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FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, jrtJLY SI, 1956 -: NTJMBBR THIRTEEN
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Tobacco Growers Endorse
Compact Plan Of Control
HaH Named Head of
New Committee t o
Press for Compact
Legislation; Hut son
and Bennett Heard on
Farm Plans
Raleigh, July 31.?Five hundred
North Carolina tobacco growers,
meeting at State College yesterday,
unanimously endorsed the State
compact method of controlling tobac
co production, and named a commit
tee of nine men to work out plans
for compact legislation in this State.
They viewed the compact as the
best method now available for main
taining ?igid control of production
and sales and thereby assure grow
er "a fair price for our leaf."
It would give tobacco - growing
states authority to work together in
regulating the tobacco crop in a
manner similar to that formerly ex
ercised by the old AAA and the
Kerr-Smith .Act.
Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic nomi
nee for Governor stated in his cam
paign speeches that he would con
fer ?ith a growers' advisory com
ma^ in regard to compact legis
5fne~^?>t5f?~tva8 divided into five
districts, one to have one man and
an* alternate as the advisory com
mittee^ the. .other districts each to
have two commiteemen and two al
ternates.
"The first district lying in the Bor
der Belt, is represented by Dr. G. M.
Pate, of Robeson County, with T. J.
Harris, of Cumberland, as his al*?r
nate.
The second district, comprising
the rest of the New Belt, is repre
sented by F. Brock,, of Jones, and G.
T. Scott, of Johnston, with Lionel
Weil, of Wayne, and J. Y. Joyner, of
Lenoir, as alternates.
The third district, comprising the
rest of the New Belt, is represented
by J. E. Winsdow, of Pitt, and W. W.
Eagles, of Edgecombe, with B. B.
Everett, of Halifax, and C. U. Rog
ers, of Martin, as alternates.
The fourth district, lying in the
"Middle Belt? *is ^wpresented by W.
-W. White,'of ^ance, and D. H. Sen
der, of Harnett, with W. A. Turner,
-of Warren, and J. M. Wilcox, of Lee,
as alternates.
The fifth district, comprising the
Old Belt, is represented by M. J.
Martin, of Surry, and C. T. Hall, of
-Person, with G. R. Sockwell, of Guil
"ford, and T. M. Lewis, of Forsyth,
as alternates.
? Following the election, the com
mitteemen named Claude T. Hall, of
Woodsdale, chairman. Hall was the
-chairman of the tobacco advisory
committee that served during the
old AAA.
* Before the committee was elected,
J. B. Hutson, former chief of the
.AAA tobacco section and now di
rector of the Federal soil-improve
ment program in the East Central
Region, which includes North Caro
"lina, discussed the tobacco situation
-end explained the compact.
1 He stated that although tobacco
J stocks on hand are now a little larg
-er than a year ago, the total supply
-is smaller in view of the fact that
"dry weather has curtailed the 1936
crop.
Consumption is now at a higher
; level, he stated, and prices are
slightly more favorable.
The compact, he added, requires
an enabling act by Congress, such
as was passed during the last ses
sion, and local legislation in each of
the co-operating states. So far, Vir
? ginia is the only State to pass such
legislation.
A a m/vor r*nn?irtarpd it would cive
growers control over tobacco mar
keting similar to that obtained with
' the Kerr - Smith Act, but the ad
visory committee and the North Car
olina Legislature may work out a
I method erf control somewhat differ
ent, it was pointed out.
Congressman Harold D. Cooley
urged the farmers to get together
and do something. "Only through
co-operation and team work will you
be able to solve this (tobacco) prob
? lem," he declared.
Those '^10 will not join-in this
1 movement are working to destroy
their own business, he told the
- growers. "Even though the compact
- may not be perfect, it is the best
r plan we -know of." _
Congressman Graham Barden al
so addressed the growers, pointing
L out that all farm legislation shoulc
- originate from the farmers. He saic
- that he was not trying to tell then
~ what to do, but was there to learr
* what they wanted done.
