SECTION
TWO
* Department Plays In Farming
FHA Supervisor Outlines Part
farmer’s Home Administration
* « part of the overall agri-,
cultural program in the county
with all the agricultural
cies cooperating to bring to the
farmers of the county the as-J
sistance and guidance needed to
become successful.
W. H. Perry, Jr., county super
visor, said: “The major purpose,
of the Farmer's Home Adminis-I
tration is to provide the neces-j
sary credit for farm families to,
become established in a sound,
system of famiing. Our pur
pose is not to make loans but
f to make successfiil farmers. Be
sides Supplying credit to farm]
families we help,with farm and;
home planning problems and
/ supply technical aid in farm 1
* and home management so thej
families can make the most of
their land and family labor re
sources and repay their debts,
“Fanping is going through one
of the i biggest changes in the
history j of farming. Practices
that were employed only a de
cade ago are obsoleted by more
modern practices that are used
today. The changes in farming
practices incur- additional ex
pense, in some cases expenses
that will bleed the farmer of his
income if he does not plan
wisely.
“More and more farmers are
looking to the future and mak
ing plans to improve their op
erations by providing necessary
drainage, storage facilities and
the necessary buildings for their
livestock or poultry enterprise
to. bring their farm into full
production, thereby increasing
their income.
•g “Many farmers with farms too
’small to supply the farm and
family needs from crops are
adding livestock or poultry to
their operation to obtain the
needed income. These added
enterprises may prove to be very
successful and very costly if
they are not properly planned,
proper facilities provided and
the enterprise efficiently man
aged.
“To make an operation pay
whether it be livestock, poul
try or general farming, it Is ne
cessary to have certain equip
ment before a successful job can
be done.
“Today you very rarely, if at J
.611, find a fanner cultivating his I
'farm with a horse and plow. I
iEvery farm has a tractor and 1
Equipment necessary to do a good I
► Ob of farming but rarely do we I
li ind a farmer with the neces- I
s ary. farrowing houses, feeding I
•latforms, readily available wa- I
jf»r supply or grain storage fa- I
It polities to do a good job of I
wising livestock. Those farm- I
ars who do have these facilities] I
are reaping the benefits of good I
planning. I
j' “More and more drainage I
work is being done locally but I
tjiere still remains a large num- a
bar of farms that are in need] I
of drainage. There is no invest- I
ment that will pay a farmer a I
girteater return than the money I
unvested for drainage where I
drainage is needed. ]
(‘‘'The agricultural agencies in I
ttfej county are set up to help I
fanners do the necessary work I
\“Tkt great thing m this
Jwtfnft 1 if not so much where
jwe drc, but in what dkec-
I tion fve are moving.”
I liion lor our mpomlhilitt*
i to bring their operations into
, full production. Technical as
sistance is supplied by the Soil
Conservation Service and Exten
sion Service, federal coat-shar
ing assistance and price support
i loans is supplied by the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service. Farmers
, Home Administration supplies
(the financial needs of eligible
farmers along with the supervi
, sion and management assistance
‘-needed. Farmers Home Admin
jisfration is not in competition
•with local lenders such as
. I banks, PSA and other private
I sources, but supplements this
[! credit.
[J “A wora or two about the
i financial assistance available
■ 1 through the Farmers Home Ad
-1 ministration. Almost any finan
cial need a farmer may have is
available to eligible applicants
i through the Fanners Home Ad
. ministration program. Operat
i iryj loans may be obtained for
. the purpose of livestock, farm
i and home equipment, feed, seed.
I lime and fertilizer, and when
; necessary to pay other farm
. operating and family living ex
; penses. These; loans may be
j made for a period of from one
i to seven years depending upon
the needs; farm ownership loans
, may be made to buy land and
to improve land and buildings
and may be made for periods
, up to forty years; farm housing
[ loans may be made to construct,!
. improve, alter, replace or re
, pair farm homes or farm service 1
j buildings, or provide water for
, farmstead and household use.!
These loans are repayable over]
( a period up to 33 years; soil!
I and water conservation loans |
, may be made to carry out mea-J
( sures for soil conservation, wa
, ter development, conservation '
I and use and,drainage. This will!
, include the construction • and re-1
f pair of terraces, dikes, ditches,
ponds and tanks, the establish
[ ment and improvement of per
manent pastures, basic applica
tion of lime and fertilizer, tree
, planting, well drilling and the
purchase of pumps and other ir
rigation equipment Soil and,
water loans are scheduled for]
j repayment within the shortest;
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Edenton Boy Scouts At Work |
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Boy Scouts of Edenton Troop No. 156 are shown above
assisting the Albemarle Soil Conservation District with a re
cent conservation project. They seeded Kobe lespedesa on
the berm area of a newly constructed open ditch on the farm
of L. H. Haskett on Paradise Road. By seeding lespedesa
beside the ditch, the Scouts are helping to control erosion
along the ditch. Vegetation slows down surface water dur
ing rains, preventing silt from filling the ditch. Gene Ward,
local Scout leader, and G. A. Conner, SCS conservation aid,
assisted the boys and explained this phase of soil and water
conservation. Projects such as this with Scouts is one of the
goals this year for the N. C. Chapter of the Soil Conservation
Society of America and the local soil conservation district.
