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COCrriSli NEWS
— By Mrs. A. A. Mclonis. .
THE NEWSaOimNAL'
Fred Englisih of Morganton is
spending the Christmas Holidays
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. P.
C. English.'
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Fur little Feflows
Wilb Big Colds...
Rockfish Grange held a very
interesting meeting at the com
munity house Monday night. One
new.member was received and of-,
ficers were elected for the coming
year. Phil Johnon was elected
Worthy Master.
Mr. A. A. Wright and Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Bundy of Raeford
visited in Rockfish Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Bristow spent
Christmas day in Fayetteville with
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McGill.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Williams
and family of Charlotte and Mr.
and Mrs. Cliff Blue of Lurinburg
visited D. P. Andrews and family
last Sunday.
Miss Ga'brilla Dove of Willow
Springs and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Barnard and Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Barnard of Port Royal, S. C.,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Dove the past week-end.
Miss Vera King, a voice student at
Wake Forest, who is at home for
the h^days, sang two selections
for the congregation at Tabernacle
church Sunday. Miss King has a
wonderful voice, and although the
day was extremely cold and only
a few were privileged to hear her,
they were delighted with her sing
ing and hope to have the pleasure
of hearing her again soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mclnns and
children of . Raeford, Mr, and Mrs.
Roscoe Smith and daughter of
Maxton, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Newton
and children of Lakerim. Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Reynolds and baby Eon
of Lakerim and Mr. and Mrs.
James Wood and children of Rae
ford spent Christmas day with Mr.
and Mrs. T. G. Wood.
Mr. add Itos. C. S. Pickett and
baby son, Ronnie, were guests of
F. A. Wright and family last Sun
day.
Mother . . . the best-known home
r^edy tou can use to relieve dis-
tress of his cold is warming, com-
lorting Vicks VapoRub. If 5’ou rub
even
while the child sleeps! And often'
by morning the worst miseries of
his cold are gone. Try it. Get the
one and only Vicks VapoRubJ
Mr. and 'Mrs. R. L. Johnson of
Benson spet the past week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Barbour.
Mrs. Janie McGougan and
daughter Miss, Vera McGougan,
and Miss Elya McGougan, of Lum
ber Bridge,- visited in Rockfish
last Thursday.
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Mis Margaret Koonce, R. N., of
Winston-Saliem visited relatives
in this and other communities dur-
ng the Christmas Holidays.
Mr! and Mrs. E. R. Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Yeargan and children,
Miss Muriel Browning and James
Wright of Raleigh spent last Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Brock.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn Barbour
of Parkton visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Barbour apd family Sunday.
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Mr. W. T. Boseman fell one night
last week and was confined to his
bed for a day or two.
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Mrs. S. L. Long and Miss Etta
Mae Dees spent Christmas day
with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Rivers and
family of Hartsville, S. C. Mrs.
Longs niece, Miss Christine Rivers,
returned with her for a few days
visit.
‘Pin Money’ Began
As New Year Gift
‘Pin money’ is a New Year’s ex
pression.
It aU started back in the time of
the royal Stuarts'of England when
gift-giving on New Year’s day was
in fashion. Gloves were considers
appropriate gifts for most people,
but if a gentleman had saved a little
“extra,” he gave the money to his
wife or sweetheart for pins which
were very expensive at that time.
The popular ‘pin money’ phrase
In our language has survived both
the expensive pin and the New Year
gift-giving custom.
Certified Seed Out|iut
Increases During 1948
MAY YOUR TABLE
BE FILLED WITH
GOOD FOOD AND
YOUR HOURS
WITH WORTHWHILE
DEEDS ALL
THROUGH THE YEAR
THAT UES AHEAD.
brimming with material and
spiritual good things tor yoa
William Gibson has recovered
from injuries received when'*he fell
from a horse recently. He came
home from the hospital last vyi^ek.
Mrand Mrs. Fred Camejon and
daughters. Misses Gay
of Carolina Beach s.p;
days with. relatives
Montrose during th
Season.
Nancy
several
and at
Christmas
This Community was saddened
last week by the death of J. T.
Townsend of Fayetteville. Mr.
Townsend was a native of Rock
fish but spent some yeors. in Ra
leigh, and for a good many years
he had lived in Fayetteville. He
will ibe greatly missed by a host
of friends and relatives, here and
in Fayetteville.'
Mr. F. P. Johnson, Worthy
Master of Rockfish Grange was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Gibson Sunday P. M.
Raeford Furniture Co.
RAEFORD, N. C.
Raeford Theatre
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Mrs. F. P. Bethea visited her
niece Mrs. Herman Koonce and
family of Wayside Sunday p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Brock and
family of Raeford were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Brock Christmas day.
