North Carolina Newspapers

_ ? *-> ? . Timely Topics For The Farm H. K. SANDERS, COUNTY AGENT Flakes Of Naptha - lene Kill Tobacco B> J Wttimm Since the announcement recently that Ira Kinlaw, a progressive farm er of the HowellsyiUe Section in Robeson County, had used flakes of napthalene to kill the small worms infesting tobacco beds on his farm, about 4,000 pounds of the material has been purchased and used in RobeSon County alone and the prac tice is spreading to other sections, reports C. H. Brannon, extension entomologist at State College. Mr, Brannon had a letter from County . Agent O. O. Dukes last week in which the farm agent gave the use of the material his unquali fied endorsement. Dr. B. B. Pulton, research entomologist for the North Carolina Experiment Station, has found that the nathalene will not hurt young tobacco plants even when used in excessive amounts. The material not only kills the small worms burrowing about in the tobacco beds but some farmers re port that it will kill earth-worms and snails. The material is the same as that from which moth balls are made explains Mr. Brannon. However, if the balls are used they must be crushed before applying to the bed. He recommends the use of about one and one-half pounds of the napthalene to each 100 square yards of plant bed. Both Mr. Brannon and Dr. Pul ton have visited Mr. Kinlaw's farm to observe the results which he has obtained, and Dr. Pulton has made further tests since. that time. Both men believe that the Robeson farm er has arrived at a practical con trol of the worm nuisance in plant beds and are suggesting that other tobacco farmers adopt the idea. Farm And Factory There Is a rapidly growing be lief among farmers that the ulti mate Solution of our agricultural" problems is going to come from a much more direct relationship be tween agriculture and industry than exists at pfesent. For many years Industrialists and scientists have been pointing out the necessity for a closer tie-up between farm and TactoryT Mr. Hem y Puid haa -fori years been preaching and putting into practice his idea that, instead of concentratfhg production in great industrial centers, big industries should have numerous small fac tores. each producing some part of the finished product, so located that industrial workers could also be ag riculturists, having their own land to fall back on fnr subsistence when industry was slack. This has alwavs seemed to w like a sound Solution of the problem of the industrial worker, but it does not go far to ward solving the major problems of tne tarmer. The utilization of farm wastes and surpluses for industrial pro cesses has also been the subject of a exeat deal of intelligent study by I economists and manufacturers. One of the moift important of all chem- ; ical substances is alcohol. Alcohol : is easily and cheaoly produced from a wide variety of agricultural pro- 1 ducts. In Iowa and Nebraska a be ginning ha^ been made in the pro duction of industrial alcohol from corn, and experiments with a mix ture" of alcohol and eastoline for motor fuel have been fairly success ful. In California the errape grow ers are beginning a similar experi ment, producing alcohol from grapes which are unfit for shipment. We think these are steps in the j right direction. We are told that j scientists and technologists are ready to show the agricultural and Indus- I trial word how to utilize everything that acn be grown on the farm for industrial purposes. It is not diffi cult to imagine a coming era in , which hundreds of thousands of small industrial establishments will , be scattered throughout the agricul- j tural regions, providing as many new outlets for the farmers' by products and surpluses, and so sta bilizing agriculture on a sounder , basfls than it has ever been. ? Auto caster. O- ? Clean Brooder House Necessary For Chicks A perfectly clean and sanitary brooder house is needed for grow- ! ing out the baby chicks bought or hatched for replacement of layers in the poultry flock. "Some of the leading poultry > growers of this State declare that the preparation of the brooder house is one of the moSt important steps in the production of healthy ? birds," says C. P. Parrish, poultry extension specialist at State Col lege. "These men have found that the house must be thoroughly clean ed before beginning with the new crop of chicks and if it is portable, the house should be moved to fresh ground. This means soil that has not been used by poultry for at i In Bullet Pathway Toward Roosevelt A small, brave and quick -thinking woman, Mrs. W P Cross of Miami, Fla., has the thanks and the gratitude of President-elect Roosevelt and the nation as s whole for her heroic act in* grabbing the gun arm of the ' ' President killer ' Joe Zangara as he fired at the President-elect, wound ing five, amongst them Mayor Anton J Cermak of Chicago. Photos show the more seriously wounded in the tragic event . . . Upper, left to right ; Mrs. Joseph H. Gill of Miami, Fla., Mayor Anton J Cermak, Chicago, and Miss Margaret Kruis, Newark, N J Lower, Joe Zangara, New York anarchist and would-be assassin . . . and right, Mrs. W P Cross who grabbed Zangara 's gun arm and diverted his aim at President-elect Roosevelt. 