THE JOHNSTONIAN—SUN. SELMA. N. C.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930.
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Peach Growers Ship
Many Cars Per Day
An Average of 70 Cars Daily Being
Shipped from Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, August 1.—In spite of
the sweltering heat and sizzling at
mosphere, while the thermometer
stood at 97 in the shade, the ware
houses being u.sed as temporary
packhouses are doing a rushing busi
ness in peaches this week, work
ing hundreds of men in bringing
peaches from the orchards, grading,
crating and loading them into iced
refrigerator cars while negro boys
cool off the tin roofs and the floors
of the warehouses with use of the
water hose at intervals.
An average of 70 cars for each
day this week has been estimated
for the Sandhill section, as shipped
out from Aberdeen.
The fruit - is the best that has
been grown in years, both as to
quality and flavor-, and brings a
price of from ?2.50 to $4.50 per
crate.
The Sandhill section has taken
on a spirit of optimism and general
rejoicing prevails as to prospective
business outlook, and it looks now
as if the high peak of depression
is a thing of the past.
INCREASING THE
STRENGTH OF COTTON
Official tests, and experiments
made by manufacturers show that
concentrated solutions of caustic soda
have a peculiar effect upon cotton.
The fibers swell up, become cylin
drical and semi-transparent. This
tends to overcome the ribbon-likie and
undesirable natural twist that “raw”
cotton fibre, of whatever degTee of
excellence, have.
The story of how cotton is “pro
cessed” to give it added strength
and beauty, a subtle luster not inher
ent to it, and a greater degree of
porousness and absorbency is the
subject of an article appearing in
the Home Economics Teachers’ Mag
azine for June. Amazing, natural
and chemical actions are described
regarding this processing or dureniz-
ing of cotton.
While the caustic soda is surround
ing' and acting upon the fibers, mak
ing them become cylindrical and
semi-transparent, their interior canal
practically disappears. This is be
cause the cell walls swell up and
fill the space allotted by nature. Fol
lowing the soda immersion, there
comes a bath which neutralizes the
soda. Then the yarns rinsed several
times in clear water and dried.
But even this simple-sounding
washing with clear water has a
scientific effect. It causes a chemi
cal transformation into cellulose hy-
■drate and is really an essential to
durening cotton as is the action of
the caustic soda which the cotton
lia-s a tendency to hold on to tenaci
ously.
After the final “baths,” the
“warps” are ready for dyeing or
bleaching as desired,
During durening, cotton threads
•are held under great tension which
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mat id mild&r ami oi
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Chesterfield
Milder, yes—but something more.
Chesterfield offers richness, aroma, satisfying
flavor.
BETTER TASTE—that’s the answer; and
that’s what smokers get in Chesterfield in full
est measure—the flavor and aroma of mellow
tobaccos, exactly blended and cross-blended.
Better taste, and milder too!
) 1930, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
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PAN AMERICAN IDEA
Over one huiidred years ago the
helps effect increased strength and ices held on the campus each after
luster. This is one reason why dur- ! noon. The 17th Field Artillery
ene cotton .shows practically no ten- | Band from Fort Bragg gave an
dency to shrmk later on when it is hour’.s concert, followed by com- j Pan American idea began to take
knitted or woven; and why it has , munity singing and by short speak-. .shape when the first Congress was
that subtle sheen. iing exercises. I held at Panama in 1826. The First
The chano-e from the original dull' The joint session of men and International Conference of Ameri
elevan
apijearance of natural cotton to the women each morning at
soft, effective luster of durened cot- ' oclock in Pullen Hall were addressed
ton is parucally due to the fact that by leaders in various lines of agri-
the fibers afterwards lie straight cultural and governmental work in
along the yarn, having lost the ob- the State.
jectionable natural twist. j These events coupled with the
Other changes, not so easily ob- course of instructional lectures given
servable, cuke place. By means of ™ the class rooms each morning
the (iurene processing of cotton its from eight until eleven o clock gave
strength is increased about 20 per; the Convention the vvefl balanced
cent as is its absorbency. Affinity to program which causes it to attract
dyestuffs is greatly increased, from hundreds of North Carolina farm
20 to 40 per cent less coloring mat- leaders each successive summer,
ter being required than in the dye-1 Lateness of the tobacco crop this
ing of ordinary cotton. j season and the 'heavy infestation of
' boll weevil in the cotton fields was
given as the reason for fewer men
attending this year than last.
WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN
AT FARM CONVENTION
With a proportion of about 70
farm women to 30 men, the 28th
annual session of the State Farm
ers' Convention held at State Col
iege last week was attended by ap
proximately 1200 persons register
ing and hundreds of others who at
tended only for some special session.
The Convention this year was a
made in Carolina edition. There
were few outside speakers or lec
turers but the occasion was. made
notable by the deep thoughtfulness
and constructive suggestions offered
liy. Uie farm men and women pres
ent ,;i.s well as by the speakers se-
let'
by this program committee,
'-vas something of interest to
;:-izen. In addition there
recreation, sight-seeing
i-.'-nffeats, demonstrations and
ivities to break the con-
md of lectures and
j|oya'fele fear
I of
erv-
GOOD DEMAND
FOR AMERICAN FISH
MEAL IN GERMANY
can States convened in 1890.
The First Inter-American Confer
ence on Agriculture, Forestiy and
.iVnimrl Industry, to be held in Wash
ington in September will be a sort
of centennial of ths Congress of
Panama.
