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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
news of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north CAROLINA
NO. 25
SWAN QUARTER. N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944
^ORTH
Single Copy 5 Cents
CAROLINA LOSES
millions annually by
WASTE OF FOREST FIRES
A STORY THAT
SHOULD INTEREST
ENGELHARD FOLK
‘NO PERSON SHALL
LACK MEDICAL CARE”
Other Towns Build Up Fire
Departments As War
Protection
Engelhard has no fire depart-
In r\ . ’ _,ITT- 1 today and the engine is for
'-'Ur Reg-ion Millions Have Been Wiped sale. The town commissioners have
»rom Farasts Through Destruction Of
^Y^iuber Through Carelessness Of Hunters, few business people who pay most
town taxes
^uodsmen, And Through Lack Of Adequ-
^te Program To Deal With Fires.
6g(. ^^'-y-nine per cent of the for-
,f„ in North Carolina are
according to W. K.
Jtrol • Chief of Forest Fire con-
®lon State. During 1943
|a destroyed upwards of |
Tiler dollars worth of timber. ]
nearly 4,000 fires, and
Ihed 300,000 acres were bur-
llarg More than a million dol-1
tho of timber was destroyed,
before. |
®st for lightning, other for-
huatcould be prevented if
Woodsmen and others
t}(g , i'e more careful. Much of
damage is caused by hunters
News
THEH „
V PaulMallon ^
Ho
come
dianv'"““^ from distant places, |
ous them more or less hilari-
atid
Sort
they get to the woods, ^
Ho have no interest of any j
df th^. the property or the welfare
a livg®*^ depend upon it for
eastern North Carolina
seen many instances
Vjly Tires have stricken large
thgV the tax books, causing
to of the average, citizen
^*®it. to make up the de-
seen valuable tim-
ducy ®Troyed, which reduces pro-
in df lumber and a reduction
ktio^ P'dynient of the people. We
that valuable fur-bearing
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
ILL OF RIGHTS’
iXD U. S. DEMOCRACY
WASHINGTON. — The Roosevelt
icsin which range the wildest reac-
nn in his current program was his
cond Bill of Rights. He listed
ght:
apparently ap
proving. One argument of those
who oppose having adequate pro
tection in the Hyde County metro
polis is that there is no one to
man it in war times, and little use
for it.
1 But while Engelhard sits by do-
I ing nothing about a situation that
! might be taken by an outsider as
' a degenerating spirit, others are
‘ busy building up fire protection—
building it up in war and for civ
ilian defense and post-war protec-
, tion. We re-print here an inspiring
story from the “Civilian Front,”
; Civilian Defense publication, which
I was handed us by Mrs. S. M. Gibbs,
j chairman of Civilian Defense in
' Hyde County, who has been in-
‘ terested in keeping the fire engine
at Engelhard. It follows:
CD Stimulates Establishment Of
I Small Town Fire Groups
I Boston, Mass., — lA “valuable re-
: suit” of Civilian Defense has been
to stimulate small communities to
PLANE OBSERVERS
GIVEN MEDALS
ATENGELHARD
The right to a good job. wage, fair o.uctu lu
rm P“d®' I start fire departments, according
Robbins,
® ^nd other game which
.'■o® people are destroyed.
Cfgj *'^® protection meas-
®®>isid''® ^'together too inadequate,
imroT the value of property
fire t ^®®Pite an occasional
troi a semblance of pa-
breaP^*' little should a fire
regjQ We see annually in our
ever ii>ore destructive than
®xpetim apparent that a greater
der tb ^'^0 prevention un-
eticed ®,?'’'®®tion of trained, experi-
ter^t d ^'^^ters seriously in-
a w: 'o conservation would be i
J*®® investment.
to the general
disce ■ • is apparent to any
of man, we present some
Mr ^observations as quoted from
Sbo(jij®'/^bler’s report, and which
Peopi of vital interest to the
be viA section as well as
only rn'® state. The figures cover
firp „®®®® counties under forest
Light?'"'®"-
foreg(. tlje only cause of a
causpH''*"^ nnder man’s control,
fires , 22 of the total of 3.778
Were Year. Worst offenders
n® smokers, causing 1,215,
onopolies (and foreign cartels), a
cent home, medical care, social
curity, education.