8he has been recommended for a ' " Congressional Medal" for her brave act. least three years." To clean the brooder house thor oughly, Mr. Parr is h advocates sweeping the walls, floor and ceil ing; then scraping the floor clean of any dirt or droppings, and, fol lowing this by a thorough scrubbing of the floor with a hot lye-water solution. The walls to a height of 18 inches from the floor should also be scrubbed with this solution. Make It by using one can of lye to ten gallons of water. Do not use the lye on a concrete floor, ? however. After the floor and walls are dry, they can be sprayed with any stan dard disinfectant or seared with a fire gun. All the equipment used in the house should be cleaned thoroughly. Mr. Parrish believes it a good plan to have a foot mat at the door of the brooder house, espe cially if there have been any out breaks of disease on the place. To make this foot mat, he suggests sat urating two sacks with a standard disinfectant and have all visitors and attendants wipe their shoes carefully before entering the build ing. ft I W UTTlf OLD One large New York motion pic ture theatre has as many as twen ty counterfeit bills offered to its cashiers every day. Not one has ever been accepted. ? * ? Some young women in New York are wearing bracelets with their telephone numbers engraved upon them. ? ? ? The Manhattan-Bronx volume of the city's new five-borough direc tory contains 4,000 pages and weighs 20 pounds. ? ? ? ? A New York firm pays the state motor vehicle bureau 110,000 a year for copies of its car registra tion records and sells this informa tion to automobile dealers, shops, etc. ? ? ? The Sixth avenue elevated struc ture has been given a coat of alum inum radiator paint where it passes Radio City. As soon as one gets past those three blocks it's the Same black and dingy elevated. And al though the silver paint is getting soiled and looking gray it brightens up Sixth avenue. ? ? ? The electric light companies here say the jig saw puzzle craze Is great. Keeps people up late at night, is the explanation for their ' enthusiasm. I o j Horatio Oreenbough was the first American sculptor to be employed at the Capitol. He was commission ed by Congress in 1832 to execute a | statue of Washington. State Purchases Garden Seed For Destitute Families Raleigft, Feb. 27. ? Contracts for 125,000 packages of garden seeds for use in planting gardens for des | titute families were awarded last i week by the State Department of I I Purchase and Contract. Tliese seeds ' Office of Relief and in turn be, madr available for those -destitute ! families who have agreed to plant gardens so as to become self -sup- , porting. The details of working out the plan are in ' charge of the j county farm agents and the relief f directors in the various counties. _ , Every possible assistance is being offered by the Governor's Office of , Relief in carrying out the program , which is designed to enable desti- ( tute families to produce all the food they consume. A planting cal endar Setting forth in detail the f'ates for planting gardens, the amount to be planted, and instruc- ; tions for cultivating have been ( broadcast throughout the State. The State College Extension ser- ? vice has also published for wide- , spread distribution a guide to com- | munity farm budgeting, a pamphlet , which will be of material assistance , to relief directors in starting con* munity farms which will provide foodstuffs for those destitute fam ilies who do not live on farms. Executrix Notice Havin? qualified as executrix of the estate of A. S. Gillis, deceased, ^te of Person County, N. C? this is to notify all persons holding claims <v?ainst the said estate to exhibit fh?m to the undersigned on or be fore the 27th day of February, 1934, ^r this notice will be pleaded in bar "f their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 27th day of February, 1933. 