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WANT ADS in this newspaper will bring you good results. Use them to sell, buy, rent or hire. The cost is small the results good. VOL. LXV Schools Os County To Be Suspended For Entire Week Elijah A. Snipes, Os Bushy Fork, Dies In Hospital —i Funeral Held Yesterday At Home With Interment In Burch wood. Elijah A. Snipes, 55, Bushy Fork farmer and Person native, died Fri day night in Watts hospital, Dur ham, frpm complications after an illness lasting more than two weeks. Funeral was held Sunday after noon at two o'clock at the home by Elder L. P, Martin, of Roxboro, and the Rev. L. V. Coggins, of Seniors, with interment in Burchwood cem etery, Roxboro. Surviving arc his wife, the former Miss Ina Allen, of the home, five sons. Arch, of Durham, Dan and Steadman, both of San Leandro, California, Edgar, recently dischar ged from the Navy, and Alfred, botn of the home, two daughters, Miss Dorothy Anne Snipes, of Greens boro and Miss Eleanor Snipes, <.f Raleigh, one sister, Miss Ella Lee Snipes, of Bushy Fork, and three brothers. Jack, of Bushy Fork, Cry prus, of Durham, and Walter, of Greensboro. Active pallbearers were, Hassell and Andrew Allen, Charles Wilker sou, Gilbert and Flem Whitfield and Albx Snipes. Mr. and Mrs. Snipes were married thirty-two years ago, January 13th. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Snipes and had for many yerns prominent as a farmer nere: W Polio Increases At Big Rale In This State Chapel Hill, Jan.—Almost half as many cases of infantile paralysis were reported in North Carolina in 1944 and 1945 as in the preceding 25-year period, according to figures compiled by Mrs. Philipps Russell, State Director of Organization in the current March of Dimes just launched. From 1918. when the first epidem ic of the dread disease occurred in this State, down to 1943, she said, 2.259 cases were reported in this State. From 1944 to November, 1945, 1,009 were reported, she pointed out. and there have been a number re ported since then. Tire steady rise in polio cases from the first epidemic following World War I would have produced even more dire results, she declared, if the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis had not been organized to relieve state expense in the treat ment of this disease and to further research into the cases and results. Figures show that although North Carolina raised only $89,248.35 in the 1943 infantile paralysis campaign, the cost of hospitalization in the 1944 epidemic reached $618,878.80. The funds raised in 1944 amount ed to only $169,529.13, but last year North Carolina went all out in the , March of Dimes campaign and rais ed a record-breaking amount of $517,211, as compared with its quota of something over $300,000. This year's quota is $354,750, and. according to word received by Mrs. Russell at State Campaign Head quarters here, most of the counties are banking on making their indi vidual quotas at least, and many of them predict they’ll exceed their quotas. Dr. Ralph McDonald, State chair man, and Gov. R. Gregg* Cherry, honorary State chairman, launched the current drive this week. It will continue through Jan. 31, the day heretofore set aside for birthday balls for the late President Roose velt, whose personal successful 'fight against infantile paralysis has been and still is an inspiration to every one. o Stabbed Released frem jail on bond and scheduled for trial today In City court was Ernest Smith, 18, Negro, who allegedly stabbed Albert Tapp, 20, also a Negro, with an ice pick the first of the week. Investigation and arrest was by City police. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR .Schools In Roxboro District S Are Operating. Countv Roads Are In Very Bad Shape. Second Sleet Sunday. Schools in theßoxboro District are operating today and are expected to continue all the week unless too much bad weather sets in. County schools are not operating and will not open this week, stated R. B. Griffin, superintendent of education, this morning. County roads are hr such condition that it is almost im possible for school busses to travel and even then travelling conditions are extremely dangerous. It is plan ned for all county schools to open | Monday, January 28th. City schools were open for three days last week but then closed a gain on Thursday morning due to the heavy snow that fell Wednesday and Wednesday night. County schools have been closed quite a few days since Christmas and much time will have to be made up. This county was again visited by a fairly heavy sleet all day Sunday and Sunday night. This fell on top of the snow and sleet that was al ready here and sealed in what re mained which was a large amount. It was almost impossible to