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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-R-Strong
to Is cents higher trade today on
choice and prime medium a nd
heavy weight steers uncovered a
new three-year high of $14.50. Hogs
opened steady to 10 cents higher
but lost the advance at the close.
Fat lambs sold steady to IS cents
lower.
Demand for steers with weight
even on medium and good grades
was broad, but others were less
active and held steady. The top
of $l4.50 was paid for l173-pound
Illinois steers and the next highest
rice was $14.35.
GU. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
IL, 1000; total 10000; steady to 10
higher than Tuesdays average,
closed with advance lost; m o S t
medium weights and heav butch
ers sold at early upturn; top 6.55;
bulk good and choice 200 to $50
Id. averages $50 to SIS; good medi-
UNI weight and light soWs 600 to
Is; heavies 5.75 to 600; shippers
took 500; holdovers 1000.
Salable cattle 10000; calves L.
900; choice n prime steers with
weight in broad demand; strong to
25 higher; but all other steers rath-
er slow and steady; new top at
1850 paid for 1173-lb. Illinois
steers; next highest price 1913 for
1250-lb. weights; several loads 400
to 25; heifers steady; load prime
koshers 1900; but little a b o
l2.C0; COWS slow s'eady to weak;
bulls and vealers unchanged;
stockers and feeders less active
than early in week.
Salable sheep 5000; total 5000;
fat lambs steady to Is lower; sheep
steady to strong; good to choice
native lambs 9.35 to so; top $50;
medium grades down to 500;
throwouts 500 to 700; three loads
medium to good 80 to 81 Id. wooded
comeback 9.15 to Is; summer
shorn lambs IT'S to 8.85; recently
shorn 8.35; choice 85-lb. fed year
lings 8.35; medium slaughter ewes
up to 3.75. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NEWMAN SPEAKS
BEFORE CIVILIANS
'Revitalized' Chamber Oh
Commerce Needed, At
torney Declares

