VOLUME XL?NUMBER 72 Williamston. Martim Cmmmtj. North Cmroliam. Friday. September to. 1937. ESTABLISHED 1?9
Change in Highway
Patrol Set-up Made
Public This Week
Patrolmen H. W. Rothrock
And W. S. Hunt To Be
Stationed Here
The redistncting cf the North
Carolina State Highway Patrol was
effected this week, and under the
W. S. Hunt and H. W. Rothrock. wiU
center their work in this county
with headquarters in Williamston
Patrolman Hunt has been here for
soaae time, and Patrolman Rothrock
entered upon his dutiei here a fe
weeks ago News of the definite lo
cation of these two men here is well
received by the local people
This county and four others. Tyr
rell. Washington. Pitt and Edge
combe, form Dhriasan No. S in Troop
A. Lieutenant Lester J one- with
headquarters m Greenville, and Ser
geant Dewey Lewis, with headquar
ters in Rocky Mount, are the troop
Tom R Brown, formerly of Wash
ington. has been located in Plym
outh and be will work in Washing
ton and Tyrrell counties. Patrolmen
T R Burnette and O. Leary will be
located in Edgecombe, and Corporal
a] l. L Jackson and Patrolmen H
B Smith and C. R Williams will be
located m Greenville with Lieuten
ant Jones
Captain Chas. Fanner has charge
of the entire eastern division
Numerous changes have been
made. in patrol headquarters
throughout the section, but the set
up officially announced this week
is aid to be permanent. In addition
to the two patrolmen, two radio
station operators, hearted by Chief
C. D Cavenaugh. wil be stationed
Colored Man Held
In Connection With
Death On Highway ]
Pushed Companion in Front |
of Oncoming Car Near
the County Home
Charged with Gus Wil
law colored man. into the path of
a car driven by Carl Earl Norman
near the county home and causing
Williams' death the first of last
month. Roland Eborn. colored, was
given a preliminary hearing by Jus
tice J. L Hasscll here Wednesday
night Probable cause was found in
the case Placed under a $100 bond.
Ebom raised the amount and is
liberty while waiting trial in the |
superior court week after neat
A man pan led by Williams at
Eva lgae Baker. Ebom was walking
along the highway a short distance
from the county borne The Baker
woman ssud at the bearing that Wil
that Ebom
playfully pushed Williams into the
path of the Norman car The belief |
that Williams and Eborn were quar
reling over the Baker woman and
that Willi aim was willfully pushed
into the path of the car could not
be substantiated by the evidence,
but Justice llassi II considered there
were grounds for holding Eborn. for
the higher court where the case will
be thrashed out. The Baker waem
claims she and Ebom were so badly I
frightened that they ran from the)
Williams. 24 years old. was badly I
crushed and died before he could I
be moved to a doctor's office or boo-1
Norman, young Robersonville bo;
1 driver of the death car *?iH t
reported the accident t
postpone
first of this month, bt
with hit-and-nu
lis rights to can
Colored Schools Open
With High Enrollments I
Williajnston Allotted $78,000
For New Postoffice Building
C. Warm la i
yeaterday
p Lai nine that the
available.
Postmaster U T. Pa
May that he was
postoffice engineer here ny
minute to alert a rite and pre
pare plans tee the new atrne
tare. Just haw ton* It win take
te complete the prrliwmary
plans b not kuowa. bat Mr.
Fowden believes that they will
be rushed and that It la pern
?I was
. Utu groMi; that the arc
was alMM lar
Sales Reach 2,000,000'
Pounds on Mart Here
I ON THE AIR |l
( ?mi Electric loepu) tot
rd lit North CirtlUu Highwmy
Patrol Radio station H ANI here.
The teats, very brief, were aoe
eeaefel. the ea|iatcr mid.
?WANI, North (arotiea High
way Pa trot Radio Slatloo, Wil
liaaaatoa. North Caroliaa. teat
in{ for fittaeacy," were the
firmt wards throws aa the air.
Several local radio faaa. RrMrB
U catch the statiaa'm first
breath, stated that the bnadtael
was so load they had to taae
their seta as low aa ysteibli aad
evea then the volume was great.
The broadrastiBg system will
be ready far syrrall? aithia
the aeat waok or tea days or
Just as sooa as the patrol cars
raa be equipped with i s? ill lag
?HaJJ
Greater Demand for
Car Drivers* Permits
Sign Of Prosjieritv
Examinations Held Every.
