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VOLUME XLII?.NUMBER 56 ff'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 14, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899
Record Number Of
Cases Are Called
In County Court
Accumulation of Ca?e* Clear
ed From Docket in a Hur
ry Last Monday
Handling a docket that had been
piled up with cases accumulating
over a two-weeks period, Judge H.
O. Peel meted out some swift jus
tice aiul adjourned the count.V re
corder's court after a two-hour ses
sion last Monday. Sixteen cases were
called during the period, the size of
the docket setting something akin to
a record during the hot summer
season.
When W. J. Thompson, charged
with issuing a worthless check, fail
ed to appear, the court ordered pa
pers issued for him to be placed un
der bond for his appearance rext ?
session.
Aubrey Pierce, charged with dam
aging personal property, was ran
tenced to the roads for thirty days,
the sentence to begin at the direc
tion of the court.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, James H. Harrison was found
not guilty.
Rebecca Modgett, operator of an
alleged thriving liquor retail busi
ness on Williamston's damp Railroad
Street, was fined $10. taxed with the
cost and sentenced to jail for three
months in the cascTcharging'her'"with
the violation of the liquor laws. The
sentence is to begin at the direction
of the court at any time within the
next two years.
Charlie Joyner, facing a similar
indictment, was also fined $10. tax
ed .with the cost and sentenced to
the roads for three months, the sen
tence to begin at the direction of
two years.
Charlie Joyner. facing a similar
indictment, was also fined $10, tax
ed with the cost and sentenced to the
roads for three months, the sentence
to begin at the direction of the court
at any time w ithin the next two
years
?Mayo Andrews, pleading guilty in
tlib case charging the violation of
the liquor laws, was fined $25, tax
ed with the cost and sentenced to
The roadirforttiree months, the sen
tence to begin ai the direction of
the court.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of the cost in the case
charging Bill Keel, colored, with
violating the hquor laws
Charged with driving a mule and
cart while intoxicated, Ab Rober
son was fined $10 and taxed with the
cost.
Robert Brown, charged with
drunken driving, was fined $50, tax
ed with the cost and had his opera- I
tor's license revoked for the period |
of one year.
Charged with reckless and drunk
en driving, James Baldy Rogers |
pleaded guilty, the court continu
ing the case under prayer for judg-|
mrnt until August 28.
Robert Williams, charged with an
assault, failed to answer when call
ed a ad papers were ordered issued
for his arrest.
The case charging Robert Pierce
with bastardy was continued until
the first Monday in October after
Ihc defendant ena-red u pica of nut
flpilly
Charlie Wilson was sentenced to
the roads for sixty days in the case
charging him with larceny and ro
ceiving.
A continuance was granted in the I
case charging Lizzie and Dorothy j
Coltrain with an assault.
Charged with turning an old mule|
out into the woods to starve to death,
William Everett, colored man of the
Hassell community, pleaded guilty
and was fined $10, taxed with the
rest and sentenCecTTb the roads for
60 days, the sentence to begin at the
direction of the court.
A continuance was granted in the I
case charging Robert Clark with'
bastardy.
Rolls On Button
And Injures Rib
After successfully weaving
through lite many dangers thatTurk
on the highways on a trip to and
from Hot Springs, Ark, Farmer Jim
Staton returned home the early-pert
of this week and injured a rib when
he rolled over on a collar button in
his bed
The button, larger than the aver
age, to be sure, pressed against the
man's rib and bruised it. Mr. Staton
maintained it had broken his rib
and only an X-ray pictured convinc
ed him that the rib was bruised and
not broken.
After undergoing treatment at the
Arkansas health resort, Mr. Staton
is now getting along very welL He
is able to be out much of the time
and drives his car. Mrs. Staton ac
companied him home from Hot
Springs.
Plan Organization Of Three
Rhythm Bandt For Children
Supervisors at the grammar school
playground are planning to organ
ise three rhythm bands for children,
ages ranging from six to sixteen. All
children, who are interested in join
ing these bands are invited to toe at
the playground Monday morning at
nine o'clock.
