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Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
LOVERS
Near BishOpviIlc

Mrs. Mary A. Hudson, wife ol
Stephen H. Hudson passed away on
Monday. January 27. She leaves
three children, Mrs. Sam Eashum of
BayVille, Mrs William Ennis OF
near BishopviIle. Mrs. George Lewis
of ROxana, a number of grandchil-
dren and one brother of st. Mar
tins Neck.
Miss Helen Ennis is very i'll with
measles. Many other children have
them. u
Mrs. Donald Harmon has been on
the sick list but is able 10 be out
again.
Miss Myrtle Ennis who has been
staying with her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary A. Hudson. since the death of
Mr.. Hudson has returned home TO
stay. e A
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Smith Of wa
liamsYille are the proud parents OF
a fine baby girl. Mother and baby
are doing fine. n@
Big time at Milford Emergency
Hospital Card Party February 1. in
Community Building, Milford You
and your friends are invited
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Mr. and Mrs 2. II Mason were
guests Of hir. ana Mrs. steven Hud-
son at Coolspring on Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Morris entertained the
members Of her Sunday school class
and their wives and sWeethearts at
q delightful party al her home last
Iuesday evening Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. Alton Carey, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Rust, air and Mrs.
Frank Davidson, Mr.. aud Mrs. Az
bert Davidson and daughter. Mr..
aud Mrs. william 4. Rfetiyman. Mr.
and Mrs. J.. Hl3yfl Lingo. ConWell
Dodd, Pearl Koepple. James Jarvis.
Jerald Pasa ana Mr. and Mrs. T. Z.
Mason.
This Friday. February q the Red
Cross is holdias the first Of a SER
structing an adults who are inter-
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton left
here Monday for Hot Springs, Ark.
where they viii spend a Few weeks.
Cottage prayer meetings are being
held at different homes on Wednes-
day evenings. This week the meeting
was held at The home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. T. +. Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al. w Hickman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Rust were the
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel War
rington near Oak Orchard on SUM
day.
Mrs. Annie Stewart Is now spend
ing some time with her daughter.
Mrs. Edith Barker.
William Hickman has moved the
dwelling house which he purchased
from Senator Walls to his lot south
Of Harbeson.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Miss Pearl Koeppie and gonwol
Dodd were dinner guests Of Mr and
Mrs. James Calhoun IN Georgetown
on Sunday.
The electric line has been extend
ed to the farm Of Hslon smith. an.
and Mrs Smith now have electric
lights and an modern electrical ap-
pliances installed in their home.
On Friday afternoon. Mrs. Annie
Lingo Of C0olsprins called on u. Il
Walls and ON Sunday afternoon MIR.
Walls had as his guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Parker, Of Georgetown
and David Webster Of Lincoln uni
versity. Pa.
Big time at Milford Emergency
Hospital Card Party. February II. in
Community Building, Milford You
and your friends are invited
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
Sentence Woman
w Sussex Court
on Liquor Count
TCOnImHrd fr0m Firsf pagr1

