mm Ti a* It Will IW On M VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 8 WiUiamston. Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. January 28. 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge H. 0. Peele Imposes Heavy Fine [n Recorder's Court Each and Sentenced to the Roads Judge Herbert O. Peele rapped down on alleged violators of the li quor laws in this county last Moss day when he imposed the second largest fines during his stay on the bench and capped the fines oft with six months sentences on tbe roads. Other conditions were entered in the judgment, the action in the dual case adding interest to conversations in and all around the county's hall ot justice Brought into court on a charge of transporting illegal liquors. C B. and Perlie Hardison entered pleas of not guilty. The State tightened its case, and the two defendants were ad judged guilty. The prosecution main tained that the two men were oper ating a car loaded with 20 gallons of liquor in the Spring Green section of the county on or about the fourth of this month. Officers punctured a tire on the car with a pistol bullet, and the driver and his companion aban doned the machine and escaped across Lester Everett's cotton patch The two defendants were later ar rested and charged with operating the car Judge Peele fined each of them 5250 and imposed a six months sen tence on the roads. License to oper. ate a car was revoked for one year, and the car. property of C. B. Har dison, was ordered confiscated. The defense excepted to the confiscation order, and appealed to the higher courts. Bond in the sum of $500 each was required. Unable to raise that amount, the boys went to jail not certain but that they will go ahead and serve the sentences. It is under, "stood that should lhey serve the road term and not pay the fines they will be returned to the roads for an extra term. The two young men were reieas. ed late Tuesday under bonds furn ished by Mrs. Lenora Godard The court continued three cases Monday and tried two others besides the Hardison case. Charged with bastardy. Tommy Jones was directed to pay $5 a month for the use of an illegitimate child during the next six months and re port for further judgment at the end of that time. Floyd Catne, charged with reck less driving, was fined $10 and had his license revoked for a period of three months Geo. Williams Dies Near Robersonville Geo. Williams. Martin County far mer, died at his home near Hassell last Wednesday afternoon at two oVIoeh following an of six weeks with cancer Mr Williams, well know in this section, was 47 years old. ' v.;. ' ? ; . 1 He was the son of the late Seth Williams and wife, of this county. In early manhood he married Miss El la Ayers, who survives with three cliihlien, a young son and Mrs. Char lie Hux, M Oak City, and Mrs Wood ard Leggett, of Hassell. He also leaves three brothers, Messrs. Seth. Jesse, and Bud Williams, all of this county, and five sisters, two of them living in Philahelphia. and Mrs Ly da Corbitt, of Greenville. Mrs. Ma mie Knox, of Robersonville, and Mrs. Willie Ayers, also of this coun Funeral services were conducted from the late home yesterday after noon. Interment was in the old fam ily burial ground, near Roberson ville. NEW HOME OF NORTH CAROLINA EQUIPMENT COMPANY HERE 4TH CAROLINA EQUIPMENT CO The North Carolina Equipment Company will hold the formal opening of its recently completed plant here on Saturday of next week Plans for the big event are being formu lated. and a cordial invitation is being extended farmers of this and adjoining counties to be present Moving pictures will be shown and demonstrations held, followed by a big barbecue at 12:30. All thuse who plan to attend are asked to fill in the invitation appear ing elsewhere in this paper and forward it to tnc company at Williamston. Prominent Local Man Died Thursday 4 P. M. I NO MACHINES?YET I ANkwit five* legal recafni tioa through aa injunction is sued by Federal Judge L M. ty officers a few days ago. Ike "silent salesman" slot ma chine has not made its appear aaoo is this county. Sheriff < B. Roebuck said today. A hearing is being held in Washington today in an effort and it is betievad no machines will he "planted" in this county until a farther dec coon is made by Judge Meek ins. Sheriff C. B. ? sehnth. Chief W. B. Daniel and Attorneys R L Cohnrn and E. S. Feel are planning to attend from here. Senate Clears Track For Agriculture Bill The Senate, after the Southern bloc had scored a victory in the light the antiJynching