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Advarttean Win Pnd Oar Col ami i Latchkay to Ow SbttMn Handrad Martin Count? Haan VOLUME XXXVI —NUMBER 42 Maxwell Announces New Sales Tax Rules Effective August Ist UNIFORMITY IN RATES CHARGED ULTIMATE GOAL Says Tax Developed Less Friction Than Was Expected By A. J. MAXWELL Three weeks of actual experience with the sales tax has developed less friction and deflficulty than was gen erally anticipated. Regulations governing the applica tion of the tax were promulgated ex perimentally for the month of July only. It was expected that experi ence would suggest the need for re vision of these rules. The July reg-. ulations have been unsatisfactory in the following particulars: The use of a series of schedules has been confusing and has made uniform ity of observance and practice difficult. Merchants in the same general class would fall into different schedules be cause one would have a larger per centage of sales below 10 cents than the other. For instance, schedule 3 applies to one drug store and sched ule 4 to another. Merchants not in the same general class carry some merchandise of the same class, which would add a tax in one store and not in the other by use of differing schedules. Merchants having a large percent age of sales in the low-prk'e group have not been collect the amount of the tax. Drug stores, for instance, using schedule 2, have col lected only about two-thirds ot their tax, and having to absorb one-third. The July schedules were set up on the theory of setting the first taxable line as high as possible to avoid ex- (Continued on page three) SUNDAY BALL NOT NECESSARY Citizens Pledge a Renewed Support of Local Base ball Team A split in the religious and sporting realms of the town was averted last Tuesday night, when local citizens met in the town hall and renewed their support of the local baaeball club and the schedule now in effect A fair-sized sum was pledged to the club, and at the present time baaeball finances are in fairly good shape, it is understood. Sunday baseball was proposed here recently, when it was discovered that the club was unable to support itself on the four-game-pcr-week schedule. Sunday play was hardly mentioned at the meeting, and those in charge of the club are said to have been much pleased when a renewed support was pledged making play on Sunday un necessary. One or two towns in the league have reported Sunday games, but as a whole they did not meet with suc cess, according to information receiv ed here. IJOO Firemen Attended Convention in Salisbury ♦ Returning last night from the State Firemen's meeting in Salisbury, May or J. L. Hassell and Firemen H. D. Harrison and J. W. Manning report one of the best conventions held in years. Mayor Hassell addressed the group. More than 1,200 firemen from all over the State were in attendance at the meeting, it was said. No Preaching Services at Episcopal Church Sunday ——« Other than the Sunday school at 10 a. m., there will be no aervicea at the Church of the Advent Sunday, it was announced by the rector, Rev. E. F. Moaeley, yesterday morning. The minister and his family are spending • few daya at Bayview. Baptist Pastor Announces Topic tor Sunday Sermon "Community Stabilizing Forces" will be the sermon theme Sunday morning at the Baptist church. In the evening at 8 o'clock, this congre gation ia invited to participate in the union service to be held at the Pres byterian church. The Baptict Sunday tchool held its annual picnic at Colerain last Wednes day afternoon. A large group waa :n attendance, and bountiful refresh ment* were served after the big swim by the many boy* and girls. THE ENTERPRISE UNIFORM SALES TAX SCHEDULE Applies to Every Retail Merchant Iks thai II cmts . . > lb In 10 cuts te 35 cents. , . ,| cut 3S cuts ti 70 cuts. . . . 2 cents . 71 cuts to $1.05 . . , 3 cents Above (1.(5, stroegkt 3 per cent, frocfiotit governed by major froctioa. This schedule to be applied to total sales qi one trading period IHaitratioa: Th« ta> ol on* c«nt ox • tan caati purchott «ntifl*t th« cuitomtr to buy ottwr aMrchandit* Hp to IS coah ot th« torn* trod Mfl period without additional tai jytA T" AV 08 FLOUI1 ' MEAL - MtAT - LA *°' MILK. iN U 1/\ A MOUSSES. SALT, SUGAR, COFFEE, ———— LINE, FERTILIZER, FUILIC SCHOOL lOOKS TV It Kkodwi* it promylgattd under authority of law, «Htcti»f from and ofttr Aafaft I, mi. and it it mandatory upon «»try marchont to collect thu ta>, and no met*, ia addition to tti« taltt pne* of nwrchondit*. Thu placard it furmshad by th« Stata D«partm«nt of Rtvanaa, to pravtnt unfair trad* practical Rtgutotioni rtquirt that Hut placard tholl b* k*pt pottad by «»«ry merchant vh«'« it may ba convtniantfy wan by th« cuttomar, and is int«nd«d to protoct both marchont and cuttoaitr.