NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEES.
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
SERVICE MEN NOW READING
THE ENTEPRISE IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 69
W illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 1, 1944.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Allies Take Verdun
And Push on toward
The Belgian Border
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American Forces Are Within
Fifty Miles of German
Territory
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The battle of France, for all prac
tical purposes, has been won, late
reports stating that a hot race is now
pointing toward Belgium and Ger
man soil. The capture of Verdun,
World War I battlefield where the
French valiantly fought the Ger
mans back in 1916, by the Ameri
cana was announced this morning,
placing the Allies within fifty miles
of German soil. At the same time,
the Americans have reached Sedan
on the Belgian border. It will be re
called that Allied forces, twenty-six
years ago today, crossed the Belgian
border, and that feat may be dupli
cated before the day is spent, Gener
al Patton’s Army traveled sixty miles
through old World War I battle
grounds in the past twenty-four
hours to chalk up the new victories.
While the Americans were sweep
ing forward, the British were handl
ing an extensive drive of their own
into the rocket coast. Advances of
nearly eight miles were reported by
them in less than three days, the
drive taking advanced units across
the Somme at Amiens and shutting
off over 100 miles of the robot bomb
launching area.
The enemy retreat has been so
rapid that it has become disorganiz
ed, reports declaring that the rear
guard has been eliminated and that
the pursuers are tearing to shreds
the main German forces.
The Germans warned today that
their new secret weapon will greet
the Allies at the German border. It
was also claimed the Germans were
about ready to release their No .2
robot. High military authorities are
of the opinion that the Germans will
not use poison gas. The authorities
point out that the Allies are in a
much better position to spread the
poison stuff than the Germans are,
and for that reason Hitler and his
gang will go slow even if their pol
icy is to wreck and ruin.
General Eisenhower declared
again yesterday that he saw no rea
son why victory over Germany
should not come in 1944.
As the war enters its sixth year
today, the nations count a death toll
estimated at 25 million and a cost
that runs into the trillions of dollars.
It was revealed yesterday that the
Americans had lost 3,000 planes in
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No Court Session
Held Last Monday
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It was not listed on any schedule,
but Judge J. C. Smith declared a
holiday for the county recorder’s
court last Monday, the jurist ex
plaining that it was tobacco opening
day and since that even is about the
greatest of any during the year for
the farmer, it was in order to take
the day off. There were very few
cases on the docket anyway, and
those that were there will come up
for trial next Monday when, strange
ly enough, the tobacco markets and
a few other business establishments
are to observe the day as a holiday.
A fairly large docket is already
in the making for next Monday, the
cases representing a varied list of
law infractions.
Two defendants are up for operat
ing motor vehicles without drivers’
licenses. Three are charged with
drunken driving. One is booked for
reckless and hit-and-run driving.
Another is charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon. Stil an
other is charged with operating a
liquor still, and a tenth one is book
ed for speeding. There was a dis
turbance in the Oak City section last
Monday night when several James
ville young white men invaded the
town and questioned Chief Edmond
Early’s right to arrest them. They
are booked for disorderly conduct
and interferring with an officer in
the performance of his duty. One
report reaching here stated that the
officer was attacked and kicked in
the face. County officers and mem
bers of the highway patrol were call
ed and they helped round up four
or five of the young men, it was
learned.
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Escapes Injury In
Main Street Wreck
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Clinton L. Haislip, USN, escaped
uninjured when his car sideswiped
a telephone pole on West Main Street
here last Tuesday night. His 1937
coupe had a fender ripped off, of
ficers estimating the damage at
about $25. No damage was done to
the pole or the wires suspended from
it.
Charged with drunken driving,
Haislip, 18 years old, was temporar
ily detained. A case is pending in
the county recorder’s court against
the young man who was released
under bond. He was said to have been
spending a short leave 'with rela
tives in Pitt County.
To Hold No Tobacco Sales on
Local Market Next Monday
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For the first time in years and
possibly in the history of the mar
ket, no tobacco auction sales will be
held on the local market next Mon
day, September 4th, on account of
the Labor Day holiday, it was offi
cially announced this week by the
Tobacco Board of Trade. Sales will
be resumed the following day in
accordance with a new sales card, it
was announced.
