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X a ^h Springs Msett ONE OF ROBESON COUNTY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS Vol. 52 No. 28 12 Pages a Red Springs, N. C. ____^^ GEORGIA MARKET OPENING AVERAGES 47c Thursday, July 22, 1948 Gulf Bulk Plant Fire Damage Is Estimated At $100,000 Firemen Protect Adjoining Property As Fuel Oil Burns LUMBERTON Damage es- timated at $100,000 was suffered yesterday by the Gulf Oil Cor- poration and G. Carr, Lumberton distributor, when the bulk plant of the the southern edge went up in flames. Carr and Evander company on or the city Both Mr. Britt, driver of the truck carrying the pump ing unit which started the blaze, were burned painfully but not seriously; they were back on the scene after receiving first aid. The fire raged from 12:45 un til 4:45 and in the four hours destroyed a 45,000 gallon tank of fuel oil, an approximately equal amount of gasoline, the grease j^and oil warehouse and its con tents, the office and its records, a dog and two pups, three tank trucks, and a 1948 Ford, owned by Mr. Carr’s son. A tank filled With high octane gasoline and alongside the blaz ing fuel oil tank was not burned. Mr. Carr attempted to stop the blaze with a hand extinguish er but was unsuccessful. The Lumberton fire depart ment faced the, near disaster cooly and its control tactics were so successful that no damage was done outside the plant area. The surroundii f-'^lly laced: to protect ■’fiftta territory was h tiosy ready case an explosion should spray burning liquid beyond; the area of the fire. The adjoining frame building occupied by Hutchin son’s Machine Shop was not damaged; the wind direction probably saved it from damage. The Fayetteville fire department responding to Chief E. J. Glov er’s call for aid was not actually needed, but except for the near miracle of the unburned gasoline was a necessity. A Mr. Carr said that Gulf car- Tried insurance, but he did not know just how much. He said that the trucks and car were his property and were covered. The blaze was spectacular and the dense black smoke rose in a tall column that could be seen for miles before ,the wind carried it off to the northeast. DDT Fog Over Red Springs RED SPRINGS—Insect control by spraying and fogging with DDT is being carried out in and around Red Springs throughout this month ,it was stated today by Reece Snyder, town clerk, in an effort to eliminate flies and mosquitoes throughout the town. 160 houses and all garages, chicken yards and houses, dog houses and other outbuildings in the Robbins Cloth Mills section were completed last week, and a crew of four men under the su pervision of Jim Carruth is now spraying houses on the east, west and south side of town. Houses that are not effectively screened are sprayed inside and out, with careful attention porches, kitchens buildings. Houses having being given to and all out- effective screen- ing will be treated with the so lution sprayed on outside walls and porches and all outbuildings about each sprayed. residence will be The first of four fogging treat- ments were given Wednesday morning by the Collins Exterm inator company of Myrtle Beach, S. C. The fogging of the DDT was done from an especially equipped truck which puts up an enormous cloud of vaporized so lution which covers trees, shrubs and buildings within the area sc that an entire block i s covered by driving along the streets. This treatment will be done once each five days four times, cover the breeding cycle of flies and mosquitoes. > The Collins company has tracts with the towns of to both con- Fair- mont, St. Pauls and Maxton, and the city of Lumberton is said tc be considering having them fog that town, too. MAXTON—Rev. M. Simonis, a Russian evangelist and teachei of languages at the University of Colorado, will be the speaker at the evening service at 8 o’clock a Sunday, July 23, at the First -esbyterian church. Lumberton Markel Eyes Ga. Prices; Completes August 3 Opening Plans By MARION ALEXANDER Growers and tobacconists ir this Border Belt capital, which opens its own market Tuesday, August 3, were waiting anxiously today for the first reports on the opening in Georgia. The general opinion seemed to be that the prices, of the golden weed, will be a little higher than last year—maybe enough to make up for the 27 per cent cut in acreage—but the exact figures, so important to this section, a- waited the news from down