THE GLEANER !
OUAHAM, N. 0., JAN. 16. 1841
Local News
?Regular 3rd Sunday serviced
at Qraham Cbristiau church Sun
day morntuir will be conducted
by Rev. J. L. Foster.
?The President's birthday ball
in Burlington will be on the 31st.
Barney P. J ones is manager and
getting everything in readiness.
?Miss Lavalette Dupuy. re
turned missiouary from Korea,
spoke to the L tdi >V Auxiliary at
the Presbyterian church Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
?Graham Music Lovers' Club
held no meeting in Jannary. For
the February meeting, the secoud
Tuesday evening, the same group
of hostesses will serve and the
same program will be used as
planned for the January meeting,
the president, Mrs. Virginia Mc
Lean annonnces.
?The building materials, lum
ber *n>l brick, have beeu placed
ou the ground for the new home
of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Strat
ford, on the lot adjoining the W.
L. Cooper home, N. Main street.
Work of laying the foundation
has been commenced. Sam T.
Johnston is the contractor.
?I'ards were received here re
cently announcing the marriage
of Miss Elizabeth Montgomery of
San Francisco, Calif , on Decern
ber 13, to George W. Sloan of
Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Sloan is a
native of Graham and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 0. Mont
gomery, former residents. The
conple will make their home in
Nashville.
?You study and figure to save
on what you buy at the grocery
store, the dry goods store, the
hardware store and all other
stores?on your food, your
clothes, your tools, your medi
cine, things necessart for bodily
health aud comfort aud help to
carry on your trade. Why uot do
as much for your mind that di
rects your every effort? Look up
what we offer you in mental
food ?reading matter for your in
formation and entertainment all
through a whole year for only a
few cents?less than a penuy a
day. S<e the big ad^tbat tells yon
what magazines you get along
wirh The Gieroer at a mere song.
Thompson ? Slay Wedding
Announced for Feb. 8th
Mr. and Mm. Chalres A. Thomp
son announce today that the mar
riage of their daughter. Mine Cath
erine, to Jamee M. Slay of Green
ville, will take place in Graham
Baptist church at 6 o'clock on
Saturday evening, February 8th.
It is understood the dale has been
moved up more than a month,
owing to Mr. Slay's being drawn
in the service draft and will go
to camp before the original date
set for the weiHing day.
Among the Sick
Miss AnniS Frank Stockard un
derwent an operation for appen
dicitis Saturday morning at Ala
mance General hospital, following
a week's illness fron influenza.
Condition reported satisfactory.
Mrs. Edgar Long has returned
from McPbsrson's Hospital, Dor
ham, where she spent a few days
lor treatment.
Mrs. J. M. Thomas, at Watts
hospital several days for treat
ment, has returned home.
Mrs. Kate Stuart is at Alamance
General hospital for observation
and treatment.
Eogene Holt has retained from
a stay of more than two weeks at
Dake hospital under treatment.
Walter E. Bason is confined to
his home with iufluenza.
"Bnnky" Tate, son of Mr. and
Mrs Allen Tate, ia ill with influ
enza.
Mrs. Ben B. Holt and children,
Miss Laura May, Eunice and Jer
ry, are confined to their home
with sickness.
The eonditfon of Mrs. A. Q.
Ansley, who bss been under
treatment at the Alamance Gen
eral hospital several weeks, is re
ported as improving.
Mrs. Mell Thompson is confined
to her bed with influenza.
Mrs. W. A. McAdams has been
quite sick with the flu for several
days.
Little Misses Eugenia, Josephine
and Mary Lou Okey are confined
li fluensa.
Wi?e GraceCarmichael and Mies
?' ?? Gmbam, both members of
>? diiibic department of the
- ? 'led echooi, are ill wi'h i?flu
?uza at their homes la Rowland.
PERSONAL
J. S. Oook was a business visit
or in Pitta bo ro Monday.
Miss Doris Clapp of Danville is
visiting Miss Shirley Owens.
Mrs. Walter R. Harden visited
in Greensboro Monday with
friends.
Mrs. Win. deR Seott and chil
dren, Billy and Charles, ware in
Durham Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Rudd
of Gnilford visited with Mrs. W.
