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VOL. xvn P11T COUNTY, No.-49
fXPECT MUCH
FROM If. C.
CEMENT PUUffj
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The Projected 53,000,000 is tke\
First of Ifs Kind in State r
and Will in Short Time
Supply States Meeds
Raleigh, April 6.?A train eighty
miles long is required to transport
cement to meet North Carolina's an- 5
nual building needs, and by the erec
tion of the mammoth cement plant
in Craven County, a part of 'this train
will rim back and forth in the State
and not from outside to bring the ce
ment and back again to carry away
Tar Heel dollars, Dr. A. F. Greaves
Walker, professor ceramic engineer
ing at State College, said Tuesday.
The projected $3,000,000 plant at |
Xew Bern will be the first in the!
State, State College authorities said. ;
Present distributing centers in the -
South are Norfolk, Chattanooga, Ma- .j
con and Tampa, and North Carolina' 1
has been in the habit of buying its ;|
cement from these centers.
t
A. J. Maxwell, State Corporation i
Commissioner, estimates that the)
State used last year 3,700,000 bar- j
rels of cement The capacity of the j
New Bern plant has been placed at ,
a million and a quarter barres an-L
nuallv, about a third of the estimat- >
e?i consumption.
Professor Waker expressed op- /
timism, however, that the industry 3
would develop in time to be able to ,
supply the full state needs and have ??,
an extortable surplus. . ... . .
Until a year ago, Prof. Greaves
Walker said, there was no good pro- <
cess* of utilizing the North Carolina i
marl from which the native cement ?
is to be manufactured, but since J (
then a washing process has been de- 1
veloped.
Rftw jBifihiiir nvftfhftfi I
vaikSn
Hie new plant will draw on the i
Trent River region for its raw- ma- i
terials, and Professor Greaves-Wal- i
ker expressed opinion that there was
ample supply of marl there to sup- 1
ply the needs of North Carolina and '
South Carolina.
High initial cost of the invest-t1
raenh in a cement manufacturing >
plait has been one stumbling-block
in the way of such an enterprise h
being started in the State, the cera- 1
raics expert said, adding that if. 1
000,900 actual y was being invested <
in the New Bern project it prob- 1
ybly'would cut of? the development 1
of similar projects in ? the eastern
part" ?f the State for some time.
Seventy-five per cent of the ce
ment; used in North Carolina at ?'
present comes from the Lehigh Val
ley manufacturing center in Pennsyl- /
vania. Professor Greaves-Walker 1
said|y
Since a standard for cement is
set,1.by the United States Govern- '
meii.all brands are practically the
saints he averred.
Attorneys are now working on ar
ticlefj of incorporation for the New
Bern project* and a State eharter is
expected to be granted the concern
some time ^us month. The enter
prise.: is fiananceu by mid-western
capital, according to W. N. Everett; :
Secretary. of State, who held a
lengthy conference with the eom
palf -representatives on their recent
tri^^o Raleigh.
Approaching the Easter Season,
song, ? impremptu speechssfa stunt
I uv,4n{!rfr*r*v'Mr -w
I the flub, in his usual happy manner,
I *** three course dinner,
the ?embers and guests were enter
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I BahM MacGrath ?
From the pen of Harj; l- H????
Gratis famous American. ?utter,~
cornea- "Bound to -the- North," a ?
new seriaTsiory which tBuT paper
will publish exclusively in this ter- <
ritory, starting- next week. There --
is adventure; romsabe andDixflfe-r*- -
in the story of a courageous and
winsome Virginia mildest* Who, -
when, father' - and-' brother*
lolled, carrier on in wratr Doifi^
raise a single chapter.
