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Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday, February 15,1938.
VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 13
ESTABLISHED 1899
Renewed Activity In
Sweet Potato Mart Is
Reported This Week
Shipments Start Moving Af
ter Lull in Trade Since
Early January
Rtiwwed activity marked
sweet potato market here this week
when the first shipments since early
last month started moving to the
northern markets. During recent
week,* the market has been in a etc
cided slump and few deliveries were
effected. Reaching a $1 a bushel re
cently. the sweets started movug.
and present plans indicate that half
a hundred cars will be loaded here
!?f northern delivery within the
neat few weeks
With a reported shortage through
out the main potato section, the crop
is almort certain to hold its own. and
there's a possibility of a slight rne
later on. Martin farmers, however,
believe the current price is fair
and they are making plans to
load their holdings within the i
iuture. There are a few exception,
of course, for a few farmers will, no
doubt, wait until some time m April
or **ay before entering the markets.
It is estimated that this section will
offer to the northern trade approxi
mately 75 carloads of sweet potatoes
this season Possibly fifty of them
will move out of here by rail. The
other twenty-five will be handled
by trucks.
The Corbett Package Company is
maintaining a receiving center in
Williamston at the present time.
"ill make contracts for deli vanes on
certain days between now and the
end of March or longer, if necessary
Renewing their seed last season,
a number of Martin County fanners
are reporting good results A high
percentage of their crop is falling in
the U. S. No. 1 class, it was reported.
^ 1** farmers who have allowed
rheir flCeo to _ruh down" are being
penalized almost 40 and 50 percent
in some cases.
Potato experts state that the far
mer does not necessarily have to
buy expensive seed, that he can se
lect the choic potatoes from his own
'"Ids and build up his seed. "It is
just as necessary to have a good po
tato seed as it is to have good lobar
c? **d for a good crop." a potato
"Pert explains. Martin county far
mers are understood to pay all kinds
of attention to tobacco seed, and Ut
ile attention to the selecion of pota
to seed, the expert pointing out that
unless more attenion is paid to the
selection of potato seed, the section
that has splendid Opportunities for
trowing the best sweet potato in the
entire country will be producing the
lorriest within just a few years.
Country Better Place To
Live In. Debaters Say
The country is a better place in
which to live than the town. James
A. Mendenhall and Howell Peel de
clared in a 4-H club debate held at
the Farm Life School last Friday
night. The query was: Resolved. The
Country is a better place m which
to live than in Town. A large crowd
wa* present for the arguments which
waxed warm when four youi^ club
girls offered opposition. The bays
won a unanimous decision, however
The affirmative was awnti il by
Mist Lata Smithwick. and Mimes
Boise Hodges, Murray Gardner and
Bettie Louise Lilley represented the
ative.
Fined For Speeding In
Town's Business District
Charged with i
ad rate at
through the local I
Sunday, Park Hardiaon, _
lsams Township man, recently L
tram a visit in Florida, was fined 95
and taxed with the coet
J. L HasseU's court here ;
morning. Hardiaon admitted he
i of the
IS miles an hour in the
Interesting Movies Free By
Lindsley Here On Saturday
The Lindsley Ice
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Pulp Company Planning Big
ExpansionPrograminCounty
According to unofficial but reliable
information reaching here today, the
North Carolina Palp Company is
considering an expansion program
far its plant in the lower part of this
county. No details of the program
could be learned, but it is thought
that the company is planning to add
a finishing plant and manufacture;
containers for case cigarette goods.
Officials of the plant are said to
have conferred with business men
of the section a few days ago, and
that the possibility of expanding the
plant were advanced at that time
Company authorities were said to
have been in this section during last
week, but none of them could be
reached for a report on the propos
ed expansion program No official
estimate on the cost of the proposed
additions is avsilble. but it is thought
the new units will necessitate an in
vestment of several hundred thous
and dollars.
