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VOLUME XLII?.NUMBER 9(1 ff Uliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, Kovember 10, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899
Long Session Held
By the Recorder's
Court Last Monday
Lonp Jury Trial Is Feature of
Activities During
The Day
Featured by a jury trial, the last
Monday session of the Martin Coun
ty Recorder's court was one ot the
longest on record and certainly the
longest held in recent years. Conven
ed promptly at 9:30 that morning,
the court worked until almost one
o'clock before taking a recess for
lunch. Opening the afternoon session
at 2 o'clock, the court worked on a
single case until almost 6:30 that
evening For the first time in recent
months a trial by jury was held in
Judge H. O. Peel's court, and Solici
tor Don E. Johnson was assisted by
a private prosecutor in the case.
Continued for one cause or anoth
er during the greater part of four
months, the case, charging W K
Parker with drunken and reckless
driving, was finally called for trial
last Monday Messrs W J. Beach.
S C Ray. Andrew Griffin. Russell
Carson. Oscar Davenport and Har
ry Waldo, summoned as a trial jury
in the case two weeks prior to last
Monday, were back on the job this
week. The case was opened at two
o'clock that afternoon with Attor
ney R. L. Coburn handling the pri
vate prosecution The state offered
six witnesses in building up its case,
and the conclusion of that evidence
the defense asked for a motion of
non-suit. Judge Peel denied the mo
tion The state contended that the
defendant was either intoxicated or
was under the influence of some
narcotic. One of the witnesses was
recorded as corroborating thut con
tention. The defense denied the con
tention, and maintained that the
driver ran off the road because he
was observing the heat indicator on
the dash board
In his address to the jury. Defense
Attorney B. A Critcher offered no
defense for the reckless driving
charge The case was turh.d over to
the jury at 5:45, and thirty-five min
utes later ttje six men returned a
verdict of not guilty on all counts
It was an unusual case in that it
was the first time on record in the
court that a defendant had been
charged with operating an automo
bile while under the influence of
some narcotic
Other proceedings in the court
Charged with drunken and reck
less driving. G R Bateman was ad
judged guilty of careless driving, the
court suspending judgment in the
case upon payment of the costs.
Jake Moore, charged with an as
aault with a deadly weapon, was fin
id $10 and taxed with the cost
Norman Worsley. found guilty ov
er his own plea of innocence, was
aentenced to the roads for a period of
six months in the case charging him
with carrying a concealed weapon.
Judgment was suspended in the
case in which Abraham Pierce was
adjudged guilty of being cruel to
animals.
Pleading guilty of carrying a con
cealed weapon, Joe William Moore
was sentenced to the roads for three
months.
Charged with drunken driving.
Charlie Keel was fined $50 taxed
with the case costs and had his op
erator's license revoked for a period
of one year
Pleading not guilty of careless and
reckless driving. Mack Moore fail
ed to prove his innocence and was
(Continued on page fix)
Parents-!1 earhers
To Meet Next Week
The Williamston Parent-Teacher
association will hold its third meet
ing of the school year in the high
school auditorium next Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30. The theme of the
meeting is character education, and
Mrs. W. K. Parker, program chair
man, has arranged an interesting
program which will feature short
speeches by student heads of the
various school organizations.
Representatives of the student
council, the athletic association, the
safety patrol, the scholarship club,
and the school newspaper will ac
quaint the association with their
purposes in school life and show
how their activities develop student
initiative and responsibilty. The
student talks will be preceded by a
Thanksgiving playlet presented by
the students of the sixth grade un
der the direction of Mildred Talley
An interesting program has beer
arranged and it is hoped that a large
number of members will be pres
ent.
?
/Vo Armiatice Day Program
It Planned Here Tomorrou
Armistice day here tomorrow wil
pass virtually unnoticed. No pro
gram of observance has been plan
ned, and business, with few excep
tions, will be carried on as usual
?Hie postoffice will suspend activitiej
with the exception of an hoyr of win
dow service from 8 to 9 tomorrow
morning and a village delivery to
morrow afternoon. The two banks
V. E. P. office and the liquor ston
will close tight for the day.
