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Two Greenville
Children Hieing
Little Morton Boys Lart
Seen by Father on
September 14
Greeaville, Oct. 15.?Little Chealey
Venable and Sidney Glenn Morton,
children of -S. V. Morton, of this city,
have been missing- from their home
here since- September 14, when they
were turned over to Mrs. Neil Win
there, former wife of Mr. Morton and
mother-of the children.
Mr. Morton ha? custody of the chil
dren under a court order.
He revealed today that on Septem
ber 14 a local police officer came to
his office and requested that the chil
dren be allowed to go to the picture
show with Mr*. Winthers. He said
the children were taken to the police
station where they met their mother.
They have not been seen since by Mr.
Morton, he declared.
The local man said that he allowed
the children to be taken aa he had
received a letter from Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle on August 12, requesting
that their mother be allowed to have
them for a while during the day. The
judge suggested that the children be
turned over to the police chief, who in
turn would allow their mother to have
custody of them during the day. The
children were returned late that af
ternoon as had been promised, Mr.
Morton said.
On Saturday, September 12, he said,
he was again requested to allow the
children to spend some time with Mrs.
Winthers, but because he was plan
ning to go out of town and take them
with him he declined. On the fol
lowing Monday he recalled, a local of
ficer came to him and made the same
request He said he agreed, with the
provision that they be returned in
time for supper. That was the last
time he saw them, he added.
Donald Deaver, of Raleigh, has
been jailed here on two different occa
sions, one time on charges of attempt
ing to kidnap and the other on a
charge of kidnaping the children. On
each occasion he was freed after the
grand jury failed to find a true bill.
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REYNOLDS IS HEARD
BY PITT DEMOCRATS
Greenville, Oct. 14.?Declaring that
President Roosevelt is not for indi
vidual groups of people but was for
the masses of the people of the United
States, Senator Robert R. Reynolds
addressed a large gathering of Pitt
County Democrats at the courthouse
tonight in the first public rally'to be
held here during the present cam
paign.
Reynolds was introduced by W." E.
Hooks, chairman of the Pitt County
Democratic Executive Committee,
who presided over the meting. He
discussed in detail the New Deal pro
gram and what it had meant to the
people. He referred at length to the
conditions* of the country under the
Republican rule and compared it with
the Democratic rule of the past four
years, stating that the Republican ad
ministration did nothing for the good
of the country.
In discussing the present adminis
tration, he referred to the help given
farmers, the Home Owners' Land Cor
poration and what it has done, and the
placing of the banks in a sound con
dition.
WED 1 DAY; WANTS DIVUKUi!;
Waterloo, Iowa.?After only one
day of marriage, Arthur L. Belo, 28,
filed suit for divorce from his wife,
Virginia, 18, charging her with "cruel
and inhuman treatment such as to en
danger my life."
TIRE EXPLODES; KILLS MAN
Carlisle, Pa.?While C. V. Sham
bangh, 55-year-old truck driver, and
Charles Bortner, were changing a
track tire, the inflated tire dropped
to?, the giound and exploded. A part
of the rim struck Shambaugh in the
face fatally injuring him. Bortner
jumped aside and was uninjured.
v FOOT ALMOST CUT OFF
iftincess Anne, Md.?Stepping in
froai of "a corn harvester just as the
hone started off, the 18-year-old son
otMr. and Mrs. William Shocklej had
hm foot nearly severed by the V^shap
ed Made which passed almost entirely
tlttatigh his ankle.
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NOVEL CASKET
2toa, N. V.?Bolton Brown, famoui
lithographer, was recently buried?
hM body reposing on a pallet of white
1$*. The pallet was made by his
. sctedn-Ja^Uopd^Wood*, at the re
-?fie rising prices ot stocks shoult
the man trim lost his teetl
Clubwomen of District to
Meet Here on October 27
Woman's and literary
Clubs to Be Hostesses
?Federation President
and Chairman of Dis
tricts Are to Make Ad
dresses
Women of the local federated
groups, the Woman's and Literary
Clubs, are busy at present with plans
for the entertainment of clubwomen
i from the 15th District, at the annual
1 meeting, which is to be held here in
the Methodist Church, on Tuesday,
October 27.
i Mrs. C. W. Beasley, of Colerain, will
| preside at the meeting and the splen
did program, which will be given in
1 entirety in these columns next week,
will include addresses by Mrs. George
E. Marshall, Federation President,
and Mrs. John D. Robinson, Chair
man of Districts.
