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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
44th YEAH, NO. #5. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1955 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Conservationists to Survey
Newport River Flood Area
Dredge to Start
Work in Taylor's
Creek Dec. 15
Atkinson Dredging Co.,
Norfolk, Gets Contract
On $61,901 Bid
Atkinson Dredging Co., Norfolk,
was successful bidder on the Tay
lor's Creek work. The office of
the Corps of Engineers, Wilming
ton, announced yesterday that the
dredge is scheduled to be in
Beaufort Thursday, Dec. 15.
Atkinson's bid was $61,901. The
depth will be increased from the
former authorized 7 feet to 12
feet and widened from 75 to 100
feet.
According to the engineers' of
fice, the work will start at the
foot of Queen Street and con
tinue eastward two and three
quarter miles.
The Steen Dredging Co., Nor
folk, is expected to finish work in
the inland waterway channel at
Morehead City this week. When
that job is finished the dredge
will work on the Core Creek land
cut of the inland waterway, dredg
ing the channel 12 feet deep and
90 feet wide.
Congress had appropriated $83,
000 for the Taylor's Creek pro
ject. Because of the shallowness
of the channel, menhaden boats
bound for the Beaufort Fisheries
run aground daily.
Farmers to Elect
Soil Supervisor
Farmers will ballot Dec. 5 to
10 for a soil supervisor to replace
Neal Cam pen, Beaufort HFD,
whose term is expiring.
On'y two men have been nomi
nated. William Gillikin and John
F Felton, Beaufort but bal
lots have blanks for write-in votes.
Farmers may vote for only one
person.
The new supervisor will serve
a three-year term beginning Jan.
1. Other supervisors, whose terms
have not yet expired, are Floyd
Garner, Newport, and John Young,
Stella
Ballot boxes will be located at
Cleveland Gillikin's Store, Bettie;
Dewey Hardesty's, North River;
Roy Garner's Store, Newport: Jim
Young's Store, Stella: Leon Weeks'
Store, Bogue, and the Farm and
Home Supply Co., Highway 101.
, Morehead City Sergeant
Returns from Far East
M/Sgt. Guy McLeroy, Morehead
City, was among 647 veterans of
the Third Marine Division and the
First Marine Aircraft Wing who
recently arrived at Treasure Is
land. Calif., aboard the USS Mon
trose.
Of the group. 579 of the men
are due for assignment to new
duty stations and 88 tre to b? dis
charged or separated from the
service. They have completed their
' tour of duty in the Far East.
? David Jones, soil conservationist
for the county, said Saturday that
the Soil Conservation Service
hopes to start a survey this week
of the Newport River area.
Mr. Jones said his department
has learned that the Corps of En
gineers, which has been asked to
survey the Newport River, will
include the Newport problem only
as a portion of their overall re
port on damage in the hurricane
stricken areas of North Carolina.
The survey by the soil conser
vation service will enable local
authorities to determine what tem
porary measures should be taken
immediately to correct the flood
problem in the Newport area.
An application for Civil Defense
disaster funds will then be filed.
Mr. Jones said each farm in the
flood area will have to be studied
to determine how much each farm
er has invested in drainage pro
jects.
The Newport River backed up
during Connie, Diane aiui lone,
flooded farmlands *nd destroyed
oyster beds. Because the river is
not navigable, Army engineers are
not responsible for its shenani
gans.
Mr. Jones expressed the hope
that the soil conservation study
would lead to obtaining Civil De
fense funds, because the flooding
this past season caused thousands
of dollars' loss to farmers and
oystermcn and unless remedial
measures are taken, the disaster
could recur next year.
Beaufort Officers
Kept on the Jump
Beaufort policemen have been
on the jump the past week.
Eddie Jackson, Alabama, fish
ing aboard the Benson Riggin, was
cut by another fisherman aboard
the boat, tied up at Beaufort, at
1:15 p.m. Sunday.
Moses Whitfield, identified by
police as the man who cut Jack
son, then tried to run away and
in leaping over the menhaden
boats toward shore fell in the hold
of the Lynn Ann.
Whitfield was taken to the
Morehead City Hospital in the
Adair Mnbufencr where he was
treated for * back injury. Jack
son's head wound was sewed up
by Dr. Luther Fulcher.
