1954 Cotton Crop
Estimated at 23%
Less Than In 1953
First Estimate Places
Production at 12,680,-
000 Bales
USD A last week released its first
estimate of cotton production this year
under the federal control propram ac
cepted by cotton producers for their
1954 crop.
The Department estimated a crop
of 12,680,000 hales, or 23 per cent less
cotton in 1954 than was psoduced in
1953.
While last week’s official estimate
would not satisfy the expected demand
for cotton this year, Department fig
ures indicated that cotton surpluses
would still be excessive enough to de
mand a strong federal control pro
gram next year.
Adding the 9.700,000 hale carryover
of old crop cotton to this year’s 12,-
680,000-halo production and imports of
about 200,000 bales, the cotton supply
for the 1954-55 season amounts to
22.580.000 bales.
Marketing quotas would be in order
for a Supply exceeding 17,800,000
bales (30 per cent above the esti
mated demand figure of 13,700,000
bales).
Growing conditions, even in view of
t l ’ - drought, were reported by the De
partment to be favorable during 1954.
California, Arizona, and New Mexi
co growing seasons were said to be
“exceptionally favorable” thus far.
Methodist Seminar Is
Scheduled For Sept. 16
A seminar of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service of the Elizabeth
City District will be held in the Eden
ton Methodist Church all day Thurs
day. September 16. In the neighbor
hood of 200 women are expected to
attend with lunch to be served in the
new addition to the church by mem
bers of the Edenton society.
PEANUT STOCKS DOWN
Peanuts held in off-farm positions
on July 31 totaled 285 million pounds
of equivalent farmers’ stock peanuts,
according to the Crop Reporting
Board, USDA.
This is 33 per cent less than stocks
a year ago—and the lowest for the
date since July, 1950, when supplies
totaled 187 million pounds.
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Appendicitis in the Middle end Later Years £
f If you’ve reached the age of forty, you may feel pretty confident about’
getting through life without an attack of appendiciti*. It’s true that
this affliction is much rarer in middle or old age than in youth. But
statistics show that, with our extended life span, an Increasing number
of older people have appendicitis—and that it is often unsuspected, 'j*
1 The insidious thing about ap- ♦
pendicitis in older people is that it
often doesn’t give the expected
. warning signals. As a result, the
patient may delay going to see a
doctor .until there may be compli
cations, warns Dr. F. F. "Boyce of
the Tulane University of Loum~»
School of Medicine.
S?- Unexpected Symptoms \ Jff
has been well said that older
1 patients with acute appendicitis
enter the state of ill health slowly,”'
1 Dr. Boyce reports. The first symp
tom may be only a “vague diges
tive distress,” which may go on
for some time. Pain is not apt to
be localized to the light side (ths
symptom most of us have been
taught to recognize), but may be
in all areas,of the abdomen, and
it isn’t necessarily severe. Often
it may seem more like discomfort
than real pain. Nausea is frequent
and usually persistent, though
vomiting does not necessarily oc
cur.
. More Confusion', )
, v '
r Other complaints reported in
older patients who turned out to
have appendicitis are so general
that it is no wonder they confused
the picture: these include head
ache, backache, malaise, hiccoughs,
and rectal bleeding. “Such symp
toms seem totally unrelated to
acute appendicitis,” comments Dr.
Boyce, “and perhaps they are, but
Peanut Growers Will
Meet September 16
Annual Meeting Sched
uled at Peanut Test
Farm
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina Peanut Growers Association
will be held jointly with the annual
Peanut Field Day on September 16 at
the Peanut Test Farm in Lewiston,
beginning at 10:30 A. M.
Featured on the association’s pro
gram will be the annual reports of
President C. S. Alexander of Scot
land Neck and Executive Secretary
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1954.
