THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BT
OVER 3,999 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
THE ENTERPRISE
THE ENTERPRISE IS READ B~
OVER 3,900 MARTIN COUNT!
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEH
VOLUME LV—DUMBER 92
Williamslon, Marlin County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 13, 1932
ESTABLISHED 189f
County Youth Saves
Airplane And Lives
Sgt. Curtis Biggs
• Risked His LUe
To Put Out Fire
dubcniMMler Willi 135 Men
Aboard Was On Run
From Korea
T/Sgt. Curtis Biggs, Martin
County young man and the son
of Mrs. Sallie Biggs, formerly of
Robersonvilie, has been credited
with saving a $2,000,000 globe
master and the lives of 135 pas
sengers and crew members on the
run from Korea to Japan. Follow
ing the heroic feat, Sgt. Biggs
wa* immediately recommended
for the Distinguished Flying
Cross, one of the top medals
awarded by the Air Force.
Sgt. Biggs' Wife, the former
Miss Susie Revels of near Wil
liamston .is with him in Japan.
The story of Sgt. Biggs and his
♦iccomplishment appeared in the
Taehikawa Aire Base (Japan)
News, as follows under date of
October 24, 1952:
By (apt. A. G. Thompson
The possible destruction of a
C-124 Globcmaster with 135 pas
sengers and crew members aboard
was averted recently due to the
prompt action of the scanner,
T/Sgt Curtiss Biggs of Roberson
ville, N. C. Spotting a fire in num
I her one engine, Biggs at the risk
nf his own lift- crawled through
the tunnel in the wing to quell the
blaze.
During an interview at 315th
Air Division Headquarters, the j
Aircraft Commander on the plane,
Maj. Robert Guenther of Brook
lyn, N. Y., and New Brunswick, j
N. J., Chief Pilot of the 315th Air 1
Division, revealed the following
facts on'tho incident.
"We were returning from
Korea about midnight," said Maj- ^
or Guenther, “with a load of com
bat GI's going to Tokyo for five
days leave. 1 was at the controls, !
assisted by Major Johhn M. Kelly
Jr., West Palm Beach, Fla., chief
pilot of the 374th Group, and Mai. j
Emil H. Garske, 374th Wing Chief j
pilot. Just as we made our last
turn cn route to the Tokyo area,
about 15 miles west of O'Shima Is
land, I noticed* that the far left
wngine was giving us trouble. So1
i decided to feather the engine, i
jo in on three This was no prob- j
'em since we have done that |
fiany times before "
Fire N A tired
Guenther looked out of the
rockpit after feathering the en
gine, and noticed that the engine
was throwing sparks and flames.
"1 had the engineer pull a toggle
switch.” he said, "and turn the
automatic fire extinguishers loose
oin the flaming engine. The visi
ble fire went out."
Sergeant Bfggs was in the leaf
of the plane, with the passengers,
working in his normal capacity
as a “scanner.” This is a unique
job pecular to the biggest planes
in the Air Force, and requires
(Continued on Page Five)
I
County Students
, In "Who's Who"
Three Martin county students
are among 2b persons chosen to
represent East Carolina College
in the 1952-53 edition of "Who’s
Who Among Students in Ameri
can Universities and Colleges." j
Robert H. Biggs, Williamston;
Janice G. Hardison, Jamesville;
and G. Anne Whitehurst, Rober-!
sonville, are among student lead
ers whose biographical sketches
wnl be listed in the annual pub
lication.
Selection of students for the
volume was made by an East Car
olina student-faculty committee
who used as basis for their decis
ion the students’ scholarship,
leadership and participation in
extracurricular and academic ac
tivities, citizenship and service to
the school and promise of future
usefulness to business and society.
• Information regarding the ac
tivities of these students is not i
available at this time, but the
name of one of them appears on
the masthead of the college news
paper as feature editor. She is
Janice Hardison of Jamesville.
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Illicit liquor manufacturers
stepped up their activities in
this county last month appar
ently to "corner" some of the
cash coming in from the fall
crop harvest.
ABC Officers J. H. Roebuck
and Cecil Bullock wrecked
sixteen plants, three of which
were equipped with copper
kettles, and two submarine
types of sizable proportions.
The officers poured out 8,850
gallons ol' mash and a small
quantity of liquor. Three
persons were arrested and the
two tried and convicted were
sentenced to the roads for
thirty months and fined 8350.
