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VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 47
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, November 22, 1935
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SPECIALIST SEES!
EUTURE PROFITS
IN RAISING HOGS
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Rising Price Puts Producer
In Favorable Position;
Pointers Given
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With the current trend of pork;
prices, North Carolina farmers are
again finding a profitable source of
income in the production of hogs.
Growers raising hogs for market
should breed their sows about No
vember 1 and May 1 each year, said
>W. W. Shay, swine specialist at
State College.
By following this schedule, two
litters can be produced each year
so that they will be ready for mar
keting in September and April, re
spectively, when prices are usually
highest.
The ideal marketing weight for a
hog is around 200 pounds, Shay
added.
Growers raising hogs for home
consumption may vary the breed
ing date, but if they plan to sell
some of their hogs, Shay said it will
pay them to follow the recommend- j
ed schedule.
Where pigs were farrowed m
September, they should be weaned
in October and early November. The
weaning process should start by
giving the pigs acecss to corn and
fish meal or tankage. After about
four weeks they should be taken
completely away from the sow.
Castrate the male pigs before they
are completely weaned, Shay rec
ommended.
A self-feeder, in which food may
be kept before the pigs at all times,
will hasten their growth. Directions
for building self-feeders may be ob
tained free from the agricultural ed
itor at State College, Raleigh, N. C.
Give the pigs an abundant sup
ply of pasturage on a lot that is not
contaminated with worms. If worms
once get into the pigs, they are usu
ally there to stay, Shay warned.
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Must Not Forget
Children of Poor
By A FRIEND OF CHILDREN
The people of Washington Coun
ty have never overlooked the chil
dren at Christmas time, and now we
are ready to again go over our stock
and see what we have to bless some
little boy or girl again.
Many toys are put aside that can
be repaired, repainted and made
new, if given in time, and while no
definite arrangements have been
made for the distribution, you may
rest assured it will be done right in
line with previous year—with the
Women’s Clubs, the American Leg
ion uniting with the churches, the
fia+ernal orders, and local charitable
agencies to see that no child is al
lowed to be disappointed.
The Federal relief has done much
in providing warm clothing and oth
er needs of indigent families, but it
cannot fill the empty stockings on
Christmas Eve, and now that the re
lief office is closing the opportunity
tc be personally helpful is greater
than ever, and there is no worry a
bout our people not doing their best
as they have always done in the past.
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Big Crowd Attends;
Roper Play Tuesday
Roper.—Upwards of 400 people at
tended the musical play, “Here
Comes Arabella,” that was presented
by local talent in the Roper High
School last night. Every seat in the
large auditorium was sold. The en
tire cast performed well. The P. T.
A sponsored the show,
t J. E. Aiken and his Carolina Aces,
10-piece orchestra, provided the mu
sic. Between acts Principal D. E.
Poole sang and Miss Minnie Gay
Marrow was crowned queen of the
school over ten others. A fiddler’s
convention will be given in Decem
ber.
Mrs. A. E. Davenport, president of
the sponsoring organization, said “I
wish to thank those who helped so
willingly and generously in making
the musical comedy such a success.”
MRS. BRINKLEY*
ENTERTAINS
A most delectable three course
dinner was enjoyed on Wednesday
evening, November 13, when Mrs.
David Julian Brinkley entertained
the members of her contract club
at her home on Adams Street.
Mrs. Sidney A. Ward having ac
complished highest score during a
number of interesting progressions
received a novelty cigarette chest as
prize while Mrs. Corrinne Austin
was presented a box of chocolates
as low score prize.
The only special guest to the club
was Mrs. Louis Horton.
Farm i\otes
By W. V. HAYS, County Agent
Washington County had in 1935
106 corn-hog contracts, with benefit
payments to the growers amounting
to $14,661.60, or an average of $132.32
pet contract. This compares to 89
contracts last year, with benefit, pay
ments to growers amounting to $26,
691.80. We will have corn-hog con
tracts for 1936, possibly permitting
a greater number of hogs to be mar
keted but with a somewhat smaller
corn acreage allotment.
Hog killing time will soon be here.
Three important things about sav
ing meat are bleeding the animal,
salting only after all the animal heat
is out of the carcass, and last, but
still more important, clean vessels.
