North Carolina Newspapers

The Home Sphere Edited by MISS FLORENCE COX Home Demonstration Agent Miss Estelle M. Edwards Assistant Home Dem. Agent 'et In St1'!’ 'Thc Nation Nutrition Month is J ng under way with a fnm be IZ, We hope that every fam ® Halit r< County will join in lmJ!£ "op “>i. L»f four Nation' Rmitett mai tes towards health lor every man ...n •,ijcl chilli. 'Knowing what a good diet is ,1 having f.I- ot all kinds in tendance doc not necessarily L, good nutrition tor your lam 1,. it is nere-sary to huv the i'ak propelly planned and the S pmpare-i hy approved me js but the most imom t mt thing all is to "i a t III V.i . . .1 jn Halifax County _ learned to ".'aoh him! of food and each h prepared, we shall have m ;d jojm.d in the celebration ot tional Nutrition month, Sept ber, 1944 Council Meets -- State Council of the Noith na Federation of Home istraiion Chibs will hoid its . meeting at State College itember t'J to 21. r your Information -- OPA says that point value on jntry butter is now 12 points r pound. Any farmei that has sola less an liUUU pounds of dressed meat jin his own live stock during e last 12 months must mack a port on iorm IMPS* revised. Get e blanks ami information from e O'.ft. f uf Price Administia >c■' ■* —. heating, l. a- nis winter t j. ■ plan to use elec :ity, cord iking a?• keioseiie . fuel oil will be ing to wat in a big way, loud news is that there is some lication that fe ds for live.,took i poultry may more abund t at no it’ in prices. A census made in the United ates dis veied that more fami s needed t e meets o' house id equipme: • any others in "older in.im ■ wash, boilers, vn mowei . a m clocks, kitchen rbage pail h tri heting jd ailtuils. tai’le •' iv. dishpans, issors, wild' . sereens, exten ni cords, an i metal pet •scour i. Rummei 1 out side gor ge pails, 11; a ' nans and sauce ns, radio t , pails and but-k i, clothes pc. . lunch boxes and by i ribs mid ...1 y pens. 1 f you 11 have ih - objects in your me it would pay you to take oil rare o!‘ ii.-. m even though *y will i'i" ■, .. firsts on the ilian prod.i''.. hi li t. It will take long lira ; ply the demand ■ these nim scarce objects. Chocolate a : i » mi are scarce, a should i: what you can got ry vi.'ciy a older to make it ■etch ovia a long period and my dish iie family. Cho ate Slay , i Mended by adding niila fluvoi ing, cinnemou or nond. A 1 ii: i.• -mnig cof ee or remel will all extend the flav Qiocolau amUl be kept in a -lub Members Hold Varied Activities Halifax--Aii.on" the activities of le home demonstration dobs in alifax County during the past °»th was a "l ii s of meetings 1 health. All 22 clubs in the coun turneii their attention to this r»gram. reports Florence Cox “He agent with the State College ^tension Set vice. Wherever there was electric at these meetings, motion ctures on the subject were shown wy Elizabeth Foster, health ed ator' attended a number of the actings and spoke on the sub a:. he clubs in the county also P'an« for late summer out Miss Cox reports, with a . ’ 01 them planning com ni|> picnics to serve as a get gether. ^u>ii market sales made by the "omen during the past mon totakai ¥2,831.95, Miss CoS in ii l’°'n,s iu‘t that this was suaHj good as dry weather 1 cut the production of a num lr of foods. Jhe heavy demand for pressure er.s In Halifax County has /hat the women are very » ,'allon minded this summer, lie fo01 C0°Hcrs were avail sale, but the demand was kaiie‘! ,tllat the supply was soon -ihe' the home agent says. ^Commissioned ai[-V Jf'Hner, son of Mr. and ittner of Weldon receiv ' commission as a second lieu *ant * Cor, ln ‘he United States Ma 1 at QUa ?s Reserve on August 30, fantico, Va. ,\u. »****« + «*** I KEEP FAITH fc With us— \by buying BONOS ********* Seventy-Eighth Year Publisher] Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina THURSDAY, SEPT. 7th„ 1!)44 Y - Day Services To Be HeM Dei**4 On the day Germany cm -ndei all three of Weldon's clmr y,- win he open (luring the entire da i those who wish to go in and wur ship. In the evening a: elock each church \^ill have a V-Day service of thaw , - necia 1 prayer . or tin - ■ in . .. me .'maisters* Association-. o| North Carolina, Dear I rietuls: The rapid progress heing n.