Sensible Action Is Safety
For Family In Windstorms
Violent windstorms each year
cause untold damage and loss of
life which often can be avoided
if a few precautions are taken.
Here is how to protect your
self, your family, your property.
U. S. losses last year were $14
millions and 400 deaths.
Tornadoes
Tornadoes, most destructive of
all storms, may appear with
little warning. Fast action is
necessary to escape their fury.
Safest place to be during a
tornado is underground in a
storm cellar. Next best is with
in a reinforced concrete or steel
framed building, near an inside
wall away from all windows.
At home, if no storm cellar is
near, a corner of the basement
nearest the approaching tornado
is safest, particularly in wood
frame houses. If in a basement
less house, seek shelter else
(ii wherfc—even an open ditch of
.1(!, fers some protection.
Avoid auditoriums, gymnas
iums, other buildings having
large area roofs relatively light
ly anchored. They may collapse.
In open country move at right
angles to the -‘ tornado’s path.
Most tornadoes travel at 25 to
40 miles air hour. A person in
an automobile can usually out
run one. If there is no time to
escape, lie flat in the nearest
ditch, ravine, or other depres
sion. Don’t stay in an automo
!' bile which may be rolled over
y and crushed.
Hurricanes
J-: Hurricanes affect much larger
areas than tornadoes, but their
winds are not as strong. Ade
quate warning of their approach
is usually' available so that pre
cautions can be taken to pre
vent injuries and damage. Meas
ures which minimize hurricane
* ' damage are equally valuable in
JI- other windstorms of lesser, but
none-the-less destructive magni
tude. The National Board of
Fire Underwriters suggests the
following precautions:
Before A Storm
Before a storm, tune to radio
and television broadcasts of
latest Weather Bureau informa
tion. In case of power failure, a
battery-powered radio will come
in handy.
Go inland. Get away from
beaches and the low waterfront
which may be swept by storm
waves. Hurricanes bring abnor
! mally high tides, high waves.
If your passage to safety is
over a road likely to be under
water, leave early. Otherwise
you may be trapped by high
winds and rising waters preced
I ing the arrival of the storm
center by several hours. Travel
at the height of the storm is
exceedingly dangerous.
If your house is out of dan
ger of waves and is substantial
ly built—anchored to strong
foundations and with its roof se
curely fastened—it’s possibly the
best place for you to stay.
Put loose material and mov
able objects such as garbage
cans and porch furniture whgre
they cannot be blown against
the building or through a win
dow. Movable awnings should be
raised and securely tied or re
moved entirely.
Keep trees pruned away from
your home. Dead branches, over
hanging branches, and those
which may sway against win
dows or roof are the most like
ly to cause damage.
Emergency Water
In seriously threatened areas
board up windows or put storm
shutters in place, at least on the
sides exposed to the most violent
winds. Shutters should be se
curely fastened several hours in
advance of the expected arrival
of the storm. They are difficult
to handle in a high wind.
Use good lumber and attach
it firmly to the building. Make
shift boarding or insecure shut
ters often blow loose, do more
damage than none at all.
Garage doors and others hav
ing large exposed areas must be
secured particularly well.
Sterilize and fill jugs, bottles
or cooking utensils with fresh
water. The water supply may
fail. A tub filled with water
may be useful, too.
One or more windows can be
kept open on the lee side—the
side opposite that from which
the wind is coming—to provide
some ventilation and, under cer
tain conditions, to prevent wind
damage.
Window Control
If wind or flying objects make
an opening on the windward side
of the building, wind pressure
will build up within the building.
Having an opening on the lee
i side will allow this pressure to
I escape, minimizing the interior
forces tending: to lift the roof
or push out the walls.
Only small openings are ad
visable as long as the windward
side remains intact. But as soon
as windows are broken addition
al openings should be provided
on the lee side to help equalize
the pressure.
Have a flashlight in good
working condition readily avail
able. Be careful of fire. If oil
lamps or candles must be used
for emergency lighting, use them
carefully. In an emergency a
bucket of sand can be used to
absorb spilled fuel or to smother
a small oil fire. Better still
would be a fire extinguisher of
a type approved for use on
flammable liquids. Be sure it is
in good condition and you know
how to use it.
Have extra food on hand,
food that can be eaten with
little or no cooking. Remember
electric power failure may leave
you without refrigeration.
Emergency cooking facilities
should be in safeworking condi
tion. Be particularly careful with
appliances in questionable condi
tion because of long disuse. They
may cause a fire.
After A Storm
After a storm, don’t hinder
first aid and rescue work. Un
less qualified to render valuable
emergency assistance, stay away
from disaster areas.
If you must drive immediately
after a storm, drive carefully,
Watch for fallen wires and tree
branches. In coastal areas or
near swollen streams, beware of
wash-out? and undermined pave
ment.
Don’t touch dangling or loose
power lines or electric wires. Ir
a storm the live power lines
may become entangled with
metal fences, telephone and other
wires. Contact, in some cases
would be fatal.
Even after water service is
restored, it may be wise to boil
or sterilize drinking water until
otherwise advised by your local
health department.
Be careful of fire at all times.
Damaged communications may
result in a delayed fire alarm;
debris-obstructed streets can
slow response of fire apparatus
and low water pressure can
make fire fighting difficult.
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SAMPLE ballot
OFFICIAL BALLOT ON
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
INSTRUCTION TO VOTER
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To vote FOK any amendment, make a crosg (X) mark in the
square to the left of the word FOR.
To vote AGAINST any amendment, make a cross (X) mark in
the square to the left of the word AGAINST.
If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and
get another.
SPECIAL SESSION SCHOOL AMENDMENT
( ) FOR constitutional amendment authorizing education expense
grants for private education and authorizing local vote to sus
pend local schools.
| ( ) AGAINST constitutional amendment authorizing education ex
pense grants for private education and authorizing local vote
to suspend local schools.
REGULAR SESSION AMENDMENTS
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( ) For amendment allowing limited necessary compensation ot
members of the General Assembly.
( ) AGAINST amendment allowing limited necessary compensation
of members of the General Assembly.
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( ) FOR constitutional amendment changing the date for conven
ing the General Assembly from January to February.
( ) AGAINST constitutional amendment changing the date for
convening the General Assembly from January to February.
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t ) FOR amendment authorizing married woman to exercise
powers of attorney conferred upon her by her husband.
( ) AGAINST amendment authorizing married woman to exercise
powers of Attorney conferred upon her by her husband.
| Election September 8, 1956.
J. HAMPSON PRICE, Chairman State Board of Election
Resolution Hits
At Cigaret Tax
A resolution requesting Con
gress “not to renew the so-called
emergency tax increase of 5ft
cents per thousand cigarettes’'
was adopted by the Soqth rn'
Association of Commissioners of
Agriculture at its annual meet
ing in Richmond.
The resolution was submitted
to the Association by North Car
olina’s Commissioner L. Y Bal
lentine. it reads:
; WHEREAS federal excise tax
! es on tobacco have been increased
from time to time since the be
ginning of this century to pro
vide addiaional revenues in peri
ods of national emergency: and
WHEREAS the Korean War
was the excuse for the last in
| cigarettes from $3.50 per thous
, crease which raised the rate on
i cigarettes from $3.50 per thuos
and to $4.00 per thousand, effect
| ive November 1, 1951; and
WHEREAS the present tax
J amounts to eight cents per pack
of cigarettes or to $1.33 per
pound of farmer’s tobacco; and
WHEREAS the Korean War
| has long since ended, but the
' emergency increase in tobacco
, taxes has been repeatedly re-en
j acted by the Congress, in disre
gard of assurances that it was
only a temporary emergency
1 measure; and
WHEREAS the reason for con
1 tinuation of this increase in to
bacco taxes can no longer be
! attributed to an unbalanced bud
get, since the budget no longer
is out of balance; and
WHEREAS numerous economic
problems have arisen to plague
tobacco farmers and create an
emergency for them; and
WHEREAS it is highly impor
tant that every deterrent possible
shall be removed from the sale
of American tobacco, to the end
that production may be kept at
a high level, with fair net re
turns made possible for the pro
ducers;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE
SOUTHEASTERN ASSN. OF
COMMISSIONERS HEREBY
RESOLVES:
1. To urge the Congress of the
United States to act as prompt
ly as possible to relieve the ex
cessive tax load on tobacco.
2. To request the Congress,
specifically, not to renew the so
called emergency tax increase of
50 cents per thousand cigarettes,
which is equivalent to 161 ^ cents
a pound of farmers’ tobacco. j
Duke Continues
Films On Polio
DURHAM — Duke University
Medical School’s program of med
ical motion picture production
will continue this year under a
March of Dimes grant of $38,084
from the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
The grant, effective July
was announced jointly today by
Duke President Hollis Edens and
Basil O’Connor, National Founda
tion president.
Production of teaching films in
anatomy has been underway at
i
Duke since 1951 under annual
March of Dimes grants that now
total $183,117.
Designed to teach functional
human anatomy, the films are
now in extensive use in school
and clinical programs throughout
Election Stealing
Is Easy In US
Over a million votes will be
stolen in the forthcoming' presi
dential election unless citizens
are more vigilant than they were
in 1952.
This prediction is based on a
country-wide survey showing in
creasing election frauds reported
by Jack Harrison Pollack in a
Reader’s Digest article, “How
Crooks Steal Your Vote,” con
densed from the National Munic
ipal Review.
The Honest Ballot Association
estimates that at least a million
votes were stolen in the 1952
presidential election.
50 Stole In
Samuel H. Still, veteran in
vestigator of election campaigns
for Congressional committees,
told Mr. Pollack that about 50
public figures are now in offices
they would not have won if
the elections had been legally
conducted. Election thievery is
not confined to any area nor to
any type of election, the sur
vey finds.
Paper ballots, still used in two
thirds of the United States, of
fer the greatest opportunity for
fraud. They are easy to change,
easy to fake, easy to stuff. ‘‘A
favorite trick of the crooked
ballot-counter,” Mr. Pollack
writes, “is to conceal a piece of
pencil lead (with wax to make
it stick) under a fingernail or a
large ring. While smoothing out
the ballots before counting them,
he will mark additional crosses
before candidates’ names—thus
invalidating them.”
Voting machines have helped
reduced election frauds. But they
are required in general elections
in only six states. Desirable as
they are, voting machines aren’t
100 percent tamper-proof. Ballot
thieves can wedge a matchstick,
hairpin or met l clip under a
lever to prevent it from regis
tering. They can manipulate the
curtain release cord so that your
the ration. Groups for whom the
films were especially planned in
clude undergraduate medical stu
dents; trainees in specialisties
such as orthopedics, pediatrics
vote does not register. Or they
can take advantage of laws per
mitting assistance to handicap
ped voters to step inside the cur
tain with you.
Ghost Voters
Antiquated laws still encour
age phony registrations of
“ghost” voters listed as living in
flophouses, office buildings, va
cant lots, Turkish baths, mental
institutions and graveyards in
whose names party workers can
vote undetected. Or they may
cast a vote in the name of a
legally registered voter who
plays hookey on election day.
Signature identification of the
voter, which permits comparison
with his registration, is required
in only 24 states.
Absentee voting permitted in
many states to accommodate
sick persons encourages fraud
when party workers are allowed
to pick up the ballots.
You can foil ballot thieves by
taking these precautions:
Voter Protection
Vote early and don’t let any
one interfere with you inside or
outside the polling place. Mark
paf>er ballots neatly, get a new
ballot if you make a mistake,
and watch to see that it is put
in the proper box. See that the
curtain is closed before using a
voting machine and press the
levers all the way down. Seal
an absentee ballot with wax,
mucilage, or tape.
If you are registered and can
not vote, you can be sure no
one has voted for you by check
ing the registration book after
the election is over. Report sus
pected frauds to election judges,
your local newspaper, district at
torney or a citizen's organiza
tion.
Volunteer to watch at the
polls for organizations like the
Honest Ballot Association in
New York which is working to
improve conditions.
That roast beef for Sunday
dinner will be extra delicious if
you rub it with rosemary sea
’ soning powder before you put it
in the oven.
Delayed Seeding
Can Cut Profit
A North Carolina farmer who
“puts off” seeding grain often
finds this one bad practice costs
him the profit from his crop.
This is the opinion of field
crops extension specialist, George
E. Spain, at North Carolina State
college, who believes that, “farm
ers may be more lax in the appli
cation of the principle of planting
on time than in some others.”
Early cold spells and heaving
o fthe soil sometimes cut young
small grain stands in half, says
Spain. He believes that every ef
fort should be made to plant
grain soon enough for a good
root system and plant growth
to develop before these conditions
arise. Experiments show that bet
ter yields may be expected by
seeding with these recommended
dates:
In the Coastal Plain, plant
wheat between October 25 and
November 10 and oats and bar
ley between October 10-30.
Spain believes that now is the
time for f^.fiper^ jtp ^>l^p, .for even
higher grain yields in 1 1956-57.
He says that the application of
sound principles will do much to
continue the 20-year upward rise
in average state yields.
HOSPITAL, PATIENT
D. R. Johnson of Winnabow is
a patient at James Walker Memo
rial Hospital in Wilmington
where he is recovering from a
heart attack.
TRUCKS HERE AGAEV
Quite a number of the big red
Baggett tractors and some from
other firms are here again, wait
ing for loads at Sunny Point. A
whole ship load of cargo is sche
duled to go by trailer to various
points in the United States this
week.
NEW DRIVE INN OPENS
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bellamy
of Yaupon Beach have opened, a
small Drive Inn featuring quick
lunches in the Butler Building
just north of the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Webb on Route
130. They are featuring pit-cook
ed barbecue, chicken and all kinds
of sandwiches.
Read The Want Ads
SALE » TIMBER - FARM -TIMBER LANDS
THE SETH L. SMITH FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS
1,249 ACRES LAND WITH 384 CLEARED — OVER 1 ’A-MILLION FEET PINE TIMBER.
30.58 ACRES TOBACCO — 17.9 ACRES COTTON — 11.30 ACRES PEANUTS — (1956 ALLOTMENTS)
NANCE FARM
256 acres
188 cleared
21.18 tobacco
14.2 cotton
8.9 peanuts
6-Houses
9-Tobtucco barns
4-Feed and pack barns
Excellent land in Wooten’s
Store community.
McQUEEN LAND
18 to 21 acres
8 acres cleared
No crop allotments
No building's
Excellent land
Good timber
4 mi. SE YVhiteville
LEACH FARM
77 acres
23 acres cleared
2.61 tobacco
1.7 cotton
1.1 peanuts
1-House
1-Tobacco bam
Near Whiteville
MEEKS LAND
35 acres
Good timber land
Thick s,tand pine
pulp wood and reproduction
Between highways 74-s76
and 211, near Bolton
BOLTON FARM
286 acres
137 cleared
5.34 tobacco
3-Houses
1-Tobacco barn
Good pine timber
Good land
On highway 211
near Bolton
VINES LAND
157 acres timber land
Excellent saw timber
2 >/2 miles S. Delco
TROY LAND
47 acres
. 8 cleared
.96 tobacco
Good timber & timber
land. Welches creek '
near Oddie Batten St.
WALKER FARM
55 acres
19 acres cleared
.56 tobacco
1-House
1-tobacco barn
1-Pack house & stalls
4 mi. SE Whitevllle
Good community
YVHITE LAND
25 acres
Excellent Timber Land
Heavy stand pine
saw timber
Sy2 mi. SE Whitevllle
in good community
GASTON MITCHELL
41 acres
Excellent pine land
Good saw timber
l'/2 mi. N. Artesla
(near Hallsboro)
CAT TAIL BAY
About 25 acres woods
land. About 2 mi.
N. Nakina and |4
Mile E. highway.
MILLS and CLAUDE SMITH
158 acres
Best kind of timber land
Heavy stand high grade pine
saw timber, good reproduction.
2 mi. S. Highway 74-76
near Byrdville.
WELCHES CREEK 33 ACRE
33 acres
Very Best Pine timber
—1 log trees—
Near Oddie Batten
Service Station.
This property will be offered at Public Auction at a Sale for Devision to settle an estate.
Sale will be at Court House, Whiteville, N. C., on Tuesday, October
2nd, 1956, Beginning at 10:00 A. M.
Large tracts will be sub-divided — on most tracts Timber will be offered seperately, and then
Timber and Land Together.
Sale of Timber to be for cash; Terms of 1/3 Down with Balance in
Three (3) Annual Payments as Announced at Sale.
If interested in looking at any of this land, be at Waccamaw Bank in Whiteville at 10:00 A. M., on
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th or TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 th. A group will leave the bank on those dates
to look at the property.
TRUST DEPARTMENT
MNK AND TRUST COMPANY
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