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Watch th« Label MI Your Paper As It Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXI—NUMBERSO COMMISSIONERS SET THIS ELDER SYLVESTER HASSELL, NOTED EDUCATOR AND CHURCHMAN, DIES AT HIS HOME HERE LAST SATURDAY LARGE CROWD AT FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY Nationally Known As Lead . er in Primitive Baptist Church RENOWNED WRITER Many Prominent North Carolinians Here To Attend Funeral of Man Universally Loved Sylvester Hassell, devoted and be loved throughout the State as an elder in the Primitive Baptist Church, died at his home here last Saturday after noon at the age of 86 years. For weeks and even months Elder Hassell had been in declining health, but the love for his work added to his strength, and it was hardly a week ago that he be came inactive and turned to his bed to spend his last few days on earth. Los ing consciousness early Saturday morn ing, he slept peacefully, the end com ing at 1 .30 p'clock. With hundreds of friends and rela tives from the county, State, and other sections coming to pay their last re spects to the beloved minister, the fu neral was held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment was made in the Skewarkey cemetery beside many of liis people buried there. The funeral service was conducted by Elder J. C. Moore, of Whitakers. Speaking touchingly of the love and admiration he had for the deceased, Mr. Moore recounted the friendship of his father, the late Andrew Moore, for EJRrr Hassell He used the one han » #ed and third Psalm in the service. Elder New some H. Harrison, an as sociate of Elder Hassell for more than 60 years in the Primitive Baptist faith, I fittingly paid his tribute of love and friendship multiplied many fold dur ing their years of service together. El der Harrison's words were truly touch ing, showing the esteem and love held by him for Dr. Hassell and his works. Elders S. B. Denny and A. B. Den son made short talks, expressing their appreciation of the useful life of Elder Hassell. At the grave Elders B. S. Cowan and j J. H. Rogerson spoke a few words, commending the life as led and preached by their leader. Several hymns, all favorite opes of Elder Has sell, were sung. The large floral offer ing, covering the grave many times, expressed the esteem in which the churchman was held by numbers of friends. R. J. Peel, John D. Biggs, Grover W Hardison, C. D. Carstarphen, Clay ton Moore, and W. C. Manning served active pall bearers. Sylvester Hassell was born in Wil- Humston ( July 28, 1842, the son of Cushing B. and Mary Davis Hassell. When he was only 4 years old his mother died, leaving him for three years without the care and attention of a mother. When the boy was 7 years old, his father married Mrs. Martha M. Jewett, of New Hampshire, who proved a real mother to the then 7- year-old lad. Not only did she show him every kindness and attention, but! she also served as a spiritual teacher and helper. Elder Hassell said of her in later years that she was the most spiritual-minded person he ever knew. Early in his youth he became a faith ful student and attended the William ston After completing the courses offered there, he entered 'the University of North Carolina at 16 years of age, where he remained until the fall of Fort Hatteras in August, STRANfY THEATRE IJ WEDNESDAY TOM MIX in THE WESTERN STAR SUPREME Alto 2 - REEL COMEDY And Serial "The Jungle Goddess" and FREE TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY THE ENTERPRISE- ELDER SYLVESTER HASSELL | i Dr. Hassell, was a noted liuguist, educator, and teacher, and who was recognized as the neatest leader in the United States of the Primitive Bap tist Church, died at his home here Saturday in his eighty-sixth year. t 1861. He was the leader of hi* classes A that institution and was said to have hern one of the best scholar* the Uni versity ever graduated. In laters years c ue of his teachers was asked in what special branch he was best, atul he re plied in all branches. After he had completed the college course the University conferred the de gree of Master of Arts on him, in 1867. Dr. Kemp I'. Battle sought his services as teacher of moral philoso phy, but Dr. 1 lasse!! learned that Dr. Mangum, an older man, desired the position, and he wrote Dr. Battle and asked that his name be withdrawn. In 1880 he returned to the Univer sity, where he gave illustrated lectures on astronomy during the summer nor mal school. Several years ago the University conferred the honory degree of Doctor of Laws on Elder llas.sell. Although lie was examined for en trance into the Confederate service a half a dozen times lie was never able to fulfill the physical requirements, and the only service he saw was secretarial, serving the Martin County Militia. As a