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ATLANTA. ? Tucked away on the
Xh floor of the Grant Building in
Atlanta is a little known office. Officially
it is known as a branch office
of the Secretary of the Army's
iffice ? military personnel call it
"9('l Grant Building." If you have
i yen for travel and want to visit
:he far places in the Pacific in 19-18
you can gep in touch with Mr. Reese
A. Golden at "901 Grant" and he will
have you on your way in no time at
all.
Scholarly looking Mr. Golden delies
that he Is running a travel bu-*au
but talk to him about employment
opportunities in the Pacific Area
and he gets so enthusiastic about
what you can see and do that
fte sometimes forgets to mention the
'fftle matter of salaries which ran5e
from $2442.50 to $10,000 a year.
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And speaking of salaries, Mr. Golden
says you only have to spend aj
bout $45 a/month out of your salary
to live.
If you are a specialist in any field
! and Mr. Golden says that Clerk|
Stenographers are definitely specialists
in his book get a supply of
j Forms 57 from your nearest Civil
Service Office, fill them out in triplicate
and mail them to 901 Grant
, Building, Atlanta, and If you are
qualified, it won't be long until you
start your Pacific travels. If you
I think you are a $5,000 or $10,000 a
I year man or women, write to 901
| Grant for a list of employment op- j
portunities.
Abbreviation, Xrnas
Of Greek Origin s
There has been much unfavorable
' comment on the abbreviated form
1 for Christmas that is commonly j
j used. Many think it inappropriate j
and undignified to use the shortened
form, Xmas.
The explanation of its origin is
that the initial letter of the Greek
name for Christ is X and the coincidence
of its cruiciform shape- led
to an early adoption of this letter as
the figure and symbol of Christ. X
is frequently found on walls of t^ie
catacombs. When the early Christians
wished to make a representation
of the Trinity, they would place
either a cross or an X beside the
names of the Father and the Holy
Ghost. From this came the shortened
form Xmas, instead of Christmas.
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rHE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERAL1
At Home On The FarnJ
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The City Cousin 9
As much as I believe in Santa
tmus, I see eye to eye with Charlie
Spainhour, a farmer oyer in the Mitchell's
Chapel section of Yadkin
County who also believes in getting
out and working for the things he
wants most. *
Wh^n Charlie bought a farm five
years ago with the fields almost
gone down the river and the bottoms
growing up in bull rushes and
broomsedge, he didn't expect to find
a reclaimed, productive farm hanging
on his Christmas tree. He figured
he was morally obligated to build
it up?and he did.
Along with a firm belief in the
Old Gent with the whiskers, who
so many folks are prone to mistake
for Uncle Sam), Charlie also believed
pretty strongly In a "live at
home" program. Now, with his fifth
Christmas down on the farm cominc
along, the fruits of this belief are
evident. There's the store of fresh
and canned vegetables, the delicious
products of the orchards, the frozen
strawberries, and plenty of milk and
butter to go with the pork, the chick
ens and the good fresh eggs.
When Mrs. Spalnhour got to pressin'
her demands for a few of the
household conveniences, Charlie did
more than dispatch a letter to the
North Pole. He got busy and installed
a pump in the spring which is about
100 yards form the house. The
next Chrisitmas Santa could' drop
off a new sink for the house and
drinking cups for the cow barn,
knowing full .well they'd be put to
good use.
Charlie says too that terraces for |
his hillsides and good pastures for *
his milk co\"3 just don't come In (
Christmas stockings either. A dozen i
of Santas helpers working for a cou- |
pie of month.-* before Christmas
couldn't have done the strip-cropping
and crop rotation that Charlie
did this past year.
Yep, it's mighty strange sometlm
es. But the old man with a red suit j
and a jolly la.ugh always seems to
do a little more for those folks that
work for What they want.
Electricity Should i
Be Handled With Care
Electricity has become a great ser
vant to the farmer, but it must be
handled with care and respect, says
Ben Jenkins, Cleveland county a-1
gent for the State College ExtensionService.
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The National Safety Council offers
the following hazard check for farm "
and farm home electrical safety. Un- 1
less you can answer "Yes" to all
these questions, Mr. Jenkins suggests
that corrective measures be
taken immediately to remove the
potential danger.
Is your washing machine safely |
grounded? Do you avoid replacingj
butned out fuses with coins, wires,
or Other metals? Are pull-chains over
or near wash bowls and damp
floors provided with insulating
links? Do you keep appliances and
cords in good repair a# all times? j
Are you using an approved electric
fence controller? Are electric motors
kept clean and free from dust and
trash?
Are all electrical outlets out of
reach of the bath tub? Are you using
the proper type of care for all j
appliances? Are all electrical circuits
equipped with proper size fuses?
Has your wiring Job been installed
or approved by a competent electrlcian?
Forage Feeding
Save* Grains
North Carolina farmers can save
large quantities of feed grains by
feeding forage feeds to idle farm
work stock and idle saddle horses.
say Animal Husbandry specialists |
for the State College Extension Service.
These animals can make efficient
use of forage feeds, the specialists
point Aut, and, too, this class of feed
Is relatively more valuable In maintaining
body temperature of horses
during cold weather -than In supplying
energy for the work, they say.
Idle horses can be satisfactorily
wintered on rations of roughage alone.
However, If such feeds as ofct
straw, fodder, and poor-quality hay
are used, an allowance of good-qual
ity hay ? preferably a legume hay
?should be included, sufficient to
supply the animal's requirements
for protein, calcium, phosphorous,
and vitamins. Failure In This respect
may result In poor condition In the
spring.
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wish that a hill measure
this Christmas of 1947. I
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