W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _
40th YEAR, NO. 68. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES * MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA- FRIDAY. AUGUST 24, 1951 PUBLISHEDtUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
Love Nest Shattered, Negro Girl Shoots White Lover
\Court Frees Two Defendants , Curtis
Brinson^ Clarence Fletcher Bell , Jr.
Judge Lambert Morris dismissed*
he case Tuesday in recorders
?keurt in which Curtis Brinson was
karged with theft of $96 from
ctetsell's Electric shop. Live Oak
Beaufort, Sunday night, June
*Carl Hatsell, owner and man
Ser of the shop, was the first wit
ss to be placed on the stand. He
?stified. that he went to work
nday morning, June 25, and
t?und Mrs. Melba Willis, his book
?Leeper. and Roy Willis, who lives
Ivearby, standing in front of his
'ilace of business. The front door
4 the place had been standing
lightly ajar and a tin box usually
apt inside the place, beneath the
itsh register, was missing, he tes
ted. The box contained money
?mounting to approximately ?96
?^!us a check for $50 and another
The police were notified. Hatsell
laid, and several minutes later
irison, his employee, and another
?mployee arrived and the witness
id they looked around the pUce,
BKutside. to see if they could find
he box. ,
Hatsell related that Curtis said
? that time, "Well, nobody can
ash the checks." He further
Mated that the place had not been
>roken into and that someone had
vidently entered by the back door
because the front door had been
?hpened from the inside. He told
police that Brinson was the only
besides himself, who had a
?y to the back door.
In answer to questions by the
solicitor. M. Leslie Davis. Hatsel
tatcd that Brinson was a faithful
mployec during the five years he
nad been working for him and that
ic was "honest and reliable when
W wasn't drinking." The witness
urther stated that he didn t fire
|he defendant, that Brinson quit
Und that when he quit, he was not
^sked to return the key to the
llacc. "I thought he'd be man
_'nough to give it back to me,
?ihich he did," Hatsell remarked.
The witness stated that his book
eeper locked the place sometime
between 5 and 5:30 Saturday after
oon and that he did not go back
t the shop on that particular
Weekend from noon Saturday until
|!onday morning.
Woman Testifies
Rose Lee Britton, a colored
otnan who lives at the rear of
he electric shop, took the stand
nd told the court that she saw
lomeone go in the back door of the
lace about 8 o'clock Sunday night,
une 24. She said it had just got
n dark, but lights from the Hi
?hrive cafe, next door, shone in
ick of the building.
Mrs. Britton said that she saw a
ian open the- door and go in and
?hen he came out he had a little
dx in his hand. He then got in a
ir and drove away.
She said she didn't know who the
|man was at the time, but later saw
?Brinson at the court house and
Jjtncw that it was he. She then
?pointed him out to officers.
H The witness told the solicitor
Ithat her home, where she lives
?with her three children, was as far
Krom the electric ?hop as the
?length of the court room. Under
?cross-examination by C. R. Wheat
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Children Win >
Bremen's Contest
The results of a popularity con
it sponsored by the Morehead
:y fire department were an
unced Tuesday evening at the
Charles A. Wallace high school,
Morehead City.
Little Cathy Hill, less than one
Year old, was chosen queen, hav
ing received the most votes. 3,045.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert U. HIU, Jr.
? Tommy Davis, who Is 4. was
elected king, becauae be collected
'the second highest number," 2,282
votes. Tommy is the son of Mrs.
Maxin* Davis.
Votes cost s penny a piece. The
I king and queen won $5 each in
merchandise at the Children's Shop
la More head.
Denise Collins became princess
with 1,190 votes, Micky Danielaon,
' prince with 1,735, Martha Sandy,
' duchess with 1,060, and Joseph
Weeks, duke, with 341 votes,
i The announcement of the win
ners came at the end of the last
' performance of "Going Places," a
' Little Theatre of America produc
tion which the fire department also
sponsored.
Fire Chief El Nelson said the de
s theatrical venture had
a succses. He expects,
thay will hrwak about
Towns Becoive Notic?
On Powoll Bill Bovonno
Towns in Carteret county re
ceived a preliminary report this
week on how much money they
would get from the State High
way commission for improve
ment of municipal streets as pro
vided by the Powell aid bill.
Both Beaufort and Morehead
City expected a couple thousand
dollars more than they will get.
Beaufort anticipated $16,000 and
will receive $7,818. Morehead
City expected $19,000 and will
get $16,479. Newport will re
ceive $1,984.
New Welfare
Official Visits
Carteret County
Nelson Stephenson, who has been
appointed to the State Board of
Public Welfare's newly - created
position of consultant on commun
ity services, conferred last week
with T. C. McGinnis, Carteret coun
ty's superintendent of public wel
fare.
The purpose of having a con
sultant on community services, Mc
Ginnis explained, is to coordinate
community activities with public
welfare work and prevent an over
lapping of the services offered.
Stephenson will fill speaking en
gagements to inform the people of
the ways in which the welfare de
partment can assist in community
projects and is also available for
consultation.
His work follows up a survey
made by the Federal Security agen
cy several months ago. McGinnis
and Stephenson reviewed the sur
vey and the manner in which Car
teret communities are affected by
nearby military establishments.
For example, McGinnis said, 73 per
cent of the county's recent adop
tions have been by military fami
lies.
The community services consult
ant and the welfare superintendent
visited Chaplains Alley and McCar
thy at Cherry Point Marine air
base. Stephenson's first assign
ments were to the military areas,
Cumberland, New Hanover, Ons
low, Craven, and Carteret counties.
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Automobile Falls
On M. T. Mills J
M. T. Mills, owner and manager
of Sound Chevrolet co? Morehead
City, is recovering in Morehead
City hospital today from injuries
received when a wrecked car fell
on him at the Sound Chevrolet gar
age at 8:45 Tuesday morning.
In addition to numerous body
bruises he has a badly fractured
left ankle. His condition yesterday
was reported to be improved.
The wrecker had moved a smash
ed highway patrol car from one
spot to another but when attempts
were made to release the crane so
that the car would lower slowly,
the mechanism stalled.
Mills, attempting to get the de
vice to work, walked under the sus
pended car and as he did so, the
thing finally released itself and
fell on him. Raleigh McNeill, color
ed employee at the garage, using
superhuman strength, lifted the
car and other employees pulled
Mills out and rushed him to the
hospital.
The patrol car being moved wai
thd one smashed several month*
ago at the North River bridge when
Clayton Gillikin, convicted murder
er, hit a barricade of cars in in
attempt to get away from police.
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Balaria? to Pay Eipwm
Far Scratmastor's f**rrl J
Beaufort Rotarians at their meet
fng Tuesday night at the Inlet ion
agreed to pay the expenses of
Scoutmaster Charles H as sell, Beau
fort, at the special Scouting school,
Atlanta. The Rotarians are spon
sors of the Beaufort Scout program.
Rotarian E. W. Downum was the
featured figure in the biographical
sketch series Guests at the meet
ing were the Rev. Stanley Potter,
Henderson and the following More
head City Rotarians: G. W. Dill, <
tr? H. L. Joslyn, and the Rev. L. ;
A. TlUey.
The speaker at next Tuesday's i
meeting will be Glenn Adair who. .
represented the Beaufort chamber
of commerce at the Civil Aeronau
:ics Board hearings this w4ek * ;
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? Clarence Fletcher Bell, jr.,
known as Billy, was acquitted in
Carteret county recorder's court
Tuesday of a careless and reckless
driving charge.
Following an hour's succession of
witnesses, Judge Lambert Morris
dismissed the case. Bell, who was
16 years of age at the time he was
involved in an accident in More
head City July 30, said he became
17 years of age in August.
The first witness on the stand
was Cpl. J. T. Young, USMC, who
was driving the car involved in the
collision with Bell. He said that
he, with three other persons in the
car. was proceeding east on Aren
dell street at about 1 o'clock the
night of the accident.
As he was crossing 18th street,
he said he suddenly saw headlights
coming toward him from the south
and realizing that there was going
to be a crash, swerved his car to
the left. He said that the car on
18th street hit his right rear, swung
his car around, upsetting it.
In the front seat with him was
his wife and in the back another
couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Lancas
ter, whom he was taking home. He
stated that he was going about 30
miles an hour.
On the stand Lancaster said that
he saw the lights of the other car
coming toward them but surely
thought that the car would stop
before entering Arendell street.
When it didn't, he said the only
thing Young could do to try to
avoid a collision was to swerve
away from it.
Mrs. Young testified that her
husband was traveling at approxi
mately 30 miles an hour. When
the attorney for Bell, Alvah Ham
ilton, suggested that 30 miles was
See BELL, Page 4
Island PTA Names
Five Men to "New
School Committee'
The Harkers Island Parent-Tea
cher association, in session Tuesday
night at the school, asked that the
Harkers Island school committee
resign, and named five others
whom they favor to serve as com
mitteemen.
According to a spokesman, the
PTA hopes to persuade the present
committee to vacate their offices
and then to persuade the county
board of education to name the
persons of their choosing. The PTA
wants a change, they say. because
the present committee is not in
terested in maintaining the school
in the best interests of the people.
Selected by the PTA as school
committee members are Earl Dav
is, Clayton Guthrie, jr., David Yeo
mans, Elihu Lewis, and Lynwood
Parker. On the committee prior to
Tuesday night's meeting were Hen
ry Davis, Floyd Yeomans, M. L.
Yeomans, Charles W. Hancock, and
Ivey Gaskill.
To date only two committee
members have agreed to resign.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, said that the com
mittee was appointed in April and
each member has a two year term
to serve unless he resigns. Furth
ermore, he said, the county board
of education can appoint # whom
ever they choose to fill the vacan
cies, should they occur.
The PTA believes, its spokesman
said, that the committee of their
choosing is more likely to take
action to retain the liarkers Is
land high school.
Farmers to Vote Nov.1 3
On Feed , Fertilizer Levy
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Beaufort Bays
Garbage Loader
The town of Beaufort has pur
chased a Gar Wood garbage loader
for $4,197.30. Commissioners Math <
Chaplain, J. 0. Barbour, jr., and
Town Clerk Dan Walker decided
on the Gar Wood machine Wed- ;
nesday after making a trip to New
Bern to we the Gar Wood and i
Leach packers.
Gar Wood is manufactured by i
the Baker Equipment Engineering
co., and the Leach by North Caro- i
lina Equipment co. The latter'?
price on the Leach loader was
$4,545.
The new loader will be delivered
in approximately three weeks, i
$1,000 to be paid upon delivery
and th^ialance Sept. 15, 1952. The |
new equipment, to be mounted on ;
a Dodge chassis, will be ready for ,
operation in about four weeks and ,
will replace the present Chevrolet |
garbage truck. (
THfe town board also authorized ,
last week the purchase of a new .
dump body for the Ford truck. The i
body will cost $552.50 and the <
truck will be sent to the Hackney ,
Bros. Body co., Wilson, to be fitted ,
with the new equipment Tuesday. ,
'Peeper' Enters
Plea of Guilty
Pfc. James McNaney, USMC, i
pleaded guilty to charges of peep- '
ing in a window at night and tres- :
passing when he appeared before 1
Judge Lambert Morris in recorder's <
court Tuesday. i
He was sentenced to six months i
in ]ail, suspended on condition that i
he remain on good behavior for I
three years, pay a $25 fine and
court coats.
Maxwell Wade. Beaufort police
officer who arrested McNsney
Sunday night as be waa looking in
the window at the home of Mrs.
J ante McKee. 207 Orange at, told
the court that he received a call
at about 0:30 p.m., went to the
McKee borne and there found the
Marine looking in the window.
Ay the Ha* Officer Wade placed
McNtoejr wider arrest. Officer
Carlton Garner arrived with thfe
police wagon and the two police
men took the Marine to the Beau
fort jail.
The defendant pleaded guilty to
the charge in mayor's court Mon
day afternoon and Mayor L. W.
Ill? II bound the case over to ro
ft .... ...
Saturday, Nov. 3. has been set
as the day for purchasers of feed
and fertilizer to vote an additional
5 cents a ton on fertilizer and feed
to finance agricultural research at
State college.
If the proposal is approved, it
has been estimated that $125,000
will be available to expand re
search now being conducted. Ray
mond Ball, Newport RFD, presi
dent of the Carteret County Farm
Bureau, has been appointed to
name a committee which will ar
range for a countywidc meeting
Sept. 7 to discuss the agricultural
research program.
The farm extension service will
take a leading part in educating
people to the need for research and
enlisting their support of the 5
cents-per-ton assessment, which, it
is estimated, would cost the aver
age farmer 40 cents a year.
R. M. Williams, farm agent, re
marked:
"We here in North Carolina rank
lirst among the 48 states in rural
[arm population. Thia means that
aur farm population is increasing
more rapidly than the average of
the country as a whole. There are
many things about our stat? that
ve rank high in. and that we can
lustly be proud of. There are
jther facts that we hate to face.
9ne la our low income. Our per
:apita farm income for thia state
ranks 44th among the states of the
union. This means that on an in
dividual basis, there Is not much
money even though we have a 786
million dollar income aiimially
from agriculture. <
"Our state receives approximate
ly one half of its total farm Income |
from the one crop, tobacco, while j
more than two-thirds of our farm
income is derived from the three
rop?, cotton, peanuts and tobacco.
These crops are produced on only
15 per cent of the total crop land.
We rank fourth in the field of farm
:rops and 29th in the field of live
itock products. The* problems
must be faced squarely with re
icarch and an adopted science and
technology in agriculture that can
See FARMERS, Pase 4
Tide Table
Tides at Beanfart Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Aug. 24
1:04 a.m. 7:13 a.m.
1:49 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
Saturday, A if- 25
2:02 a.m. 2:4? a.m.
8:08 a.m. 8:23 p.m.
Smday, Aug. 28
3:06 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
3:48 p.m. 10:34 pjn.
???day, Aag. t7
4il0 a.m. 10:11 /m
4:41 p.m. U:IT p.m.
Tunis i Alt 28
5:08 a.m. 1148 a.m.
8?! pjn. ,?i,
Slot Machine Owner Pays
$600 Fiat. Court Cosls J
George Mrrritt. jr., Swaiuboro,
charged with owning and operat
ing ?lot machines at the Ameri
can Legion club in Carteret coun
ty, was ordered to pay $150 fine
for each machine seized which
was a total of 1600, plus court
costa. The machines were order
ed to be smashed.
Merrltt, through counsel, did
not contest the charges against
him. His case was continued
from Tuesday, Aug. 14, In re
corder's court, when three other
defendants in slot machine cases
were tried.
Seized In a raid on the Legion
club Aug. 8 were two 5-cent ma
chines, one 10-cent machine, and
one 25-cent device. Ninety-six
dollars taken from the machines
passed Into the coffers of Car
teret county.
Technical School
Receives 33 Fall 1
Term Applications
Thirty-three applications have
already been received for the fall
term at Morehead City Technical
institute, James I. Mason, director,
announced today.
The term will open Sept. 18 and
more applications are expected dur
ing the coming weeks.
The size of the electrical labora
tory was doubled and the internal
combustion lab remodeled during
current repair and reconditioning
work. Repainting of all equipment
will continue until the opening
date of the fall term.
The same three courses will be
offered in 1951-52: electrical tcch:
nology, internal combustion en
gines, and building construction
technology. Members of the facul
ty will be Director Mason who
teaches math and physics; William
H. Lawrence, electrical instructor;
J. G. Rieley, internal combustion
trugines; and Mi&s l>r?ris L?ach,
English. *
The post of building construction
instructor became vacant with the
resignation of Braxton Adair, but
this position is expected to be fill
ed within the next several days.
Mrs. Earl Piner, Morehead City,
will continue as dietitian and lunch
room manager.
More than 200 persons attended
special courses at MCTI this sum
mer in addition to the regular
summer enrollees. Short courses
were given in cotton classing, sur
veying, electrical meters, and re
source use.
The majority of the graduates in
June's graduating class were
placed, Director Mason said, the
others entered the armed forces.
He reminded prospective enrollees
that those who enter the school in
September will be graduated the
following June.
Board Appoints
Two Officials J
Bus Line Proposition Will
Be Considered at Special
Meeting
Walter Lewis and I. E. Pittman
were appointed to the Morehead
City board of adjustment by tfce
town board at their meeting Tues
day night in the municipal build
ing. They replace Robert G.
Lowe and George Ball. Lowe has
resigned because his business keeps
him out of town most of the time
and Ball has moved outside More
head City.
J. W. Gillikin, operator of Gil
likin Bus lines and his sons, Lester
and Garland, appeared to request
renewal of their franchise. Ver
non Guthrie, who also proposes to
operate a bus line, submitted in
writing the type of equipment he
plans to use.
The board stated that the infor
mation they requested did not
come from either of the applicants
and asked that by Saturday both
submit to the clerk, in writing, the
schedules on which they propose
to operate, the fares to be charged,
the routes the busses will travel,
and the type of, equipment to be
used.
Will Call Meeting
The mayor, George W. Dill,
agreed to call a special meeting
to consider the proposals. The
present Gillikin franchise expires
Sept. 1.
Gillikin reminded the town board
that anyone applying to the town
for a franchise would be able to
operate within the city limits only.
The Gillikin lines at present op
erate to Atlantic Beach and Beau
fort by virtue of a state public
utilities franchise.
Without the beach business, the
bus line operators said that any
one operating in Morchead City
alone would have a rough time of
it.
Mayor Dill reported thai the
town had been offered two pieces
of properly recently the J. C. Tay
lor '.omc at Bridges and 7th street
for $18,000 as a nurses' home and
approximately three acres near
Bay View cemetery for cemetery
expansion.
The mayor read a letter from the
hospital board of trustees which
stated that the board was not in
position to buy the property. The
commissioners felt that the town
could not buy the property either.
The "cemetery plot" was offeree]
by Chalk and Gibbs. realtors. It is
located west of 25th street and
north of the old central highway.
The board said that no provision
has been made in the budget for
purchase of the property. Walter
Lewis, cemetery superintendent,
reported the mayor said, that one
end of the property is high and the
other very low which would make
it undesirable as a burial plot.
Tabled were two proposals, one a
See BOARD, Page 4
Public Utilities Commission J
Asks Tide Water to Cut Rate
Tide Water I'owcr co. officials,
Wilmington, have under advise
ment today a challenge from the
State Utilities commission to vol
untarily cut power rates.
Tide Water was told Wednesday
to reduce rates of its own volition
or the commission itself may take
action.
The commissioners threw down
their challenge in a closed confer
ence Wednesday morning with two
top Tide Water officials? President
W. W. Bell and Vice President E.
A. Jones.
Commission Chairman Stanley
Winbornc put the issue squarely.
He said the commission felt Tide
Water is charging more than it
should.
Winborne said Verne L. Choate,
chief of the commission's auditing
division, had made a detailed study
of Tide Water rates and finances.
The study brought forth the find
ing that during the 12 months end
ing last May 31, Tide Water made
a net return of 8.61 per cent on its
average net investment.
That's about two to two and one
half per cent higher, he told Bell
and Jones, than the commiasion
considers fair. Most power com
panies, it was explained, consider
6.3 or 7 per cent a reasonable rate
o( return and fix tbeir rate* ac
cordingly.
Bell and Jones contested
Choste's figures but agreed to
study the commission's suggestions.
They promised to see if some re
duction could be made.
"The company has been told to
report back on the tentative date
of September IB," Wi^orne re
ported following the conference,
"and give us a statement of tbeir
If the September meeting does
not bring a satisfactory answer, the
commission could issue an order
directing Tide Water to ihow cause
why rates should not be cut.
The chief objections of the Tide
Water officials to Choate's figures
centered around his estimate of the
company's net investment. Tide
Water contended he failed to take
into consideration the value of im
provements completed since his
audit was completed. If this had
been done, Bell and Jones claimed,
their rate of return listed) by Choate
would have been reduced "consid
erably."
Tide Water's present rates were
set in a controversial Utilities com
mission orders issued July 28, 1930.
The order permitted Tide Water
to raise its customers bills approx
imately $200,000 a year. The in
crease was granted principally to
enable the company to sell stock
needed to finance new construc
tion and improvements.
Two members of the commission
? Joshua James and Harry West
cott ? opposed the order. In sharp
ly critical dissents, they contended
the company had failed to prove
it was entitled to more money and
that the >200,000 granted would
provide the company with a rate
of return far greater than the 6.3
per cent proposed
A reduction which would bring
the company's earnings down to
the commission'? standarda might
wipe out all of the $200,000 and
possibly more.
"The commission," Winborne
said, "wants to place Tide Water
on a parity with every other util
ity in the state,' and the Tide Water
Power company says it wants no
tnitnuni "
Carteret County Authorities '
Hold Bert Clark , Ruby Boyd
A three-year love affair between Bert Clark, white man
of Beaufort, and a 16-year-old colored girl, Ruby Lee Boyd
of Greenville, was bared to the world Tuesday when the
girl confessed to Greenville police that she had shot Clark
at Beaufort Monday.
Clark is being held in Carteret county jail under $400
vami uuiiu uii a riiiiiKc 01 iornifa-*
tion and adultery and under $1,(X)0
bond on a charge of having carnal
knowledge of a female. "And
there will probably be a more seri
ous charge brought against him,"
declared Sheriff Gehrmann Hol
land yesterday as Solicitor M. Les
lie Davis was in the process of
drawing up the warrants.
Charged with Assault
The teenage girl has been
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon and placed under $500
bond.
"The state is ready to have a
hearing for both defendants in re
corder's court Tuesday," stated the
sheriff. There is a possibility,
however, that defendants' counsel
may ask for continuance.
Clark was arrested at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon after Sheriff
Ruel Tyson of Pitt county informed
Sheriff Holland of the confession
made by the girl at Greenville. The
sheriff and Deputy Sheriff M. M.
Ayscue apprehended Clark at a
service station near Beaufort
"where he just seemed to be loaf
ing around," the sheriff related.
Officer Ayscue went to Green
ville late Tuesday and brought
Ruby Lee back to Beaufort after
Pitt county authorities released her
in his custody.
Spent Weekend Here
According to Ruby Lee's story
she had been coming to Beaufort
to spend weekends with Clark at
his cabin about a mile and a half
outside Beaufort. The cabin was
located on a dirt road leading off
highway 70 just beyond the East
Drive-In theatre.
She didn't come to Beaufort last
weekend, but showed up Monday
instead. As she entered Clark's
cabin a woman was lying across the
be<j. Clark was not present. Ruby
jfto asked the Cfcrtait when Clark
iV'juld return and the woman said
iu several minutes.
Clark did return in several min
utes and according to police,
threatened Ruby Lee. She said
she reached for the .22 rifle in the
cabin and told Clark not to strike
her. He said she didn't have
enough nerve to shoot him and
continued toward her. She fired
the gun and the bullet struck him
in the arm, shattering a bone be- '
low the elbow and continuing into
his hip.
Other Woman Depart?
When the gun went o ff, the
other woman lit out of the cabin
and hasn't been seen since. The
sheriff said he did not know
whether the "other woman" was
white or colored, but she is not a
native of this section.
Regardless what the conscqucn
ces would be, Ruby Lee said she
made Clark get in his car to drive
her to Greenville where she was
going to tell police she had shot
him. Instead, Clark drove her to
New Bern, gave her $15 and Ruby
Lee took a taxi from there to
Greenville.
Dr. M. B. Morcy, Morehcad City,
treated Clark, the sheriff said, and
Clark told the doctor that he had
been cleaning his gun, laid it on a
bench and as he walked across the
room, the gun went off.
Sheriff Holland said that Clark
met Ruby Lee three years ago
when he wu attending East Caro
lina college in Greenville. He saw
her washing dishes in a cafe and
asked her for a date. Before his
arrest he waa employed as an in
structor at the apprentice school
at Cherry Point.
