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OVER 3,304 MARTIN COUNT!
• FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 72
Williamston, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, September I t. 193 t
ESTABLISHED 1899
i
Bloodmobile far
Below. Its-(taota
Ninety-One Report To Tin
Center; Get Seventy
Four Pints of Blood
During the several years it ha:
been operating in this chapter, th<
Red Cross Bloodmobile receiver
its poorest response last Thurs
day. The apparent indifferenci
and feeble support are threaten
• ing the operation of the bloodmo
bile, it was learned unofficially
Even while the bloodmobile wa
here, calls were coming in frori
people in the chapter for blood.
Martin County liberally sup
ported the blood program and
in return, it has ben greatly be
nefitted. Future operation of th
bloodmobile depends on the re
sponse to be recorded during th'
next regular visit in December.
Ninety-one persons reported h
the center and offered their blooi
last Thursday, but only seventy
four pints of blood were donat
ed.
Names of those reporting to th
center include:
Julian Jackson, one of the stea
dy contributors; Moses Stator
Noah Boston, Rufus Earl Browr
Cecil Brown, Willie Gray Lee
Mrs. William S. Peel, Lela C
Bond, J.C; Coltrain, another hea
vy contributor;
V. J. Spivey, Clabon Summer
lin, still another main donor
Mrs. W. M. Myers, Wilbur Jack
son, who also is a member of th
galloh-plus club; Wheeler Man
ning, Mrs. Edith Weathersbei
B. Roy Ward .
W. M. Tetterton, another gal
lon-plus club member; Dock Bui
Vick, Exum Ward, Chester 8
Mimms, Braxton Williams, Mr:
Braxton Williams. Mrs. Dora E
Rogerson, Mrs, Mattie White, A
D. Ange, James Manning, Wil
liam Harrison, Simon Lilley, Wal
ter Jones,
® Mollie Whitehurst, D. D. Bazi
more, William Decato, Leslie 1
Fowden, Mrs. Melba Wynni
Wendell Peele, Saunders Grit
fin, Billy Griffin, Willie H. Whit
field, D C. Frank, S. C. Griffir
Mrs. Mary H. Griffin, Josep
planning. Hugh Hines, N D. Grif
fin, Henry E. Griffin, Clyde Man
ning, Paul Griffin, Hezekiah Bel
Mrs. Elbert Griffin, Coirone Bry
ant, Lester Bryant. Mrs. Rub;
Coltrain, James E. Peele, Arthu
Simpson.
Dewey Simpson, Mrs. Henr
Ql Johnson, Willie James, Halil
Peele, Samuel Manning, Tha
Jones, Elbert Peel, Jr., Urne
Bunting, Oscar Daniel, W. Jess
Griffin, Mrs. Lee Reynolds, D. Le
Reynolds, Grover Jones, Olli
Gaynor, James Coffield, Williar
A. Wiggins, W. T. Ross, J. V,
- Curtis, Bruce E. Roebuck, Mr:
Abner Brown,
R. L. Bailey, Glenn Cannot
Caroline Stalls, Rufus Gurganu.
Hubert Cherry, Mrs. Elsie E
Roberson, Robert Johnson, Jaim
Vann, Lugene Bell, Charles I
Biggs, William R. Reddick, Jr
Floyd Gorham, Jasper Jone:
Kelly Gay, J. H. Black, Miss Rutl
Manning and Kenneth P. Linds
ley.
To Take Special
Census Shorty
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Establishment of a field offic
J for the 1954 Census of Agricul
ture was announced today b
Randolph Williams who has bee
appointed supervisor for thi
area. The Census field office wi
be located at Room 304, Post Ol
fiee Building. Wilson, N. C-.
Mr. Wilfiams states that preli
^^ i i^Ko «!
of Agriculture, to be taken till
^ fall, will begin immediately. Thi
includes organization of the fiel
office, interviewing applicants fo
jobs, selecting and training of ol
fice clerks, field crew leaders an
enumerators.
