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Of-this sum to'bo collected, $.62 is for the county schools, and $.65 for county departments. The schools are aided by federal and state funds, and some of the county departments re ceive help from the same sources. A breakdown In the county depart ment rate shows the following: Gen eral County Fund—.16, Poor Fund —.10’. Health Fund—.10, Bond Fund—.12, County Accountant—.02, County Agent—.025, Veterans Ser vice Officer—.015, Old Age Assist ance Fund—.075, and Aid to Depend ent Children Fund—.■04'6, or a grand total of $.65. In the county department fund rate, the offices of home agent, ser vice officer, old ago, and aid to de pendent children are aided by non county funds. The school fund is in three partav Current Expenses—.11, Capital Out lay—.$6, and Debt Service—.15, for a $.62 total. An extra $.15 is assesed in Aver- asboro, or special district No..*2. This was approved by the ivoters in that district to supplement school salaries and pressing needs. The township road refunding board rates for the retirement of special bonds for which the townships are responsible are as follows; Anderson Creek—.07, Averasbore—.04, Barbe cue—-.05, Black River—.06, Buck- horn—.05, Duke—.Q7, Grove—.19. J ohnson vllle—. 23, Lillington—. 10, Neill’s Creek—0'6, Stewart's Creek —.15. and Upper Little River—.05. The poll tax is $2.00 plus three times special rates. For some time the county has felt that the general fund must be in creased to meet the county obliga tions and rising expenses. In Novem- li«r of this year the tax payers wili have a chance to vote on whether to raise this to $.25, a $.10 increase over the present rate of $.15, The commissioners hired Miss Lela Flaxon Huntley of Morven, -Anson county, to assist the Home Demon stration Agent, 'Miss Loralne Vail, with her many duties. Miss Huntley comes well recommended to Harnett county, and will begin her work here on August 16th. Beer licenses were granted to Gladys Smith, Dunn, and James W. Thornton, also of Dunn R-3. A road petition was approved and passed on to state highway authori ties. It asked that a road in Neill’s Creek beginning at the Harold Butts filling station and running south to Black Creek, Coats Highway, and passing the homes of Joe Johnson, Cleveland Johnson. Clarence Gaskins, Tyson Betts, Mrs. J. A. iBetts, and others, for a distance of five miles, be taken over and kept in condition. The commissioners heard a favora ble report on the county library, and ('iscussed a plea for more funds in t‘ e agricultural department. -The Department wanted $2,000 t ore this year for increase in salar ies. The commissioners after discus- siop went ahead and adopted the bud get as fixed by Auditor Carson, and promised the Agriculture Department more assistance if the funds can pos sibly be found without increasing the lax rate from $1.27. Auditor CarSon told the board it would be necessary (o Increase the tax rate half a cent if the increase were granted to the Agriculture Department. The board will meet again next Monday, August 2, for their regular sessiou. Fay, ago 2% years, Fred; ago 2% yours, children of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cameron, Broadway R-1; Throe children of Mr. and Mrs.'D. W. Strickland, Broadway; Jerald, age 8 years, Barbara, age 9 years. Children of 'Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Myrlck, Lillington. nVE MARKETS Big Melon Town ADDED TO THE EASTERN BELT FOUR QUIT MIDDLE BELT AND PIjAN TO START ON AUGUST 1»; DUNN BECOMES ONLY NEW MARKET IN ENTIRE AREA • After long consideration, and ap peal to authorities in the tobacco trade, the Sanford, Puauay-Varlna, Aberdeen, and Carthage markets have decided to open this year with the Eastern belt. The four markets have very good reasons for opening earlier, and most farmers and mer chants are behind the supervisors and warehousemen In their change of bolts and dates. Durham Market has threatened to open on August 19th too if the Sandhills markets open early, and it looks as if there are to be several drastic alterations in the tobacco pic ture in this (Vicinity this year. The Dunn Market, a brand now concern, is .to ojpen on. i^e, .Sutern Beit this year, and Manager Buck Currln has announced that eight to bacco companies will have buyers on hand for opening day. Several others are expected to be there also. The new market is equipped to handle approximately one million pounds per day of sale, and has ovei^ 10'0(,000 square feet of floor space available. The opening of the four markets in another