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, THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD [^E NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AN D RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA N- V; No .18, Swan Quarter, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1944 Single Copy 5 Cents .EWS Behm ^Paul MalloIT^^ ^®^sed by Western Newspaper Union. „®Rth-socth fkud Congress ASHINGTON. — Extraordinarily attacks by Senator Joe Guffey . hig fellow Southern Democrats raised curiosity as to what he ^ 'JP to. Ouftey U an old huckster for the P^cial New Deal line of foods, and he tries to tear up his own ^tnocratlc party without any ap- ®rent cause, all politicos naturally ^'’spect the left wing New Deal boys “'^ntown, who usually furnish his ®terial, have decided on a new of action. personal bitterness of his at- „ on Senator Byrd and other ®utherners is known to reflect the jj''§Pish of the White House New crowd at their inability to get ® soldier vote bill through con- Sfess. ^I>ey assumed the soldiers would (or the commander-in-chief if collection of ballots could be han- under federal jurisdiction. But that it Is to be handled by the stes—with non-New Deal Demo- or Republicans in control of J^^Ptically all states—the blow is ,.^*ater than people outside the po- *cal trade have appreciated. ®Ut there is another reason. Com- RATION BOARD TWO YEARS OLD I WED. JANUARY 5 Swindell and Spencer Have Served Since It Was Set-Up lit] ,, ® Up shortly in the senate will be j ® Poll tax bill; an anti-lynching bill * 'P the offing, and a Supreme court ,j,®cision on the white primary in is imminent. old war between the North "4 South within the Democratic therefore, is coming up to a hew series of battles, and Guffey- rather the men behind him—are hying the ground lor it. Don’t ask me to offer any reason- accounting as to why this is The attacks on Byrd merely wiU ^uish more water on his political heel in the South. The Southerners hye no intention of surrendering, hd Will block all action of the Guf- 'hyites. „ "Die charge that they are in an Unholy alliance” with the Republi- n Joe Pew is only remote political enter. The basis of the Guffey Uarge is that the former Delaware CQator Townsend, as chairman of ® Republican senatorial campaign upimittee, worked against the sol- dier bill. Townsend is more Du Pont than (Please turn to page 4) CONSTABLE gets POST AS STATE CHEMIST *''cd In Hyde Where His Dad ^reached; Brother of Mrs. Watson E. W. ConstiaAile of Raleigh, a, ™ Hyde County while . where his father was a ^thodist preacher in the Matta- ?iusk, Jitr, Stati eet charge and brother of 'S- W. w. Watson of Lake Land- lyas last week appointed as ipf,'® iheinist to fill the vac-aiicy u by the death of Di*. Benja- D W. Kilgore Monday night. Constable held the post of food chemist with •the State , bartnient of Agriculture. He v.^ Worked with the State De- ^^rtment of Health and the Ped- U'l Government. Tlyde County friends expressed ^«asure in the promotion of Dr. j^^Dstable who often visits in the ^hty, and who has a love for *5 section. He has a host of ®hds in the coimtyl jjTyr. Constable, the son of the and Mrs. W. P. Constable, bo lived at Lake Landing four ®bbduated froim State Col- ge With a B.S. degre and from TJniversity of North Carolina an M.S. degree and Ph.D. in 5j^}^bce. He also held a fellow- 'R at Duke for one year. {3® successor has been named to g position of Dr. Constable Commissioner Kerr Scott of Agriculture Department said .At it might be several months bbb the department can find a food chemist. Dr. Con- The OPA rationing program was ' two years old Wednesday, 'aJnuary ‘ 5th. That date marked two years of service for two Hyde County OPA 'board members. Tliey are i Piestoii Swindell of Fairfield and IR. S. S'peneer of Ekigelhard. 