Long Dry Season
Broken By Rains
Early This Week
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OfloWr Of This Year Vtas
llricsl Month In Pawl
Eleven Years
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The back bone of a long dry
spell existing in this section din
ing recent weeks was badly bent
il not broken by rains falling on
Monday and Tuesday of this
W'eek. Less than one quarter of
an inch of rain fell on November
3, but 'that'was hardly felt Pea
nut pickers rested an hour or two
and resumed operations. , On
Monday of this week, .41 of an
inch of rain fell, followed by 1.34
inches on Tuesday. .That turned
the trick as far as laying the dust
was concerned. The forest and
grass lire menace was relieved all
lijfht, but the fall had little effect
on the small streams and Roan
oke River. The fall was also suf
ficient to cause the ban on hunt
ing to be lifted after wild game
had one day of grace
The approximately two inehes
of rain reeorded so far this month
has relieved dry conditions some
what, but the precipitation is far
short of offsetting the dry October
period. No rain fell from October
Hi until November 3, and the re
cords show that last month was
the driest October since 1941 In
October, 1940. there was hardly
one-half inch of rain recorded by
Hugh Spruill, bridgekeeper at the
river here. The rli lest month eve r
recorded was October, 1933, when
only one-quarter of an inch of
rain fell here.
Despite the dry season prevail
ing in recent weeks, the rainfall
up until the first of thi$ month
was five inehes greater than it
was during the first ten months
ol 1951. The total fm 1951 was
about ten inehes below normal.
The .59 of an inch reeorded last
month was about 2 31 inches be
low normal.
Keeping close company with
the dry spell, Roanoke River be
fore the rains this week was sev
eral inehes below sea level at this
point, the stream dropping to 2.5
feet on the gauge. River traffic,
for the most pait, has been limited
to craft of shallow draft, and few
boats have been able to travel
(Continued on Page Five)
Club Federation
Meeting Friday
The Federation of Martin Coun
ty Home Demonstration Clubs
will hold its annual meeting to
morrow in the Cross Roads
Christian Church. Approximately
200 members, representing fifteen
clubs, are expected to attend the
morning and afternoon sessions.
Following the devotional by
Mrs. Joe Winslow of the Gold
Point Club, M>s. Herbert L. Roe
buck will extend greetings to the
group. Miss Sue Nichols, of the
Woman’s Coliege of the Univers
ity of North Carolina, Greensboro
and an exchange student to Aus
tralia, will make the main address
at the morning session. Following
a picnic lunch, various reports
will be submitted along with the
presentation of awards. Miss
Lorna Langley, agent for the
Northeastern District, will install
the new county officers.
Twenty-Six Ccses
On The Calendar
In Superior Couri
Jml"c Su?ii«‘ Sharp. First
W oman Jutl^e In County,
Opens Term Monday
In addition to a few divorce
actions, twenty-six cases have
been placed on the civ*i 1 calendar
for trial during the two-week
term of the Martin County Su
perior Court opening next Mon
day. No criminal actions are
scheduled for trial during the
term which was created some
years ago by special legislative
act.
Miss Susie Sharp of Reidsville,
the first woman jurist ever sche
duled to preside over a term of
superior court in this county, will
opent the session next Monday
morning at 10:00 o'clock when
eight divorce cases will be called.
The civil calendar carries no
cases of great public interest, and
the sessions are not expected to
attract many spectators or at
tention.
In the ease of Mary James
Pierce against Naomi James and
others, the plaintiff asked that
nineteen acres of land he sold for
partition. Clerk of Court L. B
Wynne ruled that the land could
not be divided and that it should
be sold and the income from the
sale divided The defendants are
appealing to the high court.
Thi Branch Bank is suing Mar
vin B. Manning to recover pos
session of a 1948 Kaiser car
In tiie Case of Mary E. Holli
day against Paul Holliday, the
plaintiff is asking the court to
determine a "reasonable subsist
ence'' for her and child.
Suing Arthur Bowen for $310.
45 actual and $500 punitive dam
ages, David James by his next
friend, Miftoii James, claims 1 Hut
the defendant seized Ills car il
legally
The Bond/ Insulation Company
is suing J B. Kogerson and others
to recover $500 alleged clue on a
note.
The Woolard Furniture Comp
any is suing R J Brock to re
cover $421.82 alleged due oil
furniture purchased by the de
fendant.
Lilley Manufacturing Company
is asking $199.08 alleged due on
materials sold Donald R. John
son.
