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]$}-Roofiag PREPARE For winter! Stop those Guaranteed work. FHA .jar/ Southern Roofing and Sid Co. Dial m3. I?,*;_Seeds, Plants. Bulbs r^ADQUARTERS FOR foil grains "fenuine Abruzzi rye. full grain T,)g barley, wheat, vetch, winter as rre. grass crimson clover. eP,*f W- Wood and Sons. a NTER LAWNS at reasonable * „.j,: Complete line fruit trees. rvet greens and ornamentals. t,ge price list on request. Dial 20063, Henderson and Potter Mutt ery. _ ,C £DS SPKAYS, spray materials, •"....ts dusters, tor {arm garden. ?a<m,' Cross Seed Co. Dial 6868. [jj lir.pbymeni Wauled ;I^ED-MAN. ae years old, sev6n years Warehouse and lock room evperience, desires n*rmanent position in or near Sv. Excellent references. Dial J-810®. __ 0-norktg & Horage S TRANSFER Depend *ablc service. Reasonable rates, furniture carefully handled. Dial (-0056 or 2-2322_ I/yCAU aND long distance haul Experienced in safety. Low J, j-stes for moving. Phone 6042. fUSSiriED DISPLAY CAlil *15 $25 - *50 Larger Loans on Furniture & Autos. AETNA LOAN and FINANCE Co. (f ormerly Wilmington finance Co.) >02 MURCHISON BLDG. 2nd Floor — Dial 7942 Printing Company Gets incorporation From State Secretary A new printing company was authorized for Wilmington yeS tfrday by Secretary of State Thad Eure, of Raleigh. The new company, with a capital stock of $100,000, was chartered as the Linprint com pany. Subscribed stock of $300 was by John Lindner, Spurgeon Baxley, both of Wilmington, and S. P. Risley, of Charlotte. Dial J-3311 For Newspaper Service 162—Travel Opportunities CALL THE Carolina Motor club for complete worldwide travel and reservation service. Tele phone number 5693. 162—Travel Opportunities FOR QUICK reservation and tick et service on National Airlines and aii world air and steamship lines, see or call us. We help plan vacations anywhere, every where. Wilmington Travel Agen cy. 128 Princess etreet. Phone 2-1037: night phone 2 1449. 170— Wanted WANTED—Part load to Kinston, or points near. Jones Transfer and Storage. Dial 4928, LOAD OR PART load via Atlanta. Dial 4928. Jones Transfer and Storage. 171— Wanted To Bny WANTED TO BUY five addresso graph plate steel filing cabinets. Call Mr. Walker at 6228, 172— Wanted To Rent FIVE OR SIX room house in nice location. Phone 2-0273. 180—Legal _ administrators notice Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Annie E Munson, deceas ed, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned at 201 South Fourth Street, Wilmington, N. C., on or before the 10th day of October, 1948. or this Notice -will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment. This the 9th day of October, 1947. H. PERCY MUNSON Administrator of the Estate of Annie E. Munson, deceased. CLASSIFIED DISPLAY Wb Ixienaintte « Rats! 9 Bedbugs! 9 Roaches! 7AKB0K0U6H 215 Priaces* Dial 2-S651 SAFE! DEPENDABLE SERVICE! LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED! *100 to *1000 MORE Also Personal LOANS 6amm0tcuiL CytcJUl COW*Oll AT ION ■"— It* PRINCESS ST. PHONE MSI COMPARE OUR RATES BEFORE YOU BORROW CASH YOU SET *100 *200 *300 *500 $1000 Monthly Payment* 15 Mot. $ 7.35 14.70 32.05 36.47 72.65 1Z MM. $ 9.04 18.08 87.13 44.85 89.36 you • • • y°mr ! monthly paymont plmn AT AUCTION . WEDNESDAY October 15th — 2:30 P. M. The U. B. Spindle Property tKnown As Monhey Junction) CAROLINA BEACH RQAB Seven Miles From Wilmington • GOOD BUSINESS PROPERTY! • 25 EXCELLENT ROAD FRONT LOTS! Right in the heart of a fast growing community, one service station, one 7-room house, one 5-room house, one '■room house, one 3-room house, 4 tourist cabins with running water, one metal building 40x80 and other out buildings. EASY TERMS—This is an Opportunity—CASH PRIZES WALTER & GURLEY AUCTION CO., Selling Agents Kinston, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Richard A. Shew, Really Co. For Particulars Call 213 Princess Street Dial 2-2160 WHY WE SAY k, STAN 1 COLLINS III SLAWSON L " A SPOKE f J y) WHEEL* This expression is currently used in the sense of helping someone. It originated in the days of wagon trains when they ’ were equipped with solid wheels. These wheels had holes in the outer rims into which a spike or spoke was inserted so the wagon could be skidded down a Steep hill, com n*7 rr genual egatumj COUP- TM-WORLD RIGHTS RUtRVtO BeifeveJt orAbt/ v MA£y TUORTO City, NT HAS NATURAL EYELASHES I Jfe INCHES LONS & 'REHABILITATION* ** HAS 7CONSONANTS AMP 7 VOWELS TkiJSV* GRIMM - Age 14 rCAUG*fT 31 SWfPECS IN i HOURS -VWTHCUT using BAIT - Bum island-HamircmaCk.K.* fop ifhtJ Kin/ Swum SjAd-ejit. 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Toward the lee 51. For fear that 52. Elevations (golf) DOWN 1. Sanity 2. Imaginary central line S. Bestows CRYPTOQUOTE—A cryptogram guotatioa *NBW NMH NRXI RKC KFN N. M H BKNCBVDH NMRN W NMH TCBSH VCRKUBXXH. Yesterday* CryptoglUtei IT IS NOT POETRY,^ROT PROSE RBN MAO-POPE. Distributed br Etef Psaturcs Syndhsti. Me? ORPHAN anno— "LOVE THAT MAN!’ [save 3he can^^hats a gpoo^ C mfmbe wwT I oaueiT rr ' IhLKIMO To MRS. CLIMAX TCC*V~T K= OLD AUNTV T[ HELP T^IiU I ( ^RN^rJJeT oHP sav«> uiuv ryrpc' jnp r CUM AX- DOES NT LIKE 1 MAKES HER PEEL ( ALWA/S VCTTEO ■ THAT MAK» HER ANC KNOWS S£rcTS I CHrI^S^Xe^ pSwr f THE STO^ WHY I UNCOMFORTABLE-) THE VMV JERRV I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE-" NEVER BEEN WRONQ-J etx>i TERRIBLE STORtES_ | DOES SHE REAP IT? 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L DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A SPARE IF YOU WANT HAMBURGERS, jLicadw Two THE PROF MAY I HAMBURGER ON YOU, DO' COME AND 6ET THEM....ALL DfWNTO THE BE CRACKED, MISTER?' YOU WANT...ALL YDU HAVE Football but he's still to do is to get b/those field.1 and a smart rm eleven men/ come on,j" PONT ASK ANY NOW' itL^EEvoi y r Jj laS ^^R. ;*7. KtNC FEATURES SYNDICATE. Im, WORLD IUCHTS RESERVED. rHE GUMPS COm NOW, ANPY... YOU’RE SIX TIMES SEVEN...THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A „ * GHOST... SOMEONE WANTS TO SCARE THE WHY IS h/ AND I KNOW. EASIER THAN WH THE WHO.. THAT ) I'M GOING TO SOMEONE MUST L HAVE A THINK THERE’S TALK WITH fSURlEP TREASUReV HIM AT YOUR SERVICE ,ANDY THAT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT... JUST TAKE A PEEP BREATH, TURN AROUNPANP START/ ABBIE AN’ SLATS- ~ OLD PALS MEEf ITS "0LESS - YOU' I THAT'S THE FAKE PAILEY-MEOLP THAT MARRIEP SHIPMATE-UKH- ^EOKY AN' ME? WISE KNOWN AS "REVERENP'tfENTCY INFERNO? rl KNOW I CAN'T COLLECT \ THE TWO-DOLLAR MARRYING FEE SACK OFF YOU--BUT THERE M SOMETHING I CAN COLLECT A FISTFUL O' VOUR FRONT > \_TEETH-— OUT OUR Vt AY By J- B. WILLIAMS AUNTY HIRED HIM ^ KEEP OUT OF HIS SIGHT/\ TO BRING OUT TH1 H SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS ) LAST OF TK WILD j SHORT-HANDED AN’ IF HE J ■CATTLE —SHE SEZ \ SEES US HE'LL THINK f HE’S TH’ BEST BRUSH SHE WA=> FIBSHm: ) COWBOY IN THIS J _, WHOLE COUNTRY/ A 1 -:-|! \ /C-3 the surplus irgTnrgniiiBniMiiiMH 1 OUR BOARDING HOUSE Wilh MAJOR HOOPLB E6AD BOSTtR/ YOU KAYE MORE fA THAT'S A BIS ORDER FOR. BDSirY&SS ACUMENS THA.M THE CMe PLATE. HOVO TX) I . other—dm —residents/— \,Kmo\n tm mot buying • TODAY I'M IMYITIMU YOO TO INVEST \\ A BUNCH OF SMORE 4 *50 liY A SLSRB-FiRE iNYENXlON /;/ RiNGS OUT OF THOSE |_4_ .A SIMPLE OEMiCE THAT *0 BRAKE LlNlMGS YOU iVOlLL ABOLISH OYERSLEtPiKG AGO A FOFFF — HOnN ABOUT iGET THE VNORLD TO \M0RH CM 4'I FOUR SUCKS ? 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