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iiiiiHiiiiiiinmiiH— IIIIIIIIIMIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIinilll^ A home newspaper dedicated 5 to the service of Washington = County and its 12,000 people. 1 iiiimimiiHmminminiimnmiiiiiiMumiminmiHnimiii The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ ^iNimiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwi = Advertisers will find Beacon 1 and News columns a latch-key to | 1,100 Washington County homes. fmiiiMiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiMihi. VOLUME XLIII—NUMBER 31 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 29, 1932 ESTABLISHED 1889 'iiimiiiiimiimiiir: BIG FOREST FIRE HALTED BY RAIN IN THIS COUNTY Careless Smokers Believed Responsible for Baize in Mill Pond Section --*> Rain that came as a blessing to far mers in this section last Wednesday night also extinguished a raging forest fire in the Mill Pond section of Wash ington County that had damaged un dergrowth and timber in an area that was valued at $500. The flames spread over 100 acres quickly destroying growth and chas ing animals before it. No houses were close enough to the forest to be damaged as the owners of those houses in the path of danger fought valiantly to check the flames. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but it is thought that careless smokers flipped a lighted cig arette into some dry growth on a tract close or between some plots owned by George Cameron and Ben Snell. The rain checked the growth 4>laze, but stumps are burning now, it is under stood. John Taylor and D. O. Patrick fought the blaze Wednesday before the timely rain at 9 o’clock that night. The wind fanned the sparks again, starting another fire just before the rain started falling. Frank and Joe Chesson's land was also damaged. -9 COUNTY TO GET $5,430 AS AID FOR EXTENDED TERM Economies Are Expected to Eliminate Necessity for Increased Tax Rate Washington County was allotted $5,430.37 for aid in maintaining the two months extended public school term by the State Board of Equaliza tion, it was learned here today. This money for the extended term aid does not have to be paid until next March, and the matter will probably be brought before the legislature prior to that time to see where the funds are coming from. Payment of this fund to the county is doubtful unless some new appropriation is available, as the State is facing a deficit. “Even though an increased State par ticipating rate from 14 to 17 cents uni form was made necessary,” a statement from the State Board said, “it is be lieved that economies and in some in stances balances brought over will en able the vast majority of districts to avoid an increase in their tax rate.” EXPECT PROFIT ON HOGS DURING NEXT 2 MONTHS -*> Swine Specialist Says There Little Chance of Early Decline in Price -* Farmers who have hogs for sale dur ing the next two months may expect to make some profit on the animals. This applies especially to those who have followed the system of feeding the hogs with surplus corn supple-j mented by protein feed and minerals. “We fully expect those men who have followed our system of convert ing their surplus corn into pork and who have animals ready for sale dur ing the next two months to make some money,” says W. W. Shay, swine ex tension specialist at State College “Feeding demonstrations now tindei way show that the animals are return ing from 65 to 70 cents a bushel for the corn they are consuming when sold at the present Richmond prices. There appears to be slight chance of an early decline in price.” Mr. Shay gives as his reason for this the fact that there were 64,656,000 less pounds of pork in cold storage on July 1 than on June 1, one month previous. The amount of such storage was 43, 461,000 pounds less than on July 1 one year ago. Then, too, he says, the number ot hogs received at the 63 principal mar kets during the past June was 10.8 per cent less than in June, 1931, and 23.6 per cent less than the June aver age for the past five years. The Stock er and feeder shipments were 28.4 and 45.4 pr cent less than one year ago, and an average of the last five years, respectively. “We are still of the opinion that the man who will get into the hog-feeding game in North Carolina and stay with it year in and year out will make a more substantial profit from his corn than by cash crop farming,” Shay says “The man who gets in or out accord ing to the market, however, will al ways be doing both too late for great est advantage. I would like to see much of the great corn crop of North Carolina sent to market as pork to the advantage of the land as well as the owner.” ISSUE WARRANTS FOR THIRTY MEN -9 Federal Undercover Agents Attempt to Break Up Tri-County Ring -9 Secret service investigators have is sued warrants for 30 alleged