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I Page Two 20-Minute Hail Storm Damages Hundreds of Acres of Tobacco A 20-minute hail storm cut a path of complete destruction 10:30 yesterday morning through Avon Privette’s farms East of Zebulon as the junction of highways US 64 and NC 39, leveling all the to bacco grown by 10 of privette’s tenants. Mrs. Thurman Strick land, who witnessed the falling ice, sadd many of the hail stones were large as guinea eggs. The storm made a total loss of 47 acres of tobacco, 40 acres of cotton, and 40 acres of beans. The damage on 150 acres of corn rang ed from 35 to 100 percent. Leaves and stalks of the tobacco were washed and scattered over FREE PLANTS Free potato plants have been of fered to the farmers who lost their crops in the hail-stricken area in yesterday’s storm by John Brough ton, who lives on the Rolesville highway west of Wakefield. Mr. Broughton said that he will give away the plants as long as they last. Baylor Singers By Jim Caldwell N. C. Veterans Commission It is well to remember that when calling a VA Hospital re garding admittance of a veteran that there is a difference in being entitled to hospitalization and be ing merely eligible for hospitali zation. The difference is this: A veteran of a war who has a service-con nected disability, is entitled to hos pitalization. A veteran of a war who has a service-connected disability and is in need of hospitalization for con ditions other than this service connected disability, is merely eli gible for hospitalization. A veteran of a war who is seek ing hospitalization and has no ser vice-connected conditions, is mere eligible for hospitalization, not necessary entitled. His eligi bility is to be determined by the availability of hospital beds and medical personnel. Also remember that for the above purposes, service-connection is a condition which is established and held service-cormected by the Veterans Administration. Hospital Facilities Music for the first six Baptist Hour broadcasts of the summer series will be furnished by a group of singers from Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Twenty-one students from the Texas school will partici pate in these programs. This group will be led by Dick Baker, Director of the Baylor Re ligious Choir. Frank Willingham, of Atlanta, will be the organist. Members of the choir include Polly Campbell, Houston, Texas: Alma Marks, Longview, Texas; Bet Melton, Inverness, Mississip pi; Ruth Shamburger, Fort Worth, Texas; Katherine Gardner, Pear sall, Texas; Mary Ann Dendall, Ennis, Texas; Marjorie McCree, Beaumont. Texas; Joe Nell Miller, Houston, Texas; Ruth Sherman, Fort Worth, Texas; Loeen Bush man, Mission. Texas. Earl Lee, Dallas, Texas; L. G. McNinneq, Houston, Texas; Glenn Faison, Gladewater, Texas; Jack Sharp. Dallas, Texas; Miles Brum ley. Cotton Valley, Louisiana; Hal Potts, Weslaco, Texas; Smiley Mc- Callon, Plainview, Texas; Joe Na vak, Houston. Texas; Rhea Gray, Johnson City, Tennessee; Bill Hearn, Beaumont, Texas, and Dick Baker, Famersville, Texas. the highway which ran through the fields. Only bare stubble was left of whole fields of cotton and beans. Corn was battered and torn. Some trees in the storm area were blown down, the wind lifted section of roof on two outbuildings and one shed was blown down. Farmers who lost their tobacco crop included Walter Medlin, 6 acres, Darnell Alford, 6 acres; Thurman Strickland, 6 acres; Jimmy Jeans, 5 acres; Allen Deans, 2 acres; Joe Bryant, 2 acres; Ern est Carpenter, negro 6 acres; Eli jah Moore, negro, 8 acres; Ernest Liles 4% acres; and Guy Fowler, 4 acres. Economic Highlights Sumner H. Slichter, the distin guished Harvard economist, is au thor of the lead article in the June issue of The Atlantic “Our Best Defense,” it discusses some of the staggering problems that confront this country today notably the “cold war,” which he believes will continue indefi nitely, and which may cause our I military expenditures to double by 1960. In one section he writes: “There are three major trends that must be halted or substan tially retarded during the next decade if the economy is not to be basically transformed or if it is not to be confronted with grave new' problems. These trends are the rapid rise