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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3.Q00 MARTIN COUNTY » FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE IS READ SC OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTS FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEP ■ i. 1 VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 35 Williamston, Martin County, ftorth Carolina, Tuesday, May 4, 1954 ESTABLISHED 189*/ Four Are Injured In Auto Accident • In Martin County —«— Two Vehicle Wrecks Re ported On County High ways In Past Few Days -* Several persons were injured, none of them believed seriously, in motor vehicle accidents on the 9 highways in this county during the past several days, according to preliminary reports coming from the highway patrol office this week. Mrs. B. B. Everett suffered a painful head injury and Mr. Eve rett was bruised and cut about the body and his sisters, Misses Hattie and Margaret Everett, suf fered shock and bruises in an ac cident on Highway 11 not far from the Dewey Edmondson farm at 7:15 o’clock last Thursday eve ning. The injured were removed in a Bethel ambulance to a Tar boro hospital for treatment. The Everetts, traveling in a 1953 Packard driven by Mr. Eve rett, were en route to Greenville from their home in and near Pal myra to attend a showing of Blos som Time. Immediately after pas sing a car, according to unofficial reports reaching here, Mr. Eve rett saw a tractor pulling a to bacco transplanter in front of him. He applied brakes and swerved his car to miss the trac tor-transplanter and ran into a large ditch or canal. It was said the lights on the tractor were blocked by the transplanter. Dam age to the car was estimated at $600. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o' clock William C. Poole of Clay ton was driving east on Highway 64 and slowed down his 1953 Chevrolet to allow a car ahead of him to turn off the highway near the Everetts school. Harvey Tur ner Roberson of Rocky Mount plowed into the Poole car with his 1949 Chevrolet. No one was injured. Damage to Roberson's car was estimated at $75 and that to the Poole ear at $25 Roberson was cited to the courts, allegedly for following too closely. Miss Hattie Everett suffered a painful,head injury and severe slunk, out was iVpnshrU' tills' *fffolWig1TilV)t' ri-spohnmg'Yo VreaT ment in a Tarboro hospital. Mrs. B. B. Everett, suffering a side in jury, bruises and shock, was able to leave the hospital last evening. Mr. B. B. Everett and a sister, Miss Margaret Everett, were able to leave the hospital soon after receiving treatment. Mr. Everett tuffered a bad bruise over one ;yc when his head struck the rear view mi-ror. Miss Margaret suf fered severe shock. "We are doing very well con sidering the dangerous experi ence.” Mrs. Everett said this morning at her home in Palmyra. Liquor Plant In County Wrecked —*— A large illicit liquor distillery, equipped with a copper kettle of about 150 gallon capacity, was wrecked in this county last Sat urday morning. The plant was lo cated a short distance off Highway 17 between Corey’s and Batts’ Cross Roads. Making the raid, Officers Cecil Bullock, Roy Peel, Garland Bunt ing apd Dennis A. Roberson pour ® cd out 1,200 gallons of massh and about one quart of raw liquor. The plant was fired with bottle tubes, including one that was about full. -<»> Ed Morion Opens # Modern Bakery Ed Morton, formerly with the Colonial stores and more recently manager of Wier's Coffee Shop, opened a modern bakery in the Quinn building on Washington Street near Peele's market yester day. The building has been mod ernized, and the bakery is equip ped with modern machines. Mr. Morton is experienced in % the business, and is prepared to offer specials in anniversary cakes. He is offering an exten sive line of pastries in addition to French breads, hard rolls and so on. The public is invited to visit ? and inspect the new plant. Three-Fourths Of Tobacco Crop Set Out In the County An estimated three-lourths of the current tobacco crop has been transplanted in this county as of today with the possibility that the remainder of the crop will have been set out by the week-end. It is possible that a few will delay the task until next week, but those cases will be the excep tions. according to reports heard heard here yesterday and today. Most farmers found themselves in tight spots early last week after the plants showed marked growth over the week-end. From Monday of last week until Saturday after noon, one transplanter covered nearly twenty-eight acres, and the work progressed on