Capital
Letters
By
Thompson Greenwood
VISITORS ? They aren't say
ing much about it yet, but the
"Lost Colony" enthusiasts are
hoping to have President Harry
Truman and daughter, Margaret,
down for the tenth anniversary
of this Paul Green masterpiece
this summer.
Plans for this year's presenta
tion were discussed at a meeting
held in Raleigh last week . . .
but Harry and Margaret were not
featured in this talking. How
ever, they will be inviteif very
shortly now.
You recall that President
IN BOTTLES AND AT FOUNTAINS
i'epsi-Cola Company, Long Island City . .\. 1 ??
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Wilmington, N. C.
SAVE TIME - SAVE MONEY !
You will find it pood business to stop by and
do your shopping at our store.
G G HEWETT
General Merchandise
SUPPLY, N. G.
OYSTERS - ROASTED ! !
All You Can Eat For $1.00.
We also serve fried oysters, Fish and Shrimp
? OPEN EVERY DAY? ALSO SUNDAY ?
Jf'e U'ill Be Closed Christmas
, > t
PIGOTT'S OYSTER ROAST
Gause's Landing ? Near Shallotte
WE ARE PROUD
We live in one of the most progressive com
munities of Brunswick County ....
AND WE ARE PROUD OF LELAND AND
ITS PROGRESS.
We shall do our best to keep our merchandising
service in step with the forward movement of our com
munity.
ULROURK
General Merchandise
LELAND, N. C.
Roosevelt came down on August
18, 1937, if memory serves cor
rectly, to see the show and to
make a speech.
Mrs. Truman will also be -in
' vited, but she, unlike her pre
decessor is "averse to travel"
... except in the direction of
Independence, Mo ... so she
isn't expected to attend.
? . *
| PENNY TIE ? One of the best
dressed men in the General As
sembly is Senator George Penny
[ of Guilford . . . one of the fam
' ous Penny Brothers . . . Auction
eel's whose faces have become
almost as familiar in North
Carolina as the Smith Brothers
of cough drop fame.
I W. Capers White, wine man,
was having a little chat in the
Capitol foyer last week with
Senator Penny, and as he start
ed to leave he complimented the
j senator on his beautiful tie,
[adding: ''When this session is
l over, I want you to give me that |
| tie."
"Give it to you nothing," re
plied Senator Penny. "You gave
' it to me for a Christmas pre
sent and now ask for it back the
first time I wear it."
White stuttered a little and
mumbled something about his
wife picking out the ties he gave
for Christmas.
FOUR YEAR SCHOOL? There j
is a tremendous undercover drive !
on now for a four-year medical
school for the University of I
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
. . . and properly so . . . for an
other is needed in North Caro
lina.
The News and Observer point
ed out in an editorial the other
day how Dr. Thuman Kitchen,
president of Wake Forest Col
lege, several years ago had
shown the tremendous advantages
of a four year school over a two
year . . . the students don't
have to go off to study, etc . . .
But the important thing is
this: Bowman Gray's sons, Bow
man, Jr., and Gordon, offered to
build for the University of North
Carolina in Winston-Salem one
of the finest four-year medical
schools in the land. The Univer
sity turned the offer down flat
ly .. . nothing doing at all.
So the Grays took the offer
to Wake Forest .where it was ac
cepted . . . rather promptly. Now
it is' regarded as one of the out
standing medical schools in the
nation . .- . the Bowman Gray
School of Medicine of Wake
Forest College at Winston-Salem.
. . . And now the University
says its No. 1 need is a four
year medical school ... at
j Chapel Hill . . .
NOTES ? Your reporter recent
ly returned from a trip down to
New Orleans and environs . . .
and the most noticeable thing
about the journey was the ab
sence of forests ... all the big
trees are gone . . . just cut-over
stuff . . . scrubby pines and a
few dogwood bushes and under
brush ... an alarming situation
. . . throughout the South ....
Can't we do something about
wasteful forestry practices here
in North Carolina?
. . . Radio Station WPTF will
launch a farm and home improve
ment contest on February 17 . . .
to run until fair time this fall. . .
LINDSAY TOO ? Two or three
weeks ago this column reported
on Announcer Harry Wismer's
excruciatingly correct pronuncia
tion of North Carolina when he
broadcast the Sugar Bowl game.
The credit for this was given to
Frank Swadley, Wismer's friend
and manager of the Robert E.
Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem.
But it seems that Comptroller
Lindsay Warren also had a hand
in it. The following note has
been received from Mr. Warren:
"On Sunday night, December
the 29th, and before the Sugar
A FINE SELECTION
Nice, Young
TENNESSEE
Mules
and
HORSES
Good, Fresh, Well Broken!
See Them Early !
HACKNEY WAGONS
One and 2-Horse.
Also Harness
?CASH or TERMS?
