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PAGE FOUR COUNTY AGENT WORK IS DONE AT A LOW COST Costs Less Than One Cent Out of Each Dollar Tax Cellected The work of the county farm agents in the 83 counties where they are at present employed costs an average of less than one cent out of each dollar paid in county taxes. This fact was developed last week following a study of figures secured by Charles A. Sheffield, assistant ex tension director at State College, from the State Tax Commission. The va rious counties of North Carolina levied $31,8000,000 in taxes in 1931 and the average rate was $1.06. Out of each dollar levied in the counties about one half of one cent went to county farm agent work and this was increased by one-fourth of a cent when the st&te s appropriation was added. The total cost per dollar of. tax money paid, in cluding the federal offset artioufit to .88 of one cent. Considering the' cost of this work to the average taxpayers of a county, however, if a man paid $5 in county taxes, he would invest only a little over four cents in the salary and ex penses of a county farm agent; if lie paid $lO in taxes, he would invest' nearly nine cents; if he paid $25 in taxes, he would invest 22 cents,- if he paid; $45 in taxes, he would invest 35 cents and if he paid SIOO in taxes, he would invest onlv 88 cents in farm a gent work. This is lcs.-> than one dol lar for each one hundred dollars paid by the average county taxpayer. Despite this low cost of county extension work, the agent is about the j only human connection the farmer has , with his experiment station, State Col- i lege, and United State-. Department of Agriculture. More people are r?turn ing to the farms now that city jobs are scarce and more young people are s remaining on the farms. lliis all means that the county agent is needed now more than ever and it is false economy to dispense with this work. Frigidaire Solved Problems Before Marketing Machine «> Dayton, Ohio.—Matters affecting customer service do not rise to con front the manufacturer who has solved his major engineering problems be fore he attempts to market his prod uct, says H. W. Newell, Frigidaire's vice president in charge of sales. "When Frigidaire began the manu facture of electrically ..refrigerated ice cream cabinets, many years ago, it was forced to develop equipment which would provide a constant zero temper ature,"' says Mr. Newell. ''Such a temperature is absolutely necessary for the proper storage of ice cream. "This was a- -difficult problem be cause the electric refrigerator had been designed originally to supply considerably higher temperatures. Frigidaire solved it through use of a two cylinder compressor with reserve j power sufficient to maintain a zero temperature the whole year round, twenty-four hours a day. Incidentally this compressor also combined the advantages of "freedom ffom vibra tion with low operating costs. Conse-I quently this company has always dom inated tins particular field where low_ DR. v. h7mewborn OPTOMETRIST Ky«« Examined Glasses Fitted Roberaonville at Fulmer's Drug Store, Tuesday After Third Sunday Each Month. WiUiamston, at Davis Pharmacy, on Wednesday After Third Sunday of Each Month. Plymouth at O'Henry Drug Store, Thursday After Third Sunday Each Month. At Tarboro, N. C., Every Friday and Saturday m if I got constipated, I 0N I would get dizzy and have swimming In my head. I would hare very severe I headache. "For a while I thought I wouldn't take anything—may be I could wear out „ the headaches; but I found they were wearing me out "I found Black- Draught would re lieve this, so when I have the very first symptoms, I take Black-Draught and now I don't have the headache. 1 am a firm be liever in Black- Draught, and after using It 20 rt more years, I am satisfied to continue lta use." —¥. M. HoXtmmt, Orang* |P|vl I WOKEN who m run-down, orl . - FOR CHILDREN—and trowo-opi who prefer a liquid—get the new, pieaMnt-tutisg SYRUP of TM tori's BUcfc Draught; 2Sc and 50c. temperatures are an absolutely neces -1 sity. : * " ■ - "Since the two cylinder principle has proved its rugged dependability in I extreme low temperature refrigeration, I it has beendesignatcd as a fundamen- , 4a 1 feature of Frigidaire-designe. AH, this company's equipment, including even the lowest privefl fut?Schold j models, arc equipped with a two-cylin der compressor, similar to those which j ceaselessly maintain zero temperatures j in ice cream cabinets. "Because this.' company solved a major problem tirst, Frigidaire users | -are sure of perfect refrigeration and. an abundance of ice ebbes, even in the i hottest weather." Fiddlers' Convention Is To Be Staged Wednesday The fiddlers' convention scheduled in the school auditorium here last Fri-I day night by the American Legion was postponed until Wednesday • night | when it will be held in connection, with j a square dance in the warehouse, it .was announced yesterday. \ ery few j natrons showed up and those in thought it best to postpone the con- | vention, Prizes will be given at the, dance Wednesday night. * ' In following their pay-as-you-go, •plan, 154 ( raven farmers are now ship ping graded cucumbers grown under j. contract. Seventeen growers recently ( shipped seven cars of cooperatively. AUf WILL BE OKERVED BY *u LOCAL MERCHANTS All Stores Listed Below Will be CLOSED ON JULY 4th WE, THE UNDERSIGNED MERCHANTS, WILL CLOSE OUR STORES ON JULY 4TH. PLEASE ARRANpE TO BUY ALL NECESSITIES THIS WEEK SO THAT YOU WILL NOT BE