The territory assigned to thi
office for the 1954 Census of Agri
culture includes the followin
counties: Warren, Halifax, Nortf
ampton, Bertie, Edgepmbe, Wi
son, Greene, Lenoir, Hertforc
fc Gates, Perquimans Chowan, Pas
quotank, Camden, Currituck, T>
rell, Washington, Dare, Hydi
Martin, Pitt, and Beaufort.
Approvimately 16 crew leader
and 249 enumerators will be em
ployed to take the farm censu
in this area.
1
Leaders Plan Farm Bureau
.Uta^ Jn.County Wednesday!
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, Meeting in the educational:
j building of the Methodist church
;! here last Friday evening, farm
leaders completed plans for hold
ing the annual Farm Bureau
membership drive day on Wed
nesday, September 15. Driving
' rains kept some of the canvas
| sers away, but forty reported for
i the event and heard Will Rogers,
state director of the organization,
in a brief talk.
In the absence of President
Chas. L. Daniel who is improving
but continued to his home by ill
ness, Vice President Sam T. Eve
j rett presided.
Asked to sign right at 2,000
members for the 1954-55 Farm
Btit'e'iflj*9year. tuo'T&H-as&rs'-uW*
carry the appeal to every nook 1
and corner in the county tomor- i
row. It is expected that a large'
percentage of the membership!
quota will have been signed by!
late Wednesday night.
On Friday evening of this week,
the canvassers are to meet in the
county courthouse and report on
the' progress of the drive.
Included in the group at the
meeting last Friday evening were
most of the leaders who have giv
en the Farm Bureau a strong sup
port down through the years.
However, quite a few new leaders
were in the group and they pledg
ed their efforts in the current
membership drive.
Working On Long
Range Farm Plan
♦
> Tin- Marlin County agricultural
• j workers met in the courthouse
■ ; Monday afternoon in an effort to
■; make the final publication of the
! book "The Challenge". This is a
“ program sponsored by all paid
agricultural workers to promote
' a long range farm and home pro
> giam here in the county. Much
> time has been spent during the
• past three years in drafting this
• program, and now that it has
' I reached a state of near perfection,
| it is agreed to publish it in pamp
*| let form in order that it might be
• carried to all farmers in the coun
’ ty.
? Each committee chairman gave
his final report for approval of
’ the entire group. The reports
were then rearranged as need to
conform to the wishes of the other
members, and will be turned over
■ to the editing committee for print.
A brief business meeting was
■: held an'd officers were elected for
the coming year D. W. Brady was
elected chairman to succeed J. C.
Eubanks; V. B. Ilairr was elect
ed as vice chairman to succeed
D. W. Brady, and Mrs. El.zabeth
' P. Harrison was elected secretary
’ to succeed herself.
Those in attendance were: D. W,
' | Brady, J C. Eubanks, A B.
’ 1 Wynn, T. B. Brandon, H. F. Mr
1 j Knight, V. B. Hairr, J. H. Dixon
' j R. M. Edwards, Charlie Hawley,
’ | Catherine Ingram, Peggy Jordon,
’ t Dorris S. Leggett, Alma E. Smith,
' Lorna G Adkins, and Elizabeth
P. Harrison.
Mr. L. D. Naugher, and Miss
Florence Cox from the program
planning division, Raleigh, N. C.
“ were here to ateer the movement
i along. Also, Mr. L. M. Stott ol
the Soil Conservation Service at
' tended the meeting as a visitor.
International
Truck Caravan
/
’ Sponsored by the Martin Trac
’ tor and Truck Company, local
' dealers, the International Har
s vester Better giving Caravan at
tracted considerable attention
’ here last Friday despite hurricane
’ weather. Following the parade of
fifteen truck units of all sizes
and descriptions, hundreds visit
ed the company’s new home on
the truck route and inspected the
vehicles and equipment.
Sixty-eight participated in the
competitive driving contest. Ver
lin Griffin, driving the new Model
R-100 32.4 miles on a gallon of
gas, took first pi;ize. The door
prize, a food mixer, was won
by Mrs. Daniel Manning.
Mr. Harvey Baggett, manager
of the local dealer company, ex
plained that the Martin Tractor
and Truck Company plans to hold
open house in its new home at
a future date, that plans for the
i f ROUND-UP
r <
Eight persons, including
i two women, were arrested
and placed in the county Jail
s during the past week-end.
