THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872
TOBACCO VOTE
SET FOR JULY 20
FARMERS TO HpLD REF
- I''' ERENDUM FOR REGULA
TING MARKET MEETING
AT WINSTON JUNE 13-
The following letter has been
received by Stokes "county busi
ness men and farmers:
To Stokes County Civic and
Agricultural Leaders:
Congress has passed the nec
essary immendment io ma-s i.t
possible for producers to vote on
a three year referendum for reg
ulating the tobacco market. You,
as a leader in your county, will
be expected to answer many
questions by your neighbors and
friends as to what would seem to
be best for their future welfare
with reference to the tobacco
control.
In view of world conditions
and the situation that now faces
the farmer and business men
alike we should not leave a single
stone unturned between now and
the referendum, which will be
held on July 20, to put the fact 3
before the people of your county-
We are counting on you to as
sist us in doing an outstanding
job in educational work to place
before the accomplishments of
our work to date and to give
every eligible voter an under
standing of the tobacco situation
and what is offered tobacco pro
ducers under the program pro
vided for in the amendment
passed by Congress.
An educational meeting will be
conducted by State Extension and
Agricultural leaders at Winston-
Salem at 2 p. m-, Thursday, June
13, 1940 and, you, with any
friends and interested persons
whom you wish to take along,
are cordially invited to attend.
Since the future welfare of
Stokes county is dependent large
ly on the proceeds received by
farmers for tobacco we are look
ing forward to seeing you and
other leaders of the county at
this meeting- Hoping you will
feel free to call on us at any time
in connection with the program
or other agricultural activities
we are,
Very truly yours,
JACOB FULTON, Pres.
J. F- BROWN, Sec.
Mrs. P. C. Campbell
Given Surprise
Birthday Dinner
Mrs. P C. Campbell was pleas
antly surprised at a birthday din
ner at her home on Saturday,
June Bth-
Those who were present for
the occasion were: Mrs. Fletcher
Smith, Mr- and Mrs. Maners,
Mrs. John Beck, Miss Katherine |
Smith, all of High Point, Mrs |
Claude Moore, of Dunn, and Mrs. '
J. J. Booth, Ola Campbell, Lest
er and Elmer Campbell, and Mr
jand Mrs. P; C: Campbell.
lira. Arthur Reynolds and son
have returned from a visit with
relative* In Albemarle.
Volume 66
Stokes Population
Now Numbers 22,647
T. M Smith of Reidsville, cen
sus supervisor of this district, re
leases population figures as fol
lows:
Smith paid population figures
for Forsyth county, the largest
in the district, are now complete.
The Rockingham figures are ten
tative and subject to change, he
said.
Surry county is the district's
third county with a population of
41,748, Smith announced- Gran
ville is fourth with 29,333 and
Person is fifth with 25,009.
Stokes is in sixth place with 22,-
647 and Caswell is the smallest
with 20,061.
j Rockingham's population ten
years ago was about 50,000-
Reidsville continues as the sec
ond largest city in the district
with 10,394. Winston-Salem is
i
the largest in the district and
i
second largest in the state with
a population of 79,828. Mount
Airy is third with 6,271- Reids
ville had a population growth of
55 per cent.
The population of other towns
in the district follow: Dobson,
1 520: Pilot Mountain, 923; Elkin,
2,733; Oxford, 4,160; Stovall,
414; Stem, 218; Creedmoor, 641;
Walnut Cove, 1,082 • Milton, 330:
1 >
Roxboro, 4,559; Kernersville,
.2,103, and Leaks ville, I,BBa
County Agent Brown
Tells Proper Time to
Push Your Corn
! I ■■ ii.HI
According to the County Agent,
J. F- Brown, there is still much
controversy between fanners
throughout Stokes county as to
the proper time for applying ni
trate of soda to com as a side
dressing. Tests Conducted
throughout North Carolina, the
county agent says, indicate con
clusively that nitrate of soda
gives best results when applied
to corn when it is around 12
inches to knee high- This is ex
plained by the fact that the
growth of the corn plant is just
getting well under way this time
with the tiny ear beginning to
form deep down in the stalk. To
bear out this conclusion Mr.
Brown cites a test conducted last
year on the farm of Jim Baker
between Mt- View and Quaker
Gap Church. Nitrate of soda at
the rate of 100 pounds per acre
was applied to three different
plots of corn on a uniform field.
Plot No- 1 was treated when corn
was knee high and it yielde.i
496 bushels per acre. Plot No
2 was treated when corn was
waist high and yielded 32.6
bushels per acre- Plot No. 3 was
treated when tassel just began
to appear and yielded 34.8 j
bushels per acre- All three of
the plots received the same treat
ment otherwise, and the same va
riety of corn was used also on
all three plots with the corn re
ceiving three cultivations at the
same time.
