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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
Cotton Specialist
Aids One-V ariety
Program In Cotton

College Station, Raleigh, July IL.
Further development Of the one
variety cotton community work in
North Carolina has been assured
growers by the appointment of
Ralph H. Raper as associate cotton
specialist by the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service of State College.
MIR. Raper will be associated with
J. A. Shanklin, cotton specialist in
the one-variety effort and will work
with communities that desire to have
samples taken off their cotton at the
gin. Following the ginning season,
Mr.. Raper will make definite stu
dies of grade and staple results Sc
cured in the one-variety commune
ties.
There are now SO or go communi-
ties we'll organized into growing one
variety Of cotton and already appli-
cations have been received from six
communities - desiring the grading
service. These farmers are grow
ing about 1000 acres of cotton. Mr..
Raper, estimates that about 40 COM
munities growing between 35 and 40
Thousand acres of cotton will want
the grading and stapling service this
fail az E.'
The samples are taken by a de-
signated person at the gin and are
graded by U. S. government class
ers in a regulation government class
ing office. Reports are then made
to the Individual farmers and a gen.
eral report on all samples made to
the community organization. Mr..
Raper says some market informa-
ton, also will be furnished by the
agricultural Marketing Service of
the U. S. Department to the COM
munity growers.
Mr.. Raper is a graduate Of STATE
College in the class of 1925, re-
ceiving his Masters degree in 1929.
He was engaged in high school teach
ing for about ten years. A native
Of Davidson county, the new cotton
specialist will be a joint employee Of
the State College Extension Service
and the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics Of the U. S. Department Of
Agriculture. He began his new
work on July 1.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
ANSWERS.

1. In 1870 there were 22O prison.
ers in the State penitentiary and
about 200 more in the various county
jails. Today there are 10000 in the
penitentiary, on the prison farms and
in the various prison camps.
2. He explained that since the fall
of Vicksburg, the State was unable
to get any wool from Texas. He ask
ed for special acts protecting and
aiding sheep husbandry so the
State might develop supply of wool
needed for manufacturing clothing
and blankets for soldiers and cit
liens.
8. BY a Joint resolution of the leg
islature on June 25, 1913. The amend
ment provides for term of six years.
In case of vacancies the governors
have authority to call an election or
where the States have provided au-
thority, the governor may make ap-
pointment for the unexpired term,
North Carolina has provided this au-
thority.
4. A total of 86,457 as follows:
1922 officers, 1875 nurses; in the army
53,258 whites and 1909 colored; in
the navy 7,787, and 586 marines.
5. By act of the assembly of 1866.
The fees, however, were to be turn
ed over to the ministers of the es-
tablished church in the parishes
where one was located. Marriage Ii
censes at that time were signed by
the governor.
6. To fill vacancies caused by
deaths, designations, or otherwise the
constitution provides for special cleo
tions to be called in the effected
counties, or districts, by the COVER
nor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
Melon and Potato
Tests Carried On
Down In Scotland

Laurinburg, July 11.-Interesting
results are being obtained from
cantaloupe, watermelon and tomato
variety tests on the Dixie Farm near
here, it was reported today by E.
l. McMahan, Scotland county farm
agent of the State College Extension
Service The demonstrations are be-
ing conducted under the supervision
of L. p Watson, Extension hOrticul-
turist, in cooperation with M. r.
Buffkin, agronomist of the Dixie
Fertilizer Company.
McHahan said that of the So va
rieies being grown on the farm, the
New Deal" and Mildew Resistant
As" varieties are looking best. Two
90-foot rows are devoted to each
variety in the demonstration plot
Several honey dew-type melons are
being grown. The "Hale's Best" and
Improved Superfecto" varieties,
commonly grown in this section, are
included in the test for comparison
The demonstration with tomatoes
|ineludes IN a varieties, several of
Which are wilt resistant. The "Rut-
ger'' variety is one of the best in
the plot, showing strength of vine
and a tendency to bunch, which
keeps the fruit off the ground and
prevents sun scald.
The "LeesDurg," "Wilt Resistant
Stone Mountain," and "Klondike
RI" are among the wilt resistant
varieties of watermelons in the test.
Seed for the demonstration were
donated by the Atlanta branch of
the Associated Seed Growers, the
Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Seed Breed
ers Association, Woodside Seed
Growers, and D. V. Burrell & Co.,
of Rockford, Colo.
McMahan urged that growers
visit the demonstrations and see the
difference in yields and quality of
various varieties. .
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
TO-DAY IN HISTORY