prohibi tion law violators in Washington, Tyrrell and Pasquotank Counties in an effort to break up a ring that is oper ating in this section in the manufacture and sale of whisky. Captain George Thompson and Pit man Sawyer, engineer, on the ferry running from Fort Landing to East Lake voluntarily appeared before U. S. Commissioner John Leggett here last night and posted bonds of $250 each. They were cited yesterday by officers and fulfilled their pledge to come aft er work hours. Henry Ross, Clarence /Davenport, and Roy Alexander have posted bonds of $300 each. Deputy Marshall Rob erson, of New Bern, is serving the papers on these men and will get more as he continues his work on warrants 1 issued by undercover men who have i been securing data on alleged violators. ! -- —_ SEVERAL SHIPS SUNK IN RIVER DURING 1861-65 Two or Three Hulls of Old Blockaders Still Resting On Bottom of Stream ——® While many of the records were lost, there-are a few remaining that tell about the activities on the Roan oke River during the Civil War. The stream was recognized at that time as j a possible passage for Federal gun- : boats to points up the river, and the Confederates made extensive prepara tions at Rainbow Banks, just below Hamilton. Federal boats would have found it difficult to have broken through the fort there and landed troops that, once through, could have destroyed the Weldon railroad bridge, an important link in the railroad sys tem for the South at that time. The Federals never attempted to break through, however, and no serious fight ing resulted at Rainbow Banks. Probably the two most exciting events occurring on the stream during the hectic period was the launching of the Albemarle up the river at Halifax Flats, and its sinking at Plymouth a bout 3 a. nt., October 28, 1864, by a torpedo boat in charge of Lieutenant W. B. Cushing, of the United States Navy. In an effort to get as complete in formation as possible on other boat sinkings, Captain R. G. Comstock, of the Rivers and Harbors Engineering Department, was here recently mak ing an investigation. It was learned that four boats beside the ram “Albe marle” were sunk in the Roanoke dur ing the war. One vessel, the “Sea Go,” was sent to the bottom of the stream just be low Jamesville. After the war, Cap tain West, a northern deep-sea diver, is said to have raised much of the ma chinery from the vessel, the hull of which still rests on the muddy bottom of the Roanoke. Another vessel, the "Chickapoo,’ was sunk near Hyman’s Ferry, be tween Plymouth and Jamesville, and a third vessel, commercial like the oth er two, was sunk at the mouth of Broad Creek. Its name is not known. Captain West removed much machin ery from these two vessels also. He was aided by a colored man, named Moore, now living in Martin Coun ty and who is assisting Mr. Comstock in locating the graves of the old ships. Mr. Comstock says that according to reports a fourth boat, a side-wheeler used in blockade running, was sent to the bottom of the stream and later raised by Federal salvage forces. While it is not known just where the old side-wheeler was sunk, it is believed jhat the ship went to the bottom some where between Jamesville and Ply mouth. Any person acquainted with happen ings, both minor and major in nature, will render a valuable service to the people to come by forwarding all the Information they have to this news paper, where it will be filed and pub lished. Funeral Services for Wm. R. West Monday ■-♦ Funeral services were held Sunday for William R. West, 37, who died in a Norfolk hospital Sunday, with Rev. Gilbert Davis officiating, assisted by Rev. Richard Lucas. Burial took place in the Lucas cemetery on the Lucas farm. Surviving are the fol lowing brothers and sisters: John T. West, of Dardens; and S. West, of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. L. L. Etheridge, of Newport News, Va.; Mrs. S. E. Eth eridge, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. J. A. Belche of Edenton. PLAN FIELD DAY AT BLACKLAND FARM AUGUST 4 -q, Is Sponsored by the North Carolina Department Of Agriculture Wenona.—Diversification in farm ing and agricultural research along with celebrated speakers will be fea tured at the eighth annual farmers’ field day that will be held at the Blackland Experiment Station here next Thursday, August 4, it was an nounced this week by J. L. Rea jr., as sistant director in charge of the 4est farm. The principal speaker for the day. will be Angus VV. McLean, of Wash-! ington, Democratic nominee for State Senator, while his colleague, Carl L. Bailey, of Roper, will serve as chair man. Invocation will be made by Rev. J. Bascom Hurley, of Roper. The welcome address and introduc tory remarks of the chairman will be made by F. E. Miller, director of the State Test Farms. The affair is being sponsored by