Alvin Godette, who was appre
hended by Assistant Chief Carlton
Garner at 6 p.m. last Tuesday is
out on $150 bond. He was picked
up at Pollock and Cedar Streets
and charged with public drunken
ness and carrying a concealed pis
tol in his car.
Officer Maxwell Wade cited
Alvin Hodges, Beaufort, for pub
lic drunkenness Friday, but
Hodges jumped out of the police
car and ran. The next night Chief
Guy Springle and Officer Garner
picked up Hodges at the Chicken
Shack on Queen Street.
Again Hodges tried to escape
the officers. He's now in the
county jail charged with two at
tempts to resist arrest, two charges
of public drunkenness and one
charge of disorderly conduct.
Apprehended Saturday on
charges of public drunkenness
were Mark Washington, Beaufort,
and John Good. Morehead City.
Cases are docketed for trial
Thursday in County Recorder's
Court. There was no court last
week becauae of the Thanksgiving
holiday.
Sea Level Auxiliary
Gives Gift to Chairman
Mrs. Herbert F. Webb, chairman
of the Sea Level Hospital Auxili
ary. was given a Friendship Quilt
at the auxiliary meeting recently
in the Smyrna Methodist Church.
The gift was in recognition of her
work in organizing and presiding
over the auxiliary during the 18
months it has been in existence.
The presentation was made by
Mrs. Harrell Taylor, Sea l^cvel
Quilting was done by Mrs. Harrell
Taylor, Mrs. Leon Salter. Mrs. Hen
rietta Salter. Mrs. William Lloyd
and Mrs. Euell Taylor. In addi
tion to squares madte by them,
squares were embroidered by the
following: Ashlyn Whisnant, Marie
Abbott, Mra. Joe DuBois. Mrs. Nor
man Chadwick, Mrs. E. R. Willis,
Maggie Willis. Mrs. Clarence Sal
ter. Miaa Elva Salter, Gladys Noyea.
Maxine Piner, Doris Robinson,
Ann Chadwick, Delphia Totto, Ro
ma Smith, Ramona Willis, Margie
Willis, Ida Hamilton, Beatrice Sal
ter.
Alice Cerock, Gaynelle Styron,
Eunice Willis, Fleita Levis, Lou
etta Taylor, Miriam Taylor, Mar
Jorie Smith, and OM aqua re repre
senting all Marshall!*-# members.
Two lettera from the hospital ad
ministrator, Marshall Whisnant,
were read. One thanked the auxil
iary for furniahing the nurses'
home, recently constructed on hos
pital property, and the other
thanked the auxiliary for the (low
ers aent to the hospital in observ
ance of the hospiul's second anni
versary Nov. 21.
During the business session, Mrs.
Webb named the following to th*
nominating committee: Mrs. Eu
gene Willis, Atlantic, chairman,
Mrs. Frank Noyea, Sea Level, and
Mrs. Lambert Morris, Atlantic.
Committee reports were heard
and at the concluaion of the meet
ing gingerbread and coffee were
aervid by the Smyrna hoatesaet.
Curtis Bell, Morehead City, Loses
Part of Leg in Shooting Fray Saturday
Carteret Retail Sales Up
$5Vi Million in Three Years
Retail sales in Carteret*
County last year amounted
to $18,772,000, a five and a
half million dollar increase
over 1951, the last year for
which retail sales fijtures are
available.
This represents an increase of
42 Vi per cent. The 1954 figures
were released this week by the
Department of Conservation and
Development. They come from the
1954 Census of Business, U. S. Dt
partment of Commerce and were !
compared by C&D with statewide
figures for 1948.
According to the report, the to
tal number of retail establishments
in North Carolina in 1954 was
38.056. compared with 40,848 in
1948, but total sales for concerns
doing more than $500 in retail bus
iness in 1954 surpassed the 1948
figure.
Sales in 1954 were $3,230,610,000
as against $2,241,696,000 in 1948.
Carteret's total number of re
tail establishments in 1954 was
308.
The 1951 retail sales figure for
Carteret referred to above is $13
172,000 and comes from Consumer
Market Data. The difference be
tween sales in 1951 and last year is
actually $5,600,000, a jump of al
most two million dollars annually
over three years.
Mercury Goes
To 71 Degrees
A high of 71 degrees and a low
of 37 were recorded in the county
during the past two weeks accord
ing to E. Stainey Davis, weather
observer.
Rainfall for the two-week period
was 1.46 inches.
The high and low temperatures
and the wind directions since Tues
day, Nov. 22 are as follows:
Max. Min. Winds
Tuesday 68 45 SW
Wednesday 71 55 SW
Thursday 69 50 E
Friday 55 48 NW
Saturday ... 53 44 NW
Sunday 60 38 E
Lions Sell Seals
To Help Sightless
To increase their funds for
sight-saving and aid to the blind,
the Morehead City Lions Club has
launched iu seal sale.
Fifty "Be Thankful You Can
See" seals have been mailed in
letters to folks throughout the
county. Sale of seals and the an
nual White Cane drive have made
it pouible for Lions to provide
glasses and eye examinations for
many Carteret residents.
Obtained in the White Cane
sale several months ago was $111.
Of that amount, a third stayed in
the county, according to Owens
Frederick, chairman of the Lions
sight conservation committee.
All funds obtained in the cur
rent seal sale will be used locally,
he said.
The seals being sold are blue,
orange and yellow and show a boy
and girl facing a sunset. Printed
on the aeal are the words, "Sup
pose you could not sec, how emp
ty life would be."
Persons wishing to contribute to
the Lions blind fund may mail
their contributions to Morehead
City Lions Club, Morehead City,
N. C.
i
Thursday is S-D Day
Taursaay is s-u Illy .
It could mean Sadden Death
but for those who accept the
challenge, it mean? Safe Driv
ing. From the Preatdent of the
United State* down to the mayor
of every city and town, cornea
the appeal to all to drive safely
from midnight Wedneaday to
midnight Thursday? the aim is
to prove Uut there can be one
day without an accident.
Joe Beam, chairman of S-D
Day in Morehead City, uld yes
terday, "S-D Day Is important,
but even more important is the
challenge U> be personally re
sponsible for safe driving and
safe walking every day In the
year."
Gene Smith, chairman of S-D
Day in Beaufort, pointed out
that last year in the United
Statea someone died in a traffic
accident every 15 minutes and
someone was injured every 26
seconds! He asked folks to learn,
through S-D Day, that traffic
safety is the responsibility of
everyone, not just motorists.
One hundred ten motor acci
dents have occurred on the
streets and highways of the
county this yaar. Those are just
th? accidents on police records
and do not include minor bumps
and scrapes.
Motor vehicles hav? been re
sponsible for 11 deaths In the
county in 1D9S, already four
more than in l&M and there's
still one month to go.
State Fails to See Value
Of Shortcut from West I
Progress on obtaining the road
through the Croatan National For
est, from Pollocksville to Havelock,
has slowed to a drag.
N. L. Walker, Beaufort, who is
personally carrying the ball on
the project, says that State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion must make the next move.
Mr. Walker is being supported
in his efforts by civic clubs and
local government boards.
North Carolina receives $135,000
a year as its share of the federal
money set up for roads in Nation
al Forests. At a confercnce in Ra
leigh last week representatives of
the State Highway Commission,
the Federal Bureau of Public
Roads and the National Forests
Service discussed projects to
which the latest allocation might
be applied.
State Highway Engineer W H.
Rogers Jr., reported no conclus- j
ions were reached. "We went over I
the .outline," he said.
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Menhaden Boats
lake Big Catches
For Several Days
Menhaden fishermen had little
) complain about last week,
'hanksgiving turned out to be a
ay for which all of them were
ruly thankful; the boats came in <
jaded.
Through Saturday the catches
ontinued good, many of the boats
aving to wait their turn to get '
3 the factory. i
Factory operators say they are I
leased with the season so far.
Vhenever the fish are caught fast
nd furiously as they were last
reek, however, they say there's
lways difficulty in processing
hem as quickly as they'd like to.
The big fish which have been
ar offshore came in closer which
clped to account for the turn in
ortune. The boats were tied up
esterday because the southwest
rind made the going rough.
W. H. (Piggy) Potter, manager
f Beaufort Fisheries, said, ,
Catches for a few days were bet
?r than normal; as a matter of
act real good and I hope they
'ill continue."
