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The Home Sphere Edited by MISS Kl.('HENCE COX Honle I'v monstration Agent Miss Estelle M. Edwards Assistant lb-me Dem. Agent Red Cross " "rk - I„ spite of the rush of Christ mas prei ' &nd othep Press duties. Home Demonstration dub mem! ei have found time to do sewing and knitting for the led Cros- h. addition to the sew ing the) .. ■ ' v i the material for 2o pairs lroom mules for hospitals, li ed pan covers and 7 i„p , • i wheel chair pat ent, Tli f '■•"W.ng clubs report work done . pecified: Brinkley ville-.i I all I'l'dron n nules and one r - 1 !mV' ’ htll, Darlington-Ji bed p.in v, iS l).,wson-l pair of mul es,. Uni ha a ! lap robe, 12 util ity bag a: ! 1 sweater; Heaths ville-6 ill , i mules; Oak Ridge 2 hip i ; I’almyra-l lap robe and 1 pair ' mules; South Rose nsaiy-.vaj - , al dressings made; Spring 11 i 11 -1 pairs of socks and 1 sweater knl'tcd and 1 lap robe made; Tillery 2 lap robes and 1 protect r km. 1. and Weavers’ Chapel-T ] '’ 1 bedroom mules. Bonds I’urrha.-od It is ti.e ■ li fill, steady type who usual.;, keep things rolling along ami -pite of extra hoi i duv fimm i,lands wc have a report purchase of War Bonds tu ..mount of $4014.50. The Iioik i tor this goes to Brinkley, 11’ . Hardrawee, Heatbs ville, Rase. - sin. Spring Hill and Tillery. Those Vidor> (iardcns With the water standing in pools and the n. ..aiming down in tor rents us is. being written the though' gardening seems fool ish. II a ever,t here are things that (,iu tie done now that will make .: garden better and ear lier Hex: spring. Here are some of the important things to :!o in the next few weeks. Plan your veil'd., ,t garden i: detail. Select and • irchase the seed. Check, re l i. 11 i * l l« L '■ ■1 ! ' i ****'- • ' ‘ ' 1‘,'Miiy. Spread table manure on garden if you have not alrea ly done so. Clean up trash and otlier v, ise get garden into condition. 1’unha.se insecticides. fertilizer, and plan and build a hot ; ed and cold frame for early plants and il you have no horses or mules en gage t: ole manure for h d bed as heating agent. If you have the equipment, you van install electric heatvi- in ease you have never Useil ! beds or cold frames blue prim them may be had free of i: i'ae from the County A gems' iffoe in Halifax. Strong, well developed plants that may be set ::i i e open as early as seed can o.vn will produce many days earlier than ordinary gard en plant ugs. In this way the fresh vegetable season may very material:.- be lengthened, j Another advantage to be kept j in mine about the hot bed and I cold frames is that you can grow fall vegetavies in them that neectj a little :n 'teetion such as winter lettuce. 1 lie, also make a good place te giant -eeds during the hot dry weather. It is easier to keep the -oil moist and to lay strips of wood or brush over the frame.-, to keep off part of the hot sun. Many fall ami winter vege tables may be started in that wayl and then transplanted into the op en garden. I,et me add one more tiling to do now. (. heck on garden tolls and e quipment. (iood tools will help to make a good garden. Hours spent now g, tting- tliem into perfect shape Ini' ease in use will pay good dividends when you start your garden work. They should be cleaned. •••!•-<!. repaired, painted, sharpened ■ replaced. " e ha\e a Ncii Year lies week :ails us all off with “ "ew e.ii All the pages in the book an- .lean and white and each has an equal riiance with the full f60 days to i ll. What we do day by day will be written there, the good, bad, and indifferent. We are wishing for each person in Halifax County that -at the close 0 , he !*ook of 1944 there will be written there things that will give satisfaction and a measure of con tentment in the knowledge of hav ing done a different job to the best °f one- ability. Also, may there be some happiness and joy in wor ship, in jfamly and in friends. If sorrow > written there may each find new faith, and strength to lift ones pint over those trials. ‘,ew years greetings to all. Mi Ruby Eason of Richmond visited in the home of Mr. and ®1-s- I.. C. Green this week. Dr. Robert Clark of Chapel Hill is the guest of his mother, Mrs. E. Clark. Mrs. C. P. Vincent left Thursday 0 visit Mrs. Founger Snead and kmily in Raeford. V THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 18CS — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES FDR la4f&: Every worker should increase the amount o/ bonds he or she is buying. Seventy-Sixth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina Thursday, Jan. 6th„ 1944 Appalachian Pulpwood Receipts Reflect Fall Rise Appalchian pulpwood produc tion. as represented by mill re ceipts, showed some improvement during the fall months of October and November when the 1944 Newspaper Victory Pulpwood Campaign was ’ ' its peak, the ''' ir Activities Committee of the r>. 