teacher, Kldcr Sylvester Has k«;l achieved great success. In 1869 lie was elected professor of the, chair of ancient languages in the State Normal College of Delaware. The salary of college professorships then was $1,200 per year. In 1870 the first William Penn Graded School was organized at Newcastle, Del., and he was placed at the head of this institution. There were several of the William Penn Grad ed Schools established and supported Lv land grand endowments which Wil liam Penn had provided a century prior to that time. The salary paid in these schools was higher than in the colleges, amountnig to $1,500 annually, and the work was considered more im portant. While in Delaware Klder Hassell was married to Miss Mary Isobel Yar rcll. of Wllllatftitoti. To them am child was born, Paul. Soon thereafter Mrs. Hassell died and Elder Hassell resigned as the head of the Newcastle Graded School and returned home. In 1872 he took charge of the Wil son Collegiate Institute, where he did his greatest work as a teacher, giving courses which rated high in the edu cational field of that day. Many young men received their training there, in both bead and heart,, that was the basis of successful and prominent lives. Among them were prominent ministers of the gospel, statesmen, and business men, including Governor Aycock, Judge Frank A. Daniels, Josephus Daniel*, and H. Short. Several of his old students, Judge Frank A. Dan iels, of Goldsboro; Rev, C. W- How ard, of Kinston; Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh; Calvin Woodard, of Wilson; Mr*. J. Calvin Clark, of Wilson; . and Mr. J. A. Westbrook, of Mount Olive, attended his funeral and stood with bowed heads a* hi* body wa* lowered to the grave. For 14 year* he labored in Wilson. On May 3, 1876, he married Mi** Fran ce* Louisa Woodard, of Wilson. To them were born *even children, three of them dying while young. Frank S. Hassell, of V(il*on; Charlie, of Jack' •onville, Fla.; afTd Calvin, of Washing- Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 21, 1928 RIVER IS STILL RISING HERE Crest-of FTood Not Expect ed To Be Reached Until Tomorrow i Additional rains in the Roanoke wa ttrshed has sent the stream out of its banks here, and a gradual rise is ex pected until about Wednesday. Ac cording to those best acquainted with flood waters here, the river will go a bcut 8 or 10 inches higher than it is ti id-ay before it will start falling. The water* is in the warehouses, but there was no damage, as the freight had been n moved. The effects of the last rains expected to cause a second rise here the latter part of the week, but it is thought that the second rise will not be as high as the present one. While the damage along the banks in Ibis section has been noticeable, it is not expected to be of a serious nature. ton. I). C.J survive. Mary, who mar ried John L. Hassell, died several ,-ycarn ago. His' wife died in 18M9. In 188(1 his father, Elder C. B. -Has- 1 | >ell died, after four years of la'bor in writing a history of the Kchukee I Primitive • Baptist Association. After | lii> death the task of completing the I church history fell upon his son, Syl ; vester, who worked for. six years in gathering material for the book. He iif/et! many of the leading historical authorities of the world, both ancient and modern, to find and prove facts for his works. Many historians of the State place it among the finest works ever written by a North Carolinian. In 1886 lie gave up the school work I in Wilson and returned to the home of ' his birth, where he again took charge |of the Williamston Academy. He . taught for several years, serving sev- community at the same time. On account of failing health he stopped teaching in 1890. Elder Hassell joined the Primitive baptist Church at Skewarkee January 7, 1864. He began preaching I)ecem ,l er 10, 1871. After retiring from the teaching profession, he traveled ex tensively, covering the territory from Canada to Mexico and preaching in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada. At the death of his father, C. B. Has sell, in 1881, he became pastor of the church af Skewarkey, which service he continued until his death 48 years lat er. The father and *on served the s;me church continuously for 86 year*. He also was pastor of number of oth er churches, among them Spring Green, Jamesvilte, and Great Swamp. N He also preached at the vari ous association*. He was Moderator of the Kehukee Association, the oldest Primitive Bap tist Association in- the -United States, it having been formed in Halifax Coun ty in 1765. He held the position for 48 years, succeeding his father, who had been Moderator for 17 year*. In 1696 Elder Ha**ell purchased YEAR'S COUNTY TAX RATE AT $1.38 IS FIVE CENTS HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR Increased