Administrators at County's
Hospitals Give Resignations
Beaufort Fire
Alarm Acts Crazy
Engineer Elmond Rhue of the
Beaufort Fire Department an
nounced yesterday that the Beau
fort fire alarm is all fouled up and
what the alarm blows has no rela
tion whatever to tne fire location.
The alarm went out of whack
about a week ago and a new one
has been ordered.
Last week, for example, an alarm
was turned in from Box 36 and the
whistle blew 13. Even if the alarm
is sounded from the station, one
never knows what the whistle is
going to blow.
When asked if this wouldn't
cause a lot of people to call the
station to ask where the fire Is,
Mr. Rhue replied, "They can't call
any more than they do when the
whistle's working!" The prrant
whistle is reported to have Been
in operation since 1926.
Firemen put out a fire at 5:45
Saturday at Godctte's Place. 400
Pollock St. A pile of bunt stored
in a closet was afire. There was a
lot of smoke but little damage.
Firemen returned to the station
in about 15 minutes.
Towns Start Putting
Up Holiday Decorations
Newport is planning to add I
eight more strings of lights to Its
Christmas decorations this year.
Morehead City started putting up
its sparkling new (oil decorations
Friday and Beaufort's lights have
been going up the past week.
Heading the light committee at
Newport is Fred Kelly. Morehead
City Jaycees are handling the dec
orating in their town and tba vet
eran light stringers in Beaufort,
the firemen, are engineering th*
job there.
Morehead City's lights will go
on Thursday night. Beaufort's
lights were t d be ready by last
night.
Tide Table
Tides it the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Nov. 29
7:27 a.m. 1 1:14 a.m. I
7:59 p.m. 2:04 p.m.
Wedaeaday, Nov. M
8:17 a.m. 2:00 a.m. I
8:49 p.m 2:94 p.m. |
Thursday, Dec. 1
9:10 a.m. 2:97 a.m. I
9:47 p.m. 3:44 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 2
10:09 a.m. 3:48 a.m. I
10:48 pjn. 4:33 p.m. [
Administrators of the county's*
two hospital!, Marshall Whisnant,
Sea Level, and Hoyle L. Greene,
Morehead City, have submitted
their resignations.
Both have accepted positions at
larger hospitals. The board of trus
tees of Morehead City Hospital
met in special session last night to
act on Mr. Greene's resignation,
rhe board has been well pleased
with Mr. Greene's service here
?nd was reluctant to accept notice
Df his leaving.
Mr. Whisnant, who has been at
the Sea Level Hospital since Sep
tember 1932 has accepted the po
sition of assistant director of the
Holston Valley Community Hos
pital, Kingsport, Tenn. The hos
pital now has 250 beds and 130
are to be added. Mr. Whisnant's
resignation was also accepted with
regret.
Details on Mr. Greene's new po
rtion were not released pending |
action of the board of trustees .
last night '
Mr. Greene came to Morehead
City in October 1049, following j
two years' training as an admin- i
latrative interne at Charlotte Me- r
monal Hospital. A native of Al- f
bcmarle. he is a graduate of Ap- r
palachian State Teachers College
?nd served four years in the i
Army Air Corps. 1
Mr. Whisnant, a native of Char- J
lotte, is a graduate of Davidson c
College. Following graduation he
lervcd a two-year interneship in f
hospital administration at Char- !
lotte Memorial Hospital. c
He was employed by the Ameri- t
can Hospital Association prior to
coming to Sea Level. He will take
over his new duties at Kingsport >
Ian. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Whisnant have a 1
I ?month-old son, David Marshall. |
County Gets New
Game Warden
Winfield T. Ryne, Gastonia,
the county's new game warden,
will begin his duties here Thurs
day.
Mr. Ryne, who will make his
home in Morehead City, replaces
Edgar T. Padgett, who succeed
ed Leroy Mcintosh, Beaufort, in
May.
Warden Padgett has been
transferred to Brevard in Tran
sylvania County. Asked if he
cared to make any comment on
his stay here, Mr. Padgett said,
"Carteret's a good county now.
There arc few violations."
Mr. Padgett came here from
Hickory.
