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VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 35
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday September 1, 1933
ESTABLISHED 1889
SUNDAY SCHOOL
GROUP TO MEET
AT ZION CHAPEL
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Convention Will Be Held
With Christian Church
There September 12
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The Washington County Sunday
School Association will hold its an
nual convention at Zion Chapel Chris
tian Church, near Roper, Tuesday,
September \2, it was announced here
today by K. R. Davenport, president
of the organization.
The exercises will begin at 9:30 in
the morning and will (continue
throughout the day with an hour off
for lunch. Food will be served at the
church picnic style and there is sure
to be a plenty for all those who at
tend. Everyone is urged to carry a
basket.
The convention is interdenomina
tional and workers and delegates
from every Sunday school of the
county urged to attend and partici
pate in the convention. It is hoped
by Mr. Davenport and the other lead
ers that it will be a day of Christian
helpfulness.
Helping in the convention will be
Rev. Shuford Peeler, of Raleigh, gen
eral secretary of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association, who will
speak and render valuable advice on
the best methods to advance the Sun
day school work in this section.
The song service will be led by ex
perienced leaders and congregational
and special singing will be features of
the musical program at the conven
tion. The musical program will be
supplemented by numbers from an
orchestra that has been secured by
Mr. Davenport.
The address of welcome will he
made by Mrs. Leon S. Brey who is
also secretary of the meeting. The
response will be made by R. L.
Lewis which will be followed by a
program rendered by the representa
tives of the Sunday schools that have
delegates present.
The principal morning address will
be made by Rev. Mr. Reece, and this
will be followed by reports from the
superintendents of Sunday schools
represented at the convention. At
tendance records will be kept. These
officers urge all pastors and superin
tendents to be present.
Other important speakers who will
be on the program are Rev. Roy Res
pass, Dr. Harrell and Rev. W. H.
Hollowell. These men will bring a
message relating to Sunday schools
that are exepcted to be very interest
ing and helpful to all those who at
tend.
The officers announce that again
this year a pennant will be given to
the Sunday school having the largest
attendance based on the miles travel
ed. It is expected that there will be
much friendly comptition for the pen
nant among the Sunday Schools.
Officers for the coming year will
be chosen and a place decided upon
for the next meeting as a conclusion
of the day's activities.
MRS. BOWEN HAS
GARDEN RECORD
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Vegetables In Her Garden
Returned $82.08 Up To
First of Last July
By EUGENIA PATTERSON
Mrs. Jesse Bowen, of the Alba Club^
has a record kept of her prize garden
front last December 1 to the present
time, and I throw it out for a chal
lenge to any gardener who has lived
in the region of dry weather this past
summer.
Mrs. Bowen goes to the curb mar-|
ket every Saturday morning with her
fresh vegetables to be sold, and she
had some vegetables first on the mar
ket this past spring. She had May
peas in April and got tip-top prices
for them. In several cases it has been
the “early bird who catches the worm
with her. She has not only supplied
her family with groceries from her
market receipts, but she has been lib
eral with her vegetables to her friends
who didn’t happen to be as fortunate
as she. She is one of those people
who will divide always with her neigh
bors.
.She has sold this year $40.01 of veg
etables from her garden, has used
$27.27 worth at home, and has given
away $14.50 worth. It takes a lot
of vegetables to bring in a return of
$82.08 up to July 1. Mrs. Bowen is
keeping her record right on through
the year, and will have a better show
ing at the end of the summer. The
total cost of all her seed amounted
to $2.64. She raises most of them.
This is a small amount of money
when you consider her returns.
She won a free trip to Raleigh to
the State Short Course and thinks it
was worth her hard labor and keep
ing records. Her winter garden is
on the way. She happens to be gar
den leader for the Alba Club
BASEBALL
SIDELIGHTS
Walter Davis turned in his ISth vic
tory out of 17 starts this season for
Plymouth when he hurled seven and
i one-third hitless innings against Co
lumbia, after Red Sculley had been
knocked from the box last Saturday.
The score was 7 to 3. Leary hit a
homer off Sculley.
Roper defeated the Newlands team
9 to 6 on the Creswell diamond last
Thursday afternoon, with Phillip
Spruill and Roy Hopkins doing the
battery work for Newlands, and Char
lie Mizelle and Tom Norman pitching
and Ralph Harrell receiving for Rop
er.
