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AtortiMra Will Fnd Oar Cal ami « Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Home* VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 71 EVERETTS MAN STRUCK BY CAR; IS BADLY HURT Andrew Clark Suffers Frac ture of Skull And A Broken Leg - Andrew Clark, prominent county man and a resident of Everetts, suffer ed a fractured skull and a broken leg last Friday afternoon when he was run down by a car driven by Mrs. Bonner, of Smithfield. He is get ting along very well in a Washington hospital, where he was carried short ly after the accident. Walking down the highway from the Everetts business section, Mr. Clark was nearing his home when he heard the horn of a truck blow. He was on the left side of the road and stepped off the hard surface to give the truck approaching from the rear ample room to pass, just as the truck passed he stepped on the edge of the concrete when he was struck by the Bonner car that came from the rear. Mrs. Bonner had started to pass the truck when her car hit Mr. Clark. No hearing has been held in the CAM, pending the outcome of Mr. Clark's condition. Mrs. Bonner, accompanied by one Other person, was said to have been en route to Plymouth to visit her sis ter, Mrs, Bray. YOUNG BOY DIES HERE SATURDAY Clarence Woodrow Cowen, 15 Years Old, Dies at Home of Parents Clarence Woodrow Cowen,' 15 years old, died at the home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Cowen, here last Saturday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock. ' He was taken ill Sunday before last, when he complained of a trouble in his leg. He went to bed Wednesday and grew wOrse rapidly, with pus forming in his leg and. resulting in death. Until he was first taken ill early last week, the young boy had been in good health. He is survived by his father and mother, and one brother, Charles Cow en, of this place; and three sisters, Clyde and Bern e Cowen, and Mrs. Walter Jernigan, of Norfolk. Funeral services - were conducted from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Cl-arles 11. Dickey pastor of the local B.iptin church. In terment followed in the local Bap tist cemetery. JESSE JOHNSON DIES AT HOME Funeral Arrangements Had Not Been Made At , Noon Today # Jesse JolAkon, about 78 years old, died at his home on the Oi T. Ev erett farm, one mile from Hamilton, i this morning at 4 o'clock, Mr. Johnson suffered an attack of acute indigestion early last night, and that resulted in hjs death. Even I though he was well advanced in years, Mr. Johnson was active in his I farm and home duties up until a short while before his passing. Funeral arrangements had not been announced at noon today, but inter- ' ment will be made tomorrow after noon at the old home place in Poplar Point township where he was reared, according to information received here this morning. Mrs. Johnson and two sons, Mr. Don Johnson, of Poplar Point, and another living in Pitt County, sur vive. Filling Station Near Here Burned Late Friday Night "The Silver Slipper," one time a filling station located near the Martini County home on route No. 90, was destroyed by fire early last Friday. The origin of the bla*e is unknown. No report was made of the fire, but electriciana were called out to repair the Everetts transmission line that j was burned in two near the little wood: rn structure. Several years ago the station was built, its first one and then another proprietor were not at all successful, and the "joint" was closed down sortie time ago. To Demonstrate Meat Canning at Macedonia If you did not attend the meat can * ning demonstration today in Everetts, given by Mrs. W. G. Stancill,.you still have an opportunity to attend the one nt the Macedonia schoolhouse Wed nesday at 2:30. All wombn are cor dially welcome, whether club members or not. Prepare for winter by learn ing to can your surplus meat so that It will be aafe for the health of your family against the dreaded botulinus THE ENTERPRISE County School Teachers Will Hold First Meeting Saturday Martin teachers will hold their first county meeting here next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in the high school building, when Dr. George Cooper, of the State Health Department, will address them in connection (with work in the schools. Finding many children in the schools throughout the State suffering with tonsil and adenoid trouble, Dr. Cooper will explain the program now being sponsored by the health department in an effort to remedy the defects among Martin chil dren. The superintendent of schools yestcrfk.y afternoon pointed out Tells of Con In Tobacco PAY TEACHERS? ] One of