Local Mart Looks
Much Better Than
The Reports Sound
(Continued from page one)
way around and are making good
sales on the market. In fact, any
grower with tobacco of fair quality
is receiving a fair but no extremely
high averages
Preliminary reports coming in
from other markets point to a fair
ly uniform price throughout the belt,
excepting the extremes which wre^
Common in the early market reports
Averages, ranging from $15 to $21 60
per 100 pounds, were reported with
the general price figure standing
close to $15.94 for the belt, as a
whole, according to reports reach-1
ing here.
Greenville was averaging right at
16 cents up until noon, according to
the Daily Reflector in a report re
leased early this afternoon
Wilson, with three million pounds
on its floors, reported a similar av
erage for the first 89 piles sold A |
price average on such a narrow base I
v> ill likely vary
Go ids Oar o reported -an a\ erage of
19.9 for the first 3.625 pounds sold
Washington with 410,000 pounds ori I
its floors reported a price range of
6 to 28 cents with the average stand
ing at $18.05, a press report main
tains
First sales at
cents.
Rocky Mount, with no sales rang
ing over- 25 "cents-during the early
marketing period, reported -an^aver
age of 17 cents
Farmviile said its prices ranged
around 18 cents.
The high peak in the belt was
claimed by Smithfield where an
average of $21.60 was reported
A late report, officially checked
against sales made on two rows in a
Williamston warehouse between 12
o'clock noon and the lunch hour,
shows that 11,866 pounds were sold
for $1,985.21. a resulting average of
$16 73. Tobacco of better but still
only fair quality was still ahead of
the buyers at that time This latest
figure as compared with the open
ing sales a year ago is about $1 per
hundred lower.
Farmers were quick to compare
their personal observations of the
markets, and it was the general opin
ion that prices, grade for grade con
sidered, were- just as high on the
Williamston market as they are any
where'
Coordinate Forces
To Speed Lp Work
On Repair Project
(Continued from page one)
fill to the other by the early part of
next week. It is thought that reg
ular traffic will follow within a
few days. The- engineers have not ye t
mentioned any definite date for re
Upt'MMlg lilt" laUJl.nci^ |
traffic, but it is an established fact j
that the barricades will not remain
up as '? ? s : many first predicted. t
Th< progress M-hpdule. tentative >
:.r.nounced yesterday is dependent ,
upon weather conditions and other |
factoi Sight-seers-ha\< retarded ac
tivities on several occasions, but for
the most pa rt the op era! ions a re la7 -
ing advanced on a smooth sched
uh Anxious to ste tin louti leopen
ed. WUIiamston people hav? lilter
ferred very little with the progress.
Patrolman Whit Saunders said.
Additional forces art* being assign
ed to the project, and today four
bridge units' and ten prison groups
were making progress
The three-quarters of an inch of
? mi fniiing i. last aatamng bad
a tendency to pack the dirt, reports
stating that none of the new fill was
washed. It was also pointed out
that the rains "pepped up" the work
Past Due Accounts
To Be Advertised
In Early Octobei
(Continued from page one)
Modlm's.
An adjustment in the property
valuation of Joseph Davis 111 James
ville Township was ordered, the
board placing the value at $600
Resolutions expressing the appre
ciation of the board in behalf of Un
people of the county, were prepared
and ordered sent to the United States
Coast Guard and the National Bed
Cross.
An appeal to the State Highway
Commission, humbly urging that
body lb rush re~pairi on The Roanoke
River fill, was ordered by the com
missioners with instructions for its
immediate submission.
Local Schools Are
Readv For Opening
Preparations are about complete j
for the opening of the Wilhamston |
schools on Thursday, September 5th
Registrations have been completed
for high school students, and an en
rollment equal to that of last year is
expected in both high and element
y departments when students re
I port at 8:30 on opening day Faculty
I members are arriving in Williams
i ton today to prepare for the new
term Conferences are scheduled for
tomorrow morning and afternoon at
which times details of srtroriT~urgan~
I i/atiuji will be discussed and plans
I made for the year's work.
M i I...( \ McGuire of Paintsville, I
Kentuck> will head tin new Indus
j trial Art> department in Williams
| ton High School. Mr. McGuire at
j tended Berea College and Morehead
State Teachers College, of Kentucky,
j and has eight years' experience in
; public school work. It is expected
that Mi McGwire's work will be a
valuable addition to the local high
school While the details of the In
dustrial Arts courses await the ar
? rival of Mi McGuire, plans are be*
1 nig made to offer the work to a
group of eighth and ninth grade boys
and to a group of older boys who
have dropped out of school.
