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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
STATE TO OFFER
LIVESTOCK COURSE

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Dec. 16-An eight-weeks shorf
course in animal production, De-
ginning January IA and closing on
March l., will be offered by N. =.
State College, it is announced Dy
DR.. L. D. Baver, dean OF tne
School of Agriculture and Forestry
TRAINED workers in livestock
production are essential to the
future progress of agriculture IN
North Carolina" said DR.. Baver
''It is the plan of the Department
of Animal Industry to give to IN
terested farm workers in the state
an intensive course in the produc-
ton and management OF i've
stock"
He stated that this short course
is the first of several that Will
be offered in the School OF AgTl-
culture and Forestry to serve tne
agricultural needs of North caro-
lima. .-s.4e
The course will consist of studies
in hard management, livestock
production, feeding, animal health:
milk sanitation and testing, pas
lures and forage crops, farm man
agement, and the breeding of farm
animals.
Requirements for entrance are
that the applicant be at least Ii
years of age and have good COM
mon school education. Veterans
eligible for training may take this
course under the CT Bill.
For full information concerning
this short course, write the Di'
rector, College Extension Division,
Box 5125. State College Station,
Raleigh, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
Colombia Publisher Here
For Vacation In Gotham

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 16-@- DR..
Eduardo Santos, former President
of Colombia, left by plane today
for Washington. He was accom-.
panied by his wife.
After brief wit in the nation
capital, they will go to New York
for three months stay.
DR.. Santos, honorary vice presi-
dent of the NUNRRA,, toured the
southern hemisphere last year in
behalf of the organization. He also
is publisher of the newspaper Ell
TEMPO in, Colombia.
DR.. Santos said he was on a
vacation" on his arrival here
Thursday, and not on any mission
for his government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
MILK HOUSES BUILT

STATESVILLE, Dec. 16-Iredell
County dairymen are improving
the quality of their milk and re-
ceiving greater profits. County
Agent Maury CASTOR of the State
College Extension Service, says
that 10 milk producers have recent
ly built milk houses and installed
equipment for grade A milk, while
IL other farmers are planning to
do so at an early date. They now
have an excellent outlet for their
grade A milk through the Moores-
vile Dairy, Superior Diaries, Bit
more Dairy, and Coble Dairy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
B|ADENB0R0 FIRE
DAMAGE $l25,000

pfADENBORO, Dec. 16-R. c.
pridoer has estimated damage at
y250OO to Sl5O,OOO caused by a
fire early Wednesday morning to
large two-story brick building in
Rladenboro business section owned
Nv tte H. C. Bridger estate and to
tSe harnesses it housed. The fire,
which is thought to have originated
in the Buie dry cleaning plant,
completely Quilted three sections OF
tbe building before it was brought
under control by the Lumberton
fire department which was called
soon after the blaze was discov-
cred bv night policeman Granger,
at 43O a. m.
Sections of the building de.
sroyed housed the storage room
Of Baden Furniture Co., operated
by Ed Lewis; a dry cleaning COM
pany operated by Clifford Buie;
and the Vanity Box Beauty shop
owned by Miss Elizabeth Dunn
all on the ground floor-and the
Southern Bell Telephone office ano
two of the Bladenboro Cotton Mill
offices on the second floor. A fire
wall helped prevent the fire from
spreading to the Bridger Drug
Store next to the Beauty Shop
and the rest of the building. How
ever, water flooding for four hours
caused extensive damage to the
contents of the drug store, the Of
fees of DR.. D. H. Bridger and DR..
A. W. Nance on the same street
and barber shop, Hales Grocery
and Baden Furniture Co., around
the corner.
The building was partially COW
cred by insurance, Bridger said;
part of the other business property
was part not. Because of de-
struction of telephone switchboard
and telegraph equipment, com.
munication with Bladenboro was
completely cut off until Thursday
morning, when two emergency
phone offered limited relief.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
BY RUBY S. PEARSON
N. C.. State College

