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Friday, July 15, 1938.
Difficult to Understand
The laws of our land are difficult to under
stand a* they are applied to similar cases under
different conditions. If a man steals a loaf of
bread he is jailed, if a man steals a railroad he
is elected to office.
The death of Samuel Insull, the Englishman
who came to this country and blew up a four
billion dollar financial bubble, recalls to the
minds of thousands of victims the trend of gov
ernment just six short years ago. A review of
the man's colorful career m financial pyramid
ing causes one to doubt if there were as many
as sixty families who clutched the wealth of a
whole nation.
Our government, the bulwark of Democracy
we were told, permitted Mr. InsulJ to heap bil
lions upon billions and when the crash came
and thousands were left penniless the laws of
our land acquitted him of all crime intent. He
was considered a financial genius by some, but
with all his vision and manipulations he could
not see even a few short days ahead the crash
that was to write finish for thousands, the crash
that he and other manipulators were partly re
sponsible for. And Insull is not to be blamed so
much after all, for the old system that invifed
and encouraged such empire building.
Samuel Insull is dead but his handiwork will
bear crops of distress and misery for years ta
come.
Right to Work, Sure; Right to
Live. Maybe
Crowding into the labor dispute surround
_ ing the Pnnp mills in Greensboro. Governor .
Clyde R. Hoey has laid the law down that any
man, be he strick-breaker, scab or what not,
will not be denied the right to work, intimating
that every policeman and every member of the
National Guard will be called out to guaran
tee one the right to work.
There's no marked objection to one's work
ing, but in showing interest in one's right to
work, the Governor has had little to say about
one's right to decent wages, the right to live
One Consolation
During recent months one has heard much
about "recession", the administration's opposi
tion loudly declaring, "I told you ao."
There's one consolation the opposition over
looked, and North Carolina's Labor Commis
sioner A. L. Fletcher ably pointed it out recent
ly when he told the State Press Association that
although the "recession" had all the earmarks
ol a panic, there had not been a tenth of the
suffering and unrest that marked the situation
back in 1932 and 1933.
And by the way when the commissioner got
through with his address, ii was apparent that
North Carolina's labor laws are not the ideal
ones that ranking state officials would lead us
to believe they are. v
Not What They Want
"Utilities to get fair opportunity," reads a
(headline in announcing a new general power
policy laid down by Public Works Administra
tor Harold L. lckes.
Do the utilities really want a fair opportun
ity, or do they want to continue their old prac
tices of doing as they please with a guarantee
of profits? The big corporations of this country
have listed their properties for taxation with
little interference. They have experts to twist
values when it comes to getting a certain prof
it ratio, and to twist them again when it comes
to paying taxe6. They howl about competition
offered by the government, but turn around
hnd offer competition, often that of the cut
throat type, to advance monopolistic trends of
their own.
' Fair opportunity is not what the trusts of
this country want. They want no interference
whatever in the operation of their businesses
on the one hand, and on the other they want to
control the government., "?
Live dangerously, they tell us?so the daunt
less liber went out and bought a one-way ticket
to Jersey City ?Chattanooga Times.
New Cotton Classing
Service for Farmers
A tree cottow -clewing aervice for
growers cooperating in one variety
communities will be provided for
this year's crop by the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, said J. A.
Shanklin, extension cotton special
ist at State College.
The aervice will be provided only
to growers in organized groups who
are taking active measures to im
prove their cotton, Shanklin point
ed out Fourteen one-variety com
munities have been established in
North Carolina.
Hie purpose of the service is to
supply growers with dependable in
formation regarding the grade and
staple length of their cotton so they
will know how much improvement
they make in their lint. This infor
mation will also be a help to both
the farmers and the buyers in mar
keting transactions.
From each bale of improved va
riety cotton ginned by a member of
a qualified group, a six-ounce sam
ple representative of both sides pfl
the bale will be sent to the nearest
classing office. The two nearest to
North Carolina growers will be in
Atlahta, Ga.. and Memphis, Tenn.
The office will notify the grower of
the grade and staple length of the
bale from which the sample is tak
tn.
The organized groups, Shanklin
said, must provide for the taking and
identification of samples and for
shipping them to the classing office.
Tags will be supplied by the bureau,
and the government will pay trans
portation charges on the samples.
Growers wishing more informa
tion may communicate with J A.
Shanklin at State College, or write
direct to the olaaaing offices, post
office box 4072, Atlanta, or 1111
Kails Building, Memphis
Earners Treat-Seed
To Increase Yields
North Carolina farmer* are fast
ridding their cotton fields of damp
ing-off disease, the scourge that has
been cutting heavy inroads into the
Tar Heel cotton crop in recent years.
In 1934, Carolina farmers plant
ed 2,000 acres with seed that had
been treated with 2 per cent Cere
san. whidh kills the organisms caus
ing damping-off disease, said Dr.
Luther Shaw, ertension plant path
ologist at State College.
The results were good and the
next year more treated seed were
planted on a larger acreage. Last
year the acreage planted to treated
seed jumped to 300,000 acres, and
this year 400,000 acres of cotton
were planted with treated seed.