The pulp plant, completed just e
few months ago. is now operating
smoothly on a full-time basis, ai
large shipments of the raw pulp are
moving regularly to the finishing
plants of the Kieckhefer Container
company in New Jersey. It is
thought that shipments of raw ma
terials to New Jersey will be consid
erably reduced if and when arrange
ments are made for the manufacture
of pasteboard or corrugated at the
plant in the lower part of this coun
ty
LIBRARY
P. T. A. Will Hold
Meet Wednesday
Tht program?commiltoo of?the
Williamsion Parent-Teacher assort*
Iton has arranged an interesting pro
gram for the February meeting
which will be held Wednesday af
ternoon in the grammar school au
ditorium. Dr. E W. Furgurson who
has recently assumed duties as head
of the newly established health de
partment will speak on the full-time
public health program for Martin
County. Superintendent Manning
will present Dr Furgurson to the as
The second feature of the program
will come in a discussion of the pos
sibilities of the "Cubbing" movement
in Williamston by Scout Executive
J. J Sigwaid of the Wilson area of
Boy Scouts of America. The organi
zation of Cub Scouts is designed to
provide leadership m worthwhile a
ti vitses for nine, ten and eleven year
old boys Parents with boys of these
ages will be interested especially in
the "Cubbing" program
The meeting will begin promptly
at 3:30 o'clock and last for only one
hour All parents and friends of the
school are urged to attend
County Tourney
Begins Tomorrow
The Martin County annual basket
ball tournament gets underway here
tomorrow evening in the high school
gymnasium, the teams from five
schools looking to the championship
contest with great interest and keen
Grass girls are conceded
the girls' championship
race, while the outcome of the boys'
race seems to rest in the hands of a
young chap, named Martin down at
Jamesville. Remove that youngs!
from the line-up and Bear Grass pre
dicts a possible victory in the sen
finals The other teams are not say
but all participants can ex
pect some warm competition before
the tourney chaes on Friday eve
It
Grass boys vs. Rober
Senator Reynolds
Discusses New U.S.
Farm Control Law I
Gives Fanner Some Promise |
of Aid Where None
Prevailed Before
While no one seriously contends
that the new farm bill is all that is|
desired in the way of helpful I eg is
1st ion for agriculture, there is gener
al agreement that it does represent
some gains, that farm spokesmen
want it and that it deserves to be
given a trial. Obviously, if it fails to
accomplish the objectives sought, the
legislation can be quickly repealed
Due to sectional differences and
the necessity for treating agriculture
as a national piublem. members of
Congress agree that it will always be
difficult to draft a law that will meet
the full needs of producers of a sin
gle crop However, in writing the
r.ew law. Congresisonal committees
went further than ever before in
obtaining the views ot farmers, tnus
the bill now being given its finish,
ing touches is in every respect a com
promise as regards the thought of all
concerned with the welfare of those
who till the soil and produce the food
supply for the country
Nevertheless, there is much evi
dence that changes in marketing
conditions and tariff protection for
farm commodities are needed to
round-out any farm program. All in
Congress who are farm-minded are
hopeful that these will eventually
come. Until more favorable market
ing conditions and tariff protection I
tor the farmer are assured, it is
clearly shown that they want the
proposed parity and equalization
As an able farm leader points out
it is easy to figure that if the farmer
does not cut production and current
farm prices hold, his income would
be greater. Much has been made of
this point Yet. this same farm lead
er points to another side If produc
tion is not cut and current prices fall
the loss to the farmer might prove
even greater It is for this reason
that farm leaders are willing to try
the refendum plan under the new
legislation.
Reviewed briefly, this law is in I
reality several laws. It continues the |
soil conservation program It pro
vides new marketing quotas to - he |
based on findings by the Department
of Agriculture and subject to refer
endum by farms In the case of to
bacco. for example, if more than!
one-thud of the farmers oppose lhe|
quota, it is not to be made effective.
The two-thirds rule to be invoked I
is used in the Senate on vital nation-1
Whatever may be the differences
of opinion in Congress as regards the
soil conservation program and the
new plan for crop curtailment and
marketing quotas, there u general
agreement on other important fe
lures of the new law. This applies I
particularly to the effort to stimu-1
late the sale and use of farm com
modities and the establishment of
research laboratories to find new
uses for farm products. Here is new
hope for the cotton farmer, who,
perhaps more than any other grow
er. is confronted with the problem of |
dwindling markets, intense compe
tition and labor problems Some be
lieve that the cotton situation should
be handled distinct from food com
modities.
Whatever may be the final results
from the test of the new law, they
will soon be revealed- The legisla
tion will in all probability be in ef
fect before this column appears Hur
ried activity to set up the necessary
machinery will fallow. It is recog
nized that enactment at the law has
already been too long delayed. In
any event, the new law gives the
fanner some promise of asnstan
where none prevailed before.
On Hansr List
Martm. Jr . local young
man. eras one of the honor students'
at Wake Torsel College last term.
