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PAGE 2 * National Pi On Declare WASHINGTON?A dramatic experience awaits Americans who have never seen the original Declaraton of Independence. me Historic document, which is magnificently enshrined in the Exhibition Hall of Washington's National Archives Huilding, is faded and discolored, says the National Geographic Society. Most of its signatures are illegible. Yet the very scars have meaning. They tell of perils survived by the parchment that proclaimed these "selfevident' 'truths: "that all men are created equal . . . endowed by their Creator with certain nnalipnohln DinKtc among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Today, the Declaration of Independence is protected by every means known to science. For nearly 150 years, however, it was the most traveled, handled, and innocently abused of America's state papers Signed August 2, 1776 Contrary to popular belief, the Declaration of Indepenee the Declaration adopted on July 4. 1776, was not signed that day. The document in the Archives Building did not even exist then. Congress, in July 19, ordered it to be engrossed from the much-edited, Jefferson-drafted charter. When the parchment was ready, on August 2, 1776, it was signed by John Hancock as President of Congress, and the 50 or so members present for the session. The other signatures were added later. A curious fact ? due chiefly to changes in Congress after the Declaration was approved ?is that not all the men who voted for the document signed it, and that some signers never had thp rhnnrp tn vnfc for it. From its earliest days, the Declaration led a precarious life It was among other official papers transported in 11 "light wagon" when Congress fled from Philadelphia to Baltimore in December. 1776. The document was soon returned to Philadelphia, bu' only to be on the move again Annourii The Formal HENDl L LAI BOW LIN * Saturday I 4A.AA A tfl AViUU H. m. I BOWLING A I LOCATED U. ft. WEST OF 1 12 L I AMF Automa Wr* i i i i Wk-' - AlT vOl g:; >; : ? Wm&u^A WamalM, I erils Have I ition Of Ind I when British advances forced the delegates to set up other temporary capitals in Pennsylvania, first at Lancaster, then York. After the war was won, the I priceless parchment traveled with Congress, in turn, to Annapolis, Maryland, Trenton, New Jersey, and New York City Transferred to the new Department of State on the | adoption of the Constitution, it r followed the National GovernI ment back to Philadelphia, and finally, in 1800, to Washington. Hidden In Rarn But there was still no rest for the American statement of | liberty In the War of 1812, the then Secretary of State, I James Monroe, ordered the j Declaration, the Constitution,! I and Bill of Bights removed to , 'safety. Hastly the papers w e r c j sewn into linen bags and hid-1 | den in a barn on a near-by | Virginia farm. Then they were I j taken to the home of a preach-! icr in Leesburg, where they remained until the Federal city was back in American hands after the British evacuation. Strangely, the Declaration j | apparently suffered less in war j than in peace. Much of the ' loss of ink from the original is i | blamed on a faccimile plate made in the early 1820's presumably by the early wett printing process. Other factors in the deterioI ration were the sunlight and I seasonal heat and cold to which ' the document was exposed beI tween 1841 and 1894. For the first 35 years it hung, unprotected, before a window on the wall of the Patent Office. In 1876, it was lent to Philadelphia for its centennial celebration. Returned later, it was exhibited in a cabinet in | the State Department's library ! Meanwhile. concern w a s i growing about the condition of j ! the Declaration. In 1894, the ] State Department announced it j had been removed from public view and had been stored in a steel case. As years passed, the authorities decided the document could be safely displayed, after all, with proper precautions It was cing . . Opening Of ERSON NES 6 ALLEY 1, JULY 1 TO 1:00 P.M. FTERWARDS S. 158 BYPASS HENDERSON ANF.S s "\ .tic Pin Setters iditioned __ ** Worth Carolina .eft Mark lependence therefore transferred, in 1924, to the Library of Congress, , and sown under double-pane, | filter-equipped plate glass. | Eventually, still more protection was provided by improved filters and by sealing the parchment in an enclosure fill! ed with properly humidified : helium. With one notable exception, the Declaration remained in the Library of Congress until ' it was placed in the care of the National Archieves in 1952. 