A JAPANESE PAPER says Presi
dent Roosevelt's Dayton speech
"showed an enemy attitude toward
the Germa n-Italian-Japanese
pact". Just how were we supposed
to take that pact? Saying "Goody
goody!?"
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LAST OF THE FLOOD STORIES:
A man who owned a lunch room
near the Roanoke River saw the
flood coming nearer and nearer his
place of business. As the water
rose he saw that there was no
chance of its escaping the destruc
tion, so he decided to save himself.
He left the building . . . stopped a
moment . . . ran back to the build
ing, through the rising water, and
entered it. Once inside he pulled
a nickel from his pocket and put it
into the juke box and immediately
ran out again to safety. As he ran
toward a group of onlookers on
top of a little knoll, they all heard
a sudden noise . . . coming from
the lunch room. The juke box was
playing loudly, "Goodbye, Goodbye,
Little Darling" ....
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SENT IN BY A READER: a well
written discourse on the subject:
A FIFTY PERCENT AMERICAN
"A fifty percent American is one
who for selfish or monetary rea
sons will ship raw material to a
future potential enemy, where the
same export would in time of e
mergency better prepare us in our
National Defense Program.
"It is said that our national re
sources, for example, iron ore, is
practically inexhaustible . . . how
ever it takes time to mine iron
ore, ship it to smelters, refine it,
etc. . . How unfortunate for future
generations to read in the History
of the World that the 50% Ameri
cans had supplied the enemies of
the United States with any war
material which was needed at
home for her own defenses."
The writer of the above also goes
on to give a "possible news item"
of the future:
Scene: Military Hospital
Time: 1943
Operating Surgeon's Report: Our
staff metallurgist has analyzed
the shrapnel removed from Private
John Doe. He reports that this
shrapnel was made from the en
gine casting of an American built
automobile exported to our enemy
in 1939 for the express use of man
ufacturing industrial and structur
al steel."
PRETTY NEARLY HEAVEN:
Going fishing on an October after
noon . . . catching five small Tuna
... (oh, boy, do they put up a
fight!) ... a calm sea, not hard to
keep your balance . . . everybody
pulling in fish at the same time . .
getting over sixty fish ... in a lit
tle over two hours . . . trolling
through sea gulls thicker than
motes in a sunbeam . . . yellow
sand dunes against a gorgeous blue
s^a . . . straight into the October
sunset home ... to a hot supper.
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JUST A FEW REASONS
I love you when
You growl at dogs
That bark and growl
At you.
I love you when
You stall around
At night when bed
Is due.
I love you when
You throw yourself
At me and cry,
Ah-Boo!
But more than growl or bedtime
balk,
I love your little Chinese-walk,
Those short, quick, steps you take
each day,
Such eager steps ... to run away!
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Williams,
Miss Janie Hasty, W. J. Hasty,
and Junior Hasty attended the
State Fair at Raleigh Saturday.
Clay Funeral
Sunday PM In
Harrellsville
Funeral services for Robert Clay,
24, were held at the home of his
mother, Mrs. R. L. Clay in Harrele
ville Sunday afternoon, October 13.
Rev. R. R. Jackson, pastor of the
Baptist Church there, officiated. In
terment was in the Harrellsville
Cemetery.
Clay died in the hospital here af
ter being shot by Claude Miles at
the Halifax County Fairgrounds
Friday night.
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Roanoke Ave, at 10th Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
The deceased came to Roanoke
Rapids in November, 1936, from
Harrellsville. Prior to that time he
had worked in the textile industry
in Danville, Va. He had been em
ployed at the Patterson and Roa
noke Mills Companies since living
here.
Surviving are his mother; three
sisters, Miss Margaret Clay of Har
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noke Rapids, Mrs. James Jones of
Danville; six brothers, Jesse, Ed
ward and Cecil of Harrellsville, Jim
of New Holland, and Thomas and
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the former Miss Glynna Rogers of
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Welcome New Members
The Woman's Missionary Union
of the Jackson Baptist Church
held its regular monthly meeting
Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 in the
Beraca Sunday School room of the
church. Mrs. J. F. Beamon was in
charge of the program. As a chief
part of the business, plans were
made for the December week of
prayer.
AGENT SAYS FARMERS
LOSING MONEY ON
GREEN, DAMP COTTON
By W. Ο. DAVIS, County Agent
When damp or green cotton is
carried to the gin, the farmer loses
from $2.00 to $10.00 on each bale
due to the rough ginning. If cot
ton is ginned damp or green, the
farmer is to blame for the rough
ginning as it is impossible for any
gin to do a good job with damp or
green cotton. If the cotton is thor
ughly dry when carried to the gin
and then the lint is rough, the gin
ner is to blame.
During the month of September
944 samples of cotton were classed
by Government classers under our
Cotton Improvement Campaign. Of
those 944 bales, 372 (or approxi
mately 40%) were reduced one or
more grades due to rough condi
tion of the ginned lint. This means
that a bale that would otherwise
turn out Middling cotton has been
classed as Strict Low Middling or
Low Middling due to the fact that
the cotton was carried to the gin
while damp or green. A conserva
tive estimate of this damage is
$3.00 loss per bale. If this condi
tion continues through t he re
mainder of the ginning season, it
will mean a loss of approximately
$24,000.00 to Halifax County. Can
we afford this loss?
If the following suggestions are
used we can greatly reduce this
loss: 1. Pick only dry, mature cot
ton, or bells that are fully open.
2. Spread all picked cotton in the
sun to dry and store for five to ten
days if possible. Damp cotton
should be stored loosely and stir
red daily to prevent heating.
3. Pick cotton as clean as possible.
4. Allow the ginner ample time
to gin cotton properly. 5. Do not
insist on ginning seed too close as
this causes the lint to be rougher.
6. Do not leave your bale exposed
to the weahter after it is ginned.
Store it in a good building or sell
it at once.