Curing barrels should be thorough
ly scalded and scrubbed with boil
ing lye water, then soaked and aired
as much as possible until time to
use.
This county is becoming fast a
seed source for small grains, as far
as our own needs are concerned.
For two years J. C. Tarkenton has
been sowing pedigreed Norton oats
and rye and has had no trouble in
disposing of the seed. Last year he
had a small acreage to Abruzzi rye
in which voluntary vetch did so well
that a good mixture of vetch and
rye were harvested together with a
combine. Mr. S. C. Smithson har
vested vetch with oats in 1934 with
excellent results. It is next to im
possible to savbe vetch seed alone
on account of dampness. Edward S.
Blount has seeded pedigreed Nor
ton oats for seed purposes; so has
Clyde Smithson. Mr. Tarkenton has
somewhat increased his acreage to
Norton oats.
Two years ago a well-known man
who is quite an authority on cotton,
stated that we would never have
good cotton until we had better gins.
We have the same gins in the coun
ty today that we had then, and rec
ords show only three gin-cut bales
have been ginned this year. Only
one of those was due to faulty gin
ning, the other two was on account
of damp cotton. A study of the clas
sification sheets on cotton show that
about 39 per cent of our cotton staple
was 7-8 inch, while about 28 per cent
ran 15-16 and 33 per cent one inch
or better. This means that on 60 per
cent of our cotton this year growers
should receive a premium from $2 to
$8 per bale. Information on hand
indicates that part of this is due at
least to the better seed which have
been planted in the past few years.
It would be very profitable, indeed,
if all the cotton producers in the
county would plant one variety of
cotton. All the seed planted in the
county by the county agent in the
past three years have been of the
Norton strain.
In one field we checked a beater
type bean harvester against a com
bine. On four rows, the regular
beater type got 5 bushels and the
combine got 8 bushels and 15 pounds
Another patch checked 15 1-2 bush
els with the beater harvester and the
combine 25 bushels. In another field
v.e got 15 1-2 bushels with the reg
ular bean harvester and 31 1-2 bush
els with the combine. These figures
should help bean growers to figure
out advantages, or whether to use a
combine at prevailing prices.
Little Girl Hurt in
Unusual Accident
Little Joan Stillman, the 4-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Stillman, received a fractured collar
home last Wednesday when a re
Wednesday afternoon, when a re
frigerator box fell over, pinning her
underneath. A front leg under the
box gave way when the little girl
went to open the door of the refrig
erator, causing it to topple over on
her. The child was rushed to Dr
T. L. Bray for treatment and is re
ported as getting along nicely.
Sunday School Meet
To Be Held Sunday
Roper.—The Lees Mills Township
Sunday School Convention will meet
Sunday, November 26. at Mount
Zion, near Roper, at 2:30.
As this is the four hundredth an
niversary of the English Bible, the
program is centered mainly on the
Bible.
W. B. Davenport will relate the
history of the Bible and the Rev. M
L. Ambrose will make a talk on the
influence of the Bible.” D. E. Poole
will sing a solo.
It is hoped that every church will
be represented.
Southern Albemarle
Association Meeting
To Be Held Dee. 20th
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Policies Governing Future
Activities of Association
To Be Formulated
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“Inasmuch as we will be called
[ upon to shape the policies of the fu
ture activities of the association, this
meeting becomes the most important
| said C. W. Tatum, of Columbia, pres
j ident of the Southern Albemarle As
J sociation, in regard to the meeting of
jthe executive committee, which is to
be held in the courthouse at Colum
i bis. on the morning of December 20.
Matters for discussion will include
a correlation of the resolutions of
1 fered at the last meeting of the as
sociation, which was held in Colum
bia in October. These resolutions
had to do with highway develop
i ment of the Southern Albemarle
Sound counties. Also publicity to
be handled by Sheriff D. V. Meekins
as well as maps and papers will be
studied.
Included in the list of items to
be discussed will be the devising of
a scheme for development of the
counties—Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and
Washington—and their resources;
consideration of the invitation to
join a similar organization on the
I north side of the Sound; to devise
|ways and means of securing finances
I to defray expenses of. the organiza
tion.