walk Monday morning and extremely dangerous to drive a car. All side walks and roads were covered with ice. Bad weather has been holding j forth in this county practically ] since the first of December. o Road Crews On j Seven Day Basis Asserts Graham Raleigh, Jan. —Chairman A. H,. Graham told the state highway com mission last week that road main tenance crews in some sections of North Carolina had been placed on a seven-day work week in an effort to get county and dirt roads back into passable condition. Many of the crews are already working well over their eight-hour daily shifts, Graham said, adding that some crews "are working until bedtime,” every day. Leading a discussion of the gen eral dirt road situation, which has become critical in several sections of the state because of rains, snow and sleet, Graham said that “noth ing is being left undone in an ef fort to overcome difficulties being encountered." However, he said, work crews “are confronted with a hit and miss problem. They must work from dawn to dusk on the good days, then do the best they can on the bad. or rainy days." A dirt road must be I worked when the soil is reasonably i dry. “Much of the present criticism of dirt roads is motivated by a desire on everybody's part to get new pav ed roads for their own areas,” he said. "There's naturally a scramble for priority on the location of new projects, and we recognize the vital need for more farm-to-market roads." But, he added, “many of these j projects are going to have to wait in the orderly process of awarding contracts where the need is great est at the moment." Joe H. Carver Rites Conducted At Home Here Uoe H. Carver, 76, of Reams ave nue, Person native and retired farm er and Collins and Aikman employee died Friday morning at his home frolh infirmities of age after a long illness. He was a brother of Mrs. R. H. Oakley, of Roxboro, who survives, as do a son, W. E. Carve", also of this city, and three grand children. Funeral was held Saturday morn ing at the home at eleven o’clock by the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, of First Baptist church, of which the deceased was a member. Interment was in Burchwood ' cemetery. His wife, the late Mrs. Maria Younger Carver, died a number of years ago. He was a son of the late Reuben and Martha Carver. V.F.W. TO MEET Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the USO. according to J. A, Jor dan, adjutant. tChe Courier-lames Tests Reported In Tobacco Yields For Seven Years Sanders Cites Oxford Tests For Income And Yield. This is plant bed time and all) farmers are cleaning off plant bed < space in preparation for getting upi beds and sowing seed as soon as soil conditions will permit, it was reported today by H. K. Sanders, 1 Person Farm agent. While the majority of farmers have some special variety they have proved over the years and like it better than anything else, there are others who contemplate changing this year, and who are therefore in- ! terested in comparing weights and incomes of the various kinds grown in this section. Over a period of years the Oxford Tobacco Experiment Station has carried on a number of tests to find j out just how various varieties have shown up in yield per acre and in : value. The results are as follows: 1 402 (1942-4344) average yield per acre, 1,586 at $687.01 per acre; Yel- | low special, 1,570 at $674.10; 400,; 1,469 at $434.79; 401, 1,452 at $432.89; | Virginia Bright leaf, 1,364 at $375.08; j White Stem Orinoco, 1,354 at $409.39; j Bonzana, 1,346 at $397.60; Jamaica,: 1,328 at $397.71; Gold dollar, 1,304 at $428.96 and Cash, (not planted in 1943) 1,209 at $306.92. All figures and prices quoted are for the years 1937' through 1944, except 1938, when the crop was destroyed by hail and' could not be reported. Martin Sons All Out Os Service One Has Narrow Escape Dur ing Bombardment. All three sons of the Rev. W. C. Martin, of Beaufort, formerly of Roxboro, have received discharges from military service, according to the Rev. Mr. Martin, who spent the day here today after having been in Petersburg, Va., Saturday for the marriage of one of his sons. Dr. Ben Martin, of Winston-Salem, who was married to Miss Harvey Seward, of Petersburg, in formal church • rites. 