:&ta It Eliown for the First
Time Since IZZd.
V.'ashington.The nation'! ' farm
"-Ration has decreased for the
t time since 1929, the bureau of
crricultural economics reported. :,
i There are. now 31,729,000 persons
on farms, as against 81,809,000 a
year ago, the bureau estimated. . ..
During the last year 1,166,000 per
sona left farms, while 719,000 moved
to farms from villages, towns and
'cities. .Thus gross migration totaled
447,000. . V-
Net migration was 80,000, due, to
;the fact that farm births far exceed
ed deaths 716,000 to 349,000, the bu
1 ireau explained. ' '
During the -years 1930-31 farm
population increased every year.
Since 1910 there have been several
toerlods when the, farm population
"(showed decreases, particularly dur
ing the World war. f t1
The present farm population Is a
little less than the peak figure of
,2,076,960 reported for 1910, but
nearly 2,000,000 greater than the 30,
f.69,000 reported for 1930. In this
connection, the bureau noted :v
"The result of alT the changes of
the laBt twenty-seven years is that
the-farm population today is about
one per cent less than In 1910.
"Although the number of persons
in the United States has increased
by nearly 40 per cent since 1910, the
inumber, of persons living on farms
' today Is slightly less than it was in
that year. Since .1920, - however,
;more people have moved from
farms than to farms during every
i year except 1932." :
: ' The increase in farm population
between 1930 and 193S was due more
ito the fact that fewer people were
moving to towns and cities than to
I any great "back-to-the-land raove
Tnent," according to the bureau.
With the resumption of urban em
ployment opportunities In recent
; years, there has been an increase
in net migration from farms.
f . . .'
i Funeral for OH Flags
Held Over Pyre in Ohio
Urbana, Ohio. In an impressive
ritual 60 American flags "worn out
in service" were destroyed here by
members of the H. M. Pearce post,
'American Legion: ;y
. Neither the army,' navy, nor the
'American Legion heretofore - has
used a tferemony on such occasions,
. Lieut. Col. William Vance, army re
' serve corps, who drafted the one
ihere, said. , : .,: t
The ritual prescribes an outdoor
.service with officers and members
'assigned to stations around an open
Tflre. The ceremony opens, with the
sergeant-at-arme presenting to the
; commander all flags to be destroyed
with these wwdsr-lfiiwS'' '
"I wish to present number of
flags of our country for inspection
, end disposition,";; K';'
After their condition has-been
noted the commander declares; "
"They have reached their present
, state through a service ' Of tribute
and memory and-tovei':v.w.:,
"A fUg may be a fumsrbiCof
printed gauze, or a beautiful ban
ner of finest silk. Its Intrinsic Value
$ may be trifling or great Its real
value is beyond prices for it is a
symbol of all that we and our com-
raaes nave workMlorr and died
for a free nation of free men, true
, to the faith of the past, devoted to
fine ideals, and practices of liberty,
freedom and Justice.". . V
; The flags are therr ordered pped
'in kerosene and placed on rack
over effire. i As this is being done
the bugler sounds To the Colors,'!
: and the e;ire company stands at
attention. The chaplain says
prayer. ' ' , . "
ChUdren Cad in Good1 X
Weather and Vice Versa
Mllwaukee.A study by probation
I oQcers revealed that when the
weather is bad children 'are good.
'John J. Kenney, chief probation' of
cer of the juvenile court, said that
Javenile delinquency '. increased; 29
-r cent in. the first five months of
. ,7 over the same period of 1936.
In 1CC3, Kenney said, snowdrifts
- 3 sero weather kept children in
:rs, but in l: the winter was
r" 1 that the youths were-out
uch of tv t'- and mors of
i i A into tio.i. v
.. zy said ttire always is an
..rie rt!ntion&;.ip between , the
lither and ctild delinquency. ' -1
"TMaeV Caws of Miik
" ' '"e, Tt..n. A forty-two-r
o tr--;M the world a
, ' i it took a' bucket
".T2" cows st the
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y WHAT IS
LMHT IS THCONiY FORM OTVtllBlt -ENERGY
REUASCO BY. THE SUN-
" TO imvisi eu ion wAve imcukmu ,
4 JMDlO.INMA-MlKHWiijAWD OTHtftS,
-' ... .' . VFLtfiAM AUfPM. RLUe . IMDIOO.
