ft Tuberculosis Is
)' Still A Problem
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Kvervone is delighted with the
steady decline in the death rate
ff°tn tuberculosis from approxi
) man ly 20(1 per 100,000 in 1300
to less than 30 in 1949.
Unfortunately, the death rate is
no longer a true guide to the ser
iousness of the tuberculosis prob
lem in this country. We must
shift our vision from the dead to
j. those who are living and suffer
* inS with the disease. The number
I 1 °f living patients has not declin
ed proportionately to the decrease
in death rate. In many areas.
Crnnrhy
COOKIES
deal for quick
macks. A wide
assortment fresh
y baked avail
ible at all times.
Marlin's
Bakery
j whorVthe HSU8’. JMifc'xts'of cas>‘
; finding have been supplemented
by mass X-ray surveys, tenrspor
. arily at least, the number of new
j reported cases has been increas
ing while the death rate was de
clining.
Tuberculosis remains the No. 1
. health problem in the United
States. Although it is at present
the No. 1 killer, it is the No. 1
I killer which is known to be pre
ventable. The cost of the tuber
culosis control program in the
United States has been estimated
by the Nat nal Tuberculosis As
sociation at $350,000,000 yearly.
This enormous cost cannot be e
liminated until we have eliminat
ed tuberculosis. Temporarily we
must spend more to find persons
who have the disease but may
not know it and may be spread
ing tcuiosia; Hi as losing
thvh uirr."-health. .uu»t f.r.J
these persons in order to reduce
in the future the enormus cost of
treating patients with active di
sease.
The funds raised by the Christ
mas Seal campaign of the volun
tary tuberculosis associations can
not be used for the treatment of
active tuberculosis. Not only are
Seal Sale funds totally inadequate
to take care of the cost of treat
ing tuberculosis (the $20,000,000
raised last year would provide
not more than two week’s, care
for the estimated 500,000 persons
with active tuberculosis in this
country) but they are needed for
other purposes.
Seal Sale funds are used for
education, stimulation of case
findings, stimulation of rehabili
tation programs and for statisti
SLAB WOOD
FOR SALE CHEAP.
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Willinmston Supply Co.
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VAUGHN MONROE
SINGING BAND LEADER
My voice is my
living. So it's only
natural that I smoke the
cigarette that agrees
CAMUS Ail SO MUD chat in a
coust to cOiuf (eir of hundreds of
iumjuhI women who smoked
Camels—and only Camels—for 30
days, noted throat specialists, mak
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overlay ol 14- Kl. k!ohl will recall this happy
holiday lor many years to come.
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•FOR FINER CHRISTMAS GIFTS''
FiiSy-^sllion To*
Prop The Potato
Mart This Year
Washington.- The government
fares the prospect of having in
purchase 100,000,000 bushels of
the 1950 potato crop, at an esti
mated cost of some $50,000,000 or
more, in a grand finale to the ex
pensive potato-support program.
Potato price-support legislation
terminates with the 1950 crop,
and next year for the first time
since 1941 potatoes will be on
their own, with prices to be de
termined by the natural order of
supply, and demand.
Potato growers face this pros
: pe'ct" ap 'l'chem and an
ticipate "dog-eat-dog competi
I tion for every pound of potatoes
Isold in 1951, particularly if pro
duction continues at its present
rate.
But that potential surplus will
be the industry’s responsibility
and Rot the government’s
Since 1943 the government lias
spent nearly $500,000,000 to sup
port the price of potatoes, not
counting the cost of the 1950
crop.. Acreage has been cut back
and the support level has lower
ed subtantially to discourage ov
erproduction, but without success.
Not that the potato program has
been the only one that has been
troublesome and expensive Last
summer. Secretary of Agricul
ture Charles F Brannan was
greatly concerned over the huge
purchases of dairy products under
the support program, but these
have now dropped off substantial
ly just as the potato-buying pro
gram is picking up with the New
England crop coming in
The government is purchasing
no butter at all at the , present
time but is able to sell from its
stocks in the open market due to
the decline in production and the
increase in price Last July the
government was in the market
buying at the rate of 9,000,000
pounds a week.
