141,265 Visitors
At Fort Raleigh
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State and 39 For
eign Countries Repre
| sented Last Season
More visitors than ever before
traveled this year to the Fort Ra
leigh national historic site on Roa
noke Island, where the first English
settlements in America were attempt
| *ed.
, In the travel year ending Septem
. ber 30, officials at the site counted
141,265 visitors, Supfc. Robert L. At
kinson announced. The figure for the
| previous year was 134.397.
The visitors came from every state,
- the District of Columbia, and 39 for
eign countries and possessions of the
United States.
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Suppose you were on a wildlife quiz
program and the man asked you to
name North America’s most mysteri
ous carnivore. Also suppose he con
siderately gave you the following
clues: (1) That the animal is a mem
ber of the weasel family, weighs up
20 pounds and reaches a maximum
length of four feet; (2) that it is a
cannibal and no animal surpasses it in
ferocity and bloodthirstiness; (3) that
it is the only killer able consistently
to prey upon porcupines; (4) that in
the trees it is the fastest of all four
♦ footed creatures; and (5) that its pelt
is equal to Eiberian sable in richness
and luster.
The answer is the pekan, or fisher —
largest of the martens. But nobody
could be blamed for fluffing the ques
tv tion. Certainly no other animal on
the continent has been a greater geni
us at keeping his family secrets in
violate.
It is only in recent years—after the
fur farmers finally solved the puzzle
of propagating the fisher domestically
—that we have had any real know
ledge about this formidable animal’s
life. The female fisher, according to
outdoor writer Russell Annabel, has
an incredibly long gestation period.
Mating takes place in the spring, late
March to early May, with the young
no.t arriving until almost a year
later.
The litter varies from one to five,
with three and four being most com
mon. Four to nine days after the
young are bom, the mother fisher
goes out to mate again. It is she
who seeks the mating. She is a de
voted mother, but at this time, until
she finds a male and mates, her help-
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MOBILE TELEVISION EQUIPMENT TRANSMITS SCENES FROM THE FlEU)—With the outfit
pictured above the U. 8. Army Signal Corps soon will start experiment* with a mobile television system
capable of transmitting photo scenes from relatively remote field activities to military classrooms. (Al
though the scheme may be practical, it is too early to expect battle views to be throvm on home TV sets.)
Shown here are two of the four buses comprising the mobile unit. These two vehicles constitute the
transmitting set-up. Two others accommodate the receiving unit. As pictured here the left truck carries
the power plant and maintenance shop; the right truck contains the cameras and transmitters.
less babies are forgotten. This may
be f the basic reason for the universal
scarcity of fishers.
Fishers are fastidious in appear
ance, but not about what they eat:
snakes,- toads, frogs, mice, beetles,
grubs, rotten birds’ eggs, carcasses
which no other animal will eat. But
they do not eat fish. “Pekan,” an
Indian term, is a better name.
They are the outstanding cannibals
of the wilds since they prey relentless
ly on their blood relatives, the mar
tens. They resemble their relatives
but range in color from grizzled gray
brown to jet-black and often have
white patches extending from their
chests back along their bellies.
About Half Cotton
Crop Already Picked
With generally more than
of the crop picked, the condition re
mains predominantly good over the
entire state. However, in the major
cotton producing areas of the state
harvest is about 75 per cent com
plete with the prevailing conditions
as “Fair” to “Good.”
Moravian Candle Tea
To Be Held Dec. 5 To 8
The annual Moravian Candle Tea,
traditional in Winston-Salem as the
opening of the Christmas season, will
be held December 5-8 in historic
Brothers House, Moravian communal
dwelling dating from 1768.
Each Year thousands of visitors
find the elbow latch on the Brothers
[ House swinging wide in hospitality
for the Candle Tea, which is sponsor
ed by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Home Moravian Church. The hours
j are 2 to 9 . M. The Brothers House
is on South Main Street at Salem
’ Square.