^ -jf I want you to know that th<
Slfertk^ Carolina defecation in Con
worked hard to serve you
- and if you will let us know what yoi
want we will keep on trying to d<
- all we can to help you," he said.
- Dean L (X Schaub, of State Col
I lege, presided over the meeting
" Whew aottt- fiewoi proposed tha
- county 2am agenta be asked to nom
visory committee the dean refused.
"This is to be a committee of
farmers, elected by farmers and the
extension service is not going to
take any part in it," he stated.
"If we can't get equality for agri
culture under the Constitution, we
will amend the Constitution," Ed
ward A. O'Neal, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
declared last night in a "fighting ad
dress" to the last joint session of
men and women at Farm, and Home
Week at State College.
"We believe in the soil conserva
tion program," he stated, "and we
are going to string along with State
College and the Federal government.
We are going to try to secure for
agriculture a place in the sun with
out running afoul of the Supreme
Court.
"But if we cannot get our just
dues in that way, then we must and
we will change the Constitution," he
shouted.
"We have got to have some way
to control ourselves and our indus
try. We must find a way for farm
ers to have a voice in determining
the prices for which we are to sell
our commodities."
There is only one way for the
farmer to protect his rights, and
that is through organization, he con
tinued. They must have an organ
ization that will be a national fac
tor in the formulation of agricul
tural policies.
The low income of the cotton
farmer, and of many a tobacco
farmer, is the shame of the South,
O'Neal said. "It is a challenge to all
of us, and we must face it."
He also declared that the Farm
Bureau is solidly against a tariff
that "hi-jacks everybody and doesn't
do the farmer a bit of good."
Following O'Neal's address the au
dience of farm men and women elect
ed Farm and Home Week officers or
the coming year.
C. C. McCoin, of Davidson Coun
ty, was named president to succeed
L. 0. Moseley, of Kinston; D. H.
Boney, of Duplin County, was elect
ed first vice-president to succeed
Sherrod Tuttle, of Caldwell County;
George Sockwell, of Guilford, suc
ceeds E. B. Barrett, of Reiidsville, as
second vice-president.
John W. Goodman, assistant di
rector of the State College extension
service, was re-elected as secretary
treasurer of the week.
N. C. Ledger
In The Black
The General Fund Has
$950,000 Surplus; the
Highways Over $6,
000,000.
Raleigh, July 30.?A credit bal
ance or surplus of $949,927 in the
North Carolina general fund has
been reportel by Frank Dunlap, as
sistant director of the budget, for
the fiscal year ending June 30, and
an "unencumbered" cash balance of
$6,000,000 to $7,000,000 in the high
way fund by Chairman C. M. Way
nick of the Highway and Public
Works Commission.
The general fund, from which all
general State expenditures are made,
had a cash balance of $712,253 for
the 1934-35 fiscal year, but there was
a cash overdraft of over $2,000,000.
For 1933-34 it had a $74,072 credit
balance.
Chairman Waynick said the high
way fund showed a cash balance of
$9,000,000 to $10,000,000, but this
was reduced by unspent allotments
already made.
Revenue collections last fiscal year
as reported on June 1, totalled $53,
608,780, a new record, with the gen
eral fund receipts of $28,753,757 be
ing 19.14 per cent more than in 1934
35.
The general fund last fiscal year
received $32,151,632 from all sources,
including $1,000,000 from the high
way funds as "sales tax on gasoline"
and $1,415,025 from non-tax reve
nue sources such as earnings, fees,
dividends, etc.
Expenditures aggregated $31,201,
706.
rTvWy> haIA, Inw A 1 Q1 ,
A lie MJCa LAA piUUUV,CU
373 of the revenue and income taxes
yielded another $8,088,119.