Boy Scouts earn merit badges as well as learn about the con
servation of our nation's resources. John Marshall and Jerry
Yarborough of Edenton Troop 156 are now earning their Soil
and Water Merit Badges. James H. Griffin, Soil Conserva
tionist. is their advisor in this phase of their Scouting. In the
picture, left to right, are: Freddie Ferguson, Bobby Stokley.
George Connor. SCS Conservationist aid. Mack Wright, Boots
Lassiter, Roland Tolley, Gene Ward. Scout Advisor, Jimmy
Dail and Waller Holton.
! time consistent with the borrow
er’s ability to repay but in no
' case may the repayment period
on loans to individuals exceed
1 20 years.
] “Any farmer interested in ob-
I taining additional information
I regarding the services available
! through the Farmers Home Ad
ministration should contact the
local FHA office located on the
! second floor of the Bus Station
I Building in Hertford or the sub
office at 321 Kramer Building in
Elizabeth City.’’
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
INVITED TO CONVENTION
Roy P. Long, presiding minis
' ter of Jehovah’* Witnesses, has
j announced that the Edenton
I congregation has been invited to
attend a four-day convention to
; be held June 25 to 28 at Connie
Mack Stadium in Philadelphia,
Pa.
The convention is arranged by
the Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society of Ne wYork, Inc., locat
ed in Brooklyn, New York. An
attendance of 25,000 is anticipat
-1 ed.
*— i,«w' a
j Weekly Devotional I
Column
| Br JAMES MrfeKKNZIE j
This week’s column continues a
searching sermon by Billy White
. man, 17-year-old member of the
; Center Hill Baptist Church,
i Satan is likely to outsmart us
i unless we keep especially alert.
You will notice that as long as
he atttacked the Christian Church
head-on, he made little gain
against us. His attempts to des
troy our religion by burning our
meeting places and our Bibles
only aroused us to a greater vigi
lance.
Then Satan hit upon a brilliant
strategy Which seems always to
csttch us off our guard. He ceas
ed his attacks upon certain as
pects of our religion which we
were using to glorify and magni
fy God, and tricked us into glori
fying 'and magnifying those as
pects themselves.
He has persuaded many men to
worship the churCh as an organ
| ized institution possessing cer
tain rituals and ceremonies which
I guarantee entrance into heaven to
all faithful members. He has
■persuaded others to think of the
Church as a sort of local club
working exclusively through its
own covenants and by-laws to es
tablish the Kingdom of God here
on earth. Still others of us now
'think of the Church as simplv a
building where we come on Sun
day to listen impatiently to the
preacher while our real thoughts
are on the dinner getting cold
back home.
These accomplishments, it
seems, should have satisfied Sa- 1
tan. He should have rested from
his labors, but he does not appear,
to be that sort of person. He
Stays busy convincing great num
bers of -church members that the
only service Christ should expect
from them is loyalty to the pro
gram of their particular congre
gation.
He wants them to feel that they
have fulfilled all their obligations ;
as Christians bv attendance at j
worship services, bv keeping up
with prescribed Bible readings, i
by scoring 100% on the record'
systems, and bv soliciting desir- j
able new members for the church. ]
He especially delights in get- j
ting us wrought up and excited |
in defense of our pet Scriptural j
interpretations or in defense of
our denominating doctrines. He _
knows that the energies we ex-,
I' pend in this fashion will do him I
not the slightest harm, and, at
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the same time, will mislead us to
believe that we are rendering j
God a special service.
As Chief of Staff for all the
forces of evil Satan has quite
neatly solved the problem of de
fending his conquest in most
modern communities. AM that is
necessary, he has found, is to con
vince enough Christians that the
only proper place to fight evil is
in the Synday School class, in
the Training Union, or during the
preaching service. He whispers
in the Christian’s ear that sin
ners, having at least common
sense, will always know where to
go when they decide they need
eternal salvation. He can readi
ly assure us that there is always
a church nearby with a preacher
who s paid to talk with just such
people about their sins.
(continued next week)
N. E., Hollowell Dies
After Long Illness
Norvelle Edward Hollowell, 80,
died Monday morning at 1:40
o’clock in the Chowan Hospital
following a long illness.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Carrie P. Hollowell; three sons,
Robert S. Hollowell and Haywood
: Thomas Hollowell of Tyner, and
1 Novelie E. Hollowell, Jr., of Eden
; ton; two daughters, Mrs. J. E.
' j Rogerson of Tyner and Mis. Clin
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since 1901
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EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
Thursday, June 25,1959.
ton Lassiter of Portsmouth; one
brother, R. H. Hollowell of Eden
ton, 16 grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
'the Williford Funeral Home. The
Rev. B. L. Raines of Kings Moun
tain, a former pastor, officiated
and burial was in Beaver Hill
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were D. C. Fore
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