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SOCI AL ?.\VKFKS L v Hayes, of White V--ivs the marriage of j,ter, Barbara Walker % gouthport. to William ^ Jr.. of Whiteville. The ;oflji place at Conway. (January 9. 1948. Fulc/ier Is 0 To If MS (Toman's Missionary So Zio" Methodist church, (veek. met Wednesday j the home of Mrs. Ru- j Jjdter. Pespite the very J jd^r, ten members and jors ?ere present, die business meeting hot >um <lf?P cookies and mints were served by Emily Knox. Anne and Fulcher. Those present Nellie B. Walker, Mrs. dhurry. Mrs. Alvin Wat Furman Galloway, 'Mrs. 3, Mrs. Robert Mc rs. Jessie Knox, Mrs. j ray. Mrs. Ralph Mat-, (r5, Rudolph Fulcher: lily Knox. Betty Jo' Fulcher. truarv meting of the I be held at the home! Ralph Mathews. MSG TO C.I'LF >i Mrs. Anson Lewis, who j 3ed here three weeks ago J illness and death of Mr. \ ther. Capt. T. K. Lewis, j srr.ing to New Orleans, Mr. Lewis is a pilot is Aviation Inc., in New The Want Ads PERSONALS Billie Wells, student at N. C. State College, came home for the week end Saturday. Robert Carson of Washington, D. C., Spent the week end here with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Danford and son, of Alexandria, Va., were called home for the funeral of Miss Louise Watson. George Watson, of Cleveland, Ohio, spent the past week end here with his mother in order to attend the funeral of his aunt. Miss Louise Watson. Mrs. John Griffin and daugh ter, of Georgetown, S. C., are visiting Mrs. George Y. Watson this week. Mrs. George Y. Watson return ed Friday from Jacksonville, Fla. where she had gone to attend the funeral of her uncle, Betts Pot ter. She came with her son, Harold, who was on his way from St. Petersburg, Fla., to attend the funeral of his aunt, Miss Louise Watson. Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Watson, of Smithfield, Were here for the week end to attend the funeral of Miss Louise Watson. News From Dosher Memorial Hospital Marcellus Cox, of Southport. entered on Tuesday as a medical patient. Mrs. Lillle F. Davis, of South port, entered as a surgical pa tient on Wednesday. Baby Peggy McRoy, of South port, spent Wednesday until Sat urday as a medical patient. Mrs. Evelyn Clemmons, of SHALLOTTE SHOE SHOP WW OPEN*?for the repair of your shoes in the [Cheers building, six days of the week. s Repair your Shoes, Leather Coats, Harness, Etc. iotte Shoe Shop, Shallotte, N. C. IUTOMOBILE PARTS (o matter how far you may travel looking for them, Hnnot find better automobile parts than we are red to deliver to you at either retail or wholesale. ODELL BLANTON General Merchandise SUPPLY. N. C. I Winnabow, was a medical patient I from Thursday until Saturday, j A. B. Weeks, of Southport, en tered on Thursday as a medical i patient. j Dr. J. V. Davis, of Southport, entered as a medical patient on j Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Watts, of Southport, announce the birth of a son on Friday. Mrs. Isabella Bennett, of Free-, land, entered on Friday as a sur gical patient. i B. A. Williams, of Ash', was a medical patient from Friday until Sunday. ! Mr. and Mrs. Grover Robinson, of Supply, announce the birth of a son on Saturday. | Mrs. Sabra Smith, of Shallotte, entered on Saturday as a medi-; cal patient. Mrs. L. W. Clemmons, of South port, entered as a medical pa tient on Sunday. Mrs. Susie Carr, of Southport, entered on Sunday as a medical j patient. Lawrence Skow of Norfolk, Va., entered as a medical patient on Sunday. W. E. Shattleworth, of New York, entered on Sunday a3 a. medical patient. Jose B. Conclaves, of Philadel phia, Pa., entered as a medical patient on Sunday. j Mrs. Mabel McKeithan, of Ash, i entered on Monday as a medical patient. i Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Piver, of Ash, announce the birth of a daughter on Monday. Democrats To Hear Connolly Texas Senator Accepts In vitation To Address Jef ferson-Jackson Day Din ner In Raleigh Senator Tom Connolly of Texas; will deliver the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner address in Raleigh on February 28. State Senator Joe Blythe, North Carolina national committeeman, said Senator Connolly had ac cepted and that each county would receive one dinner ticket for each $50 contributed to the national campaign chest. The annual dinner will be held! at Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel. SAILS FOR FRANCE Wyatt M. Gay, Southport vboy, sailed last week from Newport News, Va., for France aboard the S. S. Christopher Gadsden. There is a greater demand for gasoline and oil products than ever before because there are more motor vehicles, more