bill, last night cleared th. tracks for im portant legislation in the national congress- The progiam n eludes bills dealing with agricultui and hous ing -Patau! by the specie I .canton ol congress last year, the (arm bill has been hanging fire in <-ommittee rooms awaiting the end of the anti lynching filibuster or argument dur ing most of the time the t igress has been m its third sexi.ii i. Develop ments on the bill are eagerly await ed, and action is expected next week with a degree of certainty It is pro posed to put the bill up to a vote of the farmers yulhin thirty days after its final passage in congress Educational Meeting Well Attended Here This Week 1 - * W?.rltv I' . .^laaa Act. ministration forces is bring well at ' tended here this week by teachers from 26 counties in Areas 1. 2 and 3 The first of the session: Were held yesterday with lfrs Maine Rodeffer in charge Mrs J M. Day is presiding over the sessions underway today. The meeting is attracting state wide leaders in education, and the seesaws are recognized as an impor tant step in advancing adult educa i Uon in the State. School Attendance in this County Now on the Decrease Meeting here yesterday afternoon, the several Martin County school principals advanced the belief that the attendance upon the white schools in the i?strict has rsnthsd a saturation point and offered facts to indicate that a decrease is to be expected in the future. While the at tendance percentage upon the ten white schools in the county is above that of last term, the total enroll ment is smaller, it by J. C. Manning, county lendent, yesterday Colored families white tenants on many at the farms in the county, it The change is effecting an in the number of pupils in the < ed schools, and limiting the field for the white units to draw from. A Jurmi of M reported in the white schools of the county since the Christmas holidays, the lea being centered for the most part in the Everetts. Gold Point. Robes suiiviUe and Hamilton dis tricts. Everetts reported a loss of 16 pupils since the holidays Oak City is the only school in the county to re port a pain, and its increase was limited to the high school depart ment. Jamesville. Farm Life. Bear Grass and Williams too continue with no mail i ial change in attendance figures, but it is evident that the trend is toward a decreased number at puptb in those plants at white families have from the county and are now la Beaufort and Halifax have been by colored tenants or with Funeral Services For Alonzo Hassell to Be Held This Afternoon Members of One of Section's ^Oltfest and Most Prom- t inent Families Aloru? Husrll. mrmbH of one of! this section's uklel and iikdI pfucni j nent families, died in a Washington hospital yesterday afternoon at 4 00 o'clock following a major operation performed nearly two weeks ago J Pneumonia was given as the unmed- i late cause of his death He enjoyed perfect health all his fered an attack believed at that time, life until last October w hen he suf- J to have been appendicitis The at tacks were experienced more often! during recent weeks, and he entered the hospital about two weeks ago] for treatment An operation was per j formed on Friday. January 14. and while his condition was recognized as serious. lie was thought to have been getting along very well until late Wednesdaj when pneumonia de veloped Little hope was held for hi* recovery after that time, and the end ownc rapidly. The s*?n of the late Dr Alonzo and Ida Lanier Hasseil. he mas born in Williamston on October 17. 1876 and lived here all his life, holding a prominent position in the business and social life *-! tla.* town and com munity for many years He mas Uw grandson of the late Elder C B Hasseil. a prominent and leading fig ure in the early mstury of the Primi tive Baptist church in this section of the Nation. His forebears, led by hi? great-great grandfather Jesse Has sell. l??cated in Martin County more than two centuries ago. coming here from Tyrrell County a half century Mr Hasseil had a colorful lif * much olllfchKrh was spent serving . i ?. the people of this section. Finishing his education in the local schools, he attended Oak Ridge Academy and returning home, served as Martin County Deputy Register of Dee^s serving under the late Jas A Teel He later entered the employ of S lade-Anderson and Com pan}. working in a store that stood where the Branch Banking and Trust com pany building is now kcated Fol lowing the retirement of Mr Slade from the business. Mr Hasseil was' made a partner in