Nicotine
Chapel Hill?A large
at the gjate that is wasted
ly in the manufacture of
could he utilised as a raw
for the synthesis of nunj near and
interesting ahsariral compounds.
This ia the opinion of Dr. A. L.
Alexander, reeeareh chemist for the
Naval Reeaarch Laboratory, and Dr.
R, W. Boat head at the University
of North Carolina chemistry depart
ment. who have described their
p?*?*?*? with four new derivatives
of nicotine in a chapter in a volume,
"Studies in Science," just published
by the University Press.
It ie edited by Dr. W. C. Coker,
march professor snd for
of the University botany
In Dr. Aha. sailer's and Dr. Boat's
chapter on "Some New Derivatives
of Nicotine," they point out that
ia ens season just before the war,
North UaroUna produced 517,210,000
pounds at tobacco which resulted in!
a loss of 108^42 pounds (it is esti
mated at least SO per emit of the to
bacco is wasted in manufacture).
Nicotine Is Wasted
Estimating that 1 per cent of that I
waste material ia nicotine, the au
thors figure that the nicotine obtain
able from that one crop amounted
to 1,034,422 pounds.
"This does not take into considera
tion the waste represented by the
stalks left in the field after harvest
ing," they pointed out "The chief
uses of nicotine at present are as an
insecticide and in the manufacture
of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide."
In a summary they pointed oat
that tobacco affords' en abundai
supply at waste material in the form
of stems and stalks worthy of chem
ical study and that the amount of
nicotine derivable from waste tobac
co ia enormous. "At the present time
nicotine is the chief chemical com
pound obtained from tobacco," they
said.
The master index file of the Vete
rans Administration comprises 20.
million cards.
The best varieties of alfalfa to
plant in North Carolina are Kansas
Oklahoma, and Utah common.
t.
tote
or
trips
quite interesting1 as Pre
a 40-mile-an-hour dip, fife in what
I consider one of the
of-the State.
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The Saturday afternoon trips hare
en much alike, highlighted by the
of farm folks lining the high;
ways Waiting for buses or already
on the way to town in private cars
for their weekly shopping tour.
people are spick and
look as if they had stepped straight
from a hood-box and were on their
way to a fashion parade. And there
lent a shabbily dressed one in the
lot Time has been when the lads
and lassies from the country stood
out, "W?en contrasted with their city
cousins, tor their "countrified"
end mannerisms. The day of the
country bumpkin, as a class, to gonet
Rural people today are Just as weO
clothed and educated as their urban
neighbors said, in most cases, better
fed. I -think it speaks well for our
economic system. Certainly, no na
tion can be strong, and stay strong,
whan one strata of its society is
underfed, badly-clothed and omedoca
ted.
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Fortunate, indeed, is that paster
who doesn't have to worry about Ids
flock attending church. In one small
town I know, each of the churches
has a full-time pastor but attendance
at evening services dropped off So
much that the ministers agreed to
have a union service each Sunday
night. Finally, the evening worship
was dispensed with during the sum
mer months. I'm not a. pessimist;
nor do I thiak the worid is headed
for die proverbial bow-wows but I
do wish that members would take
more .interest in religious activities.
I firmly believe that if congregations
would, concentrate on strengthening
their churches the community's
'problems would soon disappear.
On the way back to Farmville
Two Nouses and Lots and
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One Vacant Lot
MBS. FLORENCE V. NELSON PROPERTY
On Contentnea and Grimmeraburg Streets
;? isnnH: ?
FARMVILLE, N. C.
FOR SALE ON
SATURDAY
im
iUGUSTMth, |946
At Eleven (11:00) o'Clock A. M. *
At Public Auction to the Highest Bidder for Cash.
Sale to Be Held on the Premises in
THE TOWN OF FARMVILLE, N. C.
JOHN B. LEWIS, Commissioner.
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slated Mm aa nothing else nremnd
to do. If thi* be true thfeeghout
the profession* non-church-goers are
not only cheating themselves hut
their neighbors by failing to attend
Sabbath services.agSBjfc'
While on the subject of church at
tendance,^ am reminded of the story
[about the pastor who, one Easter
morning, beamed with pleasure at
the large number present, fqd m
|"I am happy to see all of you this
morning. Since some of you wont
be back until next Easter, I am tak
j-ing tMa opportunity now to wWt j
you a Merry Christmas."
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A chauffeur in livery i
on the well-kept, rolling lawn of a
huge homo in one of the towns
through which I passed early one
Monday morning. The hone was of
mansion dimensions, and must have
had at least 15 rooms. On the porch
was A lone quart at milk. I thought
what a pity it was that here, in a
[section experiencing an unprece
dented housing shortage, is a "one
[ quart" home that should be at least
la "six-quarter."
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Jjast Wednesday marked the first
mmiver8ary of the Japanese surren
der and the end of World War II. I
am not advocating that the day be
made a holiday but I do think that
everyone on that day ought to pause
prayerfully,and .resolve to do every
thing humanly possible to prevent
the outbreak of another war. Nervous
and tense, ttto world is sitting on a
powder keg. Straight thinking and
positive action are necessary. Last
Wednesday was an appropriate time
to set our sights on peace as the goal.
No man in uniform wiH ever for
get his reaction to the announcement
that the war was ended. Our ship was
at Pearl Harbor. We had just com
pleted some shuttle runs assigned as
temporary duty to keep us busy un
til rehearsals began tSr the invasion
of the Japanese Empire. Requisitions
for supplies needed in the task had
been placed; within the next few
days we expected to begin practicing
and working with other units. News
that the Japs were accepting terms
came white we were having movies.
Simultaneously, scores of vessels of
all kinds, began Tiring pyrotechnics,
blowing Whistles and sirens. Power
ful 24-inch searchlights probed the
skies, dancing about as if they had
found what they had been searching
for many months. Many of the fel
lows were shouting and cheering;
others were quiet and solemn. I
stood on deck with the ship's doctor,
a Chicagoan with three youngsters
and a wife at home. Never will I
forget him. Team rolled down his
cheeks as he __ fervently repeated,
more to himself than me, "Thank
God, it's over,"
More than 900,000 women wore the
uniforfn of the United States armed
forces in World War IL This was
10 Ciqaes the number who served in
the first World War. They have,
the same rights and benefits under
law as male veterans.
A Farmvilk Woman
To Go In Business
For. Herself.
I rk:- ? WRITE ? . .
POWELL&POWELL
Distributor! of
Ltiziers Cosmetics
207 North iMui St.,
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
arises. Dm
it dUat Jut
life Ami Jwt
to work,
r, to obtain
, or any
merits such compliments, it
cauaelts member* desired it'to I
gave their time and" talent
making it so.
A capable and dynamic
ia a mime necessity for the
of my community. - This
out question. But every
whatever social or economic
should realise that he, too, has re
1n direct proportion to
his possibilities mad should resolve to
do his part in making his community
what it shouldbe. He owes it to him
self, hit fellowman and to God.
Unfortunately, too many at us
want to enjojt the better things of
life but we do dot want to work for
them. We would like to have them
just handed to us oil a'silver trey.
This doesat usually happen. Who
ever lives under such an illusion will
probably die in disappointment.
We are inclined to think of a Com
munity of much material gain, as a
good community. As' important as
this is, it is. not the sole criterion
for a good comunity. We should take
care that our spiritual life is de
veloped along with our material
growth. If not we gradually move
of balance.
The final and clarion call is to
every member of our community of
whatever color or creed, to live up to
his responsibilities and let us make
and keep our community what we all
would like to have it.
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Community canneries are now
operating at most of the high
schools in North Carolina for the
benefit at rural families who wish
to can their food in an economical,
labor-saving way.
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