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BEING HUMAN CREATURES
'Whoa' Williamsburg' the capital city
of the colony and dominion ox Vir
ginia from' 1669 to 1779. was restor
ed a few nan ago. a collection of
recipes for foods served daring that
period was compiled and printed in
athe quaint style of the day. This
-little calf bound volume is called
"The Williamsburg Art of Cookery or
-Accomplished Gentlewoman's Com
panion'' with the sub-title "Of Vir
ginia Hospitality" and begins as
follows :
"The inhabitants are very courte
ous to travellers who need no other
recommendation but the being hu
man creatures. A stranger has no
more to do but to inquire upon the
road where any Gentleman or good
Housekeeper lives and there he may
depend upon being received with hos
pitality." . Much has happened in the 161
years' since Williamsburg was the
leading city of Virginia. A conti
nent has been settled and developed
and standard of living achieved so
high that people in what is called
"moderate" circumstances now en-
Joy more comforts and conveniences
than did the Royal Governor him
elft , Oat of the simple agricultural be
ginnings of Colonial days has devel
oped a system of free enterprise, ty
pical of the American spirit of free
dom and independence, that is the
nvjr of the 'world.4 The dust streets
of Williamsburg were crowded with
the coaches of the "gentry" on spec
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Expected . to Come
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(Min t 4 aut uivou m a a sis a iww w
historical drama. "The Lost Colony,"
opening at the huge Waterside Thea
tre, Roanoke Island, Jane 29th, will
inaugurate the 353rd anniversary
celebrations of the founding of the
Roanoke Island colonies and the birth
of Virginia Dare first English child
born on American solL
Described by leading critics as a
drama depicting the Birth of Ameri
can, civilisation at the Birthplace of
the Nation, "The Lost Colony" is
considered the nation's foremost at
traction. Time Magazine declared
that Author Green "infused into the
dreams of his lost colonists his own
living ' dream of democracy. His
scenes range from the humorous to
the heroic. ..."
This year's cast of 200 actors,
singers and dancers will be composed
mostly of natives of Roanoke Island,
with a Lost Colony Chorus of thirty
from the Westminster Choir College.
The entire production - is under the
direction of Samuel Selden, who has
headed the Lost Colony for the past
three years. He is assisted by a
group of directors from the Carolina
JPlaymakers.
"The Lost Colony" will be present-
d nightly from June 29th through
r. July 7th. Afterwards it will be of-
r; fered every Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday even
- . ings, with the show starting at 8:15
: o'clock. With more than a quarter
million persons having seen it during
the past three years, inquiries indi
cate that 100,000 will make a pil
grimage to this birthplace of the na
tion "before the 4th season closes
September 2nd, 1940.
Thousands' of comfortable rooms
with bath and other modern conven
iences are now available on Roanoke
Island and nearby Nags Head at one
dollar per night .per person. There
are several, ne hotels, restaurants,
inns, and tourists homes, all serving
;.. licibusP'meahr ,-aV moderate prices.
Every effort is .being made to keep
. the quaint' and colorful f atmosphere
af this little island village.
-Visitors to- Roanoke Island will
fitiuVra addition to "The Lost Col-
" av .""countless other historic shrines,
Across the sound is Wright Memorial
'' -Birthplace of Aviation. , At jFort
' Raleigh one will find a restoration 'of
a 16th century village in tne tnatcn
" ed roof, rough-hewn juniper log tra
dition of pre-colonial America, A Fort
1 Raleisrh Museum has a unique collec
'tion of Americana,-, with drawings,'
mays, Indian relics. '
. , The Lost Colony' is sponsored oj
' the - Roanoke Island Historical Asso-
ciation as a non-commercial venture,
with " State ' Senator" D. ' Bradford
v Fearing as president, Paul . Green
'" wrote the drama . gratis and ' solely
,for presentation on Roanoke";, slant '
ial occasions in 1779. - In -th yW
of our Lord 1940, 4 out of 6 families
of the United States have their -own
automobiles and travel farther in a
day than the most favored of their
colonial - ancestors could travel in a
week! The foods the average family
enjoys regularly today are. more va
ried and health-jrivinir than the "deli
cacies which heaped tables of the
Governor's Palace on the days of the
great balls. And as for the conven
iences that modern industry has
given to the average woman, such as
electric lights, mechanical refrigera
tion, washing machines and vacuum
cleaners which give her greater free
dom than the great ladies of old
times possessed, they weren't even
dreamed 6f a century and a half ago!
