p SOUNDS FISHY
Scribe Wonders How Fish
Get So Big In Anglers Eye
By CARL CAHILL
Star Staff Writer
Amberjack. the fish that ’s,
jjv grow fast.
^Especially in waters off the Caro
lina coast.
Thev increase m size so rapid
ha* there is much speculation in
lr,“fishing circles if the Atlantic
f°n'provide enough food substance
jteep them alive.
Rut apparently the amberjack
. ,, ‘very hungry yet. He doesn’t
Hi'-- take to the bait thrown to
g, with a hook in it.
Be gets his food elsewhere —
and gets very fat.
0ne was caught just recently.
He weighed 51 and one half pounds.
Pont forget the half pound.
He caused a lot of comment as
•, was hoisted onto the boat and
Jj,en onto the scales.
Maybe he is the biggest ever
tUght. At least he was the biggest
•aught in the last 10 years. Yeh.
fcV.; what he was. The biggest.
gut this claim brought fishermen
running from the old cane pole, the
high powered boat and the smooth
running reel.
All hied themselves to some rec
#rij book and started poring over
jbe volume.
for as any fisherman knews
jiiere is no biggest fish. There has
always been one caught just a
little bigger.
And they were rewarded.
Reports started trickling in.
There had been one caught that
weighed 60 pounds, another 62
pounds and finally 67 pounds.
The biggest was no longer the
biggest.
So the fishermen stopped for a
breather. The amberjack had
grown hurriedly. They didn’t want
give him growing pains.
But the last claim will not go un
challenged. A mere 67 pounds?
gurelv there is someone on the
coast” of North Carolina, who has
caught, seen caught, or heard tell
0: catching an amberjack bigger
than that.
And then there is the tarpon. The
claim that only two had been
caught in the past 10 years al
most brought a fisherman’s march
cn the Port City.
| \vhv, didn’t you know that five
bare been caught?
Fishermen are extremely jealous
i«< one another. If you are fishing
beside an angler and you catch
one. he scowls the entire time you
*re dragging him in.
If he catches one he smirks at
Lou while ne reels.
PRESIDENT VISITS
SENATE CHAMBERS
Police Question Man
Found With Pistol Dur
ing Truman Tour
WASHINGTON, July 23—</P)—
L:. M. L. Stanley of the uniformed
police at the Sena e today reported
lhat a man with an automatic
pistol was arrested in a public
rest room shortly after President
Truman had visited the Senate.
Stanley said the man is being
questioned. He was taken into
custody by Capitol police and it
was not known whether there was
l link with the Presidential visit.
Earlier, Senate sergeant at arms
Edward F. McGinnis said he was
investigating a report that a man
with a gun had been picked up in
Ihe Senate office building.
WASHINGTON. July 23.—(U.R)—
President Truman, in a surprise
appearance in the Senate, told the
lawmakers today that he often
“gets homesick'’ fQr ” i seat he
occupied among them for 10 years
before entering the White House.
As a former Missouri senator,
Mr. Truman was within his rights
in visiting the chamber and taking
his old seat on the Democratic side
to listen to the day’s proceedings.
But he steppea way beyond the
time-worn regulations to speak
Ex-members are not given that
[privilege.
A burst of applause from the
floor and visitor;' galleries greet
ed the President as he strolled into
the chamber without advanced
warning shortly after 2 p. m. EDT.
He had just finished lunching with
director of the Democratic policy
cor.-,mi:tee and a close friend.
oen. Lister Hill, D., Ala., who
*as speaking on a minor bill, stop
px-u f.ijt* unuuie ui n ocmtuut
and sat down. Pausing to shake
hands with old friends, Mr. Tru
man went to the rear of the
chamber and sat down in his old
*eat—now held by Sen. J. Howard
McGrath, D., R. I.
Senate President Arthur H. Van
ilenberg, R., Mich., rapped his
Savei smartly and said:
"To the President of the United
States on behalf of senators on
both sides of the aisle the chair
expresses the warmest welcome to
the old environment where he
served with honor and dignity.
"e wish him health, happiness and
•access.”
^He then announced that he would
'recognize the senator from Mis
s°uri for Rve minutes.”
Mr. Truman, attired in a light
brown business suit, rose smiling.
"It is. exceedingly kind of you
S*ve me the opportunity to reply
‘o trial lovc-ly talk you just made,”
h-e President said.
