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— THE — Wallace Enterprise OF DUPLIN COUNTY Published Every Thursday By ; i THE WELLS-OSWALD PUBLISHING CO. ‘ Wallace, N. C.__! Subscription Rates .One Year.^ . Six Months.• • • ^ Three Months . . « « » • • ■ W. G. WELLS.Editor jjj, L. OSWALD .... 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 of March 8, 1879._ Thursday, September 5, 1935 The value of advertising is seen in the pro fits made from patent medicines. * * * * iJ Now that Congress has gone home we expect jf'big business to set a new record for improve ment. i Every now and then, as we idly wonder what :-4 -we will do with the money that we expect to make, some cold-blooded bill collector comes •long to spoil our dreams. --0O0— BACK TO SCHOOL Hundreds of students in this county are now, tor soon will be going back to school, and it is interesting to speculate upon the beenefits to be derived from their studies. That the acquisi tion of an education equips an individual for greater service is not denied, but that educa tion, in itself, will make a better citizen, is op «n to question. . . The curriculums of the schools are receiving greater attention every year, whether the school fee a local affair or a university. Many thought ful people have come to the conclusion that most of our schools do not pay enough attention to -the life that the student will have to live when ihe gets out of school. In a community where many children will be tunable to go to college it behooves the local authorities to provide, as far. as possible, for jthe future welfare of the scholar by equipping the boys and girls for the actual duties of life. fThis means helping them towards making a liv * We are naturally proud of our schools, and 'the current thought of the educational world that views curriculums and alarm is not aimed eo much at the efficiency of the present school, .carrying out present educational ideals, as it is as the ideals themselves. The question is ■whether these are the correct aims of schools. And, there is a considerable body of opinion that holds there is a necessity for a broader training than is now the rule. -0O0-— the business outlook in this county What is the business trend insofar as this (Bounty is concerned? This is a question that interests most read ers of this newspaper, and one that brings forth many opinions, as individuals attempt to size up unknown factors and give reasons why times are going to be better or become worse. This newspaper has no monopoly on this game of expressing its views, although, perhaps what it says is read by more people than the few who hear expressions fall from the lips of men who may know much more about it than we do. Present indications are that the nation as S whole is to enjoy better business this fall than last year. Industrial activity is creeping high er, heavy goods are beginning to move, banks •re crowded with idle funds and, to the point, toerhaps, people are now beginning to gamble a Jbit in stocks. These arrows that point to. increase econ v omic activity on a national scile may mean much to our county, and then again, they may mean very little. The prospect, for agricul ture, upon which the ultimate prosperity of the people of this county depends, is not too bright, although immeasurably better than it was some years ago. The much-sought "parity” for farmers is not yet attained. True prices of agricultural pro ducts are up, and in some cases almost to the parity level, but one must not lose sight of the fact that income parity will not be attained un til these prices obtain for normal and even bumper yields. There was a day when the fall business of this section could be predicted upon the production of farmers around it. That day is no longer here, because the entire world has been grievously affected by nationalistic econ omic policies, with many quotas, restrictions, embargoes and exchange problems affecting World power. For example, the export markets of American fanners have been heavily curtailed with the result that huge surpluses have piled up in this county, dragging down prices until, a few years ago, farmers throughout this republic were vir tually bankrupt, without a chance to pay their debts even in the face of good crop yields. To day, with production under some control and ^ With prices thus upheld, the prospect is that farmers in this county will have some money to spend in the fall of 1935. They have taken care of some of their debits and while far from £ position of security, probably will spend more money this year than for several years past. Anyone who has studied the farm problem probably realizes that there is truth in the say ing that the welfare of the American farmer depends upon the purchasing power of other nations. If they have money with which to buy farm surpluses, then H will pay our farm er* to grow great crops, but, if on the other d, other nations shut their door*, to oar it will sot pay American farmers to _iC-. - increase their yields. On a domestic basis our plantings must be curtailed and this means, in evitably, that'farm income will suffer and that business here will suffer. -—0O0 WAS TOUCHES US ALL Nothing could more effectively demonstrate to everybody the fact that war or even the threat of war involving one of the major Wes tern nations, touches