1858-Juan de Onate, at the head
of some 400 Spanish colonists, POUNDS
the second European colony within
present U. S., near today's Santa Fe
N. NJ.
1798-U. S. Marine Band, dis
banded with rest of army and navy
after Revolution, permanently es-
tablished again.
1804-Historic duel between Ham
ilton and Burr on the banks of the
characterization falling on first
shot and dying the next day
1839-(100 years ago) Population
of the United States some II million
1863 - Government began the
drafting of soldiers in New York.
1917-President Wilson Calls or
the country's business men to rally
to nations aid and to put patriotism
above profit
1931-Albert B. Fall, ex-secretary
of the interior, sent to Jail for .
year.
1936-Height Of severe drought ir
west
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
OnslOw's S Tobacco
Largest and Best
County Ever Had

Jacksonville, N. c., July 11-On-
slow county has what most observers
think is its largest and finest tobacco
crop, says Hugh Overstreet, county
farm agent of the State College Ex-
tension Service. The weather con-
ditions during the past two weeks
have been almost perfect for a good
yeild, and a few fields which looked
ragged the last week in June have
come out remarkably well, he re-
ported.
PERSONALLY l believe we have at
least 80 percent more acreage devot-
ed to tobacco this year than last year,
and unless something unforeseen oc-
ours, the yield will be so percent
better than in 1885," Overstreet de-
clared. 81 would not be surprised to
see OnsloW county average from $50
to 1000 pounds of tobacco to the
acre. This is decided contrast with
last year, when adverse weather,
both in the spring and summer, re-
duced the yields well below normal" !"
The farm agent also said that On
slows corn crop is one of the best
in many years. eve experienced al
most failure with our corn crop in
1888, but this years crop is unifornl-
ly good and the county should aver
age 80 bushels per acre, with some
yields on individual farms more than
double that"
Overstreet said that last weeks an
nual farm and home tour, arranged
and conducted by the Extension
forces in the county, covered most of
the Northern part of the county, and
that several persons who made the
4O-mile tour commented on the fact
that mot bad tobacco field or corn
field was observed, and Onslow's
crops seemed to be in better condi-
ton than those Of most Eastern Car
Olina counties"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
.CAPPS JAILED FOR
BURNING OF CHURCH
Dabney Township Farmer
Alleged to Have Fired
Mt. Moriah Edifice

Hubert M. Capps, Dabney town.
ship farmer, is being held in Vance
county jail, and is charged with
feloniously setting fire to and burn
ing Mount MOriah church, Negro
Methodist church on the Oxford
highway, some four miles from Hen
dersOn.
Flames destroyed the church this
morning about 10 o'clock as Marvin
Banks, Negro, was being tried in
county court with disturbing re-
ligious worship there, and being
drunk and disorderly. Banks was
freed by a directed verdict of not
guilty, and the charge was adjudged
frivilous and malicious by Recorder
r. E. Clements. Hugh Glover, prose-
cutting witness, was taxed with the
costs.
Sheriff L. L. Swanson, who swore
+ to the warrant issued for Capps
A., stated that he was told that Capps
purchased two gallons of gasoline
from r. l. Burroughs service station
some distance from the church, later
returning to the station, declaring he
had fired the church. The gasoline
can, together with it's top, was found
at the fire, and identified as the one
in which Capps obtained gasoline
from Burroughs service station.
Sheriff Swanson expressed the op-
inion that Capps was mentally un-
balanced
Capps' property adjoins that of the
church, and he is said to have de-
clared that he had put stop to dis
turbanceS there
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

U. S. Senator George w. Norris ot
Nebraska, born in Sandusky Co.
Ohio, 78 years ago
Clarence Buddington Kelland
novelist, born at Portland, Mich, Sc
years ago
Isabel E. M. Lewis of Washington
D. c., astronomer and popular writ
er on astronomy, born at Old Orch
ard Beach, Maine, 58 years ago
e Howard Vincent O'Brien of Chi
cago, administration, born in Chi
.cago, 81 years ago.
b Walter Pach of New York, artist
born there, 56 years ago
!, Rt. Rev. Henry P. A. Abbott, P. E.
bishop of Lexington, KY, born al
Halifax, N. S., So years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
July IL, 1919.