This new Bill of Rights Is not s
ill of new rights. They nlwnyg ex-
ted (with thf posslhls,,exception of
reign cartels, formerly beyond
iclr reach)They exist today.
Every man has a “right" to a good
•)b, home, medical care, and so on.
7# have long had laws for business
-eedom against monopolies, have
imething of a social security sys-
m, and an unequaled educational
ystem.
The only difference of
hich will cause any dispute is
hether the federal government
all furnish them—that is, material
to Col. Howard Robbins, United
States Director, Regi m I, Office of
Civilian Defense, Boston.
Losses Cut Down
“In addition to the large commu
nities, which have increased their
fire protection by adding OCD
equipment and auxiliary firemen,”
said Col. Robbins. “ I find that
many amall-sized places, either
independent municipalities, or sec
tions of large cities and towns,
have organized new volunteer de
partments. For years they have
opinion i been dependent on the bigger com
munities.
“The new facilities have been
obtained by hard local work. As^’a
and directly provide more of . result, fire losses are . being cut
Roosevelt apparently down and an extensive mutual aid
.-Presentations To Be Made In
Meeting at High School
Next Thursday Night
A .meeting of airplane observer
of the Engelhard Observatio" '^e, ■
will be held in the Engel'-a
school auditorium next Thurf, .’av
evening for the purpose of p-e- ^
senting pins to those people -‘. h >
have helped man the post s'r.et
Pearl Harbor.
All observers are urged to "t-
tend the meeting and the pub'Mc
is invited to be present also "”'o
presentation of' the pins wiB b’
made by an officer of the Ground
Section of the Army Air Corps. An
interesting movie, “The Battle o’
Britain,” will be shown.
S-Sgt. Charles Lehner of Nor
folk, who visited the post recently,
stated that he would like to see a
large crowd out at the meeting.
Mrs. S. M. Gibbs is helping with
I the arrangements for the program.
I Some local leaders including May-
North Carolina shall la^k adequte I ^ Long and Chief (Dbserver
hospital care or medicat treatment i ' L'Ox are expected to be pres-
by reason of poverty-yg low in
come.” The Governor^strikes a
high note bv reason of ^s concern
ople and
FARM LABOR SHORTAGE TO
BECOME MUCH MORE ACUTE
BECAUSE OF DRAFT ORDER
GOVERNOR J. M. ^ROUGH-
TON who says pf a rfcent prog
ram submitted the Uifeersity in
connection with a report*of a com
mittee of eight eminent North Car
olina physicians: “No jierson in
! ent.
for the welfare of all
his influence behind thi
for the training of more
home, and aid for need;
will go a long way to
ter state.
program
doctors at
afflicted
rd a ,bet-
'.em, as Mr.
ishes. j network has been built up. This
Formerly, the working theory of , jjg Qj,e of the most valuable
lis democracy was that each man
aould be given the opportunity to
I'ovide them for himself—that is. to
arn enough to pay for his home
ledical care, and so on.
Here now, planning for a fresh
art at the end of the war, the ques-
on must arise as to which of these
mrses is best to follow—not just
’st politically, but what is most
'■actical.
If Mr. Roosevelt is going to un-
ertake in peacetime to have the
oderal government itself furnish
ach man each job, fix his wages,
ix his farm price, build his home,
rovide his medical care and direct
lis education—as is being done now
n wartime—this nation wiU be to-
atid
next
sing 7T,'' ''-®7e debris burners, cau-
were of incendiary
467. n^2>' campers and hunters,
and’ ^.'L-oads, 214; lumbering, 86;
iscellaneous causes, 348.
Qf ,, Slight Decrease
®’’' 188 R 2^2,656 acres burned ov-
rnen„L were of young growth,
land 97*'^Lle timber 86,447; open
OOo ’ '’239. This was about 200,-
the r, ^®®® Ilian burned over
^previous year.
the area under State
acres Hout 12,500.000
acres f®" state’s 18,40,0,000
in acested area, has increased
area h"" y®ars, the percentage of
ed, steadily decreas-
Sress ^ true sign of pro-
trol n state’s forest fire con-
Was during the last year
r, “ HnancpH I0 1.. v.. j
alitarian, not democratic.