the hmincss~with the late J Walter and A Anderson When the business was burned out a short time later, be became a mem ber of the firm of J L Hasseil and Compan), and for nearly a quarter of a century he held a prominent place in the business life of the sec tion. His code *r1 fjwinej rthm ar*d his friendliness made hun popular among thousands of people from all parts of eastern Carolina. Following the dissolution of the tij&mnv ho n i ft i ftIimI eh- ? f t tltft|lutfj^ , fffdr ? wp^v VTiW^w ? v_v* SI ^ WMJftl" fcian Peanut company here, and dur ing the past several years held the responsible position of deputy clerk in the Martin County Superior court In all his work, he proved a faithful and' untiring servant of the public He was a member of the town board of < In II Bennett and die survives with three children. Mrs Milton Norman, of Presbyterians ^ i 11 Advance Bear Crass Community Projeet Plan Construction of New Addition for Sunday School There For some years the Presbyterians at Bear Grass have been, using a small eommttmtv butiding for var ious meetings On Sunday mornings Sunday School classes were held in Uic puWM ^?4 it for a class-room The young peo ple of the church use it at times, and since Rev. John C Whitley has been living m Bent Grw-s it h(|> been used as his study and as a library Nun the building has become ti?> small lor the various activities of the church sctu?ol. the Woman's Auxili ary. the men of the church, and the j young people A few weeks ago the members of the church began to talk about en larging this building to take care of the community need> The men of | the church discussed the project and ? the ladies and young people pledged their help A building committee was named with the following members Sidney Beacliam. Rossell R?*gers. Walter Bailey. Mrs Annfe B?-ll Har rison and Mrs John Wynvk This committee has already secured pledges (<) cover the it?st of mater - laLs and a large amount of rough lumber The members of the Pre?| byterian church throughout the county will erect it The proposed building will be 22 by 42 feet with an additional front porch. The building will have a large open fireplace* at one end and a small stage at the other The open fireplace w ill be used to roast wemers and oysters and marshmallows and to pop popcorn The stage w ill be used to take care of Bible School and Christmas programs and other social activities. Provision will be made to play handball, shuffleboard. and per hap? volUy hall TV hinMinf Will include 3 class rooms, a kitchen, a li brary. a sitting room and a study It is hoped that a Boy Scout troup will be organized soon and they will be given a place to begin a Boy Scout collection When this huildffig is completed it will be in keeping w ith the pretty little brick church owned by the Presbyterians in Bear Grass It will provide a place for the social and spiritual activities of the tr.r:-.ing little community Colored Parson Has Very Unusual Topic For Sermon The Rev J R. Green, pastor of the ' River Hill Chapel Church, announces ran uniisOal subject lor hn humiu topic Sunday evening at 7 JO o'clock. The subject. ~She lived, she talked, she walked, she died, she didn't c to heaven and she didn't go to helL"* I FEW ASK LICENSES I Three Fire Alarms Within One Hour Here On Thursday Considerable Damage Done to Iron Works and Wier Apartments ? Three fire alarms were sounded here within an hour yesterday morn ing. the third call coming when the apparatus was in operation at the John Wier apartments on Simmons Avenue Returning from a fire at the Williamston Iron and Metal Works on West Main Street, the vol unteer firemen had just checked the fire fighting apparatus when they were called to the Simmons avenue apartment. While there a came call came from the Lawyer's Building. corner of Main and Smithwick streets Several firemen were di iected to answer the third alarm, and after much water was thrown at the Wier home the apparatus was moved in the Mam and Smithwick streets intersection When it was learned that the Lawyer's building was not on fire, that the volumes of jnwke pouring out of the walls were coming from defective flues, the apparatus was returned Mo the sec ond fire Firemen, called to the William* tc?n Iron and Metal Works at 9.45 spent more than half an hour bring ing a >tubborn fire under control Apparently starting from a cigar, ette. the fire had gained much head may when discovered. W ~K Par. kef. owner of the iron works, stated tliat he had left to go into the iron yard, and had been out only