History Of Barbed Wire Shows
ilick Dealings In Southwest
PORT ARTHUR, Tex ( U.P.)
-The story of barbed wire, an
nnovation which did much t ο
ihape the destiny of the great
southwest, has been detailed by
^ the Port Arthur News.
Until John W. Gates first de
monstrated the invention's use
tulness by stringing a barb e d
wire corral in a San Antonio pi
aza in the latter part of the last
century, the southwest region
was almost entirely free of fen
ces.
Gates worked as a slaeman
for the inventor of the new-fan
gled wire, Issac El wood of 111
^ inois, for a salary-plus commis
sion;
After he sold the railroad on
the idea of fencing right-of-ways
to keep the cattle off, orders be
gan to pour into the Illinoin fi
rm. both from cattlemen and
railroads.
They poured in so fast, in fact
that the inventor began to fig- ;
ure on some way to get around j
paying his salesman a commis- '
Ρ βιοη. Elwood proposed a high
er salary without the commis- j
■ion; Gates in turn proposed to i
take a cash settlement and get
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Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
out of the business.
On the verge of naming $10,·
000 as his price, Gates noticed
an anxious twinkle in his em
ployer's eye and upped the fig
ure to $100,000.
Elwood paid off eagerly, and
Gates used the money to go in
to the wire business himself, de
spite the fact the Elwood held
the patent on his invention.
Gates built a portable factory
and located it near a state line.
When Elwood went into cour 1
and obtained an injunction ag
ainst the operation of Gates' pl
ant Gates simply moved across
the line into the adjoining state.
Compromise Reached
Gates kept turning out barbed
wire and selling it and moving
across state lines at night. Fin
ally he set up his plant on a
river barge out of reach of in
junction servers.
At last he went to Elwood and
pointed out a hole in the patenl
the inventor had. "You can'1
whip me" he said. "Why don't
we quit fighting each other anc
go in together?"
By that time Elwood thoughl
it a good idea. The competi
tors joined forces and each be
came a multi-millionaire.
Four square feet of windov
space is usually required foi
each cow in the milking barn.
State Studies Fish
Who Perfer Hardware
MADISON, Wis. (U.F.)—The
Wisconsin conservation depart
ment is looking for a tish psy
chiatrist.
This vacation state needs
someone who can figure cut woy
it's fish are so temperamental
about the bait they'll bite on.
The department stocked one
40-acre northern lake with U'J,
000 rainbow trout and confident
ly awaited a substantial "fish
harvest" this year. So far the
fish haven't been biting and the
department's experts are stump
ed.
They analyzed the stomachs ot
rainbows and found that the i'*,h
! live on a rather steady diet of
plankton and larger bugs. The/
j figured that fishermen who use
j flies for bait should be reeling
I in the rainbows. But the fly
! fishermen aren't.
The most successful lure is a
gadget called the "hardware.''
It's a string of assorted hard
ware, including 10 spinners, with
a gob of worms on the end. The
department's experts have n*j
idea why the rainbows like it.
Bass in other lakes are tem
peramental too. They seem to
! like a new red and white plu«
iwith a spinner at each end. It's
catching bass where other bait?
' that make a similar commotion
fail. But, sighed the experts, the
jbass may be demanding some
ι thin# else next week.
DON'T FAIL TO SEE
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I Scotland Neck
Adopts Budget;
Tax Rate Same
Scotland Neck— The town of
Scotland Neck adopted a tenta
tive budget with a tax rate of
$1.50, the same as during lh*
past fiscal year, at a recent
meeting of the Town Board.
Approval of an increase in '
salaries for all town employees
to meet living costs and a dis
i cussion on providing a fire truck
to protect homes outside of the ■
town limits were also on the .
agenda in the Board's regular
session.
The Scotland Neck tax levy
for 1948-1949 is calculated to
I raise $30,000. Licenses taxes an
ticipate $1,500; police fees, $300:
ι auto tags, $300; ABC profit, _ 6,
jOOO; intangible taxes, $1,000; ;
ι beer taxes. $1,500; interest on
bonds, $125; and discounts en ;
bills, $50.
Net profits from the light po
lities are estimated at $16,377.2-1
while the water department ι
would operate at a loss of $2
071.24 leaving a net additional ,
revenue of $14,306. Balances on
hand at the beginning of the
year, which has been assigned
but not spent, total $22,845.61.
making a total estimated reve
nue for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1949 of $77,926.61.
Expenditures are estimated at
general government $3,846.93;
police department, $5,909; street
department, $9,063.35; fire de
partment, $2,266.50; debt service,
$14,537.73; contingent fund in
reserve- $3,572.19; and capital
outlay, $38,730.61.
