Economies Offered
To Efficient Buyers
Almost the first thing any good
sized company does is set up a cen
tral purchasing department, in
charge of somebody who "knows his
stuff" to do all the buying. Yet there
are only 300 American cities which
take advantage of the economies
made possible by efficient purchas
ing, according to a survey by the Na
tional Consumers* Tax Commission,
nationwide women's group seeking
lower taxes through municipal econ
omy-efficiency. The NCTC found an
example of savings in New York City
where a purchasing agent saved
$200,000 annually just by standardi
zation of printing forms for one of
its many departments. An average
saving on all the things purchased by
the cities, of from 10 to 15 per cent,
has been shown in the 300 municipal
ities which do use the centralized
buying system, the commission re
ports.
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Yes, It Pays Farmers
To Fertilize Cotton
"Yet," it the answer to the ques
tion: "Does it pay to fertilize cotton
at present prices?" says Prof. C. B.
Williams, head of the State College
Agronomy Department.
1 On the basis of experiments con
ducted by the State College Agricul
tural Experiment Station over a
long period of years, net profits av
eraging $23.53 per acre were obtain
ed from the use of the proper kinds
and amounts of fertilizer with seea
cotton selling at 5 cents per pound.
"The present prices for seed and lint
are about equal to 4 cents for seed
cotton, which would afford fairly
good net profits per acre." Prof Wil
liams stated.
His recommendations on cotton
fertilization are as follows: From 400
to 600 pounds of u 4-S-4 mixture per
acre on sandy and sandy loam soils
in the Coastal Plain section; from
400 to 450 pounds of 4-10-4 for the
heavier soils in the eastern part of
the State, especially the northeast
ern section; from 400 to 600 pounds
of a 4-10-4 mixture for piedmont
soils m average condition.
"However," said the agronomist,
"where heavy crops of legumes haye
been grown on the land the previous
year and turned under, or where
heavy applications of manure have
been made, the percentages of nitro
gen in the mixtures may be reduced
50 per cent or more.
And where the acidity of the soil
is low naturally, or where low acidity
is brought about by application ol
lime, it is usually wise to increase the
percentage of potash to 6 to 8 per
cent. The extra potash may be sup
plied by side applications of a pot
ash salt, such as Koinit or muriate,
after the cotton is well established.'
Bright Spots Seen
On Business Front
While general indexes point to
nothing more optimistic than a "lev
eling off" of the January-February
business decline, there are bright
spots in the picture, both in the fore
ground and on the horizon. Here are
Gypsum officials of a 10 per cent
gain in building construction this
year; a 16 per cent rise in rayon yarn
deliveries for the first two months
this year over last; a 6 7 per cent rise
in "revenue freight" car loadings Jbr
the week, over the same, weelt of
1939. Export trade is going great?
guns, with metal working machinery
and aircraft, of course, loadine the
parade
The severe winter has depleted re
tailers' stocks of overcoats and hea
vy clothing, pointing to heavy pur
ibasing u? uajulw-flmah* byTrtnmifar
turers, with null operations expect
ed to perk up early in April. Look
for some smashing store sales early
in April too. Many stores, because of
the early Easter (March 24) are plan
ning big anniversary promotions in
stead of the routine post-Easter
clearances.
Daily Banking, and
Good Business Go
Hand in Hand!
Out' is dependent upon ihr oilier
?
anil our bank slrivr* to eooperale ami
work willi the various lniHini'itM'ti anil
enterprise* of tliis section.
OUR ^ERVfUK INCOMPLETE
Guaranty Bank &
Trust Company
Easter SPECIALS
WE ARE SELLING OUT LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL
B. F. Perry's Stock
In this stork we have hundreds of items you'll neeil for your
Easter outfit. Many fine values in men's and women's white and
Spring Shoes. And the important thing ahoul this sale is, you ean
buy what you want and need at your own priee. We also hate a fine
stork (brand new) of men's and women's shoes an our fll-st floor.
Also pieee goods and farm supplies.
Martin Supply Co.
The Queen Elizabeth Makes it a Threesome
fey * of togs, the Qusen EUzab+tJr, world's largost ship, U warped Into her berth beside the
Nemo sifts (right) No. 2 ship, and the Qusen Mary (center) No. 3 ship. Thus, we have the world's three
largest ships, refugees of the war, within a space of four blocks along the New York waterfront.
