IB ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER ?,0M MARTIN COUNTY
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THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY
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VOLUME L—-NUMBER 8
Williams ion, Martin County» North Carolina, Tuesday, January 28, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1899
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ireworks
During Holidays
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Several Lost Eyesight; At f
Least Hundred Twenty
Hurt Seriously
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At least 751 persons in North ”
Carolina were injured, several c
critically, by fireworks during the c
period from December 10 of last i
year to the 10th of this month, ac- i
cording to a reliable report re- C
leased this week by the Hospital
Care Association, Inc., from its i
administrative offices in Durham, c
The information was based on i
reports from 261 of the state doc- e
tors questioned by the associa- S
tion. In addition to the injured, t
an Apex doctor said, “There is 1
something beside the physical <
trauma to consider in this. I don’t 1
think there has been but one i
Christmas in the past six that I
haven’t seen from- one to six old (
people on account of the mental <
torture these infernal things i
cause.’’ !
Summarizing the 261 reports, !
E. M. Herndon, executive vice ;
president of the Hospital Care As
sociation, said: •
“The survey was conducted as
a service to the public and to our
members. Its findings arc being
released to the press, state medi
cal and hospital officials, and leg
islators. All physicians signed
their reports in writing. Un
doubtedly, there were additional
cases of firework injuries but the
reports of the 261 replying physi
cians give a clear indication as to
the scope and nature of this type
injury.
“Qf the 751 patients reported
treated, 74 were admitted to hos
pitals. A total of 121 patients
were reported as “seriously in
jured.”
“Among the seriously injured
were 37 classified as “eye in
juries” including nine cases in
volving the loss of an eye, six cas
es resulting in the loss of vision
of one eye, two cases resulting in
questionable vision of one eye,
two cases with corneal scar of one
eye, and four cases of burns of
eye.
“Among 50 reported arm in
juries, were two cases of the loss
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Seek Applicants
For Postal Jobs
The Post Office Department is
seeking more applicants for jobs
in the local office, Civil Service
Clerk Henry Handy said this
wjreK. Mr. Handy added that ap
plications will be received enti!
the personnel needs arc met, but
he advised interested parties to
contact hinTwithout delay.
Examinations will be given
periodically, the commission clerk
stating that eleven applicants
were examined last Saturday.
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Mrs. Sara Levin
Died Thursday
Mrs. Sara Levin, mother of
Meyer M. Levin, died in her sleep
Thursday, January 23, in Phila
delphia, at the age of. 94. Funeral
services were held Friday and
burial was in the Montisiore Cem
etery in Foxchase.
Mr. and Mrs. Levin were in
Philadelphia on a business trip at
the time of his mother’s death.
Surviving Mrs. Levin are six
son, 2fl grandchildren, 19 great
, grand children and oi.e great
great grandchild.
ROUND-UP
Alter a period of little ac
tivity, crime activities in
creased in this area over the
week-end, the records show
inf that seven persons were
arrested and Jailed here dur
ing that time. Four were de
tained last Saturday and
three others fell into the
hinds of the law on Sunday,
three were charged with as
saults, one with trespassinr,
one for drunkenness and two
for being drunk and disorder
ly.
Two of the seven were
white, and the ages of the
group ranged from 22 to 57
years.
Slightly Under 1945 High p
Postal income ai the local cilice
ropped slightly under the high
igure reported lor 1945, accord
ig to a statement released by
'ostmaster W. E. Dunn this week.
But”, Postmaster Dunn pointed
ut, “the money order business
limbed to an all-time high fig
re, the last quarter business fall
ing just about $25 short of $100,
00.”
After gradually declining dur
rig the first three quarters as
ompared with corresponding
ieriods in 1945, stamp sales climb
d out of the slump to reach $10,
02.53 and exceed the fourth quar
er sales of 1945 by $275.03. The
otal stamp sales in 1946 amount
'd to $35,447.78 as compared with
945 sales of $36,831.56, the post
naster said.
While the stamp sales were
'radually decreasing last year as
•ompared with the 1945 sales, the
noney order business climbed
teadily, the gain averaging about
120,000 each quauer during last
rear.
