“Citv” Farmer Must! V Surrender Points for W Meat From His Farm The Office of Price Administra tion has amended its meat rationing regulations to wipe out . srtain re strictions on the custom .slaughtering of home-produced livestock for con sumption on the farm, it was an nounced a few days ago. At the same time OP A gave dc tails of rationing rules that apply to other situations involving home-pro duced meat. —.■fSt' .ii' —his ‘ Tn a rjfcmrH own cattle w a cuscorn siaugmertn, plant for slaughter and dressing had to surrender red point stamps for; the resulting meat, while if he kill ed and dressed the animal himself on the farm the meat was “ration-free”, OP A explained. This situation is eliminated and other meat rationing problems that face the farmer are clarified in the new amendment. , / The regulations now provide that I a farmer and his family may con-i sume meat raised or. any farm he owns or operates, and may transfer , meat from one of his farms to an other to provide for members of the household, without giving up ration i points. However, if the farmer lives in a city, or any place other than a farm, he must give up ration points for j the meat he consumes oil the farm, although he need not necessarily pay for thp meat in money. By allowing farmers to use custom slaughtering facilities without sur rendering ration points for the meat acquired, the OPA recognizes that slaughtering done at an abattoir by | a person regularly engaged in the business is generally done under im proved sanitary conditions. Use of j these facilities will also result in a greater savings of slaughtering by products for which there is now a great demand, and which most farms are not equipped either to salvage or market. A farmer who acquires meat from a custom slaughterer without sur rendering ration points, must pro vide the slaughterer with a certifi cation intended to establish the fact that the meat he acquires is primar ily for food for his family and was produced from livestock raised on the farm. A farmer who sells any meat pro duced from livestock raised on his farm, whether he slaughtered the animal himself or had it custom- ' slaughtered, must collect ration j points for every sale he makes. The! point values of farm-slaughtered meat is determined by the point value of the meat cuts as listed on the official table of point values. Ration stamps or certificates col lected for such sales an* turned in to local hoards once during each month in which a sale is made, along with a report of the farmer’s slaugh tering and sales operations. A farmer who sells meat directly to a consumer may accept red stamps net yet valid for other purchases The purpose of this provision, OPA explained, is to make it possible for the farmer to sell larger cuts of meat than consumers would ordi narily be able to buy with only cur rently valid meat stamps. Town and Farm In Wartime More Radio Batteries To bring relief to farmers in non electrified areas of the nation, pro duction of radio batteries has been boosted to 425,000 a month, the Con sumers Durable Goods Division of WPE has announced. If the present rate of production is continued over a twelve-month period, normal re quirements for the 3,200,000 radios estimated to be on farms will be met. Get 50 Gallons of Gas Any Time North Carolina farmers will bene fit from a change made in Petroleum Administrative Order No. 4 which allows bulk deliveries of gasoline in quantities of 50 gallons or more, to Mr. Farmer! BRING US WHAT Peanuts Y ou Have Left Over From Seed Whether SHELLED Or UNSHELLED And We Will Buy Them! WE WILL PAY Ceiling Prices WILLIAMSTON Peanut Company NEW INSECTICIDE REPORTED SUCCESSFUL “I*thane” Effective u Rote* none Replacement on Pea, Bean and Cole Crops INSECT destruction of essential * U. S. vegetable crops threatened by the rotenone shortage can be prevented by a synthetic insecti cide, according to large vegetable growera and State Experiment Stations who have completed ex tensive tests with a new “thio cyanate” type o{ Insecticide known as Lett ass. Addition of this new insect killer to rctcaone du^ls saves half —T ii in 111 iSSI^sw ; i.. » ■« to a Sura or iaa et-nmoM previous »,iim—as—— infesting pea, bean and cole crops. !.t is e:-. ported that, rmougb. I a: thane j will be produced this year to re place tbe 3,000,000 lbo. of badly needed roterone roots which Axis Submarines and War tn the Pacific will keep from this country. The limited amount of rotenone which South America is getting to us is about half the amount we need. To stretch available supplies as far as possible the W. P. B. has limited the rot.enono content of dusts to no more than Vi of 1%, which is con siderably less than the amounts previously thought essential. Recently published tests on the pea aphid by Dr. H. E. Wilson and E. J. Campau of the Wisconsin Ex periment Station in cooperation with the rJ. S. Bureau of Entomol ogy and Plant Quarantine show that replacing the buik of the role none with Lethane yielded a dust absolutely safe to plants and even more effective than straight pre war rotenone dusts. These results have been confirmed by the Vir ginia Truck Crop Experiment Sta Uons, by tti.