North Carolina Newspapers

Ajhrwrthan WBD Pad Oar Col- MM • Latchkey to Orm SiztMß H«M Martin Cwty HMDM VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 69 MARKET AVERAGES OVER 20c ★ ★*★★★★★★★★ - ★ ★★★★ ★****** ***** Highest Average Since 1928 Is Made Here Yesterday Lack of Interest in Election Next Week Seen in County THIRD TIME DRYS AND WETS HAVE MET SINCE IN 1881 Indications Arc Not Over 2,000 Votes Will Be Cast in County Next Tuesday thousands of North Carolina voters go to the polls to voice their opinion on the prohibition question. At the present time lead ers on both sides are anticipating victory while it is generally agreed that the present outlook points to a close contest. The election next Tuesday is the third in which wet and dry forces have met* in this State since 1881. The •••—-.Wets won in 1881, while the drys cap tured the 1908 contest, making the election next week a tie breaker. Re ports now indicate a comparatively small vote. In this county a continued lack of interest is noted, only a few names having been entered in the registra tion books last Saturday. Five of the eleven precincts reported 95 new electors as follows:yGoose Nest, 7; Jamesville, 6; Point, 4; Bear Grass, 13, and Wnliamston, 65. ■ Ac curate reports could not be had from other precincts, but the number of new names added was negligible in nearly all of them, it was learned to day. " The size of the vote next Tuesday will have much to do with the out come of the election, it is believed. A small vote will react favorably for the wets, for it is generally believed the ardent wets will turn out without coercion. A large vote will reflect a greater interest on the part of the drys. Present indications point to a comparatively small vote, the "keen" observers estimating there'll be a round 2,000 votes for the poll holders to count next Tuesday evening Ap parently the wets have the edge, judg ing from the estimates offered as to the size of the vote. Reports from more than half of the precincts state that the people hardly know what to do about voting in the election. And in that case they are going to do nothing; that is, many of them. Martin County voted "wet" in 1908 by a count of 1,032 to 596. The vote for the liquor election in 1881 when the- State went "wet" by a big margin, could not be learned for thil county j as it is believed the records were de- j stroyed along with other county re-' cordings in the courthouse fire of 1883. The 1908 vote reported in the 11 precincts follows: Precinct Wet Dry Jamesvilie 116 117 Williams ... 54 35 Griffins 126 18 Bear Grass 130 12 Williamston 128 135 Robersonville 134 113 Gold Point J 42 30 Poplar Point 46 17 Hamilton 66 51 Goose Nest L 118 32 Total j 1032 590 The 1,622 vote in 1908 is small compared with the 3,881 votes cast by Martin County voters in the last gen eral election. Bear Grass and Grif fins led the wet ticket, while James vilie favored the drys by very nar row margins. The State electorate voted against the manufacture and sale of liquor by a count of 113,612 to 69,416 in 1908. * Cotton Ginned Prior To October 18 Is Reported Washington.—Cotton of this year's crop ginned prior to October 18 was reported recently by the census bu *reau to have totaled 8,605,580 running bales, exclusive of (inters, counting 1 326,475 round bales as half bales, and including 1,183 bales of American- Egyptian cotton. To that date last year 7,309,994 bales, including 246,367 round bales ' : had been ginned. North Carolina had ginned 481,521 bales prior to October 18. tt; • . THE ENTERPRISE Tax Collections Continue To Be Good as* Dead Line Nears Money was being ruihed to the county cofftra so rapidly yester day that Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and hia aaaistanta at times found it difficult to wait on the proper ty owners. Thousanda of dollars were paid in settlement of 1932 tax accounta, the aheriff stating he would hardly be able to determine the amount of the collectiona be fore the latter part of the week. He atated, however, that present indicationa pointed to one of the smallest delinquent lists in the county in several years. |Coll«tion« were also gaining momentum at the office of the SEEKING HIGHER WAGE SCALE FOR NEGRO TEACHER ♦ Test Suit Will Be Brought By Northern Negro Association Raleigh.—There is a darky in the wood pile in connection with the an nounced intenion of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Col ored People to bring a test suit here in North Carolina in an attempt to compel the state to pay the same sal aries to negro school teachers that it pays to white school teachers, it be came evident here last week. For those who have been examining into the situation are convinced of two things, as follows; I. That the agitation for this test suit t > compel the state to pay high er ' a'aries to negro school teachers is coming almost entirely from negro agitators and their sympathizers froin outside the state, chiefly in New York and New England. 