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PAGE 8 Tabor City Col Is Proii BY TROY BOS WELL Since November 12 1918 nine-1 teen children have been born to a coloied family in the Tabor City section Henry Dewitt. in his middle forties, is father of' the prolific family. His wife is a few months younger than he file stork has been most kind to the Dewitt family, in presenting them with nearly a score of children the sexes have been almost equally divided in the offspring?eleven girls and eight boys. The most recent arrival, a boy. has the name "NINETEEN" tacked upon his bassinette. Of the nineteen children four died in infancy while 15 are living. Three of number are married with an even dozen jingling the pans about the Dewitt household. D?witt farms out in the George Prince settlement and is carrying on right well, it is said. Just how large the family may climb remains to be seen. However "Papa Dewitt" is said to have already selected two addi*' fr\v rifi'chriticr liwiiai iianrco ??**?*?? VLI^.H.6. . These names' are reported as "Grand Finale" for the twentieth! child and "No More" for the 2lst. In due course of time Henry may be called upon to hustle around and dig up a string of new names. Who can tell? ? . v DICTATORS DEATHS BRING A CLOSE SHAVE i SALVADOR, State of Bahia? A. P.?Alvaro Moreira de Oliveira says he lost a good friend when Mussolini and Hitler died?his beard. Oliveira, a hospital attendant whose anger rose as he saw the | victims of Nazi ship torpedoings off the Brazilian coast in the dark days of 1942, wanted to "protest against the barbarism of the Nazis" but was too old to fight. The beard was the result. Now that the deaths of the two dicta-j tors have been announced Oliveira, has shaved again. Threads that run lengthwise in a fabric are invariably made of higher grade raw material than that used for transverse threads., lored Man ific Enterprise Farmer*; Reduce t Corn Acreage Is Five Percent Less Thar That Harvested Las) Year, State Agriculture Dept. Says P.ALEIGH?The State Agricul ture Department reports that the acreage of corn for harvest this year in North Carolina, now estimated at 2,225,000 acres, is five per cent less than that harvested last year. General rains throughout mosl of Eastern North Carolina ir late June materially improved corn prospects and a good yield is now indicated for that region said the release. Soil moisture was deficient ir the Piedmont during the pasl month and the yield outlook on July 1 was below average. Since FT Buy More 1 And S j -Back Th I GARRE1 I I Three ] I manshipan 4 L7 M-J j Schila QUJ ?- r. jy AT ^ .. -B War Bonds B tamps e Attack? "FAS LL WAREH( Veil Ventilated, W j c c l. ?. u oervite jpeaK. 11 Tabor 1 J the first of the month, however, rains have been general and the crop outlook has considerably improved. For the State, a yield of 21 bushels was forecast by 1 the department's Crop Reporting! Service. This estimate was baseij lonjtjjuly 1 conditions, jit^st^aaf'a 22 Jbilshels^frWfe' i a?e This season's wheat crop of i j 6,412,000 acres was about 2,500,'! 000 bushels less than last year's | record production. This decrease I was attributed by the department f | , to a drop of 18 per cent in the i aceage harvested and a decline of j two bushels in the yield per j "'acre. The report said that wea-j . ther conditions were "none too | '| favorable" during the spring and i II wheat heads failed to develop; ( ' | satisfactorily. i t ' { The increase of seven per cent11 ! over last year in the acreage of j, : j oats more than offset the slight;, ' | decrease in yield and a record' ( ' j crop of 8,568,000 bushels is now ^ 1 in prospect. , LOSES WEED BARN i Edward Ward, resident of the : Mollie section, reports the loss of i a tobacco barn by fire a few days ( ' ago. , LL TOBAC I TABOR CI! ? And Trade At ? f's Dept \LITY MERCHANC LOW PRIC uy Bonds For Victor m TEST GROW 3USE CARC ell Lighted War ehoi ir Itself ! ! ?LET I Citv J s THE STATE PORT PILOT, S Used cooking fat, saved by conscientlous farm wives, helps make synthetic rubber raincoats farmers need on bad days. An additional 100,090,000 pounds of used cooking fat Is needsd this year for civilian and war essentials. " SGT. NOBLES WOUNDED CHADBOURN, July 25 ?Gar-1 riss Nobles, well known local itizen, was' recently notified that' lis son, Sgt. Julius C. Nobles, is eported convalescing in the 75th f Station Hospital at Luzon from vounds he received in action on Okinawa on June 21. Sgt. Nobles vas wounded in his left thigh,! Jie information disclosed. He' ias two brothers, Walter and iVallace Nobles, at Chadbourn Yale University is the third >ldest institution of higher edu;ation in the United States. CO Y , Store use :es ySell Your ?u 1NG MARK] UNA WAR] uses Managed by \ JS SELL Y Cham TABOR C IOUTHPORT, N. C. I Everyone Has A Job O This Store is Tabor City's Medium I .Health Defense ! ! I Fountain SpecialsMeet your friends during this tobacco season at our modern fountain and get a cold, refreshing ' xr >11 drink and a tasty, toasted sanawicn ... iouu like our up-to-date fountain and drug service. Also Cigars, Candies, Cigarettes, Tobaccos, Toilet Goods .... Stationery ... Rexall and Nyal Drag Products * * Sell Your Tobacco In Tabor City Harrelson's Phai R. C. HARRELSON, Prop. Dri TABOR CITY, N. / Tobacco vKh Hn| l^flj HH M JE?8B8 K&aB RBwi I v ' '"/-;w ' wyffiyfl I ET IN THE BORDER BE EHOUSE NEEW FAR1V Warehousemen Who Know Tobacco,1 OUR TOBACCO? ber of Com ITY,NC? , WEDNESDAY, AUGUST B ;;v:v 4k ^ K You Can Help Him Most I J M The Big Fight- I I BY KEEPING HEALTHY- B I BY STAYING ON THE JOB- B r And By ... . B ! Buying Bonds I ' TO FINANCE THE WAR 1 -w ir T-i a in The Home hront: ! v - ?- -? * 'V^-iagp "W-*4 for Keeping up its Part of Our National Prescriptions ? Day or Mite Our modern prescription department lias IY i led more than 3-4 of 1,000,000 prescriptions sim-e 1 1915 and it is still going strong. With such ex per ience we offer you unexcelled service.*BRING i s j YOUR NEXT PRESCRIPTION FOR QUICK, \> ! CURATE, DEPENDABLE SERVICE. PHONE 34-1 , and Trade At j7u~y War Bonds macy w nggists Since 1910 KEEP c. HEALTHY ) HIIMIM I1MI?I?I IW I ! '" 1 rLed All Markets In The Border Belt With One Set Of Buyers! !LT"! IERS WAREHOUSE Whose Past Record For Sales tmerce \ ? : y-'w .. ; f
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