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VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 42 William Hon, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Friday, May 26, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899
County Town Goes
Begging For Mayor
After Nominee Quits
Municipal Election Schedule*!
To Be Held There Next
Tuesday
Virtually settling a few weeks ago
their political problems for the
coming two years after a six-year
period of uncertainty as to who was
in charge of their town affairs,
Jamesville citizens woke up Wed
nesday morning to learn that their
nominee for mayor had moved
away. The town is now looking for
another nominee, and it is possible
there'll be a spirited election in the
county town next Tuesday.
Warning the nominating conven
tion several weeks ago that he might
not be in Jamesville much longer,
Nominee W. T Gibson, the section's
popular physician during the past
several years, moved to South Caro
lina Wednesday morning And now
the town authorities and election of
ficials are not certain as to what to
do. They are anxious to abide by the
wishes of the people, but to do that
and make the action legal calls for
time and study. Questioned today,
one of the commissioners stated that
they were seeking legal advice and
it was hoped that some arrangement
could be made whereby a mayor
could be legally elected along with
three commissioners next Tuesday.
It is possible that Dr. Gibson's
name will appear on the ticket, and
space provided for the voters to in
sert a second name and vote for the
man of their choice since the regu
lar nominee will not be able to serve
if elected.
Registrar Bob Mobley states that
the names of few electors?six?were
added/to the books, but it is likely
that many of those whose names are
on the books will participate in the
election if the officials rule that
name is written on the regular bal
lot are to be recognized in the count.
Leslie Hardlson, son of a former
mayor, has been suggested as a pos
sible nominee to succeed Dr. Gibson
on the ballot, but there is some
doubt if his name can be legally
printed on the ticket without the
approval of the nominating conven
tion. It is generally understood that
his election or that of any other cit
izen meeting the qualifications of
the office will be legal if their names
are wrritten on the ballot and a ma
jority is polled by any one of them.
It is also possible for the voters
to support Nominee Gibson along
with the candidates for places on
the board of commissioners. The
newly elected commissioners then
could declare the office vacant and
appoint a man of their own choos
ing.
The new nominees for places on
the board of commissioners are
Messrs. C. C. Fleming, Joe Holliday
and O. W. Hamilton. Messrs. C. A.
Askew, Watson Waters and Clar
ence Sexton are the present mem
bers of the board, but the town has
been operating during the past six
years part of the time without a
mayor. And just when the voters
made plans to fill the position va
cant these past few months, they
learn that their nominee has moved
away.
Girl Scouts Hold
Meet Last Night
The Wohelo Girl Scouts of Wil
liamston, Troop 1, met in the Amer
ican Legion Hut for their investitute
ceremony Thursday evening at 8
o'clock. Meeting the girls in front
of the hut, Miss Mary Taylor, cap
tain,'and Mrs. Coy Roberson, lieu
tenant, of the troop, led them into
the hut where a horseshoe was form
ed before the burning candelabra.
After singing the scout song, Miss
Taylor invested Mary Warren a pa
trol leader and she in turn present
ed the members of her troop. Then
followed Madeline Taylor, patrol
leader, who presented her troop. Ann
Lindsley, assistant patrol leader, pre
sented her troop who were invest
ed followed by Lillian Maxwell,
troop leader, who presented her
troop who received their investure.
This investure included the duty of
one to her God, her county and ser
vice to her fellows. Each of the
Scouts invested received her pin for
having passed the tenderfoot test.
With a charge to each of the scouts
the ceremony closed with the sing
ing of "Taps". Many parents and
children were present for the cere
mony.
The following girls were invested:
Patrol leader, Mary Warren, Mary
O'Neal Pope, Delia Jane Mobley,
Patsy King, Nancy Mercer, Ann
Fowden and Ray Leggett; patrol
leader Madeline Taylor, Mary Tru
lah Peele, Eliza Daniels and Frances
Thomas; assistant patrol leader, Ann
Lindsley, Mary Neal Lindsley, Al
berta Knox, Betsy Manning, Frances
Jarman and Anne Meador; patrol
leader, Lillian Maxwell, Gertrude
Mac La whom, Letitia Maxwell, Mil
dred Laasiter, Dora Twiddy, Gloria
Roberson, Angelia McLawhorn and
Jane Goff.
Memorial Day Will
Be Obirrmf 'A s Holiday
Next Tuesday, National Memorial
Day, will be observed here as a holi
day by sthe postoffice, banks and
the offices of the Virginia Electric
and Power Company.
