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Advartiaara Wffl Fnd Our Col nnu a Latchkajr to Orar Sixteen Hundred Martin County Hamaa VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 48 LOCALS TIGHTEN *HOLD ON TOP BY WINNING THREE Locals' Chances Are Good for Annexing Title In Second Half Annexing three victories so far this week, Williamston tightened its hold on the top run in the Albemarle Base ball League race, leading Ahoskie nearest rivals, by a game and a half. Business it picking up for the Mar tins, and the oultook is bright. Six more games, including the one today, and the second half will be history, and then it will probably be William ston or Ahoskie or Even Elizabeth City playing the championship series with Edenton. The locals made s°nie more history last Tuesday, when Dick Cherry pitch ed M superior brand of ball to win a 14-inning pitcher's duel over Wind sor's Lefty White. Cherry allowed only 7 hits and struck out 11 men. Gaylord, with three hits, led at the bat for the locals, Brake and Uzzle getting two each, and Goodmon, Her ring and Cherry making one each to account for the nine singles and one double off the offerings of White. The game was rated as one of the best seen here this season, and established a new record in the league for length. . Windsor trailed in the Wednesday game there by a 10 to 1 score, the contest being a dull one for specta tors. Windsor got seven off Proctor while the locals batted Wat kins for 9 singles and 4 doubles. The Martin played another splen did game yesterday to register a win over Ahoskie, 6 to 0. Kugler was master of the mound, allowing the visitors only four hits and two of them were of the scratch variety. Goodmon and Brake made three each of the 15 hits credited to the Martins. Crosswhite pitched for the visitors, his teammates making five errors to ac count for half of the local's runs. HUNT SEASON TO OPEN SOON Lawful To Shoot Deer in Eastern Part of State September 1 In view of the fact that the various ous hunting seasons are not far off, County Game Warden John VV. Hines is stressing the changes in the game laws made by the 193.1 session of the North Carolina General Assembly. In the absence of a county game commis sion, the chairman of the county board of commissioners, the clerk of the superior court and the county game warden will .act ex officio as, the game commission. Hunting licenses for the seasons of 1933-34 and 1934-35 are as follows: County resident, 60c; State-wide, resident, $2.10; and non resident, $lO.lO. Open season for all game animals and birds—excepting marsh hens, o possum, raccoon, bear, buffalo, elk, squirrel and deer—in eastern North Carolina will be from November 20, 1933, to February I,_ 1934. Other open season's for this section will be fol lows: Deer, from September 1 to De cember 15; squirrel, from October 1 to December 31; opossum and rac coon, from November 1, 1933, to Jan uary 31, 1934; bears, outlawed for 1933. In regard to hunting on the lands of another, the legislative act reads as follows; "It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to hunt with dogs or guns upon the lands of an other without first having obtained permission from the owner or own ers of such lands, and said permis sion so obtained may be continuous for one open hunting season only." RECORDER HAS SUMMER SLUMP Only One Case Called in Court Tuesday; Farmer Accused of Assault A real summer slump continues for the recorder's court in this county, the docket last Tuesday carrying only one case. The Tuesday before the court tried two defendants charged with assault in one case. J. P. Harris, white farmer in Pop lar Point ownship, was brought into i court this week charged with attempt ing to assault his neighbor, Dillon Wynn, with a shot gun. Prayer for , jujdgment was continued in the case for two weeks. Harris is said to have fired two shots at Wynn and threatened to kill Wynn's wife. None of the shot* struck Wynn who sought refuge behind a tobacco barn. A review of the recorder's court minutes shows that the court has had "as few cases during the past few weeks as at any time since the trib unal was created by the legislature several years ago. THE ENTERPRISE CLUB STANDINGS Team W L Pet. Williamston v l2 6 .667 Ahipslde 11 8 .579 Elizabeth City 10 8 .556 Edenton 8 9 .471 Windsor 7 10 .412 Colerain „ - 6 13 .316 ( RESULTS I v / Tuesday Williamston 3, Windsor 2. Ahoskie 8. Colerain 1. Edenton 9, Elizabeth City 2. Wednesday Williamston 10, Windsor 1. Ahoskie 13, Colerain 0. Elizabeth City 7, Edenton 5. Thursday Williamston 6, Ahoskie 0. Edenton 12, Colerain 2. W'indsor 4, Elizabeth City 4. WHERE THEY PLAY J FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 Williamston at Ahoskie. Elizabeth City at Windsor. Edenton at Colerain. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 Williamston at Edenton. Ahoskie at Windsor. Colerain at Elizabeth City. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 Edenton at Williamston: Morning game at 10:30; afternoon, 4:00. Windsor at Ahoskie. Elizabeth City at Colarain. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 Colerain at Williamston. Ahoskie at Elizabeth City. Windsor at Edenton. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2S Williamston at Colerain. Edenton at Windsor. Elizabeth City at Ahoakie. MACHINERY SET UP FOR REPEAL VOTE ELECTION —.— + State Board Sets Up Uni form Regulations for Balloting . The State Board of Elections has adopted uniform rules and regulations to govern the holding of North Caro lina's referendum on repeal of the 18th amendment i>n November 7. The rules closely follow the law calling the "general" election, stipu lating that each county must select delegates fur or against repeal and must vote on the delegates and also on the question of whether or not to hold a convention for the formal recording of the State's vote. Each county shall have the same number of delegates to the conven tion that it is entitled to have in the lower house of the General Assem bly, the ruling giving Martin County one delegate. The delegates shall be nominated by petition method, each candidate having to' secure two per cent of the voters in the last guber natorial election as signers of his pe- titiun. Only as many candidates may run on each side of the question as there will be delegates, and in case more than one candidate files for a single delegate place the candidate having the most signatures on his petition will be the delegate. It was voted to print the two bal lots on .white paper, six by six inches, and the chairman and executive secre tary of the board were instructed to ask the budget director for money with which to defray the costs of the election *s no appropriation \qas made. County Field Day Will Be ~ ri . P A . Elders William B. Stadler and J I field at Everett August 24 L Ko , s _ prominent minislers jn th J e * «* i i i ... , . iPrimtfrve Baptist church, will preach Ihe annual field day will be held . c ... ■ r . . rri . at Smithwick's Creek next Thursday, Thursday, August 24th, at the Bap- . . . , , . ~ - August 24, it was announced yester tist church in Everetts at 2p. m., it . , ~ .. A . . . w- day by Elder II K Hutchens. The was announced yesterday by Miss ... .... ... > r* c*i . . public is cordially invited to attend Lora E. Sleeper, county home dem- ~ ' , L .. the service, onstration agent. The public is cor dially invited to attend. There will HoUd be a short business session followed _ J by stunts, playlets, reports, and good Here During This Year times. A picnic supper will be held • on the lawn. This is the fourth field There will be no more half holidays day to be held and judging by the on Wednesday afternoons for local past there should be a good repre- business houses and their employees, sentation. All clubs should send in the closing agreement calling for the their reports of work since the May! suspension of business at 1 o'clock meeting. each Wednesday afternoon during the * i pasr several weeks having terminated No Church Service at the with the half holiriav Wednesday. Episcopal Church Sunday The agreement met with much su;- m cess this season, and the half holiday There will be Sunday school as said to have meant much to clerks al but no church service this Sunday | as well as to gtore owners and busi at the Church of the Advent. The|ne;,s men in the way of needed recre pastor will meet his appointment at ation. the Holy Trinity Mission near Bear A» far a* it is known just at this Grass at 4 p. m. time local business firms will open The congregation of this church is their doors at 8 each morning and invited to participate in the union dote at 6in the afternoon except on service at the Baptist church Sunday Saturdays, when activities will be sus- I evening at the usual hour. pended at >:3O p. m. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 18, 1933 LOOK FOR GOOD TAX COLLECTION IF PRICES HIGH Approximately $128,827.59 of the County Tax Levy Already Collected "If tobacco prices are reasonably' high this season and the peanut mar ket is firm, we are looking for the best tax collections reported in sev eral yeras in this county," Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said yesterday. The sheriff explained that a large majority of property owners, so far unable to pay their taxes, are willing to and will square their accounts dur-j ing next month if commodity prices are fairly high. During the past two weeks the collector said he had heard j numerous property owners say they! were much pleased with the postpone ment of tax sales, that they could not; have paid them before they were of-i fered for sale under the old schedule' and that they plan to pay up as soon as they sold their first tobacco when the markets open the 29th of this month, or soon thereafter. The in difference on the part of some prop erty owners in connection with their t*x obligations is fast disappearing, the sheriff remarked, and if prices are (air this marketing season a large per centage of collections can well be ex- J pected. The sheriff, along with hun dreds of farmers and others, are pray ing for good prices. While collections have been small during the past month, the record so! far is not at all disheartening to those] who have to worry with the county's i finances, l-ast month the officer col-| lected nearly $4,000, bringing the to- J tal collections up to $128,827.59. Be- 1 tween now and the first week in Oc-' tober, the time when advertising isi scheduled, Sheriff Roebuck hopes to | collect four-fifths, if not more, of thei $86,476.46 (axes uncollected at this time for the tax year 1932. COTTON LIFTS FARM EXPORTS More Cotton Shipped in the Month of June Than in Twenty-four Years The farm exports index of the De partment of Agriculture reached 72 in June —the highest June index since 192J—due to the largest June exports of cotton in 24 years. Hut the index for all commodities except cotton was 45, a new low monthly record, reflecting the drastic decline in ex ports of wheat anil flour. Cotton exports normally drop off at this season of the year, explains the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, but the upward price movement has induced greatly increased European buyng of American cotton, and the June index of cotton exports was 91, or 38 points above the index a year ago. Exports of wheat, including flour, totaled less than 2,000,000 bushels in June, and whereas exports in the 12 months ended June, 1932, were 135,- 797,000 bushels, exports in the 12 months ended June, 1933, aggregated only 41,225,000 bushels. June exports of leaf tobacco were the smallest in nearly two decades, and exports of lard fell off from im mediately preceding months influ enced by increased import duties in Germany, l-ruit exports continued to make a favorable showing, although for year ended June 30 exports of nearly all kinds of fruit dropped be low those of a year ago. Announce Services at the Smithwick's Creek Church King was arrested in Southern Fines several days ago and is now be ing held rn Raleigh in connection with several crimes committed there dur ing recent months. Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, leaving here one Sunday morning shortly after midnight, as sisted in the arrest made'at the re- There will be no more half holidays | sort - pasr several weeks having terminated with the half holiriav Wednesday. The agreement met with much suc cess this season, and the half holiday are said to have meant much to clerks as well as to gtore owners and busi ness men in the way of needed recre ation. As far a* it is known just at this time local business firms will open their doors at 8 each morning and close at 6 in the afternoon except on Saturdays, when activities will be sus | pended at >:3O p. m. DENY WATSON WAS "FRAMED" AT TRIAL HERE Sheriff Resents Statement Made By the Former Roseboro Merchant Sheriff C. B. Roebuck yesterday vigorously denied the charge stating that J. Neill Watson, the Roseboro merchant tried and convicted of re ceiving goods alleged to have been stolen from the Harrison Wholesale Company here last year, was "framed" by the prosecution. The officer, re senting the tactics adhered to by the man in an effort to gain executive clemency, added that he 'believed without a doubt that justice was ad ministered without prejudice on the part of witnesses, jury, and judge. Watson, in a letter addressed to members of the trial jury, said that the main witness, T. C. Poole, was induced by the prosecution to ren der such evidence with the promise of freedom. Sheriff Roebuck is conducting an in vestigation of his own, and unless he learns more than he knows now, he will protest any favors suggested by the convicted man. It is certain that many, if not all, the jurymen are not in sympathy with, the tactics followed by Watson and his counsel, and that they will refuse to petition the gov ernor for clemency in the man's be half. Following the Harrison Wholesale robbery here, Sheriff Roebuck and other officers worked night and day