BICYCLES ME AGAIN BECOMING IMPORTANT IN TRANSPORTATION AS AUTOMOBILES GET SCARCER Public Resorts to Bikes for Health, Fun and Low Cost Conveyance Bicycles are coming to the fore front as a means of conveyance with the bikes in Washington County be ing used for pleasure, for exercise and in commerce for delivering packages. Low-cost of conveyance is an important factor in the return to wheels. It was estimated this week by a dealer that there are about 1,200 bi cycles in this county that has about 13,000 people Many families have one or more bikes, the dealer, said. He also said that the ownership of bicycles was confined almost entirely to those families with children. Principal R. B. Trotman said that between 75 and 100 bicycles are rid den to the Plymouth High School daily by the boys and girls who live some distance from the school but are not eligible to ride the school buses. Many are ridden to the other schools in the county. Mrs. Harry Daniels, here with her mother. Mrs. Eliza Hampton, uses BABY CHICKS — LARGE HUSKY Chicks. N. C. and U. S. Approved. Hatches Tuesdays and Fridays. PHONE 307-6 Windsor, N. C. LANCASTER’S HATCHERY her brother’s bicycle to do her er rands ,*bout the town. She says that bicycling is good exercise, saves time and provides a very convenient me thod of carrying packages when equipped with baskets. With a scarcity of tires for deliv ery trucks at stores here it is be lieved that in a few months unless i some method is discovered to remedy ! the rubber shortage that the grocers [here will come to depend more than at any time in recent years on bt | cycles for deliveries. There is an ever growing number ; of men who ride bicycles to the in dustrial plants located some distance ! from Plymouth. Tire colored em ployees do most of the cycling to work now but when the scarcity of tires forces many cars from the high ways there will be an increased num ber of white people riding to work. An ever increasing number of bi cycle riders are seen in England and other foreign countries because of the shortage of automobiles, tires and gasoline, and today in this coun try a number of persons with hard surfaced roads available through |the country are taking to the roads on their bikes riding to town to come to show's and to trade. There are so many people riding to the theatre here in Plymouth that Shep Brink ley has erected a bicycle stand in front of the box office of the Plym outh Theatre where the vehicles can be watched. 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BUY YOUR Seed Potatoes ; HERE AND SAVE I 150-POUND BAGS : Select Cobblers, bag.$4.50 150-POUND BAGS Certified Cobblers, bag ... $4.85 I 100-POUND BAGS : Certified Red Bliss, bag... $3.25 ! I **W***WWW*0W*0*0*0*0*0*0*0*0»0*+ A&P FOOD STORES OWNED AND GPFRATED'bY THF GREAT ATLANTffc S PACIFIC, If A CC) long taught the advantages of bicy cle riding for health. Some women have taken this up as a method of reducing. Others like to get into the open air after working in offices plants or homes all day and find that it invigorates them. Many young folks have riding parties here now in the summer months and they can be seen riding over the streets in groups. Observers today said that the bi cycles may not quickly reutrn a; a mode of conveyance for the girl and her boy friend as the tandem did in the old days. Dealers say that so far there are apparently plenty of bicycles avail able for the trade. This is true de spite the shortage of steel. Some .say that this is true because of the large stock on hand when the country en tered the war. It was also said that there were plenty of bicycle tires on had but that reports had it that they were no longer being manufactured. If the present shortage of rubber and the anticipated shortage of gas oline and other commodities includ ing the cars themselves continues, and the bicycles continue available, there will be a much larger number of bikes in the county next year. Bicycle manufacturers apparently tried some years ago to again popu larize the riding of bikes by showing movie actresses in shorts and even movie actors in slacks pedalling around the shores at summer re sorts. Now at practically every re sort there are bicycles to rent. Another observer said that with steel rims and other improvements made on bicycles that they lasted longer than in the old days when warped wooden rims caused many headaches to bike riders. But so far there has not sprung up the bicycle shops where they were repaired and rented as in the old days. An old timer predicted today that unless there was a speedy end to this war, that within a few months there might be more bicycles on the streets than autos on the highways. David Albert Hurley, a young man who is now with the Army in Ha waii, proved that the bicycle, though slow and tiresome, could travel long distances. Many travellers can be seen now' on the highways with their little packs tied on their wheel as they trek from one side of the con tinent to the other. The toughest fighting men that the Marines ever met w'ere the Moros who are natives of the south ern Philipines. BLENDED RESERVE $1.00 $1.951 PINT | 86.8 PROOP 75% CRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS QUART j Home-Club Notes B.v Mrs. MARY F. DARDEN, Home Agent Schedule for Next Week Monday. Beech Grove C' Tuesday. Cross Roads Club. Wednesday, Cool Spring Club. Thursday, Piney Grove Club Friday, Lake Farm Club. Saturday, curb market, 8:30. Poultry Report i Scuppernong club: Chickens sold, $34; turkeys, $98; eggs, $400. Cherry club: Chickens sold, $93; eggs, $473.65. Mount Tabor club: Chickens sold, $16.80; eggs, $37.20. County Bridge Club: Chickens, $25.09; eggs, $45.50. It is important to have a cow for