i t . l tor rf the Danviira
' j -y our" city voted c-n
; - for selling liquor In
? y. C i August 15th we open
ei t o of tiem. here, and I am
f ... -r vou facts and figures that
A. i. t -k. Secretary of the ABC
boned of Richmond, gave" me.'
"From August 10th," the ' aajr
they were opened;- to June 4 1st,
19 . 3, two stores here sold $508,
260.43 worth of Bquor; to 194 sett
ing days jtaa average of 2.614,4
00 per day.'K W'.ftJ-:i. watfwsl
I yt-1t -was such -an enromous - a
mOuAt rrf money I figured out what
It would buy and I-am giving you
only the necessities'' of -life that
people have -to purchase-. Remera-
, bar 'that every doUar loft DanviUe
every 'night for- Richmond and on
' ly 'leaves us ths -drunks nd six
men to run the two stores, taking
i etna 9AA AK - Anvfithm leeiti-
1 yw,,W-. mmm-f U -
mate business, taking in .that ;,a
mount of money would . employ
several 'hundred hands and keep
the money at home.- ... i r
"Here what-this amount of
' money, would have bought and the
goods would have been sold by the
merchants of our city. I am sure
ninety per cent of this money went
from poor homes -where it . was
badly needed By tneir xamuies. xi
would buy the f ollowinf articles
namely: 4,000 tawf of icOal at 17
per ton; rent for 200 homes lor
one year at $20 per month each
, house; 4,000 gallons, of syrup at
1 per gallon; 4,00 pairs of ladles
hose at 1 per pair; 10,000 pairs
cf it' ''a wxjlss at 60c per pair;. 60
- - v 9100 per
.uiU, Ij.tiuj iioaj in. ouages at
$1 per box; 3,000 men's suits at
$20; 1,600 men's overcoats at $20;
4.000 nairs of shoes at 3 per pair;
2,000 pairs of boy's shoes at :S2
per pair; 2,000 shirts at SI apiece;
1.000 boys suits at S10; 1,000 hats
at S3; 1,000 ladies dresses at 15
eacb; 1,000 ladies dresses at $10
each; C00 women's coats at $30
each; 200,000 pounds of meat at
15c ner pound: 300,000 pounds of
sugar at 6c per pound; 10,000 bar
rels of flour at $8 per barrel; 100,-
000 pounds of lard at xoc per id.;
100.000 pounds of coffee at 15c;
' 100,000 bushels of meal at $1 per
: mishel; l,000 oarreia or uppies ai
, $3; 2,000 pairs of overalls -at $2
per pair; 3,000 suits of underwear
at as per suit; o.uvu oobciu w
eggs at 25c a dozen ,an4 10,000
chickens at 7ac eacn. -,-
S "The above figures are startling
to anyone and you can hardly be
lieve it,; The amount of money
' rw VmiA a an winra t-hort
.$508,260.45. This is only the a
- mount that went through the ABC
' stores. The bootlegger still flour
, lshes In our midst as he has no
' tax to pay and can -undersell our
jluc stores, our arunaenness nas
' Increased 137 per cent in our city
" and 62 per cent over the state. I
am sure we did not catch a third
of the drunks as we have not room
enough to lock; them up here if
every person were arrested that
was under the Influence of liquor.
."According to my belief I much
prefer the open saloon to. ABC
stores; When we had the open sa
loons here you could not get a
. woman to go anywhere near one.
Now our 'women go to the ABC
tores by -.the hundreds to buy- li
quor. I have seen as many as five
: in there at one time buying strong
drink. . : i
r "The state comes here and opens
Its liquor stores Just where It suits
them, They open and close them at
any hour they wish. Our officials
have no say In the matter; only
furnish police protection at our
o i
r
C .. t,. I. ,
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not v 1
years, i
vole v i s i
by a 1
vn'-e v
a
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' i . ve v.e
'nty tlsaa , t
t yenf.
i la 1
"Lii'i i.i our i
It would help bumaess to bru li
quor stores here that It v.- .:d
bring more trade,' Ask : them i v
what "they think of It af tor r- -Iv
a year's trial. With tise t r.
price to tobacco Just St.. .1, b-' -over
$13,009,000 on our I , t. ,
merchants claim btwine-a is trow
10 .per-, cent to I I per . cent under
what It was. In. Hay and June of
1934. when we had no Ai U f owi.
I guess this is true, as the 2,614
going to ruenmona aauy for uq
uor, went,, into-, legitimate tra.. a
last "year an1 OUI" merchants got
the, benefit fit that money,,
. "X have no quarrel with my good
friends that da not see this liquor
evil as I sea it.. The Jaghteentn A
mendment . was .: poorly . enforced,
but it was a thousand times bet
ter than liquor stores are as they
are operated in our city. . ...
- "M, o. nelson;' v .-.
Danviue, va.v
. j. uur A4iguu
- Night travel is made unpleas-;
ant aod unsafe because so many
drivers .will not dim their lights'
whea meetimr car. When the
cal you are meeting dims hi
lights, nr Jb Mgnaung that your:
lights are too bright and you
should be courteous enough to
drop, your: lights. Today about
one car in five that you meet:
will ' respond to your signal.'
Lets be good sports and give the,
.man that we are bUnduir a chan-
os. Bright lights draw the driver',
toward the light and by burning
these lights too brightly you are
Inviting accidents. -Many drivers,
realizing the drawing tendencies,
of bright lights turn out to far'
and wreck their ears In the dlt-'
eh.- Lets play fair and give ev-
ery car you meet a ehaoce, '
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life in and around Kenans ville. He
was the. oldest child in his. family.