Members of the executive commit
jtee include four men and four wom
en from each of the member coun
Ities, with the ninth person, the vice
president of the association, repre
senting a county each. These offic
ials include M. R. Daniels, Manteo,
Dare; W. W. Watson, Lake Landing,
Hyde; J. E. Norris, Columbia, Tyr
rell; Z. V. Norman, Plymouth, Wash
ington.
Mr. Tatum urges that the mem
bers of this committee be present.
These important matters that are to
be attended to at the first executive
commitee meeting will be import
ant, as decisions will be reached that
will guide the organization.
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Dry Storage Keeps
Seed Corn Fertile
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Seed corn should be stored in a
]dry, well ventilated place over the
winter if it is to produce a good
yield of high quality corn the fol
lowing season.
Carelessly stored seed may so de
teriorate during the winter that it
cannot produce a good stand of corn
warns P. H. Kime, plant breeding
agronomist at State College.
The ears of seed corn should not
be thrown together in a pile, he
added, but should be stored in such
a manner that the air can circulate
I freely about each ear.
| Given a chance to dry out thor
[ cughly before cold weather, the
seed will be able to withstand heavy
i freezes without injury.
Kime pointed out that a satisfac
tory hanger can be made with wov
! en wire n d couple of two-by-four
I uprights. The meshes of the wire
should be just large enough to per
| mit the ears to pass through easily.
The uprights should be erected a
convenient distance apart, with the
broad edges set at right angles to a
line drawn between the two posts.
Place a length of the woven wire
on each side of the uprights in such
' a manner that the complete rack
I resembles a double woven wire
! fence, with the meshes opposite and
I four inches apart.
The ears oi seed corn can then be
! stuck through the meshes ol' both
wires, where they willr emain until
ready for sowing.
Sometimes it is advisable tc
warm the storage room at first tc
facilitate the curing process, Kimc
added, but be careful not to raise
the temperature above that of a
comfortable living room, as toe
much heat will impair the germina
| tion power of the seed.
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'Local Young Man
Enlists in Navy
Matthew' Ransom Martin, son ol
Mrs. Estelle Martin, has enrolled lr
the United States Navy as an appren
tice seaman. He w7as one of eight
men going from this section. The
waiting list of the New Bern station
is very small, and any one making
application will not have to wail
very long to be enlisted.
Young Martin is a graduate of the
Plymouth High School. He was £
god baseball and football player. Al
so his work as a writer was outstand
ing. as a high school student.
SAYS RIGHT WAY
of killina; hogs
WILL SAVE MEAT
Farmer Who Uses Haphaz
i ard Methods Runs Risk
Losing Elis Meat
The farmer who uses haphazarded
method methods and trusts to luck
at hog-killing time runs a big risk
oi losing his meat.
The right way to kill hogs is just
as easy as the wrong way, suggests
R. E. Nance, professor of animal
bandry at State College, and with
pioper curing, it vitrually assures
successful preservation of the meat.
Many of the methods employed
'in “Dad’s Time” were responsible
for the heavy losses usually experi
enced. Nance pointed out some of
the worst faults, as follows:
I Hogs were usually killed on the
coldest day of mid-winter, under the
impression that the extreme cold
I helped preserve the meat. Bitter
cold weather made the task difficult,
jand it w'as rushed through in too big
■a hurry.
, A temperature of 28 to 40 degrees
.is preferable. The carcasses should
be allowed to hang up overnight in
the smokehouse so as to let all the
animal heat dissipate before curing
in started.
The custom of shooting hogs or
knocking them in the head was prev
alent. Then the hogs were dragged
I to a vat of water that was either
;too hot or too cold.
The bodies were bruised, the car
casses did not bleed properly, and
the hair did not scrape off as it
should. Stick the hogs, Nance said,
allow them to bleed thoroughly, and
. scald them in water heated to 150
degrees, no more or no less.
Do not feed the hogs within 24
hours of killing time. Doing so
wastes feed and makes the carcasses
harder to dress. Do not cut up the
carcasses until the next day, he ad
i vised.
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Urge Road Body To
Consider Needs of
Albemarle Counties
Hundreds Delegates From
Each of Four Counties
Expected To Attend
A request from the Southern Al
bemarle Association will go to the
N. C. Highway Commission in
Raleigh the early part of December
asking that a special session be held
to hear them present their program
of development and improvement of
Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde and
Dare counties.
