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Waccamaw Directors In Annual Meet Seven directors of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust. Company are shown above as they posed for a photograph at the annual meeting of stockholders. Front row, left to light: B. L. Nesmith, Jr. of Tabor City, Glenn F. Strole of Chadbourn, C. L. Tate of Chadbourn, and J. S. Bowers of Raleigh and White ville. Standing, left to light, K. Clyde Council of Wananish, Dr. R. C. Sadler of Whiteville, and W. B. Lennon of Fairmont. (Photo by Baldwin Studio). LINDANE RECOMMENDED The U. S. Department of Agri-' culture recommends the use of; lindane, a new insecticide, to con trol flies in dairy barns and milk 1 ' plants. | RIVER OF JANUARY Rio De Janeiro, in English,1 means River of January. Sfc Over 5 million Maytags sold— far more than any other washer. ! Come in and place yoor order now $124.95 to $179.95 Kings Electrical Sales Co. Shallotte, N. C. FEED-SEED Stop In To Se Us. W Your GRISSETTOV B. A. Russ, On U. S. No. 17 - _ Training School Splits Contests Local Boys Defeat Visiting Clarkton But Girls Go Down Before Invaders; In teresting Games Coming Up _ Coach Johnson’s girls at the Brunswick County Training School had their usual run of hard luck Monday night when the light but fast girls of the Booker T. Washington high school at Clarkton defeated them 28 to 13. Opehelia Johnson was high scorer for Clarkton with 14 points and McRackan for Southport rang up 10 points. The nightcap saw the Bruns wick County Training school boys reversing the proceedings and taking revenge for the defeat meted out to their sisters. Led by Waldo Price who scored 11 points the locals came through to down the visiting Booker T. Washington boys with a score of 30 to 14. R. Brown led the visit ing team in scoring by getting 8 points. ' Although the girls may lose. | agaih, something exciting in bas- , ket ball is believed to be on tap for Thursday night of this week. The strong Chadbouin team is coming in to g've or take, as the case may be. the fans who have ! seen the small but flashy Bruns wick Count "’raiding school boys in action believe they will win. Next Monday night the South port five will be up against what may be the strongest opposition of the year. Williston, New Han over county’s big negro high school which annually puts forth teams that are hard for the sur rounding counties .to beat, is scheduled to be here. The Train ing School boys may drop their -FERTILIZER e Always Appreciate Visits W MARKET Proprietor - Shallotte, N. G. present standing then, but it will be without some fast and exciting playing. Incidently, spectators who plan to see either the Thursday night’s game with Chadbourn or Mon day’s affair with Williston should go early. The gymnasium at the colored school accommodates about 600 and it is always full. Columnist Takes Look At Graham Drew Pearson Analyzes Tar Heel Senator In His Fam ous Washington Merry Go-Round WASHINGTON — A modest little man who looks like a small town hardware merchant has completely won the heart of synical Capitol Hill in less than a year. He is Prank P. Graham, form er president of the University of North 'Carolina, now senator from that state. Graham is as friendly and disarming as a puppy, has a lively twinkle in his dark eyes, and has sparse gray hair that looks as though he'd just come in from a windstorm. When Dr i Graham was appoint ed to the Senate last March, 1 John Bricker, right-wing Repufeli- I can, raised the clamor ’that the newcomer was a “radical.” Sen. Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri, a conscientious conser vative, asked his, GOP colleague, Wayne Morse, '“What kind of a fellow is Graham? You served with him on the War Labor Board.” To the deeply religious Donnell, Senator Morse replied, “Forrest, I have often said you were tire most Christian man I know. | Frank Graham is the most Christ I like man 1 know.” I Months later,' Donnell remarked I to Morse: “Remember what you I said about Frank Graham being ; the nrost Christlike man you Well, I share your opin | Know : \ ion.” Whenever Senator Graham rises from a Senate desk that almost swallows him -he is the shortest ! man on the floor—Senators come ! back from the cloakrooms to lis [ ten. This is a tribute few men in j Senate history have won. Frank | Graham is not an orator, in the | manner of dramatic Arthur Van i denberg. He speaks in a soft I drawl, but he is able to put in Shoe Center Work Shoes - Dress Shoes ^ Shoes For All The Family We Have One Of The Nicest Assortment of Shoes We Have Ever Been Able To Assemble. This Is Quali ty Merchandise, Featuring Sturdy Construction And Smart Styling. You Will Not Find It Necessary To Make A Trip To Some Other Trading Center To Get Good Shoes For All The Family, And To Get Good Value For Every Dollor You Spend For Footwear. D. C. Andrews Shallotte, N. C. NEW PULLMAN CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH A GENERATOR THAT DEVELOPS ENOUGH ELECTRIC CURRENT TO MEET THE RE- ,, QU/REMENTS Of TEN MODERN HOMES ROAD COMPANIES PRESENTING STAGE PRO DUCTIONS OF SIGMUND ROMBERG'S FAMED MUSICAL ROMANCE 'THE STUDENT PRINCE’ -NOWMARKING ITS SILVER ANNIVERSARY -HAVE TRAVELED ALMOST TWO MILLION MILES ON AMERICAN TRAINS WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE <c PERFORMANCE. ASSOCIATION Of AMERICAN RAILROADS m* m HAvime the ihgred/ehts tor a LOAf Of BREAD— WHEAT TO ELEVATORS AMP M/US; HOUR TO BARER/ES-OTTEH A THOVSAMD MRES AWAY-THE RAUROAD REVEMUE AVERAGES UTTU MORE THAH WHAT YOG FAY FOR ORE SUCE. simple words the great problems of the day, and point the way clearly to their answers. After his Senate speech on the Atlantic Pact, Republican Sen. Charles Tobey, himself a vivid phrasemaker, remarded in awe: “Frank Graham’s speech was the greatest I have ever heard in the Senate. The Senator has given us a pattern, not for my party or his party, but a pattern for America. I commend his state for having given him to us as a Senator.” After another Graham talk, Senator Vandenberg said thought fully, “I was profoundly impress ed by his grasp of the subject.” Despite the praise showered on him, Frank Graham is still a modest, unassuming man with a great affection for people. He will spot a friend, a Senator, an elevator boy working his way through college, or a reporter, and trot up to him. “Hey, there,” he will say, “got something to talji to you about." Senator Graham is one of the most conscientious men in Wash ington, and a story is told of how President Roosevelt exploited this. Dr. Graham's University trustees had asked him to resign from the War Labor Board and give all his time to the University. Graham stayed up all night writing and rewriting his letter -of resignation to the President. When he arrived' at the Whitfi House, Mr. Roosevelt, who had been tipped off, got in the first word. He said, “Frank, whit would- you think of a man who deserts his nation in time or war? I have a businessman here who wants to resign from the War Production Board and go back :a his company." Later, when -Dr. Graham re turned to his hotel, a friend ask ed, “Well did you resign?” Meekly, Graham drew from his pocket the rumpled but still un opened letter of resignation. (Copyright, Bell Syndicate) jBallentine May Oppose Graham Commissioner Of Agricul ture Is Reported To Be Considering Primary Cam paign Against Senator RALEIGH The recent decision of William B. Umstead of Dur ham not to run for the United States Senate against Dr. Frank Graham of Chapel Hill, who was appointed to the position a few weeks following the death of Sen. J. M. Broughton a year ago, has left opponents of Dr. Graham without a formidable candidate. ROOFING! ROOFING! RESIDENTIAL and COMMERCIAL Only 10-Percent Down.on Work Done on Ptesidences balance on Easy Terms. CAROLINA ROOFING & SIDING CO 2310 S. Front St.-Phone 28815 WILMINGTON, N. C. SEEDS & SETS We have the necessary supplies to get yoi off to a good start with your Spring garden Make a list of the things you want to plan and come in so we can fill your order fron our complete stock. R. GALLOWAY General Merchandise SUPPLY, N. C. Although Agriculture Commis sioner L. Y. Ballentine has al ways been more interested in be coming Governor some time than it sitting in the Senate, he is regarded as being willing to wage a campaign against Sen. Graham provided there is sufficient inter est and financial support in his doing so. Considerable pressure is being applied to him to make the race. Commissioner Ballentine is making no comment for publica tion at this time. However, he is expected to make a definite statement on his intentions with in a few days after the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner to be held in Raleigh on Saturday, January 28. Merchants Plan Fund Campaign $200,000 Will Be Sought To Establish Chair Of Retail ing At University Of North Carolina RADEIGH - The board of dir ectors of the North Carolina Merchants Association in their winter meeting held here pledged their all-out effort in the cam paign to raise $200,000 among merchants of the State for the' establishment of a Chair of Re tailing at the University of North Carolina. Board Member Clyde R. Greene of Boone, in explaining that the Chair of Retailing is being set up to provide practical training for college boys and girls who want to become merchants or who plan to return after gradua tion to assist their parents in the operation of their business esta blishment, said "it is good busi ness for us merchants to provide the money with which to estab lish this school’’. Thompson Greenwood of Ral eigh, who is directing the various campaigns in communities thro ughout the State, reports that a number of cities have laid plans to get their drives underway next week. "Materials to assist the com munities in every way possible are now available and are being sent out each day to areas re questing them,” said Greenwood. He set May 1 as the goal foi the conclusion of the various loca campaigns. CHURCH SINGING There will be a singing at Mt Pisgah Baptist church near Sup ply on Sunday, February 12. The committee in charge of the pro gram states that everyone is in vited to attend and take part ii the event. Old Roebuck Catalogue Is Found In Possessions Of Late Farmer Sears-Roebuck was not always 'located in Chicago nor did the | firm always engage in all fields ! of merchandising as it seems to | do today. 