Beer Hall Dynamite
Case Blows Up in the
(k)urt Here Monday
(Continued from page one)
which C B Williams was charged
with blowing up Buck's Place, a
colored beer garden and dince hall
on Washington Street, blew up when
the prosecution admitted at the bar
of justice that it did not have suffi
cient evidence to carry the charge
to the jury A nol pros with leave
was entered in the case, meaning
that the case can be reopened at
any time in the future
Charlie B Hardison. young Ne
gro. charged with breaking and en
tering and the larceny of wearing
apparel from the home of John Bul
lock and the larceny of articles from
Jack Fitzgerald's car in Williamston
last November drew 12 months on
the roads in each case, the sentences
to run concurrently. A former judg
ment of the court calling for a term
of four months on the roads was in
voked. and Hardison will serve that
time at the expiration of his first
sentence
Mack Lewis, charged with sedi
tion. escaped a 12 months stay on
the roads when he agreed to. pay $12
for the services of a midwife, the
court costs and $1 a week until his
bastard "vourigun" is ten years old
The child is just six months old If
Lewis fails to have the money in
the court clerk's hands by closing
time each Saturday, papers are to
be issued for Lewis' immediate at
test.
Hiding behind some of the recent
legislature's fortified wine. Harry*
Leon (Puddin') Wilson drew only
four months on the roads for break
ing into the home of Maggie Hag
an and beating her up early in the
morning of February 25. Wilson
stated that he was drunk and did not
remember breaking into the home
and beating the woman up "1 know
you are lying, but on account of your
age I am sending you to the roads
for only four months, hoping that
will teach you a lesson. Judge Har
ris said.
Frank Dunn, middle aged white!
man. who pleaded guilty in the
case charging him with arson, ex
plained to the court that he merely
wanted -to vwm- his?feet?when he
entered ^vavgnt tenant house on
Chief of Police W. B Daniel's farm
near Williamston and built a fire in
the middle of a floor with a fireplace
m spitting distance Dunn, said to
have been in the minor courts for
vagrancy and for peeping into win
dows of local homes, was sentenced
to the roads for a term of twelve
months.
The case, charging Garland Bailey
with an assault on his brother. Wal
College Alumni To Heei 7
In Club Hall Here Friday
Atlantic Christian College alumni
in this section will meet in the Wo
man's Club hall here Friday eve
ning of this week at 7:30 o'clock, it
was announced today by Russell T
Roebuck, local young man and sec
retary of the alumni association
C A Jarman, director of religious
education: W A Herring athletic
director, and John K Wooten, stu
dent body president, will address
the meeting The forty or more mem
bers of the association expected to
attend the meeting will discuss fu
ture plans for their organization and
review the past year's activities.
Equalization Board
Patient In Listening
To Tax Complaints
(Continued from page one)
nig before tilt board. Property own
ers in Robersonville, Hamilton and]
Goose Nest Townships are invited to
file their complaints with the board j
tomorrow.
The twenty-nine complaints heard
by the review board yesterday were
filed by townships by the following: ;
Jumesville S H Ange for Minnie
Ange; L. H Lilley. Annie Mae Her
ring. A T Perry. J R Williams, W
Lloyd Moon P C Barber. Joseph
Gray Modlin. Carl Griffin, M S
Moon* guardian W M Davis. W
I) Boston, Wicomico Lumber Com
pany. Kate B. York and Mary L
Warrington
Williams 'township: W Lloyd
Moore and Wicomico Lumber Com
pany
Griffins Township. W F Coltrain.
K Hugh Coltrain and Albert T. Our-l
kin
Bear Grass Township: W Henry
Rogers. W P Hadley. H U Peel.
William B Rogers and K I. Per
ry
Several other complaints were"
filed in Wilhamston and Hamilton
Townships by those who had proper
ties in the other townships as fol
lows Williamston. M S Moore. Wi
comico Lumber Company and F,.U.
Barnes: Hamilton Township. Wico
mico Lumbei Company
A do/en or more eomplainants
from this and Cross Roads Town
ship Were waiting for the board
when it resumed its hearing this
morning
? :?* ?
Private William J Mollico, Pri
vate Ben Muiell. Ji Private Milton
Scharfman and Private B H Ross,
all of Fort Bragg, visited here last
week -end
ter Bailey, was continued for the de
fense. counsel.
W A N I E I)!
