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Danger In Home-Made ■ Electric Fences Cited Death Os Child At Wilson Given As Example Os Dangers In Improperly Made Fences Raleigh, Mar, 14—A warning to North Carolina farmers to be ware of the home-made electric fence has been issued l by David S. Weaver, head of the Depart ment of Agricultural Engineer ing and extension, specialist of State College. He says that all electric fences present an element of danger, but that the home made device which does not lim it the amount of current and which does not include a fool proof controller to interrupt the flow of electritity, is especially lethal. “The recent death of a Wilson County child who was electro cuted by a fence on his father’s farm focused attention on the electric fence now being widely used to restrain livestock in the State,” Prof. Weaver stated. “I wish to reiterate the position of my department, and that of the entire State College Extension Service, that all electric fences present definite safety problems, but home-made electric fence de vices are especially dangerous.” The State College man said that Shoes for Easter Ensembles GRACEFUL LASTS IN DRESSY AND CASUAL SHOES TO STEP OUT IN . . . I. ... ' umtti P i- i. *2.99 t Suit? Costume? Coat? Whatever your Easter fashion choice, we’ve a shoe style to carry out its chic down to your toes* You’ll agree—our sales staff is expert when it comes to fitting. Roxboro SHOE Store § “REMEMBER” All Suits $15.50 Sport Suits $8.95 Sport Pants $3.95 - $4.95 Shirts “ 97c to $1.55 Ties, Spring Patterns 50c to *1 L| ATC “ADAM” and All One So AC riM I 9 “MIBAKAL” Price A.yo Foushee Clothing Store the Wilson County _child died as a result of coming in contact with a home-made electric fence, which did not allow for the fence wire to be charged intermittent ly, and which had only a small slectric bulb to reduce the a mount of current from 110 volt line. Electric fences manufactured by reliable companies restrict the amount of current, and interrupt the current at regular intervals in order that a person or animal may be freed from contact with the charged wire, usually with out fatal damage. “I repeat the warning which we have frequently issued that an electric fcnee is extremely dangerous unless it is properly made, correctly installed, and carefully used,” Weaver said. o INCREASES Cash income from farm mark etings and government payments in January totaled $733,000,000, a rise of nearly $100,000,000 over the income and payments of the same month a year earlier, l o LAND POSTED SIGNS AT THE TIMES OFFICE PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBOF9. N. C. Rumanian Troops Rushed to Guard Oil ' ■ • ! JHn wk «Kf§Sf \ ■- ‘ B :: - v <-ylT' :: * W‘. j| / ' v< J*\jssL - <x v .>; HL. ; =1 ,'> " - * -( - V 'l!§< * " r“ - - •*' gfe:; v. v. •■•v.. , ) Germany’s challenge to the Romanian government’s ban on the export of aviation gasoline to the Reich has resulted in many of Ru mania’s 200,000 reserve troops being called to concentration centers. Rumania is reported to have 1,600,009 men under arms, ready for any eventuality. ORCHARD GAINS FROM MULCHING Farmers To Be Allowed Practice Payments Under 1940 Agricultural Conserva tion Program. North Carolina farmers will be allowed a practice payment of $1.50 under the 1940 agricultu ral conservation program for mulching their bearing orchards, according to H. R. Niswonger, extension horticulturist at State College. Two tons of air-dried straw or an equivalent in mulching mater ial. excluding barnyard and stable manure, will be required per acre. The material must be hauled into the orchard and may consist of straw, hay, leaves, wood shavings, or other organic matter which has a good water holding capacity. Payment will not be allowed if any of the'mulching material or material produced on the or chard land in 1940 from grasses, legumes, or cover crops is taken from the land. Niswongier explained that the materials should be thick enough to check the growth of grass or other, legumes or other vegetation. Likewise, it should be applied not closer than two feet from the trunk of the tree and as far out as the braches extend. The quantity of mulch to apply to each tree at the rate of two tons to the acre will depend upon the size of the tree or the spread of its branches. Most North Carolina apple orchards average 50 trees to the acre. If straw or similar material is used, each tree will require ap proximately one bale, of 70 to 80 pounds, if the trees are of med ium size. Small bearing trees may require less than one bale, and large mature trees may need two to three bales. Mulching aids bearing fruit trees by maintaining a supply of moisture, preventing im proving the size and color of the fruit, and providing an abund. ance of humus and organic matter for the soil. o DEMONSTRATIONS Pasture demonstrations are be ing set up in Anson County this year both with beef cattle grow ers and dairymen, reports Clar ence Early, assistant farm agent. Many Accidents Caused By Speed Raleigh, Mar. 14. “Entirely too many accidents occur on North Carolina streets and high ways because somebody is driving too fast,” Ronald Hocutt, Director of the Highway Safety division, stated recently in discussing the problem of speed. “The 1939 accident record for this state shows,” Hocutt said “that drivers who were exceed ing the speed limit Wer’e invol ved in 796 traffic accidents, 188 cif which resulted fatally. In addi tion, speed too fast for condi tions entered into a number of other fatal accidents. It is safe to say that at least one in every four traffic fatalities in North Crolina last year were directly at tributable to speeding. “This most common of all ac cident causes must be curbed if our streets and highways are ever to be safe. The Highway Safety division urges all motorists to co operate in reducing the great number of deaths caused by speeding and asks all enforce ment officers of the state to wage am unceasing war on speeding drivers.” o Star’s Court Scene Taken From Life When Charles Laughton plays a courtroom scene in his new comedy drama, “Sidewalks of London”, now playing at the Dol ly Madison theatre, in which he is co-starred with Vivien Leigh, moviegoers will be interested to Palace Theatre ADVANCE PROGRAM From Thursday, March 14 thru Saturday, March 16 Motion Picture* Are Toot Best Entertainment Thursday - Friday, March 14-15 Margaret Sul la van . James Stewart with Frank Morgan - Joseph Schildkraut - Sara Haden, in “The Shop Around the Comer” YouTl laugh with them cry with them and love them! the happiest picture of the year! Sport Thrill: “Jai Alai” Cartoon in Color: “Peaoe on Earth” Special Morning Show Friday 10:30; Afternoons daily 3;15-3:45; Admission 10-25 c; Evening daily 7:15-9:00; Admission 10-30 c Saturday, March 16 Tim McCoy as “Lightning Bill Carson”, with Jill Martin, in “Trigger Fingers” Episode No. 2 of the serial “The Green Hornet” (“Thundering Terror”) with Gordon Jones - Keye Luke - Anne Nagel Terrytaon in Cdotj: “Hook, Line and Sinker” Matinee 2:36-4:00; Admtaion 10-250; Evening 6:45 - 0:15 • 9:30. (Box office opens at 6:30.) admission 16.365. ' know that the scene was taken from real life. It seems that a busker, or cock ney ctreet entertainer, the role which Laughton essays in the picture, was hauled up in Bow Street Court on a charge of beg ing. Indignant, he insisted that he was an artist, not a begger and lunched into the soliloquy from “Hamlet.” The magistrate permitted him to continue, and concluded that since both John Gielgud and the busker recited the famous solilo quy for a living, Bow Street was no place to decide between them. Laughton, there to study types for the picture, was so delighted with the performance, that he WAIT/ I FORGOT AAV >Vlfc/V § l Ilf I LIKE MV SMOKING fir yO(J SAID IT_ \ « S-KMV. CAMELS BURN B AND THERE'S EXTRA *» * * ■ SLOWER-TASTE MILD M FLAVOR AND Ik. AND COOL Ja EXTRA SMOKING M HBSHDIfi 1M IN EVERY PACK M MIL OF CAMELS CAMe.I; la recent laboratory test*. ** L FOR EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA CAMELS burned 25% slower I| COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR.* thantheaverageofthelSotherof ■ the largest-selling brands tested j ■■ H H Mi ■ —slower than any of them. That 1: |*||||l|L 1 means,ontheaveragc.asmoking ■ _EE IVI F* B plus equal to ' gamut SMOKES TER PACK* slow b S N ccos OSTL,ER YOU CAN MY MORE -kutvthy? Other models slightly higher All models priced at Flint, S SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHi Michigan. Transportation 9 ll^l«l imm dM • jpjmfji based on rail rates, state QURifROLMTS and local taxes (if anyh " ■■ optional equipment and j FIRST ATtAUF' accessories — extra. Prices uamr m saus... • our * tiuu «'*>/•* to change without TAR HEEL CHEVROLET CO., [lnc. Main St Roxboro. N. C copied the scene for the picture, but he will use Kipling”s “If” in stead of Shakespeare’s soliloquy. “Sidewalks of London” was pro duced by Erich Pommer for Para mount Pictures. o LIVESTOCK Large supplies of feed and feeding rations resulted in a 7.4 per cent increase in the number of grain-consuming animal units on American farms during 1939. UPWARD National income turned upward in 1939, the net value of goods and services produced being estimated at $68,500,000,000 aic- THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940 cording to the U. S. Department of Commerce. Dolly Madison THEATRE ADVANCE PROGRAM From Thursday, March 14 thru Saturday, March 16 ) Motion Pictures Are Youi Best Entertainment Thursday - Friday, March 14-15 Charles Laughton - Vivien (“Scarlett O’Hara”) Leigh with Rex Harrison - Larry ry Adler, in “Sidewalks of London” (First Run) Your chance to see the year’s greatest discovery, Vivien Leigh, star of “Gone With the Wind”, in the show that has everything! Miniature: “Mendelsshon’s Wedding March” Music Hall Varieties: “Yankee Doodle Home” No Morning Shows; Afternoons daily 3:15-3;45; Evening daily 7:15-9:00; Admission 10-25 c Saturday, March 16 Tex Riiter, in “Westbound Stage” (First Run) Episode No. 6 of the serial “Zcrro’s Fighting Legion” (“Zorro to the Rescue”) with -Reed Hadley - Sheila Darcy - William Corson Unusual Occupations No. 3 (In Color) Continucus Shows Starting at 2:30. Admission 10-25 c. Special Shows Saturday Morn ing 16:30 - Saturday Night 11:30 - March 16 Boris Karloff - Margaret Lind say with Bruce Lester - Hol mes Herbert, in “British Intelligence” 1 ’ (First Run) A desperate spy gambling the lives of millions on the boldest plot ever conceived! Columbia Tour: “Life in Paris” Box office opens Saturday morning 10:15; picture 10:30. Admission 10-25 c. Bex office opens Saturday night 11:15. AH seats 25c.
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