North Carolina Newspapers

AftvartiMn WO Fad Oar Col on i Latchkay to Ovar Sixteen Hondrod Martin County Hones VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 74 4 STATE HEADS HOLD MEETING IN CHARLOTTE Favor Drastic Acreage Re ductions In Four Main Cash Crops Charlotte, Nov. 12.—The governors of the two Carolina*, Virginia and Georgia, meeting here today, agreed to seek a drastic reduction in the acreage planted in their states in 1932 to cotton, tobicco, peanuts and po tatoes. The conclusions of the con ference, called by Governor O. Max Gardner, of North Carolina, were set forth m a statement issued tonight over the signatures of Governor Gar dner, Governor I bra C. Blackwood, of South Carolina; Governor John G. Pollard, Of Virginia, and Governor Richard B. Russell, of Georgia. "It waa unanimously agreed," the statement said, that each governor appoint three men from his state to constitute what will be known as the "fow-state committee" and that such committee survey the acreage and production of the main cash crops for the past 10 years in each state and recommend definite quotas of acreage for 1932 and that the said committee report back their plans to the gover nors at soon as completed." I>e manner of bringing about the acreage reductjpn was left "as each governor may M(} Jjimself determine." South Carolina has already passed legislation forbidding the planting of cotton in that state in 1932. "It was also agreed," the statement said, "that a very important phase of the whole subject of acreage reduc tion related to the question of credit and banking and each governor pro posed to take this matter up with the banking and credit agencies pf the state with a view of securing their co operation." f , OAK CITY P.-T. A. MEETS TUESDAY Superintendent R. G. Fitz gerald, of Pitt County, Addresses Body v?Oak City, Nov. 12. —The Parent- Tocher Association of the Oak City School had it* regular meeting in the school auditorium Tuesday night, No vember 10, at 7:30 o'clock. The meet ing was called to order by the presi-j dent. Mrs. J. H. Ayera conducted the! devotional. The chairman of the wel fare committee made a report of what had been done during the month in regard to making 1 a survey of the •eedy families in the community. Vote* ware taken to see which grade had the largest number of parents present. The seventh grade had the largest number and won the prize. This was one of the best attended meetings of the year and offered much encouragement to the leaders teachers. It is being planned for the home economics clasa to serve the members at their next regular meet lag in December. Principal H. M. Ainsley introduced Mr. R. G. Fitzgerald, superintendent "of Pitt County schoola. Mr. Fitzger ald held his audience for about 40 min utes and presented aubjeet with much feeling. He urged the people to think ef temporal things. "People are a bout the same, whether they I wear overalls or other clothes." "The same people who are considered problems today have builded towns, railroads, madfc crops, helped to make your homes and my home and this com munity, and yet are looked on as a problem." When we look back at the beginning of North Carolina, these people, the problem, have builded whatever riches that North Carolina holds today. He asked the question Why have they lost their value to us aow? The speaker urged that we look on them in terms of blood, hope, and love, as they are not a problem but an asset. The program committee next pre sented a program by the second and fourth grades. The little playlet was well rendered by the second grade and the songa by the fourth grade highly enjoyed. At the close "several acrobatic stunts were put on by pupils of the fourth, fifth, and seventh grades. The auditorium was crowded. Parents Wtrt present from the country who bad never attended before. The meet ing adjourned to meet again on the second Tuesday night in December. i Local Concern Will Give Away A Nice Junior Auto Tbe attention of local kiddies has bee* attracted to the show window of the Sally Ann Bakery here during the past few days, where a junior auto mobile awaits the holder of the largest number of purchase votes. With each 10-cent purchase, the customer receives 2S votes, and the one holding the largest number will get the automo bile, a well-constructed Stutz racer that any youngster would take pride £be closing date of the 6MPK W aiwmced later. THE ENTERPRISE Auto Licenses Received for 1932; To Be Pu Local Branch COTTON REPORT TO NOVEMBER 1 Martin Porduction Is Still 490 Bales Short of 1930 Crop Martin