However, although industry has
changed the outer aspect of our lives
almost beyond recognition, we still
have many of the characteristics of
those early Americans. It is no
longer important for ua to be so
"courteous to travellers'' as it was
when settlements were few and far
apart. But our response to need is
as spontaneous and whole-hearted as
theirs was then. The recent unpre
cedented response to organizations
for the relief of sufferers in those
lands less fortunate than ours is evi
dence of this. The inhabitants of
this country still need no other re-,
commendation for giving generously
of sympathy and assistance to those
in any kind of difficulty than their
"being human creatures."
by the natives as an epic drama at
the birthplace of the nation. All
gate receipts are used to improve
the production and the Roanoke is
land site as . a memorial, to the first
American pioneers. ." ' '
I Am Blind-Pleases
Do Not Run Over Me
If you ever spend Saturday after
noons on the downtown streets ! in
Hertford, you've probably seen this
sign on a young Negro man who
walks hesitantly along the thronged
sidewalks selling parched pea
nuts . . .
"I am Blind Please do not run
over me."
The sign he wears is intended not
so much for motorists as for pedes
trians; Cleophas Roscoe Boone holds
to a mortal horror of bumping into
"white ladies" and being mistaken
for a drunk or a fresh Negro before
he can explain his condition.
He won't bump into anybody if
other pedestrians will give the sign
a little clearance space. Bill Elliott
painted the sigu for him and Cleo
phas is properly grateful.
And he's proud of the fact that his
peanuts usually find a ready market
here in Hertford on Saturday after
noons. "Many people tell me I parch the
best peanuts they ever tasted, Cleo
phas admits with a little prodding.
He's equally glad that peanut sales
keep him from being a complete bur
den on the charities . . . and he never
begs.
They told him at the Blind School
not to beg, and Cleophas hasn't for
gotten it.
But about the peanuts again, the
blind Negro prepares them himself
at his mother's home up beyond
Beech Spring. He can move about
the yard and buildings there easily
with the aid of a walking stick.
The English he uses is high above
the average for other members of his
race. And so are his manners; prob
ably one of the reasons his peanut
sales are so satisfactory.
Cleophas Roscoe Boone will never
become a complete public charge . ,
because he doesn't want to. Not so
long as people obey his sign, and
"do not run over me."
Four Get Fines
For Violation
Of Cotton Quota
Four men, charged with conspiracy
to defraud the government of cotton
marketing quota" penalties due on
the -, marketing of excess cotton,
pleaded guilty and were fined In
United States . District Court at
Brownsville, Texas, on June 7 ' ac
cording to word received ' here ;by "L.
W.Anderson secretary of the Per
quimans County., AAA Committee, --
The defendants Were Lloyd F. El
liott 'and Bryan Wj Long w partners
Ufa the Electric Cm Company -of San
Benito, : Texas fj William C.' Mycum,
also of San-Benitd, a bookkeeper for
the gin company, and W, R. Ward
low, a cotton, producer.
, Elliott and Long each received a
fine of $10,000, of which 21,000 is to
be paid in 70 days, with' the remain
ing $9,000 of the fine to be suspend
ed for three years, : conditioned upon
good behavior and ;' payment of the
11,00 as specified,,-, -,w'
i Mycum was fined $1,000, payment
of which i was, suspended for .three
years conditioned upon good behav
ior. Wardlow. was fined $2X00,' pay
ment of which was suspended for 8
years conditioned upon good be
havior. ... w; V.;
The criminal action resulted from
misuse of cotton - marketing cards,
tne falsification of sinners' . and. buy
era' reports, and failure to submit
reports, as required by the Agricul
tural Adjustment - Administration in
administering the cotton marketing
quota program.';'"- ,
' The' government 'reserved the right
to enter civil auit' to recover cotton
marketing penalties due.
Textile OrD'iiates
Are In Doned
North Carolina Boys
Slow to Realize Op
portunities State's
Largest Industry Of
fers
The Textile School of North Caro
lina State College' has established an
enviable record for training young
men who could go into the textile
industry and render useful service,
but North Carolina boys have been
slow to realize the tremendous op
portunities for success which the
State's largest industry offers them.
Approximately 20 per cent of all
the cotton spindles in America are
located in North Carolina's 600 tex
tile plants which produce a diversi
fied line of cotton, silk, rayon and
woolen fabrics that touch every
phase of human life. These plants
furnish employment for more than
160,000 people and in every one of
them there is from one to a dozen
or more positions . that a college
trained man might aspire to.
In commenting on these facts recently,-Dr.,
Thomas Nelson Eajre.
Dean of the. Textile School,- said that
in 1940, s, has, been the case for
many years, the. requests for gradu
ates of the State,-' College Textile
School exceeded th number of men
in the graduating class. Of the 85
Textile graduates at Commencement,
three-fourths of whom were North
Carolina boys, a large percenter
have accepted positions with North
Carolina textile organizations, while
some have returned to their native
states or accepted -pofetkps with
commission houses hi New York, or
with large rayon pIants"Jocated else
where. Dr. Nelson also said that the com
pletion of the new , textile building
during the past year, the installa
tion of a complete woolen unit, and
the addition of considerable new
equipment in other; departments of
the Textile School makes State Col
lege one of the best equipped insti
tutions in America to give instruc
tion in the manufacture and process
ing of textile products. He said that
with its increased facilities 'the Tex
tile School would continue to do
everything in its power to serve the
textile industry, and North Carolina
boys., who are iooking for an oppor
tunity to attain success in their own
home state. . ii
-And Earth Has
f!o Resiiiig Place'
"Dart is the Wilderness and Earth
Has no resting place . . . w
A plump Negro woman just back
from the hospital in Durham and
"feeling much better, thank you,"
was singing the dismal song to the
accompaniment of music squeezed
from the groaning bellows of a 98c
accordian by the nimble fingers of
Solomon Whedbee. ' i.
To' paint a clearer picture of the
whole scene, the location is a typical
one-room shanty house down beyond
New Hdpe on the sound road. ' '.
The woman, Solomon's sister,, sat
just inside the doorway peeling po
tatoes while the scent of boiling
clothes on a too-sot stove drifted
lazily over her head to mingle shock
ingly with the odor of honeysuckle
and warm dusty air. - v ,- J- .
Solomon; sat on the lower ' ' 'door
step,1 and even though '' a Hollywood
director hadn't ' just placed ' , them
there, a little black boy in tattered
overalls and. straw hat lounged on a
shflf below the window' and a tan
houn' dawg managed to lift his head
from the hot dust ofthe' dooryard
just long enough to determine wheth
er the visitors were friend or foe.'
Finding the effort too great i to
justify a decision he allowed the eye
he had opened to close again and
Collapsed back into the -dust with a
sigh audible, even above the .strains
of. "Dark ; Js . the , Wilderness . and
Earth has nd resting olace," ;
It was a special' occasion; one-of
the few times Solomon plays the ac
cordian since his wife tragically de
parted this "Earth that has no rest
ing place," on a snowy morning three
years ago. ''-
, Solomon, , we've neglected to tell
you, Js seventy-four years old and
has spent many of these yearrln to
tal blindness. ,
t- Being blind, wasnt so terrible un
til he lost his wife. , Che had ben a
constant companion, guiding his un
seeing footsteps, preparing his meals,
and nursing; him through : terrible
periods of despondency. . They ' lived
alone. ' ' v-, i , rj l,
'But one morning early in' March
three years-ago,, while the snow was
ten inrhna dnAn AndMiti hia wifA wm
building a fire and leaned too close
to the stove. Her clothes burst in
to flame., . . , ' J
She screamed Solomon's "name and
rushed outdoors to smother the sear
ing flames in the snow.: Smelling
the scorching flesh and cloth,; Solo
mon stumbled out after her. ' I
Solomon thrashed about in the
snow trying to find her, while her
cries grew loader and more an
guished. . ' . , r-
But he couldn't see . . . and by this
time her clothes were in a light
blaze. : Soon the screams weakened
and presently even the moans ceased
while the desperate husband sobbed
and prayed.
Neighbors came after a while and
led him back to the lonely house.
Maybe old age soon forgets the
later a happenings . and remembers
only those of long ago pleasant
memories, associated with younger
days when a whole life was before it
but anyway, Solomon was playing
the accordian again.
... the sun was warm and all was
right with the world, though "Dark
is the Wilderness and Earth has no
resting place."
But if Earth does have a resting
place, and it isn't in this dusty cabin
yard on a hot summer afternoon,
then we don't know where it is.
