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refrigerator and gas range,
included.
FOSTER-HILL
Fealty Company
..Realtors and Builders”
K D ai *-3371
401 So. 16th St.
CONVENIENT five (5) room
bungalow. Rooms consist of
room, dining room,
kitchen two (2) bed rooms
j nth. See us for further
investment
OPPORTUNITY
FOR SALE
114 So. 5th Street
LARGE TWO-STORY home.
Contains eleven (11) rooms,
two (2) baths. Hot Air heat.
Now bringing in a return of
j’320.00 a year. A good in
vestment at price asked. Bet
ter call early.
Moore-Fonvielle
Realty Company
“Realtors”
201 Princess Street
or
Dial 4438—4439
FOR SALE
5 ROOMS, Substantial, com
fortable home at 805 South
Fifth Street. 5 rooms, bath.
Well built and in good condi
tion. A very good^residential
lection on this broad street.
And, at a price you can af
ford.
FOSTER-HILL
Realty Company
‘•Realtors and Builders”
; Dial 2-3371
| FOR SALE
H\ IDEAL double apartment
in Carolina Heights. Priced
reasonable.
!!CE 8 ROOM House, excel
lent condition. Only $5800.
Immediate possession.
JOUBLE APARTMENT, 421
So, 5th. Ave. Price reason
able.
1 ROOMS and Bath, 1113 N.
3rd St. Only $4200.
SMALL HOME and acre land,
paved highway, in Pender
Countv. Only $1500,
IEVERAL BUILDING LOTS
in Chestnut Neights.
iUSINESS SITES on New
Wrightsville Highway. $500
up. No city taxes, no restric
tions.
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day.
Dial 2-3432
'■ A McGirt, Realtor
5 McGirt-Roger Greenleaf
215 Princess Street
$375.00 DOWN
-'lOXTHLY Payments less
Mn rent will buy No. 19
?°3;s X:".;'a Street. 2 stories,
roorns 2r-d bath up and five
*nd bath down. This
7^ unusual opportunity as
Investment or lor home.
1,0 aPartments, entirely
■ 7r3!e or can be used as
7 npi,e' Live in one and
■ ••• other. Location just off
Street, walking dis
,e''ce downtown and close
0 e'er5’thing. Don’t delay.
FOSTER-HILL
^ea% Company
Dial 2-3371
realtors and Builders”
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Basement shopping Hits Peak
As Bayers Purchase On Budgets
BY DOROTHY CAREN
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.- (JP) _
Budget-minded shoppers are head
ing back tc basement stores after
shifting their patronage upstairs
during the war.
Since the first of this year base
ment, store sales have moved
ahead at a faster pace than main
store volume, and downstairs mer
chandise managers feel they are
just getting into their stride.
“The more customers have to
count their pennies, the better we
make out,” one basement operator
said.
Today’s downstairs store is far
removed from the dingy ‘-bargain
basement’’ of the past. Slicked up
with modern lighting and the
latest in display fixtures, it often
is ^a complete store within a store.
Bargains are the essence of
basement stores, but 0ur aim to
day is to have a healthy balance
between promotions and a steady
business in popular - priced mer
chandise not carried in the up
stairs store,” one basement man
ager said.
The bargain basement originat
ed as a strictly promotional ven
ture for selling out the mistakes
made upstairs. Later they added
distress goods of various types _
anything that could be promoted
on the basis of price. That era is
ended, basement managers agree.
“The customer who elbowed in
lo the basement to buy anything
just because it was cheap seems
to have disappeared,-’ one retail
er said. “Today’s shoppers are
175—Realtors
Carolina Beach Road
SIX MILES FROM Wilming
ton, located on this popular
road to the beach, 5 rooms
and bath. Frontage of - 198
feet on highway and with
depth of 2400 ft. approxi
mately ten acres, partly
cleared. Perhaps just what
you have been looking for
for some time.
FOSTER-HILL
• Realty Company
“Realtors and Builders”
Dial 2-3371
Perry Avenue Home
ON THIS ideal residential
street we have nice 6 room
home to offer you. Modern,
nice lot and with garage,
situated in very best section
of Carolina Place. Shown by
appointment. Price is reason
able. Contact us quickly.
FOSTER-HILL
Realty Company
“Realtors and Builders”
Dial 2-3371
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WILMINGTON
ELECTRICAL
SUPPLY CO.
