The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 6

MJMBBIVTON, N.jgL, MONDAY, FJMWJAWT 2, Farm Agent Gets Information On Paprika Growing Information concerning the growthand marke ing of paprika a of pepper, has been received at the office of County Farm Agent W. D. Reynolds and is available for farmers who may be interested. Mr. Reynolds said today he thought it advisable for farmers to give consideration to the crop.

Paprika can be marketed at Dillon, S. and a representative of the paprika mill there has assured Mr. Reynolds that his firm will be glad to send a man to Lumberton to cnofer with farmers who are interested. The Dillon mill is prepared to enter into contracts for the purchase of any paprika grown In the Lumberton territory, it was announced. Knudsen Sworn In As Lieutenant General POEM BY A MARINE To the Editor of The Robesonlan: 1 am sending a poem that was written by Royce McDuffie, a Lumberion youth who is now in the U.

S. Marines. He sent it lo me and I thought it was good enough to put. in our county 'paper, so I'm sending it to you. Please publish it if vou can.

MISS HELEN HAYES Maxton, N. R. 1. Townsend Faces Birth Rate High Serious Charges In N. Last Year Ralph Townsend Indicted Death Rate Ever as Jap Agent Said to be Recorded in State; Vio- Robeson Native.

lent Deaths 2,541. (From Red Springs Citizen) Kaleigh There were 85.3CG iS5 Carolina last Handlers 9 Act To Aid Farmers who tte to- production coo tracts with handlers of africultur- producer- a guarantM that such will bt fulfilled." haodlm of fann produce art noofUtof tht Hand- ten Act IflgUlaUon, esMDtlal IB rataovlaf unfair petition and ntMntr? for (rotation of tht frowan," Wtttoott added. Copies of the act and applications for permits may be seal products and equal protection to i cure by writing the Markets Di- honest dealers who have faced unethical competition be afford- de under provisions of the North Carolina Handlers' Act this season. William S. Knudsen.

former director cif the Office of Production Management, is shown (left) as he t-sok thc oath cf office as Lieutenant General in tho United Stales Army, in Washing- Ion, D. C. At right is Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. The oatJi was administered by iVIaj.

Gen. C. Cramer (center). Adjutant General of Hie United States Army. to be the Ralph Townsend lth Deaths reported during who formerly lived Red Springs lagl ar numb ered 32,154, which and Raeford, and is a native of 53 312 less than the number of Raynham, this county 40 less than total Federal agents that he ccllrring ln wo was a former editor of the Lake.

Tho mi birth rate as 23.0, as i Geneva Herald and a Contributor! red with 22 7 the previous i to the magazine, "Scribncrs Com- white thc death rate dropped mentator. Among the specific 9 lo 8 the lowegt ever re items of subversive herature that ded in Nor a Carolina There he was charged with having writ-, noti ceable increase in the ten and distributed "America. of deeths amoug babies lins No Enemies In copies oW thc 1941 total of which Townsend sent to friends been as compared in Robeson and Hoke counties some wlth 4676 the rece ding year, months ago. i which raiswi the rate from 5C.3 per Accord ng to department of jus-, thousand Uve births to 59.4. tice agents Towmend, David Wara howed a dc ren Ryder and Frederick Vincent.

there having been last year, against bringing the rate down A BOOTS THOUGHTS At night when taps have safely blown How far a fellow Marine's thoughts roam. fellow's mind is bound to stray When the bugle blows at break of day. He thinks of Mother with beautiful eyes, Patiently waiting and breathing sighs. She's waiting until that last note clears. And her son comes home to calm her fears.

He's home at last, safe and strong, And tells her nothing seemed so long. Dad is there, your hand he takes And says, "That's one I'm proud to shake, You've grown and learned a Marine to be. You have just what a Marine can take." When golden curls come into view It's sister with her eyes of blue She says to all the friends she meets, "My brother's a Marine Has your's joined yet?" I think their thoughts conic clear, And the "boots" home seems so near For at night when taps have blown Alonesnme "boots" Thoughts drift home. ROYCE McDUFFlE LUMBEIITON SELECTED (Continued from Page I) elation, is a native of this section of the state and lias relatives in Robeson county. Pate Elected Director At the meeting in Greenville, George Lewis Pate, prominent farmer of the Rowland section, was elected a director-at-large of the association.