the North Carolina De partment of Agriculture. Mr. Mc Lean will be introduced by William A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture of North Carolina. A livestock program for the Black lands will be discussed by Earl H. Hostetler, professor of animal hus bandry in the North Carolina Experi ment Stations. Soil troubles will be explained by T. U. vviuis, son cnemisi of the division of agronomy in the ex periment stations. Pastures will be the subject of I. Case, of the division of animal husbandry in the experiment work. Dinner will be served at 1 o’clock. Tables will be provided for families and groups to spread their dinners. Barbecue dinners will be sold on the grounds by Bob Melton, of Rocky Mount. Refreshments can be secured at any time. The afternoon program will begin at 2:30 o’clock. Contests in the afternoon will fea ture that program with a $2 prize be ing offered in the horse shoe pitching contest which will be supervised by R. E. Dunning, Washington County farm agent. The hog judging contest will be supervised by W. V. Hayes, of Columbia, farm agent of Tyrrell coun ty. The sheep judging contest will be supervised by John Forester, of Ral eigh, of the animal husbandry division of the test farms. Tours to the experimental fields at 3:30 will be conducted by J. L. Rea, jr„ Earl Hostetler, J. E. Foster, W. H. Rankin, H. B. Mann, L. I. Case. The central committee is composed of J. L. Rea jr„ E. P. Welch, R. E. Dunning, F. E. Miller, W. V. Hayes, J. E. Foster and Miss Eugenia Patterson. Music will be furnished by James Ambrose's string band of Belhaven. Marshalls will include A. P. LeFever, Holland Allen, Bryan Harris, Herbert Allen and Carlos Manning. Miss Eu genia Patterson will preside over the afternoon program that will include contests for women. Exhibits will be under the super vision of the following: agronomy, W. H. Rankin and L. G. Willis; beef cat tle, hogs and sheep, J. E. Foster and L. I. Case; better seed, W. H. Darst and G. K. Middleton; veterinary, Wil liam Moore; entomology, R. W. Leiby and farm machinery under S. S. Clapp. GET $5,000 AWARD IN DAMAGE SUIT -- Suit Arising From Death of Robert Stubbs Settled By Agreement ■ • — A verdict of $5,000 and all costs was awarded Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Stubbs, of Plymouth, as damages in the death of their son, Robert, who was electrocuted while employed at the Chicago Mill and Lumber Corpor ation plant here in 1930. The case was called in Federal court at Wash ington. A compromise was reached by the attorneys for both factions. W. L. Whitley was the chief counsel for the Stubbs family, assisted by H. S. Ward, of Washington, while Z. V. Norman and A. D. MacLean opposed them for the plant. ----- Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Swain Gets Bad Knee C't James Harrell Swain, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Swain, is suffering from an injured right knee that was cut when the pony he was riding crowded the youth’s limb into the side of a stable as the pony was entering with young Swain on his back. It was a bad cut. Dr. C. McGowan attended the young boy. It is not serious. A Leap in Time -• R. A. Stansell, of Plymouth, Eng., leaped from his automobile to safety just as the machine plunged over a 300foot cliff. | LESS MARRIAGES | v/ There were 5 less marriages in Washington County last year than there were in 1930, when 77 per sons were joined together in “holy matrimony.” But in 1931, there were seven divorces against five for the previous year. There were no annulments. This preliminary report came from the office of the Bureau of Census. In this report the num ber of marriages were reported by Mrs. A. L. Brinkley, the register of deeds, and the divorces by Clerk C. V. W. Ausbon of the Superior Court. COUNTY DOCTOR NOW WITH NAVY IN CALIFORNIA -<9 Son of Mrs. H. L. Smithson, of Creswell, Transferred To Long Beach -c*> Creswell.—Infirmation has come here to the mother of Lieut. Com. J. E. Andrews that the young doctor had been detailed to the naval dispensary which has headquarters at the Seaside Hospital, Long Beach, Calif. The naval officer is the son of Mrs. H. L. Smithson, of Creswell, and is half brother to Sidney Smithson, rural letter carrier and town clerk of this place. Long Beach is near San Pedro, Calif. The officer's picture and a story appeared in a daily paper in that sec tion. The article follows: “As a forerun ner of the Navy Dispensary to be es tablished in the Federal Building, Lieutenant Commander James E. An drews (medical corps), the latest ad dition to the staff of San Pedro Navy Dispensary on call for navy families. "Dr. Andrews' headquarters will be at Seaside Hospital. Captain Edward U. Reed, in charge of the dispensary, expects soon to obtain several rooms in Seaside Hospital to be used for the medical care