J- F. BROWN, County Agent
Danbury, N. C., Thurscay, June 13, 1940.
(An Editorial.)
TOB \CCO CANNOT STAND MORE
TAXATION
Framers of the new defense bill now before
congress propose to lay additional taxes on to
bacco.
Nothing- else in all the tax sources of the gov
ernment is so heavily taxed already as tobacco.
To add more taxation to this staple will be un
just to the farmers whose income from the
of their product must reflect the increase. The
burden in its last analysis comes back to the
farmer in lower prices paid for leaf and the
farmer already is in a precarious position with
Overproduction and with exports cut off by the
war.
Every farmer of the belts should write at once
to his congressman and to the Senators to keep
further embargoes off his product. Be sure also
to write Congressman Bob Doughton, chairman
of the tax committee.
Walnut Cove Milk Re
ceiving Station Is Prov
ing Successful
The milk receiving station j n
Walnut Cove began receiving milk
on Monday, May 27, taking in
around 400 gallons the first day
secured from three routes op
, erated in Stokes county. On
June 1, two other routes were
added in Caswell and Rockingham
counties- By the first of this
week, the plant was receiving a
I little over 700 gallons daily- This
is better than 6,000 pounds, or
•three tons of whole milk, which
amounts to around SIOO.OO a day
paid out to around 200 farmers-
The Coble Dairy Products of
Lexington have installed in the
station complete modern equip
ment for handling the milk. A
large insulated tank truck is
kept available at the station and
hauls the entire volume received
daily to Lexington- Immediately
after the milk is received it ia
coaled to around 38 to 40 degrees-
The first of this week, the temp
erature of the milk in the tank
truck after cooling was checkeJ
at the station and found to be
39 degrees F. After hauling this
milk all the way to Lexington, it
showed a thermometer reading
of 40 degrees F- when it was un
loaded at the plant there- Equip
ment in the station includes test
| ing laboratory for testing milk
| for butterfat • a large refrigera
| ting machine with cooling tank,
i boiler, large milk can washer,
I
large milk scales with dump
tanks, conveyors, milk pumps
and cooler and an auxiliary stor
age tank, all capable of taking
care of a large volume of milk.
Ensilage Corn-
One of the best ways for pro
ducing milk economically is by
feeding corn silage- Farmers
selling milk or planning to do so,
are urged to make plans right
away for growing a few acres of
corn for silage. An order has
been placed for several bushels of
ensilage seed corn of the Eureka
variety and this seed should be
available at the milk receiving
station by June 10- The price
will be around $2-00 per bushel.
Ensilage corn should be plant
ed around 10 to 15 inches apart.
Lawsonville News
Mr and Mrs. Wesley Pringle
and family of Greensboro spent
Sunday with relatives here.
A large crowd attended the
singing convention Sunday at
Peter's Creek Church.
Mrs C. R. Lawson visited Mrs.
John Lawson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs O. E.'Smith visit
ed Mr. and Mis- Sam Hill of San
dy Ridge Sunday.
Mrs- Dr. Neal of Walnut Cove
visited he;- daughter, Mrs. Martha
Pringle Morris, the week-end.
Misses Mildred and Betty Mar
tin visited Annie Mae Lawson
Saturday-
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lawson and
son, Harry of High Point were
here Sunday attending the serv
ices at Peter's Creek Church-
Mrs. Sam Lawson and Mrs.
Hunter Kallam are attending
college at High Point-
Several from here went to the
communion services at Clear
Springs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs- John Dalton and
baby visited parents Sunday, Mr.
ICora Tilley and family.
| Singing convention will Be held
at Stuart, Va., High School Sun
'day afternoon, June 16. Every
body is invited to come and take
part in the singing.
GOOD TENXANT FARMER
WANTED
I have two houses, 10 acres to
bacco allotment, 20 acres wheat,
20 acres corn, 4 work stock,
farm tools. Houses have elec-.
tractor combine and all improved
tricity. For further information,
talk to your county agent, Mr.
Brown or write me ...
J. E. SELLARS,
Mebane, N. C.
J- M. Smith, of King, was a
business visitor here today.
in the row, running the rows the
same width as with regular field
corn- It grows taller and will
yield a much larger tonnage per
acre than ordinary field varieties.
The corn should be well fertilized
with a 4-10-4 fertilizer- An ap
plication of stable manure to the
land is excellent and will mater
ially increase the yield-
Successful Result Dem- 1
onstration Conducted
With H. L. Gibson
A result demonstration on blue j
mold control that has just been
conducted with Mr. H. L Gibson
of Pine Hall, proved highly ef- j
fective according to J- F. Brown,!
county agent.
