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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-08-02
gQlRl3 ANlBaD
By Ted Kcstmg

Ordinary fly fishing is unquestlon-
sb,v q good deal simpler than plug
casting. Yet, by far the majority
of people regard fly fishing as so dill
ficlt that only sort of genius with
lots of time for practice should even
attempt it. Most of those who
bravelv set forth to conquer the art
fail utterly.
Jason Lucas, the poplar angling
authority, insists that there are only
two things required to make sue
cessful fly caster; one is correct Out
fit, and the other is proper instruc-
tons, Here is what he recommends
as correct otfit, later on we will give
his casting instructions.
The rod must do the work. not
ones arm, so the rod must be ex-
actly right. The beginner usually
bys cheap fly rod, thinking it good
enough to learn with. 1t is not. Get
the best you can afford. Lucas be
lieves the split bamboo fly rod to
be much superior to the steel in the
bigher grades, but at the Minimum.
price it's a matter of choice. II
steel rod is purchased, get the very
best. 1t must be of drawn, seam
less, tubular construction. SIS is
probably the very minimum one
should pay for a bamboo fly rod. Al
s35, you have moved up into the
class of high grade rods, almost en-
tirely hand made. He recommends
only dry-fly action in the rod, which
means it should be rather Stiff in
the lower part, with moderately Iest
action toward the tip. A good length
would be 8 1-2 to 9 feet, roughly III
the 5 to 6 ounce class.
Actually the reel, in fly fishing,
| is primarily a place to store spare
| line when not in use. Still, the reel
should be carefully selected. 1t
l;should be narrow, of large diameter
End sturdily built. Be sure there are
no rought edges to rub against the
line. Whether you select slngle-ac-
Zion or automatic is only a matter
of taste. ''-'
AS to the line, it absolutely must
be of proper size called for by the
rod. When ordering rod, it should
be individually tested and proper line
fitted. For the beginner, a plain
level line is the cheapest and SIM
plest to work. But buy the best quail
ity. If you have good rod and
line, and find difficulty in learning
to cast, try changing to a line OF
another size-nearly always a larger
one. AS you find yourself casting
we'll and smoothly, by all means adj
vance to the tapered line.
Use Nylon leaders, and for the be-
ginner they should be about six feet
long. Remember that the smaller
and lighter the fly, the easier 1t Is
to cast. Use a good line dressing to
float the line.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-08-02

Mr.. Lewis barn that burned was
a wood curer and the fire undoubt-
edly started from the furnace. The
barn near by was an oil curer and
didn't burn although its nearness to
the other barn would have set 1t
afire had it not been for timely fire
fighting by neighbors who worked
frantically to keep the fire from
spreading.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-08-02

pears that hogs do better and
on more economical gains when
lowed to gather their own feed =.
all labor of harvesting and tees.
hogs is eliminated. Hogs mar
turned on corn when in the +,
dough stage. Temporary fences =.
electric fences are all that is nss..
sary and are entirely satis.ac.o.v .
the area is not already fenced
Small Grain Production
Marion County farmers shor.
plant more small grain per acre tn.
is usually planted to help a!,aviI
the grain shortage. Then too, gysi''
crops can be produced almost en,jrs
ly with modern labor saving machin
cry. The land used to grow smsI
grains will be available for hay Gro,
or soil building crops during II
summer.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-08-02
Zeb Lewis Barn
Burns To Ground

zeb Lewis tobacco barn burned 10
the ground about midnight last
Thursday night. destroying a tull
barn of cured tobacco, and threaten
ing an adjoining barn,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-08-02
AGRICULTURAL
NOTES
FARM LABOR NEWS

without food there will be no
peace" Those were Gen. Eisen
hover's words a short time ago. we
know that the nation today is faced
with an acute shortage of both pork
ard lard. This shortage is now be-
ing felt by even the people of Marion
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FOR SALE Elgin Pocket WatcneS
also different makes of ladies ana
me- s wrist watches. We guarantee
CUR watches for one year. Bu11kln >
Jewelry, Tabor City. AN
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FOR SALE: One good saddle horse'
See w. A. Fipps, RI. l, Box 49,
Tabor City or at R. R. Rogers AUTO
Service, Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-08-02