Seth L. Smith
& Company
WHITEVILLE, N. G.
Bowl game, the following tele
gram was sent to Harry Wismer
by one of his friends:
Dear Harry: Please don't ruin
your excellent standing with the
people of North Carolina by your
atrocious pronunciation of the !
name of that great Common- j
wealth. Get Charlie Justice to
coach you. We are anxiously
awaiting for you to tell lis of a
North Carolina victory on Jan-1
uary 1st, but please. Harry, i
pronounce us right. Best Wishes."
RECONSTITUTED ? Had any
watered milk lately? Probably
so. whether you knew it or not,
for 10 per cent of all milk sold
in North Carolina last year was
watered !
So far, it has stayed out of
the papers, but these are facts
. . . and here is how it happened.
Enormous quantities of dehy
drated, or powdered, milk were
imported from the Midwest and
other points. The purchasers
then attempted to put the water!
back into the milk ... . and did
it . . . and the milk was all
right, wholesome and all that.
However, the water separated
from the milk, etc . . . and it
was messy business . . . but prof
itable . . . highly profitable . . .
and it discouraged production of
fresh milk here in North Caro
lina . . . From now on . . . frcm
this date forward . . . this re
constituted milk will be labeled
that way . . . And now you will
know what is wrong when the
milk you buy has that certain
look . . .
Of course, the dairy industry
is getting out of this situation
as rapidly as possible . . . realizes
it has narrowly averted a major
scandal ... It was really no
body's fault . . . began during
the great war-brought milk
scarcity . . . and just continued.
North Carolina was not alone in
the practice. The worst feature
of it was that much of this re
constituted or watered milk was
sold as "Grade A Raw Milk."
Milk salesmen are now scam
pering around everywhere in an
effort "to t obtain fresh milk sup
plies to replace the watered
variety.
OFF THE CUFF? Some people j
have been complaining about the
Legislature. . .not doing anything i
j and all that . . . Well, it has done j
! just as much during its first three
! weeks as any of its predecessors'
It takes about two weeks for any
1 General Assembly to Become fully
organized and get up steam. The
new Congress has been in session
longer than the Legislature . . .
and what has it done?
. . . Charlie Justice' is on a
I basketball team at Carolina . . .
the outfit is called "Carolina
j Clowns" or something like that.
iWant to schedule a game wit*
[them. . . They say Justice is a
whiz on the basketball court, too.
I . . . Look for some hot words
| right along now in the Legislature
ias the battle between the Con
servation and Development crowd
| and the wild life Federation crew j
gets going. . .
. . . This column appreciates
1 the kind word spoken of it in the
j January issue of "Tomorrow" . .
but regrets it is tied to LeRoy
Martin in these words of praise.
Martin has nothing whatever to
do with the column. . .never sees
it, before or alter it is written. . .
We are glad to add the Lenoir
[News-Topic, the Mooresville ,Tri
, bune, and the Sampson News as
[subscribers to this service. . . .
ANNUAL MEETING
*< "Continued From Paye Oi>??
completed and in service. REA
has long since approved and al
lotted the funds for this purpose.
The materials have been ordered
for months, but deliveries will
continue to be slow on account
of the tremendous back-log of ,
orders on the manufacturers j
books, as a result of the exces
sive demand for materials and!
the delays in production due to]
strikes in the copper industry
from January to the 3rd week!
of July, 1946, along with strikes!
in other related industries.
"The same situation prevails'
with respect to the construction!
of lines in unserved communities.
We have the allotment of funds,
all the engineering has long
since been completed, except the
staking of line, we have the ma
terials ordered. We have receiv
ed some of the material items
for this purpose, sufficient to
build 400-miles of line, but there
are more items on which we
have not yet received any de
livery, and we will be obliged to
withhold the beginning of con
struction until all items are avail
able to complete each mile of
line as we go along. But for the
shortage of material deliveries
all of our proposed construction
would have been completed long
ago. In this respect we are the
victim of circumstances. This is
a period that calls for patience
and tolerance on the part of all
concerned.
"We know it is difficult for
those who do not yet have elec
tric service to endure this period
of waiting for service. It is just
as difficult for us. It is the
purpose of any electric coopera
tive to provide service to every
one in its operating area. We
have taken all the necessary
steps to provide this service. We
want to get the job done. We
cannot be satisfied until it is
completed. The only delay now
is lack of materials and you can
assure everyone that construe- j
tion will be under way as /ast
as materials are available.