LConfpned fran Eisf Pagel
Pierce Trader. "A years old. Of
near Milford, charged with larceny
Of 10 bushels Of corn from John o.
Mitchell, OF near Milford, was pa
rolled Tor one year to Charles Short,
Of Milford. ta Sank
Roland King, negro, of near
Bridgeville, was paroled for one.
year and ordered 70 pay the cost Of
] prosecution on charge Of larceny
Of q barrel Of cider from CLAYTON
Smith, OF near Bridgeville, on Octo-
ber 20.
The grand Jury indicted Lester
Henry, q years old. Of laurel, on q i
charge Of larceny Of two COWS from
James c. Vincent, near Laurel, on
November 8. Sentence was deferred. !
John +. Phillips, Of RehobOth |
Beach, was placed under a tempor-
airy order to pay So week for the /
support of his minor child, Patricia, 4
3 years old. The money is to be paid |
to the child's mother, Mrs. Margaret
Z. Phillips, Of Wilmington.
Other indictments found on Monday
were: Mrs. BESSIE J. Dean, near Sea-
ford. assault ana battery on Alice NJ
johnson; Ewel Holland. Laurel. break
ing and entering and larcenyi William
T. Wolling, Northwest Fork District.
desertion and nom support; A. y. JEFF
fersOn. Broadldln District, desertion
and nOn-support.
Bills ignored by the grand jury on
Monday wera: Against William Pretty
man, Seaf1rd District, illegal possess
sion Of liquor on November 81; Mrs
Bessie J. Dean. assault and battery on
=. Tull near Seaiord, on De-
cember 81: Alfred S. Belts desertioD
and non-suPpOrt Of his wife, Mrs. Ad-
die n. Belts, ard daughter, Ava aged
On Mondag. the first day OF Superior
Court, was cOnlaed to hearing divorce
cases. Chief Justice Daniel J. Layton
and judge Richards presided.
The following eases were heard ana
! decree nisi granted on the grounds
Il desertiOn: Mrs. Grace Elizabeth kel7
y. Nanticoke District. from Thomas
Edward Kelly; Mrs. Beatrice Anderson
nan Dukes: Thomas Bayard Hudson Of
ielbyville, from Mrs. Elizabeth J. Hud-
on; Norman ID. King. Of Lewes. from
frs. RhOda King; Mrs Frances +.
IeGinnes. little Greek District, from
Ohm f. McGlnnes: Mrs Beulah Ben
on Hudson. OF Milford. from Allen D.
Mrs. Ethel Y. Pride. Of LeWes. .
rom Samuel y. Pride; Mrs. Anna :
tudley Blades. Of Laurel, from Will
am A. Blades; Mrs. Martha " Banks.
Alillsbor0. from Virgil Edward
anks: Joseph 3. Millman. OF Rehoboth
ON Mrs Sallie C. SIillman; Mrs Ha-
4 L. Draper. Cedar Creek District.
ON George d. Draper.
The cases Of Wade a Ellis vs.. Jor-
e Ellis, and Mrs Julia FITZGERALD
ltedge Us. Ernest Stewart Ratledge
I'VE been set fOr February H. Other
Yorce cases have been continued.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
PLANS COMPLETE FOR
HOSPITAL CARD PARTY

[Coafinned from Fiyt PegeI
The following is list Of th
prizes;
/ leather bags
I leather bag filed with soap
2 boxes stationery
l mirror
/ dictionary
/ pewter pitcher
l electric heater
I electric heater
/ electric IRON
1,electric 1 sandwich toaster
electric egg cooker
cracker Jar oase
silk gown
floor mop
2 boxes bath powder
4 cartons cigarettes
/ houbigant's set (Quelques
Fluerss) 4Pt
2 bridge sets
! ash receiver
] silver bon bon dish
! silver coffee set
1table lamp st
4. tray Win ASH receivers
], cigarette set
pair sheets
] ladies' pocketbook
Cara Nome set q creams and
lotion)
/ box cigars
1 Park Davis set Ccream and To-
tion) te s H
! vanity and cigarette set
] tray l
cork mat
bridge set with poker chips
l book GThe Constitution Of the
4 United States'' E
4 gentlemen's iiandkerchiefs
l gentlemen's muffler 4etn
/ umbrella
/ angel food cake
2 bottle sets.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
LAY PLANS FOR P, I. A,
CONVENTION IN APRIL

[COHfigHed from FiFst Pagfl
the camera. The legends will be by
Miss Eta ]. Wilson, executive sec
retary of the Delaware Parent-Tea-
cher Association, which is providing
the. materials. The Delaware Citi-
zens Association is contributing to
the success of the project, in which
many teachers and pupils are shar-
ing.
Five large associations have al
ready reported total membership
of 1850. Last year there was a Is
per cent increase in the member
ship of the State as whole.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
HARRESON

