A nagging wife and a smiling
conscience' on the morning after
makes a fellow wish he hadn't
Mary of the story book had a lit
tle lamb. If she were real and here
now she couldn't get any. ■
Hogs on foot are commanding a
high price unless they happen to be
the kind that are on two feet.
Nothing escapes being taxed now
adays. We tax our memory and the
government taxes everything else.
He who seizes time by the fore
lock is borne forward. He who
seises it by the fetlocks is kicked
backward.
If you will consolidate the views
of the optimist and the pessimist and
divide the sum by two you get the
right answer.
Eye specialists will have arrived
when they can fit glasses that will
enable people to see themselves as
others see than. " s
A naturalist says the skunk is a
friendly animal. He seems to be.
He is liberal with his perfume when
any one is around.
A new Orleans furniture store is
looking into the possibility of using
mule-drawn carts to save tires on
deliveries of orders. . •
U. S. Army training and proving
grounds are contributing five mil
lion pounds of fired cartridge cases
a month as copper scrap.
Girls in Czechoslovakia are ex
cluded by Nazis from all but elemen
tary schools, and so are the sons and
daughters of "progressive" parents.
About 1,300,000 women are mem
bers of AFL unions and 1,500,000 be
long to CIO unions. The Railroad
Brotherhoods also have women mem
bers.
The 13-foot female statue of "Jus
tice" formerly on top of a Canton,
Ohio, office building has yielded 400
pounds of zinc to the local scrap
' drive. •- .
A New Orleans furniture store is
gunpowder box is saying Army Or
dnance enough copper every month
to fill specifications for 269 166-mm.
guns.
Agronomist Explains
Fertilizer Changes
Fanners at North Carolina should
net be inconvenienced— in fact, they
shook! be benefitted—by the restric
tion in the Bomber of fertiliser
grades, says E. R. Collins, Extension
! agronomy leader of N. C. State Col
■, lege. "The War Production Board
will allow only 18 fertilizer grades
to be sold in the State in 194?.
"In the fertilizer year, 1940-41,"
said Collins, "there were 187 differ
ent trades of fertilizer registered
and jjppM in North Carolina. Mary
<rf the grades were so similar in an
alysis thai it would be practically
impossible to show differences where
they wore applied side-by-side in the
same field. \'>
"The last Legislature restricted to
Thereforef K© tuided, it is not an
- As of today twenty-one Billion American
workers arc investing eight par cant of their
salary - every pay day - in United Stateis tar Savings
Bonds. This is a vary remarkable tributa to oar
wnad foroas who ara fighting this war. But this
job is only two-thirds accomplished.
There ara nine million additional Aaarioan
workers who ara not investing in War Bond* every
fagTday.
This appeal is directed to two Kroupa of
Aaarioaas:
First - tha twenty-ona Billion people who ara
investing sight par oant of their wages. Vs ask
than to increase their Investment to tan par oant
or aora.
Second - the othsr nine Billion whoa W* ask to
join tha Payroll Savings Plan and to invest ten
par oant or bo re of their earnings.
It is our earnest hops hars at- tha Traasary
Department that by Maw Tsar's Day thirty Billion
Americans will be investing tan par oant or aora
of their wages in War Bonds through tha Payroll
Savings Plan.
Farm Labor Problem
Calls For Planting
Labor on farm* is likely to con
tinue to become scarcer throughout
the war* says R. W. Shoffner, Ex
tension farm management specialist
of N. C. State College. This will be
especially true, he said, on small
farms which are not affected by the
Government order freezing labor on
"essential livestock farms "
' "There are ways that farm mali
lies can help improve the labor situ
ation on their farms," he declared,
"and first and foremost is careful
planning. The family should plan
together how its family life should
be carried on so as to release time
for farm work. Divide the work
and cut out less necessary tasks." ,
Shoffner also said that old men,
women and children will have to do
more of the farm work. Children
will have to be taught to share in
farm work, homemaking skills and
care of the younger children.
