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■ws ^BUSINESS HORIZON 1„ ? By HOWARD HANCOCK Mans ge r. Roanoke Rapida^ Herald Jjjp ¥-;7lgN5lP MBS " THr*^ST> » llitl ] •« i t *JS _-ft SUGAR RATIONING for Roa noke Rapids started on Friday of last week ... at least for Roa noke Rapidans who eat at the Rosemary Cafe. John Carrass, af fable proprietor of the uptown eating place, acting upon his own initiative and foreseeing the day when such restrictions would be the letter of the law rather than a show of patriotism, started ro tioning his customers one tea spoonful of sugar with each cup of coffee served. Waitresses re port few complaints and that most of them emanate from lady patrons. It must be pointed out, in John’s favor, that the practice of serving a second teaspoonful of sugar for a “consideration” (u sually a cent, as it is reported is being charged in many cafes in the metropolitan cities) is not practiced at his restaurant. John is apparently earnest in his desire to conserve on the Nation’s sugar supply and does not seek to profit from the scarcity of the commodi ty. As a matter of fact, the small paper cups in which patrons re ceive their “teaspoonful of sugar” | probably create a bigger problem of overhead than would be the case if Carass reverted to the old “sugar bowl” practice of placing It on the table within reach of all, but John says he is interested in conserving sugar . . . ****** MOST NORTH CAROLINIANS honored George Washington by working Monday instead of taking a holiday. Washington’s birthday, February 22nd, is a legal holiday in North Carolina and in all our states, territories and possessions. Our laws provide that when a holiday falls upon a Sunday, the next day shall be observed. The banks were closed here Monday; the postoffice observed holiday hours opening the stamp window twice for a period of a half-hour; Vepco closed its office for the af ternoon but for the most part, the city did “business as usual.” Even the ABC Stores were open all day. ****** WHILE ON THE SUBJECT of George Washington, it is interest to recall that the recent surrend er of the British forces at Singa pore was only the second time since Yorktown that a British Army has had to surrender. Their surrender at Yorktown to George Washington was a big blow to British military pride and tradi tion for several centuries. Students of the career of Wash ington have often commented upon the fact that while Washington was a Southerner, yet the only great historic feat he performed south of the Mason and Dixon Line was the capture of Corawal *JU> 04. AVinwfVM. I About 95 per cent of Washing ton's work and accomplishments foe his country were in the North —mostly In New Jersey and Penn sylvania. Nearly all of his two terms as President was spent in Philadelphia. His first battle was fought in Pennsylvania—at Fort Necessity. Bradywine, German town and Valley Forge are all in Pennsylvania. * * * * * * YES, WE HAVE NO BANA NAS,” it will be recalled by many, was the title of a popular song hit which swept the country a few years ago—sometime in the' late 1920's, I would say off-hand. I later came to know Frank Sil ver, its composer, rather well. While I never completely forgave him for writing it (which as you may well imagine didn't worry Frank a great deal, for the tune imufa him $no-telling-how-much in royalties) I became more and more consoled when in later years such monstrosities as "The Music Goes •Bound” and "Want Some Sea Food Mama” made instant hitsi with the gullible public. However, what I started to say was that your request for the fruit may bring just such a retort from the grocery clerk this week-end or next, and according to another popular colloquilism of the day . . . . "he ain't just kidding!” ****** MY GROCERY SPY reports that a large chain-store concern operating retail stores in this ter ritory has sent out information from their produce experts that they expect their entire stock to be exhausted shortly—and for an indefinite period! It seems that the United Fruit Co. and the Standard Fruit Co. have discon tinued bringing boats either into New York, Philadelphia or Balti more because they have lost some few boats and cargoes recently by submarines and other causes, making it too dangerous to try to enter these ports with a cargo of bananas. The produce expert goes on to state that the fruit companies are trying to work out other schedules for the Southern market district, perhaps schedul ing Jacksonville, Mobile, New Or leans or Charleston as “banana ports,” but that so far their ef forts have not been perfected. So-o-o-o-o-o, you and I may soon be faced with the prospect of do ing without bananas. To which I cannot help but add the trite ''b servance that if that was all f would have to do without to win this war, I should certainly con sider myself lucky . . . ****** in a wax, my grocer spy in forms me, the war has simplified his business. It seems that the ladies are less casual about jump ing into the car and running down to the corner store to buy some slight item ... the grocers, in turn, are less willing to send some slight item at once, so customers buy more carefully, trying to get everything they will need for the day, or for several days. My "clothing spy” informs me the war may do for men’s cloth ing what stylists have been at tempting for many years without success, that is injecting color in to men’s clothes ... to get the fellows to use lighter, brighter shades. Seems men have been re luctant to abandon the proverbial blues and greys and browns. Now, it seems, the Army and Navy are using dark dyes, leaving little for civilian use, so the manufacturers of men’s clothing will have to use lighter shades. *•***• AMUSING INCIDENT! It seems that in a nearby Court a man was recently on trial for getting into % drunken brawl. His lawyer, try ing to convince the judge that the man had been too drunk to know what he was doing, argued some thing