Report of the condition of the
BANK OF OAK CITY
at Oak City in the State of NorD
Carolina at the close of business 1
March 4th, 1919.
Resources
Loans and discounts $92,770.12
Overdrafts unsecured .. 2,588.79
U. S. Bonds and Liberty
Bonds 30,900.0
Banking houses $4,500.00 * H
Furniture and fix t urea
SBOO 00 _ t 6,800.001
Demand loans 19,635.1 ,
Due from National banks.... 8,3241'
Due from State Banks and
Bankers 11,712.8 .
(jold coin v 941.00
Silver coin* including all
minor coin' currency 1,660.2.:
National Bank notes and
other U. S. notes 2,000.00
Revenue stamps ~ 3R.CO
Total $170,820.0f:
Liabilities
Capital stock paid in $ 6,000.00
Surplus fund 9,000.00
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses and taxes
paid —: 478.62
Dividends unpaid : 730.00
Bills payable 38,000.001
Deposits subject to check 91 279.4
Time certificates of deposit. 2f1,304.0'
Cashiers' checks Outstanding 6,9;!8.V
Total sl7o^2O.G'
States of North Carolina. County of
Martin, March 12th, 1910.
I, B. M. Worseley, cashier of tlic I
above named bank do solemnly sw«:. I
that the above statement is true to]
the best of my knowledge and belief
R. Nl. WORSLF.Y. Cashi«.
Connect Attest:— ■*
B. L. LONU,
H. S. EVERETT. *•
J. C. ROSS, |
Director, i
Subscribed and sworn to before nio
this 12th dav of March, 1919. a
J. H. JOHNSON.
Notary Publi.
My comimsion expires Feb. 20. 192'
NOTICE O FSALK
Under and by virtue of the authori
ty confer red in me by u certain deed
of trust executed to me by W. T. Rob
erts and wife, Annie Roberts, on No
vember 20th, 1917, to secure the pay
ment of certain bonds bearing even
date therewith and the stipulations
in the said deed of trust not having
been ronipjied with, 1 shall expose at
public auction for cash on tne 4th
day of April, 1919, at 2:00 o'clock p.
m., in front of the store of Al> Ayers
- in Bear iira.** the frttlerwing prpoper
ty:
Beginning at un iron stob, a cor
ner; thence east 70 yards to a stob,
a corner; thence north 17 1-2 yards to
u stob, a corner; thence north 17 1-2
yards to a stob, a corner; thence west
70 ytirds to a stob on the road; thence
along the road to the beginning, con
taining one-fourth of an acre, more
or less. \-
This 4th dav of March, 1919.
A. H. AYERS, Trustee.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of a deed of trust exe
cuted to the undersigned by Thn.nrv
Bell and Frank Bell, on the Ist d:.
of December, 1916, and registered i
Book Q-l, page 489, Martin co
register of deeds' office, 1 shall :■*'
to the highest bidder for cash at tl-
door of the Buak of Oak City, at 11 :Jii
o'clock a. m. on April 7th, 1919, th _
following property:
Being all that tract of land con\ e ,
ed to Frank Hell and Thomas Bell I>
Moses Bell and wife, Dicey Hell, lj
ing and beintc on the south of
the Hamilton and Palmyra public
road, and being the share of the Jos
4_vph J. Williams lands purchased I.
Aloses Bell of the Patrick Win
heirs. A more definite descriptio
may be obtained by referring to th
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R. Orleans.
6IFTS FROM "Y"
HELPEDDOU6HBOY
Corporal Irving Abrahams of New
York has Just returned from Prince.
Just because the Y. M. C. A. men
overseas had gone out of their way
to treat him well, he took the trouble
to make his way to the Headquarters
Building of the National War Werk
Council. Y. M. C. A., New York City,
and found some one on the 9th floor at
Headquarters to tell how much he ap
preciated the service of Jhe Red Trian
•le.