south. Representatives from most of the 11 warehouses and 3 inde pendent companies on the Lum berton market made the long trek to Georgia in order to the opening hand what they can get erg on each Meanwhile, sales and see are the top for their own grade. watch first- prices grow- the local market completed plans for its own open ing, 12 days hence, which is ex pected to usher in one of the biggest seasons in history here, at a meeting of the Lumberton Tobacco Warehouse Association this week. Tom Smith,, co-p x- rietor with Paul Sands of Smith Warehouses, was retained ns president, R. Ed Wilkins of Liberty Warehouse as M. R. Alexander as secretary. Among the important items of business attended to were the adoption of a sales schedule for this season, which gives each firm a sale every day and which, with the booking market’s system of space, assures sales with no long waits damaged tobacco. Representatives of the quick and other warehouses present included: Britt Warehouse—E. A. De- Jarnette and Lee Woody. Carolina—J. E. Johnson, Mar vin Roycroft, Leroy Townsend, Adrian McRae, and Alf Forbes. Dixie—Neil McKe’then, F. K. Biggs, and Alex Kinlaw. Hedgpeth—R. A. Hedgpeth, Johnny Roycroft, H. H. Hicks and Leroy Rollins. Liberty—Russell Livermore, Wilkins, Goode, Frank nings. Frank White, H. Russell Livermore, White, an'’ Dudley Ed D. Jr., Jen- Rufus McQueen, cal business man, prominant lo- who is asso- ciated with the Liberty, is serv ing as president of the Lumber- ton Tobacco Board of Trade season. The other officers are Neil Keithen ,first vice president, this Mc- E. IC. Howard, second vice presi dent; R. A. Hedgpeth, treasurer, and M. R. Alexander, secretary. Birthday, Gathering At Odom Home The 78th anniversary of Joseph T. Odom was observed Sunday by members of his family who gathered over the weekend for the annual family reunion with which they have marked the oc casion for some years. Those present for the Sunday dinner included Mrs. Odom, his brother, Julius eral members the following families: Mr. D. Odom, and sev- of his family, and children and and Mrs. Kirby and son, of Supply; and Mrs. E. H. Odom of delphia; Schroder hassett, Mrs. of St. J. Mr. and Long W. Pauls; C. Edwards Abbeville, S. KEEP KIDS AT HOME LUMBERTON—County health officer, Dr. E R Hardin, yes terday expressed disapproval of the fact that not all parents are cooperating in the polio quarantine which is on a vol untary basis throughout the county. Although he said many are doing everything that has lateen requested of them. Dr Hardin issued the following statement: “I am informed that many parents are taking their chil dren under 16 with them to visit sick patients in local hospitals Also that many children under 16 are attending the baseball games and picture shows in all parts of the county. All pa rents are urged to discontinue such practices immediately.” Wallace Party Brings Petition To Robeson "“ New Party Asks Inclusion On Nov. Ballot, Need 10,000 Petitioners LUMBERTON The Pro- gressive Party checking Robe son County signatures on its pe tition for inclusion in the No vember general election, won the approval elections per cent the 281 of the county board of for Approximately 30 of the signers. 87 of names on the petition were proven as qualified for in clusion on the petition. Miss Frances Zack, represent ing the 'Progressive Party, which has as its major candidate Hen ry A. Wallace, spent Monday and a part of Tuesday going the registration books in county with board chairman petitioners seek qualified voters over the county elections E. P. Bond. The 10,000 names of in. North Caroli- na as a requirement of recogni tion by the State Board of Elec tions, and the names on the pe tition must be these of registered voters who did Democratic or not vote in the Republican pri- mary. A voter may not change party affiliation after the pri- mary. sented The by has the its The petitions must be pre in Raleigh by August 2. Progressive Party headed Miss Mary Price, Greensboro, been seeking approval of state elections board so that presidential nominee, Wallace, may appear on the ballot in No vember. The 87 names approved as qualified petitioners in this county represent about the same proportion of approvals as in oth er parts of the state; this means that about 30,000 signatures must be on the petition. Miss Zack their Floyd Capt. Phila- and Mrs .R. C. children of Island; Mr. Dowd Mr. and C.; Man- and and children and Mrs. R d’.ughter of Mrs. C. R. Nixon and daughter of Norfolk and J. T. Odom, Jr., oi Chapel Hill. Church Being Renovated RED SPRINGS.—Painting of the interior of the First Presbyterian Church was begun this week by M. M. Smith, painting contractor. The work is expected to take sev eral weeks'. The old carpet has been removed and upon completion of the interior painting the J. B. Ivey company of Charlotte will install a new carpet throughout the church, painting and the rug Cost of the installation is expected to amount to approxi mately $6,000. said that it to seek more eson in the might be necessary petitioners in Rob- next two weeks. Miss Price, to Hubert E. in a recent letter Olive, state tions chairman, deplored “chaotic” condition of the istration books which made certification of signatures elec- the reg- the diffi- cult. E. P. Bond states that no particular difficulty was experi enced in this county and that the most confusing aspect of the checking process was created by signers giving their post office address without their precinct number—an RFD route might lie in any of several townships. Chairman Qlive had previously denied that registration' books in the state were not in proper con dition. PRESBYTERY MEETS LUMBERTON — Rev. R. Alexander, W. N. Parmele, C. S. McIntyre and Hector McBryde attended a meeting of the Men of the Fayetteville Sunday at Union Presbytery Presbyterian church in Moore county. Mr. Parmele was delegate from the First Presbyterian church in Lumberton. Fairmont Tobacco Sales Schedule Announced For Opening August 3 Fire Lane Plo^ ^ To Be In Robeson LUMBERTON- Braddie Pait, county forester for announced that the vice now has fire equipment available is scheduled to be Robeson, has forestry ser- lane plowing in and the that it county Twenty Houses 8 Daily Sales ini August. Persons fire lanes erty may mation by August 1. interested plowed on in having their prop- secure detailed infor- calling Mr. Pait by His telephone num- FAIRMONT — The 1948 Fair mont tobacco market will be off to a big start when the first bid is made on the morning of Aug ust 3 at the four houses having first sales; a start which it is TWELVE THOUSAND DOZEN HAND- KERCIHIEFS EACH WEEK — that’s the present production of the Pembroke Manu facturing Company (interior pictured above). 57 employees working in two shifts turn out this production on 30 hemming mach ines of various sorts, many of them auto matic. The company manufactures both men’s and ladies’ handkerchiefs,, the for mer being 15, 17, and 18 inches square, both hemstitched and flat hemmed,.and in white and stripes. Ladies’ handkerchiefs are made 12 inches square in pastel colors. The majority of production goes to New YYork and more go to Wool worth 5. & 10’s than to any other customer, but assistant manager Clarke has orders now on his desk from several states—Pembroke buys them too. The picture above with the man in it shows a bank of automatic hemmers which hem both sides of a continuous strip of ma terial. The other picture shows a long strip of hemmed cloth on the cutting table (cut-' ting is done by machinery) and in the back ground other sewing machines which hem the cut edges. Manager of the factory is M. Ailetcher. Assistant manager Clarke has just com pleted his work for an A. B. degree at Pem broke State College during the summer session.—Photos by Penn Gray. ber is Lumberton 956-J, and his residence is on East First street in; Lumberton. Farm Home Adm. Holds District Meet Yesterday State Director Addresses Commit teemen And Staffs Ed Wilkins, in Statesboro, Ga,, to observe the opening of the weed market there, wired the Lumberton Tobacco Board of Trade at noon today that the offerings were of common grade and that prices ranged from 9c to 59c per pound, with an esti mated average of 47c. Considering the four cent diE ferential between the Georgia market and the Border Belt and the fact that the Georgia crop is considered poor and the Caro lina crop above average, this early report furnishes grounds for optimism among growers and warehousemen of the Border Belt. ■ Anne Hale Brown Wins Grand Prize In Baby Contest Washer, Radio Head Prize List; Steve Chason Second High Anne Hale Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, was declared Contest Springs weeks. Other winner of Popular Baby conducted by the Citizen during the winners in the Red past 8 contest were Stephen C. Chason, son Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Chason Lumber Bridge, second prize; Ann Malloy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Malloy of Parkton, third prize; Susan Singleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy Singleton, of near Antioch, fourth Betty Jean McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Allendale, fifth prize. prize, and daughter of McNeill of County Committee To Select Local Draft Board Named By Governor Farm Home Administration committeemen of the seven coun ties in District IV met in Lum berton yesterday with State Di rector J. B. Slack, Dennis H. Sutton, State Field Representa tive, and other officials of the .FHA. The meeting wa s held in the auditorium of the agricul ture building and was called for the purpose of giving committees background tion about the program securing improvement county informa- and for sugges- Two lew Polio Cases Raise Co. Registration To Begin Aug- 30 For tions from them for the pro gram. Some 35 persons attend- Men 18 Thru 25 Total To Ten Dr. E. R. Hardin, county health officer, this week disclos ed that two more cases of polio myelitis have appeared in the county bringing the total to 10 for the year, and that one more death has occurred bringing the total to two. Five year daughter of Locklear of came ill on. old- Betty Lt'ckleal, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy near Pembroke, be- July 10. Dr. R. D. Runners up were: Barbara Jean Dudley daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Dudley of Red Springs; James Malcolm Varnum, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Varnum, of Red Springs; Carolina M. Bardell, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bardell of Maxton airbase; Richard Wat son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neill Watson of Red Springs’; Ernest Graham. III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Graham, Jr., of Red Springs Marsha. Lee Spivey and Donna Jean Beacham. ' * In the first prize group, won by Ann Hale Brown with 14,554,600 votes were the following .items (name of donor given in parenthe sis: Bendix deluxe washer (Red Springs Supply Company); Cros ley Console radio and record play er (Home Furniture Co.); Plastic table lamp (Kennedy’s Jewelry and Gift Shop); $10 in Merchandise (Belk-Hensdale); $7.50 in baby clothing (B. C. Moore and Son); and a silver pitcher with baby’s name engraved on it (Lenoir’s Jewel Shop.) The second prize group contained the following items, which were won by Stephen C. Chason with 9,351,800 votes; 4ft. International Deep Freeze unit (Singleton and McMillan. Inc.) Stewart - Warner Radio (Stephenson’s Blackwoods associate store); $7.50 in baby cloth ing (B. C. Moore and Const. The third prize groun. won by Ann Malloy with 9,157,500 votes, included the following items: Mo- hoganv drop leaf table (Saramac Furniture Co.); year’s rental on freezer locker (Colonial Freezer Foods, Inc.); Doris Dodson dress (Moore’s Department store); Kero- gas range (Lesters Western Auto associate store). The fourth prize group, won by Susan Singleton, with 8,709,100 votes included the following items: Moniot Washing machine (Allen McLean, Inc..) and set of four Croom, Jr., reported the case and sent the child to Scotland Mem orial hospital. At. Red Springs, Miss Margaret Bartch, Milwaukee, Wis., was visiting her brother, stricken on the 16th. Dr. Ward, Lumberton, had her who was Frank trai.s- ferred to Duke hospital on the 18th. Miss Bartch died at Duke on Monday, years old. STATE The total July 19. She was 16 TOTAL number North Carolina had CLIMBS of cases climbed in to- day to 783 with 47 reported Wed- nesday, a day’s record surpass ¬ ed only by July 16 when 50 were counted. The epidemic of totaled 878 cases and this total is fast approaching mark. 1944 year’s that Missionary AI Baptist Church Sunday Morning FAIRMONT.—Dr. M. B. Stokes, retired Methodist missionary who has spent thirty-three years in Korea and several years in Cuba, will speak to the Sunday School groups at the First Baptist church on Sunday morning at 10:15 o’clock. Dr. Stokes was originally to teach the Men’s Bible Class, but because of the desire of the other groups in the church to hear him, his' audience will Include them also The public is cordially invited to attend the service which will close not later than eleven o’clock. The Men’s Bible Class on last Sunday was taught by the Rev. W. Atlas The Betty votes, tires (Auto Service Center), fifth prize group, won bv Jean McNeill with 3,773,900 included: Four dozen assort- ed baby foods (McNeill and Bostic) and a hotwater Auto Heater (B&H Garage). MAXTON.-Dr. J. O. McClelland has returned to his home in Max- ton after a stay at the Sever sana torium, in Clio, S. C. President Truman’a June 30 pro clamation starting the first Peace time draft in U. S. history inaug urates a chain of events familiar to millions young and not so young American men. Prior to registra tion local draft boards will have to be appointed, and although fo’- the present the number of boards will be much smaller than in war time, many citizens will be called upon to devote their time gratis to the thankless job of registration and drafting. Appointment of draft boards un der the selective service act has not been made, but Gov. Cherry has indicated by letters dated July 10 that the selection of the boards will be by the same method as for World War II boards. The gover nor's letters went to county court clerks, county election board chair men, and county school superin- land, and Brunswick counties. a. Mr. Slack in his address to the group said that the ’progi^sw^' started in 1934 and known vari ously as the Resettlement Ad- mifnistratpo'n, Federal Security Administration, and finally as FHA, was a “unique program of supervised credit for low income farm families” and that it super vised farming to insiv payment of loans made by it and to as sure a living for the families con cerned. The state director said that his agency was not in competition with commercial lending agencies and only supplied capital for farm purchase or improvement when such money could not be obtained from any other source. He said further that whenever one of the FHA financed farm- ers became from private relinquished source. Mr. Slack eligible for credit sources his note was by FHA to that tenders asking a committee to bers. Robeson Green, school that they compose select board mem- county’s Clyde superintendent, B. pointed to experience With 2800 tenant purchase loans which have been negotiated over the past ten years. He said that Frank McMillan, clerk of court, and E. P. Bond, board of elections, chairman will appoint Robeson’,; boards! they await appointment of a state director who will instruct them as to proceedure. Maior Gen. Lewis B. Hershe" will again serve as national direc tor of selective service PROVISIONS’ OF ACT All youths 18 through 25 will be required to register beginning Au- gus't 30 and each draftee will be required to serve for 21 months Inductions cannot start until Sep- tember 22, of the act. Although worked out 90 days after passage details haven’t been as to selection of reg- istrants. the registration will go forward under the following sche dule: Men Trill register by age group. Pick your date out of the following and wait: Persons born in 1922 after Au- gust 30 will register on Angus! 30; persons born in 1923 will reg ister August 31-September 1; 1924 —September 2-3; 1925—Septembei 5 or September 7; 1926—Septerabe: 8-9; 1927—September 10-11; 1928- September 13-14; 1929—Septembei 15-16; person born in 1930 before September 19—September 17-19. Boys born on or after September A. Poole, pastor of the First Bap tist Church of Burgaw. 1 During the month of July, there is no regular church service, this month being vacation for the pas tor as well as members of the church. Regular Sunday School and Training Union services held and church services will resumed the first of August. are be NEW POLICE OFFICER RED SPRINGS — M. R. In gram of Lynchburg, S. C., and recently of the Florence police Dree, was employed this week » ;he Ideal police force. 19, 1930, will register on their birth day, or within five days after. MAXTON.—At the regular meet ing of the American Legion Friday Lew officers were installed by R F. Morris and the framed copy of the preamble of the American Le gion constitution was presented and accepted by the post. P. R. Phil lips, newly elected commander, presided. The first American to engage in meat packing was William Pynchon of Springfield, Mass., who in 1655 started to drive cat tle to Boston. in spite of the these loans are payment over years ,1011 of fact that most of scheduled for re- as much as 40 them have been paid in full and that over 55 per cent of the $13 million involved has been paid back. He com- menteJ further of the program with comparable The meeting o’clock .out for adjourn Besides' A.. M. lunch, at 3 on other phases which have met success. convened at 10 and, with time was scheduled to in the afternoon. committee members, which there are three in of each county, office personnel from the various counties attended. Polio Claims Girl As Second Victim In Robeson County RED SPRINGS.--Margaret Joan Bartch, aged 16, of Milwaukee Wis., became Robeson county’' second fatality from poliomyelitis Monday after an illness of three 'ays. Miss Bartch was stricken Friday with the bulbar type infec tion, a short time after arriving here for a visit with her brother Glenn L. Bartch, Jr., and his family at Robbins Cloth Mills. Funeral services will be conduct ed Friday morning at 8 o’clock at hoped by those connected with the market will herald the big gest season seen yet in this, the Biggest Little Tobacco Market In the World, and which is in truth, the market having the largest number of warehouses of any in the world. The four sets of buyers will have five hours of selling time each day, two and one half hours in each house, with a limit of 400 baskets per hour, 2000 per day per set of buyers ,or a total of 1000 baskets per day for each house. 1946 was the biggest year ever seen in Fairmont with a total of 51,957,870 lbs. of tobacco at an ' average of $51.29 and this record was carried on last year with a total o 47,855,696 lbs. of tobacco at an average of $43.64. According to Charlie Stafford, Sales Supervisor of the Tobacco Market, the goal for 1948 is 50,- 000,000 lbs., and he makes no estimate as to the average. At a meeting held on Monday afternoon by the warehousemen the selling schedule was finally worked out to the satisfaction of all concerned. First A. M. sgli Aug. 3—Hollidays, Twin State No. 1, Big Brick and Square Deal No. 1; second P. M. sslle Aug. 3—Star, Davis, Planters No. 1 and Robeson County, First Sale Wednesday, Aug. 4—Farm ers, Square Deal Nd. 2, Twin State No. 2and Dixie; second sale Wednesday—Mitchell Davis, Big 5, Frye No. 1 and Carolina No. 1. First sale Thursday-— Frye No. 2, Chambers - Reeves, Planters No. 2 and Carolina No; 2; second sale Thursday — Big Brick, Square Deal No. 1, Hal lidays and Twin State No. 1. First sale Friday — Robeson County. Star, Davis and Plant ers; second sale Friday, Twin State No. 2, Dixie, Farmers add Square Deal No. 2. First sale for Monday, Aug. 9—Carolina No. 1, Mitchell-Davis, Big 5 and Frye No. 1; second sale—Plant ers No. 2, Carolina No. 2, Frye No . 2, and Chambe is-Reeves. With a total of twenty ware houses this year, working out a selling schedule proved quite a problem to Mr. Stafford who states that he has aged twenty years in the past three weeks; For the benefit of any persons who may at this point not know the names of the numerous hous es added to the roster, thb folloW- ing is a complete list: Square Deal Nos. 1 and 2, Frye Nos. 1 and 2. Holliday, Dixie, Davis, Mitchell-Davis, Planters 1 and 2, Robeson County, Peoples, Big 5, Big Brick, Farmers, Carolina- Star 1, 2 and 3, and Twin State 1 and 2. Each of the houses will be op en this year instead of the plan followed last season. Just what the result will be remains to ba seen and great ig the specula tion as to the number of houses that will be constructed before this time next year. St. Francis Catholic church Father Michael, pastor. Burial be in Alloway cemetery in Springs. Surviving are her parents, and Mrs. Glenn L. Bartch of by will Red Mr Mil ani waukee, and Denver, Colo., three brothers; Glenn L. Bartch Jr., of Red Springs'. Robert G. and Thomas A. Bartch of Milwaukee. The first death from the disease which has attacked 11 persons in Robeson this summer, was Stacy Herbert Evers, Jr., also of Red Springs, who died six days pre viously, also at Duke Hospital. PFC. CAMPBELL IN ARMY SCHOOL Private First Class Gaston Camp bell. son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscos Campbell of Fairmont, N. C., is a member of the 24th Infantry, noW stationed at Gifu, Japan. The 24th Infantry is a part of the 25th,In- fantry (Tropic Lightning) Divis ion. commanded by Brigadier Gen eral Everett E. Brown; Pfc. Campbell is a rifleman in Company D, and under the Army's Job Training Program has beep chosen to attend the Sth Army Auro Maintenance School in Yokohama, Japan. Before entering the service Pfc. Campbell attended Rosenwale High School.
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