PAGE 6 Annual Fish Supper Tonigt About Fifty Will Take Pi In Tobacco Season Soci Highlight At Webstei In South Carolina CHAl^BOURN, Sept. 10. ? will be a tough night on the f at Webster's Lodge from eight ten o'clock tonight Some fifty local tobacconi and business m<n will, at ti time, take part in devour! about 300 pounds of fish ? w all the fixins ? and the occas ppomised to be an enjoyable all taking part have whet1 their appetities ever since 1 barbeque at Charlie White's li week. A GOC CRU * - TOBAC -F FRI., SEPT I I Prices B? | Flourish To / ? ' [3 Comnu Ol t . <- _ . t' : rjiC impo our adhe bank J 1 in a grou; coop our be b Oi * You, Wac wayi sistei > ' '< s ic.-... : v ' ' 1 WJ'-I rVF t This is the social highlight the tobacco in Chad bourn ai everyone looks forward to it wi rt great enthusiasm. It's "purely" stag affair and positively no wor en allowed. * lal rs, Old Gentleman: "You're rath a young man to be left in charj of a drug store. Have you a di It loma?" ish Assistant: "Why ? er ? r sir; but we have a preparation our own that's just as good." sts lat Thinking to take a rise out "ng the villager who was showii ith him rouruj, the visitor pointed ion a scarecrow in a field and r as marked: ted "Another of the natives, I su the pose." ast "Oh, no." came the prompt r ply; "just a visitor like yourself >D SALE EV -AT TCHF11 IN WHITEVILLI CO IS STILL SELL 'IRST SAL . 11th. TUE FRIDAY, SEPT. II ;ing Paid At Our Houj A Fine Season For Our J Depositor 1/ Bor JR GUIDING (3<apsO l each of these five groups of people, this Bank has an >rtant obligation. In setting course of daily action, we re closely to those principles ;ing which will best serve all I U these groups. And, in t p repays the bank with confii eration?the foundations up continued growth and prospc ased. ir obligation goes beyond the as an individual, may be sur camaw Bank is always willin i able to render every financis at with sound banking. * V 4- 9 of A small boy was inviting h 1(1 friend to his birthday party, ai th explained how to find the apar a ment in which he lived. "Con n- to the seventh floor," he sai I "and where you see the letter on the door, push the button wil your elbow and when the doi er opens put your foot against it.' 'e "Why do I have to use my e P" bow and my foot?" asked the 1 vited guest. 10. "Well, I suppose, you'd ha' your hands full of somethin', sin it's my birthday." of MAY PURCHASE WHEAT FOR FEE to (Continued From Page One) e- per cent of the parity price corn at Chicago. This step wi p- taken, he said, to increase mes dairy, and poultry production asi e- ed in the Food for Freedom pr !" gram. ERYDAY iLD'S 4 a ING HIGH - | ESS., SEPT. 15th 1th se Are The Final Farmer Friends. ?m roiver Stockholder Staff of sound v the people urn, each dence and on which srity must se groups, e that the ig and alil aid con WhlteviUe Chad bourn Tabor City South port Clarkton Fairmont Rose HiU Kenansviile Holly Ridge - ;i. \ THE STATE PORT PILOT is Chairman Bennett emphasized id that the wheat being offered for t- sale is hard wheat, of which there le arc large surpluses, especially in d. Western areas. Soft wheat used D for grinding into flour is not be;h ing offered for livestock feeding, 5r he said. , "This wheat is being offered for ,j. sale by the government in order n- to make full use or tne nation's vast reserves to maintain producire tion of livestock and dairy proce ducts," the chairman said. "We are using our supplies of feed faster than we are producing them, and at the same time, we have wheat piled on the D ground for lack of storage spacein some parts of the nation. Sellof ing the wheat for feed was a js logical step for the government it, to take to aid farmers in meetk ing their livestock and poultry o- goals." - V-MAir BEGINS ^ TO BE POPULAR (Continued from Paere 1) Post Office Department to reproduce the letter sheets. The sheets also will be available soon to all stores selling stationery. V-Mail 'Service provides for the use by patrons of a special letter sheet form which is a combination letter dnd envelope of uniform size and design. The pattron writes his message, completes the name and address of the addressee and the return card in the space provided, folds, seals, I and mails the letter in the usual II manner. Patrons are warned that || only the inner