offered you- PLAY
SAFE!
INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU IN
VEST
Refuse to sign contracts or pur
chase or contribute, and call the
Chamber of Commerce, 167, when
ever any of these strangers show up.
Tell the solicitor that you only deal
with thoroughly dnvestigatel pro
positions. This plan will save Rox
boro thousands of dollars every
year
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
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WANT ADS
Quality Coal
CENTRAL SERVICE
STATION
Phone 137
8-13-ts
LQNGHURST MERCANTILE
COMPANY
for Groceries and Clothing.
Country Produce bought and
sold.
8-13-ts
For good clean sport visit the
TUXEDO BILLIARD PARLOR
Inexpensive and entertaining
8-13-ts
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PLENTY BLUE RIBBON PLANT
fertilizer, Planters Warehouse, see
F. D. Long or Jack Blalock.
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LOST-SIOO by M!rs. R. J. Brooks by
not attending the show at the Palace
or Dolly Madison Theatres yester
day.
2-18-1 T
FOUND-S2O by Pearl Street by at
tending the matinee at one of the
two theatres in Roxboro yesterday.
2-18-1 T
WANTED-A winner for the Jack
Pot of SIOO at the Palace or Dolly
Madison Theatres next Wednesday,
Feb. 24th.
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REPAIR WORK-We weld and re
pair all kinds of machinery, don’t
throw away your machine, bring the
parts to us.
Roxboro Welding and
Brazing Co.
Rear of Old Reade Hotel
2-18-ITP
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FOR SALE-I am junking a 1929
Master Six Buick and will have
all the parts for sale. Would like
to sell the motor as a whole.
R. Moize
Rear of Bumpass & Day
2-18-ITP
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished bed
room to one or two gentlemen in
private home-Telephone 155
2-18-1 T
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WANTED: Man with car to take
over profitable Rawleigh Route in
Northeast Alarrjance Countyi. Es-(
tablished customers. Must be satis
fied with earnings of S3O a week to
start. Write Rawleagh’s, Dept. NCB
-189-101, Richmond, Va.
2-18-1 T
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For Immediate Results
Advertise in the Times
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1887
You Can't Afford
To Buy Elsewhere
Because the prices are much
lower at Harris & Burns’
LIQUIDATION
SALE
than they could possibly be under or
dinary circumstances. We have to sell
our entire stock of piece goods, ladies,
misses and children wear, notions and
housefurnishings by June Ist. so that
we can have our building remodeled
and ready to turn over half of it to the
lessee by July Ist.
We have already had big sales, but
there is so much good merchandise
here that it is hardly missed. Just as
good bargains left as any that have
been sold. Come right along and get
your share. Here are a few items and
Prices
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All Ladies Staple Styles of
Shoes at Wholesale Cost.
Ladies $5.50 new spring air step Shoes
$3.95
Good quality 9x12 Congoleum Rugs $4
$1.25 Gold Seal Congoleum by yd.j69c
29c best quality table oilcloth 22c
50c Cotton Batts, 2 1-2 lb. 39c
90c Cotton Batts, 3 lb. 69c
$1.50 Cotton Blankets $1.19
15 ladies $25 to SSO fur trimmed Coats
$9.95
$2.95 Part Wool Blankets $2.19
No Coat over Half Price and many one
fourth.
All Silk Dresses, except few new spring
prints, Half Price or much less.
You just have to come and see all these
bargains to realize what big savings
that are here. IPs just a feast for you as
long as they last and there are enough
for all.
Come and let us show you.
Harris & Burns
ROXBORO’S BEST STORE