Marathon Racer Finds
Match In Running
Down Straying Cows
READING, Mass. (U P.)—Cla
rence DeMar is hailed as "Old
Mas Marathon" because he is a
perennial competitor and seven
time winner of the famed Bos
ton A. A. road race. He final
ly has found a way to put his
endurance racing to use—catch
ing cows.
DeMar has a suburban farm
here and owns two cows. De
ciding to take a vacation he fo
und a farmer willing to take
care of his livestock. The only
catch was that DeMar must de
liver the cows to a Wilmington
farm.
DeMar captured the cows and
set off down a highway on foot
with the pair in tow. An auto
mobile roared past and one cow
snapped its chain and set off
across the countryside. DeMar
lit out and effected a capture.
A short distance along the
road, a car came past and the
cow galloped off. Twice more
it happened and finally traffic
on the road became so tangled
with cows and DeMar that po
lice escorted the eafair to Wil
mington.
Walch Your Speed
One-third of the nation's traf
fic fatalities occur on the open
highways, says the Accident Pre- ;
vention Department Association
of Casualty end Surety Com -
panies in a special July warn
ing to summer vacationist
Take heed—watch your speed.
Don't make this vacation your
last one
Many Events
Crowd Next
Month In N.C.
Raleigh,—Air transportation is
ndicated, but a fast automobile
A'ill make the highlights ot' the
rowded full-summer schedule ot'
ivents in North Carolina during
August.
Asheville opens the activities
.vith the annual Men's Gtlf
tournament starting the 2nd
ind running for a week.
Five hundred miles away, on
he 4th· little Hatteras will swell
vith a double-barreled celebta
ion of the 157th anniversary of
he U. S. Coast Guard and the
ormal opening of the first
tretch of paved highway on the
îanks. The Coast Guard will put
>n a full dress show; Banks vil
ages, Avon, Rodanthe, Buxton,
vill furnish local celebrations.
Opening on the 5th. (through
'th). the 21st. Annual Folk and
fountain Music Festival, Βαε-1
:om Lamar Lunsford directing,
lets the stage for a week of
nountain events. Blowing Rock's
nammoth annual horseshows
ire on the 6th and 7th, imme
iiately lollowed by the Grand
father Orphanage Home Day
when visiting opera and othev
stars stage a benefit for the
school.
The summer stage in North
Carolina is going full blast
throughout August. THE LOST
COLONY, Wednesday through ;
Sunday nights at Fort Raleigh,
has special performances schc-1
iuled each week, including!
Home Demonstration Club, Rut·;-1
tan national, and the highlighted I
Virginia Dare Birthday ceie- j
brations on, respectively, the j
Sth, 13th· and 19th. At Burns- j
ville, the WCUNC Summer Art
School shows two plays each
week, and at Hendjrsonville me
Land o' Sky Theatrical School
puts on three shows each week
in the high school auditorium. In
like vein, the 95th annual Bdili
Creek Camp Meeting starts on
the 15th, the 49th. Annual Fal
con Meeting on the 19th, and the
annual Week of Preaching at
Lake Junaluska on the 23rd.
On the coast, fishing is the
order of the day and night, with
two full-prized contests for the
best fish caught, the SENCBA
Fishing Rodeo in the Wilmin^
ton-Southport areas, and the
Sportfishing Roundup in the
middle coast Morehead City
Beaufort territory, where ai-o
two Banks pony penning round
ups are scheduled for the 2nd
and 10th.
While Border and Eastern to
bacco markets are opening, state
firemen will put on a full-dress
show at their convention in
Fayetteville, 9 through 12; the
Kneepants Boys' Baseball Lea
gue All-Sta-r Game at Dunn is on
the 10th, Mocksville's age-old
and full-funned community Mas
onic Picnic is on the 12th. Cary
resumes its intriguing Gourd
Festival on the 18th and 19th;
and Southern Pines gets North
Carolina's amateur softballers
together in an elimination tour -
nament starting on the 20th.
State To Ask
For Butner Area
The North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission has asked
for a 20,000 acre tract of the
Camp Butner area which has
been declared surplus by the
War department, to be used for
wildlife conservation purposes,
according to Executive Director
Clyde P. Patton.
Hinging on final action by fed
; eral authorities, the Commission
has approved a $5,000 budget for
management of the Butner area.
Tentative plans call for employ
I tector and development of the
area for a number of wildlife
i projects.
j The Camp Butner area is es
: pecially adapted to wild turkeys,
I and a substantial turkey popula
tion already exists in the area.