'atrolman Files Two
Zharges Against Driver
Lucius Branton, route 2 New
port, has been charged with driv
ng without a license and reckless
Iriving. He was driver of a 19S1
itudebakcr which ran off the Lau
cl Road at 6:49 p.m. Saturday.
With Branton were his wife and
i Negro, Henry Johnson. State
highway Patrolman W. J. Smith
Ir. said the car failed to make a
?urve. ,
The Brantons and Johnson were
liven emergency treatment at the i
rforehead City Hospital and dis- ,
barged. The car was termed a
otal loss.
Parade Postponed
Because of bad weather Friday.
Mew Bern's Christmas parade was
Jostponcd until 4 p.m. yesterday.
New Memorial to Veterans
To be Dedicated Saturday
The now memorial lo war vet
erans. at the northeait corner of
the More head City Municipal
Building, was erected Friday.
Formal dedication ceremoniea
vill take placc at 3 p.m. next Sat
urday. 1. B. Rice, commanding of
ficer of Poet No. 46. American
Legion, invitea the public.
The Legion, which sponsored
placement of the memorial, ex
pressed ita appreciation yesterday
?to thoae contributors whoae gen
troaity haa made possible the
instruction of a fit and auitable
War 'Memorial to ba erected on
City Hall Square, in Morehead
City, in memory of those who have
offered their services in defense
if the country through Ita several
NWS." |
The memorial a granite shaft,
replace! a wooden frame which
cncloaed names of acrvicemen. The
wooden memorial waa in poor
condition.
Waathar Chart* Again
Available at N?w*-Tim?*
A second supply of Storm
Weather Chart*, distributed by the
U. S. Weather Bureau, Wilmington,
has been received by THE NEWS
TIMES
The charts are available at THE
NEWS-TIMES office free of charge.
They carry definition of storm
warning signal! and schedule of
weather radio broadcaata for the
North Carolina coast.
A. J. Williams Held
Under $1,000 Bond
Curtis Bell, Morehead City Negro, lost part of his left
leg as the result of a shotgun blast about midnight Satur
day. Being held by Morehead City authorities under
$1,000 bond is A. J. Williams, also a Morehead City Negro,
who is charged with the shooting.
Bell was taken to the Morehead City Hospital in the Dill
ambulance where his leg was am
putated a few inches above the
ankle.
Patrolman Homer Lewis of the
Morehead City police force, was in
Ihe patrol car at 10th and Avery
Street at the time of the shooting.
He noticed people running from
the home of Williams at 1000
Avery St. and radioed Capt. Buck
Newsome.
Bell Found
When Captain Newsome arrived,
the two officers went in the Wil
liams home and found Bell lying
on the floor, a pool of blood under
him and his left leg doubled back
"hanging by a shred of skin."
Captain Newsome said that
while waiting for the ambulance
to arrive. Bell told him that he had
been shot by Williams.
At the hospital, officers were
told that blood was needed to give
Bell transfusions and they went to
the north part of town and got
about IS colored people to go to
the hospital to give blood.
A. J. Picked Up
Then the officers went to the
home of James (Shorty) Williams.
A. J.'s brother, and there picked
up A. J.
He told them that Bell had ap
parently been drinking and had
come to his house to borrow a dol
lar. A. ?). gave him the dollar and
then Bell asked him for his pocket
knife. A. J said he gave him the
knife and then Bell turned on him.
With that, he said he grabbed a
single-barrel shotgun in the room
and fired at Bell from a distance
of about five feet. The gun was
loaded with buckshot.
Although that is the ?tory given
officers, they say ttoey believe the
two men were arguing over a
woman. They have been in fights
before, police said.
Williams is not expected to be
given a preliminary hearing until
Bell is discharged from the hos
pital.
Jaycees Search
For Men of Year
Beaufort and Morehead City
Jaycees are looking now for the
young man who has done the most
for each community during 1955.
Jack McManus, chairman of the
distinguished service award com
mittee for the Beaufort Jaycccs,
said that civic organizations will
be asked this week to present
nominees.
J. C. Harvcll, chairman of the
Morehead City DSA committee,
says nomination blanks have al
ready gone out to Morehead City
civic organisation*. Organisations
?re asked to return them by Thurs
day. Dec. 15. to R. B. Howard
who U "go-between" for the Jay
cees and the secret judging com
mittee.