\ FEW POINTED QUESTIONS
But that is an academic argument,
wen though it is the most decisive
focal point of all questions today.
POULTRY SCHOOL
IN HYDE MONDAY
WELL ATTENDED
State College Specialists Were
On Program; Prizes Given
For Best Eggs
Approximately 50 farm people
attended the one-day poultry
school in the Agriculture building
in Swan Quarter Monday and coun
ty farm officials were weJl pleasr
ed with the results of their first
efforts to hold a school of that
kind.
Four State College specialists
were present and gave interesting
talks. C. F. Parrish, extension
poultry specialist, had charge of
the meeting. He spoke on “The 10
Major Points in Successful Poultry
Production.’
Dr. Roy pearstyne of the col
lege spoke on “Feeds and Feed
ing.” “Marketing” was the topic
of T. T. Brown and C. J. Maupin
talked on “Breeding Better
Chicks.”
A program of questions and an
swers was held during the after-
Observers of the Engelhard post
include people of Nebraska and
Middletown and other nearby
communities.
NEBRASKA HOME
CLUB GETS OFF
GOOD START 1944
I'^'^nty
anced largely by State and
figure out for himself is:
Will it be better for him that way?
Will the common man, the average
citizen, get more out of it? Will he
get more by having the federal gov
ernment provide all these things
(Continued on page 4)
NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
BACK FROM PACIFIC WAR
Ray Mitchell Spencer, U. S.!
^®'lem'i f appropriations, and by -v^ar.
Nary 1 under the Clarke Mc-
®®tit iw extent of 31 per
Atte J®™rerly was 50 per cent, i
of called to the rise
Of Carolina in the matter
®d fj, *^®®*'Lof-protected-area-bum-
em place among south-
a stroif"®^ August 1941 to
Ust thirt position as of Aug-
able ,L-i&ures thus far avail-
true f that this will prove
In d V’'® y®ar.
1943 ^nd cents the year
ed S02., forest fires destroy-
Potenti ’1 Worth of products and
against
ed at ’ j‘. record was achiev-
®'I Pero *''®^'I'7antage as to train-
.®H®L as the armed servi-
' ®d som ™2'L®r wages have claim-
®ontirai® tl- staff. In order to
the Duhi- ^'’O'l performance,
Possible'' have to lend every
Product *^°®P®rntion to save wood
stated n '}®®Ied for war purposes,
Lws- ®*®hler. His program fol-
BEER YIELDS EIGHT
MILLIONS IN TAXES
contributions of Civilian Defense
, to the post-war period.”
j In praising the fire organization
.throughout New England, Colonel
' Robbins mentioned as a particular'
example the Pinardville section of
Manchester, N. H., which is typical
of.v'scores of smaller places.
According to local authorities,
Pinardville has a fire department
all its own because the people
themselves had an ambitious and
never-say-die attitude. In the past
the Manchesteter Fire Dept, has - „ , .
had to run several miles to fires j noon with the farm folks asking
in the Pinardville section. j questions and the specialist an-
With no municipal funds avail- swering.
able, several thousands of dollars The program began at 10 o’-
were raised at parties and bazaars clock in the morning and continued
to buy materials, and volunteers' through 3:30. Members of the
erected a one-story fire house. Un-1 Swan Quarter Home Club sold dm-
able to secure priorities the people | ner at the scene of the meeting.
Prizes were awarded for the
best white and brown eggs exhib
ited. There were 17 entries. E. K.
Mann of Swan Quarter won first
prize, a bag of feed donated by A.
Gaboon’s FCX agency, for best
dozen white eggs, W. E. Nobles of
Scranton won second prize of 50
baby chicks given by Johnson Mc-
Keel Hatchery, Belhaven.
Mrs. S. W. Weston of Swan
Quarter won first prize for best
dozen brown eggs and was given a
bag of feed, donated by J. D. Daw
son Co. Mrs. J. E. Bonner of Swan
Quarter took second place in this
contest and was awarded 50 baby
chicks from Johnson-McKeel’s Hat
chery. A special prize was awar
ded to Mrs. E. E. Hodges of Rose
Bay for having more poultry on
the farm than any other farm rep
resented at the meeting. She was
given a two gallon water fountain,
donated by Voliva Hardware Com
pany.
