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Advertisers Will Fad Our Col ons a Latchkey t» Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Hocnea I VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 49 MARTINS START LAST WEEK WITH HALF GAME LEAD Three Teams In Race For Ownership of Second Half In League Williamston opens the last week in the second half of play in the Albe marle Baseball League in Edenton this afternoon, leading Al*>skie, by only a one-half game margin. The second-half championship will be vig orously sought after during this week by Willianiston, Elizabeth City, and Ahoslcie, with the edge favoring the locals. If Williamston loses one game And Ahoskie wins all of hers, there will be a tie. If Willianiston wins the second-half title, the first game of the "Little World Series" will probably be played here next Monday or Tuesday. Speculation is a bit too previous just now, and defi nite announcements will be in order later on. Willianiston has six games carded for this week, five of them to be played on the home lot. All of them figure in the league race except a game with Tarboro here Thursday morning. The Martins are playing the Co lonials in Edenton this afternoon. To morrow Edenton comes here for two games, one in the morning at 10:30 and the second in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. Thursday morning, Tar boro plays a return g)pne P\ the grounds here at 10:30 o'clock. That afternoin Colerain is scheduled to play here at 4 o'clock. The last game on the schedule is slated to be played here Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This game was originally scheduled at Colerain, but the managers agreed to play it here on account of an ex pected increase in attendance. Thursday afternoon will be ladies' day, all ladies being admitted free. LOCALS LOSE TO AHOSKIE FRIDAY; WIN AT TARBORO Marshall Holds Martins To Six Hits To Feature Win For Ahoskie Friday The Martini completed last week with three victories anl one defeat, losing to Ahoskie last Friday by a 4 to 3 count. After losing to VVilliam ston by a 6 to 0 score here the day before, Ahoskie turned the tables on Friday. Marshall allowed only six .hits, but two were for four bases. Herring got two hits, one of theni a homer scoring Earp ahead of him in the first inning. Lathaiu got a single in the first and Taylor hit for an ex tra base in the second, hut no more scoring was recorded until the sev enth, when Latham got his second hit, a homer with none on. Uizle made the sixth and last hit for the Mar tin*. Cherry, pitching the first four and a third innings for the Martins, allowed eight hits, three of them doubles in the fifth before a man was out. Kug ler relieved Cherry in the fifth with one out and allowed only three hits ant one run during the remainder of the game. Cherry fanned three Kugler struck out four men. The Martins wandered away from home last Sunday and registered a 3 to 1 win over Tarboro's independent nine. Herring pitched a good game for the locals, allowing six hits. Lloyd on the mound for Tarboro, held the Martin* to four hits, two of them com ing in the third inning, when three runs were made. Earp singled and stole second, scoring on Goodmon's double. Latham struck out and Brake wa* safe at first on an error. He lat er stole second and scored on a sec ond error. Tarboro scored its lone tally in the first inning. In the aixth, Tarboro filled the bases on a couple of errors and a walk and then Herring struck out two men and forced the third to ground out weakly to third. Tarboro plays the return game here Thursday morning. Minister Praises Picture At Watts Theatre Today Re*. E. F. Moseley, rector of the| local Episcopal church, after seeing "What Price Innocence" at the Watts theatre here last night, today made the following statement: "The best way to get good pktures is for the public fo patronize good pictures and refuse to patronize the bad ones. The picture now showing, "What Price In nocence' it the Irind that the church ought to heartily recommend. It preaches a very important lesson in a powerful way. The producers have been scrupulous to present a delicate subject in a manner that is morally sound. Young people and parents of yoang people, especially, should see this picture.'' The tost showing of "What Price Innocence" will be made tonight. THE ENTERPRISE NRA Meeting In Court H The first public meeting to be held here in connection with the NRA movement is scheduled for 8 o'clock this evening in the court house. The meeting is being call ed by Postmaster L. T. Fowden, and all business houses and firms are expected to have representa tives there. While the business of the meet ing will center around the appoint ment of a local committee, the NRA movement as it applies to REPORTS AS TO TOBACCO PRICE GOOD AND BAD Border Market Prices Are Said To Have Dropped Thursday and Friday Reports received from the South Carolina and border markets follow ing the close of the second week of sales were considered more encourag ing by farmers of this section. One report stated that farmers there ap peared very well satisfied with the prices paid during the second week, when prices increased over those for th first week, particularly those paid for the better grades. The general average for the week was reported around 14 cents a pound. Little has been heard from Georgia during the patt few days. The sea son ends there this week, reports stat. ing that the crop there was consid erably larger than the one last year. Tobacco buyers and other tobaccon ists are axpected to leave the markets there the latter part of this week and be on hand for the opening in this belt next Tuesday. Reports coming later from private courses stated there was a very no ticeable decrease in tobacco prices last Thursday and Friday, the aver age dropping from 14 to 11 or cents a pound. No reason for the decrease was given. BURIAL GROUPS POSTING BONDS Two Associations In This County Will Continue Operations as Usual Poor folks in the Martin County section will continue to be buried without their surviving relatives hav ing to mortgage the old homestead to pay for funeral expenses. Messrs. B. S. Courtney and S. Rome Biggs, of the Roanoke and Martin County Bur ial Associations, respectively, today announced that they had furnished the SS,(XH) security bond required by the state of North Carolina for burial associations Slid will continue their organizations as in the past few The funeral, associations have been a great Help to the average run of people since they were conceived sev-| eral months ago. By cooperation, lit tle hardship in the way of cash out lay is worked upon a family faced with funeral expenses. Under the old system as practiced ! by the Roanoke and Martin County associations, a member pays 25 cents when he joins. Then at the time of a member's death, each of the surviv ing members pays an average of 1$ cents. Under the new law, each mem ber is charged 25 cents to join hut the assessments are made according to the age of the members. The follow ing schedule will apply to the new members: Ages 1 to 9, 5 cents; 10 to | 29 years, 10c; 30 to 49 years 20c; and 50 to 65 years, 30c. However, all old members will pay according to the; old contract, which required an assess- ment of 15 cents at the death of each member. According to the new law, a member's contract or policy lapses if assessments are not paid promptly, and the local associations say this will be complied with to the fullest extent, as they expect to protect the members that pay promptly. 1 Club M ember &To Attend Field Meet At Everetts The annual field day wHI held at [the Baptist church in Eeveretts on ' Thursday afternoon, beginning at 2 p. m., it was announced today by Miss ' E. Sleeper, home agent. The j Everetts home demonstration club will have charge of the entertainment Ithis year. A short busines* program will precede the other activities. This field day will also be achievement day for the home management project in the county. The clubs will have charge of the program, and posters, playlets, and pantomimes showing the various subjects covered during the two year* in the project will be the afternoon program. A picnic supper | will conclude the program. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 22,1933 local business, will be discused, it is understood. Mr. Fowden al so said that other business of vit al importance to the town and community will likely be discussed and every one is urged to be pres ent. . _ Much significance is attached to the committee, and Mr. Fowden is very desirous to have all the people attend the rneeting/fand take part in the selection of the committee. The meeting will last only a short while. [ CLUB STANDINGS ) Team W L Pet. Willianiston 12 7 .(>32 Ahoskie 12 8 .1.600 Elizabeth City 118 .579 Edenton 8 S> .471 Windsor 7 11 .38') Colerain 0 13 .316 t WHERE THEY PLAY ] v i ' TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 Williamston at Edenton. Ahoskie at Windsor. Colerain at Elizabeth City. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23 Edenton at Williamston: Morning game at 10:30; afternoon, 4:00. Windsor at Ahoskie. Elizabeth City at Colerain. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 Colerain at Williamston. Ahoskie at Elizabeth City. Windsor at Edenton. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 Williamston at Colerain. Edenton at Windsor. Elizabeth City at Ahoskie. COTTON TRADE IS WORRIED BY PROCESS TAX Prices Revised Upward To Meet Higher Costs of The N. R. A. Code New York. —The movement of cot ton goods on past orders continues large although mill contracts arc now beginning to run ouf mure rapidly. Production has ceased to gain* and in several instances it is contracting be cause of the lack of new business. The disposition of manufacturers is not to accumulate goods in advance of orders while present high prices prevail. The trade is greatly exer cised by the imposition of processor and floor taxes. Print cloth manu facturers have appointed a committee to sec government authorities and ask for a revision of these taxes. The association of cotton textile mer chants has asked for a public hearing ■HI the whole subject. Must of the complicated calculations that manu facturers and merchants have been at work on for two or three weeks for the purpose of computing -new prices based upon very much higher costs are now about completed, and agents and mills are awaiting new orders. Buyers are not disposed to go ahead very freely and most of the business in first hands in the gray goods di vision has consisted of the selling of goods held in second hands. Print cloth manufacturer* have asked their agents to refrain from selling for the next 10 days until it is known whether there is any means of postponing the taxes imposed under the agricultural tact to compensate farmers for de stroying of part of the cotton crop. | Finished cottons are moving in fair ' volume with most of the immediate ; business being booked for prompt dc ! livery. Prices on finished goods have ' been revised upward to meet the liigh ler costs of the NRA and the agri cultural act. HARVEST SEASON IS ABOUT OVER Many Farmers Are Already Through Curing Their 1933 Tobacco Crops The tobacco harvesting season will be ended with a few exceptions here and there in this county next week, many farmers having already finished j the work. Many farmers are now busy preparing the golden weed for the market opening next Tuesday. Grad ing and wrapping for market will be under way until Christmas time and a short while thereafter, the farmers taking time out to harvest their pea nuts and pick cotton. Farmers generally report very high quality tobacco crops in this section, and have their hearts set on a 15-cent price average or better. HOLD CLASSES FOR MIDWIVES IN THIS COUNTY Miss Celone Hobbs, State Health Nurse, to Instruct Thirty-five Midwives An organized effort to better the deplorable conditions surrounding the births of many babies in Martin Coun ty will be made next week when Miss Celone Hobbs, state health nurse. conducts a series of classes for the 35 or more midwives in this county. The State Board of Health, through the division of maternity and infancy, •beadt'd by Dr. George M. Cooper, and the Martin County Board of have, with the assistance of Miss Hobbs, arranged the classes in Martin County as a part of an inten sive campaign throughout the State to improve conditions surrounding the birth of -nearly one-third of the ' babies born. The unusually high death rate a mong new-born babies in this county hears out the importance of these classes, and every one practicing mid wifery in the county is urged to at tend the classes. Miss Hobbs and Dr. J. II Saunders, county health physician, will lt(ave charge of the meetings, scheduled as follows: Hamilton: Monday, August 28, 9:30 a m., in white school building. RiiWrsonville: Monday, August 28, 1:30 p. in., in colored school build- Jamesville: Tuesday, August 2V, 9.30 a. m., in white school building. Willianiston: Wednesday, August 30, 9:30 a. nr., in courthouse. All county physicians arc invited to attend a meeting anil take part in the program. Registrars are asked to attend one of the meetings and in struct the midwives in properly mak ing out birth certificates. Realizing that there was an in crease of .1 per cent last year in the number of qases attended by mid wives, the Stale Board of Health is attempting to improve the practice of midwifery. Miss Hobbs said this week that the meetings are not »:heduled to find fault with the midwives, hut were arranged in an effort to enable them to do better and safer work for the mothers and babies they attend. They will b etold what to do and what m>t to do in improving themselves laud their work. One feature of the classes is a dent (lustration of a minimum equipment to deliver a mother. Midwives will be shown a model hag containing all the little articles so necessary to tar ry on midwife work properly. Each midwife whose work is ap proved by Mis>, Hobbs will have her letter of registration renewed for an other year at the meeting. Those certificates will be issued through the county health department to properly equipped midwives. The number of mothers delivered by midwives in 19.12 increased by 3() per cent over the census of 19.11. I Ins increase was evidently an effect of the depression. The ideal arrangement for every woman, at such a time, would be the services of a competent physician and a good trained nurse or go to a good hospital. This being out of the ques tion for a large number of people, it is the duty of the county boards of health in every county, the medical profession, and civic organizations, es pecially women's organizations, to help with this important work. In the last session of the legisla ture, the House of Representatives killed a measure which would have given the Stale Board of Health the power to regulate the practice of mid Aifery. County health departments ore cooperating as best they can to aid the slate organization in its effort to help the service and thus cut down the high infant and maternal death rates in this state, according to Miss Hobbs. County Club Members Are Eligible for State Awards By Mint Lora E. Sleeper •« Four home demonstration clubs having the highest average attendance at meetings for the last six mouths are Williams Chapel, Macedonia, Jainc-ville, and Poplar Chapel. Nine Jjonie demonstration club members reporting from seven clubs TiavVli'ad blanks go into Raleigh to determine their eligibility for receiving the prized awards of merit received by all club members who do outstanding work in any one project for a period of two years. * ; Skewarkee Masons Will Meet Here at 8 Tonight The regular meeting of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A. F. and A. M., will be held tonight at the lodge hall at 8 o'clock. Work in the second de gree. All members are urged to at tend and ,visiting Masons are invited. Personnel of School Faculty Here Next Term Announced Locals Still Batting .280; Few Changes in Standing i The Williamston club's .batting average maintained its status quo in the past two weeks, despite many changes in the individual standings. The leaders, a* a group, ' ost a lew points, while some of .those down towards the bottom of the list made some healthy Rains, The team average is exactly the same as it was two weeks ago, .280. Starting the filial week of play, Troy Goodmon is -.till setting the pace with a mark >f .361, against .417 two weeks ago; Brake dropped from .3/0 to .350, but is still in second place. Uitle boosted his mark from .317 to .320; and (Jaylord, in fourth place, climbed from 301 to .307. Bill Herring, who still pitches some on occasion, but plays reg ularly in the field, had the healthiest increase of anybody on the team, raising his mark from .258 to .273, and climbing ahead of Karp, who continues to slide, dropping from .276 to 2(iß. 1 .allium also hit above .300 in the past two weeks, boosting Itis avreage from .238 to .256 for the season, and occupying seventh place. Cherry improved his" stand ing slightly, raising his season mark from .222 to 233. Red Proctor, pitcher, dropped from .375 to .200 for the six games lie lias participated in. "Doc" Kugler is up from .108 to ,114 to bring up the bottom of the list. Following is the table of facts and figures: Player & Position G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB SH Pet. Goodmon, 2b . 