This Conference will be the first
Pan American assembly that has
devoted itself exclusively to the
study on a broad scale of the prob
lems of agriculture as they exist in
the Americas. Questions of cultiva
tion, not only of crops in general
but of individual crops in which each
of the "American nations is interest
ed, will be thoroughly canvassed; al
so problems of farm management;
transportation and marketing; agri
cultural economics; cooperative as
sociations and credit system; plant
and research work; and inter-Ameri-
can problems affecting present and
FLEA PRECAUTIONS
The growing use of fish meal in future food supply. Study will be
Germany as feed for livestock, espec
rally hogs and poultry, would seem
to justify and increase the atten
tion which up to now has been paid
by American producers and exporters
to the German market, the Depart-
'ment of Commerce is, informed in a
report from Raymond H. Geist,
American Consul in Berlin. The Ger
man production of fish meal is not.
sufficient to meet the domestic de
mand and approximately 90 per cent
of it mu.st be imported from abroad.
German importers and wholesalers
state that American fish meal is'bet
ter in quality than either that pro
duced in Germany or imported from
abroad. American meal in general
closely approaches the standard re
quired in Germany, as concern.s pro-
ta^n, calcium phosphate, salt and fat
-extent.
made of the latest and most scientific
methods employed in agriculture, for
estry and animal industry.
UNITED STATES CAPITOL
The middle, or original portion of
the United States Capitol was built
of sandstone. The two extensions for
the Senate and House were started
in 1851, and were built of marble.
The total value of the building ex
ceeds $25,000,000.
Cotton growers are urged to con
tinue examination of their fields to
know what the boll weevil is do
ing. Fields which have not shown
heavy infestation may be heavily
damVged in August, says G. H.
Brannon, College entomologist.
If your house is full of fleas, they
are probably presents from your
dog or cat, says the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, To destroy fleas
on pet animals apply derris powder
or wash them in a fairly weak solu
tion of saponified creassote or kero
sene-emulsion. Keep pet animals out
of the house. Scatter about 5
pounds of fla,ked naphthalene over
the floor of each infested room, keep
the room closed for 12 hours, then
sweep up the naphthalene remain
ing. Keep animals and poultry from
beneath buildings (where fleas' breed)
and clean up trash, in such places.
Infected areas should be sprayed
with creosote oil and the ground
where young fleas are growing
should be covered with salt and wet
down well.
U.
S. TOBACCO
EXPORTS INCREASE
Exports of all types of tobacco
leaf from the United States showed
an increase of approximately 17 per
cent in volume during the first six
months of the current year as com
pared with the similar period of
1929, according to the Tobacco Di
vision, Department of Commerce.
The total for the 1930 pe’riod is
260,268,347 pounds, an increase of
37,776,814 pounds over the total of
222,491,533 for last year’s period.
Including all manufactured pro
ducts the total exports of tobacco
from the United States during the
first six months of 1930 amounted to
$62,116,441, as compared with $63,-
103,978 for last year.
Exports of tobacco leaf alone
sha;wed an increase in value from
$51,800,668 in the first half of 1929
to $55,123,830-in 1930.
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LAXITY OR IGNORANCE
CAUSES ACCIDENTS
The campaign to reduce automo
bile accidents, started by President
Hoover, and supported by the casu
alty insurance industry and other
private and public organizatio.ns, can
achieve its object only with the aid
of two things—public interest and
cooperation and modernization of our
traffic laws.
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUM
MONS BY PUBLICATION
So long as the inexperienced or in
competent are allowed to drive auto
mobiles, accidents will continue to
rise. So Io.ng as our traffic regula
tions are inadequate and un
enforced, we will be powerless to
cope with the problem. Too many
drivers regard traffic laws as some
thing to be evaded. Not enough of
them are interested in having their
officials chang'e outmoded laws in
favor of codes that are adequate to
deal with our modern congested,
high-speed traffic.
In the words of President Hoover,
“There has been much effort to bet
ter traffic conditions but the acci
dent rate, nevertheless, continues to
rise because the increasing volume
of traffic outruns our efforts.” In
the past ten years millions of new
cars, capable of great speeds, have
appeared on the highways, while our
regulatory machinery has remained
practically unchanged.
If the present trend continues,
automobile accidents will, soon cost
us a billion dollars a year and will
take 35,000 or more lives annually.
That is a terrific price to pay for
our laxity or ignorance in handling
traffic. A united, active public con
sciousness is necessary to reduce the
increasing toll of deaths and 'in
juries.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
i The Federal Land Bank of Columbia
1 Vs.
I
Ed Williams and wife, Lucy Wil
liams, The Clayton Banking Co.,
The Raleigh Saving Bank & Trust
Co., Trustee for Austin & Steph
enson Co., Trustee for Austin &
Stephenson Co., Bankrupt, John D.
Capps, and the Capital National
Farm Loan Association.
The defendant, John D. Capps,
will take notice that on the 2nd day
of June, 1930 the plaintiff above
named commenced in the Superior
Court of Johnston County an action
entitled as above, and that summons
was issued for said defendant on
said date returnable the 12th day
of June, 1930, and return of said
summons duly made by the Sheriff
of Johnston County “that the de
fendant, atfer due diligence, can not
be found in ‘ Johnston County or in
the State;” and that said cause of
action is to foreclose a certain mort
gage deed described in the com
plaint therein upon which the de
fendant, John D. Capps, apparently
has a judgment lien; and the said
defendant will further take notice
that he is required to apear at the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Johnston County at the
Courthouse in said county within
thirty days from the 31st day of
1930 and answer or demurer
to the complaint in said action or
the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for relief demanded in said com
plaint.
The ninth annual farmers field day
and picnic will be held at the To
bacco Station near Oxford, Thurs
day, August 7.
H. V. ROSE,
C. S. C. of Johnston County.
This 30th day of June, 1930. •
James D. Parker, attorney, for the
plaintiff. ' 9.3.42