State College Hints
For Farm Homes
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
More fruit in the diet would mean
better health for many American
families. Families on low income of
ten suffer from lack of Vitamin C
because they do not buy enough
fruit and vegetables. If more fam
ilies grow their own fruit, they could
afford a better diet and better
health. Fruit is one of the most pleas
ant ways of getting minerals and
vitamins. ?
Fruits need sunshine. Strawber
ries are as rich in Vitamin C as ci
trus fruit. To keep your strawber
ry bed producing a good crop reg
ularly. remember to plant a few
new plants each spring.
What are canners going to do for
sugar, metal jar tops and cans? The
answer is: Sugar, tin cans, jars and
tops will be made available for home
canning through the usual suppliers.
That is, from your store or from any
other place where you used to get
them. Your local rationing board
will announce how you are to get
additional amounts of sugar for
' Jtome canning.
If you should have a crop of frutt
ready for canning some time this
season and not as much sugar as
you usually have, you can put up the
fruit without sugar and plan to
sweeten it later as you use it. It may
-not hold its shape, or color, or flavor'
quite as well ds if you had used su
gar, but it will keep all right.
Remember once again that "tak
ing good care of kitchen fats and
-oils," is a wart tine "must" for every
cook.
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HERBS MAKE COMEBACK
AS WAR CUTS SUPPLIES
A revival of herb growing in
North Carolina is foreseen by L. G.
McLean, associate horticulturist of
N. C. State College, because the war
has shut off normal supplies of these
culinary and medicinal plants.
Early settlers in this country
brought with them a wide variety
of herbs from Europe and used the
plants extensively in flavoring and
for medicinal purposes. However,
herb gardens gradually became few
er as Americans depended increas
ingly on foreign markets for their
supply.
McLean believes herbs to have
potential importance in North Car
olina as money crops, because the
State affords likely growing condi
tions. Through the years, a steady
demand has prnwn fnr nortnin hnrhc
and the market could accommodate
that amount.
The impact of war on the herb
market is seen in the price paid for
sage. Before the war. sage could be
purchased ordinarily for five cents
a pound. Now the price ranges from
65 cents to $2 a pound, depending
on the quality.
The State College horticulturist
said he believes such plants as cor*
lander, fennel, caraway, sage, anise,
sunflower, mustard, angelica, dill
and pyrethum can be grown suc
cessfully by farm people of North
Carolina.
One of the present handicaps to
the production ttf such herbs is-the^
shortage of seed. This fact also lim
its the amount of research that can j
be done by Experiment Station
workers interested in adapting the
herbs to local conditions.
FIVE STA]
Carnival Will Be
Here All Next Week
Under the sponsorship of the John
W. Hassell Post of the American Le
gion, the W. C. Kaus Shows, Inc.,
open at the fairgrounds, Williamston
on Monday, April 20th for six grand
exciting nights of mirth provoking
gaiety. The W. C. Kaus Shows will
feature on -tlie midway nightly one
of the most thrilling aerial acts on
the road today, namely the five fly
ing La Formans. This aerial act has
appeared with all the big circuses
throughout the world.
Among the many other attractions
to be seen will be George Baldwin
and his jitterbug revue, a fast step
ping sepia show that features swing
with a capital S. Many new and
thrilling rides will be offered and
everything to insure all a grand time
THE LETTER-BOX
Dear Editor:
Having read an article in a recent
issue of your paper stating that a
considerable per cent of the farmers
in Martin County held an indiffer
ent and unconcerned attitude tow
ard the war in which we are so deep
ly tMigaged causes me to write
a few lines for publication if you.
think it worthy. Am glad to say far
mers? are more war minded.
To the citizens of Martin County
and especially the farming element,
I wish to speak.
I am surprised, astonished, even
alarmed after reading an article in
The Enterprise stating that a big
were indifferent to and unconcern
ed about the terrible war in which we
are involved. Since this is the only
medium through which I can reach
you all. I am taking this way of pre
senting my thoughts to you.
