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*? L*M Om Ftat Am It wSm To ? VOLUME XXXVII?NUMBER 62 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 2, 1934 ESTABLISHED 1898 Child, 6, Is Killed by ;-and-Run Driver WAS WALKING ON HIGHWAY NEAR HERE SATURDAY Wm. Earl Roebuck Loses Life and Mother Hurt; Killer Still at Large William Pari Rnrhurk years old, was instantly killed and his mother, Mrs. LaFayett Roebuck, was painfully bruised when they were struck by a hit-and-run car two miles from here on the Everett* highway last Saturday evening at about 6:30 o'clock. The child, plodding along the highway and several feet from the concrete, suffered a fracture of the skull, a broken neck, broken arm and leg and other injuries. Before residents near the scene of the tragedy could reach him, the little child's hands were get ting cold, ft was said. Mrs. Roebuck was badly bruised on one side, but her injuries are not considered serious. Grace, about 4 years old, and one of the Roebuck children, had the skin broken on her left arm by the fender of the car. M rs. Roebuck and her children, La Fayett, jr., 13 years old, Simon, 11 years old, Julius, 8'years old, William <i Earl, nearly 6 years of age, and Grace, 4 years old, were on their way to visit a sick relative who lives on the old Greenville road. The little group l$ft their home on the old Everetts road shortly after 6 o'clock. They crossed Highway No. 90 at the point where the old Everetts road begins. The three older' children were 15 or 20 steps ahead of Mrs. Roebuck and the youngest son, the baby being just a few feet behind the three brothers, , and all were well off the concrete. The mother and five children were ncaring the uld Gicenvillf ruid unet section when an old Model Ford, trav eling toward Williamstcm, swerved to , the right, striking Mrs Roebuck and the two younger children, and then turning sharply back to the hard sur face. The killer-driver failed to stop, j and after an all-night search by coun- , ty officers he continued at large. Of ficer* continue work on the case, and it is hoped that a clue can be estah- , lished within a short time. The car was thought to have been I an old Model T with only one head- ( light burning. No description of the driver or the car occupants could be had as the little group was terrorized and could hardly tell what had hap Funeral services were held at the home of the parents on the Tan Cher ry farm, near here, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Tom Harris, of the local Holiness thurch. Burial follow ed in a new graveyard near the home. BEAUTY SHOW BEAR GRASS Representatives From Five Towns To Take Part Next Tuesday A gala event is expected Tuesday night of next week at 7:30 o'clock, when the Bear Grass High School sponsors a box party and beauty con test in the auditorium there. The dual program has been elaborately planned with large numbers of boxes assured, 60 girls taking part in the contest and special features to take place during the evening. And there is no admis sion fee, in fact, the people are urged to attend free of charge. Sixty young ladies, represent Wash ington, Greenville, Robersonville, and WltTtamston and Bear Grass, have been' entered in the beauty contest, it was announced yesterday. Special fea tures include tap dancing, singing and readings. Prizes will be awarded. Reports indicate that a large crowd will be present for the entertainment, arranged to supplement funds for school purposes, it is understood. World Series Opens In Detroit Tomorrow, 1:30 Baseball fans throughout the nation will turn their attention to Detroit tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock when the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals play the first game for the world's championship for the year 1934. Chatham Farmers Harvest Three Tons Hay Per Acre Three too* ?( cured hey to the acre hare been cut from the loprdeta field* of Chatham County. Hertford Farmers Collect tSfiOO in Hog-Corn Benefit Thirty-eight twine grower, of Hert ford County will collect approximate ly 51,000 in benefit, for adjusting pro duction thia year. ? Local Woman's Club To Hold Meeting Thursday The local Woman's Club will hold its regular meeting Thursday after noon at 4 o'clock in the club rooms. Mrs. J. G. Staton, president of the club, in urging a full attendance at the meeting, stated this morning that absent members will be made chair men of committees. A number of important matters are to be brought before the session, in cluding that of making arrangements for a tonsil and adenoid clinic prob bably some time next week. CONSIDER PLANS FOR CONTROL OF PEANUT CROPS Will Divert Portion of 1934 Crop and Limit The Acreage Next Year a . sitings on.