/OLUME VA
IS, THAT
AND THE OTHER !
*
By MRS. THKO. B. DAVIS
Out near Hales Chapel Mr.
antley Richardson grows a toma
which he says bears aH through
e summer and until frost. He has
ved his own seed for years, and
ows what he is talking about. He
ve us some of the tomatoes last
inday. ‘ They are bright red,
looth, meaty, of good size and
Ivor. I've saved some of the seed
d, if they do as well for us as
r Mr. Richardson, nobody need
y Brimmer, Bonnie Best, Earli
1a or any other name of a tomato
me. I’ll have what I want.
Last week I overheard one per
rson trying to tell another where
e Joe Tipoett farm is. After a bit
e one who wanted to know said:
). yes, I know! That place that al
avs looks so neat and well-kept.’
ich a nice means of identification!
nd it’s a pity that every home in
sis section can’t be described that
ay.
In these piping times of progress
id repeal one can't help hearing
u-ious and sundry arguments by
iose who argue and those who
•gufv. Naturally, prohibition is a
ajor subject. I try to be charitable
mv opinions, so I concede that
•ohibition as managed, and mis- j
anaged, has not been wholly a
ccess. I do not know the gross
rcentages of drinking before and
ter the passing of the eighteenth
nendment, though I have seen
mething of the grossness of it. I
•ree heartily with the idea tla*.
e highest form of temperance is
ls-control and not law. I know
» need money to run the govern
ent. I believe that many honest,
' icere people think the present law
to liquor should be repealed.
But what I cannot possibly un
rstand is how any sane person
10 lived before the day of prohi
,ion, or who has studied the his
ry of our country can claim that
pealing the eighteenth amend
•nt would help put bootleggers
t of business.
Don’t try to tell that to me.
iven’t I known of “moonshiners”,
lockaders,” and such all througfi
; days when there were open sa
ins? Haven’t my own ears heard
ners of licensed distilleries la
sting that the tax was so high
•y couldn’t make any profit be
ise folks could buy moonshine so
ch cheaper? What about the
liskey Rebellion in 1794 and the
.iskey Ring in 1875? What about
incurable feeling that it is
art to cheat the government?
d a lawless man would as soon
aka state law as a federal law.
'ell it in Gath and publish it in
streets of Askelon, if you will;
please don’t come telling me
t repeal will stop bootlegging,
liable to become impatient.
here’s probably no domestic
mal or fowl more annoying, ir
iting and aggravating than a
rken, large enough to run
und without its mother, hut not
’C enough to fry; small enough
slip through the cracks of a
•e or the meshes of poultry wire,
‘ not able to find the way back;
enough to do untold mischief in
vegetable or flower garden but
y ung to kill.
;’s almost more than one can
.ire, even when his own chickens !
the offenders in his own gar-
And I’m willig to go on record
saying that I’d not blame my
;hbor for killing any chicken
tine that is found doing damage
lis property. I have never done ■
t a thing, but can certainly sym-j
lize with those who “obey that:
ulrte.”
oesn’t it seem that the weeds
grass are all set and ready to,
then the first drop of rain falls,;
, e crops and gardens must wait i
fe whether the shower is real-,
\h stirring for?
*State of North Carolina
h had no legal holidays until j
‘f t has since legalized 12 holi
that are observed in the state
year.
3lhr Zrfmlmt Sterorti
Irrigation For
Your Gardens
By L. A. Hawkins
Agricultural Extension Department
International Harvester Company
Irrigation of the garden is very
important where the summer rain
fall is not' sufficient or regular e- j
nough to allow good vegetable pro-;
duction. Many times.plants can get
enough moisture from the soil to
grow through the early part of the
season but run short of water to
mature the crop. This is particu
larly true of plants like tomatoes,
eggplants, potatoes, etc. In cases
of this kind just a single applica
tion of water will often save the
crop. An ample supply of moisture
is not only necesasry for growth
and yield but improves the quality
of most garden vegetables. Many
vegetables lose their palatability if
dry weather slows up their matur
ity.