2s That the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple is almost on the rocks financially and that it needs to put on some kind of spectacular campaign that will get negroes with money to shell out and donate the funds needed to keep it and its high paid organizers and agi tators functioning. "There is absolutely nothing to in dicate that any of the more than 6,000 negro school teachers and principals have had anything to do with starting this agitation and the bringing of this suit," said a man here recently who is probably in closer touch with the negro school teachers than any one else. "In fact, taost of these school teachers and principals are en tirely satisfied with the salaries they are getting—which are much higher than those paid negro teachers in any other southern state—and are not in sympathy with this newest effort of the National Association for the Ad- I vancement of the Colored People o stir up trouble here in North Carolina. I The more intelligent colored people in the state are not going to be in with this effort." Some factor* back of higher pay for negro teachers .... who have been in North Carolina for some time frankly admitted to Sec retary Leroy Martin ,of the State School Commission that the reason they selected North Carolina for this test case, rather than some other southern state, was because North Carolina was the only state where they thought they had a chance oi winning because it was the only state with any money to pay the more if they did win. It is also be- | lieved that these northern negroes who represent this association, have waked up to the fact that the 6,500 or more negro teachers in the state have been getting good salaries into sayings accounts and that this is per haps the main reason for this cam paign. For if the leader* in this movement can get the negro *chooi teachers in the state stirred up and united with them in 1 their demand for equal rights with the white school teachers, they evidently believe they can -get them to make nice, fat _con- Williamstoa, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 31, 1933 town treasurer yesterday, the of ficials announcing one of the larg est collectiona yeaterday they had had in montha. The delinquent list at the present time carries a bout the same number of names as the list carried last year for 1931 taxes, it was learned. Advertising is scheduled next week, preparatory to the public aale the first Monday in Decem ber. Officiate of both county and town were anxious to have the salea postponed last summer, but no further delay ia possible now, and the dictatea of the law will be followed. COTTON GINNED SHOWS INCREASE 4,321 Bales Ginned in This County Up To 18th Of October Despite the reduction program and the early picking and ginning of the crop, cotton production in this coun ty continues well, ahead of the 1932 harvest, ft was learned from a govern ment report released this week by Mr. I.uther Hardison, cotton statistics collector. Up to the 18th of October, 4,321 hales of cotton had been ginned in this county, an increase of 1 ,f»10 bales over the ginnings up to the same time last year. Since the first of October and up to the 18th of the month the seven gins in this county turned out 1,585 bales. Ginning operations are rapidly com ing to a close in most Sections of the county, and when the season is spent it is believed the current crop will be but very little larger than the one of last year. With a tobacco holiday- in force during a greater part of Sep tember, it is agreed that the 1933 cot ton crop was harvested in record time. Williamston Defeats Hob good Friday, 21-0 Williamston defeated Hubguod at Hobgood last Friday by the score of 21 to 0. This was the second tri umph over Hobgood and the fourth straight win in as many starts for the local boys, who have been scored on only once, by Ayden, in the four games played. Cooke and Anderson, backs, were outstanding for the local boys, al though the entire game was marked by the fine play of the Williamston line. Joyner starred for the Hobgood team, which had been considerably strengthened since the first game of the season here, when they were de feated by a score of 33 to 0. Increase Egg Production By Use of Electric Lights In using artificial light in the laying house to'increase egg production, two 40-watt bulb's for each 400 square feet of floor space give the ino»t satisfac tory results. This is sufficient light for a standard 20 by 20 laying house and