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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1944
TOP O' THE MORNING
One of (ha lost Saying «1 WWt
(In, the poet, u he ihy dying, w»“
(him “Give my love to the |wtU,"
And thin la the world’s supreme
need today—more than our eloqu
ence, or our knowlege, or our
wealth, or all else besides. It need
our love. GEORGE JACKSON,
MR. MAXWELL’S TESTI-,
MONY.
M1
IR. Maxwell, of and for the state
corporation commission. In his
.'testimony before the interstate com
merce commission in the matter of
the lease of th% Clinchfleld & Ohio
riilroad, seems to take a very enlight
ened view of the whole matter. The
position of the commission is this:
If the lease of the Clinchfleld. road
to the Atlantic Coast Line and Louis
ville & Nashville is approved, it will re
sult in forming a very strong through
line between the south and middle
west, with probable substantial bene
ficial- results to the public.
That this would place the Seaboard
Air Line in a weakened position, and
• in order that the Seaboard may be
kept on a competitive basis with the
Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern,
it will be necessary to consolidate the
Seaboard with some other strong sys
tem, preferably the Norfolk & Western,
and that such consolidation should
include the old Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley railroad.
Mr. Maxwell contends that the al
location of the Clinchfleld road should
not be considered a thing apart, but
should be worked out with a com
' prehensive view of the whole railroad
situation of this territory, and on the
lines of the grouping plan tentatively
proposed. Should the Clinchfleld go
to the Atlantic Coast Line, and the
Seaboard Air Line to the Norfolk &
Western, with the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley included in the latter group.
It would mean three strong Southern
Western railroad systems for the Caro
lina and South-Atlantic territory.
*». We think our Commission’s posi
, tion, so admirably set out by Mr. Max
well, is eminently sound, and we hope
that the Interstate., commerce commis
sion will work this whole problem out
in a broad and non-partisan spirit.
ARMY WORMS NO MENACE
i TO COTTON CROP NOW
y .
The army worm seems general in
most of the cotton belt east of the
Mississippi river. Depredations of the
worm have been extensive in Georgia
■ and South Carqlina. In sections of
Pender county the^army worm strip
ped whole fields of cotton of the foli
., age of the plants. However, it is too
late for the army worm to do much
if any damage.
The boll weevil beat * the army
worms to it. At any rate, Professor
Winters, head of the division of boll
;! weevil control at the Florence station,
informs the Columbia State that
, “defoliation by the leaf worm after
migration of the boll weevil is usual
ly helpful to cotton, especially during
•'rainy and cloudy weather, as it caushs
’the bolls to open faster and presents
; '60 many of them from rotting.”
' Professor Winters also states that
young tender bolls on cotton, suscepti
* ble of being punctured, will be punc
tured by weevils regardless of the
r number of leaves on the plant.
LIMA BEANS VS. COTTON IN
GEORGIA
%■> The .bureau of markets of the
' Georgia agricultural, department did
well to point out a new crop oppor
tunity for farmers In the boll weevil
■ Infested parts .of tha state. They
were told that California annually
If hips hundreds of carloads of lima
heans into Georgia. Even Augusta’s
bean purchases from California run
up to 12 to 13 carloads a season. This
iseason, the Georgia - farmers have
!v|<raised large crops of beans, and offi
cers pf the market bureau in Atlanta
are in receipt of ■ numbers of ,samples
• pf limas grown by the farmers and
sent to «the bureau in order that it
, may arrange to sell that' trial crop.
. ' Market bureau officials state* that
"■'every fartner who has qualttty limas
to sell are assured of a good price.
There is no difficulty whatsover in
disposing of beans, provided they are
packed in clean, new bags, so the,
product can be put on a commercial,
basis. The Augusta Chronicle com
mends the state, bureau for pointing
out this marketing opportunity to.
farmers, and that paper adds:
* Every sack full that the Georgia ,
farmers can send to the bureau .for
sale is keeping that much money
at home and furnishing the farmer
a fine return for his labor and en
terprise. .
. There has been a large cfop of
these beans grown in Georgia this
year, and it ,is said that this is
largely the result of the efforts of
the market bulletin to induce the
farmers to plant them. It was-'
pointed out that the California
crop whs Sold for delivery October
15 at 8 1-4 cents a pound. It was
also stated that beans planted at
that time in Georgia would mature
and could be marketed before the
time for delivery on the California
contract and would probably bring
a price of 10 or 11 cents a pound.
