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VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 81 ff illiamslon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tm'ttlay. Octoht-r 10, l'f.'tf. ESTABLISHED 1899
Respected Citizen
Dies Here Saturday
After Ixmg Illness
r
Funeral Service# Arc llclil for
Mrs. J. It. II. Knight
Ye?terdav
Mrs. J Burke Haywood Knight,
highly respected citizen and a prom
inent figure in the various phases of
local community life during the
greater part of half a century, died
at her home on East Main Street here
last Saturday morning. She had been
in declining health for a long num
ber of months, but her condition was
not considered critical until a few
clays ago when pneuihonia develop-1
ed. the end coming peaceably.
Mrs Knight was born in Rock- |
land. Maine, on April 9. 1863, the
daughter of the late Francis and Su
san Rich Bullock, a prominent fam
ily in that state's pioneer days
When she was only three years
old her family moved to Baltimore
where she studied in the leading
schools of that period and was grad
uated from the Baltimore School of I
Art. It was during those years that
she cultivated an able talent for the
arts and finer things of life, and dur
ing the remainder of her days she
found peace and solace in her work I
of art. Extensive travul. including |
trips to foreign lands and many in
teresting points in America, added
to her store of knowledge and build
ed an even keener appreciation for
the nobler ideals of life Her every
day living was marked by a beauti
ful simplicity, and no one ever held
a greater devotion for family and
friends than that held by her She
enjoyed youth and cherished the
company and friendship of little
children, for it was apparent she saw |
in them the finer qualities'of hope
and promise.
She met Dr. Knight while he was I
in February. 1890. they were mar
ried there. Soon thereafter they |
moved to the doctor's ancestral home
at Knightdale, near Raleigh After
a brief stay there they located in I
Williamston in February. 1892, and |
settled down to a useful life of acr
vice to this community and its pec
pie.
Some lime after coming to Wil
liamston she joined the local Metho
dist church, remaining an active and j
helpful member for more than forty ,
years, or until illness made it impos i
sible for her to attend services audi
participate in religious work
As librarian at the Enoch Pratt Li
brary in Baltimore, she recognized
more keenly the value of education
and she and her family held promi
nent parts in the creation of educa
tional opportunities for youth dur
ing a long period here.
She leaves three children, name
ly Burke Haywood Knight, of New
York City; Mrs W K Parker, of
Williamston, and Charles A. Knight,
of Wheeling, West Virginia, and four
grandchildren She also leaves one
brother. Mr Frederick F. Bullock, of
New York
Funeral services were conducted
from the late home yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock pastor. Rev.
S. A Maxwell, assisted by Rev. J. T
Stanford, Methodist minister, of Ro
per, and Rev. J W Hardy, of the lo
cal Episcopal church, and Rev James
11 Smith, pastor of the Williamston
Memorial Baptist church. Interment
was in the family plot in the local
cemetery.
Collins Players To
Be Here Thursday
The first in the series of presenta
tions by the Collins players will be
staged in 'five high school auditor
ium here Thursday evening of this
week.
Pietro Mordelia, heading the Mor
delia Musical Moiry-jVi. c<"*s w'ro ap
pear here on that date; has an inter
esting personal history that ac
counts in no small measure Tor his
ability to entertain and captivate ?
diencesr-- -
Coming from an olo Italian fam
ily, he absorbed music at an ea iy
age in his father's workshop, for ! is
father was an accordion-maker ?f
the old school and in fact mat e
first accordion ever built in 11 is
country. Naturally Pietro learned to
play as a child, toddled around with
a small accordion stropped t?? hi n
when other children were .still 1? :i.
ing their ABC's.
But when young Pietro was 16,
his father sent him back to the old
country to Genoa, to 1 arn to build
pipe-organs. A little of that was
enough, however, and back he came
to the United States, land < f his
choice, and he has never been lar
from a piano-accordion since.
Almost as interesting is the story
of his daughters, who will be with
him on this lour and who almost
match their talented father in ability
on the traditional family instrument.
