THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD
NEWS OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN THE FOREMOST HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
^01,
No. 44
SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945
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BUT THINKS NATION WILL
Do WELL TO KEEP STRONG
LARD AND MEATS
SCARCE IN HYDE
STORES THIS WEEK
Food Situation Becomes Seri
ous In County Where Eats
Should Be Plentiful
By THOS. E. SPENCER
The shortage of lard and meats
in Hyde ounity stores this week
) was seriops. A survey of a num
®^ator Says It Would Be Unfortunate If We
^hould Lull Ourselves Into A Sense Of Security _ _ „
After Ratification; Believes We Should Main- I her oif stores and markets by this
Strong Military Forces; Sees Threat From
P ® " I Thf^m nan nn lare'p nr s
^^'essure Groups Within Our Borders
^ Senator Josiah W. Bailey
inform the people of
Carolina that I am heartily
of the Treaty recently
l)j^ Upon at San
delegates
FEW POINT CHANGES
ON FOODS IN JULY
Francisco
iQfg ,, ' =
'•han 50 nations.
Very few point changes are
announced by O P A for the
representing month of July, with processed
I shall sup- foods, 'beef, lamb and veal all
earnestly and iremiaining stable, acoordfinig to
the district oiffice in Raleigh.
, ®ut that we should ratify Poj-k remains pratically unchan-
** important treaty with ggjj, the only changes 'being
possible. I minor increases for certain fat
.'tcejf while this is a most
''e treaty, as good as could er supply, is upped two points,
■cn devised under all the making its 14 points per pound;
'’5te ^^^tances,' it does not guar- butter remains unohanged at
• ® Peace or security. Probably 24 points per pound for creamery
minor
it is well to warn our cuts.
Margarine, because of its short-
all that ‘a treaty can do.
Is
uiy opinion that the sec-
butter 12 points for country or
process butter.
The points for canned fish are
our country and the peace
People will depend upon higher in July 'because of reduced
;jj^®°'Ple themselves rather than supply for civilians. Canned tuna
'■te 'great treaties and salmon are now 9 points per
^is one. It would be be most pound; oystres, 4 points.
>, ^^Phate if we should lull Cheeses take a decided drop,
^fselvr •
'fis into a sense oif security according to the new point Chart,
ratification of this treaty with 2 to 4 point decreases in all
'“>1h Nations which brought it classes of rationed cheese. This
5^ • There has always been a reduction is chiefly because of
will to peace in our the highly seasonal nature of the
Our people are peaceful products, OPA explained.
1® and they hate war. What Lard, shortening, and salad
' do not and cooking oils retain the 12-
j them had no large or shortening
in stock and little meat or beef.
Many other food items are no
longer on the shelves.
Not in recent • times has this
rich agricultural county faced
such a food shortage. House.wlves
are finding it most diSficu’Jt to
prepare balanced meals.
There are hundreds oif acres
of grazing land, but steak is a
rare item; many chickens are
raised, but dressed chickens are
scarce in the markets, and cafe
owners and hotel men from dis
tant points are taking the surplus
from fne farms; hogs feed in the
pastures, but there is little or no
lard in most stores, and meat is
scarce.
Sugar, rationed for a long time,
became scarce in stories this
week. Little canning has been
done, and it appears that none re
quiring sugar will be carried on
now unless the retail supply is
increased.
There are fish and vegetables
available, although sometimes
these are scarce in the stores and
markets.
The usually rwell-stocked
shelves of the 'village stores have
fewer canned foods than usual.
This is particularly true of the
meap items.
The shortage hf lard, shorten
Single Copy 5 Centf
Breakfast For Her Fighting Son,
PEORIA, ILL. — Packing
the armyk famous “K” ra
tions is Mrs. Esther Jacob-
.son’s war job. And as she
packs the 50 millionth “K”
meal produced at the Hiram
Walker & Sons plant here,
she hopes her son Don, a Ma
rine fighting Japs on Okin
awa, might get that particu
lar one. In this fast moving
war, men at the front would
often go hungry if it weren’t
for “K” rations. These appe
tizing, highly nutritious
pocket size meals, assure our
soldiers three sciuarc meals a
day even though field kit-^
chens may be far away. Ori
ginally developed for para
chute troops, “K" rations arc
now used by all military
units. They will play an jm-
poitant role in the conquest
of Japan.
