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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 REV. 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.
Pastors' 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 a 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
is 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.
Associational 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-'
tary organization which holds the
Baptist hosts jogether. Beginning
with the local church, the independ
ent unit in all Baptist polity, the sev
eral churches in adjoining neighbor
hoods band themselves together for
convenience and helpfulness into or
ganizations known as associations.
The State Convention is composed of
all 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
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To Seek Impeachment oi
Secretary Andy Mellon
Washington, Sept. 28.—Representa
tive Wright Patman, Democrat, Tex
as, today said 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 maintaining
an interest 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
as 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 Mountains for
the Soviet.
Everetts Home Club Holds
Its Regular Meeting Friday
The home demonstration club of
Everetts held its regular meeting on
Friday afternoon, September 25, at the
home of Mrs. Annie Hardy. The la
dies in attendance were favored at this
meeting with a demonstration given
by Mrs. T. M. Woodburn, of Par
mele, "Making Angel Food Cake."
During the afternoon a round table dis
cussion was hajd on the secrets of
making good cake icings, different
of cakes and salads. The wo
men received much help from the
a nd appreciate Mrs. Wood
bum's Interest in coming to our com
munity.—Mrs. Henry Keel, news re
porter. _
THE ENTERPRISE
( FAIL TO SPEND ~1
Washington, Sept. 28.—The pub
lic, by failure to spend its money,
is blamed by Walter S. Gifford for
much of the unemployment dis
tress.
Consumer buying, the man en
trusted by President Hoover with
caring for the 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
FOR ALLEGED
TOBACCO THEFT
Receive $4.90 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 and
Little with the theft is returnable be
fore Justice J. L. Hasscll, but a hear
ing is pending the arrest of Little.
With the price of the product so
low, there has been very little tobacco
stealing in this section sp far, it is
believed. A few parkhouses have
been entered, but the losses in nearly
all those cases have beeiv 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 I
slipped up on Biggs and flashed the
light in his face. Biggs jumped and
ran 30 yards or more before the offi- |
per caught him. Biggs hatched a good j
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 ruh when dan- '
ger presented itself.
NEW CARNIVAL
AT STATE FAIR
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Bernadi Shows at Raleigh j
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 all the
free acts. The fair will swing into I
full force Monday morning, October j
12, and will be going day and night
until midnight of the 17th. The free
act program this year will include the
I following: Sensation of- 1931, Captain
Smiles O'Timmins, Kikutas, Les El
dons, Carlos Comedy Circus, Captain
Charles' Leaping 'Hounds, Joe Baile's
Badison Square Garden Band, and
horse racing and fireworks, i
The Bernardi Greater Shows, Inc., '
will furnish the carnival acts. This '
will be an outfit of thrillers, with
many features heretofore unknown in
this section of the country.
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Increase In County Club t
Work Reported by Agent
That there is a more marked inter
est in club work in this county this j
year was reported by Miss .Lora E.
Sleeper, Martin home agent, this week.
Miss Sleeper also stated:
"Three clubs, organized in Gold
Point and Everetts, have approxi
mately 80 members thus far. It is
difficult to guess the total enrollment
for the county at this time, but it is
believed there is a big increase in 4-H
club membership this year. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the
girls' club at Gold Point this year:
President, Ottlie Powell; vice, presi
dent, Elsie Ray Hyman, Secretary,
Edna Earl Edmondson."
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Electrical Supply Company
To Open Store Thursday
The Electric Supply Company, a
new enterprise launched by Mr. Paul
V. Jones, will open for business in the
Bowen Btflding on
Street here this week, It was announced
a f?w days ago. The company, only
one of its particular kind here, will
'carry a complete line of electrical sup
' plies and appliances.
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
| Other than the disposal of the crim
jinal docket last week, the current
term of Martin County Superior court,
until this morning, had made little
( or no visible progress in clearing the
,civil calendar of its many cases, a num
ber 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-
I tie 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
• tic filling stations September 10, were
ordered held under SI,OOO bonds each.
I Their case is scheduled for trial in
.the Bertie 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 ifcould be learned
today.
| It is reported that Ward and Camp
ibell 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
jhere, the two men are claiming they
jwere in Norfolk on the night of the
robbery, that a certain hotel clerk will
'verify their claim.
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Several Hurt When Auto
j Crashes IntfoHorse Cart
Blimled by the ligh\s oh another car,
John A. Griffin, of Gnffrns 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,
j 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
.wreck.
