'Jakmltews Cotton farmers should give the coming referendum some study and consideration. Marketing quotas have been the means of bringing farmers out of a bad situation in the past few years. These marketing quotas are an advantage that should be careful ly considered and in my opinion carefully safeguarded. The advan tages gained by several years work would be lost in one days voting. Quotas on all commodity crops are more or less decided together and a defeat of the cotton quota could easily mean a defeat for tobacco and peanuts. The whole program should be carefully studied before one makes up ones mind against quotas. The present Government loan on cotton is largely responsible for the present high price of cotton. We have a two years supply of cotton at present. If cotton quotas are not ap proved for 1943 in the vote on De cember 12, we lose our price support ing loans on the 1943 crop. With the shortage of labor and need for war crops, why should we throw away the price suport that we have worked for and increase our cotton surplus still further? We are still handicapped by runaway cotton pro duction of 1937. Be sure to go your self and to take your neighbor to the polls on December 12 and vote on 1943 cotton quotas. The Share-the-Meat program is purely a voluntary one at the present time, and while farmers will be asked to limit their con sumption to an allowance set up for the country as a whole, I doubt if it will affect but very few on the basis of average year ly consumption. Comparatively few of our farmers average more than the consumption allotment requested of all of the people. Farm machinery has now been re leased. The county office does not have, as yet, the printed forms ne cessary for making applications for new machinery but these forms should be here as well as lal instruc tions, by December 10th and then all new farm machinery applications in the county will be acted upon by the rationing board. Washington County has now been designated as a producer of high oil content soybeans and growers in the county are assured of a 10c per bu shel premium or $1.60 per bushel for beans, of green and yellow varieties. This means grade basis and does not take into account stalks, hulls, coc kleburrs and other foreign matter, as well as damaged beans, which would naturally lower the grade of beans delivered to the car. Beans are now being loaded at practically all points in the county and the county office will be glad to assist in assembling cars of beans at various points. Washington county beans are being bought by the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company and shipped to Raleigh and Charlotte, also by the Farmers Cot ton Oil at Wilson, N. C., represented here by R. W. Johnston. Peanuts for oil are being received at the warehouse in Plymouth ope rated by Mr. J. E. Davenport for the Growers Peanut Cooperative. These peanuts are received every day in the 12 * HILL COLOR CHRISTMAS CAROS . . with mvaorn rV IC OCTAGON. l To the Old Folks At Home Somewhere In The Pacific August, 1942 Dear Polks Back Home: I am one of the guys who is mak ing the world safe for Democracy. I was called in Class ‘A”. Next time I want to be in Class “B"; BE here when they leave and BE here when they come back. When I registered, I went up to the desk and the man in charge was my milkman. He asked me, "What is your name” I told him, “August Childs.” Then he said "Are You Alien?” and I answered "No I feel fine.” He asked me where I was bomed and X said “Pittsburgh.” Then he said, “Where did you flrest see the light of day?” I answered, “When I moved to Philadelphia.” He asked me how old I was, so I said I would be 23 the first day of Septem ber. He said, “The first day of Sep tember you will be In China and that will be the last of August.” Then I went to Camp and I guess they didn’t think I would live long: the first fellow I saw wrote on my card “Air Corps.” I went a little fur ther and some fellow said “Look what the wind blew in.” I said, "Wind, Hell, the draft blew me here.” On the second morning they put these clothes on me—what an out fit! They only have two sizes: Too big and too small. The pants were so tight I couldn’t sit down. Every time I bent over, I opened a second front. The shoes were so big I turned around three times and they didn’t move. I passed on officer all dressed up in a funny belt and all that stuff. He said, calling after me, “Didn’t you notice my uniform when you passed?” I said "Yes, but what are you kicking about? Look what they gave me. One morning when It was 50 be low zero, they called us out for an underwear inspection. Talk about scenery—the union suit I had on would fit Tony Galento. The Ser geant lined us up and told me tc stand up. “I’m standing up, sir.” 1 answered. He got so mad he put me to digging ditches. A little while later he passed me and said, “Don’t throw that dirt up here.” I said, "Where shall I put it?” He said, “Dig another ditch and put it there." Three days later we sailed for Aus tralia. I had the'worst luck march ing down to the pier. I had a Ser geant who stuttered and it took him so long to say “Halt" that 27 of us marched overboard. They pulled us out and lined us up on the pier. The captain came by and said “Pall in,” I said, “I just fell in sir.” I was on the boat 12 days. Noth ing going down and everything com ing up. I leaned over the rail all the way and in the middle of one of my best leans, the Captain rushed up LEDGER