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VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 3 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 8, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 TOWN BOARD IN REGULAR MEET HERE LAST NIGHT Club Representatives Urge Changes in Traffic Regulations Me*ting in regular session here last night, the local town commissi >ner? heard requests from representatives of the Woman's Club for a change in traffic regulation in the business dis tricts of the town. Th?; club repre sentatives urged that no "U" turn- be allowed at the Smithu irk-Main and Washington-Mam street in*ersfTTn>ns, and that either one-way traffic or park ing on one side only on Washington Street be adopted. Members of the board admitted that the traffic situa tion was fast becoming more complex on the streets here, and after a long discussion decided to eliminate the "U" turn at the corner of Sniithwick and Main street!, sending the traffic "To ffie Wafts Street intersection to" start return trips. If this action meets wf|h success, other rules will likely be adopted, it is understood. Overrun by stray dog, and dogs that are escaping taxation, the board placed an order for 150 tag> with in structions that owners purchase and place them on their dog.-.' necks. No additional cost will be placed on the dog owner,, and all dogs without tags on their necks will be removed from the town, it was said. Mr. R. S^Critchcr appeared Defore the board asking to rent the town hall auditorium with the understanding that he convert it into an apartment house J No action was taken, the board, with ( two members absent, deciding to con sider the application at a special meet ing soon. Permission was granted S. 1.. Watts i to hold a dance on Faster Monday, April 22 house damaged BY FIRE FRIDAY Considerable Damage Done To Geo. Moore Home Friday Afternoon Fire, believed to have been started by I hpark from m Hwt ^n. siderable damage to the borne of George Moore and Hairy Jones just across the railroad on Smithwick Street last Friday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock While the fire was confined to the roof, much damage was done I to the lower part of the house and ^Onteots by water. Damage to the structure was esti mated at more than $300, Mr. J. B. Cherry, owner, stating that he had in- ? surance on the house but that he be ! lieved the policy had expired. The call was the second received by the company during the week, a first call of the year having been received two days earlier when fire wrecked the store building of William Whitley on ' Washington Street. ; Series of Brawls Reported J Here During the Week-end ?. . I A series of disorders was reported among the colored population here , over the week-end, but none of them proved serious, it was said. -r Henry Rogers, colored, lost much blood when his ear was nicked by an unnamed party in a fight on Wash ington street last Saturday night. Only one stitch was necessary to close the wound. Rogers' clothes were cut on his back, but the weapon did not break the skin. The second disorder fol lowed when a negro named Jones claimed his sweetheart did not do as she should and he stabbed her in the j side Saturday night. The wound was ' not considered serious. Sunday night Tony Manson sliced Dave Melton, hut did not hurt him badly. ? county Board of Health In Meeting Last Evening Meeting here last night, the nomi nating committee of the Martin Coun ty Board of Health named Dr. W. C. Mercer, local dentist, to fill the posi tion made vacant by the death of Dr. P B. Cone. The hoard will hold a meeting here next Yfonday, whed var ious business wilt be handled including the appointment of a county health' officer for the next two rs. Names of the board members are:1 J. E. Pope, chairman; J. L. Hassell, mayor of Williamston; J. C. Man ning, superintendent of public welfare; Dr. V. A. Ward, of Robersonville; Dr. J. E. Smithwick, of Jamesville;! and Dr. W. C. Mercer, of William ston. Tr. Large Number Farmers See Show of Machinery A large number of farmers and their wives and children attended a special showing of farm machinery arranged by the Lindsley Ice Company in the Watts Theatre here today. Following the picture, the farmers were enter tained at the plant of the company. Peanut Sign-Up Campaign Now Under Way in Couniy The campaign for peanut acre age ^rnd production control was off to a rapid start early Monday morning, when Farmer Pleny Peel, Grtfftns Township, was the first to sign a contract. Mr. Peel owns a farm in Williams ton Township and signed the contract at the