ZOE RELIEF OF ATHLETES FOOT
Try "T r. Solution" If not satS-
fled, mony refunded. Prince Drug
Company, Tabor City
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Feor.of Future

from the Macon news.
But nonetheless it is the old mel
odies of these masters that provide
the greatest appeal to singing America.
We are just plain afraid of the future.
The possibilities of the use of the
atomic bomb are just too much for us
to even try to tackle
The United Nations Organization,
with all that it holds for the future, has
frightened us. We somehow feel better
when we see it falling into an old and
familiar, albeit deadly, pattern. Nam
dates" "trusteeships" all have a famil.
lar sound
Our intelligence warns us that these
old pitfalls are just as dangerous a.
of former years.
And yet our subconscious, clingins
frantically to the old, the familiar and
shying away from the new and untried,
allows us to accept these old shibbo-
leths. despite their baneful histories,
just because they are old, familiar.
We are like little children, afraid OF
the dark. And yet that very fear OF
the unknown will lead us straight ia
destruction if we do not bravely hold
the feeble candle of our knowledge be-
tore us and walk unfalteringly into that
same darkness which is the future.
Evening star., 1946-05-11

incentive Of fiat 1919 per cent royalty
would go far toward increasing the ef-
forts at new oil discovery
The five principal public lands States,
California, Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico and Wyoming, constitute huge
field for oil exploration. Since 1899
new discoveries of oil have been made
on 128 public land leases as follows:
New Mexico 81; Wyoming, 2l; Montana,
20: California, IA; Colorado, 3; Utah. /,
and other States, 8. The area of the
five principal States for oil exploration,
combined, is 623,472 square miles, of
which 253,200 are classified as possible
oil lands. The public lands in the posi-
BILE oil area Of these States amount to
25.570 square miles. 1t is Senator
OMahoney's contention that if the
Government stimulates search for new
oil deposits on these public lands by a
royalty payment of 1871 per cent, it will
lead to exploration on other lands, too,
and that the entire West will have an
opportunity to make valuable contribu-
tion to the Nations total oil reserves
and production
Indeed. law passed in 1912. which
was sponsored by Senator OMahoney,
provides for fiat l21a per cent royalty
for 10 years after discovery on all pro-
duction from leases on which new oil
or gas deposits have been discovered,
This was regarded, however, only as a
wartime measure, to stimulate the dis
covery and production of additional oil.
1t is Senator OMahoneys contention
that the incentive plan must be made
permanent and that is what he is seek
ing, despite the fact that the Interior
Department in March reported that the
need for such encouragement sin nor
NAL times" is not apparent. The Wyom-
ing Senator insists that while the war
IS over, these are not normal times,
and he cites the world oil situation
and the scramble for oil by various
powers, and particularly by Russia.
Fifteen United States oil groups now
own or have share in the ownership
OF crude oil reserves in 20 foreign coun-
tries. Some of these reserves are in
the Near and Middle East. The Amer
lcan oil companies own some of these
reserves in conjunction with the British,
the Dutch and the French 1t is clear.
however, that unless the United Nations
is able to maintain peace, these invest
ments of capital in the Middle and
Near East may turn out to be an in
Vestment in a new war.
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Nothing Criminal

James C. Petrillo and John L.
Lewis have shown themselves to be
resourceful in devising new and un-
usual ways Of raising money for
their respective unions. They have
worthy competitor, however, in the
person Of James Hoffa, business
agent for the locals of the Team
sters' Union in the Detroit area.
There are approximately 6,400 re-
tail meat and grocery stores in De-
troit and they rely on teamsters
to haul the commodities which they
sell. Heretofore they have been able
to obtain the services of the team
sters by paying the usual charges,
but that is not to be the case in
the future. Hereafter, Mr.. Hofra has
decreed, the teamsters will haul
food only to the shops of those
grocers who agree to pay a monthly
permit fee" of from 81 to IS. The
indignant grocers, asserting that
this is a form of tribute" have
said that they will not pay it. But
the chances are that they will.
At any rate, they apparently will
not get much help from the law.
An attorney for the grocers appealed
TO the city prosecutor, who, after
reviewing the facts, came to the con-
clusion that there was nothing
criminal" in what Mr.. Hoffa was
attempting to do. In all probability
the prosecutors decision is the cor
rect one, for 1t can hardly be doubted
that for a decade or more the leg
islative policy of this country and
the trend of judicial Interpretation
of the laws have been such as to
permit, If not actually to encourage,
the type of activity in which Mr..
Hoffa is engaging. And the further
probability is that this will continue
to be the case until public opinion
is sufiiciently aroused to demand an
end to such abuses.
Evening star., 1946-05-11
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