On December l.. at 600 a. M,
an. excited, happy, and thrilled
group of North Carolina Club boys
and girls left by. train to attend
National All Club Congress in Chi
cago. The group was accompa-
MED by Mr.. L. r. Harrill, State All
Club leader, and Miss Ruby Pear
son, assistant State All club lead
er. The state winners who were
awarded this week of educational
meetings and gala entertainment
for their achievement in various
projects were: Grace Breedlove,
Nash county, canning; Mildred
Terry, Durham county, gardening;
Carolyn Payne, Caldwell, girl S
record; Ora Lee Scott, Alamance
county, clothing achievement; Bet
ty King, Iredel county, dress re-
vue; Elizabeth Womble, Nash
county, achievement; Marie Car
riker, Union county, leadership;
LaRue Whitley, Halifax county,
dairy demonstrations; Jean Nc.
Lamb, Sampson county, food prep
aration; John Collins, 1redell coun-
ty, soil conservation; Keith Hill,
Johnston county, poultry achieve
ment; Bryan Coates, Johnston
county, field crops; Francis Press
ley, Iredell county, rural cleo
trific alton; Douglas Kinlaw, Robe
son county, meat animal; and
Andy Cardenas, a foreign student
from Venezuela, who has been
studying extension methods in
North Carolina. Special recogni-
ton was given North Carolina
when Bryan Coates was named
one of four national winners in
field crops, and John Collins was
sectional winner in soil conserva-
ton.
It was quiet an experience for
all and especially for the eight
members who had never been out
of our state before, and for the
five members who were riding a
train for the first time. High on
the list of exciting events that took
place on the train trip to Chicago
were trying to eat in the train
diner and going to bed in an UP
per berth.
Upon their arrival in Chicago
ina CINE the surprise of the group
when they found they were to stay
in a hotel Is stories high, consist
ing of 5000 rooms and IA eleva
tors running continuously.
Congress began officially on Sun
day, December 2, with approx
mately 1000 delegates from a
states and two provinces in at
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
Better Seed Corn Pays
Farmers OF Granville

More folks are talking about corn
growing in North Carolina TODAY
PROBABLY than at any other period
OF the states farming history.
Slaude Morgan, farm agent in
Granville county says that corn
growing is like the weather. every-
one talk about it but few tried to
40 anything about it. Granville
FARMERS, he says, produce around
one million dollars worth of corn
each year but the average yield
IS right at 20 bushels an acre
and has been at this low figure
Tor the past 20 or 30 years.
Apparently, acre production in the
STATE became standardized at 20
to ~ bushels and despite all the
fine records made by good farmers
and 4-H club boys, the average
seldom seems get above this old
standard figure.
Mr. Morgan says that Granville
farmers, however, have been talk
Ing corn production all he past
summer and most of them are
convinced that they can do some
thing about it. Therefore, they nave
set about to double their yields
within five years. They found out
1hls past season that they could
get stable increase by using one
OF these top-cross hybrids. The
field demonstrations which they
conducted this past year gave an
increase of 1875 per cent over the
ordinary, named varieties usually
grown. The double hybrids will
step up the yield about this same
amount again and as fast as Gran
vile farmers learn about how to
produce corn from hybrid seed
they plan to adopt the newer strains
which have been developed by the
plant breeders of the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Mr.. Morgan says that the in
crease of 1875 per cent in acre
yield would have been much better
had no some men bought hybrid
seed not, adapted to this. state
But the fact remains that where
the best of the top-cross hybrids
were used, growers increased their
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
Weeksville Ali Member
Makes Big Cash Crop

ELIZABETH CITY, Dec. 49,
Mack Fletcher, III, a member of
the Weeksville All club and son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Fletcher, pro-
duced 1888 pounds of beef and
pork this year, 80 bushels of corn
on one acre, 1926 bushels of Irish
potatoes, and 80, 400 pounds of cab.
bage.. All during the war years.
he did outstanding war work in the
Feed a Fighter" contests, accord
ing to S. L. Lowery, assistant farm
agent Of the State College Exten.
sion Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
Pennsylvania Bride Dies
Within Hour Of Wedding

