Cooperation Needed
For Quality Cotton
Cotton farmers benefit directly
from good ginning, but the ginner
must obtain a reasonable profit for
his services if he expects to continue
an adequate service to his patrons,
says J. C. Ferguson, Extension gin
ning specialist of State College.
Care in picking and handling cot
ton before it reaches the gin is just
as important as care in the actual
ginning operation. The ginner can
render his best service only when
his patrons cooperate with him in
bringing cotton to the gin that is
reasonably clean and in proper con
dition for ginning.
Ferguson said the swing toward
improved cotton varieties has re
sulted in more care of the seed at
the gin. Various methods of han
dling seed have been devised, with
the most common being the blow
pipe vacuum system and the belt
system underneath the gin stands.
A modern gin plant, the specialist
pointed out, should include such fea
tures as a conditioner or drier, a
pure seed handling system, adequate
cleaning and extracting machinery,
economical fans, separators and pip
ing, and a good baling press.
In the 1939 ginning season, ap
proximately 1,100 out of 11,884 gins
in the United States operated driers,
of which 22 were in North Carolina.
From reports furnished by gin
ners operating these driers, it was
found that in North Carolina the
average improvement made on damp
or wet cottons amounted to $4 a bale
while the fuel cost averaged less
than 20 cents a bale.
There is still plenty of room for
improvement in this State, Fergu
son said, pointing out that from the
many bales of rough cotton ginned
last year, it is evident that some
ginners are negligent in the care and
operation of their plants.
Our Prodigal
Fathers
By REV. Z. T. PIEPHOFF
Pastor. Presbyterian Chunk
The text that I would choose for
these few but pertinent and import
ant remarks is the well known state
ment of the Prodigal Son of the Fif
teenth chapter of the Gospel accord
ing to Luke and the eighteenth verse,
"I will arise and go to my father."
Like the great fish in the book of
Jonah, the prodigal son usually
ri?ii?i? our first attention in this
well known parable of Jesus. But
to my mind, in the book of Jonah,
the greater emphasis should not be
placed upon the so-called whale, but
upon the love of God for those who
lived in Ninevah, and so in like man
ner, the greater emphasis here will
not be placed upon the actions of
this boy who left his father's house
for the far country, but upon the
father's treatment of his son before
he left his home.
It seems to me, that there must
have been some good reason for this
boy's desire to leave his father's
presence. When a father is all that
he should be to his son, 1, cannot con
ceive of his having any desire to
leave his father's home. Therefore,
I am persuaded to believe, that the
father had left his son's presence,
confidence, love and affection long
before the son left his father's home.
The father, therefore, was a prodi
gal father long before his son be
came a prodigal son.
It has been said, and no doubt
truthfully, "That the world watches
America," and that ."America
watches the American Legion," and
that the citizens of each community,
.'Watch its leaders." As our leaders
go so goes America.
Now, while we may not be able
to agree that those are true state
ments, I am confident that we will
admit, "that he sons of America are
watching their fathers."
The future of the sons of America
depends almost exclusively upon the
example and standard of living that
the fathers of America set before
their sons.
Eve na casual observer of the home
life of America today has noticed
that the relationship between father
and son is not all that it ought to be
and we do not have to go very far
to discover the reason. It is quite
obvious that a large number of our
modern day fathers are in the true
sense of the word, prodigal fathers.
Now first of all?They are prodigal
fathers because they have failed to
realize their responsibility in the
training of their children.
Being busy from early in the morn
in|{ until late at night in their desire
to provide food, clothing and shelter
for their loved ones, they have felt
that it was only fair for mother to
assume the duties of the home and
the rearing of the children, and as a
charge the most important of their
responsibilities.
As fathers, we are supposed to take
our rightful place as the head of the
home, and as the head of the home
there is not to be and cannot be any
shifting of our responsibility to our
children to the shoulders of mother
Mother plays a large part in the
making of the home, but so does fa
ther. Therefore, any father who does
not at least make an honest effort to
be to his boys and girls too, all that
he ought to be as a father, is a prod
igal father.
