FOR GREATER PROGRESS i
VOL. II; NO. 3
COUNTY FSA HEAD
EXPLAINS PLAN TO
GET FARM LOANS
payment in one year. But the
cropper Can Take Advan
tage of Program
Tenants and sharecroppers, as
well as farm owners, can get loans
from the Farm Security Adminis
tration to buy needed equipment,
livestock and other farm sup
plies, according to Louis E. Has
sell, Jr., Tyrrell County f*A su
pervisor at Columbia, who has re
ceived a statement on “eligibility’”
prepared by State Director Vance
E. Swift for the Annual Public
Welfare Institute at Chapel Hill.
“If the farmer is a tenant or
sharecropper, to get the fullest ad
vantage of FSA’s rehabilitation
loan program, he shouTd have a
satisfactory written lease or con
tract,” the statement points out.
“Preferably the lease should cover
a period of years, or have such
favorable renewal clauses as will
warrant—and encourage Ine tenant
to adopt—a long-range farm im
provement program and assure re-:
payment of the loan.
“The farm family getting the
loan must live on, or be able to get
by lease or other satisfactory writ
ten agreement, a farm sufficiently
productive—or one that can be
made sufficiently productive by fol
lowing good farming practices—to
warrant a sound farm plan. !
Sound Plan
“By a sound plan is meant a
farm and livestock program which
will provide a living for the fam
ily, feed for livestock, and suffi
cient cash ultimately to pay off the
loan. It is a careful farm and
family budget, with expected in
come sufficient to balance outgo.
“Applicants should also be able
to satisfy the FSA that they are
dependable and physically able to
perform gainful work, and that
they cannot get adequate credit on
reasonable terms through regular
credit channels.
“Through debt adjustment,
through loans suited to t?ie needs
of the individual family and
through guidance in approved
farming practices, county super
visors of FSA, located in almost
every county, stand ready to help
all eligible farm families,” Mr.
Swift pointed out. ,
Five Years to Pay
“Farmers have from one to five
years to repay the loan. Amounts
loaned to buy livestock, fencing
and other capital goods useful for
several years may be repaid in in
stallments ranging up to 5 years.
Loans for non-recoverable good 3,
such as seed and fertilizer are re
payable in 1 year. In certain
cases, where money is loaned for
permanent improvements, as much
as ten years is allowed. In cases of
inadequate rental arrangements or
where other conditions fail to jus
tify a long-range farming program, ■
FSA can make rehabilitation loans
for seed and farm supplies for re
payment in one year. üßt the
long-range plan is the one pre
ferred, as time is an important ele- j
ment in satisfactory rehabilitation.
Where these short term loans are
made, they are made to take care
of emergency situations and with
the hope that a long-range plan
can eventually be worked out.”
Experience in the past few years
proves that many small fanners
without sufficient collateral to bor
row from banks are able to do suc
cessful farming if they can get
convenient credit to get in shape
to farm and can get the assistance
in planning, managing and improv
ing their farms which field men of
FSA and other agricultural agen
cies have to offer.”
WILFRID DALY. SCION OF
DISTINGUISHED FAMILY
Wilfrid Augustus Daly, a respon
sible official of the Otis Elevator
Company, an associate of David
Lindquist, the chief engineer who
hunts at Bodie Island, died at his
home 354 Palisade Ave., Yonkers,
N. Y., Monday, and interment was
December 18th. 1
Mr. Daly, who was past his
three score, was the scion of a dis-,
tinguished family. His father, was
a judge of the New York Supreme
Court and brother of Augustin
Daly, the playwright, who was
born at Plymouth, N. C., and whose
birthplace on route G 4 is marked
by a" metal tablet.
Mr. Daly’s grandfather was a'
ship captain, who settled in Ply- 1
mouth, and who is buried at Ocra- i
coke, and the well known Dailey
family of Hatteras is supposed to
be a branch of the same family. |
Mr. Daly was popularly known
to many North Carolinians, and (
the citizens of Blymouth had been
planning to have him as a guest
at future ceremonies in recognition
of his distinguished uncle.
