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Watch the Label on Your Paper Ai It Curiaa the Data Whan Your Subscription Rzpiree VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 30 AUTO IS TURNED OVER NEAR FAIR GROUND SUNDAY Three Men From Elizabeth City Have Narrow Escape L. B. Belanger and J. G. Pinner, of Elizabeth City, and a young man named Chaplin, whose residence could not be established, narrowly escaped serious injury last Sunday afternoon when their car, a Willys-Knight coach, was hit by a Chevrolet todring car driven by Earl Stephenson, of near hire. None of the occupants was hurt but the two machines were badly dam aged. A warrant charging Stephenson-and Charlie Mack Mizelle, .a companion, with drinking at the time has been filed, Stephenson being placed under .a $250 bond for hit appearance be fore the recorder here today. The Elizabeth City car was travels ii.g out Highway No. 90 when it met the Chevrolet coming into town near the Roanoke fair grounds. The Willys- Knight driver yielded the road, and, when hit, two of the car's wheels were in the ditch, the machine turning over with all four of its wheels in the iir. A substantial top and the forethought of the driver prevented serious injury to the men. Stephenson stated that the steering apparatus on the Chevrolet car went wrong and Ke could not avoid hitting the Willys-Knight. He accepted the blame for the accident. Postpone Children's Story At Christian Church Here "The Children of the Foreat," a story of African girls and boys scheduled to have been given last Sunday evening by pupils in the Chriatian Sunday school here, was postponed until next Sunday evening. Inmate of County Home Died Monday Afternoon » Tom Roberson, 70-year-old inmate, died at the Martin County home, near here, yesterday afternoon, of Bright'* disease. He hid Iwn in feeble health tor some time, but up until a week ago he was able to be up and about the home and grounds. Interment will he made this afternoon in the Bowen cemetery, near here. He is survived by five children. Skewarkee Masons to Elect Officers Tonight Skeuarkee Lodge of' Masons will hold its annual jnee|ting tonight, at 8 o'clock, when officers for the ensuing Masonic year will be elected. A large attendance of members is earn er tly requested by the officers, and a cordial invitation is extended to vis iting members of the craft to attend. • Will Hold Discussions of Present-Day Amusements • ~*jrZ. T. PIEPHOPF Do you dance? Do you play carH«> Do you engage in any other fc.rm of amusement considered by many to be harmful and a sin? If so, would you really like to know if these things are sinful and just what attitude you should take toward them? An impar tial, unbiased, and unprejudiced dis cission of all types and forms of amusements is to be undertaken by tb» pastor and young peope of the lfr«sbyterian Church, to which discus sions the - public is cordially invited. The first discussion will be Iteld in the hone of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Rodger son at 8 o'clock Thursday night. f lt is hoped that all those who are inter ested and who expect to attend these discussions will list for the coming dircussion Thursday night all those amusements which they believe to be clearly wrong, also those which they arc convinced are always'right. These mettings will last only about 45 min utes and will be three in number. We ■rvite you to come and receive the benefit of these discussions. I WATTSj f T ■ THEATRE Thursday-Friday June 11-14 MILTON SILLS and Dorothy MACKAILL HIS CAPTIVE WOMAN" NEWS and COMEDY Saturday June 13 KEN MAYNARD in THE ROYAL RIPER' COMEDY and SERIAL Show* at 7:15 and t P. M. Daily MUSIC 1Y PHOTOTONE THE ENTERPRISE To Let Contract for Three New Buildings Tomorrow A contract for the erection of three new (tore buildings on the aain street here betweea the new Watta theatre and the poatoffice, will be let tomorrow afternoon, according to preoent plana of the builder, Mr. J. G. Staton. The coat of the proposed undertaking could not be learned thia morning. According to the prepared plana the new buildings will connect with the new theatre building and C. B. ROEBUCK CHOSEN AS SHERIFF AT SPECIAL MEET THIS AFTERNOON BEGIN WORK ON STREET PAVING Work Will Be Done Near Warehouses First; Start Operations Today Awarded the contract last Tuesday afternoon, the Messrs. J. G. Clark & Company, of Gr.e»HvUlc, placed their equipment here yesterday and started work on the $42,000 paving program. Activities were under way near the to bacco warehouses this morning, the contractors stating that the work would be under way in other parts of the town within a short time. Captain George Brooks, engineer in charge, arrived yesterday with three assistant engineers to he on the job until its completion, the contract al lowing 60 working days for the task. HOME AGENT'S WORK IN MAY Agent Traveled 866 Miles, Conducting 16 Meetings During Month Following is a summary of the work of Miss Lora E. Sleeper, county home demonstration agent, for the month of M ay: - Eighteen and one-half days were spent in the field and eight and one half days in the office. There were 7 office conferences, 9 news articles written, 212 bulletins distributed, 24 individual letters written, S circular letters written with 111 copies circu lated. The agent traveled 866 miles, conducting six meetings with women. One club held a millinery meeting, and eight womeri made hats, saving $lO. There were 122 women attending meetings during the month. The women received demonstrations in bread making using whole wheat Hour during the month. There were 10 meetings held for the juniors and the regular project of clothing was car rfl on. Twenty-eight home were visited. 1200,000 Candidates for Office in French Election Paris.— lt there people who like holding public office better than the French, statistics have not revealed their identity. Of the 10,000,000 voters in this country, 1,200,000 were candi dates in the recent municipal elec tions. Every village, town and city in France, 37,984 communes all told, elected a mayor and a municipal council. About 400,000 men got posts as municipal councillors, or aldermen. The minimum number of councillors, no matter how tiny the commune, is ten. In some places every voter is an officeholder. In the hamlet of Riboux, in the Var department, where there are only eight voters, two officeholders had to be borrowed from a neighbor ing village. INSPECTION FOR LOWER RATES IN INSURANCE WILL BE MADE HERE WITHIN 10 DAYS, SAYS OFFICIAL Will Require About Two" Months to Complete and Publish Rate Book Applying for a better insurance rat ting for local property after meeting certain requirement* set forth by the Southeastern Fire Underwriters Asso ciation, town official* were assured yes terday by Land Hill, manager of the Korth Carolina inspection and rating bureau, Raleigh, that the re-rating of the town would be atarted within the next ten day* or two weeks. Manager Hill stated in a letter to Mayor L Coburn, "If we reach Williamston within the next 10 day* we will feel that we have given your city much more prompt attention than i* ordinarily given any town. It will probably require two or three weeks to re-rate Williamston and about 30 or 40 days longer to publish the rate Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 11, 1929 will extend to withing a few feet of the poatoffice building, leaving room for a private drive and walk. The buildings will be one story high and will house a drug store, a Western Union office and a pressing and cleaning eatabliah ment. Uatil the contract is let to morrow, no definite time can be learned when construction work will be started. NUMBER NAMES ARE PRESENTED • Nine Candidates Were Be ing Considered Today; Several Withdraw * \ C. B. Roebuck, of Everetta, was appointed sheriff of Martin county this afternoon by the commissioners to fill the unex pired term of the late Sheriff A. L. Roebuck, his father. With the exception of Mr. Roebuck and W. B. Daniel, all other candi dates withdrew their names, the appointment benig made in ex ecutive aeaaion by the officials. With the names of nine possible candidates before them, the county commissioners entered into special session here this afternoon to appoint a man to complete, the term of office made vacant by the death of Sheriff A. L. Koebuck. According to an official check this morning, nine names were mentioned an possible candidates for the office, however, it is understood thut several have withdrawn their applications, limiting the competition considerably. The lisf of names this morning in cluded, W. H. Gray, ' Robersonvilie township; C. B. Roebuck, a son of the late sheriff, of Cross ltoads; Thomas H. Johnson, Goose Nest; Everett, Hamilton; J. W. Green, Bear Grass; H. T. Roberson, W. U. Daniel, S. H. Grimes, and C. B. Hassell, Wil liamston. Several of the names were officially entered by the candidates themselves, while others were offered by friends. All the candidates have hosts of friends, and In an effort to handle the appointment in a fair way, the com missioners are giving it cloge study. An audit of the sheriff's office has been ordered, and it will be only a short time before the office js turned over to the officer appoints this afternoon. * PREDICTS LOW TOBACCO PRICE Agricultural Economist of College Says Cotton to be High and Tobacco Low Raleigh, June 10.