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VOLUME XIJII?NUMBER 70 fFiUiamrton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 30, I9W. ESTABLISHED 1899
Recalls Plans For
Flood Control On
The Roanoke River
Warren Believer Dike* Would
Prevent Occurence of
Floodt* in Future
Discussing the flood situation on
the Roanoke River, Representative
Lindsay Warren recalled this week
that several years ago, acting on a
resolution introduced by him, army
engineers 'made a comprehensive
survey of the Roanoke and Tar riv
ers with the view of flood control,
power development and navigation.
The report on the Tar river was un
favorable from the standpoint of
flood control while a recommenda
tion on the Roanoke river was post
poned In each instance elaborate
reports were filed. Blocked for the
time being on flood control, Mr.
Warren secured a navigation proj
ect for Tar river with a depth of 12
feet to Greenville and a navigation i
project for the Roanoke from its |
mouth to Palmyra. The Tar river |
project has been completed and
contract has already been let on the
Roanoke which will extend naviga
tion to Palmyra from Hamilton, and
a bend between those points will be
eliminated.
Mr. Warren stated that while the
Congress had been stopped from
passing any flood control measures
at this session, he thought that the
previous flood control report on
Roanoke River should be again re
viewed by the army engineers with
the view of getting a favorable re
port so that the project might be in
cluded in some future flood control
bill. He emphasized that even if
this was successful it would require
several years, but stated that he be
lieved that a system of dikes and
spillways on the Roanoke Would pre
vent the occurence of another such
disaster
Oak City Schools
Set For Opening
The Oak City High School will
open Thursday, September 5th. Gen
eral announcements, talks from lo
cal committed and patrons and or
ganization of classes will comprise
the greater part of the day
H* members of the faculty will
be: Primary, Mrs N. W Johnson, of
Oak City; Miss Myrtle Price, of
Wadesboro; Mias Mary Gorham. of
Rocky Mount; Miss Louise Minton,
of Lewiston.
Grammar grades: Miss Mary Ev
erett, of Robersonville, Miss Hazel
Lawrence, of Gates, Miss Mattie
Lyon, of Oxford
High school: Mrs. Evelyn Jones,
of Rocky Mount; Miss Lucy Pat
Meads, of Weeksville; Miss Athlea
Boone, of Louisburg; Miss Reba Mc
Lamb, of Roseboro; Mrs. Grace C.
Lupton, of Belhaven; Mr. H. J Mc
Cracken, of Clyde; Mr. A. M. Ben
ton, of Chadbourn, and Principal H.
M Ainsley
The tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grades are requested to register on
Wednesday morning from nine to
twelve o'clock. Eighth and ninth
grades will register Thursday morn
ing at nine o'clock. The general
opening will be held in the auditor
ium at 11 o'clock.
The WPA workers have canned
about 1100 quarts of vegetables from
the three acre school garden spon
sored by H. M Ainsley and the com
munity. There will possibly be about
fifty quarts more from the late veg
etables. Fifteen hundred quarts
could easily have been canned but
for the heavy rains that ruined all
the late beans, peas, and tomatoes.
The school is expecting to open a
cafeteria in the school lunch room
offering noon lunch to all pupils and
teachers at a minimum price. All
undernourished and pupils from
WPA homes will be given free
lunch
Maintain Complete
Bus Service Here
Contrary to circulated and pub
lished reports, a complete passenger
bus service is still being maintained
by the operating companies here.
Agent Banks stated this morning
that regular schedules are in effect
and will be maintained It was stated
that service between Williamston
and Norfolk would be discontinued
possibly for six months. Out-going
busses are operating on schedule, but
busses from Norfolk arc delayed
about 25 minutes by a detour.
The bus companies appealed to
the Utilities Commission this week
for the privilege to increase its fares
to Windsor after it was found that
passengers to Roper and other points
were buying 25-cent tickets to Wind
sor when the passengers planned to
stop at Roper or some other point.
A shuttle service is being main
tained from Eden ton to Windsor, Mr.
Banks pointing out that the service
has not been impaired.
Commiuioner* Purging
Jury l.int In The County
Getting started a bit late, the Mar
tin County commissioners are purg
ing the superior court jury box for
the next two years. Only a few
townships have been reviewed for
possible jurors, but the list will pos
sibly be ready for the November
term drawing.