' is that so many do not and cooking oils retain the 12-1 ings, and cooking fats is the most
Hfjj to understand that the sec- point value which wenit into ef-1 serious of any that has faced
this country^ depends feet June 17th, OPA said. 1 housewives. It prevents the mak-
liiv, the people themselves and j ing of good 'biscuits which is a
“ theii
i/f
ks
eir determination to keep NEW RESTRICTIONS ON
Country strong and great. NAVY 3I.\IL NOW IN EFFECT
Xust not only maintain our
■‘ive
ent
great navy we must also
'liist ” strong army. We
- ^ntinue to be prepared.
Us realize how nearly
losing this war by
O't -li: fact that we were
■'iv
Navy restrictions on the mail
ing of newspapers and magazines
to person.nel overseas have gone
into effect, as of July 1, in that
post offices will accept only pub
lications that are requested in
and it I'f'quired fully writing 'by the addressee.
' - prepare us. Wr- lan
iC .;,'-arm ard I am ik^
r .. On Hie other hand
■ri-rving the miliinry
a: air streii:'.;i of
■ and keepii.:' this
:-ie very fio '.i in
T.ho Unit; :] St'n s
a.inciit nrnh hiv Si;
r the rni'shtir-j c:
■ ..ns. I ht;!..- it will
'■ b;- ;;o. Undoubt: dh\'
■ p:- ep.agar.ha 1
re and for pfr-lii ro,
well meant and in
—seme of it will be in
•; >ut those who yield to
'®i;h P^rijably yield in good
«ati , happened 'before, it
^happen again.
'o ®Pemies did all they could
^^uade this country that
ii’jf ®Pld not be ‘prepared for
'■0 they did all they could
itiii ^ from being prepared
good people took the
'•ehv, ''ieiw. I think Japan and
made
>-1 that
^®Pared
The Navy Mail Service says
this plan will reicasc 1,500 men
froin the distribution and direc
tory
io nroce.'s letter mail \vhi.rh has
; • : ..ltd 108 per cent in the pert
A “K” ration consists of three meals for one man for one day.
Here is breakfast, other meals are dinner and supper. The contents;
Soluble coffee, a fruit bar, chewing gum, a can of chopped ham and
egg, energy biscuits, sugar, compressed cereal, 4 cigarettes and toilet
tissue. Each meal is packed in a wax dipped carton which is mois
ture. gas and insect proof. “K” rations are used only in Combat,
staple lodd' m‘ Hyde Snd also is
imipo'rtant in frying vegetables
and 'fish, as well as in other cook
ing. ,
These shortages which have
come much more serious in the
last 10 days are a subject of much
conversation, for it is indeed un-
u.sual for thi.= farm country to bfe
without meats, lards and other
food items no; now avcilable.
Mo.st people are not complaining |
TOBACCO GROWERS ARE
GETTING HYDE LABOR
JOHN FINDLEY GOES
BACK TO RALEIGF
Some Negro .farm laborers are
taking jobs with tobacco growers
up-state at pay ranging as high
as six dollars a day and room and
1 board. Several farm agents have
ibpcr; in the county recently ar-
I ranging to hire this help,
j .^'.gricultural offii-i.nlLS wct’ld
I not, permit any to be raken from
' the cm 5 y before this week ’'-o-
fait
-■ = ; comnarative figures
the Fleet Office, San
■i.. :i, reveal that toial >11131
:..-n irorn 49,719,iie7 pinm-s in
1914, to 100,128,789 pieces in
'\';y, 1945.
Meanwhile the Navy has adopt-
;id a bulk-shipment plan for
magazines, buying them for re-
ay.
ir maoatp'rncnt ot
. alihoug hthcre are some v/nu |
service of seceno class mau;, ...^,^ for the siiuai'.r.i 1
■’ ' ' ' '— ‘ ^ food i' availaole farm n.jip was
j n'-rr.ed in the potato Ciclcls.
I Vl'f. I rhor is not surplus, but
I not avAlab’e fsA doing the form
OCtt.lCUKE LUARDSWAN ! Ark which Hyde County farmci-
proci'cm.
VF!
PACIFIC
Coa.st Guardsman Elisha Bnl-
l.ance, Ciiiaf Water Tender of
ajeracokc is a veieran of Pacific
invasion action a.board a Coast
Guard manned vessel. In charge
sale at every shore station and i of the fire room of his ship, Bal-
ship. These shipments, due to'
start in mid-July, are expected
to give Navy men the same
choice of magazines they would
have at their home news stands.
FARM TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEES MSCONTINXJED
hare i’or them at tars tin| . which
inc'.nde? cutting ditch 'banks. Pri-
ce.= in Kv'.lc are not as inviting
as that offered by the tobacco
grower.s.
