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Farm Price of Cotton Not Considered The Retail Price ^acton The improved farm prices of cot ton in the past several months may not be considered determining fac tors in the relatively increased prices of finished cotton goods, says E. Y. i Floyd. AAA executive officer at N. I C State College ? Rather," Floyd reports, "the in creased 'spread' of profit to the cot ton manufacturer has been tagged as I responsible for the rapid increase in ! the price of cotton products "While the farm price of cotton | was moving up three cents a pound between June. 1940. and June. 1941. mill margins for cotton manufacture were moving up 11 cents pound Last May. when a consumer boughl an ordinary dollar cotton shirt, he paid less than nine cents to the far mer who spent a whole year in pro ducing the cotton that went to make the shirt?even less than the laun dry price for washing the garment ? , - ' . " This year, for the first time in the history of the nation's oldest "money crop," the farmer has a government guaranteed price for cotton under the AAA loan program The guaran teed price to the farmer, with loans at 85 per cent of the parity price, is 13.43 cents a pound for 1941 cotton. Floyd says. The same labor employed in cot ton manufacturing plants produced 110.7 per cent more cotton goods in March of this year than for the aver age month in 1940. Floyd adds. On the basis of the consumer cost of the finished potion article m March of this year .the farm price of the lint used would have been 19 cents a pound, whereas, it was ac tually several cents a pound lower. "So. it is easy to see." the AAA leader concludes, " that the farm I price of cotton is not pushing up the j retail cost." Terrific Fi?iliiiii?? L? Reported \lo?? the Russo-Cerman Front (Continued from page one) other large German cities. Apparently realizing that Hitlers' i fate will rise or fall in his Russian campaign, the United States is forg ing ahead to render every assistance possible to the Russians Priority in the delivery of strategic war mater lals has been given, but the reports state that the purchases wilhbe paid for in cash There is a possibility that Britain will strike against Germany in the north probably around Norway. The reports indicate-that plane, for -a hard blow against Germany from all sides arc in the making, and that far-reaching development ?rr t? hi expected. Tension over the Japanese situa tion. swinging backwards and for' ?"Tri* as the pendulum of ilm is tightening according to lafe re ports, but tension between Vichy and Washington is slackening Japan has halted slop service to the United States, while Vichy last week-end assured the United States that Da kar would be defended against Ger many or any other power Three countries, Britain. Dutch and U S . are working feverishly to strength en their positions in the Far East, and it is expected that Japan will be told to make up her mind and act accordingly. Little is being heard on tlw de fense front in this country as the Congress debates tax bills and con siders plans for retaining selectees in service A tax bill, calling for stringent levies, has passed the House and is now before the Senate Finance Committee A bill calling for the retention of selectees and guards men in the service an additional 18 months was said to be certain of pass age in the Senate before adjourn meiit today. Price Administrator Henderson, testifying before a committee today Stated that the United States was on the brink of inflation Men From 46 States I Make Up Division Fort Bragg?From border to bor der and coast to coast, from the cities and the country soldiers have come to the Ninth Division The nearly 14. are 'rom the amazing total of 46 of the 48 states and the District of Columbia. Latest statistics show Brasfauand Oregon w.tbmrt representation. The largest number is from New York which has contributed 3 666 about one-fourth of the total New Jersey follows with 1.459, Pennsyl vania supplied 993 and the trend f .|,he midwest where Illinois has provided 942 Even farther west is Wisconsin, 745, followed by Ken tucky, 724; West Virginia, 702 Tex as. 638; Michigan, 440, North Caro tin,. the home of Fort Bragg, has ?n *hae Personnel roster, to top Ohio s 348, from where the geogra phic distribution moves to New Eng land, listing 329 men from Massa chusetts and 197 from Connecticut Others include: Indiana, 175 Ok m ^rgia' 1M: ??uth Carolina, 133; Tennessee, 122 Vir ginia. 103; Florida, 92; Delaware, 83 Hampshire. 681 Maine. M; Alabama. 82, Rhode 1,1 anAil; Minnesota, M; Maryland, 48 Mississippi. 37; Colorado, 34- Miss ouri. *3, Louisiana. 38; Arkansas, II; New Mexico, 17; Arizona and Cal jtornia, If each; Iowa and Kansas. 19 each; 8outh Dakota, 10; North Da kota, ?; Nebraska and Washington, J ?*"?; Montana, 4; Utah, 3; Idaho. 