- bought a second-hand truck and
What the citizen now will want to , had it converted into a first-class
piece of apparatus
The Pinardville department has
20 volunteers, with Leo Courchesne
as acting chief. Men were trained
by experienced firemen.
HYDE GIRL MAKES HONOR
ROLL AT MARS HILL
Mars Hill, Feb. 18.—The name
of Miss Mary Elizabeth Mason,
daughter of J. R. Mason, of Swan
Quarter, appears on the second
honor roll released at Mars Hill
college recently.
To be eligible for the second ho
nor roll one must make a grade
,, • i u 1 c tv, r>„ of C or above on all credit courses
Navy just back from the Pacific
, has been visiting relatives at ^^^olled
Scranton.
at the college
during the fall semester 39 made
the first honor roll and 99 made
the second.
LAY MEETINGS HELD IN
SWAN GUARTER CHARGE
Has One New Member At
First Meeting; Reports
Many Projects
The Nebraska Home Demonstra
tion club had its first meeting of
the new year Wednesday, February
16, at the club house with 18 mem
bers and 1 new member present.
A pair of pillow slips and $1.40
were contributed to the Loan Kit
sponsored by the club.
$3.00 was given in defense
stamps for the club’s album which
is almost enou-gh for a“$60.00 hhnd
A $100.00 bond has already been
purchased.
The club is sponsoring a letter
box for the boys in service from
the Nebraska community,
“Gaidening” was the study of
the month which was very interest
ing in the way Miss Roach pre
sented it.
Mrs. Preston Mooney, Garden
Leader, during the recreational
part of the meeting led a skit as
sisted with 9 other members on
“Growing Vegetables,’ which was
enjoyed immensely.
The club enjoyed tasty refresh
ments served by the hostess, Mrs.
Bessie Boomer.
One Half Of Farm Deferred Mein In Hyde
County Expected To Be Called For Service
Unless Rulmg Relaxed; Many Acres Of
Farm Lands Will Become Idle As The Re
sult.
CLUB MEMBERS
Demonstrations And Talks
All Center On Topic
Of Gardening
The Fairfield 4-H club presented
a team demonstration on “Growing
Vegetables for Transplanting” at
the Fairfield Home Demonstration
club meeting held Thursday, Feb
ruary 17.
4-H members putting on demon
strations were Lydia Midyette,
Jean Cuthrell, Evelyn Clark, Cur
tis Blake and Gene Midyette. They
showed container, how to mix soil
for best plant bed, planting the
seed in rows, how to water bed
correctly, the thinning of plants
and how to transplant correctly.
An informal discussion on “The
1944 Victory Garden” was led by
Miss Iberia Roach, home agent.
This was very timely, since many
interesting findings were released
FAIRFIELD 4-HERS I The shortage of farm labor on
ti’XTT'U'T^'T'A TXT UTTA/TIT' iHy*!® County farms is slated to be-
CilN X liirv X iAliN XlY/iVlXIj jcome more acute shortly because of
a new directive issued from Na
tional Selective Service headquar
ters making it necessary for farm
workers eligible for military ser
vice to produce 16 farm units, ra
ther than 12, which has been the
yardstick in the county, for farm
deferments. It is feared that many
acres will remain idle because of
the new ruling.
The county farm office estima
ted Monday that about 50 per cent
of the approximately 250 farm
workers deferred would fail to
meet the requirements. This would
mean a loss of 124 farm workers
from the county, many of them op
erators. The figures were arrived
at by taking 26 records from the
list on file in the farm office and
checking them. It revealed that
half the number had 16 or more
luiits, while the other half did not.
Unless some relaxing of the or
der is possible, there will be hund
reds of idle acres in Hyde Co., this
year and production goals will not
form experiment station and re- j be met. They cannot be met with
ported which should be very profit- , an inadequate labor supply. It was
able to the 1944 gardeners. 'stated that the county %ir jBomd
A very appropriate, deyotional ■ would attempt to get relief,
was given by Mrs. Franklin Mid- ^ ipjjg directive came just as many
yette. ^ _ farmers were beginning the new
During the recreational hwr, the year. They had assumed deferment
garden leader, Mrs. (Juy Cutrell, basis of producing 12 units,
led a playlet on “Growing some of jj^d made efforts to increase
our common vegetables, ’ in which tjjeir production to get deferred at
ten women represented vegetables
and an attractive set of animated
vegetable charts were used also.
