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he Home Sphere Edited by MISS FLORENCE COX Home Demonstration Agent Miss Estelle M. Edwards [Assistant Home Dem. Agent looker Clinic— ,| ivy a clinic for test . cure gauges on pres It will be held at i .it the Home A on mil 12. Anyone County having that needs i it to the H in Halifax Negroes having co.<k , ,| to go to the clinic i hem to the office of Home Demonstration K:, field. - not a repair shop, for testing n> . ,.io necess ■ such tests. They the cookers with os for such repairs .: \. The owners will ,• for the doing of repanini Poult i Cull V Sllg a y 11 - llaci pi il it - lets, t niV.' e. 11 it her thief - bullc ' low . iml c teed U ill i y poultry tion. Its. II foung ;hey d birds lice i! .•ns chick i not got ions— fast as they stop se pullets to re Next winter two hen.-- should be pul market should be ■ u are not hatching ell or pen the roost raxing range for iroduce more sturdy educe tile cost of Be sure to keep aiite.s on both hens W'iiy feed high priced • hat are being sapp tnites. See that ,ave good ventila ie hot summer mon will lay better and - will grow faster if have to stay in a hot louse. The Vegetable Garden — Tlie ea-on is late but take a ihaiii’. on such things as cabbage, onioi: , -e<v.s. cairots, mustard, ipina :.. leaf lettuce and kale If they t do so well on ace of the late: .-s of the seasoi. ... same v : eon be put to later ci. ■ .1 plantings of some othr .. k . Side dress early vests .'i’ll nitrate of soda. :Soe : - of tomatoes uni ae*« icy- ire go.al fot 'ater u>'ops. t.'ollai'i. ••lar.ted in April will give before ■'osL collard . for the table. Keep unplanted garden areas cul tivated hist as if it. were planted. Work sg the soil makes it soft, holds m i-ture and keeps down weeds Proscmng Fggs Egg ,u- plentiful now. Pro duct'i 1 homemakers can pre serve r: mi wand use them for cook;i . i tu's several months la ter. Tin- I! uvuu of Human Nutri tion li.i's the following sugges tions. 1 ; . • ],. rugs should be used for si ■. 1 t Eggs may bo dipp ed in ' lightest weight of min eral . . • .at lias been warmed just ■ ■ it'll to hold your hand in in cum:' it. Drain oil off, pack in clean ba-kets and store in a cool place, pivfemible a cellar. 2nd. Use oin quart of water - glass or sodium silicate to 9 quarts of water that has been boiled and cooled. Rack clean eggs in a E gallon crock or jar and cover with water - plass solution. This will take calc of lb or 15 dozen eggs. Keep eggs 2 inches under solu tion by adding more solution as it evaporate• Keep jar covered and in a cool place. Urd., Can eggs in carbon dioxide gas. Use half gal lon fruit jars with good lids and new rubber rings. Place in bottom of jar twu lumps of dry ice the size of walnuts. Fill jar with eggs. When the dry ice stops fuming and the jar is filled wth a white vapor screw on the lid tight. Set away in a cool place.. When the jar is opened, use the eggs in a few days or keep them in a refri gerator Eggs stored now will look good to a housewife next fall when they are high in price and bard to get at any price. Every Family Should Have— \ es, every family should have a few multiplying onions and sal let onions in their gardens. This makes the family independent of an onion shortage on the market when it comes to onions for sea soning. Regular onions should he grown for regular eating, but these others should always be there tor use in seasoning various dishes. When a woman can step into the garden and pull up a small onion to cook with liver for supper any family will he happier. There are many other dishes that are improved as much by adding a touch of onion. friends o Miss Susan Shepherd "11 regret to learn she s a pat ent in Roanoke Rapids Hospital ■"here she underwent an appendi citis operation on Tuesday night. THE ROANOK ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — SERV ING HALIF AX AND NOR? H * C OUNTIES KEEP ON with WAR BONDS Seventy-Sixth Year Published Every Thurgday — Weldon, North Carolina THURSDAY, APRIL 6th., 1»44 YOUR ESTIMATED INCOME TAX THE DECLARATION OT ESTI MATED TAX ITS IT RI’OSE On or before April 15, 1 Oi l. fif million people, (including ’"’l who havxe taxable in ling the first 150b- -rvice pa} ) must file de clarations of esti*. .ted income ami victory taxe, for 1944 and make a quarterly payment , . 