the hardest-fought and uaid to be the cleanest, football games of the season, was played here last Friday afternoon when the local and Columbia High School elevens battled to a score less tie. Coming here from the Tyrrell County capital, Coach Z. Hardy Rose had hia boys trained to offer a stubborn and clean defense, as well as an earnest offense. About evenly matched, the two teams were unable to carry out their scoring threats. WORK TO RIDE; RIDE TO WORK ... . ■ - » Pick Cotton From Texas To North Carolina To Earn Traveling Money Working by day and riding by night Jimmy Rawls and a companion named Jones rode from Tetkas into Martin County last week, covering the dis tance in an antique Ford .car. I Out of work and almost penniless, 1 the two young men, the former a res- ; ident of this county until he went to | Texas several years ago to live, left , Texas and by working by day they gathered sufficient funds to speed them a few miles on their journey. They 'picked cotton several of the days they were en route to this section and speni most of their earnings for car fuel. , A 10-cent can of pork and. beans, all their money would buy, and a few crackers thrown in by a kind mer- * chant ran their bodies for two days, they told friends upon their arrival .here last week. | The two young men have been in the potato fields since their arrival ( and are now following a peanut picker. COUNTY*BOARD MEETS MONDAY Educational Body Accepts I Only Two Bids For Abandoned Property All but two of the bids fntered at public sale here early last month for the several abandoned school house? and property were rejected by the Martin County Board of Education here yesterday. The bid entered by Mr. S, H. Ange for the Ange school property was ac cepted, the bidder agreeing to pay sllO for the property, i The sale of the old Cooper's school to Mr. Ferd liolliday was confirmed. I Other bids are being held in abey ance. > . I Routine business was cared for by the board members during the remain der of the session. 1 76 Killed By Autos i Of State in September, Raleigh, Oct. 22.—Automobiles took a toll of 76 lives in North Carolina in September, L. S. Harris, head of the Motor Vehicle Bureau, announced to : day. | There were 28 pedestrians, including i 13 children under 14 years of age, | among those killed by motor cars or trucks. - ■ j j Thus far 1931 is very slightly behind in the total number of persons ■ killed in or by motor vehicles. Dur ' ing the first nine months this year 515 ; ! persons were killed and during the | same period last year the total waj» 518. ' I ■| The United' States Array has a new : "battle car," which carries a crew of • three soldiers, is armed with two ma i chine guns, and has a speed of a mile la minute. ' I . . ~V .. , Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 3, 1931 the importance of the meeting, and he is urging all teachers to be in attendance upon the first and prob ably the last session of the first half of the current term. The meeting will not last more than two hours. Principals of the several schools will be asked to report any health programs now underway in their respective schools, the superin tendent said. At the present time, a State health nurse, Miss Ray, is visiting the schools and examining the children. In several of the schools conditions are said to be deplor able. VETERAN INLEAF GAME FINDS NO HOPE IN FUTURE Some Companies Take the Bull by the Horns, Mr. Meadows Declares Mr. Editor: The United States De partment of Agriculture, in the Oc tober Bulletin gives the following; fik urges, as indicated to he the yield of bright tobacco in the bright-produc ing states: 094,000,000 pounds for 1931, or about 20 per cent f less than the 1930 yield, whicfi was 859 million. North Carolina alone is estimated by them at 491,000,000 for 1931, against 577,(KM),000 in 1930, This will show North Carolina, according to their statement, at about 15 per cent less than last year; and all the bright states 20 per cent less than last year. Now, this crop reporting service may be a good thing, but every tobacco man who is keeping up with the trend of the markets in North Carolina will bet that North Carolina will certainly go 25 per ctnt short of 1930, if not 30 per cent. Hut what is the use of go ing into any figures? It makes no dif ference if it was 30 per cent short in the Bright Belt, we would get no more. ! I'ray look at the September average for North Carolina and the other States. It is pitiful to behold; and October doesn't look as if it is going to be much better, and the tobacco farmers are just about gone. Their children are all hungry and partially naked, no school