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Agent On Duty SPC
by Wilborne Harrell Mfl
A CHOWAN HERALD FICTION STORY UtT M
Bill Chandler elbowed the
heavy brass marker as he lean
ed casually on the counter. The
brass marker read: “Agent On
Duty”. Bill was the agent and
he was on duty. But being on
duty did not prevent him from
indulging in conversation.
Many times Bill had said that
if he were ever held up by a
stick-up man, the thief could
have all the money in the cash
drawer, and welcome to it. And
he was saying it now.
“It’s the Company’s money, not
mine,” he was telling his newly
made friend. “Lot the stick-up
man have it. The Company can
afford to lose the money. And
it isn't my duty to risk my life
protecting it. My duty here is
to sell bus tickets and give out'
information—Excuse me a min
ute, there goes the danged phone!
Hello! ... Yes, this is the bus
station . . . Next bus for Green
AROUND THE FARMS
BgSIN CHOWAN COUNTY
By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent
Corn Variety Test Demonstra-
V stration have been arranged with
Gilliam Wood of Edenton com
munity and A. D. Ward of Gli
i den community. As far as possi-
T ble, we are using varieties which
have proven best in Chowan
County and also some new ones
which the seed producers feel
are adapted to this area. The
purpose of these demonstrations
is to afford farmers the .oppor
tunity to observe the varieties
and compare them side by side
in the field as well as aiding us
in learning how these varieties
respond in Chowan County.
Simaxln As A Weed Control
On Corn was tried for the first
time in Chowan County with
Carroll and Fahey Byrum of
Cross Roads community last
yean It gave excellent weed
control throughout the entire
season. The material is a wet
table powder and was sprayed on
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ville, ma’am, leaves at six-ten
. . . The fare would be one-forty
five . . . Round trip’s two-sixty
five . . . G’bye . . .
“Yes, I’d hand over the money
so quick, it would make your
head swim. It isn’t my duty to
risk my life . . . Yes, ma’am,
you’ll need a reissue on this ti rk
et. Fix it for you in just a min
ute. And I’ll check your bag all
the way through to Spring
field . . .
“Yessir, I’d hand over the
money so quick—sa-ay—!” Bill
ceased talking abruptly. A short,
ugly looking gun was pointed
straight at his head. The man
behind the gun eyed Bill steadi
ly.
“All right, buddy, you’ve talk
ed enough. Hand out the money
and be quick about it. Quick —!”
Bill gulped. “You—you can’t
get away with this.” The gun
the ground three or four days af
ter planting, at the rate of four
pounds of fifty per cent mate
rial per acre, applying it in at
least thirty gallons of water per
acre. Carroll informs me that
they are using this material on
all of their weedy corn land this
year.
Extension Weed Specialist W.
G. Westmoreland has furnished
me a small quantity of the mate
rial for demonstration work
again this year. Arrangements
have been made to treat approxi
mately one acre of field corn
with McCoy Spivey of Gliden
community. Two or three other
demonstrations will be put out
until the material is used up.
Fumigating Soil To Control
Nematodes is “on the march” in
Chowan County. During the last
two or three years, sting nema
tode has done considerable dam
age to peanuts, cotton and corn
on many farms in Chowan Coun
ty. Root-knot nematode has
done some damage to tobacco.
Many of these growers are fum
igating their soil this week to
control the nematode. Row
treatment costs about ten dollars
per acre, but last year we found
that the soil fumigant increased
peanut yields five hundred to
seven hundred pounds per acre
and also considerably improved
quality.
Soil fumigation is a must in
menaced. Slowly Bill took a
backward step and reached for
the cash drawer. But in the
fraction of time it took to take
I that step, something happened to
Bill. Instead of the cash drawer,
Bill’s hand swiftly grasped the
heavy brass “Agent On Duty”
marker and brought it down in
one swoop on the stick-up’s head.
The gun crashed and several
million stars exploded inside
Bill’s head. When he came out
of it, Patrolman Smith was lean
ing over him. “That was a close
call, son. Why’d you pull such a
fool stunt? You mighta been
killed.”
Bill grinned, albeit a pain
twisted grin. “Couldn’t let the
so-and-so get away with the
Company’s money, could I?
And, besides, I had put some of
my own money in the cash draw
er, for safe keeping.”