0j those declarations. Original. ..e on AT 15. the declarations . . * until April 15, in oi ler to include provisions of he new revenue bill, the Revenue Act of 1943, which did not become law until February 25, lull and which changed in some respects the bas is for estimating the 1914 tax. Certain farmers may elect t() wait until December 15 before they file and persons who are outside the continental United States on April 15 need not :ile their declarations at that time. The 11144 declaration forms. Form 1940-ES, are printed slips 3-3 1 x U inches, similar in ap pearance and general contents to the forms used for the 1943 decla rations in (September and Decem ber, 1943. They have been mailed to all persons who filed declara tions last year. Taxpayers who arc required to file for the first time this year may obtain copies front any Collector of Internal Revenue, together with work sheets which will be of assistance in preparing the estimate of tax for 1941. These declarations are part of the pay as you go system of tax collections which enable every taxpayer, so far as possible, to keep substantially up to date on his income tax payments. The in come tax is a major part of the Federal Government’s method of | paying ior tne war anu an oi ier ■ Tninentnl Of the 50 mil ' ,,iio filed income tax returns for 1943, the majority had their taxes paid' in full through withholding from their wages. Withholding, however, covers only the normal income tax at G per cent, the surtax' at the lowest bracket rate of 13 per cent, and the victory tax at 3 per cent. Peo ple with income in the higher brackets must therefore make ad ditional payments during the year in order to keep current and not fall behind in their tax payments. Furthermore, withholding ap plies only to certain wages and salaries and not to (a) wages and salaries paid to such persons as members of the armed forces, clergymen, agricultural labor, and domestics, nor to (b) other forms of income, such as business prof its. returns Irom farming, inter est, dividends and rents. Since taxes arc not usually collected at the source from such incomes, the declarations with their quarterly 1 payments have the important function of keeping people with income from these sources up to date with their tax payments for 19-14. Since the amount of tax due for the year cannot he known at this time, the law provides that the current quartedly payments shall be made on the basis of an estimate, and after the close of the year the taxpayer can then determine his tax liability on the basis of actual figures as shown in his regular income tax return for the year. When the declaration is filed, 1 showing the taxpayer’s estimate of his probable tax for 1144, it should he accompanied by the litst quarterly installment payment of estimated tax, and the remainder of the tax should be paid on or before June 15, September 13 and December 15. Thus the curtent payment of estimated tax for 1914 to be made on or before April 15 is entirely separate and distinct fro mthe payment, if any, made on or before March 15, 1944 on account of the 1943 tax._ ! Meade Mitchell Files For County Board From Weldon District Meade H. Mitchell of Weldon filed as candidate for the nomi nation of member of the Halifax County Board of Commissioners to represent the Weldon-Faucett District this week. He is well qualified to represent this district on the Board, having served as secretary to the Boaid during the eleven years he was Halifax County Register of Deeds. Mr. Mitchell is well-known and liked throughout the District and County. He knows the people and is familiar with their problems and can ably serve them on the County Board. FIRST ROCKFISH I he Rocktish are here and the frst one reported to the “NEWS" was caught this af ternoon by Louis Glasgow of Weldon. Glasgow and his fishing companion, Haywood Simon, had been out fishing only a few minutes when the fish was caught and they did not try for anymore, but rushed back '!