2n addition to Dr. Ben Martin, other sons who have been discharg ed are, Southgate (Shack) Martin, of the Navy, who has returned to his position at the University of Delaware at Dover, .and W. C. Mar tin, Jr., of the Army and Durham, who has just been made head of the Mebane branch of of the Dur ham Bank and Trust company and expects to move to Mebane shortly. Dr. Ben Martin was formerly in the Army. Only one of the three who was hurt while in combat was W. C., Jr., who was blown out of a trench at Saint Lo during a bombardment. He was thrown ten feet by force of the explosion, lost consciousness for a \ time and then came to, with blood in his mouth. He thought at first he had been wounded, and then dis covered the blood was coming from a knocked out tooth. o Rites Held For Whitlow Child Funeral for Sylvia Whitlow, three. [ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Whitlow of Chub Lake, whose death occurred early Saturday morning j while asleep, was held Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock at the residence of her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Oakley, Chub Lake, with i interment in the Clayton family j cemetery, City Lake Road, with Elder L. P. Martin in charge. Surviving are the parents, the 1 maternal grandparents, and the pa ternal grandmother, Mrs. J. J. Whit low, the last named of Nathalie, Va. o Has Discharge J. L. Holman, Jr., of Black Moun tain, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Woods, who has received his discharge from the Navy, spent the week-end here. Also here was his wife, the former Miss Rose Ellen Woods. Holman, who was purcha sing agent for Western North Caro lina sanitorium, will return to that position. o - . - TO MULLINS Mrs. Leßoy Cribb and daughter, Julia Anne of Mullins, S. C., form erly of Roxboro, are returning to their home today after spending the. week-end with relatives and friends. Mrs. L. T. Bowles is accompanying them back to Mullins for a short visit. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA Polio Fund Comes In Rather Slowly The 1946 Polio Fund drive, which has a quota here of $2,080, is mak- i ing rather slow progress, probably because of the weather which has curtailed activities throughout the County, it was reported this morn ing. Contributions received as of to day total SIOB, according to Miss Dorothy Taylor, of the Chamber of Commerce office, who is acting as receiving secretary for the fund. The Rev. Daniel Lane, Person chairman for the drivei said he has on hand a number of motion pic tures dealing with work of the Foundation and that he plans to show them in schools and other Rough Weather Puts Off Meetings Recurrence of heavy winter weath ! er, including last night’s sleet, has j caused postponement of a number of meetings scheduled for this week | Put off until Tuesday night of ; next week is the January meeting j of Roxboro Central School’s Parent i Teacher association, for which a ■ Fathers’ Night program is being I planned. Announcement of the post ■ ponement was made this morning Iby Mrs. R. P. Burns, president. Postponed indefinitely is Wednes day night's meeting of the Person Chapter of the North Carolina Ed ucation association, president of which is Miss Zerfinia Burton, of Olive Hill and speaker for which was to have been Miss Sarah Foust, field representative of the State association. Cancelled yesterday were after- Army Occupation Hard, Thorny Task R. Flake Shaw Will Be Speaker Guilford Man Will Appear On I’rosrram Os Associa tion Headed By Hall. Member ownership of the associa tion will be the theme of the annual meeting of the Graham Production Credit Association to be held in Graham, in the court house, on Saturday, January 26, at ten-thirty o'clock, according to an announce ment made by J. C. Moore, secre tary-treasurer of the association. This is the twelfth annual meet ing of the Graham Production Cred it Association, which makes short term agricultural loans to farmers in Alamance. Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph and Rockingham coun ties. According to Mr. Moore, two di rectors for the coming year will be elected and officers will also be chosen. Tire principal address to the stock holders of the association will be given by R. Flake Shaw, Executive Secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. 0 Fathers 7 Night January meeting of Roxboro Central Grammar school Parent- Teacher association will be next Tuesday, and at nlglit. especially for fathers, who are to be special ly invited guests, it was announced today by Mrs. R. P. Burns, presi dent. who says time of meeting will be seven-thirty, with an in teresting and informative program. Place of meeting will be the school and a full attendance is requested. ■ Alo+Uf, Waif. - Strange things can and do happen and quite frequently the writer of this column is accused of stretching the truth. To be perfectly frank with you we do stretch it a little every now and then but here are two true stories. A few days ago Brodie Riggsbee was having trouble with rats at his house. He set several traps on several successive nights and caught 21 rats and then the next night he caught the cat. Arthur Bradsher was hunting a few days ago and as usual he was wearing his glasses. All