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VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 34 W'Uliamiton. Martin County, North Carolina, Tin ula?. April 29, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899
Defense Bonds VI ill
Be Placed On Salel
Here Next Thursday
General Public Ik ("-ailed On
To Help the Country's
Defense Program
The United States Defense Savings
Bonds and Postal Savings Stamps
will be placed on sale in the main
post office at the opening of busi
ness on Thursday, May 1, as part of
the national effort to make Ameri
ca impregnable.
Postmaster Leslie T. Fowden an
nounced today that plans are near
ly completed for this community,
along with thousands of others from
coast to coast, to do its full part at
the opening of the savings program
It is expected that the Mayor and
other civic leaders will be among
the first purchasers of savings bonds
and stamps here.
Postmaster General Frank C Wal
ker, in a letter to Postmasters
throughout the country, said that the
help of local postmasters would be
"a real service to the country." He
transmitted the thanks of Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau for the
held that local postmasters had al
leady given in the sale of United
States securities, and also Mr Mor
geuthau's thanks in advance "for the
cooperation which he knows you will
give to this new effort."
The new defense savings bond is
similar to the familiar "Baby Bond,"
of which more than five billion dol
lars worth have been bought by more
than two and a half million Ameri
cans since 1939
A Defense Bond may be purchas
ed May 1, or thereafter, for $18 75 In
ten years, this bond will be worth
$25 00. This is an increase of 33 1-3
per cent, equal to an annual interest
return of 2 9 per cent, compounded
semi-annually Any time after sixty
days from the date of purchase, the
bond may be redeemed for cash, in
accordance with a table of redemp
tion values printed on the fare of the
bond
To spread investments widely
among all the people in America, a
limit of $5,000 has been set on the
amount of these bonds to be bought
by any one person in one year The
bonds are in denominations of $25,
$50, $100, $500, and $1,000, all of
which are sold for 75 per cent of
their maturity value and all of which
mature in ten years.
For larger investors who can af
ford to purchase up to $50,000 worth
of bonds a year, the Treasury De
partment has issued two additional
kinds of Defense Savings Bonds, but
these will be sold only through banks
and by direct mail from Washing
ton, D C. They are intended for as
sociations, trustees and corporations,
as well us individual purchasers.
For the smaller investor who
wants to-buy a Government Bond on
an easy payment plan, the post of
fice will have a new series of IA>st
ul Savings Stamps, at 10c, 25c. 5()c,
$1 and $5. Each purchaser of any
Savings Stamp higher than 10c will
be given, free of charge, an attract
ive pocket album in which to paste
his stamps until he has enough to
buy a $25 bond or one of higher de
nomination. Thirty million of these
albums are now being prepared.
The cover design of the albums is
in color, featuring a United States
battleship and an eagle bearing the
American flag. On the back cover is
a painting of the Minute Man statue
by Daniel Chester French, which
symbolizes the American citizen ever
alert in defense of his country The
inscription is "America on Guard."
Secretary Morgenthau said that
even a boy or girl who saved 10 cents
to buy a savings stamp would help
the country. He added that "you can
safeguard your own money and your
own future, while helping the na
tional defense, by buying United
States Savings Bonds now."
Man Placed Under
Bond For Stabbing
Walter Freeman, young local col
ored man, was bound over to the
county court by Justice J. L. Has
sell here last night for allegedly as
saulting Elnora Freeman, his sweet
heart, with a deadly weapon. Unable
to raise the $200 bond, Freeman was
returned to the county jail.
Said to have attacked the girl on
previous occasions. Freeman last
Sunday night stabbed her in the
shoulder with a pocket knife The
victim was able to be out last night
for the hearing, and contrary to past
action no effort was made to with
draw the warrant.
Going into a fit of rage when of
ficers were called to the scene of a
disturbance on East Main Street.
Freeman ran into the house and stab
bed the woman just as officers drove
to the front of the house. Telling the
officers that he would attack even
a white person who made him mad.
