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Ad—ftlawa Wffl Pud Oar Col mm a Latchkey to Owr Sixteen Hondrad Martin Canity Homaa VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 45 COUNTY TAX LEVY REDUCED $44,000 Tentative Budget for Schools Is Submitted MEMBERS LOCAL COMMITTEE ALSO NAMED MONDAY .»■ • Budget Calls for Levy of 52 1-2 Cents; To Build Small School Tlw Martin County Board of Edu cation in session here yesterday a dopted a budget for th« coming term, appointed the various local school committeemen and asked bids for the construction of a four-room school building; in Hamilton Township. The budget adopted subject to the approval of the county board of com missionersc alls for a levy of 52 1-2 cents, as compared with a levy of 57 ,1-2 cents last year, resulting in a de crease of 5 cents for educational pur poses. A 2-cent reduction effected in maintenance of plants and capital out lay. However, debt service called for an increase of 14 cents on the SIOO property valuation, which increase was more than offset by the lifting of the 17-;ent levy for the support of the state school term. On the face of it, the rate reduc tion appears small, but a reduction in property values had to be consid ered. Under ordinary circumstances an increase of ab.jut 17 would have been necessary, for it would have required about that amount to offset the 33 1-3 per cent decrease in property values allowed by the county commis sioners. The board decreased its bud get figures to care for the property value decrease and effect a 2-;ent sav ing on plant maintenance and capital outlay. Committee appointments were com pleted and the members are being no tified thia week with instructions to handle imnediately or as soon as pos sible the work ordinarily assigned to them. The names of the commitees are as follows: District No. 1 (Williamston): R. L. Coburn, VV. J. Taylor, and R. A. Critcher, all of Williamston. District No. 2 (Robersonville): L. A. Clark, of Everetts; J. M. Dixon, Parmele; and Eli Rodgers, Roberson ville. District Ne. 3 (Oak City): T. B. Slade, Hamilton; E. R. Edmondson, Hassell; and B. M. Woraley, of Oak City. District No. 4 (Jamesville): C. C. Fleming, Jamesville; H. L. Davit, of Dardens; and F. W. Holliday, James ville. District No. S (Farm Life): P. E. Getainger, George Griffin, and J. C. Gurkin, all of Griffins Township. No. 6 (Bear Grass): Uurbin Tfibgrrs and Sam Mobley, of Bear Gnus, aol Henry D. Peel, of Cross Roads. "While the districts include one ori mare schools and will be known by ' numbers, the six units are centered •tound the high schools named. Sealed bids will be opened Monday, August 14, for the construction of a four-room school building in Hamil ton Township, on Highway No. 11, a bout one mile front Hassell. The •Chool it for colored children in that district. ' Small Child Dies Near Washington Early Sunday " ♦ Irving Bowen, two years old, died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and lira. John Cherry, in Washing ton,'early Sunday morning. The lit tle fellow had something like a boil near his eye, and it is believed that an infection resulted and caused deattf. He had been ill for about one week and was visiting his grandparents. He was the son of Mr. and lira. Will Bowen, who live about three milca from here on the old Green vili* road. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon and interment followed in the family burial ground near the D. O. Bowen home. W. I. Skinner Company Starts Operations Here The W. I. Skinner Company to bacco plant started preliminary oper ations for the season here yesterday, employing 40 women and about 15 men laborers. The plant is handling Georgia tobacco at the present time, and full capacity operations will not get under way before next week, when large shipments of tobacco are expect ed from the South Carolina and Bor der markets, Iverson Skinner, a firm partner, said this morning. THE ENTERPRISE WHERE THEY PLAY ) TUESDAY, AUCJUST 1 Williamston at Colerain. Ahoskie at Elisabeth City. Windsor at Edenton. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 Colerain at Williamston. Elisabeth City at Ahoskie. Edenton at Windaor. COLORED CHILD STRUCK BY CAR, FATALLY HURT Robert Brown, jr., 5 Years Old, Victim of Accident Here Yesterday Robert Brown, jr., colored boy about S years old, was fatally hurt yester day morning when he was struck by an automobile near the home of his father, Louis Brown, a short distance from the Martin County home He was removed to a Washington hospital where he died yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. The child suffer ed a fractured skull and bled freely at the ears and mouth. He never re gained consciousness. The boy was behind an ice wagon parked on the right side of the road facing Willianiston. He started a cross the road and dashed into the path of a car driven by G. W. Peed, Pitt County farmer. Mr. Peed did not see the child behind the truck, but he did see the ice man and sounded his horn as a warning to him. The farm er was said to have been running about 25 miles an hour when he struck the boy, dragging him a short distance be fore he could stop. Mr. John Bland accompanied by Deputy Grimes and Mr. Peel rushed the child to the hospital. The driver of the car was questioned at length by officers, who declared the accident was unavoidable on his part. County Needy Now Canning Winter Food Martin County's needy are now can ning approximately 1,000 quarts of vegetables and fruits daily, it was learned from Welfare Agent J. R. Manning yesterday. It is now be lieved that the needy will have suffic ient food to care for their needs dur ing the coming winter, provided the campaign continues to succeed. Lester Brown Entertains With Chicken Stew Friday About 150 neighbors and other friends of Mr. Lester Brown enjoyed a chicken stew at his tobacco barn near Hassell last Friday night, the event being one of the largest of its kind held in the section in years. The young folks enjoyed games while the older ones cooked and prepared a meal. Litlle Change Marks in Past Two Weeks There were few changes in the batting line-up of the Williamston club during the past two weeks. Troy Goodmon, who came to the Mar tins just before the close of the first half, continues tolead the team in batting with a mark of .417 for the 12 games he has participated in. "Red Proctor," pitcher, and also a newcomer, is in second pla:e with a percentage of .375. Brake slipped a little during the past two weeks, dropping from .398 to .370, but he still leads those members of the »quad who have been here since the start of the season. Utile boosted his percentage from .311 to .317, while Earp fell from .301 and fourth place to .276 and and sixth. Gaylord maintained his standing, climbing one point from .300 to .301. Others remained in about the same relative position, except that Bill Herring climbed while Latham went down. Brake is still leading in total number of hits, total bases, and two base knocks. Earp lost his lead in runs scored to Gaylord, who also leads in sacrifice hits. The team average suffered a few points, falling from .287 to .280. Following are the facts and figures for the season's play, not including exhibition games, however: Player * Position G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB SH Pet. Goodmon, 2b —l2 48 10 20 5 0 0 25 1 ,417 i Proctdr, p • 3 8 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 .375 Brake, cf -36 149 27 55 15 4 1 81 3 .370 Uzzle, 3b 34 139 17 44 10 3 2 66 3 .317 Gaylord, If - - 36 153 39 46 10 2 1 63 5 .301 Earp, ss ' 36 156 38 43 6 6 0 61 3 .276 J.mes, rf 33 124 14 33 8 3 1 50 3 .266 Herring, p-cf-rf 31 93 16 24 6 4 1 41 0 .258 Taylor, lb 36 134 12 32 6 0 0 38 2 .239 Latham, c 36 143 29 34 14 4 0 56 2 .238 Cherry, p -18 45 4 10 1 0 0 11 0 .222 Kugler, p —— 20 37 3 4 1 0 0 5 2 .108 Others 64 6 14 1 1 0 17 2 .219 Totals ' 36 1293 215 362 83 27 6 517 26 .280 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 8, 1933 PEANUT PLANT HEREOPERATING UNDER NEW CODE Working 8 Hours Daily; Pay 12 1-2 and 25 Cents Per Hour Business and industry here is now nearing the 100 per cent mark in sup port of President Roosevelt's Nation al Recovery program, the Columbian Peanut Company having started op erating under a new code here yes terday morning. Retail business houses signed 100 per cent in support of the program one week ago today. The Columbian company, hiring more than 100 people daily, starts op erations at 7:30 a. m., and closes for the day at 3:30 p. m. While no ad ditional employees are added under the new code, a marked increase in wages was announced by Manager Pritchard last Saturday. Women are now receiving $1 a day, and men are getting 25 cents an hour, or $2 a day, the wage scale having been almost doubled that paid during the spring. It is understood that the plant will consider increasing its number of em ployees when the new crop of pea nuts is placed on the market. The code under which the local plant is operating is being followed by other peanut companies and is subject to the approval of the National Re covery Administration authorities. Business and industry here are ex periencing the usual seasonal lull in activities, and the effect of the code on employment can hardly be deter mined at this time. Beginning the latter part of this month a marked increase in industrial activity is ex pected, and ordinarily the labor sup ply is exhausted. TWO TOBACCO BARNS