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I Watch the Label on Your Pgper Aa It Carriee the Date When Your Sobecription Expires VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 74 COUNTY TO HAVE 19 VOTES IN NEXT STATE MEETING Large Vote for Governor Increases Representation In Party Councils ONLY 13 FORMERLY Practically All Precincts Increase Their Representation at the County Convention By its large vote polled last Tues day, Martin County gained six dele gates to the State Democratic conven tion, and where it had only 13 votes at the last State meeting it now has the privilege of casting 19 votes, ac cording to a calculation of the- votes cast by Democrats in the 11 precincts last Tuesday. For every 150 votes cast for governor a county is entitled to one delegate or vote at the State convention; O. Max Gardner polled 2.906 votes in Martin County last Tuesday; therefore,' the county will have 19 votes in the next State Demo cratic convention. In 1924, Governor McLean polled 2,016, giving the county 13 votes in the conventoin held at Raleigh last June. With practically the same method of determining the number of delegate* to the State convention being used in the various precincts, a tabulation of vote* •hows that 109 delegate* may take part in the next Democratic county convention. Where 150 votes for gov ernor were used as a basis for one delegate to the State convention, 25 votes are used as a basis for determin ing the number of delegates from the precincts to the county convention. Several townships lacked only one or two votes necessary to increase the number of delegates by one. Wil liams cast 149 and Cross Roads 199 yotei for governor. One more vote in either of the precincts would have Increased their delegation to the coun ty convention by one. A tabulation oi the votes gives the eleven precincts 109 delegate* to the county convention, a* follow*: Jametville, 14; Williams, 5; Grifhns, 11; Bear Grui, 7; Williamston, 24; Cross Road*, 11; Robersonville, IS; Cold Point, 2; Poplar Point, 4; Ham ilton, 7; and Goose Ne*t, 7. ♦ CHECK RESULTS FERTILIZER TEST Pinal Check To Be Made on Farm Near Thursday Morning A check of tha rnulta of a fertiliser teat oa a plat of cotton started laat Dimmer on the Mlaa Annie Glaegow farm, near Jametville, will be made Thursday morning at t:3O, it waa atated by Professor Overby, agricul tural teacher in the Jamesville school who has charge of the test. "We are urging all the farmers who possibly can, to attead thia demonstration, and get the results first-hand," Mr. Overby stated when announcing the time for checking the final results. Seven dollars In prises will be award ad the fanners offering the nearest estimates of the yields on the various plots where the teste were made. "This demonstration furnishes a very striking example of how the kind and amount of fertiliser affects the yield and increases the profit ob tained in growing a crop of cotton," Mr. Overt»y stated in urging the farmers to attend and see the story far themselves. Everetts Woodmen Had Good Meeting Monday Tveretts Modem Woodmen had an other good meeting last night when 'A members of the camp attended the aasaion and took part in the pro gram. During the meeting' a candidate was initiated, and other business matter* wars handled. STRANG THEATRE! J * WEDNESDAY THUNDER in 'WOLF FANGS' t - REEL COMEDY an FREE TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY THE ENTERPRISE Five Men Hurt When Staging Gives Way Accident Occurred Shortly Before Noon At Local Fertilizer Plant Several workmen were hurt, one or two of whom are reported to be in a serious condition, this morning just before noon when a builder's stage collapsed at the Standard Fertiliser plant here and threw the men to the ground. James Campbell, white man of Rocky Mount, suffered a broken leg and other injuries when he fell 86 feet and landed on a railroad track. H. C. Gidden, white, also of Rocky Mount, was badly jarred in the fall but his injuries are not con sidered serious. William Pugh, color ed, was hurt about the head and face, and it was not certain whether or not his back was broken in the foil. It is thought that Willie Speller, colored, will lose the sight of one eye as he was badly cut and bruised about the face and eyes. Other workmen at the scene of the accident escaped injury when the foundation to a. derrick gave way, throwing the stage and workmen to the ground 35 feet below on rail road iron, cross ties and heavy timb ers. A number of workmen under the scaffold and near the derrick managed to escape without serious injury. The contractors of