(A IHVISI8U SHORT WAVIS mcuiot
t ' UCIBA VIOUT, X-RAYS AW OTHfRS
RADIO WAVES ARE I OO MILLION
TIMSS LONGER YHAH CISHT WAVES
Christian Huygens, about 1685,
was said to be the first to sug
gest that light traveled in waves
irom ns source uxe tne circles
. that' spread .on the surface of a
pond" when a stone is tossed into
the, water.
The wave-lengths of light have
'been exactly measured and are
known to be between .000040 and
.000080 centimeters. Each separ
ate color in the visible spectrum
has its own distinctive wave
length. We know now that radio
waves that carry broadcasts into
ordinary home radio receivers
' are 100 million times longer than
light waves. The eye, like a ra
dio receiver, is attuned to receive
only waves within . the visible
spectrum, uutstde tne light spec
tra are innumerable waves too
long or too short for the eye to
see, among them infra-red, radio,
ultf a-violet, x-rays and others.
In recent years Bohr, Ruther
ford, Lebedev and Einstein have
been active in the development
. of light theories. In the same
field Planck of Germany evolved
the "quantum theory" which con
cerns the liberation of electro
magnetic energy brought about
by energy changes within the
.atom itpelf. t
. As more and more of the na
ture of light has become definite
ly known, much progress ha
. 1. How many members belong to
the United Mine Workers T . .
t '2.nwlCatateVaS Harvey Hre-
stone fboj. , .
" 8. How large is rae Brazilian
navy? .-, . . -,
4., What was the Jeannette Exepe
dition? ,5k What is the estimated cost of
the proposed Nicaraguan Canal ?
.6. .vHow: much,: scrap -jnetal was
exported from the U. S. in 4937 ?
7..-. Has the United States navy
basesin;Aaska?.y;-:-. . .
. 8. :Has Japan ever officially .apolo
gized for , they slapping of - Jdhn M.
Allison, Secretary to the American
Embassy in ChmajA ;
V, now many people r: were Kiiien
in traffic accidents , in the -United
Statee; Xrtf:yi:K
10. Is .the present unusual .winter
weather caused by sun spots?
t. v.The Union reports 100,000.
r?yOhi.-t.-'-! 'a.'. . ,
8.. Two old battleships and 2 smalt
cruisers; 10 v destroyers ? and f Some ,
smaller gunboats. Now. building are
9, destroyers and several submarines.
- 4. The Jeannette was a small ves
sel which tailed from San Francisco
for the North Pole in 1879. Caught
in' an Ice pack tor two winters, the
, vessel was finally smashed and sunlcf
Eleven survivors eventually reached
home after great herdemp.
6. ' About $600,000,000.
-6. 4,086,894 tons.
.7., 'According to Admiral VJLeahy,:
none at the present time i ' ' - I
9. : 39.700. y v Vi1.!" I
10. . Weather! fiurean . officials o
not: see how sun spots could be the
cause., ,
Warns Leaf Growers
- .Of Tobacco Beetles
The, first step in controlling' flea
beetle attacks is the prevention of
their enterfc? tobacco plant beds, J.
XJ. Eowell, extensiati entomologist at
State College, is w&mi)r.g leaf grow
ers, i l frtr , . '
. He pointed out -bat all plant bed
sites fihbuld. be burned or steamed te
f ore any seed. ? are, sown. This
z'.A iii"destroying any insects or e,-o8
which iniKht be in the groundrjt. ;
T. I "Jing the bed, the sider'wt.'.ls
I s tightly, fitted at all joint
nked with dirt on the ot
'h cover which has at
"s. p:r lir-ear . i '
hed over the bed s:
' 9 no opening between
' b top' of the el'..
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LIGHT?
SUM
about 168; ratsrsuMcrm
THAT UHT BADIATIO HtOM
IT SOURfiC m WAVIS"
50fT- LITE ABSORPTIVE ICNS
PtRPJIT FULL COLOR VISION
YT SHUT OUT EXCESS LlOHfT
FROM THE EYES
been made in methods of putting
light to work, including control
of deflection and absorption of
light as a whole and of its var
ious component colors. j
One advance contributed by
the modern, optical industry is a
type of lens that absorbs unde- -suable
elements of light includ
ing glare or excess fight The
characteristics of glass differ with
the composition. Many lenses
completely shut out one or more
color bands of the spectrum. All
lenses absorb some light. The
finest white crown glass spectacle
absorbs but a fractional amount
of each color in the spectrum.
