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Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. THE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires. VOLUME XLII NUMBER 49 William Hon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetday, June 20, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Grand Jury Duties Outlined In Charge By Superior Judge # Signal* Out No Sfwoific Type Of Crime in Short A<l<lrea* \ Addressing briefly the Martin County grand jury, Judge C. Everett Thompson, opening the one-week term of Martin County Superior Court here yesterday, outlined the duties of the body and called the at tention of the jurymen to no partic ular crime. He urged the jurymen to be diligent and careful in their deliberations as they relate to up holding all laws. Af^pr outlining the duties of the jury as they relate to the examina tion of witnesses and bills of indict ment charging violation of the crim inal laws. Judge Thompson specifi cally instructed the members to make a careful survey of public buildings and offices and to exam ine closely reports from guardians and report names of any orphans without guardians. Limiting his remarks possibly on account of the warm weather, Judge Thompson said, in conclusion. "In all of your inquiries be dili gent, and in all of your conclusions be caref ul alnd deliberate. In ^ coun try like ours blessed with free in stitutions the safety of its people de pends upon the vigilant and firm ex ecution of the law "Everyone must be made to un derstand and constantly to feel that the law's supremacy will be speed ily enforced by the constituted tri bunals and that liberty cannot exist under a feeble, relaxed or indolent administration of the power of the law where crime goes unpunished and the law is condemned. "There can be no just cause for sympathy with any party who volun tarily incurs the penalties of the law, and negligence or carelessness in your inquiries would tend to multi ply the number of offenses and would deprive society and the indi vidual citizen of the protection and security to which they are entitled. " But in our desire to bring the guilty to punishment we must still take care to guard the innocent from injury, and you will, therefore, in every case that may come before you carefully weigh the testimony offer ed and present no one unless in your deliberate judgment the evidence before you is sufficient, in the ab sence of any other proof, to justify the conviction of the accused." Mr. D. R. Chandler, of Roberson ville, was jmade foreman of the grand jury, and Mr. W. A James was sworn in as officer of the body. Members of the jury are: Rufus A. Coltrain, Jimmie Roberson, Dennis L. Peel. Zack Cowen, George B. Ange, C. W. Forbes, C. C. Parker, C. J. Griffin, Eli T Hodges, L F Wa ters, Wheeler Manning, W. W. White hurst, Perlie B Lilley, Joseph Phelps, LeRoy Savage, J H. Chesson and H. C. Lassiter. ?? V ic tints Of Wreck Improving Rapidly Injured in a head-on automobile crash near Everetts last Friday af lernoon, George Harrison, Jr., and W. K. Parker were reported to be improving rapidly in a Washington hospital this morning Suffering a dislocated hip and a broken arm in addition to cuts and bruises, young Mr Harrison, howev er, has a long stay in the hospital ahead of him. At the end of three weeks he will be placed in a cast and will be allowed to return home where he will have to continue in bed for three more weeks. After that time and for about two weeks he will be able to get about with the aid of crutches. Mr Parker, suffering no broken bones but a severe cut on his left knee and chest bruises, is expected home within a few days. Charges have been brought against him in connection with the accident, it was unofficially learned here today. The two cars, a Mercury driven by Harrison, and a Packard, driven by Parker were wrecked, the combined damage approximating $ 1,500 Conducting Series Of Services In Everetts The first in a one-week series of revival services in the Everetts Christian church attracted a large crowd last night, Rev. J. M. Perry, the preacher, announced today. Last night, Mr Perry preached on the theme, "Adam, Judas and Co." To night he will preach on "What's in a name." The services will continue each evening through Sunday. Prominent Goose Nest Farmer III In Hospital J. T. Moore, prominent and well known Goose Nest farmer, continues critically ill in a Tarboro hospital according to last reports reaching here. Mr. Moore was taken suddenly ill while riding along the road last Fri day and was removed to the hospi tal later that day. Stealing Wave Reported Last Week by Farmers of County A stealing wave maneuvered by outside parties was reported on Mar tin County farms last week, the of fice of the sheriff reporting numbers of chickens and quantities of hams stolen. Conducting an investigation that has already been extended into several northeastern North Carolina counties and in the State of Virginia. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck stated this morning that the theft of 57 frying size chickens from the coop of Prince Ayers, near Everetts last Tuesday, had been virtually solved. Guy Whitfield, a native of the Bethel section and now a resident of Norfolk, with two companions, was reported to have sold about 60 chick ens in Richmond soon after the Ay ers robbery. He was arrested in Northampton County for the al leged theft of meat there and bound over to the courts of that county for j trial. Plans for bringing Whitfield and his companions back to this county for trial have not been per fected at this time. Whitfield and his companions con stitute one group operating in this and other counties. Last Friday night members of a second group raided the poultry house of Farmer John Powell, near Robersonville, and stole a number of chickens. The fol lowing night the same group robbed the smokehouse of Cader Perry on the Lilly farm, near Skewarkey. and stole fifteen hams. The smokehouse of Farmer Rogers on the same farm was also raided that same night, but no large quantity of meat was stol en from him. The thieves drove their automo bile through corn shoulder high for a distance of 100 yards on the Lilley farm, duplicating the methods em ployed while raiding the Powell poultry yard, near Robersonville, A few chickens were stolen from the Griffin form here last week COMPLIANCE With the law on their tracks and about to overtake them, sev eral hundred owners took ad vantage of the last opportunity to have their dogs vaccinated at a special dispensary here last Saturday. Last week, according to an un official check of the caninr pop ulation, 388 dogs in the county had not been vaccinated in the county in accordance with law. Nearly 300 were vaccinated by l>r. A. J. Osteen Saturday, leav ing about 88 for the offirers to round up and kill. The firing squad will go Into action on or about July I. Owners who fail to have their dogs vaccinated prior to that time will be made subject to indictment. ? Pests Parading In County Leaf Crop While prospects are bright for ex cellent harvests late this summer and early fall, everything is not per fect on Martin County farms these days. Late reports state that the pests have formed an unbroken parade and are damaging the tobacco crop to a considerable extent After doing quite a bit of dirty work, the bud worm has just about withdrawn in favor of the horn worm and grass hopper. Farmers say their crops are being attacked by hordes of worms and that the grass hoppers are doing a great deal of damage between hops The worms ordinarily holding off until the lat ter pari of July and early August are well advanced in their march of de struction this season As a means of combatting the pests Agent T. B. Brandon offers the fol lowing control methods Bud worms: Mix one pound of ar senate of lead with 50 pounds of corn meal and put a small quantity in the bud at the rate of about 12 or 15 pounds to the acre. Applications should be made while the dew is on the tobacco and should be ap plicd every 1(1 to Pi days untiL thai tobacco is topped Horn worms: Mix one pound of paiio with 0 pounds uf aisen ate of lead and dust 4 to 5 pounds to the acre while the plants are dry For a spray, use one and one-half to two pounds of this mixture to fifty gallons of water Grasshoppers: Mix 50 pounds of wheat brand, two pounds of pans green, six oranges, one gallon of mo lasses and enough water to dampen the mixture and apply in the middle of the tobacco rows at the rate of 10 to 15 pounds per acre. Poultry and livestock should be kept out of fields for three or four days after applica tion of poison. -a Officer* Capture Two Large Still* In Griffin* Townthip Pressed into service early last Sunday morning, Officers C. B and J. H. Roebuck, Patrolman W S Hunt and Deputies Carl Wynne and Roy Peel wrecked two stills and poured out about 1,000 gallons of beer in Griffins Township. Expecting to find the plant in operation, the officers were disappointed when they discov erd the operators had temporarily abandoned the territory. The stills were made of ordinary block tin, officers explaining that the output would rate only at its best as a refined poison. The stills, both of about 75igaIlon capacity, ard'among the few of that type ever captured in the county. as Opening* For Nine Martin V oiith In The CCC Service Openings for nine Martin Coun ty youths in the Civilian Conserva tion Corps were announced this week by the Martin County welfare office. Quite a large number is expected to file for the places. The quota pro vides for the entrance of seven white and two colored boys. The successful applicants will re port for camp on July 5. The boys will possibly be assigned to Camp Warren in Beaufort County for duty. Growers Favor An Earlier Opening In North Carolina Questionnaire* Are Mailed To Tolmeeo Grower* Over Thin State ? North Carolina tobacco farmers and warehousemen are opposed to a proposal by