-s.iy Ilrotl-vio i see farms aud other large pea grower" On the Mexican Bean Beetle >ud the Black Bean Aphid, which to gether annually devour at host 12% of our beau crops, results also show that Lethane such 'ally re places at least S0% to Ua c ul the rotenone usually used. Dr. Frank App, experimenting at the Seabrook Farms In New Jcr Writes About Easter ! Close To War Frontj —.— L In a letter to Chief. W. B. Daniel,] I Chaplain Harold M. McClay told about Easter Morning close to the firing lines. The letter follows: “This is Easter Morning all over 1 the world—the day that we cele brate 1ho rising of our Lord Jesus Christ from death and the grave. It , is Easter here in Africa, as well as in America. And the risen and liv ing Christ is here with us in Africa, just as He is with those of you back home and with our comrades all ! over the world. “We thought that you would like | to know that your son, now serving j his country in Africa, attended our Easter Service early this morning, j together with hundreds of other soldiers. You were perhaps still asleep when he and his comrades assembled to honor Christ the King, because < ur clocks are several hours ahead of yours. Your son, of course, will wish to write you about the Easter Service, but we, as his chap lains ,also wanted to write you “Easter was different here from ; arty that most of us have ever ex | perienced before. We had no 'East i be made at any time. This will be ; particularly helpful to farmers who , drive to town after work and buy 1 gasoline in steel drums of 50-gailons j I or more capacity May Adjust Machinery Prices In exceptional cases where pro duction of farm equipment is threat- j ened, manufacturers may get an ad justment in their ceiling prices, OPA said in issuing Amendment No, 5 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 246 (manufacturers and wholesale prices for farm equipment), which became effective May 20, 1943. However, any adjustment of manufacturers , prices will result in a price increase 1 to the individual farmer. Wm to the Pacific «mri Axis submarines ..ave rut V.'S. 1943 rotenone im ports to half of the 1940 supply. Rotenone is the bug killer extracted from tropical roots and formerly a major • igrcdient of pre-war insecticides. // if # nj q ves results frequently Loiter than struignt rotenone dusts. soy, ro]u Is lhat ho lias hurt ant : combinations In controlling tho In standing results with as little a- soi ls menacing pea, bean and cole ot 1% rotemme anil Le; In, no I crops. er Parade’ with pretty new bonnets and new spring clothes. And yet, Plaster here in Africa is essentially the same as Easter back home. It means that Christ our Lord lias tri umphed ou r sin and death, that Hi' [ has freed us from the stain and meaning ped of the non-essential lemmings. ■ „■ 1 "ii, -nr ;r r —rr..-:;:.rrrl: rrrrsa: At least there is one philosopher n Washington City. He is Congress nan Disney of i,r '..ch-m.: On *’•<• vail of his office is this gf in' •( wia lom: I complained because l had "The sap is ?r. indication of vigor in all trees except family iret-s." Mark Twain occasionally attend 'd the services of his good friend, he Reverend Mr. Deane. One Sun lav he decided to play a joke or :he minister. "Dr. Doare,” he said, "I enjoyed your sermon this morning. I wel :omed it like an old friend, i have, i'ou know ,a book at home contain ing every word of it.” "You have not, Mr. Twain!” "I certainly have." “Send the book to me. t'd like to lee it." “T will." The next morning Mark Twain sent the rector a copy of Webster’s •Christ rose again!’ "This morning wo prayed for you and for all the other loved ones back home. And we trust that you pray ed for those of us over-seas, and wil continue to pray for us. Your sot and all soldiers, would like to h home this Easter Day, but we have a duty to perform first Some day by the grace of God. the Prince o Peace will reign. "Back in the darkest days of Mu war, when Britain stood alone a gainst the Axis Powers, word reach ed London that the United State: was sending aid. That night then was great rejoicing in London, ant people went about the city writinj four words on side-walks and build ings and box-cats: ‘We are no alone!’ Easter should bring nev hope and strength and courage h •U Of us who are Christians. 'We an ilMfcafcm*!’ The s«eu Christ is ahvay with u*, i.e matter where we may b> To, I am with yo* fthMpvffvcn un to the end of the world.’" a-i*. - ■ "=aa——— Dictionary A nil once said of President Roosevelt that ‘‘by going a ltitle more to the left, he came a lit tie nearer to the right.” Epitaph on the tomb of the fam ous attorney, Sir John Strange: Here lies an honest lawyer—that is Strange. Add to Scotch Jokes— An Englishman, an Irishman, and ■ Scotchman each owed live dollars ' ■ a certain man. When the mar. a < | th., a.. j pay their i cl-, lit at or.:-* The Englishman put a five dollar ■and took the ten dollars in change Which recalls to mind the .follow ing alleged incident in the life of former Vico President Garner: It seems the' the Vice President ! and a friend were attending a base 1 ball game on the outcome of which ! they had wagered five dollars. Mr. Garner lost and proceeded to hand over a five dollar bill. Whereupon his friend reejnesh-d that "w bank ! note be autographed as he wished i to give it to his young son. “What will he do with it?" asked i the Vice President. “He will frame it to hang in his room.” answered the friend. To which Mr Garner replied, “Oh, well then, in that case, Til just give you my personal check.” Here's a toast to poverty! It sticks to us when all our friends forsake us. Tongue twister department: Tie sea ceaseth and it sufi'icith us. The following is dedicated to all those who persist in passing judg ment on their f How men From “By ron," by Joaquin Miller: In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom n n pronounce divine 1 find .so much of in and blot, Distribution by mail of !20 mil Uu> copies of War Ration Book 3, with application cards, will involve the biggest single ma.ling job ever handled by the Post Office. From where I sit... ly Joe Marsh Friday nights, a bunch of us fellows all got together over at Bill Webster’s place. We don’t play cards; we don’t slug or carry on. We just; sit quietly over a glass or two of beer and talk about world affairs and local politics, and what not. You mightn’t think that just setting and talking would be so much fun. But It is. And it’s wonderful how friendly talk over a glass or two of beer can bring out the best in people — good sense, for instance, and good fellowship, and tolerance. From it here 1 sit, there ought to he more of this quiet talk over u glass of beer. Helps folks understand eaeh other—and be more friendly to each other in these trying times. © 191.1 Browlnt Induntrr Foundation • Worth C arolina I oounlttoo Btlilnr U. Rain. Mato Ulreelor. UU9-J loiuraurr Blda.. Haloluh. w.C. 'mmm m mm > — —-- -- — •• How did I know you’d need bombs ? MORE than half the hombs this country makes hy what you might call an accident. “Some accident, too! I saw it happen. “It was 1935. We research workers at Esso were trying many things with petroleum to see what else we could learn about it. And up came a process for synthetic toluol. “Well, you need toluol to make TNT. But coal tar was providing all the toluol the country needed —then. “However... all the toluol you could get from coal-tar would make, far lass than half the TNT we're using now! The other half is made hy that Esso process perfected hack in 1935. “Now...I didn’t know then that you’d need bombs,.uO.iJjfc'<*11did you, And ) run lit*;ir a lot of people say 'Boy was that discovery a lucky thing!’.. . ‘'But 1 don't call it lin k. I call it the American idea at work. We hit on that process because free American people expect so much that American companies have to learn ev erything they can about new and better methods just to stay out front in business. “If this war didn’t prove anything else, it would prove that nothing like America ever ex isted anywhere before. What other idea ever did so many people jfjj^ so much good in peacetime? \\ hat other Jpy idea ever turned out so much might so fast in time of war?” THE FIRST “E” .‘WiRDEO TO I’ETROLEL'M RESEARCH WORKERS If'here America gels the world's foremost petroleum research STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY C'opr. 19.3, Esao 'no