1 The exception was a three' year period in World Warr II, I when it was safeguarded, with , other national treasurers, at | Fort Knox, Kentucky. Hall Made-To-Order I The Exhibition Hall of the Archieves Building was designed to create a fitting background as well as the safest nrtcciKln hni-ftn for t Mn iKeoo most precious papers in the American heritage. On a columned platform against circular, marble walls, the Declaration is displayed-upright and centered?above the tabled sheets of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. On either side are Barry Faulkner's colorful murals, depicting the men who framed the historic papers. The protective devices go far beyond the immediate containers that ward off the effects of time and atmosphere. Below the hall is a steel-and-concrete vault that is fireproof, shockproof, and bombproof. At the beginning and end of each day, the enclosed documents are raised from, and lowered into, the vault by an electric mechanism In the event of national emergency, alternate equipment can be operated to lower the cases at a moment's notice. Littleton Circles Hold Meetings LITTLETON ? The Fannie Heck Circle of the Littleton Baptist Church held its regular meeting on Monday night at eight o'clock in the home of | Mrs. Anthony Johnston. Mrs. P Ti1 Pnnle nrAc*/? /wl i w. <j. ivwn |/ivoiucu U?v-i mt meeting and read the scripture and led in prayer. Mrs. James Kearney, Jr., had charge of the program, "Teach Me to Pray," and Mrs. Johnston had the closing prayer. During the social hour angel food cake and lime sherbert were served to Mesdames Rock, Kearney, Milton Chichester, Miss Lucrieta Jones and Mr. Clyde Johnston. Miss Fannie Moore was hostess to the Rachel Humphrey Circle of the Littleton Baptist Church at her home on Monday night at eight o'clock with Mrs. Freddie Moore as co-hostess. Mrs. Jack Tant, leader, presided and the nrnrrrnm wnc on I Teach Me to Pray ." lime drinks with open-face sandwiches and homemade cookies were served to Mrs. Tant, Mrs. P. A. Johnston, Mrs. Sol Bobbitt and Mrs. Bill Pegram. The Lottie Moon Circle of the Littleton Baptist Church held its regular meeting on Monday night at eight o'clock at the church with Mrs. A. P. Farmer, leader, in charge. Mrs. Frank Foster was hos THE AC-1 CAMBOU, larg?t ft It M during m rtctnl tiwtoi HtrHlund Aircraft tl Canada, o/tMt mf loading or mlM plot twd pontjwtl it and ft THE WAR! tess to the Annie Armstrong Circle of the Littleton Baptist Church on Monday night. Mrs. J B. Acree is the leader for this circle. Large Mail Stones Cut Down Tobacco LITTLETON?Hail stones as big as hen eggs cut down tobacco, cotton r.nd other crops | and gardens in the Corinth . Church Community, located about four miles from here and on several farms in the Aurelian Springs Community in the storm about two o'clock Monday afternoon. There was | also an unusual amount of rain and electricity in and around Littleton. Henry Morris, a farmer in the Corinth Community, picked up a bowl full of stones and placed it in the refrigerator. He said the hail is not round as hail usually is, but jagged. According to some of the farmers, the hail storm travelivi in a nafh acrnce o nnmKnp I of farms in that area on down as far as the Deep Creek sec- i tion. In some places it was said I to have "stripped" the crops. Other hail was reported, but | smaller and with less damage. | Lightning struck a tree on East Halifax Street in Little| ton causing minor damage to current but was soon remedied. ' I Bible School Ends ' ; At Littleton Friday | LITTLETON ? CommenceI ment for the Union Vacation ' Bible School was held Friday 1 I night at the Littleton Baptist ' ] Church. The school was held all last week with a total enrollment of 124. The highest attend- ; ance at one time was 122, I with an average attendance 'of 117. The Rev Levi H. Humphreys, pastor of the Littleton Pres-1 icrian i. nurcn, served as ( principal. Mrs. Wilton Brown- ; j ing, Jr., was secretary for the | school. Workers in the school ineluded Mrs. Betty Harris, Mrs Claude Wilson, Miss Faye Best, Mrs. Winfield Warren, Mrs. DeWitt King. Mrs. Pa? Barnes, Mrs. James Kearney. Jr., Mrs. Fred Short, Mrs. Victor Miller. Also Mrs. C. E. Rock, Mrs. Ned Long Clark, Mrs. Anthony Johnston, Mrs. Jack Perkinson, Miss Barbara Curl, Mrs S. B. Bobbitt, Mrs. Marvin Newsom, Mrs. E. K. Fishel, Miss Kath.v Thome, Miss -Tare Riggan and Mrs Browning, Mr. Humphreys, Miss Joyce Moore, Mrs. E. A. Daniel, Mrs. Joe Newsom and Miss Sally Foster. Miss Barbara Curl served as pianist. Children four years old through grade three met at the Baptist Church each day; | the fourth, fifth and sixth j graders met at the Methodist j Church, and the seventh inrougn nintn graders met at I the Presbyterian Church. At commencement, the Rev. Colie