-i-h each day by our for, e in !■: i seems to predict a nearly and i successful conclusion of the Atlan tic phase of the war. As cimr-h nieii, 1 believe we should he nr of the possibilities of this hit. and of the weeks and months there after. Since the European an a ■ j are so much nearer to us, and so much more familiar to us, the coming of Victory in tiii area will incline us to feel tun tie big end of the war is over - and so it may prove to lie. Iv.a. r, so, we will need to remember that there are hundreds of thousands of our men in the other theatre undergoing evperiences we little suspect, and tens o: miliums of people dependent on our 1 -adet ship for their liberation, l a many families in our churches. Y-i>a\ in Europe will bring little relief sin ce their personal interests lie in other directions. 1 write to encourage on; .-bur ches in North Carolina to m ike the wisest possible use of thl tre mendous surge of emotion v i■ i h will doubtedless be felt aim r.s u . Can we not save out selves i rum allowing it to be wasted, or wars still, spent in drunkenness and destruction. The solemnity and dignity of our people will be test ed in that time. 1 should hope that we might on that day assei-e-h- m our church- s. having work- I out an impressive * service in which prayer, thanksgiving, and rede li cation of ourselves to Clu-i t weald be foremost. If the peace after the war is to be more than an arm istice, then, in the name of the Prince of Peace, we need to hum ble ourselves in prayer an I ser ious purpose. As the Church, we. by our faith and influence, have a real contribution to make to ihe cause of world peace, i join yam in sincere interest and prayer m regard to this important matter. Cordially yours, J. II. Cunningham, President North-Carolina Council of Chur ches. Mrs. Ella J. Coker Mrs. Ella .T. Coker. (IT, died at her home in Pleasant Hill Mon day after an illness of several weeks deration, funeral set vices were conducted from the residence Wednesday a ternoon. She was. a life long member of Concord Me thodist Church. Mrs. Coker is survived by one daughter, Miss Browne Coker of the home, five sons, Romie t oker of the home, Monroe R. Ct'ker of ICenly, Joseph T. Coker of Hen derson, W. James Coker ot t\ai renton, Sgt. Marvin A. Coker who is somewhere in the British Isle... nitu grandchildren, three brothei and three sisters. _____ Three Sons In Service Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Perry of Weldon have three sons in service. They are Pvt. James M. Periy, who is stationed somewhere in Italy, entered the service Aueu-t 5, 1941 and has been overseas sev enteen months. Cpl. Alton 1L Pei y is stationed in .Mississippi. He has been in service since July 1042. Joseph D. Perry S 2 c cn isted in the Navy in May 1.4 1 uid is now stationed in Brooklyn. M. Y. Mrs. Perry’s brother Pvt. Dan iel F. Lamb, who made his home vith his sister here before enter ncr the service in March rJll, iust been sent to England nom France. He has been overseas lot ghteen months. Attend Scotland Neck Party Jrs. W. G. Suiter, Misses Mary ,,-ce Johnson, Virginia Suiter, de Spruill Mohorn and Connie •ner attended a party Monday ernoon in Scotland Neck gi\‘n Mrs. Ben R. Everette honoring s. Graham Whitehead who e her recent marriage was 58 Betty Suiter of Weldon. Beifields Proud Of Service Sons llalilax Nc»m Family I!'. Fiv< Sons in Service; Bought 1 'I'll rou^li I S \ Roanoke Rapid-. Sept. i • 'tells ol I m i i ;; n lands a re le irii:: tin' meaning; of “American !.■ iTnev" first hand fi mi \ I ighting sour, of David ami 'l e i I’d' ield, Xf'.rro farm a of II ill fax County. The five brothers, scattore.1 i iiml the world with tlm A: ay and Xavy. were overjoyed a • their parents wrote them this spring that their life long' dream laid come true—they had been a !, to hlly a farm o.' their own, tlr . the government's tenant, pares . program ndminnstered Ry th Farm Security Administratior;. “All of the iioys wrote hack ", Mrs. Belfield said, “and told u. that they are telling evv-yhody they meet how America’s di ai •• eraetie government gives the lit tle fellow a chance to get aheaii.' Typical of what the hoys wrm. . she said, is this paragraph tv., , . letter from ChaVles. a c.irpoi.U with tile Army in the South l’aci fie: 'Tin very proud FSA has made it possible for you to par hose a farm and home. You in t me to do my part when payments are due. This is a splendid i xamph of the fad that Ameli a’, demo cracy is providing more at i more for the general uel are of its pee pa'. Chaika volunti i :. i'l Wr a v in the Array s.