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THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1961.
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A LIFT FOR TODAY
God is love. —I John 4:16.
Dove seeks to make Ufa perfect, but a perfect
life is impossible apart from pain, suffering and
sorrow which chasten and purify the heart. Then
it is that our Heavenly Father places his strong
arm around us. revealing his compassion and
power-to heal and strengthen.
We thank Thee, Merciful One, for blessed
promises of Thy never-failing and all-surround
ing love and care. ~. , ■
A Plea for St ,‘adiness
■ Dwight Eisenhower’s good-by as President
| included both a gracious “Godspeed to his
successor and an exhortation to the Ameri
can people to press on steadfastly. He con
cluded. as he opened his first inaugural, with
a prayer. This eloquently expressed aware
ness of mankind’s aspirations and needs, and
nobly voiced American desires for their ful
fillment.
Eor the rest, the talk centered on the theme
of “balance. - ’ Aside from the long-range,
ever-pressing threat of communism, he called
, attention to two internal dangers. First he
noted that America is experiencing something
new in the conjunction of an “immense mili
tary establishment and a large arms indus
try.” Here is a power that uses half the na
tional budget and has economic and political
influence reaching not only into nearly every
congressional district bur into millions of
homes.
Necessary military security surrounds some
- uses of this power, but it is too often wielded
with excessive secrecy. The public must re
main aware of possible abuses of this power,
especially if it should ever evade civilian con
trol. That a soldier should sound the alert
only underscores its validity.
He spoke also o f a uouble danger—domina
tion of scholarship by federal money and the
“equal and opposite” peril of national policy
being controlled by a “scientific-technological
elite.” So far the nation l.a:\suffered more
visibly from failure adequately to value re
search and the advice of scholars able to fore
cast technological advances. Rut it is true
that already in one field—medicine—both
civil and military authorities tend to regard
“doctor’s orders” as requiring an abdication
of ordinary judgment.
The counsel to the people to maintain their
balance is sound. Mr. Eisenhower particular
ly emphasized the need for steadiness in the
long-range struggle with communism. He
warned that it will not be won by “the emo
tional and transitory sacrifices of crisis.”
Was the President thinking here of widespread
j talk of a new “one-hundred days” under the
; incoming administration?
Some of the President-elect’s aides have
been saying that he realizes he has no mas
sive mandate for new programs but believes
he can win popular support for them. There
have been hints that vigorous and skillful pu
blicity would be used to create an emergency
| atmosphere. So far he has moved with mod
eration, but Mr. Kennedy favors the concept
of a “strong” presidency. Also his aides and
task forces continue to tell him his campaign I
picture of the United States “standing still" j
is a true one.
These circumstances indicate the possibility
o f a strenuous effort to create a mandate.
Insofar as Americans are lacking in aware
ness of real dangers and needs an awakening
can be welcomed. In face of today’s many
challenges, there can be no justification for
complacency or self-indulgent anathv Rut
let us not be swept off balance: let us beware
“the emotional and transitory sacrifices of
crisis.” Wise citizens will not .stampede but
will take alert, steadfast steps to meet the
demands of the long pull.
—The Christian Science Monitor
What Makes Main Street Go?
This week throughout the 50 states some
■ 11,000 editors of smaller daily, weekly and
semi-weekly newspapers will lock up their
forms and “go to press”. Their papers will I
carry the only broadly circulated written rec
ord of the people and even's, the problems
and opinions that shape our lives in the com
inanity, the state and the nation. Their edi
v torial pages provide the greatest forum of
\ independent free expression in the world. The
lvalue of this in a country where majority
ppptnion will decide public policies with which
all must live cannot be overestimated,
i Cn the pages of these thousands of papers
|to the engine of private enterprise. Our tre
lagfctKlous transportation and retailing systems.
