PAGE SIX
4HSCTION TWO
1 The National Outlook
Unemployment Does Not Improve
l By Ralph Robey
l : a
THE NATIONAL
Evidence continued to accumu
late showing that our economic
system is not behaving, at least
in some categories, in the man
ner it should. The latest proof
of this character is the unem
ployment report for the month]
of November. Coming on top
of the October figures, this lat- (
est survey is most disturbing. i
It will be recalled that Octo
ber is normally the low month
of the year for unemployment,
just as January and February
are the high months. This is
true regardless of whether unem
ployment is high or low. It is
caused bv additions and subtrac
tions to the labor force, the cli
mate, and all the other factors
which have a regular seasonal
effect upon the volume of jobs
in relation to the number look- ]
ing for work. t
Last October, however, the
seasonal pattern was broken. (
The result was that unemploy- (
ment, instead of going down, ac-'
tually rose by 200.000. The total!
figure was 3,600.000. In Novem
ber there was another increase
to 4,000,000. This was about the]
normal seasonal change as be
tween these two months, but the
figure is so high that it is prac
tically certain that in January
and February the total will go
above 5,000.000.
As always the great question'
is what is causing this unem
ployment and what can be done
about it.
From the viewpoint of num
bers the most important single
cause is the extraordinary
growth in our labor force. Be
tween this November and year
earlier the increase was 1,600.000.
That is partly the result of No- (
vember of 1959 being relatively
low —lower, in fact, than either:
the preceding or the following’
month. A more accurate meas
ure is the fact that for this
year as a whole our labor force
has been 90(TJ)00 above 1959.
The cause of thus growth was
the exploding population of some!
twenty years ago.
A second major cause of un
employment is the failure of the
business trend to continue up- 1
ward. The manufacturing seg-,
ment as a whole has found that
it needs fewer workers than
even a few months agi > to pro- ■
duce' all that the market will
absorb at present prices. This
- COME AND CELEBRATE OUR
ALL MERCHANDISE
HAS BEEN MARKED
DOWN TO ROCK -
BOTTOM PRICES.
-Come See-Come and Save
’ ALL TOYS AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS
, DRASTICALLY REDUCED!
ONE GROUP TOYS AND DOLLS
fjL
I now is true in both the hard
-1 and the soft goods industries.
: | Employment in service, in gov
t emment at all levels, and in
■ finance has advanced, but the
: aggregate increase here has not
■ been sufficient to offset the de
ij cline in other parts of the econ-,
' > omy.
j The third great factor that,
'needs mention is automation.!
There have been several studies]
of how automation affects em-j
ploy ment, and on the basis ofi
these surveys it is clear that it
does not directly lead to less
employment. But the crucial
word in that statement is “di-'
rectly.” It costs a lot of money]
for a business to automate, and
the purpose is to reduce hand,
’ labor by a process which lowers
the expense of production. Most
] business management takes care
lof the reduction in the labor]
force by normal attrition. But
all this means is that while no'
( one is thrown out of work im
' mediately, persons are not em-!
! ployed who otherwise would
have been. In that sense, auto-!
mation does create unemploy
] ment—at least until the volume
of business increases epough to
justify more workers. ;
If. as now appears most proD
able, unemployment rises to
. above 5.000,000 in January, what
should be done? The Congress
j will be tempted, and the pres
• sure will be great, to legislate
on unemployment itself. Noth
j ing can be accomplished in that
direction other than to provide
a bit more generous unemploy- j
ment benefits. The real solu
tion must come through a rising
level of business, and to have
, that we must create a better
, incentive for investment and
harder work at all levels.
frankly Speaking
By Frias Hubert*
—
First of all. belated wishes for
! a Merry Christmas. About the
nicest thing I could say is that
I hope most sincerely that you
( and yours had as happy a
i Christmas as our family. Inci
dentally. apologies for not show-
I ing up with the column in the
'Christmas edition of The Her-j
aid, but that week before
Christmas found me at WCDJ
studios from about 9 to 12 hours
! per day and after that I just
couldn't look a typewriter in the
keys. Also, I’d like to take
this opportunity to wish for
everyone a prosperous and a
very good New Year. This and
the next column will be devot
ed to the top news stories of
1960, as chosen by 3,800 news
editors of radio stations and
! newspapers which are members
■ of the Association Press. WCDJ
was. of course, one of those
i polled, so this week and next
: the top ten stories. See if you
. agree with us that these were
1 the most important news stories
]of 1960. The bottom five will
|be printed this week and the
I top five in next week’s column.