at once he felt of his nose and the glasses were gone. He had lost them off his nc*e and had no idea when or where they dropped off. - ! J The truth and the whole truth. j ~ I ' HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT places as soon as weather permits. | Planned for Thursday night of I next week is the benefit ball for the fund, w-ith Roxboro Exchange club as sponsors. All profits will be ■ turned over to the fund. Music will |be by Russ Carlton's orchestra i! from Danville, Va. Place of the dance will be the Recreation Center. :! In commenting on present state of the drive, the Rev. Mr. Lane i j this morning urged a renewal of ; i efforts and said that Person County ' must not fail in its goal. Coin con ! j tainers as collectors were put out nin stores and business houses last ■ j week. ■ noon services at Saint Mark’s Epis i copal church at which the Rev. Rob • ert Masterton, of Hillsboro, was scheduled to have preached, but ; planned for this coming Sunday are ; services at which the speaker is to • be the Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley, of i Durham. ; Held Friday without any attend ■ j ance from a Person delegation was ; the annual Cherokee Council Boy Scout dinner at Draper. where • speaker was W. A. Dobson, of At i lanta. Decision to cancel attend • ance from Person District was f reached because of continued bad : weather, snow and ice. Those who i were planning to go were Mr. and , | Mrs. Floyd Peaden. the Rev. and :: Mrs. C <3. McCarver, J. W. Greene, j Henry O'Briant. Charlie Harris and • Dr. Robert E. Long. Lt. Col. S. B. Satterwhite Discusses Problems Con nected With Job. "An army is trained for fighting and not for occupation", said Lt. Col. S. B. Satterwhite, of Roxboro. formerly principal of Ailensville school and more recently with the U. S. Army in the European theatre, who was guest speaker Thursday at Roxboro Rotary club, where he discussed at some length problems connected with American occupation work, particularly in Austria, where he was stationed. Introduction of the speaker was by Dr. J. H. Hughes, program chair : man. Additional guests included Capt. William Hoyt Davenport and Miss Dorothy Taylor. Plea for the March of Dimes or Polio fund was made by the Dev, Daniel Lane. Per son chairman for that project. Pre siding was the club president. Dr John Fitzgerald. The meeting, as usual, was at Hotel Roxboro. j Lt. Col. Satterwhite, who asserted ! that the type of occupation being practiced in Europe is “total”, point !ed out that the American army is i doing a good job under difficult cir cumstances and said that one of the most vexing problems in Austria was | that of dealing not only with the Austrian nationals, but with Ger mans and with displaced persons, ; i. e., allied nationals formerly slave I laborers for the Nazis. He also said that there were no demonstrations as to home-coming in the Army's j ranks at the time he returned to the States, but he indicated the j 1 joint system has its inequalities and that certain aspects of the system had reduced tht effectiveness of oc j cupation work. Going back to the assertion that an army is trained to fight and not to occupy or govern. Lt. Col. Sat terwhite said that a major problem now is education, or re-education of the Nazis, and that the task is made hard because texts of the right sort and teachers, too, are scarce. MONDAY, JANURY 21, 1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE E M. Slaughter Rites Conducted At Providence Hold Services Here For Per son Native. lahik A Resi dent Os Dunn. Final rites for Edward Marvin Slaughter, 57. of Dunn, a native of Person County and formerly a rest- j dent of Roxboro. whose death oc- j curred Wednesday afternoon at iris home in Dunn from paralysis after an illness lasting three years was held Saturday afternoon at four o'clock at Providence Baptist church near Roxboro, with interment in the church cemetery. Mr. Slaughter, retired mail car -' rier, had lived in Dunn twenty-five j yera. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Billy Slaughter. Surviving are his wife, the tormer Miss Annie Gravitte, ot the home, three sons, Willie, of New York City, Bennie of the home, and Marvin, Jr., of the Navy in the Pacific, now t enroute home; two daughters, Mrs L. L. Coates and Mrs. Durwood God- ; win, both of Dunn, nine grandchild ren and four sisters, Mrs. J R. (Bob) Whitt, Mrs. W. T. Buchanan, Mrs, S. T. Slaughter and Miss Mildred Slaughter, all of Roxboro and Per son County. Held Saturday at ten o'clock at j the home in Dunn were, brief fun eral service in charge of the Rev. E. C. Keller, the Rev. S. Lewis Men- j gan, Jr., and Dr. A. R. McQueen. Mr. Slaughter moved to Dunn in 1920 from Buie's Creek. —O All Japanese