1 Mr. S’pencer and Mr. Swindell i are the only mem^bers of the ori- ■ ginal staff of workers 'that began in 1941. Lindsay Midgette who then served as chairman, resigned when he moved to Edenton to take employment. N. W. Shelton was named to take his place. Mrs. Helen Windley, first clerk, 'Who re signed to go bo Newport News to live with her husband, was suc ceeded by 'Mrs. Dorothy Cahoon. The Hyde County office has grown in the past two years. It now has an assistant clerk. She is Mrs. Ina Jones. There have been two panels named to assist the board, too. One is located at Ocraooke to serve the ijlaiid, and another to hsndle fuel oil and price ceilings for the county. The Odracoke board is m'ade up of Rev. W. R. Dixon, James Gar- rish and Capt. I. F. O’Neal. The fuel oil and price panel is com posed of R. E. Tunnell, Swan Quarter, P. D. Midgette. Engel hard and D. W. Cuthrell Fairfield. The Ocracoke 'board has a part- time clerk. She is Isabelle Stuten. The Hyde County office this week received letters of icongratu- lations on 'their good work from W. Hance Hofler, district ration- tog executive and W. A. Keav- naugh, district price executive. 'Ration Board members are vol unteers and serve wiithout pay. They d'O not appirove their own rations. That is done at the dis trict office. Mr. Spencer and Mr. Swindell both have to drive many miles to get to the Friday afternoon meet ing of their board, as well as some of the panel 'board members. Sometimes, very seldom, they miss a meeting, taut sometimes they meet two or more times a week., Mr. Spencer has to drive 45 miles to attend a meeting and return home and Mr. SWindell 34. ■ On the basis of attending one meeting a week Mr. Swindell has driven 3536 miles and Mr. Spencer 4680 to the 'past two years. This is besides the time taken cut from their work. Mr. Swindell is a pro- j gressi'\’e farmer and Mr. Spencer a leading Hyde County merchant, j AUSTRALIAN FOOD IS WAR WEAPON - .M ' V. U*. ■ ■» I,.-; I N....'’ BUGGIES ARE ALSO HARD TO GET DURING WAR Nebraska Man Has In Order For New One; Price Not Too High LIQUOR RATION BRINGS MOONSHINE BACK TO SWAMPS OF EAST LAKE Nc'W top-'bu'ggies, like everything 'else, are hard in these days. At least, the way Everett Midgette Ne braska in Lake Landto'g Icwn- ship, Hyde County, finds it. He has had an order to for sometime get Dense Wooded Section Once Famous for Great ! Supply of Illicit Liquor Now Begins To Come ra-! Back Into Production With Raw Liquor $20 A Gallon; Old Times of Two Cars in Every Garage Are Recalled Ibese large cabbagea, weighing 22 Ibe., • ooncea and 21 lbs, 8 ranees, were grown on one of the eight large fruit and vegetable farms con ducted by the Australian Army in Australia’s Northern Territory. These farms have been filling the needs of all the Australian and American military camps in that area. They are producing fruit, vegetables, eggs and poultry. The last tomato crop on these farms yielded 38,400 pounds. FARMERS MUST FILE 44 PLANS WITH OFFICIALS ; Hyde Farm Office Must Have Information For Local Draft Board FREQUENT CULLING OF LAYING FLOCK WILL PAY PROFITS Hyde County fanners will be called on within a short time to file their 1944 plans about farming with county farm officials so that Selective Service may be inform ed to regards to deferring 1944 farm workers, it was revealed at the farm office this wek. Farm committeemen will be working out to the communitines. Farmers 'will be Advised the dates that they will 'be in the various State College Specialist Gives Some Timely Advise On Subject Culling the laying flock at fre- qeunt intervals during the entire year removes those hens which are “eating their heads off” yet are not laying. And mu'Oh culling means that profits are increased considerably, says T. T. Brown, Extension poultryman with the State College 'Extension Service. Some of the hens are paying excellent dividends by a constant now and hasn’t gotten hjs bv.ggy yet, although he expects to ge't it Tie new »»ton»bllw,, ttey HE'LL SUE FELLOW don’t make many of them any-1 more. Material and manpower | scarcities are the reason. And like most war items, they tre not; made of as good material as be- i fore, because the makers just can’t get it. ; Used to be that you could buy a new top-buggy for $60 and $75 tau't that is not so now. Mr. Mid gette expects to pay $125 for his' new one when it comes from the assembly line. But that is not bad with prices like they are now. Corn 'was selling for 50 cents a bushel when you could get a bug gy for $60 and now farmers get about $1.40. That comparison, makes them cheaper. , 'Mr. Midgette is one of the few' Hyde County farmers that still prefers the horse and buggy to a' new automobile. j Some more farmers around Lake : Landing way that use them are j Harry Harris, Tom Marshall, Ben- I nie Gibbs, and Tommie Gibbs. The outgrowth of the woric of T AWVFR