The number ten story developed
from sit-in demonstrations as'
Negroes carried their fight for]
' equality into segregated south-!
| ern lunchrooms. And there was i
the battle of New Orleans, with 1
, violent demonstrations and dis
' orders as the school integration
program moved into the heart of
the deep south. Number nine on
J the list was the unhappy can
cellation of President Eisenhow
'• cr’s visit to Tokyo. Leftist riot
j ing against a new treaty with
I the United States forced the can
cellation and brought the resig
! nation of Premier Kishi. The
nuclear and space race ranked
eighth in the poll. The United
States moved ahead of Russia
; both in the number of orbiting
earth satellites and with solar
circling craft. Underseas the
U. S. nuclear submarine Triton
circled the world and the Po
' laris submarine George Wash
' ington set out on the world’s
first underwater missile patrol.
The number 7 story on our list
' evolved naturally from the cold
I war developments in the Congo
and Cuba. This was the United
Nations meeting in New York
with Khrushchev, Castro and the
satellite leaders turning the
event, both inside and outside
| the U. N.. into a propaganda
' circus. The power struggle on
this side of the world was cen
tered in Cuba and ranked num
ber 6 in the editors’ selections.
As the year moved on, Cuban
Premier Fidel Castro moved
more and more into the Com
munist camp, confiscated U. S.
property and kept up a running
stream of abuse against the
United States. Well, there you
have the stories that rank num
bers 6to 10 in importance. Next
week we'll talk about the top
five stories of 1960.
! Closing thought: An orator
without judgment is a horse
without a bridle.
tm CHOWAN HOIALD, EPKNTPN. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1980.
[ Federal Property Holding’s Near SSO Billion !
; The Federal Government own-]
]_ ed just under SSO billions of]
( property throughout the world]
[ last year, of which over four-1
fifths were in this country and I
, Alaska and the balance about'
. evenly divided between U. S. j
j territories and possessions and:
. foreign countries, according to j
] the latest report of the General!
Services Administration.
r —)
J SUNDAY SCHOOL |
LESSON
I
Continued from Page 7. Section 2
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I
you may believ: that Jesus is
! the Christ, and that believing'
j you may have life in his name.” 1
]' (John 20:31). j
Just as you and I reveal the:
kinds of persons we are through |
our actions and our words, says!
John, God spoke and acted]
through Jesus Christ. Through
Christ God openly revealed who'
he is, what he does, his nature,'
and his will. Only personality
can reveal personality, and God
makes his personality known to
all persona through the person
ality of Jesus, his Word.
John's purpose was frankly
evangelical. He was bent on
making converts. His gospel,
therefore, is a series of accounts 1 '
concerning significant persons or
incidents; the water turned to
wine; Nicodemus; the Samari
tan woman, and so on, ad in
finitum. Each story concerns
some aspect of desperate human
need by which John presents
Jesus as the divine Answer. And
what a rich store of guiding ex
periences John gives us from
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Property Must Be Listed In
Notice Is Hereby Given
That the List Takers for Chowan County will sit at the following places at the times named, at which places and in which month all property
owners and taxpayers are required to return to the List Takers for taxation for the year 1960 all the Real Estate, Personal Property, etc., which
each one shall own on the first day of January. 1961. or shall be required to give in then. All male persons between the ages of 21 and SO years
are to list their polls during the same time. Return of property and giving in of polls are required under penalties imposed by law.