1 Consuming Industries announced this week. At the same time, the Commit tee stated that military and civil ian requirements for pulpwood products in 1941 will necessitate an even greater effort by farmers pulpwood cutters, and part time workers than in 19-13, on account of the tightening manpower and transportation shortages. Mill receipts of domestic pulp wood throughout the nation total ed 11.911,000 cords during 11 mon ths of 1943. This is only 1,089,000 cords under the 13.000,000 goal set for the year by the War Pro duction Board, with December figures as yet unreported. Total mill receipts in October were 1, 228.000 cords and in November 1.115.000 cords. The Appalachian region’s up swing in pulpwood production dur ing the fall months contributed materially to the national rise, the Committee said, although mill receipts do not reflect accurately current production because of the time lag between the cutting of pulpwood and its delivery to the mills. Mill receipts, in cords, for the Appalchian region, comprising southeastern Pennsylvania, Vir ginia. West Virginia, western N. Carolina, eastern Tennessee and .uui yiuiui, lonuw October November 11 months 118,000 . 114,000 1,130,000 "It is, of course, impossible to s..y how much ol' this increased C Ipwood production is due to the Newspaper Victory Pulpwood Campaign, but I am confident that these hundreds of local newspaper drives have been largely responsi ble for the improvement,” Frank Hlock, director of the War Activi ties Committee, said. “Letters from mills and news papers substantiate these statisti cal reports. Farmers, already hard put to meet wartime food re quirements, are cutting pulpwood between harvesting and planting and thus are doing a double job for their country. Hundreds of business and professional men, many of whom have never before engaged in woods work, are tak ing time out to cut a cord or more of pulpwood for the boys in uni form.” There are currently more than 1250 local Newspaper Pulpwood Committees functioning in 27 pulp wood producing states. “The Victory Pulpwood Cam paign, however, is by no means over, even though we reach the 13,000,000 cord goal for 1943,” Mr. Block added. “The continuing ex pansion of our Army and Navy, and particularly the growth of our expeditionary forces in the Euro pean and Pacific battle zones, call for maximum production on the Home Front during 1914. “Yet in the face of growing needs for pulpwood to equip our armed forces abroad, we are con fronted with serious production problems at home. The draft and war industries have taken many men from woods work. As trucks and tires wear out an an alarm ing rate without replacement, transportation looms as a critical problem in 1944. We hope to ob tain some relief in this respect from appropriate government a gencies. For manpower, however, we look principally to the farmers agricultural workers, and other part time labor. “Pulpwood has become one of the critical raw materials of out war effort because it is the basic product from which hundreds of items of military equipment and supply are made. It has proved an excellent substitute for many more scarce metals, such as steel and aluminum and it has the ad vantage of these in that it can^be replaced simply by replanting. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kitchen and family of Virginia Beach, Va., were holioay guests of Mrs. H. V. Pope. Graham Johnson who for the past two years has been with the United States Naval forces in the South Pacific, is spending a fur lough at home. I I I I ! i 111 I (IIIUW S . Monday through Friday from j 9 a. m. to 12 M. and from 2 p. m to 1 p. m. on Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12 o’clock noon. Inquirys by phone may be made each day from 8 a. m. to I 5 p. in. with the exception of lunch hour from 12 to 1 o’ clock. I I -_ 1 Women Fast Taking Place Of Men On Navy Shore Jobs In the past year more women have taken over many of the shore jobs held by sea going Navy men. The importance of the Wo men’s Reserve to the Navy is stressed every day as more and more Waves are taking ovver im portant post all over the Nation it was announced today by J. W. Brown, Chief Petty Officer in charge of the Elizabeth City Navy Recruiting Station. Brown said that the require ments for the WAVES had been relaxed some what and that now a girl need only have two years of high school; he between the ages of 20 and 36; have no chil dren under 18 and should be in good physical condition. Many girls seem to think that because they wear glasses that they can not enlist, however if your eyes are corrected to 20 20 with the glasses you can enlist, Brown Notice! The War Price and Ration Board No. -IR - 29.1 of Roa noke Rapids is open to the pub lic as follows: Monday through Friday from 9 a. m. to 12 M. and from 2 p. m to 1 p. m. on Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12 o’clock noon. Inquirys by phone may be made each day from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. with the exception of lunch hour from 12 to l o’ clock. said While serving in the Women’s Reserve all WAVES will he ac corded all the great opportunities which the Navy gives its men, in cluding pay, choice of trade schools, and the same priviledges after victory is won. Brown stated that the Navy had several openings for 17 year old boys in the • Hospital corps, and also in the Naval Air Corps | and for hoys who are not inter-. ested in either of the above we have general service which will give them their choice of the Navy’s 57 great trade schools. Brow'n will not be at the Radio Station in Roanoke Rapids, on Friday and Saturday, January 7 and 8, hut will be here, Thursday Friday and Saturday, January 13, 14 and 15 and urges all young men and women to contact him. THE FOLLOWING BOYS WERE ENLISTED LAST W’EEK WHILE HERE. James Madison Edwards, Jr., Pendleton, N. C., Rating, Hospital Apprentice 2c., USNR. Paul Clinton Brittle, Conway, N. C., Rating, A. S. USN. Joseph Samuel Sellers, Lewis ton, N. C., Rating, A. S. USNR. Robert Walter Archer, Jackson, N. C., Rating, A. S. USNR. Joseph Armstrong Lloyd, Roa noke Rapids, N. C., Rating, A. S. USNR. Listed below are colored boys Enlisted. Clinton Lynch, Weldon, N. C., Rating, A. S. USNR. Eugene Alphonzo Avens, Wel don, N. C., Ratinging, A. S. US NR. ‘Lady Halitosis’ Whiteville, Jan ll.-Lt. Thomas Memory, 26, of Whiteville, who named the famous bomber, “Lady Halitosis” and flew it in combat missions over North Africa and Sicily is back in the States await ing another assignment. He is now stationed at Tampa, Fla. Lt. Memory picked the name for his ship from the “Smilin’ Jack” comic strip “for no good reason,” he says. He flew the ship in combat until the Army decided to send it back home to make a war bond campaign tour. The Whiteville flier wears the Air Medal with one silver and two Oak Leaf Clusters, denoting 40 combat missions. He went through the campaigns without a scratch, although his “Lady Hali tosis” was flak-ridden and batter ed repeatedly. Lt. Memory’s wife is the form er Miss Mary Craig Suiter of Garysburg. RECORDERS COURT NEWS JANUARY 4th., 1944 Olin Garrett white of Norfolk plead guilty to speeding and pray er for judgment continued on pay ment of the costs. John Covington, colored of Scotland Neck was found guilty of hit and run and prayer for judgment is continued on payment of the costs. John Richardson and Herman Richardson, colored of Enfield were found not guilty of remov ing crops without satisfying or paying landlord. Wiliam Myer, white of Rocky Mount plead guilty to speeding and prayer for judgment contin ued on payment of costs. Joseph Thomas Edmondson, white of Lowland. N. C., plead guilty to non-support and prayer for judgment is continued on payment of the costs and on con dition he pays or causes to he paid to Mrs. Elsie Mae Edmond son $25.00 each month, first pay ment to be made January 4, 1044. Defendant to post bond in amount of $100 for his appearance to shorn compliance with this judg