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Tuesday. July I1) 17
Coining Something For \olhing
Charles Wilson, General Motors president,
sees no fundamental reasons why we should
have, a depression, provided the American
people are willing to work for things they
want
There's no argument with that theory; in
fact, it is a basic theory. But it would seem
that <Mr. Wilson is treading on dangerous
ground when he refers to the people and
says nothing about the big corporations.
Much attention has been called to the
trifling ways of common labor. We are not
in favor of trifling wavs. Many men are not
so constituted as to be overly smart, but
there’s no doubt but what we have con
tributed to trifleness. Much was said about
the high wages*the common working man
received during the war. When the common
laborer was receiving big wages in the form
of $6. $10 and even $15 a daw the heads of
big corporations were in Washington suck
ing the government for millions upon mil
lions. The reports declare that one corpora
Ipon headn,ipw»i thfcie" axid WSs assured aT
much as $13,000,000 as a profit guarantee
against any losses. The reports do not show
that the common worker was made any such
guarantee. When the war ended, ihe com
mon worker lost his lucrative pay job and
had to shift for himself While emplovment
'• ret u* i - '.o * \ ici aa i eitiiunga
have dwindled, and those earnings dwindled
in the face of rising living costs. The little
fellow is now being caught in the squeeze.
The pressure at that point must be lifted if
we are to escape a depression.
And to relieve that pressure we do not
mean that prices paid the farmer must be
lowered. The first attack must be on ex
cess profits, the records showing that cor
porations are piling up 2a percent more this
year than they did last and 100 pe rcent more
than they did in the peactime years. But
Mr. Wilson says the people must be willing
to work for what they want. Mr. Wilson is
willing to work for profits. That’s legitimate
and right, but when Mr. Wilson and others
work to pyramid profits when others are
working and receiving barely enough to
meet living costs, the old economy is going
to get out of balance and the whole house
is going to tumble.
Just as the trifling worker is gaining
something for nothing when he gets more
for his hire than he is worth, so it is with
the economic royalists who get unreason
ably high profits for what services or goods
they offer. Gaining something for nothing
is bad business at any old economic level.
Urootlinfi II or
A writer, unknown to the general public,
was writing about Russia in a recent issue
of a national magazine. Some sources went
so far as to say that the writings were based
on the policies of our State Department.
Anyway, the writer went on to say that
the Soviet was disintegrating at the core
even though its lights were shining bright
ly through the satellites. That’s a guess, and
he may be right. But the dangerous charge
came when the writer suggested that the
United States is having u part in the disin
tegration of the Soviet.
We have heard charges that the Russians
were trying to help tear down our own gov
ernment. Possibly the United States is help
ing the Soviet regime to disintegrate be
cause Russia is trying to tear down our gov
ernment. Possibly Russia is trying to un
dermine us because we are trying to under
mine the Soviet.
The whole questionable business can do
nothing more than breed war. And it seems
that there are statesmen enough in the two
countries with sufficient intelligence to put
1 (Trees of the two countries to work in the
name of peace. The nations fought together
when danger faced them during the war. It
looks as if the two countries could work to
gether when a danger posiblv even more
threatening than war itself, faces the two
countiies today.
Condensed Statement of Condition
»uaran
Trust Company
\\ illiuniMuu. Ilamillop. !\orlli Carolina.
KSTAII. 1901
JI NK 50. 1917
TIME TESTED
A S S E rr s
Cash and in Hanks-$ 6.001,815.60
1 ^ •hnnU - I 1.975.191.10
.k - 119,299.10
Municipal Bands - 1,061.217.<>1
Total Cash ami Marketable Ronds_SI9.l65.R26.il
Ollier Hoods ami Storks_ 17.500.00
Hank in” Houses. Furniture ami Fixtures (INet)_ 21 1,790.95
lloml Income. Earned Hi.! !Not Collected_'_ I5.5H7.1I
Loans and nUemiuts - 7,181,556.81
Total Resources-$26,619,811.59.
