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Berries, Swine Add Farm Cash Strawberries and swine are two farm enterprises from which Neg ro farmers in Caswell County are reaping extra dollars. This is reported by E. B. Car raway, Caswell Negro county agent for the State College Ex tension Service, who says George G. Price, Route 1, Pelham, has found strawberries to be an ex cellent source of added income. Price planted one-fourth acre in this crop in the spring of 1,951; this spring he sold $277.63 worth of berries. Members of the family picked the berries early in the morning and took them to a near by city market for sale during the noon hour. Thus they didn't lose much time from regular farm work. Dillard Trollinger of near tlon last year as another source of income. He has sold more than $15Q worth of pigs and at present has on hand four brood sows, one Yanceyvllle started swine produc (Since N-Jonal Farm Safety Week is scheduled for July 20-26, this week's column deals with safety on the farm.) QUESTION: How many rural accidents occur each year? ANSWER: About 15,000 farm residents die and about 1,300,000 are Injured in rural accidents each year. QUESTION: How many far mers are killed In work accidents boar, and 35 pigs. Trolllnger Is breeding his sows to get two Utters of pigs in 1952. In addition, he has 15 acres In corn, 20 In wheat, and 14 In im proved pasture. Recently he bought two Hereford heifers to enter the beef cattle business. He plants his full tobacco allotment and also has several acres In good lespedeza and alfalfa for hay. HARMS FUNERAL HOME ? -Ambulance Service ? Phone 118 Kings Mountain. N. G each year? ANSWER: About 4,000. QUESTION: What's the toll in (arm motor vehicle accidents? ANSWER: At present rates, a bout 6,000 farm residents die and 220,000 suffer injuries in operat ing motor vehicles each year. QUESTION: Is there safety in the farm home? ANSWER: The annual toll from accidents in the farm home Is about 4,000 persons. Falls, bur ning, and poisoning are the chief home accident causes. 1 QUESTION : What's the farm accident rate by the clock? ANSWER: There are 41 farm accident obituary notices every day. Every 24 seconds during the year a disabling injury will strike some unlucky farm person. QUESTION : What's the cost in money? ANSWER: About one billion dollars. Fire alone destroys four farm buildings every hour of every day. QUESTION: What can be done to reduce the accident toll? ANSWER: Industry has safety systems and safety Inspectors which farms don't have. There's only one answer: Every farm family must become conscious of the need for safety and do every thing possible to promote it. Yadkin County 4-H Club mem bers improved a total of 783 ru ral mail boxes during a contest which closed recently. The For bush Junior Club, which lmprov ed 322 boxes, won a trophy for the best record made during the contest. . \S Take a minute to check these timely values in 'round-the-clock needs for health and beauty. They prove that you get more lor your money at KINGS MOUNTAIN DRUG CO. ? more dependa bility .. more satisfaction ... MORE SAVINGS ? because we feature your favorite quality - proven brands at t'ae lowest prices possible. For real economy ? it's time you turned to KINGS MOUN TAIN DRUG CO. for all your drug store needs. ~ ?ViiVY "u " ""' ' " ' ** 1 ' 11 "* ) White Rain lotion Shampoo~l .00 Tu$$y Dry Skin Freshener ? 1 .00 Tweed Purse Icide 1.25 Revlon Quick Trip Kit _3.95 DuBarry Bath Powder -1 .75 *31 2L on ROUND THE-CLOCK NEEDS omA<v(\s.on Summer A/^ Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft TOOTHBRUSH hungs hquktaini srujiE DRUG COMPANY PMONE.,,4! & 81 TMF CITY'S MODFRN STORE Daily Safety Rules Listed . . - * . i . ? If yoy stay in bod on Friday the 13th, you're supposed to come through the day safe unharmed. But according to figures com piled recently by the USDA Home Safety Committee, every day takes its toll. Every 24 hours 10 fatal accidents occur within the home due to falls, burns and poison. With National Farm Safe ty Week starting July 20, let's cut accidents! . . ..Industry has eliminated many accidents, but industry has safety devices and inspectors which the farmer hasn't. Farming the right way is farming the safe way. Habitually thinking and acting safety is your best guarantee for reducing mishaps. It may be tough to act as your own safety Inspector, but it'll be much tough er if you lanu in the hospital or six feet underground. Here's USDA caution calendar which can reduce accidents: v Sunday. Thou shall not -kill. Prepare a home safety kit. MONDAY. Discuss safety with your family, deaf trash from \york, storage, and traffic areas. Secure stairs and ladders. Keep poison matches away from child ren. TUESDAY. Lead the bull on a staff; repair fences; beware of dog. WEDNESDAY. Secure rugs; re pair stairs; add handrails. Two steps at a time may be your downfall! THURSDAY. Use proper high way signals. A sleepy driver gets a rude awakening. Behlnd the wheel courtesy beats hospital kindness. FRIDAY. Fix machinery guards. Remember the buzz saw's teeth. SATURDAY. Recheck and e liminate unsafe practices. Think "safety." ? ? New Snapbean Is Proving Popular The new Wade snapbean is go ing over with a bang. Although this is the first year seed were available to comm ercial growers, sfeveral thousand acres were planted in the United States. Sellers liked the first they received and now they are calling on producers to furnish them more. Premiums of 50 to 75 cents a bushel over Tender green, Coneender, and Stringles Black Valentine have bten offer ed. H. M. Covington, horticultural specialist for State College Ex tension Service, says the Wade variety is on demonstration this year in Pendoi. New Hanover, Columbus, Currituck, Ashe, Ave ry, Watauga, " Henderson, and Polk counties. Anyone interested in seeing the new variety can do so by getting in touch with the farm agent in one of these counties. Cora Yield Method Outlined In Folder A simple procedure for making rough estimates of corn yields j is outlined in a new folder just I published by the State . College Extension Service. The system involves stepping off a 50-foot row length and I counting the number of ears of 'earn found. The yield can then be read off a chart included in the folder. No moisture correc tion is necessary. The publicatii>n also includes a form for, making a permanent record ?f the kind of corn grown, yicid, aad other details of produc tion, or for applying for mem jL )es*uutc? tkU P^cUeciian WHEN YOU BUY A ? NEW. WATCH We test every watch on the *A4asHl A scientific instrument that detects any irregu larities in any watch, a certificate of accuracy to assure your satisfaction. Come in and we will test your present watch FREE! GRAYSON'S IEWELBY ? Home-Owned ? Hit . S.i? 