No holiday will be observed here
by general business, but the banks,
post office, Virginia Electric and
Power Company and liquor store
will be closed. No mail deliveries
will be effected in either the town
or rural communities and the post
office windows will be closed that
day
1'he tobacco market holiday will
be general throughout the belt. It
was reported, however, that some
markets planned to disreg, rd the
Tobacco Association of the United
States ordering the suspension of
sales that day. At the same time it
was pointed out that the authorities
would demand the recall of the buy
ers from any market that did not
comply with the closing order.
The holiday, unexpectedly called
by the tobacco association, upsets the
sales schedule for the second time.
Local warehousemen prepared sales
cards for the first-announced open
ing on August 21. That date was
changed and cards were altered to
coincide with the delayed opening
on August 28. And now before a
week of the season was spent, the
warehousemen are having new sales
cards printed. According to the new
card, the Carolina warehouse here
will have first sale next Tuesday, the
day after the holiday.
GETS CITATION
j
Staff Sergeant L. Nelson Leg
gett, son of Mr. and Mrs. II. W.
Leggett of Robersonville, is
pictured receiving a citation for
meritorious achievement in the
USAAF.
TOWN - FARM
IN WARTIME
(A weekly news digest from
the rural press section of
the OWI news bureau)
Cost of Living Remains Stable
The cost of living has risen six
tenths of one per cent in retail prices
of essential commodities, Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins reports.
The figure is for the month ended
July 15, most recent for which data
are available. During the last year,
Secretary Perkins added, average
prices of family living essentials have
risen 1.8 per cent, as compared with
advances of 6 per cent and 11 per
cent in the years ended July 1943
and July 1942. Higher prices for
fresh fruits and vegetables were
noted. Prices for potatoes, sweet po
tatoes, spinach and onions were up
in July, but there were large de
creases for cabbage, lettuce and
green beans.
Now You Can Draw a Bead on ’Em
If you have a few moments to
spare, you may begin to oil up the
family flintlock. WPB has taken
cognizance of the fact that animals
and birds are causing widespread
destruction to crops and livestock all
over the country. The ban on the
sale of ammunition to hunters will
be removed temporarily in the near
future. Available for nimrods will
be 240 million rim fire cartridges, 8
million center fire cartridges and
130 million shotgun shells. Wolves,
coyotes, foxes, weasels, wild ducks,
crowds and pheasants should not be
told of this regulation. Happy hunt
ing.
Will Open Fourth
Pre-Natal Clinic
The Martin County Health De
partment will open its fourth pre
natal clinic in the county at Rober
son ville on Thursday, September 14,
it was announced this week by Mrs.
Fleming, department nurse. The
clinic will be maintained on the
second Thursday in each month. In
addition to the care offered expect
ant mothers, the clinic will also ex
tend its services to babies up to one
year old and their mothers. The
clinic will be open to white patrons
only, the department explaining
that one is held on the last Tuesday
in each month for colored patrons.
Other clinics are functioning in
Williamston on the first Tuesday
and Wednesday, Jamesville on the
second Tuesday and at Oak City.
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Short Session In Prospect
For County Commissioners
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With very little business on the
docket a short session is in prospect
for the county commissioners when
they hold their regular meeting here
next Monday. The auditor’s office is
completing the 1344 45 tax books and
will turn them over to the collector
after they are reviewed by the'
board.
Local Boy Declares
Second Invasion Of
France Was 'Boring’
Inflation Is Non Rampant in
Italy, Ll. Hardy Rost* Says
In Recent Letter
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Writing to Bob Cowon here, First
Lieutenant Z. Hardy Rose, Jr., local
young man, tolls about the southern
invasion of France, inflation in Italy
and declared that while he was not
ashamed of his part in the Normandy
invasion, all the reports about the
part he played were not altogether
accurate. His letter follows, in part,
with a slight “robbing” for Bob:
“There is no reason why I should
write you. It seems you never an
swer. Whatsa matter, did you fall
off the porch and bust your right
lunchhook?
"As you know by now there lias
been an invasion of Southern France.
I participated in it and am glad to
report I’m still healthy. Frankly, the
entire operation was mild, almost
boring. Being bored though is bet
ter than being shot.
