Friday, July 30, 1948
Tobacco Selling High on Georgia Belt
ZEBDLON TOBACCONIST
REPORTS CROP FAIR,
OFFERINGS HEAVY
The fifty-one cent tobacco sell
ing on the Georgia and Florida
markets brought a sparkle into
the eyes of farmers around Zebu
lon. The tobacco being sold was
below average in quality, accord
ing to reports received from C. G.
G. Weathersby, Zebulon tobacco
nist now on the Georgia-Florida
markets.
Comparative price increases
with those established on early
sales the year before show most
leaf grades up 57.00 to SB.OO. Cut
ters advanced SB.OO to $12.00 and
most lugs from SB.OO to $ll.OO per
hundred. A comparatively small
volume of primings offered im
provement from $9.00 to $ll.OO,
and nondescript grades from $8.25
to $11.75. Common to good to
bacco brought prices substantially
above their loan values while the
top offerings of lugs and cutlers
averaged from SI.OO to $4.00 up.
W. P. Hedrick, former Zebulon
man, now working with the De
partment of Agriculture as tobac
co marketing specialist, predicted
earlier this week that tobacco will
average $56.50 a hundred on the
North Carolina markets this fall.
The recent rains have brought
prospects for the local weed crop
from possibly the worst in years
to some of the best seen. With
little hope for a good crop in oth
er parts of the state, there is a
good chance for the weed to sell
higher than last year.
In Wendell warehousemen ex
pect the biggest selling season in
years, operating with two se's of
buyers and nearly tw r ice the sell
ing time they started the season
with last year.
CHILDREN UNDER 16
MOST STAY AT HOME
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and operator of the theaters,
swimming pools, recreational cen
ters, baseball and softball fields,
smd other places, of amusement
which are offered either free or for
a fee to follow this plan excluding
all children coming within this
age group. The mayor of each
incorporated town will be notified
of the action of the Board of
Health and of the over-all plan
for control and will be asked to
cooperate in making it as effective
as possible.
Mr. Ralph Andrews, Director of
Recreation, City of Raleigh, in co
operation with the Wake County
Health Department will work out
a recreational program for small
groups of children in each com
munity.
This is emphasized: any person
known to have been closely ex
posed to a case of poliomyelitis
is strictly under quarantine on
premises and under the supervi
sion of parents for 14 days; any
person within the specified age
group coming into Raleigh from
another county or state should get
permission of this department; any
person within the specified age
group contemplating visiting other
cities, counties, and states, should
first get permission from the
health officers of the cities or the
counties they wish to visit; any
parent bringing children into
Wake County from a infected area
of the State should follow the
same procedure for it is better
for the family involved to do this
than to have the neighbors do it
for them without their knowledge.
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Summertime is vacation time and Sunday Church attendance
finds families off to resorts or to visit releatives. But, a few Sun
days ago the camera caught the majority of St. Eugene’s parishoners
as they were leaving the Church. This weekend they are realizing
the dream of 18 years the dedication of their new Parish Church
in Wendell.
Parishoners pictured are, left to right, first row: Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Antone and their grandchildren of Zebulon, Mrs. Ray
Thomas, the Creech children, Mrs. Lucy Abood and daughter, Carol
U. S. Tenancy Declines;
Little River Rate Is Up
The decline in farm tenancy, a
trend which began in 1930, has
been even mere pronounced since
the close of World War 11, accord
ing to Charles E. Clark, form man
agement specialist at State Col
lege. His statement is based on a
recent study conducted by the
Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics.
The local situation is not so
good, however. A check with W.
G. Temple, Chairman of the
Wakelon School District Commit
tee, discloses that the enrollment
of the three Negro schools in this
district —Shepard, Riley Hill, and
White Oak —has increased year by
year, while that of Wakelon, the
school for white children, has con
sistently decreased.
The situation in Zebulon can be
attributed in part to an increased
birth rate among Negroes with a
corresponding decrease in the
white birth rate, according to Mrs.
Ida Hall, Wake County nurse.
The township tax lists, however,
show an actual increase in num
ber of Negro farm owners and also
number of white landlords. Tax
Lister Z. N. Culpeper, says that our
local farm situation does not re
flect the national trend.