Officers of the 15th District are:
Mrs. C. W. Beasley, president; Mrs.
0. L. Williams, vice-president; Mrs.
M. H. White, secretary, and Mrs. F.
M. Duns tan, general Federation con
tact chairman.
Will of R. L Davis
Probated Saturday
Nieces and Nephews Re
ceive Large Share of
Estate ? Considerable
Amount Left to Char
ity
The will of Robert Lang Davis was
probated in the office of the Clerk of
Pitt County on Saturday, October 10,
by F. M. Davis, Jr., and Dr. F. M.
Davis, executors. No value was put
on the estate when the will was pro
bated, but it is reported to exceed a
million dollars.
Most of the real estate, including i
lots, residences, apartment houses and !
stores, the last named covering al
most an entire business block on
Main street, was divided up among
his ten nieces and nephews, namely:
Miss Elizabeth and Miss Janie Dav
is, Mrs. Alexander Allen, Jr., and
George, Frank and Robert Lang
Davis, Jr., of Farmville; Dr. F. M.
Davis, Jr., of Greenville; Mrs. L. B.
Johnson, Columbia, S. C.; Miss Mamie
E. Davis, Pala ka, Fla.; Lang Davis,
Atlanta, Ga.
The farm land, estimated at more
than 5000 ao-es, was divided among
his nieces and nephews with the team
and equipment to go with each farm.
The personal property and real es
tate, including the Monk Warehouse
property, which was not devised, was
left in trust for five years, with the
income to be collected and paid out
by trustees every six months. At the
end of five years this is to be divided
equally among his nieces and neph
ews.
The sum of $100,000 was left in
trust, the income to be used for hos
pital bills for "the very poor and
needy" in this community, provided
further that this fund may be u&d to
; construct a hospital here, if Dr. F. M.
Davis deems it wise, in which case
one-half of this fund may be used for
construction of same and the other
half as an endowment for the institu
tion.
TV?a hnnsp and lot adjoining the
Farmville Baptist Church was left to I
the ^hurch. The sum of $10,000 was
left in trust, one-half of the income
to be used in maintaining the Farm
ville church and the other used equal
ly between the Meadow and Tyson
churches. It is specified in the will,
further, that if at any time either of
these churches is closed that part left
to it shall be put in the charity fund.
All of the employes of the firm of
R. L. Davis & Bros, were remembered
with gifts of from $10 to $500, and
several friends are to receive sums of
money.
In item 30 of the will (which is of
great length, comprising altogether
twenty-five pages and approximately
10,000 words), is revealed the rules
for living, which governed the noble
life led by Mr. Davis.
"My sincere wish and earnest rec
- ommendation is that accounts be ac
curately kept; that all incomes be ac
t counted for; that all debts and taxes
bejfgud promptly; that all accounts
' tb-fte filed with the courts be done
promptly at all times, and I do fur
ther counsel all my nieces and neph
ews to *'ve soberly, honestly arid
i humbly; continue to work; do not
? squander that which I have left you,
! and leave off fast living."
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CARD OF APPRECIATION
Your kindness and comforting ex
I pression at empathy will always be
I Pwnembered with deep gratitude by
tki finST at Robert Luur Davis.
Extend Time to
Mtftt M
Conserving Crops
Winter Legumes Sown
In October May Be
Counted
The time allowed for seeding con
serving crops has been extended to
October 31, since many farmers have
been handicapped by dry weather, J.
F. Criswell, of State College, explain
ed.
! He urged growers to take advan
tage of the time extension and sow
enough conserving crops to qualify
for the maximum payments possible
for them to receive.
A change in the regulations, he
added, now permits growers to meet
their minimum crop acreage require
ments by sowing winter legumes on
fields where depleting crops were har
vested earlier in the year.
The minimum acreage of conserv
ing crops required is equal to 20 per
cent of the bast cotton, tobacco, and
/or peanut acreage plus 15 per cent
of the base acreage of other depleting
crops.
This is the minimum amount of
conserving crops a farmer must grow
to participate in the soil-improve
ment program.
Conserving crops may also be
grown for another purpose; to make
a grower eligible to receive payment
for carrying out soil-building prac
tices. When grown for this purpose,
the conserving crop must not be plac
ed on land where depleting crops have
been raised this year.