Prisoners Will Be Sent Back Washington, Jan. . All Japan ese prisoners of war iii the United States will have been shipped out by January 15 and four months from now the country Will be free of German and Italian prisoners, as well, it Was learned today; The Japanese aren't going home immediately. Most of them will be detoured to Hawaii for assignment to labor battalions. Those cleared for Japan so far have been hospital cases. The others, about half of the! original Jap prison population of 5.413 will serve under the Hawaiian : military commander for an unde- j termined period. Nearly 330,000 prisoners of all na tionalities, but mostly German, are still here. This is 100,000 less than the peak period in May, 1945. All of them will have been shipped to ' their native lands by April 30 if plans of the provost marshall gen eral's office go through. Since the first P. O. W. camp was opened in this country, 2 499 pris- j oners have escaped but only 53 29 Germans and 24 Italians—are still at large. Fourteen Japs who escap ed. all were caught. Thus far there have been 104 sui- j cides among all prisoners—92 Ger man and 12 Italian —and nine mur- i ders. Tire war department concedes j that some of the murders and “fore- ' ed suicides” were due to nazi poii- j tical activities within the camps. In addition, 43 prisoners have j been shot fatally by guards while j trying to escape and a number of : others were wounded. And while there were some mass breaks and riots, most of the escapes were with - out violence. In cases of strikes a bread and water diet was found to be an effective counterirritant. P.O.W. camp conditions have im proved considerably since the war ’■ ended, according to the army. Tile 1 P.O.W.’s have been better workers and pressure is being exerted in some farming areas to keep them j here: F. jTCookWilT | Review Methods F. J. Cook, forestry specialist, will i be at the farm “of Mrs. Ada Blalock, near Bushy Fork, on Friday, Jan.} 25th at 10:00 A. M. to put on a thinning demonstration, it was an nounced today by Person Agent, H. K. Sanders. Mr. Elliot, of Tennessee, will be present to demonstrate a new type of saw said to be valuable in saw ing wood into short lengths. All Interested farmers are urged to bring their axes and join in the demonstration of thinning and learn how to skin forests and to hear the story of greater, profits from grow ing timber. • .. ‘ £ ••'r • , Local Market Goes To Highest Figures In Pounds Sold Sold 11,013,386 Pounds of To bacco For An Average of $44.07. About Million and Half Gain Over 1944. The Roxboro Tobacco Market closed last Thursday after having sold 11.043,386 pounds of tobacco for ' the sum of $4,867,251.48 and at an average price of $44.07 stated George W. Walker, secretary of the Roxboro Tobacco Board of Trade last Sat urday. As far as can be discovered this is by far the largest amount of to bacco that lias ever been sold in Roxboro in one season and more money turned over to the growers of the truly Golden Weed. Last season the Roxboro Market sold 8,755,810 pounds of tobacco for $33,756 277.60 and a average of $42.90. Growers of tobacco were pleased with their sales this past year and warehousemen generally speaking stated that they had enjoyed a good year. All houses here plan to oper ate next year but the Pioneer Ware house will probably be located at a new place next to the Freezer Lock er in West Roxboro. Past history of the Roxboro mar ket reveals a few interesting facts —ln 1921 the market sold 5,081,640 pounds at an average Os $17.58. In 1925 the market sold 4.486.026 pounds for an average of $13.68. In 1931 the total sales were 4,382.532 and the average was $6.78. I'll 1940 the av erage was $17.17 but in 1941 the price jumped to $31.19. As this season ends farmers are trying to get busy for the crop next year. It has been practically impos sible to haul any fertShzer or to 'do any other outside work oil the-farm but plans are being made. It is thought that prices on tobacco wit! continue to be good next year. o Toba«o Workers Unskilled Says USES Office Raleigh. Jan. .