20 83 20 30 8 0 0 38 2 .361 Brake, cf 44 186 33 65 18 4 2 97 3 .350 UmIC, 3b 42 172 18 55 12 3' 2 79 3 .320 Gaylord, If 44 189 46 58 15 2 I 811 5 .307 Herring, p-;f - 39 128 25 35 8 5 2 59 1 .273 Earp, ss 44 194 43 52 6 6 I 73 3 .268 Latham, c 44 176 31 45 15 4 I 71 3 .256 Taylor, lb 44 164' 14 40 8 1 0 50 3 .244 Cherry, p 24 60 6 14 I 0 0 15 0 233 Proctor, p 6 15 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 .200 Kugler, p 23 44 4 5 1 0 0 0 3 .114 Others _ 188 20 47 »> 4 1 (.7 5| ,250 Totals 44 1599 260 449 101 29 10 638 31 280 AUTO CRASHES FATAL TO 67 IN STATE IN JULY —• — More Than 400 Others Are Injured in 267 Crashes During the Period Raleigh. Automobile accidents killed 67 people and injured 40,) in 267 crashes involving 405 cars in July, ac-| cording to figures released today by' Director 1,. F. Harris, of the motor J vehicle bureau of the department of j revenue. This total of the killed in I July is seven less than the number killed in June, when 74 were fatally j injured in automobile accidents. Hut i the number of injured is larger, with | 40.1 hurt in July as compared with .170 in June. There were also more ac cidents in July. The casualty list for the first seven months of 1'i.1.1 stands at 412 killed, 2,4.12 injured in 1,716 accidents, with |he addition of the July figures. This total shows a larger number killed [ I ban in the same period in 1 *>32, when .1.14 were killed and 2,548 were in- . jured in 1,770 accidents. The num ber of persons injured and the num ber of accidents are less than a year ago, however, the figures show. The increase in the number of fatal acci dents, despite a decrease iu the total number of accidents, is attributed by Director Harris to the greater speed ! of most of the automobiles now and to faster driving by the public. "The automobiles now being built run faster and people drive them fast er than formerly, with the result that when two cars hit each other or run into a fixed object, occupants are killed more frequently than was the ] case a year or two ago," Harris said. "As is usually the case, most of the accidents are traceable to reckless driv ing, speeding, and a general disre gard of the law. Baby Market Reported In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Recently Tulsa, Okla,—Evidence that babies; born out of wedlock have been sold here for adoption was revealed re cently by Mrs. Mabel Basset, state commmissloner of charities and cor rections. Mrs.* Basset asserted had ob tained statements signed by three phy sicians after the "baby market" was accidentally uncovered by Miss Helen Schaeffer, director of the local chil dren's service bureau. At least four babies lilave been "sold" recently, Mrs. Basset said, for smn ranging from S7O to SIOO, the phy sicians alegedly -taking the money as "costs oj hospitalization." Deploring the fact that Oklahoma has no law under which such cases 'cat* be . prosecuted, Mrs. Basset de clared sW had redrafted a measure wtiich she lias > sought ineffectually for several" years to have passed by the state legislature. She said she. would reintroduce it at the next ses- HUNT SEASONS TO OPEN SOON —. — Deer Season Open In This County Friday Of Next Week I he hunting season in this section will be under way Friday of next week when it will be lawful I• > take deer in accordance with certain regulations. W bile a few sportsmen will roam the I woods in search of deer, hunting will | hardly get started in a big way before j the 15th'of next month, when the squir iel season opens. | In announcing the open seasons for ; vai ious game recently, the schedule i for the entire section was given, (lame I Warden J VV. Mines pointed out yes | terday that there were certain excep tions for this and a few other coun ties. It will be lawful to hunt deer from September I to January I in this county.. The squirrel season' Opens September 15 ami doses February I In a majority of other counties the squirrel season does not open until October 1. It is lawful to take rac coons on and after October I in tin-., county. BOLL WEEVIL IS DAMAGING CROP —4 « Rains Have Been Favorable for Spread of Cotton 801 l Weevil \V bile the tobac'o crop ami the opening of the markets next Tues day are the main topics of conversa tion iu this section light now, a few farmers are concerned over their cot ton crops. According to reports re ceived here, a heavy bull weevil infes tation is expected, sonic farmer stat ing that tli*! pest lias already done con siderable damage to their crops. Re cent rains have been conducive to the propagation of the weevil, j Martin farmers have been very busy with their tobacco, ami they haven't i given inu h attention to their cotton, making au accurate report on boll weevil activities impossible. Over in Wayne County reports state that the weevil is doing a vast dam age to the crop there. Edgecombe reports a heavy infestation. Ihe first bale of the new crop grown in this section was sold in Lari»ort>-.