or letter side of | V-Mail letters are photographed, || and should be careful to show the || complete address of the person | to whom the message is sent in || the panel provided therefor above | the space for the message. It is | preferable to print the address in | (large block letters. Enclosures |I must not be placed in the letters. | V-Mail letters are photographed | on micro-film by automatic ma| chines at the rate of 2,000 to 2,| 500 per hour and the film rolls | containing 1,500 letters each arc | transmitted to destinations. Rep| roductions are then made by oth| er automatic machines and de| livered to the addressee in indi11 vidual sealed window penalty en11 ve lopes. I When V-Mail letters are ad ! BICYCLES? Large stock of Pre-War I Models?Standard and Deluxe. No more after these are sold. Bring your certificate and get your bicycle from? I BRAXTON'S Prices Start at $29.50 Victory Models TOBACCO There is np need to wa now. The government has know you will get the sar week. And you know you wo country later! Plenty Of 1 We Have Been C And Are Out For the Top djjjjji p Near Wrappers ('utters f4ft-$4&. Quality Lugs ? Medium Lugs Fair I,up* $.10Common I.up* Trash fl-fit. >3 Why Take a Wj Chance ? Nearest Big I To This Average Eastern Belt Av., Whiteville, F 6 Big W'houses Each House Now I 1 ' . ' * . . .N / * , SOUTHPORT, N. C. dressed to places where micro-film I equipment is hot in operation, the letters are transmitted to destination in original form by the most expeditious means available. Even in these instances savings in weight and space are accomplished since there are approximately 97 V-Mail letters in a pound, whereas, ordinary letters average j 40 per pound. j The war, Navy and Post Office I Departments all cooperated in developing this Service, largely with a -r*w to decreasing the volume of mail to be carried over! seas and providing an expeditious j service. | The public is urged to use it at every opportunity. CONCERTED DRIVE FOR NAVY RECRUITS (Continued from page 1) j Loach of the Wilmington Navy Recruiting Station, and the recruiting officer has set a definite intinerary which includes this secj tion. Hand in hand with the announcement by the Selective Seri vice that the ages for potential | draftees will be lowered to 18 within the next few weeks comes the Navy's call for more men. To man the many ships which are being commissioned weekly, more qualified men are needed, and the AMUZU THEATRE SOUTHPORT Program Week Of SEPTEMBER 9-17 Wed., - Thurs.? "Sleepy Time Gal" Judy Canova, Tom Brown and Ruth Terry Also, Cartoon:? "Playing The Pied Piper" Friday - Saturday? "Three Cockeyed Sailors" Tommy Trindae and Claude Hulbert Also, Jt.K.O. Sportscope:? "KENTUCKY ROYALTY" Mon., - Tues.? "One Million, B.C." Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney, Jr. Also, MOVIETONE NEWS. Wed. - Thurs.? "Shadow Of Thin Man" Wm. Powell, Myrna Loy Also:?Cartoon:? "THE FIRST SWALLOW"' cManpaaHB FARMERS it for possible .price increases frozen the prices. So you ne high prices here, as last n't get a penny more up the Floor Space )perating 5 Weeks Of Our Rush! Market obagX. ind Leaf M2f48. m-w. \^m mf $i2-tso. Pricas Ara Sworn {order Market County. ?1st week $35.79 irst 4 Weeks $37.93 3 Sets of Buyers Selling Every Day ! Bwr/inVavfri?^affif-' -"'imh ' Navy's popular trade schools have been thrown open to young mer who volunteer now. Through these schools, men may follow the trade of their choice, and gain petty officer's ratings in short order. I The Navy needs men from the ages of 17-50. Eyesight requirements have been lessened, and men with false teeth are now eligible for enlistment in the Naval i Reserve, Only a fair education j and a good intelligence is necesI sary. The Navy has 49 different trades from which a young rej cruit may choose. These include | everything from radio and pharI macy on down to carpentry and I plumbing. Men 23 years old and I over ? and with two years ex| perience in almost any trade ? jmay qualify for ratings. At any rate, it is an undisputI ed fact that the Naval Reserve ' and the Navy advance their personnel most rapid of all the services. The demand for competent men assures every industrious man a successful career. Preliminary training, which in peace time lasted for three months, has beer cut to five weeks, following which every man is given a leave of absence to visit home. The rate of pay for first enlist ! ment is $50 per month, with a de finite allowance for married men'! dependents. Each child is allottee specific amounts ? $12 per monti for the first child; $10 for eacl } succeeding child. The wife receivj es $28 per month from the gov ernment. Men whose parents are depend ent upon them for support alse are allowed extra money for de pendents. As much as $50 pel month is allowed in cases of thi; nature. I For the youths with no depend ents, the Navy has everything t( offer. For those who can qualifj for enlistment in the regular Na i vy, there is a good living, witl I pay up to $138 per month ( pluf all expenses) after the war. Th< Naval Reserve volunteers will b( released six months after the du ration. It is suggested that every mai interested in the Navy or Nava Reserve contact Chief DeLoacl at the post office at one of th< towns listed below. Or if that i; impossible, the Navy Recruitinf Station is open every day in Wil mington, on the second' floor o: the post office. There is a copy of the 48-pagi booklet "Men Make The Navy' I waiting for you at that office I which will he mailed UDon recein of a post card. Here is a schedule of stops b; Chief DeLoach: September 14-15 (Monday an< Tuesday) ? Tabor City, 16-1' (Wednesday and Thursday) ? Whiteville; 18 (Friday) ? Chad bourn; 19 (Saturday) ? Fail Bluff. September 21-22 (Monday ant Tuesday) ? Lumberton; 23-2' (Wednesday and Thursday) ? Fairmont; 25-26 (Friday and Sat urday) ? Laurinburg. (The recruiter will be located a the post office in each of thesi Your own judgment Be wise and "follow Headquarters foi VICTORY SERVICE on ALL MAKE! OF CARS AN TRUCKS Elmore , . I . . k 5DAY, SEPTEMBKPj, , tionof for commissions as Ensien. ^ U. S. Naval Reserve. or Lieutenants in the U. ? . ^ Corps Reserve. Forestry C^^T Be Formed In cl (Continued from r"-( ?nt> eludes the development of so i?f qualified commissioned ana"* listet personel. ei)A request has been receive furnish the number of men fj able, personnel date as to education, experience, draft el 8R fication, availability, etc. CREDIT BODY TO SELL WAR BONDs (Continued from pa ? i 5 stamps, they are not onlv h.i. Uncle Sam to finance the W2 are helping themselves by bud? iner un their own fin.-,:', "* wedne! s towns.) i homFagent back from conference i (Continued From Page One) The neighborhood leaders in Brunswick county have served 1 since last fall and have done a I'good Job in aiding in the emergency programs. H. R. Niswonger, garden specialist, led the garden discussion 1 and was assisted by L. P. Wat son, horticulturist specialist and J. M. Maxwell, entomology spe;, cialist. They discussed the storage | of vegetables, growing of early ' I vegetable plants and insect con' | trol. 1 Some others of the Extension ' Service from Raleigh attending ' the conference were Miss Ruth ' Current, state home demonstraI tion agent, Miss Verna Stanton | and C. M. Brickhouse, district ' | agents, and the Extension Spe' I ciaiists. c southport boy joins air corps I (Continued From Page 1) j training, the Naval Aviation Cadet r, Selection Board announced this ;! week in Atlanta. ' | Bragaw, 19, is the son of Mrs. j H. G. Bragaw, and a former stu' j dent at North Carolina State Col;; lege. !: The service In which hs has en(j listed is open to single men, 18 (| to 27, who are high school graduates and physically fit. Comple\ ' ? BLUE BLOO >^ftftgvffi;^## . : : : / : . ,m)f . XQUICK FOOD ENERGY in t/ie biff biff bcttle t Pepsi-Colo is mode only by Pepsi-Cola Cc ?| Authorized Bottler: J. W- Ja says it's true through!" ore peopu ievrolet di cad CCDlfl run w%ii HAN TO ANY AltS ORGANI Because Ch have sold rr trucks?moi I trucks?and ^ experience IP makes anc the last ten other deal ! Motor Cc Bolivia, N. C. | rity for the future." se?1 [gleaner . .. QUICKER! ! SOUTH Port GLEANERS SOUTH PORT, N. C. I ' V?lM ! D V> ' ,y'-/ TjSiH" y.mZ^m \ ,^C" |)..y ; xcwww :JHH^V ; :. /saw m^^k >w'Vvj^HB I ?mpony, long Ijlond City, N * Lckson Beverage Co. ' ,ir CO TO .. rD( EALCiw ii ICE OTHER IZATION II levrolet dealersI (ore new cars andI *e usee/ cars and! have had broaderI in servicing al'l I models duringI years?thai any! er organiiaT'0,"| mmm >mpany I

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