Notices Are Mailed to 8,000
Taxpayers in Martin County
Hardly before tax settlements for
the year 1938 are effected, the tax
collector?some call him publican?
?is sending out a gentle reminder
that 1939 taxes are due and payable.
The little blue slips are going out to
nearly 8.000 taxpayers or property
owners, the list being the largest in
the history of the county. Accom
panying the "bad news" is a little
pink slip of paper reminding the
property owners that listings will
be effected as of January 1. 1940.
and as of the first day of the year
thereafter. The listing task is not
causing any great concern, but
many are already scratching their
heads and pondering over the how
and wherefore they will pay the
1939 tax hill. Payment can be de
layed a long time, but only at added
expense. Conditions in the economic
world next fall can either mitigate
or aggravate the worry that one
may entertain in connection wtthf
this paying-out business.
The notices are going out a bit
late this year because there was a
delay ordered in the sheriff's sale for
1938 taxes. The law prohibited the
collector from holding two sets of
books at one time, and all collec
tions have been handled by the reg
ister of deeds since the 1939 accounts
were made ready a little over a
month ago. The register of deeds
will continue to receive the 1939 ac
counts until the sheriff makes full
account for the 1938 collections.
Slight increases in the tax ac
counts are noticed by property own
ers throughout the county, and es
pecially in Cross Roads Township
where a 25-cent increase in the spec
ial road district rate was effected to
help drag the road bond debt out of
the mud. A four-cent increase in
the general county rate accounts for
the larger tax amounts where as
sessed valuations remained un
changed.
Farm Bureau Group in
Special Meeting Here
STILL LIVING
James Whitehurst, itinerant
banjo player who was critical
ly shot on East Main Street here
on October 7, was discharged hy
a Washington hospital this
morning, and it is apparent that
the man. his intestines punc
tured in eleven places by gun
shed, is going to live to tell the
story. Carried to the home of a
relative, Whitehurst, young col
ored man. will have to continue
in bed for some time.
Kander Jones, colored man
who stands charged with the
shooting, continues a charge of
the law in the county jail.
IVaiuil (GrowersTo
Meet in Washington
Tuesday. Mo\. 14th
\1?'lllts (?f SlO|?|?illf? lYilllllt
h\|?aii?i<?n To lie his
ciihwm! ill Medina
Peanut growers -throughout the na- 1
tion have boon invited to a confer
ence in Washington, Tuesday-, No
vember 14. by tile Department of |
Agriculture to discuss regulations af
feeling peanuts in the new 11140 pro
gram of the AAA before these reg
ulations are finally drawn and the
new program announced. The invi
tation to the conference lias been
issued by A M. Dickson, senior mar
keting specialist, and includes pea
nut growers in Virginia. Florida, Al
abama, Georgia and Texas, as well
as North Carolina
According to R. C Holland, of
Kdenton. president of the N C. Pea
nut Stabilization Cooperative, who
urges all peanut growers who can
to attend the meeting, this meeting
is of important concern to the pea
nut growers of this terriory, since it
is expected that the subject of dis
cussion will be ways and means of j
arresting further expansion of pea
nut acreage. I can hardly think of
a more important problem confront
ing?Hie?pejnut?grow; r.i?than?t+ret
matter of consistent and continued
expansion of peanut acreage." he
declared.
Considering the possibility of a
considerable amount of the acreage
that was this year planted in tobac
co being turned to peanuts next
year as a result of the acreage con
trol program voted for tobacco, it
is expected that peanut growers
will urge Department of Agricul
ture<-*>fficials to increase the penal
ties under the Soil Conservation
program for exceeding peanut acre
age allotments and take other effec
tive measures to guard against to
bacco and cotton acres being divert
ed to peanuts.
Mr. Robert Everett will represent
this county at the meeting. ~
Oak C.ity llaii Smaller
Dplint/aenl Tax Lint
Economic conditions in the town
of Oak City are apparently better
for some property owners this year
than they were a year ago. accord
ing to Tax Collector James A Rawls.
