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Passenger
Make Last
Section Adequately
Served by Operators
Of Three Bus Lines
A. C. L. Htt* Made No Official
Announcement Relating
To Express Service
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad pas
senger trains are making their last
schedule runs on the Tarboro-Plym
outh branch today, the operation of
the train through here this afternoon
marking the end of a service offered
by the old Albemarle and Raleigh
Railroad and its successors for more
than half a century.
The action of the operators in dis
continuing the passenger service in
its entirety brings a feeling of regret
to the people in the several towns
along the route, but they realize the
service did not keep pace with the
modern transportation movement
and that shrinking revenues left the
trains operating at a loss. With a pas
senger bus service offered by the
Carolina Coach Company, local peo
ple are not particularly complaining
about the removal of the passenger
trains. The bus operators, matching
fares and offering a reliable service,
have maintained schedules far su
perior to those offered by the Coast
Line in recent years Possibly the
superior bus service has dried up the
old iron horse, unofficial reports in
dicating that passenger traffic on
public carrier systems is greater to -
day than in the boom days of the
railroad
Back in 1883, the old Albemarle
and Raleigh railroad was built into
Williamston from Tarboro. About!
five years lateT the line was extend-1
ed to Plymouth On January 10, 1894,
the line was consolidated with the]
Wilmington and Weldon, and on
May 1, 1900, it became the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company Four i
passenger 'Trains were operated j
through^ here daily for. a long num
ber of years, but as highway traffic
increased, schedules on the rails
were decreased, and now comes the i
final withdrawal
The Coast Line, as far as it could
be learned'here, has made no offi
cial announcements of plans for of
fering an express service It has been i
reported that a baggage car will be]
attached to a freight train and a ser-1
vice equal to if not better to that
heretofore offered will be made1
available Questioned today, patrons
said they did not know what arrange
ments if any had been made-to w
sui*e a continued express service. It
has also been suggested that the
company would attach a passenger
coach to its freight trains operating
through here, but no one seems to
know anything about such a plan.
Virginia Hi shop To
Open Celebration
Mantro. N C ?The Rt Rev Wll
li?m A. Brown, of Portsmouth. Va .
bishop of the Southern diocese of
Virginia, will deliver the opening
sermon?uI?the?352nd?anniversary
celebration at Fort Raleigh, Sunday.
July 2, at II a. m , according to D. H
Fearing, president of the Roanoke
Island Historical association which
sponsors the summer-long celebra
tion 1
This will mark the first time the
local historical association has step
ped out of North Carolina for a re
ligious leader to open the annual
celebration of the founding of the
Roanoke Island colonies and the
Birth of Virginia Dare?first Eng
lish child born on Americal soil.
Appropriate music will be render
ed, by "The Lost Colony" Chorus
which is composed this year of 25
experienced singers from the West
minster choir of Princeton, N. J., un
der the direction of Theos Cronk.
John Burke, also of the famous West
minster group, will play the Ham
mond organ for the occasion, under
the trees facing Roanoke Sound
The third summer season of Paul
Green's epic of pre-colonial Ameri
ca, "The Lost Colony," which is pre
sented in connection with the anni
versary celebration, will formally
open July 1 at Fort Raleigh. Every
Sunday thereafter religious leaders
of various denominations from Vir
ginia and the Carolinas will officiate
until the season closes Sept. 4
Native Of County Diet
At Home In New Jertey
Simon D, Jones, a native of this
county, died in a hospital at Orange,
N. J., last Friday Funeral services
for the 76-year old man were held at
the late home in Mountain Lakes, N
J , last Sunday.
He was born in this county in Jan
uary, 1863, and had lived in New
Jersey for about 46 years, where he
was held in high esteem. Besides
one son, he is survived by four sis
ters, Mrs. H. C. Spruill and Miss Cor
nelia Jones, of Plymouth, and Mrs.
J. L. Brown and Mrs. W. B. Lillfcy,
of Jamesville; and two brothers, W.
B. Jones, of Norfolk, and T. B. Jones,
of Arixona.
Trains To
Run Today
| PRESIDENT j
Wheeler Martin, local man and
a prominent figure in State
building and loan circles, was
unanimously elected president
of the North Carolina Building
and I.oan League at a meeting of
thr organization held in Wrights
ville Beach yesterday.
