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Wallace Enterprise OF DUPLIN COUNTY Published Every Thursday By THE WELLS-OSWALD PUBLISHING CO. Wallace, N. C. _ Subscription Rates .One Year. Six Months. Three Months . • • fl.OO .50 .25 W. G. WELLS . H. L. OSWALD . .Editor . . . Superintendent This paper does not accept responsibility for the views of correspondents on any question. Entered as Second Class Matter January 19, 1923, at the Postoffice at Wallace, North Carolina, under the Act •f March 3, 1879.____ Thursday, July 25, 1935 Heavy rains may be blamed for floods but who cut down the forests? * * * * A salary cut usually brings a man to his senses as soon as anything else. * * * * Any criminal lawyer can give you a consti tutional ground for his defense of any crook. * * * * Candidates will be talking about the Consti tution next summer without having ever read it. , A man who says he is too busy to stop and look at a pretty girl is very busy and besides, he is a liar. * * * * Farmers have heard a lot of loose talk about the welfare of agriculture in the course of the last ten years. * * * * If the people of the United States have learn ed anything from the past they will run from a boom like they would dodge a rattlesnake. * « * * An informal understanding between the Un ited States and Great Britain in regard to world peace would have a lot to do with keeping the peace. ON THE RIGHT TRACK Citizens of the Magnolia and Rose Hill sec tions have shown a splendid spirit in attempt ing to get a road from Wallace to Warsaw which would run through their respective towns. Their fight is worthy of commendation especially when we are reminded of the lack of interest seem ingly displayed by possibly influential persons from the towns at either end of the asked-for highway. For reasons unknown the matter of getting a satisfactory road through that section has been left mostly to the ingenuity of per sons in the Magnotfa-Rose Hill area, an area where concrete is sparse and where concrete is an economic necessity. Other persons in this section who would be served by the proposed improved highway should take part in the fight. It is clearly some thing advantageous to the county as a whole. We should not question the desirability or prior claim to any construction which enhances the future of our county, but we should put forth efforts to cooperate in making through this sec tion. not just another road, but an instrument which will benefit the county as a unit. Selfish motives should be cast aside and ev eryone interested should work for the common goal. Pig paths have no right to be paved as yet, but a road which will aid one of our most productive areas and will invite more desirable transportation merits our concentrated endeav or. If this proposed highway is built it will be a lasting monument to half-hearted, irregular pro ceedings which have finally developed into a unified organization with a thorough plan for getting what it has long been due. WHAT OF THE DRY COUNTIES? With the contemplated opening of the Ons low liquor store in Jacksonville this week we are faced with a problem concerning the legali ty of bringing liquor from Onslow into this county. So far as the law is concerned it is illegal, and, for the most part, no action has been taken in other cases which could estab lish a precedent allowing unmolested transpor tation. As the low now stands a person bringing li quor from Jacksonville, or any other liquor store is evading the law and is subject to arrest when he crosses the borders of the county from whence his liquor was legally purchased. The person can be arrested and his automobile can be confiscated. We admit the recent legislature was notice ably rattled on the liquor legislation and we think its members realize the error of their ways. We contend, therefore, that some legis lative action should soon be forthcoming, for the State of North Carolina should not allow anything to be sold within its borders which its citizens cannot use regardless of what sec tion they happen to reside in. A CHANCE FOR YOUTH IThe great progress made in preventive medi cine in the last few decades points the way to those of us in other lines. Most of us who live in this county like to read about the won derful inventions of scientists, who save mil lions of dollars annually by discovering some way to prevent something from happening. Farm boys and girls who read this article will be interested to learn that there are esti mated to be 600,000 species of insects, and more are being discovered every year. Many of them, like the boll weevil, the corn borer, the coddling moth, the potato beetle, the clothes moth and others, levy enormous toll upon the profits of superior man, who, it seems, is unable, with all his intelligence to combat their ravages. There ia hardly a home in this county but where some of these insects have levied a tax on the house-money. Besides, there are the mice and rats which are to be found nearly ev erywhere, and whose activities cost us huge sums each year. Any school child in this sec tion has plenty of opportunity to study the habits of these pests and, possibly, to find out some way to destroy them. Besides rendering great service to the human race by such a dis covery and enhancement of the family purse would be immense. BUILDING TO RESIST FIRE During the past few years there has been an encouraging increase in the number of cities considering adopting up-to-date building codes. 