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THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. SUBSCRIPTION K m« (Strictiy Cash, tc Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One Year . ..—. Sis Months OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY* One Year $3.00 Six Months . U75 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months $2.50 1.50 Advertising Rate Ord Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston, N C.. as second-clasc matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. Address all communications to The Enter prise and not individual members of the firm. Tuesday, October 19, 1943. .mni^ “The Fire Insurance Monopoly" “Senator Bailey is doing no good service to the people of the state when he seeks to re move this means of protection,’’ Editor Louis Graves says in commenting on the Bailey bill to remove the fire insurance companies from under the provisions of the anti-trust laws. Mr. Graves says in part: “Senator Bailey has lived in North Carolina all his life. In the course of his career as editor, lawyer, and public official, he has of course giv en a good deal of study to the laws of the State. But in the press of his duties as a United States Senator in the last dozen years he must have be come a bit rusty on the North Carolina insur ance laws. We cannot think of any other ex jj _ planation of his statement that the business of fire insurance in North Carolina is well con trolled by the state. “The fact is that as far as rates are concerned it is not controlled at all by the state. The late Insurance Commissioner Dan Boney used to deplore the lack of regulatory legislation and to tell his friends, ‘I have no legal power to do anything about fire insurance premium rates. All I can do to get reductions is to throw a sort of scare into the companies sometimes by say ing I am going to ask the legislature to pass a law to regulate rates.’ “The North Carolina statutes provide for a limited control of rates in two kinds of insur ance and only two: (1) workmen’s compensation and (2) automobile public liability and proper ty damage. There is no control of rates in any other field of insurance. “In the absence of stab' regulation recaurse to a suit under the federal anti-monopoly law is the only means of protection to policy-hold ers, and in our opinion Senator Bailey is doing no good service VO the people of the stale when he seeks to remove this means of protection. Even if every state had a fire insurance regu lation law, the insurance companies ought still to be subject to the federal anti-monopoly law. There never was a tighter monopoly than that maintained by the insurance companies in this j region, or one that has been exercised with so j little opposition, and the Government has nev- j er brought a more justified action than the one against the Southeastern Underwriters Asso ciation and the individual companies. “The records of the state msuranoe depart ment—fa department whose functions, insofar j as they relate to the fire insurance business, are | mostly confined to the assembling and filing j j r f records)-show that in the year 1942 the i premiums eollected in North Carolina by the | l\r€ itiHunmoe coir;"'*r.ffr wmits~.r to—S4Cv§4-l-■ | 879 iuid that the.gjppunt paid out for fire.losses_ I was $7,509 <540. That is, the josses'were about '43 m per cent of '.he premiums Add 20 per cent for the agent’s commission, and you have 63 per cent as the primary cost of insurance. Overhead expenses and profit must be covered, and of course everybody understands that fire insur ance companies must make generous allotments from annual earnings for additions to reserves. But when full allowance is made for all this, the margin of premiums over losses is far greater than it should he. It is maintained at its high figure simply because the companies prem ium rates have been unfairly large. The com panies have fixed the rates at their own sweet will, without control by any agency of govern ment ” All Want Seats News and Observer. Instead of concentrating on winning the war, too many people are giving all their thought to seeking a voice in writing the peace terms and many organizations are wishing one of their representatives accorded a seat at the peace table. Big business men, who wish a return to the old ways when monopoly hurt the American system, feel that they have done so much to win the war a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce should be one of the commissioners; the labor organizations, in rec ognition of their large part in fashioning wea pons, ask for representation; the women or ganizations, in appreciation of what the wo men have done in every sphere, wish to name a delegation; the American Legion, speaking for the fighting men, feel they have won the right to win the peace; the Churches of Christ in Am erica, representing Protestant Christians, are in sistent that a great minister should be on the commission to see that the peace pact is shot through with the Christian spirit; and Bishop Muench urges that Pope Pius “be given a voice at the peace table.” Statesmen, economists, professors, Congress men, journalists and others who are devoting much time to preparing peace plans will expect to be recognized. If the proposed membership grows it will be necessary to get a master carpenter to build a table large enough to accommodate them all. I A Daniel, Yea A Daniel News and Observer. A judge in Ohio lias sentenced the National Bronze and Aluminum Company’s president ' and his brother to. 10 years, in the penitentiary for making casting in a defective manner. Too many judges impose small fines for such sabotage. Of the Ohio judge it should be said, “A Daniel come to judgment; yea, a Daniel.” TOKYO BLACKOUT Bureau of Public Relations, U. S. War Department LEADS AIK ATTACK ON ITALY—Maj. Gen. James II. (“Jimmy”) Doolittle, pioneer in the development of aeronautics, hero of the bombing of Tokio in April, 1912, and wearer of the Congres sional Medal of Honor and all other official decorations for gallantry and distinguished service, climaxed his dramatic fhilitary career thus far by directing the war from the skies in the capture of Southern Italy. Gen. Doolittle, aged 46, is Commanding General, North Afri can Strategic Air Force. An in trepid soldier, he has also qualified a« a wartime champ on of industry. Before taking up active combat duty in the present hostilities Ire rendered important service in superintending the conversion of automobile factories into plants for the manufacture of airplane parts. Use More Grazing Crops For Poultry —«.