As children return to the class
rooms next Thursday, motorists are
urged to exercise special care
usually parents, and th? reminder
of school opening should serve as a
"note o! caution to them. Fiesh~frem
vacation, the hundreds of youngs
ters will cross Williamston's streets
and may not he as alert as at a fu
ture date. The School Boy Safety
Patrol will be reorganized within
'the next few days, but old members
will be at their posts Thursday, Chil
dren and parents are urged to coop
erate in making this a safer school
year
Prominent County
Fanner Dies Near
Here Last Sunday
(Continued from page one)
ern area of Bear Grass Township, a
short distance from Commissioner
R. L Perry^Lihprm* on the Washing
ton Highway As a small-scale farm'*
er ,he gave his work personal atten
tion and in tlie course of years was
ranked among that group of citizens
who lived at home, met their obli
gations promptly and contributed to
the 'welfare of society. Mr. Rogers,
highly respected by all who knew
h|m for his sincerity of purpose, was
one of the founders of the Hayes
Swamp Church in Griffins Town
ship. In its service he was faithful,
giving butli of his time and means
for its support.
Mr Rogers was a valuable neigh
bor. a thoughtful husband and re
spected father He walked humbly
in the sight of his maker and held a
clear heart before his fellowman.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at the home at
2 30 < 'clock by Elders B S. Cowin,
A H A; ers and W. E. Grimes. In
1. riMi iit was in the family burial
ground at the home place
Mi Rogers is survived by his wi
How old, five sons. Hqrmond, Pear
ly. Johnnie. David R. and William,
and two daughters, Mrs. Dalton Rob
rrsnrr and Nellie Rogers-nil of
Martin COUftty
Former Resident
Of Oouiity Passes
In Lvneldmrt;. Ya.
(Continued from page one)
thers. Dr. W. S. N. Calhoun, Judge
Nathan M Calhoun and Dr Leoni
das F. Calhoun, all of Louisiana, pre
ceded her in death Among the rel
tives surviving other than her grand
daughter are. two nephews. R. D.
Calhoun and W F Calhoun, of Louis
iana.
Mrs Yarrell is remembered in
this community as a Christian wo
man. possessed of a sweet charac
ter and understanding. She number -
ed a large circle of friends among
the old and the young^n this com
munity. and she was held in high
esteem by all who knew her. She
was a devoted and faithful member
of the Methodist Church for a long
number of years, and her high
Christians ideals and culture had a
marked effect upon those with whom
she came in contact. After she moved
her residence to Greensboro* Mrs.
Yarrell enjoyed her visits back to
Williamston and renewing acquaint
ances.
LET ME FILE YOFR SAWS AND
fix your clocks L. M Brown,
Jamesville, N. C s3-4t
Have You Seen
the 3 Mystery
Pigs in Clark's
Drug Store
Window?
Thirty-Four Schools
Have A Total Of 201
Teachers This Year
(Continued from page one)
peak was reached last term," J. C.
Manning, superintendent of the
county system, said this morning
Last year 3.286 children enrolled
in the ten white schools as follows:
School Ele. High Total
Jariesvilli 325 116 441
Fdrm Lift 150 58 208
Bear Or. 228 65 293
Wilhamston 585 207 782
Everett*?? 258' 253
iobecaohvUfe 311 297 608
Gold Point 64 64
Hassel! 55 55
Oak City 232 165 397
Hamilton 175 175
2378 908 3286
Approximately 3.750 are expected
to enroll in the colored schools, the
superintendent explaining that ev
ery 0m1 of the twenty-four school
plants would have as many as it can
handle, and that some would have
more than they can handle.
There have been quite a few
changes in the teaching iliel'SUiuiel, -
but the number of teachers remains
virtually the same with some schools
losing a teaching and others gain
ing ope
Several new courses of instruction
-art, hninf r .ffprin some of the
schools thisjlej'm for the first time,
the new curnculum including a man
ual art* dt-t>urtment in the William
ston plant
Teacher assignments were an
nounced complete last week-end
when Miss Hodges, of Asheville, ac
cepted a position made vacant by
a last-minute resignation in the Rob
ersonville school, and when Profes
sor Lacy McQuire, of Paintsville,
Ky., agreed to take over the new
manual aits department in William
ston
Propose Decrease
In Train Service
Kinston and other points along
the route to Rocky Mount and
those between Washington and Par
mele are about to lose their passen
ger train service, the Atlantic Coast
Line- Railroad Company having ap
plied to the Utilities Commission for
permission to discontinue the trains.
A mixed service between Parmele
and Washington will also be dis
continued if the company's request
is granted
Kinston recently notified the au
thorities that the proposal would be
contested : ?