books, and no money ,to buy them any. Talking about call ■ing the legislature together to cut the acreage, you don't have to do that. She has already cut herself. | The farmer that has raised his crops in this section by the tenant system (and 65 per cent of them do) is a ,"gone coon." They have been carry ing them over for three years now," and each year has found them deeper and deeper in debt; and there is no' way of getting out except to cjuit or "bust." About 30 per cent of the farmers who own 40 acres, a mule, four half-naked children and a few rags for them can plant a crop. That's all, and that's a plenty. I am not g ipg into any detailed figures as to the poundage or distri bution of the bright crops for this year or past years, but I have my files for 15 years back and will meet any fDcuting anywhere %nd at any time, and guarantee what we find will be held strictly sub rosa. Now, I would like to pay a few re marks to the poor old warehousemen (I am one of them). It looks like we are all gone broke this time. Making nothing last year; just could break even—and this year, farewell. I guess ' most of you have done like we have in this neck of the woods, made every edge cut you could, but you just as I well tear your commission pages out of your ledger and kiss them good- I by. I am sorryt to hear the report going around that a great many mar- I kets are padding their averages. Brethren, this is wrong, and should be stopped. I think all of us as a whole desire to thank the different companies for their loyal support, al though they might not see things as well, and the different small dealers come in for their share. While some iof them have not been as active this I year as usual, that's because tobacco lis not selling for 25 cents a pound. ! However, we have some in our neck i of the woods that take the bull by the ' horns every year, and the cheaper the i year the more they buy. Good for ! them, they see what's coming. | I am writing this article more to | show yoq what you may expect in an acreage cut than from any other stand point, and I am no novice in the busi 'ness, being 66 years old and in the game since I walked out of school, as a. farmer, an old warehouseman, manu- REGULAR MEET COUNTY BOARD HELD MONDAY —♦ — Action of Meeting Limited> To Routine Duties and Minor Business Appeals entered by the unfortunates j and requests jor correction in listing | of certain properties for taxation oc- I cupied a greater part of the time of ! the county commissioners in their reg- | ular monthly session held here yestcr- I day. _ Mrs. J. G. Staton, going before the | meeting, asked that some considera- | jtion be given the beautificatiou of the I courthouse grounds and the forma tion of 4-H clubs throughout the Icounty. Mrs, Staton, reporting the | two resolutions, said: j "The county commissioners passed I two most worth-while resolutions. I One is that all cars must be removed from in front of the courthouse build ling. This space will be cultivated un der the supervision of Mr. T. B. Bran don and Miss Lora Sleeper,-our coun i-ty agents, grass will be planted, and i the appearance of the front of the .courthouse greatly beautified. I '"The second resolution is to the ei jtect that Mr, Brandon and Miss Sleep er will be charged wish the responsi bility of forming 4-H clubs oi boys and girls throughout Martin County It has been said that .1 child is your seconkl chance, * The commissioners feel that in passing this last resolu tion they are performing a sacred duty Ito each and every county child. The formation of these 4-H clubs will give the boys and girls an opportunity to raise pure-bred pigs, cows, chickens, and other stock desired. The stock desired will be entitled to be shown at our State fair. Prizes may be won and awards of money brought back to Martin County by this laudable action of the commissioners in yesterday's session. We commend our County of ficers for so well carrying out their duty and thus looking to the future development of our beloved county." J. C, Smith, guardian of the Jen kins heirs, was relieved of $25.12 in taxes on .solvent credits improperly listed in Robersonville township. Aid was extended to Henry Baker, colored, $2; Mrs. Karl Harrison, $3 a month for four months; Nancy Hop kins,. colored, $2 a month. J. E. Whitfield was relieved of taxes on SIBO worth of ptoperty improperly listed in Goose Net township. K. L. Ange asked the commission ers to urge tlffc- placing of the Ward and Slade road, three nfHes long, in Jamesville township, on the State high way map. A sale of the W. 1.. Stalls house was ordered for the county mortgage. Jesse C. Williams wa- relieved