I ill
xy Use potatoes
L Cattle Feed
28th--The War
[aleigh, June
Administration is now con
mg experiments looking to the
;,oyment of surplus low - grade
L potatoes in cattle feed, ac
|ding to Agriculture Commis
Ter Kerr Scott.
L said that the tests are now
U rway. 30,000 pounds of Irish
Loes having been dried in a
Leo redrying plant in Rocky
|unt for use in the experiments.
Hillman Moody, N. C. head of
[■A said Friday that the dried
potatoes would be mixed
L, 0ther food and used in the
, manner as beet pulp, which
| now not available. The dehy
Lted potatoes would sell for
Xroximately >50 per *>n.
Ijloody and R. K. Haynes of the
|ar Food Administration’s region
I office in Atlanta supervised
L dryipg o/ the potatoes 1 i
Uy Mount last week, mi : ..
Ln Jones. - "■ v ...i, ..
Jate Cohcg. * mrougn
Kh the expe: iments, according
Scott,
I Dr. Jones .. 111 determine the
Lantity of moisture content of
potatoes as well as the feas
Jility from an economic stand
lint of the use of the feed,
j if the project proves sound,
.. mills will be asked to par
jcipate in further tests,
fin all the experiments carried
L thus tar, the War Food Ad
ministration has furnished the
Ttatoes, the cost of labor in pre
fcring them for dehydration, and
be fuel, Scott said. The potatoes
iere run through the redrying
Sant on a belt conveyor in a tem
(erature of 190 degrees.
faultrymen Building
hxtra Range Shelters
Wilkes County, one of the lead
jrs of the poultry industry in
orth Carolina, is going in for
ie building of range shelters in
big way this summer ;for the de
ilopment of more vigorous pul
its for the laying season next
'ear.
James E. Rollins, assistant
jounty agent of the State College
Extension Service, imports that
. C. Whittington, for example
lready has his pullets on a ran
;e of lespedeba and grass. Joe
'ayes is building 5 range shelt
rs; Will Nichols, 0; Bud Nichols,
i; and J. 11. Shore, 1. The average
helter is about 14 by 16 feet in
ize and houses about 100 pullets
All of these men are relatively
large growers and are really mak
ing a business of poultry. Hayes
as 2,000 pullets. Will Nichols has
old $5,000 worth of briolers and
as 4,400 more chicks on the way
,o becoming broilers. Bud Nichols
js 2,500 chicks for broilers,
lihore reports that he is furnish
ing his home and chicken houses
with water from a hydraulic ram
hat has been in operation for 40
iyears and that the only repair on
ne ram has been the replacement
of a few washers.
0. 1‘. Wall of Honda is building
a hatchery with a capacity of 28,
000 eggs. According to Rollins
IWilkes will now have 7 hatcher
ies with a capacity of 919,752
eggs. In addition to this, a number
01 poutlrymen have small incuba
tors for their own use.
Hollins says that the experience
of his growers shows that the
range shelter, together with a
generous supply of grazing crops
is one of the most important fact
ors in the production of good pul
1 lets.
DR. MADDREY
IS NAMED
ON COMMITTEE
, ^r' M. C. Maddrey of this city
5s *je(en appointed a member of
,,e ‘’ru,ll'c delations Committee of
e .North Carolina Medical Socie
ty.
The appointment of Dr. Mad
lc> to this imi\rtant committee
nJado *ast we«h by President
,lta^r <|f the Medical Society
in n, °“‘c>al notification was made
n :°"0W'nK letter from Ros
e, McMillan, M. D., Secretary
i;'C- U“ Th'
to officially notify you
resident Whitaker, after
a hS'ue*'at'°n, has selected you «s
ember of the Public Relations
Umrantee, which is composed of
.outstanding physicians.
tie- •* '??e tllat the year’s aotivi
l,n,j'n ta's W01'k will not be too
wndensome. if at any time
without the year either Doctoi
sistin. r 1 can be of any as
oom 6 ,l> ease do not hesitate to
• WUn our services.
Dm-, e expect a splendid re
Medial meeting of the
Nonh r °,Ciety of the State of
OtK Carolma-"
on tv*! physieians who will serve
194. .i* eommitee for the year
K p 1 W|th Dr. Maddrey are Dr
Schell M?’ w°nr0e> Dr- Roy C‘
McCa, ’ oMt' Alry and Dr- p- P
Sanatorium, Chairman.
