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R'illiamtton. Martin County. North ( arolina. Friday. May 19. /9.?9.
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Highly Respected
Citizen Of County
Dies At Age Of 83
Last Rites For Mrs. Martha
Peel Held in Bear Crass
Yesterday Afternoon
Mrs. Martha Godwin Peel, highly
respected county citizen, died at her
home in Bear Grass Township Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from a stroke of paralysis suffered
the Sunday evening before. Eighty
three years old the 22nd of last
month, Mrs. Peel was unusually alert
until about a year ago when she ex
perienced declining health. Howev
er, she remained fairly active most
of the time right up until her last
illness. Attending a special mother's
day dinner with her children, Mrs.
Peel appeared unusually bright last
Sunday. She apparently enjoyed the
event greatly, and rejoiced in the
family gathering.
The daughter of the late William
and Sallie A. Godwin, Mrs Peel was
born in this county near here. Her
father, shortly after moving from
Hertford County to teach in the
early schools of this county, married
Miss Sally Ann Roberson, and locat
ed near Williamston. When the arm
ies of the north invaded the coun
try, Mrs. Peel then a little girl sought
refuge with members of her family
along Albemarle Sound Her young
mind impressed by the events of
that early day, Mrs Peel ever re
mained loyal to the South, develop
ing into a typical Southern woman
who commanded the friendship and
held the love and esteem of every-,
one.
In 1876 she was married to Jesse
Biggs Peel, the event marking the
beginning of a devotion that grew
for her family as the years past She
made her life secondary to the wel
fare and happiness of her family, and
no mother could have held a great
devotion of her loved ones that they
held by her
In 1817 she joined the Primitive
Baptist church with her husband at
Bear Grass, and in the years that fol
lowed she was an obedient follow
er of that faith. Her life was marked
by its friendliness, and there was a
liberal understanding for the rights
and feelings of others. Her daily
walk through life exemplified the
finer ideals, and in the kindly and
thoughtful acts done for others she
found a great happiness Mrs Peel
was appreciative of the opportuni
ties of life and seemed to enjoy life
itself so much.
Following the death of her hus
band on September 4, 1918, Mrs Peel
continued to make her home on the
old Peel plantation, but always in
terested in the welfare of her chil
dren and grandchildren she often
visited with them until about a year
ago when her health began to fail
and she returned to the old home
to spend the remainder of her days
She is survived by the following
children, Messrs. Herbert D., J. Law
ience, Ben F , W. G. and Oscar H
Peel, all of this county, and Mrs
OUie Nelson and Mrs Sallie Col
train, also of this county She leaves
eighteen grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. Mrs Peel was
th? last member of her immediate
family, a brother, Ben F. Godwin,
for a number of years mayor of Wil
liamston, preceding her to the grave
a few years ago.
Funeral services were conducted
at the late home yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock by Elders B S. Cowin
and A. B Ayers, of the Primitive
Baptist church, assisted by Rev. J.
H. Smith, pastor of the local Baptist
church. Interment was in the fam
ily plot near the old home in Bear
Township.
Active pallbearers were Messrs
Archie Peel. Herbert Peel, Charles
Peel, Edwin Peel, Jease Coltrain, of
Rocky Mount, Alfred Bowen, of Suf
folk, Alex Thigpen, Ralph Nelson,
of Raleigh and Hugh Roberson, of
Oak City.
Honorary pallbearers were Messrs.
Vernon Lewis, Charles Godwin, C.
D. Carstarphen, Dred Darden, Gar
land Barnhill, J El- Pope and G. A.
Peel
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Among those from out-of-town at
tending the last rites were, Misses
Rachel, Sarah, Clara and Dorothy
Godwin, and Messrs. Ben and Will
Godwin and Mrs. Clara Godwin, of
Tarboro; Mr and Mrs. Alfred Bow
en of Suffolk; Mr and Mrs. Lomar
Peel and John Leggett, of Plymouth;
Mr. and Mrs. State Peel, of Belhav
en; Mr and Mra Lewis Godwin, of
Farmville; Mrs. Grover C. Godwin,
of Sanatorium, and Mr. and Mrs.
