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WAR VETERAN
DIED TUESDAY
Funeral Services.. Held for
Walter Bennett Near
Here Yesterday
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Walter Bennett, World War vet
eran and a native of this county,
died in the Naval Hospital, Ports
mouth, Va., last Tuesday night of
carcinomo of the stomach and a com
plication of other diseases. He had
been in ill health for many years, and
had received treatment in govern
ment hospitals some of the time. He
made his home in a little house near
the river here up until about three
weeks ago when his condition became
suddenly worse and he was removed
to Portsmouth for treatment.
1 He was 41 years old and was born
in Griffins Township. He is survived
by several sisters, his parents hav
ing died'some time ago.
. Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon and interment fol
lowed in the Bennett burial ground,
not' far from here near the Garrett
farm. Rev. W. B. Harrington, Bap
tist minister, conducted the last rites.
Mr. Bennett was in the service only
about two months and did not en
gage in the fight over seas. He was
injured while in camp, and since that
time he was hardly able to do any
work, depending largely upon aid
rendered him by the government.
LARGE CROWD AT
SESSION COUNTY
COURT TUESDAY
Judge Jos. W. Bailey Calls
Ten Cases During the
Short Session
A goodly number of people from the
county and a few from over Bertie
way turned out last Tuesday to hear
the proceedings in the Martin County
Recorder's Court. Ten cases were
called and one or two substantial fines
were imposed by Judge Bailey.
Judgment was suspended in the
case charging J. H. Coltrain with an
assault on a female, the judge warn
ing the defendant that another viola
tion of the peace would go hard with
him.
Stewart Tettertoin, charged with dis- i
orderly conduct and assault, was
found not guilty. The case charging j
Harry Bowen with reckless driving
»aj> continued one week.
E. P. Tadlock, charged with an as-,
sault and resisting an officer at a ball I
game here last week, pleaded guilty 1
and fined $75 and taxed with the
costs. |
The case charging Dan Smith with
passing a worthless check was not
proceed.
Lin Williams was sentenced to the I
roads for a period of 60 days when j
he was found guilty of violating the I
liquor law. He noted an appeal and
bond was fixed at SIOO for his ap
pearance in superior court.
The case against Colon Perry,
charged with an assault on a female,
was nol pressed. '
C. M. Barber was found not guilty
ing suspended on payment of the cost.
Judgment was also suspended upon
payment of the costs in the case a- j
gainst Dan Purrington, jr., who was
found guilty of assault on a female. i
on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Walter Barnes, charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon, was found
guilty of siniple assault, judgment be-
USESLESS GUANO
GETS GOOD CROP
Farmer Follows Rotation i
, Crop System and Gets
Favorable Results
Because he adopted a rotation' in
which the use of legumes was given
a prominent placed and reduced his j
cotton acreage to give place for live- i
stock and feed yrops, C. L. Braddy,!
of Councils, in"lfladen County, reports j
better crops from his 150-acre farm, J
even though he had reduced hi* costs
for fertilizer by a sizeable figure. j
The Braddy farm had been cultivat-'
ed strictly as a cotton and tobacco
place until five years ago, when he
worked out a definite crop rotation sys
tem with the aid of E. C. Blair, ex
tension agronomist at State Colelge.
Little attention had been paid to soil
improvement. In 1927, Mr.
Braddy began hi* rotation system and
added *oybeans in his corn for turn
ing under. The beans were planted
between the rows of corn and also in
the row with the corn. He arranged
bis plantings so that this happened
to each field in two years. In the
meantime, he discontinued the grow
ing of cotton and used the released
land for peanuts, cowpeas, and soy
beans.
t Mr. Blair says these crops made it
feasible for Mr. Braddy to increase
his cattle and hogs and to grow the
same acreage of tobacco as thereto
fore. Recently, he told Mr. Blair that!
his fertilizer bill in 1927 amounted to
SI,OOO, but in 1932 it waa only S2OO. ,
Yet he has better crops this year than
in 1927. - He~ also reported that hi*
checks lor hogs last year enabled him
to stick out the long session of the
General Assembly, of which he is •
prominent member.
He found further that by building
mp Ma land with legumes, the fertiliser
need was more effective nor did he
actually need so much as formerly.
ECLIPSE VIEWED
BY MANY HERE
—• —
Planned Studies Ih Total
Eclipse Area Marred
By Cloud Banks
;S y ,
I Many local people stared through
kodak negatives and smoked glasses
into the heavens Wednesday afternoon
to see the moon obscure nearly 85 per
'cent of the sun at 3:40 o'clock. It
' was the first partial eclipse seen here
in years, and the last until 1963, it is
' understood.
j Literally speaking, the moon made
a moon out of the sun, for the observ
|er in this part of the country could
only see an object in the skies that
'looked like a moon in the making.
| Carefully planned studies of the
( eclipse in the New England States
I where it was total, were marred by
I cloud banks, and the most elaborate
equipment could not be used to photo
| graph the /Complete victory of |he
moon over Old Sol.
j A few people here marveled in
capacity of scientists to foretell the
exact minute of the eclipse, and one
or two marveled at the far greater
miracle performed by the Maker of
j Heaven and Eearth. A few chickens
I are said to have hurried to their roosts
j and the early shadows checked the
onslaught of the sun that has been the
talk of this part of the country since
last week-end. As the moon passed
on by, things were fast to return to
normal, and in a short while the hap
pening was all but forgotten.