He was married to Miss . Myrtle
Merritt of Rose Hill who survives
him with his stx months old son,
James Robert He Is survived by
the following brothers and sisters:
B. C Bowden of Warsaw; Mrs.-Q.i
Fi Barhrey of Clinton; James J. of
Kenansville and Mrs. Roscoe Coo
per of Falson.
Mr: Bowden loved medicine' and
in early life had made, plana to be
come a doctor. He attended,.' the
University of North Carolina and
Richmond Medical College, but was
never able to' finish the course. He
was always interested , in the .sick
and was wonderful help in the sick
room: While not in school most' of
his life was spent on the farm and
in the garage.. He was a member
A VfATIDN owes much ' or .its
bhenomenal development to
Ihe radio, so It Is natural that M
Blerlot, pioneer French aviation
leader, shown in insert, should have
cea i Interested during his visit
ere ' In the great, development
k American -radios during ; the
fast - few years. ' So great Vas
is admiration that one or his hosts
presented him with an' American
fadlo to take back with him on his
(etiirn. Bis Is only one o tbnu
lattds of American radios in France
today, jt . ' k '
Of the various .- profeMlonsl
pfiups in touch with The Kadlo Jn
ititute of the Audible Arts, founded
i yeat ago by Phllco Radio ft Tele
rislon Corporation, none has been
bund more- dependent . on radio
fhan aviation. In its list of occu-l
porta nt industrial tool, the liidti
tute, places flying at the head and
farming second.- Loth depend on
the .radio to keep them Informed
about weatherjconditions. Radio it
the flier's equivalent of a eixts
sense", enabling him to conquer Un
former menace Of bad weather bj
flying blind with safety, , - " '
:. Today a filer needs at least foul
radios in his plane. He uses one
reliable transmitter through which
he tan keep In : touch with the
world below him. Aiother receiv
ing set la tuned to the wave length
oi ia' ueparuneni ot xjommvre
beacons, and broadcasts. -. Tha
third radio consists of a receiver
tuned for1 messages from the com
pany's private stations. The fourth,
la an auxiliary receiver that canj
be tuned to receive from either
rations which use. radio as an lm-l wave length.
Robert Joseph
rJi. Bowden
v Robert J. Bowden, son of the
lata J J. Bowden and. Kltdia Wil
liams 'died at his himein-Ksnan-ville,
Friday -morning at "about 4
He had been sick for several days
but the end came very unexspect'
edly.' """ - 4
Robert Bowden was born in Ke
nansvllle, ' August flthi 1904, and
has spent the greater part of his iKenansvUle on August 29th;, 1853
Funeral services were conducted near the Beautancus - Summerlin
In the home by, his pastor, Rev. Cross Roads highway. This home
Frank I Goodman at 3:00 Satur- was on of the hrieM nMta in the
day afternoon,- Mrs. George Ben- community Until it was burned a
nett of .Warsaw sang the same so- bout two years ago as a total loss,
lo that she sang, at the funeral; of An attractive brick bunglow' re
his1 mother, "Pass It On." Inter- placed the old home and Mr. Kor
ment was made In the family plot negay spent his last days to the
in the.Kenansville cemetery. : comfort of this home. On Septem-
o i i ber 20th., 1932. his helpmate was
Ei Wr ' w-'- 1 - taken away and he spent the rest
relix Ward Kornegay .f hu ufe m the home with his
Felix-Ward Komesrav. son of the , -:.iMA. Korengay was a man who
late Ward Korneerav of Kenans- trustAd in hla "Makr anil nmn ren.
Ville. and. Edith Kelly of Sampson, dy when death came to take him
died aLJiis -home Aear Beautancus home,. He was a member of Stan-
sunaay morning, .December 8th at ford Presbyterian. Church and was
4:20 O'clock. He was born: near faithful in attending as long as he
was able. He was a good neighbor
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and has lived all of his life in the
oountyi Eariy to life he met and
married Miss Henrietta Kornegay,
and soon moved to the old home
place in Northern Duplin. Mr. Kor
negay lived and reared his family
in the grand old mansion standing
and father and possessed - a spirit
ox meeKness ana gentleness. -.
Funeral services , were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 4:00 in - the
home by the 'pastor, Rev. Frank
I Goodman, assisted by Rev. R. C
Clontz of Whiteviiie, and the body
tit KiGHT ON
b' r.v . r AND
HOLIDAY GOODS
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'& SEASON ARE UNUSUAIXY LOW.
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Resilient Construction TIES,
" Colored Batiste ' - '
HANDKERCIUEFS t,ft1 , ,
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INTERWOVEN SOCKS -"
GLOVES - SCARFS
Trutenized iviiidres and 1
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FLANNEI robes - -rrut,
Vo'ol SWEATERS
stions
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DANCETTES't '.
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ROBES . "
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SCORES arid scores !of families'wiH' be. happy.; and enjoy tLs
beautiful smile of &inta .Clause's 'answer to letters thin ycjj?
" because. Savings' Accounts wilf provide the mcar.3 of h:Ik
St. Nick to fulfill requests for CHRISTMAS , GIFTS. ' ' i
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,, IS; your, family among the 'f ortunatp ; ones? If not -- r ' . . t a
Savinera Account NOW sh' that npirt. war the- will Vs " ' '.-.iW
, for Christmas - ' J -V ' . ;
; do you;kno7 the joy of buykg cii: :3t-
MAS GUTS EARLY AND PAYING
; CASH FOR TIIETI?
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..-.'BOTHER WITH EXTENT ,D PAY5IHNT3 AND T."0i:L-l.;0:.:3 "Lu.Y-Ai .Y"
- PURCHASING. YOU CAN BUY EALY AND..
PAY CASHI
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