James Gatling, of Windsor.
Work Started On Rural
Electric Line Extension
Construction work was started on
a rural electric extension line in
Griffins Township this morning by
forces of the Virginia Electric and
Power Company. Branching off the
Farm Life extension at the' home of
Mileys Lilley, the two and one-half
line will reach to the Arthur Revels
home, serving ten customers in be
tween the two points.
Work will be completed by next
Wednesday when the line will be
made ready for use, Bill Glover, con
struction engineer for the company,
said this morning.
Plans are being considered for ex
tending the line an additional two
mils* or more to serve about the
at<
Public Urged to Participate
In Ca m pa ig nAga i nst Typhoid
On the eve of another campaign
to reduce the number of typhoid fev
er cases to an absolute minimum,
county health forces are appealing
to the general public for a strong co
operation in making the drive a suc
cess.
Where the county once had scores
of cases of typhoid and numerous
resulting deaths annually, the fev
er has been brought almost und >r
control, health records showing only
three cases of the fever in the coun
ty last year. For about the first time
in many years, no deaths were at
tributable to typhoid fever in the
county
While conditions, inviting to ty
phoid have been improved to some
extent, it is entirely possible for the
fever to flare up again under ex
isting conditions. Immunization is
the only sure way to eradicate the
fever and the public is urged to
visit the nearest vaccination point
during the campaign.
During the first four weeks, the
campaign will be centered in the
lower half of the county. Following
u two weeks' interval, the campaign
i will be carried into the oilier half
of the county, the schedule for the
latter section to be announced la
ter.
The campaign will get underway
in three communities next Monday
as follows: No. 90 Filling Station in
Williams Township at 8:3 a m.;
Jamesville school at 10 a m., and
Jordan's Store at 2 p. m.
On Tuesday, May 23. the follow
ing schedule will be observed Farm
Life School 8:30 a. m.; Eason Lilley's
Store, 10 a. m . and Bear Grass
School, 2 p. m.
On Wednesday. May 4, the health
forces will be located at Corey*' Fill
ing Station in Bear Grass Town
ship
On Thursday, May 25. the clinic
will be opened in the Williamston
colored school.
The following day. May 26, the
vaccine will be given for ,white only
in the offices of the health depart-:
ment in the town hall
The same schedule will be follow-1
ed each week during four weeks, the
fourth week having been added to
care for those who are unable to
take the first of the three "shots" on
the first day of the schedule.
| RENEWS HOPE
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Hope. abandoned (or the exe
cution of
$122,000 Public
Works. Administration improve
ment program here a few months
ago, has been renewed, local of
ficials stating this week that
there is still a possibility of pro
moting the street-sewer-water
project.
Following a proposal of Sen
ator Meade to appropriate a half
billion dollars to complete those
PWA projects proposed but not
included In the last program,
the application for a $52,000
grant and $72,000 loan to the
town is again being considered,
it was learned.
If the half billion dollar ap
propriation is made by the
congress, it is believed that the
proposed project here can be in
cluded and work started within
a short time.
TVig Day Proves
Very Successful
Tag Day. Wednesday. May 17th,
sponsored by the Junior Woman's
club for the benefit of the library j
fund, proved to be quite a success.
Total receipts realized from the sale
of tags amounted to $49.74, with the
cash awards for the girl scout sell
ing the most tags going to Ann Mea
dor and to the boy scout, J. B. Tay
lor. Faye Gurganus and Delia Jane
Mobley were runners-up for second
and third places respectively for the
girls, with John Goff and Collins
Peele runners-up for the boys.
Much credit for the success of the
project is due to the untiring efforts
of the boy and girl scouts, who work
ed the entire day.
