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YDE COUNTY
, ^.«LD
NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE TOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 22
^Wo KIILED IN HYDE’S
FIR: J FATAL ACCIDENT
IN MORE THAN A YEIJ
Mother Killed, Daughter Fatally Injured,
In Wreck Near Lake Landing Early Monday
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSD Vx, i^Eb. 1, 1945
Single Copy 5 Cents
A Crust of Bread
orning; Ed Patrick Seriously Hurt
u
V! were killed and a pOTTNTY’S RANK
Sm^^riously injured when the UvlUiNli o l
1(j^pbile in which they were txt a ttx tUT'XTTkir'T
iijjj wrecked atoout two
ly ^ 'Vest of Lake Landing ear-
JjK] ®''day mornin gin the first
W^i^way accident in Hyde ijyde, Dare, Give More Than
r'mS. lCs state Average to Needy
^as Mrs. Lezzatta Lu
yard
IN AID RENDERED
ITS DEPENDENTS
Of
, '^rs
„ ,
“^ruili^ hoth of fcreswell. Ed- The counties of Hyde and Dare
Patrick, also of Creswell, is are giving more than the state
, ® Uolumibia hospital as the average for the purposes of old
” * ^f serious ijuries. aige assistance, dependent chil-
ty Lucas was killed instant- dren, and general relief, accord-
to' iSpruill died en route inig to the University News Let-
sj, hospital in Columibia ter.
after her blood stained lOomparison of the standing of
j y tvas found amid the wreck- the counties ibased on the (figures
Where the scent of whiskey for Augusit 1944 are shown as fol-
n,,? Strong and pieces of five lows;
• ’ ’ Old Age Assistance
State Average $11.33
o^jj"y3ugs lay around danger-
"'ete
do
1
Coi
th the night hours which
j made darker by the rain Rank
that hovered overhead. 7
striiok^ who is knowfi in Hyde 11
County
Dare
Hyde
Amount
$13.69
$12.78
ij . V was living Thursday.
are serious and ac-
to reports including a
tai 1 ^''^cture and serious inter-
tnjuries.
thepp^ t941 Mercury in which
Sdb traveling toward En-
Average Per Family Aid to
Dependent Children
State Average $21.45
6 Hyde $29.21
25 Dare $23.48
Average General Relief Grants
selk waveijug State Average $9.80
left the highway on the 24 Darcj $10.00
(y ® just west of Barber’s Shan- 28 Hyde $ 9.50
tal ploughed througii^a ca- As the aocompanying tables in-
ton . it came to rest on its dicate, the size of grants for old
the front yard of Wesley age assistance, aid to de^ndent
jy 'Negro. It was complete- children, and county financed
j^®dked. general rediaf, vary widefly from
^^trohnan Carl Whitfield of county to county. Since the Fed-
C Quarter, who with Sheriff era! Government pays half and
the^' Wiiliiamson, investigated the State one-fourth of all grants
Occident, said that the car to persons eligible for old age
Spg^^3V(>linjg at a rapid rate of assistance and aid to dependent
S«Vi
at a rapia rate ol assfiyicniu'c aim 'oau xw
He dtated that parts of children, it is to be expected that
a.»^ jugs lay among the wreck- such grants would be larger than
M that the car was saturat- general relief grants which are
- •' ^
■eral
• uh whiskey. 'paiu tnrvucij
■ ^'*®as, a native of South In July, 1937, the fir^ month of
^nd., had lived in Creswell old age asi^i'stance and aid to de-
paid enltirely from county funds.
for
Ih,
past 20 years. She was pendent children in North Caro
Itjff ^'3ow of Roy Lucas. Surviv- lina, the average general relief
Oif ,5’'® two sons, Everette Lucas grant in the State was $4.61 while
H. s. Army in the Pacific the averalge old age assisiance
Ronnie Lee Lucas of Cres- grant was $9.39. The average
n ■ grants for August 1944 show that
i^^'^ving Mrs. Spruill is a while the average general relief
Barbara Gay of Cres- grant hhs mere than doubled,
I the average old age assistance
[ grant has increased only a little
more than 18 per cent.
