Plenty Of Space Still Open
In Nation For Development
America is still a land of wide
open spaces, whatever contrary
impression may be given by the
big growth in population over the
past decade and our rapidly
spreading urbanization and indus
trialization.
Figures compiled by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture on
major uses of land in the United
States show that all urbanized
areas together take up less than
20 million acres, or just about one
per cent of the nation’s entire
land area of 1.9 billion acres.
Urban areas are towns and cities
of 1,000 population and over.
About 25 million more acres
are involved in such necessities
of modern civilization as high
ways and roads, railroads and air
ports. To this can be added an
estimated 10 million acres occu
pied by rural villages and towns
with populations of 100 to 1,000.
Thus all the land involved in
populated places and in the work
ing and living space of our ur
banized and industrialized society
adds up to about 55 million acres,
or less than 3 per cent of the
country’s land area.
This is not 'to say that the phys
ical appearance of the United
States has not changed. It has to
e marked degree, and particiular
ly in the East and other built-up
sections of the oountry. Suburbs,
factories, shopping centers, and
other essentials for today’s living,
have spread out beyond former
city and metropolitan fringes into
once rural and farm areas. Over
the last decade, in fact, new com
munities have sprung up so fast
alongside each other as to link
up cities and suburbs into vast
interurban areas.
This trend is certain to con
tinue, with more changes in the
future. It is estimated that urban
areas, highways, airports, and res
ervoirs are increasing at an, aver
age of well over 800.000 acres a
year, an area greater than the
size of Rhode Island. So vast is
the United States land area, how
ever, that this holds no foresee
able threat to our overall land
needs to feed a growing popula
tion and to provide raw materials
for our factories and machines.
In at least one respect, the
country is more open today than
it has been in years. This is the
case in agriculture, where there
is more land in farms than at any
time before. Though the number
of farms has been showing a big
decline due to consolidation and
economic factors, figures recently
made public on the results of the
1954 Census of Agriculture show
1,160 million acres in farms, the
highest on record.
As against this trend, the farm
population has declined by around
110 million since the mid-Thirties,
adding up to around 22% million
persons in 1956. As a result, the
number of persons living on farms
j today represents little more than
one out of every eight persons in
the entire U. S. population, the
smallest proportion as far back
as figures go.
The following table shows the
major uses of all land (in mil
lions of acres) in the continental
United States in 1954:
Pet. of
Land Use Acres Total
Cropland 399 21.0
Pasture & Grazing 699 36.6
Woodland & Forest 615 32.3
Special use 110 5.8
Urban 19 i.o
Transportation areas (a) 24 1.3
All others (b) 67 3.5
Miscellaneous (c) 81 4.3
Total 1,904 100.0
(a) Highways and roads, rail
roads, and airports.
(b) Largely parks and wildlife
and national defense areas.
(c) Rock, desert, swamp, sand
dunes.
Source: U. S. Dept, of Agricul
i ture.
Hog Prices Up
In Genera] Rise
EDITOR'S NOTK: Following
Is » summary of market prlee
Information for the week end
ing May 24, 1S.17 as gathered
and edited by the Market Sews
Service of the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture.
Hogs, cattle and poultry prices
advanced at North Carolina mar
kets in line with the trend at
most other markets throughout
the southeast. Reflecting lighter
receipts on most of the major
terminal markets, hog prices
moved up in some instances and
remained about steady at other
points. In North Carolina this
week, the price for top hogs ad
vanced 50 cents per hundred and
closing tops were reported at
17.50 to 18.50.
Cattle prices were fully steady
during the week on the Rocky
Mount and Rich Square auctions.
Good and choice steers brought
20.00 to 21.75; while good heifers
were quoted at 17.50 to 19.50.
Good and choice vealers sold for
24.00 to 26.00; and commercial
Tows for 15.00 to 16.25. Com
mercial bulls auctioned at 14.00
to 15.50.
In Chicago, high choice and
prime steers and heifers closed
strong to 50 cents higher while
lower grades wound up mostly
steady. Cows rose rather sharp
ly early, and finished strong to
mostly 50 higher. Bulls were re
ported along the same line and
also closed stronger. High choice
and prime steers ranged from
24.50 to 26.50; while good to low
choice brought 20.00 to 23.00.
Most good and choice heifers
were quoted at 21.00 to 23.50.
