, By E. L. TOPPING
Assistant County Agent
Perquimans County, which has long
keen recognized as a producer of
large quantities of hogs, but has never
teen considered as a producer of quali
ty hogs, gave the leading Duroc pure
bred breeders of the state a race for
top honors at the Rocky Mount Du
roc Show and Sale on February 1. The
three leading Duroc breeders in the
county proved at this show and sale
that Perquimans County has some of
die highest quality hogs in the state.
WV S. Benton of Betvidere, Clarence
Chappell, Jr., State 4-H Meat Animal
winner of iBelvidere, and Preston Nix
on of Hertford who sponsors the 4-H
, purebred pig program of Perquimans
County, all , had entries , at Rocky
Mount. iW. S. Benton showed and sold
the third place gilt in the blue ribbon
group." He bought the second placed
gilt and the litter mate to the first
placed gilt in the show to add to his
'hrefediwg stock. Clarence Chappell,
Jr., placed two high quality gilts in
.the red ribbon group. (All hogs were
placed in Blue, Red or White groups.
Blue being high and white being low.
None of the Perquimans County pro
duced hogs were placed in the white
group.
pledged.
ft hose present and sending- gifts
hincluded: Afesdameg Toss White, Will-
ma Brabble, Ernest Goodwin, Philip
Sawyer, Johnnie Harris, Earl , Wil
liams, Charles Ward, Wallace Hobbs,
Roy Chappell, L. A. Proctor, Elmer
Tarkinglton, Irving Long, ErnesJ Long,
Mary C. Long, Preston Copeland,
Mrs. Marshall White, Shefton Long,
Edgar Long; Charles White, Jr., Wal
ton Lane, J. B. Perry, David 'Ward,
J. P. Ward, Claude Long, Floyd As
kew, C. T. Phillips and Misses Alma
Eaves, Jean Long, Marion ; White,
Cecilia Williams, Blanche Goodwin,
Ruth Mansfield, Elizabeth Proctor and
Eunice Long and Emmett Long.
HONORED AT (SHOWER
Mesdames Charlie White, Dewey
Perry, Kramer Williams, Joe White,
Will Farmer, Luna HoMbs and BeuLah
Williams were joint hostesses at -a
miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss
Madlyn Phillips, brjde-elect, , on Tues
day night, January 30, at the Bethel
Community House.
Games of Bingo were staged with
several winning prizes, after which
everyone wrote a wish for the bride.
Delilcious refreshments of cake, block
tee . cream and mints were served.
Miss Phillips received many beautiful
"gifts which were graciously acknow-
NOTES ON SOIL (CONSERVATION
Elmer Lassiter is doing some drain
age work on a faifrn that he leased.
This farm had not been in cultivation
for a number of years. Mr. Lassiter
had a ditch cut on three sides of the
farm with a dragline.' This ditch will
serve iboth to take water from culti
vated land and 'to intercept any woods :
water that might flaw toward fields.
He is having the tap ditches cleaned
out by hand labor.
IW. Ray White is having the lower
end of his lead ditch cleaned out. with
a dragline.
C. E. Matthews is having a lead
ditch cleaned out by hand. The wa
ter bogged up in the upper end of this
ditch. These ditches were surveyed
and grade stakes set by Soil Conserva
tion Service Technicians working with
the Albemarle District.
Soil Conservation Service Techni
cians have taken approximately 200
soil samples for farmers this winter.
CIRCLE MEETS
The Rosa Powell Circle met Tues-
day night, February 6, at the home of
Mrs. Joe NoweM, Jr. ', ; "-,
,-. The meeting opened with the sing-
ing of "Bringing In the Sheaves." Mrs.4
John Ward gave the devotional follow
ed by prayer. The following gave in
teresting readings: Dorothy Maynard,
"Building In thte West"; Mary Frances
Symptoms of Distress Arising from
STOMACH ULCERS
dueto EXCESS ACID
QUICK RELIEF OR NO COST
Over fonr million bottle of the wilubd
Tbbatubnt have been told for relter at
aymptomi of distress vising from Stomach
Ad Dwl Ulem due to am Acid
Peer DlfsstJan, Sour or Uaaat Stamaclt,
Canines
. iiurim ajnlmmi.
due to Eneas Add. Ask for "Millard's
Maun which faUy explain ma remarw
able home treatment
etcif
S and M Pharmacy
HERTFORD. N. C
Singer Sewing
Machines
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
SINGER SEWING BIIPP
6oj EAST MAIN STREET . ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
WILL BE IN EDENTON AND VICTNTTY
Within 24 Hours After Receipt of Coupon
TO HAVE A SINGER REPRESENTATIVE CALL
JUST FILL OUT AND MAIL THE COUPON
I
I NAME
'ADDRESS...-
I Direction If Rural.. . .: ::..
I ( ) Rent a SINGER Electric Portable
( ) Buy a new SINGER
I WISH ( ) Have my machine repaired
I . ( ) See a SINGER Vacuum Cleaner or Cleaner
' TO ( ) Sell my SINGER
DEPENDABILITY
Han?
0(iftOMaih(n
INTELLIGENT, devoted, un
selfish, dependable. A good
dog Si truly Man's best friendt
He companions our lonely
hours, guards our. homes and
. children . . . and asks nothing '
but permission to continue
serving. .
t Intelligent, unselfish, thought '
-nil service is behind our repu- '-.
tation for dependability. Your
. choice of appointments deter
mines the cost of the ceremony..
iaillM.il ! ' HI
Dafl, "Building On the French FJe5dM;
Mrs. Charles While, Jr., "Building In
Alaska"; Inez Hampton, "Good Will
Center Work." The hynrn "Help
Somebody Today," was then sung fol
lowed by readings by ' Mrs, Hinton
Rountree, "Special Groups are Hear
ing the Gospel" and Mrs. L. H. Dam
son,' "She , Hath Done What She
Could."
The roll was called with 9 members
'present., Reports of the officers were
given followed by the benediction. The
hostess served delicious refreshments.
Memorial Fund Will
Replace Funeral Flowers
Believing that funeral flowers are
too short-lived to be a fitting me
morial for departed friends, Bishop
James P. DeWouKe, head of the
Episcopal Diocese of. Long Island, has
inaugurated a plan whereby money
ordinarily spent for funeral flowers is
given to the Diocese. .A card telling
of the gift and a personal letter from
the Bishop are sent to the f amity of
the deceased, end the money is used
for the missionary work of the Church.,
The name of the deceased is inscribed
in the Bishop's Memorial Book, and
prayers will be' offered year after ;
year duringhe Octave of AH Saints,
the previous meeting and a motion
was made and seconded, and same
were approved as read. -.
. The report of the County Treasurer
for the month pf January was read,
and upon motion made and seconded,
same was approved as read. j.
- The report of the Local School Fund
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