State Federation Officers
MRS. J. T. KIXG, JR., left, and Mrs. George W. Gold of White
vine who were in the spotlight at the annual convention of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs at Goldaboro last week. Mrs.
King, who served as a page, was elected corresponding secretary of
the Junior Woman's Club division and Mrs. Gold was named chair
man of the American Home Department of the State Federation.
The average female flea can
jump five to eight inches upward
and ten to 13 inches horizontally.
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Some fish can live in springs
water as hot as 115 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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A flea can jump a distance 200
times its own length.
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Rabbits breed from four to
eight times a year.
A flea can move a weight
j hundreds of times heavier than
itself.
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j Turkeys, quail, frogs, snakes,
j skunks and snrews an eat grass
hoppers voraciously.
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Amethysts were once thought
to prevent drunkenness.
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America's first newspaper was
established in 1704.
Southport Wins.
Two More Games
Bolivia Defeated By One
I Sided Score Thursday
j With Leland Losing Here
Monday; Play LeJeune
Today
Southport high school defeated j
Bolivia 24 to 1 Thursday after-1
noon in a slugfest played on the
loser's diamond. On Monday after-,
noon the locals played Leland
here and took a 9 to 0 decision.
This afternoon Southport is
playing Camp LeJeune high school
in the Legion Stadium in Wil
minton to detrmine the winner
in Group S, District 2, of the
Class B championship race. South
port won the first game here,
but lost a return engagement qt
Camp LeJeune.
The Bolivia game was just a
case of Southport hitting and
Ratcliff's pitching. Southport was
having a big afternoon and
[Bolivia was off to a poor start.
The return engagement between
the teams may be a much differ
ent story.
The Leland defense was stub
born against Southport, and not
until the late innings was the
game in the bag. Johnny Wooten
was on the mound for the visitors
and did a good job until he
weakened. He gave way to White
in the last two innings. Jimmy
Peterson canght.
Ratcliff was on the hill for
Southport and worked a nice 6
inning sttnt. He was relieved by
Gene Russ, wno looked good the
last three stanzas. The latter
also teamed with Hickman to
I
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of this before?
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12-cu-ft total storage space in this
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This is the big brother of the ideal refrigera
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floor space required for an old-style, 6-cu-ft
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and vegetables. Bottle space will hold xa
square, quart-size milk bottles, also very tall
bottles. Porcelain-on-steel interior.
When our customers ask to see a big refriger
ator, we like to show them this one. It givw
them lots of storage space, plus G-E depend
ability. When they add a home freezer, they
have just the right combination for better liv
ing . .. sufficient storage capacity, variety in
menus, and economy in operation and food
purchases.
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purchases. You buy when prices are lowest
and produce fa at the peak of flavor. You can
freete practically everything . , . meat, fruit,
vegetables, ftsh, game, pastries, and many
prepared dishes. Yes, even leftovers I If your
family k small, you can now afford to bay in
such quantities that real dollars -and -cents
savings can be made.
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, H?^ftre
(Cirby s H
[lead the local batters. Tommy!
Bowmer caught.
Southport Nine
Defeats Moose
Skippy Stiller Works Goad
Game For Town Team In
First Home Game Of Sea
son Here Sunday
. The Southport town team came
through with an impressive 8-1
victory - over the team of the
Loyal Order of Moose here Sun
day afternoon.
Skippy Stiller, in the box for
Southport, allowed 7 hits, walked
5 and struck out ten men. Tight
playing by both infield and out
field prevented all but one of the 12
men who reached first from mak
ing it home.
Auld and P^drick divided the
pitching honors for the visitors.
Between them they suffered 8
hits and each fanned 5 men.
A home run by Clark for
Southport was one of the long
est drives ever seen on the local
diamond.
Surf City boys from Holly
Ridge, with the same per centage
as Southport in the Cape Fear
circuit, play here Sunday after
noon. The Southport team, which
includes five of the players on
the high school outfit, has been
showing a marked improvement
since the schedule started and a
close game is expected.
'Captain' Martin
Taken By Death!