Possibly passenger service on the
Coast Line's Plymouth branch would
have been discontinued anyway, but
it is recalled how the towns in this
section were literally "sold out" by
a certain organization working out
of Kinston And now it is Kinston's
fight, and if the same arguments are
advanced there as were advanced
by the Coast Line on this route, Len
oir people will have to depend en
tirely on Highway Commissioner
Webb's new roads.
Seed Is Available
For Flood Areas
The State Colleeg Extension Serv
hat compiled-a?Usl of sources ol
surplus Irpumr and small grain seed
available for the drought and flood
stricken areasof North Carolina. A
copy of this list has been placed in
the hands of every county farm agent
in the State.
John W Goodman, assistant ex
tension director, acted promptly
when it wail evident that the? dry
weather 111 July and the heavy rains
and floods in August had destroyed
thousands of acres of food and feed
crops, and many bushels of stored
seed. Hi' called upon extension agents
to report on seed surpluses in their
counties.
The survey showed that there are
available 124,835 bushels of oat
seed, 61.232 bushels of wheat, 18,
500 bushels of barley, 1,000 bushels
of rye, 30.000 pounds of crimson
clover. 17.000 pounds of Italian rye
grass, and 5.000 pounds of vetch.
"Farmers who have lost a part of
their corn and hay crops should im
mediately communicate with their
county farm agent and learn the
sources of this surplus seed." Good
man said This is the planting sea
son for small grains and winter cov
er crops in most of the State, and
even in areas where the drought and
floods did not cause any damage, it
is wise to have some of these crops
growing to protect and enrich the
soil during the winter thonths."
The extension leader said that 11
varieties of oats, three varieties of
wheat, three of barley and Abruzzi
rye are available. "*
Farm Life School
Set For Owning
?>
The Farm Life school will open
Thursday. September 5th, for the
1940-41 term.
The faculty will be as follows:
Miss Betty Haywood, first and sec
ond grades: Mrs B. T. Woolard, third
grade. Miss Dorothy Whitehurst,
fourth and fifth grades: Miss Mar
gurite Cooke, sixth grade; Mrs.
Frank Wilkens, seventh grade: Mr.
J. C. Perry," of Chesterfield, S. C.,
will replace Mr. D. T. Ward, former
coach and high school teacher; Mrs.
R P. Martin will teach English and
French in the high school, and Mr.
R. P. Martin, principal.
There will be a meeting of the
teachers Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock.
Farm Life school is looking for
ward to a most successful year.
THE EDUCATIONAL MONTH
On The Farm and in The Home
SS7L
\n
w?*
S&ptem&e/i
September came and Pete and Polly But first there came the Coadf
Were somewhat at a lost to know Fair
If they should reel cast down or Jolly. With Iota of hif h grade thing* on
For back to school they both must go; view?
At that they knew they should be There were 4-H exhibits there
Curninc And interesting lectures, too.
Their intellects to thoughts of All this was high class preparation
learning. For pointing up book education.
With summer on the wane, State
College specialists recommend the
following good farming practices for
September, the first autumn month
of the year:
Plant winter grazing crops now,
says Earl H. Hostetler. professor of
animal husbandry. Italian rye grass
or any of the cereal grains make
rxcellrnt grazing for all kinds of
livestock during the winter and
early spring. The grazing will be
improved and the period extended
if white Dutch clover or crimson
clover is seeded with the grain or
grass.
Ellis Vestal, extension swine spec
ialist, says many pigs are farrowed
in September. But before farrowing
time, put the brood sow in a field
that has been cultivated since any
hogs ranged over it. Never let pigs
go to old hog lots or pens. Keep thern
on clean land until they weigh at
least 100 pounds Vestal also says a
sow worth feeding should have a
good farrowing house. County agents
have blueprints of these houses
which any grower may obtain
September is a good month to
plant pastures, recommends John
Arey, extension dairyman. It is one
of the most favorable months of the
year, since seedings made now will
get off to a good start during the
fall and winter This will enable
them to withstand better the drouths
of summer, a fact which is not al
ways true of pastures planted in the
spring. In planting, Arey recom
mends good land with the seed bed
pulverized to a depth of three inches,
300 to 400 pounds per acre of a high
grade fertilizer mixture, and grasses
and legumes suited to soil and cli
matic conditions.
Cotton should bo picked just as
Anticipate Large
Cotton Crop Gain
Cotton, ranking at the bottom of
all crops in value during the past
decade in this county, is regaining
a strong foothold in agricultural cir
cles' this season, according to a re
port coming from Johnny Kubanks
over in Hassell.