Monday and Thurs
day Afternoons
The increased number of applica
tions entered in the local highway}
patrol office for drivers* licenses i
dicates the return of prosperity in
this section in a big way As many
as R applications have been. re
ceived in a single day, and the busi
ness is holding up well, information |
from the bureau yesterday after
noon indicated
Prior to the opening of the tobac
co markets two weeks ago. moat of {
the applicants were young people |
just becoming 16 years of age Ten
ant farmers have visited the used
car markets and they are applying I
for driving permits Occasionally the t
purchaser of a new car applys for t
an operating license.
Some of the applicants leave the [
bureau without licenses, the exami
ner finding on an average about one I
out of every ten unable to pass the}
examination. Enlightening answe
are made to many questions, the
subjects making wild guesses when
they can't read even the simple road
Examinations are held each Mon
day and Thursday afternoon, ai
the number of applicants is likely to |
increase as the marketing aeaa
No accurate records are available.}
but it is estimated that every Ui
a license is revoked m the county |
approximately 100 new permits are]
granted.
The number of drivers losing their |
licenses is increasing, and seen
permits are being issued in quite a|
few cases. It is unlawful for one to|
operate a car if he has lost his ci
it was pointed out.
One-Legged Beggarman
Jailed lor Drunkenness
C. H Dun lea, wandering one-leg
ged beggarman after enjoying the
offerings of a liberal people on the
streets here last Tuesday visited the
liquor store, bought a pint,
drunk and fell into the hands ?f
the law before the evening
spent. Tried in Mayor HaaaeU*s
court Wednesday for public drunk
Dunlea was. released on
condition that he pay the cost and
leave town not to return.
i old man, TS years old at
had the friendship of
left after the trial for the North by
Prices Holding Firm
as Marketing Season
r
Ends Its ThirdWeek
Average for the Season to|
Date Is Ranging Around
Twenty-three Cents
Prices continued firm today
sales on WiUiamston's wide-awakej
tobacco market neared the two-1
million pound mark (or the
Farmers expressed themselves
being well satisfied with their sales. |
and the tone of the marketing ac
tivities is really encouraging as buy
ers and ware(iouaement join hands I
to make this one of the outstanding |
markets in the entire belt.
Through yesterday the market j
had sold 1.700.676 pounds for a gen
eral average of slightly more than]
23 cents The sales yesterday block
ed before the buyers could reach
the thud house, but 235,000 pounds
were sold for an average price close
to 23 cents. Supervisor Henry John
son said today The approximately
300.000 pounds on the floors here to
day will place the sales right at two
million pounds for the season.
Observers estimated this morning
that close to 00.000 pounds would be
caught in a block late this afternoon,
but despite the sizeable offerings,
the three warehouse selling organi
zations are conducting sales smooth
ly and rapidly and to the general
satisfaction of their customers To
bacco started moving before noon
today for sale next Monday, the
market supervisor issuing a call and
inviting growers to make plans to
place their offerings on the floors
here as early as possible to make
sure sales on Monday.
Fanners are now marketing tips
rapidly, these types constituting
nearly 50 per cent of the offerings
in some cases Without a friend in
the world the poorer quality tips are
not commanding high prices, and it
is honestly believed that the grow
ers wilt do well to hold their poor
est-quality grades at home for use
as fertilizer or sell them as scraps
later on. Prices for the better grades
of tobacco are holding firm with
slight advances noticed in
cases It is very seldom that even a
fancy pile of tobacco brings more
than $3S, but some few piles have
been bought for as high as $45.