The laws relating to the es-
tablishment of the old age as-
3ea,!^Rional funds for grape re-' distance and aid to d^endent
5 ^ in Eastern North Carolina, children programs in North Car-
appropriation for the olina provide for State-wide sys-
^udy in farm prices, ^^^Perate uniformly
allocations of funds throughout the State 'and in ev-
j State-Federal marketing pro- ®ry county thereof, and with due
ti^^ere among the items Ag-‘regard to the Varying living con-
- Commissioner Kerr , ditions and the financial, phj^-
dbeu
’FOREST FIRE ,
SEASON HERE;
CAUTION URGED
Permits Required for Burn
ing Fields; Fire Wardens
! Have Them
THIS VERY YOUNG GREEK, like many of his elders, is making the best
of a difficult situation. His name happens to be Charalambos Makris. But he
is only one of thousands who have survived three and one-half years of war
and German occupation. Head bandaged, he is seated upon a beam that once
formed part of bis home, now in rubble. He has a morsel of bread, but his
distended stomach indicates malnutrition. He has an expression in his eyes old
bevond his years. He has the sunshine, but not much else.
MRS. SMITH GOES EAST LAKE SOLDIER
TO DUPLIN COUNTY IN CALIF. HOSPITAL
Came to Hyde in 1935 as FSA
Home Supervisor In j
County Office !
Pfc. Connie Twiford Gets Leg
Broken in Fighting In
France
The forest fire season began
Feibruary 1st, and permits must
be secured now for brush burn
ing. These will be required for
the next four months and are ob
tainable from, the fire wardens
free of charge.
Forest Fire Wardens A. B.
Hopper and A. G. Berry of Hyde
County urge landowners in the
two counties to use every pre
caution to prevent the spread of
forest fires this year, as all wood
products are urgently needed in
the war effort.
. One of the principal sources of
forest fires is letting brush fires
get out of hand, which is why a
burning permit is required dur
ing the dangerous months. Pen
alties are provided for burning
off land without the proper per
mits, and the law will be strictly
enforced, the wardens warn.
Forest fire protection is a rela
tively new thing in Hyde Coun
ty where the program was start
ed only last August. While the
people there became somewhat
accustomed to secukring permits
for burning land last fall during
the fall danger period, it will be
the first 'spring that they have
had to follow this procedure.
Hundreds of dollars in dam
age to timber and woodslands oc
cur every year in Hyde and Dare
counties because of carelessness
on the part of those who set fires
to burn off their farm lands or
clean up around the homesteads.
FIVE SALES ABOVE
CEILING COST $125
HYDE SOLDIER AMONG
AMERICANS FREED FROM
JAP PRISON ON LUZON
Travis Flowers of Near Sladesville Told War Cor
respondent That Japanese Slapped and Beat the
Prisoners
pjjjLjpg ipQ SPEAK 1 Travis Flowers, son of Mr,
TO HYDE TEACHERS ' ^^larlie Flowers of near
' Sladesville, Hyde County, wa*
CKARDES W. PHILIPS, presi
dent of the North Carolina Con
gress of Parents and Teachers
and mem'ber of the faculty at
the University of North Caro
lina, will be the principal speak
er at a county-wide meeting of
Hyde County School teachers in
among the Americans freed from
the hell of a Japanese prison on
Luzon in the Philippines in a
daring raid by American Ran
gers and Filipino guerrillas Tues
day night, January 30th. He was
the only North Carolinian saved
I aacording to early reports, and
today his parents are among the
most happy people in the whole
state.
iFlotvers was captured on Cor-
regidor, and has been held pris
oner since its fail three years ago.
He is an aviation engineer.
In a statement to Fred Hamp
ton, Associated Press correspon
dent, here is wljat the Hyde boy
had to say regarding Japanese
treatment: “The Japs always lik-
I ed to slap us and sometimes
1 they’d give us a pretty stiff beat
ing.”
1 The rescue of Flowers and 512
other Allied prisoners by Amer
ican Rangers and Filipino guer
rillas will go down in history as
a great feat. The small group of
fighters snatched the prisoners
from right under the muzzles of
Jap guns.
The freed men^soidiers of Ba
the Agriculture Building at Swan / Corregidor—^said many
' of their comrades had been taken
to Japan proper. Others have
Quarter, Friday evening, Febru
ary 9th, at 8 o’clock.
PUNKS REQUESTED
eor grape research
iJiejj ®'scussed with Cohgress-
United States Depart-
Cotijo Agriculture officials in
law ’'®nces held in Washington
’'^eek.