in government ex penditures, the rapid spread of government intervention in busi ness, and the drop in the influ ence of businessmen in the com munity.” Dr. Slichter points out that in the last 20 years Federal spend ing has increased thirteen-fold while the dollar value of the out put of the nation has increased only about 2.5 times. He sug gests a number of specific ways to reduce government expendi tures. One is to cut the amounts now being spent to hold up the prices of farm products. Another is to reduce the spending for I trade school education for veter- I ans in many cases, as he obser i ves, the schools and the courses i involved are of scant educational value. And still another is to reduce purchasing of real-estate j mortgages by the government. Os < this he says, “In the present fis j cal year such purchases are cost ing about 1.3 billion dollars. There iis no reason why private capital; i should not finance the real-estate industry.” ! Os the second major trend, gov- ' l ernment intervention in business, | Dr. Slichter says that not all of ! the regulations that have come into being in relatively recent years are bad. But he adds, “If the spread of government inter vention in economic activities con tinues during the next decade as rapidly as in the last 20 years, the year 1960 will see the United States a far more completely reg ulated economy than it is today. Can this spread be substantially retarded?” Dr. Slichter seems to think it can, though here he is none too sure. In this connection, he urges that private enterprise, particularly in the real-estate field, be as vigorous as possible. He also says, “If employers and trade-unions were to agree on basic rules to govern industrial relations, a considerable with drawal of government from that field might occur.” Finally, he believes it highly im portant that businessmen regain some of the influence which they have lost. For business, he writes, “see many problems or aspects of problems that other groups do not see. Hence, they help produce bet ter-balanced and better-inform ed public policies.” The Zebulon Record Softball Results Guard 10, Vets 9 I The American Legion had two big innings, scoring 7 runs in the third and 12 runs in the fifth, to defeat the cellarite Scribes by a 19-8 score Monday night. Hardin Hinton hit two home runs for the Legionnaires and Whitley homer ed for the Scribes. Scribes ab r h Wade, rs 4 0 0 McGee, 3b 3 0 0 Appenzeller, cf 4 2 3 Greene, If 4 2 2 Smith, p-lb 4 0 1 Whitley, ss 4 2 2 Richards, c 4 1 2 Stell, 2b 4 1 2 Potter, lb-p 3 0 2 Totals 34 8 14 Legion ab r h Bridgers, ss 4 3 2 Brantley, cf 5 3 2 Hawkins, If 2 3 2 Hinton, 3b 5 3 3 Parker, c 5 1 2 Ralph Bunn, 2b 4 11 Lewis, lb 3 2 2 Gay, rs 3 10 i Perry, p 5 2 2 | Totals 36 19 16 Score by innings: Scribes 023 0 30 o—B Legion 007 0120 x—l 9 Legion 19. Scribes 8 Beck Brothers’ softball team took a 14-0 lead Thursday night, and held it to defeat the Scribes, 16-10, in a game played in a steady rain, from the third inning on. Scribes ab r h Wade, If 11 0 McGee, 3b 3 1 2 Greene, lb-cf 4 1 0 Potter, c-p 4 11 Moss, ss 4 11 Flowers, cs-rs 4 12 Stell, 2b 4 11 Rhodes, rs 1 0 0 Smith, lb 3 11 Davis, p 0 0 0 Appenzeller, c 2 2 2 Totals 30 10 10 Beck ab r h B. Williams, 3b 3 3 2 H. Kitchings, c 4 11 F. Barham, 2b ? 4 2 2 Thomas, lb 2 0 0 J. Smith, cf 5 3 3 Bailey, rs 3 2 1 Gordon, rs 110 Liles, ss 4 2 2 B. Kitchings, lb-ls 5 2 1 Faulkner!, cf 5 0 2 B. Beck, p 4 0 0 iG. Beck, p 0 0 0 Totals 38 16 14 j Score by innings: ; Scribes 0 0 0 010 0 o—lo0 —10 Beck 464 011 x—l 6 Beck 16, Scribes 10 The National Guardsmen came from behind three times to win a 10-inning overtime thriller from the Veterans Tuesday night. Ber ry B. Barham, Jr., collected 5 hits in 6 times including one home run to lead the Guard. Veterans ab r h Jones, 2b 6 0 0 Jeffries, lb 6 4 4 Gay, cf 6 0 3 A. Greene, p-c 5 3 4 Perry, If 5 13 Hales, ss 6 0 3 Wilder, c-rs 5 0 2 Brantley, 3b 5 0 2 Bunn, rs 3 11 Penny, p 2 0 1 Totals 49 9 23 National Guard ab r h Arnold, If 4 10 Pearce, 3b 6 2 2 May, cf-p - 4 13 Gilliam, rs 4 0 1 Horton, c-2b 5 12 B. Davis, c 5 2 3 J. Greene, 2b 10 1 H. Greene, lb 5 12 Barham, ss 6 2 5 Lloyd, p 10 0 Massey, cf 2 0 1 Totals 42 10 19 Score by innings: Veterans 022 201 020 0— 9 j