Plight of Local Baseball For 1941 Is in Hands of the Fans Williamston Faculty Will Meet Hi School Tearns Here Tonight Annual Court Show At Gym To Include Both k01d And New' First Game Is Scheduled To Get Underway Around 7:30 o'Clork ??? The Williams ton Faculty will pre sent, en masse, their annual basket ball show tonight at the local gym The women of the faculty will match their talents against the strong Green Wave sextet around about 7:30 o'clock. Some of the "old timers" of the faculty (that is, those that have played with the teachers in the past years) include, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs, Crawford, Mrs. Edwards, Miss Ev erett and Miss Mewborn. Some of the newcomers to the organization who will be on display will include: Miss Glazener, Miss Duke, Miss Knight, Miss Strickland, Miss Fowl er and Miss Bradley. The men teachers will go on ex hibition for the second act with only two old hands on deck, Mr. Man ning and Coach Sam Edwards. How ever, the teachers are counting on new talent this year to give the lo cal high boys a tussle. Mr. Butler has been getting his shooting arm in shape swinging his baton vigorous ly for the past two weeks; Coach Yates has been skipping about dur ing the girls' practice to get in shape, Mr. McGuire is expecting to loop a few, and the schoolmasters are counting on the height of Mr. Cobb to lend a hand. Principal Hix is hop ing to have his trick knee in line by Tuesday mght to show the youngs ters how basketball used to be play ed some several years back. The general show and entertain ment will begin at 7:30 (provided the ladies are dressed by then) with the men "going on" about 8:30. Season tickets are not good for these games. ? Increased Number Wrecks Reported An approximate 15 per cent in crease in accident reports for the year 1940 as compared with 1939 was announced this week by the High way Safety Division. "This Increase does not reflect a proportionate increase In traffic ac cidents in this state last year, how ever," said Ronald Hocutt, director of the safety division, "It merely re flects more complete reporting of the accidents that occurred." Records of the division show that nearly 10,000 accident reports were received during 1940, against some over 8,000 received in 1939. Traffic fatalities for 1940 were around five per cent above 1939. "The Highway Safety Division is most grateful to the sheriffs, State Highway Patrolmen and pdlice offi cers of North Carolina for their co operation in sending in accident re ports last year," the safety director said. "We know that these officers CANT. QUIT By Jack Sords /-AOOttWO f UC Ati CUAlR, ?*? uwm-oUift A#JO A PAIR .opcwicmw. / CmapleV <36 HRINGEB, FtofMuAR PSTteorT vJBISRAaJ, * sea a OOUHe/ WAt CWNoJCEf "WAT MlS A&ultr Mitcits uteovo a ceibAA^Mf Rwr Bear Grass Wins Two From Roper The Bear Grass High School sex tet won its eighth game in as many starts by trimming Roper High, 17-2, last Friday night. Lorena Rogers led Bear Grass on defense, and Ruth Terry, with 7 pbints, led on offense. Davidson made Roper's only points on a field goal. Chesson was best on defense. The Bear Grass boys stopped the Roper quint, 36-9. Henry White and Elbert Harris, with 10 points apieeot were the Bear Grass leaders. Rufus Gurganus led on defense. Spruill, with. 6, and Hassoll. with 3, scored Roper's points. Bear Grass boys have lost only two of nine games. Rocky Mount and Taiboro hold victories over the locals. are going to bend every effort to make accident reporting in this state as complete as possible during 1941. and we appeal to all drivers in the state to help us further by sending in reports on any accidents in which they might be involved." North Carolina law requires that a written report of an accident must be made to the Highway Safety Pi AVOID TAX PENALTY J A N U A R Y IS THE Last Month I THAT COUNTY TAXES MAY BE PAID AT PAR. i ? I i Beginning Feb. 3rd I A PENALTY WILL BE ADDED TO ALL TAX ACCOUNTS DUE THE COUNTY. Pay Your Taxes Now and Save the Penalty THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSTON Wins Tennis Title 1 Following: in bar mother's foot 'steps, Dorothy Wightman, 17, won1 the national indoor junior tennis 'singles championship in Boston. Her mother held mors than thirty titles