-?An v adjustment pro gram for peanuts designed to bring production into line with consump tion by diverting part of the 1934 crop into oil and livestock feed and limit ing acreage next year has been an nounced by Farm Administrator Davis. At the same time he approved the program, Secretary Wallace termin ated the marketing agreement and license under which peanut millers have operated since last January. The termination effective the first of this month, was requested by a majority of the contracting millers. A processing tax oT one cent a pound, a farmers' stock weight on peanuts, except those used in manu facture of oils, becomes effective at once, and revenue from the tax will be used to finance the new program. Asserting benefit payments at the rate of w a ton on the basis of the fl)34 harvest, will be made to those growers who sign and carry out con tracts to reduce acreage Davis said it was estimated payments to growers W'ill exceed $4,000,000. Contracting producers will be eligible also to re Iceive additional payments for divert j ing up to 20 percent of their 1934 production into feed or oil. ! Contracts to be offered to producers i will require that the acreage planted to peanuts in 1935 be r.ot in exce^ of one of the folowing, as chosen by the producer: J (A) 90 percent of the acreage plant ed in 1933; (B) 90 percent of the acreage plant ed in 1934; (C) The average acreage planted in 1933 and 1934. The benefit payment will be made on the entire 1934 harvested crop of contract signers regardless of the use nf WL'hlrh the Tiarvritrrt panuts itc. put. The rate of payment to farmers for diversion .would be $20 a ton for Vir ginia type peanuts; $15 a ton for the Spanish and $10 a ton for runner types. Davis said the offering of these payments will enable growers profitably to divert a portion of their crop from the higher priced shelled goods trade to the oil mills if the 4arm prices should fall below the cur rent average price. ' In order to encourage use of far mers' stock peanuts by oil manufactur ers, Davis said all manufacturers will be offered payments on farmers' stock peanuts purchased after October 1 and used for oil, other than those divert ed to oil by growers, themselves, and i for which payments are made direct to growers. The rate of payments to oil manufacturers will be >10 a ton .for Virginia peanuts; 12 a ton for the I Spanish and $M a ton for the runner i types. Based upon present prices for pea nut oil the prices paid for diverting peanuts to oil would tend, it was said, to* establish farmers' stock peanuts a bove the following prices: Runners, $50 a ton; Sapnish, $59 a ton, and Virginians $56 a ton. Both the adjustment payments and the diversion payment, when the pea nuts are diverted by the producers, j will be made after the 1935 peanut acreage of the producer is measured and he has fully complied with his part of the contract, the announce ment stated. The September crop report esti mated 1934 peanut production at 1, 025,000,000 pounds of all types. It is estimated that of this production 125,000,000 pounds will be required for 1935 seed and farm food, leaving a supply of 900,000,000 pounds avail able for the market. Of this amount, it is estimated that 35 percent, or 255, 000,000 will be diverted to oil or com mercial feeds, leaving 645,000,000 pounds for cleaning and shelling by millers unless a satisfactory farm price is maintained by means of a smaller diversion. POSTAL INCOME HERE CONTINUES STEADY GROWTH Receipts for Third Quarter Are $500 More Than They Were In 1933 Williamston's upward turn in busi ness continues stronger than ever with Postmaster Pete Fowden reporting an increase of over $500 in the local office revenue last quarter as compared with the same period last year. The offic reported stamp sales and other receipts for the third quarter at $3,275.63, as compared with $2,751.94 in the third quarter of last year. Commenting on the improved busi ness in the office. Pete said that ever since he and Farley had been at work receipts increased, adding that while Mr. Farley was working for the glory of success he was working for the ' glory and that $100 extra allowed when receipts passed a certain amount. The ( increase is "in the bag" Mr, Pete al lowed. In all seriousness, Mr. Fow den did say that business was splendid, that things were looking better in his offjje, and that the mail order houses