1 Farm Fire Loss
Can Be Reduced
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Reduction of life and property
losses caused by fire is the purpose
of National Fire Prevention Week
this week. It is customary for
the week to include the date on
which the great Chicago fire
started - October 9. 1871.
Farm fire losses amounted to
$95,000,000 in 1949. Farm fires
are bften total losses. About a fifth
of the property value of the farms
is destroyed, as an average, each
time a fire gets out of hand. In
some areas the average loss is
much higher, and in big fires
there is added loss of life and
suffering from major burns.
H. M. Ellis, in charge of agri
cultural engineering for the State
College Extension Service, points
out that all fires start as small
fires, and most of them could be
prevented. Some precautions are: j
Have a portable-type extin- i
guishf". 1 ndv. If vr.u have a r>■
sure system, have spigots fitted \
for hose.
Have proper extinguishers rea- !
dy for electrical and flammable:
liquid fires don’t use water. Keep
at hand a sturdy ladder long
enough to reach the roof of farm
buildings.
To prevent fires, don't smoke in
the barn, bed, or near flammable
liquids. Don’t refuel tractor while
motor is tunning or hot. Don’t
use kerosene 01 gasoline to hasten (
fires. Don’t overload the wiring |
system - check it frequently. ;
Don't operate or store the tractor i
in the barn. Don’t locate fuel
tanks close to buildings; put them
on the downward slope.
Until recently Europeans gen- J
erally believed American athlet
ic coaches had to be doctors of
medicine.
WELCOME
VISITORS
AND FRIENDS
To
OUR ANNUAL
Harvest Festival
Ami
fkatfoiis BiotUm
Williniiislon, N. ('.
Where a Great Welcome
Always Awaits You.
tad Abbott (R) and Lou Costello, celebrated screen comedians, starring
’n REALART'S lunuiest laiieli-fllm. “Ride 'Em Cowboy.”
Saturday at tlic Marco Theatre.
Effect Of War On
Economy Limited
One illusion that flourished
briefly after the outbreak of the
Korean War has been exploded
It is the notion that selling of
civilian goods will be easy, that
American business can fire sales
men, relax the merchandising ef
fort.
Top management consultants
have been quick to caution busi
ness men against complacency
Reduction in sales forces and
slashing of advertising budgets
are not advisable, they say Not
more than 10 per cent of our man
hours are likely to be absorbed m
war work for the immediate fu
ture, consulants state, and the
average company will depend
largely on civilian business for
some time to come.
Of course, if the crisis deepens,
/*«»//#» liividrnrr I />.
I . IS. .'Iin-m y Hr/toils
Geneva Eight countries are
showing high rates of poliomye
litis (infantile paralysis) in HlfiO.
some ol them markedly higher
than last year, the U. N. World
Health Organization (WHO) re
ported here
These countries are: the Ger
man Federal Republic, Australia,
the Belgian Congo, the United
States, Fraee Mexico, the United
Kingdom, and Viet Nam. Other
countries, such as Iceland, Swe
den, Mauritius, which suffered
severe epidemic outbreaks in
1949, have not registered any ab
normal rise in cases of infantile
paralysis, the report says.
more man-hours may be required
in war work but the safest as
sumption for a company in a com
petitive business is that consider
able emphasis will still he requir
ed on s'elling.
FOR SALE
Valuable Farm
The Fred Roebuck Farm on paved highway 125. Five mile*
from Williamstou anil Robersonville tobacco m-rkels. < >11<* mill*
from Baptist Church. 200, yards from country store*. I mill* al
hack of farm is Conoho Creek. . Cood limiting and fishing
grounds. The farm lias 200 acres more or less. 110 acres arc in a
high state of cultivation. The TOBACCO ALLOTMENT is 10
acres. Peanut allotment between 22 and 26 acres. Colton allot
ment in proportion. Every acre of this land will average as
good farming land as any farm in Martin County. The line be
gins at the Texaco sign at White’s store on highway and runs to
the creek. Visit this farm, talk to the tenants and see for Your
self. The BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE is 05 yards from highway
in oak grove. Kept well painted and in good condition through
out. It has two stories, nine rooms and hath, electric lights,
halls, porches, and hack porch screened. It would cost more than
S20.000 to replace this home today. There are two tenant hous
es. (lack house and other outbuildings. Cood water and a fine
healthy place to live. Two Lumber men have estimated the val
ue of the timber to he from S6.000.00 to S7.000.00 exclusive of the
younger trees. HENRY JOHNSON, Auctioneer.