LIABILITIES
Common Capital -$ 500,000.00
Surplus - 500,000.00
Undivided Profits - 411,765.44
Reserves - 194,985.50
l uearned Interest _ 59,891.96
Deposits -1_ 24,955,202.69
Member Feileral Deposit Insurance Corporation
Total Liabilities -$26,619,811.59
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Sorry, Mr. Moto,
It’s Here Again
(The Robersonville Herald)
(We had mere or less agreed
will: Ma.it*: MotO of Chicago not
to mentio.i Flying Saucers again,
but we weaken to the point of
publishing the below contribution
without comment.—Ed.)
By J. M. Perry
I was skeptical about the Flying
Saucer wild stories and had no
idea I would see one, but last
week early in the morning it hap
pened to me. The visibility was
good, and only a ribbon of cirrus
cloud high and sparge could be
found in the sky. Suddenly right
over my head appeared one of
those mysterious things. It was]
lower than usual according to the
newspaper stories, and near en
ough for me to get a closeup and
to observe its shape, direction and
rapid speed. It was an cliptical
contraption with a fiery tail con
structed near the anterior of the
sauver shaped flying phenomenon.
Its wings were much like that of a !
dove when flying at its maximum j
speed.
I was not sure whether it was j
concave or convex, but I could j
observe that it was curvilineal. |
The propeller was .set rather flush
in the front, but because of the
lightning like speed I was not
ure ] observed a propeller, and
conjectured that it must be driv
en by rockets that made possible
the crazy speed.
A I was watching these antics
of this speed demon something
happened that made me blink,
bat and blare. The flying saucer
appeared to change its course so
quickly, flying backward and
then darting forward at such a
rate it baffled the imagination.
Then it appeared like a swift fly
ing meteor. But, just as I was
convinced I had seen the real
"Flying Saucer" I discovered it
was an optical Illusion, the flying
saucer was a black spot before my
eyes dancing to and fro on the
ceiling of my bed room. Now this
is not to cast an apersion on the
verity and the validity of the ex
periences of honorable men and
women who have seen the real j
"Flying Saucers” but I relate it to
s o * * v\' 1 anc, i .
one's eyes nviv be capable of when
he first wakes in the early morn
ing.
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guards the equivalent of $25 a
week in gold.
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Elks'
Rodeo Queen
WEARING a five-gallon sombrero, j
Billie Eileen Dawson, 10, poses for
the cameraman alter she was se
lected to preside as "Queen” of the
Elks' rodeo to be held in Wood
ward. Okla., on August 8-9-10. Half
of the profits will go to the tornado
relief fund. (International) ]
Represents Club
In Martin County
Charlotte—William S. Ross of
Greenville is the new sales repre
sentative for the Carolina Motor
Club in Martin and Pitt counties,
according to an announcement
from Coleman W. Roberts, club
president, this week. Mr. Ross
will work closely with W. H. Cur
starphen. manager of the Wil
liamston Branch Office, and with
E. A. Daniels, who was recently
appointed Division Manager for
Eastern North Carolina.
The Carolina Motor Club is
presently engaged in an expans
ion program which has seen many
new offices opened, a complete
world wide travel service organiz
ed and numerous benefits sueli as
emergency road service and bail
bond service offered to motorists
throughout the Carolines. Of the
more than 60 Carolina Motor Club
offices located in. the two states a
number are in this area: Rocky
M,'. * >.»D t V r ■-a • ’ VV'«'‘ * ’ -
inglon. Kinston, Goldsboro, Tar-I
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A»a J. Manning
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SELL YOUR TOBACCO
IN WILLIAMSTON
Special Prices
We have several items of furni
'
W lure that we have marked down
to a
Very Low Prices
It will pay you to see what we
have to offer.