“We’ve been in Italy long enough
to see some of it. Rome is all its tout
ed to be. It’s the only city I’ve ever
enjoyed sight-seeing in. Naturally,
I've seen plenty other places, but
I’m not allowed lo mention them
“The entire country has been laid
low by the wai. What Allied land
and air bombardment didn’t get, the
Germans blew up in retreat. It’s
pretty bad. Inflation is also a prob
lem, not to us but for the Italians.
Cigarettes are selling for one to two
bucks a package. An old pair of GI
shoes would bring twenty-five bucks
easily. Everything else is in ratio to
this. We have Eyeties in the kitchen
working for seventy cents a day and
food. Any one of them carries a
thousand bucks or more in his wal
let.
“Our outfit is under field condi
tions, living in tents, chow lines,
mess kits, etc. . . . All the officers
got together and built showers and
an officers’ club. We did every bit
of the work. The club features cog
nac, vermuth, wine and domestic
(Continued on page four)
Bear Grass Farmer
Loses Tobacco Barn
Starting possibly from a fallen
stick, fire destroyed a tobacco barn
and a large shelter on Farmer Cal
vin Ayers’ farm in Bear Grass about
sundown Tuesday. There were about
750 sticks of choice tobacco in the
barn, and the: owner estimated the
loss at $1,500 with about $250 in
surance in foice. It was about the
twenty-first tobacco barn to have
been destroyed by fire in the county
this season.
Just as he approached the barn,
Mr. Ayers heard the fire roaring. He
asked a member of the family to
ring the farm bell and within just
a few minutes nearly 100 neighbors
reached there and prevented the
fire from spreading to another barn
just a few feet away. A number of
sticks of cured tobacco, several cords
of wood, a disk and tobacco sticks
were removed from the barn shelter
just ahead of the fire, but Mr. Ayers’
son, Harry Calvin, suffered a heat
stroke and had to be given medical
treatment.
Postpone Revival Meeting
At Piney Grove Church
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The revival meeting that was to
begin at Piney Grove Baptist Church
Sunday night has been postponed in
accord with the advice of the State
Board of Health, and the Sunday
school is closed until further notice,
it was announced by the pastor, Rev.
W. B. Harrington.
Library To Observe Next
Monday As A Holiduy Here
The local library will observe next.
Monday as a holiday, it was announc
ed by Mrs. Ethel Anderson, librar
ian.
MARTIN COUNTY
In WORLD WAR I
(Reviewed from old Enterprise
files twenty-seven years ago)
May 3, 1918.
On Friday morning of last week
the following eight white selectees
lef for Camp Jackson: William Eas
on Price, Kelly Lorenzo Rawls, Sam
Stewart Hardison, George Gordon
Bailey, Lonnie C. Gardner, Albert
Q. Roebuck, Simon Peter Harrison,
Robert L. Coburn.
It is. gratifying to ‘state that of the
127 colored drafted men of Martin
County called to report for military
duty within the past thirty days to
fill calls for entrainment to Camp
Grant and Camp Jackson, every man
answered to the roll call except three
and two of those who did not report
were sick and the other man did not
get his mail.
This week, Rev. W. R. Burrell
spoke at Poplar Point Township on
“Third Liberty Loan Bonds,” and the
sale of bonds amounted to $16,000
that evening.
Hugh Stokes, another of Oak City’s
boys, volunteered and joined the Na
vy tw'o weeks ago.
May 10, 1918.
oday, the following selected men
left for Camp Scriven at Savannah,
Ga.: Robert A. Moore, Sylvester S.
Moore, Edwin C. Sexton, and Nor
man King Harrison.
Martin County lias gone “Over the
Top” in the Third Liberty Loan
Drive. The county went over its al
lotment about 35 per cent.
Mrs. W. H. Harrell has received
a letter from her son, W. H. Harrell,
in which lie states that he has been
appointed Assistant Surgeon in the
Navy with the rank of Junior Lieu
tenant.
Out of the 8,114 North Carolina
men to be entrained for camp on
May 25th, or during the five-day
period thereafter, Martin County
will furnish 72 of the number of
white men required. The colored se
lectmen will be sent about three
weeks later.
May 17, 1918.
Mrs. Ella W. Hassell has received
a message from her son, Lieut. John
W. Hassell, saying that lie had arriv
ed overseas. He sailed the first of
the month from some Atlantic port.
