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GENERAL NEWS Convicted of Murder Edgar L. Smoak of Wilmington has been adjudged guilty of pois oning his 16-year-old daughter, and has been sentenced to death. He is now in Central Prison to await execution. Evidence tended to show that Smoak was also guilty of administering poison to his, wife, who died after suffering similar to that which took the daughter’s life. Confesses Crime Melvin Coggins, 4 -vearloid en ant farmer of Nash county is said by Sheriff Faulkner to have con fessed the slaying of Junie Fogle man, substantial farmer of the same county. Fogleman was found dead in the woods near his home and there were at first no traces found o fthe killer. Coggins claimed he shot his neighbor because of having had illicit relations with Mrs. Fogleman, who is said to have admitted the intimacy. Both claim .however, that the woman had no part in t he murder. ask your FERTILIZER JVSAN ABOUT THE VERY LOW EXTRA COST OF V Q Q TOBACCO FERTILIZER, the modem mix- J”0”0 ture that so many successful farmers swear l||lr ASHH|L 'fßSgSfe\ by, contains more than 18% more actual plant food than Wy f *MpP|i 3-8-5, yet its extra cost is so small it will surprise you. Mmk yKkmW Ask Your Fertilizer Man! Usually only about six pounds J| of average tobacco per acre will pay the difference in cost between 1,000 pounds of 3-8-8 and 1,000 pounds of 3-8-5. Many farmers have found this very small extra cost to mfflsT JH|ir their best-paying fertilizer investment, returning greatly KMf ; leased yields of better quality tobacco. Full-grained, J7 Xw* \ :c h quality tobacco gives more pounds than thin tissue- m/pWwvV- >1 Hpl" I JH paper leaf or light trashy leaf. When you produce 1,000 TjT pounds ' f tobacco per acre, an extra cent per pound due to ~ extra quality will pay the extra cost of 3-8-8 many times OVer - NITROGEN PHOSPHORIC ACID POTASH Hette’r - balanced. < Tettilijet fiot Utiakt "To/tac w_ i?t IE TABLE below shows the importance of using plenty potash or the potash in 1,000 pounds of fertilizer containing balanced fertilizers will usually cost a little more per ton ,of potash. These results were obtained by 138 farmers 8% potash. The tobacco plant is a shallow feeder that than will low-grade, pojrly-proportioned goods, but with on 1,242 acres of bright tobacco. Fertilizer containing 3% grows to maturity in a very short length of time. For this tobacco of all crops, costing so much more per acre to pro potash was compared with fertilizer containing 8% potash; reason very often even larger quantities of potash than the duce, ill-proportioning of the essential plant nutrients from or fertilizer containing 5% potash was compared with fer- plant actually removes from the soil are needed to enable it the best suited materials can be least afforded .. . With any tilizer containing 10% potash, etc. to get sufficient potash to produce extra yields of a high thing like normal prices, one of the best investments that . ____________quality crop. can be made is that of the proper kinds and amounts of Sain in dollars per acre from adding extra potash to T 8 8 TOBACCO fertilizer h as proven its value fertilizer." the tanners' regular fertilizer at very low cost per acre the entire tobacco belt. Many leading srowm isj@Bprev use 3-8-8 or increase the potash in their regular : ihzer to lPf C Tdf(, F - ' North Carolina- 8% or even more by using extra applications of NV SUL- Year Virginia South Caro,iM Georgia-Florida PHATE OF POTASH. fertilizer man knows the importance of plenty of ' 1928 $45.27 no tests $25.12 iVfCfcTm X potash in tobacco fertilizer. That is why he has 3-8-8 * j * TOBACCO FERTILIZER on sale. Tell him you want to [ 1929 36.99 $20.62 30.75 produce bigger yields of better quality tobacco thi* year. j Tell him you want 3-8-8 TOBACCO FERTILIZER, the 1930 39.60 24.85 18.75 VSVHE U. S. Department of Agriculture and the North fertilizer that contains so much extra-profit-producing plant j A Carolina State College of Agriculture, after a complete food at such low cost. j 1931 28.46 32.84 21.91 stud y of tobacco fertilizer problems, recommend 60 to 100 The best fertilizer you can get for your tobacco is usually ' 1 pounds of pure potash per acre for tobacco. This represents the most economical in the long run. An extra 100 pounds of an average of 8% potash in fertilizer used at the rate of tobacco per acre and a two-cent difference in the average TOBACCO REMOVES from the soil more potash than 1,000 pounds per acre. price can make a tremendous difference in profits. 