ment. L. S. Page, white of Laurinburg plead guilty to speeding and prayer for judgment is continued on payment of the costs. Brastus Norris, white of Lunn was found guilty of speeding and prayer for judgment is continued on payment of the costs. William L. Barkley, white of Roanoke Rapids plead guilty to reckless driving in which he struck the parked car of Mrs. Effie Hawkins doing property damage and failure to stop after striking said car the judgment of the court is that he pay a fine of $25. and the court costs, li cense revoked for 12 months. Thomas B. Wood, white of Portsmouth plead guilty to speed ing and prayer for judgment is continued on payment of the costs. Thomas Jonathan Farmer, charged with speeding was called and failed to answer - judgment absolute on bond, nol pros with leave. T V. Mason, white of Rocky Mount was foud guilty of driving while under the influence of liquor and colliding with the car of Wesley Cox and failing to stop and was fined $50.00 and costs. License revoked for 12 months. Will Sledge and Jeff Edwards, colored of Weldon were found guilty of manufacturing intoxicat ing beverages and Sledge was giv en 6 months on the roads, sus pended on payment of the costs and a fine of $25. and Edwards was given 12 months on the roads suspended on payment of the costs and a fine of $75., each of the defendants to appear the first Tuesday of each month and show good behavior for a period of 2 years. Mrs. Lena H. Kirkland Funeral services were conduct ed this (Thursday) afternoon from the residence in Littleton for Mrs. Lena Harris Kirkland, 60, who died suddenly Tuesday night rhe rites were conducted by the Rev. H. L. Davis and burial fol lowed in Sunset Hill cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. A. K. Mustain of Warren-1 ton, a son Robert L. Kirkland of ] Charleston, S. C, four Biters,, Mrs. R. L. Kirkland of Tarboro, Mrs. W. S. Shelton of Burling ton, Mrs. L. T. King of Littleton, Mrs. Eugene Tucker of Vau ghan, one brother, J. J. Harris of Tarboro and four grend chil dren^____ _ Father Of Nine Drafted In County Ration Board Solomon Green Jacobs, negro of Halifax, the father of nine chil dren has been inducted into the Army at Fort Bragg. Sol is 35 yeaers old and has four daughter8 ind five sons, ranging in age from 6 months to 16 years. In the \rmy he and his family will re vive from the govermet a total >f $268 a month._ Mrs. Casper Gregory was called home from Washington, D. C. Thursday on account of the death sf her son. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Douglas and son of Norfolk, Va., are guests of Mrs. J. S. Turner. s Two Being Held For Murder Of Man Found In Chookoyotte Creek Curtis Rhem Gregory Curtis Rhem (Bummic) Greg ory :!!), died early this morning in McCloud Hospital, Flon nee, S. C.. after suffering a heart attack. No funeral arrangements have as yet been made. Mr, Gregory was the son of Mrs. Mamie Rhem Gregory and the late Caspar Gregory of Wel don. He was employed as express messenger for the A. C. L. rail way and was on his regular run at the time he was stricken. He is survived by his mother, three sisters, Miss Julia Harris Gregory and Mrs. A1 Millikin of Weldon, Miss Genevine Gregory of Washington, D. C. and three brothers, Sgt. Thomas Gregory, who is stationed at the Richmond Army Air Base, Cpl. Perry Greg ory who is with the armed forces in Italy and Sgt. Casper Gregory who is stationed in Arizona. Mrs. Judia Snyder Funeral services will be cun ducted from the home of her (lau ghter on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Judia Snyder, •15 who died at her home in Debbs Ferry, N. Y. The Rev. II. L. Dav is will he in charge of the rites and burial will follow in the fam ily plot. Mrs. Snyder is survived by her husband John P. Snyder, one son, Spl. J. P. Faucette, who is sta tioned in Illinois, a daughter Mrs. Jesse Salmon of near Littleton, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. JJ. Harris of Macon, three brothers, Sol Harris of Roanoke Rapids, Fred Harris and Tom Harris of near Littleton, two sisters, Mrs. Thee Robinson of Macon and Mrs. B. S. Jenkins of Littleton tfnd m on Deranged Woman Breaks ABC Store Window Sat. A well known local colored wo man, Grace Johnson, became men tally unbalanced and went on a rampage here last