A number of Henderson business
men were in attendance Thursday
upon the meeting at Rocky Mount at
which the wholesale grocers of North
Carolina formed a state organization.
1t was the first meeting of the kind
held, and another will be called
within few months to be held in
Raleigh to perfect the association.
Those who attended from here were
H. T. Morris, R. B. Powell, A. J..
Davis, and j. w. Jenkins, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
|. How much has North Carolina
BY FRED III. MAY

l. How much has North Carolina S
prison population grown during the
past sixty five years?
2. Why did Governor Vance ask
the legislature of 1868 for special
protection for sheep?
8. When did North Carolina ratify
the amendment which provided for
the popular election of U. S. Sena-
tors?
4. How many persons from the
State served in the World War?
5. When were ministers of the
Presbyterian Church first allowed to
perform marriage ceremonies?
6. How are vacancies in the gen
eral assembly filled?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
Six County Tours
Arranged in State
During This Week

College Station, Raleigh, July H.
Six county farm and home tours are
scheduled in the State this week, i
was announced today by r. w
Shoffner, farm management special
ist of the State College Extension
Service. In addition, township tours
are to start in four western Caro-
lima counties within the IVA water
she'd
Pitt county's two-day tour will be
held Wednesday and Thursday, with
L. l. Case, extension animal husband
man, and H. e. James, assistant in
farm management, assisting the farm
and home agents in explaining the
demonstration
The Durham and Cumberland
tours will be held Wednesday, with
E. c. Blair, extension agrOnOmiSt, at
tending the Durham event, and L. T.
Weeks, extension tobacco specialist,
participating in the Cumberland
tour.
On Thursday the Scotland and
Nash tours will be held Dr. Luther
Shaw, plant pathologist, and L. p.
Watson, hOrticulturist, will be on the
Scotland tour where vegetables and
fruits, and their accompanying dis
ease problems are predominant C..
d. Thomas, also an assistant in farm
management, will help with the Nash
county tour.
E. c. Blair and Miss Rose Elwood
Bryan, home agent at large, will at
tend the Hoke county to,-r on Fri
day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today endows with refined tastes
and the native will show much tall
ent in the paths of life that require
education and good training. There
is a restless and rather domineering
tendency in the early hours, with
the propensity to assert authority. a
trait diminishing as the day wears
on A proper admixture of this
trait may prove of advantage.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
CHRIST FOR ALL-ALL FOR CHRIST
Ulla16f1I9)l'I' 1f)l ll801
T67 worlds lamp unto NJ feet. sIieh. ante my Pa.h

INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP: Then
shalt thou cali, and the Lord shall
answer; thou Shalt cry, and he shall
say, Here l am. II thou take away
from the midst Of thee the yoke, the
putting forth of the finger, and
speaking vanity.-1ca. 58:9.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
5000 YEARS
AGO
(Taken from Daily
Dispatch Files)
July IL, 1884.

Clyde Hight, Daily Dispatch car
rier, son of Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Hight,
was made Life Scout at the regular
meeting of the Court of Honor for
Boy Scouts last evening at the Epis-
copal Parish House. He was present.
ed his badge by c. M. Cooper. Clyde
is one Of the many carriers who are
Scouts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11

North Carolina farmers send over
/ $6,O0O,000 out of the State every
year in purchasing horses and mules
which could be raised at home, says
| Fred NJ Haig, professor of animal
husbandry at State College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
July IL, 1929.

