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THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES "THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES—YOU LEND YOUR MONEY" Buy Moro War Bonds Today Seventy-Sixth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina THURSDAY, APRIL 29th., 1943 .3 Halifax County Farm And Home New* lome Demonstration Agent pressure Cookers--For the ben of all those who have not al ly heard of the availability of Assure cookers we should like [say that ration application nks may be obtained from tne Machinery Ration Board, |ifnx, N. C., City dealers as as those who live in rural a may apply for a purchase lificate for a pressure cooker, lowever, we are advising pros jtive purchasers to club togeth ln groups of from four to six iiljes as the U. S. Department (Agriculture War Board has tifically instructed local Boards Approve applications that carry roup of families first. Then |r those orders are filled if additional cookers are avoil k, applications of individual fa |es may be considered. The ob |ive of the U. S. Department Vgriculture War Board is to [that each pressure cooker that nanufactured serves as many |kr was given to consider clubb ple as possible, therefore the Applications first. onds--War Bonds and Stamps been purchased by members |the following organizations: elian Springs Home Demon tion Club, $060.50, Darlington |ie Demonstration Club, $20.80, fax Woman’s Club, $120.25, fax W. S. C. S., $3.00 and Oak fe Home Demonhtration Club Zb. Cross Sewing-- Home Dem ration Clubs made the follow. [ number of garments for the Cross: Oak Ridge one sweat, lalifax 12 shirts and Darling garments, sintaing Beauty—While our are away from home let us to keep their homes beautiful ithem to come back to. Mr. 11. Harris, Extension Land Specialist, makes a few sug |ons. Well rotted cow lot ma may be used as fertilizer for ers and shrubs. Prune spirea [ forsythia as soon as the ns drop. Spray plant ’.ice on er growth with nicotine Sul or Black Leaf 40. Dust |ts infested with mildew with lur. Cultivate the soil for a |nce of about 12 to 18 inches nd shrubs and young trees, ■takes the soil more sbsert to rain water and prevents (8 roots from sapping the Bgth away from the shrub or The more work and care you your vegetable garden the |pr garden you will have. Take of your lawn mower and |s for the duration. Keep er garden hose in a dark cool when not in use. Roll it up do not kink it. |w About Canning Bees?— Jre are able to get away from less and less and there is and more for the average A wife to do would it not be idea to have canning Bees summer. Women need to get her occasionally. Social con Iceeps them on friendly terms {their neighbors, it takes thoir off their own problems and to relax tense nerves. A |ng bee will do all these things kt the same time pool equip and labor. Canning alone for fruits and vegetables is a [ process because of the many in preparation. A canning rill giye a worker for each in the preparation and cann |nd expect the whole process All as being a social occassion. woman could take her fruit kgetables, jars and equipment pe house of the hostess for day and take home her finish es. Then she would be hoscess turn. [ SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE lowing cattle to graze spring res before the'grass has made Cient growth to withstand full {is a good example of haste ng waste. Too early and too spring grazing does not pay though it is hard to resist {emptation when pastures be “green up,” [tile pasture grasses are rich Utrients during the spring th period, they may be pre fcd frci i making full growth |vergrazing. Grass should be enough for cattle to get a mouthful when grazing it, pn case of new plantings the phould be firm enough so that the cattle walk on it they not destroy the plants. {these precautions are not ob Id and cattle are turned onto Ire too early, the amount of lug will be reduced niaterially 1 in the season. lien pastures come on sqnie slowly, it may be desirable |rn the cattle out for ony one vo hours a d»y. Sometimes a {ional system of gracing is able. In rotational gray, ng, ption of the pasture is rested” the other portion is being M. LIFAX COUNTY A. V- A cessity for good growth of per legumes is based on avail [ mineral plant