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A Will ru Oar <M 11 UMtor to mr MM ? at Martto Couatj. WMub the LaM , P?P?, ? U Carrtaa X?w Sub?lipttou VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 58 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, July 22, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Miss Emily Whitley Dies At Her Home Near Here Today Funeral Services Will Be Conducted Tomorrow At 4 o'clock Miss Emily Lucas Whitley, a mem ber of one of this section's oldest and most prominent families, died at her home near here this morning at nine o'clock. Experiencing failing health since early last March. Miss Whitley had received hospital care during the intervening months, her condition having been regarded as critical since early May. The daughter of the late George L. and Portia Smallwood Whitley, she was bum at the Syuunuiea, the old home of her maternal grand parents, near Washington, on Octo ber 22, 1879, but she spent nearly all her life at the old Whitley plan tation near here. When a young girl. Miss Whitley was received into the Church of the Advent, and during the years that followed she remained a devot ed and faithful member. Her walk through life was marked by its gen tleness and understanding, and it was patterned after a true and no ble Christian character. She held a devoted place in the home, and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Miss Whitley attended the Wo man's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and minutely watched the cultural de velopment of her State and that of the South. She found happiness and a peace ful life in the care of flowers and in the simple duties in and around the home. Miss Whitley is "survived by two brothers, Messrs. George L. Whit ley, of Raleigh and Jesse S. Whitley, of Williamston, and three sisters. Misses Marina R. and Laura L. Whit ley, of Williamston, and Mrs. Mary W. Mundy, of Westfield, New Jer sey. Funeral services will be conduct ed at the home tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock, and interment will follow in the family plot in the local cemetery. Record Hay Crop Looms For Slate Farmers of North Carolina have prospects for the greatest hay crop in the state's history, the State De partment of Agriculture July crop report revealed Aoday. Setting an all-time record, grow ers have planted 1,028,000 acres to hay this year, a six per cent increase over last year's crop of 967,000 acres "The July 1 crop survey indicates a hay production of 874,000 tons, with an average yield of .83 tons per acre," W. H. Rhodes, the depart ment's chief statistician said. "This production, if realized, will be great er by 50,000 tons than that harvest ad last year, although the yield per acre in prospect is the same as last year's harvest "Last month was ideal for the growth of all*grasses and grass type crops, as abundance of moisture is a most favorable factor in its devel opment," he added. "The condition of pastures July 1, averaging 92 per cent of normal for the State, represents an improve ment of eight per cent over pasture conditions on June 1, and was ten per cent above July conditions a year ago." Rhodes said that "while it is too early to forecast yields of some hay crops, present prospects for all types of hays are excellent" ? To Contest Closing Of Alley Back Of Hotel The closing of the alley leading off Smithwick street just back of the George Reynolds hotel properties will likely be contested in the courts Mayor J. L, Hassell stating today that the matter will be placed be fore town officials at their next meeting. Reservations were made years ago for a 10-foot drive from Smithwick Street to the old Slade property. Part of the drive has been closed, and now the hotel property owners are planning to close it in its sa tirety. Preaching Services Sunday At Ridd let's Grove Church 1 > , Regular preaching services will be held in the Riddick's Grove Bap tist Church Sunday afternoon at the nfcsal hour, 2 o'clock. Rev. W. B. Harrington, the pastor, will occupy the | Plan Free County- Wide Drive Against Diphtheria in August The Martin County Health de partment will let up clinics and of fer free protection against diphther ia to all children from the ages at six months to six years, Dr. E. W. Furgurson announced. Arrange ments for handling the clinics have been completed, and the free ser vice will be carried to every section of the county beginning Monday, August 1. Pians for the immunization were laid following a study of vital sta tistics in the county for the past few years, the health unit finding quite a number of diphtheria deaths among children between the ages of six months and six years Careful studies show that 85 out of every 100 diphtheria deaths are among children up to six years of age. and the department will ccnta its cam* paign in that group. Older persons desiring immunization are directed to the health department headquar ters where tests will be made. Health authorities point out that the toxoid offers maximum protec tion only after having been admin istered from six weeks to three months, and that for children