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Squirrel Season Opens, But
Weather Too Hot to Hunt
Legal warfare was in order on Mr.
Squirrel in this State yesterday, but
the hot weather and mosquitoes threw
a safety blanked around the life of the
fuzzy little animal. The season was
open, and a few hunters entered the
woods, but the reports of guns \were
not heard often, indicating that the
season was too early for many to brave
the heat and mosquito bites or that
there are few squirrels in the swamp
this year.
Reports coming from along the
main swamps state that there are few
er squirrels this year than last; how-
I ever There are said to be ( a goodly
| number in many of the smaller swamps
jfand along the creeks.
Announce County Services
In Presbyterian Churches
I *
j Regular services will be resumed in j
|the Willliamston church this Sunday.
( Church school at 9:45 a. m. and the
'worship service and sermon at 11 a.
in. The subject *>f the morning will'
.be "Looking Eastward."
At Bear Grass the church school j
will me?t at 9:30 a. m. and the wor-
Iship service will begin at 8 p. in.
At Koberson's Chapel, you are in
vited to the following services:
Church school at 4 p. m. Sunday;
Young People's meeting at 7 p. iri.
Tuesday; Men's meeting at 8 p. in.
Tuesday and prayer meetingfc'at 8. p.
ni. Thursday. ' '
"Come • let us worship and bow
down before the Lord, our Maker."
j
CROP ROTATION
WILL ADD MUCH
TO LAND VALUE
♦
Legumes Will Add Much
Nitrogen and Organic
Matter To Soil
♦
A well planned rotation system will
include those crops- best adapted to
soil and climatic conditions, together
with at least one legume crop to be
turned under each year.
"This legume will not only add ni
trogen tu the soil but will also furnish
i much of the necessary organic mat
jter," says C. B. Williams, head of the
I department of agronomy at State Col
| lege. "The crops selected should fit j
lin with the farm organization and
'should also give a fairly uniform dis
tribution of labor throughout the year.
I Mr. Williams states such crops as
rye, used in the rotations, will also
add to the organic matter but will not
add nitrogen or other plant nutrients
to the soil as will soybeans, cowpeas,
crimson clover, lespedeza, red clover,
or other legumes.
Three-year rotation experiments |
conducted for the past nine years on '
Norfolk sandy loam soil in the Coast
al Plain section and on the Cecil clay
loam soil in the Piedmont section
show a heavy increase in crop produc
tion where a legume was plowed un
der each year and where the regular
fertilizer applications were made.
Corn was used as the principal crop
in both sections with cowpeas at the
legume. The percentage of increase
WANTS
£ALF FOR SALE: GUERNSEY
hull calf. Will sell cheap. Eight
Week* old. —Frank Weaver. 2t
FOR RENT: APARTMENTS OF
2, 3, or 5 rooms. Price* reduced to
overcome depressi n. Prepare for
winter. Be comfo-tahle. Engage a
Tar Heel apartment, where steam heat
and hot water are *upplie. Apply to
Mrs. Jim Staton. a 23 4t
PUBLISHED KVOtY
TtHMPAV AMP FUIPAY
SAYS PROBLEMS
OF FARMER ARE
NOT NEW ONES
Agriculturists Have Been
Abused Since Dawn
Of History
By Rev. JAMBS M. PERRY
Among the early Anglo-Saxons of
Briton, agriculture held a place of pri
macy. The King's bounty and the
church dues were paid with farm prod
ucts.
As fast as warring conquerors sub
jugated the lands of their enemies they
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for corn was 128 in the coastaaf plain
area and 156 in the Piedmont area.
Cotton followed by crimson slover as
the legume was grown as the main
crop in the second year on the coastal
soil and showed an increase in produc
tion of 22.8 per cent. ' On the Pied
mont soil, wheat followed by red clover
was (frown as the second rotation. This
crop showed an increase of 7\A per
cent.
If soils are to be kept in the best
condition for profitable crop produc
tion a rotation system must be plan
ned which puts back into the soil all
the plant food removed by the grow
ing crop," says Mr. Williams.
[ Service to Our Community I
| FUNERAL DIRECTORS AMBULANCE 1
ELBALMING SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT I
I A/i Day 1 ee
Phone 44 phone 100
| We Serve With Understanding, Sympathy to 1
| the Family as Funeral Directors. I
1 We Can Save You Money I
IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO CONSULT US FOR PRICES BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION.
