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The Hoke County Journal
VOLUME XL NO. 26
RAEFORD.N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 29th, 1945
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MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
ai I Mrs. Benjamin H. Dawson, 44, ' the late John Campbell of this com-1 The docket was comparatively
died last Saturday afternoon in Moore , munity, passed away early last Sun- . light in Recorder's court last Tues- 1
Pfc Julian McKeithan, who has County hospital after a short illness, day morning at a Columbia, S. C. I day morning, but the legal profes
been in Japan is expected home Mrs- Dawson was long a resident of hospital. Mrs. Campbell had been sion made a day of it in getting
in a few days having landed on the the Raeford community until she In failing health for several years justice in the few cases tried.
West Coast this week. moved with her family to Gray's and had been a patient at the hos- . Willie Haywood, colored, entered a
1 Creek township, Cumberland' Coun- Pi'al for some time. i piea of guilty of violating the road
Lt Bruce Morris Jr who has been ty, about two years ago, where she Funeral services were conducted t iaWs by operating a vehicle on the
in the Philippine ' Islands with the resided until her death. While in Monday at the Kentyre church near public highways with improper
army landed in San Francisco this th's county her husband was en- Hamer, S. C. by the pastor, and in- brakes and lights. Sentence of six
week' and is expected here in a few gaged in the lumber business and terment followed in the churchyard ty days was suspended on condition
day! ; was connected with the Raeford Lum- cemetery. Mrs. Campbell's husband that the defendant pay the costs and
,ber company. !is buried in this cemetery and other fix car t0 meet the requirements of
Pfc Fred Cox who has been in Funeral services were conducted members of the family, as the family the law. ,
the Pacific theatre.-was discharged Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Pistgah Bap- lived in Hamer section before com-! Fred Dixon and Nathaniel Blue,
from the army last week and is at tist church in Gray's Creek town- ing to this county. colored, were charged with assault
nome ship and burial followed in the Surviving are one brother, J. A. with deadly weapons with intent to
churchyard cemetery. McEachern of Hamer. S. C, and sev- kill, having been involved in an alter-
r . ,. .,. Mcipnn Tr ' Surviving Mrs. Dawson are her eral nephews and nieces. 'cation with knives. The court found
captain neron ean. husband of Gray's Creek; one son, Attending the funeral from Raeford that there was no intent to kill and
til r J itZ- h,Ti
la Mneoted home snortiV.
is expected home shortly,
Lt. Jake Austin, of the navy, was
lit, uaiVC Ultlli Ul till, ia vjjvtuu
separated from the service this week
and is spending his terminal leave
with his mother here. He has re-
cently returned from sea duty in
the Pacific. j
Major Malco-Jm-rTGillis has re- j
turned from fifteen months in Puerto i
Rico and has been separated from,
the army. He is JPendin his ter-
minal leave with his wife and son
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Floyd
Monroe.
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Vote Urged
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iur Commissioner Kerr Scott urges
North Carolina farmers to go to their
community centers and vote in the
annual
election of AAA committee-
men on November 30.
Scott recently estimated that a-
round 350,000 State farmers are eli-
eible to vote in the coming elections,
UTging a full representative vole in
each of the 1,733 triple-A conununi-
ies throuehout the State, Scott de-
lored stay-at-home tendencies a- River, Community house; McLauch
mong some farmers, and he appealed lin, Rockfish Community house; Que
for a full turn-out for this year's whiffle, Ashemont school house;
elections. I Raeford, AAA office; Stonewall, Dun-
A total of 8,965 community com-.darrach Trading company,
mittwrnen and 100 delegates to coun- I O
ty conventions are to be elected. Two ;
alternate committeemen will also be
chosen for each community. The ,
delegates will elect three member
county committeemen to administer
production and marketing activities
in each county.
"Many serous problems lie ahead
for agriculture," Scott asserted, "and I
it is most lnrponam uiai uiese men
have the sUDDOrt of every eligible i
farmer in the community.
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School News
(By K. A. MacDonald)
The Board of Education will meet
Monday. December 3, at 10:30 A. M.
Christmu Cloolnr Dates
The white schools of the county
will close for Christmas holidays on
Friday. December 21, and reopen on
Monday, December 31.
The colored schools will close for
the holidays on Friday, December 21,
and reopen for the New Year on
Thursday, December 27.
