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VOLUME XL?NUMBER 30 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 13, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899
RELEASE honor
Roll for local
SCHOOL TODAY
Record Number of Names
Appear on List For
Fourth Term
_150 P"P?1? ?ppear
??> the honor l?t for the fourth
term of the local school. Principal
Anderson mnnunf^ recently I
The number of honor pupils is the
'"rest reported by the school in
( time. The
Eleventh grade Mary Helen Boy
kin. Addle Lee Meador E G Wynn,
Whit Purvis
Tenth grade: Prances Humble.
Kathreen M oh ley Grace BarnhiU.
Ninth grade: Dixie Daniel. Helen
Lrndaiey. Dorothy Manning. Virgil j
Ward. Beid White. Bill Ballard and
Susie WhiUey. 1
Eighth grade: Nancy Biggs ana
Mary Ruth Ward. Kathertne Man
ning. Marjorie Dunn and J. E Boy
Seventh grade William Bo wen.
Sanoo Griffin. Virginia Corey, Bet
tie Hoard. Mary Godwin. Bina
Jackson. Elizabeth Parker. Daisy
Peaks. Edith Andrews, and Estelle
*"*th dmde: Therein Gurganus,
Gurganus. William Griffin.
MUdred Biggs. Evelyn Griffin. Mary
(ENeal Pope and Madelyn Taylor.
..Frfth ,r*dc S???n Moore. Nancy
Mercer. Lenora Melson. Ann Linds
ley. Virginia Hums DeUa Jane
Mubely, Mildred Thomas, J D
Woo lard. jr.. Richard Margolis, Bill
Peel Jerry Kay nor Conrad Gets
?nger. Luther Peel Martha Whit
ley. Salhe Gray White. Frances
White. Fiances Thomas Warren
Nicholson
Fourth grade Isabelle Anderson.
Er??ees Booth. Alberta Swain. Bet
Rod*"v J?reph Wynne,
jack M oh ley. Ann Meador. Fred
enck Wheeler. Reuben Williams
H?w?rd Annie Cheaaon.
MtMred Lassiter. Alice Brown. J.
LUIey. Susie Revels Estelle
Crawford. Sarah Wobbleton.. Sam
Whjchard
Third grade John Daniel. Hal
Owkens. Billy Myers Erwood Old,
,7 *" Green. Frances Griffin. EUes
Mizelle, Lucille Shaw. Dora Twid
dy. Alma Jones. Lelia Wynn. Ado
jl"* Hopkins Marjorie Martin Ida
G Cherry. Malath. Price Elmo
Wallace. Joseph Coltrain
c^Ts^.
Andrews. Annie Chesson. Lou.se
Grdfm. Suzanne Griffin Elizabeth
Hopkins Dnrothy Leggett, Eliza
beth Manning. Jeanette Parker.
Jeanelie Myers Elizabeth Parker,
Burnell White, Lucille Alien. Ed
ward Beach. Frank Bennett." Ehc
J?dinaon. Burt Moore,
Lawhorn. Vaonie* WOlmms. FsrTny
??wen. Joyce Taylor. Catherine
Wynn ?
ft* John Gurkin. Alton
Howard. Dennis Moore. John Rog
??. Ctayton Savage. Jack Thomas.
Mac Manning. Betty Sue Clark.
Coltrain. Mary Evelyn
Hadley. Barbara Margolo. Laura
n~L ^ Hotarteon. Ola Rogers
s?"rf!- MyTtJr Lola
FWH. Earl Bowen. Charlie Coltrain,
BdlylJavis Jama Manning, Archie
Lee Perry. R J Perry Asa Roger
son John Wobbleton. Blanche Bow
?n. Louise Cullipher. Marine Las
?ter. Holly Lilley. Mary Pate. Gar
Centenarian Dies
At Hassell Home
h|KK Cherry, native of Virginia
and a former slave, died at bcr home
in Ha lie II a few days ago at the
npe old age of Htt years. Eleven
children. 85 grandchildren, 65 great
grandchildren. and 3 great-great
grandchildren survive.
