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B BSAKJc. KVEKT PBgSs PAT DAT WAE | ^Tft BOND DAT <m aaiu&-' OVER THE TOR FOR VICTORY Vt? UNITED STATES WAR V* VOLUME XI VI—NUMBER 12 Williamston, Martin County1 North Carolina, Tuesday, February 9, 1943. ESTABLISHED 1899 Kevjpws Fertilizer Situation At Farm - Bureau illeetHHfr/t’ Iteration in Grade's Expect* od To Offset Shortages In Some Materials Addressing a small group of Mar tin County farmers in the agricul tural building last Friday evening, C. G. Crockett, farmer and fertilizer »tnanufacturer, offered a fairly bright wached that a continuation of the war could alter the picture consid erably* Turning his attention to the situa tion as it existsAoday, the fertilizer man stated that there is a shortage of certain fertilizer ingredients ex ^ isting already, that the curtailed de livery of chemical nitrogen and tre mendous demand for the ingredients in the manufacture <^li ammunition and other war mater^ils are making it necessary to more or less ration the available supply ot nitrogen. At cording to Mr. Crockett the supply is about ^0 per cent of the 1941 sup ply, that by reducing ihe nitrogen content of mixed fertilizer by one per cent th„- avjftttsle supply could be equally distributed, and that the total fertilizer tonnage could be held to approximately the same figure manufactured a year ago. There is a heavy withdrawal of potash, but it is Mr. Crockett's opin ion that the supply will be made up for the curtailment of the nitro gen content,” he explained, adding that ai.y shortage of that ingredient, in his opinion, will not prove ser ious. He recalled how the number of grades had been reduced from about 150 four years ago to 35 last year and to f# this year. While most of th$ grades hatte been altered, it is understood that there'll be very lit tle if any change in tobacco fertiliz ers. * * ♦ Asked what effect the changes would make, Mr. Crockett said that in his opinion the elimination of some nitrogen and the addition of potash would actually help in some instances, while in other cases it would possibly hurt. It has been sug gested that some farmers are using too much nitrogen and not enough of the other ingredients. ;■****■«**.*«■**»—i-'V,:'H*c lectured for Victory Gardens this year, but farmers may use that pre pared ordinarily for field crops. In cidentally, victory garden fertilizer will be marketed at a ton, and no other type will be available for home gardeners. Plans for handling a fair distribu tion of fertilizer have been worked out by the industry cooperating with the Food Production Adminis tration, and the procedure is quite simple, but it is a well established fact that farmers will find it advis able to follow the procedure. A . in: pie form, showing the amount of fer tilizer used ir.-zV-ycar, number of acres and types of crops cultivated last season along with the requests for 1943 are required on one form. There is a separate form for new famers or those moving from one section to anothei or who are till ing the soil for the first time A third form will be used in making re quests for nitrate of soda. It is be lieved that more nitrate of soda will be available this year than last, or about 75 per cent of the amount used in 1941. Mr Crockett explained that many factors were involved, that the sinking of a few ships or increased war demands could darken the pic ture. Present indications are that the demand can be met to a reasonable extent in May or June. He warned that the regulations governing the sale and use of fer tilizers are not to be treated lightly, that farmers should by all means prepare the proper forms and use the fertilizer accordingly. Those who have purchased fertilizer and did not fill in one of the special forms should do so at once. Much stress is being placed on the production of Group A crops such as peanuts, soy beans, Irish and sweet potatoes. If and when the fertilizer shortage becomes acute, these crops will receive first consideration by fertilizer manufacturers. It is possi ble for farmers to increase their acreages planted to these crops and get more fertilizer The Group B ps “uc*h as tobacco and short stee ple cotton, will receive secondary consideration in the indirect fertiliz er rationing system. Other crops such as watermelons and canta loupes may be planted, but no fer tilizer may be used. A fairly complete policing system will be set up to make certain that (Cectinued on page six) -* Cunninghams Sell Home And Farm Here Recently preparatory to making their home in Smithfield where he is engaged in the tobacco business, the E. P. Cunninghams last. Saturday sola their West Main Street home and farm to Messrs. Jim Gray and Hen ry A. Johnson, of Robersonville. The purchase price was not disclosed, and the purchasers have not made pub lic their plans. The new owners took possession of the farm immediately, and Mr. and Mrs Cunningham plan to move with in the next sixty days, it was learn: ea. j War Bond Sales Reach A High j Frg'fl i "aiiuHmmtyLast Month War bond saliif. rgachw. total exceeding the quota for the period by more than $27,0011. After lagging during the early part oi the month, tne sales shot upward during the last few days to reflect the larg est over-quota subscription so far recorded in -this county. The Janu ary quota was S57.500 and actual sale^figuied at actual purchase OWP?