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IT hyr There's l tires! in the In ml
After working in the steel mills forty-four
years, one Andrew Girasek was retired three
years ago. In recognition of his long years
of loyal service, he was advised that qualifi
cations had been met and that he was to
receive a pension. When he receievd h;s
first check, he learned that the pension
amounted to exactly 29 cents per month.
The amount was so small that the company
reportedly lumped ten years' payments into
one huge sum of $34 45. If faithful Girasek
hasn’t starved to death by that time, he'll
receive another payment about seven years
from now.
On the other side of steel's pension pic
ture. Irving S. Olds, big steel executive who
is drawing an annual salary of $161,300 ex
clusive of bonuses, and Ben Fairless, another
steel executive who is drawing an annual
salary of $207,900, will retire along with
others on $50,000 pensions from the com
pany, plus several additional thousands of
dollars financed now jointly by them and
thier company. A. B. Homer, another steel
executive who is drawing $263,280 annual
salary, will be able to retire in abou* ten
years with a pension of SI 10,460 a vear.
Numerous other executive may retire with
pensions ranging from S9.000 to S76.000 a
year.
Then closer home there is the story of an
humble school teacher who was forced to
retire on account of illness. The very dav
she was forced to quit work, her pay was
Stopped. There were no sick leave, to say
nothing about a pension. Higher up the lad
der, provision has been made to retire court
judges and others.
When the steel companies set up a pension
schedule for the Giraseks and an entirely
different pension schedule for their execu
tives, they laid the foundation for the 1949
steel strike.
A miserly pension with the teachers par
ticipating just about all the way, has been
set up for those who toil in the school rooms.
For the most part, owners do not turn
dumb animals out to face a cruel w Id after
those animals have tendered faithful service
for years. But the steel companies, the
schools and a vast part of industry have been
doing just that for years. It made no differ
ence if the victims were human
When the unsavory condition boiled to a
head and a strike followed, the American
press, with some exceptions, took shelter in
ffctC CX.?' .. pryinrt jliniit tho
feets of a steel strike on the good people
and saying nothing about the conditions un
derlying the strike.
Equally Dintiirhing
The atom bomb in the hands of the Rus
sians is causing concern. But equally dis
turbing is the conduct of American repre
sentatives reported in Germany recently.
The conduct of the officials—not all, to be
sure—is disheartening, to say the least.
Stories that make one shoudder came in
the wake of the occupation forces. But now
representatives holding the highest positions
the American people can bestow, go to Eu
rope, make perfect ass?s of themselves and
create what must be a disgusting impres
sion of all Americans.
The maiming and killing occasioned by
battle in the War Between the States have
long been forgiven if not forgotten, but the
conduct of the carpetbaggers and the work
of the riff-raff from the North still cause
animosity to bum in the minds of the South
erner today.
The horror and terror caused by the atom
bomb at Hiroshima and the vast wreckage
left in Europe’s big cities will be forgiven in
time, but the conduct of our representatives
bt they Civilian or military, will linger tc
plague relations with this country genera
tion after feneration. Surely, those who
measure the conduct of our representatives '
can't help but be pessimistic about our good
faith and our ability to lead the way to
peace.
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—C.redttable,. _
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Williamston's Boosters. Inc. did credit to
the members and to the* tou r in the success
ful handling of the town's second annual -
harvest festival a short time ago.
While advancing a greater spectacle than
the one last year, the Boosters held the cos*
to ore-half the 19-48 figure and worked on a
solid foundation for supporting good will
and friendliness among the towns and peo
ple in this great section.
Possibly no tangible return is t*. be notic
ed immediately, but good returns will come
in due time. During the meantime all can
rest assured that something gr-xi is being ■
nurtured, that while the road might be dif- l
ficult. there is good assurance that we are
traveling in the right direction. The pro
gress of the march will be measured in the
support and cooperation accorded by the
people of the town to those who would lead
and work for a better town and community.
A Symbol With Meaning
Christian Science Monitor
On these golden autumn days a new flag
flutters in the crisp upper aii of New York’s
skyscraper world. It is the flag of the Unit
ed Nations, and it announces the rapid pro
gress of the UN's permanent headquarters
in that city. It announces also the slower
but nonetheless real progress of the UN
ideal in world thinking.