Guard 011 400 120 I—lo ! Oc coneechee Council Opens Scout Camp Camp Durant, operated by the I Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts of America formally opened its third week of operation Sunday af ternoon with Scouts registered from Troop 200 Cary; Troops 6, 10, 48, 201, 244, and 302 from Ral eigh; Troop 39 of Chapel Hill; Troop 224 of Southern Pines; Troop 31 of Henderson; Troop 36 of Carthage and Explorer Post 200 of Cary. Members of the Order of Arrow ! started the camping period off in i grand style with the camp fire program following a well prepared | meal in Campbell Lodge. Scout masters Clyde Wheeler and L. C. Goodwin of Durham came over to Camp Durant to assist Lodge Chief Horace McLaurin with the Indian ceremony that featured the open ing program. The Order of Ar row is a camping society in the Boy Scout program and iniations are held each Thursday and Fri day during the camp season. The spirits were dampened to some ex tent by two summer showers ac companied by winds of gale force that saw the mighty oaks around the lake bend in obedience to its will. Eighteen Scouts preparing to at tend the Second National Jambo ree at Valley Forge, joined the campers in their activities. The contingent from the Occoneechee Council that will attend the Jam boree will leave Neuse Station Monday evening to join the 47,000 Scouts and Leaders that are ex pected at the Jamboree. Camp Durant will be in opera tion for three more weeks and then individual Troops throughout the Council will use Camp Durant for weekend camping trips the year round under the leadership of their own Scoutmasters. Repeated Efforts Give Farmer Good Pasture Because he refused to give up but kept trying in spite of failure, N. L. Simmons of Route 1, Pol-j locksville, now has one of the best pastures to be found in the State. Simmons, a Negro farmer of Jones County, realized the need for a good pasture on his farm and tried several times to establish one. Each time, however, his efforts ended in complete failure. Last fall Simmons decided to try a combination of Ladino clov er and tall fescue. He first took soil samples on his farm and sent them to the State Soil Testing Hours of Shows! Prices! Matinee 3:00 p.m. , ( “. a ' inee > 60<: Adults (Night) SI.OO Ni S ht Children (All Times) 25c 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. —Tax Included— Friday, June 30, 1950 Laboratory in Raleigh for analy sis. When the results of the tests came back, he followed the recom mendation to the letter. On three acres of land he ap plied four tons of lime and 500 pounds of 2-12-12 fertilizer On two additional acres he used two tons of lime and 500 pounis of 2-1-2-12. According to Albert W. Spru ill, Jones County Negro farm agent for the State College Exten sion Service, Simmons’ pasture to day is one of the best in the State. Extension officials who have seen it expressed a similar opinion To Simmons the pasture is “not only a victory, but inspiration to bigger and better things in farm ing,” Spruill asserted. The nation produced 16.1 mil lion bales of cotton in 1949 Os this amount, more than six mil lion bales, or 37.5 per cent, was produced in Texas. Classified WANTED TO BUY: Several large or small tracts of timber for cash. Can use a good sawmill to contact cutting lumber by contract. Can also use one goocl sawyer. B. W. Kelly, Micro, N. C., Phone 3186. J13,16.20,23pd. PIANOS EXPERTLY TUNED & repaired by certified worker. Mack Hocutt, Zebulon, Phone 2521. J 20.23.30. PLENTY OF PLANTS for sale— Louisiana Porto Rico potato plants $3.00 per 1,000. Lorida Soy Beans for planting. $5.00 per bushel. John Broughton, 1 mile west of Wakefield. WANTED; Corn in shuck , truck load lots, at farm, anywhere. Write or call L. N. James, The • Corn House, Bethel, N. C. FOR SALE: Thayer baby carri age and Teeterbabe chair Ex cellent condition. Mrs. Douglas Finch. Phone 3761, Zebulon, N. C. Itch LOST: Brown zipper purse Tues day, June 27, near Zebulon Drug Store. Mrs. Avon Privett, Phone 3881, Zebulon. ltc J. M. Chevrolet Co. Chevrolets Olds mobiles ELSIE’S BEAUTY at Hopkins Cr< ss Roads Mrs. Else Perry, Prop Mrs. Florence Hopkins, Asst. Phone 4626 Open Thursday, Friday, & Saturday Night
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