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The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Commodity Prices
Are On Down Grade
Cotton Futures Down from
81 10 $50 Il Bale;
Wheat Of ) Gents
Rr MAX BUCKINGHAM

New York. April l6.-UR'-De-
clining world commodity markets
brought further uncertainty INTO
the trading picture tonight.
The commodity markets started
Siding when President Roosevelt
announced a switch OF govern
mcnt activities from durable 10
consumer goods. High speculative
positions had been maintained III
most of the COmmOnIy-tradeo
commodities and the SPECTATORS
l.Qmdated.
The selling swung from one
commodity to another and now
is general with wheat suffering
the worst of today's break. Van-
Gus American commodity markets
showed:
Wheat Broke as much as five
cents a bushel-the limit tiuctua-
tiCn-in all North American mar
kets with Liverpool wheat oil as
much as 1914 cents pound per
lOG-pound bushe,.
Cotton-FUtureS in New York
broke from 81 to $3.50 a bale.
Cocoa FGtuyes-Declined from
I9 to 25 points in New York.
Gamer Closed 6S TO
70 points lower. The price Of do
mcstic copper dipped + cent per
pound by leading producers to
15l2 cents q pound. Foreign cop
pe- markets weak.
Tin - Foreign markets weak
and futures here lower.
This development was reflect
ed in the stock market. Prices
firmed in early trading but the
reduction in copper price brought
selling in metals that extended to
all divisions. Near the close rail-
read shares were bid up slightly
buC the list generally was irregu-
larry lower. Trading volume bare
l. crossed the 1,O0J.0J0-Share
lCcel.
There was satisfaction that the
selling did not gain any great
headway. To most traders this
indicated that the worst of the
liquidation was ou5 OF the road
The outside market picture
added little encouragement. Car
load:ng5 for the week ended April
10 d:opp-d to 1904. a decline
CT 1858 cars. although above the
1895 week. Railroad earnings for
the first quarter. however, are in
dicatad vel above the 1886 per-
iod.
one OF the favorable items
which brought q mOmentary buy
ing movcmcn--Wa5 esrimaced BY
Wards S-r.ice CT au.omoH G Dyo-
dUcclcA this week ac 127.Tj5. The
h.gh-sJ week tA-s year. and 27.2G5
mere Than IN the preceding week.
Another Favorable item was that
retail trade showed gains OF eight
to Is per cent over the 1886 week
despite unfavorahle weather in
many cities.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Bit of Excitement

A storage house in the back of
Roses store was found in a blaze
this morning about tbs o'clock,
creating quite bit of excitement,
as the smoke covered the whole
busine section Of Main street.
Fighters being able to check the
fire in just short while, little
damage was done. The building is
Owned and used by Harrison Bros
& Company.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Large Barn Burns

A large barn owned by Marshall
Wilson was completely destroyed
by fire Thursday night Mules in
the stables next to The barn were
driven cut before the fire had
gained much headway. The loss
We estimated by Mr.. Wilson to
be between $500 to $500. The ori-
gin Of the fire is unknown.
Although the firemen worked
hard they were unable to save the
building.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
New Bus Line

There is a new bus line between
Wa hington and Oriental. It will
start April 2lSt. The towns on the
new line are Washington. Aurora,
Grantsboro, Bayboro and Orien-
tai.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17

The Street today talked about:
General Electric orders in the
first Quarter establishing a new
high for the company. Tim
ken-DetrOit repeatedly working
at capacity. Erie first quar-
ter likely TO show around S7OO,-
O0O profit. New York Central
first quarter expected to show
around 80 cents a share.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Nsc.WJz BLUE NETWORK

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. 90 Waite Bluiu>> u;rir,
500 R.Iir Forensic I"urr>:
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G.uO-N.v-: 4 'oucert q, Piano
q G.uI-N:cXaludaCu. MavIe Ihy
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NBC Home Symp.nny Or
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The daily independent., 1937-04-17

If a member of a committee
shows any enthusiacr,. he's elect
ed chairman Immediately.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
LOCAL MARKETS

Following are the Offering prices
to the producers on Elizabeth City
markets at the close of business
hours yesterday.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17

How difficult it is to tune in on
a radio program that suits the
whole family.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
SUFFOLK PEANUTS

