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Om Yaw VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 38 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. May 10. 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899 OXFORD ORPHAN SINGING CLASS TO BE HEARD HERE Will Give Concert at High School Auditorium Tuesday Night By CHAS. H. DICKEY The 1935 edition of the Singing Class of ,he Oxford Orphanage is bended towards William,ton where the group is scheduled to give a program in the high school auditorium on next Tuesday evening at g o'clock at which time the entire community, children ?nd all. are invited to be present and hear the youngsters in what has been termed the best program they have Put on in recent years. This concert is given in the in terest and fur the benefit of that great masonic institution which for sixty two years has been engaged in the great humanitarian enterprise of car ing for numerous children from all over North Carolina who have been bereft of their parents. This type of work lie, very close to the hearts of the people and Williamston is always glad when these tinging young folk come this way. The program this year is a brand new one and is featured with delight ful songs, recitations, drills and with colorful costume, and music. Not only it the program new, but the group of Children coming this year are on their first tour. Each year a new group for the road is recruited and a program arranged that is up to date They come this time under the direction of Mrs. Sadie T. Hifchison, and the traveling manager is Mr. L. W Alder man who has, for a number of years, piloted succeeding groups of the or phan, over the state on their happy mission. This year there will be tongs by the entire class, readings, pageants and drills?, variety that could do noth ing but please all those who will hear Ihem I his community should take im measurable prid. j? their con,Jnr heir mission is so fine and so chal lenging and so appealing. These boy, ann tr ?' r I ? l.... t .. and girls, less fortunate than ours, - ? - .nan ours, have Jto homes upon which to depend. They have been left at the mercy of ? merciful humanity. That humanity deems a a high adventure to take th.m Up and care for them until they, by their excellent training, are enabled t" care for themselves. When they come to our community on Tuesday of next week, they will bring a benediction to all who hear them, and to those fortunate homes in our midst who care for them the one night they are here. Each church in town should hear and encourage this ?work., far it is not a sectarian under taking but a humanitarian and reli tious undertaking The appeal i, as wide a. humanity, itself, and as deep as the human heart. rhere will be no admittance charge when the people of Williamston young and old, file out hear them Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. They come and offer their program and with it, an opportunity to any of us who feel so inclined to make it possi ble lor that work to go on and be ex tended until the time come when every fatherless an<( motherless child in this commonwealth shall be taken up and cared for by the rest of us just because we love to do that son of thing. Holt Evans Buys Thigpen Stables The John F. Thigpen stables, lo cated next to the Planters Warehouse here, were purchased this week by Holt Evans, of Enfield and Rober sonville. Mr. Evans, well known to Martin County farmers who have dealt with him as a tobacconist and horse and mule exchange operator in Rob ersonville, will operate the stables here beginning probably next season. Dr. Thigpen, operator of the stablei here for a number of years is under stood to be quitting the business. Noted Singhrs at Local Colored School Monday Tlit Eva Jeaayc Singers, who thrill ed ? large audience here aeverel montha ago, are returning by apecial request to aing at the Colored School here neat Monday evening at S o'clock Critica of the higheet type praiae this ?roup aa one of the beat appearing be fore American Andiencea today. Spec ial arrangementa are made for whiri people, and only a nominal admiaaior charge {a being made. Two StUla Captured in Bear Graaa Township ?