food elements soil. Plant growth and seed The Cost Of Living_ Trifling A Century Ago Old Hotel Ledger Sheet Reveals Almost Unbelievable Prices Long before ration books w>re thought of, there wasn’t a bit of inflation reflected in the charges of an extinct hotel at Gaston (now known as Thelma), N. C., as dis closed by a ledger sheet recently unearthed in the Seaboard Rail way station there. It shows. “Gaston, Tuesday, 31st March 1840. Raleigh and Gaston R.R. Co., Dr. Engineer, CJaptain, Trainband, each breakfast and dinner 75c. Extra Engineer and Fireman, each breakfast 25c. ' Petersburg, R.R. Co., Dr. Engineer, Captain, Fireman, 2 Trainhands, dinner, supper, break fast and lodgings $1.88. Extra, 1 Engineer, supper, lodging and breakfast 38c. Mr. Styles, 3 drinks 19c; Mr. Myers, 5 drinks, 1 ditto, 1 ditto, 4 ditto, at 4 l-2c 49c; 2 pints bran dy and bottles 50c. The Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road was one of the earliest pat ent companies of the present Sea board Railway system, but at the headquarters of the road in Nor folk, Va., it is stated that no rela tionhhip is claimed to Mr. Styles and particularly to Mr. Myers. Enfield School Exercises Begin HENDERSON MINISTER PREACHES SERMON Enfield, N. C. Commencement exercises of the 1942-1943 school session began Sunday evening with the bacca laureate sermon preached ir. the Baptist church by the Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner, pastor of the First Baptist church of Hender son. Hymns “God of Our Fathers” and “All Hail The Power” were sung by the congregation and an anthem “Praise the Lord” was rendered by the glee club, under the direction of Mrs. John New ton. Principal H. L. Kendall in troduced the Rev. Norfleet who delivered his sermon “Graduation” to the 21 graduates. The Rev. B. D, Critcher gave the benediction. Marshals were Wilbur Bridgers —chief Marshal; J. iC, Cuthrell, Jackie De Lysle and Susan Gra ham. Johnnie White, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. White is the class mascot. Other activities during tnjs week was the musical recital of Mrs. John Newton’s class on Wed nesday eevning at 8:30 o’clock in the school auditorium. On Thurs day night at 8:30 the class night program will be given and on Fri. day night at 8:30 the graduation exercises will be held at which time Nathan Yelton, state school commissioner, will give the com mencement address and diplimas will be delivered to the graduat es. Halifax Man Violates Draft Roy Finch, 23 of Roanoke Rap ids is under a sentence of 18 mon ths in a reformatory on convict ion of failing to appear for a physical examination when called by his local draft board. The sentence was imposed by Federal Judge I. M. Meekins. CHICKENS Farmers are asked to raise an extra 200,000,000 chickens in 1913. Some has figured that these chick ens will require about 20 billion tons of extra feed, if they are made to wreigh 3 pounds each. elds of lespedeza, crotolaria, pas res, clovers, and other summer gumes can be appreciably in eased by the application of ■ound limehtone and acid phos mte. For this purpose the chair an of the AAA Committee will adly accept orders for farm de rery qf these vital plant food cle en ts, , Your AAA Committee now has l hand a quantity of acid phos late and daily delivery of ground mestone is expected. Contact your AAA Office i alifax for the purpose of p uc g orders. The charges tor this aterial will be taken out of yom ,il conservation payment and u ts of credit will be given to you ,r the purpose of meeting youi )il-building goal Oxford Orphanage In The Service Superintendent ,C, K. Proctor of the Oxford Orphanage is h aving a busy time these days writing to former Orphanage pupils a ho are now in the Armed Services of the United States. Most of these boys have been under the personal supervision and training of Su perintendent Proctor during his fifteen years at the Orphanage and the relationhhip is almost as close as that of father and .