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VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 90
J. R JACKSON DIES
FROM INJURIES
LAST SATURDAY
Was Struck on Highway by
Hit and Run Driver on
December 31
James Franklin Jackson, a promi-
nent farmer of the Dardens section of
this county, died in a Washington hos
pital last Saturday afternoon at 1 o'-
clock from an attack of pneumonia
which, it is believed, was the result of
injuries received when he was struck
by a hit-and-run truck driver near his
home on the afternoon of December
31.
Suffering a compound fracture of the
kgs and internal injuries when he
was struck, Mr. Jackson was consid
ered in a critical condition, hospital
attendants stating following a prelim
inary examination that bis recovery
was doubtful. However, he seemed to
be getting along very well until last
Thursday, when pneumonia developed
and caused his death two days later.
Born in Beaufort County 75 years
ago last May, Mr. Jackson moved to
this county about 45 years ago. Lo
cating in the Dardens section of
Janiesville Township, Mr. Jackson, by
his rugged individualism, established
himself on a farm there. From the
beginning, he interested himself in the
welfare of the community, and was
recognized as a friend to all. He had
been a member of the Christian church
for a number of years.
Mrs. Jackson, who was Miss Mar
tha F. Hamilton before her marriage,
survives with three children, J. S.
Jackson, of Sumter, S. C.; Mrs. E. S.
Mizelle, of Plymouth; and Mrs. D. H.
Wolfe, of Washington.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Jate home Sunday afternoon
by Rev. Richard Bagby, Washington
minister, and Rev. Gilbert Davis, of
Plymouth.
Mr. Jackson was walking from the
Jordan store in Darden* to his home,
a short distance this side, when he
was run down by a truck. The driver
never stopped, arid although officers
nude an extended investigation, no ar
rest has been made.
15 WOMEN WILL
WORK WITH CWA
Eight Are Taking School
Census; pthers Doing
Secretarial Work
/ Fifteen women were assigned work
in this county under the Civil Works
Administration. Kight of tlie number
will make a complete census for the
schools. Four others will do library
work in the Jamesville, Williamston, |
Robersonville, and Oak City schools, }
Three of the fifteen will do secretarial :
work in the schools.
The census work will continue about
five weeks, it is estimated, the other
jobs being more or less permanent.
The eight census takers, Elsie Mi
zelle, Jamesville; Eva Gray Manning,
Farm Life; Ruby Malone, Hear Grass;
Sophia Little and Eloise Bennett, of
Williajuston; Jessie Walton Grimes,
and Annie Hardy, Robersonville; and
Mrs. Robert House, Oak City, started,
the survey work yesterday. It is be
lieved that the fkld survey can hard
ly be completed within three weeks.
The census workers will list only"
those subjects between 6 and 21 years
of age.
Library appointments, made last
Saturday are: Mildred Hedrick, of
Jamesville; Chloe Lanier, William
ston; Mrs. Pitt Roberson, Roberson
ville; and Beatrice Stalls, Oak City.
Secretarial appointments are; Paul-!
ine Jenkins, Williamston; Elsie Rob
erson, Robersonville; and Gladys Hy
man, Oak City.
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CWA Payroll in County
Continues To Increase
♦
Martin County's CWA payroll con
tinues to increase. Last week the 1
disbursing agent paid out (5,928.90 to
474 men workers. The employment
list is being further increased this
week by the addition of a number of
women, and the pay roll will likely
be increased I>y several hundred dol
lars this week.
♦
Large Trailer Turns Over
Here Yesterday Morning
♦
A large trailer, attached to a truck
belonging to a Robersonville transfer
company, turned over at the corner'
Main and Haughton Streets here yes
terday morning, spilling 71 empty gas
oline and oil drums. The barrels werej
scattered on the street and in near-by
yards. Very little damage was done,'
and driver Bullock escaped uninjured.'
A broken spring on the truck is be-J
lieved to have caused the trailer to
turn over. The truck was moving
at the rate of about 10 miles an hour
when the driver turned off Main into
Haughton Street
THE ENTERPRISE
I UNDELIVERED 1
s. J
Several hundred tobacco sale*
alipe or record* of sale* remain
undelivered- in thi* county, it was
learned thi* week. The slips have
been turned over to the county
agent by the several warehouse*
in the county, and all necessary
papers can be prepared in that
office.