4-5 Mrs. Lula Gillis, Executrix. r? ? . ... MORE JIGSAWS? Torn to the b-a.Titi/ul Gravure Section of next Sunday's Baltimore American and you will find a fascinating Jigsaw to amuse you. Also another Jigsaw will be found in the netos section of the BaMimore Sunday American. On sale by all newsdealers and I newsboys. T. D. Temple of Halifax County shipped a car of 28 fat steers to i market last week where the animals brought top prices. Mr. Temple will , ship three cars this season. o Timely Farm Questions Answered Question: When and how should soils be prepared for flower gardens? Answer: Begin preparing the soil as easly ag possible after the last frost. Cover the plot or bed with three or four inches of stdbles ma nure containing very litte litter. Mix the manure into the soil and apply acid phosphate at the rate I of one-quarter pound to the square yard of bed. Thljf treatment with one or ttfo side dressings of some readily available form of nitrogen the rate of one-quarter ounce to the square yard will provide the ne cessary plant food. Question: How can I protect my baby chicks from wormrf? Answer: If the- chicks are being raised in a brooder, the area under the canopy should * be thoroughly cleaned every day and the litter replaced with clean material. Be ginning the first of the second week, the entire house should be cleaned and this operation repeated every five days. If the ground has been used within the past two years as a poultry run the brooder house should be moved to clean soil. * Question: How soon can I turn my cows on new pasture? Answer: This depends upon the growth of the grasses and the con dition of the sod but animals should never be allowed to graze a pasture until the grass blades are fully developed. Too-early grazing will injure any pasture by prevent ing further growth of the grasses and then, too, the hooves will cut the sod and permanently injure the root system. As a general rule ani mals should not be turned on pas ture before the first of April and in many cases it would be better to wait utltil the middle of the month. O ? Simple Methods Help To Reduce Fuel Bill Home economies this winter ex tend to every phase of living. One of the major household expenses is operating the heating plant. Often a little attention to the condition of the house itself will help to keep out cold air and save fuel. Sometimes quite obvious measures are overlooked. For instance, fuel may be saved by hanging a heavy curtain across a hallway or over a door to stop drafts. This is partic ularly effective at the foot of a stairway. It & better to keep the living rooms comfortably warm than merely to take the chill off the whole house. If the house is heated by a fur nace, fuel may. be saved by shut ting the doors of the least used rooms~and 'Closing "Off registers or radiators. The common practice of turning off the heat in bedrooms at night when the windows are open results in considerable savings. During a very cold snap, however, radiators in unheated rooms should be protected from freezing by cov ering with a blanket or by wrap ping a thick layer of newspapers around them. To have warm halls and living rooms in the morning see that bedroom doors close tightly. It may be necessary to make thres holds for them or to lay long nar row Sandbags against the bottom. On dbld winter evenings, pull 'hades down below the sills and draw curtains all the way over the windows to keep the rooms warmer. The shades and curtains act as in sulators, though not to the same extent as the storm windows and storm doors which are used ki cold climates. o Mebane Legion Will Stage Big Exposition On Monday night, March 20, and continuing throughout the entire week the Mebane American Legion Post will present their flrst annual Auto Show, Exposition and Indoor Circus in the main exhibit building at the Mebane Pair Ground.s Hundreds of flags, thousands of feet of festooning and njiriads of electric light bulbs will transform the spacious building into a veri table fairy palace. A number of i automobile dealers and merchants will add to the appearance of the event with tastefully arranged dis plays of their merchandise. The Mebane ex-service boys are An Easter Bonnet Here is a straw sailor with crystal ornament and ribbon trim that is worn with a veil and promises to be one of the moat popular models of Easter bonnets . . . Virginia Kay is the model who wore sailor in the spring style show ?t New York. ? ' Estate Bubble Bursts Between eight and ten thousand eitizcns, most of them from Iowa, contributed funds Jo Oscar Nf. Hartiell on his claim that he had rights to settle Sir Francis Drake's estate. Ue is now under arrest for fraud. nnw nAffnfiafinflP nrifK a Ar* ****** ? ?? mwoWV4WV1"5 a UUiDCU v/1 more reputable vaudeville acts and it is said that their program when completed will contain all of the elements necessary to please the thousands who are expected to at tend the event. In addition to the professional entertainment, a gorgeous style re vue, boxing and wrestling, the dis tribution of free prizes and other novelties will be a portion of each night's amusement. A nightly dance starting prompt ly at ten o'clock will be staged. The part of the building to be used as the ball room will undergo a spe cial process of sanding and waxing to put it