—Farmers need not look for any effective relief meas ures to be passed by the present Congress in the opinion of Dr. G. W. Forster, agricultural economist at Htate College, who says that as here tofore, farmers must rely on their own efforts. '*lt is evident, at this time, that the debenture plan will be eliminated from the Senate Bill," says Dr. Forester "This plan would be effective in rais ing the price of farm products but is only favored as an offset to the high tariff on manufactured articles. Furm ers must look to adjustments in pro duction and must market their prod uct* when prices are at the highest seasonal level as a means of establish ing farming on a profitable basis." book, so from this you will see that it ordinarily takes about 60 days to publish a rate book after change in classification has been authorized. In fact, we think that two months is a bout the shortest length of time that we possibly do this work." The re-rating of the town was recom mended several weeks agov but it was not until about the first of fhis month that the new classification was approved by the reclassification committee. It is understood from Mr. Hill's letter to Mayor Coburn that the re-rating work will be started within a compar atively short time after the commit tee's approval of 'the niw classifica tion. It is also understood that all poli cies written since April 1 tlii% ytr v/ill be altered so as to bring Tmem under the new classification. T. L. MOORE DIES AT HIS HOME IN PITT SATURDAY •—r- Was Father of C. O. Moore and Mrs. W. T. Britton, Of This City Thaddeus L. Moore, prominent farmer and highly rcspectod for his Christian character, died at his home near Oak Grove, in Pitt County, last Saturday night, of heart trouble. Mr. Moore was taken Seriously ill with heart trouble early the Tuesday morn ing preceding his death .and never re gained full consciousness after that time. He was 73 years old last Aug ust, and during the past several months he had been in feeble health. Mr. Moore was born near Which anls, \vliere lie lived a number of years, later marrying and moving to the Oak Grove section of 'Pitt County, where he was successful in his farming activi ties and rearing a Christian family of five children, one of whom preceded him to the grave. Although he con fined his activities to agriculture and the care of his family, Mr. Moore was regarded as a leader in the things up lifting to the home and community. The funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'- clock, interment following in the fam ily plot near the home. Rev. B. S. Cowing, of the Primitive Baptist Church, Conducted the last rites. The deceased is survived by Mrs. Moore, who was Miss Zora C. Holli d«.y, of Pitt County, prior to the union of the two, and four children: Mrs. VV. T. Br it ton; antj C. O. Moore, of Wil liutnston; Mrs. Slade Gray, of Beau fort County; and Mr. Claude E. Moore of California. He also leaves three sis ters, Mrs. Henry Brown, of near Spring Green', this county: Mrs. Fan nie Brown, of Hobersonvilte; and Mrs. k. L." Wiolard; of Windsor, Va. ALL-STARS WIN FIRST QAME County Team Defeats Au lander, 5-2, Friday; To Play Here Today - ——• . The Martin County All-Stars gained it commanding position in the realm of baseball last Friday afternoon, when Dick Cherry pitched them to a S to 2 victory" over Aulander, undefeated up until that time. The working organi zation of the team, rigidly tested and found to be unusually good, points to succesn for the Martin County boys in the four-county league, opening "next week. While llit' young men are just .starl ing the season, the exhibition last l?ri (ia> afternoon nave evidence of a re liable and steady team. Cherry com manded the honorii for the