Last year the delinquent tax list car
ried the names of 35 property own
ers with the unpaid accounts
amounting to $244.50. The delin
quent list for 1938. appearing for the
first time next week, is carrying the
names of only 30 property owners
and an unpaid amount of $201.73.
However, while the number of de
linquents among the white property
owners was decreasing from 21 to 14,
the number of delinquent taxpayers
among the colored population in
creased from 14 to 16 and the amount
of unpaid taxes jumped from $60.38
for 1937 to $80 53 for 1938 The un
paid taxes among the white proper
ty owners decreased from $184.12
to $121.20.
Need For Stronger
Organization Cited
By Bureau Leaders
!'o**il?lr Thai DefeniM1 VI ill
Be Kiiiuiiri'il ut Kxpense
Of X^ririilturr
Holding a special meeting in the
county agricultural building here
last evening, half hundred Martin
farmers were told in certain words
hat a strong organization will be
lecersary if agriculture is to con
inue m the national picture A* I -
tressing the meeting, K F. Arnold,
lecrelary of the State Bureau, and
It CJ. Arnold, .southeastern director
?f the American Farm Bureau Fed
ration, urged Martin County far
nera to rally to the support of the
irganization and help build up the
membership from a measly few to a
i?roup of more than 25,000 farmers
who will stick up for the rights of
agriculture and carry their needs
to the National Congress through the
cooperation of the American Fed
eration.
Presided over by C Abram Rob
?rson, president of the North Car
>lina Farm Bureau, the meeting
heard County Agent T B Brandon
stress the value of the soil conserva
tion program and how Martin farm
ers had turned from it this year
Martin County farmers will have
in the neighborhood of $150,000 this
year in soil conservation payments
because they overplanted tobacco,"
Brandon said To aggravate the agri
cultural situation, tobacco farmers
are marketing 241 million more
pounds of tobacco this year than
they sold last year, and they are go
ing to receive approximately thirty
million dollars less for a 1,025,000,
000 pound crop than they received
for a 784,000,000 pound crop last
year, he added.
"We did not raise enough food and
feed this year because we did not
have time to cultivate gardens,"
Brandon said, adding that possibly
there would be time to plant and
care for gardens next year
Following the agent on tie pro
gram, T. B. Slade explained that in
structions for handling the 1940 to
bacco allotments are expected in the
county tomorrow, that the commun
ity committees will likely be called
next week to start reviewing the al
lotments with the possibility that the
information will reach the glowers
some time about the middle ? f De
cember. "It is estimated that Mar
tin farmers will get around ?75,000
in soil conservation payments this
year," Mr Slade said. He stressed
the need for a long-time farm pro
gram, and urged the farmers to per
fect a strong organization in sup
port of that type of program
Secretary E. F. Arnold reviewed
the work of the farm bureau, and
pointed out that a strong organiza
tion would be needed to maintain
the rights of agriculture. "They are
talking about a three billion dollar
defense program, and it is possible
(Continued on page six)
TOBACCO SALES
Following one of the biggest
rushes In history, the local to
bacco market Is reporting com
paratively light sales this week.
Virtually all of the crop has been
sold In this immediate territory,
hut the market here anticipates
fairly sixable sales during the
coming week, Supervisor K. B.
Crawford stating this morning
that the market will easily han
dle In excess of ten million
pounds during the season.
No closing date for the mar
ket has been set, but there is a
pomibility the season will end
snout Thanksgiving or early in
December.
Wilton Alton Knox
Dies In Hospital
Tuesday Afternoon
Lu?t Kilo Are Held at lii^K
Funeral Home Here
Yeslerdav
Wilton Alton Knox, well-liked fin
ure in the various phases of com
munity life here for the past fifteen
years, died in a Washington hospital
last Tuesday afternoon at 3:20
o'clock from septic poisoning, his
passing marking the end of a long
period of declining health and quiet I
suffering.