of $145.85 land taxes, poll tax, and dog tax improperly listed in (loose Nest i%wnship. The board granted the request of J. J. Manning, J. Labon l.illey, J. i 1 Jaw son l.illey, and J. A. l.illey in 1 which they asked that they be allowed . to pay special taxes in the Farm Life • School district 'and receive the bene fits therefrom. ->;• ■ - Town Commissioners In Regular Meeting Here , I The monthly meeting of the town ' 'commissioners was held at the M-ay . jors' office last night, with all mem jbers of the board (.resent. The board I found »ery little wofk to do. A few . regular orders were allowed and or • 'dered paid, . | An order was passed providing for , a special police to serve during a col- I 'ored dance soon to be held at l.ove . and Charity Hall. | It was ordered that foreign apple trucks be permitted to retail their ( |.waret in the town for a license tax , of $2 per day. | facturer, leaf dealer, and having rep resented some of the largest companies , in the world for years (What price \ ilory?). ( Seventy-five per cent of the crop is t sold here in the eastern belt. Yours truly, | W. T MEADOWS. Williamston, N. C ict. 31, 1931. ' ( READING ROOM I s J t In an effort to meet a long and ' pressing need of the town and s community, the Woman'* Club is ' 6 opening a reading room in office 5 number S, Baltimore Street, to the 1 rear of Bailey's Drug Store. Ar rangements have been made to ( have the room opened next Thurs f day afternoon between the hours s of 2:30 and 5 o'clock. r Upon the success of this move ment rests the creation of a pub > lie is urged. Citizens who have 1 timely and interesting books and magazines are asked to cooperate in the movement The opening i of the reading room is prepara • tory to national book week, No r vember IS to 71. ~ r " Eighty Bankers Attend Meet Held Here Last iBRIEF REVIEW ! SCHOOL NEWS AT OAK CITY * Superintendent FitzGerald ! Will Speak at P. T. A. Meeting Tuesday i Oak City, Nov. 7.—The Parent- Teacher Association of the Oak City School will meet in regular session Tuesday evening, November 10, at 7.30 o'clock in the school auditorium. Mr. R. G. FitzGerald, superintendent of public instruction in Pitt County, will 1 be present and wll address the audi- j ence on rural resources. A large at-I tendance is expected. The program j committee is arranging for an eve- ! ning of worth-while entertainment. ' The public is cordially invited. Your j presence»and cooperation are expect ed. ' 11.0 contract, plan of assignment in j the high school is working well and ' results art? noticeable. One aim in the Oak City High School is to elimi nate so many failures. If a pupil can not do the work he soon learns that i he is in the wrong class and adjust ment is, necessary at once, therefore he gets to work or decides to help his father on the farm. 1 The Wilsonian Literary Society will ! give its first program for this semester on November 25th. The Kstherian j Literary Society will present thWr pro gram 011 ciety giving one program for each se mester. | Chapel programs sponsored by dif ferent grades and societies are prov ing to be of interest. The. debate by eighth grade pup ls was well worth the time spent on the subject and showed careiul preparation by the leader, Miss Ruth Pearson, .1 senior-. The q-twiry was "'Resolved, I'hat Current Litera ture Is Essential. 1 ' The affirmative won. I The Welfare Workers arc about to complete the community survey, and a list is available for the aid of the workers. A supply of salvage cloth ing is expected within the next few days. Notice has been given the local unit by Mr. R. W. Hennnger, Execu tive Secretary, that the clothing is be ing prepared for shipment. MISSION MEET TO BE HELD NOV. 15 Rev. Z. T. Piephoff Chosen To Arrange for Mass Meeting Here I Rev. Z. T, Piephoff, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of Williamston, 1 has been chosen by the National Com mittee of the Laymen's Missionary ' Movement in Chicago to arrange for a mass meeting of the men of the Prot estant churches Sunday afternoon, No vember 15. The occasion will be the observance of "Men and Missions 1 Sunday," the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Laymen's Mis -1 sionary Movement, i The central meeting will be held in Washington, I). C., and simultaneous ' men's meetings in New York, Chi cago, Toronto, Can., and a thousand ■ other towns and cities of the United States and Canada. Meetings of men to observe this anniversary will also ' l>e held on this day in various parts of ' Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Southern Archipelago. Beginning with this celebration, the Layman's Missionary