PAGE FOUR
PEANUT SHELLS
MAY BE USED
TO MAKE RAYON
Would Be Great Boon To
Farmers of This Section
If Successful
(Hertford County Herald)
If Hertford County farmers can't
make money out of peanuts at a cent
and a quarter a pound under present
uses of the nuts for food and oil, may
be in the not-so-distant future indus
trial chemists will learn how to make
stockings and cellophane wrappers for
cigarette packages out of the peanut
hulls so that which has heretofore been
waste at the cleaning plants, the hulls,'
will make peanut growing profitable a-j
gain. And the possibility of such a
boom to Bertie peanut farmers isn't i
the speculation of idle fancy, but an (
immediate possibility, as a result of
discoveries of the chemical engineer
ing undergraduates of North Carolina
State College, who have been experi
menting with the possibilties of peanut
shells as a supplementary source for
rayon and cellophane.
The State College students have
been experimenting on the extraction
of cellulose from peanut hulls for two
months and have found that the raw
products ffotrtwhich many articles in
industrial and household use today are
made can be extracted from the shells
in large quantities and at 00 per cent
of the labor cost of the present meth
ods of extraction from wood pulp.
And, if these experiments are to be
put to commercial use for the benefit
of Bertie County farmers, two Bertie
County youths—Whitmore Smitliwick,
Windsor, and C. B. Griffin, Lewiston,
chemical engineering students at State
College who have taken part in the
experiment, will be due much of the
credit for putting the wizardry of
science and education to work for di
rect benefit of the county that gave
them their opportunity for pursuing
knowledge.
Of the 70,000 tons of peanut shells
discarded in the United States annual
ly, approximately 35,000 totis come
from the eastern part of the States.
Wood, serving as the greatest medium
for alpha cellulose, contributes 40 to
45 per cent of the materials-peanut
shells have a like yield with the ad
vantages that it is extracted easier and
at 60 per cent less labor costs.
Peanut shells to date, have served
no material commercial purpose and
according to the chemical engineering
authorities of State College, the waste
product may prove a supplementary
income to Eastern North Carolina far
mers. The paper manufacturing com
panies with the State ranking at the
top in the United States, can extract
cellulose without additional machinery
—and even with less equipment than
already used ill the making of paper.
The economic importance of peanut
shells gives rise to lacquers, gun cot
ton, celluloid artificial leathers, pic
ture films, in addition to the widely de
manded cellophane and rayon.
Peanut shells at present have little
economic value. They make poor fer
tilizer because they contain little por
tion of the material demanded for
plfnt fpod. Their heat of combustion
is low, which discards them as possible
fuel, but as peanut shells are valuable
as the raw product for rayon and cel
lophane. North Carolina peanut farm
ers have enhancing possibilities for an
increased price for, their product and
waste product,
Suffolk, Va., is regarded as the
world's greatest peanut market—prac
tically all of the peanuts raised come
from this State and Virginia. The
nearness of the market is an advantag
eous economic value to .North Caro-
assuming that the state wood
pulp mills do not desire to opetl
plants to this new j;sw product.
In the present-day industrial world
indsutry must utilize every possible
source of raw material in order to
meet and survive competition and the
discovery of peanut shells as a revenue
to the farmer and a more highly ef
ficient industrial system will be a wel
come to those hundreds of farmers
seeking additional monetary return to
their products.
N 0 T I C E!
I hereby announce my
candidacy for the office of
County Commissioner
to succeed myself,- subject
to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary to be held
on June 4, 1932.
I will appreciate the
votes of all the people..
H. S. Everett
GARDEN WORK IN
JUNE IMPORTANT
Will Determine Value of
Area During Remainder
Of Summer
Work done in the home garden in
June will determine the value of the
area during the remainder of the sum
mer, suggests E. B. Morrow, Exten
sion Horticulturist at State College.
It may be necessary to irrigate this
year and those who do not have the
water available under pressure might
arrange to divert a nearby stream so
that the water may be run between
the furrows during dry weather. In
this case, it is necessary to cultivate
before a hard crust, forms on the soil.
Fertilizing the asparagus beds and
keeping up cultivation should be set
(or the late summer crop. Plants set
in June should be put in deeply so
that the roots may reach the lower and
more moist soil layers.
A supply of sweet corn may be as
sured by making successive plantings
each three weeks. Some of the early
maturing varieties may be planted as
late as ten to twelve weeks before the
usual date of killing' frost.
_Go over the watermelon patch each
two weeks and remove the misshapen
melons while they are young. This
will permit the strength of the vines
tiv go into the production of good
melons. The cantaloupe patch will
benefit by a spray of Bordeaux Mix
ture to prevent leaf or foliage di-1
I Sweet potatoes may be started in
June from vine cuttings. Where these
cuttings are made from disease-free
plants there will be no disease in the
potatoes produced. '
Strawberry plants rooted in June
and July will produce twice as many
berries next season as those rooted in
the' fall. The largest and finest ber- !
rics are produced from early runners
'planted about 12 inches apart in a sing
gle or double row, Mr. Morrow con
cludes.
Getting Up in the World
Byron C. Hawley, of New York
City, who is 6 feet 2 inches tall, is the ,
father of 3 boys—Byron, jr., Lee, and
Edwin—whose respective heights are
6 feet 8 inches, 6 feet 7 inches, and
6 feet 6 inches. Hawley's father was
f (j feet 2 inches tall, and his mother
6 feet.
♦
Report Activities On Curb \
Market Here Tomorrow
Sellers on the curb market here dur
ing the month of May took in $lO3,
bringing the total amount sold since
j opening of the market to $1,400. j
This figure could have been even larg-j
CARD OF THANKS
It being almost impossible to see |
everyone, we take this opportunity of
thanking those who were so kind to
us and who expressed their sympathy
for us so beautifully during the illness
and death of our little daughter.