should be placed in the center of the house 10 feet apart and 6 feet from the floor. A reflector about 16 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep should be regulated so that the birds have from 12 to 14 hours a day' to eat. ( • | tributions from these savings ac-j counts. In which case the Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People can be saved from the rocks j I of finacnial ruin and its many sleek and smart organizers, agitators and , attorneys whq have been drawing fat salaries for their efforts can continue to draw. Otherwise they might have , to go to work. I It is said that the only way to in -1 crease salaries o negro teachers is to reduce those of the white teacher* by about 12 percent. This would ef ' feet an increase of about 30 percent in salaries now paid negro teachers. TO START DRIVE FOR REDUCTION ACREAGE SOON Will Proceed Early in No vember to Form Leaf Control Groups , The program to reduce the crop of flue-cured tobacco to about 500,000,000 pounds in 1934 will start in North Carolina within the next few days. Instructions received at State Col lege front the tobacco section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion indicate that all forms, contracts, and regulations have been prepared and that county farm agents may pro ceed early in November to begin the formation of county tobacco control associations. Farm agents in the 57 counties growing" Hue-cured tobacco in the State have been instrucjed to meet at the college on November 3 and 4 to receive instructions in procedure. K. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist for the extension service, has been in Wash ington for over a week securing all information necessary to handling the campaign. Mr. KloytfSvill have active charge of the movement in this state under the general supervision of Dean 1. O. S:haub. Mr. Schauh says that two or more men from the tobacco section of the AAA will come to State College for the county agent meeting on Novem ber 3 and 4 to aid Floyd in prepar ing plans for the campaign and in giv ing instructions to the agents. North Carolina growers gave al most unanimous support to the to bacco program by signing up over 95 per cent of the land put to tobacco during the past three seasons. There were 55,771 agreements; representing 581,757 acres signed in the September campaign. Similar action was taken by the growers of South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. Topic For High School Debates Is Announced Chapel Hill.—The British system of radio control and operation, under which advertisements are not broad cast, is to be discussed by hundreds of high school debaters throughout North Carolina next spring. *' IF LIQUOR COMES BACK - WHAT? Perhaps the question or proposition might be better stated on this wise: If Liquor Comes Out of Hiding, What Be tliaj as it may, we are thinking of the proposed repeal of the 18th Amendment. The issue is not now, and never has been, liquor or, no liquor; that is, in the absolute sense, but: Mure liquor or less liquor. Prohibition had as its immediate goal the outlawing, the suppression and prohibiting of tli* use of liquor to the relative possible minimum, and as its ultimate" goal to cure the American people of the drink evil. However difficult of obtaining, they are at least worthy aims. And how well prohibition stKceedcd is his tory and a matter of record, even if it is debatable. That we do not have as many j drunks on the streets of "our towns and cities as we did in the old saloon days is so plainly apparent it has passed l.eyond the realm of reasonable debate. There are not so many fist fights, dis play of knives and guns on Saturday afternoons. It is itrue men have he come more social, friendly, and fra ternal. A number of factors are con tributing causes for this improved condition, among them good roads, automobiles, daily and weekly news papers, and better churches and schools. The obliteration of the lines 6f cleavage between country and town has helped. The city dweller and the country people dress, look, act, think, and in fact are more alike tlian ever before. HeiKe, a more friendly feeling and a recognition of community of interest. It is this changed psychology that is reflecting itself in the rapidly changing social? economic, and political order perhaps now in its incipiency. The most ardent advocate of prohi- Satisfaction Is Growers With Sales Monday COUNTY AGENT HAS FORMS FOR COTTON LOANS Commodity Credit Corpora tion Standing Behind Lending Agencies County farm agents in the cotton growing counties of North Carolina now have on hand the necessary forms and blanks to be executed by growers desiring to secure loans on their cot ton. , ■ "Any local bank, marketing