PGR nnn speculators in buying up LAWYLB tOB ?50,000 liquor stocks, and making a acar- I city, is now being manifest to Dare County, where two stills are re ported as being in operation—on a small scale somewhat, but nev- erlesis with a product that brings as high as $20 a gallon. The first sale of one hundred dollars for a five gallon jug is re ported from Engelhard, Hyde County, carried a few days ago by a young m'an from East Lake. Al ready officers are gathering evi- j dence preparatory to crimpung the activities of the moonshiners, j Evidence has already been ob- i tained regarding the source of j sugar supply, two to particular, ^ and how the moonshiners got hold of their sugar m'ay be most a.-raz;ng if the facts get out. Liq uor from these operations has already appeared to Manteo in competition with the South MUls liquor which 'has been on the mar ket for sometime and being sold by Negroes living nfear Manteo. All of these men take great pains,D. L. RUSSELL, erstwhile prose- Local mechanics and other can- with their vehicles, harness and cuting attorney for Dare Coimty' horses. |who says this week 'he will sue ' "it. , Burners have paid as high as $3 a localities. Those who do not file production of eggs while other their plans with these representa- ,hens are eating into these profits tives, will have to file at the coun ty office to Swan Quarter. It was stated that it was neces sary to have this ta'formation in order that draft officials can make proper classification. Each man must make 12 units this year to win a deferment for 1944. Last year deferments were issued to farmer with as little as eight units and varying to 12. No one crop can account for more than 50 per cent of the units and no two crops can account for more than 75 per cent of the units. TWO NEW PRINCIPALS FOR DARE SCHOOLS It hasn’t been more than 15' Martin Kellogg, Jr., for $50,000 years ago that horses and bug-' damages, if Mr. Kellogg accepts gles were 'the prtocipal mode of appointment made December 7th | ^n^de'ta ^"£ik'^"'to‘^toTtton transportation to Hyde County. It by the Board of Oommisioners of 1 days when there were two cars The flavor is reported far be low that of 'the oldtime whiskey was not imtil about 1927 and 28 Dare Coimty. Mr. Russell, who in every ■garage, and many chlck- NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM Henry M. Woods, Jr., Assumes Duties at Hatteras; Miss Eunice Burgess at Rodanthe VISITS RELATIVES Bob Burrus, Jr., of the U. S. Army, stationed to Texas, visited his father R. B. Burrus to Swan Quarter last week. He also visited other relatives throughout Hyde County, including his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Carter of Middletown. HOME ON LEAVE John Willis Spencer of the U. S. Navy is 'Visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Spencer at En gelhard. cuH ^ had been with the Agri- jj torai Department since 1933. assume his n^ew duties at Lost and found columns of '^Hkio newspapers are crowd- ** ed these days. Every time an f American buys a War Bond, the Japs lose face. Buy your 10% every pay day. VISITS MOTHER John Gibbs of the U. S. Army, stationed at 'the University of Maryland, spent the week with his mother, Mrs. S. M. Gibbs, at En gelhard. SUGAR RATION SAME Two new principals assumed their duties in the Dare County school system, when schol reopen ed on January 3 after the holidays. Henry M. Woods, Jr., 'who has a number of years experience as teacher £nd prtocipal, is now prtocipal of the Hatteras school, replacing D. F. Giles, who resigned in December. Miss Eunice Burgess, who has recently 'been teaching at Galli- vant’s Perry, S. C., is prtocipal of 'th Rodanthe school. Other teachers at Rodanthe are Miss Evelyn Midgett and 'Miss Cynthia O’Neal. Toolittle, too late, is as costly to advertising as it is to war! by not laying any eggs or only oc casionaly. “With the present high prices for feed, it is especially de sirable 'to remove from the flock all thtofi undersized, light-weight, and otherwise 'Unthrifty hens,” Brown says. He points out that it is com paratively easy to determine whether a hen is in good laying condition. The comb of the iayto'g hen is bright red and enlarged. The eyes are claer and bright, giv ing the head an appearance of alei’tness. On the other hand, the comb, face and wattles of the n'on-laying hen are shrunken, dry and pale. The entire head appears long and beefy, and the 'eyes are not clear and bright. The low producer is also comparatively inactive and of a wild disposition. Summing up all these points. Brown says 'that the principal things to watch are health, pre sent laying condition, past per formance, and the future i>ossi- bilities as layers or breeders. Un less a hen is healthy and vigorous, she cannot be expected to lay pro fitably. ‘"IMs year it will 'be increasingly hard 'to make good profits from poultry and constant culling is more important than ever before,” Brown says. that many automobiles came into.recently served a lengthy notice ens to every i>ot. Liquor then the county. , of protest to the Board of Com- I only brought five to eight dollars for a five gallon jug. but many operators prospered. With stills hidden away in the rem'Ote swamps where detection was extremely difficult, it was seldom an opera- Catsup About 1,800,000 cases of catsup have 'been made available to civ ilian cosnumers from the govern ment set-aside reserves during the past month. AMERICAN HEROES BY LEFF Sugar rations for home use wOl remain the same for another two and one half months, according to the OPA. Sugar stamp num ber 30 in War Ration Book Pour becomes valid on January 16, and will be good for buying five pounds of sugar 'through the end of March. Su'gar stamp 29, now to use, is good through January 15. RUBBER HEEL PRICES SET Retal ceiling prices of 10 cents and 15 cents a pair on rubber j heels sold to customers who de sire to attach them to shoes to ! their own homes have been estab lished by OPA. LESS PIGS THIS SPRING The USDA forecasts that the sows to farrow 'this coming spring will 'be 16 per cent below 'the rec ord num.ber which farrowed last spring. Ihe increase in fall far- rowings was about one-half the forecast increase of 25 per cent. The South Pacific Aerial Exploits Cross has lieen awarded to First Lt. William P. Campbell, U. S. M. C,, of Minneapolis for his solo hombing attack against five Jap transports and ten destroyers. Wliile ship and shore batteries concentrated all their fire against him, filling the air with flak, he dive-bombed the ship formation, blasted a transport with a direct hit. The War Bond you buy today will help loud honib racks to shatter Jap supply lines. Many folks recall the long slow misedoners, also notified Judge W. trips. Those down to Lake Land- F. Baum of the Recorder’s Court ing township, as well as at Fair- and Mr. Kellogg of his intention field and Sladesville, would take to not vacate the post. “That ac- a day 'to go to Swan Quarter,; tion of the Board of Commission- _ which in 'these times would take ers wa^ like the Jap attack on' ^r was”caught“ Liquw from^'^t much'Of a man's tune considering'China December 7th, and Mr. Kel- Lake achieved great fame on the the numiber of 'trips the average logg has no more right to this job i markets of this and adjoining citizen has to make dealing with than he has to take my house and ! states government agencies. sell it.” Naturally. 'Mr. Kellogg isj The old lure of easy money has Few are 'the men of the past unhappy over 'the viewpoint 'taken 'come back and grabbed the fellows generation who don’t recall pleas- by the nervous and excitable Mr. ^ho remember the lush yiavc ant evenings going buggy riding Russell, and next Tu'esd'ay will proULon -^-hS are gSialS with their girl friends. Soemtimes probably tell the tale as to wheth- getting back 'to old tricks While there would be races; sometimes er Mr. Kellogg is to be 'the object the liquor is bad, it is said to be ■the buggies went siow along the,of the biggest dam'age suit yet:better than the cheap grades now narrow wooded ways. Ihoud were brought 'by Mr. Russell who came! availabie in the State liquor these young men when they drove to Dare County some 12 years ago stores to Church on Sunday night to and 'brought a number of suits, I ' show off their pretty long-skirted the largest 'being his personal suit' belles. It was 'always a pleasure, for $25,000 against Captain Thom- they recall, to help 'their lady as W. Midgett, 87-year-old retired friends in and out of 'the buggy. ;iig-ht keeper, alleging 'the 'aged There was more chivalry then Captain broke up his home, than now-adays when the girls ^ get to and out of the automobiles, most of 'the