oil The music to which are set "God Save the King," and "My Country 'Tis of Thee" is also used for national songs of Germany and Switzerland. Now You Can Get MACHINE PERMANENT WAVES For as Little as $3.50 This is not a Special, and it does not represent a reduction in price of i some of our former work. It is an addition to the service being offered by us to our patrons. HELEN'S BEAUTY SHOPPE SOUTHPORT, N. C. REFRIGERATORS.. ? WASHING MACHINES ? ? .? ? We have them in stock, ready for delivery to your home for immediate service and satisfaction. For complete home furnishings and electrical appliances that will ?!ve you years of dependable service, we invite you to examine our merchandise Compare our prices. We stand ready and able to deliver complete wiring devices to the people of our county. KING'S ELECTRICAL SALES COMPANY Shallotte, N. C. RECENT BRIDE MRS. CHARLES FORMYDCVAL, who before 4ier marriage Sat urday, January 22, was Miss Mary Leola Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,T. G. Ward, of Whiteville. Mr. Formyduval is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Formyduval, of Ash. (Photo by Haldwiu-CJillespie Studios) Social Security Card Important Your social security card is the key to all future benefit rights based on the wages posted under your name and account j number. Your social security card shows that the Social Security Admin | istration has set up :in account | for you?an account with the U. S. Government. Your account will j be used to figure the amount of [ benefits you and your family may receive. Benefits are based on the amount of pay you received on jobs covered by the Social Secur ity Act. The Social Security Ad ngnist ration must, have a record of the amount of your wages re pbrted under your name and ac count number as it appears on your social security card. The name, together with the number on your card, identifies your ac count so that wages reported for j you can be properly posted to i your account. The name alone | would not be sufficient since | hundreds of people have identical names. The employer must make a So I cial Security tax report to the | Government each quarter. This ? report must include your name, j social security account number, land the amount of your earnings | so these earnings can be credited to your social security account. I Your payments of Old-Age In surance at age 65, or after, will j be based upon this wage record. , It will serve, also, as the basis (for payments to your survivors, i in case of your death. i If you lose your account num , ber card apply for a duplicate number through the nearest So j cial Security Administration field ! office. Do not get a new number. ! Two account numbers for the same person may result in a loss of benefits. It is to your interest to see that your employer knows the number of youi social security account number card. Brunswick Boy Hauls Treasure Levi D. Jones Was Aboard USS Mercury As Vessel Transported Priceless Art Works To France For Ex hibit Levi D. Jones, pharmacist mate, third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Jones of Route 2, Ash, re cently shared In the transporting of over a million dollars' worth of the United States Navy's art treasurers from the Naval Aca demy at Annapolis, Md., to j France. His ship, the auxiliary cargo supply ship USS Mercury, trans ported the collection to Cher bourg:, where it was entrained for Paris and for exhibition in the Salon de la Marine. The precious cargo will be on exhibit in February. Included in the collection valued at $1,300,000 are such na^al trophies as the first Japanese Flag captured in Japanese territory; the flag flown aboard the aircraft carried USS Enterprise during the first at tack on Marcus Island: a letter bearing the autograph of the Mar i quire de Lafayette, dated Oct. ? 128, 1855; a bronze replica of the |bust of John Paul Jones; and, paintings of Naval heroes in U. jS. history. The items in the art collection ! were selected from the art treas urers of the United States Naval i Academy by Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan. The Mercury supplies the Northern European Task Force of Admiral Richard L. Conolly, Commander in Chief of U. S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The proportion of rural popu lation in the United States de creased steadily from 60 per cent in 1890 to 44 per cent in 1930, but did not change materially in the '30's. Highest and lowest points in the United States are within 60 miles of each other in California, where Mt. Whitney rises 14,496 feet above sea level and Death Valley sinks 276 feet below