:■ is-.*.. * i - Fran WASHINGTON Bight after this, the woman and the little girl emerged from the lavatory across the aisle. The woman opened the door of the jmpoalte lavatory jUJ(t a crack, whispered something rapidly, dosed the door and proceeded to her seat—and was obviously startj led to see the little boy already sitting there. •* * • s * “She. shrugged and buried her face behind a large magazine. A few moments later the man came out witth the strangest look on his face, and waited, back to his seat. His wife asked Um what was the matter. “Golly, those stewardesses think of everything”, the man said, mopping his brow.” How do you mean Ids wife inquired. . “You’ll handy believe this said the man, ‘but one of them just opened the door and told me not to forget my zipper—and 1 al most jumped out of the window.” The man riding alongside Har ris chuckled again. “I suppose I should have leaned forward and told him the facts,” he sighed, “but I just couhTnt bring myself w spoil ms wonaenui story. Imagine the reputation our stew ardestfes ate going to have in his home town.” Notes . . . Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ most of you saw on television last week, was bom in Cfeveland County, N. C., of Waoo, in the a bill now webt under 18 buying beer will be In vio^twn of the law and thus store the guilt along with those selling it to them. near the GAS SERVICE • COOKING • HOT WATER • HEATING BOTTLE OR BULK TANKS Scott GAS COMPANY "Sarvka that Satltfia*" 221 Middla St. — New Bam Phona ME 7-317* , Evidence is mounting rapidly that the farm program is in seri ous trouble. In fact, more and more members of Congress from farm states feel that unless drastic ac tion is taken, the farm program as we have known it could “blow,up.” A great many people, inspired and encouraged by critics and ene mies of farm price support' pro grams, have a tendency to feel that too much politics is involved, and pass off the overall farm problem as something members of Congress have no desire to tamper with in a year preceding a Presidential election. The problem goes much deeper than that, and it is one that merits serious thought and consideration by all citizens and taxpayers. We must not overlook the fact that our farm surpluses cannot be sudden ly dumped on the market. Any, so lution must necessarily be gradual and systematic, or we will disrupt our entire farm economy, which has tremendous influence on our overall economy. As a member of the Senate Com mittee on Agriculture and Fores try, I have found that one of the most serious difficulties we have in formulating new farm legislation at this time results from the wide differences in policy among the va rious farm organizations. The controversy surrounding that In the absence of .legislation this year we will have a grave situ ation in the very near, future. We in North Carolina have more than a casual interest in this par ticular problem. FfcM tween 25 and 30 per ___ „ of our farms produce wheat oopamercially. Our annual acreage allotments amount to about 300,000 acres. Fur thermore, with our poultry and live stock production increasing as it For. .. Farm and Garden See Us Now .. . L. L. Brinson HARDWARE CO. MS Mddl* St. — Naw tom PIG — FRESH DAILY — CHICKEN BARBECUE t? * . * Regular Dinners — Short Orders — Sandwiches Eat With Us Often MOORE’S BAR] 0k, m New Bern, N. C. ' in the ldn& run It will be in the best interest of agriculture as well as our ^overall economy. | CHORD ORGAN •699 tayTM. pg|N FULLER &'■-*! : MUSIC HOUSE 216 Middl* St. — N«w Barn X>N’T TAKE CHANCES Let US Recap Those Tires Now! C. A BATTLE & SON iPhow RichUnd* MM i _ Comfort, W. C. STRAIGHT K-*: WHISKEY OLD QUAKER _.' BOURBON*" •OTTUOtY w* oa> Quuass rasraUNo commit UWfMNCnMfW, IHP. | PKttHO. CMM Hi «?*» ' KIOU'EI Mstiunt #, umwEtMi. m.

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