that scale throughout the area. "We transplanted about twenty seven acres last week and we have sufficient plants to transplant another twenty-seven acres,” Farmer Joshua L. Coltrain said yesterday, indicating that there are at least twice as many plants as are needed in the county. Quite a few farmers have al ready handled the re-setting task, and the crop, as a whole, is off to a splendid start. Cultivation is already under way in a few sections where ear ly transplantings were made. Farmers have been troubled very little by blue mold, it was said. It. was also said that a major part of the crop was set out in the shortest period this year than in several years. f ROUND-UP I v._* While they did not “take over", the drunks were fair ly numerous in the public places last week-end. Seven of the ten persons arrested and jailed in the county dur ing the period were booked for public drunkenness. One each was booked for drunken driving, issuing a worthless check and speeding 85 miles an hour. One of the group was white, and another was a young woman. The ages of the group ranged from 19 to 43 years. Registrations Slow In County ——•— New registrations for the May 29 political primary were off to a slow start in this county last Saturday, according to incom plete reports received here. Seven of the thirteen precinct registrars reported «mv thei^ ac tivities. but reports- from the others could not be had immedi ately. Williams anti Gold Point re ported no new names added to the books. Vvilliamston Precinct No. 2 handled seventeen new reg isifatii>ns.VTifri'amstiiri No. 1 re ported eleven new names on" -is books. Other reports: Roberson* ville, 9; Bear Grass, 7, and Cross Roads, 2. So far 46 new names have been placed on the books out of a po tential 1,000 and possibly more potential electors. A later report credited Goose Nest Precinct with six new regis trations and Hassell, one, boost ing the over-all total the first day of registration to fifty-three. The books will be open again next Saturday, or registrations may be effected by special ap pointment any day during the week. Gels Recognition In Essay Contest Gail Margolis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving M. Margolis, re ceived Honorable Mention for her Essay on ‘‘What America Means To Me,” at the Convention of the North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs held in Asheville, N. C., from April 27 to 30. The Williamaton Woman’s Club was one of two clubs in the 15th Restoration of independence Hall. This was the project of the Fed eration for this year, and the lo cal club sponsored it and award ed three prizes to students parti cipating in the contest, in Wil liamston. Mr?;. Meyer M Levin, president of the local club expressed her pleasure at the fine showing the Williamston Woman’s Club made at the Convention, and appreci ates all the efforts the “Ameri canism Committee’ made to fur ther this project. Farmer Planta All Hia i.ropa During Paal Month Fort the first time in his life, Farmer Hubert Biggs stated he had all his crops planted and growing before the first of May. The present outlook is good, the farmer declared. Cool weather today aggravated the farm picture a bit, but so far it is causing no serious alarm. Farmers explained that a good shower would help crops now. Marriages Hold To Average Count In Martin County Nineteen License* Issued By Register Of Deeds During April Irrespective of the trends in the economy in county or na tion, the marriage license busi ness is holding to just a normal figure in Martin, according to a report from the Register of Deeds office for April. Nineteen licenses were issued, eight to white and eleven to col ored couples, as follows: White Ruben Harrison of Williamston and Mollie O’Neal Padgett of RFD I 1, Jamesville. Robert Alvin Pearson, Jr., of RFD 1, Wilson and Martha Anne Meador of Williamston. ^Kenneth Woolard and Glenda Leggett, both of Washington. Elton Norman Choplin of I^FD 3, Wake Forest, Hnd Rhoda Pearl Lflley of Williamstdn. ' Ernest S. Wynne and Louise Taylor, both of Williamston. William Duke Gregory of Wind sor and Dorothy Ellen Claik of Tte>he! <-onvill< James Roberson and Joyce Ward, both of Williamston. . Poland Saunders Holliday o» Williamston and Eva Williams of Rocky Mount. Colored Fred Boston and Idell Rober son, both of Jamesville. James R. Taylor of Richmond and Gertrude Spruill of RFD 1, Oak City. Clyde A. Talbert of Montvello, Ala., and Edenton Marine Base, and Julia Williams of Williams ton. Avon Howard of RFD 2, Rober sonville, and Lurlenc Andrews of RFD 1, Oak City. Fred James and