Surplus Of Farm
Produce Nearing
Peak In fxiuntn
(Continued from page one)
Loan* were made in 1938 and 1939
on 350.000.000 bushel* of wheat Of
that amount the corporation either
own* or has loan* outstanding on
106,000,000 bushel* valued at $75
000.000 under the loan rate of 60
cents a bushel in 1938 and 70 cents
a bushel in 1939
Tobacco loan* have been made on
253,311.000 pounds, of which 178.000.
000 pounds was from the 1039 crop
Loans are outstanding on 194.000.000
p >unds. valued at $39,807,000. accord
ing to latest reports by the corpora
ton.
Relatively small quantities of pea
nuts. rye. prunes, raisin*, hops, pe
cans, figs, dates, butter, naval stores,
and wool and mohair remain under
loan. Their total value amounts to
approximately $20,000,000.
A new Lloeria peaCh vannyrxt
Hedelberta. which ripens ten days.
eurlier and carries more color than
its parent, has gone on trial in most
peach'producing -area* cnun>
try.
Jusl Arrived!
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Ixulie*' Summer
Dresses
Voiles ami
Dimities
Many Sizes
Lovelv dolors
Ami Sivles
On Sale For
?d3.
Com. in anil m-i- |)h-iii
for they are lovely?For
thin niiiall priee ?
Barnhiir
Brothers
?THESE Fine
(dOTO* OILS SAVC y0?
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Aflonf Sinclair *??ning Company (lot )
N. C. GREEN, Agent
^ age-Hour Drive
I nderway In This
Section Of State
Hij[h I)?-jsre?- of (c>ni|iliuncc
liuliculml in IVcliminarv
, Reports
Inspectors of the Wage and Hour
Division engaged in an information
and inspection campaign for com
pliance of the lumber industry to
provisions of the Fair Labor Stan
dards Art, started work in Martin
and surruunduig counties JhIs week.
With bases in Windsor, Roanoke
Rapids and Washington.
This campaign in Region VI
(North Carolina and .South Caro
lina' started June 10. the same time
similar drives were started in all
sections of the United States in
which the industry is centered The
lu'st base for Region VI was in
Elizabeth City Similar baA-s were
established under direction of re
gaaial directors m Georgia, Alabama,
Arkansas. Michigan. Minnesota, the
New England states, and the Seattle
area of Washington
Regional Dure an At tr-Fletcher
?sent the inspectors out under su
[ pervasion o! Senior Inspector Fred
J. Coxr, Jr., with instructions to
make inspections of all lumber con
centration plants, sawmills and log
ging operations. The inspectors were
to leave information on the provi
sion- of the act in simple language
so thai ignorance may no longer
tie pieaiicd -as an rvflisr fur cn.hit i..?
of tin- law."
The wage and hour inspectors are
working in cooperation with inspec
tors of the North Carolina Depart
ment of Labor headed by Senior In
spector W. G. Watson.
The two groups worked together
in Elizabeth City to carry out in
spections of plants in six counties of
that area. Leaving there Saturday,
the Stale inspectors went to Roan
oke Rapids to establish a base for
inspections in Hertford. Northamp-1
Ion Halifax and Warren counties.
Monday the wage arid hour inspec
tors established a base in Windsor
and later in the week transferred to
Washington for inspections in Dare,
r.vxrcii. Hyde. Beaufort, Washing
on. Martin, Hitt and Bertie counties
No report has yet been made on
he degree of compliance 1,1 Martin
"id surrounding counties, but ad
aricc information forwarded by
dr Cuxe to Regional Director Flet
her at. (lis Charlotte headquarters
ndicatcd an unusually high degree
?f_ compliance, and-perliminarv re -
"'its indicaTc thai a sThiiTarcohcli
ioh-wh-4* -hi this section _
In the Elizabeth City area several
""Is- '"eluding at least one of the
argest in the South indicated that
"reputation would be made of back
rages due and that restitution w.ll
" made Restitution payment ?oF
ne plant was expected late this
reck
Every operator contacted assured
'"spectors that they would come
nto full compliance of tile law in the
uturc A later and more thorough
nspection is to be made later to de
em, 1110 if the' desired results are
wing aeeomplished in this informa
ion and inspection campaign.