Farm women of Vance county will
make their annual tour the last week
of August, when they will visit Lake
Junaluska and other points of inter-
est in Western North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Boyd an
nounce the birth of a son, William
Henry Boyd, Jr., at Maria Parham
hospital, July IL, 1929.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11

An ever increasing mileage of
rural power lines is bringing the
comforts of the city home within
grasp of North Carolina rural fami-
lies, says D. E. Jones, of State Col
lege.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11

q
Grass silage is making a place for
itself in North Carolina as valu-
able feed for dairy animals, says
John Arey, extension dairyman at
State College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11

: Fayetteville, due to proximity of
Fort Bragg, perhaps has more
acute 'vice" problem than the aver
age town of like size. The Cumber-
land city last week abandoned an
experiment Of segregated red light
district as having proven very un-
satisfactory, and officials there would
appreciate some advice as to where
to 90 next.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11

'Raise something to eat'' is the
advice DR.. l. 0. Schaub, director of
the State College Extension Service,
is giving thousands of farm families
who are depending on cash crops.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, July 11.-"GOtta send
that last installment on my income
tax" remarked Raleigh business
man this morning. II read in the
paper that Charlie Robertson caught
and conquered tiger shark the
other day at the beach, so there's no
use for me to try to avoid paying
him that income tax money" Mr..
Robertson is the collector of internal
revenue for North Carolina.
The town of Henderson is sort of
swelling out its chest since last
week. The Vance county clerk of
court, E. O. Falkner, was elected
president of the State association of
Superior court clerks at Wrights-
vile, and Henderson's postmaster,
j. R. league, was the same day
elected president of the postmaster S
association at the convention in
Elizabeth City. Two such honors for
one town is enough to cause little
chest swelling.
Decision of DR.. Enoch Walter
Sykes to stay on the job as Presi-
dent of Clemson College, South
Cardinals institution comparable to
State College, probably prevents any
serious upset in State College circles
this year, at least. Frank Jeter, head
of the publications division at State,
had been prominently mentioned as
a likely candidate for the Clemson
presidency 1t is still likely, how
ever, that new director of the
central experiment station, operated
in connection with the college, will
be named by the time the fall term
opens
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-11
WANT ADS
Get Results

AN EARLY PREPARATION FOR
self-support is important. Hender-
son Business College. New term
begins September 4. 10
Evening star., 1939-12-11
Civil Service Reform

The civil service improvement
program which shortly will be
whipped into final shape by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's special committee
will be awaited with intense interest
by the thousands of men and women
in Government service.
Fruit of nearly a years work
by an eminent group from public
and private life headed by Associate
Justice Stanley Reed of the Supreme
Court, the program which covers,
broadly, personnel selection, training
and promotion, is designed to serve as
a foundation on which to build ca
reers in governments goal which
it has taken more than a half CEN
tury to approach since the first move
was made in this direction by the
passage of the Civil Service Act.
The committee has faced a monu-
mental task, and the Importance of
its work cannot be underestimated
in view Of the effect its recommends
tions are expected to have on future
employment policies. Particularly Is
Evening star., 1939-12-11
Account of Skunk's Death
Called "ReyOltinp."

To the Editor of The STAR
Remembering the always humane at
titude of The Star, it is almost impos-
sible to believe that the article in last
evenings issue of your paper, under the
caption, NEARLY Immortal Skunk Sells
Life Dearly to Forces of Law" is actually
intended to be funny, but we are reluc-
family forced to believe that this is the
correct Interpretation of the revolving
description given of the unbelievably
inhuman slaughter of this poor creature,
which, no doubt, had sought refuge after
being chased by some dog. Common,
ordinary decency should have decreed
that no matter how Objectionable the
little animal might have been, it never
theless had the inalienable right of a
humane death, and in my opinion there
is no language strong enough to de-
scribe the reported action of the forces
of the law" The closing asinine remark
in your story, But no one quite knows
what to do with scout car 49," is easily
answered, and we take the greatest
pleasure in relieving your bewildered in
decision by suggesting, and recommend
ing, that it be placed, as lasting monu-
ment, on some prominent corner IN this
fair city, with the photographs Of the
Evening star., 1939-12-11
Says Alliances Are
Shifting Toward Peace.