courthouse. No rush was reported at any of the sign-up points, but reports clearly indicate the movement will include nearly 100 per cent of the growers in this county. The county office yesterday ea plained that the parity payment would be made at the rate of 40 cents a ba* on all peanuts raised by contract signers during 1934. These payments will be made on the actual production during that period and not on the base produc tion figures for the 1935 crop. Farmers are urged to measure their 1934 acreage with the un derstanding that at least 10 per cent of the acreage will be check ed by the government. They are also urged to present the bills of sale along with the number of acr^p when applying for contracts. Increase Allowed in Acreage to Tobacco RELIEF CATTLE BEING SHIPPED TO GOLDSBORO Project Is Considered Very Unsuccessful From Many Standpoints All relief cattle shipped into this county from the West last summer are scheduled to he moved out by Fri day night of this week, according to orders coming from relief headquar ter^ in Raleigh. The few remaining cattle, with the possible exception of 45 or 50 he&d. are heing driven to Jamesville today for shipment by rail to Goldsboro. Orders for handling the 45 or 50 are expected in time to clear the pastures in Griffins and Jamesville Township by the latter part of this week. ' There * were 1,076 head of * cattle shipped"4nto this cuirntY from the West. Of this number 73 were lost, in' the pastuus, an equal number dying from one cause or another. Bears are understood to have killed ami eaten at least two of the small cows. Reach ing here half starved by a feed short er, the cattle were in had condition. The 'fhange in feed ?nd overeating caused a number to die. Most of those were thought to have strayed to thick spots in the pasture, where they were unable' to get water and they were too weak to return to the watering and feeding places. For some time the cattle have been shipped to-various parts of the state and country, one shipment going as far as New Jersey. Most of them were shipped to Elizabeth City, Golds boro, and Washington, the Roberson slaughterhouse here handling about 25 head at one time. * . Developing scabies, the cattle have proved very costly; and the relief pro gram designed to help the Western farmer and the Eastern relief subject has, it might he said, been very un successful as a whole. As a result'of the spread of scabies, the authorities decided to end the program, hut not until native cattle were attacked by scabies, it is understood. The scabies has not amounted to much among the herds in this county, and the cattle have fattened very readily, as a whole. ? Skewarkee Lodge Installs Officers at Meet Tonight Skewarkee Lodge of Masons will install its recently elected officers for the coming year at its regular meet ing tonight The officers elected at the last reg ular meeting are as follows: V. J. Spivey, mastery S. H Grimes, senior warden; James C. Manning, junior warden; Hugh G. Horton, treasurer; and Frank S. Pittinan, secretary. The appointive officers, recently named by the incoming -master, f ol low: L. Bruce Wynne, senior deacon; Charles Davenport, junior deacon; R. L. Perry and W. H. Harrison, stew ards; J. C. Anderson, tiler. All committees will be named by the incoming master after the installation. A large attendance is expected, as the contest, is still on between two teams selected from the members, and the leaders are bringing them out. Mad Dogs Reported Killed Near Jamesville Recently Reports from Jamesville Township state mad dogs are running loose in certain sections of that district, but. as far as it could be learned, nobody has been attacked by the animals. A mad dog was killed by Albert Coltrain there several days ago, and it is be lieved other animals were attacked by the dog before it was killed. Other reports maintain that many families depending upon relief are sharing their meager rations with dogs, one informant claiming that every re lief family he knew had an old hound dog around to share in the relief hand outs. PERMIT FARMERS TO PLANT 5 TO 10 PER CENT MORE New Ruling Makes It Legal for Farmer To Plant 90 Percent of His Base Under .? recently ruling by the Sec retary of Agriculture, farmers in this county will he eligible this year to increase their tobacco acreage to 85 and even 'Ml per cent of their estab lished base, it was learned this week front the Martin County farm Agent. The farmer planting 85 per cent of his base production will receive a rental payment at the rate of $17 50 an acre. On the other band, if lit plants 90 per cent of his