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Picture in upper left shows reconnaissance cars at Fort Bem.ing, Ga„ being towed across a stream by
an armored scout car during maneuvers. Upper right: Radio picture showing Red army’s amphibian tanks
Tossing an unnamed river near the German-Russo war front. Below: United States marines lease landing
barges near Jacksonville, N. C., and splash ashore to establish a beachhead during “invasion maneuvers.
Opening of Tobacco Markets
T o Create Traffic Problems
Raleigh, Aug. 7—Already con
fronted with the worst traffic
conditions in the State’s history,
state officials who are interested
in the highway safety problem
view with apprehension the open- j
ing of the tobacco market.
“In normal years, the market-!
ing of the tobacco crop causes
abnormal traffic conditions re
sulting in many accidents, but
with traffic already at an all
time peak, the 1941 tobacco sea
son is liable to result in a bumper
crop of “traffic accidents” said
Ronald Hocutt, director of the
Highway Safety Division.
Our principal tobacco-produc
ing section is Eastern North Car
oina where most of the defense
activity in the state is concen
trated. This will mean that cer
tain highways will be jammed
these few months with military
vehicles, private cars cf defense
workers, and tobacco-hauling ve.-
hicles. For this reason, it is all
the mort important this year that
those who have tobacco to haul
to market should take every pre
caution to see that their hauling
is done in the safest possible man
ner.”
Hocutt pointed out that
opening of the tobacco markets
Everyday Deep Cut Prices
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Magnesia Almond Lotion
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usually brings forth upon the
highways a vast array of non-,
descript vehicles which stay in
the farm yard or under a shelter j
most of the year and which, for
the most part, lack a lot of being
in the safest mechanical condi
tion.
“These vehicles can create ser
ious hazards on our highway o .”
the safety director said, “and mo
torists should recognize these
hazards and compensate for them
by increasing their alertness and,
caution when driving on roads
where tobaccohaulers are operat
ing.”
Byway of suggestion to to
bacco growers, Hocutt stressed
the importance of proper load
ing, so as to give even weight
distribution, and of careful in
spection of tires, brakes and
trailer couplings. Inasmuch as
much tobacco is hauled ruring
hours of darkness, he also urged
the importance of careful inspec
tions of running lights and clear
ance lights before each trip to
market. He also suggested that
tcbacco-haulers carry flags and
flares for hse in ase of break
downs necessitating emergency
repairs on tht highway.
Still another thing about which
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
Hocutt warned is the practice of
carrying passengers on the tear
of trucks or trailers. In past sea
sons, he said, he has observed that
many drivers on their way back
home after selling their tobacco
make a habit of loading the back
cf their trucks with neighbors
looking for a ride home Several
persons have been killed in the
state this summer as a result of
falling off or being bounced off
the rear end of trucks, he said,
“Getting your tobacco to mar-j
ket is important,” he added, “but 1
the really important thing is that
the vehicle hauling your tobacco
gets to market and back to the
farm without endangering the
lives of your drivers and helpers
or other people on the highway.”
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Tar Heels Drink
Barrels Os Beer
In Year’s Time
Raleigh, Aogust—North Caro
lina’s consumption of 315, 250
barrels of beer for the 12-monfhs
period ended June 30 netted the
federal, state and local govern
ments $3,530,270.94 in taxes.
According to figures compiled
by the Brewers and North Caro
lina Beer Distributors Committee,
the federal govtrnment collected
$1,873,502.10, the state $1,479,268.
34, the counties $127,500 and the
cities and towns $50,000.
Both in tax yield and in con
sumption the 1940-41 fiscal year
estabUshtd alUtinje peaks. The
consumption of 315,250 barrel
was well ahead of the 1939-40
vclumn of 309,513 and the 1933-38
total of 277,204 barrels. There are
31 gallons to the barrel.
Consumption lagged for first
six months of the 1940-41 fiscal
year, but showed increases for
the last six months. The increased
sales are attributted to warm
weather and national defense in
the eastern and central sections
of the state.
On the 1939-40 consumption of
309,513.88 barrels, the taxes a
em: unted to §3,107,058.99. The
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Co-operating
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We are cooperating with the Government 100'/< in
saving on the consumption of Gasoline and Oil. We
open our Gas Pumps each morning
At 7 A. M. and Close Them at 7 P. M. -
Our Station is open for the sale
of light groceries, beer,
wine, watermellons, etc.
UNTIL 9:30 P. M.
Rock Inn Service Station
South Main Street J. Lester Clayton
Farm Price Os
Cotton Is Not
Retail Factor
The improved farm prices of
cotton in the past several months
may not be considered determin
ing factors in the relatively in
creased prices of finished cotton
goods, says E. Y. Floyd, AAA ex
ecutive officer at State College.
“Rather,” Floyd reports, “the
increased ‘spread’ of profit to the
cotton manufacturer has been
tagged as responsible for the
rapid inrease in the price of cot
ton products.
“While the farm prices of cot
ton was moving up three cents
a peund between June, 1940, and
June, 1941, mill margins for cot
ton manufacturer were moving
up 11 cents a pound. Last May,
when a consumer bought an or
dinary dollar cotton shirt, he
i paid less than nine cents to the
j farmer who spent a whole year
in producing the cotton that
went to make the shirt—even
less than the laundry price for
washing the garment once.”