Martin County Farmers Are
Now Facing Critical Period
Grin rally speaking crop condi
tions in Martin County are very good
but reliable reports clearly indicate
that the farmers are facing a criti
cal period and that the final harvest
will fall below present expectations.
Commenting on the crop situa
tion after a hurried survey of a large
portion of the farming territory in
the upper half of the county, Farm
er W Bob Everett stated that Mar
tin farmers were almost certain to
lose much of their tobacco crops. Hot
weather following heavy" rains last
week-end, is causing the leaf to
ripen faster than many farmers are
able to care for it. "There is little
doubt but what a billion and more
pounds of tobacco is being raised but
there is also doubt as to whether far
mers will be able to save a billion
or more pounds," Mr. Everett said
Griffins Township farmers maintain
they arc harvesting lheir crop in
timely order, but in some other sec
tions of the couriTy tobacco is burn
ing in the fields. As many as three
curings have been pulled from one
field in a single week, one farmer
stated.
The county cotton crop is looking
tine, but a heavy boll weevil infesta
tion is evident, reports state.
Peanut stands, late reports main
tain, are not quite as good as were
first reported, and there'll be little
variation in the production one way
or the other in this section this year
as compared wjth last.
Prospects continue bright for a
bumper corn crop here and through
out the country with the price al
ready weakening following the re
lease of a government forecast a few
days ago
| AHEAD OF SHERIFF
\
1
Armed with the necessary pa
pers, Sheriff Roebuck in contin
uing his last round-up of dogs
that had not been vaccinated
against rabies in accordance with
State law, this week found that
the owners were killing the pets
or pests ahead of him.
Owners in Kobersonville
Township who had not vaccinat
ed their dogs were ruled within
the law when the officer inves
tigated and learned that they
had used the gun before his vis
it. Similar action was found to
have been taken in Poplar Point
Township.
The first of the dog cases is
scheduled for consideration in
Justice J. L. Hassell's court here
tomorrow, and others will fol
low later, it is understood.
Committee Reveals
High Salaries Paid
Some WPA Workers
IIoiim* Probe Shows Only 180
In Stute Getting Mori*
Than SI50 Month
?
. Simultaneously with reports tell
ing about WPA workers in the low
er brackets striking for higher wages,
a special committee of the House of
Representatives, probing the salary
scale in the ranking positions, re- '
vealed that only 180 persons in North
Carolina were drawing in excess of
$150 a month in Works Progress Ad
ministration salaries.
The salary schedule, released by
the committees this week, was said
to have been prepared by the WPA
It brought forth much comment,
some going as far as to say that the
schedule will have an adverse effect
on the next election.
Rates of pay publicly announced
this week in the Williamston, Wash
ington and Windsor offices'are, as
follows:
Williamston ? Robert E. Smith
-wig-k, claim udjuHtrr,$ffrf>; Conrad Z
Bailoy, ongineor, $225, Benjamin?E?
Britton, Jr., engineer. $150, Allen L
Midyette, supervisor, $150; Hube.t L
Ruburn, supcrviaoi, $150, Newton J.
Shepherd, supervisor, $150; James H.
Valentine, engineer, $150; Kathleen
F. Caulfield, social worker, $175;
Constance F. S Rabin, social work
er, $175; Emma Maurer, social work
er, $185; Harold B. Hargrtt. assign
ment officer, $150; Mary E. Hollo
well, social worker, $150; Olivia R.
Hodges, area supervisor, $200
Washington?Lee A Wallace, en
gineer, $250.
Windsor?Edward L. Winslow, en
gineer, $225; Charles L. Cale, super
visor, $150; Robert B Riddick, engi
neer, $150; William R. Copeland, field
representative, $225.
