Newspapers / Cherokee scout. / Feb. 26, 1942, edition 1 / Page 3
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Nobody's Business By GEE -McGfcK mr. wickard. secker-teriy of agver-rulturr. Washington? d c. deer sir:? while you are tacking up ceiling-, on prices to help the wedge earners an dother folks in the high income brackets. plot- place a ceiling on plow stocks and plow lines a-id 30 phers and twjs:e:s and lap-links an J heel bolts, bill you can let them ceil ings alone however if you will fix a minimum prict on coiton of 2ac per lb. and on cottonseeds. $75 per ton if we then nuke a crop, we won't romotaln a ) .nr what we hav? ?o ?; for our neeci-ci'ssities when they are too high, and you ca nk?ep yore par ity checks ansoforth. mr. wicka:d if you will look up the records, you will find that endurin* the bat*'" of the marne. hardware for farm use nsofo.th went up nvvl 90 percent k:i di? has succeeded in staying up ever since, so vou and m:\ Icon hendeis- -i m maht us well con sider old pry.1 that wera too high as wel las old p: ir s that were too low figger on ni> ? -iV. ? . nn miti dle-busters sind .. >! plantc-.; an 1 tinders ansoforth .and you'll be sur rii<td what taken place back yonder, he dealer n dretaller docs not mean army profit much on these things: the manufartuier nets nearly all .)f it. so they say. most everybody would like to seli high an dbuy low nobody ever lets .i lai me:- fix a price on annything he h s Ic sell "II he does is a?k how much will you gimme?'' and he takes what he offered or no'.hing. he has, ifnn the big gcat and the little goat . r.d the nanny of them ;=r yr?rs and wnen his stuff is viicrh. he h:s n ine, when it is low he has plentv ?ind noboddy wants It. the farmer has manny enemies, aa followers: boll weevils, poilitlcians. ;rd spiders. installment agents, wirms crows .high taxes. ?rmri wlrms crows high taxes, mule swappers, po tato bugs, more politician'. bear; \v t is. com borers, and lazy fc:;i' lrlfc but mr. wickard. if yo-i \va:i-. ? mv ;? hippy bunrli of folks, give '"?rmer a tatr price for hi- stuff and he will be "it," you can dir.ca r' yore alfabets when you do thi = th.it ... ? h 'armei is con- rnt'd. THE TOWN COCNCIL OF FIAT ROCK rAS8E8 SOME STRONG ORDINANCES l t!i ? t' vn counsel of flat rock met J it ex-rc.:tive .session last night in the I '.own h->!l wt'h nil Jldermens and tht 1 I mayor present, the purpose of the ; . meeting was to fix a rax lewy for 1942 and t9 pass some .>:dinances. I i ..x . vvy ?a.s : it 14 mills. < t 11 to V paid this fail or a ten per i ; cent penary would be stuck on. the \ e r.n taxes remained unchanged j oxcep, the owners of all di>gs will ix : required to wear a muzzle and be vaxcinated at c50 per shot, and wear a collar with tag on same to cost him j It. this monney will go to the sanni . errv department, stray dogs without J tans will h* ?iw?i a* ??*?**? i : !1 win* ordlnince wa? passcn rvr.tmcns by all pre *nt: whoever !s ???h.rt and found guilty of teallrvr [ i.n automobile tire or tube from any I beddy s car whomsoever, either in the i do ytime or night time, with malice ! aforethought jnd for the purpose of ' makinsc the feller walk instead of i lid . and diverts the same to Ms own | us** and comfort .will be put in Jai' i for rivaling and fined no* over 50(1$ ! : I si Iran 100* l>!l!? 5 ?wrs i>n til I vihaingang. toth to run n-ui -i. ; thai i.- iie can pay his fine .vhile iv is on rhe ?an<? but he can't net off the sr.ing till his fine is paid regard War's Reflection Noted In Increase Of Brths In State Ht:Iei on.