are wondering if gold has been dis covered in Eastern Carolina. The money order business last quar ter was $37,759.22. Not all that money Went to the mail-order houses, how ever. Several thousand dollars went ,to unfortunate Georgia farmers for to bacco marketing cards. TWO ESCAPED CONVICTS ARE CAUGHT HERE Arrested Sunday Afternoon By County and State Prison Officers j John Frits Brinkley, of Rocky j Mount, and Archie Fowler, of High Point, serving from 12 to 15 years at the Caledonia Prison for highway n.h bery, were arrested in th& county last Sunday afternoon .following their es cape from the farm the 21st of. last, month. The two men Escaped in a car stolen from a prison guard, and their trail was lost next day when the car was *found in Rocky Mount. Last j Friday evening they entered this (county in a Ford stolen from Louis j Wefborn, of Thomasvrille. Officers learned the two men had friends in Bear (irass Township near the Beau I fot County line, and plaunerd a search for Sunday afternoon. N. E. Raines, superintendent of the farm, Captain W. W. Cook, and a .guard came here Sunday and they, | with Sheriff- Roebuck, Chief W. B ' Daniel, Deputy Joe H. Roebuck, and | Roy Peel went to the home of Gar , land Wynn. The two men were play i ing cards with friends on a blanket in 1 a cornfield, a few yards from the I Wynn home, when the officers sur rounded them before they knew what it was all about. Neither of the two men had a word to say, and in the searcR offLuunri a pistol, dynamite caps and fuse, nitro gfycerin and a steel drill bit. It was rumored the two men were planning to rob a bank in Hyde County that night. Wynn had borOwed the stolen car and was making a visit at the Cale donia farm when the two men were arrested. The car was recovered late that day. Permit To Open New Bank Here Still Being Considered The application, filed some time ago by the Greenville Banking and Trust ; Company to open a branch here, has I been forwarded to proper authorities 'in Washington,-it was learned follow ing a visit here last week by Stat*1 j jHood - Commissioner of Banks Gurney F. I What action, if any, the State bank- j ing authorities took in connection with the permit request, could not he learn- j ed, leaving some to believe that the branch will be opened and other to branrli will he opened and others to believe that one will not he opened here by the Greenville institution. Skewarkey Lodge Masons Meet Tonight at 8 O'clock There will be a special meeting of Skewarkee Lodge of Masons tonight at 8 o'clock, it was announced today by J. C. Anderson, master. Work in , the third degree. Members of the lodge and visitors are cordially invit ed and urged to attend. ? Caldwell County Farmers Have Sufficient Feeds . Caldwell County farmers say they will have an abundance of feed this winter. Nearly every farmer in the county planted lespedeza last spring. ? Rains Damage Cotton Crop In Some Secfions Heayy rain, in Moore County are damaging the cotton crop and pre venting the caring of high quality hay ATTENDANCE AT COUNTYSCHOOLS HOLDS UP WELL Three New Teachers Are Earned In As Many Schools Already While reports Covering scholastic activities in the Martin County schools are nearly two weeks away, attendance figures released a day or two ag-? for the first two weeks of the term clearly indicate the schools are off to an ex cellent start as far as number are con cerncd. Increased enrollments, sup ported by large attendance p ercent ages, have earned three new teachei s j for as many schools, Robersonvillc i and Oak City Highs and Farm Life , Elementary. Other districts are said i to have barely missed earning addi- I tional teachers, it was said. The two ( new high school teachers reported for , work Monday, and the Farm Life teacli er will start her work immediately, it was learned. r With 3.403 white pupils enrolled during the first two weeks of the cur rent term, the six school districts re ported an average daily attendance of 3,263 children, a resulting average at tendance of nearly 96 per cent for the whole. The Oak City district, with 98 per cent, led the county, followed closely by Farm Life and Roberson villc, each with a percentage of 96. Bear Grass and Williamston, with i 95 per cent rating, competed for third position, Jamesville with a 94 figure coming next. The enrollment, daily attendance and number absent daily, on an average, are as follows: District Enrollment ?6 ?f I Q < a "3 8 a u "A < < Williamston 778 737 41 Robersonville 1,(817 ? 