Standard Fertilizer
Company Adds to Its
Fire-fighting Svstem
Automatic Sprinklers Fed
By Huge Pumps and
Miles of Piping
The installation of a huge auto
matic sprinkler system was complet
ed in the large plant of the Standard
Fertiliser Company plant on Roan,
oke River here last Saturday after
noon when the last connection in the
network of pipes was effected and
thorough tests were made
Installed by the Viking Sprinkler
Company of Philadelphia, the system
is the most complete in this section
of the State, affording an almost
perfect fire protection for the huge
fertiliser plant. Workmen have been
busy since last October installing the
more than four miles of pipe lines
and control boxes Sectionalued into
five units, the system when in full
operation can throw 1.000 gallons of
water a minute through 1.075 out
lets A special type pump, manned by
a 75.horse power motor and fed by
the Roanoke River, the system has
a capacity almost equal that of the
town.
If a fire were to break out. small
plugs in the outlets melt and the
system is automatically thrown into
operation without the touch of hu
man hands. However, an alarm is
sounded and attention of workmen is
directed to any part of the building
where a fire happens to be burning
A 5000 gallon capacity tank fur
nishes the water at the start, but the
1.000 gallon pumper can be brought
into use to supplement the supply.
Definite figures are not available,
but it is estimated that the new sys
tem will effect savings of around 60
per cent in insurance costs and that
it will pay for itself over a period of
just a few years.
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American Legion
Meets In New Hut
Using the new hut on Watts
street, here, members of the John
Walton llassell post of the American
I-egiun had a very enjoyable meet
ing last evening, the event attracting
more than thirty veterans.
In addition to the routine business
the meeting discussed plans to com
plete work on the hut within the
next two weeks. A dedication pro
gram is being planned and the even',
is expected to climax Legion activi
ties in this section of the State.
Plans for the dedication service win
be lormula'.cd within the next few
days. J E. Boy km. commander of
the Post, said this morning
The Legion last night voted to
lend room in the building for a pub
lic library, the post commander ex
plaining that it would be possible to
arcommiidate the library w ithout in
terrupting the activities of the le
gion and auxiliary Plans for opening
I he library there will be announced
later
Fire Company Gets
Two Calls Today
Two fire alarms were received by
the local volunteer fire company this
morning. The firemen, due to incom
plete instructions, never reached the
scene of the first fire at the Sunny
Side Inn, but handled a small roof
fire in New Town two hours later
in quick order.
The first call, received at 8:20,
directed the firemen to a filling sta
tion on Washington Street. The
equipment was carried as far out as
the Columbian Peanut company
flant where it was turned around
An oil stove went out of control in
the Sunny Side Inn oyster bar, and
caused considerable smoke damage
Very little damage was done when
fire, starting from a spark, burned
a small hole in the William Lam
bert home on Beech street at 10:20.
The house is ownd by Miss Clyde
HasseU.
EAT TURKEY II
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Passage of Farm Bill Yesterday
Places Machinery in Motion for
Administering Control Program
Plan Mass Meet In
Raleigh On Friday
To Push Crop Plan
Machinery Will Be Set Up
For Getting Farmers'
Voting Support
Plans will be advanced at a big
farmers' mass meeting in Raleigh on
Friday morning of this week for sup
porting the newly passed farm bill
in the farmers' elections to be held
throughout the tobacco-growing
areas within the next few weeks, ac
cording to an announcement released
today by E F. Arnold of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau. All Martin
farmers are invited to attend the
meeting
While the farm bill has been pass
ed in Congress and is certain of the
President's approval, the bill does
not become operative until favored
by a two-thirds vote of farmers The
Farm Bureau is interested in ge!
ting out a big vote and giving the
program a large majority. Plans for
holding the referenda will be out
lined at the meeting.
Mr. Arnold released the following
announcement immediately after the
passage of the farm control by the
Senate:
""The Farm Bureau won a great
\ ictory in the passage of the farm
bill by the Senate Monday and wei
have decided to have a big Victory I
Rally of Farmers in the Memorial
auditorium in Raleigh. 11 a. m., Fri
day. Februaiy lath All or the far.
mers in North Carolina. Virginia and
South Carolina will be urged to at
tend
"Mr J B llutson. assistant ad-j
nnnistrator of the AAA. will ad
dress this meeting, explaining the
new farm hill The meeting will be
presided liver by Mr J fc Wins low.
president of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau. Anything you ran do
towards seeing your neighbors per
sonally and getting them to come to
the meeting will be highly appreei
ated All farmers who desire com
pulsory crop control legislatioi
should be urged to join the farn
bureau.
inose who have desired compul
sory crop control legislation owe i
debt of gratitude to the Farm Bur
eau which can and should be pai<
by joining the organization Wi
should have ten thousand farmer
in Raleigh for this meeting to heai
Mr llutson explain Ihe referenda foi
tobacco and cotton."