AMOUNT OF WAS BONDS
SOLD IN WELDON DURING
FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVB
THE ROANOKE NEWS
ESTABLISHED IN 1886 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES
$104,390.75
Seventy-Eighth Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
THURSDAY, JUNB 2»t*„ 1944
Home-Canning Campaign j
Will Aid Stricken Nations^
New York, June 29th~Contin
uance of their war time role of
preserving food from American
farms by home canning, the na
tion’s housewives will not only
help bring an earlier end to war
but lay the foundation for a bet
ter peace.
With thousands of persons
. 1.berated from
. ... m Liotn European and
x'acilic war zones, the role which
food will play becomes as import
ant as that of armaments, liar
vey A. Baum, head at' the produce
buying affiliate of A and p. Food
Stores one of the nation’s lead
ing food distributors, said today
While none of the food canned
in homes will actually reach ref
ugees in the rapidly expanding
liberated areas, each home filled
container will release an equiva
lent amount of food in the actual
war zones, Mr. Baum pointed out
Recent news pictures and dispat
ches from the infasion areas have
depicted hunger and starvation
that cannot be ignored if a just
peace is expected of the future.
To aid this program, Mr. Baum
said his company was continuing
its nation wide program of dis
tributing home canning inlorma
tion. With its facilities for obtain
ing news from crop production
centers and conditions which gov
ern harvests, the company’s ex
perts will make available to home
canners the information needed te
carry out their canning programs
Methods of canning and news
of when various crops can be ex-!
pected to 1 f; abundant and fully
matured will be included in this
year’s information service. i'nej
news will be distributed to many j
1 parts of the nation as the harvest I
time approaches for each import- j
ant canning commodity. j
Crops Critical In
I State Due To
1 Serious Drought
Raleigh, June 27-The State De
partment of Agriculture said to
day that the general picture ot
crop conditions in most areas ol
the Static can be described as
“critical” because of dry weath
er.
An extended dry spell has ser
iously curtailed truck crop produc
tion in Eastern North Carolina
and tobacco production may be cut
as much as fifty percent because
of lateness of plantings and con
tinued lack of rain, a department
spokesman said. ]
Dr. Charles Deering, head of the1
Agriculture’s Department’s test
farm at Willard, Pender County,
reported to headquarters here
i that “the lack of rain in this truck
crop-tobacco area has caused the
driest spell in 25 years.
Deering said that almost all
truck crops in the Pender-Duplin
Wayne areas “are ruined beyond
recovery,” and that stands of to
bacco would not amount to more
than fifty percent of nromal.
The department spokesma nheie^
said that the extended drought ap
parently was spotty. “Generally (
crops in the western part ot the
State ’’are better off than those
in eastern areas,” he said. Usually
western crops are from two weeks
to a month behind those in the
east, he added.
He said that generally crops
most seriously affected are pea
nuts, tobacco and cotton; and cu
cumbers, beans and tomatoes inj
truck crops. The hay crop is hold
ing up “very well under present
conditions, but the corn crop looks
bad at the present stage.” |
Rain is needed badly in peach
growing areas, he continued,
cause the general crop now ia at
the stage where rain is needed to
size the peaches and determine
their appearance on the markets.
TRUCKS
ODT has warned truck opera
tors that there will be a shortage
of heavy and medium duty truck
tires for replacement purposes
during the next 3 months. It also
urges truck operators to icP
their vehicles in proper repair
and thus make them last much
longer.___
SERVICE UNIT
If a 4-H club member wishes
to produce a service unit in hogs
for the Peed A Fighter program
he must raise 1,300 pounds ot
hogs, according to Ellis Vestal,
Extension swine' specialist at
“Btate”. '
Many Tobacco Crops
Grow In Same Field
Tobacco glowers must bo partic
ularly careful in the harvesting,
curing and grading of this year’s
crop, because many fields show
three or four different crops of to
bncco growing together. Weather
conditions have been siteli that
the crop had to lie reset again
and again.
^ ith a shortage of trained
hands for harvesting the crop and
a great difference in the growth
and maturity of the plant . grow
ers are up against one of the hard
est problems in many years.
Extension specialists at State
College point out that only ripe,
well developed leaves should be
pulled and that the amount of
priming will vary widely from
Plant to plant as the crop i~ har
vested. “Uniformity in pulling to
bacco will add us much as any
other factor to the quality of the
crop,” they explain.
Outing will be particularly dif
ficult and, unless extreme cure is
exercised in the harvesting, large
losses may lie incurred. The more
uniform the character of the to
bacco placed in the barn, the bel
ter the chances for a goo i .-Lire.
When tile tobacco is taken from
tlie “windrew” in the pack house j
and placed in the square coop,
with the butt of the leaves show-j
ing to the outside, the specialists |
warn against having the tobacco!
in too high order. If packed down I
in this condition, the lea: may red
den or damage.
The specialists suggest that
growers he especially careful in
sorting the crop this year ami '
preparing it for market. On ac- 1
count of mixed conditions, it will ,
he almost impossible to produce
a uniform crop m many sections. ;
Former Bund Man
Tells Of Plot On
Uprising In U. S.
Washington, June 27—A formei
member of the German-Amai ican
Bund told the jury at the mass
sedition trial today that a far
mers strike in the area around
New York City was to he the
mark that would spread flames
of revolt throughout the country.
The witness, Roy P. Arnold o
Los Angeles, testified he had been'
told this by Hans Diebel, one of
the 29 defendants accused of con
spiring to undermine the morale
of the United States armed forces
and to set up a Nazi form of gov
ernment here.
Arnold said he and Diebel
often discussed the movement the
bund planned for this country and
that Diebel told him the farmers’
strike—a refusal to ship their pro
ducts—would signal its beginning
State College Hints
Farm Homemakers
J{v RUTH CURRENT
N. C. State College
Good dressmaking calls for ritt
ing and pressing. When you fit
your dress keep in mind these
points;
]. Haste seams, darts, tucks,
and pleats accurately before fitt
ing.
2. Wear the same kind or un
dergarment and the same height
heels you will wear with the dress.
3. If the pattern calls for should
er pads, make them before you
fit the dress and pin them in for
fitting.
4. To avoid a homemade look
to your dress, press as you sew.
5' Keep ironing board cover
clean. Goods pressed damp will
often pick up scorch stains from
scorched covers.
(i And don't forget that differ
ent materials call for different
ways of pressing.
Jar labels from an envelope. If.
you can’t buy adhesive labels foi
jars, try using the adhesive part
of an envelope. One envelope of
ordinary size can be made into
four to six labels and are very sat
isfactory.
Keep your mind alive and your
body will stay young. When the
mind begins to die, the body tie
gins to wither.
. . . j
tiovemor J. Melville Bi nighton
lend: his personal suport to the
North Carolina |ih:u uiaeists fifth
War Loan Drive 11y purchasing
a hand from Robert 1. Cromley
of tin- Raleigh pharmacy for vic
tory committee. Pharmacists
drug stores, and members of the
drug industry in every county of
North Carolina have pledged their
support to the Fifth campaign.
They have set as their goal the
sale of “J5” bonds equal to the
purchase price of five giant am
bulance planes.
Chairman in Halifax is J. S
Selden of Weldon,
More Grade-A Milk
Is Now Needed
An 8 point dairy program v>as>
inaugurated early in 1943 by the
State College Extension Service
lo increase Grade A milk produc
tion for local army camps. While
this demand has been partially
met, the present local monthly
production is still about 2 1-2 mil
ieu pounds short ot the demands
it' the camps, this milk being sup
died by other states, according to
Extension Dairyman John Arey.
lie also reports a shortage of
Grade A milk in North Carolina
.owns and cities, and predicts that
the shortage w 11 likely become
more acute during the coming
'all and winter months. "T.n .•
at ilk goal calls for a (i per cem
increase over last year and, il'
this goal is to be met, careful
planning on the part of each pro
jtlcer is need*. ’ '.ay says,
W. T. Hawkins
Mr. W. T. Hawkins, age 74, died
it his home at Aurelian Springs
in Monday, June 19th. Interment
was at Talior Church Tuesday
Funeral services were conducted
by the 1! ‘v. Boone, pastor of Ta
ior church and Kev. Davis of Lit
tleton.
Mr. Hawkins was survived by
iis wife, Mrs. Mattie Hawkins
tour daughter, Miss W illie Hawk
ms of Weldon, Miss Mattie Belle
Hawkins and Mrs. Hubert Isles
if Aurelian Springs and Mrs. Lu
ther Aycock of Littleton. Two sons
I’homas and Harvey Hawkins o-'
Aurelian Springs. 13 grandchildren
md 4 great grandchildren. Twc
jrothers, Jim and Zeb Hawkins of
Hawkins Chapel.
The pall bearers were Luther
Aycock, Gordon and Palmer Ay
■ock, Andrew Pittard, Hubert
Isles and Clarence Hawkins.
)AlTiV SHOW
Thirty one counties will take
lart in the Eastern Junior Dairy
’attic Show tit Raleigh on Sept
■mber 2ft, according to John Arey
md A. C. Kirnrey, extension
lairymen at State College.