Soft-Light lenses perfected thirty
years ago are similar in this re
spect. They absorb a larger
amount of light - than colorless
glass, filtering evenly from each
color band of the spectrum. Thus
they protect the wearer from
overbnghtness and in addition
permit undistorted color vision.
"Glass that characteristically
absorbs one or more distinct
color bands in the spectrum con
stantly distorts vision. Exam
ples are the green glass shield
and goggles of the welder so es
sential to his craft and the ordi
nary goggles of the motorist and
sun bather. Constant use of any
absorptive lens should be consid
ered only upon advice of a com
petent eye authority.
WHEN ; "WAS A CHILE e&6
COST TEN CEMTS ADOZEN-
Ntxtt vnr RatYV atva at
gyL WEfV MHC KM
susceptible .to injury during the first
ten days following seed germination,
For this 'reason, Bowell said, it is
advisable not to -remove the cover
more often than is necessary during
this critical periods. An opened bed
may give the adult beetles access to
the interior where they begin their
egg laying. , .w,:.--.
"Too much' emphasis ' cannot be
placed on the importance of building
ugax. oeaa rb an eua in .reaucing nea
oettle Injury, Rowell declared. '!
'One peTcei' otes'v4aR has
been found the most efflcleat insecti
cide for destroying the beetles, This
dost may be applied - with rotary
hand-operated duster or by a bellows-
type band duster at the rate of one
half pound to each 100 souare yards
oi pianv oea romce.
''zf-t ' Perfect Faith '
-A bride is m young "woman who
goes ahead and. myites guests, to fhe
duck dinner before her husband 'gets
back from the shooting triprrKanaas
City Star. - , , , .
TcoLatotofccify;
WANTED MONUMENT SALES
man." Georgia Memorial Company,
Geerzia Saving Bank Bldg, . At
lanta, Ga. - I Peb.l84SIarp.
8,cc3 eut:::ls takly rrrcLs
Velvet tc: -813 Gc ination '
J1.C3 buJ.' Eush, J2.",J; Osceola
- E::.!o;s, 2.00. - Jack Huron,
Center, Ga. . . Feb.l8,25Iar.4p.
lt:.-. ucr d rc land
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Fau!j, l.'orth Carolina, ;
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AEOTNO gale heralding the ap
proach of winter had blown it
self out. Off caps Hatteras. m a
section known as the sraveyard of
the Atlantic, IS weary seamen dung
desperately to the wreckage of the
Greek . freighter Tsenny Chandrls,
which had gone down when th j gale
was at the peak of its fury. Nearby
several eapsuefl lileboats bobbed up
and down.
Hungry'; sharks, their voracious
appetites somewhat appeased by the
pigs and poultry which had been
carried as fresh meat on the Greek
ateamef and on which they had
feasted, darted perilously close to
the wreckage. Now and then the
seamen would splash the water
frantically to scare them away. The
plight of these- men grew worse
hour by hour.
' rive Coast Guard cutters from
Norfolk, Virginia, seven naval pa
trol planes and a Coast Guard plane
searched the seas for survivors of
the doomed freighter. But, It was
slow, and tedious work for the cut
ters. Help bad to come soon If the
t seamen were to be found alive.
They had been In the water since
earjy Saturday moriiijg and by Mon-
jday their strength had obbsd c'most
,to tho vanishlnc point.
! Suddenly the wet, miserable, half
starred' victims of this marlno dir.3-
RECORDER'S
COURT
In Recorder's Court on Tuesday
William Dempsey, colored, found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly
and of trespass, was fined $25.00 and
prayer for judgment was continued.
William Weston and Blakemore
Weston, who plead guilty to driving
with insufficient brakes and no oper
ator's license, were taxed with the
costs.
Irvin Whedbee, who plead guilty
to the charge of driving with insuf
ficient brakes, was taxed with the
court costs.
Leslie Winsiow, colored, drunk and
disorderly and using profane lan
guage, was given six months on the
roads. ,
Novella Cox, colored, found guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon, was
ordered to pay the costs.
