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A4—rd—» WM Fad Oar Col- MM • Latchk m to OVK SLITIM HNM Martto CIH HOMM VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 61 Roanoke Baptist Association Will Hold Annual Meet Here PREPARATIONS ARE ARRANGED FOR BIG CROWD More Than 300 People Ex pected To Attend Meet October 13-14 By RXV. C. H. DICKEY The twenty-fourth annual session of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist As sociation will meet with the William ston church on Tuesday and Wednes day, October 13 and 14. The sessions of the association will be preceded by the pastors' conference, which will assemble in the local church for its sessions on Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, which will be October 12. Paatori' Conference For a number of years it has been the custom of the Baptist pastors of the association to hold their annual conference at the place where the as sociation meets. Coming here from all over the bounds of the territory embraced by the association, the pastors will con vene in the church's auditorium on Monday evening, where s program of their own making will 'be carried through. Matters judged to be of importance to the men responsible for the lead ership of the many churches will come up for discussion. And there will be a special address to feature the eve ning's program. The general public ia invited to sit in on this conference. The local congregation will provide entertainment for the several ministers attending, who will, of course, remain over for the sessions of the associa tion. Aaaodational Sessions The Association proper will be called to order on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock for the transaction of the busi ness which is to come before it, and for the purpose of carrying out the * carefully prepared program. John T. Coley, of Rocky Mount, is the young and efficient moderator. J. R. Allsbrooks, of Roanoke Rapids, is vice moderator. George C. Reid, of Rocky Mount, is the clerk-treasurer. The Baptist association is an import ' ant link in the loosely jointed volun-j tary organisation which holds the Baptist hosts together. Beginning with the local church, the independ ent unit in all Baptist polity, the sev en! churches in sdjoining neighbor hoods bsnd themselves together for convenience and helpfulness into or ganization known as associations. The State Convention is composed of sU these associations. And the South ern Baptist Convention, with its more than four millions of members* Is pyra mided from the several State conven tions, which rest upon the many dis trict association, which, in their turn, are composed of the individual and separate churches. The sessions of the association be ginning on Tuesday morning will last (Continued on page tour) To Seek Impeachment of Secretary Andy Mellon Washington, Sept. 28.—Representa tive Wright Patman, Democrat, Tex as, today taki he would institute im peachment proceedings against Secre tary Mellon as soon as the new Con gress convened in December. The Texan intends to base the pro ceedings on charges that the Secretary of the Treasury has violated the ob ligations of his office by msintaining an Merest in private business. Patman said that while Mr. Mel lon is not a member of the board of directors of the Aluminum Corpora tion, that he is still a stockholder and j 11 such has a voice in the election of members of the board. The Texan also said he will show Mr. Mellon is a large stockholder in the Koppers Corporation, which he said is erecting a $200,000,000 iron and steel plant in the Ural Moontaias for the Soviet. . 0 Everetts Home Club Holds IHa Regular Meeting Friday The hone demonstration dob of Everetts held its regular meeting on Friday afternoon, September 25, at the home of Mrs. Annie Hardy. The to diaa in attendance ware favored at this mvft { "g with a demonstration given by Mrs. T. M. Woodburn, of Par nate, "Making Angel Food Cake." Daring the afternoon a round table dis caaaion was held on the secrets of —y«»g good cake icings, different kinds of cakea and salads. The wo maa received mnch help from the maaliag and appreciate Mrs. Wood ban's interest in coming to ourcom maaity.—Mrs. Henry Keel, news re- THE ENTERPRISE - FAIL TO SPEND Washington, Sept. 28.—The pub lic, by failure to spend its money, is biamad by Walter S. Gifford for much of the unemployment dis tress. Consumer buying, the man en trusted by President Hoover with caring lor die suffering of the Job less believes, must precede solu tion of the problem. "If the public buys neither work nor gods, it is the public that is indirectly discharging men,"* he said last night in a radio address over both national networks. ARREST NEGRO FOP ALLEGED TOBACCO THEFT Receive $4.00 for 340 Pounds The Offerings; Little Incentive To Steal Jim Biggs, colored, was arrested last Saturday night by officers Grimes and Daniel and placed in jail for the alleged theft of 340 pounds of tobacco from Mr. Joe Taylor the Thursday night before. John Little, alleged partner of Biggs in the theft, has not been arrested. I Selling the tobacco on a foreign market, the alleged