1; Wyoming, l. American Troops Train for an Invasion United States Marines, In cooperation with the army and navy, engage in invasion maneuvers near Jacksonville, N. C., and are shown establish ing a beachhead on a theoretically hostile shore. Top left, they go over the side into a landing boat. Top right, a light tank is floated ashore Lower left, the Marines hurry to the beach through the shallow water Lower right, they drag one of their pack howitzers into position. Philippines in U. S. Service Philippine scouts are shown manning a heavy calibre machinegun dur ing recent maneuvers on the islands. All Philippine troops have been Integrated into the United States Army by order of President Roose velt in answer to Japan's threatening invasion of southern Indo-China only 700 miles away. Kin Oppose Hitler Working: with the British War Re lief Society in New York, Bright Elizabeth Hitler, estranged wife of Adolf Hitler's brother, Alois, is do ing her bit to defeat her German kinsman. She is proudly pointing to her Aid Britain pin. Her son it in the Canadian army. Harvest Season Is Fast Drawing To a (Jose In Section (Continued from page one) completed their field work, and they are relieved, the market supervisor added. Harvest work will continue anti 1 the latter part of August in iome cases, but most ol it Will have been completed by the latter part of lext week. * Commenting on the quality, tin supervisor stated that it was very good, that while most farmers main ain they have only fair tobacco, he >e)ieves the crop is better than an. average. The cures are turning out well so far, but it is possible that ;hose leaves remaining in the fields Loo long will not be of the best-qual ity. "World conditions may be in a ?neas and the outlook may be gloomy n some quarters, but I am looking for the Williamston Tobacco Market to have one of its most successful Villi I ins Market To Open Next Week The greater Mullins tobacco mar ket. with 12 mammoth warehouses awl Tolil' stelii <?! buyers 1a all sei ior, the opening next Tuesday, August 1211V MuUrns warehousemen are busily engaged in completion of their organizations in anticipation of the opening on that day. Preparations are being made for the sale of mil lions of pounds of the golden weed to be handled on the warehouse floors in Mullins during the 1941 sea son. An unusually large number of buyers representing more than a dozen different tobacco companies are arriving in Mullins now with their factory personnel and will be ready on August 12th to make their bids to tl*? sing-song chant of the auctioneers. Mullins is the largest tobacco mar ket in the South Carolina belt and htfs had this distinction for a num ber of years, which is due in a large part to the utmost confidence to bacco growers, who sell in Mullins, have in the Mullins warehousemen. Growers know the ability of these men who have grown up in the to bacco industry and know that they will exert every effort to get top prices for every pound yf tobacco placed on the-warehouse floors; _ There are 12 mammoth warehouses in Mullins, modern in every respect, and growers can always find space to put out their tobacco. Positively no floor space is reserved on the Mul lins tobacco market- first come, first served. Mullins has the most expert auctioneers to be found in the tobac co business, auctioneers who are so alert and well-trained that no bid is ever overlooked. 1 Mrs George D. Grimes has re turned to her home near here after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. M D. Tctterton. and Mr Tetterton and in fant son. Darren Grimes, in Rich mond. Mr and Mrs. Walter Yow and Mr. and Mrs Mill,- of Asheboro, visited Mrs Ethel Anderson here yesterday. seasons this year," Supervisor John son said "You can look for a live and hustling market in Williamston this year," Mr. Johnson added. Plans for a series of good will meetings are being made, and the schedule will be released within the next few days. Hate Is Tentatively Fixed At $2.50 For Current Fiscal Year (Continued from page one) leading to the. public library be tween rthe town hall and Attorney Wheeler Martin's office closed to ve hicular traffic, and ordered the al IfVW.tV 'tii the other kkIm of the town hall kept* open to traffic. Rendering its report in accordance with an ordered issued at a previous meeting of the board, the cemetery committee, showing real signs of life and not sleeping as the name would imply, stated that titles to property adjoining the cemetery could be had only through condem nation proceedings in some cases. Such proceedings were ordered where necessary, the board agree ing to acquire properties through in dividual-purchases where possible before instituting other proceedings Office hours for the new treasur er's office were fixed from 9 a. m to 12. noon, and from 1 to 5 p m. by the board. Tile meeting last night was