PAGE TWO PEANUT GROWERS URGED TO PROPERLY CURE PEANUTS TO PREVENT HEAVY LOSS High Quality Peanuts Be In Good Demand “Proper harvesting and thorough drying of peanuts before sending them to market is most important,” says County Agent C. W. Overman. “This is definitely borne out in the experience of some growers, buyers and processors in handling the 1946 crop.” Mr. Overman quotes from a recent article published in the News and Observer: “W. M. Stephenson of Pendleton, a peanut buyer and grower for more than 45 years, said that ‘the 1946 crop of peanuts gave him consider able worry after it was called to his attention that they were showing a larger percentage of damaged ker nels than peanuts from Virginia.’ “In making a study as to the cause Mr. Stephenson reached the conclu sion that farmers as a whole in North Carolina dug their peanuts and put them directly out of the ground into the stack without any chance of wilt ing and curing in the geld. 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Commend those noticeably careful •bout die conduct of their establishments. A reasonable request, we feel, designed to keep • clean business clean, NOtfH CAROLINA COMITTEf ZQk iaimn STATES HEWERS HMMDATKMf iWI ... 4 - I go through a heat and damage. He found that iarmers in Virginia used sulphur dust on their peanuts just as farmers in North Carolina, but did not have the large percentage of ! damaged kernels. He found the prac tice in Virginia was to dig the pea ’ nuts and let them dry on the ground , a day and a half or two days before . stacking, which eliminated the dam- I age.” ! Farmers in Chowan County have sulphur dusted approximately 4,000 acres Or more of their peanut crop ! this year, says Mr. Overman. Over man says this is a good practice in peanut growing and will pay good dividends in increased yields of pea nuts and increased yield and quality .of hay, provided the peanuts are dug properly, allowed to wilt on the ground one to two days before stack ing, enough additional stack poles are used so that stacks will be no larger around than normal, slats are nailed on the poles 12 to 18 inches above the ground so that good air circula tion will result, and the peanuts are left in the stack until they thoroughly cure and dry before picking. Ac cording to reports ooming to Mr. Overman, buyers are going to be on the alert this year to detect improp- ___THE-CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THUBBD4Y, SEPTEMBER 25,1947. erly cured peanuts and those con taining excess moisture and damaged kernels. Damaged peanuts or those carrying excess moisture will most likely be cut in price to off-sdt losses that might occur in storage. Mr. Overman pleads with all farm ers who have sulphur dusted their crop to use every precaution possible to complete the harvesting And pre-; paration of peanuts for nuugjcet so i that they will absolutely dry and bring’' top market prices. “A good job well done in sulphur dusting pea nuts will pay good dividends,” says Mr. Overman. Colored Council Now Working On Plans For Achievement Day Negro County Council Meets In Brown-Car ver Library The Home Demonstration County Council met Saturday, September 20, at 3 o’clock in the Brown-Carver Li brary. The meeting was opened with Mrs. Arizona Fleming presiding in the absence of the president. Reports of the Farmers and Home Workers Conference, and of the La bor Day picnic were given by Mrs. Fleming of Center Hill Club. Plans were' completed for the Achievement Day on October 24, and county projects were discussed by Mrs. Esther .Burgess Roscoe. These projects are to be discussed in the various clubs and brought back to the Council meeting next time for adop tion. Hospital Notes The following patients have been admitted in Chowan Hospital during the ‘week ending Monday: White Patients ' Robert F. Rice, Beaufort; James E. Wilder, Harrellsville; Mrs. A. M. , Forehand, Edenton; Mrs. Roy Good win, Hertford; Mrs. M. E. Kennedy, Edenton; Miss Mary Alice Godfry, Chowan Hospital; Mrs. Linwood Dav enport and baby girl, Edenton; Rob ert Clark, Colerain; Thurston Stal lings, Edenton; Mrs. Howard Marler, Alexandria, Va.; .Mrs. Harry A. Has sell, Edenton; Mrs. Jessie B. MyqgJ Colerain; Clyde Norman, Roper; lfrs. Mary Belch, Tyner; the Rev. Fred F. Brown, Knoxville, Tenn. Colored Patients John E. Roberts, Edenton; Augus ta Hyman, Tyner; Bessie Clayton, Gatesville; Edna Bond, Tyner; Mary Britt, Tyner. Lawn Party Friday At Center Hill Parsonage The Youth Fellowship group of Center Hill Methodist Church at Ty- 1 ner will sponsor a lawn party on the Methodist parsonage lawn Friday evening, September 26, at 6 o’clock. Bingo will be played, and there will be hot dogs, sandwiches, cake, ice cream, pop corn and lemonade for sale. Members of the group extend a cordial invitation to the public to at tend and enjoy the Affair. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Harrell an nounce the birth of a son, Joseph Earl, weight 7 pounds 6 ounces, on Friday, September 19, at Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va. Moth er and baby are doing nicely. itchT Don’t Suffer Another Minnt« Are you tormented with itching of ec zema, psoriasis, rashes, athletes foot, sunburn, eruptions, rectal itching, rough hands or face or other skin troubles? For quick relief and good results use Victory Ointment Devel oped for the boys in the services, now offered to the folks back home. 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Boon's stimulate the fuae tton es the Udaeya and help them to || flush out poisonous waste from eke II .Py '* -ft***' p — witt> °° nftd once. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and'Mrs. Linwood E. Daven port announce the birth of » ex pound daughter, Johnetta White, at the Chowan Hospital on Thursday, -September 18. j Minutes Os County j Board Os Education The County Board of Education hsld its regular meeting September I, 1947. The following members were present: G. E. Nixon, Carey Evans, Lloyd Briggs, D. H. Berryman, J. I. Boyce. In the absence of the chair man, J. E. Wood, Mr. Berryman was appointed temporary chairrqan. The minutes of the previous meet ing were read and upon motion made and passed same were approved. The" County Treasurer’s report for August was read and upon motion made and passed the report was ap proved. The Secretary reported the election of Miss Jayne Griffin as Primary teacheV in the Chowan High School by the committee. This election \yas approved by a motion made and passed. The question was considered con cerning an early school schedule for the first month. It was decided to run the regular schedule by opening schools at 8:30 A. M. for the first month, and if the need for an earlier schedule was observed for a month, the matter would be considered at the next meeting. The question of holidays and Christmas vacation was discussed. Upon motion made and passed, it was ordered That Thursday and Friday be observed for Thanksgiving, and that the Christmas holidays begin with the close of schools December 19 and that -same be re-opened December 31, 1947. MHEADACHE Capudim relieve* headache fast because it’s liquid. Its in- Q -gvl ■ gredients art already dissolved H H —all ready to begin easing the H OrSTlfl P ain - ■* >,, ° *° oth « I ’ enf * * en - D sion due to the pein. 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Special Ford Equipment 1 •M Your ford Detlir knows your Ford Mit ESTIMATES |B|E—•USE OUR BUDGET PLAN The Superintendent reported that 1 Hie seventh grade vacancy at Chowan High School had not been filled, and the teacher-principal for the Rocky Hock Central had not been secured, but that- he hoped to either secure regular teachers by the opening date, September Bth, otherwise secure qualified substitute teachers until regular teachers could be had. The Board authorized the Superin tendent, upon motion and passed, to have the plans and specifications for the Chowan High School physical education and recreation building drawn immediately, in the event the application for Federal funds for ar chitectural fees is approved. A motion ' was made and passed authorizing a 15 % increase in the cost of handling textbooks under the • Remember tha* wartime cigarette shortage? The many different brands people smoked? As a result jfl of that experience ... those comparisons... more Urml people are smoking Camels than ever before! ' [ TKafs your proving ground -forany See if Camels don’t suit f 'w r. J£ft& m ' ■j 0) if £ i 9 yff f^ IN EVERY FIELD.. ~ ■ It- wm " mm nmmmnmeeeemtm mtmZr^mmmmarn We have a carload in transit. When this Arrives we will be able to offer discount on quantity lots. HALSEY FEED & SEED STORE I “The Store With the Checkerboard Front” WE DELIVER ANY PLACE IN TOWN 1 State book cental system, as author ized by the State Board of Education for all units that are self-supporting. Carey Evans was authorized, by motion made and passed, to have the grounds of the Rocky Hock Central School mowed. The secretary s read the bills which had been paid and those to be paid in the' amount of $2,740.61. A motion was made and passed to approve the bills paid'and those which had not been paid in the sum total of $2,740.61. There being no further business, a motion was made and passed to ad journ. D. H. BERRYMAN, Temporary Chairman. W. J. TAYLOR, - ■ - Secretary.

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