Bear Grass Post
Ends A Good Yeai
The Bear Grass Airplane Obser
vation Post recently completed its
first year of operation, Chief Observ
er J. Rossel Rogers declaring that
the faithful citizens of the commun
ity had cooperated splendidly to
mako it a most successful one' In
specting the post a few days ago, St.
Sgt. James R. Brand reported it
The post was organized the latte%
part of July, 1942, and was placed in
operation tie earlj- part
with T. C. HfrtanserErwnrf Observ -
er. ' W. A
Brown as assistants. An abandoned
store building was first used, but
with the approach of cold weather,
the arrangement* were found not
very satisfactory and the observers
decided to build a tower. The people
of the community contributed freely
of their time and means, and by
early November the new building
was made ready for occupancy, but
delay in handling priorities left the
post without lights until January.
In February of this year, Miss)
Naomi Brown was appointed a dele- i
gate to the Aircraft Recognition
School at Virginia Beach. Since that
time she has served the post as its
recognition officer.
The post was operating very suc
cessfully until Principal Hickman !
ended the school term, but Mr. Rog- i
ers accepted the troublesome task i
and Lester Terry was named as his !
assistant. They have ably carried I
on the work since that time.
Last month the people of the com- !
ir.unity raised money for point, and i
Garland Whitley painted the struc- 1
ture, making the post one of the
most attractive in the county or sec
tion.
At the present time the post has
about 42 regular observers, each
serving four hours every week on
an average. Chief Observer Rogers
states that the observers have been
faithful indeed, that when one could
not meet his regular appointment he
would find a substitute to carry on a
work outlined and rated important
bythe United States Army.
'43 Robinson Crusoe
U. S. MARINE Corps flier, Staff
Sergt. William L Coffeen, Jr, oi
Chicago, 111, is shown at a Pacific
naval base after he had been miss*
ing 72 days. Engine trouble forced
Coffeen to parachute from his plane
to a South Pacific island. He lived
the life of a Robinson Crusoe until
rescued by a Navy plane. Official
U. S. Navy photo. (International)
Tilings To Watch
For In The Future
An emulsified oil with which tc
ay the dust on airport runways, in
.(dentally killing weeds . , Pias
ie nozzles lor fife hose, later to be
idapted to garden hoses . . , Soap
vashelcths, made of high wet
trength paper impregnated with
oap which provides suds ... A new
■cgetahle, developed by Dutch agri
ulturalists, which is a cross between
beet and a carrot, containing three
r four more times as much Vitamin
■ as either.
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Sgt. Francis Peel has been trans
i>uod from Camp Sutton, Monroe,
r. C., to Seattle, Washington.
Know the
AMERICAS
A SAINT OF THE AMERICAS:
ROSE OF LIMA (1586-1617)
Isabel Flores was bom in Lima,
Peru in April, 1586. “The young cap
ital, then the most important Eu
ropean city south of Havana, had
only fifty years bef .re.” Caspar
Flores, the little girl s father had
come to Peru from Puerto Rico. A
4acopcbus. makes,” *>«
( very ppor_wfee.n, at the agf. 0j fifty,
five, he married Maria de la Oliva,
I r°yn in Irm,a= a woman of kec- mind
I u-t.JqU’ck temper- Tney had eleven
I children.
WANTED—THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS OF
Scuppernong Grapes
BLACK ANI) WHIT E
5c pound
DELIVERED TO AGENTS
Start Buying September tttli and
Every Day Except Saturday.
PICK THEM RIPE — THEY WEIGH MORE
Containers furnished through your local
agent listed below:
_E,_ G,..HARRISON
PLYMOUTH, N. C.
SEXTON’S STORE
JAMESVILLE, N. C.
J. S. PEEL AND COMPANY
EVERETTS, N. C.
L. B. WILLIAMS
ROBERSONVILLE, N. C.
Lindsley Ice Co.
VILLI W1STON, Ni !>HOISE 9V
GARRETT & CO.~Aber«le<-ii, N. C.
