First Business Is
Transacted in New
Building Monday |
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booth, the furnace room, and to the
second floor Storage rooms for sta
tionery, equipment, and records are
spotted here and there on the first
and second floors with modern con
veniences arranged for the employ
ees.
Designed for the convenience of
its patrons, the mezzanine floor, ov
erlooking the main banking lobby,
offers and ideal lounging place
While construction work on the
main part of the building has been
completed, there are a few minor
tasks awaiting the attention of the
builders. Delayed shipment of nec
essary materials has held up the
completion of the project, but Cash
ier Herman Bowen states that the
normal activities of the bank will
not be interrupted in the least.
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Association Is in
Its New Quarters
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bank's main banking room, is con
veniently arranged for its employ
ees and customers. Vault facilities
and other working agreements have
been effected for the successful han
dling of the association's affairs.
The officers of the association in
vite the general public to visit the
new quarters.
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Fertilizer
More commercial fertilizer was
used by American farmers in 1940
than in any previous year, accord
ing to a report issued by the Nation
al Fertilizer Association.
A cordial invitatiort is extended
the general public to visit the
Branch Bank and inspect its new
home and banking facilities.
Styles for Working Women
The bureau of home economics, U. S. department of agriculture, has
designed a group of clothes for women who do very active and some
times rough work. Left, Gertrude Lowell models a new field suit
designed for, farm work. A slide fastener closes the legs and the arms.
Right, Margaret Smith models a one-piece suit for the female mechanic
or girl engaged in defense work in machine shops. It is cut with plenty
of room for reaching, sitting and stooping.
ASSISTANT
IV. Clyde Criffin, local young
man. is the popular assistant
cashier of the Branch Banking
and Trust Company here.
Electricity Boosts
Farmer Efficiency
Electricity, a powerful and rela
tively new tool on the farm, is
speeding the efficiency of North Car
olina farmers in the current drive
t<> strengthen national defense, says
I). EL Jones, rural electrification spec
ialist of N. C. State College.
Some farmers have been using
thus servant in their work for the
past five or six years, but witft great
t emphasis on increased production
and efficiency, they are now broad
ening their use of this power.
In addition, other who have used
it in only a small way for household
purposes are applying it to farm
jobs and finding it the easiest,
quickest, and cheapest way of do
ing their larger cg&res, the State Col
lege specialist pointed out.
In dairying, it milks the cows,
cools the milk, pumps the water,
grinds the feed, heats the water, and
sterilizes the utensils. On the poul
try farm, it broods the chicks, heats
the drinking fountain, lights the lay
ing house, grinds the feed, pumps the
water, and, in a few cases, hatches
the chicks.
For the truck grower, it heats the
plant bed, pumps water for irriga
tion, operates a spray pump, pro
vides refrigeration and ice at mar
keting time, operates a grader, a
washer, a-sacker, and a loading ma
chine, and in the case of sweet po
tatoes. supplies heat for curing and
storing.
Each of these operations brings the
farmer lower production costs, sav
ings in labor, and a better finished
product. Thus he is able to increase
his food supply, to prepare it better
for market, and to cure and store it
more satisfactorily.
Maneuvers Will Use
"Few" Pounds Of lee
Fort Bragg ? Bids on more than
25.000.000 pounds of bulk and bunk
er ice for use by First Army forces,
soon to begin their fall muneuvers In
this area, were opened last week by
the office of Colonel Samuel I.
7.eidner, Fort Bragg Quartermaster.
According to Captain H. H. Hutch
inson. purchasing and contracting of
ficer. the contracts call for delivery
of the ire to Wilmington, where the
Fourth Corps Area Quartermaster
has established anrcKnnio. fsr llv?_
maneuvers, and to Hamlet, N. C.
where food supplies are routed into
the maneuvers area.
A total of 26,780,1)00 pounds of ice
will be purchased by the Quarter
master Corps for use by the soldier*
in the field as for as for the preser
vation of foodstuffs in storage ware
houses An additional 4,W0 tons will
be used at Hamlet for pre-cooling re
frigerator cars. Captain Hutchinson
said, requiring 480 tons of salt to
speed the refrigeration.
Business Founded
Sixty-Nine Years
A^o By A. Branch
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Following Mr. Branch's death in
1893, W. F. Simpson was in charge
of the hank, the late founder mak
ing his ^entire estate liable for any
obliagtions to the bank. Judge H. G.
Connor took over the bank man
agement following the death of Mr.
Simpson and he continued at its
head until his appointment to the
State Supreme Court in 1907. Dur
ing Mr. Connor's management, de
posits of the bank jumped from
$100,000 to more than $400,000. J.
C. Hales was elected president to
Succeed Mr. Connor and he served
until 1913 when S H. Anderson was
elected. After serving the bank two
years as president, Mr. Anderson re
signed and he was succeeded by S.
G. Mewborn, who served the insti
tution until 1924 when Mr. H. D.
Bateman, the present president, was
elected.
