Haste Sphere Edited by ki.okknte cox .)t, tration Agont M. Edwards I, jjoim- Dem. Agent latimi and example dune we are giv e defense work I nine Itemonstra May. We wond oi ganizatinn lias inting tiit.* Ited : ikleyville made pal bedroom mul the Red Cross [00.Ill) ia Wat [v t* XiMK) to the ngton male i oak an 1 ia.sod oimmity for the >11 made K pairs . in mul ' ' od a* ivil Cro- , and in War Bonds made t> pairs . and folded NO for tlio Rod ale Id housowiv 1 s and invested T .ml. Hardrawce I ad room mules, ots and raised a Rod Cioss in the II . . Kins Chapel iii i m War Bonds. i one sweater; : D in the Red Cross in War Stamps . i dub made ° ' b . , 11 bedroi and 11 h fed ■ B ves Id i hr .d $271.’.50 in community, l’al . a. . i l pounds of fat. . kit bags and worth of War igip . t dli made (il pairs . .. 1 laj) robe, and vois for the Red t, s in Wai , need 11 pounds of ary folded 214S for the Red liiil knitted two : . Tide y made 21 ed . mu I'll ;rs, o.Iron,n mules and R 1 ('loss. j be i i [ bed pan |) lends It nr led (lade kit Poult k\, ,.: i y houses are I . ing hot weath c i cade for the they have plen injr water. An '.vn*-s [or .. [] in on PO' till . 01 > li’ iv live and lie ■ e ither is a n or pests. I’lant Id ed for all ages i o lions as they stop 1 \ ■ ilt ry ceilings pric k-tie higher. Wlu-u i , \dd riavoring — T: I.. Human Nutri t. ci [do tr [and t bet < *: Ifl’t l„.. ...... flavoring extracts i of flavoring lakes v lion added to the fat fat and sugar are oilier. Do notadd Iasi ipes direct. Par tin' Homo ('sinners — V i i ! • ami vegetables will gin* > ' following quantities of r: : products. This table i? lifii , that you may know figure on producing or pu . -.i.g for your family canning. A: i I bushel yields 1 <> to 20 /... . 2 1-2 to 2 lbs. yields 1 qt. Butte: mis in pods -- 1 bu. yicl i- (i to 8 t() o jjjS^ yields 1 qt. Bei r'a . except strawberries—24 lit. erale yields 12 to 18 qts. 5 to 8 cups yield 1 qt. Carrots with tops—1 bu. yields hi to 20 qts. 2 1-2 to 3 lbs yield 1 qt. t'hend - as picked—1 bu. yields 22 to :;2 qt. 6 to 8 cups yield 1 qt. Corn, sweet, in husks—1 bu yields x to cits. (1 to lit ears yields 1 qt. Cvapes--1 bu. yields 10 to 20 qt-. 2 1 2 to 3 lbs. yields 1 qt. Crocus—1 bu. yields 6 to 0 qts 2 to 2 lbs., yields 1 at. Penches--1 bu. yields 18 to 2a qt-. 2 to 2 1-2 lbs. yields 1 qt. Pears—1 bu. yields 20 to 25 qts “ t° 2 1-2 lbs. yields 1 qt. Peas, green, in pod—1 bu. yields 12 to 15 qts. 2 to 2 1-2 lbs. yields 1 Pt. Plums—1 bu. yields 28 to 40 qts 1 1- t < 2 lbs. yields 1 qt. Squash—1 bu. yields 10 to 20 M>- 2 to 2 1-2 lbs. yields 1 qt. Strawberries—2 'oke Rapids String En • no Solo - Billy Waters. On Wings of (Song - Mendel ssohn. Waltz A flat Major—Chopin. Contralto soloist - Mrs. <1. 11. Daniel. O Rest in The Lord - Mendel ssohn. Reveries - Shelley. Tandy - Neidlinger. Violin soloist - Mrs. R. L. Coun cilman of Windsor, N. C. In A Monastary Garden. Reverie. j Dance - Kreisler arrangement. Tenor soloist - Mr. Raymond Finley. Where ’Ere You Walk - Han del. Calm As The Night - Bohn. Desert, Song - Berlin. Mezzo soprano soloist - Miss I.oraine Pritchard of Murfrees 1) TO. Ave Maria - Schubert. Believe Me If All those En dearing Young Charms, acocmpa nied hy the Roanoke Rapids String Ensemble. The accompanists for the even ing were Miss Louise Farber Mrs. C. J. Sawyer of Windsor and Billy Waters of Roanoke RapidV' Members of the Roanoke Rapids Ensemble include: First Violin - Mrs. J. A. Fleet wood, Mrs. W. A. China. Second Violin - Mary Ann Brown, Eloise Taylor. Viola - Lucy Rawlings. Cello - Mary .J. [Smart. Piano - Billy Waters. Refreshments consisting of cream, cake and mints were serv ed. The Musicale was sponsored for the purpose of raising funds for musical instruments and records to be sent to the boys overseas. A silver offering was taken at the dor. The club wishes to express its appreciation to all who in any way contributed to making this project a success.