FIRST TOWNSHIP SECOND TOWNSHIP
Listers: Mrs. James Byriini Lister: Henry Bunch
Jeanne S. O’Neal K 9 ’ 3 ° —V
Januaiy Earl Smith s Store
Every Day First Floor Hotel Joseph Hewes Building January 12 W. L. Miller’s Store
January 19 Evans’ Store, Cross Roads
THIRD TOWNSHIP January 26 C. C. Nixon’s Store j
Lister: T. D. Berryman At Home All othei ' Days Durin S Jai ™ary
e.„ m „ FOWiTH TOWNSHIP ' 1
• J.™ 7. a 2i, 28 I
Januai y 5, 19, 26 H. R. Peele s Store January 4,7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 at Harry Perry’s i
January 12 Spivey’s Store, Rylarid Store. At Home Other Days.
Blanks upon which a verified statement of property is to be made by each taxpayer can be had of the List Takers. Fill these blanks and see to *
it that statements are free from error, thereby obviating much trouble. Only females and non-residents of Townships and persons physically unable |
to attend and file their lists can appoint agents to list property. |
EXAMINE YOUR LIST BEFORE SIGNING |
REPORT YOUR 1960 CROP ACREAGE THROUGH TAX LISTER DURING JANUARY, 1961 j
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Your local Tax Lister is required to make the records but Farm Owners or Tenants must furnish the facts. Therefore, call your List Taker’s I
attention to these records and be prepared to furnish the following information: (1) Acreage for each crop harvested during calendar year 1960
(2) Number of cows, sows, and hens on farm January, 1961. (3) Number of people living on farm January, 1961. All of the above information *
furnished will be considered as confidential and will not be used in any manner that is detrimental to the farmers concerned. It is not used for
i* tax purposes* ' 1;
Have Your Farm Report Ready For Your Tax Lister J
After February 2nd A 10% Penalty Will
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L# I J Ty C 1 • 1 T 1 T -
- I
• ] The Department of Defense
', was the biggest single factor in
! this tabulation, with real prop-'
| erty placed at practically $34
I billions, or nearly 70 per cent!
•of the total. Federal ownership (
■comprised almost 770 million]
(acres in the United States, or'
j over one-third of the 'country’s
(land area. j
which to draw a parallel as we
go about this daily business of
living! A little thought, an I
analytical mind—that is all we 1
have to bring to this study of
John's teachings, and we will ]
have a foundation stone from!
j which to work, as we repair our j
lives to the image of God.
' Someone once defined a be- ]
j lief as an idea on which we
are ready to act In this sense,
I belief is an indispensable part
:of life. To get on with the busi-
I ness of living, we need ideas on
j which we are ready to act.
j What are the values worth
j working and sacrificing for?
, How can we find that which
transforms mere existence into
life at its highest and best? I
What we believe about these]
GOVERNMENT
SURPLUS SALES
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:ro"i U. S. GOVERNMENT SUR
PLUS DEPOTS, by mail for your
' self or for resale Cameras, binocu
lars. cal's, jeeps, trucks, boats,
hardware, office machines and
equipment, tents, tools and tens-of
thousands of other items at a frac
tion of their original cost. Many
items brand new. For list of hun
dreds of U. S. Government Surplus
Depots, located in every State and
overseas with pamphlet “How Gov
ernment Can Ship Direct To You.”
plus procedures. HOW TO BUY
and how to get FREE SURPLUS, i
mall $2.00 to SURPLUS SALES IN- |
FORMATION SERVICES. P.O. Box I
No. 1818. Washington 5 D. C.
| matters profoundly influences
, how we respond to life and what
, sort of persons we turn out to
be. In the teachings of John
; we can find the answer, arid
set our steps to walk in light
instead of in darkness. t
! What a glorious opportunity
we have!.
! IThese comments ere based on
outlines of the International
Sunday School Lessons, copy
I righted by the Internationa)
! Council of Religious Education,
and used by permission).
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Legal Notices
NOTICE OF SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
By virtue of the authority
vested and conferred upon the
undersigned. the undersigned
will offer for sale at public bid
dings. for cash, to the highest
bidder on the premises at
Small’s Cross Roads, Chowan
County, North Carolina, at 11:00
! o’clock A. M., an Saturday,
]Janupy 21, 1961, the real estate
lin Second Township, Chowan
I County, North Carolina, to wit: I
Beginning at the Southeast ’
corner of the intersection of
Ferry Road with N. C. Highway
No. 32, running thence along
said Ferry Road South 80 deg.