times, witbou't the as sistance of their escort. HYDE SOLDIER SEES LONG, HARD CONFLICT SCRANTON BOY IN WRECK WEDNESDAY RATION REMINDER Will Be Tried Monday For Reck less Driving; New Holland Man Hurt Lt. Avery Williams of Swan Quart er Thankful To Be Back From Fighting Front WEEK OF JAN. 3-9 Canned Foods Green “D” “E” “F” (Book 4) expire January 20, 1044. Fuel Oil Period “I” coupons good through Lt. Avery Williams, son of Mr. January 3, 199. Period “2” oou- and Mrs. E. A. Williams of Swan P>ns valid through January 24, Quarters, has recently been trans- ' Period “3” coupons valid ferred fro mthe infantry to the air through February 21, 1944. transport section of the Army and i Gasoline has ‘been sent 'to Australia from; coupons expire February 8, New Guenia. ; 194^- Writing home telling his parents! _ . , of the change, the young Army of- , ^ H “O” fleer expresses joy and thankful-! „ ^ expire Ja^ary 1, 1944. ness to get back to more normal' stanips R ‘S’ now ways of living. Part of his letter expire J^uary 29, 1944. follows: I ^ J., , , ■ 18 (Book I) valid indefinite- Pardon the dealy m writing but jy. pi^ne Stamp No. 1 (Book 3) now ■(T.lid. I am back south to Australia. Civilization is wonderful again and I am enjoying it to the fullest. SUG.^ No. 29 (Book 4/ good for five ROSWELL D. GRAY DEAD You ^ould see nie eat all those pounds through January 15, 1944. good foods that I have been doing without for nine months. Itot showers are -grand, too .... 1 “There is a very good chance 1 One of the finest and most that I will remain for leave over neighborly citizens of Salvo, Dane the holidays. They won’t mean County, died Friday 'the 7'th. He a lot but it will at least be a was Roswell DeLosse Gadugan change. One never knows just Gray, husband of Mrs. Frances how to appreciate the ordinary Midgett Gray. He -was a retired things in life ’til they aren’t to be Coast Guardsman and was 75 had. I’ll never complain again, .years old. He was a faithful mem- “Y-ou must 'be in about the cent- ber of the Methodist church and er of your Christmas rush about was known far and wide to ail now. The scarcity of items should his friends es “Dug” and “Cad- affect business considerably. The ugan.” war seems a long way to the end He is survived by one son. Rich- eve nin 'the face of pre.sent victor- ard W. Gray, several grandchil- ies. Many families will be sad be- dren, and step-children. He was fore the end. We have been ex- a brother of the late Mrs. Mis- tremely fortunate.” [souri Midgett of Manteo. Welter H. Jennette of Scarnton posted bond for his a-ppearance .to Hyde County court, Monday, Jan uary 10, on a charge of driving reckless and having no driving permit. Jennette, a member of the Ma rine corjw who was spending some time home during the holidays, ran into a car driven by Dr. Thomas Mann of Engelhard be tween New Holland and Lake Landing, Wednesday, December 29th. Herman Credle of New Hol land, who was riding with Dr. 'Mann, was badly hurt to the acci dent. Dr. Mann received cuts on the face. Those to Jennette’s car were not hurt. According to patrolman C. E. Whitfield, who investigated the wreck, Jenetnte was driving at a rapid rate of speed. The 1938 Buick he was driving skidded 250 feet after it hit Dr. Mann’s 1938 Packard, doing great damage to both cars. RAINS CAUSE HYDE ROADS TO BECOME DEEP IN MUD U. S, Trtasury Department Visit Engelhard Relatives The 'business that neglects to Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Spencer keep its name and product, pres and boys, Hugh and Jerry, of Wil- tige and future policies before the liamsburg, Va., visited Engelhard public runs the risk of being for- relatives last week. gotten. The rains and freezes of the past month have resulted to deep mud on many Hyde County roads. There have been times during the past few weeks when some of the dirt roads have not been so that traffic could go. The Engelhard school closed Monday 'because some of the buses could not make their trip. It plans to open Thinsday, aJnuary 6. NANCY TAYLOR CAHOON Miss Nancy Taylor Cahoon, 89, died Wednesday, December 29i, 1043, at her home at New Lake, Hyde County. Burial was in the Cahoon family cemetery. Sur viving- are one brother Ivey Ca hoon and a sister, Annie Cahoon. She was a devoted member of the Christian church.
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