Rate Is Lower Than Was Generally Expected ONE SALARY RAISED No Change* Made As Result of Rec ommondations by Special Committee Martin county's general tax rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, was fixed at $1.38 by the board of commissioners in continued ses sion here yesterday afternoon. The new rate is only five cents higher than the one of the past fiscal year, the increase coming from school operation. While there is an increase in the rate, it, is very much smaller than was generally expected, for an increase of six cents on the SIOO valuation for the bond and interest fund was predicted. If that had ma tured, it would have, with the school increase sent the rate to $1.44. The rate calls for the following levy: General county tax - $ .15 Koads and bridges .05 Bond int. and sinking fund .28 General sch6ol .90 sl.3® General poll tax, $2.00. In holding the levy down for bond interest and sinking fund, the board offered the following resolution: "Resolved, that in view of the fact that the budget requirements for bond redemption, interest and sink ing fund for the fiscal year, closing June 30, 1929, is $66,290.72, which would require a tax levy of 34 cents on the SIOO valuation, "Be it further resolved, that a levy of 28 cents, same as last year, be made and that a sufficient sum to balance the budget be taken from unexpended road and bridge bond funds and credited to said interest ahd sinking fund." Upon the motion of L. P. Holliday, seconded by J. E. Pope, a levy of 90 cents on the SIOO valuation to meet the budget requirements for consti tutional six months school terms was ordered made in view of the expected increase of revenues to balance the budget, totaling $151,468.14. The mo tion was carried unanimously. While there were no changes made as a result of the investigations of a special tax committee, the mem bers of the board reviewed the sug gestions, and will probably make a few changes in the future. However,' according to the passage of the fol lowing motion, the county author ities do not intend to change the order of the recorder's courtv "In view of the fact that the re corder's court has proven very suc cessful and brought into the county a net income already paid into the treasury of $3,400 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 and due to the efficient manner in which the court ir being managed, motion by H. S. Everett, seconded by >L. P. Holliday that the recorder's salary be in ci eased from $76 to SIOO per month beginning December 1, 1928. The mo tion was carried unanimously." 0 Fire Destroys Pack House Near Here Mr. Bill Keel, who leaves just to the west of here on the Everetts [ highway, suffered a loss estimated at $3,000, early Sunday morning when I his packhouse and all its contentsj were destroyed by fire. About 1:30, J the car of Bob Taylor, local resident, j ran out Qf jCM near the home of M r., Keel. Mr. Taylor went to the Keel home and was drawing gas from one ; of the Keel cars when the fire start- , eu from a lantern, a few feet away. Mr. Taylor suffered severe burns on the hand attempting to check the flames. Help was summoned, but nothing could be 'done to save the packhouse and its contents. Mr. Keel lost a Ford truck, a new Pontiac car and practically all his tobacco crop. The loss was partly coveted by insurance. Two-Year-Old Girl Dies in Poplar Point Rachel Mae, the two-year-old dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Nichol son, of Poplar Point, died at the home of her parents Sunday after an illness of only a few days. In terment was made in the Nicholson burying ground, near the Sitterson farm yesterday afternoon with Rev. C. H. Dickey conducting the last ritea. "The Gospel Messenger,'" a religious journal then published in Butler, Ga., after having been associate editor of the paper for four years. After pur (Continued on page two) Tobacco Market Opening Is Postponed to September 4th School Budget Approved by C Total Amount of Budget As Approved by County Board Is $320,068.43; $122,248.21 of Sum Is For Permanent Improvements, Such i4s New Buildings, Etc. Hie tentative budget for the running of Martin County schools ior the IV?8- £9 term, amounting to $320,0(>5.43. was approved by the county board of com .niwsiont'rs in speeial session here' yes terday afternoon. The budget was pre pared by the educational board and car ried before the Commissioners by mem bers of that body. , The budget is less by $16,203.07 than ■ the original one prepared, the board of education and the special -tax commit tee joint taking that amouift from the currently expense and capital outlay funds. The debt service fund, $43,- 153.04, could not he changed. The greatest cut was made in the capital MILLIONS WILL HEAR AL SMITH Acceptance Speech of Dem ocratic Nominee Set for Tomorrow,. 