As a resplt of a motor vehicle
accident between Dardens and
Jamesville last December 18, Ro
mulus Peel is suing Bennie E.
Lilley for $379,17 damages.
The Lind-.I.y lee Company i.
suing Jas II. Hardison to recover
on two notes alleged due in the
sum of $281.00 and $314.80.
J H James is suing L It. Cobb
In recover $1,000 alleged due on
the terms and conditions advanc
ed in a verbal contract, or to re
cover $209 expenses incurred by
the plaintiff in meeting the terms
of the contract.
In the case of Andrew Marrin
er aghinst Cecil Yarrell and David
Lilley, the plaintiff is asking $500
jar damages and $1,000 personal
damages as a result of ari accident
last May 2 on Highway 84 Geo.
Frank Green, suing the same de
(Continucd on Page Six)
Install Weather
«
Bureau Apparatus
Now that official United States
Weather Bureau thermometers
have been installed on Roanokt
River here, it will be possible in
the future to yet accurate tempa
ture readings in this immediate
area ,
Mr Charles B. Carney, head of
the Weather Bureau in Raleigh,
recently installed the special
equipment in Bridgekeeper Hugh
Spruill’s yard at the river, and al
ready readings as low as 22 de
grees have been recoided. <
When Mr. Spruill expressed
keen interest in the equipment
and expressed a willingness to
service it and file the reports, Mr.
Carney made every effort to have
the thermometers installed. On
the thermometers records the
minimum temperature, and the
other records the maximum.
There’ll be no more arguments
over high and low mercury read
ings which have varied as many
as ten degrees from one side of
town to the other at the same
hour.
Industrialists Considering!
Locating Factory In Area
No definite decision has been
leached, but two industrialists are
considering locating a factory in
this immediate area, according to
Extcutive Secretary A1 Stewart
of the Williamston Boosters.
Messrs. J. W. McCarthy of Chi
cago and-Jos. Mintz of Newark,
I accompanied by W. C. Guthrie
land Miss Jay Spencer of the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development
and Miss Elizabeth Long of the
N. C. Employment Security Com
mission spent several hours here
Tuesday studying pertinent data
and looking over several potential
sites.
It was reliably learned that the
company is considering two loca
tions in this State, one here and
thi‘ other m western North Caro
lina. A definite site is to bo se
lected within the next few days,
it was learned.
The industrialists did not go in
to plan details, hut explained that
Issue Twenty-One
Licenses To Wed
In Martin County
In Oi‘IuIm‘1’ Kittle
Iti-lou Average For the
Partieular Month
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Twenty-one marriage licenses
were issued by the office of Regis
ister J Sam Getsinger in this
county last month. The issuance
runs a little below the average es
tablished for tin' particular month
over a period of fifteen years.
However, the issuance was largei
than those reported for the month
in both 1950 and 1851. It was the
foui th month this year that the
number of licenses issued to white
couples exceeded the issuance to
colored couples.
Licenses were issued last
month, twelve to white and nine
to colored couples, as follows:
While
Bruce Powell Rogersoll and
Hilda Jean Friz/.elle, both ol Wil
liainston
Fred Tunstall Matthews and
Marion Kathleen Elliott, both of
I lert ford.
Ernest W. Griffin and Essie
Mendenhall, both ol Williamslon
R H. Weaver of Robersonville
and Mary L. Stalls of Williamslon.
James Carroll Perry of James
v iI It.- and Catherine Bullock of
Robersonville.
Charlie Edward Lassiter and
Virginia Wbilakei Cherry, both
of Robersonville
Donald McCoy Jones and Bettii
Frances Lassiter, both of James
ville.
David F Jones and Janet Ar
lene Higgs, both of Toano, Vir
ginia.
Kelly B. Warren and Wilkie
Dell Warren, both of Roberson -
villi'
Jenms Howard Price of James
ville and Ruby Farmer of Rober
sonville.
Harvey Dell Brown of RFD 5.
Williamston, and Dossil Leggett
of RFD 2, Williamston.
Rufus E. Coltrain ol Oak City
and Rachel Mobley of Jamesville.
Colored
Louis Vernon Lee of Roberson
(Continued on Page Five)
the plant would need about 20,000
square feet of floor space, and
that its operations would center
around the processing of plastics.
The proposed plant, it was learn
ed, is to. employ approximately
100 workers, mostly women, with
a potential payroll to start with
of more than a quarter million
dollars annually. Except for the
management and maintenance
personnel, all the labor is to be
recruited locally.