Serving on Mr. McManus's com
mittee are Joseph Long and L. D.
Springlc. Beaufort's man of the
year will be named in February
?a will the Jaycee key man. The
key man ii the Jaycee who has
done the most for his organization.
Beaufort's man of the year will
be selected, as in the past, by a
secret committee.
Plans on Storm
Protection Will
Be Made Today
Dan Walker, a member of the
Citizens Advisory Panel on pro
tection from hurricanes, said yes
terday that soil conservation en
gineers will work this morning on
concrete recommendations for
this county.
The conservationists, including
David Jones of this county, will
meet with Mr Walker at the town
hall. They will draft general rec
ommendations as to the type of
projects to be undertaken and
specific recommendations as to
where these projects shall be car
ried out.
Mr. Walker said they hope to
plan long-range protection for
coastal communities in this coun
ty, highlighting the importance of
the Outer Banks.
The recommendations drawn up
this morning will be presented
this afternoon at the town hall to
Pearson H. Stewart, staff direc
tor of hurricane planning who is
on loan to North Carolina from
Warwick. R. I., and to Frank B.
Skrivanek, Greensboro, who is al
so working on the state hurricane
project.
Police Check
Three Accidents
Beaufort police investigated an
accident Friday night and two ac
cidents yesterday morning.
At 7:45 p.m. Friday a 1950 Ford
driven by William E. Crank Sr.,
route 1 Beaufort, collided with a
1952 Ford driven by Bobby C.
White, route 1 Beaufort. The ac
cident happened at Craven and
Ann Streets.
According to Officers Steve
Beachem and Robert Hudgiiu,
Crank pulled out into Ann Street
and struck White who was going
west. White was driving a car
owned by Carl Sadler. Beaufort.
Damage to each car was esti
mated at $28.
At 8 o'clock yesterday morning
a National Biscuit Co. truck. Wil
mington, struck a 1M7 Hudson
owned by Rufus Sewcll. The Hud
son was parked on Front Street.
The truck caught the rear bum
per of the car. Chief Guy Springle
estimated damage at MO to the
car. The truck was not damaged.
A car driven by Miss Mazie L.
Runyan. 203 S. 15th SL, Morehead
City, backed into a 1950 Plymouth
.station wagon driven by Gerald
Woolard, Beaufort, at 10 yesterday,
according to Chief Springle.
Miss Runyan was parked in front
of Ramsey Grocery. The left rear
bumper of her car hit the right
front fender of Woolard'i station
wagon. Damage was estimated at
*75. No charge* were (ttad.
1
News in a Nutshell
INTERNATIONAL
RUSSIA has exploded a big hy
drogen bomb. It was announced in
this country aeveral day* before
Russia announced it Snow and
rain falling in northern Japan,
after the explosion, was reported
radioactive ? probably the result
of the Russian blaat.
JAPAN is having trouble getting
its manufactured products, espe
cially textiles, on foreign markets.
Japan has banned all cotton tex
tile exports to this country until a
new program can be Worked >ut.
Some say that unless frt orlri
nations buy Jspan's ?' ic will
be edged closer and closer to the
China and Russian irsrkets.
NATIONAL
. WILL EISENHOWER run next
year? That's the big question both
ering both Republicans and Demo
crats. Ike met yesterday in hia of
fice at Gettysburg with Republican
National Chairman Leonard Hall.
EX-rUflUHCNT Harry Truman
IS Dusy Dealing me Democratic
tom tom. Saturday night he was
made an honorary member of the
Swinomiah Indian tribe at a ban
uet at Seattle, Wash.
STATE
GOV. LUTHER HODGES is
scheduled to make a major addreas
tomorrow night. Some seem to
think he may announce then
whether he will seek the governor
ship in 19M. Like Adlai. there's
hardly any doubt that he will, but
when is he going to admit it?
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR can
didates have been shaken up by
the withdrawal of State Sen. Joe
C. Eagles Jr. Thia opens the way
for others, including Alonio C. Ed
wards of Hookcrton who appeared
at a Farm Bureau meeting in
Morehead City thia fall.
TOBACCO BELT, Eastern Caro
lina flue cured, cloaed Ita 1(88 aN
son Wednesday with the cloaing of
the Rocky Mount and Wilaoa mar
kets.