Retailers Observing
Peanut Week Locally
Peanut Is Breaking
Into The Spotlight
Rated as one of the most nourish
ing of foods, the loulv peanut is
'breaking mto tin-spotlight this week
as many retailers open "Peanut
Week." the Suffolk Peanut Festival
gets into full swing and the farmers
continue the marketing of their
crop.
Suffolk is putting on a lug show
almost Ration-wide attention Retail
ers are packing their windows with
the nourishing goober already for
human consumption. Working to
build up a larger market for the
peanut market, one retail firm points
out that it is now selling 100 tons of
the goobers each w eek, meaning that
one source is an outlet for 250.000
-pounds uf faiimn*' peanuts.
Pointing out the value of the pea
nut. the National Peanut Council re
leased this week the following in
teresting story under the title of,
'The Nut That Is Not a Nut"
"Everybody loves peanuts So
much so. that there's a saying: Will
power is the ability to eat on,e salt
ed peanut.
"You often hear people boast they
dtmH like1 foods that are good for
them It's not so with peanuts In
the United States we certainly like
peanuts and they're just grand
for us. And for centuries peanuts
have been enjoyed bv people all ov
er the world: in India. Africa; China
and Europe In. fact, peanuts have
balanced the diet of people who oth
erwise would have been seriously
undernourished. For peanuts are one
of the finest foods known to man.
And modern doctors and, scientists
are giving peanuts a prominent place
in our diet
"The peanut is not strictly a nut!
?it is a pea a member Of the bean
family a legume ?>r vegetable. And
the delicious nut !ik> fruit is rich
in vitamins and p rot em. And it is I
easy to dige.-t particularly when1
crushed and in peanut butter.
It is a' nourishing food for people'
who are well, and excellent for peo- '
pie in a run-down condition In fact. '
larg< hospitals som? times recom- !
mend raw peanuts for then: cunv.a- i
lescent patient Peanuts are used ex- ;
tensive h in the treatment ot Pel-!
legra because they are rich in the
Pellegra prevt-n'tive factor nicotine'
acid And swi\ peanut oil is widely
used in massaging infantile paralysis
patients.
"Many famous athletes depend on
peanhts for a p. ,,, gjv0
them I'lHTfy. and yet hot make them
NEARLY COMPLETE |
Nearly forty years In the mak
ing. a valuable bed quilt la near
ing completion In the able quilt
ing hands of Mrs. Jesse F. Crisp,
near Oak City, today, according
to information received here. As
a little girl of about 8 years of
age. Miss Susie Hurst prepared
the squares for the quilt, and
carefully placed them in her
trunk. The years passed. Miss
Hurst married Mr. Crisp. Oth
er quilts were made, but not
until a short time ago were the
carefully-laid squares unpacked
and quilted into one.
> oun^ster Knits JSine
Sweaters For War Victims
Wilmington, Del.?Jimmie Thayer,
14. of the Ferns Industrial School
inTi . i;- knitting his ninth Red Cross
war relief sweater?crew neck, rib- j
bed cutfs and all.
Jimmie is the knitting champion of
Ball Cottage where a dozen boys
have knitted no less than 50 sweat
ers for the Wilmington Red Cross
chapter's foreign war relief.
The first sweater, according to
Jimmie, was the toughest. He got it
ill tangled up. dropped stitches, and
in general made a mess of it. Mrs.
Will is Stureis. housemother, helped
him unravel the bad places and when
he finished every stitch was letter
perfect.
feel heavy or "stuffed". It's very im
portant for an athlete to stay abso
lutely trim and fit?without an ounce
<>f superfluous weigh. That's why
champions give peanuts an import
ant place in their diet.
We all think of peafruts in connec
tion with fairs, parties, cocktails and
circuses. But few of us realize that
peanuts are used in making more
than 300 products. To name a few?
'chees? . instant coffee, pickles, pea
nut butter, flour, cooking fats, oleo
margarine. salad oils, shaving lo
tions. shampoo, linoleum, printers
ink. dyes, wood stains, paper and
axle greases And even the peanut
plant is valuable. The vines, proper
ly < ured. are a good fodder.
Although we all eat peanuts, we
haven't really started to take advan
tage of what they can do for us in :
the kitchen. They make a greatxva-!
riety of delicious dishes?soups, sal-1
ads, breads, cakes. And because of
-their individual, definite flavor, they
are a real contribution to the art of
cooking.
"Peanuts are nourishing, delicious
and inexpensive. Why not introduce
them into your daily menus?"
New Legislation
Supports Prices of
Necessary Foods
Enables Farmers to Plan Pro
duction in This State
For Next Year
North Carolina farmer! who help
produce the increased quantities of
hogs, eggs, evaporated milk, dry
skim milk, cheese, and chickens
nought in the 1942 Farm Defense
Program will have the protection of
new Federal farm legislation against
price collapses for these particular
commodities, G Tom Scott, chairman
of the State USDA Defense board
pointed out this week.
The Steagall amendment requires
that whenever in the present emer
gency the Secretary of Agriculture
finds it necessary to encourage ex
panded production of any non-basic
agricultural commodity, he must is
sue a public notice calling for the
expansion.
The same law directs him to use
available funds for the disposal of
agricultural commodities so as to
support a farm price of the commod
ity of not less than 85 per cent of
parity. Before the Secretary can dis- ?
| continue a price-supporting program
I he must give sufficient public notice
of the termination to permit produc
ers to make a readjustment in pro
duction.