Iloatman Is Facing
Felony Charge Here
Alleged to have committed a crime
against nature. Edward James Wil
Kif, boatman, was returned nuri' yes
terday soon after his arrest in Nor
folk to face the charge in the courts
of this county. A hearing will like
ly be held in the case late today or
tomorrow
Procuring a warrant before Jus
tice Hassell here this week. Thomas
E. Wilkie, about 13 years old and the
son of the defendant, alleges the
crime took place while the boat upon
which they worked was docked at
this point last week.
Prevented from leaving the boat
while here, the youth escaped at
Columbia this week and reported the
alleged crime to Tyrrell officers who
directed him to take action in this
county.
If probable cause is found, the case
will be placed on the superior court
di cket for trial next September.
Bi.sed on preliminary reports, some
are of the opinion the charges are
somewhat exaggerated, but officers
are making every effort possible to
get to the bottom of the case and of
fer the youth protection.
Wilkie was returned here by Dep
uty i. H. Roebuck
Has Sure Formula
For Losing height!
William Bond, the young colored
man who was found last week after
being lost in the Roanoke River
swamps in Martin County for seven
days and six nights, came here this
week with his aged father, Luke
Bond, to express Ins appreciation for
the efforts made In trying to effect
his rescue.
Apparently recovered physically
from the terrible handicaps that were
his during those long days and nights
the young Negro continues in a ner
vous state. He could hardly be still I
while talking to the sheriff here this
week, and when asked a question he
would jerk his head and appear [
ready to jump.
Bond had little to add to the story
he told soon after he was rescued by
a fishing party on Spellers Creek last
Tuesday a week ago. He told how he
ate three birds without bothering to I
pick all the feathers. "1 started at his |
tail and ate right up to the fins,"
Bond said in describing how he con
sumed a fair-sized catfish caught
from a small hole. He remembered
little about eating the skin peeled
from his blistered feet.
During his stay in the woods, the
boy lost twenty-one pounds, and [
while such an adventure offers
sure reducing method he advises
against it He will not try it again if
he lives to be four thousand and four
years old. he repeated several times.
The boy's father, as proud of his
son as though he had done something
great, has eighteen children, but de
spite the number of offsprings, the
| old man was just as happy to have
j him back as if he had been an only |
son.
Bond and his son and two compan
ions entered the vast swamp to hunt |
turtles. "There will be no more tur
tle hunting for us, but I might shoot
a few squirrels on high land next
fall," the old man said just before ex
pressing again his thanks to Sheriff
C. B. Roebuck and starting back to
his little home miles off the main
highway in Bertie County.
Number Vocational
Teachers limited!
Making an extensive search over
a wide territory, school authorities
have been unable ?o far to find a
teacher for the newly established
vocational agriculture department in
the Robersonville schools, according
to information coming from the of
fice or the county superintendent
today The search for an instructor
continues, and the school authorities
feel certain the place will be filled
before schuol opens for the 1939-40
term in early September.
A. M Benton, young man from
Chadbourn, has been named to suc
ceed J. E. Mullins as teacher in the
vocational agriculture department at
Oak City. Professor Mullins resign
ed to go with the farm Security Ad
ministration with headquarters un
Windsor. Mr Benton was recently
graduated at State College. He has
been in Oak City during the past
few days gaining a knowledge of the
field and lining up his work for the
coming term.
?9 J AnUii'wii. miumt'i1 young man
just out of State College, is succeed
ing E. J. Whitmire in the vocational
agriculture department at James
ville Whitmire resigned to accept a
teaching position near his home in
western North Carolina. Succeeding
J. C. Eubanks who resigned to go
with the Farm Security Administra
tion in Elizabeth City, Whitmire had
been in Jamesville only a short time
when Andrews was named to suc
ceed him. The new man is from Rosc
boro, Sampson County.
HEALTH REPORT
June was a comparatively
healthy month among Martin
County people. There waa right
must whooping going on. but
the thirteen cases of the cough
were widely scattered over three
townships, and they constituted
no serious menace to the public
health. The only other case re
ported was In Hamilton town
ship where a small white child
fell victim of diphtheria..
