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Itnhline Horse Show In W ashington STftTiiay A number of Martin County horsemen plan to attend Wash ington's Boots and Saddles Club’s second annual horse show to be held Sunday, May 12th. Offering a variety of prizes, in cluding several stakes, the show is expected to draw entries from Eastern and Piedmont Carolina and Tidewater Virginia. A- far as. it could hr learned., there were no local entries but representatives of this county will be heavy among the spectators. Show judge will be one of the south s outstanding horsemen, “Shine" Ogan of Charlotte, while John Thigpen of Williamston will serve as ringmaster if recently sustained injuries permit. VMM I I I Belk Takes Strong Lead In Local Softball League Standings —■—a Team Belk-Tyler Sinclair Dixie Woolard Won 3 2 1 0 Lost 0 Pet. 1000. .666 .333 .000 To it« played Friday, May 10th. 6:15 p. m. Sinclair vs Dixie. Monday. May 13th. 6:15 p. m. Belk vs Woolard. The shew ring is iaca.ted on the Charlie Cowell Farm in Washing ton. with the first evems schedol ed for 1:30 p. m. ——~-- - - Sinclair Contes From Re liitul T«r Arid Two Caines In League Rare Belk-Tyler sluggers put a couple more games on ice with de ! cisive wins over Woolard on Tues day;' ! •• Dixie in the first game Wednes day. In both eases it was just too much ash for the Belk Bombers as they blasted there u J V’fo (<ie front | early in the game and were never ! threatened Stalls pitched both games and racked up his fourth consecutive win with no defeats to become the leading Hurler. Wednesday's a Dixie Edmondson. 2b Grimes. 1b Edwards. 3b Cowan, p Hines, ss Coltrain. If Everett, cf Manning, e Rodgers, rf Totals Belk-Tyler Godwin, if Brandon, cf Sharpe, 2b Roberson. G., ss 3 Wynne, lb Mears, 3b Peclo, o Griffin, rf Roberson, D.. rf 0 Stalls, p Ah R HPoA E 3 1112 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 -3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 3 3 0 k i 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 25 1 4 13 5 3 Ah R II Po A F 3 0 0 1 3 2 12 .3 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 2 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 o! 1 o ■ 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 4 4 21 3 1 Score by innings: Dixie 000 001 0—1 Belk-Tyler 202 000 x -4 A big three run seventh inning saw a scrapping Oiler nine over come a two run deficit and turn the Wool a rd team back. 11-10, in the bottom half of Wednesday's double bill. Bill Spivey’s charges Ic'd until the final inning when Gurganus singled, Siceloff doubled, Wynne walked, Bitti-nan hit and a mis play was made on Taylor’s drive. I his was Lefty Peel's second win in as many games and Wool ard maintained their streak also. Sinclair D. Miller, c D. Peel, p . J. Miller, 21) Griffin, ss Gurganus, 3b Siceloff, cf Wynne, i f Pittman, lb Jackson, rf Taylor, rf Totals Wonlard Cobb, cf McGinnis, 2b Critcher, 3b Bunting, ss Thigpen, 1b Roberson, p Fowden, rf Ward, rf Horton, If Spivey, c Ab It II Po A 1C 5 5 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 34 11 9 21 9 (i Al) It II Po A K 5 1 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 2 7 0 0 Totals 36 10 10 21 3 3 Score by innings: Sinclair 110 113 4—11 Woolard 303 022 0—10 ..♦" Dan Peole literally won his own ball game Monday when he turn ed in a four hit pitching perform ance and socked a double to score Clyde Griffin and Dick Miller. The game winning tallies were put on base by Dixie miseuos. The shut nut was the first triumph for the Oilers and like wise the first for the motors. The contest required only forty min utes playing time and only a total of seven hits; three for the win ners and four for Dixie. Dixie came within a foot of scoring in the first frame when lead-off hit ter Cowan banged out a double but was thrown out ai the plate TEXAS FILLING STATION \ W asliin^lon and Haupliton Sirrrls Texaco Oils and Gas WE SPECIALIZE IN W <lsllill<r — I'olisllinjr — (In^Lsina OPEN DAY and NIGHT FRANK MEADE. Mgr. To The Democratic Voters Of The Second Senatorial District: You nominated me am one of vonr Senators in the 1912 Primary. Pron to the eleetion 1 resigned and volun teered for serviee in the U. S. Navy, feeling that in the emergenry then existing I eould better serve my Hale and Country in the Armed Forees. I made it elear at that time that if and when I returned I would offer for renomination. Both of my opponents served in a session of the State Senate during my ahsenee overseas. Your vote on May 25th will he sin rerely appreciated, and if nominat ed and eleeled I pledge my best ef forts in your hehulf. Respeetfnlly, JOHN C. RODMAN trying to make it into a circuit clout. Dixie Cowan, 2h Grimes, lb Cone, 3b Gaylord, r » Irdmondson, i f Hines. If Everett, of Manning, c Hardy, p Totals Sinclair D. Miller c Peel, p J. Miller, 2b R. Griffin*.