W|j
Domestic Millenium' Approach- ?
ing, Says Exper
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Boston, April" 5.?The "domestim i
miHenium" appwaches. It will have (
irrived by 1950." Home life of the ]
average American-family will be ideaf),
i>y then: " ~ j
Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, Profes- j
>or of home economic at Boston Unf
fensity's College at Practical Art? ,
ind Letters, makes this forecast. The
iomestic milliniura she foresees will
lave these features:
'oreed to give part of their tinM and '
t
an help earn ttt?3fcpuly's hving. 3
1$ will be thfKfeeifepted thing for '
c bride to hold >i' coUcgode&recte *
matrimony. <
Virtually all the drudgery of house
work will haveJteen ended by science 1
ind mechanics.? '
The average man of today can't
make enough money to supply the J
family with food, clothes, autoni* 1
idles, radios, and the numerous
jifcher modem atflietforis^that's why 1
women and girls must get out of the. ,
home and earn," said Mrs. MacDon- n
aid. "? . -?;???? jl
Necessity, Not Hl
I "A career for women fa becoming,
I a necessity, not a hobby. So the '<
?wife may carry on in the world of
I weekly pay cheeks, hubby must 1
I do his share of the housework,*- '
? At Boston University Mrs. Mae- i
Donald aids in equipping 628 matri- 11
monially Lidined girls with .- the
?knowledge that wiB increase their
The modern bride, she said, should <
Itoeaxn money, and how to develop ]
?herself and family culturally.
I . Such training promises relief for
Ithe husband who now boars the 1
Bfwiily,.. " I
W - cum**
lagement" as the principal home duty 1
I of the wife of 1950. By then, dust
ing will be done by radio, dia^r 1
labor by one sort of I
I vh? or ther-othor, she predicted. - j- <, I
?^That means not only that women
I gained from outside contrar^*wM?h|
j It is a profei^ion??8 xnueh - sol
? Letters treats ; Jaafi imony in itsII
r fka ^ r \ . !
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OfMktMoM Carolina Coasi
Eigh&eethntfWeighifig }
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"Wflmihgton, April 5.?Fish stories
fare breaking fast here now., ^ml. whe
t*r Us the iina of .j^ch
ails off the coat or because of
Season experts do not say, but
the capture today off the'flfcijj
leftover ?oast_of a tigersluriei^lit
feet long, weigh ki$C iffiO^unda: tpd
a sea monkey which
akin to the animaL for which^. Aft^a
is noted," fishenheh said that it "beat
aJL they had. ever -seen."
The shark# a real one, was captur
ed- during., the night in a "setting'.'
new. .The sea monkey was caught
iii. the -same net, while a shark, said
to have been twice as large as . the
one captured, made it sescape while
the fishermen were trying to "haul
him in."
? A fish weighing. 500 pounds, the
namr of which 1 is variously given
air-a herring hog fin whale and tiger
shark; was "caught last week off the
coast of the county, while a day
laler-a sturgeon weighing 337 pounds
was caught -in the Cape Fear River
rujhr-the city.
Today from one of the fresh wa
ter bdtar-at a' beach resort, an alli
gator weighing 125 pounds arid
measuring five feet in length was
Mjpturedr - Meantime fishermen were
liking- forward to taking care of
themselves ' in connection with the
new Ushfcttrien't tax. * T *
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WX?HS
TMY CAMPS
riming named educational institutions
rt?aet?eide-Bcholarehips for the
choal to be awarded to
rtw? men attending the Citizens Mil-,
tary Training Camps this summer.
? WeAViid College, Spartanburg, S. Ci
>ne scholarship valued at $60.00.
Gordon Military Institute, Barnes
rille, Ga., three scholarships, valued
it $125.00 each.
Riverside Military Academy, Gains
rilie, Ge., iive scholarships, valued at
Vi&versity, Greenville, S.
one-scholarship, valued at $75.00.
Tennessee Military Institute, Sweet
water, Tenn., one scholarship, valued
it $200.00.