__ Will Hold Field Day At Test farm Raleigh, N. C., May 18th~Com missioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott has announced that the an nual small grain field day will he held at the Piedmont Test Farm at Statesville on Thursday, May 18. The program is scheduled to begin at 2 o’clock. J Wade Hendricks, supenndent ent of the farm, and Dr. C. K. Middleton, who handles the farm s small grain breeding work will l,o in charge of the event. Scott said that various officials from the Experiment Station and the State Department of Agriculture will be present for the occasion. \y vnt RODENT CONTROL program Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids, have asked for a rodent •outrid program, according to the mavors, Mr. Ben Bracy and Ml. Kelly Jenkins. Red squill, the rej poison, has already been o. de ed. Plans are underway for the con trol program, ans as soon as per sonnel is secured from the State Department of Health the cam paigns will be conducted. Home septic tanks and safe wa ter supplies have been installed in about fifteen farm homes this spring, according to Mr. E. A. Hastings, loal’l sanitary otficei. Despite the acute shortage of la bor and materials, much interest has been shown in the securing of a safe water supply and the sanitary disposal of sewage. J,fh to—Office (j! I'.tn- v A FOKKST T\ \ Slim \i!l) One reason why Uncle Sam needs MOiiS, ImnI O . li takes billions of. feet of lumber for war u : i\ l.uieei should help by getting out bis lumber \OW . u . unr lrce» to war. Exerci 8 t.i k. u * H C*t is* The commencement scrim. ' : the graduating class of ll ■ \V■ ■ i don High School wa~ pic I ":i Sunday evening in the hivli ■ h >• I gymnasium by the Rev. I . G Huggin, pastor of Tri.di M i! dist Church, Durham. \ t ho Rev. R. E. Cox and ttw D L. Fouls assisted a tin and special music wa ’. hr .1 by the combined dmii.-. ..f lie lo cal churches, with Mi Wile. Eii is as accompanist. Class night exercises a too form of a play "Sails at I he.' > will be given Tliur day evci'ing at 8:15 in the high school nasium and on Friday eve,dag at 8:15 graduating exercises will be held with John 11. Kerr, Jr., of Warrenton as the commencement speaker. Seven Graduate From R. R. Hospital The graduating exercises fov the Roanoke Rapids T! ~a *al School of Nursing were held on Friday evening in the Roanoke Rapids High School auditor!'!: Following a selection by the high school band the Rev. While Hurst gave the invocation. Dr. John W. Martin introduced the Rev. Paul Fields who delivered the commencement address. Dr. Marcus A. Garriss sang a solo which was followed by the Flor ence Nightingale Pledge by the class. Dr. John W. Martin presented diplomas and Mrs. Francis E. Starke pins to the following grad uates, Miss Mabel Bryant o Roanoke Rapids, Miss Elsie Brah es De Berry of Rich Square. Mrs. Dorothy Lee Garner, Garysburg, Mrs. Carlee Butler Jenkins of At kinson. Mrs. Judith Pillnmn Nooney of Halifax, Miss \i. v.mim Shell of Roanoke Rapids and Miss Mary Elizabeth Warren of R a noke Rapids. T. J. Alford made the pre-en.a tjon of awards after which the Rev. White-Hurst pronounced thc^ benediction. _ Official Opposes Melon Ceilings Raleigh, May lKth-The produc er ceiling price lor watemol m* grown in North Carolina this year has been tentatively set at per ton, or one cent per pound, Randal B. Etheridge. St.at> De partment of Agriculture Marker division head, announced upon his return from a conference with Office of Price Administration of ficials in Washington. The tentative ceilings for the entire watermelon crop this sea son are as follows: *35 per ton during the month of May; »-0 June 1 to July 4; and ?'-0, Jul> 5 to October 31-length oL the watermelon season in this State. Etheridge informed OPA offic ials that the figures on which the tentative ceilings were based were “not sufficiently comprehensive”, and do not take into consideration the expense the farmer incurs in hauling, grading and packing the melons. Consequently, he said watermelon producers in this State will lose money on this sea son’s crop unless an upward re-, vision is effected in the ceilings. 1 Ogden Replacing Tokyo SoyBean Raleigh, N. C. May ISth--The Tokyo soybean ■ n (u > wo y out— because it i ; i ; . she , ter so badly when ed with u ; ■ oi.l linn, ■ !. II. i. .. SUjK h lemlent of the Tidewater Tent i n m iii Wa-nii ■ i Comby, in i' rnied the . mint • A.‘miculture rc-contiy. Although i : ■ 1 o3 yield'd very well, i: e 1 v ith an t • >. the Ogden. It "Not uni il has a vai'k ty Yielded i a.: ter and shot I aJA i A con tent than the : ok ye." sari i.ea. in tests c old e .vd la t year, tile Ogden prodived t bushel: to the ticie. v.id' • tlx t ' yield* l 15 mshels under similar tests. , rted. I:. L year or ,o , found that out in t he n <1 bet l.i.ko ■; vniKATs for \ ’ i:\l-'. RF ’ IMS I \SK (iiVKX 1\ \!>RIL I : A. Lewis, V : Teal > , . j ’ Up Wi 1 a re 1.1 g© treatments for a w were given dur the County Health This excellent < ord f continuous effort to .ients and keep them the clinics for trcat orl He; lie ing April D is a re-uh contact. I1 coming 0 nient. ‘in my opinion." added Mr. eems that the syp n is showing a slight since we are gett trative V/n.- -erme.in we did about a year oils especially t> kc'ii 11 infeci ions cares under regular reatmeut probably has had its lilis cor. ' improvem ing nu re reports t! uro. Our i feet. K llow Ili i 1 a 11; : The Con Hilds six •online’ (" Health 0. i wcekl; schedule: 'enter. M Enfield. 1 me o’cha i ruosday a Health Oi j’clock; V. [•’riday at toailel.e 11 friday at Iji visits wore made to is during the mm t u Ly Health Department i'inics each week, ac Dr. W. K. McDowell, following is disease clinic Neck, Health one o’clock; Tuesday at l'icer. The venereal Scotland mdav at own Ilall, .; Lit•'•••.'11. T iwn l 1:30 o’clock; Trliiav. fie;', Thursday at cldon, Health Office, o’clock, A. M.; : pids, Rosemary Clinic, 2:-i0 o’clock. Hay Production Up In This State Rah-idi. May 18lh-Sinre 1020 Uic iii’Oilm-'.ion of hay in North Ca ,1;t h:i jumped from 521,000 tons to over 1,181,000, the De partment f Agriculture Statistics division reports. The acreage harvested in 1020 w.i- 0115,000 as compared with 1, 111.000 acres in tire latest report. “The intentions for 10-11 hay production are considerably in creased over the previous years” declared Chief (Statistician Frank Parker. Of the various hays grown in this State, he said, lespedeza has made the biggest gain during the past 13 years, increasing from 21.000 tons in 1020 to over 508,000 ons last year. I I ©PA ARRESTS MAN; INDICTS KIN! FOB OPERATING COUNTERFEIT ISY UR. W. K. McDOWKLL i in: iM.'Kst iiooi. child I ho [ire i-hnul chilli is often ' i. here lias lone* been a ' ■ 11> between in fancy and school iwhich time the child may -n from lack of medical ■ n ■ ai. Other babies coroe to eia d attention, or the mother :'o' : i wi k or becomes interest i in other activities, and the o r is “put out to grass.” As 1 ln.se yea• are important ones if oiiysteal and mental defects are • he prevented, it is the respon sibility of ach of us to sec that he h'dlth of these preschool chil dren is guarded diligently. A i !:is period children are most siisia ptible to many diseases. A ' oil balanced diet, including milk, fruit, vegetables and whole grain breads and cereals are of vital import oner or growth and devel opment. d a Miiia! preschool clinic synsoied ioiutly hv the Parent T o \ssricialions and the County Health Department have just been completed in our Health !> ; ret. Hdgivmnbe and Halifax counties. At the clinics children were im o o d against dijihtheria and smallpox. These preschool clinics ive I lie parents ample time to wi-o.-t all remedial defects before ns. The children were ical examination and ,ny dcfcrM mild were called to li.e attention of parents with the alvl c that corrections lie made as early as possible. A. L. A. MEETS The American Legion Auxiliary met Monday evening in the homo of Mrs. fleorge Green with Mrs. A. \V. Oakes as joint hostess. Mrs. F. H. (dark, presided. It was decided to send $10.00 to the Veterans at Otcen for May. P.-vpy Day was discussed and plans were i aide to sell Poppies Oil Saturday. May 27H A spec ial Memorial Day service will be held Sunday, May 28t.h in the Baptist Church with the Rev. W. \V. Finlator as the speaker. Miss Josephine Maddrey was aim mured as the representative from this unit to Girls State to be held the Woman's College, (Ireensboro. The hostesses served sandwich cookies and ginger ale. Bird Clubs Holds Meet In Raleigh Raleigh, X. C., May 18th~The X fth < ';i rolina Bird Club met here for a one day wesson last '.atunlay, with the Raleigh Bird fli ’> acting as host. Registration began at 930 in the main hall of the State Mu seum, and the opening session was held at 10 o’clock in tiro Board Room o: the Agriculture Building, with II. " Brimley, president of the chi' ;>r ’ |:”g. The addre: < of welcome