The two women were book
s' ed for public drunkenness.
Non-support, drunken driv
-1 ing, assault, disorderly con
1, i duct, larceny of au auto, and
operating a motor vehicle
without a driver’s license
were charged in each of the
other six cases.
> A1I but one of those ar
rested were colored, and the
} I ages of the group ranged
from 19 to 49 years.
f LOCAL TRAFFIC I
| vs
Its bituminous surface com
pleted last week, the truck
route around town is being
opened to local traffic today
and tomorrow. Contractor J.
S. Hill explained that the
action is being taken to ac
commodate local traffic only,
that through traffic will not
be turned on the route until
possibly about the middle
or latter part of October.
Starting within the next
ten days or wo weeks, the
contractor will start work on
the shoulders and traffic will
have to move slowly.
The bituminous surface,
a bit rough to be sure, is to
get a sand asphalt top within
the next eighteen months or
two years.
No Storm Damage
Reported In Area
Although there wore about 1.15
' inches of rain anti fairly strong
gusts of wind during the period,
: Hurricane Edna caused little or
| no damage in this area last Fri
j day night. No great damage was
| reported anywhere in this State,
but the storm exacted a heavy
toll in the New England States
and part of Canada befort it blew
itself out in the North Atlantic.
There were no power or com
munications interruptions, but lo
cal people were convinced that a
storm was passing not too many
miles away.
j The wind during the last Friday
] storm was not as forceful as that
' kicked up by the one on the
: tlOth. The rainfall was only two
I one-hundredths of an inch great*
! er last Friday than the amount
recorded during and after Carol’s
visit.
Start Work On Building
For Colonial Store*
Howard Mitchell, Richmond
contracting firm, started work
yesterday on the construction of
a new building for Colonial
Stores, corner of Main and Elm
strets here. The project is slated
for completion in about ninety
i days.
John R. Bullock
Funeral Conducted For:
Cross Koads Farmer
Sunday Afternoon
John Robert Bullock, progies!
si»'e farmer of Cross Roads Town
ship, died in a Williamston hos-1
pital last Friday shortly after |
12:00 o’clock noon. He had been j
in declining health for several
years, and was forced to retire
from his farming operations. His |
condition had been critical for
about three months and he was
a patient in the hospital for al
most two weeks.
The son of the late Robert and
Fannie Price Ange, he was born
in Cross Roads Township 64 years
ago on September 2, 1890. and j
farmed all his life there. He was
married to Eliza Ange thirty-six
years ago.
Surviving are Mrs. Bullock;
two sons, Leslie Wilson Bullock
of the home and Bobby Bullock,
stationed in the United States Air
Roree in Vermont; one daughter,
Mrs. George Sprouse of Beeville,
Texas; seven grandchildren; one
brother, Staton Bullock, of Blve
retts; and one sister. Mis. Ches
ter Beach, of Cross Roads Town
ship.
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Fees Collected In
County In August
Business was dull in and around
the public offices in this county
last month, according to reports
filed by the several officers.
Reporting about two-thirds of
normal business, Register of
Deeds J Sam Getsinger listed the
fees collected in' his office at
$403.15. The official pointed out
that few credit papers were pre
sented for recording. However,
there was a big rush at the office
for birth certificates, most of them
going to the little tots entering
school this term for the first time.
Fees collected by the clerk of
court added up to $3,184.25, most
of the collections being traceable
to fines, forfeitures and costs m
the county court. The sheriff’s
office reported fees collected in
the amount of $200.60.
S<‘t>s dame* flayed hi
All Kinds Of Weather
Explaining he had seen football
games played in all kinds of wea
ther, including 95-degree heat,
freezing rain, snow arid bitter
cold, a follower of the sport said
he saw the first game played dm
ing a hurricane here last Friday
night.
The storm caused no property
damage, but it held the attend
ance to a low figure and chased
' away quite a few of those who
| reported for the game. Hut N. C.
Green, Mr. and Mrs. Iverson Skin
! ner, J. D. Page arid quite a few
j others held to then places in the
j open spaces, taking the storm in
I stride.
