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ICELAND NEWS p>,(>ston Mlnu killed a deer
near Mnco Wednesday.
Lcland, Dee. 8?Two more cars W. W. Skipper reports that
crashed real Leland iasi week, lie shot at eleven deer this seaThis
was not a serious accident, son but missed them all.
since the drivers were not speed- j J. D. Harrclson and daughter,
ing. Emma Lou, of Winnabow, were
Joe Verzall had started to his i visiting J. W. Collins, convaleshome
in East brook, down high- cent, in the Brunswick County
way 76. It was necessary to pull Hospital last Tuesday evening,
off from tiie road and pass the Dawson Jones made a business
bus station to reach his destin- trip to Wilmington Thursday,
ntion. Another car. driven by Joe H. A. Fields, of Leland, btlildBenton,
moving towards Maco, j ing engineer for the Mtuchison
saw him swerve to the left, where Building, had the misfortune of
upon Mr Benton, misunderstand- getting his finger mashed off by
ing his intention, kept to the an elevator last Wednesday,
right and ran nearly into the Miss Maty L. Gainey, of Chadditch.
Class shattered and fend- bourn, formerly of Lcland, spent
.rx were l.eiil, but both men ex the week-end visiting friends and
raped unharmed. relatives here.
.Old man winter visited Leland, Alex Sue. seaman, is leaving
by sending a cold flurry of hig this week from Nnvassn oil an
uou flakes. Too bad they melted ocean-going barge.
>,on after touching the ground. I Ceorge Zeibelin, of Wilmington,
C. T. Snider and G. H. Brown, j was visiting friends here Thursof
Princlown, W. Va., are visit-; day.
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs ^al' Miller, of Wilmington,
E A. Gancy for a week. went duck hunting in this secT.
L. iVfcBride, resident of this ti?n Thursday, but had no luck.
; ction, left for Tuscalusca, Ala., Friends of the crash victims
to spend the Christmas holidays will be glad to know that they
ith his parents. are still improving. Miss Potter
Miss Paula Ganev is now tak-; returned home last Monday and
iug a beauty course in Wilming- 's walking. Miss Willie Margaret
t..n, I Home will probably be ahle to
Friends cf Mrs. H. W. Willetts. leave the hospital within six
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or L.uovale, win oe t,riau to nrai ** ?
t .at she is somewhat better, aft- Nathan L. Jordan, of Souther
six weeks illness. port, was visiting at the home
Fred Kiiby, of Charlotte, pass- of Ace Potter last Saturday.
eJ thru here and stopped at The Young Peoples League of
Powells Lurch room, enroute to tke Woodburn Presbyterian ChuSliallotte,
where he was to give rcii met last Wednesday night,
an entertainment Thursday night. The theme for the evening's disWith
him were four other sing- J cusslon was, "Minister's Annuity
ers and musicians. . Fund". Fifteen members are now
Paul Klutz, of Maco, is an ac-' enrolled. Visitors included Mrs.
tive cow dealer. He has on hand H. T. Lewis, Miss Edna Pate,
now an exceptionally fine herd. Mrs. Pate, Mrs. Patlen and Mrs.
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"B" honor?Christine Coker, j
{Doreatha Long, Viola Mintz, Rosa
Lee Potter, Mary Wills Rourk.
Tenth Grade: Martha Anderson,
Betty Brew Chinnis, Frances j
Ganey, Betty Lou Powell.
Eleventh Grade: Mabel Wood-j
bury. Martha Williams, Dorothy |
Jean Williams. Marie Russ. Ruby |
Raynor, Alice Raynor, Charles
Gaylord, Alvin Dresser, Veneta
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E. M. Hickman, of Leland, i
RFD, had a successful hog killling
last Tuesday. Six hogs netted
approximately 1.S00 pounds.
Winnabovv News
Winnabow, Dec. 8?Friends will j
be sorry to learn Norwood Lewis, |
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Lewis, i
has been quite 111 in Bullock Hos-1
pital, Wilmington, with appendicitis.
Miss Oevia Nullar, of Southpott,
was a caller here Wednesday
afternoon.
Mi's. T. M. Sumer and Miss
Elizabeth F. Cannon, of Wilming-!1
ton. were visitors here Friday
afternoon. I i
Nat Stalling^, of Clinton, was i
a visitor here Friday. It is under-; i
stood that he is opening up :
store in tlie Robbins store at ;
Bolivia. i
Misses Bertha Reid and Julia 1
Taylor attended teacher's meeting
in Wilmington Friday afternoon.
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Friends will be sorry to learn ,
Elizabeth George Foulke, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Foulke,
is quite ill in James Walker Me- '
morial Hospital. Wilmington.
Mrs. Leon Henry and two children,
Leon, Jr., and Guildaroy,
and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wiljliams,
of Wilmington, spent Sun- '
iday in Fort Moultrie, S. C., visit-!
