Solicitors For
Magazines Often
Break State Laws
Required to Get License
From State Board of
Public Welfare
Door-to-door solicitors of magazine
subscriptions who claim that they
represent worthy organizations or
charitable groups are breaking the
laws of the State of North Carolina,
unless the organizations are duly li
censed by the State Board of Public
Welfare, it was emphasized in Raleigh !
this week by Miss 'Lilly E. Mitchell,
director of the Fund-Raising Projects
Division.
These solicitors, calling themselves
representatives of worthy organiza
tions seeking to raise funds, or others
who seek charity for themselves
through subscription sales, rather than
legitimate salesmen who seek to offer
valuable goods to prospective buyers
in the form of magazines, are an in
creasing problem to the housewives of
North Carolina, Miss'Mitchell stated.
“Only last month,” she said, “the
city of New Bern passed an ordinance
which dealt with them once and for
all. It simply prohibited all forms
of subscription soliciting on the streets
or in the homes.”
Although indicating that she ap
proved such action on the part of the
New Bern city council, Miss Mitchell
stated that it was not strictly neces
sary, as the state statutes already
provide that no such solicitations are
legal anyway, unless licensed by the
State Board of Public Welfare.
She cited the state solicitations law
as amended by the 1947 Legislature
which reads, in part: “No person shall
solicit the public ... to sell or offer
for sale . . . periodicals, books . . . or
any other similar public cause ... un
less the solicitation is authorized
by ... an organization . . . holding a
valid license for such purpose from
the State Board of Public Welfare.”
(Chapter 108, At. 5, Section 80).
“The State law is explicit,” she
warned, “and no such violation is legal
unless licensed officially by the State
Board of Public Welfare. Any person
engaging in this activity who does not
have said license should be reported
to this office.”
Over 5,900 Expected
At Farm Home Week
Four-day Program Ar
ranged at State Col
lege July 31-Aug. 3
More than 5,000 farm men and wo
men from all parts of the State are
expected to attend Farm and Home
Week at State College, Raleigh, July
31-August 3, for a four-day program
of classes and demonstrations, tours
to points of interest and around the
Capital City, addresses by outstanding
speakers, and special recreational ac
tivities.
The annual event is sponsored by
the State Farmers Convention and the
State Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs in cooperation with .State
College and the State Department of
Agriculture. Its purpose is to give
farm people in opportunity to bring
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themselves up to date on improved
methods of farming and homemaking.
Speakers will include Dean ißusk,
Assistant Secretary of State in Charge
of Far Eastern Affairs; Mrs. Georgia
Neese Clark, Treasurer of the United
States; Dr. Robert M. Salter, chief
of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture’s Bureau of Plant Industry, ißelts
ville, Md.; Governor W. Kerr Scott, ,
and many other prominent men and
women.
Daily talent courses will be a fea
ture of the week. They are open to
any adult or junior farm group or in
dividual and may include choruses, so
los, instrumental music, recitations, <
folk dancing, tricks, or stunts. Prizes
totaling S4OO will be awarded. Per- •
sons or groups desiring to enter the i
contests should see their local county ]
farm or home agent or write to Eu
gene 'Starnes, Box 5125, State College
Station, Raleigh.
This year’s Farm and Home Week i
will be dedicated to Dr. I. O. Schaub,
long-time agricultural leader and di
rector of the State College Extension
Service for the past 26 years. A
special tribute will be paid to Dr.
Schaub on Wednesday evening.
New Sweet Potato
Circular Is Available
A new publication prepared by nine
specialists of the State College Exten
sion Service entitled “Grow Quality
Sewet Potatoes” is now off the press
and ready for state-wide distribution.
The 16-page circular treats all phases
of sweet potato production, including
harvesting, curing, and storing.
The specialists who collaborated in
writing the circular state that the rec
ommendations outlined are intended to
help commercial growers meet con
sumer demand for medium-sized, well
shaped, washed, U. 'S. No. 1 Porto Rico
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potatoes. :
For quick reference, the subjects j
are arranged under 12 headings. Since ,
the statements are brief, some grow
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This information is available from the
local county farm agent.
The subjects discussed are recom
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plants, plant treatment, soils fertili
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and curing and storing.
The authors emphasize the import
ance of selecting good seed stock which
is free from black rot, scruf, internal 1
cork, and mutations for skin color.
For protection against the introduc
tion of sweet potato weevil, they as
sert, only certified seed potatoes or
plants should be used when they are
bought outside the state.
Electric, manure, or flue-cured hot
beds may be used for early plant pro
ducion and subsequent vine cuttings.
The best temperature for producing
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Iplants is 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Plants
should be ready to go to the field
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Single copies may be obtained free <
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