- mce ordered all Oer n.m women to have children. an1 ki ei? on hiving tliem. for "the glory 11 Fate. land'. Not even such ? u;jis;i ,n h.is ever been made in this cmntry liu <o far as Nortli Caro lina is concerned, ever since the .?pread of World War 2. there has i^crn a steady increase in the number of births Last month 7.162 babies were born a.i rv r . kttched spying for Italy, appan >r germanny will be took to -ml ccr'ined for 8 years in i _>n. nnaiion camp or incjrcerateii ?ii il.irfc ell r>r both, and shippt-1 rut of the country as soon as the war wi nobeddy wtU be shot bv th> pr iwman or ann.vbody else until ? it. proved iii.it he is a un-america:i citizen and is pulling against ths country, the u. s. a. everybody in flat rock though' well of these ordinance; except holsum moore and slim [ nance, ir . they then adjourned, that j is? after everything was rattilitd. in this Sut? as compared with 071 in January 1941 ? a gain of IB per crnt. Births for the calendar year IM1. turn were 85.3M. or 4. JH5 more Chan in IMC1 Th.- gam In births is accompanied by a (l-rlirt tn deaths, "specially .mnne infants Last month the State death rate among babies drop ped eight points There also was a decrease in the number of deaths among mothers, due to childbirth. As yet there have been no signs atf i pidcmics in North Carolina, and i ? .'nil'. !.?id plans to prevent any arc oeing completed by the State iv .! of !T?..lrh and will be an r.ounrod soon The number of lnflu - ? nza deaths dropped from 147 In ,'anuary. 1942 Them was ? in the num ber of killings throughout the 8tate, there havins been only 21 last month as against 30 in the same period last year. A direct influence of the war can be seen in the fact that there were fv.n f rnlities from airplane acci dent last month a* against none In January l!>41 jr. donly 12 for that tntire year. Six person,-, ?a.-err drowned last month as gainst only "wo In Janu rv 1041 wniud process make* ?< po>. ib! ;o ui.ik siiver plated i nuare talnless and tarnish proof. 35* ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT ? DECEMBER 31, 1941 ASSETS Cash $ 1.918,856 United State* Government and Municipal Bond* All Other Bond* Stock* l.isted securities carried at mar ket. coat or call value, which ever is lower. First Mortgage Loan* On (arm property *7 ,420.888 on city property *49,761 .343. Real Estate __ This includes our eeventaea etory Home Office Buildinc. Leans to Our Policyholders . Fully Mcur?d by tht c?ih taIum of policies. Premium Loans ami Liana..* FultyMeuml by th? c*?b nltm of policial. Investment Income In Court* of Collection Premiums In Course ol Collection... All Other Assets 6.069,318 8,705,684 5,682,688 57,182,431 3.857,018 13452,529 3.488.208 1,022,890 2.77101* 277, 33? Totsl Admitted Assets ..I 104.7S4.885 LIABILITIES Policy Reserves $ 86.038,312 Thaa amount repreeenUi the re eenre required by law to *? ?ure prompt payment of poli cy obligation*. Reserve for Policy Claims ..... 363,983 Claim* in courae of satttemeat on which proofs have not been received. Heservs for Taxes 578,633 Premiums and Interest Paid In Advance 944,184 Policy Proceeds Left with Company 7,011,864 Dividend* for Policy hoi dors,, 949.C81 Reserve for All Other Liabilities 478,22a Liabilities I *3*4.888 Contingency Re serve % 1,400,000 A fu&d to take rare of contiaigai ciaa. depreciation on real aetata and inveetaent flaotuatiftew Capital 4.000J0* Surplus Un asilinert Total Surplus Fund* for ad ditional Protection of Pol icyholders t 8,400,000 Total .$ 104.7t4.889 Strong Facts From a Fine Record Coast to Coast Territory Served by Trained Agents The Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company operates in 26 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, through a chain of agency offices ex tending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It has representation in more than 450 cities. All Jefferson Standard agents are trained life underwriters? each well-equip ped to give you wise counsel and up-to-date information that will be help ful in planning your life insurance program. Local Service The Jefferson Standard is represented locally. We extend to you the service at omt Company with the full knowledge, based on 35 yean of sound and pro pailw experience, that you will be completely satisfied as one of our policy holders. K. C. WRIGHT Special Representative JULIAN DRICE, Pr.sid.nt . Founded 1907 . GREENSBORO, N. C.
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