Records Show That '77 Flood
Reached A Crest Of 18.4 Feet
A search of old records, including
the diary of the late Elder C B Has
sell. indicates that the centennial or
1877 flood reached a crest of about
18 4 feet, or about two feet under the
high mark recorded at this point on
Thursday, August 22.
The late Mr Hassell in his diary
entry of November 29, 1877. said:
"Great freshet in the Roanoke Riv
er. The water was in the road per
haps forty yards above the first
cross street (Thelma) and was about
two and one-half feet higher than
ever before within the recollection
of the oldest inhabitant. It was with
in six inches of the upper door fac
ing of the warehouse door near the
wharf and next to the river and was
stili rising."
After reaching a point 120 feet
west of the first street (Thelnia), the
water last week continued its course
186 more feet toward the fourth
block from the town's business dis
trict.
On November 30, nearly 63 years 1
ago, the late renowned minister re
corded the following entry in his
diary:
"Great distress prevailed all along
the lowgrounds of the Roanoke and
much property was destroyed. Cat
tle, hogs, sheep, corn, cotton, peas,
fodder, etc., was lost in great abun
dance. River was still rising. It was
in the road towards the hill about
half way from first street to Mrs.
Bunch's. Church Hardison and
George L. Whitley put a board to
a cypress above the wharf to show
the height of the water which was
about three feet higher than ever
known before. Weather freezing this
day "
The Bunch home is probably what
is known as the old Joe Gorham
house, corner Main and Henderson
Streets, or four blocks east from the
City Hall. The water last week was
in front of the Gorham home.
No session of the court will be
held next Monday. Judge Peel an
nouncing that Labor Day will be ob
served as a holiday by the tribunal
Speeding Up Work On
Roanoke River Road
COMMISSIONERS
Meeting in their regular
monthly session here next Mon
day, the Martin County Commis
sioners are expected to discuss a
schedule for advertising proper
ties to rdelinquent taxes. Last
year the board ordered the ad
vertising to appear the first week
in November for sale on the first
Monday in December. It is pos
sible that the schedule will be
stepped up a month thLs year
with the first advertisement to
appear in early October.
Very little business is on the
calendar for discussion at the
next Monday meeting, the ex-of
ficio clerk. J. Sam Getsinger, said
today.
Short Session Of
Recorder's Court
Held Last Monday
Summer Slump Finally Felt
In Crime Activities in
Martin Comity
After holding up week after week
during the past several months bus- ,
iness in the Martin County Record
er's Court underwent a big summer
slump last Monday when only two
new cases were placed on the docket I
for trial. One of those was nol press
ed and the other one was continued
under prayer for judgment
The session was one of the short- |
est held in several months, lasting
hardly more than half an hour. One
of the smallest crowds to attend the
court this summer was present for
the proceedings. Most of those pres
ent were implicated in the cases or
were called in as witnesses. Even the
county bar was poorly represented.
Those spectators attending out of
idle curiosity were apparently dis
appointed when the court convened
and then adjourned hardly before it
got down to business
Proceedings:
The case charging Julian Fagan
with trespass and larceny, was con
tinued until next Monday A con
tinuance was granted by Judge H.
O. Peel in the court last week
The case charging Homer Clem
ents with an assault on a female was
not prosied.
(Continued on page tlx)
Open Season For
Flim-Flam Game
In Tobacco Area
TtluAo marketing time in
eastern Carolina is open season
for flim-flammers. To curb the
practice of relieving tobacco far
mers anywhere from $50,000 to
$75,000, tobacco town officers
met In Wilson this week to map
plans against the racket. The
State Bureau of Investigation
will be active in checking the
illegal game as far as possible,
but it is up to the farmers to
stop the racket altogether.
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck today is
warning all Martha farmers to
beware of the old pocket book
game, to guard their hard-earn
ed casta against the rbobery ar
tists. The flim-flammers pick out
their victim, drop a pocket book
which aa accomplice picks up.
and then he preys on the inno
cent by a unique method of long
Several Martin County farm
ers have lost a total of more
than $ I .SSO during the past sev
eral years, and unless ethers are
careful they will fall victim to
Proj ect Is Delayed
By Uncertain Plans
First Several Days
J
No PoH^ihle I)aUk for Opening
Causeway Yet Mentioned
By Roa<M)ffiriu1x
After piddling around the greater
part of a week, highway forces start
ed speeding up repair work on the
Roanoke River causeway here to
day, offering some hope for the res
toration of traffic after a fashion
within a reasonable time. Just when
the route will be opened, engineers
refuse to say, but it is earnestly
hoped that a rush program will re
store traffic within a month, if not
before
Not certain of plans for even
temporary repairs, highway work
men have been handicapped in their
work up until today. Primitive meth
ods were followed in advancing 'he
repair program, and little progress
was being made by the convicts in
breaking up concrete slabs with
sledge hammers It was beginning
to appear that Jhe air hammer, wa
ter pump and steam shovel had nev
er been invented as far as the* North
Carolina State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission and the Roan
oke River fill were concerned.
Employing what have been de
scribed as primitive methods, the
North Carolina State Highway and
Public Works Commission had up un
til today made precious little
progress in repairing the causeway
across the Roanoke River low
grounds And unless activities are
speeded up and other plans of action
are undertaken the task, and it is a
huge one, will hardly be completed
in six or eight months.
The crude methods employed by
the commission authorities and the
results obtained during the greater
part of a whole week are bitterly
disappointing to thousands of peo
j pie whose economic welfare is di
rectly or indirectly tied up with the
[ flow of traffic over the four-mile
causeway. "It is really disgusting to
(Continued on page six)
Universal Draft Is
Now Before House
Passed by the Senate last Wednes
day night, the conscription bill or
universal draft is now before the
National House of Representatives
for consideration, reports indicating
its passage within a comparatively
short time. During the meantime,
plans are virtually complete for
handling the draft. The bill as pass
ed by the Senate, will call those men
between the ages of 21-31. An effort
is being made in the House to in
crease the age limit to 45
While this Nation is building its
defense and making plans to in
crease its manpower .in service, the
war in Europe goes on with each side
picking at the other. Following in
tensive air raids on both London and
Berlin earlier this week, a lull came
in the air attacks. Today, however,
Germany sent 300 planes into Eng
land but they were turned back be
fore they reached the heart of Lon
don, the invaders losing 19 of their
planes. The Italians claim to have
bombed an important port in Egypt.
Rumania has surrendered a large
portion of Transylvania to Hungary,*
the concession being advised by
Germany if Rumania was to receive
aid against a possible attack by Rus
sia. The Bear is carrying on man
euvers along the border, and the Bal
kan Powder Keg might explode, after
all.
Wendell Willkie, Republican pres
idential candidate, today was accus
ed o| making political capital out at
the sonscription bill to add color to
the aasnpaign front in this country
Preparations Go
Forward For The
New School Term
Principal D. N. Hix List* the
Name* of Twenty-Five
Faculty Members
By D. N. HIX
Preparations are being made for
the opening of the Wililamston
schools On September 5th. ATT fac
ulty members except the teacher of
industrial arts have been secured by
the local board and an appointment
to this department is expected this
week. Twenty-five teachers will com
prise the faculty of the Williams
ton schools for the 1940-41 term
which is the same number allotted
by the State last year.
Miss Madge Glazener, recently ap
pointed home economics teacher, as
sumed her duties in the local high
school recently and is now prepar
ing her department for the new term.
Miss Glazener is a graduate of Mer
edith College and succeeds Miss
Irene Mizelle, head of the depart
ment for the past two years
Faculty members with grades and
subjects taught are as follows:
First grade: Clarine Duke, of Jack
son, Rebecca Ellen Knight, of Rocky
Mount, and Grace Talton, of Clay
ton.
Second grade: Mary Benson, of
Benson, and Estelle Crawford, of
Williamston.
Third grade: Mrs Lela Barnhill
Bunting and Ruth Manning, of Wil
liamston
Fourth grade: Katherine Bradley,
of Whitakers and Dorcas Knowles,
of Hertford.
Fifth grade: Frances Fowler, of
Hertford and Kathleen Strickland,
of Nashville
Sixth grade: Mrs. Mildred Talley
Crawford, of Williamston. and M
B. Dunn, of Kannapolis.
Seventh grade: Mrs. C B Hassell,
of Williamston. and Mary Whitley,
of Murfreesboro.
Public school museic Kathryn
Mewborn, of Tarboro.
High School
James Robert Barrett, of Elizabeth
City, social science.
Mrs. Lillian Aldridge Edwards, of
La Grange, English.
Mrs. Nancy Glover Dunn, of Kan
napolis, French and English.
Harvey H. Yates, of Apex, math
ematics.
S. R. Edwards, of La Grange, nat
ural science.