Circulate Petition To License
Slot Machines In This County
Plans are well advanced over the
State for planting a crop of slot ma
chines second in size only to the
current tobacco crop, relaible reports
stating that the machine owners and
their agents are starting a drive to
enter Martin County with the auto
matic coin collector
According to information coming
from the office of the sheriff today,
a petition is being prepared to estab
lish the business in Martin, report
ed to be the only county in the State
where the machine is outlawed. "We
are anxious to get the machines in
operation in this county that we
might stimulate business." a repre
sentative of one of the contraption
manufacturers was quoted as say
ing.
Several manufacturers have made
direct inquiries about locating their
machines in the county. Sheriff C.
B. Roebuck staling tnal no action
to license the machines will be tak
en until the county commissioners
meet in regular session June 5. If it
is in their power to do so, it is un- J
derstood that the commissioners will
refuse to license the machines in this
county regardless of action taken by
authorities in the 99 other counties
in the State. A ruling has been ask
ed of the Attorney General in con
nection with the county board's au
thority to refuse or to grant licenses
for the operation of the machines.
As a source of revenue, the li
censing of the machines offers little
inducement to the authorities who
have to collect the taxes and contend
with the gambling and robbery or
dinarily associated with what has
been termed a "racket" in this coun
ty in years past.
It is the consensus of opinion that
the public is not in favor of having
the machines located in this county,
and that the county commissioners
will be supported in their refusal
to license their operation.
All types of machines, including
in operation in some counties al
ready, and the taxing authorities are
admitting that the licensing busi
ness is almost certain to constitute
one big headache.
HEALTH QUEEN
Miss l.ucillr, Cox, represent
ing the Kobersonville 4-II club,
was recently named county
health queen following exami
nations made of a large number
of club members in the county.
Spirited Election
Predicted In Town
Of Everetts June 6
More Tliati I (Ml lluve Kegiit
teretl; Independent Ticket
Is Kx|>ecled
Rushing to get their names on the
registration books, Everetts citizens,
showing a record interest in their
home-town political affairs, are
making ready for a spirited election
there on Tuesday, June 6 More
than 100 citizens have already regis
tered and others are expected to get)
their names on the books before the
6 o'clock on the registration activi-1
ties.
"There is no factional fight. We
are interested in an active town
board and mayor," a citizen of the
thriving little county town said this
morning, and no argument over the
eligibility of voters is expected when
(he registration books are thrown
open on Saturday of next week by
Registrar J. S. Ayers, Jr., for the
challenge of any electors whose
names have no legal right to be on
the books.
There has been some talk of an in
dependent ticket, and while reports
state that there'll be independent
candidates to contest the election
with the nominees of the last Friday
night convention, their names have
not been made public. The very fact
that 110 people have already regis
tered is cause for one to look for an
interesting election and the possi
ble entry of an independent ticket I
or any other kind of ticket, for that |
matter.
Last Friday night, the nominat
ing convention held there named C.
B. ?iddick as the regular nominee
for mayor, and Messrs. Mack James,
Jesse Keel and H. H. Williams as thel
On the first ballot for mayor, the
convention divided its vote 8-8 for
Riddick and J Willard Peel Run
ners pulled in two more votes off the
street and on the second ballot, Rid
dick won the nomination, 11 to 8.
Mr. Mack James polled all 18 votes
to lead the ticket for commission
er Mr. Jesse Keel was second with
18 votes, and Mr H. H. Williams was
third with 13 votes. A fourth candi
date for nomination, Mr. Harry Har
dy, lost out by one vote. Mr. Keel is
the only candidate offering to suc
ceed himself as a regular nominee
for one of the three commissiorer
shipa.
According in unofficial reports.
supporters of the proposed indepen
dent ticket are discussing the legal
ity of their plan with the expecta
tion of legally electing their men.
W. A. Cherry, of Aulander, was a
business visitor here yesterday.
Tobac 'eo Growers
Favor Acre Basis
In Control Plan
???
Change Likely To Destroy the
Real Value of Control
I'luii in Future
?
Meeting in Nashville this week,
representative farmers from the
bright tobacco belt unanimously ap
proved the issuance of tobaceo allot
ments by acres rather than by a
poundage basis. Tin group also fav
ored prohibition of ?'renting" allot
ment cards.
While farmers are generally rec
orded in favor of a change in thi
basic allotment method, some farm
leaders see 111 the movement the
weakening of thQ control program
The acreage allotment system has
caused much confusion in the "han
dling of the cotton crop, and the
acreuge plan, it is claimed by some,
will hardly be nothing more than a
mere pretense at control.