'^Olt
that tk ^®Torted upon his return
Rig g'”® Test Farms Jivision of
ire ! ^^® Uepartment of Agricul-
®:"363voring to obtain ap-
(of g of $10,000 per year
fatit, °^'^''''3n;ge program in m'US-
''’atej^ ^'■■ape culture at the Tide-
W^jPjir^^E’aperiment^ Station, in
cal, and other conditions of the
recipient. In regard to old age
assistance it 'is provided that the
amount of assistance which any
person shall receive shall he de
termined with due regard to the
resources and necessary expendi
tures of the individual and the
conditions existing in each case,
and shell be sufficient when ad
ded to all other income and sup
port of the recipient to provide
such person with reasonable sub-
Mrs. Madeline Smith, Hyde
County PSA home supervisor- for
seven years and home economics
teacher at Swan Quarter two
years, letft this week for Warsaw
to became FSA home supervisor
for Duplin County. Her work
Will be carried on in Hyde by
Miss Eva Ma’cMillan of Plymouth,
former assiatant home supervis
or under Mrs. -Sm'ith at Swan
Quarter, who will devote 'part of
her time to working in the Hyde
office.
-Mrs. Smith came to Hyde from
Sampson County in 1935 to -be-1
'come home supervisor in the
Hyde FSA office. She resigned
to teach home economics in the
Swan Quarter school in 1937-38,
and returned to the FSA office
after two years to resume her
work -with PSA.
MRS. DAN MEEKINS INJURED
IN FALL WED., I NHOSPITAL
Mrs. Dan 'Meekins is receiving
treatment in Lee Memorial Hos
pital in Norfolk for injuries sus
tained in a fall at her home
Wednesday night. Mrs. Mqekins
is the -mother o-f Sheriff D. Vic
tor M-etkins and Miss • Estelle
Meekins.
Pfc. Connie Twiford of East
Lake is a. patdent in Hammond
General Hospital, Modesto, Cal.,
where he is being treated for a
leg wound received in the fight
ing in France. He is the son of
Mrs. John Twiford of Norfolk and
the late Mr. Twiford of East
Lake.
Dfc. Twiford was wounded on
Septem'ber 7, 1944, in the fight
ing near Metz. He was a mem
ber of a tank destroying battal-
lion and went overseas in Feb
ruary of that year.
The East Lake soldier suffered
a broken leg, which has become
paralyzed from the knee down
as the result of an injured nerve.
He has been in the California
hospital since December 29.
(Pfc. Twiford’s address is Ham
mond General Hospital, B-17,
Modesto, Calif. He would appre
ciate letters from the folks back
home in Dare County.
Be sure and get a uniform ap-
p’ication of lime all over the
field, say Extension agronomists
of State Colfege. One-half ton
per acre ir. one place and five
tons in another may cause seri
ous trouble.
Charges allediging four sal'es of
rifle cartridiges and one sale of
shotgun shells above the OPA
ceiling price today were settled
by Earl Hardison, operator of
“The Little Casino,” near Bel-
haven, ■With the payment of $125
to the United States Treasury. |
Theodore S. Johnson, Raleigh
district OPA director, said that,
the OPA sought damages as re
quired under the Price Control
Act which permiitted Hardison to
settle with the payment of $25
for each violation of the ceiling
prices. |
I Hardison made settble-ment in
Raleigh todhy and Ms check,
made payable to the Treasurer
of the United States has been re
ceived. OPA charged that Har
dison -sold a box of shotgun shells
for $5.00 and four boxes of cart- ^
ridges for $11.00. -
FIVE-ACRE COTTON i
CONTEST SUGGESTIONS
HYDE FARM TRUCKS
TO BE CHECKED
County AAA Chairman Says
Some Are Using Gas For
Pleasure Driving
Chairman T. A. Jennetfe of
the Hyde County AAA commit
tee said this week that a careful
survey m'a-de by ODT reveals a
critical shortage of trucks and
gasoline and tha't “unless all un
necessary travel -by farm trucks
is eliminated there will not be
died of disease and malnutrition.
Bryan Berry, son of Mrs. Mat
Berry of Engelhard, who was
captured on Guam where he
served jwith the Navy, is in a
prison in Japan. Relatives recent
ly had cards from him that were
written almost a year ago.
SEWING TO BE HOME
CLUB TOPIC IN FEB.