Sometime ago, about a thousand
I Boy
f nrr
.it's hot! TIP ME
JIFF to a COOL drink!
By all means...drink
77/>
UNIQUE...TANGY
REFRESHING
Delicious. .. thirst
quenching .
the new epace-sav
for TIP at drug
stores, groceri,
lunch counters,
service stations.
Rich in
Dextrose
'5c
ri
LUton la ... to TIP ?
ME OFF. Carolina or
Sod thorn Radio Notworlu. 3.00 i!
to 3i30 P. M. mry Wodn?day. j
wmAL, wrrc. wbtt. wajs. wgtm. f
Here's a way to save money. Just use
Sinclair Opaline or Sinclair Pennsyl
vania Motor Oil in your car. These oils
save you money be
cause they last so long.
You don't have to add
oil so often between
drains.
SINCLAIR
Agnnl Sinclair Mining Company (Inc.)
N. C. GREEN, Agent
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
Sunday-Monday July 14 1.1
"Ediion, The Man"
grtNCKR TRACY and RITA JOHNSON
y Wednesday July 18-17
"If I Hod My Way"
RING CROSBY and GLORIA JEAN
Thursday July It
"Gangs Of Chicago"
LOLA LANE and LLOYD NOLAN
Friday-Saturday July 1IH
"The Doctor Takes A Wife"
LORCTTA YOUNG and RAT MILLAND
ALSO 8ILICTED SHORT SUBJECTS
Federal Employees
Selected On Merit
I A survey shows that T1 per cent
of current federal employes were
hlred on the b*5u ?' their proved
qualifications, by test, reports the
National Consumers Tax Commis
sion. Uncle Sam's merit system dates
back to the assassination, in 1881. of
President James A. Garfield. The
shock of this crime, perpetrated by
a disgruntled office-seeker, focused
attention of the nation on the need
for a better system for selection of
government employees. Recently the
NCTC says, the merit idea has surg
ed ahead in cities, counties and states,
so that today it is estimated that 39
per cent of municipal employees and
38 per cent of state employees owe
their positions to tested capabilities.
The percentage of county employes
under civil service is, however, still
"very small". The NCTC's current
study progTam urges adoption of the
merit system by all local govern
ments in the interests of efficiency
and economy, and paring of tax bur
dens to a justifiable minimum
Farmers have already obtained
two and a half tiqies as much lime
under the 1940 grant-of-aid program
as they requested during the entire
1939 season, says an AAA summary.
boys were asked a number of ques
tions about their fathers Some of
the answers were amusing, some pa
thetic.
For an example in answer to the
question, "What do you wish your
father would do that he is not now
doing?" a large number of the boys
answered, "We wish Daddy would
stay at home more." It would be
well to stop right here as you read
these words and ask yourself, "Can
it be that my boy's heart is hunger
ing for my companionship?" Just
call him in now and ask him. Any
way, the experience of those who
know boys best is, that most boys
want to be with their fathers. Not
only do they want to bo with their
fathers but they need to be with their
fathers. Mother cannot take the place
of father in the life of a boy.
As an example, while talking to
his father one day a boy said,
"Daddy, I just can't understand
mother any more, and she doesn't
seem to understand me any longer.
Perhaps it's because she has forgot
en how she felt when she was a
boy."
Our mothers, never having been
boys, do not and cannot understand
their sons as their fathers.
Father, your son needs you, your
son wants you. Don't be a prodigal
father, I
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that under
the power of sale contained in that
certain deed of trust executed and
delivered to J C. Smith. Sr truster,
by W. O. Donald and wife, Mattie
Moore Donald, on March 27, 1939,
to secure a note of even date; which
said deed of trust is of record in the
Martin County public registry in
Book E-3 at page 595, and the said
note being past due and unpaid, the
undersigned will, upon demand of
the owner of the note, offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, in
front of the Bank in Robersonville,
N C., on Saturday, the 27th day of
July, 1940, at 3 o'clock P. M., the
following described-"tends:
Situate in Cross Roads Township,
Martin County and in suid state and
on the North side of State Highway
No. 90?now U. S. Highway No. 64?
