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 , .
\\ <? can outfit any home or office, howeyer humble or fine it may
be. Kyen our furniture in the lower price brackets, is made from
the fine-l material- ami ninter tlie.super\i.-ion of experts.
Farmer-, when selling tobacco, make our store your heathpiurters.
^ on are always welcome ami you'll find our store completely
stocked with dining room suites, bedroom suites, living room suites
and hundreds of odd pieces. Vi e also stock stoves of every kind
ami description. N isil us when you are in town.
Sell Y our Tobacco in the Best
Small Town in NorthCarolina
WOOLARD
Furniture Co. Williamston