Her 21st, and It's a Boy
Mrv Marietta Romito of Bedford, Ohio, U ahown with her Deweet baby,
her twenty-flrat In thirty years of married life. This la her nineteenth
boy, seventeen of whom are living. Mr. Romito, a very very proud father,
is the proprietor of a eandy store.
Oldsmohilc Sales
Set All Time High
Oldsmobih retail sales fur tin- iast
10 days of February set a 'new all
time high for tin- peri<?d with .1 total
of 5,753 cars This represents a gain
of 102 per cent ove I'tbe 2,855 cars
sold in the same period a year ago
according to I) K. Ralston, general
sales manager.
?Sales for the entn^-nt^n41> of Feb
ruary also established .1 new record
with a total of 13,541 units which is ,
an increase of more than 5!) per cent
oVer the 8,495 cars sold in Febr uary,
199ft
Mr. Ralston also pointed out that
retail sales of 13,541 for February
exceeded the January sales of 12,
370, which is the first time since the
fall announcement of new models
that February sales have been larg
er than those of January.
"This gnat record, set by our
dealers in February, seems to be
conclusive proof that the forthcom
ing spring rolling months have great
possibilities and that Oldsmobilu 1
will continue to make new sales rec- j
ords for the balance of the model
run," Ralston said.
Another interesting fact, Ralston
mentioned, is the increased sales of I
the Custom Eight Cruiser. During the
month of February, 3,505 of this i
model were sold again 1,069 eight
cylinder Oldsmobile a year ago
Victim of War
?*i WMfaennu. O. ct
Wt*., k tearfully giuutul by hk
pAher a k uHm In Naw Yock
pan fanpk Almost totally blind.
Kail wait to Qsnnany to bs ops?
r ? f>www |M irmri ?L
tad ob arrival that thi
k now in military mrvka
Things To Watch
For In The Future!
A new receiver in the fast bloom
ing television business, showing a
picture 5 by 6 1-2 inches and selling
for $149.50?the biggest home sets,
showing an 8 by 10 image, have been
rut from around $600 to $395 .A
completely transparent and flexable
pickle bag, with the pickles swim
ming in their own brine . Porch
and lawn furniture made of woven,
transparent plastic, in the wicker
fashion, but even more impervious
to weather than wlckCT~6ver was . . .
Sun glasses nf polaroid, ground to
specifications just like regular eye
glasses, so that folks who wear
glasses anyway won't have to wear
two pairs when dodging the sun .
War-inspired names on your lipstick
such as Navy Red, Censored Red,
Night Red and Bombshell Red (grue
some, eh?).
LEMON JUICE RECIPE
CHECKS RHEUMATIC
PAIN QUICKLY
If you suffer from rheumatic, ar
thritis or neuritis pain, try this sim
ple inexpensive home recipe that
thousand* are using. Oet a package
of Ru-Ex Compound today Mix it
with a quart of water, add the juice
of 4 lemons. It's easy. No trouble at
all and pleasant You need only 2
tablespoons two times a day. Often
within 48 hour* ? sometimes over.-,
night?splendid result* are obtained.
If the pains do not quickly leave end
if you do not feel better, Ru-Ex will
cost you nothing to try as it is sold by
your druggist under an absolute
money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex Com
pound is (or sale and recommended
by Davis Pharmacy.
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Safety Should Be
Taught lu Schools
North Csrmhna appa| ,'"tly. is mak
ing little or no promts^ .m tUo mat- j
tor of educating school ago children
j to walk, play, skate and ride bicy
cles safely, judging from a survey j
just completed by the IhgjhVcas Safe- [
; tv Division.
A study of pedestrian fatalities ml
the State from 1935 through 1939
i shows that->t he percentage of school
age children killed on the street: and
! highways showed no deeli.ru? during
the five ->ear period
The total number of pedestrians
killed from 193ft tt]roi||aj H'i'f
1,7b0, oi" which 431. or 37 p i cent,
j were under 15 years of age Of the
| 331 pedestrian fatalities in North
1 Carolina last year, 93, or 28 per cent,
were under 15 years of age
"This clearly points to the net 1 for
the teaching of safety m the schools,"
says Ronald Hocutt, director of the
j Highway Safety Dhi mii "The
schools play a very' large part in the
forming oi dilutions IuiImP. and the
I .schools are the proper place to teach
I safe habits of walking and playing.