This request will be backed by a
solid organization that has correlat
ed their needs and desires for high
way improvement into one concert
jtd program of advancement for this
i section. A hundred delegates from
each of the four counties are expect
ed to attend. A committee, com
posed of Z. V. Norman, Plymouth,
Washington, chairman; M. R. Dan
iels, Manteo, Dare; J. E. Norris, Co
lumbia, Tyrrell; W. W. Watson, Lake
Landing, Hyde; is at work prepar
. ing the program.
| Other committees appointed at an
I executive committee meeting held in
Columbia Wednesday are as follows:
Rules: W. M. Darden, Plymouth; O.
; L. Williams, Hyde; D. B. Fearing,
Manteo; C. Earl Cahoon, Columbia.
; Agriculture committee: E. H. Liv
1 erman, Plymouth; Roy L. Davis,
I Hyde; W. S. Sykes, Tyrrell.
Finance: D. B. Fearing, Dare; J.
A Poison, Hyde; W. M. Darden,
Plymouth.
Fishing: L. S. Thompson, Plym
outh; W. S. Carawan, Columbia; Jno.
i A. Meekins, Dare; and J. H. Jones,
! Hyde. Sheriff D. V. Meekins, of
j Manteo, was instructed to proceed
| with his publicity work.
Revival Begins at
Mt. Tabor Sunday
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Creswell.—Rev. J. H. Abernethy,
of McLeansville, will conduct a se
ries of revival services in the Mt.
Tabor Free Will Baptist church, be
ginning Sunday morning. November
24, at 11 o’clock. The meeting will
run through Thanksgiving.
Roper Methodists to
Hold Service Sunday
| Creswell.—In the absence of the
! pastor, there will be a layman’s serv
lice held at the Methodist Episcopal
church here Sunday morning, No
vember 24, at 11 o’clock. E. R. Dav
enport, lay leader, will be in charge.
Agriculture Pupils
Of Three Counties
To Meet at Roper
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Plans Made for Session at
Meeting of Teachers
In Creswell
Creswell.—Plans for a group meet
ing of students of vocational agri
culture in schools in three counties
to be held December 13 at Roper
v/ere made by teachers of the farm
courses that met in Creswell yester
day.
Present at the meeting was R. C.
Jordan. Jamesville; C. H. Floyd, of
Roper; A. H. Tucker, Creswell; A.
H. Guy, Columbia: and J. O. Cooper,
Plymouth. Counties included Mar
tin, Washington, and Tyrrell. Close
to 200 students are expected to as
semble for the Roper meeting in De
cember to elect group officers and
plan a program for their organiza
tion.
The agricultural teachers will
work toward more friendly relations
between chapters; visiting and ob
serving others in Future Farmers of
America activities; friendly rivalry
in public speaking, stock judging and
athletic contests; group father and
son banquet: group picnic; promo
tion of rural leadership; encourage
love for country life and promote
vocational agriculture.
Harvest Soybeans
For Feedings Hogs
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Soybeans which have been grown
with corn will yield a better profit
when harevsted, as compared to leav
ing the beans in the field to be
gleaned by hogs.
Harvesting the beans is much bet
ter than turning hogs into the field to
eat them after the corn has been
removed, said L. W. Anderson, Per
quimans County farm agent.
For a number of years, he said,
farmers in that county have been
growing soybeans with their corn,
but did not try to harvest the beans,
since the cornstalks prevented the
use of a harvester.
: Many of the growers were satis
fied, as the beans improved the land
|and provided feed for their hogs
|without reducing the corn yield.
Eut some of the more thrifty farm
|ers noticed that seed from most va
rieties of soybeans do not remain in
the pod long after they become ma
ture. They fall to the ground, ab
sorb moisture, swell, ferment, and
lose their feed value.
The fermented beans frequently
cause stomach disorders, especially
in young pigs.
With this in mind, some of the
Lading farmers began harvesting the
corn as soon as it matured, and cut
ting down the stalks. With the
stalks out of the way, they were
able to save the soybeans with a
harvester.
In this way, they are able to se
cure a normal crop of corn and of
beans from each field, Anderson
brought out.
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Funeral Held for
Andrew L. Ainsley
Funeral services were held in the
I’obersonville Christian church on
[Tuesday for Andrew L. Ainsley, 48,
| of Greenville, native of Washington
County and a brother of Mrs. J. T.
Terry. Rev. C. B. Mashburn offic
iated. Mr. Ainsley, who was well
known in this section, leaves a wid
'ow and four children.
Will Hold Service
Thanks giving Da\
or.'
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For the benefit of those who are
thankful for the blessings which
have been theirs this year, and wish
to express it by worshiping in the
‘House of the Lord,” a special
Thanksgiving service will be held at
the. local Christian church Thursday,
November 28, at 11 a. m. o’clock.
Thep ublic is cordially invited.
MRS. SIDNEY SMITHSON
HOSTESS LAST FRIDAY
The home of Mrs. Sidney Smith
son was the scene of a most delight
ful bridge party Friday afternoon,
ficm 3:30 until 6:30, when she en
tertained four tables of her friends
High score for the two guests was
presented Mrs. L. W. Bauchman, an
attractive cookie jar, while Mrs. Wal
ter Starr received consolation prize,
a set of coasters. To Mrs. William
Roy Hampton, as high scorer fo:
Plymouth guests, was presented an
imported vase.
After a spirited game a mos
sumptuous chicken salad dinner with
dessert was served.
H07716 and
club News
By Mary Trances Misenheimer
Schedule for Next Week
Monday, Nov. 25, Plymouth 4-H
Club.
Tuesday, Cross Roads.
Wednesday, Cool Springs.
Thursday, holiday.
Friday, Lake Farm.
Saturday, Piney Grove.
Curb market Saturday morning,
8:30. Don’t miss coming Saturday
morning, Nov. 23. A surprise pack
age is to be given to the customer
who draws the lucky number. You
arc- invit 1 to attend. Come, see if
you are the lucky one.
Mrs. Joe Browning led the sales
this past Saturday, with Mrs. C. W.
Bowen second. An attractive prize
W'as given to tire seller who drew the
lucky number. Mrs. C. W. Bowen
was the winner.
The final check-up on canned food
was held in Cherry Club at the
! meeting last Tuesday. The amount
[Canned for the year, which was 8.-,
j 682 quarts, showed that there has
been work done in that time. For
the past two months 286 garments
were made, and 10 families have im
proved their yards.
j Mrs. R. W. Lewis’ reports show
she cleared $56.50 this year from sell
ing milk and butter. This was mere
ly the amount she sold after using
all that was needed at home.
I would like to see every family
i i Washington County own a cow,
as it certainly pays, not only in
money, but good health results if
dairy products are used.
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Soils Need Fertilizer
Not Usually Given
Bv Regular Methods
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Maganese, Copper, Boron
and Other Fertilizers
Sometimes Needed
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Many North Carolina soils need
^fertilizing elements not ordinarily
supplied in the usual mixtures con
taining only nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash.
“For instance, the bright red color
of cotton leaves in sandy areas of
the State indicate a deficiency of
magnesia and in some instances,
losses from this trouble amount to
10 or 20 percent of thejjossiblc cot
Jton yield,” says L. G. Willis, soil,
chemist of the North Carolina Ex
periment station. “It is possible to
put dolomitic limestone in the fer
tilizers to supply the magnesia, cor
, rect the acidity of tire fertilizers and
i have an excellent effect on the soil.
; There also are other sources of the
! element and possibly, by supplying
the needed magnesia for two or
three years, the soil deficiency will
be corrected.”
Mr. Willis has found that there is
a need for other fertilizing elements
: in the different parts of the State
Some of these are manganese, cop
per, boron and others. On certain
truck crops, such as lettuce, beets
. and spinach, 25 to 50 pounds of man
! ganese sulfate to the acre mixed
i with the fertilizers often means the
i difference between success and
failure with the crops.
A single application ot DU pounds
of copper sulfale costing about three
dollars has been effective for three
year son drained swamp soils in
making them more productive.
'We are constantly learning new
facts about fertilizers,” said Mr.