-* Gurgamts. 3b Siceloff. cl L. Peel. If . ■C. Giirtui, rf Jackson, rf Pittman, lb Ah R H Po A F •1 0 I 3 0 1 3 (1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 23 0 4 21 AO r n po 2 112 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 -1 3 "<3 I a 3 i u 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 5 4 A F l 0 1 0 l 3 0 I 0 1 0 0 0 (! Totals 25 3 3 21 8 4 Score by innings: Dixie 000 000 0—0 Sinclair 002 001 x—3 Martin.s To Ploy Parrnele Here Sunday Afternoon Willie Lassiter's Martins will be pointing for their fifth win in sev i it tdts. when they revamp then line-up against Parmelo, Sunday. Billie Peel and David Perry are slated to hurl for the locals. Game time is 3:00 p. m. ■-* This nation's production of eggs for freezing during March was the ; largest in history for that month. New Type Tobacco Reclaiming Land Rov R. Bennett, tobacco special ist of the State College Extension Service, said in an interview that thousands ot acres of disease-in fested North Carolina soil, aban doned in recent years by tobacco growers, now have been reclaim ed following the development of three disease-resistant types of to bacco. "" '■ .. In the late 1920's farmers in many sections of Granville, Wake, Forsyth, Durham, Wilson. Pitt, V .y „.K\y>^r otl'o; abandoned tobac co production because of land dP car-ia kz1 as root ; i h; ; shank and Granville wilt. Tobac co varieties, immune to these still prevalent diseases, were finally perfected in 1944 after search in this country. Canada. Cuba. Russia and South Ameri ca. Leaf growers in the widely scattered sections of infection in this state again are collecting mil lions of dollars a year from bright tobacco. First of the new disease-re sistant types of tobacco to be per fee ted and put into production in j 1940 is "401”, immune to black root rot. It was developed in the course of til years at an estimated : eost of $30,000 from a simple be ginning in an infested Guilford County field. Oxford 1. 2, 3 and 4, which lit erally thrives on black shank land. was turned loose to growers for ■he first time in 1944, after 15 C A FK ;m<l C I, II |{ n o iv o p/•; n on Williiinisloii-Winilsor 11ir?li"ny, I mo Milos onl ol \\ iinlsor. i)i\M H si:hm:d (, ro |0 r M Open Sundays 11 M. i<> <) P. M. Kf’ffiilar Dinner* — Specializing SEAFOODS ~ CHICKEN — STEAKS Bill Woolard Will Open HIS STORE In PLYMOUTH SATURDAY MAY 11th When you are in Plymouth we would lit; delighted to have you eall in to see us. Your visit will he appreciated. W. J. Woolard FURNITURE COMPANY Plymouth, N. C. I years of intensive research and ] cross-breeding. Development of this variety cost an estimated $40, i 000 Tt tax money, i The third new type of leaf and ! perhaps the most valuable of all is Oxford 26 which required more than 40 years It) develop. It ac tually laughs at Granville wilt and is said to have cost $152,000 to perfect. Before the introduc tion of Oxford 26 in 11)44, Gran ville wilt, took about. 20 percent f*‘f lilt* lobncco crop in CJ i’.i n k ’ ■ 1’ aJUi ham, Y\ ;»ke roiiuoii^j tne state crop by at least 10,000, 000 pounds annually. Both federal and state funds were used in the development of the new tobacco varieties. Ben nett said that the $222,000 used in producing ‘he disease-proof strains is a "pi .ante vmrn com pared with their value to farmers and the state. A great share of credit for the nevA varieties goes to the men of the Oxford Tobacco Experiment. Station, under the direction of E. G. Moss. They include Dr. Thom as 1*. Smith. 1 . N. pathologist• Or E. T:.. Clayton, pathologist, Oi b R. Darius, chemistry department, Duke University: James F. Bui lock, agronomist. Invaluable con tributions to (he v..>i k n also made by Dr. R. F. Poole, former Experiment. Station patholospV; *i- R- Ourrfax. Extension pathqjo 8>st; E, K. Vaughan, formerly of the Virginia Extension Service; V/. A. Jenkins, Virginia Extension and others, including farmer;, w.t u supplied experimental tanas. North Carolina tobacco acrecfgR planted to the new varieties in 1943 included: Type “401". tefl.fioO acres; Oxford 1. 2, 3, and 4. 10, 000 aet\Oxford 2>3, 50.000 acres. vV... h IV, ,j I \ry that his wife 3 tonsils should have been removed when she was a little girl, he sent the bill U) his father-in-law. I ril 71 o JL I'OI! BOTH CA li S and T I! UCK S w|o< k of ”"<• for l.olli mrs and truck*. VII m v Till: m:sr — run stom: — ae.... i\.,a Pittman’s Firestone Store Williymaou. N. C. FINAL NOTICE! Vo All — DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS ill WILLIAMSTON All I in paid lax Aeeonnts I'or The Year 1915 Will Be Advertised. FRIDAY, MAY 17 Don"! Fail To Pay Your Taxes Al Once. To Ad vertise Me ans Additional Fxprnse to the* taxpayer. TOWN OF
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