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. Knowles and dau Miss Martha Jane have returned from a friends in Greenville, ippi. Dr. and Mrs'. L. 5 Portsmouth, Va., 'guests of Mr. and Mrs Jones. Mr. and Mrs. spending this ead. Mrs. H. L. Oswald and chil dred have returned from a visit to relatives in Lexington, S. C. Mrs. J. W. Sykes, Jr., and daughter, Mary Prescilla, and Mrs. J. H. Sheffield and daugh ters, Ann anti Betty, are at Caro lina Beach for the week. Misses Minnie and Lura Boone spent last week-end with rela tives in Clinton. Mrs. J. D. Carr and Miss Mary Emily Carr left today to spend some time at Lake Junaluska. ' Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rollins, of Warsaw, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Wells. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Rollins’ sister, Miss Mary Elizabeth Wells, who was their guest for several days. Mrs. Stokes Williams has as her guest this week Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Smith and two daughters, Misses Marjorie and Bannie Smith, of Arcadia, Fla. Mrs. Woodrow Smith and dau ghter, Shirley, of Wilmington, spent several days this week • with Mrs. Smith’s parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Joe Johnson. Sfo. Master Gabriel Boney, Jr., is I a patient at the Baby Hospital c. on Wrightsville Sound. Mrs. D. E. Rivenbark will I leave Sunday to visit relatives In St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. W. F. Murphy and Miss Katherine Murphy have return ed home after spending several weeks in Asheville and Wash ington, D. C. While visiting her son, Charles Murphy, in Wash | ington, Mrs. Murphy was a vi sitor in the Senate when the late Senator Robinson made his | last appearance. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Westmore land and daughters are visiting relatives in Johnston, S. C. Miss Martha Jane Hanchey is spending this week at Carolina ach. , •*, Mrs. W. B. Jones and daugh ters, Margaret Hall and Frances, spent Wednesday and Thursday in Aberdeen. They were accom panied home by Mrs. T. Q. Hall who has been visiting the Rev erend and Mrs. Leon Hall. Miss Mary Margaret Benton, Misses Alice Rae and Grace Britt spent Sunday in Warsaw. Mrs. N. H. Carter has return ed from Washington, D. C., where she spent several weeks. Miss Polly Skinner visited her ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Skin ier, in St. Stephens, S. C., this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harrell, Miss Annie Laurie Harrell and Mr. and Mrs. Graham Pope and Children are spending the week at White Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Harrell have as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Knapp, of Nor folk, Va., Mrs. A. L. Harrell and v Mrs. Thomas of Dewryville, Va. Mrs. W. B. Knowles, Mrs. O. C. Blanchard and Mrs. F. B. [Hardee are chaperoning a group of young people on a,house party at Carolina Beach this week. | Friends of Thomas A. Carson, who taught in the Wallace schools for the past few years, .11 be interested in knowing [{that he has a position in the Batesburg-Leesville, S. C., school ;for this year. Miss Hina Lou iung, a former teacher, will be .lit Smithfleld this year. J. C. Herring, Jr., was given a surprise party Wednesday night by his friends in celebra ,on .of his fifteenth birthday, games were played and essive conversation enjoy Late in the evening Mrs. H| Herring served cream and cake to the twenty-five guests pres ent. Society BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Charlie Rich delightfully entertained Saturday afternoon from five ’til seven at her home near Wallace in honor of her little daughter, Elizabeth’s, sev enth birthday. The table was centered with a big birthday cake holding seven candles. Af ter the children played games they were served cake, lemon ade and candy. Those enjoying Elizabeth’s birthday party were the little Misses Martha Teachey, Patsy Williams, Partrica Carter, Faye Cavenaugh, Fannie Mae White, Melrose, Pearl, Juanita and Mar guerite Dale of Watha, Master Franklin Williams, Marion White, Jimmy Merritt and Theo dore Dale, Mrs. Joe Williams, Mrs. Henry Carter, Mrs. Mar garet Teachey, Mrs. A. J. Dale, Mrs. William Cavenaugh, Mrs. Joe Merritt. / Mrs. Rich was assisted in serv ing by Mrs. Merritt. The honoree received many lovely gifts. Co-op Essay Finals To Be Held Friday Sampson County Boy to Rep resents Southern District at Raleigh Tomorrow Raleigh, July 28.