Utility and commercial cows
ranged from 14.50 to 16.00; and
utility and commercial bulls
from 15.50 to 17.75. Good and
choice vealers brought 22.00 to
26.00.
Fryers and broilers continued
to advance at most southeastern
markets as prices moved up gen
erally one cent per opund. Fri
day's sales in North Carolina
ranged from 19 to 20 cents, but
most sales were at 20. Closing
sales in the North Georgia area
were confirmed at 20 to 20%
cents, which also represents an
advance of one cent. The Shenan
doah Valley reported prices at
20 to 20 V2, and Delmarva at
20% to 21%.
Eggs were steady in Raleigh
and Durham. In Raleigh, A, large
brought 28 to 31 cents per doz
en; and A, mediums 26 to 29.
Durham reported A, large at 28
to 31; and A, medium grades at
25 to 28 cents per dozen. In
Charlotte, A, large closed at 28
cents; and A, mediums at 24
cents per dozen.
Shelled com prices were fully
steady at leading state markets.
No. 2 yellow corn brought 1.30 to
1.41 per bushel in the eastern
area; and 1.40 to 1.50, mostly
1.45 to 1.50 in the piedmont.
White corn was quoted at 1.10
to 1.35, and mostly 1.20 to 1.30;
wheat 2.00 to 2.15; and oats .64
to .65 cents per bushel. Milo was
reported at 2.25 to 2.40 per
hundred pounds; and No. 2 yel
low soybeans at 2.10 to 2.22 per
bushel.
Strawberries were about steady
during the week in Chadboum
and on Friday, 24-quart crates
brought mostly 6.75 to 7.75.
The New York wholesale mar
ket reported 1% bushel crates of
domestic round type cabbage
from North Carolina at 1.50 to
2.00; while Porto Rican sweet
potatoes brought 5.50 per bushel
on Friday. Bushel hampers of
Valentine snapbeans from this
state wholesaled for 5.00 to 5.50
per bushel hamper. Half bushel
baskets of squash sold for 1.50 to
1.75.
Spot cotton prices were 6
points higher this week in Char
lotte. On Friday, Middling 1 1|32
inch was quoted at 35.15 cents
per pound; strict low middling at
31.80; and low middling at 28.65.
4-H PROGRAM
The evening service at Trinity
Methodist Church Sunday was in
charge of members of the 4-H
Club. Participating in the pro
gram were Steve Piner, Joyce
Jorgensen, Tommy Helms, Diane
Peters, Joan Piner, Danny Frink
and Harvey Privette.
FIELD PEAS
FOR SALE
s4'00 Per Bushel
Quail Rest Farm
RICE GWYN, Proprietor
LONGWOCD, N. C.
North Carolina Irish potato
growers report acreage for har
vest at 25,000, or 7 per cent
above 1956.
NUMEROUS CASES
Continued From Page Cne
cense. A nol pros was taken on
the latter count, and in the first
case he was taxed with $10 fine
and costs.
Allen Goins waived appearance
and pleaded guilty to charges of
speeding and was taxed with costs
and a fine of $14.95.
Dennis Clayton Heafner waived
appearance and pleaded to charg
es .of speeding. He was fined $10
and costs.
Charles David Lewis pleaded
guilty to charges of allowing an
unlicensed person to drive a car
and was taxed with costs.
Charles F. Lange was charged
with drunk driving, possession and
speeding. He waived appearance
and pleaded guilty to the drunk
driving charge and was fined $100
and costs.
Samuel Morris was found not
guilty of driving without a license.
Marion Marlowe pleaded guilty
to charges of public drunkenness
and was fined $25 and costs.
Willie J. Mack pleaded guilty
to charges of reckelss operation
and was fined $25 and costs.
O’Neal Stanley was given a pre
liminary hearing for assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kiU and was bound over to Supe
rior court under $500 bond.
Charles A. Thompson pleaded
guilty to speeding and was fined
$50 and costs.
Helyard Lonnie Hewett waived
appearance arid pleaded guilty to
charges of being drunk on the
highway and was fined $25 and
costs.
George Thomas Mack pleaded
guilty to charges of operating
I improper equipment and was
j fined $10 and oosts, the fine being
remitted.
Billy Wayne Norris pleaded
guilty to speeding and was fined
510 and costs.
