North Carolina peaches and Dillon county prospects
The article praises Carolina fruit farming profits and irrigation, noting Peachland and Messenger reports of orchards with multi‑acre profitability. It argues Dillon county's peach potential, warmer eastern Pee Dee side, and the need for coordinated planting to enable carload shipments and market readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peachland, Inc
Hoffman
Carolina Fruit Company
North Carolina
Dilhai County
Pee Dee
Moore
Hole
Dillon
Dillon County
Peach Industry Boosts Moore County Wealth Gain
The Hamlet Messenger reports Moore County once poor now rich from peaches. Two farmers plan small scale planting after visiting the Sandhills. Orchards aged 13 to 26 years yield thousands of crates, with prices around 2.25 to 3.00 per crate F. O. B. The Sandhill Fruit Growers’ Association expects near 1 million gross from 700 carloads this year.
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Moore County
NS. C
Pee Dee
Moore
F. C. B. Fraight
Sandhill Fruit Growers’ Association
Belles
Elbertas
Advertising would have reshaped Mother Goose jingles
An editorial imagined how modern advertising would alter classic rhymes. It cites Mother Hubbard, Jack Spratt, Dickery Dickery Dock and Little Miss Muffet, suggesting adverts would insert cereals, prunes, jams, cooking devices and products into the tales, changing their imagery and morals.
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Mother Hubbard
Richard A. Foley
Philadelphia
New York America
Don
Jack Spratt
Miss Muffet
Mian Mattett
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Amercans
South Carolina
Mr. Edison
Harry
Edison
Aly
LNT
Herald Office
Stafford
Smith and Underwood Typewriters
Herald Publishing Co
H. C. Stanton
TRI
Plovence Steam Laundry
Palace Maret
CHOP
the Herald
Rinkers
South and Underwood Typewriters
Palmetto Cafe
Herald
Jones
Albert Jones
W. E. Caldwell & Son
Lumberton Marble Works
J. H. Floyd
Prop
Lumberton, N. C
Dilton
The
Buzeard
Willy Light Junior
Central Station
Carolina Willys Light Co
Main St
Laurinburg
D. C
Cecil Onl
Marionne
Callum
W.D. Roberts
T. S. Richbourg
A. B. Jordan, Jr
Joe Cabell Davis
H. A. Bethen
Margaret Barrentine
Mariairel Barrentine
Dill ‘Lon
Jo“ Cabell Davis
Dillon Coun
H. al Bethea
P. Y. Bethea
D. Met. Bethea
Sadee
R. H. Whiteside
Keota
Okla
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Thedford’s
BLACK
Thedford
Columbia Supply Company
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