Capital
Letters
By
Greenwood
THE LEADERS Gubernatorial
Candidate Charles Johnson took
a long step forward last week
with the naming of two managers
for his campaign. They were
Thomas J. rearsall of Rocky
Mount and O. L. Richardson of
Monroe. I'tarsal I was speaker of
the House in 1947. Richardson in
1945. Although not a farmer,
IVarsall will probably pull agri
cultural strength away from Kerr
Scott, and Richardson will at
tempt to cut into Piedmont sup
port for Scott.
Rumor had it that i'earsall had
decided not to become a Johnson
manager, so his appointment came j
as somewhat of a surprise . . .;
a pleasant surprise, albeit, for
Johnson supporters.
THE BOYS It looks as if Kerr
Scott will have the power boys
against him in this battle, for
most of them were here at the
conference which Charles John
son called last week. Here are
some of them: T. Boddie Ward
of Wilson, former Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles; Don Elias,
Asheville publisher: John Dawson
of Kinston, former Speaker of
the House: State Senators Ers
kine Smith of Albemarle, Julian
Allsbrook of Halifax, and Law
rence Wallace of Johnston; Cutlar
Moore of Lumberton, former State
ABC- Stores chairman; State
Representatives A. C. Edwards of,
Greene: C. B. Martin of Martin:
and Max Wilson of Lenoir; and
Merrill Evans of Ahoskie, mem
ber of the State Highway Com
mission.
SIGNS OF STRENGTH?The
above list only partially covers
those who came to Raleigh for
Johnson deliberations. If you
think they don't have strength,
then you don't know politics in
North Carolina. While many of
them will be busy fighting their
own battles in the first Primary,
you can look for an all-out fight
in behalf of Johnson should there
be the necessity for a second go
around.
REFERENDUM Although W.
Kerr Scott has been busy for the
past two weeks now setting up
his organization, he has set up a
schedule of speeches to be made
during the next six weeks and
next Monday he will "hit the
road" on a barnstorming tour
which will eventually take him
into every corner of the State.
He is being urged on every
hand to come out for a State
wide referendum on liquor. If I
Scott goes into this, he will do'
so because he thinks the people
have a right to decide?on a State
level- whether they want whis
key. He is not expected to go I
into the problem as a "dry" or i
as a "wet," but as a candidate,
who wants to determine what the'
citizenry of North Carolina think j
of legalized liquor.
BEER ? America's Beverage of Moderation
THIS TWO-FOLD
OBLIGATION
Rests on The Beer Retailers
of North Carolina
To his fellow citizens, the beer dealer owes law
rcspccting conduct of a business which they
have given him license to operate...
A business, incidentally, that brought $1,784,821.12
in tax money for the third quarter of 1947 alone,
to the counties and municipalities of North
Carolina wherein beer is licensed to be sold.
(Hereafter, distribution of this tax money will
be made annually and local government units
will continue to profit generously.)
To the beer industry, the beer retailer owes
careful guarding of its good reputation.
Assisting in the fulfilling of these obligations is
this Committee's major work. Our program of
Self-Regulation, begun in 1939, has had notable
success in weeding out those who treated these
obligations lightly.
Success, yes?and it has come largely from sup
port given by our North Carolina public, press
i and law-enforcement agencies. Thank you?and
let's continue our cooperative work t
NORTH CAROLINA COMMITTEE
UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION
SAM M. BLOUNT, State Director
Suite 606-607 Insurance Building, Raleigh, North Carolina
! THREE-POINT PROGRAM?R.
Mayne Albright is advocating a
three-point program regarding
the sales tax:
j 1-Repeal the Sales Tax.
! 2-Keep an adequate reserve, but
invest enough from current in
come and surplus to bring North
Carolina at least up to national
averages in education, welfare, (
and public services.
1 3-If the future should require'
it, return to some form of Sales
Tax, but only after a thorough
and impartial study of the entire
State tax program.
| "When the Sales Tax was en-i
acted in 1933, it was generally
conceded to be a 'tax on poverty'|
and a 'tax of last resort.' It was[
agreed upon only as a 'temporary,;
emergency' measure. But sincc
then the State Administration
has made no real effort to re- i
move it. I favor making such an I
effort now," says Albright.
North Carolina has never had
a more conscientious candidate j
than R. Mayne Albright. If any:
surprises develop in the campaign, -
they will be closely connected with '
the strength of Albright.
NOTES Ralph Howland. who
has been in charge of the Raleigh
bureau of the Associated Press
for a number of years anil who
wrote that now-famous article
which said Governor F. Gregg
Cherry has been applying pres
sure to his appointees to support
j Sen. W. B. Umstead, has been
j transferred to the Charlotte of
I fice of AP ... as of February 23
I. . . The transfer orders came
j BEFORE he wrote the story . . .
iGov. Cherry has denied the pres
sure charges, and so have many
of his appointees . . . J. M.
Broughton, feeling he is weak in
the Ninth (Doughton's) District,
will spend more time on organi
zation and speeches there during
the next month . . . Jim Voglcr,
executive secretary of the N. C.
