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Published Every Wednesday in the interest < f Cher.yvillt ana surrounding Community Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 10th, 1906, in tne Post Office at Cherryville, N. C., under the Act of Congress. March 3rd, 1379._;_ FRED K. HOUSER . Editor and Publisher MRS CREOLA HOUSER—Advertising Director - MRS. CARYE BROW XE Job Pnntuu TELEPHONES: Office. 2101 — Residence, 2501 118 WEST MAIN STREET_IHERK\ V ILLE. N. U One Year _ Six Months _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.60 Four Months _ t.25 Three Months .... 1.00 .76 NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE American Press Association NEW YORK, CHICAGO. DETROIT. PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1954 GASOLINE GREW UP Is the gasoline you buy today about the same as that of years ago? Is the gas you obtain in Maine the same as that sold m South Carolina? And is the gas you 11 put in your car this summer identical with that you’ll buy when the cold winds howl next winter? If you answer yes to any or all ol these questions, you’re wrong, according to a vivid description of “how gasoline grew up” that appeared recently in a magazine published by one of our leading oil com panies*. As far back as 1012. a gasoline shortage was impending, because of the automobile fever that was sweeping the country more than 2,000 different makes were m production then. The scientists went to work and the result was the thermal crack ing process which vastly increased the gasoline yield from a barrel of crude. About the same time, car-drivers were plagued with “pinging” of the engines. Again the laboratories took over. Six years of painstaking research were required be fore it was learned that a few drops of tetraethyl lead would cure this. So the progress went, down the years, with the quality of gasoline getting better all the time. And that evolution is still go ing on. Finally, refiners generally lower the volatility of their gas in warm weather to prevent vapor lock—and increase it in cold weather for the sake of better start ing and warm-up. And gasolines are blend ed differently in different sections of the country. All the oil companies are competing to produce still higher qualities of gas. along with other products. You, the consumer, are the gainer. ^Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) FATTER PAY CHECK The “real cost" of living — which is measured by relating commodity prices to wages and purchasing power—-is less now than in the allegedly good old days. The authority for that statement is Ewan Cla gue. Commissioner of Labor.Statistics. Mr. Hague pointed out that the govern ment's Consumer Price Index has not quite doubled since 1939—while weekly earn ings in manufacturing have tripled. Mr. Claugue also observed that con sumer prices in general have been stabi lizedforthe past year' or more, and thal so me prices have declined froni the post war highs. What this; in ear. is that weTlave return ed i() a n-.r > n arkm situation. There are no shortage-. >T consumer goods. In some fields there are surprises, (-on- .oners. - any merchant can toil you. hau- become, clumsier. -with their eye,out tor bargains. The re.suit'isiintense competition on both the manufacturing «mi retailing levels. And when that is the case, the tendency :s for tihe weekly pay chec! to go farther. A LEADER — TOT A TYRANT The head of the world's largest depart ment; store recently observed that, the day of the dictatorial, table-thumping boss C gone. Commenting on this, the Tribune, of Medford. Mass., said: The true execu tive defines the personality of his business and imbues with it all who have a part in shapng that personality, fie is a leader, not a tyrant." A retailer who fried to run his establish ment like a slave-camp today would soon find himself out of help. An dhe’d soon find himself out of customers too—for friendly intelligent training and direction, not brow beating, develops the efficient and produc tive type of employe -'very store needs in our competitive commercial world. SAVINGS BUY TOOLS Time was w hen a man could, and did, buy his own tools. But, what locomotive engineer these days could buy his own locomotive, what punch press operator his own press? The average job in industry today re quires a $|l2,000 investment to buy the tools and machines and supplies and all the other things a workingman needs. Not many people can afford to invest that kind of money alone. But together they can, and do. Today there are almost 9,000,000 Americans who have saved their money and bought shares of stock in com panies—shares of the machines, tools and supplies needed for today’s high produc tion and living standards.