County farmers have ginned 490 bales of cotton less up until No vember 1 than they did for the same period last year, it was announced in an official government report made public this week. Last year there were 2,499 bales of cotton ginned up to No vember 1, as compared with 2,009 this year. The reduction is around 20 per cent. With the exception of one county, Halifax, there is a reduction in the crop grown in the seven districts this year. Nash reported a sizeable in crease along with many other coun ties in the southwest. FOUR CASES IN COUNTY COURT Officers Completed Work Before the Noon Hour Tuesday The regular session of the county recorder's court held here last Tues day was a short one, the officers com pleting their work for the day before the noon hour. Five cases were call ed. Failing to comply with a former judgment rendered in the case charg ing him with violation of the liquor laws, Andrew Revander was warned to pay the fine and costs of the court within the next few days or watch the sale of certain portions of his proper ty held under deed of trust. Judgment was suspended in the case charging* Clinton Rogers with the larceny of silver ware from the Sunny Side Inn, provided he pay the coats of the case and pay for the stolen goods. Charged with firing a load of shot into the rear of Charlie Carraway's automobile, Charlie Perry was car ried before Judge Bailey, who, after hearing the case, continued the action for one week. Carraway escaped un hurt as the load of shot passed through the other side of the wind shield. More than 200 shot are said to have entered the car. Perry is said to have denied shooting the car. Judgment was suspended in the case charging W. A. Price with vio lation of the liquor laws, provided he pay the costs in the case. Newsome Robbins was sentenced to the roads for a period of ninety days for operatin an automobile while intoxicated. HUNTERS LOOK TO NOVEMBER 20 ♦ Season for Quail, Rabbits And Wild Turkeys Opens That Day Opening next Friday for the taking of quail, wild turkeys, and rabbits, the hunting season in thje east will be un der way in full force. The duck sea son opens Monday, but the hunting grounds are too far for great many Martin County hunters. Conservation officials and game wardens through out the section are expecting a marked increase in the sale of hunting li censes next week. Reports received here from /Vari ous parts of the county state that all types of game are plentiful this sea son, and much hunting will be under way on and after next Friday. The qtaail season is opening several days earlier this season than has been cus tomary in the past. Th& short open season, November 15 to December 15, for taking migra tory waterfowl has been debated wide ly by ofl|cials in several Southern State and the Federal Bioloigical Sur vey Bureau\but the short season will be maintained. Mrs. Marioh Smith Died At Her Home Yesterday ■ w Mrs. Marion Smith died at her home near Robersonville Thursday from pneumonia, following an attack of in fluenza. Mrs. Smith, before her - marriage, was Miss Blanche Roberson, the daughter of the late John Clayte Roberson and wife, now Mrs. W. E. Page, of Tarboro. Her husband and five children, the youngest only 2 1-2 months old, survive. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jasper Johnson and Mrs. Pearl Ever ett, both of Robersonville. The funeral will be held at the home this afternoon and burial will be in the new cemetery. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 13, 1931 FIRST STATED NO BUREAU WAS TO BE PLACED HERE Williamston Motor Com pany Will Again Have Charge of Sale Maintained by the Carolina Motor Club, an automobile license bureau will be reestablished here for the sale of 1932 tags, it was announced this morning by local manager, Mr. N. C. Green, following a visit here by Mr. A. M. Huggins, service manager of the automobile club, of Greensboro. In an early announcement of bu reau locations, the station maintained here by the Carolina Motor Club dur ing the past several years was not included. Mr. Huggins explained while making arranements for Its re establishment here, that there was an error and that automobile owners in this section would be served by the club again. Many new bureaus are being established through the State this year, Mr. Huggins stated, the nearest to the one here is that in Wash ington. Placing the tags on sale here the 15th of next month, the local bureau will remain open two months, closing the 15th of February, Manager N. C. I Green said today. Every possible con venience