WHOLESALE ONLY
J09 Nutt St. Wilmington, N. C.
fashion conscious whether they
buy upstairs or in the basement.
They want regular goods moder
ately priced.”
So today’s basement stores are
stressing quality at a price.
Nelson J. Miller, manager of the
newly modernized Abraham &
Straus basement in Brooklyn^ said
the typical customer there is not
the old-time bargain hunter, but
“the person of moderate means—
the person who buys on a budget
and is looking for value.”
The A & S basement, which is
typical of the current approach to
downstairs stores, Miller said, con
tains “every department and serv
ice one might reasonably expect
to find in a modern up
stairs store,” with complete
staple merchandise plus special
bargain values.
“The basement will continue to
be more promotional minded than
the upstairs store,” another base
ment manager said. “Many pro
motional favorites of prewar days
are showing up again—dollar day,’
‘one day sales and ‘bargain Thurs
days’.”
During the war basements were
hard put to keep their volume
moving ahead, while up
stairs stores had a field day. The
public buying spree lured base
ment customers upstairs, and the
shortages of goods led main store
departments to seek out manu
facturer who normally sold to
basements.
To get merchandise, basements
carried goods far above their
normal price lines. Promotions, a
fundamental of basement store op
eration, had no place in the war
time selling pattern.
But as goods become more
readily available, basement stores
are improving their position. Man
ufacturers have come back down
stairs. Customers are looking for'
value. Manufacturers’ overstocks
in some lines have made it pos
sible to resume the promotion
technique of selling.
Federal reserve figures show
that basement store* topped their
1946 figures by 13 per cent in the
first half of this year while up
stairs stores were only 5 per cent
ahead.
“We are trying to make our
basement stores more attractive
to regular customers,” the oper
ator of one large basement store
said. “We are broadening
our stocks of staple merchandise
and are studying means of selling
more efficiently of developing
more self-selection by customers
with a view to achieving a balanc
ed combination of regular business
and promotions which are the only
answer to a successful basement
store today.”
Cloth-short England today is
featuring men’s ties made from
war-time RAF escape maps and
paper collars.
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SYNTHETIC TIRES
ARE PREDICTED
Rubber Company Official
Predicts Method To Be
Retailed
BY DAVID J. WILKIE
Associated Press Automotive
Editor
DETROIT, Sept 6 — (JP)—
The American motorist is going
to get a certain amount of synthe
tic rubber in his tires for quite
some time to come, but he is go
ing to like it.
Already the tires turned out by
the rubber industry—with varying
amounts of synthetic combined
with natural rubber—are superior
to those produced before the war.
Moreover, they are lower in price.
But on top of these advantages
comes an entirely ijgw tire, an
extra low pressure type of casing.
One of these low pressure casings,
brought out by The United States
Rubber Company a year ago, is
described by Dr. Arthur W. Bull,
the company’s director of tire de
velopment, as “the greatest ad
vance in modern tire design.”
The new tire, which will be
available to many motorists for
tunate enough to obtain delivery
of new passenger automobiles
next year, utilizes a principle of
increased air capacity at low air
pressure. This, Dr. Buh ex
plained, results in greater riding
comfort due to the cushioning ef
fect. of the enlarged air chamber.
In addition, he said, the tire
places more “working” rubber on
the road, making for greater con
trollability and safety.
“Almost 20 years of research
went into the development of the
new tire,” Dr. Bull said. “Now,
with a year’s trial under all con
ditions, it has fully come up to
our expectations.”
The extra low pressure tire, like
the current conventional types,
has its percentage of synthetic
rubber combined with the natr/al
product. Roughly, the percentages
are 77 synthetic and 23 natural
rubber in the tires used on the
lighterweight, popular - priced
cars, and 33 synthetic and 67 nat
ural in the larger size casings.
Heat generation is the all-im
portant factor in tire construction
and tests have shown that tires
of synhetic rubber develop more
heat and dissipate it less readily
than those of natural rubber con
struction. But, Dr. Bull said in an
interview today, research has
shown that today’s tires are dis
tinctly better—and lower in cost
—than they were before the war.
“Back in 1927,” he said, “the
automobile owner got about 432
miles per tire dollar. Ten years
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ago, he got around 800 miles per
tire dollar. Today the average
motorist gets 1,600 miles for every
dollar he spends for a tire.”