"We are also interested in the
development of telephone service
throughout our system area, as
it will be of great help in our j
operations and maintenance as j
well as to the individual mem- j
bers. As you know, engineers of
the Rural Electrification Admin
istration along with the Ameri- j
can Telegraph Co. have been
working since before the war to
develop a system of communica
tions for use oh REA lines. Hie
war. of course, curtailed this de
velopment. There have now been
a few installations' made through
out the country which are being
used for test purposes and study
to determine the reliability of
service to be expected. We have
expressed our desire to cooperate
in every possible manner with
the local telephone companies, to
assist in this development, and
the telephone companies are an
xious to do something about it,
but they are having their diffi
culties, too, with material and
equipment deliveries. The fact
that whatever the nature of tele
phone equipment is used must
be tied in with the telephone
companies. However, we are cer
tain that in due time telephone
service will be available for us."
Following the president's add
We offer these
BANKING
SERVICES
We invite you to use our
complete banking service
for ail cf your financial
needs.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance '
Corp.
ress a report of the nominating
committee was made from the
floor, resulting in the election of
the following new officers and
directors:
President, J. L. Robinaon,
Whiteville; vice-president, H
Foster Mintz, Bolivia; secretary
treasurer, LeRoy Mintz, Shal
lotte; assistant treasurer, John
B. Ward, Ash. The foregoing as j
well as the following wore also
elected directors, G. T. Reid.
Winnabow; W. A. Mintz, Free- j
FOOUSH
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Head Colds
A bottle of Vlcks Va-tro-nol Is mighty
handy to have around the house be
' cause this double-duty nose drops . . .
Quickly Relieves sneezy. snimy,
' 1 stuffy distress of
j head colds. Makes breathing easier.
Helps Prevent many colds from
? 1 developing If used
at the first warning sniffle or sneeze.
This Double-Duty Nose Drops should
| save you much misery. Works fine!
( Follow directions in the package.
VICKS VATRONOL
land; C. D Branch, Board man; ;
Fronla Strickland, Tabor City;
Foy D. Fowler, Tabor City; F.
E. Lay, Tabor City; N. C. White,
WhiUyJUe, Route 1.
Following the barbecue dinner
there was more music and the
moiing picture, "Bob Marshall
Comes Home," At 2 o'clock, the
gathering heard F. Alton Vardy,
assistant-chief of the manage
ment division of the REA of
Washington, D. C. He dealt
with pride on the extension of
the REA service and its useful
ness to rural communities not
"therp-ise haying electric service.
He was fallowed by Gwyn E.
Price, of Raleigh, chairman North
Carolina -REA.
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from Jefferson City v ^
southwesterly di fj I
Missouri and ArkS", ^
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pay Increased 50 M h
percent for over*? ??, ft
50 percent if tntmu!"!?.
| crew ptu? 5 per??' ?J
pay for every s
i A full monih'. ?
I year. An opportunity ZiM
for men l*tWM? \L? ? a
! and 34. Co i? vour . te I
. KecruitlhR Station n"*
' benefit information p ff !i
'? Wilmington, x. ? p 0 H
GET GOOD GULF..,
Gasoline, Greasing, Oil, Tires
ENNIS LONG SERVICE STATION
On U. S. No. 17 SUPPLY, |
WE DELIVER NOW . . .
Any of Your Favorite Brands
STANDARD BRANDS OF
FERTILIZERS
WE RECOMMEND
3-9-6? Prolific for Tobacco
WE ALSO HAVE?
3-8-5? Lion
4-10-6? General Crop
AND OTHER BRANDS
Order Now? It Will Be Delivered
COAST ROAD SERVICE STATION
SHALLOTTE, N. G.
NOTICE NOTICE
SECOND CALL FOR TAXES
will be at the places cited below at the time designated for the pur
post of collecting taxes. No penalty on 1946 taxes if paid on or before
ebruary 2nd, 1947. Penalty begins Feb. 2nd and accrues each month
thereafter.
PAY NOW AND SAVE COST
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North West I .. C. McKoy's Store, Jan. 30th
North West-Mrs. A. M. Chinnis' Store, Jan, 30th 12 00 p Vr M
Leland Post Of/ice,? Jan. 30th 12.00 to 12:45 P. . I
Navassa? Lewis' Store, Jan. 30th 1 :00 to 1 :30 P. J -
Winnahow? Henry's Store, Jan. 30th to P' ,
Bolivia? Leonard's Store, Jan 30th 5:45 ^
Lockwoods Folly ? Kirby's Store, FtfTlrt 4t3# P'w
Lockwoods Folly ? Varn urn's Store, Feb. 1st 10:00 10 10:45 A' '
Lockwoods Folly? Roach's Store, Feb. 1st 11:15 to 11:45 A' '
Boone's Neck-Capt. Jesse D. Robinson's Store R f. 1 12!?? '? u
Shallotte ? Post Office Square Feb 1st ' 12:45 to 1 : Is P. ?'?
iSt 2:00 to 4:00 P. ?
W. P. JORGENSEN
TAX COLLECTOR FOR BRUNSWICK COUNTY