buyers that the tobacco selling day be shortened to five and one-half hours, E. Y Floyd, execu tive AAA officer at State College, said last week-end Floyd said he based this opinion on his contracts with farmers and an swers to a query mailed to them by the state tobacco advisory commit tee. . Farmers and warehousemen, he said, are likely to vote against the proposal at the meeting of the Unit ed States Tobacco association at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va , on June 29-30, when the dates will be set for the opening of markets and sales hours will be established. Growers favor retention of the sev en-hour day. Buyers have dropped a proposal that the sales week be reduced to four days, with the seven-hour day retained, Floyd reported. *^ The farmers probably will ask, he said, that the opening date of the selling season be advanced two weeks on each market. The query mailed to farmers by The tobacco committee asked 1. ' In view of the large crop this year, do you think it advisable to cut th<- hours for selling tobacco from seven hours per day to five and one half hours " 2. "Would the farmers in your community favor opening the mar kets by belts two weeks earlier than last year for all belts in the flue cured area?" 3. "Would the farmers in your community market their tobacco in the middle of the week rather than Monday and Friday of each week if they were assured that the prices perjjrade would be the same as on Monday and Friday?" 4 "Would the farmers in your ninimunity pr<fi?r n longer selling season if htey were sure the prices per grade would hold up?" 5. "Would the producers in your community prefer a permanent opening date for the market, so that this question would not have to be decided each year?" Several Injured In Wreck Here Today Dr. T G. Charles, of Beardstown, 111., suffered a broken leg, his son, Tom, was badly cut on the elbow, Mrs. Lela Copeland suffered intern al injuries and Miss Edna Earle San derlin and Tilford Copeland were cut on their heads in an automobile crash near the plant of the Farm ville-Woodward Lumber company here just before noon today Dr. Charles, driving his car into Williamston, was removed to a Washington hospital after receiving first-aid treatment In the offices of Drs. Saunders and Brown. Mrs Charles escaped injury. Painfully but believed not criti cally hurt. Mrs. Copeland could not be removed to a hospital immediate ly and continued in the offices of Drs Rhodes and McAllister. Caleb Copeland. of Gates County, accompanied by Mrs. Lela Copeland, Miss Sanderlln and Tilford Cope land, young boy, was driving toward Washington and started to make a left turn into the Farmvllle-Wood w.ard mill yard when the Charles car, passing another, crashed into it. Both cars were wrecked. Poitpone Meeting Of Toun Commi$?ioner? Delayed twice in the absence of a quorum, the June meeting of the lo cal town commissioners was again postponed last night pending the completion of a special report by the treasurer. Next Monday night was set as a possible date for the meet ing. The nature of the treasurer's re port was not disclosed. Fire Chief Hall Files Answer In Suit For $10,000.00 Maintain* Main Str<<rt Arri (lout Was Due to Nejjli genee of Plaintiff Denying negligence on his part and alleging the plaintiff was wholly re sponsible. Fire Chief G. P. Hall through his attorneys. B. A. Crueller and Coburn and Coburn. filed a long answer in the $10,000 damage suit brought against him by Joe Mitchrtl, as next friend of Jimmie Mitchell, as a result of an automobile-bicycle crash on Williamston's main street the early part of last March After denying the charges in the complaint as they relate to negli gence. the defendant says further in his answer That the Town of WiTUamslOn Is a municipal corporation and has u population rtf aroumi 4.000 inhabi tants and for one of its departments in carrying out the governmental functions, it has established a fire department and has tin1 latest fire engine and apparatus and in connec tion therewith, has duly organized and trained men to operate said fire engine and apparatus during a call by the blowing of a siren to put out fires reported and as the head of this organization, the defendant Hall was at the time of the aforesaid ac cident the Chief of the Fire Depart ment and under the rules of the or ganization. it w'as the duty of G. P. Hall, upon blowing of the siren, which was notice of a fire, to go im mediately to the City Mali where the fire engine was located and di reel the other men in putting out fires. That the plaintiff. Jimmie Mitch ell. is a young man, twelve 112' years of age and has passed through the seventh grade in high school anil is an extraordinarily bright boy for Ills age Mild the said Jimmie Mitchell, who lives in the Town of Williams ton, and who is familiar with the rules and regulations tif the Town I Ordinances and the laws governing I crossing and driving upon said streets, and who especially Is famil iar with the rules and laws govern ing all drivers of vehicles or pedes trians at ttie time the siren or signal is given for a lire That on the 7th day of March. 1939. about 4 o'clock, P M . the anon at the City Mall was blown und the defendant who operates a barber shop at the West end of the business section of Main Street, immediately at the sound of the siren, left his business and got In his car and was traveling down Main Street going to fulfill his duty, to-wit: to take charge of the men in operation of the fire department; that he wus driving Ills car down Main Street in a careful and prudent manner and at the same time was blowing the siren on his car. warning the people who were on the street driving automobiles, as well us pedestrians, that In- had the right-of-way and that it was the duty of all citizens on said street to yield the light-of-way to Inrn as well as all the remainder of the fire de partment vehicles. That defendant is informed, be lieves and so alleges that the plain tiff, Jimmie Mitchell, at the time that cycle on West end of the busness section of Main Street coming down Main street towards the c'lty Had and upon the blowing of the siren, that he began going down Main street at a rapid rate of speed, riding around and in front of cars and that previous to the aecldent. tig WB? warned twice that he had better stay off of Main Street or that he had bet ter ride more carefully, und the de fendant further says that while the plaintiff, Jimmie Mitchell, knew the rules and laws governing traffic and pedestrians and knew it was unlaw ful and dangerous for him to even ride his bicycle on Main Street when the siren had blown, and the men operating the fire department were hurrying to the City Hall down Main Street for the purpose of going to put out fire somewhere in the city, and he knew it was his duty the min ute he heard the siren to drive his bicycle to the right hand side of the curb on Main Street wherever he was and come to a standstill, and remain there until the fire depart ment had gone to the scene of the fire or he had been directed to move by the city officers or patrolman, and the plaintiff, Jimmie Mitchell, knew that just previous to the accident that several of the firemen were coming down Main Street going to the City Hall for the purpose of organizing and going to put out the fire and he knew and he observed that the re mainder of the people on Main Street had stopped and turned to the right and driven up to the near est curb and stopped waiting for the fire department to pass, and the plaintiff, Jimmie Mitchell, furthei knew that he was not exercising due care and prudence equal to his ca pacity, knowing the rules and laws of North Carolina and the fire de (Continued on page six) Home From Hospital Reported much improved, Mrs Eason Lilley returns to her hoi here this afternoon after undergo! treatment in a Durham hospital di ing the past several days. Superior Court Term Dragging To A Close Adjournment Due This Afternoon Or Early Tomorrow 9 ? Trial of Miir<l?kr Eum* l.ikcU To Continue Krmaimler Of TcmIuv With all cases cleared from the docket but one, the June term, of Martin County Superior Court is dragging to a close here this after noon. While making itself felt in no uncertain way, the hot weather has not delayed the activities of the court and it is possible Judge C Everett Thompson will complete the work and adjoin n the term late this af ternoon or possibly early tomorrow Proceedings in the court: Jeff Whitehurst. charged with tem porary larceny, was not returned from the roads for trial, the court nolprossing the case with leave Whitehurst. sentenced to the roads for five years last March for the al leged theft of peanuts, was one of Tkcce-defendants convicted at?thet time for operating a peanut theft ring The case charging,, Leandcr Grif fin for bigamy was continued until the September term. In the case charging Mrs Kffie Virginia Cooke with bigamy, the de fendant was sentenced to jail for twelve months, the court suspending judgment upon payment of the court costs and remaining of good behavior for three years. Mrs Cooke was granted a divorce in her case against Grover Cooke earlier in the day. The action was based, on two years' sep aration When the court reached that por tion of the docket carrying eases charging breaking and entering and stealing, it found no solid foundation to work on, and careful scrutiny of the docket proved that there had not been us much stealing going on us the number of cases first indicated. Ami then it faced certain obstacles that interrupted the record establish ed by Judge Thompson when be pre sided over the March term of the su perior court In this county. George Perkins and Willie Green, charged with breaking into and rob bing the Peele Jewelry Store in Wil liamston, defied the court and skip ped the country, leaving their rela tives with two?