Food Dealers Association, Meck
lenburg legislator, and candidate
for State Treasurer, is having ono
million books of matches printed
giving his record, platform, etc.
. i . It now looks as if all the
candidates for Governor will have j
these planks in their platforms:!
better rural roads; a wholesale J
schoolhouse-building program by
the State; more help for cities
and town finances by the State, j
LITTLE HOPE -They aren't j
saying much about it where Re- j
publicans can do any gloating,
but leading Democrats of the
State are privately of the opinion
that almost any Republican can
win the Presidential election this
year. They were thinking pretty
well in that direction before
Henry Wallace's man, Leo Isac
son, won that Congressional seat |
from New York. Since then,
they have been moaning lo\y. Oh,
yes, they will all sing the praises
of the Democratic Party at their
big meetings, but deep down in |
their hearts they know that their
organization?one a national level,
at least?it now in the hands of
the Philistines. Wallace was on
the tongues of more Raleigh
Democrats last week than all
the political candidates combined
and what most of them were
saying would not bear repeating
in a household journal.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Johnson
announce the birth of a son, John
Clifton Johnson, Jr., on February
16th, at McLeod Infirmary. Flor
ence, S. C. Mrs. Johnson is the
former Miss Elizabeth Lewis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. |
Kenny Lewis, of Winnabow.
WASHINGTON'S RIRTHDAY
The post office, bank and some
of the offices at the court house
were closed in observance of
Washington's Birthday Monday.
Tax Collector W. P. Jorgensen
kept open house.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Lewis I
spent last week in Durham where
Mrs. Lewis was a patient at Duke |
Hospital.
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WHITEVILLE, N. C.
FIRESIDE DESIGN
I
For smartness at home, designer
Gene Gold created this cotton
corduroy fireside ensemble. Named
"cotton of the month" by the Na
tional Cotton Council, the outfit
consists of a great-coat in redwood
corduroy and black corduroy pa
jamas. Luxury-full sleeves and
concentrated fullness at the hips
assure lounging comfort.
! Demonstration In
Charge Of Dodson
County Agent Conducted
J Two Timber Demonstra
tions Friday In Absence 1
Of Weather-Bound For- j
estry Officials
? Bad weather sort of put Coun
ty Agent J. E. Dodson on the j
spot Friday at the two scheduled!
timber thinning demonstrations
tha't were to be held that day.
The demonstrations were to
have been In charge of R. W.
Graeber, Extension Forester for
the State, and \V. O. Barnes, the j
District Forester. Impossible wea
ther up-state prevented both of
these officials from coming. This
left only the county agent to ex-j
plain things. When asked how he
came out, Mr. Dodson said: "Ij
had no paint gun with which to (
mark the trees, so all I could do
was talk."
At the first demonstration at
the Charles Russ farm near Shal
lotte at 10 o'clock, only 5 Um
ber owners showed up .The wea
ther cleared up some in the af
ternoon and a better showing was
had at the D. L. Mercer farm at
Bolivia. There some 65 timber
owners and farmers showed up
for the demonstration. It is un
derstood that Mr. Graeber and
Mr. Barnes will fill their ap
pointments later.
India's population is estimated
to be increasing by 10,000,000 a
year.
Reynolds Family !
To Start Over
Shallotte Couple Completes
New Residence In Which
To Settle Down After
Rearing Large Family
??
After raising a family of two
(laughters and six sons and seeing
them all married or away from
home for various employments,1
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Reynolds of
Shallotte are preparing to start
life over again.
To begin with they have just
completed a nice new home and |
moved into it. j
Both the daughters are married
and have homes of their own.
The youngest son, Warren Rey-'
nolds, left several days ago for i
Richmond, Va., where he will op-1
orate one of the large and in-!
tricate machines used by a to-:
baoco manufacturing company. I
The next youngest son, Jefferson, |
has been in Richmond for some j
time and has a fine position with ]
the Martin Chevrolet Company I
there. Norwood is married and j
settled in Minnesota; J. L. is with ;
the Army Engineers office in j
Wilmington and the remaining j
living son, Sgt. W. O. Reynolds, I
is with the army air base at |
Myrtle Beach. The oldest of
the Reynolds sons was killed in I
action during the early days of!
(he war. All the others saw ser- j
vice except Warren, who was too I
young.
The Rovin' Reporter
The weather must have been
terrible in the Bell Telephone area
round Wilmington and elsewhere
last week and the week before.
Readers may remember that a
couple of weeks ago we stated
that every time we said something
in this column about the need of
telephones at Bolivia, Supply and
Shallotte, O. G. Bain of the Wil
mington District office would
show up promptly to get half a
dozen extra copies and to talk
things over. Well, week before i
last we said something about the
need of phones, but no Otis show
ed up. In the thick of last week's
weather came a long distance
call from Wilmington and the |
Bell Company's District boss de
posed and said: "I just can't get
away from here while we have
all this ice and snow. Please send
me half a dozen extra copies of
the paper by mail."