971 ^6 Oak City 637 625 12 Jamesville Farm Life 425 240 4(H) 230 25 10 Bear , Grass 316 .100 16 Totals -3,403 3.263 140 ?The f rather than by individual schools. For | instance, Jamesville represents the schools at Hardens and Jamesville. | Koberaonville district includes Kvcr etts and Gold Point. Oak City dis trict includes Hamilton and Hassell. BAPTIST WOMEN TO MEET HERE Missionary Union To Hold 37th Annual Session in Local Baptist Church The thirty-seventh annual session of the women's missionary union of the Roanoke Baptist Association will meet with the Memorial Baptist church here on Thursday of this week, the first session being called to order at 10:30 o'clock in the morning, and continu ing throughout the day. 1 lie wothen 111 lilt' local Jm.ili ait expecting about 400 women to attend the sessions. The Roanoke Associa tion is large in its geographical boun daries?extending from Scotland Neck to (ireenvillc; and from Wilson and Nashville to Williamstoil. It is one of the largest associations in the state ?having exactly 70 churches in its membership. Last year this body met with the Scotland Neck church, where splen did reports of its entertainment were made. The coming of so many dele gates to the local church wtB tax it* capacity to care for them. But the women of the church are busy mak ing preparations, and expect to range through the order of program in good form, and to serve in the woman's club building a lunch to the several hundreds ot Bipfrsf wornett thai are expected. The women's work in all these churches is considered a vital part of the church program. It is with pleas-j ure that the local church, and espec ially its women, will entertain this body of church women on Thursday j of this weelQ The general public is I invited to any of the sessions. Two Drunks and Dispenser Carried Before Court Here Fox Rice, colored, of Bertie Coun-j ty, and Hezekiah Price, also colored* were fined $2.50 each in Mayor Has-] sell's court here yesterday morning for being drunk on the local streets last Saturday. John Bullock, colored man alleged to have operated a liquor store in his home just across the road from a church in Poplar Point Township was carried before the justice of the peace yesterday and was bound over to the county court for trial today under a $2fK) bond. Officers, armed with a search warrant, searched Bullock's home Sunday and found a small quan tity of liquor and many containers Considered useful in making retail sales. Local Leaf Market Is Nearing Five-Million Mark for Season COUNTY BOARD HOLDSREGULAR MEET MONDAY Authorities Transact Little Business in Long Session. Jury List Is Drawn Although they were in a long ami tedious session Monday, the Martin County commissioners idsposed or comparatively few business matters, the greater part of the day having been used to hear questions raised by citi zens from one end of the county t<? the other. Many of the matters dis cussed at th? meeting will be heard again at the hext regular meeting in November, it i < understood. Mack Davenport, disabled war vet eran, was granted permission to sell proprietary products in the county without the payment of a license lee. J. \V. Coltrain was alb wed the sum of $1.50 a month. Jurors were selected for the two weeks term of civil court to he held in November, as follows: First Week Williams Township: I.eO Roberson, T. M. Hopkins, C. L. Daniel, and W. L. Manning. Griffins.: A. T. W hitley, Herbert 1-. Manning, and J. Kason Lilley. Bear Grass; C . 11. Avers and W . R. Roberson. Williamston: John T. Price and () S. Cowing. Robersqnville: H. S. Johnson, D. C. Carson, Rli Stephenson, M. K. Smith, 1). A. James. Goose Nest: T C. Allshrnoks and Joseph H. Harrell. Second Week Jamesville: J. A. Gardner, H. S Hardison, K. H. Ange. Williams: N. P. Roberson. Bear Grass: Sidney Beacham. K Harrison, J. G. Barn hill.. John Dan iel Biggs, J. B. Cherry, Paul II. Peel. W. Clyde Manning. Cross Roads: J. C. Bulk>:k, Robersonville: C. D. Andrews, R. S. Bullock. Hamilton: B. B. Taylor. Goose Nest: j. W. BellHower, A. P. Rakes. L. J. MILLS DIED LAST SATURDAY Funeral Held at Home In Poplar Point Monday at 3:00 O'clock P. M. L. J. Mills, Poplar Point farmer, died at his home there last Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from a heart attack He had ".offered with heart trouble for some fitm- hpt wn* able ?p ^'"t :*tti.iul ti. his hnsines^ duties even until the day of his death. Mr. MilU was born in Pitt County 61 years ago last August. About 15 years ago he moved to this county, settling in the Poplar Point section, I where he farmed. He marridd Mis , Mamie Nelaon, also a native of Pitt County, ami she, with seven children, Mtir-Lucy Lot/, of Kveretts; Mi Vera Kdmondson, of Brooklyn, X. ,Y.. Charlie, L. J., jr., and (Vcntry W Mills, and Miss Margaret Mills, Williamaton R. F. I>. 