—Daily Leader Tine:’, Kittannir ^ . STATESMANSHIP ON THE PRODUCTION LINE j A visitor to England tolls of an interest ! ing experience while looking through the Jaguar Automoble plant at Coventry. When the noon whistle blew a great major ity of the workmen 'Continued to finish some operation they were on rather than lay down their tools on the instant. In fact several minutes after the whistle quite a number here and there were still putting on finishing touches. Inquiry dis J closed that the men were working on a pa. schedule plus production bonus. An air of interest and efficiency was apparent. In our country the production workers of a major Toledo, Ohio automobile manufac turer and their CAW-CIO union deserve commendation on the announcement that they have voted themselves a pay cut in order to bring their company's labor costs into a better competitive position with other automobile manufacturers. It is stated that the almost-unanimous vote may cost the workers as much as 10 percent ot their present pay. part of w hich they may recover later if a new bonus pay plan can 1 be worked out. What was observed in England could well result at this plant. It's a healthy sign when labor takes this kind ot an in terest in management and it is to be hoped that in this case and ' thet"' like it, that all concerned will win. MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO DINNER Americans constitute a nation of meat eaters. At present, our per capita con sumption of this universally desired food runs around 145 pounds a year. Obviously, it's a big .job to produce, pro cess and distribute that huge supply. Each day 65,000,000 pounds—enough to till about 2500 railroad refrigerator cars—find itts way into the homes of consumers. Much of it travels great distances, for the reason that the bulk of our livestock is raised West of the Mississippi while most of the j meat is eaten East of the river. Luckily, j we have a highly competitive meat indus ; t-ry which performs that job day in and j day out, with high .efficiency, as a matter ; of established routine. That industry is forever growing. ! he ' country is now in the midst of a population !: w orn. Tin re are 7.000 more people sifting down'.to dinner ea.cl night than dined th - Maryland t • P":pu t,.ve>-v -. ear. if current le\els of meat -a. -.a i,tii art* to in* maintained, produc i . i‘i (>..v . to b,. « apr.rded by 2,000,. .wirii-p.i- nds by 1060, And if we are to rem h an ahmsal cusump' im. goal of 175 pounds pfer ubsson, which is recommended j,v the. 'be ar'm•. m of Agrie-ui: Lire, the ex ...a,, v : : t | . . r, null.0(Ml, . ()00 pounds. it: any event, there tan he no doubt that the industry will continue to meet what ever demands we place upon it. It is an i integral part of our free enterprise system —the. system which makes for greater ! abundance and higher living standards than a: y other. FARM EQUIPMENT VS. HUMAN LABOR ])r, Earl !.. Butz of Purdue University recently discussed the cost o] taim ;iiachinery-—tr actors. combines. and so' on. This eqiiipmt nt replaces human labor, and so its cost must be compared with that i (if labor if an accurate picture is to be gained. Thus, the dollars-and-cents cost ot any given piece of machinery is not the big factor in the long run. Its cost m terms of equivalent labor is far more vital. Dr. Butz prepared a table to illustrate what has happened. During the 1935-39 period, it took the equivalent of 31.2 man months of hired labor to buy a 2-plow tractor—in 1953 the figure was down to 11.6, months. In the former period, the value of 23.8 man-months of hired labor would buy a 5-6 foot combine—in 1953 it was down to 10.1 man-months. The situa tion was similar for other types of farm