One exceptionally fine lot of 1,500
pounds brought 11 cents.
Doubtless, the Georgia market
bureau can sell Georgia lima beans at
a good profit in competion with Cali
fornia growers, but it must be re
collected that the Californians have
learned to grade their beans and ship
{hem in carloads. They also market
through a huge co-operative marketing
association, but we can’t see why
southern farmers should not raise j
beans in sufficient qualities in certain
localities where they can get the bene
fit of carload rates. Growing, shipping J
and marketing have been gotten down !
to a fine point on the Pacific slope.
California can’t raise any finer lima
beans that we can grow in eastern
North Carolina.
FARM DEAL OF HALF MIL
LION DOLLARS
The Cobb farm of 3,600 acres, in
Guilford county, has been scooped in j
by a Greensboro group of real estate
men, and, of course, they “mean busi
ness,” since Greensboro realtors, gen
erally and characteristically, are just
about as shrewd as you make them.
The High Point Enterprise seems to
be disappointed that some High Point
group did not beat the Greensboro
group to it, as the property is mid
way between the two live Guilford
county cities. The High Point paper
estimates that the price paid for one
of the largest farms in North Carolina i
is $500,000 to $900,000. The Greens-1
boro syndicate which bought it is |
headed by R. R. King, Sample Brown, I
W. E. Blair and H. L. Coble. Very j
much concerned as to what they are j
going to do with their valuable prop
erty, the High Point paper says:
It is the intention of the syndi
cate, it is said, to immediately de
velop this property. The plans for
■development have not been made
public and it was not learned
whether- 11/will be used as a club,
lodge or for other purposes. Plans
for the development, 'however, are
now information. Included in the .
transfer are approximately 3,600
acres of land with a large hunting
lodge and other buildings. • This
property was owned by the late
John B. Cobb, who died last spring.
It was' purchased jointly by Mr.
Cobb and*his brother, H. W. ,Cobb.
They used it for many y’earsf'as an
exclusive hunting lodge and later
Mr. Cobb, realizing its agricul
tural possibilities, devoted a part
of it to a farm. .iJ3y his- will Mr.
Cobb left the property to his two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Howard
Gilmour and Mrs. Lucy Cobb Hill.
It is now regarded as one of the
most modern and hest kept farms
in the state. Sometime ago a ’
movement was started by High
Point and Greensboro interests to
purchase this property as a coun
try club site, but it never ma
terialized.
Greensboro men, some of whom
bought property in Wilmington while
the buying was good, seem to know
exactly what to do with real estate.
No doubt those who purchased that
big landed estate close to two growing |
North Carolina cities formulated their
development'plans beforehand... They
may . make it a playground or they
may develop it into the most wonder
ful farms community in North Caro
lina. Probably they may not, but they;
have a great opportunity In it. About
the nearest guess we can make about
it is that the Kings, the Browns, the
Blairs and the Cobles propose to “sell" I
Guilford county in some way or other.
There are nothing like syndicates
for big developments, and ft Is only
.through them that we can' ever hope
to bring new population into the Na
tion’s New Frontier. The only way
we can “sell” eastern North Carolina
is to do it through syndicates. Our
purely pioneer propositions might
bring investors into this vast section
of idle, undeveloped—lands, but the
only way to bring in thrifty settlers is
to prepare the way for them. Of
course, a certain kind of investors,
might do that but if investors buy up
millions of acres of land only to hold
them >for- their future Increase in
value, it possibly might militate
against development of our wide waste
of fertile, primeval lands.
Home syndicates could, start a flood
of population into the Cape Fear sec
tion by buying up large tracts for
drainage and dearage so they have
definite settlement, propositions; to
make to homeaeekers. We ought^ to
know that we can not induce the rail-,
roads to give us 'homeBeekers excur
sionrates'until wear*- prepared with
1 definite propositions for the settlement
! of newcomers.; They tried It, dad
finally withdrew .such '.rates because
we had. not prepared the way for
prospective settlers Kege In the South
Atlantic country. They are again con
sidering the advisability, of granting
homeseekers excursion rates to the
south, and they are- sure to be unfavor
ably regarded.'- unless we actually
have settlement enterprises to war
rant the .bringing of settlers to this
section. We /stand in our own way
by not organizing land development
and settlement propositions.
A middle west /man who came to
North Carolina,” and we have every
reason to believe that we can -''sell”
eastern North Carolina to the middle
west, provided we are prepared to
show them the goods and let them
know we have them ready for pur
chasers. A big land development and
settlement syndicate at' Miami,
Florida, is getting them and here in
Ndrth Carolina we can do the same
through such syndicates.