The United States has reached a po-
sition in the world where it must pull
up its oil reserves. It must do SO for
its own defense and for the protection
and expansion Of its industry
In recent letter to Secretary of the
Interior Krug, Senator OMahoney of
Wyoming stated the changed position
OF the United States in relation to
world resources and production of Pc
troleum. For IS years up to and includ-
ing 1914, this country was the leader in
petroleum production and, apparently.
in oil resources. The startling fact is
that the United States possesses only
80 per cent of the estimated crude oil
reserves, while the Eastern Hempishere
All Of which explains the intense
interest with which the maneuvers Of
Russia in Iran, and in the Middle East,
generally are being followed.
Testimony before the Senate Special
Committee on Petroleum Resources
showed that in the past IS years, up to
and including 1914 63s per cent of all
the world production of petroleum came
from the United States, with only 23.3
per cent from the whole Eastern Hemi-
SpiitIC' 4Hc ScIltCl "a kldflty l1dS
changed. so far as oil production is con-
cerned, from the United States to the
Near and Middle East Nor is any one
at present able to estimate with any
degree of certainty what the possible
oil reserves of Russia may be.
~ ~
Up to and through 1914, the petroleum
production of the Near and Middle East
was only 3.8 per cent of the world sup
ply. But the estimated reserves of the
Near and Middle East today of the
world total are 4218 per cent, whereas
the reserves Of the United States are
estimated at only 80 per cent. It has
become, therefore, Of great moment to
this country to increase its potential
reserves through discovery of new
fields.
For this reason Senator OMahoney
is backing legislation which would fix
the royalty rate-payable to the United
States-on exploratory leases at 1919
per cent. Under existing law the rates
for oil leases run from 1915 per cent to
81 per cent, depending largely on the
character and size of the oil production.
Mr.. OMahoney is firmly convinced that
1t Is necessary to bring about increased
activity in the field of oil exploration
a field which requires the expenditure
OF good deal of money, and that the
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Topuz Arrowhead

You tound this golden point, you sdy.5
In that ploared field beyond fthi
stream?
Against dark earth your practised eys
Discerned its alien topaz gledm? -
HoD long Ohio's soil concealed
The faUless wedge-since there 1t teE
From Shawnee chiettain's hand, per.
hapS,
Or Natches warrior's-,Uho can tell1
And earlier still it may haze come
From the Southwest 1Dhere it ,Das n,adt
By What rough paths, through tUhal
dense tDoodS, .-
In What complexities OF trade!
Yes, ,Uith your prize, I'd say you hold
A page of history in your hand,
Far flung adventure OF race
Whose rich imprint still marks or
land.
VIRGINIA sHEARER HOPPER.
Evening star., 1946-05-11

hope OF humanity fails with them Yet,
faced with these conditions, aware Of
them as every thinking person who has
access to the daily press must be aware
of them, some Americans are recklessly
dlssipating the strength of this Nation,
creating weakness where there should
be power, creating division and dissen-
sion where there should be a solid
front of national determinatio
Both in the ranks of labor and in the
ranks of capital there appear to be in
dividuals who are recklessly resolved.
regardless of the future, regardless of
the horrible threat that hangs over
them as we'll as over the rest of their
countrymen, to achieve selfish objec-
tives at the expense of others merely
because they think they have the power
to get away with their demands.
Issues of the most vital and far
reaching Importance are ENDANGERED
by the situation thus created, The
harassed Congress knows not whether
to go ahead with the matters in hand
or to turn to the rising threat of internal
chaos and try to find some means of
OPkoSAAAS Aos AAAC 1ACclOCAt uO6S his
honest best, but his best is not good
enough. And so America is weakened
by internal dissension at a moment
when weakness may we'll be fatal.
1t is poor comfort to reflect that the
gentlemen who are responsible for this
state of affairs will perish with the rest
OF us If their irresponsible selfshness
results in the final disaster-the dis
aster of American weakness in the hour
OF ultimate decision.
Can they not understand that this is
the hour, not for selfishness, but for
sacrifice? That this is time for de-
cision, as Sumner Welles has we'll said,
an hour in which weakness is suicidal,
in which selfish contention is akin to
treason, in which mutual concessions
and reasonable adjustment at home are
the essential foundations of strength
abroad? Apparently they cannot, and
in their lack of understanding may we'll
be found the red seeds of destruction.
tcopyright, le46)
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Liquor License Rocket