ALL SAINTS’, ALL SOULS’
DAYS’, SUNDAY SERVICES
Thursday, November 1, Feast of All
Saints, Holy Masses in St. Ann’s
Catholic Church, Edenton, at 7 and
11 A. M., each including Sermon on
“The Saints in the Liturgy of the
Church,” stated Rev. F. J. McCourt,
Rector, who invites everybody to all
Services.
Friday, November 2, All Souls’ Day,
a Religious Memorial Day, Masses 7,
9 and 11 A. M., in Edenton.
Sunday, November 4, Mass in Ber
tie County Court House court room,
Windsor, at 9 A. M., Edenton 11 A.
M., each including Sermon on “The
Liturgy of the Dead.” Holy Com
munion, followed by Sunday School.
Other week-days: Mass, Rosary in
Edenton at 7 A. M. Confessions for
half hour before every Service.
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some of the recipes that the culinary
experts suggest might make good
eating.
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Ladino Pasture Is
Farmer’s Favorite
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What’s the one thing, above all
others, that a farmer needs on his
place? A Tractor? Refrigerator, Tele
vision set ? Automobile ?
All these things are fine, but they
are not as important as having a
good Ladino clover pasture, believes
Sonny Leathers, Negro farmer of
Fletchers Grove community, Wake
County.
Leathers says a farmer needs a
Ladino pasture even if his farm is
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90% For! 10% Against \
Railroad workers are represented by 23 standard I
unions. By mutual agreement, 20 of these unions—com
prising about 1,200,000 men, or more than 90%—are 1
working under wages and rules agreed to by them and V
the railroads. But leaders of three unions—with only ■
about 130,000 men, or less than 10%—still refuse, after I
more than a year of negotiations, to'accept similar .1
wage and rules agreements. These are even more
favorable than the terms recommended by the Emer- f
gency Board appointed by the President.
Yes, it certainly seems to be finally about time that the leaders of the three unions stop their
delaying tactics—their quibbling. But the leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway Conductors
continue to refuse. They continue a course of dillying and dallying. It is definitely time to
END THIS QUIBBLING!
On June 15, 1950, an Emergency Board
appointed by the President under the
terms of the Railway Labor Act—an Act
largely fathered by the unions themselves
—made its recommendations on certain
wage and working conditions ("rules” in
railroad language) which had been in dis
pute between employes and the railroads.
More Than 90% of Employes Accept
Since then, terms equal to or better than
the Board recommendations have been
accepted by about 1,200,000 railroad em
ployes—more than 90% of the total of all
workers. They are represented by 20 of
the 23 standard railroad unions.
Less Than 10% Refuse
But three unions—with about 130,000
men, or less than 10% of the total—have
refused to accept, even after months of
negotiations. These three unions are the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway
Conductors. These are three of the so
called "operating” unions. Already the
highest paid men in the industry, their
leaders demand still further advantages
over other workers.
In all, there are about 270,000 operating
employes. But not all of them, by any
means, are represented by BLE, BLF&E,
or ORC. As a matter of fact, less than
half—l32,ooo to be exact—are in these
three unions. More than half—about
140,000—are in other unions, principally
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
What makes the whole situation so hard
to understand is that these 140,000 op
erating employes are working under wages
and rules which the leaders of the other
130,000 say they cannot agree to.
What Do the Railroads Offer?
They offer these three unions the same
settlement which was contained in a Mem
orandum of Agreement signed at the White
House on December 21, 1950, by four
brotherhoods and the railroads. Later
these brotherhoods sought to repudiate
this agreement. Bpt on May 26,1951, the
Brotherhood Os Railroad Trainmen signed
a complete agreement carrying out the
only half an acre in size. He reached
this conclusion, according to W. C.
Davenport, Wake Negro farm agent
of the State College Extension Ser
vice, after observing pastures on the
farm of Willie Chavis in the same
community.
“Willie’s mules and cows stay in the
pasture and are just as fat and round
as a butterball,” Leathers told Agent
Davenport. “That’s what makes me
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principles of the Memorandum Agreement
of December 21. They have been working
under this agreement since May 25.
What About Wages?