Wilder Gregory, colored, found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly,
was taxed with the costs.
CLEARANCE ON
ALL WINTER
$2.95 to $4.95 Values
$1.95
$5.00 to $7.95 Values
$2.95
This value CANNOT
last long. Come early!
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dLa :zz-z sincb tm
the ; SKIES
OtttA i
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ter heard the roar of an airplane
motor. Soon they saw that a United
states Navy plane was circling high
overhead. From the skies Lieuten
ant A. 0.. Keller spotted the tiny
figures In the water and, swooping
low, saw too that the waters were
Infested with sharks. Several times
therefore he climbed high and threw
his plane into a dangerous power
dive to scare the sharks away. Then,
after circling the men several times,,
he flew 12 miles distant to the cut
ter Mendoia and guided her to the
little group. The cutter's crew soon
snatched these parched-throated
sailors from death in a rescue which
might never have been made had
not Lioutenant Keller sighted these
men from the air just in time.
P. H. Small, who plead guilty to
forcible trespass, was given a bus
pended road sentence.
Raymond Rogerson, who plead guil
ty to the charge of being drunk and
disorderly, was given a suspended
road sentence.
WINFALL NEWS
Miss Margaret Leggett, of Wash
ington, N1. C, spent the week-end
with her sister, Miss Alma Leggett.
Miss Anne Miller, of Elizabeth
City, was the week-emd guest of her
sister, Mrs. W. G. Hollowell.
Mrs. L. M. Simpson, of Berkley,
Va., spent Wednesday with relatives.
Mrs. A. R. Winsiow, Jr., Miss Lu
cille Long, Miss Alma Leggett and
MisS Margaret Leggett, of Washing
ton, N. C., spent Saturday in Nor
folk, Va.
Miss Louise Wilson, of the New
Hope Ft.hool faculty, spent the week
end as the guest of Mrs. T. H. White.
Miss Minnie Shirley Umphlett has
returned home from Elizabeth City,
where she spent sometime.
Little Durward Lee Barber is very
ill with measles.
John Deere Day
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Ilcbusvil's Seniors
AtVL'entinaPcrty
On Saturday light
Entertained at Home of
Miss Jessie Wrae
Eason
The Senior Class of the HobbsvuTe?
High School were delightfully enter
tained on Saturday night at the home.
of Miss Jessie Wrae Eason, at at.
Valentine party. Miss Eason is at
member of the senior class and eqKAja-naji
assisted in entertaining by her sisters.,
Mrs. P. H. Davis, of South Mills, and!
Miss Katherine Eason.
From the invitations, which were
in red and white and carried Valen
tine stickers, the wording hinting
what was in store, to the last good
night, everything was suggestive of
St. Valentine, including the decora
tions, the games, contests, place
cards, favors and refreshments.
Since the senior class consists,
mostly of girls, a few boys who are
not members of the class were alscv
invited.
Those present were: Misses Pau
line Twine, Mildred Mitchell, Maij:
Frances, Blanchard, Jessie Wrae Ea
son, Dorothy Wiggins, Dorothy Rid
dick, Ida Maie Riddick, Doris Carter,,
Evelyn Blanchard, Pauline MitcheC
Dorothy Hollowell, Vera McCotter,.
and Bertha M. Stallings; J. H. Stag
ings, Edward Chappell, Richard Hur
dle, Lercie Riddick, Loftin Stallings...
Brantley Rountree, Linwood Twine,..
Gaylord Riddick, Ellis Winsiow, Mer
rell Worrell, of Raleigh, Orene Hun
ter and Wesley Brinkley, of Suffolk..
WOODVILLE NEWS'
Murray Smith, of Littleton, spent,
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. S. Smith, on Route S
Hertford.
Sunday afternoon guests of Miss
Beulah Bogue were: Misses Kathe
rine, Gezelda and Daphne Godfrey;,
and Miss Daphne Willey.
Mrs. George P. Poole was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Humphries on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Johnnie Bray was the guest
of Mrs. C. A. Bogue Monday after
noon. Mrs. A. R. Cooke, Marguerite,,
Peggy and Mary Sue have returned!
home after having spent the week
end with friends at Tarboro.
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