THE 5?? a.% LciSt_?5? IS VOLUME XXXVII?NUMBER 66 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 16,1934 ESTABLISHED 1898 OFFICERS PLACE NUMBER IN JAIL OVER WEEK-END Population of Hoosegow Jumps From One To Bight The sheriff's office, during the past number of years, has found that the better the times are the more arrests there are to be made. According to that finding, this section went above normal over the week-end when the jail population jumped from 1 to 8. No serious charges, in one sense of the word, developed, over the week end, but the drunks and drunken driv ers went on a spree. Failing to meet the terms of a court verdict, Joe Peel, colored, went to jail. He had been there only a few hours when the prosecuting witness in the case, a woman, called at the jail to give Joe some cigarettes. A. B. Dew, charged with driving a car while intoxicated, ran his car off the Washington highway to strike telephone truck parked to one side. James Bonds, colored, was placed in jail Sunday nigtirtor running hU Ford into a Buick sedan operated by Geo. Wynn, colored, of Windsor. The wreck was on the Roanoke River fill, but no one was badly hurt. Joe Davenport was confined in the hoosegow to answer a charge of driv ing a car while intoxicated. Lizzie Jones was jaile^ on 'an a1* leged larceny and receiving charge. Several other arrests were made by local and county officers, but the sub jects were turned over to officers other counties. MRS. JOHN AYERS PASSES FRIDAY ??? Last Rites Are Conducted Saturday in Hamilton Baptist Church Mrs. John Ayers died at her home in Hamilton last Friday afternoon aft --er-suffering terrible pain with caircer" of the stomach for months. She had been in declining health for more than a year, and had received treatment sev eral times in a Richmond hospital, doc tors there considering her case incur able about three months ago. Mrs. Ayers, about 46 years of age, was born and reared in the Oak City Hassell community and was Miss Lucy Thomas before marriage. She was married in early womanhood and moved to Hamilton, where she made her home until death. Mr. Ayers and an adopted son, Gurthie Ayers, of Richmond, survive. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Staccy S. Cox, of Williamston, and Mrs. Mattie Ayers, of Oak City, and one brother, Mr. Bil lie Thomas, of the Everetts section. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. E. C. Shoe, Baptist ministci of Robersonville, and Rev. E. F. Mo'sr ?*ey' Episcopal minister of Williamston, m the Hamilton Baptist church, of which Mrs. Ayers was a member for a number of years. Burial was in the Hamilton cemetery. JUNIORS HAVE GOOD MEETING Degree Work Featured Ses sion Held Here Last Thursday Night Degree work featured the meeting! of the local Junior Order Council in J the American Legion Hall last Thurs day evening when 11 candidates pass ed the tests and were officially received into the organixation. The William ston degree team, assisted by the Ward brothers and Junior Latham, Rob ersonville, handled the initiations. Four of the candidates were from Ply mouth, three from Robersonville, and four from Williamston. The names of those joining the local council are C. C. Martin, W. D. Modlin, W. M Weede and T. B. Phelps. Visitors were present from Bethel, Roberson ville, Plymouth and Goldsboro for the meeting. Arrangements for a rehabilitation contest, suggested by Charles F. Tank ersley, of Henderson, were made, with W. Ira Harrison leading the red team and W. H. Harrison leading the blues. J. W. Ferrell Company Opens Land Office Here The J. \V. Ferrell & Company, real estate agent* of renown, have opened an office in the Flatiron Building on Washington Street here, with llr. M. p. Goodrich, of Petersburg, V*., til charge. The office here will be a branch of the company at Greenville, it was announced. Mr. Ferrell, widely known in this section in connection with the han dling of land and property transfers as agent, was here yesterday complet ing arrangements for opening the of fice. Local Market's Average for Monday Sale Near 40 Cents tobacco up to >7 cant* a pound, tha local tobacco marfcat continued to appeal to ita patrons yesterday with the 77.612 pounds selling for an average' of $36.49. A feature of the sale yesterday eras the general average of IIIM for 2,446 pounds sold by Messrs. Coltrain. Hardiaon and Whitley, of Griffins Township. The sals clearly indicates that the local market is holding its own in prices and that farmers are being satis had with their sales here. A comparison of markets