equipment citeC. In each case, the 1953 cost of the machines, measured in this ac curate fashion, was far lower than in previ ous times. Even that, Dr. Butz continued, doesn’t tell the whole story, for two reasons.. To quote him directly, “First, the machines are presently more efficient as a result of design chang ss. Second . . . the farmer makes much more efficient use of machines today than in earlier years.” -J^GOB -I^AY—"smrrh VANDERGRIFT Started the first BULK-OIL -HAUL !NG BOAT BUSINESS. BETWEEN oil crryANo Pittsburgh. A i T1 M ” (fcoN AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF OIL IN VENANGO COUNTY, PA . BARGES AND STEAMBOATS WERE CARRYING OIL IN BARRELS DOWN THE Lf"^' WaNDERC-RI^T BUILT A BOAT THAT WOULD HOLD 400 BAFBtLS OF OIL ■±> IN BULK. ■ ■'‘V'"' » i \ tSjBJlZaply OIL MEN were quick r\ ' ' —* 7T REALIZE THE ECONOMIES OR ' _ BULK TRANSPORTATION BY BOAT v'ahcersrir ts boat eliminated the COSTLY UPbf** i tun \jr r,L— .. ,a .y, TANKERS MAKE UP ABOUT 45 PER CENT 0F ’ *i 0<>J> THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE. I ‘^MORE THAN J5 PER CENT OF ALL WATER-BORNE CAR&CES IN THE WORLD TRAM 0c THE UNITED STATES 15 MAM UP OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS- « 0 UouaTIsuo ■mJMw WOT !■ in BY MARGARET H. LOWDF.R Manacer Gastonia Social Security Office Mothers and children in Gaston County were getting 28 percent of the 81 4o.:!-ii>.00 monthly total in social security insurance bene tits being paid in the county at the end of lijf-fSH. Mr. Joseph P. Walsh, manacer of the Gastonia 'i cial security office-, announced These newly available figures show an increase of $4.0-'14.00 in the total of monthly payments to this group of beneficiaries in the 12-month period ending with December, he Aid. Total pay ments to children in this county was $33.2(10.00 for the month of December. In the nation as a whole, over one million children tv, re g. ttir.'f a total of about $32 1 j million in monthly payments at the end of lp:.:!. Nationwide, j over a qu-artcr of a million widow ed mothers were paid a total of lover $<> 1 2 million in December. The largest groups of honeliei arics under the social security 'iiranee- program, however, con • a i;e to-be i-'e’iteii workers, Walsh said. In Decent- cr. 1.7-20 such beneficiaries in Da-ton County I wen- i.aid . tot t of $82.Odd.00. 1 This was an increase of $14,TOO.00 I in total iiayrhc.nts in a 12-month period. Nationwide, '"he- increase -tai of i.op to dl.i o .'- -t* -- a-me peri U'al.-h sat'd •h •' I • I- i,-d to Dr 1: f- -yivVir.s ir,-;;a: of - bl'-age tern us a ..and the pro and ti" !■(.' relating to mothers 1 i- ' • . n indicate. however, ! ;\ iV' benefits are an import i .;>it part of the program too. Other beneficiaries on the rolls in Gaston bounty are wives and , acted dependent husbands of re tired insured workers, aged widows and dependent widowers deceased workers, and depend | out parents who are receiving sur vivors benefits. The total of all l beneficiaries in Gaston County re ceiving monthly benefit payments . the end of 1053 was .3,087. ••While these statistics may s' cm to be just so many figures in cold print," Walsh said, “the pay ment of $145,34fi.00 monthly to ; 3,087 persons in this county is of j real significance to the economic well being of the county at large, and in many cases represents the greatest or only source of income j to the individual family coneern I ed." Jobs Open At Post Office The 1'. S. Civil Service Commis sion, Atlanta, Georgia, announces an open competitive examination for indefinite or permanent ap pointment to the positions of sub stitute clerk, substitute carrier in the Cherry ville. North Carolina Post Office. Application- will be accepted ft om persons who reside within i the delivery of the post office earned or who are bona tide pa . •von's of such office. Persons ent oloyed in the post office will be considered bona fide patrons ol the office. The beginning ie.'.-ic rate of pay for - 1 hstitut.e clerks and substi tute curriers is Sl.f>lr> per hour. Applicants must have reached their eighteenth birthday but must no; have pa- ed their fiftieth birth liny on the date of filing applica tb.ns These age limits do not ap ply t-e oe'-s,:i; s it!t*«J to voter forma'nn may be obtained from t1 ■ Joe:: pnst.iv.