The club made a generous con
tribution to the Friendship chain,
for the women across the sea.
The hostess, Mrs. Franklin Mid
yette and Mrs. Frank Young, ser\’-
ed delicious grape juice and
cakes.
LIBERAL SHOTGUN SHELLS
PROMISED FALL HUNTERS
RATION
REMINDER
It may not come true, but
sounds good to local hunters who
paid $6 a box for shells this win
ter, but the following article print
ed in many papers under a Wash- they are bothered with red tape ar. ,i
ington date-line speaks for itself: fooled about until their work is
Liberal supplies of ammunition for hampered,
shotguns, rifles and other sms’ll
the request of farm officials. They
spent money and made plans which
they would not have done had they
knoven that a few weeks later they
would have been asked to do an
impossible task. There would have
been no use.
This group of small farmers is
hard hit by the ill-timed directive.
Many of them will be drafted ow
ing debts and landowners wdll be
left without tenants because some
where down the line of officialdom
someone blundered. Many farmers
today don’t know what to do. On
one hand they are told their wor’K
is vital to the war effort in produc
ing food and on the other hard
North Carolina’s beer industry
paid $8,077,438.24in Federal, State ,
and local taxes in 1943, according A number of Lay meetups have
to figures compiled by the Brewing been held in the Swan Quarter-
Indusry Foundation’s North Caro-, Fairfield Methodist charge recent-
llna Committee. i’V ^'^^hne principal of
The Federal Government collect- the Swan Quarter school speaking,
ed $5,148,474.58 in barrel and li-,Meetings have been held at Fair-
cense taxes; the State $2,773,963.66 I field, Epworth, and Providence
in crown, lid and license taxes; and churches. D. L. Berry of Swan
local units $155,000 in license fees. Quarter is charge Lay leader. Rev.
ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE
Mrs. J. W. Miller entertained at
C. W. Guthrie is pastor.
GIBBS - GIBBS
Miss Alma Gibbs, daughter of
doi
'arniers
and Ranchers: Before
^'^®h or pasture bum-
turn to page 4)
bridge on Thursday night of last Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibbs, of Rhod-
week in honor of her mother, Mrs. ^ ersville, and Edgar Gibbs, son of
Oscar Aichel. | Harvey Gibbs of Rhodersville, were
— ! quietly married Friday night, Feb-
Every soldier requires 250 ruary 18, at the home of Walter P.
pounds of cotton, or about 10 times Armstrong. They will make their
what the average civilian wears, home with Mr. Gibbs’ father in
“King cotton has gone to war.” Rhodersville.
WAR TIMBER
NEEDS CONTINUE
Contrary to public opinion, the
war needs for forest products have
not decreased since military hous
ing requirements in this county
have been largely met. The need
for forest products in munitions,
aircraft, ships, trucks and many
others of the 1200 w^ar uses for
wood have materiallv increased be
yond what was required last year.
The three major forest products
produced in this area are lumber,
pulpwood and versa’-. All three
play a vital part ir the war effort.
Timber owners pad orerators,
wishing to aid in inere-’sirg the
current production, e'-n g^t infor
mation and advice the near
est County Agent, Federal or State
Forester.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
Gasoline—In 17 East Coast
states A-9 coupons are good
through May 8. In states outside
the East Coast area A-10 coupons
are good through March 21.
Tire Inspection—For A coupon
holders, deadline is March 31. For
B and C coupon holders, deadline
is February 28.
Sugar — Stamp No. 30 in Book
Four is good for five pounds
through March 31. Stamp No. 40 in
Book Four is good for five pounds
of canning sugar through February
28, 1945.
Shoes — Stamp No. 18 in Book
One is good for one pair. Stamp
No. 1 on the airplane sheet in Book
Three is good for one pair.
