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OVERSEA 'PHONE CALLS EXPENSIVE EXAMPLES SHOW W. C. Durant Holds Record With Call Costing About $1,500 The man in Peoria, 111., a few das ago who tried to call up Mus solinia, by long distance and then went away from the telephone with out so much as an "excuse it, please" was a piker compared to come of the past and present clinets of the tele phone company's overseas service. Harold Ross, editor of the maga zine New Yorker, once gave a stag party at which each guest was serv ed a telephone and told to call up anybody he chose. Charlie MacArthur, fun-loving playright, promptly put in a call to King Fuad of Egypt. What's more, he got him out of bed with the tele phone company's help and chatted with the king for six minutes about this and that. However, the telephone company's overseas service?which handles calls to places as far away as Sidney, Australia?has found a ready patron in W. C. Durant, the financier. Durant holds the record payment foi a single call?$1,527 for 94 min utes from Paris to his New York broker in October, 1928. A short time before that he had talked from Berlin to New York but got tired and stopped after 61 minutes. The longest call on record is that made by a man in New York in March, 1931, who talked to Pans for 110 minutes. The telephone company in Novem-1 ber was all excited over an appar ent new record in the making when another New Yorker called Santiago, Chile, and was still going strong aft er the first hour and a half. But tl.ema n said good-bye after only 98 minutes with a bill of but $1,078 The 48 women operators of the overseas boards have in eight years of the system's existence plugged to gether conversations that have had some very satisfactory results, from their point of view. Once an agent of an American phonograph company in London was much impressed with a couple of British song hits. He telephoned Victor Young, the orchestra leader, in New York, and hummed the tune. Young got the melodies all right, feverdishly arranged and scored them and had the records made. Within 24 hours they were oh their way back to London. Then in December, 1SS33, a Flint, Mich., auto worker, Bertil Clason, married the girl of hi* dreams. Si grid Sofia Margarets Carlson via the transatlantic telephone He was in Detroit, with common pleas Judge John D. Watts listening in. and she was in her native Stockholm, Swed The coat was $47.30 for seven minutes. Somewhat of a record in lovers' conversations was that of Lewis R Best, who from London, talked to Miss Catherine Wallace in Cleveland for half an hour before she said "yes". London newspapers, once they get wrought up about something, often use the transatlantic telephone for first-hand information. Last May one of them called up Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of Kansas City's city manager, to ask her why she had asked the court to give mercy to Walter McGee, one of her convicted kidnapers. Miss McElroy said the English journalist kept running uu the toll by break ing in every now and then to re mark, "strawdinry." A lady in Dunkirk, R. I., recently was startled do be called to the tele phone by the London operator. When it was straightened out, it was found that the caller wanted to talk to Dunkirk, France. I Then there was the Swedish | young man who lived in Toronto, jand had saved just enough money to call up his mother in Sweden to | wish her a Merry Christmas. When j the connection was completed, he | was so overcome that he sobbed steadily for the three minutes. The telephone company felt sorry about that and let him talk to his mother for five minutes on the company. Dunnagan Huns For Secretary Of State M. R. (Mike) Dunnagan, Raleigh correspondent for several newspa pers in the State for nearly seven years, announces that he will sus pend his newspaper work for the present and devote practically full time until next June, or July, if necessary, to his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Secre tary of State. Mr.