-ons. More than one hundred fifty mem bers of the Oxford Orphanage family are now in the Service and each day brings letters from some of them and each day these letters j are answered. This correspondence! extends to all parts of the world! and covers every branch of the service. Some former girls are! lieutenanth in the Army Nursing Corps, a number of the boys are in the Navy, some are in the Ma rines and still a larger number are in the Army. The Merchant Ma rines and the Coast Guard are al so represented. Mrs. King’s Sister Dies Mrs. Abe Cohn of \Vin.,ton-Sa lem, the former Miss Estella Ed wards ot Goldsboro, died Friday morning at her home following a lingering illness. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at ,*1 o'clock at the Stanley-Yelverton Funeral Home in Goldsboro, and interment was in the family plot in Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, Rabbi Joseph I. \\ eiss of Goldsboro was in charge. Mrs. Cohn was the daughter of the late Joseph Edwards, poineer Goldsboro merchant, and the late Mrs. Fannie Edwards. She attend ed the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She was prom inent in school, club and church activities. Surviving are her hus-! band, a native of Goldsboro, now' a prominent jeweler in Winston Salem; one daughter, Josephine, whose husband, Maj. Hyman Sch atchman is now overseas with the American Army; a son, Robert iCohn, a flying cadet at Maxwell Field, Ala; one grandson, Richard Schatchman; four sisters, Mrs. Sol Isaacs of Goldsboro, Mrs. Cla rence King of Weldon, Mr£ Ru dolph Skalowski of Spartanburg, S. C., and Mrs. Simon Rosenfeld off New York City; one brother, Dave Edwards of Rocky Mount. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anthony and Mr. and Mrs, George Joyner attended the Taylor - Anthony wedding in Norfolk last Thurs day, FARMING “ON THE LEVEL UPS WAR CROP YIELDS ? t I That broad grin is typical of farmers throughout the nation, who find that contour farming, level around the slope, holds soil, water and fertilizer on the land. In addition to increasing production of Food For Freedom, farmers using conservation methods report a saving of fuel and machinery wear, Miss Annie Belle Bennett Funeral services were conduct ed from the Chapel of the Bran ch Funeral Home in Enfield on Sunday afternoon for Miss Annie Belle Bennette, 55, who died on Friday after a lingering illness. The Rev. Ross Cadle and the Rev. George R. Stair were the officiat ing ministers and burial followed in Elmwood cemetery. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Hardy Booout ana Mrs. S'. E. Hardee of Enfield, Mrs. Willie T. Eure of Halifax and three bro thers, S. L. Bennette of Enfield, George R. Bennette of Greensboro and H. F. Bennette of Norfolk, Va. _ _ Mrs. Nita Mae Campbell Funeral services were conducted from Pleasant Grove church on Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Nita Mae Campbell, 56, who died in Roanoke Rapids Hospital Friday morning after a lingering illness. The rites were conducted by the Rev. J. B. Hurley assisted lay the Rev. C. H. Trueblood of the Sea board aptist church and the Rev. J. E, Garlington of Garysburg. Mrs. Campbell was a former resident of Iredell County but had resided near here for several years. She is survived by her hus band L. R. Campbell, two daught ers, Mrs. W, B. Barnes of Gum berry, Miss Maybelle Campbell of the home and one son James Bux ton Campbell of the United Stat es Navy, who is stationed :n Maryland. “Morale” Food for Civilians i N the event of a civilian emergency, we won’t go hungry. Red Crosi. nutritionists favor sandwiches of enriched white bread for mass disastei feedins. All white bread today, Including the loaves you buy for home use is enriched with vitamin B-l. the “morale” vitamin, with othet p.vitamins, and with the food-mineral, iron. Halifax Is Planning Program Again County That Won First Place in j Improvement Contest Makes Plans for 1943 Halifax County, not content with first place in the one-variety cot ton improvement contest last year, has planned another excellent pro gram for 1943, Dr. I. O. Schaub, director of Extension at State Col lege said. lie praised their recommenda tions for seed cleaning, seed treat ment, and the use of plenty of seed at planting time; and also the rec ommendation of “Don’t chop ft o early, and leave a thick stand of 3 to 5 plants about 3 to 13 inches apart." According to Schaub, tlu Hali fax growers under the direction of County Agent W. O. ix.. u have published a complete pro gam of better cotton production and this includes definite instruct ions on fertilization, application