3-8-8 both nitrogen and phosphoric acid combined. A 1,000- Agronomy Information Circular No. 95 of the North TOBACCO FERTILIZER contains the extra potash that pound crop of cured leaf removes about 80 pounds of actual Experiment Station states: “High-grade, well- produces extra yields of extra quality. EXTRA PAYS EXTRA CASH This advertisement is placed by N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., P 6 _pH WJH FOR COTTON: so help your cotton prevent ru.t, control Inc.. Royster Building. Norfolk. Vo., to support leading fertiliser wilt and produce vigorous, healthy plants with less shedding, larger manufacturers in encouraging the use of hetter-balanced fertilisers. XUk bolls that are easier to pick and better yields of uniform, high-quality YOUR FERTILIZER MAN HAS 3-S*-8 ON SALE. lint— USE 3-8-8 COTTON FERTILIZER . . . IT PAYS! King Sentenced D. M. King of Wake county has Ikui sentenced to 30 years in pris on for the killing of his son. But lor the judge’s mercy King might have received the death penalty. This mercy was extended because the judge felt certain King was drunk w T hen he shot his son, who was asleep in bed. King borrowed a gun from a son-in-law, went back home and committed the crime before his daughter, who had fol lowed him. could reach the house. Much interest has been shown in this case. King was said to have kind to his family except when un der the influence of liquor. Epidemic of Strikes An epidemic of strikes seems to be sweeping the country much as did influenza, infantile paralysis, marathon dances, and tree sitting. From Wool worth clerks to auto mobile plant employees the sit down strikes proclaim desires for shorter hours and higher wages. The United States Steel Corpo ration is conferring with the Or ganized Steel Workers in efforts to settle their differences peaceably. In Congress the Ellenbogen Bill is being considered as a sort of little jnkA to set hours of labor and min imum wages for the textile indus try. Action Delayed Wake county commissioners are delaying calling a referendum on the establishment of liquor stores in the county until they see what action may be taken by adjoining counties. But the adjoining coun ; ties, Durham and Johnston, are also delaying. high Finance Exnlained ! Washington, L. C.—A hearing i before the Securities Exchange Commission left the spectators in a state of bewilderment following the testimony of Harrison Williams, New Yojk utilities tycoon and . husband of “the best dressed wo man in the world.” From a stake i of $2,000,000, it was testified that i Wil'iame ran his paper empire up |to $680,000,000 within a few months. By the time the panic drained off the water, the value had shrunk to $5,000,000. At cur rent quotations it stands at $16,- 000.00. For The Natty Dresser New York City—The New York Custom Cutter Club has fixed the 1937 wardrobe of the average man. Here is his budget: I Felt Hat, $5.00; 1 Straw Hat, $3.00, 2 Pairs Shoes, $10.00; 6 Shirts, $12.00; 10 Pairs Socks, $5.00 1 Overcoat, $40.00; 1 Suit, 75.00, Haberdashery, etc, $32.00; Total $182.00. The tailors figure two overcoats every three years ,and the yearly EASTER PERMANENTS at SPECIAL Prices ALL THIS MONTH. . EUGENE PERMANENT with ( OIL SHAMPOO —53.50 This Month Only [/ Others From $2.00 Up. | ZEBULON BEAUTY SHOP EVELYN ANTONE ,Owner ng bed addition of a new tailoreu the existing wardrobe. A ♦*. week man should spend 14 per cent on clothes; a SIOO-a-week man 12 per cent. Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round Charleston, Mo.—When the re cent Missippi flood started to roll a piano around the living reom of Finley Johnson’s home, he opened a window and set it adrift. Mr. Johnson followed the piano shortly afterwards. By the time he got back to his inundated home, he found another piano had floated in through the same window.
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