1 Th/imao AivIpbv W*an?*v urhn
! is stationed there and expects to
be transferred to Honolulu Frijday.
Lindsey Skipper, of Rocky
Mount, visited his mother. Mrs.
George Skipper, Sunday.
Reverend G. A. Wilson, Superintendent
Evangelist of Home
Missions, Wilmington Presbytery,
held services at Southport Presbyterian
church Sunday morning
and New Hope Presbyterian church
here Sunday night.
Miss Clara Evelyn Gill of the
Wallace high school faculty spent
the week-end with the Johnsons
and Taylors.
Misses Presson, Cooper and
Davis, of Wilmington, visited the
Taylors Sunday afternoon.
Misses Sue and Jane Hall dined
with Mrs. D. R. Johnson Sunday
and spoke in the afternoon
to the Woman's Auxiliary of New
Hope Church.
Ed Maultsby was a visitor in
Wilmington Sunday afternoon.
Reverend J. D. Withrow, of
Leland, was a visitor here Monday
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Reverend J. R. Potts was a ,
calk-i here Monday enroutc to ,
Southport from Warsaw where;,
'he has been holding a revival. ;
Miss Alina Wolfe, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix Wolfe, is ,
doing nicely after an appendix ]
operation at Bullock Hospital, .
Wilmington, friends will be glad
to learn. '
Ancient Egyptians used the
human-like eyes of scutterfish
for their mummies. ,
Ants wash themselves with
their tongues in much the same
manner as cats.
Due to scarcity of clover seed,
r>fonfiiiA H,.
utauviuc v/uiuii v laiuicia tui tlie I
first time are rapidly turning to
Austrian winter peas as a winter
soil improving crop.
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Per Cent Of Cotton Of tc
State Runs Much Longer
In Staple According To hi
M. G. Mann, General m
Manager N. C. Cotton tt
Growers' Association st
PREMIUMS RANGE AS e>
HIGH AS $15.00 BALE J*
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Maun Stresses Importance j!
Of Farmers Having Their
Cotton Graded By Gov- 01
eminent - Licensed oj
C! asset's Before In
Offering For ai
Sale
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Raleigh? Eighty-five per cent us
of the cotton ginned in North d<
Carolina to date is running 15-16
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or longer in staple and as such sl
should demand a premium, ac- di
cording to M. G. Mann, general
manager of the North Carolina tt
Cotton Growers Co-operative As- tc
sociation, who stressed the im- rf
portance of farmers having their
cotton graded by government- ec
licenses classors before offering ai
it for sale. p<
Mr. Mann said that premiums ci
on cotton being handled through g<
the Association are ranging as
high as $15 a bale, and he pointed
out that by marketing their a)
cntton in such a way as to get j
the full grade and staple pre- [ eJ
inium North Carolina farmers can I c{
put an additional three million j
dollars in their pockets. a(
Mr. Mann reported that delivcries
to the Association are running
well over three time as
much as they did during the cor- ^
responding period a year ago. P'
Not only do farmers like to get
their full grade and staple premiums.
but they also like to get
their loan through that will pro- *
tect them from any comeback in '
case the cotton is taken over by .
the Commodity Credit Corpora- J"
tion. he said, adding that the
Cotton Association absolutely 01
stands back of its grades and will
protect the farmer from any
come-back whatsoever. "
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Program Stresses ;J
Soil Conservation"
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1938 Agricultural Conservation
Program Is Aimed iw
Directly At Soil Conser-,p
vation And Cash-Crop ni
Control |P
The li'o8 agricultural oonserva- 'l
tion program is aimed directly at ti(
soil conservation, with as much
cash-crop control as is possible vv
under provisious of the AAA as ^
it now stands.
Farmers complying with the *><
programs will need to carry out 01
half again as many soil-building
practices as in 1937, said E. Y. 31
Floyd, of State College, in announcing
the program for next
year. It
But these practices will be those P1
which any farmer interested in s'
conserving his soil will be glad to
follow, he added.
A greater effort will be made 3
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State Should
Due To Staple
> regulate the acreage of soil'
:pleting crops by providing foi
savier deductions from the payents
of growers who exceec
leir "soil-depleting goals," Floyc
aated.
If growers desire a greater deree
of production control, he conpiled,
it will have to be secured
trough legislation in addition tc
te present agricultural conserva^
on act.
In the IMS program, he went
1, goals will be set up for the
itinmm acreages of soil-depletg
crops and soil-building crop.'
id practices for each farm.
Goals for depleting crops will
! the acreages which would usilly
be required to supply the
unand at a price to both the
roducers and the consumer. The
itional and State goals will be
ibdivided into county and indivital
farm goals.
Soil-building goals will include
te crops and practices needed
> restore and maintain the soil
squrces of the lapd.