Mrs. Jim Cook, chairman of the
project, announced that the money
gained from this sale will be used
to buy books suitable for the boys 1
and girls of the scout age
Strike Continues
To Hohl Mill Idle
Closed a week ago last Monday by
a strike in the plant of the Kieck
hefer Company in Delair, N. J., the
plant of the North Carolina Pulp
Company continues idle in this coun
ty, late reports from an authorative
source indicating that no definite
agreement has been reached and
that a date for reopening the local
mill cannot be determined
The strike is said to involve no con
troversy over wages, that the strike
was ordered to gain recognition for
various locals representing the Am
erican Federation of Labor
A meeting was scheduled in the
New Jersey town early this week,
but one of the plant owners was said
to have been in this section and no
meeting was held as far as it could
be learned here. Another meeting
was scheduled to have been held in
New Jersey yesterday, but it could
not be learned if an agreement was
reached.
The closing of the plant in this
county is affecting about 750 famil
ies, about one-half of whom are em
ployees of the company. Hie others
are employed in the woods, the com
bined groups receiving about $15,
000 weekly under normal operating
conditions
Several Marriage l.irentet
I trued In Pat! Feui Dayt
Reduced to an almost negligible
number following the passage of the
health laws governing the issuance
of marriage laws, the number of
licenses is beginning to show a slight
increase at the bureau in this coun
ty. Several licenses have been is
sued during the past few days, in
cluding one to Charlie Beacham
and Daisy Bullock, both of this coun
ty, and one to James Milton Mizelle,
of Jamesvllle and Lllliam Riddlck.
of Washington County.
Short Session Of
County Court Is
Held List Monday
Only Three La new Lulled By
judge Herbert O. IVel
During Period
The summer slump, starting possi
bly a little earlier than usual, tight
ened its hold on the Martin County
Recorder's court when Judge H. O
Peel convened the tribunal in reg
ular session. Short dockets are the
order, as a general rule, in June.
July and a part ^of August, and sel
dom do the case counts get as low as
three in May or any other month ex
cept in the summer time It is rea
soned that a return to the activities
on the farm and the resulting quiet
times in the towns and villages has
caused a slump in general crime ac
tivities.
Judge Peel and Solicitor I). E
Johnson completed their work last
Monday in short order, the records
showing only three cases were call
ed.
Leatnon James, young colored fel
low who fell into the hands of the
law in the Free Union section of
Griffins Township last Friday af
ternoon, was sentenced to the roads
for a period of six months. He plead
ed guilty of violating the liquor
laws. James, walking along the coun
try road in an intoxicated condition,
stumbled into the hands of the law
with seven and one-half pints of li-!
quor on his person. Accepting a lift
from the officers, James was riding
to the county jail before he recog
nized Special Enforcement Officer
J. H. Roebuck and Deputy Bill Hai
slip.
Albert Sparrow, charged with a
knife attack several weeks ago on
the -person of C. B. Roberson, was
adjudged guilty, the court directing
witness' doctqr in addition to a fine
of $25 and the payment of the cost.
Scores of stitches were required to
close the gashes made in the attack
on Roberson which took place on
Roanoke River.
?The case charging William "Ward"
with drunken driving was continued
under prayer for judgment until the
third Monday'in August.
Officers Destroy
Four Lufuor Plants
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After a period of little activity in
their department, liquor law en
forcement officers swung into action
this week and wrecked four liquor
plants in the county However, re
ports from the' field indicate that
there is little progress being made by
the illicit manufacturers in the coun
ty at the present time
Two of the plants were wrecked
in the Free Union section of James
ville Township last Tuesday. About
900 gallons of beer was poured out,
the officers confiscating a 50 gallon
capacity copper kettle. The still had
been removed from the other plant.
On Wednesday, the officers cap
tured a 40-gallon capacity copper
kettle near the Ball Gray farm in
the same township and poured out
about 200 gallons of beer.