every family. Milk is one food that | should be used daily and In large quantities. A pint for each adult and a quart for each child. In the clubs each month a check is made on the amount of milk con sumed and sold. It is found that only a small amount is sold, but a large quantity is given to neighbors. Scuppernong club sold $17.25 worth of milk and butter. Cherry club sold $79.40 worth of milk and butter. One new cow has been bought in that club. County Bridge club sold $23.25 worth of milk and cream. Chapel Hill club sold $30 worth of milk and cream. Roper club sold $50 worth of milk and cream; $20 paid for a calf. Meat Canning Demonstration The home agent and Miss Mizelle, home management supervisor of the FSA, are planning to have a meat canning demonstration in Plymouth Saturday afternoon. February 28. at 2 o’clock, in the agriculture building. A representative of a company which makes canners will give the demonstration and he will also test! pressure gauges and demonstrate the 1 cleaning and care of pressure equip ment. You are urged to attend this I demonstration and to bring your friends. House Furnishing Reports Scuppernong club: 4 stoves, radio.! 3 rooms painted, hall and pantry painted, 20 pairs curtains, 23 shades, j 1 rugs, 7 kitchen utensils. Cherry club: 2 mattresses, 3 rugs, 2 blankets, 14 shades, 17 pairs cur tains, 2 stoves, 15 utensils. Mount Tabor club: 2 rugs, 8 pairs! curtains, 1 set porch furniture, 8 pieces furniture painted, 1 new stove. B shades. County Bridge club: 3 rugs, 2 couch covers made, 4 pieces furni ture painted, kitchen and kitchen furniture painted, 1 chair upholster ed. Victory Garden Make successive plantings of the following vegetables two weeks apart: Early spring: Lettuce, 2 plantings; mustard. 2 plantings: Bermuda on ion plants, 1 plainting; onion sets, 2 plantings; garden peas, 2 plantings, irish potatoes, 1 planting; kale, 2 plantings; squash, 2 plantings. Early summer: cabbage. 1 planting beets, 2 plantings; snap beans, 3 plantings; garden peas, 2 plantings; sweet corn, 2 plantings; turnips, 1 planting; carrots, 2 plantings; lima beans, 2 plantings; tomatoes, 2 plant ings. Every family should have a sup ply of one or more of the small fruits in addition to the supply of vege tables from the Victory Gardens. Now is the time to set out strawberries, dewberries, blackberries and grapes. Stamp Is Necessary On Package Seed to Be Sold This State Merchants Forced by Law To Purchase Inspec tion Stamps Raleigh—Any wholesaler of pack age seed making shipments to North Carolina merchants are required by law to purchase and affix inspection stamps, "and merchants informed to the contrary are being misled,” D. S. Coltrane, assistant- to the Commis sioner of Agriculture, announced to day. Meanwhile, the seed inspection force of the State Department of Ag riculture is planning an intensive campaign against dealers in package seed to which inspection stamps have not been attached. “The 1941 Seed Act passed by the General Assembly places the respon sibility of securing inspection stamps for package seed on the wholesaler shipping seed into the State,” Col trane explained. “Stop sale orders will be issued immediately where package seed are found without in spection stamps.’’ Four wholesalers of package seed arecomplying w’ith the inspection stamp provisions of the Seed Law': Job P. Wyatt and Sons of Raleigh; Buxton White Seed Company, of Elizabeth City; T. W. Wood and Sons of Richmond. Va. and the Hy Grade Seed Company, of Fredonia, N. Y. “Other wholesalers," Coltrane em YES; WE HAVE PLENTY OF Building Material This is to notify the public that the F. H. A. will continue to make loans for new home construction in the future the same as in the past. And we are pleased to ad vise the public that we have a large quan tity of building materials on hand. We can give prompt delivery on materials for new home construction or repairs. Gel Your Lumber, Millwork, Brick, Lime, Cement, Asbestos Siding and Roofing, Doors, Paint, Venetian Blinds and Other Materials From Us We Can Help You Get an FHA Loan MOSS PLANING MILL COMPANY “Where the Home Begins” Washington, N. C. I phasized, “are assuming an indiffer ent attitude to the law and some merchants are being misinformed as to the requirements under the in spection stamp provision of the act.” The provision of the Seed Law, re quiring that inspection stamps be af fixed by wholesalers on package seed shipped into the State, follows: “A $1 inspection stamp shall be purchased from the Department of Agriculture for each 72 dozen pack ages of vegetable or flower seeds, or fraction thereof. The said stamp shall be secured by the producer, grower, jobber or other person, firm or corporation shipping such seed into the State before shipment to agent or retailer, and shall be furn ished to said agent or retailer for attachment to display case.” --- Conditions Can Cause Coic To “Hold Up'’ Her Milk Yes, a cow can hold up her milk, says Prof. Fred M. Haig of the State College Animal Industry Depart ment, but she does not do so willing ly. The secretion of milk is an en tirely voluntary' process. This condi tion is caused by some unusual con ditions around the barn, which causes the cow to become nervous Excess* ive noises, barking dogs, unkind treatment, and irregular feeding are almost sure to make a cow ‘‘hold up” her milk. Cows handled gently will seldom “hold up” their milk. _ SOMETHING NEW “Chicken In The Roush” 6 5 c Week-end Special! Friday, Saturday Sunday Nights Come And “DIG IN” To Some Good “Old Stvle” Fried Chicken HOT BISCUITS COFFEE HONEY R O B E R S O N’S C A F E WILLIAMSTON, N. C. K,tch^Needs you---- 5 sCAool need~^£tvez«;jp^ Th W%—HErE YOtt °se t/]Ings The *B*nXTutf"£*>