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Page Two THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD, SWAN QUARTER, N. C. Thursday, Aug. 24, 1944 Hyde County Herald PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Ai SWAINi QUARTER, NORTH CAROLINA, BY TIMES PRINTING CO., Inc. THOS. E. SPENCER Editor Entered as Second Class Matter at the Fostofflce at Swan Quarter. N. C. Subscription Rates; One Year $2.; Six Months $1; Three Months 60c. Vol. 5 Swan Quarter, N. C., Thursday, Aug. 24, 1944 No. 51 all-AMERICAN ATTACK By COLLIER .'I, i OUR SYMPATHIES TO THE LUPTON FAMILY THE HERALD joins the neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. C. Rouse Lupton of Swan Quarter in offering sympathies as. they mourn the death of their son, Charlie Rouse, Jr., in the European war. It is hard to find words to write on an occasion like this. We simply say our sympathies go out to you. The price of war is heavy. The burden of it fallls especially hard on the shoulders of those who must give loved ones. There is but one consolation to those who lose so heavily. The soldiers have died fighting that the men of tomorrow will not have to go through the hell of war or give their sons in the blood of battle. Whether or not this will come to pass, tno one knows, but should it, all mankind of the future will he indebted to them. Regardless of what goes on here in the world, they rest in peace beneath th soil marked by rows of white crosses. They cannot be disturbed by worldly upheav- .als. THE HERALD has reported the deaths of quite a number .of Hyde County boys during this war. The job is a touching one. Many of these young men were our friends and neigh- •bors. Their lives have been snuffed out in cruel, bloody fight ing. Like the young oats that were eaten by the wild cattle, they were cut down before they matured and produced and enjoyed life in full. They will not come back to mingle with us in the peace for which they fought. But their spirit will be present. The killings that bring heart-breaking news such as the Lupton family received Tuesday should cause man to live better. It is tragic that those innocent in causing ^ars are the ones that suffer so much. But until mankind learns to drop selfishness, greed and power and to choose wise and able lead ers for all nations the world can expect to be plagued with wars more ghastly than the one we are witnessing. Men must albide by the law: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” AMONG US PEACELOVERS We respect Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his integrity and his long public service; but really, this admirable gen tleman can utter more pious platitudes in less time than any body else we know of. At the Dumibarton Oaks Conference’s opening session day before yesterday, Mr. Hull made a speech of ^bout 1,800 words, and in this speech he used the phrase “peaceloving na tions” or equivalents of same a total of nine times. He was re ferring to Britain, China, Russia and the United States pri marily, this Dumibarton Oaks affair being an exploratory get- together on the subject of maintaining world peace after this war. Maybe you have to deal in corn when you are a leading dip lomat. But let’s take a calm, detached look at the three great peaceloving nations Britain, Russia and ourselves—^which are running the Dumbarton show. Britain did not acquire an empire covering 25 pqr cent of ■ the earth’s land area and embracing 25 per cent of its popu lation by keeping peace and holding plebiscites. The British did it by war. Russia didn’t become by peaceful methods a nation stretching from the Pacific to the Baltic over one-sixth of the earth’s land area and including 10 per cent of its pop ulation. Nor have we Americans been chronic peacelovers. Our na tion was born in a bloody war; we fought Napoleon unoffi cially by sea; we fought the British again in 1812-15, and the Mexicans in 1846-48. We fought one another 1861-65, and very bloodily; fought Spain in 1898; and have been in two world wars in the last quarter century. Why spew pious platitudes about “peaceloving nations” at Dumbarton Oaks or anywhere else? Why not face the facts of life?