The company representatives
while asking the town for no free
concessions, are interested in a
cooperative effort in locating a
comparatively small site and
certain facilities.
It was a bad, rainy day, but
Messrs. McCarthy and Mintz said
no apologies were necessary. The
visiting party found time to in
spect the Williamston Peanut
Company plant and they were im
pressed by the tour conducted by
Mr. N. C. Green.
Eight Suing For
Divorces In The
: Superior Court
In A Ninlli IMaintiff
Is Suing For Custody
Of llis ('.liiMrrn
Eight divorce cases have been
placed on the calendar for trial
in the Martin County Superior
Court next Monday. In a ninth
ease, the plaintiff is asking the
courts to give him the custody of
his three children, alleging that
the mother is not a lit person to
rear the little tots
Judge Susie Sharp of lloids
iville is scheduled to preside over
the term which is booked for a
(two-week run or until the day be
] lore Thanksgiving.
Only one of the divorce actions
is being contested, according to a
review of the calendar litis week,
and all the eases are based on
grounds of two years separa
t ion.
In the ease of Joseph Mills
against Lome Mills, the plaintiff
fsa.ys they were married February
| 20, 1923, and separated August 15,
1940, that no children were born
of the union.
I Suing Ervin Woolard for di
j vorce, Auradis Woolard says they
.were married in April, 19311, and
Iseparated in August, 1949, that no
I children wi re horn of the union.
George Jesse James in his ease
| against Mary Louise James says
they were married January 14,
1950, and separated June I I that
rear, that no children were horn
of the union. The defendant di -
mes the allegations in the com
plaint and asks that no divorce
be allowed the plaintiff.
In her ease against Clifton Kd
(Continued on Page Six)
lire Alarm Sounded
Here Tuesday ISoon
A general fil e alarm was sound
ed here at noon Tuesday when an
oil heater went out of control in
Pittman’s used car lot on Wash
ington Street. Immediately after
the alarm was sounded, the fire
in the heater subsided and no run
was made by firemen.
Drive To Gather Carload of
Corn Meeting With Success
Delayed two days on ac
count of rain, the county-wide
drive to (father a carload of
corn for the relief of human
suffering overseas and espe
cially in Korea, is meeting
with success, according to
early reports reaching here.
Messrs. J. II. Lillard and
Geo. Oglesby, working in the
Hamilton section yesterday,
said the corn was pouring in,
that those farmers who did
not have corn to spare were
offering soybeans and in some
instances cash. "Our farm
ers are behind the pruject,
and we are hopeful we can
pass the quota of 1,200 bush
els,” Farmer Mayo Hardison,
county chairman of the drive,
said late yesterday.
It is planned now to load
the ca/r here next Tuesday.
During the meantime, a can
vass for cash contributions is
bring- made here and in other
towns in tlie county. Ybe
rash will he used tu supple
ment the eorn and soybean
rations and pay the freight of
the farm commodities, it was
explained.
Other canvassers, using
llteir own vehicles and serv
ing without any remunera
tion whatsoever are going
from farm to farm through
out the county, picking up
corn. It is possible that some
will be missed, but those w'ho
are not at home when the can
vassers call are earnestly
asked to deliver corn to their
nearest shelters where it will
be handled, or deliver it to the
freight station in Williamston.
Time is short for advancing
the project, and all are asked
to give it a push forward to
day.
Farmers Urged To
Seek Full Support
Price For Peanuts
Special Committee ami I'ew
Farmer!* Met In Seal
laii*I IN’eek Tuesday
Meeting in Scotland Nock this
week, members of the North Car
olina Farm Bureau Peanut Com
mittec end about 100 growers
from the producing area went on
record as opposing the sale of pea
nuts fir less than full support
prices.
Ben Everett of Palmyra recom
mended local storage be taken
advantage of at once to prevent a
glutted market for he said, "the
cleaners otherwise won’t be able
to handle the pea nuts as fast as
they are put in."
Someone else added the thought
that "if the cleaners realize we
are satisfied to receive one cent a
pound less than support price,
first thing they will be wanting
us to tie satisfied with two cents
less per pound than support
price."