the first one held in the new treasurer's quarters, the officials leaving the crowded old quarters to the police department. Training Programs For Civilian Safety Nation-wide training programs for ?mployecs of local governments in I such primary defense duties as air raid and sabotage protection are be-1 ing urged as an "immediate neces-1 sity" by Mrs. Melville Mucklestone >f Chicago-, president of the Nation iT Consumers Tax Commission. Mrs. Mucklestone, who is'a former nation al president of the American Legion Auxiliary, says that special train ing for employees of such municipal departments as public works, health, fire, police, and utilities is needed. These are the men and women who would be called upon to protect ci vilians from enemy bombs and to protect 'such essential services as municipal water works from sabo tage should the nation find itself at war, Mrs. Mucklestone says. 1 II i/?' Hrulnlly Attacked By llushaitd In County As a climax to a free-for-all fight here last Saturday night. Arthur Rhodes, colored, brutally attacked his wife with a pop bottle at their home on the Everett farm in Poplar Point Township. The blow was said to have cracked the woman's skull. Rhodes was said to have left immed iately after the attack. ? The trouble started when the wife, Lydia Rhodes, accused her husband with running around with "another Woman" here. A fight followed in town with the husband and wife playing the leading opposition roles and with relatives and friends of the wife taking part. The first round was aired in Mayor J L Hassell's court at midnight, and the dangerous at tack was made later in the country. J. /,. /V#?/ Moving Hi* Jetcelry Store And Studio * ? The J. L. Peel jewelry store and studio, housed in the little shop next to P. P. Peel's, is moving to the Bowen Building just across the street today. Increased business and enlarged operations in his studio called for larger quarters, Mr. Peel explained. Brighter Situation /? Created For Hog Grower ? Ellis Vestal, swine specialist of the Extension Service, says more money in circulation as a result of the de program has created a bright er situation for the hog grower. This has resulted in a favorable ratio be tween feed prices and hog prices. With hogs selling at 10 cents a pound anfl better, farmers and 4-H club boys may well afford to feed any pigs they may have, even^if they have to buy some com as well as protein and mineral. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . A bit of mystery surrounds the countys' automobile accident record for the . past week, offi cers stating that they had not been able to determine whether a man was run over or was oth erwise hurt on the highway be tween here and Hamilton. He is not included in the list. Little damage was reported in (tie sin gle sure accident According to Patrolman Whit Saunders, damage estimated at $35 resulted, but no one was in jured in an accident near the Pitt County line Sunday night. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time 31st Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1941 1 0 0 $ 35 1940 100 300 Comparison To Date 1941 54 44 2 $17,210 1940 56 37 2 6,770 ? This Week In Defense - ???? (Continued from page one) lout TT to TiptM all1 j War Secretary Stimaon said TUOO I nirplanes and 10.000 Air Corp..oh leers and enlisted men will take part maneuvers stressing coordination ,,( ((round and air strength in I Beauregard. La . area rum Septem ber 1-30. in the simulated warfare between 50.00(1 men of theSr-corid and Third Armies, and in the Fir. Army maneuvers to be held in the Carolinas. November 3-30 Oil Defense Petroleum Coordinator Iekes recommended 100,000 gasoline, filling station's in all the eastern states be closed from 7 l> m to 7 a. night, effective last Sun every iu*m. ?? . dav lb' appealed for a voluntary one-third cut in consumption and said he hoped closing the stations in Eastern States nightly "plus the vol untary curtailment will be enough to put us across." Priorities Director of Priorities Stettimus is-j sued an order freezing all raw silk because of unsettled co ditiofyi in the Far East. Mr Stetti n ius announced a new plan to grant blanket preference ratings to proj ects which must be cornpleted promptly. He issued a limited pref erence rating to 4? manufacturers of mining machinery and to 75 produc ers of cranes and hoists needed by defense manufacturing plants. Agriculture OPM Director Knudsen told Agri culture Secretary Wickard the OPM will CIS) per ate to meet shortages of farm equipment and machinery now hindering efforirTd increase farm production. The Office of PnceAd ' ministration revised its allocation program to increase storage space for farmers for the current grain harvest by increasing the quantities of steel and zinc for'grain bin con struction. Materials The OPM Production Division formed a defense advisory commit tee of the pulp and paper products industry and said defense require ments will increase consumption of the industry's products by 2.