\l.l H A l?\TKO\S TO VnTM) Ol l<
Annual Meeting
FRIDAY MCMT. MARCH 21
7:15 o'clock V^ricnlloral Itnil<li
I'risrx ? Kiilerlaiiimrnt lfu?illf?>(
Pay Your Taxes
NOW AND SANK THE PENALTY
WHICH INCREASES AT THE
RATE OF ONE-HALF OF ONE
PER CENT EACH MONTH UN
TIL ADVERTISED.
Increased Penalty
On All 1940
County TAXES
BECOMES EFFECTIVE
APRIL 2, 1941.
C. B. ROEBUCK
TAX COLLECTOR.
Good Gov ernment Is
Stressed Bv Jurist
Before Court Crowd
(Continued from page one)
enforcing the law?we must wake |
up and wake up now "
The jurymen were instructed to I
study the county's sinking fund, set
how it is invested, if it is safe and if |
the interest on the loans is paid
Instructing the jurors to examine |
the accounts of guardians and ad
ministrators Judge Harris said,
"Parents want their children to
have a better chance in life than
they had. but there are cases where
guardians misappropriate the funds
and waste them The grand jury is
the only agency that can protect the
rights of those children Check the
guardians' bojids and see that the
wards get what they are entitled to I
and that settlements are properly |
made "
"If magistrates is to make others I
obey the law. then let him obey the |
law by making regular reports,'
Judge Harris said and added that
magistrates are supposed to make
reports whether they tried a case or
not
Tlie jurist directed a fervent plea j
in behalf of the inmate in the coun
ty home and he dwelt at length on j
that subject Put yourself in the
place of those helpless souls, and see
11 the treatment they are now re
cti v ing would be acceptable to
you," lie told the jurors. "Those old
people, some who have toiled all
their lives, have been discarded and
the last place on earth for them is
the county home, and the only ap
pointed protection is offered by the |
grand jury" The jail is to be i
spec ted and the rights of prisoners J
determined.
Foreman L R Everett was in
structed to call for the last two grand
jury reports and see if the recom
mendations were carried out. "If
these reports were not followed up.
it is useless to make reports," the
speaker said, and he added that the
State judges had agreed to uphold
the grand jury recommendations by
having them reviewed.
Judge Harris expressed his con
tempt for only one violation of the
law, and he left little doubt in the !
minds of h?s-heaters about the way I
he felt toward a liar on the witness |
stand "The law allows only a one
year term for perjury, and any one
coming before me can expect the
maximum. I hereby serve notice on |
any witness who deliberately lies.
He can expect the maximum sen
tence even if he lies to protect his]
own folks "
After briefly reviewing the jury's
routine duties. Judge Harris urged
the members to make their report
original and to reflect conditions as
they really are. In conclusion he said.
"Let us have a term of court that
will look after the county's business
and enforce the law."
Mr. L. R Everett, of Hamilton, |
was named foreman and Mr. Hen
ry Gurganus, officer of the grand j
jury Members of the jury are. Gas- |
ton L. Andrews, Gleo Jackson, J. H.
Highsmith, Opheus Bailey, lister |
Hpuse, W E. Manning. Joseph R.
Hun ison, J Dawson Lilley, L. L.
Keel. David Williams, Ira F Grif- |
I in. Ben Griffin. P. C. Edmondson,
George Mobley. Remus Everett,
Church Cowen, Russell Cowen. The I
jurors were drawn by Master Bob- |
by Coburn.
Man Gels 15-Year
Term in Rape (last1
In Superior Court
(Continued from page one)
tering and larceny, and was sentenc
ed to prison for not less than five
and not more than ten years.
Only one divorce has been sand
wiched in the court proceedings to
date. Robert I?uis Stevenson was
granted an absolute divorce in his
case against Spicy Mae Stevenson.
During the brief trial of the case, it
was pointed out that the defendant
and plaintiff had lived together only
[three or four days, that the defend
ant believed the plaintiff had money
and that a rift followed quickly when
she learned differently. The action
was based on two years of separa
tion.
Bear Grass school children, wish
ing to observe the wheels of justice
in operation, were turned back this
morning by the base evidence of
fered in the Kenneth Moore carnal
wknywledge case Most of the cases
j called this term were of a degrading
nature .and other than Judge Har
ris' charge little was said in the court
for youths to hear.
i Kenneth Moore was sentenced to
i the roads for a term of two years,
nad his attorney, the Honorable J.
Calvin Smith did not get sick for the
trial It will bo remembered that
, the trial lawyer was taken quite ill
and very suddenly when the case
was called against Moore last De
cember. sending the defendant to
jail to await trial today.
