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Week the Label on Yom ■ fefer; It Carries the Me Pi Your * Subscription Expire*, * VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 26 RACE IN COUNTY BETWEEN SMITH AND HULL CLOSE No Meetings Held in Sev eral Precincts; But Two Delegations Instructed OAK CITY FOR HULL M Out of 37 Attending Goose Neat Meeting Vote Against Smith; Roberaonville Splits Reports coming from the several precinct meetings, held last Saturday, indicate a close race between Smith and Hall in the county; several of the pieetings going solid against the New York man, several solid for him, one or two divided, and several se lected delegates, giving them no in structions. In the meeting held at Oak City, 36 of the 37 attending voted against Smith, instructing their delegates to the county convention to vote for Hull as a first choice. Reed as a second. 1 For a 4hird choice, the delegates were instructed to vote for anything except Smith. If auy of the delegates from Gu»se Nest happen to go to Raleigh, tbey are to stick one day, one week, on month, one year, or six years, with the assurance that those attending the meeting Saturday will pay their ex penses. 'lt was hot against Smith,' stated an Oak City man yesterday. Robersonville, it was reported, split with neither side claiming a victory. Jamesville held no meeting. Although there was no meeting held in Griffins last Saturday, it was re ported that Smith delegates were ap pointed several days before. Two attended the meeting in Wil liams, and delegates from that precinct will attend the county convention un- instructed. Sear Grass went for Smith. Hamilton will send delegates unin stMOted. Williamston elected 16 delegates who are,known to favor Smith al though the delegation is uninstructed. Reports from the other precincts were meager, but it is understood that their delegates will be uninstructed. Adjusters Here to Settle Nail Damage Claims , Messrs. W. B. Strickland, of Whit akers, and John Hall, of Oxford, are In the county this week settling claims for those fanners who had hail insurance and whose crops were daaiaged by the storm last Friday a«l Sanday nights. They will com pete the work tomorrow or Thurs day, it U thought. Around seventy fit* claims have been made, and they IN being settled very rapidly by 10-_ ral insurance men and the assessors. *' 11 ■ m ' Methodist Revival Closed Sunday Night j He eight-day revival services of the local Methodist church were brought to a very successful close Sunday night, with the church's pas tor, Dr. 0. P. Fitigerald, delivering onf of his best sermons during the meeting. The meeting was largely attended throughout and the messages de livered by Dr. Fitsgerald were well ifpstved by members of the several, denominations as well as by his own people. 1 i, 1 t r Special Service At Holy Trinity Mission According to an announcement made sit noon today, a special serv ice will he held in the Holy Trinity Mission, near here, Thursday night of this week. The Young People's Service League of the church will fftrt a special program, and a short address will be' made. The service will 'be opened at 8:115. The public ia cordially invited to attend and take part in the singing which is expected to be one of the rnaamßSm (OTRANn ©thhtreJJ 1 WEDNESDAY TOM MIX with TONY in TUMBLING RIVER' Added 2 - REEL COMEDY EP And Serial 1 WILLIAM DEBMOND la "THE VANISHING RIDER" BPREE FOR SH©W FRIDAY THE ENTERPRISE CROPS DAMAGED BY HAIL STORM Leggett's Mill Section Hit Hardest; Some Damage At Hamilton Crops of many farmers in this sec tion we're badly damaged and com pletely ruined in several place* last Friday night when they were struck by a heavy rain and hail storm. Cov ering a streak several miles in width, the hail left only a few young plants in its main path from near the Leg gett's mill, in Bear Grass Township, to a point down in Washington County. The extent of the damage has uot been estimated, but the de struction was so complete in many s«c tions that farmers were forced to plant their crops anew. Twenty-four hours after the storm, hail was found in targe quantities in the Leggett's mill section. TJie path of the storm was almost the same as it was last year when storm occurred. Sunday night another storm struck tho Hamilton section, but the damage there was not as great as it was in the path of the Friday night storm. Insurance claims numbering almost 75 have, been made and adjusted by agents, and many farmers in the storms wake will be paid for their losses. SCHEDULE OF HOME AGENT Hamilton Women Met Fri day; County Club Gifls' Council Held The Hamilton women held their tegular meeting Friday at 3:30 p. in. at the home of Mrs. Waldo. Eight women were present at this meeting. A discussion of eggs, Jgg cookery, was the theme of the deia op*truliou given by the Home Agent , i.Saturday, May 26th, at 2 p. n., the beyond County Girls' (Jiub Council was held in Miss Sleeper's office The two clubs of Jamesville, one from Robersonville and one from Parmele were the only clubs repre sented. The Girls' Council of Clubs is composed of the presidents, vice presidents and secretaries of all the Girls 4-H clubs in the county. These girls elected the following officers at Camp Leach last year, president of the Council, Icelene Martin, James ville; vice president, Pauline Jenkins, Robersonville; secretary, Vara Green Rogers, Bear Grass and Emma Hurst, Gold Point, treasurer. Miss Pauline Smith, District Agent, was present at this meeting and she told the girls about the State Club short course for girls in Raleigh this year from July 28 to August 4. The girls made plan? for camp at this meeting. All the girls want canning, cooking, basketry, recreation, music and art appreciation. There will be room for fifty girls at camp this year. The Women's Council met in the agent's office Saturday at 8 o'clock. This council, like that of the girls, i* composed of all the club officers. The clubs of Williams Chapel, Holly Spring ß , Williamston, Jameeville and Robersonville were represented at the meeting. Mrs. Wheeler Martin, jr., president of the council called the meeting to order and Mrs. C. L. Wilson, of Robersonville, acted as secretary in the absence of Miss Ef fie Waldo, of Hamilton. Mrs. Mar tin stated that she found it impos sible to continue as president of the organiiaiton owing to many other duties and she resigned in favor of Mrs. John D, Biggs, of Williamston. After the business session, Miss Pauline Smith, District Agent from Washington, made a talk on "Con venient and Efficient Kitchens." Her talk was well illustrated by the use qf charts and pictures. She suggest ed that the women get the follow ing bulletins, "Convenient Kitchens" No. 1618; "The arm Kitchen as a Workshop," No. 807 and "Farm Home Convdhiences", No. 927. These can be had from the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. A kitchen campaign is to be plan ned for this county in the fall. The agent will meet with clubs in Everett* and Bobersonville tomor row, and Thursday she will be here to meet with the local girls clothing club. Friday, the Jamesville clubs will meet. Meetings have been held this week in Gold Point, Parmele and Holly Springs To, Present Minstrel at Farm Lite Saturday Students of the Jamesville school will appear is a minstrel at the Farm life School next Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock. The cast sUged the ihow in Jagnrsville recently, where it met with much success. Thg proceeds of the show will be used by, the agricultural class of the school. The students of the clsss each year have been unable to attend judg ing contests and camps on account of lack of funds, Professor Overby stated yesterday. WilUamston. Martin. County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 29,1928 LOCAL PRECINCT MEETING NAMES ITS DELEGATES Sixteen Delegates Elected To County Convention; No Instructions ALL FAVOR AL SMITH Smith Opponents Nominate Delegates But Withdraw List Before Vote It Taken Smith's opponents and Smith's sup porters in this precinct expressed them selves here l.*i Saturday when they, a half hundred or more, met at the courthouse and selected delegates to the county convention. It was a Smith meeting by a four to one count, but ' that it had been prearranged was de nied by the Smith men. The anti- Smiths entered whole-heartedly into the contest, named their delegates, but withdrew their motions and admitted defeat before" the meeting came to a close. ' 'lt was the hottest precinct meeting held in years,' stated one of those who attended. Harmony ruled in the beginning, and a motion was made and carried ordering an uninstructed delegation to the county convention, but following a few minutes' pause the battle started when Mr. A. R. Dunning nominated 16 delegates. Mr. Dunning'* selec. tion was declared an outrageous thing by Dr. John D. Biggs, who further stated that it was a stuffed conven tion and it looked to him as if the whole thing had been prearranged. Dr. Biggs then named a list of dele gates, and fiis list was in clear oppo sition, or for the most part, to that selected by Mr. Dunning. In his re ply to the accusation, Mr. Dunning stated that he was a Smith man from the crown of his head to his toes, * that the meeting was not stuffed as Dr. Biggs claimed, that the meeting had been duly advertised, and if the peo ple were not interested enough to at-1 tend, it was their own fault. Dr. Biggs, admitting defeat in no uncertain terms, jnade a motion fa voring the endorsement of .Smith by the meeting, but the motion was not seconded and was later withdrawn by Mr. Biggs when he asked that the list of delegates namfcd by him be dropped. The meeting was then made an almost solid Smith meeting when Dr. Biggs and several other anti-Smith' men left the building. A vote was ordered and the nomi nees, VV. J. Taylor, W. H. Carstar phen. Leslie Fowden, J. L. Hassell, Dr. W. E. Warren, K. D. Crawford, J. E. King, O. S. Anderson, H. T Robersun, John Savage, C. B. Clafk, H. I). Taylor, K. L. Coburn, A. 1*". T»ylor, A. R. Dunning, and W. H. Booker, were declared delegates to the county convention which wilj be held here June 9. In opposition to this list R. J, Peel, W. T. Meadows, Dr. Win. E. Warren, W. G. Lamb, F. C. Ben nett,, C. D. Carstarphen, jr., W. C. Manning, VV. C. Manning, jr., S. H. Grimes, Miss llattie Thrower, Mrs. J. D. Biggs, Dr. P. B. Coue, J. S. Getsinger { L. B. Harrisou, C. A. Har rison, and Miss Mayo Lainb were named by Dr. J. D. Biggs, who with- drew. A twenty-one to nothing vote was recorded in favor of the slate put up by the Smith supporters, and while its members are not instructed they will, irt all probability, favor Smith's nomination here in the, county con-' vention. 4 ' Several short talks were made, dur ing the convention, but the climax was reached when Mr. W. T. Meadows, i listed in the anti-Smith column, stood up and gave his position ill politics, stating that he was in the wrong col umn, that he was in favor 6i Mr. Smith. Tax Supervisor Says Listing Is About Same While it is a matter of speculation, it is the belief of County Tax Super visor John D. Lilley that tax values in the county will be practically the game as they were last year. The chances for values to drop this year were eliminated to a great extent by the revaluations made last year. The Increase, however, la not expected to be in keeping with the actual wealth increase. Mr. lilley stated yetterday that the listing of property was moving along very rabidly at the time, but that it would be almost an impos sibility to complete the work by Thursday, the last day faav listing. No Date Yet Set For Congress To Adjourn With forty for and forty against adjournment of Congress, Vice Pres ident Dawes yesterday caat the de ciding vote and now no definite date for adjournment of the body is known. Several dates tor adjournment have been net, hut they are passed now. A movement ia expected to be started within a day or so thpt will bring the session to i close. -4_ COUNTY CHURCH IS FACING CRISIS Interpretation of Articles of Faith Brings About Division Smithwick's Creek Primitive Bap tist (Jhurch, for 125 years one of the greatest uplifting factors in the southeastern section of Martin coun ty, now faces a crisis because of a different interpretation of the Ar ticles of Faith ploclaimed and record ed November 9, 1808 by thirty mem bers who founded the church. Since that time its members have general ly come from the leading families of that community and they have been known far and near for Iheir honest dealings and reverence for truth and justice. The interpretation of the Articles of Faith of the church has been discussed for some time and the discussion has widened until line ups have been developed, one for a liberal interpretation, tho other for a more drastic adherence to a portion ci the Articles. Several months ago the pastor of the church stepped down in the in terest of the peace of thqsi church. Elder Sylvester Massed was called by both sides to serve the church temporarily and his splendid Chris tian leadership, for a time, apparent ly reduced differences to a minimum, at least with in forgiving distance of each other. Last Saturday Elder Hassell preached a sermon, which was a great appeal for peace and love, em phasizing the one body, one Lord, and one spirit, the Christ and His love. He pointed out the danger of the crime coming from our differences. In doing this he offered China as an illustration, stating that millions there are suffering of hunger and hardships while two mighty armies cf the north and south are killing each other all because each wants to he master. He appealed to the mem bership that it might live together as one body in Christ. He entreated all to return good for evil and to remember the words of Jesus, "He that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out." After the sermon, the business session was called. The Articles of Faith, now 125 years old, were read and upon motion a roll call was or dered. About ninety percent voted "yea" and less than ten per cent, voted "no". After several short talks peace look near and one of the old time spiritual hymns was sung and the body was dismissed. Later in the day about) fifteen members returned to the [ cbfrfcph, opened another conference with pray ei and hymns, and held a meeting under what they contend is the strict interpretation of the Primitive Baptist doctrine. So far no actual split has occur red in the church, but friends to both Hides fear such will Anally result. So far, not a word of disorderly conduct, dishonesty or other wrongs have been charged to either aide. Some say, however, that several on both sides have talked rather in discreetly. Both sides" apparently want peace, that old time good tell ing of love and fellowship that has been so evident there for yqars, and both sideu admit that a great in jury is being done to'the commun ity. But neither side is quite ready to yield to the wishes of the other. Outbreak of Hog Cholera In Jamesville Section An outbreak of hog cholera has been reported in the Jamesville section, and while it is not large in its scope, the agricultural instructor, W. T. Overby, stated that it was the worst kind. Many hogs are being vaccinated in the section, and it is thought that the dis ease will be checked before it teaches serious piuportions. Will Huff's Horse In Collision With Auto The horse belonging to Will Huff, drayman here, was badly hurt yes terday morning when a car driven by an Oak City Negro hit the wagon and tauaed the horae to ran away. The auto hit the wagon and knocked the body of the horae. The drayman, failing to cheek the horse, hopped from the wagon and as the animai ran down the street its lags were (>ad!y rat. A colored boy stopped the horse near the courthouse. It is understood that the matter was carried before the recorder 1 ! court here~today, but the outcome of the hearing has not been learned. w ■ I in —» Miss Lina Hooks, of Ayden, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Rose at the Atlantic hotel today. Many of the local people are plan ping to attend the opening dance at Riverside Park tomorrow dight. Failure To List Double Taxed It means double taxation, Mr. W. T. Meadows, tax list taker for the town, state yesterday when he was asked what would be done with those who failed to list their properties before the listing is brought to a close Thursday. Ap proximately 300, or practically one third, of the taxpayers had not list ed their property up until yester day, and it will be a busy time to IN STREET FIGHT HERE SATURDAY Participants Are Haled Be fore Mayor's Court and Relieved of S2O The town's peace was cast off its' equilibrium last Saturday night when a fist fight was recorded ou the main street here, and it all developed from a quiet and peaceful sleep enjoyed by a young man named Bailey while he attended the show that'night. » » At the trial held bv the town's may or, K. L. Coburu, yesterday moruing. Bailey stated that while he slept, $.) were removed from his pocket, and charged a young- boy by the name of Cowan with the theft. Some time af ter the show, Bailey saw the Cowan boy and asked him about the missing $3, and a fight started. It had not gone far before a fellow by the name of Stevenson pointed out to Bailey that it wasn't fair for a man to fight a boy. This started an argument, re sulting in a tie-up between the two. Bailey was knocked out, but his place was filled by a cousin and according to his own statement he was felled by first blow. Officers Daniel *nd Allsbrook ap peared on the scene and lett the com batants away, and prepared the trial yesterday morning. The participants appeared in good spirits at the trial and handed out the fines amounting to $.'U and settled the costs. APPROVE STATE WAR DEBT CLAIM House Passes Measure Af ter Dozen Years; Calls For SIIB,OOO Washington, May 28.—North Car clina's debt settlement bill got through the House today. It provides for the payment of fIIB,OOO by the Federal goverriment on old war claims. As it has been approved by everybody else in Washington, it probably will be signed by the Pres ident. „ Congressman Weaver has slept with the bill by night, Congressman Pou has stayed behind the House rules committee, Congressman War ren prevailed on official Republican objectors to keep their hands off the bill when it was called up, and Con gtesßman Abernethy made a speech in its favor. , Senator Overman got it through the Senate after 12 or 16 years,_ju£ work, and Congressman Pou worked on it for a dozen years or so. Gover nor McLean made a couple of trips to Washington, conferred with all members of the North Carolina dele gation, attended a committee hear ing, sent telegrams „tc members of the delegation, altd wrote ,any num ber of letters about it. The Governor wahted' to keep the State's credit in good standing, and for that reason pressed for settle ment' as well as for the fact that he thought It a just and meritorious claim. Three Expeditions To Search ior Dirigible Oslo, Norway, May 28.—Three ex petitions, with a fourth in prospect, were under way tonight in an effort to bring aid to the dirigible Italia, now missing more than three days after her successful flight to the North Pole. Included among the men pitting their knowledge of the inhospitable Polar regions against the disaster which may have overtaken General Umberto Nobile were such men as Roald Amundsen, noted Polar au thority, and Captain Otto Sverdrup, famous as an Artie explorer, who are giving their counsel to the Nor wegian government in preparing for an extensive relief expedition /\' Fined sls For Damaging , County Jail Property color, u, was sls and or'a court here yesterday Uprfningl for partaking too freely of thaspirits of the woods and damaging jail] property. Koberson was placed in tail Saturday night when he tore off the radiator and damaged plumb ing' fixtures in his cell. It was the court's order that he pay for having the fixtures repaired. take their listings by Thursday i night. , Colored taxpayers are far ahead i of the whites in their listings, it | was stated by several of the list j takers here and in the other townships. And while the listing is better this year than it was last, there are yet hundreds who have ! failed to give in their property. REPORTS VARY AS TO OUTCOME Hull Has Largest Number of Instructed Delegates; 696 Not Instructed While repdrts from the precinct meeting.-; held over the State Satur day vary greatly, the latest tubulat ed report shows that 533 delegates wtre instructed to vote for Hull; 379 were instructed to vote for Governor Smith and 696 were not instructed. In the doubtful column, there are 103 delegates and in the anti-Smith delegation there are ninety six. Thirty-six delegates were instructed lo vote .for a dry candidate. Other results are, Governor McLean, 6; to be selected at mass county conven tion, June. 9, 64; to be chosen June 2, 16; unreported, 24. The total State convention vote is 1,963. Hull headquarters in Raleigh claim ed 830 of the 1953 convention votes and that a big majority of the un instructed votes will be for Hull. W. B. Jones, a Smith supporter in Ral igh, asserted that practically every report received by the Smith com mittee clearly indicates a great ma jority of the' vote cast last Saturday is for Smith. EQUALIZATION BOARD AT WORK Counties Will Be Notified By June 1 As To How Much They Will 3et Raleigh, May 29. —After voting to complete its work of valuation be fore culling for the cost figures from the Department of Education, the State Hoard of Equalization yes terday settled down to its work, go ing through the list of counties in order and taking action upon half of them. The board expects to complete its work tonight and to notify each county by June 1 as to how much it will receive from the $3,260,000 equalizing fund. Under decision the valuation for each county will be fixed with the boqrd knowing how much that county will receive, the valuation be ing one factor and the school cost, calculated by the State Department of Education on the November bud gets being the other. . Hut while the board has not re ceived figures for teach county it ob tained yesterday a' tentative total, which shows that $250,000,000 must be added to the values fixed by the 90 partidUfting counties themselves, cr a participation last year must be increased. The tentative figures show a cost for the six months school term on the basis of teachers' salaries plus 15 per cent, for operation show a cost of $11,041,231), or an increase over last year of $528,73H.1l or about 6 percent. Xast year the in crease in cost was over 7 per cent, mid the board knew the cost of each county and used that information in making the final valuatoinß, which were not raised horizontally, as , it is planned to do this year. Last year the board fixed the valuation for the 90 participating counties at $1,841,4fi6,364 and this year the counties themselves fixed them at $1,765,746,251. With the in creased coat the valuations this year must be raised to about $2,100,000,- 000 if the 40 cent tax .basis is to be maintained. Rural Carriers To Meet In Windsor Tomorrow Rural letter carriers of Bertie and adjoining counties will meet in Wind sor tomorrow in a regular semi-an nual session, it was learned here to day. While no definite program has been announced, it is understood that several speeches will be made dur ing the morning and afternoon ses sions, and problems common arrvong the employes will be discussed. Many of the carriers of this coun ty are planning to attend the meet and practically the entire personnel of the office here will attend. y A similar meeting was held here hist year when carriers from several counties met and discussed matters of importance to them. Advertisers Wtli Find Ovr Col- I umns a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1893 LOOK FOR HEAVY VOTE IN PRIMARY HERE SATURDAY Two County Offices At Stake Besides District Aqd State Contests ONE TOWNSHIP RACE Griffins Has Contest for Road Com missioners; Three Tickets in Other Townships Opinion differs widely as to-the ex ttnt of primary patronage in the coun ty next Saturday when the Democrats hold their St*te, district, county and township preliminary contests. Sev eral are of the opinion that the polls will be visited by large numbers, while * others state that the vote will be fair. The voting will eary greatly in tljis county, some of the townships having matters of more or less individual in terest to be settled" while in others the j voters will be attracted mainly by the county and district tickets alone. Probably tl%- largest comparative vote will be cast in tiriffins township, where four "tickets will be used, one for road commissioners of the township, one for the State, "a third h>r district, and i the fourth for county. Martin County, comparatively speak ing, will have-a larger vote than many counties in this section, where there are no County and township tickets to be voted upon. The polls will be opened from sun rise to sunset in the eleven precincts in the county, and a larye vote is urged. ; LOCAL COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY District Scout Executive Explains Duties Of Council Members District Scout Executive Herbert - Stuckey, of Wilson, met the mem bers of the local Hoy Scout execu tive committee here last night and explained their duties to them. The executive committee is composed of the chajrmen of the various commit tees appointed by the Kiwanis club; which is sponsoring the Scout move j merit here. Several members were. unable to attend the meeting on ac ! count of conflicting engagements, j but those who were there entered | heartily into the spirit of the meet ing, and as a result have a definite | understanding as to what is expected | of them and what they may ex (met from the organization. ! Mr. Stuckey made it plain that the ; success or 'failure of Scouting, in so I far as it applies to Williamston, de | pends almost entirely upon the Scoutmaster and the local commit- tee, although they are to receive as sistance from a number of sources. Members of the eommittte present included Wheeler Martin, district chairman; C. 11. Clark,, vice chair man; G. H. Harrison, chairman of the finance committee; Frank J. Mar fiolis, chairman of civic service com mittee; T. H. Brandon and J. I). Woolard, members of associate com mittee representing the Kiwanis club; and Harper Holliday, . Scout master. County Banks To Close Tomorrow Tomorrow, Decoration Day, will be observed as a holiday by practi cally all the banks in the county, it was learned this morning. The Furm ers and Merchants bank here, the Planters and Merchants bank, Ever etts, Bank of Oak City and the Hank yf Hamilton will be closed for the day. I'ostofflces throughout the coun try will also observe the day as a holiday, and no city or rural de liveries will be made. Other than the bank? ami post oftices, the day will be treated an a regular business day by stores and offices. Special Service At Everetts Church Everetts, May 29.—0n Sunday, June 3, at 11:00 a. m., a special Memorial service will be held in the Everetts Baptist Church.. Judge Clayton Moore' will deliver the lid dress, and the public is cordially in vited to hear him. » At the regular meeting of the Everetts Modern Woodmen held last >ight, each of the thirty-flve mem bers present thoroughly enjoyed the program. Mi. Sam Roberson was added by initiation to roll of the or der. The special program presented by Ka lama's native Hawaiians in the school auditorium here lost night was greatly enjoyed by a large num ber of local people and visitor*. The Tryon sisters, Hawaiian whirl wind acrobats, were thoroughly en joyed in their acts, it wag stated by several whe attended the evening's performance.
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