Will Be Sold Al
Auction Monday Noon, Oct. 16th
Al The COURTHOUSE IN WILLIAMST0N
Permanent War
Insurance Clause
War and threats of war are be
i
I coining practically a permanent
! factor in American life. Latest
1 evidence of this is the recommen
dation e.f tin' Insurance Cominis
sinner of Connecticut and the Na
tional Association of Insurance
Commissioners that consideration
be given to inserting a permanen*
'"war clause" in life insurance pol
icies. Such a clause limits a com
pany's liability on death claim;
in war-time The suggestion fol
lows recognition that homes and
cities are subject to enemy bomb
ings and our failure to remove
international tendons Since tm
outbreak of the Korean War some
insurance companies have not
added any war clauses to new pol
icies but have placed a SI).000 to
$10,000 limit on the amounts of
insurance young men may buy
The threat to younger men in ac
tual combat and to the older men
and women at home who might
be subject to bombings has forced
insurance companies to protect
themselves and their main body
of policy holders. The risk in
everyday living has gone up, say
insurance men.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Forbes, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Edmondson and
daughter, Wanda, and Miss Janie
Edmondson, spent their vacation
in Poughkeepsie, N Y.. with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rowe.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue ot an order
I of the Superior Court of Martin
County at the September Term,
l flit). m an action entitled "Fian
ces G. Early, Administratrix, et
al v I! A Critcher, Trustee, et
al, the undersigned Commission
ers will, on the 2f!th day of Or
tuber. 1 DM), in front of the "Crys
lal Grill" on Washington Street in
the Town of Williamston, N. C .
sell to the highest bidder at 12
1 o clock. Noon, lor cash, the follow
j in", described real estate;
1 Being a tenant house and the
j "Crystal Grill’ lots on Washing
ton Street in the Town of Wil
liamston, N. C., and being known
1 S \(<F KHVTHM . . . Rev Allen, Jeff Donnell and Carl “Alfalfa"
Switzer liven things up with a western tune in a scene from "Red
v aoil Forest Trail." Republic picture playing at the Watts Theatre
S '.turday.
las the Peter Davis and Fannie
Davis home, and being the same
j premises deeded to Edvard L
F rlv and wife. Frances (I. Early.
by Susie S Price bv Deed dated
Kebrtiar.t 2, arid of record in
the Public Registry <>t Martin
Cunnlv in Hunk M 4. pace Ih-il. to
which rrderenci mav hf» had fit
ful! description.
i ills pi wp' i l v Will bf . oid .
two parcels, the tenant house and
i lot, and the “Crystal Grill," a
brick building and lot, each of
said lots being virtually 40 feet on
Washington Street, and a map of
same will be presented at the
sale.
Hie last and highest bidder at
the sale will be required to de
posit with the undersigned Com
missioners 10'7 of the price bid on
each parcel of land.
This 25th dav of September,
I 1050
E. S. Peel.
B. A. Critcher,
Commissioners.
i se 28 nr 5-12 19
ADMIMSTK \TOR'S NOTH II
North Carolina. Martin Countv.
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator c. t. a of the late Johi
D Biggs this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the es
Mate .1 said deceas ’d to exhibit
fore the 7th dav of September,
them to the undersigned on or be
1950 or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
This September G. 1950.
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
Greenville, N. C..
. Administrator c. t. a.
14-21-28 or 512
TOBACCO SCRAP
WANTED
Atlciilion Parmers: Wc*ll pav ex Ira premium for
;i 11 scrap llial lias been cleaned of all strings ami
foreign mailer.
W. I. Skinner And Co
WE HAVE SOLD
5 34 Million
Pounds I
Leaf Tobacco This Season j
lissi; kiwi. kstatk
anil j. IJKA< ill
2(» lbs. _ (a)_
10 Ills._(a)_
21 I ll»s._(a)_
120 lbs. _ (a _
158 ll»s._M_
101 lbs._ Oi
200 lbs. (n
170 lbs. _ (1/
98 lbs. _ (S
AVERAGE
r»i
“»f>
iNalurall) wo tin* proiifl of llio laryo amount
of loaf Inhaoro sold In lliis firm this yoar Iml
\\ o arc on on iimro proud of I ho o\lromol\ Ini'll
prioos paid onr ruslomors and llio roronl
Itroakini' atora^os mado oil llio floors ol our
N»arolioiisos all sousoii.
Ml Lust VVook. Oilohor 2 llirou^li Oolohor
hlh. Wo
AVERAGED OVER $6b
I.noi n l)av and Two l)avs dial VVook VS o
AVERAGED OVER $61
Sell the Remainder of Your Crop With Us. You Can Deliver
Your Tobacco Any Horning, Sell it and return Home By Noon.
SELL US YOUR SCRAP TORACCO
Red Front, Central And Adkins
And Bailey Warehouses
itom itsow ii.i.k, in. <:.
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