The public schools est $20,223,211
of the money 3pent; d^bt serviee
1 cost $4,281,233; educational institu*
I tions $1,784,488; charitable and cor
I rectional Institutions, $1,597,221
s pensions, $580469; executive and ad
i ministrative, $1,550,507; judicial
$367,029, and state aid and obliga
r tions, $803,882. ? *
The general fund credit balonci
,' consisted of $600,787 in cash an<
$349,140 in income taxes assessa
> but deferred on the installment plan
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
> - Mr. and Mrs. Chester Murphy an
- nounce the birth of a son on Monday
July 87.
Winslow Named
Federation Head
Farm 0 r g a n i zation
Names District Com
mittee; to Seek New
Members
Raleigh, July 31. ? Representa
tives from 57 counties met at State
College yesterday to set up a perma
nent North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation, replacing the temporary
organization formed last fall.
J. E. Winslow, of Greenville, out
standing farm leader and acting
chairman of the temporary organi
zation, was elected president. W. F.
Woodruff, of Nashville, was elected
vice-president.
Edwin A. O'Neal, militant presi
dent of the national organization,
spoke briefly to the delegates, im
ploring them to help in raising the
income of the North Carolina farm
ers.
"Farmers north of the Mason
Dixin line are willing and anxious
to cooperate with you in bringing
about better conditions," he declar
ed, "if you will only give them a
chance."
The State has ben divided up in
to four districts. An executive com
mittee, composed of representatives
from each of these districts, was se
lected at the meeting.
fV,o Mnw-ViAOQt Rector, those
f lUill tiiv *1 v? ? ? _ _ _? r
elected were: W. W. Watson, Lake
Landing; Alonzo Edwards, Hooker
ton; W. F. Woodruff, Nashville, and
J. E. Winslow, Greenville.
Southeastern members of the com
mittee are: J. R. Morris, Wilming
ton; A. J. Whitley, Smithfield; and
J. D. Johnson, Garland.
Those from the Northwest district
are: R. F. Shaw, Grensboro; C. T.
Hall, Woodsdale; and J. L. Chris
tian, Surry County.
From the Southwest district the
following were elected: J. M. Wil
cox, Sanford; W. S. Patterson, Stony
Point; and J. G. Crawford, Coolee
mee.
President Winslow announced that
the executive committee would meet
about August 10 to perfect plans
for a membership drive, and to select
a permanent secretary and treasurer.
Since its inception in North Caro
lina last fall, beginning with a mass
meeting in Greenville, at which
O'Neal delivered a bristling address
urging tobacco farmers to organize
the aggressive Farm Bureau has
spread rapidly all over North Caro
lina. Officers hope to organize per
manent associations in each of the
State's 100 counties.
Weeds Spread
Granville Wilt In
Tobacco Fields
Granville Wilt, a disease that
costs North Carolina tobacco grow
ers more than $1,000,000 a year, may
possibly spread to tobacco fields
from common weeds growing nearby.
Cocklebur, jimson and nightshade
are even more susceptible than to
bacco to this disease, and they show
the same symptoms, said Dr. E. E. J
Clayton, tobacco disease specialist,
of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, reporting on recent research
work conducted at the Tobacco Ex
periment Station near Oxford.
The effect of wilt on rogweed,
horseweed and horse nettle is not so
evident, but they too become dis
eased, and they may act as carriers,
Dr. Clayton stated.
This may explain why recom
mended crop rotations often fail to
control the wilt, he continued. Even
if tobacco has not ben grown on the
land for years, the disease may be
kept in the field By weeds.
Corn, wheat, rye, sweet potatoes,
grasses and legumes are immune to
wilt, and a crop rotation including
those with tobacco has been rec
ommended as a control method.
But if weeds are allowed to grow
in or near the fields, Dr. Clayton
pointed out, they will carry the dis
ease over succeeding tobacco crops
even though immune crops are
grown on the land between the pe
riods when it is in tobacco.
