Colerain Drops Sunbury in Two Saturday Tilts In a doubleheader at Colerain, Saturday, the home team won both games over Sunbury to drop the latter nine into last place in the league standing. The first game was an 8 to 2 victory for Colerain and the final tilt ended 7 to 4 in their favor. White took the mound for Colerain in the opening game and held Sunbury to four singles while Colerain batters pounded out 14 hits off Powell of Sun bury. The game was a close con test with the score tied at two apiece until the eighth when Colerain went on a hitting spree and wound up six runs to the good. Powell with two safeties for three trips led for Sunbury while Williford with a single and two doubles for four times up took the hitting honors for Cole rain. In the second game, Colerain took the lead from the beginning with four runs in the first frame and an additional one coming in •the second. Sunbury scored twice in the fourth as did Colerain to maintain a five run lead. In the sixth, Sunbury again pushed across two runs but failed to score .again during the game. Corbett with two singles for three attempts led for Sunbury with Sharpe’s triples in three trips leading for Colerain. Reports on the games played between Sunbury and Colerain Sunday, have not yet been re ceived and have not been con sidered in figuring the league standings. First game: R. H. Sunbury . 002 000 000—2 4 Colerain . 010 010 OSx—8 14 Batteries: Powell and Corbett; White and Daniels. Second game: R. Sunbury .».. 000 202 0—4 Colerain .....» 410 200 x—7 Riddick, Clark and Corbett; Mizell, E. Daniels and L. Daniels. Negro News By Elizabeth T. Andrews Gates County Represented at Camp The State 4-H and Wildlife camp was held at Camp Whis pering, Pines August 5, through August '9. Dennis Raseoe, a member of the Hinton’s Grove 4-H club accompanied the home agent to the camp. Dennis was selected because of the great in terest he shows in wildlife. The camp proved quite successful with eighteen girls and twenty four boys representing forty counties. Home Demonstration Achievement Day The county home demonstra tion achievement day v/ill be held on Monday, September 30, at the Reid’s Grove school at 2 o’clock. It was necessai'y to change this meeting from Sep tember 12 as was once planned. All clubs that have not had their club contest will hold them at their regular September meet ing. CANDIDATE FOR MAR TIN’S SEAT . . . Mrs. Waitstill H. Sharp, Wellesley, Mass., who seeks election to the 14th Massachusetts con gressional seat now held by Rep. Joseph Martin, Republican minority house leader. Ahoskie Gains Even Split With Harrellsville Harrellsville, playing on their home grounds, Saturday, nosed out Ahoskie 4 to 3 only to be defeated Sunday, at Ahoskie, 5 to 2. Fairless was credited with the win Saturday to earn his fourth victory in five starts. In the first game, both teams were scoreless until the third when Harrellsville capitalized on three Ahoskie errors and hits by Fairless, H. Holloman, Newborn and Cornett to score four runs. In the fourth frame, Ahoskie scored once on hits by Callis, Umphlett and Grimes. Neither team scored again until the ninth when Ahoskie gained two through having a man on when Grimes pounded out the only homer of the game. While Ahos kie scored only three runs, they took 10 hits from Fairless while Barnes limited Harrellsville bat ters to eight safeties. On Sunday, Ahoskie atoned for their defeat and handed L. Holloman his first loss. Harrellsville took an early lead by virtue of hits by Hollo man and Newborn. Ahoskie came up from behind in the third to score two runs and gain a one-run lead. In the fifth, Ahos kie increased this margin by three singles and a triple by Cal lis to bring three runners across the plate. In the ninth frame, Hgrrells ville pushed one run across on a triple and a fielder’s choice. Barnes, hurling for Ahoskie, allowed but seven hits while L. Holloman' and C. Holloman gave up 13 hits. Callis with a single, a double and a triple and Barnes with two singles and a double led the attack. R. H. E. Ahoskie .000 100 002—3 10 4 Har’ville ...004 000 OOx—4 8 2 Batteries: Barnes and Eure; Fairless and Cornett. R. H. E. Har’ville ...100 000 001—2 .7 2 Ahoskie .002 030 OOx—5 13 2 P. Holloman, C. Holloman and Davis; Barnes and Jenkins. SMITH’S GARAGE IN NEW LOCATION Having moved from Mrs. O. C. Turner's Tractor Business. Smith's Garage is Now Located in the Old i J. W. Brown Garage NEAR THE HOTEL. We are now ready for all kinds of Tractor and Automotive