afternoon tilt, and hi* stellar work was aldy sup ported by every member of the county I lie moundsman from Hv.erctts struck out 14 men, allowed only 2 hits, and even offset those with two, fioni his own hat. The All-Stars made nine hits and were credited with only two errors, Aulaudcr making three. The county's first two runs came in the first Irimt, when Hood reached first on an error, stole second and came home on Arch Aoebuck's double, Roe hue I registering a few seconds lat er when Jimmie Brown batted one for two bases. Taylor scored in the sixth or Cherry's single for a third run. In the eighth stau/a Cherty and Tay lor singled, both scoriitjr on Hood's hit for two bases. Aulauder threatened in the ninth when, with one out, they had a man on third base With 2 strikes and 3 balls on the batter, (Jastelloe attempt ed to steal home, but was caught by "fz/y" Spivey, able catcher, and ( lier ty retired the side by fanning the bat tel. The county hoys play Aulauder a return game here this afternoon and will go to Windsor tomorrow to play that town's team. Windsor will re turn the game next Friday, the four county league activities getting, under way next week. CLUB MEMBERS BACK FROM CAMP o Return Saturday Afternoon j Home Agent -Leaves For Vacation Miss Lora E. Sleeper, county home demonstration agent, returned last Sat urday afternoon with county 4-H club members from a five-day outing at C'bmp Leach, on the Pamlico. The campers reported a splendid trip which v. ill be described by the campers and agent within the next Uw days. The agent left yesterday former home in Vermont, where she will He on her vacation until ,ihe latter part of this month, going then to Washing ton, D .C., where she will attend a national gathering of home demonstra tion agents. GET $340.86 FOR MOTHERS' AID Martin County Gets This Sum From State Fund For Next Fiscal Year Martin County will received $340.86 from the State mother's' aid fund as hit quota front that source during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 192«#. it v. as announced Sunday by Mrs. Lily K. Mitchell, director of Mothers' Aid for the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. This fund is divided on a per capita basis among the coun ties agreeing to match their allotment received front the State. Prisoners' families in this county will receive $M1.62 front a SIO,OOO fund set aside front the $47,500 for mothers' aid"to be used exclusively for that purpose. The State provides $47,500 as a fund for subsidizing worthy mothers de prived of their husband's support in otder that they may support their /chil dren in their own homes. First of 1929 Tobacco Sells For 20c Pound Conway, S. C.;— June 10.—1'aul D. Wooten, tobacco warehouseman, of Conway, S. C., bought the first 1929 tobacco in South Carolina from Rlarioh Dusenbury, farmer, at 20 cents per pound. SCOUTMASTER AND EIGHT BOYS RETURN FROM CONFEDERATE REUNION; ALL HAD A GOOD TIME Boys Acted As Escorts for Veterans; Newspaper Praises Woi'k $ After taking part in the care of the l onfcdcrate veterans at Charlotte lest week. Scoutmaster Wheeler Mar tin and bis eight Scouts, Walter Cook, I ush llassell. Mack Simpson, Reg Simpson, Jim Rhodes, Carroll Crock ett, Albert Leslie Clark, and Billy Watts, returned early last Saturday morning, reporting a splendid trip and an unusually good time* Scoutmaster Martin, while telling of Uie trip, stated that rhe eight Scouts from here fitted into the working or ganization splendidly and handled their work,"the caring for the old soldiers, well To be a member of the attend ing group, the local Scoutmaster ami Ins eight Scouts take pride in the fol l wing editorial appearing in the Char lotte Observer last Wednesday; "How would we get along without the gallant young fellows! I'licy are nowhere in evidence except at places where their services are required, and tin re they are present in abundant numbers, ready to the band of veteran or Visitor, alert minds, well informed and quick of action, the rAnest body guards soldiers ever had. The usual sight is two Scouts to the veteran, one on each side as shoulder-props, and they never leave their charge Until tic is comfortably disposed of just where he wanted to be Coming out of the auditorium. Monday night, the Ob server giit into one of these Scout manned busses and bad good oppor tunity to witness their performances in