Seventeen Cases
Called In County
Court On Monday
Juil^r Peel "Bears Down" On
Alleged Violator* of
Liquor Law*
Sandwiched in between a one week
term of the superior court and a
special holiday next Monday, the
county recorder's court handled a
large docket and virtually cleared
its slate last Monday, Judge Peel
announcing that the next session of
the tribunal will be held on July
10 With the holiday per tod coming
next week and with the court idle
for two weeks, a fairly sizeable doc
ket is to be expected when the court
sits again.
In the session last Monday, Judge
Peel "bore down" on alleged liquor
law violators when he imposed $100
fines on each of two defendants and
hung road sentences over the heads
of several others.
The proceedings:
Judgment was suspended in the
case charging Eli Bryant with an
assault with a deadly weapon.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, William Jones was
sentenced to the roads for six
months.
W. T. and A D Currie, charged
with violating the liquor laws, were
each fined $100 and sentenced to the
roads for three months, the road
sentence to begin at any time with
in the.next, two years at. the direr
tion of the court. The defendants ap
pealed, and bond was required in ihe
sum of $250.
Prnvor for judgment was contin
ued until the first Monday in Jan
uary in the case charging J. P. Hol
liday with forcible trespass
Facing the court on a drunken
driving charge, Henry Mizelle was
fined $50 taxed with the cost and
had his license revoked for one year.
The case charging Will Winbush
with an assault was nolprossed
. Judgment was suspended in the
case charging Henry Lilley with an
assault with a deadly weapon.
The proceedings in the case charg
ing Benny Stubbs with being drunk
(Continued on page fix)
Will Continue Anti-Typhoid
Drive In County Next Week
The drive against typhoid fever in
Martin County will be continued
next week when the health depart
ment forces undertake a heavy four
weeks' schedule beginning Monday
morning at 8:30 o'clock at Roebuck's
store or filling station in Poplar
Point. Administering more than 18,
000 doses of the vaccine, the health
forces just recently completed a suc
cessful drive in the lower half of the
county, and now the drive is under
way to carry protection to the oth
ers. ,
The importance of the campaign
has been repeatedly pointed out and
Dr. F. E. Wilson, head of the depart
ment, is urgently requesting every
person in the territory to be served
during the next four weeks to take
the vaccine and help stamp out the
fever in this county.' Epidemics have
been reported in several states al
ready this summer, and records show
that the fever is present in nearby
counties, but possibly as a result of
successful campaigns conducted in
past years no cases have been report
ed in Martin so far this year.
In addition to the protection
against typhoid, the health forces
are offering immunization against
diphtheria. The last legislature pass
ed a law directing that all children
betweefi the ages of six months and
five years be given the protection.
The campaign that is being waged
against the dreadful disease is cer
tain to effect a decrease in the num
ber of diphtheria deaths in the coun
ty, but to prove effective the drive
should receive the support of every*
one, both white and colored
Dr. F. E. Wilson, head of the
department, this week announced
the following schedule for the vac
cinations:
Mondays, July 3, 10, 17, 24: Roe
buck's Store, 8:30 a. m : Hamilton
School White, 10 to 11 a m ; Hamil
ton School Colored, 11 to 12 a. m ;
Oak City School White, 2 to 3 p. m.;
Oak City School Colored, 3 to 4 p.
m.
Tuesdays, July 4, 11, 18, 25: Rober
sonville Graded School, B a. m. to
12 M.; Robersonville Colored School,
1:30 to 4 p. m.
Wednesdays, July 5, 12, 19, 28;
Gold Point School, 8:30 a. m.; Has
sell, 10 a. m , Parmele, 10 a. m.
Thursdays, July 6, 13. 20, 27: Croas
Roads, 8:30 a. m.; Everetta School,
8:30 a. m.
County Property Y allies Show Little Change
1938and 1939 County Property Listings, by Townships
The following tabulations show, by townships, the 193* and 1939 valuations of real and personal property values in Martin County, separ
ately and collectively, the increase in total valuations over the 1938 listings, and also the percentage of increase or decrease by townships. The
figures are subject to minor change and do not include corporation listings. Asterisk i i indicates loss. All others are gains.