The child who was to be called <
saint was named Isabel aftei hei
grandrrtolljer, but when she was
three months old, her mother beheld
the baby's face glowing in the sem
blance of a rose and decided that—
from that day on—she would call her
Rose. The girl's loveliness was local
ly famous by the time she was five
and as she grew even more beauti
ful, the family began to dream of
having her make a brilliant match
which would undoubtedly help the
Flores' economic status But Rose
had other plans; she wanted to dedi
cate herself completely to God and
become a nun. To that, Father and
Mother Flores objected firmly. If
their daughter would not marry ad
vantageously, she must at least stay
home and make up for her “selfish
ness by laboring for the support of
tue household. Denied the peace of
the convent, Roaa was to toil con
stantly in the midst of a noisy, un
sympathetic family. Her exquisite
embroideries "nd laces became very
much in demand as did the extra-or
dinary beautiful and fragrant flow
ers that seemed to bloom naturally
under her care.
Rosa sought refuge in the garden
as much as she could. There she built
herself a little cell, there she spent
her few hours of leisure singing
hymns to the accompaniment of hei
guitar, there too, she was alone t(
practice the austerities which sh<
believed would atone for the sini
or the world She fasted strenuous
iy; under her hair she wore a spikec
crown that pricked her foreheac
painfully; binding her waist with
heavy chains, she padlocked the last
link and threw the key into a well
When Rose was twenty she put or
the white habit and black mantle
of the Third Order of St. Dominic ol
Guzman, joining thus an order which
would permit her to be a nun ye
live outisde the walls of a convent
In spite of her innumerable occu
pations she still found time to help
the poor. A small room in her house
was set apart as “Rosa’s hospital’1
and there she brought miserable
creatures, forsaken in illness and in
poverty. Ravaging fevers, ulcerous
sores, the frightful diseases of the
time, nothing was too much for the
brave girl. She nursed back to life
beggars and servant girls alike.
one round solace in the contem
| plative hours in which she experienc
ed symtical visions. The miracles she
| wrought, her powers of prophecy be
came such that her fame as a saint
I grew constantly. The Flores family
was terrified of Inquisition investi
I gation. But peace wag soon to come
to the tired body, the long-tortured
soul. In August 1617, Rosa became
the victim of a mysterious illness.
Knowing that the end was near, she
askedjier^ oa rents hlessina j<nrj_heiv.
I ged forgiveness for the trouble she'
had given. Early after midnight on
the 24th of August, she died, at the
ag'- of thirty-one. As soon as Lima
heard of Rose's death, great crowds
came to see her in her coffin. So
fiercely did the mob cry: "Saint!
Saint! Blessed one of Peru” during I
her burial, that the singers had to
get very close to the altar to be
heard. Everyone in Lima, libertine or
devout cried: "Rosa be our interces
sor, speak for America, be Victim
of America.”
Now that centuries have passed,
that Rosa has been made a saint, her
feast is celebrated on the 30th of
August. On that day, amidst the rev
erent tumult of processions, or gar
lands. arche^nnd festoons of roses.
Lima may be truly said to be “all
roses and all Rosa’s.”
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Home from New York
Ensign Billy Clark, stationed in
New York for the present, is spend
ing a few days at home._
U. S. RANGERS LOOK OVER DEAD AT SICILY PASS
DEAD ITALIAN SOLDIERS line a curving road near Butera Pass in Sicily after a night battle A small de'att
of American Rangers climbed a nearby fortified cliff at night and surprised the Italian garrison defend
ing the pass. 1 wo of these Rangers are shown questioning a native the next day. ' (International)
Bear Ctrass Observation Post
t ompirung Its lirst year of operation recently, the Bear Grass
Observation Post ranks with the best in this section. It lias experienc
ed trying ' times, no doubt, but in the final analysis, the people of that
community would rally to its support to keep the watch unbroken
night and day. The above pirture, taken by ‘•Doc” Eugene Rice
shows the post and reflects the interest and pride the observers take
in its maintenance and operation.
Experts Working
On Granville Will
Tobacco seed from varieties re
sistant to Granville wilt will not b.
^Vjdlable for 1944 plantings because
the strains now under test have not
been thoroughly tried out for qual
ity. says Howard R. Garriss, Exten
sion plant pathologist at N. C. State
College.
According to the pathologist, the
Tobacco Experiment Station has de
veloped some strains from a South
American variety of tobacco that
jjtow a high degree of resistance to
Sranville wilt but they are not;
>aiisrieti wun the quality*of the cur"
id leaf.