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Little Child Continues
Seriously III In Hospital
Taken suddenly ill nearly six
weeks ago. Jimmie. the infant son of
Mr and Mrs. Howard Coltrain. is in
a Durham hospital for treatment,
late reports describing the little
child's condition as critical Pneu
monie has developed, it was report
ed.
Thought to have had a form of
meningitis, the child was treated in
a Washington hospital for several
weeks. For several days it was not
expected to live The child's condi
t*on improved and he was removed
to the home of his parents. Last
week he was entered in the Durham
hospital for treatment
Plans Going Forward For
Church Night Service I
Plans have been going forward for
Ihe past two weeks in preparation for
the Church Night service to be held
?n the Williamston Christian church
on Wednesday evening at 7 30 Re
ports will be heard from the several
organizations of the Church and Bi
ble school. The annual election of the
church officers will be held Baptis
imal certificates will be given those
who have been baptized during the
present pastorate. The pastor will
present his program for considers
tion at this meeting. B is hoped that
the entire membership will be pres
ent for this first Church Night serv
ice.
Tarboro Rotary Club To
Hold Clinic February 21
The Tarboro Rotary Club will hold
its regular Orthopaedic clinic on
Monday. Feb XI. 1938. at 9 00 a. m
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
school rooms, Tarboro, N. C.
The Rotary club la anxious to ten
der sti ?kti to all ertppiea. regardless
of age or race, who are unable to
pay for treatment.
MORE CHECKS I
v ??
Formerly employed in the
Colombian Peanut Company,
fifty .three local people are re
reiving this week theif second
unemployment insurance checks.
The local employment office
is also distributing checks to a
number of people in adjoining
counties this week. Mr. John En
right, of the district office here,
said today.
Nearly IM men and women,
employed in the local tobacco
plant until last week, are filing
their claims for unemployment
insurance. Those claims have to
wait about four weeks before
the first cheek is issued.
Former employees of the Col
umbian company here have only
enough credit to advance about
five weekly checks which aver
age around $2.M.
Welfare Board In
Regular Meet Today
The Martin County Welfare board
?s holding a regular meeting here
this afternoon in the welfare rooms
on the second floor of the county
courthouse annex. Members of the
hoard. Messrs. E. C. Shoe, of Rober
sonville. Joshua L. Coltrain. of Wil
liams Township, and Robert Everett,
of Goose Nest, will review the ac
tivities of the department and con
sider applications for old age assist -
a nee and aid to dependent children.
Twenty-five applications for old-age
assistance and two applications for
aid to dependent children are to be
considered by the three member
board at the meeting this afternoon.
I Miss Mary Taylor, head of the coun
I ty's department of welfare, announc
j ed this morning
The quota allotted the dependent
i blind in this county is almost filled,
j and there are only a few openings
for the dependent aged, it is under
I stood
Kiwanians Down Lions In
Cage Contest Last Friday
Running wild since their organi
/at ion r 'veraI months ^ago, the loca
Lions could not find their cage an<
lost a basketball game by a count o
10-5 to the Kiwanians here last Fri
day evening in the high school gym
tiasium. The Lions did a lot of roar
ing and their play compared verj
favorably with that of their oppo
nents, but they just could not loeah
their cages, in fact, one Lion rai
loose-and was found hanging arounc
the Kiwanis den.
Preacher Jim Smith gave the Ki
wamans their victory margin witl
three shots well executed from th<
field Bill Hunt and S. H. Grime
"lucked in" a shot from the field ti
run (be count to ten. Flip Peel ant
Dave Modlin added a goal apieci
from the field and Gus Ward acci
dentally scored a free shot
Fancy field work was handled bj
Irving Margolis, while Ross Frone
I erger did the panting for both sides
Dr. Osteen worked as a greasy Lioi
in and out of the opposition's de
fense what I title time he was in thi
game. The hair flew when Bil
Hunt's elbow plowed through Lioi
Margolis' head, but accidental hail
"knocking" and floor skidding onl}
pepped up the match.