**raiiier maturity va’ur, amounted to $34,619.25. The county quota for February has been reduced, *.nd it, is rea son able to believe th/t the $43,864.75 will be subscribed with some to spare. North Carolina is being ask ed to buy bonds to the tune of $8, 800,000.00 this month, a spokesman for the War Savings Staff stating "We must continue io hit the line 1943 -,f will bo the JiUii; -emir Martin County was a bit slow m starting its bond buying back yon der. but the citizens are waking up and their efforts, carrying the coun ty over the top in recent months, are being recognized. The spokesman stating, ‘ Your past achievements in Martin County have been great, but we must not let our conscience be easily '•>'£ can get by for a while on our past record," Sales were reported as follows: Roberson^ille: post office. $2,362.50 and Guaranty Bank. $13,445.25; Wil liamston: post office, $5,343.75; Branch Bank, $33,841.75 Guaranty Bank, $23,381.25. and Martin Coun ty Building and Loan Association, $6.150 00; Janiesville, post office, $93.75. Increased Prodnntbn Promised By Farmers ' w ----—.... (Cs, I POTATO MARKET ^-—_ Plaits are being- completed for the operation of an Irish pota to market in YVilliamston this Coming season, according to an announcement made by Mr. C. G. Crockett of the Standard Fer tilizer Co. In addition to estab lishing a market, the company will maintain a standard grading system, making it possible for a fanner tRbafjt his potatoes grad ed and placed on sale at any market of the farmer’s choice. Mr. Crockett, believing that present indications point to a favorable season, explained that the market is being established in an effort to relieve as much as possible the food shortage that can become serious. Representa tives of the company will be glad to discuss the potato situation, incentive payments and other facts without any obligation v mm**'*~i* tin. iniw. -- Army Rejects Large | Number Of Draftees From Martin County —«— Fifty-eight Percent of Young Men Answering Jiinuary Call Are Ruled Out -« Slightly more than fifty-eight pel cent of the young Martin County men answering the Army’s January draft call were rejected for military service on account of physical dis abilities or low literacy standards, it was learned from an official audit just received from the induction center. Eighteen men were accepted and three of them squeezed in with 1 B ratings. Twenty-five were re jected, 22 on account of physical dis qualifications and three on account of low literacy standards. The show ing was one of the poorest made by any white group of young men to leave the county, and is little better than the poorest record chalked up by colored draftees. Three of the young men scheduled to answer the January call failed to report. Hardly had the January call audit reached the draft board office be fore another contingent of white youths reported to the induction cen ter from this county. No report has been received from the last group, but the young men are expected home some time today for their sev en-day furloughs. Names of the men accepted out of the January cal! are, as follows: Gilbert Hinton Ward, Robert Ea son Jones, John Willis Gurganus, Stewart Harrell, William Clarence Thomas, Leslie W’Uson Manning. Clarence Raymond Bryant, Haywood Elmos Wynne, William Russell Ree hue.k. James Morns Stalls-; Wiiltan, Maurice Pate, James Roy Wilson, Benjamin Jordan Hopkins, James Kader Rogerson, Jr., Jasper Ellis, Richard Gladstone Slade, John Rich (Continued on page six') \ SURRENDERED \ v,J Two Martin County motorists were directed to surrender their gasoline rationing books for des ignated periods by the rationing board sitting as a board of in quiry here last evening. Charged with pleasure driv ing, Thurman B. Harrell, of Oak Ctiy, surrendered both his A and B ration books for 60 days, and J. H. Coltrain, facing a similar charge, lost his A book for thir ty days. The case charging J. II. Par ham with exceeding the 35-mile speed regulation was dismissed \ when it was pointed j precautionary measures had been taken against future violations. Incentive Payments Expected To Boost Food Crop Acreage -& Soy Bean Acreage Will Likely Be Increased by About 1,500 Acres -(9> Despite labor shortages, uncertain ties and the bad taste left in some instances by the oil peanut market last season, Martin County farmers are promising increased acreages of food, feed and oil crops for 1943, ac cording to an incomplete survey of preliminary crop