to have that protection next fall they should be given the preventative in August. Successful immunization of fers protection for life, and the vac cination has no ill effect on the child. A very convenient schedule has been arranged for the children and their parents, and the department urges every parent to carry his child to a private physician or to the clin ic nearest him. Starting on Monday, August 1, the public health forces will be in the field as early as 7 o'elock euch morn ing and will bring the campaign to a close in eight days. MEETING In the interest of getting In formation regarding the new program before public official*, the organisation's special engi neer, Mr. H. G. Baity, will hold a public meeting in the Martin County courthouse next Wed nesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Public officials and other inter ested citizens are invited and urged to attend the meeting. Mr. Baity Is in a position to answer all questions about the program and the preparation of applica tions. "If North Carolina is to re ceive its Just share of\the fund, its public officials must act at once," Mr. Baity is quoted as saying. It is understood that nearly half the money has al ready been allocated. AAA Turns Down Potato Marketing Control Agreement Says Lack of Uniformity in Voting by 13 States is Cause of Decision The AAA announced recently that it had determined not to make ef fective a marketing agreement which would have standardized grad ing and prevented shipments of in ferior potatoes in 13 early and in termediate potato growing states, In cluding North Carolina. The AAA held a referendum on the agreement in May and 73.3 per cent of the voters in the 13 states favored the agreement, 5,528 grow ers voting for it and 1.811 against. North Carolina, where the vote is believed to have been influenced by dissatisfaction over tobacco allot ments, was one of six states which did not approve the agreement by a ratio of as much as two-thirds. The vote in. North Carolina showed a percentage of 65.1 for the agree ment, there being 1,157 affirmative and 619 negative voters. While the over-all vote was suf ficient to make the program effect ive, it would not have been feasible to make it applicable in some areas and not in others, Lawrence Myers, chief of the marketing section, pointed out. - "The decision against making the program generally , effective in the 13 states results from lack of uni formity in the vote cast and from the fact that at the time the refer endum was held, growers in some areas believed that their local vote would determine whether or not the program would be adopted for their areas," said Mr. Myers. "On the |>asis of the majority for the agreement, the Agricultural Ad justment Administration would be legally justified in making the pact effective. Furthermore, at a meeting in Atlanta, representative growers from all the states effected except California, which was not represent ed, expressed the opinion that an ov erwhelming majority of potato pro ducers in most of the early and in termediate areas favored the agree hunt which would standardize grading and keep shipments of in ferior potatoes out of interstate com merce. "After careful consideration, how (Continued on page four) School Bus Routes In County Are Approved} Macedonia Pupils Get Bus Service For Coming Term Recommendations by State School Commission Unchanged The ten-year-old bus service con troversy originating following the [ discontinuance of the Macedonia school on U. S. Highway No. 17 was considered finally settled yesterday when the Martin County Board of Education in special session approv ed the State School Commission plans recommending that free trans portation be given the children of that community who wanted to at tend the Williamston schools. The approval was given by a vote of three to two only after a represen tative of the State School Commis sion assured the board members that transportation would be contin ued for those children who had been attending school at Bear Grass and who wished to continue there. I Last year upon the recommenda tion of the State School Commission the Martin Board of Education de nied free transportation to about 28 pupils who wanted to attend school in Williamston, provisions having been made to haul the children to Bear Grass. The recommendations| were made, it was pointed out ati the meeting yesterday, primarily i from a standpoint of economy. How ever, when the schools were opened last fall, the commission was advis ed by patrons that the plans had not been amicably settled. No change was approved by the board at the re quest of a number of patrons, so transportation was maintained pri vately during the entire term. A change was recommended this week after a special representative of the school commission visited alone the patrons in the community. In his report to the board Represen tative McGregor stated that there were 38 pupils in the disputed ter ritory, that he found the parents of four children favored lh? rf rtr school, and that the parents of 25 children favored the Williamston school* Parents of nine