In sections where summer rains
or showers, prevail proper cultural
practices will conserve moisture e
nough to take care of vegetables,
but in dry sections artificial means j
of watering should be provided to
insure a successful vegetable gar
den. Town gardens invariably have
opportunity of irrigating with a
hose attached to city water sys
tems. Farm gardens may be irri
gated with the home water supply ,
system if available, or the patch j
can be located so water from a I
stream or ditch can be used in the
: furrow system.
There are two practical methods
of applying water furrow j
gation and overhead spraying. With j
| pressure systems we can use either i
me or both. The sprinkler system |
is good where a general application
is wanted, but it a particular row
needs to be watered the furrow:
system is more satisfactory. Make
small furrows along the row into
which water is run until the soil is
thoroughly wet. On light soils
or where row’s are not over eight
een inches apart one furrow be
tween rows will do. Furrows should j
be closer on shallow rooted crops,
a:qi where rows are farther apart ■
a furrow should run on each side j
of the row. On heavy soils or for .
deep-rooted crops, the furrows need i
not be so close and about halt the j
number will do the same work. In :
applying water by this system the:
rate of flow must be regulated, so j
the soil will take it up fast enough |
to prevent the surface becoming j
flooded. In ! : ght sandy soils fur- i
rows should not be over 200 feet j
long. On heavy soils they may be
twice as long.
The overhead system of irriga-1
ti«n requires an elevated pipe line i
and a pressure water system. It is
used extensively in intensive com
mercial gardening districts. It can
j be usefl on land too uneven for sur- j
i face irrigation and will prove very
| profitable in many gardens, parti
cularly where the supply of water |
is already available. One line of
j pipe could be so arranged that it
would serve for a vegetable garden
large enough for the average fami j
ly. The pipe should be supported
on posts about six feet high, set
| in a row of plants through the mid
dle of the patch so it will not both
jer cultivation. Small holes are
drilled in a straight line along one
I side of the pipe every four or six
| feet. Holes are threaded and small
nozzles screwed in thru which the ,
i water spurts in a spray-like stream j
i Pressure an ( | direction of nozzles!
i will determine distance of spray, j
By having the pipe arranged for.
revolving it can be turned from
one side to the other. In small gar
dens or where only a few special
plants ate to be irrigated a can,
with small holes in the bottom may
be sunk into the ground near the
plant, and filled with water each
day.
The amount of water and the
time to apply it will depend upon
many things, but a thorough soak
ing should be given when any ir
rigating is done and the soil should
be tested for moisture every time.
It should be wet to a depth of 10
or 12 inches by pushing a stick in
to the ground between the furrows
we can tell when this has been ac
c<mplished. The method of apply
ing does not affect the wisdom of i
a good-wetting. Where we use the
hose a* a sprinkler we commonly
moke the mistake of wetting too -
ZEBULON, NORT H CAROLINA. FRIDAY. .11 LY 21, 1933.
“Great Grand-Dad”
Great grand-dad when the land was young
Barred his door with a wagon tongue,
Tlje times were rough and the wilderness tnocked
And he said his prayers with his shotgun cocked;
He was a citizen tough and grim,
Danger was like “cluck soup” to him.
His great-grandson now falls asleep
And fears no harm from the darkness deep,
For great grand-daddy fought and won
And tamed the land for his great-grandson.
Great grand-dad was a busy man,
He cooked his grub in a frying pan,
He picked his teeth with a hunting knife,
And wore the same suit all his life.
He ate cornbread and bacon fat
But great-gradson would starve on that.
Great grand-dad was gaunt with toil
Grimed and seamed with sun and soil,
But great-gradson is fat and clean
And rides to work in a limousine.
Twenty-five children came to bless
Great grand-dad’s home in the wilderness.
Laugh at the statement if you can,
But great grand-dad was a busy man.