plans submitted to the office of the county agent a few days ago. The program plans have not been prepared and signed in their entirety, and definite figures are not yet available. It is apparent, however, that substantia] increases Ti. and according to the plans the acre age to peanuts will be larger. Based on 95 per cent of the farm plans, the survey shows that the soy bean acre age will be increased by nearly 1,300 acres, and the survey also indicates that peanuts will be planted on more than 22,000 acres in the county this year. After the crop plans were filed, the United States Department of Agriculture announced that incen tive payments will be made for acre ages planted in excess of the goal- for food and feed crops. Some farmers are already asking to increase their goals, and record production is ex pected in some instances. The farmers in making out their crop plans agreed to plant about as many Irish potatoes as they did last year, but after the incentive pay mentjtewere announced, quite a 'ew farmers changed their plans and are now planning to increase their plant ings. A market for Irish potatoes is to be opened in WiHiumston this spring, and it is understood that more farmers in and around the town will go into the potato busi ness and old growers will increase their acreages. A farmer who has an Irish potato goai of three acres and plants that many, will receive 50 cents a bush el as incentive payment on three tenths of one acre, the payment to be in addition to the regular mar ket price. A guaranteed price cf $2.40 a hundred has been mention ed with the possibility that it will be increased to $3. If a farmer plants 3.7 acres of Irish potatoes, the incen tive payment will apply to one acre, that is, he will be paid 50 cents a bushel extra on all potatoes grown on one acre. The rate of incentive (Continued on page six) -* Danford Brown Dies At Home In County Danford Brown, well-known citi £en and retired farmer, died at his home near Hassell last Sunday eve ning at 9:20 o’clock of a heart at tack. He had been in declining health for a year or more, and his condition was regarded as serious some time before the end. Seventy years old he was the son of the late Sebrun Brown, of this county, and wife, the late Martha E. Harrell Brown, formerly of Edge combe County. Mr. Brown had farmed all his life, holding to his tasks as long as his health permitted him to do so. He was a member of the Christian Church at Gold Point for twenty years, and was highly regarded by those who knew him. He is survived by one son, P. H. Brown, of the heme, and two sisters, i»Irs. J. H. Hyman and Mrs. N. B. j Bland, all of this county. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 3 o’clock the home by rry. Interment will follov^t^the fam ily cemetery on the home farm. ft ar As It Relates To41ome fi*tmfc4s ] Reviewed for l eek Kat toiling Savt'd an E^timateTI Six Billion Dollars Last Year A check of the results o price con trol in 1942 has shown that ceilings on the prices of food, clothing, rents in critical war-industry areas, and other coi|«of-living items saved the nation ii*urnt'f S " I*. <uix Tie lion dollars, or an averages ol nearly $140 per family. And it fliust be re membered that the majority of these controls were applied during the last six months of £he year. If present prices are held through 1943, sav ings will amount tS about $400 per family. There is a large ">f” in our calcu lations, however. Pressure against the price structure is increasing in every direction, mainly because the huge gain in our national inco/ra — (expected to exceed $ 125 billions this year) is out of line with the growing scarcity of civilian goods and services. That is, we are con stantly getting more money, with which to buy fewer goods and serv ices. The competition of dollars for the reduced supplies of everything would be far more severe were it not for the rationing of many items, and the knowledge that many more will be rationed. Casablanca Spotlights Home Front The historic meeting of Allied chiefs at Casablanca and their pledge that the United Nations will accept nothing less than unconditional sur render of the Axis again emphasized the vital importance of every effort on the Home Front—and keeping down pi ices, wages, and profits are among the most essential of these ef forts. Inflation, or uncontrolled rise in the prices of all commodities and in the cost of living would be a ser ious threat to unqualified victory. Rationing of all kinds, including the point system cf rationing, is a part of our war on inflation, since it assures a fair division of available supplies, instead of permitting those with more money or more time to grab the lion’s share of scarce com modities and foods. Point rationing, therefore, is no scheme for typing up purchases in red time, hut one of the ii'vv 11 rrnTTTi- rmuxioua m imuisig uu competitive buying which leads to pressure on price ceilings