The Harbeson-Coolspring Home
Demonstration Club will meet at
the home Of Mrs. Fred Walls, next
Tuesday afternoon, February II.
The subject viii be Recreation"
and will be presented by the lead
ers, Mrs. Meta Mason and Mrs. AL
berta WagamOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kopple of
Arlington, N. J., spent the week
end with Mr. Kopple's parents. Mir.
and Mrs, Hugo E. Kopple.
Wilbur Warrington who Is em-
ployed on lightshin, is spending a
few days here with his mother, Mrs.
Leta Warrington.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Z les Of six meetings az the school
house here for ihe purpose Of in-
ested Ia .'Firsl Aid This couree
viii be conducted by a. NJ. Potter
Of the Delaware Chapter 81 the
American Red Cross Association. Ffo
Is cooperating with the Hafbeson-
Coolsnring Home Decentralization
Club IN bringing this free frirst Aid
service to the people of this CONF
munity All who are interested n
taking this first aid course will
nlease see Mrs. Joseph Hunter.
president Of The HarbeaonzCooI-
spring Home Demonstration Club.
The first lesson IS being given to-
night. so al interested should be
present a the school house az 7i80.
The second class viii be held nest
Friday night, February ~.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
CCC DRIVERS JOIN
IN SAFETY CAMPAIGN
LTnrn 70 Page 5, PIeasel

CCC camps have led this Corps Area
for a majority Of the twenty-six
months since the first two were
established here. The state in the
Second Corps Area are. New York,
New Jersey and Delaware.
Federal regulations controlling the
OF CCC trucks are in many
respects more stringent than the
laws Of the State, and a driver may
be summarily discharged for a viola
lion of the driving rules.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
U. OF D. ALUMNI PLANS
REUNION FEBRUARY ~
[CoNlinned from 80 "a

[Coafinaed from First Psgel
Physics Laboratory, the gymnasium,
the Women's College gymnasiurl
and dinging hall during the early
afternoon; music ia Mitchell Hall
from Z until o'clock; dinner at 6
o'clock and basketball game with
Washington COLLEGE at $3.50 O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
THE CHURCH OF GOD
Clara MuIIlkln, Pastor

btcDhH ana FeHF bts7 NOflh MIIIVfu
Sunday. February 3
1000 a. m.-Sunday School.
11:00 a. m.-SeTVices. t
1880 p. m.-Song service.
500 p. m.-Preaching.
Evangelistic meetings each eve
ming except Saturday, Pauline Moore
gospel singer, other helpers expected.
Come out and enjoy the services with
MS,
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Time heals all scars-but you
can't make a woman believe this
when she discovers her first
wrinkle.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
West Second Street

NIUOFu Us UFbIUtF9 pa9IUE
Sunday, February 8
1000 a. m.-Bible School.
1900 a. m.-Worship service.
6:34 p. m.-B. Y. P. U.
1880 p. m.-Preaching service.
You are welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH
Rev. c. w. SehelhQuse, Pastor
9:45 a. m.-Sunday School.
1900 a. m.--Preaching.
200 p. m.--SOng and praise service.
$500 p. m.-sPreaching.
Mid-week prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening at 1880 o'clock.
A warm welcome is extended to all.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
CHRIsTIAN sCIENCE S0eIETY

I NWMI0IIAN OLEENLE 1UDILIL
Branch of The First Church Of
Christ, Scientist, IN Boston, Mass.
Services every Sunday at IL a. N.
Sunday School at same hour.
Wednesday evening meeting, first
Wednesday in each month at 8 D. m
In Grange Hall, Milford. Del.
Il makes whale Of a difference
if you serve hot foods on hot dishes
and cold foods on chilled dishes.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

MaripOsa Peaches, z lg. cans 27c
LeGrande Spinach, zig, cans 2lc
MusseImans Apple Sauce, 2 cans 13c
Pine Cone Tomatoes, 2 med. cans 13c
LeCrande Tomatoes. 2 med. cans 17c
LeGrande Sw. Potatoes, 2 &. cans 17c
Muss. Pie Cherries, z med cans 25c
LeGrands Tender Gr. Peas, 2 Sss S 23c
LeGrande String Beans, 2 med. cans l5c
Libbys Saar Kraut, 2 &. cans. l5c
HUFF 5 Pork 6 Beans, 2 &. cans I5c
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07

Rockwoeds Cocos, 2-lb. pkg. l5c
jug Vanilla -pts. 1Oc
Jelly Eggs 2 lbs. 23c
COTtOns FilIet Mackerel, caa I8c
Paper Napkins, sos, 2pkgs. l9c
LsGrande Toilet PapeT, 4Eolls 19c
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH

"The ChurCh % the Teaching Book
REV. +. BAILEY Pastor.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1896
300 m,Class meeting. A ipsPiratipna
1000 Church wilkins Hero
for all who are not in any church school.
Preaching
all at an Of these services
GAS p. m-society Of Youth. All young people
1890 do thee
good
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
New Deal Support
Held Steady Here
During Past Year

President Roosevelt's New Deal
sca~cely suffered any loss in strength
IN this city during the past year, ac-
cording to re suits Of the Literary
Digest poll as announced hero today.
According to data covering a num-
Der Of cities and towns Of the State,
Us furnished to tho Daily Dispatch
" the Literary Digest, the 1886
poll showed SO 70" and % against the
New Deal policies out Of a total Of
rs votes mailed from this city Thie
compared with the results Of the 1884
poll, which showed ~ supporting
votes and 10 negative votes for a total
0f 81 cast in this city.
Most Of the cities and towns shown
in the compilation showed heavy per-
cottages still backing the New Deal.
More votes were mailed in the latest
poll than in 1884 in nearly every COM
munity listed. and III most Of them
the ratio Of streng-h for the President
was virtually maintained.
The latest poll showed for Durham
800 for and 1872 against, as compared
10 321 for am 81 against in 1884. Ra-
leigh gave $50 for and 273 against in
1884 and Az for and 106 against in
1884. Figures for Charlotte showed
$50 for and 554 against in 1880 and
before A considerable change occur
red, however. in High Point. where
the latest poll showed 2!2 for and
213 against. as compared with PIT
for and 81 against in 1894.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
EVANS BAKERY IS
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Blaze Early Sunday Results
In Loss Estimated
Above $4,000

Fire did damage carly Sunday
morning TO the Evans Bakery and the
building in which it is located. csti-
mated at considerably i'll excess OF
$4,000, partly covered by insurance
The bakery business and equipment
was owned by L. y. Evans. and the
building it occupied is the property
of l.. r. Gooch.
Fire Chief f. L. Shepherd said Mr.
Evans estimated his damage at $10.-
500. with insurance OF $4,000. One
thousand dollars will probably cover
the damage to the building, which is
understood to have been insured.
Mr. Evans and j. ID. Harris were
sitting in the front OF the building
ut about 9 o'clock when an explosion
occurred. It blew out a portion of the
front, facing on South Garnet street,
and shattered the plateglass window.
The baking room was badly dam
aged the flames. which are thought
TO have originated either there or in
the basement underneath. One theory
was that coke in the basement be
came ignitnd and generated the gas
that caused the explosion that dam
aged the front of the structure.
Mr. Evans purchased the bakery
about two years ago, and has o'~nt
and operated it continuously since
that time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
STOCKHOLDERS OF
ROSE IN MEETING
Annual Session Held in
Home Offices of Com
pany Last Saturday
OLD OFFICERS NAMED
No Changes in Directors or Officials;
Last Year BY Far Best in His
tory of Business; To
Open New Stores
OLD OFFICERS NAMED

Stockholders of the Rose 5-1025c
stores Company held their annual
meeting in the company's home Of
fices here last Saturday, heard the
annual financial statement for 1885
and elected all old directors and Of
Ecsrs for another year.
The financial statement showed last
year to have been the biggest and
best in the history Of the company.
This statement will not be released
until next Saturday. at which time it
will BE- mailed to stockholders, to-
rether with dividend checks. It was
learned, however, that volume and
profits were highly satisfactory to the
shareholders.
Directors reelected were p. H
Rose. II. f. Rose. Jr., r. w. Bruin, II.
p. Butcher N. Is. Rose and Harry O.
Latham. the latter Of New York. The
only officers are p. II. Rose, preSi-
dent and treasurer, and T. &. Rose,
Jr.. vicc-president and secretary. both
If whom were reelected ALL dircc .ors
were present for the meeting.
The company, which operates in the
five southern states of North Caro-
lima. South Carolina Virginia, Ten
ncsscc and Georgia. had 81 stores ut
the end Of 1885. Fixtures are now be-
ing Installed for two new stores to
BE- opened at HEREFORD and Robertson
willie. in this state. and n Guiding is
being renovated in Mount Olive, near
Goldsboro, for new store to be open
ed in the spring. These will be Nos.
88, SO and 80. respectively. a lease
has been signed for Il new store i'll
Masyvilc, Tenn. which will be open
ed in the spring, making the 9lst
store. The goal for 1896 is a total Of
100 stores in the five states.
The first store was opened in Hen
dcrson in March, 1915
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
MRS, REED BURIED
SUNDAY AT EPSON
Died Saturday Evening Aft
er an Illness of About
Two Weeks

Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at o'clock for Mrs. Vlr-
ginia Reed, 65, widow of the late NJ.
p. Reed, who died at her home Sat
urday evening at Z o'clock. She had
been a resident of Henderson for 81
years, though a native Of Warren
county. where she was born in 1871.
She had been i'll two weeks.
Rev Albert S. Hale, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Henderson,
was in charge Of the services, and in
termcnt was in the cemetery at Lib
erty Christian church at EPSON. Mrs.
Reed was member of North Hen
derson Baptist church the last ten
years.
Mrs. Reed is survived by three chill
dren, John Reed, Mrs. Annie Rober-
son and Mrs. Minnie Hancock, all of
Henderson.
Pallbearcrs for the funeral were an
rounccd as follows: Ollie Hinton, Will
Perry, Mitchell Robinson, p. M. Por-
ter, T. p. Gholson, Horace M. Rob
inSOn, !. w, Gill.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
Municipal Heads
Meet at Raleigh
Tuesday Evening

M%yor Irvine y. Watkins viii likely
hca" = delegation or city officials
from Henderson, to attend the meet
ing &C. municipal n?r ~ RALEIGH to-
morrrnv "verir". He said he planned
to attend. but did net know lust how
many others would 20.
The meeting Embrace; cities and
towns located in the counties Gf
Wake. Vance. Durham. Franklin.
Granville, Johnston and Person. The
meeting is under tho auspices CT the
North Carolina League Of Municipal
Ties as one of n series planned over
the State. a dinner il to be held NJ
G:30 p. lii. in tn" ST" Walter hotel
when the City OF Raleigh will be host
A rOund-tabla discussion on municipal
problems will follow. according to
Mayor George A. Isclcy. who is IL
charge of arrangements.
The primary purpose OF the meet
| ing is said to be to cauble the attend
ing officials to become better nc
quainted with one another and with
the prC lens confronting the cities
and towns represented. The discuf-
sions are to be used as q basis for
future Legislative programs.
Meetings Of this tyne have hNea
held recently in Fay etteville, Burline-
ton, Rockingham. Elizabeth City,
4 Rocky Mount, and. Kinston, with the
host city furnishing the dim or for
I those attending $1,000 =,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
NO MOVE YET FOR
POST OFFICE LOT

Although it was announced from
Washington in the fall that the gov
eminent would start condemnation
proceedings to obtain the vacant lot
to the rear of the post office for en-
largnment Of the Federal building
here no steps in that direction have
been taken as yet, so far as has been
learned here. The property belongs to
the Masons of Henderson, and the
government refused to pay the price
tho fraternal order men asked for
their property. Just when there win
be some developments has not been
learned
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
NEGRO HURT WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
Orange Blossom Special
Nicks Rear of Car At
Andrews Avenue

Thomas Wilson, 30-year-old Negro
was being treated at Jubilee hospital
today for a bruised right leg and
abdomen. which he sustained Satur-
day night when he was riding in an
automobile driven by Tom Day, an
other Negro, and in which were three
other Negroes, was struck Fcy Sea-
board Air Lines crack tourist train
Orange Blossom Special" at An
drcws avenue crossing about 1890
o'clock Saturday night.
The automobile had almost cleared
the track, the train hitting the car
in the back, hurting it out of it's path.
This was t;4e second such accident
in three days at this crossing A truck
was demolished there Thursday morn
ing.
The Negroes were cnroutc to their
homes in Warren county, near Vicks-
horo.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
Temperature M i n m u m
During Night IL Degrees,
With Sharp Drop
for Tonight
FIVE INCHES SNOW
REGISTERED HERE
Minimum of Zero or There
abouts Promised for To-
night by Weather Forecast;
Has Been That Once This
Winter; Snow Does Not
Melt Very Rapidly