-on alter r. g nation from Nin th Cnivlm i t M a' at Durham, v.hero lie \t',i,t.o! > ■ '.fay through school. Two othiT brothers, Dav i r . Willie, are also in the So .. e ' ’.i cifie area. Davitl is a seaman i .-i class with the Navy, and Willie is a non-commissioned otla- r in tho Sealses. Luther is with the Navy in the Mediterranean aiea Kdgar, a staff sergeant is in » ho pital hi England _ vec from wounds suffered in the i.r.n sion O'. 1 ranee. ^ nt ire of Mr. and Airs. l>s field, whom they raised -- < hint Mills —also is in the armed iorei with the WAC at Fort holey, kan The Bel fields one of the fami ies in their county this year eh to receive a farm purchase 1 mu >v a committee of three larim. i ■ jf the county who help FS V a< - minister the program, will have up to 1 years to repay but dwhnc that, with the help of the m nicy sent home by their sons in rice and the increased mcom they expect as a result ol sound farming, they want to pa> Fn their land in much less time. , We had sharccropped a long time." Bel ield said, “but a share cropper uHth ciA-t ^klcev. o. hi, own and several . ho, ho raising, can’t very well c .rough money to buy a larm, m government has helped ns >> ending us this money, and now ^ •an i'.olp the government o> 1 • • ,,g more taxes and buying ^ ,,’ds to help keep good t.me ’ The Belfields’ 55-acre Burn orated 2 1-2 miles southv. e-. ZIL Rapids. Before they ihree family size f‘ums Notice To All Users Of Fuel Oil For Heating „. the month of May. I'd I • .or of fuel oil for heating led a renewal blank wlu h be filled out and returned Board at once. Up to urn time, there were 210 ustis ve failed to return the < to the RoanoWe Ru’puls ice and Rationing B.’ard bsolutely imperative that „k be returned t) t-ie ,efore a ration can lie re If you have not as yet I to'this matter, please do u-e. The Board is anxious out all coupons for the year. _. ird of all Pigs horn die ,turity. One four! i of ,use pullets die preme eh losses on the iwcrag high. Ed Srotl, c*' lniv ! of Enfield, was found not guilty of larceny /.-iMi" Aloxander of S ot 1 an■ 1 Neck war mind not guill , of as ■ii.lt on female. < .Oil ia la w i , land \ a !< was ti perior (‘ourt on ; i l y ami Ids upjn '200,00. ■ .1 .Menio. ! o! a Rapids, 1 111 months on ! w Uov i:. smi' dim, reckless di ■ ■. wkilo drunk. co -! - i ml liicn months. Alfonziv Lew i nri'il of Sc't fl'ITdl to Su t'org ncii I'd set ■ ha d oi Roa . ScntciH i d to o road. . white of Wei ring and driv ■'iiiiol ipi.00 and revoked for 12 white of Rna " d a Rapids wa i<■ md not guilty i reckless driving. Hon e Jackson, white of Scot land Neck .driving while drank and fort idle li e pa s, Fine i 5"i I. and costs ami lie n. e revoked 1 r id months. Get Cotton Ready For Smooth Ginning With cotton nicking and ginn i ing now under,' i.v. it is a go d time to reniem rr that neither “green” nor “damp" cotton can ! lie ginned witlm it lowering the quality of tin lie', says C. JfeCaslan, extc -ion gin sp; c i inlist at State <' >11- e. | Every year Mori!'1 Carolina 1 groweres 1 ise many thousands of dollars t.arly in i .e season Ry net allo.ving tii ir ro: m to “ripen” before it is carried to the gin. “It’ pom i raise good cotton and then owe il damaged in the ginning pin.- -s. because it has not been ah" ■■! i .> t ..■> roughly dry out ildina or the h "-I ja < u. gnin .. Mi-i aslan pmnts out. j :,-ve will be a i.rurtage of la bor during ihe .-.uton picking sea son and there will he a feiuleiicy to go into the fields too early in the morning. Although many gi..s are now equipped with hullvis and dryer... the I i gin in tic coun try cannot pmduee high quality lint from liii ... trashiy, and ■ 1 imp cot ton. With cotti a at relative!