The N. C. Experiment Station, in
.•ooperution with the Bureau of Plant
Industry, lias been working on re
stance to Granville wilt for sever -
il years but this season they are
esting the strains in a number of
ections throughout the belt. Just as
Gardens
There will be a new Victory Gar- j
den fertilizer next year, a 5-10-5 re- I
placing the .1-8-7 used this year, re
ports Dr. E. H. Collins, in charge of
Agronomy Extension at State Co'
lege.
soon as the desired quality is ob
tained, seed will be officially re- I
leased.
Garriss says that the growers, who !
are cooperating in the tests, have !
been asked not to save any seed from i
the heads of plants resistant to Gran
ville wilt.
He reports that if whole commun- '
iiies or areas should plant these seed I
r-v.Wvt\v.W««W ■ -V' gwpoBfttef •
j cause they might wake up and find!
''h-aUUaiif'iMPt tobacco of
undesirable Quality—a type of <
liv'd wanted by the buyers.
The experimenters say: “We would
hate to kill the goose that laid the I
golden egg.” In other words, seed
cannot be officially released until |
desirable quality lias been combined
WE BUY & SELL FARMS
See iim when you wish lo buy or well farms.
We have for sale 2 farms in Kobersonville
Township, one in Poplar Point ami one in
Willianiston Township.
HENRY JOHNSON
ROBERSON VILLE, N. C.
j with resistance to the wilt.
Garriss calls attention to the fact
that breeding for resistance to one
disease does not mean that the strain
will be resistant to all diseases. The
only disease resistant varieties of
flue' cured tobacco now available for
commercial use are the 400 variety
bred for resistance to black root rot,
and Strains 1, 2, 3 and 4. fared for re
sistance to black shank.
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Home from Fort Itraeg
T 1 1' I'.bi'.u Gurganus was home
; from Fort Oragg for a ftne hour--- fast
j Sunday.
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Informative Box
Score On Inflation
Factors Toward Inflation
1943 income payments (estimated)
140 billion dollars (all-time high).
Money in circulation April 30, 16
2-3 billion dollars (all-time high).
Corporate profits first quarter 1943
(estimated), 18 billion’dollars (al
itor taxes).
Firm income first six months 1943
Q.7 billion d •liars (19 more than
- 184®
.'salaries and wares first montHs
;943 (exclusive of farm workers),
147.8 billion dollars (13.7 more than
ixifjxownding- rest m-. t-9J.~ e.-~' ..
u ..r; n iiiui ■.
- 1()IJ tiffi for. 'iriKars.
June war expenditures. 7 2-3 bil
1 lion dollars (4 per cent rise over
| May).
Factors Against Inflation
Two oversubscribed War Bond
[campaigns, 315 billion dollars (all
1 ime high).
1943 Federal tax yield (estimated)
32 billion dollars.
19J3 income tax yield (estimated)
13 billion dollars.
27 million persons making payroll
savings, 4.6 billion dollars.
Consumer credit reduction, Sept.,
1941 through April. 1943, 4.5 billion
dollars.
Insurance holdings to be added in
1943 (estimated), 4.5 billion dollars.
City cost-of-living cut in June, 0.2
per cent drop since May (first month
to show reduction since yedr before
Pearl Harbor).
In Britain, about 150,000 tons of
timber, salvaged from bombed bulld
ogs. have been refinished and made
mto eraU--> and boxes fur important
war uses.
I
FIRST Sale
Wednesday
SEPTEMBER 1st.
FIRST Sale
MONDAY
(LABOR DAY) SEPTEMBER 6th
Before the season opened we ad
vertised that no sale would In*
held on Labor Day. However,
this has been changed and we
nisb to announce that we will
be open on that day and witli a
I IRS I SALE.
Our sales for the season have been
most gratifying, hath to us and our
customers. Make your jdans to sell
a ith us next Monday.
ADKINS &
BAIfcEY
WAREHOUSE ROBERSON VILLE
First Sales: Wednesday {^Thursday
S4S **• 1 At NEW CAROLINA Whi
FIRST SALE THURSDAY, Sept. 2 at the PLANTERS Warehouse
Higher Prices For AH Grades
^“1“'.5, Zu!°yz ^ *■ ■ -»"■
NEW CAROLINA And PLANTERS Whses.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.