Weddiagi Jun?> Chili MwHif KaterUlBBMli Society and Personals Or WIl.l.l AM8TON and MAKTIN COUNTY PHONI Anything fa* rhii Department 46 Visit In Wii Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Manning and son visited in Windsor yesterday morning. , Here from W hi takers Mr. J. L. Dickens, of Whitakers, was here yesterday visiting his son, Mr. Hal Dickens. In Nags Head for Week-end Mr. Oscar Davenport spent last week-end in Nags Head. ? At Pamlico Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Clayton, Mr. 'and Mrs. Herman Bowen and Mr. and Mrs Eddie Trahey spent the holiday at Pamlico Beach. Visit Lake Waccamaw Misses Jackie Phelps, of Windsor, and Mary Taylor visited Lake Wac camaw, near Wilmington, during the holiday. s Here for Game Mr. Will Hardlson. of Farm Life, I attended the baseball game here yesterday afternoon. Visits Here Last Week-end Miss Frances Hoyt, of Albemarle, spent the week-end here with her sister. Mrs. Bill Glover, and family 0 Visiting Here for Few Days Rev. and Mrs. B. Duke Critcher, of Snow Hill, are visiting relatives here for a few days. . o In Nags Head for Week-end Miss Ruth Norton and Messrs. W. H. Carstarphen, Robt. Everett and Carroll Crockett spent the week-end at Nags Head. They were accom panied home Mrs. Carstarphen. * Home from Washington Billie Watts returned home last week-end from Washington City. o Returns to Virginia Herbert Cowen, jr., has returned to Buchanan, Va., after a visit here with his Darents. Visit in Raleigh Mrs Z. H. Rose and son. Hardy, visited in Raleigh last week-end. Visit Nags i Robert Cowen and Walter Cooke spent tne week-end at Nags Head. Here (ram Roanoke Rapids Messrs. Fletcher Dickens and Ted Speight, o( Roanoke Rapids, visit ed here yesterday. ? a Visit Washington City Messrs. Jack Manning, Jim Cooke and Roger Critcher spent the week end in Washington City. ??a At Virginia Beach Miss Mary Carstarphen visited Virginia Beach during the week-, nnid.". ' ' In Washington City Messrs. Bill Howell and Ernest Mears spent the week-end in Wash ington City. Visiting in New Jersey Miss Thelma Brown is spending several days with friend in Trenton, New Jersey. a In Washington Last Week-end Messrs. Wheeler Ward and Sam mie Taylor spent the week-end in Washington City. a At Carolina Beach Elbe Ramey spent the week-end at Carolina Beach a Visit Virginia Beach Mr. and Mrs. David Modlin, Miss Jennie Green Taylor and Mr. Dick Bridges, of Whiteville, spent the Tour Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Frank Margolis and clnld ren, Richard and Barbara, toured Virginia last week-end. Visits in Newport News Mr. "Buddie" Tallman spent the holiday with relatives and friends in Newoort News. At Atlantic Beach Mr. Chas. MeClees spent the week-end at Atlantic Beach. In Ohio This Week Ben Hopkins and Dillon Cobb are spending Sereral days in Kentucky and Ohio. They plan to return the Utter part of this week. Visits in Raleigh Miss Hattie Chaffin spent the holi day period with friends in Raleigh. Visits in Morehead City Miss Marjorie Gregory visited in Morehead City last week-end. ? At Virginia Beach Miss Neda Pendleton returned home last evening from Virginia Beach where she spent the week end. Here from AhoaUe Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Beasley and Mrs. Florence Beasley, of Ahoskie, were here Sunday and yesterday visiting Or and Mrs W C Mpitit Visits in Norfolk Miss Margaret Everett visited rel-l atives and friends in Norfolk last| week-end. Returns Home Miss Ollie Marie Roberson has) returned from a visit with Mrs [ Chas Herriott at VirginU Beach. At Nags Head John Pope, jr., Kim Saunders and Whit Purvis, jr., and Edgar Gur ganus spent last week-end at Nags Head Home from Camp Leach Rev. John Hardy and Mrs J Paull Simpson, directors at Camp Leach,) were home Sunday. Visit Virginia Beach Dr. E. W. Furgurson and Mr. I Chas. Leonard visited Virginia| Beach last week-end Home for Week-end Burras Critcher, jr., was home) from Mars Hill, College for lhe| week-end Attend Game in Tarboro Among tnose attending tne tar boro-Williamstun baseball game in the Edgecombe capital yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor and sons, Dick Smith, Raymond Taylor, Louis Williams and J. E. Boykin. Visiting in Philadelphia Mr. and Mrs. Curtis B. Leggett | are visiting relatives and friends in Philadelpha this week. Is