B. Quasenbush Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Flanigan
and children, Patsy and Mike,
spent a recent day in Martins
ville, Vs.
John B. Stratford left Sunday
night on a trip to the south in the
interest of the Stratford Hosiery
corporation.
Miss Mamie Parker left Friday
for New York city to spend sev
eral weeks with her brother, Ju
nius Parker.
Mrs. Jack Bodenbough of Willis
ton, S C? was a recent visitor
with her p?re re, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Davie.
Mr. and Mrs. John Milbum of
Washington, D. (J., were goeeta
of Miss Rebecca Harden on Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. Cbas. A. Thompson left
t he .latter part of last week for
Charlottesville, Vs., for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Sam
Vest.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Okey had as
their guests on Sunday Miss Jen
nie Vaughn Tonlio, student at
Greensboro College, and Bell
Wyche of Albemarle.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunsueker
and daughter, Sara Coe, and Miss
Margaret Lee Blanohard of High
Point spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. W. R. Goley.
Mrs. H. W. Scott went to Ral
eigh on Monday to visit ber sis
ters, Miss Lillian Turner, and
Miss Mamie Turner, who has been
quite ill for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Lockett E. Black
well, making their home with Mr.
and Mrs. Emerson Sanders in
Burlington, spent Snnday with
her parents, Mr. and Mre. Walter
E> Uawlnn
Mrs. W. Lee Andrews, with her
brother, J. M. Thomas, and his
daughter, Mrs. Mark Vance .of
Fort Lee, N. J., were in Raleigh
and looked in on the legislature
last Friday.
Mrs. L. B. Hardest? returned
to her home in Leaksville on Sun
day, after having spent the week
with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. <
Waltrr R. Harden. Mr. Hardest?
spent Sunday here.
Mrs. E. L. Hamilton has re
turned to ber home in Lumber- 1
ton after spending several days
with ber daughter, Mrs. W. L.
Sloan, and little granddaughter,
Sarah Richmond Sloan.
Rev. W. E. Harrop and Robert
E. Stratford were delegates from
the Oraham Presbyterian oburch,
to the Orange Presbytery, which
convened in Greensboro on Tues
day J. Blair Long was a dele
gate from the Bethany Presby
terian ehureh.
Mrs. Junius K. Powell, return
ing to her home in Whiteville last
Friday, was the luneheon guest
of Meedamee Wm. I. Ward, J.J.
Henderson, J. Mell Thompson i
and John B. Stra'ford, who ao
companied her i ? Chapel Hill, at
Carolina lu. ".off. shop.
Mr. and Mrs. L G. Stephens of
Roxboro and daughters.Mrs. Paul
Forth of Duke university and
Miss Louise Stephens of Roxboro,
and grandson, Master Lyun Mor
ton of Washington, D. C., visited
with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Keruodle,
Jr., Sunday afternoon. Mm Ste
phens is the aunt of Mm Ker
ciodle.
Leo Gruteeh returned Sunday
from Olney, Illinois, a hem he at
tended the tuners! 0i his father
in-law, George Oonoar. Mm
Gruteeh remained for a visit with
her mother. Mr. Oooour died
suddenly at Fort Meyers Fla.,
where be and Mm Conour were
spending the winter. Mr. aed
Mrs. Gruteeh spent the holidays
with them.
Attended Governor's Ball
Mine Sarah Bell Tbompeoo,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Krneat
Thompson, with her escort, Fred
Ialey of Burlington, and MJas
Emily Neese, daughter of Mr. aad
Mrs. M R. Neese, with her eseort,
Bill Ward, attended ih Ouvera
nail at Kalelgu -n . bursday
??veiling. Oihers atteuding fr->m
hern were Mie? Thompson's colh
??rand Mies Neese'? parents, and
Mies J? L->e Bolt, ...tughwr of ilr
and Mrs. Joe. S. Holt, and Marvin
Tout.
Inlllusiue Wide Spread
Influents, oommwl; called
"flu", made lie appear as oe here
about ton days ago, or ootioable
ax teat. It spread so rapidly the
sebool was ealled off last Thurs
day for the week.
Id the eouaty It Is i <>t confined
to the vieinity of Grab 'in. Other
schools have suspend. ,i for the
same reason.
