Bra
Martins WilhHM
Verdict on Friday
The rains held back for a while
Friday afternoon and during the in
terval the lowly Braves defeated the
seoond-place Martins by a 9-4 ver
dict, in the second of only two games
played last wee*.
Preacher Johnnie Goff returned
to the Brave line-up and proceeded
to spark the heretofore hapless
Braves to their third win of the sea
son against a half-dozen defeats, as
he hustled and hollered new life in
to the team, and wielded a big bat
offensively.
A couple of "rookie pitchers" took
the starting turns on the mound for
the two teams and both pitched cred
itably in their first performances.
Puff Boyle, on the hill for the las
ers was touched for 10 hits and tour
free passes, while Bud Crockett al
lowed a dozen safeties and tour
walks, but managed to keep his hits
pretty well scattered as the losers
could count only four times.
The Braves tallied four times in
the last of the third on three hits,
two walks and an error, as they bat
ted around. In the last of the sixth
the winners scored five runs, as L
Peele walked and was forced at sec
ond, the Martin infield contributed
errors on each of the next three hit
ters, Hurley doubled, Crockett hit
a sacrifice fly and Joe Griffin sin
gled, to again bat around.
The Martins used a hit by Lilley,
a walk to Hoyle, and singles by Pitt
man and Liverman for one run in
Hie fourth. Rallying desperately in
file first of the seventh the losers
were able to cross the plate three
times as Lilley got his third single,
Boyle and Pittman each singled. Flip
Peele got his second hit of the sea
son and then proceeded to swipe see
arid and third, after Liverman's sac
rifice. and the Braves kicked in with
one error.
Frank Lilley paced the losers with
three hits in four times at bat, while
Pittman and Liverman each had two
lor three. Flip Pecle contributed the
fielding gem of the day with his cir
cus catch of L. Peele's hit in the
fourth, the most surprised person on
the field being Flip himself.
Bernard Hurley was the high man
for the winners as he had a pair of
ringles and a double for four trips,
while Pappy Julian Harrell, Parson
Goff and Bud Crockett each had two
fcr three, to account for most of the
Braves' hits?
f^ich team started with eight men
and played the game with only nine.
Hie box:
Braves
Ab
R
H
H. Roberson, If
3
2
1)
Harrell, 3b
3
2
2
Goff, Sr., c
3
2
2
Spivey, lb
4
I
0
Hurley, ss
4
2
a
Crockett, p
3
0
2
J. Griffin, rf
4
0
1
Price, 2b
4
0
0
L. Peele, cf
2
0
0
Totals
30
8
10
Martins
Ab
R
H
Simpson, 2b
3
0
1
Waters, If
fi
0
(1
Green, lb
4
0
1
Grimes, ss
4
0
1
Lilley, 3b
4
2
3
Hoyle, p
3
1
I
Pittman, c
3
1
2
Liverman, rf
3
0
2
F. Peele, cf
3
0
1
Totals
32
4
12
Score by innings:
R
Martins
000
100 3
?4
Braves
004
005 x
n
How They Hit In
The Softball Loop
After five weeks of piay in the
local Softball loop, some of the play
ers are still mauling the sphere at
a terrific pace, as the release below
for games played through last Fri
day reveals that out of this week's
"Big Ten", nine are slugging at a
figure above the .400 mark.
Still out in front is that demon
deacon Dillon Cobb, who brought
his average over from the previous
week .being out of town on the only
day the Martins played last week.
Roger Critcher and Haywood Wynne
are in a tie for the seoond position,
each batting .500 or an average of
one safe hit every two times at bat
so far this season. John Hardy is
fourth with a lusty .476, which seems
to be a pretty fair average for a
pitcher.
Sew And Save Winner
From a cotton dotted swim bed
spread, Jane Waddell, 16, of Mem
phis, Tenn., made this evening
dress. Miss Wadell won The Mem
phis Press-Scimitar's Sew and Save
contest, and was sent to Ne\
York with her all-cotton, self-mar'
wardrobe, where she won first r
tional oriie in the Junior standar
pattern class in competition %
about 30,000 contestants. As ?
suit, she was given a position
a New York dress designing h
Jane made dresses from
things as draperies, bed-ti ~
shower curtains and bedc-pn
Leading Twirlers
In Softball Loop
In the city Softball league's pitch
ing corps, only one hurler has an
unblemished record, Bud Crockett
of the Braves, with one win and no
loss. John Hardy, the Martin main
stay, and Willie Lassiter, of the
Dodgers, each have a percentage of
.667, with the former having twice
as many wins and losses as the lat
ter
Oswald Stalls, the Cardinal work
horse, has pitched eight games, win
ning five, to rank next, and Sum Ze
mon, With one and one, completes the
list of hurlers with an average at or
above the .500 mark. These figures
are for games played through last
Friday.
W
L
Pet.
Crockett, Braves
1
0
1.000
J. Hardy, Martins
4
2
.667
Lassiter, Dodgers
2
1
667
Stalls, Cardinals
5
3
625
Zemon, Dodgers
1
1
500
4~H Club Boy Appointed
Fire Patrol Leaden
One 4-H club boy in each Johns
ton County club has been appointed
as fire patrol leader for his club, re
ports Charlie C. Clark, Jr., assistant
farm agent
Bud Crockett, the Braves' utility
man ,and Captain Jack Manning of
the Dodgers are both deadlocked for
fifth place, each with 10 hits for 22
times at bat, or a percentage of
.455.
This week's Big Ten is composed
not of players who have been to bat
at least a certain number of times, as
heretofore selected, but of players
who are in there almost every day
and who really have the highest av
erages.
Ab R H Pet
D. Cobb, Martins 22 7 13 591
Critcher, Cards 28 11 14 .500
H. Wynne, Dodgers 26 7 13 .500
J. Hardy, Martins 21 5 10 .476
Crockett, Braves 22 5 10 .455
Manning, Dodgers 22 9 10 .455
Harrell, Braves 34 13 15 441
Hurley, Braves 25 6 10 .440
Sharpe, Cards 28 11 12 421
Wobbleton, Dodgers 26 6 10 .385
NOTICE!
Due to pressure of business becaute of Glider Bate
tee are compelled to discontinue our
Williamston route.
We (hank our many customers for their patron
age and will he gia dto renew our pleasant rela
tions as soon aa possible.
NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 18th
We Will Make Our Last
Pick Up of Laundry.
Our Last Delivery Will Be
Made On Friday, August 21
Edenton Laundry
Employment Unit
Lists Wartime Plan
Directions for putting into opera
tion the wartime plan of the United
States Employment Service, as di
rected by the War Manpower Com
mission and Director John J. Corson,
of the service, have recently been
received in the Williamston employ
ment office, from Mrs. Gertrude K.
Clinton, driector for North Carolina,
Manager C. W. Bazemore announces.
The wartime plan of service for
all offices in the nation provides that
four essential activities are to be
performed by the local office staffs,
including (1) serving essential war
industries, (2) farm placement pro
gram. (S) occupational inventory,
and (4) claims taking activities.
Essential activities, those which
the local offices may now serve, are
defined as (1) establishments hold
ing war contracts, (2) establishments
holding subcontracts for war con
tractors, (3) establishments provid
ing equipment and supplies for war
contractors or their subcontractors,
(4) all phases of agriculture, and (5)
essential civilian activities, such as
public utilities, transportation, hos
pitals, etc.
Under this plan, a priority is now
established in labor, as well as in
supplies and equipment, and local
employment offices are directed to
provide essential workers for em
ployers on the basis of their priority,
in cases in which such workers are
needed by two employers. The war
effort must be served first and the
more important of war industries
must be supplied with workers, be
fore less important industries can be
served
The U. S. employment service, in
this State, as in all other states, is
Laying Texas-Illinois Pipeline
Workers are shown welding sections of 24-inch pipe on the important
560-mile oil pipeline from Longview, Tex., to NorHa City, 111. Thess
lines will carry vital oil to relieve the shortage on the eastern seaboard.
The $35,000,000 line is expected to be in service by Christmas.
(Central Prete)
now on a full wartime basis and is. (I
strictly speaking, a war labor sup
ply agency.
The farm placement program is
given an important position, because
the "food for freedom" campaign is
definitely a wartime activity.
The occupational inventory at
present, has to do primarily with the
Selective Service registrants. The
employment service is directed to
sort out all registration cards of
those with essential and needed
skills and suggest that they be plac
ed in essential industries.
Mr. and -Mrs Mayo Bailey, of
Norfolk, visited here last Sunday af- '
ternoon.
Fhe Path ()f The
Criminal Is Hard.
Minister Declares
Pleudw for Prem'rvation of
High American Tradition
And Sanctity of Home
By REV. J. M. PERRY
Many of us have been brought up
on the wise old proverb, "The Way
of transgressors is hard," and we be
lieve it. We also believe the way of
the criminal is hard. The grim rea 1 i
ties of gallows, electric chairs, and
gas chambers are too gruesome and
too terrible to be waved aside as if
they were some Theological platitude
of long past Bible days. TVey are
real, they are here, they are snap
ping out human lives. They speak a
language more horrible than elo
quent .and are more deterent than
death and Hell themselves. Let who-1
ever thinks of commiting crime de-1
sist and turn from his wicked re
solve.
Law breakers will find swift and
cold justice measured out by courts,
that will not be moved by snob ap-1
peals, nor swayed by weeping alibis
and sentimental emotionalism Am
erica is in war to the hilt, and any
one, rich or poor, black or white, so
depraved and disloyal as to take ad
vantage of the serious national sit
uation by committing unlawful acts
against men, women and children
will bring upon himself heavy pen
alties without mercy. It may be a
long prison term at hard labor, or
even the death sentence without-the
usual bickering and delay
The temper of the American peo
ple is in no mood to tolerate steel
ing and dastardly acts of violence
against the peace and the common
good. Criminal acta against women
and children, of every color, will be
met by death to the guilty criminal,
whoever and of whatever national
ity he may be.
Let all citizens back home support
the war effort without stint, be de
cent. law abiding individuals, re
spect the rights, protect the lives and
property of others, preserve the high
American traditions, and defend,
even unto death the virtue and the
sanctity of the American home. Re
member, the way of the criminal is
hard
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