thieves received $4.90 for their offerings. | The warrant charging B iKt* and | Little with the theft is returnable be fore Justice J. L. Hassell, but a hear ing is pending the arrest of Little. With the price of the product so low, there has been very little tobacco stesling in this section so far, it is believed. A few packhouses have been entered, but the losses in nearly all those cases have been, very limited. When it comes to stealing tobacco, about the only incentive to do so is just the desire to do something mean. In making the arrest, Deputy Grimes slipped up on Biggs and flashed the light in his face. Biggs jumped and ran 30 yards or more before the offi cer caught him. Biggs hatched a good excuse for his attempt to make his es cape, stating that he had been warned his life was in danger, and that it would be advisable for him to run when dan ger presented itself. CARNIVAL AT STATE FAIR Bernadi Shows at Raleigh For Fair During Week of October 12-17 Raleigh, Sept. 29. —The carnival at the North Carolina State Fair at Ra- Leigh this year, October 12-17, will be entirely new, as will practically alt the free acts. The fair will swing into full force Monday morning, October 12, and will be going day and night until midnight of the 17th. The free act program thii year will include the following: Seniation of 1931, Captain Smile* O'Timmins, Kikutas, Let El doni, Carlo* Comedy Circus, Captain Charlei' Leaping' Hound*, Joe Baile'* Baditon Square Garden Band, and hone racing and firework*. The Bernardi Greater Shows, Inc., will furniah the carnival acta. Thi* will be an outfit of thriller*, with many feature* heretofore unknown in thi* tection of the country. Increase In County Club Work Reported by Agent That there U a more marked Inter eat in club work in thi* county thi* | year waa reported by Miss .Lora E. Sleeper, Martin home agent, thia week. Miss Sleeper also stated: "Three clubs, organised in Gold Point and Everetts, have approxi mately 80 members thus Jar. It is difficult to guess the total' enrollment lor the county at thia time, but it is believed there is a big increaae m 4-H club membership this year. The fol lowing officers were elected for the girls' club at Gold Point thia year: President. Ottlie Powell; vice presi dent, Elaie Ray Hyman, Secretary, | Edna Earl Edmondson." Electrical Supply Company To Open Store Thursday • The Electric Supply Company, a new enterprise launched by Mr. Paul V. Jonea, will open for busineaa in the Bowen Balding on Wellington Street here thia week, it was announced a few day* ago. The company, only one of its particular kind here, will carry a complete line of electrical sup plies and appliance*. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 29, 1931 FEW CASES ARE TRIED SO FAR IN SUPERIOR COURT Up Until Today Very Few Civil Cases Had Been Called for Trial I Other than the disposal of the critn jinal docket last week, the current term of Martin County Superior court, lup until this morning, had made little or no visible progress in clearing the ,civil calendar of its many cases, a num. her of which has been on there since ! Rover was a pup. There has been 'much criticism and apparently well ■founded because there has been so lit tle accomplished. The court adjourned last Wednes day because of unusually warm weath er, according to reports. Yesterday morning, hardly before the court con vened, another adjournment was or dered, this time because no witnesses were present. The Johnson versus Fertilizer Company case, scheduled to require a greater part of the day for the hearing of its proceedings, was continued, and no other work was ready. The jury, selected to serve for the week, was sworn in, and its mem bers, after rightly filing their tickets, were dismissed for the day. Three of the number selected, Messrs. Fagan, Davenport, and Haislip, were excused from duty. It was reported that a few motions were heard during a part of the day, but action in those cases had not been recorded this morning. In short, the court has cost certain ly more than SSOO and has done hardly SSO worth of good, if that much, it was alleged by one acquainted with the proceedings. BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT Mack Campbell and Jno. D. Ward Held Under SI,OOO Bonds In Bertie Waiving examination at a hearing held in Windsor last Friday afternoon, 'J. D. Ward and Mack Campbell, I charged with the robbery of two Ber itic filling stations September 10, were 'ordered held under SI,OOO bonds each. I Their case is scheduled for trial in I the County Superior Court the 'early part of November. | Bertie officers are of the belief that a third man is connected with the rob beries, but no additional arrests have ,been made as far as it could be learned today. | It is reported that Ward and Camp i bell held Alpheus Dempsey, filling sta tion operator near Windsor, at the point of a pistol while they relieved him of |325. They are also charged with robbing another station just this side of Windsor. According to information received here, the two men are claiming they were in Norfolk on the night of the robbery, that a certain hotel clerk will verify their claim. Several Hurt When Auto I Crashes Into Horse Cart Blinded by the light* of another car, John A. Griffin, of Griffin* Township, ran his Ford into a cart between here and Windsor last Saturday night. Several colored riders were thrown from the cart, but none was badly hurt. No great damage was reported .to either of the vehicles. According to reports, Griffin, ac companied by Elmer James, stopped and after investigating the wreck, con tinued on here, later arranging medi cal examinations for those hurt in the j wreck. Will Rogers To Appear at Watts Here This Week America's greatest- humorist, Wilt Rogers, appears on the talking screen at the Watts Theatre here Thursday and Friday nights of this week in one of his best pictures, "Young As You Feel." Mr. Rogers has played to large houses here before, and large crowds are expected to see him in what it claimed his leading production. Better Mail Service Is Secured Through the efforts of Post master Jassa T. Price and a num ber of local cftisatM, Wifflamaton will enjoy the beat mail service in its history beginning Thursday of this week, it was learned here at 8008 today. Beginning day after tomorrow and continuing each day thereaft er except Sundays, asatt will be dispatched from the local oAce at Tp. BL aad received here at »:10 a. BL The mail wfll arrive oae boor aad a half sarHsr than at Discuss Plight of Tobacco Seven Children Making a preliminary investiga tion of welfare condition in this school district last week, Princi pal William R. Watson and a member of the Woman's Club (charity committee stated yester day that there was ■ greater need for clothes and school books this year than there was last. The need for food was found not to be as great as it was last year, at least among those cases investigated, the local school man stated. Ap proximately twenty children are unable to attend school here be cause they are without proper clothing, it was stated. A committee was appointed by the woman's club at a meeting held last Thursday to car for, in so far as it was possible to do so, Advertise Property For Tax Next Week SALES WILL BE MADE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND ♦ Lists Will Not Be Nearly As Large As Expected Under Conditions The days of grace for delinquent taxpayers are fast nearing an end, and within the next few days thousands of acres of land ( business lots and houses lots and houses and residences will be advertised for unpaid taxes. The legislature postponed the sales at its last session until the first Monday in November, which means that the prop erty will, of necessity be advertised in October. While last-minute collections are being made rapidly in this county, it is believed the postponement of sales will limit tax collections in Martin County by approximately $15,000. A complete list of the delinquents has not been prepared for the county, and while it is not expected to be as large as one would think it to be under the existing conditions, it will be larger by a few hundred names, according to reports coming from the collector's office. Last year there were 612 tracts of land advertised in the county for un paid taxes amounting to approximate ly $31,300. The sheriff's office is now working on the delinquent list, and a comparison will be available within the next few days. Last calls have been made to those property owners who have not settled accounts, the collector calling their at tention to the extra cost resulting from the tales. Many settlements are ex pected within the next day or two by both local and county collectors. Williamaton's list this year will be increased by about 40 oer last year, it was learned from a preliminary re* port yesterday. Last year there were 148 parcels of land or lots advertised for taxes, amounting to approximately $5,230. Yesterday there were 80 white 100 colored accounts unpaid and due the town treasury. Many of these un paid accounts have been paid one and two dollars, it was learned from the treasurer's office. Limestone Increases Corn Yield By 35 Per Cent K. R. Jones, of Craven County, has found that lime it the limiting factor in growing corn on hit large farm near New Bern. He claimt an increated yield per acre of 35 per cent where he hat usod limestone, says C. B. 1 Farrit, farm agent. present under the new arrange ment, and mall will be dispatched foart hours and twenty minutes later than it now ia under the present schedules. The new sche dules are additional onea and will not affect thoae now enjoyed by postal patrons hers. As a reeult of the change rural aad ehy islwilis will bs mad* an hour an a half sarlisr than un der the present schedules. Rural and dty carriers will leeve the local oAce at 9 a. m. instead of these cases, but definite plans un der which the charity work will be handled thia year have not been announced. It is believed, how ever, that the welfare work will be limited to a great extent to school children, the charity com mittee extending whatever aid possible to other cases. Commit tee meetings have been held, and it is understood that some ar rangement will be made to care for many of the worthy cases this year. Eighteen pupils were unable to purchase books in the local school when the session opened more two weeks ago. Eleven of these cases have been cared for by a local citizen who wished his name withheld. Appeals are being directed to others in an effort to PANACEA FOR ILLS ______ London, Sept. 28. H. G. Wells, noted British author, in a radio broadcast tonight formulated the following preicription for the ills of the world: ✓ The world should be declared bankrupt and its debts written down. The issuance of money should be restricted to one central world authority. War should be abolished and all foreign offices, diplomatic services, arsenals, dockyards, war offices, navies and air forces ---pped, dis banded and pensioned. The earth should be ruled by a dictatorship, not of this man or that man, but of informed and ed ucated common sense. NOT TO COLLECT BEAR GRASS TAX $5.00 Special Auto Tax Is Suspended By Order Of the Court The $5 special auto tax levied in Bear Grass Township under a special act passed in the State Legislature back in 1929 was called off by court order here yesterday morning when the cause was heard by Judge Henry A. Grady. Under agreement, the tax collected for 1930 was refunded, the order yes terday automatically relieving the slier iff of the responsibility. Since the State took over the roads this year, the tax is unnecessary, and an injunction WSLS brought by H. U, Peel and others to have the tax elim inated. Bear Grass has no road bonds, Elbert S. Peel, local attorney, ap peared for the plaintiffs in the case. Everetts 4-H Club Holds First Meet of the Season The first regular meeting of the boya' 4-H club to be. held this fall was held in the Everetts school au ditorium Monday, September 28th, at 2:30. There were 26 boys present at this meeting. The following officers were elected for this year: James Mal lory, president; F. B. Raynor, vice president; James O. Daniel, secretary, and Milton Raynor,' news reporter. The boys voting on their projects this year elected gardening as their year -round project in preference to poultry. Work will be begun this fall on this project. 10:1S a. m., Mr. Price stated. The new achedules will be in effect Thursday; The contract for handling the additional service was awarded to the Virginia Beach Bus Lines. The bus company will take mail at Washington at 7:30 a. m. and deliver it here at 1:10 a. m. Mail will be dispatched from the local office and loaded on the bus for Washington at 9:00 p. m., giving local postal patrons the beet mail service ever hsd hers, according to Postmaster Jeeee T. Price. raise approximately |2S to care (or the remaining cases. Donations will be received by Professor Wat son or by this office, and the funds will be properly distributed. These children are very anxious to attend school, and each case ha* been carefully investigated and found worthy of assistance. The appeals for aid in these cases are not directed to those who would begrudgingly give, but rather they are directed to those who will gladly and willingly of fer aid to those who are not so fortunate and yet who are worthy of aid. Immediate responses to these ap peals will be of much worth to these children in that they can continue in school without handi cap. [SCHOOL AT FARM LIFE WILL HAVE 8-MONTHS TERM Term Opens There Next Monday; Will Operate On Old 15-Cent Levy | By authority handed down by the ' State Equalization Hoard yesterday, J the barm Life School in Griffins Town ship will begin an eight-months term .next Monday. Under a ruling of the board, a 15-cent rate levied to supple ment the six-months term in that dis trict during the past three years will |be used to supplement the extended | term, it was learned from the office of Superintendent J. C. Manning here this morning. With Farm Life going on an eight months basis, there are only three six months Isclumls, Macedonia, Lilley's Hall, and Griffins, left in-the county. Professor A. E. Mercer, of Elm City, will again head the school, as sisted by Professor Charles Hough of Norwood, in the high school, and Misses Rhoda Peel, Thelma Harrcll, and Martha Roberson in the elemen tary and primary grades. An attempt will be made to make up the lost time so that tli% school there will operate on the same schedule fol lowed by the other eiglit-months .schools in the county, it was staled. LOCALS LOSE TO RICH SQUARE, 39-0 - Play Windsor Eleven On Local Gridiron Next Friday Afternoon • The local high school football team tasted defeat in its first game of the season last Friday when Rich Square's eleven scored a 39 to 0 victory over Coach Uouknight's boys. I'laying in weather more suitable for baseball or swimming, the locals found strong opposition at the hands of the heavy Rich Square lads. Fighting against many odds, the yet young lads of the local group continued through out the game doing everything in their power to check their opponents on the field. | Next Friday afternoon, Windsor's eleven comes here to meet Coach Uouknight's boys, and a close game is expected. ■ ■ ♦ Officers and Coroner Are Called ion Unusual Case