And * j1^ tbe^
| most effective means of reducing ac
jcidents, injuries, and fatalities on
! our streets and highways A few
schools in the State are teaching safe
ty, but what is needed is the inclu
sion of safety education in the cur
riculum of all State supported
I sfhixife." ?
Seek Directiunt htr implying
I'oiaon I'd kill //<?//-II eevila
Moir than 600 Franklin County j
farmers have requested directions for
building a home-made cotton -mop
to be used in applying poison for j
controlling boll weevils.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee by Fernando Little and wiic^
Susie- Tattle, dated i3ih September,
1938, of record' in the Register of
Deeds Office, Martin County,, in
Book 1* 8, page 580, to secure note of
even date therewith, and'the Stipu
lation* in *:iid demi of trust not hav
ing been complied with, arid at the
request of the holder of said bond,
the undersigned trustee, will, on the
DR. V. II. MEWBORN
OF TOM-E-TRIST
Please Note Dale Changes
Robersonville office, Scott's Jew
elry Store, Tuesday, March 19
Williamston office, Peeje's Jewel
ry Store, every Wed., 10 a m to 5 p.m.
Plymouth office, Liverman's Drug
Store, Every Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Eyes Examined?Classes Fitted
Tarboro Every Saturday.
12th day of April. 1940. at 12 o'clock,
Noon, in f^ont t|f f H'"?? *
Martin County, offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, the follow- ,i
ing described tract of land:
Lying ?nd being in Martin County,
adjoining the lands of Henry Rog-}
lis and W. J Taylor and others and
more particularly described as fol
lows Beginning at a guni in Henry
Rogers corner on the North Side of;
Reedy Swamp .thence a South course
-to-thr-road u) henry and Delia Rog
ers corner, thence a westward course
along the road to a corner. Henry Lit
tle's line, thence an easterly course
along the swamp and W. J. Taylor's
line to the beginning. 'Containing
Twenty Acres, more or less.
Tins llth day of March. 1940
PAUL D ROBERSON.
inl2-4t Trustee. .
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I III UNKST MOTOR OIL
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HARRISON Oil, COMPANY
Painting In Spring!
Springtime is paint time. A better paint service for
Spring. A choice ot the nation's leading brands of paint,
starting with Benjamin Moore, one of the largest paint
companies in America: Sherwin Williams. a name every
body knows. Lowe Brothers carries one of the best for
mulas known to the paint trade?Dutch Boy lead mix
ed with pure linseed oil growned from the wax of the
Middle West. It also has gum spirits of turpentine bled
from the living pines of our own Carolina, with enough
zinc added to give A the white from Colonial Williams
burg. Sea Teddy Jackson for your next painting job.
Teddy Jackson
2 + 2 = 4
Simple Addition
gAVING has u double value to
the ? young child. Through
it he can learn to add and mul
tiply and compound interest.
And above all, he can acquire
the valuable habit of saving
regularly thereby assuringhim
?elf of money for the thinga he
knows he wants . . . as well as
for the future independence he
may not yet understand.
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
WIIJJAMSTON, N. C.
Member f ederal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ON OUR STAGK
Here lie /*, loll.*, //i Person
SEABEE II A Y WORTH
North Carolina's favorite eomediaii ami liis fam
ous players show. I lie funniest,
fastest show on earth.
SIIV(;KKsS - DANGERS - GIRLS
Funny Comedian*, Swiny llunil, One Solid llour of
II hole tome Entertainment for the II hole Family
NOTICF TO OUt I'ATRONS: The manage
ment personally reewmnieiiils this utlraetion
to he one of the best slums ever to phiy in
Itohrrsonville.
It eonies ilireet from Wilson. Kueky Mount,
Coldshorn, Fayette* ills* ami Greenville, where
it has played to reeord-hreaking rrowds for 25
eonsecutive weeks.
EVERY FRIDAY
Start in<r Friday, March 22nd
ihto llin Screen Proyrum
MAXLVEK AMI) -NIGHT
Adin.: Niglit Hie ? 35e Matinee 10c - 25e
TRIO THEATRE
ROBERSOMVILLE, N. C.