base production, the rental* payment will be reduced to $8.75 an acre; A resulting change in adjustment payments will also follow .when thr acreage is increased As it is under stood here, the farmer selling only 71) per cent of his base production will continue to receive an adjustment pay ment at the rate of 12 1-2 per cent The fanner selling 85 per cent of his base product ion will?receive art atf justtnent payment of 6 1-4 per cept, the percentage dropping as the amount of tobacco sold increases. These fig 'ures are based on an acreage of four or more acres, the farmer planting less than four acres receiving a higher ad justment payment, it is understood.? j Acreage allotments are not being determined in the*office of the county agent and will be announced to The individual farmers direct within the next two weeks, Miss Mary I arstar Iphen, secretary in the agent's office, announced this week. I The provision with respect to mar keting excess tobacco is separate from the provision with respect t<? acreage. jand means that the producer may sell an additional quantity of tobacco up (to but not exceeding 12 1-2 p?r rent of the initial production allotment, pro vided he is willing to accept a reduced ,adjustment payment. I The provisions for planting the larg er acreage and marketing a large a | mount of tobacco are separate, and the j producer my elect to take advantage of either one without the other, or j both, or neither. If Martin farmers take advantage of j the increased allotment, there will be | a little over 11,(MM) acres of tobacco | under cultivation in the county this 1 year. Many of the farmers will in | crease their crop, it is believed. County Court Has More Than 30 Cases on Docket With 32 cases on the docket, the county recorder's court started one ot the longest sessions today since it wa* established a dozen or more years ago. At noon today, it was almost certain that a number of cases would have to be carried over until next week for trial, the court failing to 6nd time to handle the large docket. Larceny and assault account for one half the cases. Drunken driving and prohibition viplations come next with four of each on the docket. The otli other, including trespassing, abandon ment, and so on. Interest is centered in. the case charging a defendant with ' reckless mule driving ]amesvillc and Bear Grass Tearns Play Here Thursday I Undefeated this season, the Bear Grass girls' and boys' basketball teams will meet those from the Jamesville school in the new gymtisium here on Thursday evening of this week at 7:3C o'clock, Coach Martin, of Bear Grass announced yesterday. The teams ar< said to be well matched, with probably the advantage resting with the James ville boys and the Bear Grass girls Both tilts are expected to prove in teresting and large crowds from 1>otfi Bear Grass and Jamesville as well ai from this point will attend. CHILD FATALLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Accident Is Said To Have Been Unavoidable On A. B. Ayers' Part Dashing from the roadside into the path ot an auto driven by Mr. A K. Ayers. of Bear (Ira^s, little Violet Parrott was struck and fatally injured in front of her home one mile this side of Washington last Sunda\ after noon at 3:30 o'clock. The child died j in a Washington hospital that night at [11:20, never having regained con ~j sciousness. Both of her thighs and several ribs were broken, and ihe also suffered ? compound fracture <>t the skull. Although the accident was described as unavoidable on his part. Mr Avers | was required to raise bond in the sum I of $1,000 by Justice of the Peace Harry.j K Paul pending further investigation of the tragedy Mr. Ayers was said to have been driving at a moderate speed: in fact, he is known to he a \erv careful driver and hardly ever exceeds a speed of 35 miles an- hour as a rule Immediately following the 1 accident, Mr. Ayers rushed the child! to the hospital, where her recovern i was considered doubtful front the first. | A hearing will-be- held in the case I next Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock | in W ashington Inrfore Justice of the | Peace Harry Paul, it was learned | The child, four years old. was the 1 |daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. V Par rott, tenants on the Tayloe farm a mile front Washington on the William ston highway. The accident was the first major one in which a Martin Sutiuty resident j figured during the new year. How lever, it was hardly over before one of far more serious consequences follow -^the death of Martin County people. ? ? COUNTY BOARD HELD REGULAR MEET MONDAY