Short Course Opens
At State On Monday
One of the richest educational ex
pcrignpec that can wiinn tn any farm
boy or girl awaits the 1,000 or more
4-H Club members who will attend
the annual 4-H Short Course at N.
C. State College, beginning Monday,
July 28, and continuing through Sat
urday, August 2nd. A full week ol
instruction, recreation, inspiration
and good fellowship has been ar
ranged.
L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club lead
er, and Miss Frances MacGregor, as
sistant State club leader, have an
nounced the following speakers foi
the general morning sessions: Dean
I. O. Schaub, director of the Exten
sion Service, and Miss .Ruth Current
State home agent, on Tuesday; Dr
Frank P. Graham, president of the
Greater University of North Caro
lina. Wednesday; Dr. J. O. Howard
of the U. S. Department of Agrieul
ture, Washington. Thursday; and
Governor J. M. Bruughton, on Fri
day.
The small fee of $5.50 will entith
a delegate to meals and lodging, anc
incidental expenses, throughout th(
week. Each youth will bring his ot
her own bed linens and towels, anc
Harrill has stressed the fact tha
delegates must wear their distinctive
4-H Club uniforms while at Short
Course.
The theme of the meeting will be
"Our Responsibilities as 4-H Clul
Members in the Present World Cris
is." A Citizenship Ceremonial will
be held Thursday morning
The annual Health Pageant, a
which the State 4-H King and Queer
of Health will be crowned, is sched
uled for Thursday evening at Rid
dick Field. Miss Madeline Stevens
of the National Recreation Associa
tion, will direct the pageant, with the
assistance of Miss Virginia Wilson
Granville County home agent.
State contests for dairy demon
stration and judging teams will be
held, starting Tuesday, and the win
ners will receive free trips to the
National Dairy Show to be held ir
Memphis, Tenn., in the fall.
Phot/thali? Application Aids
Pantnrc For Cattle Feeding
Ben Nicholson, demonstration far
mer of the Johns Creek section ol
Jackson County, says he can pasture
his cattle a month sooner and ?
month later since using phosphate
on his land.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in that certain Deed ol
Trust recorded in the Public Regis
try of Martin .County in Book G-2
at page 105, said Deed of Trust hav
ing been given to secure a certair
note of even date and tenor there
with, and the stipulations thereir
contained not having been eompliec
with, at the request of the partiei
interested, the undersigned Truster
will, on Monday, the 18th day of Au
gust, 1941, at 12 00 o'clock M., ir
front'of the Court House door In thi
Town' of Williamston, N. C., offei
for sale at Public Auction to the
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described real estate;
Adjoining the lands of John Scotl
et als, beginning at a stob at tht
junction of the Third Street West ol
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad de
pot and the Third Street Northwest
of Main Street, running thence i
Southeasterly direction along saic
Third Street West of the Atlanta
Coast Line Railroad Depot 70 feel
to the Northwest corner of Johr
Scott lot; thence a Southerly direc
tion along said lot Of John Scott 17(
feet to a post; thence in a Northwesl
direction along said Third Street
west of Main Street 185 feet to the
begmmng, -containing about 1-7 01
an acre more or less, in the Town ol
British Dig Deep Into Gibraltar's Safety
Nvws of the Day Ncmrtcl
The Rock of Gibraltar is at the gateway to the Mediterranean, and Britain is determined it shall not be
t j taken by the Axis. To this end, the Rock is being strengthened in every, possible manner. Present-day
1 I tunneling is being done by Canadian miners, shown at work on a huge cavern which will be collected with
other caverns and gun posts by rail. All animals on the Rock, except famous monkeys, have been destroyed.
Bjotr Sta/ilOna
f/l (ftec/a jisntbr
XPuCr (^aSJb
Would Fight for U. S.
Piracy Was a "Big Business" Alonf
The Coast of Colonial North
Carolina . . .
Although the name of a well
knuwn colonial pirate?was written
several ways, Thack, Thatch and
Teach, there is a definiteness in the
familiar sobriquet, "Blackboard,"'by
which he is known in the long, long
story of the Atlantic coast.
Teach accepted the king's offer of
pardon to ull pirates who would stop
their illegal activities and lead an
honest life; but he followed the
"straight and narrow" path only a
short distance. After a month had
passed, he returned to the sea. He
sailed from Pamlico, captured a
French vessel near Bermuda, burn
ed the ship near the Carolina coast,
and landed with n cargo of oranges
aud other fruits, sugar and spices,
Part of the plunder was concealed
in a barn belonging to Tobias Knight
one of the North Carolina officials
; close to Governor Eden. v
Pirates were regular visitors tc
the Atlantic coast, and they found
the sand bars off the shore of North
Carolina a real protection. The pi
lates had many friends who profit
ed by the illicit trade. These people
bought stolen good** cheaply. Tnert
were other friends among the higl
| officials in the several colonies whe
shared in the rich prizes seized bj
the pirates.
In North Carolina, Tobias Knight
| secretary and chief justice, cooper
jated with Black heard". After tin
men sent out by Virginia's Governo:
"Spotwood had killed the hold pirate
"Blackboard", it was claimed tha
a memorandum concerting Knigh
had been found on one of Teach'
desperadoes Faced by thus chargt
he finally admitted that his barn ha<
been used temporarily for storinj
some of the sugar, He implied tha
Governor Eden had a part in th
business. A letter from Knight t<
Teach found in the pirate's posses
sion had been started, ' My Friend."
Two lolonial leaders were deter
William E. Bader of Detroit is
ready to fight to defend hir adopted
land, even if it meatis going to war
against his own family. A draftee,
Bader revealed his father is a
colonel in the German army, while
his half brother is in the German
air corps.
Williamston, N. C., and being thi
;ame lot of land this day deeded tc
iatd Bell ttassett by said CharittrB
^arstarphen and wife, Eliza Carstar
)hen.
This the 14th day of July, 1941.
JOHN A. MANNING,
Trustee.
Vheeler Martin. Atty. jly 18-41
Important Notice
?TO?
TAXPAYERS
A PENALTY OF ONE
PER CENT WILL BE
ADDED TO ALL 1940
TAXES AFTER
AUGUST 1
st
SAVE THIS PENALTY.
PAY YOUR TAXES NOW!
C. B. Roebuck
? <
Sheriff ? Martin County
mined to search the records to in
vestigate regarding improper deal
ings between the authorities and the
the pirates. To do this they broke in
to the room of a private house where
public records were kept. There was
no capitol building at that time.
No evidence was found to show
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in that certain Deed of
Trust recorded in the Public Regis
try of Martin County in Book H-3
at page 327, said Deed of Trust hav
ing been given to secure a certain
note of even date and tenor there
est bidder for cash, the following de
scribed real estate:
A house and lot in the Town of
Williamstun, N. C., on the West side
of Haughton Street, adjoining the
lands of H. D and G. A. Peele, on
the North, Haughton Street on the
East, and the lands of W. J. Hodges
on the South and West and being the
that uovernor Eden naa been deal
ing with pirates; but he has been
thought guilty. However, when the
two men were tried for breaking in
to the house, Moseley claimed that,
"the governor could find men en
ough to arrest peaceful citizens, but
with, anil till1 stipulations tlioii? m
contained not having been complied
with, at the request of the parties in
terested, the undersigned Trustee
will, on Monday, the 18th day of Au
gust, 1941, at 12:00 o'clock M., in
front of the Court House door in the
Town of Williamston, N. C . offer for
D .' Peele and family, and being the
land conveyed to H. D Peele by C. "
H Godwin, said Deed recorded in
Book OOO, at Page 249 of the Mar
tin County Publi, Registry.
This the ltith day of July, 1941.
WHEELER MARTIN,
none to arrest thieves and robbers." sale at Public Auction to the high- jly!8-4t Trustee.
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