1 These facts came to light here ! this week when Dr. M. L. John son, Whiteville dentist, found a Roebuck catalogue among the possessions of the late Joseph Brown who passed away at his home on Clarkton, Route 2, Sat urday, January 21. Although the firm name is shown on the catalogue as A. C. Roebuck, R. W. Sears was presi dent and A. C. Roebuck was sec retary-treasurer. And instead of Chicago as an address, the firm was located in Minneapolis, Minn. Contrasted with present day large, thick catalogues turned out by Sears-Roebuck, the old cata logue found by Dr. Johnson was small- potatoes. It measures only five and one-half inches by eight and one-half inches. Instead of all types of merchan- j dise, the firm then concentrated on jewelry. No other items were listed. It carried the specific mes sage, “Importer and Wholesale Dealer in Watches.” One of the interesting advertis ing schemes of the then Roebuck film was a pledge to give a $40 sewing machine to the first cash 1 order received Monday morning for any watch shown in the catalogue. The catalogue is not dated. The only indication of the approximate i time of publication is given dr ! the testimonials which bore the j dates 1891 and 1892. Dr. Johnson, who is adminls i trator for the Brown estate, said ! he had no information as to how long Mr. Brown had the catalogue in his possession. The book looks practically new and it appears likely that the late farmer re ceived it at the time of its publication. Shy Tipplers Amazed To Discover Favorite Bootlegger Kept Books DUNN—'Off-the-record tipplers here were still scurrying for cover last week as exposure of their extra-curricular drinking was threatened. When word got around that a convicted bootlegger had kept books on his customers, the im bibing great and humble of Dunn began quaking in their boots. It all started when police ar rested a filling station operator named Bill Young and charged him with violating the liquor laws. Nobody, including Bill was par ticularly excited until police re vealed that Bil! had kept a day to-day record of sales and noted the names of his customers. Young’s clientele then came to life. Several persons telephoned the Dunn newspaper, they pleaded with police, they started thinking up stories to tell wives and hus bands. Deputy Sheriff O. R. Pearce said the confiscated records were in three books and the names were recorded along with the amount of whiskey purchased. He said many prominent Dunn citizens were listed, some of them as daily callers and several who visited the filling station on the Jonesboro Road more than once a day. Young begged the officers not to take his books. He said his wife had done most of the book keeping, which was incomplete and partially illegible. On Jan. 1, a Sunday, a total' of seventeen sales had been made. The last sale recorded was on the following- Sunday for three drinks at 15 cents a shot. Young was arrested a few minutes after those sales. The records showed that he pur chased his spirits from one John B. Barefoot. The issue was fur ther confused when it was learn ed ths.t John B. Barefoot is a commo n Harnett County name!— there are at least three men in the county by that name. Most of the drinks were sold for the 15*-cent price, but some of the folks in the Young-style “Who’s Who Among Whiskey Drinkers” i paid 25 cents a snort. Pints went for $2. Deputy | Pearce said Young readily admitted his business transaction is and told them that he had qjiite a few female cus tomers. The books backed him up. When E)eputy Pearce and De puty B. E.. Sturgill arrested Young they formyl only a quart of whis key whic'n he kept in a secret compartnaent in a table. The books showed the compartment had served its purpose well over the past j couple of years. City Jjudge H. Paul Strickland gave Young eighteen months on the roakls suspended for three years onj payment of $250 fine and the costk. Young gave notice of appeal £o Superior Court. Now the folks in “Who’s Who” have to sweat out another hear ing in court. Rea<3 The Want Acfo> J BRisinpinE fl In God's Acre Wrapped in the peaceful charm of a beautiful cemetery Betting, the memorial becomes an eloquent tribute to the memory of departed loved ones and it gives to the land scape an essentially beautifying touch. We can supply cemetery memorials of distinction, wrought in the best of monumental stones by thg leading craftsmen of America, King Marble & Granite Co. WILMINGTON, N. C. do you think were installed in North Carolina in 1949? The year 1949 was such a big year in the growth of telephone facilities and service, we thought you would like to know some of the facts and figures. Here’s the story of the year in brief: New Telephones More than 62,600 new telephones were in stalled in North Carolina last year! That’s a lot of telephones, requiring the addition of huge quantities of wire, cable, poles, central office equipment and new buildings or build ing additions. Rural Telephones Many construction crews were busy string ing lines in rural areas throughout the state last year. During the year more than 25,300 new rural telephones were installed. Money Spent This vast expansion and improvement of telephone service in North Carolina in 1949 cost more than $13,590,000. This was over and above other millions of dollars paid out in North Carolina for operating expenses. New Buildings Ten new buildings or building additions were completed in the state last year and work is under way on other new building projects for 1950. " People at Work At the close of 1949 there were more than 4,570 people employed by Southern Bell in North Carolina. Wages for these men and women amounted to millions of dollars—a substantial contribution to trade and pros perity throughout the state. '.'.I North Carolina and the South are grow ing as never before and we are continuing our all-out effort to make telephone service constantly more valuable and available to more and more people. “t^evivcif (p. TBoatA. North Carolina Manager SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY]
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