"1 get homesick for this seat.
1 spent the best 10’ years of my
‘‘e this Senate. I made friend
!niPs and associations I ca r never
,0rget.
Once in awhile I take pleasure
1,1 coming down and having lunch
on invitation with a few of the
senators. Today they dared me to
°me in and take my old seat. I
r" 50 happy that I did.”
,, Jne President took only four of
ne five minutes allotted him.
then he walked out, amid an
‘er round of applause.
r As 'he chamber returned to its
0ut'ne business, Democratic lead
er Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky,
-a.ikr-d Vandenberg and called
j^'^rprise visit “a happy inter
hc 1642 New Zealand was dis
fa'ered for the second time by
'man. a Dutchman.
I knew a man, but briefly, who
said he was fishing in Wrightsville
sound one day, when something
grabbed his line with such force
that it stripped the screws from
his reel.
His line was a 50 pound test and
his rod and reel were heavy duty
make.
Yet the powerful creature in the
water had wrenched the reel to
a useless piece of metal.
All without pulling the rod from
the man’s hands.
I’ll hate him iorever.
Because I didn’t think of that
tale before he did.
POSSE HUNTS
HARNETT MAN
Farmer Is Wanted In
Fatal Singletree
Clubbing Of Wife
DUNN, July 23—(UP.)—1The brutal
ly-battered mother of four chil
dren died in a hospital today as a
200-man posse stalked her husband
on a charge of clubbing her once
and returning later to drag her
body :nto a swamp.
Emmett Garner, about 39, form
er regular army man turned farm
er, was accused of fatally beating
his 34-year-old wife with a heavy
singletree, the bar of a wagon to
which horses are hitched.
Mrs. Willie Smith, a neighbor,
testified at the inquest that Mrs.
Dessie Woodell Gamer came to
her farm as a tobacco worker, say
ing her husband had cashed her
first government check as a farm
er and had left her.
Garner came to the Smith home
and called his wife outside, Mrs.
Smith said.
She testified she heard a clang
ing, went out and saw Mrs. Gar
ner lying in a pool of blood. Gar
ner stood over his wife with the
singletree in hand, she said.
Mrs. Smith seized the singletree
and Garner left, she said. She
fled to a nearby house to call of
ficers.
When she returned, Mrs. Gar
ner’s body was missing and tracks
showed it had been dragged into a
swamp 300 feet away.
LOTTERIES
RALEIGH, July 23—(A1)—Regard
less of who operates them, lot
teries are a violation of the law,
Governor Cherry said today._
ALL COTTON • RAYON
SUMMER DRESSES
Regular
Price
$ 5.95
8.95
10.95
12.95
14.95
.16.95
19.95
22.50
22.95
24.95
29.95
32.95
35.00
Sale 'i
Price
$ 4.46 \
6.71 \
8.21
9.71
11.21
12.71
14.96
16.87
17.21
18.71
22.46
24.71
26.25
There’s still plenty of summer ahead to enjoy one of these
charming new cotton or rayon summer lovely chosen from
our collection. Every one of them has been reduced in
price. Come in and see these flattering styles in beautiful
solid pastels; in stripes and pretty patterns.
LOVELY COLORFUL
Blue Ridge ■
Pottery
This Pottery
ON SALE ^
In Our
TOY DEPT. 3rd. FLOOR
It’s the lovely, colorful dinner ware
that everyone’s talking about ... beau- ... .
tiful large and small floral designs' m an untold number of patterns from
which you can choose a complement inviting dinner or luncheon tableware
set Many of the patterns are running patterns and it’s very possible that
vou can add matching pieces to the Blue Ridge Pottery that you are now
us:ng For beauty beyond words you’ll not want to miss owning this love
ly hand painted under glaze pottery. Come in and select yours today!
Dinner Plates-39c
Breakfast Plates- 29c
Tea Plates-25c
Salad Plates (square)- 25c
Salad Plates (round)-19c
Bread And Butter Plates-15c
Coupe Soup-29c
Cereal Dishes_25c
Fruit Dishes_f_ 15c
Cup And Saucer (both)_1_ 39c
Nappies _ 59c
Platters (small)_ 50c
Platters (medium)_65c
Platters (large)-75c
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Alaska-Bound Cow Wins
Home Pasture Revolt
SEATTLE(U.R)—A young Holstein
cow apparently wanted no part ol
Alaska and had to negotiate a high
dive into Seattle's Elliott Bay to
prove it.
