PAGE FOUR
17-YEAR LOCUSTS
ARE EXPECTED
AGAIN THIS YEAR!
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- Specimens Are Wanted by
Entomologist at State
College
•
North Carolina's best known brood
#f 17-year locusts will begin to emerge
from the homes the> have made in the
soil since 1915 and will advertise their
pnfsence by an awful din in the forest
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lng Cardul whtn In
a weakened, run-down
condition," writes Mrs.
F. S. Pernt, of Wesson,
Miss. "X took one bot
tle, r_nd I seemed to Im
prove so much that I
sent for six bottles. Af
ter I had taken the six
bottles, I seemed entire
ly well.
"Before I took Car
dul, I was nervouu, rest
less, blue and out of
heart. I felt depressed
all the time. After I
took Cardul, all this
disappeared.
"I gave my daughter
Cardul and It helped to
relieve Irregular . . ."
This medicine has boen used
- by women for over 60
vfar«
-1 ?•
I Take ThedfonTsßtacW-Drausht I
far Constipation. In'iyuulion, I
and BlllousneM. I
ANNOUNCEMENT!
I have leased the Gulf Filling Sta
tion on the Washington Road and
will appreciate the patronage of my
friends when in need of Good Gaso
line and Oils.
Come to see me. I sell Good Gulf
Gasoline.
WE WASH AND GREASE CARS
Joe Gregory
Manager, Gulf Station Washington Road
Home
Friday, May 6th
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The Home Bakery, under the management of
Mrs. Lewis Manning, will open this afternoon,
May 6th. The official opening will be postponed
for a few days and will be announced in the col
umns of this newspaper prior to the opening.
We have secured the services of Messrs. Lee
Wallace and Wayne Best, of Rocky Mount, to
superintend our baking department. These men
have had years of experience in some of the larg
est bakeries in the State.
i -
We are anxious for every one to try our new
bread, rolls, and cake». We are going to try and
give the people of Williamston and community
a bakery that will merit their patronage. Our
crisp brown bread, wholesomely baked, has a de
liciousness that you won't forget. Once tried,
we believe, will always be bought.
WE DELIVER ANYWHERE
HOMEBAKERY
CORN TO CHINA 1
Wenona.—About 12,000 bushels
of corn moved out from the local
station recently to Norfolk or
Newport Newa (rain elevator* to
be loaded on vesaels for shipping
to China. Included in this ship
ment MM about 40 or more cars
of yellow soybeans that was
bound for the aame destination.
This is one of the greatest corn
producing sections in this state.
Much corn was stored here, await
ing for a market when the chance
came to sell this large quantity
which was a boon to farmers |n
this section.
I trees of the State in late May or early
June.
Dr. Z. P. Metcalf, head of the de
partment of entomology and zoology
at State College, says the locusts
which will emerge this year are from
eggs that were laid in the limbs of
trees back in 1915. The eggs hatched
into tiny grubs about 1-16 of an inch
long and these crawled into the soil
! through small crevises where the grubs
j attached themselves to the roots. The
1 small, beaks were forced into the bark
' to suck sap from the living trees. Here
i these grubs have been living and de
vcloping fur about 17 years. Their
i wings are now full grown and they are
awaiting the coming of warm weather,
| when they will emerge in countless
j thousands.
j "This is one of the most phenomenal
happenings in the insect world," says
I the entomologist. "It was observed
'j by the earliest settlers ill this State
! and careful records have been kept
since"that tinier" There are some kinds
'of cicadas, or locusts, which appear
j each year. Then there are the 13-
| year locusts as well as the 17-year
j brook. Sometimes these overlap in
; emergence, as they did in 1898. There
are also several broods of the 17-year
j variety and all this has cabsed confus
' ion, but the brood which emerges this
! spring is the best known and the one
i on which the most careful records have
j been kept." .
Dr. Metcalf requests that specimens
of the locusts be sent to him • '
PUBLISHED KVBRV
MORE THAN 300
WOMEN ATTEND
1 HERE
Home Demonstration Clubs
of District in Successful
Session Wednesday
(Continued from page one) .
principal purpose of education. Friend
liness makes for better homes, ft
makes better citizens; and therefore,
when i„state or a nation is made up
of friendly people we have more hap
piness and prosperity, Mr. Winston
said in stressing the need for better
home business methods.