Funeral Held At
fcmesvUle Home
Well-Known Resident Of|
The Poplar Chapel Area j
Died Last Thursday
Mi's. Virginia Davis Holliday,
well-known resident of the Poplar
Chapel Community of Jamesville
Township, died in a Plymouth
hospital last Thursday evening at
8:00 o’clock. Suffering a broken
hip in a fall from the porch of
her home early last Tuesday
night, she was removed to the
hospital for treatment. Pneu
monia developed, causing her
death.
M's. Holliday was born in
Jamesville Township 75 years ago
on February 28, 1879, the daugh
ter of the late Thomas H. and
Bettie Holliday Davis. She lived
in that community all her life,
and was married in 1914 to Walter
Franklin Holliday who died last
Ja nuary.
Prior to the recent accident, she
was in her usual health, taking
an active part in the duties of
her home and in the affairs of
the community. She was a mem
ber of the Poplar Chapel Chris
tian Church for more than half
a century, giving it loyal sup
port down through the years.
She was the last member of
her immediate family. Surviving
are one son, Lee Holliday, of
Jamesville, and two grandchild
ren.
The funeral service was con
ducted at the home last Saturday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by the
j Rev. Frank Butler of Washing
ton. Interment was in the family
plot in the new cemetery at
I Jamesville
Education Group
Plans Meetings
Tentative plans for three meet
ings have been made by the Plan
ning Committee of the Martir
County NCEA Unit
On December ft, a combined
NCEA and CTA dinnei meeting
will be held m William.-ton. An
invitation has been extended to
the State CTA President to speak
at this meeting.
Sometime during the month ol
February a dinner meeting will
be held in Robersonville, and in
May the Jamesville school will be
host to the NCEA.
Mr. John Roberson, president ol
the local unit, will announce de
finite dates and speakers for the
meetings as soon as this informa
tion is available.
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Tirvuiim Callnl To Thv
Marlin Tractor-Truck Co.
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Local firemen were called to
the Martin Tractor and Truck
Company plant on the new truck
route this morning at ft:25 o’clock.
A spark from a welder’s torch
1 fired a hydraulic lift on a trai
tor and threatened the machine
inside the building. Employees,
using sand, water and an extingu
isher, had the fire under control
when the firemen reached there.
lobacco hales Pass
FESTIVAL OFF I
i ___✓
Scheduled for November
bya a special committee in a
meeting last week, the har
vest festival here was call
ed off for 1954 yesterday af
ternoon after several obsta
cles presented themselves.
The action taken by the group
last week was reconsidered
by representative merchants
and the festival committee at
the meeting held yesterday
in the Boosters' office
It was explained that spe
cial efforts are being made
to get industries to locate
here, that every possible pen
ny would be spent in promot
ing industrial projects rather
than spending approximate
ly $2,000 in the festival.
It was also explained that
all obligations Incurred in
promoting the 1953 event had
been paid.
{Several Accidents
In Martin County
One person is believed to have
been badly hurt and two others
were battered, bruised and skinn
ed in a series of accidents on thi
highways and streets in tins coun
ty during the past week-end.
Roman Lock, 25-year-old Negro
was skinned and bruised frorr
head to foot, when he lost con
trol of his 19-12 Ford and the ma
chine plunged into a ditch on i
rural road near Oak City Mon
day morning about 1:00 o’clock
Lestei Martin was also painful
ly, cut, bruised and partial!)
skinned from head to foot in tlu
same accident. Elbert Cotton, 21
years old and a passenger in tlu
Lock ear, suffered a bad bail
injury and was removed to t
Tarboro hospital for treatment
The car was demolished.
Johnny (Jnl I in of Roberson
ville lost control of lus 1950 Che
vrolet in a curve between Rob
ersonville and Pannele last Fri
day morning at 11:00 o’clock, anc
the machine left the highway anc
int a telephone pole in two. Tlu
investigating patrolman said tlu
tires on the car were worn anc
that the car skidded on the we
pavement. The driver was no:
injured but damage to Ins eai
was estimated at $700.
Driving toward Poplar Poinl
last Saturday night at 9:00 o'
clock, Tliad Harris of Perry St.
