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I In The WEEKS NEWS I LEAD MINORITY FACTIONS — Dr. Francl* E. Townsend, founder and leader pf the Old Age Revolving Peiftlons, Ltd., (left), the Rev. Geraid L. K. Smith (center), leader of the Share-the-Wealth Clubs found ed by the late Huey Long, and the Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin, founder of the Union for Social Justice, at the recent convention of the Townsend ites. OFF TO TEXAS —The Lone Star State’s jamboree Is attracting leading stage and screen headliners from all over the country. Here Ted Lewis, veteran band leader, is ready to start for' a Centennial appearance in the new Buick convertible he selected for his journeyings around Dallas. BEST CROSSROADS WRITER — Mrs. Susan Frawley Eisele of Blue Earth, Minn., whose weekly column in the Fremont Sen tinel won her the annual award of the Country Home Magazine for the best coun try newspaper correspon- ' dence. Over 3,600 clippings were entered by editors from all over the United States. *» > ]_ii9 v SUIT WITH HAT® TO MATCH—Jane® Hamilton, pictured star, who loves col-||| erful ensembles is|| shown wearing an-** allover design printed cotton beach suit, with hat to match. ——— i ADOPTS LITTER OF PIGS—When all but one of her puppies died, Lille von Perbock, an aristo cratic Dobermann Pinscher, at Uywood, Cali fornia. adopted a litter of red C roc pigs and all is now serene in her unusual family. SIAMESE TWIN WEDS—Be fore a huge crowd of specta tors, Violet Hilton, of the fa mous Hilton Siamese twins, is ' married to James Moore, a dancer of San Antonio. The camera has caught the bridal kiss. Woman Says Father of Slain Co-ed Had Ominous Dream Night of Death t Asheville.—Disturbing dreams, vaguely involving hi* daughter in disaster, tortured J. F. Clevenger during the night his only child, Helen, met a violent death in her hptel room here, Mrs. C. W. Peg ram said. Clevenger, a chemist in the New York food and drug administration, who lives at Staten Island, was a guest of the Pegrams when he was summoned here by the slaying of his daughter. The girl and her un cle, Prof. W. L. Clevenger, of State college, Raliegh, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pegram the night before the 18-year-old co-ed was shot and clubbed to death. Mrs. Pegrarn said Clevenger told her he was awakened the night of July 15 by an ominous dream, por tending ill for Helen. Later when he again went to sleep, the dream returned. Details of neither dream were fixed in his mind, Mrs. Pegram said Clevenger told her, but in botk Helen was a central figure, and seemed to be seeking his help. In one he recalled conversing with the daughter and recalling her saying she "know her old daddy would understand,” he was quoted as savin e. The next morning, Clevenger went to his office, with a feeling of vague apprehension, and against his better judgment, according to Mrs. Pegram. About noon a telegram reached his home from Asheville authori ties, asking him his relationship to Helen Clevenger. (He rushed home, and heard the tragic news. Alley Cat Runs Away From $9,000 Trust Fund Melrose, Mass.—A $9,000 trust fund for the care of three alley cats lay in a bank tonight, the last of its beneficiares dead. "Moana” passed on at the home of J. L. Lucas. Eighteen years old, she had chewed up $2,319 of the funds set aside five years ago by wealthy Miss Charlotte Sutton Boston Back Bay spinister. "Tabby” and "Trixie,” also pets of the late Miss Sutton, dropped out of the fund earlier. "Tabby’: died and "Trixie” disappeared. Say, rfI Sato It in THE WATCHMAN ” General Fund Lists Balance The North Carolina general fund., from which all general State expenditures are made, closed the fiscal year on June 30 with a credit balance of $949,927, the Budget bureau announced. The highway fund, Chairman C. M. Waynick said, had a cash balance of between $9,000,000 and! $10,000,000, but only $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 was "unencumbered” due to unspent allotments already made. For 1933-34, the first year of the Ehringhaus administration, the general fund listed a $74,072 credit balance, and for the fiscal year 1934-35 the figure was $712,253. Revenue collection^ last fiscal year, as reported on June 1, totalled $53,608,780, a new record, with the general fund receipts of $28, 743,757 being 19.14 per cent more than in 1934-35. The general fund last fiscal year received $32,151,632 from all sources, including $1,000,000 from the highway funds as "sales tax on gasoline” and $1,415,025 from non-tax revenue sources such as earnings, fees, dividends, etc. Experiments aggregated $31, 201,705. rue sares tax produced 3>iu,i»i, 373 of the revenue and income taxes yielded another $8,088,119. The public schools cost $20,223, 211 of the money spent; debt serv ice cost $4,281,233; educational institutions $1,784,488; charitable and correctional institutions, 1, 597,221; pensions $580,169; exe cutive and administrative, $1,5 50, 507, judicial $367,029, and State aid and obligations $803,882. The general fund credit balance consisted of $600,787 in cash and $349,140 in income taxes assessed but deferred on the installment plan. —Buy In Salisbury— Candy Kail's Lunch 131 N. Main Street "A GOOD PLACE TO EAT” Club Breakfast’s, Blue Plate i LuncheSj Twenty-Five Cents Barbecue and Home-Made Brunswick Stew BEERS AND WINES Farm Questions Answered At STATE COLLEGE Question: Do you redommend the Austrian Vinter pea for soil mprovement in North Carolina? | Auswer: Yes. The winter pea was first grown in this state about