belt, and the first year of the Dunn Market, adds 23 more days to their sales than previous, and will give the older markets one of their biggest and banner years in business. Lett Child Hit By Automobile RETURNS TO WASHINGTON Miss Ruth Sawyer has returned from a two weeks vacation In Wash- Ington, D. C. where she ’visited Oier sister. Miss Iris Sawyer. James Lett, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Gray Lett of Lillington, was struck py an automobile on Sunday afternoon about 2:30 while crossing the highway in front of the Lyric Theatre here. The fender of the car hit the child throwing him in the air. He received bruises and a bad cut on the leg. He wos taken to Hlghsmlth Hospital, Fayetteville, where he re ceived treatment until Monday when he returned home. The car was owned by Ernie Jones of Bunnlevol. MAJOR ATKINS HERE Major Stewart Atkins, who has been stationed in New York, arrived here Wednesday night and will visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neill Atkins, and relatives 'nntU August' 14 when ho will leave for Camp 'Lee, Virginia. LilUiigtuu lioK another fine slo gan if it wants to use it: The Big Melon Town. Ijce Womack, local liarber, brought to the Scales a watermelon that w'elghod pounds. Ray Johnson, his scissors pal, had wimted to bet hint on the weightr-^d he would hare lost! Lee raised tlie whopper on his garden lot right here in town. The feat deserves a free ad and here it is: Beed, Cannonball; Prom Layton Supply Co. BOLL WEEVILS ON INCREASE Growers Advised To Dust When 10% Or More Cotton Squares ■ Jnfested By ‘Weevils Wllth the advancement of the cot ton growing season, boll wee’Vll in festation appears to he plckipg up considerably h) Hhrnett and eastern cotton- producing counties, stated C. R. Ammons, County Agent, "htite to day. ‘ According ' to a crurvay aiada.,Nhy Mr. James T. Connor', Extension En- tomologtlst, the infestation in Harnett County last week reached a polnt*of 25.83 per cent on the fields inspected. Each and every field that was (visited last week' and counts -made showed the presence of weevils; therefore, growers are advised in order to con trol boll weevils, red spiders, and aphid' infestation, to observe their fields closely, and when the presence of 10 per cent or more of squares are infested, dusting should ‘bo done. 'M^-ny more adult -weevilB were noticed last, week, especially in sdutbern counties surrounding Har nett County: it appears that migra tion will be well underway around the first week in August; migration dusting should be followed then and repeated every 4 to 5 days until the cotton crop is safe from weevil at tack. Service at Buie's Creek Churcli Suinday The Rev. iDonald McMahan of Fay etteville will preach in the Buie’s Creek Presbyterian Church on Sun day morning, August 'Ist, at lli-OiO o’clock. Friends are cordially inivlted to worship with the church member ship. Cape Fear Service Regular church services will be hold this Sunday in the Cape Fear Presbyterian Churcjli with the Rev. Donald McMahan in, charge.-The ser vice 'begins at i3';30( o’clock, and a cordial welcome is extended to all to attend. POLK) CLOSES SUNDAY kHOOLS IN LILLINGTON -I- METHODIST PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHMibS CIAHiBD TO CHILDREN ipCAUSE OF POLIO ^nRBAT The LillingtonjifTesbyterfan and Methodist ChiirciUli have cancelled Sunday School for-^hiidren under 16 years old to avold'^jany chance of the spread of -polio InHhe community. This decision '^as made at the Sunday School hoW following a dis cussion of parend' and offkiala of the Methodist OhF^h. The Pre»byteyi^\Church was the first to take such 6^ioa, having can- ceiled Sunday Schtel last Sunday. Sunday school «|pd church services for adults will -be told as usual. The public will be nu^fied when it is advisable to Teo^n the Sunday School to children. According to coiMity health author ities, there are .(o:^ four cases of polio registered for Harnett out of almost l.OQiO for , the entire state. The procaiition .taken by tbe local churches li| to- to; commended, and may aid lij keeping the countyseat free from iiie epld^ic. Dr. W. B. Hunter, county health officer, believes thht the spread of polio'can 'be reduced' by parents- who keep. their children at home and away from public .gatherings. FARM-HOME TOUR FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 -tr- Annual OnC'Day Hatnett OoUnty Tour Announced by OMnty Farm And Home Agmta The annual Fanu and Heme Tour fpr Harnett County farin'^ men and woiaen will be'held on -Friday, A«g- aceordlng.th4rfff*iaixx^mt. today, more from the' County ■Farm-',and and Home Agent’s Office. Visits will be made oh this Tour to demonstration^ in Harnett County, representing .the work of Home Management. Farm Management, 'En terprise Projects; namely, corn, al falfa, cotton, and swine. Demonstra tions will also be visited in connec tion with Club work and Older Youth work in the county. Details of the tour •will- -he made available early next week and- the points to 'be visited given. Each cud every farm person, both men and women,- are -cordially invit ed to 'Participate in this tour. The tour will leave the county agent’s office at 8:46 oa.Frlday morning and wilt be one day in length. Names Of Veterans Still Beins Sought Not Many Exempt Froin Big Peacetime Draft . The initial registration d-ay for the nation’s big peacetime draft is set for August 30th, and local boards are being pressed into service to handle the 9,600,000 young men -who ard eligible for registration. Through this num'ber the armed forces hopes to secure ne^od replacements in the various branches, and to build up an armed force more adequate for de fense or emergency. The President has exempted for mer servicemen -who saw 90 days in, the shooting war, former servicemen who spent one year during actual hostilities, ministerial students, and regularly ordained ministers and con scientious objectors. HoweiTer, the board may use their discretion in certain cases. Twenty-five year olds are the first group required by lav? to go to their local draft 'boards to Sign up for t'ho draft. It is estimated that not many will\'be used out of this age bracket. . /Across the country .many -oighteen- year old swarmed to'(‘-the -big city recruiting offices for theropportunity to-get in for limited service (before the draft'gets under way. Harnett' County draft board will be located in Liitington with the same •members on it who served during the ‘War period. - When the'board' disbadid- ed, the members were Owen Odum, Coats; Otis IBouse, .'Erwin; ahd'D. J. Dowd. Dunn. Superior Clerk Howard Godwin of Dunn Is In charge of the draft machinery. ' Major General -liowis .B. 'Hersh(sy, who is again in charge of the draft from the nation’s capital, is plansBig to step up the armed forces byabdbt 260,HR) m;^ per month when the draft is functioning‘‘properly in every state and territory. Veterans Service Officer L.- B. Mc Lean of Harnett county has an nounced' that his office is still seek ing the names of all men and women, white or colored, who ‘ died in the Spanlsh-Amerlcan, World W-ar I, and World: War II, .for inclusion of the county memorial soon. to (be erected' on the court house lawn.' A large num-ber of names haire been received ibut Mr. McLean is of the opinion that there is yet a large number who have not been reported by. friends or relatives. It will not be pleasant, nor create a good feeling, to have someone. In a family who should be honored by Inscrroing his name of the bronae tablet, and have that name mieslng, and Mr. Mcliean is doing all he can to avoid such situations. The name, or names, should be sent In to the veterans office at the court house as soon as posstble. Prices Are Elxpected For Opisning Market Day COUNTY LIBRARY YEARLY SUR PLUS OF $34i24.54 CXIUNTY ODMMlSSiONBRB FND THAT LIBRARIAN AXLBEN Me KAY HAH BUSY YEAR AND OPBKATEB HIi’FICIENTLY The rep(ort of the county librarian was one of the most welcome Items heard and approved by the board of commissioners at their Monday meeting. For sometime now report after report has Ibeen a call for financial aid to finish the year in the blue, or to show that expenses were just met, and not a ceni; over. •But •Librarian Aileen H. McKay showed that her department bad- the grand surplus of $3,624^.64 to the good with all e^enses covered. The librarian reported receipts oi,' 218.80, and expenditures of |8,694.- 26. Considering the fact that the unit purchased a new bookmobile for $1,690.45, and remodeled• the ,library for |2,9(84K27, the report' wan even tbe more gratifying. Hi^rnett county appropriatvis $2,- 40d for the library. 'Mrs. McKay’s yearly report , show ed" the tollowing: Number of new borrowers—BOl; Number oflj non resident 'borrowers—889; total num ber of registered (borre.wers-—940. Number of volumes at beginning of the year—9,740; ’bo^s added (luring the year—^1,188; wlthdroiwali. and iosses—46; total number of volumes —4;8tW, Volumes circulated, July July X, 1940 Uf Jaly 1, Xt4T^19.- 4.f4.; total circulated for this year— 24,«6> Tbe total for children loans are'al most squat to adult; Children—'10.