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■iT, lii4S i'-- THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD News of the richest agricultural county in the foremost historical and recreational area of north Carolina PLEDGES AID FOR RETURNING WAR VETERANS No. 33 P^IOR-SENIOR *^anquet held ENGELHARD 'Jeanl x '-'Jfich Room Was tifuly Decorated With spring Flowers s of the Engelhard t)j entertained the seniors ''stiiti lunch room Friday (jj, A.pril 14th. The room had ’riti ^^'^tifully decorated with ^ .. _ tjjp ,^^0''’ers. The banquet "'as, service men heard addres liei- tu °f a spring festival ra- ®an the SWAN QUARTER, N. C„ THRUSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944 Single Copy 5 Cents Photogenic Elephant Cherry Tells Robeson Legion-j naires Mistakes of Last | War Must Be Avoided i The annual barbecue and rally' for Robeson county veterans of; World Wars one and two was held i in Lumberton, the county seat Thursday night, when several LABOR SHORTAGE NOT HELPED BY JUMPING WAGES [fg the conventional type. • ' ’^hice Credle, junior sponsor, '''otk toward making the a success. decorations were be- nj y Arranged spring flowers nd lai y®iiow cards ce and green tapers. The regg were miniature dolls hegg the junior class 'colors. ®te attractive and '*>6 m ^ handiwork of the juniors, hitp which were green and ouj. were laid for forty- ‘'ith thenu was in keeping time and consisted of :hicC^ cocktail, fried spring heed k’ peas in potato nests, H h lettuce, pineapple sal- butter, iced tea. The mints. Qiarl of ceremonies was Lindburg Burrus who wel- 'vag ^he guests. The invocation Bro^.^*^°”ounced by Rev. J. T. tiofg ■ ^he junior toast to the se- and given by Marjorie Gibbs dell i?®P''*’'led to by Evelyn Swin- i’^tior e class president. The Sver ,‘°^st to the faculty was Hilda Ruth Pugh and the Was by Mrs. Brown. were a part of Pnng festival in their unique ■ 'hhe We ses by Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, i candidate for governor, and Judge! John J. Burney of Wilmington. | The speakers discussed matters | of interest to the former soldiers. | Henry A. McKinnon of Lumberton | presided over the rally. “The needs of the men, now in I uniform, when they return to their homes will have the first call on t the minds and resources of North ' Carolina and its government,” Mr. Cherry told the county-wide group. “I know the problems of the men who came home from World War, one to walk the streets and look j for jobs. That must not happen again.” Mr. Cherry fought in France as captain of a machine gun com pany World War one. He pledged himself to th^ Robeson veterans to give sympathetic attention to the needs of their comrades of the present war. “The state must see that these men have every oppor tunity to take their place in civil life, with their full share of self- respect and all opportunitv of gainful occupation,” the candidate for governor added. Woodard Talks About Farm Labor Situation; Crop Outlook Given 'vej.g yellow and green. They from the ninth grade and 'e . * bafk'. Pearce Midgette, Mary >s r,;Kk„ imogene McKinney, Jesh‘o Hibbs Selb- y> June Neal and Lessie “ason. ■ inte(irt„!'l'"Hed guests were Super- J. -Pdent Brow N. W. Shelton, Rev the bigh school faculty and )!Hes cal committeemen and their uajiig m'"' Mrs. Calvin Wil- and ^rid Mrs. Al. Schmitt tiey c. and Mrs. Junius McKin- all feast of good things, .. to ‘•iiiinho ” klne-swed mascot of a unit of the Indian air force, poked his naXdermi”p^ofife i^;io this picture at a jungie airfieid in Burma. Elenhant took advantage to insert his pictoriai presence while camera- S was trying for a shot of the Vultee Vengeances and Hurricanes of the lAF in backgroimd. The farm labor program for Hyde county in 1944 will be very similar to that of 1943 it was st.i.t ■ ed this week by county agent .J P. Woodard. No a d d i t i o n a labor other than what is alrea ' in the county will be available The farm agent said that by shifting workers from one section, of the county to another during peak labor periods it is reasonable ! to expect that such crops as pota toes and cotton will be harvested. Chopping various crops will pose a j problem, he thinks and his advice is to cultivate the crop in such a I manner that chopping will be held 1 to a minimum. ' “Last year labor in Hyde county ! was short and this year it will be ! at least 10 per cent shorter," said 1 Mr. Woodard. “There will not be enough workers to get every job ; done the day every farmer would j want it done,” he continued. 