At other points in the State its
presence is noted. Charlotte re
ports 6,000 eases and schools
giomkl
In South Carolina, in Spartan
burg, 16,000 eases of flu are re
ported} in Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee, many eases are re
ported.
Of course, a disease of the "fin"
type spreads like wild Are, and
there is no ealenlatlng where it
will stop or when.
Back in 1917 and '18 it came
and was everywhere almost be
fore any drastio steps were taken
to eheok it. It was virulent then
and many deaths resulted. So
far the type la mild, for which all
should feel very thankful.
It behooves everyone to be cau
tious, so that the spred is curbed
and the severity leaaened as much
as possible.
?R- v. W. A. Glissom of Hen
derson tins i>een called to tbe pas
tor* t? of Providence Memorial
Christian church and has accept
ed. He preached hia initial ser
mon last Sunday morniDg Sev
eral years ago, while a student at
Slon College, he supplied Graham
Christian church. Later he at
tended and graduated from Tale
University Divinity school. The
Providence church is fortunate
to secure his services.
DEATHS
John W. Saamn, 68, of Glb
sonvitte, roato 1, died Tuesday
at Waaley Long hoapital, Greene
boro. The funeral waa oonducted
Wednesday at Fried eoa Lutheran
church, of which he waa a mem
ber, and burial la the church
cemetery. He waa a son of Peter
H Summers, a grandson of Lud
wiek W. Summers and great
grandson of Oapt. Peter Sum
mers, distldgulshed Revolution
ary soldier. He was twlee mar
ried, and la survived by his see
ond wife, two sons and two
hrothers. Be leaves a large num
ber of relatives in both Guilford
and Alvmnnee counties.
Ellas Oook, past 80 yaers of
age and long time resident of Gra
ham, died the early part of l#st
week. He is survived by a son,
John Oook, two daughters and
several grandchildren.
Mr*. J. J. HendeattB.-l-'?*d her
niece, Mr*. Stoke* Adderton, in
Lexington on Saturday. She ac
companied Mrs. U. C. Pollard of
Barlington to Qreeneboro where
they were lnneheon gneate of Ifrs.
Scott White, who also went to
Lexington. Mrs. Pollard and
Mr*. White visited the former's
niece, Mis* Sue Kernodle, who is
a member of the school faculty
there.
Dr. V. H. MEWBORN, JR.
OPTOMETRIST
Successor to Dr. L. H. Allen
Eyes Examined?Glasses Fitted
Upstairs next to Lamm's
Clothing Company
Burlington, N. C.
Charter Ha 8844 Reoerre Dutrlet Ha I
REPORT OF THE CONDITIO* OF
THE NATIONAL BANK Of ALAMANCE
Of Graham, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of
business on December 31,1940.
Published in response to call made by Comptroller of Currency,
under Section 5911, U. 8. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS.
Laana and dlaeoa nta, (looladlnc SMS overdrafts) ...... ISUhB
Called Statoe OannaMlobllfatlooa airaot and (uaraateed. SUSS
ObUaaHoaa of Stale* and poUUeal eubdlrlaloaa UUMAS
Other bond* ootee. aad debenture! MJMJI
Corporate etookm, loeludlaf atoek of Federal lm n Baal AMUM
Oaeta. balaaoee with other baake, and eaeh lteaaa la proeeaeef eolleeUch HUB S
Bank pramHee owned. I l Fantltar* ead Sxtarea, 1U*M?
by beak]
Seal aetata owned other thaa baaklas bene* , SJOOM
Other aetata MM.U
Total iaaan sutmpiai
utenjowe
Demand depoatta of ladlTtdaal*. partaarehlpe, and corporations 4t7,114H
rime depoelte of Individuals. partnerships, and eorporattoaa MOJNJO
Depoatta of Bta*ae aad political aabdlTtatoaa ua.M8.lt
Other depoatta [oerttSed aad caehlera' ehaoka. eta J M14Jt
Total Damns
Total liabilities Utmost
CAPITAL AOOOCWTS
"iaa?i atoek. to?alparralaemms* ISJMiM
Sarplna MJOOAO
Uodlrtded pmtta T.4SAN
Beaerrae (aad rettreneat aeeonat far prefarred atoek) 18.7ISAB
Total Catital aooocwt o_ _____________ Utmost
Total I j tunas act carttal Ajouoata.? ___ ijiusiai
MBMORANDA
nedeed eeaate tend assumes laeead] [book aaloe):
[a] Catted Stelae Biiiraatat obtleaUooa. dlreetaad (taaiaateed.