TOWNSHIPS:
Jamesville
Williams
Griffins
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville
Poplar Point
Hamilton
Goose Nest
County Total:
PERSONAL PROPERTY
1938
1939
(iain-lxMs
PU\
S 566.713
$ 577.787
8
11.068
1.95
50.789
34.330
16,459*
32.4 *
167.875
150.242
17.633*
10.5 ?
144.110
125.804
18,306*
12.7 ?
683.640
701.490
17,850
2.6
139.694
128,888
10.806'
7.7 *
J27.J3S
502.332
24.900
4.7 *
73,826
68.130
5,696*
7.7 *
187,534
183.281
4.253*
2.3 *
238.707
217.383
21.324*
8.9 *
82.780.120
82.689.661
8
90,459
3.25 *
REAL ESTATE
1938
1939
(?ain-Loss
ru
s :kv<;ih
$ 781.203
*$ 4.416
.56
247.34?
253.985
6,638
2.68
388.969
388,519
450
.11
433.035
436.676
3.641
.84
1.690.265
1.754.345
61.080
3.78
444.424
447,989
3.565
.8 *
1.483.568
1.505,205
21.637
1.46
257.399
260.049
2.650
1.03
722.843
721.638
1.205
.17
999.447
1,005.635
6.188
.62
$7,452,916
$7,555,244
$102,328
1.37
TOTAL VALIES
1938 1939 C^in-LuNs
$ 1,352,101 $ 1,358,9114 $ 6.580
398,136 388.315 9.831
556.844 538.761 18.083
577,145 582,48# 14.885
3,373,905 3.455.835 81.930
.>84.118 576,877 7.341
3.010,800 3.007,537 3,363
331.335 338.179 3.046
910.377 904,919 5.458
1.338.154 1,333.018 15.136
$10,333,108 $10,344,905 $11,797
FIRST BLOSSOM
Despite adverse planting sea
sons and the dry weather that
has prevailed during recent
weeks, the cotton crop in this
county is blossoming forth. Ray
mond Stalls, grower on the old
Everett farm in Cross Roads
Township, reported the first
blossom, a pink one. last Tues
On the following day. Farmer
Stalls found and reported a
white blossom
L. A. Bullock. Cross Roads
fanner, found a pink blossom on
Ti^day, and reported the find
yesterday.
Last season Charles Coltrain,
farmer of near Everetts, report
ed the first cotton blossom on
June 22.
Local Man ll<'<nls
II. And Ij. Lea ixnc
Wheeler Martin, local attorney,
was unanimously elected president
of the North Carolina Building and
Loan league in its 'Mith annual con
vention held at Wrightsville Beach
this week. R. 11 Gregory, of Rocky
Mount, was elected vice president,
and Martin F Gaudian, executive
secretary, will continue in office.
Mr Martin has been secretary of
the Martin County Building and
Loan Association since 1914 and was
presented with a special certificate
of award for having served as a di
rector and official of the association
for 25 years. Mr. K. B. Crawford, al
so a member of the local association,
was presented with a certificate of
award . ~
As a representative of the local as
sociation Mr Martin has been at
tending the annual meetings of the
State league for a number of years
During this time he has made many
friends throughout the state. Always
taking an active interest in the state
league, hi sability both as a lawyer
and building and loan official was
soon recognized and his elevation to
the presidency was no surprise to his
friends and to the association
Far mem Anxious To Make
Trip To (Canadian Farms
Answering a call for tobacco cur
ers, at least sixty five Martin Coun
ty farmers are anxious to go to Can
ada anH shnm the Canucks how to
cook the leaf Issuing the call for the
curers, C. I). Grove, former buyer
on the Williamston market, was ex
pected here this week to interview
the applicants. He has been delayed
in reaching hr?r<? hut ho is expected
within tlje next few days, it was
learned today.
Meetings of the Circles of W M
S. of the Baptist church have been
postponed from Monday, July 3 to
Monday, July 10, at was announced
this morning.
Mosaic* Disease* Like'lv
To Curtail Leal Croii
Damage Will Exceed
Ten Per Cent In The
County, Agent Says
Some Secliont* llxpecled to
K\|?erience a I*o?? Ah
High \h 50 Percent
Farmers scattered alt over Martin
County became a bit excited?and
started calling County Farm Agent
Tom Brandon this week when mo
siac virus attacked then tobacco
crops, preliminary surveys indicat
ing .that the disease will exact a dam
age toll approximating ten per cent
over the county ifs a whole
Commenting on the damage bil
lowing a survey last Wednesday,
Agent Brandon said that without
favorable weather conditions during
the remainder of the season, the loss
on some farms would likely run as
high as fifty per cent and even more.