Georgia Military Academy, Col
ege-Park, Ga., one scholarship, ^lu
sd at $200.00. &
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.,
>pe scholarship, valued at $50.00. ;
iCehitailBry College of Louisiana,
Shneveport, La., one scholarship, valu
??***06:00. . ' ' ^ ^ |;[
#*<#*
liens Military Training Camps,
their desire to enroll ?as stodents^fe
high eass of young men who attend
these Camps." Colonel .Phinney said.,
JSMtBiteanl' to the enrollment for
there has been actually accepted and
iflllfjilillW be sure $ the priyiL
ege of attending the camps this sunn
mer.'1
M? 1 i L^l 1
Judging from the headlines and
average big . city newspaper it. & no
longer .difficult to "break' fhto;4he
secp^-to Keep-xrom being dragged in,
? tm.. ?? ? i
liix^^ccij ^*0^. ji^^l ^ ^]ii{)t |
Lights of all vehicles must be test
I ed umln: inm i ifl<a>iMWife<*"?- vlUgte- m
? way department and a test certificate
? not show a glare aboi^
? ^Drivers. are; Pmhi^ tfto? ^a?^;
? ktg downgrade by throwing geajs
I ; Vehicles on lhe qpt artgruiiwa: j
I iigh^of-way and vehicles cn j lqff
J must - yield when approaching or en
terms an intereectiM at approci.
? mately the same time. Vehicles en
Itering public bi^ys
iflm or drives must yield right of
way to approaching vehicles and driv
ers traveling at an unlawful rate of
I speed fotf&iH&h gfct#1
l| I Drivers' involved In accidents -are
required tdr stop. |
I ? v Signs, posters of stickers are pro
hibited on windsMriAv side wings,
I rear or
IfflklJofe of rfed of green light visi- 1
;ble from directly in front of-a vehi- 1
lp<3e aye prohibite(W*^w^g[w does not I
' 2nd .flrm
. ? ?-i/' - a H
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igfS^ssr
Moon Effects Seasons
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Several well-known local men were
tbe ?ther ?
tUKtk sbrtithwf.. was said about the
k^ti^f^^i^/know,M remarked one
.of them, that you can kill a beef on
thitifiCT&aaa;tfiSf the moon and when
you boil the meat with vegetables
it won't shrink up any and it will
p Somebody asked .Mm whether he
farae-joking.
"No, I'm not joking/' he' replied.
?m ask: my
land he will tell you the same things
if donlt know .' the explanation bf'~ it
but I do know that it is so. My wife
won't ever., hat* any .meat.-that.,has
been lulled on the increase of the
3^*^*0r .HI<V
Latefr in the day, when one of the
J&cal butchers. was. broached on ^ the
itifbject, he vertified the statement
j^jat had been made.
r'*tn thbsfcnje conversation another
gkrspoketupAnd,said;
-^*1 never knew that the moon ha^
aify effect en the quality $f meat,
bUt it does have an effect* on some
thing else, and n vgry decided effect
- - ?i
I - He was asked tor iurtlter HilaiU. 1
If mm paid drink
almost twice is much liquor on the
decrease of the moon than he can
wtyr^the^moon is on the increafee?"
I. i*jfc is an absolute fact," he con
lUnited, "and any"
you; the same thing. A man can par
take of twice as much iquor en tee
r)n|i'a1?liau' ? V'jiiuij I'itBi . ?/ . j_ . 'fl
*j'"4.,? ^ 9. w r^B
^j?pc3 So XI,'
the group who were fnmk in their f J
S&ftiSHfof doubt - relative to the 11
assertions maete.- (tiwe^-but appar- I
sntly ???. both theories have gained II
considerable! circulation,- for. jthere
ire; quite -a numbef p# fpHw who 11
realjy^lieW in flwim.
they are true-after ail, jj
bfg"1^purehasetr>Df tracks or cawj
of fesser horsepower. 4 In th*--paati
irhqpt plater wr^re ^transferred the
Dwrfer had to pay the -additional fee
i?;horsepower.,of the. ,?ew machine
was greater and allowed no refund
ifjlt was less* Replacement,-. plates I
Wlf!4<ft>8t ^fhstead,Lof-ff1as at" pres
^f?eKi?&t>nstl ears of 26
On >4tiber 30 -plates will be issued
for 6 months' and there, will be an
outlaw- Of .2Scenta to cover, the .
special issue*. -.-On- danuary 2, 1928- ?
putting the ayatnto on the calendar,
cowl or instrument board and
given authority to chargfe' 50 cents
for the Cdfttalhe^^tftiiugh. the eard
Dlavibk th^ caitl on the
>ieduceci ;^ %
stolen property in maB^MMWi%id
may lead to a reduetipnlin ifheftr in^;
cariy to such an extent that it deemr
i^djuftfeJo Ottempt to secpr* a
state highway patrol and this bill
w*4 hot ^clMtid, -aithbugh steps were
smoother sailing pt the next biennial
solons.