Deer stocked on the area several
years ago by the State form the
nucleus of a deer herd to be
managed by the Commission's
game specialists.
The Wildlife Resources Com
mission is considering plans tc
develop water impoundments in
the Butner tract for public fish·
; ing. Special emphasis will be
! placed on rabbits and quail, with
i the possibility of using parts ol
! the area to demonstrate small
game management.
I Present plans call for using
! the Camp Butner area primai·
I ily as a demonstration and dis·
! tribution area for farm and for·
I est game.
j Under the provisions of the
I Burke bill, passed by the 80th
I Congress, lands declared surplus
. by the War Department may be
I made available without cost tc
; states for wildlife conservation
I purposes.
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PROGRAM WEEK OF AUGUST 1, 1948
PEOPLES
Sunday - Monday
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Another Part of the Forest
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Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
CLARK GABLE ■ LANA TURNER
HOMECOMING
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Lauren Bacall
KEY LARGO
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Sunday
JAMES CAGNEY - PAT O'BRIEN
THE FIGHTING 69th
Added: Selected Short Subjects
Monday - Tuesday
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BERLIN EXPRESS
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Wednesday
JANET MARTIN - WILLIAM WRIGHT
KING OF THE GAMBLERS
Added: Selected Short Subjects
Thursday - Friday
Preston Foster - Mary Stuart
THUNDERHOOF
Added: LATEST NEWS
Saturday
EDDIE DEAN
WESTWARD TRAIL
Added: Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
; Baby Kissing Elevated
To Exact Science
REVERE, Mass. (U.P.)—Majo
Peter J. Jordan doesn't gi
around kissing babies but h<
gets the vote.
Each time a child is born tf
parents of this seaside city, Jnr
dna sends a special congratula
tory card with a suitable mes
sage to the parents.
Jordan, aided by his executiv<
secretary. Joseph Cotazze, keep:
track of the new arrival
through births recorded at tin
I city clerk's oilice.
Lots On River Bottom
Foreclosed For Taxes
BEATRICE Neb. C U. P. )—
One is likely to find almost any
thing in the crop of tax fore
closure suits which have been
going through the district court
here.
Last year the town of Liber
ty was surprised when its town
hall wound up on the foreclosure
list.
The most recent discoveries in
elude eight lots in the bottom
of the Blue River. Four others
barely miss being there; portions
of them are on a tiny island in
the river.
Taxes on the lots have not
been paid since the 1880s.
North Carolina's per capita
:ash farm income increased from
$181 in 1941 to $550 in 1946 but
still compared poorly with $1.
305 for the United States as a
whole.
Christian Science
Topic Is "Truth"
"Truth" was the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Christian
Science Churches and Societies
Dn Sunday. July 25.
Golden Text: Deuteronomy 22:
3, 4. "Ascribe ye greatness unto
our God. He is the Rock, his
work is perfect: for all his ways
are judgment: a God of truth
and without iniquity, just anc
right is he."
Among the citations compris
ing the Lesson-Sermon were the
following from the Bible: "Shew
me thy ways, Ο Lord; teach me
thy paths. Lead me in thy truth,
and teach me: for thou art the
God of my salvation; on thee do
I wait all the day" (Psalms 25:
4, 5). And from the Christian
Science textbook. "Science and
Health with Key to the Scrip
tures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "To
grasp the reality and order of
being in its Science, you must
begin by reckoning God as the
divine Principle of all that real
ly is. Spirit, Life. Truth· Love,
combine as one.—and are the
Scriptural names for God.'
(Page 275).
Rosemary Μ. Ε.
Young Men Hold
Service At Home
The Young Men's Adult Class
of the Rosemary Methodist
Church conducted services at the
Halifax County Home last Sun
day.
O. Griffin is the leader of the
class.
Wool consumption during the
war was stimulated greatly by
military demands, and continu
ed high in 1946 and 1947.
j Revival Starts At
I Pentecostal Church
A series of revival services
'will begin Sunday. August 1. {it
I he Pentecostal Church of God,
64 Washington street, it was an·
nounced today. Rev. Fred Hcad
I ley will be the guest speaker.
The public is invited.
Yugoslavia plans compulsory
prearmy training in schools.
TOO EFFICIENT
Rock Islnad, 111.—Firemen were
a little too efficient recently to
suit the Dalkoff Iron and 'Met
al Company. The firm was
burning an old automobile -and
a passerby. seeing the fire,
turned in an alarm. The 'lire
men had extinguished the tyaze
before company officials Cpuld
tell them they wanted to burn
the car. ;
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