Possibly more fanners from over
a wider territory are selling on the
Williamston market today than at
any other time in its history. "I
heard about WiUiamston's tobacco
market and the high prices, and 1
want to tell you every word of it is
so." a fanner from over near Ayden
said this week. There is a stronger
support for the local market tftan
m years, and indications are point
ing to one of the moat successful sea
sons since it was established about |
35 years ago
Wig fins U nthoughtfully
Admits Hamilton Robbery
J. D. Wiggins, colored men, un
consciously and in s fit of anger ad
mitted his part in the robbery of
the Slade-Rhodes store in Hamilton
I July when he was carried be
fore Justice Hassell last night for
a hearing. Wiggins vigorously main
ned his innocence at first, but he
got so mad with a witness that he|
rutted his part in the robbery and
tried to implicate the witness. Per
lie Williams Jake Edwards, said to
*e 'accompanied Wiggins, left
m after the robbery and has not
Stuart Tetterton
Appointed Forest
harden In County
Details of Plans for Handl
ing Department Under
New Setup Unknown
Stuart ' J. Tetlcrton. Williams
Township man. was appointed forest
warden for Martin County this week
by State department authorities. He
succeeds Henry D- Hardison who re
signed a short time ago to devote
his undivided attention to other
duties. Mr Hardison effected a
strong organization in this county
for forest protection and a valuable
record was attained since the ser
vice was created a little over a year
ago. It could not be learned today
whether changes in the district or
ganize!-on personnel would be ef
fected. unuffic al reports ind-catiug
that several of tne wardens had
planned to quit the service
Mr Tctterton. connected with the
services as district warden for the
past year or more, will enter upon
his new duties immediately, it was
learned today Details of the plans
for handling the department under
the new county warden have not
been released It is understood the
forestry job pays the county war
den about S9U a month
Official reports clearly indicate
that the department rendered a val
uable service during the past year,
credit largely being due the local
wardens who worked for little or
nothing It is upon the cooperation
of these men thai the success of the
service rests in the future
The appointment of Mr Tetterton.
not yet officially announced, was
made from a list of seven applies
tions
Miles Crimes Under
$1,000 Bond In Cus
^liile Murder Case
Widow of the Dead Man Is
Only Witness Examined
In Preliminary Trial
Pniiablr rnw appearing Miles
Grimes was placed under a $1,000
bond by Justice J. H Hassell in a
preliminary bearing here yesterday
morning of the case charging Grimes
with the murder of Gus White, col
ored man. on Williamston's East
Main Street the 7th of last month
Unable to raise bond in that amount.
Grimes was returned to jail where
he will await trial in the superior
court week after next
White, struck on the head with a
piece of iron, died a week later in
a Washington hospital
Only one witness. Courtney White
the widow of the dead man. was
examined at the preliminary hear
ion She expiauaid i!iat White, soon
after he was fatally hurt, told her
that Miles Grimes hit him She
claims that White reiterated the
charge after he was removed to the
hospital While die uffeted other
evidence, the court ruled that the
statement alleged to have been
made by White would support the
probable cause finding, that no oth
er w iloesses would be examined un
til the case reached the higher
courts
The While woman reviewed
fore the court happenings leading
up to the fatal attack She said that
Grimes called White frcan their
one-room home, and that a short
time thereafter she heard someone
groaning in the backyard A half
hour later. Grimes returned to the
home and asked for White, that she
with Grimes went into the back
yard and found her husband Gri
aided in getting White to a 1
doctor's office and later carried htm
to the hospital
The belief that a woman or wo
ld a part in the case was sub
stantiated by evidence offered by
White's widow. ""Soon after Gus
(White) was ailed out, I heard
say. "Stop, girls, stop'," she said. Lo
cal police have associated two wo
men with the case, but have failed
to connect them with the fatal at
tack.
tl
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Employment Service To
Locate Offices Here Soon
Cyrus W Bazmorr veteran
pn-sfmper man. has been named
menaced at the North Carolina Em
ployment bureau to be located here
between the IMh and 20th of Una
month Detail* in connection with
locatmc the office here
be learned today, but it u
stood the bureau will
or fine
W. H. laanai. Gates County
farmer, npnli that his poultry
Dr. Joseph H. Saunders Resigns
Position As Full - Time Officer
Martin County Board of Health
Tobacco Harvesting Season in
County Finally Comes to Close
Farmer Jesse Crap, of the Oak
My section, is ?Hiding up the to
mcco harveSUng season in the
ountv this week, reports stating
hat Mr Crap is believed to be the
1st farmer to complete the lire
urae task in this section
"I sowed the beds early, but they|
ailed and I was late getting moat
I my plants.- Mr Crap said, ex
Naming the late harvesting activi
les on his farm
Mr Crap, selling on the local
varket this week, staled that he was
ecetving good prices, but that he
oukl not tell how he would come
ut with the curings now underway,
he last of his crop was harvested
Ifedneaday. and while he will be
ite curing the tobacco it is believ
ed that Farmer John Coltram eon
tinues to hold the late record ovei
in Griffins Township Several years
ago Mr Coltram had such a laU
crop that he thought he would b?
sitting up and waiting for Santa
Claus at his tobacco barn.
As a whole, the 1937 tobacco har
vesting season has been one of tht
longest on record Several farmers
in the Hamilton area started th?
work the latter part of June, and
now Nlr Crisp comes along to end
it this week.
