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GATES COUNTY The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 12, No. 30 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, March 29, 1944 (One Week Nearer Victory) 12 Pages This Week . Bart Fearing Of Windsor Talks At Farm Unit Meet Members of the Gates county - arm Bureau in a meeting at Hobbsville school Friday night, March 24, heard Bart Fearing of Windsor speak on the peanut situation in the United States. Fearing spoke to the farmers in the absence of Joe Williams, assistant secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau who was unable to make the trip to Hobbsville for the meeting. Represented at the meeting were all townships in Gtates county "except Hasletts. Thirty six farmers from Mintonsville were* present; two from Rey noldson; four from Holly Grove: 12 from Hunter’s Mill; seven from Gatesville; three from Hall. Ivey B. Riddick, a member of the State Peanut Committee, made a report on , the recent conference in Washington where a higher support price was se cured for the 1944 peanut crop. Show and Dance Are Scheduled For Seal Drive Official start of the Gates county Easter Seal drive was delayed Sunday night when a picture show, scheduled to have been given for the benefit of the campaign, was not held because the film failed to arrive in time. It ,was announced in Gates Cile Monday morning, however, ^ it the film had arrived and i a t the show, “Arkansas Judge,” would be presented Sunday night, April 2, starting at 9 p. m. A dance will be held Friday night at 8:30 p. m. in the Gates ville gymnasium, the proceeds of which will be contributed to the drive. A 6-piece orchestra from Ahoskie will play and both round and square dancing will be offered. The drive ends April 9. Goal is $400. Four R-C Youths Enlist in Navy Three Gatesville youths and one young* man from Conway enlisted in the U. S. Navy last week, J. W. Brown, Naval re cruiter from Elizabeth City, re ported. Enlistees were: Marion (Pete) Baines, William (Billy) Frank lin Deans, and Richard Palmer Jolliff, all of Gatesville. They were assigned to the Naval Air Corps at Jacksonville, Fla. John Jenkins Underwood of Conway also enlisted in the Naval Air Corps and was sent to Jackson WELFARE OFFICE TO CLOSE APRIL 10 Miss 'Clarine Gatling welfare superintendent for Gates coun ty, said this week that the wel fare department office would be closed on .Easter Monday, April 10. All State Departments in North Carolina will be closed on that day. 50 Percent Survey of stores in Gates county during the week of March 13 through 18 revealed that 50.3 percent of the mer chants are complying with the OPA community ceiling prices and regulations, according to a report from Mrs. Iris Iland, price clerk. Mrs. Hand Monday issued through the Index a special thanks to price panel mem bers, assistant panel members and the merchants for their cooperation during the check. Take Your Waste \ Paper to Schools Soon As Possible With manufacturers urgently requesting the people of the United States to save all their waste paper and contribute it for- use in the making of war , materials, John Artz, county 1 farm agent and chairman of the salvage committee, this week is sued a special appeal for Gates county citizens to get all their waste paper to the schools as soon as possible. “We have a ready market for all we can collect,” Artz said, “and it is vitally needed. Schools are receiving approximately one-half a cent per pound for all the paper they collect. Help your school earn this money by sending or bringing your waste papers—and especially maga zines—to the depots.” It is hoped, Artz added, that the Boy Scouts in Sunbury and Hobbsville will direct a drive to secure all the old magazines in the two sections. Walter L. Eure Of Gates Gets Ensign Stripe Great Lake, 111. — Walter L. Eure, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Eure, of Gates, N. C., was commissioned an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve when he was graduated recently from the Naval Training School for midshipmen at Abbott Hall, Northwestern University, Chi cago, 111. His completed three-month ! course consisted of navigation, seamanship and gunnery. The newly commissioned Ensign will now see action with the fleet as a deck officer. Roberts Jernigan Talks to Ruritans Roberts H. Jernigan, Jr., of Ahoskie, was the. principal speaker at the meeting of the Gatesville Ruritan Club Monday night, March 20. - Jernigan, who was returned to the United States on the Gripsholm in December, des cribed his interment by the Japanese. The Ahoskie man re presented an oil concern in China and was taken prisoner shortly after Pearl Harbor. Sheds Suet Joe Cronin, hefty manager of the Boston Red Sox, is stream lining his frame here via taking a choice cut at the ball as his team opened spring training at Tufts College, Medford, Mass. Grand Jury Makes Report Monday In Superior Court March term of the Gates county Superior court opened Monday morning in the court house in Gatesville and the first day’s session adjourned Mon dSy'afterhoon at 5 o’clock with the court hearing the Sheffield Hollowell case over the sale of a farm. Judge Leo Carr of Bur lington is presiding. One criminal case was hand led—the only criminal case scheduled — Monday morning. Lonnie Johnson, Negro of Rod uco, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to two years suspend ed on the payment of a $100 fine and costs. Grand Jury Report • Gates county Grand Jury Monday returned a clean slate for all the county officers and made only one recommendation —that the outside toilets of the jail be kept in a sanitary condi tion. All school buses in the county with the exception of two are in good condition and are mak ing reasonable schedules, the Grand Jury reported. Complete report of the Grand Jury investigation follows: “We the Grand Jury, res pectfully submit the following report: “We have examined the office of clerk of superior court, and the records and office were found to be in satisfactory con dition. The clerk reports satis factory accounting of executors, administrators and guardians, with the exception of one or two, a little delinquent as to time of filing accounts, and that his office is giving the proper attention to them. “The offices of register of deeds and the county superin tendent of public instruction are also found to be in satisfactory (Continued on page 9) LEGION MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT The Gates county post of the American Legion and the Auxi liary will meet Thursday night, March 30, at 8 p. m. in the Le gion Hut at Gatesville, Paul Hofler, commander, announced. More Tobacc^mnd Peanuts To Be Harvested In 1944 Substantial increases in to bacco and sweet potato acreages aver the acreages harvested last year are predicted in the March report of the Crop Reporting Service of the State Department of Agriculture. Moderate in creases in peanuts, corn, oats and hay are indicated, the re port indicates. Early spring farm plans are always subject to changes caused by weather conditions, availability of labor, supplies, and equipment, the report points out. “It appears that Estimations by agricultural experts that tobacco and pea nut acreage in North Carolina will be increased during 1944 holds true for Gates county in tobacco but not in peanuts, ac cording to statements made Monday by John Artz, county farm agent. Artz estimated that nearly 350 acres of tobacco would be produced in Gates county this, year. The increase in the to bacco acreage will be made by the old growers taking ad vantage of the 20 percent in crease granted them this year. There are no new tobacco growers in Gates county for 1944. Planted peanut acreage-will be about the same this year as last, Artz said, but hopes for a larger yield are being held. Last year 13,299 acres of pea nuts were planted as compared to approximately 12,499 acres harvested. farmers plan to operate at the full capacity of labor and equip ment, and any changes from early March plans—either inten tional or unintentional — would be more likely to result in small er acreages than now planned, rather than in large acreages.” A shortage of farm labor is a general complaint, the report states. Frequent and heavy rains have delayed field work. More Tobacco The report highlights follow: Tobacco — March 1 planting plans point to an increase of ap proximately 100,000 acres in flue-cured tobacco, or 18 per cent more than grown in 1943. (Continued on Page 9) Mrs, Brothers, 68, Dies at Newland Elizabeth City. — Mrs. Mary Ellen Brothers, 68, mother of J. J. Brothers of Conway, former principal of Gatesville school, died March. 19 at her home in Newland following a short ill ness. Funeral services were con ducted March 21 at the Newland Methodist church by the Rev J. M. Jolliff of Gatesville. Bur ial was made in the Cohen cemetery. Survivors include 13 children: Rev. L. C. Brothers and J. J Brothers of Conway; John A Brothers of Mobile, Ala.; Mrs William Reed of Washington,.D C.; Mrs. Cecil Winslow of Hert ford; H. H. Brothers, of Soutl Mills; Mrs. John Scott of Weeks ville; James A. and Talmage £ Brothers and Mrs. M.'L. Wnit% hurst of Newland: Mrs. Hunte Spangler, Mrs. William Shipp and Miss Bertie Brothers of Nor folk; 19 grandchildren and fou great grandchildren. His Brother’s Grave On bended knee, Pvt. Ralph Forrester of the Canadian Sea forth Highlanders, prays at his brother’s grave in an Italian cemetery. Harry Langston Of Gates Seriously Wounded in Italy Harry L. Langston, Jr., 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Langs ton of Gates, has been seriously wounded in Italy, according to word receiving last Tuesday, March 21, by his parents from the War Department. The brief message said little beyond tjie fact that Pfc. Langs ton had been wounded in action on February 24 in Italy. Pfc. Langston entered the armed forces three years ago and has been stationed in Italy for 15 months. Old Coupons Notv Invalid J Raleigh, March 29.—The Ral I eigh District Office of Price Ad i ministration has announced that after March 31, ti e following ration coupons and stamps will be invalid. 1. Old-type “B” and “B-l” coupons and “C’ and “C-l” coupons which have not been issued since November 30, 1943. 2. Old-typo “E’ and “R” coupons which have not been issued since October 1, 1943. 3. All strip “T” coupons which do not bear a quarterly designation which expire on March 31. Most of the old-type “B”, “C’\ “E” and “R” coupons still in circulation represent expired ra tions. In the few cases in which they are part of currently valid rations with an expiration date later than March 31, ration holders may exchange them at, their local boards for coupons of the types now valid. Gasoline dealers who have any of these invalidated types of ration evidences on hand on April 1 must surrender them by April 10. WMU TO MEET , ON APRIL 4 The Woman’s Missionary Un • 'ion of the Chowan Association ’ will meet with the Hertford ? Baptist church Tuesday, April - 4. beginning at 10:30 a. m. Miss r Pearl Johnson, Chinese mission ary. will be the speaker, : rv?: Kvv 'V
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