A victim of a complication of ail-I
ments. Mr. Knox was forced into I
virtual retirement the early part of I
last September, and gradually his'
condition grew worse Prior to that
.time. In* suffered greatly hut he
continued a firm grasp on life and
bore his suffering without com
plaint. About two weeks before his
death he told members of his fam
ily that hi- wanted to visit a few
places of business on Main Street
here. While he experienced an agon
izing pain at that time, there were
those witty remarks and that smile
that characterized his life and made
everyone feel free to call him "Fat
ty." On the last Sunday in October,
he got up and dressed himself, and
that evening he told members of his
family that he would not be putting
his clothes on any more He grew
worse rapidly from that time, and
several days before the end his con
ihtion was described as critical
The son of the late Wilton A. Knox
and wife, he was born 42 years ago
last May in Bethel where he spent
his early childhood, dating moving
with his family to LaCIrange and then
to Fuquay Springs The family la
ter moved to Wilson and following
the death of the father there, Mr
Knox moved to Rocky Mount and
was.employed by the Atlantic Coast
Line for about nine years Resigning
his job there, he started traveling
for a lumber manufacturing firm
and maintained his headquarters
here in 1924. (hi \ n ember 14 of the
following year he wa* married to
Miss Janie Fdwards, daughter of
Mrs. Addie Edwards, of High Point,
and the late Emmett Edwards who
for a number of years was chief of
the local police department
Mr. Knox returned to the em
ploy of the Atlantic Coast Line, hut
later in 1929 accepted a position with
the local agent of the Norfolk, Bal
timore and Carolina Imt' licit. He
was actively connected with the or
ganization until a short time before
his death.
Unpretentious in manner, Nil..
Knox was recognized as a loyal
friend by many IIr was always
ready to accommodate anyone he
could often impairing his own wel
fare to serve others. In the home he
was a devoted husband and father,
a thoughtful provider. He was a man
wlit) valued the standards of laii
nrs and frankness rather than
wealth and pretentiousness
Resides his wife he is survived by
two children, Alberta and Wilton A
Knox, 3rd, and two sisters, Mrs. R.
11 Stt phenson and Mrs. CJ M Pred
dy, both of Raleigh
Funeral services were conducted
at the Biggs Funeral Home on Main
Street yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock by Rev James 11 Smith, as
sistod by Reverends John Hardy and
Z. T Piephoff. Interment was ir? the
family plot in the cemetery here.
1 :
Jurymen Are Drawn
For One Week Term
Of Superior Court
Comparatively Few Ca?en Arc
On Docket For Trial
Next Month
?
With plans already complete for
holding a term of Martin County Su
perior court, the commissioners in
their regular monthly session made
plans for holding another term when
'oT*tr
they drew the naTfies" oT^thiity-six
citizens for jury service during a
one-week term beginning December
11 for the trial of both criminal and
civil cases.
Judge Leo Carr, who made such a
favorable impression while presid
ing over his first term of court in
this county last September, w'ill re
turn for the December session. The
jurist is from Burlington.
To date very few cases have been
placed on the docket for trial. A few
defendants have appealed fiom sen
tences imposed in the county court
and their cases will be scheduled
during the one-week term. Very few
civil cases are ever considered dur
ing the term. It is possible that Ed
Thompson and his son, James, will
be returned to this county for trial
and it is very likely that their cases
will attract attention. Charged with
the wholesale theft of chickens and
meat in this county during last sum
mer and early fall, the two men wen
arrested in late September by Geor
gia highway patrolmen. The elder
Thompson was injured in an auto
mobile wreck, and, according to last
reports, has not fully recovered. He
and his son are being held by feder
al authorities in Charlotte, but Sher
(Continued on page six)
Owners Hold Their Personal
Property Off Auction Block
Personal property owners beat
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck to the miction
bloc k early this week, and as a re
suit there was nothing for sale. The
officer, rounding up delinquent per
sonal property tax accounts* had
levied on and seized a number of
automobiles and quite a lew other
personal property items. The tax
claims against the items were to he
satisfied at an auction ^do m front
of the courthouse this week, but
when the sale tune was reached, the
owners had paid their tax accounts
and retrieved their properties in all
by one of the cases In that case, the
property owner made satisfactory
arrangements prior to the sale time
for the payment of his personal prop
erty taxes. '
The round up. started in Maiuil
ton. Goose Nest. Robersonville and
Cross Roads Townships, is now be
ing extended t?? ail parts of tin < oun
tv Late reports state that a large
number of automobiles and quite a
few pig: , cows, wagons and carts
cud trucks have been seized and
present indications are that the of
ficer will have something to sell to
the high bidder at the next sale
which 's scheduled to be held on
Monday. November 20.