7:30 Albany is baking a figurative* cake, wiping the dust from the parlor ftirni ture, and generally getting ready for the guests who will go there to hear what Pete Kowdcu predicts will be a masterpiece, in Al Smith's acceptance of the Democratic nomination for l'res iilent of the I'nited Slates. The New ork governor w ill accept the humilia tion toiiiorow evening. In the New York capital more than 500 rooms, besides those in the hotels, hf.ve been rented by people from all over the country who will be there to morrow when Governor Smith makes his acceptance speech. Huge ampli fiers have been placed on posts, trees, and wires over the cfrpitol to car ry the governor's voice to theVtluius ar.ds who are expected to take places ,in front of the steps and in Capitol l'ark. As the governor starts his address at 7.30, d&yhght saving time, local radio owners will have to tune in at 6:30 to hear the first of the speech. Boat Line Freight Is Routed by Washington Due to the high water in the Roan oke, freight shipments over the Nor fo!U| Baltimore Si Carolina "Boat T-ii's will be handled via the company maintaining its regular sched ule. Boat line trucks will bring the freight from that town tomorrow morning, arriving here in time for de livery at an early hour. -t It is not known at this time whether the shipments to this point will be, handled in a like manner or by the regular route. -"'4 ____________________________ Bear Grass Parents- Teachers Meet Thursday A regular meeting of thy Bear Grass l'arfnts-Teachers association will be held Thursday evening, Au gust 23, it was announced today by the associationV president. The par ents of the community are urged to attend the meeting. Expect to Complete Work on Highway 9(KThis Week *r —— According to unofficial reports, the' Brown Paving Company will com plete the concrete work on Route' No. 90 between here and the Washington County line this week, provided the weather continues favorable. Only a short detour is necessary between Jamesville and Plymouth and it is thought the road j will be open all the way within a week or ten days after contsruction work is completed. _ b Mr. Hooks, who contracted to build the road's shoulders, is rushing that work, and he expects to complete the task within a comparatively short time. Mrs. H. R. Koberson and children, of Suffolk, are visiting Mrs. Rober son's mother, Mrs. J. R. Peel, neai here. ■ - \ , Messrs. Bob Grimes and Mayo lit tle, of Robersonville, were business visitors here yesterday. owt4ay 4imd, while the decrease in the current expense fund amounts to $2,- 480.92. The decrease in the capital out lay . fund amounts to $13,722.15, the original budget calling for $141,''70.3') for that purpose. t I'lie reduction in the budget repre sents practically jtvery phase of school operation, it was pointed out last night h.y Superintendent K,, A. Pope. The reductions -were spread out, and tliere are very few cases where they will af fect the progress opHnrsthtrols to any noticeable'; extent/ Ihe final budget: Current expense, $148,(>67.18; capital outlay. $128,248.21; debt service, $43,153.04; total, $320,- 0«8.43. SENATOR NOT TO VOTE FOR SMITH Simmons Issues Statement Saying He Will Support Neither Candidate New Bem, Aug. 2Q. —Senator F. M. Simmons, who recently resigned as national committeeman for North Carolina, will vote neither for Gover nor Al Smith nor Herbert Hoover, according to a statement issued to night through L. B. Human, editor uf the New Bern Times. He reiterat ed his former statement in which he declared he would give full support to the State, district, and. county Democratic tickets. In reaching this decision, the Sen ator said that he reserved for him self the right of all Democrats to exercise their conscientious convic tion and judgment "wfthout prescrip tion, coercion or restraint." Governor Smith, he said, has de liberately put the party under the dominating control of Tammany Hall lig business and the predatory in terests as represented in both the Democratic and Republican parties. ) AH a result, he said, since the Houston convention the party plat form has been repudiated, the party rebuilt, the issues reframed and "forces of privilege and license now uie dominating and controlli/ig its national machinery." This condition he said, is a betrayal or submer gence of the major principles of the "Democratic paHy™ as "heretofore understood and applied." These things, said the .senator, have (Verified all his predictions and prophesies which he made in his speech delivered to the IJniUyl States Senate against Tammany Hall and Governor Smith. To Start Paving On Windsor Road Today According to Mr. Hob Ileydenreich, employee for the Roberts I'aving Co., i .paving of Route 30, between here anil i Windsor, will lie parted today. The l company's plant will operate, from the j Windsor end until around four miles] oi the roail are payed when the. plant! will In- moved here.