Rock, pastor of the Baptist Church, gave the welcome and offered prayer. He led the Pledges to the Flags and to the Bible. Mr. Humphreys announced that the offering for the week would go to Fort Worth, Texas, to be applied towards the purchase of Braille Hymn Books. Thought for the week, conspicuously displayed by a Columbus, Ohio, insurance company: "A dime is a dollar with the taxes taken out" ( 4-wrfng Imiflit ?Iiot>titki utioHou at Mm Amy Aviation Cm Ud., tho CARIBOU CBNiM tt CM m significant fcotwcMi II) d(Mt I Ml <*M, fcwpiC.lll^Jritf^c In fl HEN RECORD Adkms To Be Div. Engineer In ! District Oiantfes ! Merle T. Adkins will become! division engineer in the Fifth j Division of the State Highway I Commission July 1, suceedingl J. W. Jenkins, who is retiring.' State Highway Director W. F. Adcock announced today. Adkins worked in the Warrenton area in the 1920's with the Highway Commission and is remembered by older citizens here. Adkins will be suceeded as assistant division engineer by Carl C. Painter of Reidsville. Painter has been serving as district engineer in the seven th highway division, located at j Graham. A Caswell county na- ] tive. Painter graduated from j from State College in civil en- s gineering. He served as an of- v ficer in U. S. Navy during r World War II, and joined the highway department as an in- ^ strumentman after his discharge from active duty. He is j married to the fqmier Cora t Lee Wagoner and they have t iwo children. v Adkins, the new division en- t gineer, is a native of New York, but moved to North Car- c olina as a child and was edu- r rated in Durham high school, j Carolina Military Academy and r the University of North Carolina. He has been in the highway department since 1925 c serving as rodman, instrument- t man, party chief, claim adjust- e er right-of-way engineer and c district engineer. He was named assistant division engineer t in the fifth division in 1957. 1 He is a member of the Dur- r ham Engineers Club and the f North Carolina Society of En- r gineers. He is married to the i former Louise Mason and they c have two children. c Jenkins is retiring after 41 years with the highway depart- s ment, He is a native of Gold Hill. Rowan county, and was educated in the Salisbury city schools and at several technical schocis. During World War I he was a pilot in the Air Corps. He has served as instrumentman, resident engineer, district engineer and assistant division engineer. He was named head of the Fifth Division in 1957. Projects built under his supervision include Raleigh downtown boulevard; the West Durham bypass. Jenkins and his wife live in Graham. I HAIL (Continued from page 1) ?If the tobacco has a good green color, additional fertilizer is not needed on tobacco , that is mature or approaching the button stage. Additional j iiiuugcu vii muaccu in nil's ; j stage may increase the diffi-1 culty in curing and lower the quality. ?Younger tobacco, less than waist high, may benefit from 50 to 75 pounds of nitrate of soda, or from 100 to 150 pounds of 8-0-24, especially if the tobacco is yellow and on sandy soil. ?In the case of older tobacco (waist high to approching the button stage) if the plants are yellow from excess water or nitrogen deficiency j due to leaching, a light application of nitrogen may be beneficial. From 30 to 50 pounds of nitrate of soda-potash or nitrate of soda, or 75 to 100 pounds of 8-0-24 may be Lny a?lotlow pregran, prepore* ??, ? Iwtat Ala. Built by D? ........... WimatM, Nartk C helpful. I DROWNED tobacco: 1 ? There are no miracles to iring drowned tobacco back to ( normal. .Somp prnwpr* havfl 1 nad beneficial results from ( plowing deep in the row mid- i lies as soon as possible after | :obaceo has had enough rain j :o cause it to flop or wilt. t ?A one-horse turning plow ( with the moldboard removed is | suitable, or a bull tongue run j n the middle may help. A \ nule will be needed for this ' >peration. since the land will )e miry. Tractor will usually j rot do and the tobacco may be , oo large for tractors to gel ] hrough the field without fur- | her damage. ?A light application of litrogen or nitrogen and pot- t ish may help; it is likely to lo much b-.'m. From 50 to 75 1 uunds of nitrate of soda-potish or nitrate of soda, or about 00 pounds of 8-0-24 may be ' lelpful, especially in sandy ' oil and where the tobacco s vas yellow prior to the heavy ^ ains. APPLYING topdresser unler present conditions: ?Fertilizer material should ie broadcast in the middles, >etween plants and as well up inder the leaves as possible without getting the fertilzer on he leaves. ?D?, not overdo the topIressing at this time. Since nuch of the growing season is , tast, excess