given by W. Kerr Scott. Commis sioner of Agriculture, Charlotte Hilton ftVecn. of Raleigh, discuss ed bird migration and this was followed by a color movie on the Roosevelt Bird Sanctuary. The afternoon session began at :: o’clock in the Agriculture Build ing with tlie election of officers. Following an exhibit of the State Museum’s collection of skins of warbler- anr sparrows, a visit was made to the Bird Hall of the Mu seum. Refreshments were served by the Raleigh Bird Club. “Ghosts” Werie Only Flying Squirrels Raleigh, X. May lgth-W. H. Rogers, assitant commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles j one recent Friday morning brought to an abrupt end those ; nocturnal rumblings which have 1 caused the Rogers household ! many a sleepless hour. After us ing mouse traps and poison to nc : avail, Rogers, armed with an old : shoe, made a thorough check o1 his attic, but the search was ir : vain. Out of the clothes basket , however, tumbled two lively fly ing squirrels. Rogers used hi; -hoe effectively and then turne( : them over to the State Museum. r»<( - Month Observation and Search Following Halifax Press Capture Gafts Another In Balti more; Both Presses Alleged to Have Been Operated bv Same Man. Raleigh, May 11th— Investiga-. tions by the Office of Price Ad ministration following the capture of a counterfeit gasoline ration c upon printing press in Halifax county two months ago have led to the arrest of Isadore Deck, .‘12 year old Baltimore man and the capture of another printing press near BultimorevTheodore S. John son. Raleigh OPA district direct or, disclosed tonight. Assistant U. S. District Attor ney Thomas Kenney, of Baltimore has revealed the capture of Deck and his release upon $10,000 bond -following the OPA charges of possession and operation of two counterfeit gasoline coupon print ing presses—one near Aurelian Springs, in Halifax county and the other in Baltimore. On March 10, Halifax county law enforcement officials captured a 1,400 pound automatic press with approximately 0,000 un-print ed gasoline ration coupon slips, and the remains of partially-de stroyed printing supplies known to have been used in the manu facture of counterfeit gasoline ra-1 tion coupons. Since that time ftaleigh Dis trict OPA investigators, members of the national OPA counterfeit, investigation department, and members of local law enforcement bodies have trailed Deck and oth er companions, Johnson said. His every move has been watched and as a result, Johnson said, the Bal timore press was captured. At this time OPA investigators are still working on the case and other arrests are expected to be made momentarily, Johnson said. A number of arreirts are expected in North Carolina as a result of the printing press operation in Halifax and Baltimore. North Carolina Press The Tar Heel Press was found in ;.u abandoned homestead locat ed in an isolated section near Au relian Springs eleven miles from Littleton in Halifax county and the un-printed ration currency, type faces and partly-destroyed ink containers wore discovered five miles from the site of the press at a Negro tenant cabin nearer Littleton. Indications were, Johnson said that the operators of the counter feit coupon ring felt “things were getting hot” and attempted to de stroy the printing plates, type, ink and paper. Bits of burned type face, charred ink containers and broken press parts were found. The press itself was hidden away in the house. No arrests were made at that time, however, OPA investigators continued their probe of the ring. The Halifax county operation was “broken, Johnson sain, hy Sheriff H. A. House and Deputy Shesiff E. L. Crawley when Craw ley, after working with OPA in vestigators, late one night went to the deserted and well hidden house alone and found the print ing press, following communica tion with OPA investigators in Baltimore, Maryland. The discovery followed the op ening of an investigation into counterfeiting activities in East ern North Carolina and was im mediately linked wdth OPA in vestigations in Baltimore, Phil adelphia and New York against a ring believed to be conducting extensive counterfeiting opera tions. The finding of the Halifax county counterfeiting operations grew out of the drive against ccftintenfeit gasoline ration cou pons