Dr. Shaw and O. P. Owens, an
other extension plant pathologist,
itport tlwt-in s iciein sumey
piedmont and coastal plain counties
they found that farmers who plant
ed treated seed had almost twice as
many plants per 100 feet of row as
were growing on fields where the
seed had not been dusted with Cere
There were 431 plants per 100 feet
of row from treated seed and only
280 plants per 180 feet of row grow
ing from untreated seed Moreover,
they found that 72 per cent of the
plants from untreated seed had sore
skin, while only 30 per cent of the
plants from treated seed were af
fect Treating cotton seed cost
fee ted Treating cotton seed cost
ed, and the increase in yield and
quality of the lint bring growers
from $11 to $13 or more per acre, de
pending upon price, weather condi
tions and other factors.
Recent Survey Studys
Self-Service Stores
?
All retailers ? and independent
grocers particularly ? have been
studying closely the development of
self-service stores. Corner grocers
not in communities where self-ser
vice stores have ben opened.?antfr
who have had no direct experience
as to the effect of such markets on
their business, are finding the an
swer in a recent survey made by the
Progressive Grocer, trade magazine
of the grocery business. This study,
conducted in northern New Jersey
and Cincinnati, disclosed that both
number and sales volume of med
ium-sized independent stores actual
ly have increased along with self
service market activity. In New
Jersey, it was found that stores with
from 3 to 15 employees enjoyed
about $9,000,000 more volume in 1931
than in 1935, while self-service mar
kets with 16 or more employes in
creased their sales volume slightly
less than $3,00U,U0U.
PAMLICO BEACH COTTAGE FOB
rent. Seven rooms, completely
furnished, with boat included. If in
terested, see D. V. Clayton, William
ston, N. C. jly8-15 22-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of North
Carolina. Washington Division
In Bankruptcy No. 638.
In the Matter of James Edwin
Roberson, Bankrupt.
The petition of James Edwin Rob-J,
erson, of Williamston, North Caro
lina, for a full discharge in bank
ruptcy, having been filed in said
Court, it is ordered by the Court
that a hearing be had on September
5, 1938, before Honorable I. M Mee
kins, Judge of sauf Court, at Wash
lngton, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock
M? and that all known creditors and
other interested persons may appear
id show
at said time and place and show just
cause, if any they have, why the
rayer of said petitioner should not
ted.
This Jul;
Uly 1Mb. IH3B, A LI.
WHEELER MARTIN,
U. S. Referee in Bankruptcy
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained -in that certain
Deed of Trust executed by Elijah
Baker to the undersigned Trustee,
dated 3rd day of January, 1936, said
Deed of trust being of record, in the
Register of Deeds office in Martin
County in Book P-3, page 435, to se
cure certain note of even date there
with, and the stipulations in said
Dead of Trust not having been com
plied with, and at the request of the
holder of said bond, the undersign
ed Trustee will, on the 1st day of
August, 1938, at 12 o'clock. Noon,
in front of the Courthouse door,
Martin County, offer for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described land:
A house and lot in the Town of
WilHamston. N. C.. bounded by Hat
ton or Warren Street, Mobley land.
Gabriel Wiggins, and Gurganus, and
being the same house and lot now
occupied by me.
This 1st day of July, 1038.
n a mnVnnn
jly5-4t Trustee.
NOTICE or PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Martin County. In
gupmnr Court. Ummm
The defendant, Leman Bo wen.
will take notice that an action enti
tled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court, Martin Coun
ty, North Carolina, to obtain an ab
solute divorce on the grounds of two
years' separation and adultery, and
the said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear
at the Office of the Clerk Superior
Court of said County in the Court
house in Williams ton, N. C, within
thirty days from service hereof and
answer or demur to the Complaint
in said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
This 15th day of June, 1938.
L B. WYNNE.
jly8-4t Clerk Superior Court.
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Condensed Statement of Condition of
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
At the Close of Business June 30, 1938
Resources
Cash and due from banks $6,139,098.78
Obligations of the United States 4,836,846.21
Federal Land Bank Bonds 907,326.77
Federal Home Loan Bank Debentures 99,994.38
North Carolina Bonds 309,285.06
Municipal and other marketable
bonds : I.. 1,831,994.86
Other Stocks and Bonds 19,506.00 14,144,052.06
Loans and Discounts 3,230,136.77
Accrued Interest and Accounts Receivable 82,976.09
Banking Houses, Furniture & Fixtures & real estate 234,515.71
TOTAL $17,691,680.63
Liabilities
Capital Slock?Common
Capital Stock?Preferred
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Dividend Payable July 1, 1938
Unearned Discount and Other Liabilities
DEPOSITS
TOTAL
$ 400,000.00
396,000.00
400,000.00
605,362.95
269,450.00
8,000.00
53,799.38
15,559,068.30
$17,691,680.63
Upon the Strength of the Above Statement and the Backing of Our Directors, We So
licit your Business, Promising Every Accommodation Consistent With Sound Banking.
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