In Army Air Corps Re-Shuffle Williams, the three Americans ar- rested, operated as public relations'. ay counsel for the Japanese Commit-j da 1 eonTrad andlnformation.Th St ra hai the state Japanese arrested were highj Health icn preventable consular and business numbered 8 62, which -Townsend who went to school esg number here while in the grammar A "bonding system" will be placed in operation throughout the state this year "and all handlers of farm produce who make contracts with growers will be required to give substantial bonds to assure fulfillment of agreements unless financial responsibility can be established to the satisfaction of the commissioner of agriculture," Westcott explained. Handlers, "other than those completing transactions with United States currency," will be required to obtain a "handlers' permit 1 Westcot said that "the 1941 general assembly enacted the Handlers' Act as a farmer-protection measure designed to prevent unscrupulous dealers from contracting for produce without giving the Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. Lumberton Plbf. Electric Call 877 Stoker and oil burner repairs H.

McDANIEL, Mgr. I and Bicycle Parts Western Auto Associate Store ELM STREET Shortage With the current shortage of both farm labor and new farm machinery, a better and more complete use of existing machinery has become essential. TAKE I 25c FOK COLDS AND COUGHS Today Tuesday PRIMITIVE LOVE! CROP IMPROVEMENT HOLDS ANNUAL, EXPOSITION I Greenville, Jan. 31. Respon- sibilities and opportunities of fanners in feeding the United na- Uons during the war, and the en- tire world after the war, were discussed by Governor J.

Melville Broughton and other speakers at i the concluding sessions of the seventh annual seed exposition of the M. C. Crop Improvement asso- elation here today. Governor Broughton told thc fanners to show courage, faith and thrift, and to take advantage of "thc greatest, opportunities offered agriculture in the history of the nation." i Dean I. O.

extension cli- rector and Dr. L. D. Beaver, re- i search director of State college also time fnrm at .1 morning ccn- The novprrjor ad- iiic We- man's club building. I a i i three addresses were crops judging con- I tests, participated oy i Fanners of America and 4-H.

Club i members. Those contests were held in the auditorium of East Carolina Teachers college, and the winners i were announced, and awards presented at thc luncheon. The Lincoln County team, coached by Assistant Farm Agent 1 J. W. Webster, excelled over 10 i other teams in the 4-H contest, i with thc score of 2.210 out of a pos- I eible 2,400.

Comprising the team were J. E. Bnidshsw, BUuie Parker and James Rocp. Kash county was second. EdgCL-ombe third," Polk fourth Johnslcn ut.h, Cumber- outlined grnms in meeting Kr; ler of activi I dresERd a 'more than "Of) i is the son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Added Walter Townsend. of He is the a story of China which is violently pro-Japanese. He lived in the Orient for some years after graduating from Princeton University. He is a member of one of Robeson county's oldest and most prominent families.

these homicides, swelling the number of vio- Car- were 297 suicides and 382 Chalk Dust PRf DOROTHY UMOUff Wednesday Is Cash Day S150.00 LN CASH JOHiS 7 WAYNE in 'SliEPHfiKD OF THE HILLS" Thursday Only "BAD OF MISSOURI" Friday Saturday RED BARRY in "TULSA KID" PASTIME 17c These officers of the U. S. Army Air Corps wore affected h.r shakeup announced by llic AVar department. Top. left.

Col. Edgar I Sorcnson, assistant chief of air staff, lias been relieved of that duty and assigned as director of bombardment aviation on the air staff; right Maj, Gen. Barton K. Younl will be in charge of tuniiug out 30,000 new personnel required for the 1942 airplane, production program. Bottom left, Bris.

Gen. Carl Spaatx. chief of cir staff, assigned to duty as cliiel' of the air force combat command with the rank of major general; right, Maj. Cen. Frederick Martin, who was in charge of the air forces at Hawaii at the lime of Pearl Harbr.r attack, will be commanding: general of thc Second Army air force at Fort Wright, Wash.

4 Dan Keep and Parker were first and second, respectively, in thc indi- i Vaughn of Nash county was third, land sixth. seventh, Pen- The phuboVo school le am der eighth. Person i and Pitt of a a won the F. F. and Franklin tied lor A contesl The boys are James i Boone, Billy Justice and Bynum Clegg.