The Daly home on (Roanoke river
was named Roanoke m honor of
the Boanoke river.
THE TYRRELL TRIBUNE
HYDE ROTARIANS
FAVOR TYRRELL
BOR BLIMP BASE
A suitable site for the proposed
blimp base which the Navy depart
| ment is planning to build along
the coast was the chief topic of
conversation at the Friday night
meeting of the Engelhard Rotary
Club. With Hyde definitely out of
the picture as a possible site for
the base because of the lack of rail
facilities, pros and cons of other
proposed bases were discussed at
great length. As the discussion
grew on, the opinion developed that
Hyde’s interests could best be
served by the location of the base
in Tyrrell.
i A motion by P. D. Midgette,
which was seconded by J. A. Jar
vis, that the secretary of the club,
L. A. Dudley, write letters to the
Tyrrell County Board of Commis
sioners and the Mayor of Colum
bia expressing the sympathies of
the group for their struggle to se
cure this $5,000,000 project, was
unanimously passed by the club.
WINTER WEIGHT FEED
REQUIRED, LIVESTOCK
Wise motorists change to winter
weight oil in the automobiles when
cold weather arrives. Wise live
stock raisers change to “winter
weight rations” in their feeding
program with the first cold wave,
says Prof. E. H. Hostetler, proses-
I ?or of animal husbandry at N. C.
State College.
“In the range country,” the ani
mal husbandman stated, “thou
sands of cattle have always had to
depend upon range the year
’round. As a result, death losses
are heavy and the ill effects of un
der-nutrition are usually clearly
revealed in their poor condition and
small size. Cottonseed cake is used
rather extensively as a supplement
to winter range by wise cattle
men.”
Prof. Hostetler says that North
Carolina livestock raisers can take
a tip from the Great Plains region
and feed protein supplements. He
points out that Southern cotton
fields supply the essential protein
that enables cattle raisers to se
cure maximum results from dry
range grass and reeds, to maintain
breeding herds in good condition,
and to prevent costly losses of
weight and deaths of animals dur
ing winter months.
“Breeding cows on the range can
be wintered in thrifty condition on
a daily ration of 1 to 2 pounds of
cottonseed cake per head, except
in severe weather when 2to 3
pounds are needed,” the State Col
lege professor declared. “For
vigorous herd bulls, the feeding of
IV2 to 3 pounds of cottonseed cake
daily per head is advisable. When
range is short, bulls need both
cake and supplemental roughage.
“Calves, after weaning, need the
protein and phosphorous furnished
, by 1 to 2 pounds of cottonseed cake
daily per head. Yearling heifers
kept for herd replacements should
receive the same amount.”
) In Norfolk
Mrs. F. E. Cohoon, Mrs. J. P.
Alexander and Mrs. W. R. Spruill
spent Tuesday in Norfolk.
JIMMY SAWYER NOW ASSURED
REAL CHRISTMAS BY TYRRELL
I *
Jimmy Sawyer is a lad who has
been assured a Merry Christmas
when next Wednesday comes
around . . . ana only because of
the sympathetic spirit of citizens
of Tyrrell.
Jimmy is a lad of Columbia who
has never had the chance the aver
age fellow gets. The breaks seem j
always to have been against him,
and as the Christmas season came
nearer and nearer it did look fath
er dark for thi3 regular fellow
who was willing , but unable to ,
match the moves made by what
poets call the Fates. I
His mother died some time ago,
and Jimmy, who is a bright and
agreeable little fellow, suddenly (
found that he was to be subject \
to the whims and fancy of the ele- t
1 ments. He wandered around town ,
and picked up dimes here and
there doing little things suitable
for his size and ability. He ate
his meals at the school lunch room,
at night he spread a blanket and (
slept on the floor of a nearby home.
He was a lonesome and seemingly
outcast in a land of high stard
j ards and great wealth.