Veteran Horse And Mule
Dealer And Prominent Lo
cal Citizen Succumbs In I
Columbus Hospital
"Captain" Franklin Donald
Martin, 70, died Friday morning
at 3:15 o'clock following a short
illness in Columbus County Hos
pital.
The veteran horse and mule
dealer had been a resident, of
Whiteville for 55 years, coming
here in early manhood from Mar
ion County, South Carolina.
"Captain" Martin lived at 136
East Main Street.
Surviving a son, Major Martin
of Whiteville; an adopted daugh- 1
ter, Mrs. Maggie Edwards of
Jacksonville; one sister, Mrs. Viola
Tallman of Jacksonville, and a J
brother, Clyde Martin.
Final rites for Mr. Martin were
conducted Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock from the McKenzie j
Chapel by Rev. D. A. Clarke, pas
tor of Whiteville Methodist
Church, assisted by Rev. S. N.
Lamb of Cerro Gordo. Interment
followed in Whiteville Memorial
Cemetery.
Coffee consumption in the
United States now averages more
than 17 pounds per person, in
cluding children.
Mildness Theme
Is Featured In
Camel Campaign
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In their present newspaper j
campaign for Camel cigarettes,
one of the largest newspaper j
campaigns in the company's his-,
| tory, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com- i
pany features the 30-day Camel
mildness test. I
Each advertisement in this I
| campaign features two outstand- j
ing personalities who are Camel I
smokers. One a famous "veteran" |
star in some particular sport or j
other activity who has been a
Camel smoker for years, and the
other a rising young star who has
recently switched to Camels as
the result of making their own
130-day Camel mildness test.
Among the outstanding person
alities used in this series are
Johnny Vander Meer and Gene
Bearden, baseball pitchers, Willie
Hoppe and Willie Mosconi,'billiard
players, Gene Sarazen and Lew
Worsham, golf professionals,
Gladys Swarthout and Virginia
MacWatters, opera and concert
singers, Cole Porter, composer,
and Patricia Morison, singing
actress and star of the new Cole
Porter musical comedy hit, "Kiss
Me Kate."
In addition to the newspaper
advertisements, which are appear
ing regularly in this newspaper
and hundreds of others from
coast to coast, this current Camel
campaign is appearing in leading
magazines, and on the Camel
radio programs, which include the
Screen Guild Players, the Bob
Hawk Show, the Jimmy Durante
Show, and the Vaughn Monroe
Show.
Dealers throughout the country
who have cooperated in this cam
paign by placing Camel displays
in their windows and cm their
counters have reported new sales
records for this favorite cigarette.
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show them to you today.
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the six-months course at Camp
Lee, Virginia, candidates are com
missioned as second lieutenants in
the Organized Reserve Corps and
j will serve at least two years on
(active duty. Distinguished gradu
ates will be considered for subse
quent appointment as second lieut
I enants in the Regular Army.
Other graduates may be placed
on competitive tours for one
[year, and, if qualified may be
considered for Regular Army.
I Complete information and appli
cations forms may be obtained
j from the USA and USAF Re
cruiting Station located at Room
,205, post office, Wilmington.
Wife Of General
Sponsors Cancer
Effort In State
PINEHURST?"I am proud to
[sponsor the North Carolina Divi
sion of the American Cancer
Society in its fight for the relief
[of humanity," said Mrs. George
C. Marshall in accepting her com
mission as honorary, state com-]
mander of the Society.
"Cancer is such a areaaea and
fatal malady that for years it |
was spoken of in whispers or j
not spoken of at all by the lay-1
men," pointed out the charming,
wife of the nation's distinguished |
military leader and former Secre
tary of State.
"Today," she continued, "it has
been brought out into the open.
The medical profession and our j
scientists, through their endless i
research and determined fight, I
are arresting its deadly march, j
It is only with your help and
support that this program can
continue."
The North Carolina Division of
the American Cancer Society is
conducting its annual appeal for
funds with which to carry on its
work to conquer cancer, the
diease which claimed 2,898 lives
in North Carolina last year. Funds
will be used for cancer research,
education, and direct serivce to
patients.
