rHome Sphere
Edited by
HISS FLORENCE COX
me Demonstration Agent
[N F,telle M. Edwards
Junt Home Dem. Agent
from Ml Camp
ed a total of 80 people in
at White Lake last week
all seemed to have a very
ami happy week and we were
fortunate in that there was
rious accident or illness. Ev
r emained able to part,cm
in camp acuv.t.es and to
ain vigorous appetites, this
exceptionally fme group
unfr people, ami these 4-H
“embers a,e a credit to any
:■ community and county. I
L down as one of Halifax
best 1 H Encampments
y Sliet!Wl">m
. ..... ig CIO. .•
our chickens and hens. I’len
green feeds helps to stretch
feeds. Cull hens more care
An unproductive hen wastes
Kill and can or sell non-lay
el)s A hen in a can eats no
and vet you have the meat
ible use whenever you need
production is to be kept up
g hot weather keep hens as
as possible. Give them plenty
esh cool water. Feed a wet
once per day. Keep down
lice and mites. Lice and mites
ply more rapidly in hot wea
so watch your flock more
ling pullets need shade and
i feed. If pullets pick each
add more salt to their
Injr mash, about 1 1-2 pounds
ich 100 pounds of mash. A
ssful remedy tried in Bertie
;y is to tack up a few salt
ngs so that the pullets can
at them. Supply plenty of
, Vaccinate for pox or sore
when pullets are 8 to 1-1
$ old.
A ceiling pi id- on poultry in
is one cent ner pound below
prices.
ng Juice for Jelly Later -
is not always convenient tc
jelly al the Gm*- truits are
ieir prime. Jelly made from
i six months old is quite sat
ory says the V. 8. Depart
of Agriculture. Prepare
for jelly a little differently
t sed for beverage.
8 ire of ripe and slight
del fruit. Wash fruit and
rd , damaged parts. Cut,
fru i but .;•> not ped them
f apple cores m. Add no wit
o berries. S..ft fruits may be
ed to start juices. Add 1 cup
■ to ono pound of fruit t(
fruits as apples. Boil soft
; and berries '■> to 'll) min
firm fruits JO to 25 min
ain at ei; e ; hi earth jelly buy
tout hut juice into sterilized
Place jai - u. -immuring wa
nd bring; ag- :. to simmering
and niaimctin that tempera-1
for 2u minu'e.Remove jars
leal .i r all xcept the self-j
igs line which are sealed be-J
jars are placed in water.
Store jars in cool, dark
Be sure it is dark as light
the color of the juice.
ing -
s column lias warned its
rs several tunes that we
do home emueng that canned j
ables will go back on the]
i list. Now that the first]
d vegetable are being rat
again pyi .ups the Doubting,
ases will believe what wei
Families v..u.,„u home cann
ods will find that th^r,- will
a hard tune stretching rat
oiiits next winter. A hint to
hse should be sufficient.
wn 40 Per Cent
te Chick
eduction
eiKli. July (ith—North Caro
natcheric'.s reduced the output
rc“ ^ I1*'!' criit in May as
Br“‘ with a year ago, tho
‘ Department of Agriculture
,8' department officials rt
f' , e sharp decline to dim
“ teed supplies and the de
ed demand for chicks.
“nenes produced 3,300,000
* during May, over 2,000,000
han May, Ui1;i The output
ehieks from January
ough May was 22,563,000 a
>387,000 for the same
,a''*■ yaar—a decline of 16
int.
I POTATOES
P°0|i Administration
"g surplus 1,-ish potatoes to
feriT J^hortage of live
!Ports.
ln Eastern Carolina,
DENTS
'Vide
a safe rack for such
<%<Kl tools
as knives, axes
gaw. . XVUlVt
dou-n i ^a*r 8^aky ladders.