In Bear Grass Township yesterday
the officers captured a copper ket
tle of about 100-gaIlon capacity and
poured out 200 gallons of beer
Special Officer J. H. Roebuck and
Deputy Roy Peel made the raids
Review* Forettry Project
In The County Thi* Week
Bill Barker, assistant extension
forester of State College, was in the
county this week checking a foreatry
project this is being carried on in
Griffins Township by B. F. Lilley, Jr.
The club boy's project there is one
of only one of a few that are under
observation in the county at the
present time
Barker's findings were not releas
ed during his visit in the county.
Alfred Pettiford,
Victim Of Knife
Attack Succumbs
Bookrr T. William*, A**ail
aut, Kvaden Strong Arm
Of Loral liiw
Savagely attacked by Booker T.
Williams in Ward's Store on East
Main Street here on Sunday night,
April 30. Alfred "Preacher" Petti
ford. colored man. died in a Wash
ington hospital early Wednesday
morning of this week Stabbed twice
in the head with a pocket knife, Pet-,
tiford was paralyzed, and when
doctors examined him soon after the
attack they expressed the opinion
that death was only a matter of a
few days or weeks
Pettiford, an employee of the
Saunders and Cox lumber mill here,
was said to have been dancing with 1
his girl friend when Williams slip- j
ped up behind him and without
warning stabbed him in the head
twice. The first blow did not pene
trate the skull, but on the second
blow Williams drove the knife to
the handle in the man's head, Petti- j
ford falling to the floor.
Reaching the scene of the attack
soon after it took place, officers were
unable to establish the identity of:
the attacker at first and when they j
did Williams was gone. After re
moving Pettiford to a doctor's office
for treatment, the officers returned
to the scene of the attack and finally
learned from James Henry Hill, a
'boy, who wielded the knife. Friends I
| of Williams refused to reveal his
identity and no accurate account of j
the attack could be had. The young
j boy who talked was later attacked 1
by Annie Duncan, sister of Williams
and she was carried into court for1
the attack and after she cursed and
threatened the boy's father, Henry !
Hill
Unable to get any cooperation
from any of the witnesses to the at
tack, officers have met with one ob
stacle after another in their search J
for Williams. They have traveled in
to two counties and investigated
numerous clues that were proved
unfounded.
"It is characteristic of local color
ed people to feign ignorance of a
crime that is enacted even before
their very eyes, and it is very sel
dom that any of the race will coop
erate with the law in running down
a criminal or in prosecuting a case,"
Chief of Police W B. Daniel com j
merited after members of the local'
police force and the sheriff had fail
ed to find the murderer
The Pettiford murder is the sec
ond here within about one year in
which the murderer escaped.
Rural Employment
Reaches Hi fill Peak
A high point in farm employment
was reported a few days ago when
planting time arrived throughout
the agricultural belt. A recent esti
mate of the United States Depart -
ment f>f. AgricuIture placed the num
ber of those employed on the farms
at 11.362.001). Iiast year about the
same number of workers was busily
engaged in farm work.
ThTTesTTmate was based apparent- I
ly on surveys made just prior to the j
big drive by farmers to get their to
bacco transplanted. Reports state i
that?numbers of?men?and?women
have been called from the unem-1
ployed ranks of semi-industrial
workers to the tobacco fields. In
some instances unexperience 1 labor
was placed on the machines used in
transplanting the crop.
Reliable reports maintain that
2(HJ persons were counter! at a sin
gle tobacco bed in the county this
week. The bed, said to have held en
ough plants for possibly 100 acres,
had been abandoned by the owner,
and the *49 gold rush could not have
been more crowded than the little
spot in Poplar Point Township after
news of the "strike" had been broad
cast in that and neighboring sec
tions.
Unemployed in the agricultural
ranks was reduced to a minimum
when farmers wbo had planned to
plant no tobacco changed their minds
and then found it necessary to call
in outside help to rush arrangements
to completion at the last minute.
