| ^Sr^ad Un. Bratii Brown, Sat an* Mr. Miltor 3 fcfcrnegay woat to GokUboi o Thurs I day on business. Mrs. Luis Mathis went to Warsaw on Thursday. Mrs. Emily Dail and Emily Sue af Chinquapin. hir. and Mrs. O. K. Wood. Paul and Susan of New Bern spaat Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Vrinson and fliram of Kenansville visited Mr. James Tucker and Mr and Mrs. Alvin Powell and family Sun day. Mr. aBd Mrs. N. T. Pickett visited Wilmington visited Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Powell and Mr. James Tuck er, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Pickett visited Mrs. Mattie Pickett Bradshaw in BeulaviUe Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jerry Smith, Mr. David Altoa Chestnutt, Mr. John Rich and Mr. Tracy Brown attended the Golds boro District Rally, ? held at . the Goldsboro High School on Thursday night. i ? Miss Anne Pope of Meredith Col lege, Raleigh spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Pope. GOT eoMCTHiNa TO sn.i.1 CAU DU PL IN-TIMES WANT ADS. 200. ?iri? The Magnolia Home DOntonstta tlon club met Thursday afternoon Feb. 7. at the home of Mts. Kenneth Taylor. The president, Mrs. L. ?. Pope presided. , ? The meeting'opened with Ileflg; after which the demonstration was give by Mrs. Charlie Thomas. The program topic was "Mahaging The Food Dollar." She made a very interesting talk using posters also. Readers reports given were: Foods and Nutrition. Mrs. J. W. Evans; House Furnishing, Mrs. Paul Bass; Education Mrs. Kenenth Taylor. | -After the businees meeting re ???? ? mp fW ft* picnic mppfcf, to be twfci i* the community building the Ijk* ntffht in February were dwcvji ^r^^rnedb5r^ 7D^ George Cowan spoke to the Cedar PiHtv Community Ctub attMr [Wtfetjag held en February f His subpbcts w?re Need tor Increased income Jn Duplin County ana Heel fcbSsibility for. innocu'.a trolls agaihst Asian Flu and Potto being fjjveti' at the community Chib faywta Shaw, chairman, prestd ed at tho meeting and the report at the treasurer was heard. i>jB :*W?d at the Club to spon W"'-Qrti ''Stoppers.-' TtWsa fruppers Mug; fot the Heart Fund, the 4-H rCJub and The Community Club. The WUppbrs Will be barbequed pork and r^M^lt'^iWper. wiil be held, on j'Fabrtipfr 1*1 The group decided fa ???-?. ait t case of chicken. agreed by all mem thereto glpiFone Waek between sup P*HK. Hie irrotip further decided to hold regular robhthly meetings on the first Monday ni-rht of each month. -uWing tha social hours, refresh ? " Sweet Potato Growers Take Note A program ttt the purchase of aWeetpotatoes for distribution to Up jMlool Lunflh Proorwn ?m| dthfcr eliiible outlets Wm announced to day by V.P. Hassall, Jr.. State Ex ^(ive Director fflr the Noi-th C*f tm? ASC8 State, office, sweetpo tatoes must be of the "Porto RicSn" vftptoty. or Varieties of similar var ietal characteristics and packed in neW tab tniahei baskets, containing not Jen'than SO pounds net weight. The Swfetpoiatoes must be of TJ. S Hol l Grade or better, with not more than 1% tolerance for soft rot or wet breakdown; Snd must- be In sfectbd by the Federal-State In spection Service. The price will be ;tt.&per bushel, leaded, on cars or Jrttnti at the option 6f V.'S.db. A. Stf.fhe pdiht W purchase, tor sweet potatoes purchased and Accepted tmder the, prof tram. Purchases will be limited to growers, coopoiati^ assignations of giwerS. orgrow S?i p( thittrfia^bfe obtain toes under this program should sub mit their offer to the county ASCS Office hot later than 6;00 p. m? Friday, February 8, 1963. T A. S. C. S. NOTES ptond By Advisory Committee ' The advisory committee on O* ton, following an alltday meeting in Washington, D. C., fn January. re commended the following cotton program to She Secretary of Agrl , from Government stocks oi cotton lor. tft cash, if cotton is not avall fwet to such persona, other than proddcers of Cotton, at such rate subleet to such tbrtns and con ttfens as the Secretary determines zr?"*?*** ; ft Authoi&e the planting o[ cothip pbove the basic acreage allotment for the export mafkot and at ,World pnce *the prfiBc^poy. an * port fee-tonal tiWie tiffererice be (wees the world price and the do fnestic support price, this "ttppIrT cotton can Saijke under the regular pi ice support and'ipgrfet^jg '1ft tc allotment;. and far the IMS crop to be >0 percent pf the hade allot ihent. After ? years of operation, the overplanting privilege shall not be put Into effect unless the CfUtr war is being adequately rediMed each year toward a reasonable "Vevel. Ajs expdnsiah in domestic aomsumption and -or exports JuaM tfies increased acreage, this acreage Shall be equitably1 apportioned be tween national base allotment .'afidj M.