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SEVEN YEAR. STATE
JOB RECORD SI IOWS
31 PERCENT RAISE
RALEIGH Employment ir.
North Carolina, coven-’ .by the
Employment Security Law, ifi
creased 31.12 per cent. <n by ucv.i • :
Iv 150,000 worker.- n mi .see •. n
year period fr'-’n I'j4ti Ihru'p.u
1047 chile u ; i-;>gi icnilijral euv ;
jdoymefti incu*a;.e-j hv »•..: • \ 250,-
000, it L town in a study by S /'
t 'ampbell. di; crtt-i es the nnr*
of Research and Stab si:;-.- and an
nounced by Henry F KerH.tll, Km - 1
ploynvent Security O nira., i n
chairman
Covered employment Increased •
In that period from 5 7 '•U7‘- wok
to 622,636 workers and II non
ricultura] workers incrca.-ed fi ..-,i
635,000 to an estimated 682,000..
Meanwhile agrieult employ
ment decreased fv-n> 409.000 -
1940 to an estimated 330.000 in pit'.
Ttic net incrop-c of about 120.-
000 covered workers and 220.000
workers in non-agricult.iu al work
coupled with the excess of birth*
over death : from 1940 t,> ;;t 1 7
534,000, makes it haid to reconcile
those figures with the government
estimate r-.s of July 1947 that tin
population of North Carolina had
increased only 93,000 or 2 6 j>ei -
cent, since 1940
The Mountain Region of t:.c
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AMERICAN
CHRISTMAS
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Christmas is the time we remember our old friends mid look
forward to new friends. So our g'ood wishes fin# out for all
• * . “Merry Christmas and a Happy Mew Year”; no words
are richei in eood cheer.
Raleigh Industrial Bank
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State 25 counties, showed the great-1
e i covered t mpldymcnl iucrcr.se.
'in the s : vcti real’s 12.07 percent,
crtisid' rably higher than iho .Stale ;
iverier of 31.12 percent, bid Hu
vag'.' increases in ibis region in -
cif'.is* d Ha a nav. rage of only ’1!.!!'
, * l d> I snared v.it.ll 'ha
i,■ •.• ■, ic; am of 12. 71 pci >;•. id
l T!m; Piedmont Plateau embr.-h'-;
! in; 3f i ,n'.n.:r-. mailvl- 2 I ir S
.••eider (he .State, mode a .small
' : •{ ' tfvi* (Tai: m as Hint of ClYl
ph vmf’i: Hira ihe other fwe.
iaf'an 30.62 percent, m : ;e seven
yr. bn- bowed the greatest;
'7,a:i; in avn. go ware. 121 7a per*
:d ‘. . si7 7o in !Un t,, $.'••!) 71
: in 1917.
T'v 'V ml Plain Air... •- itb ./»
. v mdji ■; <ed ii. average cm
i iricni by 17 pr rc nt in Ho
seven •c ■ createi !h,.n the S' dc
, wide and Piedmont I'iatcau aver- ■
age:-:. o;p lev; thou the Mountain
Regain a venue The average wage
. u.uued 12! 1; percent. slightly ies?'
than the :kt..'t or .a. front 714 Ii
a week ii, 1340 tu $33.72 in 1947.
Wake County this report shows. i
iuereared average employ phi;;
from 12 694 in 1940 to 20.182 m
1 !!U7 a 'lain of 58.99 percent Thi
country's aver.we weekly wage m-
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“CHRISTMAS MORNING '
CASWELL COUNTY
HV U U. STUB |»WK'K
VIJLKTIDF VtsrLKN
A record break;; a audienn
parent-*, H ends and iwlS-w :,-ner
braved -he chili, inclement weath
er Sunday night and sat enthral'
eb H.rouchord the offering of ’ c
Department of Musa.- at this Yule
5He The CCTS Band under the
direction of John B Dcbnam ami
Hie Junior and Scni a Glee Clubs
under the rii; evtim: >fß. V Mo; n
. were combined in a pn gram of
Christmas Vespers he: cd on :he
; 'tlicai version of 'he birth f
: Christ.
The program was a« f0110w...
Prelude. The B-md. America:'
'•Hark 'he Herald Angels Sing.
O tattle Town of Bethlehem."
■'Rcau'lfli) Savior" . ra:i "Silent
Nigh:.' S '!''. ’ "fhuw.s Angeiice
cy Miuy Lee Williamson. T on t : e
pr'icersicmal "V, rum Adoremus"
by the Glee Clubs by candlelight;
"Silcut Night" and e nit mucus u ;r
ration :>y \V W. Hlrtidwt.-k T!
iJunior and Senior Chubs sang the
whole ebon; . .-.lie.ntimlv with t.w
Narrater Postiude. Variations on
Carol Themes by Juni'.n Chib. Re-
S essiomir Hei ice’ Gir o Pr:-,iv» " 1
The sustained -applause swelled the
creased from $20.58 tis 1340
$41.02 in 1947 a gain of 99.22 per
; cent.