It is difficult to hire farm la
bor in these times to cut ditch
banks. Alost can make enough do
ing the higher paying seasonal
John Findley, for the .past twi
months acting manager of thi
Mattam'uskeet Wild'fowl Refuge
■wdth h'.frdquarters at New Hol
land, has returned to Ralei^i
where he assumed his new dutie
as state Game and Fish Commis
siorjer Monday. Me. Fiedtey wr.
:'i;r-'.a;it G.arne' and Firth C-em-
ird ..->r)ner bei-rre coming to Hyd
y.
hk-ey in K.’le will regret t'
b a"i! of Mr. Find!e\ ’s geing. Ad
>h'- igh baa to know ot Lir pri.
nret'-'i la ttie Con;..:; vat'c!' Do
ads
GI LlvCiCK SOLDIER .AWARDEI
COMBAT IXF.VNTRV B.VDGI
lance says that air aotion at Ley
te w:as the worst he ever encoun- I work to tide them over,
tered. Prior to 'entering the serv
ice, he was a fisherman.
Solitary sandpipers n-est
albandoned robins’ nests.
That large Scuppernong grape
vine -that has no grapes is prob-
aibly a male vine, and will never
bear.
: Pfc. Mather T. Gi-bbs of Gul
rock, -with the 103rd (Cactus
' Division of the Seventh Army
1 has been awarded the Combat In-
fantry Badge for outstandin;
j jerformance of duty with the
I 103rd Infantry Division in grounc
I comibat against the enemy.
hi
war upon
this country
and could not
pre-
‘•'ita
lim-e. It is something of
T A. Jennette, chairman of the
Hyde County Farm Transport-
tation committee announced this
week that this committee which
■has been serving 'the farmers
in the county in connection with
the Office of Defense Transport
ation and Price Administration
in handling applications for off-
the' late President! i^ued on June 30th. T^
-pressed, the matter of; of ^heCounttj- Fam Tran^rt-
n with amazing force! at'on, County an
success. I do -not mean | AAAcommittees are not aivilable
•iiilit, we m'ust -be as strong , for this P’^rpose^^anymo^^. ^
this country could
’^®P3red in two years. We
make a move in that;
of any -great c-onsquence |
have
are
after our
been defeated as
today, but I do mean
lijf 'We must never again
Hot i^PPrselves 'to be so little
as we were in31
as -we were in 1939
must be ready. We
“f'bei ®®ord to take the risk
''“2 Phprepared. If war shall
again we will not
'tss ,j®’ f think we will have
^ ®ix months. The Ber-
^lat j,®®^’Ors tell us at present
■'«ray had started our pre-
Nla 'months later they
All problems that arise in the
future in connection with these
to progra'ms should be taken -up di
rectly with the Oiffics of Defense
Transportation and Price Admin
istration.
’These agencies will continue
to render to farmers the same
helpful service that they had in
the past.
Should the U. S. Adopt Program
Peace-Time Military Training?
NO, SAYS E. A. WILLIAMS, 1 EDITOR’S NOTE-; The ques-
SV?\N QUARTER MERCHANT
To the Editor: I am opposed
to comij,t!lsory peace-time miM-
tary training for American youth.
It is undemocratic and is throw
ing on the scrap heap the princi
pals that our forefathers fought
and died for. I think it would
be just another step in the direc
tion of totalitarianism, the thing
that we need to watch and guard
against. I think it would tend to
ham'per the youth of our land in
the 'preparation for a business ca
reer, and cause them to loose in
terest and initiative early in life,
which many, no doubt, would
•never overcome.
Take France, Germany, Italy
end Japan as examples ef corn-
won and they con
cur achivement in
ready within two years
almost
mind that we will not
years another time
tile
miraiculous. Let us
adopt European
These defeated countries when
pulsory military training. What weighed in the balance—in the i
did they gain from all the many acid test of war—their compul- I
YES, SAYS J. C. BISHOP,
SCRANTON FARMER
To The Editor: The folloiwing
is concerning the question you
-presented me a few days ago.
I think our Lord knew what
he 'Was sayhtg when he said.
"Know the truth and the truth
will ma'ke j»u full.” We would
not make any mistake if we took
the time with our yo'ung to teach
them the truth rather than the
false way to #eace, which I
think means force rather than
respect for enemies.
M we really in sincerity want
peace, which is not only absence
of war, but also absence of ha-
century-o’Jd Americanism and. tred and strife, 'we must be will-
tion of whether or not the Unit
ed States should adopt a pro
gram of peace-time military
training is of interest to every
home. The editor of the Herald
recently imvited a number of out
standing citizens to express their
opinions. Today we carry the re
plies of two, one who favors com- i
pulsion as a national policy, while |
another opposes it. If you would |
like to express your views, let us ;
hear from you. We cannot make
any asurance, however, that they
will be published. TES.