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By Buff
Some people are just plain “nerls” or else
they really like to fish. This is borne out
by the fact that as cold as it was Saturday
and with snow falling, several fishermen were
up Pembroke Creek trying their luck. Among
the “nuts” were yours truly, Rick Allsbrook,
Willie Bunch, Lorch Stallings and two “furri
ners.” It would not have been nearly so cold
had the bloomin’ fish been in the mood to
bite, but even then fingers were so cold it
would have been hard to even put a minnow
on the hook. As for me and Rick Allsbrook,
we caught the “limit” —one apiece, but Lorch
Stallings told me he and Willie Bunch caught
a nice bunch. Maybe they did, but they did
it after I had enough and decided to go home
before getting “snowbound.” The “furriners”
said they didn’t do much, but I didn’t know
what that meant. Anyway, for first class
recreation and a means of drowning worry
and trouble, give me a bucket of minnows,
a few fishing poles and a boat —that’s good
“medicine". I didn’t need any “medicine,”
though, on Wednesday morning when Hiram
Mayo dropped in the office With the mer
cury hanging around 20 degrees. Hiram greet
ed me with “Let’s go fishing, Buff.” How
ever. had it not been for getting The Herald
on the press, he would not have had to twist
my arm the second time to get bundled up
and head up the creek,
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Bill Cozart and f got into sort of an argu
ment while he was in the office late Tuesday
afternoon. The argument centered around
gray hair. Bill argued that he had more
gray hair than I have, which I strongly de
nied. However, the argument was “peace
fully" settled when Bill said, “Well, I at
least have more hair than you have.” I readi
ly gave in on that score. And sj leaking about
1 hair, it was while a group was talking at the
district Masonic meeting in Hertford Tuesday
night when the subject of hair-cuts came up.
One fellow asked Bill Adams why he didn't
get a crew-cut. Well, Bill moved his hand
over his head and said “that’s why—there’s no
hair there.” Incidentally. 15 Edenton Masons
attended the meeting and everyone got a belly
full of barbecued chicken and an evening of
genuine good fellowship. The meeting was
also very enjoyable in that the principal j
speaker was not one of those long-winded
speakers who somehow figure that they must
talk until they see some of the listeners yawn
ing or looking at their watches.
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Julius Leary, now living in Valley Stream, ■
X. V., sent in his renewal to The Herald and (
a brief note had this to say: “Dear Buff: j
Once again I wish to express my appreciation
for the fine job you and your staff are doing
in affording me as well as other former Eden- j
tonians. who subscribe to The Herald, the u
pleasure of reading a good and complete cov- -i
erage of home-town news. Best of luck to
you in 1961 and keep the paper coming.”
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A fellow was telling me the other day that
he has a wife and a couple of kids and, of
course, has an automobile. He pointed out
that in every instance the wife and each one
of the kids refers to the automobile as “my
car.” That is except when it needs gas. a
new tire or some repairs—then it is "his
car”. And that’s just about the way it is
with a lot of husbands and daddies.
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Edenton Rotarians are very fortunate in
that the ladies of St. Paul’s Church have for
a long time served splendid meals for the
weekly Rotary meetings. In fact quite often
visiting Rotarians comment upon the good
meal they enjoyed, comparing it far better
than the ones served at their home clubs.
The Rotarians have been paying $1.25 for
the meal but the margin of profit is so close
at that figure that the ladies have asked for
a boost to $1.35 per meal. That the vote of
the club was unanimous to pay the increased
rate is evidence that the Rotarians feel that
tions wares, would be of little use unless
people knew what products were available,
at what cost, where they could be purchased,
uid in addition, were in»plied with the desire
to buy.
Advertising makes Main Street go in every (
city, town and village throughout the 5C
states. The head of every family knows that
the only way to find the right price for the
quality merchandise desired is to compare
the advertisements, whether the problem is
making out the week’s grocery list, buying a
new house or trading in the old car.
Advertising supports the radio and tele
vision programs, the magazines and periodicals
which provide information, news and enter
tainment and it makes independent news
papers possible. There would be ro free
press, were it not for advertising by tue’ local
merchants and industries who support the
press but do not control it.
