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PAGE FOUR Acreage In Peanuts For 1947 Estimated At 3,847,000 Acres Only Three Per Cent Less Than Above Average In 1946 Indications are that peanut acreage in 1947 will be .'1,847,000 acres, only 3 per cent less than 1940’s above average planting, states the National Peanut Council, trade association of the Peanut industry. Last year’s peanut production topped the two billion pound mark for the sixth con secutive year and was 25 per cent above the 1936-45 ten year average. Peanuts are now the tenth crop of the United States, the fifth of the South. Peanut farmers alone derived over $300,000,000 from the crop last year, and the sales of salters, crush ers, confectioners and peanut butter manufacturers add up to many more millions, providing wages for thous ands of employees. "Peanuts have obviously attained a definite place in the American diet along with apple pie and ice cream,’’ says Janies E. Wood, President of the National Peanut Council. Three growing areas comprise the peanut belt. In the Virginia-Caro lina area, this year's acreage is ex pected to he about the same as last year’s., with slight increases in Vir ginia and Tennessee offsetting a re daction in' North Carolina; the South eastern area, it is believed, will have a 3 per cent decrease in acreage. Georgia and Mississippi indicate re daced acreage,. while South Carolina aad Florida plan slight increases. In the Southwest, a reduction of 59,000 acres in Texas is expected to be part ly offset b\ anticipated increases in Louisiana and Oklahoma. For Board of Public Works This is to inform my friends that I wifi be a candidate for re election as a member of the Board oL I’uhlic Works in the May 6th Democratic Primary Election. Your vote and support will be greatly appreciated. O. B. Perry SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS cflMPEirs {SAY "MO-KAN") k *OO fl +; ssrjg?afa- : I H V . . . u V v*<> * ■ M :••••.•.' * v< 3*. '*'*'*£ C'^oot W/BKKk New Equipment In Stock For Immediate Delivery! JAEGER J4-Bag Concrete Mixers, JAEGER As ffijjjfe " jfljffe-' Pumps. Diesel Power Units (too to 150 con t tinuous H. P.), Disston Chain Saws, Hypres sure Jenny Steam Cleaners, Kohler Light Jaeger Mixer Plants and Many Other Items 0f.... CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL AND LOGGING EQUIPMENT FOR PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE CALL— t HAMPTON ROADS TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY West 39th Street and Killam Avenue Phene 2-2717 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA P. O. Box 237 A Two Candidates For Rotary Governorship Two prominent Rotarians have been nominated for governor of the 189th District, a position formerly held by John A. Holmes of the Edenton Ro-, tary Club. The two candidates are Vic Huggins, a member of the Chapel Hill Rotary Club and B. D. Bunn of the Oxford Rotary Club. The 189th District now embraces 36 clubs in the upper half of the state from Bur lington to the coast. Both candidates aside from being outstanding Rotarians are very ac tive in civic and religious affairs and are asking the support of the Eden ton Club. Baby Chicks Arrive For 4-H Club Project Arrive In Good Condi tion and Placed With Members One thousand New Hampshir" baby chicks furnished 4-H Club members j by the Home Feed & Fertilizer Com pany arrived Wednesday of last week and were immediately delivered to; the club members who are in the pro-,] ject. The Chicks arrived in good con dition and none were dead. Two or three of the contestants had ordered electric heating units to furnish the heat for the chicks. Un fortunately their units had not come when their chicks were delivered so they had to make other arrangements until their units arrived. Most of the members had their brooders straightened out and functioning pro perly by Saturday morning. TWO MASSES SUNDAYS IN EDENTON CATHOLIC CHURCH The Most Holy Sacrifice «of the Mass is offered twice every Sunday as long as the visiting ball teams are in training in Edenton and or Hert ford, the first at 8:30 A. M. and the! second at 11 A. M., both in St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Edenton, each in cluding sermon, Holy Communion and concluding in 45 minutes, followed immediately by Sunday School, stated Father F. J. McCourt, pastor, who invites everybody to all services, Confessions are heard there during that period Saturdays from 7:30 P. M. to 8:30, Sundays 6:30 to 6:55, 7:05 to 7:25, 8 to 8:25 and 10:30 to 10:55 A. Mi, Communion also given outside of Mass at 7 and 7:30 A. M. Sundays. Week-mornings: Mass, Communion and Rosary. TAX COLLECTIONS According to Sheriff J. A. Bunch, total 1946 taxes collected to April 1 amounted to $73,178.02. During the month of March 1946 taxes collected amounted to $3,585.87. I cU&iSXJZ IMITATION ■ (BANANA I i Pint $2.25 I Austina Nichols 6Co 3® Inc. • lOOtltN MIO »0«« v» THE CHOWAN HEKACD, EDEN»ON. N. C., THL'KSUAV APRIL 10, 1947. 