and to in flation. On March ! commercially canned, bottled and frozen fruits and vegetables, including j’uue*. VuT soups, and dried fruits will be ra tioned under the point system. Re tail sales of foods to be rationed will he suspended on February 20. Food Growers To Be Helped A plan for stabilizing the cost of living and at the same time encour aging farmers to produce sufficient quantities of certain foods for mili tary and civilian needs is being tried out with the fourjgiy^r^anning crops—tomatoes, peas, sweet corn and snap beans. Under the new pro gram growers of these crops will be assured a larger return than they received in 1942, but the difference in costs will be absorbed by the gov ernment through purchase of the output of certified processors or canners at prices allowing fixed min imum returns to growers. The gov ernment will then resell a portion of the pack to these canners at a dis count for civilian use so that the higher prices paid will not he passed on to the consumer. Thus, farmers will receive more for the four major (Continued on page three) Deesrter Returned To Military Police Absent without leave and said to be recognized as a deserter, D, E. Davis, 21-year-old white youth, was arrested at his home near here last Friday night by Patrolman Whit Saunders. Young Davis was reported absent without leave just a few weeks ago. Detained by local police at that time, he was called for by Army police and returned to camp It is under stood he was placed in the guard house for a short stay and later transferred to Camp Out nor. Hen iv ing his pay, approximately $100, on the 27th of January, the young man did not answer the next call, and in structions were issued calling for his arrest. He was removed from the county jail yesterday afternoon and turned over to military police and carried to Fort Bragg where court martial stares him in the face. ROUND-UP Following a period of little ac tivity during the previous per iod, local police reported more than a 100 per cent increase in their business last week-end. Eight drunks and a deserter were jailed during the period by the police to give them about an average record for arrests. Four of the nine arrested were white, and the ages of the group rauged from 19 to 55 years. Only four persons were ar jail during the previous week end. Fight Against Paralysis Ably Supported By Mart in Citizens --<» Til. inuaJ M,!' . '. ■ i Dimes"’ ad' ipjpi dent ' Koosrvelt’s birthday annivcr sary and to combat infantile paralys is was a marked success in this coun try, according to a preliminary but fairly complete report filed as of last Saturday by Chairman Tverson Skinner. The drive was one cf the most successful ever held in the county, Mr. Skinner commented. A total of $550.11 was raised in the county, the chairman adding* that the figure did not include njj., ports yet to be received from Ham ilton and Gold Point Comparative ly speaking. Jamesville led the county with a total of $110.34 Wil - liamston reported the largest single amount, $199.83, and Robersonville was second with $114.98, but based on population Jamesville, it is ad mitted, hold the lead. Collections, based mainly on dimes and handled principally by the schools and civic clubs, were report $22.91; Everetts, $14.34; Farm Life, $14.34: Ha.sell $9 80; Roborsorvillc. $114.98; Williamslon, $199.83, and colored county schools, $17.50. In addition to the $550.11, Chair man Skinner explained that quite a few dollars were raised and for warded by individuals in the form of greetii-.|fi®Ji|ds directly to the Pro^ identlt is the opiniopjjijj,^^ fimft goaf win exceed $600 s.i the county. Approximately half of the amonnt will be retained in the county, Mr Skinner explaining that while, it is being invested in bonds just, now, it can be made available to needy cases including those youngsters needing braces, within a short /ime. The drive in Williamston was handled as follows: Junior Woman’s] Club tag sak, $57 90; coin collectors. $31.58; Woman's Club, $45.70; schools $19.85, and direct contributions, $1500 La mi Registrants Are Reclassified Bv Board •I Fourth Of The New Classif ications Are Based on Unit Plan Nol Certain That Present Law Vi ill lie Continued Any Length of Time -<§>-- **' Holding another long session here last night, the Martin County Draft Board reclassified twenty-eight reg istrants with no assurance that the classifications will hold for any length of time. Hardly before the draft board had established a unit basis for agricultural deferments, sweeping changes were proposed in the draft law. If the proposed law passes, farm deferments and defer mentstor al^nvnovifion.a! Jimrkers^ ;u*r iff^ior nfRJflemeii and mey will be called in order irrespective of de pendency and other factors. With the present regulations subject to .change, the hoard hardly tested the farm deferment plan at the meeting It is quite possible that the new classifications