children were neutral, stating that either school would be all right for their young sters. There'll be no marked increase in bus operating costs, it was point ed out, and other things being equal, the board ruled that the will of the majority should prevail. Some members of the board op poaed to free transportation are considering a further investigation, it was unofficially learned. Present plans, however, call for the opera tion of a county bus beginning at Corey's Crossroads and continuing into Williamston without cost to patrons. A second problem before the board yesterday was a proposal to oper ate a Farm Life school bus from Lilley's store to the Hardison Mill Road at the old Hopkins' School in tersection. The proposed change was not recommended by the school com (Continued on page four) N. C. 1937 Peanut Crop Was State's Record Yieldl ' North Carolina's .1837 peanut erop was the state's record crop both in yield per acre (1,170 pounds) and (n production (278,480,000 pounds), re ports Chief Statistician W. H. Rhodes of the State Department of Agricul ture. ? Five Arrested For Alleged Violation Of the Liquor Laws Two Cars and I arge Still Taken by Officers Of County Martin County officers this week are said to have flushed this section's No. Two group of alleged bootleg gers, capturing five men and confis cating two automobiles. A large li quor plant, allegedly the property of two of the men arrested, was wreck ed. William Black and Jackson Bonds, both colored, and Wade Harrell, white man involved in the scalding deatff of a young white man at a li quor still over in Pitt County sever al years ago. were arrested Wednes day by Officers J. H. and C. B. Roe buck StKiUt IW6 miles out ot OaTT City between Highway No. 125 and the old River Road. Reports main tain that the three men were oper ating the plant for Mr Don Lewis and his son, W D. Lewis, both of Pitt County. The two cars were found near the still just back of the Highsmith farm, and were confis cated and placed in storage here. Both of the machines are heavily mortgaged, it is understood. Going into the Oak City section that morning to round up dogs thut had not been vaccinated, the officers learned that the two cars had been driven to the secluded spot and made an investigation. The owners of the earn could nut be found, bur Black, Bonds and Harrell were caught and placed in jail. During the meantime, the officers investigated the case and are said to have con nected the elder Lewis with the still ownership. Later when he came here fo arrange bond for the three men, he was arrested and placed in jail for alleged violation of the li quor laws. The case was turned over to fed eral authorities yesterday morning and a preliminary hearing was held before United States Commissioner Walter llalberstadt. Bond in the sum of $500 was required of each of the three men first arrested. Lewis and his son were each placed under $3, 000 bonds, the commissioner later reducing the bonds to $2,500 and the father and son were released last evening. According-to reports, the alleged operators of the still captured Wed nesday near Oak City have been connected in a large way with the illicit liquor business in three coun ties during recent years. Quota Applications Ready for Raleigh More than 1,000 applications for tobacco marketing allotments will be sent into Raleigh from this county during the week-end. Others wilt follow shortly, it is understood. Reports from Raleigh state that the office there where the quotas are Anally determined, can handle one county's applications each day. Some believe that the cards will not be ready for the farmers until almost marketing time; others are of the opinion the cards will be ready about the second week in Au gust. Farmers in this county have co operated fairly well in offering the information necessary in setting up the quotas, reports stating that very few mistatements of facts have been found Tarboro Rotary Club To Hold Orthopaedic Clinic 4 The Tarboro Rotary Club will hold its regular Orthopaedic Clinic on Monday, July 25, 1938, at 9 a. m. at the Presbyterian church Sunday school rooms, Tarboro, N. C. The Rotary club is anxious to render service to all cripples, re gardless of age or race, who are un able to pay for treatment. We will thank you for your co-operation in finding these cases and directing them to the clinic. Private (pay) patients are request ed not to come before 1 p. m. Roanoke District Christian Church Holds Convention + The Roanoke District of the Christian church will meet the fifth Saturday and Sunday in July at Un ion Grove Christian church at the head of Pungo river community, several miles from Pantegu. Every church in Martin should send dele gates, from both the church and Bible schools. It will give the dele gates a chance to travel through the rich farm tends, and tulip fields Of a section of North Carolina that is attracting unusual attention of late. Delegates from Martin may go by Plymouth, Pinetown, or Pantego. It is in the Terra Ceia section of Beau fort County, Tobacco Curing Drawing To A Close for Martin Fanners Tobacco harvesting, a work