^rVTri rrz 4 STSES ??%>r *? 19? crop to be epuroadmat^y (be 1MB level of & 47 tents per pound, bas ic Middling 1-inch cotien, provid ed budgetary considerations do not preclude thb making of fully signl ficant competitive impact* 1n both' the domestic and export m?rWtfc< ? REMINDERS ' / v.' byyr.1^? ?* later than M^cb i? if you ? *?r WKI.U? MWJHT "?OHf AT M*. ? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK I- :?/ ' u ' " ? . ; . . . about a conflict between mk*.< * ' r? mVestor-owned companies such as C.P.&L. j and tfife Rural Electric Co-operatives. Ivtef Wonder what it's all aboiit? 'HPS 9| ? ? ??*??': _ } \ * ? REA co-ops want exclusive rural territories and the statutory right to aerUtf REA^ in eities and towns ... a complete departure from the purpose for which ISSUE they were created. They have said they will ask the North Carolina General Assembly to give them these rights. ;."??)ijt CO-OP V** if1?1*91 rate#? presently 2 per emit. This is far less than the Jijjk, , , SUBSIDIES fmi^ent pays to borrow mpney, so taxpayers make up die difference. 2. Electric co-ops are exempt from virtually all taxes. They pay no "" property tgxeis for support ef local government, aoiranch|sp and in cpnje tfxes for support of the State government, and no Fedeaal in come taxes. sbmii as ' f -.. >ukA I HOW., BIG (FJ^pUiJa Power & Light Cgnipany could borrow capital for 2 per IS j5pE . 9B|t g?A ei^op| do |m) enjoy the same tax exemption! ?l#y $ SUBSIDY T 4% could reduce the price charged all its customers by 40 *< n % 13}$ job .of fftjjflg ejpctpc service to rural North Carolina Is 98 per M&i RURAI complete.. Inyestor-pwned companies such as CP&L are serving about 60 Af&AS A^E per cent of the, rur^ ponsuipeca ip this state, REA co-ops serve 32 per pent FifiCTRlFiED and municipalities about.8 percent Now co-ops are competing for urban, pdpstrial, commercial and ot^ef non-farm customers. Nationally, five but of every six new REA customers are non-farm. Whether supplied by an investor-owned company or a co-op, the price of ?..-?11 I electric^ service for rural consumers is approximately the same s* it is i* * ' NO I n\rER urban areas. With such rates, North Carolina REA co-ops are making big R mil Hi En profits . * . about $3 million in 1960, the latest year for which official statistics are available. At the end of 1960 they had accumulated almost $22 million in profits ... as a result of their tax-exempt status and low interest loans. I EXPANSION Every new electric consumer is a potential new source of taxes^ Approxi Of aha, mately 25 cents of every dollar that customers pay to an investor-owned CO-OM WWpany goes to local, state and Federal governments^! taxes, itanea, REDUCES fvevy time the co-ops serve a new customer who could hfve been served by TAX BABE * ** paying company, there ^ 0P? k" taxpajer to help carry the burden and one more person receiving subsidy. *,'? ?. YH? Is it right that the people of this State and Country be ieqefcili6 pay QUESTION ^or electric service of REA co-op members who do not need At sdm^f Thij is the gwijioppf j^plhmfower ft Light Company t 1. Iw helping extend electricity to rural people, REA hwf jppAf'a served a worthy purpose. II these eo-opa are goingtok<*p I position ?? r"*Fw-v? if r??". empt from virtually, all ta,x*s, they ought to be eonfined .t^ the Job far which they were created ... tlut Is, providing ?,e deetrie service to rami people who cannot he Carved by tax paying companies. That is the only basis on which the coa? JB. U the HKA co*?ps dwre to serve urban, Industrial and ?w mereial customers who do hot require snbsidiaed eUetrie . jMmm *A ? ?yy atlHtT eomiMiiiTi These obHntioBi in that they obtain their capital in the market at no harden to Jhe government, pay taxes as other otilitiM do, and he subject to regulation by the State Utilities Commission, , ' "T* '*? CPItL (eel* k hat an obligation to its customers and the H^UfikKmn die facts about this issue. Om cuabMnert help pay the |Sl^q-nvi tax-oqnpt BEA coop tdd? * automer. mB (Armstrong . , TRACINO V1NYI C ORION ^| ARMSTRONG TRACINO VINYL C&|lM&mA* vinyl floor styling developed especially f% fewy's open-plan homes. 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