will be offered to car owners { when making their license purchases by employees of the local bureau, and the auto owners in this and surround ing counties are invited to visit_ the statipq here. v lt was explained that even though the bureau remains open until the mid dle of February, it will be unlawful for owners to operate their cars with out proper tags after January 1, 1932. There might be a short extension of time in which owners-might drive their | cars unmolested by inspectors and pa trolmen, and then there might not be an extension. The safest way is to make purchases as soon as the bureau opens, avoiding a probable rush and trouble with the law. Tags, 2,500 of them, have been de livered here for distribution among automobile owners in this and sur rounding counties. Apparently a small er sale is anticipated here this year than last, for the number of plates has been greatly decreased. With a bureau opening in Washington at the same time, the work of the station here will' be limited to patrons this side of Washington. The numbers on the tags here start at 229,001 and run to 231,500 and are for automobiles only. Truck plates will be delivered here later, it was learned at the Williamston Motor Company building whvc the bureau will be housed. With the numberals and letters in black on a yellow background, the col or scheme of the plates is just the re verse of what it is for the present year. There are a few other minor changes in the make-up of the tags, and this year there will be no classification identifying a certain type of tag to one partiiular type Qf car. Just how inspectors will be able to know that owners are displaying the right tag# is not known at this time. Tags will be sold according to the weight of the automobile upon which they are placed. Local Fire Company Gets Call Tuesday Afternoon The local fire company was called out last Tuesday afternoon when fire threatened the home of George Hay wood Gurganus, colored, on Haugh ton Street, near the warehouses. One line of hose was laid and the blaze 'was put out in a very short time. Starting from a chimney spark, the blaze was eating its way into the roof of the small home. No great damage resulted. Local Lose Game To Scotland Neck, 46 To 0 Playing the Scotland Neck football team in Scotland Neck lait Wednes day afternoon, the local high school eleven were "swamped" by the Hali fax team, losing by a score of 46 to 0. It waa the first big defeat the lo cal* have suffered this season. Sunday Services at the Local Baptist Church The following announcements were made today, relatives to Sunday serv ices in the Baptist church: . Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Mr. T. O. Hickman, a graduate of Wake Forest Cotlege and an ordained min ister will be the speaker at this serv ice. There will be no night service. MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE IN SOUTH BY FOREST FIRES Travel on Many Roads and Air Lines Is Stopped by Dense Smoke Spreading over sections in the South from Virginia to Mississippi, forest fires have resulted in great property losses and have hampered traffic on land and in the air during the past few days. While woods and brush fields in Martin County have escaped fire damage with the exception of a few tracts in Robersonville township, con ditions are very favorable for the spread of fires now. Precaution should be taken by every one who would spare game life, timber, and make travel safe on the roads of the county. Around Belhaven, in Beaufort Coun ty, fires continued to sweep over large areas, burning dry brush, and impair ing the peat-like soil there, but the original alarm had somewhat subsided Wednesday. Reports from Atlanta yesterday stat ed that poor visibility from the smoke covered territory from Virginia to Florida and westward to the Missis sippi River, with parts of Kentucky, also affected, So dense was the smoke even over areas not on fire that airlines canceled numerous passenger flights. Within the fire area and for miles on each side automobile traffic was hampered by smoke. The latter condition was par ticularly noticeable in coastal and southern Georgia and the region a round Charleston. No official estimates of the total damages l>y the widely scattered fires was available, but several days ago it was estimated that in the single area around Valdosta, in southern Georgia, 15,000 or more acres had been burned over. How much the fires in vicinity and in others over the southeastern states had spread in the meantime could not be accurately ascertained. LAND CASE IS IN