ANXIOUS
Their fields bulging with to
bacco, farmers over the bright
belt can hardly wait to start
plowing and fertilising the gol
den weed, reports from various
sections in three counties state.
Completing the transplanting
work in the county this week,
.Martin farmers started sharing
their surplus plants by the tens
of thousands with their Bertie
neighbors, many of whom are
said to be going into the tobac
co business for the first time. It
was estimated that ZM outsiders
were pulling plants from a
single bed In the county at one
time this week.
Over in Wayne County, far
mers are applying top dressing
and plowing their crops after an
anxious fashion, it was stated.
Beer Retailers About Taxed
Out of Business in County
The federal, state, county and mu
nicipal governments with their com
bined power to raise revenue have
just about taxed beer retailers out
of business in this county, prelimi
nary reports from the sale of renew
al licenses indicating that possibly
twenty or twenty-five dealers will
stop handling the beverage during
j tin- next fiscal year.
Faced with a combined tax of $65.
I small retailers are finding it prohi
bitive to handle beer, the accumu
lative profits during a year failing
in some instances to offset the cost
and -combined taxes While the de
creased number of dealers is likely
to effect a decrease in beer sales, it
is possible that the beer drinkers
will switch to soft drinks and possi
bly a few will turn to hard liquors
to quench their thirst or to get their
"kicks".
,?During the past, fiscal yeaiy-Mar
ttn County collected $1.16250 m beer]
taxes. An additional $125 was col
leeted by the* county from winedeal
ers. Licenses were issued to forty-1
seven beer and five wine dealers. In |
addition to the $1,162.50 license fees,
the forty-seven beer dealers were,'
required to pay six cents a crate
which amount represented a quar
Iter of a cent crown tax A similar'
I amount was collected jointly by the
federal and state governments, and
the town collected $15 from each
dealer.
Starting the sale of the new fis
cal year licenses a few days ago,
Sheriff C B Roebuck stated that
eight or Urn had advised him they
Would not handle beer during the
new fiscal year. Based on these
reports present indications are
that possibly twenty or more beer
I retailers will quit handling the light
I beverage Sheriff Roebuck stated as
| his opinion yesterday that revenue
j licenses will hardly exceed $600 dur
| ing the new fiscal year.
Farm Conditions Arc
Better Under The FSA
Note Improvement
In This County
In Recent Years
INYurly .'i(M) Farmer* \i?lr?I
In Thi* C ounty, Krcent
Survev Show*
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Results of a nation-wide survey
received from Washington by Coun
ty FSA Supervisor D. G. Modlin, of
Williamston, show that farmers
farming under the rehabilitation
program of the Farm Security Ad j
ministration are gaining in net worth
repaying tlu-ir debts and making a |
better living.
The survey winch included pro
gress figures from the 263 FSA bor
rowers in Martin and Edgecombe
counties, as well as from other
counties throughout the nation
showed that 232.000 typical farm
families are worth $61,000,000 morel
now than they were worth when
they came on the FSA program. The
average per family gain in net ,
worth over and above all debts
was $265.
Farmers have already paid back
$77,000,000 out of a total loaned of
$261,000,000, although much of the
money loaned will not be due for
four or five years
The survey further showed FSA
farmers are now growing three
times as much food fur home use as j
they produced before they came on
I the program. Fruits and vegetables |
I canned increased 331 per cent; milk
370 per cent; eggs 275 per cent, and
meat 344 per cent. A substantial in
i crease was noted in farming equip- J
merit, and the average borrower
now bos two horsi's where he for
, merly had only one. There was also
a considerable increase in acreage,
per family, in food and feed crops.
A total of $4,500,000 in back taxes
was paid to counties and other poll
i tical subdivisions as a result of the
friendly adjustment of debts for the
100,000 farmers.
The first of the year Mr Modlin
and other county supervisors furn
ished data for the Washington of
fice taken from county records and
farm plans. The figures are average
for the county.