Peanuts at Suffolk were quoted
as follows:
Jumbos, AZ to 434;
Runners, 4H:
Bunch. 412.
Market firm.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17

1.YPEWRIiERS-All makes; W
uscd and rebuilt, SIS up. Servlc"
en- all typewriters. Our represent
live covers Ea tern Carolina every
week. Typewriter Sales q Service
Co., 223 Main Street. Nor1oik;
! Phone 4l769. cAol vi
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
TODAY'S
RADIO
PROGRAM
SATURDAY. MARCH II.
.Jac cmEnE BED NJ fWORk

.UO-Nrws; Whitley Ensemble
I.2O Federation ot MnSic clubs
.-u0- Metropolitan upcra--t" c.
-Kmdrrsartrm via An
G:Uo- TIP Halter, Och; News
E.3p-Prr<s Radio News Period
G.35--Alma K;tchell. Contralto
G:45--Rrlision from the News
7:0U-Rcx Chambers Rhythm
7.l5-The Hampton Singers
745 Behind the MIG ScrnrS
S.Uo-Saturday Errnms Party
o.nu-Snuw Village Sketches
g.3u-Jue Cooks Ciraieru-to
lu.nu To hr ann wc'd
HOO News; HArr.u', ORCHESTRA
Il:I5-mk Spots. Negro Quartet
ll:SO-Emil Coleman orchrStr1
lou -J,rcy and Bl.uc or,'r'tra
|. .3u-ArrIur Ra,,l AMI Orchestra
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

Unable TO Feed Selves
Amazon ants are unable to feed
.omrolvcs and the work is done by
heir slavc-ants.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17

CHOICE beef and veal this week
. SO dressed poultry, corned mans
and .houlders, country sausage
mea,. Phone your orders. ELMER
RhGIHERS. Phone l66.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Norfolk Markets

Packing HcL ;e Products
Reported by Armour e. Co.
Fresh Meats and Lard:
Rib BELLE -------- .18 a --
Regular Plate -----.17l2@
Smoked hams CbesD .24l2@
Cured and Salt Meats:
Kettle ,rend) tierce 1870
Be t strip bacon - .27 a $780,
Second grade bacon .25Am $780,
Veal calves Qarge) .16 a.
Groceries
Reported by GalanidiS, Forchas
& DuroS
Flour, winter wheat,
u sacks, Dbl. 100 67.25
Meal, best water
ground, l00-lbs. --2.75 q
Navy Beans, l00-ib.
bags -------G7J q -
|Gnpbt.l Beans, pcr
case ------------3.3O m --.
Sugar, l00--ib! ---5.10 q
Rice, 100-lb. ba.S,
fancy -----------4.75 a
Rice, choice -------4.5O a ----
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
special Notices

OLD NEWSPAPERS for. sale, lc
ner ID, in 25-lb. bundles. Specla!,
m fGo lbs fer 85c. The Independent:
lVo iN~' J3-tf
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Closing Prices
.LeadingStocks
n. Y. Market

New York. April l6. -lu.R)-
- ocl.c fiDol DriceS.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
ADS
80 Radio Service
| Market

FANCY frying size chicken 3Oc a
nound: hens zoe; ROSTERS l5c: NO
Charge for dressing. LISTER q
SON. E. Cypress ST. Phone
643-W. paw
The daily independent., 1937-04-17

OCEAN SID gc.'a.c. good -,
llcn, rent very ,! aaoaabs ;o+. n
4. l.. Mann. Nag Head n C''''
pAlC-iT-lg-20. 81 ;
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
BEWHDERED TRAVELLERS

Railroad terminals in large cities,
and many in smaller places. see
much in the way of drama. There
are runaway boys. and girls seeking
work far from home. families with
out money. and no place to go, be-
wildered old folks, wandering chill
dren, persons unfit to travel. A won
derful work for such upset folks is
dcne by the National Association for
Travellers Aid.
Modern restlessness sets a throng
of people to wandering who should
stay at home. They cherish the
dream that if they could only get to
some other place, the doors of op-
portunity would open. The job they
have in view is almost always
snapped up before they get there, the
relatives on whom they depend may
have lost interest in them. 1t is
tough to give up the dream and go
home, but it's usually the best way.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
"GETTING HIS"