The Civilian club held its We'd
nesday luncheon meeting yester-
day in the Cape Fear hotel with the
vice . president, Addison Hewlett
presiding in the absence of Presi-
dent Alan Harshall.
Speaker for the occasion was
Harris Newman, local attorney,
who said the Chamber of Com
merce needs revitalizing, or, if it
cannot work effectively, to be
"supplanted by a new organiza-
ton"
1T is not the duty of the Will
mington civic clubs, or of any
committee appointed by them, to
bring industries to Wilmington, "
said Newman. Such an under
taking is a full-time job of a good
Chamber of Commerce, backed
whole heartedly by the people OF
the city"
Suggestions for improving Will
mington offered by the speaker
we're: a city auditorium, park
commission, good water supply
and industrial buildings to rent
to industries who want to come to
this city. He traced the rise and
fall in the economic history OF
Wilmington since the Civil War
and went into detail why Will
mington has failed to become as
large a city as Greensboro, Char
iotte and Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-R-The
free Argentine peso lost .07 of a
cent of recent gains at 23.68 U. S.
cents today.
Free sterling added IL cent at
$4.03 and the Canadian dollar
moved up 1-8 cent to Sc SO U. S.
cents. Other chief rates we're I'M
changed in relation to the dollar.
Closing rates follow (Great Brit
ain in dollars, others in cents).
Canada: Official Canadian con-
troll board rates for U. S. dollars;
buying 10 per cent premium, sell
ing IL per cent premium, equiva-
lent to discounts on Canadian dol
per cent, selling 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York
open market Is 3-8 per cent dis
count or 1852 1-2 U. S. cents.
Europe: Great Britain, officials,
Bankers Foreign Exchange com
mittee %rates), buying $4.02, sell
ing $4.04; open market, c a b | e
$4.03; Germany 40.05n; (benevo-
lent) 1910; Finland EOS: Greece
.68; Hungary 19.50n; Italy sos;
Portugal 4.01: Rumania .48n;
Sweden 1884; Switzerland 1918:
Yugoslavia assn.
Latin America: Argentine Of
fetal 29.77; free 1858; Brazil Of
fetal Cos; free sos; Mexico TO-
65n.
Far East: Japan 23.48; Hong
kong 1914; Shanghai 600.
(Rates in spot cables unless
otherwise indicated)
M po,,ipo1 .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 23-tRE Grain
prices continued to climb today,
wheat, corn and oats gaining frac-
tons to more than a cent as quota
tons were chalked up to the best
level since May when the market
collapsed in the wake of the Ger
man invasion of western Europe.
Wheat closed 3-8 tc 7-8 higher
than yesterday, December 81 ga
to SO. May Sc to IS To; corn 7-8
to l 3-8 up. December 81 5-8 to
"a, May 63 3-8; oats 3-8 to So up;
and rye ga to 7-S higher. In the
spot market wheat was IL higher,
No. l hard selling up to 80 cents.
while red was quoted over 80
cents. Corn was IL to l l-2 higher.
old No. l yellow reaching SO 7-8.
The upturn. partly sympathetic
with price rises in other commod-
ity markets including hides, live
stock, cotton and rubber = we'll as
strength of securities, was attrib-
uted mainly to the tightening COM
mercial supply of grains due to
the country holding policy, encour-
aged by the federal loan program.
Some buying came from process
sors. Rumors of Russian inquiry
for more Pacific coast heat and
additional Canadian sales to Great
Britain as well as reports of nego-
tiations for Canadian wheat by Ire
land and Portugal attracted atten-
ton.
The wheat market had to con-
tend with some profit taking at
tracted by a gain of Is to almost
20 cents since mid-August. Futures
here YER almost 7 cents over the
loan basis and Kansas City prices
were about S cents over but at
Minneapolis quotations still were
slightly below the rates. Traders
said that in many localities pro-
ducers with wheat under loan could
break even or secure slight profits
by redeeming grain and paying
storage and interest charges but
they expressed belief little, if any,
of this grain would be released.
On the other hand, loan operations
maybe retarded and increased
quantities of free" grain may be
marketed, they said. 1
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-R-Cash
wheat No. l hard SO. Corn old No. /
mixed 60 3-4; No. l yellow sc
to SO 7-8; No. 4, 68 IL; new, No. 2
yellow 81: No. 8, 81 1-2; No. 4,
IS IA to &C 1-2; No. :, CT IA to IS;
No. 8 white 70 IL; No. 5, g.;
sample grade, So to 81.
Oats No. l white extra heavy
81 IA; No. 3 white heavy SO IL;
No. 3 white SO IL; sample grade,
80; sample grade white tough 30.
Barley mailing so to 81 nominal;
feed 38 to 48 nominal; No. l, So
to so; No. 2, So; 10. S tough 81;
sample grade 81; sample grade
tough A; No. l mailing So to 81;
No. 2, So to 60; No. 2 mailing
tough g.; No. 3, 60.
Soybeans No. 2 yellow Sc IA to
"a; No. 3, 80 "a to 81 IA; No. 4,
80 IA.
Field seed per hundredweight
nominal: timothy seed 3.65; alsike
800 to HOO; fancy red top 7.50 to
800; red clover 800 to 1000. J
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Jap Blames New Accord
On Americas Position

CHARLOTTE, Oct. % Up -
Gosuke Imai, ~S2-year-old member of
the Japanese Diet, said in an inter-
view today that the Berlin-Rome-
Tokyo alliance came about because
America had shown unfriendliness
toward Japan.
The elderly legislator and other
japanese leaders stopped here While
on a tour of the country visiting silk
mills and other industrial centers.
There's no need for it ALL he
commented through his secretary
and interpreted. D. e. Koliayaski,
america and Japan, if they but get
together for a heart-to-heart talk,
can find a basis for cooperation and
bring peace to the world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
copper And Rubber Shares Form VANGUARD For Mart Advance
Littlejohn Hearing
May Be Resumed Soon