According to estimates offered by
Mr. Kubanks his .section is making
nrcnaral inns ti> inn inst nhnnt si*
times as much cotton as was ginned
last season. In 1939, 143 bales of cot
ton, about one-fourth produced in
the county, was ginned in Hassell.
This year the production will ap
proximate 800-1000 bales.
While there has been a slight in
crease in aereage?planted?to the
crop, Mr. Eubunks says that the
large yield is attributable to three
facts, a cold winter, a dry June and
molasses mopping.
Business Continues
To Show Increase
Pick-ups in employment, due to
defense work getting underway, con
tinue to produce larger and larger
"reflections" in increased sales Af
partment store sales averaged six
per cent over corresponding weeks
of 1939, the gain moved up to 10 per
cent two weeks ago?and last week
went on up to 15 Indications are the
months of August, as a whole, will
show the widest margin of gain ov
er 1939, of any month this year If
it hits 10 per cent, the Federal Re
serve Board's adjusted index of such
sales would be 97 per cent of the
1923-25 average?and that would be
the highest for any month since way
back in the spring of 1931. Total
revenue freight loadings for the na
tion's railroads hit a new high mark
for the year last week?a fraction
better than 10 per cent above the
same week last year.
Funeral Held Monilay For
Father Of Local Teacher
Funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon in the Benson Meth
odist Church for George Monroe
Benson, father of Miss Mary Benson,
a teacher in the Williamston schools
for the past several years. Mr. Ben
son, 87, died at his home in Benson
Sunday morning.
Hevival Begin* Wednesday
Evening At Vernon Church
Revival services will begin Wed
nesday night at 7:30 o'clock and ex
tend through the following week at
the Vernon Methodist Church, Rev.
Daniel Boone has announced.
soon as It dries out, says Paul Kime,
Experiment Station agronomist, in
a bit of timely advice at the begin
ning of "cotton-pickin'" time. The
first open bolls usually contain much
moisture and if picked before the
lint is fluffy, the seed cotton will
be sunned or spread out in the cot
ton house and stirred with a fork
each day. If possible, hold from one
to two weeks, since green cotton gin
cuts easily.
September is the beginning of the
annual season for fairs, so H. R. Nis
wonger, Extension Service horticul
turist, advises farm families to get
their exhibits c>f fruits and vege
tables ready now. He says fruit to be
exhibited should be picked and
handled with extreme care, keeping j
in mind that the best fruit for show
purposes is found near the top of the
tree. Don't pick the largest speci
mens but those which are typical of
I the variety. Then wrap each one in
paper and pack snugly. Vegetables
for exhibit should be free from
blemishes, clean and fully matured.
Jack Rowell, extension entomo
1 logist, adds this suggestion to the
September list: Tobacco fields should
be plowed and planted good
cover crop to aid in the control of
tobacco insects. This will prevent the
developmetn of tobacco suckers
which furnish a food supply for
hordes of flea beetles, horn worms,
bud worms, and other insects until
frost. If the development of suckers
is preventedy most of the tobacco in
sects will go into hibernation so
weak they cannot emerge the fol
lowing spring to lay eggs for a crop
of new pests to harass growers in
1941. Cotton farmers should follow
the same practice to fight boll weev
ils
| FLOOD W ATERS
Thr old Roanoke continues In
flood state at this point, but Its
fall of nine and one-half feet
since August 22 reduces its cur
rent news value to a low point.
The stream, now sis inches over
its banks, frequently rises to
that point and higher levels
nearly every month in the year.
During the past 24 hours the
river has been on a stand at
10.5 feet, the stream failing only
three inches In the preceding 4S
hours, Bridgekeeper Hugh
Sprulll said today. No high wa
ter has been officially reported
at Weldon recently.
Income Of American
People Shows Rise
According to official estimates by
the Department of Commerce, the
income of the American people dur
ing the first seven months of the
year was two billion dollars higher
than for the same period in 1939 . .
In fact, it was the highest for any
comparable period in the whole de
cade of the '30's. At the same time
the cost of living, taking it on a na
tional average, has not risen at a
comparable rate That means, oth
er things being equal, the average
housewife today can spend a larger
proportion of her income on non-es
sential consumer goods. She can
have some costume-jewelry doo-dads
for her winter coat?or get a couple
of extra permanent waves?or an
extra bottle of milk daily?or thick
cream on top of the apple pie on
Sunday.
"Wallop" Index Is
Introduced In U. S.
Most of us are familiar with the
Gallup Poll, but now we have the
"Wallop" Index. Wallop is not the
name of a man, however, as is Gal
lup, but the word used last week
by Publisher Willard Chevalier, of
Business Week magazine to describe
the punch which a nation's citizens
collectively pock. And America's
Wallop Index, based on its capacity
to produce the goods essential to
carry on a modern war, is nearly
two and half times that of Germany,
even with all the Nazis' conquered
territories. Col. Chevalier said.