Bought by the late Mark Cherry,
she was brought to the Hassell sec
of this irmly in 1651. SI
home with the Cherrys
time after the slaves
their freedom, but she
to live m the Hasaell see
highly
Local Seniors Visiting In
Washington This Week
Board of Health To Consider
Full-Time Service for County
The proposed establishment of an
all-time health department for Mar
tin County will be considered by
the county board of health at aa
meeting to be held some time be
tween now. and the first of next
month, Mr. John E. Pope, chairman,
said today. The board chairman ex
plained that he had received several
petitions bearing the names of a
large number of representative citi
zens asking him to call a special
meeting of the health group that
the proposed service might be con
sidered. No exact date for the meet
ing has been men toned, but it is
possible that the group will be
called into special session probably
by the middle or latter part of next
by the
Petitions were circulated in Wil
liamston and Robersonville, and
they carried the names of a number
uf people living in other areas of the
county. The county proposed serv
ice was heartily endorsed by the
Robersonville Rotary Club and the
Robersonville Junior Order Coun
cil in separate petitions received by
Mr. Pope Monday.
The members of the county health
board are Messrs J E Pope, chair
man; J. C. Manning, as superintend
ent of schools; J L Hassell. as may
or of Williamston; Or J. S. Rhodes
and Dr. W. C. Mercer, of William
ston; and Dr. V. A Ward, of Rob
ersonville.
Bases and Allowances'
Explained This Week
SEED LOANS
Effective (Us week, the Mu
tia County aeed end feed loan
will he ores la the court
? Wednesdays and Sat
urdays between the hours of 9
a. m. and S y m It has not been
dedaltely announced but indica
tions new are that no applies
Unas for leans wiU be received
after neat week.
The office in the county has
handled 1M leans amounting to
approximately 917.M9.
2 AMENDMENTS
GO TO VOTERS
NEXT ELECTION
Proposal To Lengthen the
Terms of Sheriff Rejected
In County In 1932
The two proposed amendments to
the North Carolina State Constitu
tion approved by the recent general
assembly are already causing much
speculation,, although it will be No
vember of next year before they are
submitted to the voters. One of the
proposed amendments, allowing the
establishment of a state department
of justice is not attracting much at
tention, but the one extending the
terms of sheriffs from two to four
years is already in the political pot
and boiling away
In 1932, the voters of the State re
fused to extend the term for sher
iffs from two to four years. Martin
County voted 1,242 for and 1,498
against the proposed amendment.
There is some possibility that Mar
Un voters will support the amend
ment a year from next November,
but in those counties where the
Democrats are afraid the Republi
cans will win and hold a sheriff in
office for four long years, and where
the Republicans are afraid the Dem
ocrats will win and do the same
thing, the four-year term is not ex
pected to pass.
Several other amendments were
rejected by the assembly, and one to
prohibit the diversion of highway
funds never got out of committee.
Four other proposed amendments,
endorsed by Governor Hoey, were
killed They would have given the
Governor veto power, reorganized
the state board of education, pro
hibited local legislation and abolish
ed capital punishment.
300 Hear Orphan's
Singing Class Here
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Clan, making the annual visit here
last Saturday evening, was well re
ceived by more than 300 people of
the community in the high school au
ditorium. The youthful singers, just
a few weeks out of the orphanage on
a tour that will take them into near
ly every county in the state between
now alM next December, were en
tertained in private homes over the
week-end, the group continuing on
to Plymouth yesterday morning.
Williamston people and others in
the community responded liberally
and contributed a total of $12t, or
nearly twice as much as the class re
ceived here a year ago. The collec
tion received here was the largest
the class had received since starting
the tour about four weeks ago.