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Conley -Dabney, of Fn&tdt$ ;
Ky.,/above, said innocii^
but fc was wnvicted of Wu|?i
Harv Vickery four years
Marj -V^k?ry showg up-^Sw^nr ;
the body found in an old mine-'
ttill.iaa mystery. GovernorFWlo^
of Kentucky, quickly granted-japiap*
donland Dabney'^ life is aaeed.^ A
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BeginningOpera
tioczioc the Annual s>
Crop of Coftorr
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Raleigh, N. C., April, 7.-?otton
farmers are beginning operations for
the annual crop and if profits are to
belmade this year, the seed bed, the
seed and fertilizer must receive un
usual-attention. v
"A good .seed bed is the first re- ?
quisite to a good stand and vigorously
growing plants" say&C. B. Williamsr
head .of the departrnent of agronomy
$t - State "College- ? "The* coil-oujiife
SEn^bould take plaee as soon m
spring has well opened up. An entry
stdS is a factor in setting the
ir^um number of bolls before boll
weetrfl damage begins."
Experiments made by Mr. Wih
liams and his associates show that
cotton-eannot be produced -economical
ly without fertilizer, .but this material
should be used in proper-amounto per
scire and so proportioned ai to fit
the crop and the_ soil: Tftfits on
Cecil clay loam irfls show that using
600;pounds per acre will Increase the
yifeld 466 pounds;qf seed cotton more
than Mil the use of 200 pounds of
fertilizer. This 600 pound applica
tibpi will also make 151 more pounds
of wed cotton than will 400 pounds
of fertilizer.
Tests conducted for seven years m
the Costal Plain section show that
8(>0 pounds of fertilizer will produce
7il!more pounds -of*seed cotton than
200 pounds of fertilizer, 542 -"more
pounds of. seed cotton han 400 pounds
ofEfertilizer.
Jlr. Williams states, therefore, that
from 600 to 800 pounds of fertilizer
is the proper amount to use for cot
Eon under. ordinary conditions. The
most expensive cotton is that not
fertilized. For the piedmont area,
hd* recommends a mixture analyzing
l0 to 12 percent phosphoric acid, 4
to 5 peTdent ammonia and 2 to per
cent potash. For the coastal. plain
aiea, he recommends a mixture analy
sing 6 tajl percent, phosphoric acio,
8rto 4 percent ammania and 3 to4
percent potash- Such mixtures riiould
be supplemented by the addition of
nitrate of soad or sulphate or am
monia applied as a topdresser.
II? jAND ,?
They used to give the editor
&}! sorts of things to eat
Affdffc for subscription
JThey.^oyld barter corn and wheat
IE he mentioned something special I
I 'Or refaarked that it was nice,
T$n to one he'd get a mellon
|pr a mess of fish
They used to give the editor
,.A bodquet now and then
In the shape of beets or cabbage,
'^Occasionally a hen; |
They used to bring him pumpkins
^And potatoes- by the peck,
W?t no bring nothing^ ; l
They tifed^give111Oredterfe?
| Mdvi?* when he was slack, -. 1
Being awfully Ipcg- in theory :
ffjfot migb^y short on jack.
J^pb now the times ai? different^.
I A youthful local groom informs us
!??? ' kiD ' wnivn tin <fA'? ?jyj.t*
r"- '-Ect ?"* ' I
. '?-?? : ?
ffepNteMfcate. &#-JirmmSi~i
?'??sawBOS'
CoftoiJunfTobeccc &:
* . .. - r ? - - - /-. <?- ?