Betty Mayo Everett, of Palmyra,
commercial subjects.
Madge Glazener, of Henderson
ville, home economics.
David N Hix, economics and so
ciology
Registration
The registration of high school
students will get underway next
Monday in accordance with the fol
lowing schedule:
(Continued on page six)
Bethel Man Held
In Greenville On
A Serious Charge
Johnnie Whiti-hurst Denied
Bond for Atlark On Mar
tin County Girl
Johnnie Whitehurst, young white
man, of Bethel Township, is being
held in the Pitt County jail without
privilege of bond oh a charge of hav
ing criminally assaulted Geraldine
Coburn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Coburn.
The Coburns live in Martin Coun
ty between Robersonville and Beth
el. The assault is alleged to have
taken place in Pitt County about
midnight Sunday. The girl is 16
years old and Whitehurst is said to
he_?L
Whitehurst was arrested Monday
by Chief of Police S. H. Martin, of
Bethel, on a warrant issued by J. H.
Coburn, father of the girl.
The grand jury now in session in
Greenville returned a true bill
against Whitehurst in a hearing on
Tuesday morning. However, the case
was continued until the October
term of court.
Few details of the alleged crime
have been made public, but the case
has attracted much attention in sec
tions of this and Pitt County. Sev
eral Martin County citizens were in
Greenville his week to act in behalf
of the young victim, it was said.
Attorneys Paul D. Roberson, of
Robersonville, and Dick Bundy, of
Greenville, have been employed to
aid the prosecution, and Attorneys
Blount and Taft are representing the
defendant.
INFORMATION
A filling station operator in
a near-by town was quoted yes
terday an saying ho would be
glad when trmfflo was restored
to a normal schedule Hundreds
of tourists were said to hare
|mm alofglnr at ihm man'* wta
tiou daily, "and all they want Is
the operator
1 hod to put on an ex
it to answer quastk
wer questions,
and I am getting tired of giv
ing nothing but Information."
he l ~
Williamston Tobacco Market Is
Ready For Auspicious Opening
Tuesday Morning At 9 o'CIock
Roanoke River Fill
Modernization Plan
Will Cost
Tlirw-l-uiii' Boulevard U Now
toiuiilcreil By
Joint Agencies
?
Hardly before repair work was
started, plans for modernizing the |
Roanoke River causeway at this
point are being formulated by high
way authorities. The modernization
plans, according to unofficial reports
. reaching here, arc being advanced
iin cooperation with the Federal
Bureau of Roads and possibly in con
junction with War Department plans.
W Vance Baise. chief engineer
for the North Carolina State High
way and Public Works Commission,
estimated yesterday that the mod
ernization program along with re
pairs now underway will cost ap
proximately half million dollars or
almost as much as the initial projett
cost when it was built nearly twen
ty years ago.
Plans for the future causeway are
only in a preliminary stage at this
time, and while details are not to be
had. it is generally understood that
a three-lane highway will be thrown
across the four-mile swamp
Just now the comnrt*aion is striv
ing to restore traffic "Vi a tempor
ary basis, one report stating that the
commission, working in cooperation
with the federal road agency, is con
sidering placing a dredge in the
swamp and widening and building
up the fill with swamp clay The
condition of the dam today, after
the high waters have receded, proves
that Bertie sand is not suitable for
that type of construction.
It iias been intimated that the
route would be closed for six months
or more. Direct reports from the
wrecked dam state that traffic should
be restored over the route within
three or four weeks.
Four bridge forces were assigned
to the repuir task yesterday and an
other force is expected shortly, ac
cording to information receivt <1 here]
this morning. Headed by Captains
H. L. Snell, of Belhaven; H M Hol
bert, of Greenville; Lee Travis, of
Ahoskie. and J S. Pope, of Halifax,
the bridge forces today are starting
the construction of temporary one
way bridges over eight gaps m the
road. "We hope to be able to drive
a truck to Conine bridge by Satur
day night of next week," Captain
Snell, veteran bndgeman and prac
tical engineer, said this morning
Neither Mr. Snell nor Mr. Ilolbert
would suggest a date for the reopen
ing of the causeway, but It was their
belief that all types of traffic ex
cept possibly heavy freight trucks,
could be handled over the temporary
structures without very much incon
venience.