He had been stationed at Camp
Green, Charlotte, and is a member
of the 58th U. S. Infantry.
Ministerial Croup
In Regular Meeting
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The Williamston Ministerial Asso
ciation met yesterday in the study
of the Baptist Church in order to
work out plans for the fall months.
It was decided to begin all night serv
ices at 8 o’clock with a full program
for the local churches including eve
ning services.
Rev. John L. Goff reported to the
association that he had conferred
with county health authorities re
garding the lowering of the ages of
children attending Bible school.
Upon recommendation of the county
health authorities the ministerial as
sociation voted to keep the age level
at 18 years until the opening of
school, feeling that it was better to
sacrifice a little time rather than ex
pose any child by having them as
semble.
Rev. Joseph Huske, Jr., rector of
the Church of the Advent was elect
ed to membership.
It was agreed that all churches
would be opened for prayer when
news came of the end of the Eu
ropean campaign.
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Wounded Soldier Hopes
To Return home Shortly
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Lewis Taylor, Martin County
young man who was seriously
wounded in France on June 11, ex
pressed m a letter to his mother,
Mrs, Maniza Taylor Whitaker, a
few days ago the hope that he would
be able to return home soon. He
also stated he was able to be up and
that it felt mighty good to be able
to walk again. He did not say where
he is now located, but he asked his
mother not to worry about him.
Mrs. Whitaker received a letter
from Congressman Bonner a few
days ago in which he expressed his
sorrow to learn her son had been
wounded and expressed the hope he
would soon recover. He assured her
that the government had prepared
the best medical treatment possible.
TIRE QUOTA
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More than three, hundred tires
—271 for cars and 36 for small
trucks—have been allotted this
count} for September, it was
announced today by Mrs. Irene
Blount, rationing board clerk.
The quota is slightly larger than
it was for August.
While the quota is larger for
the current month it is reported
that holders of certificates al
ready issued are finding it next
to impossible to get tires in cer
tain '•tees. Possibly the shortage
is only temporary and will be
relieved in a short time. No tires
for large trucks were allotted.
Red Cross Bandage
Room Here Reports j
Gain In Its Activities
Leaders Ask Others To Help
Prepare Remaining 16.
400 Surgical Dressings
After waddling along at a slow
and honestly disheartening pace,
work in the Red Cross bandage room
developed a new, faster and more
encouraging trend this week when
volunteers reported in increased
numbers and materially boosted the
task toward completion. However, it
was pointed out that there are 46,
400 dressings yet to be prepared, and
more volunteer workers are asked
to report as often as they possibly
can.
The outlook for the project was
not very encouraging a few days
ago when only two or three persons
found time to visit the room. And
there are still large numbers who
have not seriously recognized the
urgent need for the work and shown
an honest-to-goodness willingness to
help handle it. "Won’t you give just
a few hours to the work any after
noon or night including Sunday?”
The work is not contributing to the
destruction associated with war. It
merely offers relief for suffering,
bleeding humanity—our boys— tin
the battlefield.
Late reports from the several sup
porting units state that Jamesville
has completed 3,433 dressings and
its volunteers are working on 9,000
more. Accepting 4,500 pieces of ma
terial, Hamilton volunteers will open
a dressing room there next Monday
afternoon. Bear Grass is now work
ing on 1,500 dressings.
The names of those reporting to
the local room since last Monday,
follow:
Monday night: Misses Mary War
ren, Della Jane Mobley and Millie
Biggs, Mesdames C. R. Mobley, Ed
win Holding, G. H. Harrison, Jno. L.
Goff, Anna S. Harrison, Bud Peele,
John Gray Corey, John R. Peele, B.
P. Perry, B. S. Courtney, W. O. Grif
fin, Verner Godwin, W. E. Old,
Ralph Parker, Leman Barnhill, H.
I). Harrison, A. It. White and J. C.
Manning.
Tuesday afternoon: Mesdames D.
R. Davis, A. E. Browder, Joe Roe
buck, Frank Weaver and Dean
Speight.
Tuesday night: Mesdames B. S.