3, survives. Hi | also leavei ope sister, Miss Ki/ee Mill-., of Kveretts. I Funeral services were conducted from the late home Monday afternoon 'at 3 o'clock by Kev. J. M. Perry, of i Robersonville; and Kev. Charles T Kogers, of Williamson. Pall-bearers were members of the Ked -MeII and .the Modern Woodmen of America. Eight Patrolmen Warn Motorists Here Monday Fight highway patrolmeut center ed their activities here la>t night, warning drivers against the use of de fective lights and. other unlawful acts in operating motor vehicles on tin: highways. Only four arrestes result ed, but many were directed to correct defects, it was learned. A truck, load ed over the sides was stoped, and the driver is scheduled to face trial here [next Tuesday. September Rainfall Here Greatest Since August '31 The September rainfall here was the heaviest in any month since August, 1931, according to Hugh Spruill, who records the readings under atat* sup ervision. Fight and three-quarter inches of rain fell during the period, the rainfall exceeding by more than one inch the year's high in July. While five *ains accounted for a bout 7 inches of the rainfall for the period, there were 18 altogether, vary ing from two one-hundredths of an inch to 1.6S inches. Peanut Digging Underway Throughout Martin County Peanut digging Iun hern started in this county although the work i> hard ly expected to get fully underway be fore next week. Reports as to the quality and quantity of the ~rup iq [this county vary widely from com munity to community. The general belief is that the acreage yield will he jlow and the quality front fair to good Many of the older or matured pea I nuts are shedding, leaving a second jgrowth goober of inferior quality and f light weight in many cases, the reports indicated. TOWN BOARD IN REGULAR MEET HERE LAST NIGHT j-T-.-Goodmon Made Assistant On Local Police Force For Three Months | The town's garbage will be place*! in hiding when it is carried through the streets in the future, the town commissioners ruled in their regular meeting last night, when Mrs. Jim JStaton, representing the Woman s t lul), asked that the unsightly Stuff he placed under cover while in transit 1 Mrs. Staton, making a lengthy visit before the meeting, advanced a num ber of recommendations, and the com missioners, appreciative of the coop^ eratiou offered by the Woman's Hub, approved several of them and will in vestigate others. Following a recom diagonul street crossing by pedestrians. ("No law will he created in an effort to stop the practice, but lines will be drawn at several of the main street corners and pedestrians will be asked ? to walk within the marks when 'on ? venient. School children will bp dl-' rented to observe the' markers. His church resented the propositi"!) advanced by -Robert Rogers when he recently applied for permission to hold a Thanksgiving dance, so he returned last night and said he would give 10 pet cent to charity and keep what wa left personally if the permit was grant ed. He is t<? hold the dame. \\T' liani Rnff was also given permission to hold a dance the 2<>th of this month Realizing there has been i l eased demand for services of the | police department, the commissioners --i ? fourth man to the force last night to serve with the chief until tlut first ot January. 'Troy (ioodmon was |offered the place, and lie entered upon his new duties Ibis morning. LOCALS HIGHS ! WIN OPENER Defeat Ahoskie 6 To 0; To Play Scotland Neck Here Friday 1 vv illianiston s football hoy- were on .to a good start last Friday afternoon ' when they opened the season with'a h to 0 victory over Ahnskic in tin* Hertford town. While many of the b<?y?? weie in the line-up for the first time, they developed into a fast-clivk ing team and with a ready cooperation supporting each play. J" Cooke bucked the line for T yard:-" for the only score of the game. Rob jersoti did some good running, and the team, as a whole, shows promise. The work of the line is reflected in the firs' j downs made* Williamston registering , nghr whltg^lrnitrte nn<te one. ~ The names of the bovs in the line l up: Hardison ami Bowen, etuis; Daniels and Ward, tackles; Kamcy and Hollo nton, guards; Rogerson, center; Cooke, quarterback; Strawbridge, halfback; and Cox, fullback. Substitutes: Perry, Harrison and Shaw, hackficld; and Crockett, Moore, Suninierfin ami I). Harrison