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SECTION TWO {fflT The~Roundup*'4^ By WILBORNE HARRELL With the days of Henry Mor gan, Stede Bonnett, Kidd and Blackbeard faded into past his tory, I thought the days of pi racy were never to be revived. But it seems as though, with the case of the hi-jacked liner, Santa Maria making the head lines, they are upon us again— but in the modern manner. Nothing so crude as making the -passengers and crew walk the plank is in evidence, but the take-over of the Santa Maria was piracy, nevertheless. There has been effort on the part of the perpetrators of the hijacking to make the act appear as politi- { cal expediency, and give it a certain measure of immunity under international law. But if commandeering a ship on the high seas, holding the lawful! National School Lunch Program Provides Biggest Meal Bargain The biggest bargain anywhere is the one meal served each day to school children under the Na tional School Lunch Program, L. Y. Ballentine. Commissioner of Agriculture for North Caro lina, says. “It is a bargain in more ways than one. Not only does it pro vide a nutritional, well-balanced hot meal for our growing young sters at a price all can afford, but it gives an outlet for many agricultural commodities that our farm abundance provides, using it right here at home. It encourages local trade, too, for with every dollar value of com modities supplied schools by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, three dollars are spent locally in purchases to complete the menus that help make our children strong, healthy future-citizens,” Ballentine said. For those who realize their children do get good meals at school for the bargain price, but are not familiar with the work ings of the program, Commis sioner Ballentine referred to the part played by the Commodity Distribution Program carried out in the state by the N. C. De partment of Agriculture’s mar kets division in handling the nucleus items tor the lunches served school children. In a report to Ballentine by Jay P. Davis, head of the NCDA distribution section, the state FOR BIGGER YIELDS Book Your Pioneer Seed Corn Now. ' -at Home Feed & Fertilizer Company, Inc. PHONE 2313 Your Pioneer Seed Corn Headquarters STRAIGHT I; BOURBON Mm pjggk WHISKEY £^liijp2 2s U t *3 cn , quamt . captain and crew and passengers captive, and proceeding to op erate the ship without legal au thority, is not piracy, what shall we call it? If “Piracy” is not the correct term, then we shall have to coin a new word to cover the situation. If and when man makes the trip into space, it should great ly humble his ego when he re flects that a monkey has made the same journey. Someone has said, Castro has too firm a grip on Cuba to be overthrown. My answer to that is, that since the days of the Caesars, all tyrants and dicta tors have been overthrown, sooner or later. History is against Castro, and if the ex ranked high with the volume of commodities used. “Only three’ other states re ceived more commodities for school use than did North Caro lina,” Davis said. Nearly two million more pounds of food were distributed in the state for 1960 than during the previous year. Ninety per cent of the commodities went for lunch room use under the Na tional School Lunch Program, Davis said. During the past year, Davis’ section distributed 25,315,498 pounds of commodities valued at $7,258,665. Although the ma jority of the 654 carloads of foods went to school lunch rooms, the remainder was distributed to other state and charitable insti tutions, summer camps and needy families. North Carolina sweet potatoes and turkeys were two of the items handled by the section. North Carolina is the principal producer of these two commo dities. In the state, the schools under the Lunch Program, serve 621,208 meals each day. “The large supplies of the commodities mov ing to the 1,946 schools being served is understandable when it is realized that we feed, once daily in the schools alone, more people than populate the city of Pittsburgh,” Davis said. In supervising the distribution THE CHOWAN HERALD perience of the past is any indi cation, his days are numbered. The Ides of March await, and Senor Castro will go the way of ms predecessors through the ages have gone. • Pedestrians should be required to know the rules and regula tions of the road as well as drivers, and should be licensed before they could walk the streets. After all, a pedestrian s a vehicle operating on two feet instead of four wheels. And he is as much an integral part of traffic as an automobile, and as such a potential menace to other walkers and drivers if he violates the rules of the road. No compromise with communism! program, Davis anr his person nel visited 1,427 schools, 195 county and city school superin tendents, 79 other institutions and 60 summer camps. Their visits included inspection of 73 freezer lockers where commodities art stored by the recipient agencies. Davis attributes the food con sumption gain in eligible schools to continued increases in school age population of the state, and consolidation of schools which did not formerly have cafeteria facilities. In creased federal appropriations made the greater distribution volume possible, he said. Needy families in several counties benefit from the ser vice, Davis said, with four coun ties receiving dry milk for dis tribution. The primary objectives of the distribution program are to aid the USDA in its surplus- removal and price support programs by providing outlets for agricul tural commodities purchased, by furnishing balanced diets to school children and training them to eat unfamiliar foods. In addition it furnishes welfare agencies with the means of pro viding adequate meals for re cipients of their