The inspectors are partially in
?cMnig thai all oporntora lictp i,, .
'ids as required by the act
The act prescribes a minimum
wage of 3d fonts an hour for all cov
?red employees and al least one and
'in -half time at tile regular rate of
>ay for all hours worked in excess
li'f 42 in any work week
The campaign III legion su will
be carried into every _pert of North
Carolina before wage and hour in
spector. go into South Carolina and
wotk to the Georgia state line.
1 hrislian S?...f,.r School
I'icn iV~V?^~H>rr>7esr7<ty
Th annual - picnic of - fht- -Hible
school of the Williamston Christian
Chuni, will be held at Coleram on
m xt Wednesday afternoon and eve
ning Plans call for ears to leave the
church at 2 o'clock
All persons not having means of
transportation will assemble at the
church and ears wall be provided
This is one flay of th.. v,.Hr when in..
church will be at play, so all nient
church and school are
urged to attend the picnic.
?1
The number of American farmers
participating 1,1 the AAA farm pro
gram increased from 3.000.000 in
10,, , i.?".?vi in
100.I . al>,'r"xmii"cly 6.000,000 in
10J0. a 100 per rent increase
14-100th. OF A.N Ol'NCE
: Jnhr.<i<?n <>f Sy?- n. Mk\. president of the National Cotton C.nun
<4l. punu? out that an ? ol 14-100th of an ounce of cotton per cap
ita per day in tin ttnued Sialts would increase domestic consumption 7507
' 000 bait The Cotton C <um.il. now launching its 1940 domestic consump
tion program. is seeking to reach that goal as the first step toward ultimate
domestic cnrismript ion of n\ loas^ ten million hales per y*?nf TTliE filft
top would .represent a ten per cent increase and would come within a
4t-w?i utidretl hales ol rtathing the alMiiiie high. Mr. JohnStOh predicts
that as a result of activities planned by the raw cotton industry through
| the council, domestic consumption of cotton will reach ten million bales
I within the next few years \
Library Adds New
Books To Shelves
The Williamston Public Library
has recently had placed on its shelves
36 books which were given by mem
bers of the Library Book Club, Last
spring, a few interested readers met
and decided to get the most recent
ly publishd books, by having each
individual buy one selection and put
ting it on a special library shelf, j
(ipen to club members only for the
period of one year. The club was
accessible to anyone who wished to
join and new members were accept
ed through the year Now through
the generosity of this group, these
books have been added to the library
collection and are available to all
Some of the titles arc Wisdom's
Gate," "Drums Along the Mohawk,"
"Red Star Over China." "1 Wanted
To Be An Actress," "My Memoirs,"
All This And Heaven Too," "Sea
soned Timber," "Wine of Good
Hope." "Roosevelt," "Bittercreek."
"I Married a CioT""' " :'nH "Remem.^
ber the End."
?In addition to these, the North"
Carolina Library Commission has
loaned a collection of 35 books on
etiquette.- parties, social work and a
few biographies
Mrs John Hardy ?? the chairman
of'the Library Book Club for the
ensuing year and all old club mem
bers and any others wishing to join
are urged to contact her as soon as
possible.