the interest of every other nation and of all of their people, than the ex citement and concern now being exhibited in all of the world’s capitals over the questions which have been raised by the advance of Italy upon Ethiopia. Italy is more than 3,000 miles from the Unit ed States and Ethiopia is still farther away, yet I the question of oar own neutrality and of what our Government should do toward cooperating to prevent the war is a vital and important one. It is one thing to talk about prohibiting the sale of war supplies to one or both belligerents in a war. It is quite another thing to make such pro hibition effective. What are war supplies? Canada has announc ed that she will not dump her wheat reserves on the market but will hold them in the expec tation of higher prices, because of this war. Wheat is a war supply, no less than bullets or gunpowder. We earnestly hope that our nation will not become involved in any way that will further strain our relations with Italy and the rest of the world, but we believe it would be in the in terest of every American for our State Depart ment to lend all the moral support possible to the efforts which the other great nations are making to avert this silly and senseless war.— Autocaster. 4 Washington News I For U. S. Farmers Farmers everywhere will be interested in a recent 36-page supplement to Editor and Pub lisher, the nation’s leading magazine for the daily newspapers of the United States. It presents a picture of prosperity and plen ty on the farms of America after a national survey, saying conditions are unmatched at any time in the last fifteen years. “For the fanner,” says the editor, the AAA program has “over whelmingly attained its purpose.” At another point the editorial says that "crops for 1935 in most of our staples are well below the ‘prosperous’ years, but they are so far above, in volume and value, the production of 1932, 1933 and 1934 that the farmer is more prosperous today than he ever was in the twen ties. “NOW IN DRIVER’S SEAT” “Government bounty, necessary to sustain life last year,” it continues, “now provides the farmer with comforts of transportation and home life and goes to reduce the debt burden amassed in the lean years. . . . “For the first time in many years the farmer and stockman is in the driver’s seat, making up in one lush year all that nature and politics and bad management lost for him in many . . . MONTHS TO REFLECT BENEFITS The editorial predicts that months must elapse before the buying now being done by prospering farmers can be reflected in bene fits to trade and industry as a result of in creased production, though it adds that “each month statistics represent new and definite steps toward that end.” It continues by saying that “the present fact is that the farm population, comprising one third of the whole, is now prepared to spend money for urgently needed supplies”; thac this is good news for sellers and advertisers of commodities,” and that the survey was made to lay these facts before the nation’s publishers. TO WEAR SILK STOCKINGS AGAIN In a brief summary of the facts ascertained by the survey the magazine says: “It looks like the farmer’s wife is going to wear silk stockings again this year. Secretary Wallace writes that farmers’ income available for buying commodities has more than doubled since 1932. “The customary wary U. S. crop reporting board, through its expert chief, Joseph A. Beck er, ventures that with the single exception of wheat, the outlook for all principal crops is highly satisfactory from a national standpoint as regards food supply and from the farmer’s standpoint as regards the jingle in the sock.” MILK PRICES 100 PER CENT UP This resume says that in the northeast prices paid farmers for milk are now 100 per cent above depression lows, the apple crop is 50 to 100 per cent above that of 1934 while the poultry outlook is "the best in years” and the fruit,' potato and hay prospects are “swell.” Nature has been equally kind to states in the l^itsissippi Valley, the report shows, with bumper crops in most sections despite last years drought and the fanners benefitting both from natural and Government crop limitation. Kansas In Twenty Words “Kansas in twenty words: Wheat up 8 cents a bushel; corn, 7 cents; cattle, $3 hundred weight; hogs, $5; lambs, 75 cents; eggs, 10 cents a dozen,” the summary says. In the mountain states forage and pasture conditions are reported the best in years, with Colorado’s cash income from live stock at this time already twenty-five per cent more than the optimistic outlook prevails in the South, with Federally-pegged cotton prices swelling farm income and better production methods doing their bit te help. Kentucky corn is at a pre mium among the distillers, tobacco prospects are better than last year by at least five per cent, and Texas reports the largest fee4 crop, in it| history. . PURELY ERSONAL IFFLE With the present flow of mail-order catalogs came rem iniscences of childhood fervor in intently studying and exam ining similar massive, pulp sheeted advertising mediums which later were relegated to serve a more definite purpose for mankind. Always before Christmas time those books were thumbed through and dis cussed, and most loudly when grown-up members of the fam ily were close enough to hear effusive comments over