—Washington, D. C., Times-Herald. The Editors Column ¥ SALVO NEWS NOTES i WHY THEY STRUCK By Frank C. Waldrop There has just come to hand a review of petty strikes in 1944 from January to date, as reported in the official complaints. A fair sampling of these tells its own (Story: DETROIT, Feb. 15—^Thirty employes of the Chrysler tank ar senal went on a sitdown strike because they had o walk 25 feet to pick up coveralls. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Mar. 6.—A walkout of 1,000 em ployes in the Diesel equipment division of General Motors oc- cured because a woman worker was sent home when she refus ed to take off glavos worn in violation of safety regulations. ALTOONA, Pa.. March 29— Coal production slumped because lEU me arefused to be paid by check f.ay longer at one mine, 411 others walked out in protest against transfer of hight mine ^'jotor men to the day shift. PITTSBURGH, April 4—Grease dripped on an American flag hang..,g under a crane runway, so the foreman ordered it taken down, whereupon 859 steelwork ers walked out the seamless tubing mills of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. BOSTON, Mass., April 8—The Bethlehem Steel Company chang ed the time of day for cashing checks, .so 3,000 workers quit work for two hours. DETROIT, April 21—The tank assembly line at Chrysler shut down and 1,000 employes were idle because of a dispute with the management concerning a shift of the lunch hour for 350 employes from 7:15 p.m. to 8. FLINT, Mich., May 15—^About 2,200 employes of the Clayton and Lambert Manufacturing Company .walked out because they were refused a 5-minute washup pe riod on company time just be fore the end of the day’s work. ATLANTA, Ga., May 21—Be tween 200 and 300 employes of the National Traffic Guard Co., makers of ships’ parts, walked out'in support of a worker who objected to an order to quit shov eling sand and start heaving iron scrap into a furnace. PITTSBURGH, May 24—Be cause the drinking water in the Westinghouse Electric and Man ufacturing Company plant was too warm, 400 men and women j walked out. The company said the water cooling system had I been undergoing repairs for a week. PASSAIC, N. J., June 3 (D- Day was June 6).—^Deliveries of cloth for the Army and Navy stopped when 600 employes of the Botany Worsted Mills went on a sit-down strike (ending work for the plant’s total of 5,- 000 employes (because the War Labor Board in Washington had failed to act on a petition by the company for approval of incen tive bonuses. 117 tool grinders stopped work at the Dodge plant in Chicago where they were making parts for B-29 Superfortresses, because an apprentice demanded journey man wages when he was fired. The Graham-Paige Motor Com pany at Detroit disciplined six material handlers for leaving | their jobs before the end of their j regular shifts without permission, Jim Hooper and Graves Mid- gett, Jr., spent their leave with their people. They are employed on the dredge Chinnook at I^or-' folk. Mrs. W. E. Whidbee spent sev eral days last week at Avon, Buxton and Hatteras. Mrs. Andy Brown of Norfolk has been visiting her mother An nie Douglas. Mrs. Brown left Thursday fo rher home in Nor folk. Mrs. Charlotte Tolson spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Gray. Velma Whidbee spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. W. E. Whidbee. Mrs. Calvin Midgett and chil dren, Feldon and Shirley Rae, spent several days last week with Mrs. L. Y. Gray. Mrs. R. D. Gray and son, Hen ry, left Thursday for Norfolk where they will spend a few months with Mrs. Gray’s son, Hu bert. Linville Farrow arrived home Tuesday to spend his leave with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Farrow. He is stationed at New York. Mrs. L. Y Gray, Mrs. W. E. Whidbee and children, Irene and Jean, spent Thursday at Waves with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Calvin Midgett. Mrs. J. R. Douglas, Annie