, In view of this, he said, tobacco
growers should give more attention
to weed eradication in infested
areas. He also recommended that
? they continue growing immune crops
i in rotation with tobacco.
The wilt enters the plants through
!? the roots and spreads to all parts of
s the plant. If the infection starts
? early in the season, the plant will
be killed. If it starts late, a few
I leaves may be saved. ?
j WINS CUP IN GOLF
TOURNAMENT.
j. Friends here will be interested to
J learn that Mrs. Knott Proctor, of
3 jGrenville, formerly of Farmville,
' was winner for the third time in a
- golf tournament recently, the award
.for which was the Governor's Cup,
and which she now holds as her tro
- phy. The runner-up in the tdurna
ment was Miss Bessie Brown, of
Greenville,
Farm Organization
Lends Its Efforts
Light Rural Homes
Farm Bureau Appoints
Committee to Work
With the Organization
Seeking to Erect Pow
er Lines.
Greenville, July 29.?The Pitt
County Farm Bureau will take an
active part in trying to secure Fed
eral loans through the Rural Elec
trification authority to erect rural
power lines throughout the county.
# I
A spokesman for the Bureau said
today: "We do not want to leave
our county in the dark, while all our
neighbors are providing lights for ,
their farm homes."
At a meeting of the county or
ganization a committee composed of
I Mack G. Smith, Oscar Speight and .
A. L. Woolard was named to lend its ;
efforts in trying to secure money to
erect the lines.
Efforts will be made to have elec
tricity in every farm home in the
county, it was stated. ,
A campaign will be carried on to (
'secure the necessary data whereby ,
funds can be secured. It was recall- ;
1 ed that other counties in Eastern
North Carolina are planning to build
the rural lines. '
An organization has been formed
to provide the farms with electric
ity, the power to be purchased from J
the City plant, but so far little head- J
way has been made toward securing
a loan and the Bureau will cooperate 1
with the organization in its efforts.- 1
1
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NATIONAL INCOME.
ABOUT LEGAL RESERVES
MORE DESTROYERS.
PEEK HOLDS HIS FIRE. i
ELECTION SPECULATION.
By Hugo Sims, Washington
Correspondent.
Every year the Department of
| Commerce makes public its- esti
| mates of the national income both '
I produced an<f- paid out. The income
| produced is the market value of com- 1
I modifies produced and services ren
dered less the value of raw materi
s's and equipment expended in the
process of production. The income
paid out represents the total receiv
ed by individuals for their economic
^gement or capital.
In 1925 the national income pro
duced was $81,304,000,000, and that
paid out was $78,632,000,000. By
1932, the income produced dropped
paid out was $48,362,000,000. Since
1929, income paid out has exceeded
income produced, making it neces
sary for business to dip into reserves
to pay wages, dividends and inter
est. Gradually, however, there has
been a tendency toward a balance,
reflected in the figures for 1935
when the income produced was $52,
959,000,000 and that paid out $53,
587,000,000.
* " * - ? ? Lno Knnn
Allowing a course umi uw..
urged for many months by certain
bankers and economists, notably
Winthrop W. Aldrich, chairman of
the Chase National Bank, the Board
of Governors of the Federal Re
serve System raised the legal re
serve requirements of member banks
fifty per cent, thus eliminating some
$1,450,000,000 of excess reserves
now estimated at $3,400
000,000. This action disregarded the
advice of other bankers, notably S.
Parker Gilbert, of J. P. Morgan and
Company, who insisted that there
was no undue requirements at this
time might jeopardize recovery.
It was explained that the inflow
from abroad in the past of two and a
half years of more than three bil
lion dollars in gold had created
enormous excess reserves and that
the action of the Governors, effect
ive August 15th, would remove a
surplus which might, lead to specu
lation and an inflation far greater
than that of 1929. The action of the
Board, of course, is "highly experi
mental" and will be "watched close
ly."