Courtney, H. H. Cowen, Sam Zeman,
Ellon Andrews, Tom Letchworth,
Abner Brown and L. P. Lindsley,
and Misses Mary Elizabeth Keel,
Bolton Cowen, Edith Hines, Shnrn
ma Ramey, Elsie Richardson, Mary
B. Sellech, Mamie M. Parker, Betsy
Manning, “Bootsie” Lyons, Elaine
Burroughs, Millie Biggs, Anne Fow
den, Mary Charles Godwin, Lorene
Weaver, Mary O’Neal Pope and Mar
jorie Lindsley.
Wednesday afternoon: Mesdames
B. S. Courtney, J. G. Cheatham, T.
B. Brandon, C. C. Parker, Elbert
Sherman, J. B. Taylor, D. L. Speight,
Travis Kitchin, E. R. Froncberger,
and B. S Courtney and Miss Elaine
Burroughs.
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Increased Activity
In Justice’s Court
Following u fairly long period of
little activity, business picked up in
Justice J. L. Hassell’s court here
during the past few days. For the
first time in many months, substan
tial fines were imposed by the trial
justice, the fines running up to $10
in two cases.
Charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. Roy Boston was fined $10
and taxed with $8.50 costs.
Walter Jackson Cullipher was re
quired to pay $7 costs for operating
a motor vehicle with improper
brakes.
A ten-dollar fine with $0 costs at
tached was imposed in the case
charging Richard Benjamin Jones
with operating a motor vehicle on
the wrong side of the road.
Rufus Tavtoi was taxed $9.50 costs
for being publicly drunk.
Frank Brown was required to pay
$8.50 costs for public drunkenness.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
Walter Anderson was taxed with
$0.50 costs.
In the case charging him with a
simple assault, Frank Scott was re
quired to pay $6.50 costs.
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Sunday Services In The
Presbyterian Charches
Rev. James Pharr of Grover, N.
C., will conduct services in the sev
eral county Presbyterian churches
Sunday, Williamston at 11 a. m.;
Roberson’s Chapel at 12:30; Poplar
Point at 3:30, and at Bear Grass at
8:30 p. m. .
To Conduct Rcvivul In
Church At Cross Roads
A revival meeting will be held in
*.ie Cross Roads Christian Church
beginning Monday night, September
4th The ten-day meeting will be
held by Rev. Perry Bauldman, of
Creswell. Each service will begin
promptly at 8:30 p. m.
Higher Price Average
But Sales Are Light on
Tobacco Market Here
KILLED IN ACTION
Oniley Shepard Cowan, Jr.,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Oni
ley S. Cowan, Sr., of YVilliams
ion, made the supreme sacrifice
for his country in the Mediter
ranean theater on August 18.
The youth volunteered for serv
ice in the U. S. Navy in January,
1943, and was serving on a de
stroyer at the time of his death.
Announce Growers’
Peanut Prices For
The Coming Season
Crop in Thin Section Expect
c<i to Sell for About Eight
and One-llalf Cents
According to an unofficial report
just recently released, peanut price
ceilings for the new crop have been
fixed, the report indicating that an
average of about eight and one-half
cents a pound is to be expected for
the crop in this section.
The following figures show the
price ceilings per ton for runner
and Virginia types, f.o.b. the grow
ers’ customary delivery point:
Meat Content Runner" Virginia
In addition to the prices listed
above, peanuts with a greater than
75 per cent meat content carry a
premium. There are few such pea
nuts in this section.
For Virginia type peanuts, the
price may be boosted $1.50 per ton
for each live per cent of extra large
75 Percent
74 Percent
73 Percent
72 Percent
71 Percent
70 Percent
(i!) Percent
68 Percent
67 Percent
66 Percent
65 Percent
64 Percent
63 Percent
62 Percent
61 Percent
60 Percent
50 Percent
56 Percent
57 Percent
56 Percent
55 Percent
54 Percent
$176.50 $102 50
170.30 190.10
174.10 167.70
171.90 165.30
169.70 182.00
167.50 180.50
165.30 178.10
163.10 175.70
160.00 173.30
158.70 170.00
156.50 168.50
154.30 106.10
152.10 163.70
140.90 161.30
147.70 * 158.90
145.50 156.50
143.30 154.10
141.10 151.70
138 00 149.30
136.70 146.90
134.50 144.50
131.50 141.50
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County Young Man
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Receives Citation
Staff Sergeant L. Nelson Leggett,
son of Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Leggett
of Kohersonville, recently received
a citation for meritorious cervices as
a member of the United States Army
Air Force. He received the Air Med
al on July 7th in England.
