Adverti»er» Will Find Oar Col
umi a latchkey to Over Sixteen
Hundred Martin County Home*
Friday, August 29,1930
TOBACCO MARKET OPENS TUESDAY
Williamston 9 s Three Warehouses Off
MARTIN COUNTY
HAS LOW RANK IN
RELIGIOUS FIELD
Only 7,841 of *23,425 People
In County Are Members
Of Churches
STANDS 90TH IN STATE
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Only Two Counties in Eait Have
Percentage of Church Members
Than Martin
In the field of religion, Martin Coun- 1
ty occupies very low position, only ;
7.841 of the 23,425 people in the coun
ty being affiliated with any church. As
compared with other counties in the
State, Martin occupies ninetieth place
in the list: and with the exception of
two counties, Wilson and Edgecombe,
it has the smallest church membership
o* any County in Eastern North Caro
lina.
Bertie commands third position in
tho State list, Beaufort forij'-third.
Washington, tenth; -and Halifax fifty
filth. Hertford leads with a percent
age of 74.9; and Stokes trails with a
percentage of only 28.5.
In commenting on the religious rank
in*. of the 100 counties, Mr. S, H.:
Hi>bbs, jr., writes in the University
News Letter:
"North Carolina ranks high among
the States in percentage of the total j
population belonging to churches. Yet
in this State slightly less than half the
people belong to any one of the 67 re
ligious denominations, or so in 1920.
"It is surprising how widely the
counties differ in the ratio of the pop
ulation belonging to churches. The I
range is from 74.9 per cent in Hertford I
County to 28.5 |>er cent in Stokes
County. In other words, in one coun
ty four-fifths of the entire population
belong to churches. In another coun
ty only a little more than one-fourth
ol the people arc Umrtf* members,
"There are fourteen counties where
60 per cent or more of the people are
church members. There are 22 coun
ties where less than 40 per cent of the
people belong to churches. How does
one account for the wide differences?
Union Service at Local
Presbyterian 1 Church
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Rev. C. 11. Dickey, of the local Bap
tist church, will preach for the first
time in the new Presbyterian church
here Sunday night at the union service.
This may be the last union service of
the summer, therefore, the members
of the various churches are urged to
make this service one to be long re
membered. The Baptist choir will lead
the singing.
Other service at the Presbyterian
church include Church school, 9:45 a.
ni As there will be no morning serv
ice in our church Sunday, all our,
members are urged to attend Church
school.
Bear Grata
Services, Sunday night at 7:30 o'-|
clock. Everybody welcome.
Leggett's Farm
Sunday school 4 p. m. Tempie Keel,
superintendent. Mr. John Perry, treas.l
Everybody welcome.
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Program of Services
At Methodist Church
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Program of services at the Mitho
dist church:
Sunday school at 9:45, Mr. Wm. H.
Harrison supervising.
Morning worship at 11. Sermon by
Rev. J. Ernest Yountz.
Holly Springs
Sunday school at the usual hour.
Prayer service Sunday evening at 8.
Merchants and Clerks
Have Last Half-Holiday j
Local merchants and their clerks en
joyed the last half-holiday last Wed
nesday afternoon, and have returned
* to the full six-day schedule now. The
practice, started early in July, was •
success, and made poasible an outing
for the clerks and store-owners.
In bringing the holidys to a close,
the merchants express their great ap
preciation for the cooperation on the
part of (he general public.
Town Board Commissioners
Holds Meet This Morning
The board of (own commissioners
are mee(ing here (oday, the session
.taking the place of the regular one
generally held on the first Monday
night- Shortly before noon today, no
official action had been taken in any
matters, but it is understood that sev
eral Important questions were before
the body for discussion. "
THE ENTERPRISE
WILLIAMSTON PLANT OF THE COLUMBIAN PEANUT COMPANY
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WiU'amaton s latsrt i-dftion in its industrial field, the Columbian Peanut Company plant; will start opera
tions within the next few weeks. The plant is the nineteenth unit in the Columbian System and is located on
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Highway Routes 30 and 90.
Peanut Factory Will
Start Operating Soon
IS NINETEENTH
UNIT IN SYSTEM
OF COLUMBIAN
Construction Work and In
stallation of Machinery
Completed Recently
USES 1,000 BAGS DAILY
Local Plant Is In Charge of Mr. W. S.
