ANNOUNCE PEANUT
DIVERSION PRICE
SCHEDULE FOR '41
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Prices For Use In
Connection With
Year's Program
The Department of Agriculture
today announced a schedule of
prices for quota peanuts for use in
connection with a proposed pro
gram to divert peanuts into the
manufacture of oil and by-products.
Details of the program, which will
be similar to diversion programs
previously conducted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, will be an
nounced in the near future.
Under the proposed program pro
ducers could sell their quota pea
nuts to designated agencies at the
announced schedule of prices. For
the purposes of the program, ‘‘quo
ta peanuts” would be those market
ed within AAA farm marketing
quotas established for 1941 after a
referendum of producers.
The program also provides for
the marketing through designated
agencies of non-quota peanuts at
the market value of peanuts for
oil, less estimated handling, storage
and selling costs. Non-quota or
“excess peanuts” are those market
ed in excess of AAA farm market
ing quotas.
Program provisions require that
both the quota and excess peanuts
be properly identified with mark
eting cards when they are sold.
The program would authorize de
signated agencies to pay the fol
lowing prices to producers for the
various types and grades of quota
peanuts grown in 1941:
Virginia: U. S. No. 1, Class A,
$94 per ton; Class B $88 per ton;
Class C, $81 per ton; No. 2 Class A,
$91 per ton; Class B, $85 per ton;
Class C, $78 per ton; No. 3, Class
A, $89 per ton: Class B, $83 per
ton; Class C, $76 per ton.
Southeastern Spanish: U. S. No.
1, $90 per ton; No. 2, $84 per ton;
No. 3, $77 per ton.
Runners: U. S. No. 1, $80 per ton;
No. 2, $74 per ton; No. 3 $67 per
ton.
Southwestern Spanish: U. S. No.
1, $88 per ton; No. 2 $82 per ton;
No. 3, $75 per ton.
These prices are approximately
$25 per ton higher than similar
prices under the diversion program
in effect last year.
Under the proposed program, it
is expected that producers’ coopera
tive associations which participat
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in prior years will be named as
the designated agencies to divert
quota peanuts and to market ex
cess peanuts. Producers may de
liver either quota peanuts or ex
cess peanuts at the worehouses of
the designated agencies.
The producers’ associations are:
for North Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia, the Growers’ Peanut Co
operative, Inc.. Waverly, Virginia:
for Georgia, Florida. Alabama, and
Mississippi, the GFA Peanut As
sociation, Camilla, Georgia; for
South Carolina, either the Growers’
Peanut Cooperative, Inc., Waverly,
Virginia, or the GFA Peanut As
sociation, Camilla, Georgia; and
for Texas, Oklahomo, Arkansas,
Louisiana, and New Mexico, the
Southwestern Peanut Growers’ As
sociation, Gorman, Texas. For Cal
ifornia and other states, agencies
are yet to be selected.
SHOWER
On Thursday night, August 7,
Mrs. S. H. Grumpier entertained at
a kitchen shower for Mrs. H. C.
Johnson. The honoree received
many attractive and useful gifts.
Refreshments were served to
Misses Josie Moore, Virginia Jack
son, Ann Akers, Edith Barnes. Mes
dames Gordon Stott, Hazel Smith,
Heywood Draper, Basil Glover,
George Sullivan, Rupert Hardy, W.
Graham Lynch II, Larkin Brevard
Brown, Agatha Moore Miller, and
Mrs. H. C. Johnson.
Kiwanis Club
Aid To Britain
Acknowledged
—Henry" Israel,"“Associate Execu
tive Director of the “Save The
Children Federation” for British
Child Aid, acknowledges in a let
ter to Will Nelson of this city ap
preciation for help of the Roanoke
Rapids Kiwanis Club.
“Will you convey to the Kiwanis
Club our deep appreciation of the
part they have played in making
life more bearable for the children
who have now become part and
parcel of your community life. No
one can appreciate the stress and
strain which the people in be
leaguered Great Britain are passing
through with such heroic courage.
The innocent child, however, is a
victim of circumstances which will
leave their scars for some time to
come, and therefore it is important
that we not only come to their aid
promptly and most effectively, but.
that our help be sustained during
this trial of war. In due time you
will have some expressions of a
far more effective kind than any
words of mine, from the children
lUnmeollTOC' whinh will also Drove
an inspiration to all those who have
had a share in this magnificent ef
fort”, a portion of the letter reads.
British Child Aid is another ac
tivity added to the very many ac
tivities that Kiwanians are engag
ed in. The sum of $366.50 has al
ready been forwarded, and when
all signed pledges are paid $406
will have been contributed to this
worthy cause. This is in addition
to other branches of “Aid to Brit
ain” that have been subscribed to
by the people of this community;
all for the definite purpose of re
lieving distress.
This particular form of aid is
dispersed in the following manner:
It requires $2.50 per month, or
$35 per year, to supply supplemen
tary nourishment for one child.
Entertains
On last Friday night Mrs. S. H.
Grumpier entertained several guests
at bridge. The house was decorat
ed with gladioli and sweetheart
roses. Refreshments were served
to Misses Helen Apple, Janie Las
siter, Marjorie Cannon, Ann Akers,
Edith Barnes; Mesdames Charles
Fitts, Earl Rook, Earl Fuller, A.
Edwin Akers, William Thorne,
Henry Ruark, D. E. Bennett, John
W. Martin, and Mrs. H. C. Johnson.
Mrs. Anna B. Overton of Durham
spent last week with Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Powell.