Justices of the Peace Ask Review of ^Costs Allowed by taw in This County Holding a session that lasted a greater part of the day, Martin I'oun jty's commissioners in regular session ! Monday discussed a number of ini 'portant matters, but took final action 'ill Olllv a few mi.w.r Ml 11 11 > ; bers were present, With J I'. P<?pr, new chairman, presiding. Going before the commissioners several justice-, of the peace asked f"i a review of charge- allowed by law. the hoard ordering an investigation he , made. Those going before the hoard 'explained that they were allowed no cost} when they sent a case to the higher courts and the defendant wa> found not guilty. They added that they did not expect remuneration for their services in those coses, but, they explained that the county allowed on ly half the justice of the peace costs when a case was hound over t-? the higher courts and the defendant, was found guilty. J,'larrd nil the list of c unity?p* Sprat llumpus, colored, of Jamesville, was allowed $4 a month. YV. (i. Berry was released from pay ment of $2 dog tax lisied by err ?t in Bear Grass Township. Ned Slade was released from pay ment of poll tax incorrectly li.ted in Hamilton Township. Locals Lose Their Opening Games to Bear Grass Teams Using the new gymnasium here for ? the first time last l'nilny?^nnj playing their fir>t scheduled game of the season, Williamston Higli School's basketball teams went down to defeat at the hands of Coach Martin's play ers from Bear Grass. CocTi Peters'" players, while posessing promising -igns for rapid development, were slow getting started, and the visitors anexed their victory before the local girls knew it. The visiting lassies won 30 to 7, the Bear Grass girls maintaining their undefeated record. boys, the visitors winning by a mar gin of only 2 points, the final count being 9 to 7. The Bear Grass hoys have not been defeated so far this sea son. President Calls lor Eight Billions To Do Business In his message to Congress yester day President Roosevelt presented a budget calling for more than eight and one-half billions of dollars to carry on the government functions and care for the unemployed and needy. Nearly half the amount will he spent for re covery and relief, it was stated. The greater part of $1,000,000,Q00 will go to war veterans. No new taxes will be levied, the President recommended* but the 1936 budget will miss a bal ance due to the heavy relief demands. Six Are Killed in Automobile Wreck Near Raleigh Sundoy Warren To Sponsor Seed-Feed Loan Bill FROWNED UPON BY AUTHORITIES IN HIGH PLACES Measure * onsidered of More Value Than All Other Relief Agencies Although it - passage is considered I uncertain, a hill will he introduced at the present session of Congress by Lindsay W arren creating a fund from which seed and feed loans will he made to. destitute firmers in ITiis and other states for financing IV35 crop produc tion. Frowned upon by Secretary of the Treau-sv Morgenthau, a similar hill] almost met with defeat last year, and | "if will he rememhe-red that President. Roosevelt stated at that time he would j not approve such a fund this year. However, many emergencies were, handled hy the fund last year, and it might he the proposed hill will re I consideration this year. KsTatP * dished to advance $40.WO,000 to des-i titute farmers last yearv-thefuiul fin ally lent nearly a half billion dollars,! drought condition in the west causing I thousands of farniei s to borrow heav ily from the emergency lending agency, i Last year there were 376 loans made froin the fund to farmers in this coun ty, representing a cash outlay of ap-. I proximately $40^000^ Nearly per cent of the amount has been repaid, and when all the P>34 trops are sold, [it i- believed the ..uii&'IUjsAKjI- amount : will he less than 3. per cent of the t>v tai Those farmer - favored hy loans (rom the fund are still hi need of financing in many eases, and it i? believed that equally as many appli ations will he I tliiv v i i?as last in the even; ? the' hill becomes a law. Nearly all farmers borrowing from the fund made money last ycae, hut their earnings went to pay hack debts and taxes, leaving them almost penniless to fi nance their farming operations this year Most of them are ineligible to hi'imw frnin rt-gnl.o lending agent i?