00se hoards. It pays
'event
accidents.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — SEKVLNL HALIFAX AND NORTH ARiPTOr- COUNTIES
BUV MORE THAN BEFORE
V
oeventy-b,ighth Year
Published Every Thursday — Woidort, North Carolina
THURSDAY, JULY 6th„ 1944
WELDON BOY SENDS
POEM FROM INDIA
The following is a poem which
S Sgt. Jack Pope sent his mo
ther to describe his feeling about
India, where he is now station
ed;
“INDIA”
India with it’s) Taj Mahal and
palm trees,
Birds I’’ nhimmage. grand and
■1 and wild banana -
i hi you think you'd like it thei
Like the snakes and c/etvlin.;
vermin,
Tigers, monsoon floods and elm!
era,, too,
Smallpox and malaria epidemics
Jackals howl the whole night
thru.
Sweating coolies, black and
geasy/
In their native costumes queer.
Just some cloth wrapped all a
round them
In their eyes a haunting fear.
Death lurks ever in their foot
steps,
Poisonous snakes and counties?
desease,
Millions of insects and foul wa
ter,
Vultures waiting in the trees.
Sure it's fun to ride in rick.- aws
Shop the bazaars for souvinirs,
But we’d gladly swap our curios
For a couple of ice cold beoiv.
I Native women, gaunt and repul
sive
In the rags, desease and lice,
Make you reach for treasured
^ photos!
Of your loved ones clean and
nice.
India, with it’s endless famine.
Burning sun and widespread pain
Reeking, crawling in it's misery
Steaming ‘neath the monsoon rain
Countless beggars* whine for:
“buxies”
And you have to steel your heart
For you can’t tell those who need
it ^
And those who dfm’t apart:
At night guarded by mosquito
netting,
We can lay and dream of home
We have come, we’ve seen, well
conquer
Then we never more "-ill roam.
Years will pass, and to the ehil
dren
Stories weird, we’ll have to tel!,
Of the days we fought and label
ed
In this substitute for hell.
There were many in our com
pany
Who thought Virginia a curse
But they’ve found out, to theii
sorrow,
That there’s places that are worse
Now, they’d give a monthly pay
check
To be there beneath the moon,
With that old girl friend beside
them,
When the sage-buse is in bloom
Gasoline Alley
By
Frank King
f
DIG DOWN AND
CANNING CHICKEN
Home demonstration specialists
at State College suggest the cann
ing ef chicken this summer during
the period when the farmer is
culling his flock. Chicken may he
scarce later in the year.
Northampton Women
Hold Club Meetings
1 wenty one home demon: .trn
lion clubs in Northampton Coun
ty met during the past month with
a total attendance of hit.') women
according to the home agent, Mi .
Annie H. Perry of the State Col
lege Extension Service.
Fourteen of the old clubs heal
their own meetings under the d
rection of the project lead s
trained in the four leaders schools
Two of the new clubs, Jackson cm
Seaboard, plus . ive of the jldei
dubs met with the home agent.
Leaders in these groups had been
unable to attend the leaders’
schools.
Northampton County rich wom
en have been doing a great deal
of sewing during the month for
the Red Cross. Among the thing.
they have made are comfort kits
bedside hags, and similar articles
as a continuation of their pro
jects begun the proceeding mon
th.
The women are also continuing
their letter box projects and are
receiving many interesting let
ters from hoys overseas and in
camps in this country, according
to Mrs. Perry.
Forty-two women from the coun
ty attended the 14th district fed
eration meeting held in Middle
burg. Mrs. A. II. Martin of .lark
son. president, presided.
The Northampton County report
was given in the form of a paro
dy, "Home On the Range." Miss
Margaret Hughes. Mrs. F. L. John
son and Mrs. T. T. Stephenson,
presented the report.
Now Located At
Scotland Neck
George C. Green, Jr., a deputy
collector with the State Revenue
Department has been trails erred
from Edgecombe and Nash <•<>v.n
ties for, work in Halifax and
Northampton Counties. His head
quarters are in Scotland Neck. Mr
Green succeeds in this area a. G.
Shannonhouse, resigned.