in the line. The hnals have a tough assignment for Friday afternoon of this week Scotland Neck, defeating Rocky Mt., last Friday, comes here and a good game is expected. Administrator for County Relief Not Yet Named No appointment to fill the position of county administrator of the Fed eral Fmergency Relief Administration in thin county lias bfen announced^* far as it could he learned here at noon today. The position was made vacant by the resignation of J. R. Manning several days ago. Mr. Manning will continue in the office until the apoint mcnt is made. Several applicants were interviewed here last week, and an* appointment was expected several days ago. PRICES HIGHER AS FALLSEASON ENLIVENS SALES i Row After Row Commands Prices from 40 to 50 Cents Per Pound : High prices paid on the Williams - I ton Tobacco market during the season ' soared to >t i 11 higher levels yester day and today when the averages reached close to the 40-cent mark. I Row after row sold this morning for front $45 to $50 a hundred, an oc casional prices passing the 75-cent 1 mark. Fall weather added pep and vigor to the buyers and the sales were j lively from the start with the com panies showing a big demand for their quota*. Farmers expressed themselves as berng pleased - to the fuiiest extent" Fifty-rent averages were numerous, and all types qf tobacco sold extra ordinarily good. The green types. ? while commanding good prices, did J not compare with the other grade-. 1 which appeared to the unversed ob server to he slightly inferior in quali ! ty. Good cheer pervaded -4he whole I market, and farmer after farmer ex pressed himself as l>eing#more than pleased and satisfied to the nth degree. Those growers who yet have tobacco at home said they were going to complete preparations for market ing the remainder of the crop as soon as possible and that they were going to sell on the Williamston market. Taking 270 sticks from, the barn last week, one farmer tied it up and sold it touday, averaging over $1 a stick. And other farmers, large numbers of them, had reports equally as favor able. "It's going just as good as it o"i Ium. mnl it is liigli" uiiiiei all- 1 er - farmer vaid. That prices have ad vanced was indicated by -sales report by ??ne farmer today, fte sold, a part of a barn several days ago and the remainder today, averaging about six cents a pound higher tody on the local floors. The season's sales up to today on the local market total 4,578,200 pounds win li sold for $1,2J(>,228.11. a result ing average of 27 cents. The sales \yesterrlay totaled 127,994 pounds and sold for $44,202.23, a resulting aver age of $34.01. This average includes everything,' and there were many black tips and much damaged tobacco on the floors. The withdrawal of these jtvpes from the sale would have boost' ed the average well on toward 40 cents, it is believed. By tomorrow afternoon, the Wil liamston market will have sold as much tobacco, notwithstanding the crop reduction, as it sold the whole of last season, and will have paid out to the farmers twice as much money It 1>UU1 out Usl scasun No Jfcttei illustration is to lie "had as to how farmers are pleased with the William ston market this season, j It is estimated that between 75 and ; 80 percent of the crop has been sold, and it is believed that the local mar ket will reach and pass the six mil lion pound mark this season. MANY COMPETE IN STYLE EVENT Cotton Show Arrangements Complete for Thursday And Friday Here Willi many contestants entered, ar rangements for the cotton style show in thr Watts theatre Thursday and Friday of this week !iav? been com-" pleted, and a tare treat is in store for the theatre goers when the curtain rises Thursda> afternoon, the first performance. Twenty-five of the town's loveliest young ladies are all set to appear in the season's loveliest fashions and just as many merchants are cooperat ing with the promoters to make the event a success. In addition to the modelling num bers, scveraT of the local performers will appear in singing and dancing in terludes. Local merchants and dress shops are making arrangements to display new fall fashions during the three performances,?Thursday afternoon, Thursday evening and Friday evening. Two Men Bound Over for Assaulting Sylvester Wynn ? James and KTmer Rogers, Colored, were bound over to the county court for trial next Tuesday in the case charging them with brutally assault ing Sylvester Wynn, white man, at the Gray pressing club on Washing ton Street a week ago fast Saturday. Honds in the sum of $100 each were furnished.