Whether you are selling, buying or merely
interested in remaining a free informed citi
zen qf the United States, advertising per
forms a three-sided and indispensable service.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JANUARY 26 ltti
noh ot univwiHUs iV-
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Research Puts More Dollars in South’s Pockets
(This it second in a series of articles
dealing with vital research programs in
Southern universities that promise the
master key for unlocking the region’s
vast treasures in the decade of the
196ffs)
ATLANTA, G«.—Basic university re
search always pays off in knowledge
knowledge that can be used now or
knowledge thnt will be atored for later
use.
But sometimes It pays off in money,
too. And this money goes into the
pockets of the people of the South.
For instance, research at the Missis
sippi State University Agricultural Ex
periment Station has increased the eco
nomic welfare of Mississippi by several
million dollars.
New Industry for Mississippi
At one time scientists at the station
were working with anhydrous ammonia.
Through their investigations they found
how nitrogen could be applied directly
to crops as a fertilizer. Industry moved
into ’ production of the new material
without delay, building three large fer
tilizer plants and several smaller ones—
a total investment of approximately 25
million dollars.
The plants provide employment for
hundreds of workers, and furnish farm
ers with the nitrogen they need at a
reasonable cost.
It is estimated that Mississippi farm
ers have saved as much as three million
dollars on their fertilizer bills in a sin
gle year. The use of anhydrous am
monia has spread across the nation and
to many other countries.
“Payoffs” from Research
In Louisiana, research by the Coastal
Studies Institute costing less than $4,000
has resulted in rapid tests to detect
spoilage which will probably save the
seafood industry $2,000,000 annually.
Recently a graduate student at North
Carolina State College made a discovery
about r. tobacco plant disease which will
save the state more than the whole cost
of operating the college for a year.
Research dating back 30 years ago is
still paying off in dollar profits for peo
ple of the South.
Since the early 1920’s researchers at
Texas A & M have been working on
hybrids in an attempt to come up with
a better grain sorghum. The answer was
a new breeding technique introduced to
seed growers in 1953 for testing pur
poses.
The results have been a yield of
they are getting their money's
worth. In fac* almost any
body would rathe* pay a little
more and get a good meal than
to pay less and almost be ne
cessary to go home and eat
after the meeting.
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Some fellows apparently just
i don’t like to work a darned
bit. As nice as it was one day
last week. I mentioned to a
fellow that it was an ideal
day to be out on the creek
fishing. “I t sure is,” the guy
•said, “but >l’d not even put
i bait on the hook for it’s
j nice to even waste the exet
tion to pull in a fish.” Well,
I’ve been fishing plenty of
I times wiih bait on hooks, and
'even then 1 bdn’t waste any
effort in pulling in a fish.
Another Cancer
Clinic Feb. 3rd
The Northeastern Cancer Clin
ic will be held on Friday after
noon, February 3, with registi a
tion beginning at 1 o’clock. A
chest X -ay will be given to any
one wishing it along with the
examination of the five areas of
the body where cancer is most
easily found and cured.
There are no limitations as to
sex, race, physical or economic
status at the center. Howc-cr, i
women should he 25 or more;
men should be zn or over un'ess
referred bv a docor. or unless
one of the “Seven Danger Sig
nals” o- “svmDtoii.s” are pres- j
ent.
Only 50 people -xn be seen
at the Center each month due
to limited facilities, sc it is sug
gested that anyone * . 7 wishes
to be assured of u.i aDpointment
should write the Cancer Center, j
Health Department, Elizabeth
City, N. C., for a nriority. Ex
aminees are asked to bring a
robe or housecoat with tnem.
New Books Arrive
At Brown-Carver
The following new books have
arrived at the Brown-Carver li
brary:
For Adult readers: Act of Mer
cy by Inompson; Birds of North
Carolina by P< arson; ICOO Penn
sylvania Avenue by Johnson;
Frontiers of the Sea by Cowen;
Hawaii by Mitchener; Mother of
the Maid by Coxe; North to
Alaska’s Shining River by Berio;
Darkness and the Dawn by Cur
tain.
