Friday, Detembar 9, 1927
SOME SAFETY
ADVICE FOR
THE SEASON
Commissioner of Insurance
Offers Pew Hints for N
Celebrations
By DAN C. BONEY
State Insurance
The Christmas season/' that period
of the year when joy and happiness
should reign supreme and gladness
never be dimmed by accident or ad
versity, is now knocking at our doors
and will be here almost before we are
ready for it.
At this time, before we enter into
the preparation for the holidays and
before the time we will be permitted
to participate in the various Christmas
tide events, it may be well for us ttj
■top and think quietly just a minute
some simple rules for
That Christmas Tr*«: Do not decor
ate it with flimsy material hung too
near candles or lights. Don't decorate
your tree with paper, cotton, or any
inflammable material. Use tinsel or
other non-inflammable material for
decorations and be sure to set the tree
securely so that the children and even
the 'grown-ups' in reaching for things
can not tip it over.
Do not use cotton ' to represent
snow. If you must have snow, use
powdered mica or asbestos fibre.
Do not use candles where electricity
can be substituted. Even with the use
of electric batteries they would be far
safer than the use gf candles. If can
dles are .used, let only the utmost
caution prevail. Do not permit chil
dren to light or relight the candles.
They frequently set fire to their cloth
ing instead. Don't leave the matches
within reach of the children. Candles
are meant to be lighted, aftd if chil
dren can get matches they will experi
ment with them. They imitate, their
elders. Better caution 'Dad' and
'Brother' to be careful with cigar and.
cigarette stubs, too.
Do not allow trees to I
of building after the holidays. The
tree ignites readily when leaves and
branches are dry. A large number of
fires occur in January from this cause.
Do not use decorations near open
gas jets or too near lights of any
kind.
Examine the wiring which leads to
lights used for decorative purposes.
' See to it that it is safe.
Let the home, church, »r store be
warm but look out for overheated
stoves and pipes. ■
Surplus Crop Lowers
Price for the Whole
Farmers, like the industrial world,
are learning to know that surplus pro
duction creates a lower price for the
■» whole.
The Ladies of the Epis
copal Church Will
'Hold a
Bazaar
at the
WOMAN'S
CLUB ROOMS
Friday
Night, Dec. 9
A large variety of
useful articles and nice
CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS
will be on sale
Remember Also To,
Come and Get a Nice
TURKEY
SUPPER ;
FOR NICE IM
PERIAL AND
WINESAP
Apples
Come to the
Fruit Growers Express
Car, Side of Harrison
Wholesale Co/
T. B. Allen
BIGGS-MOBLEY
Thursday evening at the Baptist
pastorium Mr. Curtis Mobl«y was
married to Mist Mattie Biggs.
Both the bride and groom have made
their homes in Martin County and will
continue to do so.
.The witnesses were Mr* and Mrs.
J. Robert Rodgerson.
Their many 'friends in th county
will wish good fortune to Mr. and Mrs.
Mobley.
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Wood-Boring Insects
Cause of Huge Loss
Wood-boring insects cause an an
nual loss at $45,000,000 to
wood products in process of manu
facture and use. Much of this could
be prevented by. proper precautions in
handling and utilization.
Female Roundworm
Lays 25,000,000 Eggs
How parasites that affect animals
may multiply themselves is shown by
studies made in the United States De
partment of Agriculture, which indi-
Make
Christmas
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Christmas
/ Make someone supremely happy thi9 Christ'
J /« mas. Give a Buick f0r1928. Delivery will be made,
j i if you wish, at your home Christmas morning.
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N. A. RIDDICK MOTOR CAR CO.
"The House That Service Built" Scotland Neck, N. C,
Iv| There it U, bright and spotless, r£ady for its first thousand \ iil \
' [; '* miles of moderate driving to "break it in/' |
/ T MI Every time you go over it with a duster or chamois to keep
i [/BUI up its outside appearance—give a moment's thought to the oil. u*l» v
mkl> Not only to the amount, not only to the regular crankcase drain- , M'ij] jj
I /Wf/ ing, not only to the grade—but to thf quality. Just the difference '
/Jjljl between unsuitable oil and the constant use of Texaco will have ML . J|j.. Jtj
J nIH everything to do with silent and efficient performance later on.