*? or from the crop production credit groups because they hive little or no teal property, A review of I lie activities-.'made pos ? isthie hy the seed and teed loan hnrd will show that the relief made pos siblc hy it has been worth man> time what has been done by -other relict agencies, including the subsistence farm projects in this county. In fait, many people are of the opinion that the fund lias been one of the most val uable governmental relief agencies so far advanced in the interest of the des titute farmer, and the non-pas-age ot the hill will increase the burden now resting with the rehabilitation forces in this county, it is believed. Two Stores To Start Big : Clearance Sales This Week ? To make room for new seasonal ? goods, the firms of Margolis Brothers ( and Barnhill Brothers are announcing two big selling events to begin this , week. Both stores have marked down prices to a very low point, affording the thrifty shoppers; an opportunity to ^htiy high quality merchandise at very j l/?w costs* Cars coUide on Washington Street Here Last Saturday No one was hurt and very little property damage resulted when two old model cars crashed on Washing ton Street, near the warehouses, last Saturady night. A colored man named Kogers is said to have driven his car into the highway, crashing into the car driven by a colored man named Woolard. r Sheriff Roebuck and Roy Peel Capture Two Stills Raiding in the Free Union section of the county last week, Sheriff ('. B. Roebuck-ami as*t5tam Roy Peel cap tured two large stills and destroyed about .1,000 gallons of beer and a bar rel of liquor. James Moore, colored, was arrested at one of the plants, and there was no one at the other. Local Man Ts Appointed Agent for Eastern Firm Mr. J Robert (Boh.) Everett has been appointed local agent for Kast quarters in the Farmers Warehouse ern Cottorj Oil Company and will han die that company's well-known and popular Eastern fertilisers with head here, it we* announced today. NEW 1935 LINE IS ANNOUNCED BY CHEVROLET Master Six Models Present Many New Features in Beauty and Style Master <lc luxe models, strongly cm phasizing beauty ami style, ami new Standard models, featuring high-pow ered performance with economy, were announced last Saturday by Chevrolet. Master tie luxe body models include sedan, coach, business coupe with lug gage compartment, sport coupg with rumble seat, sport sedan, and town sedan.?In additmrr-trv the" coach, btis iness coupe, phaeton, and sport road ster, which comprised tlic standard line last year, the 1935 new Standard line includes a full-sized four-door se dan and a sedan delivery car for light commercial uses. The 1935 new Standard has been given virtually the same performance ability as the Master tie luxe, which, [however, departs distinctly from prev ious Chevrolets* iu striking .advances in design of body and trim. The en gines, incorporating many improve incuts over the 1934 Master motor, are of the same size and design in both, models, w hile in the chassis the chief difference is the presence iu the Master tie luxe of Chevrolet enclosed knee action vnee action mg ts "-CCulld Year mawWcni'iTl c<ui'4 ruc - 11ion and operation. The knee at lion jfeattyc is optional with tin* Master Six models, ami the price, is slightly lower without tliis. Mechanically, the two* models have (Continued on page six) AUXILIARY WILL MEET THURSDAY Department President Wijl Address Fourth District Group in Club Hall Meeting in tlic \\'illiamsti?n Worn an's ( tub hall Thursday morning <?i this Week at 10:%10 o'clock, members Itlu* fourth district of the American 1 Legion Auxiliary ot North Carolina I will hear addresses hy prominent lead ers of the state organization, it was I announced today hy Mrs. \V. II ?(?ray, tpiesident rrf the local post auxiliary i Mrs. M II Shumway, department {pi esident; of 1 .exington; Miss Arelia 'Adams, also of Lexington, and Mrs I Norffeet McDowell, of North Wilkes Ihoro, will have parts on the proKram, presided pver hy the local auxiliary wicsident : Following the transaction of busi ness and addresses, inemhers of tin local unit will serve an informal lunch | ( (?n, the meeting oniiug to a dost |ahout 12:30, it was announced. All auxiliary members are urged to. hi !present Kiwanians To Hold Their I Regular Meet Wednesday After a mouth's holiday from meet ings, the local Kiwauk club will re siime its regular schedule tomorrow evening at 0:30 o'clock in the Wo man's club hall This meeting is tin first of the new administration, and s number of policies for the new yeai Will lie. proposed fur?consideration. In addition, Professor D. N. Ilix wil speak for ten minutes on the Problem ?f the Saar. Every member is urgeil to In present. Meeting Hour for Farmers' Exchange Group Changed The hour for the Partners Cooper, ative Exchange meeting, first set foi 2:30 here tomorrow afternoon in tin courthouse, will he held at 7:30 in