*? Shcriff C. B and Deputy J. H. Roe back captured two liquor atilla in low cr Bear Graaa Townahip laat Wednca day and deatroyed aeveral hundrer gallona of beer. The planta were 01 the atcam type, and no opera tore wen taken there when the officer! arrived Senator Coburns Bi 11 To Legalize Sale Of Wines Passed By General Assembly Abandoning hope for the passage of any law legalizing the sale of hard liquor in this state, the Senate this week listened to a proposed mea>ure to leaglize the manufacture and >ale of naturally fermented wines in the State. The bill, sponsored by Sena tor $. L. Coburn and others, was pas sed and ratified by the Legislature yes terday. Senator Coburn's bill would allow an alcoholic content for wine of not more than 14 per cent, and would re quire manufacturing within the State. When the Day bill failed of pas sage to establish an alcoholic con trol board similar to that in opera tion in Yirgit^ia, V'quaAt law;" bills were introduced but they failed to gain favor in the House. A bill is now pend ing in the Senate repealing the .Turl ington Act for New Hanover County and establi?hing a control board sim ilar to the one proposed for the State. Representative Webb, of Pasquotank, introduced a similar bill affecting his county. A commision to study the liquor question was introduced, but it was opposed because a report could be made at a special session of the legis lature. Wednesday the House enacted into law a bill requiring the teaching of the effects of alcoholism and narcot ism in the public schools. An amend ment was offered requiring that text hooks u>ed be free from political pro paganda and approved by the State Board of Health and medical faculty of the University of North Carolina. Board of Education Is To Meet Monday ADD TO WAREHOUSE Actual work on making Wil liamaton a bigger and better mar keting center for tobacco got und erway thia week when Jonee Brothers, contractors, started en larging the Planters Warehouse. Slaty feet will be added to the structure increasing considerably the floor space of the already large warehouse. The sidewalls will be of brick and the addition will con form to the plans used in the con struction of the old building. Con struction work will continue for several weeks, the cost to eaceed mors than 14,000. Truck Operator Is Arrested for Theft Of Load of Cabbage Caught tn Richmond After Eluding North Carolina Patrolmen W. L. Beats, Mansfield, Pa., truck operator, was arrested early today in Richmond for the theft of 9,000 pounds of cabbage from Mr. J L. Holliday, farmer living near here. Agreeing to pay for the cabbage, Beat was later re leased tn Richmond and wtll not fact charges in the courts of this county, it waa learned from the sheriff's of fice here this morning. An agreement for the sale of the cabbage was reached yesterday, and late that afternoon arrangements weu made to weigh the vegetables on plat from scales in Windsor. Ralph Hol liday drove his own car ahead of Beals to Windsor and Beals followed with the truck. Upon reaching Winjdsor Beals turned down a side street and started riding away with the stolen goods. He rode through police nets in this State, but when he .ran into Virginia's police radio network he was halted. Virginia State patrolmen car ried the nian to Richmond where the settlement was reached. . The attempted theft was reported by radio over two States and the Dis trict- of Columbia before telephone calls could be completed, Patrolman W. S. Hunt said thta morning. Wash ington City police heard the report when it was announced over the Vir ginia system. American Legion To Present Play at Four Places in Countv At Williamaton May 16 and Robersonville May 17; Rehearsing Now The Martin County poat of the Am I erican Legion ia sponsoring a play, I "Oh, Professor," to be given at tour I point! in the county during the near future. Miaa Dorothy OrsHam, the coach, ia now in the county, making her headquarter! at Williamston, and rehearaali are now in progreaa. The firat presentation of the play will be given in the high school audi torium at Williamaton Thursday nigh* of next week, and will be followed by a presentation in the Robersonville , school buiMawg Friday night. May 17. The play will be presented in Oak City Saturday night and at Jamesville Monday night. Besides an all-star cast of local peo ple, the production features a childreni f chorus, a mixed chorus, and two groups of dancing girls with different costumes for the various numbers. BOARD MEMBERS ENTER UPON NEW TERMS OF OFFICE G. C. Griffin Is Only New Member; Succeeds J. Eason Lilley j With the passage of lt" | certain in the legislature late to<lay or tomorrow, the Martin Coun*y Board of Education will hold a meet ing litre next Monday morning when preliminary arrangements will be made for operating the county schools an other, t.erin, ? , The first business on the next Mon day calendar will he the induction into office of Mr. G. "C. Griffin who suc Mr. j- Eason Lilley, resigned, of Lour, 1- H Wynne will ad minister tl\c oath of office. 