} high price . the gn>wer has the op poi tun:.y <•! getting some mighty good premiums for cotton of quality. Si differ il, in gri lle Will make dig differences in profits. Cot ion should I c picked as early as possible after it opens liecati a the longer it is left in the imhl. exposed t ) tl sun and ram, .he lower the quality. I la storing cotton, it is good policy to put it just in .front of the door o tlm cotton house. The j next afternoon the cotton can be : moved back j ,t far enough t< I make l ■ >m J . toe day’s picking, j Then, on the i bird day, it can be I moved hack still farther. Turning the cotton in this way se\ ini times aliiiv. s it to dry out prop erly and get in good condit on i i ginning. __ | Collins Sees Good Year For Fruit Raleigh, -V a t 31st--G. 1). 1 ol lins, X. C. l)e] artment of Agri culture statistician, estimate! that the commercial production ol apples in Nor! Carolina this sea son will total 1,384,000 bushels compared with 199,000 bushels » 19^3, He said that annual produc tion in eoiiiineicial areas average, 1,142,000 bushel' for the pcriot 1033-42. Pear production this season wa‘ estimated at 288,000 bushels, as against 88,000 bushels last year Average production of this frui is 337,000 bushels. Production ot grapes, placed at 0,200 tons tin year, compared with the 5,200 ton produced in 1943 and the 10 yeai average of F,o‘»0 tons. Collins said that a “fair" croi of pecans is in prospect, wit. production forecast at 2,720,001 pounds, of which 2,3V),000 pound: an, improved, or budded varieties and 327,000 are seedffngs. fhi 1943 c,op was 2,700,000 pounds of which 2,380,000 pounds wen improved and 320,000 were seed lings. The commercial peach crop, t ol lins estimated, shoul 1 run to ; (Hi 000 busheds. compared with on lv' -:>52 000 ill 1043. Average pro j auction for the 10 year perioc was 2,074,000 bushels. ^ Carloi shipments through July 31 wen 1 592, compared with 50 cars toi ' the entire season last year. FIRST CASE OF POLIO REPORTED IN COUNTY JCapt. Seth T. Parker Is Decorated Again A Ninth Air Force Fightei | Station in the European Theater | Aiir. :tl—F r “meritorious a | (hii'vciiicnl while participating ii ; aerial flight against the cnomj ;n tin' European Theater of Opcr ; a! ions.” the second Bronze Clust or to the Air Medal has been a | warded to Captain Seth T. Park I or, of Curyshurg, North Carolina j Captain Parker is issistant op ! citation's officer <«f a P-47 fight j or squadron and is flying hi: 'Thunderbolt in support of U. S ! ground forces in France. He re | cently completed his 28th mis sion. His operational flights in clude lighter sweeps, long-rang: heavy bomber escort and divi bombing. ! Looking Over Our Districts’ Health p.y i>k. w. k. McDowell I The big offensive in the battle against malnutrition began Sept ember when tlie Nation's Foot Fights For Freedom program turned its attention to good All American nutrition. i In this the third year of Amer I ica’s participation in the war there is a deeper appreciation o! the vital role of food in wartime j than ever before. Since May 1943 the Nutrition Programs Brancli o War Food Administration’ U.livc of Distribution has assislec ; with nutrition clinic demonistra tion which have shown that there i widespread malnutrition through out the country. In the past thi e"edition might have been asso eiated with low income. Today however, spending jpower is at at all time high and \vfth fewer good ami services available, civilian: who have an increased income art spending much of it on food—bin not always the right rood. In line with the growing rec ognition i f food’s importance u the creation of the National Nu trition Program, the aim of whirl is to show people how to udjus , their eating habits to a wartinn situation. The program is dedicated t > tin proposition hat total war demand; total strength, and that tota strength demands good nutrition It recognizes that eating shouh ■ mean more than satisfying hung 1 er. it should provide the body daily with the right kinds of foo; in suitable amounts to furnish en ergy -- to provide material fo building and repairing the body to furnish substances to regulat' body processes. I The solution then would seem ti lie in educating