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New Livestock Program Inaugurated Shown ve are Vocational Agriculture students, many of them pointing toward their Hereford fchoics 's, as VO he a of cattle were distributed here last week through a new livestock program developed through vocational Asriciilture leaders In cooperation with local banks and the Whiteville Merchants Association. Forty-six students are participating this year.—(Photo by Baldwin Studio.) Cattle Program Begun Here By Merchant Group Forty-Six Vocational Agri cultural Students Receive 70 Head Of Cattle In Co operative Plan SHOW PLANNED NEXT YEAR IN WHITEVILLE Local Banks Aid In Financ ing Project With Backing Of 12 Members Of Mer chants Association A few days ago 70 head of Hereford calves were distributed to forty-six Vocational Agricul ture students from Columbus, Brunswick, and Bladen counties, in a move to stimulate interest in producing and feeding of live stock in this area. The cattle, weighing from 300 to 600 pounds, were distributed at the Whiteville Livestock Mar ket under the supervision of V. E. Pierce, owner and manager of the i concern. The cattle were selected by cattle buyers of the Division of Markets, N. C. Department of Agriculture on markets in wes tern North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The livestock was purchased by the First National Bank of Whiteville and the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company on the guarantee and cooperation of twelve leading members of the Whiteville Merchants Association. The total cost ran close to $9,800.00, of which approximate ly $1,500.00 was financed for some twenty-one of the students by the two banks. Sponsors of the j roject stated j that it is essential to develop ad- j : ditional sources f farm income in this area and u.ke the heavy burden of responsibility from the tobacco crop. It is estimated that nearly 65o£ of the total farm in i come in the three counties is I derived from tobacco alone. Businessmen of Whiteville and all agricultural leaders are eager ,to develop more interest in pro ducing and feeding livestock among the young men who will own and operate farms in this area in the coming years. These students will feed out the cattle under the supervision of the j teachers, under the leadership of N. B. Chesnutt, District Vocation al Supervisor of this area. It is felt that this project will result eventually In an increase in the quanity, as well as the quality, of pasture and forage crops pro duced in the three counties. The Whiteville Merchants As sociation is planning a complete fat stock show and sale in White ville in the fall of 1951, at which time these cattle will be shown and some of them sold. Prizes and other special features will be added to the program to insure the boys proper reward for their work and efforts. Girl Finds Queer Bird In Whiteville Mary Joanne Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Ray of East Wyche Street, was mystified a few days ago when she found a strange looking bird in her back yard. Her pet cat joined her in the capture of the bird which was wet. cold and numb. It was she the cold and the cat, and began the care which preserved its life. 1 V V» MULES We have unloaded in our bam one of the best selection of mules in this section. They are ail broke and ready for work. They are from 5 to 6 years old and weigh from 1,050 to 1,200 pounds. -day and buy or trade for one of these ffr*s mules. GOOD USED MULES We also have a nice stock of good used mules that we have traded tractors for. Be sure to see them too. We Garry A Complete Line Of WAGONS - HARNESS - FARM MACHINERY TRACTORS See Us For Your Needs Today. CASH - or - TERMS S. L FULLER & BRO. WHITEVILLE History Of Brunswick RE A Is Reviewed By Attorney Mallard! By R. B. MALLARD (Attorney for the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation) Too much can not be said about the hard work and thoughfijl; planning that have gone intfe I making the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation what it is today. Today it stands as a dream come true for those who envisioned haviftg electric energy available for themselves and their neighbors. Every time an electric light is turned on it is a rebuke to the pessimists who said it could not be done. The operation of an electric I membership corporation was a new undertaking, and required thoughtful planning and patience. The large membership and miles of electric transmission line did not just grow of their own ac cord. Hard work, perseverance, planning, tact and patience have gone into every line that has been built. And to E. D. Bishop. | who has been superintendent from the beginning in 1939, belongs i credit for a difficult and almost i i impossible job well done. To every director, employee, and member also belongs credit for doing the best they could in an undertaking that was new and strange to them. The growth; of the cooperative has not al ways been easy, and many diffi-! culties have been encountered, but ; under the able leadership of the superintendent and the board of directors remarkable progress has been made toward the goal of making electric energy available j for all. It is cooperation that has count ed. It will take cooperation in ;j the future because every person: in this area who is without the? benefit of electric energy can and S should have it. It will take pat ience, understanding and coopera tion to continue to grow and ope- S rate. The Brunswick Electric ■ Membership Corporation is a joint i enterprise of those in the rural areas of Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson and Bladen Counties who did not have electric energy, I working together for the better ment of all. The American Farm Bureau! Federation, the National Grange, and other farm organizations in 1934 passed resolutions urging that farm electrification be extended into every possible section of the country and urged the Federal 1 Government to help. Other organ- ' jzations joined in the effort and i the Congress in the Emergency I Relief Appropriation Act approv-1 i ed, On April 8, 1935 made avail-) able to the president of the United States one-hundred million ' dollars for rural electrification, i On May 11, 1935, President ! Franklin D. Roosevelt by an ex ecutive order created the Rural! Electrification Administration, and authorized it “to initiate, formu late, administer, and supervise a program of approved projects with respect to the generation, transmission and distribution of - electric energy in rural areas.” i Thereafter Congress passed a bill, approved May 20, 1936, extending the life of the Rural Electrifica tion Administration for ten years, and authorized it to loan up to rorty million dollars annually to “persons, corporations, States, Territories, municipalities, peo ples’ utility districts, and coope rative, nonprofit, or limited divid end associations’’ for the purpose of financing the construction and operation of generating plants, transmission lines, and distri bution lines for the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving cen tral station-service. The General Assembly of North Carolina acted quickly and on May 4, 1835, ratified Chapter 291 of the Public Laws of 1935 which is “an act providing for the formation of non-profit member ship corporations to be known as electric membership corporations for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the fullest possible use of electric energy in the state by making electric energy avail able to the inhabitants of the state at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and prudent management of the business of such corporations; providing for the rights, powers and duties of such corporations; authorizing and j regulating the issuance of bonds ' by such corporations; and pro- ] viding for the payment of such i bonds.’’ I The corporation formed under the above act is a non-profit 1 corporation and can serve only a \ member thereof. It was not and ; is not a profit-making scheme, ; but is formed for the sole pur pose of helping all to obtain elec- 1 trie energy. It is not a charitable organization, and is not a public utility company. It is the people | helping themselves and making this country a better place to live It is owned by the members, ope- | rated by the members, for the 1 sole use and benefit of the mem- i bers. Thus we see that in 1S35 the 1 legal “machinery” necessary for bringing eelctric energy to the 1 rural areas was complete. Then began the process of informing ' the people of the fact that electric 1 energy was available to all if 1 they were willing to put forth the [ necessary effort to obtain it. After j many meetings and much dis cussion, on the 6th day of March, ————— —« I ( REA Attorney «_i Raymond Mallard, of Tabor! City who is legal counsel for the 1 Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation. The well-known law yer has compiled a history of the PEA Co-Op to be found on these pages. 1939, the certificate of incorpora tion of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation was signed by T. T. Ward of Long wood, R. D. Bennett of Ash, R. D. White of Shallotte, C. P. Willetts of Bolivia, L. C. Stanley of Nakina, Fred Lay of Olyphic, S. P. Fipps of Tabor City, G. K. Lew’is of Winnabow, and Fronis Strickland of Tabor City. On March 7 the certificate of incor- j poration was signed by Dudley | Bagley, Chairman of the North’ Carolina Rural Electrification | Authority, and it was filed in the office of the secretary of State I on March 9. This original certifi- j cate provided that the territory the Brunswick Electric Member ship Corporation would serve would be only in the counties of Brunswick and Columbus. This certificate was amended in Sept-I ember to include Bladen County I and it was again amended ini: February, 1940 in include Robe son County. Thus the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation provides services for its members in the counties of Brunswick. Co iimbus, Bladen and Robeson. i After the certificate was filed ib the office of the secretary of ’.fate the incorporators held a Meeting and elected C. P. Willetts jis .president and T. T. Wal’d OS pecretary. E. D. Bishop was made acting superintendent. There were only nine members and nine di rectors of the corporation and they were those who had signed the certificate of incorporation. On May 24, 1939, a meeting of the directors (who were also the members) was held in the Shal lotte School building and at this meeting the resolution was made requesting the first loan of Mr. Dan Goldsmith, 3024 Cur ron Road, Louisville, Ky., owner of Ooogla Cut Rate Store at 935 West Broadway, says there just aren’t enough words in the English lan guage to praise HADACOL cor -ectly. He says he knows most 'oiks don’t realize what a change IADACOL can make in their life f their systems are deficient in Vitamins B<, B*, Iron and Niacin. Here is Mr. Goldsmith’s state nent: “Before I started taking HADA COL I was run down and nervous — and had a hard time sleeping lights. With my work in the store have to spend sometimes 14 hours t day on ray feet. Since I am in he retail business I saw how many oiks were asking for HADACOL ;o I decided to try it myself. After he first couple of bottles I could ell a definite improvement. Now I lave all the pep and energy in the vorld, my nerves are steady as iver and I really do get a good light’s rest. HADACOL is won lerful — I not only take it, but ecommend it to all my customers. praise the day Senator Dudley J. ..eBlanc put HADACOL on the narket.’’ HADACOL Is So Different Thousands are benefiting from IADACOL . . . whc^e systems lack ,’itamins B>, B*, Iron and Niacin. IADACOL is so wonderful be ause HADACOL helps build up he hemoglobin content of your ilood (when Iron is needed) to arry these great Vitamins and Minerals to every body organ — o every part of the body. Give remarkable HADACOL a hance and if you don’t feel better vith the first few bottles you take — you get your money back. Only 51.25 for Trial Size; Large Family >r Hospital Size, $3.50. If your Iruggist does not have HADACOL, irder it direct from The LeBlanc Corporation, Lafayette, Louisiana. £> 1950, Tba LeBlanc Corporation. 1171,000 from the government vith which to construct and ope ate 211 miles of electric trans nission, distribution and service ines. It was at this meeting that t. B. Mallard was appointed ounsel of the cooperative. At a meeting held at R. D. Vhite's place in Shallotte on ruly 24 the number of members ind the board of directors was ncreased to eleven when D. H. ..ennon of Boardman and J. L. tobinson of Whiteville were add :d, and 86 miles of additional ine in the northern part of Co umbus County was taken over. The first annual meeting of the Membership Corporation was held in Setpember 2 and the same leven persons were chosen to ■ontinue as director. The directors hereupon reelected C. P. Willetts is president and T. T. Ward as lecretary and treasurer. There ift.er at the meeting of the board >f directors held on November 4, 3. D. Bishop was made per nanent superintendent of the co >perative, and has served until he present time. The first main ainance man to be employed by he cooperative was E. M. Pear ion who began work on Novem ier 20, 1939 and the first office vorker was Miss Eloise Buffkir vho held the title of bookkeeper stenographer. There were only ;leven members of the cooperative up until Feb. 3, 1940 when the ap plications of over 600 person: vere accepted, all of whom wert •eceiving electric service. Befori r person can be or remain t member of the cooperative sucl i person must receive and usi ilectric energy purchased fron :he cooperative. After the annual meeting o :he members held on January 18 1941, Fred E. Lay was electei president and C. P. Willetts wa sleeted secretary-treasurer. A ;he annual meeting held Januar; 17, 1942, Foy D. Fowler wa sleeted one of the directors am :here were 1316 members beinj served by the cooperative. Mi jay and Mr. w inerts were re sleeted president and secretary Mr. Willetts resigned as one o •he directors in November, 194: ind C. W. Knox of Bolivia wa appointed to fill out his unexpirei :erm and R. D. White was electei secretary-treasurer. At the annual meeting of thi nembers held on April 2, 194: >V. A. Mintz, Leroy Mintz, G. T Reid, and H. Foster Mintz were , new members elected to the ; board of directors. The total num ber of members reported at that time was 1406. D. H, Lennon was elected president and Leroy Mintz was elected secretary-treasurer. In 1944 at the annual meeting all of the directors were reelected and S. F. Fipps was ejected presi dent and Leroy Mintz was re elected secretary-treasurer. This was during the war years and the total number of members reported at that time had dropped to 1395. Due to the war, materials for construction could not be had in any appreciable amounts and there was very little construction during the war years. At the next annual meeting held in 1946, the total number of members was 1805. After this annual meeting! H. Foster Mintz was elected pre- | sident and Leroy Mintz was again reelected secretary and treasurer. At the annual meeting in 1947, there were 2324 members report ed and John B. Ward, C. D. Branch and N. C. White were new members elected to the board of directors. J. L. Robinson was elected president and H. Foster Mintz was elected secretary-treas urer. In June, 1948, W. M. Hewett, T. P. Henry, Sr. and D. L. Mercer were the members elected to the board of directors. J. L. Robinson was reelected president and W. M. Hewett was elected secretary and treasurer. The total membership reported ' was 2678. . On November 25, 1949 at the -.. -— -^ annual meeting the present board of directors was elected. They are N. C. White of Whiteville, A. Earl Milliken of Shallotte, F. E. Lay of Tabor City, Route 3, J. L. Robinson of Whiteville C. D. Ray of Tabor City, W. A Mintz of Freeland, C. D. Branch of Boardman, .John B. Ward of Ash, A. P. Henry, Sr. of Winna bow, Fronis Strickland of Tabor City, and D. L. Mercer of Bolivia. At this meeting the total num ber of members of the cooperative was reported as 4527. J. T^. Robin son is president and C. D. Branch is' vice-president. John B. Ward is secretary and treasurer and D. L. Mercer is assistant secre tary and treasurer. Delco Man Found Dead In His Bed Ernest Leon Harrelson, 46, a farmer of Delco, Route 1, was found dead in bed at his home early Sunday morning. He had been in declining health for some time and death was attributed to a heart attack. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva Harrelson; three sons, J. W., Thomas and Elroy Harrelson, all of Delco; a daughter, Mrs. Mar garet Boswell of Whiteville; one brother, Ralph Harrelson of Whiteville; two sisters, Mrs. Walter Hilburn and Mrs. Eunice Thompson, both of Whiteville; and five grandchildren. Read The Want Ads CHRISTMAS GIFTS !i # # Start your Christmas shopping at this | friendly shopping center. We have dozens of ; i beautiful and practical gifts for every mem | ber of the family. : R-GALLOWAY General Merchandise ; SUPPLY, N. c. Sure deep-bite traction as provided by husky new Penn sylvania Tractor Tires can save time for you... help you finish the job faster. Automatically self-cleaning, they're big, rugged and ready to work! For shorter days in the field, get new Pennsylvania Tractor Tires today! BLACK’S THE S EE ¥ 1C E —TIRES —WHEELS —RIMS— W. C. BLACK - WHITEVILLE - PHONE 110-1
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