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JUUDS AXI> stref:t«
Tltp enrt of the cltj’ street squabble
u’uy be iii sight. On Thursday the
House finance committee bold a pub
lic bearing on the question, and. nf-
i. r some astute parliamentary man-
c nvoring oy both sides, voted to give
a Cavoraltle retXJiT to Senator' Pow
ell’ SB 120 and an unfavorable re-
.,ort to Kej). Gudger'a HB 331, Thin
veeU should .see the House eonte to
a final decision on whether to follow
i':o Senate's lead and, without rals-
iiii' i.sxps. give the cities monoy from
,he Highway Fund for work on
r.ti'oefls not a part of the highway
s>.stom. The latest road development
vas the Introduction this week of
(ompanlou bills (SB 21*^ and HB
ar?) calling for the establishment of
ii commission to build toll roads, fi
nancing them by issuing revenue
bonds to .’be paid' off from tolls and
roadside concessions. When paid for,
tlicse »uper-highw.aya w'ould be qiade
toll-free and come under Highway
Commission supervision and main*
tennnee. Whether trucks should b .
required to comply with lighter maxi
mum woight limits will be tbo sub
ject of a public hearing In the Sen
ate chamber next Thtirkdqy afternoon
when the roads committee meets to
consider SB '183.
miDOR
IBUTS
GIVES
FAST
RELIEF
^wlten COLD
MISERieS STRIKE
FARMERS: We have 275 &
550 gal. tanks for Tobacco
Bams.
F. A. BRADSHER
Wholesale Dealer
ESSO PRODUCTS
Office Phone 84(50 — Res. 3741
I.HililNQTON, N. O.
IJOPOR RKPBRKNDUM
True to their name the committees
on propositions and grievances list
ened long this week ‘to aggrieved
drys advocate their proposition for a
state-wide liquor roforendum and lis
tened to equally aggrieved wets pro
pose defeat for such u referendum.
Tbo bills conconicd (SB 4. SB 177,
and HB 186) came in for little de
tailed discussion; lUe argument fol
lowed the pattern of recent years
iiDil, with only a few remarks on the
question of alcohol itself, turned on
whothcr It is more democratic to let
the people of the whole state vote
on the Issue for the whole state or
to let each locality decide its own
fate under the present system. The
coinmiitocB listened but .so far they
have said nothing.
FIRST BIRTIIDAT STROLL
ReMto Boberto-Giusto Glvseppe
APIHMIPIUATIOXS
'i'be (ieueral Assembly Is ready to
r.i;' Us ui.-ney problems. The appro-
priatiuiiK committee has concluded
bearing state agencies request about
?r.u million more for operating ex-
lieiises and $20 million more for per-
maiieui Improvements Hiatt recoin-
monded In the $4i)0 million .Advisory
Budget Commission budget. They \
have heard the United Forces for
Fduc.ation press for monoy for a
$2.400-$3,600' teachers pay scale and
reduced teacher load. They have re
ceived HB 410 asking $3.6 million
to increase the state’s share with the
cities and counties for care of Indl-
RosselUni, ocIcbraUng bis first birthday, couldn’t take his eyes (iff
(he pbotogrsdplicr during bis birthday party. Screen director Roberto
Ro'jselllnI’s son by a former marriage, Remo, helps little Robertino
walk across the room, while a doting mother, Swedish actress, Ingrid
Uergm.an, latelj- of Hollywood, CoHf., look.s on.
conamuer acaro buying — not wildly
excited buying bu' a austatned ten
dency on the part of the public to
regard ‘Hhlngs as more valuable
than siacney."
Commodity prices are on the high
side, 'huslness leaders say. Latest re
ports show the official government
Index of all wholesale prices some
la per cent above a year ago, after
10 successive weeks of rising prices.
The urge to save has been weaken
ed. In the first half of January oav-
Ings deposits of *16 of Now York’s
leading thrift institutions tumbled by
$10 million. However, around the
rest of the country the deposit fig
ures were somewhat more favorable.