the building, S. S. Toler and Son, of Rocky Mount, were having constructed a heavy frame work near the railroad siding it the plant, and when the workmen attempted to raise one of the big timbers, some part of the frame work supporting the derrick gave way, cr using" the scaffold and a few of the timbers to tumble from under the men. The men were removed to the of. flee of several doctors here where treatment was offered. RED CROSS DRIVE HERE NEXT WEEK Dr. William E. Warren Is New Chairman of the Local Chapter The annual Roll Call of the Ameri can Red Cross will be held this year under the general chairmanship of the new Chapter Chairman Dr. Wm. E. Warren, assisted by the members of the Parent-Teacher association, with Mrs. J. F. Thigpen, the presi dent, directing. Mayor R. L. Cobum, president of the Kiwanis club, has promised the aid 6f his club member* in canvassing the business section of the town. The objective will be for the ex pense entailed in the curing of the common eye defects in the under privileged child and the procuring of eye glasses where necessary. This v/ill be kept solely in charge of Dr. Warren, County Health Officer, who i« intensely interested in the subject and welcomes this very timely and necessary assistance. This activity is essentially one of the principal serv ices rendered by the Red Cross among its many health activities, and ic a subject dear to the heart of every Kiwanian and pa rait. The local chapter is very willing to cooperate along such constructive lines. There are already at least ten children wait ing for such treatment, it was point ed oat by Dr. Warren, and no funds are available. Mrs. JSlise Mulliken, special super visor from Washington City, was here yesterday conferring with the local officials. She particularly em phasised the great charity a dollar membership to the Red Cross covers, that it is divided in half, fifty cent* going to national disaster relief, and the other fifty cents staying in the community for local relief. The annual membership driv a will be started in this county within the next few days, it was stated, and a large enrollment is expected by those in charge of the work. The call has already been made in most of the sections throughout the nation, and a hearty support is being accorded it ARMISTICE DAY PASSES QUIETLY No Mark "of Observance Here; Business As Usual Monday ' ♦ ■ With no mark of observance, not even the placing of the flags on the principal streets, people here barely gave a thought to Armistice Day and what it meant ten years ago, when the huge gun* of vast armies Ceased fir ing. A few remarks were made in one or two of the church relative tp the day, but no celebrations were irrord?r here yesterday^ Rev. Frank Deans, of Wilmington, who preached in the Episcopal church during the morning hour, ipoke of the signing of the armistice. Ha stated that the World War was fought to end war; that international peace found its basis in the individual. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 13,1928 LOCALS DEFEAT VANCEBORO, 13-0 Williamston Does All Its Scoring in Last Few Minutes Playing the most thrilling and spec tacular game of the season William ston High School eleven last Friday maintained its record of all victories and no defeats by winning over Vance boro's strong team 13 to 0. Down for down the locals outplayed the visitors by a wide margin, but the breaks ap peared against Coach Hood's boys, and where the score should have been at least 24 to 0, the locals had to be content with that unlucky number, 13. The last two games have been won by that margin, and while the number is not a very pleasing one, it is suffic ient to register a win. With Holding out of the game, the locals were aware of the shortage, and at first they managed to just hold their own. Only a few minutes had slipped before "Ikey" Manning started to work and had the team running wild over H\e visitors. Effective gains were made "through Vanccboro's line and a rnuud the ends, but the first quarter vent by so hurriedly that-the specta tcrs had given no serious thoughts to a score. The first had break came when the whistle sounded the end of the half with Williamston holding the ball on second dowli on. the visitor's two-foot line. In the third quarter the locals took the hall from their own 9-yard line and ran it back through the line and around the ends to get within the three yard line of their opponent's goal. A fumble followed and Williamston'* second good chance to score was lost. \ unceboro threatened to score when one of its players recovered the fum b'e and ran 80 yards, to