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Notice!
The following Shoe Shops have agreed to close
their places of business WEDNESDAY aftenoon
during JUNE, JULY and AUGUST, beginning
WEDNESDAY afternoon JUNE 3 at 1 o’clock.
Reagin’s Shoe Shop
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Dennis’ Shoe Shop
Cromer’s Shoe Shop
The Spectator
Should members of Congress have
X cards for gasoline? You probably
know what an X card is. We’ve been
having the A.A.A. and the C.W.A.
and the W.P.A. and the R.F.C., the
N.Y.A., the C.C.C. and all the host of
the alphabetical combinations of re
cent years. Now we have “A” men
and B-l, B-2, B-3 and X men. And
this upsets all our previous calcula
tions. Heretofore, when we spoke of
an “A-man”, tnat carried the highest
praise, for to be an A-man was the
topmost distinction of credit, reputa
tion and character. But in this gaso
line rationing an A-man is the least
among men. The rate of gasoline
consumption rises through B-l, 2, 3
and the highest is X. Whoever work
ed out this classification must have
carried his algebra from the school
room out into the troubled, workaday
world, for just as X stands for the
unknown quantity in Algebra, so X
stands for the unknown quantity of
gasoline which some may use. It is
the case of the man who uses unlimit
ed quantities in unlimited business.
The person whose car is used for
pleasure, or, at least, is not used for
necessary travel, gets an A-card;
others receive the B-l, 2, or 3, as
their business may require travel.
Those operating trucks may receive
an X card. Those whose necessary
business requires more gasoline than
the eight gallons a week of the B-3
card may ask for a Supplemental
Gasoline Ration Card—O.P.A. R-512.
If you failed to register for gaso
line ask your local board when you
may register.
Farmers using trailers as trucks
may qualify for a supplemental al
lowance. This means that the trail
er is in reality being used as a truck
and not as an excuse.
Regardless of the rating or the
card, the Government may prosecute
a man who practices deceit. If we
accept the Government’s leadership
in the war let us act in good faith.
We have no Hitler to tell us what to
do; our Government is our people
whom we have chosen. It may make
mistakes, but it is acting for us and
we must accept in good spirit what it
orders. For example, most of our
farmers have trailers; very few have
trucks. The farmer uses his trailer
for the most of his hauling. But we
must exercise discretion and good
faith about this. If a man with &
trailer is allowed an X card he must
not use unlimited gasoline for fish
ing trips or riding to town.
Let’s get back to the Senators and
Representatives in Congress. Why
should they have X cards? Do they
operate trailers or trucks? Do they
travel unlimited mileage on business?
What is a Congressman’s work? He
serves in Congress which meets in
Washington. In getting about Wash
ington there are street cars, buses
and taxis, if he must ride. He is not
forced to use his private car.
Now what about travel of Wash
ington ? Shall he have a card for un
limited travel over his District? If a
Congressman‘’s campaign for re-
election is properly regarded as of
ficial business, so must be his com
petitor’s; if a Congressman receives
an X card for official addresses that
is something else. Of course, we may
be registered, would a Congressman
with three cars be given three X
cards? Well, why so; or why not?
The Congressmen may be able to
make out a good case for the X card
but it doesn’t look right. Even at
that, there may be Congressmen who
live out of Washington and drive in
every day. At any rate let us not
concede favors to officials because
they are officials. Let every Con
gressman- prove his individual case
as each one of us must do.
One thing already wrong about our
rationing system is that 19 states
and the District of Columbia are re
stricted. From the very first we
should all have been treated alike—
all Americans, everybody in the 48
states, six territories and the District
of Columbia. Let us share alike, both
in plenty and in scarcity, a Nation of
one people.
It naturally occurs to us that if
most of our gasoline comes from Tex
as and Louisiana the restrictions
should be just as great a thousand
miles West and North of those states
as a thousand miles East and North
East. Even if our supply had been
brought by ocean tanker previously
and must now be brought by Rail,
that does not explain satisfactorily
the discrimination against us, for the
Central and Middle Western States
are receiving their supply by Rail
Road and pipe line, just as we are.
Our language is growing, as the
war, the W.P.A. and the Triple-A
broaden our experience. We’ve known
about projects for years, but our ed
ucationists developed what they call
ed the proect method in the class
room some years ago and we began
to think of PROJECTS as school
work. Then W.P.A. rang the changes
on projects and the word PROJECT
came to mean a W.P.A. job. CON
SERVATION is a good word, one
we’ve known for years. Theodore
Roosevelt harped on our Natural Re.
sources so much that we began to
think of conservation as applying
primarily to our forests, oil, etc. Now
the Triple-A has made conservation
mean the planting of crops to con
serve the soil. For years our sol
diers were given food allowances
called rations; our people took it up
and referred to food as rations. Now
the war brings us the rationing of
sugar, gasoline and rubber. Today if
one speaks of a ration, we think of a
gasoline allowance.
No gasoline may be given by one
person to another except what may
be in the tank of a car when sold.
Men who use gasoline for station
ary engines, or tractors and other
vehicles which are not used on roads
for driving, riding or hauling, can
get what they need. They will have
to declare that, however, before buy
ing. The Government will allow ade.
quate gasoline for stoves, furnaces,
pumps, cleaning and dyeing establish
ments. Such consumers must fill
out a form. Non-highway users can
get what they need for such non
highway use, but only after filling in
form O.P.A. R-510. And the follow
ing do not require cards; Operators
of inboard motorboats, such as a tug,
ferry, lighter, freight-carrying, sight
seeing, mail carrying, or harbor craft
or craft used for dredging, or a com
mercial fishing craft or craft for pil
oting, or a public conveyance fol
hire, a truck, bus, jitney, or taxicab.
All these cases must be proved to the
satisfaction of your Rationing Board
and must have filled out form OPA
R-510.
If your truck or vehicle is not
clearly recognizable for what you
represent it to be, but actually per-
Notice!
Beginning the FIRST WEDNESDAY in JUNE
(JUNE 3) the following JEWELRY STORES
will close each WEDNESDAY afternoon at 1
o’clock, during the months of JUNE, JULY and
AUGUST.
W. E. TURNER
HAMILTONS, Inc.
T. M. ROGERS & SON
NOTICE
Following an established
custom, offices in the
county court house will
be closed at 1 o’clock on
each Wednesday during
June, July and August.
forms the service contemplated, you
should ask for an X card.
Those who have not registered may
do so; those whose allwance or quota
is inadequate or excessive may ap
peal to the rationing board of your
county.
All local gasoline dealers must get
forms from their local rationing
board. All who may be in doubt
would do well to get in touch with
your County Rationing Board at the
County Seat.
What is our language going to
sound like when rationing is extend
ed? I have called attention to form
OPA R-512. Shall we go into a
store and ask for canned fruit C.A.N.
2 and fresh fruit F.R.-3, with a pair i
of shoes S.H.-4 and a cold drink D. '
R.X.-5 ?
You may have beard of the Fourth
of July orator who declared that
what we needed in America is more
of the spirit of 1-7-7-6. The telephone
has us talking that way now, and I’ve
heard hymns announced as 4-3-4. In
fact, our speaking may sound like a
written order to a mail order house.
But whatever violence this may do to
our refined ears it still is sweet
music as compared with the rat-a-
tap-tap of automatic rifles or the
deafening boom of heavy guns.
“Bud” Summer, of Charlotte, N. C.
spent several days last week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sum
mer.
The Small Town Will Come
Back
One very definite result of the pre.
sent war with its attendant automo
bile, gas and tire shortages will prob
ably be to restore to the small town
its former glories. Just as the com
ing of the automobile brought about
a decline in the small town so will
the passing of the automobile bring
new life to it.
Many people who had become ac
customed to running to larger cities
in their automobiles to do their trad
ing will now find it more convenient
to do this trading at home. They can.
not use their cars for this purpose
and the railroad schedules are not
even as convenient as they were in
the days before the automobile.
The merchants of the smaller
town® must realize that this change
is coming about and must prepare to
meet it insofar as possible. The re
strictions which are being thrown
around the sale of so many articles
will of course make it difficult to
meet all of the demands which will
be made upon them but they should
be prepared to give the best service
possible.
The small town will take on its
former glory in other ways. Many
people had become accustomed to go
ing to the larger cities not only for
their shopping but also for their
amusement. They would drive to one
for dinper or for a picture show or
Mass Production of Tanks
Begins at Ford’s Plant
Detroit, May 21—Henry Ford has
converted his great River Rouge
plant to the production of military
tanks.
The government, it was announc
ed today, gave the order eight
months ago and the plant is now in
production.
The tanks will be of a 30-ton type
and will be powered by a variation
of the familiar Ford V-8 motor.
The tanks will be manufactured by
the assembly-line methods which
Ford pioneered.
The number of tanks to be built
daily in the huge plant is a closely-
guarded military secret, as is the
number of persons to be employed.
The Rouge plant already has turn
ed out a stream of Pratt-Whitney
airplane motors for heavy bombers
and also has made jeeps, trucks,
tires and automobiles for army use.
These activities will be continued.
for other form of entertainment.
They are going to have to find their
amusement closer home now.
It will take time for the people to
adjust themselves to the new condi
tions. There will probably be some
discontent at first. But in the
course of time they will find that
they can live a home and enjoy it.
The old home town will become near
er and dearer to them than ever be
fore.—Lancaster News.
Please Cooperate With
Us on Deliveries
According to orders five and six issued by the Office of
Defense Transportation in an effort to save tires <Sl fuel
we are required to reduce our gasoline consumption at
least 25 per cent—more if possible. These orders also
state that trucks shall be loaded to capacity and no call
backs for collections, for signatures or tor pickups. And
a maximum ot one delivery to any one person or firm
per day.
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It is the desire of the undersigned to cooperate whole
heartedly with the Administration and at the same time
continue to give the best service possible. With this
thought in mind we find it necessary to make thg fol
lowing changes effective now:
1. Limit deliveries to one each day with no callbacks
for collections, signatures or pick-ups:
2. Orders received after 2 p. m. will be delivered on
the regular delivery the following day.
This Notice and Appeal Sponsored by the
Following Firms:
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The J. W. Kibler Co.
R. Derrill Smith
Thomas & Howard Co.
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