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t i-auk rvvc THE PERQtflllANS WEEKLY, HLUTFORD, N. C FRIDAY; OCTOBER 18, 1946. . v I S'"f" aj f ' ' . 4 mm 1 Under new postal regulations you ", can send, your sordier oversea letters ot-i parcels , weighing from ' eight ounces to 70 pounds by . airmail, de ' pending on wnera ne is serving, Major George F Heiaa, Postal Of ficer, Seventh Army, said today. , Formerly, airmail addressed throu gh Army Post Office numbers, care Postmasters in New York or San Francisco, was limited to two ounces. That weight for letters or parcels has now been raised to eight ounces. Parcels not to exceed 70 pounds in weight may be sent to military personnel or civilians entitled to an APO fium)ur. in ear of Postmasters : In Miami Ma Now Orlando. T Jl . or Seattle, Wash. The wide difference in weights ac ceptable at the various ports is ex plained by the number of military personnel serving; in various theaters and the distances involved. New York, it (8 stated, handles the Euro pean theater mail. San Francisco handles letters and parcels addressed to personnel in the Pacific, Hawaii, the Philippines, Korea and Japan. From these two ports the limit by airmail is eight ounces.' . Seattle, ash. handles mail to the Alaskan area. Miami, Fla. ser ves the" Antilles Department and points in South America. New Or leans handles mail for the Panama Canal Zone, Ecuador and Peru. These, being comparatively short hauls by air, permit parcels up to 70 pounds, Major Heins explained. TAYLOR THEATRE EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA We Hsve the Shows .Today (Thursday) and Friday, October 17-18 Vivian Blaine, Perry Como with Harry James and Orchestra in "IF I'M LUCKY" Saturday, October 19 Charles SUrrett and Smiley Burnette in ' "TWO FISTElf STRANGER" ' Sunday, October Pat O'Brien and Claire Trevor in "CRACK-UP" Monday and Tuesday, October 21-22 Charles Boyer and ' Jennifer Jones in "CUNY BROWN" Wednesday, October 23 Double Feature Frances Langford in "BAMBOO BLONDE" Also Kane Richmond in "TRAFFIC IN CRIME" Coming October 24-25 "NIGHT AND DAY" ' "Veat vKJSLOiv oi fjGiVl 7)111" "d) t . 1) r' "d) HERTFORD, N, CL Navy To Honor A Dead On Navy Day : t 'Floral contributions honoring those sailors or Marines wha lost their lives in the service of their' country will be i scattered over he Atlantic Ocean as part of the observance of Navy Dayi; October 27. ;-t For the convenience of persons residing In the Fifth Naval District three ports" have been designated to receive flowers to be used in the cere monies. Ii ia requested that persons desiring to make floral offerings send only one flower, preferably wild or home grown. s ' Those living in northeastern North Carolina are requested to send their flowers to the Station Chaplain, U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C. . ; . i Flowers must be received at the designated places prior to midnight 'October 26. They. will be kept in refrigerated spaces until Navy Day when, following brief public Memor ial Services, the floral tributes will be placed aboard designated vessels and planes and strewn on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Cotton Crop Shows Decline Prospects point toward a decline of 10,000 bales in the cotton crop un der the September 1 estimate, but 12 per cent more than was harvested last year, it is announced by the Federal-State Crop Reporting Ser vice. The total cotton crop is now estimated to be 480,000 bales. Reports from farmers indicated that an average yield of 404 pounds of cotton should be harvested com pared with 369 pounds per acre har vested in 1945 and a ten-year aver age yield of 341 pounds..' Total State cotton acreage for harvest is placed at 571,000 or three per cent more than was harvested in 1945 but 34 per cent less than the ten-year average of 865,000 acres. The Census Bureau of the' Depart ment of Commerce reported that 50, 000 bales had been ginned in North Carolina to October 1, which is con siderably ahead of the 26,000 bales ginned to the same date last year. Total production prospects for cot ton in the United States declined 447,000 bales during the month of September and is now expected to total 8,724,000 compared with 9, 015,000 bales harvested from the 1945 crop. Starts Relief In 6 Seconds .from All 6 usual A ilW rCQ ! AIATION itf ft fTAtitTS en liquid Vftjp "autten: Take wily at eirerteet , Sn "', And Your Strength and Energy Is Below Paf V It may be earned by diaaroat at kid Bey function that permit polaonou waste to accumulate. Foe truly many people feel tired, weak and miaerabjn when the kidneya tail to remove exeeaa aeida and other waat aaatter from the blood. You may tuffer nafffnf backache, rheumatic paint, headache, diznneea. getting up night, let peine, aweUinf. Sometime frequent ana aeanty arine tion with amartinf and burning ia an other aign that ometoing ia wrong with the kldneyi or bladder. i There should be no doubt that prompt treatment la wiaer than neglect. Vte Doan't Pill: It i better to rely on a medicine that ha won countrywide ap- . Eroval than on something lee favorably nown. Doan't have been tried and tent ed many year. Are at all drug atore. Get DoarS today. . - V ce::.?r:iY it"'' ' 1" j j'Y- i ' Hie indexes of prices received for each class of . farm products as of September IB showed marked chan ges from those 4f a month earlier, with the exception of that for dairy products which held constant at 214, according, to the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service, ; ' me cotton , ana cottonseea inaex at; 266 was up seven points from mid-August and the poultry products index advanced 12 points to 264. The grain index of 214 decreased one point from last month and the gene ral decline in prices received for meat animals lowered the meat animal in dex 28 points to 286. The miscel laneous products index at 217 show ed a decline of seven point from last month, principally due to the lower prices of hay and sweet po tatoes. Prices received by North Carolina farmers for hogs, beef cattle and veal calves were considerably lower than those received a month earlier, but still remained at a high level in comparison with other war months and prior to July, 1946. Hogs av eraged S16.C0 per ' hundred-weight I and showed a decline of . $2.60 per hundred-weight from last month; beef cattle at $14.90 per hundred weight decreased f 1.10 per hundred weight, and veal calves decreased 20 cents per hundred-weight and aver aged $16.20. The average price of sheep advanced to $8.90 per hundred weight, showing an increase of 10 cents per hundred-weight, and Iambs held steady at $16.00 per hundred weight. Prices received for rye advanced 10 cents per bushel from a month earlier and averaged $2.45 per bush el. Wheat and barley showed no change from mid-August and averag ed $2.25 and $1.90 per bushel res pectively. Corn declined five cents per bushel and averaged $2.03 per bushel and oats at $1.03 per bushel were down two cents per lushel. Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam. Cowper. THEY ALSO SAVE V "infi ! ,x V .Z", ZZfi W7 fL "T FORD EQUIPMENT, AND GENUINE , WHEN it comes to Ford ser vice, there's no place like "home." Our men, experience ' nd equipment make your Ford run best. Our specialists save you money. Drive in for a free L.L I?- " si VUGbaV-UJI IlUWe IlllJ UIBII U lyoqlike.' , jh Jf , ! i' it ',11 tl Don't Say "Aw Rats"-' VtH age ,nil!ie WiWlife Sor' f rm,' pj I'1 from State College, are carry- . ADOUt iheSe jtliireS'lng out County-vide- campaigns to ' " ! ' , " " I rid entire sections of rats. . When figures are presented for J 1 Red ' squill bait is prepared at' a what rata eat,' waste and otherwise Central location in the; county and rl.mr th-'.xrImation "Aw Rats" ! tnen come into community ia not in order. , " J ; , " It eosts plenty to keep rats on the farm, according' to the U.;S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Just how much corn will the average- rat eat in a year'f ; .ft Studies- reveal that he eats about 50 pounds of com. ' But that's not all. He also wastes from 60 to 100 pounds in addition to whathe eats. With) corn at $2 a bushel, or there abouia, ha piles up a big, bill that the farmer must pay, unless, someone gets mad about the whole proposit ion and decides to put on a rat era dication campaign. . ' i v . V And that's exactly what!sv happen ing all overNorth Carolina at this time.ji Farmers, with the aid of the fi Coiistrucl r- J- , Distributors for Nationally. Known Manufacturers International Crawler Tractors, Industrial Wheel Type Tractors, Industrial and Marine En gines': Jaeger '.Compressors, 'Mixers, Pumps and. Paying Equipment Heil Scrapers, Cable Dozejsvetc 7-Euclid Haung Equipment Northwest Shovels, Cranes, Draglines Galion Graders, Rollers Dump Bodies Bucyrus-Erie Bullgraders, Scrapers Cedar Rapids As phalt Plants and Crushers Rogers Low Bed Trailers FWD Trucks Elgin Sweepers, Refute-Gltters. Crisstbn;jC7iiain Saws -'Lbwther C-Saws Sawmills Carco Logging Winches American Prefornifid , Cable. ; X We AIsQ.Hle Many; Other tines of Popular Eouip ment as Well as an Adequate Stock of Parts and Supplies . an4)re Preied to Take Care of; Any, Rebuilding: or Repair Job You - Might Have Large or Small. is.".- 1 t '1' -i t. .J:i-4 ' I i or4Ii foolitil Equipment Go. Raleigh 3101 Hillsboro Street Wione 8836 yr FORD: mnecooimics your RB bestir? iii wmPAMi&rw nsx-i o YOU MONEY VVTH ! Ford Factory-Trc!nd -, 1 . 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FORD METHODS, FORD PARTS Mechanics Service KLtthzZi Parts l r A, i it Industrial A Equip v "1 - v n 1 ? r:'"i : ' -irj r ' rj n ' . n'-V', . . i.-'v L- - 'W W J.V.J ', C - - - ' ' '. ' ' 'N b ' 1 v dead rats on the (fay p'ter he put out that one dollar's wort.i of poison and estimated that another 100 rats were killed under the bam. " 1 -. ' .To abstains that we may enjoy ia the, epicuriani8m of reason. u j?i , , Rousseau. VWanJ i L -JIJ ' -ItllwPJ, fBwsBsWasaBW - fgSJ 0 WkaiSw4f ROBERSON'S DRUG STORE nd Asheville Sweeten Creek Road ,Phone 789 Icon -7 y-H.
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