{ Following Judge Winston's talk,
iMiss "Mildred Ives, a senior in the
East Carolina Teachers' College, and
who has been helped through school
by the aid of the Jane McKimmon
Loan Fund, spoke. 4 She made a very
interesting talk and thanked the clubs
of the district for making the loan
available, with which she was enabled
to attend colloge.
| At the close of the morning session,
■ more than 300 visitors were served
lunch in the Woman's Club hall. Each
jtlub member prepared baskest, and
, the menu of chicken, ham, sandwiches,
salads, deviled eggs, fruit and candy
, was enjoyed.
The afternoon program was not only
lof interest but embraced the elements
of education, culture and pleasure,
j Each county was given ten minutes to
put on its individual program showing
I the general line of work which the
jtnembers have done and are now do
ing. While every county presented
,an entirely different program, every
feature 'pointed directly to better
homes and happier and better people.
There were no contests between
j the clubs of the counties and no coun
|ty could have won all the honors if
[there had been, because each did well.
| In the business session following,
j Mrs, O. 11. Jackson, of Winterville,
I was re-elected president; Mrs. T. M.
iWoodburn, of Parmele, secretary, and
(Mrs. Leon Bray,-of Roper, treasurer.
The invitation extended by the
| Washington County clubs was accept
ed and the next district meeting will
be held in Plymouth,
j Tyrrell County, with 69 members
present, was next to Martin County
in attendance.
WANTS
FOR SALE: BLACK FIELD PEAS
i cheap. Also Jumbo seed peanuts.
J. S. Whitley, Phone 109, Williains
ton Supply Co. niy-6-3t
APARTMENTS FOR RENT, ANY
size from 2 to S rooms to suit ten
ant. Apply to Mrs, Jim Staton, Wil
liamston, N. C. a-26-lm
FOR SALE: WHITTEMORE'S and
Griffin's shoe polishes for sport and
blonde shoes. Willard's Shoe Shop.
THE SWEETEST TRIBUTE TO MOTHER
Hollingsworth Candy
MOTHER'S DAY—SUNDAY, MAY 8
DAVIS PHARMACY
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
WANTED
WHITE OAK LOGS
For Sale: Oak or Cypress Lumber and Wood
At Bargain Prices
M. J. NORTON
PHONE 71 WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
ANNOUNCEMENT!
* "*
I hereby announce my
candidacy for the office of
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
subject to the action of the
Democratic primary to be
held on June 4th.
J • jf. . ■ i V
Joshua L Coltrain
THE ENTERPRISE
Blue Mold Suppla
Times * in Talk of farmers
The blue moid ilimi to be troub
ling the fanner* more these day*
than "hard timet" are, for the
deadly diaeaae has done each a de
structive work that few have found
time to talk about anything else.
Report* from many sections indi
cate s big decrease in acreage this
year. At first, farmers of this
county planned a voluntary cut
in the tobaccoo acreage and then
came the cold period and later a
blizzard, injuring nearly every bed
and totally destroying some. This
resulted in a decrease and next was
the blue mold, effecting a de
crease that can not exceed SO per
LACK OF HAY IS
MIGHTY POOR
DAIRY FARMING
Far Better To Have Too
Much Hay Than Not
Enough
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I A hay mow filled with nothing but
air by March 1 is too common an oc-
I currence in North Carolina and is fa
j tal to success in dairy farming.
"A dairyman had better have too
i much hay than too little," says John
! A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at
i State College. "This means that a
good acreage should be put to legumes
j during the spring and summer so that
each cow will have at least two tons
. for feed next winter. Some of the
cows may not need all of this, especi
' ally if get plenty of other feed,
but it is best to have a little hay left
j over by the end of February. The
difference will be seen In the milk
pail."
Mr. Arey finds from his work with
'the progressive dairymen of North Car
olina that those who have a balance
on the profit side of the ledger usually
provide plenty of hay. To do so will
keep the cows from the permanent
Pasture before it is ready. When a
pasture is still soaked with winter rain
and the grass is nearly all water, is a
poor time to turn the cows on it, Arey
says. To do so will ruin the sod and
cause a decrease in growth of grass
later in the summer. Then, too, the
grass, early in the season has little
food value.
*lf a person is short On pasture and
hay, it may be advisable to plant a
small acreage to sudan grass and mil
let. Such crops are badly needed in
July and August, when grazing in the
permanent pasture is short due to, the
hot weather. Mr. Arey says these
supplemental crops should be planted
| on fertile land near the barn or pas
ture so that they may be grazed or
cut and fed conveniently.