1 he ap uointment of a county superintend ent by the board will be maue. and immediately after he takes the oath of office, the hoard will formulate plans for operating the schools. Plans for building a colored school house at Robersonville to replace the one destroyed by fire there recently will be made at the Monday meeting The authorities will also consider plans for the construction of a teacheragc at Bear-foa-s Other busiiwsa wiU h. determined by the regulations set out in the school bill now before the teg islature. Unofficial reports from a number ol schools indicate there will be many voncancies in Martin County facultien next terui. a large number of teachers resigning their positions or jobs to gel married, it is understood And then there will be a few changes, as usual No appointments will hardly be ntadt before week after next, it is believed Colored Woman Is Struck by Car Here Virginia Hunter, colored woman of Ijamesville was slightly injured when she was ftm down by a car driven by L. S. Barbour, Halifax County insur ance man, on Haughton Street here yesterday. Barbour claimed at "a hear ing before Justice J. I- Hassell that a truck darted out of a side street and forced him off the road. While his story was reasonable, Patrolman Hunt could not understand why the man did not stop his car instead of run ning over posts and the woman, test ing the brakes on the Barbour car, the patrolman found that they were in adequate, that he could- not stop the car in less than hdft a block at a speed of 10 miles an hour. Barbour was placed under $50 bond for his appearance in county court next Tuesday. ? ra lor raving Part of Smithwick Street Asked Bids for the paving of Smithwick Street from Main to the railroad are being called for by the local board of unmiiimioners In s special advertise ment appearing today. Bida will be opened at a special meeting of the commissioners next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Tobacco Checks Save tifiOO Interest Fees By prompt delivery of tobaccp id justment checks, the county agent of Nash County saved growers about $2,000 in interest on money that would have had to be borrowed for financ ing the 1935Acrop. SEVERAL CASES TRIED TUESDAY INCOUNTYCOURT Several" Conditional Sen tences Imposed; Other Cases Continued ? With about the u?ual number ot cases ? half a dozen ? the Martin County Recorder's court meted out several conditional sentences last Tuesday, continuing a few other cases until Attorneys Horton and Coburn get out of the long-winded session of the State Legislature. Isaac Ampey, probably the most frequent detendent the court has to deal with, was before Judge Peel again, this time for alleg ed house breaking and larceny. He was ' adjudged guilty of the second charge and appealed when he was sentenced to the roadi tor a period of six months. Bond was required in the sum of $100. James Biggs, charged with carrying a concealed weapon and an asNault with a deadly weapon, was found guil ty on the first count, and was to pay $50 or go to the roads for three months. Notice of appeal was given, the court requiring bond in the sum of $150. Columbus Brown was found not guilty in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. Adjudged guilty of possessing liquor illegally, J. I). Wiggins was ordered to pay a $25 fine or go to the roads for a period of 60 days. (i. N. Cowen was given a four months road sentence suspended upon the payment of a $75 fine in the cast charging him with the illegal pos session of liquor. Campaign for Better Housing Likely To Be Undertaken Here Meeting To Be Held at Courthouse This After noon at 5 o'Clock ? l'lans for a better housing campaign in Martin County will be formulated at a meeting of lumber men, mill opera tors, hardware dealer* ami home furn isbcrs and others*in the courthouse here this afternoon at 5 o'clock, Mr. J. H. McMullan, field representative for the Federal Housing Administra tion, announced this morning. A chair man and committee will be named at the meeting to advance the better housing campaign in this county. The campaign wilt be conducted with the aid of the Federal Emergency Rcliet administration. Canvassers will he se lected to tarry the campaign over the county, Mr. McMullan explained. Coming here today, Mr. McMullan stated that VViiliamston had develop ed ahead of its housing facilities, that the Federal Housing Administration affords a splendid opportunity to ad vance the construction of new homes and the modernization of old ones in this town and county. Loans for the construction of new homes and for repairs of old structures are easily obtainable, Mr McMullan explaining that the State FHA author ities are empowered to act immediate ly upon applications. The work of the FHA, anxiously awaited by numerous prospective builders in this section, are invited to attend the meeting this afternoon when the plans of the administration are explained and a campaign plan ned. The meeting will last only a few minutes. Looal High School Team Gets 10-8 Win in Kinston ?