it The La'urentian Shield, an area of primitive rock, covers more than two minion square miles of North America, mostly in East ern Canada and Labrador. Two Indian tribes of early Am erica, the Eries and the Hurons, were almost exterminated by the Iroquois. CATHOLIC INFORMATION When A Loved One Passes On Gently the doctor replaced the j wrist of the woman on the white) bedspread. Sympathetically, he; turned to the kneeling man and said: "Your wife, Mr. Jones?your wife has left us!" Dead? Impossible! The one person who really meant anything to him?gone forever! Nothing more could he do for her, and be-i fore him stretched wretched, lone-; ly years. j What a comfort for the Catho lic, at such a time, to know that I he still can aid?that by his pray-1 ers to the compassionate Lord t Jesus^he can help wipe our her] tiny sins and the temporal pun- J ishment due to all her forgiven j sins?and that she, by her prayers i for him, may 'help him toward his heavenly goal. Such is the dogma of purga- j tory, and it's all so logical Surely nothing: defiled can enter into the purity of heaven; and by the same token, nothing but the grossest life, unrepented, de serves the everlasting punishment of hell fire. Therefore, it seems to us that there must be a mid way place of punishment and of cleansing, where most of us enter to stay until we are fit to reside with Jesus in Heaven. This the Apostles preached and practiced. This the early Fathers taught and wrote. This the Bible, it seems to us, in many places presupposes. Of this the cata combs give living testimony to day. If it's anything Catholic, ask a Catholic! P. O. Box 351, White ville, N.- C.?Pd. Adv. Ups And Downs Mark Story Of 'Valentine Day' Came Into Its Own After 1400 Years Battle A gainst What Was Con sidered Pagan Practices St. Valentine's Day hasn't al-| ways been a whimsical holiday' i for exchanging light-hearted greetings with friends and sweet-: I hearts. | j For fourteen centuries, the i Church fought against the "pagan j | practices" which marked the j Lover's Festival on February 14. j | Then, for 200 years more, Val ientine's Day was a very, very | serious occasion calling forth weeks of painstaking prepara-j tions. Only during the past genera tion has the "modern" Valentine developed?gay, whimsical, and cleverly designed, with special sen-, timents approximate for brothers! and sisters, parents, and friends | ?as well as the more familiar j lacy Valentine for sweethearts. ' Dav derived its name from a Tradition holds that Valentine's 'young Roman priest beheaded February 14, 270 A. D., for re fusing to renounce Christianity, j In prison he composed a fare-1 well message to his jailer's blind daughter, signing it "From your j i Valentine." [ Actually, Romans had been celebrating that date for years as the Feast of Lupercalia, dedicat-; ed to the pastoral god Lupercus and to the Goddess of Love, Juno, j I The birds of Italy began mating | on February 14, the oracles ob served. As part of the unbridled merry making, Roman maidens placed their names in an urn set up In the public square, and courageous bachelors were each entitled to one draw to determine their blind dates for the coming year. The Christian Church denounced these "pagan love lotteries." When bitter sermons only made the annual drawings more popular, churchmen set up competing lot teries in which the names of Saints were drawn. But being un der the special protection of a certain Saint didn't prove parti cularly appealing to romance hungry young Roman swains and maidens. So the Love Festivals continued. In 496 A. D., Pope Gadkins tried a new approach by dedicat ing February 14 to St. Valentine and naming him the Patron Saint of true lovers. During the Middle Ages, de spite ecclesiastical opposition, "love lotteries" persisted in many European countries. The French called them "chance boxes" and allotted couples one year to get married or part company. In England, it became customary for men to wear the name of the girl they drew on their sleeve or bosom for several days, often encircled in a heart. The Church denounced as su perstitions many odd customs that began to spring up concerning the Lover's Feast Day?including the belief that if a girl would eat teh white of a hard-boiled egg on St. Valentine's Eve, fasten five bay leaves to her pillow, and then. go to sleep without speaking to ^ anyone, she would certainly dream; about her future husband that night. Written Valentines appeared about the year 1400. At first, to elude vigilant fathers, they were hidden in hollow trees that serv ed as trysting places. The quaint love missives