* Dunnagan takes up his resi dence in Winston-Salem the early part of this month and will conduct his campaign from that city. He reports that he has a home there, mortgaged but not foreclosed, oc cupied by a brother and with plen ty of room for his campaign activi ties. He expresses the belief that he has a very good chance for the nomination,and expects to make the best possible use of the opportunity. "I realize that I am handicapped by not having a State job and a nice Force Garden Plants With Cold Frame for Use Earlv in Spring Well Constructed Frame Is Great Help In Starting Vegetables Early A well constructed cold frame will help the home gardner get his vegetables off to a good start in the spring. A cold frame, serving as an inter mediate stage between the seed box and the garden, gives the plants a chance to harden before they are placed out in the open. H. R Niswonger, extension horti culturist at State College, recom mends that such vegetables as cab bage, cauliflower, tomato, pepper, and egg plant be transplanted to a cold frame before being set out in the gahden. For the average home garden, he said, the cold frame should cover an area six feet wide and 24 feet long. The wooden frame enclosing the bed should be IS to 18 inches I high along the back and 8 to 10 in ! ehes high in front. Locate the cold frame in a sunny place, facing the south. Place good garden loam, mixed with stable ma inure, in the bed to a depth of six inches. Second-hand sash or unbleached j muslin makes a good covering for the frame. Muslin saturated with hot linseed oil will retain the heat of the sun within the bed and also Shed water. Or the cloth may be treated with a solution of one pound of paraffin dissolved in a gallon of gasoline. Young plants are ready to be transferred to the cold frame when the first two true leaves have de veloped. As warm weather approaches, lite plant bed should be left open a lit tle more each day to harden the plants. Ventilation is necessary even on cold days. Water the plants on sunny norn ings when the temperature i> rising. Thoroughly wet the soil, then do rot water again un'il the surface appears dry. income, but I hope to make up for this, as completely as possible, by hard work for the next five months, si xmonth, if it becomes necessary for me to fight through a second primary on July 4", said Mr. Dun nagan. He is opposing Stacey W. Wade, incumbent, and Thad Eure, House clerk in the last three ses sions of the General Assembly and now collecting excheats for the State University. Alfalfa Seeding May Be Done Under Conditions rail seeding of alfalfa is advisable in most sections of North Carolina, but spring seeding may be done un der certain conditions, and especial ly at the higher elevations. In the Piedmont section spring seeding should be made on soils that heave badly and on fertile soil infested with chick weed. The seed should be put in between March 1 and 25 At elevations of 2,500 leet or higher the, seeding should be made between April 1 and 30. In this section, fall seeding is advisable. Fresh and Warm Water Needed Bv Stock on the Farm Most Expensive Way To Heat Water Is In Body Of the Animal One of the most expensive ways a farmer can heat water for his I livestock is to let the animals drink it cold and warm it with their bodies^ Giving the animals water at freez ing temperatures lowers their vi tality, and seriously curtails the production of dairy cattle, said Pro fessor R. H. Ruffnes, head of the State College animal husbandry de partment. "Can you imagine a beef animal fattening, a calf growing, or a cow pioducing large quantities of milk after becoming thoroughly chilled and shivering for an hour in over coming the effects of 10 to 20 gal lons of ice cold water?" he asked. He estimated that a cow pro ducing 23 pounds of milk a day burns up more than a pound of corn in warming the water she drinks when it is taken into the body at freezing temperatures. At the State College dairy barn, where water is supplied at a mod erate temperature, there are seven ccws producing more than flfty pounds of milk a day. The food burned to warm the wa tei is needed to maintain the ani mal's vitality, promote growth, and to produce milk. Professor Ruffner pointed out To attain her full milk 1 producing capacity, he added, a cow should be given all the fresh water she will drink at a temperature of 70 de grees. If the water is too cold, she will not drink enough to maintain a full milk flow. The resulting loss may be far more than the slight cost of provid ing animals with water from which the chill has been taken. Wants LIQUID SMOKE FOR SALE: Cures meat perfectly. Price reas onable. Davis Pharmacy, jan-17 2t PI'ROIL GAS: FOR FOUR WEEKS we will run a special qn Puroil gas for 20c a gallon.?Mrs. Zeno Bedard's Store, Poplar Point Town ship. jan-21 2l 2 1-2 ACRE FARM WITH 5 ROOM house for sale. One-half mile from depot, Parmele. Terms easy. W. C. Manning, agent. dl7 tf STEADY WORK?GOOD PAY, RE liable man wanted to call on far mers in Martin Co. No experience or capital needed. Write today. McNess Co., Dept. T. Freeport. 