associa tion, person, or other lending agency may loan farmers 10 cents a pound on middling 7-8 inch cotton produced in 1933 and may be as>uied that the Commodity Credit Corporation • will stand behind this loan, assuring of it-, being paid whenever the lender dersires," says I. (). Schauh, dean of agriculture ai North Carolina State "College. "The producer may secure 10 cents a pound on cotton of low middling grade or better and of 7 8 inch staple or better. Below this grade and staple, 8 cents a pound may be Secured. The Commodity Credit Corporation will purchase eligible pa per at par with accrued interest at the rate of 4 per cent, corpora tion will either make the loan direct ly to producers or .will buy the paper from such local lending agencies as the banks or individuals." Mr. Schaub said these loans should lie attractive to banks, because many banks have cash on hand but are averse to loaning money. The loans on cotton are unusually liquid be cause the Commodity Credit Corpora tion will lake up the loans whenever desired. All the producers' notes ma ture on or before July 31, 1934. Those who secure loans on their cotton should be careful not to ten [ der ;mjr~X(il on which there is a lien^^Producers should also keep in mind that those who expect to obtain the loans must agree, to the cotton reduction program planned for 1934 Mr. Schaub said. By REV. J. M. PERRY bition would not presume to say it is responsible for all those healthy gain- in our social life, but it has been •one of the contributing factors m the process. How much it has contrib uted in impressing the nation and the world that liquor is an evil, and in •suppressing millions of liquor desires •perhaps will never he known. As it now, only those who have lost their 1 self-respect, lowered mentality, or weakened will power habitually drink to excess and become drunkards. But we fear that with the repeal of the 18th amendment, there will be a ten dency toward so-called social, and 'even habitual anil promiscuous drink -1 ing, and mahy, who have with the re straint of prohibition wtH-n quasi-re j spectability, led sober lives, fnay yield jto the temptation and fall. Let us hope for the better, even if it is hope against hope. Thinking men and women all over this land await the outcome of what looks to. be a backward step with grave apprehension. I.et us hope that the educational effect of prohibition will make whisky a "flop," if and when its conies back. The history of strong drink has been that it usuaJly gets its man I'ew men are strong enough jto tamper with it anil win. They usu ally lose in the fight. It is hard to change the record's. Total abstinence is the- only safe course for young men and young la dies, and positively essential if they would march with the vanguard of civilization and lead in right think ing and high endeavor. Christian men ancT women, anxious-hearted mothers and fathers, many millions of good citizens, and vigilant officers of the law are seriously and soberly asking themselves the moiqentous question: If Liquor Comes Back, What [ HOLDING PEANUTS According to numerous and re liable reports coming from the peanut fields in this county, the farmers are holding their peanuts for three cents or better. One buyer, it is understood, has made \Msits into several sections, but was unable to make a purchase, the farmers holding out for a bet ter price. With dry weather prevailing, the farmers in this county are enter ing upon the task of picking pea nuts in a big way. Late opera tions on the farm substantiate the early reports maintaining the crop is only one-half the normal size. Quality is said to be better than usual. LOOK FOR MANY VISITORS HERE ARMISTICE DAY Plans for Day Include Big Parade, Free Show, and Football Game -— — Arrangement* fur a bin Armistice Day celebration here on Saturday ot next week were virtually completed last night when members of the John \V. Hassell l'ost met and discussed plans advanced by the program com mittee. 1 Thousands of visitors from Bertie/ Northampton, Gates, and this County arc expected here that day to take part and witness the schedule of events, liig preparations are being made to entertain the form er soldiers and their wives. The main speaker will be Attorney Harold Cooley, of Nashville. Mr.' I ooley, a prominent candidate* for. district attorney, is a speaker of note, j 1 he Raleigh High School of the best in the State, has been en j gaged, ami it will leaxl the parade that morning A free picture show for' Legion members and their wives has been arranged for witli the manage, uient of .the Watts Theatre, and din ner will be served in the Roanoke Dixie Warehouse to the Legionnaires. In the afternoon the Alioskie aiwt / Williamston high