BURNED Farmers Finding It Neces sary To Crowd Barns, Increasing Hazard Two tobacco barns, one belonging to N, R. Daniel and the other to Ed Hardison, both of Jamesville R. F. D„ were destroyed by fire Jast week. With the crop ripening rapidly, the farmers - are finding it necessary to crowd their barns in an effort to save their tobacco in the fields, but at the same time increasing the fire risk in the barn. Only a few barns have burned in this county this season as far as it could be learned, but curing activities are far from complete and other losses nre very likely. Crowded barns call for higher temperatures and the high er they go the greater the risk is in curing the tobacco. Robert L. Coburn Named To Board of Trustees Attoi%ey Robert L. Coburn has been recently appointed a member of the board of trustees for the Caswell Training School, Kinston, by Gover nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. Mr. Co bum was county manager for Mr. Eh ringhaus in the last campaign. Rate Will Be Higher, Be Raised Is Considerab Tobacco Horn Worms Appearing in Large Numbers; Control Measures Are Suggested Tobacco farmara in thia coun ty are now experiencing another menace in the activitiaa of the August or horn worm, according to County Agent T. B. Brandon. The pestb are appearing in great numbers, the agent aaid, and even though many farmers have al ready started dusting their crope in an effort to control the worms much damage can be expected. In a few fielda the worms had not made their appearance up to yesterday, but by the latter part of this week the worms will have attacked cropa throughout the territory, it is believed, farmers have already started dust- TOWN STRUCK BY SEVERE STORM —•— Spectacular Electrical Dis play Does Some Damage Late Friday One of the worst electrical storms j experienced in thif section in recent j years centered over the town last Fri day afternoon, doing considerable damage to electrical lines and equip- | ment. Sharp bolts of lightniing burned ' the wires of a number of cook stoves I and splintered one or two radios. A direct strike was reported at the home ( of Furney Howard in New Town, where a chicken coop was splintered l a few fence posts split. Probably the most damage was done to light meters and the motors in the gasoline pumps at the Texas Service Station, near the A. C. L. station. The lightning fired the wiring and almost | tired the gasoline. Fire fighting .equipment was rushed from the fire ' station and the flames were checked 'before they reached the gasoline. Ijght anil power service was inter-, jrupted for more than two hours when lightning struck and destroyed a pole on the main transmission line near Fveretts. Current was back on the lines at 8:30 o'clock here, but elec ' tricians were busy a greater part of the night repairing damage in other sections. MAIL DELIVERY HERE REDUCED Curtailment of Service Here Ordered by Post Office Department Postal delivery service was curtailed, here this week by the Post Office De partment, and during the remainder of this month and probably all of Sep tember there will be no deliveries in the town on Monday afternoons and Tuesday ornings. The half holiday each Wednesday, in effect for some time, will continue unchanged. Serv ice on the rural routes will continue as usual. The 'carriers here will be off duty without pay during those periods, and the government does not provide for pay to substitutes. Patrons, rec.tiying their mail by car rier twice each day except on Wednes days and Sundays in the past, may call at the office when they expect mail on Monday afternoons or Tues day mornings. Paul Jones Takes Over Operation Gulf Station Mr. Paul Jones has acquired the management of the Gulf Filling Sta tion just across the street from the Planters Warehouse. Mr. Jones suc ceeds Mr. Jos. Gregory, who operated the station for several years, but who retired yesterday on account of his health. Name Means Nothing As Cotton Plows Up Cotton Matthew Cotton, colored farmer: living in Goose Nest Township, plow ed up an acre of cotton as his part in the cotton reduction movement. Names counted for little as far as Cot ton was concerned, when it came to supporting the President of the United States and his price-raising policies. ing their crops, using paris green and arsenate of lead as recom mended by authorities. The "1 in 6 mixture" is highly recommended for control of the horn worm and flea beetle. One pound of paris green and five pounds of arsenate of lead are rec ommended to the acre when the poison is dusted by a machine. A like portion of hydrated lime can be mixed with the poison when dusting is done by hand with a aack. One application will laat sev eral days when there is no rain to wash the poison off the tobacco. Dusting will prove more profit- [ CLUB STANDINGS ) Team VV L Pet. Elizabeth City 8 4 ,6t>7 Williamston 6 S .546 i Alioskie . 