—Four rural high school boys and a lone high school girl, selected from thous ands of participants in school, county and district elimination contests in all sections of the State, will compete here Friday, July 30, for the State champion ship and first prize of a one year college tuition scholarship in the finals of the 10th annual cooperative essay contest. The contestants are as fol lows: Helen Pierce Whitlock, 17 year-old student of the Eudy High School in Stanley County, representing the Western Dis trict. Jim Davis, 18-year-old student of the Clyde School in Haywood County, representing the Moun tain District. Hartwell Dawson, 15-year-old student of the Plainview High School in Sampson County, re presenting the Southern District. Russell Knowles, 17-year-old student of the Windsor High School in Bertie County, repre senting the Eastern District. Randolph Denton, 16-year-old student of the Gold Sand High School in Franklin County, rep resenting the Central District. All of the contestants will speak on “A -Well-Rounded Co operative Program for North Carolina,” and officials from North Carolina State College will serve as judges. “The essay contest this year brings to more than 40,000 the number of rural boys and girls in North Carolian who have participated during the past 10 years,” commented M. G. Mann, general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Coop erative Association and the Far mers Cooperative Exchange, sponsors of the contest. He praised and thanked the newspapers of the State, educa tional authorities, school officials and particularly the teachers of Vocational Agriculture and home economics for their part in mak ing the contest a success. ‘Al ready,” Mr. Man added, “we are turning our thought to the sub ject and making plans for next year’s contest.” NEARLY 500 GO TO CCC CAMPS State Furnished 486 Recruits for the Quarter Begin ning July First Raleigh, July 28.—Almost 500 Civilian Conservation Corps en listments during the quarter be ginning July 1 were reported for North Carolina Saturday by Mrs. W. T. Bost, Commissioner of the'State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, through T. L. Grier, Supervisor of CCC Selec tion for that department. The total was 486, of which 338 were white and 148 colored recruits. This number complet ed the quota assigned to the state for the quarter. Every county in the state was European Demand For American Flne-Cnred Tobacco Increasing Consumption of Flue-Cured Leaf Is Increasing in All But a Few of the Euro pean Countries. —— European markets will have to import at least 50,000,000 more pounds of American flue-cured tobacco in 1937-38 than they did in 1936-37 if stocks are to be brought up to their normal rela tionship with consumption, ac cording to a report to the Bur eau of Agricultural Economics from its London Office. Consumption of flue-cured leaf is increasing in all but a few European countries. Prospects for increased sales are most en couraging in the United King dom, Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, Es tonia and Lithuania. The European consumption of American flue-cured leaf in 1936 37 (July-June) amounted to about 215 million pounds. Be cause of generally expanding in dustrial activity and consequent improvement in purchasing pow er, consumption during 1937-38 will probably show an increase of 5 per cent. While consumption of Ameri can flue-cured leaf is increasing, stocks are substantially below their normal ratio to consump tion, it was pointed out in the report. Total European stocks of American flue-cured leaf on July 1 this year amounted to about 361 million pounds, or slightly less than a year ago when consumption was at a lower level. Stocks are especially low in the United Kingdom where the straight Virginia (flue-cured) type of cigarette is very popu lar and where normally about 85 per cent of our flue-cured exports to Europe is sold. In Ireland, the Scandinavian coun tries and the Netherlands, stocks are reported as normal but low relative to the rapid increase taking place in the consumption of blended American type cigar ettes. The same holds true for Latvia and Estonia. Stocks of American flue-cured leaf have been seriously reduc ed in Germany because of the inability of merchants there to replace depleted supplies with new purchases. Replacement of stocks in Germany will depend entirely upon a relaxation in the existing exchange and import restrictions. Stocks also are low in Poland and France but the immediate outlook for increased sales in those countries is not so prom ising. Poland is expanding her local production of flue-cured leaf and imports are confined mainly to countries willing to trade on a barter basis. In France currency devaluation and consequent higher living costs are adversely affecting the con sumption of the higher priced blended type cigarettes. represented in the enrollments. Raleigh with 111 recruits from 23 counties, led the list, follow ed by Asheville with 108 from 20 counties; Washington 87 from 21 counties; Greensboro 73 from 13 counties; Charlotte 72 from 15 counties, and Wilmington 45 from 8 counties. Then ew recruits were accept ed as replacements to fill vacan cies in 25 of the -62 CCC camps now operating in North Caro lina. j “North Carolina’s normal CCC quota is much larger than that allotted for the quarter begin ning July 1,” Mr. Grier said. “The reduction was due to re organization of the Civilian Con servation Corps under recently enacted legislation which reduc ed the national CCC strength from 350,000 to 300,000 men. It is anticipated that the enroll ment for the October quarter will be considerably larger in this state, as all men having a maximum of two years of ser vice, and who are beyond the age of 23 years, will be dis charged.” Pneumonta Continues Chief Cause of Death Raleigh, July 20.—There was a sharp decrease in deaths from pneumonia in North Carolina the first half of 1937, but a jump in airplane fatalities, with a slight decrease in automobile accident deaths, as compared with the first six months oi 1936, the provisional report fdr that period, issued by the Vital Statistics Division of the State Board of Health, of which Dr. R. T. Stimpson is directpr, shows. Pneumonia deaths were 588 few er for the first half of 1937, while other decreases included: Drowning, 11; influenza, 178, and pellagra, 10. There have been 25 more sui cides and 5 more homicides this year the report shows. Other increases recorded for the first half of 1937 were as follows: Railroad accidents apart from those in which automobiles were involved, 9; diarrhea and ente ritis in children under 2 years old, 117; infant deaths under 1 year old, 41; pulmonary tuber culosis, 2; air transportation ac cidents, 6; syphilis, 27, cancer, 9, and malaria, 6. There were no deaths from smallpox during the entire year of 1936 and there have been none reported so far this year. Following is a comparison of deaths from outstanding causes the first half of 1937 and 1936: 1937 1036 Pneumonia .1866 2454 Pulmonary tuberculosis 980 978 Pellagra . 184 978 Cancer . 911 902 Malaria . 35 29 Influenza . 737 915 Diarrhea and enteritis... 285 196 Suicide . 163 138 Homicide . 168 163 Air accidents . 7 1 Automobile accidents.... 414 421 Syphilis . 223 196 Railroad accidents. 51 42 Drowning . 70 81 Infants under 1 year....2485 2544 AAA Leader Tdk Of Far* Program Those Attending Farm and Home Week Get First Hand Information The federal agricultural pro gram for 1938 will be discussed by J. B. Hutson, assistant AAA administrator, Wednesday morn ing of Farm and Home Week to be held at State College, Aug ust 2 to 6. Starting at 8 o’clock, Hutson will explain tentative plans for the agricultural conservation program to be offered North Carolina farmers next year. He will also give the growers opportunity to express their op inion of the program, as conduct ,ed this year, and the proposed program for 1938, said E. Y. Floyd, of State College. In addition, Hutson will out line the bills now before Con gress regarding control legisla tion for cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, and rice, and which may be expanded to include peanuts and truck crops. “This will be your chance to get some first hand information on the program for next year,” Floyd stated in urging all grow ers who can to hear Hutson speak. John W. Goodman, of State College, who has arranged the Farm and Home Week program, has announced that farm ten ancy will be the subject of much discussion Tuesday morning. Two landlords will discuss the matter from their viewpoint, and three tenants will explain the problems confronting those who work land owned by others. Tenant security will be the subject of a talk by C. B. Faris, of the Resettlement Administra tion, and Congressman Harold D. Cooley will tell about new tenant security legislation. Every day of the week will bring something worth while for North Carolina farmers as well as farm women, Goodman add ed, “and we hope to have a large number who will come to spend the entire week.” ISSUES EGG AND POULTRY BOOK Government Releasing Com plete Data on Poultry and Egg Industry A “Handbook of Poultry and Egg Statistics” has just been re leased by the Bureau of Agri cultural Economics to "make readily available for quick and practical use the essential sta tistical and other information relating to the poultry and egg industry.” The 128-page booklet may be obtained from the Superinten dent of Documents, Washington, D. C., at 15 cents a copy. The handbook contains statis tics on the number of chickens on farms; number of chickens, ducks and geese raised; value of chickens raised; chicks hat ched and purchased; mortality of chicks and in laying flocks; num ber and value of chickens sold; number of chickens consumed onf arms; number and value of eggs produced; number of eggs sold and consumed on farms, and rate of egg production. -Other subjects reported statis tically include poultry inspected for canning; market receipts of live and dressed poultry, and of eggs; cold storage holdings df poultry, turkeys, and eggs; prices of chickens, turkeys, and eggs received by producers, by wholesalers, and by retailers; feed consumption; growth and weight in dressing; size of ship ping coops; feed-egg ratios; col or of shells by breeds; foreign trafle in and tariff rates on poul try and eggs, and poultry and eggs in foreign countries. Wilt Disease Takes States Weed Crop Growers Should Take Steps to Check Spread of the Disease Granville wilt, rapidly spread ing into new areas, will pro bably cost North Carolina to bacco growers $1,000,000 this season, estimates Dr. Luther Shaw, extension plant patholo gist at State College. Although no practical, effec tive cure for the disease is known at present, he said, grow ers can take action to check its spread and to protect future crops from wilt. The first step, he continued, is to identify the disease as soon as it appears in a field. Wilt causes leaves to droop or wilt, then wrinkle, turn yellow, and die. Finally the entire plant is killed. The disease is usually found in scattered patches over a field, but a high percentage of the plants in each patch is affected. If a diseased stalk is cut in two and pressed with the fingers, a dirty, yellow ooze will drip out. The disease organisms can be spread into uneffected areas by water running from one field to another, on the feet of men or animals, or on wheels or other parts of farm implements. To check the spread of the disease this season, Dr. Shaw pointed out, growers should ex ercise every precaution to keep the organisms from being car ried into new territory. To protect future crops, it is advisable to start a four-year ro tation with wilt-resistant crops such as corn, wheat, rye, soy bean, cotton, sweet potatoes and melons. These crops will give the wilt organisms a chance to die out before tobacco is planted again. On the other hand, plants like Irish potatoes, peppers, toma toes, peanuts, ragweed, and horse nettle help keep the wilt organisms alive. GARDEN NOTES The Fall Garden August is the month in which to plan for the fall garden. Your success in maturing vegetables when planted at this season of the year will depend, no doubt, on weather conditions in your particular section of the State. However, garden soil well sup plied with stable manure or other organic matter and the soil prepared in a fine physical condition are factors in your favor. Try out the following list ol vegetables which may be plant ed the first of August: Salad Crops—Broccoli, Mustard, Swiss chard. Endive, Lettuce, Seven Top turnip, and Chinese cab bage. Root Crops—Turnips, Car rots, Beets. Other Crops—Cel ery, Collards, Cabbage (Early Jersey Wakefield), Snap beans, Lima beans, Sugar corn, and Tomatoes. Broccoli ( C a 1 a b r e e Green Sprouting Italian), culiflower, and Chinese cabbage may be planted in hills 15 inches apart. Use several seeds to the hill and then thin to one plant. The seed may be sown in a plant bed and then transplanted. Three .to four weeks after the plants have been transplanted, side* dress them with nitrate of soda. If you have never eaten real sugar com (sweet com) why not try Golden Cross Bantam variety. This variety matures uniformly, develops ears early nels which are sweet and tend er. Planted by the first of Aug ust it should mature'before frost Want Ads BIRD DOGS FOR SALE— Setter and Pc^nter Puppies, also trained dogs. If interest ed in a good dog see me at once. W. V. Padgett, Wallace, Rt. 4 (James’ Store). ltp NOTICE OF SALE By virtue ot aumority contain ed in a certain deed of trust ex ecuted by Sprunt Boney and wife, Susan Boney, to W. M. Carr, Trustee, dated the 23rd day of May, 1929, and recorded in Book 294, page 479, Registry of Duplin County; default hav ing been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby se cured I will sell at public auc tion at the court house in Ken ansville, North Carolina, on the 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, at 12 o’clock noon the following lands: Beginning at a stake on an oak ridge, Early Boney’s cor ner and -runs thence his line North 82 West 41 poles to a i stake, comer of Alex Tew lands; thence as his line North 12 3-4 East 58 poleg tb a stake Carr line; thence as South 89 East 68 poles to near two pines; thence 12 3-4 West 76 poles to a unmarked In a bay on E. line; thence as that line 86 West about 25 poles stake, Will Parker 3 acre thence that survey North East 70 yards to beginning, taining 27 acres more or 2nd Tract: Beginning stake, Sprunt and Early corner and running thenee 84 East 84 feet to a stake heirs’ line; thence Dixon South 6 3-4 East 630 feet stake, Dixon’s comer; North 83 1-4 East 128 feet to stake, Boney’s comer; thence line South 1 West 547 feet a stake in J. M. Brown's thence as Brown’s line the public road South 83 West 450 feet to a stake, Boney’s comer; thence line North 5 East 743 feet to stake; thence as his line Ni 13 East 484 feet to the ning, containing 7 3-4 acres, more or less. Advertised this the 20th of July, 1937. W. M. CARR, Trustee. • A. J. Blanton, Attorney. July 29-Aug. 6-12-19 —8fi GOING CAMPING? If you are going camping come in and equip yourself at our store. We have many camping de vices which will add to the comfort of your outing. We make the “inside” price on everything we selL OUR ^HARDWARE’S BEST; IT STANDS THE TEST A. G HALL HD W; GO. WALLACE, N. C. Program for Week of August 2nd MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AUGUST 2-3 “SINGING MARINE” -starring DICK POWELL—DORIS WESTON HUGH HERBERT—LEE DIXON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 $40 • Jack Pot Night • $40 “KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR” -starring MARLENE DIETRICH—ROBERT DONAT THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 “EMPEROR’S CANDLESTICKS” -starring WILLIAM POWELL—LOUISE RAINER • On the Stage • ONE HOUR VAUDEVILLE String Music • Orchestra • Six Pretty Girls • Black Face Comedian EVERYTHING THAT MAKES A GOOD VAUDEVILLE. NO ADVANCE IN ADMISSION FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 “HELL DIVERS” -starring CLARK GABLE—WALLACE BERRY ROBERT MONTGOMERY SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 | Introducing a new western star. Hope you . will like him. TEX RITTER -in '''ft f .. mis “HITTING THE TRAIL” SATURDAY NIGHT OWL SHOW “THE DIVIL IS DRIVING” l RICHARD DIX Coming Next Week: “Kid Galahad”, sive”, “Easy Living”, “Topper”, “Rootin, Rhythm”, “They Wanted to Marry.” § better pictures are made, the NEW • • will play them.!