This is Just a part of what he said:
1 returned from France on the
27th of January, Have been wounded
three times. Am feeling line, but the
first time when we landed over in
France In April, 1917, we took the
position up on Chateau Thierry and
the Y. M. C. A. was right with us and
brought up on the firing line choco
late, cigarettes, and also paars, bis
cuit and done the best and all he could
Just to please the boys.
"And In August when we drove the
Germans back he came up under
heavy shell tire and brought us the
same chocolate, cigarettes, and If the
boys didn't have any money he would
give It to us Just the same.
"And up on ttie'Argonne Forest he
went under-, heavy shell .Are and
brought up all the candy and choco
late, and also spoke to the boys to
send our money to our mothers and
which we did, and also he told us to
send our money home and he will do
aJI he can for us, and also the boys of
the Third Division Is very well pleas
ed of the Y. M. C. A. and al*o thank
them ever so much; and also when
we got relieved from the Argonne
woods the Y. M. g* A. entertained us,
gave us a grand time, and we thank
the Y. M C. A. with our full heart and
we shall'never forget them.
"So I don't see why the fellows are
oomlng back from France and kicking
the Y. M. C A., and I can speak to
anybody and ask them why they are
knocking the Y. M. C. A"
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Red Triangle Ma Tells Of
Serving At Chateau Thierry
The Y. M. C. A. has been criticised
because It. was said that It had no one
at the fighting in the region of Cha
teau Thierry The other day, Erhest
C. Bard well, a New York-man, came
back from France, broken In health
because of his strenuous work In that
region. " •
Mr. Bsrdwell was one of a party of
Y. M. C. A. men who entered Cha
teau Thierry village with supplies at
10 o'clock on the morning of July SI
and worked all day and far Into the
night serving the boys who weje beat
ing back the German counter attacks.
The last German prisoners, he said,
were taken out of Chateau Thierry at
8:30 o'clock on the aumi morning.
Printed voiles, fine quality, 25c pei
yard at W. R. Orleans.
TEXAS PREPARING
TO REDUCE ACREAGE
Aloof the Same Lines That Are
Being Followed In Other Southern
States.
Press dispatch from Dallas says:
Cotton Growers, with 1,(00,M0 bale*
stored away, see danger of losing
money.
Fearing cotton prices will sink a ear
the pre-war levels, anises measures
are taken to prevent It. Southern cot
ton growers nre Joining in a Move
ment for general reduction of ISII
acreage. In Texas the move has
taksn the form of a pledge to reduce
acreage to two-thirds of that of 1911.
The State Agricultural Department is
emphasising the benefits of planting
grain on ths acreage thus saved. \
The Government crop report placed
last year's Texas production at 2.680,-
000 balee. Cotton was around M ..cents
a pound at the close of ths picking
season, but many growers and some
speculators felt it, would reach 40
cents snd did not sell. Prices fell,
however, with the signing ef the ar
mistice, and since then have been
wavering between II and N cents
Bankers who loaned money to grow
ers found thslr security diminished,
and plantation owners tkjund their
crops of less value than when har
vested. Texas growors estimate there
are 1, #00,000 bales stored by indi
viduals and In the compresses. Thoy
declare much of this has been dam
aged by winter rains.
Whjle cotton at 21 to 26 cents Is
hlghe? than before the war. growers
aay production costs is so much
higher that they will lose money at
M cents a pound.
I*st year's govsrnment reports
placed the Texas acreage at 11.835,-
000. By reducing this one third,
bankers and agrlcslturists feel that
prices can be held to a point that
will bring a profit and also bring a
higher price for the unmoved crag
of I*lß
The council of defense chairman la
each county and the county agricul
tural agent have been named as com
mittees to aid In an extensive adver
tising campaign to persuade all plant
ers to sign the two-thirds acreage
pledge.
MUST STAND TOGETHER.
The farmers will all have to stand
together or they will all fall together.
