1940 WEED CROP
estimate given
„et At 421,360,000 Pounds Or
# 48 Per Cent Less Than
1939 Record Output
raLEIGH, Sept. 10.-(B-North
„,ina growers of flue-cured to
aa r.ow estimate their 1940 crop
. 421 360.000 pounds, or 48 per
at , less than the record 1939 out
cel? of 803,000.000 pounds, J. J.
Wean state department of agri
,it,.re statistician, reported today
cUi the September 1 federal-state
' j?rop summary.
Flue-cured leaf prospects, com
,retl with August 1 indications,
P e reduced 2,000,000 pounds by
" aVy rains which followed an ab
ne ma 1 growing season, Morgan
“°id Virtually all the poundage
joES' was listed in the New Bright
belt,
! The anticipated 839 pound yield
acre represents a 100 pound
decrease under last year and is
five pounds under the August 1 re
port.
The report, by belts, follows:,
qj.| belt—Production, 158,120,000
pounds, same as last month; per
jCre yield, 780 pounds, same as
last month. Heavy rains caused
some damage in western counties,
but rains restored some damage in
,j,e eastern half of the belt.
New Bright belt — Production,
’13.840,000 pounds; one per cent
„nder last month; per acre yield,
ggO pounds, down 10 pounds from
last month and 110 pounds from
last season. Excessive rains com
ujg when one to two curings re
mained on the stalks caused some
drowning and lose of top leaves.
Growers experienced abnormal
weather conditions throughout the
season.
Border belt—Production, 48,400,
j® pounds. 275,000 pounds above
last month; per acre yield, 880
pounds, pp five pounds above last
month. i
j Burley belt — Production, 7,110'j <
Oi pounds, down 198,000 pounp
compared with last month; £r
acre yield, 900 down 25 pou<is j
compared with last month. FPds 1 ,
caused extensive losses throupout i ]
■he belt. ; 1 :
NATIONAL REPORT :
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. t- <A>) — 1
Hie department of agrieul*re said 1
today the 1940 tobacco c°P prob- (
ably would be below th< ten-year
average and “materially bl°w” last ‘
year's Crop
Supplies of the prir»iPal types, I
however, were describe* as ranging'
from "ample to burdQ^ome.” 1
Estimated productim of aH types,
based on the department's monthly ;
survey, was placet} at 1,241,580,000 j
pounds, a slight dfcrease from the -
August 1 forecast and more than
half a billion poufds below the 1939
crop. The ten-yer average (1929 to
1938) is 1.360.661/00 pounds.
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Prince YVlo Resigned To
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RALEIGH. Sept. 10.—(/PI—Gover
nor Hoey announced the appoint
ment of Junius H. Rose of Green
ville today as a member of the .
state textbook commission for a
term to expire April 26, 1941. Rose
succeeds L. B. Prince of Hender
sonville who resigned when he was
I appointed a metnber of the state
elections board.
Tobacco Market Reports
nf fhieVsupervi?°rs or other officials*1 the North Carolina markets
tobacco salesr Belt reported tlle f'owing' fiSures for yesterday s
M . . Pounds Money Price
Sold Paid Out Average
Cb>H-t - 255,450 ? 43,452.04 $17.01
FalrktSn iE) - 95,000 16,150.00 17.00
Ea 158,866 27,169.51 17.10
i airmont -1,098,656 j! 177,1727.32 16.18
Eumberton (E) - 800,000 ? 144,000.00 18 00
Tabor City - 161,4101 27,730.24 17 is
WhrtevUle (E) - 860,000/ 163,495.00 19.00
(E) Estimated figures.
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CHADBOURN—A slight de'ne
in prices was noticed on ./me
grades here yesterday alpugn
better grades appeared to b^W
ing their own, Garland «rren,
sales supervisor, said. Sorr farm‘
ers expressed dissatisfaqi/n with
sales. Most of the offe/>g was
of low quality.
CLARKTON '— Pricesfontmued
about the same here yfterday, E
C. Clark, sales supervi/r said. All
warehouse floors wer cleared by
mid-afternoon.
FAIR BLUFF—\fysd offerings
were in the same pj!e range here
yesterday, with mo of the tobac
co of inferior grac6
FAIRMONT —A B. Stafford,
sales supervisor,said that better
grades appeare-’ to be a little
stronger, but tbr most of the weed
offered was oflow quality. Few
tags were turi(t.
LUMBERT^ —Farmers ap
peared geneAy well pleased with
prices here csterday, J. C. Fulton,
sales superior. said. Floors were
cleared byT-iitting time. Monday’s
sales a minted to 928,738 pounds
which so1 tor an average of $17.59.
TABO CITY—Common tobac
cos, in‘uding tips and damaged
weed, dominated offerings here
yestepay. Prices remained on the
same'evel as Monday.
WyTEVILLE—M. S. Smith, su
peptsor of sales, said that the hot
dri weather was making the to
bjco too dry and brittle to show
to best advantage on .the ware
Jnase floors. Prices were in the
ame range as Monday. Sales to
late here total 11,208,278 pounds
or an average of $18.13 per hun
Ired pounds.
AUGUST SALES
RALEIGH, Sept. 10.—(AT— Flue
ured tobacco marketed on the
Jorth Carolina Border belt aver
ted $18.89 a hundred pounds in
lugust, $3.40 above the belt’s aver
ige last season, the state depart
nent of agriculture reported today
a the first official sales summary
if the season.
Growers sold 27,341,452 pounds
t the 37 warehbuses in the belt
or a total of $5,165,699 J. J. Mor
;an, department statistician, said.
Tie price average represents a 12
ier cent increase over August 1939,
>ut is 17 per cent below August
938.
Producers’ sales on the belt in
tugust last year totaled 78,271,598
His Tnnnm o PrnKorl j
»iK' department of Justice is in
vestigating the income of Thomas
<J. Burke, of Chicago, head of the
Theatrical Janitors Union and inter
national vice president of the
Building - Service Employes.
pounds. However, the market:
opened their season last year cr
August 3, . and on August 20 thi:
year.
August sales on the Border beli
were- ' .
CHADBOURN—1,557,546 pound:
for an average of $17.84 eomparec
with $15.56 in 1939.
CLAFiKTON—1,666,872 pound:
for $17.34 compared with $15.95 ir
1939,
FAIR BLUFF—1.649.153. pound:
for $18.96 compared with $16.17 ir
1939.
FAIRMONT-—8,060,424 pounds for
$19.79 compared with $17.61 in 1939
LUMBERTON—6,434,365 pound:
for $18.22 compared ', -ith $17.50 rr
1939.
TABOR CITY—1,496,222 pound:
for $19.07 compared with $16.61 ir
1939.
WF'TEVILLE—6,476,870 pound:
$19.05 compared with $16.26 in 1939
Bonefish get smaller while
growing up; the larvae shrink tc
one-half size before attaining the
adult form.
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OBITUARIES !
M. R. HUDDLESTON
Funeral services for Marvin
Randolph Huddleston, 35-year-old
floor contractor, of 308 Mercer
avenue, who died at 11 o’clock Mon
day morning at the Red Cross
Sanitorium following an illness of
two years, were held at 4:30
o’clock yesterday afternoon from
St. Andrew's Presbyterian church.
The Rev. C. H. Storey, pastor of
the church, conducted the ser
vices. Burial followed in Bellevue
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: H. D.
Carney, C. C. Johnson, R. A.
Brown, M. A. Tompkins, George
McPherson and JVilliam McPher
son, Honorary pallbearers were:
J. R. Bell, T. E. Cooper, W. P.
Troutman, A. C. Cammache, J. T.
Carroll, W. A. Simon, J. E. L.
Wade, J. C. Johnson, I. G. Clem
mons, L. O. Fonvielle, H. R. Cav
anaugh and Ray Pollock.
Mr. Huddleston was a member
of the Loyal Order of Moose. He
is survived by his wife; three
daughters, Miriam, Elizabeth, and
Ann Huddleston; five sons, Eu
gene, Ray, Earl, Richard and
Thomas Huddleston; his mother,
Mrs. F. P. Pyer, of Charlotte; two
brothers, Thomas Huddleston, oi
New York city, and Avery Huddle
ston, of Durham, and one sister,
Mrs. R. H. Newell, of Charlotte.
I. H. WEIL
I. H- Weil, 74, prominent retired
merchant of Wilmington, died at his
home at South Sixth street, yester
day afternoon at 2 o'clock after a
short illness.
Funeral services will be held from
the late residence this afternoon at
5 o’clock with Rabbi M. M. Thur
man officiating. Interment will fol
low in Oakdale cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr.
J. E. Evans, Albert Solomon, W. A.
Peschau. Lewis Stein, Sr., C- E. Tay
lor, Harriss Newman and Marsden
Bellamy. Sr. Active pallbearers will
be: J. A. Oldham, Sr., Ik* Solomon,
Harry Solomon, Tom Henderson, Al
fred Sternberger and Dan Paxton.
Mr. Weil was born in Alexandria,
Va„ on April 4, 1866, the son of Jacob
and Rachel Weil. He came to Wil
I mington with his family in 1874 and
! was in business with J. Weil Dry
goods store at 111 Market street un
I til his retirement in 1928.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
; Lillie Taylor Weil; and one brother,
Julius Weil.
