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Experiment Station
Near Greenville Tries
To Improve Strains
(By Guy L. Jones, Manager)
For many years experiments on
tobacco were only conducted from
the Oxford Tobacco Experiment Sta
tion; but, different flue-cured areas
have different problems. Since many
problems that seem familiar vary
with the section of the country and
the different types of soils, research
of tobacco cannot be confined to one
location. Diseases differ from one
area to another. Varieties respond
differently x>n varied soils and sec
tions.
Tobacco research is going where
the problem exists. Experiments are
being conducted on five stations in
the flue-cured area of North Caro
lina. The Lower Coastal Plain To
bacco Research Farm, which is one
of the branch stations, began opera
tions as of January, 1948.
A typical tobacco farm with varied
types of soil was leased, and a to
bacco experiment station began ope
rations. The station is flexible so
that it can meet the many problems
that arise, and aid in solving them.
Mechanical equipment is .used for
preparing the land tending the crop.
The rate of fertilizer and the tillage
are the same for every plot within
an experiment so as not to vary the
results and throw them off.
Five experiments on tobacco are
being conducted at the station. The
first consists of 16 standard varie
ties being tested for yield and quali
ty, with the hope of determining toe
-variety best suited to this section.
Another is a fertilizer placement
demonstration. The third experiment
is a chemical hormone sucker con
trol demonstration using the growth
regulations to prohibit growth of
suckers for three to fourth weeks.
The fourth experiment is a yield and
quality test of 16 Black Shank and
four Nematode lines. The fifth and
probably toe most important one in
the future for people who have Black
Khnnlr and Granville Wilt is a yield
and quality test .of 76 strains of
Granville Wilt resistant, .and Black
fnurnfc and Wilt combination resistant
work.
More and more farms are falling
prey to more than one disease
Therefore, a tobacco that can resist
more than one disease has to be de
veloped. A large program has been
set up to combat these disease and
others.
The latest features, such as ven
tilation controls, insulation, and re
circulating fans to keep toe gases
moving within the flues, are used in
the curing bam.
The number of experiments, will be
increased in 1949. Corn is used in
the crop rotation. In fact, the star
tion is operated as a small tobacco
The station, located between
Greenville and Winterville, welcomes
you to visit it at any time.
FARMVTLLE SPL3TS WEEK
END SERIES WITH LEADERS
_le divided its two-game
KaaaKall series with Macclesfield, now
Vadlng the Bright Leaf League,
last week end; winning the first game
g-4 and losing the second, 1-0.
TMrlra pitched Farmville to its vic
tory Saturday in a game that afford
more excitement that any of the
_contests this season.
Elbert Moye, Farmville burier, and
Wick were matched against each
other Sunday in a pitching duel with
Tiek getting the decision.
Saratoga plays here Saturday at
S o’clock and the same two teams
will play in Saratoga Sunday at the
same time.
KIWANIS
17 AND 19
Seems Like This Will Be Backbone of
This picture of an auction sale of tobacco was taken last year in one of the local warehouses. Itfra typical sale and the
scene will be repeated daily, five days per week, on Farmvilfc warehouse floors, beginning' next Thursday and continuing
for ten or 12 weeks. Since the markets closed last fall, Farmville has been looking forward to the reopening.
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TIS MORE BLESSED. . .
Cecil Modlin, III, 9, who lives
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Modlin, recently called
Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, who is
connected with the various drives
to raise money for charitable
causes, and offered part of his al
lowance to help thnas rMMaamK*
have become victims of polio. He
had recently been sick and knew
what it meant for a youngster to
be confined. . ;
At the time Miss DeVisconti did
not know to whom the matey
should be sent no did not accept it.
Contributions are bring sent to the
polio hospital now under construc
tion in Greensboro.
At The Rotary Club
The Rotations and Rotary Anns
who went on an outing to Camp
Charles, Boy Shout camp near Bailey,
Tuesday evening were served a fried
chicken supper picnic style and heard
a talk by Bill Joyner of Rocky
Mount on what has been done and
will be done in the way of building
up the camp. When completed, Mr.
Joyner thinks, the camp will be one
of the best in Eastern Carolina.
In the absence of President Curtis
H. Flanagan, Arch Flanagan pre
sided and introduced his guest speak
er- .
Special guests were |fr. and Mrs.
Archie Cayton, W. F. Lane and
Charles Quinerly.
No attendance prize was .awarded.
Giimers Met Here,
Guests Of Local Firm
Cotton ginners from 29 Carolina
counties ami Virginia wen invited to
attend the annual meeting* of the
Eastern District, Carolines Ginners
Association, yesterday (Thursday)
morning at 10:80 at the Farmville
Country club.
Invitation to the meeting was at
tended by Carl Hicks of Walston
burg and J. Henry Vaughn of Elm
City, directors of the association.
Gin costs and methods of holding
down and reducing fire insurance
rates were discussed and two direc-J
tors from the Eastern District were,
nominated. These nominations will
be presented to the general meeting
of the association next winter.
The Farmville Oil and Fertilizer
JOE D. JOYNER
President, Fnrmville Jsycees
Jaycees, Newest Civic
Group, Has Plans For
‘Sprucing1 Up* Tow'll
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sor a project at toe recreation cen
ter and the project, which included
a concession stand, went along fine*
until the poiio epidemic put a crimp
in the project and the Jaycees closed*
it. The members fixed a dance floor
and rigged up a record player. The
place became quite popular.
The clubs has plans now to stendB
names on all streets in Farmville.
As ia to be expected, the Jaycees
are solidly behind the drive to orga
nize a band in the high school.
Goal of the Jaycees is to make tH
town of Farmville as attractive as
(By Ellis Rahil)
The Farmville Junior Chamber of
Commerce had its first meeting on'
November 25, 1947, and thus became1
an activated civic organization.
Since then the dub has ‘taken on
NEW POWER UNIT IN USE
W. A. McAdams, superintendent
of the town1! water and light de
part aient, can breathe a trifle eas
ier these days—as can these who
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been throagh daring the months he
has naned along tlw over-taxed
ji|.t _ _
»• eow^ehaned diesel
unit was tested last week and was
“pat on the line” this week.
The unit increases Farmville’s
power output by 1850 KWH and
‘ will make it possible far the edi
tion of several hundred new eas
terners, in town and on REA lines,
for whom electricity will soon be
available.
Fountain SctwoiLooks
Forward to Opening
Improvements and plans for re
novating the Fountain elementary
school have been in progress difting
the vacation peflod. ‘ Seine repair^
have been made as well as walks laid
and some of the class rooms have
seventh grade; Mrs. Laura H. Tan
ner, eighth grade, and Mri. Emily
Walston, piano.
Plans have beat completed for the
students to have instruction in pub
lic school music one day per week.
A 4-H club and * other organizations
will be organised to' give the puplis
a well-rounded school prtgimn.
Plans Art underlay tohave ad
extension course at the Fountain'
school.
Dr. Edgar M. Finck, retired prin
cipal of TOnis River School, Torts
Eiver, New Jersey, made an excellent
talk at the Kiwanis dub Monday
Wight on the work of the school,
which hia beeohli*' nationally-known
for its program of vocational edu
rttion. .
seen pamtea.
The school is looking forward to
another successful year undier the
guidance of good teachers, including
lint Koma Lee-Walker, first grade;
Mrs. Ann Mercer, second grade; lbs.
Emily Mercer, third grade; Mrs.
Mary D. Horton, fourth grade; Mrs.
Geneva W. Phillips, fifth grade;
Mrs. Glendon Smith, sixth grade;
Mrs. Edna L. Baker, principal ami
Warehousemen Will
Meetf in Greenville
Members of the Eastern Carolina
Warehouse Association will meet to^
day (Friday), Augttit IS, at 10 o’
clock in the Classroom Building at
East Carolina Teachers college for a
pre-season, discussion of marketing
trUC
Fred S. Royster of Hendersdn>
president of the Bright Belt Ware
house Association, and James T.
Keel of Greenville, president of the
Eastern Carolina group, will be in
charge.
In announcing the meeting, Roy
ster aiid Keel .explained that the ses
sion would provide Eastern Carolina
warehousemen their only opportuni
ty of hearing an explanation of the
Stabilisation contract and of negotia
ting the contract with Stabilization
Corporation, representatives. They
addedthat warehousemen who do not
attend the meeting will have to nego
tiate the contract at the Stabiliza
tion Corporation Offices in Raleigh.
At the meeting, L. T. Weeks' of
Raleigh, Stabilization manager and
secretary, will outline details of the
contract and wort with Eastern
warehousemen to put it into effect
for the season which opens nett
Thursday.
Other speakers scheduled are J. E.
Thigpen of Washington, D. C., direc
tor, tobacco branch, United States De
partment of* Agriculture; J. Melville
Broughton, general counsel for the
Bright Belt Warehouse Association;
G. Tom Scott of Raleigh, head of the
Production and Marketing Adminis
tration for Norih Carolina,-and M.
A. Morgan of Raleigh* Tobacco Aa
sodates, Inc., Field Service Direc
tor, J. E. Window of Greenville, a
director of Tobacco Associates and
former State Farm Bureau president,
will be a guett.
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WESTERN UNION ADOPTS
NEW SfUNDAY SCHEDULE
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Sunday hours at tire Western Union
office have ~ been changed. Hie office
win be open oifly from 9:30 to 11
o’clock Sunday mominge. Week da*
hours fntaa from fr to 12 and 1:80
to 5:80 In the afternoon. Mrs. J. B.
Ellis managmthe^og^e,^bcated In
UNDERGOES OPERATION
SEVEN WAREHOUSES, MANAGED
BY CAPABLE AND EFFICIENT MEN,
READY FOR OPENWG, THURSDAY
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JOE GREGORY, JR.
Interesting News Items
From Ballard’s
Mrs. J. D. Jones was hostess to the
August meeting of the Presbyterian
auxiliary. The meeting opened by
the.group standing for a few minuteB
ofsileni prayer^ which was closed by
Mrb. C. a Harris ied the devotion
al; taken from parts of Job, Pro
verbs, Psalms and Ecclesiastes.,
• Mrs. Josie McArthur presented the
program, “The Work of the Church
in Hoping- to Reach the Colored
People.” Several members took part
in the discussion. At the business
meeting, presided over by Mrs. G.
S. Nichols, it war announced that
choir prdctfce would be held every
second and fourth .Thursday even
ings, instead of every first t£hd third
Thursday evenings.
Mrs. pay Crawfotd and Mrs. Gil
mer Nichott were appointed to serve
refreshments to th Youth Fellowship
group for the month of August.
The hostess served coca colas,
ritz and cakes for refreshments.
mother, Mrs, Annie
Friends will bp sorry to learn
J. 4 Elks is ill at his home.
Mrs. Annie Flanagan is improving
from her recent illness.
Misses Letha Tyson and Juanita
Sugg were week end guests of Mrs.
Joe Jenkins in Farmville.
Miss Jean Bandy of Grimesiaad
was a guest of Mis. Wiley Crawford
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tyson have,
moved to Grifton, where Mr. Tyson
will be principal of the Grifton
school year.
Mrs. Ray Oglesby and son of Win
terville were week end quests u”
Kyrus Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. Alliw** •»»»
Hopewell, Va., have recently visited
relatives in the Ballard’s community.
lbs. William Gillette, Jr., of Rich
mond, Va, is here for a two weeks’
visit with her
Iffaaagnn. . .. .
Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Nichols and
Mrs. Julius Rollins of Charlotte vis
ited Mr. Nichols’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Gilmer Nichols, last Thursday.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Nichols accom
panied them home for a visit.
Mrs. Mr
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By Joe Gregory, Jr.,
Sales Supervisor, FarmvUfe Market
The FarmviUe Tobacco Market is
again ready foT the beginning of the
auction season, which will start next
Thursday, ^August 19, with seven
large warehouses ready to receive
the offerings of tobacco growers.
Two sets of buyers, representing
all major companies, and several in
dependent and foreign traders, will be
on hand to bid for the tobacco on the
warehouse floors.
FarmviUe’s seven large warehouses
are operated by four weU known
firms: J. Y. Monk, Jr., J. G. Carlton
and R. .D. Rouse will operate Monk’s
1 and 2; I* R. Bell and sons and C.
C., Ivey and brothers will operate
Bell's 1 and 2; John Fountain and
Grover Webb will operate Fountains
and Farmers Warehouses; Planters,
formely Greene County Warehouse
and Farmers No. 2, will be under the
management of Jack Moye, Chester
Worthington and C. C. Harris. All
of these operators are experienced
in the tobacco business and are
growers as weU as warehousemen.
The . FarmviUe Tobacco Board of
Trade has for its officers Richard D.
Harris, president, and John N. Foun
tain, vice president. Joe Gregory,
Jr., is secretary and rales supervis
or. These, men will cooperate in
every respect for the betterment of
Farraville and its tobacco market.
Selling time, market regulations
and sates cards have been prepared.
Everything has been arranged to in
sure the tobacco farmer that he will
get a fast and orderly sale of hjs
tobacco; A good rale means a satis
fied fanner and Fsrmville’s motto is
“Please the Farmer/’ *
Farmville has' the reputation of
having, the beet organized and beat
regulated sales' in the Bright Belt.
Farmville is justly proud of its
three independent companies: A. C.
Monk and Company, Inc., has had its
headquarters in Farmville since its
inception and has emerged as one of
the largest and best known leaf rat
porting firms in the tobacco world.
It is now under the direction of A.
C. Monk, Jr., president and treasur
er, and R. T. Monk, vice president,
and assistant treasurer, and J. J’.
Henderson, secretary. The company
has branches and storage facilities
elsewhere. The Farmville plant* has
a daily capacity of 275,000 pounds of
tobacco, with a storage capacity of
18,000 hogsheads.,
The Farmville. Leaf Tobacco Com
pany was organized in 1940 and is
under the able management of H.
Neal Howard, , who is well known in
the tobacco world, and highly regard
ed by his associates. The Farmville
Leaf tobacco plant has a daily capa
city of 175,000 pounds and 7,000
hogsheads storage capacity.
Scott A Bright Tobacco Company
was recently formed by R. S. Scott
and C. B. Bright to buy all types of
American leaf, domestic and export,
with offices in Louisville, Ky., and
Farmville. Both are veteran leaf
men with enviable experience extend
ing over a period of 30 years.
Pitt is the largest tobacco produc
ing county in the world and Farni
, is one of the two n wkets locat
ed in the county. The
was a very good one, with a
sales of 80,600,000, a little less 1
was sold in 1946,
early stages
to
is usually the
ped out of the doldrums, grew
quite pleased
Say is av*