HANDS REFEREE 51? Not Finish Evidence in Coltrain-Roberson Case; They Just Quit w Establishing a "little" court of their own, attorneys and litigants in the Coltrain vs. Hoberson case, a conten tion over the title to a few practically worthless acres of swamp land in Griffins Township, late yesterday aft ernoon decided to quit taking the evi dence and let the referee base his de cision on the facts already in. Start ing last Monday, the attorneys, and prominent ones, too, worked day aft er day, questioning some witnesses for more than a day. And then they did not they just quit. Stuart Smith, the referee, of Scot land Neck, has the evidence in his hands .and he is expected to render hii decision within the next 30 days. The case has been vigorously con tested, and it has been discussed continually in Griffins Township,, and in the opinion of almost every one, it was all for nothing, absolutely noth ing. CHILD RUNS INTO PASSING TRUCK Careless In Crossing Main Street; Nearly Costs Child Her Life Careless crossing of the main I street here nearly took its toll yes terday afternoon when a colored school child, about six years old, walked into the righ back fender of the Culpeppetf Hardware Company's truck that was passing Harrison Brothers' store at the time. The girl Rachel Johnson, was rendered un conscious, but was not badly hurt. When she came to in a doctor's office she was badly frightened, but for a large knot on her forehead and skin ned knees, she was all right, the at tending physician said. Charles Peel, driving the small truck, turned sharply to the left but was unable to miss the child as she continued her walk without looking where she was going. She was cross ing the street in the middle of a block and darted into the street from between two parked automobiles* Hitting the fender with her head, the girl almost tore it off( splitting the wheel guard in several plaoea. Curb Market Prices Here Tomorrow Will Be Same Pricea for the curb market this week will the same as laat Satur day. If you are planning to buy a , turkey to r. Thanksgiving, your order . can be handled at the curb market. An effort ia being made to find a more central location for our market. We welcome auggestions from our pa- Jtroni. Growers of Peanuts Meet in Rich Square DENY SURPLUS EXISTS IN CROP THIS SEASON Over 200 Attend Meeting; Holding of Peanuts Is Advocated A flat denial that there is a surplus of peanuts in the United States caused by an extra large crop this season waa registered by the bankers, business men, and growers that met in Rich Square Tuesday night. There were over 200 people present at the banquet held in the community house in the Northampton County town that included the largest grow ers in 11 peanut-growing counties in Eastern Carolina and Tidewater Vir ginia. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce with N. G. Bartlett, secretary-manager of the sec tional commercial organization in charge. The growers were of the opinion that they should get a price of three cents a pound for number one bunch peanuts and decided to hold their nuts in storage until this price was avail able, even though they were forced to do so for three to six months. Au thorized warehouse receipts could be traded as security for a certain per centage of the value of the nuts to be used in carrying on business. ! The reports that there has been a bumper crop this season have been exaggerated and are branded as unre liable by the growers, who represent ed the greatest number of bags of nuts that have gathered recently for a dis cussion of these problems. Rumors of a 35 per cent increase this season were not accepted, as best figures a vailable showed there was not over a 14 per cent increase in production. A practically clean market awaits the grower this season, with no foreign .or domestic nuts in storage, and pea nuts should be 3 oents a pound in a ! short time, say growers. I The nMts grown this season should be consumed in 1931 and 1932, as a carry-over of a number of bags froo) last season is already out of the way. The quality of the nuts this season is the best in years, according to the opinion of a number of growers in this county. ! The marketing rush in this county 'so far this season has been more pro jnourfced than ever before, it is be j lieved. The Columbian Company, ! unable to handle the deliveries that have been made so rapidly this week to its local plant, has gone off the .market for a few days. Their buyers will resume their activities again some time next week, it was unofficially an nounced