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VOLUME XL?NUMBER 34 Willimmston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, A pu t 27, 192' ESTABLISHED 1899
Complete Work ou
Tower for Highway
Patrol Radio Station
Human Flics Installing Set
Permanent Lights; Paint
Tower Orange-White
I work on the 303-foot
? ?' Site Highway Pa
wo' torn here was cmpM
' **** Saturday. Workmen are
"* permanent wiring ?"*?
lighting system in this week and
nwaal painters will begin work
shorltJr pa in tin* the tall structure
orange and white. About two weeks
will be required to handle the work
The steel structure, rated the high
*" ^ ^ can be
seen from a point many mils away.
Three lights, are located on the toW
rr. the first heme W? feet from the
Cround. a second 300 feet from the
Wwund and one with two SOO-sratt
** ,l commanding a
on the aery top of the network of
steeL The tower, starting from the
cround m the shape of a funnel, has
\7rgp pwcelain insulator on a sirn
?ole concrete pillar tor a base Only
four guy wires are used to hold the
-a'*"ed to concrete ??-i
weighing a dozen or more tons, the
attached to the tower
at a point ICS feet from the ground.
the ltO foot extension to
sway in the wind
Work on the radio unit bete is
' slowly at this time. The
?prT*Up* *??Uoo and home for the
"P?tnn will be completed within
IT ? "?we weeks, but
TO ground is not ready for laying
TO extensive wire network. Man
the Civilian CoMerv.u*,
C?P* we. to have returned here
>?cnto, monuag and complete the
?I* hcwv^&^d^
ur, possible there They are expert
?d U continue their work just
?*? as weather and land conditions
P?T*1" * was learned today
3-Inch Rainfall
Reported Sunday
April showers ganged up last Sun
day to art a new rainfall record in
a such day here in many months
"am fell intermittently during the
day. but mat evening saw a driving
*>"?? fait Bonding drainage syw
ems and overflowing streets The
weather station reported a 3-inch
rain, an amount almost equal the
"wage precipitation for the whole
?ApnL Prior to Sunday, the wea
?her stalKM, ?>*re h?d recorded about
, inches of rain since the last
of lflardi /?
fawal rain- have cflertrd a sligh
h^T """"oke 'his poini
nut flood waters depend upon in,
??faU further up the stream Hugl
Spruill. keeper of the weather sta
ted morning that h.
nau received advices that the Roan
"TO would overflow here some Um,
fttkl week, probably about Mnrnlii
?w Tiwsday. but he did w too,
?hesue of the freshet or exact*
when it would reach here.
Nine Take Exam for
Hamilton Postoffice
Xl?f Ptrsons. all women, took the
rxaminatsur for the office of post
?tra? at Hamilton, the office hav
"* heen temporarily Oiled by Mrs
* fa** Ewell since the death of
Pcmmistress Sallie Kwterdi several
ago The examination an
'he high school hniu^
?mi. last Saturday from 9
~ ? 11 o-efcick. noon by Mr p
K Wynne, af the Civil Service.
All but three of the applicants for
_ f*""1 Will he it-1-l-l hy
tte QvU Service grad.",
?Ae position will br ailed by
of one of the other
of those taking the i
?E Ra T. Wmn Accepts
Nfw Work In Virginia
Home a fid Farm AgentsMove
IntoNewBuilding This Week
Their new $8,000 agricultural
building recently completed, the
(arm and bone agents and allied
personnel, including Mr. T. B Slade
d Mil i Mary Carstarphen and
Julia Daniel, moved into the new
home yesterday. All farm and home
agent work as well as activities of
the soil conservation program are
hw uutf handled in The several
offices in the new building. Ar
rangements are now underway to
move the welfare personnel and of
fice equipment from the old Godard
Building on Smith wick Street to the
offices vacated yesterday by the
The new agricultural building, lo
eaird tm liatn Street adjoining Uw j
county courthouse, was constructed
at a cost of $8,227 60. the county pay
mg $2,507 as its share of the build
ing cost. In addition to that amount
the county bought and paid for the
lot. $1,800. making a total cost of
$4307 to 11 le county?Mateiial coat
the WPA $3,573 60 and approximate
ly $1,292 was paid unskilled labor.