Visiting in Town Miss Mary Wagstaff, of Roxboro, is here visiting Mrs. L B. Harrison Announce Marriange Mr. and Mrs. Preston Taylor an nounce the marriage of their daugh ter, Genevieve Ruth, to Mr James) Aubrey Woodard, on Monday, May | 30, 1938. Syringa, Va. Visiting in Hamilton Misses Ruby and Helen Johnson, of Norfolk, Va., are visiting their) parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Johnson in Hamilton. ? Leaves for Maryland Mrs. F. U. Barnes left last week! for MaryUnd where she will visit reUtives for several days Spend Holidays Here Mr. and Mrs, Tom Morris, of High Point, spent the holidays here with Mrs. Morris' parents, Mr. and Mrs Ben Perry. e Return from Nags Head Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Spivey, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Etheridge and Mr. Henry Griffin returned last eve ning from Nags Head. e U a Visitor Here Miss Edna Leggett, of Chapel HillJ is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J.| D. Leggett. e Was Here Over Week-end Mr. A. E. Mercer, of Wake For-I est, visited here during the week-| end. ? At Virginia Beach Mrs. Mary Bonner Gurganus and daughter, Miss Faye, and Mayor J. L. Hassell spent the week-end at Virginia Beach with relatives and friends e Here far Meeting Messrs. R. A. Haislip, of Hassell, R. L. Perry, of Bear Grass, C. C. Fleming, of Jamesville, and C. A Roberson, of Robersonville. were here today for a meeting of the county commissioners. ?are from Robersonville ?Chief Wm.?Gray, of Roberson ville, was a business visitor here to day. e ?ere from Re hereon ville Mr." Willie B. Everett, of Rober sonville, was a business visitor here this morning. DO YOU PLAY SAFE? Don't expeiiinent Willi yourself, but play safe. Use medl cine only on the advice of your doctor. You are flaying safe, too, when you bring your doctor's prescription to us. We use only the freshest drugs, and double check each prescription. CLARK'S DRUG STORE Phone S3 H AVOLINE The Largest-Seljing Motor Oil. HARRISON OIL COMPANY A Declaration of INDEPENDENCE July 4th ... a symbol of FREEDOM. On this day, during this and every year, we commemorate the adoption of the , Declaration of Independence. As a free thinking pople in a nation of democracy, this day is especially heralded with an outward burst of enthusiastic exuber ance and an inward feeling oifrell-being and peace. Just as the sagacious foresight of the men who created the foundation upon which now rests the bulwark of our in dependence and freedom ... so will the financial security of you and your loved ones depend upon your wise foresight and systematic planning. This bank can render valuable assistance in reaching your goal of financial independence. Member Federal Deport! Inaurance Corporation Branch Banking & TTrust Company "THE SAFE EXECUTOR" A state highway official forecast recently that North Carolina's acci dent death rate in 1938. based on the consumption of gas, would be no higher than the national rate for the first time in 10 years. J. S. Burch. statistics and planning engineer of the state highway com mission, made the prediction. He released a study showing the num ber of highway deaths in this state per 10,000,000 gallons of gas con sumed had decreased from 35.6 in 1935, North Carolina's worst year, to 30 in 1937. This year's rate, lie predicted, will be as low as 22.8 if the record of the first four months continues. He said there were 19.5 deaths in January per 10,000,000 gallons of gas used, 19.9 in February, 23 9 in March and 22.5 in April. The North Carolina rate was list ed as 27.4 in 1938, 27.2 in 1929, 21.1 in 1930, 30.4 in 1931, 29.6 in 1932, 34.2 in 1933, 35.8 in 1934. 35 6 in 1935 and 30 8 in 1936. During those years the national rate varied from a minimum of 20.7 to a maximum of 23.2. Burch attributed North Carolina's improvement to: The use of all-steel bodies and tops and shatter-proof glass Tune after time," he commented, a bad smash-up results in no deaths be cause these safety measures were taken. Improved highway conditions. Increased work by the state high way patrol. He said the number of miles patrolled during the first four months this year showed an increase of about 40 per 'cent over the same period in 1937. The "continued removal" of the -drunken drivers from the roads by leeucatum of licenses 1111(1 the reftl ization by the driving public