For Juvenile readers: A Doll
for Lilly Belle by Snow; Ameri
ca Moves Forward by Johnson;
America Grows Up by Johnson;
Woman Doctor ol the West by
Miller:. From Sea to Shining Sea
by Johansen; Getting to Know
Nigeria by Olden; The Wonder
ful Story of You by Gruenberg;
The Magic of Rubber bv Dreany;
I Want To Be A Dentist by
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RESEARCH at the University at Georgia may make the South a primary beef growing region
with the development of its new' forage plant. Coastal Rermuda grass. This grass, when de
hydrated, ground and pelleted is equivalent to alfalfa as feed for growing young beef cattle.
This will mean an additional SO million dollars in income for beef growers, university
officials have estimated.
25-40 per cent more grain per acre. Last
year's 270 million bushel crop was worth
23 million dollars more than the pre
ceding year’s crop.
The Texas A & M Experiment Station
has estimated that for each dollar spent
on sorghum research in the last five
years, the high yield from the new
hybrids has returned 80 dollars to the
Texas economy, even if only half the
increase is credited to the new plant.
Aiding the Fishing Industry
Research has also increased the in
come of those who live by fishing in the
waters of the South.
Researchers at the University of North
Carolina Fisheries Institute examined
.fishing regulations not long ago to see
how they could be improved. They want
ed to find ways to conserve tile natural
resources and to give everyone a more
equitable chance at the profit.
The changes in shrimp fishing regula
tions alone have increased the income
of North Carolina shrimp fishermen by
at least four million dollars over the
past eight years.
Back in the 1930’s the University of
Florida Citrus Station was doing some
basic research on citrus fertilizers. Their
painstaking work showed that adding
magnesium, manganese, zinc and copper
to the soil would produce more oranges.
By 1937 the use of these elements in
BOXSCORE
ON N.C.HIGHWAY!
! Raleigh The Motor Vehicles
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M., Mon
day, January 23, follows;
! Killed To Date 51
Killed To Date uast Yior 52
Chowan Students
On Honor Lists
i
Three lists of students at East
! Carolina who have received of
j ficial recognition from the col
lege because of their excellent
records in academic work during
the fall quarter of the present
school year have been an
' ncunced.
The Dean’s List, including 191
, students, is composed of under
graduates who made at least two
and one-half quality points per
credit hour on all work taken,
with no grade below C. These
students did superior academic
work.
The Honor Roll, with 538 rep
resents i, is composed of under
graduates who made at least two
quality points per credit hour on
all work taken, with r.e grade
; below C. The work completed
by these students was well'
above average.
| Chowan County is represented
on the honor lists as follows:
Dean’s List—M. Leigh Dobson,
Edenton: Shelby J. Howell, Ty
ner, and Patricia Waff, Eden
jlon.
I Honor Roll—Delores L. Bar-,
row, Edenton: John W. Griffin,!
Edenton; Clayton O. Letcher,)
Edenton; Elizabeth Ross, Eden-]
ton, and Grace H. W’hiteman,
Edenton.
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Ernest Spivey Dies
After Long Illness
Ernest A. Spivey, 77, a retired
farmer, died at his home near
Edenton Wednesday morning at
6:30 o’clock after an illness of a
year. He was a son of the late i
Trotman and Margaret Hend- ;
erick Spivey. j
Surviving are two sons, AJ- j
fonso Spivey of Edenton and i
Thomas Spivey of Hertford; two i
daughters. Mrs. Jane Layden and I
Miss Alice Spivey, both of Hert- I
ford; a brother, Algernon Spivey !
of Hertford; a sister, Mrs. jb.j
.*«ice Kirby of Hertford and five
g-c.ndchildren He was a mem
ber of the Bethel Baptist
Church.
