Junk Dealers Doing
Big Job In Campaign
Are Making Very
Little Money
Out Of Metal
Raleigh, Sept. 23— Contrary to
popular belief, junk dealers are
not making a “killing” on sales of
scrap metal so vital to the war
effort, J. B. Vogler, executive sec
retary of the State Salvage-For
Victory Committee, declared to
day.
Because of ceiling prices, Vogler
explained, it is possible for a junk
dealer to lose money on a ship
ment of scrap iron and steel.
His comments were accompan
ied by high praise for the cooper
ation given the Salvage-For-Vic
tory campaign by North Caroli
na’s 84 licensed junk dealers,
many of whom are operating 18
hours daily and would stretch
their work to a 24-hour basis ex
cept for the fact that their migh
ty presses need periodic rests.
A serious shortage of scrap
metal is cutting down America’s
production of steel, without which
modern warfare cannot be waged.
The mills now have barely two
weeks’ supply of scrap, which they
are chewing up at the rate of 4,
000,000 tons a month. They want
17,000,000 tons of it between now
and Jan. 1.
As scrap collections are due to
dwindle once snow falls, it is im
perative that private individuals
and concerns began at once to
renew their round-up of scrap
metal.
Praising the patriotic coopera
tion of junk dealers, Vogler point
ed out there had been no organ
ized strike in their ranks. Such a
strike on a national basis would
close every steel mill in the coun
try, he added.
“We are pleased with what
they are doing, but we are asking
them to do more,” he said.
Using average figures, Vogler
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Just bring or send his picture (small one
preferred) to our store and some one
whose picture is in our window will be
awarded a $25.00 War Bond absolutely
Free, and the picture will be returned to
you after bond has been awarded. We are
proud of your boys and want to give
everybody an opportunity to see his pic
ture, so bring them in as soon as con
venient.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
OUR FURNITURE PRICES ARE NO HIGHER
THAN THEY WERE IN MARCH.
OLD RECORDS
INTERESTING
Bill of Sale for Slave and
Ofher Documents Own
ed By Henry Dobson
DEED IS ON SHEEPSKIN
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Among a number of old family
records in the possession of Hen
ry Dobson, of this city, is a deed
to some property now owned by
Mr. Dobson’s mother, and a bill
of sale for a slave.
The deed is written on parch
ment made of sheepskin, and al
though dated in 1799, is in an al
most perfect state of preservation.
The ink in which it was written
has faded somewhat, but is still
entirely legible. The consideration
mentioned is “one thousand
pounds current money.” Legal
phrases used in the document are
just as complicated and confusing
as the language used by lawyers
in legal documents today.
The bill of sale for the slave is
written on paper, and was issued
in March, 1819. It reads as fol
lows, in part:
“North Carolina, Surry County:
Know all men by these present
that I, Obid Snow, of the county
and state aforesaid, have bargain
ed and sold to Wm. J. Dobson a
certain Negro girl named Sultane,
six years old, for the sum of $125.
I warrant the Negro to be sound
in mind and body, in witness
whereof I have herewith put my
hand and seal this 22nd day of
March, 1819.”
The bill of sale was witnessed
by William Barr.
Mr. Dobson also has a number
of other ancient documents of
equal interest.
LITERARY SPEAKING
The magician walked down to
the footlights and asked a young
lady to step up on the stage.
“Now, as the climax to my act,
ladies and gentlemen,” he said,
“I am going to saw this young lady
in two right before your eyes.”
The crowd cheered and stamp
ed its feet.
“As is customary before doing
this trick,” he continued, “I’d like
first to make sure you all want
to see—”
A thundering “Sure.”
“And that there are no objec
tions to my performing—”
A “No” rocked the house.
“The girl’s sorority sisters—do
they object?”
“Not at all, to be sure.”
“How about you?” he asked,
turning to the girl. “Do you mind
being sawed in two?”
The girl shook her head.
So, he sawed the young lady in
two.
We all thought it was funny as
heck at the time, but the police
made quite a fuss over it.
reported the junk dealer pays
$11.20 for a long ton of mixed
scrap metal. To this is added $2
for labor and other items going
into its preparation for shipment,
plus $5.92 for freight charges.
The ceiling price limits the deal
er to a charge of $19.50 per ton,
allowing him a slim profit margin
of only a few cents. Some bigger
dealers get a brokerage fee of 50
cents per ton from the steel in
dustry.
“If the dealer clears $1 per ton,
he’s doing well,” Vogler comment
ed. “The only way he can make
big money is by handling a tre
mendous volume of scrap.”
Before the war, Vogler recall
ed, the Japanese paid as high as
$40 per ton for American scrap
metal.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Surry County—
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Surry County, Plaintiff
VS.
N. B. Jones And Others,
Defendants
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Surry County, North Carolina,
made and entered in the action
entitled “Surry County Vs. N. B.
