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GATES COUNTY INDEX Published Every Wednesday at Gatesville, N. C., by Parker Brothers* Inc. Publishers of The Hertford County Herald, Ahoskie, N. C.; The Jackson News, Jackson, N. C.; Bertie Ledger-Advance, Windsor, N. C.; Oates County In dex, Oatesville, N. C. Mrs. Starling H. Brown .Local Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year: $2.00; Six months, $1.25. th. F-*t North Carolina Congressional District; Bertie and Northampton Counties In North Carolina; Nansemond, Norfolk. Princess Anne. Southampto , Isle of Wight Counties in Virginia. Beyond the Above Area East of the Mississippi River Rates are: One year, $2.25; Six months, $1.50. West of Mississippi River and Outside U. S.: One year, $3.00; Six months, $1.75. Entered as Second-Class Matter October 22, IMS, at th« *ost offlce in Gatesville, N. C., under the Act of March 3, lorn Member: N. C. Press Assn, and National Editorial Association. The Peanut Acreage Decrease Farmers who showed concern when new areas planted peanuts as a war-time measure to meet the demand for domestic oils, will find consolation in the fact that acre age planted this year is roughly 18 percent under last year. According to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the decrease is almost entirely in the regions which showed the greatest increases in 1942 and 1943. In these old established commercial areas of the peanut growing section the Bureau finds only moderate normal changes in acreage. So, it appears that the fears of farmers who felt that new producing areas might offer important post-war com petition were groundless. But while it furnishes solace for the old growers, an acreage reduction of 18 percent under a year ago—whether in new areas or old ones—does not make good reading at a time when the war is reaching full blast proportions. Nevertheless, it indicates either that peanuts aren’t a crop that new producers can grow profitably the first year or that other crops in other sections offer advantages not offered by peanuts in those sections. At any rate, a point that caused no little concern two years ago is apparently removed. Hitler's Cowardice Continues If the final decision in war was in the hands of a referee, as it is in a prize fight, this would seem the logical time for him to step into the center of the ring and stop the fight. For there is no doubt that Hitler is leaning so heavily on the ropes that he hasn’t a chance to come back. The hu mane thing, under the circumstances, would be to end the battle and declare the Allies the unconditional winner. But the big difference between this war and a prize fight is that Hitler has others doing his fighting for him. The tell-tale blows which the Allies are delivering may hurt Hit ler’s prestige,, but the real pain is felt by the German sol diers and civilians who are being forced to continue fight ing. Therefore, because of Hitler’s unwillingness to give up in the face of certain defeat, thousands more Allied soldiers and probably hundreds of thousands more of his own people will have to die. Even the Germans will soon realize that it isn’t courage which keeps Hitler forcing them to fight—it’s the rankest form of cowardice—the fear of what will happen to him personally when he admits defeat. Rubber Solution Permanent One of the greatest permanent benefits our nation has derived from our war with Japan is the overcoming of our dependency on remote islands of the Pacific for our sup plies of vital rubber. When the war started, the processes for making synthetic rubber had been fairly well worked out. But had it not been lor the war it probably would have been many years before synthetic rubber would have been made in quantities large enough to meet the demands of American industry. Now, however, because our life almost depended on the speed with which we could make a substitute for the rubber seized by the Japanese, we have managed to boost synthetic rub ber production, in tvlro short years, to the point where it now equals the quantity of rubber which we used to im port. Never again will we be put in the position of having to *don’t*L; TRAVEU^ teir depend on imports for our supply of this vital material, which is a great step forward in our nation’s self-sufficiency. Read the Fine Print A comic cartoon in a recent issue of the Norfolk Vir ginian-Pilot, while it served its purpose, also poked a finger at us Americans who “never read the fine print.” A Japanese officer was shown presenting to his superior what was supposed to be a report from Japanese spies in America. The spy report was embodied in a standard in surance policy, the first Japanese explaining that “Ameri cans never bother to read the fine print.” Americans are a trusting lot. We’ll sign almost anything without reading the fine print. Of course, we always intend to read it all “after awhile,” but how many of us ever get around to “after awhile?” The cartoon was poking fun, but hiding data in small print has distinct possibilities. Washington, D. C. (NWNS)— Although the American people and American business reached the biggest goal in history in the Fifth War Loan drive—^ goal of $16,000,000,000—the sale of E bonds to individuals has so far failed to reach its quota of $6,000,000,000. Heavy corporate purchases rather than purchases by the general public were res ponsible for attaining the over all quota. Since one of the ma jor functions of the war loans is to steer excess purchasing pow er into the treasury, this let down in public response is con sidered inflationary and indi