Selma Hopkins, both of RFD 2, Robersonville. James Henry Wiggins of Wil liamston and Helen Williams of Everetts. Monroe W. Spruill of RFD 3, Williamston, and Nelvain Jones of Williamston. Thomas James and Phyliss Smallwood, both of Williamston. Harvey L. Modica and Hazel Andrews, both of Robersonville. Edon Alston of RFD 2, Rober sonville, and Shirley Pitt of Rob ersonville. Wiley Griffin, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, and Peggy Barnhill of Wil liamston. - Queen of Local Festival In Big May Day Event -•— Among the contestants in the WTAR-TV May Day Queen cori est held at Driver, Virginia, last Saturday were several well known- iicjfc. Miss ..Peggy Waters of Windsor, Williamston’s 1953 Harvest Festival Queen, repre sented Bertie County, while Mar tin County was represented by Miss Lib Cherry of Bear Grass, a former local beauty queen. Miss Woodland, N. C„ was the winner. -1— Revival Continues At Church Of Cod Here -*— The revival which is in progress at the Church of God in Williains ton will continue through May 9. The Rev. Lee Ferguson of Wash ington, RFD 3, is the evangelist. Services are held each night be ginning at 8:00 p. m. The pastor, T L. Little, and his congregation invite tHe public to join them in | the services. J. 0. Nanning, Jr. Died In Hospital Funeral For Loral Business Man Will Be Held Wednesday James Octavious Manning, Jr., popular county citizen, died in a local hospital Monday after noon at 1:00 o'clock. He had been in declining health for several months, undergoing treatment in various hospitals, at intervals since last fall. However, he con tinued fairly active until recent weeks, and his condition had been Critical since early April. The son of J. Octavious and Christine Leggett manning, he was born in Williamston thirty five years ago on March 8. 1919, and lived all his life here except two years spent in the armed forces during World War II. He was stationed in Panama while in service. Completing the local schools he engaged in business with his father, and following the war he entered the trucking business Two years ago he went with Mathieson Chemical Corporation serving as agent in this section ol the State since last August. He al so served as supervisor of sales on the local tobacco market. He was a promising young business man, and one who was popular ir all fields. He figured prominent ly in community and civic af fairs and was a member of the lo cal Christian Church for mors than twenty years. He was popu larly known as “Blue" to (.Id ant young in all walks of life. Surviving are his wife, tht former Miss Julia Everett t( whom he was married on Febru ary 16, 1949; a son, James Henrj Manning; his parents, and a sis ter, Mrs. James Bailey Reelc, al of Williamston. Funeral services will be con ducted at the home on Vanci Street Wednesday afternoon a 3:00 o’clock by his pastor, tin Rev. John L. Goff, assisted b; the Rev. Thomas Hastings, Epis copal minister. Interment will b. in Woodlawn Cemetery. - . 4ft> —— Trade Barometer Rated Uncertain **■.•*««iMggj|£ New York.—Commodity mar kets have an impressive recon in predicting war or peace, li 1914, with a huge carryover o cotton and another large cro] coming up, the price of cotton be gan to climb before anyone real ized that the murder of Austriar Archduke Francis Ferdinand a Sarajevo had touched off a work war. In !B4f commodities turnec down, even while there was muel stern fighting still to do. Consulting this oracle abou the danger of a new war start ing in Indochina, one gets ar answer of "Well, yes and no.’ Soybeans, corn and oates hav( been rising. Wool and wool top: cost more. Hides are at seasona highs. Cocoa, coffee and tin, prod ucts of the tropical countire: where the trouble centers, ar< higher. So are lead and zinc wurmaking metals. On the other hand, wholesaU commodity indexes appear tc stand still, meaning that foi every gain there is a correspond ing decline. Cheaper commodi ties inclue two—wheat and larc —which' are indispensable to the diet of fighting men For the mo ment, at least, commodity trader: and purchasing agents must b( as confused about the outlook a: the rest of us. hindaley llaa Installed 1718 lien Lagoa To DaU -*— According to Lindsley’s Check erbnsrd Store in Wiliv'nistort. i number of people in this area an turning to “Hens in Cages” ti supplement their farm income. In addition to the N. D. Griffir installation of 1044 cages now ir production, Paul Bailey has 50‘ cages in Everetts now being in stalled, and Henry Corey has 71 cages in operation with several ii the business on a small scale. / total of 1718 arc reported on th« Lmdsley list. -.