AGRICULTURAL BRANCH ACCEPTING ORDERS FOR AUSTRIAN WINTER PEAS _ a Orders for Austrian winter peas for use as a winter legume are now being accepted by the Hali fax County A.C.A. office accord ing to C. H. Banks, Jr., Secretary to the County AAA Committee. The seed will be ready for deliv ery about September 15. Due to the shortage of gasoline and tires all producers request ing these seed should mail the order to the County Office giving the name of the farm operator, the farm serial number, and the number of pounds requested. Im mediately upon the receipt of the seed .orders will be mailed to each producer requesting them and they may be delivered at the places of business of Shields Com pany, Scotland Neck, Halifax Mill ing Company, Halifax, Farmer’s Supply Company, Enfield, and Anderson Feed & Grocery Com pany, Weldon. The peas may be obtained as a grant of aid mate rial without any outlay of cash and the cost pf seed and freight will be deducted from any pay ments due the farmer under the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram. The seeding of Austrian winter peas, Vetch, and Crimson Clover is most important to farmers in Halifax County this year because of the anticipated shortage of commercial nitrates for next year. “We are engaged in our biggest agricultural production program and we must keep our soil in condition to produce as much food and fiber as the nation needs as long as necessary,” Banks said in a statement for publication this week. Warrenton, N. C. Box 492 August 28, 1942 Mr. Henry Fitts, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Dear Henry: As you say, the true meaning of the word Communism is local ownership. Probably a better def inition is to supplement the word sharing to ownership. I say this for you know that I have traveled extensively. In the isolated island groups of the South Seas, I have witnessed such ownership and sharing work to a point of what one might term practical perfection. Each tribe (not the whole island or group of islands) shared and shared and shared alike. The other islands I or tribes did the same, but they traded their surplus with one an other. In modern times they ship produce to far distant lands. - The fisherman shared his fish, the farmer (yes, they have farms) shared his produce. The weaver, the potter, the craftsman, the pearl diver—all did their required amount of sharing from, what they produced. Each family built their own home. True, the home was a sim ple one, being built of bamboo or teakwood, but it was comfortable as long as it would last. It has been proved that such dwellings could withstand the great hurri canes better than the white man’s stone or stucco-like buildings in areas where hurricanes were com mon. This is the rule especially if the house had a good founda tion. I’m not an engineer or builder as you are, but I think this is due to the resilience of native dwellings when under pres sure of terrific hurricanes. Mon soons, lypnoons ana nurricanes are seasonal more or less—depend ing upon the geographical area Our Gulf and Atlantic coasts have these storms. The clapboard dwell ing is the one of choice, especially for a degree of permanence. Many dwellings have been tom and de stroyed by these hurricanes on our coasts. Recently the New England area suffered mightily, particular ly the stone and brick houses. An article explained this quite ade quately in the Saturday Evening Post a year or so ago. The point I wish to bring out is that these simple dwellings are a result of pure necessity more than any thing else. These people of the South Sea Islands are not a lazy folk. They are full of vigor, vitality and they are happy. Usually they are the most virtuous people in the world. (I’m sure I can prove this.) They are virtuous if they have not been tainted by the ways of the un scrupulous white and Mongolian traders and exploiters. The economic life of the Eskimo is still in the pure1 communal state. Read Kablooner (means white man). This was written by a French man who became tired—not of the true culture and tradition of his country—but tired of the veneer that coats and corrodes the fine civilization of France. He traveled with the Eskimo in the far North, and he did not wish to leave there, but when he found that France was stricken he returned to France to help heal her wounds after she was attacked by Germany. He was dreaming of a new France. This brings us to the American dream—a dream for which we have struggled more than a cen tury and a half. Daniel Boone, Clark, and others have paved the way for us. Please do not let us leave our Lincoln. He struggled from the ground up, treking miles and miles through a wild country to reach a place called Spring field, Illinois, where he could practice law and make a living. These pioneers were possessed