cates a lack of realization on the part of a sizable number of people of the importance of pur chasing more bonds. This danger is heightened by the increasing number of people who are cash ing in bonds a short time after they purchase them. Because of the importance of reaching the goal set in the Fifth Drive for the sale of E bonds, the treasury has asked us to point out that, although the ma jor part of the drive ended on July 8, the sale for personal savings continues as part of the drive until the end of July. Thus it is still possible to reach the goal if those who have not pur chased extra bonds will do so before that date. The treasury also emphasizes that this is not a new extension of the drive. The original schedule of the fifth drive included the provision that sales of bonds for personal savings up to the end of July would be counted in the final total. The great boom in the busi ness of vacation resorts is believ ed to have considerable to do with the disappointing record on bond sales and is known to be of real concern to several of the government war agencies. Des pite the campaigns to get people to confine their use of trains to necessary travel, the amount of pleasure travel is increasing at an alarming rate. In an effort to discourage this the Office of Defense Transportation recently issued an order prohibiting use of any special trains, sections or cars for any purpose other than the movement of troops, prison ers or war workerSi The Office of (Price Adminis tration is alarmed over the great use of automobiles to get to summer places, the chief fear being that, this could only be made possible by an increase in the sale of black market gaso line or excessive leniency on the part of some ration boards in distributing. B and C ration cou pons. As a mild method of coun teracting this trend, and also to answer complaints of individuals who want to know how other people get surplus gasoline, the OPA has informed ration boards that they are not to keep ration allotments confidential and should give out information, on request, when people check up on how many coupons were given to their neighbors. If ra tion boards wish to, they are now'permitted to publish the al lotment of coupons to the drivers in their districts. It is probable, however, that if war needs or gasoline can be fully supplies and there turns out to be a larger surplus than in previous months, motorists in general will soon be given more gasoline. This will depend some what on the rate of production AOPttttOtl t REV. ROBERT H HARPER ,t Women’s Part in National Life. Lesson for July 23: Judges 4 and 5. Golden Text: Esther 4:14. In the mournful repetition noticed last week, the Israelites again did evil in God’s sight, and were “mightily oppressed” f<*M 20 years by Jabin. Deborah, thPr only woman among the Judges, arose to liberate them and aroused Barak to action. Sisera was glad to meet the Israelites on the plain of Esdrae lon, famous battelfield, where he could employ his 900 chariots of iron. But Josephus writes that hail and sleet beat into the faces of the; Canaanites and .the .Song of Deborah relates that “the stars in their courses fought against Sisera” and that the Kishon swept the enemy away. The plain became a morass, the occupants left the chariots bog ged in the mud and fled for their lives. The light infantry of the tribes pursued and slaughtered the enemy. Sisera fled on his feet and sought refuge in Heber’s tent. Evidently a spy in the pay of Jabin, Heber had moved his tent (Judges 4: 11) near the muster ground to watch Barak’s move ments. But Jael did not agree in the treachery of her husband. The reader may form his own judgment of her deed in killing the sleeping Sisera. The Song of Deborah, a lyric ode, is a great war poem. Its poetic structure is somewhat ob scured in the printing of the Bible. Abounding in striking imagery, it celebrates the must ering of the armies, the battle and the rout of the Canaanites, and closes with a picture of Sis era’s mother watching in vain for the return of her son, also the prayer that all the enemies' of God may perish. And let us1 now offer the prayer that wom en of Deborah’s character and purpose may arise in our own land—to preserve in righteous ness the American home and to lead and inspire our people to those things which will exalt our national life. of synthetic rubber, since one of the reasons for drastic rationing of gasoline has been to conserve tires. But with synthetic rubber now being produced in quanti ties equal to the amount of rub ber we used to import in a nor mal year it is resonable to as sume that more tires will be produced each month from now on. If the German phase of the war should end by fall there is every reason to believe that the tire and gasoline shortage will both end at that time. But re strictions of some kind will un doubtedly have to continue in order to conserve the automo biles themselves until production of cars can be resumed. State Collects Heavy Beer Tax The State collected $2,828^K 863.37 in beer taxes for the 194^^J 44 fiscal year ended June 30, ac- • cording to figures compiled by the Brewing Industry Founda tion’s North Carolina Commit tee. This amount was secured from the following sources: License;, wholesale distributors, $19^50; bottlers, $500; salesmen, $1,690. 02; dealers on trains, $300; re tail dealers, $26,120.82; non resident manufacturers, $7,207. 50; non-resident wholesalers, $2,422.50; Excise: crowns, $1, 906,739.29; labels, $556,709.05; and stamps, $310,824.10.
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