Law Officers Begin
Retirement Fund
Stale Auditor George Ross Pou
announced recently that approxi
mately 600 law enforcement officers
in all parts of the State have made
applications to participate in the re
tirement benefits of the Law En
forcement Officers Benefit and
Retirement Fund
Each officer who participates in
the retirement features of the fund
is required to contribute three per
cent of his monthly salary of $200 or
less beginning with salaries earned
after July 1. Officers on a fee basis
.?i.nlrihllte *3 00 tier?nnmtll. lhu.
equivalent of a $100.00 monthly sal
ary Contributions arc payable by
the tenth of the month following tlie
month 111 which salary is earned. The
first contributions are due on or be
for August 10. Tlie Board of Com
missioners of the Fund have adopt
ed regulations providing for retire
ment benefits payments to begin
July 1, 1945, to all officers who have
served twenty years. In order to
receive credit for servire prior to
July 1, 1940, officers must m?ke ap
plications before January L 1941,
and must make contributions equal
to three per centum of salaries earn
ed beginning July I, 1940 Applica
tions may be had from State Audi
tor Pou, Chairman <5f the Fund, in
Raleigh.
The retirement fund is open to
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables,
police officers, prison wardens and
deputy wardens, prison camp super
intendents, prison stewards, prison
foremen and guards, highway pa
trolmen and all other officers of the
State and its political subdivisions
who are clothed with the power of
arrest.
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,Vo One Hurt In Main
Street Wreck Wednesday
No one was hurt and very tittle
damage was caused in an auto-truck
wreck on East Main Street here early
Wednesday evening. !
Mrs G W Hardison, driving up
the street, started to make a left
turn into Watts Street and carshed
into a V. E P truck traveling down
the street. Damage to the two ma
chines will hardly exceed $25
?
Comparison
A white leghorn pullet consumes
around 8 pounds of feed or more per
dozen eggs if she lays 100 eggs a
years, but less than 5 pounds per
dozen eggs if she lays 200 eggs a
year.
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Although prices of farm products
are now slightly higher than in the
period before the World War, they
are still below parity, reports the
Agricultural Marketing Service.
( hil<l Slightly Hurl
When Si ruck By Aulo
Etlcs Mizelle, 13 years old, was
slightly hurt when struck by a car
near the Edgewood Dairy just west
of Williamston yesterday morning.
Her shoes were knocked form her
feet, but she suffered no broken
bones or very painful bruises. Ac
cording to information received here
the child was walking along the edge
of the hard surface.
A colored woman whose identity
could not be established immediate
ly was driving the car. Reports stated
that she stopped and offered assist
ance.
It was also claimed in later re
ports that three other children were
"struck by the car, that a small boy
was thrown into the air. The color
ed woman, offering one of the chil
dren 25 cents, brought them part of
the way into town and then put them
out. another motorist picking them
up.
Everett* Christian
Church Service* Sunday i
The pastor will preach at eleven
o'clock and at eight o'clock in the
Everetts Christian Church next
Lord's Day. The public is cordially
invited to both services.
Bible school at 10 a. m. and Christ
ian Endeavor at 7:30 p. m. All young
people of the community are invited
to attend and take part in the serv
ice.
At the morning worship the pas-1
tor will use as his sermon theme:
"How the Early Christian Acted" I
and at the evening service, "How |
the Early Preachers Preached."
The people everywhere will enjoy I
these messages, as they touch on |
and to u lost world, and both are |
timely for this day and generation.
Take your family and your friends. |
C. J. SAWYER, M. I).
WINDSOR. N. C.
Nose and Throat.
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Superior Tribunal
In Final Session Of
Brief Term Tuesday
(Continued from pt|? om)
an agreement was entered into
whereby the proaecuting witness
would not appear in court and push
the case. It was possible (or Rollins
to have pleaded not guilty and there
by gained his freedom He pleaded
guilty of an assault with a deadly
weapon and once a wedge was en
tered in the case the defendant was
ordered to the roads for a period
of twelve months.
The lone civil action involved the
sale of certain porperty for taxes
dee the county and the town of Wil
liamston. Claims in the case brought
by the county against O. S. Ander
son were established in the sum of
$204.16 plus penalties for the coun
ty and $368 25 plus penalties for
the town. The court ruled that the
county and town are entitled to have
the property in question sold for
taxes, and that the remainder of the
sale price is to go to O. S. Ander
son, Jr.. Martin and Arthur Ander
son and Edward Ransome Pascoe,
that O. S. Anderson. Sr , had sur
rendered any claim he may have
had loathe property.
Much Dependence
Is Being Placed In
Program Payments |
(Continued from page one)
, you have done so in order that the
: acreage destroyed may be checked
by a supervisor and credit given
| to you.
"The penalty for overplanting to
' bacco is eight cents a pound, an av
erage of $75.00 per acre for each
acre overplanted. This will be de
ducted from any Soil Conservation
Payment you might earn. In addi
tion the marketing quota penalty is
ten cents a pound on the entire pro
duction of the excess acreage har
vested above the allotment.
' Th penalty for overplanting cot
ton is three cents a pound 6n the ac
tual production of the excess acre
age and in addition, a loss of all Soil
Conservation and Cotton Parity pay
ment.
"The average deduction from the
Soil Conservation Payment for pea
nuts harvested in excess of the pea
nut aiiutment ts per acre.*
Firemen Failed To Old
U'anhinf(ton Street Store
Local volunteer firemen were call
ed out this morning at 10:35 when
lire, starting trom a spark falling
on the shingled roof, threatened the I
old J. B. Speller store building next
to Norris tin shop on Washington
Street.
The fire was brought under con
trol by the time the fire-fighting
equipment reached the 'scene and lit
tle damage resulted.
Various Interests
Pledge Support To
Leaf Control Plan
(Continued from pace one)
port grades, which at the present
time have practically no markets. |
3. Normal credit could be more in
telligently extended, thereby assur
ing growers necessary financial aid
in producing their crop.
4. Under three-year quotas grow
ers could make their plans without
fear of drastic changes from year
,to year.
"Be it further resolved: That the
growers, bankers, tobacco ware
housemen. and businessmen from
the above-mentioned flue-cured
belts, do hereby pledge themselves
to support the three-year regulation
period, and urge all tobacco grow
ers to vote for the three-year plan
in the referendum to be held on
July 20. 1940."
This was one of the outstanding
[meetings held in the state to date.
All of these groups have pledged
their full support in conducting the
educational work in the state.
"We wilj appreciate any sugges
tions or help that you can give us
as I am sure that we all agree that
this is the most critical period that
l\ps faced the flue-cured tobacco
growers and business interests de
pending on the production of flue
cured tobacco that we have faced in
recent years," a leader in the meet
ing said.
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Misses Virgil Ward and Marjorie
Fleming visited friends in Green
ville today.
Aged Inmate Died In
County Home Yetterdey
Gilbert Powell, seed colored man.
died in the Martin County home near
here yesterday morning. Entering
the institution only three days be
fore. the 09-year-old man was near
ly dead at that time
Unable to contact relatives and
without friends, the old fellow bare
ly missed dying under the stars by
three days. He had taken up resi
dence near Williams ton about two
years ago after a three-year period
of employment with the Foreman
Blades Lumber Company, near
Jamesville. He merely "took up" res
idence in a strange home, and re
mained there until he entered the
institution this week.
He was buried yesterday after
noon in Potter's Field, near the
county home after efforts to contact
members of his family had failed.
? IN MEMOIUAM
In loving remembrance of my dear
father. Mr. J. Raleigh Manning, who
departed this life one year ago. June
23. 1939
Gone is the face that is yet so dear,
Silent is the one we loved so dear.
Sincere and true to the end of your
days.
Loving and kind in all your ways
In our hearts your memory lingers.
Time cannot change this 'tis trije;
No one knows the bitter pain
We have suffered since we lost you.
In silence you suffered, in patience
you bore,
Tijl God took you from us to suffer
no more;
The world's weary troubles and
trials are past.
Peacefully sleeping, resting at last.
?By his loving daughter.
Mrs. Wendell Griffin.
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