assistance, thus raising their health level. Simple Solution “Conductor,” complained the passenger, “that fellow sitting there is a lunatic. He keeps claiming he’s George Washing ton.” "I’ll take care of that,” said the conductor. “Next stop is Mount Vernon.” A House Is No Stronger Than J ft Its Foundation! POURED CONCRETE... The Finest Home Foundation! For healthful, comfortable extra basement rooms or really safe storage space in that new home of yours, you’ll need top quality foundation construction ... and “quality” in a founda tion calls for POURED CONCRETE! Poured concrete means a dry, vermin-proof basement... years of lasting satisfaction. And to get the job done RIGHT! Let our representative explain the advantages of a poured concrete foundation now, at no obligation. Call 3298. J. D. McCOTTER, INC. East Hicks Street Edenton, N. C. This Could Be YOU! if; -i. Jbl Yes! Suppose this patient, needing blood for surgery, were you or a member of your family . . . Would there be enough blood? An adequate, continuing supply of blood for the hospital you would use in a family crisis is protection for you and your loved ones. BE A DONOR—BRING A DONOR to the Red Cross Bloodinobile AT EDENTON ARMORY Wednesday, Feb. 22., 10 A. M. to SP. M. Why Are Small Farms In North Carolina Now Getting Smaller? North Carolina’s small farms are getting smaller, while the big ones are getting bigger. Take Wayne County. The lat est Agricultural Census shows that the number of farms with less than 20 acres of cropland dropped from 872 in 1954 to 512 [ • helpful investment services iSS APPRAISALS....QUOTATIONS... SECURITIES ANALYSIS....FRIENDLY GUIDANCE Coll our Representative in this Area Carolina Securities m™L W n"c” Corporatiori 2 00 w. Eden st. v9 mri;onails for PHONE 2466 Members Midwest Stock Exchange CHARLOTTC • RALEIGH • NIW YORK CITY in 1959. Farms wilh more than pO and less than 30 acres de clined in number from 1,210 in 1954 to 723 in 1919. In the same time, the number of farms with 50 to 99 acres of cropland rose from 495 to 611; with 100 to 149 acres, from 67 to 121; with 200 to 499 acres,! from five to 18. “It’s easy to understand why the large farms are getting larg er,” says Wayne County Agent Mark Goforth. “Most farmers have an active desire to own more land. If they’re making a good profit, they’ll always be in the market for additional land.” But why are the smaller farms getting s mailer? wonders Go forth. “It may be that the small farmers are selling all or part ol' their land to catch up debts,” he suggests. “And they may be selling their land and working off the farm.” Goforth hopes that the farm ers are combining their land with that of neighbors, for an operation of more economical size. “One farmer can add 20 per cent more land without increas ing his cost 20 per cent,” he says. In 1949, Wayne County had 4,915 farm units. There were 4,588 in 1954. And in 1959, there were only 3,518. “In general, the more aggres i sive farmers continued to farm,” I says Goforth. “They’re working | harder and better to improve ; yields per acre and profit per ! acre.” Goforth says more and more ! farmers are telling agricultural j workers: “Someone else has been tending this land and not | making very good crops. How j can I increase the yields? I can not work unless I make a pro . fit.” Native Os Edenton Dies At Asheville Mrs. Essie J. Garner, 58, a na j tive of Edenton, died in aii Asheville hospital Saturday of last Week following an extended illness. She was a resident of Asheville for the last 12 years. Services were held Thursday TticUl IT’S BETTER TO PAY BILLS BY CHECK Pay in cash and it means traveling from door to door, plus trips to town and back, parking problems, wasted time and shoe leather. When you pay by check you do so at home or office and let Uncle Sam save you all the time and bother. It will free you for the more necessary things, while supplying a record of income and outgo that can be invaluable to you, especially at income tax time. Both your account and you will be welcome at this friendly bank. eopge make tfo of' P <Saujk(ua/7kusiemoam EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA 3% Interest Paid On Savings Accounts MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT ItISVRAKCE CORPORATION DEPOSITS INSURED TO *IO,OOO Edenton, North Carolina Thursday, February 9, 1961. ! in the Garden of Prayer Church lof God in Christ, of which she was a member and burial was in Sunset Cemetery at Ashe ville. -Surviving are the husband, George Garner; a sister, Mrs. Althia Satterfield of New York City, and two brothers, George and Willford Jordan of Eden ton. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Beauty is a theme of the Les son-Sermon entitled “Soul” to be presented at Christian Science services Sunday. The divine source of beauty j will be emphasized in the Bible ! readings, including these verses from Psalms: “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” (29:2) . . . j “And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us” (90:17). From “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy this selection We Sell Famous 8333& F. L. Pearre Seedsman Phono 3839 Edenton Custom Made Furniture and Furniture Refinislied RHOADES SHOE REPAIR 429 S. Broad St., Edenton will be read (246:23): “Man governed by immortal Mind, is always beautiful and grand. Each succeeding year unfolds wisdom, beauty, and holiness.” Don’t Lag—Buy Olag dentists say "wonderful" . 'best I've ever used" . c . 'best tooth paste on the market OH MY ACHING BACK Now! You can get the fast relief you need from nagging backache, headache and muscular aches and pains that often l cause restless nights and miserable tired , out feelings. 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