some vividly described article. Every night the ceremony of com menting on things in the cata logs was repeated and on each successive night the remarks grew in strength. Fearing that the hints were not strong en ough, due to their evident lack of reception, the parents would be enlightened upon the values of this and that, and would shamelessly be asked if they thought Santa Claus could get all the desired property in one stretched stocking. It worked too. — PPP — In a Willard pasture is a herd of spoiled cattle, for these kine have sacrileged an article used for furniture more than health. A bath tub sits in the middle of this pasture and from which the cows drink. It is said that once the own er of that property installed a suitable water trough, but the cows positively refused to drink until the bath tub was replac ed. — PPP — A young squirt’s political an alysis : Graham, Hoey, and McDon ald will fight it out in the sec ond primary, while Kirkpatrick and McRae will just be dust floating by the wayside,—Hors de concours. Certain individ uals should not be so selfish as to demand that Doughton run for Governor, as “Farmer Bob” can best serve the nation and the State, by retaining his in disputably important position in Congress. McDonald has a good idea in fighting the plaguing sales tax, but his opposition to that measure is liable to beat him, for his opponents can orate that if the sales tax is repeal ed the necessary revenue will have to be reverted to land. Pseudo comics oftentimes hint of their future financial status by referring to the ap proaching death knell of some annonymous “rich uncle”. We wonder what’s gonna happen when Uncle Sam kicks over the alphabet. — PPp — Golly what a heritage: (with changes only in names the fol lowing is from a county week ly) “Mr. Jackson, who was 79 years old, was the son of Hen ry T. Bullock, A. T. Adams, K. K. Campbell, Jr.” — pPp — Moonlight and water have, for generations served to pro mote a more harmonious rela tionship between members of the opposite sex, and from all indications Boney’s mill pond is doing very well in its noctur nal activity as a medium for establishing the aforementioned situation. Most anything can happen out there, for it boasts a mill overlooking the water, spacious peaceful surround *********** * * * GOLDEN GLEAMS * * _ « * Virtuous and vicious ev’- * * ry Man must be, * * Few in th’ extreme, but * * all in the degree. * * —Pope. * * _ * * Virtue in distress, and * * vice in triumph * * Makes atheists of man- * * kind. * * —Dryden. * * * * Virtue could see to do * * what Virtue would * * * By her own radient light, * * though sun and moon * * Were in the flat set sunk. * * —Milton. * * _ « * The only reward of vir- * * tue is virtue. . * * —Emerson. * * _ • * Some rise by sin, and * * some by virtue fall. * f —Shakespeare. # * * » « • » # • « • » • • ings, ample moonlight, and row boats; into which fish some times jump, and which have an uncomfortable habit of hang ing on a stump. ' * Nevertheless, it no happens that one couple sojourned at the pond a few days ago and were aimlessly drifting about the placid waters. A couple of hours later they both woke up to the realization that one end of their boat was full'of water as a result of their man euverings and minipulations. They said they striTck a snag. WISE AND OTHERWISE Just So Just so she takes over Ethio pia, Italy doesn’t care who works out a formula to avert war.—Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. They Are We hope it soon comes to pass that the meek shall inherit earth. The unmeek are mak ing such a mess of it.—Mobile Register. Ought Is Right Somehow, we think that Con gress ought to be able to dis cuss a question of fact with out lining all the Republicans up on one side and all the De mocrats on the other.—San Diego Union. BRIEF; VERY BRIEF Italy sees threat from Brit ish military movements in Af rica. Mussolini may offer to call off war if he gets colonies. Utilities holding company bill is signed by Roosevelt. AAA expenditures for the fiscal year were $807,686,134. Russian press is silent on protest by the United States. Great Britian, Italy and Lat via also protest to Russia. Texas bars open as drys con cede defeat of prohibition. Waterspout batters Genoa, Italy, killing six persons. Industry makes gains of 6 per cent, Federal board reports. German sees gain in the Ita lo-Ethiopian situation. Paris fears a war would check world business recovery. 150,000 Italian troops mass on Austrian border for “war." Roosevelt names security board of three, with Winant as chairman. Farley says New Deal foes raise only “dust storms.” Japan’s army leaders bid sol diers shun politics President R o o s e v elt signs new Banking Law. Italians warn Britain that sanctions would result in war. — Cotton loans of 10 cents is set by AAA, plus grant to far mers. Relief costs fell $9,488,239 in July as compared with June. Commodity index reaches highest average since 1930. Fewer suicides in nation dur ing 1934, survey shows. 