were anonymous. Sometimes they were left on a young lady's doorstep by a bash ful suitor who knocked and then; promptly ran away. As late as the Sixteenth Cen-| tury, St. Francis de Sales, head of the Church in England, con demned Valentines publicity and severely forbade their use as, immoral. But as Church opposition grad- j ually declined, new problems j arose to plague love-smitten' swains. Composing new verses, year after year, became a brain-i racking problem. The familiar; "roses-are-red, violets-are-blue, su-1 gar-etc." theme was not only in1 use in the 1700's but popular young ladies already were begin ning to complain that it was getting backneyed from over use! "Th# Young Man's Valentine Writer," a book of standard ver ses that could be copied, was published in 1797 and became highly popular immediately. The handbook was followed by num erous others, including "The Beauties of Hymen" and finally "The Quiver of Love." Meanwhile, French gallants had begun ornamenting their Febru ary 14 billet-doux with gilt paper, ribbons, cut-out hearts, and real lace. Valentines grew in size and elegance, until they became filled with cupids, paper fountains, tiny fans, flower reproductions, in tricate ornamental effects, sur rounded by layer after layer of filmy lace. Each Valentine had to be made by hand. Pity the poor lover of the 1850's, scissors in hand, sur rounded by stacks of colored pa per, lace, brushes, and bottles of water colors! On top of all this, Valentines became to be considered equiva lent to a proposal of marriage. Stern fathers even judged would be suitors by the quality of their hearts-and-flowers missives and the ornate Spencerian script In which verses had to be hand writ ten. As custom veered from the overly-sentimental, however, the light hearted modern Valentine was born. Publishing houses as signed their top artists and verse writers to creating Valentines. Their new billet-doux, beautifully printed and embossed and die-cut, brought the scissors-and-paste pot era to an end. There are still many Valentines in the lace-and-ribbons tradition for sweethearts, of course. But whether serious or casual, verses now all have a sincere, straight forward, heart-to-heart quality. On a typical 1948 Valentine, a demure, golden haired lass in a blue bonnet expresses the thought: "I don't know nobuddy who Is one-half as nice as you!" U. S. Public Boads Administra tion estimates there were 30,545, 000 privately owned automobiles in the U. S. at the end of 1947. Bank deposits in New York City have averaged a total of $1, 000,000,000 a year in recent years. A vegetable omelet makes a good supper; creamed potatoes and a salad of lettuce and raw green pepper rings may be serv ed with it. The dessert should be a hearty one such as apple cob bler or a cottage pudding. The odds against a poker-play er getting a straight flush before the draw are 64,973 to 1. Odds against a pair nre one and one quarter to 1. The Great Lakes have a sur face of 96,000 square miles in a drainage basin of 300,000 square miles. I OUR tobacco acreage will be smaller in 1948 because of re duced quotas. So, be sure to plant only the best seed. Insure your production by planting McNair's Yield-Tested seed. All seed sold in McNair's Tobacco Bam package is yield tested. It's N.C. Certified. Grown on McNair's Farms by McNair's Yield-Tested Seed Co. Laurinburg, N. C. Sold By: Local agents: Southport Trading Co. Southport, N. C. Bolivia Cash Slorc Hollvla, S. C. Mlntz and Co. Supply. N. C. L C. Ralison Freeland, N. C. A. r. Henry. Jr. \V1 nnabow, N. C. R. Tj. TlaUnn Iceland, N. C. The Country Store Longwood, N. C. I?, I/. Habson Ash, X. C. Shallotte Trading Co. Shallotte. N. C. ANNOUNCEMENT The Shallotte Livestock Market . . . will be open for the purchase of hogs and cattle, every day, beginning Monday, Dec. 1, 1947, and continu ing each day thereafter. DAILY MARKET PRICES WILL BE PAID W. McKinley Hevvett, Mgr. Shallotte, N. C. Name Our New Store We are opening up a new Grocery Store in the new Rob White Building at Shallotte, and we want a suitable name for it. $5.00 In Trade We will give to the person sending in the best name for our new business $5.00 in mer chandise. Put on your thinking cap, and fol low these rules:? 1.?All entries must be in writing. 2.?Mail, or drop into box at the store. 3.?Contest closes at 6 o'clock p. m.', February 7. 4.?Date your entry, and be sure to sign your name. 5.?In case of duplicate winners, prize will go to entry bearing earliest date. 6.?Decision of judges final. CHARLES RUSS SHALLOTTE, - - - - N.C.
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