Williamston'* 17-yard line. The entire line held, the visitors not gaining a foot in four downs. The ball then going to the lo cals, they carried it hack for the first score, with Manning registering the touchdown. With only a few minutes to play, the locals set their minds for additional points. When within 15 yards of Vanceboro's line, a pass was hutled to Saunders, and he went over lor the second touchdown. The extra point was made by a forward pass. Vanceboro offered the strongest bat tic yet engaged in by the local boy* this season, and with the breaks going in favor of the visitor*, scoring seemed at one time to be a thing of the past. Saunders' tackle at the beginning of the last quarter after running his man all the way from one end of the field to the 17-yard line at the other end brought a ready and willing response from the line and the hackfield, and the scoring was goon put in order. Are Slightly Injured When Car Turns Over Mrs. Raleigh Bradley and Mrs. M&. tie Brown were injured, but not seri ously, last Saturday night when their car turned over 011 highway No. 90, near Bethrl. Mr*. Bradley, driving an Essex coupe, was blinded by the head liHht of a train approaching on the track which runs parallel with the road and ran off the pavement, causing the car to turn over when she attempted to steer it back to the middle of the road. A heavy, rain was falling, and the road's shoulders were soft, mak ing it difficult to handle the car. With the exception of one or two gashes and several bruises, both the car's occupants escaped injury. County Teachers To» Meet Here Saturday The third meeting of Martin Coun ty teacher* this term will be held here next Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock it was announced'last night by the as sociation's president, Mr. D. N. Hix, of Everetts. The general session will be held in the Methodict Church, the teacher* later going to the ichool rooms, where reading circle work start ed at the last meeting will be con tinued. The officers of the county organi-'' cation are urging the teachers to at tend the meeting Saturday. Local Firemen Held Practice Last Night — • . . J, With practically all members pres ent, the local fire company held its regular practice here last night with the new fire-fighting equipment. Chief Harrison is arranging a schedule whereby each and every member, may acquaint himself as to the use of the new equipment, and it will be a matter of only a few week« before practically ev ry member Wjll know how to oper ate the truck and its pumps. The practice last evening was vtry success ful, all the members attending taking an active part and much interest in the work. JOE N. MANNING SHOOTS SELF AT HOME NEAR HERE —•— 27-Year-Old Farmer Props Up Shotgun and Blows Top of Head Off NO CAUSE ASSIGNED Widow and Two Children Survive; Funeral Services To Be Held Tomorrow Morning Joseph N. Manning, 27-year-old fanner living near Jamesville, com mitted suicide last night shortly after 8:00 o'clock by blowing the top of his head off with a shot gun. The course followed by the young man in ending his life was similar to that of Tom Revels who ended his life near here only a few months ago. Ir. carrying out the act, the man load ed his double-barrel'" gun, removed his right shoe and sat down on the bed. He placed the stock of the gun on the floor and the end of the barrel just above the nose, and flred the weapon with his toe. When found the body was on the bed with the feet on the floor and the hands to the side. The top of head was scattered about the room in small pieces. With no cause assignable to the tragedy, the act came as a severe shock to relatives and neighbors. Yesterday morning, Manning went to Greenville, and upon his return übout 8:00 o'clock he telephoned his wife who was at the home of her father a mile away, stating that his car had broken dowft but that he would go to meet her.~Onrthff way to meet his wife he stopped to talk with a neighbor, but continued on his way a very few minutes later. After going a few more paces in the direc tion of his father-in-law's home, he turned back to his home and when he fired the gun, the report was heard by neighbors, nearby. It was only a few minutes later that his wife, two children, and her brother reached the home to And the matmJ dead. Although a few things are now re called as to certain pecularities re cently observed in the young man's b havlor, the act wan a surprise tu all who knew him. During recent months he had been drinking some, and a few hours prior to the tragedy, he was said to have taken a large drink of very bad liquor which is thought to have deranged his mind r.nd resulted in the act of ending his life. Six years ago he married Miss Marie Coltrain who with two chil dien, one four years old and the other 11 months old, survives. He al so leaves an aged father, W. E. Man ning, three brothers and four sisters. Recently he had been elected a mem ber of his township's road commis sion, and was said to be a good neigh bor and a splendid farmer. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning, soon after the arrival of a brother from Athens, Ga. who is ex pected home some time today or to night. Longest Tunnel in America To Be Opened December 28 The longest railway tunnel in America, an eight-mile bore through the Cascade range 100 miles east of Seattle, Wash., will be ready for tiain operation about December 28, according to the vice president of the Great Northern Railway, the company building the tunnel. The tunnel cost about fourteen mil lion dollars, and including the electri fication and other improvements en tailed t(}e expenditure of about $26,- 000,000. —• - County Personal Property Is Worth Over $2,600,000 Personal property on the tax book* in this county is valued at $2,657,738, it was learned in a short review of the tax books yesterday in the office of J. Sam Getsfnger at the courthouse here. This constitutes the value of thef prop erty listed after the 300 exemption had been taken, it was pointed out. Of the $2,657,738, white citiiens list ed $2,452,885, and the colored, $204,- 853. ' ♦ Carolina Buccaneers To Play at Exposition Here ——• The Carolina Buccaneers will play here during the Eastern Carolina Pea nut Exposition, it was announced yes terday by Newell G. Bartlett, secre tary of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce. This orchestra, made up of 10 pieces, is said. to be one of the best in the Sute. The musicians played at the peanut show in Ahoskie last season, and upon the return en gagements the orchestra will be in creased in site, it stated by the manager, Mickie Block. Give Play at }arttesvffle Schocfe, Friday Night "Betty, the Girl o' My Heart," a play in three acts, will be presented in the Jamesville school auditoriumon next Friday night, at 7:30 p. m.. awrd ing to an advertisement issued today. Plans Go Forward for Best Peanut Exposition Yet Held PRESBYTERIANS PLAN TO BUILD HERE IN SPRING ♦ — Organization Is Perfected , With Election of Elders And Deacons 24 CHARTER MEMBERS Now Considering Applications of Sev. eral Ministers; Expect To Have Man Here Soon The organization of the First Pres byterian Church of Williamston was eflected here recently with the election of ruling elders and deacons. Messrs. R G. Harrison and E. P. Cunningham wtre made the church's first ruling el ders and Messrs. T. B. Brandon and John L. Rodgerson wei'c appointed as deacons. With its 24 charter mcnißcrs, the newly organized church will begin an active work here within the next few weeks, it was stated by one of the elders last night. At the present time the church here is without a resident preacher, but several applications are being considered at this , time, and it is thought that a leader will be called within the next few days. While building preparations have been urrangprt, ronstnvctlorr 'Wiifk oft the edifice will not be started untli the spring, it was learned last night. The building will be located on Main and Watts Street on the lot purchased last month from Mrs. J. H. H. Knight. Until the completion of the church buildings scry ices will be. held in the Woman'SrOub building. Dr. E. E. Gillespie and Rev. A. J. Crane, assisting in .the organization, assured the local memhenttiip that a capable and efficient nijiu would be lo cated here to take charge of the work. Local members are already active in the affairs of the church, and by the time of the arrival of the minister the church will have taken its' place among the oilier religious institutions of the town and community. 4,768 HORSES AND MULES IN COUNTY —*— Is Small Increase Over Number in County Last Year In competition with the tractor, the liorse and mule on Martin County farms are holding their own, according to figures obtained from the tax books in the office of the register of deeds. In fact, it appears that the farm ani mal has made a small gain over the past year, for in 1927 the farm fore caster showed that there were 4,532 lii.rses and mules in this county, yrhlle the tax hooks show that there are 4,- 768 of the animals this year in the county. These 4,768 animals, 601 horses and 4,167 mules, are valued 011 the tax books at $371,564. Forty goats and 42 sheep, valued at $64 and SBS, respectively, made nec essary just two more entries on the tax books. Very few of them have ever been raised in the county, and each year, according to records, finds a decrease in their number. There are almost three times as many dogs in the county as there arc milch cows, and where the 491 cows aie valued at $20,840, the 1,183 dogs are said to be worth $1,985. Beef cat tle number 896 and are valued at sl7,* 237 on the county's tax books. Hogs lead in the list of animals in the county, there being 19,570, valued at $71,683. 