There were a number of potential
buyers at the sale this week ready
to hop on the bargains that were to
have been offered, the sheriff said.
The tax books carry the largest
personal property list in the county
history as a result of extensive work
carried on last spring and summer
by the county tax supervisor, and to I
hold the amount of the insolvent list
in .a minimum the sheriff pointed
out that he was forced to resort to
drastic measures to effect collections I
in inaiiv cases
Slight Increase Shown
In Delinquent Tax List
(Collections Almost
Oil Par with Those
For The Past Year
\ImhiI TOO OiiI of \|>|iro\i
mutrly tUHMI At'rumilit Kc
main I'ln-olli-rlol
Contrary t<> exportation,s. tax col
lections for the year 1938 arc not up
to expectations. Sheriff C It Hoe
buck said today as the dead line for
wiping off the accounts was reach
ed. As the delinquent tax list appears
for publication today, there are 705
real property accounts m arrears,
representing an unpaid amount ol
$14,170.70. With the tax sales post
poped one month and with a rapid
rush to pay the accounts, indications
of just a few clays ago pointed to
one of the smallest delinquent lists
in several years, hut despite tin tie
lay and a lug tobacco crop, tin- col
lections did not come up to the col
lector's expectations.
The increased trend Was fairly
uniform throughput the county with j
two exceptions, Poplar Point and ;
Hamilton Last ..year there were sev i
a-u. unpaid accounts in Poplar Point
at advertising time, six white and
one colored This year the colored
population MpiaJed its real estate
tax accounts to a penny and the
niunhei of delinquent taxpayers
among the white population was
decreased from six to three. In the
neighboring township of Hamilton,
the number of delinquents was de '
creased from 28 to 27 among tin
white population and from 29 to. 2o j
among the colored population Tin
number of delinquents showed an
average increase in number of about
4 mi the cither eight districts
A comparative study of the un
paid taxes for the year 1988 and 1987
shows little change in the tax situ
atlon While there are thirty .one
more unpaid accounts this year than
last, the amount uncollected is only
$322.01 greater than it was a year
ago Comparatively speaking, tin
tax collector is just about holding his
own in this count
A glance at the individual town j
ships shows smaller unpaid amounts
in six of the ten townships, includ
ing Williams, Griffins, Hear Gias
Williamston, Poplar Pont, Hamilton
and Goose Nest Poplai Point cut
its uncollected amount more than
half, and Griffins reduced its de
linquent amount by a large percent
age The amount delinquent in Cross
Roads was increased more than half,
and a sizable increase was reported
in Robe rsonville.
A comparison'of the- ntimbei of de
linquent accounts and the amounts
for the- past two tax years, 1987 and
1938, by townships, follows:
Amounts t7ncolle<-tt*ri
1937
193*
Jamcsville ,
$ i,?:?? 3i
1,481 27
Williams
487 llll
484 88
Griffina
212 811
129 95
Ili ar Grass
289,111
249 48
Williamston
2.8.-TO
3 1138 35
Cross Roads
2S<) !l7
517(19
Kobersonvillr
1,952.68
2.484 37
Poplar Point
1158 26
158.86
Hamilton
1,848 69
1,589 23
Goose Nest
3,989 84
3 885 58
TOTALS $13,848.09 $14 170 70
Number Advertised
1937
193*
Jamesville
123
129
Williams
43
43
Griffins
13 "
14
Bear Grass
18
21
Williamston
165
176
Cross Roads
21
30
Kobersonvillr
119
119
Poplar Point
7
3
Hamilton
57
53
Goose Nest
108
117
TOTALS
674
705
Advertised for four weeks, the
parcels of land and other real estate
will be offered for sale to the high
est bidder at a sheriff's sale on Mon
day, December 4th.