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 23.-R w.
C. Davis, a member of the city civil
Service commission, said today that
resumption of a hearing of charges
of graft and collision against Detec.
tive Captain Frank N. Littlejohn
had been set tentatively for Mon
day.
The charges were filed with the
commission by Police Chief E. j.
Nolan.
The hearing was recessed October
9 after the prosecution had completed
presentation of its testimony.
When the hearing is resumed. a
defense motion to dismiss the
charges will be argued.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
CHICAGO p0TAT0Es

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-R-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes, arrivals 80
on track 1886; total U. S. shipments
525; supplies heavy, demand rath-
er light; market stead, for best
stock; Idaho russell Burbanks U.
S. No. l, 1.42 IL to IS; Nebraska
bliss triumphs 90 per cent or more
U. S. No. l, 100 to 35; Mime
sofa and North Dakota cobblers
80 to 80 per cent U. S. TO. 1, 50 IL
to 90; early Ohios 80 to IS per cent
U. S. No. l, 80 to IS; bliss triumphs
rs per cent or more u. S. No. l.,
80 to lbs. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. % up -
Hogs good and choice 180-225 lbs.
SIS to 6.35; 100-120 lbs 4.35 to 4.85;
120-140 lbs 4.85 TO 5.35; 140-160 lbs
5.35 to $50; 160-180 lbs $50 to 6.15;
225-25O lbs 5.65 to 6.15; 250-300 lbs
5.35 to 5.85; over 800 lbs 5.25 to SIS.
Sows under $50 lbs AGO to $40;
over $50 lbs 40 to 400. Cattle-mar-
ket generally steady on classes
represented. Bulk of fat cows 500
to $50; Gamers and cutters 800
to $50. Practical top on sausage
bulls $50 with light weights down
to 500. Vealers practical top TO-. so.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Home Clubs Lay Plans
For Achievement Da,

The annual achievement day pre-.
sented by the New Hanover county
federation of Home Demonstration
clubs will be held Tuesday night at
S o'clock in the customhouse. Miss
Ann Mason, home demonstration
agent announced yesterday.
Installation of new officers will
be featured, and reports from all
the clubs will be given. Miss Mason
urges all club women to turn in
their annual reports to their local
president or secretary in order that
a full report may be given at the
meeting.
An informal reception will follow
the business meeting. The public is
invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
La Toilette Indirectly
Endorsed By New Deal

MADISON. Wis, Oct. 23.-LP-
Indirect endorsement by the New
Deal of Senator La Follette's re-
election campaign brought a demo-
cratic cry of "treacherous betrayal
today, and rumblings of a possible
party split.
La Toilette is running on the
Progressive ticket.
President Roosevelt's close poll
teal relations with the progressives
has been the ource OF democratic
~dissension for mcre than six years.
The kindly nod which his running
mate gave the party last night
raised another loud protest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
j0.Stock Range Since 1927
WHAT STOCKS DID
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-R-Cot-
ton futures gained 8 to 10 points
IN a brisk rise today on the theory
Inc supply of contracts IS made
quate except at higher levels.
Mills bought on a comparatively
lively scale. believed to be price
protection against large govern
meht orders for delivery in the
future.
Hedge selling apparently indicat-
Ed traders sought the protection OF
me futures market only at levels
approximately so cents a bale or
more over the loan rate.
reports from the SoutN indicated
d broader movement OF the cron
III Inc South but also mentioned
oil easier spot basis.
Worth street textiles traders es-
umated sales were about ever With
current output.
Exports Tuesday 80 bales; sea-
Son SO far 258, 1888. Port receipts
iV,5s4; port stocks 1865, 976.
Range follows: /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
INDUSTRIAL
ISSUES FAVORED
Loans Of Speculative Rating
Maintain Bond Markets
October Upturn

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-P-Loans
of speculative rating today kept in
motion the bond markets slow Octo-
Der upturn.
For an assortment of rail and in
dustrial issues in the lower price
brackets traders paid from fractions
to Z points above previously quoted
prices. Low yield bonds were steady
to firm and U. S. governments closed
with a fair number of gains rum
ming to around 1-S of a point.
Broadened interest in the so-called
second grade corporate group ac-
companied a moderate upturn in
stocks. The general rise in indus
trial earnings has been stressed in
some quarters as having favorable
implications for bonds in the lower
price ranges since the SURPRISES for
fixed charges will not be affected by
increased federal taxes; as will be
the case with common stocks.
Leading the upturn were Wal
"oieh US WHICH cloSeu dl ~, up 1,
Illinois Central-Western lines As at
IS, up 5: American Typefounders
Convertible SIS at 80. up s and a
Canadian Pacific 4 LIS at IA "a, up
= ga. Loans of Western Union,
American Foreign 4 Power, Consol-
dated Oil, Studebaker and South
ern Pacific were among the corpor-
ates showing fractional improve
ment.
The foreign list was mixed. Obliga-
tons of Japan extended their recent
rally.
Transactions totaled $780, 800
face value against $500, 700 Tues
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
TO OFFER NOTES

WASHINGTON, Oct. % R -
Secretary Morgenthau announced
today that the treasury would offer
tomorrow 800, 900, 900 of one-year
notes ON behalf of the United
States Housing Authority. The notes
to be offered through Federal Re.
serve banks, will be dated Nov. /,
1910, and will bear interest at the
rate of one-fourth of one percent.
They will not be subject to call prior
to maturity on November 1, 1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
LIFT OF PREVIOUS
SESSION EXTENDED
Associated Press Average Of
60 Selected Stocks Gains
8 Of "A Point
~

vrW YORK. Oct. 23.-GP-Steel,
.ornrr and rubber shares formed the
,~.onauard of a broad stock market
,dvance today, extending the lift
which appeared in the previous ses-
sion.
The Associated Press average of
ca selected stocks gained 3 of a
no;nt at 44.S. The volume OF trans
,o+;ons was the highest in three
weeks. totaling $4,000 shores COM
pared with 535, $50 yesterday.
As has been usual in recent ses.
sions, CELEBRITY in trading only ap-
noarel on the upswing. When prices
covered from time to time during
tho dav under the impact of profit
,akine. the moments of sell-off were
short and transactions narrow.
In the absence of any outstanding
toreien or domestic news with out
standine market value, analysts
wore forced to ascribe the general
rise to adjustment of holdings by
traders. However,, a small amount
of 'outside' business was reported
lv brokerage houses.
supporting the advance in shares
was A similar rise in bonds and an
usually strong commodities market,
featured by a rise of 40 to so cents
\ bale in cotton and. at Chicago, in
Gains of IS to rs cent a bushel in
wheat and IS cent to l 3-S cents
in corn. In, this category, hides
proved an exception. slumping as
much as ~ of a cent a pound at
the close after showing firm gains
all through the day. The drop re
suited from profit-taking which
touched off a series of stop-loss or
ders.
The most active risers among the
shares included L. S. Steel, Bethle-
hem. Youngstown, Wheeling Steel,
Chrysler, Goodyear, U. S. Rubber,
Anaconda. kennecott, American
smelling. Phelps Dodge, Douglas,
United Aircraft. U. S. Gypsum,
Johns.Manville. Air Reduction,
Western Union. Santa Fe, Great
Northern preferred and Standard Oil
OF New Jersey;
In the curb. where $4,000 shares
we're traded compared with $1,000
Yesterday. advances of a point or
more were recorded for Jones &
Laughlin Steel. Ford Motor of Can
ada B. Singer Manufacturing,
PeppereIl and Sherwin Williams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NEW YORK METALS

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-R-Cop-
per steady; electrolytic spot 1900;
export, FAS N. Y, 1915 to HOO.
Tin steady spot and nearby 51.62
IL; forward $3.50. Lead steady;
spot, New York $50 to SIS; East
St. Louis 5.35. Zinc steady; East
St. Louis spot and forward 7.25.
Pig iron, aluminium, anthony,
quicksilver, platinum, Chinese
wolframite and DOM site scheelite
unchanged. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
u. S. Farmers Income
Totals 1894, 900, 900

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-R-
The Agriculture department re-
ported today that farmers receiv-
ed a total cash income from
marketings and government pay
ments of 1894, 600, 900 in September.
This compared with Sc 900, 900 in
September, 1889, and $749, 900, 900 in
August this year.
Income from farm marketings
in September totalled $3.50, 90, 900.
Government payments amounted
to $55, 600. 900 compared with $42,-
900, 900 in August and $66, 900, 900
last September. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NEW YORK G

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-R-The
domestic sugar futures market
overrode hedging and profit taking
today under the stimulus of firm
prices for raw sugar and closed
unchanged to 2 points higher. Sales
totaled $4,000 tons.
Raw sugar was held at 2.85 cents
a pound or higher although there
were rumors of business at 2.83
cents.
World futures final prices were
unchanged to 1-2 lower on sales
of 1,o50 tons; Dec, BIB, March
.87b.
Refined continued at 4.35 cents
locally.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23-lP-U.
ept. Agr.)-Hogs, 1926; butch
~s LOU lbs. upward and packing
Eo|S steady with Tuesday; light
nsn'S and pigs mostly 10 to Is
tsiIs higher; good and choice 100
g 81 o. z4o ID. 6.55 to 80; practical top
NV, 100 10 100 Id. 6.35. to 60; $50
~ w 'oO ID. & 40 to 100 Id. 6.25 to
J I9c i5O to 40 lib. 600 to 80; 100 to
: 5gu TO- 5.S5 to $40; packing sows
10 10 Is. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
SETTLE

WASHINGTON, Oct. % R -
Representatives of the Utah Con-
struction company and the build
ing trades department of the
American Federation Of Labor set
tied today differences which caused
500 workers employed by the COM
pany to strike at a dam being built
for the Nantahala Light and Power
near Andrews, N. c. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW IOINN, OCT.
closing price and net change of the
fifteen most active stocks today:
US Steel, 23,400-63% ak.
Repub Steel, 17,100-195s; ass.
Anaconda, 5,900-24; as.
Cons Coppermin, II, 300-7; as.
Gen Motors, 9,80O-50A; al.
Am Roll Mill, 9,800-13A as.
Budd Wheel, 9,4O0-6A; al.
WHY'S Over, 8,S00-1T; dA.
1oungs S and T, s,600-40$ ala.
Kennecott. 8,000-33; az.
Gen Elec, 7,S0O-35; ass.
Beth Steel, 7,SOO-S3; al.
Loft, 7,500-22A; no.
Comwlth and Sou, 7,400-1A; dh.
Pullman, 7,2OO-26A; as.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
N. q. OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-tR-
Cottonseed oil closed steady.
detachable prime summer yellow
5.25 nom; prime crude 4.37 IL.
Oct. Sob, Dec. 4.99b, Jan. Sob,
March 5.15b, May 5.22b, July 5.30b.
B-bid. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Open High Low Close
COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 23-tR-Lim-
tied demand for spot cotton, prices
4 points higher. Quotations in
pence: American, strict good mid
ding 8.83; good middling 8.43;
strict middling 1928; middling 8.8;
strict low middling @.0p. low mid
ding 7.78; strict good ordinary
7.88; good ordinary 6.98.
Mch. futures clo~ed 2 lower at
7.37. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
SUBS SIGHTED

BUENAVENTURA, Colombia, Oct
% Up Two unidentified sub.
marines were. reported seen today by
fishermen at the entrance to Beuna.
ventura bay on the Pacific coast Of
Colombia. Naval authorities sent
three flying boats to the scene but
they sighted nothing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NEW YORK EGGS

.. W." YORK, Oct. 23.-R-Eggs
4.'''4' firm. Mixed colors; fancy
extra fancy q IL to 80 H.;
rHsfas q; graded firsts % "a;
eohds 20 to 81; mediums 10 ~;
a. i'ies No. /, 10 -; average
sleckS II IL to 10. Refrigerator,
oy to extra fancy % to 25;
fIdS Il 1-2; standards 20 IA;
nSIS ~ "a; seconds /" to 10 Sd;
"eolums l8; dirties II IL to 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Oct. 23.-R-Tur-
pentine firm 81; offerings 1874;
sales $500 gallons; ~eceipts 95;
shipments As; stock 1878. Rosin
firm; offerings 145; sales 105; re-
ceipts 43O; shipments 1,243; stock
1852, 610.
quote: B, 1.55; D, III; E, F,
1.73: G, 1.72; H, III; l, LIB: X,
1.75 to 76; M 1.78; N. 1872; VIC,
2.29; WV. x. 2.67. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-R-Busi-
ness in cotton textiles reached fair
proportions today, with C e S
fully firm and occasional lots NOV
ing at slight advances.
Cold weather stimulated retail
sales of wooden piece goods.
Pigment taffetas drew the major
attention in the rayon market.
Silk goods merchant operated
on a hand-to-mouth basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
N Y. BUTTEK

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-R-But-
ter 1925; steady. Creamery:
higher than extra = 81 to 81 IL;
extra (92 score) 80 ~ to -;
firsts (88 to 91) % 10 to 30; sec
onds CO. to 81 26 1-2 to %. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-tR-
Spot cotton closed steady 8 points
Sales 2.816, low middling
8 .29, middling 9.54, good middling
9 SO, receipts 2,759; stock SCI, 454. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
BUTTER

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-R-Butter,
receipts 613, 1886; FIRM; market un-
changed. Eggs, r e c e p S, 4,086
firm; refri extras 10 81, refri stan
dards 10 IA; other prices unchang-
ed. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-tR-Lard
~tierces II; loose 1872; bellies H.
90. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-R9-
Foreign and domestic trade buying
and strength in other markets boil
stored cotton futures here today.
Closing prices were steady II points
net higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Oct. 23.-R-
Peanut quotations: Jumbos 3 SO
to 3 7-8 bunch 3 IA to 3 3-8; run
ners 3 to 3 IA. Market unchanged.2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
POTATOES

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-(R-Po-
tatoes unchanged. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
NEW YORK

I'VE" YORK. Oct. c3.-tR-Live
p9ul'fy' by freight, nominal; no
s'ies
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
BALTIMORE HOGS

spot nominal; middline 9.S5.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Columbus County Tobacco Farmers
DO Not Have Dark View Of Future

expect to do when they get their
money out Of tobacco next fall";
and already we have heard many
speaking Of how they expect to
spend their surplus cash just the
same as if they have firm assur-
ance that there is going tc be a
good profit dished out all around
this year.
We are glad to see farmers of
good spirit and looking forward
with almost certain faith. And we
hope that newspapers will also keep
faith, and not start painting dark
pictures. Soup" lines, picturing
hundreds Of unemployed, charity
seeking men and women, discourage
nearly everyone, the same as a
rroWn has a tendency to dry up a
million dollar smile.
But somehow or other there is
no se-ious gloom shrouding over
our Columbus county farmers, even
though we know that many Of
them have heavy debts to settle off
as soon as they can get enough
money to do so. But they seen to
be living heartily and SO hopeful Of
the fall bringing in a tide-raising
shower Of dollars that only a die.
tator could get up nerve enough to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Several Southeastern
Counties Interested
In Drainage Projects

RALEIGH, Feb. 11.--Interest
is high this winter in terracing
and drainage in aeveral south
eastern North Carolina counties,
it was reported today by H. NJ.
Ellis, Extension agricultural en-
gineer of State college. He
cited Hoke and Robson coun'
ties as areas where farmers
are trying to control erosion
and water run-off problems by
engineering methods.
Returning from a visit to
Hoke, Ellis said: 1--WE conducted
a terracing demonstration on
the farm of G. w. Ray of Rae
ford, route 2, where an ordinary
farm pillow and a homemade
V-drag were used to start con-
structiOn of terraces on an
eight-acre farm. Mr.. Ray had
a few terraces built by the
county agent several years ago,
and found them SO satisfactory
that he is rapidly terracing all
of his cultivated land"
Reporting also on a visit to
Robson county, the Extension
specialist said that HI. B.. Ash
ley of Red Springs Is preparing
to install 1000 feet of drain
tile, and that the farmer in
tends to add to his tile drainage
system from time to time.