Schedi’.fe of Meetings Announced
By M*ss Iberia Roach,
Home Agent
Hyde Home Demcns’‘ration
. rn-c-mhers durin'g February
sufficient gasoline to take care - .^^ni have a lesson on clothing at
-gasoline !
JLegion For Country’s Welfare
, Says Vice-President_Truman’^.
anTTt the compatible with decency
j not exceed $30 'per month. The
ui ^'■°-i®®t, he said, was dis-i «'aximum amount of which the
R- M. Salter, head of -Federal Government will pay
Burpa r„._. T„j,half is $40 per month. _
The provisions of the State law
wiith regard to aid to dependent
children are similar except that
grants are limited to $18 iper
month for one eligible child and
$12 per month for each addition
al child.
Although it is to be expected
that the size of grants would be
larger in urban centers than in
rural areas, there is not as' much
difference in the cost of living
between uiban and rural areas
as the difference in grants might
seem to dndi^a'te. Nor is there any
appreciable difference in the cost
of living among rural counties
although grants vary sharply.
Fifty-three counties participate
in the State equalizing fund for
old age a.ssistance and aid to de-
pendeilt chil-lren. Participating
counties are those in v/hich the
tax rate -required for old a'ge as-
.sistance and aid to dependent
children grants, and for the cost
of administering the two pro
grams • exceeds 10 cents. This
means that these counties pay
less than one-fourth of the
(Please turn to page four)
itk Plant Industry,
^ Depart-men of Ag-
le jj''®’ 3nd with members of
iitee Appropriations Com-
iVni.’ whom looked with
on the pi«n.
‘artgj ?nd^ F. E. Miller, Test
t director, express-
'ouirt '•^ot the appropriation
o® made.
kl 3® 'too wide a dififeren-
Dr tj, ,'Pniccs producers receive
ie '®om!modities and what
he ,piays for them in
a stores,” assered Scott
aotigy the mark-up study,
fopj.; which must be ap-
I it i. the new Congress
Corit, continue.
Stiig Flanagan, of Vir-
3ousg chairman of the
ad(j ■^Srieulture Committee,
itiUgj^® ^onld advocate the con-
0 Sj ot the stu'dy, according
>6 con '^® matter will next
ttiheg by the Rules Com
cast
eU
meat consumption in
States and Canada
was
‘an.
in
Pounds per capita more
United Kingdom.
Senator Harry S. Truman (D-Mo.), new Vice-President, and
the second Legionnaire to assume this high office, greets Edv/ard N.
Scheiberling, National Commander of the American Legion. Senator
Truman recently said tlmt "The American Legion can make one of
the greatest contributions to the wtli'aie of this great country if it
assumes that responsibility ... it has always stood for the welfare
of the country first—and I know that will continue to be its policy.”
The new Vice-Presicient believes that veterans are destined to have
an increasingly important role in the affairs of the nation, adding;
"I am confident tliat ti-e things to. which this great Republic has
stood and stands foi ti- . b ;.:'e in the hands of the men who
well- 'villing to ti-'-- -rv—to prevent the spread of
A number of important points
should be taken into considera
tion by those farmers who enroll
in the state five-acre Cotton con
test and attempt to .produce from
12 to 15 bales of cotto non 5
acres, ay Extension agronomists
at State College. I
The very best land should be
selected—^land tljiat is well dra'in-
ed, has a high moisture holding
capacity, and is capable of using
a relatively large amount of fer
tilizer to advantage. The agrono-
; mitts suggest that the area be
carefully examined to see thattit
has no weak spots in it, as this
will pull down the total yields.
Land that has had good cover
crops turned under is espiecially
suited for the contest.
In addition to t}ie use of^cod
seed, the agronomi.st3 emphasize
the importance of having a re’a-
tively large numlber of stalks of
cotton to the acre. In previous
cotton contests some prize win
ning growe;frs h^ve used three-
foot rows with 2 to, 4 stalks - in
the hill and the hills -about 8 to
12 inches apart.
Prize winners have also used
liberal amounts of fertalizer at
planting and re'atively large
amounts of topdressers at chop-
gin-g, gauging the amounts in
a'cordiance with the ability of the
land to utilize the fertilizer.
Where large amounts of ferti-
‘ lizer are used at planting, the
agronomists suggest that the f-^r-
tilizer be applied about 10 days
before pla.nting or with a side-
-placement machine, so that fise
.stand of cotton will not be dam
aged. '
In the -contests in the pa-.st,
most of the prize winning/ g-ow-
ers have lopdres.-iad just ai'ler
choppin-.g and have made only
one application of topdresser.