and rode thousands of miles in an effort to bring the guilty to justice, and the claim advanced by Watson does not set so well with the officer, he said yesterday. GARDEN CLUB SUGGESTIONS Garden Department of the Woman's Club Offering Beautifying Program I lie following suggestions have been offered to prospective gardeners in this section by the garden depart ment of the local woman's club: "Study the catalogue, plan to order roses and fall-planting shrubs. Fol low shrubs for a succession of bloom: January, February: Jasmine nudi florum (winter jasmine). February: I.onicera Frangrantissiina (first breath of spring). February, March: Cydonia, Pyrus Japobica or Japanese Quince; Spirea Prunifolia (bridal wreath) spirea Thambergii. March: Forsythia and flowering al mond. April: Spirea Van Houttei, Duetzia, Philadelphus and Kerria Japonica. May: Rhus cotinus (smoke bush) and weigt'lia. June: Abelia grandfloria. July: AUhea, blooms in June also. August: Crepe myrtle and lespe dtza forinosa (bush clover), September: Caryopteris mastican thus (still blooming), olea gragrans, eleagnus pungens Simonii (silver thorn). November: Hamamalis Girginiana (witch hazel). December: Merantia praecox or cVlydanthus or clnmonanthus. The Oriental sweet shrub, If a rain comes late sowing of an nuals will produce fall blossoms. Sow sweet williams and poppies as the seed Alleged Everetts Robber May Be Tried In County Plans are now being considered for bringing Coley King, alleged member of the gang robbing stores at Everetts and Oak City several months ago, back to this county for trial at the next term of Martin County Superior Court. ■The man is not charged Willi tak ing part in the Harrison Wholesale robbery. Cake Prices On the Curb Market Here Increased We are very sorry to have to ad vance the price on our cakes through the curb market. With prices of eggs mounting, sugar and butter rising, it will be necessary to advance the price to 20 cent pound. The price adjust ing committee, conipo*6d rrf Mrs. H. U. Peel and Mrs, C. L. Daniel, will determine whether this price it satit factory to the tellers or not. The curb market told $175.85 worth of pr duce during the month of July. Local NRA Committee Will Be Set Up Here In accordance with instructions from the director of the National Bureau of Public Relationa, ar rangements are being made here as well a j in every other com munity throughout the country for the organization of an NRA committee, it was learned this morning from Postmaster L. T. Fowden. The local unit of the recovery administration is to be composed of representatives from all organizations, including civic, commercial, educational, religi ous and professional units. The main duty of the commit tee is to "see that all organiza tions are properly cooperating" to further the President's Reem ployment program. The commit- STANDARD OIL DEALERS MEET HERE TUESDAY Interesting Picture Shown At Woman's Club Here By Oil Company Recent important improvements in the quality of the motorist's gasoline anl motor oil, which have resulted from painstaking research and devel opment were explained to an enthus iastic audience of 46 Standard sta tion dealers at a meeting held in the Woman's Club here Tuesday night. The meeting was in charge of Mr. J M. Jones, general representative in this territory, and was attended by marketing representatives from the Charlotte Branch office. The feature of the meeting was a four-reel sound picture of unusual in terest, showing what goes, on in the largest (fuel and lubrication labora tories in the world. Many of. the laboratory and road tests used in checking the performance .qualities motor fuels and lubricants were illus (rated and explained non-technically Speaking to the assembled dealers, Mr. Jones stated that the purpose ol the meeting was to increase their knowledge of their products as an aid to more intelligent merchandising The high quality of Kssolene, the company's new motor fuel, was c°v ered from an educational standpoint and data was supplied regarding the fuel's antiknock quality, freedom gas-lock, special solvent proper ty which keeps the isside of the mo tor clean, and increased mileage. Interviewed after the meeting, Mr. Jones expressed the wish that every motorist could see the Company's film, which is called, "Know Your prod ucts." • "Our dealers were deeply grateful to us for showing them this picture," Mr Jones s;|id "I am not surprised, for we hnvi never brought them a more interesting educational film." "1 wish that every man who drives a car could see 'Know Your Prod ucts,' for it tells a complete story. The average motorist today is con fused by all sorts of claims and coun-' terclaims, and