The resolution as adopted by
the group Tuesday and previously
by the Association of Virginia
Peanut and Hog Growers, Inc.,
follows: ", . . unanimously and
urgently recommend to North
Carolina (Virginia) peanut pro
ducers—
They flatly and steadfastly re
fuse to stdl any peanuts for less
than full support price as an ab
solute minimum price. Full sup
port price should not tie confused
with the schedule of prices cur
rentlv in use by buyers. Although
a number of reports indicate some
buyers have confused producers
to the extent, they thought such
price schedules to be support
prices, they are in effect approxi
mutely lc per lb. below support
(Continued on Page Five)
Advancing Drive
For Bookmobile
Tin■ drive for funds in Martin
County to help pureini.se a new
Bookmobile for the H. II M Urn
ional Library Assoeialion is no
inn along at an eneouraging parr
All of the sehools in the county
are cooperating and some of them
have sent in the money received.
The folowing clubs over the conn
ty have sent in their goals: Oak
City Ruritan Club, HobersonviUe
Rotary Club, Bear Grfiss Ruritan
Club, Community Home Demon
Atrution Club, Jamesville Hui itan
Club, Jamesville Women's Club,
Wilhamston Woman's Club and
the Wiliamston School. A numhci
of clubs over the county have ae
eepted suggested goals and haw
not up until now reported. Then
are still a number of clubs meet
ing this week to discuss their
participation.
Next Tuesday in Washington at
the it. II. M. headquailers a dem
onstration bookmobile will In
shown the trustees who meet in
their regului monthly meeting.
This demonstration bookmobile
has been brought into the state to
visit the counties and units that
are in need of replacing their
present equipment. The model is
one of three designs that the
company is hoping to standardize
and manufacture on the assembly
line or mass production.
The B. II M. bookmobile now
in service has been run for over
six years and is now incapable of
rendering the service that is re
quired. The present bookmobile,
however, had over two hundred
and twenty seven thousands books
circulated from it during the
year ending July 31st. It is sin
cerely hoped by Mi Charles R
Gray of Robersonville and Rev.
John L. Goff of Williamston, Mai
tin County’s trustees, that the
clubs and people of the county
will help put this program across,
for Martin County must raise
twelve hundred and fifty dollars
to match the offer of the County
Commissioners twelve hundred
and fifty dollars to match the of
fer of Martin County conies up
with its share. Each club in the
county is aked to notify one of its
trustees about its acceptance of
Ihe suggested goal or send the
same to one of them. Help assure
the boys and girls and men and
women of our rural sections of
good literature brought to their
doors through continuing this fine
bookmobile service.
Discuss Outlook For
Farming Next Year
r---n
< I OSI S lOMOKKOY,
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With just about all tin* crop
in this section already mar
keted, the tVllliam.stou Tobac
co Market will bold its last
sale of the season tomorroyy
morning.
Following the Armistice
Hay holiday Tuesday, the
market yesterday sold lilt,130
pounds for an average of S4.>
per hundred pounds. Sales
today are light, and a small
sale is in prospect for tomor
row .
Security Agency
Representatives
Guests At Party
FiTiM'IniM'ii ami Filipinos
liii|in*ss«Ml During:
Brief Visit
Language barrici were erased
Tuesday night as the Standard
Fertilizer company and its em
ployes entertained the eight
French and two Filipino partici
pants m a Mutual Security Agcn
cv fertilizer study group at a din
ner party at the Plymouth conn
try club The ty\o interpreters
and Forrest Turner, MSA field
service director and eonsueltant,
and Mis Turner, also were guests
at the event which climaxed the
teams two-day stop in Williams
ton
With l'. (I Crockett, Standard
Fertilizer’s general manager, as
master of ecicmonies the group
gathered before dinner for in
formal convocation and singing
Some of the Standard employees
serenaded the foreign guests ill
(he barber shop quartet sty le and
the French group replied with a
rousing French song. The Filipino
guests sang a duet in their native
language and the three groups
joined m singing songs familiar
lo all id them.
At the dinner tabli Mi (.'rock
ell introduced the Standard cm
ployccs and their husband; and
wives and Havmeiid 1 in illy, leant
mauagci of ihc MSA delegation,
introduced Ins group with the aid
o! Miss Si mom 1 hipont, one of the
Intel prelei
After dimiei Mr liaiIly c \ pre-,
sed Ins group appreciation tor
the coui'lesn extended them dm
mg their slay III Willianislon. lie
explained that the fun they had
here was a deli" Id fill -urprise lie
cause they had been told III lac
er towns that William Ion was the
place "when even the bud- carry
a crumb undei their wing if
they plan to lop
Mi liuilly also pointed to the
significance of Armistice Day to
both the Fiench .11111 live William
Stoll group a. a slgll of the o
operation "I the two countries in
day s past and today
Crispin K I lackney . spiike hu
the Filipino gill' I and expi e.ssed
his gratitude to the United Stales
for its eoopei allon and it- aid 111
helping Ills count! y gain it mde
pendciicc lie uspd the Williams
toll hi spile lit \ as a - cm ol lrielld- j
ship existing between the coun
tries.