Next thing we kpoW some Greens
boro syndicate will see its opportunity
in buying big tracts down this way
for realdevelopment purposes. In
the meantime, we sHbuld not wait for
George to do it.
SOMETHING BREWING IN
GERMANY, PROBABLY
' The £jtreesemann government at
Berlin decreed the end of passive re
sistance In- the Ruhr, and accordingly
France haft determined on a policy of
making occupation of the Ruhr more
or less “invisible.” However, ms&y
of the German workmen in the Ruhr
are rebellious towards the capitula
tion of 'the Berlin government.
Chancellor Streesemann states that
only the nationalists oppose the
abandonment of passive resistance, but
the French do not seem to be so sure
that trouble is an end. A German
leader also sees trouble ahead, and
the latest News indicates that what
appears to be a military dictatorship
has been determined upon. Probably
much depends on conciliatory action,
but there is no telling what a day
may now may bring forth. The ac
tion of Bavaria seems to be puzzling.
On Monday night Jts government is
sued a proclamation declaring the
Versailles peace treaty “null and void,”
and it was declared that a “state of
emergency” exists in Bavaria. It
seems that Bavaria has determined to
separate from Prussia. A military
dictatorships has also been declared
in Bavaraia, and it appears like that
step has followed the action of the
Berlin government in abandoning pas
sive resistance in the Ruhr. Europe
has reason to be uneasy till all this
ferment is cleared up. At the present
the situation is not reassuring.
NEWSPAPER COMMENT
■ Has Tennessee Reformed f
Two or three years ago Tennessee
was, of all the Southern States, the
one in which the influence of Wood
row Wilson was least potent. In the
election of 1920 Tennessee went Re
publican, thus repudiating the policies
and the administration of the gsoat
leader, who dominated the Democratic
party, although he was not himself a
candidate.
Yet today we find Tennesseans ask
ing Mr. Wilson to speak a word to the
Democrats "of Tennessee with a view
to influencing a political decision soon
to be made, by them. Senator Shields
is fighting ’for renomination,- opposed
by General L. D. TyBOn and Ju'dge N.
D. Bachman. Opponents of the present
Senator requested that Mr. Wilson ex
press an opinion regarding Shields and
the former President replied briefly
and c ncisely: “I regarded Mr. Shields
during *ny administration as one' of
the least trustworthy of my professed
supporters.”
May one interpret this incident as a
sign that the Wilson influence has
grown in Tennessee in the past three
years? Evidently there are Tennessee
Democrats who believe, that it - has.
The result of Senator Shields’ fight
for renomination will throw more light
upon the’ question.—Charleston News
and Courier. ' . - • ■ . .
Here’* Another Farm program:
Coffee county farmers, bankers,
merchants and basiness men have join
ed the ranks of program counties after
a thorough .survey and canvass and
get together; meetings. •
The Kiwanis club seems to be lead
ing the movement in Coffee as they
have in Wilkes and other counties.
Here’s the Coffee county program:
‘ Build at least one tooaceo Darn for
every two plows.
Build- a tobacco storing house. -
Plant two to four acres of tobacco
to each plow.
Plant five to. eight acres of cotton
to each plow. ■ —
Plant two acres’ of sweet potatoes,
cucumbers or other truck crops to
each plow In the fall and in the spring.
Plant enough hay, grain or sorghum
so that yon do not buy a pound oi
foodstuffs.
Rave a good pasture of lespedeza,
carpet grass or Berriiuda grass and
mijk and ship, the cream each week
from five to ten. cows.
• Raise chickens^ eggs' and hbgs. for
market-.—Augusta Herald. v
Wets and Dry* -
• Statistics show government agents
seized 6,000 moonshine Stills in the past
year. Also 2,000,00«f gallons of mash.
There’s- nothing to indicate how much
the agents didn’t find. • Mayor Dever oi
Chicago is waging an* anti.beer fight
and 2,^00 barrels of beer were confis
cated in one day. 4...dry paper com
plains that while Chicago has many
citizens who usually ’’are eager to help
in a warfare against crime, we. miss
this activity in the present campaign.”
Prepare now for*£he opening of our
new series, October 6th. Orton Build
ing & Loan .Association. > i
Daily Record, A
Of Wilmington
City Commission
Conference of City Commissioners,'
Wilmington, N. C.,'September 27, 1923.