yesterday. Representatives 'of other companies are finding It dif ficult to handle their deliveries, but jthey are still on the market. FIRE THURSDAY AT JAMESVILLE Coltrain Store and Vacant House Burned Late Last Night Fire destroyed a small store and ten ant house and threatened other build ings in Jamesville late last night, fiard work on the part of a bucket brigade preventing additional loss. Returning from a hunt, Mr. Ira Col train, owner of the buidlings, discov ered the blaze, and with the help of | others much of the stock in the store 'was removed, but the property in the I house was burned. j A call was received here, and prep arations were made to lend out the I volunteer company, but realizing there I was no water connection available and fearing that the run there and back in the fog and smoke would be danger ous, the local fire chief awaited anoth er call. According to rumors here, the house was fired, the blaze starting at the rear and eating its way to near-by build ings. It is understood that no insur ance was carried on the property. Bullock Wreck Hearing Is Again Postponed Scheduled for last Wednesday morn ing as a result of the truck-auto wreck in which Irving Coltrain was killed near the county home laat Sunday night, the hearing was poatponed un tiled Thursday morning and then in definitely postponed as a witness ia now unable to take part. The defend ant, Bullock, continues under a SSOO bond. A Viena store claims to have Aua [ tria's saleswoman in the per son of Miss Betty Ross, who annual income ia more than $5,000 from a commiaaion of 2 1-2 per cent on ial«a. j COURT OF HONOR A high apot in Boy Scouting in thia county will b« reached hare this evening at 8:15 o'clock when acouta from Roberaonville and Wil liamiton will hold a court of honor in the county courthouae. Sev eral boys from each troop are in line for promotion, and their meritt will be paaaed on by Ki wanis club membera. Rev. Z. T. Piephoff will have the meeting in charge, and the public is cordially invited to attend the exeYciaes. ARMISTICE DAY IS QUIET HERE No Celebration Held To Mark End of War 13 Years Ago Armistice Day was just another day in the business world and among Martin County people. No celebra tions were arranged, and with the ex ception of brief patriotic exercises on the local tobacco market and in the elementary school and the display of flags on the streets, the day was spent just as any ordinary day is spent. The fourth grade, under the direc tion of Mrs. Leman Bamhill, teacher, entertained the grammar school with a patriotic program, the schools clos ing the day at 1 o'clock that after noon. _ Sales were delayed on the local to bacco market for a few minutes that morning when an impromptu program was offered in keeping with the spirit of the day. An old-fashioned square dance was held that night, attracting large numbers of visitors from sur rounding towns and communities. The largest gathering of the day here as sembled for the picture shows. In other towns, big celebrations were arranged, a goodly number of Williamston and Martin County peo ple attending. ROLL OF HONOR FOR FARM LIFE Names of 31 Pupils Appear On List For The First Month Just Closed The Fariu Life School's honor roll for the pa9t month reflects earnest ef forts on the part of 31 pupils who met the requirements to have their names appear on the honor list, as follows: First grade: Elizabeth Manning, Lo la Hardison, Evelyn Hardison, Allie Marie Hardison, Martha A. Roberson. Second grade: Harry Peel, Cecil Brown, Jesse Koberson, Robert Whit ley. Third grade: Ida Mae Corey, La vaughn Hardison, Elbert Heath, Her bert Leslie Manning, Oscar Wiggins. Fourth grade: Sallie Coltrain, Ethel Lilley, Mittie Brown Manning. Fifth grade: Noah Hardison, Sarah Getsinger. , Sixth grade: John B. Roberson, Eva Manning, Mamie Clyde Manning, and Annie Getsinger. Seventh grade: Albert Wilson Lil ley, Jay Daniel. Eighth grade: Verna Griffin, Leona Griffin, Thelma Clyde Coltrain. Tenth grade: VeOtia Roberson, Eva Brown Coltrain, Archie Coltrain. TEACHERS AND PARENTS MEET Much Interest In Organiza tion Is Shown at Meeting Held Here Yesterday Holding the second meeting of the current term, the local parent-teacher j association yesterday afternoon had strong support on the part of its ment bers, indicating that the organization] ii making preparations fsr a successful and highly beneficial work this year. Reports were made by the chair men of the various departments, and action was taken in several matters. Within th« next few days, the asso ciation will sponsor a