Ranging in ages from 9 to 15
years, the boys and girls apparently
enjoyed their stay here, one little
fellow stating that it was a very con
siderate act whan they were not
called on to sing Sunday nght-i
Series of Meetings
Beinjr Held Over
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County bv Agents
Continue Distribution Soil
Conseravtion Checks To
Farmers in County
The 1937 crop base* and maximum
payment allowances will be certified
to each Martin County fanner this
week under the new soil conserva
tion program. T B Slade announced
from the office of the county agent
Monday The compulsory feature
absent, the instruction sheets merely
point out a crop schedule whereby,
the farmer can qualify for maximum
benefits under the program
In a series of community meetings
now underway, the county agents
are holding discussions in connection
with the neg program, and the bases
and allowances will be explained
The first of the meetings was held
in Cross Roads last night Other ]
meetings are scheduled as follows
Goose Nest, April 13, llassell, for
Hamilton Township, April 14: Grif
fins, Tliursday night, Robersonville,
Friday night; Williamston, for Wil
liams, Poplar Point and Williamston
Townships, in the county courthouse
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock All
the meetings will be held at 8 o'clock
except the one here. Next Monday
night a meeting will be held in
Jamesville immediately following
the town election in the school au
ditorium there.
Additional soil conservation checks
are being received 111 the county
from time to time, and it is believed
that all payments will have been
made within the next week or two |
Episcopal Church
Meeting Friday
The Commission on Evangelism
of the Diocese of East Carolina is
sponsoring a series of institutes
throughout the diocese on the gen
eral subjecf of "Know Your Church"
An institute of this nature will be
held at the Church of the Advent
on Friday of this week. The Episco
pal rhiirrhPS al Martin and fler
ties counties will send represents
tins
The institute will open at 9 a. m ,
with a celebration of the Holy Com
munion, and there will be several
informal speeches and diacussons,
concluding with a lunch at 1 p. m.
Williamston is fortunate in that a
mong the speakers will be Bishop
Darst of this diocese and Bishop
Gribben, of the Diocese of Western
North Carolina.
The furnace of the church is be
repaired this week, and if the wea
ther is cold, there is assruance that
the church will be comfortable.
Jamesville To Hold
Election Next Week
Jamesvlle citizens will carry their
municipal politics into an election
to be held in the school auditorium
there nest Monday mninj at TJO
o'clock, a member of the board said
today. The meeting, patterned after
convention, will Handle nomina
tions and elections jointly, it was
pointed out.
A mayor and three i
are to be elected, reports from the
town today stating that the present
officers, Mayor Luther HanUaon and
Commissioner^. A. Askew, Watson
Walters and Sfirence Seston.
candidates to nice red themselves.
As far as it could be learned they
will have no opposition.
MERGING OF ALL
NEGRO SCHOOLS
BEING STUDIED
County Board In Session|
Monday Names Local
District Committees
The consolidation of all Negro
schools in the State during the years
to come was indirectly brought to
the attention of the Martin County
Board of Commissioners and the
Martin County Board of Education
in joint meeting here yesterday
morning, when N. C. Newbold. State
Director of the Division of Negro
Education, outlined a program that
is being advanced in one or two
counties in the state at the present
time. I
During a two-hour meeting, the J
authorities studied maps of consoli
dation for schools in Johnston and
Wake Counties. The director made
no formal request of the board, and
no official action was taken The
authorities were asked to consider
the problem, and their aid in im
proving the negro educational pro
gram was solicited Vocational in
struction for colored children was
said to have appealed to at least one
member of the official group, but no
plans were advanced at the Monday
meeting to advance that service
About 20 years ago, the consolida
lion program for the white schools j
of the state was launched. Now that I
the program is completed, the result
ing benefits are often questioned, and |
it is almost certain that the authori
ties will think a long time before |
taking any action to support a con
solvation plan for Negro schools in|
the county.
Following the joint meeting, the
education board held a session of its
own for the appointment of local
committeemen for the coming two
years Only on echange in the dis
trict personnel was made, Dr E. E
Pittman, of Oak City, succeeding Mr
J. H Ayers on the committee there.
Reappointments to the advisory
committee* are: Everett*. ,U A . CJark
Herbert Roebuck and Gordon Bailey
Gold Point Harry Roberson, L. A
Croom, and Paul Johnson.
Hamilton: Asa Johnson. W J
Beach and J B Everett
Hassell, E R Edmondson, jr., Geo
Ayers and A E Purvis.
Election of teachers for the 1937
38 term will occupy the attention of
the local groups within the next 30
days. Applicants ar eto file with the
chairmen of the local units, and the
committees are charged with the
duty of electing or rejecting the ap
plications "In the employment of
teachers, no rules shall be made or
enforced on the ground of marrage
or non-marriage," the new school
law reads.
The local committees are to coop
erate with the state school commis
tit eslablishing tmy-rtnrtes.-fniti
final actio uresis with the state com
mission, the law points out. Bus
drivers will be selected by the sev-1
eral school principals, but their ap
pointment are subject to the mem
bers of the local committees and are
to be made with the view of having
the drivers located as near the begin
ning of the route as possible The
employment of student drivers is
lawful when such selections arei
deemed advisable.
Windsor ABC Store
Opened Last Week
the largest buildings in the town,
Windsor's ABC Board almost sold
out its stock the first day, but they
have plenty on hand now, a Bertie
citizen said here this afternoon.
The store was opened late last
Thursday afternoon, its continued
operation depending on the out
come of an election that is said to
be receiving consideration on a
county-wide scale If the county
votes dry. the store in Windsor will
be allowed four months to liquidate
its stock and close, it is understood.
The store there was opened un
der provision of a special act passed
by the recent General Assembly
No marked decrease in liquor
sales has been reported here follow
?ng the opening of the store in
Windsor, but there are not quite as
many Windsor customers now as
there were at one time, it was said
Larger Fish Catches Are
Expected at Jamesville
Continued cool weather during the
past few days is holding fUh catches
down at Jamesville, according to re
ports received here this morning.
The season, however, is expected to
show decided improvement within
the nasi two or three days
The seines are taking from 500 to
1,000 fish at a haul, but the catches
will reach well into the thousands
shortly, it is believed.
Few People Listing Property
So Far, Big Rush in Prospect
Very few owner* have listed
their property for t?Tilted tat
this county today, reports frona
Tit Supervisor Stalling! indi
cate. The period for handling
the work is about half spent, and
it is quite apparent that there
will ho a big rush the latter part
of the month in nearly every one
of the tea townships.
Listing requires more time
this year than usual, and prop
erty owners wUI And it to their
advantage to handle the task at
once. The owners are urged to
get a complete inventory and de
scription o( all their properties,
the Ust-takors pointing out that
much time ran he saved when
this information is immediately
available.
Vote of Endorsement
Given Town Officials
All Renominated at
Convention Monday
Night; 150 Attended
Nomination Virtually Equal
To The Election of The
Convention Nominees
Wiliianiston's town government
was given a substantial vote of en
dorsenient last evening, when 150
citizens assembled in convention at
the county courthouse and nominal
cd J 1,. Hassell, mayor; and V D
Godwin. Luther Peel. N C Green
G H Harrison, and L. P Lindsley
commissioners, for reelection Their
names will be placed on the official
ticket for cuiisderation by the vol
ers at the regular election to be
held the 4th of next month
Mayor John L Hassell was given
an unanimous nomination, but the
race for commissioners included
seven candidates of the convention
A lone vote was squeezed into the
count by someone exercising the in
alienable right to vote for whom he1
pleased, hul Mi J<?Up h. iVon- waw
hoi eligible ?,?? ,he
ahead.v holds the chairmanship of
the Martin County Board of Com-1
mission ers.
Mayor Hassell opened the conven
lion and turned it over to H G
Horton, temporary chairman Clerk
?I Court L. B Wynne was named
secretary, and the organzat.on per
lected was given a permanent rat
ing A law unto itself, the conven
Hon ruled that the five highest can
uidates for commissioners would be
declared the convention nominees,
and all ballots bearing less than or
more five names would not be
counted The rules were readily
accepted by the convention, and the
nomination of J L Hassell, offered
by Attorney E S Peel, was accept
by unanimous vote.