-% Jaycces Sponsoring Folk Caravan Hert The Williamston Junior Cham ber of Commerce is sponsoring i program by Sammy Inland ant his Folk Caravan in the Williams ton High School auditoriun Thursday evening at 8:00 o'clock Seven Arrested In Connection m 1 No Extremes In j Weather Report For Past Month —•— Little Summer Weather But No Freeze; Rainfall About Normal - The weather had its ups and downs, to be sure, but there were no extremes in the mercury and rainfall departments, and even the old Roanoke cut no capers of any consequence during the per iod, according to a review releas ed for Apr*! by Bridgckeeper Hugh Spruill. There was a high mercury reading 88 degrees on two days, the low dipping to 34 degrees ear ly in the month. Rainfall added up to 3.95 inches, a figure about .19 of an inch above normal. The Roanoke varied between 6 and 8.3 feet on the gage. There was a | moderate frost on the morning of i Apiil 2, and a strong wind on the 16th. The weather data, including the river gauge readings, as released by Mr. Spruill for the month of April follows, with the date in the first column, the river range readings in the second column, the maximum temperature read ing in the third, minimum tcm I peraturc reading in the fourth (and the rainfall in the fifth col umn for each day of the month: I>ate 1. 1. 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. to. 17. ... 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Totals . * Indicates River 5.6 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.3 7.8 7.5 7.2 6.9 7.2 7.2 0.9 6.7 6 6 6.4 6.5 6.5 0.5 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.0 6.5 8.0 8.0 II 70 51 64 71 55 66 79 85 88 75 72 77 75 73 76 83 86 75 79 83 81 78 83 83 84 82 86 87 88 76 78 L .46 43 34 51 40 39 52 54 56 49 43 50 59 41 52 57 62 57 46 47 50 53 55 55 52 60 61 62 62 52 54 Rale 1.14 67 0 0 0 ”24 0 1.35 0 .29 0 0 0 ,04 .04 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.24 0 0 .02 .03 0 3.95 Trace Of Rain Dog Round-Up In Marlin County The round-up of stray days h going forward in Martin County Inspector Arthur (Jab) Robersor of Everetts reporting yesterday that 109 of the canines had beer rounded up and destroyed ir ; three townships, Jamesville, Wil liams and Griffins. The round-uf is under way in Bear Gras; Township this week, and the co operation of the public is solicit ed. Youngator* To I'reaent Hanacl and tirvtal llrri , The Music Department of the Williamston Elementary Schoo - will present the Operetta llanst i and Gi'-'a! on Wednesday, May - 12, at 8:00 o’clock in the evening in the high school auditorium. Grades one through four, direct ed by Miss Mary Wallace Foy, as 1 sisted by the members of the fa i j eulty of the elementary school will comprise the cast. 1 hitllr (,irl llrportrd Improving In II on pi la -«— Although her condition remain: critical, Little Miss Patsy Rober son who was burned badly at th< home of her grandparents neai here two weeks ago, was reportec i yesterday improving in Duke Hos pital. Doctors have started graftini skin and the little victim con tinucs m an oxygen tent. ( NEW SCHOOI vJ Members of the Martin County Board of Education are in Raleigh today conferr ing with representatives of the North Carolina Board of Education in connection with a new Negro high school at Robersonville. Plans for the structure have been completed and final approval is anticipated at the meeting today, it was learned. It is possible that bids on the project will be called for within the next few days. Laughinghouse Funeral Sunday Funeral services were conduct ed in the Hood Memorial Chris tian Church at Dunn last Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock for Wil liam Hugh Laughinghouse, 55 who died in a hospital there Iasi Friday night at 11:00 o’clock fol lowing a long illness. The service was conducted by Dr. George ! Cuthrell, pastor, and intermen ' was in Dunn's Greenwood Ceme tery where the Masons were i> charge of the’ last rite’s. A son of the late Rev. Wm Henry and Pamilla Smith Laugh inghouse, he was born in Pit County, and located in Johnstoi County in 1940 where he manager a division of the’ Johnson Cottor 1 Company, and figured prominent ly in business and civic affairs. He was married to Miss Lilliar Stallings of Jamesville. Survivini besides his widow are a son, Wil ! liam H. Laughinghouse of Den ham; a daughter, Miss Dorothj Laughinghouse of Dunn; hi 1 stepmother, Mrs. Annie Laugh inghouse of Greenville; threi brothers, J. D., Elizabetl N. J., J. R. of Greenville and Per me of Pantcgo; eight sisters, Mrs Maggie