THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 1944
PACE TWO
THE NEWS-JOURNAL, RAEFORD. N. C.
The News -Journal
Hoke Countv News Hoke County Journal
Est, January. 1. 1929 Est Mar IS, 1911
By Paul Dickson By D. Scott PHIe
Consolidated November 1, 1929
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Published Thursdays At
Raeford, North Carolina
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For Servicemen $1.50 Per Year
DOIGALD COXE, Editor-Manager
Entered as second-class mail matter at the post
office at Raeford, N. C, under Act of March 3, 1870.
Belief In Santa Claus
(The Fayetteville Observer)
Belief in a literal Santa Claus apparently is
not confined to children. Every so often comes
evidence of grown-ups who have faith in a bene
ficent fortune that will bring them something for
nothing. This faith provides a patronage for
fake stocks and gambling houses.
Twice in one month the Chamber of Com
merce at Charleston. S. C, has received in
quiries from writers in the East about sup
posed bank accounts left by ancestors 100 years
ago and presumably drawing compound in
terest. Investigation in both instances showed
that no such sleeping accounts were left. Even
if they had been left from a time prior to the
Confederate War, they would have been wiped
out in the period of hostilities, because a decree
of the Confederate government provided that
such bank balances be paid off in Confederate
money.
The fact that once in millions of times fortune
strikes from the skies in the form of a legacy
or the winning ticket on the Irish Sweep
stakes is sufficient to maintain the faith of
mankind that the rules will set aside and some
one will get something for nothing.
Raeford Presbyterian
Church
H. K. Holland, Minister
9.45 A. M. Sunday School.
11:00 A. F. Morning Worship, ser
mon gy the pastor.
5:00 P. M. Young People's Cooir
practice.
6;30 P. M. Pioneer and Senior Ves
pers. 7:30 P. M. Evening Worship, ser
mon by the pastor.
3.30 P. M. Circles of the Woman's
Auxiliary, Monday.
8.00 P. M. Wednesday Adult choir
practice.
LIBRARY NEWS
There will be a story hour for
children from the fourth through
the seventh grade Thursday after
noon. December 7, at 4 oclock; for
children from the first through the
third On Friday afternoon, Decem
ber 8 at 4 o'clock: and for pre
school chij.iren Saturday, Decem
ber 9 at 4 o clock.
Amonp the new books received
the library are the followinp
mysteries: "Blood Upon the Snow.
by Lawrence: Rat Began to Gnaw
the Rope, Grafton: Lady of Night, by
Barry and If This Be Treason, by
Echard.
Other new books are the follow
ing: Mantle. Best Plays of 1943-1944;
Eliot, Four Quartets; Baner, Latch
string Out; Seifert, Those Who Go
Against the Current; Hill, Time of
the Singing of Birds; Horan, A Bash
ful Woman; Blair, Tall Tale America
Thane, Yankee Stranger; arrj Abbey,
Beyond the Dark.
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Rollins Now Head
Area SS Office
Early Orders Urged
For Farm Fertilizer
"If farmers don't order their fer
tilizer needs between now and Janu
ary 1, they may find it impossible
to obtain adequate supplies for next
year's crop," declared D. S. Coltrane,
assistant to the Commissioner of Ag
riculture, yesterday.
"There will be less nitrogen and
phosphate for next year than there
was for the past season," Coltrane
said. "The demand may exceed the
supply."
"Nitrogen produced In Government
war plants was until recently con
verted into nitrogen solutions for
use in mixed fertilizers and into am
monium nitrate, but this nitrogen is
now being utilized in the manufac
ture of munitions. Consequently, the
supply of these materials for fertili
zer use will be considerably less
than last year. The nitrogen supply
now regarded as certain is 588 000
tons for 1943-44 "
With potash, the supply will be
larger, he said, but the supply of sul
phate may not meet demands.
Ordnance plants, according to Col
trane, have been the source of con
siderable quantities of sulphuric acid
but this supply has recently been
greatly curtailed and superphosphate
for farmers will be about 10 per
cent less than this past year.