><■ bank to display the firs .ish. Roanoke River has been in flood stage for the past several weeks and today was the first time it was low enough for the fishermen to try their nets. It is still too muddy for trolling The water should clear up in a week or ten days and permit fishing with rods and reels. This will depend on whether or not more rains come during this time to muddy the water. Pulpwood Supplies Falling As War Demands Rise The vital needs of our armed services and war industries for pulpwood products are running - head of current production de spite improvements in recent months, the Office of War Infor mation disclosed this week in a comprehensive report emphasiz ing the important role of pulp wood in war production. Mill inventories, which are nec essary to keep mills running when unreasonable weather pre vents the cutting or hauling of wood from the forests, will drop to a new low of a little more than 2,000,000 cords this month, the OWI said. At the end of last ; "• " this reserve was 2,833,000 cords, while at the close of 1942 it was 3,370,000 cords. Although the War Production I Board has tried desperately to : provide more pulpwood products lor war by curtailing civilian u ses of paper, the OWI stated that consumption of all grades of pa lter and paperboard last year was irie nij*iK.,SL in uibtuiy c.ul'(h the record year of 1941. “The reason for this,” said 1 OWI,” is large war demands for paper and paperboard imposed on high civilian demand.” I Greater pulpwood production is ' necessary this year, the report in dicated, if all war needs are to he met. While the decline in pulp wood production that began in the fall of 1942 has been halted, lar gely through the efforts of local : Victory Pulpwood Committees and campaign newspapers, require ments still exceed the supply. “The task now,” said OWI “is to turn the receipts curve upward I again.” OWI gave three principal rea sons for the current pulpwood sho-./ige. They are: (1) shortage of manpower in the woods to cut pulpwood; (2) wearing out of trucks, which carry 90 percent of the country’s pulpwood; and (.1) decline in imports. Pointing out that more than 70 percent of this nation’s paper and paperboard go to war directly or help maintain the war economy at home, the OWI report cited con tainer hoard, folding boxboard and paperboard tubes as among the principal war uses of pulp wood. “About 40 per cent of the con tainer board is sent overseas as containers for foods, medical sup plies, parts of weapons, et cetera” OWI said. "This requirement is expected to increase by another 10 or 15 percent this year.” “Approximately 50 per cent of the total production of folding boxes is used for food packaging (most of which also goes to the armed services). Multi-wall shipping bags, used largely as a substitute for metal and wood containers in the pack aging of farm products, and build ing paperboard and paper, used in the construction of military shelt ers, war plants, airports and de fense housing, were listed as oth er important war uses of pulp wood. Federal government agencies, other than the Army and Navy, I use only 1.2 percent of the eoun ! try’s total supply of paper and ! paperboard, the report stated, j Newsprint accounts for only ! 4.3 percent of total paper and pa perboard production in the U nited states. Coarse and multi wall paper, container board and folding boxboard together repre sent over half of all domestic pro 1 duction from pulpwood. MAJOR CHERRY HAS DISTINGUISH.U RECORD Sepf l9i&-/1s Captain of Machine Gun Company, participated in breaking Hindenburg Line 1928 Elected State Commander, American Legion, Dept of N.C, . f distinguished sc... e m th. u i/ens of North Carolina, both as a public servant in oeacetime and' as a machine-gun company captain during the First World War, is contained in the record or Major R Gregg Cherry, 52-year-old Gastonia candidate for the governorship subject to the 1944 Democrat mimarv Ornhaned at seven, Major Cherrv was raised by his grandparents, worked on the farm and later on the TrinHy College campus at Durham to obtain his education. He became and has remained a successful attorrfey, with hL° lega caieer having been interrupted, however, in 1917 when he volunteered his services in the First World War, serving overseas and rising to the rank of captain in the regular Aimy and . _ rank of maior in the National Guard in which lie was active until 1923. Founder and commander oi Gaston countv’s Hm? American Legion post lie became State Commander of the N. C. Department of the American Legion in 1928 Prominent ?n fraternal and religious life, he is a member of the Masonic bodies, was i Grand Chancellor of the Knights oi Pythias in 1924 and has for many years been a member oi the Board of Steward, of Gas onia’s Main Street Methodist Church. He has served in every session of tne N C. General Assembly smce 1931 slven terms in the House and two in the Senate. He was Speaker of the House in the regulai session of ’ 1937 and in the special sessions ol 193G and 1939. He was chairman oi the State Democta ii Fxeeutlve Committee from 1937 to August. 