Mr. Gibson treated a 50-yard bed
tinee tiraes on May 7, { j and !.">
with an application of two pounds
of paradichlorobenzene at each
| treatment This bed was com-j
pared with a check bed containing j
50 yards. Treatment was start-]
ed after blue mold had attacked I
j the bed considerably. Mr. Gib
son found that the treatment
completely checked the develop
ment of blue mold on the treat
ed bed whereas it played havoc
with the check, or untreated bed.
On May 15, 3,000 plants were
pulled from the treated bed as
compared with 500 from the
check, while a total of 8,030
plants were secured from the
treated ted as compared with t
total of 2,690 plants from the un
. treated bed. "I do not believe 1
have ever secured as many good
plants from the same
amount of bed area as 1 did from
.the treated bed" Mr- Gibson
| stated- He further stated that
|he was convinced the application
of paracichlorbenzene as recom
mended by the state college ex
tension service is highly satis
j factory controlling blue mold.
| Mr- J- Van Tuttle who also
lives near Pine Hall conducted
| one of these demonstrations but
;Mr. Brown stated that completed
'data on it had not been secured
to date- The demonstration,
however, completely checked the
blue mo'd- * ? *
|
jFour-H Camp for June
17-18 Start At Dan
bury Monday, June 17
j The annual 4-H encampment
will be held at Camp Shirley Rog
ers, Roaring Gap- The camp has
been leased for the week of June
I
17 from the directors of the Win
ston-Salem Girl Scouts. It is in
j excellent camp with complete fa-
I cilities- Stokes county 4-H club
; boys and girls who arc up to
date with their projects will have
an opportunity to attend camp.
Only club members who were 12
years of age or older, when cn-
I rolled this year, will be eligible
to attend Information IMS been
I sent to these club members rela
tive to camp fee, things to bring
to cam p, food etc. Those de
siring to attend are requested to
make application to the county
agents er home agent- The
| trucks that have been engaged
for transportation will leave Dan
i
bury promptly at 10:00 a. m-, on
Monday, June 17, Walnut Cove
Milk Receiving Station at 10:45
a- m., and King Drug Store at
12:00 nocn.
Miss Nelle Joyce has returned
to her home for the summer aft
er teaching in Wiley School, Win
son-Salero
Number 3,545
JULY QUOTA CCC
IN STOKES, 21
'SEVENTEEN OF THESE ARE
WHITE, FOLK COLORED—
RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING SELECTION.
Applications for the July CCC
| enrollment are being received
daily at the Welfare Office in
L'a:.liury
j The following rules and regula
tions govern selection:
A boy must not be younger
| than 18 years and not more than
22 1-2 years old at time of cnroll
, ment.
j If a bey is under 21 years of
age his parents or legal guardian
must give their consent-
A boy must not have a court
record of any kind.
! If he has been in camp before
he must present a copy of his
honorable discharge
i He must be willing to serve
for a period of 6 months unless
. released in accordance with rules
I
. and regulations of the Corps.
He must be willing to serve in
j any camp within the continental
(United States
j Applicants must be at least 60
j inches tail and weigh not less
than 107 pounds.
The Io:'al welfare department
I has been informed that the July
i quota for Stokes county is 17
j whites and four colored- They
• h.'ve also beep informed that the
| boys will be sent to the Ninth
Corps Area with the approaching
July enrollment. Included in the
; Ninth Corps Area are the states
of Washington, California,
Oregon, etc- The colored boys
i will be left in camps in North
J Carolina. There are still a few
'vacancies and any boy wishing
'to enroll should make application
in person at the Welfare Depart
ment in Danbury-
WAR
The Germans are now within
10 miles of hte suburbs of Paris.
The French lines though steadily
'giving oack, are holding- The
German losses are frightful, more
than 500,000 men having been
' killed and wounded in 5 days.
Paris has been evacuated- Tl; >
'government has removed further
1 south. The Italians are now in
the war, Mussolini's legions bc-in.;
'engaged mostly in the Meditter
■
ranean section, and aro releasing
German troops from the Siegfried
line
; England is reported today u»
be sending 30 divisions to the aid
of the French, which means near
ly 400,000 men-
America is moving into action
to send the allies supplies, and
1 airplanes. The effect of the
| American help, if the allies can
hold out awhile, wil be enormous
and may turn the tide-
- _ 9 , i
Miss Rachel Pringle of Greens,
iboro is the guest of Mrs- Hollia
Rhode#, .