Most of the slips are for small
amounts, and it is believed that
many of them will never be called
for by farmers. Any farmer who
ha* not called for hi* sales slip
and who is due one, should call
at the office of County Agent T.
B. Brandon a* coon a* possible,
aa the authorities are anxious to
complete the work within the next •
week or two.
PEANUT MILLING
CODE IS SIGNED
LAST SATURDAY
Wage Increase Estimated
At 131 Per Cent Is
Effected
Washington, Jan. 13.—The code for
the peanut milling industry was among
the agreements tender the national in
dustrial recovery act signed today by
President Roosevelt.
A wage increase calculated at 131
per cent was provided by the peanut
milling code for the,6,000 to 7,000 em
ployed in the mills during the busy
season.
The code also established a 40-hour
work week in place of the 55 to 60
hour schedules hitherto prevailing.
Unlike most NRA codes this one
fixed a scale of wages for various
classes of labor:
Pickers will get 15 ( cents an hour.
Feeders, sweepers, sack sewers, chute
attendants will be paid 22 cents. Fire
men, chauffeurs, deliverymen, and
head floormen will receive 27 cents,
while picking foremen, shop crews,
and engineers are to be paid 35 cents.
All other classes of help must be
paid at a rate sufficient to net them
at least as much compensation with
the shortened hours as they received
in June of last year on the old sche
dules.'
The code established the usual ban
on child labor, setting 16 years as the
absTTlbte minimum for employables,
witlt--provision that no OIK under 18
could be used in occupations detri
mental to health. There is to be no
discrimination between the pay of men
and women doing the same work.
START SINCLAIR
STATION SOON
CWA Completes Work in
Tearing Down Carstar
phen Building
Carstarphen's store, Williamston's
old landmark for more than one-half
a century, is no more. CWA work
men removed the foundation timbers
yesterday, making ready for tire con
struction of a modern gasoline filling
station
As far as it could be learned, only
one coin, a 5-cent piece made in 1872,
was found on the lot.
Contractors were startkd when they
opened the building and found not
one single brace. The building, how
ever, was well constructed, the build
ers using pegs to tie the larger tim
bers together.
Nearly all the timbers were saved
and will be moved to the high »rhool
grounds, where a gymnasium, 70 by
90 Let, will be constructed.
According to reports reaching here,
the Sinclair Refining Company will
start construction work on its station
immediately, the contract already hav
ing been let to a Statesville building
concern. Tlie cost of the new na
tion will be between $7,000 and $lO,- ]
000, it is understood.
Legion Auxiliary To Meet
Next Saturday Afternoon
| The American Legion Auxiliary
j will meet Saturday afternoon, Janu
ary 20th, at 3 o'clock, at the home of
' Mrs. W. E. Dunn in Williamston, it j
I was announced Monday of this week.'
All members are urged to attend. I
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Automobiles Killed
30*00 during 1933 .
♦
I Chicago.—Motor vehicle accidents]
' took the lives of about 30,500 persons
/during 1933, the National Safety Coun
«' cile estimated tqday, an increase of
about 3 1-2 per cent over the previous
• year. The all-time high toll of life
! was 33,675 in 1928. Increased use of
' automobile* during the last six months
» of 1933 was given as tht reason for
I the advance in fatalities.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 16, 1934
WAREHOUSE IN !
IROBERSONVILLE
I IS DESTROYED
Spectacular Blaze Saturday
Night Does Estimated
Damage of $16,000
Fire of undetermined origin destroy
ed the Central tobacco warehouse in
! Robersonville and threatened near-by
I buildings early last Saturday evening,
resulting in a loss estimated at about
$16,000. Several hundred dollars'
worth of tobacco was destroyed.
When discovered the fire was spread
ing rapidly to all parts of the build
ing, making it impossible for vuluiv
teer firemen to save the
Sparks and burning embers were
blown by a strong wind onto other
buildings, threatening a large portion
of the business district. Fire appar
atus from near-by towns was called,
and several companies responded. The
local fire company reached the scene
15 minutes after the alarm was re
ceived here, and 1,000 feet of hose was
laid by the Williamston firemen. Ap
proximately 12,000 gallons of water
were thrown on the fire from the two
hose lines during the 35 minutes the
pump was in operation.