There was no preaching service
at Galatia'Sunday, the pastor be
ing away for the holidays. College
students of the church gave an
interesting program for the con
gregation Tuesday night of this
week, which was enjoyed very
mfich.
Holly with berries was very
scarce in this part of the county
this year.
Six New Year’s- days in a year?
Certainly—absurd as it sounds it’s
true. Here they are:
1. January 1.
2. In that part of the Occident
wherein the .Greek Orthodox faith
prevails January 1 falls upon our
January 13.
3. A traditional Chinese New
Year’s celebration starts February
8 and lasts to February 13.
4. If you happened in on the
country of Siam, April 1, you’d find
a great ceremonial festivity under
way-nothing less, in fact, than New
Year’s.
5. In Arabia, the Mohammedan
New Year’s is celebrated Septem
ber 4.
6. September 10 is New Year’s in
the ancient country of Abyssinia.
' New Year’s day has been observedi “S:
for the last 500 years. Nearly every/
here and at all periods it has been
day of rejoicing.
Methuselah^s Life
Had Longest Span
Methuselah, the Hebrew patriarch
who lived 969 years, has become
synonymous with Father Time be
cause he lived longer than any other
man in recorded history.
Notwithstanding Methuselah’s di
rect descent from Seth—the third
son of Adam and Eve, born after
Cain had slain Abel—and the fact
that he was the grandfather of Noah,
it has been said longevity is Methu
selah’s only claim to history’s com
memoration; and even this claim
seems to hang by a slender thread,
considering that longevity was the
rule rather than the exception among
the patriarchs.
The fifth chapter of Genesis re
cords that Adam lived a total of 930
years; Seth reached the age of 912,
and Enos—th^ son of Seth—died at
905. Cainen lived 910 years, Mahala
le.el attained the age of 895, and
Jared—grandfather of Methuselah
—lived 962 years, only seven years
less than his grandson’s record.
Enoch, Methuselah’s father, seems
to have been the exception to the
rule—since he died at the age of 365.
Because certified seed producers
have done a good joib in ’48, North
( Carolina farmers are assured of a
IS '^ood supply of. planting seed for
idTvirtually all crops during the com
ing year, says Dr. R. P. Moore of
State College.
Dr. Moore is director in charge
of the North Carolina Crop Im-
provemient Association, which han-^
dies the seed certification in the
State.
Producers of certified cotton and
hybrid corn seed more than
doubled their output in 1948 as
compared with 1947, says Dr.
Moore. A total of 230,075 bushels
of cotton seed were approved for
/certification, whereas the total
last year was only 110,460 bushels.
Certifiction of hybrid corn seed
jumped from 68,128 bushels in
1948.
For tobacco, a decrease of about
4,000 poimds of seed was shown in
the output during the past year.
The total was 18.425 pounds in^
1947 and 14,705 pounds in 1948.
inUBSDAy,
1948 it was 27,455. SiihUaf^i^E^pIp
sweet potato total declined
23,056 bushels in 1947 to 12,314
bushels in-1948. ,■
A decrease was. also noted in the
number of bushels of soybean seed
approved for certification. In 1947
the total was 63,815 bushels; in
* Prodpetion of Irish potato
however, increased from 24,085’^i,|ti^|J
to, 73,525 bushels. The small
total increased slightly, from 116,-
981 bushels in 1947 to 118,82.1
shels inl2948. Especially notice—'
able was the increase in production
of certified barley seed,
Farmers who buy certified seed,
says Dr. Moore, are assured of
getting the best seed available;
Producers are required to use
special foundation stock and mebt
careful requirements in produc-'
tion. Fields are inspected during
the growing season by trained
personnel. With each bag of seed
bought, the purchaser receives a
grower’s guarantee.
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Net farm income in 1948 is ,
likely to be below the 1947 level.
Is so, the drop will be the first in
10 years.
N. McNair Smith
ATTORNEX^ Ai^ AW
General Practice
s a very
happy New Year
we’re wishing
for you.
MUin’i!
Mexicans Bury
The Old Clock
New Year
you ever had
... Greetings
from
Morgan Motor Co.
iisoii's
To observe the death of the old
year, many Mexican families ob
serve the “old clock” on New Year’s
Eve by placing a black box sur
rounded by lighted candles on the
living room table. A small clock is
placed on top of this casket. The
clock lays in state until midnight,
then it is stopped, placed in the
casket and buried in the garden.
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Three rats will eat as much grain
as two laying hens.
McLauchlin Co., Inc.
We Sense**.
a New Year filled
with plenty of good
thingfjior the people
of this community.
We’re happy and
proud to be a part
of it. Best wishes!
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