a fe minute* when he saw the fire spreading to all parts of the build ing. "Ihe structure* used at one tim as a filling station but later as an office for the iron works, was wreck ed and most of the stock of second fCihd automobile ahtfTruck tires and auto windshields was ruined The loss, estimated at about $750. was only partially covered by insurance Starting from a defective flue in an upstairs apartment occupied b> Mr and Mrs. L. T. Williams, the fire in the Wier home did considerable damage to partition and roof tim bers i Wednesday morning at 9 3u. local firemen were called to the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Ballard' on IVarl street, where a fire, starting from a spark, burned a small hole in the ?oof Damage there did not exceed 5 to. Mr Ballard stated (xxislrurtion Work I On Church Buihliii" | To Bcjjin Moii(la\ ??? Piney Grove Membership! and Friends Offer Their Services Free Offering thetf services free, mem-l Leis of the Piney Grove Baptist jj church and friends in other religious .{-nominations in the community will start the construction of a new house of worship on the site of the old Township House in the Griffins dis trirt for the Baptists next Monday ?horning. Rev. W. B. Harrington, pa> tor and leader of the group, an raounced yesterday. Under the dint lion of J C. Gurkin, a do/en or more men are to report for work next Monday, and others who have the tune to spare are invited to partici pate in the movement "We are ex pecting targe crowds during the neek." Rev Mr Harrington said Foundation work on the 56 by 31 foot structure will be completed on Monday. weather permitting fllxfU mill be made b? frame the building and close it in before the week ts spent. All the tough lumber, donated by members of the mngrrgatiun, has been placed on the site Others axe I donating nails and allied building! materials, the pastor of the church explaining that friend* in other de nominations, including the Primitive Baptist and Christian and frttrtrly otheri. are offering valuable aid in the project Located on the Manning road, the present church is far from the cen ter ef the membership uI the church, and definite plans were advanced in late last November to relocate the mrordup center for the 46 members Messrs Noah Peel. Claude Herdisun. Frank LiUey. Mrs BeU Hardisem. Stephen and Ben R Manning and Rev W B Harrington were nmud on the building committee, and un der their direction plans for the edi fice have gone forward rapidly Rev Mr Harrington said yokes day they hoped to have the church reedy for use by eerly summer. County Liquor Sales Increase Last Quarter I CHARITY EVENT I tbaa SIM w Ikr great driir iijibi ufanblr parihsiv" L. T. I'ndn rhair?un ml Ikr I* ral willtr rponwim Ikr fl i ? erne ???1 ?? Ibr Inch NT boot can r ? Underwrites Lar^e Uoiistruetion Work Association Has Advanced Construction Work on Big Scale A >tudf of the annual statement released this week by the Martin County Building and L>an Associa tion shows that the organization is holding a prominent lead in advanc ing the material progress of the town and community The association is now financing a building program that cost well over a quarter million (foliar* and iln? many investments are proving profitable in more than 99 per yen! of the cases, reports stag ing that the association is probably |experiencing its most successful pw. Kid since its organization Durihg the past year, it participat ed to a large extent in the largest building program in the history of the town More homes were con structed tieie in 1937 than in any l?vevious year with the pc?ssible ex >?eptK*n of those periods when num bers of cheap tenant houses were ?onstrutled Approximately 6*) per cent of the new homes were financ led the building and loan way. and considerable -urns were advanced for repau to homes The home | builders, after careful surveys were |made of other lending agencie>. iclwrte the liuiMmg and loan method jf?*r finatKin^ their construction pro gram At ll * | - rsenl time, the organi/a ?Man hj> $1? 734 68 in undivided prof jlxa ith a^?^Fve-of $2,500 fui it>n~ tingencte-s Its mortgage loans amount to S256.827 56 and stock loans total $12.269 21 In addition to financing home con structjon. tie- association has proved a valuable means for accumulating savings for a large number of share holders. At the present time, share holders have $34.100 in paid-up stock and are holding it in the organiza tion as one of the best investments available t?