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Compiled By Bill Sharpe
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GOOD OLD HOOKWORM
(Monroe Journal)
The hookworm was supposed to j
make people sluggish and inac-|
tive. Sometimes when we get
out on the highways and in the
cities we wish we could have an
other epidemic of hookworm if it
would keep people at home who
are burning gasoline and wreck
ing cax". and killing themselves
and other people trying to break
the supersonic wall going no
where.
PETE CATCHES ON
(Charlotte News)
A formal Federal Trade Com
mission complaint charges that
Senator Dudley Leblanc's widely
advertised Hadacol “is of no val
ue in the treatment of cancer,
tuberculosis, heart trouble, dia
betes, paralysis, epileptic fits, de
lirium tremens, neuralgia, mi
graine, blood diseases, stomach
ulcers, rheumatism, arthritis, high
or low blood pressure, asthma,
swelling of the waist, hands and
legs, cataracts, sinus trouble and
weakness and rundown condition
following colds.”
Oh, well, we always suspected
n was ihu: 12 percent alcohol that
sold the stuff.
CORRECTIONS
(Penn Gray, Robesoniau)
This seems a good place to
make a correction to a . kory re
cently tell-.ig of the purchase of
a drug store in Pembroke, by the
Pembroke Firemen. The story
said that the name of the new j
business would be the Fireman's
Drug Store and that Ralph H.
Dunlap would be pharmacist.
Such a howl you never heard.
The state association of register
ed pharmacists descended on the
unfortunate Mr. Dunlap who
readily admits that he is no regia
It's
Harvest Festival
Time
. In Williamston
Bring Your Entire Family To The Festival
Today and Tomorrow.
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for
HARDWARE AND PAINTS
Williamston Hardware Co.
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look over our lines of . . .
• Pliilco Television Sets
• Leonard Refrigerators
• Wizard Outboard Motors -
• Caloric Gas Ranges
• Bicycles and Toys
Western Anto Associate Store
W. J. MILLER AND SON
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DON'T MISS OUR BIG CONTEST *
$1,000 In Prizes To Be Awarded
The first drawing will be held November 3rd. Be sure to shop he
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fore this date in order to he entitled to all three drawings.
Woolard Furniture Company
“Martin County’# Leading Furniture Store”
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tereS pharmacist.
So we must explain that while
a drug store may also be a soda
shop, a soda shop cannot be a
cirug store. A soda shop needs no
pharmacist. Mr. Dunlap is no
pharmacist. The Fireman’s Drug
Store is not that at all, but the
Firmen’s Soda Shop.
And just in case the whole
thing isn't clear to some board
or other, the name Firemen's
Soda Shop doesn’t mean it's a
club for firemen—anybody can
go there and buy anything—any
thing that is except a pharmacist
• (Chapel Hill Weekly)
MISCHIEVOUS STRIFE
How fortunate it would be if
we had leaders as powerful and
respected as Churchill who would
use their influence to end the
“mischievous party strife” that
cripples and corrupts the govern
ment! It is a curse to our coun
try.
JUST A MOTION
(Twin City Sentinel)
"A father took his young son to
morning church service for the
first time. And. like fathers do,
he spent much of the time an
swering questions.
“‘What does that mean?’ the
son asked when the pastor rais
ed his hands. ‘It means to stand
up, Son.’
“When the pastor bowed his
head, again the boy asked, ‘What
does that mean?’ And the father
patiently answered, 'It means to
pray, son ’
“Soon, it was time for the ser
mon and the pastor took out his j
watch and placed it in front of
him. 'What does than mean
Dad?’ the hoy asked
“'Not a thing, Son,’ replied the
father, ‘not a thing’.”
53 YEARS AGO
(Rocky Mount Telegram)
And while turning back the
pages of history it is interesting
to note that veteran banker Ivey
Watson of Enfield has a statement
from the State Treasurer in 1998
— fifty three years ago — giving
the total resources of all the Na
tional and State Banks and the
one savings hank in the state
then located at Wilmington anti it
was a grand total of twenty one
'million ($21,000,000) dollars.
There are probably fifty banks in
the State at the present time with
resources in a greater amount,
and there are upwards of a half
dozen banking systems that have
ten tynes that' amount in re
sources.
But in this matter of monies it
is interesting to note that in 1819
the State Treasurer collected all
the taxes and that for the year
1817 that he reported collecting a
grand total of forty two thousand
($42,000) dollars from all sources J
and for all purposes The biggest,
single tax paying classification !
was that of the innkeepei s who ■
probably paid something like five'
dollars ($5) a year for the privi
lege, while the next most lucra
tive classification was for fees
collected by breeders of horses,
who kept a male of the species. I
We have it from the lips of a for
mer member of the legislature1
from Edgecombe county that ini
the year 1817 that the town of
Tarboro’s contributions to the
Slate Treasury was the sum of
t*vo dollars and fifty cents ($2 50).
SHELBY CAN’T LOSE
(Holt McPherson, Shelby Star)
Shelby, which long has had
mighty good ties with the govern
rior’s office, stands to strengthen
them with next year’s succession.
If William B. Umstead wins the
nomination, for which he’s first to
announce formally, Mrs. Howard
3old will have a sister in the man
sion. If Henry W Jordan, cur
! rentlv backed by Scott forces for
that office for which lie hasn't
formally announced his candi
dacy, goes in, Frank Jordan will
have a brother there. And if Fr
nest A Gardner, flirting with the
idea of running—oh, let's cross
that bridge when we get to it!