Jones,” and others, on the 5th day
of October, 1942, the undersigned
Commissioner will offer for sale
for cash, to the highest bidder at
public auction, at the South door
of the Court House of Surry
County, North Carolina, in Dob
son, at 12 o’clock, Noon, the fol
lowing described real estate lying
and being in Marsh Township,
State and County aforesaid, and
more particularly described as fol
lows:
A lot at Burch Station, known
as the Avery Jenkins Store-house
lot, bounded on the North by the
Railway Right of Way, on the
East by the lands of M. G. Sneed,
and on the South and West by
the lands of R. A. Jenkins, also
2 lots of the M. G. Sneed Division
at Burch station on the hill above
the Store-house lot.
A good-faith deposit of 10% of
the purchase price will be requir
ed on date of sale.
This, the 1st day of September,
1942.
ROBERT A. FREEMAN, JR.
10-1 Commissioner.
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URGES BONDS — NOW!
Don’t Let That Shadow Touch Them
New Bond Poster.—Now being displayed throughout the country is this
impelling poster pointing out the urgency of buying War Bonds now before
it is too late, ^his is part of the general War Bond Campaign in which every
one is asked to invest at least 10 percent of his income in War Bonds. Illus
tration is by Laurence Beale Smith.
Cabbage Is Wanted
By Canning Plant
To Dehydrate
For Use Of
Armed Forces
Equipment is being constructed
and installed by J. G. Wood, of
Mount Airy, operator of the
Mount Airy Canning company,
whose main plant is located at
Copeland, for the dehydration of
cabbage. This is said to be the
only plant of its kind in the
south, and was selected from a
list of canning plants in Pied
mont and Western North Caro
lina. The government has con
tracted for all of the production.
The plant is expected to start
operating around October 1 and
will use approximately 36 tons of
green cabbage daily. This
amount will result in approxi
mately two tons of the dehydrat
ed product. Purchase of cabbage
will be made as far north as
New York state and as far south
as Florida. Mr. Wood stated that
Surry county is well adapted to
produce cabbage of the type
needed if the farmers in the
county will start preparation now.
The green type cabbage is the
type most desired and the follow
ing varieties are recommended:
The “All Head Early,” Succession,
All Seasons, and Globe. These
seed should be sown in September
as early as possible and trans
planted not later than the last of
November. If transplanted in
November they will be ready for
harvest about May or June. One
pound of seed will produce enough
plants to set an acre. They
should be transplanted prefer
ably on bottom land that has
plenty of moisture and fertilized
with a high grade fertilizer 5-7-5
if possible at the rate of 800 to
1000 pounds per acre. These cab
bage should be planted on a creek
or river bottom or some place
where there is plenty of mois
ture. They will not do well on
upland except in unusual cases.
To relieve T^|0
Misery of UUlj L/O
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SALVE
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COUGH DROPS
Try “Rub-My-Tism”—a Wonder
ful Liniment
A best-selling laxative
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
because it’s thrifty and
fits most folks needs
BLACK
DRAUGHT
follow lobol Direction*
Sale of Land for Taxes
By order of the Board of Town
Commissioners for the Town of
Elkin, I will sell at the Court
House Door, Dobson, N. C., for
cash on Monday, September 28th,
1942, at 2 o’clock p. m„ the fol
lowing Town taxes and Special
School District Taxes for the year
1S41. Cost on each name $1.30
for advertising and sale.
DIXIE GRAHAM,
City Tax Collector
Town of Elkin, N. C.
P. E. Adams, Pers. Prop.$12.12
Conrad Atkins, Pers. Prop.$7.70
Mary Virgina Barker, 1 lot
W. Main St.$91.00
A. S. Bates, 1 lot Elk
Spur St.$9.23
Big Nickle Lunch, Pers.
Prop.$11.04
O. L. Brown, 5 lots Harris
Ave. & South St..$111.80
Wade G. Brown, Pers. Prop. $9.00
Alan Browning, Jr.,
Pers. Prop.$10.82
Henry L. Butner, Pers. Prop. $7.06
Dixie, Ruth & Sue Byrd,
36 Acres Shoe Fac., 1 lot
Circle Drive .$33.80
E. R. Carter, 1 lot W. Elkin $39.16
Mrs. Emma Chatham, 13
Lots Hendrix Prop.$9.10
Mrs. Mary A. Church, 1
lot Elk Spur St.$53.04
W. M. Couch, 2 lots
Shoe Factory .$9.00
Mrs. W. M. Cundiff, 1 lot
Bridge St.$99.27
J. W. Darnell, Pers. Prop.$9.10
Oscar Darnell, 1 lot
Shoe Factory Road .$23.54
B. E. Davis, Pers. Prop.$7.70
W. E. Davis, Pers. Prop .$11.08
Carle Deborde, 1 lot
Highway 26 .$7.15
Elkin Motor Car Co.