Good grazing can be secured from
Sudan grass and millet within six
weeks to two months from the time of
seeding.
jgwsm*
cant of last year's crop. Many at
the larger farmers will cultivate
less than half and many mora
win cultivate much leas than that
and a few will be cut off entirely.
It is expected that a few will trans
plant as much and in aoma casaa
even more than they cultivated laat
yaar.
Reports from scene sections state
that the blue mold has attacked the
plants after they were transplant
ed, and that the crop isn't doing
so well. Transplanting is under
way in all lection* at the present
time, many of the farmers putting
out small plant* in an effort to
I head off or check the blue mold.
STATE HIGHWAY
POLICE INSPECT
SCHOOL BUSSES
•
75 Per Cent of All Trucks
In State Are Found To
Have Defects
♦
Raieigh.—Most of the school busses
in almost every county have been in
' spected by the State Highway Patrol
and fully 75 per cent of these busse*
have been found to have defects of
one sort or another, Captain Charles
D. Farmer said today. He has just
returned from a visit to several of the
division headquarters of the patrol,
where the lieutenants reporteH that
most of the busses had been inspect
ed.
To Be Polio wed Up
i Nor are the inspections of busses
that have been made merely cursory
inspections, to be forgotten and passed
over, Captain Farmer said. A card
has been issued to every bus driver
by the patrolman making the inspec
tion, instructing the driver to have the
I defects corrected within a certain
i length of time and to have the card
returned, signed by the mechanic that
maintains the truck, indicating that all
the defects have been corrected. If
the trucks are not put in the proper
mechanical condition within the time
limit allowed and the cards returned,
the drivers or the maintenance me
chanics and the member* of the school
boards will be asked to explain why
they were not.
Many Mechanic* Careless
"We have heard that in several
places the mechanics who have been
in charge of the school trucks have
told the drivers to throw away the
cards given them by the patrolmen
and 'to forget them,' and that Ithe
trucks are all right," Captain Farmer
said. "But the patrol is not going to
'forget about it,' and if the card* are
not returned, showing that the busses
have been put in proper mechanical
condition, we are going to find out the
reason, -even if we have to make some
arrests. For the lives and welfare of
thousands of children are at stake, and
we are not going to shirk our duty."
The most .common trouble with the
school trucks is defective brakes, Cap-
I tain Farmer says, although many have
been found with defective lights, steer
ing gears, and so forth. > Patrolmen
are also seeing to it that the rear
emergency doors are in good working
order at all time*. Some cases have
been found where these rear doors
have been nailed shut, although the
law requires them to be kept in work
ing order at all times.
COW HIDE NETS
ONLY 37 CENTS
#
Tobacco Farmers Are Not
Alone in Profit Cuts,
Report Shows
• '
The tobacco growers are not by
themselves when it comes to decreased
profit* from farm product*. Recently
a Georgia farmer sold a big cowhide
said to have been large enough to fur
nish leather for a half dozen pair* of
shoe*—he received no less than 37
cents for thi* hide.
From Atlanta comes thi* dispatch:
"Eugene Talmadge, commissioner of
agriculture, Monday received a letter
from a south Georgia farmer who en
closed a check for 37 cent*, the gros*
proceeds, after deduction of express
charges, of the sale of one large cow
hide.
"The letter, from W. F. S. Griffin,
of Egypt (Ga.), was written merely
to call the commi**ioner'* attention to
the price of cow hides. The commis
sioner made no comment.
"Griffin said the hide was one of the
largest shipped from his territory this
year and contained raw material for
six pairs of shoes. He figured he had
made a profit on the sale if he neg
lected such items as hauling the hide
I 1-2 miles, providing a box for it,
and the trouble of shipping it.
"The hide weighed 42 pounds and
if 2 cents a pound was worth 84 cents
to the Savannah buyer. However, 47
centi, 10 cents more than Griflin got,
was deducted for express."
Alamance Farmers Going
Into Hog Feeding Business
Alamance .County farmer* arc go-
MM IMAa AUA LAM aili ai Lai ■■■ ■■
n 8 into inc nog-iccaing Dusincss this
lesson. Eight new demonstrations
urere started by the county agent last
IfcMn* .
