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Legislative Review By CountyRepresentative Library Aid Bill Is Virtually Certain Of Strong Su|>|>ort MraMirr- Relating To S<'lnH)b !So%% Before the General Attpembly By CLARENCE H GRIFFIN Martin County Representative The work of the North Carolina General Assembly seems to be gam ing momentum very rapidly There are more committees meeting now than there were in the earliei weeks of the session because practically all of the committees now have bills re ferred to them for their considera tion The appropriations committer continues to be burdened with a number of public hearings by dif ferent state institutions asking in creased appropriations for their var ious departments. There were sever - al bills introduced during the past week of public interest. ^ A hill was introduced to prevent the sale of fortified wines except in J communities with ABC stores. The sale of "Wine in dry counties under: this bill would be subject to the pro- j visions of the old Turlington Act. j The bill which has been in process of preparation for a long time to give " * thi' ?-nl?. makini? IIIC ,, powre for courts below the Supreme i Court was finally introduced last week. At present this power is vest | ed in the legislature and for a long time there has been an effort to transfer this power to the Supreme Court This bill will doubtless have strong support among the lawyers in the General Assembly. Another bill relating to our courts, was in troduced. which would give emer gency judges holding court in the various districts the same power as regular judges m their home dis tricts This would be an advantange to the lawyers ahd I expect it to lO uir law.Tt.^ - find a warm reception among the lawyers who are representatives in the General Assembly Another bill was introduced which would prevent the transportation of over 1500 gallons of gasoline or kero sene in any motor vehicle on the highways of North Carolina. The bill recites that the transportation of large quantities of gasoline in trucks upon the highways has become a public hazard, and therefore it seeks iimitatipns upon that. Another bill relating to traffic upon highways would prevent the towing of motor vehicles on highway except in the case of emergencies when the mo tor vehicle was not capable of self propulsion. Probably one of the most import ant bills to the public in general was a bill which would provide $100,000 annually to be appropriated for the use of public libraries in the State. This fund is to be administered by the North Carolina Library Com mission and is to be apportioned to the counties on the basis of the need and the local interest in such library. I feel that this bill will receive fav orable support as it touches the peo ple in every locality. A bill to curb the beer racket was introduced and would provide for the revocation of the beer license of any persons sell ing beer to a person who at the time of purchasing the beer was under the influence of any intoxicant The bill, though probably a good ^>ne, would likely not be enforced Two other bills were introduced which would effect only the schools and school teachers of the State One of these bills will provide a 12th grade in all the schools where the board of education made a request that a 12th grade be placed in that locality. Probably a more important bill from the teachers' standpoint was the bill which provided for a flat increase of 10 per cent in the salaries of teachers. None of these bills have yet passed, and are still in the committees and at this time it cannot be judged what will be the final disposition (.hauteft Announced In Faculty At JametvUle Miss Rachel Busby, of Salisbury, has accepted a position in the James ville School faculty, succeeding Mrs. enport. formerly Miss Elizabeth Greenlee, taught the fifth grade be fore retiring on account of ill health last November The position has been held until recently by a substitute teacher M M. Peacock. Washington Coun ty young man. recently succeeded Samuel Andrews as teacher of vo cational agriculture in the James ville school. Mrs Alice P. Edwards has re turned to her home here from Hen derson. where she was called by the serious illness and subsequent death of her sister During the last World War. 2,000 were blinded in both eyes and 40, 000 Lost the sight of one eye in the forces. Held as File Thief Copyright by Washington Timaa-HcraUl Accused of looting the Civil Service Commission personnel files of 30,000 confidential records of na tional defense workers and turning them over to two naturalized Ger mans, Harlan G. Crandall, 20, an employe of the commission, <via shown as he was taken into custody in Washington by an agent of the* % Department of Justice. Six-Year-Old Child Is Fatal I v Hurt On The Hamilton Road (Continued from page one) hospital, her parents and Or. Mc- i A Ulster making the * trip over in a! Biggs ambulance Witnesses to the fatal accident de- j dared that it was unavoidable on j the part of the doctor who was en I route to Richmond with Mrs. McAl- j lister and Mrs. Charles Bowers. In j an effort to avoid striking the child. ; Dr. McAllister swerved his car into a ditch and tore down a mail box Very little damage was done to the car however. Besides her parents. Mr. Willie and Claire M.izelh*- 'Lassiter, the child leaves" "two sisters. Mildred Loraine and Lucy Maxme. and a brother, Willia'm Earl Lassiter. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at the home at 3 o'clock by Rev. B T. Hurley, pas tor of the local Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the local cemetery. No charges have been brought in the case and it isn't likely that any will be. but a formal hearing will be held before Mayor J. L. Hasscll the latter part of this week. Britain Continues Preparations For Invasion Attempt (Continued from page one) Channel while no extensive or cosi ly raids have been reported over England during the past few days. Japan is talking softly to the Unit ed States just now. but she is said to be moving gradually toward the Dutch Indies China, explaining that she can carry on the war against Ja pan with continued aid. is renewing her fight and claims 20.000 Japanese soldiers killed in recent days. I In Washington, the House of Rrp-~ resentatives is expected to pass the lease-lend bill by the latter part of this week The Senate will hardly | clear the bill within two weeks. Historian Charles Beaird, appear ing before the Senate Foreign Rela ! tions Committee this morning, de I nounced the bill severely. Talk of a trade agreement between Turkey and Germany was heard to day. the report stating that barter arrangements are being advanced by Germany. Turkey, like eastern North Carolina farmers, lias a tremendous tobacco surplus to contend wittf "Cock-Eyed" Drunk Is Right Expression 'Cock-eyed" drunk is the right expression to describe the effect of alcohol on the muscles of the eyes, according to the Better Vision Insti tists in a leading university were given each a big slug of whiskey ev ery half hour. At the end of the tests their eyes, when examined, were so wobbly from the weakened muscles that all were cross-eyed and "cock-eyed" in varying degrees Safety Engineer Stationed In Eastern Rorth Carolina Albert Blanton, field representa tive of the North Carolina Highway Safety Division with headquarters in Greenville, will head up a move ment for greater safety on the high ways in IKIs and nineteen other counties, it was learned here today. Mr. Blanton .accompanied by Ser geant L. L. Jackson, of the High way Patrol, was here today in the interest of greater highway safety. Le^s Do Business Together. HARRISON OIL CO. Growers In Eastern Part Of State Want Minor Amendments (Continued (rum page one) 1,610.000 acres Quotas thereafter may not provide (or more than a 10 tfcr cent reduction in this national acreage allotment. The acreage allotment for each state will also be determined by the average acreage harvested during the five preceding years, and the ; same 10 per cent restriction shall ap ply to state quotas also. Individual (arm allotments shall be made on the basis of the tillable acreage available for peanut pro duction and the past acreage of pea nuts on the (arm. taking into con sideration the peanut acreage allot ments established (or the farm un der previous AAA and conservation programs. The measure provides penalties of three cents per pound for each pound of peanuts marketed in exceS6 of the quota Excess peanuts, however, may be sold to Federal surplus marketing agencies without payment of the penalties. R C. Holland, president of the Pea nut Stabilization Cooperative Asso ciation. released the following story over the week-end approving the principles of the bill but asking for several amendments The board of directors of the Pea nut Stabilization Cooperative. Inc the organization that for three years 1937 1940. administered the Peanut Surplus Removal Program in North Carolina for the U S Department of Agriculture has instructed its president, R C Holland, of Edenton. to register its disapproval in its pres ent form of Bill H.R 994, known as the Marketing Quota Bill and af fecting the growing and disposal of peanuts in the United States. The above bill was introduced in the Congress by Congressman Stephen Pace, of Georgia This bodv says that it favors the Marketing Quota Bill in principle but before approving it, important amendments will have to be made. A hurried hearing was called in Washington on this bill for Febru ary 3. 1941, before a sub-committee of the House Committee on Agricul ture The time given after notice of the hearing was insufficient for the careful preparation of desired amendments. This made it neces sary to have the statement given below read into the record at the hearing committee. After proper consideration by representative growers of North Carolina a brief with the desired amendments will be filed with the committee. The Peanut Stabilization Coopera tive. Inc.. is now functioning as the only growers organization represent ing exclusively the peanut growers of North Carolina on matters per taining to legislation. To Sub-Committee No. 1 of House Committee on Agriculture: We beg leave to submit the fol lowing concerning H. R 994 1 The undersigned is a non-profit farmers association and has a mem bership of 3500 peanut farmers, re siding in every county in North Car olina where peanuts are grown in any substantial volume for commer cial purposes. 