"Stacked up against the totalitarian
powers, the United States still has
the edge despie the recent indus
rial and agricultural acquisitions of
Hitler and his axis partners," is hl<
reassuring message.
a
Twenty-five per cent of the per
sons killed in traffic accidents in this
state from January to July, 1940,
were driving at the time they were
killed.
BuiJding And Loan
Association Opens
47th Stock Series
???
(Continued from page one)
the usocution The'office is locat^H
tn the Branch Banking and Trust
Company building
Sa?r?y?7r?WU'0E.n
uriii u ? l~2c. 25c, and 50c stock
. l lssued An individual need
not be the recipient of a large salary
?eC'^U"d'n? "nd loan
The installments can be paid weeklv
or monthly and thoa wiih a luffed
income can purchase as taw ^
?^SLnCd the a8aoc!atJOf> was conceiv-1
ed and organized in 1914, not one I
penny has been lost by a stockhold
er. Few losses have been sustained I
by the association. Very few homes
have been foreclosed since 1914 and
hese small losses were absorbed ?y
the association wthout even affect
IX '"terplt r?te on running or
paid-up shares. *
The interest rate paid by the Mar
tin County Building and Loan Asso
state0" I? ?n<> the highest m the
state and according to the State Do
rotate lRaUigh assoc'ation
mend 11 8 sH?*n " more cbm
hitfher pr?gre8s and has had a
msgtautmnrn,nS tha" ,h<
?? , By D N. Hix
While the people of our great na
tion consider the task of uniting to
^vV<ihht' f'rSt ramparts
ocracy the ringing of bells ? long
a symbol of liberty in America -
begins callfng all boys and girls
n8? t?.8fhrK'1 ?id ?hool bells were
patterned after the famous bell
tTon^B4ealed ?Ut tht' birlh of a na
' " 164 years ago, a nation where
hg^s TX 3 freP Prt'ss and r<
,g'? freedom were destined to
dim H L 8818 f"r a more abun
dant, a happier life. The old bells
I nitabllf threPl8ned Wi,h modern s'k
Serf. bu' the call is still heard, and
- p tarn be r sees millions of children
M.yilnser,nhg ',ht' P?rUls
^r'8'" fa?h ?I knowledge. Ours
uld be a solemn realization of the
.contrast between the peaceful call
Of school bells and the wail o a,r
I raid sirens which frighten the ehit>
dlv" Oi many.Ianda by night and by
,ey ,.?U,rs 8hou,d be a heartfelt
hankfulness and a resolve by young
and old alike to make the most o?
our opportunities. 1 of
ha^Sld*?' and Sch<Kj| authorities
have made every effort to provide
and plan a more adequate educa
tional program. Parents and teach
withTuaPPr0aChmg lh"' new year
toward thTnv ' **"*' ?f r, sPonsib,l,ty
rd th? younger generation ChiJ
dren are eager for new experiences
Lit us dedicate the younger genera
hon to a physical, mental and moral
Iha[faa^|t'n^ th<* end 'hat freedom
shall not perish from this ew.i.
Latest Additions To Tho
Enterprise M si ling List
Listed among the recent additions
to the Enterprise mailing list ere the
following:
A. Fant. Rocky Mount; J. H. Rob
erson, Williams ton; Elijah Fields,
Palmyra; J? T Nicholson. Norfolk:
R A. Haislip, Oak City; F. F Hai
slip, Hamilton; W D. Gurganus, Wil
hamston, Mrs. Jim Rollins. Gassville.
Ark.; E. K. Garrett. Lenox, Ga.; John
Y. Oakley. Williamston; Eugene
Ange, Conway; J. N. Hopkins, Wil
liamston; J. C. Kirkman, Jamesville,
Mrs. Bettie Barnhill, Robersonville;
Dan Peel, Williamston.
fntten
A United States cotton crop of U,
429,000 bales, of which North Caro
lina is expected to produce 588,000
bales, has been forecast by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
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health certificate. Apply to 411 W.
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NOTICE TO PUBLIC ? BEACH'S
Place, located on No. 125, near
Spring Green Church, will give 24
hour service. Continuing through the
tobacco season.
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SAVINGS
And
LOANS
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Your
FUTURE
PLANS
Make a practice of saving a portion of your
weekly or monthly income. It will be the
means of your owning a home, maintaining
your credit and in qiaking purchases, buying
less the cash discount. Savings accounts sol
icited and welcomed regardless of how small.
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
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