This year, for the first time in
the history of the nation’s old
est “money crop,” the farmer
has a government guaranteed
price for cotton under the AAA
lean program. The guaranteed
price to the farmer, with loans
at 85 percent of the parity price,
is 13.43 cents a pound for 1941
cotton, Floy® says.
The same labor employed in
cotton manufacturing plants pro
duced 110.7 perent more cotton
goods in March of this year than
for the average month in 1940,
Floyd adds.
On the basis of the consumer
cost of the finished cotton ar
ticle in March of this year, the
farm price of the lint used would
have been 19 cents a pound,
whereas, it was actually several
cents a pound lower.
“So, it is easy to see,” the AAA
leaders concludes, “that the farm
price of cotton is not pushing up
the retail cost.”
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CALVES
Fifteen 4-H Club members oL
Edgecomb County have started
feeding one or more baby beef
calves which they will show at
the Rocky Mount Fat Stock Show
next March.
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DOUBLE
United States purchases fvom|
Latin America fer 1941 are esti-J
mated at $1,020,000,00, or double'
the normal value of Latin Ameri-J
can exports to continental Europ.
state tax increased from $1,380.'
59 to $1,479,268.84, and the federal'
government from $1,547,569.40 to
$1,873,f02.10.
The state’s increase was due
to increased consumption as the
tax was not fhanged, while the
| federal government’s increase was
[ due both to the increased eon
■ sumption and a higher tax. Last
: year, congress increased the barrel
tax on beer from $5 to $6, the
extra dollar being earmarked for
national defense. The $1 defense
tax yielded an extra $315,250.35,
it was pointed out.
State College
Answers Timely
Farm Questions
QUESTION: Is the ratio be
tween hog prices and feed prices
favorable at the present time?
ANSWER: Ellis Vestal, swine
specialist of the Extension Ser
vice, says more money in circula
tion as a result of the defense
program has created a brighter
situation for hog grower. This
has resulted in a favorable ratio
between feed prices and hog
prices. With hogs selling at 10
cents a pound and better, farm
ers and 4-H Club boys may well
afford to feed any pigs they may
have, even if they have to buy
some corn as well as protein and
mineral.
QUESTION: When should a
poultryman vaccinate his flock
against fowl pox?
ANSWER: This looks like a
mosquito year, says C. F. Parrish,
extension poultryman, so farmers
may expect more trouble with
pox. The insects spread the disease
by biting the comb of an infect
ed bird and then biting a non-in
fected bird. Parrish suggests that
every grower with more than 100
pullets vaccinate the flock, both
pulets and cockerels, before the
birds are 16 weeks of age, and
w’hile they are on range.
QUESTION: What have been
the reasons for the present trend
toward more livestock?
ANSWER: L. I. Case, extension
animal husbandman, says the
reasons include the soil conserva
tion program, the increased pro
duction of both permanent and
temporary pastures, the increas
ed acreage of hay and small grain
crops, and the greater desire on
the part of farmers to supplement
their income through the pro
duction and sale of livestock and
livestock products.
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Legal Notice
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as executors
of the estate of W. R. Hambrick,
deceased, late of Person County,
N. C. this is to notify all persoas
having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned on or before
the 27th day of June, 1942 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 27th day of June, 1941.
J. J. HAMBRICK,
R. T. HAMBRICK,
Executors of W. R. Hambrick.
July 3-10-17-24 . 31, Aug. 7.
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NOTICE— LAND SALE
By virtue of an order of the
Superior Court of Person Coun
ty, made in the action entitled
W. T. Pass, Exr. of J. C. Pass,
and others against Etta Jones
Chambers and others, I will of
fer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash at
the Court House door in Rox
boro, N. C., on MONDAY, JULY
28, 1941, at 12 o’clock M., the fol
lowing tracts or lots of land in
Mt. Tirzah Township, Person
County, North Carolina, bounded
and described as follows:
(a) Bounded on the North by
the road leading from Mt. Tir
zah to Oxford, on the East by
the old road leading from Rox
boro to Moriah, on the South "by
the Mt. Tirzah School lot, anl
on the West by the new road
leading from Roxboro to Moriah,
containing 5.6 acres, more or ie-s,
and being lot no. 2 in the divi
sion of the J. C. Pass tract of
land known as the Latta place.
This is a resale of said lot by
!ieason of an increase bid having
been put on the former sale, and
the bid at the resale will begin
at $165.00.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1941.
(b) Bounded on the North by
lot no. 4, on the East by tha
new Voad leading from Roxboro
to Moriah, on the South by R. A.
Peed, on the West by John Jones,
and on the Northwest by the
road leading from Mt. Tirzah to
Oxford, containing 26.6 acres, i
more or less, and being lot No. 3
in the division of the J. C.Pass
tract of land known as the Latta
place.
This is a resale of said lot of
land by reason of an increase bid
having been put on the former
sale, and the bid at the resale
will begin at $220.00.
The purchaser will be requir.
cd to make a cash deposit of 10
per cent of the purchase price
on the, day of sale, and the sale
will remain open ten days from
the date of sale for an increase
bid.
This 12th day of July, 1941.
W. D. Merritt,
Commissioner.
7-17-24
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Most Cabarrus County poultry
men keeping demonstration flock
records will have more pullets
to put in their laying houses this
fall, reports W. H. Williams, as
sistant farm agent.
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