2 The directors of the association are chosen by the peanut farmers themselves and come from the larg er pcli nut-producing counties in North Carolina, which insures broad representation on the board. 3 This association has been for the past four years and is now the only recognized and aulhorizerTorganiza tion in North Carolina representing the peanut farmers of North Caro lina 111 matters of legislation affect ing the production and marketing of peanuts in North Carolina. 4 This association is not aware of any statement or action, made or taken, by the peanut farmers of North Carolina conferring on any person, group of persons or organi zation. other than this association, the right to speak for and represent them in legislative matters touching the production and marketing of peanuts in North Carolina, both State and Federal; and particularly the legislation embodied in H. R 994, or any -jimi'ii1"?bill?introduced?w?the last Congress. 5 This association favors in prin ciple 11 R 994; but it unalterably opposed to that bill in its present form. 6 This association respectfully asks that this .statement be made part of the record of hearings on H. R. 994; and further that the report of the committee on the bill be de ferred until after February 17, 1941. in order that this association may have reasonable time and opportun ity to file with the committee some suggestions in respect to changes in the bill that would meet the present objections of the association to the bill. I -e~ IIearilift /? Scheduled In Dynamite Case Tonight C B Williams, young local color -ed-iwmr charged with dynamiting . Washington Street beer garden week before last, will be given a preliminary hearing before Justice J L llassell this evening at seven o'clock No charges have been brought against several other per sons arrested for investigation in connection with the serious crime. Williams is the only person being held in the case at the present time. Isaac Ampey. whose name appears frequently on the court books, will also lie given a hearing in the case charging him with assaulting Axar iali Williams in a fight last Sunday afternoon. Ampey was said to have been struck on the head with an axe in the hands of Williams, but no warrant has been issued charg ing Williams with an attack. Uncle Sam's Aerial Blitzmen Go Into Action Taking a tip from methods used in Europe, the United States Army is rigorously training parachute troops of its own, and here they are in action during maneuvers at Fort Benning, Ga. The troops have just landed "behind enemy lines." While a machine gun (lower left) set up by first airman to land protects the others, three more blitzmen prepare for action. On Tour of British Defenses C. P. Radio photo Wearing: an old naval peajacket and cap, Prime Minister Winston Churchill personally shows Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's private envoy to England, how Britain will defend herself in event of invasion. They are shown at a northern naval station. Churchill told Hopkins Britain will win the war if the U. S. provides the help Bhe has promised. THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . Death, ever lurking on the highways at the every turn of the wheel, struck on the high ways of this county last week end. While the accident was rec ognized as unavoidable, it car ries a striking appeal for great er precautions for the safety of little children It is apparent it hat one cannot start training children too early in the ways of safety.?Even?with?daily? warnings, death will strike, but there should be some consola tion in the thought that in those warnings the death toll can be reduced and the number of maimed and torn bodies limited. Just now warnings against bi cycle riding in the streets are in order. Parents, think it over! The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 5th Week Comparison Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge 1941 2 1 1 $ 000 1940 1-1 0 75 Comparison To Date 1941 6 3 1 $ 95 1940 10 (5 0 -41275 Ten-Year-Old Girl Is Criminally Attacked Joe Thigpen, 23-year-old Negro, was jailed here yesterday for crim inally attacking Alice Dickens. 10 year-old colored girl, near Oak City last Saturday night Said to have admitted the atrocious crime. Thig pen was ordered held for the March term of Martin County Superior Court without the privilege of bond A miscarriage of justice nearly en tered the ease when Thigpen, plot ting with the girl's family, framed up on King Council When arrested by Chief Wiley Craft and Mayor Nat Johnson in Oak City, Council pleaded with the officers to investi gate the case further and maintain ed that he was innocent. Joining the Oak City officers Sunday, Sheriff C. B Roebuck visited the scene of the crime and found the imprint of a man's hand. The officer detected that the hand making the imprint was apparently shy of a part of the little finger. The joint was missing from Thigprn's hand, and after ex tensive questioning, the girl's fam ily admitted tbat they had attempt ed to frame Council with the crime. Thigpen later admitted the assault. Asked why they tried to frame Coun cil, members of the family stated that Thigpen was courting another member of the family. The victim was placed in the care Files Final Report On Blood Tests for Trainees In County (Continued from page one) to make much impression on the old offenders. A few days in jail means nothing to them. From now on we are going to try quarantine. We do not believe quarantine in the homes will do much good and as we do not have a pest house we can use we are going to use (hp rnnnty jail flnH keep them there until it is our opinion they are safe to mingle with people not suffering with the disease. It is law that everyone with sy philis be treated and we are going to see that the law is carried out if it means converting the county jail into a quarantine station and keep ing it full from one month to anoth er. Syphilis seems to be among our Negro population mostly, but don't get the idea the white man and wo* man does not have it. Deny Petitions For Increased Salaries For Court Officials (Continued from page one) in the Angetown section nf Jamea ville Township leading to the Gur ganus farm. Chairman R L. Perry, Joshua L. Coltrain, C. Abram Roberson and C. D. Carstarphen were present for the meeting, Commissiner R A. Maislip having been detained at home. ? ? Miss Norma Hardy, student in a Raleigh business school, spent the week-end in Everetts with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hardy. of a physician, one report stating that she was in such a weakened condition Sunday that she was un NOTICE Due to reconstruction of U. S. Route 17 between Williamston and Windsor. N. C., through traffic be tween Williamston and Edenton and points north will follow U. S. 64 via Plymouth and N. C. 32 and 37 via Albemarle Sound Bridge. f4-7 NOTE OF THANKS It is with deep appreciation that we publicly extend our sincere thanks to those who were so thought ful and kind to us during the recent illness and death of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. Bottle C. Gur ganus Their expressions of sympa thy and acts of kindness will long be remembered by each of us. The Family. Wants $25.00 RKWARI) WILL BE CilVEN to the individual giving informa tion leading to the whereabouts or the location of Eddie Moore. See Lena Northern on Sid Blount's farm near Jamesville. f4-2t WANTED: TENANT FOR FARM? Colored preferable. See Coy Rob erson at Holt Evans' stables WANTED ? 15 TO 25 BARRELS Corn in shuck and 50 bales peanut hay. Advise best cash price. P. O Box 116. Everetts. WE'LL BLV VOIR CORN AND pay top prices John A. Manning Peanut Company, Williamston, N. C. f4-l1-18-25 STRAYED TO MY IIOMEPLACE farm?Poland China sow about 250 pounds. Owner may have by paying for ad, feeding, and sundry expenses. Please claim. J. G. Sta ton. f4-2t LOST BETWEEN PLYMOUTH AND Jamt-sville last Friday night, a small black and white female bird dog. This dog has five small pup pies. Finder, please notify Joe Dav- ( id Thrower. Williamston, and re ceive reward. NEW 1M1 GARDEN SEED?JUST arrived. Both package and bulk. Also large assortment of package folwer seed. All our seed are new and we carry only the best. Come to see us for your seed and plants J. C Leggett. Patent Medicines, Toil et Articles, Ice Cream and Sodas. f4-2t VALENTINES?WE HAVE LARGE assortment of Valentines. Also, a select line of Norris quality Valen tine box candies. J. C. Lgegett Pat ent medicines, toilet articles, ice cream and sodas. f4-2t CALL 182 FOR TEXACO FURL oil. Numbers 1 and 2. Good qual ity and good service. We appreciate your business Harrison Oil Com pany. HAVOLINE ? A BETTER MOTOR oil. Not iust up-to-date but a long step ahead Harrison Oil Company. COLD WEATHER IS HERE. IT IS time to change to Texaco Motor Oil It stays in your crankcase long er. Harrison Oil Company READ THE NEWS AND OB8KEV er for current events. 20c weekly, 15c daily only. R. E. Peele, agent. Williamston nl2-ea T-tf NOTICE ? IF IT'S LUMBER YOU want, See me I'll be glad to fig ure with you. Joshua L. Coltrmin, Williamston R.F.D. L j28-f4-ll-18 BABY CHICKS ?LARGE HUSKY chicks from N. C. and U. S. ap proved Hocks only. All popular breeds. Hatches each Tuesday from modern electric incubator. Reason able prices Phone 307-6. Lancaster's Hatchery. Windsor. j24-tf FOR SALE: LARGE ASSORTMENT ladies' used coats, dresses and skirts. These clothes are being sold for cleaning charges. Pittman Clean ers. Phone 159. j28-4t WANTED ? 50 SECOND-HAND suits, any size or style. If you have a used suit that you wish to trade on a new one, we will make exception ally good allowance now. Pittman Cleaners. Phone 159. j28-4t EXPERT ALTERATIONS ON Wo men's and men's clothing. No job too large or too small. One day serv ice. Phone 159. Pittman Cleaners. j28-4t FOR RENT: THREE-ROOM AFAKT ment with private bath and pri vate entrance. Hot water furnished free. D. V. Clayton. jl7-tf EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING ? Reasonable. All work guaranteed. Western Auto Store. j21-8t CALL 129 FOR TEXACO 4 HARRISON OIL CO. TWIN TYPKSI (AS ADVERTISES) M PICTURE PLAY) Name your own location ... theae faahiona have been planned to give you glamour (and loo of eervioe) for ^mng. Noon (he chevron detail, the hugged waiedinea and the parade of ueeful potheo. A good choeor of the eeaeon'satnarteatcoiocs, in a fine quality monotone ahedand land. Suet 10 to it. MARGOLIS BROS.