Trees Big Facior
In The Economy
Christmas trot's aren't the' only
trees in ihe spotlight in North
Carolina nmv
lh.wn at Hatteras Island, on 1ho
Cater Banks oranges and grape
fa;it are' ripening on the citrus
trees planted in the yards of Is
land residents While citrus fruit
isn't grown commercially there as
yet. mans Islanders are now
,0,v;ng their -,vr. oranges, grap -
fruit, lemons and tangerines Mrs
Maude White recently r tinted 115
big grapefruit on her tree -the
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tempered by the warmth from the
nearby Gulf Sti■ mi that the cul
tivation of citrus fruits is becom
ing more and more popular.
In Raleigh, each of the 52 va
rieties of trees growing on the six
and one-half acres of Capitol
Square will soon wear a new
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1 metal marker telling visitor;
| whether the tree is an oak. h;ek
lory, 'maple, gingko, coffee 01
j long-leaf pine. The samplt aunt
j of trees represents varieties l->unr
; in all parts of the Tarheel Stai<
j as well as some foreign countries
I The maikers are being prepare!
bv the Forestry Division of thi
i State Department of Conservator
| and Development
From the 6.000-foot slopes o
i Roan Mountain, the Pisgah Nat
tonal Forest, the 0,000 evergreen;
sold to Christmas tree dealers ir
October by the National Fores
smur, have been harvested anc
shopped to market. Some 36,001
pounds of balsam boughs have al
si. been harvested under Kme
.->el Vice SUpei s 1SH 'll
' 1 h the co'e.'ffT cit\ ol Vv iTnrnili
| ton. more than 4,000 multi-culorec
! lights are shining on "the world';
j largest living Christmas tree", i
; 75-foot watei oak in Hilton Park
Decoration of this tree with light;
and Spanish moss has beev an an
nual custom since 1929, and it is
not unusual for 75.000 visitors t<
see il during a single Yuletide
season.
There are other living Christ
mas trees m North Carolina towns
also, although not so large. They
include glossy-leafed magnolias
and water oaks as well as the
more conventional spruce, pine,
cedar and balsam. Many of the
decorations used on indoor Christ
mas trees are handmade by North
Carolina craftsmen.
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WII.LI AMSTON
N. C.
Communists Need
Penicillin Badly
Various sources are now report
ing that the Communists seem to
in eager to obtain immediately
at least one million vials of pen
icillin, preferably American. The
penicillin is thought to be desired
by Communist China for use by
the Chinese armed services.
International traders. w h o
know the channels through which
Communists procure needed goods
from the West, report that buy
ng offers originated from viri
>us countries almost simultune
luslv. several years ago.
Concerns in Switzerland, Italy,
A'est Germany and the Nether
ands asked for delivery of the
icnicillin in various places. One
irm asked for delivery in Am
terdam, another in Genoa and a
hint said it was need in Hong
tong. High prices were offered!
'or swift delivery in each ease
Some observers have speeulat
Pecan Growers
TOP PRICES
i:\T.RY WKDINKSI)AY AT THE
WT. BUY PECANS
LINDSLEY ICE CO.
IN WIIT1AMSTON.
T. B. YOUNG & CO.
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Annual Meeting
STOCKHOLDERS
Nolire I- Herein Given Ilia! The
Animal Meeting of Stockholders
THE MARTIN COUNTY
BUILDING AND LOAN
A«*oeinfinn will he Itehl in my offiee in the
TOW N OF W IEEIAAISTON. N. C.
MONDAY, January 19
1955. I hi- D.ti-iiiIkt 111. 1952.
Al 11:0(1 O’clock A. M.
Wheeler Marlin, Secretary
Pasadena’s world famous Tourn
ament of Ruses started out in 1886
as an informal procession of car
riages bedecked with the blossoms
at band and driven over s pre-ar
ja.uged route
Trie idea was the brain-child ol
Charles Frederick Holder who, as
the new zoology teacher from the
east, wai impressed by the abim
■ dance' aV.'j~'beaut.vjrf iiavttirs bStefiv"
suggestion that the Valley Hun'
club of Pasadena sponsor an infor
mal display thereof was received
enthusiastically and New Year1;
Day was selected as appropriate
and convenient.
So, what developed into the
Tournament of Roses began as ar
informal procession of carriages'
on January 1, 1886. It was such i
success that preparations and for
malilies increased. Floral float;
made their debut and the order o
l he day—the parade, competitive
sports, climaxed by the grand bal
In llie evening was established
Dedicated in 1328. the origins'
seating capacity of the Rose Row.
Stadium iR.YOOOi exceeded the lota
' permanent population of Pasaden.
j and recent enlargement permittee
i a paid attendance of 100 224 fot
the football classic January 1, 19r>0
Likewise. the Tournament ol
Roses has attained world renowi
as a floral festival, with literally
millions of blossoms bedecking ar
ever-increasing number of floats
annually thrilling hundreds of thou
sands of spectators along a puiad«
route seven miles long.