that such an offense is most serious." The impetus of a safety campaign this spring. The "normal, slow but inevitable swing of the pendulum from a very bad record toward a better record, due to the killing and manning of reckless drivers and the lessons learned therefrom by their friends and acquaintances." State's Accidental Death Rate For '38 Lowest in 10 Years Rains Have Washed Nitrogen From Corn And Cotton Fields Martin County Farmers Are Making Liberal Appli cations Top Dressing Recent heavy rains have washed practically all the soluble nitrogen out of sandy soils in North Carolina com and cotton fields, and many of the heavier soils have lost much of their nitrogen, said E. C. Blair, ex tension agronomist at State College. As soon as the ground is dry enough, he added, top-dressings of nitrate of soda or some other soluble nitrogenous fertilizer should be ap plied to corn to produce?a good crop. And if more heavy rains come a little later, still another top dress ing might be applied. But he warn ed against putting in too much at once, saying that a moderate appli cation should be given, and then an other can be added later if neces sary. Blair said there isn't much that farmers can do for their rain-dam aged cotton except to hope for good weather the rest of the growing sea son. On the sandy soils, however, ap plicalions ot DU pounds ot nitrate ot soda per acre may give some ad vantage. The damp and rainy weather has given the boll weevil a good start, said J. O. Rowell, extension entomo logist, but dusting with calcium arsenate, or equal parts of calcium arsenate and lime, will bring the weevils under control. Many far mers prefer the mixture containing lime, as the arsenate is not good for their soils, and the less arsenate in the mixture, the less damage it will do. Lespedeza thrives in rainy wea ther, Blair also commented. Some fields are now growing the best jtandj of this crop in yefru; with the plants standing six to seven inches high in many cases. Modern Cotton-Classing Building To Be Erected Bonev Issues jjl. C. > | Insurance Report North Carolinians wore carrying $1,438,692,794 in life insurance at the end of 1937, compared with $1, 350,451,673 at the end of 1936, In surance Commissioner Dan C. Bon ey reported recently. However, in 1937, a total of $229, 961,591 in life insurance was termin ated, compared with, $217,160,990 in 1936. Of the $129,448,262 in ordinary insurance written in the state last year, North Carolina companies wrote $44,992,706. Boney said stock fire-insurance cumpanies took risks of $1,052,890, 202 last year. The firms paid net losses of $2,588,037 against net pre miums of $8,290,609. Mutual fire insurance companies, exclusive of reciprocals and county mutuals, wrote net risks in the state last year of $183,803,155, received $1,364,022 in n^t premiums, and in curred net losses of $266 260. The 206 stock fire insurance com panies had an average- rate of 79 cents last year, compared with 81 cents for the 1933-1937 period. Industrial business written last year amounted to $154,695,049, and group insurance to $44,007,108. Marriage Licenses Issued Licenses to marry were issued by Register of Deeds J. Sam Qetsinger to the following couples last week end: Carrol Lee Griffin and Nina E. Bland, and Leslie James Griffin and Verna Louise Smithwick, all of this county. A modern $20,000 cotton-classing building will be erected by the North Carolina Department of Agri culture immediately "to give the slate better grading services which will inevitably result in better prices for cotton," Commissioner of Agri culture W. Kerr Scott annonces. The cotton-classing building, to be located in Kaleigh, will be a part of tire State Warehouse System of the Department of Agriculture. During the past year, the ware house division has classed approxi mately 75,000 bales of cotton with out cost to the farmer and plans are now underway to increase the mar keting services rendered the cotton farmer. Outstanding Headines In U. S. Newspapers _ efore Honorable I. M. Mee ington. North1!Carolina, at 12 o'clock, M , and that all known creditors and other interested persons may appear at said time and place and show just cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Williamston, North Carolina. This July 1, 1938, A. D. WHEELER MARTIN. U. S. 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