sight years ago and is increasing in popularity each year. It produces nodules more abundantly than vetch; it is easy to grow; produces plenty of vegetation; and may be planted any time from September 1 to December 1 in the same way as vetcS* At least 30 pounds of seed should be used to the acre. If the land is not inoculated by vetch, it would be well to get stome djrt from a field that has grown one of the two crops and use this to inoculate the seed or the field. Question: Vhen s the best time of the year to plant a winter graz ing crop for poultry? Answer: Italian rye grass planted in September or early October should give excellent grazing dur ing the winter and early spring if normal weather prevails. A mixed ctfep, fine for poultry, can be ob tained by planting rye grass and crimson clover at the same time. tr,.i! __ — V» V/^/J XU1 poultry may be had in Experiment Station Bulletin No. 282 which may be had free of charge on ap plication to the Agricultural Editor at State College. Question: When 4hoi(ld hairy vetch be planted for best results? Answer: Vetch may be sown from August 15tn to December 1 but September planting usually gives best results. The crop will gdow on practically all soils in North Carolina from heavy ofays to coarse sands but the soil must be inoculated. When used for hay, vetch should be planted with oats, barley or wheat. For soil improve ment, it is often planted with rye. Use about 25 pounds of vetch seed to the acre. Extension workers at State Col lege point out that now is the time to prepare tto seed alfalfa and other legumes this fall. LOVELY AMERICAN GIRLS A series of beautifully colored reproductions of famous paintings by Zoe Mozert, eminent woman artist. Every Sunday in the American Weekly, the big maga zine which comes regularly with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN. Order your copy from your favor ite newsboy or newsdealer. Youth Hangs And Lives To Relate Story North Wilkesboro.—Edwin Long North Wilkesboro youth, was hanged Monday and today related his experiences to his playmates while he exhibited a bruised neck which resulted from his dangling from a tree while playmates sought aid. Long looped a rope around his neck while climbing in a tree on Monday. He slipped and his body was suspended by the rope three feet from the ground. Jiy John son, Jr., grabbed Long’s legs and supported part of his weight while playmates sought aid. Several min utes were required to restore Long's breathing to normal. Now Edwin says his tree-climbing days are over. Hand F. Peele, Nahunta 4-H club member in Wayne County, har vested 50 bushels of onions from one-fourth acre, selling the onions for $1.10 a bushel and clearing $33.1(5 on the project. F. E. Alfred, Jr., of Bayboro, Pamlico County sold $170.72 worth of cucumbers from two ac res but most growers failed to pro duce a good crop due to dry weath er. V Im. .4. -4- .L. .1. .4. .4. -4- . Hits Live Wire, Is Killed High Point.—Oscar M. Hay worth, 42, superintendent of fire alarms, was almost instantly killed Wednesday morning at 6:30 o’clock when he came in contact with a high voltage wire and was knocked from a telephone pole to the pave ment 30 feet below. Hayworth, who had been con nected with the local fire depart ment for about 20 years and who was with the Greensboro fire de partment for five years, was at tempting to clear a sagging fire alarm wire when his shoulder came in contact with wires carrying 2,300 volts. His head was crushed by the impact with the pavement. He was married and had one child. Caswell County farmers received checks last week amounting ^o $16„191.76 as adjustment pay ments on tobacco sold under the AAA plan last fall. The terracing unit in Guilford County is subsoiling land from 18 to 26 inches deep at a cost of $2.00 an acre for 18 inches and $2.75 an acre at a greater depth. Passenger—"Have I time to say good-bye to my wife?” Porter—"I don’t know, sir; how long have you been married?” Checks Mailed To Depositors Greensboro.—Checks in the com bined total of $1,902,696.38, re presenting payment of a dividend of 25 per cent to depositors of the the North Carolina Bank and Trust company, the third dividend paid to unsecured d?P°s>tors since the bank entered liquidation May 20, 1933, were placed in the mails Wednesday night, according to an nouncement made by (Herbert S. Falk for the boa^d of liquidation of which he is a member. J. Temple Gobbel, agent and conserver of the bank, and his as sistants have been busily engaged several weeks in the necessarjr pre parations for payment <of the third dividend. The dividend checks number 38,264. EVIDENCE Farmer (proudly showing off his pig): "Yes, sir, this is the cutest little pig I have and his name is ink.” Visitor: "How’s that?” Farmer: "Because he’s always running out of the pen.” The terracing unit in Warren county has built 319,195 feet of; terrace on 904 acres of eroded land; this summer at an average cost of, $1.48 an acre or 41 cents pei hund-j red feet of terrace. i Cabarrus County poultrymen vaccinating their pullets against fowl pox saying that this prevents heavy losses. BETTER USED CARS DODCE & PLYMOUTH PLACE ’3 5 Dodge Sedan (2) ’35 Dodge Coach ’35 Plymouth Coupe ’34 Plymouth Coach ’34 Plymouth Coupe ’33 Dodge Sedan ’32 Dodge Coupe and Coach ’33 Chevrolet Coach ’31 Buick Coupe ’31 Chrysler Sedan Also 10 used trucks—Dodges, Fords and Chevrolets. McCANLESS MOTOR COMPANY [QUICK 1 PRINTING 1 SERVICE | j We’ll Turn Out Fast Jobs 1 I That Won’t Look Like | 1 “Rush” Jobs! 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