- 131, and adults—14,485. The bookmobile has 64 stops and was driven 6,188 miles for thelyear. Whiteville Market Sales Supervisor CROPS LOOK MUCH BETTER IN LOWER AREA Dave S. Nellson, Sales Supervisor of the Whiteville Tobacco Board of Trade, has tbe ibig task this year of directing'the progress of the White ville tobacco market. Rob Moore,Grows 'Huge Watermelon One of the biggest native' waters melons seen In these parts recent ly was dle^dayed to. die Newmnaa last week' by Mr. Ed Moors. The huge melon, vrhlch weighed 94 S-i pounds was grown by hJs Indiis- irious young son, Rob Moore, on bln half acre patch at his home on Italy mil. ’"nils 'Is just a ’dry weather knot’,” Mr. Moore quipiped when ksked the variety of the melon. No'donbt'the melon would have weighed close to SO pounds if it had not been grown in an extreme ly dry mjfaom. Mr. Moore stated tihat dm seed need in gfowlng ^ Miy- wuAihsr knot* vrere given to him- by -a flrteMl,' and In Ilea of the proper name for dm variety- had-named it ’’Obde Pride." The tbonSht later occnired to the Newsnuui that peihape "RoVa Pride” would be a more appro priate name for this fine Soil Conservation Service Technician’s Advice Helpful Lil illingt DDl on-Sbrnys t Polu T As Polio Clusck For over a >w^ now a crew of supervised sprayers with'egulpmenb hare been spraying the outside of houses, sbruMtory, and public build ings in the city of LUUngton os a precaution against .the jmllo .epldem-. ic. It -will takq ebont two more weekly tor them to finish the work. Several North Carolina communi ties have Steen t^^ing dm same thiitf, and local autooriUte headed by .May or Charles LOTltig-fonnaiatod a plan with the atato-healdi deimrUnaat for spray work-, at the couutystot. In the plans ;were the aUpalatloiw that the state would furnish, the D9T pUd the town won^f«r&1|sh the .labor and ogoipme)i}t.,Bupervis%>n was a^ ^fered by ;toc stote. ^Tbe toWn acr ceptod the pro*laion« and pm yrork began immediately. (Editor’s note: This is No. 2* in a series by W. E. 'Boykin, He,rnett County Soil Conservationist, to show how your Boil ^Conservation Service technician works, What he does! and bow he can likely help you 'as' a farmer.) The Soil Conservation torvioe technician -has just come into hits of fice from the .flekl and' Is prepiurlng a'field map of the far.m Just viiiitod, drawing in the location of proitosed ohaoges frttm npies on a cUp,ft(oard Iring beside the'map on tbe deiik. A man eaters die office. He Is a stran ger tO'the technlciaa and, from his expression, we would Judge that he is not quite sure this Is the office he is Ibdking for. Techniciaq: "Come in. My name is Doe.'-What can .1 do for you?” ^ Visiter: "1 am looklug for the man who doee drainage. 1 have some land that needs a line of tile.” Technician: *"1 do -not do-drainage 'but can often help farmers dticide what type of drainage to use, how to put it in, and how it can best fit in with a plan for conservation of soil and nudetore.” ViMtor, ( whom we will call "Farm er A.”. 'T need to get Hd of some •moistare—not conserve moisture— and my laud is not -washing. I Jast want'to put in'this'die line. ■ 'Tei^niclan: “Where Is yonr farm located?.’’ - •Farmer A: "It is Just southirest of' town, stont three miles out on the maln highway.” Technician, pulling a sheet from tbe file: “This is an aerial photo graph of that vicinity. Suppose you show me Ju'st which is your land so I can outline the 'boundary lines on this map. It might help if I knoiw Just Where the place is. that needs drainage.” Farmer A: ‘J|t borders on the highway on the front side.” Technician: “Is your house next to the road, with two large trees out front?” Farmer A: “Yes. That’s my 'house. Tbe Hum ran this way.” 'He shows where -bis lines run, following fami liar landmarks iHiown on the photo graph. Technician; “Now show.me the wei spot, the place where you want to put in tile.” - -Farmer A, pointing to a dark place at one end of an open field; “There it is;” Ttohnicimi, looking at bis 'Watch: “We Just about have time to look at it before dark. Are you ready to go home? If so, you can go on and ITI follow you out now.” Farmer A: "I can go all right -hut I’ll have to come {back. I’m -waiting for a man who will not be in town for an hour or two yet.” Technician; “AH right, l^t’s go look. Too ‘inay as iwell ride with me, (Continued on page two) Bpine Dpinonstration Agent And Olubs Pubfigh Cook Book OPTIMISM PREVAILS IN ALL BOR. DER MARKETS AS WARBHOUSB- ME.N COMPLETE PLANS AND RENOVATE BUILDINGS , Next Tuesday «morning