adjoining the lands of Leijtan Barn
hill, Harland Barnhill on the South,
?on I he W..ct hy Ihi. lands formerly
owned by Andrew Clark, on the
East by the lands of the late Billy
Cullifer and the center of the Run
and Beaver Dam Swamp, and being
the share of land devised to Clelle
Moore and sister, Mattie Moore Don
ald, by the last will of the late Whit
Moore, which is of record in the of
fice of the Clerk of the Superior
Court, of Martin County, and is
hereby referred to for a part of this
description. Containing 25 acres,
more or less. Said will being probat
ed on Oct. 18, 1927.
This the 24th day of June. 1940
J. C. SMITH, Sr.,
i28-4t Trustee.
? NOTICE OF SAI.E
North Carolina. Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersign
ed trustee by N. R Daniel and wife,
Elizabeth Daniel, on the 2nd day of
April, 1927, and of record in the pub
lic registry of Martin County in
Book K-3, page 350, said deed of
trust having been given for the
purpose of securing a certain note
of even date and tenor therewith,
default having been made in the
payment of said note, and the stipu
lations contained in said deed of
trust not having been complied with
and at the request of the owner ol
said note, the undersigned trustee
will, on Saturday, 3rd day of August
1940, at 12 o'clock noon, at the
Courthouse door In the town of Wil
liamston, offer for sale to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following
described real estate, to-wit:
Lying and being in Martin Coun
ty, Griffins Township, State of Nortl
Carolina. Bounded on the North bj
Hattie Ellis, on the East by Phillipi
Lumber Company^ on the South bj
West by Sarah Frances Roberaoi
heirs, containing 125 acres more oi
less, and being the land whereor
William Harmon Daniel and wifi
llived and died and being known aj
their homeplace.
This 2nd day of July, 1940.
E. S PEEL,
Trustee,
jJeel^i^Mannini^Att^s^^^^jS-^
Piney Grove Baptist
? Regular services will be held at
Piney Grove Baptist Church Satur
day and Sunday at 11 o'clock
METHODIST
"Rivers of Living Water" will be
the subject of the pastor's sermon at
the Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing.
At the evening service the sub
ject will be "A Man Who Played I
the Fool, and Acknowledged It."
Sunday school meets at 9.45 a. m.
Epworth League at 7:15 p. m.
Mid-week prayer service Wed-1
nesday evening at 8 p. m.
You are cordially invited to all |
CHURCH OF THE ADVENTJ
8th Sunday after Trinity.
Celebration of the Holy Commun-1
ion, |p.m.
Church school, 9:45 a. m
With the following music there 1
will be morning prayer and sermon
11 a. m.
Prelude. Faith and Hope, Lurenz; |
Processional, Children of the Heav
enly King;
Venite Exultcmus Domino, Good |
son;
Gloria Patri, Goodson;
Te Deum Laudamaus, Boskerck;
Jubilate Deo. Hindlc;
Hymn, Lord of Our Life;
Offertory anthem. Oh, for a Clos
er Walk With God, Foster;
Recessional, Saviour, Precious |
Saviour.
Postlude, Babtiste
PRESBYTERIAN
All the regular services will be
held at all points this Sunday. In
addition to the regular schedule,
there will be a preaching service at
Roberson's Chapel in the afternoon
and also at Poplar Point.
The monthly meeting will ulso be
held in the Woman's Club in Rob-1
ersonville on Sunday night at eight
'o'clock.
BAPTIST
Bible school, 0:45 a. in
Morning worship, 11 a. m
B. T. U., 7 p. m.
Evening worship, 8 p. m.
The morning sermon subject is,
"How Easily One Can Be Lost." The
I evening theme is , "An Unexpect
ed Privilege.**
An especially important business
meeting of the church will he held
in the auditorium following the eve
nmg service.
CHRISTIAN
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Young People's meeting 7:15 p. m.
Subject, "All One Family."
Evening service, 8 p. m. Pastor will
preach at both services.