Twenty-five children, and they grew
Stout and tall on the bacon, too;
Slept on the floor with the dogs and cats,
And shopped the woods for the coonskin hats.
Freud was a mystery, so was jazz,
Or giving their parents a scornful razz.
II they got fresh with great grand-dad
He tunnel their hides with a hickory gad.
He raised them rough but he raised them well,
And if thy took hold of the ways of hell,
He filled them full of the fear of God
And flailed their pants with an old ramrod.
They grew strong of heart, and strong of hand,
The firm foundation of our land.
Twenty-five boys—but his great grandson
To save his life can’t manage one!
—Kinchen Council,
Young Citizen
Writes Home
The following letter from one of
j Zebulon’s younger citizens will
j prove interesting.
East Sebago, Maine.
Camp O-At-Ka,
Friday Night.
Dear Mother:
Was so glad to hear about the
rain. I guess you needed it.
I like the lake swell. But I spend
! a lot of my time in tennis now, be-
I cause 1 won out in a tournament
| and I am No. 1 man for the camp
i in the 15 and under tennis, team.
Tell daddy this. I am so glad I won.
; Now I can go to other camps to
i play matches.
! have made a lot of friends it
eems. We have a good time togeth
er.
I weigh 123 gained a little
j but not much.
My athlete’s foot is gone and
have not felt a pain in my side'
[since- 1 left Big Auntie’s.
I have to be in bed at 8:30 and
get up at 7:00 to take exercises.
I like it fine.
Yours,
Sprite.
Governor Issues
Paroles, Pardons
Governor Ehringhaus paroled 22
prisoners Monday, and reprieved
Bryant Stone under death sentence
today. Stone was convicted of mur
dering his son-in-law. Those par
doned were four young white men
from New Jersey, who were con
victed last December of highway
robbery in Wilson County.
often ami too sparingly at a time.!
It should seldom be necessary to
water oftener than once a week
if it is done thoroughly. Irrigation
makes the grower independent of
rainfall.
Miss Kemp Has
Charge Os Library
Mrs. C. E. Flowers, club presi
dent, announces that beginning
Saturday, July 29, and continuing
until further notice Miss Mary 1
Elizabeth Kemp will have charge of
the circulation of books in the li
brary at the Woman’s Club, on each
Saturday afternoon, from three un
til five-thirty. Books in the library
iwill be for adults chiefly. The Club
is to be specially congratulated up
< n having Miss Kemp to look after
the books. She has had training in
library work at Chapel Hill and is
thus thoroughly prepared for a
much larger sphere than that to
which she will give her time while
serving the members of the Wo
man’s Club and others who may de
sire to read the books.
Goldsboro Man
Bitten By Alligator
W. M. Hines, of Goldsboro, was
severely bitten on the right hand :
by a four-foot alligator while tak
ing him home in the baggage car!
of a Norfolk Southern train Sun- j
day afternoon. He had caught the i
alligator with his bare hands in a
ditch at Wildwood, near Morehead. i
—Greensboro News.
More Later
McAlester, Okla, July 17.- John!
Chatham has 39 chickens. Now he
lias three—a rooster and two hens, j
Pinned to the henhouse door |
when the farmer discovered his loss
was the following note:
“I steel from the rich, and I steel
from the pore
“I will leve the old roster to raze
some mor.”
News and Observer.
I
If you sell pm, you have to tell ’em 1
Unde Billie’s
Grievances
i Uncle Billie Haywood, better
known about town as “Charcoal
i Billie,” was in to see us Tuesday
morning, and he had a grievance,
in fact a number of grievances.
He said he began work on the
cemetery the first of April, and
had worked on it ever since except
when he went up to Knightdale to
burn a coal pit. He was to get $7.00
for the .job, but instead of ing
him like a man shou! ,»e treated,
the money was left at a store and
he was to get only 40 cents a day
in trade. He says: “Jes’ think, a
man as old as I is, bein’ treated
lak dat! I’se goin’ to see a lawyer.”