rltVimtin I'l'iirn'^rVliMIW't IMISJS
lb] Other aaeeaa. ptedeed to aeeuro depoatta ead other UebllJtlee [lo?
etedlae ootee aad bUle redleoooatad aad aeearltlee aeid under
[e] leeala pladeed to qoeafy for tkoradtt of Sdaatory ot oorpotato
power, aad forparputta other thaa to toonro lltblllttot Mt ot
TOTAL ,. IMJOOJO
Saiiiuail lAaMllttoer ?'
la] Oif iitte ntnred by pUdjod eaeeta pcreueat to teqmnniateef law. UTACU1
TOTAL Ui.lU.14
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Happy Birthday In January
Blrttutone I? GARNET
Graham Productive Credit
Amociation Annual Meet
Largest Amount Loaned Sine*
Established?No Losses?Of
ficers Elected.
Reports submitted by officers
of the Graham Productive Credit
Association at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders held in
the courthouse at Graham on
Wednesday morning revealed
that this farmers' co-operative
organization, which supplies Its
members with short-term credit
for agricultural purposes, is op
erating moot satisfactorily.
Hie meetisg was attended by
several hundred shareholders
and many visitors were present.
Complete end detailed reports,
illustrated by charts, were fur
nished the members, showing
volume of busmen done, coat
of operation, distribution of ex
pense, net profit and other infor
mation of much interest to th<
stockholders.
Reports were submitted by C
T. Hall, President, James Bishop
Jr., Secretary-Treasurer, and A
P. Sands for the Board of Di
rectors. The reports indicatec
that the Association, during tin
year just closed, extended credit
to 1788 farmers, for a total ol
$442,015.00, which is the largest
amount loaned by the Associa
tion since Its establishment in
193>h For the third successive
year, no losses were charged oft
because of bad debts. The Asso
ciation serves the nine counties
of Alamance, Caswell, Chatham,
Durham, Guilford, Orange, Per
son, Randolph and Rockingham.
C. H. Hall, of Person County,
was re-elected to serve on the
Board of Directors for a 3-year
term, ending in 1944. Other
members of the Board, whose
Tfcrms did not expire this year,
are D. Lacy Alston, of Chatham
County, S. E. Boswell, of Guil
ford County, L. L. Garrison, of
Alamance County, gnd A. P.
Sands, of Rockingham County.
G. R. Miller, Secretary of the
Productive Credit Corporation
of Columbia, addressed the meet
ing and discussed various phases
of co-operative credit and opera
tions.
Short talks were made by sev
eral members, including Guy W.
Phelps of Person County, S. S.
Clark of Guilford County, and
John W, Jeffries of Alamance
County.
A "Question Box" contest was
engaged in by the members and
cash prizes were awarded to
those shareholders giving the
correct answers. Light refresh
ments were also served.
Immediately following ad
journment of the stockholders'
meeting, a session of the Board
of Directors was held, at which
the following officers were chos
en to serve during the coming
year: C. T. Hall, of Person Coun
ty, President; S. E. Boswell, of
Guilford County, Vice-Presi
dent; James Bishop, Jr., of Gra
ham, Secretary-Treasurer; C. O.
Smith, Jr., and E. L. Moore, of
Graham, Assistant Secretary
Treasurer; W. A. Short of
Greensboro, Assistant Secretary
s in charge of Guilford County of- 9
- fice; C. C. Wilkeraon of Roxboro,
. Assistant Secretary in charge of
i the Caswell and Person County" '
, Farmers' Mutual Annual ISeet
* The Alamance Farmer^ Mut
j ual Fire Insurance Company
held its annual meeting of policy
t holders in the courthouse last
? Saturday morning. It was esti
. mated about two-thirds of the
' policy holders were present AH
' ofthe townships in the county
, except two, were represented.
; There were no policy holders
from Caswell and Chatham coun
' ties, in which the company
writes considerable insurance,
; present.