The 1,400-pound bovine, one of
a shipment going to Ketchikan,
Alaska, broke from a loading
crate, thundered down the dock
and went over the end of the
wharf.
The bruised and bleeding cow
thrashed around in the water un
til she was towed alongside a ship
and hoisted back onto the pier ;n
a cargo net. She was loaded in a
truck and taken back to her pas
ture at nearby Renton, Wash.
Kitten For Grandma
Goes Into Mailbox
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (U.PJ — A little
girl in Aliquippa knew she would
not be allowed to keep the kitten
she found
She was sure her grandmother
would like to have it.
That’s why borough police found
a kitten in the mailbox in front
of a hotel when they investigated
to see what made those noise*.
Even a very little girl knows that
when you want to mail somethin?,
you have to put it in the mailbox.
Before cooking food over an
open fire, rub the bottom of the
utensils with soap. When washed,
the soot comes off easily.
MEN’S WEAR
ONE GROUP OF
38
Rest assured that you’re getting your money’s worth when you buy one
of these suits. They’re tailored to perfection ... all wool tropicals
and rayon fabrics. There are regulars, longs
and shorts in this group of broken sizes. Select
a new summer suit to wear now to fall.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
STRAW and PANAMA HATS
Reduced To Less Than
Yi Price
Genuine Panamas Formerly $5.00 and $6.95
and Hard Straws NOW $2*49
OTHER STRAWS
Formerly $7.50 - $10.00 . NOW $3.49
Formerly $3.95 . NOW $1.95
Formerly $1.98 lo $2.48 . NOW 98c
Wear a new straw hat on your vacation and right on through summer. You’ll find your
head size in your favorite style in our complete selection.
Summer
TIES
35c - 3 for $1.00
These ties in stripes, solids and smart
patterns were formerly priced from 55e
to $1.00.
Fall And Summer
TIES
69c - 3 for $2.00
■ Here is a group of exceptional values in
ties that were formerly priced from
$1.00 to $1.50.
MEN'S BATHING TRUNKS
This group includes many na
tionally advertised lines Solid
colors and novelty designs in
boxer and swim trunk styles.
Sizes 28 to 42.
Original Price Sale Price
$2.95.SI.9 5
3.95 . 2.95
4.95 . 3.95
JULY CLEARANCE
9 t
Mens Summer Pants
Rayon and part wool trousers in smart sum
mer shades. Stripes and solid colors to choose from. Values to
$6.95.
Men’s summer wash pants. Sanforized cotton in solid colors and
neat stripes. These wash pants were formerly priced to $4.95.
$395
$1.98
ALL MEN'S
SUMMER SHOES
20%
OFF
MEN'S SPORTS WEAR
I
SPORT SHIRTS
Knit Sport Shirts
«
SLACK SUITS
Men's sport shirts in plaids
and solid colors. This group
includes values to $2.95.
Fancy plaid and striped
sport shirts in a wide range
of summer colors. These
shirts were formerly priced
to $1.98.
Solid color slacks with plaid
shirt in small sizes. 29 to 34.
These slack suits were for
merly priced to $7.95.
$2-98
Sizes 10 to 12 in smart solid
CDflDT1 A XTVT TTC color and fancy pattern
drum nil J\LLliJ sports anklets that were for
merly priced at 55c pair.
35c 3 - for $1 00
Men's
PAJAMAS
$3.95
Men’s coat style paja
mas of handkerchief
cloth and fancy broad
cloth. Patterns and
stripes in A. B. C. D.
sizes. Formerly priced
to $5.50.
Men's Summer
UNION SUITS
$1-48
Here is an exceptional
value in men’s summer
union suits. They’ve
been specially priced for
this sale.
All Leaiher
SANDALS
$2-95
Men’s leather strap san
dals with leather soles
and heels. Formerly
priced at 85.00 pair.
Men's Tropical
HELMETS
69c
Lightweight fibre tropi
cal helmets with adjust
able sweat band. For
merlv priced at tl.25.
80 Pairs
Shower Shoes
25c Pair
Heavy wood sole with
canvas arch strap. Spe
cially priced for quick
clearance.
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