T’HF UAHOMISfJUt ENDING SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 195$ 10 Durham Tobacco Mkt. Opens With Bang DURHAM The place where 1 iti* tobacco jot its start, really started leaf sales with a bang Mon day The opening was declared the bast is history. More than a mil lioos pounds were sold, for an ave rage S6O $4 peer hundred. Car! Hackney, local farmer, told the Carolinin* that he car ried whst he thought was # fair grade consisting of tips and *ecord<. and received over $1,400 00 for ft He was well pleased said felt that all the others were happy over what their load® brought Bales Supervisor Bob Rankin, who said This was unquestion ably Durham's best opening day”, reported also that the crowd of sellers and spectators ”vas the largest ever see" on the market.” Quality of offerings was below that of last year's opening, but a strong demand for all types of to -3 Additions To Faculty At NC College DURHAM Dr. Erma White Bragg, former registrar and direct or of admissions at Meharry Medi cal College, is among three new appointees to the North Carolina College faculty for the coming school year. She will be an 3ssoodate profess or of psycholgv A native of Nash ville. she received her Ph D de gree from the University of Chica go- Other new appointments an snour.ced today were Herman C Hudson, currently of Rico Piedras Puerto Rico, astis+ant professor of Spanish and Terry H Wells of Chicago as instructor in dramatics Hudson. Birmingham. A.la., na tive earned bachelor’s and mas ter s degrees =? the University of Michigan where he has completed requirements for the Phi) in Spanish and Comparative Liters ture He comes to NCC from the American Language School in Puerto Rico Wells has his B ? degree from j the University of Illinois in j Speech and his master's degree, in Theatre from the University of j Illinois He has done advanced study at Michigan State University where he was formerly a staff member He comes, to NCC from ■ the University of Miami Cora l i Gables Fla. Dr Bragg received BA. and M- A. degrees from Fisk University Her teaching experience includes i work at West Virginia State Col- I lege Langston University, Texas Southern University and Fisk In addition to his recent expert- ■ ernes m Puerto Rico Hudson taught a* Florida A and M Uni- < versify and a* the University of > Michigan i (Dual Filter Tarsyten) ' Hit Fill Blife " r^rrnli *ii lltlWfc) - Mie * !i "—i r Tt 111 baceo pulled the average up to the $60.34 record. Lugs and primings made up the bulk of the sale, with some leaf grades and tips showing up The strong demand was illu strated by the fact that the Stabilisation Corp took only ?.S per cent of the offerings, compared with 3.1 per cent on opening day last year. Rankin said he received no re ports of tobacco treated with MH -30. a sucker control chemical which many marketing experts have said should be banned because of its harmful effects on the leaf Sales were snappy and brisk as' Durham's three sets of buyers moved down the rows of leaf at a race that at times amounted to a trot The first 14.475 pounds of tobac co sold at one warehouse averaged Labor Bay Warning Is Sounded For Autoists The chances of getting caught in the rain will be higher this Labor Day than usual, mathematically speaking According to the U. S Weather Bureau, rainy weather occurs on an average of one out of three. Labor Day weekends, and the last two Labor Days have been free from rain. Rain may or may not ruin holi day picnics and outings. But. ii can and does tie traffic in knots by ob scuring drivers' vision and slowing cars down to a crawl Worst yet. it. causes many accidents when driv ers can’t see clearly. This warning, isused fev the Highway Visibility Bureau, points out that 30 per cent of driving decisions depend on sight. Rain brings added prob lems with wiper-streaked wind shields that blur drivers' vision. Recent findings of National Safe of good vision In a study of ve hicles involve 4 in traffic accident*, where obstructed visibility was a factor, the Council reported that 45 4 per rent of all such accident* Plan Now For Fall Contour Stripping Fall seeding season is an ideal time for establishing contour strip cropping, according to J Frank Doggetf soil conservation specia list, for Die N C Agricultural Ex tension. Ssrw.ce Contour strip cropping is a pat tern of farming is alternate con tour band* of close growing and hi! crops explains Deggett In ma $61.30 At another the first 30.000 pounds averaged $59 55 Observers noted that buyers for the leaf companies entered the warehouses for the 9 a m. opening somewhat cautiously with the first few piles of S7O leaf bought by warehouse owners. By 10 a. m„ though, the piles of S7O-$72 tobacco were being snapp ed up by the companies The Durham opening tended to support advance predictions that the 1959 Middle Balt crop is a usu able, rather than fancy, crop Rankin noted: “‘lf this is a sam ple, then the Middle Belt's tobacco this year will be a good, solid crop of smoking tobacco with less than average amounts of *he export tvpes" Durham’s record opening ave rage of S6O 34 compares with. ssl 5.1 in 1954. $52.39 in 1955, $54 17 in 1956. $54.78 in 19.37, and $54.34 in 1958. involved rain, taw. etc. on the windshield. The same conditions accounted for 37.4 per cent of the . deaths Ineffective windshield wipers caused abnormal slowdown and multiply the hazards facing dirvers during bad weather. The Highway Visibility Bureau in a survey re ported that 3 majority of cars more than a year old have ineffective wiping equipment -that merely i smears or streaks the windshield | While windshield wipers of new mede! cars quickly remove blur ring read splash, the big problem with old cars is to learn why the wipers streak the windshield and have a serviceman correct the cor - dition before an emergency occurs' Now thanks to research by au tomotive safety engineers—ineffec- ily discovered and corrected .As tive windshield wiping can be eas soon as, wiper blades start to streak or smear, drivers are advised to stop at the next gas station 3nd correct the trouble i | ny ways it is the most satisfactory , means of erosion control available to farmers Tt protects, against ■ both water and wind erosion And it can be used on sandy and shal low stoney soils where, terracing is not practical. ft Is also used on elopes toe rteep for terraces and os land so nearly level that terraces i j .. - ' StjL 6“ JO: Seminars, Workshops To N, C. C. SEMINARS A WORKSHOPS AT > DURHAM Two seminars and 1 one workshop for women students ! are among North Carolina Col lege's preschool highlights Septem ber 6-20 Orientation and registration will be held Sept 15-23 Classes start at 8:30 a m on September 24. NCC President Alfonso Elder has called an opening faculty-staff meeting for 7:80 p m. on Friday Sept. 1! in the auditorium of the Education Building Tlie workshops and seminars are part of the college’s campus wide counseling program. Dean Louise M Latham’s Bth Women’s Personnel staff in-service training' seminar convenes September 8-8 in i McLean Hall It’s theme is “The . Residence Director As A Counse lor ” Meeting September 11-14 will be the annual “Seminar tor Senior > Counselors and Big Sisters ” It's I theme is "Problems of Torch Bear ; era'* This program, aims to help ■ j women student leaders acquire some basic concepts and practices in modern, counseling A two day workshop is planned • for all women student leaders dur ing September 20-21 NCC Presi dent Alfonso Elder is expected to address the closing session i are net necessary It’s generally ! used without terrace but os extreme erodable soils it may be used with terraces Contour strip cropping it simple ■ a good soil- conserving rotation es ; tablished in contour "bands rather than fields, declares Deggett It has many advantages Once estab ■ lished it makes a rotation simple and easy to follow. 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