Pfc. Robert A. Powell, of Fori
Jackson, S. C., was at home here
last week on furlough.
No Politics
In Fletcher's
Appointment
No political pressure was exerted
for the appointment of Major A.
L. Fletcher as Chairman of the
Unemployment Compension Com
mission, and, in fact, it took pur
suasion and appeal almost to the
President to get him loose to take
the job, Governor J. M. Brough
ton told about 350 Central office
and field employees of the Com
mission and friends at a banquet
in Raleigh.
"No man in the United States
has better qualifications for the
job than he has”, said Governor
Broughton, who also commended
the six other Commission members
appointed, saying there is not a
more competent board in the State.
He expressed the view that the new
Commission will do a splendid job.
He also commended the work of
R. Mayne Albright, director of the
Employment Service Division.
Reporting the employment con
dition in North Carolina as satis
factory, Governor Broughton sug
gested the possibility of unemploy
ment after the present era, when
this agency may be called upon to
do a hard job of keeping the wheels
moving. He commended the merit
o>irotnm nf wleotinp- emnlovees Of
the Commission and hoped to see
it extended to all State agencies.
Major Fletcher told Governor
Broughton that if he has head
aches in State administrative agen
cies, the UCC will not be one of
them, if hi and a loyal personnel
can prevent it. He pledged best
efforts of himself and the staff
to the work to be done. He announ
ced the appointment of Dr. W. R.
Curtis as successor to E. W. Price,
resigned, as director of the Un
employment Compensation Divisi
on, on the merit system basis.
New associates on the Commis
sion, Mrs. Frank L. Fuller, Jr.,
Durham; R. Dave Hall, Belmont;
Dr. Harry D. Wolf, Chapel Hill;
Charles A. Fink, Spencer, and Clar
ence Stone, Stoneville, were in
troduced at the night meeting, and
had been given an insight into the
workings of the Commission at
an afternoon session by directors,
supervisors and other employees.
Managers of local offices, field
representatives, claims deputies,
and other groups met Friday morn
ing and considered problems and
discussed operations.
FIRST
With Edenton the concentra
tion center for 17 counties for
the collection of scrap alumi
num, Halifax County was the
first to report with a total of
3,010.
A. Leonidas Hux, Chairman
of the Halifax County Council
of National Defense, directed
the drive for the collection of
aluminum in this county.
Miss Mildred Grant, of Emporia,
Va., is the guest of Miss Mary
Louise Ray.
LARGE GROUP TO
ATTEND NEGRO
SHORT COURSE
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28 Halifax Club
Members Will Go
To Greensboro
The largest delegation of Negro
4-H Club members in the county
ever to attend a State 4-H Club
Short Course will accompany D. 3.
Knight, Negro County Agent, Mrs.
Pauline Phillips and L. S. Gilliard,
club leaders, to Greensboro on Mon
day, August 18. There will be 28
members in the group making the
trip when it leaves by chartered
bus at eight o’clock Monday morn
ing. For the first time in the his
tory of club work here, there will
be representatives in all activities
offered at the Short Course.
Members will participate in the
State Song Contest, Team Demon
stration and Judging Contest. Reg
ular courses are Dairying, Food
and Feed Crops, Poultry and Swine
for boys; Clothing, Foods, Art and
Family Life for girls.
The County 4-H Club Council a
warded Eden 4-H Club members a
free trip to the Short Course for
winning the championship in the
song contest last spring. This group
will represent the county in the
State Song Contest. The members
are; Louvenia Hill, Anna M. Gary,
Arcelia and Velma Adams, Dorothy
Turnage, Jorce M. Wiggins, Bernice
Williams, Ray Thornton, Rossie
Wilkins, James Barnes, Williams
Bryant, Jr., Billy Thornton and
June M. Williams.
Other delegates who will make
the trip are: William H. Smith,
Mary Brown and Hannah Hanson
of Tillery Club; Napoleon Marrow
and Jerolyn Johnson of Felton
Club; Wilson Lee, Willis Hawkins
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and Queen E. Ivey of John Arm
strong Club; Eloise Wilkins and
Josie Copeland of Eastman Club;
Vivian and Spencer Whitaker of
Dawson Club; Ollie Royster of Lit
tleton Club; Evelyn Bell of Sam’s
Hed Club; Cora Ann Taylor of
Chestnut Club.
Scotland Neck
Cuts Tax Rate
For City Again
The sixth tax rate reduction in
the last seven years has just been
ordered by the city commission
ers of Scotland Neck, and citizens
will have to pay fifteen cents less
on the $100 valuation of property.
The tax rate was reduced from
$1.30 to $1.15 per hundred dollar
valuation.
Town Clerk J. A. McDowell has
been particularly active in the col
lection of back taxes, and this has
enabled the commissioners to han
dle the routine town affairs and
also to provide new services such
as the collection of garbage, and
a new fire truck which will pro
vide for reduction in fire insurance
rates.
It is anticipated Scotland Neck
this year will receive approximate
ly $2,000 for the diversion of 17
per cent of the revenue from A. B.
C. stores to the towns in which
the stores are located. The board
of commissioners has decided to
put this revenue into a sinking
fund for debt amortization.
Miss Marjorie Caldwell is a vi
sitor here.
Johnnie Ray Heights of Fort
Jackson, S. C., spent the week-en.d'
here.
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