The Philippine delegation has asked that
the flag be flown throughout the African
and Pacific areas which arc under the inter
national trusteeship system. In such small
yet thrilling ways does the ideal of a gen
uine international authority begin to flut
ter as a visible achievement before the eyes
of the world.
To the many millions of Europeans whose
children were fed under the International
Children’s Emergency Fund program, the
UN was as concrete as the powdered milk
and bean soup which came to their villages
stamped with the familiar name. To natives
on distant Pacific isles looking hopefully to
ward better conditions and larger opportuni
ties the blue-and-white flag with its olive
branch symbol can become the visible and
honored sign of the justice they long for.
We cannot afford to underestimate the
value of a symbol. Even less can we af
ford to underestimate the unremitting ne
cessity impelling men to continue their ef
forts to hammer dream into reality—or to
approximate more nearly the ultimate real
ity which inspires their dream.
C.nrrtiptnea* Moron In
Reports state that it was not called by
name by law enforcement officers in Ral
eigh recently, but it was strongly intimated
that corruptness had entered the picture in
North Carolina. It has been suggested that
some of the larger cities in the country are
looking to the federal government for help
in freeing themselves of the crime octopus.
Surely. North Carolina is not bound by
such chains. However, it is fairly evident
that some law enforcement officers are
keeping their backs turned while law vio
lators, some of whom were said by Gover
nor Kerr Scott to be arrogant, march by
with immunity.
Are the “good" citizens flouting the law?
Are members of the underworld buying
their way through the iuw enforcement
net0
Whpn the liquor interests barge in, there
wd? be ypajpromising done on *>the^rime
fronts, and a dangerous trend will nave^te-*
veloped.
Altitude* Toward Life
As a human being you have the choice of
three basic attitudes toward life. You may
approach life with the philosophy of the *
turnip, in which case your life will consist ’
of being born, eating, drinking, sleeping, ma- c
turing, mating, growing old and dying. The c
second basic attitude is to look at life as if
it were a business. If you believe that life '
is a business, your first question of life, nat- 1
urally is, “What do I get out of it?" Your
first reaction, “How much is this worth to
me?”—The third attitude toward life is the k
approach of the artist. Here the underlying
philosophy is "What can I put into it?" and
the basic relation of the individual to his fel
low men, one of cooperation and common
sense History remembers best those who
have contributed most richly to the welfare
of their feliow men.—Reginald W. Wilde.
Minute Musings: “If a man runs after
money, he's money-mad; if he keeps it, he’s
a capitalist; if he spends it he's a playbov;
if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition.
If he gets it without working for it he’s a
parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life
time of hard work, people call him a fool
who never got anything out of life.”
Aggregate Pre - Cooling Tanks
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The rock and gravel used in the concrete for the Bnggs Island Dam located on the Roanoke Riv
er near South Hill, Virginia, is pro-cooled in the cooling tanks shown in the above photograph.
This process helps keep TT?o tonrirte cool after being poured, otherwise heat of hydration resulting
from the setting of large masses of concrete tend - to make thogmass of concrete expand during set
ting with a severe ,-h nkage upon cooling. The result isjhat the concrete will crack. Cooling slows
up the generation of heat so that expansion and Cant: action is more gradual and results in the elim
ination of cracking.
j War I veterans with "presumed”
| service-connected disabilities to
the rate currently being paid to
| veterans whose disabilities are de
termined to be directly service
i connected.
! New Progressive compensation
ratings are established for veter
ans with arrested cases of tuber
culosis. The law provides for 100
percent rating for the first two
years following the date the dis
i ease was arrested. For four years
after that the rate is set at 50 per
. cent. The law also fixes disabili
ty ratiuys for longer periods and
requires • a veteran to submit to
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widely acclaimed by the car-lmyin^ ; ». lie v\iui Lite ce.nmil at.u economy
demanded of a family automobile. Smart new treatment of the grille and
jmrfcfng lights and a iolerful new . mw^^iliefir* t n» Ford Iv-iory
ilislinguish tilt front of the mv, . n„... irx'uie new
non-sag front scat springs i.iv ,cj tvi !i a n. A fo ini . ybbor cushion,
additional head room and smaotii . i; \ r \ -S and S-<y.h*det engines.
