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£ OVER o,309 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWJCE EACH WEEK
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OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY
F AMILIES TWICE f ACJi, J$'EJER
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native ut uonniy
Dies Suddenly On
Visit To Sisters
Funeral Conducted Satur
In Rooky Mt., For Mrs.
Alexander Hardison
Mrs. Ge.true Jones Hardison, i
native of this county but a resi
dent of Rocky Mount for the pasl
thirty years, died suddenly Iasi
Thursday afternoon while visiting
her sister in Griffins Township
Apparently in her usual health
she left Rocky Mount with het
daughter that morning, and spent
several hours with her sister, Mrs
William Dave Manning, in the
Piney Grove community of Grif
fins Township. Finishing het
lunch and declaring she was feel
ing fine, she made ready to gc
end visit her brother at the old
home when she suffered the at
tack about 2:00 o’clock. An ambu
lance was called and she wat
pronounced dead upon arrival at
a local hospital shortly after 5:0C
o’clock.
She had suffered several years
with a heart condition, but con
tinued active, enjoying regular
visits back to her native home
and with her relatives and
friends.
The daughter of the late V/. W
and Barbara Waters Jones, sht
was born in Griffins Township
fifty years ago on May 12, 1904
In early womanhood she was
married to Alexander Hardison
About three years after theii
marriage they moved to Rocky
Mount where they had since made
their home.
Mrs. Hardison was a member
of the Fairview Christian Church
since her youth, and she returned
regularly to attend its services.
Surviving besides her husband
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Key To Steel
Changes Listed
The ups and downs of the steel
industry would seem to be of lit
tle concern -to most small busi
nessmen. They don’t own steel
.-•'if.-'
| don't deal in »5fc* durable goods
that consume much steel But ac
tually, steel’s fate is vital to all
of us. If we only deal in coin
flakes, they were pressed by steel
rolls and delivered in steel freight
tars.
The cyclical industries—-hous
ing and heavy appliances—which
must prosper for the country to
have full employment, rest on
the use of steel. When steel con
sumption rises it means the na
tion is on the uptrend.
Anyone who studied steel with
those facts in mind for the last
half-year found a strange contra
diction: steel production kept go
ing down, prices of steel com
panies’ shares kept going up.
A federal Reserve Board study
gives a clue to the contradiction.
In June, with steel production
down 25 per cent from a year ear
lier, use oj' steel by fabricators
was down by only half as much.
In the first half of 1954, factory
inventories of articles made chief
ly of steel were reduced $2 bil
lion.
Manufacturers will have to
come into the market to replace
the steel they took from inven
tory, and when they do we shall
see an up«urge.
Fire Prevention
Aid Is Found
M;
Although post-mortems are
sti.ll betng_cf»P*‘«i,t«,d. on the .fi./e
-whieSv tkwL'oyuJ -General Mo
tors’ plant at Livonia, Mich., last
year, it’s pretty generally agreed
that asphalt and tar on the roof,
which melted and dripped
through to feed the fire, helped
the flames to spread throughout
the 34.5-acre concrete and steel
plant.
This has brought about the de
velopment cf a new fire-retard
ing roof material which is already
being used in plants going up
for several big companies In it
a film is sandwiched between the
ceiling and roof insulation. It is
designed to eliminate any com
bustible materials between the
ceiling in insulation, and to act
as a barrier to the dripping of
hot roofing tar onto otherwise
irondflaiuiiiabtlc lie -alla-ticna.
Attractive Farm Picture In County
The unidentified picture reflects a prosperous agriculture in Martin County The attractive |
unit is the second to be included in a series of aerial photos taken for this paper by the Zekan
Robbins Company Readers are asked to help identity the pictures by submitting the name of the
property owners and locations. The photo appearing last week, the first in the series, was identi
fied by Joe Ange of Robersonviile as that of H A. Jenkins, well known farmer, about one
quarter mile west of Robersonviile on Highway t>4. Owners of the properties pictured may get
copies of the original photographs by contacting the office of this paper. Mr. Ange identified
the Jenkins picture last week a few minutes after the paper was published.