Wilhamston, overran a curve anc
ditched his 1951 Ford coupe. Hi
was not hurt and damage to tin
ear was estimated at $200.
A minor accident was reporter
near the post office on the mair
I street here last Friday afternooi
i when William S. Peel, Jr., starter
to back from the curb and was
| lot by R. T. Chambers of Ich
Michigan. Damage was limited tc
$15 or $20, Chief John Roeburf
|said following Ins investigation.
Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagley
Installment 10
(Volunteering their services
to Governor Ellis on June 17,
1801, members of Company C,
known as the ‘‘Bagley Guards”,
were in line for their bounty be
fore they left for active service
on July 12, 1801. Mr. Bagley in
! this,' the tenth installment of his
diary, lists the amounts paid the
! tnen).
>— w n »<• im
j bounty to Company C of tile Mai *
1 tin Volunteers, known as the Bag
I ley Guards, and the sums paid
j each man, the data being $11.50,
' $1.50 of which was allowed for the
purchase cf a pair of shoes each,
others having had' an advance
paid per order of Capt. (Peter W.)
Rieves:
James Franklin Keel, $11.35;
Asa Smithwick, $11.50; Sergeant
Thomas Pollard, $11.50; Lieute
nant John R. Mizelle, $11.50;
Capt. R. W. Rieves, $11.50; Lieu
tenant Henry A. Gurkin, $11.25;
James G. Tweedy (a non-com
missioned officer), $11.25; Lieu
tenant N. B. Fagan. $11.50; Ser
geant Eugene Burras, $11.50;
Third Sergeant Joseph Taylor,
$1150; Fourth Sergeant John
I Taylor, $11.50; |
Tilmon Ayers, $10, William j
| Sexton, $11.50; Francis M Crad j
dock, $9; Ashly Mod I in, $11.50; j
Joseph Vanhorn, $10; Thomas j
Rogerson, $11.50; Henry W Hoi I i - *
(day, $11.50; L. B. Harrison, $11.50;
i Willie Taylor, $8; William Bate
man, $9.60; McGilbra Wynn,
$11.50; William Russ, $11.25; Luke
AM-30, Wchh
j $11 50, Cvjitc/i Reasons. $i » la:
| Franklin Simpson, $11.50; W11 -
| liam W. Tweedy, $11.50; Henry H.
| Tweedy, $10; James W Coultrain,
I $11.25; Noah Ashby, $11.35; James
! R. Gurganus, $11.25; Adolphus
j Coburn, $11.25; James L. Keel.
$11.05; Albeit Richards, $11.38;
I Allen Ausburn, $11.25; James B
Taylor, $10.63; Henry D. Taylor,
$11.35; Eh Gurganus, $1150;
j James B. Leggett, $11.35,
(Mr. Bagley lists the name of!
I Allen Ausburn twice, receiving]
at one time, $11.25, and $11.50 the!
second time);
Jesse Beach, $11.50; Noah P.
Robason, $9.60; McGilbra Taylor,
$11.50; Asa Hardison, $11.50; Ed
mund Martin, $11.50; Spencer
Gardner, $!1 50, David Sallinger
$9,115; Wm, D. Anderson, $11.20,
Bailey Craddock, $ 11.10; William
H Hardison, $1125; Randol Mi
I, $11.50; William Best, $11.50,
Asa Brown, $11.95; Richard Ha
milton, $11.25; James Simpson,
$11.05; Noah Gurganus, $11.50;
William Belanger, $1150,
James A. Modlin, $1125; Den
nis Price, $11.50; Richard Tricker,
$11.50; Jasper Leary, $11.55; Hen-,
^ hoi|a|ft !
US ai .n.:.n w*n
taker, $11.10; J. Good!lines, $ 11.50;
John L Mobley, $11.50; John Co
wen, $11.10; William Jolley, Jr.,
$10; Arden Rogerson, $11.10; Ed
mund Harrison, $11.50,
Asa A. Peal, $11.50; William E.
Bailey, $11.50; William Jolley,
Sr., $11.50; David J Kelley, $11.50;
Samuel Vanhorn, $1150; James j
B. Wynn, $1150; William Simp - j
son, $11.50, St ill Williams, $11.50;
William R. Ml/clle, $11.50; and
William H Robason, $11.50.
