Thief Wrecks Cornerstone of Church To Steal Five Cents (Robfrsunville Herald) There's no doubt about it: the meanest man in the world isn't dead yet. About 17 years ago a cyclone damaged the colored Baptist Church in Robersonville. After a great deal of skimping and saving the poor but religious church-goers managed rebuilt their place of worship .When thp xwiervatiun work was -mmptfted. a place had been left for a cornerstone as on all modern build ings. Churchleader Dink Knight placed a nickel in the hole after ap propriate ceremonies. Then the $18 inscribed marble cornerstone was | laid. During the years people began* talking about money hidden inside ,the cornerstone Finally last Wed nesday night, somfriiie, certainly the meanest n\ar\ in the world, took a i pickaxe, and broke the nice, $18 cor 1 mrstone into three pieces and macje i I off with his lot?one little nickel. While the contemptible thief had j a lone nickel to show for his handi- i i work, all the congregation has to I show for its hard-raised $18 is a; 'broken cornerstone with less confi-I dence in its fellowman. Industry Ready For m 9r Defense Production The ability of industries to cush ion blows the defense program rains on their supply lines depends in many eases upon the foresight ex ercised in past months. For example. ' over a year ago attention began to be focused on expedients which might be necessitated by stringency of crude rubber supplies. So it's in teresting to note from a recent state ment of the B F Goodrich company which for.the past year has sold on the opmx- market automobile tires made with synthetic rubber, thai more than 100 important American companies look this cue and bought those tires, to gain familiarity with the new product Here was a con- ' sprcuous case of industry's willing-1 ness to cooperate and invest in an understanding of future needs, for each purchaser willingly paid?th** higher price made necessary by the higher cost of Amenpol Despite ef forts to build up stocks of raw rub ber. restrictions of its use art now in force, and the day may well come when synthetic rubber will hai'e to play a large role in keeping our cars and trucks moving. In the de liberations of at least these hundred or more companies, doubts as to what tin switch will mean will Jje negligible. ? Sugar The Office of Production and Ci vilian Supply lias fixed a ceiling of 3.50 cents a pound for 00 degree raw sugar, duty paid. New York RAINFALL The month of July, this year, was the driest in this section sinee 1932, while August is drawing to a elose with the smallest rainfall in several years. Despite the apparent decrease in the amount of rainfall, the show ers with the exception of a few weeks in late April and early June, were fairly frequent and forestalled a serious drought. Last month, 4.14 inches of rain fell here, the precipitation com paring with the ten-year aver-* age of 6.65 inches. Tncriaie In Exri$e Can Tax IT oulil Jaopanliza I'roftram ?$? As of January 1, 1940. North Car olina had $80,000,000 in highway bonds outstanding, which arc serv iced from the proceeds of the state gasoline tax About 28 per cent ofi the state's gasoline tax revenue is being used to pay bond interest and principal. Furthermore, the state must allocate a substantial portion of its gasoline lux revenue to meet I federal aid matching requirements) and to cover maintenance costs. Thus, the amount of highway funds available for state highway improvement is definitely limited, l and ifjuotor fuel consumption drops as a result of the heavier gasoline tux (which is almost a certainty if North Carolina's gasoline taxes are pyra mided to 8 12 cents a gallon) then the future highway progress of the! itatc will be jeopardized seriously. Tobacco Editions Given Recognition By JAMES M. PERRY Usually we take things for grant ed, but we are not going to allow the tobacco issues of the Herald and Enterprise to go without a word of j congratulations. To those who may not have seen the tobacco issues we might say, you could well afford to pay a dollar for one copy. It is full of very valuable material: History, Revolutionary and Civil War days, statistics, forestry, farming, educa tion, religion, auto history, good roads, personalities, business, com merce, Martin County shipbuilding, populations, and a score of other in teresting items. Personally I have made it a rule to save clippings of vital interest from various papers through the years, and I am frank to say that from no paper have I clipped as many I ilt nu. ul interest, and found so many things of local interest to people of Martin County. I speak for a large portion of the county,, and voice the | sentiment of thousands of our citi zens when I say congratulations for the exceedingly valuable, and in tensely interesting tobacco issues of the Roberxonville Herald and the I Wilhamston Enterprise. I Roanoke District Convention To Meet The Roanoke District convention j will meet with the church at Maple Grove Saturday and Sunday. Dele gates from more than 50 churches in , the district are expected to attend, as well as delegates from more than a dozen churches m Martin County. Mr. Frank Loggott, of Washington, is president of the convention, and Mr. W () Ellis is secretary anH tr*?a? l llliLht TRIILimS Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C. Sunday August 31 "Bloniiit- in Swiely" Penny Singleton. Arthur l.ake, Larry Simnu> Monday Tuesday September 1-2 "The Bride t unit O. D." BF.TTK DAVIS and JAMES CAtiNEY Wednesday-Thursday September 3-4 "This Woman Is Mine" Kranrhot Tune, Carol Bruce, John Carroll Friday Saturday September 5-6 in ihc Punt" W Al.TKK PlIKiFON and CKKKK CARSON ?va-ow oatftwiftu anUK I aUDjttt l a NOTICE ? ON AND AFTER SEPTEMBER 1st The Following Prices Will Prevail in Onr Shops MANICURE 65c NECK TRIM 15c POLISH (MANGE.... 15c Scalp Treatment Si.(Ml up FACIAl $1.00 up EYEBROW ARCH 60c SHAMPOO ami FINGER WAVE 65c OIL SHAMPOO ami FINGER WAVE 80c HAIR TINT, $8.50 Re-Touch,$2.00 Partial Touch (All with Shampoo ami Finger Wave) $1.50 up COCKTAIL FACIAL . .75c Half Eyebrow Arch .. . 85e llair Dye (complete) .$4.00 EYEBROW HYP] 65c IIAIR CUT 85c PERMANENTS$4.00 to$10 The price of materials have increased consid erably. ami we arc making this small increase in our prices so that we can continue giving you the hest supplies, ami the most efficient work. Although the increase warrants higher prices in our work, we are trying to keep the charges dow n for our customers' sake. We Appreciate Your Patronage Expert Operators MODERN BEAUTY SHOP CITY BEAUTY SHOP ie GREENVILLE TOBACCO MARKET OPENED TUESDAY PAYING PRICES 74.5 HIGHER THAN THE PRICES PAH) ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE 1940 SEASON 1941 Increase Over 1940 - - - $213,790.07 $12.21 4OPENING DAY. 1941, 1,455,904 LBS. FOR 5416,596.50 AVERAGE $28.61 ; OPENING DAY, 1940, 1,236,590 LBS. FOR $202,806.50 AVERAGE $16.40 IttAddition lo the High Prices Being Paid in Greenville, You Are Assured a Friendly Greeting, Efficient Service and a Prompt Orderly Sale GREENVILLE "BEST MARKET IN THE STATE" RADIO MARKET REPORTS EVERT DAT W PTC 12:15 (KINSTON) W G T C 12:30 (GREENVILLE) W P T F 12:35 (RALEIGH) W G B R 12:45 (GOLDSBORO)