Plymouth defeated the U. S. S.
Idaho of Portsmouth, 3 to 2 and
5 to 3, in a double-header here Sun
day afternoon.
Van Horn, with three knocks, led
Plymouth at bat, while Moon and
Mick annexed two each for the Idaho
nine. Slim Gardner was hit hard for
eight hits, while Moon allowed Ply
mouth nine safeties.
In the second affair Van Horn led
Plymouth with two blows, while
Buddy Richardson clouted one over
the left-field wall with one aboard to
help along the cause. Parker and
Mick led for the visitors with two
each. Red Sculley, local twirler, was
touched for 9 hits, while Parker yield-j
ed 7.
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Jim Weaver, head football coach at;
Wake Forest College, and his assist-;
ant, Roy Greason; and John Caddell,
baseball coach at the same institu-j
tion, were in Plymouth Tuesday night
of this week visiting some of the local ^
athletes who will probably attend this:
school this season.
Tex Edens will go to college as a
backfield man in football as well as
baseball, as he was a member of the
Oak Ridge Institute football squad
last year with Coach Weaver. Pres
ton Chappell is interested in basket
ball and baseball at Wake Forest.
Elizabeth City will play here Sat-,
urday afternoon.
Plymouth will play Williamston here >
Sunday afternoon at the first in a
series of games between these two
teams.
Carohiount Mills of Rocky Mount
will play a double-header here Labor
Day, September 4, with first game
starting at 10:30 in the morning and
second at 4 p. m.
Dunston raced home with the win- '
ning run in the ninth inning, when a
hard-hit ball was deflected off the
ungloved hand of Pitcher Longest,
allowing Slim Gardner to reach first
safely in the tenth inning to give
Plymouth a 3 to 2 victory over Tar
boro here Tuesday afternoon.
Both hurlers did good mound work, i
each allowing seven bits. Richardson
with two led Plymouth and House .
with two knocks led Tarboro. Long- i
est fanned seven and Gardner whiffed
six. Umpire Milton Jones was hit
twice by pitched balls, once on each
shoulder and finally called them be
hind the pitcher.
RELIEF NEEDS IN
COUNTY FEWER
Expenditures Decrease To
$1,196.26 In the County j
During Last July
Total relief expenditures in Wash-j
ington County during July were $1,-,
196.26, it was learned today from Mrs.
W. C. Brewer, superintendent of pub
lic welfare in this county.
This sum represents a decrease of
approximately 25 per cent, as com
pared with the amount spent during
June. Very little of the amount spent
was provided for locally, but came
from Federal funds.
During this month, there v^as a
decrease in the number of families re
ceiving aid, with only 153 in this coun
ty being helped along. It is about
40 per cent as many as -were helped
in other months, and the decline con
tinues.
The decline is attributed to improv
ed business conditions; a logical sea
sonal decline and because of the fact j
that most of the relief families have j
been assisted in planting gardens and ^
small farms from which they have de
rived their food supplies.
The welfare workers here are en
deavoring to do all they can to de
crease the number of dependents upon
them and it is probable now that
there will be less help the coming
winter for all concerned than was the
case last winter.
It is thought also that the general
improvement in conditions here will
make it so that there will be a great
reduction in the number of applicants
for help this winter, and those who
are out of work should begin now to
lay by such things as they can for
an early winter. I
URGES GROWERS
TOBACCO TO BE
AT MEET HERE
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To Be Held At Courthouse
Saturday Afternoon
3 o’Clock
A mass meeting of tobacco grow
ers of Washington County will he
held Saturday afternoon, September
2, at 3 o'clock in the courthouse in
Plymouth, according to Farm Agent
VV. V. Hays.
In several counties the tobacco
growers have held meetings and or
ganized temporary associations for
the purpose of cooperating with other
counties and with the Federal Gov
ernment in working out a plan in han
dling tobacco under the agricultural
adjustment act.
This plan has now progressed so
far that it is believed by the growers
that some plan can be presented that
will be acceptable to the administra
tion. A conference is called at Ra
leigh on September 6th for that pur
pose. The meeting in the courtroom
Saturday afternoon is primarily for
the purpose of electing three of the
most able tobacco men in our county
to represent us at that conference.
“Think this over so that we may be
able to draw up appropriate resolu
tions for presentations at the Raleigh
conference,” urges Mr. Hays.