Present: J."H. Cowan? ft.' C. Cantwell,
J. E. Thompson. *-.V. v .
Mr. Cpwan:- Gentlemen.;! have the
application of the .Southern Sign com
pany, who wish4o hang,a sign for
Siieff & company, -piano and music
store, oh Princess, between Front and
Second. He says this Is the "same old
sign, repainted*, that they have had
acrqss the street f or several'years.
It was moved, seconded and carried
that application be approved, subject
to' the usual cofldtMbns of inspection.
-The following purchase orders, were
approved: Finance department, Wil
, mington Evening .News, advertising
notice of street assessments, contract;
finance department, to NorthaSn’p Book
and Stationary Store, pencils, $2.20;
street department, to W. B.. Thorpe and
company, four sacks cement at 87 l-2c,
less 7 l-2c for sacks returned.
Adjourned. ■
CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
-BACK FRONT HEARING
HELD IN WASHINGTON
Director of Customs Makes
Ruling In Favor of North
Carolina Tobacco Men.
A. L. McCaskill, collector of Customs
Jot the district of North Carolina, has
recently returned from Washington
where .he attended A hearing before.
Director of Customs Camp relative to
the method of weighing knported to
bacco received through the sub-district,
office at'Winstbn-Salem.
At the. hearing arguments ..were of
fered by representatives 'of the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco company against be-*
ing charged a tariff for quantities of
tobacco weighing less\than one-half
pound. This, of course, having, refer
ence to big importations of Turkish to
bacco- received at Winston-Salem and
not weighed for tariff at any other
place in this country.
Collector McCaskill says that the de
cision in the matter reached by Direc
tor Camp was very favorable to the
I tobacco people.. In fact, he said that
he thought it would mean a saving of
approximately $100,000 for them.
The collector said that ever since he
took charge of this customs district he
had been causing the tobacco to be
weighed so that for instance if the in
dicator showed the amount of tobacco
on the scale to be ten pounds and less
than one-half pounds, tariff was charg
ed on ten pounds. If the indicator ran
over the > half-pound mark, eleven
pounds was charged for. |
GALL TO SAVANNAH
i DECLINED BY LOCAL
EPISCOPAL MINISTER
' . 1
Rev. James E. W. Cook Prefers
to Remain In Wilmington
Archdeaconry.'
_ v.
Rev. James E. W. Cook, of this city,
has declined to accept *ne rectorship
of an Episcopal church in savannah.
Oa„ the minister desiring to remain in
the Wilmington archdeaconry.
This will come as pleasant news to
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•Mothers who have been weakened
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easy transformation to a robust hap
py age. Business women and working
girls tell how much they can stand
without getting tired so quickly. In
fact they all seem to be so grateful for
the freedom they now enjoy from that
ever present fear of periodical suffer
ling. of irreguarity, paing, cramps'and
having to give up entirely at times.
There, seems to be no end of good
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It gets rid of the caus > in nine? out
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nerves, -muscles and tissue, finally rej$
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the hundreds of friends of Rev. Mr.
Cook in this city and in the diocese.
Mr. Cook has made -his home in Wil
mington for a number of years and it
was here that he was elevated $o the
Episcopal ministry.
During them onths of October and
November a conference is to be held
throughout the diocese of East Caro
lina, and Rev. Mr. Cook has been
designated to discuss during this con
ference, “Diocesan Missions.”
Rev. Mr. Cook has recently returned
to the diocese from a northern trip.
While away he was called upon to per
form baptisms at Lansford, Penn., and
Echo Park, . J. He delivered sermons
in Plainfield, N. J., and elsewhere.
Prepare now for the opening of our
new series October 6th. Orton Building
& Loan Association.
Planning Commission
Will Meet on Monday
A meeting- of the city planning com
mission is to be held the first of the
week, probably on Monday, Chairman
J. L. Becton says. It is probably that
a proposition to be presented to the
city commission, will be outlined.
"I think yre shall have no difficulty,
in getting the proper financial sup
port," Chairman Becton said.” The
atmosphere has been cleared by the
discussion in the Star and I believe
we shall have no trouble in getting
together on a. workable program.”
Mr. Becton seems to think that the
trend of public opinion Is very strong
ly in favor of immediate action.
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4612 Woodward,, Ave., Detroit, Mich.
You can thus say good-bye to dieting,
exercise and fat, and you don't have
to use disgusting salves and greases.
(Adv.)__
Prepare now for the opening of our
new series, October 6th. Orton Build
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