William Crew and a girl friend, both colored, were found sleeping in an old tobacco barn near here last Sunday afternoon. Believing they were dead, and without an investigation of their own, Messrs, Andrew Summerlin and Henry Gurganus called county cor oner, S. R. Biggs, Chief of Police W. B. Daniel, and Sheriff C. B. Roebuck to hold an inquest over what the two men thought were lifeless bodies. The two men entertained the honest be lief that the man and woman were dead, had been murdered or some thing, but to make sure that the cor oner would find them there, Mr. Sum merlin latched the door against the two people. * 'Officers hurried to the scene and foutVd that the two were alive. ♦ __ „ . Beaufort Farmers Are Buying Cows This Yeat ♦ Since the opening of the new cream ery at Washington, in Beaufort Coun ty, a number of farmers are buying cows to consume the cheap corn, oats, and hay that are being produced this season. Watch the Label On Yow Paper As It . Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1898 Farmers LEADERS OF EAST CAROLINA MEET IN GOLDSBORO Name Steering Committee To Formulate Plans for A Limited Acreage • - Over in Goldsboro last Friday, farmers, bankers, merhants, supply men, ministers, and newspaper men met for a general discussion of the agricultural situation in Eastern Car olina in the hope that some organiza tion might be perfected to remedy the economic situation in this part of the State. OtTien than the appointment of a steering committee, the meeting did little more than talk about present conditions, expressing itself as opposed to a special session of the North Car olina legislature at this time. The steering committee will work out a program looking to the reduction of tobacco acreage, and it is believed the activities of the committee will be placed before Eastern Carolina from time to time. I Ihe discussions at the meeting, all I informal, are interesting, a few of which are given: | The uppermost idea in the minds ot those gathered there was assist in to bacco acreage reduction for the com ing year, and the raising of quality to |bacco( since there is little demand for I the tobaccos going abroad, on account of the economic conditions existing in Europe and China, and only our cig arette stocks which require standard 'grades arc in demand, and the further 'extension of the Live-at-Home pro gram since there is still too much that can be raised on the farms coming | into the state. . I The meeting sat down squarely on | any legislation for cither cotton or to bacco, the farmers declaring they had had too much legislation now, and it | was time for the farmer to think and act for himself and stop running to I either the state or the national govern- - nicnt for help. One farmer said that jif there had never been a Farm Board or a land bank, and the farmer had | felt that it was up to him' to work out i his own salvation, the farmer and'the | country would- be better off. j The discussion covered a multitude lof subjects. A member of the legisla ture said he hoped the General As | Great crowds of delegates and visi tors are expected to gather in Wil iliamston and the church for these meetings. It is expected that 300 peo- t , pie will march upon Williamston, on I Tuesday, which is the first day. The local church, as is the custom, will furnish entertainment to the dele- (Continued on the back page) Judge Meekins Upholds Agents'. Undercover Work Federal Judge 1. M. Meekins, in bis charge to the grand jury at the open ing of the fall term of United States District Court in Elizabeth City yes terday upheld undercover methods of enforcement agents whose recent ac tivities in this and other counties in 1 Eastern Carolina resulted in arrests of a number of persons chargedw ith prohibition law violations. | In defending undercover methods as ; a means of obtaining evidence and de -1 teeing crime, Judge Meekins in his '4O-minute charge to the grand jurors, 1 read a number of Supreme Court deci sions to support his opinion that an officer in discharge of his duties may employ undercover methods "almost to the limit," and still remain within I the law. He added that such methods I were nothing new and had been used since the foundation of Government in i the United States. >. ' Government Representative Collecting Farm Loans Here ~ Loans advanced to farmers to par chase seed, feed, and fertilizer last spring are being collected this week lin this county. Mr. B. A. Taylor, lof the United States Department of ' Agriculture, representing the Farm _ i Seed Loan office is in change of the collection in Martin County. Only fourteen loans were made in this county last spring, and each of the number was not very large in x Former Parmele Pastor Goes To Newton Charge Rev. Y. D. Poole, several years pas tor of the Parmele Methodist church, has... been assigned to the Newton charge, according to an announcement coming from the conference held in Bessemer City last Sunday. No as signment was made for the Parmele church, as far as it could be learned here. It is understood that llr. Pool will enter upon his regular duties in his new charge immfdiately.