While the presence of the disease, if
it can be called a disease, is not con
sidered extremely serious, it is pre
senting the farmer a baffling prob
lem, the agent explaining that no
cure is known and that it cannot be
controlled in the growing crop
Carried by the tobacco worm or by
suckcring, the disease, known by
some as trenching or spot leaf, will
j-ffi'Ct a ennsidi'iuhh' dnmagij?.in _a
comparatively short time under ex
treme weather conditions. Moderate
weather-conditions have a tendency
to hold it in check, Mr. Brandon
added.
Commenting further on the dis
ease, the county agent stated that
while there is no known cure, it can
be controlled by certain methods
employed in starting a new crop. The
disease does not carry over in the
soil from year to year, but is return
ed to tin- field in several ways.
Scrap tobacco taken from a diseased
field, thrown into the stable and la
tei ustki as a fertili/ei will carry the
virus back to the field. No damage
results when the stable manure, car
rying the virus, is used for corn or
other crons
It has been established that the
virus is not materially effected even
by the manufacturing process and
that the farmer who chews tobacco
that has been attacked by the virus
and spits the juice into his plant hod
will subject his Crop to the disease
Samples of tobacco were displayed
in the office of the agent yesterday
showing a damage in excess of 75"
per cent to one stalk. The bottom
leaves were eaten almost in two and
the top leaves were narrow as one's
hand, the damage increasing as one
followed the leaves toward the bot
tom of the stalk.
Continued Holitlay For The
I,oral Town (lornminnionern
?
Inactive since the evening of May
1, the local board of town commis
sioners will enjoy a continued holi
day until Wednesday evening of
next week, Mayor J. L Hassell an
nounced this morning. The meeting,
postponed several times, will be call
ed at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening,
July 5, when the authorities will
catch up~With their calendar
Number Of Teacher? In
Thin (lounty In Decreased
Allotting teachers to the several
schools in the State this week, the
State School Commission decreased
the number in this county from 199
to 189. The distribution of teachers to
the schools within the county has
not been released, and it could not be
learned what schools will be affect
ed by the order.
TO REOPEN JULY 10
The plant of the North Caro
lina Pulp Company will reopen
on Monday, July 10, ai-cordlnf
to unofficial but reliable infor
mation received here thla after
noon. The plant has been clot
sinee the middle of May.
t
jm mi km;nt
v_
The huxehall game between
Tarboro uiul Williamston litre
next Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock is recognized as the main
event on the July Tourth eele
hration program in this section,
t'apacity crowds are expected to
see the old rivals plav.
The game was first scheduled
for that morning, hut a change
effected. The two teams play
here that afternoon at J o'clock
and in Tarhoro that evening at
*:UL '
Removal of Trains
Protested l>\ Towns;
RupKiiiston Lawyer
\\ cliloii - I'ariiiclr ? l int- I' a
Iron- Sci kinu IIIjunrlioli
In I'lir l onrl
While no concerted action is be
ing advanced against the removal
of the trains on the Tai bum Plym
outti line, there is an expressed op
j position to the announced plans to
| discontinue tin- service on the I'.
mete Weldon branch, and Attorney
T tiuy KlbolT isbeing rapped by peo
Iple along that route, according to
the follow ing story released yester
day in Raleigh
Am Eastern delegation asked Util
I ities Commissioner Stanley Win
borne yesterday to require Atlanta1
I Coast Line Railroad to continue Par
mele-.Weldon passenger service be
; cause the order permitting discon
J tinuance was obtaua <1 by misrepre
sentations to the Commissions
James S Livernion, Scotland Neck
attorney, eRtrrged?that Judge Guy
Elliott, of Kinston, was not author1-'
r/i'd to mn.sent to the order and laid
not been authorized" or paid to rep
lesent towns along tin* line, as he
was represented as telling the com
missioner when a consent order was
signed in Raleigh June 11.