1940. a member ot the State textbook rental commission in 193 S the"Commission from 1933 to 1941 In every legtalative session tat has been . member of the finance committee eft' either the House or Senate and has held nuim us other impo tai t g • filioirmonchina Halifax St fc' Pi 4 i fe M. % «L Lead® Halifax District, Boy Scouts of America Leads East Carolina Council in Total Scout Mem bership Th*- East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America, quarterly re port distributed to members ol' J the Executive Board of the Coun cil, at their regular quarterly (meeting, showed Halifax District ' leading the Council in the total j Scout and Scouter membership .with a total of 693. Craven Di — trict was second with a total of | 687. Rocky Mount third with a , total of 664 Wilson was fourth in I the Council with a total of 490. Halifax District is composed of Northampton and Halifax Coun ties. Although Scouting is old in • this prea the district organization | is comparatively young. This is ' the first time in the history of tiie ' Council that Halifax District has lead in the total membership, and | is hailed by Scouters of tht Dis trict as an indication of the pro gress of Scouting as well as the eventual goal that they hope to obtain. | The figures given show that Halifax has a membership as fol lows: (Stouts 4b6, Cubs 81, Lead ers 140, total 698. While this dis trict was leading in the total mem bership it was learned that to be come the leading district in all 1 phases of Scouting would require I a great deal more effort on the i part of the District members, as ( the Cubbing report showed Hali ! fax in second place in member I ship, but fourth place in cub grow th. The Scouting picture showed Halifax to be second in member j ship but sixth in growth. Craven is leading in Cub membership with a total of 141 while Rocky Mount is leading in Scout mem bership with a total of 525. The report by the Scout Execu tive show'ed that one of the few communities boasting an Air Scout Patrol for older boys was charged w;th illegal possession of hquor v as found n 1 guilty. Junius Dicker. , Jr., and Ell woo.l Chi.vi.-, i lorcd of .Scotland Neck townsnip of being drunk assault and v. . were found and disorderl ere given guilty y and ths on the loads va -h to pended on .payment of the rests and pay f- r re or: ring tine das-; broken in the cr.z of Marshall Powell and on von. lition each re i mains of good behavior or two 1 years during which time they am to refrain from the use of alco holic bevi rages. Leonard S" -a ! and Ida Brinson coolred of Knfirbl clinrge 1 with affray, prayer for judgment eon [ tinned as to Ida lirinson on good behavior hr two years. Leonard i’.Snead was given six months on the roads to he suspended on pay ment of a fine of $lo and costs and good behavior for two years. Rfus Riley, white of Hobgood , plead guilty to driving without ! operators license and was fined j $10 and costs and license revoked for 12 months. organized by Scoutmaster Ben , Richardson of Weldon, and that I this Air tryout Patrol was the first j and only unit of its kind to be or i ganized in Halifax District, • I The need for a program for old ! or boys is being felt more and j more, and it is hoped that the | communities of the district will i follow the example of Scoutmast | er Richardson in organizing a se ! nior unit for older boys. Barry Clark Leaves Barry Clark has I. ft Malden, Mo. to begin his advanced train ing in the U. S. Army Air Force. His address now is: Air Cadet Robert Barry Clark 14172972 q. :i - 44E. George Field Lawrenceville, 111. Wayland Maddrey Completes LST Training Recently J. Wayland Maddrey, S 2 ' c, whose family resides at Weldon, X. C. is now an integral member of the Amphibious Forces of the United States Navy, i At the completion of his pre liminary LST training at the Am-1 phibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, X. 0. B.. Norfolk, Vir ”ia, J. W. Maddrey has been | a is. e l to the crew of an LST; : as a Rad.o for ‘‘.o iker” active i duty. The If-T is especially construct ( ed for the transporting of troops and heavy equipment. It has a 1 bow