$300?mortgages to sutisfy The disappearance automa tically continued the trial of Eddie Watson Brown who was charged with receiving two of the stolen watches, knowing them to have been stolen. The case charging Marvin Boss: with breaking and entering and lar ceny and receiving was remanded to the juvenile court for trial B. H. Ross, Jr., a second defendant in the case, was sentenced to the roattfc for from three to five years, the court suspending the sentence and placing the defendant on probation for five years. <'d at the conclusion of the state evidence m the case charging Wi Hum Taylor aoci unarm* Ithoc^ps with larceny and receiving. Nineteen years old and appearing inside of a court room for the first time in his life, Douglas O'Mary pleaded guilty in the case charging him with the theft of three hams from Parmer Matthews' smokehouse near Paunele. Sentencing him to the roads for a period of from three to five yiurs, Judge Thompson sus pending the sentence and placing him on probation for five years Joseph Byrum, charged with drunken driving, monopolized the (Continued on pige six) | WKI.l PKOTKCNI) While a few more than 6.000 people in Martin County have al ready insured themselves pro tertian against typhoid fever for the next three years, it was I pointed out by the offiee of the Martin County health depart ment that at least four or five made certain that the fever would not overtake them by tak in* four injections of the vaccine The victims of the hypodermic needle misunderstood the srhed ule and visited each of the four clinics. They are not expected to experience any ill effect, but I health authorities advise that only three shots' are necessary It guarding attains! the lever Complete Half Of Campaign Against Typhoid In County $ * I Drive ill I!, 4 '?>tiliiin<-<| in Upper l?arl of Comity Vt eelv After \exl -? Approximately 6,000 people m the lower (liirt of Martin County have been made secure from typhoid fev er. Dr I K Wilson, head of the county health departmenl. said lust Friday following the completion of the first half of the Campaign to coin bat the fever During the four weeks the drive was in progress at No 00 filling station. Jamesville, Hardens Farm I.lfe. I.illey's Store. Bear Grass, Corey's store and Williamston. Ill, 260 "shots'" were administered, near ly 2,000 having been given m a sin gle clinic. Commenting on the first half of I the drive, the health department head said it was very successful and that In- was pleased with the results He cited the splendid cooperation that had been advanced by organi rations, store and properly owners and individuals. "While a few quit the dispensaries after receiving the j first ?shot', most of the people were faithful to the end. and al least three or four took four 'shots'," Dr Wilson said. Members of the Junior and Senior Woman's clubs. Misses Kutli Man ning and Mary Taylor and Mrs Jos eph A Kason were active in promot ing the clinics, and rendered a vain able assistance without remunera lion. Dr. Wilson commented. Beginning Monday, July 3, the drive against typhoid will g', t undei way m the upper part of the county A schedule of the clones will be re leased the early part of next week Since the campaign was started in this county four weeks ag(r, repeat ed outbreak j (1f the fever have been tepoi ted in Hie various parts of the country Out in the state of Wash ington, 82 people in a small comniuu | Jty ft'll Victims Of Hie foyer- Al, ,,|,I ! break was reported in a southern I state less than ten days ago Quite a h * 1 ?e-i?h*TT?hn n n.pi,i led?m eountlrs |n this section of the State, but to date Martin County is free of Hie fever Conditions similar In those in the far western state and in the state to the South of us and in the nullities about us exist in Mai tin ( ounty and are just as inviting as those where the cases are being re ported. Quite i few complained about tlii erfects of the vaccine, but as far as it could Tie learned not one of the mole than 6.00U people getting the: ! rotection experienced anything more than a sore arm or r?ri a slight' fi ver for a few hours. Highway Accident Record Piecing two person)* in the hospital, injuring a third and exact ing a property damage estimated a $1,900, the automobile went forth as a potential death weapon on the highways of this county during the past week. Two of the three persons in the accidents may be per manently injured. Hundreds reviewed the wreckage and talked about alleged drunken driving, but as the days come and go there is still present an indifference to the careless use of the streets and highways In the Martin County Superior Court Monday, Solicitor Don Gilliam while pleading for a conviction in a drunken driving case declared in a firm voice that the enforcement officers and the courts are trying to do something to relieve the acthjent and death toll on the streets and highways, but that the fight was being advanced against great odds. The record in our little county of hardly more than 25,000 people should be sufficient to wipe out forever the existing indifference to the dangers of the road and to the successful enforcement of the laws of the road Six lives lost, seventeen people injured and a property damage In excess oT $6,000 conSTltutr- the record before the year is half spent A comparison of accident records for the past week and for the first months of the year follows: Property Accidents Injured Killed Damage Last Week's Rcord 2 3 0 $1,900.00 Prior Record 19 14 0 4,150.00 TOTALS 21 17 < $6,050.00 Murder Trial Gets Underway Today In SiijH'rior Court Stale \?k? \rriliet in Second Decree \^aiii?l Hooker T. William* 4 Clearing all other cases from the docket, the Martin County Superior Court opened the trial of Bunker T. Williams, colored man charged with the murder of Alfred "Preacher" Pettiford, colored man. on William ston's East Main Street on last April 30 Solicitor Don Gilliam us asking a verdict of guilty in the second de gree The defense entered a plea of not guilty. Very little trouble was experienc ed in getting a jury, but the case was off :i sIdw ^lurt wl^eo-the defense repeated question after question to the first state's witness. Ethel Hill She was*on the stand more than an nour. and Judge-Thompson, the pre siding jurist, cautioned against the . duplication of questions. The Hill woman was dancing with Pettiford when Williams is alleged to have slipped up and drove his pocket knife into the man's head inflicting a wound that paralyzed him and caused his death in a Washington hospital on May 17 James Henry Hill, the second wit ness called to the?stand.?added? strength to the prosecution when he described the attack According to hus story Pettiford was dancing with the Hill woman when Willums walk ed into the place, and drove the irr>?fe so far into his head that ho could not pull it out. Evidence offereu u> v eral other witnesses corroborated with that of Hill Williams fled from the scene Of the attack and was ar rested in Wilson a few days later. He admitted the attack, but maintained he acted tn self defense, and on that grounds he is- working for a verdict of not guilty. Just before dinner Solicitor Gil ham said. "At the rate we are going it will take us all day to complete the case." The State has eight or ten wit J nesses and their testimony will be completed early tins afternoon. With a dozen or more witnesses, the de fen.se is likely to take a greater part of the remaining time this afternoon presenting their testimony Large numbers of the colored pop ulation are present for the proceed mgs, but the trial is attracting no capacity crowd possibly on account of the unusually warm weather, the mercury running up to 98 degrees. (>o/? Arv Damaged IIV Wind And llnins Whipped by a strong wind and accompanied by some hail, one of the heaviest rains on record did con side ruble damage to crops m the Gross Koaris sector along the Martin Pitt boundary, line last Sunday at ternoon, reports reaching here Stat ing that large fields of tobacco and coin were leveled to the ground unci that in others the tobacco' had flop ped. Starting about 3 3(1 that afternoon, the loins fell f??r more than two hours, flooding fteltls, ditches and ini.di Traffic near the farm, "f W L Ausbon and Stanley Mollis was blocked until late yesterday after IV.ori, llll' I'epMlS .Haling Uhil set eral cars were stalled in the roads( there Sunday night. At Gross Roads church, the rains were not so heavy and very little hail fell there No reliable estimate of the dam age could he -had. but it was estimat ed by some that the loss will approx imate 5(1 per cent in some cases and possibly more in others. While the Cr??ss Roads section had a cloudburst and heavy rains, near ly all other sections in the county re ported gentle rains Sunday after noon and night Bright pros, ects for bumper crops became brighter fol lowing the rains in most sections of the county, general reports stating that the crop conditions at lhe pres ent tune are the brightest in a num ber of years. Ilcrti*1 lltnnc Af(ent /* Injured In Car Accident Mrs Edna B O'Neal was slightly cut on the head and painfully bruis ed when her car, a 1938 model Chev rolet, turned over on a curve near the county home about 9 o'clock last Sunday night during a heavy rain. When the car skidded and when Mrs. O'Neal saw she had lost control, she turned the steering wheel lose and grabbed the bottom of the seat, holding tight as the car turned over and landed in a ditch. Mrs. O'Neal, home agent for Ber tie County, was returning to her post of duty from a visit with relatives in Kirwton She was riding alone. Damage to her car was estimated at $400 Record Mercury Redding* Are Recorded Here Today A new heat record for June was recorded here early this afternoon when the mercury climbed to 98 de grees in the shade and threatened to reach and even pass the 100 mark. High humidity aggravated a hot situation yesterday when the mer cury readings were not quite so high.
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