*day j\ Even though it operates on a fair l> large sr^le. the association d*?es Mvt uwn ImI >i.i(>2.99 in reaT estate. ?Is other assets amounting to $3. 136 39 and tlie total assets standing at $2*1 322 S9 There is a working margin of nearly $50,000 between the martgage loans and the amount ? epresented ui installment and paid up stock The association is in position and is ready to finance any sound build ing program, and present indications point to an increase in lis business coring Ilie current year Mr Joe Lieiied ??? State. County and Towns to Share in $16,224 Fourth Quarter Profits Billed by $56 179 40 last quarter, legal liquor sales made in this coun ? ty from the t :: ? f*-?. ??|? ened in July. 1935. up to the first of : this month total ^26 929 40. the | sales showing an increase in each ' corresponding qua: ter during the | |*eriod A new high ales record w as ' established during the three months tending last December 31. the sales in that period amounting to $57, 179 40. or $11.452 40 more than they ? I w ere in the same quarter. 1936. The activities of the legal system in the oninty during last quarter 'created $16.224 82 profits for the county, four store towns and the State, the amount ^including $1,229.54 Tbr Mfbt<5eM^ri(vof the alcoholic bev erages control laws The volume ot business, the largest ever handled in any three months since the stores were opened, was handled at the smallest expense of any during the period. Martin County A B. C. Chairman V J Spivey pointing out that the operating expenses were only 6 94 per cent of the sales The biggest slice. $36,626 56. of the $56.179 40 went to liquor manufac turers Operating, general and ad ministrative costs amounted t?? 13 - 899 !8 The percentage of net prof it earned on the sales amounted to 28 97 per cent of the gross sales. Chairman Spivey pointing out that this was about three per cent great-7 er than the average during the first three quarters of the year Third quarter profits are to be div ided as follows Martin County. $8,721 03. State of North Carolina <7. per tent on gross sales' $3.929 41. reserve for law en forcement. $1.229 54 Store No. 1. Williamston. $1.199 57. Store No. 2. Robersonville. $754 48. Store No 3. Oak City. $22 02; Store No. 4. James vilie. $168 77 These amounts repre? sent 20 per cent of the profits accru ing at the several stores, as follows. Wilhamstpn. $5,887.87. Roberson ville $3.772 39. Oak City. $1,110 12; Jame?*ilU? $843 87 Sales during the fourth quarter in each of the stores are as follows: Williamston. $27.686 35 or 49 28 per cent of the total. Robersonville. $1, 927 95 or 31 91 per cent. Oak City, $5,857.70 or 10 43 per cent, and Janiesville. $4,707 or 8 38 per cent of the total sales At the present time, the county A. B C board lias an inventory includ mg that in the warehouse and stores, valued at $25,321 66 Accounts pay able to distilleries amount to only I $1,393 94 Sales Profits Sept 1935 $ 22.249 35 $ 2,743 11 Her 1W 37.379 29 $.887 99 March. IMS 25174 96 4.759 91 June. 1936 21 564 05 3.425 70 Sept . 1936 27 864 59 5.619 93 Dec. 1936 44 727 00 11.661 14 March. 1937 29.771 20 6.563.07 June. 1937 31.640 96 4.484 77 Sep! 1937 30.259 05 2.854 43 Dec? 1937 56.179 40 18 224 82 TutaU 5326 929 87 $68,224 92 Profits lor the last quarter were nearly $5,000 greater than they were lor any other pel lod since the stores were established nearly three years ?8" ' ' County Heulth Department Located in Municipal Hall .Vb:liT. County's full time health department will be located In WO-1 lumatui's town hall, it was announc ed today after Works Progress Ad ministration forces who have or ? -fj ?> 1 t -: v1iri; Muring tile past year and a half agreed to double up its office employees and surrender four rooms to the health forces Orders for the equipment are now pending and while Dr. E W Furgusun and his assistants will stait moving into their new quarters next week, it will be sometime dur ing February before the department will be ready for operation Mr. Char Leonard, son of a Han oi the United Slam School of Public Health, Cha ! pel HiH wilt report here during the week-end to head the sanitary divi sion of the new department. Miss Elizabeth Lone, of Hamilton, has been appointed secretary Miss Lone is a graduate of a secretarial school and has had hospital trainine The appointment of two nurses will be made within the nest two or three weeks, or just as soon as graduation exercises are held in several schools of public health nursinc- Quite a few applications have been leteised Dr. Purguson said. Dr clinic in is taking