Since the work of checking grow
ers' compliance with provisions of the
soil-improvement program has been
completed in most counties, Criswell
stated, growers who seed conserving
crops in October should report it to
their county agents so they will get
credit for the later seedings.
Missionary and World
Traveler to Speak
Here Sunday, 18th
The Rev. Yosip Benyamin, a mis
sionary of Persia, missionary in Per
sia and Russia for ten years, world
Rev. Yosip Benyamln, Who Will Speak
In Farmville Sunday
traveller and international orator, will
speak at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock and at the
Christian Church Sunday evening at
7:30. A cordial welcome is extended
to the public to attend.
Rev. Mr. Benyamin is a graduate of
Columbia Seminary and an ordained
Presbyterian minister, who is endors
ed by many outstanding ministers, in
cluding E. H. Rawlings, Secretary of
Methodist Episcopal Foreign Mission
Board; the Rev. Alexander Sprunt, of
Charleston, and the Rev. John M.
Wells, of Sumpter, S. C. He is recog
nized as one of the outstanding mis
sionaries of the world, it is said, and
has preached in Baptist, Methodist,
Christian, Episcopal, Presbyterian and
other'^hurches. r?,
Yakima, Wash^^^Me spraying in
his orchard, a Japanese rancher's
trousers became saturated with the
spray mixture. When they rubbed to
gether, they became ignited and the
rancher was burned about the arms
and. legs.
BABY ESCAPES INJURY
Kittaning, Pa.?Straying from his
home, David Abrahams, 18 months
ol? apparently went to sleep between
the rails on the railroad track. One
hundred freight cars rolled over him
and his only injury was a slight cut
on his forehead.
? - GETS TWINS AND $5,609
-'Altadena, Calif.?Insuring against
the birth of twins, William J. Pringle>
Jr.", had the double joy of being the
father of twins?a boy and a girl?
and'the recipient of $5,000 ftppa the
Insurance company, to whom he had
pidd $200 for the policy.
!;; Why is it that some people thin!
' that other people ought to support
tbttn?
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By Hugo Sims, Washington
Correspondent
CAMPAIGN MONUMENTS
EXPERTS DISAGREE
PUZZLING FACTORS
CONFUSING PUBLICITY
BUSINESS SITUATION
THE LABOR VOTE
WHO HAS THE FARMER
THE -RELIEF" VOTE
OTHER PUBLIC ISSUES
The campaign is on in full swing
this week with speakers parading
the nation and political prognosticat
ors busy trying to figure out how the
voters will cast their ballots in No
vember. Both President Roosevelt
and Gov. Landon are carefully weigh-1
ing the strategic vahie of their per
sonal appearances, anxious to make
their addresses where they will do
the most good. Both sides are study
ing events and doing their best to
keep things moving smoothly and ef
fectively.
Meanwhile there is not much real
news in Washington for a commenta
tor, although one or two news breaks
are liable from the Supreme Court,
which convened last week and has on
its programs decisions in regards to a
rehearsal on two important cases.
These will probably be acted upon be
for the end of the month and one
of them may percipitate the court
into the limelight again, although the
political significance of the Court's
opinion can be discounted to a large
degree.
Readers of newspapers all over the
country are anxious for Washington
correspondents to give them the right
dope on how the nation will vote, but,
almost without exception, they want
to hear good news for their candidate.
If the writer is sending out his stuff
to Democratic newspapers he can play
the tune that will suit the New Deal
ers and all will be well. If he is send
ing his dispatches to Republican news
papers he can call the music to a
turn and know that those who read
what he has to say will be satisfied.
These two sentences account for much
of what is being read on the present
campaign.
The writer of this weekly feature
article, which appears in hundreds of
newspapers, scattered all over the
United States, lists among his publish
ers Democratic and Republican journ
als. Conseciuently, he is read each
week by thousands of Democrats and
thousands of Republicans. Facing
this situation thorejs nothing to be
gained by trying to please either
group, but much to b? acquired by giv
ing an honest, unbiased and impartial
survey of the situation as he sees it
from week to week. In the long run
the reputation of this feature is worth
more to the author than the failure or
success of any candidate or the tri
umph of either party in an election.