—Workers per form 101 different jobs in the pro cesses of planting, cultivation, strip ping, curing, marketing and pro cessing leaf tobacco, the occupation al analysis unit of the United States employment service announced af ter a survey of the tobacco field. Tile special study, undertaken un der the direction of Dr. J. S. Dortoil, former state director df the war manpower: commission, and contin ued under Robert M, du Bruyne, act ing state director of the USES, was intended principally to aid local USES offices in placing tobacco processing workers in gainful em ployment during the seven months of the year during which no tobacco work is available. As a result of the survey, the USES has determined that approxi mately 86 per cent of all workers engaged in processing tobacco are classed as unskilled. The remainder are skilled, service, semi-skilled, clerical, professional, managerial and technical workers. A large number of these workers are seasonal, the USES said, and have periods of employment from 16 to 20 weeks during the year. Many of these perform odd jobs and draw unemployment compensation during more than half of the year. On Water-Maker Lester Painter, seaman, first class, Longhurst. served on the USS Wild cat at Manila, capital of the Phil ippines. The Wildcat is the only fresh water distilling ship lying at anchor in Manila Bay. She serves hundreds of small craft in the harbor which do not have the machinery and equipment necessary to make their own water. o Father Dies Held yesterday afternoon at his home near Virgilina, Va.. were fun eral services for Robert Snead, who.se death occurred early Satur day morning in a South Boston hos pital after a long illness. He was the father of Mrs. Edgar Brewer, of Person County. Interment was hi Union cemetery at Virgilina. • NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS: I will pay my church obligations. I will pay my bills. I will renew my subscription for the COURIER-TIMES. NUMBER 14 Law Changes For Women Workers Now In Effect Women May Not Work Mure Than Forty-Eight Hours Per Week. Now abolished as of last Saturday . • are War Proclamations one and two dealing with working hours of fe male employees, it was revealed to day by Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff. Person director ot public welfare, who has received a copy: of the revocation from Forrest H. Shuford, commis sioner of labor. The action was tak en by the Council of State at a re cent meeting and was recommend ed by Shuford. As a result of the revocation of these proclamations, female cm- • ployees, subject to the statutory pro visions oj the law, may not work more than nine hours per day and forty-eight hours per week; girls sixteen and seventeen years of age may not work later than nine o'clock at night; minors fourteen and fifteen years of age may not work alter 6 p. my; .and. girls under eighteen years of age may not car ry newspaper routes under any cir cumstances. The. Commissioner of Labor has no discretionary power under which exemptions to the statutory law might, be granted to permit longer or later hours. Employers are urged to take note of the effective date of this action and to take necessary steps on or before January 19 to bring their es tablishment into compliance with the statutory laws oi the State. Shuford has also issued the fol lowing request to welfare heads con cerning the requirement of birth certificates as evidence of age for , minors: We are requesting that you re quire a Birth Certificate as evidence of age for all minors. The law re- * quiring that all births be registered has been in effect long enough that all finors under 18 should have a birth certificate. Os course, I know that there are instances in which 4 the births are not recorded and in * ; such cases you will continue to is sue certificates as in the past. The reason for this request is based on the fact that employer depends on you and on us for the verification * of the age of a minor, and under both the State and Federal laws he may be prosecuted for the illegal •employment of any minor. In the case of the Federal prosecution, • the costs are very high. Therefore, for the protection of the employer, the minor and ourselves, we ask that you accept only the Birth Certifi cate as evidence of age except in rare cases where you feel certain that no certificate is available. o Bottlenecks In Housing Blamed For Shortages Washington.—Officers of the Na tional Asociation of Home Builders j have told President Truman that housing construrtion can be increas ed four or five times its present rats j if “bottlenecks" in materials and J manpower are broken. The President promised that “he would do everything possible to furnish us the materials through .J tile priorities system,” said Robert J P. Gerholz. of Flint, Mich., former president of the association. Tlie delegation gave Truman a 1 statement which said that “OPA \| must adopt a more realistic*form- ' ya ula in the pricing of building mater- yj ials. A wage and price adjustment J policy must be evolved to prevent -ill strikes." The statement also urged ■present waste” of building matMjjjSfii ials "in non-essential commttjdflßß and industrial construction and la federally-subsidized public be eliminated; that the export “ot,J some hundreds of millions hi board’-'j j feet of lumber to foreign he halted; and that'the pnm&HH ' of workers in the buildgW; inwfcfiiv increased.