OXFORD ORPHANAGE
GIVES 214 TO SERVICE
Some Decorated for
> Valor, Report Say*
The Oxford orphanage, at Ox
ford, has a record of 71 years of
service to the children of North
Carolina. Over 5,000 have been
cared for and trained. Its grad
uates and former pupils are in all
walks of life and there is no rec
ord of a former pupil having been
convicted and septenced for com
mitting a major crime in North
& Carolina. It is the oldest orphan
B age in the state, and receives chil
w dren other than those of mem
bership of the supporting order.
At the.present time less than
40 per pent of the population of
the, orphanage. is of Masonic par
entage. The home possesses val
uable buildings, grounds and
equipment and has had no oper
ating-deficit for several years.
The annual budget of the or
phdnage calls for an expenditure
of $170,000. This provides shelter,
clothing and food, recreation, heat
and light, books, school supplies,
health program, staff of trained
'workers, vocational training in
several departments, laundry, re
pairs and upkeep to grounds,
hulidings and equipments, and
experienced case work for a fam
ily of 308 children.
Superintendent C. K. Proctor
announces that liberal gifts are
needed this year for operating
expenses in order to maintain the
home.
The Oxford orphanage is more
than a philanthropy—it is an in
vestment in the lives of North
Carolina boys and girls who
would not otherwise have a
change. It pays to the state and
its citizenship the high dividends
in character and trained young
people. 'It is an opportunity today
for North Carolina citizens to ex
press in a substantial way their
x desire to help others.
The orphanages of the state
use the Thanksgiving season as
an occasion to appeal to the cit
izens of the state for so much
needed assistance. The superin
tendent of the Oxford orphanage
announces that the home is open
for ‘ visitors each day, and hun
dreds of North Carolina citizens
visit this historic spot every year.
Santa Claus Really
Set to Visit Yanks
A total of 5,338,604 Christmas
parcels for men and women in the
armed forces overseas were turn
ed over to the army post office of
embarkation by the New York
post office during the first half of
tee 30-dwy mailing period, the
postmaster's office has announced.
It Was an increase of 3,438,344
over.last year, according to the
announcement.
ASSERTS TOBACCO
SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
Factories Have Big
Stocks Now on Hand
I Carl T. Hicks of Walstonburgr
chairman of the tobacco commit
tee of the State Farm Bureau fed
eration, said last week that de
spite the absence of some brands
of cigarettes “there is no shortage
of flue-cured and burley tobacco,
and growers can meet all needs
for the present demand under the
existing control program.”
Despite a drop in production in
1943, Hicks said “farmers now
have found* a power of co-opera
tion in working together in their
respective neighborhoods and
communities and in accomplishing
more with less labor and equip
ment. Now they are more than
[ able to plant and handle the 20
per cent increased allotment pro
vided by the quota program.”
The drop m production in 1943
was due to an urgent demand
from the war food administration
that less land be planted in tobac
co and more emphasis given to
the vitally needed food, feed and
oil crops.
As a result of being able to
grow and harvest the increased
acreage, Hicks continued, “the
1944 crop of cigarette tobacco ex
ceeds the current disappearance.”
Manufacturers and dealers re
ported stocks of ' 1,187,630,000
pounds of flue-cured tobacco on
July 1, of which 1,000,000,000
pounds were available to domestic
manufacturers. Hicks said that
since domestic manufacturers us
ed about 650,000,000 pounds dur
ing the year ending June. 30, 1944,
the July 1 stock represented an
18 mopth supply.
“The current crop, estimated at
1,047,020,000 pounds, will at least
maintain stocks of domestic man
ufacturers and will likely meet
export demands,” he said.
Burley stocks of manufacturers
and dealers on October 1, the be
ginning of the marketing year,
were estimated at 645,000,000
pounds, while disappearance dur
ing the current year probably will
total 431,000,000 pounds, he said.