Freeman would not submit to arrest
at first, but after some persuasion
and the introduction of a blackjack
he went to jail.
Charged with an affray on Wash
ington Street last Saturday night,
Robert Winbush and Roy Boston
were tried before Justice Hassell
last night. Judgment was suspended
upon payment of the cost which
amounted to $7 50 for each defend
ant.
Tram planting of Tobacco Is
Now Underway in the County
The season for transplanting to
bacco was opened in this county last
Friday when Farmer Lester Griffin
transferred plants to a small acre
age on his farm in Griffins Town
ship. Several other farmers in var
ious parts of the county are said to
have started transplanting the same
day, but their names could not be
learned immediately, and according
to a rumor one county farmer trans
planted a few rows last Thursday.
According to numerous and au
thentic reports, the outlook for start
ing the crop is not as dark in this
county as it was just a few days ago
However, farmers questioned here
from several sections of the county
yesterday, stated that blue mold may
strike with deadly precision at any
time and delay a climax in trans
plant ings two weeks or more.
Blue mold is being reported in
nearly every section of the county,
but the reports state that the dam
age has been slight so far and unless
the spread is sudden and the damage
extensive this week, no serious de
lay is anticipated now.
Transplanting was reported un
derway on a fairly large scale in the
county yesterday, one report stat
ing that a few farmers has sufficient
plants to transplant their entire
erups. Plants are growing rapidly
now and with favorable weather and
no blue mold, transplanting is ex
pected to reach a climax in this coun
ty about the middle or latter part of
next week
The rapid growth of the plants has
caught (Juite a few farmers with their
lands unprepared, but that task is be
ing handled with dispatch now
imii>Ki>
leaving for service in the
t nited States Army at Fort
Jackson week before last, two
of the four young men. Feamon
Fouch Keel and Charlie Vernon
Whitehurst. were rejected. They
are, left to right: Whitehurst,
Keel, William Edward Ross and
James llilery Daniels.
Seniors Will Hold
Class-Day Program
The Senior class will present its
class day exercises in the high school
auditorium tonight at eight o'clock,
with the program in the form of a
combination playlet and patriotic
pageant.
The students taking leading parts
in the playlet, entitled, "Onward,
America!" will be Susie Griffin, class
president; Elizabeth Parlor, valedic
torian; S C. Griffin, salutatorian;
Billy Mercer, historian; Warren
Pope, testator; Ruth Ward, prophet;
Mary Charles Godwin. Liberty; and
David Hardison, the American Flag
The class mascot, Janice Manning,
will also take part.
The following seniors will repre
sent important personages and scenes
from American history:
Scene 1. The Lost Colony James
Willis Ward. Evelyn Wynne, Ger
ald James, Mary Alice Cherry, Gar
land Wynne.
Scene 2 The Pilgrims at Plymouth
?John Peele, Carrie Jones, Patty
Etheridge, Leona Davenport, Wil
liam Earle Stinnette, Dorothy Jones.
Scene 3 Patrick Henry ? Jack
Bailey.
Scene 4 Betsy Ross and her neigh
bors?Faye Gurganus, Bina Jackson, ;
Mary Kate Swain, Sarah Taylor, '
Pennie Rose Waters.
Scene 5. George Washington ?
John Miller.
Scene 6. Daniel Boone and his
family?Carlton Phelps, Bennie God
win, Edith Andrews, Virginia Corey,
Leroy Perry.
Scene 7. The Forty-Niners?Chas !
Coltrain, Oniley Cowan, Ellis White,
Daisy Peaks, Josephine Andrews.
Scene 8 Abraham Lincoln?Mel
burn Hardison.
Scene 9. Robert E Lee*? Billy Peel.
Scene 10. Theodore Roosevelt ?
Roosevelt Coltrain
Scene 11. Red Cross Nurse and
World War soldier?Anne Fowden,
Haywood Rogers.