There were a number of very in
teresting factors that combine to
make predictions somewhat risky in
the present campaign. There is, of
course, the personal popularity of the
President, his unusually acute politi
cal sense and the power that he has
to dramatize his position. Against
him, we have an able and honest man,
with a record as governor that has
been capitalized by his backers but,
withal nothing like the advertising
that has accompanied . the President
and certainly nothing like his popular
acclaim in the past few years during
a great national crisis. Who knows
whieh type the voters will favor?
Who can tell when the bulk of the
Roosevelt citizens will tire of the
Roosevelt legend and prefer a busi
ness-like figure on the order of the
man from Kansas.
Calvin Coolidge, it is said, before
the campaign of 1928, expressed the
opinion that the people of the nation
would not prefer his type much long
er. He seemed to sense a change in
the mood of the people and did not
prefer to fit in with the sentiment that
he expected to dominate the elector
ate. Certainly these drifts to and
from certain types exist but it is
hard to say when they start and when
they end, and mid-campaign weeks
are not the occasion for passing on
such a question.
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Then again, there is so much prop
aganda being sent out, in the form
of speeches and from party sources,
so much big talk at party headquar
ters and so many patent efforts to
pull something that will get over big
and hurt the other side, that it is dif
ficult to guage the full effect of the
various moves being made in the
game of politics. In fact, it is. often
a question whether there is any net
gain made by either side through the
? use of such tactics, but they have
cluttered up previous campaigns and
they will continue to becloud and
befog the public mind for years to
. come. Daring the campaign it is not
i easy to put a finger on the dominant
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Bit Road Claims
to Be Presented
On Nmsmber 13
County Officials Attend
Hearing "In Raleigh
and Frown On Conten
tions of State
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Greenville, Oct. 13.?Pitt County
will present its claim for refunds to
the State Road Debt Commission on
November 13, at the final of a series
of i hearings called for the purpose of
considering briefs by the various
county units seeking rebates for mon
ey; loaned to the State to construct
roads and also for roads built mid
turned over to the State system.
Pitt contends that it is due approx
imately one and a half million dollars.
"Our claim is a legitimate one and
based on actual expenditures by the
county," said J. H. Coward, County
Auditor.
Auditor Coward, County Commis
sioner Roy T. Cox, County Attorney
FJC. Harding and J. B. Beland at
tended a hearing in Raleigh yesterday
when a number of counties presented
their claims to the commission, set up
by> the last Legislature to make a
study of the contentions of the vari
ous counties, '
The delegation from Pitt said the
line of questidhing at the hearing
showed that the Highway Commission
is basing its contention that the coun
ties are not due any refund on the ar
gument that the State has given
counties sufficient mileage in excess
of the theoretical allotment to offset
any claims the various units may
have. It was stated that the Highway
Commission, through its counsel,
would contend that Pitt County has
been provided with roads which cost
in i excess of a quarter-million dollars
more than the County holds it gave
the State in cash and highways.
The contention being made by the
Commission is frowned on by coun
ties seeking the refunds as inequit
able as the State already has refunded
a number of counties the money loan
ed the State for roads built and turn
ed over to the State system.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Cotton in Union County is late but
is well fruited and prospects are good
for a normal harvest this fall.
Because of the good practices fol
lowed on his farm, Clyde Robinson
has been selected as the best demon
stration farmer in Watauga County.
Cattle buyers from Eastern North
Carolina have been in Randolph
County recently for the purpose of
securing pure-bred Guernsey cows.
Franklin County fanners are leav
ing sjpall quantities of cow peas, les
pedeza and other feed crops in little
nooks or corners near the woods to
provide food and cover for quail and
other birds.
Poultrymen in Wayne County are
busy housing their pullets and culling
old birds. Many of the poultrymen
began keeping records in October.
Levy Batten, of Selma, Route 1,
Johnston County, has taken over man
agement of the family poultry flock
and transformed it into a flock of
pure-bred Plymouth Rocks as a 4-H
Club project.
Swine "growers of Duplin County
have purchased 77,000 pounds of
Western feeder pigs this season.
Columbus County growers report an
excellent crop of sweet potatoes this
fall. The season has been unusually
favorable for the sweets, they say.
Twelve county agents from Western
North Carolina recently visited beef
cattle and sheep farms in Virginia
and West Virginia to study improved
practices of feeding and management.