BOYS ARE THAT WAY
(J M, Eleazar, Monroe Enquirer)
Last week I started telling you
about our blacksmith there at the
foot of the hill below' our house.
He was the most indispensable
man in the Fork. He could fix
anything.
When a rockingchair started
squeaking, he could put an iron
rod trough it on each side and it
never squeaked again. I still see
those chairs when I mess around
down home. Similar ones not
fixed by him have long ago gone
the usual way of chairs
We had an old eat acting fun
n> that we thought was mad. My
brother shot her with his hand
some muzzle loader that was
handed dowm from a great uncle.
He didn't quite kill her, and in his
hurry to finish her off with the
butt of it, he hit too hard and
snapped the stock off at the small
part. Our blacksmith fixed it
with imbedded brass that looked
like an ornament.
1 just wish that talented man
could have had the tools of today.
No telling what he would have
done. He did the most intricate
jobs with nothing but his hand
implements and forge. And the
coal he used as fuel to heat his
metal was homemade charcoal he
burned at the kiln down in out
pasture.
I like specially to see him shoe’
horses. Sometimes there was a
mean one and ii was something to
see him wrestle with it. Once he
got a hind foot sunk in his groin,
he could handle any of ’em.
It was some nifty work with i
Check Equipment
To Prevent Fires
With cold weather approaching,
it's a good idea for farm families
to check their heating equipment
and make sure it’s in good condi
tion for safe winter service.
Farm properly fires always in
crease in both numbers and se
verity as the winter season ap
proaches. A little attention to die
problem now may save costly and
tragic fires later in the season,
says the county agent.
Winter also usually brings a toll
of casualties from carbon mnnox
hammer when he cut the shoe off
to fit the foot and then bent the
ends back a bit for cleats so ihe
horse wouldn't slip. Once I was
there watching him. I had been
sitting on tho edge of his home
made furnace that was covered
with clay. I wanted to go on out
and watch him nail the shoes on
As I jumped down 1 didn’t notice
that red-hot piece of metal he had
just cut of sizzling there in Ihe
dry black dust. But, boy, when
niy tough foot struck that hot mo
tal it wasn't long burning through
the calloused sole and hitting the
kuick I lot up a little yell and
ran for the ditch, where I soused
it in the water.
THE HARD PART
(Murshville Home)
That situation in Iran is not as
nuu/h a problem as it might ap
pear to be It's only the solution
that’s hard to figure out.
LET’S HAVE IT AGAIN
(Sam Ragan, News & Observer)
We’ve heard about the foreman
who told one of his men: "You
t°ld me how good you were when
I hired you two weeks ago. Now
tell me all over again. I’m get
ting discouraged."
More Docto
smoke CAME
than any othe
cigarette
I
j —according to
• a nationwide
| survey* of
1 doctors in
j every branch
of medicine
Enjoy
Delicious Neals
II hilt• ) on re Here For Williamalon's
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Bring your family in for excellent meals, ex
|M*rlly prepared and promptly served. Knjoy
all your meals here while you are in town.
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ide. This deadly gas is colorless
and odoYless and gives no warn
ing.
Defective chimneys rank high as
a cause of farm fires during the
heating season. All joints ihould
he tight and a spark arrestor in
stalled when combustible roofs
are nearby All stove and fur
nace pipes should be put in good
condition and located a safe dis
tance from combustible walls,
ceilings, curtains and papers
The National Safety Council
makes these additional sugges
tions:
Repair cracks or other defects
and replace rusted and burned
1 t si »•<■> and furnace pipe.:.
Mak • that c tnbustible ma
il rials are protected. Use a metal
i r asbestos floor covering under
wood or coal-burning stoves.
Use double metal-ventilated thim
bles where stove pipes pass
through walls.
Never use petroleum products
to start or hasten a fire.
See that tank heaters, feed heat
ers, and other type of heating
equipment around the farmstead
are installed safely and kept in
good repair.
Make sure that dampers in
stoves and furnaces are never
closed enough to force carbonmo
noxide or other gases out into
the room
Plan Manufacture
Of Gas From Coal
If you've1 ever considered the
problem of what fuel gas, coal
or oil -you should use in your
home, store or plant, there comes
a gleam of light on the somewhat
cloudy picture.
L I F E
I N S U It A N C E
front
BIRTH to AGE 70
THE LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF VIRGINIA
W. G. “BILL” PEELE
Manager
WILLI AMSTON
N. C.
MAriMUUMAMIAAAnMUMMW
Speaking before the American
Gas Association last week in St.
Louis, Frederic O. Hess, retiring
president of the Gas Appliance
Manufacturers Association, pro
posed a cooperative research ef
fort by the gas, coal and oil indus
tries, to culminate in the construc
tion of a great conversion-plant
'system to make gas, gasoline and
I fuel oil from coal.
These plants, to be constructed
I at strategic points along present
I natural gun pipe linen, would con
vert coal into a gas which could
be mixed wit hnatura! gas to im
prove combustion performance
and insure a steady supply. They
would have storage capacity for
the gas, to take care of seasonal
fluctuations in demand. Further
more. the plants could produce
gasoline during summer months,
when gasoline demand is high and
gas demand low. and at the same
time could produce fuel oil from
coal, which could be .stored for
peak winter demands.
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Williamsion's 3rd Annual
HARVEST
FESTIVAL
We extend a medial welenme l«> all of our
eusloniers and friends to x i-• it ns during the
Har\ esl ( elelnul inn.
[Tuesday & Wednesday, Oci. 23-24i
two m<; nus
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