A ten cent admission charge will
be made, in order to finish payment
on the class gift. Seniors will receive
passes for their families.
GAIN IN VALUES
Real and personal property
values In Williamston Township
madr a record fain last year
when the total assessed worth
was increased by well over a
quarter million dollars. Prelim
inary figures place the 1941 list
ing* at 92,698.08.1 as compared
with <2.402,255 in 1940. a result
ing gain of <295,830. Personal
property values jumped from
8619.J75 to <698,591, a gain of
<11416. Real property values
jumped from <1,782,480 in 1940
to\<l,999,494 this year, a result
ing\lnerease of 8217,014.
Several other townships have
just completed their books, but
most of the list-taken are still
working on their books.
HtTrinv Fishing In
Roanoke Scheduled
To Close Next Week
Some 0\?'r a Million Finh Are
Taken At ?l>e Janiaeville
[?inlien To Date
HernnB fu.hi.ig "> tin- Roanoke is
fast Kr.nd.ng to a close, areport from
tin- fisheries at JuniesvilU- and Camp
Point stating this morning thai the
long semes would be taken from he
muddy waters and placed on tin
larks the latter part of next week..
Activities a. Camp P?>nt. "'vcral
miles below Jamesville, are likely to
be suspended this week We plan
to continue operations here until
Saturday of naxt week, Mr. I J
Fleming. owner-operator of the risn
ery Ht Jamesville stated thus morn
ing
Reviewing the fishing activities to
date, Mr Fleming stated that he had
only a fair season to date, that the
operations this year were not as
successful as were those of last sea
son The fisherman roughly estimat
ed that some over a million herrings
had been taken from the rivet at
Jamesville Shad catches will hard
ly exceed 100, and to date no large
numbers of rock have been caught
Irregularity in the herring run has
proved costly this season, Mr Hom
ing stating that the plants were op
erated at a loss during the first two
weeks, that the fish came in untold
numbers almost over night and that
thev disappeared almost as quickly
Mr Stuart Ange. an old hand at the
fishing game, estimated that the
catches reached a peak of about 40,
(100 at one time, hut the average fui
the season will run considerably un
del the 11140 figure During many
days the plant did nut catch enough
fish to keep the employees busy, and
when the elimax was reached, the
number of fish was so great that th.
plant could not handle them and
millions of herrings continued their
annual pilgrimage up the Roanoke
unmolested.
It has been a great season foi In ?
ring, reports stating that nets have
been broken under the weight of
*?. many fish From Chesapeake Bay
to the rivers and small creeks in this
section, the fish have been taken ill
section, me I ISO . , ....
vast numbers, a late rcpoDf.om the
Hay stating that fishermen there
to dump part of the catches back in
to the water to save their nets
The extensive catches have weak
ened the market, and the season has
not been a very profitable one
Child Slijflitly Hurt
When Struck By I ur
Elbert Lee Biggs, four-year-old
colored child, was painfully but not
badly hurt when struck by an auto
mobile in front of his parents home
near Jamesville on the Plymouth
Highway last Saturday afternoon
Bruised and slightly cut on the face,
the child was given first-ard treat
I ment here and carried to a Washing
i ton hospital for examination. He was
discharged immediately after the
examination ,
Johnnie Bone, colored man of
Plymouth. R.F.D., was driving west
on the highway when the child dart
ed into the highway Bone driving
alK.ut 50 miles an hour, said he sa
the child and immediately appl ed
his brakes, the car swerving to the
left and coming to a stop just about
the lime it struck the chddoffthc
highway on the drivers left side.
One of the headlights on the car was
broken, Patrolman WhU
investigating the accident, stating
there was no other damage
, Bone brought the child to the doc
tor's office and carried him to the
hospital for an examination
Bone was exonerated of any blame
for the accident at a formal hearing
held here last evening
Feu Regitter For Loral
Election Next Tnenlay
A quiet and uneventful time is be
ing predicted for the town munici
pal election here next Tuesday Reg
istrar John E Pope states that only
five new names have been placed on
the registration books, and that lit
tie interest in the election had been
expressed at registration headquar
ters.