" '—keep it new . j|||j||
ii / Texaco Motor Oil fights off wear; its body and lubricating quality 111 | "ill f" Pv* ir
nJT preserve bearings, cylinder walls, pistons and rings. Its visible M |jj
and provable freedom from tars, paraffin and gummy residues I H J, i(U i km/
precludes carbon accumulation. \ H ||£f> VSM
„ , Your insistence on Golden Texaco will be more and more justi- uHj - 1 p fyMj
uy gaso me by name f u you drive those tens of thousands of miles with a clean joB
the new engine that runs "like new." Let Oolden Texaco help you stave hUm b2t
and better gatoline off motor old-age. Buy your oil under the Texaco trade-mark— |\h3
that forms a dry gat ■ and identify it by its dean, clear, golden color. \HI| p(j fjjjji
THE TEXAS COMPANY, 17 BATTERY PLACE, NEW YORK CITY
TEXACO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS OTl|j W|»
. CLEAN. CLEAR. GOLDEN MO -
TEXACO (#)
MOTOR Oil. V^/
HARRISON OIL COMPANY (
Geo. and Gus Harrison Know Oil
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cated that a mature female ascarid.
Commonly known as a roundworm,
may produce as many as 25,000,000
eggs in the intestines of the hog she
infests. To make matters worse, the
roundworms come to maturity in a
comparatively short time and the sec
ond generation reproduce and deposit
great numbers of eggs. In spite of
this the experts of the department have
devised a system of sanitation that ef
fectively checks the spread of round
worms to healthy pigs.
Two and Half Acres Land
Required for Each Person
Two and one-half acres of land are
required to feed, clothe, and shetler
each person in the United States, ac
cording to official statistics.
Protect Fifty Million
Hogs From Cholera
Immunization and sanitation meas
ures in this country protect 50,000,000
pigs from hog cholera, it is estimated.
Four hundred thousand hogs die an
nually from this disease.
THB ENTERPRISE
J Hints On Better v
Breeding oi Cattle
The first step in better breeding is
the elimination of the acrub and grade
bull. The next step is tie elimination
of all inferior pure-bred bulls; and the
third"«nd final step is the general use
in all dairy herds oF gifcd pure-bred
bulls that have alread proved their a
bility to transmit very high produc
tion to their offspring.
Demand for Flue-Cured
Tobacco Steadily Grows
The demand for floe-cured tobacco
has increased steadily in the last 25
years. There are about 750,000 acres
devoted to its culture, these acres pro
ducing more than a half a billion
pounds, or one-third oi the total to
bacco production of the country.
PENDER'S
THE BETTER CHAIN STORES
Value & Quality
The Combination at All Pender Stores
AIRLINE HONEY"" 0 "™ ■ 19°
LIFEBUOY SOAP 20 c
or Pancake FLOUR i'k K 14 c
California DFArUPO Urge CM
Yellow Cling Three for 2z
SNOWDRIFT
Shortening, 2 lbs. 43^
PICNIC SHOULDERS s L T a a " t 19 c
MAZDA LAMPS .P. P. COFFEE
10-40 Watt \ 50-80 Watt The World's Beat Drink
23 c 25° 45c LBr
Old Virginia A I^l7
FRUIT VnJML OUR DDI? A H
1 lb. 2 lb. 4 lb. PRIDE DRuflU
2 60 O uncei °f 10°
Less Poultry in Cold
Storage This Year
The amount of poultry in cold stor
age this year is smaller than last year.
All kinds of poultry, except turkeys,
are reported in smaller quantities.
The average yield of corn in the
State of Illinois is about 355,000,000
bushels a year.
Claims Record in
Milk Production
Rosebank Pride,' an Ayreshire cow
owned by George Peason & Sons, of
WatertOwn, Ontario, claims a record
in milk production. Her year's pro
duction totals 23,641 pounds of milk
and 978 pounds of fat. For five years
her records show pounds of
milk and 3,633 pounds of fat.
Buy Your
Christmas
Gifts at
CLARK'S
Drug Store
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WE HAVE USEFUL. GIFTS FOR
EVERY MEMBER OF THE
• - FAMILY
FOR HIM FOR HER
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Fountain Pens ' Toilet Sets '
Cigars Perfume Sets
Shaving Sets Bridge Sets
Razors Bridge Lamps
Knives Card Tables
Card and Bill Folds Perfume Atomizers
Cigarette Cases Compacts
Flash Lights Candies
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This list comprises only a few articles of our
large stock. Come in and make your selection
before our stock is picked over.
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Toys for the Kiddies
We have made a special effort to buy for
' our trade everything that would be appropri
ate for Toy land. Nothing old, everything
'l
new. Your inspection of our stock is solic
ited. y
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A Few of Our
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Specials!
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Hudnut's Three Flowers Perfume—Witft Its
Elusive Fragrance. Choice of Odors
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Standard Novels by Well-Known Authors
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Box Hand kerchief SjOf Good Material*, Either
Plain or Solid Colors
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Clark's Drug store
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
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