Farmer's Market . . .
is the place to buy. You don't have to
spend your money with a mail order
house. Look on the classified ad page of
The Index.
GATES COUNTY INDEX
The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County
The Home Folks . .
are featured in every issue of The Index.
You can't buy another paper that can
make this boast about Gates County.
Volume 21, No. 35
Galesville, N. C., Thursday, April 28, 1955
10c per copy
12 Pages—Two Sections
Over 300 Peanut Farms
^;ant Increase; II Acres
Gatesville.—Revised cotton al
lotments notices have been mail- j
ed to all producers that received '
additional cotton acreage from
the released acreage. April li was
the final date for releasing cotton
acreage. There were 51.3 acres of
cotton released by producers in
the county. There was not enough
cotton released to make adjust- v
ments on all farms where appli- s
cations had been filed for addi- 6
tional acreage.
Today, April 25. is the closing
date for releasing peanut acre- 1 c
age. There are over three hun- 1
died producers requesting that ! 1
peanut allotments be increased ' t
or adjusted. The County ASC | t
Committee will meet tomorrow 1 1
to reallot the 11.3 acres peanuts j v
that have been released.
W. R. White and Shelton Bojfcce. j
Jr., arc checking the farms that c
we know about that have wheat r
planted. If (here are farms in I
jour community having wheat c
See FARMS, Page 5 I
VFW Ladies;
Organize
Auxiliary
Sunburv.—A group of interest
ed ladies from the County met
Monday, April 18, to organize
the Ladies Auxiliary to the Gates
County Memorial Post of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, and elect
ed the following officers:
President. Mrs. \V. Hunter Mor
gan; First vice Pre-dent. Mrs. R.
G. Moiris: Second Vice President,
Mrs. R. K Bagley, Jr.; Treasurer,
Mis. Sam Pierce: Chaplain, Mrs.
P. Hathaway, .1: . Conduct >v.:s,
^ Brook Morgan. Jr.; Guard.
Donnis Williams: Trustees.
Dalton Parker. Mrs. Hardy
cif'een. and Mrs. Ward Blanchard.
The Auxila v is act
mum tv sj»rvi*,'> a- w
porting the National
cnildren and wives i
£ind disabled vote-ah
Rapids, Michigan. Th
gam/. I Gates Count;
v II also work w,th the Post
planning and building the new
Post Home wh’ch has already
been started on Route 133, tliiei
mil s west of Sunburv
re in com
Home for
in Eaton
Au'xilia -v
All ladies ovc 10 with hus
bands. fathers, sons, and brothers
who. have been awarded cam
paign badges in an\ branch of
the Armed Forces are eligible to
i'Uii It is hoped the new organiza
tion will eventually grow to 100
member .
Ail risible ladu , ;r>- ureed to
be present fur- t h-■ installation
Wedhrsdav. M,:>. 13. at eight,
o'clock in tli Sie.bu’-v School
Cafeteria whi n members of the
Roanoke Fan Auxiliary wd!
be- pro cut for the instalbit *, -i
ceremonv Anypnc with questions
may contact anv of the above
iih nt unit'd office) s.
340 Children Get
Polio Vaccine
Gatesv,lie — There were 340
first and second grade students
vaccinated w'h p-ilm preventive
injections m Gates Countv last
week. Mss Hoy Haves. County
Health Nurse, stated.
In the Gatesv Hie, Sunhuiv and
Hobbsvi lie schools 12b white stu
dents were vaccinated while 220
negro students were vaccinated
li the liu: kland and T S. Coopei
Mrs. Hayes said that 305 stu
dents were eligible for the in
jections, but only 340 parents iiad
signed up before the deadline
which was March 30.
Paul Edmond Next
Gatesville Mayor
CaU'sciHe —Paul Edmond has
filed for mayor of Gatesville and
Lo nie Leo Askew, J. K. Wyatt
and Willis P. Taylor have filed for
councilmen.
The present mayor, J. L. Saw- i
yer, didn't file: He has served as :
•ivor of Gatesville for the past i
( k ht years and he served two
W ,rs op the town council prior
that. G. P. Cowper. who has
served on the council for the past
two years, didn't file this year.
