Hind Veteran In State Operating A Chicken Farm !onn« Man Also Arlivo In Tin* Affairs Of His Community The cackling aqd crowing of I ,000 chickens for their breakfast ; even mornings of the week is : nisie to the ears of a blind ' Iitgens Creek, N. C., Marine Vet i ran because it is daily assur < nee to him that he has finally [ calized his childhood ambition. j From the time he was six years | Id helping with the chores on I us parents' farm near Greens | -'reek, Winston M. Cabe develop Id the desire to become a big cale poultry farmer. After get ing,out of high school, he worked n hatcheries around the nearby esort city of Asheville until his nduction into the Marine Corps • tober 14, 1942 } On July 24, 1944 the six foot, i wo and a half inch, 180 pound 1 iVestern North Carolina farm | muth suffered deep lacerations * iround the right eye from Jap | land grenade fragments on the f seacfi of Tinian Island. Treatment iboard the USS Tryon anjJ in Na »’al hospitals at San Diego and Philadelphia failed to save his u4fct in either eye and Corporal Jabe was discharged from ser vice February 14, 1945 Undaunted by his handicap, L'abe went back to Asheville and convinced his forprei; employer at the hatchery that he was still use ful in the poultry business by Holding down the .job of packing and crating chicks for shipping. In doing that work in Asheville and I’gtej'sburg. Va.,. Cabe b< cailgb convinced that lie could still attain his orginal ambition. Through the Veteran Adminis tration he arranged to enteg North Carolina State college for a poul try course, but after several months the strain’of study and steady schedule forced him to withdraw. After a short rest, he called Rales Purchasing Power 01 Dollar The following figures show the purchasing power of the dollar for the last nineteen' years, using the January 1939 dollar as 100 index: 1930— 86.9c 1931— 96.6c 1932— 108.1c 1933— 112.5c 1934— 106.3c 1935— 102.7c 1930*—100.5c 1937— 96.3c 1938— ' 98.9c 1939— 100.2c 1940— 99.4c 1941— 94.5c 1942— 85.4c 1943— 80.8c 1944— 79.7c 1945— 78.5c 1946— 73.5c 1947— 65.0c 1948— 61.1c 1949— 59.1c -Employment Counselor. I upon the VA again to assist him in getting started in the institu tional on-farm training for poul try farming under Public Law 16, vocational rehabilitation for dis abled veterans. A brother, Carlin T. Cabe, who had served as a sergeant in the Marines for two and one-half years, was eligible for on-farm training under Public Law 346 (GI Bill), so the two joined forces on the old family farm which they purchased from another brother, Ben Lee Frank Cabe. a Nevy vet eran. and their sister, Mi s. Berry R. Gaither of nearby Sylva. As a team they set nut on this project in November 1946 and this past week the VA declared Win ston rehabilitated and ready to carry on bv himself without the guidance of the VA and the North Carolina State Board for Voca tional ' Education. L>. K Barckley, 'agriculture teacher 'in the Sylva high school, was Cube's instruc tor and operations supervisor. Starting from scratch four years ago, Cabe can boast of a new mod ern house with electrical appli ances, a pew car, truck, two cows, horse, one-half interest in 950 New Hampshire layers and 83 Cornish game roosters, four chick en house, range houses and egg storage pit and J 3,000-egg incuba tor.. He was so convinced of his 1*1 t rnat, success in December 1947 tlial he married Miss Lucille M. CLEAN FUN ' NOW DON'T WARM ’MV DRESS I OUST WAD IT DRV cleaned/ ^ Copy-**.! / ASSOCIATED %!><*■ ! rsssi i ™e f ^A6lOAN I BLUE STAR CLEANERS Martin County's Largest and Most Modern Cleaners k .. I', x pari Alli'Tiilion anil Dyeing — linn ('.li'itninfi SATISFACTION Cl IARANTKED Wtuliinfflnii Street —:— IVIrplionr 2552 All (.lothas Insnnil t gainst I-ira anil Tlirfl YEP Receives Special Award President of the Virginia Electric and Power Company. Jack . G. Holt/claw (left), is shown as he received the Silver Oscar for the best annual report in the national Public Utilities Group in the 1950 Financial World Survey of Annual Reports. On right is Weston Smith, executive vice president of Financial World, and looking on is H. A. Hitch, secretary of Vepco. Arizona Candidate ltcpresenting theDemocrats in the race tor governor of Arizona, Mrs. Anna Frohmil ler went down in delated al the polls Tuesday. Hooper of Sylva. Daughter Mar tha Kay arrived in February 1949 and just lust June Winston start ed training twin boys as poultry farm hands. Carlin Cabe has completed his on-far;n training too arid has left the full operation of the project to Winston while he enters the poultry field elsewhere Winston's interest and success led to his appointment to various committees in the community and county He was a member of a If Yon l)oirI llnv From lls liny From Someone. 