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Scrap Metal Drive Organized In All Schools Boys and Girls Enlist To Keep Steel Mills Operating •Planes, Tanks, Guns and Ships Musi Be Made and Speedily -® Nation’s Fighting Forces Look To Juniors For Aid -a The boys and girls of Plymouth and of Washington County are part of a National Junior Army which on October 5 will begin a great attack. The attack is against the worst enemy within our borders today. The enemy could stop our factories from making guns and ships and tanks and planes. The enemy could pre vent those weapons from being made by preventing manufacture of the steel out of which parts of those weapons are made. That enemy is starvation of the steel mills. But the school pupils of our* na tion, organized in a great Junior Ar my, are going to feed the mills. They are going to find and bring toge :i ther the things out of which tanks ’ and ships are made—things like rus ty pipe, broken bed springs, air guns that won’t shoot any more. Around Plymouth and Washington County, that is junk, scrap. But af ter it has gone through the mills it is bombs for the Nazis and bullets for the Japs. Commanding General of the North Carolina division of the junior army of school boys and girls is Clyde E. Erwin, Supt. Public Instruction. The regiment in Plymouth is headed by Colonel R. B. Trotman. County ''fakmfihius \ about tfie AAA and ot/iAh.. ( | €XT€NSION WORK \ Notes given by farmers for oil seed peanuts and seed soybeans are now due at par value. Checks or money orders should be made to the Grow Superintendent H. H. McLean is Co lonel of the Washington County regiment. Each school principal is ma.jor in the Junior army. Under each major come the captains, the teachers. School boys and girls of each school room will be the lieutenants, ser geants, corporals and privates of the Junior army. Those who do well will be promoted, just like real soldiers in the fighting army. A fighting army uses maps and scouts every foot of ground. Mem bers of the Junior army will scout the same way for the pieces of junk. From map plans, each will be given a place to scout. So the Junior army will scout all of America, each street and road, each city block and coun try farm, finding junk. For. so long as the junk lies un gathered, it is part of the starvation enemy of our steel mills, our war fac tories. and our fighting men. Tire boys and girls of Plymouth and Washington County are going to find and take prisoner all of that enemy in this part of our nation. ers’ Peanut Cooperative, Inc., at Franklin, Va. These peanuts were furnished by the Commodity Credit Corporation through our Growers’ Peanut Cooperative and those who received seed should settle the note as soon as possible. Tire corporation will return the canceled note as soon as payment is received. Any who wish may call at the county office for assistance in settling this account. Accounts not settled when due will make it necessary for those folks to be put on the register of indebted ness of the AAA office. This will entail considerable useless trouble to our local association, and we hope these notes will be paid by the pro ducers when they are due. Some few reports of' apparently out-of-line prices being charged far mers for machinery equipment and supplies have been made. Ceiling prices on some articles have not been established. However, farmers who buy equipment and supplies should ask for a receipted bill. If prices are later found to be out of line, this re ceipted bill will aid in an adjust ment. Cotton farmers are, as a whole, aware of prices on cotton, cottonseed and cottonseed products. The min imum price of basic grade cottonseed in lots of 10 tons or more is S50 per ton, f.o.b. shipping point. Small lots should be about $3 per ton less. That means most of our cottonseed will bring the farmers about $47 per ton. Some buyers are paying $49. This is permissible, as is the case on gin ning regulations. Regulations say prices for ginning cotton shall not be more than ceiling prices, while it is permissible for ginners to charge less. Most of our ginners have been charging less than that allowed un der ceiling prices, and I am glad to say that their charges now' appear to be not much more than charges last year. The exchange value of one ton of cottonseed for 36 per cent meal, based on the October minimum price sched Cotton Wanted! BY THE FARMERS COTTON and PEANUT COMPANY SUCCESSORS TO CLARK PEANUT COMPANY PLYMOUTH EVANS MILL COMPANY EDENTON WE ARE OPERATING IN EDENTON, N. C., A