'The larger cities of the country, the National Board of Fire Underwriters reports, are espec ially active in building code development. New York, Chicago, St. Louis and others have pre pared new codes and will soon hold public hear ings on them. The states of New York and South Carolina are preparing codes for state wide application, and a code for cities of the third class is being formulated in Pennsylvania. The National Board says that during the last fiscal year it had active contact with 46 cities engaged either in the revision of existing build ing laws or the preparation of new ones. It says that the National Board’s model code con tinues to be the standard on which municipali ties formulate their laws, making adaptations to fit local conditions and problems. The need for modern building codes in towns of all sizes can hardly be exaggerated. Proper ly built structures not only resist the start of fires, but tend to hold it to a minimum of dam age once it has started. Proof of that lies in the fact that during the last year or so the loss caused by the average fire has been less than in the past. Further, the encouraging drop in total fire loss occuring in recent years is attributed part ly to improved building restrictions, coupled with more efficient, better equipped fire depart ments. It is obvisous that fire prevention is in the in terest of everyone—we all lose when a fire strikes a community. And a first-class, enforced building code is an essential part of a fire pre vention campaign that will produce results. EASY FARMING A few years ago a New England author wrote very interestingly of the adventure of himself and his wife is deserting city life and going back to the farm. The article attracted atten tion of many and as a result Philip Curtis re ceived marfiy letters from city dwellers, seek ing to gain from making a similar change. How ever, their ideas were mainly inconsistent with the possibilities of the exchanged residence. “All they wanted me to do,” Curtis now writes “was to find them an abandoned farm with a Colonial house which could be bought for prac tically nothing yet would be equiped with steam heat, electric lights' and running water, which would be isolated yet near cultural neighbors, where the taxes would be almost neglible but where the roads would be free from mud or snow. Most of them “loved to rough it.” and hoped that I could suggest some back-coun try occupation, which would assure them about three hundred dollars a month.” YOUTH AT THE WHEEL An insurance publication points to the fact that an “astounding percentage” of the grow ing automobile death toll is caused by cars op erated by boys and girls—many oT them below the legal age at which they can obtain drivers’ licenses. Most parents readily agree that the average 12 or 13 year-old is incapable of safely and prudently operating anything as potentially murderous as an automobile—but they too often make an exception when it comes to their own Jimmie or Sally. It is one of the human frail ties to regard one’s own children as being brighter than one’s neighbor—and that attitude, harmless as it is in most cases, is directly res ponsible for a vast and horrible waste of life. Overly youthful drivers not only cause more accidents than their elders—they cause more serious accidents. They usually drive at ex treme speeds. The hazards of passing on cur ves, of driving on the wrong side of the road, of weaving in and out of traffic, of “jumping” stop signals and “gunning her” along busy streets, mean little or nothing to them. Taking chances is a game to them—a game at which innocent persons are often the losers. Every parent should make it his business to see that his children are not permitted to drive until they have reached the legal age—and, ev en then, that they are carefully supervised and forced to be careful. The authorities should likewise carry on a continuous and insistent campaign to bar under-age drivers from streets and highways. If that is done, thousands of our automobile accidents will be eliminated. NOTHING ADVERSE TO SAY Twenty-eight years ago a Russian by the name of William Feldman came to this coun try and settled at Charleston, S. C. A few months ago he made a return trip to his native land. XJpon his return he discussed with a re porter of the News and" Courrier some of his impressions. “Wherever I went, people told me they were just like in America; they were free,” Mr. Feld man said. “I told them that over here* I could take a box and put it on a street corner and get up and shout that I didn’t like the president or the mayor or the governor, and that if I did that over there I would be dead in the morning. I told them that if I said anything good about the people who had been put out of office I would be dead in the morning, too. “They said this to me: ‘That’s right, but you see there is nothing to say against the people in office and there is nothing good to say about people out of office. So why should we want to get up on a box and say those things that were not true?” That is typical of suppressed peoples domin ated by dictatorships, which keep them in ig norance of comparisons which might be odious. PURELY ERSONAL IFFLE No doubt the permeating personality of the well-known and respected Rev. W. P. M. Currie accounts, in a large measure, for the more than us ual attendance at his church. For one used to other methods of conducting religeous ser vices there is one proceedure, more than any other in his' church, which seemed to give benefit to the church-goer and make his lot more comfortable. The congregation stood but for song, and that was the closing number. — p P p — Doc Bell was repeating in his usual monotony the tale of an Indian youth who predict ed his death three days hence, and died within an hour of his predicted demise. Mr. George Powers then volunteered a summary of a cousin’s experi ence in forecasting death. This cousin, it seems, was a strong and virile man, but he came to the conclusion that his day3 as a mortal had been well-spent and that he should soon depart. Forthwith he went into the woods and instructed some ac companing helpers to cut down a certain large tree. His in structions were obeyed, and he then had a coffin built to his specifications. After an approv ed grave was dug the man re marked that since everything was in readiness he would get ready for death. He crawled into bed and within a few hours he was no more. — p P p — Someone with a light brain should follow Doc Bell’s sug gestion for usurping the best juice from a watermelon. Most of us prefer the firm, succu lent, heart, but Doc contends that his plan is more benefi cial. Bore a small hole in the side of the melon, he instruct ed, then force a full-grown bumble bee through this hole, and close it quickly. The im pelling furor will foment plen ty of juice, if you have nerve enough to get it out. — p P p — Dinner tables are usually ex cellent situations for excellent tale's. Just the other day one diner