Ignoring a long-range program,
the farmers and many farm leaders
are centering their attention immed
iately to the serious condition fac
ing the leaf growers. With a record
crop reported in the field, farmers
are of the opinion that a control vote
will carry under the proposed allot
ment system even after control was
voted down last fall when allotments
were granted under the poundage
system.
The two proposed amendments, to
be added to the 1938 tobacco control
bill when it again is put before
growers for a vote, were approved,
following the motion of A W Jen
kins, of Rocky Mount, Route 2.
"These two amendments will help
the passage of the control law," Jen
kins declared, "more than anything
else."
Commending the change to allot
ments hv acreage instead of pound
age, a popular proposal wTth IKF
farmers present. Representative W
k- Fennel", of Rocky Mouni, declare
ed: "A man can control his acreage
but it's humanly impossible to con
trol his pounds."
After several farmers commented
that they had "done a little increas
ing" this year, J. Henry Vaughan,
farmer and chairman of the Nash
County commissioners, observed,
"Overplanting and getting back to
where we have to have control
(Continued on page six)
County Pulp Mill
Continues Closed
Closed by a strike in New Jersey
more than two weeks ago, the plant
of the North Carolina Pulp Company
continues idle in the lower part of
this county Pending the settlement
of the strike, workers in the plant in
this county will start drawing unem
ployment compensation on Thursday
of next week.
In a long-distance telephone con
versation with Commissioner of La
bor Forest Shuford Thursday after
noon at 2 30, he advised that he had
talked with Dr. Steelman, head of
The division ol conciliation cf the
Federal Department of Labor, and
that there were "no prospects of an
immediate settlement" of the differ
ences between the Kieckhefer Con
tainer Corporation and the striking
unions at Delair.
Dr. Steelman advised the commis
sioner of labor that a conference had
been held last Friday and again on
Wednesday of this week, but that
there were two or three matters
that the unions and plant manage
ment could not settle.
Despite the efforts made by one
of the best conciliators In the gov
ernment service to bring the con
tending factions together, very lit
.tle progress had been made, it was
Commissioner~"5HuTbrcT laTJTr
looked as if very utile could be done
IL time but * is ted he
had implicit confidence in Dr Steel
man and his men and that he bebev
a week some progress
would be made.
Advance Plans For
Leaf Control Vote
Early In Summer
Change From Poundage To
Acreage Allotment Ra*i*
Almont Certain
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture and tobacco state Congressmen
agree the AAA should be amended
to permit a tobacco referendum on
or after July 1. Chairman C. T Hall,
of the State Tobacco Advisory Com
mittee, said yesterday.
Hall, along with N. C. Farm Bur
eau Federation leaders, had just re
turned from a conference in Wash
ington on proposed AAA amend
ments. The present AAA allows the
secretary of agriculture to call a to
bacco vote within 30 days after No
vember 15
"The early vote on marketing quo
tas would undoubtedly influence
though the quotas would not be in
effect until the following year," Hall
said. "For instance, if production is
heavy and opening prices of tobac
co are low, a referendum could be
called and if quotas are approved,
the buyers would be influenced to
increase their bids, knowing that
not as much leaf would be available
the following year "
At Washington, congressmen also
agreed to submit in a "few days"
AAA amendments that would: Make
acreage a consideration in figuring
tobacco allotments; provide for uni
form determination of allotments
with an increase to 3,200 pounds or 20
per cent for small farms; apply a un
iform 10-cents-per-pound tax penal
ty rather than 50 per cent of value;
and prevent "renting" of marketing
cards.
The proposals were submitted as
the sentiment of Tar Heel farmers,
who recently gave them overwhelm
ing endorsement in response to a
questionnaire circulated by E. Y.I
Floyd, of State College, State AAA j
executive officer.
About 15,901 were asked to ex
press opinions and the smallest ma
jority on any question was 13,495 to
1,900, that being on the question of
changing the penalty provision.
Farm Bureau representatives, who
submitted the same questions at dis
trict meetings, reported them "un
animously approved."
J. E. Winslow of Greenville, farm
bureau secretary, accompanied Hall
to Washington
Uneventful Session
Of Recorders Court
Held ljUst Monday
Only Half l)(?zeu Are
(lulled By Judge I'eel in
Short Sohhioii
An uneventful docket marked the
last Monday session of the Martin
County Recorder's court. No fines
were imposed and no road sentences
were meted out by Judge II. Q. Peel
during the session that lasted hard
ly an hour. Solicitor I). Klphonsa
Johnson prosecuted the docket.