To the Editor of The Star:
Reports from European capitals fore
shadow new German movement toward
peace with Great Britain and France.
Incredible as the rumors may seem, they
nevertheless are worthy of consideration
because of the effect they are likely to
have upon nations not directly engaged
in the prevailing conflict. The Scan
dlnavian countries and the Balkan states.
especially, might be expected to welcome
any development which would contribute
toward halting Russian expansion west
ward and southwark.
But the time has not yet come when
American opinion can be formulated
definitely. 1t appears evident that exist
ing alliances are shifting, yet it is too
early to guess what the results may be.
Hitler, for example, now is beginning to
learn that his deal with Stain was a
mistake. The error brought the Soviets
within striking distance of Berlin. Also,
1T cost Germany the goodwill of the
Baltic republics and Italy. Russia soon
may be in position to take the portion
OF Poland which Der Fuehrer conquered,
Czecho-S -Slovakia, large parts of Austria
and Hungary and slice of Rumania
Sweden, Norway and Denmark already
are threatened by the Reds. It is con-
ceivable that Germany at last may find
herself encircled as she never has been
before.
And Great Britain and France hale
M VIII ct, fo foI,
They know from experience the greed
Of the Bolsheviks and there can be
little doubt that they would rejoice in
restoration of the former status quo
in which Germany and the Baltic states
with Poland and Czecho-Slovakia we're
a bulwark against the Soviets If the
Reich would rid itself of Nazi domina-
ton they surely would be willing to
work with democratized Germany to
stop the Communist drive which cur
rently imperils the entire Continent.
But is there any chance for the elm
ination of Hitler? The answer is: Pos
sibly. Keen students of the psychology
of Der Fuehrer know him to be fanatic,
capable of any theatricalism. Given
certain conditions, he might remove
himself from the picture as he repeatedly
has limited he would when his objectives
were obtained. The diabolic cunning
of the man might prompt him to escape
from a situation which steadily is be-
coming more and more intolerable.
Unlike the former Kaiser, he would not
be apt to wait for inevitable disaster.
Much rather will he quit before fate
catches up with him.
Stranger things have happened in
human experience. The world and its
peoples are volatile. 1t is not too much
to hope that out of the present chaos
something stable will emerge. The
European kaleidoscope demonstrably is
changing and men of sense everywhere
must pray that it soon will present
clearer and happier vision.
December 8. F.W. ].
Evening star., 1939-12-11
Dedication to Christmas

For the seventeenth consecutive
year. the leaders of the Federal and
District Governments are making
careful plans for the dedication of
national community Christmas tree
a week from next Sunday. When
the first such tree was sent to Presi-
dent Coolidge from Vermont in 1928
1t was erected in the Ellipse. Later
years saw succeeding trees lighted in
Sherman Square and Lafayette Park.
Again, this year, the tree will be in
the Ellipse, the change being made
necessary by the beauty and magni-
tude of the ceremony accompanying
Its lighting, as we'll as by the in
creasing interest in the fundamental
meaning Of his relatively new
Christmas institution.
AS the evergreen in the homes of
England and America grew, during
the reign Of Queen Victoria to SYM
bolize the annual renewal of the
family's dedication to the spirit
which the Christ Child brought into
the world, the more recent use of
community trees has become the
symbol of similar dedication of the
people as democratic whole to the
ideals OF mutual advancement and
cooperative hope in the future. In
this sense, the national community
tree in Washington has a special
significance of outstanding impor-
tance this year.
Despite the unimportant contro-
versy relating to the particular time
for the offering Of public thanks
for the benefits with which the
Nation has been endowed, the recent
observance was the most meaningful
OF generation. In like manner,
America this year has a particular
and specific reason for a rededica-
tion to the spirit of Christmas.
Whether one follow the text of the
Gospel OF st. Luke in the King James
version: "And on earth, peace, good
will toward men,; or the more limit
ed Douay Interpretation: "On earth
peace to men of good will" the
necessity for the Nations union with
that spirit in these days is obvious.
Joint participation of the leaders
of the city and the Nation in the
ceremony lighting the way for all
America will have definite meaning
now which can escape only the closed
hearts of the most confirmed
skeptics.