Douglas and daughter, Elinor, are visiting Mrs. Douglas’ sister, in Manteo, Mrs. L. R. O’Neal. Van Gray, Jr., of Wanchese has been visiting Henry Midgett. He returned home Tuesday. Mrs. L. C. Gray, Velma Whid bee, Leslie Hooper, Graves Mid gett, Jr., and Hendall Whidbee motored to Buxton Monday where Mrs. L. C. Gray and Velma re ceived medical treatment. Mrs. L. Y. Gray and grandson, Earl Whidbee, sjient Monday at Avon visiting friends and rela tives, they returned home Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Whidbee and children, Fulton and Ella Marie, of Manteo, spent several days re cently with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barnes. L. Douglas and daughter, Mrs. Milton Robinson, and children, Douglas and Sandy, spent Satur day in Manteo. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hooper and son Bertis spent last week at East Lake in a revival at the Pente costal church. Mr. Hooper con ducted the revival. He reports a great meeting and much good was occomplished. They return ed home Monday. WANCHESE PERSONALS Carolyn Daniels left Wednes day for Greenville, N. C., to vis it friends. Mrs. Albert Young of Broad Creek Village is visiting her I grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. ; Daniels. Woodrow Stetson returned to his work at Virginia Beach Wed nesday after spending a few days here with his family. Melvin Daniels, Jr., has return- ' ed to his work in Raleigh after spending a week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Dan- ,iels. I Mrs. Vance Cudworth and daughter of Norfolk, visited rela tives here this week. I Mrs. Bern Tillett continues ill. I Mrs. Dell Saunders of Norfolk i visited relatives here this week. I Mrs. Aphelia Daniels has re- ' turned home after spending a ; few days in Norfolk with rela- ' tives. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Daniels of Broad Creek Village spent the ^ week end here with relatives. I James Buxton Daniels, son of j Mr. and Mrs. Kalb Daniels, re- ! ceived medical treatment at the Norfolk General Hospital, Nor- j folk, this week. I Mrs. Woodrow Stetson and Mrs. I Dick Tillett spent Wednesday in 1 Norfolk. I Mrs. Fritz Etheridge and Mrs. Rosser Tillett visited at Manns j Harbor Wednesday. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scarbor ough spent the week end in Nor folk with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Daniels and daughter, Laura, of Elizabeth City spent the week end here. Little Miss Shirley Mae Dan iels spent the week in Elizabeth City as guest of Laura Daniels. Miss Lucy Tillett is visiting her sister. Miss Ola Tillett, in Gra ham. Misses Mary Frances Forbes I Every now and then I run a- cross a clipping that I think my , readers will enjoy. This week I ' have one that is very true to life. 1 It is by Vivian Batman and ap- I peared in her column, “Thinking Things Over” in the Niles (Calif.) Township Register. It follows; LAMENT TO A COUNTRY REPORTER Do I know any NEWS? Well, now let me see . . . Oh, yes—-our VACATION! but good gracious me, . Don’t dare put THAT in the paper I my dear; I There’s some things the Ration j Board just shouldn’t HEAR. Have I ha dany dinners? Given a lunch? Why, yes—but oh my, there’s that odd Mrs. Scrunch! If she should get word that she was left out She’d go in a really TERiRIBLE pout. Oh, say, by the way—now don’t breathe a word— But in March I’m expecting the long-legged bird! Why of COURSE the girls will give me a shower; But heavens, don’t PRINT it! My husband would GLOWER. And isn’t it awful about Mazie Snorst? You haven’t HEARD? Why, she’s getting divorced! In the PAPER? Oh no, I wouldn’t do THAT; I promised I’d keep it under my hat. Well, ’bye now, dear, and a word of advice. I hope you won’t think I’m not very nice But—your paper—^Now don’t say I’m choosey. But honestly, dear, it just isn’t NEWSY! The Farmer and War Bonds by Mr. A. S. Goss Master of the National Grange As I find things along the way: A man who stopped subscribing to the paper when the price ad vanced, ’oorrowing his