Senator K. L. Coburn. mayor for
several terms, in a speech of only a
few minutes, placed in nomination
'he names of members of the old
board Mr R B Brown offered the
names of Messrs W O Griffm and
W B Ingram The chair soon
thereafter declared the nominations
closed, and the convention settled
down to selecting its commissioner
candidates. V D. Godwin led the
ticket with 145 votes, just 4 short of
ne convention voting strength Lu
ther Peel followed closely with 144
votes. G 11 Harrison polled 138
M C Green 134, and L. P Linds
ley 122. the five gaining the nomi
nations Thirty-five votes were ac
gram was next with 26 votes
Nominations by convention an
virtually equal to election here, bul
formal requirements will be mel
when the names of the convention
nominees are placed on a ticket and
placed before the people the first
uesday in May The new two-year
term starts the first Monday in June
Six Arrests Over
Past Week - End
Week-end business continues at a
brisk pace tor the tocat police de
pal tment. the calendar showing six
arrests during the recent period
Most of the defendants are out un
der bond
Whit RufTin, charged with the pos
?essibn of about 5 gallons of home
made liquor in his Elm Street home,
is booked for trig) in the county
court on April 26. He is out unda
I ?00 bond
Henry Brabble, Julius I -pihnm and
Clyde Moore were arrested for al
leged drunkenness.
Harry Davis faces a charge of
Forging a check, and Phillip Thomp
son was arrested for fighting.
Officers Gurganus, Roebuck and
Ramie, of the night force, handled
most of the work, but Officer Alls
brooks assisted In the Ruffln liquor
raid.
P. T. A. MEETING
Mrs. H. C. Wolielka. of the
North Carolina Division of Child
t.uidance. will address the Wil
liamston Parent Tpacher Asso
ciation in the high school audi
torium here tomorrow afternoon
at 3:3* o'clock. Mrs. YVolielka
is a recognized authority on
child guidance, and all members
of the association and visitors
are urged to hear her.
The entertainment program
will feature selections by high
school music pupils.
MARTINS PUT IN
5 HOURS IHI1,Y ON
PRACTICE FIELD
Ten Players Present For
Spring Training Here
This Morning
Manager Art.Hanger uiul 10 of his
Martins started layingthe fnundu
ji?n thjs jreeli" dn the K>tai ?1 iajnund
for a championship title in. the
Coastal Plain loop, the players com
ing from nearly every corner in the
nation going through 5-hour work
outs from the start Skipper llauger
IS doing a lot of looking these Hrst
tew days and little or no talking,
but early activities make the players
look good, and looking through the
manager's keen eye a hustling ball
team can be seen in tbe making
No mention of an exhibition game
has been made, but when the re
mainder of the players reach here
tomorrow and Thursday and. after
Manager Hauger eyes them for one
or two practice sessions, a pre sea
son eye-opener will likely be billed
on the local lot. probably some time
r.ext week
from Detroit, and Hill Dick, of
Throop, Pa., reported Sunday to
round out an even nine Chat lea
Stevens rolled in from Long Beach.
Calif, via the Browns camp at San
Antonio, Texas, just in time to get
into the batting practice yesterday
afternoon. His first swing at bat,
incidentally sent the ball over the
left-Held fence During the practice
yesterday afternoon, the boys chased
tbe Helders to the far corners of the
lot. Startng work at 10 this morn
ning, the aggregation started a prac
tice that will carry the boys right on
through the lunch hour and hold
them until 3 o'clock. This practice
schedule will be followed during
school days, it is understood.
The 10 players now under the lo
cal camp shelter are: Manager Art
llauger. who wll probably do some
extra work in the outfleld. Jim Rol
lins, pitcher from Carter, Ark. (not
Van Buren, he explained); Ace Vil
lepique, outfielder from Burbank,
Calif.; Richard Fuller, pitcher from
Gassville, Ark.; Brice McCay, the
heavy outfielder from Oneonta, Ala ;
Harry Kay, outfielder who reported
direct from New York City; Oscar
Anderson, jr.. local first baseman;
Larry Wade, pitcher from last year's
team; Bill Dick, catcher; Steve La
kolas, second baseman from Detroit;
and Charles Stevens, first baseman
sent here by the Browns. Bud Slra
wel, in fielder, Raymond Strunk, left
handed twirler from Norwood, Mo ;
Artie Diem, third baseman of Sioux
City, Iowa; Slim Gardner, Jamesville
pitcher, are expected to report im
mediately Howard Earp will work
out with the Martins each week-end
until his school closes early next;
month at Moyock.