Boy Scout News
A regular meeting of the Wel
don Boy Scouts will lie held on
Friday night, June 80th at the
Scout Hut. We are asking all
Scouts to be present at this meet
ing because it will be very import
ant. 1
Boy Scout Scribe,
BILL KlTTNElt.
Union Services
Beginning next ISunday evening
the Weldon Baptist, Episcopal and
Methodist churches will hold union
services on Sunday evening at
7:30 during July and August. The
services will be held a tthe chur
ches in rotation, as follows. Bapt
ist, Methodist, Episcopal. The
pastors will exchange pulpits. The
service Sunday evening will be
held at the Baptist Church and
Rev. D. L. Fouls, pastor of the
Methodist Church, will preach
The schedule for the summer is
as follows:
Union Church Services, Sunday
7:30 I*. M. 1
July 2—At the Baptist Church
—D. L. Fouts will preach.
July 9—At the Methodist Chur
ch-Robert Cox will preach.
July 10—At the Episcopal Chur
ch—W. W. Finlator will preach.
July 23—At the Baptist Chur
ch—D. L. Fouts will preach.
July 30 — At the Methodist
Church — W. W. Finlator will
preach.
August 6—At the Episcopa
Church—D. L. Fouts will preach.
August 13 - At the Baptist
Church—Robert Cox will preach.
August 200--At the Methodist
Church— W. W. Finlator \\jj|
preach.
August 27—At the Episcoi a
Church—Robert Cox will preach.
DAIRYMAN'S GREED
NORTH CAROLINA’S 8-POINT
MILK PROGRAM
*X QKOW MORE LcCUME. HAY, PASTURE
j A NO 5CLA4S.
! 2.FcATiLiz.e. r»eo crop* LioeJ»AU-V
, LATC IllMMCt 5LOMP 6V
j. AV9ID ^ov,D,M6 'TCMr’bRAiryffifAKMA
4. r«ro P«v Cows ii0e*Aixy
J MLfcP A! MAMV COMTfjA5 *"<>
° * LAoOH wu. PMM*r
\ C- KEEf1 cows COMR)flYABLt
I 7. pRoroce good quality kti&c, ^
1 3 PfleeD BETrefc P|?OPOCIH<» cows
MEANS GREATER
PRODUCTION IN 194 4
i
—I-J1'■ ■" 1 |
War Bond Rally At Levon
Theatre Thursday Night
-1 -
The Common Defense
BONDS FOB VICTORY
War bonds mean weapons for
American soldiers. And American
soldiers are something more than
soldiers. They are free civilian
warriors who, for a cause and in
answer to a call of the whole hu
man race, have taken up arms foi
the distinction of a tyranny which
if not destroyed, will destroy civ
ilization.
Alter our soldiers have finish
ed using the guns, the whole bat
tle for freedom will not have been
won. But shall have the opportu
nity to win it in the day of peace
which will follow the day of bat
tle.
Now, however, w* are in the
force phase - the gun phase of the
war - and, because guns must be
paid far, we are, at the moment
in the vital bond phase of the war
We have no other choice but to
press this part of the war relent
lessly. The peace depends upon
our doing so with all our might
and with all our resources. We
have no other choice than to em
ploy force, weilded for a right
eous end, to destroy force weild
ed for wicked purposes by man
who have renounced reason and
embraced evil as if it were good
When men have discarded rea
son as their guide in the affairs
of life, as the Nezis and Japanese
have on their own admission, they
have taken themselves out of the
itealm of human nature, where
reason holds sway, and retseatsd
into the jungle, the lair of beasts
where the unbridled instincts and
passions are the only guides to
life. People who have renounced
reason cannot be dealt with by
reasonable means. For they can
not respond to them. Force alone
remains with which to subdue them
in order to prevent them fiom
overrunning the earth and de
stroying civilization and filling the
whole world with their ruthles*
ness and terro£
Yes, it is force we need - super
ior and overwhelming force with
which to stop the march against
civilization oi men who behave
like beasts and like it. And force
means weapons - millions of them
new ones to replace old ones, bet
ter ones lu replace inferior ones,
more powerful ones to replace
weaker ones. And weapons are
paid for with money. And money
means bonds - billions of dollars
worth of bonds.
And since victory is now a mat
ter of force, and force a matter
of weapons, bonds for weapons
mean victory - complete victory
- victory so clean-cut and indispu-j
table that no Nazi of the future
will ever be able to tell the Germ
ans that they did not lose this
war as Hitler persuaded them that
they did not lose the last one.