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the argument is acaflemic. They
occurred in association with the'
disease; they confused the clinical
picture, and the end-result was
the same, delay in both diagnosis
and treatment.” J
As everyone knows, appendici
tis is not a condition to be ne
glected. Treatment is most suer
cessful, complications are fewer,
and recovery is faster when the
diseased appendix is removed
promptly. Early detection of ap
pendicitis is obviously not as easy
in older patients as in youth* but:
you can at least be on guard. If
you have “chronic indigestion" o t
abdominal pain, or a sudden un« j
explained attack of these eymp
toms, don’t neglect them btffc
don’t get panicky, either. Consult
your doctor, and let him determine!
the cause, r' ' *
I Joe S. Sugg of Rocky Mount.
| Representative L. H. Fountain of
I the Second Congressional District is
bj scheduled to speak at the morning
I i session.
' I President Alexander will also make
a talk on “Facts About Your Peanut
- Association,” and Thomas J. Pearsall
lof Rocky Mount, will speak on “The
I Peanut Program As Seen by a Peanut
! Farmer.”
| The field day program will include
h demonstrations by research personnel
n of State College.
1 ■
i, ICE CREAM
I By MARTHA STILLEY
-1 Virginia Electric & Power Co.
f | Home Economist
y' Rules for making better ice cream—
Use cream that is twenty-four hours
'old, as it makes a finer grain than
fresh cream.
When possible dissolve sugar in liq
uid over heat before adding it to the
cream.
Add one-eighth teaspoonful. or more
lof salt to the sirup. Cool the sirup
, before adding it to the cream.
| Fill the ice cream container only
three-fourths full to allow for the ex
pansion of the frozen cream.
You just can’t beat ice cream for
easy use at a moment’s notice! Choose ,
any flavor. Keep supplies on hand
and you can serve delicious dishes.
Minted Cantaloupe Sauce
| 1/8 cup sugar
% cup water
IV2 cups diced cantaloupe
2 sprigs mint
2 tsp. tamon juice
Ice cream
Combine sugar and water. Cook on |
low heat, stirring constantly, until su- 1
gar is dissolved; boil 1 minute. Add
cantaloupe, mint; bring to boil—cool ,
and add lemon juice.
Spoon Over slices of ice cream; gar
nish with fresh mint leaves.
Ripple Pie
I 1 .’{ cups graham cracker crumbs
I I cup sugar
'i cun soft butter or margarine
1 ’■! pt. pistachio ice cream
frozen grape juice
Mix first three ingredients and
j press to bottom sides, of ice-cube
tray. Fill with lb pints pistachio ice
: cream. Swirl thawed frozen grape
juice concentrate through the ice (
cream—freeze —cut in wedges to
serve.
Three-I’ruit Shcrbert
| 1 cup sugar
I 2 cups water
) 1 pkg. raspberry gelatin
14 cup orange juice
% cup lemon juice
2 12-oz. pkg. frozen raspberries
Combine sugar and water: boil 5
minutes—Add gelatin: stir until dis
solved: chill until slightly thickened.
Sieve berries; add with orange and
lemon juices, to gelatin. Refreeze
-8 servings.
Cranberry Mousse
1-1 lb. jellied cranberry sauce
2 tbsp. sugar
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
tsp. almond extract
With fork, beat together cranberry
sauce and sugar until well blended
Fold in cream and almond extract.
Freeze until firm, stirring once—
Serves 6.
For parfaits use parfait, sherbet or
pilsner glasses. Parfaits may be
made ahead and stored in freezing >
compartment.
Pineapple—Orange Parfait
To 1-6 oz. can frozen orange juice
add 1 No. 202 crushed pineapple. Tn
glasses, alternate layers of vanilla ice
cream with a little sauce.
Fruit Parfait
In glasses, alternate layers of va
nilla ice cream with crushed fruit and
chocotate ranee. Garnish with whip-
I ped cream and shaved chocolate.
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Hospital Patients |
' Patients admitted to Chowan Hos
pital during the week of August 30-
September 5, were as follows:
White
Edenton: Mrs. Delsie Leary, Mrs.
Clara Evans, William Lane, Mrs.
Frances Grover, Mrs. Eunice Lipham
and Mrs. Ethel Perry.
Columbia: Mrs., Betty Sawyer and
Mrs. Victoria Cooper.
Roper: Rev. Jack Jayroe and Mr a .
Annie Sheehan.
Hertford: Lee Riddick and Mrs
j Lena Bagley.
Tyner: Mrs. Alberta Chappell, Mrs.
Carolyn Hollowell and Oscar Chappell.!
I Belvidere: Arthur Winslow.
Windsor: Theodore Shaw.
Plymouth: Miss Marjorie Brown, i
Elizabeth City: Mrs. Lillie Mae
Comer.
Negro
Edenton: Emily Brooks, Pauline.
Granby, Mary Wynn, John Perry, Rosa;
Lee Mcßae and Frank Leary.
Belvidere: Donnie Wynn.
Chapanoke: Elizabeth Spencer.
Hertford: Norman Harrell and Ger
aldine Holley.
Patients discharged from hospital
during the same period were:
White
Edenton: Mrs. Geraldine Betts,
Howard Ange, Mrs. Clara Evans, Mrs.
Delsie Leary, Mrs. Nora Lee Daven
port, William E. Lane.
Creswell: Mrs. Dorothy Davenport,
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams.
Columbia: Mrs. Betty Sawyer.
Roper: Rev, Jack Jayroe.
j Hertford: Mrs. Evelyn Harrel and
I Mrs. Lena Bagley.
Portsmouth: Richard E. Goodwin.
Tyner: Mrs. Alberta Chappell and
Mrs. Carolyn Hollowell.
Plymouth: Miss Marjorie Brown.
Windsor: Theodore Shaw.
Negro
Edenton: Emily Brooks, Pauline
Granby, Mary Wynn and Rosa Lee
Mcßae.
Winfall: Lillie Mae Elliott.
Roper: Ben Norman.
Hertford: Mildred Gattling.
Merry Hill: Willie Capehart.
Belvidere: Donnie Wynn.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lewis Evans,
a daughter; Mr. and Mrs. David Lee
Hollowell, a son; Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Edward Grover, a son.
Visiting ministers for the week of:
September 6-12 are: White, the RevJ
C. H. Beale; Negro, the Rev. C. H. j
Johnson.
You do not get a man’s most es- i
fective criticism until you provoke
him. Severe truth is expressed with
.'some bitterness. —H. D. Thoreau
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| Methodist Society Will j
Meet Tuesday Night
The Woman’s Society of Christian ]
Service of the Methodist Church will |
meet at the church Tuesday night,
September 14, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Pi.
B. Edwards and Mrs. Herman Edwards
will be hostess. Mrs. G. A. Helms, J
president, urges members to note the *
change in meeting from Wednesday
night and requests all to attend.
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I 5-lb. Bag ™ SPECIAL $1.49
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I NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATORS. “
EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS
The law requires an ANNUAL ACCOUNT
to be made each year and an Inventory to lie
filed within 90 days after qualifying. If your
Annual Account, Inventory or Final Account
are past due, we respectfully urge that you
file same at once, as we are required to report
all such cases to the Grand Jury, which will be
convened at the September term of Chowan
County Superior Court September 13.
YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE VERY
MUCH APPRECIATED
Sincerely yours,
I L W. SPIRES
i
II Clerk of Superior Court
.SECTION ONE-
tax COLLECTIONS
.) Sheriff J. A. Bunch reported to the
> County Commissioners’ meeting
I Thursday that 1953 taxes collected in
j August amounted to $311.61, which
I brought total 1953 taxes collected to
date to $170,231.07. The tax levy for
1953 is $184,515.05, so that 1953 un
collected taxes amount to $14,283.98.
Sheriff Bunch also reported that
| $19,059.25 had been collected during
August in way of prepayment for 1954
I taxes.
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