Lit ley Brothers are repairing the
grandstand and dug-outs and plac
ing a backstop on top of the grand
stand.
A tentative schedule has been pre
pared for adoption not later than
Friday of this week. Tarboro opens
the season here on Thursday, May 8,
the season to close on August 37.
9
Mr. and Mrs. Jno W Manning
I visited ip Raleigh yesterday.
PROCEEDINGS IN
MARTIN COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
Three Divorces Granted In
First-day Session; Judge
Cowper Presiding
The two-week term of lflartin
County Superior Court convened
yesterday. Judge G. Vernon Cowper,
of Kmston, presidng It is Judge
Cowper's first court in this county
since he was appointed about nine
~y?
Proceedings In the court this
week are not attracting much in
terest from the general public, but
big damage suits next week are ex
pected to attract considerable atten
tion.
Three divorces were granted the
Art! day and five other cases were
Watts was given a divorce against
Kula Watts on two-year separation
grounds. Charging adultery. J. W.
Harrell was given a divorce from
Marion Hales Harrell. G. H. Rob
erson, charging adultery, was given
a divorce from Carrie Page Rober
son.
The case of A. S. Roberson against
Ira Edmondson in which the plain
tiff asked $1,00 damages was cleared
fiom the calendar when the plaintiff
accepted a voluntary non-suit.
The court ruled in the case of
George M. Stevenson and others
against J B. Stevenson thai the de
fendant had forfeited his right to
two certain tracts of land when he
failed to pay taxes on the property
during the past six years.
A consent judgment was entered
in the case of Preston Rogers and
others against W. L. Bailey and wife,
the defense agreeing to pay the
plaintiffs $200 This case, originat
ing over a land foreclosure, had
been to the supreme court.
Annie Slade was declared owner
of about $20 worth of furniture ? in
the case against Gus Petergpn. The
plaint ill alleged itiat she bought the
furniture for her daughter. Peter
son's wife, and maintained that since
her daughter had died she should
have the property.
The case of Jesse Keel and others
against W. Eli Roberson and others
was settled by a consent judgment,
the plaintiffs having brought action
on a deficiency judgment.
Much Interest Shown In
Everetts Community Sing
The community sings at Everett*
are attracting more attention each
week, and a large crowd is expected
for the program on Friday evening
of this week at 8 o'clock, Principal
H. Bruce Russell said today. Unfav
orable weather held many singers at
tumiP l-iwt KnHay, hut pr'TH"!
was very good.
The seventh grade there today is
taking progiess tests, and on Thurs
day they will go on a sight seeing
trip in Raleigh
Over 1,000 Dogs Have Been
Vaccinated in This County
The task of vaccinating every dog
m the county is progressing lapidly.
Dr. A J. Osteen, in charge of the
work, stated this morning. More
than 1,000 dogs have already been
vaccinated against rabies, and the
clinics have been carried into less
than half the districts.
?Vaccination?records are being
checked in the office of the sheriff
this week, and those owners who
do not Ivave their dogs vaccinated
will be prosecuted, it was pointed
OUt. :?' ' ?" ???
Peanuts Now Selling lor
Five Cents on Local Mart
Peanut prices Anally reached the
Ave-cent mark on the markets this
week, but this price commands Arst
quality nuts and very few sales are
being made at that Agure. Good
bunch stopk is commanding higher
prices, too. sales having been made
at the 4 3-4-cent Agure during the
past few days
Owners or storm damaged stock
are not receivng the top prices, but
the market for nearly all types of
offerings is reported stronger than
it was a while back.
Start Construction Work
On Radio Tower Here
Seven expert stell workers started
raising the 308-foot tower for the
radio station here this morning, the
task to require about two weeks.
The tower when completed will
be nearly four times as high a* Use
town's water tank, and more than
three times as high as the two for
est Are towers in the county. A
large beacon light will be j
lop" of the tower an
ones near the tap.