(The company always had good
times with it, one of its volun
teers bearing the name of J Good
times. The roster fclso lists, the |
names of father and son in the I
stfnie company, both volunteers), j
(Turning back to page 104 m|
tin- diary after the war had ad
valued into the Hiehmond sector
Mi Bagley in foot notes, made
several entries. Their meaning i:
not quite clear, hut by "killed'
he lists the names of Richarc
Tricker, a name lost to this sec
tion; John II Ausbume and Reu
ben Leary. William H. Robasoi
was listed as wounded. Undei
death' aie listed tin- names o]
..... i »
A j j-'eai -at • Richmond) tint
Dennis Price)
(On page 105, Mr Hag ley goer
back to his minute bofikkeeping
Mi (C B ) Hassell balanced with
cash the following accounts, Mos
es Brown, $3.40; Bennett Burgess
$5; and Berry Jones, $1.
(The account of P. Ci Foster
p< r Mr. Jordan, to i iglit yards ol
casemcre at ten shillings, wading
at one shilling, silk and thread
at two shillings and sixpence, two
yards of lining at one shilling and
three pence, adding up to Sii.tiO,
was paid by Mr. Bagley personal
ly)
(In the next installment, the
diary lists arrangements for the
indigent and families of volun
teers.
Sale Yesterday
Third Highest
Oi The Season
One Of Tin* lai^rsl Sales
In History Of Market
Also Ke|iorte<l
Chalking up the third highest
daily average of the current sea
son, the WUliamscon Tobacco
Market yesterday handled what
is believed to be one of the larg
est, if not the largest, sales in its
history And today the sales went
way over the five million-pound
figure with the price average
holding to the top brackets.
Yesterday, the market sold 408,
720 pounds for $226,981.46, a re
sulting average of $55.53 A year
ago today, the market sold 406,550
pounds for an average price ol
$02.19.
Up until this morning the mar
ket had sold 4,996,280 pounds foi
$2,690,760, an average of $53.8t
per hundred pounds. The sensor
average to date is tariling the av
cragc price for the corresponding
period a year ago by almost $3.0(
per hundred pounds.
Maximum sales have been n
progress here for the past tw<
weeks, almost. The market block
and while heavj
in progress today
the block will bt
the close this af
ed yesterday
sales are still
it is possible
cleared before
tei noon.
A weekly review of the market
j ing activities in the entire bel
I as released by the Fcderal-Stati
j Market News Service, follows:
i Steady to higher average price:
I were paid for most grades o
j Eastern North Carolina flue-cults
| tobacco last week Volume of sale:
i was heavy reports the Federal
! State Market News Service. Qt n
I lily of offerings was slightly low
or compared with the week be
fore.
Gross sales for the four day
ending Friday, September 10, to
taled 47,625,796 pounds and aver
aged $53.11 pel hundred. Thi
average was 64 rents above tha
of the previous week. Sabs fo
the season were brought to 127.
003,333 pounds for an average o
$52.67. During the same numbe
of sales days last year 200,643,521
pounds sold for $54.96.
Gains occurred for nearly two
thirds of the grade averages. Mos
increases were from $1.00 to $3.01
pei hundred pounds. Lower qua
lity lugs and primings generally
showed the greatest gains. Old;
a few grades were lower.
Poorer quality offerings in
creased slightly in percentage
The proportion of leaf marketing:
continued to show a gain. Prin
cipal sales consisted of poor h
fair leaf, low and fail primings
fair lugs and nondescript.
Receipts of the Stahilizatioi
Corporation under the Govern
merit loan program for the wee!
amounted to around ) 5 perron
of gross sales This compares wit!
6.7 percent the previous week
During the first four week:
around 6.5 percent has gone unde
loan.
The U. S. Crop Reporting Bourc
estimated the 1954 production o
Eastern North Carolina tobacci
to be 475,950,000 pounds as o
September I This is an increase o
approximately 6.4 million pound:
over
the forecast of last month
I ruiisfprrrri r rom IPnhv
To I l.itctil llogpifu i
Undergoing a major operating
in fluke Hospital a low daysa^io
mg thi' trip in a Biggs ambulance
The $300,000 civil suit
brought by the operators of
the New Ifeal Warehouse
i against the operators of the
other four tobacco warehous
es has been |tostponcd. Sche
duled for hearing before
Judge Donnell Gilliam, of
the federal court circuit, for
last Friday, the hearing is
now set for a showing in the
ludge's chambers at Tarboro
at 10:30 o'clock on Friday
morning of this week.
i (if a 1«Hai n11. pi!
Herbert Callipher
Died At His Home
r r?fi yj[ MSftwsb
Fmu»ra! Ser\ ire Held In
Nernon Metli<>di«l Church
Sunday Afternoon
Herbert Asa Cullipher, retired
farmer and building contractor,
died at his; home near Williamston
on the Everetts highway last Fri
day afternoon shortly before 5:00
o'clock. He had been in declining
^ health for several veras, but was
, able to be up and attend to minor
] duties until a short time ago. He
| had returned to his home only
the early part of last week fol
| lowing treatment in a local hos
j pital.
The son of the late William
Thomas and Lizzie Turner Cul
. lipher, hi' was born near Wil
liamston 72 years ago on April
18, 1882. He spent most of his
life on the farm where he was
I born, but in recent years and until
hampered by declining health, he
i engaged in the building contract
| mg business. Following his retire
ment he had spent much time with
relatives in Virginia and Wash
: ington, D C.
Possessed of a jovial nature, Mr.
Cullipher was a popular character
wherever he went, always having
la cheery greeting for his friends.
| He was a member of Vernon Mo
I thodist Church near his old home
1 for half a century, and was one
,] of its leaders, supporting it iib
| orally of both his time and means.
He was a friend to everyone, one
i who put much into life and one
I who got a great deal out of liv
ing.
He was married in 1900 to Miss
Simpson who died some years ago.
Surviving are six sons, John
, S. Cullipher of Bethel, William
T. Cullipher of Durham, J. Rich
ard Cullipher and Elbert C. Cul
lipher of Washington, D. C., J.
I Herbert Cullipher of Williamston,
, | and Irvin C Cullipher of Nor
. i folk, Va.; three daughters, Mrs
Haywood Rogers of Williamston,
Mrs. Wilber Covven of Washing
ton, and Mrs I) C Boone of
Pinetops; 22 grandchildren, and 12
; great -grandchildren.
Twelve Volunteer
F or Army Service
Twelve Martin County men,
six white and six colored, will
enter service on Thursday of this
week All of them are volunteers,
| the group including twins.
11 John Andrews is to enter the
I service at Philadelphia, but the
,i others are to leave the county at
tt:15 o’clock Thursday morning on
a charter bus. Although they are
vulunters, the young men are
meeting a regular final induction
quota assignment, meaning that
draftees are getting a few days’
grace.
There’ll be no more calls this
month, the pre-induction call first
scheduled for September 28, hav
ing been cancelled. A pre-induc
tion call is slated for 27 men on
October -1. and a final induction
call I'm five men is falling on Oc
tober 19
The name's of those volunteer
ing to enter the service on Thurs
day of this week.
White Russell Ward Beach,
RFD I, Robersonvilie; Alvin Mc
Gowan Hardison, RFD 1, Wil
liamston; William Russell Mob
lev, RFD 2, Williamston; Vernon
Randolph Moore, Williamston;
and F.lme Lee ivnox, RFD l, Oak
City
Colored James Edward Bry
ant, Oak City and New York City;
Herman Randolph Bunch and
Theodore Rudolph Bunch, both of
JV,Ilian, ton; Harry Clinton Ewell
.d JiUlk, AiiJSuk
i Parr'spoil. - -. ■ -■ •••
Report Decrease
In Peanut Crop
llased on reports from growers
as .if September 1, the 1954 pea
nut crop is estimated at 261,9.">0,
000 pounds. Tins is 0 pereent be
low the 1953 crop of 270,810,000
pounds
Current prospects indicate a
yield of 1,550 pounds per acre. If
realized, this will be the second
highest yield of record, being ex
ceeded only by 1952 when the
average yield was 1,590 pounds
pel acie.