( Dr. Bull cited figures to show
that a tire which was priced at
$15.02 in 1939, exclusive of taxes,
is ' sold today at $14.40, and the
larger size, that retailed in 1939
at $20.69 is available today at
$19.75.
“It is significant that even in
the face of rising costs and in
creased prices in practically
every other field, the tire industry
has kept its prices down to pre
war levels or better,” he added.
The supply of tires, Dr. Bull de
clared, has now quite generally
caught up with the heavy demand
created by the war years. Cas
ings now are available not only
for all original equipment needs,
but also for just about all replace
ment requirements.
As “milestones” in the develop
ment of tires—without which there
could be no automobile industry
—Dr. Bull cited the introudction
of cord tires in 1915; the use of
cord tires in 1915; the use ox car
bon black in tread stock in 1918;
the production of balloon tires in
1924, that more than cut air pres
sure in half, and now the extra
low pressure casings.
Dr. Bull is an ardent advocate
of the retention of synthetic rub
ber mnaufacturing facilities.
“This country must never again
get into the position where it is
dependent upon foreign sources
for its rubber,” he said.
“We need the synthetic facili
ties, both as a matter of military
precaution and as one of protec
tion for the motorist against the
consequences of a runaway mar
ket for natural rubber..
“Certainly, if we had not had
the synthetic- facilities during the
war and our know-how to develop
them, the American motorist
wouldn’t have any tires today.”
NEW ORLEANS MIDDLING
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6.—(A5)—
The average price of middling
15-16 inch cotton at ten southern
spot markets today was $1.60 a
bale lower at 31.73 cents a pound;
average for the past thirty mar
ket days 32.75. Middling 7-8 inch
average 30.16 cents a pound.
Indonesians wear butterfly-like
sarongs, ear rings, and flowers in
their hair.
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now.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO, • Sept. 6—(JP)—Grains
moved lower on the Board of
Trade today. But not until after
several new highs had been set
during the early part of the ses
sion.
September corn made another
new record high for any corn de
livery at $2.53 1-4. In the cash
market No. 1 yellow corn said at
$2.57, a new peak for yellow cash
corn. .Cash oats also were strong
with No. 1 heavy white selling at
$1.25 1-2. best price since 1920.
Wheat closed 2 cents lower to
% higher, September $2.6714-2.67,
corn was % to 1 cent lower, Sep
tember $2.51%-%, and oats were
%-l% lower, September $1.16%
1.17.
Open High Low Close
WHEA^—
Sep 2.68% 2.70% 2 .'66% 2.67%
Dec 2.68% 2.71% 2.67% 2.68
May 2.63 2.66% 2.62 2.62%
Jly 2.35% 2.38 2.34% 2.36%
Corn—
Sep 2.51% 2.5314 2.50 2.51%
Dec 2.35% 2.37% 22.33% 2.35
May 2.27% 2.29% 2.25% 2.27%
Jly 2.19% 2.21% 2.18% 2.19%
Oats—
Sep 1.18 1.18% 1.16% 1.17
Dec 1.15 1.15% 1.13% 1.13%
May 1.07 1.07% 1.05% 1.06
Jly 97% 98 9614 96%
Soybeans—
Nov 2.95% 2.99% 2.95% 2.99%
Lard—
Sep 19.25 19.80 19.10 19.35
Oct 19.60 19.70 19.45 19.45
Nov 19.77 20.05 19.60 19.75
Dec 23.25 24.45 23.15 23.75
Jan 23.40 24.20 23.20 23.90
Mar 24.55 25.00 24.00 24.35
There are evidences that beer
was brewed by the Egyptians of
the Fourth Dynasty, some 3,000
years before the Christian era.
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I CAPE FEAR DAIRY
MONDAY SEPT. 8th. I!
| Located 5>/2 miles north of Wilmington, N. C. on Castle Hayne Road, Hwy. No. 117 j |
• On Monday, September 8th, promptly at one o’clock rain or shine, we will sell at absolute < >
J anctlon the entire Dairy Herd of The Cape Fear Dairy, of Wilmington, N. C. ] [
• THE HERD CONSISTS OF:
• 69 HOLSTEIN COWS 8 GUERNSEY COWS jj
t 2 JERSEY COWS I GUERNSEY-HOL. COW
• 2 HOLSTEIN DULLS 1;
• Of these cows, 60 are now milking, several of them having freshened within the last two i (
• weeks. Several others will freshen within the ne xt two weeks, and the balance will freshen within < •
J SO to 60 days. J [
$ The Holstein cows are of the large type wei ghing from 1100 to 1300. Practically all of these j !