Urging An Early
Vote On Tobacco
Control Program
Farmers Generally Are Con
lent To Await Report
On Prices
?
Aggravated by foreign conditions
the report of the Federal Crop Re
porting Board showing tr marked in
crease in the tobacco crop stirred
Congressional leaders from the flue
cured areas to action and an immed
iate referendum on tobacco control
is being urged. Amendments to the
Agricultural Adjustment act, already
passed by the House, will have to
gain Senate sanction, and then the
Secretary of Agriculture could call
for a vote on the control plan at anv
time.
Realizing that more than a biltion
pound crop is now in the making,
I farm leaders are anxious for an im
mediate vole, believing ihat if con
trol is ussured for next year that the
bottom will not fall from under
prices when the markets open a
short time from now.
Those who advocated control in
the last referendum, are content to
await price developments. It is pos
sible. they argue, that the compan
ies will pay a "fair" price for the
current crop to help kill any efforts
that might be advanced to resurrect
the old control program. Others rea
son that the companies are not going
to pay one cent more than they have
to, and that it is not reasonable* to
expect a "fair" price when the indi
cations point to a glutted market.
Other than the fact that there is a
large crop in the making, there is
nothing to change the outcome of the
last control vote, and it is foolish to
of the coming marketing season, they
sav
ll has also been pointed out that
the value of tobacco or control of
other crops can be determined this
coming marketing season If market
prices full much below u 20-cent av
erage. a loud clamor for control is
\ery likely to be heard. If prices hold
to the 20-cent average or better,
control will be a dead issue for sea
sons to come.
A report from Washington this
week reads, as follows:
Because of the bumper crop fore
cast, members of Congress from the
flue-cured states this week planned
to expedite action on the tobacco
amendments to the AAA law which
have already passed the House.
Representative Hurold Cooley,
who sponsored the amendments, said
he would confer with Chairman K.
I) Smith, of the Senate agriculture
committee, and urge him to secure
Senate uction. One of these amend
ments permits the Secretary of
Agriculture to order a referendum
any time after July 1 for production
next year.
With tile markets opening in Geor
gia on July 25, the flue-cured Con
gressmen want the secretary of agri
culture to be in position to immed
iately have the growers vote on quo
tas for 1940. If the trade knows there
will be production control next year,
It is believed this will bolster the
market for the current crop
Department of Agriculture offi
cials already are preparing forms
and gelling ll,,. machinery let up for
an early referendum if the tobacco
amendments are enacted and the sec
HUiy decides it is desirable to im
mediately proclaim quotas and call
for a vote by growers.
(^ars In Wreck At
Intersection Here
Mrs. Ernest Lux was slightly hurl
unci considerable property damage
resulted when two cars crashed at
the intersection of Haughton and
Main Streets here last Monday af
ternoon. Mrs. Cox was bruised about
the head. Alfredo Garcia Gonzaley,
resident of New Jersey and an em
ployee of the Standard Oil Company,
was not injured.
Damage to the New Jersey car was
estimated at about $150 while that
tftilie Ul the Cox car will hardly ex
ceed $75.
Said to have been running aruund
40 miles an liuui when lie u ussrd the
railroad at the station, the New Jer
sey man drove his comparatively
new Hudson coupe into Main Street
without stopping, although he claims
to have seen the stop signs. Booked
on a reckless driving charge, he
maintained that he stopped at the
stop sign, but officers, investigating
the accident, stated that his car tires
skidded several feet after the car
entered the intersection. Mrs. Cox
was driving down Main Street when
the New Jersey car crashed into it.
She was said to have been driving
around 20 or 25 miles an hour
The New Jersey car was attached
under court order, and Gonzaley,
unable to give bond in the sum of
$100 in the case charging him with
reckless driving, was placed in jail.
Gonzaley's release was effected
yesterday afternoon when the court
suspended judgment upon payment
of the cost in the reckless driving
case, a friend paying the cost for
him. Pending a settlement of the
property damage by an insurance
adjuster, the man's car is being held
under court order.