This morning repair work was be
ing advanced as rapidly as possible
umlei tfrr ru'cuiiislamUffl NTT turn
table was on the fill, and the heavy
trucks were turned around with dif
ficulty on the narrow fill. Highway
forces were still using sledge ham
mers to break up the big slabs of
concrete, but one report declared that
dynamite had been ordered and that
it was possible an air gun would be
brought into play some time Very
little progress is being made in
jacking up and underpinning the
heavy slabs of concrete.
<t> ?
School Principals
Will Meet Monday
Final arrangements for opening the
1940-41 school term here will he con
sidered by the various principals at
a meeting to be held in the office of
the superintendent of schools here
next Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock.
A report from the courthouse to
day stated that plans for opening the
school next Thursday are virtually
complete. Drivers have been assign
ed to the 34 busSes, the superintend
ent explaining that very few changes
had been made in the bus routes and
schedules, that those few changes
were effected to coincide with the
location of new drivers.
The following principals are ex
pected here for the meeting: J. T. Uz
zle, Jamesville; R. P. Martin, James
vilie; T. O. Hickman, Bear Grass;
David N. Hix, Williamston; J. Q
Patrick, Everetts; L. W Anderson,
Robersonville; George Haislip, Has
seli; H. M. Ainsley, Oak City and B.
B. Castellow. Hamilton.
Swimminn Pool (.lotet
Seanon Hern Tomorrow
The local municipal swimming
pool will close for the season tomor
row, the management pointing out
that the decreasing patronage would
hardly justify holding the water ba
sin open any longer.
The pool has been operated at a
lots during moat of the summer, cold
weather limiting patronage to an
unusually low figure.
I .ONE DONATION
Receding waters have left
crops on a fairly large number
of farms ruined, the owners and
tenants having lost a year's
work and are now facing the
winter with few or no provisions
and little capital.
No organized drive has been
advanced by the Red Cross to
finance the rehabilitation work,
but sensing the bad plight of the
flood victims, members of the
Smithwicks Creek Primitive
Baptist Church this week ad
vanced a $4 cash donation to lo
cal Red Cross authorities. Others
have volunteered their services
and made available equipment,
but cash donations have been
limited to the one made by the
church.
Dr. John \\ illianis
Discusses Malaria
Causes And (lures
Advising KIimmI Victim-. '!'??
Take Precaution Against
Typhoid Fever
Having chills and fever every day J
or every other day is generally ma- i
laria. It is not caused by drinking wa
ter, low damp land or inhaling odors j
caused by flood waters Malaria is
caused by afi infected mosquito bit I
ing a human being and injecting the I
parasite. There are several ways to j
prevent the disease: fifst. eradicate j
all mosquitoes by drainage or oiling j
all standing water. Second, screen
all houses so that mosquitoes cannot
get in at their feeding time (night)
Third, take quinine over a period of
time long enough to get all the para
sites out of the blood so that no mat
ter how many mosquitoes bite there
will be no parasites for her to get to
transmit to others. The first method
mentioned is too costly for Martin
County. The second method is not too
costly but even if every home was,
adequately serened some people
wil lnot live behind them during all
the feeding period. The third meth
od is our best dependence. Ten grains
of quinine every eight hours for a
period of thro edays and then 10 j
grains every night for a period of 10 ]
days fs the standard malaria treat
ment recommended by the National 1
Malaria Committee. The best and |
cheapest method is to buy the quin
ine by the ounce. Use a double
naught capsule,- both ends packed.
This capsule can be used as a meas
urer or trrTcrkT internally. The adult
dos eof 10 grains is for all over 12
years of age A haby can take two
grains. A cheap way to get this dose
is to fill your capsule, empty in a
plate, divide in 10 equal parts and
you have 10 one-grain powders. If
you want to give huby 2 grains, give
two of Inese parts It you Wish to give
a six-year-old child five grains, give
five of these parts You t an mix it
i nchocolate syrup you make or any
kind of syrup or you can give it in
black coffee. The object 1s to get it
in the stomach.
Atabrine, if taken, should be at a]
physician's directions, but we be
lieve quinine is reliable, safer and |
we know from long experience
mass administrations it is the drug
of choice. There is no need to blame
a county health department or a
flood for the prevalence of malaria
in a community. If a county is not
financially able to drain or oil all
standing?water or thr citizens not
able to adequately screen and live
(Continued on page six)
Increase Tobacco
Quota 10 Percent
For ISexl Season
An Increase of ten per cent in
the 1941 tobacco quotas was
promised growers in the flue
cured areas by Secretary of Agri
culture Henry A. Wallace this
week. The action, advancing the
poundage from 556,000,000 to
61X.000.000 pounds, was taken
after a study of the control vote
and when It waa learned that
there was an apparent reduc
tion in the first production esti
mates for 1940.