MRS. LILLIE BLANTON
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie
J. Blanton, 58, of 57 Spofford
Mills, who died early Monday
morning at James Walker Memor
ial hospital after a short illness,
were held at 3:30 o’clock yesterday
afternoon from 60 Spofford Mills.
The Rev. James Lee, pastor of
the Sixth, Street Advent Christian
church conducted the services.
Interment followed in the Belle
vue cemetery.
Pallbearers were: J. W. Rob
rts, H. M. Sutton, Ollin Gore,
Charles Watts. Morrison Skipper
ind J. A. Goodwin.
Mrs. Blanton is survived by her
lusband, A. C. Blanton; three sons,
W. M. Blanton and J. M. Blanton,
if Wilmington, and John Blanton,
Kinston; and one daughter. Mrs.
Donald Coleman.
MRS. JULIA M. HARPER
■WHITEVILLE, Sept. 10.—Funer
il services for Mrs. Julia Miriam
Jarper, 85, who died Tuesday, Sep
:ember 3 at her home near I e
tanon after a long illness, were
teld Wednesday from the Lebanon
diurch.
The Rev. George L. Harper, of
Marian, S. C., a grandson of the
deceased, and the Rev. N. P. Edens,
of Tabor City, conducted the serv
ices. Burial followed in the Leban
on cemetery.
Pallbearers were; A. G. Glenn,
Ralph B. Harper, Julian K. Pitt
man, W. M. Harper, D. M. Currie,
and J. O. Ammons.
Mrs. Harper was born January
21, 1854, the daughter of the late
Henry Best and Miriam Currie
Best. She was married November 3,
1873 to John Kelly Harper, who
preceded her to the grave 22 years
ago.
Mrs. Harper is survived by six
children; Henry Harper, of near
Lebanon; D. K. Harper, of King
man, Arizona; M. C. Harper, of
Marion, S. C.; Mrs. C. D. Black
man, of Temple, Tex.; Mrs. Maud
Pittman, of Clarendon; and Miss
Lela Harper', of Emporia, Va.
She W'as a foster mother to Ralph
B. Harper, of Greenville, N. C..
and Mrs. Jessie Best Harper, of
Route three, Whiteville. Four half
sisters a half brother, and a num
ber of grandchildren also survive.
JOHN D. BURNEY
CLARKTON, Sept. 10.—News was
received here today of the sudden
death of John D. Burney, 63, at
his home in Charleston, S. C-, today.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mary King, of Acme;
one brother, George Burney, of Sa
vannah, Ga.; four sisters, Mrs. Kel
sey Long, of Clarkton, Misses Annie
and Ina Burney, of Myrtle Beach, S.
C., and Mrs. William McDowell, of
KersliaWj S. C.
Funeral services will be held from
the Brown Marsh church Wednes
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
DR. FRANCIS P. LEWIS
BROOKHAVEN, N. Y., Sept. 10.
—(.T)—Dr. Francis Park Lewis, 85,
internationally knoyn ophthalmol
ogist, died today at the Long Island
home of relatives. 1
D. B. LANCASTER
ST. PAULS, Sept. 9.—D. B. Lan
caster, 79, prominent retired busi
nessman, former mayor of St. Pauls
find member-bf the Robeson County
Road commission, died at his home
here this afternoon after several
weeks’ illness.
Funeral services will be held
rhursday morning at 11 o’clock from
:he First Baptist church, of which
the deceased was a charter and sec
ond oldest member. Interment will
be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
He is survived by his wife; three
sons: Dr. R. M. Lancaster, of Rural
Hall; Arthur Lancaster, of St.
Pauls; and Lieut. D. B. Lancaster,
Jr., of Hamilton Field, Cal.; three
daughters: Mrs. J. Edger Holt, of
Greensboro; Mrs. Dan Marley, of
Lumber Bridge; and Mrs. T. H.
Olive, of Mount Olive; one sister,
Mrs. Flora Edwards, of St. Peters
burg, Fla., apA twelve grandchildren.
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COMMITTEE TO MEET
RALEIGH, Sept. 10 —(A>)— The
executive committee of the uni
versity of North Carolina trustees
will meet with Governor Hoey here
September 23 for a discussion of
BURNEY
Entered into eternal rest on the
morning September tenth at
Charleston, South Carolina, John
D. Burney. He is survived by
widow, Mrs. Mary King Burney,
one brother and four sisters. In
terment Brown Marsh cemetery,
Clarkton, North Carolina at 2:30
Wednesday, September 11, 1940.
“several routine matters,” th«
chief executive announced today.
He said the committeemen also
might take up plans for an airport
at the Chapel Hill unit of the
University. *
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