Secretary Wickard has already
given public notice covering, until
' December 81, 1942, hogs, eggs, evap
orated milk, dry skim milk, cheese,
ranthrhickens Cotton, wheat and to
bacco?wihch.are basic AAA com
modities ? are supported through
loans at rates based on 85 per cent
^of parity.
"This new development is proof
that the national farm program can
be used to protect the income and
I security of the farmers who answer
America's call for greater production
I of the vital foods," Mr. Scott ex
plained.
"Fortunately that protection is not
required now, because the farm
prices of every one of the non-basic
commodities listed is well above the
85 per cent of parity level. But far
mers can plan their 1942 production
in the knowledge that prices can and
will be supported, should it become
necessary."
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of the
estate of Mrs. Susan A. Thomas, de
ceased, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the said estate
to exhibit them to the undersigned
within one year from the date of this
notice or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment,
This the 30th day of October, 1941.
JAS E. GRIFFIN,
c-o Farmers Supply Company, ,
Executor of the estate of
o31-6t Mrs. Susan A. Thomas.
Soldier Health At
Fort Jackson Good
fort Jackson, S. C?What is be
lieved to be something of a record
in soldier health is being establish
ed at Fort Jackson where the rate of
sickness is extremely low among the
42,000 soldiers stationed here.
With a population of 42,000 sol
diers and with additional thousands
of civilians engaged in construction !
and administrative work at the army j
post, this death rate is believed to I
-be- among the lowest of any report ?
from any army post in the country.
Of the 60 deaths during the some 14
months period^ thirty were due to
injuries with 27 soldiers and three <
civilians bung listed. Five of the
deaths were suicides with four sol
diers and one civilian having taken
their own lives.
A total of 21 deaths from natural
causes are listed in the report, with
only 16 soldiers dying oT~natural |
causes, three civilians and three,
members of the CCC being includ-1
ed.
A total of only 24.875 patients have
been admitted to the hospital during
the fourteen months, which in itself
is a smaller number as compared
with the larger numbei of soldiers ;
quartered here, and the fact that
soldiers receive hospital treatment
for what might be considered mi
Farmers' Outlook
For 1942 Is Bright
The farmer faces the best econom
ic outlook in many years reports the
United States Department of Agri
culture in its latest roundup of the |
agricultural situation.
The chief causes were given as the
billions of dollars of purchasing pow
er resulting from the expanding de-!
fense program, high levels of prices
and incomes and the earmarking of
more than $1,000,000,000 of food
products for Great Britain.
The department's economists fore- ?
cast "a continuing good demand for
farm products, increased govern
nor injuries and slight ailments.
Since its designation as an army
post, Fort Jackson has been free
of serious epidemics and not a sin
gle outbreak of such has occurred
here during the 14 months period.
merit buying of food and govern
ment loans and other supports to
prices" in the year ahead.
The results of the agriculture sur
vey follows:
Cattlemen and hog producers were
urged to increase marketings.
Income of cotton producers may
exceed $1,000,000,000 for the first
time since 1929.
Poultry production in 1942 may top
all records with prices at good lev
els.
The outlook for fruit and vegetable
growers is the best in a decade or
more.
Fall harvests assure ample feed
needed for the vast production of
livestock and dairy products.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard was quoted as saying: that
the "most urgent need" is for in
creased production of milk; that "we
need to consume more dairy prod
ucts in this country for improved
health and strength," and that "the
British will need enormous quanti
ties ofcheese, evaporated milk.
"Spread The Work"
Drive Is Underway
?.
The "spread the work" drive oi
OPM is being not only intensified,
but also dramatized. Three special
red, white and blue trains will pull
I out oi here Nov. 10, carrying defense
officials on a three-way 30-day tour
of the country. Object is to let Army,
Navy, Maritime Commission and
OPM officials interview defense
eager manufacturers at principal
1 cities along the route, "get together"
on subcontracting and "conversion"
possibilities . . . Another phase of
the same drive is seen in the award
ing of a $12,000,000 contract, for 80,
calibre anti-aircraft gun mounts, to
three companies in the household
! washer and ironer industry, in
I which, all told, 34 companies have
been "certified"
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This Is
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AH the family ran be outfitted
here in good taste and at mod
.erate prices.
Whether It's A
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FOK FATHER OR SON OR
DAUGHTER OR A
Camel's Hair
We Have It! Jutt Make This
Your Shopping Headquarters.
Margolis Bros, i
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Il ine pleasure to announce that I will astume managership of the new Gulf Service Station on Saturday, November 1, 1941, To my friends, my customers and
the auto and truck-owners of this section, 1 extend a cordial welcome to visit me at this new station. I sincerely appreciate the patronage accorded me during the
many years I have operated the Central Service Station and trust I may have the very great pleasure and privilege of serving you in the future at this new station.
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Located at the intersection of Haughton Street and the ff'ashinglon Highway, ire are conveniently located with ample room to serve all customers. Call in to
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see us and let us shotr you our nets station.
Will Be Assisted by Mack Simpson
1 will he assisted by Muck Simpson, a capable and efficient filling station operator. In his be
half, I extend to his many friends a cordial welcome to the new GULF SERVICE STATION . .
In addition to Good Gulf Gasoline and Motor Oils, we are adequately prepared to wash and grease cars. ? All equipment is modern in every
detail and we can and will give each customer the best service possible. Our rest rooms are ultra modern and sanitary. We hope you'll visit us.
HENRY "Chick" MANNING
HENRY 'Chick' MANNING
Meir Manager Gulf
Service Station?