11 ■ — " I" | oo mumvsm The thriftiest way of all From Williamston to: 1-way Rocky Mount $1.15 Raleigh 2.30 Durham - 2.85 Greensboro - 4.05 (plus tax) Charlotte Asheville Augusta, Ga. Dallas, Texas $ 5.70 6.75 _ 7.45 26.90 (plus tax) Due to way’s post - thru routes there is only 1 change required from Williamston to New York, WILLIAMSTON 400 Main St. BUS TERMINAL Phone 2164 TRAMWAYS J. PAUL SIMPSON General A gen I SECURITY LIFE AND TRUST CO. Dial 2171 Williaiuslou Z'w ) Cb+fmalLvA fllXTY S\GE -he wants ter know, Ef you makes laws by thcr mil yitn, but no powers to x-eeute cm, aint you mastin your wind on (her desert sands, whar all is parched and hot? Well, hit sho looks lak thcr United Nations is bout to sprout sum Buck-Bone thats calculated to ' let thcr Rushin Bear see that flier | rest of thcr world aint slunk into no Skunk Hole, and leered to peek out at his Gri/.ly-Growls, thats bin Brewin round ever sense Uncle Sam hepped thcr Kremlin Hitler shuck off old Togos J hide. Now hit sho takes Back committee which was instrumen tal in the introduction of the hat chery egg industry in the county, is a member of the Jackson Couti ty Faun Bureau; on a committee ! to obtain rural mail service m Ins j neighborhood and assisted in a big I roffrt improvement project now ! underway in the community “Good management and will ingness to accept instruction were the mam contributions .to Cube’s accomplishments," the VA offi cials stated in evaluating his train ing program. “For all practical purposes he has overcome his handicap, mainly through Ins abil ity to determine direction and dis tances, and now gels around day and night with confidence." Other aids furnished Cube by the VA have been a “talking book" machine for recorded read ing, a radio to supplement the newspaper, electric razor, braille watch and typewriter. When You Feel Weak As A Cat If you have that good-foi-noth ing feeling, like you are half-sick and half-well, and your nerve en ergy is weak and low, the chances are it is due to one thing; doctors call it: BLOOD I’OVKKTY Your blood cells may be fagged out or shrunken, and you might not realize it. Even if you eat the “best” foods you may not be get ting all the good out of your meals simply because you have SLOW Digestion, without knowing it (or gassy stomach) and as a result you are a victim of Blood Poverty! In other words, your blood is not get ting the fullest good out of what you eat. So your blood-cells be come worn-down and you have only Ijalf as much energy as you really need, you get up in the mornings still tired, and your nerves become dull. Hundreds here in Williamston suffered with “faded-out” blood and stomach gas until they got CERTA-VIN. This is the new medicine containing 12 Hei bs blended with Vitamin B and Iron; you take it before meals and it works with your food. Benefit comes quickly. Your food digests f ASTER, with less gassiness, and you get more good out of your meals. In a few days your blood is energized with new ped cells and your -nerves, become stronger. Weak, rundown people tell us they soon feel different all over. And best of all, our price on CERTA VIN is reasonable. You can actu ally take this New, modern medi cine for only a Few Cents a Day! So don’t go on feeling half-sick and half-well. Get Certa-Vin Davis Drug Store. I Hon* to handle a Beat. and nuthin cist' aint a gotn to count out to walk out in ther open, and let ther Varmit know you hav pot your own idecs bout whats right all round, an hav got your Crowd to gether with Aminition galore, and more a-eumin to back up thay stand fer Fair-Play fruni now-on Ther U. N. has piddled erlont twell ther sneak-war hatched out ther little Korean Pimple into a Seed-Wart that was calculated to cover ther whole face of the yearth and rite then or never, was ther time fer ther U. N's, to Buck ther Break, and make ther show with Power -to stand. Thar amt hut one way to save your hide in a scrimmage, and that is to hav a hide thats toughern ther uther fellows And Whilst a Bear hide' is hard to beat, thar amt never bin no tough guy yit that eant he out-tuffed. And now that ther U. N. has sorter got hits Spunk hack, hit better keep on rollin up ther Power sos to back up that Spunk. Or ther Free nations will sho git U. S. Population Now 150,697,360 - - — The official 1950 population of the United States is now 150,697. 360. The figure was calculated by j the Census Bureau as of April 1. jit showed an increase of 19,028, 086 since the 1940 census, the . greatest gain ever recorded in the | national census taken every 10 I years The increase was 14.5 per I cent. The census tally also roflect I i d a shift in the population which j will cause seven states to gain and nine to lose seats in the 435-mem-^ thay Beans split. Thar aint no [little hamlet in nobodvs land that makes laws to be lived by, but jwhat then votes cm in a Police Power to force them laws. And hit looks lak ef ther Free-lovin nations cant take a lesson frum that, thay mout as well jine-up with what evers pushed on cm. | iter Hiiu.su ol Representatives to jbc elected iu 1952, unless Congress | should decide to increase the size | of the House. House seats j;ains will be seven I for California, two for Florida [and one each for Maryland, Mich igan, Texas, Virginia and Wash* irr-hir T,esses will he three fof Pennsylvania, two each for Mis-* souri, New York and Oklahoma and one each for Arkansas. Illi« nois, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. BABY CHICKS $12.00 n k in \mti n M LINDSLEY ICE COMPANY " [K]-M \V VMM & ALE brighten voug PANTgi WITH FAMOUS FOQpt \ STOKF.I.Y’S TINY (illl.l'.N IHI.1CIOIS LIMA BEANS SI HI' FOR SANDWICH!* SWIFT’S PREM VAN CAMP’S RICH HI ARTY SATISFYING PORK & BEANS 2 SI OK FLY’S TASTY Cl T GREEN BEANS SWIFT’S PARD BALANCED DOG FOOD 2 Shop Anil Save Al Colonial! 1 V COLONIAL STORES -~5> m I S Sliced and Crushed PINEAPPLE 'S Sliced and Halved PEACHES 29c Colonial's sale salute to KOCIl groat names in looil hum olianillsiiig! The I'S Itoostei brings to you nationally idvmtised brands familiar uauiea of proven (piality iiricod to stretch your food dollar. t‘S, STOKKI.Y, VAN CAM l’, SWIFT - you'll find nil these amt many other brands lin ing the shelves of your friendly Colonial Stole. Don't miss this chance to slop, shop and stock up on the many outstanding values during this giant sale! Stokclv's iincsl /ortuilo CATSUP 19* 14 Or. Bottle No. 2* i Can mti STOKFI.Y’jS Kill ROMS mini CHERRIES III I V lilt \\l> QU( K Ml \ PIE CRUST SW HIS I I WORI I I. JEWEL OIL SWII T S PURE SIIOIl ITNIM. SWirTNING S I OKI I VS I < IINOMK \l SPINACH Q O/ r,.,. * li ANTKl.r > to satisfy even the most discriminating tnhte ‘,'l beef cut Mat trienned(the( CoU.nlal ^ gatheredl In polk- a Wide y , . |, i..|Ully Colonial Store. M A j the market ol yoHT 1 by , ,sl budget ton. are ( obmlal » s&z»& — SWIFT’S PRFMIUM WHOLE. BUTT OR 5HANKJND hams kwhis eiii'UiM Sinn* BACON “ SWIFT'S FHEMIVM __ FRANKS lk 55f swin s ein-MicM fork SAUSAGE HE AVY Wl slTRN BFFF i ms, LW.ar.r^s^'tascM: Fancy Calif, lid Emperor Grapes 2 ■‘■k'llRB oi n, i„t s APPLES 2 rANCF ORtdON STATE “ BOSC PEARS 2 *1111,1 CRISP I >11, I, I m ini LETTUCE 2 Juicy Extra Large U'1111" t’oloniul's In Our Dairy DEPARTMENT Mil.II AMIPRO AN CHEESE Lb 45c ALI.hWI.il MARI.AKIM ^ SWIFT Lb Qtr. 34c Wise. Min hllARI* CHEESE Lb 55c TRIAM.I-K C ItEAMF.HV BUTTER Lb 69c 14c MILL'S A LI. Ml AT DOG FOOD l WALKERS ACMTEX BEEF stew i70z 35c GLOSS ST A IK II ARGO 6 °z pk« 6c COLO WATER STARCH NIAGARA 19c lifton's tomato vito'r. SOUP MIX PLg 13c Lb. CHEF'S PRIDE HAM Salad*° 43 r CHEFS PRIDE POTATO Salad l^ 29c Ocean-Fresh • Seafoods Fresh MILLET 20c lb. |4g (ircy Trout 29c Hi. Small Flounder 25c lb. Select Oysters, HOc pt. 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