Someone remarked about well
known public man: Hes getting
his rake-off all right. and We all
have to look out to get ours"
Yet the general opinion of the man
referred to. and one held by citizens
of all political parties. is that that
man is high mined citizen, who is
above reproach or scandal. The re-
mark quoted above is an illustration
of view that is held by many. that
nearly everybody in both politics
and business is getting some kind of
crooked graft, or profiting personally
in an improper way.
This idea is Objectionable for two
/, reasons. First, il is not true. AS
I respects business. it probably comes
nearer being honest today than it
ever was. Most business concerns
want to give good values. while 9TH
ers have learned that people lose
trade if they misrepresent goods.
Crooked practices are seen. but they
are fatal to business when discov-
cred, and people are keen to find
them out.
Many things are tolerated in poll
tics that are not right. Politicians
reflect the people. They average up
as we'll as the rest of the population.
There are plenty who are trying to
do right and serve the people we'll,
and too many of the other kind.
The mischief of the everybody is
crooked" idea, is that it encourages
some people to vote for candidates
who are believed to be doing wrong,
on the theory that their opponents
are probably no better. If these op-
ponents are better, the result of this
point of view is a vote against good
Let us all take hold to work for
honesty in both business and govern
ment, and refuse to tolerate any kind
OF trade or politics that fails to deal
with the people.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The regular Junior-Senior High
School Assembly was held on We'd
nesday morning at a. m. A play en-
titled THE Gumps In Grammar
Land" was presented by Section 81
assisted by Section IL and under the
direction of Mrs. Nemesh, teacher Of
English in the Junior High School.
The program was as follows:
Hymn. Sun of My Soul"
Bible reading, read by Margaret
Wintjen.
Lords prayer.
Patriotic song. Star Spangled
Banner"
Flag Salute, led by Wilmer Lank-
ford.
Baritone solo. "Trees," Rasbach,
Robert Murphy.
Good English Play, "The Gumps in
Grammar Land" by Section ST. and
Section IL. The cast follows:
Gerty Gump-Beulah Armour.
Gussy Gump-Charles Wilbur
Hammond.
Gladys Gump-Audrey Allen.
The Index-Jeanette Belts.
Ma Gabble-Ruth Webb.
Pa Gabble-Wallace WoOtten.
Sally Gabble-Eleanor Kern.
Solly Gabble-Billy Watson.
Silly Gabble-Gladys Jones.
Judge Grammar-Willard Tease.
Bad English-Hall Deakyne.
Adverb-Billy Faix.
Adjective-Dorothy Locates.
Preposition-Mack Warren.
Conjunction-Crear Bennett
Subiects-Billy Adkins and Major ]
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
GETTING MEMS JOBS

Some men cla' the women are
getting their jobs ny from them.
They complain beca - positions as
clerks in bands. factories, and stores,
once largely held by men, are now
largely taken by women. What is
the young man to do, it is asked.
when some fluffy haired charmer has
the job he would have had if born
40 years earlier?
That fluffy haired charmer is get
ting pay envelope each week. which
the woman of former years rarely
had. One thing that boy might do.
is to find out how she spends that
money and get job supplying that
thing for her. Much of it goes for
food. clothing, shoes. entertainment.
When she spends money for any
thing, new job is created for which
the boy can fit himself.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
THE LIMITS OF OUR ACTIVITY

A minister once said that he dis
liked to feel that he could see the
boundaries of his parish from the
windows of his home that he had a
longing to serve the needs of a
broader field. which could not be
seen from his study windows.
People often hate to feel that their
chance to do things is limited by the
opponents of their home town. Many
of the greatest works of man have
been performed in small cities and
towns. People have written great
books, they have published great
newspapers, they have taught great
schools. they have started great
business concerns. in communities
of small or average size. Any per-
son who will work to acquire SUI
perior skill can make his or her in
fuence felt far beyond the home
town.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
SHARING HOME TOWN LIFE

1t is important to watch the news
OF the world, but equally important
to know what is going on in your
home town. If you don't know what
is going on OF home, you stand out
side these activities, and have no
part in them. And when you stand
outside. you not merely fail to help
push your home town on. but you
miss a certain phase of character
development that you need.
People gain greater power for
themselves in all their occupations,
when they take part in home town
activities. The local paper is the
mirror of these activities. II tells
you everything that is going on, and
suggests how you can become a part
Of these activities.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
Milford, Friday, April 0, 1887
THE SPRING CLEANUP