Money orders amounting to
146,409.25 in the first quarter of
945, jumped to $68,904.21 in the
corresponding period of 1946. Sec
ond quarter sales increased from
$38:211.63 in 1945 to $58,053.95 in 1
1946. The third quarter money
order business in 1945 was $48,
088.75 as compared with $76,336.97
in 1946. and then in the last quar
ter, the business jumped from r
$78,123.68 in 1945 to $99,975.83
last quarter.
Going back to the last full peace r
year before the war and com- t
paring it with 1946, one finds a i
marked gain last year in stamp j
sales, as follows: (I
1940 1946 ,
! 1st quarter $ 5.022.70 $ 8,354.77
2nd quarter 5,238.74 8.214.28 ,
3rd quarter 4,698.51 8,076.20 .
4th quarter 7,050.16 ia502.53 j
$22,010.11 $35,447.78 j
The following shows the mark- j
ed gain in money order business (
in 1946 over that for 1940, as fol
lows, by quarters:
1940 1946
1st quarter $ 19,865.72 $ 68,904.21
2nd quarter 17,885.76 58,053.95
3rd quarter 27,967,75 76,336.97
4th quarter 48,293.58 99,975.83 '
$114,012.81 $303,270.96
TAX LISTING
Warned that no extension
had been provided for hand
ling the task, property own
ers started forming long lines
at the listing places this week
to get their names on the tax
books before the listing time
expires on Friday, January
31.
Although the listing work
is further advanced than us
ual, it will tax the list-takers
to capacity to complete the
task in the allotted time.
New building and increased
inventories are said to have
pushed values up this year
over those of 1946, but no de
finite figures are yet avail
able.
Prowler Given
Hot Reception
Imbibing too freely of strong
drink, Jule Page, colored man,
lost his way and received a hot re
ception when he started prowling
around the premises of Farmer
Fred Taylor near Robersonvillc
shortly after midnight Sunday.
The farmer beard some one
prowling around his chicken coop
where others had made costly vis
its in the recent past. Armed
with his shot gun and a lone
shell, Farmer Taylor went out
and fired on the prowler. The
shot were small and the target
was so far away that the blast did
very little damage, but they pierc
ed the skin at the stomach. In
stead of retreating, Page dodged
around a house and charged on
the farmer. His ammunition ex
hausted, the farmer shifted ends
of his gun and attacked Page with
the stock end. Before the attack
was over, the farmer had shatter
ed the stock and bent the barrel.
Taken into custody by Officer
Ross of the Robersonville Police
Departmnet, Page’s wounds were
treated and he was later placed
in jail where he was given further
treatment. He was released un
der bond to relatives late Sunday.
Few Respond To
Library Appeal
The recent letter sent out by the
Williamston Public Library ask
ing the community to assist in its
operation for the coming year has
had about a twelve and one-half
percent response. The nearly two
hundred letters sent out has
shown through the checks receiv
ed and amount promised abouf
a twenty-five dollar per month
income. This does not represent
the interest of the community, but
the directors are anxious to gel
larger returns so the plans of ex
penditure for books,% salary, anc
maintenance can be worked out
The Library Board appeals to ah
who have gotten letters and'thost
who did not to rally at once tc
the support of this important part
of the community life.
New Mill Work
Plant Is Nearing
. Full Production
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Sullivan ami Edwards Finn
Installing East Of Its
Machinery
Hampered by delayed machin
ery deliveries for several months,
the Sullivan and Edwards Manu
facturing Company is installing
the last of its equipment and
plans to go on a full-time operat
ing schedule within a short tithe,
J.,G. Sullivan, one of the manag
er-owners, announced this week.
“While some items will continue
short for a while, we plan to turn
out mill work and building sup
plies in quantity very shortly,”
Mr. Sullivan added.
Located on Washington Street
just across the way from the Blue
Star Cleaners, the plant is the
first in this immediate section to
specialize in the manufacture of
all types of building materials
(and mill work on a large scare.
Its output is certain to help re
lieve the shortage existing in win
dows, doors and similar building
items.
While the owners have install
ed several new and modern mach
ines, the owners went out and
made parts fur rebuilding others
to fully equip the plant. A ma
chine for making molding of all
kinds has been rebuilt from top
to bottom and is being placed for
operation In addition to the
molder-planer, the plant is equip
ped with rip saws, mortise, ten
ner. joiner, shaper and other
types of machines found in the
modern mill-working plant.