Willis, “and as new soil require
ments are identified it is almost cer
tain that our methods of fertilizing
will change. It is seldom realized
that the soil of the State is continu
ally changing. A part of this change
in due to the removal of fertility by
cropping and a part by leaching and
this fertility cannot be fully replac
ed by simply making heavier appli
cations of ordinary fertilizers.”
Play at Colored
School on Friday
Roper.—A bigger and better year’s
program is being launched this year
by the Roper colored school parent
teacher association, according to J.
J Clemmons, principal.
Included in the new program is
aii effort to secure money enough to
irstall electric lights in the school.
The patrons of the community have
given willingly for this purpose and
the ninth grade is giving a play en
titled,* Teacher Can 1 Go Home?" on
Friday evening, November 22, in
honor of contributing patrons.
HIGHER PRICES
FOR FARM CROPS
SEEN NEXT YEAR
Believe Demand for Prod
ucts Will Be Greater
During 1936
Washington.—The agriculture de
partment predicted recently that the
P-esent upward trend” in tarm in
come will continue in 1036.
‘ The demand for farm products ; i
1936,” the department said in its an
nual outlook report, “is likely to o .
gieatei than in 1935. Consumer
buying power in the United Slate;
is likely to be increased in 1933'
buying power of consumers in ma
foreign countries also is likely to i .
crease.”
Consumer buying power is inc’
ing. the report declared, be-ause or
‘improved industrial activity.” The
1 e-port said although the „ s expect
ed to be some improvemen n f<- •
eign demand for American cro;._- t
also asserted that there are still re
vere import restrictions in foreign
countries.
The report 'warned farmers a
gainst large production increase;,
saying they “would tend to checc
the advance in prices tii-t rnigh
otherwise be expected.”
Coming within a few days of the
AAA's first movement toward en
forcement of tiie compulsory potato
control act for 1933, the report pre
dicted the law would result in a
smaller reduction in production
than would have occurred normally
Some reduction may be expected,
the report said, and improvement in
prices to producers is anticipated.
But because of the law, “this reduc
tion is expected to be materially less
than would normally occur without
the program, as a result of the low
prices this year.”
Livestock industries, the repor
said, are in the best condition in sev
eial years to benefit from increased
consumer demand. Production of
meat animals was said to have pass
ed the low point, and an increase is
expected, particularly in hogs.
However, the department said the
total market supply of meat in 1936
was expected to be “little, if any,
gi eater than this year,” since some
time is required for the more abund
ant feed supply and increased live
stock production to result in larger
market supplies of mea*.
An improved outlook for the dairy
industry was seen, with milk pro
duction expected to increase be
cause of abundant feed supplies. In
creases in consumer buying also
were expected to help tne demand
lor milk.
Relatively short supplies and high
prices of poultry during the re
mainder of 1935 and the first half
of 1936 were predicted and fruxi.
pi oduclion was expected to expand
It said the cash income fox far
meis probably would be liighe
this year than in any year sin t
1929, with largest gains in the INo,.
Central States.
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Year s Work
Donations to uncompensated pa
tients at Oteen Hospital for veterans;
gifts of clothing and cheer to nee dy
children; purchase of library hr ks
or new shades for the sc.iool; a com
munity sing o he held two weeks
before Christmas with ilm ublic ir
ivited.
This is the ; an for the rex': x .
work of the American Legion Aux
itiary, as outlined by Mrs. W. V.
Hays, president. Three new mem
bers have joined the organization
They are Mrs M. W. Spi util, Mrs
J. J. Rogers and Mrs. W. J. Jackson.
Committees Were appointed as fol
lows; Finances, Mesdames C. Mc
Gowan, Zeno Lyon, H. A. Williford,
and W. C. Jones; welfare, Mesdames
E. G. Arps, W. H. Johnson and P.
M. Arps.
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Hope lo Increase
Roper Attendance
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; Roper.—On November 6th, the
,Roper High School ended its second
irnonth of work with an '-nrollment
of 342. The average daily attend
ance was 307. The percentage of at
tendance was 92.
“This is a rather I jw average, an-’
!we are asking the parents of the
.Roper community to try to see that
< ur average is improved next month.
Please do not keep your children at
home unless it is absolutely neces
sary. A child cannot pass its work
when it is absent a large percentage
|of the time,” Principal D. E. Poole
jetated this week.