Owned by the Bank of Roberson
ville, the property was covered by in
surance.
SANITARYWORK
GOES FORWARD
1
Several Hundred Sanitary
Privies Have Been Built
By CWA Workers
After getting off to a slow start sev
eral weeks ago, Martin County's sani
tation project is advancing rapidly at
this time, according to reports coming
from the courthouse this week. Be
tween 150 and 200 sanitary privies have
been constructed throughout the coun
ty, and applications now on hand for
more houses will keep the workers
busy at least another month. Approx
imately 80 men are employed on the
sanitation project, but it can be ex
pected that only a few of that num
ber will turn out to be "specialists."
The first few small houses con
structed cost approximately SIOO each,
much of the initial amount going for
surveys and the perfecting of an or
ganization to handle the work.
It is understood that the property
owner can have a privy built for the
cost of the lumber, the CWA furnish
ing the labor free.
While (he project will hardly reach
the goal of 2,400, it is believed several
hundred of the houses will be built
from one end of the county to the
other. Activities are advancing rapid
ly in nearly every section of the coun
ty with one exception, Hamilton, En
gineer A, Corey, in charge of the work
said yesterday.
ASK LANDLORDS
REGISTER NEEDS
Those Desiring Work on
Farms Also Urged To
Register Here
Mr. J. W. Hines, manager of the
Martin County Reemployment office,
announces that his office is now ready
to register landlords and farmers who
are in need of farm labor of any kind.
Likewise, families desiring to rent a
farm and unemployed farm labor are
urged to register.
Families who left farms for work
in towns or fa.Hories and are now in
terested in going- back to the farm are
urged, Mr. Hines said, to register and
give the government a chance to Irelp
them find the kind of employment they
prefer.
There may be some families apply
ing for farm placement 'wlio do not
have neough food and clothing to 'run'
them until the crop is made. Under
certain conditions, provision will be
made to extend help to such families,
he said.
Any Part Ot Beet Can Be
Preserved On The Farm
Beef can be preserved on the farm.'
Any part of a beef carcass may bej
preserved by corning. Cut the beef'
into five or si* pound pieces and rub'
with salt. Pack these chunks in a'
clean vessel of stoneware or hard-'
wood and cover with a pickle made
of 1 1-2 pounds of salt, one ounce of
Salt peter, one-quarter pound of sugar
or syrup and one gallon of pure wa
ter. Allow the meat to stand in this
pickle for about two weeks. It may
then be smoked lightly to improve the
flavor or it may be allowed to hang
some time. This causes the meat to
dry out well and is known as dried
beet. ~
FARMERS WHO
'CHISEL' IN FOR
HARD SEASON
Efforts Are Being Made To
Curb Those Who Plan
Large Acreages
The cotton grower or the tobacco
grower who does not sign a reduction
contract for 1934, or the person who
thinks that he can plant a large acre
age of either of the two crops this
year for "the first time with the view
of cashing in on the reduction efforts
of other farmers is likely due for some
disappointment.
This is the viewpoint of government
officials at Washington, who. are
charged with adjusting the cash crop
acreages of the nation, says Frank H.
Jeter, agricultural editor at State Col
lege. Mr. Jeter spent the past week
in, Washington assisting with the in
formational program in regard to cot
ton. While in Washington he learned
that efforts will be made to curb those
who plan to "chisel in" on the reduc
tion plans.
Both Mr. Cobb, in charge of the cot
ton section, and Mr. Hutson, in charge
of the tobacco section, are laying their
plans to meet the danger of non-coop
erating growers attempting to produce
large amounts of tobacco at the ex
pense of those who are willing to co
operate.