transportation of veterans from the Auditorium and distribution to their stveral homing places. The veterans would be helped in and out of the bus with a care that was tender. They Uf uld not lie dropped on the sidewalk, I'll* carried into the house and left in the safe bands of the housekeeper be fore being relinquished. At the Thomp son Orphanage two Scouts who had 'escorted a veteran into the 'home, tar ried a longer time than was expected. When they got back to the bus, they explained that they bad bfeii delayed by putting him to bed and tucking hint ii•. And what splendid guides these Hoy Scouts are through the traffic! No harm tomes to veterans under their charge. Great is the Boy .Scout, and he is making a record of prideful observation by all people at the re union. . ' h EXPECTED THAT 1929 PROPERTY VALUATION IN COUNTY WILL, BE SMALLER THAN IN YEAR BEFORE Is Believed That Greatest Shrinkage Will Be in Solvent Credits While Tax Supervisor John 1). Lil l.*y offered no official statement as to 1929 property valuations in this coun ty, it is understood that a decrease will very likely be found in the listings when the liooks are turned ill next v.eek. A number of reasons have bee!j, assigned to this expected decrease, the shortage in provisions being mentioned a? a dominating factor in curtailing the valuation. It is also believed that the decrease in solvent credit listings will l>e greater this year than at any preX vious time. In addition to the de crease in this .type of listings, there was an pffsetting factor, indebtedness, which, according to unofficial reports, is much larger this year than has been Sheriff A. L. Roebuck Died Here Saturday Dies Alter Short Illness v I I ' AH aQk . pHfl TKI SHERIFF A. 1,. ROEBI'CK DEAF AND DUMB LIQUOR MAKER Dry Officers Have Hard Time Find Out Name of • Negro Mute Difficulties experienced by Federal prohibition agents in raiding stills were only liajt over last Saturday when they raptured Chester Brown, deaf and dumb negro of the Hassell comiiiuiii I ty. Brown had a hard time telling [ the officers he .was fishing and found the pint tit whisky xentoved front his person by the officers, lie could not j even tell his naflitrrSntT tTic agciUs were .forced to carry him around in the community to learn his name.' ! His istory did not meet with the ap proval of the officers, who stated he ( \j>#»chase(l from a still, 'falling captive ;in Deputy J. H. Roebuck's arms. He v.as brought here and plated in jail tor a preliminary hearing. COUNTYAfiENT'S REPORT FOR MAY Reveals Wide Variety of Activity; Poultry Sold Brought $18,036.68 Agent T. Jl. Brandon's report for the month of May reveals a combination of activities carried on during that period, he having loadetl poultry, |reated hogs, spent much time in field work and handled the routine duties of the offlce. The May report, in detail, as was presented the commissioners at their regular meeting here yesterday, fol lows: *- • • i P Twelve days spent in field work, 8 days spent in office work, 7 daysjan nual leave, 121 office conferences, 14H telephone calls, 179 letters written, 85 farms visited, 816 miles traveled on | official duties, 2 articles wiitten for j local papers, 887 hogs treated during .the month, 1 car of poultry was loaded [during the month, 10,220 pounds se cured at Williamston, Robersonville and Oak City, making a total of 74, 09' l pounds for theyear that brought f18,0M6.68. The amount sold this year was almost double fhat sold last year. Next month the will spend the most of his time treating hogs as there are many 'armers who want the work done. ft tind in the past. No t)iarkc(f change lias been recorded in real property lutings, it is understood Should tin- present indications hold, an increase in the tax rate for the coun ty is inevitable. The size of the in crease is a matter of wide speculation at this 'time. While the drop in prop erty valuations might result in a larg er tax rate, the decrease might be off >t by the aid given this and the sev eral other counties by the State, mainly the road and school funds. Only one or two townships have pen mentioned a valuation similar in size to the one recorded last year, two W three others forecasting small de ceases in their listings. The books ari\to be turned in by the list-taker* next Monday when the recorded re sults will be learned. 