Movement is 1 launching its new program. While there will be a continuance of the city ' and district conventions whifch, up to " thfs time, have been one of the prin -1 cif>al activities of .the movement, the national committee will also sponsor the formation of small cooperating ' committees in each of these cities to arrange for occasional luncheon and dinner meetings to study the problems ' and the resources of the Christian faith ; in this hour. j The movement was organized at a j mce|ing of men from several Protest- I ant denominations held in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church Novem ber 15, 1906. It is generally credited with the popularization of the every member canvass, the method now dom inant in church finance. It enrolled tens of thousands of American busi ness men as supporters of missions, i The general theme of the day' will be "A Better World for all the World.' 1 ' • Change in Roanoke Hotel ! Management Made Here | - • I The management of the Roanoke formerly the Britt, was taken over bj' the owner, Mr. E. P. jfuu f hingham.lTie first of this month, when ! Mr. C. B. Siceloff surrendered his leace. The Siceloffs have moved to '(lie Eli Gurganus home on Main Street. ( WASTED j Drafts on State Treasurer Na- j than O'Berry were drawn last week by the office of the Martin County Board of Education for salaries of teachers due them for the second month. Drafts for oth er school accounts were also ! drawn, it was learned from the superintendent here yesterday. Payment is subject to the accept ance of the drafts, which is expect ed some time between now and the 15th of this month. Salaries for the first month were j held up several days when the State treasury failed to make ac- , | ceptance until the 15th of last month. Taking the position of the Martin teachers, the superintend- j ( j ent said yesterday that he hoped payment would be possible within 1 the next day or two, but he added that he was not certain about the ! time. , SEIZE LIQUOR AT FAIR IN TARBORO j —♦ — Warrants for Two Deputy Sheriffs There Are Now Pending, It Is Said * Directed to report for duty at the 1 jCoastaf Plain Fair last week, AgentJj I oats and Gihbs, with headquarters j here, confiscated liquor in small quan-l tities about the fair grounds, relieving; two deputy sheriffs of about a quart and a half. No arrests were made,' but the cases have been reported to the deputy administrator. Ihe first case reported by the offi-j ccrs developed when they saw F. L.J Arne«i take a pmt of liquor from a - car and pass the bottle to a friend.! When the agents approached and made known their, identity, Arnes is said to , have pulled his coat lapel back and I pointed to deputy sheriff's badge there. , jThe officers later caught Deputy Sher iff Barden and I . 1,. Brown in a car , I with a quart ol liquor. Brown was I [in the act of taking a drink. | In the meantime, the .sheriff of the . county had learned of the first arrest and looked for the federal agents. When he found them lie explained . that Arnes was not a bootlegger, but that he did wish they Itad handcuffed ' him. When Agent Coats asked about Deputy Tom BardVu, the officer stat ed that he was his son, and that he I was not a bootlegger. Favorable re ports were urged by the deputies, but no disposition of the cases has been made yet, as far as it could be learned . here today. COUNTY TAX SALE MONDAY —» —— . Nearly 100 Owners Just In i 1 Time To Hold Property t j Off the Auction Block r • 9 j A last, last minute rush was re i ported at the sheriff's office yesterday * morning when approximately 1(H) prop - erty owners went there to head off the I auctioneer's hammer at the noon hour. I With a few bidders present, the coun i jty tax sale was under way about the ) noon hour. The fifteen or more bid-j f|ders established no competitioif, leav i ing the county to purchase between 600 and 700 tracts or parcels of laml, e representing between $35,000 and $45,- s (MM) in taxes. A complete report has e | not been filed at this time, but it is y |in the making. .) J ♦ \Falls Asleep at Steering Wheel and Hits Pole rI , I 4 Falling asleep while driving his car i> just one block from his Ijonie, Har :l old Evereft,_promment young man, ran s his car over the street curbing and cut It a telephone pole in two on Main Street late last Saturday night, a Young Everett escaped unhurt, the - 1 crash tearing the radiator off his Ford li coupe, bursting one tire, and breaking - the bumper. J Mr. Everett stated he was so sleepy,. - that he could not hold his eyes open, - that he was so near home he attempt i ed reach there before stopping. -; ' Local Fire Company 1 