Alpheus Drinkwater
Now Has Teletype
For Net History
Making Message
i diehard is Alpheus Walton
ikwater, veteran of many _ an
ting news story. No old-tim
loaning for the good old days,
ions regarded his new ' letype
affection.
ic teletype machine, first to be
Hied on iRoanoke Island is sit
H regally in the Drinkwater
or, which also serves as the
Western Union office. Drink
er really is a coast guard forn
ications officer and Mis
kwater really is the Western
,n operator, but it’s half doz
/ one and six of t’other on the
ok is now wailing for an
big news story to . break
idle re around him so he can
lis new machine a veal won;
vro one knows how long the
m telegrapher has been tapp
Llt news bulletins, but there
mild and improbable rumor
nnoke Island that Sir Walter
-1,’s Lost Colony discovered
water in 1585. It is known.
1.1•, that Drink was tapping
uff when the Wriga
'first planes there over F
ago, and he was there when
iden was sending the fast
ss messages to Hatteia*
Roanoke Island.
Two Big Stories
made the wires hum in 1. »
lispatches of submarine wai
ff the Banks and there welt
no re of such stories early in
ru- perhaps no telegraphei
has handled so many slnp
varns as Drinkwater, not to
Z a purgatory full oi lies re
in his parlor by visiting
men and rod and gun tdi
dut none of the modern Moi
o as interesting to the dean
. the stories of the great in
ns horn near him on Roa
Island—the airplane and the
says the teletype is here
He told visitors that he
he teletype recently wa\
somewhere over near
e, other side of the island,
t Drink is confusing two
different inventions.
-- !
' HIS NAME WAS..
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Army Signal Corps Photo
An Army doctor with the Fifth Army in Italy looks at the dog tags of a
dead American soldier so that his beloved back home may know that he
gave his life for his country. All your country is asking \ ,u' to do is to give
your dollars to back up the men who are fighting for you by buying War
Bonds, C . a. 1 rcasitry 'UepaTlmeni
Suggestions For
Control Of Paralysis
Hiu to the present poliomyelitis
epidemic- in several North Carolina
Counties the following control
j measures are being suggested by
the North Carolina League for
Crippled Children.
If puliomyeliti.se is pravalent in
your community young children
should avoid crowds. Any crowd j
may be a source of danger.
Children should not visit other
children who are ill. This wanv-j
ing should be followed by adults i
as well, for it is by coming in
contact with a source of the in fee- |
times material and Hue 'won
ing a carrier, that an an -it ..
play a most important part in thej
spread of the disea e.
Sometimes the -pro -.produces no
more symptoms than a “summei
cold.” Sometimes it goes further
causing headache, vomiting', stifl
neck, stiff bade or muscle tender
ness and finally paralysis.
Call a physiesm early and fol
low his advice exactly.
Scientists cannot yet say defi
nitely whet he! inutile paialy?
is spread by dii-.ct contact with
patients and ear- is. by raw sew
age in polluted iteams, by eon
tan.inated water r milk anu othei
i foods. It is in.port ant to get rid
! of l'lies and other insects as a
; safeguard :«g:. a t the disease.
Report all eases to the local
Health Uepu meat, which will
j placard the premises to warn
, Others of its pi r-elice.
I The virus is i. a ml chiefly in the
nose, throat ami bowels of the
person affe.-ted. Aparently it en
ters the body through the nose
J or mouth and is eventually iii»
i charged through the bowels.
Isolate the patient and exclude
from the sick room all except nec
essary attendant-.
I if an iiuliv.dual in the home is
j diagnosed as having infantile pa
! ralysis the following precautions
! should be taken:
I a. Discharge.- from the nose
' and throat should be collected on
bits of paper or cloth and burned
immediately. i
b. lied linens and towels should
be disinfected and boiled in soap
and water.
e. The patient should have Ins
own dishes and these dishes
should be sterilised before they
are removed from the sick room.
d. Attendant.- ■ mold wash then
hands before leaving the sick
room.
Disinfection during the disease
should be carried out under the
direction of a physician.
Lieut. Gregory
Is Transferred
Fletcher Gregory of Ilali
•ho served as director of a
group in North Burma, has,
transferred' to his regular
f flying Fighter planes in
t, according to information
hat theatre of war. A dis
join the North. Burma
highly praised his work
he" tiny aircraft, which are
o pick up wounded, deliver
and for many other ser
vices.