Cooperation ts the one salvation of
the farmers and when they undertake
as they hate done to all hand together
In order to force a higher price for
the product on which so
their financial future depends, no
fair-minded person can do otherwise
than wish thmn well.
And the farmer, committed to the
plan of holding his cotton aa a means
of boosting the price, ought to dis
play genuine bulldog tenacity. It will
not do to hold a couple of weeks and
then let go Just because the market
shows a little upward slant This
will not he keeping the pledge This
Is not the of attitude that will
make an Impression on the man and
the Interests who are matching their
wills with those of the farmer. If
the farmer wants to prove to those
men and yiose Interests that he Is In
deadly earnest he will have to ahow
more than Jus* a little temporary de
termination to hold his cotton.
Nor Is self Interest the only Incen
tive that should move the farmer In
ths preesnt emergency. Kqually as
great a motive Is the necessity of a
spirit of loyalty to his fellow farmers.
The cotton grower has his obligation
to his fellow cotton grower as well as
to himself, and it certainly seems that
he owes it to the rest of the men in
ths calling to adhere closely to ths
program which the majority soem t.)
feel Is ths wisest under the circum
stances.
There has been a disposition on the
part of one part of the public to take
tt for granted that the farmer has
been making big money in recent
years. And the farmer has done bet
ter thaa In the pre war years, but the
high cm st of living and of materials
has hit the farmer as severely as It
kaa any one elee and hls.net profits
have been by no mesns extravagant.
He Is entitled to ths sympathy of ev
ery one who wanta 'to see fail' plfcy In
the great game of American enter
prise —News and Observer.
The following information in regard
to the progress of ths cotton associa
tion's'fight was given out: "Editors
la the leading financial papers state
that 'the orgaalaatlon of cottoa farm
ers throughout the entire cotton belt,
we find, is more complete and the
most systematic and most thorough.
The men behind the movement under
stand the Importance of the vitll ne
cessity of the organisation. A per
sonal investigation of men in the field
convinces us that beyond a shadow of
doubt the pledge reductions will be
carried out to the letter. Further
more, that most Important of all. Indi
cations an that steps being tsken will
lead tp remarkable changes In the
marketing at cotton. It Is an unwrit
ten law that following all wars re
markable changes and various phases
ef business usually remit and the
ehaaoes are that one of the moet re
markable changes will take place In
the commercial life of the South.'» j
NOTICE
Having qualified aa executrix upon
the estate of John D. Bowen, deceas
ed, notice is hereby given to all per
sona holding claims against said es
tate to present them to the undersign
ed for Myment on or before the 4th
day of March, 1920 or this notice wiU»
be pleaded in bar of their reeovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will pleaae make immediate payment.
This 4th day of March, 1919.
POLEY S. BOWEN, Executrix.
Ladiea' gingham drosses, $2.25 m
up at W. K. Orleans.
COTTON PROrOStL
IS GRIPPING SOUTH
IraMi is Spreatfing Like
WiU-Rn All Over The
Cotton Belt
Kaporta mgm at state hea4-
taarUrs, of tta North Caro-
Uaa Cottoa Association during the
paat few days indicate that the move
meat Inaugurated at th« recent coun
ty coaventlaaa held In practically ev
ery county In the etate last week to
hold the unsoM balance of the pres
ent crop and to reduce the acreage
for the comtaf crop by one-third as
compared with 1»18 la spreading like
wild-Ore ia all parte of North Caro
lina. The bankers, merchants and
farmers who attended these conven
tions laat week lat no grass grow
aader their feet upon their return to
their homes. The New Orleans, Hous
ton, Galveston, Dallas. Memphis,
Montgomery, Atlanta, Little Rook.
Charleston. Savannah and Birming
ham newspapers have been publiah-
Ing dally reports of county and State
meetings held la theee States to ratify
and put into practical effect the work
outlined by tha general convention re
eantly held In Nsw Orleans. In fact,
It would seem aa If every Southern
Stats and every county In the cotton
belt were vising with one aaother to
see which will make the best record
In ths matter of reducing the cotton
acreage In 191» and holding the cot
ton now on hand for remunerative
prices.