INCONVENIENCED IN ANY WAY ON THE HOLIDAY. BARNHILL BROTHERS [ MARGOLIS BROTHERS W. J. HODGES A. & P. TEA COMPANY HARRISON BROTHERS B. S. COURTNEY 1 1 _ ♦ PENDER'S YOUNG S STORE BRANCH BANKING AND FARMERS SUPPLY CO. NORFOLK B, F.PERRY UNDERSELLERS . J. R. PARKER GROCERY WILLIAMSTON MOTOR WILLARD S SHOE SHOP J. 0. MANNING COMPANY W.D. AMBERS JOHN A. MANNING BOWEN BROTHERS ; . COMPANY ROSES 5 C AND 10° STORE BICENTENNIAL IS OF WIDE APPEAL People of Washington, Dur-. ham County, England, Hold Celebration That the two hundredth anniversary of George Washington's birth is be ing almost universally celebrated was evidenced in recent reports from Eng land. whose king the first president of these United States opposed. Amfong the most interested of the English* participants in the celebration are the people of the town of Wash ington, County Durham. These peo ple are so proud of their connection with their Washington family that they are using every means at their command to h.onor George Washing ton. * It was in the town of Washington that the Washington family had its origin in 1183 when William de Hert burn came into possession of lands in that village. Following the custorp of I the time Hertburn took the name of his new estate, then spelled Wessyng ton, and became founder of the Wash ington family. 1 lirough the activity of Frederick N. Hill, headmaster of , Washington Biddick School, many Bicentennial features have been carried out in the U>vvn and vicinity. Mr. Hilf has de livered several lectures on Washing- THE ENTIRFKItI Griffins Farmer Puts In First Barn of Tobacco • Martin County farmers have started curing their 1932 crop of tobacco, Mr. Herbert Manning, of Griffins, having harvested the first of the STOP, it is un derstood. He cured a barn early last week. Curing operations will hardly get underway to any great extent before the last of this week or the early part of next, it is understood. According to reports received from many farmers throughout the county, that part of the crop transplanted in the early part of the season is of good quality, but the late crop js suffering badly for rain. In Beaufort This Week Mrs. J. G. Staton and Misses Lucy and Mary Chase, of Kilmarnock, Va., are spending several days at Beaufort this week. ton based on material published by the United States George Washing ton Bicentennial Commission. George Washington portraits, also supplied by the United States Commission, have been framed and placed in public buildings in the town, including the public library, the parish church, the George Washington Lodge, Washing ton Freemasons, the Urban Council, the Washington Chemical Company, Ltd., and several schools and other prominent buildings. HIGHER POSTAGE RATES TO TAKE EFFECT JULY 6TH Patrons Holding Two-cent Envelopes Will Have To Add Another Stamp New postal rates included in the revenue measure recently passed by Congress are effective July 6, accord ing to Postmaster J. T. Price. Ef fective on that date, letters weighing no more than 1 ounce will require 3 cents postage. ' , Mr. Vick issued the following state ment explainiag other postal changes made by the new law: Letters or other first-class matter weighing in excess of one ounce will require postage at the rate of 3 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. No change was made in the rate for post cards and postal cards, this rate re maining at 1 cent each. In order to discourage the mailing of insufficiently prepaid matter, 1 cent per ounce in addition to the deficient postage will be collected on postage due letters or matter of the first class. Letters prepaid less than 3 cents will be returned to the senders if known. If the sender is not known, they will, if prepaid at least 2 cents, be rated with the deficient postage and dispatched to destination for collection of the amount due upon delivery to the addressee. Sunday,, July 3, for Tuesday, July 5,1932 Letter* in business reply envelopes are subject to postage at the rate of 3 cents for each ounce Effective the same date the rate on mail carried by airplane will be in creased 3 cents per ounce. The old rate of 5 cents the first ounce or fraction and. 10 cent* lot- each..ad ditional ounce or fraction will be chang ed to 8 cents for the first ounce or| fraction and 13 cents for each addi tional ounce or fraction thereof. _ This rate, however, does not apply to mail sent by air to Puerto Rico,' Virgin Island of the United States, and the Canal Zone. The rate be tween Puerto Rico or the Virgin Is-, lands of the United States and the Ca- THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS 24 Lb. Sack FLOUR : 49c 12 Lb. Sack FLOUR 29c 3 CANS LYE - 25c 1 POUND LUZIANNE COFFEE 22 l-2c 1 Gallon WHITE HOUSE VINEGAR 30c 3 CANS SARDINES 10c Free Delivery—Telephone No. 12 We Are Buyers of Chickens, Eggs, & Vegetables J. R. Parker Grocery W. H. GURKIN, Manager nal Zone is 10 cents for each half ounce rate between the United States, Puerto or fraction of a half ounce; and the Rico, or Virgin Island* of the United States and the Canal one is 20 cents for each half ounce or fraction of half ounce. It will be necessary that patrooa hav ing 2-cent envelopes on hand place an additional 1-cent stamp on each en velope. Future envelope orders will, of course, be entered for envelopes of the 3-cent denomination. In preparing for fall-planted cover crops, it is well to remember that clovers do best on land that has re ceived an application of limestone.
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