Other suggestions include; Neigh
bors swap work, tools and esuip
ment. A community workkshop
where farm and home equipment
may be repaired. Keep tools and
equipment in good condition so that
they will operate easily and efficient
ly at allt-lgmes. Adjust livestock
ahd crop enterprises to the labor
supply.
Shoffner said that production of
"enough to eat, then something to
sell," is the first duty of the farm
family. Home-grown vegetables,
fruits, meats, jmd poultry products
will free transportation facilities
and containyee badly needed in meet
ing the demands qT the armed forces,
war industrial workers in cities, and
others of the United Nations.
"The cost of things you buy will
be higher," Shoffner' wanted farm
people, "and labor" costs will be high
er, too—if you can get labor."
MOKE
Farmers borrowed 1844,000,000
from 530 production credit associa
tions in the first nine months of this
year, as compared with a total of
$290,000,000 in the same period last
year. -
WE WTtL BE OPEN EACH EVE
NING THROUGH CHRISTMAS
EVE TILL 9*0 O'CLOCK.
FARMVILLE FURNITURE CO. J
Men Observation
Post Observers For
Week of December 21
OBSERVERS—Please do not wait
to be notified of your watch. If for
any reason yon cannot watch—
notify person in charge promptly.
Monday, December Slat,
fl A. 11. to 9 A.M. « P.M. to 9 P.M.
Robot Lee Smith.- Rex Hodges.
Taesday.
6 A.M. to 9 A.M. 6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
J. R Shearin. G. P. Buigeron.
6 A.M. to9 A.M. 6 P.M.to9P.M.
EeRoy Rollins. T. S. Ryon.'
Thnrsday.
6AM.to9A.Mr 6 P. M. to 9 P. M.
George Monk. Andy Mirtin.
Friday.
6 A. M. to 9 A M. 6 P. M. to 9 P. M.
W. E. Joyner. "J. W. Joyner.
Saturday.
6 AM. to 9 A.M. 6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
M. V. Jones. W. A. Allen.
Sunday.
6 A.M. to 9 A.M. 6. P. M. to 9 P. M.
A. C. Monk, Jr. Cecil Johnston.
C. F. Baucom in charge this list.
Telephone No. 415-1.
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FERTILIZERS
— I
American farmers will be ableJ0
get most of the fertilizer tfadf need
to meet crop production goals next
year, according to the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
It pays to be good but pay day is
sometimes a little late in arriving. |
Week of Dec. 18
, FRIDAY—LAST TIME
Bfcftf Crosby. Dorothy Laatoui
"Road To Morocco"
"The Best of the Roads"
News of the Day—Special De
feuse Short—We Refuse
!• Di®«
SUNDAY-MONDAY
"WHITE CARGO"
Starring Hedy Umttr m Toore
layo, the tropical temptress, with
Walter Pidgeon. A, great story
of the tropics.
— Added Attractions —
Including News and Our Gang
Comedy.
TUESDAY
"BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL"
A Musical Murder Mystery with
11m Rita Brothers * Carol Bnjee
A Special Defense Short—Night
Shift and Sporta L Q.
7 WEDNESDAY"
—DOUBLE FEATURE DAY—
TUMBLEWEED TRAIL"
with B. Boyde and L. Powell.
'EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD*
A Gangster Story wfth Richard
Dix and W. Barrie.
Firrft Chapter «f
"CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT"
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Christmas Ere and Christmas
V Dayl
Tyros Power and Maureen O'Hara
Co-Starred in
"The Black Swan"
An Exciting Drama of Old Pirate
Life, thrilliag beautiful life-like .
News, Cartoon, and Pete Smith
Novelty complete our Holiday
program.
The aanagesMMt of the Para
mount Theatre takes this oppor
tunity to wish each and every one
of Ha patrons ...
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
— and a —
HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON
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