Aftei Mr Crockett 1 rspunded to
the declarations of gratitude, the
guests assembled for dancing.
Monthly Payroll
For The Teachers
The 11tiril monthly payroll for
Martin County teachers is being
prepared and a total og $H4,710.55
is to be distributed to them week
after next, the total including |
salaries of sevi'nteen janitors and |
(il bus drivers
Tile 117 white teachers and
principals are to leceive $30.,352 ,
05, and the 1211 teachers and prin
cipals in the colored schools are
to receive $37,544.50. Janitors will j
get .$2,200 and the HI bus driv
res are to receive $1,220.00. The
salaries of the 117 white and 1201
colured teachers, 17 janitors and
til bus drivers are being paid out
of Stati funds. The several agri
culture, home* economics and ex
tra teachers will receive $7,304.00|
from local funds.
No Narked Chance
In Farm Picture
Expected In 1953
Out look For Tobacco Ami
Tollon Fair But Not
Bright For Peanuts
Speaking to a group of farm
leaders in the Martin County Ag
riculture building a few days ago,
representatives from the State
Extension Service advanced the
opinion that there would be no
marked change in thi- 1953 farm
picture It is believed that the out
look for tobacco and cotton is fair
with present price schedules car
rying over into next year, but the
prospects for peanuts is not too
bright.
Guy Cassell and Dr C. B.
Tratehl'ord, farm management
specialist, spoke to the small
group m this county.
The specialists are of the opin
ion that the population gain
should be an important factor in
holding up demand for farm pro- ^
duets The speakers went on to'
explain that factor and discuss
the outlook for various crops, as
follows:
I Now 157,000,000 people, who
have grown ti million since April,
1950, and over 35 million since
1940 These 35 million people re
] quire more meat and milk; more
housing, schools, churches; more
of the goods and services sold by
funnels and other people in our
economy
Oui average use pel person of
many foods, textiles, tobacco and
olhei North Carolina farm prod
uct,-- has also increased. For ex
ample, we re eating 50 per cent
more fruits and vegetables now
than 40 years ago. We now use
,3a pel cent more eggs and 30 per
rent more dairy products per
per on m 1930 has increased to
about -la pounds per person in
11953 About II pounds of tobacco
is used per person in the United
States now In 1940, about ■'!
pounds per person was used.
Tobacco Outlook
Production of all types of lo
baeeo in 1952 is estimated at 2,
210 million pounds. Flue-cured
production is about 1,380 million
pounds This is 5 per cent less
than the 1951 crop North Caro
lina farmers produced 923 million
pounds of flue cured tobacco in
1952
Carrj-ovei of flue cured to
bacco on July I was 1,731 million
pounds II pel cent largo than a
you earlier Total supplies will
exceed 3,111 million pounds, a
now high level.
Total disappearance of fluc
curod tobacco during the past
war was 1,27!) million pounds, 8
pei coni above the previous year,
and tin largest in history. Do
most ie uses were up 2.8 per cent
Ejfports at 502 million pounds
wi io up one sixth and represent
ed 39 po cent of total use The
United Kingdom bought about
our hall of the total flue-cured
exports Germany took 9 per cent
ol the exports
(Continued on Page Six)
Funeral Held For
Benjamin F. Perry
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Funeral services were conduct
ed m the Christian Church here
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
for Benjamin F. Perry who died
Monday afternoon in a local hos
following a brief illness. The
Rev John L. Guff, pastor, assisted
by the Hev. W B Harrington,
county Baptist minister, conduct
id the i ites. Interment was in
Woodlawn Cemetery where the
Masons were in charge of the
rites.
Among those from out of town
who attended the services were.
Mr. W J. Woolard of Plymouth,
Mr Sidney Mallory aiul Mr. H. M.
Amsiev of Oak City, Mr. Slade
Roberson of Virginia. Messrs. Be
inan Whichard and J. L. Williams
of Robersonville, Mr. J. M, Myers
and son, H. Myers, of Richmond,
Di and Mrs. Bridgeman Perry of
Hopewell, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Rob
erson of Washington, D. C., Miss
Jeanette Parainore of Scotland
Neck.