—» , ■ 1 The State Highway Commission will maintain a detour around by Indian Woods, anil according to several trav el'ng between the towns yesterday, the -detour is iir splendid condition* Traf fic between the two towns will be halfi bered very little, it is thought. _ » Mrs. Myrtle Hardison Dies Near Jamesville Mrs. Mytrle Hardison died at her home near Jamesville, Sunday. • Mrs. Hardison was 26 years old, the wife of Adron ' Hardison. She leaves one child, an infant. Before her marriage she was a Misfc Hateman from near Plymouth. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon and interment was made in the Roberson cemetery. Two Cars Collide At Corey's Store Sunday Two cars, one driven by whites and a second by colored people were badly. wrecked late last Saturday af ternoon when they ran together at Corey's store near here. The details of the wreck could not be learned, but it is unerstood the occupants were not badly hurt. Advertisers Will £ umns a Latchkey i Hornet of Mar ESTABLISHED 1898 BIG COMPANIES REFUSE TO SEND BUYERS ON 28TH Claim It Is Not Possible To •End Season in Georgia Before September 4 FINISH CURING HERE I Change of Date Was Not Unexpected; Large Amount of Tobacco Will Be Ready for Opening The 'opening of ("astern Carolina to bacco markets was last Saturday offic ially postponed oiu* week when practi cally all the\hjg tobacco companies wjrcjd that it would lie JinptiSsiMe to complete the season in (ieorgia in time to transfer buyers to the markets iri this section by next 1 ucsday. The mac kits will open Tuesday, September 4 When the opening was scheduled for the 28th of thfs month, many people expressed their doubts as to whether it would stand or not, but alter it had' gone so long without being changed, it was believed that the date would hold. Saturday when telegrams were receiv ed, the change in the date was ordered by officials. The new date, besides adding to'the expense of warehousemen, i(fsubject to place the markets in an unstable con dition, since farmers all the siction have been preparing to bacco, for the floors. At lite same time, marketing conditions in (ieorgia have been greatly improved, several local people on the market there writing that looked to be impossible to close the season there by the 28th. lariiKH-s— in this section will com plete their .curings this week, and with two weeks to work in their packhouses before the market opens, a large a mount of tobacco will be ready by the 4th. In many cases, farmers-complet ed their curings- laSt week and the week before, giving many of them four weeks' time to grade their crop before they could sell a pound. Dog Track Found In Brick 130 Years Old A dog track known to be over I.'HI years old was found imprinted in a brick by Mr. Lon Lilley when he tore down a chimney on the Lanier land in Griffins township a few days ago. The house was erected late in the seventeen hundreds and it is thought the dog stepped on the brick whiW il was in the making. Addition to Hamilton School Is Refused Messrs. P. 1.. Salshury and lion Matthews, representing the Hamilton school, appeared before the board t>f education in session here yesterday, re questing-'that two additional rooms be built at their school. The board re fused to comply with the request, stat ing that once the district is consolidat ed there or additional pupils were shown the rooms asked for Would be piovided. To grant the request, it was printed out, a special election would b necessary effecting the consolida tion of tl)e schools there; or an in. creased enrollment witlur 'tjie present district would be necessary. Request for Funds To Clear School Lot Denied The $75 asked for by the Cross Roads school for clearing its grounds were refused here yesterday by the board of education. The members of tin- board suggested to Messrs. Warren and Roebuck, who appeared in behalf »i the school, that the fuel supply be gotten from trees on the grounds, thereby effecting a saving in fuel costs a'nd at the same time providing a means to the end desired. County Home Inmite Dies Sunday Morning Slade Price, 60-year-old colored in rr.ate died at the county home near here Sunday morning: of a complica tion of diseases. For years, the col ored man with a crippled urm and leg, had been a common figure on Williamston's streets. He had rough ed the offerings of winter's cold winds, chopping a little wood in ex change for his meals for a number of years. Within the past few months however, old age forced him to spend all his time at the home; where his passing waa of little notice. The body wai placed in pauper*' field Sunday afternoon.
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