OUTFIT ONLY 400 A EACH Puih button lor quick oj Ivorydale lodger paper, the RVBY An exceptional valuel ConxUta cl Ioom laai ledger binder, 200 ledge* ebeeti end A-Z, 26 divirioa leather tab index. Bound in durable laltatioe leather, oolora red or black. Steel back with automatic locking device, opening, no key required. Sheet* axe white 24 lubatanoe. Sheet alia 6 x 9)i lnche*. Stock No. 020008 020007 DeeczlptloB Ruby Ledger Outtit—Red Ruby Ledger Outfit—Black Fxtaa Kaok 94-00 4.00 THE BOANOKE BEACON Training Classes For Forest Fire Fighters Service --<3> Will Begin When County Defense Council Gets Units Organized -§ Protection of forests has been in cluded by the United States Office of Civilian Defense, represented in North Carolina by Ben E. Douglas, director, in its broad program of volunteer activities for the patriotic citizen, especially those living in the country. The farmers and other ru ral and village residents can now or ganize or join up with a unit of the “Forest Fire Fighters Service," which is one of the five basic Civilian De and said, "What Company are you in?” I said, “I’m all by myself, sir." He asked me if the Brigadier was up yet, and I said. “If I swallowed it, it’s up.” Talk about dumb people, I said to one of the follows, “Guess we drop ped the anchor.” He said, "I knew we would lose it, it has been hang ing out since we left New York." Well, we landed and were sent im mediately to the trenches. After three nights there, the cannons started to roar and she shells began to pop. I was shaking with patriotism. I tried to hide behind a tree, but there weren’t enough trees for the officers. The Captain came around and said, "We go over the top at 5 o’clock.” I said, "Captain, I would like to have a word with you.” He said, “Haven’t you any red blood in you?” I said. "Yes, but I don’t want to see it.” At 5 o’clock, we went over the top and 10,000 Japs came at us. The way they looked at me, you would think I started the damn war. Our Captain yelled, “Fire at will,” but I didn’t know anyone named Will. I guess the fellow behind me thought I was Will, for he shot me in the ex citement. This ended my fight for Democracy and as I write this. I am awaiting shipment back to the States with a bullet in my—excitement. Yours truly, AUGUST CHILDS. Getr. Mcda^ in Aussie Hospital 'U'ting on the edge of his bed in a hospital near Darwin, Australia, Brig. Gen. Albert L. Sneed is shown recei g his decoration from Lieut. Gen. George H. Brett, Commander in Chief of the Allied air forces in the southwest Pacific. Sneed is suffering from an attack of Dengue fever. (Central Preti) fense groups. After a short prelimi nary training for the leaders, they can be enrolled by the Defense Council, which entitles them to wear and use the standard FFFS arm band and other insigna. While the local Defense Council in each county is responsible for the or ganization of these units, the State Forest Service, it is stated, has un dertaken the training of the leaders. This will be accomplished by holding a training school in each of the coun ties as they are approved for this work. The first counties so approved for training classes by the State Co ordinator are 18 in the Tidewater re gion along the coast from Virginia to the South Carolina line. These are: Washington, Dare. Tyrrell. Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven. Jones, Onslow, Pender. Brunswick, Carri tuck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perqui mans, Chowan, Cartaret and New Hanover. As soon as County Coordinators MORE SUDS • - PALMOLIVE _3 for 23c PALMOLIVE, Bath Size _10c SUPER SUDS,, Lg._27c SUPER SUDS, Reg. _11c OCTAGON SOAP, Gt_3 forl7c OCTAGON SOAP, Special __4 for 11c OCTAGON POWDER, Reg._3 for 17c OCTAGON POWDER, Spec. 4 for 11c OCTAGON TOILET_3 for 17c OCTAGON CLEANSER_5c OCTAGON GRANULATED_11c Yellow Front Groc'y — from Super Suds (Captains) have been appointed in these counties, organization and then training will proceed rapidly. J. S. Holmes, state coordinator, says: “It is of course, generally under stood that the Forest Fire Fighters Service consists entirely of volun teers. no one on it receiving any pay. It involves the free contribution of time by those who desire to help their country in this critical emer gency. Men and women, and even the older children, can be enrolled because all can help in the prevntion and suppression of forest and field fires. “With October comes the fall for est fire season. The falling of the leaves and the killing and drying out of the grass by early frosts make woods and fields especially inflam ab!e so that any carelessness with fire may result in disastrous destruc tion of timber and what is just as serious, loss of seedlings and young growth which are our only hope for the next forest crop. We are re quired. as part of our united war effort, to conserve and salvage prac tically all materials essential for war and there is none more essential than timber." The more than 800,000 workers in the war-converted automobile indus try are producing one-sixth of the to tal value of war goods. and so is THIS BREAD AT home BAM BY &mcktu6 WHITE BREAD CONTAINS VITAMIN B,, NIACIN AND IRON January. * Through 3 Wars ... and Building Solidly for the Peace to Come! In 1885 the first Dr. Pepper was created From that day ’til thij, Dr. Pepper's rare and satisfying flavor has won an ever-widening circle of friends and devotees. 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