of service men of the com munity and their families. “The new Navy. Dispensary, to be established as soon as the Federal Building is completed, will be an im portant factor in inducing navy fam ilies to live in Long Beach. It will be outfitted for medical care and for minor operations. "Dr. Andrews has taken up resi dence in Long Beach at 2240 Pine Ave nue. He is back to the states after two years in Guam, where he was sta tioned at the naval hospital and for a short period aboard the U. S. S. Gold Star. Pervious to that he was on duty at the Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., and at the Marine Station, Paris Is land, S. C. “The officer graduated from Jeffer son Medical School. Philadelphia, in 1918 and entered the navy immediately afterwards to serve during the World War. His first sea assignments were aboard the U. S. S. Kansas and U. S. S. Sacramento. DAIRYING BUILDS SOIL FERTILITY Improves Soils Instead of Robbing Them of All Valuable Matter Dairy farming improves soils in stead of depleting them. On every well handled dairy farm large quanti ties of legume hays, wheat bran, cot tonseed meal and other such feeds are converted into milk through cows yet there is a considtrable residue left in the form of manure which will help to build up the soil. John A. Arey, dairy extension spec ialist at State College, has done some careful calculating about the plant food value of these feeds. He says that on a basis of ten cents a pound for ni trogen and five cents a pound each for phosphoric acid and potash, alfal fa hay has a plant food value of $6 a ton; soybean hay, $7.85; clover hay, $6.69; wheat bran, $9.69; corn meal, $4.69 and cottonseed meal, $15.92. On ly about 20 percent of this plant food value is lost in the feeding process which means that there is a gradual accumulation of plant food on every well managed dairy farm. Further evi dence i*-shown, he says, by the good crops usually produced on such a farm Not only does dairy farming help to build up the soil but the cropping sys tem followed prevents much washing. “On account of the organic matter and countless bacteria in cow manure, it has a greater farm value than a chemical analysis would show, says Arey. “The organic matter improves the physical condition of the land and increases its water-holding capacity. This improved condition also makes a favorable situation for the bacterial to liberate plant food in the soil parti cles.” Mr. Arey does not beleive any sys tem of farming can be permanently profitable unless soil fertility is main tained. YARD CONTEST IS WON BY MRS. CARL HEYNEN Mrs. C. N. Davenport, of Creswell, Is Awarded Second Prize -* My Miss Eugenia Patterson On Tuesday afternoon, Miss Pauline Smith, district supervisor, along with a group of women from different sec tions of the county, visited the yards that had been entered in the yard im provement contest for this year. Quite a number of women were gathered at the home of Mrs. C. N. Davenport, sr., in Creswell, where the inspection tour started. Her yard was second and the women were served ice water. From there we went to the home of Mrs. S. C. Smithson. She was in the contest last year, but had made quite a lot of improvement. The beauty of all the work was shown quite force fully by the work that is being con-j tinued by those' who started working two years ago. They are still making improvements, and we hope they will never stop. The next stop was at Mrs. H. W. Norman’s home. She has a spacious \ard and has done quite a lot of hard work, with the cooperation of her hus band. She has a fine place to work, and her yard wouldn't he recognized as the same cornfield of five years ago. The next yard to he scored was that of Mrs. Walter White, She also start ed with a cornfield five years ago, hut now she has a beautiful little home on the highway all set off by nicely ar ranged groupings of shrubbery and flowers. Some of the ladies requested a stop at Mrs. Clint Tarkington’s beautiful home. She, too, had made some con tinued improvements. Her home is on the highway, and no one could help from seeing the yard in passing, for she has one of the loveliest homes in the county. From there we went on our way to Mrs. Carl Heynen's home in We nona. She has a lovely little home that is almost a perfect Cape. Cod style. She and several of the We 11011a Club members were waiting for us. Her yard was inspected, and then she gave us a summary of all the work that shr had done, telling us how a part of her yard was a vegetable gar den. She has a spacious yard and quite a lot of native shrubbery started. She has had splendid cooperation from her husband and boys and has a yard to be proud of. At the close of Mrs. Heynen’s speech she served iced tea and lemonade, which were very refresh ittg after a long, hot, dusty drive. Miss Pauline Smith