It is an end to be desired. It
is an end to be paid for in blood
and treasure. The members of oui
gallant Armed Forces are paying
with their blood. It is for us to do
what is far, far less than that -
but important just the same - and
we can do it by investing in war
bonds to the limit of our capa
city.
Leaf Men Choose
All Old Officers
For', Another Year
Raleigh, June 27--The Lea To
bacco Exporters Association today
relected all its officers. They are
H. W. Jackson, Jr„ of Richmond.
Va.; president; J. )?'. Ficklen, of
Greenville, N. C., vice president;
J. Con Lanier, of Greenville, exe
cutive secretary and N. M.
Schaum of Wilson, treasurer.
Jackson told the 65 members
present that the Office of Price
Administration had decided to
place a ceiling on bright Virginia
tobacco and added that “we have
suggested to OPA a type of ceil
ing on merchandise controlled by
the history of a company’s activi
ty, rather than by a specific per
centage.”
Farmers are using airplanes for
planting rice in California, ac
cording to reports. The erop
grows well on land kept covered
with six inches of water.
It is reported that the Govern
ment needs 71 per cent more cann
ed vegetables than last year.
Commercial canners are being
asked to hold an extra 10 million
cases in reserve. This means a
jout 20 per cent less for civilians
and that you had best plan some ^
additional canning.
: J he Levon Theatre here is co
■ operating in the Fifth War Loan
I Drive with a special program on
| Thursday night, July 6th. Begin
ing at 7 o’clock a War Bond auc
tion will be held on a platform
in front of the theatre at which
time the auctioneer, Col. R. W.
Alston, will auction off such hard
to get articles as Nylon hosiery,
gun shells, rifle cartridges, a
years subscription to the News
and Observer and many others.
Purchases will he made with War
Bonds.
[ Immediately following the auc
! tion there will be a sTIowing of
| “Meet The People” starring Lu
j tile Ball and Dick Powell with
Virginia O’Brien, Bert Lahr,
Rags Ragland, June Allyson, Vau
ghan Monroe and his orchestra
and Spike Jones and his City
'Slickers. Admission will be by the
purchase of War Bonds only. This
is a top ranking show and well
worth seeing.
Davis Discusses
Tobacco Harvest
The following letter inter
est to tobacco farmers has been
received by the editor:
“Dear Mr. Editor:
My father, who lived to a ripe
old age, grew tobacco for about
70 years. He found that there are
better times than others for har
vesting tobacco in order for it
to cure easily and be rich and
superior in quality.
Tobacco has an oily substance
and a (water) which come and go,
at intervals, during the life of the
plant. When the sap rises it runs
the oil out through the pores of
the leaf (oil being lighter to the
surface where it forms a gum”
well known to all tobacco growers.
Harvest tobacco when fullest of
oil for best results. Tobacco har
vested when full of sap will cure
badly and be ligb, and inferior in
quality.
I shall be pleased te answer any
letters from tobacco growrers, pro
vided postage is sent for reply.
Yours truly,
W. H. Davis,
Fork, N. C.”
Premium Gas
Will Be Cut
“A restriction on tctra-ethyl
lead in civilian gasoline makes it
imperative that the black market
in gasoline coupons be stamped
out,” A. Clarke Bedford, Chair
man of the Petroleum Industry
Committee on Rationing for Dis
trict One, comprising Atlantic
Seaboard states, said today
pointing out the significance of
Petroleum Administrator Ickes
order cutting premium gasoline a
bout 60 per cent during forthcom
ing months.
Bedford pointed out that ‘‘this
gasoline is a significant indication
of the tremendous demands of the
armed forces for gasoline. A vital
war product, premium gasoline is
required by tanks and other mo
bile equipment used by the army
The American motorist is undoubt
edly more than willing to make
this war time sacrifice by swit
ching to regular grade and releas
ing equivalent supplies of terta
ethy ead to the armed forces.” He
also said, “It is imperative for the
motorist to do even more - and
that is, to confine his driving to
the coupons issued to him by the
ration board and thereby kill the
black market operations in gaso
line coupons which are actually
diverting to the chiselers gaso
line needed for necessary wai
workers.”
He urged motorists to follew
the petroleum industry’s four
point anti-black market program
The points direct car owners to:
1. Apply only for rations needed
for essential driving.
2. Write license numbers ant)
state on the face of each ration
coupon.
3. Refuse gasoline without sur
rendering coupons.
4. Refuse to buy or accept gas
oline coupons from others.
HERBS
Thirty herbs can be grown in a
10 by 20 foot garden, says L. G.
McLean, herb research man for
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion at |State College. Details are
given in Extension Circular No.
273.