Doors are being made in fairly
large numbers at the present
time, and other material will soon
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Car Runs Off The
Fill Near Creek
No one was hurt but the occu
pants narrowly escaped drowning
when their car, a 1941 Chevrolet,
went out of control, turned o'’er
on the Sweet Water Creek fill
and plunged into several feet of
water last Sunday evening short
ly after 7:00 o'clock. All occu
pants, including Peter Smallwood,
Jr., colored, of Washington, Simon
Gorham and a colored woman and
her young baby, were immersed,
but they crawled out the upturn
ed side of the car without injury.
Smallwood, driving the car at
about 40 miles an hour said the
machine skidded on the highway
just this side of the creek bridge,
that, he lost control and before the
machine stopped it made a com
plete turn when rolling down the
embankment and continued roll
ing, coming to a stop on its side.
The car was traveling from
Jamesville in the direction of Wil
liams ton.
Investigating the‘accident, Pa
trolman W. E. Saunders, assisted
by Cpl. W. T. fiimpson, estimated
the property damage at $200.
)ied In Hospital
A.
Friday Afternoon
Mineral for Popular Young
Woman Held Here Last
Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Abner H. Brown, the for
rer Miss Mary Ann Crockett and
ighly esteemed local young wo
nan, died suddenly in a Washing
on hospital last Friday afternoon
t 3:30 o’clock, her untimely pass
tig coming as a jarring shock to
elatives and her many friends
hroughout this section.
Mrs. Brown, victim of continu
es and almost unbearable head
iches, had been in declining
lealth for several years and dur
ng the past two she had received
reatment in several hospitals,
leturning just a short time ago
rom a Rocky Mount hospital she
nsisted on resuming her work in
he offices of Drs. Rhodes, Harris
ind Rhodes where she had most
villingly and so sympathetically
idministered unto the sick and
:u£fering. Shortly after 11
>’clock last Friday morning her
readache bocame aggravated and
she was forced to take a sedative
which, due to her weakened con
itiion, affected her heart. Laps
ing into unconsciousness she was
given first aid treatment here anc
later rerrfbved to the hospital, dy
ing just a few minutes after hei
arrival there.
Despite her suffering, she main
lained a great determination t<
live, and seemed to get much ou
of life possibly because she fount
pleasure in administering untt
the sick. When the call of dut;
bgckxmed unto her any hour o
the day or night, Mrs. Brown nev
er hesitated to answer, to do al
in her power for others evei
though her own physical condi
tion was impaired. Hers was ai
unselfish life, willingly devoted t
the betterment of the health o
others. Serving as a member o
the nursing staffs for the Pitt am
Martin County Health Depart
ments, she worked untiringly, al
ways striving to better condition
for others, often to the detrimen
of her own health. It was for tha
ideal that she so insistently ad
hered to the call of duty sounder
by suffering humanity. She love
her work which was so tender!
and sympathetically handled, am
although her passing came at
tender age, few could have give
of their talent more willingly an
in fuller measure than she did fo
the betterment of society and fo
the enrichment of the lives c
others.
The daughter of Mr. and Mn
C. G. Crockett, Mrs. Brown wa
born in Durham on February 2.'
1912. After spending her carl
childhood there she moved wit
the family to Virginia, coming t
Williamsfcon from Yorktown i
1927. Following her graduatio
from the local high school sh
studied at East Carolina Teacher
College, Greenville, and then er
tered the school of nursing i
Mercy Hospital, Baltimore. Sh
accepted a position as nurse wit
the ‘Pitt County Health Deparl
ment, transferring several year
later to the department in thi
county. More recently she ws
connected with the offices of Dr;
Rhodes, Harris and Rhodes here,
On June 28, 1940, she was mai
,ried to Mr. Brown and he with
son, Carroll Freeman Brown, sui
vives. Also surviving are ht
parents and two brothers, Tot
and C. G. Crockett, Jr., all of Wi
liamston.
Mrs. Brown was a member t
the Presbyterian church almo;
from the time of its organuatio
here. A former pastor, Rev. J. V
Mclnms, of Kannapolis, conduc
ed the service at the home o
West Church Street here Sur
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. H
was assisted by Rev. John V
Hardy, Episcopal minister. Ir
terment was in Woodlawn Ccm<
tery here.
College Seniora Teach
In The High School
Miss Peggy Hopkins of Oa
City is one of 47 seniors in Ea
Carolina Teachers College wf
are doing practice teaching i
various high schools in the Stat
She is teaching in tihe Greenvil
High School.