2 AMENDMENTS ARE DEFEATED _ Legislators Will Get Their Increase in Salary, However ♦— While the returns could not he had in their completeness, it was evident this morning that two of the proposed amendments to the State constituion were defeated at the polls last Tues day, while the other one was voted on favorably. The third amendment, hav. iug to do With classification of prop erty for taxation, was defeated when 1,529 out of 1,573 precincts reported 111,891 for the measure and 134,990 against it. The amendment which would have made it possible to provide more.ulolicitorial districts appears to have *- been los®, when 113,364 votes were cast for it, and 126,913 against it. Legislators will likely get more pay than they once did, for it appears that the amendment increasing the salaries was passed to 119,275. Less than half of the voters cast their ballots either for or against the MnendmenU. WINDSOR ROAD OPEN NEXT WEEK Will Then Be Possible To Go From Wilmington to Norfolk on Pavement With the completion of the link of road on Highway Route No. 30 be tween here and Windsor last week by the ROWTIS Paving Co., travel was made possible on hard surface all the way front Wilmington to Norfolk. The route to be followed in that case is not the most direct one, however, but it is understood that the hard-surfaced route is the better course during wet weather. The lilik of road between here and Windsor has not been opened com pletely, and it will be tomorrow week before traffic can be handled both ways at the same time over the river swamp, according to highway employees. At the present time, traffic from the west is allowed to pass for a certain length of time, a|id then travelers front the east are permitted to use the narrow of road for a few minutes. Kach day so many feet of the road are opened to . traffic, and by tomorrow week all eighteen feet of the link will have been opened for use. EVERETTS ROLL OF HONOR HAS 24 19 in Primary and Grammar Grades, 5 in High School Are on List 111 \/ Twenty-four students, 10 in the pri mary and grammar grades and 5 in the high school, made the honor roll during the past month in the F.veretts school. This is an increase in the number of honor students, Principal !lix stated last night, "and we are getting better all the time," he con tinued when asked how the attendance was holding up and how Well the school work was progressing. The school now has an. average daily at tendance of 177 pupils, IJ2 in the ele mentary and 45 in the high school de partment. In the elementary school there Are 72 boys and t»0 girls; in the high sctiool there are 32 girls and only IJ boys. A list of honor pupils for the past month: First grade: Eleanor Taylor, Rachel Mobley, Clara Louise I'eal, Norma . Hirdw. Second grade: Kthcl Hailfy, llattie James Taylor, William Ward, Mar tha Everett. Third grade: Lois Mae Taylor, Lo raine Bailey. Fourth: Anna Louise Taylor, Vchna Driven, Nannie Knox. Fifth grade: Ruth Cullipher. Six4.ll grade: Hilton Forbes. Seventh grade: Heber Keel, Hazel Faulkner, Ella Cherry, Russell T. Roe bhek. Ninth grade: Thelina I'eel, 4 Lola Moore, Edith Ayers. Eleventh grade: Kathleen Roebuck, Beatrice Wynne. » —, ■ Slow in Paying Taxes Says County Collector $ "Tax collections might be good, but they seem to be a bit slow to me," Sheriff Roebuck, the collector for this county stated yesterday af ternoon. Approximately SB,OOO have been collected since the books were turned over to the sheriff a few days ago, and now the collector and his assistant, S. H. Grimes, have only $298,835.07 to gather between now and Maj^ Few Cases Go To Jury At Superior Court Here i ... 