MR and MRS.. FRANK HITCH.
SHORTHAND AND TYPING
INSTRUCTION
Beginning next Monday, June 6,
Mrs.'Louie I'. Martin will offer in
struction in shorthand and typing for
a limited time. Any one interested in
the course is asked to see Mrs. Mar
tin immediately.—adv.
WANTS
FOR SALE: 60 NICE PIGS. JUST
right for barbecuing. Price reason- ]
able. Large supply Porto Kico potato"j
plants. Small quantities, $1 i>er 1,600; i
large quantities, cheaper. See John R.
Peel, at J. G. Staton's office, William-!
ston. uty3l 2t
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A
half people who have a 1
small plot of ground a thousand
sweet potato sprouts to help in sup
plying food for their families. Jos
eph L. Holliday. ' .
er had there been products on the mar
ket to supply the demands of many of
the buyers. Many ...of the buyers de
mand eggs, fresh vegetables, and a
faithful few sellers try to supply this
demand. We appreciate the patron
age during the laat month, and hope
to have newcomers to the market this
month. A partial list of our prices
for this week follows:
Eggs, 12 cents per dozen; beets, 3
cents per bunch; cabbage, 2 cents per
pound; new 'potatoes, 3 cents pound;
snap beans, 3 1-2 cents pound; straw
berries, 7 1-3 cents quart; onions, 2 1-2
cents bunch; carrots, 6 cents bunch;
sweet potatoes, 11-2 cents pound; gar
den peas, 3 cents pound; try our meal
this week at 1 cent pound.
We can not guarantee the sweetness
of the cream sold on the market if the
weather is hot.: We ar hoping our pa
trons will come to us for adjustment in
case of dissatisfaction with any prod
uce sold through our market.
To the Democratic
Voters of Martin
Connty
Having failed to see a considerable
number of the voters of Martin County in
the interest of my candidacy for the office
of Solicitor of the Recorder's Court, and de
siring as I do to place my candidacy with
every Denfocratic voter, I attempt to do so
in this manner. lam very grateful indeed
for the support which I have thus far re
ceived and should the people again approve
my candidacy I shall seek to evidence my
appreciation by meeting and discharging
the duties of the office fully and impartial
ly. .
Jos. W.Bailey
♦ W -. v
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"STAN DARD VpizGASOLI N E
THE ENTERPRISE
Judge J. C. Smith Answers
Newspaper Questionnaire
(Continued from front page)
nest property are valued and taxed?
A. _Yes; I favor a proposal to value
and tax foreign stocks on the same
basis as other property is or may be
taxed; but I do not consider this a de
pendable source of revenue because of
the unusual and abrupt fluctuations in
the value of such property.
8. Do you favor the immediate re
valuation of property for tax pur
poses? _ *
A. I do, and I thought we made a
mistake in postponing revaluation in
1931.
9. Do you favor a balanced budget
through legislative action, that is, the
adoption of a revenue bill which will
yield sufficient revenue to meet all ap
propriations, or would you follow the
practice adopted in 1931 of relying up
on Budget Bureau cuts to reduce the
deficit created by discrepancy in the
legislative acts?
A. Yes; I favor a balanced budget
through legislative action. I also fav
or the enactment of a revenue bill that
ELI HOYT ANGE
J--- - - ;
For Member Board of Education
To the Democratic Voters of Martin County:
We, the undersigned citizen of Jamesville, wish to most heartily endorse
Eli Hoyt Ange for membership on the Martin County Board of Education.
That position which he now holds by appointment by the County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the
late John A. Getsinger.
V,
We have known Mr. Ange from his boyhood. He attended the little
country school of his neighborhood, then had two years in the Jamesville
High School before going to Professor Lineberry's School at Winterville,
which he attended for two years. He later graduated from Massey's Business
College at Richmond, Virginia.
He has had a close, personal touch with the people and knows their
needs and desires. At the same time he has a fair knowledge of the duties of
the important office he now holds and to which he now aspires, which will
naturally make him a useful servant of the people.
He is a man of honor and integrity and is held in high esteem by his
neighbors and friends, with whom he has lived and worked all his life. And
he is known to be a friend to all classes and kinds of people. We earnestly
ask that you support him in the Primary on June 4th because we feel safe in
assuring you that if elected, he will serve you faithfully.
Respectfully pubmit ted,
C. C. Fleming Mrs. Clair Fleming L. M. Brown
T. V. Davis Mrs. S. L. Wallace Joe G. Modlin
S. E. Getsinger J. A. Gardner F. C. Stallings
S. A. Davis , Eva V. Gardner • T. H. Brown
L. P. Holliday J. E. Gardner J no. T. Hooten
J. H. Davepport Dare Brown S. S. Davis
Sadie Waters Mrs. J. W. Roberson H. H. Holliday
J. F. Jordan W. F. Holliday L. L. Ange
W. S. Swinson J. F. Holliday G. H. Mizelle, Jr.
Levi H. Davis Herchel Daniel Lewis Modlin
Mattie N. Davis P. M. Holliday O. E. Hardison
L. F. Waters J. H. Davis Jos. H. Holliday
Fannie V. Waters Annie C. Glasgow J. L. Waters
H. M. Holliday J. R. Knowles A. D. Gardner
Kathleen Wallace Lilley O. G. Carson Mrs. C. A. Askew
will be as equitable and fair as is pos
sible and then appropriate such reve
nue as it if possibl to raia# by just
taxation and no more, to the end that
we may not spend more than the reVe
Friday, June 3,1932
one as it it possible to raise by jut
we want in this age, bnt what we can
get without destroying the foundation
: of our state government sad its insti
tutions. •