* BACK PRESIDENT J That President Roosevelt's Na tional Recovery Administration will receive strong support here waa almost made certain when lo cal merchants met in informal session last Wednesday afternoon. While no definite information could be had in connection with the code requirements, the mer chants, as a whole, agreed to do all they could in support of the recovery movement that is meet fag with marked success through out the nation. N. R. A. BLANKS RECEIVED HERE Indications Point to Nation Wide Support National Recovery Movement President Roosevelt'a reemployment agreement blanks are being distribut ed from the local post office today to the various business firms of the town and community. Finding it impossible to reach all business firms immediate ly, Postmaster L. T. Fowden asks that alt business firms assist him in getting the agreement blanks and cer tificate of compliance into their hands without delay and prepared for mail ing. The agreement proposed by the President of the United States, through the National Recovery Ad ministration (N.K.A.), is a part of a nation-wide plan to raiae wages, cre ate employment, and thus increase purchasing power and restore business. The plan depends wholly on united' action by all employera. For thia rea son, the President is asking every one to do his part. If it tyirns out that the general agreement bears unfairly on any group of employers, they can have that straightened out by present ing a proposed code of fair competi tion of their own. Signed agreements are being pre pared and returned to authorities by the millions, and it is believed the plan will be given a hearty support in this community. If you failed to re ceive a blank, call for one at the post office, where the distribution is gen eral. Government Preparing Checks for Farmers Nearly all of the 465 Martin Coun ty farmers cooperating in the cotton reduction movement will have plowed up their cotton by the early part of next week, it was learned today from County Agent T. B. Brandon. A* far as could be learned the con tract* are being lived up to by all the farinerl in this county. One or two pledging their cooperation are report ed to have expressed regret in *ign ing the contract, but they had no in tention of backing out, it was said. Government employee*, ctarting to day in Waahington, are writing and mailing check* to grower* cooperat ing in the movement aft»the rate of 40,000 a day. It i* believed that a number of check* will be received in this county tome time about the mid idle or latter part of next week. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 28,1933 LOCALS ARE NOW IN THIRD PLACE Williamston Loses Two of Three Games This Week, Remaining Idle Today Losing two out of three games this week, Williamston dropped from sec ond to third place in the Albemarle League. Windsor went to the sec ond position, while Elizabeth City tightened its hold on the top rung. While in bottlom position, Ahoskie was not far behind in the number of games lost. Last Tuesday the locals played rings all around Elizabeth City on the lot here to register a 9 to 0 victory. Kug ler yielded only four hits, while his team mates touched Lee for 12 hits, several of them counting for extra bases. Uzzle led at the bat with three hits, followed by Goodmon, Latham and James -wjtli two each. Wednesday, Elizabeth City reversed the scoring order by shutting out Williamston, 4 to 0. Proctor, pitching hia first game for the Martina, was touched for 10 hits; Wisston, pitching for Elizabeth City, allowed 6 safe ties. It was the first time the Mar tins had been blanked this year. Proc tor struck out six men and kept the flits scattered except in the sixth, when 4 hits accounted for 3 runs. Nine hits, supported by 4 errors, gave Edenton a 10 to 5 victory over Williamston at Edenton yeaterday afternoon. The Martin made 5 hits and 5 runs off of Fentress. Herring pitched for the Martins and yielded two home runs to C. Webb, one of them coming with two on. The game scheduled for this after noon with Edenton here was post poned out of respect to the memory of Mr. R. J. Peel. No date haa been set when the game will be played. Tomorrow the locals go to Colerain to make up the game rained out on Thursday of last week. CLUB STANDINGS Team W L Pet. Elizabeth City 5 2 .714 Windsor 3 2 .600 Williamston 3 3 .500 Edenton 2 3 .400 Colerain 2 3 .400 Ahoskie 2 4 .333 f RESULTS 1 Tueaday, July 25 Williamston 9, Elizabeth City Of Colerain 8, Windsor 3. Edenton 7, Ahoskie 0. Wednesday, July 26 Elizabeth City 4, Williamston 0. Other games rained out. Thursday, July 27 Edenton 10, Williamston 5. Windsor 3, Ahoskie 2. Elizabeth City 8, Colerain 2. - I * [ WHERE THEY PLAY ) TUESDAY, AUGUST i Ahoakia at Williamston. Windaor at Elisabeth City. Colerain at Edenton. NAME AGENTS OF HOME LOAN BANK FOR THIS COUNTY Applications Will Be Re ceived Immediately in This County | Arrangements for handling loans of I the Home Loan Corpor|tion in this j j county were completed this week fol-j | lowing the appointment if Mr. K. B. I Crawford, appraiser, and Mr. Elbert! iS. Peel, attorney, for the bank. All 'loans in this county will be made I through the Home Loan Bank in j Greenville, which is one of three units; i established the government in this state. The bank will consider loans on ; homes against which mortgages were I given prior to June 13, 1933, and will I limit loans to $14,000. It is under-j stood the bank will lend tip toBo peri cent of the appraised valie, charging interest at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent. Where it is agreeable to the holder of the mortgage, the bank will issue a home loan corporation bond, a ne gotiable instrument. However, if cash is demanded by the mortgagor, money j will be furnished. No applications for loans have been filed so far in this county, but the] bank is prepared to start making loans immediately, it was stated. The purpose of the Home Lean 1 Corporation, as it is understood here,' is to aid those owners who arc utir' able to meeting interest payments and mature the principal due on their homes. In other words, the home | owner owing $2,000 on his $2,500 home and is about to lose the property, can' go to the home loan bank and borrow the $2,000 and retire the immediate debt, and at the same time get more time for retiring the principal and at a lower rale of interest. Attorney Peel will receive applica tions at his office in Willraston for this county, it was announced this week. COUNTY GETS NO MORE TEACHERS —' • Total of 183 Teachers Will Be Employed in This County Next Term Martin County will have the same number of teachers for the coming term as it had last year, it was learned here this week from the State School Commission. There will be 96 white and 87 colored teachers in the several faculties during the coming term,, it was learned. It was believed at one time that the number of teachers would be de creased as a result of certain consol idations and a general redisricting of the various school units.* While the teaching load can not be determined now, it is believed the av erage for the county will be near the maximum. Local administrative units will be set up at the next regular meeting of the Martin County Board of Educa tion scheduled for the first Monday in August. Following the appointment of committees at that time, arrange- ments will be made immediately for completing the teacher contracts and operating the schools. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peel Seriously Hurt Tuesday Gilbert, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Peel, of Greenville, but for merly of this county, was seriously hurt last Tuesday night, when the Hoover cart on which he was riding was struck by a truck on the Bethel- Greenville highway. The youth was said to have received a broken leg in addition to other injuries. A wheel of the truck was said to have been resting on the boy's body after the crash. According to latest reports received here, no action has been taken in the case pending the outcome of the boys' injuries. [ GEORGIA MARKETS ] Next Tuesday, Auguat 1, Geor gia's 1933 tobacco crop of mil lions of pounds will be placed on the auction block. Officials of the State Department of Agriculture of Georgia announced this week that thejr have received reports from market centers that 42 ware houses in 16 cities will be opened for business, as compared with 37 for the last year's small crop. This increase in the number of warehouses to operate this year in Georgia ia a fair indication of the large crop expected to be harvest ed and sold this year. Owing to this increase a large number of North Carolina tobacco men will leave within the next few days for the Southern State to assist in the sailing and buying of the C/op. Funeral Services J. Peel This CHARLIE FRANCIS DIES AFTER SHOT BY ALEX MOORE Slayer Escapes and Had Not Been Captured Up To Yesterday Rober»onville, N. C., July 27. Charlie Francis, a colored tenant liv ing on the farm of Jasper Johnson, near here, was shot and killed while in bed at his home Tuesday night a bout 10 o'clock. Alex Moore, a col ored man said to be of desperate character, is charged with the killing. The murder is believed to be the culmination of years of trouble be tween Moore and his wife, during whk'h time Moore is said to have threatened the lives of several colored men. About a year ago, Moore is said to have planned to kill Tom Hardy and went to the Hardy home with his gun. Hardy learned of the threat and prepared to meet him. Moore, when nearing the home, was seriously shot and spent some time in a Portsmouth hospital recovering. i 'Following his return he was in hid , ing much of the time, coming out eyery now and then to take part in a I fight. Last Saturday he is said to have ■ ( attempted an assault oh his wife and i ( threatened to kill her, their two chil dren and Grover Bland and Charlie i; Francis.. A peace warrant was issued, r 'but Moore evaded arrest. ! j Tuesday night, Moore trailed his I I wife to the home of Francis, where 'Bland also lived. He went to Fran cis' window, and after waking him up - explained that he was going to kill I him. Francis, unaware that Moore i ( was after him, too, explained that Bland was in another room, but Moore I insisted that he was going to kill | Francis anyway. Francis Raised him self up in bed, and Moore fired a load | of shot into his left shoulder and | side, the shot ranging} toward the litart. The man was rushed to Kob ' Pfsonville, where he died about .10 minutes later. Loral and county officers have been making a search for Moore, but up to this afternoon they had been un able to locate and arrest the man charged with the murder. MANY FARMERS SELL COTTON More Than 100 Farmers In County Cancel Feed and Seed Loans Martin farmers who borrowed mon ey from the-government and who were allowed •» 1-2 cents a pound fur their cotton are now making arrangements to-Jiapose of the staple and cancel their obligations to the government, it was learned yesterday from Field Supervisor Koy Hearne. Market prices have advanced be yond the credit allowance of the gov ernment and in a majority of ( cases the borrowers will cancel their loans and receive a cash difference. " Individual letters are being forward ed by the Crop Production I.oan Oi fice to the approximately 100 farmers in this county who have cotton as col lateral. The letter reads, in part: "If you desire your cotton sold at this time, kindly advise us, and we will order sale made at the best avail able market price for grade and staple on date of sale. "All amounts in excess of your loan and the charges against' the cotton will be refunded by this office." A. M. E. Zion Church Convention in Session The district church school conven tion of the Edenton District A. M. E. Zion church convened here yesterday morning for a four-day session. A number of notables in the church are here for the convention, and an ap propriate program has been arranged. North Carolina Is To Have State Fair Again Raleigh.—A contract calling for a fair to begin October 9th has been entered into by the State Board of Agriculture and (ieorge Hamid, of New York, State Senator W. H. Joy ner, of Northampton County, and R. G. Doughton, of Shelby. Commissioner William A. Graham will retain full (supervisory powers over the fair. The contract has been turned over to Attorney General Brum mitt for approval. A total of $1,564,300 Federal relief money ha* been made available in this State for the third quarter, a part of 'which has already been distributed. A PROCLAMATION I Whereat, God, who doeth all things after the counsel of His own will, has taken from the scenes of this mortal life our es teemed friend and leading citisen, R. J. Peel, whef for 40 years, as teacher, moulder of our youth, county superintendent and clerk of our superior court, has been close ly identified with every interest of our town and county, I call upon all stores snd places of business in the town of Wil liamaton to close todsy at 4 o'- clock p. m., the hour of the fu neral, in honor of the memory of this public servant and Christian patriot. JOHN L. HASSELL, Mayor. NEARLY $85,000 IS LENT IN COUNTY AS SEED LOANSI 670 Farmers Share in Ben efits; Distributed About Equally Over County 1 A total of $83,730 was lent to Mar-! tin County farmers for financing their, operations this year, it was learned this week from the county office of the seed and feed loan organization. A much larger amount, it is believed,' was lent to farmers in this county by, the Regional Credit Corporation. Sev enty-five farmers shared in the loans advanced by the Regional Credit, con cern, while 670 farmers procured loans under the seed and feed loan act, The loatis were about equally dis tributed throughout the county, with probably the greater proportion going to farmers in Jamesvitle Township, where the dry weather almost wreck ed the crops last season. No accur ate check on the distribution of loans could be had as checks were mailed to the various post offices and the dis tricts were not designated. However, it is estimated that $24,230 was bor rowed by farmers in Goose Nest and Hamilton Townships; around $1V,74(1 by farmers in jamesville and a part ol (.rittins townships; approximately $15,605 in Kobersonville and a part of (. ross Koads, and $24,155 by farmers in Williamston, Poplar Point, and parts of t. ross Koads and. Griffins Townships. According to information received from Koy I learnt, field manager fur this and one or two other counties, Martin farmers have paid off a very .small number ol the loans. What few have been paid were handled by those fainiers grinning irisli potatoes, lie said. ( olleetions will likely be start* t'd on u large stale when the tobacco market, open and when farmers start selling peanuts in this county. Ap proximately SIO,OOO ill IVJ2 loans have been collected during tlie'past three or four months, .Mr. iiearne said. The amotmtvt money 'Advanced for farming operations in the county dur ing this year was considerably larger than the amount borrowed under the seed and feed loan act last year. LACK OF POTASH IS CAUSE OF RUST Daynage To Crops In Bear Grass Is Not Caused By Disease, Experts Say —— v Following leports re:eived from plant specialists in Raleigh, it is now genet-ally agreed that the tobacco crops of Mr. Calvin Ayers and other Bear Grass Township farmers were damaged by an insufficient supply of potash. The specialists, including Mr. E. Y. Floyd, state tobacco man, said the samples of damaged tobacco and corn leaves did not show any signs ot disease. Mr. Floyd went on to say in his let ter received by Mr. Brandon this week: "We find a great deal ot potash hunger in spme sections of the state this year on all crops. 