Committee Is Impressed with
Possible Sites For Hospital
Travelinj{_oYvr eastern North Car-1
olina in search of a site for a $400, |
ooo tuberculosis sanatorium, Messrs.
J. L. Blytho. of Charlotte; O. M Mull
of Shelby, and L. L. Burgin, of
Horseshoe, Henderson County, com
posing a special committee, were
greatly impressed with possible lo
cations in this county, Mr. G. H.
Harrison, town commissioner, said!
following u survey by the gentlemen!
late yesterday afternoon.
During their two hours' stay in
the county, the committee members!
visited about fourteen possible sites
Commenting favorably on the sites
and farming land in this area, the'
three men were apparently impress
ed with the geographical location of
1 Williamson. *'nt?>''**?"?iMg~TP'nnP~
I led by Mr. Harrison, sincerely be
[ heving that factor coupled with fa
vorable conditions will receive ser
ious consideration when the commit
I tee makes its final decision.
Scheduled to complete their field
j survey within ten days, the members
of the special committee plan to
! reach a decision and report their
j findings on or about August 1
During their two-hour survey of
possible sites in this county, Messrs
Blythe, Mull, and Burgin were ac
companied by Messrs G H Harri I
son. J. E. Pope. H. G. Horton and Ed
win Holding. At seven o'clock the
committee continued on its trip to i
Beaufort County and on toward
Wilmington.
Indications Point To
Increase In Tax Rate
Commissioners To
Study Figures At
Meet Next Monday
Uwrt'UM1 in Fiui'? ami Lii|iior
Profit* Ar?* l)i*lurl?iiiK
Rule Facture
Scheduled to go into special ses
sion here next Monday, the Martin
County commissioners will give a
and possibly determine the tax rate
for the new year. County Accountant
J. Sam Getsmger is battling long
hours with the various departmental
figuies in an effort to present them
to the commissioners when they start
their study at 9:30 next Monday
morning.
The tax outlook for the new year
while not at all disheartening, is
not at all encouraging in that the in
dications point to a slight increase.
The increase may be one, two or ev
en three cents, or it may be possible
for the authorities to hold the rate
to the last-year figure of $1.41 per
$lou asserted property valuations.
Not one of the commissioners is like
ly to fuvor an increase in the rate,
but if the conditions virtually de
mand it, they are expected to levy a
sufficient rate to meet the budget
requirements even if the rate has to
be pushed upward two or three
cents.
Proposed budget figures for all the
departments are not available at this
time, but regardless of the depart -
mental requirements, the authorities
will have to consider a falling reve
nue in fines and forfeitures and a
decrease in liquor profits. It is pos
sible that the increased rate, if it is
increased, will just about offset the
loss that is certain to follow the in
creased rate of participation by the
State in the gross sales tax on liquor.
Then, too, sales during the year just
ended showed a downward trend und
it isn't very likely that they will be
be boosted during the current fis
caI year.'?
Under the old age assistance pro
gram, the new rate will possibly
show an increase of three-quarters
of k cent. This, with possible slight
increases in other^departments, will
almost absorb any rate increase up
to two cents, leaving the commis
sioners with one big problem to not
increase the rate more to offset losses
in decreased liquor profits and oth
er sources of income.
Last year, the county commission
ers levied a rate of $1.41 on the S1Q0
assessed property valuations, divid
ed as follows: general county, six
and one-half cents; health, six and
oncj-half cents; county poor, twelve
cents; old age assistance, four cents;
aid to dependent ehiMreny two and
one-half cents; debt service, fifty
throe and one-half cents. For schools:
current expense, eight cents; capital
outlay, eight and one-quarter cents,
and debt service, thirty-nine and
three-quarter cents.
Up until this year, the stage has
been set for action that would de
crease or hold the rate unchanged,
but tiiun' iiavi' ueiTi no lniTnast^ lh
property values or income from oth
er sources. Starting in 1933, the com
missioners effected reductions in the
rate as follows. 1933, $1.60; 1934,
$1 50; 1935 and 1936, $1.43; 1937 and
1938, $1.41.