neighbor’s copies . . . always something in teresting down at the county a- gent’s office . . . Malcolm Cuthrell a friendly neighbor . . . Huron Gibbs of Middletown always busy at some kind of job. Buy War Bonds and Stamps. COTTON QUIZ and nearly 4,000 workmen on amphibious tanks threw down their tools. The same things continued on through July—in Ashland, Ky., the American Rolling Mills sus pended operations in a walkout of galvanizing department work ers because one man’s hours were changed. In Cleveland, two inspectors for the Ohio Crankshaft Co., pro ducers of parts for military ve hicles, refused to accept transfers to new jobs and were fired, so 1,500 other workers threw down their tools. I Newark, N. J., 500 war pro duction employes of the McKier- nan-Terry Corp., went out on strike because the War Labor Board in Washington reclassified their jobs. August opened with not only light strikes but heavy ones, such as the walkout of “over-the-road” truck drivers at Omaha, closing 35 truck terminals, to force their employers to accept a WLB wage increase order. And in Detroit, August’s big gest development so far was the 12-day upheaval at General Mo tors, involving five factories and 7,000 workers making gears and axles, because six employes were laid off who said they couldn’t maintain the production schedule, the nation’s hours of peril, what will they do when the war is ov er? ABOUT |1. POUNDS OF RUBBER IN THE w(Anufaoture of a raincoat fOZ THE ARMEP forces/ and Helen Midgett spent the week end in ....orfolk with friends. xij Aun>«oBite avviofactorer ^ECKEUy PBOPOQNd TME "WBiWeL*, NEWeST vJflR WEflFtX, WHICH WILL OPBMTE IN MUP AND ^VJAMPS ./-w ' Washinsidn school CHIICKKN WILL BS ASKEP TOSATHER 1.500.000 POt/fJOt OF MILHWEEP FLOSS FOR life jackets A MARINE DIVE-BCWBER Pilot at MiPWAy tauoht A BROOP OF Sony BIRP FLEPSLINOS TOFLy/ THE PRICE OF BRIPES IN UMM SRmBEnfi, SUOM WAS OFFICIALLy REPUdEP T0i2-# FOR THE FIRST WIFE ANP^/ZFCR THE SECpNP CHIEF C»UiB OF c/)iw>ay TO TEETH AT THE FROhrr COME6 FROM THE HARP BUT NUKmoUi K-RflTION^. 50LPIER5 CALL IT “BISCUIT BlflfT ' ■bS W E FREQUENTLY hear farm ers raise the question as to whether or not they should buy War Bonds as long as they are in debt. The answer to this question should depend in large measure upon the nature of the debt and whether or not it is current. If part of it is past due, and the borrower expects to experience difficulty in meeting past due payments, he probably should bring his debt into current position before investing in Bonds. If, however, his pay ments are current, there seems to be no reason why farmers should not buy as many Bonds as they are able. Most individual invest ors in government Bonds are car rying debt in one forrrT or an other, at rates higher than the Bonds will yield. This is as it should be if the purchaser is in an earning position which permits the accumulation of some surplus, for we all owe it to our government to do qur utmost in the financing of the war, even though the trans action may result in our paying some extra interest on outstand ing debts. When a farmer owes money, he is always concerned as to whether his crops will sell at prices which will enable him to repay his debt. When prices are high it is good business and conservative finance td reduce the debt as rapidly as possible because when prices are low, it takes more crops and more efforts to make the payments. We should not forget, how ever, that a government Bond will pay off an equal amount of dollars of debt, no matter whether prices are high or whether prices are low. It is, therefore, a sound and con servative practice to buy gov ernment Bonds and lay them aside to make payments existing debts when they f*‘ due. In fact, quite aside f*'®'? the patriotic appeal, it is g®®® business to buy Bonds rath®' than make pre-payments ®® debt, because the time m*' come when the ready cash >’ needed and the money tied in pre-payments cannot be r®' turned. If this money is vested in Bonds, it can be coi^ verted into cash to meet anj needs which may