I
i There shoul doe a .soil ena’j'S’s j
^ of land before a relatively large I
amount of lime is applied.
of the c-riti'cal needs.”
“In many instances
has been issued for farm trucks | sewing^the'demonstration wiil'i^
based on the faot that the appli- on Selecting Patterns fbr
cants received consideration for; Variou'' Finire Type= ” A good
such allocations of gasoline by j server’s-.best
indicating that they were taking, 9,^
care of the essential hau-mg mjfig.tter, save tim-e, sav- money
the -communtty, or of the trans- gpg p^j sewing. Another
portation of -certain farmers, ,i,ase of ihe demonstration will
said Mr. Jennette, who went on , ^ j^ow to alter a ,natter
their regular meetings Now that
so many more womer do home
n so that
it conforms to your measure-
tr'"r''+s. Tins for special figure
p:-o;b,lems will also be .given.
Sin.ee the new ye-^r has just
s'ar'ed ail former home demon-
1-rt-Etion -memibers should resolve
! to attend the meetings more reg-
; u .arly and take an active part in
. ,. . , . , 1. » ' various phases of club work
to appli'oants for -pick-up trucks: ah women in the Countv are
to carry on farming operations' r-nriti-ii-i/ f
and it was later found that the ™
trucks were used, ninety per cent The home demonstration club
of their operations, for pleasure ^hem-e for 1945 is “Better Fam-
driving. ilies, Better
In an effort to eliminate such
to say 'that investigations reveal- ‘
ed .that at least a half dozen
truck owners had .been issued.
gasoline for the same .purpose and 1
in miany instances, farmers were '
taking care of their own trans- j
portation.
The AAA leader cited cases
where gasoline has been issued
Home, and Better
Living.” If you are not a mem
ber you will miss many things
that shfTuid ena.ble you tq have a
'better family, home and learn
manv of the newest trends that
Y cont-nbute toward better living.
^ All women are urged to attend
I the meetings throughout the year
5WAV OTTARTFR PT TTR ' 3"^ below is the February sched-
SWAN QU RTER CLUB ■ ule (al clubs meet at 2:30 expect
REPORTS SEAL SALES ^ Fairfield which meets at 3 o’-clock
I and Swan Quarter which meets
a-t 8):
wa.ste and to be assured that our
most essential transportation can
be carried on, the Hyde County
Farm Transportation Committee
has :been asked to review a'l Cer-
tifioa-tes of War Necessity
Hyd» County.
The Swan Quarter Senior Wo-
^ man’s Club announces that it
so-ld $91.80 worth of Christmas
' seals in the recent drive. The
money received from these «ales
i goes to stamp out TB. Three-
I fourths of the money remains in
' the county. .
Engelhard
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Hodges
announce the birth of a son at
the Tayloe Hospital, Wednesday,
January 3)st. Mrs. Ho-d'ges was
Ihe former Miss Mildred Cahoon,
d'lighter of Mr. and Mrs. Closs
'Calicon of Engelhard.
Born
Gallop.
to
a ’or.
’IVanchese
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Thursday, Fab. 1, 230 p.m.,
'North Lake, Clulb House-; Friday,
Feb. 2, 2:30 pjm.,- Rose Bay, Com-^
munity Bldg.; Tuesday, Feb. 6,
2:30 pjm., Ponzer, Club House.
North Lake, Thursday, Feb. 1,
C’uib House; Rose Bay, Friday,
Feb.. 2, Community Building;'
Ponzer, Tuesday, Feb. 6, Club
House; Engelhard, Wednesday,
Feb. 7, Town Hall; Lake Land
ing, Friday, Feb. 9, Library;
'Siades\lille, Tuesday, Feb. 13,
Mrs. Louisa Credle; Tiny Oak,
Wednesday. Feb. 14: Fairfield,
Thursday, Feb. 15, Cafe Build
ing: Fv/indi’ll’.s Fork, Friday, Feb.
16, Mrs. Mei'Vin Swindell: Plea-
'snt Grove, Tuesday, Feb. 20;
Nebraska. .Wednesday, Fob. 21,
CommuMi'ty Buildinig; Swan Quar
ter, Th'irsd.ay, Feb. 27, Agricul
ture Building.
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