There are six offices, a sizeable
auditorium and a basement in the
building, the farm agent occupying
the west end and the home agent
the east end of the building
Liquor Sales Continue
Climb Over Last Year
THE SKIPPER
Meet Ait Biu|tr. mew skipper
mi the Mirths Mr. Hiu(er.
eke km at SfthdcM. Mian.,
has keen phjht and nimtlin
kaeihaB to? far euav years,
wMh the falte w
Stait
he
to the majors.
I with Cleveland in
the Amrriraa awl Cincinnati in
the National League*. Then he
was with Salt Lake City in the
in the aid Vir
1 to IMS. Laat year
aville. Ark.,
: State Leant.
Alt to an antAelder and can
hide aC a hall
Old Age Pension Bill
To Gel Test In U. S.
Supreme Court Soon
Security Law Affects More
Than 26.000,000 Wage
Earners in Nation
l
Washington. April IS.?The Su
Coun today made possible
early and comprehensive test of
Social Security legislation by accept
involving constitutional
ity at federal old age annunity
taxes
it to review validity
at taxes al
Reeling 26.000.000 wage
enters an
1 2.700,000 employers
came to a
prelude to a new plea
from Attorney General Homer S.
Cimmings
for pasage of President
Roosevelt's
Supreme Court reor
kail
In a tad*
DUI
? ipwdi Cummings cnti
need state
menu by Chief Justice
Charles El
us Hughes in a letter
which Sen
(Dl, Meeds
a tor Burton K Wheeler
aw), read to the Senate
osnnuttee. That commit -
feci, nrnni
chile, prepared to start
umiiiir so ?iiii tomorrow on uie
Social Sect nty is the last vital
Deal issue pending in the court,
h will re ess May 31 or June T
newt O -tofaer The
an page lour)
First Quarter Shows
Net Gain of $3,629.12;
Total Sales b28.904
Some Doubt As To When
Store Towns will Share
In Liquor Sale Profits
Legal liquor sales in this county
during the first three months of this
year, while considerably less than
they were during the three preced
ing months, showed an increase over
those for the first three months of
last year, it was learned from a re- i
view of the first quarterly audit just
released In January February and
March of this year, the four legal
stores sold SM 904 08 worth of liquor
as compared with sale of $25,274.96
in t. e same months of last year, or
J an increase of $3,629 12
-While the sales were increased
?nlv hi more than $3,500. the profits
wc.c more than $2,000 greater the
fir i quarter of this year than they
| wrrr in the first three months of
1936 A year ago the profits from
$2T> 274.96 sales made in the first
three months amounted to $4,759.91.
The profits from $28 904 08 sales
m:.de in the first three months in
this year amounted to $6.770 58 For
the fourth quarter last year, profits
from $44,727 sales amounted to $11.
661 14
Sales shifted considerably last
quarter Janiesvile reporting a size
able gain along with a moderate gain
in Wilhamslon. the sales at James
ville trailing those at Robersonvtlle
by only $17666 Oak City just a
bout held its own with its sales
- During January. February
March of this year, the Williams ton
store sold $16.874 99. or slightly
more than 58 per cent of the total
liquor sold in the county during the
period The net profits from the
store sales here amounted to $4,
339 97 Robersooville reported $4,
920 35 sales and profits of $805.48
during the period Sales at Oak City
totaled $2,365 05 and profits amount
ed to $47158 Jamesvtlle. with sales
of $4.743 69. showed a net profit of
$1,152.55.
Since the stores were opened in
July. 1935. the sale? have amounted
to $209.104 45 the profits totaling
$44.78996
Under the terms of the new law.
the county will divide the earnings
with .the too towns where legal
stores are op* rated, the county treas
urer paying 20 per cent of the profit
to the town treasurers On the 20
per cent basis, the four towns will
share profits for the first quarter of
this year as follows WiUiamston,
$867 99; Robersooville $161.10; Oak
City. $04.51. JameavtUe. $230.51.
