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,r%.« ' i*. •*'^v\i HARNETT COUNTY« NEWS—Published kt LUiington, N. c. THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1S47 Washington News Letter E?rwln News Service Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.—^Tlie Christmas holidays will offer a welcome relief to the members of the Tar Heel con gressional delegation wlio have been on the firing line in Washington since the special session met Novem ber 17. North Carolina lawmakers and visiting leaders from the state have recently boon in the limelight at the Capitol la more ways than one, so here is a brief roundup of the do ings; POT.\TOKS. -North Carollnu leg islators and the State’s potato grow ers juade the Department of Agricul ture back down in its intention to whack Tar Heel potato acreages next year for the benefit of California. The department rescinded the eight per cent cut in* the state’s planning goal. This is thanks to Representa tives Bonner and Barden and to Sen ator Umstead who put Agriculture potato officials on the Cari)et in a meeting at the Capitol. TOBACCO—Thls was a battle, too. ' that is, the effort to get government | graders for the new hurley market j at West Jefferson. The Agricultural ' Department finally backed down here too, and the graders went on the market Monday of this week. There was an undercurrent of charges go ing around the Capitol that former Congressman Prank Hancock of Ox ford, representing the Boone hurley market, had tried to persuade his old Agriculture friends to keep the graders away from West Jefferson. FERTILIZER.~The_ House Agri culture Committee has been delving lately into the fertilizer shorlage, with Rep. llarold D. Cooley as one of the moniher!!, present and partici pating. Carl Hicks of Walstonburg, testified about the black marketing of ammonium nitrate in North Caro lina. Other Tarheel witnesses in cluded Irvin Morgan of Parmvllle, a fertilizer manufacturer; W. Ivan Blssett, Grlfton; H. B. Nichols, Wil son county; Dr. R. W. Cummings, State College: R. Flake Shaw, of Greensboro: Harry B. Caldwell, of Greensboro; Ronald Hocutt, Jolins- lon county, and Assistant Stale Com- inlssionei' of Agrictiltnre D. S. Col- trane. The visiting Tarheels urged the committee to do somotlilng to In crease the production of solid nitro gen and to guarantee that North Carolina receive its pro rata share. SECESSION,—Mr. Coltrane ‘testi fied one reason for the fertilizer diortago was the failure of midwest- eru ammonium nitrate manufactur ers to sell their products in North Carolina. Rep. Anton Johnson, Illinois Re publican, cut in to ask, “What do you think these people have against North Carolina? You’re not going to secede, are yon?’’ ikofore Coltrane could answer, Rep. Cooley spoke up and said, “We're considering it, and we might if we don’t get some fertilizer." MORE FUN—Mr. Cooley had a lot of fun on the House ifloor last week, all because Life magazine had a big tictuio layout of bigwig Republicans honoring Gov. Tom Dewey of New Vork at a Waldorf-Astoria Hotel banquet in New York. The dinner cost $12,000. Mr. Dewey led off with the greeting, “Fellow sufferers of iho New Deal." . Cooley told the House, “We all know what Mr. Dewey suffered at the hands of the New Deal—defeat for the Presidency—and an exami nation of the incomes of the fifty Republican industrialists present shows a total of nearly $6,000,000 in salaries alone—this suffering under the New Deal must bo indeed hard to take.’’ at Carolina told her he bet she could not land a Job in Washington. It turned out,to be a dare instead of a bet. The rest of the story Is history. The-^pretty blue-eyed miss came to Washl.igton and she won a job from PubUsiier David Lawrence of the U. S. Newj. Miss C^ohnaon is the daughter of Mr. an^^/Mrs. Jonah E. Johnson of Coats. Her father is a farmer In Har nett county. A prominent member of the staff of Rep. Graham A. Barden has quit his Job. In short, Joe Junior doesn’t work there any mere. Joe Junior, as a matter of fact, didn’t Just quit— he “got quit." Secietaries Tom McGee of Mount Olive and Jeanette Harrison of New Bern reported Joe Junior’s health had declined, and as a result they had to throw* him in the Potomac River where presumably he is re covering from whatever ailed him. Joe Junior, you might remember, is the last of the 40 baby diamond back terrapins Dr. H. F. Prytherch of Beaufort sent ‘Barden last spring as a present. Dr. Prytherch is head of the Federal fisheries laboratory at Beaufort. In recent weeks Joe • began to change color, and he wasn’t feeling well. It is now hoped he has ibeen reinvigorated by the waters of the Potomac. CARD OF THANKS Paul H. Phelps wishes to thank his friends for flowers, cards and visits during his illness. CH Rl STMAS LILLINGTON BEAUTY SHOP LILLINGTON, N. C. Mrs. Jewel Godwin Mrs. Harold Blalock I Eighth Congressional District bus- j iiioss Icade.'s have told Rep. C. B. Deane they favor the re-establish- lueul of consumer credit controls, i and the congressman said in Wash-' lugion that he agrees with them. He said, however, that while he hoped Congress would take President Tru man’s advice to re-establish credit controls, particularly on installment i buying, that theie was little reason! to have much hope, 1 The British .Ambassador, Lord In- verchupel, will be the main speaker at a banquet in Statesville the night of Feb. 6 opening the second United Nations forum sponsored by the Slatesvillo Lions Club and the Col legiate Council for the United Na tions. The invitation to, bis lordship was extended by Rep. Robert L. Dougbton and by former State Sena tor Hugli G. Mitchell of StatesviUe, now with tl>e UN organization. The forum will last three days. Fob. C-8, CHRISTMAS GREETINGS We take pleasure in offering you the compliments of the season and truly hope you have a very happy holiday. WOMBLE FOOD STORE LILLINGTON, N. C. Jt was happy blithday, and his 70th birthday, for North Carolina’s .senior Senator, Clyde R. Hoey, one ' day last week. Mr. Hoey’s staff gave lilm a surprise party, and the staff of Sen. Umstead Joined in, Three candles decorated the table in the Hoey office, and Sen. Umstead said they symbolized Hoey’s service in the House, as Governor and as Senator. Son. Hoey said he felt as fit as a fiddle, A pretty young bvuetto from Har nett- county and the UNC School of Journalism, as well as the UNC News Bureau, has become a familiar figure In tlie Senate and House cloakroom. She is Miss Millie Johnson of Coats, now a correspondent at the Capitol for the United States News. Miss Johnson w'as graduated from | “Skipper" Oscar Coffin’s Journalism classes and Bob Madry’s news bu reau back in April 1946. 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