|»»t-,Si»fartJi»y- -for ii l*£ cents, the market price being slight ly under 10 cents a pound. Merchants Group To Hold Meeting Here Thursday An important meeting of the local merchants' association has been sched-l uled for Thursday night of this week] in the American I.egion Hall over the Williamston Cafe. Several matters of vital interest will be discussed and every merchant and other business Lilian i» urged to attend the meeting. Frank J. Margolis, president of the organization, is calling the meeting. Watch the Labal On Tow Paper Ai It Carrie* the Date When Your Subecriptkxi Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 THREE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE FROM LAST YEAR Arrangements for Opening School September 18 About Completed Preparations for opening the pub lic sctfools here the 18th of this month arc now about complete, Prin cipal D. N. Hix said yesterday in an- nouncirig the faculty for the coming term. Final appointments were made at a recent meeting of the local com mittee, composed of Messrs. R. L. Coburn, chairman; Roger Critcher, and \V. Joe Taylor. *' Only three changes were made in the list of teachers, the board filling the positions made vacant by the resig nations of I'rofessor William R. Wat son, last year principal, Professor E. G. Green, and Mrs. Herbert Taylor. i'he -school, although expecting an increase in enrollment this coming term, will have the same number of teachers it had last year. A large portion of the old Macedonia district •hildren will attend school here this yeaf Many of those studying in the higher grades have been attending here during the past year or two, and no marked increase in pupils is ex pected as a result of the consolidation of that school with the one here. The faculty appointments are as fol lows : hirst grade, Mrs. Harrell Everett apd Miss Josephine Harrison, both of W 11lianiston. Second grade, Miss Mary Benson, of Benson; and Miss Estelle Craw ford, ot Williamston I'liird grade, Miss Bessye Harell, ot Aulander; and Miss Ruth Manning, of W illiamston. i'ourth grade, Mrs l.eman Barn hill and Miss Wlma Harrison, both of Williamston I*ifth grade, Mrs. I) M. Roberson, of \V illiamston, and Miss Lucille Al len, of Clayton. Sixth grade, Mrs W. K. Parker and Miss Martha Anderson, both of Williamston. Seventh grade, Mrs. C. B. Hassell and. Mis. A. R White, both of Wil liamston. High school, Miss Ura Finch, of Bailey; Mis. Esther Galling, of Wind sor; Miss Annie Shields VanDyke, of t irrenville; Miss Hessie Willis, of ■New Bern; Mr James E Peters, of l.eaksville; and Mr. I) N. Hix, prin i ipal, of Williamston. Ihe new principal is well known lo the people of this section, having served as principal in the Everetts school during the past several years, lie is a graduate of l)uke University. During the past two or three sum mers he has studied at that institution applying fot a master's degree. Miss llatrisou, the new first-grade teacher, studied at East Carolina leathers College and had a very successful year as a member of the Oak ( ity faculty last term. Mr. Peters, recently graduated at Wake I'orest, comes here highly rec ommended for his work as instructor in mathematics and science and also as a coach of athletics. He was * member of the student couucil at Wake horest and was very active in l lie various phases of college life. Jailed Negro Says 'Oughter Be War In Dis Country' VV iley I't-rkins, colored, was jailed litre yesterday afternoon for the al leged theft of Ruddy Kverett's veloci l»ede. And was Perkins mad? He fuinetl at the mouth, and from his jail window he informed William Speller, also colored, who happened to he passing the jail, that "there oughter he war in dis country." Spell er said "( ertaiu doggone had," agree ing with his friend. Perkins is being given an opportunity to express his ideas on revolution to the judge, and all just because he was jailed. Perkins and Speller both are said to have been faithful patrons at the Chief Daniel, making; the arrest, said that I'erkins had dismantled the .Velocipede and packed it away. Per kins declares he found the velocipede in a ravine near Watts Street two or three weeks ago. Elder W. B. Stadler To Preach In Robersonville Elder VV. B. Stadler will preach in the Robersonville graded school au ditorium (Thursday evening of this week, it was announced yesterday by Mr. J. T. Ross. The public is cor dially invited to attend the service.
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