The citation, made tit the direction
of Major General Hodges, reads:
"For meritorious achievement in
accomplishing with distinction over
half of his aerial operational mis
sions over enemy occupied Conti
nental Europe. The courage, cool
ness and skill displayed by him in
the face of determined opposition
materially aided in the successful
completion of these missions. His ac
tion reflects great credit upon him
self and the Armed Forces of the
United States.”
Now in England, the young man
in a recent letter to his parents stat
ed that he was getting along all
right.
Legion Post Will Hold
Fair Here In October
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The American Legion, after skip
ping a year, w*)l hnid » county fair
here the week of Octobej 9, it was
announced this week by Manager
W. E. Dunn.
Expect Larger Sales
After 1-Day Holiday
In The Bright Belt
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Prices for Inferior Grades
ili*;lfrr Than Those Paid
On Opening Day
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Although stilus continue unusual
ly light on the local tobacco market,
the general price average is higher
today than it was on opening day,
official figures placing the market
average between 43 and 44 cents a
pound or right at the ceiling level.
The added strength is centered on
the inferior quality grades, one re
port from the market stating that
those grades that sold for 40 cents
on opening day are now bringing
two cents a pound more. Little or no
change has been noted in the prices
paid for the better grades, and 47
cents continues to be about tops.
Following the opening last Mon
day when approximately 118,000
pounds of poor quality tobacco was
sold for an average slightly under
43 cents a pound, sales were unus
ually light, some observers declar
ing they were reminded of the sales
at the latter part of the season. It is
believed the record low was reach
ed on Tuesday, however, and that
a gradual increase is almost certain
to follow with the possibility that
the markets will head toward a block
the latter part of next week or the
week following. Exclusive of the
sales today ,it is estimated that the
market has sold right at 200,000
pounds.
The sale today comes nearer ap
proaching the opening-day figures
of any reported this week. Tobacco
was placed on the floors late yester
day and early today by farmers from
at least six counties, including Cho
wan, Bertie, Washington and Pam
lico.
There is no marked improvement
m the quality of the general offer
ings, but occasionally better types
of leaf stand out in spots on the
floors.
Many farmers are completing the
crop harvest this week, and grad
ing is expected to got underway on
u fairly large scale next week. Re
ports state that in some instances.
(Continued on page (our)
Bethel Fire Loss Is
Placed At $75,000
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The big fire last Tuesday night in
Bethel, costing J. R. Kellis of Wilm
ington his life and destroying Car
son’s filling station and three store
buildings near the intersection of the
Greenville and Tarboro Highways,
did damage estimated at $75,000 or
more. In addition to the real proper
ty loss, a large oil transport truck
loaded with nearly 4,000 gallons of
kerosene for scheduled delivery to
a Williamston oil firm, a truck park
ed on the streets and several hogs
heads of tobacco were burned.
Fire departments in Robersonville,
Greenville and Tarboro sent equip
ment to fight le fire. The fire would
have possibly burned more property
bad the oil not drained into a storm
sewer. The oil continued to burn in
the sewer and was seen breaking
through the ground some distance
from the main fire. Show windows
were broken by the heat in stores
across the street.
Driving east on the highway, Kel
lis had almost cleared the intersec
tion when a truck, driven by Ed
ward Belcher and loaded with to
bacco, plowed into the side of the
oil truck. The big transport plung
ed into Carson's filling station and
a steel beam fell across the cab, and
it is believed by some that the truck
driver was badly injured by the
beam. However, it was said he call
ed for help. The fire spread so rap
idly that attempts to remove him
were futile.
Norman Perkinson
Dies In Baltimore
Norman W. Perkinson, husband of
Mrs. Lenora Corey Perkinson, died
in a Baltimore hospital last Sunday
of a heart attack. He had been ill
only a short time.
Mr. Perkinson was born in War
ren County sixty years ago and was
married to Miss Corey of this coun
ty in 1911. They had made their
home in Baltimore for the past twen
ty-six years. He was a member of
the Baptist Church for a long num
ber of years.
Detailed funeral arrangements
could not be learned here, but it is
understood the body was, returned
to his old home at Wise for inter
ment.