One of our traditions tells the
householder to get out about this
time with his rake and his wheel
barrow, and clean up his lawn and
back yard, if he has one. 1t is one
of our national habits to let ugly
rubbish accumulate, and then have
a grand scrimmage to dispose of it.
There are many beauty loving coun-
tries where such ways would not be
tolerated.
The back yard is called the garden
in Europe. and it is usually kept in
order all the time. Those people no
more let rubbish gather there. than
they would let their living room go
for months without sweeping.
The American people are in too
much of hurry to put their tin cans
and ashes where they belong every
day. So the heaps of refuse grow,
until they become so bad they can't
be tolerated any longer. Cleanup
days are a wonderful institution, at
least until we acquire the better
habit of making every day Clean
UP day. and thus keep our grounds
always charming.
The modern family accumulates
most amazing amount of rubbish.
People buy things in little messes,
each of them in tin can, paper con-
tainer or bag, creating every day
this product of cast away stuff.
What an ugly heap all this makes,
is dumped in the back yard. If it
stays in cellars or sheds, there is
plenty of inflammable stuff about
which the firemen should and do
worry.
A neighborhood is prettier, safer,
and healthier when that stuff is
cleaned out. Blessings on the man
who first thought up the idea of a
Cleanup day. The number of cities
which collect rubbish from the
homes weekly constantly increases. |
The gospel of home cleanliness1
should spread, so that every home
in Milford would refuse to tolerate |
any ugly rubbish.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
WHEN DO THEY SLEEP

Many modern folks seem opposed
to sleep. They figure that the night
is the most interesting time, that
things happen then, people open up
and talk more freely, the world be-
comes electric with jollity. Hence
they hate to go to bed, and roam
around looking for excitement.
College life seems to encourage
that idea. There is plenty going on
after bedtime comes. Then after
these young folks get out in the
world, they hate to go to bed before
midnight or later. Yet they have to
get to some office or shop at or 9
o'clock. That leaves around six
hours for sleep. Not enough.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
Sockrider.

! SOckrlder.
Common Noun-Betty Galloway.
Proper Noun-Evelyn Abbott.
/ Yes-Frances Carpenter.
i No-Betty Maloney.
Punctuation-Marie Walls.
Enunciation-Mary Schrey. -.
nfinitives-Jimmy Clements and
Irwin Salmons. ...r =
Dictionaries-Mar Lee Ma
son, Virginia Geyer, Doris Sockrid-
er. Marian Cleaver, Marian Barrett,
Alice Smoot.
The annual contest for the possess
sion of the Nellie Davidson Mearns
cup for one year to be held by the
class presenting the two best de-
Chalmers will be given in the high
school auditorium on Monday after
noon, April IL, at 2:45 o'clock. The
selection of the candidates came fol-
lowing series of exhaustive elimi-
nations in the English classes con-
dutced by Charles Pace and Miss
Jean Fullerton. l.-1
The speakers representing the
senior class will be chosen from the
following: Mary Jump. Frank Dono-
van. Margaret Ann Dickerson and
Doris wilkins.
The representatives from the jun
ior class and sophomore classes
have already been chosen and are
Ellen Vinyard and Barbara Mar
shall from the junior class and John
Williams and Edward Murphy from
the sophomore class.
The local contestants are compet-
ing for class honors as well as in
dividual glory in the approaching
contest. as the names of the winning
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
MACHINERY AND JOBS

We are bound to have a large
number of people out of work. SO
long as factories and farms keep
buying more labor saving machinery,
some folks say. When you put in
labor saving machinery, you throw
people out of work, is their idea.
Labor saving machinery reduces
costs of production. and enables pro-
ducers to get more business. Thus
il provides more work for some,
while taking it away from others.
When goods are produced for less
money, they can be sold for less
money, so that more goods are
bought. So for every one who is put
out of a job by such machinery.
somebody else gets work.
Temporarily there is real hard
ship for those thrown out of work.
Ii is no consolation to man who has
lost his job because such a machine
was put in, that the cost of the goods
is reduced and more people can buy
them. Some means for relieving
that difficulty should be found.
There have been many times dur
ing the history of this country when |
people who wanted work and were |
capable of working could almost al
ways get work. Machinery was be-
ing introduced very rapidly during
those periods. but people did not
suffer. If man was thrown out of
work in one factory. there were
others looking for help.
The country would never have
reached its present state of develop
nent. had it not been for labor saw
ng machinery. If automobiles. for
Instance. had been made in little
shops and largely with hand tools.
hey would cost several times what
hey do now. Not many people
.ould have them, and the industry
,ould not employ the vast army it
loes today.
So machinery makes jobs. as well
Is takes them away. and it puts the
of life within reach of
III.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