1 believe it would be very wise in your section that you use at least 5 per cent pot ash, and on a good many of the soils it would pay to top dress with about 100 pounds of sulphate of potash mag nesium, or 50 pounds of straight sul phate potash to the acre of tobacco, in addition to 800 or 1,000 pounds of 8-3-5 tobacco fertilizer." Very few farmers, if any, outside the Bear Grass area have reported dam age caused by potash hunger to their crop this season, and it is hoped that the loss in those oemmunities where damage has been reported will prove to be ,not as great as first estimated. Watch the LiM On Tow P»P*r As It. CniH the Dm Wh« Your fcbw rlpto Kxpfras ESTABLISHED tSM LEG AMPUTATION TUESDAY PROVES FATALTHURSDAY Was Prominent In Public Affairs of County For Forty-six Years Robert J. Peel, one of Martin Coun ty's leading citizens and a prominent figure in public life for 46 years, died yesterday morning in a Washington hospital, following the amputation of his left leg last Tuesday. He had suf fered during several years from phli bitis, which had caused him mo-h pain at times. His condition, however, was not considered serious until a few tlays ago. After completing his work two weeks ago last Saturday, he went home and was unable to leave his room until he went to Richmond for an examination. It was hoped at that time he would recover, but a few days later, the amputation of his leg was considered necessary to continue his life. The operation was a shock to him, but he seemed to have rallied and was thought to be getting along fairly well until a short while before his death, which came suddenly just before noon. In the southern edge of Griffins township, Mr. Peel was born on No vember 27, 1869, making him almost 64 years of age He was the son of the late William Bryant Feel and wife, Frances I.eggett Feel, his par ents representing two of the oldest families in this section of the State. Mr. Feel was the youngest of four brothers, all of whom are dead. When a small lad, Mr Peel became interested in education, and was eager after his first studies in the country school with its term of two and three months. Moving from the short-term school he went to one of five months' duration, conducted by Sylvester Peel, a teacher of the community who has to his credit many jewels for service rendered boys and girls in the forma tion of higher ideals, educationally and morally. His course of study completed and well done in the little community school, Mr. Peel then went lo the (ireenville Academy and stud ied during one ;session. Returning home as a young man, 17 years of age, Mr. Feel started his public career that i. seldom surpassed for length and faithful service. He first taught in the Manning, Hardison, and Lllley Schools, later at Jamesville and Wil liamston. leaving a lasting and valua ble imprint in the minds of hundreds of pupils. His active work in the schools opened the way for him to the office of superintendent of schools in this county, and in 1897 he was elected to that position by a fusion county board of education. For 17 \c-ars he handled well the duties of that office, directing the youth of that day to prominent places in state and national atfairs of today. After a faithful service in the field nf education, Mr. feel was appointed clerk of the Martin County Superior Court in 1914 by Judge George W. Connor, district judge of Wilson. His appointment wtas for 'an unexpired term, but in the election that year, his popularity and ability made the job permanent. In the election years since that time his name ranked at the top, and the public trust placed in him has been well rewarded. In addition to bis public life activi ties, Mr. l'eel was vitally interested in religious work. He was a member oi the Christian church for nearly half a century at Old Ford, Jamesville, and later here. And he was active himself in the church, having taught a Bible class for 25 years. He was an elder during a long number of years. Mr. I'eel was a Mason, a Kiwanian, and a member of the local camp of the Woodmen of the World. His sympa thy for his fellowman was a charac teristic with him, and he shared will ingly of what he had with those in need. In December, 1893, Mr. Peel was married to Miss Sarah F. Woolard, of Jamesville, who with six children, sur vives. The names of the children are: Elbert S. Peel, attorney and former senator from this district; Miss Eva Peel, a teacher in the county schools; Robert J. Peel, jr., an engineer with the Tennessee Highway Coutmisssion with residence at Morristown, Tenn.; Mrs. John Enright, Miss Edith Peel, and Francis Peel, of Williamston. Funeral services will be conducted at the home on Haughton Street this afternoon at 4 o'clock, by Rev % J. If. Perry, assisted by several ministers of the town and community. Inter ment will follow in th'e family plot at the local cemetery with the Skcwar kee Masons conducting the last rites there.