that calls for long hours and untiring pa tience, is Rawing to a close on many Martin County farms, reports stat ing that quite a few growers will harvest the last of their crop next week. Possibly a few in the county will complete the work tomorrow. ?Those famiris getting then cmps started late will be curing tobacco during the month of August, but as a whole, the harvesting work will be completed earlier this year than us ual, some farmers stating they arc setting new records in the early hai vesting of their tobacco. Recent reports state that the con dition of the crop, first considered disheartening, has improved great ly in recent weeks, that the plants have turned green and that they arc not ripening so rapidly now. Late estimates indicate that the crop will be around 80 per cent of normal in this section. Farmers generally are reporting excellent curings and high quality, but tilt* weight 13 uniidually li^ht. As the harvesting season draws to a close in this section, Martin far mers are eagerly awaiting reports from the first auction sales that are to get underway in Georgia on Thursday of next week. While doubt 'centers around opening prices, far mers in this county are optimistic over the outlook Liquor Sales in County Show Slight Decrease Total of $387,193.83 Is Soent In County Since Stores Open ? ^( Profits Since July, 1935 Pass the $81,000 Mark Fur the first time since the legal stores were opened in July, 1935, liquor sales in Martin County during the second quahter of this year, showed a decrease as compared with 1 sales for' corresponding quarters in previous years, the gross income' dropping from $31,640.98 in the! months of April, May and June. 193T, to $26,968 35 in the quarter re j cently ended or a decrease of $4. 672.63 Two of the stores, Williams ton and Jamesvillc, show decreases while KobersonviUe and Oak City report slight increases for the quar ter just ended as compared with the same period a year ago. Jamesville, it will be remembered was enjoy ing a thriving business from the neighboring county of Washington j during the second quarter of 1937 or just about the time her neighbors were setting up a store of their own i in Plymouth. Sales at Jamesville1 were $6,780.59 a year ago against $3,101 25 last quarter. The store at Williamston had a decrease of well over a thousand dollars in its sales for the recent period compared with I those in April, May and June of last year. The legal stores in this county re port total sales since,July, 1935, to June 30, this year, of $387,193.83 and a profit of $81,773.09, the trend of sales during the entire period hav ing been decidedly upward until last quarter. Despite a decrease in gross sales, the stores show an increase in oper amounted to $4,484.77 for the second quarter. For the same quarter this year they total $5,853 82. Lower op erating costs, purchase price dis counts and slightly higher prices are reflected in the profit ratio for the two periods, it is understood. I At the pie counter, the State, County, Enforcement bureau and the four liquor-store towns stand with' mouths gapped, patiently awaiting the slicing of profits. Martin Coun-I ty, the sole recipient of the profits, receives for its second quarter slice, | $2,817.65. Playing the role of the wolf at the door, the State is grab bing $1,887 78 as its slice. The en forcement bureau, the agency repre senting the motive behind the estab gets $396.60 (Continued on page four) Registration Books For Bond Vote Close July 30 Books (or the registration of citi zens who wish to vote tn "the $73,000 special bond election here on Au gust 0, must register on or before Saturday of next week Compara tively few people have registered to date, Regis liar <?- ? - HeeeeH- -an nounces. Previous registrations dp not qual ify a citizen to vote, the registrar ex plaining that this is a special elec tion and a new registration is re quired. DRIVE A second drive to complete a county-wide campaign against rabies gets underway tomorrow morning In Oak City at nine o'clock, the authorities advising owners of dogs that are not vac cinated to comply with the law during the neat tew days or face prosecution in the courts. Vac cination stations will be main tained as follows: Beddard's store. Poplar Point, Monday, July 25 from 11 to 1 o'clock; Kobersonville, Tuesday from 9 to 1 o'clock; Jamesvllle, Thurs day from 11 to 1:30 o'clock, and in Williams toil all day. Satur day, July 30. Records show that around 2, 300 dogs have been vaccinated in the county, that there are around 700 to be vaccinated neat week. Few Cases Called In County's Court By Judge Peel Monday ??? Summer Season Slump Is Much in Evidence in Court Circles While general business conditions are showing marked improvement -throughout?the?country,?Martin County's recorder's court headed deeper and deeper into the old sum mer slump on Monday of this week when Judge H. O. Peel called only a half dozen cases. No startling ac tion marked the proceedings, but there was a fair-sized crowd present to watch the wheels of justice turn. Jamesvrile's mayor's court gained prestige in the eyes of the publia