The program is sponsored by the
local Junior Woman's club.
?
Return to Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. J. M, Tyner have re
turned to their home in Richmond
after a visit here with their daugh
ter, Mrs. S. V. Tallman and Mr. Tall
man. _ .
Farmer Organization
Is Needed More Than
Ever, Leaders Declare
PEANUT CROP
Peanut digging is fast bring
brought to a close in thr coun
ty this week, reports stating that
only a few farmers have the
task before them. In one or two
sections, farmers were late
planting thr crop and in those
rases digging operations are not
expected to get underway before
thr latter part of this or early
next week.
General reports maintain that
thr crop is of better quality than
was first expected, that thr
quantity will exceed the prelim
inary estimates, j>ut that the
production will fall under nor
mal yields.
Thr price situation looks fair
ly bright .and some farmers be
lieve it will exceed the stabiliz
ed figure.
Series Of Wrecks
Re|)orte(IInCoiintv
Over The Vieek-end
Five lYrsoith Art' Sliithtlv
lliirl mid ST.id Propcrls
Diiiuup- Done
I
Following a lull of nearly a month
in the weird business of wrecking
motor vehicles, injuring humans and
damaging property. Martin County
motorists unofficially declared the
-safety holiday ended last week-end
and started adding to a record that
even surpasses World War events.
Four crashes were reported during
the week-end period, resulting in
five injured and a property loss
roughly estimated at $753.50.
A review of the accident record in
this county to date shows that there
have been 47 wrecks, 42 injured, sev
en killed and a property damage of
nearly $10,000
Last Saturday night, John A Man
ning. driving I)r. A J Osteon's car.
crashed into a -stalled automobile on
the Hamilton Highway, near Allen's
filling station. The doctor suffered
cuts about the body and was pain
fully bruised in the chest. Manning
suffered a skinned place on his head
and small cuts on his elbows and
knees. Both of the victims are able
to be out. The stalled car, belonging
to LeRoy Purvis, colored man, had
run out of gas and two men were
pushing it down the road, one of
them obscuring the rear light from
the view of the driver of the Osteen
car. The lights of a third car blinded
the driver and he did not see it in
time to avoid an almost direct hit in
the rear. The two men pushing the
car jumped to safety. Damage to the
cars was estimated at $400
Charles Keel and Fred Clark were
slightly bruised when their car, an
old model Ford, crashed into the
guard railing on the fill leading to
"the ~nvrT~"bridgr Sunday afternoon.
Damage to their car was estimated
at $50 or about half the amount of
the worth of the car.
Catching his foot under an automo
bile wheel as he talked to the car oc
cupants, C. F Waddell, Faritiville
Woodward Lumber Company em
ployee, was thrown down in front of
liis home on West Main Street Sun
day afternoon and suffered a brok
en leg.
James Hodges bumped his car in
to that of A. S Bone on the Slaugh
ter house road, doing about $3.50
damage, and slightly injuring a per
son who was standing on the bump
er of the Bone car Sunday afternoon.
Earlier last week, a State highway
truck and one owned by Mr. C. M
Hurst crashed on the Robersonville
Stokes Highway and damaged the
cars to the extent of about $300.
Hitler Peace Offer
Weighed By Allies
A lull .surrounds warring activities
in Europe today as Britain and
France weigh a peace offer advanc
ed by Adolf Hitler. Doubt continues
to surround the war front as rela
tions between countries are strain
ed and no definite course is offered
by any one.
Hitler warned the Allies again to
day that if his peace plan is not ac
cepted, Germany will fight to a fin
ish in one way or another. France's
Daladier is offering a first reply to
Hitler's offer this afternoon. Britain's
offer has been delayed until Thurs
day.
During th* meantime the war tem
po is being accelerated on land and
sea, heavy firing being reported
along the Western Front and off the
coast of Norway.
The first test on the neutrality bill
is due this afternoon in the U. S.
Congress when a vote will be taken
to consider sending the measure back
to committee for alteration.