Repairs. Authorized Sales and Service DESOTO AND PLYMOUTH L. L. SMiTH, Owner GATESVILLE Gates Takes Two From Gatesville To Gain Lead Gates jumped to first place in the league this weekend by vir tue of two wins over Gatesville. On Saturday, Gates took the tilt 4 to 3 pounding on Mullen, the Gatesville pitcher, for 15 hits. Gatesville managed to stretch five hits into three runs. L. Hay es with four safeties for six trips to the plate led the attack for Gates. Gatesville took the lead in the first frame when Hobbs and Greene scored on an error on Baines’ roller to third base. Gates evened the score in the third with a series of singles !by Hay es, Butler, Lawrence and Tay lor. Both teams added a run in the eighth and the game went into the tenth inning tied up at three apiece. Gatesville was held scoreless in the top half of the tenth while Gates went on to win on singles from Pierce, D. Hor ton and L. Hayes. On Sunday, Gatesville again got off to an early lead with three runs scored in the first and one added in the second frame. Gates evened things up in the third inning only to drop back again as Gatesville brought in two more runs in the fourth. The league leaders stayed one run behind during the next three innings but rallied in the eighth to add three runs in that frame and three more in the ninth. Gatesville scored twice in the eighth but were held scoreless in the ninth and the game went to Gates by a score of 11 to 8. R. H. E. Gatesville— 200 000 010 0—3 5 4 Gates— 002 000 010 1—4 15 1 Batteries: Mullen and Powell; Butler and Taylor. R. H. E. Gates ..103 100 033—11 14 2 Gatesville— 310 200 020— 8 11 7 Batteries: P. Hayes, F. Hor ton, Butler, Lawrence and Tay lor; C. Eure and Powell. The Seventh Army was activ ated while enroute from North Africa to open the campaign on Sicily. Shows Sundays at 3:15 and 9:00 Other Days 3:15, 7:00 and 9:0C Thursday-Friday Aug. 15-16 Irene Dunne - Rex Harrison ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM Saturday August 17 Wild Bill Elliott Sun Valley Cyclone Anita Louise Devil's Mask Sunday August 18 Zachary Scott - Janis Paige Her Kind of Man Monday August 19 Roy Acuff - Adele Mara Night Train To Memphis Tuesday August 20 Ken Curtis - Jeff Donnell Cowboy Blues Wednesday August 21 Anita Louise - Michael Duane Personality Kid — ON STAGE — Kilroy and His Hubba, Hubba Revue Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell estab lished a world’s, speed record of 224.38 miles per hour over a measured kilometer course at Selfridge Field, Michigan, flying an Army Curtis Racer on Octo ber 18, 1922. Within the next 30 days every farmer in North Carolina with more than two head of livestock should plant a temporary grazing crop for extra feed in the fall and during early spring. *GATES Vi LLE THEATRE GATESVILLE, N. C. Wednesday and Thursday Alice Faye - Dana Andrews Linda Darnell in FALLEN ANGEL Comedy and Newsreel Sh<?ws 8:30. Adm. 20c-40c Friday Bob Steele in SIX-GUN MAN Also Comedy. Shows 8 and 9:10 P. M. Saturday OREGON TRAIL with Sunset Carson Also Comedy. Shows 8 and 9:10 P. M. Sunday MY REPUTATION with Barbara Stanwyck Matinee 3:30; Night 8:30 Monday - Tuesday Rough, Tough and Ready with Chester Morris and Victor McLaglen Comedy and Newsreel Show 8:30 P. M. The “push-button” airpane that flies from point to point without a human on board will become an invaluable weather conquering freight plane of the future. The principal evidences of world starvation today are high death rate among' children and older people, increased incidence of disease and death from di seases ,and inability of an adult to do a day’s work. TAYLOItl THEATRE ^^EDENTON, N. C. Wednesday August 14 Double Feature Allan Lane in Gay Blades Richard Crane in Johnny Comes Flying Home Thursday-Friday Aug. 15-16 John Wayne and Claudette Colbert in WITHOUT RESERVATION Saturday August 17 Roy Rogers - Gabby Hayes in MY PAL TRIGGER Sunday August 18 Edmund Lowe - Brenda Joyce THE ENCHANTED FOREST Mon.-Tues. Aug. 19-20 Alan Ladd - Geraldine Fitzgerald in 0. s. s. "Personally, I'm in love with i Crush" The famous Brown Bottle identifies Orange Crush T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. CARBONATED BEVERAGE kAsk for a (fUSll , \ Juice, of tree-ripened Valencia Oranges; 7 flavor of orange peel, citric acid from lemon juice, sugar syrup, filtered carbo* ' noted water . • . that's Orange-CRUSH I 4 ♦Trade Mark of Orange-Crush Co., ChitagiP ^4 McPherson Bros. Beverage Co. Littleton, N. C.

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