Then he says: “It's awful the way
these boys do ’round town. They
won’t work to feed their f-ambly
morn’n a dog. Jes foolin’ ’ way
their t ime | ball. It’s
scanlous the way they do. I don’t
know nothin’ ’bout ball, don’t care
nothin’ ’bout it.”
Yes, Uncle Billie has some griev
ances. He just does not like being
treated like a boy if he is only
about 100 years old. And the “boys”
who loaf around town he's lost all
patience with their doings.
State Short Course
The State Short Course for Farm
Women will be held at State Col
lege. July 24-20.
Rooms will be free and meals
will cost 25 cents each.
Courses will be given on Food,
Clothing, The Home, Health, with
discussions of gardening, poultry,
dairying, social planning, recrea
tional leadership and other matters
of deep interest to rural women. It
is hope,j that the attendance will
justify the preparations made. The
benefits derived must depend large-
Iy upon the attendance, although
the value < r the locdures will nrrt
be affected by the number of hear
ers.
State College Aids
Textile Industry l
As the primary function of edu
cational 'institutions is to teach stu
• tents, tljiy worth of any institution
can be detei mineit by the quality
of its product, or the students that
it, graduates. Consequently, the val
ue of a technical institution can be
determined by the success which it
ha.- in training its graduates so
that they can easily fit into the
field for which they are trained and
render useful survice to their em
ployers and to tlje industry in gen
eral.
The Textile School of North Car- j
olina State College has established I
a world wide reputation by turning
out men of high calibre who have |
achieved success in many phases
of the textile industry.
The first textile degree at State
College was awarded in 1901. Since
that time 410 men have received
textile degrees at State College and
approximately three-fourths of
them are now connected with some
phase of the textile industry.
Approximately seventy per cent
of the men row connected with the ;
textile industry are located in
North Carolina. Truly a remarkable J
record when it is considered that
State College has drawn its Tex
tile students from a large number
of states- and many foreign coun
tries, including England, Mexico,
C hina, Japan. India, Bulgaria. Ko
rea, Peru and Hawaii.
Some idea of the distinction;
which Textile graduates of State
College have achieved can be gained
by perusing the variety of positions
which they are now filling with
marked success. Included among
these positions are:
President, vice-president, secre-1
tary, treasurer and manager of cot
! ton mills, silk mills, knitting mills,
mercerizing plants, and textile ma
chinery companies.
Superintendent, assistant super
intendent, foreman, assistant fore
man. textile designer, and textile
chemist in cotton mills, rayon j
plants, knitting mills, silk mills,
dyeing, finishing and mercerizing
plants.
Southern representative, sales;
: manager, selling agent, technical
j demonstrator and salesman for,
i manufacturers of rayon, textile ma
jehinery, dyestuffs, textile chemicals [
[ and supplies.
Mill agent, representative, cost (
engineer, and salesman in commis
sion houses which distribute the
manufactured products of the tex
-1 tile industry.
Director of trade standards, tex
tile analyst, and textile technolo
gist for the United States Govern
! ment.
Other positions include; Manufac
turing engineer, purchasing agent,
cotton classer. and numerous others,
but the list is too long to mention j
! all of them here.
Every member of the graduating
I classes of 1932 and 1933 is connect-1
i ed with textile organizations.
North Carolina alone has over!
(‘>oo textile plants in each of which
; there are from one to a dozen!
place that call for men of ability
[and training. In addition to these'
plants there are many manufac
tilling companies which produce
'•quipment and materials for the
(extile industry, that require the
services of technically trained men.
Contemplation of these facts and
the knowledge that scientific im
provements in the manufacturing
and processing of textile products
are gradually increasing the neee<-
s.ty for technically trained men in
dicates that the textile industry is
pl] especially attractive field for
ambitious young men who have an
inclination for industrial, chemical
or artistic work. It is one of the
w orld’- oldest industries, dating
back for thousands of years, yet it
is a field that is by no means
crowded with highly trained men.
