Volume VIII
Number 27
November 30
1940
THE STATE
A Weekly Survey of North Carolina
Kniartd lewBd-cUM matter, Jane 1, 1033, el the PoMofflce et Belelsh, North Cerollne, under the Act of Merch 3, 1879.
Around
You <*ein find almost any¬
thing there: places that
are rich in historical as¬
sociation, a mayor who
has served for 22 years.
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dead cats and a
barrel of cow's eyes.
By CARL GOLRCII
IT was
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-lightly unusual sight.
In one room were more than
three thousand «lead eats. They
were arranged in orderly rows ii|h>ii
shelves which filled up the walls com¬
pletely. In
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large barrel over in one
corner were hundreds of hull-frogs;
some larg«> and some small. We also
observed a large number of snakes,
pigeons, turtles and rats.
Dr. Powell reached into a barrel
and held lip a round object. "I»o you
know what this is?” he inquired.
We looked at it and also gazed into
the barrel, where there were hundred*
of similar objects, but we were un¬
able to identify them.
‘•row’s eyes,” he told us.
Over in another room were a num¬
ber of small jars on a shelf. Dr.
Powell took up one of them. “Know
what they nre?” he asked.
We looked at the very small things
inside the jar and shook our head.
“Lice,” lie said, putting the jar
luiek on the shelf.
Then he showed us some small alli¬
gators, a barrel of tadpoles, some
salamanders and
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number of other
things. Some were embalmed : other
specimens were kept in formalde¬
hyde.
In case you don’t know it, we
Ala
ance County
The Carolina Biological Supply Company, operated by Dr. T. E. Powell
and located on the road to Elon College, just outside of Burlington.
might explain that Dr. Powell is
head man at the Carolina Biological
Supply Company, which is located
a short distance from Burlington on
the road to Elon College. It’s a nice-
looking and well-kept place, lie sup¬
plies all the things we’ve just men¬
tioned, and hundreds of others, t«»
schools and colleges all over the coun¬
try for their biological departments.
Been in the business for eleven year-
ami is now the second largest dealer
in the country.
For the benefit of boys who may bo
reading this, we might state that the
price paid for <-ats is fifty cents
apiece. Tsed to be that I)r. Powell
didn’t have any trouble getting all
the cats he wanted, but they’re get¬
ting pretty scarce around Alamance
County now and have been for the
last two or three years. You see. when¬
ever a boy wanted to go to a hall
game, he’d roam around, find himself
a cat, take it out to the laboratories
and soil it for fifty cents and —
presto! — he had his ticket to the game.
We spent last Friday in Alamance
County. It’s one of tile outstanding
industrial and agricultural counties in
tlie state and, in addition, it has a
larg*' number of interesting historical
spot ' within its boundaries.
When we arrived in Burlington
Friday morning, we went around to
Mayor Earl Horner’s office. Speaking
of interesting things — Earl i- one of
those “things" himself. He i« mayor
of Burlington and has hehl that office
for twenty-two years which, we be¬
lieve. is somewhat of a record. Any¬
way. if there’s any mayor who has
