Estimates Os N. C.
Tobacco Crop Drops
Figures Show 4.0 Per
Cent Less Than Au
gust Ist
The total 1953 flue-cured crop in
North Carolina is estimated at 799,-
995,000 pounds as of August 15. This
is 33,265,000 pounds or 4.0 per cent
less than the August 1 estimate of
833,260,000 pounds. Current esti
mates are based on the results of a
special mid-month survey made by the
Federal-State Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service. The survey was made
in order to determine the extent of
crop damage from the drought which
existed over much of the State on Au
gust 1 and continued in most areas as
of mid-month.
The next estimate of tobacco pro
duction will be released on the regu
larly scheduled date of September 10.
A Tar Heel flue-cured crop of 799,
995,000 pounds, if realized, would be
98,095,000 pounds or 11 per cent be
low last year’s production of 898,090,-
000 pounds, but would still exceed
1942-51 average production of 775,-
291,000 pounds by 3.1 per cent.
A North Carolina flue-cured crop
of 799,995,000 pounds this year from
684,000 acres would be the smallest
crop since 1949 when 731,530,000
pounds were produced on 621,000
acres.
The average North Carolina flue
cured yield per acre, based on Aug
ust 15 production, would be 1,170
pounds. An average yield of 1,170
pounds would be the lowest since 1947
when yields averaged 1,139 pounds
and is 52 pounds less than Jpst year’s
yield of 1,222 pounds.
More Accidents Occur
25 Miles From Home
The first 25 miles away from home
arc the most hazardous when you’re
driving an automobile.
“Accident Facts,” the National
Safgty Council’s new statistical year
book, shows that 61 per cent of the
drivers involved in the 33,000 fatal
motor vehicle accidents last year liv
ed within 25 miles of where the acci
dent occurred, 21 per cent lived else
where in the state, and 18 per cent
out of the state.
Seventy-three per cent of the driv
ers involved in all motor vehicle acci
dents also lived within 25 miles of
where the accident occurred. Seven
teen per cent lived elsewhere in the
state, and 10 per cent outside the
state.
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State’s Per Capita Income Drops
Proud and loyal North Carolinians
' who might have had hopes that their
• State would make a better compara-
I tive showing in 1952 in that most im
! portant of all economic barometers —
’ incomes of individuals—are doomed to
' a bitter disappointment.
With a 1952 per capita income of
■ $1,049, North Carolina dropped from
j forty-fourth to forty-fifth rank
i among the states, a new all-time low.
II These and many other significant
; items of information were contained
11 in new 1952 figures on per capita and
I tctal income payments which were
released here today for the first time
. by North Carolina Research Institute
. through the current issue of its offi-
I cial publication, North Carolina Facts.
I In releasing the information, Felix
j A. Grisette, Executive Director of the
, Institute, pointed out that North
5 Carolina also declined in 1952 in the
State’s share of the National per capi
ta income, in rank in total income
payments, and in the rate of increase
in all categories of individual income
( in 1952 as compared with 1951.
As though these reverses might
, not be sufficient, Grisette added a fi
\ nal blow by pointing out that for the
first time in the recorded history of
. such statistics, North Carolina drop
ped below South Carolina in rank
\ among the states! Only Alabama,
j Arkansas and Mississippi had per
capita incomes less than North Caro
lina, thus giving North Carolina a
rank of eighth place among the 11
‘ Southeastern states, another all-time
II low.
North Carolina’s 1952 per capita
■ income of $1,049 compared with sl,-'
■ 639 for the United States as a whole j
f and $1,121 for the Southeast as a I
- group. Thus the North Carolina fig- 1
J ure was only 64 per cent of the Nat
; ional Average, whereas it has been
about 66 per cent in recent years, a
THE CHOWAN HERALD, BDBNTON. N. C„ THTIRBDAT SEPTEMBER 3, 1953.
drop of about three per cent. The
percentage for the Southeast as a
group was 68.
The North Carolina figure of sl,-
049 was an increase of only sl4 per
capita over the 1951 figure of sl,-
035, which is approximately one per
cent. During the same period the
comparable increase for the South
east and for the United States was
four per cent, or 400 per cent better
than in North Carolina. While North
Jarolina was increasing sl4 per capi-
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In total income payments as dis- i
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Grisette pointed out that North Caro- ]
lina also dropped behind in rank, in j
the rate of increase during the year, i
and in North Carolina’s share of the |
total. Total income received by North !
Carolina people during the year was 1
$4,383 million as compared with $4,- i
290 million in 1950, an increase of $93 i
million, or two per cent. In rank in
total income, North Carolina was fif
teenth as compared with fourteenth in
1951. North Carolina’s peak in popu
lation among all the states is tenth.
The Southeast as a whole increased
from $34,272 million in 1951 to $36,-1
160 million in 1952, an increase of six
per cent, which is 300 per cent bet
■ ter than North Carolina’s increase of
• two per cent. In the country as a
■ whole, total income payments increas
i ed from $243,000 million in 1951 to
• $255,000 million in 1952, or five per
: cent.
■ A year ago, North Carolina’s share
i.. of total National income payments
I was 1,77 per cent. In 1952 it had
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dropped to 1.71 per cent. The State’s
share of the total population is about
2.70 per cent.
Travel To Hatteras
Is Now Much Easier
Once inaccessible Hatteras Island
on North Carolina’s fabulous Outer
Banks is now relatively easy to drive
to. The hard-surface highway, com
pleted the entire 60 miles from Nags
Head to Hatteras village last year, is
getting finishing touches. The High
way Commission has announced that
construction activities should be com
pleted by the end of August and local
sand detours now encountered will be
ended. On August 7 a new 22-passen
ger ferry was added to the Oregon
Inlet fleet for sunrise to sunset shut
tle service, thus breaking the bottle
neck existing when only one 12-car
capacity ferry was in operation.
As crowds increase along the new
Outer Banks Highway, progress is
being made on the establishment of
the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
which includes parts of Hatteras, Oc
racoke and Bodie islands. There has
| been a sharp increase in aecommoda-,
tions on Hatteras Island in the last!
year, and the popularity of “Game- 1
fish Junction” continues to grow as I
more anglers are able to reach it.
NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATORS,
EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS
The law requires an ANNUAL ACCOUNT
to be made each year and an Inventory to be
filed within 90 days after qualifying-. If your
Annual Account, Inventory or Final Account
are past due, we respectfully urge that you
file same at once, as we are required to report
all such cases to the Grand Jury, which will be
convened at the September term of Chowan
County Superior Court September 14.
YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE VERY
MUCH APPRECIATED
Sincerely yours.
LENA M. LEARY
Assistant Clerk Superior Court
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Webb of Rich
mond, Michigan, announce the birth of
a 9-pound 2-ounce son, Carson James,
born Saturday, August 15.
Mrs. Webb is the former Margaret
Crummey, daughter of Mr. and MM
J. F. Crummey of Edenton.
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