It is aid that North Carolina tex
tile plants manufacture more dif
ferent types of textile products
than any other state in the Union.
When State College established its
Textile School, practically all the
fabrics woven in this state were
•• ir sheetings and alamance
•ring-hams. For 32 years Dr. Thom-.
s’e's >n. Dean of the Textile
c '• !, and other members of the
• have been telling their
* •d''p( i that if North Carolina was
NI'MBKR 5.
i' YE FLAPDOODLE"
By The
Swashbuckler
1 can -re the faces of.joy tho#-
iw.il- <V» of readers as with ex
pression* ol pained surprise they
realize tjiat the Swashbuckler is
not a personage of the past, but an
ever present millstone around their
'neck'. To the \vishfn3 ' public
who have so long wished fdr 1 bom
plete abolition of* Ye Flapdoodte
address these few unassuming
'words: You had your chance to>
retaliate and let it pass, so for
; ever after hold your peace.
! Again my four score of readers
have come to my support. When I
1 asked two weeks ago for letters
on “Why the Swashbuckler’s col-
I umn should be done away with?”
not a letter came in. Just another
! great victory for the forgotten
man. Dropped down to the
Fish Harbor (Lake Myra to you)
on Sunday last for a view of the
wooden man. Since I had no means
I of elevating my physical being to
! a sufficient altitude, no view of the
giant’s face could be had. However,
the feet and hands looked right
well. During the course of
r stay I saw a young couple racing.
At any rate 1 have grounds for tny
conclusions, as they were neck and
neck! “Oh, dear! Wake me
early mother, for I am the Queen
of the May!” Betty Hales,
versatile beautician ot Rhodes’
Barber Shop did on last Friday
give one "Red” Horton a finger
wave. As she set the waves, Betty
realized that she did not possess
any red clasps for the hair. Con
! sequently she was forced to use
i black clasps. Your imagination
j need not be stretched to visualize
a red headed young man with a
finger wave, held firmly in place
by some twenty black clasps, as he
strolled blithely down our main
thoroughfare as though fingers
waves grew on trejes. To Mists
Hales I offer a word of advice. Be
careful lest thou stickest a splin
j ter in thy finger whilst giving a
[ finger wavest. And as the
I curtains of dusk draw nigh, I Bing
j Crosby the latest hit: “You May
Be The Orchids Os Your Mother’s
Heart, But You’re Just A Pansy Tp
jMe!” ?.a ! J
Announcement
' * * <»
Next Wednesday afternoon is the
j regular time of meeting of the
Home Demonstration club of Wake
field.
to become a great textile manufac
turing center it would have to di
versify the products of its mills. In
fact, I)r. Nelson began teaching
fancy leno and jacquard weaving
and designing at State College in
I 1901, and today he can point to
| -omc of his former studets who are
rendering useful service in some of
j the South’s fanciest mills and have
I done much to diversify the products'
j of North Carolina’s textile plants.
For a number of years State
| College, in cooperation with the
' home economics departments of
North ( arolina colleges for women
has conducted a Style Show at Ra
leigh, in which the young ladies
from the cooperating colleges dis
played garments made by them
from fabrics designed and woven at
State College by Textile students.
These Style Shows have attracted
wide attention and have done a
great deal to make the women of
North Carolina eotton-ruinded,
thereby increasing the consumption
of cotton products.
Another service rendered by the
State College Textile School has
proven valuable to a number of
mills in North Carolina. This insti
tution has a faculty which has been
trained in Southern, Northern and
English textile schools, and they
■have had wide practical experience.
Every year scores of problems
, ranging from testing the strength
of yarn and fabrics to highly com
plicated manufacturing and chemi
' cal test- are sent to the Textile
School bv North Carolina mills, and
Dr. Nelson and Textile School sac
-1 nit y do their utmost to aid the mills
, in solving these problems, for it is
their desire to make the Textile
School and its well equipped labor
atories a real service department
f'-r the textile industry of "the state.