"Whether these plans contemplate
the use of a licensing system to pre
vent non-signers from placing their
products on the market above a certain
allotment, or whether some other rul
ing will be made to curb sales has not
been definitely determined," Mr. Jet
er said. "But the man who thinks he
is going to grow a large amount of
tobacco or cotton this year for the
first time in an effort to make money
for himself at the expense of his neigh
bors and thus defeat the purposes of
the agricultural adjustment act is due
for a disappointment this fall. The
disappointment will he hard to bear,
too, after a grower has gone to the
expense of the producing the crop."
One government official said, "1
wouldn't risk my money that way,"
when asked if non-signers or non-co
operators would be allowed to grow
and harvest either cotton or tobacco
as they desired.
NEW PROGRAM
SETS HOPE FOR
STABLE MONEY
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Monetary Agreement Be
tween Nations Hope of
President
Washington.—The hope expressed
by President Roosevelt Monday that
events were leading to some future
form of international monetary agree
ment led to immediate speculation on
whether stabilization possibilities had
not made perceptible progress since
his message to Congress.
At that time it was indicated that
an international money accord seemed
1 uite a distance in the future, and even
those who attached significance to the
President's language Monday admit
teil t|iey might be seeing a mirage.
Secretary Morgenthau said an agree
ment between the United States, Eng
land, and would, in his opin
ion, be sufficient to bring the soiight
for stabilization.
He said a departure by France from
the gold standard would affect this
country's monetary policies "since it
would change gold prices." He said
that in answer to a question and made
no comment on France's position.
"I'd, rather not comment on that,"
he said when asked whether recent
happenings had led him to believe that
international stabilization could be dis
cerned on the monetary horizon.
Economists outside the- administra
tion would hazard no gaess on the
stabilization of international exchange.
Many Marriage Licenses
Are Issued This Month
While the number of marriage li
censes issued this month will likely
fall short of tlie record established
in December of last year, activities at
the license bureau so far in the new
year indicate a healthy business there.
Twenty-one licenses had been issued
up to the middle of the month, a num
ber almost twice as great as the total
issue in January of last year and the
same month in 1932.
Ten of the licenses were issued to
white couples and 11 to colored peo
ple, and four of them were issued on
the 13th.
Locals Defeat Columbia
Here Friday Night, 24-17
Williamston's high school basketball
team scored its second win in as many!
starts here last Friday night, when
Columbia's quint was turned back, 24
to 17.
Tobacco Sign-Up in County
Is 99 Per Cent Completed
FIRE INSURANCE
GROUP HOLflPfc
ANNUAL MEET
Sylvester Peel Is Elected
President at Meeting
Here Saturday
| Holding their annual meeting in the
| courthouse here last policy
holders in the Martin County Branch
|of the Farmers Mutual Fire .Insur
[ ance Association perfected their or
ganization for another year. Mr. Syl
vester Feel, prominent Martin County
citizen, was elected to head the asso
ciation in this county during the new
year. Rev. W. B. Harrington, also
of Griffins Township, is the vice pres
ident: and Mr. Jas. 1.. Col train, effic
ient secretary-treasurer of the organi
zation for some time, continues in
that position. With one exception,
the board of directors continues un
changed. Mr. Marion (ireen, of Rob
ersonville. being tlje one new board
member. W. C. Manning, president
,of the organization for a number of
years, resigned.
The Martin Count) unit of the as
sociation has now in force approxi
mately SBOO,OOO worth of insurance,
the cost to policyholders last year av
eraging around 61 cents per SIOO,
There are a few more than 500 policy
holders in the Martin County organi
zation of the state association.
Officers in the county association
arv in Raleigh today attending a meet
ing of the state organization.
CHANGED HOURS
AT HINES OFFICE
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Reemployment Office Will
Receive, Applications
From 8:30 to 1
The Martin County Reemployment
Office at the courthouse in William
ston adopted new office hours Mon
day, closing its door at I o'clock for
employment applications.
Manager Johii W. Mines annouhced
that the office would be open daily
from 8:30 until 1 o'clock for appli
cants, and in the afternoons for han
dling placement business and office
routine only.
Tile new office hours were adopt
ed, Mr. Maddrey said, to speed up the
work of making placements and to
aid generally in getting those to work
for whom jobs are available in the city
and county.
I All unemployed in tlie >£inty wli>
■have made applications fur employ
ment since the opening of the office,
but who are not actually at work are
| required to renew their applications
'during the month of January. This
I work is now going forward rapidly.