War-Torn World Is
Anxiously Awaiting
Hitlers Next Move
ttrili?li Fare (irim Threat In
Mediterranean and Bark
Home in Filmland
His Greek campaign completed.
Adolf Hitler proclaimed late yester
day that his barbarian hordes were
ready for action on a "larger sphere,"
causing a war-torn world to start
guessing where and how he would
strike next Added to the confusion
and untold suffering following the
invasion of fourteen countries, is the
serious threat facing the British in
the Mediterranean area and back
home in England. There arc so many
ways the barbarians can now turn.
' that the world is confused as to what
to expert, how. when and where
Hitler may continue his march to
the Dardanelles, subdue Turkey or
eollnlioratc with her for passage to
the strategic point lie may force his
way through Egypt to the Suez. He
may attempt the*-?ivasion of Eng
land. He may work through Spain
I to Gibraltar or he may turn to the
Atlantic, not to mention possible de
velopments in the Pacific.
The Nazi game may well develop
as a kind of hitch-hike into the vul
nerable and vital Middle East From
occupied Greece, German air pow
er maj sweep down into the Dode
canese Islands These cover the
lurkish coast of Asia Minor, the
British failure to oust the Italians
by duvet military assault may go
heavily here against the empire.
lite use of these troublesome spots
as an advanre an--base way make
possible a Nazi leap over Cyprus so
that the l.uftwaffe can gain lodg
ment ih French-mandated Syria.
Once the air grip has been tightened,
the steady infiltration of^Nazi ground
forces can go on screened by the air
control of these Aegean island step
ping stones to world power The Brit
ish in the Levant then will be con
fronted by the same preponderance
of mechanized power that has re
gained most of Libya for the Axis
From Turkey or Syria a two
forked attack would attempt to re
peat the German strategy of the
World War. This would mean a grip
on the Mcsopotamian Valley route to
the Persian Gulf and a coastal thrust
at the Suez Canal itself Without ail
power and mechanization, both ob
jective* could be dismissed; with
these two newer weapons of con
quest. both are conceivable
Should the Nazis deride to liquid
ate tin- whole Near Eastern situation
before the final squeeze on the Brit
ish Isles, it means a campaign on
a grand scale through Turkey
(Continued on page six I
County Di al I Board
Hoc lass i lies Twenty
Registrants Friday
Four of Croup \re lit nliiuu'il
In ( Iiish I - \ ; Cru lis
Three I Icfcriiicills
The Martin Gouiity Draft Board
brought its classification work up to I
date in a meeting here last Friday
night when twenty men wen- group
ed in the several classes. Several ap
peals were heard, most of them com
ing from young men who had enter
ed the state of matrimony. Three de- ;
ferments were granted, hut the days
of grace are limited and at h ast one
will he subject to call after May lti.
| No official report was released by
|the board, but it is understood that
thirteen questionnaires were inspect
ed, and that possibly some of the
claims of dependency were slightly
exaggerated Dependency can he
claimed by only one son in a fam
ily, one report stating that at least
two sons were claiming their moth
er was entirely dependent on each
of them
Four young men were continued
in Class 1-A, three were placed in
Class 2 A, twelve were grouped in
Class 3-Ai and one in Class 4 F.
The classifications - V
Class 2-A
William Ernest Davis, Williams
ton.
Willard Wray Vaughn Carson, Par
mele.
Herbert Elvernon Rogerson, Rob
ersonville.
Class 3- A
Fred Rogerson, Williamston, Route
two.
Leon Brown, Williamston, Route
two.
James Dixon, Williamston.
William Henry Jones, Parmele.
Robert Darrell Grimes, William
ston Route two.
Philip Thompson, Williamston.
Robert Taylor, Williamston, Route
two.,
Navin Howard. Jr., Williamston.
John Ivey Eagles, Williamston.
Ben Cross, Oak City, Route one.
George Washington Wynne, James
ville
Walter Andrews, Oak City. Route
one.
Claaa 4-F
Joe Roberson, Williamston, Route
three.
Continued in 1-A
Seth Needham Boston, Jamesville
Lorenzo Council, Jr., Bethel.
William Atwood Gurganus, Wil
liamston, Route one.
' Marvin Oscar Hyman, Palmyra.
County Gives Peanut
Program A Big Vote
Nearly All States
Give Control Plan
Necessary Majority
( oni|Kirali\ely l.iglil Vole U
Ke^'onleil in \ll North
C.aroliiui (iomitie*
A three-year program for the con
trol of peanut production was ov
erwhelmingly approved by growers
in most of the producing states in a
referendum held last Saturday No
report was received immediately
from New Mexico, but the result
there will have little effect Oil the
vote. Only one state. Arkansas, poll
?d an adverse vote, but three states.
Tyxas, Oklahoma and Mississippi
failed to give the program a required
two-thirds vote.
Martin County, while not voting
hardly two-thirds of its strength,
polled the second largest vote in this
State, and supported the program to
the tune of 99 per cent. Only one in
the 39 counties in the North Caro
lina belt voted against the program
Two other counties. Duplin and
Sampson, did not give the plan the
necessary two-third majority. Less
than half the eligible votes were east
in this county, but despite the appar
cut indifference in this State, the
program carried with more than 13,
250 votes to spare.
The vote in this county by dis
tricts
For
Vs.
Boar Grass
182
4
Cross Hoads
190
0
Goose Nest
232
3
Griffins
168
0
Hamilton
74
1
Hassell
124
0
James vi lie
186
13
Rohersonville
312
I
Gold Point
86
1
Williams
98
0
Winston Popular Point 314
0
Totals
1966
23
The vote by
North Carolina Conn
ties:
County
Yes
No
Beaufort
83
31
Bertie
1,786
191
Bladen
436
205
Brunswick
24
28
Camden
26
1
Chowan
625
10
Columbus
146
22
Craven
9
0
Cumberland
40
0
Currituck
14
0
Duplin
2
1
Kdgeeombe
1.008
24
(lates
787
10
Greene
110
0
Halifax
1,355
365
Harnett
5
0
Hertford
1,094
76
Hoke
4
1
Johnston
51
5
Jones
1
2
Martin
1,966
23
Nash
420
6
New Hanovef
25
0
Northampton
2,268
368
()nslow
9
0
Pamlico
1
0
Pasquotank
48
1
Pender
128
5
Perquimans
750
4
Pitt
681
10
Kobeson
40
15
Sampson
46
25
Scotland
2
0
Tyrrell
52
6
Wake
5
0
Warren
68
3
Washington
, 575
15
Wayne
89
18
Wilson
132
0
14,901
1480
The vote by states
State
Yes
No
Alabama
13,314
905
Georgia
15,124
1,437
Florida
1,084
394
S. Carolina
804
171
N. Carolina
14,495
1.479
Tennessee
248 ,
1
Vitginia
7,134
188
Louisiana
21
0
Texas
3,660
2,110
Oklahoma
1.789
1.401
Arkansas
78
153
Mississippi
17
9
California
34
11
Totals
57,811
8,259
New Mexico
(no report).
Finals At Local
School Tomorrow
The local sch IK I Is will close what
has been described as a very success
ful term tomorrow evening when Dr
Herbert Herring, Duke University
dean, delivers the commencement
address and certificates and diplom
us are distributed to about 50 seventh
graders and 41 graduates. Special
awards will be announced us a part
uf the closing program.
Clerk of Court L. B Wynne will
introduce the principal speaker
, The first in the current series ol
commencement events was held or
Sunday morning when Rev John I.
Goff, local Christian minister
preached the annual aermon to thi
graduating class arid several hun
dred patrons of the school.
I*\SSKS
Mr Simon Daniel <; riff in. one
of the county's oldest citizens,
died at his home in <i riff ins
Township last Saturday morn
ing Thrones attended the fun
eral services at Smithwicks
Creek Sunday afternoon.
Several Teachers
Resign In ('otmtv
rhe last of tin* committee meet
ings fin the election of teachers are
[being held in the county this week,
an official report coining from the
office of the supeimteiulent this
mnr.iiirig statin** that only three dix
tricts had .iiiiiouuct d their elections
Oak City reelected all of its
teachers, the hoard accepting one
resignation Miss Mattie Lyons,
te.uhei of the Seventh grade, tell
tiered her resignation
All of the Furm I ife faculty mem
hers Were if fleeted, hut a vacancy j
has heen created b\ the i esignation |
filed with the hoard by Me . Itettie
llaywootl, teacher of tin first and i
second grades
He electing all of Us teachers and
j receiving no resignations, the Hcai
(Jrass school e. all set for ttic 1941 J
42 tern. " "1
No definite word has heen leceiv
ed from Hamilton where the old
committeemen resigned, jlod where,
according to unofficial reports, one
hi the new appointees, fiasNsot ac
crpu-d the |'M?st tendered luinV^-Ae
cording to tb? I?I41 laws ,i teacher
must he notified of his or hei dis
missal before the close of the term,
the continuing contract follows
Teachers must notify the proper au
thoritic's of then acceptance within
j ten days after the close of school, or
the positions held hy them automati
I ca I ly I income open
Wilhamston's committee held its
j meeting yesterday afternoon, but
itinal action is 'being delayed pending
the minutes will not he revealed un
til after rt eeond meeting this after
( iiloinidcd Rumors
Heard At Kveretts
Kepoi ts stating that the principal
of the Kveretts School had been at
tacked hy a committeeman or any
other school official were declared
unfounded following an investiga
tion yesterday Few details leading
up to the reported distui-fiance could
he had, but it was 'definitely learn
ed that no one had heen attacked
Unofficial lepoits state that the
Kveretts School committee had
planned a change in the teaching per
sonneI, that at least two members of
the committee left a meeting sever
al days ago lathci hurriedly and that
one of the committeemen possibly
fell m a ditch.
As far as it could la- learned to
day, the Kveretts committee has not
taken final action m connection with
its teacher elections. It was learned
today that much of the eonimence
meiit program would he eliminated.
The school IS to close the term Kii
day of this week
I TWO-TIIIKDS I
*> /
Work on the Koanokr River
fill hrrr was announced two
lliirds complete Just before the
rains started falling the latter
part of last week Arringhin
(?tipton. representative of the
Kiker and Vount contracting
firm, stated that 120.000 of the
approximately lfto.ooo cubic
yards of dirt had been placed on
Ihe fill. I>irt Is to I* piled about
one foot higher on the road be
tween the river and Conine
Creek bridges, the greater pert
of the remaining 00,000 yards hi
go on the road between the creek
and high land.
No date for completing the
project has been mentioned.
Work on the four bridges la prog
resslng fairly rapidly now and
all but one of them will pomlbly
be completed within the time
I stipulated In the contract.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday For
Simon 1). Griffin
W i-ll-Kiu?v? ?? antl Highly Ke
Citizen l)i?'<i Vl Hiit
llouie Suluriluy Morning
' ?
