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VOLUME XLTV?NUMBER 11 If illiamtlon, Martin County, .Vorf/i Carolina, Friday, February 7, It-it. ESTABLISHED 1899
Three-Year Peanut
Program Is Planned
By Farm Committee
Anticipate Trouble in Making
Equitable Allotment*
To State*
?
A proposed three-year program1
for peanuts was given strong sup- j
port at a hearing before the House (
Agriculture Subcommittee in Wash-!
ington this week, but a bone of con
tention over allotments to the states
was advanced by North Carolina,
witnesses.
The production of peanuts has
been extended to new sections, and
now those sections are demanding
allotments which can be granted
only at the expense of North Caro
lina growers
Appearing before the House Agri
culture Subcommittee studying the
bill sponsored by Representative
Pace, of Georgia; Representatives
Herbert Bonner and Harold Cooley
urged an upward revision of North
Carolina's acreage allotment prior
to final enactment of the legislation
which tends to "freeze" present al
lotments proclaimed under the soil
conservation program.
J E- Winslow, of Greenville, pres
ident, and Flake Shaw, of Greens
boro. executive secretary of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau Fed
eration, told the subcommittee that
Tar Heel farmers are in favor of the
bill and urged its passage They
were supported in their testimony
by Edward A. O'Neal, national pres
ident of the federation.
"While we favor enactment of this
bill, we do not think North Carolina
should be penalized with unfair and
discriminatory acreage allotments,"
Bonner told the committee, as he
presented a table showing that pres
ent provisions of the bill for deter
mining allotments would prevent
North Carolina from receiving a
proportionate share of the planted
peanut acreage.
He pointed out that present acre- i
age allotments had been determined |
on the basis of actual planted acre
age plus "trends". Insertion of these
"trends" resulted in North Carolina
receiving but 92 per cent of her pro
portionate share of planted acreage,
while such states as Alabama, Geor
gia and Texas received allotments
well in excess of 10 per cent of the
proportionate share.
On the basis of planted acreage. ,
Bonner pointed out, North Carolina
should have an allotment of 239,000 |
acres, as against a proposed allot
ment of 224,000 acres.
R. C. Holland, of Edenton, presi
dent of the North Carolina Stabiliz
ation Cooperative, was detained by
illness. Bonner obtained permission
to file a written brief in Holland's
behalf.
"We are going to try to correct
this situation if we possibly can,"
Cooley, who is a member of the
agricultural committee, declared
"But it is possible we may have to
agree to the allotment provided for
in this bill, even though it is un
fair, in order to get it passed. We [
may have to accept this disappoint
ment tn get the many?anticipated
benefits of the bill as a whole." I
Cooley pointed out that North |
(Continued on page four)'
Victim Of Attack
Passes In Windsor
E. W. Gray, 78-year-old Windsor
store employee, died in a hospital
there at 2:10 this morning from in
juries received in an attack there
last Friday afternoon.
George Peel, Bertie colored man
charged with the dastardly crime, is
being held in a "foreign" jail.
Mr Gray was fatally beaten by
Peel when he (Peel) robbed the
Rascoe store right next to the court
house in Windsor. The old gentle
man, an employee in the store for
half a century, was badly beaten on
the head with a rifle in the hands
~ Of Peel, and he suffered a broken
hip in a fall to the floor.
Immediately following the brutal
attack. Peel came to Williamston
and visited several places here ap
parently in an effort to establish an
alibi. He was returned to Windsor
by a local taxi driver late that af
ternoon and was left in front of
the courthouse. He was arrested un
der the home of Mrs. C. J. Sawyer
early that night and removed to
safety by Bertie officers and pa
trolmen.
Former Resident
Dies In Virginia
Mrs Floyd Hobbs, a former resi
dent of Williamston, died at her
home in Roanoke. Va.. last Wednes
day following a brief illness. Mrs.
Hobbs. a native of Roanoke, was the
daughter-in-law of the late Jim
Hodges. Martin County Superior
Court clerk for a number of years,
and the late Mrs. Hobbs of this
county. She made her home here for
a few years following her marriage,
but spent moat of her life in Vir
ginia. The last rites are being con
ducted in Roanoke today.
Mrs. Myrtle Bunting, of Hamilton,
is In Roanoke for the funeral.
COUNTY HI CHAMPIONS
For the third consecutive year, thr Farm I.ife 4-11 club has annex
ed the rounty achievement banner in recognition for its varied work
and recorded feats. Holding the banner are: left to right. Alton F.