Pers. Prop.$74.10
C. B. Franklin, 1 lot
Elk Spur St.$16.29
Artie Gentry, Pers. Prop.$7.83
R. P. Gregory, Pers. Prop ....$11.60
Parks G. Hampton, 1 lot
Hendrix Heights .$8.68
H. G. Harris, Pers. Prop.$9.91
W. G. Harris, 2V2 acres
N. Elkin .$6.73
Connie Hemric and
Vick Shaw, 1 lot Bridge
St.$18.20
E. M. Hemric, Pers. Prop.$6.50
L. H. Henderson, 1 lot
Pegram St.$13.04
Ernest Holcomb, Pers.
Prop.$7.64
J. Marshall Holcomb,
1 lot Elk Spur St.$22.78
W. O. Hooper, Pers. Prop.$11.15
Alex Hudspeth, Pers. Prop. $25.90
C. A. Jennings, Pers. Prop.$9.33
Mrs. Agatha Foster Johnson,
1 lot Bridge St.$65.00
Johnson Oil Company,
1 lot' Franklin St.$9.75
T. R. Johnson, Pers Prop.$8.68
Reece Jolley,
1 lot North Elkin .$15.50
Robert H. Lankford, Jr.,
Pers. Prop.$9.00
Z. E. Long, 1 lot
Chatham Park .$22.10
Minne H. Lovelace, 1 lot
Elk Spur St.$24.96
Cortez Lowrey, 1 lot
1 lot N. Elkin .$6.40
J. F. Ludwig, Pers Prop.$27.50
C. R. Lyons, 1 lot
West Elkin .$26.00
S. O. Maguire, Pers. Prop.$7.16
I. T. Martin, 2 lots
East Elkin .$10.50
O. W. Martin, 1 lot
Shoe Factory .$13.00
C. G. Mathis, 2 lots
North Elkin .$13.65
R. Bruce Matthews,
Pers. Prop.$7.18
J. S. Mayberry Estate,
1 lot Bridge St.$8.45
Mrs. Rebecca J. Miller,
2 lots B[ighway 26 .$17.56
Robert Miller, 1 lot
North Elkin .$21.35
"1-tr1 fe.’JJv£rIls‘%>ers. Prop.$7.83
W. N. Minnish Estate, 1 lot
Chatham Park .$6.50
Thomas McBride, 1 lot
East Elkin .$9.20
A. A. Mcllwee, Pers. Prop. ..$11.81
M. M. Osborne, 1 lot
Front St.$22.84
John R. Poindexter,
Pers. Prop. .$15.05
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ratledge,
1 lot Front St.$13.30
Mrs. J. W. Ratledge,
1 lot Bridge .$7.80
Mrs. Worth Ray, 11 lots
North Elkin .$10.40
Reece Barber Shop,
Pers. Prop.$6.50
Paul Reece, Pers. Prop.$10.30
Bruce Renegar, 1 lot
Hendrix Place .$7.70
R. W. Sprinkle, Pers. Prop.$9.52
G. E. Stinson, 1 lot
Sunset Park .$12.32
Thomasson Florist,
Pers. Prop.$13.66
Robert H. Transou,
Pers. Prop.$10.44
Coetta Trivette, 2 lots
Sunset Park .$9.76
White Swan Laundry, 2 lots
Main and Bridge St.$141.70
J. O. Willard, 2 lots
Elk Spur St.$8.98
J. R. Windsor, 2 lots
Hendrix Heights .$29.45
Mrs. Nora Windsor, 1 lot
Furniture Factory Hill .$6.50
Yadkin Auto Sales, Pers.
Prop.$27.30
H. G. York, 1 lot Highway
26 .$17.45
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An acre should produce around
ten tons and the price will be
based on $20.00 per ton for U. S.
No. 1 delivered to the plant.
All persons having good bot
tom land and who are interested
in growing an acre or two of cab
bage this winter should get in
touch with Mr. Wood or the
County Agent for particulars.
CONSERVE CORDS AND WIRES
THEY WILL BE HARD TO REPLACE
.FOR CONTINUED satisfactory operation of your electrical appli
ances the cords connecting them to outlets must be kept in good
condition. Since electrical cords are made of critical materials
that will be increasingly hard to get it is important that you care
for them properly.
Keep cords clear from moving parts of appliances and from heat
which would melt the insulation.
Never jerk o cord out of socket. Take hold of plug and pull it out
—bending over may do you good! And, of course, never wrap
a cord around your electric iron while it is still hot.
A little friction tape wrapped around slightly worn places may
lengthen the life of a cord.
KEEP SPARE FUSES ON HAND. Help conserve man
power and transportation by calling our service men only
when necessary.
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