Saturday morn ing. The women came to the main in tersection oi' town shortly before noon and attracting a large crowd by shouting and preaching. She announced she was going to break into the ABC store and get some whiskey. She ran into a store next to the whiskey store and wanted to buy wine. When the proprietor told her he could not sell wilne that day, (Newyear’s Day and a state holiday) she at tempted to assault him with a butcher knife. The woman then gathered up an armful of bottles,, rushed out and threw them at the front of the county ABC Store next door. She broke a large plate gla ; window and was pulling out the remaining pieces when put under arrest by local police officers. Grace was taken to Halifax jail where she was examined by Dr. F. W. M. White. Upon his rec ommendation she was commented to the insane hospital for colored people at Golrsboro. Rationing News Raleigh, December 29th — Jan uary point values for meat - fats cheese and other brown - stamp paSuaipun A|[en}.itA ouibiuo.i spoj from the present, the Raleigh Dis trict Office of Price Administra tion announced today. Butter is listed on the January table at sixteen points per pound, the same as it has been for the past several months. Likewise, point values for all beef, veal, lam and pork cuts - with the ex ception of fresh hams and a few miscellaneous items — will remain at present low h d during Jan uary. The meat ral.oii ‘ ' D-eem ber was the largest since rn.inn ing began last March. As civilian supplies of meat during January are expected to be relatively large it is possible to keep the low December point val ues in effect, OPA said. In addi tion, recent consumer demand for most brown stamp foods has been closely in line with available sup plies, a factor which also keeps point changes at a minimum. Most pork point values remain at the reduced levels set in mid December. The difference of one point in the value of fresh and smoked hams, which has been in effect for about three weeks, has been eliminated by raising fresh ham one point. Except for this brief three week period, the same value per pound has always been applied to hams whether fresh, cured or smoked. The movement of fresh hams has increased considerably since Spare Stamp No. 1 was validated for the purchase of pork, and it is no longer necessary to keep the one point differential between fresh and smoked ham, OPA said. Sliced dried beef is cut two points, to 12 points per pound, while beef tongue is listed at three points, down one. Sliced beef tongue, ready to cut, is reduced ^Army Will Offer I j Mules And Horses ! At Auction Sales i | Approximately 1,500 horses and j 70 mules owned by the Army will | lie offered for sale at public aut j ion at Front Royal, Va., on Jan I uary 10, 11 and 12 by the Treas ury Department, it was announced today by D. M. Crocker, Secretary of the Count AAA Committee. The animals, Mr. Crocker was informed, range in age from 4 to 15 years, with the average aoouc 10 or 11 years, and weights aver age about 1,200 pounds. They are I classified predominantly as “ex cellent” with others in “very sat isfactory” or “satisfactory” con dition. The group to be offered in sale includes: slightly more j than 1,200 riding and riding cav [ airy horses; about 25 riding, field artillery horses; about 215 light 'draft horses; 59 draft mules; and -9 pack mules. “For the most part the animals will be put up for bidding in sin gles, teams or small groups,” he said. “Bidders will have the priv ilege of requesting that any par ticular animals they select be put up for sale. Bidders will not be i required to put up cash to be eligible to bid, but terms will be cash or certified check, or person al check if satisfactory to the auctioneer. The animals will be sold ‘as is and where is and the government reserves the right to reject any or all bids, if not sat isfactory.” Sales will begin on each of the three days at 10 a. m., and the only opportunity for prior inspect ion of the animals will be in the early morning hours before sales start. About 500 animals will be brought from the Remount Sta tion to the market place the night before each sale or in the early morning- , He added that all sales ' i’l l t‘, held at the Front Royal Livestock Market, which has railroad load ing facilities for