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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 21," 1935. PAGE FIVE , of Ae . ; Reborn NRA Emerges Washington-Two years to the day after its first appearance, the NRA, surviving a 15-hour filibuster by aenator Huey ("Kingfish"), Long, m emerged in greatly abbreviated form with James L. O'Neill, New York banker, at the helm. Mr. O'Neill. who has been NRA control officer for the last six months, will handle a complete reorganization of the Re V covery Administration on skeleton- iukb, coargea wixn auues oi xn- dustrial research rather than regula tion. In his Execuaive Order launch ing the reborn Blue Eagle the Presi dent states, "A steady but gradual reduction of personnel is a sound public policy." The Kingfish Wilts Washington Faced by a deter mined stand on the part of a quar tette of first-year Senators, who steadfastly held him to the question on the floor, Senator Long's attempt to "talk the new NRA bill to death" collapsed in an ignominious plea on we Louisianan's part for "just aj ffftle sleep; just a little sleep is all 1 am asking." Stern denial met his half-closed eyes from every part of the Senate; he mumbled along al most incoherentely until 4 A. M., then gave up the ghost by relinquish ing the floor. His filibuster, second in length of duration in the Senate's history, will cost the people $4,550 to print 89 pages of the Congressional Record giving advice on how to fry oysters, make "pot-likker" andhow to end the depression "by-sunrise to V morrow." To add to the Kingfish's confusion, two days later the dignl fied Senator Ashurst, master-orator from Arizona, administered in a pre pared speech one of the most meas ured spankings ever meted out to a fellow senator; opined that the King fish is "trying to play billiards with elliptical balls and a spiral cue." How One "Code" Worked San Francisco (The end of the NKA prompted many local stores here and in Los Angeles to cut 25 per cent off their retail prices for butter, sugar and other foodstuffs. Canny merchants hoped to make up the loss on other items. Annoyed, a nation-wide chain took full page newspaper space, offered to pay standard prices for any food pro- ducts sold below cost at other stores. Housewives did a brisk business, buy. ing suppies at cut-rate stores, resell ing them to the chain at a profit. In three days the price-cutters brought, their prices back into line; charged their losses to experience. f 12000 Doctors Meet Atlantic City This country aver ages one doctor to every 808 inhabi tants. About 12,000 physicians at tended a five-day convention, largest gathering of medicos in history, lis tened eagerly to many startling disj coveries in their profession. One of them holds out high hopes of con- trolling infantile paralysis, menin gitis, sleeping sickness and other ills characterized by inpammation of the brain. Another described Vitamin B-l and its effects on sufferers from neuritis. Costing $200 a gram, this ew concentrate brought complete cures to 44 patients, marked relief to 48, left only 8 failing to respond. A Washington physician described his success in defeating the suicidal in tent of 29 out of 83 persons who had swallowed ordinarily lethal doses of bichloride of mercury. Dr. Dafoe, popular Canadian delegate to the con vention, told a luncheon of doc'.-'f wives how he brought the Dionne quintuplets into the world, and saw them safely through their first year. Hasty Marriages Scored, New York Ministers have a re sponsibility beyond tying the knot, according to discussions before the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. In fact, the Rev. Dr. : fioward C. Robbins, Professor of Pas toral Theology at the New York Gen eral Theological Seminary, bluntly told his hearers that "most Protest ant ministers in America are lending themselves to a careless type of mar ; riage procedure." The Council's ' Cofwiittee on Marriage finds that ; haW marriages work havoc, believes ! that all cities should have a rule like ' Los Angeles, where three days must elapse between the application and ' granting of wedding . licenses. In a recent year, 6 per cent of Los An geles applicants never returned for the final license, evidently changed 'their minds. Universities Appraised r" ' Chicago To settle any ; doubts I ibout the scholarship rating of Amer j Jean universities, Edwin, R. Embrec, i i president of Chicago's. Rosenwald -(Fund, thus sums up his conclusions: Harvara, gieuwoir wmcuunmu of distinguished men of science;" Chicago for its- "pure scholarship;" Columbia, "a giant day-school ' pur veyinff knowldege v in well docketed packages;" California with " a galaxy, of the most distinguished scholars and scientists in America;" and Yale, "more than once has just missed the chance for primary in American edu cation." Six other universities Mr. Embree ' sets - down . in secondary brackets: Princeton, even (though its department of ' mathematic 'is the most distinguished in the world;" Johns Hopkins, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Cornell. He nates Swarthmore as first among the small er colleges. Movies In Color New York Color comes to the screen in its finely