B. S. COURTNEY
b<>: o and the Williatmton office at
102 W. Main St.
Mr. Ross has formerly served
as station manager and public re
lations director for South East
Airlines of Charlotte. He has also
been associated with McLellan
Store? in Washington as assistant
managti and was with Charles
Stores of Rocky Mount for some
time. Just prior to his appoint
i ment with the Carolina Motor
tClub. he was employed by the
j City of Greenville.
During the war. Mr. Ross serv
ed for five years in the public re
lations branch of the Army Spec- '
ial Services Division and was dis- j
charged from the Ai my in Octob
er of 1945. In serving Martin and
Pitt counties. Mr. Ross plans to,
make Greenville Lis headquarters
and will continue to make his
home there.
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It has been said that a manu
script of Theophilus shows signs
of having been ruled with a black j
lead pencil but the first distinct 1
allusion to the pencil was made !
by Conrad Gesner of Zurich in'j
1505 in a treatise on fossils.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Martin County.
County of Martin vs. laula Taylor
Et A Is.
Under and by virtu? of an ord
er and judgment made by L. D.
Wynne, C. S. C.. on Monday, July
21. 1947. the undersigned Com
missioner will on Thursday, Au
gust 21. 1947. at 12 o'clock Noon in
front of the Court House door in
the Town of Williamston offer for
sale fof cash to the highest bidder
the fallowing described tract or
parcel of l~nd.
All that certain House And Lot
lying and being in the Town ot
Jamesville. North Carolina, and
being that residence owned by
Luda Taylor, same being listed to
her for taxation for several years.
This July 21. 1947.
E. S. PEEL, Commissioner,
jly 29 au 5-12-1!)
We have served the people of
\\ illiainstoii ami ’Marlin (lountv
Siuee 1922.
HARRISON OIL CO.
Lindsley Ice Co
PHONE 21.11
WILLI AMSTON, \. C.
WERE NOW
Light Row Iron Age Engine Sulphur Dusters _$253.0 I
One llorsc l-Kow Sulphur Duster_16.1.00
Iwo-Horse 6-Row. Iron Age Sulphur Dusters_217.00
John Blue 6-Row Tractor Sulphur Duster_173.00
Sulphur Dust — Plain. $3.25; Copper Treated, $6.15.
I sed Peanut Pickers. Liveriiiou. Beiithall. Turner, at Money-Say
ing Prices.
New Liveriuon Peanut Pickers, ORDER NOW
rn.'flli'xifttfi.llole . ■ ■■_ _• • !«■»■" ■ -
John Deere One-Row Peanut or Potato Digger _
Nixon Morse-Drawn Peanut Diggers__
Nixon Tractor Drawn Peanut Diggers_
Southern Two-Row Tractor Peanut Diggers_
John Deere Two-Row Traetor Peanut Diggers __
One anil I wo-Row Remis Transplanters at < Discount.
Economy Iwo-Kow Tobacco Sprayers. 2 Nozzle
Economy I wo-Kow Tobacco Sprayers 1 Nozzle
Buckeye, Carolina, Sure-Cure Oil Tobacco Curers at Reduced Prices.
Rheeius, Slo-Rure and W biting Stokers at Creally Reduced Prices.
Water Systems, several kinds, at Popular Prices.
New Holland Corn Shellers _ 3 16.50 325.00
Red Head Corn Sliellers_ 135.00 125.00
Lsed No. 10 Internationa! Sheller_ 350.00
105.06
357.00
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215.00
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$215.00
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ATTEND THE JAY(‘EFS ANNUAL
BEAUTY PAGENT
Wed. Night, July 30th
M
High School Auditorium
8:30 SHARP
21 Bathing Beauties Compel mg for Title of
Miss Williamston and 27 Sweetie Pies for Lillie
Miss Williamston.
DANCE!
10 til 2 High School Gym — Music hv
HYDE FAIH
DIRECT FROM NEW YORK CITY.
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SI'EC'FATORS, Dance and Pageant $1.00 Per Person
CHILDREN___50e
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