IRWIN, Pa, Dec. 16-R)-Helen
Ann Simko, %, and Michael Zvara,
26, waited four long years for the
war to end to they could wed.
They were married yesterday
Forty-five minutes later the bride
was dead. 49,, .-.,-.-.
Smilingly happily, she had walk.
ed arm-in-arm with her husband,
a discharged soldier, ouh of the
crowded church into a shower Of
rice. She posed for picture and
then entered waiting automobile.
AS she sat down, she suffered a
violent hemorrhage and died.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
Stuart Pecan Proves
Prolific Around Arson

WADESBORO, Dec. 16-Anson
County farmers have found that
the Stuart pecan is the best variety
to plant in this section, says Clar-
ence Farley, assistant county
agent of the State College Exten-
sion Service. The Stuart is not as
susceptible to diseases and insects
as other varieties and it is also a
more regular bearer from year
to year. B. E.. Hendley of Route
l is harvesting all the nuts he can
use and has some to sell from his
small grove. He says that the ex-
pense in producing these nuts is
very small.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
Jesse Beatty Wins Corn
Contest In Catawba Area

NEWTON, Dec. 16-Jesse Beat
ty, member of the Sherrills Ford
All club, is the county corn cham
pion in Catawba for the fourth
year in succession. This year he
produced 1T bushels on two acres,
or S8.5 bushels per acre. Jesse F.
Giles, assistant county agent OF
the State College Extension Serv-
ice, says that Jesse planted his
corn in rich river bottom and
gave it 600 pounds of fertilizer
and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda.
He figured his fertilizer and seed
expense at $l2.70.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

the disease. The .Ky-41-A made
more than ton per acre while the
yield of Judy's Pride was only
about one-fourth as large. The
test was placed by County Agent
Phillip R. Elan of the State Col
lege Extension Service, and is a
good example of how the scientific
tests of the Agricultural Expert
ment Station are carried directly
to the farmer
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

Kentucky-16 and Ky-41-A are two
of the hurley. tobaccosss that have
been found resistant to black root
rot. On the left, l. c. Coates, of
Route 2, Marshall, in Madison
county, is growing Ky-4l-A on a
soil badly infested with, the dis
ease. This tobacco was making ex-
oellent growth on July. IA, while
the Judy's Pride tobacco on the
right. a favorite variety: in the sec
ton. showed severe damage from
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
CHRISTMAS PARTY

NM 1AHlS, Dec. 16-(P-Nearly S.
wv youngsters from the Paris area
t Muse fathers were killed during
Any, war We're guests of the U. S.
~ aiy ana the American Red Cross
cbiis christmas party today. Each
hn uta received a toy from his CT
tnm 'sS' Approximately 10000 more
49, 49, shipped from the United
S isveS by the Red Cross, will be
tie s'ipu(ed at later Christmas par.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

Marketing experts predict that
there will soon be more prepack-
aging of fresh fruits and vegeta-
bles, more pre-packaging of fresh
meats, and better packages for
many foods given poor protection
in the past. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
TOBACCO CLOTH LIGHT

SNOW HILL, Dec. I6-A recent
survey of mercantile establish
ments in Green county shows a
supply of only g. bales of tobacco
cloth. County Agent A. J. Harrell
of the State College Extension
Service says that about 1855 more
bales will be needed. The Farm
Bureau is taking steps to assist
merchants in obtaining this extra
tobacco cloth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

Proper feeding is the best insur-
ance against blindness and other
eye troubles in horses, says DR.. c
D Grinnells of the Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station at State College.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

The USDA says that the CONNER
cial production of vegetables for
processing will grow at faster
rate than production for the fresh
market.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

tor 'SS LOIS Rainwater, home agent
Sar,;t ire State College Extension
e]ao siee IN Wilson County, has been
HAZE nseo president of the National
ISOLATION. " A''0'' Asei''s
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17

ce ~ t. Butts of Green County re-
gau uH told County Agent Jack
his ~ mat pecan trees around
nsr; nome and tenant houses were
m o.s the taxes on his farm, with
''Oney left over.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-17
hay was much above the average
and will be Of great help as live
stock feed this winter.