Pritchard; Offers Cooperation To
All Peanut Growers
Another whistle will be heard with
in the next few days in Williamston's
industrial field, when the Columbian
Peanut Company starU operation of its
nineteenth unit, located here, f«Jr the
first time. Modern in its plans and
equipment, the plant is now practically
ready for operation, construction work
aiid machinery installation having been
.completed a few days ago.
The Columbian Company, with eigh
teen units already in operation, only
completed negotiations for the estab
lishment of a plant here the latter part
of last April. Since that time a huge
factory has been erected, with, adequate
machinery and storage facilities (o han
dle approximately 1,000 bags of the
goobers daily. The site for the plan(,
facing (he A(lan(ic Coas( Line Kail
road, and bordered by (he Jamesville
ami Washington highways, is an ideal
one for deliveries and shipments, and
it might be mentioned that it adds to
the importance of the town and sec
tion. Standing four stories high, paint
ed in a clean white, and with its tow
ering smoke stack, the new plant
stands out as an important factor in
the industrial and agricultural fields of
the communi(y and section.
Following several personal in(er
views wi(h Mr. G. H. Harrison, town
commissioner, Mr. H. S. Smithers, (lie
president of (he Columbian system, vis
ited Williamston, purchased the site
and within a few weeks actual con
struction work was started.
The main factory is 110' feet wide
and 140 feet long and i* four stories
high. In addition to the capacity and
storage space in the main factory, the
plant has ample storage facilities in a
large warehouse, a few yards from" the
main building. Once the plant ofciens
for operation, it will run practically
the year around, employing approxi
maetly 125 people, moit of the niuß
ber, however, being women.
Mr. W. S. Pritchard, who has made
many friends here since construction
work was started on the factory, stat
ed yesterday that the exact date for the
opening of the factory could not be
determined just at this time, but that
it would be running full speed some
time next month. Mr. Pritchard, man
ager of the factory, will cooperate with
all farmers in this section in the sale
oi their peanuts at highest posaible
price*, assuring them a courteous and
dependable marketing service.
The policy of the peanut concern has
been to build its factories near the
" source of raw materials, effecting a
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 53
Labor Day Not To
Be Observed Locally
Next Mbnday, Labor Day and
a national legal holiday, will go
unobserved here by merchant*
and business houses In general.
County offices will be open, and
as far as it could be learned (b
--day, the county board of educa
tion aiA county board of com
missioners will hold their ses
sions as usual.
The post office will be closed
for the day, and ncr deliveries will
be made either in the town or
on the rural routes.
MARTIN MEN IN
BERTIE COURT
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Dennis Roberson Is Held
Under S3OO Bond for
Drunken Driving
| Dennis Roberson, white, of this
.county, was held in default of if.VM) bond
in the Bertie County jail yesterday
morning, when he was found guilty of
an automobile while drunk.
I The hearing was'heli! by Justice of "the
Peace T. H, Perry, Windsor.
Hie particulars leading to the arrest
could not, he definitely learned here,
con (1 ic T i IIK opinions and stories having
bien offered. Roberson, giving his oc
cupation as night manager of the Sil
ver Slipper filling station, near here,
is said to have left here early yester;.
day niorniyg with Dr. F.d Long and
Paul Chesftoiij of Hamilton, for points
in Bertie. When the party tieared
WoodarJ, in Bertie, Roberson is said
to have ordered Dr. Long and Ches
son out of their car at the point of a
pistol. It was also stated that Rob
er .on took the car and wrecked it while
driving on a fill near Woodard at a
fast speed. He escaped serious in
jury, although the car was badly dam-'
aged.
Roberson was arrested by Sheriff
C oper and deputies, and following the
hearing he was held for an investiga
tion by State prison
saving in freight by eliminating the
dirt and trash from the shipments.
According to present plans, the com
pany expects to supply the local plant
with peanuts trucked in over the high
ways from this and adjoiuing coun
ties.
The company has an unusual system
in handling its business in connection
with the sellers and its employees.
Each day the employees are paid for
their work that day as they leave the
factory in the evening. The farmer is
paid for his deliveries daily, not waiting
to make settlement until the individ
ual farmer completes the delivery of
his crop.
Tfie peanut crop ia second in im
portance in this immediate section, and
the location of the splendid factory here
meets a long-felt necessity of the com
niunity and its farmers.