Bureau Federation
Makes Lar^e Gains
In County Reeently
Drive Add* More Tliun 100
Member* To Dute; 1,000
Goal in Sight
"There is a greater need for a
strong farm organization right now
than ever before," J. E. Winslow,
president of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation, told a small
group of Martin County farmers in
the Martin County agricultural
building here last night.
Coming together to report on their
membership drive, leaders of the
canvassing teams reported approxi
mately 400 members already signed
and optimistically claimed that a
goal of 1,000 members would be
reached before the campaign is end
ed. Captain Charlie Daniel, heading
the strong "Blue" organization, and
Captain Joe Winslow, heading an
equally strong and possibly a little
stronger organization called "Reds"
in the place of a better name, hesi
tated to show their real strength. It
is apparent that they are playing the
old war game of waiting for a real
show down when the right time
comes. They admitted, however, that
the combined efforts of the campaign
to date have netted about 400 mem
bers. And the boys are optimistic
over the outlook.
Looking ahead at the farm prob
lems that are to be expected not in
1940, but in 1941, 1942 and on, Mr
J; E. Winslow, president of the State
Farm Bureau, clearly stressed the
value of a strong organization. Me
reviewed the work of the organiza
tion and its accomplishments, citing
in particular the aid that has been
peanut market, and in bringing re
lief to the tobacco grower. "If it had
not been for the Farm Bureau and
its president, Ed O'Neal, the govern
ment could not have come to the aid
of tin' tobacco farmer when the mar
kets open tomorrow. Back yonder
when the Farm Bureau leadership
realized a record tobacco crop was
in the making, its leaders prepared
and had enacted into law within 30
days a bill allowing the Secretary of
Agriculture to call a tobacco refer
endum at any time prior to Decern
ber. If it had not been for the Farm
Bureau there would be no 119 mil
lion dollars for the Commodity Cred
it Corporation to use in taking over
the Imperial Tobacco Company's
place on the markets tomorrow," Mr.
Winslow said. ,
Looking at the program not from
(Continued on page four)
Cotton Referendum
To Be Held In The
South December 9th
Quota Synlem For (lotion Man
Been in Effect During
PhhI Two Yearn
Cotton farmers of North Carolina J
will join with others in the South
in voting on December 9 as to whe
ther marketing quotas similar to
those in effect for the last two sea -'
sons shall be applied to the 1940
crop, it was announced by E Y.
Floyd, AAA executive officer of
State College. j
"Most cotton farmers are thor
oughly familiar with marketing quo
tas," Floyd said, "as they have used
them for the last two years to avoid
adding to our already large cotton
supply and to protect the markets
of farmers who plant within their
acreage allotments. Without quotas,
producers who overplant might de
feat the efforts of those trying to
adjust the market supply to demand
and normal carry-over."
The national cotton quota pro
claimed by Secretary of Agricul
ture Wallace for 1940 is the same as
for 1939. This will make possible,
with normal yields, the marketing
within the quota of approximately
12 million bales during the year be
ginning August 1, 1940
Approval by two-thirds of the na
tion's eligible cotton growers who
vote in the December 9 referendum
is required to continue quotas in ef
fect for 1940. The 1939 quota was ap
1 proved by 84.1 per cent of the grow
ers voting.
Floyd pointed out that the conser
vation phases of the Agricultural
Conservation Program will continue
to operate regardless of the outcome
of the December 9th referendum.
"However, marketing quotas assure
growers participating in the AAA
farm program who plant within their
acreage allotments that their efforts
to adjust supplies will not be nulli
fied by non-cooperstors," he declar
ed.
Extend Rural Power
Lines Into Griffins
Township Recently
Williamson Di-lricl Serving
I ..'112 (iu?luuirr?oil S(>lt
Milrs of l.iiit'?
Launched back in 1936, the rural
electrification program has been
gradually but steadily advanced by
the Virginia Electric and Power com
pany until there are approximately
50 miles of rural power lines in this
county with well over 200 custom
ers enjoying the modern service.