Willie Sloan pleaded guilty to
driving with no operator’s license.
Sentence of 30 days on the roads
was suspended upon payment of
fine of $25 and costs.
Identical action was taken
against Jacob Shaw .on the same
count.
Oollie Stackhouse pleaded guil
ty to charges of aiding and abet
ting in driving with no operator's
license and was fined $10 and
costs.
James Marshall Wallace plead
ed guilty to charges of driving
too fast for conditions and was
fined $15 and costs.
Vincent Wilder waived appear
ance and pleaded guilty to charg
es of speeding and was fined $15
and costs.
Willie Sloan was convicted on
•another charge of driving with
out license, with $25 added to his
previous fine.
”'i’ **red E. Lesh waived appear
ance and pleaded guilty to charg
es of speeding and was fined $15
and costs.
William H. Floyd pleaded guilty
to charges of speeding and was
fined $10 and costs.
John C. Brown pleaded guilty to
charges of speeding and was fined
and costs.
„ T^.e case charging William
Smith with driving without chauf
er s license was nol pressed with
leave.
Willie E. Osborne pleaded guil
similar count and was
fined $10 and cost.
Walter J. Cooper was charged
with speeding and driving with
improper equipment. The case was
nol pressed with leave.
Bernice Odom pleaded guilty to
driving with improper registration
and was fined $9.95 and costs
BRUNSWICK MAN
Continued From Page One
of Chicago in 1955, he was in
structor in philosophy at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, tutor
assistant and instructor in Old
Testament at Union Theological
Seminary, professor of Old Tes
tament at Andover Newton Theo
logical School, and associate pro
fessor of Old Testament, Federat
ed Theological Faculty.
He has had a great interest in
the Dead Sea Scrolls since their
discovery and has been at work
on them since 1949. He has been
particularly interested also in the
community which produced these
documents because of their his
torical importance and because of
the quality of religious faith pres
ent in the community.
SCHEDULE FOR
Continued From Page One
will be in charge of music; ticket
sales will be handled by Philip
King.
The musical version of Booth
Tarkington’s play and novel of
the same name was opened on
Broadway in June, 1951, and re
ceived excellent reviews. The hit
enjoyed a long and successful run
and for weks remained among the
top ten longest-run plays in the
city.
SOUTH MAN
Continued From Page One
when they themselves become par
ents and are similarly situated.
Representative Bowman dwelt
to a great extent on the neces
sity for further post high school
studies or, in short, a college edu
cation. To those whose families
can afford to send their children
to college he exhorted them to
make the best use of their time,
"po those who can not afford to do
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inursnuy, May su
10:00 Price is Right
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Message
11:30 News
13:00 Closeup
12:30 Club 60
1:00 Cooking can be fun
1:30 Tenn. Ernie
; 2:00 Matinee
i 3:00 Brighter Day
: 3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Comedy Time
4:30 Kiddie Time
5:00 Margie
5:30 Mark Saber
6:00 Weather, News
6:15 Doug Edwards
6:30 Dinah Shore
6:45 Quartet
I 7:00 Ranger
7:30 Dragnet
! 8:00 Playhouse
J 8:30 Ernie Ford
9:00 Video Theater
i 10:00 Weather, News
: 10:15 Newsreel
10:30 Theatre
] Friday, May SI
: 10:00 Price Is Right
; 10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Message
11:30 News
12:00 Closeup
12:30 Club 60
1:00 Cooking can be fun
1:30 Tenn. Ernie
2:00 Theater
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Comedv Time
4:30 Kiddie Time
5:00 Margie
5:30 Mark Saber
6:00 Weather, News
6:15 Doug Edwards
6:30 Hiekok
7:00 Blondie
7:30 Riley
8:00 Story
8:30 Ray Milland
9:00 Fights
10:00 Weather, News
10:30 Theatre
Saturday, June 1
9:00 TBA
9:30 TBA
10:00 Theater
11:00 Big Top
wow ling
112:55 Baseball
3:30 Wrestling
4:30 .Jill Corey
4:45 Sunday School
5:00 Safari
5:30 News
5:45 Winters
6: 00 Ozark Jubilee
6:30 People
7 :00 Perry Como
8:00 Four Stars
9:00 George Gobel
9:30 Hit Parade
10:00 Weather
10:05 Theatre
Sunday, June 9.