<JOO.OOO tons this year and an additional 2, 000.000 tons next year. OPM announced plans to increase the scrapping of worn-out automo-1 biles by 1.000.000 tons a year, and said one car provides enough scrap for a light cannon, and 20 cars, en ough for a tank. OPM asked zinc producers to set aside 27 per cent -of "their June produciton during Au gust for an emergency pool, and said the supply of fabricated alloy steel for aircraft manufacture will be tri pled before the end of next year. Labor and Employment Labor Secretary Perkins reported non-agricultural employment in creased by 484.000 during June to recah a new all-time high of 38v 799 000?an increase of 3.385,000 since June, 1940. and 1.900.000 more than the June. 1MV, record. WPA Some Gas Stations Violate Blackout While all local filling stations are rvmp^ratinp tn thp fullest fvtfnt hy restricting their sales to those hours between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., uncon firmed reports state that a few op erators of stations near here are re maining open for business long after the scheduled closing hours. An un- I official investigation is said to be in progress, and it is possible that the j distributors will be asked to withhold future deliveries if the reported sales | are proven. The movement is meeting with success, as a whole, but according to | reports coming out of Washington today, rationing of the gasoline sup ply can be expected possibly after the Labor Day holiday, if not be fore. Several local stations- reported slight gains in their gas sales, but others stated they could observe lit tle variation in their business vol umes. Double United States purchases from La tin America for 1941 are estimated at $1,020,000,000, or double the norm al value of Latin American exports i to continental Europe. employment dropped 77,000 and NYA. 96.000, she said. OPM Associ ate Director Hillman asked airplane companies to employ and train wo men in defense jobs without lower ing wages or working standards. The Navy, War and Commerce Departments jointly proposed the 60,000,000 Americans born in this country but without documentary proof of citizenship apply to State bureaus of vital statistics and simi lar agencies for "delayed birth cer tificates" to break the bottleneck by which native-born workers are bar red from jobs in defense plants for lack of such proof of citizenship. STENCIL SHEETS FOR SALE. EN terprise Pub. Co. a25-tf Dates Are Fixed By Board Of Education In Meeting Monday (Continued from page one) ion that some arrangements should be made either by the county or the WPA to finish the projects. Several citizens were before the Board of Education and Board of Commis sioners, but action on the projects was delayed pending an answer from the Works Progress Administration, it was learned. At the present time, the WPA is constructing an .agricultural build ing in Oak City. They plan to com plete that project about mid-Octo ber. If those men are not transfer led to the U. S. Highway 17 widen ing project, it is possible they will be assigned to the gymnasium proj ects. There was very little business be fore the board, and the session was comparatively short. Children trans ferred from the Oak City-Hamilton district to the Robersonville district m 1933 are to return to their old dis trict, the board ruled. Only a few pupils are to come under the ruling, it was learned. Chairman J. D. Woolard, of Wil liamston; George C. Griffin, of Grif fins; Leslie Hardison, of Jamesville; H. C Norman, of Robersonville, and J. W. Eubanks, of Hassell, were pres ent for the meeting. Wants CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed, or money refunded. Clark's Phar macy. m23-tf FARMS FOR SALE: IF YOU WANT to bu-y or sell, contact me. D. L. Turnage. Phone 2715. Greenville, N. C. jly25-5t I PREPARE YOUR CAR FOR \ SUMMER WITH THIS ... 7 SERVICE OPERATIONS (Uf ? Adjust lr?k?t. ? Cloon Fvd Pump and Alfnit Car mar Driving. # Raarranga Tirai If Nacattary # Adjust and CImh Spilt Flaps. # Adjust StMring Oaar and Frant WHaaJ Tan-la. # Impact ftaftary and Claon Tarminalt. ? Adjust Fan Bait. PLUS THIS lO-POINT CHICK-UP AT MO tXTMA CHAM OH Lights.. .Windshield Wiper.. .Horns... Wheel Bearings . . . Shock Absorbers . . . Transmission . . . Differential . . . Cooling System.. .Oil Filter... Ignition. I DON'T MISS THIS BARGAIN! COME IN TODAY! I j Williamston Motor Co. || W K If A V K MOVED To BOWEN BUILDING Dirccllj aero** tin* ulrrrUrom our ?>I<1 stand. Tlinic new and larger quarter* will enable us to better serve our patrons. Your Picture for 10c Come in and let us snap your picture. 3 for 10c. WATCHES REBUILT?JEWELRY J. Lawrence Peele
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