Separate goals will be prescrib'
1 for cotton, tobacco, peanuts
Hi potatoes if a majority of the
itato growers vote to have this
op included. There will also be
lals for general depleting crops
Provisions for commercial vegeibles,
commercial orchards, ant
in-crop pasture land will be
jout the same as in 1937.
The program will be administ
-eel through state, county anc
>mmunity committees compose.
: farmers, with supervision of ar
Ivisory nature given by AAA
id extension service workers.
At the beginning of the crop
sar, the maximum amount oi
jyment a grower will be able t(
irn will be calculated. Attaint
lent of the soil-depleting and th<
>il-building goals for his farn
ill then be set as conditions foi
le full payment of that amount
In determining the soil-deplet
ig goal for a farm, the commit
semen will consider the acreagi
f crops usually grown, acreagi
f food and feed crops needed fo,
ome use, good soil management
liable acreage on the farm, typi
f soil, topography, productioi
icilities, and crop rotations.
The soil-building goals will bi
it up accoi'ding to the needs o
le farm for good soil manage
lent through terracing, use o
>rtilizer, legume crops, and othe:
rnservation practices.
The committeemen and farmer
ould discuss and agree upon thi
radices needed . A farmer wouli
ot be required to carry ou
radices not needed on his farm
Small farms of the subsistenci
rpe would have gcals for soil
ipleting crops established at t.u
irm's usual acreage of such cropi
hich are primarily needed fo
tod and feed on the farm.
Payments for performance wil
? divided among the producer!
i a farm on the same genera
isis that proceeds of the crop;
re divided.
While this is the set-up for th<
338 program Floyd pointed out
is still dependent upon appro
riations from Congress and pos
ble future legislation.
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fit * p 1* ? what like coloi
Lhicory, hndive' ^ ^1 *
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C"dwell ClajrnT They Are! SSTl^^iS
Good Substitutes For Let- Belgian or Fren
tuce I11 fhe Salad Menu; these names are
Tells . How To Grow ably.
I Them Endive has
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(Guy A Carilwell) springing, curly
. Agricultural and Industrial Agl., such varieties a
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. dress up a salat
I In my article of last week 11 J*1''
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mentioned four types of lettuce. South- is :
This article deals with some less fnu ant| winter
; well known salad crops. of escarole.
. Should the family grumble leaves in their
about too much lettuce in the unpleasantly b
i salad menu, look around for ehi- generally blane
coiy and endive. These plants flavor. For this
I have an arresting, -fitter tang cover tile planti
that gives pleasing variation to j tie the leaves to
i the salad bowl. Chicory serves sunlight. The
i a two-fold purpose. Its roots may [much like Witli
; go into your morning cup of cof- j a flavor stron]
i fee as an adulterant, top? into \ interesting but
salad making. Witloof is the! to be unpleasani
most popular of the chicory As with all
! varieties, its crisp white heads the color- sign i
I making a delicious winter salad. lad crops. Thai
I The methods of growing it are: | leaves provide tl
The Witloof chicory roots first j Watercross, a
put forth broad green leaves, runs through
, These leaves are cut off and the whole vitamin i
roots buried under eight inches A. B, C. G. coi
i of sand. The weight of this tuce has these
s covering keeps solid the second A hearts-of-letti
growth of fotiage that now pushes extremely decors
up. Blanchpd white by their share of the vil
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exture; however, tamins ;i, j c ( J PPv^B
flavor. If the j the B and C content of 'tk
know what you gtio inner leaves.
' chicory, ask for ?;
ch endive, since Cannondale Farm n.-aTr" ^1 V
used interchang- in Cabarrus County mti-ntKl^t
chased four youui
two types little Iowa from whlrli i?
h other. The colts. 1
green leaves of Sgf
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1 bowl to advant- Three fine niiil.
cond type -the jaw in Pamlico County ,/W
atavian endive of months, reports County
shipped north in T. Jnekson. ??
tnuler the name j i
Because escarole Friend: Did you ieally B
green slate are j Qildrocks estate settled u??
itter, they are lawyer: Yes, finally a,,,?
hed to improve quite a fight. Tin hen ./H
i purpose farmers got part of it. m
3 with boards or |j|
gether to exclude [ Teacher Strict: -Johnny.
result?a product here and give me what you Jl ^
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g enough to be' Johnny: "I-I-I'd certain)* ifl
not so bitter as to. Teacher. It's the tncthac^B
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green vegeiames, j ruuiuj mucks m e.j-i
ipplies to the sa- County, recently put on L,
t is, the greenest stration tests, have lx(n |m
lie most vitamins, at 50 per cent production
deep ricdt green, the past month.
practically the
alphabet with its The oldest known itictionarr
ntent. Leaf Let- in the Chinese language
same vitamins.
ice salad may be Clear white honey is
itive, but a good in Oregon, when bees gets net
tamin value went from fleetweed blossoms.
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