'vir % v COLORFUL-THRILLING LOST COLONY OPENED SATURDAY? A more colorful and thrilling Lost Colo ny began its 12th season in Waterside Theatre at Manteo on Roanoke Island, Saturday evening, June 28. This year Paul Green- author of the play which has lived longer than any other outdoor pro duction/ has added one thrilling Indian attack scene to Act II of the symphonic drama. A few of the scenes from the great history-mystery spectacle are shown in this layout. In top photo Indiafc mai dens and braves are doing the exciting Corn Dance first scene of the play. This year many addition al Indians have been added to this scene. At left centor John Bordan. played by Robert Armstrong, plants the English flag at Roanoke in the New World. In center oval, Fred Young of Chcrpel Hill is pictured as Old Tom Harris, the tragl-comic fool who plays a leading role in the drama. He is the first non professional actor to play this important role. At center right, Eleanor Dare, played by Bar bara Edwards Griffith, (first North Carolinian to play the female lead) sings a lullaby to Virginia Dare, her daughter and the first child of English- parentage born in the New World that was to be come America. One of the dazzling court scenes is shown in lower picture as Andrew Griffith in the role of Sir Walter Raleigh present natives and products of the New World to Queen Elizabeth, played by Lillian Prince of Chapel Hill. During its 12th season The Lost Colony will be presented nightly (except Mondays) through Sunday night, August 31. This year all seats in spacious and beautiful Waterside amphitheatre are reserved. (Lost Colony Photos.) the Sea to 100-Bushel bership In Corn Club. Single copios of "Rough Esti mates on Your Corn Yields," Is sued as Extension Folder No, 87, may be obtained from the local county agent or by writing the Publications Department, N. C. State College, Raleigh. National Farm Safety VVeek, which is being observed this year during the week of July 20, was originated in 1944 by the National Safety Council. The week is co sponsored annually by the Coun cil and the U. S. Department of Agriculture in co-operation with other organizations; b* IWJR m W HCm . W owit XV . ? i X 1 1* . nintKiiiWiiXtlnmm JKW HO .t IMJ* i XtrtOW V? It Can Happen To You .... A smouldering cigarette a short .circuit . . . /., .and that beautiful home of yours can bo nothing but a charred ruin. Eliminate this financial hazard with low cost fire insurance. Sob us for complete information. Coverage can !ieg4n with a phone call. The Aithur Hay Agency ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Phone 182 THE HERALD - $2.50 Per Year i ? i . i hi i H'..in MEMO TO ADVERT ISIRS - ? n - ~ . ~ randfather wasa thrifty soul but how he gambled ! . In fact, once upon a time, all business men who advertised were, willing or unwilling, confirmed speculators. 'I'hey couldn't help it, because in those days they had no way of knowing what they would get for their money. Tftday, advertising money can be invested on a basis of facts? the in formation in the reports of the Audit Bureau of Circulations; a national, cooperative and non-profit associa tion of 3300 advertisers, advertising agencies and publishers. The A. B.C., organized in 1914, has established standards for measuring the circula \N tions of newspapers and periodicals, just as there are definite standards for the weights and measures of mer chandise. This newspaper is a member of A. B.C. Our circulation is audited by experienced circulation auditors. The information thus obtained is issued in A. B.C. reports which show how much circulation we have, where it goes, how it was obtained and other facts that tell business men what they get for their money when they adver tise in these columns. . Ask for a copy of our A. B.C. report. Kings Mountain HERALD Kings Mountain's RELIABLE NEWSPAPER Contest Planned For Dairymen Who is North Carolina's most efficient dairy farmer? ' A contest to determine the an swer to this question is being sponsored this yeaV by the Na tional Dairy Products Corpora tion through the 'co operation of its local member companies. Two bronze plaques and $150 in prize money will be awarded, ac cording to Marvin E. Senger, dairy specialist for State College Extension Service. AH Dairy Herd Improvement Association ((DHI A) members with 10 cows or more who will have completed at. least one year of testing by the end of 1952 are eligible to enter. Purpose of the competition is to encourage efficient production of milk through recommended prac tices in feeding and managing the dairy herd." A questionnaire will be made available at the close of the year for all DHIA members who wish to enter. Feeding practices to be judged include use of pasture, grain, and roughage, with special emphasis on pasture.' Management includes kinds of sires used, reasons for culling and herd replacements, labor ? saving devices, average days in milk, and average days dry.' General appearance 'and up, keep of farmstead will be cover ed. In herd health, consideration will be given to Hang's disease and ..tuberculosis testing, masti tis .'.control; and general sanita tion. Distribution of production will place emphasis otf fall fresh ening for milk production when most needed. Farmers' prices had changed little this year by the first of July. ON THE BIGGEST CAR VALUE IN TOWN -J DODGE Prove Dodge Value the 'SHOW DOWN' WAV! REYNOLDS' MOTORS 507 E. 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