12:00 Christophers
i2:30 Frontiers
1:00 Oral Roberts
1:30 Wizard
2:00 Youth
2:30 Zoo Parade
3:00 Golf
4:30 Outlook
j 5:00 The Press
! 5:30 Theatre
6:30 Navy Log
7:00 Steve Allen
8:00 Show
9:00 Loretta Young
9:30 Secret Journal
10:00 Gleason
11:00 This is The Life
11:30 Late News
Monday, June 3
7:00 Today
9:00 Home
10:00 Price
10:30 Strike It
11:00 Message
11:30 News
12:00 Tex and Jinx
12:30 Club 60
1:00 Cooking
l: 30 Term. Ernie
2:00 Matinee
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Comedy
4:30 Kiddie Time
5:00 Margie
5:30 Mark Saber
6:00 Weather, News
6:15 Edwards News
6:30 Cisco Kid
7:00 Safari
7:30 Soldiers
8:00 Playhouse
8:30 Whirlybirds
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I 10:00 Weather, News
• 10:30 Theatre
Tuesday, June 1
7:00 today
9:00 Home
10:00 Price
10:30 Strike
11:00 Message
11:30 News
13:00 Tex and Jinx
12 :30 Club 60
1:00 Cooking
1:30 Term. Ernie
2:00 Matuiee
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Comedy
4:30 Kiddie Time
5:00 Margie
5:30 Mark Saber
6:00 Weather, News
6:15 Edwards News
6:30 Superman
7:00 Silvers*
7:30 Harp
8:00 Service
8:30 Playhouse
9:00 Line-Up
9:30 Phone Time
10:00 Weather, News
10:05 Theatre
Wednesday, June 5
7:00 Today
9:00 Home
10:00 Price
10:30 Strike It
11:00 Message
11:30 News
12:00 Tex and Jinx
12:30 Club 60
1:00 Cooking
1:30 Tenn. Ernie
2:00 Matinee
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Comedy.
4:30 Kiddie Time
5:00 Margie
5:30 Mark Saber
6:00 Weather, News
6:15 Edwards News
6:30 Disneyland
7:30 Playhouse
8:00 Millionaire
8:30 Secret
9:00 Steel Hour
10:00 Weather, News
10:05 Theatre
this, he tried to point out that
there are many ways of working
one’s way through senool and that
future results in advancement in
a chosen field will justify any
personal sacrifice on their part in
being subjected to the rigors of
obtaining their education through
their personal efforts.
The speaker called upon the
parents to assist in every way
possible to bring industry to this
county to the end that their boys
and girls may remain here and
obtain work. “These students, if
they remain here, are the basic
nucleus of our future growth and
prosperity’’, he decalred. “Without
them, all that will be left in the
oounty—if they are forced to
leave to obtain gainful employ
ment—will be those of us who in
time and because of ever-increas
ing years will not have the ener
gy not the ambition, even though
we have the foresight, to press
for the advancement of our coun
ty to the end that our people
may have the benefit of the bet
ter things in life.” He spoke
about propects for the bringing
of industry to this oounty and
asked the parents to take an in
terest in this regard.
Representative Bowman ex
pressed the hope that each com
munity will put aside any feeling
of jealousy that they may have
insofar as any other community
in the county is concerned; that
any good thing that might hap
pen to one community will enure
to the benefit of the whole coun
ty. He extended this theory to
cover the surrounding counties so
that “In the end we might con
sider our whole southeastern
North Carolina as an area rather
! than to look upon successes in
other counties with an attitude
of jealousy.” He warned against
becoming so provincial or localized
in thinking that citizens will be of
less assistance to movements in
the realm of progress which would
benefit all of people in the area,
including Brunswick county.
Representative Bowman stress
ed the importance of the educa
tion of all children in the county
without regard to race, creed, or
color to the end that the educa
tion of all people will be of bene
fit to this county.
GE». BENNETT
Continued From Page One
to always “say something that
really means something when
talking to yourself. Talk sense,
for you are not likely to talk
of things you wouldn’t say to
yourself. Talk wisdom, nothing to
be ashamed of.”
He listed several things among
the more important in the world
today in asking “What Do You
Want?”, and in answering it.
Among this he asked if the sen
iors wanted to help in aiding the
poverty-stricken of the world, the
sick and diseased, those ignorant
of Christ and the great juvenile
delinquency problem of today.