?EeW_spec:tatilTS_ were present for
the proceedings, the activities of the
court miggowting crime has gone on
a virtual holiday in the county. As
a general rule when the sessions of
the court an- brief and few spocta
tors are present for the proceedings
there is much hard work going on
over the county. But, as usual, the
slump in court activities disappears
almost overnight with the approach
of fall and the marketing season.
The half dozen cases called last
Monday follow:
Judgment was suspended in the
case charging Johnnie Powell with
an assault upon a female. Powell
pleaded guilty in the case.
The case charging James Smith
wick with being drunk and disorder
ly was nolprossed by the court.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, Roberta James pleaded guilty
of illegal possession, the solicitor ac
cepting the plea. Judge Peel sen
tenced her to jail for ninety days, the
sentence to begin at the direction of
the court. * \
The case charging Roy Bell with
reckless driving was remanded to
a justice of the peace court for trial
The case charging Robert Clark
with non-support was continued un
til July 10.
A continuance was granted until
May 29 in a similar case brought
against Johnnie Peel.
1
POPPY DAY
%
Sponsored by the Auxiliary of
the John Walton llassell post of
the American legion, a county -
wide poppy nle will be ad
vanced on Saturday of this
week. Representatives of the
auxiliary will extend the sale to
the streets and business houses
here and In the several other
towns in the county, and it is
hoped that a hearty response will
greet the canvaaaers.
Proceeds from the sale are
of disabled veterans and their
families. Results of untold value
have been obtained in past
sales, and the sponsors are an
xious to continue the splendid
work.
Thousands Take Vaccine in
Campaign Against Typhoid
Nearly 4.000 men, women and
children have been vaccinated
against typhoid fever and more than
500 have been immunized against
diphtheria, Dr. F. E. Wilson, county
health department head, said as the
first week in the anti-typhoid cam
paign drew to a close in the county
this afternoon
Reporting in an almost steady
stVeam, nearly 000 persons had been
| vaccinated in the headquarters of
I the health department up until noon
today, and it us expected that the to
tal number will approximate 1.000
before the clinic closes this after
noon.
Starting the campaign last Mon
day morning, the health authorities
will follow the same schedule dur
ing the second week beginning next
Monday. Health authorities, anxious
to have the county make the all-state
health honor ruil. are urging in
creased numbers to report to the
clinics in their respective commun
ities as the second period of the
Campaign gets underway next
month
The injections are virtually pain
less and few persons have com
plained with sore arms It is advis
able, however, to discontinue pet
ting and friendly strokes during the
vaccination period.
A record of the vaccinations for
diphtheria and typhoid up until noon
today follows:
Diphtheria Typhoid
Hardens 77 407
Jamesville 57 464
No 90 Filling Sta. 55 346
Bear Grass 67 336
Li 1 ley's Store 47 267
Farm Life ? 51 359
Corey's Store 35 235
Williamston Col. 76 586
Williamston, White 59 *600
"524 3600"
Approximate
Open Municipal Pool
Here Next Thursday!
Parents-Teachers
To Sponsor Uniqin
Program First Day
P J
\
Ihu Street Dunce Ail
Feature For 0|iriiiiift
Day Seliediile
WilliamstoiVs municipal swim
ming pool, a project started nearly a
year ago. will be opened to the gen
eral public next Thursday it was of
ficially announced today following
the completion of plans for its oper
ation and for a big program that day
under the direction of the local par
ent-teacher association
Ralph Parker has been named to
manage the pool and bis assistants
will be named within the next day
or two, the authorities stating that
it was not certain that WPA work
ers could be made available to as
sist in the operation of the project.
A unique program is being pre
pared d>y the Williamston Parent
Teacher association for the formal
opening of the pool, Mrs J. B. Tay
lor explaining that the town au
thorities had consented to let the
organization handle the first day ac
tivities and apply ttie proceed*- on a
debt incurred in the operation of the
lunch rooms for needy school cell
dren last term.
The opening of the pool is s< bed
uled at 10 o'clock next Thursday
morning following an unusual par
ade, Mrs. Taylor announced. The par
ade will center around a number of
water babies and a number of floats
representing summer-time activities
such as swimming, tennis and so
on. Pets will be in the parade also
Mayor J. I. Hassell will deliver an
| address to round out the formal?op- i
ening program.