Pointing out that last year there
was an early movement of fertilizer
permitting everyone to get his share,
Coltrane said tax tag sales in the
Department showed that in October of
1943 there were 61,304 tons sold
compared with only 30,505 tons last
month. Sales for the first half of
November, he added, total 27,362
tons, against 40,370 tons for the same
period in 1944,
It looks now as if many farmers
will be late in putting their crops
in the ground next spring because
of their inability to secure their fer-
AT FIRST
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USE
Cold Prtparatiaai at dirccttd
tilizer needs at the last minute," said
Coltrane.
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Round pot holders can easily be
cut by using a saucer for a pattern.
They are especially handy when tak
ing pies or puddings from the oven,
as there are no corners to drop into
the food and' get sticky.
For "Safety
Retreading
Send or Bring your Tires
WALKER'S
Safety Retreading
Works
43S Russell St Fayeltrvllle
There's A "Walker" Dealer in
Your Community. Consult
him about prices and service.
fle'adfiolds
Quick relief from the sneezy, stuffy distress
of head colds is what you want. So try
Va-tro-nol a few drops up each nostril
to soothe irritation, reduce congestion.
You'll welcome the relief that comes!
Va-tro-nol also helps prevent many colds
from developing if used in time. Try it I
Follow directions in folder.
VICKS VA-TRO-NOL
Cecil G Rollins, new manager of
the Fayetteville office of the Social
Security board, was a visitor in Rae
ford last Thursday. Mr Rollins suc
ceeds Wilbur S. King, who has been
transferred to Alexandria, Va.
Rollins, a veteran of this war, has
charge of the social security func
tions in Hoke, Robeson, Cumber
land, Harnett, and Sampson counties.
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Hooks, eyes, and snaps stay on
longer when they are sewed on with
the buttonhole stitch.
Professional Cards
ARTHUR D. GORE
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Bank of Raeford Building
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There's a crisis in the making!
If stocks pile up in fertilizer plants and agents' ware
houses, the stream of supply will choke up. They must
move fast or the lack of man - power will cause a para
lyzing shortage.
Take the Chilean Nitrate situation for example. To
supply the quantity needed for 1945 crops, many car
goes must be unloaded each month at each port, then
moved out by train and truck for immediate allocation.
It must move out of agents' hands as fast as it moves
in. If not, the choke-up starts and works back to the
ports, even back to the ships.
. Already there's a threatened shortage of nitrogen,
due to sharply increased war needs. Unless you help
smash the bottle-neck by
taking your nitrate as soon
as it is offered, the shortage
will become acute. Thous
ands of tons will pile up at
U.S. ports or on the docks
in Chile. The only place Chil
ean Nitrate does you any
good is on your crops. Get
yours now . . . while yon
can.
Storage Tips
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N. McN. SMITH
Attorney-at-Law
G. B. ROWLAND
Phone 2271 Raeford, N. C
Attorney-at-Law
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. . . the familiar red cooler invites you
In today's crowded stations people are on the more. Across the
land, familiar red coolers for Coca-Cola invite them and you
to pause and be refreshed with ice-cold "Coke". Yes, at home and
- abroad Coca-Cola has become a high-sign of friendly refreshment.
SOTTLEO UNDEI AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SY
COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Aberdeen, N. C.
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It' natural for popular names
to acquire friendl abbrevia
tion. That's why ou hear
Coca-Cola called "Coke". .
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awttaj sr
a curious critter
If too met this longhorn out on the plains, you'd yell
for Mr. Ripley! When one born curves up, you just
natuially expect the other to turn up, too.
Same way, when war seat prices sweeping np,
people expected all prices to follow suit Bat at least
one price didn't the price of electricity.
In fact, like this longhorn, the price of electricity
actually curved down the other way. The same govern-
meat statistics which measure the increased cost-of-living
a loo show that the average price of electricity
baa declined 3.2 since the war began!
That's Metes even more than a steer with two
way horns! . . . You can be sure that the far-sighted
planning and sound business management which kept
electricity dependable and cheap in wartime, will sup
ply even better service to your electric post-war home.
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Carolina POWER & LIGHT Company
DONT WASTE ELECTRICITY JUST BE CAUSE ITS CHEAP AND ISN'T RATIONED
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