A searcrty of plants and dry wea
ther delayed the season for mosl
farmers in this county, and while a
few completed the harvesting work
Hi early August, most of them were
gtiii at the task up until a week or
two ago
H)il Survey ^ ork
Nearly Completed
In Martin County
Opening of Schools. Tobac-|
co Markets and Revivals
Take Field Workers
Approximately 75 per cent of the
irm land in llartin county has
een surveyed to determine extent
f compliance under the soil oon
er\alion program, but no recent
eport is available as to the findings,
1 was learned from the office of
fw county agent this week
Waiting fur an aciial iimief Urfae
iiade. the county farm agent de
ay ed starting the ground work
reek after week or until it was def
nitely learned the m*ps could not
e made from the air before the
after part of the year. It is not
nown when the aerial pictures will
e taken, but it is certain they will
e too late for use in determining
ixnpbance activities this year. Ap
roximately 24 men were placed in
he field just as soon as possible af
er it was learned the aerial survey
ad been delayed indefinitely Field
urveys were handled rapidly in
lost districts, and murk has been
ompleted in Williamston. James
?lle. Bear Grass and Poplar Point
ownships and is nearing comple
lon in Griffins and possibly one or
nro others
The opening of the schools and
be inbaccd~matiritets and the open
tig of religious revivals took about
2 teachers, preachers and tobac
onists from the fields and the sur
ey work has been progressing slow
er since the checking personnel
umber was' decreased by Vpproxi
lately half its original sue ?
A check on 526 farms surveyed
jene tii a, .^.vws that haidly.
lore th-in tnree fourths of the op-,
rators ? ie participating in the soil
onservi tion program in this cotiii
r
rhirly-Mve Bovs
Out For Koollialll
Issuing a call this ?(*k fur foot
all practice. Coach Sam Edwards
eceived a liberal response from all
trough the high school Thirty five
oungsterv eight from the last-year
ue-up, reported for play
Already the boys are being put
trough the pares for their first
ontesl with Kinslun at Kinston on
lie 24th of this month. "It's too early
t be predicting what we will do
kio a?on. but well be in there
ighting ' one u4 the tram members
lid yesterday
The names of the boys leporttng
o Coach Edwards are Pete Egan,.
'arlyle Hall. Jun Manning, Ray
Soodmon. Fred SummerUn, and Ben
iardison Iran the IBM squad, and
toy Hadley, Bill Hollunan. William
fur. Junior Perry. Bennie Daniel,
lack Sullivan. " Boug" Williams.
Vilbur Culpepper. Ned Cunning
Lam, Kit Suiuara, Marun Anderson,
lennie Godwin. Junir Peel. Joaeph
tug pen, C T Ruberwm. Cham Pate,
Laymond Cherry. Dallas Rnbersun.
L V. Haidison. Haywood Wynne,
I. E Boy kin. Gerald James, Dick
hinn. Roger Rtddick. V. B. Taylor,
Iraimir Watt*. Bob Everett and
U Oman's (llub Holds
Initial Meeting Of
Season ^ ednesdav
Period of Much Activity Is
Predicted During Coming
Year by Organization
A period of much activity during
the coming year was prcxUcted for
the -Williamston WomSny CTub
when the organization ended its
summer vacation We^inday and
tentatively outlined plans for an
effective work in the months to fol
low. Thirty-five members, many o(
them just recently yn?ning thf
were present for the meeting
Under the direction of its presi
dent, Mrs K F Moseley. the club is
planning an intensive work for the
advancement of the community an J
its people, the general public well
realizing the difficulties that will be
experienced by th? organization in
meeting the many needs that fall in
to the civics classification
Facing conditions that demanded
immediate consideration, the club 11
its Wednesday meeting voted to pro
vide needy school children with
shoes, the welfare committee to han
dle the details An appeal will Ik
addressed through the civics r~nv
mittee to the town authorities urg
ing them to provide protection at
the main street intersections for
little children walking to and from
?chooL
Plans were advanced for bringing
Professor Frederick Kinrhhere dur
ing the Christmas season and have
him read Dickens' "Christmas Car
ol.'* Dr Koch has given the reading
ill many towns of the State, and n
is hoped the club possibly with the
aid of other organizations will be
able to bring the professor here
Chairmen of the various depart
ments presented their tentative pro
grams as outlined b> the federation
for the year The prograint commit
tee is planning to prepare a year
book and each department head is
requested to send to the committee
her progiam outline with recum
mendations, the officers kindly ask
ing tliat this be done within the
next few days
At the conclusion of the business
session. Mrs J II Smith sang "The
Kiss Waltz" with Mrs W C Man
nnig at piano. Punch and cakes were
served
Victim Easily Identities
Man Who Robbed Him
"I've seen him, I've seen him. I've
seen thai nigger that took my mon
ey off mp la<! 1"
Nichols. Williams Township colored
man, said upon his return here yes
terday from Smithfieid. Eddie Walt
colored man. arrested in Smithfieid
for fleeting a member of his own
race there last week, was picked
out of a group of fifteen negroes, re
ports stating that Nichols did not
hesitate in making the selection
Nichols, w ho lost $1000 to Wall
and his companion, a woman, said
soon after tie was fleeced that he
could see thai man with his eyes
shut, and the identification was
made with the greatest of ease
His money gone forevfcr. Nichols
seemed to get a great deal of con
solation out of knowing that the
silver-tongued robber is to be ft
turned here for trial. A warrant was
drawn against Wall yesterday, and
he will be brought here for trial
just as soon as he pays his debt to
Johnston County.