A comparison of the budget sum
maries for the past year and the one
proposed for the new fiscal year will
likely be made public within the next
ten days.
FIRE LOSS
Williamston hail it* smallest
fire loas during the first six
months of this year than in any
other similar period in years, a
report released today by Fire
Chief G. P. Hall shows. Proper
ty damage resulting from the
IV fires in town was estimated
at 1215 and that to contents was
placed at |7S, making a total at
$350. In addition to the IV calls
received locally, the fldMnen
wars called put of town five
STRUCK
June Warren, farmer living
near Bethel, stared death almost
in the face last Sunday night
when lightning struck a tobacco
barn he was attending. The far
mer was knocked unconscious
and stunned fur a while, but lie
was not seriously injured, re
ports reaching here stated.
"It was a shocking exper
ience," Warren was quoted as
saying after he had recovered
from the jolt. No great damage
was done to the barn, it is un
derstood.
Prominent Farmer
Dies At H is Home
Near Rohersonvi lie
Funeral Servim Are lieinp;
Held Near (iolil Point
Thin Afternoon
Hyman Warren, well known coun
ty citizen and prominent farmer,
died at his home near Gold Point in
Robersonville Township at 3:30
o'clock yesterday morning following
a lingering illness of nearly four
y< urs. Suffering several strokes of
paralysis, Mr. Warren was forced to
retire from the active management
| of his farm several years ago, but |
he continued interested in agricul
ure and its advancement until just |
a short time before his death
In addition to his leadership as an |
| agriculturist. Mr?Warran was ac
tive in general business and bank
i ing circles for a number of years. His |
j work in plant breeding and seed se
I lection was recognized by the State
| agricultural college, and he was rec
ognized as a leading farmer in tins I
: county for more than a quarter of a |
I century. Mr Wnn?.n advanced?e*
! penmental Work on the farm at U
j great cost to himself and then shared
j freely the knowledge gained through
j his experiments??
1 Mr. Warren was born in Pitt
| County in 1874, married Ada Caro
i lyn Bell in 1892 and came to Martin
| County in 1902 He leaves five chil
i dren, 15 grandchildren and four |
gi?'at grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conduct
I ed at the home of Kev. J. M. Perry,
I Christian minister, of Hobersonville,
tat 3:30 this afternoon. Interment will 1
follow in the Hobersonville
tery
Surviving members of the family |
are his widow, Mrs. Ada Warren,
three si iris. Jesse L, Warren, of Hal
ifax, Lloyd G. Warren and Harvey!
L. Warren, of Hobersonville, and two
daughters, Mrs. Thomas Mayo |
Grimes, of Kenly and Williamston,
and Miss Wilkie Dell Warren, of Rob
ersonville; two brothers, Guilford
AVarran, of Fdenhtn, nnti Nathtmiei
Warren, of Durham, and two sisters,
Mrs Asa Ward and Mrs. Arthur
Taylor, both of Kohei'nonville
Sheriff Has Quiet
Period Last Month I
A comparatively quiet month was
enjoyed in the sheriff's office in
June, but there was enough going
on to keep the force on the job. The
group maintains it was anything but
a vacation to keep the courts running
and the records straight during the
hot period.
A detailed report for the period
follows:
Taxes collected, $1433.12; war
rants served, 9; capias served, 2; sub
pconas served, 21; civil papers aerv
cd, 9. 27 copies; claim and deliveries
served, 4, 4 copies; executions serv
ed, 1; investigations made, 10; beer
destroyed. 500 gal.; stills destroyed,
11; whiskey confiscated, 26 pta.; ar
rests made on violation of A.B.C.
law, 9; number of persons committed
to Jail In June, 46; miles traveled, 3
cats, 3061.
Contract Let For
Bleaching Unit At
County Pulp Plant
Company Ihsucm Statement in
Connection With Strike
And iNew Program
?