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SURVEY MADE OF
CANNING DONE
ON TWO FARMS
Colored Families Haven’t
Realized Need To Can
Food, Agent Says
By EUGENIA PATTERSON
Among the many ami varied experi
ence of a home agent, it becomes her
privilege to survey and work with
these people. There are 33 families
on the Western farm, which lies right
on Lake Phelps and joins the Shep
herd Farm. There are about 2,200 or
2,300 acres of land in cultivation in
both tracts. Of the above 33 families,j
y arc colored. The Shepherd farmj
has 7 white families and 2 colored. I
House to house visits were made
last week and a line-up was gotten
on each family’s garden, their plans
for winter gardens, and also a check
up was made on food canned and slot'
ed for winter use. The white families
have been doing quite a bit of can
ning, but the colored people haven’t
felt the urge yet. One woman, who
has always planned and looked out
for her family has canned 30 quarts
of fruits and vegetables, and another
one has canned 300 quarts for her
awn family and her father and broth
er, who live together. The next high
est number was 150 quarts, while two
white families had only saved 8 quarts
each. The grand total for the white
families amounted to 1,106 quarts,
while the colored families on Western
have saved only 22 quarts, quite a
contrast.
Now for the Shepherd farm. We
found that the seven white families
bad canned 280 quarts and the col
ored families none.
A new canning program will bej
started tliere, ami we hope to save a j
arge number of quarts of surplus veg
etables.
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Name Teachers tor
Colored School Here
Colored teachers for the Washing
011 County Training School in Ply
mouth were announced today by
Principal William Bery, who predicts
that last year’s record of pupils will
be increased this year. Last season
545 enrolled for classes.
Teachers follow:
First grade: Romaine Godley and
Mrs. Reunice Walker.
Second: Margaret Heath and Es
:her D. Sharpless.
Third: Edna L. Wall.
Fourth: Sophia Spruill.
Fifth: Eloise Simmons.
Sixth: Daisy Clark.
Seventh: W. W. Walker.
High school: Madelyn Watson, Eng
lish and French; Annie Minor, science
and history; William Berry, mathe
matics and history. There was no
reduction in the number of teachers in
this department in this school this
year.
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Use Lard and Sulphur To
Kill Some Poultry Insects
The sand flea or stick-tight flea
among poultry can be treated very
effectively by rubbing the infested
parts with a mixture of two parts of
lard and one part of finely powdered
sulphur. The insect breeds in shady,
sandy places under outbuildings and
in chip piles and these places should
be sprayed with kerosene or wired
off so as to exclude the birds.
FARM NOTES
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By W. V. HAYS
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Winter legumes are profitable in
more ways than one. They furnish
grazing for the livestock through the
winter. They prevent soil erosion,
thus conserving plant food and pre
venting washing. Turned under in
the spring they are worth from $10
to $20 in the form of plant foods.
Plant some cover crop on every acre
possible.
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A cooperative order on our fall
grain and clover seed will save us all
some money. The sooner they are
bought the cheaper prices will be.
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A good hog grazing mixture would
he oats and crimson clover. Sow
right away, one and one half bushels
(Norton) oats and 10 to 15 pounds
crimson clover.
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A good cover and soil improving
crop would he: One and one-half hush
els of rye or oats and 15 to 20 pounds
of hairy winter vetch (it is not neces
sary to inoculate after May peas.)
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If interested in a cooperative order
of grain or clovers and vetch, see C.
S. Rahon, Creswell; B. (1 O'Brien,
Roper; or W. V. Hays, Plymouth.
LUMBER "MAN IS
HURT IN RECENT
AUTO ACCIDENT
Was On Way To Plymouth
To Close Deal for Plant
Site Here
A letter lias been received front J.
B. Ross, sales manager of the East
Alabama Lumber Company, of Tus
kegee, Ala., by Zeb Vance Norman,
local attorney, who was told of the
reason for the delay in the closing of
negotiations here for a plant here.
The letter follows:
"1 am replying to your of the 25th
to Mr. W. G. Mitchell ,a-- Mr. Mit
chell was in a rather serious auto
mobile accident last Friday, August
18, and as yet has not - recovered
enough to handle his mail. He was
driving to North Carolina on the date
of the accident, and while approach
ing Atlanta and passing a truck- he
had to run into a telephone pole to
avoid running over a woman who
walked into the path of his car.