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V
ompensalion For
Vets Is Increased 1
_ ' 1
A new law which goes into of- 1
,*ct December 31, 1949, increases ^
he basic compensation rates paid; t
a veterans fur service-connected 11
isabilitios and in other ways lib- t
raiu.es the regulations affecting j
ompensation. I;
For all World War II veterans It
«• ith service-connected disabili-!e
ies and those World War I voter- !c
ns whose disabilities have been S
etermined by VA to be directly i
ervice-eonnected, there will be a o
eneral increase in rates of 8.7
,-ho i> 10 percent disabled aui
omes under cither ol these two
utegories will receive an increase
n his monthly compensation
heck from $13 BO to $15. A lOfl
ereent disabled veteran will get
150 instead of the $138 he now
eeeives. Between these two cas
s, the increases will be propor
ionate.
The law also provides addition
1 compensation for veterans with
ependents who are rated 50 per
mit. oi more disabled. Heretofore
nly veterans with dependents
.’ho were rate 1 60 percent or
lore disabled were eligible to re
vive additional compensation.
The rates aie raised for World
India Gets $10 Million
To Improve Agriculture\
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Washington—A $10,000,000 loan j
to India—the second loan granted
to that country within eight
l weeks—was announced here by
?*he interna lionaf SariWoF Ifuci'm-*
Struct ion and Development, one
of the Specialized Agencies affili
ated with the United Nations.
Parts of the loan will be used j
to finance part of the cost of agri
culture! machinery needed by In
dia for the reclamation of lands
infested with a weed known as
kans grass; the rest for the clear
ing of jiajSs land? Bank officials
said. It is expected that this will;
help to increase production of
grain and thus reduce the food de
ficit which constitutes one of the
most pressing problems facing In-'
dia today.
The loan is for a term of seven
years and carries interest at the
rate of 2 1-2 percent, plus com
mission at the rate of 1 percent.
Amortization payments, calcu
lated to retire the loan at ma
turity will start on June 1, 1952.
The Bank on August IS, 1649,
had made another loan of 34 mil
lion for the reconstruction and
development of India's railways.
examination and follow prescrib
ed treatment.
The death compensation paid to
wartime widows with one or more
children is also increased
The law also liberalizes present
rules barring payment of romper, I
sation for injury or disease in- ■
cUrred (not a result of his own
willful misconduct) while under
military or civil confinement. It
holds such confinement to be “in
line of duty” provided a court
martial sentence of dishonorable*
discharge is remitted, or in cases
of civil confinement if the of
fense does not involve a felony.
Horses nnovrs vv*»c ..
coverings in tne shape of socks
or sandals before metal horse
shoes were used
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to take this op
portunity to express our sincere
•£»f»?i^flr<!wr«tv.-"***
neighbors for their kind expres
sions of sympathy and the beauti
ful floral offerings sent at the
death of our son and brother* Dol
ma Mobley.
Mrs. John Lilley and family.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the pow
er and authority conferred upon
me by virtue of two certain agri
cultural liens and chattel mort
gages executed by Lemon Strick
land to the undersigned on the
] 4th day of March, 1949, and on
the 15th day of June, 1949, and of
record in the Public Registry of
Martin County in Book 133, pages
08 and 206, the undersigned mort
gagee will, on Saturday, the 10th
day of December, 1949, at 10
o’clock A. M., offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash at public
auction, the personal property in
the grove on the Salsbury farm at
Hassell. N. C., said property being
described as follows, to-wit:
All corn, peanuts hay, 1 stalk
cutter, 1 tobacco setter. 1 fertiliz
er distributor, 1 corn planter, 1
wagon, 1 cart, 2 double turning
plows, 2 single turning plows, 1
section harrow, 1 peanut weeder,
1 walking wheel plow, 1 riding
plow, 3 tobacco trucks, and all
other personal property secured
by said mortgages above describ
ed.
This the 10th day of November,
1949.
P. L. Salsbury, Mortgagee.
Peel &i Peel, Attys.,
Williamston, N. C.
No 15-22
AT AUCTION
Ben F. Roberson's
Garage Equipment |
For Sale.
Friday, Nov. 18th
At 12iOO O'Clook Noon
Alao •
1910 Chevrolet
1 First Class Motorcycle
1X*xl Door To Pitt Milling Co.
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