Following close behind an an
nouncement earlier in the week that
the plant of the North Carolina Pulp
Company would reopen its plant in
the lower part of this county on July
24. came an official statement yes
terday outlining an expansion pro-.
gram at the mill. It was learned here'
today that a contract had already
been let for the construction and in
stallation of a bleaching unit, that
the personnel of the plant will pos
sibly be increased by 200 men.
The expansion program calls for
the construction of two new buildings
and the installation of a filtering
plant and twu paper machines. When
* Hinpieten. the plant will turn out
a finished grade of container board.
The statements of the company. Is
sued Thursday morning, follow
"The North Carolina Pulp Com
pany is making arrangements to re
sume operations at the pulp mill on
July 24. 1939. It may not be possible
to operate at full capacity at first but
some work is assured employees who
have been idle since early in May,
when the mill had to be closed down
because of a strike called at the Del
air plant of the Kieckhefer Contain
er Company
"Arrangements have also been
made to proceed at once with an ad
dition to the present pulp null, which
will consist of a bleaching plant and
filter plant The contract for the
bleaching plant has been placed and
the plans for the installation are be
ni/' made as rapidly as possible.
When the bleaching plant has
been completed, operation of both
pulp mill and bleaching plant will
in it Be affected by labor troubles at
Delair, as other outlets for pulp
made at Plymouth will be avail
able.
"It is the company's intention to
use local labor in the construction
of this plant and to give employment
wherever possible, to old hands
whose service may n<>t ho imrnedlate
ly needed at the pulp mill while it
is operating at reduced capacity We
believe that this plan will practical
ly assure steady work for tin* ma
jority of employees of the Plymouth
null who have been idle for over
two months through no fault of
their own.
"The North Carolina Pulp Com
pany is keenly aware of its respon
sibility to its employees and to the
community and takes pleasure in
giv ing them both the assurance that
every possible effort is being made
to make the Plymouth plant inde
pendent of labor disputes at other
plants.
With reference to an article, dat
ed July 7. 1939, and signed by the
heads of the three Delair. N J,, local
unions, the Kieckhefer Container
Company of Delair, has advised as
follows:
"This article gives the impression
that the Delair strike was caused by
unrest and dissatisfaction felt by the
employees over a period of several
years. This statement is unfounded
-tn with [lie exception of several
strikes called.by the teamsters' unu?
ion comprising less than 25 employ
(Continued on page six)
Hundreds Attend
Event At Wenona
Between twelve and fifteen hun
dred farmers and others interest
ed in agriculture attended the field
day program at the Blackland Test
Farm at Wenona ill Washington
County yi'sterday, the event attract
ing State agricultural leaders and a
few politicians as special guest
speakers
Reporting on the program, far
mers from this county pointed out
that an important experimental work
is being carried on at the station, and
that agriculture stands to profit
much from the venture.
The program, presided over hy R
I.. Coburn, Jocal man, included sev
eral addresses by prominent speak
ers and a review of the field tests and
livi'Moi'k prhjet'ts. t ne entertainment
bill was featured by several inter
esting contests.
Martin County attracted special
attention in the scheduled contests
when a pair of steers owned by Sam
Godard, of Jamesville, and driven by
"High Pocket" Gray, established a
new pulling record. Talking what
was described as real "cow" lan
guage, Gray had the animals pulling
a load equal to eighteen and one
quarter tons, the dynamometer reg
istering 2.300 pounds in terms of
a dead weight lift. The former rec
ord was four and one-half tons un
der the figure established yesterday.
Godard plans to enter the steers in
a similar contest at the State fair
this fall.
A pair of light mules owned by
Farmer Dick Perry, of Jamesville
Township, led in their classification
when they pulled a load equal to U
tons.
A pair of oxen, owned by Fanner
W. W. Griffin, of Williams Town
ship, and driven by Herbert Moore,
pulled a load equal to seventeen and
one-half tons.