111. 1-t Fertilizer Circulars Are Now Available Agronomy Information Circular 96. "Fertilizers for Different Crops. Including the Best Percentages of Water in Soluble Nitrogen of Total in Fertilizer Mixtures,'* and Agron omy Information Circular 97, "Suit able Fertilizer Mixtures for Differ ent Crops, Including the Functions of Chief Plant Nutrients," are now available free of charge to citizens of North Carolina on application to C. B. Williams, head of the depart ment of agronomy at State College. Silos Increase Milk Supply In Winter Over 500 farmers sold three mil lion pounds of milk to the che factory at West Jefferson to be proc essed into 290,000 pounds of fine ?hesee, says F. R. Fsrnham, dairy extension spanstist at Sute CoUece. This is the largest volume of milk delivered to the factory since it was established in 1929, and the cheese production was upped 40 per cent over 1994. Fsrnham says the income from milk was increased 60 per cent for the winter, and much of this is due to the construction of trench silos throughout the area durujg the past year or two. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY By virtue of the authority of the Superior Court for Martin County, the undersigned will on the 22nd day of February, 1938. at 12 o'clock noon, on the premises described, ex pose to sale the following described property: Being one house and lot in the town of Hamilton, N. C.. formerly owned and occupied by Jerry Ben nett and wife, Lucy Bennett. JOS. W. BAILEY, jan-21 4t-w Commissioner. CAM EL'S "TRY 10" OFFER STILL OPEN! amoac to mgrani uimcis. ir you don't find them the mildest, best-flavored cigarettes you ever smoked, return the package with the rest of the cigarettes in it to us at any time within a month from this date, and we will refund your full purchase price, plus postage. (Signet/) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1, Co.. Wins ton-Salem, N. C. READ OUR INVITATION _ TO YOU COSTLIER TOBACCOS! I PREFER | CAMEL'S FLAVOR CAMELS MUST PLEASE YOU OR YOU PAY NOTHING' PREPARE TO START YOUR CROP OFF RIGHT rTTS 2uxnm.ii Have plenty of strong, vig orous, well-grown plants for early setting. Nothing adds more to prospects for a good crop than uniform, thrifty plants at planting time. To grow the right kind of plants means much eare with your plant bed?carefully made and properly fertilized. The selection of the right sort of Plant Bed Fertilizer is of great impor tance, and may mean the difference between a fine crop and iust an average crop. V-C Prolific Plant Bed Fertilizer is formu lated precisely in accordance with the recom mendations of the Committee of Tobacco Spe cialists of the Agricultural Experiment Stations in the Tobaoco Belt, plus our own knowledge and experience in the manufacture of the right sort of Plant Bed Goods. It is mom-ocU farming and contains the right amount of soluble mag nesia recommended to prevent sand drown. The Potash is from Sulphate of Potash and Sulphate of Potash Magnesia, and the complete mixture is free from Chlorine. We believe, and thou sands of the best Tobacco Growers sav, that V-C Plant Bed Fertilisers are made right. Mm For Sale By HARRISON BROS. Williamston, N. C. R. L. SMITH & CO. Robersonville, N. C. SLADE, RHODES & CO. Hamilton, N. C. Condensed Statement of Condition of Branch Banking & Trust Co WILLIAMSTON, N. C. V' ' At the Close of Business December 31, 1935 Resources Cash and due from banks $5,454,339.50 Obligations of the United States 7,140,295.20 Federal Land Bank Bonds 1,747,106.40 North Carolina Bonds 557,524.07 Municipal and other marketable bonds 3,275,875.73 Loans secured by marketable collat eral with cash values in excess of the loans 710,018.94 18,885,159.84 Other loans and discounts 904,292.41 Other stocks and bonds 18,006.00 Banking Houses, Furniture & Fixtures & real estate 250,000.00 TOTAL $20,057,458.25 Liabilities Capital Stock?Common $ 400,000.00 Capital Stock?Preferred 400,000.00 ^Surplus 400,000.00 Undivided Profits 200,139.30 Reserves 2?t^,785.18 Dividend Payable January 1, 1936 8,000.00 DEPOSITS / 18,391,533.77 TOTAL $20,057,458.25 TRUST DEPARTMENT ASSETS NOT INCLUDED TORSPWF SO|Eip7t vnnpHRUQiISIcA52XE STATEMENT AND THE BACKING OF OUR DIREC WITH SOUND BANKING BUSINESS' PROMISING EVERY ACCOMMODATION CONSISTENT Banking an'd Trust Service for Eastern
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