assigned at the meeting will be changed if Con gress decides that all single men must be called before the reservoir of married men is tapped. Under the provisions of the pro posed law, men between the ages of 1P. and <55 r*rid women between lin ages of 18 and 50 would be made sub ject to draft for work in industry and agriculture, making it possible to call all single men into service re gardless,of vocation or dependency and replace them in the factor or on the farm from the labor draft. Twenty-eight eases were reviewed and classifications assigned at the meeting here last night The number is so small that it is hardly possible to determine a trend, but taking the first fourteen cases at their face value, five of the registrants quali fied for deferment under the farm unit plan. Two were placed in 1-A, the others in 2 B, 3-B or 3 A elassi ications as the conditions aenaand ed. Starting with the first man in the files, Malgram Barefoot, married farmer living on RFD 3, Wilhams ton, the board found that he was di rectly responsible for the production of twelve war units. He was placed m 3-C. Now, if the law is not chang ed and the registrant does not change his position, he will continue in that classification. However, if he changes from farming to an unessential oc cupation, he immediately subjects (Continued on page six) J. B. Mallory Dies At Home In County —<*— J B. Mallory, native of Granville County and'capable tobacco farmer died at his home near Everetts last Saturday morning at 3 o'clock from a heart attack. He had been ill about two weeks. The son of the late Sidney C. Mal lory and Lula York Mallory, he was born in Granville County 55 years ago. He moved to this county in 1928 and married Miss Bessie Whit field who survives with three chil dren, Harry, Whti and Lula Patrick Maliory, all of the home. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. A. L. Keel, of Everetts. After living in this county for some years, he moved to Bertie Coun ty. returning after a few years to this county and locating in the Oak City section. He had just moved to the Everetts community a short time ago. Mr. Mallory was a capable tobac co farmer and enjoyed a large friend ship in his adopted communities. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the home at o' :’neV. by Ywv . J Nt ‘Perry, Robersonville rniniste.. Interment j was in the Everetts Cemetery i REGISTRATION No official announcement has been made and the dates have not been definitely determined, but reliable reports state that the registration for War Ration Book No. 2 will be held during the week of February 22-27. Flans are being made to handle the registration at the several school houses. Authentic and detailed announcements are ex pected the latter part of this or early next week in connection with the registration dates and plans. Members of the county ration ing board .school officials and other interested parties are ex pected to attend a meeting in Greenville next Friday morning when the registration plans und »* n'i "iBnTfi-'■ - -.ane discussed Shoes Included. Jn Group of Articles On Rationing list —*,— Generally Itelicveil Allow ances Will No! Cause Any Great Hardships Without advanced warning, shoea were included in the group of ra tioned articles by a special order emanating from the Office of Price Administration in Washington last Sunday Stores were closed yester day and today purchases were possi ble only in exchange for Stamp No 17 in War Kution Book One, and the cash, of course. All shoes, including low quarter, high quarter or whatnot are now be ing rationed at the rate of about three pairs a year except in unusual cases where such people as policemen and mail men wear ’em out at a rapid rate. Bedroom slippers, soft soled baby shoes and shoes without rubber or leather soles are not being ration ed. Stamp No. 17 will allow the pur chase of one pair of shoes until June 15. By June 15th some kind of stamps to cover additional shoe purchases will be provided. It is not believed that the ration ing order will cause any great hard ships, und in special eases it will be possible for some to get additional pairs. The manufacture of unneces sary styles and colors is prohibited, and there’ll be no mure spike heels, evening slippers, men’s patent leath ers, few sport shoes, no two tones, or gold or silver slippers made. Here are the other facts that con sumer needs to know about shoe ra tioning: If you buy shoes and they don’t fit, take them back. The stori must give you back a stamp 17 and a re eeipt which will entitle you to an other pair of shoes in that or any other store. Stamp 17 in any ration book own ed by a member of your family can be used by any other member of the family. Thus parents can use their (Continued on pace six' FIRST \_ Successfully completing his training, Ray 11. Goodmon, Jr., this morning was commissioned an ensign in the IT. S. Navy Air Corps at Lee