in excellent shape for the dances. A red hot ten piece jazz band will be in attendance each night both as a stage attraction and to furnish mutfic for tfae dancers. The Me bane ex-service boys are enthusiastic in regard to their amusement venture and have the wholehearted support of the entire I community, civic, fraternal and church organizations who will assist materially in making the event a huge success. o Facts And Figures i I have seen quite a lot of writ ins? in the papers about stock in surance companies tun d mutual companies. There are two~ kinds of" stock insurance companies: one op-, erates on what is known as mu tual basis by paying a dividend provided they make as much clear profit as they can take care of and have some they don't know what to do with. They . give the policy- : holders a little oT their own money; back, called dividends. ~ The other stock company does not charge quite as much to start with and keeps it all. Both have piled up such tremendous heaps of money it is high time to cut their rates. I also saw Some remarks about the assessment of mutual compan ies. The first insurance of any kind ever issued was issued by a mutual or net cost organization known as the Court of Wilson So ciety, organized in the year of 1168 j in England, and to date there are more than 750 of the mutual socie ties in England alone, who have a membership of more than seven million. The oldest mutual society today is more than 728 years old, and has been in business for that period without a defalcation or re ceivership. The next oldest is 534 years. There are more than 100 mutual or assessment societies in America to every Stock insurance company, both the dividend or non dividend. The mutual or strictly cost socie ties have been operating since 1168, paying benefits equivalent to a thousand dollars at death of a member, at an average cost of about ten dollars per year. When we stop to think of these facts should we wonder at the stock companies building great buildings, piling up huge sums of money, all for their own, at such high rates of premiums charged? The first insurance was by a mu tual society in 1168, and the last I know of was organized the 9th day of November, 1931, and now isues a whole family certificate in suring the whole family for $12.00 a year, of which I am a member, and have insurance on myself, mother, father, and all of my bro thers and sisters, yet all of this only costs me $5.00 to join and $12.00 per year for Insurance up to $1,000 on every member of my family. Just think what it would cost to insure in a stock Insurance company. I am proud to say I can get low cost protection. W. A. Painter. ? fy 1 Americans consume about 4,000, 000,000 bottles of soft drinks an- _ nuaUy. A certain vine from tropical Af- < rlca will cling to glass and eat away \ the surface when planted beside a window. Bethel Hill Y. T. H. F.! I The Bethel Hill Chapter of Young Tar^Heel Farmerg met in the claM-[ o'clock. After the roll call Cray- ' ton Williams read a chapter in the Bible. Then the menu for the Pa- j ther-Son Banquet, to be held on April 7, was decided on. James Day, I president of the chapter, will act ad toastmaster, Members on the pro gram were, Riley Tuck, "Rag Doll Method of Testing Seed Corn"; William Harris, "How to Prepare a Beetle-Proof Plant Bed"; Rupert ' Jones, Berley Gentry, Arthur Bran don and Melvin Ramsey. William Humphries, Reporter, o In Remembrance In remembrance of my dear com panion. One of the gaddest hours I ever experienced was the hour he was taken away from me. I have lost the best friend I have on earth, but God never makes a mis take. We should not. grieve so much over you for you suffered so much for the last two years, but it was true you were so patient and kind and were willing for God's1 will to be done. All was done for you that doctors, loved ones and friends could do, but nothing could stay the cold hand of death, for God had a vacant place for you to fill and there Is one for me. As I looked fled I would See that smile again. It was so much comfort to me for the children to tell me in his last moments God will take care of him. My home is now so lonesome with out you. How I miss your kindness, for you were always so willing to take my steps. He always was a hard working man and provided for his family. Written by his wife, Mrs. J. C. Blacks tcok. BLADDER /TROUBLEw ? If your bladder ia irritated, either N P because your urine ia too acid or 4 LSI because of inflammation, just try ? h * GOLD MEDAL j I* rJAARLEM OIL CAPSULES ] ? This fine, old preparation has been ? L used for this purpose for 237 years. J r That its popularity continues is J P the best proof that it works. But ( k be sure you get oold medai- Ao- jh k cept no substitute. 35^. 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