Announcement by Great Britain
that she will not scrap 40,000-tons
of over-age destroyers next Decem
ber as provided by the 1930 Naval
Treaty, confirms what has been a
foregone conclusion for months and
automatically gives the United
States and Japan the right to re
tain destroyer tonnage. This means
that the United States and Great
Britain will have 190,000 tons of de
stroyers and Japan 105,000. The
British action was no surprise be
r cause early in 1931 they stated that
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Counties Med
t
Te (take Claims
Commission Investigat
ing Road Fund Claims
? to Meet Again On
August 25.
Raleigh, July 30.?After naming
Carl L. Bailey, of Roper, as chair
man, the County Road Claiims Ad
justment Commission voted yester
day to ask each of the 100 counties
in North Carolina to submit to it any
possible claims it might have against
the State before August 26.
The commission, holding its first
meeting voted to meet here again
on August 28 to map further plans
for its study of the counties' claims
and to set dates for regional hear
ings of the claims, The counties
were asked, in filing their claims, to
file written briefs in support of them.
Only 44 counties of the State had
filed claims for the highway re
funds when the 1935 Legislature au
thorized the creation of a commis
it was decided, on advice of Charles
sion to investigate the matter, but
Ross, general counsel for the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, to ask the county commission
ers in each of the 100 counties to
3ubmit any claims which they now
have.
The total amount claimed Dy tne
44 cou^ies which already have de
manded payment of $8,451,160.30.
"A thing like this could drag on
for years and years with each Leg
islature having to go over it again,"
Ross said in advising the commis
sion to ask all the counties to sub
mit their claiims. "J think it ought
to be determined now whether any
other county has a claim and wheth
er or not it should be paid."
The present claimants contend the
money is due them as repayments of
"donations" or "loans" made the
liighway commission back around
1921 to 1925, before the State took
over all the highways. They con
tend that they are due refunds to
place them on an equitable basis
with other counties which made sim
ilar arrangements with the commis
sion and were paid back.
AT THE ROTARY CLUB.
At the regular meeting of the
Farmville Rotary Club on Tuesday
night, plans were laid for attend
ance of the following local officers
at the annual assembly of officers
of Rotary Clubs of the 57th District,
at Atlantic Beach: Manley Liles,
President; Elbert Holmes, song
leader; John Moore, Dick Joyner, Ed
Nash Warren and Joe Rasberry,
committee chairmen. These mem
bers also planned to attend the Inter
city meeting held Wednesday night.
Robert J. Walnwright was pro
gram leader for the night; his talk
related to the encouragement that he
received in early life and how the
right word of encouragement made
the right time by some friend can
change a person's whole life; he re
viewed his early experiences in
Farmville, and also his twenty-one
years of service with the Standard
Oil Company, and thanked all mem
bers of the Rotary Club for their
patronage and co-operation, which
had done so much to help him make
his fine record with that company.
Mr. Wainwright admonished the
members of the Rotary Club to keep
their eyes on the young boys and the
young men of the community and to
give them a word of encouragement
when the opportunity presented it
self.
Some Timely Farm
Questions Answered
At State College
QUESTION: Do you recommend
the Austrian winter pea for soil im
provement in North Carolina?
ANSWER: Yes. The winter pea
was first grown in this State about
eight years ago and its increasing
in popularity each year. It produces
nodules more abundantly than vetch;
it is easy to grow; produces plenty
of vegetation; 'and may be planted
any time from September 1 to De
cember 1 in the same way as vetch.
At least 30 pounds of seed should
be used to the acre. If the land is
not innoculated by vetch, it would
be well to get some dirt from a field
that has grown one of the two crops
and use this to innoculate the field.
e
QUESTION: When is the best
time of the year to plant a winter
grazing crop for poultry?
ANSWER: Italian rye grass
planted in September or early Oc
tober should give excellent, grazing
during the winter and early spring
if normal weather prevails. A mix
ed crop, fine for poultry, can be ob
tained by planting rye grass and
crimson clover at the same time.