-; ter at the C'her -yviC", North Carolina Post Office ol from the Fifth C. S. Ci.il Ser vie,- kmrional Office, 5 Forsyth i. \V.. '.t lant.a, Georgia. oi oss of preserving food ig is just IfiO years old; the discovery of the mir ■. aiming- foods could not r ■ ...See Us! Extra Low Interest Rates On New Cars I INSTALLMENT LOAN DEPARTMENT CHERRYVILLE NATIONAL BANK OPEN TIL 5:00 P. M. EXCEPT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS Tuesdays Open til 12:00 Noon „ Saturday Or»en til 3:00 P. M. Poor Management Contributes To Fowl Typhoid Losses Dr. Henry W. Garren, Nickels for Know-How poultry disease scientist, warned today that poor management increases the danger of fowl typhoid, a disease that causes a $50,000 annual loss in North Carolina. Garren said that apparently chickens overcome disease in the sami‘ way they withstand the stresses of heat, cold, overcrowd ing. etc. “If you tax the bird’s system with these conditions, it has less resistance to disease.” Garren s work which last year won him the top award in poultry research among Canadian and American scientists, has recently given good indication that diet may influence resistance, too, but he doesn't yet know which nu trient is concerned. A great deal of his work is now aimed at seekin gdiets that will increase the resistance of birds of Garrcn has Ions' suspected that the endocrine system is tied up with disease resistance, and his recent research bears this out. Now he is trying to discover whether the observed effects on the endocrine system are the re sult of attempts to throw off the disease or the result of the disease The chief goal of Garren's work i- tii develop a vaccine that will give long-term immunity to fowl typhoid: However, vaccines are • ' the complete answer, he says, but a vaccine coupled with sani tation and other good manage ment practices could control the barren feels that sanitation has done as good a job in controlling .typhoid in humans as vaccines N'uw that the fowl typhoid is about to bit it's seasonal peak, barren says these management practices can help birds resist ty phoid and also help prevent them, from coming in contact with it: !. Practice good sanitation 2. Don't overcrowd. Provide adequate ventilation. 4. Supply an abundance of cool 5. Keep quarters as cool as pos sible; paint chicken house roof with aluminum paint. it. Avoid dusty or wet litter. 7. Wash out water containers, preferably daily. S. Provide good, clean feed. Keep birds away from decomposed vegetable and animal matter. 0. Don’t vaccinate for more j than one condition at the same ■ 10. Worm birds only if they , need it. The only way you deter j mine the need is to cut a few birds open and look. | Record Apple Crop Predicted For State I North Carolina apple growers i report prospects of an all-time I record anple crop this year. I T. T. Hatton, horticulture spec | ialist for the State College Exten | - ion Service, says North Carolina I apple growers who have thinned their heavily cropped trees arc ■ going to reap the benefits this | year. j The specialist says fire blight ! has been serious on susceptible \ apple varieties and scab has been j difficult to control in many areas, j Put the over-all prospects still in i (17 ate the largest North Carolina I apple crop in history. ; Current estimates of this year's j crop run as high as 2,105,000 j bushels, compared with the S'7 iqm bushel- produced last year, I said Hatton. While apple growers look for ward to a record crop. Tar Heel j n.glow."-- expect to harvest j i] pci- cent fewer peaches than a ' year, Although the peach crop i . mvewhat smailer t '-an last year !ihe quality is good, .Tulv 1-10 is ■ North Carolina Peach Wi ok, rc l HAYSEED 3Y UNCLE SAM DEPENDENCE DAY The Fourth of July is officially set aside and known as Independ ence Day. On this day set aside to celebrate independence there will be parade-, there will be bands, there will be flags and decora tions, there will be patriotic speaking. With many this will be an idle gesture for the spirit of independence, freedom and self reliance is being frowned upon and argued against. Far too many people think they prefer security instead