that can be opened when it ; comes into the beach which en i ables men and equipment to land ready for action. This type of ara l phibious craft is as large as a destroyer, and it is the largest of the amphibious ships capable | of making landings directly on the beach. Like the Naval Air Force and •lie Submarine Service, the phy sical requirements of the Amphi bious Force are greater than for the otehr branches of the Naval Service. To qualify for assign ment to any of the amphibious | craft, a candidate must success j fully complete a through and va I riad curriculum. The Amphibious Force is one of the branches of the Navy that is now playing an important role in carrying the attack to the en emy. In every landing that has been made to date, the Amphi bious Force has carried the men and material into the beaches, such is the quality of the training given to both officers and enlisted men, and the sturdiness of the craft which they operate. WAC Recruiters Are In Vicinity Lieutenant Margaret Pegrarn, P c Olga Konacs and Pfc. Cora McPherson have been in Weldon this week on Tuesday and Wed nesday and will be in Roanoke Rapids Thursday and Friday and in Ahoskie Saturday morning re cruiting for the. Women’s Army Corps, Locul women are expected to be particularly interested since those now entering the service have Oie opportunity of selecting duty with the Army Air Forces, Ground or Service forces and are also allow ed to select the camp where tncy wish to serve. Two hundred and thirty nine jobs in the Army are now being filled by Women. Each new appli cant is privileged to select the job for which she is best (quali fied. Lions To Sponsor Square Dance The Weldon Lions Club will sponsor a Square Dance next Wednesday night, April 12th at the Community Center. The net proceeds will be placed in the Blind Fund. William Henry Barnes, Sr. Funeral services were conduct ed from the home of his daughter here Tuesday afternoon for Wil liam Henry Barnes, Sr., 60 who died in Roanoke Rapids Hospital Sunday afternoon after a short illness. The rites were conducted by tiie Rev. D. L. Pouts. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Barnes is survived by four sons, three of whom are in the service of their country. Mrs. Annie B. Butt* Airs. Annie Brewer Butts, 73, die.! at tne nome oi her •* 'hter, arrs. G. U. ivnignt oi No> at o:4o u ciocK Weunesday morning aner an illness ol seven months, iieaili was clue to complications, •'lie was the daughter or the late i aleo and Mary Jane Brewer of naniax County, tne wife of the lace stewing Benjamin Butts or i lain ax county, and a memoer of the Tabor iVlemodist Church, Au i enan Springs. Brief funeral services will ba held from the noine in Norlina ut - o'clock Friday afternoon, follow ed by services m the Tabor Chur ch at 1 oclock, ,.:tn '.lie Rev. Dan iel Boone ot m-detun, assisteu by me Rev. Y\. T. Filipps, ivlethodist minister and tne liev. j. F. Roach, Baptist minister, both of Norlina and the Rev. J. 'i. Draper of War lcnton. interment wilt be in the church cemetery. •surviving aie one son, L. M. Buus ot naluax; one daughter Mrs. G. D. Knight of Norlina; two brothers, J. L. Brewer of Suffolk, Va., and E. M. Brewer ol Roanoke, Va.; two sisters, Mi's. Alice Glasgow of Li 1 „.eton and Mrs. \\. J. Stanley of Lynchburg, Va.; three granuenudren anu a number of nieces and r.epi.e.vs. Church Services On Good Friday The following exercises in ob m.v.. o- Good Friday and the pie-Faster season will be held and the public is cordially invit ed to attend. Grace episcopal Church, Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock.. Morn ing prayer and sermon. The Baptist Church, Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. Ordination and service of dedication. State Purchases Another Test Farm Raleigh, N. C., March 31st— F. E. Miller, director of the State Test Farms division of the State Department of Agriculture, announced recently that a $24,000 check has been sent W. M. Tran sou in full payment for the 425 acre Ashe County farm purchased from him. Miller said that Tran sou has been named resident fore man of the farm. Officials of the Department eon‘erred on plans for three, barns for beef cattle, sheep and the dairy herd. Besides Transou, two other families will reside on the farm and supply much of the labor for it, said Miller. la :i
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