Field, Jacksonville, Fla. Attired in a blue suit, the young man had his gold wings pinned on him at 9 o’clock this morning. The first Martin County lad ever to get a commission in the Navy Air Corps, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Goodmon, of His lather is chair inaWnhe Martin County Draft Board. Red \rmy Is Driving Forward after Great Victories In So. Kurxk Recaptured and Battle <•( H«»slov iVow >aid i « Be Rajjino After scoring great victories at Stalingrad and virtually trappitajjbe twcrn an estimated 150,000 and 200, 000 German troops in the west Cau ca .us, the Red Army is movinr jnr. watd »t» r trout . i Sling the mvaders back in rapid fashion. Kursk, an anchorage in the more or less permanent German postions, has bjpn recaptured by the Russians, and thV drive into the Ukraine at Khar kov apparently is gaining momen tum. A furious battle is said to be raging today at Rostov, late reports .stating that thft Russians have al ready pierced the outer defensives of the vital center. It is thought by some that the Germans will abandon pLL";tev arid withdraw to safer quar ters. rhe fail ol Kursk, 125 miles north of Kharkov, was one of the dead the Germans since '1 S la!: The vie - tory was announced in t special communique, which said that the Soviets captured the city Sunday in a swift, head-on drive, supplemented by a flanking movement from the northwest. Since they overran Kursk in No vember, 1941, the Germans had con verted the city of 75,000 into one of the strongest of their “hedgehog” bases in Russia, and it constituted a keystone on the formidable north south Orel-Kursk-Kharkov line which defended the western flank ol the Don basin and the approaches to the Dnieper. Kursk also was the junction of the Moscow -Kharkov trunk railway and the line between Voronezh and Kiev. Its fall opened up the possibility of gigantic thinking movements against not only Kharkov to the south and Orel to the north, but also the irjter medinte base of Belgorod, 45 miles northeast of Kharkov. Tremendous stores of booty were captured at Kursk, the communique said. Adding to the picture of the Kursk success was the announcement in the ^ ^al nonn (if the city had captured more 'haa !,000 prisoners, two tanks, five guns, 26 trucks and other rich booty in one day’s fighting. “In their..r^JregJ^jyyjJSwjnfins -are abandoning their wounded to their fate and even finishing them off,” the communique said. In the village of Timiryazevo, Hitlerites blew up a hospital in which 27 wounded Ger man officers and men were housed.” The devastation at Stalingrad is being revealed following surveys of the once model city by correspond ent^ Not one building was left stand ing and few walls were left intact by the ruthless iti ough they dropped millions of pounds of air bombs on it and pumped shells into it for months, were never able to claim it for themselves. Just a mass of wreckage, frozen German bodies and frozen pools of blood mark the spot of one of the greatest military stands in all history. In the Pacific arena, American armymen, taking over from the ma rines, have wiped out the last organ ized resistance, a report early this afternoon declaring that the Japs have been reduced to a very small number in isolated groups and that they are facing death or surrender. The island is now claimed in its en tirety by American forces. Developments in the sea-air fight ing are still undeiway on what has been described to be a sporadic schedule. Neither side has withdrawn and details are not to be had on the lighting, but both sides have exper ienced losses. One of the most ex tensive raids has been directed on the Japs in New Guinea and anoth rr on Rangoon. Air attacks in the Mediterranean area feature the fighting in that part of the world, Allied airmen having just announced that twenty-eight I more German planes had been shot I down in Africa against five Allied ! planes lost. General Montgomery’s 6 th Army is now in the fight in Tun isia, unofficial reports stating that the British are making it plenty hot tor Ttommei’ Africa Corps,- The i Americans are now facing Rommel’s men, but heavy rains continue to fall and little activity has been reported along the 150 mile line held by the Yanks. With about ten German divisions entrenched along the Mediterranean from Bizerte to the Mareth line a short distance below Gabes, the Al lied forces, including the Americans, British and Fighting French are tightening their ranks along the ap proximately 300 mile front in prep aration for a drive to rid the enemy from his coastal positions varying in depth from about 30 to 65 miles. 'Oie (Continued on page six) -» -- Firemen Called To West Main Street Late Sunday Starting from a spark, fire did right much damage to the roof of a small tenant house just off West Main Stret. t last Sunday evening at 6:20 o’clock Fire broke old in sev < ’ but it was brought under control with a small hose line from the fire truck.