until he understands the true facts about fuel and oil per formance in an automobile engine, he is going to be just as much in the dark as ever." It was intimated that the picture might be made available to clubs and other groups later. Interesting talks were made by W. R. Tighe, lubrication enginee of the company, G. E. Maultsby, tire sales manager, and J. A. Buglass, general representative, of Elizabeth City. Burial Associations Have Met Law Requirements The Roanoke Burial Association has met the requirements made by the last general assembly and is now operating under the new laws, Mr. B. S. Courtney, president, announced today. Other burial associations have met the requirements, incluling the Martin -County Association. Pressure apparently was brought against all associations., in the State by certain insurance firmg in an ef fort to put them out of business, but the associations' operators, in a ma jority of cases, met all requirements and will continue service their mem bers. Jamesville Farmer Takes Deer Alive Wednesday Jesse Martin, 55-year-old farmer of near Jamcsville, caught a deer alive at his home there last Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock. The speedy animal, about half grown, jumped in to the hog patture and cfould not jump out, making hit capture easy for Mr. Martin, who was pulling fodder near-by. I tee would also direct a publicity program in the furtherance of the recovery act. A campaign is to be made during the week begin j ning August 28 for the signatures of all firms who have not pledged i the movement their support. ' The committee chairman and secretary will receive direct in structions in handling locally the business of the program, it is un derstood. Pbstmaster Fowden is plan ning a meeting of local citizens for next Wednesday night, when he wilt ask them to select their and discuss the NRA codes as they apply to the vari i ous business organizations. Com plete details will be announced I later. COTTON CHECKS TO BE RECEIVED HERE NEXT WEEK Approximately $35,000 Will Be Paid Martin Far mers Next Week I Those farmers in this county plow- A. . I I ing up tlieir cotton as the,part in the reduction movement cari well expect their checks by Wednesday -of next 1 week and probably a day or two be fore that time, according to informa • tion received here yesterday. Hack in 1875 a law was passed pro , hihiting the Government from pay ing money to those who owed the I government money. During the past ) week or two methods were discussed whereby the farmers could get the.j ! cash even though tlie\ had not paid | off their seed loans. Undjr the rul-J j ing handed down this week it is uti jderstood that checks will be made out to the head of the seed loan bu-i ■lean ami the farmers jointly, .payment I to the farmer being left in the dis- I cretion v ,of those ill . charge. lOf !course, the farmers who did not bor -1 row Under the seed loan act will get I tlieir checks directly, it is understood. District committees in this county have about completed their last in , spections, and field wuik will be com j i pleted by the early part of next week lin most sections, it is understood. 1 I Professor H. M. Ainsley, a mentben I of the committee in (loose Nest, stat jed yesterday that all but 14 of the approximately 175 contracts there had been approved and the others would 1 be ready in a day or two. (ioose Nest was the first district to give the re duction movement support and it now 'nmks as if it will be the first to com plete the contracts and get the prom ised remuneration. •—■ Everetts Club Meets in Home oi Mrs. J. S. Ayers —! — 1 I Ihe kveretts home uemonsTrSToin club held its Tegular meeting Satur-j day at the home of Mrs. J S Ayers. This meeting was the first one to lie held in the absence of the home agent | but was held following a request of 1 the agent of all the home demonstra tion clubs to have their August meet-i ' ing by themselves, owing to the re- I lief canning program being carried in the county There were ten nicni- I hers present at the meeting and after i a short business meeting, at which ' time the women made plans for field | ''ay, the women went to the kitchen I and canned 38 pints of soup mixture. I One person receiving relief was taught Ito can at the meeting. Kfrs. J S. I Ayers has been very active in helping voluntarily all the folks in her com- I munity who have not had so much | canning and with her steam pressure | cooker she has been most generous ■ and is deserving of much credit.