Junior Philathea meets Monday at
8 p. m. with Mrs. Vernon Buntuig.
Mid-week service, Thursday, 8 p
m.
A special meeting ?f tlie church
board of the Williumston Christian
Church will be held Sunday immed
iately after the morning service. All
members of the board are urged to
be present.
DR. V. U. MEWBORN
Please Note Date Changes
Rubcrsonville office, Scott's Jew
elry Store, Tuesday, July 23.
Williamston office, Peele's Jewel
ry Store, every Wed., 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Plymouth office, Liverman's Drug
Store, Every Friday, 10 a m. to 4 p.m.
Eyes Examined?Glaasea Fitted
Tarboro Every Saturday.
Lime On Pastures Brings
Fine Results In Cherokee
Cherokee County farmer* are re
porting excellent results from the
use of lime on their pastures, re
ports A Q Ketner, farm agent of the
N. C State College Extension Serv
ice.
Government reports indicate that
January' was one of the best market
ing months for domestic cotton in re
cent years, a total of 1,756.771 bales
being moved into trade channels.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersign
ed trustee by Fannie B. Moore and
M. D. Beech and wife, Marion W.
Beech, on the 1st day of January,
1937. and of record in the public reg
istry of Martin County in Book S-2,
at page 376. said deed of trust hav
ing been given for the purpose of
Securing a certain note of even date
therewith, the stipulations in said
deed of trust not having been com
plied with, and default having been
?tilMtheH
made in th.' payment of said note,
and at the request of the interested
parties, the undersigned trustee w ill,
on Saturday, the 3rd day of August,
1940, at 12 o'clock noon, in front of
the courthouse door m the town of
Williamston, offer for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described real estate, to-wit:
^Ad^omm^Uu^larKh^^^atson^t^
Sherrod and others and bounded as
follows Beginning at Conoho Creek
at J. J Sherrod's corner, now Wat
son and Sherrod's comer, at a gum
and maple thence North 160 poles
to a pine, thence East 21 1-2 poles to
a pine, thence South 71 West 52 poles
to a pine, thence North 76 East 66
poles to a cypress on the old Ever
ett Mill Branch, thence down the
various courses of said branch to
said Conoho Creek, thence up the
various courcea of said Conoho
Creek to the beginning, containing
24u acres, more or less, this being
the same land deeded to Henty Gas
kin by J P Boyle and wife. Margar
et B Boyle, January 2. 1911.
This the 2nd day of July, 1940
F. L? HAISLIP,
Trustee
Pce^^^jdanningj^tt^^^^^j^t
Reita Theatre?Washington
Sunday-Monday July 14-15
UK.Ill VM.KIV
with I irfiinia ttrure ami H ay m> Morris
Tuesday DOI BI.K Ffc.VITRF July 16
"llul SlciT". Hirliuril Arh-ii ami Viwly Ursine
'Hryoncl TomorrowJean Parker, Richard Cnrl-ou
WVdnesdav Thursday July 17-18
"YOI -HI-: NOT SO lot Oil"
atih the Ih-ml h nil Kills ami \an drey
Friday-Saturday July 19-20
?'COWBOY FROM SIMMiftN"
With Tax Killrr
IITEM]
an
TT
J
J*
* ?e*>
nt&
fast'
Dea/et
Roanoke die\ role I (lompan v
YOU'VE GOT IT
UNDER YOUR
THUMB.. .THE FAST
ABUNDANT HEAT OF THIS
COOL, AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC
IRON....FOR ONLY $8.95
St.00 ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR OLD IRON!
95c DOWN AND SI PER MONTH!
Starts ironing in 90 seconds after you
connect it! Reaches high heat for
heavy linens in 2Vi minutes,,, starting
cold. '
Stays hotter aH through ironing with
patented Double-Automatic Heat
Control. Light wcight--ends tiled
arms, aching wrists, weary shoulders.
Thumb-tip Heat Regulator up in the
Handle--conveniently marked for all
(a brio.
Set you* deo&e*, o*
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY