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$5,865,000 Is Greensville County’s Record Farm Income For 1948 Welles Remains In Serious ^ Condition WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 - AP)—Sumner Welles, formei Undersecretary of State, wa: found unconscious in a snow flecked Maryland field yester day, his fingers and toes frozen He remained in a serious con dition today from “severe ex posure and shock.” Welles apparently had lain ir ^ the field for several hours. The temperature was about 15 de grees above zero when he was found. The 56-year old former diplo mat, an insomnia sufferer foi years, frequently took walks late at night to help him get to sleep Welles regained consciousness yesterday afternoon but was un able to say what had happened. * his physician, Dr. George R Huffman, said. The doctor added it would be a day or two before he would know whether any of Welles fingers or toes might have to be amputated. Circumstances indicated thal Welles left his estate at nearby Oxon Hill, Md., in the early hours of Sunday. ^ A son, Arnold Welles, said the family believes he suffered a heart attack while out walking. He was stricken with a heart ail ment 18 years ago and has been under treatment for it since then. Friends also reported that Welles has been deeply upset by the death in New York Decem ber 20 of Laurence Duggan, a <0 close personal friend. Duggan, a protege of Welles in the State Department, was killed when he fell or jumped from his 16th floor office window. Fire Destroys Store Near 9 Here Sunday A store operated by T. M. Ed mondson about three and one half miles from Roanoke Rapids was completely destroyed yes - terday afternoon in a fire which levelled the building. Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Camp of the Roanoke Rapids ^ fire department said local fire men were cslled to the scene about a quarter of a mile south of the Littleton highway near the “Zoo” about 4:30. He said when the truck arrived the building was ablaze all over and said the flames were completely out of control. Firemen were able to direct a stream of water onto a pump 0 house and a storage shed in which drums of oil and peanuts were stored and save the out buildings from the spreading fire Camp said Edmondson lived in the store and said he lost all his personal belongings including clothing and two shotguns. Ed mondson told firemen the stock was valued at about $4,000 and it was estimated the fire caused ^ damage in excess of $5,000. At the time the fire was dis covered the store was not oc jcupied, and it was thought the [fire was started from an oil heat er in the store. By the time as sistance arrived the flames had gamed too much headway to try and save any of the contents of the building. Firemen stayed at the scene a ooui an nour Deiore iney were * able to save the outbuildings and make sure the store fire was not in danger of becoming danger ous again. The local firemen answered a nother alarm about eleven o’ clock yesterday morning, when they were called to the Walser Motor Company in the 1300 block of Roanoke Avenue to assist in extinguishing a fire in an auto mobile belinging to R. C. Brown. Firemen said the fire was ap parently started from a short circuit in the wiring of the auto mobile under the dashboard . The flames were extinguished quickly and damage to the car was limited to the floor board and instrument panel. Funeral For Mrs. Sheffield Is Here Today Mrs. Carrie Sheffield, 75, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Haston Rice, Saturday af ternoon after a long illness. Funeral services were conduc ted this afternoon at 4 o’clock ^ rom the Rice home by the Rev. fames. F. Herbert, pastor of he First Methodist Church. Jurial was in Cedarwood Ceme 3ry. Mrs. Sheffield is survived by rs. Rice; two other daughters, Irs. Grover Tripp of Roanoke apids, Mrs. John Foraker of >hio; two sons: Robert and Eu ene, one sister, Mrs. M. E. laye of Littleton, and seven • grandchildren. 84th lear—No. 89_ Roanoke Rapids, N. C_, Monday, December 27, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday Dutch Troops Enter Indonesian Capital _ .. -...... ■, .. A Dutch jeep, brought into Jogjakarta airfield by plane, pauses on road as advancing troops enter the Indonesian Republic capital in J ava. Netherlands government troops move along both sides of the street. A Dutch communique issued Saturday announced the capture of Ma dioen, rail center and last major city held by Indonesian Republic forces. Madioen is 7S miles east of Jogjakarta. (AP Wirephoto). Early Christmas Morning Blaze Burns Weldon Negro Methodist Church Weldon— A Christmas morn ing blaze of undertermined ori gin completely destroyed the St. I Peters A.M.E. Methodist j Church here about five a.m. de j spite the efforts of the Weldon volunteer fire department who were aroused from their beds to fight the blaze. The pastor of the church, Rev. Gibson estimated the loss of the frame and brick structure loca ted on Third street at between $8,000 and $10,000 dollars. The firemen saved two nearby homes by dousing them with water, but the fire in the church building had gained too much headway when they were called to the blaze. Fire Chief D. R. Medlin said that the flames lit up the skies and a good-sized crowd of peo ple gathered to see the fire. Pastor Gibson said that a fund would be started immediately to rebuild the structure and asked that anyone wishing to make a donation to the new church for the colored people of Weldon to please contact him. Nation’s Death ] Toll During Holidays Is 381 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The death toll in traffic and other accidents over the Christ mas weekend had mounted to I 381 early today. The 267 traffic fatalities were two more than the estimate for the period by the National Safe ty Council. Of the 110 deaths from miscellaneous accidents, at lest 32 were from fires. At New Brunswick, N. J., seven members or one family perished in a fire which destory ed their home Christmas day. A family of six died in a fire at Barre, Mass., and a mother and two daughters died in a blaze at Terre Haute, Ind. Oth er fires took the lives of four members of one family at Kan sas City, and five Negroes at Bessemer, Ala. A woman and her granddaughter died as the result of a fire which destpry ed a trailer at Philadelphia, and three persons died in an auto mobile fire near Falmouth, Ky. Truman Back To Work On Speech Independence, Mo., Dec. 27 (AP)—President Truman got back to work today on his “state of the union” message to Con gress. His secretaries, Charles G. Ross and Matthew J. Connelly, reopened temporary White House headquarters in the Hotel Muehlebach at Kansas City, af ter the Christmas holiday week end. Mr. Trcriuan drove to Kansas City from his home in. Mid morning to tackle accumulated official documents and resume study on some phases of his first message to the new, de mocratic-controlled congress. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ Well, we can’t have everything . . so now we must go back to work. And in another week, those lucky enough not to be working during the holidays will have to go back to school and college. It takes a long time, it seems, for a holiday to come, but it goes away in record time . .. Making an exception to this, though, are Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Rainier and two children, Constance and Jerrie of Newark, arrived here on Christmas Eve to visit with Mrs. Rainier’s pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Lambert of Franklin street . . . They will remain here until Jan uary 15. Mr. and Mrs. Alford Reaves of the Weldon-Roanoke Rapids Highway had practically all of their children who live out-of town at home for Christmas .... they are Mr. and Mrs. James Dean, Jimmie, Jr. and Sue of Roanoke, Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. Jenson Huff and Kay of Dan ville, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Reaves and Bruce of Alexandria, Va. Everything seems to be chang ing now, even the naming of babies . . . and it always seems that it turns out to be done as it was in days gone by. For in stance, many years ago, the peo ple would name their oldest son after their father, whether the father was a “Junior” or not... some times they would even to so far as to name then the IVth. or Vth. In the past two weeks, I have heard of four recently born babies who were given their father’s name with three ones on the end of it. Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin B. Singletary Jr. of Jack son street have a Marvin, III; Mr. and Mrs,. James L. King, Jr. of Madison street have a James III; Mr. and Mrs. Ri chard Williams Jr. have Richard III; and there is another “Tyck” Hudson, now. He belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry “Tyck” Hud son, Jr.... Yesterday little Janet Drewery and Barbara Miller observed their birthday and today Alonza Harris and Edward Craddock will do the same. Here’s wish ing you all a very happy birth day and many happy returns of the day. Mrs. Nathaniel Garris of Hamil ton street, arrived at his home last evening to spend a twelve day leave with his family. Les lie, a graduate of the local high school, has been with the Navy for seven years and will return to his ship at Norfolk Naval Base when his leave is up. The telegraph-editor of a Den ver newspaper complained to a country correspondent who omit ted names in his stories. He wrote the man that if he neg lected this essential detail in his next yarn he would be discharg ed. A few days later the editor got this dispatch: “Como, Colo rado, June 8—A severe storm passed over this section this af ternoon and lighting struck a barbed-wire fence on the' ranch Df Henry Wilson, killing three cows—their names being Jessie, Bossie, and Buttercup . . .. ” All Saved From Broken Ship Elizabeth City, Dec. 27—(AP) —Coast Guardsmen today res cued two seamen from the stern portion of an Argentine mer chant tanker which broke in two yesterday. The pair had drifted in sub freezing temperatures 70 miles from the scene of yesterday’s break-up of their vessel, El Capitan. The cutter Cherokee discover ed the drifting hulk this morn ing in moderating seas. An hour later the Coast Guard Cut ter Agassiz sent a small boat along the floating stern and took off the two men. The rescue was witnessed by the other 16 crewmen who were taken aboard the Cherokee yes terday from the bow , section. The Argentine vessel was under tow from Savannah to Baltimore when she split in two. The Cherokee took the stern section in tow. The Agassiz was scheduled to land its two survivors at More head City. Negev Battle Rages Again Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 27 (AP)—The second battle o f the Negev swelled today into a full scale fight for the barren southern desert. A virtual news blackout exist ed on the Israeli side, but it ap peared on the fifth day of the new fighting that Israeli com manders this time are seeking to hurl the Egyptians back across their own frontiers—or to bring Egyptian political leaders a round to armistice talks without further delay. In Cairo, Egyptian Commun ications Minister Dessouki Aba za Pasha said the battle had developed into a “general clash.” The Rev. W. C. Grant Undergoes Operation In Local Hospital Weldon—The Rev. Worth C. Grant, pastor of the Weldon Bap tist Church, is recovering nice ly in the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital following an appendicitis I operation Tuesday. COLD, Cold, Cold That's The Way The Area Had It During The Holiday Temperatures in this area took$ a post-Christmas tumble here Christmas night and hit their lowest point on the thermome ter so far this winter early Sun day morning. After light snows on Christmas eve and Christmas day, the section had what almost amount ed to a white Christms and the freeze kept the snow still in evi dence in plenty of places here today. The snow spattered fit fully from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon un til a chill wind out of the north drove the clouds before it late Saturday night and gave the mer cury a downward shove as local residents started to shiver in the first really cold weather seen this season. From Weldon, official weather bureau man Luke Shearin re ported the temperature had dropped as low as 15 degrees ze ro F., which was 17 degrees below the freezing mark, and locally some unofficial therm ometers climbed down as far as 12 above Saturday and last night. One of the unusual occurrenc es accompanying the drop in the temperature was at the Weldon Methodist Church Sunday morn ing, where church attendants were forced to endure a heatless church because tne boiler supply ing heat had burst from the cold The weather was, as usual, a popular source of conversation and comment, but for a number of home owners in the Weldon Itoahoke area'it “was no joking matter for those who had water pipes to freeze tightly and burst or for those who stepped onto the sheet ice which froze from the melting snows into a glassy sur face. Motorists, too, who had either been lulled into a feeling of false security by the unusually mild fall or who had been con tent to fill their automobile ra diators with anti-freeze which turned out to be not quite freeze proof were seen driving their steaming cars up the street this morning looking like Stanley steamers. Service stations were besieged with people begging for anti-freeze and a quick thaw of their cars. “Is it cold enough for you” was the standard greeting of the day, and a lot of people got ei ther good-natured replies or icy glares, depending on the mood of the people asked. The sun, which apparently had taken its own Christmas vaca tion from late Thursday .until a brief appearance Saturday after noon, came out again yesterday afternoon and this morning it nad started the mercury on its :limb back up in the tube, while the section joined the rest of the nation in shivering and hugging die stoves. Dutch Claim More Gains In Indonesia Batavia, Java, Dec. 27—AP) —The Dutch claimed further gains today against Indonesians in Java and Sumatra. A Netherlands army Commun ique said “mopping up oper ations” are being carried out around Soerakarta and Mage lang in Java. The report /also said two Dutch fighter planes had gone down “as a result of an accident over Central Java.” No casual ties were mentioned. The Dutch said they have oc cupied Laboehan and Menes in West Java, Plosso in East Ja va and Fort Van Der Cappellen, Sumatra. A military spokesman in the Hague said the Republican ar my is fleeing into the mountains and preparing for guerilla activ ity. He declared the Republi can forces lacked leadership, food supplies and popular sup port. The Dutch embassy in Paris said yesterday the Netherlands forces had suffered 19 killed and 43 wounded since their “police action” began in Indonesia nine days ago, . * t Very Quiet Holiday Is Police Report Christmas in Roanoke Rapids lived up to expecta tions by being “unusually quiet”, according to reports from local police and hospital officials here today. “It was one of the quietest Christmas holiday weekends we’ve had' in ytears,” Chief T. J. Davis of the police depart ment said here this morning. “We didn’t even have the usual weekend quota of drunks or fights reported here, so I guess maybe people decided it was a good time to behave themsel ves.” Police were on duty all through Christmas but they said- their activity was limited to routine pa trolling and a few minor calls, no- more activity than on a normal weekend... At the hospital attendants said emergency calls and vic tims of accidents were almost non-existent over the long Christmas weekend. Thtey said there were some admit tances to the hospital over Christmas of “sick people’’, but acident victims were few ter than there are normally. In spite of a light snowfall, motorists were apparent ly ai&rc careful than usual, be cause no serious accidents oth er than minor collisions were reported by officers, and the local fiitemen said they had a rest until the day after Christ mas, when they answered two alarms. Some Relief From Cold Seen By The Associated Pi»ess Slight respite from the coldest weather since last January was promised the Carolinas today. For North Carolina, the out look was increasing cloudiness and not so cold today and to night. Cloudy and rather cold with occasional light rain over the west in the afternoon were due tomorrow. Asheville, N.C., was the cold est spot in the Carolinas re porting this morning with a low of 9 degrees. Mt. Mitchell, which usually wins the frigid sweepstakes, had a low of 18. A mass of warm air surrounded the lofty peak kept it warmer than neighboring Asheville. Hope For Peace In China Go Glimmering As Reds Publish War Criminal List Nanking, Dec. 27 —AP) - Hopes for peace in China faded today. Communist radio broadcast of a list of “war criminals” to be punished by a “peoples court” sent them glimmering. Heading the list were Chiang Kai-Shek, Madem Chiang, Pre mier Sun Fo and most of the na tion’s top military and political leaders. Surprise that the Communists would publish such a list at this time, when there seemed a pos sibility of the warring factions reaching some sort of agreement was expressed in both foreign and Chinese quarters. “Communists by their action have definitely closed the door on any hope of ending the war by negotiation,” said one official His statement was echoed by the arrival of more troops in Nanking. Indicating that Chiang and his followers have deter - mined to go on, possibly turning the capitol into the next battle ground. In view of the Communist ra dio declaration, it seems unlike ly that any of the National of ficials listed would participate in any peace negotiation and the only avenues left to them is to fight or flee. Communist publication of the list and a subsequent proclama- j tion making frequent references to a “peoples government” I strengthened the belief the Reds have decided against permitting the present constitutional govern ment to continue in any form— even under a negotiated peace which would give the Communist control of Hina. Instead, it is believed by most observers the Communist high command hopes to completely eliminate the na tional government and substitute its own. From a study of recent troop movements, it seems that the government is hopeful of hold ing the Nanking-Shanghai area indefinitely with its west flank beginning on the Wuhu River, 50 miles southwest of Nanking, and extending southward along the former Wuha-Hweichcw rail line. The railroad now operates only between Wuhu and Nank ing. Meager reports reaching here late today said that fierce fight ing ranged north of Kaoyu, 60 miles northwest of Nanking. There was no mention of the situation of Gen. Tu Li-Ming’s trapped armies near Pengpu. Tu’s men are without food and bad weather kept planes from airlifting them supplies. ¥ Pulpwood Production Not Counted In Data Give By County Agent EMPORIA, Va.—County Agent Stanford L'. Vassar of Greensville County, Virginia, said to day the farm income in his county for 1948 will be in the neighborhood of $5,865,000 for the high est year on record. He pointed out that the farm economy of Greensville County is based on four cash crops and some swine, adding that forestry products an nually bring in an income estimated at a million dollars. He said the county is third highest in Virginia in pulp wood production, but said the long-range growing of pulp wood has kept it from being included in his estimate of strictly “farm Young Boy Burned In House Blaze John Kenneth Sterling, nine year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sterling of Gloucester, Va., was severely burned on the legs and arms and his fath er’s right hand was badly burn ed yesterday morning in a fire which swept through the home of Mrs. Mary Pearson in Bruns wick County, Virginia, about midway between Lawrenceville and Roanoke Rapids. The child was admitted to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital for treatment of second-degree burns and Sterling’s right hand was treated. Sterling said the Pearson home was completely destroyed. The Sterlings were visitors in Mrs. Pearson’s home over the Christmas weekend, and the father and son were burned when the home caught fire a bout 10:30 yesterday morning and the two were caught inside with the flames before they could get out of the home. Sterling said at the local hos pital this morning that the fire apparently started from a stove in the home and said the flames j iiuuugii uic iauu iiunic &u quickly it was impossible for' anyone to save anything from j the fire or to do anything to save the house. Negro Woman's Death Here Is Being Probed Coroner Rufus Britton said here today he is still investi gating the death of Louise Ash, Negro woman about 30 years old, whose body was discovered in an automobile about 11:30 Christmas night in Hodges Town after what Britton described as ‘‘a Christmas party.” He said officers were notified to come to an address in Hodges Town and on arrival they found the body of the woman slumped down in the seat of a car, adding that rigor mortis had already set in. Britton and county officers made a further investigation and said they found the dead woman had been riding around with a large crowd for some time and had apparently ‘‘pas sed out” sometime during the evening and officers were called after an unsuccessful attempt had been made to rouse her. The coroner said a jury has been notified to be on hand for an inquest, but said he has set no time for the inquest yet. commodities income. “Peanuts are by far the most important crop we have over here in Greensville County,'* Va ssar said, “but we are trying to increase our yields in other pro ducts, and we have had particu larly good luck in developing our corn production in the past few years.” Peanuts Tops He said there are about 16,000 acres of peanuts grown in his county and estimated the yield at about 14 bags to the acre. At present prices on the peanut market the extimated gross in come from peanut production a lone will be $2,480,000 to make it far ahead of the other crops grown in the county. He said most of the peanuts are grown in Greensville County are produced in the eastern part of the county and in the south along the North Carolina line. He pointed out that this section of Virginia and North Carolina are alike in their location as the vast two-state “peanut belt” of the nation. Hb said peanut production this year has shown an increase over the 1947 crop, and said propects are for a good harvest in spite of the unusually wet fall which has caused a late harvesting of most of the crop. The County Agent said cotton is now being grown more exten sively in his county, with about 5,000 acres under cultivation in 1948. He estimated the yield on the cotton crop as about 6,700 pounds of lint cotton per acre. The 33,500,000 pounds of lint cot ton produced this year, Vassar said, will gross a cotton income of about $85,000. < 15,000 Acres in Corn About 15,000 acres of corn are now being grown in Greesnviile County, Vassar said, with yields increasing every year. He said the entire state of Virginia has increased its corn production to a peak average of 42 bushels per acre, having in one year’s time made an increase of seven bu shels per acre. He said a num ber of farmers in the county are showing over 100 bushels to the acre on some fields, adding that one farmer a former North Carolinian) has produced an a verage of about 117 bushels to the acre on a plot containing be tween ten and twelve acres of corn. The highest yield on any one acre, he said, was 122 bush els this year. Vassar estimated the gross in come from corn for 1948 at $750, 000. Tobacco is not grown extensi vely in Greensville County, how ever the 800 acres in tobacco yielded between 1,200 and 1,400 pounds to the acre during 1948. The County Agent said the acre age was off on account of allot ment cuts, but said the yield and price had both more than offset the slash. He estimated iuuuvvu juvuuic iui wav county for the year at $480,000. Another source of farm in come, Vassar said, was from hogs. He said there are appro ximately 10,000 head of hoga in the county and figured that the number sold during 1948 would make for an income of about $300,000. “Of course, you know, we have some dairying, a few poultry pro ducers and then some small grains, soy beans and other prb ducts. All of this I would esti mate at being about $1,000,000,” Vassar said. He said efforts are being made to increase dairying, livestock growing and other diversifica tion of farming in the border county. He pointed out that pro duction costs were high in 1948, but said he feels sure the income from farm products this year will mark it as a record-break ing year for Greensville County. A summary of Greensville shows the following figures: Peanuts $2,480,000 Cotton 850,000 Corn 750,000 Tobacco Hogs Dairying, soy beans, poultry, etc. $1,000,000 Weather North Carolina: Partly cloudy with (lowly rialnc too peratures this afternoon, to night and Tuesday.
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