1 He went on: “Bidding against : one anothers neighbor or of jump ing prices is certainly not going to make any more labor available. In many instances, it will make less. CONTESTS DEVELOP FOR HYDE ASSEMBLY SEAT AND RECORDER’S JUDGE P. D. Midgette of Engelhard aind Clifton Bell of Swan Quarter Seek to Represeint County; Fisher and Respess Out For Recorder’s Judge. ABC OFFICERS CAPTURE NEW LAKE still Raids Friday Net Officers 2 Illegal Whiskey Manu facturing Plants A 50-gallon oil drum-type still j was captured in the New Lake sec-1 tion of Hyde county Friday after noon by State and Beaufort Coun-} ty ABC officials a few hours after they had captured a similar whis key-making outfit in Beaufort Contests developed for only two of the nine posts up for nomina tion in the May 27 Democratic primary in Hyde County. P. D. Midgette, Jr., of Engelhard and Clifton Bell of Swan Quarter seek the Assembly seat and E. S. Fish er, incumbent, of Sladesville and John C. Respess of Engelhard are in the race for Recorder’s Judge. No race developed for seats on the Board of County Commissioners, the Board of Education or Coroner. The only contest that promises any interest at all is that for re presentative. Both of the candi- mash was found at both stills. No ^ . , , , , ., . . one was apprehended in connection Labor should be paid a fair wag operation of either of the County, just over the Hyde County | dates are well known and a lively 1 campaign may develop. It is Approximately 150 gallons of'thought by many political obser- ■ ' ’ possi- RATION REMINDER WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION GETS JOBS FOR 4 - F’S Few Have To Leave Home to Get Into Essential Work; Jobs Listed The Editors Column Airplane stamp 2 becomes good May 1 and remains good indefi nitely. Veterans Quickly Find Jobs Of the 11,516 veterans who ap plied for jobs, 6,361 found work immediately during a demonstra tion program opened in January by the U. S. Employment Service, the War Manpower Commission announced. This service for veter- ill be continued and expand ^ollv I'"" gvmnasium for a | ans w ^ &ood time. ed to USES local offices through- SCRnP''" SWAN QUARTER «UOL, THURSDAY, APRIL 27 Swaj* I'^uior and senior classes of pigg Quarter High school will farce “Here Comes Charlie,” a Tobia °!”®dy in three acts by Jay the Swan Quarter school Thursday evening, fCp '> 1944 at 8:30 p. m. Nel()„ H'.^racters in the play are Harin Maurice Berry, Hugg Wheeler, Bill Carawan, dy IVt “f^ke, Coleen Harris, Gra- H’Neal, Blandina Credle, ® Sadler, and Roy Swindell, ’’“lyn directed by Mrs. Ca- S. Harris. Cetues Charlie” was sche- hoive given in December, favoj.'^f’ to sickness and un- datg ® "'eather conditions the ed P^'esentation was postpon- Thur,^®? mind the new date—* April 27, at 8:30 p. m. op SWAN QUARTER ' dies in FENTRESS, VA. Wallace Carawan, 59, Robbie Carawan of honip •'^^Her, passed away at his Wed- tittle, been ill a long Hr Or, the late 'Van vi. Monetta Alcox Cara- f'ad 'tv,„^* ^ native of Lowlands. He out the country, where veterans will be permitted to “shop around’ before deciding on a job. Job op- ortunities for physically handi capped veterans from this war will be better than they were for the Hundreds of young men in 4-F classification have applied to lo cal offices of the United States Employment Service of the War Manpower commission during the past two weeks and have been placed in war essential or locally needed activities. Dr. J. S. Dorton, State MC director, announces. Many of the 4F applicants at the local employment offices are al ready in essential work and con tact employment to make certain that their jobs are contributing to the war effort. Many others were either not at work at all or were in less essen tial jobs. These were referred to vital war jobs or jobs in locally needed activities. handicapped veterans of the lastj Again, Dr. Dorton reminds that • . • war, in the opinion of MfMC, based practically every 4F not in essen- ” ^ work can be placed in his own ® er vne community, and only rarely will it be necessary to be sent any great but if farmers have to give all their crop is worth to get it work ed and harvested, then it may be better to use less labor and to work and cooperate fully with one another.” It was announced that H. G. Gu thrie, principal of the Swan Quar ter high school, has been appoint ed to assist with the labor prog ram again this year during the summer months. Programs simi lar to those used,during the pota to and cotton harvesting season las year will be used again. There are scores of questions, A^^y farmer who has acute labor that run through an editor’s mind problems or any community or just before press time. Right now neighborhood with such problems my mind is full of them, because should report them to the countv the make-up man is putting the agent’s office. Every effort possi- type in the forms. It is Wednesday ble will be made to help in seeing I afternoon. The paper will be put that labor is made available. “to bed” topight Tomorrow mom-. Crop Prospects representatives ing it will be printed. { The crop production outlook SOME THOUGHTS JUST BEFORE TIME TO GO TO PRESS. vers, however, that such a bility will not materialize. Mr. Midgette is a successful outfits. I Engelhard bussinessman and out- The New Lake jtill was located i standing civic and community about six miles frdm highway 264, [ leader. Became to Hyde County near what is known as Bull Ridge, in 1935 and established the Pam- It was not operating when officers ]ico jee & Light Company and its found it. Officers making the raids Fri day were Mr. Berry, State ABC officer, and Roy O’Neal and Wal ter Stowe, Beaufort County ABC officers. Patrolman C. E. Whit field assisted in the investigations. growth and success is inspiration, al. A graduate of Trinity College, now Duke University, Mr. Mid gette graduated in business admin istration. He later studied elec trical engineering under VEP en gineers. He taught school, did newspaper work and was employ ed awhile with utility compan ies before he started in business for himself in Hyde County with the aid of outside capital Mr. Midgette is a native of Wan- chese. Dare county. He The Distinguished Merit Badge jg married and has four children. DISTINGUISHED MERIT BADGE FOR HYDE BOY Sgt. F. B. Gibbs, of Engelhard, Cit ed For Bravery in Romanian Raid Some of the questions that are compared with my mind right now are: Are the Hyde farm on recent studies. Placements of handicapped workers in 1943 were approximately seven times the the home in Virginia for py ^ 24 years. details could not be ob- Survi newspaper Saturday. ®'*'® two daughters, 4 three brothers. AMOUNT COLLECTED tN N. C. BEER TAXES number placed in 1940. A large distance from his home. He also re proportion of the physically handi- peats that essential industries in- capped require only careful job j elude most textile mills; logging, lumbering and pulp wood produc ing; tanning and leather work; iron foundries, woodworking and construction; farming, food pro cessing, fertilizer and farm ma chinery producing, mica mining; and such services as public utili ties, transportation, communi cation, including pub lication, schools, hospitals, health, and welfare services, repairs and renovations of many essential items, such as automobiles, shoes and clothing, and others. This heavy registration of 4F’s is the result of discussions in Washington of the possibility of legislation designed to place all 4F’s not in essential industry into some kind of labor corps, to sure the young men so classed will be contributing to the war effort. In an effort to avoid such leg islation, War Manpower Commis sion and Selective Service officials are urging all 4F’s to get into es sential employment. Dr. Dorton advises them to visit the USES of fices or contact the itinerant rep resentatives of these offices, or to write any WMC area director who ill put them in touch with a Man- Th —- beer tav^'^® ®oHected $781,364.11 in 1944 an first quarter of V thg to figures compiled \r *'®"’'og Industry Founda- Carolina committee. $240 months amounted H4.68 ’p^p8 January; $287,- Harcb r^'^ary and $251,493.05 !®ctiong totals included col- '’’Huditi sources on beer ^'®®nses^ liJ taxes and placement. Veterans will be hired in OPA offices and boards through out the country as rapidly as va cancies occur. About 2,500 vacan cies occur each month. New Shoe Stamp Announced Beginning May first. Airplane Stamp 2 in War Ration Book 3 may be used for buying one pair of rationed shoes, OPA announced. The new stamp and airplane stamp 1 will be good indefinitely. Stamp 18 in Book One will expire April 30. From May 1 through May 20, childrens’ low-priced shoes (max imum $1.60 per pair) in sizes 8 1-2 through 12, ad misses ’ and little boys’ shoes in sizes 12 1-2 through 3 will be rationfree. In 1943 sales of civilian rationed shoes exceeded production by more than 53 mil lion pairs, which made it necessary late last year to decrease the number of shoes available to civil ians. More Articles For Farmers Of approximately 3,000 farmers interviewed in a recent survey, nearly half reported they had no trouble in buying any item on a list of 43 essential articles—rang ing from flashlight batteries to cream separators, WPB announc ed. As a result of production prog rams previously approved by WPB’s Office of Civilian Require ments, supplies of the following items have been increased: flash light fence control and ignition batteries: “crescent” and monkey wrenches; grease guns; hand drills; floor brooders; and cream separators. In addition, farmers are now permitted to borrow en gine and tractor fuel storage tanks from their petroleum suppliers. 1943 as given by agent is as fol- all of the stories in? Don’t we need lows: editorials? What will we write Corn, 10 per cent higher; Beans, them on this week ? Are all the ads same; cotton, 15 per cent less; listed on the ad sheet which I gave potaoes, 65 per cent less; small the printer this morning? These grains, 25 per cent less; hogs, .50 an many more questions are on my per cent less; hens, 25 per cent !less; and broilers, 50 per cent less. The intertype machine is ticking The late season, due to the rains; away as it methodically drops its shortage of gasoline, hampering letters that make the impressions operations and the labor shortage in the hot lead. The saw where are all factors that lead to the the cuts are being trimmed is buz- prospects of decreased farm pro- zing. The typewriter on which I duction in Hyde county during am writing this column seems to 1944. be loud. Maybe it is my nerves. | It is difficult to edit a paper 50 ^ SGT. LEGHNER URGES miles from the plant where it is, CONTINUED COOPERATION printed. That is what I have done j for nearly four years. This week, Staff Sgt. Charles Leghner of has been awarded to Tech. Sergt. F. B. Gibbs, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gibbs, of Engelhard, formerly of Back Bay, Princess Anne county, and brother of How ard E. Gibbs, Oceana, Va. The award was authorized for his being a member of an organization cited Two of his sons are serving in the’ armed services 1 Mr. Bell, member of a promin ent Hyde County family, widely known in county political circles. .He has held several elective offi ces. Mr. Bell is of the a graduate for outstanding performance of University of North Carolina Law duty in action on the famous Plo- school. He has been practicing law esti, Rumania, oil refinery raid. , in Hyde County since graduation. Sergeant Gibbs, or “Gibby” as he except for the time he was in the is known to his friends, is a tall Army. He served in the assembly banners ^^^^NERS asidg been asked to set ^®ar’s uses as com- ®®”^ year. ^*■6 neej better Victory gardens ®®®ed this year. my. A graduate of Creeds high school in 1938, he was employed by the Ford Plant in Norfolk prior to entering the service in July 1941. He attended AAf schools in Den ver, Colo., and Las Vegas, Nevada, prior to leaving for overseas duty last August. I have done most of the work in the U. S. Army Air Forces, Ground Manteo. Mr. and Mrs. Meekins are Observation Corps, Norfolk, Va., away and I had to get out the Dare was in Hyde county last week vis- County Times. There are equally iting observation posts. He dropped as many problems in the print by The Herald office to speak to shop, and more, too. | the editor, a friend and former ’" * * * 1 student in aircraft recognition. It has been a auiet week for a ■ Sgt. Leghner said that he was news hound around Hyde and Dare. ^ happy to say that the post in Hyde But the bulletins that comes in county are doing fine, but in or- some of the national disnatches der to maintain them at top effi- SUGAR REGLLATION tell of, great happenings. It seems cency he felt that “the cooperator . FOR SERVICEMEN HOME that evervthing is setOng-un for of all red-blooded Americans, not' make "'orldshaking events. The impres- half-hearted trying, was needed.” [ Servicemen on furlough will get sion one gets observing the news ' is that we are on the eve of the invajsion of Europe. Will Germany _ _ _ i meals at home, Theodore S. Joli- gunner with a B-24 Liberator bom bardment squadron in Italy. He was awarded in November the DFC and the Purple Heart for par ticipation in a raid on a Messers- chmidt assembly plant in Wiener- Neutadt, Austria, and previously was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster for complet- in 1921 and served two terms a.s Clerk of the Superior Court from 1927-1935. A veteran of the first WorM War, Mr. Bell saw service over seas. He has not been active in community life in recent years, al though he has served as chairman of the Democratic executive com ing ten missions against the ene- mittee. crack if Allied armies make a sue- | cessful land ing or will there be; battles until Berlin is reached? Would that be an editorial topic John C. Respass, Justice of the Peace in Lake Landing township, is attempting to ouse Judge E. S. Fisher, incumbent, of Sladesville for Recorder’s Judge. Mr. Fisher has held the post for one term, and part of an unexpired term and before that time was a Jus tice of the Peace in Currituck township. Mr. Respess was a can didate in 1940. A. L. Cuthrell of Fairfield. J. S. Mason of Swan Quarter and Ed Berry of New Holland were unon- I. x- • -it posed for County Commissioners, I their sugar rations m units of one j hard. Geo. Cuthrell of Fairfield, and Forrest Sears of Sladesville ALL HYDE MEN UNDER 26 PUT IN CLASS 1--4 ! basis of 1-4 pound for every nine All Hydecounty men under 26,1 son, district director of the Ra- not previously examined, have ‘ leigh Office of Price Administra- been put in 1-A and will be called, tion, announced. this week ? Something local would physical examination, it was j Reason of the change, he ex- be better. j learned this week from the draft' plained, is primarily that service * * * * _ I office. This includes those engaged men have found it difficult to buy j The newspapers are playing a jjj farming. , I sugar in smaller amounts than one great part in the national life in, young men is not! pound. In adiition, handling of Dower Recruiting Officer, if thev America, and this includes the glowing the induction of men up to ! certificates for quarter-pounds of are not sure they are in essential country newspapers. They are im- 3,7 engaged in essen- employment. portant, and the job of editing ajid pj^i ^ork. Some men in this group and managing one is important, for leaye in a contingent which the public depends on you to give report for examination Satur- them the news and a sensible in-; April 29th. for the Board of Education. Ther° was no candidate for Cor oner. This post has been vacant S'nce the resignation of D. L. Berry of Swan Quarter sometime ago. WHITFIELD WILL LEAVE FOR SCHOOL SATURDAY (Please turn to Page 4) BIRTHS It estimated in 1942 that to States wasted enough ®®^ its armed services and WASTE 9end-; ■Lease requirements. Greensboro Lt. and Mrs. Jack L. Banner an nounce the birth of a son. Jack Linuwood Jr., April 11, at Stem- berger Hospital, Greensboro. Lt. Banner is with the Army Air Forces at March Field, Riverside, Calif. His wife, the former Miss Martha O’Neal of Fairfield is making her home with his parents Greensboro. Patrolman C. E. Whitfield of Swan Quarter will leave Saturday for Fayetteville where he will un dergo three weeks of intensive training given by the State High way Patrol and the F. B. 1. courses which he will study will be crimi nal investigation, first aid and fin ger-printing. I ENJOYS HERALD ' I>t. (jg) P. G. Gallop, USNR, writes us that he enjoys reading The Herald. His letter read in part, “The copies are read ‘through and through,’ with much interest, I can asure you. It is much improv ed, Tom.” Lt. Gallop’s address is Navy 1504, Group 10, F. P. 0., San Fran cisco, Calif. jHYDE MASONS ATTEND MEETING IN RALEIGH j Wm. I. Cochran, Ben Harris, I Bonner Lee and Dick Lupton of ' Swan Quarter and Jim Watson of ; Fairfield attended a Masonic meet- , ing in Raleigh Tuesday and Wed- ' nesday. i WOODARD ATTENDS LABOR I DISCUSSION IN TARBORO sugar creates needless banking and bookkeeping problems. SPEEDERS GIVEN TICKETS TO APPEAR IN HYDE COURT Patrolman C. E. Whitfield re- McDONALD UNABLE TO SPEAK TO GRADUATES Dr. Ralph McDonald, president of the N. C. Educational associa tion and candidate for governor, who had an engagement to speak to the Swan Quarter graduating class next month will not be able to fill the appointment, it was an- FICHTS .;for>freeaoiiix ports the following have been giv- nounced this week by H. G. Guth- en tickets for their appearance at rie, principal. Mr. McDonald in- the May term of Recorder’s Court, formed Guthrie that he was sorry during the past week: Bennie he could not come to Swan Quar- Blount, colored, speeding; John ter for the speaking, but said it Bryant, Engelhard, Well Lumber . was impossible for him to do so. Co., truck driver, speeding; John j jjj. Guthrie said that as a result Gibbs, R. L. Gibbs Co., truck driv- McDonald cancelling the en- er, speeding; James Green, Wells ^ gagement the school would have Lumber Co., truck driver, speeding. | j,o speaker, but rather a student ' program. It will not be Fridav, SAM MARSHAIjL promoted May 12, which was the date set for J. P. Woodard, Hyde farm agent, ^ WTTH ARMY IN EIiROPE the sneaking, but some time the ' attended a meeting in. Tarboro 1 Cpl. Sam Marshall, son of Mrs. next week the principal said. Monday. The topic was farm labor,; Patsy S. Marshall of Engelhard and problems resulting for the far-i has been promoted from Private, „ , First Class to Technician Fifth' Harry: John, why did you The worlds best investment War Bonds—buy them today. 1 Grade, according to a dispatch sent leave your last position?” is, this newspaper by the public rela-1 John: “Illness, The boss got sick ' ll'pi Jills HI m it d'ViM? S' I i tions office in that area. of me.”