' Through renewal of applications by
'the unemployed it is hoped to make
| a close che.'k of the situation in the
I county and to arrive at a clearer pic
ture of the problem. Names of all
applicants who do not renew their ap
plications during January, after noti
fication, will be considered as having
found jobs.
All resident of the county who have
| never made application for the work
I and are unemployed are eligible for
I consideration.
Trap Bed Is Best For
Control of Flea Beetle
The trap bed has given excellent
results in controlling the tobacco flea
beetles and is made by building a
supplementary bed about two feet
larger than the original tigh bed. This
trap is sown in tobacco exactly as the
bed. The plants in the trap should
be kept well covered with a poison
made of one pound of paris green
and six pounds of arsenate of lead ap
plied at the rate of one-half pound
of mixture to each HXJ square yards
of trap space. The application should
be made- when the plants are dry.
Instructions for the control of other
tobacco insect pests are contained in
Extensiop Circular Number 174 and
a copy irtay be secured by writing the
Agricultural Editor, State College.
C. T„ Roberson Getting
Along Well in Hospital
C. T, Roberson, young boy badly
injured while skating on the streets
here Sunday one week ago, is getting
along very well in a Washington lios ■
pital. No complications have devel
oped and attending doctors now be
lieve his leg can be saved. i
The child had one of his legs near
ly mashed off when he was caught
between two cars on Haughton Street
near the main intersection.
MARKET TO CLOSE 1
J
The Williamston Tobacco Mar
ket will clo»e next Friday, bring
ing to a close a very successful
season. Sales were nearly dou
ble those of last season, and the
prices, while not as high as many
hoped for, were decidedly higher
than they were a year ago.
There is very little tobacco in
the hands of the growers in this
section, making it unnecessary for
the market to continue its opera
tions after Friday of this week, a
member of the tobacco board of
trade said yesterday.
: RIVER TRAFFIC
IN 1933 LARGER
THAN FOR 1932
Bridge Keeper Has Record
Of Boats Plying on
Roanoke
! ♦ .
| Traffic on the Roanoke River to this
I point was materially increased in 1933
las compared with the traffic in 1932,
I it- was learned front Hugh Spruill,
I bridge-keeper here, yesterday.
) According to Mr, Spruill's records,
1566 boats passed through the bridge
here last year, as compared with 428
i the year before. With only 26 boats
passing through last January, traffic
. was off to a slow start, but started in
creasing in March and reached the
I peak in July, when 7(1 boats were count
Jed at this point.
Traffic on the stream is shown as
I follows, by months:
I 1933 1932
January 26 43
J February 27 24
•March 3(> , 33
, A pr il 4(1 30
j May 60 3K
June (>0 44
July 70', 34
August s(> 40
! September 50 36
October 56 30
November 45 4W
December 40 36
Total 566 428
PREACHERS MET
HERE MONDAY
Forty Baptist Ministers of
Eastern Carolina Attend
Gathering
Forty liaptist ministers from Hast
en! ( arolina met yesterday for an all
day session in the Memorial liaptist
church here, and carried through a
full program of subject matter inter
esting to the pastors in their church
work. They were present from Wake
I'oresi to I'.li/abeth City, and from
Wilson to (ioldsboro.
The leading speakers on the pro
gram were M. A Muggins, Raleigh,
general secretary of the North Caro
lina Baptist Convention, the Rev. A.
J. Smith, of Goldsboro, and Dr. W. R.
Cullom, of, Wake Forest College.
Other names appearing on the pro
gram were the Rev. F R. Stewart,
president of the conference; the Rev
Vance Havener, of Weeksville; Dr. J
L. Peacock, of Tarboro; and the Rev.
F. S. Kolb, of Windsor.
This group of ministers meets three
times in the course of the year, the
next meeting to be held here in April.
All the sessions arc held in Williani
ston, dwe to its central location and
its easy accessibility.
HOG KILLINGS
ABOUT OVER
More Meat Being Packed in
County Than Ever
Before
Hog killing time is about spent in
most sections of this county, reports
received here indicating that the work
will he completed in Griffins, one of
the main meat centers, outside of Chi
cago and other great packing centers,
this week.
