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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. O, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1M0
PAGE SEVEN
TIII5DUSFJES5
SUSAN THAYER wHrLT
THE SPIRIT "QUICKENETH"
When the lawn has to be mowed
how tired Johnny gets! "Four times
around the big plot out by the gar
age and he's all worn out. He flops
down, on the ground and chews a
blade of grass as he gazes up at the
puffs of clouds in the soft blue sky
or aims a stone at some marauding
cat,
fBut when "the gang" comes by to
get him to go swimming it's quite a
different story! His tiredness van
ishes as if by magic and he's rarin'
to go. He can spend the whole live
long 'afternoon down at the pool
faring swimming under water rac
ing the crawl and never feel the
slightest bit of tiredness. The only
result seems to be wet hair and a
prodigious appetite when it's ovei
and he's home again full of satisfac
tion and stories of his own prowess.
i The difference? He wanted to
Swim. His heart was in it! While
the lawn mowing was something he
was told to do and was uninterested
i.
I The same kind of thing holds true
with grownup people. We do well
and easily the thing we put oui
THIS MONTH
Specialists of N. C. State College
make the following recommendations
ftr-carrying out model farming dur
ing the month of July:
Paul Kime, Experiment Station
agronomist, says frequent cultivation
of cotton is beneficial since it main
tains a mulch which' helps to hold
moisture. Cultivation should be
shell tw at all times in order to pre
vent injury to the root system. This
suggestion also applies to corn and
most of the other cultivated crops.
(f-Jtlr. Kime said further that if the
rush of other work has delayed the
planting of sufficient hay crops,
tere is still time to get a fair to
good crop of hay from Sudan grass,
millet, and, cowpeas if the sowing ia
completed by July 15.
- Hot weather proves a trying time
fir cows, says Extension Service
Dairyman John Arey. Not only is
there a variation in the quantity and
quality of feed furnished by pasture,
but flies and the heat add to the
Cow's discomfort. Net result is ex
treme difficulty in maintaining a
Uniform milk flow at this time.
'.. In furnishing relief, Mr. Arey urg
es that places where cows are kept
during the hotter part of the day be
provided with plenty of shade and, an
ample supply of fresh water. Then,
too, combat the fly menace, espec
iaHy by destroying sources of breed
ing places. Sprays and traps will
also help.
Eno6 Blaij, Extension Service
agronomist, says see that small
gran is thoroughly dry before it is
tlfeeshed. If there is the slighest
hint of dampness, spread it out and
Farmers' Convention
Iffers Livery Week
. A five-day program packed full of
education, recreation, and entertain
ment is awaiting rural people who
attend Farm and Home Week at N.
(f. State College, July 29-August 1.
Dr. I. O. Schaub, director of the
Extension Service, and Miss Ruth
Current, State home agent, said this
year's program is expected to strike
t best balance between instruction
anil entertainment in years.
; Reports from every section of the
State ; indicate , . record-breaking at
tendance this year. With AAA com
mitteemen scheduled to attend, the
enrollment V may 5 reach 2,500. In
years past, attendance has 'averaged
between 1,600 and 2.000.J: ? ?, wv;
Joint sessions of men and, women
will be held each of the five days eat
oept Thursday to begin each day's
. rogram. ' Following this session,
.he two. groupr will break up into
sparate meetings where they will
ive instruction in a wide variety
Meets.. -,, Y
instance, '.women will be given
hoice of classroom work in the
ng subjects: : clothing, ..foods
trition, food conservation and
ing, health, home management
use furnishings, home beautl-
n," horticulture, hospitality,. 4-H
. ship, music appreciation, - par
entary procedure, poultry, recre--1,
and libraries. .
1 the other -hand, the men will
' poultry, forestry; the AAA
m; cotton, , tobacco, beekeeping,
'ture, crop ' rotations, legumes,
er farm sublects. '
1 evening will be turned "over
"on.,, Included, on these pro
1 ' .1 be games, contests, music,
1 ' - 'rg, and square dancing.
1 d:t;I!a on the convention
' -1 f -1 Dan 1.1. Paul,
heart into. It is the "spirit
that
quickeneth" even literally.
That's why there's a lot of mean
ing in the fact that the National
Association of Manufacturers, an or
ganization representing many of the
leading industrial concerns of this
country, on whom we must depend
for equipment for national defense,
has gone on record as believing in
the necessity of rearming spiritually
as well as materially. In a state
ment issued by this" organization of
realistic business men a few days
ago, they say:
"Physical defense is not enough.
The American people must rearm
themselves spiritually and mentally.
They must rededicate themselves to
the institutions and the high princi
ples they are preparing to defend.
They must recojrnize that there ia
no substitute for personal toil and
sacrifice and devotion. Only by Arm
adherence to our traditional Ameri
can ideals, coupled with adequate
military defense, can we be sure that
the terrible price the democracies
abroad are now paying will not be
exacted of us."
ON THE FARM
stir twice a day until it has dried
ojut completely. After the grain has
been stored, keep a sharp watch foi
weevils, web worms, and grain
moths. Should any of these pests
show up, trjeat the grain immediately
with carbon disulphide.
Mr. Blair also said: "If you are
so fortunate as to have a good sec
ond crop of red clover and want to
cut it for hay, go fishing and stay
until the desire to cut the crop leaves
you. (Help your land by plowing
this crop under.
T. T. Brown, Extension Service
poulltryman, urges farmers 'to cull
out hens as they stop laying. A bird
that has quit laying may be detected
by observing her head closely. When
production ceases, the comb and wat
tles shrink and become pale, appear
ing dry and scaly. Put these hens
on the market immediately. Anoth
er hot weather suggestion is gather
ing eggs two or three times a day
and storing them in a cool, moist,
well-ventilated basement or cellar.
During July, says Dr. Luther
Shaw, State College plant patholog
ist, apple growers should keep up
their spray program, since blotch and
bitter rot usually make their appear
ance at this time of the year. A
spray calendar for apples, Extension
Circular No. 192, may be obtained
without charge from the Agricultural
Editor at State College.
Earl Hoatetler, professor of animal
husbandry, says where facilities for
winter lambs are available, the
breeding season should begin July 1.
Early breeding will be encouraged if
the ewes are gaining in weight when
turned over to the ram.
Legumes Hold Key
To Soil Fertility
w. u. TTiiiuuiio, neau 01 me in. v,.
State College Agronomy Department,)
says legumes plus, proper fertiliza
tion hold the key to fertile, produc
tiye soils.
'hn - . ... .. . .
xne . most practical method in
building up the productive power of
soils, he explained, calls for the
proper growth and handling of suit
able legume crops in rotation with
properly fertilized major crops.
The mere growing of legumes does
not assure added fertility unless
these crops are handled properly. If
the legumes are removed from the
field, leaving on the land only the
stubble and roots, their use in this
manner alone will prove a delusion
so far as being an effective means of
increasing the producing power of
the soil in a permanent way is con
cerned. ,
- Effective methods of increasing
the .fertility of soils, Williams ex
plained, must , be those that . will
leave the soil at the end of each year
fairly well supplied with thoroughly
decomposed organic matter and an
increasing amount of readily avail
able plant foods; This will be the
effect which... the proper , growth and
handling of legumes will have on the
.iand.y1,iif.;?ii;, '";L;.v ft 4iV:4KipW-'v?tfi.
"Anyone at all familiar with the
simple ' principles of soil 'i manage
ment," Williams said, "know . that
fertility cannot' be maintained' when
the -crops removed take off the land
more' plant foods' than' are returned
to it. That's why it's so important
to turn under some of the legumes.'?
: The State College agrononjist urg
ed that every farmer adopt' a good
legume 'program on hit farm. County
farm agents of the Extension Service
will aid in building such' a program.
Wif e--I went to cooking school be
fore I got married. . ;
Vi ChefWhat did you do there, play
bridrei :
Scouts Back From
Nags Head
A Floating Mine
Stripped of All Explo
s i v e Potentialities;
Oval Hulk Draws No
tice on Green
A grim reminder of war, a float
ing mine the Hertford Boy Scout
troop found at Nags Head last week
and broueht back to Hertford, was
attracting no little attention on the!
courthouse green Monday.
Though dismantled and stripped of
its deadly mechanism, the thing still
has an ominous look when one thinks
of the death and destruction it could
have caused had it not been rendered
harmless.
The percussion caps, or "ears," the
firing pins that stick out like stubby
cat whiskers on a fully equipped
mine ready for business, 'have been
removed, and the rusty bolts that
I hold the lid, indicate the hulk has
been dismantled for some time.
-Few people here are familiar with
mines, floating or otherwise, so no
one has attempted to offer indentifi
cation. There are no markings on it
to say whether it is an American
mine, German, English, or otherwise.
There are no markings at all not
even a numeral or figure.
The main thing . . . one of the
most dread items of modern warfare
is harmless so long as it stays where
it is, there on the courthouse green,
devoid of its explosive capabilities.
(Unless somebody falls over it in the
dark and skins his shin.)
Probably a xelic from World War
days and used for several years since
as a buoy of one sort or another, the
old floating mine had been lying
idle on the beach a mile or so from
the T: J. Nixon cottage where the
Boy Scouts were encamping last
week.
Maybe it isn't even a mine. Lots
of people think it isn't. Anyway, it's
on the courthouse green.
WOODVILLE G. A. MEETS
The Lottie Moon Girls' Auxiliary
of Woodville Baptist Church held
the regular monthly meeting Sunday
at the church, with Marguerite
Cooke presiding. The secretary, Mil
dred Bogue, called the roll and read
the minutes of the last meeting.
An interesting program had been
prepared by Frances Anne Cooke.
Marguerite Cooke conducted two con
tests with Peggy Cooke and Nannie
Mae Perry winning prizes.
Those present were: Mildred
Bogue, Marguerite Cooke, Velma
Frances Godfrey, Mary Sue Cooke,
Ajin Bray, Kader Franklin White.
Nannie Mae Perry, Peggy Cooke,
and the leader, Miss Beulah Bogue.
WHITESTON NEWS
Miss Johnnie White, who is at
tending summer school at E. C. T. C,
Greenville, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Winslow.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams,
Misses Lucile Lane, Iris Winslow.
Helen Winsow, Juanita Stallings and
Cornie Stallings attended NYA Day
at Manteo Friday and also attended
"The Lost Colony".
Miua MrV.o t oo t m. i-h-
and Miss Miriam Lane, of NorMlr'
va., visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John T. Lane, during the week
end. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer Winslow and
son, Clarence, spent the Fourth visit
ing relatives in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Lamb, at Tyner.
Miss Delia Winslow is visiting her
brother in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Vann Spivey and daughter,
Mariene, of Hickory, Va., are visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. U.
Winslow.
Willard Baker, of Norfolk, Va.,
was the week-end guest of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Baker.
'Fourth of July guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs; H. L. Williams were
Mr, and Mrs. Henry Williams and
family and Mr. Harris, of Weeks
villa; Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Sutton
and family, of. .Hertford; Mr. and
Mrs. Lihford Winslow and family, of
Belyidere; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wil
liams and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Winslow and family, and Mr. and
Mrs; Wallace Baker and family. The
occasion was H. L. Williams' birthday.'-
Mr, and Mrs. ?B. L. White and
family, of Sunbury, visited in the
home of Mrs. Mary J. White Sunday
afternoon. Marjorie and Thelma
White returned to Sunbury ,, with
them for a week's visit.
FENCING MATCH FATAL
' Newark, N. J. In a friendly fenc
ing match, Richard Wileox, 17, was
fatally stabbed when his chest was
pierced by a home-made foil used by
Jung "Git Chung, ,18- - f During the
match, while the two were parrying,
the protective tip of Chung's it oii
dropped to the floor unnoticed, and
when Chung thrust, the blade pierced
t! 2 c'J!.r boy's chest. " "x f '1
Who Knows?
1. How many capitals have Ger
man soldier occupied since the out
break of the present war?
2. Where and when was Joan of
Arc DUhied at the stake ?
3. How long have Nice and Savoy
belonged to France?
4. Who is the author of the play,
"There Shall Be No Night?"
5. What royal refugee is now in
Canada?
6. N When and where will the Dem
ocratic Convention be held?
7. What is the capital of Turkey?
8. In what battle of the former
World War was the Italian Army
routed by the soldiers of the Central
Powers?
9. When was the last invasion of
Great Britain successful?
10. How many planes have been
shipped from the United States to
the Allies since the war began?
THE ANSWERS
Seven.
At Rouen, France, in 1431.
Since 1860.
Robert Ennet Sherwood.
Princess Juliana, only child of
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Queen Wilhelmenia, of The Nether
lands. 6. At Chicago, July 15th.
7. At Ankara.
8. Caporetto, in 1917.
9. In 1066, when William the
Conqueror invaded the island.
10. More than 2,300.
RYLAND NEWS
Mrs. Fannie Davidson end daugh
ter, Miss Pasco Davdson, visited
Mrs. W. T. Eason Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. HolloweU and
children, Pearl Ann and Talmadge,
visited Mr. and Mrs. June Hendrix
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Malvern Spivey and
children and Adolph Spivey, of Ra
leigh, visited Mrs. Cornie Spivey on
the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hollowell and
children attended the funeral of Mr.
Hollowell's sister, Mrs. Tom Bunch,
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Bunch
died Friday morning at her home
near Somerton, Va., with funeral
services being held at Warwick Bap
tist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Velva Byrum, their
young son, and Mrs. Byrum's sister
left Saturday for their home in
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., after visiting
Mr. Byrum's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Byrum.
Miss Norma Spivey, of Washing
ton, D. C, is visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Cornie Spivey.
M. and Mrs. Grover Byrum and
children, of Suffolk, Va., visited rela
tives on the Fourth and again Sun-
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Please make settlement now and save this additional
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day afternoon.
Miss Gladys Boyce returned-home
Sunday after a few days' visit witn
relatives in Suffolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Craft and little
daughter, of Newport News, Va.,
were week-end guests of Mrs. Craft's
father, T. W. Davis, and Mrs. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. McCauley Byrum and
sons, of Greenville, were guests of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Byrum, over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Copeland and
sons spent the Fourth with Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Scott, at their home
near Elizabeth City.
Graldon Jordan returned to Nor
folk, Va., Sunday, after a few days'
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
N. E. Jordan.
Miss Daphne Ward, of Suffolk,
Va., was the week-end guest of her
TAYLOR THEATRE
EDENTON, N. C.
Friday, July 12
Return Engagement
Bing Crosby, Boo Sums and
Martha Raye in
"WAIKIKI WEDDING"
Saturday, July 13
Three Mesquiteers in
"Rocky Mountain Rangers"
Monday, July 15
Akim TamirofT and
Gladys George in
"THE WAY OF ALL FLESH"
Tuesday, July 16
Sabu in
"ELEPHANT BOY"
Wednesday, July 17
Weny Rartrie in
"WOMEN IN WAR"
EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR A
GRAND VACATION
Whether you fish in waters ... or over the
side of a flat bottom boat ... or still fish from
the bank ... or troll . . . .good equipment is as
necessary to good fishing as a swiftly moving
stream is to rainbow trout ... see us for the
best in fishing equipment.
All Types Hooks - Lines - Sinkers - Rods
Poles - Baits - Reels - Plugs
Tackle Boxes - Minnow Seines
WE ALSO HAVE
Boat Oars - Oar Locks - Boat Punps
Life Preservers - Fire Extinguishers
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parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Stafford and
children, of Norfolk, Va., have been
spending their vacation with Mrs.
Stafford's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dempsey Copeland.
Clarence Ward and WfflUam Ward
were in Washington, D. C, Monday.
Mrs. H. N. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. R
S. Ward and daughter, Lelia Faye
and Mrs. Julian Ward, of Edenton,
visited Mrs. Harriett Parks and Mr
and Mrs. Carson Davis, of near Gli
den, Friday afternoon.
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