nitrogen may do nore harm than good. HAIL-DAMAGED tobacco: 1 ?There is a bulletin in the ounty agent's office giving dc- t ails on research and experi- ] nee in handling hail-damaged i rops. t ?Tobacco that has had 60 i o 70 per cent or more of the I eaves destroyed by hail may' i leed to cut off and a crop irown from a sucker. This is nore or less a last resort, but t should be done where the rop is severely damaged or lestroyed. ?Tf only 4, 6, Or 8 leaves ire destroyed, usually there ire 10 to 18 leaves still on he plant. Generally, this neans staying with what you j lave. Top a little higher or urn out a sucker to replace j :ome of the leaves lost. j ?Additional fertilizer has ; ( arely paid on hail-damaged rops. except when accompanied >y very heavy rainfall. ?If nematodes or excess s ain has damaged the root sys- i em. or if mosaic gets started 1 n a haildamaged field, recov- i ;ry may be greatly hindered, t ?In case a crop is to be cut i iff, disinfect the knife with ormaldehyde solution or the i nilk treatment suggested for nosaic control. ! ?If the stalks are cut off. ultivate once or twice to keep veeds or grass under control. HARVESTING a wet weathx crop: ?Remember last year folowing a wet period ? how apidly the tobacco came off a?_________________ People, Spots gcoMSmwERisi^Sdn H by camera at Florida's H Springs, is Susan Ann mm [ Engle of U. of Florida. | I m GERMA^JSI^f discussed by K. E. Kelm (k president of CsrgUi, Inc., gr export firm, and Dr. P. F. I ahenke of West Germany. Kqi ment is wheat protein tester Cargill labs, I ante lead* hi* muiu'um Care 1 war hurdla* fft??r Lbvutb the (talk and how destructive l>rown spot was. ?Do not underestimate the effect of excess water on tobacco that has reached maturity. Keep up with the hardest very close. Prime two or three times a week if pas* ible, removing the leaves as soon as they reach the ripe stage. Try to avoid an error in judgment that may result in your getting behind with the harvest in a wet season, ifou may never catch up. ?Just as soon as the ripening slows down, slow ci>wn with the harvesting. Ripr melow tobacco has been praised ay just about all the companies. 4-H Members To Leave For Camp Around 30 Warren County i-H Club members are expected to attend 4-H Camp Millitone, near Rockingham, next veek, July 3, to 8. A supervised camp program s planned for next week at 'amp Fillstone, which is said o be one of the better 4-H ?lub camps. Any 4-H member, still in-] erested in attending camp lext week, are asked to conact the Home Agent's office n the Agriculture Building in Varrenton. Two Norlina Men Enlist In Navy John R. Smiley, Jr., and' Villiam Howard Cook of Nor-' ina enlisted Monday in the Jnitcd States Navy, according o the local Navy recruiter nt Jenderson. Smiley and Cook will take >asic training at San Diego, California. Both men are In competition for selection for entrance to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, 1 n d e r the Navy-Sponsored , raining programs leading to i college degree and/or comnission in the Navy. The enlistees are graduates if Norlina High School and ire guaranteed an assignment :o a school in the electronics field under the Navy's High school Graduate Training Pro *ram Some Complaint "I wish to make a complaint," laid a man to a Post Office official. "For some time I have been receiving disagreeible and threatening letters through the mail. How can I ;top it?" "I think we can help you," replied the official. "That sort jf thing is forbidden you tnow." "Oh, good," replied the man. nm yuu any m wnere hese letters come from?" the )fficial asked. "Do you know who sends them?" "Oh, yes," answered the com>lainant "They all come from he income tax collector/' In The News IcaughtS | Silver JPWM H KNOW HStT W Betu Dwta, mad* op for role of Agple Annie," Brood| w*y I is ?1 >ev W. .CH _ _ , ' *5?! FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1M1 C & S SALES onrni iia artuiiu Several Good Electric Stoves ^ $35.00 Bathroom Fixtures Commode and Tank $12.50 Lavatory $10.00 Kitchen Sinks $12.50 Kitchen Cabins ts ^ $12.50 Breakfast Sets Table & 4 Chairs * $17.50 Dining Room Suites $50.00 $45.00 Single Beds With Spring $5.00 Double Beds $5.00 China Cabinets $25.00 Buffets it en *1< .ow METAL Baby Bed With New Mattress $12.50 Electric Water Heater $25.00 Roll Top Desk $17.50 Bureaus, Vanities, etc. $12.00 Odd Lot Tables $1.00 Up Chairs Of All Descriptions $2.50 I Coil Springs v Double Size $5.00 Heary Doty Doable Hot Plate $12.50 Step Table* $5.00 1 Gead Swivel Office Chair $15.00 I Muy Other Item A* II Mm ij SAVING Mm c&SJ? SALES' Nm to W?m Record WARRENTON, N> C.
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