Miss Margaret Eatmon of Ros
■boro, another senior, is teachff
civics and American history in tl
Bear Grass School in thi9 county
Get BoiuisCheeks
During February
Teachers In Tliis County to
Get Approximately
$40,000
While North Carolina’s State
Legislature continues to debate
salary schedules for school teach
ers and other state workers for
the next biennium, a special sup
plement or bonus will be included
in the February checks, it was
learned this week.
Averaging about $198, the bon
us will be paid in four install
ments, one-half to be placed in the
hands of the teachers about the
26th of February, the remainder
to be paid in three equal install
ments.
It is estimated that the 200
teachers in this county will re
ceive approximately $40,000, the
bonus ranging from $144 to $270.
The payment is in addition to a
flat $120 supplement provided in
1945 to offset the increased cost
of living.
The increase for principals in
the county schools will range
from $246 to $270. Bus drivers,'
while failing to share in the in
crease on a retroactive basis, will
have their pay upped from $13.50
to $20 per month for the remain
der of the term.
School mechanics will receive
bonuses ranging from $180 to
i $216. Other state employes will
: share in proportion.
1 The bonus allowed by recent
i legislative action is only tempor
’ ary and leaves the salary sched
f ulcs for the next biennium to be
• determined. There’s no telling
1 what the legislature will do, but
t the House of Representatives has
- taken the stand that the greatest
i increases should be made appli
) cable to the lower-paid groups,
t It has been suggested that the low
f income groups have their salaries
1 increased by 30 percent, but
- strong opposition was evident in
- the recent debate out of which the
s bonus came. Some observers arc
t of the opinion that the low income
t groups will have a salary schcd
- ulc increased by about 25 percem
1 while a rate graduated downward
i will be provided for higher in
r come groups.
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Hezekiah Bell, his wife and
eight children were burned out of
their home on Griffin Street just
back of ‘he Jenkins Motor Com
pany here iast Thuiaday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock.
Its origin not definitely known,
the fire swept through the one
story, cheaply constructed five
room house in a matter of a few
minutes and before hardly any of
the furnishings could be saved.
Several of the children, the oldest
about 12 years of age, were at
home, but they could not explain
the origin of the fire.
When volunteer firemen reach
ed there, the interior of the house
with its paper walls, was burning
from front to back and before the
fire could be checked little more
than a charred hull was left. Fire
men fought the fire for nearly
half an hour before bringing it
under control.
Bell lost just about all his earth
ly belongings and carried no in
surance.
No estimate on the damage
done to the house could he had
from the Wilson estate, owners,
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James Bannerman, wanted for
an assault with a deadly weapon
and failing to comply with a judg
ment of the county recorder’s
court, was returned here Sunday
from Duplin County for trial. He
was sentenced to serve 18 months
on the roads by Judge J. C. Smith
in the court Monday.
Bannerman, fined $500 in tin
county court some months ago for
nearly cutting Josh Rascoe tc
death, got into more trouble here
last December and ran away
leaving much of the fine unpaid
He settled in Calypso and was ar
rested last week-end by officers
in Kenansville.
A nd Jewelry Stores Ha lted
Idle for two ’• eeks following a j
series of break-ins, robbers re- .
rowed their attacks on local prop
erty early last Friday evening but
kvere halted in their attempts.
Using what must have been a
sizable crow bar, the robber or
robbers first battered the back
door to the Peele Jewelry store on
Main Street. Glass was broken
in the lower panels and the door
facing was cracked and partly
torn off. An iron bar, securely
fastened, blocked the entrance, j
Defeated there, the robber or rob
bers moved on down the block to
the McLawhorn Furniture Store j
back door after ripping the screen
from a back window. The window
glass was not disturbed, but the
door was badly battered and al
most torn from from its hinges.
Only a wooden bar, securely fast
ened at both ends, blocked the en
trance.
Returning to the store after the
evening meal about 8.30 o’clock
to handle some special work, the
owner saw the door had been
tampered with and he called po
lice. When Mr. McLawhorn re
turned with Chief of Police Clias.
R. Mobley he saw a foot sticking
through a crack between the two
back doors. Realizing that it
would take some time to remove
the bar, the two men left the store
and ran around to the backlot.