Funeral services w'U be held
at the Williford Funeral Home
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The Rev. Bryant Holloman of
Ivor, Va., a former pastor, will
officiate and burial will be in
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Tom Proc-
R F ’ Kirby ’
fertilizer was standard procedure in
Florida. That year a dramatic change
took place—there was a sharp increase
of fruit production per acre.
In round numbers, the difference in
profits between the previous fertilizing
system and the new amounted to more
than 90 million dollars annually. This
is three times as much income to Flor
ida each year as all the revenue funds
ever appropriated for the operation of
the Florida Agricultural Experiment
Station in its entire history.
Keep Check on tke Economy
Not only does research help improve
the economy of a state and region. It
also helps to measure that economy to
keep a running record of its health and
growth.
The University of Alabama in 1939
made a pioneering effort in the direc
tion of measuring county income. Until
that time it was easier to measure the
nation as a whole, or even the Tegion,
than it was to measure the smaller
units.
Seven Southern states picked up the
idea and pooling their resources at the
University of Kentucky in 1952 began
development of new measuring method*
which gauge the vitality, stability or de
cline of the economy in various part*
of the state*.
Next— Research h'eans Healthy People
Interest Mounts For
College Os Albemarle
Charles Gordon, chairman of
the board of trustees of the Col
lege of the Albemarle in Eliza
beth City, reports that he and
the trustees are pleased with the
number of requests being made,
for applications for the College,
of the Albemarle, which is to'
open in Elizabeth City r.-xt Sep
tember.
“We are exceptionally pleased
at the numrcpr of requests due
to the fact that very little pu
blicity was gi\aen to this matter,”
says Mr. Gordon. ' Applications
concerning the College of the
Albemarle, can be o' taincJ from
Mr. John Moore, Superintendent
of Pasquotank County Schools,
Elizabeth City; Dr. William Wag
oner, Superintendent of Elizabeth
City Scno,, s, Elizabeth City; or
the Elizabeth City Chamber ts
” immerce offices.
Courses being offered by the
College of the Albemarle dur ]
ing its first year of operation
will be English, Foreign Langu
age (Frencn or Spanish); Math
(College Algebra, trigonometry,
or analytical geometry)* Social
studies and Science ('"lemistry,
Physics and Biology'.. Tuition
for Pasquotank resident
students has been set at S2OO
and $225 tuition has been set
for other North Carolina resi
dents.
Dr. W-xsoner reports that by
the first of next week (Feb. 23),
a mimeographed leaflet explain
ing the policies, requirements
' and other pertinent data in con
nection wttn the College of the
Albemarle, will be- available.
I He who gives money he has
i not earned is generous with
; other people’s labor.
—George Bernard Shaw.
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enough. Go to see
your Doctor right •
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course, bring your •
Doctor’s prescrip- j
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Edenton M&sons A.t
Meeting Os District
Unanimity Lodge Np. 7, A. F.
& A. M., was well represented
at a meeting of the First Ma
sonic District held in the Gram
mar School in Hertford Tues
day night. Fifteen local Masons
attended the meeting, which was
well represented by every lodge
in the district, including the
I masters and many officers.
The Edenton delegation in
| eluded Dr. A. F. Downum, H. A.
Campen, William C. Bunch, Jr.,
Herbert Baker, It. T. Pickier,
Vernon Barrow, William Adams,
J. C. Parks, Bill Goodwin, W.
M. Rhoades, Rodney Harrell, Jr.,
J. A. Bunch, R. W. King, Car
roll Boyce J. Edwin Buff
lap.
BIRTH ANNOUN’ 2MENT
Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Lollowell
of Raleigh announce .ne birth of
a 6-pound, 8-ounce daughter,
bom Wednesday, January 18, in
Rex Hospital. Mrs. Hollowell is
the former Miss Evelyn P.iddle
of Greensboro.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
January 31, at 8 o’clock. Com
mander John Bass urges a large
attendance.
‘3ad Luck’ Cuts Down
On N. C. Cotton Yield
Cotton iint yield in 'North
Carolina dropped in IS6D, due tv
a run of “tad luck ’.
Hurricane Donna, a late spring,
the boll weevil—these factors
combined to cut the yield con
siderably under the 395-pound
per are average in 1959.
‘The yield will probably be'
about 325 pounds although we!
won’t know for sure until May,”]
says Glenn Toomey, Extension,
cotton specialist at N. C. State
College.
The Crop Reporting Board of
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing,
Service put the yield for North'
Carolina at 288 poinds per har
vested acre, as of December 1.
“We’ve already exceeded this,”
says Toomey.
i Cold wea**:E, late into the
j spring forced Tar Heel growers j
to abandon thousands of plants.)
“We have 37,000 acres i/herej
cotton was planted out none was!
harvested, because of bad plant j
stand,” says Toomey.
. The boll weevil hit in mid-1
summer, taking a sharp toll. I
Then came Hurricane Dpnna in
September, with days of pound
ing rain, to ruin great fields
of full-grown cotton in Eastern
North Carolina.
“We had it worse than any
cotton-growing state, ' says Too
mey. “The hurricane, of course,
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to tatce this oppor
tunity to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation for' the 1
many deeds of kindness and ex- j
pressions of sympathy during thOj
illness and death of Mrs. Martho,
S. Small.
—The Family of
p Mrs. Small.
CONSIDER ;
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You’ve heard it said that Episcopaliaflf’itre "liberal” t
that they and their Church don’t take d'lrm stand 7 *
on the subject of sin. That’s quite a long way from
true. -vvoOp ,
Tq an Episcopalian, sin isn’t a longifist of dott’ts.
It’s a matter of not obeying God’s us. We
see His will most clearly in the .Summary pf the Law
as expressed by our Lord Jesus Chrut when He said,
"Thou shalt love the Lord
heart and with all thy soul and without thy mtnd. I *
This is the first and great command^And the f
second is like unto it, Thou shaft Iqve thyYoghbor ■
as thyself. On these two all the v
law nod the prophets.” ■ ■■■ >'
' To us, the religion which forbids as
as a policeman, walking his beat watching to see if
we break some little law. *
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! fofsivefless our ***** an/I strcofftK th tfv flaain * 4 i* {
porters put average lint yield, in
the U. S.-'St' 448 pounds per
acre. HfgjTest ’ average in CalF
fornia—992 poilnds.
‘The £ey to production rec
j ords in North Carolina will be
the exact; number of harvested,?
• acres,” saj&jTbomey. “When" wjr? “
| know theft? the picture will ‘bd; .
: considerably differ en t than ’ “
I shown by the December 1 re- ' ''
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| Domestic Use Tobacco .?:r
Likely; To Rise In *6l ?<
j 0 *r. t.
I Domestic use of both flue-ruro
j cured and barley tobacco is ejfc/y
I pected to rise in 1960-61 as a- ■ i
; result of an increase in ciga
tette consumption.
This report comes from J. G* W
Allgood, a farm management
specialist at North Carolina State ,?
College. -
Aligood also expects the in
crease in consumption of tobacco
to continue during the next.
three to five years for two jxi- n
mQ’v reasons. First, the popu
lation will increase. Secondly,
more women smokers are ex
pected.
Unfortunately for Tar Heel to- ...
baeco growers, the export pic
ture does not look so bright.,,
Exports of flue-cured in T950-B1 .?.
are expected to increase mod
erately, while hurley exports are ..
expected i-j remain at about
j "933-GO levels.
! Over the next three to five -„>
1 years, no substantial increase is
anticipated in exports because of , ?
trade barriers and the increased ??,
production of tobacco in foreign
countries.
Allgood reports that in 1959-60
domestic use of flue-cured was
about 4 per cent larger that)
m the two preceding years and
I the largest in six years,
j On thg other hand, exports
were 5*4 percent below the ,
1958-39 level and the smallest
since 1952-53. .
Domestic tise and exports of
burlcy increased slightly in 1960.
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Harrell Oil Co.
EDENTON. N. C.