County Health llnit
Expected to Review
Other Applications
Health Authorities Will Al
so Have to Find New De
partment Headquarters
I ?
Or Jos. H Saunders, just a few
cays ago appointed full-time health
c fficer for Martin county, resigned
. t iat position following a conference
v ith State Health Board officials in
j Haletgh yesterday "After giving the
I n atter careful and long considera
t on. 1 decided it best not to enter
.the service." Dr Saunders said on
h s return home from Raleigh
it was quite evident that the doc
tor is interested in the program thai
promises to be of much value to the
[vople of the county, but when the
' r.me came to surrender a practice
I b .nit up during almost thirty years
Ihe decided to leave full-time public
health duties in this county for
someone else to handle The possi
bility of offending long friendships
with even the least human being
through the handling ??f the depart
ment duties did not appeal to the
'doctor who possibly enjoys the larg
-est circle of friends of any man ji
, this section.
Thinking all details lad been
handled for establishing the full
time service the first of next Janu
; ary. members of the county health
board were surprised when their
,? appointee tendered his resignation.
JA representative of the health unit
explained that the resignation would
be received with regret but that
immediate plans would be advanced
for employing another man to head
' ine Servir-*? |W h?ar^ tftt-rattry ?fi?
corresponding today with State
1 health officials asking that addition
al applications be submitted for
: consideration. Pending the receipt
! of applications through the State
board, the local authorities are not
expected to take any action in con
nect H?n with plans for launching the
service
I Within a few hours after Dr.
Saunders tendered his resignation,
two doctors are saicf, to have ex
pressed an interest in the position,
and it is possible their applications
1 will be considered later.
No meeting of the county health
board members is likely to be called -
w ith in the ne\ ten days or two
weeks to consider applications for
' the position, it was learned today
from a representative of the board
who explained that no meeting
"would likely be held then if the
n uniber of applications wasn't large
enough to reasonably make certain
a definite selection.
The resignation of Dr Saunders
makes it necessary for the health
jutb??rijiga-tu-fipd- department bend
' quaiters elsewhere. It was planned ?
to rent the offices of Dr. Saunders,
hut he will continue his own work
in them There are vacant offices in
WiUiamston's town hall, but the lo
cation of the new department head
quarters will await the arrival of
the new full tune health officer.
- During the mearitimfc Dr. Saunders
will continue to serve the county as
part tmie health officer
\\ ill (la|>[>s Released
I mler $2,000 Bond
?
Will Cappi. Williams Township
I while man charged with feloniously
abutting Mrs. Tom LilleyT well
known Williams Township citizen,
with a shotgun on August 7, was re
leased from the county jail here
yesterday afternoon under a $2,000
. bond Capps waived preliminary
-tearing rights He is to face tiiat~in~
the superior court here week after
neat
Mrs Liliey while able to sit up
and walk around during short per
iods is recovering slowly, reports
state. She is said not to be in immed
iate danger and bond was denied
her assailant until yesterday ,
Capps is said to have shot the
s oman while the was eating i
on the evening of August 7 follow
ing an alleged quarrel over a snail
amount of money due Mrs Capps by
Mrs Liliey N
Snow Hill Wins Coastal
Plain League Pennant
Winning four out of five games
honors in the Coastal Plain lengne
yesterday over Tiiton The Iowa
M believed the wnelleet in the came
try to turn out a pennant winner in