SOU) OUT
In the lust Tuesday issued of
The Enterprise, John Kubaiiks,
manager of the llassell Supply
Company, llassell. advertised
peanut hags for sale. Yesterday,
Mr. Eubaiiks notified the office
by long distance telephone to
discontinue the advertisement
immediately. He reported that
his firm had been literally
swamped by buyers, tftiat bags
were sold by the thousands and
the unusually large supply had
been exhausted.
It is just another bit of evi
dence that Enterprise ads pay.
IVrsidriil l\oosc\clt
To Launch Drive lor
lieil ( loss Members
(loinplele lor (uiiivumh
I liroiifglioiil I lie Martin
I omits i liapler
Pi rsidcnt Roosevelt will launch
(he annual It. d C'n?ss Hull Call in a
radio aihh i'.s.s oh November I I ovei
the combinednetworks of the Na
tmnal Broadcasting Company, Col
umhia and Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tems lie will be introduced by Nor
man II Dave-, national chairman of
the American Red Cross, it was an
nounci d today by Mi Harry A
Biggs, chairman <>f the Martin Conn
1y chapter
The chief exit iltlVe w ill he the
first speaker on a full hour program
bringing together some of the most
popuLi stai: on radio, screen and
dago The broadcast w ill start at
II)atti p. m FST, and will switch from
Washington to New York and Hoi
lywooil for particiaptinn by such
popular favorites as Fred Allen. Hen
Bernie. .John Charles Thomas Clit
tori Fadimari, Paul Whiteman and lus
orchestra. Harry von /a ll. Don Wil
son, Fdgar Bergen and Charlie Mr
Carthy, Connie Hoswell, Major
Bowt and. Ja.seha Ih ifet/ All stars
on the program, as Red Cross niuii
In is, have volunteered their scr
vices
In ret(ignition of the need for in
(leasing Red Cross mernhership in
one of the busiest years in tile his
lory of the organization, President
Roosevelt is appearing on the air for
the Red Cross for the first time since
la has ht t il in the White House As
president of the Hinted States, Mr.
Roosevelt is also president of the
American Red Cross Hi appeal for
membership will be coupled with
that of Chairman Norman H Davis
who was appointed to the chairman
ship in 1037 after a distinguished ca
leer in the diphnnatic service
The membership drive will get un
derway here next Monday morning
with Mrs J A Fason in charge of
the canvass here County Chapter
Chajrman 11. A Ihggs-will head the
drive outside the town, and J C
Manning will carry the membership
campaign into the several. schools.
Mrs. Fason announced today a list
of able assistants for handling the
(Continued on page six)
INSTRUCTIONS
v^_
Instructions for bundling the
distribution of tobacco allot
ments to farmers in this coun
ty are expected late toduy or to
morrow. Members of the local
committee are subject to call
the early part or middle of next
week for a review of the allot
ments, according to information
coming from the office of the
county agent here.
The allotments, slated to be
reduced not more than 20 per
cent from the 1939 quotas, will
be placed In the hands of the
growers some time in December.
Prohibitory Taxes
Prove To Be A Bi?j
Source Of Revenue
W arrant* I^kiimI iii (anility for
\llr*??'<l \ iolalion Serup
lohaeeo Law
Designed to prohibit the ate of
scrap tobacco. J tic special law li
censing dealers and collectors is
proving to be a source of big revenue
for the State, according to a survey
of activities hi tin- scrap tobacco
field in thiaanq other eastern North
Carolina counties during the past
few weeks
Apparently believing the high li
cense > fees would take care of the
problem, the State Department of
Revenue paid .little attention to the
t nforeeroeot of-the scrap tobacco act
earlier in the season Frequent vio
lations reported on a fairly large
-cal'tY hovVt-ver have attracted at
tent ion and a prosecution drive is
now underway throughout the to
! haeco teia itorv
Five warrants, charging violation
of the special legislative act, have
been issued m this county during the
past few' days and the first ease is
slated lot- trial before Judge H. O.