Edmond is a member of the coun
cil at the present time.
r. c. Hawkins, Jr., is the town
clerk, but is in a Richmond hos
pital and Mrs. Mildred T. Carter
ia acting town clerk.
The election will be held Tues
day, M;i.\ J.
Gates County
BRIEFS
And let us not be weary in
•ell doing! for in due season we
hall reap, if we faint not. GyJ.
:9.
The Gatesville Cemetery un
erwent extensive i mproveynent
ist week. Jack Harrell was busy
1st Thursday afternoon cutting
he grass, raking, and moving all
he waste. Now that the cleaning
as been done, let's keep it that
It seems as if everything is
hanging these days—even the
aine of one of our advertisers.
,ast week we changed the name
f J Lloyd Askew, live wire
'arm Bureau Insurance salesman
f Gatesville to Lloyd I. Askew.
Ve have no idea where the "I"
time from, but that's what was
n the paper!
We had a little more trouble
,ith another Lloyd, too. This
ime it was Lloyd M. Wiggins of
•unbury, one of our subscribers,
leems as if Mr. Wiggins wanted
o be sure that he received the
iflper so he subscribed for six
ears! For two weeks the Wig
ins' did not receive a paper. Mrs.
Viggins called and We found the
rouble to be m the machine at
he newspaper plant, I guess th■
xpiration dale. HILO. had it
righteju 1! So soriv about the
route . but if all f.-.d now: We
re v“: v pl< a • .i to know that
onvoone like the pa|)er W' 11
not; h to want it for six years'
Th Tarheel Bank i, one busy
dace come Saturday morning.
Tom nine o'clock until 12 noon,
md Mr s Sat ah Williams and
See BRIEFS, Page 5
SUNDAY FIRE—A fire in Gales late Sunday af:- inoai destroyed two buildings and brought
out the Gatesvilie, Win ton and Ahpskie tire departments. (Stall photo.)
County Buys
40 Per Cent of
Bond Quota
Guli'svdio. Paul F Kdioond.
Gates County 'Chairman foj U. S.
Savings Bonds today r- 'ca . d
the. eombrned monthly ami quir t
el iy report of S. Si.vnr- Bonds
salt - for Gate, County. a ail N orth
Carolina.
Tin.- avion mum !• .1 m tin
Greensboro of.' t,f V,';. .'.or P
Johnson. Slate Sait s It.: net- : for
Saving Build . -how - Pu! Mv.eh
Bend ,-al • ira r. as.ed Pi p r vei.l
over Mart'll 1954. \v.lel, tlie .na
•tio'n-wade men-use \v:i - Tpei mnt.
Durina the lie ! cpu irVr of lh.
year. the slate sale:, aurea ed 1.9
last year which is >in p.imls
ahead of the iratioi -wide iiH'iea. s>
Carolina has sold 27 per eei 1 di
See BONDS. Page 5
Projectile Is
Born 90 Years
Too Soon
-v::n Sivir!;
ti.rv 1 hat !•:,
ai v linn '■ >el
li.vd -cHp'driv. ! n■ ■ (
ffa • v th> 1 tv
v. vt "!<!•:! (i .! \
t:.- ■ 1 1 <i 1
of i!>.05 and
Svatdwi it
h,-i heard
Hi iUV. , shot
V, -for
■ -sva ■ <10
\v; i.. : ivd
un Up!
H'V.
: That thi'
•!. Civil
MU M 111''
fh-ui V pi. It I ,ay i! ■ (U: fi, .<i
b> p. 'i>. Hut in v <-ah', tin'
Sep PROJECTILE, Page 5
BEULAH BAPTIST—Here we have a I! <>: * ."
bury. showing a neatly outlined front yard an
formation concerning the Sunday School and eh
trap if n.m-TV. Sun bury- Shrubs, recently plant ■
showing in the picture, are planted a -iKuid the r
'I mc i .iae. outiimiut the c ard, is made with-' itb
the trip. Tins chain keeps ears from driving v .
iiip spi.ee and it continues around the huiMim
also were completed across the back side last y
s ide.. v tew a if; t'
a handsome. lnt
rich rervt, 1: yri - a
amend ill 1 found.'i
unds'.io.n and in tile
PtP- S : e ! a ' ah an
.< .;-,e , ha. b, en ..or
11).">4 niprovencm t S
:ir -Photo 1 v Art. .