: Today, however, the prospects
are much brighter, and it all came
jto Jimmy because be had that,
' something which captured the j
hearts of the people of Columbia, |
I Last Sunday afternoon a fund
was started at the Columbia Drug
Store to help make Christmas aj
real day for Jimmy. By night,
there was near thirty dollars in the
fund and merchants had promised,
Ito see that new clothes were
bought for the lad. Now there are J
hopes that arrangements can be
made so that Jimmy will not have
OF THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW PARK REf.lftM 4Mn iei iowshtp WTTU AITD MPICUDAD AATTVTTPO
PARENT TEACHER
CLUB STARTED ATi
1 GUM NECK SCHOOL^
1 Group Elects Officers and
Formally Organize; Meet |
Next in January
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; Gum Neck was able to boast a
’ Parent-Teachers Association with
■! in its social realm last week, when
I Tyrrell school officials announced
‘(completion of the preliminary work
‘(and the set up of a qualified and
' official group to build good rela
r tions between home and school. j
The completion of the organiza
-1 tion was brought about through the
1 tireless efforts of parents in Gum
Neck wha are vitally interested in
’ the accomplishments of their chil
dren in school, and of Tyrrell edu
’ cation officials who have wished for
a strong association in that pro-.
ductive section of the county.
; The proceedings took on official
backing two weeks ago when Mrs.
A. N. Howell, the Association’s
1 field representative for North 1
> Carolina, went to Gum Neck to or- •
ganize the group.
Orficers Elected
I At the first meeting Mrs. Lois
Selby was elected as first presi- ;
, dent of th« group, Mrs. Minnie <
Everton was made secretary, ano
I Mrs. Lem Cohoon was appointed
treasurer.
A membership committee com- 1
’ nosed of Mrs. George Everton,
Mrs. Emistine Liverman, and Mrs. 1
Ethel dyne Ballance, were appoint- 1
ed to start the group off right.
At a second meeting held last
week, Mrs. Selby, the president of '
' the group, appointed chairmen
for various phases of work under- ;
1 taken by the Association, and for- :
mally rounded out the executive :
’ committee which guides the func* i
■ tions of the grono. <
* Mrs. Dorothy Combs was named ;
■ nrogram chairman. Miss Haze!
' Owens as hospitality chairman.
Mrs. Walter Cohoon as attendance ‘
1 chairman. Mrs. George Everton as
• finance chairman, and Mrs. Ernis- i
1 tine Liverman as publicity chair
! man.
1 j The group decided to hold their
1 J month! v meetings on Wednesday
’ J after the second Sunday, and that
’,the executive committee should
1 meet the day after the regular
; meeting.
The next meeting of the group
‘ will be held January 15 in the Gum ■
Neck high school. i
t !
1 HYDE SCHOOLS TO COMPETE
AT SLADESVILLE TONIGHT
;
* The first annual Recitation Con
' test for girls and Declamation
i Contest for boys will be held at
: Sladesville this evening at 7:30
'■ o’cock will all the schools in the
1 county taking part. This should
1 prove to be a very interesting pro
■ gram, bringing talent from all over
! the county before the public. Ho
' mer Trinplett, principal of the
5 Sladesville high school, is chair
! man of the committee in charge of
the contest. 1
I
Visit Here !.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leary and
. Betty Jane, of Plymouth, spent the
1 week end in Columbia visiting Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Laary. 1
...
to spend the winter rights, or any
more nights on a hard floor. They
say there are possibilities he will
be adopted by a family who can
give him some of the pleasures of
youth and the chance to grow into
manhood on equal footing with the
more fortunate youths around him.
1 For Jimmy everything will be
rosy this season, but there are
other families and little boys and
girls who will need s«me kind re
membrance this Yule season. 1
The Tyrrell welfare office has a
j list of names of those who are in
dire need, and it will gladly fur
nish you the list so you can pick
any one you wish to aid.