The secretary-treasurer's re
port showed the company in ex
cellent financial condition, with
total net assets of $33,653.25 on
hand and all losses paid.
Since the financial condition
is in such good allHH twfy* i
cidcd by the. directors, before
I the policy-holders' meeting, not
to make the usual assessment.
The company is mutual and
not a stock company with paid
in capital stock. The net assets
is the accumulation of the sur
pluses from year to year from
assessments not required to pay
losses and operating expenses. It
is the policy of the company to
have sufficient funds on hand at
all times to pay losses as soon as
adjusted. ?
The assessments are made in
one lump sum annually to take
care cf estimated losses, for an ?
assessment to cover each indi
vidual loss would cause delay
and materially increase the cost
operation.
There is every evidence that
the company has been economi
cally and -sucessfuliy managed.
The policy holders re-elected
all of the old officers, as follows:
F. D. Horniday, Pres., Snow
Camp; H. A. Scott, Vice-Pres.,
Haw River; R. H. Hutchison,
Graham, Route 2; J. W. Johns
ton, Route 5, Burlington ;Geo. A.
Danieley, RFD, Pinliimliaii fno
A. Nicholson, Route 1, Burling
ton ; J. H. Wilkins, RFD, Burl
ington ; W. S. Vestal, Agent,Gra
ham ; J. S. Cook, Secretary
Treasurer, Graham. \
DOES FORD PAY GOOD WAGES?
Hflta All mmi uoi shoot Ford Labor.
Daring the fear ended November 30th,
1940, the Ford Payroll throughout the
United State* averaged 113,628 hourly
Wage earners, not office em
ploy**, students, or executives. They were
paid 1185,105,639-12. On thi* bads, the
average annual wag* was $1,629.05.
According to the latest availahla govern
ment figure*, the annual average wage of
a0 worker* la employment covered by
old age insurance law we $841.00.
If the 45,000,000 workers of this country
teethed the aame average wage a* Ford
employes^ they would have had additional
wages of more than $35,000,000,000, thus
increasing the national income about
90%. Think what such an increase would
mean to the workers of this country and
?tha American farmer, whose priest are
led on the fryvMiff
Wage scale* in the Ford Rouge plana are
divided into three classifications:
IJmhUUd.Y.
Minimum hiring waga . 79c per hour
Stml r Ml ltd.!;
Minimum hiring waga . 80c per hour
SkUUd...
Minimum hiring wage . 90c per hour
Higher wages are in consideration of
ability and years of service.
Minimum wage scales for unskilled labor
at the Rouge plant are the highest in the
industry. Top wages for skilled labor
compare favorably with, or are higher
than, wages in other automobile plants.
Now soma facts on Ford labor conditions:
Not only an sanitation and other health
conditions the best in the industry, but
Ford alto leads in safety devices for the
protection of employes. Proof of
this It found in the following corn- ^
patina of compeoMdoa Insurance costs;
The national average ran In automotive
manufacturing plants as computed by the
National Association of Underwriters la
In excess of $1.50 premium on each $100
payroll. The Ford coat of workmen's
compensation is less than 50c.
this Indicates that the chance of injury
in a Fotd plant is muds leas than in the
average automobile plant.
The Ford Motor Company has no age
limit for labor, and in fact deliberately
attempts to keep older workers working.
The average age of Ford workers at the
Rouge and nearby plants Is 38.7.
A recent check-up shows that nearly one
half the workers at these Ford plants were
40 or over, falling into these age groups:
25,819 between 40 and 50
14,731 between 50 and 60
3377 between 60 and 70
417 between 70 and 80
12 between 80 and 90
In addition to the so-called regular em
ployes, the Ford Motor Company has
hired, and now has on the payroll, at the
same regular hourly wage, thousands of
workers who are blind, crippled or other
sriae incapacitated for normal productive
work. They are not aelected for their
ability to build cars or to maintain the
plant. They are on the payroll because of
Henry Ford's belief that the responsibility
of a large company to labor goes be
yond the point at which the unfortunate
worker can no longer produce profitably.'
The above are facta. They are open to
anyone who really wants to deal in facta.
Anyone who wants to get a job ... buy a
car ... or place a national defense con
tract on the basis of fair labor treat
ment must place Ford at the top
of his eligible list
IORD MOTOR COMPANY