t
. too Si I t .a
nets of th
ch’a'uf l’iii
Ne'eaia
•a; S ii.ulay
A 11. Ho.m
ta i. a!;c a
f a V'rough
'.ea a park -
BUSY BAPTISTS—A committee Of the Beulah Baptist Church, Sunbury. is shim li alter a busy
day’s work in landscaping their church grounds, one day in laic March h i1 c .t to right the
members are: Mrs. F. H. Rountree, next person pouring water Mrs. Ralph O Beiiv 1- Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Byrum’s daughter. Milton Byrum. Mrs. Milton Byrum. and Mrs. George Asbcll. This
most active committee bought 2a evergreen shrubs from a nearby lutiscry. and with tIn: la Ip of
three men not shown, set them out in good shap^^ eedless to say the grounds have been greatly
improved. This same group of members are kee, , the plants watered during dry periods, I he
Rev. W. V. Brown serves this church along with Hobbsville and Sandy G oss Baptist.--l’hoto by
ArU.
Ahoskie, Winton
Firemen Aid at
Gates County Fire
Gates. Flames cii-sl roved a
blacksmith siioT allot a storage
building t:i the heart of Gates
into Surfday afternoon and threat
ened the entire town.
Action by Gotesvil-le. Anoskic
inil Winton tire trucks was credit
'd with preventing the flames from
spreading through nearby busi
T!ie lire burned to, the ground
the David Kook b'aeksmith shop
.end .1 wari-house -located behind
: c \V J Freeman Store.
A nearby house, owned by
Douglas Freeman Caught lire, but
the flames were extinguished
after only the window shutters
a: the home burned.
Tin storage building, which
housed merchandise of Freeman s
Store was only about ftO leet lrom
the store, and at • least nine olivet
buddings were within 100 feet
of trie burning buddings. ■
The alarm Was sounded about
."GUI p. m.. and tiie fire w.s
: ...ught i • have been .started
when high waui.s blew a tree
Mrs. Doughtie
Passes at 82;
Rites Friday
Catosvdlo Mr- Salhc Kli/.a
bet.lv Doug-hlio. ; ill died at. tin
homo nf Iut daughter. Mr- H
11. Stviinn i'. Suffolk, at emht
o'clock Wednc-dav mori.ua> Sin
w a a nntiw of (fat,. Count . a
nit-mbi r of Harrell'- Methodi-t
Church; 'ho wife o1' tin- la to W.l
hum J Douahtio. Sr. and tin
d .urhtoi of tin lat Com o am
11:. 1 riolt Piland,. Silo is siir\ ivec
m four sons; .! M and A T
1 Jour.htio. F.ure. P P> Dcnudvtin
Pointer. and \V S Dpu;:b,t to, N.
auarta Kail, ,N. Y . seven dairv.li
t. r . Mr.- Virginia Smith. Mi
I ov Jmios and Mis. H. 11 Swan
-or. Suffolk. Mr- .J .1 tlioi
Kodueo. Mis. C \\ . Pirn . Sr
(fato-villo, Mr- K 1. Wbifr-i \
Sr. Newport Nows, and Ml- .1
P Turner. Wititcin: two -nr
.Mi Minnie Han oil. Cat villi
and Mis. Hattie Boom-. Suffolk
one brotjur. \V P> Hilar,d. Co a
poako. a lar.ee number ol or and
eloldren and jucal-a: an.dehild.i on
Funeral services were conduct
ol Fridav afternoon a' thn-i
oh look at Harrell's M. thmii
Chureh The pastor. He\ H A
Hi/’oll. conducted file service a
- tod h' tho Rev ,1 M Jolt!'! nu
tin lb v H K 1 frittH Buriar wa
m uio ehureii eemeierv
Til. body was i t'liKA'ini In thi
Hi hi I it ret' and llofler Futiera
Home. Gatesvrlle. N l' where i
remained until placed m tin
eluireh (>iu- hour b.e.fon tin -er
I’all lit a" '- wait ITU Wolfit \
Williford Smith. Chatlu1 T’t : » \
Jit., Cluxtoh Douyhtie. Waliae
Hity Douphtic. Tommie Douphtii
Hon.oraty pall bearers were th
nienibers of tin- Harrell's am
Fine Christian Church Mission
At Convention
Gatcsvilk'. -Mrs. Clyde Euro 1
planninp to attend the Stat
Beauticians Convention in Wtl
son next Sunday and Mondav
May 1 and 2
Music Recital
Hobbsvi lie.—Music students c
Hobbsville School will hold thoi
i recital Friday. April 20. at
‘ o'clock in the school auditomm
Mrs. Elton Trotman. music trad
er, announced last week The pul
’ lie is cordially invited to attent
Inc, x», -f Acreage For
1955 jps Is Probable
Rocky Mount North 1
lina Peanut Grower.> a:a advi ed
to make preparation;- to hr abb
to inerease their I On* a.,
by from 5 to 10 P' , et. an
nounced Joe S. Sue;'. < >a cut \a
secretary of the North Carolina
Peanut Grower A — , as,. VI.