MRS. G. S. LILLEY
DIES NEAR HERE
Had Been 111 for Several
Months; Funeral This
Afternoon
S. I .illey died yesterday
afternoon at her home near here fol
lowing an illness of several months.
She hail lieeh confined to her bed only
i a few weeks, however.
The funeral was held at the residence
at two o'clock today and burial was in
the I.illy cemetery in Griffins' town
ship.
Mrs. IJlley was before Iter marriage
Miss I.ida Lilley, daughter of Henry
I.illey and wife. She was 54 years of
age and had been married about 37
years. Besides Mr. Lilley she is sur
vived by four chtl/tfeii, two soils and
two daughters. Two brothers, Sam
uel J. and Simon Lilley and one sister
tir, Mrs. Warren Barber, of James
rville, also survive.
In speaking df Mrs. Lilley, her
i neighbors who have known her all her
life, say slit was a choice soul, one of
the few who never raised her voice in
i anger. She knew no anger, and was
always humble and kind. She had
been a intinbi r of the Primitive Bap
tist Church for many years and was
ever faithful in Iter service.
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Kiwanis Club Has Good
Meeting Here Wednesday
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J The Kiwanis Club had a very good
meeting at its luncheon Wednesday.
C. A. Harrison, the president, gave an
outline of the proposed fall programs,
and appointed Dr. I'. B. Cone, E. S.
j Peel and W, C. Manning jr. a commit
tee to put on a musical program at the
next regular meeting,
K. J. Peel, who was in charge of
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the meeting, spoke on the opportuni
ties that the future has in store for us
Jand stated that to accomplish the things
we desire we must conserve our ener
j gies and our means.
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;Fair-Sized Crowds Attend
j Tobacco Grading Meetings
I With one or two exceptions, fair
' sized crowds have attended the several
tobacco meetings that have been held
'so far in the county this week. Ac
cording to Mr. Taylor, of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C., the farmers are
showing a marked interest in the sys
tem, and he believes many will em
ploy the service. Mr. Taylor, who will
be stationed on the local : market for
some weeks, has charge of the meet
ings, the last of which are !>eing held
in this county today.
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Vice President of A. C. L.
Visits Here This Week
Leaving the cares of business behind
for a few days, Mr. T. F. I harden, vice
'president of the Atlantic Coast' 1 Line
Railroad Company, with Mrs. Harden,
of Wilmington, and Mrs. Louise
Sterling, of Kaleigh, was making so
cial calls in the county this week,
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Irene Smith,
here during the time. >
Mr. Harden was reared in Hamilton,
but lefi there many years ago to ac
cept wArk with the Coast Line. Grad
ually he earned his promotions until
now he is serving that great rail sys
tem as vice president.
NEGRO FAILS TO
SECURE CASH FOR
FORGED CHECK
Police Looking for Jesse
Rogers; Has Court
Record Here
1 UT TWO UNDER BOND
Three Tried To Cash Forged S4O Check
At Planters A Merchants Bank
Last Tuesday
Jesse Rogers, colored, who attempt- [
jed to form' the signature to a S4O j
check at the Planters ami Merchants
i Hank, Everett*. last' Tuesday,, con
tinues at large. Officers have been on
} Ills trail, hut tht-y have not been able j
si- tar to effect his capture. The check
was drawn on the Roanoke Tobacco
Warehouse Company, of this place.
The attempted forgery was poorly j
planned, but Rogers proved his ability
a> u la\y. violator when he perfected his;
escape hurriedly. Rogers entered the
bank atnl gave his name as Keuner Res-.
pass. His true identity was established
It) Robert Johnson and J. 1.. Alexan
der who accompanied him to Everett*,
Jihnson furnishing the ride. Through
an error, Alexander's name was re-
I
ported as Moses Alexander. Young
1 Alexander* IVas no court record, and is
believed to have been an innocent
party to the attempted forgery. Both
h" and Johnson raised S2OO bonds for
their appearance at the next term of
superior court here.
Rogers, who Johnson and Alexander
s;,y owned and handled the check, has
Ibleu in court several times in the past,
it is understood.
FORTY WOMEN
I ATTEND PICNIC
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Held At Swamp Lawn, Near
Palmyra, Thursday; To
Meet Here in October
By Miss Lora Sleeper, Home Agent
Approximately forty women gather
ed for the county field day picnic of
the home demonstration clubs of Mar
tin county held at Swamplawn, the
Everett home near Palmyra, yester
day. After the business meeting of the
] County Council, at which time a
!county constitution was read and
i adopted by all of the six clubs repre
• 'suited, the women were assembled on
the lawn to witness a demonstration
in "cheese salads and sandwiches,"
given by Mrs. Julian Mizelle, presi
dent of the County CounciJ and mem
ber of the William Chapel flub. The
Iwi ineii enjoyed this very instructive
I demonstration as was proved by the
scarcity of cheese dishes left.
| The women concluded the afternoon
with a few games and after a bountiful
'picnic supper returned to their re
spective homes, Mrs. Ben Auge and
j Mrs. Bertha Auge travelled the farth
est distance, 41 miles each way, to
attend the meeting.
J The women will hold their next
meeting here in October.
'Announcements Made
For Baptist Church
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According to an announcement re
ceived here yesterday, Rev. Chas. H.
Dickey will be in his pulpit at the lo
cal Baptist church next Sunday, morn
ing at the II o'clock hour. In the even- |
ing he will preach in the Presbyterian
church at the union church service.
Mr. Dickey, with his family, is ex- j
pected to arrive home tomorrow from
a two-weeks trip to relatives in Mur- '
phy.
Conoho Lodge at Hamilton
To Meet Tuesday Night
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The Conoho Lodge, No. 399, A. I'",
and A. M„ will hold its regular meet- 1
inn there n#xt Tuesday night at Ho'- 1
clock, it was announced yesterday by |
Ml. J. W. Euhauks. of the lodge. All
! members of the lodge are urgently re- (
muested to attend the meeting.
Local Tobacconists Return
From Southern Lea
"The price of tobacco waa ex
tremely low on the southern mar
keta," Meaara. W. R. Ingram, of
the Parmera Warehouae, and Roy
Meador, of the Planter* Warehouae
here, stated upon their return from
Georgia and South Carolina thia
week.
The season haa been an unuau
ally hard one ther#f the tobaccon
EVERYTHING IS ALL SET
FOR OPENING SALES; BIG
CROWDS ARE EXPECTED
Here We Come Again
With Tabloid Sections
The News and Observer got
funny last year about our tabloid
sections in several colors, espec
ially was this true with the one
yellow section in the edition.
Once each year, this company
undertakes a tabloid edition, and
even though they have been
termed "typographical monstrosi
ties," it is our sincere belief that
in edition of the type once a
year will hardly throw us* into
different channels.
For several weeks, members
of the force have been busy
studying various statistical data
in an effort to place before the
readers facts and figures about
the county that are likely to ap
peal to their interests, and prove
Df some value, we trust.
RECORDER HAD
BUT FEW CASES
Several Cases Continued or
Set for Trial in Next
Superior Court
Recorder'* court hail only a few
cases last Tuesday.
The first case called was against Syl
vester Wynn, charged with assaulting
l.un l.illey with a kitife. The case was
icontinued until September l Mh.
I Probable cause of K>"lt was found
against Ernie Lanier on a charge of
larceny, and he was ordered held for
the September term ol the superior
court,
Judgment was suspended for 1H
months in the case in .which La bun
l.illey was charged with assault with
a deadly wea>on. The continuation
was based upon the gtmtl lieliavior of
the defendant.
| John 1.. Little, charged with carry
ing a concealed weapon and with be
ing drunk and disorderly, plead guilty
ti> the drunk and disorderly charge and
was fined $lO and costs. The charge
of carrying a concealed weapon was
nol prossed.
The case against Jobie ahiLKufus
(iainor, charging them with a violation
|of thf liquor law, was continued to
September Vth.
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Mrs. Stanley Warren Dies
At Howe in Pitt County
Mrs. Stanley Warren, formerly of
Martin County, died at her home in
Pitt County yesterday morning, death
being attributed mainly to old age.
Hefore her marriage, she was Miss
Mary Ktta Corey, of the Sniithwick's
Creek section-of this county. She was
a sister to Mr N. J. Corey Corey, of
this county, and Gray fore/, of Pitt
County. Her husband died about four
months ago.
She is survived by thrte-'sons and
two daughters, all grown.
The {unreal was held at the home at
I o'clock today, interment following in
tin family plot on the home farm.
Rehearsals Going Forward
For Play Tuesday Night
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Daily rehearsals are being held by
The large cast" who will present the
musical comedy, "It Happened at Mid
night," next Tuesday night at the High
School auditorium. This show prom
ises to be one of the ujost entertaining
ones ever presented here. The cast
is composed of some of Williamston's
most fetching and talented young ac
tors.
The first act represents the glori
fication of Williamston's beauties.
Throughout this play there will be col
orful dances and snappy song hits.
lata stated, and their work on the
southern markets has limited the
personal calls of the two men in
this section, "and that ws regret
very much, but it juat couldn't be
helped," the two stated.
The high spot in the conversation
with the two men thia morning was
reached when they stated thst they
believed conditions would be bet
ter here.
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ESTABLISHED 1898
BETTER PRICES
HOPED FOR IN
EASTERN BELT
Government Grading Serv
ice Here Expected To
Be Feature
FREE MOVTETTICKETS
Warehousemen and Merchants Have
Warm Welcome For All Who
Attend Opening Sales
In spite iii low pi-,\rs |»uid on »The
! Georgia ami other. markets/a ray of
hope continues in the pulse of East-
Urn North I arolina people, tor thev
arc looking forward to a firmer mar
ket when tfie warehouses open tiie sea- ■
! son here next Tuesday morn ng at nine
o clock. It is generally believed that
j the average price w ill lie higher 011
the Kasteru .I'arolina markets than it
I was down in Georgia and South Caro
lina; however, the optimism is limited,
and high priced tobacco is expected
I Willi three large warehouses, about
three acres of tloor space, the \V iI *
li.nnstoit market opens the season with
very good prospect*. Able and exper- •
icnced warehousemen will Ik- in charge
lot the warehouses this year, and a
strong corps of buyers will be here for
tin opening. In the warehouse per
sonnel there ale Messrs Barnlnll and
Ingram at the Farmers; .Messrs. Mead
or Brothers and Taylor at the I'lanters,
and Messrs.- Meadows, (.iiithn and
I >ritlin at the Koaiioke-I )ixie. T'ach o!
the big tobacco companies will have
(buyers on the markcC-aiid several in-
Jdipemliuit companies will have their 1
; representatives here. With one or two
the buying personnel will
be the same as last year, it was learned
yesterday.
| The warehousemen here this year
( will have in their employ an efficient
oi floor manager*, auctioneers,
{ami office men. Personal attention will
[be given every detail by the ware
housemen and in each of the three
houses the proprietors will lead the
sales. -
j \ arious opinions have licen advanced
as to the size of the offerings next
| 'l uesday,. many of them suggesting
that there will be no record breaks.
_ Government Grading Service
The government grading service
jliere this year is expected to attract
much attention on the local market
I this season. Mfr 11. W. Taylor, of the
I Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, I). C., has completed arrangements
for handling the service, ami he will
be assisted by Mr. Klliott, iM' Virginia!
during the first several weeks, it was
|learneit this week. Introductory meet
ings have been held at various point's
throughout the county this week ac
quainting the farmers with the grading
work. The aims and purpose of the
service, as pointed out bv Mr, K. li.
I'.theredge, while here recently, are as
follows:
"'To bring about, a more uniform
market for tobacco of like quality, col
or and length. ,
"To encourage farmers in the pro
duction of better quality tobacco,
"To give the farmer a more defi
nite basis for sorting his tobacco.
"To demonstrate to farmers the
value of pfo|»er assorting.
"To enable farmers to become fa
miliar with the grades that are more.
i 1: demand, so that .they can intelli
gently plan' to produce tobacco
vfill meet market requirements.
"To bring about a closer cooperation
and better understanding between the
producers, warehousemen, and buyers,
for the purpose of enabling the Ameri
can producers and -dealers to compete
Utter with the increasing competition
of foreign-grown tobacco.
"To give to the tobacco trade gener
ally a common language which will fa
cilitate the transaction of business
through a general knowledge of the
standard grades for tobacco.
"To help the farmer get a better av
erage for his tobacco."
Free Movtea
To entertain the farmers and their
families, the warehouses and mer
chants here have arranged with the
Watts Theatre management an all-day
showing of Clara Bow ip "True to the
Navy." No costs to the farmers and
their families will be made; the visitors
that day are cordially invited to see
the show free. Tickets will be given
away by the warehouses and the sev
eral merchants.
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