PINEY WOODS NEWS
Miss Margaret Raper returned
home Sunday after spending two
weeks with her aunt, Mrs. W. D.
Perry, at Bethel. Miss Marjorie
Proctor, Vance Proctor and Dewey
Perry, Jr., accompanied her home.
Miss Mary Chappell spent the
week-end with Miss Mary Una
Raper. . -
.-r Mrs. Shelton Chappell Visited Mrs.
W. W. Chappell -Friday.? afternoon,
m " ' m m w . . " " i ' -
iss -JAsqge ixng spent ue weex-
fna Tma:,jnpm Agnesyyaro,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Raper,; their
daughter, Mary Line, and Miss Mary
Chappell. spent Saturday in Elizabeth
City, and visited Mrs. R. P. Raper.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T, Chappell and
son, Milton; Mrs. E. N. Chappell and
son, Thomas, and Emerson Asbell
visited in fhe home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Raper Sunday evening:
W. W. Chappell visited his son,
N. W. Chappell, at Belvidere, Satur
day afternoon.
Harry Channel is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Chappell.
Jim McNider and Tom Nixon were
visitors in the community Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Ward and chil
dren, of Ryland, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Chappell and Mrs. Mary
Chappell Thursday evening.
T. S. Chappell is Improving , after
being sick last SweekU, ioxl .
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' Mr. and Mrs. S, P. llatthews via
ited Mr. and Mrs: John Dave Hobbs,
near Small's Cross Roads, Sunday.
' Miss Ruth Hollowell was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. -Walton Lane, last
week.- T- . ' r k v't- j t- y
' Little Miss Rosa Nelle Clarke, of
Wilson, spent Wednesday and Thurs
day with her aunt, Mrs. J. B. Bas
night. '
Miss Lucy Mae Lane has . returned
to her home after spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. John
Elliott. ' -:"
Mr. and Mrs. Winston E. Lane
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
t. Jordan, Sunday. ' ; "l f;&,
Everbearihgr Berries
Grown In Mountains
Everbearing strawberries, are pro
viding an excellent source of income
to Western North Carolina farmers
who find a market in the mountain
tourist trade, : : reports H. R. Nis
wonger, Extension horticulturist of
N. C. SUte College. The largest
planting in the State is to be found
on the farm of J, M. Hartley of Lin
ville in Avery County.
Mr. Hartley has three acres of one
and two-year-old plants of the Mas
todon and Gem varieties, Niswonger
says. He expects, to market a total
of 5,000 quarts by fall. from these
plantings. An average of 2,000
quarts per acre is normally harvest
ed from the first crop of the new
planting. Some of the more vigor
ous hills will produce from 80 to 120
berries to the plant, and 48 of these
will fill a quart cup;
C. B. Baird, Avery County farm
agent, reports that, everbearing
strawberries are sold to tourists and
local mountain hotels at a. price Of
10 to 15 cents per quart in the sum
mer, and. 20 to 25 cents per quart
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everbearing berries be g?own on nj
grouna, wmca should be ciearea
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forest weeds and trash; The grou
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an old planting; which v U never
lowed to remain more than '
years- The plants, are set 12 inchlsx
apart in three-foot rows. 'y.-
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plants are pulled off until the first
of June, and the fruit for the late
crop develops from August to al
late - as the middle or uctooer. r xne
following year, the original planting
produces berries for the early crop,
beginning to. ripen June 1, and ex
tending into July. In this way, two '
crops a year are harvested from the
same planting.
HELEN GAITHER CLUB MEETS
The Helen Gaither Home Demon
stration Club met Thursday, June 20,'
at the home of Mrs. C. L. Dail. The .
president, Mrs. C. P. Morris, presid-'
ed over the meeting, which opened v
with . the song, "We're Glad We're"
Here," after which the Collect was
repeated in unison.
Miss . Maness gave an interesting
demonstration .on table linens. ' if.:".
Those present were: Mrs. John'
Corprew, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs.
John Lane, Mrs. J. T. White, Mrs.
W. A. Russell, Mrs. B. W. Thatch,
Mrs. Milton Dail, Mrs. T. E. Madre,
Mrs, W. O. Hunter, Mrs. C. L. DaiL
Miss Mary F. Dail, Miss Frances
Maness, and three visitors, Mrs. Dav
enport, Mrs. W. F. Madre, Jr., and
Miss Addie Reed.
The hostess served delicious re
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