SUSS made th; re ‘"n .a; a da' o'.
so that Die peanut farmer w a'
be able to take' advance t of
an increase m the 1,055 pear.;;’
acreage alMfru r>* d it i '-rant'1
pi part-ment .of Agr
1 i:(' Xiji ill Carolina Peanut
Growers A:-social ion has. along
with oilier s <:pi f sintativiol the
V;;io:i typi pea:iu' growing
areas, been endeavoring since
Felvt.inry to e, mi an increase
in the l/*r»r> ,i- iinnl acre ace ailot
:• aerordin: in Sir;:: Mr
Sage stated tln> naanmg that
three meeting.' with the U. S
pern/tni. r.t of Ac-neu'!.U:re of ft
Scholarship Awards Go
To Buckland, Gatesville
GaVsYilie. Glenn
Gattaa jlli' 11 i«h Scii. >i
iv:mn'i' .it I ho Mennof.
Krct'tn.'in .>»•:.»>V h.;>
SIOO. sifi'M :iU"l a■.ni;a!i
;uid Mi .- \V.,I c: C Ii.
Lo.ui. . M:..
Ni. uru siiifiviib s Pal i -
id Btiek!:.i. i Hi ..:, Seiiiii
Tlu' i'i • :oi it
\ T, la 11 i.ui;: an i I :! >. ai..l
i'lM'i; t>f Kia.uk Roll:.lit
VI’. 10. S. p'.l.-It.'! .. 1.a
iu.i lilln M ii. ';. Cunt \V
.■l.'Ur i. thi - h;.i! a \ i . '•
i-k :;s ku w::i
ubas \vi‘U
liS.ih.cr Ml' ■ v' i ;, ciirrit'ulai- a'C
. a v i>\ i • . 's!n nan. an i nan
U ;.es'V ]
P/.-.a
!v j.rt-t svho'oi
s: 1 d' last
irit*I a isr:. in
.. : ../! • i-htu-ks 1'H'
rvi'!- ■; • .•«!• May Hi.
S?e AWARDS. Page 5
MRS. ALMIRA HINTON
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Song in Her Heart
Aged Lady Keeps Diary
B> JOHN AP.TZ
Nor! nlk
VIs • Hint
i.i) -!ia> live!
.as '] 5 y. a
, , r it. ..vo a Mo . \ ! "
! trail about tinvt .VeaYs ajt>) s:
f I'm.Is it n.tnv ram : u r' !.
r tend worship service- mStndu;:;
ft ; at tiiv IJatmsvi.s Coiurreiralio
i. i Christian Church. A mvas noi-M
I bar. Mi . an.l Mrs. IValnost Dana
. avp members. and tak. Mrs. Hi.
1. | toil tc) tlOlh SlMHI-.v School at
H
•li.rl Mr ’-IVM
To Bed With a Song in Her
Hea rt
:V!.. il.i.jer.V 11:tiL> iliiiv in
• -even ve i Ik e ing
A paee ialien n.t 1 aiuior
Tuesdry, .la: nary a, 1 !*;V> i ha
e : i-niificani w < - in Ik
le.dV.r, inked hi.iidWHUm.
