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Society and Personals
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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.
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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.
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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
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Visiting Here for Few Days
Rev. and Mrs. B. Duke Critcher,
of Snow Hill, are visiting relatives
here for a few days. .
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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.
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Home from Washington
Billie Watts returned home last
week-end from Washington City.
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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.
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Visit Washington City
Messrs. Jack Manning, Jim Cooke
and Roger Critcher spent the week
end in Washington City.
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At Virginia Beach
Miss Mary Carstarphen visited
Virginia Beach during the week-,
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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.
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In Washington Last Week-end
Messrs. Wheeler Ward and Sam
mie Taylor spent the week-end in
Washington City.
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At Carolina Beach
Elbe Ramey spent the week-end
at Carolina Beach
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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U a Visitor Here
Miss Edna Leggett, of Chapel HillJ
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J.|
D. Leggett.
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Was Here Over Week-end
Mr. A. E. Mercer, of Wake For-I
est, visited here during the week-|
end.
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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
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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.
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?ere from Re hereon ville
Mr." Willie B. Everett, of Rober
sonville, was a business visitor here
this morning.
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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
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and systematic planning. This bank can
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"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
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By 1942 nearly 90 per cent of Am
erica's sea going freight ships will
be 20 years old or more . . . Ameri
cans use 12.0 pounds of coffee each
a year . . Conversion of farm crops
into substitutes for coal, petroleum
and natural gas will be accomplish
ed before these natural fuels are ex
hausted, says noted chemist .. . New
remote-control device permits re
porter with typewriter to set type
on linotype machine 611 miles away
. . . New $6,102,000 stream-lined cars
for Twentieth Century Limited have
trial run behind locomotive which
can go 123 miles an hour . .
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain
Deed of Trust executed by Elijah
Baker to the undersigned Trustee,
dated 3rd day of January, 193R, said
Deed of trust being of record in the
Register of Deeds office in Martin
County in Book P-3, page 435, to se
cure certain note of even date there
with, and the stipulations in said
Deed of Trust not having been com
plied with, and at the request of the
holder of said bond, the undersign
ed Trustee will, on the 1st day of
August, 193R, at 12 o'clock, Noon,
in front of the Courthouse door.
FOR FREEDOM
HAVE MONEY
The greatest thing a man owes him
self . . . his family, is freedom from
worry.
Often this can be accomplished by ar
ranging a family budgets
Talk it over with your wife, your
children. Go on the budget system and
SAVE part of what you earn. , -?
Start Saving Regularly Now
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT k
INSURANCE CORPORATION ?
Guaranty Bank &
Trust Company
Martin County, offer for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described land:
A house and lot in the Town of
Williamston, N. C.. bounded by Hat
ton or Warren Street Mnhl?y Unit,
Gabriel Wiggins, and Gurganus. and
being the same house and lot now
occupied by me.
This 1st day of July. 1938.
B A. CRITCHER,
jly5-4t Trustee
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of North
Carolina Washington Division
In Bankruptcy No. 855.
In the matter off John Edward Ko
ger. one of the pajrtners of the Wil
liemston Radio and Electric Com
pany and trading ias sole owner of
the City Electric Appliance Com
pany, Bankrupt.
The petition of Ijohn Edward Ko
gec^-one of the partners of the Wil
liamston Radio and Electric Com
pany and trading as sole owner of
the City Electric Appliance Com
pany, of Williamston, North Caro
iimi. for a full discharge in Bank
ruptcy, having been filed in laid
Court, it is ordered by the Court
that a hearing be had on August 1,
1938. J>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. Referee in Bankruptcy.
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time of loss.
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HE WAITED TOO LONG
Yes!
Act
Now!
He had b??n meaning to take out In
aurance for a long time. But he delay
ed. Then?audden alckneaa?tardy re
morae. Hla widow and child hare be
come objects of charity. It can happen
to any uninsured man.
W. G. PEELE4
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of VIRGINIA
Williamston, N. C. District Agent