VERY MODERN COTTON GIN WITH CLEANING AND DRYING MACHINERY We will buy your cotton in the seed and pay you the very highest price, or we will gin your cotton for you and buy your bale cotton and cottonseed, or exchange your seed for cotton seed meal. You will have two other markets in Edenton for your bale cotton: The Edenton Cotton Mills and the North Carolina Co operative Association, which is a farmers’ organization. We make deliveries to both without cost to you. It will pay you to get in touch with us before selling your cotton. Call Us, 2207—or Call J. E. Davenport, Tax Collector's Office, 2766, Plymouth — or Call 200, Edenton, Collect WE HAVE TRUCKS TO HANDLE YOUR COTTON Swine Growers Are Urged by Specialist To Vaccinate Pigs Says It Is Patriotic Duty of Farmers to Supply Much Pork as Possible --■ Poi'k is an essential war food, and North Carolina is one of the major pork-producing states of the east. Dr. C. D. Grinnells, veterinarian of the Agricultural Experiment Station at N. C. State College, makes an urgent plea to all swine growers to protect their fall pig crop from di seases. “North Carolina is near the big Eastern centers of pork consum tion," said Dr. Grinnells. “We are also close to some of the important packing plants from which meat is shipped to our soldiers and allies overseas. Therefore, we have a patriotic duty to supply as much pork as possible, especially in view of the transportation shortages and the need to conserve shipping space from the Mid-west to the Atlantic sea board." The veterinarian warns farmers es pecially to guard against losses from cholera in their swine herds. This is one of the deadliest pig diseases. Pigs should be vaccinated against cholera. 1 ule, should be about 2.700 pounds of ] 36 per cent cottonseed meal. Peanut growers will, in a few days, receive cards for reporting the num ber of bags and weight of peanuts picked by picker operators. If grow ers will see that the proper number of bags of peanuts are reported by the pickers immediately, peanut pick ing reports and marketing cards will be no problem on farms where the acreage does not exceed the grower's allotment. Where the allotment is exceeded, or where peanuts have been planted for oil, we have a bit more complicated marketing card situa tion. Every grower may expect to move, tax free, all peanuts grown on allotted acres. Peanuts grown above this should be sold for oil or will be subject to a tax of 3 cents per pound. However, peanuts may be hogged off, in which case they should be report ed to the county office immediately so that they may be checked before the time to issue peanut marketing cards. Peanut picker reports should be mailed or sent into the county office immediately. This will facili tate the handling of marketing cards. We hope to have all peanut picker operators at a meeting soon to show them how to fill out picker reports and give other information pertinent they will need. It is hoped that such a discussion will lead to the elimina tion of many complications which could be avoided in the handling of peanuts under the marketing quota system. A scarcity of materials has neces sitated the rationing of heavy farm machinery. The war board recent ly appointed a committee to do this job. There are certain types of farm machinery, such as tractors and other heavy equipment, which re quire a certificate from this county rationing committee. Types of equip ment where only a statement of the operator is necessary are small hand operated equipment or one or two horse equipment. Applications for equipment, when necessary, can be made at the county office. This ra tioning committee will meet as often as required to give service to farmers throughout the county. There is still lots of old iron on farms. This scrap is particularly needed in the war production pro gram. Spare time on farms should be devoted to the gathering up of old iron not needed in farm repair. De tailed arrangements are being worked out on a county-wide basis to collect all this scrap. Depots in the vari ous communities are being selected, and farmers will be notified when ar rangements have been completed for delivery of scrap to depots. Building a heavy bomber, with its | 30,000 different parts, several hun dred thousand separate pieces of metal, takes 100,000 man hours. You Can Pay More Money But You Can’t Get Better Flour Than LIGHT WHITE FLOUR H. E. Harrison Wholesale Co. PLYMOUTH 1 | YES, HE COULD BE HAPPY WITH EITHER Dana Andrews, as viewed here, lias difficulty in deciding between Virginia Gilmore and Anne Baxter in "Swamp Water” which plays at The Plymouth Theatre next Sunday only. COTTON A United States cotton crop of 14. 