of fertilizer to the crop, cultiva tion and holl weevil control meth ods to fit their section. He pointed out that last year 98 1-2 out of every 100 acres ot cotton in lialilax was planted; to Coker 100 cotton seed of an improved strain. Not only are the growers striving for better yields of cotton hut also cotton of im proved quality and staple length. Halifax cotton ginners cooperat ed in the program and everything possible was done to give the best job of ginning. Business men and the press joined in advertising the program and Halifax was made thoroughly cotton conscious. One of the results of the campaign was the production of twice as much middling cotton as in 11*40. Halifax has experienced some rather lean years in cotton pro duction in rece: t times but the one-variety pi .. has again restored cotton to i.: i... ug. J. U. Vaughan Sr. Jackson Ulysses Vaughan, Sr., 73, died at his home here Friday morning after an illness of seve ral weeks. Funeral services were be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3:30 from the Weldon Metho dist Church and burial wiil follow in the Calvary Church cemetery near Littleton. The Rev. E. D. Weathers and the Rev. VV. W. Finlator will lx* the officiating ministers. Mr. Vaughan was a native of Bertie County but had made his home in Weldon for more than thirty years. He retired from bu siness several years ago, but prior to that time he was associated with the Weldon Grocery Com pany. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sally Myrick Vaughan, one dau ghter, Mrs. Ernest McDaniel of Richmond, Va., and two sons, J. U. Vaughan, Jr., of Weldon and Oscar R. Vaughan of Greens boro. __ COOKERS The 160,000 pressure cookers, which will be available this sea son, wdll be rationed by County Farm Rationing Committees. Com munity pools will have a better chance to obtain one than indivi dual families. Weldon School Finals To Begin Sunday, Night P.F.C. Collins Is Training In Chicago Chicago, April 15, 194U—Pfc. Benjamin P. Collins, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Collins o; Weldon, has been assigned here to be trained as a radio operator mechanic in the new Air Forces Technical school now operating in the buildings formerly occupied by the Stevens and Congress lin tels and Chicago’s historic Coli seum. The new radio school is one of the Army Air Forces Technical Training command’s Chicago schools under the command of Col. John P. Temple. When he completes his training here, Pfc. Collins may be assigned to the communications section of an Air Forces ground unit in a combat zone, or, after further training as an aerial gunner, will take his place as radio operator in a bomber crew'. Pfc. Collins is a graduate of Weldon High School and during civilian life was employed as a drug store clerk by Dr. Caney Foster. GRAM JURY REPORT Halifax, N. C. April 29, 1943 To the oHnorable Clawson Wil liams, Judge Presiding: We, the Grand Jury for the April Term, 1943, beg to submit the following report: We have passed upon all bills brought before us to the best ol our ability. Owing to the fact that the schools close after one more day, and all of the busses are to be brought in for their usual summer inspection and overhauling, we did not think an inspection at this time necessary. We have inspected the County Home and Sanitorium and find that both clean and in excellent J condition. i WflP sent a committee to invest igate conditions at the W’eldon jail, after same was brought to our attention, and the committee found same in a detestable con dition. We recommend that the present jail be enlarged and im proved, or that a new jail be built immediately. The accusation of irregularity of jury drawing in the county continued from last term of court, is continued again because of the illness of an important witness. We have inspected the offices and courthouse and both are in good shape, except we recommend that those whose duty it is to see that a general cleaning and scrub bing of the wood work is done and have that work done at once. We also recommend that a lav atory be installed in the men’s toilet or in the basement. We have inspected the jail and find it in excellent shape. We wish to express our iv.ghest appreciation to His Honor, the Solicitor', the Clerk of the Court