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The current crop, estimated at
441,057,000 pounds, will be in ex
cess of consumption during: the
year, he added.
“These - facts certainly indicate
that the present shortage of cig
arettes cannot be due to any
shortage of tobacco,” he said.
CROPS HARD HI? BY
SEPTEMBER STORM
Corn and Cotton Are
Heavy Sufferers
The mid-September hurricane,
which struck eastern, North Caro
lina, caused vastly more damage
to crops than to buildings, in the
opinion of J. J. Morgan, N. C. De
partment of Agriculture crop spe
cialist who returned last Wednes
day from a study of crop damage
in the affected< area.
The 100,000-acre corn crop —
grown largely for sale in Tyrrell,
Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank
Camden and Currituck counties—
was badly damaged, Morgan said,
and 25 per cent of the ears are
now on the ground. Recent heavy
rains have caused extensive
sprouting ana rotting.
“Even if this corn can be saved,'
it will be of very poor quality,"
the said, pointing out that the la
bor shortage has added to the
burden faced by farmers of that
section.
'Morgan stated that this region
had an unusually good cotton
crop prior to the storm. The bolls
were virtually all open, and the
'hurricane knocked out 15 to 20
per cent of the cotton, with dam
age running higher than this on
soni'e farms. 'The storm reduced
the grade, and consequently the
value, of the crop remaining on !
the stalk.
The 1,600-acre late snapbean
crop in northeastern North Car
olina suffered severe damage, too,
.plants being stripped of blooms
and small beans except in a few
protected locations. Drowning of.
portions of fields and stunting of
growth has reduced yields pros
pects appreciably.
Late cabbage grown in this
area—around 2,600 acres—came
through the hurricane in rela
tively good condition, but yield
prospects were lbwered, stands
being thinned. Growth since tho
storm has not been satisfactory.
Federal Reserve Fund
Shows Drop for Month
A decrease in interval revenue,
tax collections for September was
reported this week by Charles H
Robertson, North Carolina collec-.
tor who announced a $6,501,5G8.62
drop last month from figures for
the similar period last year. The
195,962,314.17 collected during the
past month, however, showed a.
substantial increase over the Au
gust, 1944 total of $60,199,785.10,
Colletcions for three months of
the fiscal year, beginning July 1,
amounted to $218,926,397.88.
COTTON LOAN RATE
RAISED BY C. C. C.
The commodity credit corpora-;
lion announced Friday an increase
of .53 cents a pound in the cot
ton loan rate on the 1944 crop, in
compliance with provisions of the
surplus property disposal act
signed by President Roosevelt last
Tuesday.
The jiiiw rate is computed at 95
per cent of parity, compared with
the previous-rate of 92 per cent
J. R. FIELDS
Representative
Life & Casualty Ins. Co.
ORDINARY AND INDUSTRIAL
Office Over Glenn-Martin Drug Co.
Phone 292J P.O. Box 287
DR- G. F. HERRING
Dentist
MOUNT OLIVE. N. C.
Lodge Directory
Mount Olive Lodge No. 208 A.
F. & A. M. meets in regular com
munication 1st and-3rd Tuesday
nights in each month. Visiting
brothers are cordially invited.
R. L. COX, Master
B. A. SUMMERLIN, Sec.
TYNDALL
Funeral Director
Embalmer
Ambulance Service
K. E. TYNDALL
’h»ne 70 Mount Olive, N. C
DR. Z. B. SPENCE '
OPTOMETRIST
j Office 10th Floor Wayne ban!
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•'Scorchers” axe raze. The cops have
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driving that earns their respect. For
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Then so is common.
And now here looms the sea
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■which was established last Au
gust 4, under the stabilization ex
tension act. The 95 per cent rate
will apply retroactively to all
loans made on the 1944 crop.
Under the new rate, the govern
ment will lend an average of 20.03
cents a pound, gross weight, for
7-8 middling cotton. As applied to
15-16 inch middling, net weight,
the new rate average is 21.93
cents a pound, ranging from a
high, of 22.47 cents in the concen
trated mill area of the Carolines
to 21.26 in Arizona and Califor
nia.
