Farmers Of County Were Shipbuilders \t Edwards Ferry Joint L. Ward anil Abram I'eel W nrkril on Itam \i)d Another Itoal * ()v ri ('('filing w hat many declar ? ct wen insurmountable obstacles the Confederacy started a ship >ard at Edwards Ferry on the up per Roanoke in Halifax County during the Civil War. Farm labor was ready to answer the call, re ports stating that there were few experienced in shipbuilding, and that the construction of the old ram Albemarle proved a big problem to those farmers who! had seen very little iron other than that going around a cart wheel or forming the point of a! ? rudt plow The late John Lanier Ward, fa ther of Mrs Virginia Perry who recently recalled many interest ing events of the war days, and Ahram Peel, a neighbor, went from tins county to the cornfield shipyard. A seven-day work schedule was maintained and holidays were not considered by the inexperienced shipbuilders as they rushed work on the old "Al bernai l? and another boat, the name of winch Mrs Perry said she could not recall Once rarh week, my mother would prepare clean clothes and gather food for those working on the boats." Mrs perry said. "Once in a w hile v\ ? would carry lJLnur s.clvcs. but as a. ge^u>rtlTrule we sent tin clotli^s^and food to Mr Joe Pee l. Nw ho a<'led a receiving agent in the county and. who had it carried to tlu- m? o Mrs- Pony added After a stay of about a year in PROMINENT IN BUSINESS FIELD The bu.sine.vt growth of W'illiamston and community is closely associated with the efforts of Messrs. G. H. Harrison, left; Claude B. Clark, Sr., center, and B. S. Courtney, right. Williamston was only a small town when these men, years ago, chose to cast their lots here. It is largely through their efforts that the town has developed into a progressive community center where marketing and trading advantages equal those to be found anywhere while friendliness and human interest still abound in unlimited measure. (IIII DKFN KILLED More children were killed by automobiles last year than were killed by scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles and whooping cough com bined I the shipbuilding cornfield, the two Martin County men started home, the work having been about completed as the war was drawing to a gradual close They started down oii-une.of the boats they had helped build, but got off at Hamilton. Mrs Perry states she was told that the boat was burned before it ever got out of Roanoke River by the Confeder ate to keep it from falling into the hands of the Yankees. ENCOURAGING It was encouraging to Mar tin County Tobacco growers when they learned early in August that the Imperial To casso Company would have its organization back on the markets this season. While the government had pledged the farmers relief, it was not def initely known what arrange ments would be effected for holding up prices. Details of the arrangements are not known, but it is understood that the government is oper ating on the markets about as it did a year ago after the Imperial Company went off the market and ceased its purchases for direct export trade. Maple Sugar Used To Blend Tobacco A large American tobacco com pany is again buying 5,000,000 pounds of Canadian maple sugar to be blended with other flavor ing and tobacco in the production of cigarettes. The greater part of the maple production is centered in Quebec; a large portion of this is exported to the United States, most of it going into tobacco. Demand for Canadian maple sugar developed a few yea is ago when large shipments failed to pass the rigid requirements of American food inspection laws. Lint Insulation Material Is New Field For Cotton Product Is Superior To Types of Insulation Noh Beinir Used V Taylor. Texas*? Pointing to greatly expanded use of cotton in the building and construction in dustries. commercial production of a new cotton insulation ma terial has been inaugurated by a firm in this Texas community. Tests and studies of the mater ial conducted during the past year by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and other authori ties have given convincing proof that the cotton insulation is thoroughly practical. The National Cotton Council reports that the division of mar keting of the Department of Agri culture has announced an allot ment to the Texas firm for the production of 2,500,000 pounds of the material and to a North Caro lina manufacturer for production of 500,000 pounds. Payments of 6 cents a pound of insulation sold, including fire-resistant impreg nation, will be madp the manu facturers. Chemically treated, the cotton insulation is flame proof. The treatment neutralizes all foreign matter in the cotton which might attract vermin. Actual insulation tests show that the cotton product keeps a house one and a half de grees cooler than the much heav ier mineral type insulation gen erally used and ten and a half degrees cooler than an uninsu lated house. ? ~ . ? ? Low cost and light weight are given as other factors definitely in favor of cotton insulation. Furniture For Every Need and Purpose at Prices to Suit Your Purse , . \\