Down in Scotland County, the
cotton growers have closed anoth-
err of their ANNUAL five-acre pro-
duction contests, with a yield of
two bales per acre winning the
event. T. H. Webb, of Laurinburg,
won first prize with a production of
1,039 pounds of lint cotton per acre
He. was awarded a cash prize of
$50. Second money went to D. D.
Wilkinson, also of Laurinburg,
who produced $50 pounds of lint
per acre and a cash prize Of $50
Third place went to e. D.. Webb,
of Laurinburg who grew 939 pounds
of lint per acre and was rewarded
with $40 in cash. '--'7 ,
Announcement OF the contest
winners was made at the recent
meeting of the Scotland County
Farmers club held in the Old Laur-
ell Hill Community House. o. L.
Moore, president of the Laurin-
burg Merchants Association, made
the. announcement and presented
the prizes. This cotton contest is
an annual event and is sponsored
by the local merchants association
cooperating with Farm Agent E.
O.. McMahan. $ '7''''' -'
Mr.; McMahan also has been con.
Quoting a three-acre corn-groWine
contest in cooperation with the
bankers Of Laurinburg and the
winners in this contest also were
announced at the Farmers Club
meeting. First prize of $500 Vic
tory bond went to Lawrence Nor.
ris, of Maxton, who produced 24(
bushels on three acres or an aver
age of 30 bushels an acre. Law
renee, by the way, is a All club
member and a member of the
Laurinburg All club. Second prize
was a $50 Victory bond which went
to Walter Jones, sharecropper or
the farm of DR.. J. G. Pate near
Gibson. Jones produced 234.t
bushels on three acres or an aver
age of 1872 bushels per acre. Third
prize of $25 Victory bond wen
to John Rollins, sharecropper on
the farm of z. V. Pate, OF: Lare
Hill. Rollins grew 215.4 bushels
on three acres or an average o.
lib bushels an acre.
John F. McNair, vice presiden
of the State Bank of Laurinburg
presented the prizes to the corr
contest winners. Mr.. McMahar
says that II farmers completed
their records in the cotton growing
event and Is completed record
in the corn contest.
~ incidentally, Mr.. McMahan ha,
| conducted this cotton contest sine,
1910. In that first year, it wal
won by H. M. Morgan who pro
duced 1877 pounds of lint per acre
on five acres; in 1941, it was wo1
by D. D. Wilkinson who grew 81
pounds of lint per acre; in 1912
|zby j. G. Pate, who produced LOT
pounds of lint per acre; in 1913
N. P. Gilchrist and z. V. Pat'
tied for first place with produc
ton of 903 pounds of lint cotto1
per care each. Last year 1914
D. D. Wilkinson won first plac,
with a production of 1,210 pound
OF lint cotton per acre.
tits interesting to note that sine,
l941, the Coker 100 variety has wol
the contest each year. ~
Evening star., 1945-08-17
After the Explosion

From the New York Herald Tribune:
There is no satisfaction in the thought
that an American air crew has pro-
duced what must without doubt be the
greatest simultaneous slaughter in the
whole history of mankind, and even in
its numbers matches the more methodi-
cal mass butcheries of the Nazis or Of
the ancients. There is only very
solemn sense of the inadequacy of
mans social and political equipment for
meeting the responsibility entailed oy
the possession of so terrible an instru-
ment of physical power This blast
at Hiroshima may open new scientific
age. But it should also drive home the
fact that in the understanding and
control of human psychology, human
behaviour, there lies the greatest un-
explored field for inquiry. Its promise
Is very rich; and it Is certain that If
we are to survive our own triumphs
over the physical world we must drive
relentlessly forward to an understand
ing Of the mental one.
Evening star., 1945-08-17
Industrial Peuce