The production ot all types of
tobacco combined is estimated
at 1,262.0X7.000 pounds or about
2 per cent legs than the July 1
forecast. A crop of this slxe
would be the smallest since the
drought year 1936 and would be
a decrease of about 32 per cent
from lid year's reeord high crop
of 1.X4X,654,000 pounds.
The crop in this State is now
estimated at 641.940.000 pounds
compared with tna.C4S.0M
pounds On July 1. Last year 1,
159424,000 pounds of flue cured
~ xeco waa produced.
lobar
First Deliveries
\re On Warehouse
Floor Here Today
I'rire Outlook K neon rafting;
Wareliou-Ms Open Door*
Ye?lep?lav'
1 :
A quickened pace marked the ac
tivities on the local warehouse front
today as final arrangements were
announced complete for an aus
picious opening of the WilUamston
Tobacco Market next Tuesday morn
ing at *1 o'clock After a long peHnH
of gloomy idleness, the warehouses,
their floors freshly swept and bright
white streaks running from one end
to the other row after row , are real
ly mviting, and farmers anxious to
grasp their first reward for their tir
ing labors during long months were
on the market today making plans
for early deliveries
Warehousemen today anticipated
a successful opening next Tuesday.
The first deliveries of the new sea
son are now 0T1 the floors here ready
for sale. Additional offerings will
start moving later today, and an In
crease will follow tomorrow Mon
day will be the big delivery day, the
warehousemen stating that while
they were not expecting a record
poundage they were certain of an
all-day sale
A "break" of only fair quality is
expected, the tobacconists stating
that sand lugs were damaged by the
dry weather. The quality will hard
ly b?' as poor as some thought it
would Ije earlier in the production
period.
There is a fairly optimistic torn*
m the market outlook. No fancy
prices are anticipated, but the far
mers and others connected with the
market are looking forward to an
average of at least 20 cents. Late re
ports from Georgia are not very en
courging. but this belt is expected
to slum a slight incrcase in general
averages. According to unofficial
reports, Georgia will hardly aver
age 15 cents, the price trend under
going a marked decrease as the_in
feriojr tobaccos were offered during
recent days.
The harvesting and marketing sea
sons arc overlapping a few days in
this section. Quite a few farmers are
still curing the leaf, and a few will
hardly complete the harvesting work
before the early part of next week
As a general rule, marketing activi
ties arc not rushed when harvesting
is delayed? ?
While no record poundage is ex
pected itr the firai sales next Tues
day, the usual crowds are expected.
Farmers will romr hero by "the
thousands to gather first-hand in
formation as to price trends.
Tobacco buyers, including several
new ones, are moving in today. Ware
house assistants are reporting for
duty and the entire marketing or
ganization is making ready for real
work next Tuesday.
Wilhamston and its warehousemen
are extending a cordial invitation to
everyone to visit here that day.
r ire Destroys Bi?;
Barn And (Contents
Started by a bolt (if lightning, fire
destroyed the large pack barn and
all the contents on the Keith farm,
three miles north of here on the
Hamilton Road early last Tuesday
evening. No accurate account of the
loss has bron advanced by the own
ers, Messrs. 11. T. Roberson nd Peel,
but it is understood that around 13.
000 sticks of tobacco, large stores of
feed and a number of farm imple
ments were destroyed. The loss, it
is believed will exceed $6,000 with
about only $4,200 insurance in force.
The local volunteer fire company
was called there and members of the
company with the aid of neighbors
kept the fire from spreading to an
other building hardly twenty feet
away.
Farmer Roberson stated that the
curings from eighteen acres of to
bacco with the exception of the
tips that were still in the curing
barns, were burned.
Bed Cross Lunch
Room Closes Today
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The Red Cross lunch room oper
ated in the colored school building
during the past ten days, was closed
this morning when most of the
flood victims were able to return to
their homes in the eastern section of
the town.
As many us 100 persons were fed
by the relief agency during the time
that flood wuters held them out ?(
their homes.
The houses and huts were clean
ed by the combined efforts of the
Works Progress Administration, the
police, fire, end health departments.
The task of cleaning the approxi
mately 80 homes was completed to
day.