028.000 bales is forecast by the Crop Reporting Board, based on condi tions as of September 1. which places tlie 1942 crop well ahead of that of 1941. particularly so if there should be an outbreak of the disease in the neighborhood. To this warning Dr. Grinnels add ed another: "Be sure that the pigs are in proper condition before vac cination, and see that they are ade quately cared for during the post vaccination period. "Last spring’s pig crop suffered some losses due to these two factors. Pigs should be examined before vac cination to make sure that none of them are suffering from other swine diseases—such as pneumonia, worm infestation, or enteritis. From the fifth to the 15th day after vaccina tion. the following precautions should be observed: "Pigs should be kept away from muddy lots and wallows. Rations should not be changed radically, but the total amount of feed should be reduced and too much com should k< DR. C. W. BAILEY Rocky Mount, N. C. Announces the removal of his office from over Rose Drug Store to the new Professional Building 147 North Main Street Practice Limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office Hours: 9 to 5 Telephone 1171 be avoided. Pigs should have access to plenty of clean drinking water." Catholic Services at Edenton Anonunced Holy Mass starts every Sunday at 11 a. m. in St. Ann's Catholic church, Edenton. announces Rev. Father F J. McCourt pastor who will preach Sunday on "Punishment for Sin." The Rosary will be publicly recited during the October Sunday masses. St. Ann's Altar Society will hold its first meeting after the summer Sun day immediately after mass in the church. Everybody is invited to the services every Sunday. Confessions are heard every Sun day from 10:30 to 10:55 a. m. SATISFACTORY -® The Irish potato and bean crops of Avery County are moving to mar ket satisfactorily, but cabbage sell ing has been slow, reports C. B. Baird, farm agent. See Us for Your FALL AND WINTER ClothingNeeds Warm, comfortable ready to wear for every member of the family — But come early before our big stock is picked over. J NOW FEATURING: V Ladies' Coats & Children's Hats Many New Items Every Week _r You Can't Beat Our Cash Prices! And We Still Have Credit for Your Convenience BYRD'S CLOTHING STORE You Need Us and WE NEED YOU! Even If You've Never Paid A Cent In Dues or Attended A Meeting, If You Live On A Farm You Have • Profited By the Work of The Farm Bureau The National Farm Bureau Federation, of which the Wash ington County chapter is a part, has been in the forefront of the fight to win for agriculture its rightful share of the nation’s pros perity. Now that we are in a World War, demands are being made on the farmer to producenot only for our fighting men and their allies, but for a starving world, so that we may be able to dictate the peace terms after the war. Farmers are as patriotic as any group. They are working and will continue to work from sun to sun, with a shortage of manpower and equipment, to produce all needed to win the war. With their young and middle-aged men in the army they will carry on without thought of slacking or striking, regardless of the hours required to do the job. By organization and cooperation a fine program has been worked out for tobacco, peanut and cotton farmers. They are as sured of a fair price for their work; and this assurance has been largely brought about by the Farm Bureau, which has been ac tive in Washington in seeing that the farmers secured an even break with other classes of American industry in the war effort. You can read and hear the attacks made on farmers by sel fish groups determined to tear down the farm programs for their own gain. That is why your help is needed in this Farm Bureau fight against these interests. As its membership increases, the Farm Bureau can speak with greater authority for farmers as a whole in demanding a square deal for agriculture. Now is time for strength of organization and cooperation, and it is up to every farmer in Washington County to do his part by joining the Farm Bureau at once and then to convince his neighbor to do the same thing. The organized farmer has done the job for you up to now. It is up to you to do your part for a safe, secure and profitable farm life in America. WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM BUREAU
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