I Unusual New Years
Customs Are Still
Observed in Scotlanc
Neither gaiety nor giddiness
quite desei ibe some of the odd am j
ancient customs iiiat coioi tilt
New Year season in Scotland.
On January 12 at Burghead, Mor
ayshire. they preserve the pagar
Yule-fires with “The Burning o;
the Clavie." 'Hie “Clavie” is a tar
filled barrel, which is lit with s
flaming brand and carried round!
the town. It is then rolled down :
local hillside where villager!
scramble for the burning embcri
as luek-bringer*.
Polio Strikes Family Just
As Tli in as Fooketl II r in lit
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Chicago. Two months ago,
Thomas Michiels. 21, seemed
about ready to fulfill his ‘dream
o) u new home for his family and
a fine practice as a dentist. Today,
lie is paralyzed from the neck
down, destitute and may never
practice again. His wife is in an
even more serious condition, com
pletely paralyzed and in a respira
tor. Their son, Robert. 5. is para
lyzed below the waiit all vicitms
of polio. The Michiel’s two other
sons, who escaped the disease, are
being cared for by grandparents.
td that the Chinese Communists
are in need of penicillin because
of another epidemic or a high rate
of casualties because of uncleanli
mss and infection behind the
Communist front lines in Korea.
These observers note that efforts
to obtain penicillin were most ac
lively pressed last spi mg. when
the Communist troops suffered a
series of epidemics At that time,
the Communists are thought ti
have succeeded in getting several
hundred thousand vials of an
American brand of penicillin
which was first slopped to Ain
sterdam, then to Israel and then
it is assumed to Prague
“Cottonade Emmett," a bull re
centlv sold bv the Southeastern
Aritficial Breeding Sturt at Ashe
ville to the Wisconsin Stud, sired
•t.200 calves while in tile State.
Poor Chicks Fall
Pay Pouliryman
—»—
A poultry farmer whet buys
pour chicks to start with is doom
ed to lose money according to H.
S Dearstyne. heart of N. C. State
College’s Poultry Department.
"If you can’t buv good chicks,
don't buy them and don’t, start
them.” Dearstyne declares. It
doesn’t matter what season of the
year chicks are started, if they
have good breeding behind them
fed properly, they v,i|l de
velop normally and make a profit
for their owner, the poultry ex
pert asserts,
P : a year-round., supply (,f
mat k>-t *:>y:Dearstyne sufege&s
that farmers start at least two lets
of chicks a year, one in the fall
and one in the spring.
Since North Carolina imports
$71 million worth of poultry and
eggs every year, there is a mark
et in the State for eggs produced
in North Carolina, he says.
T B. Morris, extension poultry
specialist, adds: "If you can’t put
good quality eggs on the market
don’t produce them.’’ To produce
good eggs the farmer should.
havi a good house that is well
deep ( lean litter, plen
tv of good feed and good water,
and community nests. Also he
saVy, eggs should be collected two
,,r three times a day, stored in a
place, and cooled as quickly
I possible.
Negro Farmer
Has Fine Farm
When William Smith, Negro
of Pitt County, was driven
, j.iii in-' South Carolina cotton
I farm by the boll weevil in 1936,
j,,. : :me to North Carolina with
little less than $5 in his pockets.
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Visit
| Heiligaiid
Meyers
WilliyinMon
for the
“Dost Bnya In
Furniture99
Tf(dav the farmer has an 88
acre farm, a 20-cow dairy barn,
j a tarctor, pick-up truck, automo
: bile, two mules, a tobacco trans
planter, and plows, 28 hogs, 20
: shoats, seven cows, three brood
sows and a boar.
Dennis Dupree. Negro Pitt
County farm agent for the Exten
sion Service, notes that Smith
[worked as a tenant for 10 years
j before he saved $10,000 to apply
to the purchase of the 83-acre
|farm that he now owns. -J
Smith borrowed $5,000 from an j
S insurance company in 1048 for j
15 yeirs and' repaid the loan in
i four years. Now, .there is not sol
I much as a crop lien on the farm, j
| Last soiing he sold $600 worth :
! of calves. The sale of calves, hogs.
| chickens and eggs gives him op
erating capital. He pfants six acres ’
of peanuts, five acres of cotton,,
land has five acres of permanent
pasture.
(i. o. /*. Elephant-Row
ft intering Out in Ohio
Burma. a five-and-a-half-ton
elephant, now wintering with a
circus in Greenville. Ohio, will be
in the inaugural parade on Jan
uary 20th. * The circus will also
send two
parade.
other elephants to the
The .13-year-old farmer has
seven children ranging in age
from 5 to 14 years.
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