At the present time the Williams
| ton district is maintaining a total of
368 miles of strictly rural lines and
serving a total of 1.312 customers
outside incorporated towns, the fig ;
ures not including those lines and I
customers located on lines connect-,'
! ing towns. Nor do these figures in
| elude the number of miles of line and. J
j of customers handled by the Federal |
! Rural Electrification Administration j
or by any individual systems
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company has invested possibly more
than $50,000 in advancing the rural
electrification program, and its con
tracts are proving highly satisfac
tory over the county. It has lines in
| eight of the ten tow nships of the
county.
Just recently the company energiz
ed approximately three additional
miles of line m Griffins Township,
adding nearly fifteen customers to
the system. The line hooks on at the
Pleny Peel home and circles around
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Grif
fin. near Smithwieks Creek, running
via the Claudius Hardison and Syl
vester Peel homes.
Some time ago Mr Sylvester Peel,
one of the county's finest citizens,
expressed the desire that In- could
live long enough to see a rural line
in his Community and lights in his
home. His wish fulfilled, Mr Peel is
all fixed for a number of years to
come to enjoy the modern conven
| iences offered by the rural power
| line.
The extension recently energized
is a part of one of the longest rural
j lines in the county Starting at Wil
' liamston, the line runs to the I alley
Brothers' community, thence to Farm
Life, thence to the home of Mr and
Mrs. Pleny Peel and <u> b> the Grif-j
fin home, near Smithwieks Creek,
distance of slightly more than 1
miles with nearly 1t)t) customers:
Finding how successfully the ri
ral electrification program is bein
advanced by the Virginia Electr
and Power Company, other run
communities are said to be constdei
nig contracts for the service.
4
Large Quantity Of
Tobacco And Two
Barns Arc Burned
MvhlrrimiN Firo Wiped Oul
I'loprrly oil tin- Tliigpi'll
Farm Saturday !\iglil
Fires of undetermined origin burn
ed the stables, a packharn and a |
large quantity of tobacco on the J. I
F. Thigpen farm just off East Church ,
Street here early last Saturday night,
resulting in a loss estimated in ex
cess of $4,000. The property was in
sured for approximately $3,000, Fire
Chief G. P. Hall said in his report
Believed to have been started by |
some firebug or by one of two hunt
ers who were chased from the Ting
pen farm a short time ago, the fire
started apparently about the same
time in two buildings separated by |
about thirty feet. A third building,
housing tools and other small farm
ing equipment and standing in close
range to both the other buildings, |
was saved.
Mrs. Aletha Gardner, who lives on |
Dinah's Hill just a short distance
from the barns .said when she first
saw the fires, one was breaking
through the top of the stables and
the other was burning rapidly with
in the packharn. By the time an I
alarm could be sounded both build |
ings were burning rapidly and mem
bers of the volunteer fire department I
and others centered their efforts on
preventing the fires from spreading |
to other buildings.
It was estimated that more than I
10,000 pounds of good quality tobac-1
co were destroyed at a loss of possi
bly $2,000. The barn with a rat-proof
corn crib was valued at $1,500 with]
only $500 insurance on it, and the
stables, valued at $750, wen- only
partially covered by insurance.
SMALL CROWDS
Comparatively small crowds
were present here this morning
(or the re-opening of the mar
kets, but there was a greater in
terest in the price trends than
was evident when the markets
first opened in August.
Realising that they can't pos
sibly get a sale before the lat
ter part of the week, many far
mers are centering their atten
tion on activities bark home.
Fair-sized crowds are espected
throughout the week, however.
Crowded conditions on the
streets and in the amusement
houses were partly relieved by
the schools where thousands of
ehiidraa are being held.
Tobacco Prices for the Second
Opening Are Not Up to Farmer's
Expectation; 13-Cent Average
J as. W hitelmrst Is
Seriously Shot On
East Main Street
Itiimlt'r Jiini'*, Colored. Ad
mils Shooting Saturday
INiglil After \rresl
James Whitelmrst, Bertie County
eolored man. was eritieully shot oil
F.'sl Main Street here last Saturday
night, officers arresting and formal
l> charging ttander Jones, colored.