Ruby Pearson, former home
demonstration agent in Johnston
County, is the new leader •f 4-H
club work for girls in North, , , . . ^ j
Carolina. She succeeds Mrs. John compulsory training? sory service was found wanting.
'The outcome of the recent strug- | Why the San Francisco Peace
gle in Euroipe has not demon- Conference, if we are going to
D. Wall.
Ah
Veterans of this war are given
preference over nearly all other
. prospective purchasers of new
[farm machinery through an or-
t>ther matter that concerns: der issued by the W'ar Food Ad-
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to "do unto others as we
would have them to do unto us.”
If this were first taught to our
young by teacliers who believe
it would work, w-e would be able
to teach it. successfully to other
nations and in time would be
strated a market superiority in ignore it altogether and start able to overcome international
soldiers so trained as opposed to conscripting and training men
those not so trained. An exam- for another war, even before the
ination of the results of compul- machinery for jieace has been set
sory service in these countries up and given a chance to dem-
give no sufficient reason why the onstrate its effectivenesB? I re
united States shoiuld albandon its ' (Continued on Page 2)
strifes.
In tiflLS age and world in which
we live, we cannot live to our
selves. We must learn to live
with other nations, and our at-
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ACTIVITY IN LEASING
COASTAL OIL RIGHTS
GROWS MORE FEVERISH
Much Money Finds Its Way Into Circulation As
Oil Company Agents Enter Home Stretch to
Close Leases Before Septmber Movement
Stimulates Business, and Many Folks Agog
Over Hope for Oil Riches —
MATTAMUSKEET
HIGHWAY GIVES
JOY TO BATHERS
Millions of dollars in oil under
the N. C. coastlan-d; maytbe bil
lions. That’s what some people
believe, and they believe it so
strong that it 'is getting difficult
to find 'anyone who 'will even
Hot Days Make Dreams Come about selling a piece lof land.
True For Those Who Pro- ‘ nothing, the 'doubters
• i J T 1 1 j snort. It s just a plan for the oil
jected Lake Highway j companies to get some of Uncle
I Sam’s mioney, they say, and may-
'Hot summer days are bringing be .to isave some taxes
.nany people to Lake Ma'ttamus-
i€tt for bathing along the scenic
lighway near Fairfield. The new
road with its shallow slO'ping
andy beaches is fulfilling the
Irea-ms of those who first advo-
rated it, n-otaibly W. O. Saunders
:f Elizabeth City, and P. D. Mid-
fett and M. A. Matthews of En-
-elhard, Geo. P. Carter of Fair-
So while these two grouips ar
gue, the thinking man can give
close scrutiny to iwh.at is going
on, and find a serious determin
ed effort on the part of the oil
co'inpany representatives to get
all the 'ground under lease, and
to foe prepared to protect their
interests when the time comes to
drill for oil. -Nearly the whole
ield, and others. j oif -Dare 'County has been eased,
Hyde County with so few -nice and maybe it is about even as to
pots convenient to a road for j Who has the best advantage, Sin-
.-athing, is no'W finding this bath- clair or St'an'dard. Maybe Sinclair,
ng beach worthwhile. Most of I with its lease on Fred Mal-oof’s
hose 'Who visit it for picnicking 168,000 acres has the most land,
nd bathing are Hyde County butSta ndard ha» the edge with
leople, but more will come as' more accessible acreage along the
ravel increases throughout the | coast. Sinclair put out $168,000
■ountry.
The BYPU of the Baptist
Church o.f Fairfield held a fish
ry on the highway Friday, and
t was thoroughly enjoyed.
,IRS. SWINDELL NOT
GOING TO GERMANY
An item in the Sladesville cor-
espcn-dence the other week to
.le effect that Mrs. Henry Lee
Aviniell of that community was
,oing to join her husband in
Jem any was -based on misin-
ormi.tion. The Hyde County Her-
id 1.; 2''ad to run this correction.