SCHOOL COSTS
ARE REDUCED
IN STATE IN 1931
Nearly $4,000,000 Saved in
First Year of State
Operation
Nearly $4,000,000 have been saved
during the past year, the first under
State operation, in the cost of the six
months constitutional school term, bas
ed on a cost of approximately $22,-
500,000 for the year 1930-31, as com
pared with $19,183,642.82 budgeted for
1931-32, some of which will be saved,
according to figures announced by Le-
Roy Martin, secretary of the State
Board of Equalization. vtr
The 10 per cent cut in salaries ac
counts for $1,300,000 of the reduction,
while the remainder results froth re
ductions in numbers of teachers paid
extra from county and local funds and
savings through all of the operating
costs of the public schools, Mr. Mar
tin's figures show.
Figures by counties show that the
total expenditures from county and
State funds for the public school six
months period in 1930-31 was $21,642,-
765.62, in addition to funds from local
district levies used in meeting operat
ing costs of the six months term. Based
on the $1,368,091.58 shown in the pres
ent year budgets, Mr. Martin places a
conservative saving for last year at
$900,000 from local tax levies, which
estimate would show a total cost of
approximately $22,500,000 for the six
months term in 1930-31.
The total so far allotted from State
SideDreA±- ...
Weevils can't ruin
AN EARLY CROP
IT is not surprising that we have one of the
heaviest of all weevil infestations this year.
A remarkably mild winter, a late, damp spring,
the possibility of a wet summer—this combina
tion of conditions is ideal for the weevil.
What he does to however, depends
pretty much on what he finds when he begins to
get around in large numbers. If he finds squares,
it will be just too bad. But if he finds the crop
already set, he'll have plenty to worry about.
The job is to get your crop set just as early
* as you can. And there ir nothing like a Chilean
Nitrate side-dressing to do it. Imq>edfkte avail
ability, quick action, lasting vigor and vitality—
these are reasons why Chilean Nitrate is so
valuable, so effective for side-dressing cotton.
Put down 100 pounds per acre (200 pounds
would be better) right after chopping. That
ought to pull you through this year. But be sure 1
you get Chilean Nitrate. See your dealer now.
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TWO KINDS 100 " h^ A "
Both on natvr of flB 100 Lft. LAOS
CHILEAN NITRATE
IDUCATIONAI BUREAU; INC.
■ . KoUigh, North Carolina
CONDENSED STATEMENT of CONDITION
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Branch Banking
& Trust Company
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
At Close of Business March 31, 1932
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $2,448,886.66
Buildings, Furniture and Fixtures 143,957.86
Other Stocks and Bonds .... •..._ 154'080.26
United States Bonds $2,072,685.94
North Carolina Bonds 295,101.25
Marketable Municipal Bonds ......... 203,810.00
Cash and Due From Banks 1,320,287.59 3,891.884.78
86,63^809.56
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 400,000.00
— ...... 200,000.00
Undivided Profits - jj 046 22
Reserve for Interest and Dividends IS ou 17
Reserve for Elm City Purchase > 2*ooo 00
Deposits 5,934,717.47
♦6,638,809.56
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Sound Banking and Trust Service For Eastern
Carolina
Friday. M*y i. 19S*
and Federal fond* for 19Jl->32 is now
115,985,529.16, which Mr. Martin es
timates will reach when all
allotments are completed, including
audits. The counties and local dis
tricts budgeted $3,225,103.67 from
county and local levies to supplement
the state funds, of which $1,858,012.09
is derived from county-wide ad valor
em levies, fines, forfeitures, dog tax,
and part of poll tax levies, and $!,-
367,091.58 is expected to be derived
from local district levies for 1931-32
six-month costs.
Although the amounts budgeted for
1931-32 show a decrease in cost of
only $3,300,000, the actual, rather than
the budgeted will bring
this decrease in costto nearly $4,000,-
000, Mr. Martin estimates.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of the power of sale con
tained in that certain deed of trust ex
ecuted by Priscilla Williams and hus
band, F. D. Williams, to the under
signed trustee, and dated the 24th day
of January, 1928, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in
book S-2, at page 200, and at the re
quest of the holder of the note* of in
debtedness thereby secured, default
having been made in the payment
thereof, I will, on 4th day of June,
1932, at 12 o'clock noort, at the court
house door in Martin County offer for
sale at public auction for cash the prop
erty described in said deed of trust,
as follows, to wit:
Situate in Hamilton Township, on
east side of Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company about one (1) mile
south of the town of Hasseli, North
Carolina, adjoining the lands of Laura
E. Salisbury heirs, Sebron Brown, N.
T. Leggett, B. S. Hathaway and oth
ers. Containing one hundred (100)
acres, riSore or less.
This 3rd day of May, 1932.
F. L. HAISLIP,
ma 6 4tw Trustee.
Coburn and Cobum, attorneys.