J. Y. Floyd, Raleigh, is general i
chairman for the 1949 campaign. 1
j
The first coffee house is said j
to have opened in 1554 at Con
stantinople.
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Peru at the time of its con
quest by Pizarro included all of
Bolivia and Ecuador and part of
Argentina and Columbia. t
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Coffee is the most widely cul
tivated beveraage plant.
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The Treasury Department now;
collects nearly 2% billion dollars1
a year in taxes on alcohol.
Third Sale Date
Set In TC Case
Jessup-Inman Funeral Home
Will Be Offered For Sale
Again Ok Saturday, May
7th
Commissioners R. B. Mallard
and Junius K. Powell officially j
announced today that the proper-,
ty and assets of the Jessup-Inman !
Funeral Home of Tabor City will
be offered for sule at a third pub-1
lie auction on Saturday, May 7, |
at 12 nocm in Tabor City.
The partner-ship dissolution pro
ceedings, originating- after Arn-1
old Jessup was allegedly shot by
his associate, Ralph Inman, start-!
ed off with an auction at which
the business brought $40,200.
Raises have increased the price i
to the present figure of $47,775.
C. W. Cox and G. T. Gore Guide-1
way farmers hold the high bid.
Sir Isaac Newton was a poor
student as a young boy.
Lake Proper
| Sold By ]
Hotel And Grill |,?
ed By C. L. Farrii
Winston - Sale?;
Owners To Movi
LAKE DACOAMAtt
Mrs. VV, D. Jones iast
pleted the sale of th(,
perty here and wij
Winston-Salem to i
home.
The new Jone Hov
which was complete
year ago and has
operated by Mr. anj
is one of the lake's t.?
and complete hotel projjj
sale was made to C L|
ton of Winston-Selem.
More than 300 bUiioc7
are made every v?J
United States.
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Americans used tn
pies immediately after ^
COOK & HEAT
WITH ESSOTANE GAS
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LEGGETT'S
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
TIME NOW FOR
"SPRING TUNING
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In old post office building, next k
Owl's Head Grill and Pool Room.
Everything Fresh and ready for then
"We Dress Them"
Shallotte, N. C.
MR. FARMER...?ml
TRACTOR
\
OWNER!
WE HAVE ON HAND FOR
Immediate Delivery The Following
CASE FARM IMPLEMENTS
Both light and heavy weight Bush and Bog Disc Har
rows ? 5-foot, 6-foot and 7-foot Gang Disc Harrows
Hay Balers .. . Combines ... Corn Shellers . . . Four.
Five and Six Blade Tillers .... Two and Four W heel
Trailers ... Power Units ... Disc Blades and Sweeps
We Also Have Horse Drawn Weeders?Cultiva
tors?Turn Plows?One and Two Horse Wagons?
and Harness, Tractor and Horse Drawn Stalk Cutters,
Lime Spreaders, Hammer Mills and Manure Spread
ers, Pick-Up Hay Balers.
Tractors For Immediate Delivery
SIX NEW CASE TRACTORS ARRIVED THIS WEEK
Tractor Repair is Our Business ... And Service
Our First Name.
CALL US DAY OR NIGHT FOR SERVICE
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s. L. FULLER & CO
Your Case Farm Machinery Dealer
S. L. Fuller
Roy Elliott
L. K. Fuller
Day Phone 164-J Phone?Night 434-W
WHITE VILLE
Officer Classes
Open To Women
Women seeking a career in the
Army may now apply for the
October class of Officer Candidate
School in the Women's Army
Crops, according to Lt. Charles;
Markus, commanding officer of
the Wilmington recruiting station.
Civilian women desiring to train
for Army officers should submit
their applications not later than
I May 15.
In order to qualify, applicants
i for OCS training must be between
i the ages of 19 and 28, be single,
have two years of college (or be
able to pass an equivlent examin
: ation) and must posess high moral
and physical standards. Applicants
who have had no prior service
will receive ten weeks of basic
I training before entering OCS.
Upon successful completion of