“His car was demolished and he
was both painfuly and seriously in
jured. Fortunately no bones were
broken, he was badly bruised inter
nally and also about the head and
face. The doctors allowed him to leave
the hospital this week. He is now
it home in bed. His progress is sat
isfactory, and we hope that by the
last of next week he will be able to get
back on his feet and return to w-ork.
"As soon as he is in condition to
ittend to business, either he or the
writer will come to Plymouth to close j
'or the mill site.
“You understand we were held up
on account of the lumber code. Ibis
•ode as signed will be all right from
our standpoint, and we do not think .
mything else can happen to delay the
ntilding of the mill.
This tetter is referring to Mr. lun
liett, who is president of the lumber
company, but it is expected that Mr.
Ross will be manager of this plant
uul will live here with his family as |
toon as the plant is erected.
Revival Begins Sunday at j
Pleasant Grove Church
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Pleasant Grove.—A revival meeting
,vill begin at Pleasant Grove church
Sunday. Rev. R. L. Hethcox, of Trip
iett, Va., will assist Rev. R. E- At
cinson during the meeting. Ret.
Hethcox is a much beloved preacher
n this community. The people will
be delighted to welcome him in this
community. The public is cordially'
invited to attend these services.
\ NEW BANK HOURS I
S
Uniform banking hours have
been adopted by the North Car
will be effective in Plymouth, it
was announced today by H. E. j
Beam, cashier of the local unit of
the Branch Banking and Trust
Company.
The hours will be from 9 a. m.
to 2 p. m., except Saturdays, when
the banks will open at 9 a. m.
and close at 12 o’clock noon. Dur
ing the tobacco season banks will
remain open after 2 o’clock only
for paying tobacco sales.
Other business houses in Ply
mouth, beginning September 1,
will open in the mornings at 8
o’clock and close in the afternoon
at S o’clock and those patroniz
ing the local NRA members will
have to do their business in the
limited time.
LOCAL PLANTS
WORK UNDER
LUMBER CODES
Fall in Line With Other
Firms in Putting Over
NRA Program
Falling in line with tlie general
trend of the merchants and consum
ers here in an effort to put across
the President’s NRA campaign, the
local plants are now working under
the code of fair competition for their
industry, it was learned today.
The Plymouth Box and Panel Com
pany, through its general manager,
E. F. Still, announces that it has
been observing the lumber -code of
fair business compettiion since Au
gust 22, as far as hours and wages are
concerned. The minimum rate now
paid employees is 23 cents an hour,
with the maximum number of hours
of labor for employees is 40 hours a
week, except certain classes of em
ployees, including the night watch
man, and other such employees.
C. L. Groves, manager of the local
unit of the National Handle Company,
is away on his vacation, and the Bea
con could not learn from authentic!
sources what steps this jplant had
taken to join in the general efforts to
improve conditions.
However, it is known that the plant
is working only 8 hours daily at the!
present for 5 days and maybe a half j
day on Saturday. This plant has nev
er paid its employees less than 15
cents an hour for a day of 10 hours,'
and it is thought there has been some'
kind of boost in pay checks.
As soon as Mr. Grove returns,'
which is expected to be the last of
this week, the Beacon will endeavor
to get some information on the indi
vidual observance of the code by this
plant, as they are under two acts, onej
of lumber and the other implement
makers.
W. If. Clark, manager of the Ply
mouth Peanut Company, advised the'
Beacon that he was closed down at
the present on account of the lack of I
penauts, but that as soon as he could
replenish his stock he would start a- (
gain and would operate under the code '
agreed upon by the peanut industries.
Smaller industries here, with E. H.
Harris and John Williams, operating«
saw mills will probably, if they have
not already done so, raise wages and
shorten hours so that they can come j
under the code anil be in a position to
join with the general effort to im- !
prove conditions.
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Bailey Vice President of j
District Bar Association
Carl L. Bailey, of Roper, was elect- i
ed vice president and Zeb Vance Nor- '
man, of Plymouth ,ws attained a mem- ^
her of the board of directors of the j
second judicial district bar associa- j
lion that was held in Rocky Mount '
last Saturday with attorneys from
five counties present.
The meeting was called by Judge i
M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, who j
presided prior to the election of offi- I
cers. Lawyers were present from
Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Martin,
and Washington Counties.