told of canning snakes— of course we trust the food served that day had nothing to do with the subject. He said, however, that Florida fanners in the swampy and lowground sections make pretty good money for good live snakes. Several varieties are bought by canneries there, but rattlers are preferable. Our informant suggested that the other snakes were prepared, tinned, and la beled as being rattlesnake, which is in high favor among delicate northern eaters. The live snakes are purchased by the foot; rattlers bringing about thirty-five cents. They are hauled to the canneries in tendants appear unusually un doubly-wired crates, and at concerned about their work in unloading. — p P p — Another eater told recently of a visit to the government fish hatcheries in White Sul pher Springs, Wesft Virginia. An attendant, while showing him over the place, paused at some pools alloted for trout, and told him of an incident concerning former President Hoover. It seems that Mr. Hoover always had unusual luck in catching trout in the streams in that area, and proudly posed1 for photographs showing his catch. What Mr. Hoover did no-t know was the hatchery officials were fore warned of his visits, and were prepared. They put a large number of trout in a separate pool and held them there with out food for two weeks. When placed in a stream they were hungry enough to bite a man’s hand. WHY NOT FEATURE PAS TURES? C-UY A. CARDWELL, Agricultural & Industrial Agent, A. C. L. Railroad Co. Prof. L. V. Starkey of Clem son College issued a statement recently to the effect that on the average South Carolina farm there is not more than one permanent pasture, and in many instances not ven one pasture is available, and yet our climate demands that if we are going to make the best use of our livestock we must haye have a long grazing season. Pasture conditions in North Carolina, and to some extent' in Castal Virginia, are simi lar to those in South Carolina, hence Mr. Starkey’s statement is applicable to certain parts of those States as well as South Carolina. An acre of really good pas ture may have as much carry ing capacity as many times that acreage of so-called per manent pastture and woodland pasture. Admitting pasture weakness in the South, and the crying need for more and better fen ces, why is the present not a good time to make plans to pro vide pasturage, properly fence good pastures, and divide the pastures that we have into two or more pastures so that live stock can be frequently chang ed from one pasture to anoth er? Pastures need rest periods for best results and the live stock require fresh grazing. For several reasons both the livestock and the pasttures are benefitted by following these methods and parasitic troubles are reduced to a minimum. If several pastures are avail able for hogs it is possible to work ut a crop rotation to the advantage of hog production as well as feed production, as we cannot depend entirely upon permanent pasture for all of the feed needed. In 29 different tests with about 1,200 pigs in Ohio, Wis consin, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and South Dakota the total of concentrated feed eaten by pigs on pasture averaged about 13 percent less for every 100 lbs. of grain than for the pigs in dry lots. The concentrated feed saved depended upon the kind and condition of pasture. The pigs were put on test at an average weight of 55 lbs. About one-half of them were allowed pasture. The tests showed that pasture took the' place of about 1 out of every! 8 pounds of concentrated feed when pasture was not fur nished. Pig's on pasture gained about a quarter of a pound more per day than those in a dry7 lot. There was less opportunity for them to pick up parasites. Aside from other things, the pasture furnished vitamins, minerals, and exer cise—all necessary for speedy pork production. Pigs should not be stinted with too little pasture. The exact number of pigs that can be carried per acre depends on the pasture. Pigs like and make good gains on alfalfa, lespedeza, rape, clover, Sudan grass, green soybeans, and cow peas, Bermuda, bluegras.i, and rye when properly supplement ed with concentrated feeds. They make the best grains, however, on young, tender, suc culent, green groth. The value of pig pastures lessens as the growth becomes woody. New growth following a hay crop or clipping is good feed. Brief; Very Brief Tax bill is laid aside to clear Congress calendar for wind-up. Green cautious unions on in voking of the Wagner bill. Army asks $2,000,000 relief funds for new defense maps. Mussolini and Haile Selassie both face ruin if they yield. Business activity was sus tained in June, survey shows. Utilities spent $301,865 to fight Holding Company Bill. W ashingtonNe For U. S. Farme AAA SUITS MULTIPLY | ELECTRIFICATION FARMER EXPLOITED RELIEF PROGRAMS With hundreds of suits \ the courts the Agricultural A justment Act is under a fl that will not end until the U ited States Supreme Court If spoken clearly one way or A other. Last week a Federal Circv Court of Appeals held unco stitutional not only the proca sing taxes but the entire effq to control produceion, rai prices and recompense farina was a field in which Congre has no control. If this is to the judgment of the high court it might be well for fj rr.ers to be looking ahead & considering a “next step.” ^ Suits by many companies' prevent collection of the pi cessing taxes, used to sect the money to pay the farme multiply rapidly and have cai ed a substantial reduction collections. Moreover, many; them seek to recover taxes ready paid on the ground tl the tax is illegal and s» $900,000,000 is involved, meet this, the administration seeking passage of a bill throw out all pending recov< suits and prevent the filing others. This, it can do, cause the United States cam be sued without the consent ' Congress. * So far as we have been a to observe the Rural Elect! cation Administration is m (Continued on Page Sever Those... having something to exhibit before the public advertise. who advertise do so in the pages of this newspaper. the publishers of the Wallace Enterprise, suggest you trade with those whose advertisements appear therein.
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