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OLD FORT NEWS
BY MRS. D. T. HOUGHTON
Mrs. D. T. Roughton the cor
respondent for the Black Moun
tain News in Old Fort is away on
a two weeks vacation.
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1 Elwyn Weld arrived in Old Fort
after a trip to the Pacific coast
to spend a few days before re
turning to Greenfield, Mass. He
is guest of his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Mauney. Other
guests in Old Fort are: Prof, and
Mrs. S. A. McDuffie of Paw Creek
school near Charlotte, and Dr.
Jenkins of Walhalla, S. C.
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Mr. Clyde Norton and Mr. Ash
by Robinson made a business trip
to Charlotte, N. C., Monday.
OLD FORT CITIZENS
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Notice
Last week we printed an error
concerning the Old Fort All Star
Basket Ball Team.
We stated that one business
man in Old Fort was buying the
outfit for the boys.
This was a sad mistake and we
want to retract the article.
All the merchants gave toward
the buying of the outfits for the
boys.
We do not say that we do not
make errors but we do say that
we do NOT make deliberate er
rors. So, if you folks will forgive
us for this error we will try to
be more careful in the future.
Editor.
Jim’s Chicken Shack’s
First Ten Customers
When Jim Byrd first started in
business he advertised that he
would serve free dinners to the
first ten customers, and the names
of these follows:
1. Juanita Williams; 2. Mrs. I.
A. Williams; 3. Bobby Hunt; 4.
Roy Griggs; 5. Arthur Brown; 6.
Jimmy Gibbs; 7. Jess Lewis; 8.
George Lewis; 9. Willard Thomas;
10. Cleo Byrd.
Pleasant Garden
Social Notes
Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Ruff, of
Elwood, visited friends in the
Pleasant Gardens community last
week end. Rev. Ruff is a former
pastor of the Siloam Presbyterian
church.
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Miss Faye Davis visited her
sister, Miss Pauline Davis, in
Asheville last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Duncan of
Spruce Pine visited Mrs. Dun
can’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Biddix, last Sunday.
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Mrs. Y'ates Hemphill, of Chapel
Hill, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Williams.
Handling Insecticides
For safe handling of insecticides
used in the garden, take extra pre
cautions in handling and using the
arsenicals, calcium arsenate, lead
arsenate and paris green; fluorine
compounds, such as sodium fluoride
and sodium fluosilicate; and nico
tine compounds. When mixing or
applying insecticides, take extreme
care to keep ingredients out of
the mouth and eyes. Wash face
and hands thoroughly after using
any insecticide. Don’t keep sodium
fluoride or other household insecti
cides where foods are stored and
see that they are distinctly marked.
Plainly mark all containers in which
insecticides are stored with date of
purchase. Keep these tightly closed
and in a specially selected place,
preferably under lock and well out
of reach of children.
Strawberry Strains
Among the department of agri
culture’s prominent strawberry
creations of recent years, Blake
more and Brightmore are superior
for preserving: the Redheart for
canning; the Redheart and Mid
land for slicing and freezing. For
dessert purposes there are half a
dozen Fairpeake, Fairfax, Dor
sett, Fairmore, Midland, Redstar—
you’d select as outstanding. Foi
Flapping, Fairmore, Fairpeake.
Redheart and Blab, more would
probably head your list.
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Poets Comer
THE WILD BIRDS DO
Little birds fly and play_
In the sunshine bright and gay.
But, when the winter comes I
around
All the birds fly out of town.
CHILDREN’S PLAY
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All the children play and sing,
And take turns in ther eswings.
But, whe nthe sun goes way down
deep,
All the children go to sleep.
LITTLE FLOWERS
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Little flowers grow everywhere
Different colors, too.
When you go to pick them,
They always nod to you.
WRIGHT AND WRONG
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Little baby go to sleep,
And you will not fear with me
And when you grow up big and
strong
I hope you will be nice and won’t
do wrong.
DEW DROPS
If we claim citizen of heaven
why not be better citizens of this
world.
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It’s a crime any time for a man
to be a little man.