51 Boys Enter Corn And Peanut Contests Plots of Land Measured ; And Samples of Soil Taken , To date there are 24 boys signed ‘ up in this year’s 4-H corn growing , contest and 27 boys entered in the peanut growing contest, according to • County Agent C. W. Overman. The Corn growing contest is sponsored by ] the Lions Club, while the Rotary . Club is sponsoring the peanut grow- , ing contest. Each club member is having one acre of corn or one acre of peanuts respectively in the con -1 tests. These acres have been meas ured and soil samples taken for all but five members uo to Saturday. This is the second year of these (contests and the club members are , showing much interest and enthus- , iasm in both contests. Most of the , boys in the corn contest this year will plant Funk’s G-714 hybrid seed corn, , although a few will use other var-|, ieties. The Funk’s G-714 is furnished I club members free by Funk Bros, j Seed Company in cooperation with ; Byrum Hardware Company. I Demonstration Clubs Meets At Center Hill The Home Demonstration Club of J Center Hill met with Mrs. E. L. Belch. Thursday afternoon of last week. The meeting was called to order by ! the president, Mrs. J. T. White, and the group joined together in singing! "Onward Christian Soldiers”, and re peating the Club Collect. The Secretary then read the min utes, called the roll, with eleven mem bers answering. Poems of Easter were given by Mrs. Medlin Belch, Mrs. W. C. Fran cis and Mrs. T. E. Chappell. The meeting was then turned over to Miss Rebecca Colwell, who gave an interesting demonstration on finishes for floors and walls. The hostess served delicious sand-1 wiches and punch. j, Commissioners Anxious About Clearing Os Dock In view of the approaching water-; melon and cantaloupe season, the j Chowan County Commissioners at ! their meeting Monday passed a mo- j tion requesting the Edenton Town I Council to make every effort possible to have the local dock cleared in or- j der not to interfere with boats com- j ing in to carry away the 1947 crop. The matter has been before Town j Council several times due to a partly sunken barge in the harbor, which it j is hoped will soon be repaired. Ward’s Shoe Shop WEST EDEN STREET . . . JUST OFF BROAD Guaranteed Repair Work Quality Materials WAIT SERVICE Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention We Have Always Appreciated Your Work m Prof. Walker Comments On Refunding Money Given To Buy Uniforms Prof. D. F. Walker, principal of the ‘ Edenton colored schools, w’ishes to ] take the opportunity to inform par- t ents and students that the school will, ] just as soon as he can interpret Miss , Emma P. Hodnett’s system of record ' keeping and her financial deposits, make refunds up to the amount of ] money which she deposited with the r school treasurer. ( “It now appears that we might not ■ have enough money to refund all who , paid money for physical education < uniforms,” says Prof. Walker, “and in this case we have not arrived at what J should be done.” . < 105 Persons Receive Old Age Assistance According to a report of Mrs. J. H. McMullan, superintendent of publje welfare, 105 persons received old age assistance during March, the amount distributed being $1,911. There were 18 cases of aid to dependent children who received $627 and seven blind cases receiving $164. General relief during the month included $55 for boarding home care ] If or two non-family persons, sls food orders for two persons?- sls board for one person, $5 groceries for one j family, $6 fuel orders for two per sons and $177.15 hospitalization for! six persons, two of which were sent . to the Chowan County hospital. For Councilman FIRST WARD I hereby announce that I will be j a candidate for re-election as Councilman for the First Ward in the May 6 Democratic Primarv election. If elected to this office, I will continue to work for the wel fare of the town. Your vote and support will be greatly appreciated. J. Clarence Leary '■ N ] Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN’S JEWELERS V S Nobody was ever sorry I he saved !* 1 SAVE THE EASY WAY... 1 BUY YOUR BONDS THROUGH RAYROtL SAVIN6S! . The Bank of Edenton * 1 » “SAFETY FOR SAVINGS SINCE 1894” ' .MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION j , MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM « ■M^ArE Cotton Sales Drop During Last Week Middling 15/16 inch cotton opened Monday of last week with an average of 35.80 cents per pound at the 10 markets as compared with Thursday’s market of 35.25. Reports on Friday’s market were unavailable due to the Easter holiday. Mill buyers were less active and cotton textile sales slow. The parity price of cotton as of mid-March was 28.40 cents per pound. This is a record high and an advance of one cent above February- In March, 1946, the parity price was 22.32 cents per pound. Prices re ceived by farmers for cotton as of March 15 averaged 31.89 cents per pound for all qualities at all locations. This compares with 30.56 cents in February and with 22.70 in March, mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy $ r , i \ Wt PONT MAGNIFY i your troubles^ t WE FIND i JipSK THEM AND S fixthem/ J| j . ! FOR ALL MAKE CARS ANI) TRUCKS g Our mechanics will go over yo»r car with an eagle eye and 4 you may be sure that your auto will get service “plus” when any one of our experts check it! Drive in today! WE HAVE ON HAND FOR CHEVROLET CARS A SUPPLY OF Seat Covers Floor Mats Batteries and Other Accessories |B. B. H. Motor Co. YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER ■ U. S. Highway Phone 400 EDENTON, >'. C. mmmmmm mmmmm\m mmmmmmm m w 1946. Reported sales In the 10 designated ■ markets totaled 86,160 bale* lor the week as compared with 104,800 a week earlier and 164,100 a year ago. Sweet Potato Slips For Sale PORTO RICO In Use Three Years Limited Number H. I. WARD ESTATE BYLAND, N. C.
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