school football teams -will play on the local field, the game being free io Legion members. Forest Fires Continue To Rage in County Forest fires, started in several sec tions of the county last week, con tinue unabated. Large wooded sec tions have been burned during the past few days, and the atmosphere has been filled with smoke. Witlj no forest protection service provided in this county, and no one to take the initative in checking the fires tli£y continue to burn. Advices from Raleigh were to the effect that the ( (. C, boys located in Windsor could not come into Martin to fight fire because the County takes no part in forest fire prevention. Local Mason To Have Special Meet Tonight I litre will lie a special communi cation of Skewarkee Lodge tonight at 7:30 o'clock, with work in the third degree. The work is being conferred for tonolfo Lodge of Hamilton, and a large nuniber from Hamilton and Oak City are expected to be present. Members are urged to attend and visiting Masons are cordially invited. Big Order tor Lumber Is Befog Filled Here One of the largest orders for lum ber received here in' some time is be ing filled by the Critcher. JLumber Company. Nearly thirty carloads of green lumber will be shipped to fur niture mills in Virginia, Mr. R. S. Critcher said yesterday. The first shipment will probably be made the | latter part of this week. ( ( OOOWIMUff - i ESTABLISHED 1898 AVERAGES OVER 30 CENTS MADE BY MANY FARMERS Generally Believed Now Is Best Time To Sell Good Tobacco * Selling loJ.lll pounds of tobacco for air official average of $20.25, the Williamston Tobacco market yester day established a new high record for the season; in fact, it wa- the highest average reported since the season of IV2B. Satisfaction was apparent thru out the day with one exception. One farmer is said tr> have turned a tag on a pile of tobacco that brought 47 cents a pound. Prices ranged from 7 to more than 60 cents, and 30, .5, anil 40 cent aver ages were numerous. Ihe turning point for fair prices was very marked yesterday, and today prices continued , well above the parity price. While prices might advance, it is evident front the sales this week that now is , I the tune to. sell good t >bacco. ' I-aimers from as fai away as Nash, Bertie, Halifax, Washington, Chowan, and including Martin are finding it is tr (heir advantage both as to prices*" ' | alid convenience to sell on the Wil- I liamston market Over a period of I; only a few days they had found that i they received juM a-, much money II here as they can get anywhere for v their, tobacco, and they do not have to l\be away from In-tine two and three /Mlayi to ,ell tobacco, not even to Inen | 1 tiou the added and surely unnecessary t | expense. •! \ isiting the fanners over the week i end, * local warehousemen led by I "Jake" Berger and (Ins ferry, went I out and 'guaranteed every one good ,' sales, and the market is clicking | smoothly with large sales expected .'from now on. It fs estimated that one-half or J probably a little more of the present ! crop has been marketed. Farmers ! will find during the remainder of the , season that they have much to gain by patronizing local warehouses, BIG HIGHWAY LETTING SOON f Several Projects Here May Be Included in Letting November 8 ( ontracts for" Federal public works highway projects involving more than $1,000,000 will be let November 8, ( hairman K. It. Jeffress of the State Highway and Public Works Commis sion announced following a meeting of the commission recently. Projects to be included in Hie let* ting will be those sent to the Fed eral Bureau of Roads October S. Jef freys last night received word from Washington that the list had been ap proved The proposals are estimated to cost $1,900,000, but it is not likely that all of them will be included in the November H letting. It could not be learned whether any of the improvement projects proposed here would he included in the letting week after next. The proposed proj ects, including the removal of the rail road bridge supports at the end of West Main Street,' and the widening 'of Main Street near the underpass and courthouse and Washington Street from the warehouses to the railroad, have been approved by- it is understood. Local Highs To Play At Windsor On Friday _ Williamston and Windsor High School football teams meet Friday in what promises, to be a closely contest ed game. Both teams have splendid records for this season's play, neither team having been defeated. Coach Peters' boys with four victories out of as many games played, have had their goal line crossed only once. The entire squad returned from Ho'bgood without injury, and will work out daily in preparing for Friday's game, which* will be played at Windsor at 3:30.