any purchasers who wish to ship by rail. George Willihan is manager of the mark et. ORGANIC MATTER Crop residues ordinarily left on the land, such as stalks of corn cotton and tobacco, and stubble of small grain and hay crops are inadequate in overcoming losses in organiie matter under the pres ent cropping system, say State College specialists. CROPS Crop production in the U. S. was 6 per cent less in 1943 than in 1942 but 5 per cent more than in anj previous season. two points to six points per pound. The new table lists the various types of sausages in a more spec ific manner, an addition which is expected to help the consumer in shopping for rationed sausage. Except for these changes, point values for brown stamp foods 'ire the same on the new table as at present. Arthur Flemming, negro of South Rosemary, has confessed to the murder of Lindsay Price, 42 year old negro, and has implicated Sam Jones another negro as his ac complice. Both men are being held without bond in Halifax jail to await trial at the January term of Superior Court. Prices body was found in Chock oyotte Creek near the John Arms trong Cholener colored school on Thursday afternoon by a group of boys who were hunting along the creek bank. He had been missing from home for nine days and his wife had reported his disapperance to Chief Dobbins of Roanoke Rapids. She also reported that Price had approximately $100 on his person when he left home. According to Flemmings signed confession he and Sam Jones kil' ed Price. He confessed *hat he struck Price over the head several times with a stick and that Jones stabbed Prioe with an ice pick. Flemming said they then took a bout one hundred dollars from the body and divided it between them. Jones denies that he had any thing at all to do with the murder or robbery. Fire Damages Local Fire Dept. Building An oil-burning hot water heat er exployed and set fire to the Weldon Fire Station Tuesday night, approximately $650.00 dam ages were sustained before the blaze was extinguished. Members of the Weldon Fire Department re on duty at the Weldon Warning District Control Center which is located in the Fire Station each night from 8 o’clock p. m. to 8 a. m. The fireman on duty had just lit the oil burner when it ex ploded about 9:30 o’clock, scat tering blazing- oil over the build ing. Only efficient and q-uek work on the part of the volunteer fire men saved the entire structure. FIRE SIREN HAS BEEN REPAIRED The Weldon Hire Siren lias been out of order for some time but is now back in good work ing order. Repairs were made on it today. Ration Board Celebrate 2nd Anniversary The hard working and patriotic group of people who make up our office of Price Administration War Price and Rationing Boards, and this incudes their workers and Panel members,' are celebrating this week their Second Anniver sary. No group of war workers de serve a greater amount of praise than this group. Most of them work without pay. All work with a zeal and determination to see that our scarce commodities are shared equally and only a fair price is charged the consumer. It is every citiens duty to aid the War effort by cooperating with the Ration Boards, treat the clerical workers with respect and consideration. Their duties |are boih trying and complicated. 1944: THE DECISIVE YEAR This New Year we’re beginning may be the decisive year of the war. The Pacific offensive already is under way, aimed at the heart of the enemy — Tokyo. In the At lantic and Mediterranean, the Al lies are poised for a concerted at tack upon Hitler’s European Fortress, are even now administ ering their first shattering blows. In hundreds of ways and on scores of fronts, pulpwood is hast ening the day of reckoning. Flying Fortresses rain destruc tion over Nazi Europe; their dead ly bombs contain explosives mado of pulpwood. Allied fighters inch their way through South Pacific jungles; aiding their advance are supplies packed in paper products and dropped by parachutes manu factured from pulpwood. If you can swing an axe, you can speed victory this year. Every cord of pulpwood you cut means more smokeless powder, more blood plasma containers, more shell casings. Every cord cut now brings victory nearer. As the tempo of our attack In
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