THE CAFa.lLim.ABr
auditorium a- Hie kid imtc. •e
--; sounded.
HA win till hum i
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Ihe i>T\ I- o;, ! Hfiti VI; . <' P
Fi. •(-■ i«. err b ■ to 100 Void!'
Club members of 1 lie VuncPyvilh ■
AMI Ch. iv. vvh i kop* a perfect
; .ittontiancc ".rri lor :pc yen. ;
3 i-'.se m ■ ... ■ ,ii|a who rn : red 1
11 Greensboro Saturday' were:
X\ p-.ena Graves. Mary 1 ~••• VVd
iian:v:t. Annette Dillard. Mm. N
W iv oiv or, and M.a garei LownCs. .
While in G; -e; semo Hvy vui'e-a
friends and, rela.ilit s and attend
ed a movie
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As lime Marches On
! In tiir midnight sky. Let 'hr br.r;
|!y the story take away alt na' - - I
'■ownrss. ,d! though' of formal i
; Bury the indignations you feel of 1
; current injustices which flood low
ier American. Swallow the bide I
: cup of prejudices which have en
nui fed the world since Johnn;. R
| lias loured Ihe world F< ■ ci the
: men whore Uo d ft wded for dem
j ocraoy .nd returned in f,nd o he if
tsn kind of haven in ■■ r 1 - piu< -
j v.iic-r*- freedom is ;i •> n p poser./
hi r- ,g». Disregard (lie doovs that
arc dosed to men of promise be
■ •aiis' Tv »• skin is bb;ck or ter
Yes these tiling.-, and all otre;
I wrath pri'v' kir,. clenients .ire oil
is id by is we entei 'lie Holy Sr a
; son
I In our hem-:; <e. all know Chn.-t
--! mas is a good time: a kind forgiv
i charltabh pi*, usant time; in
; ffii t it i the only time 1 know •
1 in the whole eaten*: ir of the year.
' when men and women lav aside
i a'! their pettinesses and ;..mk thru
a slurs with frankness sans fraud
: "leu! fronts and children t jo; ti-.eir
hearts meni to open with < free
: ness and fullness ih.ai i , as fresh
:as the early morning* dew on the
rambling honey suckle vine on a
Spring morn. A: Time Kilter* ,\ n
j otiiei Decade which yhall taring
forth wondrous things.
FROM TIIK SANCTUM
JI.VV TOIs HUH THKIK
SMI!.I S At.l AGLOW
‘Don': tell, me there's no Santa
Cuius
' au.se I wouldn't have n-> fun at
nil.
I rush to tied on Christmas F,ve
nigh!
Knowing Santa 'S make if ..|r U ;bt
: Santa live n in your heart and mine
Knch dev wo strive .■• w ;: y, along
To make nm.eb >dy sdrn* t ap>> v
song.
• That poor beggar “w ,! helped tod;n
Knee, vou's know Santa at -y i; .■
way.
When the going yri , t p , ■ ....
siii! .smile
Th ;, t 's 'cause my Sam;,':, winking
ait the while.
■Without Two Front Teeth j
T*< ail our friend-* here ;.»•{ there :
. wherever yon are. vVo wish you;
; ' ' ' ' 1 f 1 V'drl -r
for yo aim! , t Ji those you hold deal.
W. W Strudwick
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: mala cannot be sprayed ..dVI.v ..-ith
insecticides To rid them of p-mm.
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p s*yya ihni re’me only in tjhia Yulstid-f? saoson w«> want
H • ytend out sincere wishes, ten nil good things tend ,
p express to one and aJi out sincere thanks for your
fi f>r»tronage and kind co-operation in the past our
•S boty? to jeorve you bettor them ever *,*i the future■
DRIVE-IN CLEANERS
t\ EEK IY'J’DII-iC, SATURDAY, TfFX T-, 1948
a;- 1; bug r.ytchf'i 1 1 .- 1 ; boen develn))-
.:-H . Outtitt' fl '-ith a ‘2 I - hot■;.cprnvCi
'Vi*-:-.. \ hi. it pul.! auction tana, the
i - j ;-;> i. *tu. ■ saeka the insets into a
i-hinnber heater! hy but arc gas.
rn.istt* them :d'i*-r- *ud blows them
out the reai of the compartment.