like this: "Why, Judge, we can prove by the hospital doctors that when my client was brought there, and they were putting stitches into his scalp, without an anaesthetic, he asked them, *What'ya doing, docf Knittin’ for Britainf” ****** / BOUGHT A BICYCLE! It seemed to\be “the thing to do,” (and I still believe it was and. is a wise investment, tho frankly I am waiting for ’sunnier days’ be fore riding it too much. For one thing, too much exercise all of a sudden might prove to be too much of a shock to my system, so I’ll get accustomed to it by degrees. The first day I owned it I pedal led down to work. “Down” is right .... it’s strictly uphill travelling South . . . (and now I know why the Roanoke River could never | flood the city . . . never realized this was such a “hilly” place!) It was raining that morning ... I had one of the fellows at the of fice drive me home at noon and drove the car for the rest of the day. That evening I had work to do . . . my wife wanted to go to the show ... I obligingly told her to drive me to the office and I would ride the bicycle home. It started raining again, but when ten o’clock rolled ’round I had fin ished my work . . . my wife hadn’t called so I concluded I would ride back home, rain or no rain. I did. Results: here’s a tabulation of the expenses . . . Suit cleaned-and-pressed_.50 1 Bottle of Linament _.35 Chiropractic Adjustment — 2.00 J Total _ 2.85 Ordinarily I would have saved approximately one half-pint of gasoline and a couple of miles wear on the tires, but I found my wife had taken a party of friends to Weldon to see the "Underground Fireso I seriously doubt if even Charlie Johnson, Alfred Martin, Dr. L. G. Harrison or Jack Ear man would consider I had made a profitable deal that day, but “there’ll be other days” for cycl ing, and I predict that men and women on bicycles on Roanoke Avenue will become less and less of an oddity. ****** ASKING QUESTIONS is one of the most outstanding characteris tics of the average American. Ev ery day and every hour passengers ply railroad men and women with questions concerning operation and maintenance of the railroad they happen to be patronizing. J. W. Small, Division Passenger Agent of the Seaboard Railway supplies the answers to some of the so called mysteries of railroading. There were 236,843 miles of rail road in the United States at the beginning of 1939, my railroad spy informs me. The five states hav ing the greatest railway mileage are Texas, with 16,473; Illinois, with 12,045; Pennsylvania, with 10,617; Iowa, with 9,082; and Kan sas, with 8,667. The number of cross ties in the average mile of railway track at the beginning of 1939 was 2,994. The number of telegraph or tele phone poles per mile of rail varies from twenty-six to sixty or more, depending upon the number of wires to be carried, the kind of wood, the number of crossings to be made, and other conditions. In 1937, there were approximate ly 191,779 bridges in the railway structure of the United States. In 1939, there were 231,400 highway railway grade crossings in the United States. (There will be at least one less when they build the ".. underpass at Roanoke Junction). A straight track, 78.86 miles in length, on the Seaboard Railway between Wilmington and Bamlet, North Carolina is the longest stretch of track without a curve in this country. According to a study of com munities in the United States in 1930, 73,981 or 93.7 per cent were served by one or more railroads. Railway fares are less per mile for travel in coaches than in sleep ing cars, due to the wide differ ence in weight, capacity and oc cupancy of coaches and sleeping cars, and the difference in cost of providing and handling the two types of equipment. The origin of the coxo-catcher is strictly American, and was the in vention of Isaac Dripps, a young mechanical engineer. In the early days, so many cows trespassed up on the railroad tracks that Dripps decided to install a small truck supporting two iron spears on the front end of the locomotive; the device was effective, but fatal to cows so that to avoid damage suits, the present “V” shaped coxo catcher was evolved. Standard time was adopted at the stroke of 12 noon on November 18, 1883. At this time, more than fifty different times were abolish ed in the United States. Railroad clocks were set to four standards of time, Eastern, Central, Moun tain and Pacific, each one hour a part. When one hears different loco motive whistles, he may be Buro ^ | that each has its own meaning. One-short—stop; one long—ap proaching station junction or crossing; succession of short toots —alarm for persons or animals on track; two long—release brakes and proceed; three short—back up (when standing); three short—stop at next station (when running). ****** ADD SCREWBALL STATE MENTS: "The reason I get such a kick out of it when a columnist makes a mistake,” said the lino type operator, “is because I never make ’em myself.” Dr. M. F. Matkins, of Chester, S. C., arrived last Tuesday to visit his fhther, J. H. Matkins. contains 9 Ingredients In a Fig Syrup Base. Sea how fast- one dose of Mentho-Mulslon works to soothe Irritated membranes of ?XPoil ,,ck,ln9 Phlegm, and brln* Hrt .s5ow your doctor the Ingredient* plainly listed on Mentho-Mulslon label Ha can tell you Mentho-Mulsion’g mer- 1 its. Money back mrantM a» \ _i MATTHEWS DRUG CO. Roanoke Rapids, N. C. 4 v ' $10.15 Retail Value One Hem each week of the Complete Set of fif teen luxurious cosmetics to all ladies attending the Imperial on Wednes days and the Peoples on I Fridays with the compli ments of — I To cover the cost of packing, shipping and the Federal Tax a small handling charge on each item will be made of — « See the Complete Set On Display in Theatre Ldbby ★ Remember, for the Next 15 Weeks — Every Wednesday Is Every Friday i s Cosmetic Day at the Cosmetic Day at the IMPERIAL PEOPLES THEATRE THEATRE
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