6 5 .546 i Windsor 5 5 .5001 Colerain 5 7 .4171 Edenton 3 7 .300 | BORDER MARTS OPEN THURSDAY *. Farm Adjustment Adminis tration Uses Pressure for August 10 Opening The South Carolina and border to bacco markets will open the season Thursday of this week, it was an nounced Sunday by the farm adjust ment administration. The opening was scheduled for next Tuesday Au gust 15. The change in the opening date is the result of efforts by the farm ad ministration to get the South Caro lina and border markets opened earlier than August 15, South Carolina grow ers suggested an open'tii: date on August 8, and the date fixed recently was a compromise. Only a day or two ago, the sales committee of the Tobacco Association of the United States, representing the principal tobacco buyers, refused to ' change the August 15 date, but they | receded from their position under ■ pressure of the farm administration, j ''Very little or nothing has been sai I | about an earlier opening for this belt, I and it is generally believed that n » ' change will be made, the markets I opening Tuesday, August 2V. Escaped Convict Captured And Returned to Prison Lester Hrilcy, Ihe young while man convicted several months ago in the Edgecombe County Superior court for the robbery of a store in Gold Point (mil another in I.eggetts, was cap tured on the Crisp farm, near Hamil ton, last Sunday night, following his >e from a road camp at Mocks ville the Wednesday before. ( ounty officers made the arrest. He was turned over to State authorities yes terday. Kiwanis Club To Have Its Luncheon Tomorrow The local Kiwanis Club will hold its regular luncheon at the usual hour, 12:30 o'clock, in the Woman's Club building tomorrow. f ALMOST GONE Choice lota of last year's pea nuts have .in on* or two cases sold for 3 cents per pound with in the last two or thrse weeks, but the latest quotations for the best goobers is only 2 3-4 cents. The heavy decline in acreage this year and the small stocks of form er years on hsnd was expected to reflect on the price of peanuts, but for the last few days the mar ket has been indifferent, the buy ers not being inclined to buy at any price. With but a few exceptions the 1932 crop has been sold and un less there Is a drastic change in prices the crop will be disposed of during the month of August. able when applied late in the aft ernoon, it ia said. The tobacco crop continues to ripen rapidly in this section, but harvesting of the crop is far from complete, as a whole. Many of the farmers did not top their crop until it had grown to heights al most unheard of in this section before. As a result there will be more separate curings than is or dinarily the case. A few farmers are completing their harvesting work this week, and many will pull their tips about week after next. There are many others, however, who have only pulled their first and second primings. PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY BOARD Adopted County Tax Rate of $1.60 Per Hundred For Year 1933 Other than of the 1933 bud get estimate and the establishment of a tax rate, the meeting of the county commissioners here yesterday was of little note.' The proceedings were lim ited to county aid for needy, the add ing of more roads to the state system, and a few other minor details hardly worthy of note. Major Huston, colored, of James ville [Township, was illowed $» a month from the poor fund. Thomas Skinner, colored, of Goose Nest Township, was allowed $1.50 a month from the samv fund. The hoijrd recommended that the State Highway Commission take over the two miles of roail starting near Don Johnson's farm in I'oplar I'oint Township and running eastward to the Bryant farm. After a lengthy discussion of the budget estimate, the commissioners were quick to agree that a rate oi $1 oi) on the SIOO property valuation would be necessary for the year 1933. WILLIAMSTON IN , SECOND PLACE Won Two Straight Games From Strong Windsor Team Last Week WiutiiiiK three of its four games last week, Williaiusfon edged to- with itiK one and one-half games of the top MIMH In the Albemarle Baseball league rate, l-'lizabeth ( ity li>Tl iti| the lead with H victories and -4 losses Windsor dropped from second to fourth place, Williamstoii and Ahos kie bidding e|iially for the second po sition. The Martin renewed ilieir old form during the week and upset the dope with two straight victories over the strong Windsor team. Cherry, pitch ing for Williamson at Windsor --last Saturday, allowed only six hits while his teammates gut next to "l.efty" White for 13 blows, winning