Keel, boys' secretary: Vera Pearl Williams, president: Thomas l?an
let, vice president, and I .a la Smithwiek. girls secretary
?REMANENT?
The establishment of a per
manent rrand jury for Martin
County is being considered as a
possibility in semi-official cir
cles. Court officers and idem
bers of the board of commission
ers are said to have discussed
the merits of the permanent
system at an informal meeting
here late last Tuesday. The pro
posed system, dependent upon
a special legislative enactment,
would possibly offer a better
check on law violations and rec
ommendations, but at the same
time be an imposition on the
part of the jury members.
Under the permanent system,
a grand juror would serve 12
months.
Sixteen Marriage
Permits Issued In
County List Month
Small 111 crcum* Kecorilcil Ov
er Jnniiury Issuance of
I,as! Year
Dan Cupid while trailing his rec
ord estbalished back in the middle
thirties was off to a good start in
January of the current year When
he placed in the Martin County rec
ords seven white and nine colored
weddings. In January, 1940. only
two white couples dared travel down
-Cupid's row. Last month the niAn
ber was increased more than three
times, but the number of licenses is
sued to colored couples decreased
from 13 to 9
The license bureau is reporting
much activity so far in February,
Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger
stating that four licenses had been
issued in a single day to white cou
The January issuance follows:
White
Mack Medford, of Oak City, and
Gladys Lewis, of Fountain.
Dempsey Lea Williams, of Plym
outh, and Annie Mae Modlin, of
Jamesville.
Thomas Redmond Harrison and
Quillie Louise McGowan, both of
Robersonville.
James Wiiliam Long, of James
tville, and Lucia Mclnnis. of Little
Rock, S. C
I Robert E. L. Whitley, of Tarboro,
I and Ruth Williams, of Oak City.
Samuel Clinton James, of Rober
sonville, and Selma Louise Deal, of
Hamilton.
William Robert White, of William
ston, and Mamie Laura Etheridge,
of Hassell.
Colored
Lester Highsmith and Sadie As
kew, both of Robersonville.
Dallas Lee Lyons and Zatfa Jones,
both of Williamstnn. Route 1
James Daniels, of Stokes, and Es
sie Mae Joyner, of Robersonville,
R.F D No. 1.
William Joseph Keys and Rosa Lee
Boston, both of Jamesville
Elbert Jones and Hazel Riddick,
both of Williamston Route 1.
Beauty Andrews and Mattie Lee
Thigpen, both of Oak City.
O. K. Harrison, of Robersonville,
(Continued on page four)""
TRUTHFUL
National defense projects have
called a world of carpenters out
of hiding. They have applied for
John at the busy-bee centers by
the tens of thousands, but there
was some doubt expressed about
the titles, according to a recent
story from one camp.
Checking up on the records of
his carpenters, one foreman
learned that he had carpenters
with experiences varying from a
dosen to twenty years. Finally
he asked a middle-age fellow
how long be had been working
at the trade. "I came to work
half an hour ago, and sir, that's
how long I have been carpenter
ing," was the reply. The fellow
Judge W. H. Cohurii
Hears Eight Cases In
Recorder's Tribunal
Several Defendant* Druw S'en-|
tenees on Koail* in Ses
sion La*l MoihI.in
Hearing eight cases. Judge W H.
2oburn meted out justice fairly and
?wiftly in the Martin County Kec
>rder's court last Monday Several
defendants were sentenced to the
'oads and others were directed to
pay fines and costs Lasting slight
ly longer than usual, the session was
attended by a fair-sized crowd
Proceedings:
It is quite apparent that the judge
s not in sympathy with those who
do not support their families. Jacob
Copper, charged with non-support,
was sentenced to the roads for
term of eight months.
It appearing to the court that tl?e
defendant was charged with a fel
ony, the case charging Eddie Sals
Dury with un attempt to break into
Slade-Rhodes store 111 Hamilton was
remanded to the justice of the peace
court for re-hearing
Mary Davis, charged with violat
ing the liquor laws, was sentenced
to the common jail for a term of two
nonths. The sentence, suspended for
twelve months, is to begin at the di
rection of the court. The sentence
was suspended upon condition that
defendant violate no criminal stat
ute during the next twelve months.
Vance Columbus Clark, charged
with being drunk and disorderly,
Larrying a concealed weapon and
resisting an officer, was sentenced
to the roads for a term of three
months. He pleaded guilty to all
three counts.
Charged with drunken driving,
Harry Hudson was found guilty ov
er his own plea of innocense and
fined $50, taxed with the cost and
had his license to operate a motor
vehicle revoked for one year.
William Little was fined $10 and
taxed with the cost in the case charg
ing him with being drunk and dis
orderly.
Adjudged guilty in the case
charging him wtih bastardy, Frank
Johnson was directed to pay $1.50 a
week during the next year for the
support of Ins illegitimate child and
reappear at the end of that time for
further judgment.
In a civil action involving owner
ship of a red milch cow, the court
ruled that the cow belonged to Nora
Grimes, the defendant in a case
brought by Mrs. Allie Taylor. The
case is likely to be carried to the
higher Courts, but no appeal was
noted immediately on the judgment.
Damage Suh Piled
In Superior Court
A suit, asking $1,000 damages, was
tiled in the Martin County Superior
court this week by Dink Page against
the Colonial Stores, Inc., here.
Page, in his complaint, alleged
that on last December 14th, about
8 o'clock p. m., he bought a pound
of smoked sausage, that the meat
was cooked and served for breakfast
at his home the following morning,
that he and his entire family became j
violently sick with ptomaine pois
oning as a result of eating the saus
age. The plaintiff points out that the
services of a doctor were necessary.
It ia further alleged by the plain
tiff that the defendant did not ex
ercise due care, vigilance or caution
in the inspection of the meat and
that the defendant did unlawfully
sell for consumption as food sausage
meat which was spoiled and unfit
for human consumption
The suit was filed by Attorneys J.
C. Smith and H G Horton. Employ
ees i rr t h e store here stated that they
had heard no complaint until the
case had been filed in the courts.
Divorce Action Started In
Su/terior Court Thin Week
A suit for an absolute divorce was
filed in the superior court here this
week by Floyd Wynne against Eva
L. Wynne. The action is based on
two years of separation.
Hitler Ti?;ht< Miinw
Hold On France As
I. S. Pastes Timr
?c
li?lla|iM' of llaliun Kmpiri- in
\frica Is Believed Near
\ I llunii
While actual warfare i* centered
"I Albania and the rout of Italian
forces in Africa, report* from the
European arena indicate that Hitler
is effecting a new and powerful line
op for a knock-out blow against Brit
ain possibly within the next two or
three months. Hitler is tightening his
hold on France and plans, devoid of
errors that resulted in his failure to
invade Britain last fall .are being
formulated while the United States
wastes time in advancing an aid pro
gram for Britain
The Senate Foreign Relations j
Committor is now hearing the ovi
deuce heard by the House Commit
toe last week and the week before
-wj?.j '?? urture.
'y person who thioogh fix,I acts
or otherwise has his name before the
public IS being called before ihecom
mittoe to tell the representatives of -
the people what to do and what not- _
to do. Mr Alf Landon. the man who
did not get to first base in the 11)36
I residential race, is to be heard.
Lindbergh, the daring flier, after
statuig to the House Committee that
?t was foolish to believe Germany
could invade the United States, told
the Senate group this w,-ek that an
invasion was possibh
While opposition to the lease-lend
bill made little of invasion possibili
ties. warnings were being issued from
recognized sources pointing out that
IJi America could not possibly
icpulsc an invasion attempt De
spite those warnings and despite the
f ... A lilt
rai t that Britain is working feverish
|y t.X :?-? I?
-? - . \ ? I |I?U
to defend itself and destroy the
lineal of barbarism's spread, parti
san lines continue lightly drawn
with few exceptions and the leaders
of this nation sloop.
A high spot in the lease-lend hear
ings is anticipated when Wendell
Willkie. former Presidential candi
date, appears before the Senate For
eign Relations Committee next week
^"'iilllllltf I
to tell of bis findings on a recent trip
,, , s - ">1 a i eceni irip
to England The former Republican
I residential candidate, all hut read
out of his party, is flying home from
Lisbon and plans in reach New York
tomorrow He is expected to support
the measure, and throw more light
on the precarious situation now fac
ing the civilized world
In the House where the lease-lend
hill is now being debated, support
ers of the hill today declared they
would block further attempts to
weaken the aid measure, that no ad
ditional amendments would lie con
sidered Tile opponents to the lull
succeeded in inserting amendments
limiting the powers of the President
but an amendment to limit available
cash to two billion dollars was de
feated.
Late reports from the African war
front state that Benghazi, important
Italian base, had fallen into British
hands without much resistance
I'ltrc(1 fighting was reported just
south of the city On the East Afri
flout continuid
checked up by the British forces No
official figures are available, but it
is estimated that tlic African cam
paign has taken Million Italian pris
oners.
The Italian reverses in Africa are
echoing 111 Rome where increased
pep talks are the order of the day.
Extra guards were thrown around
the American consulate there
Would Aid Tobacco
*
And Cotton Fanners
A strong drive was 111 evidence in
Washington Wednesday to have the
lend-lease bill aid tobacco, cotton
and wheat farmers as well as aid
Great Britain in defending herself
with arms.
Representative Herbert Bonner
headed a movement to include to
harm in the definite list nf "defense
articles" which may be transferred
to the British under the sweeping
provisions of the lull Bonner railed
attention to the majority report on
the lend-lease bill which states that
the term "defense article" includes
"not only all arms, munitions and im
plements of war, but also other ar
ticles or commodities such as cotton,
tobacco, wheat and all other agricul
tural products which may be neces
sary Tdnfefeitse TsnrposEsv"
When visiting here last week, Con
gressman Bonner, at the suggestion
of prominent citizens of the county,
ppointed Louis Ethcridge, of Ham
ilton, to the position of special guard
in the National Capitol. The position
pays $ 1,800 per year.
Meeting in their first forum of
the year, members of the Martin
County Farm Bureau will hear
an interesting report on the na
tional convention by D. V. Clay
ton in the agrciultural building
next Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock. All fanners are invited
to attend the mealing.
A general discussion of farm
problems and a review of farm
plans will be sdded features on
Property Reva I tuition Ca uses
Unpleasantries in the County
Martin County's quadrennial
jroperty revaluation now nearing j
ompletion has not been advanced 1
without incident, according to unof
icial reports reaching here this]
veek. However, the work, for the
nost part, has been advanced
imoothly and in a fair and square
nanner That there are inequalities
11 the new schedule of values is
eadily admitted by members of the j
)oard of assessors, but all property i
>laints will be given every consid
Tation possible by the county com - I
nissloners when they sit as a board ]
>f equalization and review
Reports state that in at least one
ase vigorous objection wras voiced
>y a property owner, that the ob
ection actually was advanced in
he form of a physical attack upon
ule of the assessors. l?ater reports
tate that the attacker admitted thai
he acted too hastily The incident
wil fairly well guarded m secrecy,
and it cuii Id not be gleamed here
whether the case, said to have taxen
place in Cross Roads Township
would be carried to the courts
While it \s still generally believed
that the toUtl valuation will reflect
a small gam. it is quite certain that
many inequalities have been elinn- |
nated Variations in listings within
Wiiliumston Tow nship were describ- |
ed as shocking by one of the asses- j
sors. There was a marked discrim
ination against the small property j
owner, one report stating that Hum-.
bers of cases were found where the!
valuation figure was two or three!
times higher than the fair sale price
fixed by the assessors.
According to planned schcdul
the property lists are to be made
available for a preliminary review
by the county commissioners on or
about the first Monday in March
Approve Water-Sewer
Line Extensions Here
federal Agency To
Lend Town $3!>,000
For Mow Projects
r
I
Kill \i\i\ *t5,000 \)vvV Well
To llolnirr Rapidly Dimiii
idling Vi liter Supply
Williamston's two-year-old water)
ind sewer "extension program has at |
ast gained financial support, tin* He
construction Finance Corporation
his week approving a $35,000 loan
ipplication for supplementing the
>resent water supply and for the
aying of several thousand feet of
vater and sewer lines. An applies
ion for a $35,000 loan to finance a
treet and sidewalk improvement
rrogram is stiH-'-pending, late reports
Uggesting that the town will have
o turn to the open market for sup
lurt m financing that program.
The delay in arranging finances
nay make it necessary for the town
o call for new contracts, but ar
angements are now being made to
aunch the program within thirty or
ixty days. The go ahead signal for
vork on the well will likely be giv
?n within the next two oi three
veeks, but uncertainly surrounds
he time element for the other
irojects. Plans are well advanced and
nuch work has been done on the
itreet improvement project and it
s likely that this program will have
,o be completed before WPA forces
vill switch to the water and sew
r line projects. Twenty five car
oads of rock have been placed on
lie grounds here for use in surfac- ^
ng the streets. The material is likely
to be withdrawn by the WPA if the
lown does not finance its part of the
program within a short time
Plans call fen a deep well to be
lunk on the Knight property next
to the municipal swimming pool.
riu1 contractor is to guarantee a
?upply of 300 gallons per minute,
ind tin* contract also calls for a
?omplete pumping outfit and con
nections with the present water
lines. As a result of the delay in ar
ranging finances, the well project is
subject to cost slightly more than
:he amount stipulated in the old
?on tract.
The following water extensions,
are proposed in the new program:
A six inch?line from Kytumor<
Street out West Main to the town
imits.
A six-inch line on Elm Street
G
(Continued on page four)
Army Calls Eleven
Martin County Men
Martin County will send eleven
white men to the army on Monday,
February 24th, County Draft Board
Chairman R H. Goodmon announc
ed following the receipt of the offi
cial call for men today Five Martin
County colored men are now sub
ject to call (?n either February 27th
r>r 28th, the draft official stating that
no official quota had been assigned
The quota will be filled from a
list of eleven white volunteers, mak
ing a call Oh regular draftees un
necessary if all of the volunteers pass
the required physical tests. Reserv
ists will be taken from the draft list,
however
Several young men, four outside
the draft, volunteered during the
past few days. Names of the volun
teers who are scheduled to leave on
the 24th are: Vernon Gray Weather -
bee, of Robersonville Route 2; Geor
gia Ben Manning, of Robersonville;
Richard Randolph Davis, Aaron
Brown and Virgil Edmondson, all of
Oak City R.F.D. 1; Jesse Edmnnd
son, Joseph Edward Edmondson, Ed
gar Monroe Taylor and Mack Gil
bert Wynne, all of Williamaton R.
F. D. No. 3; Russell Warren Corey,
of Jamesville R.F.D. 1, and Bert TV>
ler, formerly of this county, but now
of Vanceboro R.F.D. No. 3.
MOKK < \SII
The second distribution of soil
conservation payments to Mar
tin County farmers is hemic ef
fected this week, the office ol
the county atcent statin# v ester
day that 135 checks, amounting
to S7.0fi6.79. were received last
Tuesday. The payments to date
approximate $15,000. Others are
expected from week to week.
So far. 1,085 applications for
the soil conservation checks have
been filed with the Raleigh of
fice. The agent's office states that
200 other applications are being
forwarded to Raleigh this week,
and that there are around 300
applications awaiting signatures.
urviiini Are Drawn
"or March Term Of
Plie Superior (lourt
inlfff ft . C. Hurris Srlinliilt'il
I n IVi'iiilc I l\or Two
NX rck? Term
The Martin County conunission
rs in their recent regular meeting |
I0.de arrangements for holding the
unity's first big court of the year
'hen they drew tin* names of 54 cit
;ens for jury service Convening on j
larch 17, the term will handle both)
riminal and civil cases during the
iiirse of two weeks.
Judge W C. Harris, the jurist who
as been calling for the prosecution ,
f those owners who did not list
n ir properties, is scheduled to pre
ide. It is generally believed that the
laleigh jurist will call for a check
f the tax books in this county dur
ig the court term
The names of tin- jurors drawn
y the commissioners follow:
First Week
Jarnesville Township C. Davcn
ort, W E. Manning, J T Cooper and
W Holiiday.
Williams Township lien Griffin
od Edison Moore.
Griffins Township Asa J. llardi
in, .J Dawson I.illey and Ira E
friffiri. ?
Ii? ai (iras.s Township Calvin Ay-1
rs. Raymond Lee. Church Cowen.
u" L. Hardy, Opheus Bailey, Wil
am Herbert Taylor and Clayton
levels.
Williamston Township: Jesse T.
'rice, Sidney Phelps and W. E Old
Cross Roads Township: Cleo Jack
)n.
R(?hersonville Township: Gaston
T.i?s,ti-r Moon- Gr-idjf V
mith, Remus R. Everett, J H High
mith.
Pop tar Point Township: Joseph K
Ian ison.
Hamilton Township L. R. Ever
tt, P. C. Edmondson, Joseph Har
ell, W J. Beach, L R. Beach.
Googe Nest Township: Fred
Vhite, David Williams, George Mob
t*y, Russell Turner and L. L Keel.
Second Week
Jarnesville Township: Ralph Dav
nport and C. G. Gurkin.
(Continued on page four)
HKCOKI) I.OW
/
A record low rainfall for the
month of January was recorded
at this point last month, Hufh
Sprutll, in his monthly report,
statins thai the precipitation was
less than 50 per cent of normal.
Including one one hundredths
of an inch snowfall on the 2MtH
the rainfall for last month was
only 1.112 inches.
The nearest approach to the
low record established last
month was the precipitation in
January, 1931, when 2.17 Inches
of rain fell here. The current
year, following dry 1M0, appar
ently points to a dry time.
[Nine-Month School
Term Gets Setback
In I he Legislature
I Twelfth 4.ru?|<- (,|Vt M \,t|lrov.
Ml: Kciircmenl Fund For
liii|il(iyce? su|i|><irli'<l
I'll. iHMh month school Urn, pro
posed by i'Uuralion leaders in North
Carolina wu* gIVen a definite set
back yesterday when the House Edu
ction Committee refused to
Wh.leT a favorabl" "'Port
measure may reach the
House by way of a minority report
Ibe euus,. for a un,furm ?
ported term of nine months is be
eye.I by some to be lost Proposed
th^lT^'JU1V:iflUlLlVL;i HmclicU. pf__
B? tu. and Umslead, of Orange. the
bill provided a nine months State
supported term only when local on
b" demanded ,t and the optional fea
"7' UPW> m some
wi . "WnSf?S representatives
While edueati.,1, was meeting re
verses along certain Inns, it was
twelfth rr'T'Sl'S ?'htrS Tht'
estimated _ta exist
fh, i ,rtth'' f'rst yii'r and S"d,00.l
third year and succeeding years
's "PPurently meeting with favor in
Z\T VV. A bdl Providing
let rement fun" f<?. scIuki, teachers
and othei state employees was pass
<hortiv""t 'f "d IV:'d"IK U,e House
shortly before ngon today a .thout
opposition Tin- measure now
to the Senate lot consideration
Another nieasure having to do With
'dilu tion in North Carolina was pro
Posed today h would increase the
compulsory school age l??,i from H
In US vears
In connection with the retirement
4. fl(" aJ' Slalt> employees, u pro
posal lias been advanced to increase
be salaiies of highway employee...
and pi ison guards by ten per cent
the increase ,s applicable only to
those whose salaries are not in ex
cess of $125 a month
^uite a wrangle ,. following over
sales tax exemption:, and the mtan
gible property tax Move, to elim
"II Iron, the sales
lax list have met with defeat so
A ,ll'ar victory was scored for
xounties and municipalities when a
lavoniblc vote was taken to give the
subdivisions t,? per cent and the
per cent of the income de
rived trom intangible properties. A
million tn reconsider ttie vote was
passed anil it is apparent the Slate
will offer a strong fight t? retain the
approximately JMOIUIOO derived from
that source.
A hard fight is anticipated in the
Assembly over the proposed wage
houi law lor the State Hugh t;
Morton, local man who is a llicinbol
ol the special commission named I.,
study the problem, u said lo favor
a^law providing for wages and hours
(Continued on page four)
Library \i<l Kill
Has Strong Support
Several major bills have been in
troduced during the past tow weeks
in the North Carolina Legislature,
but the one attracting possibly more
attention here thai, any other pio
vides an appropriation of $100,004)
f"i public libraries in nearly every
couniy in the State While millions
are being appropriated for public
sclu.uls and institutions of lugliei
learning, the general public ra|V|ly
reixigrii/uig the good boofcs.
IS anxious for an enlarged library
service.
I.ibrary appropriations proposed
I" years gone l.y have been iefu3ed
while lai g. inn: Were prnvided for
commission . ami arci'mo, ranking
fai belnw tin public binary in ,nir
portance and value i,, t|H. common
good of the general public.
Those of ?ur people, in towns and
ruial communities, can help promote
tile proposed library bill by contact
"lg then ieprcsentatives and sena
tors, urging them In support the
Hold Funeral Today
For IVIiss Anna Jones
Miss Anna Junes, respected citizen
died at the home of Mrs. Sudie Tay
lor, near here, yesterday evening at
6 o'clock following an illness of less
than a week's duration. She had
heen in declining health for some
tune, but was able to be up until last
Monday.
The daughter of the late Henry
and Nuncy Caroline Jones, she was
born in Rear Grass Township 64
years ago She spent her early life
there, but had made her home with
Mrs. Taylor for some time. Kxcept
ior a few years spent with relatives
in Sanford, Miss Jones lived in this
county all her life.
When a young woman she affiliat
ed with the Baptist Church at the
little mission maintained at the old
Biggs Schoolhouse. She was the last
member of her immediate family,
leaving several nephews and niece*.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at the Taylor home this af
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. Z. T.
Piephoff of the Presbyterian Church.
Interment will follow in the Mobftqy
cemetery, near the old Taylor hone
in Bear Oraas Township