The indian schools will have the
same holiday as the colored schools, there. I
The deceased was the father of
The dead pines that are in theirs. Paul Dickson, Jr., of Raeford. '
RaefoVd Graded hooryard6 are be- and his first wife was Miss Margaret
inff taken out this week and made !
into wood that will be used in the !
into J"""'.
cnooi i oi -re s .u u.p
wood burning stoves.
Carl Riley, chairman of the board
of education, R. A. Smoak, principal
of the Ashemont school, r. d. stroth-,
er, member or tne Asnemont scnooi
board, and others are leaving Friday
afternoon for Currituck Sound to
shoot ducks.
1JHW
C. H. McGregor, principal of Hoke
High school, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays at his home near lijbson.
Miss Margaret McKenzie, building
principal of the Raeford Graded ,
school, spent the Thanksgiving holi-
davs at Gibson and Charlotte.
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All schools are now getting ready j
for the Christmas Seal sale. All have
'inished their United Wat Fund drive
but are suli worKing on tneir saie 01 .
Victory bonds and stamps. Mss Agnes I
Mae Johnson, chairman of the Christ-
mas Seal sale for the county, is ex-
pecung great inings irom ine scnoou .
and the schools won t dissappoint
he.-.
Several of the schools are prepar-
ing excellent Christmas program to ,
be riven just before the holidays. Be
sure and go. They ar all worth- ,
while.
Mrs. B. H. Dawson
Passes Saturday
J. W. Dawson, of the U. S. Navy;
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three daughters, Mrs. C. H. Hyde,
Mary Lou and Ruth, all of the home,
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and two grandchildren
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AAA Will W Aln
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WeCtlOnS lOmOrrOW
vteetimtM for the election of AAA
committeemen will be held in Hoke
Co(jnty tomorroWi November 30.
m,se meetings wiU for the pur-
pose of electing members of the com-
'munity AAA committees, and dele-
'ates to elect members of the county
11. ry,mm 4.aa aii '-.v."i.-- -n
eligible to vote in this election who
are owners, operators, tenants or
A. S. Knowles, county farm agent,
stated that it is important for farxers
to attend these meetings and vote
for the comm:ttermer. hom thsy
think will best do the jobs.
Locations of the meeting places are
as follows and time for voting at all
places will be from 9:00 A. M. to
o:m r. iw.; mienaaie, community
Allendale, Community
house; Antioch, Hodgin's store; Blue
Springs, ComT unity house; Little
unitv house! uttle
Mri ni'rltnn'i Pafkar
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LieS In LsreenSOOrO
Clarence Lynwood Black, 60, died
of a heart attack early last Friday
morning at his home in Greensboro.
h- h.j v- in rfpciinincr hoaitK for
over two years, but death was sud-
den.
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mr. DiacK was a son or me iaie
n.. w:iiinm nio-v m,i .
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oiacjt oi maxwn. ne was a cnemisi j
St?l.
rure rooa ana urug aamurusixauuii
in Washington. He was later a re
search chemist with the Vick Chemi
cal company in Greensboro and New
York until poor health caused his
retirement several years ago.
Funeral services were conducted
in Greensboro last Sunday morning
by Dr. John Redhead of the First
Presbyterian church, pastor of the de-
ceased. Burial was Sunday after-
noon in the cemetery at Maxton,
where graveside service was con
ducted by the pastor of the Maxton
Presbyterian church. Mr. Blaok was
uuiim un.uc .lis idum biiu luuuict
McEachern of Raeford
In addition to Mrs. Dickson, he is
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Ithe navy, and John F. Black of II-
linois.
Watch For Markers
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Cm liylOnS, OayS UfA
TjATfTr-xr t,t.. xt
raleigh Nov. 26. -No one seems
'k m , , !
be flooded with a plentiful supply
of nylon hosiery, but when the ny
ions arrive uiey will carry a tag giv-
jmer needs in making her purchase,
mre needs inmaking her purchase, 1
according to OPA. Shoppers should
look for these markers for their owl ;
protection.
The OPA said these official tags,
attached to one stocking in each
pair of nylons, will give such salient wy C AV fl t
data as the retail ceiling price; theKaerOrd l.lWaniS L.1UD
gauge ana aenier ox ine nose; me
name of the' maker; whether or not
they are i-regular, second er third
quality; and whether they are out-
or exiri-iong.
ci-A also reminded a nyion-nun-gry
public that the hose would re
turn to the market at prices at least
one - fourth below those charged tn
1942, with ceiling prices for first
quality, full-fashioned nylons rang-
ing from 93c to $3.09. compared to
j previous ceiling, ot 11.65 to $2 50.
Mrs. John Campbell
Dies In Columbia
Mrs. John Campbell, former resi
dent of Hoke County and widow of
other than members of the family
t . r ur ' ur:n;
were Lacy Clark, G. W. Williamson,
and Mr- and Mrs- J- A- McGoogan
Starlings In Wreck
At Chapel Hill
Last Saturday afternoon, while re
turning from the North Carolina-
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i,ue Touuoau game al uurn-m, ... ing committed to a .mental institu
and Mrs. Dan Starting were involved
in a collision near the Carolina Inn
in Chapel Hill. They were hit by
a colored man reportedly mebriated,
who jumped from his car and ran
inrimediately after the wreck. He was
overtaken and taken into custody by
a representative of the law, however.
marline, in aaaiuon to nis wne,
was accompanied by William Blue,
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r.ua conoiy. iwrs. oiarnng ana ivuss.
Conoly suffered minor injuries in
e accident, Mrs. Starling being cut
about the head and Miss Conoly suf-
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her arkle.
To Start Building
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Buildincr To Replace Upchurch
Hlfh Will Bccrin MondaV.
rourins as many uaies were ginneu : . . . . SDontor a snecial nmmm n, m
'the fir!t two weeks in November tice of lhls fact- ne bird nunter . Program. Dr. BI-
The County Board of Education ' lasT which mar be an "as already lost his license for the len Blacft, W,in'tonlte """
announced yesterday that work would : the of the season, and others sT speake Mrs G 1- o7 Hok!
?..i!!!?Lr2!f!ithi. year may be over half that ot " CotntyTelfae if work S tl
Ithe Upchurch High school next Mon-
! on ine county properly aujoiuuiK on- ,
,ver Grove church about a half mile
j west of the site of the old building
: destroyed by fire.
The board win Duy an materials
tor the job through K. A. MacDonald,
county superintendent, no. tne worn
will he oimervised throueh a build-
7r. . . .
ing superintendent, iras metnoa mi":.."". :
Pettine the structure erected camel01 violations referred from area rent
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as too high. Lowest bid received. by,to cover 1,700,000 housing units and
the board was one of $68,300 by the
Atlantic Building company of Char
lotte. When they decided this was too
much for the building desired, the
Doa. " rare .general su-
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Donald. The man they employed
for this is N. N. McDonald, a pro
fessional contractor's superintendent
of Raleigh. He comes to this job
from a project at the State Asylum
in Raleigh and prior to this he has
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?, schools in waice county and near
Morganton. McDonald was n town
Z? 11" th!
building will begin next Monday.
Contract for the heating and plum-
Kng in the structure has been let
to the firm of O'Callaghan, of Sout-
Tn Pines for J 8"- .Contr.a f"r
the wirine wonf o the firm of Coiil -
ter and Chappell, of Winston-Salem,
for $2308.50.
In preparation for the work, K. A. ' State Crop Reporting Service or cigarettes, socks, puzzles, small mag
MacDonald states that the classes in ,the N. C. Department of Agriculture, amines, stationary and writing port
vocational apiculture and manual, and they came up with the assertion folios, leather traveling playing card
, 1 . .. ii i , , mi.ine ,im11 Ki mnre nlontifut spt. whish hmome in leather pacne
iiraues oi ine scnooi nave aireaay
done SQme excellent work in build -
m8 a tool house, pump house, etc.
He fllso said it'was Unssitole that
these students would assist in the I The apple crop this year is only should be wrapped attractively to
actual contraction of the building. about half of the 1944 harvest and gether with Christmas paper. A
Tha is rorusidprablv less than the 1934-43 label must be attached showing the
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,s offlce twokroom and toilet fa -
cimjes Tn buiidina is to be of
cinder block with floors of resilient
tile.
To Entertain Teachers
The Raeford Kiwanls club will
have as its guests at the regular
weekly meeting next Thursday
night, December 6, all the teachers
of the white schools of Hoke county
and their husbands and wives.
Tais meeting, which has come to
be an annual affair, will be a dinner
meeting, and a special program will
be
presented) after dinner. Th
meeting will begin at wren P. M
Light Docket In
Recorders Court
found both defendants guilty of
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sauit with a deadly weapon. Dixon
was fined $10 and the costs and Blue
was fined $25 and the costs.
Mai McLean, colored man of An
tioch was charged with throwing a
brick through the window at a pas
sing car. The state took a nol pros
with leave in the case when it was
learned that the defendant was be-
charged with assaulting wiUon
ako witn , deadI w
namely , shotgun, He was found not
. guilty.
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Vavember 14fk
, Statistic furnished by the Bureau
01 tne census or ine uniteo. states
Department of Commerce and recei-
"k
.emfcer 14. 1945, there were 6,660
' bales of cotton ginned in Hoke coun-
Ity. Last year up to November there
had been 13,70 bales ginned, over
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land 11,732 for last year. While
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"". nave g oneu
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for the whole season, about three-
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OPA Rent Control
Actions Start
The regional office of OPA
nounced today its enforcement
vision in the Southeast had begun
,.t; 00!,ict n
'offc
control regulations continue
in
85,000 hostelries in the eight south
eastern states.
Pressure on rent, the OPA said,
are increasing rather than decreas-1
ing because returning servicemen
a..r seguing i.uui.cu .ui u.c.r uaiiuo.
"From 1942 to V-J Day, rents have
increased one per cent, the same in-
crease as in the corresponding period
of World war I," the announcement
said.
"If this paraUel be continued and
proper rent control is not enforced,
rents may be expected to increase
V,-!. i
as it did in the 10 years following
the first World war."
More Fruits For
Christmas Holidays
R:!:;rv November 28.-
An ex-
.amination of prospects for fruit for
I the Christmas holidays was made re-
, cently by workers in the federal-
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1 than last year, and so will oranges,
! tangerines, grapes, and pears. How -
ever, apples will be short.
!a.r
I In North Carolina, the commercial
apple crop was 1,782.000 bushels last
season, but is only 252,000 this year. eluded in each box stating, "This is
The state of Washington, leader !na gift from (name of person.)
apple production, has a crop only j The people of Raeford and the
a little smaller than in 1944, but in county are urged to pack gifts and
New York production is only 2,160,- bring them to Miss Hall's office by
000 bushels as contrasted with 17,-December 8th.
010.000 bushels last season. 1 Many of he boys In the hospitals
The early orange crop is seven per have been overseas. Their Chris
cent larger than last year, and the mas may be made much happier by
grape crop is somewhat larger. Al-1 the efforts of the people near the
though North Carolina leads all 'camp hospitals.
Southern states except Arkansas in j The American Legion In the county
the production of grapes, it depends is generously donating funds for
almost wholly on California for its,
Christmas supply.
Mis Florence Anita Laster ill
home from rsirmont lor the holidays.
I Hoke Freezer Locker Corporation
Is Dissolved By Stockholders
NO VICTORY HERE ON
VICTORY BOND DRIVE
With other counties and
communities reporting that
thev have oversold their
quotas in the Victory Loan
drive, it is without pride that
we report that Hoke County
has sold only $55,000 in bonds
of all types, slightly over one
third of the county's quota of
$150,000. The percentage of
"E" bonds sold is about the
same, $35,000 collected for a
quota of $110,000.
We don't have to argue the
merits of this drive.. We all
know them. Perhaps we do
to remind ourselves that it
will be over just ten days from
today. It is a good invest
ment. It can help us to keep
on being able to say Hoke
County did its part. It can
2ot the money. Let's put it
help us pay the bill. We've
ihere.
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District Game Protector H. R. Mc-
Lean says the season is now open
on all game animals and birds ex-
doves Thi .
which opens agajn January 2 and
; closes on January 31
A , autoiratic and ,
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1 automatic ana nana operatea
mu.st, be Pl"Sged with one-
Plece metal or wooden fiUer so the
P",WI" ,hold t. more than two
This is reauired while huntine all
game birds and animals except deer
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and bear It is a violation to shoot
eame before xun-rise or after sun-
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hunters pmeciallv. should tako no
! County are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
.Saturdays. It is a violation to take
and have in vour nossesslnn more
I than ten quail in one day. Limit on fcnoU a"d townships of Hoke coun
I turkey is one per season. McLean ity have been invited to attend.
, says a close check will be made on 0
(capacity of guns, bags, and hunting
1 accepted
Gifts Needed For
Vets In Hospitals
'Hoke County is again asked to
furnish 100 gifts for soldiers in the
nospiiai ai ron rragg ai cnrisimas,
says Josephine Hall, chairman of the
Camp and Hospital Committee, Hoke
County Chapter, American Red Cross.