The line-ups Lions?Froneberger
Margolis. Modlin, Ward and Ed
wards; Kiwanians?Hunt, Bobbitt
Grimes, J. Manning, and Crockett
Substitutions. Lions?Flip Peel am
Osteen; Kiwanians?Bill Manning
Smith and Spivey.
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Child Continues Seriously
III During Long Per it
Taken ill about the middle of last
December. Zack D Smith, three
years old. continues very ill, re
ports coming from his bedside in a
Rocky Mount hospital yesterday
stated The son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
K Smith, of Goose Nest Township,
has suffered at least three relapses
after being taken ill with pneumonia,
it was stated He has received hospi
tal treatment during much of the |
.une he has been sick
Leaves for Philadelphia
?
Mr Guthrie Straw-bridge and eon,
James, left this morning for a busi
ness trip to Philadelphia and New
York. They will be away aevera)
days
Quick Approval By
The President Is
Virtually Certain
Announcement of Alloca
tions to States, Counties
and Farmers Expected
?
A crop control bill, praised as "the
best farm bill ever enacted" and de
nounced as "regimentation" and
'more harrtess" for the farmer, re
ceived final congrssional approval
yesterday.
The measure, establishing a sys
tem under which the secretary of'
agriculture, in cooperation with far
mer committees may prescribe limi
tations upon the quantity of wheat,
corn, cotton, rice and tobacco grown
or marketed, now goes to the Whit.;
House for the expected signature of
President Roosevelt
The last stop in its tortuous journ
ey through Congress, which began
in mid-November, was taken when
the senate adopted a compromise
measure. 56 to 31 The compromise
is based upon the conflicting bills
passed originally by house and sen
ate.
(Senator Bailey, of North Caro
lina, vyted against the measure, his
fellow Tar Heel, Senator Reynolds,
voted for the bill >
Agriculture adjustment machinery
was in operation today to fix acre
age allotments under the new crop
control bill.
Announcement of the allocations
to states, cumuli's aihl individual
farms will be one of the early steps
toward placing the new program in
effect Farmers will have t<? comply
with theii allotments to obtain fed
eral benefit payments
The agricultural department with
held any formal announcement pend
ing signature of the legislation by
the President.
Representatives of the agriculture
adjustment administration said the
department probably would issue a
revision of the 1938 agricultural con
servation program, which was an
rounced last September, to make it
dovetail with provisions o! the new
act /
They said one of the first steps to
carry out the new legislation would
be the establishment of marketing
quotas for cotton and flue cured to
Lacco. Supplies of these two crops
are considered excessive.
The quotas must be approved by
two-thirds of the producers voting
in referenda to become effective.
If put into effect, they will limit
the amount of cotton and flue-cured
tobacco a farmer may market with
out paying heavy cash penalties.
The allocation of goals will be
handled under three farm groups.
A B and C., according to unofficial
information released this week.
Bases for farms falling in Group A
will be determined after the pattern
lollowed by the old triple A or the
soil conservation program, but a
number of factors will enter into
the final determination of that base,
i? is understood Most of the farms
in this county fall in this group, and
the following reduction is predict
ed
Farms with a base acreage of 5.1
acres will likely be granted 70 per
cent of that base; farms with bases
of 4.8 to 5 acres will be allowed ap
proximately 3.5 acres; farms with
bases of 4 4 to 4 7 acres will be al
lowed 3.4 acres, farms with bases
of 4 to 4 3 acres will be allowed 3.3
acres; farms with bases of 3.6 to 3.9
(Continued on page four)
High School Girls Down
Teachers By Large Score
?
Daring youth scored over age here
last Friday evening when the local
high school basketball girls defeat
ed their teachers and a few special
recruits 34 to 8 in a very exciting
and hard-played contest. The teach
ers played a splendid game, but
Jones. Leggett et al of the high
school proved powerful and accur
ate in all stages of the game to
show up opposition in its every ef
fort. Carstarphen. with six points,
led the teachers, and Jonea was
heavy scorer with 17 points for the
girls.
The line-up featured Misses Har
rison, Carstarphen, Talley, Daniel.
Maynard, Carroll. Kaowlas and
Kinsey The girls' line-up: H. and E.
Miahoes. Dunn. Hardison. Jonas,
"aylor. Leggett. Ward. Stalls, Katl.
Whitehurst and Ramey.