picture show in an effort to raise funds to carry on necessary work. Appearing before the assembly, Rev. Z. T. Piephoff talked on ::Th« Moral and Spiritual Needs of Children," stat ing that statistics show that children are not receiving proper moral and .spiritual training, iand that the en vironment seems to have a tendency to pull down, rather than build up the character of the child. . The association, with urgent tasks •waiting it, is appealing to every par ent for support. Patrons, both in the town and country, are asked to at tend the meetings and take part in thep rograms. Watch the Label On Tow Paper Aa It Carriaa tha Data Whan Your Subacription Bxpiraa ESTABLISHED 1898 SCHOOL MEN OF COUNTY HOLD MEETING HERE County School Children To Have Two Days for Thanksgiving The importance of improving tha efficiency of schools was stressed by State High Schoool Inspector A. B. Combs in a talk to the Martin school masters assembled in the high school building here last evening for their first round-table discussion of school problems thi» year. The inspector had been in the county schools during the day, and his tlak was very helpful to th eschool men and will be of much value to the schools. With Professor William R. Watson, the new president, in charge, and with I rincipal David N. Hix recording the facts and looking after the treasury, the club limited its discussions to the fixing of Thanksgiving holidays and the place for the next meeting. And as a result, Martin County schoo| chil dren will have two days off for Thanksgiving, and the next meeting of the male teachers will be held in Rob ersonville December 10. Professors Pollock, Watson, Hix, and Leake were appointed to attend a district meet ing of teachers in Greenville this aft ernoon. Seventeen of the 2J male teachers attended the first meeting, as follows; Messrs. J. T. Uzzle, N. C. Barefoot, T. O. Hickman, and A. L. Pollock, of Jamesville; Marvin Everett, J. H. Smith, W. C. Brake, and R. I. Leake, Robersonville; S. P. Williams, H. M. Ainsley, of Oak City; G. L. Haislip, Hassell; D. N. Hix, Everetts; L. B. Wynn, Parmele; A. E. Mercer and Charles Hough, Farm Life; W. R. Bouknight and W. R. Watson, Wil liamston; and Superintendent J. C. Manning and A. B. Combs. R. U. ROBERSON DIED TUESDAY Buried at Old Home Place Near Jamesville Last Wednesday R. U. Roberson, a native of this county, died in a Rocky Mount hos pital last Tuesday following a long illness of cancer. He had been in the hospital several months. Mr. Roberson was born near James ville, the son of the late Noah R. Roberson and wife. He was 49 years old and had been in the employ of tKe Atlantic Coast Line Rariroad since his boyhood. He was located at Wil liamston and Plymouth for a number of years, but for some time he had been station in Rocky Mount. He was married three times. His first wife was Miss Bettie Gardner, of Washington county, vvho died a bout fifteen years ago, leaving no children. His second wife was Miss Myrtle Patrick, of Roper, who lived only a few years after her marriage, Leaving one child. His third wife, formerly Miss Carrie Andrews, of Bethel, with three children survives. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Ed Hardison, of Williamston, and Mrs. Arthur Spruill, of Creswell. The funeral service was conducted in the Christian church at Rocky Mount Wednesday, after which the I body was taken to the Roberson bury jing ground, near Jamesville, and I buried there with masonic honors. NO COMMENT ON SPECIAL SESSION Something Should Be Done However, Representative A. D. Mac Lean Says While he had no comment to offer in connection with a proposed special session of the N. C. General As sembly, Representative A. D. Mac lean, "of "Beaufort, did say, when questioned yesterday afternoon that something should be done in an ef fort to better existing conditions. J. C. Baskerville, Raleigh corres pondent, recently referred to Mr. Mac Lean as the "poker face politician." When asked if he had been addressed by the newly bestowed title, the legislator said "no" and laughed. Mr. Mac Lean has been here much of this week working on the John R. Coltrain versus Roberson and others land case. Ernest Boston Caught at Liquor Still Last Tuesday Ernest Boston, colored, was run down and caught at a liquor still ia the Free Union section gf the county early laat Tuesday night by Constable Clarence Sexton. Eight of Boston's companions, keeping a more vigilant watch, made their escape. Boston was released Wdnsday un» dr a SIOO bond and is to appatr fore Recorder Bailey here next Tues day.