the food purchas | cr to obtain 100 percent nutritioi ! value - rom the foods available - and that is the mission of tin National Wartime Nutrition Pr > gram. Working with the Federal or ganization are nearly 3,000 State county, and local nutrition com mittees which in-i .. :‘i thei membership experienceu ;'.n.ri 1 tionists, distitians, home econo I mists, physicians, dentists. am representatives of agencies, civi groups and the food trade. Cornerstone of the program t the new and revised Official War i time Food Guide showing th •■Music 7” categories of food whie. should be eaten every -lay. Tin ■ program will receive major em phasis from national advertiser ami retailers and in national ma gazines and over the radio whicl will feature better breakfasts am better lunches for all, but ospec j ially for school children and wa workers. : 1 Nutrition - in every day lan guage - means eating three wel balanced meals a day — built a round the “Basic 7” appetizing! served and prope iy cooked to pre 1 serve all the foe 1 values. Your County Nutrition Commit tee is sponsoring a series of radi ! programs in the basic 7 food; Wednesday at 10:45 A. M. eac week. Last week Mrs. Loyd Sand lin and Mrs. Copper Cannon ap peared on the program. Be sur and tune in next week._ Foods furnish the body with s bout : orty different nutrient; i say Extension home economists. Pastors Leave Two Roanoke Rapids pastors, the Rev. S. A. Fann of the Rente costal Holiness Church and the /Rev. R. V. Hope of the First Christian Church, have resigned to accept pastorates elsewhere. The Rev. Mr. Fann who had re I sided in Roanoke Rapids for six I years has left for Clinton. He will I- later either be assigned another pastorate or do evangelistic work. s The Rev. Mr. Hope has accept | ed a call in Burlington. Since com j ing to the Roanoke Rapids Church j he has guided the church in pay I ing for its building and in paying off all other debts. Attention: Cafes, Restaurants, Hotels, Hospitals Be sure and apply for your September-October allotment of food and meat points for the op eration of your place of business before the 15th of September in order to avoid being out in your allotments. Remember to show number of people served and sales tax paid for July and August when you apply for your next allot When the news of the Victory in Europe reaches Weldon the stores in Weldon will be closed for a holiday it was decided at a meet ing held Tuesday night. W. B. Joyner, president of the Merchants Association, said today the plan was to remain closed ail day if the Victory news came in the morning and if it arrived in the afternoon the 3101*03 would stay closed the next day. ments. Local Merchants To Close V-Day Farmers May Get i Loans On Cotton 1 Stored On Farms Farmers of Halifax County row may obtain federal loans on their 1944 cotton crop which is stored on their own farms it was announc ed today by D. M. Crocker, Sec., ■! of the County AAA Committee. ■ The loans are being made by i| the 'Commodity Credit Corporation • and farm storage is being extend 1 ed this year because oi shortage ■ of available warehouse space. All cotton on which a federal loan is l granted is placed under chattel mortage and all applications for ' loans must be made at the County ■ AAA office, he said. “This farm storage plan has been in effect in a small area for 1 the past two years,” he said, '‘and ■ it proved so valuable to the farm ers that it was extended to^all cot | ton counties in North Carolina. ■ Loan rates on farm stored cotton ■ are the same as loan rates on cot j ton stored in commercial ware houses. In addition, the taimei receives a storage fee of 10 cents per bale per month, provided the cotton eventually is turned over to the Corporation.” The basic loan in North Cavo 1 lina is 21.94 cents per i »> md f 1 ■ 15-16 inch middling in areas nea: mills and 21.89 cents per pound ! outside “mill areas” the dif.er ential being due to freight charg > es. Premiums and discounts are i in effect for cotton grading and ’ stapling better or less than lo-10 - inch middling. The basic loan rate i for Halifax County is 21.89 cents - per pound, he said. ii Producers placing their cotton 1 stored on