Answers Call Monday » . The local fire company was called out yesterday shortly after the noon 9 hour when fire threatened the home jof fVicilila Spruill, colored, in the e, municipal water plant section. Start n ing from a spark that fell from a low i-1 pitched chimney onto the roof, the n j fire burned about 100 shingles. Near s Neighbors saw the blaze and brought a it under control with several buckets of water. I • •4* Watch the Label On Yoor Paper Aa It CarriM the Oat* Whan Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1898 SUBSCRIBE MORE THAN SIOO,OOO TO HOOVER'S PLAN Robt. M. Hanes Explains Credit Plan To Group One Bankers Members of the North Carolina Bankers' Association in Group I, which includes a large section of east ern North Carolina, gave their en dorsement to the National Credit Cor poration plan of' President Hoover in a meeting held in the Woman's CTub Hall here last Friday evening by ten tatively subscribing more than SIOO,OOO to the association. The meeting, the first held by East- bankers in several months carried an optimistic spirit, and was greatly enjoyed by the eighty repre sentatives. Mr. R. M. Reddick, of Hertford, president of the group, pre sided, while Mr. Robert M. Hanes, president of the State Association, ex plained, in detail, the credit corpora tion plan, Mr. Hanes also discussed thoroughly the program of safe bank ing methods advanced by the banker's association. It was expressed in the meeting that in the program of economic relief through the National Credit Corpora tion, the situation has changed over night from one of doubt to a situa tion of great hope. Mr. Hanes told ot the recent Bank ers Association meetings, and in ex plaining operation of (lie plan, he said no loans will be made to insolvent or closed banks, but that "the idea is to help solvent banks through emergen cies," adding he believes the associa tion will operate for "the maximum aid with the minimum loss." Banks join ing the association are required to stib ; scribe 10 per cent of capital and sur plus or an amount equal to 2 per cent ol total deposits. He declared the association is form ed "not to encourage inflation or bor rowing, but to make money available only when it is urgently needed and for sucfi a period of time as it is need ed." He pointed out that the 6 per cent interest rate would 'discourage borrowing except in emergency. He I told bankers that the loan committee for the state credit corporation will J meet weekly, or oftener if necessary, to pass upon application by banks for I loans on collateral which must be ! sound though not necessarily immedi ately liquid. He said no loans would 'be made for longer than October 15, 11932, because it was hoped that by | that time further need of the organiza tion would be past. He explained that no bank not participating in the asso ciation can benefit from loan# -by it. Bankers generally express the opin ion that this is by far the most con structive move that has been made since the war to stabilize business. When the roll of banks of Eastern Carolina was called, they responded nobly, and practically all of them sub-"' 1 scribed their full quota. Mr. Haynes also explained the pol icy of the larger banks in favor of holding cotton, upon which they now ihave loans until July 31 of next year, \ and urging bankers and time mer chants to help to control the acreage of both tobacco and cotton next year. (iurney P. Hood, state coinmission jer of banks, told the group that "in liny opinion and from information in our office, I do not believe there is a state bank in North Carolina in danger of closing." He stated he has had a fine spirit of cooperation since he as sumed his dujies on May 8. Messrs. W. G. Gaither, H. D. Bate man, Clayton Moore, and Paul B. ! Brown, secretary of the State Banlc- I ers Association, each made a few re marks. TOWN TAX SALE IS HELDMONDAY One Hundred and Fifty-one I Tracts of Land Sold By Collector Here One. hundred and fifty-one tracts of land were sold by the town tax col lector here yesterday in accordance with the law, the town being the prin jcipal buyer. Many accounts "were allowed to go through the hands of the collector that valid certificates of sale might be recorded. Sales in these cases will be made in accordance with law, title passing several years from now. | The accounts paid late Saturday and early yesterday amounted to more jthan SI,OOO, leaving 63 tracts, owned by white citiaena,. and 88 tracts owned by colored citizens lor sale. —— ! No accurate report on the sales yes terday were available today, bat it ia believed that the ISI tracts represent no more than $4,250 unpaid tax ac counts.