by a 9-to-4 count. Goodnion led with three hits out of as many trips to the hat. one of the three counting for an ex tra base. F.arp, Uzzle and Cherry followed with two hits each, and (iaylord, Urake a(id Latham were next with one a piece. The locals lost to Windsor in an exhibition game played at l.ewiston Sunday afternoon, and dropped an other to Greenville there yesterday afternoon. Urge Masons To Attend Regular Meet Tonight Members of Skewarkee l.odge urgently requested to attend the reg ular meeting of the lodge tonight at 8 o'clock, it was announced today by M. W. Moyc, master. IJ.1 J . C. Stott, assistant grand lecturer, will be pres ent at'tKg inciting and plans will be worked out for the remainder of the week. Those members of the order who are learning the various phases of the work should take advantage of the presence of Mr. Stott and be pres ent not only tonight but at every ses sion during the week, the aster ad vises. Visiting Masons are cordially invited to attend. Watch the Label On Tow Paper Aa It Carriee the Data Whan Your Subecripdoa Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVIES ARE ELIMINATED Saving Is From 20c To 50c On SIOO Valuation, Due To Smaller Valuation Martin County property owners will save approximately $44,284 17 in their tax hills this y,ear, it was learned yes terday following the regular meeting of the County" commissioners. The savings were effected despite an in crease of 35 cents in the rate made necessary by the marked decrease in property values below those of last year. l.ast year the county levied a coun tvwide rate of $1.25 on the SIOO prop erty valuation to rai«e a total of $171,- 517 99 This year the rate was placed at $1 60 on the SIOO property valua tion to raise approximately $152,000, a resulting saving of $19,517.99. In addition to that amount, the property owners will save approximately $24,- 706.18, an amount paid last year for special schools. The State has as sumed this cost, which added to the county-wide saving of $19,51799, re duces the levy by $44,284.17. There will be no special school district tax levies in Martin County this year. A property owner listing'liis belong ing last year at SIOO paid $1 25 taxes for county wide purposes. 1( he was in a special school and a special road district he paid those extra, running the amount of taxes up to as high as $2 on the SIOO worth of property he owned. This year the same property owner will pay $1.05 for county purposes—provided, of course, that he [enjoyed the 33 1-3 per cent reduction in valuation allowed by the county I commissioners on real property. In | addition to that amount he will be I called on to pay the special road tax, ( which varies from nothing up to about 35 cents, according to townships. lii short, owner* will save from 20 to 50 rents on the $1(M) wortli of prop erty that they own in the county this A rate of $1.57 was considered yes terday, hut the anti-typhoid fever cam paign cifet was far greater than antici pated and an increase in the rate was necessary. And in addition to thai the cost of an election on the repeal f the 1 Ht!i atpcnduiciit had to he con sidered, the two cost> pushing the rate to $1.60. There may he a slight variation in tlx- budget figures and the total prop erly valuation for the county, hut the change, if any, wili hardly affect the established rale of $l.(»0. The savings that will accrue to prop erty owners when they pay their taxes were effected despite increases in deht costs, an extra election, anti typhoid campaign, and the marked loss in property values. Had these factors not heen present, the rate would have heen around 75 cents on the SIOO property valuation. COUNTY NATIVE DROWNS IN TAR • - Dr. Samuel N. Harrell, of Tarboro, Disappeared Last Sunday Dr. Samuel N I(arrell, a native of the Oak City section, this county, and a well-known anil greatly beloved phy sician of Tarboro for a number of years, was drowned in the Tar River early last Sunday morijing. Dr. Har rell, suffering ill health following a serious operation some time ago in a Baltimore hospital, disappeared from his home in Tarboro about 5 o'clock Sunday morning. A search was in stituted, and bloodhounds trailed him to the. river, but his body was not dis- , covered until last night near the spot where the dogs stopped at the edge of the stream. The physician owned several farms in the upper part of this county, and is survived by relatives in that section. Funeral services are being conduct ed in Tarboro this afternoon. • Regular Meeting oi Town Commissioners Poatptned The regular scheduled meeting of the local town commissioaara wH postponed last night aa several of the board members were oat of town. No date haa been sat for a meeting.