in tennis and was the donor of the Wightman Cop, awarded an nually to the best British or Amer ican tennis team. vision within 24 hours after the ac cident occurs if any person has been injured, no matter how slightly, or if the damage done to property seems likely to amount to more than $10. There are two main uses of acci dent reports. One is to furnish in formation as to where accidents oc cur most often, as a basis for select ive engineering and enforcement. The second is to furnish informa tion about the causes of accidents, as a basis for safety education. Co-Ops Farmer co-ops. with a member ship of more than 3,000,000 produc ers, handled a $2,000,000,000 busi ness during the 1939-40 marketing season, says the Farm Credit Admin istration. Local Hi^li School Court Teams Lose Pair To Tarboro JaniM- ami Clifton W uril l.cad ^ ave in I'lMiri'i'okfiil Attempt ? The Williamston High boys' and girls' basketball teams went down in defeat by close margins before the strong Tarboro outfits last Friday night in Tarboro. The girls fought hard to overcome the lead taken by Tarboro in the Third period but fell short by two counters as the final gong sounded, score 24-22. Bina Jackson, with 10 points, led the local scorers. Hay Leg gett followed with 9 points, and Mar jorie Dunn contributed the other three. Quill led the winners with 14 counts; Cherry made 5. Pittman 3. Grannette 1. and Fountain l. This loss gives the girls an even average of two wins and two losses. The Green Wave boys also came out on the short end of the tally, 27 to 23. The Ward boys. Clifton and James, led the attack for the locals ?acli with 8 points Bill llatton prov ed to he too much o basketeer to be held down from his scoring rampage lie led Tarboro with 15 points. This puts the boys even with two wins and two losses The boys' box score Williamston (i F T Peele, f 1 0 2 C Ward, f 4 0 8 Jones, f 1 1 3 J. Ward, c 3 2 8 Griffin, g 0 0 0 Sullivan, g 1 0 2 Totals 10 3 23 Tarboro <> F T llatton, f 7 1 15 Webb, f 2 0 4 Edmondson, c 2 0 4 Carter, g 0 i 1 Bond, g 0 l 1 Carpenter, g 1 0 2 Totals 12 3 27 U.S. .Farmers Finally Get a Vice President During election years we hear much about the farm vote and its importance, but few of us realize how few farm leader are ever nom inated or elected to high office. Com menting on this fact, The Progress ive Farmer reviews a little history apropos of the new Vice President elect. ? "The first representative of dis tinctively farm interests to win elec tion on a nation ticket in probably 100 years, Vice President-elect Wul l.ni- is also one of the very few farm leaders even to win nomination on a national ticket. The People's Party, formed in 1892 as a result of the National Farmers Alliance movement and holding its first na tional convention July 4 that year, would have nominated for President of the United States Col. L. L. Polk (founder and l u st editor of The Pro gressive Farmer) but for his sudden death the month before; Gen. Jas. B. Weaver, of Iowa, was then named and polled more than 1,000 votes. In 189(1 Tom Watson, of Georgia, was nominated for Vice President. Tins year the Republicans nominated for Vice President Senator Chas. L. Mc Nary famous co-author of the Mc Nary-Haugen farm relief bill . . whereupon the Democrats trumped this card with Henry A. Walluee. A man of distinguished ability and courage, unusual scholarly interests, and of loftiest character and person al integrity, the new Vice President will reflect credit on the great Am erican farming interests he repre sents." Rocky Mount police registered 2, 100 bicycles last year. FILLS SOX* NEEDS By JackjSonfc /?eveft \ lose w*1*i FRA/4K j ICATC tfiN&/ A U3f OF eoSlc^S ILLS Id RCCEtfT V6ARS WeRp- 4 6U/266P AGAi/dSfiA TteCAtCMlAl6- v pppARfMe^rv ? | f-GAMK. FPVTLAk, pcs-roM aso So*' deui ca-tch&R. Pres. "Pete" Fowden Urges Your Support Number Of Changes Are To Be Expected In Running the Club lVums of P?> I law Bent of Great n line l?> Tm'i llii?iiieni< Growth At present, the plight of the Wil hamaton baseball club is undecided, and although various fans of the town have organized in an effort to hold the franchise in the Coastal Plain 1 league here, ib is irtitt Tip tn you fans to decide whether you want to have baseball this summer. Despite the fact that arrangements are being closed to obtain a manager It is unlikely that this community will have a team unless proper do nations are made in the very near future. Due to the necessity of immediate action. President Leslie T Fowden has issued the following statement to the public and baseball fans of Williamston and this section: Recently, we had a meeting of some of the baseball fans to try to organize the national pastime 111 this community for the coming season, and. in a way, we were well pleased with the response and interest shown by the fans. The organization was completed, with each man agreeing to do his hit and I am sure the town and coun ly as a whole are anxious to do their , part in retaining the game here. When you speak of the sports and H baseball fans iii a town or county, you are covering a lot of territory, for we come fuce to face with the ardent rooters that alway see hut one side and that is the bright one Then we come in contact with the critics and I know as well as anyone that to be able tu criticise a team, you have to be a good baseball fan for it would be impossible to criti cise a team you cared nothing about At that, there is constructive and destructive criticism. The destructive criticism is costly to the whole team and it hurls the morale of the play ers. the workers, the organization and every class, and yet, we all have a right to do it. Still, if we would change a little and use the construct ive criticism?and that is invited u would eerlately help*great deal. The situation this year will be a little different from the one of the past two years Mr. Lilley, who own ed the grandstand, bus and lighting plant, has agreed to sell same hi the local organization at a fair price with terms and that is the only way the ball club could be run this year. Concerning a manager, there ure several being contacted such us Mr. Frank Rodgers, who was vtith Wil son the past two years; Mr George Ferrell, who has been with the Rich mond cldb for the past ten years; Mr Cowboy Mclfenry, who managed the Tarboro team to a pennant last year, and Mr II L. Koehler. who managed and won pennants in the last two years tn a Class C club We are expecting definite action in the I very neu-r future. In order to inuke u uu this, the people, of course, will have h? re spond, so if someone should canvass you within the next week or ten days, it wlil be up to you to decide whether or not you would like to see your town and county back in the game. There will be several changes made, but I am of the opin ion they will be to the advantage of the town and hall club. I mean by that, the training season will be Shortened and the players fewer. You know, we can git here and talk ubouTour town growing and we do have the best little town in eastern Caioliu.i but," if we let oui fnnnUm leave us after huving furnished base ball since the beginning of the Al bemarle League, and I do not hesi tate to say thut 1 think it has brought more people into Williamston dur ing the summer and dull season than anything else, we will make a ler rihlt- r.i.n.1,0 T Hieamb.believe- that! the business men, whether they are baseball inclined or not, will fail toj donate and do what they can to keep the people in the habit of coming back to Williamston. Not only the people in this section think William ston and Martin County are out standing, but all of our neighbors think so. I do not see how we can, afford to take a step backward and we cannot go forward unless you arf willing to do your part. I am writing this due to the fact that on February 4th, we have to de posit with the President of"Minor i ,,agiif Raggh"11,?$600 -in?order?tu be in the league and, unless the or ganization sees its way clear to go through with the season, we most assuredly will not put up the $800 So. if you are unintentionally ov erlooked or not called on, see Dick Smith, Pete Fowden or the other of ficers and tell them how much you want and could contribute and when. . 1 Rowan Farmer Harvenin $130 Worth Of Turnipa D. D. Pope of the Woodleaf com munity in Rowan County spent 90 cents for enough turnip seed to plant one acre from which he har vested $130 worth of turnips, re ports Assistant Farm Agent P. H. Satterwhlte. NOT CERTAIN According to an announcement from the management of the Williamxton Martin*, the next basketball game to he played here Ls now pending. It i.s pos sible that the local quint will meet the Windsor Rebels here either Wednesday or Thursday. The Martins will play Ral eigh's White Flash here one night next week, the exact date awaiting word from the Raleigh team. Local Eagles Cain \\ in Over Colerain Williamstoii's Eagles took their first out-of-town win lust night when they gained a 29-22 verdict ov er the Colerain Red Devils in a game played on the loser's court. The lo cals were behind only once in the contest, at 14-10 late in the first half, but they rallied to hold a 16-14 lead at the half-way mark. Displaying an improved passing attack, the Eagles worked the ball in under the goal nicely during the second half and they soon ran up a sizable lead which 'the Red Devils eould not overcome, despite u let down of Eagle defense the latter part of the final quarter. Boh Cowen, and Howard Eurp, forwards, passed well in setting up crips for Tom Barnhill, who sank four field goals for high scoring hon ors, and he was followed by Daw.se Cook with three field goals and urn* gratis shot for seven points Jack Manning, w-tih 6 points, was next. Tom Rose featured on defense dur ing the last half as he held Harrell. Colerain center, scoreless after the latter had dropped in 12 of his team's 14 points during the first half This coming Thursday night the Eagles will travel over to Rocky Mount to meet the strong *'Y" team of that eity The box EAGLES <; 1 T Cowen, f 2 0 4 Earp, 1 2 0 4 Crofton, 1 0 0. 0 Rose, c 0 0 0 Manning, e g 3 0 6 Barnhill. g 4 0 1 8 Cooke,' g-f 3 ? I Totals 14 "7 29 RED DEVILS (a V T Belch, ! 1 0 2 Perry, f 0 0 0 Harrell, e 6 0 12 M cGec, g 2 0 4 Forehand, g 2 0 4 - Totals 11 0 22 Em mill I i slier Is I'resident Of ('.utmty Service ('.lull Em mitt Fisher, of Fayetteville, I Route 5, has been elected presiden of the Cumberland: County Servici Club for 1941, reports M. E Hollo well, assistant farm agent of tin State College Extension Service. The N (' Highway Safety Division says there's practically no such thing as an unavoidable accident ? ^ Kite Flash Bows To Locals Sunday In Thrilling Tilt ??? Jack Manning l>i?|tlu\* I'n 11 -1 lit I Form To Aid in 31-27 Viclon In a clout' and thrilling exhibition. witnessed by a small but very en thusiastic crowd, the Williamston Martins defeated Lynn's White Flash here Sunday afternoon by a score of 31-27. The Kami* started off nip and tuck, and as one team went ahead the other would hit the hoop to knot tin- count The snav ;.t the end of the first quarter was 10-10, and at the half-time period it was tied at 1G to 16 But the White Flash put on a spurt in the. Uoml-pertod to drop in four_ field ga\e Fuller and Fenner Wallace, with six each The White Flash brought down a well-balanced team, with Sevier, former N C State star,-arid Sweel, former Wake Forest College veteian offering a good brand oi basketball Sevier and Waters led the visitors scoring with 7 points each. The box MARTINS Ci P T Manning, f 3 0 6 Anderson, t 3 0 6 Corey, c 0 0 0 Diem, g 3 1 7 Fuller, g 3 0 ti Wallace, g 3 0 6 Totals 15 1 31 WHITE FLASH <. 1 T Baker, f 1 II 2 Sevier, f J 1 7 Waters, e a 1 7 Swvel. g i 0 ?? McCall. g 2 - (I 4 llolloman. g 1 3 5 Totals 11 5 27 Farmers I'sc ( ombint's Ttt MiwIi Satisfaction | Jones County farmers using com bines for tile first time this pa&t fall report much satisfaction from the machines, says John 1 Kagles, as sistant farm agent of the State Col lege Extension Service. Small Flock Of Ileus Is Kelnriiitifi IScai Profit A small flock of 40 white Leghorn liens is returning Mrs. Lester Price, ?,f Marshall, a net profit of slight ly more than $15 a month, reports P K Elani, county agent of the State College Extension Service. Stronger The hog market's growing strength has been attributed bv livestock men to moderate receipts, good cOn sumer demand, and forecasts for re duced supplies this year. PIMM. UK SS and TIIKIFT 0NCE' oil lam pa were the only common source of il lumination. ) Today, electric power gives u s d a y I i g t through the darkest night. So lias hanking progressed, tak ing our incomes into the light of saving for independence. 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