Can one of you afford or even |
dare be called a "slacker"? Do not
all of you realize that this is our
war to win or lose and that the fu
ture of everyone depends on the
outcome of this struggle? Can any
of you sit by and do nothing and let
Hitler and his allies dominate this
country?
Do you not see the necessity of
unified effort in order to win this
war Remember that in union there
is strength and that with internal
disorder' comes disaster Remember
the example of the rope,*how when
all the fibers are bound tightly to
gether the rope is strong, but when
the fibers are separated, the rope is
easily broken.
Can any of you be so self contain
ed and indifferent as to say J,Let
George do it?" George is no more
called upon to work for victory than
you are. George may even in turn
say, "Let John do it," and as a con
sequence. the job is loft undone.
Do you remember Pearl Harbor
where citizens and officers stood by
complacent and unprepared and let
Japan take an enormous toll of life
and property. Can you not see that
Will Perform Here Next Week
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The five flying I.a Formans
will give their opening perform
ance next Monday at night the
fairgrounds here, at a special at
it is not impossible for Hitler, Japan
or even both combined to blast any
one of our coastal towns and effect
another Pearl Harbor'.'
Are you willing to let Hitler and
his allies reduce us to slavery and
serfdom? Can you not see, as does
Miss Ruth Taylor, that this is a to
tal war in which every man, woman
and child should do his part? Put
your shoulder to the wheel. If you
want freedom and happiness for
traction of the W. C. Kim Shows
which will he here all next week.
This aerial act will feature un
heard of and unseen aerial feats.
your children, you must give your
all to this cause for which nvn i>r>>
bravely dying.
Suppose England had dropped to
her knees and surrendered to Ger
many after the heavy bombings she
suffered. Can you not see that if this
had happened. Ilitlei would now be
sitting on the throne of England?
My dear brother farmers, I want
to impress upon you that tender
hands stroke a nettle, and it stings
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Rubber Substitute
Is In The Offing
Since Pearl Harbor the woodshed
inventors have been concentrating
on compounding a suitable tire sub
stitute. But technicians in the labs of
rubber and chemical companies have
been searching also for replacements
Tor rubber in Thousands of everyday^
products. Last week, after three
months of research on a particular
problem, engineers came up with the
first synthetic rubber thread. It
you for your pains; grasp it like a
man of mettle and it soft as silk re
mains. ? ?
S E. Hardison.
Gainesville, Fla.
won't mean any immediate relief to
the girdle-and-brassiere situation
(most popular" use of elastic
thread ( because, like other forms of
the Ameripol which is its "parent,"
the synthetic thread has to march
off to war now. in harness for para
chutes, in gas masks, respirators and
so forth. But when the American wo
man is able to buy a garment made
with this new thread she will' be
buying not something "just as good"
tat- better than pre-war, because it
excels natural rubber in resistance
to drying and bleaching, and resist
ance to the action of body oils, the
rubber scientists report.
Prices of dairy products, eggs and
truck crops declined during the
month ending March 15th. while
prices of hogs and cattle, cotton,
grain and fruits advanced
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Condensed Statement of Condition of
Branch Banking & Trust Co
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
At the Close of Business April 4, 1942
Resources
Cash ami Due from Banks $ 13,185.835.53
Obligations of the United States 14,859,652.01
Fed. Intermediate Credit Bank Debentures 124,944.35
Federal Land Bank Bonds 261,656.25
North Carolina Bonds 781,312.01
Municipal and Other Marketable Bonds . . . . { 1,757,160.90 30.971,091.08
Loans and Discounts 2,975,829.14
Accrued Interest and Other Assets 118,622.04
Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures, and Heal Estate
(Tax value $309,860.00) 255,000.45
$34,320,542.71
Liabilities
Capital Stock?Common $ 400,000.00
Capital Stock?Preferred 100,000.00
Surplus 750,000.00
Undivided Profits 181,990.88
Reserves 1106,500.00
Unearned disc. & other liabilities . 57,090.15
Deposits .'12,224,161.68
*.11.520.542.71
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