Child Loses Leg
In Tragedy Near
Dardens Sunday
(Continued from page one)
od it as thoroughly as he claims
he did. Yet, he is apparently con
vinced that his companion did not
intend to kill him. He, too, claims
it was all an accident.
Whether the mother intended
to kill the father of her child or
not and whether she knew he had
the baby in his arms when he
came to the bedroom door where
he was fired upon or not officers
may never be able to find out. Su
long as all who are acquainted
with the facts wish to maintain
it was accidental the sheriff will
have to depend on other clues
for a clearer picture of the ease
and it may take some time to
complete the investigation. Sher
iff Holloman declared yesterday
that the investigation was incom
plete.
A young man, Dallas James,
Jr., is to face trial in the Super
ior Court of this county next
week on a charge of killing an
other man in the same general
neighborhood several Sundays
ago in the early evening. Condi
tions in that section are said tc
be giving county law enforcement
officers considerable concern.
Local officers were called into
the case by Sheriff Reid of Wash
ington County when hospital au
thorities notified him that the
shooting victims had been brought
there for treatment of their
wounds. This was several hours
after the actual shooting.
One of the puzzling things in
1he case, loeal officers declare is
the fact that the child did not
vbleed to death from its wound;
during the long period of firm
that elapsed between the shooting
and the rounding up of a neigh
bor, Robert Pierce, to take 4hem
to the hospital in Plymouth. It
was almost an hour before medi
cal attention could be had, bui
Sheriff Holloman reports the
youngster was looking fine yes
terday.
Thirteen Divorce
Cases On Calendar
In Superior Court
i (Continued from pa Be one)
12, 1947, and separated the fol
lowing November, Louise Jenkins
Coburn is suing Neal Coburn for
a divorce. There are no living
children as a result of the union.
The defendant is now living in
Craven County.
Gladys Weaver is suing R. H.
Weaver for divorce, the plaintiff
saying in her complaint that they
were married in 1931 and sepa
rated in January, 1948, thaf two
children, now 16 and 11 years of
age, born of the union are in hen
care.
Monday Average
Is Second Highest
For This Season
(Continued from page on*)
j last year.
There were larger proportions
; of common to good leaf marketed
with the increases principally in
i common and low grades. There
1 was correspondingly less prim
ing.s, lugs, nondescript and cut
ters. Sales were comprised chiefly
of common to good leaf, nonde
script and a small amount of low
primings and fair lugs.
Receipts of the Flue-cured Sta
bilization Corporation under the
| Government loan program were
the smallest of the season. The
take for the week was around
9 percent of gross sales. Season
deliveries are slightly under 12
i percent of gross sales.
' Beginning Monday. September
: 10, sales will be limited to 1,800
I baskets per day per set of buyers
! or 4 1-2 Hours. The schedule since
i opening had been 2.000 baskets oi
| ,'i hours per day.
Mobilization 01
Farmers' Views
' In County Begun
fContinued from page one)
for Hamilton Township.
The first direct report from any
of the meetings last night came
from T B. Slade, one of the agri
cultural leaders attending the
Goose Nest meeting. He said 30
or more attending that group
meeting and while it was not as
many as had been hoped for. its
was a representative attendance
and tile comments were good. He
s,.id a composite report on the
meetings will he made later to
I show an overall picture of what
j the farmers think of the program
'and what they wish changed in
jit.
Three meetings are also sched
■ tiled for Friday evening at 8:00—
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In a report from County Agent
T. B. Brandon who attended the
meeting at Bear Grass last eve
ning it was noted that the 25 far
mers expressing their views there
wanted several changes of a de
finite nature made. They want
the penalty for overplanting of
tobacco increased, ask the setting
up of separate quotas for the Vi’
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farmers who respond to a federal
appeal for an increase in food
production and then are some
times caught in a price squeeze
If the government wants them to
produce more food, they feel the
government should make it safer
for them to respond to the chal
lenge for greater production.
It was also brought out that the
farmers still feel they should lit
provided with more rural tele
phones than are at present avail
able.
Officers Wrecked
Twelve Stills In
County In August
-—-$> —
(Continued from Page One)
eer Bullock reporting that three
plants were wrecked in a single
day last week.