Noah Stancill. charged with the
murder of George Andrews, colored,
near Parmele, a little over a week
ago. gained his freedom when the
grand jury found no true bill in the
1 case
I When the court recessed ioi lunch
at noon, it was working on the case
charging Raymond Powell with the
murder of Willie Walter Mitchell in
Oak City on last August 17th.
Little Donald Ray Andrews is get
ting along nicely from an attack of
diphtheria.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely thank everyone who
was so kind to us at the death of
: Mrs Gladys Whitahurst and for the
lonely floral offerings.
The Family.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
For the first time this year.
Martin County motorists travel
ed through one week without a
reportable accident on the high
ways and streets. With two
deaths already in the record end
with the accident count and
property loss steadily gaining, it
is about time for a safety streak.
The respite is only tempor
ary, any observer will regretful
ly declare. For as long as drivers
"aim" instead of drive their au
tomobile and as long as they ig
nore the signs and rules of safe
ty. the number of accidents is
certain to increase.
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.
UUi Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1941 0 0 0 $ 000
1940 100 28
Comparison To Date
1941 22 13 2 $1315
1940 22 16 0 $2138
Higher Crop Ixians
Expected To Boost
Income of Farmers
(Continued from page one)
the boost in loan rates should tend
to raise market prices to the loan
levels Buyers, they explained, would
have to pay prices equivalent to the
loan rate, else growers would place
their commodities under loan.
These rates would be equivalent
to 75 per cent of parity, or some
what lower than those proposed by
the American Farm Bureau Federa
tion and Senator Bankhead, Demo
crat, Alabama. The farm organiza
tion is urging price-pegging rates at
85 per cent of parity, while Senator
Bankhead is sponsoring legislation
which would fix rates at 100 per cent
of parity for major crops, with the
exception of corn which would get
85 per cent.
?(Parity is ji lcrm used to describe
prices which would give farm com
modities purchasing power in terms I
of non-farm goods and services equal
to that of the pre-World War period I
1908-14.)
Officials said proposals to increase
commodity loan rates would be dis
cussed at a White House conference
soon "after the Lend-Lease issue is
settled in Congress
Administration leaders were said
to be determined to do something
to keep the farmer in step with larg
er profits to industry and higher
wages for labor resulting from de- j
fense spending. Producers of such I
export crops as cotton, wheat, tobac
co and pork products have been hit
hard by virtual closure of European
markets. Surpluses are at record lev
els.
Agriculture Exports!
Show Big Decrease
Washington, I). C. ? During the
last six months of 1940, U S. agricul
tural exports were valued at 57 per
cent below exports for the same per
iod of 1939. though the decline for
the twelve-month period was less
than half as great- 21 per cent. At
the same time exports of non-agri
cultural products increased 31 per
cent for July-December. 1940, as
compared with July-December. 1939.
The agricultural exports for the
last six months of 1940 were 166 mil
lion dollars, while during the same
period in 1939 the figure was $387,
000,000. a decrease of 57 per cent.
Non-agricultural exports for the
July-December period in 1940 were
$1,749,000,000. as compared with $1,
339.000,000, making an increase of
31 per cent.
Taking the average quantity of
agricultural products exported July,
1909-June, 1914 as 100, agricultural
exports for the last six months of
1940 stood at 29. as compared with
76 for the same period of 1939
Chevrolet Presents
Its Latest Addition
Chevrolet dealers throughout the
United States are now displaying the
latest addition to that division's pas
senger car line?the six-passenger
sedan featuring the new Fleetline
body by Fisher, presented as setting
a new high mark in luxury, com
fort and style
Mechanically, the new car is iden
tical with other 1941 Special Deluxe
Chevrolets, It has the 90-horsepow
er six-cylinder valve-in-head engine,
knee action, and the famous vac
uum power shift at no extra cost.
The body, however, is entirely new
Its roominess and richness of ap
pointment make the Fleetline the
most luxurious car ever offered by
Chevrolet
Length and lowness characterize
the new model as viewed from the
side. The body is of the landau type,
with four doors and a closed rear
quarter. Doors are extra wide a fact
which contributes both to utility and
to smart appearance Rear doors are
hinged to the renter pillar like those
of other four-door models in the
Chevrolet line, but rear-door win
dows, unlike other four-door models
windows, are qeuipped with venti
panes Hinges, both of the doors and
of the rear deck, are of the con
cealed type.