in Eastern North Carolina which began in the Fayetteville area on March 1, Johnson said. A letter from (Sheriff House and Deputy Crawley to the Raleigh District OPA office focused the investigation in Halifax county I and Baltimore. “The work of local law enforce j ment officials, the cooperation of the public in endorsing their gas ! oline coupons, and the regular in - vestigations by OPA investigators in Eastern North Carolina will do j much toward wiping out illegal I operations inthis area,” Johnson ! said. The Case On March 10, Albert A. Corbett ' chief investigator for the Ral eigh district office, working with Deputy Sheriff Crawley, of Lit tleton, M. H. Kastburn, special in vestigator from the Washington OPA office, and James J. Flood, supervising investigator of the Philadelphia District OPA office found partly-destroyed ink con tainers, broken type faces, o k ing press lock keys, elect > i :l:« tor, and belts for the pro- in , I around the Negro tenant ca . near Littleton. Pieces of type — when put to gether reading “RATION” we . found in the bottom of an absp doned well near the cabin. Piece: of printing plates were ;:l.-o found. Searching a trash pile and a lye making container, the OPA nut thorities found pieces of type smeared with green ink, which was used to print the “'B-2” gas oline coupons. Inside the Negro cabin v a found three quart jars full of im printed ration currency—0:1 offic ial U. S. Government paper used in the printing of ration coupons. The coupons, numbering ai ■mind 6,000 represented about 12b,000 gallons of gasoline, Johnson iid. Deputy Sheriff Crawley, after finding the press about nine o' clock the night before, went to Littleton and engaged a truck to return to the site immediately. He removed the press to the Lit tleton jail just after midnight. Deputy Sheriff CTawle. told OPA that his first lead on the counterfeit operations came while he was hunting near Littleton and someone told him that counterfeit coupons were being circulated in that area. The investigation was begun immediately upon the i'ri-;y 1 a letter by OPA in Raleigh giv ing certain information, Johnson said. OPA investigators. acting on information furnished by Dep uty Sheriff Crawley, swung at tention to Baltimore, whet. Inter information disclosed 1 . Tc Heel press was on operation a bout eight weeks. According to OPA investigators the piv. »j: moved from Baltimore to V a. h ington, from Washington to Lyn chburg, Va., and then from I.yn I chburg, Va., to Halifax coin; y. Johnson said that OPA invest igators reported the press was ca | pable of printing about l.aOO cou pons per hour when operated by hajid and foot and about 3.(Mto per hour when hooked with Cue e ■■ - trie motor found in the Negro cab in. The stolen government ••ution paper, which was found hi I he Negro cabin, was taken to V* ash ington for use in extending in vestigations. The house in which the press was found is known as the old Harvey House and has not been occupied ilor the past 10 years Deputy ISheriff Crawley said. Charlie F. Moss Funeral services were conduct ed from the residence here this afternoon for Charlie F. SVIos.,, 63 who died Monday alter a ling ering illness. The rites won eon ducted by the Rev. C. K. W liters of the Halifax Methodist Church assisted by the Rev. I). I., roots it tiie Weldon Methodist Church. Burial followed in CcdunvooJ cemetery. Mr. Moss is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Lila Boyd of Baltimore, Md.. Airs. Louise Ross of Roanoke Rapids, four sons Kenneth W. Moss of Dundalk, Md., B. A. Moss of Fort Storey, Va., Stanley Moss of Fort Meade, Md., and Jesse Moss of Camp Lee, Va., also one brother W. E. Moss of Henderson. Strawberry Market i Said “Demoralized” | Raleigh, N. C., May 18th —Hugh Martin, marketing speciali ■; with the State Department of Attrieul 1 ture is of the opinion that the strawberry market is “completely demoralized” by the recent price ceilings. I Martin, who has boon on the Chadbourn market as an inspector ' since the beginning of the season, ! reported Friday that all straw - ! berries are bringing virtually the I same price—$7."■< per 24 - quart carte the ceiling—wether they are good or bad, an dthat consequent ly the producers offering top grade berries “is not being re warded for his efforts.”