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Seems to me more men are try
ing to be monkeys than vice versa.
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Plan Uolor Scheme to
Match Home Furnishings
Harmony in colors of home fur
nishings is being assured to buyers
by a label on products put out by
co-operating manufacturers of car
pets, draperies, upholstery fabrics,
wall paper, paints, lighting equip
ment and other furnishings. The
manufacturers are agreed on a plan
for labeling goods B.H.F. for basic
home furnishings that will match
because all colors are co-ordinated.
Their aim is volume sales of these
matched goods, which simplifies the
work of the buyer and consumer
greatly.
Nine basic colors are in the new
color program, with eight gradu
ated values for each of these colors
to give a variety of choice. The
color groups include tan or Alamo,
rose or Grand Canyon, burgundy or
Adirondack, mauve or Prairie, green
or Shenandoah, beige or Cape Cod,
blue or Great Lakes, cedar or Santa
Fe, and gray or Great Smoky.
The standard colors and their
combinations will be exhibited in
stores with the merchandise labeled
B.H.F. and the name of the color
group. The homemaker can select
her favorite combination and then
buy with assurance that colors will
match or harmonize.
Discover Ancient Sculptures
Five colossal stone heads were
among the remains of a prehistoric
Indian ceremonial center excavated
in the jungles of southern Mexico
by an expedition of the National
Geographic society and the Smith
sonian institution. Although the
gigantic basalt heads were similar
to others found in previous seasons,
the newly-uncovered ones are bet
ter preserved and have finer carv
ings. Two of them, standing near
ly 10 feet high, are larger than any
heretofore brought to light. Each of
the two is estimated to weigh more
than 20 tons. Adding mystery to
the sculptures was the fact that
the basalt from which they were
carved must have been quarried at
least 75 miles to the north. From
pottery and other discoveries it ap
pears that the community existed
between 500 and 800 A. D.
Mussel Diggers
There are boats that have no
masts but depend on sails under
water to carry them along. They’re
called “mussel diggers” and ply
along the Ohio and Kentucky riv
ers, collecting the fish from whose
shells shirt buttons and cheap jew
elry are made. The boats “dig” for
the mussels with a brail, a long
rod having two dozen or more hooks
hanging from it. The brail is trailed
behind the boat, and to counteract
the drag of its weight, a sheet of
muslin or canvas is dropped win
dow-shade fashion over the bow. It
sinks, fills with water and the riv
er current “sails” boat and brail
along downstream at just the
speed required for "digging” mus
sels.
Hanging Table Cloths
Fold freshly washed table cloths
selvage to selvage, putting the sel
vage edges over the line with plenty
of clothes pins, and you’ll find they
are much easier to iron.
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Primo Camera, once heavyweight
boxing champion of the world, is
back in the United States ... as
a wrestler. He claims to be cham
pion wrestler of Italy. The 6 foot
6 inch, 250 pound grappler is in
Los Angeles.
Science Points Way
To Eradicating Rabies
More cases of rabies are reported
in the United States in summer than
in winter, not because the hot
weather has any effect on the dis
ease itself, but because people and
animals move about more freely
then. Dogs stray farther from
home, and people travel more ex
tensively. The term “dog days,”
scientists of the department of agri
culture point out, is just one of sev
eral myths associated with rabies.
Modern science, which has dis
proved the rabies folklore, has
brought to light facts on which ef
fective control measures can be
based and has pointed the way to
the eradication of the disease in any
country. Several foreign countries
and our own Territory of Hawaii
have wiped out rabies within their
boundaries. Continental United
States, however, continues to suffer
from the controllable disease, with
around 8,000 cases a year. Some
times the number rises to 10,540, as
in 1944, and sometimes it drops to
7,165, as in 1942, but not yet has it
shown a definite tapering off. In
1945 the cases reported totaled 9,963.
Rabies is primarily a disease of
logs, though many other animals, in
sluding man, are susceptible to it.
Dnce it has been controlled in the
dog, now its chief disseminator,
it ceases to be of any great eco
romic or public health importance.