The third Saturday in June was set
as the date for annual meetings. After
the business session Judge Barnhill
and the Nash County Bar Association
served a barbecue dinner. I
Winds Helps Take Care
Of Knotty Problem
A lashing wind that bolted over
trees and removed roofs from houses
did a good turn to Jim Francis at
the Main Street home here of J. W.
Cooper.
A large tree stood beside the home
of Mr. Francis and Mr. Cooper, with
limbs and branches sheltering one
side. They have realized tlie danger
(»f the tree for a decade but could not
figure a safe way to chop it down.:
Mrs. Wolfe lives next door. If the
tree was cut down it would break ^
wires or fall on one or other of the
houses, causing damage. Hut the!
wind came along and solved this by
wringing the top part out about mid
dle way of the trunk and it never
touched anything as it fell.
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Firm To Make Shoe Shine
Machines Is Incorporated
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Secretary of Slate Stacey VV. Wade j
ias issued a charter to a group of men!
tere as the result of an invention by |
Move W. Spruill of an automatic shoe1
hining machine and a request for a
■barter by a local group. The facts
if the incorporation follow:
"Automatic Shoe Shines, Incorpor
ated. Principal office at Plymouth.
To own and operate shoe shine ma
chines. Authorized capital stock $100,
BOO; subscribed stock, $250, by M. W.
Spruill, Gilbert Davis, and /.. V. Nor
man, Plymouth."
I FASHION SHOW j
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September 6th is designated as
a big day in the life of Plymouth
this year, as there will be a fash
ion show in connection with the
regular feature at the New The
atre, to be followed by a dance at
10 o’clock. Everybody is urged to
attend all of these activities. A
big day is promised. Everybody
come.
COUNTY RANKS
67TH IN NUMBER
OF ILLITERATES
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Approximately 1,400 Over
Ten Years of Age Can’t
Read or Write
Washington County ranks sixtv
seventh among the 100 counties in
North Carolina in the number <»f il
literates, it was learned today from
statistics prepared by the department
of rural social-economics of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
An illiterate is one who confesses
•the inability to read and write. How
man)r near-illiterates there are in this
county there is no way of knowing.
It is certain that there are more peo
ple who can barely read and write
than there are who cannot read and
write at all.
Figuring on a basis of 12,000 popu- j
lation, with a specified amount of 11.5 i
people over 10 years who are illit
erate, this makes it close to 1,400 peo
ple around us here who are over 10
years of age and who cannot read and j
write. This makes this county a 1
fraction above the State average of
10 per cent of illiterates.
The tabulation as taken from the
1930 Federal census reveals that only
5.3 per cent of these in this county
are white and that it is a problem
among the negroes with 18.8 per cent, '
mostly adults, who can neither read
nor write nor even, in most cases,
sign their names.
About half of the negro illiterates'
are 21 years ot age or more. And it i
was revealed that upwards of 75 per
cent of all white illiterates are over
this age. Illiteracy is more prevalent
among men than women. In other
words, there appears to be about a
third more illiterate men than women
in this county.
The depression among white and
:olored has brought about a bad ■con
dition, as those who wanted to at-1
tend school did not have sufficient
clothing or the necessities to attend.
It is a usual case to find a 15 or 16
rear old negro in some of the lower
grades, and this is caused sometimes
jy not being able to attend school. [
TEACHERS GET
SPECIAL RATES
Duke Hospital Announces
Reduction for Carolina
Teachers
Durham.—North Carolina school
eachers whose pay checks have been
ronsiderably diminished in the face
>t generally rising costs of living may
lave some consolation in the fact that
hey can be ill for less during this
>eriod of economic uncertainty.
Because of the lower incomes of
he faculties of the universities, col-!
eges, ami public schools of the state,
Duke hospital has announced a revised)
schedule of rates applicable to those
groups. The revision involves a con-j
iiderable reduction from rates hither-J
o charged, and gives all college and
>ublic school teachers in North Caro
ina advantage of the same rates en
oyed by faculty members and em
ployees of Duke University, it is an
nounced by Superintendent F. V Alt
eater.