Th-3 news story, which passed
ti'uv^h the laant;:: neiws uUice,
■-# . ;'d much in.crest when it
as ;’!rcu:; ic-i ‘ti:( ushout Hyde
county newspaper,
n-iod that iho Si'sv-
rc! permit th.O
:men tr: go to trie
' .even tlnttcdt
o' :. -n:b:a. li is un-
dh;; War Depart
ing the posstbii-
sil'i for wives of
'-oun.y in 'its
tVi are Inii
o-nl
-CU;
I'lS. AND .£; S. J. T. MDGETTE
M.\KE GIFT TO LODGE
The hlattamuskeet Masonic
.odge of Lake Landing has re-
entlv received as a gift from
Ir. and Mrs. J. T. Midgette of
ake Landing, Mr. Midgette’s
ne eighth interest in the Ma-
onic* Hall, known as the Acad-
my. Here is Mr. Midgette’s let-
er- to the Masons;
Dear Brethren; My wife and I
in one suim for Maloof’s lease.
Standard is leasing everything in
sight lat ten cents an acre, and in
some instances advancing large
sums 'to keep taxes .up that were
long delinquent.
Standard Oil has the 'best of
the county 'sewed up with leases
with only a few gaps to fill in. It
had good connections in Dare
County, and -got a good start by
putting one or two prominent
citizens on the payroll. It has
leased the 'bulk of the land 'be
tween Hatteras Inlet 'and the Cur-
' rituc-k epunty line, as 'w;;i as a
! large part c-f Roaroke I.=‘:an-d, for
; landowners have been very eoop-
:er;tiye and readily up
Ni rt s for ten cenis an v. y.h
j C:N..;i 01 renewing in yea:-,.
I Stiuidard In 1,:-=
I U'^wever, a miinnior ; people
I h- ic-jrg .11;'. r-e;n:;; siiining
and ni.'jiijr in they ;;;.i ;'t want
i-nei" laiids c’u.;e;';d iiiiy
1 ] i" - ,1 £ - cv -■ 3 1 _ 1
it ^ .11:
I a..i .hey don’t ]'.tend 10 p;". So
I I. iCi,.,: between Sin ;.;wr a-id
‘ n-.i. nn.rft. ^ ;.,r C-ii f i Texas
J. -;,.i up jiiif a ‘few . and
c.iin w’d I'vhiie Sincla;;- m.-y have
ino- dcrergc, it is a ce-tainly
.nr: Standard’s hcldinys embrace
the territory 'where Uie !>ulk of
the county’s 'po'pulation lives. In
time tc 'COme they may expect q
minim'um of trouble, should oil
be -found in the county, for they
will have as business partners,
many of the county’s most influ
ential citizens, including office
holders. Depend on it, if oil I»
found, Dare will practically be-
^ long to Standard, and Standard
I may easily be the 'biggest, the
most powerful, and ii it chooses,.
thi»
-she as an Eastern Star and I as
M„..r M,=on o„, love .or] —' “ »
Jasonery, are donating my ope ^ ^ iucior in
ighth interest in Ridge Acad-j , ■ w, u
my, left me by my paternal; go mto de-
.randifather, J.
vhom I was named, in his will,
n donating this -property
T. Midyette, for j ^he -discovery of
profitable wells in this county
this -property to iTime enough td
.Jattamuskeet Lodge No. 328 1 should there
r. and A. M., I am relinquishing j ^ '
ill claim to any r^nt for said |
luilding that might -be due me
jy said lodge for conti>ious oc-
-■upation for -past sixty nine years
without paying rent.
Hoping that this gift to Mat-
amuskeet Lodge will assist said
Lodge in its usefulness in build
ing a stronger community, both
.noraily and spiritually, I am sin-
erely and fraternally yours. J. T.
Midgette. Warranty Deed enclos
ed.
REVIVAL SOON AT SWAN
QUARTER CHRIST CHURCH
A reiyival meeting will begin
at the Swan Quarter Christian
Church July 16th and continue
through the 25th. The Rev. J. W.
Lol'lis, pastor, will do the preach
ing. Everyone is coidially invit
ed to attend.
Vance County is finding that
its scrub bull eradication cam
paign is building a better dairy
industry.
a great jump in property values.
Living costs 'will also soar, and
wages 'Will keep up and keep on
going np. Real estate -prices will
be enormous. The increase in tax
valuations will yield the county
more money, but the cost of gov
ernment will iea-p skyward, to
pay ifor more jails and police
men, hospitals, scheol's, and other
things. Hundreds of new jobs will
be provid'ed, and churches will
even feel -prosperity as their
members roll in idough. These
miary sound like dreams, but the
oil companies will try to m'ake
them come true.
Standard has 'been spending
tens of thousands of dollars to
bring in seismigrapii-ic experts -to
make teste throughout the reg
ion. Something like a half mil
lion dollars have bean spent in
the work duBiag the ipasf nine
months, and another million is
being set aside. September is the
des'dline for the ibaginninig of
drilling operations. iSoon we shall
see.
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