I Moreover, as civilian goods become
lens plentiful, .savings will, of neces
sity, Increase as they did in World
War 11,
The trou'ble with our present setup
is that business leaders do not know
exactly what to plan for, since we
are in a twilight zone of neitlier
peace nor all-out war. Th? situation
could take a few -turns In either di
rection before settling down to any
clear-cut decision .and this tends to
produce •mucli itneosliie.ss In thought
ful 'business quarters,
* * »
, SMALL BUSLN’ESS WOES — Real
■ efforts are being made In V. ashlng-
bope of getting prime eontraots is
not ‘promising, for few small business
firms are in a position to turn out
volume production with a minimum
of delay.
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BIT.S O’ BUSINESS -- Steel pro
duction in the past week exceeded
two million tons for -the first lime
In history’. . . Non-farm 'Employment
Is at new record highs of 46,400,660.
or 2,700,000 greater than a year ago
, . . Possible revival of O.P.A, in a
strict form , jses ad.iialnJstratlve
headaches: in the last war there
were hundreds of dcflnhlona cover
ing certain types of foods to guard
against quality changes a:l other pos
sible evasions , , . City, slate and
municipal goverumenM complaining
they have no pi'iorltics and can’i
gel materiola.
W. H. LEE
EJectric Shoa Shop
LILLINGTUN, N. C.
McKAV»S
TAILOR SHOP
Ft. BRAGG ROAD
LILLINGTON. N. C.
AUTO
CREDIT CG
SANFORD, N:l C.
4
A U TO
LOAN S
ton to help small business m .1 make
gent hospital patientrs and 3 bills
WE ARE USING
NORWOOD
BRICK
FROM LILLINGTON
l^ook F’or TTKis Sign.
on Eastern North Carolina’s
outstanding hviilding projects
Hfei^llifook
m&san
ELECTRIC RANGE
itf/
y
Convenient 'i'erni'-
^1
MAGIC
up—or dt/u'u—yrm touch of
Mjgic Dial docs it! Down, a
big. f).qt. decpwcll cooker. Up,'
^ _ a giant, fourth surface cooking
unit. And m-rcr any need to touch ii for
raising or lowering! One ca(>’ torn of the
Mt/gic />/.r/ docs it all' dome sec Magic Upi-
.I-D./mv and all ihc other exclusive GilmOn
fc.nurcs. TODAY'
■ssf § its an
6,000,000 Homs Appliances
Proved in Use throughout the World Since 1877
Turlington Bn.ilding Supplies
LILLINGTON, N. C.
PHONE 2326
calling for "cost-of-living” increases ,
for si.ato employees, either on a flat ’
K'f/e basis or on a graduated scale
weighfert to benefit those making !
le.ss than $3,000 annually. There |
seems to be an assiimyilon that some
of those requests can be met from ,
tax collections that may exceed orl- •
ginal osllmates by an undetermined '
amount. Some may also 'be met by
possible tax changes or by revision of
.’tpproprlatioHs now contained In the !
tentative budget. An effort to place |
strong sentlmoni, on record for the I
largest Indlvidufi! request, over $.*10 j
mlliion asked by the State Board of'
F.ilucatlon, was mode in the House j
oil Tuesday. A lesoliitlon was Inlro-
ducod, signed by 78 representatives,
to place that body on record as fav
oring "live appr-opriatlou of suffi
cient funds to provide the essential
.sei’vicf's wlifch should be rendered by
the public schools," tucludlng funds
to meet Inflationary cost increases
and it $2,200-$S,100 pay scale for
I'Mchei’s. While a motion to pass the
resoliuion immediately under mhb-
pension of ibo rules failed by half
a dozen votes to secure the necessary
2-3 m-ajorlty. many of those opposing
siisponsloii of the rules had signed
Ibo resolution‘iH’ pronounced them
selves in accord with Its objectives
’)ut fell that passage would Imply
lack of confidence in the approprla-
tloii.s commIKeo. Meanwhile the Joint
.Mibcciiimltii 0 e'liarged with re-exnm-
liiing perinanom Improvements ap-
propriillions made in ]!)47 and 1949
rc-endorsed prrjecfs already allocat
ed more tU.an $29 million and re*
poried tiuii $4, million more will be
needed lo complete them. It also
rmVvtnmended ‘ivilhdrawlng previous
BEHIND THE
SCENES
IN AMERICAN BUSINESS
(By neyuolds Knight)
BANISH PIIMPLES. ACNE.