shows no variation in prices when grade for grade of tobacco ia considered. Prices on the better grades show ed a subatantiaJ advance on the market yesterday and today, and farmers were well pleased with their sales. Until today the local market had sold 5,373,494 pounds for $1,506, 156.42, a resulting average for the season of $28.03. v_ GET LICENSES With the peanut harvesting sea son slmost at hand, picker opera tors are applying (or licenses in fairly large numbers, Regieter of Deeds J. Sam Oetsinger said yes terday. Reports from the county agent's office indicate that the operators are gladly conforming to the new requirements. Peanut growers have been warned that reports from non-licensed picker operators are not likely to be considered very favorably when a peanut control program is started. A majority of Martin farmers have already dug their peanuts, and picking wil be started within the next few days. HIGHS GET WIN OVER TARBORO Coach Says Game One of Best Put Up by Locals This Season Coach Jaino Peters' football boys registered their third successive vic tory of the season last Friday whe \ they defeated Tarboro's strong eleven hy a 14 to fS score?The coach, mm minting on the game. said it was one of the best the lo-al boys had played After being outplayed by Tarboro in th? first period, the locals came baclc strong in the second quarter, and ! Roberson, on a reverse play, ran 60 yards for his team's first score of the ; game. Cook passed to Perry for the j extra point. Both teams went score less in the third quarter, but Hardison, on a reverse play, ran 30 yard> and scored a touchdown in the last period. Holloman, on a placement kick, added ' the extra point to bring to score to 14 points. Evans Perry featured in the game with consistent and superior blocking, and aided materially in limiting Tar- . boro to five first downs while his : team recorded 12. The team continues to show splcnd ' id teamwork, and the boys are expect- I ed to offer a good exhibition when . they meet the strong Ayden eleven I lierc Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Bear Grass Beauty Contest Last Week Is Big Success The beauty contest * in the Bear Grass school last week was a decided success, Principal H. O. Hickman an nounced yesterday. There were 50 contestants from several towns and a large audience was present for the event. Miss Elsie Mae Jackson, **of Williams ton; Miss NoU Keel HigU smith, of Robersonville, and Miss Pearl Griffin, of Williamston, were awarded honors in the contest. Approximately $85 was realised, the proceeds going into a special fund for school purposes. Ask Farmers To Return Allotment Cards to Agent ? Those farmers who have completed the marketing of their tobacco crop will, in all probability, find it to their advantage to return their marketing cards to the office of the county ag^pt j is soon as possible. The authorities in the office are now preparing the cards for transfer to Washington, where adjustment payments will be made. It is believed the sooner the farmers return their cards, the sooner they will receive their adjustment pay ments. Approximately 200 cards have al ready been returned, and the office will start forwarding them to Washington within the next few days. Pie Party At Fairview Church Friday Night The Ladies' Aid Society of the Fair view Christian church will hold a pie party there Friday evening of this week at 7:30 o[floclc. The public U invited to attend. Christian Chapel Ladies Will Hold Box Party ??? The Christian Chapel Ladies' Aid Society will hold a box party in the church at Cross Roads Friday night of this week. The public is invited to ittend. WINTRY BLASTS 1 CATCHES MANY , NOT PREPARED Overcoats and Stoves Were Much in Demand Over Week-End ? i The first cold weather of the fall | season struck here last Saturday, brings tliS out numbers of overcoats and oth- | er winter clothing. A heavy frost cov- | ercd the ground Sunday morning, fol lowed by a still heavier one and some j ice yesterday morning. Potato vines j and other tender foliage turned black i.ivernight. and smoke was seen rising from chimney after chimney. Saturday j was one of the coldest days on rec ord Tor the season of the year, and ( {many people were caught unprepared ^ for the sudden weather change Apparently few home owners were , prepared for the cool wea ther, as ^ many had not purchased new stoves ? or repaired their old ones until the ^ change was upon them. Stove and stove-pipe dealers reported a rushing business all day Saturday, and activt- . 1 ties along that line were still going j forward in a rush yesterday and to day. j I Appealing pleas for wood were ^ heard from the ryrlv f"r j over the week-end, and by today everybody knew that.j|fjn,ter time was wclf-on 4ti. way here. ?? ' The State of Maine was literally snowed unles last Friday when a 14 jinch snow fell there. Weather bu ' reaus in many sections reported all Itinie records for the season. | While there is no doubt but old nian winter is just around the corner, a few more warm and pleasant days can well be expected. , ANGETOWN MAN DIES SUDDENLY Charles Luther Ange Drops Dead at Home Yesterday Afternoon Charles l.uther Ange, prominent farmer of the Angetown community of Jamesville Township, dropped dead -at?his home there -'at b o'clock . yes terday?morning.?the?victim?of wesrt trouble. Mr. Ange. 54 yuars rid, was very active on his farm and had start ed his day's work when he died sud-. denly. Prior to that time he was said to have enjoyed good health. The son of the late Heath Ange and wife, Mr. Ange was born in Jamesville Township, where he lived all his life. He was a hard worker and a good neighbor. In early life he was mar ried to Miss Jessie Ange, who, with four children, three daughters. Mrs. P. W. Uasnight, of Plymouth: and Misses Ethel and Pearl Ange, and one son, Arthur Ange, of Plymouth, snrvives He also leaves one sistei, Mrs. Mis souri Batchelor, of Plymouth, and one brother, W. W. Ange, also of Plym- ( outh. Funeral services are being conduct ed from the late home tb-s afternoon i at 1 o'clock by Rev. Duff Toler, of Chocowinity. Interment will follow in the Ange Cemetery, near the home. 23-Year-Old Mother Has Son Nine Years of Age\ + Mrs. Jasper Scott, 23 years old the 23rd of last June, was a i*ecent visi tor here with her four children, the oldest of whom was nine years old the 8th of last month. Mrs. Scott looks the picture of health and strength, fitting to grace the pages of "Physical Culture," and all four of the children are healthy looking. Mrs. Scott was married before she was 13 years old. Scouts Get Over $100 From Riding Circus i Sponaored by (lie County Pott of I ?the American Legion and the local Kiwanit Club, the Lee riding circut here lait week proved very profitable to the Boy Scoutt at well at the tpon tort. The Scouta received flOQ, an amount due from thia county to the diatrict treaaury. The two organiza tion are aaid to have received about $18 eacb after paying certain ezpenaea Commander H. L. Swain aaid. EXPECTING FEW NEW VOTERS TO BE REGISTERED Lack of Interest and Heavy Registration Before Last Primary Causes ? Reports received from severs! of the i 12 voting precincts in this county, fol lowing the first day the books were opened last Saturday indicate one of the smallest registrations in years is in the making. Six of the districts re porting had added no new names, and there were said to be few or none in . others. Several reasons have been advanced for a small registration this year. The first one is centered around a lack of contests and resulting interest. As far as the contests are concerned, very | few votes would be cast in the next November 6 election. The few faithful Republicans will turn out to vote for their candidates, while the Democrats are expected to turn out in fair-sized numbers to express mainly their sup port of the New Deal, a rather worthy thing t<> support in this tobacco sec tion. Another reason for the expected small registration was advanced in the ' last June and July primaries, when the Democratic candidates raked the cijuntry for voters and urged every one becoming 21 years of age by next month'to register and take part in the 1 primaries. And those candidate- must have done a pretty good job of it, for one registrar said that the only hope for a new name on his hooks was for some one to move into his precinct between now and the time the books close. The registration books will he open for new electors next Saturday for the last time. On the following Saturday they will he open for challenge only. YOUNG FARMERS AT FAIR FRIDAY Jamesville Group Had Fine Trip; Beneficial in Many Ways The Young Tar Heel Farmers of the Jamesville High School attended the State Fair on Friday of last week. The boys went as a group and had a very delightful time. The journey to and from the fair was taken in an open truck, but the ideal weather of last Friday made it very pleasant. The Young Tar Heel Farmers feel that the trip was very beneficial to them in that they were afforded the oppor tunity to see the different breeds of 1 ivestock and poultry and r>ther cdir rational exhibits about Which they are studying in their classes in vocational agriculture. The boys making the trip included Ray Coburn, Roy Manning, James Ra leigh Manning, Joseph Holliday, Den nis Holliday, Jim Brown "Holliday, Burdon* Holliday, Thomas Holliday, Pallas Hollldfty, Arnold ModTmT Grady Modlin, James Modliu, Marshall Griffin, Hubert Hardison, Robert Har dison, F. C. Stallings, jr., S. L. God ard, Fenna Waters, Joseph Martin, Ed ward Lee Martin, Albert Martin, Levia Davis, Edward Brown, Ellsworth Mi zelle, and Paul Barber. Mr. Tom Holliday, of Jamesville, C. B. Clifton, and Linwood Knowles, of Plymouth, wd R. ( . Jordan, teach er of agriculture at Jamesville, accom panied the group on the triji 1 Colored Woman Arrested i For Stealing From Cars I Lizzie Ann Jones, young colored woman, was bound over to the coun ty court for trial today by Justice of; the Peace J. L. Hassetl last Saturday afternoon for the alleged theft of a package from Henry C< rey's car while the machine was parked on Washing ton Street here. The trial justice said that the dc fendant entered his court "laughingly drunk" and that he sent hei to the county court under a $50 bond. Un able to raise the amount, she awa ts in jail her trial. The woman was seen taking the package from the car and when offi cers searched her home they found the missing articles. Filling Station Raided Near Hassells Sunday ? A business, said to have been thriv ing at the time, was interrupted bv Officers Joe Roebuck and Roy Peel last Sunday morning when they raid ed Tom Cowey's filling station be tween Oak City and Hassell. The of ficers found liquor in six pint bottles ind five one-half gailon jars. The op erator is facing trial in the county court today. Opened for operation about the time fudge Meekins w^s passing out year ind-a-day sentences in Federal court an alleged bootleggers and other vio lators of the liquor laws, the .filling itation was saddled with the name *Y*af-and-a-Day." I Tax-Free Cotton Warrants for Producers of County Received LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB CHANGES MEETING HOUR Will Meet Every Other Wednesday Evening At 6:30 o'Clock ? j After holding its regular meetings ia^"Tn>on on Wednesdays for the past eight years, the Willianiston Kiwanis [Club begins its ninth year of service to this community by changing its [meeting hours to 6:30 every other Wednesday evening, the president. Ray If. (loodmon. announced this morn ing. It would require considerable space to record all the beneficial movements undertaken by the club during its eight years of existence, but suffice it to say here that it has done a splendid during that time. Members and non members are hopeful that the organi ration will continue its work, and that the changed meeting hour will create more interest in the -club and its un dertakings. j Congratulations were extended to the club 011 its anniversary yesterday hy WiHiam J. Carrtngttm, Internation al President, as follovys: | "The Kiwanis Club of Willianiston received its charter front Kiwanis In jternational on October 14, 1920. On this, your club's anniversary, Kiwanis International extends well-merited con gratulations. We know something of the difficulties you have overcome, and [art proud of your worthy achieve ments. Membership is increasing every district and the old Kiwanis e thusiasm is returning. May your serv j ice to your clvmmunity he even greater in the years to come.' ROCKY MT. FAIR ALL THIS WEEK Has Many Features From State Fair; Auto Races Friday, Saturday Rocky Mount. Thousands of east ern North Carolinian? who found it impossible to attend the State Fair at Raleigh are being offered a secopd chance here this week to see the en tertainment features that enabled the annual exposition to smash all attend ance records this year. With Tew exceptions, every enter mcnt headliner at Raleigh is included in the array of attractions being pre sented at the Rocky Mount hair, which opened here Monday under the joint management of Norman Y. t hambliss and George A. Hamid, op erators of the State Fair. A majority^ of the free attract'ons, Clayton l.iimphiini und Iili hand 1 and' other attractions, together with tiie spectacular fireworks displays that were a hit at Raleigh, are daily fea tures of the grandstand programs here. To the regular state fair bill, the man agement has added several additional attractions. Automobile racing with many of the State Fair stars and a number of ad ditional starters will climax the Rocky ( Mount PYpn.ition mi Friday ami Vint i urday afternoons with a double-header ! speed program. On the midway the World .of Mirth Sliows and rides, taken intact from the j State Fair, are supplying the principal amusement features. To Discuss ^Tobacco Control Program at Meet Tomorrow The continuation for five years of a tobacco control program will be dis cussed at a meeting of agricultural1 authorities and farmers in Raleigh to- 1 morrow morning at 10 o'clock. J. B. 1 Hutson, chief of the tobacco section of the AAA, will attend the meeting, it was announced today. It is the hope of the proponents of the control plan that the growing sentiment in the State for its continu ance can be crystallised at the meet ting tomorrow, and that tobacco far mers everywhere, with the coopera tion of the AAA's tobacco section, will adopt its provisions for five years. Box Super at Sweet Home Church Thursday Evening ? Members of the Sweet Home church auxiliary will serve a box supper at the church Thursday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock. The publt i invited to attend. ? Rev. J. M. Perry Will Hold Revival at Everetts ? Beginning Wednesday evening, Rev J. M Perry will conduct a series of services in the Everetts Christian church. A cordial welcome awaits the public at any or all the services. NEW TAX BOOKS \ The county tax books for the year 1934 will be turned over to the sheriff this week, giving the officer another huge task that will last during the greater part oi the next 10 months. The total amount of the levy has not been definitely determined, but it is estimated at $153,470.25, an amount less by a bout $25,000 than the total levy for the year 1933. Already a few property owners have paid their new taxes, but it will be some time next week before the individual owners will be noti fied direct that their taxes are due for the current tax year. NEGRO IS HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER HEARING Conflicting Testimony Is Given at Murder Trial Here Saturday Following a long-drawn ???it prelim inary hearing, James Wilson, colored, was ordered held without bond by Justice of the Peace J L. Hassell in the case charging the defendant with the murder of Haywood Scott on Washington Street here the 23rd of last month hive witnesses were examined and cross-examined, and in their incoher ent testimony it was next to the im possible for one tW'reach more than one or two conclusions Defense C ounsel H. 1., Swain was of the opin ion that it could hare been no more than manslaughter o n n ?? 11? ? t 1. ..I I Justice Hassell said then' was appar ent premeditation In" Wilson^ and that the evidence, although circumstantial, was, he considered, strong enough to , warrant the holding of Wilson with out bond. j Some of the witnesses said Wilson ? was in the berber chair when the trou [hle leading up to the shooting started." I Others said Scott was in the chair at the time.'Wilson. shortly after the [shooting, said that he was talking to .other people in the barber shop, and' something was said about a woman that caused Scott to attail; him. The oitly thing that the witnes.es were a greed, on was the fact that when the 1 hr*t?shots?were fired?Cbry?lit 1 the ; scene and fled rapidly, j William Crew said that lie heard the |scuffle in the barber shop from Ins I home and started to the ccne vyht n J he saw Wilson and Scott leave. He | then returned home, and a few min utes later saw Wilson returning. Crew said he called Wilson into his h'1"^ aipl Irwp fo i?? 1>M* VA'il. soii continued on to Watts Brown's barbershop. Scott returned a good while later and went inside the barber shop. Wilson followed and started shooting. Scott ran into a back room, and was holding a 4?ide door closed j when Wilson approached from the out side and fired through the door, 'l he hall struck Scott in the belly, punc turing his intestines in 12 places He <licd the following Tuesday altcnnmii 'in a Washington hospital. i Wilson is now scheduled to face trial for first degree murder at the perior couit. I Negro Steals Car To Visit Friends At Prison Camp ?IT- Tangley, colored man possessing bad reputation, stole a new t hev olet from K. 11. Hobbs, a Greenville ! man, in Washington last Saturday to ' visit friends in the highway prison j camp, near here. The negro wrecked the car and ruined the engine when he drove it without oil. He was on the Washing ton road when the wiring was burned and the engine cracked. Sheriff Roebuck was told ahOftt tin man's wild drive and arrested him a short time later. Langley is said to have been right indignant when a Beaufort officer quietly him why lie had to steal and ruin a man's car and get in trouble again. Appar ently, l.angley is on his way to make a longer visit with his friends in the prison cainp. Town Tax Advertising To Be Started Friday < Arrangements are being completed for the first advertising of the town of Williamston tax delinquents on Fri day of this week, preparatory to sale the second Mouday in November At the present time the unpaid list is larg er than it w^a last yea.