At least one person in the
United States who had never
seen a beach viewed one on Feb
ruary 8th under rather pleasing
circumstances. Miss Earline Har
ris of Drexel, a student at Mere
dith College, and J. C. Edwards,
a State College student, accom
panied Miss Bethea Danford home
from Raleigh to spend the week
end with Miss Danford's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Danford, at Bo
livia. Miss Harris and Miss Dan
ford are roommates at Meredith
College and the former had never
seen an ocean beach before this
visit. The Danford's have one of
the largest homes at Long Beach
and Miss Danford naturally took
her friend around there. The
GET GOOD GULF
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HOME - GROUND MEAL
We are grinding corn every Saturday,
and we are producing some of the finest corn
meal you ever tasted. Next time you are in
Supply, stop in and buy a hag.
R. GALLOWAY
General Merchandise
SUPPLY, N. C.
NIGHTY-NIGHT
Atl dressed up for a good night'*
re?t is this young lady in her print
ed cotton nightgown with match
ing sleeping shoes of the same ma
terial. A creation of the St. Louis
fashion market, this ensemble is
high on the season's popularity
list, the National Cotton Council
reports.
pleasing circumstances was in
that Raleigh was full of snow and
ice and there was very little at
the beach after noon on the day
of the visit.
Powell Is Not
In House Race
Whiteville Attorney Elimi
nates Himself As A Pos
sible Candidate For
Clark's Seat
State Senator J. K. Powell to
day eliminated himself as a pos
sible candidate for the Congres
sional seat now held by J. Bayard
Clark.
The Whiteville attorney, who
had been regarded as a possible
entrant, answered a question,
"Are you going to run for Con
gress?" in the negative.
Local political observers today
believe it Is unlikely that Col
umbus County will have a "fav
orite son" in the race for the
House scat from which Represen
tative Clark will soon retire af
ter 20 years of service.
VISITING RELATIVES
Major and Mrs. Fred Covington,
who have just recently returned
from Hawaii where Major Coving
ton was with the air forces for
two ^vears, are visiting Mrs. Cov
ington's people here. The Major
is now on a 60 days leave from
the service.
15 Semi-Pro Teams Will Meet
In Tournament At Hallsbc
1 HALLSBORO, Feb. 23,?One of
the largest basketball tournaments
ever held in this area is schedul
ed to get underway here Wednes
day night and continue through
Saturday, Feb. 28. All games will
be played in the Hallsboro High
School gymnasium.
Manager Merlin McQueen, in
: charge of plans for the event,
stated today that 15 teams had
already entered the championship
play. Ten of the teams are in the
boys division and five in the
girls bracket. Pairings for play
'will be made on Monday night,
with a representaive from each
team to be present at the draw
ing to be held at the Hallsboro
gym.
j Teams who have entered in
the boys division include the
powerful Parkton and Barnesville
quints from Robeson county;
White Oak, and Bladenboro from
Antioch Members
Hear Preacher
The Rev. Fred Mintz, of Wil
mington, filled the pulpit at An
tioch Baptist church Sunday, the
second time he has filled this ap
pointment since the resignation
of the Rev. George W. Dowd as
pastor.
Thus far no one has been call
ed to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of the Rev. Mr.
Dowd, and it is expected that
other ministers will be heard be
fore a final selection is made.
Regular services are conducted
each second and fourth Sunday
at both the 11 o'clock and the
7:30 o'clock hour. Sunday school
meets each Sunday morning at
10 o'clock, and a weekly prayer
service is held on Wednesday
night.
Bladen: Acme-Di-lm. F.verp
Tabor City. Whiteville. an,I
lsboro from the him,,- c?unty
Columbus; and i:,>|jvi;,
Brunswick. In the .?|s
Barnesville will represent |
son; Bolivia. Hninswiek;
Whiteville and Tab,,t cnv
umbus. Bladenbom will tH.
team out of Bladen in the fr
division. Several nth. i teami
expected to enter who ha.i
been heard from m the time
this story.
Four nights of fast baske
is in the offing ami McQueen
that there would U at least I
games the tirst two night?
play. Quite a ch>\y;; is txp<
to Jam the big HdlsWo
eveiy night of the evet.t to ?
look' at the type ot plav of|
by the best MMM K *ei
in southeastern X C
VISIT LOI'GIII.l.Vs
Mrs. J. J. Longhlin in
way home from :t visit with
and Mrs. Joe San Lni-hlin
Coco Sola, Canal Zone
VISITED RKI.ATIVKS
Mrs. Ida Atnoltl anil
grandsons, Leon and Kenneth
loway, of Aberdeen, have
spending the past week with
Arnold's parents, Mr. ar.d
H. M. Walton, near Bolivia.
Per capita use of water h
S. city residents has been
mated at 127 galler.s a day
Sewerage from more than
000,000 persons pour* into
Great Lakes.
Ancient lake dwellers appai
ly fed domesticated cattle in
on fish.
Some ancient Kuropean
villages were still occupied in
days of Julius Caesar.
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