Manning of Washington N. t\. Mrs. 11. M. Page. Mrs. J. J Carroll, Mrs. lloyd Williams, Mr Sylvester Clark, all of Greenville Mrs G L. Rouse of Wintervillc * Mis. L. E. TUrnagc of Favmvillfc Mrs. N. E. Ward of New Bern; twi grandchildren. Civil Defense Meeting Tonighl A special civil defense meetinj will be held in the Scout hu on South Smithwick Street thi evening at 7:30 o’clock. Sgt. J. D. Lang of the Durhan Filter Center was here last Fri day making plans for the meet ing. He is to show a special film “Target Nevada”, a teehnicolo release on the atom bomb whicl is rated one of the best on thi subject. Sgt. Lang stated that a pos had been organized at Jamesvilli with 7H volunteers. Hassell ha: also pert 'ted a post organize i tion, and other posts are beirii organized at Bear Grass, Hamil ton and other centers in tin county and area. The posts an 1 not to be active except in emerg eneies other than for practice 01 a Sunday afternoon about onci every two months, it was ex i plained. The public is invited to atten< the meeting this evening. W. A Williams is chairman of the Lion 1 (dub committee which is sponsor ing th- movement locally. Name Local Han Association Head I —«.— In a meeting of the Eastern Dis trict of the N. C. Chiropractic As sociation in Greenville, Wednes day afternoon. Dr. Paul Burges I of Williamston was elected presi dent for the coining year. Dr. Burgess, a native of Soull I Carolina, located in Williamstoi in December 1950. He is a mem . ber of Memorial Baptist Churcl I and the local Lions Club. Dr. am ■ Mrs Burgess, and little daughte ■ Susan live on Church Street ii Williamston. Dr. Daleley of Farmville wa : elected vice president, and Di ; Troy Tucker of New Bern, re | elected secretary-treasurer of th< chiropractic group. Four Arrested In Boston Last Friday Morning —♦— Quintet Involved In Series Of Robberies In Several Eastern Counties Seven persons have been ar rested and another is being sought in connection with a ser ies of robberies in at least five eastern North Carolina counties, including Martin, according to in formation released by the sher iff’s office during the week-end. The seven arrests, including four m Boston, Mass., at 1:30 o’ clock last Friday morning, are believed to have broken up the second segment of a crime ring that had been operating in this and several other counties for ’several months. Sheriff M. W. Holloman explained that the evi dence implicated four of those now in custody with the robbery of John W. Eubank’s store in Has sell March 8, Thomas’ store near Hamilton on March 14, Noah Roberson’s store on March 19, and Paul Allen’s store at Dardens on March 31. The four, with a fifth person, Van R. Page, are also believed to have been im plicated in three robberies in Pitt, six in Edgecombe, one in Chowan and one in Perquimans First-degree burglary is charg ed in the Chowan ease, the quin tet allegedly having beaten Ar thur Byrum almost to death there on March 28 and robbing him of $5,250 in government bonds and about $8,000 in cash It was reported that the robbei brutes fractured Mr. Byrum'i skull, yanked his arm out of it: [socket and split his hand open It is likely that the group wil be turned over to Chowan au thorities for trial first. Attention was centered on Vai ft. Page, 30, of Fi/noele, Amu. Page, 23, of Parmcle, W. B. Boyd 24, formerly of near Stokes, Jas pot Boyd, 27, brother of W B and Lester Griffin, 31, of Robet sonville, following the arrests ol I LoRoy Grimes, Jr., Edward Lei I Grimes, both of Pitt County j Ashley Page, 22-year-old broth er of Van R. and Amos Page, and 1 Artis Ree Daniel of Edgecombi County, in connection with thi I robberies at Parmcle last J ami - ary and at the post office and Harry Hardy's store in Everetts j the early part of last month. Sheriff Holloman and officers from the sheriff's department in Pitt and Edgecombe counties and the Rocky Mount police depart ment along with agents from the State Bureau of Investigation moved into the robbery eases in a big way and on a 24-hour sche dule. It was learned that the Boyds, Pages and Griffin, ac companied by Mary Lee Brown, 17, of Parmcle, Mildred Andrews, lit, of Parmcle, and Shirley Rol lins, 17, of Gold Point, went to Boston on April 9, that they es tablished headquarters at 758 jTremont Street, Boston. Rela tives of the girls advised them tr» return home, that officers were looking for thi five men. On the 28th, the five men, after leaving Mildred Andrews in Washington, D C., brought the oi'ner two girls home. Lester Grif fin. ditching Ins 1953 Mercury ti: j a finance company, joined the l Bo- ,s and Amos Page for the re turn trip to Boston. Van R. Page f Continued on Page Eight) Lon non Motorcade To Make Stops In County -• A 12-ear motorcade, operating - out of New Hanover County ir - behalf of Senator Alton Lennon’s - candidacy, will make two briei stops in this county on Saturday 1 of this week. Lennon i^ not ex 1 ported to accompany the unit the announcement stating that 1 Dan Cameron will head it. I The motorcade is to reach Wil • liamston at 9:05 that morning i and continue fifteen minutes latei to Robersonville for a 15-minuti ; stop at 9:30 o’clock. The schedule apparently is t - fast one since only ten minutes ■ travel time is allowed betweei jWilliamston and Robersonville. Town Board Will Accept Mo More Narrow Streets -<t Official* Or»l«*r Enforce nient Of Vacant Lot Ordinance In their regular meeting last evening, the town officials re jected the offer of substandard width streets, but agreed to pro I vide water and sewer line facili ties down the narrow lanes. One j of the streets refused is located just to the rear of the Hayes 'school, the record showing the I street to be only twenty feet : wide. Another proposed street, i with an estimated width of about fifteen feet, runs into East Main ] a short distance this side of the foot of the river hill. Efforts to have Harrison Street recognized (are still pending, a report sub quitted to the board showing that the much used thoroughfare run ning off Main between Roses and Darden's stores is still four feet I short of the town specifications. It was pointed out that homes and stores had been constructed on two or more of the streets, that a problem had been created. Before the problem ebn be solved the property owners will have to reach a compromise of their own. A check on town automobile tags is in the making, and cita tions are to be expected in due time in those cases where owners have not purchased the $1 license plates for their vehicles. Advised that the government is offering no more materials fur use in the mosquito control pro gram, the town increased its ap propriations to include the cost of DDT. The withdrawal of the government will boost the cost to the town possibly as much as $400 or $500 To effect a better control, the officials ordered direct appeal* to owtiers of vacant lots, remind ing them that they are to be cleaned by the owners. Special attention was directed at the con dition of the vacant lot of the Wclls-Oates Lumber Company on East Main Street. It was reported that the company had been al lowed $1,500 by insurance com panies to finance a clean-up job there, hut nothing has been dune. Tin problem is to bo investigated m the hope that it can be solved without further delay During the meantime, individual prop erty owners are warned about the condition of their lots, Sani tarian W. B. Gaylord, Jr., ex plaining last night that tin cans and other containers and trash, bird baths, fish ponds and catch basins arc aggravating the mos quito problem. It was reported that approximately 150 homes ! had been sprayed along with ditches and other likely mosquito breeding places, that two men are dy voting full time to the pro gram. After taking no action for more than a year, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company last night advised the town that it would be all right to lay sewer lines near and under its tracks in tlie Pearl and Railroad street areas, but that there would be a $22.50 annual rental. The board members were openly disappoint ed with the proposed agreement, (Continued on Page Eight) Reporting Big Backyard Boom —a— Lawn addicts and planters of flowers, trees, shrubs and vege tables will spend more than a billion dollars this year for seed, fertilizer and garden equipment, it i> estimated. Managers of the company’s retail stores, which stock everything from garden hose and lawnmowers to shot gun .shells arid fwh .ig rods, :it port that today’s big spender is the home gardener. Over the nation last year $144, 500,000 was spent for power lawnmowers -alone. Golfers, by comparison, spent about $00, 000,000 on all their equipment, hunters an estimated $140,000,000. Another indication of the popu I larity of America’s newest out door pastime was given in a re cent study in the Midwest. Gard ening scored 97 per cent of a pos sible 100 as an outdoor recreation. Manufacturers and merchants supplying the market estimate the number of home gardeners at thirty million. They credit the postwar boom in home building, the high level of industrial acti vity and .more leisure time.
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