stead, it was announced yesterday. I.ati developments causing a chaise iff Tin schedule of the exchange represent.! lives resulted in the change of hour it was stated. Infant Daughter of Mr. anc Mrs. Robert Rogers Diei Nellie Marie, 5-inonths-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rogers died at the home of her parrnts ir Poplar Point Township early Monda) morning following a short illness. Funeral services are being conduct ed today by Elder William Grimes Burial will follow in the Harvey Bigg* cemetery in Bear Grass Township. I YOUNG GIRL OF ROBERSONVILLE ONE OF VICTIMS ???? Miss Levora Grimes a Lone Survivor of the Worst Tragedy This Year ? Their tar crashing into a bridge abutment between Wake Forest and Durham last Sundai night, si\ of the seven occupants were either killed in stantly or fatally injured, and the sev enth was placed in a hospital, where I she is expected to recover. ? The 'names of the dead are: S t. layton Mi/elle, 19, operator of the car. of Windsor. | Leon White. -1. and James Morris, j 22, both of Windsor. Doris and k.itlu ruu I. I'.atchelor, j young girls former!;, of Kobersotr vitle, but revet: tlx <f Durham. Miss l'uultne Whith' Id, 19. of Rob ersoiu ill, ?Recovering i rcnti painful injuries, ? Miss Levora Grimes, -.i Robersonvillc, the lone survivor, told her mother that young Mi/ellc ua> drinking, that she hail begged him to let her drive, .but he refused. I Loui of the young, people were killed | outright. I Mis> Whitfield was thrown over the , abutment, n il 18 feet to the marsh , beloxx and was not found until three jhours later Her body badly broken, |she was unepHscioiis and died at 130 a m , Monday, while being rushed to a hospital in Raleigh It was said the iyoung girl was hurled about 125 feet from the scene of the wreck [ A triple funeral sisxice lot tin Windsor-' victims will lit In Id Tuesday I at -T~. HrTvicc s~~fiTc t he t u: \ R;> o f.17. r g^dsT will be held this afternoon-:.at 2 o'clock imin. -the?Bapt'*t vl'nm li in?W endell, Wake Couiitx Miss Whitfield will he hurled from the Rohi rsoiiville Baptist clinch at 3 o'lhuk this attenioi"! Kee F i* ? i Shoe v\ill officiate. { Tragedy had entered the life of Leon ^ W hite when lie was an infant. His (mother was slain on a lonely farm jand immediately after the killing his , father disappeared and never has been I lu ard of since Leon. then a babe of about a year, was found at the scene jot the hastl) death, playing about his ?mother's corpse. 1 Mis-. Whitfield's brother. I. H. I W hitfield, jr.. was killed a month ago I in an automobile accident near Rober mville On Sunday night. Miss Whitfield had not hieu missed until Coroner .Waring started a check up in Raleigh some tune alter the wreck and learned jfroiu Miss Grimes that there was a , seventh' iK'i soii in thr d#?nth c-ir ; j A searching parti went hack to the i scene carlv Moinlai aud?found?her ? near the bridge, a few yards from the I w ater's edge. ; The seven young people were rid - nig in a Chevrolet coa h, 1932 model. , The machine was practically demol i Ished wlieu it struck the abutment, swerved to the left. and then hit ,ugai noli the right side of the bridge. LAW MAKERS TO MEET IN RALEIGH Governor Will Address the Assembly Thursday Or Friday North Carolina'* General Assembly convene*.?tmnon ow?what"many frif lieve will he a 'long session. Already the law makers are entering Raleigh getting ready for caucuses and the se lection of a speaker of the House. Representative II. <i. Muiiuir and Senator Robert L. Cobtirn, represent ing this county and district, left here today for Raleigh. Among the many questions schedul ed for answer* by the 1935 assembly men are: Higher salaries for school teachers ?rmi?state cmplovrrv?a strict stale wide automobile driver's license law with the possibility of an enlarged highway patrol; some form of old age and unemployment insurance; in creased funds for highway mainten ance and construction, whether or not to divert highway funds into the state's general fund; the taking over of the counties' road indebtedness; a higher alcoholic content for beer and perhaps the ordering of a referendum or some other action regarding "hard" liquor; continuance of the sales tax during th ne*t biennium and simpli fication in the event it is re-enacted; ratification of the child labor amend ment to the constitution; supplement ing of federal relief; and problems of higher appropriation for educational institutions. Governor Ehringhaus is expected to deliver his biennial message Thursday 6r Friday of this week.
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