Commenting on the progress made
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
said the survey shows that FSA far
mers are "gaming strength to pull
themselves higher up the economic
ladder, instead of slipping further
down." He said the figures prove
conclusively the economic as well as
the social wisdom of the FSA pro
gram.
"But there is still much to be
done," County Supervisor Modlin
pointed out. "On an average FSA
I farmers have macje much progress,
but most of them have not yet reach
ed the top. Many still are near the
bottom of the ladder "
'The Farm Security Administra
tion," he explained, is not only help
ing its borrowers to do better farm
ing but it is also helping them to
improve the soil and build up their
farms. And when it comes to build
ing up a farm, that often is a slow
process."
The survey shows that 22 per cent
still lacked adequate beds; 16 per
cent had inadequate stoves; 34 per
cent lacked adequate medical atten
tion; 22 per cent did not have pro
tected water supplies; 3H per cent
lived in unscreened houses; and 58
per cent of the families still were
Without sanitary tOlletX,
"In some cases conditions are such
that a long time will be required to
show marked improvement, but by
and large FSA families show a will
ingness to try and the average pro
gress they are making is very en
couraging," Mr. Modlin said.
Mr. Dick Slade leaves tomorrow
evening with a party of friends to
viait old Mexico.
MOKK CIIKCKS |
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Although they are coming in
rather slowly in late days, soil
conservation checks are still be
ing distributed to those Martin
County farmers who participat
ed in the farm program last sea
son. Approximately $1,000 was
distributed among about a doz
en farmers this week, bringing
the total payments up to $133,
224.00 for the season.
These payments, representing
1,138 applications, average about
$117. It is estimated that the ap
applications of 150 farmers are
still pending and that when they
are finally approved, the total
conservation payments in this
county will exceed $150,000.
Start Action For
Divorce In County
Charged with bigamy, Mrs. Effie
Cook immediately started an action
for an absolute divorce when she!
appeared_iii_lhe courts here this I
week to answer the charge at a pre- j
liminary hearing held before Justice
Hassell.
Marrying a second tune apparent j
ly in good faith with the understand !
ing that her first husband had pro
cured a divorce, Mrs Cook, upon
learning that no such action had
been taken, immediately brought
suit against Grocer Cook, Roanoke
Rapids man, for an absolute divorce.
In the complaint filed in the su
perior court of this county last Tues
day, Mrs. Cook alleges cruelty
Pointing out that the couple were
married in April, 1935, the complaint
alleges the defendant "was cruel To
her. utilised her choked her ailiL
greatly injured and damaged her to
the extent of endangering her life."
It was also pointed out in the com
plaint that several months after
their separation, plaintiff received
a letter from Cook stating that he
had obtained u divorce! that she just
recently learned he had "lied" to1
her.
The opinion was expressed here |
that Cook wanted a divorce for him
self, that by swearing out a warrant
charging her with bigamy, Mrs
Cook, who later married Eli Rober
son, of this county, would apply for
a divorce and finance the cost of the
action and save him the expense.
Plan Vole On Gratlin#
Tobacco At Greenville
CJovcrnmcnt tobacco grading on*
the Greenville market next season
will likely be determined by a vote
of the market's patrons this sum
mer, according i<> unofficial informa
tion received here this week. Martin
County farmers who sold on the
Greenville market last season will
be eligible to participate in the
referendum, it is understood.
The government grading service,
held valid by the supreme court was
available on several markets in this
State last year
Material* Not Available
Tor KtxuL Report* State
The fate of the proposed Old Mill
Inn-Farm Life road project again
bobbed up in the uncertain column
today when it was learned that ma
terials for the construction of the
road had not been made available.
Later reports received this after
noon indicated that it would be pos
sible to go ahead with the road, that
highway authorities had been asked
to include the project in the next
contract letting to be held next Tues
day.
GUEST OF MISS BARBER
Miss Ruby Herman, of Goldston,
is the guest of Miss Ernestine Bar
ber today.