East 46.61 chains to a gum:
thence South 2 deg. West 10.40 1
chains; thence South 5 deg. East 1
20.92 chains to an oak; thence i
in a Westerly direction along a I
ditch, its various courses, 60.931
chains to a bridge on N. C. High
way No. 32: thence along said
highway North 12 deg. East 36.64
chains; thence along said high
way North 5 deg. East 18 chains
to the point of beginning, being
bounded by Ferry Road, N. C.
Highway No. 32, and the lands
i of A. S. Bush. H. Welch and
Copeland, containing 158.91
acres, more or less.
Courses and distances in the
■ above tract taken from Plat of
subject property prepared by
David Cox, Surveyor, December
, 13, 1921, N. C. Highway No. 32
'and Virginia Road are different
names for the same highway.
Prospective allotments of crops
for the year 1961:
Cotton 7 acres
Tobacco 1.75 acres
Peanuts 17.6 acres
A deposit of ten per cent of
the purchase price will be re
quired of the successful bidder
or bidders at the sale. The re-j
maining balance of said purchase
{>rice shall be payable upon de-1
ivery of Deed, said Deed to be 1
delivered not later than Febru
ary 1, 1961. The undersigned
reserves the right to reject any j
or all bids made on said prop
erty.
Dated and posted this 20th;
day of December, 1960.
WELDON A. HOLLOWELL,
.Dec29Jan5,12,19 Attorney.
' NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority conferred
upon the undersigned by the
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Chowan County in an order
dated December 19, 1960, in a
special proceeding entitled, J. E.
Charlton, Administrator of the
estate of Benjamin J. Leary, de
ceased, vs. Anna M. Howard and
Maggie Hexstall, I will offer for
sale at the Court House door in
jEdentan, North Carolina, at 11:00
!A. M. on Friday, January 20,
1961, the following described
real property located in the
First Township, Chowan County,
North Carolina, and more par-:
ticularly described as follows:
! All the rights, title and interest
!of Benjamin J. Leary in and to
! that land lying on the North I
] side of Virginia Road and be- j
ginning at a stage on said road,
35 feet Eastwardly from the lot I
heretofore conveyed to Weldon |
Skinner; thence along the said 1
road Eastwardly 35 feet to an- i
other stake, fronting on said i
road, and running back North-I
wardly between parallel lines |
perpendicular to said road to
the canal ditch; bounded on the
i North k canal the
t gmia Road, and tilf§ ' ■ est
' Jesse Bailey, being a soft Os Ibb
lands conveyed to , Joma ' Ipßuy
by Dr. Richard Dillard
ing the same longs conveyed to
Bertha Jernigan by Jesse 'Bailey
and wife, Annie Bailey, god reg
istered in Book P, psrge 184,
Chowan County Register of
Deeds office, reference .to sa;d
deeds being made for mere par
ticular description and qhain of
title.
1 A deposit of 10% shall be re
quired of the successful, bidder
|on the day of the .sale and the
i remainder on delivery of deed,
i This the 19th day of iDacttik
'ber, 1960.
■ JOHN E. SHACKELFORD,
Dec29Jan5,12,19 Comndss&iw®;
i ~ ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE 7
Having qualified as Admjnis*
! tratrix of the estate of Louis L.
; Nixon, deceased, late of Chowaq
County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persona having
claims against the estate of sa'd
deceased to present them to the
undersigned within one ye#
from date of this notice or same
will be pleaded in bar of their,
recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make
immediate payment
This 22nd day of December,
1960. *
MRS. ELSIE B. NIXON, f
Administratrix of Louis L. Nixon.
Dec22,29Jan5,12,19,26
EXECUTORS' NOTICE .
Having qualified as Co-Execu*-
tors of the estate of Mrs. Dun
can Winston Wales, deceased,
late of Chowan County, North
, Carolina, this is to notify all
j persons having claims against
| the estate of said deceased to
I present them to the undersigned
vv.thin one vear from date of
] this notice or same will be
I pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immedi
i ate payment.
This 24th day of November,
11960.
I CHARLES P. WALES.
BETTY W. SILVER,
Executors of
Mrs. Duncan Winston Wales
N0v24.Dec1.8,15,22,29c