Alarmed over this movement, which
threatens to break the* strangle hold
which the splnnlnß Interests of tha
country, aided and abetted by the bear
Speculators In the New York market,
havs had on the cotton market for
some weeks past, the Northern press
Is attempting to throw ridicule o« the
movement and to belittle it. A typical
tnatance of this bear propaganda to
off sat the cotton acreage reduction
movement Is furnished by .an article
published In a recent Issue of fhe
Journal of Commerce. Some suppos
ed correspondent from the South Is
quoted In that Journal, Whloh has al
ways been very friendly to the New
Bngland spinning Interests, as saying:
"I take little stock In resolutions
to decrease acrsaga, as such attempts
st reduction are economic heresy. Too
well do many of us remember the
days of four and Ave cent cotton
the nineties Conventions were held
tn Memphis and elsewhere to reduce
acreage. Rnlemn oaths were signed,
tot always the t'esiilt waa the sent*,
an Increase of acreage, because each
went home with the same determina
tion to increase his own acreage an
to believed his neighbor was going
to decrease.
Such articles as these, full of mis
statements of facts, are calculated to
have Just the opposite effect In the
South from that intended by the au
thors. Much water, In an economic
way, has passed under the mill since
tha early nineties. The cotton grow
ers of the South have learned by sad
experience that a small crop with
good prices pays' better than a large
erop with low prlcea. If they had any
doubt on this score Secretary Hea
ter's annual reports, ahowlng the total
value of the various crops produced
by ths South, state the facts only too
plainly. The Journal of Commerce
statement to th« contrary, no signed
pledges were required by the cotton
convention previously held In tha
South, and It was this very lack of
signed pledges that foredoomed the
acreage production movements of pre
vlous years to practical failure. There
never was a year in which a conven
tion of thin sort was held thst the
acreage was not materially decreased,
although the rut In acreage did not
always come up to what the conven- |
tlon ksd planned. Lack of proper or
ganliatlona by fltatea and counties,
the failure to get algned pledges to
carry out the objects of the conven- i
tlon and the fact that no subsequent
convention waa held later In the sea
SOP to receive reports as to the prog
ress made by the different cotton
growing States In effecting a reduc-
Uon in acreage were some of the rea
sups thst the former conventions
proved a failure In so far as accom
pllshment went. All these loophelen
have been closed by the recent con
vention, and. in addition, a resolution
was adopted by the convention to
brand any man In the cotton belt who
refuses to co-operate as "so lacking
in pnbllc spirit as to forfeit the confl
denca of the community In wblch he
Mvee."
The "economic heresy" of reducing
the cotton acreage. to wblch the
Journal of Commerce refers. Is a line
Bounding phrase, but cotton insn say
it will not deceive anybody In the
South who stops to think. The New
England and Southern mills, whei;
they And a stock of goods accumulat
Ing and no btyers coming into tin
dry good market at once take stepr
to reduce their output. II Is jtVgued
therefore, that If It Is a good «thln|:
for Um mills to reduce their output Al,
the manufactured goods, In order to
stimulate demand, why should It not
also a good thing ,or th " cotton
growers In the South who produce ftie
raw atUrial? This is the point of
view that the cotton tntsrests of the
•oath tska
MRS. DEAD
Mrs. Eaaie failey, daughterjuf Mi
and Mrs. Amos Perry, died March !•
of influenza and pneumonia at the
home of her haaband, Mr. Alony
Bailey in Bear Grass township.
Mrs. Bailey was born Decemfegr 7tl
1900 and was s bride of less than *2
months when her young life wa
cut aa a fldwer by the Maker. Si
joined the Christian church at Macc
donia in 1916 and until her death slu
lived a life of service, love hnd fail
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