and those in his offi e for the:r very kind and willing coOpcra.mm Respectfully submitted, E. I. Bellamy, Foreman Grand Jury. Sgt. Bill Neal of Camp Clair bourne. La., is spending some time with his wige here. T i Cpl. Bicket Hawkins, who has been with the armed forces in foreign service is visiting rela tives and friend here. The commencement exercises for the 1942-’43 term of Weldon High School will begin Sunday ev ening, May 2nd at 8 o'clock at which time the Rev. Gray Temple, Rector of the Church of the oGod Shepherd, of Rocky Mount, will pieach the baccalaureate sermon in the school auditorium. The finals will be brought to a close /Thursday evening, May 6th at 8 o’clock with the graduating exercises. This year instead of having an out-of-town speaker, members of the class will be the speakers. The general theme will be “We Pledge Allegiance." Nina Mae DeBerry will give the salutatory address and Steve Mil likin will act as master of cere monies. Short talks on Liberty, U nity, Democracy, America Our Challenge will be given by Hazel Twisdale, Lela Cobb, Jack Thom as and Donald Collins, the Valedic tory, “America Our Future,” will be given by Lillian Norman and Robert Dickens will be giftorian. Superior Court A two weeks term of Superior Court convened in Halifax Tues day morning with Judge Clawson Williams, presiding. This week which was devoted to criminal cas es was termed the filthiest docket tried in Halifax County in ten years due to the fact that seven attempted rape cases were tried in six of which girls from 5 to 12 years of age were featured. L. C. Gay, white of Roanoke Ra pids was found guilty of non-sup port of his wife and child, and sentenced to 18 months in jail, suspended on condition he pays 1510.00 a week for the use and benefit of his wife and child. Dan Faison, white of Roanoke Rapids received a 6 months sus pended sentence on a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon. Lemuel Robertson, white of R. Rapids, charged with carnal know ledge of a female under 12 years of age, was prosecuted an a ciarge of assault with intent to commit rape on Elizabeth Maybell Culber son and was sentenced to two years in jail to be assigned to work un der the direction of the S. H. and P. W. C. George (Buck) Loomis, white of Roanoke Rapids, through his law yers entered a plea of assault on a female under 12 years of age, after being charged with rape on the person of Mary Ruth Barnes, and was sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor in the State Penitentary. E. C. Smith, white of Roar.oke Rapids was sentenced to from 2 to 3 years in jail to be assigned to work the public roads for larceny and receiving, this sentence to be gin at the expiration of one he is now serving. Henry Hopkins, alias Joe Hen ry Hopkins, white of Hobgood, re ceived a sentence of from three to five years in the State Penitentary after Ijeing fou»d guilty of big amy. Mary Ella Anderson, colored of Littleton was found guilty of lar ceny of person and sentenced to four months in jail. Buddy Powell, colored, Roanoke Rapids found guilty of perjury and sentenced from 18 months to 2 years. Carson Blanton, white, who resides on the Weldon-Roanoke Rapids highway received a senten ce of from three to five years in the State Penitentary after plead ing guilty to acharge of involun tary manslaughter in connection (Continued on back page) Weldon High Won Two This Week PROMOTED Sterling (Bumps) Mohorn, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Mo I horn of Weldon has been promoted to tht rank of Corporal in the U nited States Army. Cpl. Mohorn is no'Ar station at Camp Hean, California. Lt. David J. Ward of the Re ceiving Station, Naval Base, Nor 1 folk, Va. spent Easter with his mother, Mrs. W. J. Ward, The Weldon High School base ball team ended a successful sea son yesterday by defeating Tar boro by the score of 2 to 0. Weldon’s ace pitcher, “Bug” Ed wards in pitching his final game for the locals, served up a master piece. He limited Tarboro to two hits, struck out 11 batters and is sued enly one walk. This victory over Tarboro gave \he Weldon High team an unde feated season. It has two victories each over high school teams from Roanoke Rapids, Tarboro, Little ton and Seaboard.
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