Farmers say there is more meat be
ing packed in this county than ever
before, with a few exceptions in one
or two districts. Some farmers are
killing just twice as much as they did
last season, and last year was a big
meat year in the greater part of this
county.
While the weather has been warm
at times, no one has reported any
damaged meat. Last year thousands
of pounds of meat was spoiled through
out the county.
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ESTABLISHED 1898
SOME DISTRICTS
REPORT 100 PER
CENT SIGN-UPS
Expect County To Go Over
Unanimously Within
Few Days
Martin County's tobacco, reduction
| campaign was reported about 99 per
cent completed this week, several of
Itlie district-* reporting 1(10 per cent
I sign-ups, and one district, Jamesville,
actually reporting more tlian a 100 per
| cent cooperation. A few farmers in
j the lower part of the county failed to
jsign the preliminary agreement, but
, cooperated in the present reduction
j movement, it was said. Present indi-
J cations point to-a KM) per cent sign
up throughout the county within a
• few days.
W illiamston reported a KHI per cent
sign-up yesterday morning. Rober
sonvillc and (iritfin.s were two other
districts reporting 1110 per cent sign
ups.' Poplar Point is just about com
plete with its drive. Hamilton, Oak
City, Hear (irass, and Williams re
port. (I fri'iti 1 to ii unsigned contracts
each.
I lie contracts are now being check*
. ed, and w lnle most of them have been
I proved correct, a few irregularities
lia\. been found. W here irregularities
have been found, the tanners ate being
called back to get the facts straight
cued* out I"he committeemen will
gladly m;ik the neressarv otrcctious,
but once the contracts are sent to
i Washington and then irregularities are
I found, the authorities will, no doubt,
make it "hot" for somebody. Almost
any one is subject to make a mistake
in mislak s, but where it is found,
and the government plans to make a
thorough investigation of every single
contract, that there has hren willful
lying, prosecutions are expected.
Ihe first hatch of completed con
tracts are being forwarded front the
county agent's office this week. Just
how long hefon .the benefit checks
start coming back no one knows. It
is believed that the payments will
.start rolling in within two or three
weeks after the contra ts reach WVsh-
I illgtoll.
I Approximately 1,300 will he suit in
; from this county.
J. D. LILLEY, SR.
DIED SATURDAY
Heart Attack Brought On
As Result of Auto
Accident
John I). Lilley, a native of this
county, died in a Washington hospi
tal last Saturday afternoon from a
heart attack, believed to have heen
caused by injuries received in an au
tomobile accident near Washington on
Friday.
A short while after the accident Mr.
Lilky was taken to the hospital, and
it was found.he bad a broken arm and
several cut's on his head. His condi
tion was not thought to be critical
at the time. He had been unable to
walk since the World War, when he
developed rheumatism to such an ex
tent that he was a constant sufferer
anil was confined to a rolling chair
most of the time.
Me is survived by his wife and one
son, John I). I.i I ley, jr.; his mother,
on; - brother, lloyt I.illey, of James
ville; and two sisters, Mesdames Lou
ise Koberson, ofjamesville; and Clyde
Lassiter, of Route I, Washington.
fie was the son «Vf the late Jesse L.
and Louisa Li I ley. A few years after
the war be moved to Beaufort County.
I'uneral services were conducted on
Sunday afternoon by Rev Wilbur Ben
nett. Interment was in the family
burial ground in Beaufort County.
Chinese Taxes Collected
For 63 Years in Advance
Kinston.—Thee conomic troubles of
Americans are as nothing compared
with those of dwellers in Szechuan
province, I liina. Tobacconists here
have interests in China, and occasion
ally they get that country.
I he latest batcli included the informa
tion that taxes for 1997 had been col
lected in Szechuan.
The province is in the grip of seven
war lords, each maintaining a large
army. They have divided the prov
ince. They are continually trying to
fill their war chests, with the result
that the people are "bled white."
Taxes are heavy, as heavy as the
people can bear. The fact that levies
have been collected 63 years in advance
is vouched for by an inspector of the
Nanking government: