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AdtmUmn Wffl Pad Oar Cal ami a Utchkn to Ovtr HUM HnM Mwtai C«—ty How VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 68 KIWANIANS HEAR SCHOOL MAN AT MEET THIS WEEK ♦ Large Attendance Present; New Officers Are Elected The Williamston Kiwanis Club had one of the best meetings in its his tory here Wednesday of this week, both from the standpoint v of attend ance and in interest in the program. An contest was recent ly launched by the club, the member ship being divided into two sections, denominated "Senators" and "Giants." The section which has the largest at tendance at the regular meetings be tween now and the first of the year will be entertained at the expense of the losing side. The Senators, under the leadership of Frank Pittman, had the largest attendance at the meet ing Wednesday, defeating the Giants, led by Bill Spivey, 17 to 14 Thirty one of the 40 members of the club were present at the luncheon, . with two visitors. Mr. T. B. Attmore, of Washing ton, representative from the first con gressional district on the state school Commission, made the principal ad dress of the meeting. He outlined some of the difficulties faced by .the commission in reducing school -jcosts by 40 per cent and at the same time providing an eight-months school term for approximately 30 per cent more children than have ever receiv ed these advantages before. Passing from that phase to the one of teachers', principals' and superin tendents' salaries, Mr. Attmore de clared that while they were admitted ly inadequate for the training and type of service required, they were as high as the commission could afford to pay with the amount of money yielded by state revenues. Continu ing, he said there was no hope of any increase during the present term, but if the revenue increased as much as it was hoped it would, there was a possibility of a small increase in all the salaries next year. The one bright feature, he explained, was the fact that while the North Carolina salary schedule for teachers did not' promise much, {here was every assur-| ance that the terfhers would get every cent promised, in marked contrast to a number of states, which are far be hind in paying their teachers. Mr. Attmore's talk was considered one of the best ever heard here, and did much to clear up many misunder standings relative to the operation of the schools under the direction of the state this year. Officers for the ensuing year wire] elected as- follows: President, Kay, Goodmon; vice president, Bill Spivey; and secretary-treasurer, N. C. Gicen. The outgoing president, James C. Manning, expressed his appreciation for the cooperation of the club dur ing his term ot office, and assured the newly elected officers his and the club's full support in the coming year. Kay Goodmon announced that a safety school would be conducted here during the latter part of November under the direction of the safety en gineer of the Virginia Electric and Power Company. A special class will be formed at the local high school for this instruction, which embraces 151 hours of study. Others are invited to observe the class and its work, but certificates will be awarded only to those who satisfactorily complete the full IS hours of work required. Full details will be announced later. Robert L. Coburn gave a brief resume of the work done by the gov ernment in providing loans for farm ers for production of crops, both through the "seed and feed" |oan de partment and the regional credit cor poration. The club is much interest ed in seeing that the seed and feed loans particularly be continued for at least another year, and members were urged to write their Congress man and Senators advocating the pass age of the needed legislation immedi ately on the convening of the Con gress in January. Pink-Eye and Chickenpox Reported at Farm Life ♦ Pink-eye and chickenpox, malting their appearance among the pupils in the Farm Life section, are likely tq cause a drop in the attendance fig ures in the school there this month, Principal Charlie Hough said yester day. The school lait month report ed an average attendance of 95 per cent daily, one of the highest in the county,-it is believed. * Only 17 More Cotton Checks Due in County — —• Having received 392 checks already, the county agent's office here awaits the arrival of only 71 more due farm ers for participating in the cotton re daction movement in this county. The 392 checks represent a sum of $19,- 916.39. THE ENTERPRISE FOREST FIRES ) J Two fires, one burning between Rober«onville and Hasaell, and a second one burning just west of here, threatened vast acres of timber lands in the two districts this week. A call for the forestry boys in camp at Windsor w*s made, but the State office at Ra leigh absolutely refused to permit the men to respond due to the fact that Martin County does not cooperate with the forest service by making an appropriation for their work. Relief heada in Rob ersonville and in the county office here talked with the superintend ent but could not reach the camp commander at Wind*or. SEED LOANS ARE FAST BEING PAID OFF AGENT SAYS $45,000 Has Been Paid Back Already Out of Total Of SIOO,OOO Approximately $45,000 has been paid by farmers in this county who borrowed money through the Govern ment seed and feed loan fund last spring, Field Inspector Roy Hearne said here this week. In only a few instances have the borrowers failed to make part payment, and many of them have paid their loans in full, the in spector said. Approximately SIOO,OOO was borrowed from the seed and feed loan fund by Martin farmers, and it is believed that the accounts are be ing settled faster this year than they were last. While it could not be learned (defi nitely, Mr. Hearne said that he be lieved 95 per cent of the loans already paid back were those made to tobac co farmers. A few cotton farmers have also cleared their obligations to the government. A large number of growers are placing their cotton in the cooperative association and applying the receipts on their loans, which method i* believed to be the most satisfactory one for all concerned. It is understood the government will not require peanut farmers to sell their crop at present prices. The farmers will be at liberty to store them and turn the warehouse receipts over to the government as collateral for the loans. Many farmers held their peanuts off the market until June last year with the consent of the government. Whether many of the gibers will be held this year cannot be I'eterinined just now as the mar ket has hardly opened. A new interest period goes into ef fict the first of next month on unpaid seed loans, and many farmers will attempt to settle their accounts be fore that time, it is believed. SCHOOL NEWS AT OAK CITY ——♦ Additional Teacher Obtain ed Account Increased Enrollment With an increase of 33 pupils over (lie enrollment fiKures for the open ling last year, the Oak City High School added another teacher this week. Mr. Ernest Moore, of Mars Hill, N. C., the new teacher, is a grad uate of Wake Forest, and will teach mathematics and science. The high school enrollment stands at 130 now and is the largest in the history of the school," it was reported by S. P. Williams, of the high school faculty. At a recent ineetipg of pangits and teachers there, an organization for the current term was formed with the fol low officers: Mrs. W. D. Smith, presi dent ; Mrs. James Kawls, vice presi dent; Miss Lena Allsbrooks, secretary and treasurer; Miss Myrtis Zetter ower, chaplain. Committees were named to handle various phases of the organization's work. Approximately 25 children are be ing served hot lnuches daliy in the school, according to Iktest reports. While the children enjoying the serv ice are from relief families, the lunch is open to others who care to pay the small sum of 5 cents a meal. The lunches are served undet the direc tion of the home economics teacher, assisted by a helper paid by th wel fare organization. ♦ ■ . % Welfare Authorities Are Distributing Ton Pork , ♦ Welfare agencies are distributing a ton of pork to relief families in tb« county this week. The shipment, re ceived here the early part of this week, is the first of four to be made by the government as a result of its drive to decrease tbe meat surplus. ~ The meat is being distributed by workers in Oak City, Hamilton, Rob ersonville, Williamston, and James ville. Distribution will also be made in other centers from time to time, ft Hi understood. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 27, 1933 NEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH MAY BE ERECTED Hayes' Swamp Church To Be Name of Proposed New Edifice Following a division of the minor ity group of members in the Smith wick's Creek Primitive Baptist church last April, plans are now being con sidered for the erection of a new house of worship near Hayes* Swamp in Griffins Township, the proposed church to carry the name of "Hayes' Swamp." Appeals for building funds are being directed to members of Primitive Baptist church this week, it is understood. A house for wor ship is being contemplated by sup porters of the movement. | For nearly six- years tlie Smith i wick's church has been a center of confusion. The membership was di- I vided into two factions, known as "majority" and "minority" groups, an apparent difference in beliefs profess ed by members of both groups being considered as the main factor bring ing about the division. The differ ences were carried to the courts, the majority receiving a favorable jury verdict, which Judge N. A. Sinclair promptly set aside. The question con tinues unsettled with a .possibility that the case may again reach the courts. Several months ago a division was reported within the minority group, the majority of the minority faction turning out of the church the minor ity by a majority of 1, it is understood. This action was said to have been taken when the minority faction failed or refused to accept the membership letter of Klder Hutchins, a star wit ness for the minority in the church trial. The elder was said to have been considered by part of the members of the minority as a "trouble-maker," and before they would accept him in to membership they allowed them selves to be voted out of the church. I And now the lesser of the minority group, with their pastor, Elder B. S. Cowin, is said to be recognized as the "true" church by sisters churches in the Kehukee association,.while the greater of the minority faction are said to he recognized as the "true" church by sister churches outside the Kehukee association. The minority is steering clear of a lawsuit and resulting costs by mak ing plans for its own place of wor ship. I-or some time they have been conducting services in the homes of members, while the majority and mid dle groups continue services in the Sinithwick's Creek church, but on sep arate days. Friendships were ended and neigh borliness was all but forgotten in some cases, but during the six years of confusion and bitterness which sometimes almost reached the break ing point, no violence has occurred to mar the peace and quiet in the dis trict. Kather, each party in every group has advanced his own convic tions in the most humble manner pos sible. BUSY SESSION MAYOR'S COURT Griffns Township Colored Population Is Very Well Represented Griffins Township colored popula tion was well represented in the town I court here during the past week-end when three men were fined for being drunk and disorderly. Vance Brooks was fined $5 and taxed with the cost for being drunk find disorderly. Will Johnson and his son, Spruill Johnson, tried on similar charges be fore Justice of the Peace J. L. Has kell, were each fined $2.50 and taxed [ with the costs. Silas Williams, charged with violat ing the game laws, was dismissed by the court upon the payment of the cost. Williams, an old colored man, who hunts and fishes for a living, ex ceeded the bag limit for squirrels. Mayo Peel, tried on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge, was fined $2.50 and taxed with the cost in the mayor's court over the week-end. 1 1 * i in Changes To Be Made > In Election Personnel •—— The personnel named for conduct ing the wet-dry election on Novem ber 7 was altered this week when two pollholders found it necessary, to re sign. Messrs. Hens? Griffin, jr., Wil liams Precinct, and Warren H. Biggs, Williamston precinct, notified Mr. Sylvester Peel, chpirman of the coun-l ty board of elections, that they would be unable to serve as pollholders. Mr. Peel will immediately appoint pollholders to fill the two positions made vacant by the resignations of the two men. * * ARMISTICE DAY PLANS TO COME UP AT MEETING Legion Post To Meet Next Tuesday and Outline Program In a meeting of the steering com mittee of the local post of the Ameri can Legion on Tuesday evening, of this week, it was decided to call a full meeting of the members of the John Walton Hassell Post, in their regular meeting place, on next Monday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of making further arrangements for the Armistice Day celebration here in two weeks from now. By now it is generally known that the Legionnaires of ..the fourth dis trict are to gather, here on Novem ber 11 for an all-day celebration. This should make a groat day for Wil lianiston and Martin County; but it also means"a great deal of responsi bility for the local post; and it is felt that every member should come out to this meeting Monday night and engage with the others in the final preparation for this celebration. In order to make this Armistice Day gathering a success, it is going to take the best cooperation of the members of the Legion and of the town and community as a whole. Nothing short of a splendid program will suffice; and it is felt that the whole community will be interested in this large gathering of people who will be in YVilliamston for an entire day. SQUATTERS FARE WELL IN COUNTY 42 Families With No Place To Go Have Made Out Somehow I"orty-two Martin County families have been recognized as "squatters" by the relief office this year. Start ing the year off with no place to go and with almost less than nothing, these families "squatted" anywhere they could find a vacant shelter Sonic of them were given free land by con siderate owners, making possible a small garden. Oth«rs were refused a foot of laud, and the owners are said to have charged rent in some cases. The fare of the group of 42 families was little better in some cases than that of many families during the hec tic reconstruction days following the Civil War. But, when put to the*test, a num ber of the families pushed forward, and while their fare is far short of that enjoyed hy the average, they are in belter shape financially and physi cally than they were early this year, thanks to the relief workers. Twenty-four of the families were white. MANY ASKING HOME LOANS None Actually Completed So Far, But Applications Being Made Daily While no loans have been made to owners who are about to lose their homes in this county, the appraisers of the Home Loan Bank have made an inspection tour through this sec tion. Just when the loans will be a#- tfanced, it could not be learned, but it is understood that no foreclosures will be in order until after the prop erty owners first have an opportunity to borrow money or,, make arrange ments to lift any outstanding mort gages held against their property. Additional applications fur loans are being received almost daily in this county, and when the loans atart coming in they will be in fairly size able numbers, it" js understood. '* Episcopalians Announce Program of - Services — ~ ♦i — This Sunday is the fifth of the month, and the morning service will be at the Church of the Advent and the evening service at St. Martin's, I Hamltion. The subject of the ser mon, "The Danger of I'rayer." _ On this Sunday aftepoon between 3:30 and 5:30 o'clock committees of two from the Church of the Advent will visit every home of the congre gation. The object of this visitation is not to collect muuey, but to estab lish friendly! contacts, to offer in formation about the church, and to receive suggestions regarding the work of the church. It is urged that every family be at home at the ap , pointed time. Holy Trinity Mission At the Holy Trinity Mission near Bear Grass there will be a preach ing service in addition to the regular Sunday school this Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. One Warehouse Here Made 20-Cent Average With the price situation more favorable this week than at any time during the season, farmers today were advised to sell their good tobacco now, particularly next week. Prices have been stronger here this week, with one tobacco warehouse averaging $20.05 for its entire sale yesterday. The pther warehouses would have made similar averages had it not been for the poor quality of to bacco on their floors. The market has been flooded this week with green and black tips, and other medium grades of tobacco. However, all grades were stronger this week than.last and large sales are anticipated next week as the peanut and cot ton crops have been harvested. ( PAYING TAXES FAST Sheriff C. B. Roebuck reported yesterday that so far this week he had collected more taxes than in any other similar period since he had been in office. Collections have been average nearly $4,000 a day, he said. Realizing that the time for pay ment of 1932 taxes is about spent, property owners are now rapid ly paying their accounts, the sher iff said. RECORDER HAD SMALL DOCKET Court Nol Prossed Case Charging Jake Moore With Kidnaping The recorder's court last Tuesday was a complete flop as far as the col lection of fines is concerned. And there were uo'l-oad sentences, indi cating that the general behavio'r throughout the county during the past week has been slightly above par. Work of the court was cleared before the noon hour. A lion suit resulted in the case a gainst Kay Moore, .barged with tres passing. Prayer fur judgment was continued in tlie two cases against Kngene An derson, one charging liiin with carry ing a concealed weapon and the other for non-support. The causes were continued until next Tuesday. A non-suit resulted in the case a gainst Tobie liarher. According to re ports, Barber was haled into court when it was alleged lie told a man named Kain that he was going to shoot liitn through a window just as soon as lie (Barber) found him (Kain) asleep. The nearest kidnapping case docket ed for trial in a Martin County court since the new law requiring life im prisonment was passed was that charg ing Jake Moore with stealing a child ill, Robersonville The case resulted in a nol pros. In another case, charg ing Moore with'abduction, the court failed to find probable cause of guilt and Jhe charge was dropped there. It was reported that t7ie~ abduction charge* was preferred when another man's wife left her home and asociat ecl with Moore, the evidence in the County court indicating that the wo man left of her own volition and was not abducted hy Moore as the war rant, charged. Hallowe'en Party At Bear Grass Tuesday The Bear Grass school is making arrangements for a large scale Hal lowe'en party there next Tuesday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock, Principal Hick man announced yesterday. Receipts will-be used for school purposes, and I the public is urged to attend. Will Start Operating Saw Mill Next Week The Woodward Lumber Company | will probably start operating its plant here some time next week, it was un officially learned yesterday. The mill, formerly owned and operated by iJiCaAfurray & McCabe Company, has i been repaired and will be ready for I operation about the first of the month. ! A new dry"kiln and lumber shed have I been completed, and most of the ma ! chinery has been placed The com- I pail) will only handle rough lumber, it is understood, and will probably turn out about 30,000 feet daily. * , Old Fashioned Sweet Gum Is Put To New Uses *■ -y ♦ The old-fashioned sweet gum we used to gather is now called storax and is used in making perfumes and cinnamic alcohol, says R. W. Grae ber, extension forester at State CdT- i leg* I Farm administration officials yesterday estimated the income of farmers from all types of to bacco crops at approximately $200,000,000, an increase of $90,- 000,000 over returns from 1932 production. It was estimated the flue-cured crop alone, grown chiefly in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, will yield about $118,000,000, as compared with $43,000,000 last year. Of this increase, it was esti mated $25,000,000 will be due to the processing tax on domesticaly manufactured leaf, which will be paid out before the end of the crop year in rental benefits to the farmers who agree to reduce their acreage next season. NEW ROAD FROM BETHEL TO OAK CITY PROPOSED Map Is Posted in Court House; Objections May Be Made A new roads from Bethel to a point connecting The Tarboro-Oak City road near the latter town is being pro posed in a map posted in the court house here this week. Details of the newly proposed project are not known here, as it was understood that the highway commission was either going to improve Number 11 from Bethel to Oak City through Hassell or about one mile from that town. The proposed road, it is believed, will hardly shorten the distance be tween Oak City and Bethel. In other words, the present route through Mas sell is about as short as the one pro 'posed. The new route, if it is ap proved, will run in Kdgccombe Coun ty several miles and enter this coun ty short distance from where it will connect with the Tarboro-Oak City road. About seven miles of the route will be new road altogether. Opinions of those living in ttle dis trict have not been heard here, but it is understood that complaints will be i.n order for thirty days before any definite action is taken in connection with advancing the project. The road from Butler's Bridge to Hassell has just, recently been im proved, and it might be that an im proved road will be provided from Hassell to the new Number 11, pro vided, of course, the new Number 11 is approved and built. COTTON CHECKS ARE DELIVERED Few Farmers Complaining About Requirements of Government Re port 8 coming from the court house here state that u few fanners or landowners .are complaining about the requirements of the government in the delivery of cotton reduction checks. One or two were apparently angered when it was pointed out to them that they would have to get their tenants sign a release before the checks could be delivered. As far as it could be learned, no attempt on the part of the landlord to defraud a tenant has been made. However, one case was reported to the authorities at the direction of district relief' officials for investiga tion. Alter the landlord and tenant signed for the check, the landlord placed il in his pocket and directed the tenant, a father of about a dozn children, to the relief office. It does not necessarily mean that the action of the landlord is illegal, for the ten ant may have been indebted to the master in that amount, or even to a greater extent. However, that prac tice is not at all in keeping with the purpose of the government's policy, which would have had the landlord i share to a certain extent, at least, with the tenant. Little Girl Dies At Hospital in Kinston e Effie Lee Mallory, 14-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Mal lory, of near Everetts, died in a Kin ston hospital about midnight last Friday. A bread crumb lodged in the lungs of the little child, and an op eration was performed in an attempt to save her life. „ She was said to have had a weak heart, niking it im possible for her to survive the oper ation. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. E. C. Shoe, of Robersonville. Interment was in the Everetts cem- I etery. W N«W Mar ESTABLISHED 1898 SALES TAX GAINS IN FAVOR AS TAX NOTICES GO OUT » —— Property Owners Finding Tax Bills Considerably Under Last Year * A decided turn favoring the sales tax as a means (if raising revenue was reported in various sectioifs of the county this week whet) thousands of property owners received their tax statements or notices for l'J33 taxes. Comparing the amounts, the property owners found their taxes are consid erable lower than they were last year, and the reduction is tractable to the sales tax. The savings on direct prop erty range from a few cent* to hun dreds of dollars Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Kilwaril James said this week that he hail heard more favorable criticism of the sales tax during the past few days, or since the notices were re ceived by the property owners than at any other time since the law went into effect. While there are a few merchants hostile to the sales tax, nearly all others are very well pleased with the rapt ic ii Ia r .means of raising revenue, c-pCUMgUy arc they pleased wltetl the) realize the difference in their property nm« tor the past year and for IV3J. While Mr. James had no definite record of sales tax collections, he was of the opinion that the county would average paying around $.',000 month ly. Collections have materially in j creased during the past lew weeks, he I said. During the summer months, people apparently boughjt those ar ticles that were non-taxable, and col lections were very small, he explained. So far no prosecutions have been attempted in those cases where the law has been violated in this county. However, one is in the making against a county merchant vvl o is failing to pass the tax on to Ins customers. The name of the nufcliaut was uot re vealed. 17 COUNTY BOYS 1 SIGN WITH C.C.C. $ 15 Are Expected To Leave in Next Few Days for Camps in South Seventeen young Martin County boys this week signed up for duty in the C ivilian ( onservation Corps, and 15 of them will likely leave within the next few days for camps in the South. 1 weuty young men applied, but up to noon yesterday only 17 had signed up. The county's quota is only IS, and two will he eliminated in the pre liminary examinations to be held some time within the next several days, it is understood. 1 he names of the hoys signing for duty in the camps are: John Marshall, ( ail Robert Wynn, Andrew Claiborne Summerlin, and Robert B. Brown, jr., of Williamston. Richard Kvcrett, William Thomp son, Hubert Cherry, James Douglas Mallory, and George Modlin, of Wil liamston R. F. D. Herman Savage, Fred Andrews, and Oscar Peel, jr., of Oak City. Grover Harrison, of Bear Grass, Thoniaji Randolph White, William Raymond I'rice, *uul Grady Clarence Modlin, of Jamesville. M .melius C'kark, Hardens (color ed) Baptists Announce Program of Services The Baptist church announces a program ol services for Sunday which includes two preaching and worship ping services, the Sunday school ses sion, and the meeting of the younif people's union. To any or all of these services the general public is invited. A new emphasis is being placed on llie Sunday evening service, and in the month uf October the attendance upon this service has greatly improv ed. The membership of this church and congregation are asked to frequent this place of worship on the Lord'* Oay, and by their Regular attendance make their personal contribution to wards further advancing the cause of their church. ' Sunday is the day for a special of fering in the Sunday school to State missions. It is asked that the "Sun day school be especially liberal in this matter. * Hallowe'en Program At Farm Lite on Tuesday A unique program, planned by the Farm Life junior class for the fun and merrimeijt of old and young, wilt feature a Hallowe'en party there next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Prin cipal Charles Hough announced yes terday. The public is invited to at tend and take part.
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