With the .shouting a short time later,
shot in the lower abdomen. White
hurst lies critically ill in a Washing
ton hospital, his intestines punctur
ed in eleven places. Following ati
operation, doctors said yesterday that
very little hope was held for his re
covery
Jones lias had very little to say so
far ahout the shooting, hut reports
maintain that a woman figured 111
the rasi While it is possible Jones
will maintain lie shut in self defense
he has taken no steps to fight the
ease, a hearing having hecn delayed
pending the outcome of tho victim's
condition When questioned vester
day, Jones admitted the shooting
Jones, an employee of a local lum
ber mill, and Lewis Williams. Jr.
were on the river wharf road, near
the ll.ii l is filling station, talking
when White hurst approached them
and said 1o Jones. "I had rather you
talk about me than talk about lny
gnl. Williams told officers that
Whitelmrst called Jones to one side
that the two had liilked less than a
minute before the shot was fired.
Whitehurst slumped to the ground
and Jones ran tn Ins shanty hi thc
t'cur of the Saunders and Cox mill
yard and went to hod
Investigating the ease Sheriff C II
-"?"?'""?k ;""t Hopilly?Hill llindip
learned from Whitehurst that Jones
did the shooting (hung immediately
Jo the Junes home, the orrieers were
advised by Jones' wife that lie had
been home all evening Junes start
ed to get up as the sheriff entered
?he room, hut when the man learned
?lie Identity Of the officer he fell hack
and Started snoring The June* wo
man was held temporarily for an
investigation
Whitehurst, street corner banju
pieker, came here a short time ago
and was visiting relatives for sever
al weeks
Relief Costs Are
Reviewed in State
I)l INortli Carolina
Some Over Six Million* Are
Spent For Kelief l)iirin?r
I In* I>ji*| Y enr
By A. I.ArKANCt; A YIII.ETT
What is relief costing North Cam
I linn.' The question frequently pops
into the minds of county offic ials and
| private citizens in North Carolina
But relief as it used to he known is
vastly different, from the assistance
programs now m effect in continent
al United States and its insular pos
sessions m that the modern ideas of
aid represent an attempt to give an
assistance that will he permanent
and continuing rather than some
thing merely to relieve the suffering
of the moment.
Care of tin- poor that for centur
I ies past devolved entirely on the lo
cality itself with wasteful methods
, of parceling out the community's
| surplus resources iri varying amounts
to whoever might on occasion he
considered needy in the lack of any
I set standards of measurement of pov
erty, was relief
People would laugh today at the
thought of a North Carolina official
casting coins from his automobile as
it passed along the highways, #or at
a Superior court judge who threw
open the gates of his hack yard and
? invited any hungry people within
four blocks to a fish fry or barbecue
They wouldn't have tin- money.
Years ago taxes went to the crown
and were the king's personal propcr
ty, and it was the king who was the
government of the land Later poll
tical changes placed the country's
ruler in the position of a figurehead,
of a standard about which the loyal
ties of an empire could rally. Only in
the last few years has the social lag
begun to catch up with changing ec
onomic and political conditions.
Modern democratic concepts have
given the tax receipts to the govern
ment and have said that the govern
ment i* the people. So it is today that
it is the government that has the
money and not the official; and that
is why the government is beginning
to look after the unfortunate in a
three-fold program of national, state
and local interest and responsibility.
In this newer light, the question is
I Continued on page four)
RO\KI> MKhlS
Meeting in special session here
yesterday, the county board ol
education took no definite action
toward relieving crowded condi
tions on the bus serving the Par
mele colored school. Patrons
along the bus route will be ask
ed to help raise the purchase
price with the understanding
that the State will assume its
operation, the county to bear a
part of the purchase cost.
George A. Oglesby was ap
pointed committeeman for the
Oak City school district to sue
ceed T. B. Slade, resigned. In
vestigating a possibility of
changing a teacher from the lias
sell colored school to a plant in
Cross Koads, the board learned
that llassell patrons got busy and
boosted the attendance to stay
the transfer.
