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)' ’; ^.i.“ r •■( .■ !i.,fe7’■(■,■{-v. /’• » ' . • * *? V /V » . '•o'''-:! •'.vs ^■•l^> 1* ^ ,, iX* THURSDAY, MAROH 7, 1»46 HARNETT CQHNTY NE:W'Sr-P.?^>m>^ *t Liiiinirtoa, N. c. MOB TaKBl ^ • f 'flr Capital News Letter By THOMI*HON GREENWOOD PEOPLE AiRE FUNNY—When the roads in the rural secUona wore $o bad a few weoke ago, letters, tele grams and telephone calls—and dele gations, of course—ponied into Ral eigh pleading for improvement to our secondary highway system In North Carolina, At that time, road conditions were so bad and weather so rotten that nothing could be done. Within the past two weeks we have had generally fair weather—at least 88 good as we’ve had all winter— and' the roads, thanks to eunshlno and pre-March winds, have become passable. Now is the time to work the roads. 'When the roads could not be worked, the pepole were raising Cain, But now that they can be work ed, everything is relatively quiet. At the meeting of the State Highway Commission last week, not one dele gation was present ... all was sweot- nrus and light, because of a tew days of winds and fair weather. iDeiega'tions should call on their Highway Commissioners from now nn'tll next October—not next winter when it’s impossible to Improve the roads. * • « •BQUrPMiENT—rf the Stale High way Commission postpones this work until It has the equipment necesaerj to carry H out, very little improve- ment can be made on our country roads before Septomber. That will allow only about two inontTTs work before winter sets in. Nothing Is be ing said' about it, but the Slate has found It cannot purchase adequate road machinery belerq next fall. 2o. scores of rural roads projects should be done under contract. This will cost more, but the money le avail able. and the expenditure will be small convpareil with the school lime that will be lost next term if repairs are not effected. « • * PRIMARY — Maybe the trouble with our rural roads is that we con stantly refer to them as “secondary roads” . . . and let them run a bad second. Since there are a lot more (RFD roads than paved highways, w^hy not refer to them as “primary roads” and give them first position? After all. 60 per cent of this State’s population comes under the clas.slfl- catlon "rural,” * * * NOTES—.A. J. McKelvIii. manag ing editor of the News and Observer &nd regarded as one of the outstand ing newspapermen In the country, Is cidentally, the father of A. J. and A. L. is a minister, still living and In good' health, 86 years old and con tinues to preach now and then around North Wllkesboro,. whore ho now lives with his daughter, (A petition has boon tiled with PCC to increase the power of VV(iRAL from 250 to 5,000 watts. Some enemy of the radio station at Henderson re moved six vital bolls from the trans- mlaJlon tower last Wednesday night, and the thing toppled over, estimated damage |10,000. '* * «• iHOME RUN—Those in the know will tell you that Governor Cherry smashed out a homer when he man aged to get Erwin Mills management and labor to settle their differences; for the situation' was on the verge of becoming nasty. .The operators of the mills had said a few days earlier the mills were going to rnn and la-: her was Jui>l as ueLevmlned that they wore not going lo run. Gov, Cherry virliially hud lo crack their heads together before a .settlement could he effected. lie lost a night’s sleep as the two adversaries sparred and feinted, searched in vain for an opening, and finally agreed to,, go back to work. Cherj;y grew up with the smell of textiles In his nostrils, and this back ground .aided him in his efforts to settle the strike. « • * could muster to nee to It that picket lines would b^ crossed by any man who wanted to work. Bui since labor was only getting Its toot In the door in North Carolina at that' time. Gov. Hoey was not forced' to .carry out his threat during hta administration^ iHOEy—Nine years earlier. Sena tor C. R. Hoey, then governor, had made headTtues by attacking strikes in a different manuer. While sltdown strikers held"up'production In De troit,, Gov. Hoey issued a statement to the effect that wc would have none of that business In North Carolina. He declared that he'would use the (State Highway Patrol, the Slate Guard and all other power the State « « • (NOTES—The -battle between the young and prosperous Wildlife group and the Game audi Fisheries' Division' of the Department of Conservation and Development k dally becoming more savage. It’s a fight to the death —Gov. Cherry wanted something definite from the State'Highway Com mission, ^bn the Imiprovemeot "of 3,- OO-O miles of ddrt roads this year. He wanted this project “spelled out" last, week, hut If he got U, the matter was kept a secret . . . Congressman «. L. Doughton has decided to stand^ for reelection and they ijay the OOP Itt^Ws district may arrange for,him to have no opposition this fall. He’s had no opponent In the primary since .the '.late-. Pete Murphy gave him. a 'cbnt'ee£''lti 191'8. Doughton, ftfi-,. has been' in C-ongress since March '4, i Vll. , W. H. LEE Electric Shoe Shop LliXINGTON, N. C. ReMMlsst ( ftf YwCngli Hue it goM zlfbt 4® ouhle to bdploMNni (Hid efipel Pfw® fte Cnrtlb CkM CiMfc HwicIMi PLEASE SAY “I SA W IT IN THl News.” THANK YOU. serloiisiy ill, and may not work again for several months—If at all. He’s one of the sqnarost guys In the bus iness. Don’t be surprised- If you read of J. Whltfield’.s marriage lo a prom inent widow In Northeastern North Carolina. Whitfield, formerly with the U. 2. State Department, la repre sentative from Pender county fhas Jufit announced again), and a leader In the Farm Bureau. The lady in the extreme northeast k also one of the State’s agricultural leaders—former member of the State Board of Agri culture, etc. . . , good looking too. Agriculturally speaking, one might say they would make a peach of a pair. The talk in Northwestern North Carolina is that Thurmond Chatham (blankets) has political aspirations, but he’d better keep his legal resi dence out of Wilkes if he wants to realize them. His father, Hugh Chat ham. became rather prominent po litically, and was mcn-tloned for Gov ernor away back yonder when this was quite an honor. COLONY—The Notional Broadcast ing Co. may be urged lo broadcast at least a portion of the program at the reopening of "The Lost Colony” down In Dare county June 30'. WPTF In Raleigh Is considering carrying the drama on, opening night, but is worried about bad telephone lino connections down that way. Announcement of plans to produce •‘The Lost Colony” again this sum mer drew from many officials around Raleigh the prediction that this will be the most succensful season In Its history. « * « TOURS—-At least one company is planning to set up a one-week tour of North Carolina for May, Jun4, July and August, Tentative plans call for the tour to begin at Greens boro and to Include two days In the Great Smokies, two along the .coast, and the other three at polmts in be tween. Arrangements are being made with various hotels along the pro posed route. It k reported, but scar city of .hotel accommodations may cripple the project, « • * RADIO—'A. J, -Fletcher, brother of Col. A. L. Fletcher, who Is chairman of the Uneimployment Compensation Commission, owns radfio station 'WtRA’L In Raleigh and haa secured a permit from the Federal Communi cations Commission to establish a 2S0-watt station In Durham, And an other station k going up In Durham, making three^ for the tobacco town. A. J. Fletcher’s son ,Fred, manages his Raleigh station and son Floyd will be bead man in Durham. Bon Frank, an attorney In Washington, keeps a weather eye on the fXX!. You can’t beat these Fletchers Good mountain stock from up on Si las Creek in Ashe county, they're as •harp as a tack and have the enter- prlae and energy to push ab(»ad. In- .. iAM eoj^ed Christopher Columbus, Jiike many another pioneer before and after him, had a hard time convincing people that he knew what he was talking about. He was more progressive than his fellows. His ideas were way ahead of his time. He suffered the consequence^s.,. until he proved that he was right. Smith- Douglass has a fellow feeling for pioneers who have dared to be different. different, too. Today competitors are franklyj jealous of the reputation ^that this and other Smith-Douglass Fertilizers have attained. FIRST TO MAKE TOBACCO PLANT BED FERTILIZER You may recall that Smith-Douglass was the first to make a fertilizer especially for Tobac co Plant Beds. Prior to that time, any tobac co fertilizer was “good enough” for plant beds. Smith-Douglass didn’t think so. They made one that was better. Farmers and com petitors were skeptical. But you know the story. Fertilizer manufacturers have been trying ever since to make a fertilizer like S-D “Blue Ribbon Guano” for tobacco plant beds. Smith-Douglass firmly :believe$ that you can never manufacture a better fertilizer if you are content to make your goods “just like” or merely “just as good as” the other fellow’s.' “Just as good” isn’t good enough for Smith- Douglass. We have always pi^meered in our fertilizer formulas. Results have justified our judgment. S-D TobacedFertilizers have con-?, sistently given the tobacco farmer more pounds of tobacco and more dollars for his crop. We arexonvinced’that tobacco farmers want that kind of fertilizer. We feel that we would be lacking in our ddty to our customers unless we continue to pioneer in making that kind of fertilizer for them. Yes, Smith- Douglass Fertilizers are “Different.” They, could never have attained' their reputation otherwise. 1 i FAMOUS S-D “ORANGE” WAS DIFFERENT, TOO Remember when Smith-Douglass first intro duced “Orange” Tobacco Fertilizer? It was . h > -a • r^j Smith-Douglass Company, Inc. S-D Stands for Smith-Douglass and a Square Deal i.i
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