President Truman's announcement
that he will call a labor manage
ment conference after Congress re-
turns next month will be welcomed
by all who believe that we cannot
and must not seek a solution of
postwar industrial problems in a
protracted struggle between man
agement and workers.
This country's hope of escaping
large measure of economic chaos,
now that the fighting has ceased.
lies in the quickest possible CONVEX
sion to full peacetime production.
And 1t is obvious, II there is to be a
widespread and prolonged epidemic
OF strikes as employer -employe rela-
tions drift back into the old pattern
of conflict, that we will get neither
the employment nor the production
which is so urgently needed. There
is a public interest in this matter
which must be recognized. 1t is su-
perior to the ambitions of those en-
ployers who may think that wide
spread temporary unemployment
and the return of veterans offer an
excellent opportunity for breaking
unions. And 1t is also superior to
the ambitions of unions who may
think that the public demand for
commodities of all kinds and the
competitive necessities of the pro-
ducers provide an ideal occasion for
promoting selfish interests. The fact
is that unless these two groups can
get together and work together they
will not only bring needless hard
ship and suffering down on their
own heads, but on the heads of all
OF the people as well.
1t was because he foresaw this
prospect that Senator Vandenberg
OF Michigan advanced his proposal
for a conference Of representatives
OF labor, industry and Government,
and the President in adopting the
idea and announcing his own plan
for calling a meeting is motivated by
similar consideration.
There is no assurance, of course.
that a meeting of this sort, or any
meeting, will fulfill its intended pur-
pose. The difficulties are numerous
and real, and it may be found that,
without the Intervention of Con-
gress, there can be no hope of main
tanning even semblance of order in
the field of industrial relations. But
the opportunity is there, and 1t
ought to be explored to the fullest.
We have heard great deal in recent
years OF labor craftsmanship and of
the vision of industrial leaders. If
the men who will assemble at the
call OF the President possess those
qualities, or even if they are sensi-
tive to that which will serve their
own best interests, they ought to be
able to come to an agreement and
make it stick.
Evening star., 1945-08-17
This Changing World
By Constantine Broyn

so-called Chinese Communists. Gen.
Wedemeyer Is reported to have large
number Of transport planes ready to
take Chiang's troops to strategic points.
In the meantime, the signing Of the
Russo Chinese treaty OF friendship
should ease the political tension in
China. This treaty Is the result not
only Of skillful negotiations between
Moscow and Chungking, but also Of the
conversations between President Thu
man and Premier Stain at Potsdam,
where the Far Eastern situation and
thoroughly aired.
President Truman is reported 10 have
been very frank in giving the American
point of view and to have stressed the
great interest this country has in
real pacification Of the Far East.
Premier Stain is reported to have ac-
cepted the American view as logical and
conducive to much-improved relations
between the two countries. While Rus
sias claims for retrocession Of Southern
Sakhalin, her interests in the Chinese
eastern railways and the occupation Of
the naval base at Port Arthur were fully
recognized by the United States and
Great Britain, Moscow agreed to trans
form Dairen into free commercial port
and waived all claim on the control Of
the Kurile Islands.
Moreover, Premier Stain is reported
to have promised to obtain Chungking's
agreement before putting into effect the
decisions reached between the Big Three
in regard to the Chinese eastern rail-
ways.
In the Cairo declaration OF 1943 It
was provided that Manchuria would be
returned to China after Japan's defeat.
President Truman and Prime Minister
Attlee decided that that pact should be
fully honored and, while recognizing
Russia's interest in the key railroad sys-
tenn, they insisted that China must in
dorse the tentative Potsdam agreement
The Russo-Chinese treaty, signed last
Monday in Moscow, is said to recognize
the full authority of the Chungking gov
ernment over the entire Chinese repub-
lie as it existed before the japanese
invaded Manchuria in 1881. In order
to avoid civil war, Chang is reported
to have undertaken to do his utmost
to come to an agreement with the lead
ers of Yenan.
Whether he will succeed depends on
many factors. But the consensus among
political observers in Washington is that
since the Chinese Communists feel that
they can no longer rely on effective and
immediate support from Moscow, they
may agree to join the Chungking gov
ernment.