Going into Bear Grass Town
ship along the Beaufort boundary
line last Tuesday night, the offic
ers, including federal agents,
maintained a watch until about
midnight before wieeking the
COO - gallon submarine type
still and pouring out 1,1100 gallons
of mash The plant was equipped
with oil burners and a super
heater of 100 gallon capacity
Baler Wednesday morning the
officers found and wrecked a 100
gallon submarine type still not so
far from a church in Bear Grass
Township They poured out 100
gallons of beer, the officer ex
plaining that materials had been
placed at the plant to make more
beer
That afternoon the raiders
found and confiscated a 50-gallon
copper still not far from Beg
geli’s Mill Pond and poured out
251) gallons of beer
Band Fund Drive
To Reach Climax
With Tag Sales
--
(Continued from page one)
who have seen other bands that
wi re below standard know how
important it is to maintain the
Williamston band at it. present
high position among the musical
and marching organization. of
the state
The band at present is busy
getting ready for the football
season of which it is a very itn
portant part since many fans rate
the appc urance of the band at the
half as out of the big pleasures
m attending games here. There
is a lot of work ahead to get the
quarter bundled new band mem
bei s ready for the marching rou
tines of the fall but they will be
i f ady if hard work and persistent
effort can make them so
The drive chairman, D. V.
Clayton, is anxious to close the
campaign as soon as possible and
is urging all donors to get. theii
cheeks in as early as ttiey can.
Furniture Prices
Showing Increase
Prices paid by North Carolina
| farmers for most furniture items
increased during the pei jod from
June 15, 1550 to June 15, 1951.
Living-room and bedroom suites
increased $20.00 and $25.00, re
spectively.
Administer rugs, size 9' x 12’,
increased $17 00 during the year
ended June 15, 1951. Farmers also
paid higher prices for bedsteads,
mattresses, kitchen cabinets, kit
chen ranges and washing mach
ines.
li. S. l>rodm tion Eases
Off To 4 Tow Level
-*
Industrial production in the U.
S. eased off in July to the lowest
level in nearly a year. The Fed
eral Reserve Board’s index fell
from 222 in June to 213 in July,
the lowest since last September,
when it was 211 The index is
based on a 1935-39 average of 100.
Deep in the heart of every last
one of us is the taint hope that
somehow we will come into a pile
of money, without sweat.
| Winter Crops
Build Up Soil
—«—
Making land produce heavily,
and nt Hie same t'ime^keeping it
in good condition for future high
production, is n problem that.
American farmers now face .
The answer to the problem, be
lieves G. T. Scott, State PM A di
rector and chairman of the State
Agricultural Mobilization Com
mittee, is for farmers to make
greater use of winter covei crops,
green manures, and improved
grass and 1, production. In
this way. he says, they will be
protecting their soil while also
providing increased feed for live
stock.
State goals for fall-seeded
grains, as announced bv Scott, arc
450,000 acres of wheat, 525,000
acres of oats, 50,000 acres of bar
ley, and 10,000 acres of rye All j
these acreages are on a planted j
basis except rye, for which the j
goal is given on a harvested basis [
"Maintenance in 1952 of the I
1951 large acreages for many im
nwr i n ^anuumi
portant crops, including wheat,
and the expansion of feed pro
duction will again place heavj
demands upon American farms
and their soil resources," says
Chairman Scott.
"Each year this happens, it be
comes increasingly important
that concern be shown about the
future ability of our land to pro
duce sufficiently to fill require
ments of the growing population.
It becomes necessary, therefore,
that 191)2 crop production be un
dertaken with the widest possible
use of those practices which are
kr iWn to increase production
v'ole building the soil resource,!
f< : still more intensive future
use *
' There never has been a great
er need for more winter cover
crops, green manures, and im
pv ered grass and legume produc
tion. both because of the need for
protection and building of the soil
and because of the need for in- I
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Scott adds. 4
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Farm Mortgage
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been increasing since 1946 at an
accelerating rate Thtlis, the in
crease for the calendar year 1950
was 8 percent whereas for 1949 it
was 6 percent; for 1948, 5 per
cent; and for 1947 and 1946, 2 per
cent each.
Farm mortgage debt increased
in evej~y State during 1949 arc!
1950. The largest increase during
1950—almost 25 percent—occurr
ed in Florida. The increase in
Arizona war next largest—nearly
20 percent Farm-mortgage debt
in the Mountain region increased
14 percent during the year, and
in the South Atlantic region 10
percent. In other regions the
debt increased by smaller per
centages
Each State, except Illinois.
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota, and South Dakota, now
has inore nnin-mortgage debt
than on January !, 1946
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