The purchase of dried eggs has j
slowed down from the alarming
July rate of about 4,000,000
pounds a week, to 200,000 pounds
cal, social and basic laboratory
research, all of which are essen
tial for the discovery of newer
and better methods which Will
speed the elimination of tuber
culosis from the United States,
rhus, money spent for Seals to
day will in the future^help to cut
lown the tremendous costs of tu
berculosis.
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Three of the principals in the world-famous Barter Theatre's
production of George Kelly’s “The Show-Off”, Patricia O'Con
nell, Caddell Burroughs, and Joyce Savage model their Roar
ing Twenties regalia. This nostalgic comedy about ihe Lost
Generation will be given here on November 29th at Williams
ton High School under the auspices of Williamston Jayeees.
a week. The government is now
buying cheese a week today, in I
contrast to the 6,000,000-pound
rate in midsummer.
Dried-milk purchases are now
reduced to some 720,000 pounds
a week, in contrast to the July
rate of some 10,000,000 pounds.
This decrease is due in part to
a seasonal drop in production, but
is has enabled the government to j
breathe easier. If inflation con-i
tinues, government buying will
decrease or cease anyway, since
no purchases are necessary when
the price of a commodity is above
the support level.
Responsible potato farmers
have not been happy over the po
tato-price support and the notor
iety it has received. The assur
ance of a market and a fixed price
of potatoes has attracted many
new farmers into potato prowiiy;,
adding to the already flooded
market, much to the chagrin of
the traditional potato farmers
Also, potato farmers in some
sections have refused to agree to
acreage restrictions, thereby for
feiting price support and thus
adding to the potato surplus, pull
mg the price down, and forcing
the government into even great
er purchases.
Maine potato farmers, in par
ticular, have been grieved over
the potato price-support stigma
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In tenderness. Turkeys on the'
market at this time of year are
young and tender enough for fine
roasts. Size depends more on
breed or variety than age. In the
old days turkey hens were pre
ferred to toms Hut under present
production methods, both are ten
der and meaty.
whic h falls upon them due to Ihe
fact that their crop comes in late,
alter the market is already over
loaded with potatoes from other
areas. This necessitates large pur
chases of Maine potatoes, giving
a black eye to the area which
gi wets 'here feel s m justified.
N<> l it !•; Of SALK
Notice is hereby given that un
der and by virtue of a judgment
and order of the Superior Court
of "oarto.'T'i.uuty entered on tfie
fii! da> of 'Not fntiri •JUStHir. ti.ar
ce lain Special Proceedings en
titled, "Daniel Peel and wife. Rose
Peel and others vs. Abratn Peel
and wife Ethel Peel and Ralph
Peel and wife, Gladys Peel, the
undersigned Commissioners will
m Thursday the 7th day of De
cember 1950 at 12 o'clock M in
root of the Courthouse Door ol
Martin County at Williamston, N
C offer for sale, at public auction,
to the highest bidder, for cash, the
mur
Coughs
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A (retain tra< t nr parcel of l.md
m Guinns Township, Martin
i>n the South by tin- Smithwieks
Creek Hard Surfaced Road; on the
County, North Carolina, bounded
West by the lands of ,J. G, Peel;
on the North by Smithwick's
creek and on the Fast bv the II
1! l’eel Home Place, and contain- ■
ins SKVKNTY FIVE (Till ACRES,
mure or less, excepting the Peel
Family Grave Yard and the risht
of ingress and egress to and from
same.
The last and highest bidder at
said sale will be required to de
posit the amount of ten percent, ot
said highest bid to show good
faith.
This the fith dav of November
1950
Hugh G Horton,
_ _Charles 11 Manning.
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Commissioners.
Hugh G Horton, Attorney
no 7-14-21-28
notice of administration
North Carolina, Martin County.
Having this day qualified as Ad
ministrators of the Estate of the
late Joseph K. Harrison, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of srfid deceased
to ■ xhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 18th day of Nov
ember. 1951, or this notice will tie
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment. ,
this the 13th dav of November
19:70
Norman K Harrison
Herman C Harrison,
Administrators
R H Coburn, Attorney,
no 21-211 de .5-12-19-20
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VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT
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Courtney Gas Co., Inc.
SERVICE
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