' CCC has announced it will buy
15-16 inch middling during Octo
ber under the government pur
chase program, on a gross weight
basis of 21.90 a pound.
EASTERN STORM
DOES SOME GOOD
F. E. Miller, director of the
test farm division of the state de
partment of agriculture, said that
the September storm which ®wept
over eastern North Carolina sav
ed the department a tremendous
labor bill, thus adding strength
to that old saw to the effect that
it’s an ill wind that doesn’t do
somebody some good.
The mammoth old barn at the
new Tidewater experiment sta
tion was scheduled to be torn
down this week.
You guessed it—the storm pull
ed the barn down, I
Used Cars and Trucks to
Be Offered in October
Lenis W. Outlaw, chairman of
the Duplin county AAA commit
tee advises all persons having fil
ed applications for the purchases
of new trucks and had applications
turned down, to contact dealers in
n.otor vehicles, as used vehicles of
al! makes, models and types are
scheduled to be offered for sale to
dealers during the month of Oc
tober.
A complete schedule, as to dates
and places of these sales has been
furnished each local AAA and any
additional information will be fur
nished gladly by these offices.
Town of Mount Olive
Mount Olive, North Carolina
ANNUAL REVENUE AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1944
RECEIPTS
Taxes paid in advance to apply on fiscal year 1944-45..$ 8,693.45
Current year’s taxes, 1943-44 .$18,308.01
Prior year’s taxes . 6,794.65
Intangible taxes (state) . 789.05
Tax penalties . 1,680.82
TOTAL
Less tax refunds .
$27,572.53
$ 379.47 $27,193.06
Total property and poll tax collected. 35,886.51
Privilege and license tax .$ 3,417.63
Automobile licenses . 311.00 3,728.63
TOTAL TAX.$39,615.14
Non-Tax Revenue:
Water department .$12,333.80
Court costs . 2,532.29
Sale of cemetery lots. 731.04
Other nontax revenue . 1,622.30 $17,219.43
Paving assessments, sidewalks, 1940 .. 263.10
TOTAL REVENUE .$57,097.67
DISBURSEMENTS
Administrative expenses ..$ 9,484.69
Court fines paid to state school fund. 495.00
Court cost paid to officers retirement, fund .. 574.00
Wayne county health department . 870.00
Steel library . 300.00
Police department . 6,870.46
Water department. 5,498.80
Street department . 13,486.77
Fire department .. 1,186.25
Purchase of automobile truck .. 1,343.86 $40,109.83
Town Bonds retired during year.$12,000.00
Interest on bonds .. 4,560.00
Exchange on bond interest . 17.10 $16,577.10
$56,686.93
Cash in bank, June 30, 1944.-.-..-$ 4,408.46
Cash in bank June 30, 19^3 .. 3,997.72 410.74
TOTAL .$57,097.67
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cgsh, Bank of Mount Olive..$ 4,408.46
Petty cash ..!■-$ 10.00
Paving assessments receivable. 5,766.92
k Taxes receivable . 24,088.95
' Accounts receivable . 2,311.96 32,177.83
Property and permanent improvements . 540,358.84
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TOTAL ASSETS . .:...$576,945.13
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LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable ... ..;..$ 37L90 I
Notes, payable . . .„.....„.:..:.......^....*None ..
Bonded Indebtedness
Bonds outstanding ..... 110,000.00 , X-j
Deferred Credits:
Taxes paid in advance, year 1944.^ 8,693.45
Water customers* ideposits ..... 1,376.55
Reserve for Current Year Demands:
Sinking fund contribution .. ... $2,000.00
Interest on bonds .. .. 4,400.00 6,400.00
Balance of property ^gainst which there b no
public debt ..........
450,U$.23
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, TOTAL . . ... . . .... .$576,945.13
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