Under the terms of the agreement, yard
engineers, firemen and conductors would
now be receiving a wage increase of $.34
an horn- ($2.72 a day) and road engineers,
firemen and conductors would now be re
ceiving an increase of 19H cents an hour
($1,56 per day). Large sums of retroactive
pay have already accrued and if the agree
ment is carried out, will be paid promptly.
What About “Cost of Living” Increases?
The White House Agreement includes an
"escalator” clause under which wages will
be geared to changes in the Government’s
cost-of-living index. Two such increases
—April and July, 1951—have already been
paid to the 90% of railroad employes cov
ered by signed agreements.
What About the 40-Hour Week?
The White House Agreement calls for the
establishment of the 40-hour week in prin
ciple, for employes in yard service. The
employes can have it any time after Jan
uary 1,1952, provided the manpower sit
uation is such that the railroads can get
enough men to perform the work with
reasonable regularity at straight time
rates. If the parties do not agree on the
question of availability of manpower, the
White House Agreement provides arbitra
tionbyarefereeappointedbythe President.
What Else Do the Union
Leaders Demand?
The continued quibbling of the leaders of
the three unions has to do principally with
We are publishing this and other advertisements to talk to you
at first hand about matters which are important to everybody. t £ j
want a pasture,” he added.
This fall Leathers laid off a four
acre plot, prepared the seedbed care
fully, and sowed the area to Ladino
clover and orchard grass. By next
summer he expects to have some good
grazing for this livestock.
Davenport says many other Negro
farmers throughout Wake County
have also seeded improved pasture
this fall.
Over $27,000 Is Spent
For New Sheep Stock
Sheep are making a comeback in
North Carolina.
Extension animal husbandry specia
lists at State College say Tar Heel
farmers have spent approximately
$27,500 to buy new sheep stock dur
ing the past year. A large part of
this was used for purebred animals.
Right now, the specialists add, is
a good time to start in the sheep
business especially for farmers who
have good Ladino clover pasture and
a place to corral their sheep at night.
The North Carolina Purebred Sheep
Breeders Association, headed by J. W.
Norris, sponsored three sales during
the summer at which 63 purebred
rams were sold for $9,550 and 196
! grade ewes brought $4,860. At a
! sale held this fall in connection with
the State Fair, 37 bred ewes were
i sold for $6,138.30, averaging $165.90
! per head.
, The top animal in the bred ewe sale,
! grown and consigned by Alex Meek
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and Son of Burkes Garden, Va., was
bought by Wade Campbell of Taylors
ville for $320.
In addition to the sales sponsored
by the breeder’s association, the
North, Carolina Department of Agri
culture has helped farmers purchase
1,555 Western ewes for a total price
of $6,951.70.
Willie Strickland, Cerro Gorda 4-H
Club member, recently sold a litter of
10 pigs for more than SSOO. They
were slightly over six months old and
averaged 238 pounds in weight.
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rules changes, which have already been
agreed to by the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. Os these, the principal one
seems to be that having to do with so
called "interdivisional service”—runs
which take in two or more seniority dis
tricts.
The union leaders would bar progress
and efficiency in the industry, and better
service to the public, by maintaining a
situation where they can arbitrarily stop
a railroad from establishing such inter
divisional runs. The carriers propose that
if a railroad wishes to set up an inter
divisional run, the railroad and the unions
should try to agree on such run and the
conditions which should surround its es
tablishment, and if the railroad and the
unions can’t agree, the matter will be sub
mitted to arbitration.
But the three union leaders still refuse.
Rules Can Be Arbitrated
The railroads have not only offered these
three unions the same rules agreed to by
the BRT and covered by the White House
Agreement, but have even agreed to sub
mit such rules to arbitration.
The Industry Pattern Is Fixed
With the pattern so firmly established in
the railroad industry, it seems fair to sug
gest that the leaders of BLE, BLF&E,
and ORC stop their quibbling and take
action to make the railroad labor picture
100% complete. Certainly today’s eco
nomic and international situation calls for
a united front. And certainly no good rea
son has been advanced why these three
unions should be preferred over all other
railroad employes.
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