Ti. • ■ lay . .1 a mi. 11 y 'Jo. 1 Jl.T.'i
• lay I have been bevy m<> * a
■ >;r.y I had Mi . Kriie. : hi . pin n
my heater wont! so I prepared dir
tier ami supper fur him. lie pi
up and put the weed under t!
shelter, lie helped me ealeh soil
See LADY. Page 5
’ills have been held in Wash
ington and that a fourth meeting
s scheduled in Washington, D.
/ , Friday. April 29, at which
ime representatives of peanut
'rowers throughout the United
States will be given an opportu
litv to be heard with respect to
increased acreage allotments.
Mr. Sugg said that he felt that
it the hearing in Washington on
he 29th that a decision frill be
made by the Department of
Agriculture to grant an increase
n the 1995 peanut acreage allot
ment for the Virginia type pea
nut. which is produced in North
Carolina and Virginia. Mr. Sugg
further pointed out that at this
time it is not possible to indi
cate how much, if any. increase
would be granted: however, he
stated that representatives of the
North Carolina and Virginia area
have consistently requested an
increase of 10 percent and that he
feels that .justification for such
an increase has been and will
lie presented to the Department
of Agriculture.
It is recognized. Mr. Sugg said,
that some areas are well advanc
ed in their crop planting opera
tions and that it is beginning to
be a little late for an increase;
however, he pointed out that
based on the efforts of the North
Carolina Peanut Growers Asso
ciation that a farmer will be
justified in. holding open enough
land and seed supply to plant a
10 percent increase Should the
increase hot come, the land held
hack can then be planted into
corn or other crops. Mr. Sugg
pointed out. If the increase is
awarded following the meeting in
Washington on April 29th. it will
be ample time to get the increas
ed allotment planted to peanuts.
Gates Man
Killed In
Suffolk
Suffolk. A 22-vcar-oid Gates,
was shut to death early Sun
day in ait argument over a wbm
T.he dead man was Pally Rob
nts, Nemo, and hr alleged assail
ant. Thomas eSonnyl Washing
ton. Nemo, of I5!i Crumpler's
Aliev. Suffolk, surrendered to
pels' at headquarters here about
3,20 p. m.
Hebert'.: body was found lying
on tin roadway in front of 216
Forrest Street about 6:10 a. m
111' had been shot through the
In ad with a small-eahber pistol.
•! , Pullet enu ring bis light tem
ple and emerging' from the left
lent'pie
Tiv shooting apparently oc
elli red; 1 he arresting policeman
said, after Roberts had made a
See ROBERTS, Page 6
Ruritans Hear
Dairy Farmer
Gates Thr.Gatn - Puritan Club
'Kill flien- pur..' speaker Thurs
e. • irgh.t, Ib/ury Ci Shelton, of
T i hem, K.laorombi County
1'■ > \ nief and form* r First
I) irut' n.yh\va\ Commissioner.
: !'.| 'nil pointed out that approxi
mate i'\ la pn cent n'f the Nation's
population l la: me., and stressed
11.a', farmers -hould w in k harder
ioi In 1 ter farm ore a ni/at ion- so as
m have inure stable p 'ice sup
port • lie indicated that farmers
• tvi hill under pretty much of
a da tatt.iv.hty to In feeding the
. tiaa per cent of the popula
The . luh had ewral business
mi’i't to nimi up dm mu the
meet; a. It win derided among
ria cl id.) mrmbr: 1 hat 1 he town
ef tl.'i v. a in reat need of
i eei light and a'eommittee was
appointed In e in work oil this
;v.o. et A (late Hu: star, Soft
hall team e in the process of he
mp e ganr/.od and President Bob
Carroll announced that the dia
mond. \yas ready for play and that
the ( luh i- earrr to have a panic
with some utliei Vlurdan Club in
Gates County or el ewhere. Presi
dent Carroll also recognized
llarvi'v Wallen of Speed. N. C.,
who accompanied the speaker
for the occas: ion.
CHURCH SUPPER
' Corupeakc. The Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of
l> Parker's Methodist Church is
- sponsoring a chicken salad sup
:t per at the fellowship hall of the
e church on Saturday evening
e April 30. The supper will be
served from 5:30 to 8 p. m.