Fuel Oil — Period 4 coupons are
good through September 30.
Meats, ats—Spare stamp No. 3
n Book Four is good for five
points worth of pork (except lard)
and all types of sausages through
February 26. Brown stamps V, W,
and X in Book Three are good
February 26. Brown stamps Y and
Z are good through March 20. Red
10-point stamps A8, B8, and C8 in
Book Four are good February 27
through May 20. Waste kitchen
fats are redeemed at two ration
points plus four cents a pound.
Processed Foods—Green Stamps
K, L, and M are good through
March 20. Blue 10-point stamps
A8, B8, C8, D8, and E8 in 00k Four
are good February 27 through May
20.
Income Tax—Deadline for filing
returns. March 15. Earlier filing is
desirable.
arms will soon be made available
' to civilians and by next fall, when
the hunting seasons open, the am
munition supply situation nearly
will have reached a peace-time ba
sis, it was learned today. Since
early in the war shells and cart
ridges for civilian use have been
sharply curtailed.
Officials of the War Production
Under the new ruling local
boards w-ill first go t^irough the
list of registrants in Class 2-C in
sequence of order numbers. Those
who remain eligible for deferment
will remain in this class which is
deferred solely because of farm
work. Classifications remain for 6
months oh less and then are re-
view-ed.
When a local board has reviewed
Board explained that the big three all its 2-C men, it will start on
—Winchester, Remington and Fed- Class 3-C, which consists of men
eral Cartridge Companies — have deferred not only for agriculture
produced such a big supply of am- but also because of having depend-
munition for the armed services ents. This Class, in the seouenre of
that cutbacks in military orders order numbers, -will be liquidated
are soon to be inevitable.
In order the keep these plants
running—and to be ready to turn
out more ammunition for w-ar pur
poses, if needed—the Ofice of Civ
ilian Requirements and the War
Department are preparing a pro
gram for continuation of manufac
ture, but the product may be di
verted into civilian channels.
This means, officials said, that
altogether, in the same manner as
Class 3 - A, because dependency is
no longer a ground for deferment.
Those in 3-C who can still qualify
for a farm deferment will be put in
2-C.
SLADESVILLE SCHOOL HELD
CONTEST DURING POLIO DR.
The Sladesville school raised
the farmers throughout* the coun-, ^41.16 during the recent infantile
HOSTESSES TO BOOK CLUB
Misses Blanch Tuten and Mar
garet Silverthorne were hostesses
to the Engelhard Book chib at its j chel Equils at Swan Quarter.
try can soon count on having ade
quate supplies of ammunition to
shoot wolves and other predatory
animals and birds that prey on
their livestock and crops.
Informed officials said that sup
plies should begin reaching deal
ers in the Mid-West within sixty
days. Virtually the entire output
for the next four or five months
will be sent into the seventeen-
paralysis drive, which was much
more than had ever been raised by
the school before. The ^tudents
worked hard. They were divided
into two groups, ne was called the
Blues and the other the Reds. The
Blues won.
SLADESVILE 4 - H NEWS
The Sladesville 4-H club met on
, , , , ..Friday, February 1. The following
state area between the Mississippi part on the program: Sallie
River and the Rocky Mountains.
It was said that enough ammu
nition will be available to Eastern
hunters by the time the season
opens to care for their needs.
RETURNED TO CAMP
Sgt. Andrew J., Equils has re
turned to Camp Rucker, Ala., af
ter visiting his father, George Equ
ils at Scranton, and his sister, Ra-
He
monthly meeting last Thursday! visited his brother. Pvt. James E.
night at the home of Miss Silver- Equils, stationed at Pt. Jackson, S.
thome. C., on his way back to camp.
Blane Credle, Billie Fordisque,
Katherine Credle, Mary Fisher,
Connie Midgette, Doris Sawyer,
Glen Sparrow, Jack Credle. Milton
Hyde, Frank Fortisqtiee. Lemmio
Dell Garrish, Willie O’Neal and
Clyde Silverthorne. (Reported by
Mary Fisher.
HOME CLUBBERS TO MEET
The Engelhard Home Makers
club will meet next Wednesday af
ternoon at the Town Hall. All
members are urged to attend and
visitors are welcomed.
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