There is some doubt if the 20 per
rent profit distribution n spfilirahle
to the first quarter earnings, the law
merely stating that the county treas
urer will pay to the treasurer of
each town where a store is located
20 per cent of the profit! at the end
of each quarter The Uw was passed
some tune before the end of the
quarter, and it is the opinion of the
legal minds that the distribution
should be made at profits earned
since last January 1
Start Construction Two
New Homes Here Soon
: will i
> get under
way shortly on two new homes here.
JZ joTnr ^ Mrs W C Mercer
on lot if tired ftoan the C G
Crockett home on Church Street,
and one for Mr and Mrs J * Grif
fin on the corner at Park and WU
will be
cf brick
Mr Wade L Mizrile. of Palmyra.
Martins Rained Out
Sunday; Two More
Games Are Booked
Manager Hauger Looking ]
To Opening of Season
With Confidence
Their game with the Portsmouth
Red Sox rained out Sunday, the
W UUamston Martins immediately
turned their attention to an exhibi
tion scheduled on the local lot next |
Saturday afternoon with the Ports
mouth All-tars. Manager Art Haug
er stating this morning that his play-1
ers were ready for my and all com
ers. With no material change in the
team personnel. Manager Hauger
has been putting his boys through
the paces these past few days and he
is looking to the opening of the sea
c/tlt tt'lllt .>. iniijfilniut? i '
owtt W till" A t'lllHlt. IIV V
There stro several players undcr
contract who have not reported as
yet. but Manager Hauger believes
the positions are well filled and he
is not letting anything like that
worry him.
In batting practice these past few
days, the aggregation has been put
ting more power behind their swings
and dozens of balls have been re
trieved from the outfield fences.
The St. Louis Browns, one of the
main "training camps" for the Mar
tins, is sending a catcher here to
assist Bill Dick, it was learned to
day, and other material will be
made available during the next few
weeks in case any changing is need
ed.
Reports from other league towns
indicate there will be some keen
competition in this region this sea
son, but. judging from the prelim
inary line-ups announced, the fans
are going to And it difficult to prop
erly pronounce a whole lot of the
names. There are, for instance, Piz
zalato, Ouzca. Kulpinski and Koppe
on the Tarboro team. They are rat
ed as good players just the same by]
Tarboro's fans.
Over in Kinston last Saturday, thi
Camels of Campbell College, whi
were nosed out here the Wednesdaj
before, by a 1-0 count, lost 3-2 ti
the Eagles. Up to the ninth, thi
Camels were leading, 2-1, hut thi
Eagles found themselves in time U
turn in the win.
Local Band Returns
From Greensboro
Williamston's high school band
did some good work and made a]
splendid showing in the State mu
sic contest held in Greensboro last ]
week. Bandmaster J. E. Aiken re
ported upon their return early Sat
urday The young musicians, after
competing for honors in Greensboro,
participated in a parade of a number
of high school bands in Duke stad-.
ium before a meeting of the North
Carolina Education Association.
I
The youths attracted the attention |
of many while in Greensboro, Mrs.
C. D. Kellenberger, in whose home
the boys stayed while there, stating
in a letter to Mr. Aiken, "I want to
congratulate you on your group of
Ane boys They are the nicest youths
we ever had in our home, and I hope
you will bring them here again next
year, as they know how to behave
when among other people."
Little Interest in
Municipal Election
One of the smallest registratio
ever recorded here for a municip
election was reported by Registr
J. E. Pope, following the closing
the books last Saturday Sevi
new names were added to the e
gible voting list, a number that w
fall far chort of " riffgntling |H?|
loss by removal of voters to oth
sections or by death. The small re
istratron is just another sign that tl
May 4 election will hardly be mo
than a mere formality in the poli
cal life of the town.
No independent ticket has be
even thought of. and none is expei
ed. A petition carrying the nam
of at least 10 per cent of the qua
fled voters would be necessary
give an independent ticket recogr
tion.
Asa J. Manning Returns
From Hospital Today I
Asa J. Manning, who cut his right 1
wrist severely while working on an |
automobile headlight here last Sat
urday a week ago, returned home
from a Washington hospital today.
He is getting along unusually wall
and is expected to be Mil very short
ly. It will be some time, however.l
before he will be able to use his|
right hand.
Transplanting INext Job
Facing County Farmers
TWO MEMBERS MARTINS PITCHING STAFF I
Participating in the first exhibition game here a few days ago, Jim
Rollins, the boy from (iassville, Ark., and Raymond Strunk, from out
Missouri way. are holding, temporarily at least, top position on the
Martins pitching staff. The two pitched a no-hit game against Camp
bell College here last week. Other members of the pitching staff are
Grant, Puller, Ninnemon, Sprattger, Gardner and Wade.
Governor \jjoints
New Commissioners
For Highway- Board
Appointments Are Thought
To Meet Approval of
General Public
Governor Clyde H Hoey had a
thorough cleaning in the State
Highway Department last Saturday,
when he entered new fields to select
commissioners for the reorganized
system. Frank Dunlap, director ol
the budget, was named chairman of
the group. While it is not definitely
known, it is thought that D. Collin
Barnes, Murfreesboro man, is this
county's new representative on the
commission, the governor overlook
filling the positions, especially in |
this, the first highway district. Mr
i Barnes was named for a six-year i
term. The definite district lines
have not been set up, and it might
be that Martin County will be plac
ed in the second district with Mr.
Ernest Webb, of Kinston, as its
representative on the board.
Other appointments to the com
mission are: Second district, Erhest
V. Webb, of Lenoir County, for 4
years; third, Robert Grady Johnson,
of Pender, 2 years; fourth, T. Bod
die Ward, of Wilson, 2 years, fifth,
Samuel W. Bason, of Caswell, 4
years; sixth, D. B McCrary, of Ran
dolph, 0 years; seventh, Thomas R
Walke of Stanly, 2 years; eighth, J
Gordon Mackett, of Walkes, 4 years; |
ninth, T. Max Watson, of Ruther
ford, 6 years; and tenth, E. L Me*
Kee, of Jackson, 2 years.
Commissioners receive pay only |
for days worked.
The retiring commissioners are |
Julien Wood, of Chowan County; W
C. Woodard, of Nash; J. A. Hardison, |
of Anson; Ross Sigmon, of Rowan;
E F. Allen, of Catawba; and Frank |
W. Miller, of Haywood.
The new commission enters upon
its work July I it is understood.
Announce Staff of
League Umpires
Coastal Plain baseball fans will
have a new group of umpires, with
one exception, to cuss and discuss
this season, officials of the organiza
tion announced this week. John
Phaup, the umpire who worked in
the league during the Taller part oI
last season and who made his head
quarters here, will return.
Names of the new umps are Wal
ter Closs. H E Corhett, Charles R.|
Cottrell and Harry P. Cone.
Fans in this section had hoped
the league would provide two um
pires for each game, but it it quite
apparent that the old hit-and-miss
method wil be in vogue again this
r~
J HERRING FISHING
Herring fishing, although a bit
irregular, is progressing fav
orably on the Koanoke, reports
from seine operators at James
ville and fishermen with small
nets stating that the fish are br
ing taken in comparatively large
numbers.
The season, considered a fav
orable one for the netters, is fast
drawing to a close, but it is not
definitely known just when the
operations will'cease.
Drys Win First Pest
Under New Law in
Dare County, 671-656
Liquor Question Before the
Voters of Durham
County Today
Drys were unofficially accorded a
15-vote victory over rn Dare County
last Saturday in the first liquor elec
tion held under the law passed by
the recent state legislature. The to
tal vote, not yet officially canvassed,
was reliably reported at 656 votes
for the sale of legal liquor and 671
against it.
Durham County is holding a ref
erendum on the liquor question to
day, reports stating a heated cam
puign for and against liquor stores
preceded the voting there today.