They were too late to sre anyone
leaving.
Two persons, one a small color
ed boy, were seen wandering
around in the backlot a short time
later. They were taken into cus
tody, but later released when
questioning did not connect them
with the robbery attempts.
Since early December, sixteen
robberies have been reported lo
cally, but none has been solved
along with the two recent at
tempts.
Life Of Countess
Aired At Hearing
In Murder Case
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French Woman Run Away
From Home At Age Of
3 To Shift for Self
Paris. — Countess Marguerite
d’Andurain, one-time “Queen of
the Arabian Desert,’’ has told how
she ran away from home at three
years of age to make her own
way and learned about love at 15
from a handsome lieutenant of
Hussars with long blond mus
tachios, “proudly waxed" and
“very fine."
The Countess told her story to
an examining magistrate at a
three-hour preliminary hearing a
few days ago on the charge that
she slipped some poison into a
dessert she served her cousin,
Raymond Clerisse, 26-year-old
Parisian lawyer.
Though the hearing was closed,
persons present said she denied
murdering Clerisse and insisted
she had nothing to do with the
violent death of three other men
who passed through her life, two
of them her husbands.
It was just an unfortunate co
incidence, the Countess said, that
while she was running a hotel at
ancient Palmyra, in Syria, one of
the shepherds should have been
found dead, run over by her mot
or car and shot with her own re
volver for good measure.
Magistrate Goletly, who con
ducted the hearing, was repre
sented as expressing some, disbe
lief at the story of the Countess,
still glamorous at 51 after a life
of mystery and excitement during
which she was an associate of
Lawrence of Arabia.
She said she married the count
soon after the Hussar affair.
After the war, the count and
countess went to Palmyra and
operated a hotel which became
one of those mystery houses of
fiction, a center for espionage and
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Vehicle Tag Sale
Gains This Year
The sale of motor vehicle tans
at the Carolina Motor Club Bu
reau in the office of Harrison and
Carstarphen here is well ahead of
the 1946 issuance, according to a
v-ii .padson of sales released tins
werk by W. H. Carstarphen, one
of the bureau managers.
While the sale reflects 'fen in
crease in all types of vehicles, the
largest gain is traceable to auto
mobiles. In 1946, up until Janu
ary 26. 3,358 tags were sold to car
owners as compared with 3,710 is*
sued up until the 26th of this
month for 1947. The sale of truck
tags jumped from 591 to 663
There was an increase of four in
the number of licenses sold k
farm truck operators. Car trail
ers increased from 501 to 548 anc
commercial trucks increased fron
57 to 59, making an over-all in
crease in all types of motor vc
hides of 477.
Owners operating motor ve
hicles on and after Saturday o:
this week without displaying the
now 1947 tags will be subject U
arrest and convictions in tlu
courts.
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The Infantile Paralysis
Fund drive went over the
$1,000 mark last week-end
when the first of the several
schools made reports and of
ferings were accepted in local
theaters, Chmn. I,. It. Wynne
said Monday morning.
A total of $811 has been re
ceived in response to direct
mail appeals. Three schools
reported $120.02 and the first
theater collections amounted
to approximately $70 here.
Hamilton School raised $41.87
and Oak City reported $52.75.
Biggs School, one of the small
colored schools in the county,
raised and rrported $20.00.
The drive is slated to close
on Thursday of this week,
the chairman explaining that
it is $1,020 short of its goal.
OlHcers Wreck
Six Distilleries
Raiding along the Beaufort
Martin boundary and in the Free
Union section of Jamesvilh
Township lust Thursday and Fri
day, ABC officers and deputies
wrecked six illicit liquor plant:
and poured out a fairly lurgt
quantity of cheap beer.
Accompanied by ABC Officer:
Clyde H. Stubbs and J. W Bell o
Beaufort County, ABC Officer J
H. Roebuck and Deputy Roy Pec
found a thriving business ulont
the Martin-Beaufort boundary
last Thursday. Starting out, tin
officers found and wrecked a 50
gallon capacity oil drum used fo
a kettle. They poured out lot
gallons of molasses beer. A smal
tin still was wrecked next, am
the officers then pounced on a 40
gallon capacity copper still and ;
complete plant. A second oi
drum was wrecked. The last cate!
along the line was u slill of tlv
submarine type. The operator
used a wood still and had two 400
gallon capacity fermenters. Afte
wrecking the still, the officer
poured out 200 gallons of bee
and confiscated 30 gallons of mu
lasses.