The Scotland Neck attorney said
be had affidavits from officials in
Scotland Neck, Weldon, Halifax, Oak
City, Hassell, Tillery and llobgood j
| to support bis allegation
The utilities eomm.issionei told tin
j delegation he had accepted Elliott',
representation in good faith anc
: could not revoke the outer. Ttio del
legation said their petition would b<
carried to Superior court.
Under the order, Atlantic Coas
Line will quit the Parmele Weldor
run Saturday and substitute an ail
j conditioned passenger Tram betweci
Kinston and H<?< ky Mount Mai
will tie tarried by star route and ex
press cars will tie attached to freigh
| trains between Parmele and Wei
j don
Protesting that irregular freigh
| schedules would render the new ex
1 press service totally inadequate tht
(Continued on page six)
m:w uvki?k.\
Marvin LcgKbtt, Griffin*
Township farmer, will suet-red
s. J Trttrrtun xs lori-st warden
in .Martin County tomorrow, it
w xs announced yesterday by W.
C. Mt-Cormick. thief oil forest
fire control in the State. Sever
al applications were before the
authorities for consideration,
all of them having been formal
l> recommended by the Martin
County commissioners in a re
rent session.
Warden I.cggctt who lias been
eon netted with the service in
the county for some time, is the
third man to get the appoint
ment since the service was in
augurated in the county several
?'<1 whether any changes in the
local district personnel would be
made.
I nele Sum Ltutks
After The Mail:
Just as soon as tin- Atlantic Coas
lane surrenders and withdraws it
passi nger trains from the .Parmele
Plymouth branch Uncle Sam wil
step in w ith an independent eontrac
to carry on the mail service, Post
master Pete Fovvtlen said today a
the train made its last run to Tar
horo on regular schedule A contrat
has been let to George C James. Jr
for handling the mail on the Plym
outh Paimele line Ihds ranged froi
$2,000 up to $8,000, it was unofficial
Iv learned
Starting at Plymouth in the morn
! nig at 0 o'clock, James is slated t
leach Wilhamston at 9:45, maTTuig i
necessary for patrons to have thei
letters anil parcels in the pus toff le
not later than 9 30 for dispatch o
p .11 bus. On the return trip, Jainc
I leave Parmele ahout fv.3f> air
ich Williamston shortly after si
lock, making it necessary for pa
Jtions to get their letters or parcel
I in the office by a 30 or f> 40 foi tbs
patch
? It v.: possible that the schedule
u ill be changed later on if it is foum
Ui.'it -.11 iMipniei fl M'i'i' ifi ? f:i 11 >??? ?-f
It (led without additional cost t" tin
go; eriinit lil.
Beth i mail Service has been prom
i-.ed for the upper end of the county
reports stating that a star route wil
he directed into Hassell, that deliv
cries will he effected there at a rea
sonahly early hour each morning
j and that patrons of the Oak City of
lice will also gel an improved scrv
iv.vulvnt I ivtima Kchirn
Hume from llon/iila
Messrs. W K Parker and G II
! Harrison. Jr., victims of an automo
bile*-accident near Everetts tw<
weeks ago today, returned honu
from a Washington hospital Tucs
day in a Biggs ambulance. Mr Bar
rison, encased in a plaster from hi;
waist almost to his knees, will like
ly he confined to his bed during the
greater part of two months or unti
an injury to his hip heals. Mr Par
ker, suffering a broken arm and ?
bad knee injury, will also be confin
ed to his bed for some time
Local Business Will Observe Long
P
Holiday Here Monday And Tuesday
Williamstnn .business houses.,
will break ail holiday-closing
records when they suspend op
erations on Monday and Tues
day, July 3 and 4, for the observ
ance of the Glorious Fourth, the
action giving clerks and other
employees a splendid opportun
ity to go places and do tnings
during three days. "Th-accord
ance with a proclamation issued
today by Mayor John L. Hassell.
the two days have been declared
a general holiday with the busi
ness operators agreeing to fore
go the usual half-day holiday on
Wednesday afternoon^ July 5.
Stores and business houses
will close Saturday night and
not reopen until the following
Wednesday morning, July 5, in
accordance-with a pet it inn c i r -
culated throughout the business
area this week.