tbe long awaited day for tbe Border Belt Markets will find everyone of them hustling and -bustling .with activity. Opening several days earlier than last year has caused the tobacco men and personnel to get things in order in advance. Cleaning the warehouses,. placing the lines; getting all neces sari-equipment on hand, etc., has been the order of the day now for sometime. However, when the chant of the tobacco auctioneer begins to ring out on August Srd over the wide ex tended markets on the belt, every thing Will be in tbe best of condition to handle the' thousands of first-day farmers who wilt visit the ware houses. The -Border Belt has a drawing power throughout all of North Caro lina. Of course most of the local tobacco goes through the local mar kets, but figures show that every central and eastern county in the state sells its share of the leaf in the lower area. In -Lumberton alone, only one of the Border Belt markets, no less than approximately l.-S'Od.dOO pounds of eastern belt tobacco is (u>ld. This is only one of tbe channels for other than (border belt leaf; WhltovUls actually is' in an atSga. where mors out-of-county tobscco Is sold than is raised in all Colnmbus Connty. Prices for grade one leaf continue to rise on the Oeorgia-Florlda Belt, a good sign that the crop .will sell high on the (Border Belt. Optimistic supWvisors' are looking tor a 6>(-66- 60 cent scale on opening day, and it may be higher than that. 'FOrmera, who have suffered curtailment be cause of the acreage loss, may fare'* better than supposed if tbe price stays above the average. Tbe tobacco crop has a more stable appearance in the Border Belt area. Most of the land Is low and level, drainage is at a minimum, and the leaf has weathered the dry spells very well. Then too, the lower area was free of seivcfe storms, eMMclally bail and wind, which look a tremen dous toll of plants In the more north erly sections. A close view of the leaf shown It to (be bigger and more evenly devel oped in border .belt counties. • A personal interview with super visors- at -Lumberton. Fairmont, -Fay- ettevitte and 'Whitevlile shows them to -be optlmtstfc over the year’s btg •money crop. All of them hope to re tain their last year's level of snles, and some even expect to bettor that record. All acknowledge that they will have to draw .heavily on the eastern belt farmer to up their fig' ures. The monstrous new warehouse at Fayetteville at the Intorsectiotui of Highways (301 and 8-7 is fast nearing completion. -It is directly opposite the market’s otoer warehonses. . New warehouses have been built In Lumt>erton, Ft^frmont and Whiteville for this yMr’s trade. Millions of dollars will begin to pour through the trade houses In this section of Carolina nmet week «b the farmers begin to invade t^e bor der belt markets wldi their loads nt goldqp leaf. Pvt; Kex. L. Pean Arrives in Panama Harnett county’s Home Dmnon- 'stratlon Clubs l^ve taken a moat- progressive Jlorward stop among thn state’s vartons connty units by gm tkertng tested recipes, and having them pnbHshed in a vary'attractive atoty-page book entitled, “North Oar- ollna RsofpeB”. ' ' 'Much of tern eredit for the nnder- Asking Is to be given Mlaa Lorraliie Vail;’RnriMrt#^Maty'bdhte kieat for the State Cetote SktdnMon Snwlcn. Mhw Vail wns setivn; In^.Fnoino^ nateilals. Members of., the county clnbn pledged to buy one copy, and sell one. So. 600 copies -were ordered, and to date moet of them have been sold. The book carries recipes that are especially North CaroUntan in teate, and have a direct appeal to Tar Heel eaters, but the recipes can he used anywhere for those who like good food’ pinparsd in simple style. •The ;hook is in heavy binding, and new pages can be added from time to timn jU so d(B8lreil. ‘It is tbe cnl- mlnntlon of aeverni years* of hard woyk* sAd-the idafan,nrn to he con- gratttlatod for their talent. *'^rt. Rex It. Dean of Coats rwBsnt- ly arrived on the Isthmus of PMMp ma, having made the trip vtn the USAT “Gen. Simon D. Sturgto.”’ . Upon his nirlvnl Rvt. Dean vraa assigaed to dnty wlHi the Sitii Antt- alreraft Artillery Group at Ft. Am ador, C. Z., on tbe Rtoillc side of the Isthmaa. RNORCaUOENT ANNOIJIKiaD -Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Oglmm of An gler anmmnoe the engagsment of their daughter, Mfss.ElnnMw WII- Items Ggburn. to Mr. Hanr Clay Ogpree, son of Mr. and Mxf. FlwNt- Ua T. Dnprse, Or., of wedding wUI tnlw pteen 11th. 4 'I- J liWiMitiiMiiaMiiiiri li'ii'r .Mill I .'(Tl^l-SiH c,
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