class and the winning individual de-
claimer will be engraved upon the
Nellie Davidson Mearns cup, a
school trophy donated by the MEM
bers of the class of 1909 as an in
centive to future classes of their al
ma mater to leave to the school
some worth while accomplishment
in the field of public speaking. In
addition, two school winners will lie
named as a result of Mondays aon-
test to 90 to the Caesar Rodney High
School on Friday, April 16, to COM
pete for Milford against representa-
tiyes from other Kent county high
schools to detarmine Kent county
winner to represent this county in
the State contest to be held in Dover
on Friday, April %.
According to recent word from
the Caesar Rodney school, the Kent
county contest will differ slightly
this year from similar occasions of
past years in that the event will be
divided into two main heads, the
declaimers with dramatic selections
competing in the afternoon, while
those who have humorous pieces
will take the floor in the evening.
Winners will be selected from each
group to represent Kent county in
the State finals at Dover one week
later.
The Milford contest is open to the
general public and those in charge
have expressed the hope that as
many patrons and friends of the
school as possible will he on hand
in the school auditorium Monday
afternoon. as spirited battle of
words" promises to develop.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
STAYTONSVILLE
Church News

4NNN6
Sunday school at Staytonsville
Community Church every Sunday at
2 p. M. Superintendent. Miss Kath-
ryn Donovan. Subject of this Sun
days lesson will be "The Sin of
Adam and Eve" Let every class
have a good attendance and well
studied lesson.
Preaching service at 3 p. m. by a
guest preacher. Everyone is always
welcome to all services.
Last Sunday evening, April 4. a
very pretty Easter program was
given at Staytonsville Community
Church. The church was very beau
tifully decorated with spring flow
ers. Quite large crowd was pres
ent. The collection amounted to
$2.S6. We wish to thank each and
everyone who helped in any way to
make this program possible.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

THE CALL OF the wild" sounds
fascinating, but we also need to hear
the call of the tame, the challenge
to take hold of the every day duties
of life and make them fine and in
teresting.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL is easy
now, because guideposts mark the
way on every important road. Ad-
vertising is the guidepost that marks
the best way to find the goods you
desire.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
CEDAR NECK LADIES' AID

The Cedar Neck Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs Will Brown Tuesday
evening, April 18th. Entertainment
is in the hands of Mrs. Marie Watson
and Mrs. Hilda, Shockley. Refresh
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

GOOD IDEA TO spit on your hands
to grasp the tools of labor more
firmly, but don't spit on your home
town by contemptuous words about
a.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

ment committee consists OF Mrs. Me-
Colley. Mrs. vesta Mills and Mrs. Ell
wood Mills. We hope for a full at
tendance.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

This photo shows my seed improve
ment work. Every year l select the
most perfect high yielding plants.
The following year the seed from each
selected plant is planted in separate
row. and each row carefully compared
for quality. disease resistance and
yield. Seed is saved from the best
rows to plant my seed fields. You are
invited to visit these trials at Bridge
vile. Delaware and Salisbury, Mary
land during August and September.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

Better TO speak well of the mean
man. so he'll try to live up to It.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

One American in every 200 is six
feet tall.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
TWILLEY'S CERTIFIED SEED
IMPROVED MARGLOBE


Developed by selection
from the heaviest yielding
plants. Large smooth solid
fruits free from cracks
with excellent color. Wilt
Resistant. Natures early.
Twilley's Improved Mar
globe has always given
splendid results in expert
mental variety tests. One
OF the best strains grown.
SELECTED RUTGERS
The best variety since
Marglobe was introduced.
AS early as Marglobe with
larger fruits and much
better color. Fruits same
shape as Marglobe but has
stronger vines. One OF the
heaviest yielding varieties
and a sure cropper. Has
replaced Marglobe in many
sections. Be sure to plant
Twilley's Certified Rutgers
this year.