of independence. Perhaps it would be just as cor rect to shorten the word Inde pendence Day to Dependence Day and instead of celebrating it just observe it. Observe it on account of the government's socialistic policies and endless number of controls. Observe it on account of ; controlled production of food and materials. Observe it on ac count of its controlled prices. Ob serve its regulations controlling labor and who may and who may not work. Observe it for its free handouts. Observe it for its policy of unnecessary and extravagant spending. Observe it on account of its excessive and almost con fiscatory taxation. liy lack of ap preciation and by indifference we have passed from independence There was a day when patriotic songs were taught in the schools. There was a day when rulers were respected. There was a day when minded Hatton. Now is the time to -tart con. trolling these peach tree boreis. added Hatton. Trees need three I applications of either DDT at the rate of four pounds avia a', DD'i per 100 gallons of spray, para thion (15 per cent), to to three j pounds, or KPN .'500 (25 per eent.l two to three pounds, says Hatton. I Spray any of these on the tree (trunks and bruised or damaged ; areas on the limbs JuliJ -o. Aug ust 1-10, and September' 1-10. America by 1975 will have 15, 600.000 nu»re households than it had at the end of April 1953, ac cording to The Report of Paley Commission, appointed by Presi dent Eisenhower. In April, 1953, there were 46, 800.000 households in the U. S. By 1975 there will be as estimated 62,400,000. This indicates 500,000 to 600.000 will be replaced in 1975 and an additional 800,000 to 1 million will be built to absorb the net increase in population. Public construction, therefore, is expected to he about 50 per cent above the 1950 level by 1975. It is estimated the general rise j>i construction will be about ^30 per cent between 1950 and 1975. reverence was shown for heroes. There was a day when we refrain ed from medling in the affairs of other nations. There was a time when we were feared-and respect ed by all nations. There was a day when we spok( softly and carried a big stick, instead of boasting and waving a fast-shrinking dollar bill. It may be a long way back to in lependence and what. Inde pendence [lav or ' stood for but ■ : we can regain oar spirit of independence wt arc ' .ng in d render-' awv‘inp tb' time of i nr annihilatibr . —» To Re/iene Misery of. % Answer to the Burning Question As any one-time sun-sufferer will tell you. sunburn :s cert.v.niy evidence of your place in the suit—an extremely painful phut, i 1 the invisible, but ever-present and piercing ultraviolet rays of the >iin each year lnnict more misery on more people than per haps any other device of nature. The sun’s rays, those you can see and, more important, those you can t see, are of different wave lengths. For example, the rays that de termine how hot you are when exposed to the sun — infrared rays — are rela tively long—and harmless. It is the short ultra violet rays, which you can not see. which do the damage. When these ul traviolet rays strike your skin, they do not pen j rtrate in depth I hut they do play | havoc with the cells just under neath the outer layer of skin. | The longer you I more tlx- living i cells that are damaged—a> | redder your skin becomes, j Y<iu tan help pi event p damage of ultraviolet ra; ■A the a:nful rs hv One answer to the fonrnm:: qurMion is Sun %iT Surf i • burn (.ream, thoun brine • > p.it*/! In t arol ktar » I hr Hroaduin imiMral hit. “Ih tlu* Beautiful st*a.“ screenir.ft t.ftent. One such prep aration is Sun Surf, a nciv two - purpose sunburn cream. It can help you overcome over exposure to the sun by screening out o hiith per centage of the short, trnuMe causinft ultra vic.lit i*i\s while a 11 o .vinft tin 1r, c v a ' e pet th'retfph and promote tafinipR. And if you Oft ' ' R ;rf :tft( ' : ft ex VANDYKE SUPER MARKET 207 N. ELM STREET Closing Out Sale 5 % DISCOUNT - CASH ONLY - Everything At The Above Discount Price Is A Special — Not On One Or Two Items EVERYTHING NOW Is The Time To Stock Up Your Grocery Pantry. Delivery Service Include I The Above Discount.
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