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TOO EAGER
Los Angeles?Running to obtain a
closer view of a collision he thought
about tq happen, J. R. Williams fell
and broke his leg. There was r /col
lision. ^
FIND MOTHER DEAD
Weston, W. Va.?Returning from
school, the children of Mrs. Raleigh
Futy found their mother dead on the
floor of the bathroow. Doctors said
the 30-year-old mother had apparent
ly slipped on the floor and broken her
neck.
MORE $10,000 BILLS
Washington?While it doesn't in
terest most of us, - Treasury officials
announce that $10,000-bills are becom
ing more numerous, there being 1,937
of these bills in circulation on Aug
ust 1st, or 812. more than there were
last August.
After very light thought on the
matter, but after studying dome, hu
man specimens, we are not so certain
that Mr. Darwin was wrong.
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More Than $400,000 Re
ceived by Farmers
Here In Fdur Days,
With Average of $25.23
Paid for All Offerings
On Market
The highest daily average of
this season, and next to the high
est reached last season, when .
Farmville- topped all the aver
ages of all the markets in the
State, was recorded here on Mon
day, when prices soared upward
on every grade and medium to
good tobaccos were in more de- *
?giand than on any sale to date. i
Official figures on Monday re- j
veal offerings of 608,980 pounds, (
sold at $167,793.37, at an average
of $27.55. 1
Monday's block was cleared on '
Tuesday in a near capacity sale, with '
poundage on Wednesday and Thurs
day reported as much lighter. ]
Sales for the first four days of this j
week are reported as 1,689,078 pounds, 1
money paid out $426,182.29, average .
$25.23, which boosts the season's to- j
tale through Thursday to 12^)07,361 i
pounds, receipts. $2,671,844, and sets ]
the average at $22.25. * \
Tobacco in large quantities poured j
in ilast night and early this morning, j
and another heavy sale is in progress
today, Friday, with little change not- j
ed in prices. i
The Farmville market ceoitin- i
ues to rate above many others of f
the belt in poundage and daily av- t
erage, and to merit its reputation I
of being the steadiest market in i
the State.
PITT COUNTY FAIR 1
TO BE OUTSTANDING ,
SEASON'S EVENT
I
The Pitt County Post and the Farm- 1
ville Post of the American Legion are '
sponsoring the Pitt County Fair, '
which will be held on the Fair 1
Grounds at Greenville, N. C., during 1
the week of October 26th to the 31st, 1
inclusive, and has secured the serv- 1
ices of A. J, Grey, of the Grey Pro- j
ducing Company, to put forth every
effort in making the Fair an out- '
standing event. , 1
The various committees in charge 1
are sparing no time nor trouble in se
curing every possible attraction which
will afford the Fair-going public a ,
full week of educational and enter- (
taining features, which will carry a j
full line of the growers' produce ex
hibits, live stock, poultry Home Dem
onstration Clubs and 4-H Clubs, each
being urged to try and outdo them
selves to form a competitive exposi
tion where the premium list will am
ount to $1000.00, of which checks will j
be forthcoming at the termination of t
judging, and we sincerely hope to
bring back to Pitt County an Agricul- ]
tural Fair of the old standard. j
Mr. Grey is preparing a highly en- ]
tertaining program of free attrac- j
tions which will afford every patron <
a thrill long to be remembered. These
attractions will consist of high-class (
thrilling circus acts, and will feature ,
the Ownby kiddies, the world's young
est wire performers, also Fred and ]
Marie Guthrie, high trapeze perform- ?
ers, on a forty-foot aerial trapeze,
and for a pleasing presentation for the (
youngsters, Al. Smith will present his
troupe of trained Eskimo Spitz dogs, ;
along with the barnyard opera, an of
fering of unique intelligence in the
farm of five educated Florida razor- i
back hoga This being only a portion i
of the program which will be offered ;
free on the high elevated platform
and will be followed immediately
thereafter each night by a beautiful
display of fireworks, which we know
will be enjoyed by every one of the
family. ,
Each member of the American Le
gion has now in his possession and ,
for sale, the advance admission tick- ,
ets, which are being sold up until Oc
tober 24th, at ten cents each and will
entitle the purchaser to one admission
to the Pitt County Fair on any of the
six days or nights. At the conclusion
of the sale of advance tickets, the
general admission will be 25 cents
per person, so the General Commit
tee advises that you buy your advance
tickets now and make preparations for
a full day's visit to the Pitt County
Fair, October 26th to the 31st, at
Greenville.