Beginning?thai evening at?nine
o'clock, the Parent Teacher group
will sponsor a big street dance on
Watts Street. John Wynn and his or
chestra will play for the event, and
the sponsoring organization is ex
pecting 500 i>eople to attend The
street dance is an added feature in
the program prepared for the formal
opening of the pool
No definite cost figures for the
construction of the pool have been
advanced, unofficial reports stating
that the project will represent an
outlay by thtrtown of some less than
$10,000.
The regular schedule for the op
eration of the pool will go Into ef
fect next Friday Opening at nine
o'clock each morning, except Sun
day, the pool will be closed at 12
o'clock noon. The pool will reopen
in the afternoon at two for five
(Continued on page six)
Will Giro Killer
Hearing Tonight
Booker T. Williams, charged with
the fatal stabbing of Alfred Pettiford
|heie on April 30, will be given a
preliminary hearing before Justice
J. L. Hassell this evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Williams, who is said to have ad
mitted the stabbing, is expected to
enter a plea of self-defense. It is al
so understood that he has made
plans to summon a large number of
witnesses in an effort to show that
Pettiford threatened his life. Wil
liams is reported to have said that
Pettiford chased hirfc up gnd down
the street shortly prior to the time
of the fatal attack.
Reports from the scene of the. at
tack on the evening Pettiford was
fatally hurt stated that Williams
drove his knife into the victim's head
while he?(Pettiford)?was dancing
with a girl in Ward's store.
Few witnesses have been sum
moned in the case by the State but
unofficial reports state that relatives
of the dead man will employ pri
vate counsel to aid the prosecution.
LKT CONTRACT
.J
A contract for grading and
structures on the Old Mill Inn
Smithwicks Creek was let to the
F. J. McGuIre Company, of
Washington, D. C., this week by
the North Carolina Highway and
Public Works Commission. Cov
ering 3.10 miles of the route, the
project is to cost $35,437.50.
It could not be learned when
work on the project would be
started, but it is understood that
a contract for the completion
of the road will be considered
in time to carry the work to
final completion without inter
ruption.
The contract for the I'oad in
this county was one of 30 let by
the commission representing a
total of $1,IK 1,358.50.
Poplar Point Has
$.1000.00 Loss In Its
Pro|
>erty Listings
Slifelil Gain Shown in Iti-ul
Fstatr Listings For
Mow War
While continuing to show a down
ward trend, property listings are
holding up better than was expect
?'d, Tax Supervisor S II Grimes said
yesterday following the receipt of
the list from Poplar Point and in
complete reports from one or two |
other townships. "There'll be a de- i
crease in the total county values, hut |
the loss will not be as great as some
expected when the listing work got I
underway early in April," it was |
stated.
?Reports?based?rm?incomplete?re- |
turns indicate that one and possi
lil.V m n I'm nslii|is in llir nnmly v. ill |
show a gain in listings this year ov
er last, hut it is hardly possible for)
those gains to offset the losses.
Submitting his list this week, List
taker L. If. Taylor reports a loss of
$3,05(1 in the total listings for Poplar
Point Township Personal property
values dropped off nearly $6,000, hut
the loss there was partially offset
by an increase In real listings
While personal property, as
whole, carries a smaller value this |
year than last, certain items in the
list show increases and re/feet at?|
upward trend in livestock farming
The trend is not very marked, hut
the gain is encouraging The number
of sheep, hogs, milk cows and beef
cattle increased, a review of the list
for the township shows.
Land values showed a gam of |
slightly more than $2,500, hut the ab
sence of new motor cars sent the
personal values down from $18,
144 to $14,626.
A detailed comparison Of the list
ings of Poplar Point Township for|
1938 and 1939 is as follows
1938 1939
Personal $ 73,826 $ 68,1301
Heal 257,399 260,049
?$331,325 $328,1791
Personal Property by Races
White $ 68,740 $ 64,0631
Colored 5.086 4,067
$ 73,826 $ 68,130 I
Heal Property by Race
White $250,099 $252,7491
Colored 7,300 7,300
$257,399 $260,0491
1938 1939
No.
Value
No.
Value
HO TBI'S
19
1835
20
1610
Mules
225
26305
221
25000
Sheep
14
28
20
40
Goats
30
30
20
20
Hogs
1080
3921
1105
3818
Milk Cows
54
1880
78
2610
Cattle
51
03"
54
750
Cars
87
18144
89
14626
Dogs
100
97
Polls (w)
97
103
Polls (c)
51
58
There were 10,099 acre# of land]
listed in 1938 and 1939.