. The gifts are to be simpler this year,
I No food of any kind, nor razor
j blades, needles, knives and matches
are to be included in the packages.
Below is a list of suggested articles
mnuueu among
, gifts:
Pipes and pipe tobacco, tobacco
poucnes, wnite nanci'Kercrueis, mill-
tary brush sets, cigarette cases, shav-
ing sets, wallets, money belts, lea-
ther frame mirrors, snapshot albums,
manicuring sets for men, address
books, mechanical pencils, shoe pol-
ishing sets, small dictionaires, lateLiinp;) A , mr,,
editions of small books, shavin?
cream, tooth paste, deck of cards.
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st all leather or plastic boxes for
. insignia.
Two or three of the above articles
, contents of the narkai?e. otherwise.
the package will have to be opened
for inspection. A card should be in-
Christmas tree decprations, nuts,
candy, etc., which will be carried
to the camp hospital on December
10 along with th. Christina sift
package.
Stockholders Money Being Re
turned "roject Goes Back To
Won tmmittee.
At a , . meeting of stock
holders at , . rthouse last night,
the Hoke 0 Locker Corpora
tion, which 5 . ?en formed to fi
nance the bO - and operation of
a freezer lock. oJ$. it here, voted it
self out of exis f,
I The corporati 'd- h $35,000 capi
tal stock, was th. J A lization which
grew out of a m.'-" v.,jnt here some
time ago to have a freezing plant
built here. At the meeting last night
many factors were considered, prim
ary one being the fact that high
building costs at present boosted the
costs of the projected plant to a
round $50,000, and the stockholders
who had bought stock in the $35,000
proposition figured it wouldn't be
such a good investment at $50,000.
The $35,000 is therefore being re
turned. With the corporation being no
more, the possibility of having a
plant here now rests with the work
ing committee of the movement
which accepted the rental money (or
lockers from several hundred citi
, zens of the county. This money was
land is being held in escrow in the
iBank of Raeford pending the readi
ness of lockers to be rented. Just
what action will be taken by this
working committee is not known, at
present. Apparently, as the plant
will cost $50,000 some method of
raisin,g tnis amount f t
be arrived at, either by sale of stock
, in a new corporation or some other
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KlWaiUS Club To Have
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rlvl,e8ea niiaren
Thursday evenine November
'unoaJ evening, novemcer
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29. the Underpriviledged Child Com-
mittee of Raefra Kiwni. oi,h -ill
i underpriviledged child committee in
""'s . jBram. oeverai re-
presemauves rrom uie varoius
armers DUVinff
Western Hogs
Raleigh. November 25. Farmers
of this State are now buying hogs
from Midwest markets at a rate of
approximately 1,500 per week, ac
cording to officials of the N. C. Ag
riculture Department.
This unprecendented Importation
of hogs is attributed by D. S. Col-
trane. Assistant Commissioner of
Agriculture, to the record corn Crop
and to the fact that in 194 when
' the prices on hoes drorroed. hundreds
of farmers sold their entire stock.
The rainy weather of the summer
and early fall hit the peanut crop
, severely that many producers left
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profitable to "hog"' them than to at-
. tempt to harvest them and put them
on th. ma-k.t ar .
j chased for these peanuts, according
, to Colt"-an.e
wen meat raUoning began, he
explained, more and more hogs were
produced, and this continued until
1044 a, hM ma
exnensive. and the rn-ice of ho de-
became dipcouraged. and instead of
merely reducing their herds, many of
them sold out completely. Now
they are going bai-k to hog-raising
again.
However, Dr. William Moore, head
of the department's Veterinary di
vision, expressed the opinion that
"we can't have a stable livestock in
dustry in North Carolina until our
farmers decide to stick with the live
stock business tlicy happen t" be en
gaged in whether it be hogs or beef
cattle."
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Price Advances
For Cottonseed
Raleigh, November 28. John Win-
field, market newsman with the State
Department of Agriculture, reports
a steady advance in the price of cot
tonseed being sold in North Carolina.
Wagon lots of seed are averaging
around $47.50 per ton at cotton gin
ners' stations throughout the State,
Winfield said.
This is an average of 30 cent
more per ton than the price paid
cotton producers during th. second
week In Noremper.