The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-05
Lynn.

Lynn.
The United States Fourth Cir
cult Court of Appeals in Rich
mond last week ordered cigar
cite company to cease advertising
that its product contained less
nicotine and was less irritating to
the throat than other leading
brands. The courts action affirm
ed an order of the Federal Trade
Commission which banned as
false and misleading P. Lorillard
Co.'s advertisements of Old Gold
Cigarettes based on a Readers
Digest survey. The appeals court
also affirmed orders banning false
advertising by P. Lorillard of its
king-size Beech-Nut Cigarettes,
its Sensation Cigarettes and it's
Friends Smoking Tobacco. The
company did not contend that the
falsity of the representations
made for Beech-Nuts, Sensations
and Friends was not established
by substantial evidence. But it
fought hard to retain the right
to tell the public that the maya
zines survey had proved Old
Colds less irritating than other
major brands tested.
Membership in the Methodist
Church in the United States and
its possessions rose to 1896, SAT
during 1850, the Rev. Albert G.
Hoover, director of the denomina-
sion's Statistical Office has an
nounced. A year ago the member
ship stood at 8,792,569. Contribu-
tions for all purposes totalled
$244,676,674 in 1850 as against
$229, 297,111 contributed during
1949. ~,
North Cardinals nationally
known sterilization law, provid-
ing protection for feebleminded,
mentally i'll, and epileptic citizens
of the state, was used more ex-
tensively during the past bien-
MUM than in any previous two
year period in the history of the
states eugenics program, legislat-
ors learned last week when they
received copies of the Biennial
Report Of the North Carolina Eu-
genics Board. d
The report states that 46S ster-
ilization operations were performs
ed on such citizens from July 1913
to June 1850 Sin comparison to
291 in the preceding bienhihm,
and 339, the highest number for
any other bienniurn, July 1910 to
June 1912" The Eugenics Board
attributes this increase to " bet
ter understanding of the law on
the part of persons responsible
for it's administration, as well as
of the general public"
Payment of approximately $751;
100000 to 10000 North Carolina
workers who were temporarily un-
employed for a total of 1925, 900
weeks as the result of conditions
over which they had no control
during the year 1850 made a val
liable contribution toward keep
ing the States economy on an
even keel. This appraisal was
made by Henry E. Kendall, chair
man of the Employment Secur-
ity Commission, in a review of
the years activities of the COM
mission. More important, howev-
er, was the achievement in max
ing referrals of workers to jobs,
resulting in 100000 placements in
industry, business and agriculture
during the year.
Caswell Woodley, Route 2, Co.
lumbia, has started construction
of a sheep shed to house 40 ewes
and their lambs during bad wea-
Their this winter. The shed will
also contain pens and creep feed
.ers for the lambs. This is the first
shed of this type to be built in
Tyrrell county and much interest
is being shown in the outcome.
North Carolinians ushered in
1851 on a note of restrained mer-
rymaking, tempered by an anx-
>ious expectancy of what the New
Year would bring. Though night
clubs throughout the state report
ed heavy New Years Eve gate
receipts, most of the people had
their ears tuned to reports on the
world situation and an eye prob
ing the future to see what 1851
would bring to this country and to
North Carolina. Probably the
most heartening news that came
with the New Year was the un-
expectedly low holiday death toll.
Following the Christmas holiday,
on which at least % persons met
death on the states highways, the
Motor. Vehic1a RIIraaI1 hod nro-