Practically everybody in this sec- ,
tions is interested in agricultural
prospects for this year,., particularly -f,.
wBeji it comea to the.-pr^s'that ?
be paid, for cottoir and tobacep. -
Reports which are being received ,,,.
from various .sources, however, indf
cate that, the fhriners are ^)ing to
plant a substantial increase in to-,
bacco and that there will be little, if
any; reduction in! cotton.
I Recently a statement appeared %-v
one 'of theNew York financ?al;,jour-' ?*.
nai? on situation.* The^
articte; went :on te say. that it ? had r
been teou^erigiually that the ;?jt<. "'
j ton acreagia. woudbe decreased con
[ siderablyr {this year /.^throughout -
gputh, but that it now appeared th#t *
fcfee farmers were opet^',** 'n v
plet4GfiQrge-dp-it" basis.. Ip>
ether .
w?u|d their acreage thai- this \
*?r+?muty others who weaaf,deia^ !;J
eratfejy increasing their acreage.
Whether this is going to be -true
of.- fJa^terjivISforth CareUna. is aotv~
known. , "
<,jln a,recent issue of The William-^,
ston Enterprise,, there appeared the" ",
following., article with reference . . to /
the tobacco crop , prospects, in Mar
tin County: a, v >"/ ? ,
aWith, an estimated. increase of
per cent^.Ma^bt county will have Ht- *
.160 'seres of tebaceo.this yea*. :s .,
estimated increase, coining ^from r*%
large number of farmers th^ougliout
opeticp,
j^^toof the?oe?tjrwhere
this and Washington c?t^.;1 toy*\!y
given the reports as gathejw^b^ga^,
Jh thehr;;xespe<^e.;eecti<^^ja>ur^ -r.
each .case, the: increase in ntlto^l. J,
ranges from 15 to 23 per cent. UsoEg.- !.
the i ay wage yield per acre of last *
year, the ^1927 crop will amoirnt to /.
around- 10,23t9,iod pounds."
?l So-fer as Pitt county is eonceff^r i;.
hulications at present are that the a$t-:..
toff trop wilt; be reduced. But there... ,
is no definite, assurance of that- ^ecfv ;'
With respect to tobacco, the, eropthif: v
ytear is going to show a material, pi- *.
crease. All v. available- iitfcraatte?-.
from authuritattrt sources is to tto^
effect that f he price for teheee?
fall f is going io be extremely;;,Jew.;;
Thiq is nothingnew. State?W?te-ginff ,.
ing' this news have been givenjout. ..
for 'the past several months, but apr _?
patently they .have had no effi^^. T
The] fanner who expects to mafceut,
mortey out of his' tobacco crop - thie- ? ?
year ds going to be greatly ydiaapr ..
pointed when he goes on the. market....
hi September.
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Art D^*WomaB&+
Ctiifa
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11 The Literary Art Departiraptr ef ?
I the j ,Wwnany8.' Club L held; 'it's ' ftrstf7
meeting A^hll.!first At the home of .j -
I Mrt. L. M. (Cox- Mrs: Cox ieadrrfpr -
this department had charge of tbf : ;
? me<Jtin?
I Herniate work, in literature wee-*
II postponed until the falt'Vnt l1lb?ea
Ij phajse, of* art will be taken "0#
Isunimer. Mrs". J. W. Rasbeiry and
Mriiff' Bobbit were appoint tb
service asrsi program computtee. rThe^
I second Wednesday of each month;war'~
decided upon as the time for Awtbjfr
[should give at - least one - well. shoeSE I
jboojk each year and these are to-for* I
I a nueluesfor a Woman's
I Lovelace and Mrs C. C. Hodges were : I
I appointed to get up a rose show soma- ? I
Itiinie during, the. month of May. Th*"
I May meeting will be held with Mrs. I
I REVENUE AMOUNTS l
Washington, April 4.?I^pe Taif^ H
*68,000.00 below what had been'^ti- I
mated. The period figures; however, I
Total income tax collection*, fai
^ . ? amount .Jo
^approximately $19,GO0,OO$#GOv',a I
' y- ii m _|% i ,i ,, . dwva *'"'H
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it 1l5 iOj <*** \ yr t? 4^* *
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