Willis S. McKeel
Dies At His Home
Here Karlv Sunday
I'liiicral Services Held in llir
IYnteco*tiil (lliurcli
A eHlertlav
Willis S McKe-e-l. retireil farmer
and merchant, died at his home here
on "North Haughtem Street early
Sunday morning following an illness I
?of two weeks' duration Suffering a (
stroke of paralysis nearly two years
ago, he had been in feeble health
since that time, but lie was able to |
be up until about two weeks ago.
Heart trouble developed and caused
his death.
The son of the late John and Sar
ah Cherry?McKeel,?ho wa> horn in
the Flat Swamp section of Pitt Conn
ty on July 31. IH7t), and spe-M-OnS*
early lite there on. a farm. When a
young man he married Miss Willie
Alice Clark, of near Kveretts, and
moved to this county. Most of his
I if*' was spent in and around Wil
liainston, but a few years ago he
moved to Virginia and entered the
mercantile business near Km porta
While there he was also engaged in
the timber business for a short tune
Kxperieneing ill health he returned
here to make his home
Following the death of his first
| wife in January, 15)33, he married
Mrs Bessie Spruill, of Bertie Coun
ty, and she survives him He also
leaves nine children, Virgil, (' B ,
J B , Jasper and Clare-jneb Mclyeel,
all of Whiteville, Mrs Bnhelt Mr
Claron, of Oak City; Clayton Mr
Keel, of .(.Jrcenville, Miss Ku/elia
McKeel, of Scotland Neck, and Wil '
lis McKeel, Jr., of Baltimore, and
one brother, Mr Bill McKeel, ol
Poplar Point, and three- sister Mi's
Kmily Ia-ggett, of Stokes; Mis Matil
da Hodges and Mrs Melissa Lit toy.
both of Beaufort County
Mr MctCeel joined the cliinrh at
Swamp Church in early youth, but
more rece ntly he attended tTic Pen I
tecostal Holiness church here-.
He- was an able farme r, and had i
many friends in this section
Funeral services we re- conducted !
in the- Pentecostal Holiness..-church, j
on North Haughton Street, ye-ste-r |
day afternoon at 4 30 o'clock by Bev. i
I). J Lilley, Holiness minister ed
Chocowinity. Interment was in the
family plot in the- local cemetery,
Mrs. (f. T. (lain
Dies In (loiinl\
Mrs. G T Cain, a native ?.f Ii?-rti<
County, died at her home at Ray's '
Camp on Gardner's Creek, this coun
ty, early yesterday morning, of c an j
cer. death bringing to an end a long
period of intense suffering llei af
fliction was borne without murmur,
and following her return from a Dur- |
ham hospital a few weeks ago she I
was resigned to her fate- and was
ready to pay the one great debt ev
eryone must pay
Miss Mary Elizabeth Ward before
her marriage, she was the daughter
of John I! and Hattic Rhodes Ward, |
of Bertie County During the past j
seven years the family had made its
home in this county, spending much
of that time handling the activities
at Ray's Camp. She was a member
of the Shiloh Baptist church in Ber
tie County and was held in high es
teem by oil who.know her. She was
a thoughtful neighbor and was ap
preciative of the friendship of oth
ers
She was the last member of her
immediate family. No children were
born to the union and only her hus
band survives her. After laying in
state in the Biggs Funeral Home here
last night, the body was removed to
the. Cain family cemetery near Pal
myra, Halifax County, following fun
eral services conducted at the funeral
home by Rev. J. W. Hardy, . local
Episcopal minister.
I ohtU'co Deliveries
Rwirli An Air-Time
J Record HereToda\
I pwarW | ,,.ll(| | X|M.(.|.
<?<1 An Soon \n KiinIi
ShIon \ri'Ovcr
for ,,,?nth. 11.,. tobacco
"""k''ls ?'?"I'cniil today With price
T*"'* /' "?^iiuaJMKh.-rlh^ ,t?.
