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GATES COUNTY INDEX Volume 12, No. 37 The Only Newspaper Published, in and for Gates County GateSvi"e’ N- C.. Wednesday, May ~ ,914 7 (One Week Nearer Victory) fes This VV’ee1 iVlost oi Lorn, Lotton Ground; Farmers (anting Peanuts w ltn most oi the corn ar.d cotton planted in the county, Gates county farmers are now beginning to plant their peanut crops, John Artz, farm agent, said this week. Farming operations in all sections of the county 'are daily becoming more concentrated with the result that the farmers are beginning to work longer and longer hours. While. labor disturbances hinder production in some fac tories engaged in war produc tion, farmers in this section are going about their work deter mined to meet the production goals established for them. The goals this year will be met with less labor, increased costs of production and more work for the individual farmer. With only 350 acres of to bacco allotted the county, Artz estimated that all of it had been planted and that most of the tobacco farmers took advantage of the 20 percent increase al lowed them under the tobacco marketing provisions. C. E. Lang of Gatesville has been the only person to report finding, blue mold in his tohacco beds. Artz saifl that . possibly there had been others who had found blue mold in their beds, but that it had not been reported to th**n. es Farm Unit Hits Tolerance In Weed Rules The Gates county farm bu reau unit of which W. L. Askew of Eure is president and S. P. Cross of Gatesville is secretary treasurer is joining the other farm bureau units in North Carolina in opposing the “tol erance” in the 1944 tobacco mar keting regulations. A release from the Farm Bureau states the following: Opposition by the North Caro lina, Virginia, and South Caro lina Farm Bureaus to the to bacco tolerance amendment brought an announcement from Congressman Harold D. Cooley that he would seek to have the Amendment dropped. Nine members of the Tobacco (Continued on page 7) Fifth Bond Drive Starts June (2 War (bond chairman in the Roanoke-Chowan section are be ginning to think about the ap --~'aching Fifth War Loan Drive officially gets underway 12 and ends on July 8. ris Hadaway of Greens vice chairman of the North Carolina War Finance commit tee in charge of promotion of the war bond drives, this week sent a clip sheet to this news paper asking that it request copies of ads which it would submit to local, merchants for sponsorship during the fifth •war loan campaign. A number of ads, approved by the Treasury department, have been ordered by the advertising -department of this newspaper. War Bond Drive Prospects Dim For Gates County Although the start of the fifth war loan drive is only four weeks off, prospects of Gates county meeting rts goal—which will probably be in the vicinity of $'130,000—are not bright.. Robin Hood of Gatesville, cashier of the Bank of Gates, and chairman of the Gates county war loan committee, pre dicted that the county bond buyers would have a difficult time meeting the quota in the fifth campaign. The drive starts June 12 and continues through jJuly 15. 'Pointing out that bank de posits in the county hit a low during the period set aside for the campaign, Hood said that the farmers in the county would have their money tied up in fertilizers, farm machinery and other materials necessary to the production of their crops. During April only $8,362.50 was sold in bonds. Teacher List For 1944-45 Term is Given Seven teachers in Gates coun ty have resigned theft positions and no replacements have been secured, W. Henry Overman, su perintendent of schools, report ed this week. Position left open by the resignation of an eighth teacher has been filled. More resignations will prob ably be received later in the summer, Mr. Overman indi cated, but at present only seven teachers are needed to complete the county’s roster before the start of the next school term. Mrs. C. B. Blair, Jr., who taught in the Murfreesboro school this past school term, has been secured to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Mae Turner. Other resignations are: Eure school—Mrs.' Olia Wise Greene and Frances Elliott; Sunbury school—B. L. White, Elsie Cher ry, and Mrs. Mary Lewis Powell; and Hoibbsville school—J. Clyde Kelly and Florence Elizabeth Ward. Teachers who have signified (Continued on page 4) Benton’s Last Will Probated by Clerk Will of the iate Heber C. Ben ton of Sunbury, recently pro bated in the office of the clerk of the superior court in Gates ville, names his son, Mills Scott Benton, and his wife, Amy J. S. Benton, as executors of his estate. He directed in his will that $5,000 worth of his property be assumed by his wife and that the remainder of his possessions be divided equally between his wife and his son. Eure Man Wins Silver Star The War Department has an nounced the award of the Silver Star for gallantry in action to: FIRST SGT. EUGENE J. HAR RELL of Eure at Gela, Sicily, last July 12. Sgt. Harrell risked his life to rescue an injured comrade from a vehicle loaded with highly explosive ammuni tion which . had caught fire. Sgt. Harrell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Harrell of Eure. First District Nominates Four For Convention At the State Democratic Con vention on May 4 the First Con gressional District followed the advice of the Democratic Na tional Headquarters which re quested that each of North Carolina’s twelve districts elect only two delegates and two al ternates to attend the National, Democratic Convention to be held in Chicago, beginning July 19. To give representation' to the whole 14 counties of the First District two delegates were elected from the North side of Albemarle Sound, and two from the south side of the sound. Ethel (Parker of Gates, dele gate, and T. S. Meekins of Dare, alternate, were elected from the north side of the sound. Noah Williams of Pitt delegate, and Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner alternate, Beaufort county, were elected from the south side of the sound. These four representatives of the First District will go to Chi cago with the North Carolina delegation. Crump Quit^kace For Represel^ntive, Rountree, Eure Left Ration Board Office Moved To Old Store Office of the Gates county war price and rationing board has been moved from the P. L. Hofler home to the store build ing next to the Edwards Hotel. . The move was made in order to give the employees more room in which to work and more space for the storage of mate rials and records. By the move of location, the public is af forded more room for transact ing theii* business with the ra tion board. 'New phone number is 566 and new office hours are 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. After the doors to the board close to the general public at 3 p. m., the employees will use the remainder of the afternoon for making reports and filing papers. 4.900 Pounds Of Waste Paper Is Collected A total of 4,900 pounds of waste magazines, papers and books were collected from five schools last Tuesday by Lycur gus Howell’s truck. The amount from each school was necessarily estimated. The largest pile came from Gatesville where the Home Economics class, under Miss Frances Newsome, had collected 3,100 pounds; Sunbury came next with 1,000; Gates had 400; Hofbbsville 300; and Eure 100 pounds. Each school will receive a check from the Salvage Com mittee for its proportionate part. The two shipments of waste paper since January totaled 9.900 pounds, for which the com mittee desire to thank the school officials, children and parents for their contribution and pat riotic efforts. Gates County WMU Meets On Thursday The Gates county Woman’s Missionary Society will meet Thursday, May 18, at the Eureka Baptist church. Mrs. W. Henry Overman, Mrs._ Otha Riddick, Mrs. E. A. Kelley, Mrs. J. R. tFreem'an and Mrs. W. L. Riddick are scheduled on the morning program. Reports will be given by Mrs. Eldon Eure, stewardship; Mrs. T. B. Rountree, community missions; and Mrs. T. W. Lawrence, mis sion study. An address by Mrs. Jesse Hancock features the afternoon program. The Eureka church will present a pageant and the Beulah church will give a Sun beam program. Annie Hope Blanchard will conduct the de votionals for the afternoon ses sion. Theme of the meeting will be “That the generation to come might know.” 'Principal speaker for the morning program will be Mrs. W. B. Johnson of Richmond. w. O. Crump of Sunbury Tuesday morning announced his withdrawal from the race for Gates county’s seat in the next State Legislature. Announcing his withdrawal almost on the eve of the pri mary, Crump said he was com ing out of the race because he believed that in the time which we are now living that man should do with all his strength the thing that he is best fitted by experience and training, “especially if he may be of any service in the war effort.” Left in the race for Gates county’s seat in the General Assembly now are Q. R. Eure of Eure and W. J. Rountree of Hobbspille, incumbent. Strong Vote Seen Although a heavy registration was not reported in Gates coun ty precincts, a larger than aver age vote is being predicted Sat urday, May 27, in the Democratic primary. Several sources this week estimated that the vote would approximate J,600 with a three way county representative race highlighting four contests in the county. Heaviest vote is being predict ed for -Holly Grove township where R. H. Eason and Norfleet White are contesting for the posi tion of constable and J. E. Gre gory and George P. Kittrell for commissioner from the Sunbury school district. Rumors Heard Already, rumors about this and that candidate, and about clique in different sections of the coun ty are being heard in Gatesville. The county representative race took on new vigor this week when W. J. Rountree publicly announced that he was not think ing of retiring from the race be cause of a recent illness. Other candidates in the race are W. O. Crump of Sunbury, and Q. R. Eure of Eure. The fourth race in the county is between A. H. Russell and Willis L. Lawrence for commis sioner from the Reynoldson school district. No Opposition Four township constables, three members of the county board of commissioners and the register of deeds face no opposi tion. They are: constables—Hall Township* Lyturgus| Tinkham; Reynoldson, C. V. Cfoss; Hunt er's Mill, W. C. Carter; Mintons ville, I. H. Riddick j register of deeds—Tazewell Eure,; and com missioners—Cl. H. Chrter, Gates ville school district; Robert L. Brown, Hobbsvillef school dis trict; and W. L. Askew, Eure school distinct. • I -11 Peppy Day Gates county will observe Poppy Day, Saturday, May 27, it was announced this week. Mrs. L. C. Hand, Sr., is county chairman. Poppies will be sold in all sections of the county during the day.
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