They were coached by H. i G. "Johnston, Pittsboro vocational teacher. Ml. Vernon was second, Belwood third, Pineville fourth, 1 and Lucama and Newell tied for fifth in the F.

F. A. contest, which attracted teams from 42 schools. Clegg was the high scoring indi: vidual, and Leonard Patterson of China Grove was second. Another important part of the i final day's program of the day farm exposition was the elec- i tion of L.

H. McKay of Hendersonville as president of the Crop Improvement association for the coming year. R. V. Knight of Tarboro was chosen vice president.

11 was decided to accept the in- jTinie For Officers Vista Collins Edith Kittrell I i While the majority of the students were working away on the third period exam, some mean, unkind student placed a ladder at the top of the stairs. If you went up you either walked under or crawled over the bad luck omen. Ugh how these superstitious students shivered. and how they crawled! Someone once said that only the uneducated were superstitious. The past has been wasted just think of the years we have spent, digging for an education.

A ladder plus an exam would make even Prof. Know-It-All have a sijry streak of superstition. -'It's awfully hard to concentrate on Latin when a handsome blond like Whitey Phillips sits so near you. isn't it, little-bitty freshman If you're by room 29 some day, just in and read the letter that Private Oscar wrote to his It couldn't be--quote I Hi Romeo. (Dennis Biggs is young Casinova to whom the greeting is directed).

You're the guy that gets all the girls, aren't you? Then why not give your super technique in six easy les! sons to the unsophisticated teenish I age guys at L. H. Could someone tell us why a i couple Of sweet liF sophomore girls linger around the door of room 27.till the very last geome- try student leaves? Could it be to see that handsome waddayucall- oliria to 2,541. Deaths 'from diphtheria during the year dropped from 119 to 39. Figures now.are beginning to reflect the compulsory immunization law passed by the 1939 Legislature.

Pneumonia deaths fell from 2,041 to 1,896, and tuberculosis deaths to 1,769. There was a pronounced decline in the number of deaths from puerperal (childbirth) septicemia. The total last year was only 53, as compared with 112 in 1940. The decline is attributed by Board of Health physicians to improved, methods of treatment. A TO BUY 10,000 bushels of corn 75c per bushel bushels of peas $2 per bushel 2,000 bushels of soy beans $1.65 bu.

5,000 bushels of oats. ROBESON FCX SERVICE LUMBERTON, N. C. WEST 4TH STREET St Pauls News By Mrs. Wm.

E. MacMillan St Pauls, Feb. 2. The St. Pauls Garden club was scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon In the home of Mrs.

L. J. Moore. Visitors Sunday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Kate M.

Campbell were Mr. and Mrs. Alton Campbell and Mrs. W. W.

Smith, all of Fayetteville, daughter-in-law and daughter, respectively, of Mrs. Campbell, who is improved from a recent-illness. Joe Sugar and son, Stanley, are at home from several days visit with kinsmen in Baltimore, Md. The St. Pauls community club house is being used as a soldiers center and is open on Saturdays from 4 to 11 p.

m. Some thirty soldiers were entertained the previous week. Red Cross Goal Topped. The Red Cross War Relief drive in St. Pauls and surrounding community reached $1,512 which was an increase over the quota of $1,152.53 assigned them.

Mrs. Tom Smith was chairman of the drive which closed on the night of Jan. i 24. She was ably assisted in the A N. C.

MONDAY and TUESDAY Also Selected Shorts Bring Your Car Home For I Dodge Plymouth Jiuick I A I Weekly or Monthly Payments Caii Be Arranged PHONE 21 A A mmmmm. Sybil has just purchased a shipment (well, almost) of stunning if little beanies in lovely pastel Deadline ipr Retirement shades and one of the newly ac- Feature is April 1. quired is a snazzy red porkie pie The Board of Commissioners of Ouch! Did those reporl cards the law enforcement officers' sting? Aw, stop jiving, kids, benefit and retirement fund at its everybody we've talked to say 'meeting in Raleigh January 28, they're improving monthly! At 'in fellows after Ummm canvassing. Dr. and Mrs.