The present Duke hospital middle
group daily rate of $3.50 to $.450, and j
he full private daily rate of $6 to $9,
established last April 20, which cover
ill hospital costs, including those usu
illy charged as extras, represent a 50
oer cent reduction from the former
rates. This new concession to all
North Carolina teachers, announced
today, of an adidtional reduction of
50 cents a day from the present mid
lie-group and $1 from the full pri
vate daily rates is a further saving
to them of approximately 15 per cent.;
Suggests Planting Vetch
and Austrian Winter Peas
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A mixture for fall sowing and
which has been found very satisfac
tor> is composed of one bushel of
beardless wheat, one and one-half
bushel of oats or beardless barley,
and 20 pounds of hairy vetch or .30
pounds of Austrian winter peas. This
mixture, sown between October 1 and
15 on well fertilized soil will be ready
for cutting the following May and
will yield from two to three tons of
excellent hay to the acre.
MASS MEETING OF
DRY FORCES WILL
BE HELD SUNDAY
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To Be Held in High School
Auditorium Here; All
Are Invited
The people of Washington Coun
ty are called to meet at Plymouth
Sunday afternoon at .3 o’clock in the
high school auditorium, for the pur
pose of considering plans and meth
od- lor conducting the campaign in
support of the dry laws of the state
and the nation, it was announced to
day by Dr. J. W. JV.rreH, leader
of the dray forces in Washington
County.
Rev. R. E. Atkinson pastor of the
Roper Methodist church, will be the
principal speaker.
The State’s United Dry Forces,
through Dr. Harrell, issued the fol
lowing in reference to the campaign:
“The wet wave in North Carolina
has reached its peak. Every change
in sentiment from now until the polls
close November 7 will be in our favor.
“This declaration is increasingly
strengthened by the reports coming
to us from every part of the field.
Workers are volunteering and our
forces are mobilizing with enthusias
tic determination from one end of the
State to the other. The slogan that
illustrates the spirit that animates
hem: ‘North Carolina dry though all
the world go wet.’
About SO counties are already or
ganized in the short time we have
been at work; the others are either
organizing now or will organize im
mediately after the meetings called
for Sunday in every county in North
Carolina.
■‘North Carolina is dry. Her peo.
pie are not ready to go on a debauch
They are not ready to repeal the pro
hibition laws under which North Car
olina has enjoyed the greatest quarter
century of progress the state has ever
known. They are not ready to have
their sons and daughters exploited and
doomed to disgrace and shame at the
behest of selfish design and unscrupu
lous greed of gain. North Carolina is
dry. Our task is only that of mark
ing the ballots and depositing them
in the proper boxes.”
PLANT CROPS IN
FALL FOR COWS
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Advisable To Keep Cows
Off Permanent Pastures
During Winter Months
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The* short hay crop occasioned by
die continued dry weather in parts
>f this State this past summer means
hat an additional acreage should he
danted to winter-growing crops this
all.
"The need for temporary pastures
lext spring on most Nortli Carolina
lairv farms will he urgent,” declares
fohn A. Arev, dairy extension speci
ilist at State College. “The sup
dies of hay on most of these farms
a i 11 he exhausted by February or
March, especially where there are no
dlos and a few cows are kept for
■ ream production. Usually when the
upplv of hay is exhausted the cows
ire turned on the permanent pastures
vhether there is anything to eat on
iicm iNemier is tne condition
if the soil considered. This means
hat the cows damage the sod and get
it tie nutrition from the early grass.”
11 temporary grazing is provided
hrough March and part of April, the
ows may be kept off the permanent
Pasture until the grass has made a
lesirable growth and the soil is dry
•nough to prevent damage to the
>od from trampling.
Arey says most any of the small
(rains might be used to supply this
emporary grazing; but, a mixture
romposed of several will give better
(razing than any one used alone.
3ne good mixture is two bushels of
\bruzzi rye and 15 pounds of crim
son colver an acre. Another which
le highly recommends consists of
me bushel of beardless barley and 10
rounds of crimson clover. The first
nixture should be planted during the
alter part <<f August and up until
September 15 while the second mix
ture should be planted between Sep
tember 15 and October 15.
Heavy seeding and a fertile soil
ire nece>>ary for best results in se
curing spring grazing. Two tons
of ground limestone per acre with
4(H) to 500 pounds of tertilizer ap
plied at seeding will give best re
sults.
Tobacco Growers Organize
in Effort To Raise Prices
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Tobacco farmers of Craven and
Granville Counties have organized
county associations to aid members
in bargaining for better tobacco prices
this fall.