A major bit of advice was
given them in his closing words:
“Pray before entering out into
the Tomorrow. Let your God
speak to you. Then, make your
self willing to obey and to do
what he tells you to do.”
After the traditional procession
al opened the program, the aud
ience sang “Faith Of Our
Fathers”, with the Rev. J. E.
Lanier being heard afterward in
the invocation. The Rev. Bert
Bennett read the scripture and
the high school glee club sang
"The 23rd Psalm”.
Ray Walton, Southport attorney
and former State senator who is
a graduate of Wac.camaw, intro
duced Gen. Bennett. Following the
sermon, the seniors sang “Follow
the Gleam”. The recessional, “On
ward Christian Soldiers” followed
the benediction.
On Monday evening the com
mencement address was delivered
by James W. Butler, alumni secre
tary at East Carolina College.
BOWMAN REPORTS
Continued From Page One
lected go into the relief fund and
all Justices of the Peace or other
court officers willfully failing to
report or falsely reporting col
lections of these costs will be held
to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The county auditor is the treas
urer of the fund and funds may
be invested in bonds of the coun
ty, State of North Carolina, and
the United States or deposited
in any bank, building an loan, or
savings and loan association to
| the extent that the same are
covered by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or the Fed
j eral Savings and Loan Insurance
! Corporation. Benefits not exceed
i ing the sum of $600 per year may
. be paid, in the sole discretion of
I the executive board, to peace of
ficers or their dependents upon
death, injury, or sickness con
tracted in the discharge of their
duty. In addition, the executive
board is given authority to insure
peace officers who are members
of the association against death
or disability during their employ
ment and all persons are eligible
for benefits unless they have fail
ed to apply for membership in the
association . within 30 days after
they become eligible for such
membership. The act provides that
this proposed law is not intended
to create a retirement system.
The above bill was reported
favorably in the committee and
on May 24th passed the second
reading in the House. It should
pass the third reading in the
House Monday night, May 27,
and go to the Senate for approval
by that body.
I know that the duties of a
law enforcement officer are not
only exacting but are terrifically
hazardous. If misfortune should
befall any peace officer in the
county as a result of his devotion
to his duty, it is my hope that the
fund created and administered by
the executive board of this asso
ciation will in some small manner
alleviate a portion of the finan
cial hardships which will inevit
ably fall ' upon the shoulders of
widows and children of peace of
ficers. These officers may be
forced to give their lives and
their health in furtherance of
their duties to the end that the
people of our county may be pro
tected from the acts of persons
who apparently have no regard
for our laws. Believe that a prop
er administration of the purpose
of this law will also insure to the
benefit of the citizens of this
county.
In addition to the above, your
representative further introduced
on Friday, May 24, a bill which
would entitle each county in the
State to have at least one mem
ber on the Board of Trustees for
the University. Under the present
law, many of the counties in the
State have more than one mem
ber on this board, some as many
as five members and at least
twenty counties in the State are
not represented on the board. In
introducing this bill, it was be
lieved that all of those counties
who desired membership on the
Board should have at least one
member thereon, the effect of
which would be to increase the
overall wider representation on
the board. It is further believed
that such extended representation
will enure to the benefit of the
University of North Carolina,
State College, and North Carolina
Woman’s College.
The bill introduced by your
representative to make the citi
zens of the State of North Caro
lina eligible to receive the bene
fits under the Federal Flood In
surance Act passed the House
during this last week and haa
been favorably reported in the
Senate and should become law
during this week, following its
passage by the Senate.
The bill introduced on May 17
by your representative to amend
Chapter 113 of the North Caro
lina General Statutes, to provided
for the deevlopment and protec
tion of the navigable waters of
this Staite; to create an effective
system of flood control; to esta
blish Inland ports and safe har
bors; to prevent shore erosion in
all its phases; to dredge small
inlets and streams and to utilize
the naviagable water resources
of the State to the greater bene
fit of its citizens, received a
favorable report in the House
Committee and should pass the
House during this week.
By ithis time, the number of
statewide bills has reached such
terrific numbers that it is im
possible for your representative
to comment thereon in this
column. However, if there are any
persons who’ desire information
with regard to any bill presently
before the General Assembly or
any bill which has been passed,
I shall be most happy to supply
any information with regard
thereto upon request for such in
formation.
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