1 Here’s a chance to £hare where
it will really be accepted in a spirit
|of sincerity, and you will not be
expected to bring great sums of
money, or complete outfits. Food,
toys, and bits of clothing w'll do
the trick. Already the county
NY A workers are busy making
1 provisions in an attempt to have
something to offer every one of
the unfortunate children. Therej
| is nothing so touchiry; as to sec a
grimmy faced little tot as his eves
sparkle and he clutches some little
toy in his hands.
The Welfare office will be open- 1
| ed all day Tuesday, and your re
quests for information" concerning
the cases of some twenty-five fam
! ilies who will be unable to provide
| their own Christmas, will be ans
wered, and whatever your action,]
,it will be confidential if you so
wish.
You hawe just four days left .in,
'which make Christmas a
reality for sqme unfortunate one.
COLUMBIA, N. C. t THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1940
,! CANDLE LI&HT SERVICE
j The Annual Candle Light
Service will be held in Colum
j bia Christmas Day at 5.00 p.
m. when the ckureh choirs, the
school glee djpkk, and all who
j can sing or . carry a candle
. will meet a| the Baptist
i church, form a profession, and
march to the Christmas tree in
town and carol service.
Superintendent of the four
four Sunday schools in town
will have charge of the pro
gram.
Every man, woman, and 1
i child in Columbia is invited to I
take part in the service. The
annual event is sponsored by 1
the Women’s Club and the 1
Sunday schools in Columbia.
THIRD HONOR ROLL I
i L ISTS 81 MEMBERS j
IN COLUMBIA SCH.
The third month honor roll re
port released last week by officials
of the Columbia high school re-1
vealed that eighty-one students had
passed the average mark and were
listed a« superior in their studies.
Os this number only fifteen were
in the high school department. The
eleventh grade led the upper sec
tion with five names on the list,
the tenth and ninth grades had
four each, and the eighth grade
listed onlv two.
There were sixtv-rsix pupils listed
on the roll from the lower section
of the school, with the first grades
having seventeen members in the
honor section. The third gradec
were second with 13 listed, and
were followed close by the sixth
grade with 12 on the list. The
fifth grade had ten members on the
roll the seventh and fourth grades
six eaHh, and the second grade had
only two reported as making honor
grades.
High School
The names listed on the high
school roll were:
Eleventh grade: Ernest Ches
son. Jr., J. E. Norris, Jr., Ruth
Bateman, Mary Catherine Rey
nolds, and Gladys Small.
Tenth grade: Sam Holloway,
Henry Joe Liverman, Kathryne
Morris, and Nancv Meekins.
Ninth. gi <i(»e: uanita Kevnolds,
Dorothy Brickhouse, Tillie Norris,
and David Garrett.
Eighth grade:” Sarah Liverman
and Selvin Brickhouse.
j Grammar School
! Names listed on the honor roll
in the grammar school were:
Seventh grade: Polly Alexan
der, Marv Elizabeth Spruill, Ruby
Lee Reynolds, Orville Howett, Or
ville Reynolds, and Edward Ham
ilton.
Sixth grade: Duard Brickhouse,
Nan Chanlin, Fred Cohoon, Dennis
Combs, Earl Pavenoort, Jr., Audry
Gray, Mary Lou Knight, Herbert
Liveman, Thelma Mayo, J. D.
Rhodes, Susan Schnieder, and Fred
Spencer.
Fifth grade: Dan Alexander, R.
S. Bateman, Harry Lee Roughton,
1 Katie Barnes, Julia Mae Postum,
, Donnie Lee Reynolds, Anna Lou
i Davenport, Elsie Ray Snell, Lil
lian Cooper, and Jack Davis.
Fourth grade: Early Hopkins,
Jimmy Tweedy, Bobbie Rae Bas
, night, Ann Brinn, Virginia Clough,
and Sarah Ann Brickhouse.
Third grade: Jimmie Alexander,
Gav Hopkins, Mary Virginia
Brickhouse, Amanda Revnolds. Le
. nell Walker, James Walker, Joyce
Bateman, Maxine Cohoon. Gwen
dolyn Hopkins, Lois Morris. Jackie
Fav Revnolds. Ruth Ann Spruill,
and Nell Spruill.
•Second grade: Bobby Everton
and Wilma Simmons.
First grade: Iva Dean Van-
Horn, Doris Mae Simmons, Ella
Mae Svkes, Lenora Soencer, Jo
Ann Combs, Julia Mae Clough.
Billy Knight, Harris Holiday, Wal
ton Guthrie, Jr., Mary Lou Van
Horn, Doris Marie Dixon. Arthur
1 Snwver, Lenora Woodard, Polly
Hopkins and Batis Spencer.
ENGELHARD PTA ENJOYS
| INTERESTING PROGRAM
l
I ■
The Engelhard Parent-Teachers
Association held its regular meet
ing last Tuesday night at the
school auditorium. An interesting
program, which was nder the direc
tion of Miss Ruth Frazzelle, was
presented for the benefit of those
, present. Dr. Wilkie of the
Health Department made an inter
esting talk on diet and diseases.
! Madames Eunice Credle, May
nard Johnson, and Cecil Swindell
of New Holland and Mrs. B. B.
Fulford of Engelhard, who acted as
; refreshment committee for the
group, served Mattamuskeet ap
ples and toasted pecans.
Mrs. Willaim Patrick’s class won
the one dollar prize for having the
largest percentage of parents pres
ent at the meet.
In Plymouth
I Miss Virginia Brickhouse and
.•Miss Cynthia Davenport spent the
week end in Plymouth visiting
friends.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE !
FOR XMAS FRIDAY
l WITH 2 VACANCIES
|Two Teachers Resign; Gum
Neck School to Have a
Short Vacation
i Tyrrell schools close Friday for
the Christmas season, and that
means there’ll be no more school
work until the sixth day of Janu
ary.
j With the first half of the school
vear over, the superintendent’s of
j fice reported this week that two
teachers had turned in resigna
tions, to come effective at the close
|of school for the Christmas holi
| days.
1 Mrs. John Melson, third grade
! teacher, at the Columbia school, ,
j has asked for a four month’s leave
announced that the board had '
■ granted this request, and that at
present there has been no replace- ;
ment made.
! Taylor E. Jones, colored teacher 1
at the Tyrrell County Training ■
school, has handed in his resigna
tion and states that he will go to
Columbia University in New York (
to further his education. No re
placement has been made in this
case either.
It was revealed that all schools
will remain closed ntil January 6, ]
excepting the Gum Neck school ] \
where it will depend on weather',
conditions. If the weather is good ,
the school will be closed for one ]
week only so as to take advantage
of good roads. If the weather is 1
bad the Gum Neck school lads and \
lasses will have an extra week in 1
which to catch-up on their playing. ,
COLUMBIA PTA HEAR
SPECIAL XMAS PROGRAM
The regular meeting of the Co- :
lumbia PTA met in the high
school auditorium last Friday.
The president, Mrs. W. T. (
Crutchfield, called attention to the !
ruling that unless dues were paid (
during December, vote for the
grade prize could not be counted.
The grades winning the attend
ance prize were the second and
third grades, Mrs. Albert Spencer,
teacher.
R. L. Litchfield announced that
the student patrol had been or
ganized by the students at school,
and was functioning very well. 1
Also that a safety patrol organ
ization, with the help of Patrol
man Guy, was to be organized.
The Parent Teachers Associa
tion agreed to let the basket ball
team use the auditorium for games
and practice during the incoming
basket ball season.
Miss Ruby Lee Reynolds, Miss 1
Marv McClees, Miss Mary Lou
Knight, and Miss Nan Chaplin,
music students under Mrs. Ida
: Spruill, each rendered a musical
, solo selection at the piano.
! A very beautiful Nativity Oper
etta enhanced by Christmas greens,
1 jand randle light, was rendered by
’ the High School Glee Club, under
1 the direction of Miss Catherine
' | Walker, teacher of public school j
i music. |
• Fruit was served at the door, by '
' Mrs. J. W. Hamilton. I
KILL DEVIL HILLS GROUP
HAS ENTHUSIASM RENEWED
The Kill Devi! Hills group had a
renewal of enthusiasm, concluding
with a group of some 40 well fed
people in Fearing’s Case in Man
teo Tuesday, which followed brief
exercises at the Wright Memorial,
where Capt. W. J. Tate, of Coin
jock was principal speaker.
Army planes from Fort Bragg,
bearing Ben Dixon Mac Neill, flew
over the Hills, along with planes
from Norfolk, and Dare County’s
pilot, Dave Driskill.
At the midday luncheon in Fear
ings Case, Allan Watkins of
Greensboro was reelected presi
dent; Chas. M. Baker of Kill Devil
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CROP, FLOCK DESTRUCTION
BY WILD LIFE IS ALARMING
Fox and Squirrel Reportedly Making Inroads
on Farm Incomes by Raiding Com Fields
and Hen Houses; Hunters Are Unable to
Keep Down Increasing Numbers
HYDE TO HAVE A
NEW ACCOUNTANT
Ralph Roper Gets Position
Held by Dick Lupton
The Hyde County Board of Com
missioners meeting last Wednes
day, appointed Ralph L. Roper of
Engelhard as County Accountant,
also tax supervisor replacing Dick
Lupton, Swan Qarter man who has
held the office for the past eight
years.
The motion to replace Accountant
Lupton by Mr. Roper was made by
Commissioner J. E. Berry of Lake
Landing township and seconded by
J. S. Mason, commissioner from
Swan Quarter.
In a previous meeting it had
been agreed by the commissioners
to have a revaluation of the prop
erty for 1941. This motion was
made by J. S. Mason and seconded
by J. E. Berry.
Tax listers named to list
the taxes under the supervision of
the tax supervisor, ■'••ho is the
County accountant. They are: Oc
raeoke township, Murry Tolson,
Tom Howard, and I. W. O’Neal;
Lake Landing township, Linwood
B. Tunnell, O. R. Gibbs, and W. W.
Payne; Fairfield township, P. C.
Simmons, C. E. Baum, and C. L.
Williams; Swan Quarter township.
Marvin Swindell, C. J. Cahoon. and
Geo. B. Williams: town
ship, Milan O’Neal, Harvey B.
Credle, and Ed Smithwick.
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WOMEN’S CLUB TO
HOLD MUSICAL TEA
At the executive meeting of the
Columbia Women’s Cluß held last
Saturday night it was annonced
that a musical tea will be held for
club members next Friday in the
home of Mrs. S. C. Chaplin.
Hostesses at the meeting will be
Mrs. S. C. Chaplin. Mrs. B. R. Co
hoon. Mrs. F. E. Cohoon. Mrs. T.
W. Armstrong, and Mrs. W. S.
Carawan. Members of the club are
asked to bring any vacation guests
they may have with them to the
lea.
The executive group also approv
ed a motion that the club adopt a
needy family and thus assure the
members of it a merry Christmas.
The family will be taken from the
list of families recommended by
the welfare office.
Members nresent at the execu
tive meeting were Mrs. C. V. Liver
™an, Mrs. W. T. Crutchfield. Mrs.
| C. Eari Cohoon. Mrs. Russell Ever
j s on. Mrs. G. M. Garrett, Mrs. W.
q Carawan, and Mrs. T. W. Arm-
I strong.
Hills, Dave Driskill of Manteo, and
! Capt. W. J. Tate were named vice
! presidents, with Melvin Daniels of
j Wanchese, secretary-treasurer.
; A. W. Drinkwater was made
chairman of the entertainment
committee, and Mrs. Mary Bas
night and Mrs. Anges Midgett
were made members of his staff.
Senator Hugh Horton of Williams
ton, Mayor Jerome Flora of Eliza
beth City, Fairfield Hodges of Nor
folk were made members of the
advisory committee.