On Friday, Officers Roebuc
and Peel went into the Free Unio
section and found and wrecked
100-gallon capacity copper kettl
and five 50-gallon capacity fei
mentors and poured out 250 gal
Ions of-beer.
Jas. boss Victim
Of Local AttacI
James Goss, colored man, w«
painfully but not seriously hui
when he was attacked near Holly
wood Inn on Washington Strei
here last Saturday afternoon. Ft"
details of the attack could be ha
immediately, but one report sai
that his assailant left an ugly gas
wound on Goss' head.
James and Lafayette Peavsa
were arrested and jailed, each di
claring that the other planted tl
bottle on Goss’ head.
Week before lust James Wui
namakcr, colored, was nearly ci
to death at the inn. He has bee
’ released from a Washington ho
pital where several knife rents i
i his intestines were sewed up. 11
assailant, William Speller, has u<
been apprehended.
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S um of Monev for
Goods Last Year
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Over 127 Million Dollars
Changed Hands During
The Period
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American consumers last year
spent $127,000,000,000 for goods
and services in 1946. the Depart
ment of Commerce reported a few
days ago. The department said
this was an increase of $21,000,
000,000 from 1945 and an all-time
record even after the figures were
adjusted for price advances. In
percentage terms, the $127,000,
000,000 was about 20 percent more
money spent in 1946 than in 1945
and 70 percent more than was
spent in the pre-war peak yeai
of 1941. Retail prices in 1946 were
said to be about 10 percent above
those of 1945, and more than 4(
percent above the average of 1941
so that only a part of the increas
j ed expenditure resulted frorr
higher prices.
An estimated $14,000.000,00<
was spent in 1946 for durable
goods, such as furniture, house'
hold appliances, automobiles anc
jewelry. "Despite relative short
ages of certain hard goods, these
expenditures were half again a:
large as in the peak year of 1941
and four-fifths more than ir
1945, ' the department said. ''Nev
ertheless, expenditures for dur
able goods were still considerably
below the amount which*,eonsum
ers would have spent on the basil
of their high incomes if more o
these goods had been available.’
Almost all the unspent but avail
able money for durable goods, th<
report stated, was in automobile;
and parts, although there was ;
$2,606,000,000 gain in this cate
gory from last year.
For non-durable goods such a
food, clothing, tobacco and gaso
line, $77,060,000,000 was spent
$12,000,000,000 more than in 1945
“Expenditures for food, ineludinj
alcoholic beverages, and clothini
increased about 17 percent ove
1945. These constituted more thai
four-fifths of all expenditures fo
non-durable goods,” the repor
said. For housing, medical care
recreation, and similar services
$37,5001000,000 was spent, a l
percent increase from the yea
before. Housing expenditures
including rent, accounted for $8,
500,000,000 of this sum, a 5 per
cent rise from 1945. Retail stor
sales totaled $96,000,000,000,
gain of 25 percent in the year an
almost 75 percent higher than ii
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Mercury Climbs
To High Readinj
I i After dropping to the low twer
[ ties or the lowest point of th
season the early part of last weel
the mercury started climbing an
Monday afternoon stood at 104 i
the sun and a good 70 in th
shade. With the exception of on
or two cold snaps, this section ht
had no winter so far, but thei
are nearly two months left for Ol
Man Winter to as’sert himself.
Freakish storms were reporte
in this part of the State Sunda
afternoon when hail fell in th
t Bear Grass and Hamilton section
i The pellets were small and th
, quantity was limited. In the Wi
sen area considerable hail was n
- ported. The electrical storm w;
. of short duration and very litt
rain fell in this immediate area
The Roanoke, overflowing i
banks by a few inches, was n
ported on a stand Monday.
OPPORTUNITY
By oversubscribing the re
cent TB fund quota, Martin
County people, white and col
ored and old and young, gain
ed the opportunity to have
chest x-rays taken. Mobile
units, equipped with x-ray
equipment are to tour the
county and take x-ray pic
tures of all desiring them. A
schedule for the mobile unite
has not been released, but
they are to come here some
time during the year. The ]
tures will be taken wit
cost to the subject, Clue.
Manning, chairman of
fund drive, explaining
money raised during the |
will be used to purchase