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279,585 Farms In ! State Electrified J North Carolina 13th In Percentage of Farms ! Electrified About 92.3 per rent of the nation’s | 6,382,134 farms had electric service as of June 30, 1954, the U. S. Depart- , ment of Agriculture announced re- 1 cently. This compares with 90.8 per cent electrified June, 1953, and 77.2 per cent electrified at the time of the j 1950 census. A new survey by the Rural Rlectri-1 fication Administration shows that North Carolina had 279,685 farms j with electric service as of June 30, 1954. This was 96.9 per cent of the I state’s total number of farms and left less than 9,000 farms without electri city. This state ranked second only to Texas in the number of electrified, farms, hut 13th in the percentage of farms electrified. Connecticut led in the percentage comparison, with 99.9 per cent electrified; but that state has only 15,615 farms. Under the Rural Electrification Act, REA is required to estimate the num-j her of unelectrified farms in each State on June 30 of each year. This' provides a basis for allotting electrifi cation loan funds among the states. Because of the high percentage of farm electrification, REA made a spe cial effort this year to pinpoint the farms remaining without service. The customary unelectrified farm survey:| was broadened, and special studies were utilized in certain areas. Weekly Devotional] Column By James Mackenzie > — j That superb story teller, the late ( Fulton Oursler, was once privileged to ; visit Scotland Yard’s famed Black Mu seum in London, where is displayed “souvenirs of old crimes, exhibits from j murder trials, and left-overs of un- j solved violence.” Amidst the knives, 1 guns, and poison vials he chanced to HALSEY i Q £§|3 Q hi |if| hi Uh C/3 i STORE pm u STRAIGHT l|| . WHISKEY©! -- Aj | Sir AIGHT / -A $245 $3.40 I ' sss%«** I A B>rr;is tusmues filths m I iUISOiS Kstfoasl Oiitillei* Product* Corporation, New York, N. Y,« 86 Proof 1 notice, in an obscure corner, a fading ipiece of needlework fashioned by a, (woman prisoner over a century ago. His guide told him the story behind it. ) The woman, a homeless alcoholic, had been jailed fifty times, and was considered incorrigible. But during (her last stretch in prison a strange | change came over her. Instead of. | [spending her time cussing and fussing I ! she secured a Bible, and began to [study it. One verse in particular! I brought comfort to her heart, a prom-1 I ise that God would teach and guide! Uhe trusting soul safely to its home 1 in heaven. I About this time, too, a young mo ther, about twenty-four years of age, I was thrown into her cell, and her baby, j with her. Seeing this young woman [starting out just as she had so many [years before touched the old alcohol ic’s heart, and she began to plead with ; the young mother to reform and bring tup her fatherless child in decency. (They became fast friends, and the old ' lady comforted the young mother and; (nursed the child through a fever, i But as the months went by the old lady, her body wrecked: by the ravages of sin and dissipation, began to grow weaker, and her young friend could see that soon she wuld be called to her ] long, home, “Won’t you give. me some little thing to keep when we ore no longer together?” the young mother asked. “Some reminder that will steady me and keep me straight when ! II get out of here?” Os course the I >ld lady had nothing to give, but she ' | AUNTIE MAY says: ' I | "since I serve ’em with Karo j I can’t make enough pancakes ' ... everybody just loves this j wonderful syrup." also in the popular IV 2 - and 3-pound bottles...and 5- and 10-pound cans THE CHOWAN HERALD tlUr.ml’nN N C„ r*«UßM'>a NOVEMBER 18', 1954 determined to honor the request. She i had neither needle nor thread, and ] only a tiny sliver of light to work by, ( but with dogged persistence she man- . aged to make an outlandish decora tion on her head scarf. Using a hair pin for a needle, and her own gray j hairs, plucked out one by one, for i thread, she stitched the words of her 1 Bihle promise, leaving behind a mov ing testimony to the transforming | power of faith in God. Today, over [one-hundred years later, you may see the fabric she made from the hair of her repentant old head, and read the crudely formed words,, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way that I thou shalt go-—I will guide thee with mine eyes—thy home is in heaven.” Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it. —l’ublilius Syrus. MYSTERY STORY ; From the files of Ellery Queen, fa- I mous mystery story writer, comec a dramatic mystery set in the colorful Turkish city of Ankara with its pic turesque market place, exotic dancing girls and beautiful palaces. Don’t miss 1 this thriller in the November 21st is sue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Magazine In Colorgravure With The BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order From Your ‘ laical Newsdealer The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. —J. S. Mill. International leads again! 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