As of January, 1947, 26.9 per
cent of the farms were operated
by tenants, says Mr. Clark. This
is almost a 5 per cent clecline from
the 31.7 per cent tenancy of 1945.
The greatest relative decline
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has been in the South. Many plan
tation type farms formerly opera
ted by tenants are now operated
by owners. This is a result partly
of mechanization on the farm and
shortage of farm labor.
Part owners have increased and
a noticeable decline was shown in
the percentage of farm land under
lease. Many families whose prin
cipal income is gained in nearby
cities have bought small acreages
for country homes which the Cen
sus classifies as a farm.
Few veterans returned to farm
ing after the war. Only 5.9 per
cent of all farm operators were
veterans in 1947 for the Nation as
a whole. Veterans represented 7
per cent of the farm operators in
the South Approximately 41 per
cent of the veteran operators of
the nation are tenants.
MISS BETTIE BOWLING
WEDS BOBBY SHERRON
Miss Bettie Louise Bowling,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Willis Bowling of Zebulon, be
came the bride of Bobby Horton
Sherron, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Sherron of Wendell in a mar
riage ceremony solemnized on Sat
urday evening at eight o’clock in
the Zebulon Baptist Church with
Rev. Carlton Mitchell officiating.
Ann, Jeanette Kannon, Mr. Isaac Kannon, Evel;, n Edwards, Mrs.
Frank Kannon, the Underhill boys, Frank Kannon an son, Catherine
Kannon, Mitchell Kannon, Herb Mantych, Ed Kannon; second row:
Mrs. William Harris, Barker Antone, Mr. ad Mrs. N. Joseph; third
row: Mrs. F. McDay, Mrs. Otho Creech, Alma and Lillian Kannon,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Perry, Julia Joseph, Ed Joseph, Evelyn Joseph,
Mrs. T. Smith; fourth row: Mr. A. Assmar, Mr. E. Kannon, Pauline
Kannon, Mrs. Underhill, Joe Kannon, Mrs. N. Screws, Mrs. Edwards,
T. Monk, T. Smith, George Joseph, Dolores Joseph and Joe Joseph.
A program of wedding music
was presented by Mrs. Rodney
McNabb, organist, Miss Katherine
Sherron, sister of the bridegroom,
pianist, and Miss Helen Wall, solo
ist.
Given in marriage by her broth
er, Leroy Bowling, of Washing
ton, the bride wore an original
wedding gown of ivory duchess
satin with a yoke of marquisette,
which formed an off-the-shoulder
neckline. Her fingertip veil of
French illusion fell from a coron
et of seed pearls. She carried a
white orchid on a satin covered
prayer book with cascading satin
streamers and lillies of the valley.
Mrs. Ray Collie was the matron
of honor, a sister of the bride.
She wore a green taffeta gown
fashioned identically to the bride’s
and carried a colonial nosegay of
yellow flowers tied with yellow
satin ribbon.
Billy Sherron, brother of the
bridegroom, was the best man.
Ushers were Ray Collie, brother
in-law of the bride, and Freddie
Sherron, brother of the bride
groom.
Mrs. Bowling, mother of the
bride, wore a dress of black crepe
and her corsage was of red roses.
The mother of the bridegroom
wore a dress of black designed
with flowers and carried red roses.
The bride attended school in
Zebulon. The bridegroom attend
ed school in Wendell and has re-
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Immediately following the cere
mony, the bridal couple left for a
wedding trip to West rn North
Carolina. For traveling the bride
wore a suit of white faille, match
ing accessories, and the orchid
from her wedding bouquet.
On their return Mr. and Mrs.
Sherron will make their home in
Zebulon.
WAREHOUSEMEN SET
FOB SESSION TODAY
Members of the Bright Belt
Warehouse Association operating
on South Carolin-Border Belt
fule-cured tobacco markets will
meet in Lumberton High School
today at 10:30 a. m. for an annual
pre-season discussion of market
ing and Stabilization regulations.
Wendell warehousemen will be
represented.
The marketing season of the
South Carolina-Border Belt opens
August 3.
“There will be an explanation
and negotiation of Tobacco Stabi
lization Corporation contracts at
the meeting,” President Fred Roy
ster said. “All warehousemen op
erating in South Carolina and on
the North Carolina Border mark
ets are expected to attend.”
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