WATERPROOF MATCH
It is reported that research by
match manufacturers has yielded
a water resistant match that will
prove a boom to service men in
’ jungle areas.
Services, Sunday
7:30 O’clock P. M.
will hi' no changes in the
morning services at each
Thor,
regular
church.
July 9—At the Methodist Chur
ch—Robert Cox will prea o
July 1(5—At the Episcopal Chur
\V. !■ inlator will preach.
2d—At th- Baptist i hur
.. Fonts will preach.
JO — At the Methodist
VV. \\. Finlator will
ch-W,
J uly
ch-D.
July
Churc
preach.
August
Chuv-h-n
A-'gust
h -
6—At the Episcopa
E. K nits will preach.
Id -- At the Baptist
. i .. -si Cox will preach.
August 200—At tin- Methodist
Church— W. \V. Finlator wj|>
preach.
August 27--At the Episcopal j
Church—Robert Cox will preach. I
Airplane Will Dust Peanuts
Near S. Neck July 12th.
armers Begin Sale
Df Cantaloupes
Hak-igh,' July 6th—The eanta
oupe movement from the Luurin
■ .11 - • ,,"ii began this week, ac
urihng to an announcement from
he .Siam Department of AgTieuI
el Heavy shipments should be
tm next week. No price ceilings
in till, season';, crop have as yet
.cm announced.
I no equivalent of approvimate
Hii tan moved out of North
nrolina la.-1 year,
i !dpm.mts of cantaloupes from
i.e lli igev. ay section of Warren (
lounty are scheduled to begin a-i
omul July 10.
Buddies Commend
Local Soldier
Mrs. Winnie Harp has received
he following- letter from a soldiet
vim was with her son ill Corsica:
tear .Mrs. Harp:
i am writing this letter fot
limmie because, as you will be
;lad to hear, your son is on his
vay home. He left yesterday. Wc
are gald to see him get to go
mt sure hated to lose him as he
vas about the best machine gun
ier we had, and a good buddy of
nine. II - shook hands with us all
mil said he sure hated to leave
mt alter two years together it
;ets that way. 1 know one thing
lie folks in Weldon should think
i lot «1‘ Jimmie, he is one swell
ellow and a darn good soldier.
Cecil 11. Smith.
; <f - » | « ■ f' P
Mrs. Harp lias also received the
ollowing:
lattery Ji- 100th AAA AW Bn.
1. P. 0. 464-17 January, 1944
'o Whom It May Concern:
Pvt. James 0. Harp has been
nder my command for thirteen
ninths and has a good record. He
rorks faithfully and does the job
o the best of his ability.
William E. Cardin.
1st Lt. 400th AAA AW Bn
THEY DIED TO MAKE THEM FREE
£rmy Signal Corps Photo
This poignant picture made by an Army Signal Corps photograp-her
allows a kneeling Roman mother and her child gently and reverently plac
ing llowers over the still forms of two American boys who paid the
supreme price to liberate them from the Nazi and Fascist grip. 'Look at
their faces and you will see i-at both mother and child realize that these
Americans died for them nher this picture when you are asked
to buy an extra War Bond ... Fifth War Loan.
b. i>. Treasury Department
Weldon Defeats
Jackson Baseball
Team By Score 11-7
The newly-organized Weldon
Baseball team defeated the strong
Jackson team by the score of 11
to 7 here yesterday afternoon.
This was the first game played
by the locals and Jackson has won
twelve out of Id games played b>
them previous to the loss yester
day.
The batteries were: for Jack
son, Barnes, Boyd and Beamon;
for Weldon Shearin and Oakes.
The Locals play Roanoke Rap
ids there Sunday afternoon in
Simmons Park and Seaboard here
next Wednesday afternoon. Both
games starting at 4 P. M.
SMALL GRAINS
R. N. Crawford of Morven like
small grains for grazing and
feeding because they save labor.
I time and hay, and take the place
^ of corn, reports Negro County A
gent William Cooper of Ansot
County.