arise. If everyone followed the P®^ of buying no War Bonds until tb® ^ debts were paid, few Bonds be sold to the public. We have obligation to help finance this ^ . which is vastly more imponf than the income we may re®®' on the Investment of money “ War Bonds. Farmers are finding it ble to maintain their machin®^ and buildings in a satisfact®” state of repair. They are fino'®T that they cannot replace worn-®® equipment except at excessiv®^ high cost. It would seem to he soon^ and conservative business practice to lay aside money to make the repairs and re place worn-out equipment when material and machines are again available. No place can be found to lay asio® money for such purposes than in government Bonds. Every time we buy a Bond are not only assisting in finani ilief cini the war, but we are also doing ®®j bit to prevent that most dread® economic disaster called inflati®®’ If each one of us would invest s much as we could in governmf® Bonds, the danger of inflah® would be greatly reduced. V. S. Treasury DepartO'^* TIPS ON PLANTING WTNTER LEGUMES Winter legumes should be planted after such crops as to bacco, truck, soybeans, or cow- pea and lespedeza hays, says Enos Blair ,Extension agronomist at N. C. State College. He suggests that the soil be disced to a depth of 4 inches, rather than plowed, and that the crops be drilled rath er than broadcast. Drilling distributes the seed more evenly, saves seed, and of ten gives a good stand in dry weather where other methods of seeding fail. Blair recommends that crimson clover be drilled a- bout Vz inch deep as with les pedeza. Vetch and Austrian win ter peas can be covered about 1% to 2 inches deep as with small grain. “It is impossible to prepare a seed bed and plant winter legum es or time after such late ma turing crops as corn, cotton, and peanuts,” says Blair. “We can, however, resort to planting be tween the rows of the standing crop. “In the mountains a very suc cessful practice is to broadcast the seed between corn rows at laying-by titme. Vetch and Aus trian winter peas are broadcast before the cultivator and crimson clover behind it, so that it will not be covered too deep. Lay by time in the Piedmont ■in^; an® ior tl)i® Coastal Plain is too early these seed to be sown but • method can be followed September 1. ,,, “Crimson clover should be ' in- ered with a very light harrC^ i i stead o fa cultivator. In jt ' crops the seeds may be broad® I and followed with a middle b® . ter or ‘cotton plow.’ This bas 'the effect of planting two i of seed on each cotton or ® ridge. j I “A still better way is to uf® [ one-horse open furrow drill, w plants three rows in each toi ^ die. This implement, ho'W®''®^ covers the seed too deep t® ^ used for crimson clover. A ®® . planter can be used in a row of vetch or peas in middle of peanuts.” I I' It is often necessary to we^ 'floor of the tobacco barn to ba 'ten the softening of the leaf. WAR^BONDS OUR DEMOCRACY by OUR WESTERN RlVERS« = = = ^ -FFOFRAL Mtr/GFr/O/V RC/e.eS. -SO CALLED BECAUSE THE MISSISSIPPI WAS THE WESTERN BOUNOARV OF THE U.S. BEFORE THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE" AND THE FAR-WESTERN LIMIT OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION- //////■ The earliest commerce was IN GREAT BARGES... AN ACRE OR SO OF WHITE BOARDS, CREW OFA DOZEN MEN...THREE OR FOUR WIGWAMS FOR STORM quarters...FLOATING FROM THE UPPER RIVERS DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS.-.TEDIOUSL'/ gACK BY HAND.':„ ^ ^ -FKOM "IIF£ ONTHlM/SSlSSlPPI BV MARK rVUA/AJ. In 1811 STATELY STEAMBOATS- ^ STERN-WHEELERS AND SIDE-WHEELERS - BEGAN TO PLY THE RIVERS, )•"! HELPED BUILD THE i MIDDLE WEST. THE BULK OF Vwl TRAFFIC WAS STILL DOWNSTREAM. ^ ' Now, STEAMERS TOWING BARGES NOT ONLY RUN NORMAL LOADS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE M/DWEST AND SOUTH, BUT WARTIME CARGOES OF OIL, GASOLINE, COAL AND IRON ORE UPSTREAM - AND EAST TO PITTSBURGH AND BEYOND -OA/C£ MORE’AS IN MARR TMA/NSDA V CARRYING TREMENPOUS TONNA6£
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