1 The special session of Martin County Superior court now in progress here is handling very few csseß by the jury method, most or many of the cases being settled be fore they reach that stage In the trial. The jury sat In one case yes terday, but a number of cases were cleared from the docket, it was stat ed. The court is.handling civil cases only. Judge Clayton Moore is presid ing - : * First Game ot Basketball Is Played Last Week d While there *re or three weeks yet to pass before the basket ball season gets underway, many of the school teams in this county have already broken the ice and are now registering victories in that sport. Last week, the Jamesville bask eteers defeated those of Bath in a one-sided game Sfl to 2 at Jamesville. Martin and Long led the county boys In the offensive work, while Douglas and Hardlmn f—tawri for Bath in defenae work.. Advtrtiam Will Find Ow CoL umni a Latchkey to Over 1,000 Homaa of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 COMMIMTTEESOF LOCAL CITIZENS BEING LINED UP N. G. Bartlett, Secretary of Eastern Chamber of Commerce, Here TO GIVE 2 CARS AWAY Arrangements Made To Secpre Roan oke-Dixie Warehouse: Preparing Tentative Program 1 he first steps toward staging the Fastern Carolina and Tidewater Vir ginia Peanut Exposition here during Christmas week w ere taken last Friday afternoon when Mr. Newell G. Rart lett, secretary of the Eastern Caro lina C hapiber of Commerce, met with a group'of citizens and outlined the plans to be followed in putting on the show this year. "We are planning one of the best expositions yet held in this part -of the country," Mr. Bartlett told the small number of citizens assembled in the 'hotel lobby Friday afternoon. In preparing the tentative program, it is planned to make this the biggest show of its kind ever held, and, it's the aim of those in charge to bring to the people of this entire section t|ie big gest and most elaborate list of enter- UiiHifii'iit the —organization*s secretary Continue. In the meeting here last Friday yarious committees and managers \vere appointed. Arrangements for housing the exposition have been made with the proprietors and owners of the Ko auoke-Dixie VVarehouse here, and com. plete and final plans will be made with in the next few days, according to those in charge of the show. Mby or Kobert 1.. Coburn was appointed stage manager. It will be'his duty to intro duce the queens from the various towns throughout the section. On the exposition steering commit tee we find Messrs. R. 1.. Coburn, W. C Manning, sr., N. C. tjreen, W. 11. Curstarplien, E. S. Peel, I)r John l> Biggs", Gu 11. Harrison, Luther PeeT, Frank Margolis, li. S. Cotirtney, and W. U. Watts. Through this commit tee the exposition will be stage'd, it was pointed out. A meeting was held with a number oi merchants present last night when the proposed plans were placed before thtin for discussion. Those present at the meeting entered heartily into the movement to make this the outstanding peanut show of all. Advertising mat ter will be sent out shortly, explain ing all the features of the show. it was stated in the meeting that a new Ford car would be given away Wednesday night and a new Chevro let on Saturday night of exposition week. Particulars will be given, later as to how these cars will be given. * • BEGIN PAVING FOOLISH BETS Franklinton Man Pulls An other 26 Miles in Child's Express Wagon Betting on the outcome of thin happening and that happening has been in order for nobody knows how long, but this last election produced the unusual, the foolish ones. It. W. Sawyer, Franklinton, N. C. burber, paid his bet to A. B. Cook, when *he pulled Cook from there to Raleigh, 0 distance of 26 miles, in a child's express wagon. Sawyer, after the long journey, stated he was still for Smith and would back him again if the occasion presented itself. Here is another bet that is not so bad within itself, but is unusual in the way it ended. In Stanford, Colin., James Lowe, a Smith supporter in the election, lost his automobile but regained when he appealed to Staf ford police, because he didn't like the way the winner of the car took it. Lowe waggered the machine, whi&h he valued at SB6, against $26 put up by Horace Britt. Britt went to Lowe's home Friday and took the machine. A short while luter, Lowe appealed to the police declaring Britt had stolen the car. He explained the election bet and ad mitted he lost. But, he said, as long aa Britt had taken the car without telling him he was collecting the fcet, he wanted it back. The car was re turned to Lowe. Police interfe>i«d when Brtit also attempted to punch LoWe in the noae. ♦ Regular Meeting of Local Masons Tonight ♦ There will be a regular communi cation of Skcwarkee Lodqe, No. 90, A. F. & A. M., tonight at 7:45. If, re are several important matters to come before the meeting, and officers and members are urgently requested to be pieaeut. Visiting Masons are given a cordial invitation to attend.
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