then spoke to the women for a few minutes on “forg ing ahead,” and pleaded with them to prepare for the winter by saving every thing possible and by trying to can at least one jar every morning. She also asked every one to put up some extra cans for the needy next winter. From Mrs. Heynen’s a part of the crow:d went to Mrs. Kenneth Allen’s. Mrs. Allen started working on her yard and has made a wonderful im provement. Her shrubbery is young, but she has a fine start. The first prize was awarded to Mrs. Carl Heynen, of Wenona, which is a free trip to the State short course in Raleigh August 29 to September 2. There were some close seconds when it comes to deciding the winner of the second prize for some of the scores were near the same. After all things were considered, Miss Pauline Smith (the judge) decided in favor of Mrs. C. N. Davenport, of Creswell. Funeral Held Sunday lor Mr. Malburn P. Bowen -e> Final rites were held here Sunday tor Malburn P. Bowen, 39 years of age, who succumbed Friday from a severe rheumatic attack, from which he had been a chronic sufferer. Rev. Gilbert Davis officiated. Burial took place in a near-by cemetery. Surviving is a widow and an infant child. --— W. T. Nurney Taken To Norfolk Hospital \V. T. Nurney, local undertaker, is in St. Vincent's Hospital in Norfolk for treatment. He left here Monday. Last reports are to the effect that he is getting along about as well as could be expected. Intense heat and chronic ailments overcame a weak constitution resulting in Mr. Nurney being forced to bed. E. H. Liverman Conducts Mackeys Service Sunday -- Mackeys.—E. H. Liverman, promi nent Plymouth merchant and church worker, spoke at the Mackeys Metho dist church here Sunday to a good crowd. He took the pulpit in the place of the pastor. Rev. J. Basconi Hur ley, who at the time was relieving a } minister at Columbia. HAS FINE GARDEN CLUB MEMBER Mrs. Sarah Swain Has Had Best Garden in 35 Years; Special Seed Used —— By Mrs. Eugenia Patterson Mrs. Sarah Swain, of the Albemarle Home Demonstration Club, has had a wonderful garden this year. She has been making gardens for 35 years and has had the earliest and best garden this year that she has ever grown. Her garden was planted about the usual time. She thinks this year that it was all in the kind of seeds she planted. Her brother sent the seeds from Fre donia, N. Y. She had spinach, cabbage, and spring greens the second week of April, and by the latter part of the same month she also had green beans from her gar den. In view of the lack of rain, it is remarkable to have had such unusual success with a garden, unless there is something in the kind of seeds used. -- BELIEVE LOWEST POINT OF SLUMP IS NOW PASSING -<g> Low Point of Depression Has Been Approximately Reached, Experts Say New York.—Recent developments Have strengthened the belief in some quarters that the low point of the de pression has been approximately reached, said the Guaranty Trust Co. Sunday in its monthly review of busi ness conditions. “Not much positive change is antici pated during the traditionally dull sum mer weeks that lie immediately ahead,’’ said the company. "Moreover, it is recognized that the outlook is still far from clear in many respects. But in the absence of further unsettling finan cial disturbances, there is a growing tendency on the part of certain com mentators to believe that the begin ning of improvement may be seen in the not distant future.” The net effect of economic develop ments of the month, said the bank, has been unquestionably good. It listed among the important incidents the Lausanne conference, the adjournment of Congress without enacting seriously adverse legislation, the cessation of gold outflow, the firmness of com modity prices, renewed confidence in the bond market, and an improvement in “some basic industries, notably iron and steel." Offsetting influences were listed as the further recession in rail way car loadings, and a reappearance of banking disturbances in some areas, which, however, "have been localized and now appear to have spent their force.” The bank stressed the importance of the recent rally in prices of hogs and cattle. This, it said, has created "more optimism among the farming popula tion than has existed in many months.” Partly as a result of the month’s new developments and “partly because pan icky conditions inevitably tend to wear away as time goes on," the bank stated, ! "the psychological basis for economic progress in the United States seems stronger at the present moment than it has been for some time.” WOVEN PICTURE OF ROOSEVELT -4 Available To Anyone Upon Request to the Textile School at Raleigh This paper has just received a pic- j ture of Franklin D. Roosevelt, woven in the textile school of North Caro lina State College (roni a Jacquard de sign painted by