when Judge Peel upheld Justice Corey's decision and alleged Pete Bell, Plymouth's Negro attorney, guilty of speeding through the Mar tin County town's busy intersection a few weeks ago. Bell was assisted in his defense by a county attorney. No fine was imposed by the court, but the defendant will find his ap peal costly as costs in the courts are -now in the lower brackets. Charged with reckless driving, Melvin Rountree was found guilty, Ihe court suspending sentence upon payment of the cost. Leamon Johnson, charged with re ceiving stolen goods, was found not guilty. Pleading guilty of larceny and receiving, John Henry Mills was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months. Facing the same charge in a second case, Mills was sentenc ed to the roads for six months, the cpurt specifying that the- second sen tence was to begin at ttre expiration of the first. Collen Smith and Ira Clark, charged with-the larceny of chick ens, were sentenced to the roads for sikty days aaoh. _____?_ a SPEND DAY IN NORFOLK ? Home Rogers, J. 3. Griffin, H. tf. Peel and Ben Riddick spent yester day in Norfolk on businen. New Intangible Tax Law To Cost County and Several Towns More Than $6,000 Revenue This Year Municipalities and County To Receive $ 1.826.45 from State Combined Tax Last Year on Intangibles About ' $8,500 The new method of handling taxes on intangible properties will cost Martin County and its several towns approximately $0.680 85 this year, according to unofficial figures re leased this week by the State De partment of Aevenue, Raleigh. In 1937, the county and the several towns collected or are to collect ap proximately $8,507 30 in taxes lev ied against such properties as notes, mortgages, bonds and other intan gibles. Taking over the intangible list, lock, stock and barrel, under a law passed by the general assem bly last year, the State has allotted $1,826.45 for distribution to the coun Jy and the several towns in it. The exact amounts the county and towns will receive individually have not been released by the department. ?In 1937, the asseuuod valuation of intangible properties in this county totaled $373,390: At a rate of $1.41 the county received $5,264 80. In ad | dition to that amount, the special road districts of Cross Roads, Ham ilton. Goose Nest and Williamston levied small amounts. In Williams ton, fourteen citizens listed solvent credits at $44,337, and at the cur ent rate of $2.60 the town received $1,152.76 Exact figures for the town of Robersonville are not available, but it is estimated that that town collected in excess of $1,500 from intangible property in 1937. Other towns collected small amounts, run ning the actual tax total to approx imately $8,500. This year, the group has a scant $1,800 to divide. The loss of this revenue is almost certain to be reflected in town tax I rates fur the year 1938, the county having squeezed by with the aid of increased liqugr profits. Realizing that only a small per centage of the owners listed intan gibles for taxation, State taxing au thorities advanced an amendment to the State constitution empowering the State to tax such property. It was proposed to reduce the rate on such property, the taxing authorities maintaining that the owners would then list their intangibles. Records show that the listings have been ma terially increased, but the low rate and with the State treasurer horning in on what was collected there is now little left to the counties and towns after expenses for collection were deducted. In the first year that the State has attempted to collect a tax on intangibles, a total of $904,633.33 was taken in at an expense of $30, 185 33, leaving $868,449 to be divid ed equally between the State coffers and those of counties and municipal ities. The total collections were a little over a million dollars short of the legislative estimate of $2,000,000. However, according to the Board of | Assessment; the valuations on which the classified tax was levied this year are approximately five times the combined valuations previously on the tax records of counties and municipalities Will Seek Removal Of New Fish Markets Here ? Property owners on Washington street are said to be considering an appeal to the courts in an effort to have two newly built fish houses re moved from town property on Rail road Street just back of the Staton building. Definite plans for advancing the complaint have been advanced, but unofficial reports maintain that the buildings were constructed in viola tion of the fire laws and that the handling of fish constitutes a nui sance to business houses nearby. Reader List Of Enterprise Still Continues To Gain a P. P. Peel, Williamston; L. B. Bell, Williamston; A. Corey, James viile; Mrs. J. N. Biggs. Williamston; W. R. Ruber son, Long Island, H. Y.;, H. L. Manning, Williamston; Alton -H - Stalls, Evcrctta; W. W. B*nM. Sanatorium; C. C. Walters, James ville; Emma Gurganus, Williamston; J. C. Smith, RobersonviUe; C. M. Hunt, RobersonvUle; S. D. Griffin, Williamston; Hubbard Griffin, Wil liamston; R. A. Haislip, Hasaell.
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