— North Carolina poultry growers' must turn to soybeans, cowpeas. les pedera. and the clovers as a source of proteins, since the supply from an imal sources has been greatly reduc ed because of the war, says R. S. Dearstyne, head of the Poultry De partment at N. C. State College. This means that growers must put their flocks on temporary pastures of legumes and make use of range shelters, which may be constructed from scrap materials found about the farm. A cow pasture provides an ex cellent range for pullets, since cows | keep the grass well cropped, thus I making available a constant supply of young, tender green blades. Commercial fishing has been cur itajiea ana fish meals me not being ; imported from other countries, ac cording to Dearstyne. Adequate sup plies of bone meal, which supply the necessary phosphorous for poultry feeds, are also very small and cannot be depended upon. An effort is be ing made to extract the fluorine from rock phosphate, so that this source of phosphorous can be used to meet the need of poultry growers. Feed manufacturers are doing the best job possible in mixing feeds un der the present wartime conditions. Dearstyne- advises that poultry grow- j iers supplement.these feeds with crops i which'are easily produced on the] farm so that tbs chickens may be kept in just as healthy a condition as possible. Especially in the care of late hatched chickens this is particu larly important because they are subject to a rather high rate of mor tality. -_« A recruit in the Marines undergo ing his preliminary training is known as a “Boot.” Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulslon relieves promptly be cause It goes right to the seat ox the trouble to help loosen and expel Kerm laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, in flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the un derstanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION hr Ccirgtn, Qmt C«W|, IrwKfcHii Don’t Use Aspirin For Plant Headaches There are relatively few medicines for sick plants and aspirin will not cure the neadache of a Victory Gar den cabbage, says Dr. S. G. Lehman, plant pathologist of the North Caro lina Agricultural Experiment Station at State College. The plant physician points out that most plant disease remedies are intended to prevent rather than cure diseases. For example, the organic mercury compounds, sold under such trade names as semesan, ceresan, and sanoseed, have made important con tributions to plant health through killing germs on seeds. Research at the State College Ex periment Station has proven that some of the organic mercuries omit toxic vapors which kill the germs. Seeds were exposed to the chemicals in closed dishes and it was found that the chemicals were able to dis infect the seeds even though they did not touch the seeds. This was es pecially true of those disinfectants containing ethyl mercury chloride and ethyl mercury phosphate and sold under the name “ceresan.” It was also shown that semesan and sanoseed had to touch their victims in order to kill them. These findings are important be cause they present a new viewpoint for determining when to treat cer tain seeds and what kind of contain ers to store them in. The work also shows that, if proper containers are used, the amounts of the disinfect ant required may be greatly reduced. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an order in a special proceedings entitled “Edw-'Td L Wilson et al, Ex-Partee," the undersigned Commissioners will, on the 26th day of October, 1948, at 12 o’clock, Noon, in front of the Courthouse door of -Martin County in Williamston, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described tracts of land: FIRST TRACT: Being a house and lot in tne Town of Williamston. N. C-, in the corner of Biggs and Hat ton Streets, bounded on the North by Gatling & Peel, on the South by Biggs Street, on the East by Hatton Street, and on the West bv the Peel house and lot. SECOND TRACT: Beginning at i\ /Take The East corner ofjy.JR. Wil son's old line, running thence South 50 degrees E 59 2-3 poles to a branch Marion Burroughs’ line; thence down said branch to ihe fork of another branch, said Wilson’s line; thence up said branch and Wilson’s line to a pine, Wilson’s Corner; thence N 37 1-2 W 14 poles and 18 links to the beginning. Containing 6.1 acr es, more or less. THIRD TRACT- Bounded on the North by W. H. Wilson land, on the West by Public Road leading from Williamston to Janesville, on the South by Elijah Brown’s land and on the East b7 Marion Burroughs’ land and known as the "Cub Biggs Place.” Containing 27 acres, more or less. The last and highest bidder will be required to deposit 10 per cent of the bid at the sale. This 27th day of Sept., 1943. B. A. CRITCKER, Z. V. BUNTING, s28-4t Commissioners. EXECUTOR’S NOTICE North Carolina. Martin County. Having qualified as executor of the estate of Ailie G. Roberson, ae^Ss ed, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the said estatS'fb exhibit them to the undersigned within one year from the date of this notice or this notiSe will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Ail persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 17fn day of Sept., 1943. ELBERT S. PEEL, Executor of the estate of Ailie G. Roberson. — 1 ——— s21-6t PROTECT YOUR EARNINGS— Pay Every Bill By Check You have a permanent record of pay ing every bill, when you pay by check! And . . . you need make no time con suming trips for money order blanks . . . just fill out a check and mail it! The cancelled check will be your re ceipt. BUY WAR BONDS! Branch Banking & Trust WILLIAMSTON, N. C. “THE SAFE EXECUTOR" ber Federal Deposit Inure ere CorponaUoe where's the best PLACE TO HAVE My CAR LUBRICATED FOR LONGER LIFE ? AT STATIONS DISPLAYING THIS SIGN/ "SAVCWCA* WITH SIMCUI h.a v>. i. to. OH OIL IS AMMUNITION-USE IT WISELY N. C. GREEN, Agent WILLiAMSTON, N. C. THE 1943 TAX BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN. Discount^ Will Be Allowed Until November 1,1943 PAY EARLY And I SAVE DISCOUNT I Town Of WILLIAMSTON
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