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Robesonian (Newspaper) - June 19, 1998, Lumberton, North Carolina FRIDAY JUNE 19 1998 Volume 130 No 100 Holdings Inc All Rights Reserved 35 cents 11 plane crash Page SPORTS Stewart takes early lead in US Open Page IB RELIGION Church signs instead of singing Tobacco growers remain wary ELLEN CHURCH STAFF WRITER County tobacco farmers news that a tobacco went up in smoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday but they still worry about the crops future Larry Sampson a Rowland farmer and the president of the NC Tobacco Growers Association said he wont be satisfied until something is done that works for growers and tobacco compa nies We felt it was a bad with a lot of things wrong with it he said this morning There was some funding If a is going to put the people out of business who are buying the tobacco then we dont want it Larry Sampson Robeson County tobacco farmer included in it for the farmers but it was not good for the industry And if a is going to put the people out of business who are buying the tobacco then we dont want it The would have placed an addi tional tax on a pack of cigarettes which would have raised about billion during the next 25 years Supporters said it was designed to dis Related story courage young people from starting to smoke Industry officials worried that the increased price of cigarettes might eventually kill their business Bobby Britt grows about 60 acres of the leaf in Orrum I was glad I didnt see this one pass he said This didnt leave much room for the companies to profit and if you cant make a profit then youre out of business Everett Davis the director of the countys Cooperative Extension Service said the death of the leaves farmers future filled with uncertainty On one side theres some relief that this massive that got way out of hand finally stopped Davis said On the other hand they know the battle is not over It leaves them in a position of indecision Many farmers arent that concerned about growing tobacco and contending with their everyday prob lems theyre use to that But its the uncertainty that looms about their future and that kind of stress is difficult Please see FARMERS page St Pauls robbery suspect arrested SCOTT WITTEN STAFF WRITER FAYETTEVILLE A man suspected in the robbery of a St Pauls bank turned himself Thursday after noon Gerald E 1 1 s w o r th Generette 32 walked into the civil section of Housefire GENERETTE Sheriffs Department about 3 pm and asked the two deputies work ing there if they had any war rants for his arrest according to Please see ARREST page 11 A Tentative OK given to bond approve the bonds in November the state would offer million in water and sewer grants to local governments RALEIGH AP Towns would get million in help for water and sewer projects while natural gas companies would get million in inducements to extend their lines under a tentatively approved by the Senate Our rivers start pristine and clean in the mountains but as they trickle east they become dirtier and dirtier said Sen John Kerr DWayne before the Senate voted 480 for the bond Please see BOND page 11 A STAFF MIOTO m STEVE HIMBERT Ol t ril MtltK Lumberton firefighters perch themselves atop a burning home on Chestnut Street late Thursday night Authorities say the fire may have been caused by an electrical short in a refrigerator Damage was estimat ed at See story 2A Proposed could drive economy up BlG BOOST NC State University economist Mike Walden says the county could reap great benefits but it wont happen overnight SCOTT STAFF WRITER LAURINBURG The proposed Interstate could boost the economy of the towns and cities in those corridors but it wont happen overnight or be easy an economist told a group of business and civic leaders Thursday night Michael Walden a professor of economics at North Carolina State University made the remarks during the statewide meeting of the Interstate Association in Laurinburg About 100 people attended the meeting including state Rep Douglas Yongue Robeson County commission ers Johnny Hunt and EB Turner Lumberton Please see MEETING page Lawyer charged with murdering pregnant wife NY AP When Michael Laudor battled the demons of mental illness he did it very publicly and said I can be a role model If a murder charge is to be believed he lost the battle very publicly too Laudor 35 a lawyer whose achievements had made him an inspiration to fellow schizophrenics and the subject of a Hollywood movie project was charged Thursday with killing his pregnant girlfriend Her repeatedly stabbed body was found a day ear lier in the apartment they shared a few miles north of New York City Laudor had fled the riverside village for Cornell University in upstate Ithaca He surrendered there and was driven back for arraignment Please see LAWYER page WALDEN Tournament to honor late judge JENNI BREWER STAFF WRITER LUMBERTON Gardner a former district court judge was remembered Thursday night with words A golf tournament that the Lions Club of Lumberton will estab lish should ensure that the late judge continues to be remembered He was a patient caring kind judge known as an excellent judge throughout the state particularly in juvenile law Sam Britt a retired judge read from a proclamation that he wrote Earl Davis presidentelect of the club said members felt that honor ing the former Lion would be a golden idea Bennie Gardner the judges wife gave the club per mission She attended Thursday nights ceremony which was held at Robeson Community College Britt said Gardner deserved the honor for his spirit of service to Lumberton He his own memories of GARDNER spoke of Gardner I remember him as a law student at Wake Forest a district court judge a Sunday School teacher deacon and treasurer at the First Baptist Church a secretary and treasurer at the Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the Robeson Baptist Association He loved children and was an out standing husband and father he said After reading the proclamation he presented the framed document to Mrs Gardner The annual tournament will serve as the clubs main fundraiser Davis said the club expects to raise Please see JUDGE page Outgoing Lions Club President Dwight Holcomb left con Lion of the Year Tom Williams STUT nioTo BREWER

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