I good sweet potato growing, par- j
I ticularly on our lighter type j
j soils. Several of our sweet po- (
tato growers have indicated they I
plan to fumigate their sweet po-1
tato land this year. The import- 1 1
ant thing to remember is to put j
the fumigant as deep in the soil
as possible and cover it immedi
ately. In the case of row treat
ment, the rows should be made
up immediately following fumi
gation and disturbed as little
thereafter as possible in order to
let the fumigant penetrate the
entire row. It is also very im
oortant to remember soil must!
be fumigated at least two weeks!
before planting. Otherwise, the
fumigant may affect the germi
nation of the seed.
Peanut. Variety Demonstrations
have been arranged with Thomas j
E. Corprew of Cross Roads com
munity and Jarvis Skinner of
Advance community. In these,
i demonstrations we are using the 1
j best and newest varieties of pca- j
! nuts, some of which have not;
been released for production, in '
order that growers may observe!
how they respond in the field.
Two of the newer varieties are
particularly finding favrfr with
our peanut growers. The NC-2
and Va-56R are Jumbo type pea
nuts giving excellent yields and
excellent quality. The new 4-X
variety has been released for
planting this year, although very
few seed are available. The 4-X j
has no j'ield or quality advan
tage except where growth crack
ing of hulls is a problem. The i
Kernel does not grow as tight
in the hull and therefore no
growth cracks usually occur. In 1
the variety demonstrations we
are using the very best of the
new strains from which .secd are ,
available.
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but this "preview” of space flight is the product of a test
firing of a LaCrosse surface-to-surface missile photographed
as it appeared in that section of the sky occupied by a pale
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Firemen Answer 10
Calls During- March
Fire Chief W. J. Pates reports
that Edenton firemen answered
10 alarms during March, five in
Edenton and five out of town.
For the Edenton fires the fire
men were out six hours and 30
minutes and seven hours and 25
minutes out of town. They;
were on the air one minute and ;
15 seconds for the Edenton fires
and 55 seconds out of town.
The firemen traveled 12 miles
in Edenton and 60 miles for the.
out of town files. For the
Edenton fires 2,050 feet of hose i
was laid and 1,150 tcet out oi
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town. Ladders were raised 841
feet in Edenton and 24 feet out
of town.
Volunteers responding to Eden
ton fires were 76 and 120 out of
town. Property involved in
Edenton was estimated at $79,000
and SIB,OOO out of town. Dam
age done in Edenton was esti
mated at $3,525 and no damage
out of town. Insurance in town
was $68,000 and $7,500 out of
town.
The firemen held one fire drill,
extended two courtesies and
answered one emergency call.
He who has lost honor can lose
nothing more.
—Publilius Syrus.
Williamston Downs
Edenton Aces 7 To 0
Williamston’s Green Wave
handed Aces their
second straight shutout and
fourth consecutive Albemarle
Conference baseball loss by a
7-0 scqre in a game played on
Hicks Field Thursday afternoon
The Greenies were mountingj
up 15 hits while some sorry j
base running was holding the
Aces to just three safeties. They I
scored two in the first and sec- j
ond innings, and three in the
sixth. Bowen slammed an in- j
idi -the-park homer in the sev-1
enth with a man on. But |
i neither run counted as the first
j man failed to touch second base.
The Aces threatened in the
! first when Jerry Tolley led off
j with a triple to center. But the
Greenies pulled a smart tna
. n< over to pick Tolley off third
and squelched the only serious
threat by Edenton.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT j
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. The j
bault, Jr., of Rochester, Minne-1
seta, announce the birth of a j
daughter, Kim Louise, born on I
March 71.
Mrs. Thebault is the former
Cynthia Ambrose, daughter of j
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ambrose of
Edenton.
CHICKEN BARBECUE SUPPER
AT BELVIDERE ON APRIL 29
Sponsored by F. E. Smith and
N. D. Chappell. V-C fertilizer
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member federal deposit insurance CORPORATION
DEPOSITS INSURED TO SIO,OOO
Thursday, April 23, 1959.
EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
dere Community Building Wed
nesday night, April 29, at 7
o’clock. Quite a few invitations
have been mailed, so that a
goodly number are expected to
be on hand for the occasion.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Roberts
wish to thank those who ex
pressed sympathy and rendered
deeds of kindness during the
recent death of their son, James J
Burke.
—THE ROBERTS FAMILY. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED.
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