*
Miss Ruth Manning, teacher in
the local school who has been quite
ill at her home here, is improving
and is expected out within the next
few days.
j.NVriV# Of Servieeg In
Halt nets Church Here
I Rev. I. D Dickens, Wilmington
evangelist, held the first in a series j
of services in the Pentecostal Holi- |
ness Church last evening. He will |
continue here for at least two weeks. I
Special services are held each mom- ;
ing at 9 30 and at 4 o'clock in the ,
afternoon in addition to the night ?
services at 7:30 o'clock. The public
is invited.
Mr Donald Ray Andrews, of Hol
ly Ridge, spent the week-end here
with Mrs. Andrews and son.
Wants
FOR SALE ? 1934 CHEVROLET
pick-up truck Reasonable A. Daw
son Griffin, Jr. ml4-18
LOST ? FK1G1DAIKE TOP BE
tween Williamston and Eason Lil
j ley's Store. Finder please return to
Enterprise
FOUR ROOM APARTMENT FOR
rent Telephone 10#. m7-tf
BABY CHICKS ?LARGE HUSKY
chicks from N. C and U. S. ap
proved flocks only. All popular
breeds. Hatches each Tuesday from
modern electric incubator. Reason
able prices Phone 307-6. Lancaster's
Hatchery. Windsor. j24-tf
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in that certain
Deed of Trust dated September 14.
1937. executed by S J. Tetterton and
wife. Glennie Tetterton, and Lucy
Smithwick. to R L Coburn. Trustee,
and of record in the Public Reg is
try of Martin County. N. C., in
Book P-3. at Page 357, and to secure
a certain note of even date therewith
and the stipulations in said Deed of
Trust not having been complied
with and at the request of the hold
er of said note. the undersigned
Trustee will on the l#th day of April.
1941, at 12:00 o'clock noon, in front
of the Court House door in the town
of Williamston, N C.. offer for sale
to the highest bidder, for cash, the
following described real property ly
ing and being in Martin County. N
C.
FIRST TRACT: Beginning at
Theo Roberaon'* line on the Wil
Uamston and Jamesville road; thence
180 yards West to an iron stob. thence
' North 298 yards with the wire fence
I to a black gum. thence back to the
Roberson line: thence with the Rob
erson line to beginning.
SECOND TRACT: "ITie one-half
undivided interest of Glennie Tet
terton and husband, S. J- Tetterton,
in the remainder of the Roxie Smith
wick dower lands, containing 30
acres, more or less, and bounded as
follows: On the North by the Gib
son land, East by the Lucy Smith -
wick farm, on the South by State
Highway No 64. and on the West by
Hurdison Brothers
Lucy Smithwick joins in the exe
cution of this Deed of Trust for the
purpose of conveying any and all in
(terest she may have in the first tract
of land described above.
This the 18th day of March. 1941
R L. COB URN,
ml8-4t Trustee.
SELECT YOUR
SLIT NOW!
Ilatr just returned from
the market with a ship
ment of ?
New S|?rin? SuitH
Latest Colors, Fahries
ami St\les.
Buy /Voir for Hauler!
n i l M AN S
IMIOINE ISO
IIII/.
New Arrivals
IN LADIES"
COATS - DRESSES - SUITS
ACCESSORIES AND HATS
Willi spring in the air it's lime In start buy
ing your spring rluthm.
F?-ininiii<- clothe* are more attractive than
ever. We haw- a large selection of dainty
blouses to go fiitli spring suits and the oth
er minor accessories.
(.olork run rial in the dretue* thi? teaion
irith nuvy an old ?tand-hy.
You must see our larious styles in becom
ing bats and attractive shoes.
Start the season right by shopping at
ANN'S STORK!
A N N'S
VARIETY STORE
WIMJAMSTON, N. C.
lYSTf ?
Know Your
Fertilizer
Mineral-water soluble nitrogen eosts only about an much per
unit or per rent a* Organic-water insoluble nitrogen. Here alone
many companies nave as miirb at* $2 per Ion in rbeaper materials.
ROYSTKR Tobacco Brands all contain M)% water insoluble ni
trogen. Many others contain only 30%.
Then, realizing the inferiority of their cheaply made fertilisers,
they offer you a so-called Premium grade at a higher price to
compete with ROYSTKR.
ALL R OYSTER BRANDS ARE PREMIUM
PLUS GRADES?Not Two Price Grades
Yon can pay more?you can pay less?but yon cannot buy a fer
tilizer the equal of ROYSTKR.
SEE YOUR ROYSTKR AGENT NOW!
Peoples Trading
Company
WILLIAMSTON KOBKRSONVILLE