Violators Oi Dog
Vaccination Laws
Headed For Court
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Comity Official* Culling!
For Indictments Ami
Dog diminution*
'
Owners of dogs that have not
1 been vaccinated wil] be made sub- .
ject to prosecution in the courts]
in this county beginning later]
this week, according to a special
order issued Monday by the Mar
tin County Commissioners during
their regular monthly meeting. A
■j preliminary report -shows that at
j least eighteen owners have not
approximately 750 dog; have been
killed during the past few months.
The ordei also instructs the rabies
inspector and law enforcement
officers to pick up and destroy all
stray dogs. '
The commissioners had very t
little new business on their cal
endar for the regular meeting and i
they completed their duties and |
adjourned before noon.
The board recommended that
the road from W. L. Manning's
home m Williams Township tof
Highway (14 at Bethlehem church
be black lopped. The route is;
about one and three-tenths miles
long.
Making his regular report to
the officials. Tax Collector M. L.;
Peel said all but $27,741.86 of the
$409,238.63 levy for 1953 had been
collected. There is an unpaid bal
! ance of $13,456.07 on the $395,
'431.83 levy for 1952 All but $8,
843.86 has been collected on the
$373,026.88 levy for 1951, and
there is a balance of $4,937.78 out
standing on the $337,575.17 levy !
for 1950.
Jurors were drawn for the
September term of the Martin
County Superior Court which
l convenes on the 20th with Judge
Leo Carr of Burlington schedul
ed to preside.
All members of the board, C C
Martin of Jamesville, J. C. Gur
j kin of Griffins, John H. Edwards
j of Williamston, Herbert L Roe
j buck of Cross Roads and Henry
j S. Johnson of Hamilton, were pre
sent for the meeting.
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Three Billion
Dollar Deficit
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The Treasury in a preliminary,
report issued July 6 said the de-l
the deficit for the fiscal year
which ended June 30 was about:
$3,300,000,444 |
The year’s spending had been j
budgeted at $70,900,000,000 Both;
totals appear to have fallen about
$2,000,000,000 short of the esti- ;
mates.
The statement showed the na- i i
tional debt at $271,341,040,494.69 !
at the close of the fiscal 1954. It |
had been foitcast at $269,750,000,- I
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* ROUND-UP
Seven persons were round
ed up and temporarily de
tained in the Martin County
jail during the past week
end.
Three were booked for
public drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct, two for
drunken driving and one each
for operating a motor vehicle
without a driver’s license and
allowing an unlicensed dri
ver io operate a ear. ..
Two of the seven were
white, and the ages of the
group ranged from 21 to 43
years.
One ot' the winners in the an
nual base Roadeo at Forbes An
Force Base, Topeka, Kan., recent
ly was a Martin County boy, A-lc
Jesse H. Lilley, son of Mr. and
Mis. Toni Lilley. Wheeling and
squeezing his passenger bus over
a tough obstacle course on the
flight line, Airman Lilley won the
l ight to move into further compe
tition leading to an Air Force
wide Roadeo at Bolling Field in
Washington, D. C., September 15
through 17.
Under a blazing sun, the driv
ers jockeyed and geared their ve
hicles through a six-test course
that included: backing in and
around two barrels, driving
through an off-set alley; driving
a straight 50-yard line with ten
nis balls placed on the ground just
two inches outside the width of
the tires.
The drivers also were given a
written test and had to find the
‘bugs’ that were placed in the
various engines of the test cars
and trucks.
Lilley and his four companions,
winners in other departments, go
to Offutt AFB next week for fur
ther competition, the winners in
the events at Offutt to move on
to McConnell AFB, Wichita, the
following week.
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Electrical Storm
Hit This Section
For the ceund time in as many
days an electrical storm hit this
urea Iasi night. No great damage
was done, but lightning struck a
pole near the intersection of
White and Sycamore streets,
throwing a large part of the town
nto darkness. The damage was
opaired and service restored
within thirty minutes.
During the Sunday night storm
74 of an inch of rain fell at this
joint. Last night and early this
norning, .79 of an inch was re
:orded.
Some sections in the county re
)orted little rain last night, but
lit fall was heavy in oilier aiea^,,
i Mil leni'iicu
Report Decrease
In Tobacco Crop
Production ol <111 tubaiTO is in
|
dieated at 2,022 million pounds
2 percent below the 2.057 mil- j
lion pounds harvested in 1953 and ;
13 percent less than the record!
1951 crop of 2,332 million pounds. I
By classes, flue-cured and light
air-cured (Burley and Maryland)
..production is exported _t.P he be
low las! ye'ai , ai! othei el.c-.cs:
show an increase.
This year’s flue-cured crop is’
estimated at 1,244 million pounds,
! 2 percent less than the 1,272 mil- j
1 lion pounds harvested last yeai
| Conditions are extremely vine
able in flue-cured areas. SomeJ
; Carolina have nc.TT'a' favorable,
j growing season thus far, while in1
' othei parts of those States and
m South Carolina and Georgia,
the weather has been very hot
i and dry.
Fire-cured production is fore
! east at 59.7 million pounds com
; pared with 4U.9 million pounds
| last year. The crop was set under
favorable conditions and except
m Virginia where dry weather
: has retarded growth, continues
. to make good progress.
Expected Burley production is
544 million pounds, about 5 per
cent below last year’s crop of
570 million pounds. The crop in!
most areas got an early start, and I
although some sections of the belt j
are beginning to need rain, pros
pects are favorable.
Tobacco Barns
Burn In County
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Twu tobacco bams were burn
ed in the county over the week
end, pushing to ipur the numbei
of curing barns known to have
been destroyed by fire in tht
section so fat this season
A 16-foot barn was destroyed
| by fire on the Waiter Bailey farm
in Bear Gl ass Township early j1
Sunday evening
Monday morning shortly be
fore 11:00 o’clock a barn, operated
by Farmer R L. Mobley, was j
burned a few miles from Wtl- '
liainston on the Beat Glass r»ir
The Mobley barn had about 4UV (
sticks of fine quality tobacco in j i
it. The fire is believed to have; i
started near the furnace. Wil- ;
liamston’s fire department unsw- I
ercd a call, but firemen were i
only able to stand by while the I ■
barn burned. t
Both barns were fired with
wood. . i s
Eight curing barns weie de- I
stroyed by fire in this county i t
last season. ! r
Another barn was destroyed by f
fire on the T B Slade farm in r
Poplar Point last Friday. Contain f
ing 570 sticks of tobacctp the barn
was heated with oil curers. u
The Mobley and Slade barns
were insured, but none was in
effect on the Bailey barn, accoid
uig to report* heard here.
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Native Oi Town
Died In Norfolk
Hospital Friday
Funeral Held In \ ii^inia
City Sunda\ For Dr.
Sanipsni! I ladles
Dr William Sampson Hadley,
native of Williamston, died in a
Norfolk hospital last Friday
morning at 7:10 o’clock. He had
been in failing health for several
years and critically ill for months.
The son of the late S. S. and
Della Wilson Hadley, he was born
on the Biggs farm at Skewarkey
56 years ago. After completing the
local schools he entered Wake
Forest College and following his
graduation from medical sohool,
he located in Norfolk and practic
ed medicine there for thirty-four
years.
He was a member of the First
Methodist Church in Norfolk and
was active in the Norfolk Coun
ty Medical Society for a number
of years. Dr. Hadley took consid
erable interest in the nation-wide
medical situation, which he fol
lowed as a member of the Am
eriman Medical Association.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Charlotte Owens Hadley; one son,
William S Hadley, Jr , of Nor
folk; a sister, Mrs. Vance Bunting
of Bethel; and two granddaugh
ters, Miss Mary Lea Hadley atici
Miss Carolyn Lynn Hadley, both
of Norfolk.
The funeral service was con
ducted m the Hollomon-Brown
Funeral Home, Norfolk, Sunday
afternoon at 5:00 o’clock. Inter
ment was in Forest Lawn Ceme
tery.
Grain Storage
On The Farms
Jis Jim -.e iAO'sl Uvvv.v.
sentative Virginia Electric
and Power Company
With the coming of recent rams,
the corn crop in this area again
promises to be a bumper crop,
hut the value of that crop largely
depends upon the care it receives
;imi thcJagrlhiiMt is marketed
"ff*1 eorji^n*slrm*
ed at harvest time and sold later
m the year usually bring a much
better price, Experimental Sta
tions say that this should be par
ticularly true this year with the
heavy corn carry over in commer
cial storage.
The Commodity Credit Corpor
ation, recognizing these factors,
has made possible loans up to HO
percent of the cost of the new
storage facilities.
Similar storage equipment
loans are available to finance up
to 75 percent of the cost of dry
ing equipment for proper condi
tioning of farm-stored crops.
Eligible drying equipment in
cludes the supplemental heat
dryers as widl as the plain dry
ing fan.
Any farmer who has huilt gram
storage buildings or bins since
December HI, 1952, is allowed a
federal income tax deduction for
UTiortization of the structure over
i period of five years after the
late of construction
Advice on the design and con
struction of grain storage facilities
md conditioning equipment can
ay obtained by contacting your
county agent, vocational agricul
ure teacher, or local power sup
plier.
fire Destroys
Hamilton Home
File of undetermined origin de- •
troyed the Herman Farmei- j
irie.-.toi’.v, six-room home m list ,
nilton about 4:00 o'clock Sunday
noining. When discovered, the
ire had gained considerable
lead way, and nothing was saved
•’ire departments in Roberson j
olio and Williamston answered
he call.
Mi and Mrs Farmer' got. up
lioi tl> after 3:00 to go ovei to
<cGrange I'oi a visit with rcla
ives They heated some coffee
n the gas range and turned the
as off. They had been gone the
i eater part of an hour before the
ire was discovered.
The property belonged to John
it- Johnson
Some insurance was carried
n the contents, but it could not i
e learned if the hou.e was in- i
ired. <
Town Will Contest
ACL Rental Charge
Town Board In
Regular Meeting
Monday Evening
\Vry Lilllf llusim-ss llamll
«mI During Tlir Short
■ Session
Williamston's town officials in
a regular meeting last evening
decided to go to court rathe than
pay $22 rent annually to the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Com
pany for permission to lay a sew
er line on its property near the
Pearl Street crossing. The action
was taken after the officials dis
cussed the project in detail and
could not figure how the com
pany would be damaged. “The
rental charge is outrageous in
principle," one of the commission
ers was quoted as saying.
The project has been delayed
for months pending a settlement
of the issues involved. It is now
proposed to pave Pearl Street and
the sewer line should he install
ed without further delay to clear
the way for the pavers.
Representatives of the Rea Con
struction Company submitted a
report on the paving program
now in progress here. It was
pointed out that 7,l)ti7 feet of curb
and gutter had been laid and that
t)00 cubic yards of dirt had been
moved, the work to date costing
approximately $10,467.82.
It was proposed at the meeting
that curb and gutter be laid be
tween the high school buildings
from Smithwick to School Drive.
Mayor R. H Cowen and Street
Superintendent R. K Manning
•' v test! U.e.t.e.d. .to ,. ■.uvf.it igat.e a
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Child Struck By
Auto And Injured
f oivm ^WW^fWifTiiijms, three
years <>1(1, whs painfully but be
lieved not seriously injured when
he ran into the side of the auto
mobile on East Main Street short
ly after !):U0 o'clock Sunday mor
ning.
Robert Hall Thomas of Nor
folk was driving east on the
street when the little fellow was
said to have darted into the street
and ran into the side of the car.
Thomas picked the victim up and
carried him to a local hospital
where he continues to receive
treatment.
A minor crash was reported at
11 -50 o'clock Sunday night at the
intersection of Watts and Main
streets here. Bradford Brown of
RED 2, Williamston, was making
ready to turn off Mam to his left
into Watts Street. While waiting
for traffic to clear, Brown was hit
by a 1!I47 Mercury driven by Tay
loe W111 ii- Woolard of Copeland
Park, Va No one was hurt and
damage to Brown’s 1949 Chevro
let was hardly more than $15.
Damage to the other machine was
estimated at $125 by Officer Tom
Chesson who made the investiga
tion.
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Three Thousand
Booked For Speed
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The Motor Vehicles Department
reported today 3,109 arrests for
speeding on North Carolina high
ways last month.
Speeding, jerkies, driving and
driving without an operator's per
mit normally lead the depart
ment's regular monthly summary
of moving traffic violations.
No operator's permit with 960.
arrests was in second place and!
reckless driving with 599 m third.
None of the offenses require re
vocation of driving privileges on
Hie first count.
Other violations reported for
July included: failing to stop for
r stop sign 655; faulty equipment
143; improper passing 368; im
sroper lights 289; driving on
vrung side of road 291; and fol
uwing too closely 183.
The total number of Tar Heel
dfenders came to 7,497 for the
nonth Out of staters added an
itiier 1,377 to tile list.
f SCHOOLS J
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Vacation days for approxi
mately 8,000 Martin County
school children are scheduled
to end on Thursday, Septem
ber 2, it was announced fol
lowing: a meeting of the board
of education last Thursday
evening.
Teachers are to report to
their respective schools on
September 1 to make ready
for opening the term the fol
lowing day.
Heal And Rain In
The Weather News
In Month Of July
Mercury Climb* To 100 l)r
^rces; Rainfall Ibovr
Normal Lor Period
Meat and ram literally stole the
weather news in this section last
month, according to an official
report released this week for the
period by Mr Hugh Spruill,
bridgekeeper and weather observ
er on Roanoke River here.
The mercury climbed to the
100-degree mark and covered
around 90 or more on eighteen of
the thirty'one days of last
j month. It dipped to a low of 57
on two mornings, but July will go
, down as a hot month.
In keeping with Mr Spruill's
I prediction, July turned out to be
I a comparatively wet month. It
was explained that di\ Junes had
been followed bv w-1 Jul.' s uvei
a period of years. The record
shows 0.24 inches of rain fell last
month or .44 of an inch above nor
mal.
The Roanoke, according to the
report, held to a conservative
■level during the period.
The weather data, including the
by Mr. Spruill for the month of
| July 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 tem
perature reading in the fourth
land the rainfall in the filth col
umn for each day id the month:
Dale
1.
River
4.3
4.5
4.5
4.7
4.5
4.2
3.9
4.3
4.(1
5.0
4.5
4.0
3 4
3. H
5.2
0 4
0.0
5.2
4.0
3.a
4 3
5.3
5.2
4.11
4.6
4.3
3.11
4.2
4 9
5.3
5.5
3.
4.
5.
0.
7.
a.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13
14.
15.
16.
17.
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19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24
25.
26.
27.
28
29
30.
31.
Ti if a I
* Indicates Trace Of Rain
II
97
96
100
97
95
no
96
90
an
63
62
60
94
96
95
63
83
88
88
.i,(5
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011
07
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05
58
73
74
65
57
57
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72
70
72
fill
63
67
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71
Rain
0
0
0
0
.34
.49
0
0
.02
110
0
2 05
.05
.05
0
1.78
0
0
0
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0
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0.24
Serious Shortage
In Tobacco Barns
Limited tobacco barn space is
causing much concern tor many
farmers in Martin County, ac
cording to reports reaching here
today. One farmer said he could
use burn space for at least two
thousand sticks Another grower
said lie needed at least one addi
tional barn.
In several instances where
barns have burned, the farmers
art in a bad plight.
Tobacco is ripening rapidly
low and a goodly portion of the
rop will be harvested during the
rcAt ten .days.
Border Markets
Report Stronger
Opening Prices
Markets iii Georgia Slightly
lamer Last Week Than
Karlier In Season
i The South Carolina-Border to
j t)ucco markets opened the season
Monday with prices slightly
stronger than those reported on
the opening lust year. The price
average was placed at $52.00 per
hundred, a figure that is slightly
under the average on the opening
in 1953. The variation was traced,
towever, to inferior quality. Lo
cal tobacconists pointed out that
the quality was only fair, that
the leaf offered on the opening
this year showed signs of extre
mely dry weather.
Prices on some grades were said
to range from $1 to about $0 a
hundred pounds above those of
last year, but that the better
grades were selling for about the
same prices received by the grow
i e'rs m 1993.
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Co
operative Stabilization Corpora -
1 tion got between five and ten
j percent of the offerings on Mon
i day.
1 Reports stated that farmers
served by the Border markets are
late harvesting their crops, that
some of them have harvested no
more than two “cuttings”. Market
ing is also slow in Georgia, lead
! ing some to believe that market
; ing in this belt might be delayed
from the announced 17th opening.
A definite decision is expected
this week-end when directors of
the Eastern North Carolina Ware
house Association meet in Ra
leigh to study the marketing situ
ation.
Georgia Report
Georgia-Florida flue-cured to
bacco prices were steady to a
little lower this week when com
puted with 'lie W eek betel e Qual
ity of marketings also was nut as
good according to the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture. Volume
| of sales was heavy at most mar
I kets.
Sales for the week ending duly.
1 30 grossed 4(1,434,252 pounds and
• average was a drop of $ 1.33 from
the previous five-day period
while the volume picked up
around 3.7 million pounds. Season
sales were brought to 103,488,719
pounds for an average of $51.42.
For the same number of days last
rear 188,730,040 pounds had av
eraged $52.10.
Declines in grade averages were
; centered on primings, nondescript
and lower offerings of lugs. Losses
were chiefly $1.00 to $3.00 per
hundred pounds Most grades of
leaf, flitters and better quality
lugs were steady to $2.00 higher.
The percentage of poor to fair
leaf increased noticeably. Fair
and good primings and lugs de
creased in proportion. Leaf and
lugs made up nearly two-thirds
of the marketings
Receipts of the Flue-cured
Stabilization Corporation under
the Government loan program for
the week were around 3.4 per
cent of gross sales Deliveries for
the season through Thursday, Ju
ly 29 totaled 3,842,835 pounds or
3.9 per cent of gross sales.
Minor Accident
On County Road
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Nu one was injured and prop
erty damage was limited to about
$ 100 in a lorn aeeident reported
on the highways in this eounty
during the week-end.
Dillon Wynn, Jr, of RF1) 3
Willia-TO.»!(.fi, was making ready
to turn into the Pvi'o.t Camp
road ofi' Highwa> 0-1 and stopped
for traffic to clear the intersec
tion. Archie F( ResptfSs, traveling
behind him, clashed into the rear
of Wynn’s Dodge pick-up truck,
causing about $10 damage to the
truck and about $90 damage to his
car, a 1949 Buick
The accident was reported
about 7'45 o'clock Saturday eve
ning
Leave* Hospital For
Room In the City Hall
Undergoing treatment in Mar
tin General Hospital during the
past several weeks for a back in
jury, Mr. John L. Hassell, former
mayor, left today to take a loom
n die city hail.