N. R. Whitener, of Gastonia, a member of the 1932 grad uating class, who was awarded the medal given by the National Associa tion of Cotton Manufacturers to the most proficient textile student in the class. The weaving of his picture repre sents quite a hit of work on his part. A photograph was secured from the governor’s office in Albany and plac ed in a Saeutis enlarging camera, which is a part of the equipment oi the school used to enlarge and repro duce pictures or sketches upon design paper so that the outline can be traced, after which the design is painted and the correct shading added. The textile school of North Caro lina State College, Raleigh, will send a woven picture of Governor Roose velt to any reader of this paper re questing same, if a self-addressed, envelope is enclosed with request. Holding Mission Meet At Lake Phelps Chapel Skinnersville.—Rev. K. L. Hethcox. of Triplett, Ya., is assisting Rev. Chas. Williams, Episcopal minister of Cres well, in conducting a mission meeting at Lake Phelps. LOCALS DEFEAT VANCEBORO, 10-6, HERE TUESDAY Fred Blount Fans 13 Beau fort Countians; Mizelle Leads At Bat -s Plymouth hopped on Jack Douglas for 13 hits, together with 9 Vanceboro errors, to defeat the Beaufort County j boys, 10 to 6, here Tuesday in a ragged ball game. Fred Blount fanned 13 of the visitors, but Vanceboro got to him for 9 hits. Douglas yielded 13 safe i ties and fanned 7. Gurganus, Whealton, Cleve and Mi /elle slugged triples with the latter l setting the pace for the batters with four chances. McLawhorn made three .bubbles out of 10 chances at first base. [ Jacobs was charged with two wild throws. The box score and summary: Vanceboro Cleve, ss Satterthwaite, 2b McLawhorn. lb Potts, 3b Jacobs, c Whealton, If Stanton, rf Jones, cf Douglas, p AB R H PO A E 5 110 11 5 0 0 2 1 1 4 1 1 7 0 3 4 0 0 t 1 0 4 119 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 1110 0 3 1 1 1 7 1 Totals 37 6 9 24 12 9 Plymouth AB R Norman, If 5 1 Mizelle, ss . 5 3 Fields, 2b 5 2 Gurganus, 3b 5 1 Blount, p 4 0 P. Brown, lb 5 1 Chesson, c 4 1 J. Brown, cf 4 1 Clagon, rf 4 1 H PO A E 3 10 0 4 0 6 1 12 10 2 0 11 10 0 0 19 0 1 0 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 10 13 27 21 3 Summary: Runs batted in: Gurganus 2; Blount, Stanton, McLawhorn, Mi zelle. Three-base hits, Mizelle, Wheal ton, Cleve, and Gurganus. Two-base hits, Norman, Brown. Stolen bases, Mizelle, Fields, and Brown. Lett on bases: Plymouth 5, Yanceboro 5. Passed ball, Chesson. Strike out, by Blount. 13: by Douglas, 7. Base on balls, off Douglas 1. Umpires, Ayers and Andrews. TURNIPS GOOD FEED FOR COW -- Should Be Planted Before August 20th for Best Results Turnips do not rank so high in di gestible nutrients because they are a bout do per cent water, hut they are relished by dairy cows and have a splen did appetizing and physical effect on the animals. "I believe every farmer who has a dairy cow will find it profitable to plant some turnips for cow feed before Aug ust 20," says R. H. Futner, head of the animal husbandry department at State College. "Turnips require fertile land put into good condition before plant ing. Actual seeding should be di ne be tween August 10 and 20 in the vi cinity of Raleigh. Last year, with on ly a fair season, we made 1,000 bush els on 2 1-2 acres. The seed were bought from a local dealer at 40 cents a pound and sowed broadcast at the rate of about 3 pounds to the acre. Fifteen pounds of crimson clover an acre was planted with the turnips and caused no decrease in the yield.’’ Mr. Ruffner says he fertilizer the turnips well with both stable manure and commercial fertilizer. The roots were pulled before the first hard freeze and stored in the unused box stalls with a b-inch ventilator thru the center. A cutting box was made 4 feet long and 18 inches wide. Each day the purnips were piled into this box and cut with a shovel and each cow received 10 pounds a day after the evening milking. The turnips were given as extra teed with cows receiving their usual amounts of grain, silage, and hay. However, the college dairy is generally short on milk at the time the turnips were first fed, and the production picked up immediately. Mr. Ruffner says he would not rec ommend over 30 pounds of turnips a day to the average cow. The college cows w’ould have consumed more than the amount given had they not been so well fed on their usual feeds. -is, Discontinue Bible Study Class in Skinnersville -€• Skinnersville. -— The Bible Study Class, taught by Rev. J. C. Russell, at Rehoboth M. F. Church, has been dis continued until the first of September. This was due to a revival meeting be ing held at Mt. Hermon church near Cresvvell where Rev. Basconi Hurley, ol Roper, is assisting Rev. Mr. Rus sell. During the first week in August, the pastor plans to go to Duke Hos pital Durham tor treatment.