Plenty Of Money
For Slot Machine
E North Carolina
';;"ne *? r??i
... J,(KM) Machine
Almost Daily
1 ?" re isn t enough money to pay
,t ^b"|' whoy holz
ctare "curren^tnTl n"tion de"
reports Accompanying these
"t s'?vz^
Legalized by the la?t I . . . '
"f Crave,, County thl "T*"g out
that more than I 000 si" i bating
nearly all ,yp' T(' m?chmes of
Ihere and llon ' b"' " P^'ted"
survey by Harlote"c'"l'""0*'"* ?
-f >Le iC:'Nw^t' -d
paper H" n- news
N
"^.sneounirandaa'i liceMed
a'definite ?and b^'the "W"ers' and
ers oil the o.er . * rommisaion
ronno, be "jg
problem ,s du.np.,1 the,r Ls
Thou "J KaU'IKh yesterday ?
thousands of illegal ?i,x? ?
The V, Maxw<'11 said yesterday
lie subneted ,Cl'rta!Jnly "U?h? "ot to
tie vices in all La "P<'" ambling
Commissioner Maxwel/'Lid? ^buMl
lo prevent 'that eMfori''
rMSfisarwiff
'<'*>"8 the rigid regulations work^i
?y .he,,iS7n"r-h'?? "'*a"^
->> ?K l!IJ9 legislature The lemsla
prt>y'd"< '"at machines pf.y?,
XrrTmi ,,,ay?*?
While all devices of that type were
Since 11 ,y "" ^ '""'lagan act of 1937
n ;TT^- N,,rih c'i,",i",a h
Mr m ",?y sut'h machines
Mr Maxwell reiterated II, n ?
pmboard or slot machine hcerC
would be issued by the stateunTi
Tiew' law ",r' ""lie. Tit
a) n-.s which iv.v ff d
disc lot ' y "ff merchan
. tokens or money still will be
;;;;?at and the Stale will no,
aie'g'i ,0 h I'io'u * a ?f whuh machines
not w It K tU'v,0,'s ami which are
plague tiic revenue depart
Vil e u'r The
sol 111 tor ,,f a county court asked a
ruling yesterday on whether a pin
board machine allowing free gam?
t" persons making certain hh?
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eruT "wJl'i 'Vl"""'y Mineral Rub
in II Wettacli said that such a ma
c line violated the spirit of the law
law "" 1 vlo'a'i* the letter of the
"We're doubtful about it," he said.
"The emii't will liavi tu lule un the?
legality. I told the solicitor I'd like
to see him prosecute the case."
Assistant Attorney General Wade
llruton said no device was legal un
til licensed by the revenue depart
ment and that the department had
been advised to issue no licenses un
til June 1.
Commissioner Maxwell said no li
cense will be issued directly to op
erators of the machines. Each appli
cation for license must be accom
panied by a full description of the
device, its serial number and where
it is to be located.
Revenue department officials will
study each application to determine
whether the device involved is legal
and if it is held to be so, the license
will be mailed to a revenue depart
ment field deputy. Me will then in
spect the machine and if he finds it
to be of a legal type, will stick the
license to the machine with the glue
of a type which will prevent remov
al of the license to another machine.
Commissioner Maxwell said each
license will bear the notation that it
is not valid for any machine which
operates in violation of the law. That
I notation, he said, is designed to pre
vent Manufacturers from installing
new works inside the case of a ma
chine which bears a license.
"We are trying to handle this in a
way that will leave us in the clear,"
he said.
All field deputies will come to
Raleigh May 29 and 30 for a discus
sion of revenue law changes made
by tin- last legislature.
Commissioner Maxwell smilingly
said he imagined discussion of li
censing slot and pinboard machines
would occupy a great deal of the
conference time.
Miss Allie Harden. Mrs. Clinton
House and son, John Clinton, of Rob
ersonville, and Mr. Fred Laww, of
Greenville, were the guests of
friends hare last night
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