The group was enthusiastic, and
1 pledged itself to renewed activity
j toward making the organization
I international in scope.
Tyrrell's famous wild lands,
where game of every discription
meets and plays the game of sur
vival of the fittest, has long loomed
as the hunter’s forbidden paradise.
Today there is the cry of the hard
working citizens of the county who
are dubious as to the advisability
of keeping the paradise forbidden.
The little farmer and the big
farmer here have the common
meeting ground, and after years of
watching crops and flocks decreas
ed to the tune of thousands of dol
lars by pestering fox and squirrels,
I there is the general desire to let
I the so-called destructive hunter
have his destructive way with
j these animals at least until there
jis a marked decrease in the fox
and squirrel ranks.
The sly fox has been a problem
to such a vast number of people
that the county took privilege of
the State law which gave them
! permission to try to control the
destructive creatures. The season
on fox is open in Tyrrell whereever
there is signs of damage to flocks,
and still the problem is unsolved.
SIOO Damage
i During the past fall J. H. Bate
. man, who lives on the Dillon
road section, called fox hunters to
his aid when damages as high as
one hundred dollars were caused
by brazen fox. Chicken farmers
have long held out a plea that
something bo done, and still little
has been accomplished,
i As many as fourteen foxes have
been killed in one section during
the course of a week, and such men
as Clarence Rhodes, Dallas A. Hol
: lis, L. H. Woodard, Frank C. Brick
! house, S. N. Woodard, Levie Swain,
and Ed Armstrong, all of Sound
Side have reported damages to
their flocks by fox. Others in
cluding J. M. Woodly, G. W. Cope
land, Robert Reynolds, and H. C.
Davenport of the Scuppemong sec
tion also reported damages,
i The figures have passed the
humor mark, and little and big
chicken raisers are losing money
every fall when the prevalent
beasts are at their worst. Jarvis
Mellon, of near Travis, lost almost
his entire flock of turkeys by the
same cause.
i Eat Corn
Where the fox is detrimental to
the farmers with different flocks,
the squirrel has made a defyiite in
road on the farm income by wil
fully feeding on the com in the
; fields while protected by law from
; the sharp shooting hunter,
j Early in the fall one farmer of
j the Frying Pan section lamented
the fact that his com crop was
i ruined by “swarms of squirrels.”
| When asked why he didn’t take a
; gun and do a little private exter-
I minating he revealed that the
) squirrels were far more plentiful
! than gun shells.
I Such farmers of the Frying Pan
section as C. G. Simmons, O. B.
Simmons ,W. Spencer, E. R. Voliva,
W. S. Sykes and others have re
ported damages of varying de
grees bv the hordes from the tree
i tops. W. B. Nooney. Robert Rev
j nolds, G. W. Copeland, H. L. Wo'mJ
, ley, and numerous others in the
■ Scuppemong section have been af
j ferted the same way.
Damages in the terms of dollars
and cents have been inestimable.
| The county agent reported it was
i impossible to estimate what dam
!age was done in such cases, and
| various farmers and hunters who
I have visited these farms and «*»•-■-
i Cons have placed the figures well
I into the thousands.
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'CHAPEL PROGRAMS
'SUCCESS PRIMARY DEPT.
i
j Reports this week show the pri
mary department of the Columbia
graded school are ending the pres
ent school term with the marked
success of their own weekly chapel
programs to their credit,
j The programs which have been
going on for some time, are the
; direct results of activities in each
jof the primary rooms. Visits by
the young scholars from one room
! to another has brought many help
’ful suggestions, for it is in differ
ent rooms that the programs
held. Reports state that punils
ranging from the smallest first
grader to the largest third grader
have taken part in these meetings
j and have thereby profited.
The teachers supervising this
project are: Mrs. Ira Alexander
and Mrs. Russell Everton, first
grades; Mrs. Maxie Spencer, f
ond grade; Mrs. John Melson, third
grade; and Mrs. Albert Spencer,
second and third grades.
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