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Will Rogers To Appear
at Watts Here This Week
America's greatest- humorist, Will
Rogers, appears on the talking screen
at the 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 is
claimed his leading production.
Better Mail Service Is Secured
Through the efforts of Post
master Jesse T. Price and a num
ber of local citizens, Williams ton
will enjoy the best mail service in
its history beginning Thursday of
this week, it was learned here at
noon today.
Beginning day after tomorrow
and continuing each day thereaft
er except Sundays, 'mall will be
dispatched from the local office at
9~p. m. and received here at 8:10
a. m. The mall will arrive one
hour and a half earlier than at
Discuss Plight of Tobacco
Seven Children Need Books
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 a 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
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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 country, it
is believed the postponement of sales
will limit tax collections in Martin
County by approximately $15,0(H). A
omijplete 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 amountinK to approximate
ly $31,300. The sheriff's office is now
working on the delinquent list, and a
comparison will he 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 sales. Many settlements are ex
pected within the next day or two by
both local and county collectors.
Williamston'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 down to
tine and two dollars, it was learned
from the treasurer's office.
Limestone Increases Corn
Yield By t,35 Per Cent
K. R. Jones, of Craven County, has
found that lime is the limiting factor
in growing corn on his large farm near
New Bern. He claims an increased
yield per acre of 35 per cent where
he has used limestone, says C. B.
,Farris, farm agent.
present under the new arrange
ment, and mail will b« dispatched
fourt hours and twenty minutea
later than it now ia under the
preaent schedule*. The new sche
dules are additional ones and will
not affect those now enjoyed by
postal patrons here.
Aa a result of the change rural
and city deliveries will be made
an hour an a half earlier than un
der the present schedules. Rural
and city carriers will leave the
local office it 9a. in. instead of
these cases, but definite plans un
der which the charity work will
be handled this 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
than 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 prescription 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
hack in 1029 was called off hy court
order here yesterday morning when
the cause was heard hy Judge Henry
A, Grady.
Under agreement, the tax collected
for 1030 was refunded, the order yes
terday automatically relieving the shpr
iff of the responsibility.
Since the State took over the roads
this year, the tax is unnecessary, and
an injunction was brought hy 11. IJ,
Peel and others to have the tax etiui
inatcd. Bear (irass has no road bonds.
Elbert S. I'eel, 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
boys'* 4-H club to be held this fall
was held in the Evfrett.s school au
ditorium Monday, September 28th, at
2:30. There were 2(> hoys present at
jthis meeting. The following officers
were elected for this year: James Mal
lory, president; 1'". B. Kaynor, vice
president; James O. Daniel, secretary,
und Milton Raynor, news reporter.
The boys voting on their projetts this
year elected gardening as their,year
laround project in preference to poultry.
Work will be begun this fall on this
I project.
10:15 a. nr., Mr. Price atated. The
new schedules 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 Waahington at 7:30 a. m. and
deliver it here at 8:10 a. m. Mail
will be dispatched from the local
office and loaded on the bus for
Waahington at 9:00 p. m., giving
local postal patrons the best mail
service ever had here, according to
Postmaater Jesse T. Price.
raise approximately $25 to care
for the remaining cases. Donations
will be received by Professor Wat
son or by this office, and the funds
will be properly distributed.
Thes? children are very anxious
to attend school, and each case
has 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,
the .harm Life School in Griffins Town
ship will begin an eight-months term
next Monday. Under a ruling of tlie
beard, a IS-cent rate levied to supple
ment the six-months term in that dis
trict durittK the past -three years will
be used to Supplement the extended
term, it was learned from th  v"ofhce ot
Superintendent J. C. Manning here
this morning.
With harm Life going 011 arf eight
months basis, there are only three six
inontlis Isa'hoiils, Macedonia, Lilley's
Hall, and (irillins, left in the county.
Professor A. E. Mercer, ot Elm
City, will again head the .seluxM, as
sisted hy Professor Charles J lough,
of Norwood, in tht 1 high school, aud
Nlisses Rhoda I'eel, Theliua Urfircll,
and Martha Robcrson in the Elemen
tary and primary grades.