I Levon Theatre UaUt *
j
i New Management
i
I Levy Overton of Enfield, pop
1 ular owner of the Levon Theatre
| here, announced last Friday the
sale of the local theatre to A. P.
Lassiter of Conway.
While the sale of the Levon was
effective'Friday, July 1st. Mi. Ov
erton has been here this week
helping to promote the War Bond
Auction and Rally to lie held in
front of the Levon tonight.
The new owner, Mr. Lassiter,
1 is well known in the theatre bu
siness. He operate.- other thea
tres and plans to carry on the
show business at the Levon in
the same commendable and capa
ble manner as Mr. Overton has
done in the past.
POULTRY PLAN
The National Poultry Improve
ment Plan will place greater em
phasis on breeding .for high egg
production in addition to main
taining satisfactory requirements
for good viability.
Peanut growers are invited to
attend a peanut dusting demon
stration on the farm of W. A.
Kitchin, Scotland Neck, N. C.
lour miles from Scotland Neck on
tho Hobgood highway, Wednes
day, July 12th at 7:00 P. M. A
commercial company will demon
strate a dusting of peanuts using
sulphur dust applied with an air
plane. All peanut growers in Hali
fax county are invited to attend
this demonstration. This demon
strutiun will be given by a com
mercial company who will offer
tins service to farmers on a con
tract basis.
W. O. DAVI9,
County gent.
Newsom Heads
P.I.W.C. Drive In
Halifax County
Mr. M. C. Newsom of Roanoke
Rapids, North Carolina, has been
named to head the local drive of
the Petroleum Industry War
Councils campaign to give the
public the faces about the black
market and how it is hurting the
war effort, it was announced to
day by J. Laurens Wright, State
Chairman of the Industry’s Com
mittee on 'Rationing, which is
heading up the drive.
The County Chairmen and the
various local distributors will
serve as local spearheads for the
intensive campaign being carried
on by the industry to halt the
black market operations which
are stealing more than 2,500,000
gallons of gasoline daily.
In making the announcement of
Mr. Newsom’s appointment and
that of other members, Mr.
Wright said; “Invasion of Fort
ress Europe, which came shortly
after this campaign was begun,
has intensified the need for a
vogorous effort against the black
market. When our -boys are storm
ing the 'beaches, there is no time
for any good American to start
cheating on the rest of us who
are hacking the attack.”
Mr. Newsom in accepting the
appointment said: “We are proud
to have been selected by fellow
members of our industry to head
up locally this vital job of educa
tion about the gasoline black
market. Gasoline is one of the
principal efforts of our war. A
recent authoritative statement re
vealed that to carry the 10,000
tons of bombs dropped the first
dayr to smash the coastal batter
ies in Normandy took more flhan
3,300,000 gallons of gasoline. Ev
ery gallon of high octane gasoline
consumed by our air men in cov
ering landing and fighting oper
ations in France takes twice as
much crude stock as does a single
gallon of automotive gasoline
There is no mysterious source of
gasoline open to black market op
erators. They are stealing from
the rest of us. Gasoline is power
ing the attack. “Wo can’t waste a
drop.”
An intensive campaign of edu
cation is being planned by the lo
cal committee Simultaneously with
the local |nd national campaign
a cooperative advertising cam
paign paid for by oil companies
supplying virtually all of the gas
oline sold on the Atlantic Coast
is appearing to help put the facts
before the public.
New Pigmy Rattler
Fcr Siate Museum
Raleigh, July 6th—Harry Park
in, Raleigh high school boy, has
rendered the State Museum a real
service by presenting it with a
20 inch pigmy rattlesnake which
he captured down on Slades Creek
in Hyde County.
A pigmy rattler was caught at
Orton last summer and given the
museum, but recently it went on
a hunger strike and died.
Harry Davis, museum director
said that Hyde is the northern
most point at which a pigmy rat
tlesnake has been found.
American Red Cross
Union Church
A class will be taught this y«ar
again by S. H. Crumpler. This
class will be ready to begin work
soon. All who will join this class
please give your name to Miss
Josephine Maddrey.
Mr. Crumpler isi very anxious
to have a large class.