BLACKHEAD8I
New York. — An oiilibre.nk of
"peace" would find the U. S. eco
nomy vulnerable, careful observers
believe. There Is much evidence of
appropriations of $794,450 for state
parks and $1’>0.000 for state fair
projects and nv-examinatlou by the
full coininitteo of a 1947 contingent
$1 mtlliou approprl.qllon for an art
gallery.
la happy adjustment to the military
economy. It. is not easy. In the first
two ye.'vrs of World W.ar II many of
Hie smclli'f hnshveas firms were
forced out of business either because
they couldn’t get raw lualerlals
couldn’t gel govornmont contracts, ot
couldn’t get loan.s. A combinatten oil
those problems hurt the smaller
bu.sine.s.s man.
It i.t not fair to blame government,
either, for not .spreadlpg ovil Its war
contracts more broadly. Tho plain
truth is that it l.s difficult for those
charged with responslbUlij’ for get:
ling out war work to find small busU
i ness enterprises that have the fac!-
litles and (he personnel to get es-
.sentlal Jobs done. ''
There are some -1,000.000 small
bii.sine.ss firms. Their be.'-.l bet l.s to
prepare a compleie record of their
facilities. I heir personnel and their
experience In handling a given typo
of work. Then, they woiiltl be well
advised to seek from government of
ficials the names of large firms to
contact to seek sub-contracting busi
ness. In this way they would have
experienced’business guidance in get
ting out product ion. The alternative
of milling around Washington In the
FOR ADOLESCENT SKIN
The new MIriolt Stiln Mtdlclnr (or
siloIcKCfnti nnd grown-up*, too. 0*0.
n^itc lnu;rov«m*iit in jutt a few day*.
Try It today I ‘rtier* in nothlRx better
anywhere at any price.
52 at your drucKtst* or iienii bttla, money
o'der or check t>
THE DERMATEEN COMPANY
Saiiferd, N- C.
In This Area—
MR. W. t.
CAMPBELL
of Fnqnn.v R-Sl
ic your ropresontative for
CAPE FEAR
MARBLE &
GRANITE WORKS
Dtinn-Erwin Highway
MCXICIl'AL PROJKCT8
Prompted by a belief that off-street
parking Is necc-osary to adequate al-
lovialion of the serious tratfle con
gestion in many cllles, leglsla.tiou to
euii-lilo niiinicipalltios to issue bonds
for financing off-street parking fa-
ciliiies was -introdneed on Wednea-
tlay by Senators Carlyle and Price.
Knvlslonlng the possible construction
of mnlt 1-level sirnetnres both under-
gronnd and ,'ibove. as well as provid
ing tor municipal parking lots, these
bills 243 and .B 244) authorize
cllles 10 pledge revenues from on
street parking meters and from the
charges for use of off-.slreel parking
facilltle,- for payment of the bonds.
If benertted property owners petition
for live construction of such faclll-
tie-v, the legislation permits the as-
.'tc'.smenl of su'.'h property as an ad
ditional means of financing. To en
able clHos with as many an 5,000'
iiihubitants to participate in the fed
eral slum cleirance program, SB 378,
sponsored by the League ot Municl-
paliiief,, provides for the establish
ment of city redevelopment commis-
s'ons io buy up blighted areas witu
federal or other funds and then sell
ilicnt lo agencies or luflivlduals ’svho
agree to develop thorn .n accordance
with plans approved >by the city,
Highest Quality
WATCH
and
CLOCK
REPAIR WORK
Uomplete line of RlIvorwaN',
Wntehea, Diiiuionds, and anytiiing
that a oonip'lefe Jeivolry sfoice catr-
rles—(ve eitlter hnvo It in stork
01' Din get If for yon,
Gregory & Godwin
;i£W£!1.1lY
iiMrt 'H'ATCHl REPAIR
I.tLLINGTois. N. C.
.STHKAM POLLLTTOX
The 5-man subcommittee appoint
ed several weeks ago to consider HB
53 (’eallng with stream pollution dis
tributed copies of a tentative com-
inilicc subslllule in the House on
Monday night. Tho proposed substi
tute spells out in much detail proce
dures the coniemplated state agency
would follow and provides that It
could l.aki' no action agaijmt any pol-
lulor in a given area if corrective
action is Impracticable with refer
ence to another polluter in .that area.
On Friday the s’shcommittee held a
public licnrlng anti received amend-
Irnonts to the tentative hill.
He (lift places liiinself nclinor
higher nor lower Hiaii he ought lo
tic, exercises the truest bninillty.— ,
Colton,
•Also ffefinariging .
Mone.y in 10 Mlrjutor.,
Payments jto Sl/jf Y-oii
■2«7 so. .Steele ■ " riw'J'C
All of you be subject one to an-'
other, and be clothed wit.h haniBity I
for God resls’.eth the proud, and.
Kivetb giaCf to till' humble—I Peter,
OFFICE
EQUIPMENT
& SUPPLY CO.
PHOXR aOTtt OUNN. N. tL
OFFICE SUPPLIES
DESKS AND CHAIRS
R. C. ALLEN ADDING
MACHINES
DR. C. E. ROIfERTS
OPTO.METRIST
Sanford, N. C
EYES examined
GLA.SS1S9 FITT^
IN LILLINGTON;
Each Ttiui'^dav frona 8"0(i to 6:00
X-ocuted in Post Office Building
Phone 2911 anytime during the
week for appointment
on Tburs-iay
GREGORY’S
RED BIRD CABS
PHONE 2S51
ERWIN, N. C.
Tobacco
FLUES
STEEL IS SHORT. GET YOUR ORDERS
IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I HAVE ONLY A LIMITED SUPPLY.
PHELPS WOOD & TIN SHOP
Lillington, N. C.-
II
6IVE ME THIS 51DODSE
forhng lik...depen(hbilHy
MM
"Ive driven Oddqie ears W years...fcnow
Irom €xperienee1hatyoujuslreafr(‘bea('d
DoAje hr vmHwmim'
A
-Says Ocr, ), Alfora, ChiMao. III.
I AMENDING THE
;r. s. coxsTiTUTiox
I Ider-'.jc'Jl Sonale and Houne bills
j tleslgnflfl to gain laglslative endorac-
I mont of Ih'' congre.ssionally-approved
! amendment to limit presidents after
' Mr. Truman to two terma In the
Kvhite 'House reached the'floora of
^the honsoH nfier narrowly escaping
unfavorable commltloc reports. With
' more tervenl argument ■ih'.'.n has
beet) heard on any other single iwue
this rcsion, the Senate bill passed
' both Houses and established North
Carolina as the 34th state to ratify
the Rmendment.
why Dodge delteers more miles per dothr
E vkrvtui.m; aboui ihi* great new
'51 Dodgc-ihe way it looks,
feels, rides and handles~ie\i* you
that here's a car (hat’s built to last.
It’s a car that’s stunning to look
at, with plenty of head, leg and
sbouluer room—a car engioeere»l
fn>m bumper to burner to last
lonaer, go farther at' lower cost.
longer, go
S|mii4 4 MlnulM WMi U*
Five shoit minute* behind the
wheel will tell you why this Is the
car for you—for the years ahead.
You'll find that the new Oriflow
Shock Absotbers uat only give you
a tiuh oew kind of ride—but the
resulting stuoodmi»s and freedom
from Wheel ’’hop'’ and ’’bounce"
mean less car wear, prolong car life.
Famous Dodge fluid Drive, with
its smoother starts Biid stops, “cush
ions" all moving, parts from cn^
to rear v/heels~addi to car
save* tires, lowers costs.
agine
life.
NIW KINO OF RIDEI New Oriflow
shock absorbers let you,float down
roads so-bad thev stop other cars.
Never before anything like it I
Com* in T*day
S:c bow you could'pay $1,000 more
for a car and scil'i not get all the
extra room and Tugged dependa
bility of ihit new ‘51 Dodge.
DODGE
m fitw thllm mont ihm
Ipmti-pektsl etffs
RDLEY MOTOR CO. LUlinaiton, N. C
Shop at WILLIAMS-BELK in Sanford
for TREMENDOUS VALUES every WEDNESDAY
Outstaading Value* in Every D^artment
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