with a dream—The American dream. They backed the woods, built cabins, towns, cities. I’ve been all through there and I know the history of these people. They had to struggle—work hard for what they got. I am reluctant to renounce the things for which they fought. True, changes are taking place and we must have changes sooner or later but we don’t have to give up Democracy, only modify or change the system under which we have had a measure of enjoyment at times and suffered miserably at others. Good times have been short, hard times always long. Lincoln was really thinking of the world. He had a world dream, and he struggled and fought for it until he died. You know when I visited Wash ington a year or so after the last fuss, I went inside the Lincoln Memorial. I felt very small in there. I read the Gettysburg speech and found in it a pattern of life. The lines in the lasting gem of World literature that pressed so vividly on a certain sheet in my mind were:—“and tjiat govern ment of the people, by the people, and for the people—shall not per ish from the earth." It would be a good thing if all our boys could read that address, better commit it to memory as I did, before they go off to battle. Get it and send it to your own son and tell him that is what he is fighting for, particularly point out the lines that I have quoted in this para graph. Tell him to circulate it a mong his buddies. What we fought for in 1917-1918 was a cruel and unscrupulous Plutocracy, not the Democracy of Lincoln’s dream. You may consider this an open letter and have it published in your local paper. (This letter is unfinished, will continue it later.) Love to all, I wish to clarify certain points between the relationship of com munism and a pure Democracy— the Democracy we want. Nay Please answer and give me some of your ideas. September 4, 1942 Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Dear Mr. Editor, The country as a whole is al ways encouraging the people to keep the morale of the armed forces up. So we, the young peo ple of Roanoke Rapids, are more than willing to do whatever we can to help. However, we are at a definite disadvantage. With gas rationing and tire shortage, it makes it almost impossible to carry anyone for a pleasure ride in our family car. We don’t mind that at all, though. Now, here’s where the citizens of R. R. play their patriotic part. “We” need a place where we can go in order to have something to do. Maybe a small dance pavilion provided with a juke box (piccolo) in one of our many unused mill parks would help. This is merely a suggestion but a swell oppor tunity for the business men and citizens of R. R. to do their pa triotic duty. We date the Soldiers, Sailors, Coast Guards, Marines, Flying Ca dets and home boys with pleasure; but we have no place to go, except the movies. When sometimes the dates can’t afford it. If we had a park fixed up, as we suggested, we would be able to meet our friends and have a nice, clean, good time. Other nice towns have them. Why can’t we? So, we appeal to you, Mr. Ed itor (and Roanoke Rapids) to help us fix up our little city of which we are so proud. ___ The Juvenile Public of Roanoke Rapids P. S. If you don’t believe this, ask any young boy or girl in town. They’ll tell you the same thing. P.S. Jr. We’ll be willing to “flush" the piccolo! P.S. Sr. We buy Defense Stamps, too! Thanks a million! ft M 4 11 :: Cahvy-Theim ■ ; lb Mr. s^nd Mrs. W. J. Perry and Mrs. 'Troy Woodlief were visitors of Mrs. F. W. Parks Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Parks and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jenkins spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Jasper Walker. Mrs. J. L. Gleason has returned home after visiting relatives in Richmond, Va. Mrs. W. T. Threewitts was the Friday afternoon guest of Mrs. H. L. Faucette. The Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service met with Mrs. Roscoe Hamill at her home in Thelma Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. rtODerc Morris ana Mrs. Jasper Walker spent Tuesday in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Myrick and son of Portsmouth, Va. were visit ors in the community last Monday. Mrs. Sidney Walker spent a short while with her granddaugh ters, Mesdames Jenkins and Con ley, Friday morning. Mrs. Frank R. King spent Fri day with her daughters in Roa noke Rapids. Mrs. B. C. Jenkins spent several days with her daughter, Mrs. H. S. Harper, last week. Mr. an ' Time To Waste Time Now positions sn being created every day la vital war Iadov tries and government agenelae. ( PEEP ABE now, by enrolling la one of our special course# la - various business subject*. Typ ing. bookkeeping, shorthand and . many ether courses available* Investigate today! 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