Other counties in the state are
calling liquor elections, but only one
in this immediate territory will vote
on the question within the near fu
ture, it is understood. Washington
County will ballot for and against
legal stores in an election to be held j
there June 1. Bertie people are saic
to be pushing for a county-widi
election, and it is possible the mattei
will see some definite act inn thm
shortly. In the meantime, the towr
of Windsor is operating a store un
der a law all its own.
Counties surrounding Durham ar<
awaiting the outcome of the vot<
there today, many believing that \
number of elections vyill be calle<
in that area if Durham votes wet
Labor shortages Reported
Labor Shortages Reported
Labor shortages reached the acute
stage in the strawberry sections of
this Stale over the week-end when
call# for workers could not be
answered. Unemployed people from
as far away as Greensboro and Win
ston-Salem are being transported tol
the berry fields in the Wallace and |
Chadboure areas, reporta stated.
There is a shortage of certain
i lasses of labor locally, holding such
projects as building construction to
a fairly slow pace, but the shortage
| here does not compare with that re
ported m the berry sections.
Few Have Already
Started; Some Held
Up by Blue Mold
Main Transplanting Work
Will Be Delayed Week
Or Ten Days at Least
Martin farmers are busy this week
making preparations for the trans
planting of their tobacco crops, wea
ther .conditions-ami-blue mold ~mak.
mg the time uncertain when actual
h ansplantuig w ill get underway on
a large scale.
The first of the crop was trans
planted a few days ago in Poplar
Point Township, and a few farmers
will put tfteir plants in the field this
week, but the work will hardly get
underway to any great extent be
fore next week, and it is possible
that blue mold will delay the activi
ties until the following week.
Reports heard yesterday follow
ing the heavy Sunday rains indicat
ed that the blue mold had spread
rapidly overnight, that transplant
ing activities would be delayed
while the plants are outgrowing the
disease A large majority of the
: farmers in this county will have
their lands ready by the latter part
of this week for the transplanting,
j The Sunday rains are said to have
damaged the young corn crop, some
farmers stating that the crop had
been washed out in some places and
had been covered with dirt in oth
er places. As a Whole, the rains
! caused no great damage but rather
aided the growth of young plants.
This week marks the begining of
I a long busy season for the farmers,
weather conditions and numerous
! obstacles .making uncertain their
I success. 'However, the tillers of the
soil are making usual preparations
| to carry on their farpi operations,
trusting that the growing season
' will be favorable and that a favor
able market ,^rill await them next
| fall. f
Assistant Agent
(iefe Promotion
Lloyd T. Weeks, after a few
months of able service as assistant
Martin County farm agent, resigned
last week to accept a position as as
sistant state tobacco specialist with
headquarters in Raleigh. The pro
motion is recognized as a decided
ndvamrnmit for Mr Weeks, but it
was with regret that Agent T. B.
Brandon and the numerous people
over the county who had made Mr.
Weeks' acquaintance see him leave.
He will assist Mi Floyd, it was
leal ncd
Mr Weeks will leave his family
here until after the close of the pres
ent school term.
Just appomtcd a few months ago
to succeed Mi Murphy L. Barnes as
assistant agent. Mr Weeks had al
ready started construction of a new
home on Marshall Avenue. He will
complete the building, however, and
| offer it for rent and possibly for
sale
Drive for Scrap
Iron Continues
| The drive for old scrap iron con
tinues strong in this section, ship
ping reports showing that more than
one and a half million pounds of
the metal have moved from this
point during the past several weeks.
Mid dealefs stale thai individual de
liveries are holding up unusually
well The two dealers here are
shipping a car of junk every other
day on an average. Most of the iron
is moving into Norfolk and More
head City for foreign shipment.
Entire junk heaps have been clear
ed, and on several occasions the
drive has been extended into farm
ers' fields. It is certain that the
business cannot hold its preeent
pace, that it will be a matter of a
very short time before all of the
oW metal wilt have been moved
from this community for use in othr
Vr parts of the world.
High School Students To
Give Play at Bear Grass
The Bear Grass High School will
present its annual play, "Poor Mar
ried Man," there Friday evening of
this week, Principal T. O. Hickman
announced today. Comedy stunts
will be featured between the acta,
the school man said. -