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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLIN COUNTY WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, A'PRIL 18, 1935 County Agent Advises Berry ^.Growers To Improve Pack rDints Out Necessity of Taking This Step if Better Prices r Are to be Secured. ■ MUST COMPETE WITH LOUISIANA, ALABAMA [.Crop from These States Now Being Marketed in Com petition With N. C. ' In an effort to stimulate more interest in the grading and packing of strawberries in this county, the County Agent is fthis week mailing out a large number of circular letters to representative growers urging them to pay more attention to this phase of the harvest. He jiis especially anxious that grow-! era give this matter their at tention this season since Loui siana and Alabama will market the bulk of their crop at the same time as this section. Both these states ship only first quality fruit and in order for North Carolina growers to j successfully compete with them he feels that growers must im-, prove the quality of their pack. Following is the text of the; letter: | “It is important and neces-j Sary that every strawberry pro- j ducer in this section try to do his best during the present and < future seasons to grow and; pack the best quality of ber-| ries possible, in order to ob-l tain highest market prices and some surplus profit above cost of production. “This is especial’yi import ant during the present season, due to the fact that theHsiMkrcf crop from Louisiana and Ala bama will be marketed along with the crop" of this section. I In the past several years thej quality of fruit, appearance and standards of pack for this section have been far below that of the above mentioned sections. In order for us to compete with these other states, you producers must im prove the quality of your pack. “The most important step to ward this goal will be for each grower or his representative to start and stay in the fields with the pickers as much as possible [and see that the berries are [picked correctly. Namely: (a) 1-8 to 1-4 inch stem and cap at tached. (b) One berry at the time, (c) Each berry should have 3-4 of surface a good red or pink colqr. (d) Eliminate all unnecessary bruising, (e) Keep out trash and as much dirt as possible, (f) Have de cayed berries thrown on the ground when picked, or if us ing two cups in picking, put them in second grade cup to carry to shed, but do not pack decayed fruit. At the shed grade out all , coldhurt, undeveloped, under colored, overripe, bruised, dirt caked, undersized and decayed berries; with as much care as possible to avoid bruising, (a) Pack each cup separately and set in crate when finished. Face or plate each cup of fruit in the crate, (b) Make each crate look as neat in appearance as possible. "Definition of some terms used aboxe: (1) “Overripe” | means dead ripe, becoming soft. (2) “Undeveloped!” means the berry has not attained a normal shape and development due to frost injury, insect in jury or other cause. (3) “Un dercolored” means a berry showing less than 3-4 of sur face a good red or pink color. (4) “Undersized” means less than 3-4 of an inch in diame ter. “Now, if you care to pack your second grade berries, take out decayed fruit, undersized and all serious defects, and be sure to put in separate cups, crates and load. Have them i inspected and sold separately.! “Serious defects mean any. injury or defect which serious- j ly affects the appearance, eat*! ing or shipping quality of the (Continued on Page Eight) Licensed Horse Trainer PAS NEW YORK . . . Miss Mary Hirscli, 22, (above), daughter of Max Hirach, noted horseman, has been granted a trainer’s license by The Jockey Club, the first ever issued to a woman. Enjoy Shad Supper Members of the local fire de partment were hosts to the Town Board, Mayor and a num ber of other invited guests at a shad supper one night last week at the new service station of Hoffler & Boney on East Main Street. J. A. Harrell, a former fire chief, acted as toastmaster for the occasion which was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Each member of the Town Board1 made short talks during the evening in which they praised the fire de partment for their service to the town. The Mayor also voiced his thanks for the effi cient service of the department as did Messrs. W. D. Campbell, P. J. Caudell and W. L. Byrd, former Board members who were invited guests. Messrs. Harrell, Dunn and Chief Hoff ler responded to the talks and each expressed his apprecia tion and thanks for the new equipment that had been pro vided the department. A sound mind in a sound bo dy isn’t the work of chance. INTEREST IN THE TOWN | ELECTION INCREASING As the deadline for filing draws nearer interest in the forthcoming Town election isj increasing. Already one can didate has filed for Mayor and five names appear on the books as candidates for Commission ers. Just how many more will seek these offices before the final time for filing expires onj May 4th, is problematic al though Dame Rumor has it that there will probably be more. However, she forgot to say just how many more, but did say' that there was little likelihood | of a factional fight developing as has been the case in years J past when two complete tickets i were out. Some political prog-; nosticators are voicing the op inion that there will be no other names on the ticket this year in which case the election on the 7th of May will be a' mere formality. But time will ; tell the tale and no one will know for certain until the fil ing time expires. Candidates filing to date are: for Mayor, J. A. Harrell; for Commissioners, Roy Carter, ; William Farrior, M. J. Caven augh, H. E. Kramer, and W. G. Wells. The present governing body is composed of J. R. Rose as Mayor, and Roy Carter, William Farrior, M. J. Cavenaugh, Wil liam Brice, J. D. Carr as Com missioners. I . CONGRESSMAN BARDEN 1 VISITS THIS SECTION Congressman Graham A. Bar ■ den was a visitor in the county ' last Saturday. While in this ■ section he visited the Willard test farm "where he expressed . his interest in the work being ; carried on. He also promised a delegation of citizens his “best support from every an gle” in any worthwhile project which might be undertaken at the farm. He also visited Pen derlea while down. ; Mr. Barden returned to his home in New Bern Saturday night to spend the week-end with his family prior to leaving for Washington Monday. Shipman Reports on Work Of Legislature Past Week Raleigh, April 15.—The Sen ate has been engaged for a week in a mighty battle over the revenue bill, and so far has made one major change, exempting nine staple foods, meat, flour, meal, milk, lard, coffee, sugar, salt and molas ses, from the three per cent sales tax. In making this and other changes in the revenue bill as it came from the House, the Senate has thrown the es timated budget out of balance something like a million and half dollars a year. It must either now find additional sources of revenue or else cut down the appropriations, al ready down to what both houses considered the minimum after hearing all sides. That is the issue before the Legisla ture now, shall the appropria tions be reduced or shall suffi cient revenue be levied to pay the appropriations. * • * The Senate spent a solid week debating various phases of the revenue bill, with a fair prospect that it will spend the greater part of this week on the bill, for it must be put on three separate readings on three separate days, after it is finally reported from the com mittee of the whole. This will certainly not put it back into the House before Easter. If the House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments or changes, then the bill goes to conference, and that means an other week of discussion. That brings the Legislature up to about May first, and the rev enue bill will not then have been put in its final passage. This much must be said for the Senate, it proceeds in a leisurely way to debate the rev enue bill. It has cut out night sessions, the leaders taking the position that the Senate ought not to consider the important measure when tired. Mean while the House marks time. Many of the members of the House have gone home, but there is still a quorum present. Some of the members of the House think their pay should be increased from $600 to $900 a session, but as this would require Constitutional amend ment, which would have to be submitted to the voters, they are still thinking it over. The bill hasn’t been voted on yet. * # * The opportunity1' for which the Hill liquor bill supporters have been waiting has arrived, the budget is out of balance, even after all available sources of revenue in sight have been exhausted, and revenue from liquor would put it in balance. Some of them will make a strenuous fight to put the bill over, particularly Senator Hill, who is never so happy as when in battle, but the bill has lit tle prospects of passing. The members of the Legislature skipped liquor in the primar ies and in the election last fall, as they did not then want to stir up any snakes they didn’t have to kill, and so now they prefer to content themselves with having raised the alco holic content on beer. That gives them a good talking point with both sides, and they want a good word from both sides, especially in view of the fact that they are bound to be crit (Continued on Page Five) Hold Strawberry Day AtTest Farm Public Invited to Attend An nual Event Which Is Sche duled lor April 26 On April 26 the Coastal Plain Station of the N. C. Depart ment of Agriculture at Willard, N. C., will h°ld its annual strawberry day. At this Sta tion the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the N. C. De partment of Agriculture are cooperating in extensive straw berry research and breeding work and it is the purpose of this day to feature the results from this cooperative project. The public is invited to visit the Station at any time dur ing the strawberry season, but particularly on April 26 when the several State and Federal representatives will be present to xplain the work. There will be no public speaking, as this is strictly an informal day for the benefit of strawberry grow ers and others interested in this crop. Visitors to the Sta tion at this time will have an opportunity to see the follow ing features: Strawberry Breeding. New introduced and named varieties. New North Carolina seedlings in 50 feet row tests. (1) See Blakemore, Dorsett, Fairfax, Southerland and Bell mar. (2) See N. Car. 105 Klondike. X Howard 17, very early, large,! vigorous, productive; 115. Blakemore X 778, early, firm,1 778 X Blakemore, early, firm, ( long; 151 778 X Fairfax, early,; firm, long, large, fine cap; 216 fine cap; 302 Blakemore X Fairfax, early, firm, large cap;: 312 Blakemore X Fairfax, ear-; ly, firm, fine quality; 334 652 X Fairfax, very large, not ear-i liest; 337 Bellmar X Fairfax,! very large, firm, not earliest;! 367 Missionary X Fairfax, firm, very fine quality, early; 3691 Missionary X Fairfax, very vig-i orous, very productive, early;; 419 Missionary X Fairfax, ve-j ry vigorous, very productive, sweet, early; 1021 Kalicene X: Howard 17, very vigorous, ve ry productive, large, early. (3) About 150 selections in final test. (4) One acre of seedlings fruiting for first time. (5) Newly planted seedlings and methods of plant breeding. Strawberry Culture (1) Double hill row, spaced row and matted row systems compared. (2) Method of renewal of double hill and spaced row. (3) Cutting out or leaving mother plant—double hill row. (4) Narrow (30”) vs wide (48”) double hill rows. (5) Planting in Sept, vs spring planting. I (6) Relation of leaf number in fall to yield in spring. (7) Cottonseed meal plus ni trate vs fish meal vs tankage vs Peruvian guano vs 8-4-4. (8) Irrigation by furrow, spray and ooze hose compared. | Strawberry Marketing (1) Growing U. S. No. 1 ber ry in field. (2) Packing a U. S. No. 1 grade. (3) Comparison of 32 and 24 'quart, 24 pint and 24 1-2 pint crates. j (Continued on Page Eight) FROST Frost, the dread of all early truck growers, visited this section Tuesday night but, according to reports re ceived here, did very little damage1 to growing crops. 1 Com, beans and other tender plants were given a set-back but are expected to recover. Some strawberry blooms were killed although the majority j of them escaped damage due to the heavy foliage. This is the latest frost to visit this section in several years and came very unex pectedly sine such mild wea ther prevailed throughout the month of March. 1 LAST RITES MONDAY FOR MISS DOROTHY CARTER Funeral services for Miss Dorothy Carter, were held from ;he local Baptist church Mon lay afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. Rev. J. E. Lanier, pastor of the' church conducted the service,! issisted by Rev. W. P. M. Cur-! •ie, pastor of the local Presby terian church. Interment fol lowed in Rockfish cemetery. Active pallbearers were: J. IV. Powell, Roy Carter, W. JJ Darter, A. H. Carter, Thomas \dams, Lee Pace, Jimmie Foy es, and E. J. Johnson. Cousins >f the deceased served as flow sr girls. | The deceased, who was a na tive of this section, passed iway in a New Orleans hospi tal late Friday afternoon. In jured in an automobile wreck nore than three years ago soon ifter going to the Louisiana sity to enter college, she had spent the entire time since then in the hospital where her con dition had gradually grown worse until the end came Fri day. She was a daughter of Mrs. Myrtie Carter and the late L. J. Carter. Surviving the de ceased are her mother, one brother and one sister, Z. J. Carter and Mrs. Julian Keith, both of Currie. PAINFULLY INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK — Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Fu treal, residents of the Harrells Store section, were painfully injured late Saturday afternoon when thefr car was in collision with another machine about two miles west of town. A col ored man who was a passen ger in the car with the Fut reals, was also injured but not] seriously. Mrs. Futreal was the worst injured of the trio, receiving a broken jaw bone and severe cuts and bruises wh/ich necessitated- hospital treatment. Mr. Futreal also received severe cuts and bruises. The occupants of the other machine ran immediately after the wreck and it is not known whether they were in jured or not. Both cars were badly damaged by the head-on collision. Must Die Now l-ii \ L ;. HUNTSVILLE, Tex_Raymond Hamilton (above), finds his flashy career of outlawry at an end. He is in a death ceil here and is expected to be sentenced to die in the electric chair on May 10th . . . Thus will pass another ‘ ‘ Public Enemy No. 1. ” Youngsters Win IThe “Back Alley Rattlers”, junior team, defeated the Tea chey Junior boys on the local diamond last Saturday by the score of 19 to 16. The feature of the game was a four-base hit by Wells. Batteries were: for Wallace, Wells and Stew art; for Teachey, D. Wells and J. Wells. The two teams will clash again on the local dia mond Saturday. ■» & Marriage Licenses Five couples secured mar riage licenses at the Register of Deeds’ office during the past week. Of this num ber only two were white, they being: Richard Hatcher and Louise Jarman; Herbert A. Carroll and Lena Jarman. When an individual becomes a partisan his reason is, in part, impaired. Club Members Interested In State Garden Contest Fourteen splendid garden reports kept by Duplin Club j members throughout the fa'l,! winter and spring were for warded to the State Specialist j in Foods and Gardens in Ral-j eigh this week. The winners in Duplin are: M’-s. R. J. Ward, Rock Fish Club, first prize; Mrs. J. L.j Miner, Miller Club, second! prize; Mrs. Zack Williams, B. F. Grady Club, third prize, and) Mrs. Willie Mercer, Miller Club, fourth prize. The first prize winner will receive $5.00 and the second winner $2.50. These winners will, also, compete with other contestants throughout the state for the prize of $20.00 which is being offered the best report from any county. The third and fourth prize winner will* receive attractive com mercial prizes. I The report of the first and second prize winners follow. WHAT MY YEAR-ROUND GARDEN HAS MEANT TO MY FAMILY By MRS. R. J. WARD, Rock Fish Club, Rose Hill, N. C. First Winner It is well to find an excuse for doing things you enjoy and there is at least a good one for| growing a year-round garden. It has meant much to the health [ of my family as well as saving us much money. The vege tables you buy may not be fresh and are not picked young en ough or they may be picked too young. We have one acre in our gar den. We prepared the soil good before planting by turning un-l der twice and then raked the ground well. Our best plant food is stable manure. This was broadcasted over the gar den. Fall vegetable crops, for the most part, beelong to the leafy group of vegetables and require rich soil or heavy fertilization in order to promote rapid growth which is essential for high quality. Our greatest successes were late corn, tomatoes, string beans, Swiss Chard, beets, car rots, radishes, parsley, onions, cabbage, mustard, kale, broc coli, tender-green, which is known as mustard spinach, rut abagas, and the proverbial col lard and turnip. Spinach, although unpopular with small boys, is one of our best leafy vegetables for fall use. Ours was ready to use within 50 days and was not hurt by the cold weather until the last of February. All during the winter we had a nice variety of vegetables and plenty to give our neigh bors. Last summer I canned a variety of vegetables and fruits in order that we might have a serving of three or four vege tables ever/ day, and one or more servings of fruit. We learn in our club work if we are to enjoy good health we shuld have at least three serv ings of vegetables daily; a leafy vegetable, a starchy one, and another, preferably of the root family. Miss Mary Thom as, State Food Specialist, and 3ur county Home Agent recom mends these foods as a good source of vitamins, and also, they supply us with mineral (Continued on Page Four) Local Berry Mart Opened Monday Offering's Light on First Three Days This Week; Sales Show; Big Increase Today. PRICES HAVE BEEN UP TO EXPECTATIONS Sales Thus far Have Averaged Better Than $4.00 Per 32-Quart Crate Auction sales on the local strawberry market got under way Monday with offering* fair but of very poor quality due to the unfavorable wea ther which has prevailed in this section for the past three weeks or more. However, prices which ranged between $3.50 and $5.00 per 32 quart crate with some offerings of better quality selling higher, was con sidered good for season’s first “break”. Approximately 600 crates were sold on the open ing date. Sales on the local market have increased each day this week. Tuesday’s offerings wer* approximately 650 crates with, prices remaining firm on bet ter quality fruit. Yesterday, approximately 900 crates pass ed through the block averaging better than $3.75. Today’s sale* were by far the heaviest of the season thus far, something like 1800 crates being auctioned off. Prices were also up, the market as a whole averaging $4.00 for the entire sale. This section has had very lit tle favorable weather for ber ries since April came in and as a-, result tkg quality of the fruit being3dEofc«d at this time is considerably below par. Cool nights and cloudy day* have kept the berries from rip ening as rapidly as they should! and the majority of those be ing marketed now are green sided and knotty. However, growers are looking forward to better quality now that the larger part of the early crop is about exhausted and the ‘cream of the crop” is about to start moving. With three or four days of favorable weath er sales should pick up consid erably. In fact, buyers are getting ready for record sales the early part of the week. Fed eral inspectors have been on the lin since auction sales be gan Monday and have been in creasing their force daily a» the volume increased. They, too, are looking forward to in creased offerings next week and! have made necessary arrange ments for increasing their force accordingly. While it is too early to pre dict price trends for the sea son, brokers here who are in close touch with market condi tions are hopeful that this will be one of the best seasons ini several years. However, other berry growing sections are now entering the market, notably Louisiana and Alabama. Both these states are heavy shippers and place more emphasis on quality and pack than North Carolina and for this reason may be serious competitors. W. L. (Bill) Hussey is back' again as auctioneer on the lo cal market and as usual in keeping things lively around the shed with his banter. -5 OFFICERS CAPTURE BIG "'3 I STILL NEAR PINK HILL A 100-gallon copper still, eighteen barrels of beer and ten gallons of whiskey were taken by Deputies Dail and Powell in a raid in the Pink Hill section of this county on Monday. The still was in op eration at the time of the raid but the operators, three Ne groes, saw the officers ap proaching and made their es cape. According to the officers, it was one of the nicest outfits captured in this county in soma , time and had only recently beeijs set up for operation at the spflSf at which it was captured. •>•£
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