Assisting the sheriff in investi
gation of the case is George Can
ady, SBI agent.
Armad Forces to Sponsor 4
Three-Day Atlanta Exhibit
For North Carolina industry, all
roada will shortly lead to, Atlanta
where a three-day exhibit of goods
being purchased by the United
Statei government under its cur
rent raultibillion dollar procure
ment program for national defense
will be held beginning Sept. 10.
The exhibi. , to be established in
the new exhibit hall of the Atlanta
Biltmore hotel, will bring together
for the first time in the southeast
prime contractors who are selling
their goods to the government and
who may be willing to "farm out"
some of the contract work to
smaller manufacturers.
The exhibit is being sponsored by
the Armed Forces Regional coun
cil. consisting of representatives of
the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Details of arrangements have been
placed under the suprvision of
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert R. Kay
of the United States Air Force as
project officer.
Prices for Leaf J
Drop Below First
Sales Last Year
Average prices paid for most
grades of eastern North Carolina
fiue-cured tobacco on opening day,
Tuesday, were lower than on last
year's first sales. The Federal
State Market News Service reports
the losses in most instances $1.00
to $5.00 per hundred.
Primings, which were offered in
a large volume, dropped generally
$4.00 to $7.00. Lugs were steady
to $5.00 lower while a few leaf and
smoking leaf grades were off $1.00
to $5.00. The practical top price
was $65.00 with a few baskets of
better cutters and lugs topping out
at $69.00 and $70.00 a hundred.
Some poorer grades of nondescript
sold as low as $8.00.
It was estimated that the gen
eral average for morning sales at
several individual markets ranged
from $48.00 to $52.00. Gross sales
opening day last year totaled 14,
507,511 pounds for an average of
$58.01 per hundred.
Quality of the early offerings
was below last year. More com
mon and low grades and nonde
script were marketed while fewer
fair to choice grades appeared.
More orange colored tobacco was
sold. Most baskets contained fair
and good lugs, low and fair prim
ings and leaf, nondescript and low
cutters. Last year fair to fine lugs,
low to good primings and low and
fair leaf made up the bulk.
Some d* -satisfaction was ex
pressed by the growers at prices
received for their offerings. Re
ceipts of the Flue-cured Stabiliza
tion corporation under the govern
ment loan program were estimated
to range by markets from 5 to 30
per cent. Last year they received
about 1.8 per cent of the first day's
sales.
Volume of sales was fairly heavy
with practically all markets selling
out early in the afternoon. Only a
few markets were blocked.
The U. S. Crop Reporting Board
as of August 1 indicated a produc
tion of 476,550,000 pounds for this*
type. Last year 423,660,000 pounds
were harvested.
OPS Analysts Will
Be in New Bern
Business analysts from the East
ern Carolina office of price stabil
ization will be in New Bern again
rucsday to assist people of this
area with reports and OPS regula
tions, George P. Arrington, execu
tive secretary of the New Bern
chamber of commerce has an
nounced.
Residents of Beaufort and More
head City are urged to meet with
the OPS representatives. New
Bern has been selected as the lo
cation for a monthly field trip by
OPS. The OPS representatives
will have an office in the City Hall
which will be open from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m., and from 1 p.m. to
J p.m.
This is the second trip to New
Bern. As a public service, the
Rastem Carolina OPS has sched
uled regular trips to cities through
out the district under the auspices
of chambers of commerce and mer
chants associations.
"These visits giving on-the-spot
help and information to the busi
nessmen of eastern Carolina are a
part of our program to do every
thing possible to be of service to
the public." Acting District Direc
tor Alton G. Murchison said, "and
we urge people to meet with these
specialists for any assistance they
nay need. Our previous visit to
Mew Bern was enthusiastically re
vived by the public," Murchison
idded. "and we will continue these
rips as long as the people want us
o."
The New Bern visit is pUnned
o serve people of the following
ounties: Craven. Pamlico, Beau
ort, Hyde, Jones. Onslow and
Carteret.
Hub to Picnic
The Russell's Creek Home Dem
instration club will meet for a pic
?ic it 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Fort
Macau State park.