Simon Daniel Giiffm. highly re
ptitttl citi/en uiwj unc ??f thf I'oun
tv's ohli'-t citizens. 11?? *?I at .his home
in the Smithw u k- Cr?. k cominuii
its of i ? 11ff11is 'IWitukiip last Satur
? lay nioiniiig following uit illness of
compartively short duration He suf
fered a slight stroke earlier in the
week, and while he partially recov
ered from its effects, the infirmities
of age and complications were too
much for his wiakenrd hody to stand
and the end came peaeeably at nine
o'clock
A> a meniher a family long
prominent in the affairs of the
eount\ Mi Giillin made i lasting
?oldl ihutton to the se? lion in its vat
IOUS fields of etideuvoi IIIS home -
pun philosophy hoiking hand in
hand with honesty and righteousness
signaled him out as a leader among
his ft*U?m man His humble walk
through life, marked deep by its
simplicity, friendliness and sinCer
ity. attracted a lasting friendship
among all men in varied walks and
stations of life While Ins deeds rated
no recognition m the pages of rec
orded history, his life fitted well in
l?i that universal pattern to make
America great and to add a real
meaning to life itself
\ ? a lad he experienced the en
forced hard hips of war and recon
vtruction m tin1 sixties, those trying
"events instilling in him a strong de
termination and character which
were to make him stand out in la
ter years as a guide post for others to
follow Upon the common knowledge
gamed by patient and laborious ex
pei inientation Mi Griffin pioneered
m agriculture and was among the
first in litis county* to cultivate to
bacvo
hi early life he turned to the com
munity church, the faithful and reg
ulai attendance upon the services
h tiding to round out and make his
a balanced and' ideal life Although
he took membership in the church
only seven or eight years ago. few
men ever builded .1 more remarkable
record foi faithful and regular re
ligious' worship In preparation for
each scheduled meeting, he invaria
bly packed Itis-topis late Friday eve
ning and made other farm duties
sieondarv to his religious worship.
During nearly half 1 century he
served Hit SiYiithwicks Cv. ek church
as kct pel And he served it well tin
til the end Ttie olde t of the mem
bri thefe 1. call no tune when the
doeis of the church were not open
and a warm lire 111 the cold seasons
foi those assembling there for the
regular worship services
lli acls were neighborly, and he
wa found ready atul w illing 10 serve
his fel.low.nian Even in his declining
yeais when the toll of age limited his
activities, he was an invited and wed
coined guest ill the home for all spec
ial events Just a little over a year
ago he and his brother, Mr. A T
Griffin, of Goldsboro, were attend
big a hog killing at the home of a
nephew, Mi T C. Griffin, in the
community While taking no part in
the tasks, he by his presence radiat
ed a spirit of f 1 lendltness and en
couraged others to pick up the tasks
-where he had left off and to carry
on
Mr. Griffin, the son of the late
Joseph S and Louise Perry Griffin,
was horn in Griffins Township 88
years ago the 30th of next month. In
early manhood he was married to
Miss Margaret Stallings who died a
few years ago He is survived by six
children. Messrs S Claude Griffin.
Williamston tobacconist, Mrs. budie
Kohotson, of the home, Joseph S.
of Bear Grass Ira F David T . and
George C Griffin, the latter being
a rn cm be 1 of the Martm County
1 Hoard of Kducation. He also leaves
one brother, A T. Griffin, of Golds
I burn, and a sister, Mrs Emma Cor
ey of Farm Life A sister. Mrs. Bet
tie 1 alley died last Thursday eve
ning and was buried the day before
he died Thirty four grandchildren
and sixteen great-grandchildren sur
| Vive
Funeral services were conducted
I Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
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I Firemen (-ailed To
Peanut Plant Fire
Sparks fulling from a smokestack
fired a pile of peanut hulls at the
plant of the Williamston Peanut
Company here early yesterday af
ternoon. the fire threatening the
Thompson Lumber Company yard
and several small buildings on the
H-onut company's property. Special
lire fighting equipment was placed
in operation by the company, but the
town's equipment was called when
the fire began to spread. The fire was
soon brought under control, and no
damage resulted
I-ast Friday afternoon local ftre
| men were called to Brown's Cafe,
The Little Savoy," on Washington
Street A small piece of lamp cord
caught fire and smoked the attic of
the one-story building. The fuee
block was blown and the building
did not catch on fire. No damage was
dune.