Control of rabies in the United
States lies within the authority of
die states. Aggressive control cam
paigns by some have eradicated the
disease from some areas.
Chopin and Rodgers Songs
Were Favorite Hits of ’45
The two most popular composers
in the United States during 1945
were Frederic Chopin and Richard
Rodgers, according to the 1946 En
cyclopaedia Britannica Book of the
Year.
“Till the End of Time” was
hailed as the outstanding hit of 1945,
with sales of more than a million
copies claimed as well as two mil
lion phonograph recordings. The
song, which was derived from Cho
pin’s “Polonaise in A-flat,” made
the Hit Parade every week for 19
consecutive weeks and was in first
place seven times. “Polonaise” it
self, as originally composed, ranked
as No. 15, with an apparently in
exhaustible demand for its piano re
cordings.
Chopin’s transcendent popularity
was attributed to the motion pic
ture “A Song to Remember," the
stage musical “Polonaise,” and the
publication of a number of simpli
fied versions of Chopin compositions.
The revival of “I’m Always Chas
ing Rainbows,” adapted from Cho
pin’s “Fantasie Impromptu in C-
Sharp Minor,” was another factor.
Naming “State Fair” as “unques
tionably the best film musical of
the year,” the Britannica Book of
the Year reports that the Rodgers-
Hammerstein team set a new rec
ord when three of its songs—“lt
Might As Well Be Spring,” “That’s
For Me” and “If I Loved You”—
appeared simultaneously on the Hit
Parade.
Science of Ballistics
Ballistics is an all-embracing
term that designates the science of
motion and Impact of projectiles.
In the small arms or sporting am
munition field, it relates to the sci
ence of a bullet or shot in flight
and those things starting and af
fecting it. Analysis of bullet effect
is also included. The study of bal
listics from the technical stand
point is divided into two catego
ries: interior and exterior ballistics.
Interior ballistics covers bullet or
shot travel within the barrel and
includes the study of subjects such
as primer ignition, breach pressure,
types of powder, rifling, twist, lands
and grooves. Exterior ballistics
covers the flight of the bullet or
shot after leaving the barrel. This
Includes energy of the projectile,
velocity, trajectory, penetration and
accuracy.
North Carolina Had Net
Gain Os Industry And
Workers Last Year
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Raleigh, August—North Carolina
had a net gain of 1,460 industrial
and commercial firms and 14,746
workers during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1946, roughly, the
first reconversion year, as mea
sured by the net increase of firms
covered by the Unemployment
Compensation Law, it is revealed
by Henry E. Kendall, chairman of
the State Unemployment Compen
sation Commission.
During that year 1,216 firme
with 53,090 covered workers re
tired from UC law coverage, while
2,676 new firms with 67,836 cov
ered workers were brought under
coverage. S. F. Campbell, director
of Research and Statistics, re
minds that retirement may mean
that firms consolidated, and that
new coverage may be old or con
solidated firms, or firms with few
er than eight workers which may
have come under coverage, volun
tarily or involuntarily, due to re
lationship with other firms.
These figures, however, bear
out the known condition that
many small firms have started
business or industry in the State
since the war ended and those
covered by the UC law as a rule
have eight or more workers.
The one - year development
Chairman Kendall points out, is
in contrast to activities in the
three principal war years, fiscal
1942-45. During those years the
State had a net loss of 114 cover
ed firms, but a net gain of 18,811
protected workers. The record
shows that 2,989 firms with 101,-
566 workers retired from coverage
and that 2,875 firms with 120,377
workers were brought under UC
law coverage.
By combining the figures for
the four fiscal years ended June
30, last, it is found that 4,205
firms with 164,719 workers re
tired from coverage, while 5,551
firms with 188,213 workers were
brought under coverage. This is a
net gain in the four-year period
of 1,346 covered firms and 23,494
workers.
While not given to prophecy,
Chairman Kendall firmly believes
that the present fiscal year will
show an even greater increase
than the past year in the numbers
of firms coming under the UC
law, particularly small firms with
8 to 50 or more workers, as well
as numerous firms with fewer
than eight workers, which gener
ally do not come under the UC
law.
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