• cows are young, raised on the Dairy Farm, and sired by good registered bulls. They represent ( >
• the pick through years of selection from the best cows owned by the Cape Fear Dairy. The ] 1
2 Guernseys and Jerseys are typical dairy heavy producers. J |
• This herd is in excellent condition. All cows, other than the fresh ones, are bred to register- J j
• ed Holstein Bulls. All T. B. and Bangs tested. The herd is well culled and prepared for year- i i
® round production. > •
S The dairy premises, lands and buildings, soon ate to be converted into a Bulb Farm with no J [
Z continuation of the Cape Fear Dairy, therefore the owner must dispose of this excellent dairy ( ,
• herd, having no facilities for keeping same. < i
2 Also to be sold: DeGaval Milking Machine (12 unit) with motor, compressor, and pipe, and 1 »
2 a large quantity of bottles and crates of all sizes. J |
| DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT ONE COW OR A TRAILER LOAD OUT <!
| OF A FINE DAIRY HERD jj
§ THIS IS A COMPLETE SELL-OUT
| » Sale Conducted By:
1 JOHN F; HOBBS STOCKYARDS ii
• (GOLDSBORO, N. C.) \\
2
2 “We Go Anywhere And Conduct Auction Sales On A Commission Basis’* ][
Assistant Manager’s
Post Not Offered
To Any Candiate
City Manager J. R. Benson last
last night declared the office of
assistant to the city manager had
not been offered to any candidate.
He said:
“Without reservation I firmly
deny having offered the post to
any person. This is complete def
erence of any printed reports.”
He went on to state that he had
not given much thought to filling
the position.
Council Friday created the
opening by a three-to two vote
after local realtors had asked the
position be abolished.
SLEEPY TOT SAFE
SMITHFIELD. Sept. 6.—(U.R)—A
24-year-old man who admitted
stealing an automobile with a
two-year-old boy asleep on the
back seat told police today he put
the child to sleep at his mother’s
home when he discovered what he
had done. The child, David Earl I
Holloman, was returned to his
parents unharmed the next day
when John R. Smith’s mother
made him go to nearby Salem and
surrender to police.
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Gardening Headquarters
* 1
;; Frtesh Seeds to Plant Now
\ j Onion Sets, collard, turnip mustard,
, , kale, spinach, beets, carrot, radish
• , cabbage, lettuce seed, etc. Keep the
« i garden working the year ’round.
I! WINTER GRASS
• J Plant winter grass now and have
| j a green lawn all fall and winter
, , They are easily planted and cost
, , so very little. Call us for free plant
, , ing instructions.
FERTILIZERS
"We supply all kinds, a few pounds
' ' or by the bag. Sheep manure, Nit
j | rate of Soda. Vegetable Guano, etc.
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FRESH PLANTS DAILY ,
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For the next few weeks—Fresh
• • daily: Collard and cabbage plants,
< • nice green ones.
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i FLOWER POTS
Small pots for young plants; large
pots for those overgrown plants need
ing bigger ones, 30 sizes, pots and
saucers 3c to 45c.
BAB Y~TFl C K S
Healthy, blood-tested vigorous stock;
T all leading breeds — Reds, Rocks,
T etc., Feeders, Waterers, Brooders, etc.
X We keep 3,000 to 5,000 chicks on hand
T —no waiting.
t HARDWARE
T Garden Hoes, Leaf Rakes, Weeders,
T sprays, Dusters, Etc.
? PETS
f Lovebirds, Finches and Singing
canaries. Also metal bird cages,
4* feeds and supplies.
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PAPERWHITE NARCISSUS ;
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GRAPE HYCINTHS SNOW-<
DROPS S for 25c •
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WHITE
CALLA LILY
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Bulbs 35c ea. \
EASTER
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FALL GROW BUSHES
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2-yr. old pot- [ I
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healthy foliage— • ■
many with buds • •
& blooms now! • •
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Monthly bloom- • •
ers—leading va- • •
rieties—Red Ra- • •
diancc, Pink Ra- - "
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Killarney—etc. • •
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