1 Advertiwre Will Find Our Col uniM a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homea of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 ■FUNERAL HELD I YESTERDAY IN I ROBERSONVILLE *—— I Had Only Been 111 for Few Days; Death Is Shock To His Friends WAS ELECTED IN 1926 | Was Considered One of the County's Foremost Citizens; Over 1,500 Attend Final Rites •- $ A 1. Roebuck, Martin County's sheriff since *the general election in l''2o, died at his home here mi Main Strict last Saturday afternoon follow-. it'K a short itln'ess. \\ hUe ( attending services at a Ipcal'church last ( : ay; evening lie vv»s attacked with sonic acute, stomach trouble. Physici ans summoned at that time considered his case serious-, hut were of the opin ion that l\e would recover. Other troubles developed, and a day or two IK fore h.s death, attending doctors an-, tiounced that recovery was impossible. S. >, sudden? was his passing tliat.hun ' liied.s oi iriends were surprised to learn ot his illness and death. I he, s HI of Ralph A. and Klizabeth 1 ;*> lor Roebuck, he was born Sep tember 11, 1H(I5, near Flit Swamp, in K'V'tiersouv 11 le Township, where IK* lived the early part of bis life, As a fanner, he was a success, and imcom iMtinity and church alTairs lie stood' (lit a- a prominent leader in bis ■.ec tioii. He ioineil the church at Chris- I an I liapel at the age of 25 years, and .throughout tli'e: remainder oi his. life lie ever revered its teachings, remain ing an active anil loyal attendant upon all services. At that age he waif mar ried to Mis> Melissa M. Wynne, oi that community, moving from the place i i bi- birth then to establish a home niarcr the town of Kveretts, in Cross Roads TuurtShip l-or a number of Mi K,,clunk \ a- a member yf the Stonewall Lodge ot the Masonic order, in Roberson ville. fie was master tor several iirnis, and to this, as ■he was to his church, lie was loyal, in I''2o he en tered county politics, -winning in a ci litest for the sheriff's office Where he was personally know n, the. 'votes were • practically unanimous lor bis I candidacy, and In his personality he v.aged a winning campaign to go into j ortu'e. At the last election bet was re jeleited without opposition. At the ,! close of, the l'>2B tax period, he had : established a collection record unsur passed up until that time by any offi ce! in this section. Throughout his Jairvice as the county's officer, he adk id to his long list of friend,, making jlt u , and very few, enemies during that ' time. Highly respected as a man of kind and sincere aims and ambitions, lie I (lid a good work as plain citizen both i': the section of his birth anil residence lin Cross Roads Township and in the ti.wn here since bis inauguration in Dicentber, The funeral procession letl here yes terday afternoon for Robersonville, -where services were held in tjic Chris t'i.ll Church by Revs ( 14 Masbburn ami R. A. I'hiljips, his pastors. All the business houses aliil offuxs here suspended business and closed their doors from- 1:45 to 2:30, while the ! procession was passing, as a mark .oi inspect to his memory. The Masons iof Stonewall l.udge took charge oi, I the burial and placed the body to [ final rest in the Robersonville Ceme tery. The services Were attended by ' one of the largest crowds ever attfiuU I illy a funeral and burial in this county. '1 be Moral offering was marked for its ' size and beauty,j-nwUcating, a love and i the high respect in which lit. was held thy his fellowmeu. lie is survived liy hi|> widow and sc veil children: \V. H. Roebuck, ol Petersburg; Charles H. and Archie, ol Kvcrctts; Herlu-rt I. ant Sheppard, ol l loss Roads; Mrs. Clarence Taylor, of Robersonvillc; and Miss l«ela, ot this place. Summer Courses ior Those Wishing to Make Up Work l-'or those pupils desiring to make up certain work in the local high j school, Professor B. E* Hood will start a coaching class at the school building here the first of next week. Mr. Hood will coach seventh and ciKhth (trade math, seventh and eighth grade science and civics, and ninth (trade biology. The classes will con tinue over a four weeks' period, a small charge being made to cover attached expenses. All pupils desir ing to take advantage of the instruc tion are asked to get in touch with Professor Hood some time this week, that proper arrangements might b« made. -.— m
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