1 using day hguiv mi September lit
Kilmers ore generally express.,,*
" cl i.r, ppr, inrmpin. t, n n her, were com
parativdy few. tags turned (hiring
the first selling period on the market
eie tins morning During the early
morning selling period, the price av
erage hovered slightly under thir
teen cents with the prices ranging
troin two to thirty cents
I he first sales, covering a lair
quality Of tobacco, averaged a frac
' 15 cents. The next row, cov
ering an inferior type of leaf and
hot on i two piles m the Imperial
grade,, averaged only Slit hi) per bun
died pounds tin tin next row the
price trend climbed to $105,, ;,nd
hovered right around that figure
during the remainder ol the first
hour of selling
II is apparent that prices are
slightly higher than they were on
Soplenihci It and 12 the last two
?oiling days before the holiday went
| into el feet However, it i. also aii
patent that the price average is Id
He it any higher than that recorded
oil Friday before the market, closed
oil Jh, following Tuesday
( heap tobacco is selimg cheaper
;|" " 'hd a few (lays before the
market closed, and the better grades
jar, barely holding their own. Com
patniive estimates indicate that
I ''rices are from four to
i e opening day qnolaliohs 01|
Augtisi 22 and from one and one
Hwtf-te-rwae-eoutwtM.ee the closing .
ua\ figure. September 12.
Very little of the better type tobac
jcos was included 111 the first sales
| this morning, and when those types
| ^ e' e reached a satisfactory average
, w.e, received by growers For in
I stance, I -i I ley and Modliil sold 29(1
pound . at 2,'t. 21th |jouuds at 25 27(1
pound.- at twenty two and one-half
?ltd ttH pounds at 25 for an average
of just about 21 cents Quite a few
soles ranking right along with this
I one were noticed, but Ibe buyers
I would thru strike a streak of infer
I on types and the average would
j tlllnhlr
| I In? goviwiiiir nt Commodity Crt'd
d Corp, a alion, operating through the
I Impel ml Company's set up. was
holding its prices well in line with
a goalailteed average of slightly
"'on 19 cents for Us pur
eli.ees Only a small portion of the
I al ly offerings could lie graded by
lb, company, however, and an up
void trend in prices was anticipated
as the sales progressed and better
type of tobacco were found.
Made ready f,,r the markets weeks
sal, tin morning was slightly dam
aged and that had a tendency to pull
down the price average |Jut despite
:nf" tuality leaf and damaged
lots. Ibe growers Were earnestly ex
pecting ail avi 1 age u, the neighbor
hood ol hfioci, cents There is rea
son to believe tbal the average will .
be leached and maintained despite
tin- 1 ??<?(.1 (1 -size crop.
Kchablc rrprrrl.s coming from oth
? r markets maintain that the cur
1 <ni price average is very tittle bet
'' I than it was nil closing day Sod
t en 1 hi 1 12
Walehouses an filled to otrcrrun
ntng here and throughout the belt
and markets are tightly blocked Just
when the block will be cleared is
pTTThh rnatical, some believing that
the congestion oM the local market
will he leheved. partially at least, by
the latter pyit t,f this week.
At noon today well oyer a million
pounds awaited the buyers here
I he six-hour .selling day went in
to effect today, an I as far as it could
?>?? learned no steps have been defi
nitely taken to alter the length of
the selling period or the selling
week
(?-ornpai ative reports reaching here
I shortly after the noon hour clearly
| indicated that tobacco prices paid on
the local market are absolutely in
line with those on other markets, that
J sales can be made as quickly and as
advantageously here as anywhere.
Elder I'it!man To Trench
It Smilhirirkg ('.reek Friday
Klder It II. Pittniun, of Luray, Va..
will preach at Smithwicks Creek
church Friday, October 13th, The
service will be held promptly at 11
o'clock and all members of the
cbtuch arc extended a cordial invi
tation to attend and bring their
friends.
Mrs. M J. Norton is in Watts hos
pital thia week W t