Full details ^as to grazing crops for
poultry may be had free of charge
on application to the Agricultural
Editor at Stats College.
| Many extravagances begin under
the guise of efficiency, _
Savings Bond
Sales Increasing.
i
Wayne C. Taylor, Acting Secre- j
tary of the Treasury, announced to
day that the one-half billion dollar
mark, maturity value, of sales of
United States Savings Bonds had
been passsd.
Savings Bonds were first made av
ailable on March 1, 1935. For the
10 months period from that date to
the end of the year, purchases am
ounted to a maturity value of $269,
000,000, or an average daily sale for
each business day for that period of
approximately $1,000,000 maturity
value. Purchases from January 1,
1936, to July 6, represent maturity
value of $241,000,000, or an average
daily sale of approximately $1,635,
000 for each business day, reflecting
a 50 per cent increase in the aver
age daily saleB for the year 1936 ov
er 1935.
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.rurcnases lor me new nscai year
beginning the first day of this
month are at an increased rate av
eraging a daily maturity value of
$1,823,700, which is in excess of 80
per cent increase over the daily av
erage sales for the year 1935. Av
erage daily sales in July, 1936, are
approximately 75 er cent ahead of
average sales for July, 1935.
United States Savings Bonds may
be purchased at all Post Offices of
the first and second classes, at most
of the third-class, and at some of
the fourth class offices or direct by
mail from the Treasurer of the Unit
ed States, or any Federal Reserve
Bank. The direct-by-mail sales have
likewise shown a consistent ratio of
of increase during the last several
months. The upward trend of sales
is apparently due not only to in
creasing numbers of new purchasers
but to the purchases made by pres
ent owners at regular intervals.
JOHN LESLIE WILKEKSON.
Funeral services were held for
John Leslie Wilkerson, eighteen
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Wilkerson, at their home Thurs
day afternoon, and interment was
made in Forest Hill cemetery. The
child succumbed to an attack of
pneumonia in a Greenville hospital
on Wednesday.
Pitt County
Scouts Swim
Meet on 12 th
Scouts of Pitt County
Will Hold District -
Wide Swimming Meet
in Farmville Pool on
Wednesday Evening,
August 12th
The scouts of Greenville, Farm
ville, Grimesland, Grifton, Stokes,
Ayden, Bethel, Fountain, Winter
ville will hold their swimming meet
in Farmville 8 p. m. Wednesday eve
ning, August 12.
Scouts who take first place, re
gardless of Troop, will represent the
Greenville distriict n the East Car
olina Council swimming meet to be
held in Tarboro, August 21st.
The annual swimming meet of the
East Carolina Council this year will
be preceded by District-wide swim
ming meets over the entire Council
to determine which boys should rep
resent their district in Tarboro on
August 21st.
ine events are:
(1) Length of pool free style.
(2) Length of pool breast stroke.
(3 Length of pool back stroke.
(4) Plunge for distanct.
(5) 50 yard dash free style.
(6) 60 foot rescue race using the
cross chest carry-speed only.
(7) Four man medley relay-breast
crawl, back and free style.
(8) Diving-plain front, frontjack,
swan and any three others.
Through the cooperation of J. W.
Joyner and C. G. Rollins, the heads
of the Farmville shimming pool, the
District meet will be conducted in
one of the finest pools in Eastern
North Carolina. Farmville Troop
25, under Scoutmaster Eld Nash
Warren, will be the host for the oc
casion and special plans are under'
way to entertain the guests. Both
friends and parents are cordially in
vited for the occasion, and it is ex
pected it will be a big night
Ralph H. Mozo, Assistant Scout
Executive of the East Carolina
Council, will be the chief judge, and
with a corps of assistants will de
termine which troops wins the Boy
Scout statuette to be awarded to the
troop scoring the largest number of
points.