perfected form after more than $1,000,000 and four months of fast shooting had produc ed "Becky Sharp," an adaptation of Thackeray's immortal "Vanity Fair." John Hay Whitney, young multi millionaire sportsman, made it possi ble through the technicolor process; a star cast gave it all the life and at mosphere of one of the great classics of the English language; critical opinion seemed to say 'let's wait and see." lhe industry istelf believes that "Becky Sharp" heralds the third great era of the screen, the first be ing the feature-length picture, the second the addition of sound. An or dinary movie camera costs $3,500; color cameras cost $15,000 each and there are only fifteen of them in the world at present. Y. W. A. Society Has "Shower" At Bethel The Y. W. A. Society of Bethel Baptist Church gave a miscellaneous shower Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward is honor of Mrs. Charles Ward, who before her rectn marriage was Miss Lula Mae Mansfield. Games were enjoy ed, after which iced tea and sand wiches were served. The honoree re ceived many useful and lovely giff . The guestes included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Free man Long, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Long, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward, Mrs. W. P. Long, Mrs. R. R. Keaton, Mrs. W. J. Farmer, Mrs. W. D. Perry, Mrs. C T. Phillips, Mrs. Beulah Williams, asd Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, MisseS Frances and Kathryn Fleetwood, Katie Bar ber, Ruth Mansfield, Mary Wilma Farmer, Leone and Nelle Williams, Evelyn Long, Eloise Keaton, Addie Mae, Esther, Pencie, Cornie Lee, and Nan Ward, Messrs. Ambrose Long, Thomas Phillips, William Hobbs, Car roll Hill, O. C. Long, Jr., Richard Mansfield, Josiah Proctor, Frank and Howard Ward, Julian and Emest Long. Missionary Society Meets With Mrs. Morris The Delia Shamburger Missionary Society of the Hertford M. E. Church met on Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. J. E. Morris, with Mrs. Morris and Mrs. W. H. Jenkins, Jr., as joint hostesses. After the program and a short business sssion a social hour was een- joyed, when ice cream and cookies were served. Those present were Mesdames G. W. Barbee, Crafton Mathews, Oscar Felton, Archie Lane, J. H. Towe, Jr., Misses Nellie Feilds, Edna Feilds, Elizabeth Knowles, and Bertha Chap pell. IT S But-Would Your Wife Buy It Today? No . . . Not Until It's Painted With Paint From Hertford Hardware & Supply Co. Trade Here and Bank the Difference" PHONE 90 .:- HERTFORD, N. C. Under the Better Housing Plan, property owners may borrow now up to $2,000 for home modernization,-and repay the loan out of in come, monthly, over a period as long as five years. Now is the time to take advantage of the I Better Housing Program. Let us explain how I you can have a home to BE SURE IT IS Atficy'G 100 per ct. Pure Point Remember: Athey's Paint Saves the Surf ace Our stock is complete in both quantity and colors.-4 iVVi'V !X'4":'X"X"X'.5 COWPEAS By GUY A. CARDWELL Agricultural and Industrial Agent Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. It does not make any difference to the farmer whether the .cowpea is a native of Central Africa, Inoia or China. It does matter that pound for pound cowpea hay is as valuable as clover hay and nearly equal in value to alfalfa and wheat bran, and that it is a wholesome and nutritious table food from which a variety of palatable as well as economical dishes can be made. As every farmer is familiar with the growing of cowpeas, this arti cle deals with the utilization of the crop. The cowpea is of ancient cultiva tion for human food, particularly in Africa and Asia, and also in the Mediterranean region of Europe. Although in the United Staes it has been grown mainly for soiling, hay, ensilage, and pasturage for all kinds of stock and as a soil-improving crop, nevertheless the seeds, chiefly of the Blackeye and White varieties, have been commly used for human food in the Southern States. For feed the cowpea is especially valuable, because it will grow on all types of arable soil, requiring little attention and producing most excel lent forage. In addition, it is of great value as a green-manure crop to increase- the humus and the nitro gen content of the soils upon which it is grown. Cowpea hay should be substituted in the Southern States for much of the hay which is now being purchas ed in the North and West. The greater use of this crop for hay and pasturage increases the production of live stock, an essential factor in se curing the maximum returns in any system of agriculture. It also, aids much in keeping the soil in good til th and maintaining its productive ness. The cowpea plant may be fed to livestock as pasturage, hay, or en si lai?e, and the seed may be used as human food. Cowpeas are not grown for seed more generally because of the uncertainty of the crop, the ex pense of harvesting, and the low yield commonly obtained. These factors have created a relatively high price for the seed. In localities well suited to produc tion it will be found highly profit able to grow cowpea seed on a large scale, especially if the best machi nery for handling the crop is used. Harvesting cowpea seed can be done most cheaply by the use of machinery. The crop may be cut with a mower, self-rake reaper, or bean cutter. When the plants are thoroughly dry, the seed may be thrashed with an ordinary grain se parator with modifications, or, bet' ter still, with a machine specially constructed for thrashing cowpeas The seed have a high feeding value YOUR HOME be proud of. but is rarely cheap enough to use as feed. It is fed to some extent to poultry. The cowpea is generally favor ably known in the South as a staple human food, being used in the pod, shelled green, and shelled dry. Good cowpea seed can be stored for a considerable length of time without much danger of loss of vital ity. Cowpea hay is an excellent rough age for all kinds of stock. When cut at the right stage of growth and properly handled, the cowpea is equally as nutritious as the hay from other legumes and is greatly relished by all farm animals. The hay is somewhat difficult to cure, but with attention to the stage of growth and to weather conditions, little more trouble will be experienc ed in obtaining well-cured cowpea hay than red-clover or alfalfa hay. The cowpea alone has not given good results as a silage crop, the best silage being obtained when it is mixed with corn or sorghum. Although pasturing cowpeas is not considered the best farm prac tice, under certain conditions it is advisable and quite profitable. As a soiling crop the cowpea can be advantageously used to supple ment crops with less protein, such as corn, sorghum, and millet. The cowpea has been used more as a soil renovator than any other le gume because it is easily-grown, has such a marked effect upon succeed ing crops, and succeeds under such a great diversity of conditions. Miss Stokes Entertains Friends On Launch Miss Joyce Stokes entertained her house guests and a few others at a delightful launch party on Satur day evening, on "The Mallard," Cook Winslow's launch. The guests included Miss Louise Perry of Rocky Mount, Miss Mary Onella Relfe and Miss Lillian Perry, and Messrs. Cyrus Edson, W. H. Brown and A. M. Faison, all of Rocky Mount, Leslie Harrell, Robert Riddick and Cook Winslow. 103 YEARS OF SERVICE JJ. (S; -EHLANCKJ AISLE) & (CCD). Winslows Move To New Camp On Perquimans Mr. and Mrs. Herman Winslow have moved to their recently built summer camp on the Perquimans River in Old Neck for the summer months. The,ir home in Hertford has been rented to G. T. Hurt, whose family moved last week. The resi dence formerly occupied by the Hurts is being repaired for the occupancy of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. John son, who have been living with Mr. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson. NORFOLK SOUTHERN BUSINESS 125 PER CENT BETTER FOR MAY N. N. Trueblood, agent for the Norfolk Southern in Hertford, says that the business of the road at this point during the month of May was better by 125 per cent than it was in May of last year. PATIENT IN HOSPITAL Mrs. H. T. Broughton is a patient at a Norfolk hospital, where she re cently underwent an operation. Her condition is reported as satisfactory- MORGAN'S STORE PAINTED A new coat of paint is being ap plied to the store front of W. M. Morgan's, adding much to the at tractiveness of the place. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS Digging of the early irish potato crop of Beaufort County began on May 27. The crop is advanced two weeks but has suffered from lack of moisture. The Clinton produce market is handling large quantities of veget ables at present. Huckleberries have been moving at a low price due to the Blacks and Blues being mixed. The cotton stand in Hertford Co unty is reported by growers to be around 50 percent. A number of farmers replanted as late as June 1 for the third time. Mew Ctti3:ini Make These Tubfast Dresses Smarter Gay prints; plaids and checks and florals, and very smart plain colors were used to make these house dresses outstanding values. Cool, crisp collars and cuf fs, , unusual trimmings and new lines make them as smart as they can be, and tub fast, sunfast fabrics make them values that you'll wear a long time! DS Other Cottons, for afternoon, sports and evening wear, priced from $1.49 to $2.98 QUALITY MERCHANDISE BLANCHARD'S" SINCE 1832 friends Entertained At Nags Head Party Edison Harris entertained a house party at the Harris cottage at .Nags Head last week. Those enjoying Mr. Harris' hospitality included Misses Nell Tucker, Rose Potter Muir, Kitty Boswick, Florence Ragsdale, Dorothy Rag'sdale, Florence Martin, all of Madison; Jessie Tayloe Newby and Virginia Tucker, of Hertford, and Messrs. Bruce Martin, Reuben Brown, Hap Tucker, Fred Webster, Leonard Van Hopper, all of Madison, Bill Jes sup of Hertford, and Woody Sandlin. and I. J. Sandlin of Raleigh. Taylor Theatre EDENTON, N. C. Today (Thursday) and Friday, June 20-21 BING CROSBY "Mississippi" Saturday, June 22 BUCK JONES 'When A Man Sees Red Comedy Monday . Tuesday, June 24-25 WILL ROGERS "Life Begins At 40 n Wednesday, June 26 GUY KIBBEE "Mary Jane's Pa"" Serial, "Tailspin Tommy" E. f ONE PRICE T V ...
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