Contrary to closing plans un
officially announced earlier in
the week, the petition was suc
cessfully circulated in a short
time, and is in keeping with ac
tion taken by many towns
throughout the State. House
wives and others are urged to
note the long holiday schedule
und arrange their shopping plans
accordingly
No special observance has
been planned locally for the hol
iday period, but capacity crowds
are expected here on the Fourth
when the ,WilUamflton Martins
meet their old rivals, the Tarboro
Serpents.
lax Structure In
(mintv Likely To
J J
Remain I nelianjjed
_ P
Ruiin* in I ho Township* Off
m*I I.ohh??h in Other* and
lloo*t Total*
Preliminary figures released this
i week by Tax Supervisor S. H. Grimes
in connection with 1939 property
listings indicate there'll be little or
! no change in the basic tax structure
; for the county this year and that
there will be no decrease in the
general county tux rate In fact, the
-commissioners?wuH?have?to tussle
i to head off an increase of a penny
^or two m the rate
j The preliminary listing figures
J present a disappointing figure, as
a whole. The bottom fell out of per
sonal property listings in one dis
trict and medium losses were report
ed by seven of the other nine town
ships. the combined personal values
showing a decrease of three and a
quarter per cent under the listings
of a year ago. Ileal values showed a
small but fairly consistent gain in
seven of the ten townships, but the
gain in those values was just a lit -
tie over one per cent. With eight
townships reporting decreases in
their combined listings, the gains in
the other two barely'offset the losses
the tax supervisor stating that the
total county listings exclusive of cor
poration figures stood at $10,244,905
as compared w ith $10,233,108 for last
year The resulting gain of $11,797
w ill not affect the total levy by more
than $160 using the 1938 rate of $1.41
per $100 assessed property valuation
us a base.
Corporation listings, including
those of tiie Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company, Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company, will boost
the values to about $12,206,000. Last
year the corporations listed their
properties at $1,961,090, Commission
er of Revenue Maxwell advising the
courity auditor that no great change
in those values was to be expected
this year. The 1939 corporations have
not yet been certified ,and ordinarily
the State Tax Commission is any
where from one to three months late
in getting the, final listings certified
to the county.
The accompanying table, showing
county listings ?>njy, has some rath
er ragged spots Which a careful study
of the figures will show
In one township where heavy per
sonal property losses are shown,
sizeable increases in real values par
| tially offset those losses Jamesville
Township, one of the two districts
; | in the county to show a gain in its
combined listings, reported a loss in
1 its ri al listings but a gain m person
al property values. Williamstorr was
?j the only township to report a gain
1 j in both its personal and real proper
* ; ty values.
Last year, total property values
W ere four per cent greater than they
weii in 1937 That increase enabled
J the? commissioners to hold the same
7"! old rate, but if budget requirements
for tin- new year call for increased
~' applanations Hie auiliuniios will
have to turn to the rate sourrt- and
effect an increase there.
Killed hi County
An armadillo, small animal strange
t?> this section, was-killed near Has
?*rll in tin', county yi'stt'iday by Far-?
mer George Coltrain. Ordinarily con
fined to tropical countries, th?*,ani
mal with a shell-covered back and a
/, hit similar to the opossum, was
caught in a woodshed, a second one
escaping Mr. Coltrain first tried to
kill the animal with a pitchfork, but
( the teeth would not penetrate the
? i shell He succeeded in killing the
animal with an axe.
- | The animal, its presence in this
;; section unexplained, was placed on
display in Hamilton, and later
? brought here and put on display.
1 ~}
Ileavy Ruins Are Reported
1 Over (.aunty Wednesday
The backbone of the dry season
>! that has occasioned much talk about
the weather in recent weeks, was
broken last Wednesday when gener
ral rains fell throughout the section
and gave the month of June about
an average fall.
Up until Wednesday morning, just
a fraction over two and one-half
inches of rain had fallen at this point
but The precipitation Tor Wednesday
approached three inches, boosting
the total to 5.37 inches for the first
28 days in June.
Packing rams were reported in
| several sections, Farm Life farmers
stating that water ran across the
highway in several places. Some to
| bacco was blown down, but result
ing damage was negligible. Old to
bacco filled out by inches yesterday,
and late tobacco took on a new life.
Depending upon the weather, far
mers are expecting to return to their
fields this afternoon or tomorrow
over the county.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. Marvin Britton an
nounce the birth of a daughter at
their home on Simmon Avenue F
on Thursday, June 19.