— j News reporter. I Two Ball Games Scheduled For Next Wednesday Here To complete the schedule for thel second half next week, Williamston' and Kdenton will play two games here j next Wednesday, making three games on the home'lot that week. The first game will be played Wednesday morn ing at 10:,30 o'clock and the second that afternoon at 4, Manager Spivey announced this morning. The Martin's will play Tarboro at, Tarboro Sunday afternoon at 4 o'- clock. _# ■ Miss Mildred Darden, of Kenly, is' ' visiting friends here. Mrs. Anna Harrison returned yet terday after a two weeks visit to relative* and friends in South Caro lina and the western part of this State. Watch the Label On Yo«r Paper Aa It Carriee the Dm When Your Subscription Kipirta ESTABLISHED 189 i FEW VIOLATIONS OF LAW DURING RECENT PERIOD Quietest Period of the Year Experienced Here In Past Few Weeks "Fewtr violations have Jxen re ported during the past several weekg than at any time since 1 have been in tiftk'c," Sheriff C. B. Koehuck said yesterday. Unable .to advance any one thing for the improvement of pub. lie morals, the sheriff just allowed tlifat people were getting better in their conduct. Few, if any, theft cases have been reported in the county lately, and other than a few minor offenses the law ha> been generally observed, or at least it has been very well observed as far as the county officers are able to learn. At one time the jail was empty, and now there are only three prisoners be ing held in,~ the ho'osegow. Last March there were 46 people placed in the county jail for various alleged breaches of the law. Last nioutii there were only 22 jailed, anil most of the victims were held only a few hours. Hand in hand with the lull in law violations goes other activities. Busi ness has been very dull in the sec tion during the past few weeks, and comparatively few happenings of note have been heard or seen. Work has been shared in freely by a big ma jority this season, causing one to be lieve that when there's work there's little disorder. , A marked increase in T>iisinfss. law violations and general activities are cxpe.ted when the markets begin opening up the latter part of next week. Mrs. Claude Whitehurst Dies A t Bear Grass Home Mrs. Claude Whitehurst, 37 years old,, died at her home in Dear Grass Township last Tuesday following a long illness with tuberculosis. She Was confuted to her bed during much of the last few weeks and had been in declining health for some time. Besides her husband she ts survived by one brother, James Rogers, of Stokes; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Wil liams, Morehead City; and Mrs"Bud Feel, of Williamston. She also leaves several small children. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday afternoon from the home at 3 o'clock, by Elder 11. S. L'owin, of the Primitive Baptist church. In tel ment was in the Cowin burial ground in that townships Mrs. Whitehurst, before her mar riage, was Miss Maude Rogers, the daughter id the late Eason Rogers and Belle Harrison. She was born and reared at Llear Grass and spent her entire life at the same place. She hail been in tailing health for the •past two years and for the past two weeks her condition had been serious. I überculusis was the cause of her death. She is survived by her husband, three- daughters, Misses Virginia, l-e --wallic, and Josephine; three sons, (■arland, Harold, add Virgil White hurst; two sisters, Mesdamcs W. S. I'eele, of Route 2, Williamston; and Joe Williams, of Morehead City; and one brother, J. K. Rogers, of Stokes. I lie funeral was one of the largest held in the county in some time. Mrs. Whitehurst had many friends and practically every part of the county was represented at the funeral! Colored Man Is Facing Attempted Rape Charge Kddie Salsbury, colored man, is being he|d in the county jail to a wait trial at the next term of court for the alleged attempt to rape Mary Walton, 13-year-old colored girl, near Robersottville three weeks ago. Salsbury, declared holder of a bad reputation, escaped arrest until last Thursday when—he "was caught and given a preliminary hearing before given a preliminary hearing before Mayor C. M Hurst in Robersonville. According to testimony offered at the preliminary hearing, the girl was awakened when Sal.shury attempted in remove her night clothing. The mother, hearing the cries of her daughter, frightened the man away. Salsbury is said to have served two ur three sentences on the road* for various violations of the law. Schedule of Services at the Baptist Church for Sunday There will .be th» regular preaching service at the Baptist church Sunday morning, following the seasons of the church school. The union service likewise comet to the Baptist church Sunday night at 8 o'clock, to which the other con munions are invited, as well as the public in general.