Feel in the county recorder's court
next Mondav Only one of the war
rants had bi'vn served up until late
yesterday; hut the arrests of the
other four alleged violators are ex
ported shortly Paul, Bullock, the
first victim of the drive to enforce
the scrap tobacco license act. was
taken into custody at Robersonville
Wednesday night. Bond in the sum
of $100 w as arranged and the young
man w e released yesterday He is
booked for trial next Monday
Lu? ''sos to canvass this county for
scrap tobacco have been issued to M
I lolhday. of Jamesville, and H
K Fury is. of the Hassell section
Costing $250 each, tlvc^hcenses were
issued several weeks ago. Licenses,
costing $500 each, have been issued
to the W I 'Skinner and W. M
Scales Tobacco companies, giving
them the light to handle the partic
nlar type of. tobacco
Up until October VI, fifteen li
jiSes had been issued in the tohac
Co belt to collect the. scrap from far
mors, and fifteen licenses hail been
issued t<? tobacco factories handling
scrap Numbers of other licenses
have been issued t<> canvassers since
that time.
It i- estimated that well oyer a
nuMion pound.-, o{ scrap tobacco have
In-en soli.t m tin tobaeeo territory so
fai this year, much of it having been
handled during the tobacco holiday
lie the latter part of September and
t al ly I tctohi i
Reports slate that the canvassers
buy the snap at a price ranging
from one half to one and one-half
cents a pound and sell it at the fac
tories for around two and one half
cents a pound Fairly large amounts
have hern sold to the factories by
the .'farmers themselves
J. I. Katies "SaiiMMI
Vssistunt To V^ont
J..I.ii I Eagle.-., young Edgecombe
County man, w.i named thi - we?vk
In inc. ?> <1 ,J Woodard as assist
ant Mai tin County farm agent Mr
Eagle- will i ntt i upon his now ctu
tu\; tho first of next month, it was
announced today by Farm Agent T
IV Brandon's office
(iraduati'd from Wake Forest with
tin class of I WW, the new assistant
agent lias gained nearly three years
I practical experience in the man
agement of W W Eagles' extensive
farming, interests in the Macclesfield
immunity of Edgecombe County
J I' Woodard w ho came here two
<ind one half years ago to succeed
Lloyd T Weeks us assistant county
farm ?agent; resigned this week to
accept the job as county agent for
Hyde County Young Woodard, dur
mg Ins stay here, has made many
friends throughout t' ? county who
hate to see him leave.
Commenting on the young man's
promotion, Agent Brandon stated
th.d it looked as if he Was taking the
young bucks down here and training
them for posts higher up in the ex
tension service. Murphy L Barnes,
after a short stay here, moved up to
Washington Lloyd T Weeks, who
is remembered here as the hustling
assistant agent, is chief tobucco spec
ialist for the State Extension Service
and now Woodard is moving out into
a field of his own
* ?
Local Man ( ontinuvn To
Improve In II on pita!
Friends returning here last night
from a visit with Mr C. A Harri
son in a Richmond hospital state that
he continues to improve and is get
ting along unusually well, "He wants
to come home mighty bad," one of
the visitors to his bedside said.
Tobacco Theft He ported
In (lounty Thin ff eek
Approximately 500 pounds of un
graded tobacco were stolen from the
Gurganus farm in Bear Grass Town
ship early yesterday morning. No
arrests have been made in the case,
and details of the sheriff's investi
gation have not been revealed.
Very few tobacco thefts have been
reported in the county this year, the
sheriff stating that thieves havd in
vaded only three packbarns to date.