Kudzu Seedings and Plans Highlight Soil Conservation News
Harry Branch of Enfield seeks kudzu for erosion control and livestock forage with a limited district supply for spring distribution. A C House requests a soil conservation plan near Scotland Neck, terraces were staked, and Halifax County farmers including Pierce, Patterson, Alston, and Bloomer sold sericea lespedeza for land not suitable for row crops. I B Leslie near Roanoke Rapids applies for a conservation plan with rotations terraces and a pond. Terrace lines were staked on M Mitchell’s farm near Littleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Branch
Enfield
A. C. House
Scotlang Neck
Halifax County
William Pierce, Jr
J. A. Patterson
George Alston
Hugh Bloomer
I. B. Leslie
Roanoke Rapids
Leslie
M. H. Mitchell
Littleton
Billy Waters Plays In All Brahms Program
An all Brahms program by the Music Department at UNC Chapel Hill featured performers including William Fitzgerald from New Bern on clarinet and William Waters from Roanoke Rapids on piano. Other soloists were Emily Porter from Kansas Maline, Carolyn Bowman from Shelby, and Mary Louise Emery from Salem Ohio. Waters is the son of Mr and Mrs H M Waters of 907 Henry St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Department
Hill Hall
Chapel Hill
William Fitgerald
Newbern
Emily Porter
Maline Kansas
William Waters
Roanoke Rapids
Carolyn Bowman
Shelby
Mary Louise Emery
Salem
Ohio
H. M. Waters
Henry St
Getting Up Nights Advertisement Claim
An old style ad promises a free prepaid sample of a medicine for sleep or night relief. It targets readers frustrated by getting up at night and promotes an available trial offer. The text includes garbled product names and urging readers to request the sample via mail to a listed address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eitnda
North Carolina Expects Record Flue Cured Tobacco Exports
North Carolina foresees total exports of flue cured tobacco reaching about 400 million pounds in the year ending June 30 and remaining high for two to three years. Agriculture Commissioner W. Kerr Scott notes 67 percent of U S flue cured tobacco is grown in NC and that acreage will rise 10 percent this year. He cautions farmers to maintain production and marketing quality as price spreads may widen amid strong domestic and foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
Tobacco stocks and consumption forecast for 1945 46
British and U S tobacco officials anticipate higher cigarette demand as leaf supplies expand. Meantime flue cured tobacco stocks on July 1 are estimated at about 1.2 billion pounds, slightly above last year, with 1945 46 supply still small relative to rising domestic and export needs. Scott warns only several years of above average exports can rebuild stocks to prewar ratios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feaf
Scott
BAE
Great Britain
Brick in the Stomach Vanishes After Inner-Aid Use
A man reported ten years of a brick like sensation in his stomach due to undigested food. After using Inner-Aid with 12 herbs his bowels cleared, gas subsided, headaches vanished, and he felt like a new man. The ad claims the product cleanses bowels and acts on the liver and kidneys. Sold by drug stores in Halifax County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County
Crowder and Jones Families Spend Week in Broadnax LaCrosse
Mr and Mrs Bernice Crowder and Mr and Mrs Willie Lee Crowder along with Mr and Mrs Howard Jones and Mrs Blanche Jones spent the week at Broadnax and LaCrosse Virginia with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Crowder
Willie Lee Crowder
Howard Jones
Blanche Jones
Broadnax
LaCrosse
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Soil Conservation News
M. W. Shugart, JR
J. B. Wilkinson
Billy Waters
House
Baity
Chockoyotte
Golden Guernsey
W. L. Manning
GEO. IL
Kerr
P. O
Johnson
Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids, N. G
Ted
ESSO
Esso Station
Roanoke Ave
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