-, many prop erty owners having paid dd taxes to prevent foreclosure proceedings. ' 200 DELIVERED MONDAY; RUSH NOW EXPECTED ??? Many Farmers Disappoint ed Over Allotments, but Few Complain Received here latt Friday, the cotton tax-free warrants are being distributed rapidly to the more than 1,200. partic ipating fanners this week. Nearly 200 lot the certificates were delivered yes terday, and reports from Assistant T. B. Slade's office early this morning In dicated a big rush for today and dur ing a greater part of this week. VVhtUt many farmers Were disap pointed with their ^mall allotments, very few expressed 'complaints were heard, the growers," or a majority ??f -tbemT-iealizing that can purchase certificates at 4 cent# a pound and then ' get almost twice as much for their cotton as they received two yeas ago. The initial allotment being distrib | uteil to the Martin growers at this time provides for the marketing of about 3,300 hales of cotton free ot tax. A second allotment from a 10 per cent St4l? is expected to increase |the free marketing quota several hun Idrcd bales. A few farmers will not receive their allotments until the 10 per cent reserve is distributed throughout the state. There are about 00 farmers in this county who will participate entirely from the reserve, and others partici pating in the initial allotment will rc jceive an increase from the reserve un der certain conditions. In short, when [the distribution is completed, the coun ty will have- its percentage designated !in the contracts, il i> believed. i?The distribution <>i tin- tax-free war ^rants this*week w ill, start cotton gi:js operating on a more extensive scale. I many farmers having .delayed picking and ginning their cotton uiitiMhe cer tificates were received. SCHOOL NEWS AT OAK CITY Plans for Big Hallowe'en Party Are Now Being Worked Out The Oak City faculty and ittrrfeirt hoily?have plan-?underway?fm ttre biggest Hallowe'en party of its his tory. Students, chosen from the ele mentary grades and the different high j school organizations, will present a Ispecta.ular program in the main audi torium. After this there will be special j attractions in different classrooms, and I plenty of refreshments w ill he on sale i?y I lie-home ec.<momics club. . Dramatic Club The dramatic club has begun work on "Moblcy's Merry Minstrel," which | the club members arc to present on ? November 1 (?. Attend Fair | The Oak t ity Agricultural class met at the school building early last Fri day morning and went to Hobgood [where they were joined by the Hob 'good class to qttftifl tlm Stntu bit* j The boys had studied some funda mentals and principles concerning the judging of livestock and crops before they wept on tin trip?Thi'. infuinu1? tion was used to a great advantage when the exhibits were observed. It enabled them to appreciate more fully the things about them in life. .During the time the boys were be ing guided by the instructor, vo cational agricultural exhibits were observed and studied. These also proved to he very interesting ami edu cational. The valpe of the trip was further in creased on the following Monday when the instructor and his students discussed what they had seen at th<^ fair. The ideas of the group were presented and discussed during this meeting. Chocowinity Man Held For Drunken Driving ? The Foul sedan owned and driv en by Mr. W. S. Stubhs, of Plymouth, was badly wrecked when Burton God ley, of Chocowinity, rap his Ford car into it on the Washington road near here last Saturday evening. No one in either of the cars was badly hurt, but both machines were ?t?id to have been damaged badly. Godley was said to have been drink ing, and he was placed under a $1U0 bond to appear in the county court here today by Justice of the Peace J. L Hassell last Saturday night. W. M. McClenney, a witness to the wreck, said he had followed the God ley car out of Williamston and that Godley drove from one side rf the road to the other.

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