1he Senate District Committee
was correct in deciding that the re-
ported existence of liquor license
selling racket" in Washington was
not a proper reason for further de-
laying approval of the nomination
of Commissioner J. Russell Young
for reappointment. The license
problem has no bearing whatever
on Commissioner Young's fitness to
continue in Office. The problem Is
not Of his or the other Commission
ers' making, but all of them have
manifested concern about it, just as
the Senate committeeman have done
in ordering an investigation of the
matter.
The extraordinary situation which
has developed here in connection
with liquor license transfers thor
oughly deserves the earnest atten-
ton of congressional investigators.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board bluntly describes it as a
racket" that BODIES no good. for the
liquor-selling industry in the Ma
tion's Capital. 1t is a racket that
has seen liquor licenses being sold
at steadily inflated sums, until in a
recent transaction an all-time peak
price of $4,000 was recorded.
Other licenses have been sold for
100000 and slightly lesser sums,
according to ABC officials. These
sums represent the valuation placed
on liquor licenses transferred in
connection with the sale of liquor
stores and are,> consequently in ad-
dition to the considerat tions given
for building. stock and good will"
In other words, Government permits
are being bartered at skyrocketing
prices just as any scarce commodity
might be in an unrestrained market.
The question naturally arises as
to why it is possible, or permissible,
to trade in licenses issued to partic-
ular individuals on the basis Of their
qualifications to engage in the
liquor business. Actually, the trans
fer is made Subject to approval of
the ABC Board" but the board has
no basis for refusing approval if the
new applicant can qualify-as he
usually does. And the courts have
held that liquor license is prop
erty" that is subject to seizure and
presumably also subject to transfer.
like any other property. ABC off,
cials fear that the high prices in
vested in licenses may have a bed
effect in the event of a decline in
liquor prosperity. with unscrupulous
dealers resorting to unethical or
illegal practices in order to recoup
their losses. The ABC Board believes
that removal Of the ceiling on the
number of liquor licenses would
knock the props from under the in
flated price structure, but the Com
missioners, supported by many civic
groups, oppose any lifting OF restric-
tions on the liquor business. One
suggestion is that the District i'm
Evening star., 1946-05-11
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,vn

of State Byrnes. Neither the United
States, Great Britain nor France are pro-
testing against large Russian trade
missions being sent to South America,
although they have positive informa-
ton that the trade commissioners are
accompanied by specialists In Commu-
mist propaganda.
1t was consequently logical for Mr..
Byrnes to ask for equal opportunity to
trade with the nations of Central Eu-
rope and the Balkans, particularly since
1t meant merely resuming a situation
which was interrupted by the war and
Nazi-Fascist Vaccinations. We were
bluntly told in Paris to keep our noses
out of the European area.
* X y
The truth Is that trade agreements
have been rammed down the throats of
those new satellites of Russia, whereby
any business transactions between them
and the western world must 60 through
Moscow.
A similar situation is expected to de-
velop in the Far East. Last March, on
the eve of the withdrawal Of the Red
armies from Manchuria, the u. S. S. r.
indicated to Chungking that 1t would
like to negotiate an economic agreement
regarding that province very much
along the line of the trade agreements
with the Balkan satellites. Chungking
refused. The result was that the Red
armies managed to infiltrate large
Chinese Communist forces into vital
portions Of Manchuria, equipped them
with Russian and Japanese weapons
and placed them in position to take
over the bulk of Chinas richest prov
ince.
The trade opportunities of the west
ern world consequently are becoming
more and more restricted. Our produc-
ton will not be affected for some time,
so long as the rest of the world is seek
ing UNRRA aid and other assistance.
1t is probable that the Russian satellites
for some time to come will accept what
ever they can get for nothing from the
United States.
Nor will they refrain from "stimulat-
ing" American markets by asking and
obtaining Export-Import Bank credits
with which to purchase raw and manu-
factured materials, many of which will
find their way into the U. S. s. r. in the
shape of reparations.
This threatening situation was strong.
1y in the minds of high administration
oficials when they pressed Congress to
approve the loan to Britain. The Gov
ernment is more aware than the man
in the street that unless the needy
western nations receive q shot in the
arm in the form of loans. the prospects
Of their falling prey to totalitarianism
are DANGEROUSLY great.
Evening star., 1946-05-11
The Time for Sacrifice
By George Feidinr Eliot.