The third snow Of the winter cover
cd this city and section today. ana
along with it came a fresh icy Diast
from out Of the north to send the
mercury tumbling to low levels One
of the coolest nights of the winter
was forecast for tonight
The official Weather Bureau read
ing announced today showed mini
mum Sunday night of II degrees, with
five inches of snow recorded. Fore
casts were for a minimum tonight OF
zero to five degrees above.
The snow melted very slowly today,
ana. while bright sun shined all day
there was stiff breeze from the
north which neutraliZed much of the
warmth Of the sun,
Traffic was slowed down slightly
as the result cf the snow, hut street.
and highways were cleared as fast as
workmen could get around TO them.
80 far as could re learned here. mono
of the rural schools had been eus-
pended because of the buses being
chokad down by the snow
After a CLOUDY day. the snow began
falling about O'Clock Sunday after
noon and fell continuously untI We'll
on past midnight. The sun broke
through he clouds early il the morn
ing TO-DAY. however, and shincd pr2c-
tically ell day
The first biz snow Of the winter
came in the middle Of December and
was followed by = still heavier one
the Sunday before Christmas. That
,.emained on the ground for nearly a
week after the second snow, during Il
7acricd when temperatures rose as
high as freezing only two or three
times day or night. for nearly two
weeks
This snow followed as weather had
moderated very slightly from another
frinid ia t that struck about the
middle Of last week. Little relief Is
promised for tomorrow, but some
moderation is looked for by Wednes-
DAY OF Thursday.
No serious wrecks were reported
today as the result OF the snow, Du1
slippery streets and highways caus-
"a a number of minor collisions.
The staep Greystone hill several
rifles north OF The city caused trouble
for some cars shat found difficulty IN
:,akirg thu GRADES. Traffic was con-
rested on the Hcnderson-OXfOrd high
way also. as the result Of the slippery
condition OF the pavement near Ruin
creek and State Highway Patrolman
Cooke was called to the scene to get
the cars moving again.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
Five Realty Deeds
Placed on Records
of Vance Registry

Five realty deeds were placed on the
Vance registry Saturday, four of them
being property in the suburbs.
j. w. Evans, ct al. sold to J. j.,
Huff and wife for $4,000 106.6S acres
of land lying in Vance and Warren
counties.
J. l.. Cash and wife sold TO Mrs.
Lizzie r.. Johnson two lots III South
Henderson for 500 and other consid-
erationS.
Lottie Davis ct al gave a quit claim
decd to J. II. Brodic and wife for 81
and consideration to lot on Sherman
street.
j. II. Brodie and rife sold to w. S.
Goodwin and wife a lot on Country
Club Road for $40 and other consid~
crations.
!. II. Brodie and wife conveyed TO
Ray w. Goodrich and wife for $40 and
considerations lot on West End
Drive
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-27
WHITE FARMERS IN
COUNTY INCREASING
But Decline in Colored
Farmers Is Seen During
Five-Year Period

The number of white farmers j.,
Vance county increased by nearly
one-fifth and colored farmers decroac
ed slightly in the five-year period
from 1890 to 1885, according to n snr
vey Of the entire State as shown in
the current issue Of the Univorsi,,
of North Carolina News Letter, copjcs
of which have just been received here
The report shows that there were
2,561 farms In Vance county in 1Q35
and there were 1880 white fnrmors
or an increase of 1913 percent, at that
time. There were 1851 colored farm.
crs, for q decrease of 60 percent dur
ing the five-year period, the s1lrvo,.
shows. Vance stood 31st in the 100
counties Of the State in the Increase
in numrcer of farms.
Warren county was 4Sth, with 2
1877 farms. and 1,123 farmers, for an
Increase Of 1871 percent, and 2,06t col
ored farmers, for an increase of 50
percent. Franklin county. standing
39th in the State, showed 4,l60 farms
in 1885, and 1857 white farmers for
an increase of 81 percent and 1893
colorcd farmers, for n decrease of II
percent. Granville county. ranking
99th with only Person below it, had
3,27S farms in 1885, with 1922 white
farmers, FOR a decrease Of 3.3 percent
and 1856 colored farmers, represent
ing II decrease Of 20.A percent
The figures for the State as q whole
showed 3O0,967 farms in the State in
1855, with 231 ,59l white farmers, or ali
increase Of AL percent. and G9,373
colorcd farmers. which was de
crease Of 9.S percent