An attempt will he made to make up
the lost time 'so that the school there
will operate on the same schedule fol
lowed hy the other eight-month*
schools in the county, it was stated
LOCALS LOSE TO
RICH SQUARE, 39-0
Play Windsor Eleven Oh
Local Gridiron Next
Friday Afternoon
Ihe local high school footbali team
tasted defeat in its first game,.of the
season last Friday when Rich Square's
eleven scored a .19 to 0 victory over
Coach Boiiknight's boys.
Playing iii Weather more suitable, for
baseball or swimming, the locals*found
strong opposition .at the hands of the
heavy Rich Square lads, lighting
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.
I Next Friday afternoon, Windsor's
eleven comes here to meet Coach
i liouknight's boys, and a close game is
expected.
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Officers and Coroner Are
Called \on Unusual Case
William Crew and a girl friend, both
colored, were found sleeping in an old
tobacco barn near here last Sunday
afternoon. (Relieving they were dead,
and without an investigation of their
own, Messrs. Andrew Suinmerlin and
Henry Gurganus called county cor
oner, S. R. Biggs, Chief of Police W.
It. 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
oner would find them there, Mr. Sutn
merlin latched the door against the
two people.
Officeiji hurried to the scene and
found that the two were alive.
Beaufort Farmers Are
Buying Cows This Year
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 Your
Paper Aa It Carriea the Date
When Your Subscription Expires
ESTABLISHED 1898
Farmers
LEADERS OF EAST
CAROLINA MEET
IN GOLDSBORQ
Name Steering Committee
To Formulate Plans for
A Limited Acreage
•— -
Over in (loldshoro last Friday,
fanners, bankers, morhants, supply
men, ministers, and newspaper men
| met fur a general discussion of the
agricultural situation in. Kastern Car
olina in the. hope that some organiza
tion. might be perfected to remedy the
| economic situation in this part of the
I State. Otlien than the appointment of
j.i steering committee, the meeting did
little more than talk about present
conditions, expressing itseli as opposed
to a special session of the North Car
olina .legislature at this time. The
steering committee will work ouj a
program looking to the reduction, of
tobacco acreage, ami it is believed the
activities of the committee- will" be
placed before Fastern Carolina from
'time to time.
I lie discussions at the meeting, all
informal, are interesting, a few of
which are given:
I lie uppermoshfidea in the minds ot
those gathered there was assist in to.-' r
bucco acreage reduction for the com
ing year, ami the raising of quality to- •
bafceOj since there is little.demand for
I the tobaccos going abroad, on account
of the economic conditions existing in
hurope and China, and only our cig
arette stocks which require standard
grades are in demand, and-the further
extension of the Ltve-at-Ilomfc pro
gram since there is >tiil too much that
can lie raised on tin- farms coming
into the state. » v ■
I In- meeting sat down squarely-on
any legislation for either cotton or to
bacco, the farmers declaring they had
had too much legislation now, and it
J was time for the farmer to think and
act for.himself and stop running to
'either the state or the national govern
ment for help. .One farmer said that
j if there had never been a. Farm Board
or a land" bank, and the farmer had
it was up to him to work out
ibis own salvation, the farnjef and the
country would be better off.
] The discussion covered a multitude
|of subjects. A member of the legisla
ture said lie hoped the (Jeneral As-
I (ireat crowds of delegates and visi
tors expected to gather in Wil- 4
jlianiston ami the church for these
( meetings. It is expected that 300 petf
iplc will march upon Williamston, 011
Tuesday, which is the first day.,
j The local church, as- is the custom,"
will furnish entertainment to the dele
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Judge Meekins Upholds
Agents' Undercover Work
Federal Judge I. M. Meekins, in his
charge to the grand jury at the open
ing of tin- 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
Eastern Carolina resulted in arrests
of a number of persons chargedw ith
prohihiliim law violations.
In defending undercover methods as
a means of obtaining evidence and de
tecing crime. Judge Meekins in his
40-miniite charge ti> the grand jurors,
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
the law. lie added that such methods
were nothing new and had been used
| sinctj the foundation of Government in
! the United States.
Government Representative
Collecting Farm Loans Here
Loans advanced to farmers to pur
chase seed, feed, and fertilizer last
spring arc being collected this week
in this county. Mr. 8.-A. Taylor,
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, representing the Farm
Seed Loan office is in charge 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
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 »»-
signment was made for the Parmele
church, as far as it could be learned
here.
It is understood that Mr. Pool will
enter upon his regular duties in hia
new charge immediately.