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America’s Upper Crust Still Have Fun In Big Way, Butler’s Survey Shows America’s upper class is still able to maki merry in spite of the growing hazards to possession of extensive fortunes, according to their butlers who report that cne hundred typical wealthy fam ilies consume 240,000 bottles of bevsrages annually, entertain 190,800 guests per year, employ 1,081 servants and make 244 trips accompanied by seven trunks to the family. The average size of the family is five persons. These striking facts are brought out in a recent survey conducted by Town and Country magazine in conjunction with the Butler’s Club of New York. One hundred | members of this group returned unsigned questionnaires describ ing the habits and preferences of their employers. This survey pro vides a cross section of the spend ing trends of wealthy families in the United States. Breakdown of beverage ex penditures discloses the consump tion of 20,000 bottles of wine, 56,- 000 bottles of whiskey, 28,000 bottles of gin, 11,000 bottles of j champagne, 38,000 bottles of beer, 30,000 bottles of ginger ale and 43,000 bottles of charged wa ter, a quantity sufficient to keep the hundred wealthy families in a high state of conviviality were it not for the fact that they en ertain six hundred guests daily. The favorite cocktail of this con tingent is the Martini, closely sec oned by the Manhattan, Old Fash ons cants third. A total of 42 rooms per fam ily is the average space occupied by this group. Ninety-four per percent of them have country houses, boasting an average of, 100 acres of ground in the estate and 22 rooms in the house. Eighty seven percent have town houses, averaging 18 rooms to the house. One family of five manages to oc cupy 44 rooms and employs 40, servants. About one fourth of these houses are redecorated ev-| ery year and eighty-four percent • Today, you don't hare to |J 'V look like a circus tent just \ y f?M' V-; it X before you turn in. Hanes \- * Vv?jl ‘ Crotch-Guard Sports are as \Sm \w O'. modem as the beach trunks which banished the old-fashioned bathing-drawersl Look as trim as a fighter in the ring. Feel comfortable, too ... with the gentle athletic support of the Hanesknit Crotch-Guard and its convenient buttonless venL And an elastic band at your waist gives with every movement . . . but keeps snugly in placet Hanes Sports look their best with a Hanes Undershirt Its generous length stays tucked down. And on your chest its soft absorbent knit blots up the perspiration ... gives it a chance to evaporate evenly... the secret of keeping cool and saving your top-shirt from getting sopping wet See your Hanes Dealer today. as?” SPORTS and SHIRTS 35 c-J 50c* ( Th.rV> nothing .hort\ ( T »»’~ ] l .a. . ... / \ breeze In this A / HI I SAMSONEAK Iff/ Broadcloth Shortsj UNION-SUIT Shf” J:7 o ia e :i Tea'll nw leal Hr liPt c °" Jo^; | A g^ U / 111 rs / v)\ Wr eae «—>-■» Jfcrt yon STali eTeuuu! ■ela |J / (jeep without lipfbg I \ SHIRTS AND SHORTS Pi ft J 35V 3t.,*l 1 f I 2& 8V C a«Sae j§ te-=j=s —a SrnS.Mfc Ifcertk —• OHiin TSa Jj& A WWQmm lew m 27*. 4Hr SI. MW ™ - amßHAk^bi FOR MIN ANS SOTS TOUR HANIS FOR STSRY SSASON V|mi'||M DIALSR TODAT t- * * • .-f MfcHANBS KMITTW# COMTAHY • Wteatcc-Mc*. Her* Carcßm of all of them employ the services of a professional decorator. Sixty nine percent of these families own more than one pattern of sterling silver with which to vary the monotony of eating. More than one half the family groups represented in the survey maintained stables with the num ber of horses ranging from 2 to 22. Race horses numbered 25, polo ponies 54, saddle horses 119. House dogs maintained added up to 111, with Cocker spaniels, Scot ties and Wire-haired fox terriers as favorite breeds. Two housholds owned twelve dogs each. An average of three cars per household represents the motor investment by this group. Out of the hundred families, twenty three operated station wagons, the most popular make of car represented was in the low-price field. Twenty-five Rolls Royce owners were tabulated. Florida was the most prominent vacation objective of the hun dred families with Bermuda and Europe tying for second place. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Maine and California ranked next in the order named. Ninety four per cent of these families were accompanied by a servant when traveling. The Butler’s Club of New York, enlisted by Town and Country in the compilation of these uni que statistics hitherto consdered almost impossible to obtain, has a membership of 2,000 butlers in and around New York City, sup ports its own publication, staff and entertains annually with a ball. MEETING Sixty rural and urban women from 31 states will, me;t with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in Washington April 13-14 to dis cuss improving living standards both on the farm and in the city. 1 ’ERSON COUNTY TIMES’ ROXBOItO. N. C. Egg Marks The Spot, Officer vV s -'IS Patrolman Harold Nickerson of the Detroit Police put his ticket book away when Betty Dane, Wayne University student, explained that her driving with an egg was only part of a sorority initiation stunt. She did it, too, without breaking the egg, by using a Chevrolet, in which vacuum from the motor sup plies nearly all the power necessary in shifting gears with the new steering column shift lever. Lespedeza Growth Aided By Fertilizer Experiments in Rowan county have proven that lespedeza needs lime and sup;rphosphate when it is grown on poor land, reports j Enos C. Blair, agronomist of the State College Extension Service. “It is true that the lespedeza have a reputation Ifor ‘bringing i back’ land too poor to grow crops with profit, or land that has b:en abandoned because of low ferti-j lity, but a little fertilizer will greatly increase the value of the! crop,” Blair stated. In Rowan county Korean les- ] pcdeza was seeded on poor land without fertilizer treatment for two years. The plants reached a height of more than two inches only where row crops had been fertilized previously. This growth was limited to a narrow band right where the fertilizer was / SEEMS LAK DEy's AIL. j TOPAy.^J bet, vnc*) TV ATURAL CHILEAN Nitrate of Soda is the natural A t side dresser and the only natural nitrate; in the world. Chilean Soda is quick-acting. It gives crops a lift just when they need it And it contains other plant food de ments that help protect your soil against the heavy dfaig of constant cropping. Natural Soda costa no more and you cgs get it anywhere. NATURAL CH/lEAN MTU ATE or SODA NATURAL SIDE DRIfSIR WY«mßA£lO!Agw. ,, .u , l «i.NM<wp M# WMWiyS—by **.Ty* **** WAer^ n > wjMETimawSL cwST ▼?£ placed in the previous year. Most | of the lespedeza died when about two inches high. When me land was treated with lime and superphosphate, there was a marked increase in growth. On untreated plots Kor ean reached a height of one to three inches; with lime alone, four to 13 inches; and nine to 17 inches j where lime and superphosphate' were both applied. Kobe and common lespedeza j grew four to six inches on un | treated plots, six to eight inches | with lime, nine to 11 inches with superphosphate, and eight to 16, j inches with both lime and super-1 ( phosphate. Serica showed the i same trend in growth with fer ! tilization. It reached a heighth of ! 20 to 30 inches with lime, 26 in ( dies with superphosphate, and ;30 to 40 inches with both lime and superphosphate, compared with 16 inches on untreated plots. The rate of application was from one to three tons of lime and 500 pounds of superphosphate per acre. FARM QUESTIONS ANSWERED Question: When should poultry b: vaccinated for chicken pox? Answer: Young birds are more susceptible to pox than the adults so the proper time to vaccinate is when the birds are from ten to fifteen weeks old. Do not use pi geon pox virus at this time. Pull a few feathers from the thigh and rub the small brush, which comes with the vaccinating material, over the holes left by pulling the feathers. Be sure the brush has been dipped in the vaccinating solution. When once started, all j birds on the farm, except the old hens which are probably resist ant, should be vaccinated. • Question: It is necessary to plow up tobacco plant beds? Answer: Yes all beds should be plowed up and all plants des troyed immediately after use of the bed. These plants and beds furnish a breeding place for in sect pests which will spread to the tobacco in the field and cause the loss of thousands of dollars worth of tobaqco. After the plow ing the bed should be planted to sweet potatoes or some other garden crop or it may be sown to soybeans. Question: How can I force the growth of garden crops? Answer: The quality of succul :nt vegetables is dependent upon rapid’ growth and it is very often necessary to maintain this vig orous growth with side applica tions of a quickly available nit rogen. The time for applying these side applications depends upon the vigor and maturity of the crops and also upon seasonal con ditions, and the grower must use his best judgement in determin ing when the application should be made. In applying nitrogen, care must be taken not to let the fertilizer come in contact with the plants as this will usually result in severe damage. o MORE Cattle producers are expected to market considerably more grain fed cattle this spring and summer than last, but numbers of heif ers and cows marketed will be smaller, according to the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economi cs. CHEVROI FT The only *■ ■ I low-priced car combininq All Thais Best at Lowest Cost” tct IN SALES ft Th# b, 08*» t ••l ||n 9 1939 modal car In Amarka-mf mors than fhaf—tha biggest soiling car for seven out of the last eight years I ft* IN PERFORMANCE ft faster on the getaway ... It’s batter on the MUs ... and a W much batter all-round performer .. . than other cars In Ms field. ftjN FEATURES Mf*trTT" trrr* • *•*•«•* *••• "»s SyMai am ImrfwW * wamwaw Muhf (AvaSa bh an M mw Sa Un meAek mM • fMwMI CM ft, IN VALUE ft P * Uqr . »r doUor ' footer# lor feature, car for tar, If glvas you ft """* ißr,hon an r other car In hs price jbHV ® twnge—thanks to Chovrolot's volume leadership. TAR HEEL CHEVROLET CO., Inc. Main Street ***** N. C. DANGEROUS MOSQUITO AFIELD New York City—Scientists of the Rockefeller Foundation are trying by every means to block the possible Northward invasion of the deadly anopheles gambai ae, a malaria-carrying mosquito which has been introduced into 1 Brazil from Africa, possibly by airplanes, and has in certain areas caused the death of 10 per cent of the population. Until 1930 this mosquito was never known out side of Africa, and its further spread is giving scientists grave concern, since the type of mala ria it transmits is marked by a high morality rate. \ jHL JH FOR SMOKING PLEASURE AT ITS BEST CAMEL tie cigarette of (bs flier Tobaccos WARNING Thousands of flies are head- / ft ing this way. Why ’*§. :Kl) screen your house now? WE HAVE EVERY KIND OF SCREEN and can furnish any amount that you desire. You can repair your old screens or get new ones. V/atkins & Bullock EVERYTHING TO BUILD WITH ROXBORO NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939 PARKS “PAY AS ( THEY GO” Washington, D. C—Hereafter sightseers will contribute their bit to the upkeep of Uncle Sam’s parks, according to a schedule announced by the Department of the Interior. It will cost $1 to drive through Virginia’s Shen andoah National Park but only a dime to take the elevator to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Visiting all national shrines will entail a fee of varying propor tions, evidenced by a stamp af fixed to the tourist’s driving license. o —. ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
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