FARMVILLE REGISTRAR
APPOINTED
Ed Nash Warren has been appoint
fed recently as Registrar of Farmville
township, as will be seen in an an
nouncement in these columns, and the
books are now open, at Warren's
Young Men's Shop for registering
those only who have become qualified
by coming of age or residing in the
township for the required number of
months, since the last election or pri
maries, Thpse who registered prior
to these , will not hate to register
again at this time,, according to Reg
istrar Warren.
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:M|; Results
Rallies Scheduled In. a
-Number of East Caro
lina Counties During
Next Few Weeks
Greenville, Oct. 16.?The North
Carolina Farm Bureau drive to build
iptita membership in counties adjoin
ng Pitt, is gaining momentum each
lay, declared E. F. Arnold, executive
secretary today, with Nash and Edge
combe reporting progress in their .
rigfc-up.
J. E. Winslow, president of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau* B. B.
Sugg, president Eastern Carolina
Warehouse Association and Secretary
Arnold attended a Farm Bureau rally
n Jones County, at which a large
lumber of Jones County farmers were
ire sent. After the meeting and sign
ip, those present enjoyed a fish stew
put on by the Jones County Farm Bu
reau.
Farm Bureau rallies have been held
n Johnston and Beaufort counties, at
vhich enthusiastic crowds of farmers
attended. Rallies will be held in Wil
son County, October 20, Lenoir Coun
October 22; Greene County, Oc
;ober 24, and Bertie County, October
?9.
Arrangements are underway for
scheduling meetings in Martin, Crav
m; Wayne and Wake.
Secretary Arnold today made the
following statement:
"Every indication points to a State
membership of more than 20,000
members when these drives are com
pleted, which should not be later than
November 15. Farmers in the above
lamed counties are becoming more
aggressive in their sign-up cam
paigns as the first of the year ap
proaches, in order that they may be in
a position, both financially and a mem
bership point of view, to be able to
put over a farm program that will
prevent the return of conditions such
is they experienced in 1932.
"November 16 has been set as the
date when the drive will be started
west of Raleigh, which is expected to
result in a state total membership of
some thirty to forty thousand mem
bers."
North Carolina Leads
In Vegetable Growing
North Carolina leads all other
5tktes in the value of garden vege
ablea grown for home use.
That is the conclusion reached by
If. E. Gardner, extension horticultur
ist at State College, after studying
figXires recently released by the bu
reau of the census, U. S. Department
of i Agriculture.
The figures did not cover Irish and
3weet potatoes, but they included, the
other principal vegetables grown in
American gardens. Mississippi stood
next to North Carolina, end Tennes
see ranked third.
The value of North Carolina's crop
of ivegetables grown for home use waa
placed at $9,631,010. The Mississippi
and Tennessee valuations were be
tween eight and nine million dollars.
In 1936, North Carolina farmers al
so; raised 95,684 acres of garden vege
tables for sale, not counting IriBh and
sweet potatoes, Gardner observed.
This acreage was divided thus:
Bdans, 22,009 acres; cabbage, 8,513
acres; sweet corn, 9,619 acres; to
matoes, 5,420 acres; watermelons,
20,240 acres, and other vegetables ex
oept potatoes, 29,878 acres.
Gardner pointed out that the in
creased production and consumption
of garden vegetables over the nation
indicates a change in the dietary hab
it! of the American people.
This is particularly true in North
Carolina, he went on, where the peo
ple are paying more attention to a
balanced diet and where farmers are
seeking to live at home by producing
on the farm as much of their food re
quirements as possible. ?
The greater consumption of garden
vegetables is not only conducive to
batter health, het'added, but it is also
providing many families with another
welcome source of cash income.
NEW AIR ROUTE
Washington?Permission has been
granted the Pan-American Airways
to begin passenger-carrying flights
between Oakland, Calif., and Manila,
Philippine Islands, by the Bureau of
Air Commerce. The service, expected
to start this month, is to provide
weekly passenger schedules.
The giant clipper ships to be used
are capable of carrying seven pas
sengers on the first hop from Oakland
to Honolulu, a distance of 2,404 miles.
On. the remainder of the route, about
fourteen passengers may be carried,
due to. the lighter gasoline load.