Boy Scouts are reminded to bring
registration cards with them on the
12th, as no charge is being made
registered Scouts as another evi
dence of cooperation of the swim
ming pool authorities.
New PWA Program
Put In Operation
? - - .I . ? ? n ? ? ? i#
P r e s i dent Roosevelt
Changes Course of the
Works Administra
tion; Allots $22,742,
034 for 3520 Projects in
37 States; Huge Un
dertakings No Longer
Favored.
WASHINGTON, July 30. ? The
Public Works Administration opened
its third building program today
with new emphasis on smaller scale
projects quickly built.
A new style Public Works pro
gram was declared underway by
President Roosevelt's allotment of
122,742,034 for 3,520 projects in 37
states?with a- mandate that all
must be finished in a year.
Contrasting with such major
structures as New York's triborotigh
bridge for which $45,000,000 was al
lotted several years ago the largest
project in the new program is a $4,
835,000 court house for New York
City. The average grant is $64,323.
STATE TO RECEIVE
EIGHT PWA GRANTS
Chapel Hill, July 30.?The Public
Works Administration program in
North Carolina got off to a new start
today when Dr. H. G. Baity, Statd di
rector, was notified by Washington
that eight permanent projects esti
mated to cost about $804,498 had
just been approved.
These will be on the first list.of
approvals under the Federal Defi
ciency Appropriation. Dr. Baity ex
pressed the hope that the approval
of other applications will soon fol
low.
The following projects were ap
proved in the list received today:
Fuquay Springs for water and sew
er lines, $51,545; Wake County for
schools, $67,909; Wilkes County for
schools, $49,090; Union County for
schools, $49,909; Edgecombe County
for tuberculosis hospital, $45,000;
Washington for additions to power
plant $64,500; Burgaw for sanitary
sewer system, $19,936; and Candor
for waterworks, $13,909.
HOSTS AT D1INNKK
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Voss were
gracious hosts at a lovely dinner
party on Wednesday evening, enter
taining in their garden, which was
beautifully illuminated for the occa
sion. A course dinner was served at
eleven attractively appointed tables
at seven o'clock.
Out-of-town guests enjoying the
hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Voss
were: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. John Brooks, Mrs. Wm.
Haines and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Lang
ley, of Kinston, Mr. and Mrs. Shelly
Beard, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Glass,
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Howard and Mr.
and Mrs. E. D. Robertson, of Green
ville.
Proper Fertilization
of Tobacco Important
Since tobacco is grown for its
leaves soil and fertilizer deficiencies
are much more serious with this crop
than with most of the other cash
crops grown in North Carolina
Such deficiencies have a more pro
nounced effect upon the leaves of a
plant than they do upon its seeds,
fruit or other parts, said C. B. Wil
liams, head of the agronomy depart
ment at State College.
For this reason, he continued,
the agronomy workers urge farmers
to give special attenion to the -prop
er methods of fertilizing their
fields.
Many of the fields are deficient in
the plant nutrients in which its soil
Williams pointed out, and the tobac
co crop is showing the effects.
It is particularly important that
next year each field be fertilized
with a mixture that will provide all
the plant nutrients in which its soil
is deficient, he declared.
Tobacco fertilizer recommenda
tions for 1937, as; prepared by a
committee of agronomists from the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and
the State \ Agricultural colleges of
Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia,
are now available to all tobacco
growers.
The reommendations have been
published in pamphlet form by the
N. C. Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. Copies of the pamphlet,
known as Agronomy Circular No.
101, may be obtained free from Pro
fessor Williams.
The pamphlet gives the recom
mendations for various types of to
bacco on different North Carolina
soils.
Stokes farmers, who have not been
able to buy cowpet3 and soybeans
i to seed their full amount of soil con
1 ' ving acreages express delight at
? uie recent ruling" permitting fchem
- to pant Sudan grass or sorghum on
this acreage. v J J *