150 monkeys escape from Franck Buck’s camp in Nassau, New York. Roosevelt urges Boy Scout spirit for all citizens. Cities Service spent. $200,000 on utilities lobby. U. S. to avoid being involv ed in African dispute. AAA tax collections in July half those in June. Moffet denies silver policy hurt China after visit there. Fifteen major inquires to proceed during Congress re cess. i^ARDWEIX’S ‘ vVJDLUMN GUT A. CARDWELL, Acrlealtaral ft Indaatrial Alt, * . , A. C. L. Railroad Co. “THE HUMUS FRONT” ' Because of my appreciation of the great value of humus (vegetable mold) to farmers engaged in commercial crop production on thousands of farms along the coast end on the Coastal Plain in Virginia and the Carolinas, I have ask ed and received permission to use the following article by Dr. R. E. Stephenson, Oregon State College of Agriculture, which was published in The Pocket Book of Agriculture, Better Crops with Plant Food, July August 1935 issue: “Among the various fronts upon which Civilization is fighting is the “New Humus Front.” Reduced crop yields, in spite of a greater use of com mercial fertilizer, are due to an increasing lack of humus in long-farmed soils. With the loss of humus the “old force” is gone out of the soil. In this country we are yet farming comparatively new land. Yields on the average have not fallen. In fact a slight increase, due to many causes such as better methods, more and better fertilization, better seed, etc., is probable. But we are concerned about the humus economy of our soils. Those soils in which the hu mus has become depleted are not as productive as in their virgin state. Dry years are increasingly disastrous because of lack of humus.' We have some worn-out soils. The hu mus is gone or going rapidly in too many soils. Market gardeners find it in creasingly difficult to secure stable manure. The family horse of the city is no more, and manure from the city is scarce and high priced. The stockyards and feed lots sup ply an inadequate amount. What is the solution of man ures shortage. Part of the solution to date has been the increased use of commercial fertilizers. Not four or five hundred pounds but four or five tons per acre are sometimes used in the at tempt to boost yields and pro duce quality crops. With irri gation, which supplies the moisture, the possibilities of fertilization are illimitable, but soil fertility can never be main tained without due considera tion of humus renewal. Drouth years are doubly destructive as the humus vanishes, and many seasons have drouth periods when lack of humus adds to the handicap of lack of water. Green manuring is an effec tive means of humus renewal, and orchardists are making in creasing use of green manure crops for supplying humus. The liberal use of commercial fer tilizers to grow an abundance of humus is a sound practice. Orchards and even individual trees produce and are profitable somewhat in proportion as hu mus is removed. Truck farmers are using green manures, but not as whole-heartedly as the orchard ists. On the truck farm not less than six weeks is needed to grow the humus crop. A vafl uable crop of vegetables can be grown in the same time, and growers are reluctant to give up the use of the land to a fer tilizer crop. There is no conflict between fertilizer producers &nd those who promote humus renewal. When the humus is burned out, 'comjnercial fertilizer becomes less effective. Then the farm er says to the fertilizer peo ple “Your fertilizers have lost their potency. Give us some thing to put the “old pep” back iinto our soils.” The elusive “something” that is needed is humus. With adequate humus renewal, fertilizers may be safely used in larger amounts and with greater assurance pf returns. Today Europeans, and espe cially the Germans, are concen trating upon a program for healthy humus economy. The German slogan is a planned humus economy to assure “Ger man nutrition for the German people from the German soil”. Their alert soil scientists know the key to soil fertility: Ger man fanners use more commer cial fertilizers than we, and they will no doubt continue to use more._ Their crop yields av their scientists are not ed but have sought os weak link in their s result *is a nation-wide org izefl effort to bring the im tance of humus renewal to attention of their pi in this country, have humus problem befoi the time has serious attention. This the 12 dj 1935. GEO. Commissions Aug. 22-29 Sept. 5-12 —748 NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of the power of sale in a Deed of Trust front W. J. Johnson and Lula M, Johnson, his wife, to W. M. Carr, Trustee, dated May 29, 1928, Deed Book 294, page 303, Registry of Duplin County, de fault having been made in the payment of the debt secured thereby the undersigned ril sell to the highest bid< for cash, at the Cdurthous door, Kenansville, N. C., on MON-1 DAY, SEPT. 30, 1935, (first day of Sept. Term of Court) two tracts of land situated in Rock fish Township, Duplin County, North Carolina, described as follows; | Beginning at a stake in the canal of Rockfish, D. W. John son’s lower corner of the Eli-, zabeth Register tract and runs thence D. W. Johnson’s line S. 76 E. 216 poles to a stake in; the L. C. Fussell’s line; thence Fussell’s line S. 25 E. 20 poles to a stake; thence N. 78 W. 228 poles to a stake on the canal of Rockfish; Whence up the canal of Rockfish to the beginning, containing 27 acres, more or less, said tract being: a tract deeded to Elizabeth C. Johnson by R. D. Register and' A scheme is wanted to po- I pularire tea in America. WhJ! I not prohibit it?—Punch.
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