their own farms undei - loan will be required to pay a fee ■ of $1 per bale to cover costs of i handling the loan and insurance -' and will be required to exercise 1 normal care to prevent loss oi - damage to the cotton. All struc ; tures in which cotton is storer - must be inspected by the countj loan inspector, working under su - pervision of the County AAA > Committee. The loan inspector lot this county is J. R. Dickens, h< i said. “Any cotton producer in Hah - far County who wishes to obtair - a federal loan on his 1944 c/.tor crop and store it on his own farn should call at the County AAA Of. - fice where he can obtain eomplet* i, information on obtaining a loan Mr. 'Crocker said. Halifax County’s first case of polio was reported today by the Halifax County Health department. Charlie Lee Peterson, Hve and a half year old colored child whose parents are the Willie Lee Peter sons of the Allen’s Grove section near Halifax has had the symp toms of polio for several days and has now developed some paralysis in his legs. The child may be taken to the Infantile Paralysis Hospital at Hickory if his condition permits. Poliomyelitis For the past several weeks po liomyelitis has been prevalent throughout the section of our state, with an occasional case having been reported in widely scattered areas over the entire state. During this time we have anxiously followed the course of the epidemic and, knowing that po liomyelitis is essentially a disease of warm weather, have more or less expected to have one or more cases reported here. Now that one case has been reported, it is hoped that it will be accepted calmly, but that the advice of your phy sician and health department and the resolution adopted by the Board of Health will be rigidly ad hered to. In 1943 three cases were report ed in the Edgecombe - Halifax District and in none of the fami lies in which the cases occurred was there a second case, althouf0 in all there were other children. Much publicity has been given this disease recently and unquest ionably everyone knows that med ical science has not gone as far toward the complete solution of the cause, methods of spread, etc., of poliomyelitis as is the case in many diseases. It is an established fact, however, that much can be done in the control of the spread of the disease by following a few often repeated rules. 1 Keep children away from crowds. 2. Keep children away from any ill person, regardless of how mild the illness may seem. 3. Call your physician at the first sign of illness and carefully follow his instructions. 4. Do not travel into or through the area where the disease is pre , valent. | 5. Keep resistance up by noper .diet, rest and elimination, etc. ! .Above all the public should re main calm and realize that every summer some cases of polimyelitis has been reported in North Caro lina and frequently there has been some in our own county. Dr. W. K. McDowell, M. D. District Health Officer. South Rosemary Negro Wounded Ed Harris, 32 year old South Rosemary Negro, is recovering in Roanoke Ralids Hospital from a gunshot wound in his hip which he received Sunday night while peep ing into the bedroom af Mrs. Zack Mohorn, Jr., who also resides in . o. th Rosemary. It is alledged that Mrs. Mohorn came home Sunday night at eleven, o’clock from her work in one of the Roanoke Rapids Mills and went to bed while in another room her husband and small daughter were asleep. Shortly thereafter she saw Harris peeping in her window. She woke her husband I who when the negro pee) I 1 ^ the window a second time shot him in the hip as he attempted to run. It is believed the negro thought i Mrs. Mohorn was alone in the 1 house at the time. Harris who has recently serv ' ed a term of eighteen months for 1 perjury, has served several other terms for misconduct and drunk ! ardness. He will be given a hear, ing in this case in Roanoke Rap 1 ids city court as soon as his con dition permits. According to Roanoke Rapids ■ police there have been seevral cas '■ es of this type reported there in 1 the last few weeks.__ Kale is proving one of the best garden greens, both from the standpoint of taste and hardiness says John Harris af State Col lege.