A native of Washington County,
Mr. Bateman entered the banking
business when a young man, serving
in his own county and a short while
in Windsor before going with the
Branch in 1916. Repeated promotions
found him at the top in 1924, and a :
year later and under his efficient
direction and management the in-'
stitution started a far-reaching ex
pansion program, and today it is
recognized as one of the leading
banks in the State and South. The
first branch was established at
Plymouth in 1925. A year later a
branch was opened in Warsaw. Oth
er branches were opened in Selma
in 1928, in Goldsboro in 1929.
In 1930 when the banking world
was in the throes of depression, the
strong institution continued its ex
branches at Williamston, Fayette
ville, New Bern and in Elm City and
Kinston in 1931. Other branches
were opened at Wallace and Tren
ton in 1934, at Faison in 1936 and in
Fremont in 1938.
The Branch bought out the Far
mers and Merchants Bank here in
1930 when the officers and directors
of the latter institution were tired
and weary of the business. The fi
naucial storm that followed in 1933
was weathered, and banking serv
ices were maintained for the people
of this section and throughout the
bank's system .without interruption
except for the few days' hanking
holiday declared by the President
of the United States. At that time,
the institution had resources in the
sum of $6,800,000. Today its re
sources are in excess of $25,000,000.
Little change in banking service
CASHIER
Herman A. Bowen, well
knuwu county man, heads the
local Hranch Banking and Trust
Company as cashier.
Vitamins Important
In Animal Breeding
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The success with which North Car
olina farmers raise their pig, lamb
and calf crops to meet expanding
national food needs may depend in
a large part on the kind of rations
they supply their breeding stock,
says Earl H. Hostetler, professor of
animal husbandry at N. C. State
College.
Rations well fortified with vita
mins and minerals are required for
normal reproduction, and Vitamins
A. E. and C have received most at
tention in relation to reproduction.
was detected here after the Branch
bought out the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank. Several of the old di
rectors continued on the local board
and the Farmers and Merchants
Bank employees continued at their
respective posts with the new insti
tution. Following C. D. Carstarphen's
resignation, Mr. Herman A. Bowen
was made cashier and he holds that
position now.
Carotene, which ia present in well
cured green hay, fresh green pas
ture, graas, well-made com, gra
and legume silage, and yellow varie
ties of carrots, squash, and sweet po
tatoes, is the principal source of Vi
tamin A highly essential in the re
production of all farm animals.
However, Hostetler pointed out,
carotene is rapidly destroyed in
feeds .especially under conditions of
poor storage, so precautions must be
taken to provide adequate amounts
particularly to pregnant animals.
As early as in 1922, the Vitamin E
(actor was demonstrated to be nec
essary (or reproduction at laboratory
animals such as the rat, but the need
(or H in the diet of (arm animals
other than poultry is still question
able. Most fbod rations contain ade
quate amounts o( this vitamin, and
only in unusual cases is it likely that
animals may be sterile because E is
lacking.
Such (eeds as wheat bran, shorts,
linseed meal, hominy (eed, white and
yellow corn, cottonseed meal, and
ka(ir are good sources o( Vitamin E,
as are most of the common hay and
pasture crops.
Congratulations
To The
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
On the Erection of Thrir New Building!
DAVIS PHARMACY
Branch Banking
and Trust Co.
We congratulate you on the erec
tion of your new building. It rep
resent* Progress and Improvement
which we gladly acknowledge.
Williamston Hdw. Co.
GEORGE HARRIS, Prop.
Sincere Congratulations
To The
BranchBanking&TrustCo.
ON THE ERECTION OF
Their New Building
We ha<l the pleasure of erecting this
fine hiiihling and we feel that William
ston is fortunate in having an institu
ton loeated in an ultra-modern building.
If It's Building Z)o It
See Us For Estimates
D. J. Rose and Son
I. WOOD ALL ROSE, Owner.
General Contractor Rocky Mount, N. C.
TO. THE
Branch Banking and Trust Co.
ON THE ERECTION OF THEIR NEW BUILDING
We take pleasure, along with the other business firms of
Williamston, in congratulating this institution on the con
struction of its fine building. We are always glad to ac
knowledge Progress in our community.
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co.
It Gi\ eg lis Genuine Pleasure
To Congratulate
t ii t:
BRANCH BANKING
AND TRUST CO.
On The
Occupancy of Their
New Building
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Tlii* ih-m building i? certainly an
aswl In our town ami *c gladly
congratulate you!
BELK-TYLER Co.
ind
BEST WISHES
To The
BRANCH BANKING
AND TRUST CO.
II c (.hully Acknowledge Your I'rogre**
In the Erection of Your
NEW BUILDING
IT IS A DISTINCT ASSET TO
OUR TOWN AND SUCTION
Moore Grocery Co.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
We Salute the
Branch Banking &
Trust Company
It Mas our pleasure to supply many of
the hardMrare items used in the
Construction of
Their New Building
Thit neic building repreaenia a aymhol
of Prog re in our Totrn
WOOLARD
Hardware Co.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.