8 OUR SERVICE IS UNEXCELLED. TRY US.
I Sell Your Tobacco In Williamston I
After all is said and done, it is always best to sell on your local market.
Don't be fooled by the ballyhoo of the larger markets. Almost every year
B some of the smaller markets average mor than the big markets, and usually B
the small markest are the dumping grounds for the poorer grades of tobacco.
1 FURNITURE HEADQUARTERS I
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WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE LINES OF FURNITURE IN THIS SECTION. IF IT'S FURNITURE I
I YOU WANT OR NEED, COME TO SEE US. WE SELL FOR CASH OR CREDIT, AND OUR CASH PRICES ARE I
EVEN LOWER THAN DEPRESSION PRICES. WINTER IS FAST APPROACHING AND WE HAVE A BIG LINE
I • OF STOVES THAT WE ARE GOING TO SELL CHEAP. TAKE OUR ADVICE AND SEE US WHEN YOU ARE
READY TO BUY FURNITURE, A DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR MADE.
B. S. COURTNEY
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distributed them to their soldiers, who
held them in feudal tenure. In lieu
of this military tenure these vassals
obligated to fight for the king.. In
short this was the begining of the
' Feudal system in England.
/
One of the provisions of the Mag
na Charta which was wrung from old
King John by the common people,
was to define feudal customs, the fix
ing of the amount of feudal dues, along
with guarantees of other rights and
privileges.
In the days of Queen Elizabeth the
pronounced inequalities of the farm
ing class gave grave concern to those
who possessed a semblance of regard
for the masses of mankind. It was
manifestly apparent that agriculture
was by no means enjoying its propor
tionate share of wealth and prosperi :
ty enjoyed by shippers, merchants,
and manufacturers.
Relief for the poor was agitating the
public mind in England centuries a
-1 go. Many crafts and guilds organized
I for their own saft ty, protection, and
■ promotion, but not so with the farm
er. An act of Parliament forbidding
the enclosure of large tracts of land
gave new impetus to farming and re
vived agriculture for a time, but by no
means lifted the farmer % to the posi
tion he deserves in economic, politi
cal, and sW|qial independency atd
equality.
Reform and industrial revolution
was inevitable, but with the change
WIU.IAMSTON
MOBTHCAJOLIIU
arose new problems. Unemployment
and an ever-growing army of poor
taxed every organized effort of chari
ty to its maximum. The dole was not
satisfactory to a people prepared for
life and willing to work.
There were those then, as now, who
believed in the Laissez Faire policy*
which means let things right them
selves, and let the government leave
the employer and employee to work
out their own salvation. But they did
not reckon with selfishness, greed, a
varice, and the lower stratas of hu
man emotions. Crime increased,
working conditions became intoler
able, justice was defeated, courts de
filed, political preferments and social;
injustices of the privileged classes
greatly intensified an already unbear-j
able and acute situation. Charity and
I BUCK JONES * "DEAD LINE" l" c I
Mcnday .Only Sept. 5 Wednesday Sept. 7 Thor.-FrL Sept.
"STREET OP WOMEN" Dourfas Fa*bar*a, Jr. /in ANN HARDINO
with "LOVE IS A* RACKET" In
KAY FRANCIS ONLY 10c TO EVERYBODY "WESTWARD PASSAGE"
Saturday, Sept. 10—"HONOR OF The MOUNTED"—with TOM TYLER
SHOW STARTS AT 1 P. M. 10c TO ALL
the dole was not the way to industrial
reform. The paradoxical extreme of
low wages and high prices for many
commodities was as unsatisfactory
then as now. Self-complacency by j
liie rich and limited fortitude around
the tread mill of the poverty stricken j
masses was by no means the solution |
then, and neither can it be today. -
farmers can not pay their
tax, can not buy licenses for their
cars, cannto buy ichooVbooks for their
children, can not have radios, luxnr-,
ies, comforts, and not even medical
attention and the bare necessities of
life, while the rich wallow in millions.
I say when that happens we must find
: a quick solution or our civilization is
headed for the Hatteras of despair
| if not the maniacal debacle of unre
strained revolution and utter rain.
Friday, September 2,1932
Coftimoo tense can remedy these in
justices, but blind indifference is the
suit road to economic, political, and
social suicide, and ntter national ruin,
j Educated, thinking farmers are ask
ing why tobacco companies take their
| tobacco crops at starvation prices and
| then fix the prices of tobaco and cig
jarettea so high as to make more than
a hundred million dollars in one year
|of clean profits. Some day a leader
of the plain people will ask that ques
\ tion and will not be laughed out of
court. Paid agents may make ridicu
lously futile efforts to harmonixe such
incompatible incongruities, but the
people will some day demand a sober, _
[ serious, logical answer, and not em
belished, high-sounding pharseology in
defense of such an unfair policy of in
equality and inexcusable injustice.