1t is time-proven military maxim
that military success is founded on the
offensive employment of power pro-
ceeding from secure base. History
warns us that failure to use power
o1ensively-that is, the wait and see
policy-generalfy results in disaster: but
history also warns us that the attempt
to use power extensively without first
making certain of the security of the
base is virtually certain to result in
disaster,
These principles apply to war. But
since the greater includes the less, they
apply to the use of national power to
achieve national objectives-a process of
which war is merely a more violent
manifestation.
Our present national objective in the
field of world policy is. the establishment
OF secure and lasting peace. It so
happens that the power and the prestige
OF the United States form the central
pivot Of the hopes of mankind for a
peaceful world.
Now it should be clear to any reasor-
able person that we have not yet at
tanned the measure of understanding
and agreement among the nations Of
the world that is the essential prelimi-
nary to the enthronement of world law.
There does not yet exist that sense of
world community, of moral and mutual
obligation, of confidence, which will per-
NIT what "the Federalist" calls "the
mild coercion Of the magistracy" to be
the sole sanction of international au-
thority. For the present, the world
Is still ruled by power.
In cold fact, America must for the
present be strong If Americas voice is
to be needed. How important it is that
our voice should be needed, the events
Of the past year bear eloquent testimony.
1t is not too much to say that if our
efforts to bring about peace of justice,
to devise acceptable means for the in
ternational control of atomic energy,
to break down the barriers to free COM
munication between peoplesa nd to bring
all men and women into responsible
participation in national and world af-
fairs-if these efforts fail, the last best
Evening star., 1946-05-11
Getting Out of Eoypt

Winston Churchill, leader of the
opposition, was right in stressing
the momentous character of the
British governments intended with
drawal Of troops from Egypt.
The nub of his criticism was that
this will leave the initial defense of
the Suez Canal wholly to Egyptian
forces and expose the tenderest spot
In the lifeline of empire which trav-
erses the Mediterranean and the
Red Sea. The governments reply
is that Egyptian nationalism has
reached pitch of self-consciousness
which simply will not tolerate the
presence of foreign troops in peace
time, and that the only basis on
which a new treaty could be nego-
tiated is their withdrawal. The
alternative would be virtual i'm
position of Britain's will upon a
recalcitrant Egypt, bitterly alien
ating not merely the Egyptians but
also all the other peoples of the
awakening Arab world, already an
gered by the Palestine issue. Such
alienation would, in the opinion of
the British government, be more
dangerous than the strategic weak
ness to the Suez Canal.
The government goes on to point
out that the decision does not spell
immediate withdrawal, which would
have to be done by stages over a
considerable period of time, during
which the Egyptian government. in
its turn, would have notably to in
crease its military establishment
and defensive installations. Fur
thermore, British forces would be
close at hand in Palestine, Trans
Jordan and Iraq, where they are by
mandate rights or by provisions of
treaties freely entered into by the
native governments.
The significant feature of all this
Is the way in which political con-
siderations today outweigh purely
strategic factors. The day when
Britain was supreme and unchal-
lengeable in the Near and Middle
East is long past. 1t must move
warily to maintain a favorable bal
ance in a complex and difficult po-
litico-diplomatic situation. wherein
the challenge of the Soviet Union is
becoming major element.
Another feature is the altered
character of warfare. Mobility has
become so stepped-up that British
aircraft, including transport planes,