10 Thousand Dollar
Damage Suit Started
In Courts Of County
Action U Brought by Mitchell
Vguimtt Local Fire Chief
Ah an In?ii\ i?lnal
?
Injured in an automobile-bicycle
accident on Williamston's Main
Street last March, Jiminie Mitchell,
appearing by his next friend, Joe
Mitchell, started suit in the superior
court of this county this week to re
cover alleged damages in the sum
of $10,000 from G P Hall, local fire
chief. The action was brought against,
Hall as an individual, the complaint
making no mention of the fact that
he was answering u fire alarm when
the 12-year-old plaintiff was criti
cally hurt. The boy, hovering be
tween life and death, was a patient
in the hospital for several weeks. He
IS "OW ;0'l" "|i nm
plaint filed in the offices of the
clerk of court alleges his injuries are
permanent
No answer in the case has been fil
ed. unofficial reports maintaining
that the town of Williamston is like
ly to enter the suit as a party to the
defense.
On the following day a second
damage suit was filed against the
fire chief, the action growing out ? f
an accideht at the intersection of
Church and Smithwick Streets the
15th of this month, when the fir?
chief's car and that of Miss Ella
Mae Gaylord crashed. Miss Gay
lord Ls asking $125 damages.
In the Mitchell suit filed by At
torneys E. S. Peel and Hugh G. Hor
ton .the plaintiff alleges
That on the 7th day of March at
about 4 o'clock p m., be was riding
his bicycle on Main Street in the
Town of Williamston on his proper
side of the street, in a careful and
prudent manner, and the defer.dant
at said time was operating his I'on
tiac coach automobile on said street
traveling in the direction of the Ro
anoke River bridge. That said de
fendant was operating his said auto
mobile in a fast and reckless man
r.er on the main street and business
district of the Town of Williamston
and at a speed greatly in excess of
that allowed by law. and sa'd d"
fondant was not keeping a proper
lookout ahead and in?t paying proper
attention to the street and said de
fendant negligently, carelessly and
recklessly while operating his auto
mobile at such an, excessive rate of
speed and at a greater rate of speed
than allowed by law, and white fail
ing to keep a proper lookout on the
highway ran into the plaintiff, Jim
mie Mitchell, knocking him off i.is
bicycle and causing him serious in
jury and damage.
?That the injuries which the plain
tiff received because ajid on account
of the negligence of the defendant
hereinbefore and hereinafter com
plained of were serious and perma
nent in their nature, consisting of
injuries to bis head, injuries to his
face, injuries to the muscles and
nerves of his head and face, causing
concussion of the brain for several
days and other less serious but Mill
painful wounds, from which he has
suffered greatly physically and men
tally and still suffers, and has had
-to. incur iii..(beal--exptm^s-TmTt-tfar?
tors' bill to tin- amount ?>f $541.50,
?nd him hern damaged m the rum of
at least $10,000.
"That plaintiff's injuries above
Ttel fbl'lli were proximately cauSed
by the negligence of the "defendant
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Colling Players Will
Appear Here In Fall
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It will be interesting to the citi
zen* of WUliamston to know that the
city is to be favored with the Col
lins Entertainment Festival, to be
presented this season by the Junior
Woman's club. A contract for the
appearance of the four attractions
was entered into with the Collins
representative, Miss Cassaford.
Mrs. Sam Woolford, club president,
reported that the four attractions for
this fall's festival are to be the fam
ton, featuring Pietro Mordelia, cele
brated piano-accordion virtuoso, and
his two daughters, Kita and Flora,
also artists on the piano-accordion
and other instruments. Miss Flora
won the Beethoven prize in New
England for sopranos, two years
ngn ?shf> is- graduate of the New
England conservatory of music, and
her sister, Kita?also very talented?
is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
Tufts College.
The speaker will be Dr. Frank G.
Sayers, clergyman, author, radio,
counselor, with u dynamic lecture
entitled "The American Cavalcade."
The Doris Davison Melodears, fea
turing harp, piano and voice, will
dso be heard on the program. Miss
Javison is a graduate of the East
man school of music, of Rochester,
N. Y.
The festival always closes with a
play, this year it will be presented
by the Glen Wells players, who have
been on the southern circuit for a
number of seasons.
The Collins festival has become in
creasingly popular in the South, and
it is predicted that a large audience
will greet the four attractions when
they appear here on October IS, 18
and 26 and November 2.