T. H. Olive were week-end visitors from Mt. GHead, in the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. D.

B. Lancaster. Both are favorably remembered among extended to April 1942, the deadline for law enforcement officers to become members of the retirement feature of the fund and still receive prior service credits. The retirement feature of the least, they're trying like mad to improve Have you ever seen Dot Watts do her disappearing act? Well, we have. Just the other day we saw her make herself scarce as a law enforcement officers' benefit snake's eyebrows.

You can do and retirement fund was inaugu- jt to We re sure that Dot rated July 1-, 19-10, and past service credit was allowed all offi- many friends here. She formerly was Miss Forest Lancaster. PITTSBURG PAINTS PROTECTS! GUARDS! HOME A Repaint your home now paint It to beautify, to protect! PiUsbnrff Paint docs a smooth, long lasting jab. Scientific weather tests have proved that I'ittsburs Paints retain their beauty and protective value over a long period oJ' years. Stop In And Ask For Color Card Scarborough Builders Supply Go.

PHONE 269 FAYETTEVILLE KOAD LUMBERTON, N. C. i cers w'n obecame members prior vitation of Lumberton to hold the 1943 seed show in Robeson county. George L. Pate of Rowland was elected a director-at-large, and P.

D. Herndon of Kings Mountain was named to succeed Tom Corn- veil of Shelby ns a director from the Piedmont region. Knight and Frc-ci N. Colvard of West Jeffer- Eon. whose terms as directors also expire this year, were reeleclcd.

The officers, and J. Brantley, Speights oi' Wintcrville. retiring president, L. Lyerly of Wood- leaf and Dr. Gordon K.

Middle- service, ton of State college, were named I on th? executive committee of the association. i to January 31, 1941, provided contributions were made on all earnings from July 1. lf)40. The board "ceived several petitions from law- enforcement agencies stating they did not receive notice of the former deadline, and in order to make the retirement plan available to all officers the deadline was extended to April 1, 1942. All officers who become members prior to April 1, 1942, must pay contributions on earnings since July 1, 1U40, in or- tell you just how to hide behind a door, when you're on the A sweet "lil" blonde who is up to the last minute on all of the hotcha mofit says that she is positive that the "Bluebirds of Dover" will out-fly the "Chata-j nooga Choo-Choo" soon.

What's behind the quietness J. L. Wiggins? A banquet on a i night a couple years ago? coin-on get a "wiggle on, friend, scores of dames at L. H. S.

think you're tops. Who knows better than Max' why Lee, Wesley, and John alder to receive credit for pa.u ways sit on 1 0 1 "'pep meeting? Yea, Cheer leaders, Let's INDIAN WELFAKE TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT I REDSTONE HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE HEALTH MEET Bagging A cotton bagging program for 5940, providing (or the manufac- Produced mi Directed liy UWARD Dr. E. R. HardiiV will address a jruf.tipr; at bedstone high night and Mrs.

Earl McICcuar will show a free 1 Oil subjects i c'c-f; ID lit- of interest to i Stucco find wall boards can now be made Pembroke. Fob. 2. Program for the JrvJian Chiki Welfare a K. 0 up tof cir.Uci!, jeb.

at 7 p. n-. terns," or bale coverings, has been the college dmmg room: announced by the U. S. Depart- Devolional Mrs.

Matt.ie M. menl of Agriculture. "How We Cm Train Children to be Good Citizens'" Juhn I L. Carter; ''The Buys Gang--Our Opportunity" Walter Pench- beck; discussion period: menl. The Amozon river for ocean steamers for 2,300 miles.

Prominent. Thc vegetable garden fills a prominenl. jjlace in the farm pro- gram, since it serves the double purpose of providing a health in-, is iiavig; 1 i policy and a savings ac- count for the family. Agricultural Loans This bank will follow its usual policy of extending cash loans to the farmers of Robeson County for crop production purposes. We are particularly glad to aid farmers who own their own land, whether they be large landowners or small landowners, and will be glad to consider making a few livestock loans to farmers who can convince us that they are prepared to handle a few cattle.

It pays to establish a good credit rating with us as we lend money at any time for any worthy cause upon acceptable collateral. The National Bank Of Lumberion Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.