- ? The Williamaton High School base ball team ends its season here this afternoon when it meets the Hertford nine. While the losses ha^e outnum bered the wins by a wide margin, the boys never gave up hope and" only re cently defeated Kinston at Kinston 10 to 8. Strawbridge and Cooke pitch ed for Coach Peters' boys and Shaw caught. # Program of Services At Christian Church ?? Mother's Day Service at 11 a.m. Wear a white or red roj?e. Bible School at 9:45. Watch that Big-Men's Class reach its.goal. The Pastor will preach onr* Satan's Last Battle ~Wtrtr lt?i Saints" at 8 o'clock. It is a Kevelation Drama climaxed with the New Heaven and the New Earth. Lets Till the. church at all services Sfnday. Public! cordially invited. ? " Bill Tm Prohibit Trapping In County Killed by House . ?' t A bill intra4nced by Represerftative H. G. Hor?o?i In the legislature lo make unlawful the setting of steal traps in Uartin County was killed by the house this weak. Seventeen Building Projects Are Now In Progress Locally Second Municipal Election To Be Held In Janiesville Some Time Next Month i tailing to settle their political prob lems at their municipal election last Tuesday. Jamesville citizens will go i to the polls in a second election some 1 time next month, according to in formation received here. Pointing out some irregularity in the procedure of the last Tuesday election, the voters are said to have agreed to try another vote with the sjime line-up on the !ticket ami with the ^ame opposition from the independents. C. B. Martin w^s elected mayor without opposition and Jas. F. Smith-] wick, jr., led the independent forces] for commissioner. Luther Hardison! and Jim Jones were low and a three] way tie resulted between Clarence Sex ] ton, John Long and A. Askew, each ' receiving 2b of the t>3 votes cast. ] The ^registration books w ill be open ed again in an effort to determine the will of the people at the next elec tion. Reports had it that the total vote exceeded the total registration by two last Tuesday. TWO NOMINEES ARE REJECTED IN GOLD POINT "Shake-Up" in Political Set Up There Recorded in Tuesday's Voting ? A "shake-up" in politics was report ed at Hold Point Tuesday when an in dependent ticket was introduced in the town election and two of the conven tion nominees were rejected. The elei tion, reported as one of the liveliest i held in the town in years, centered around the enforcement of Sunday | hlue laws, information received here I indicating that filling stations and other places of business will remain | closed on Sundays. At the convention Messrs. J. 1 Crooui was renominated mayor and T. 1.. (Johnson was renominated for commissioner. Messrs Clifton Powell and Jasper. Kverett were nominated to succeed Messrs. John Williams and Allen Vanderford, the.Convention, ac , ording to'repots, recognizing the pro posed'change a? sufficient to rescind flic hlue laws. However, the indepen dent candidates were successful over Powell and Kverett, and the old board - tonlinues?m?power, Mayor 1 room having received 4U votes, \ anderford, 24; Williams, 24 and Johnson, .10. The two defeated nominees received very little support, the reports stated. Messrs. John Williams, was regis trar, and Jim Brown and Allen Van deford were poll holders, rumors heard here maintaining that Brown and \ an derford left the polls and transplanted tobacco during a part uf llir day, Icav ing the entire election job with Mr. Williams who was running; on the in dependent ticket with Mr. Vander ford. The election was not market by any disturbance, hut was lively with in terest, it was said. Closing Exercises At Colored School Commencement exercises are now in progress at the local colored school. Prof. K. J. Hayes, principal, today an nounced the following schedule of closing events: Senventh grade exercises, tonight, Kriday, May 10. Annual Sermon, Sunday, May 12, 3 p.m., by Kev. H A. Trotter, minister, Kedish A. M K._Z^jIh!8tch-F.<!cilt<"?. The home economics exhibition will take place Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m followed by a one-act comedy and dialect reading contest by high school pupils that night at 8 o'clock. -The?graduation-exerciser-witt ^br held Wednesday night, May 15, with the literary address by Dean J. Til ley, of Shaw University, Raleigh. ? Program of Services At Church of Advent Church of the Advent. Kev. E. E. Moseley, Hector. Third Sunday after Easter. Church ,School, 1:45 a.m. Morning Prayer and sermon, 11a.in Evening Prayer and sermon, 8 p.m. Choir practice will he at the church Saturday night at 8 o'clock instead of on Friday. Expect Large Crowds at Jamesville School Finals Commencement exercises, marking the close of a very successful term for the Jamesville Schools, are expected to attract unusually large crowds next week. Hon. Paul Grady, of Kenly, will deliver the commencement ad dress Wednesday evening when the final exercises are held. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock the elementary grades will present "Alice in Wonderland," a musical play three acta. Iv_ TOWN ELECTION Williamston's municipal govern ment was given a unanimous vote of approval in an election held fast Tuesday. Forty one votes were cast, a large number considering there was no opposition and no de sire to advocate a single opposi tion candidate. Mayor J. L. Hassell and Com missioners Luther Peel, V. D. Godwin, G. H. Harrison, N. C. Green and L. P. Lindsley, reelect ed last Tuesday, will take the oaths of office for their new two year term the first Monday in next month. Messrs. Theodore Hassell, J. E. Pope, antf Roy T. Griffin served as poll holders last Tuesday. Legion & Auxiliary To Honor "Mother" At Meeting Sunday Dr. C. C. Carpenter Will Be Principal Speaker at Special Service The American Legion and its Auxil iary will have a joint meeting next Sunday in the Watts Theatre at Wd liamston at 3 p.m. in honor of "Moth To this meeting the public is invit ed and asked to attend. Dr. ( ( t ar penter of Wake Forest Medical col lege, will be present and speak on the subject, "Making Life Safe for Moth cm" which will be illustrated on ti e screen. ? The Legion and Auxiliary are Uk ing this opportunity to honor "M ?th -exhood" m a-real -way for mulu? crs die while becoming mothers or by neglecting themselves after becom ing mothers. Martin county citizens should ap preciate these organizations bringing such a man as Dr. C arpenter to give this illustrated lecture, and he should he given a packed house to hear him. There will be other features to add interest to the treat in store for those who attend. ? Measles Continue To Be Reported During April Measles continue to dominate the monthly health reports for this county, the health office reporting ten case> of measles and only one other case of contagious disease during the month of April. Four id the mcaslc < cases were reported in Kobcrsonville, three in Everetts and three in Wil liamston. One case of scarlet fever was reported and that was in Everetts. Photographer Opens Branch Office Here l>unbar and Daniel, Inc., photogra pliers with studios in Kaleigh and branches in Elizabeth City, Edenton and Hertford, will open a branch here at the home of Mrs. A. K. Dunning this week. Portrait sittings will be handled by Thomas N. Daniel, a member of the firm. To Hold Revival Series At Holiness Church Here ? Mr. J. <i. Crocker, will arrive lien Sunday to begin a revival meeting lor the local HuliiiessPcntacnstal rhurth on Haughton street. Mr. Crocker in from Pine Level, Johnson County, and is recognised aw a good singer and an able preacher. The meeting will last for two weeks, and the public is invited to attend. Announce Services at Piney Grove Church Services will be held at Piney Grove church Saturday morning at U o'clock and on Sunday morning at the same hour. RELIEF ROLLS AT LOWEST EBB FOR MANY MONTHS 'Busiest Town in South" Visitor Says Here This Week ! With ten proje.ts Underway at the present titne ami several others pend ing. coufructioii activities in W illiams ton are believed to he of neater pro ' pprtiou than those experienced in war I titne** 17 wars ago More than are employed. reducing numbers on I.the relief rolls to the lowest minimum ! in many months. In tact, a labor short age was feared as the construction ac tivities progressed toward a peak this ;weyk. . ' " ? ' ' ' ' .?^4= The construction ot seventeen new I homes uuw- undei \fa> here was rec ognized by town officials today as greatly inadequate in meeting the de I mauds for living quarters. More thair (forty applications have been filed to rent si\ homes now under construc tion, officials tating that at (east forty more homes axe needed to relieve the housing situation here at the present time. Learning that many workers here were finding it necessary to find living quarters in nearby towns and even in rural homes .lose in. Mayor John L. Ilassell and other town officials are urging owners to develop property by hilding homes and making apart ments available to* people desiring to" locate here permanently. The* town is considering doing ev erything possible to push the building program hy aiding in the development of property, and all reasonable de mand's wiLI br im't.A^ur; p<N sihle to do so, Commissioner C?. 11. Harrison aid today Cost estimates on opening a new street through the (indai d?property?axe?now?being?pic pared, and it is reasonable to believe that work on the proposed project will be started within a comparatively gfent linw Owners of the property state they will luiild several new homes, and that applications for lots have been re ceived- from a mmihcv of persons. Nearly 20 applications have been filed |ocall> for loans from the Fed eral Housing Administration giving 'rise t?> the possibility that additional building will he started in the near fu ture, it was learned today. Requests lor business property are ces. ami it is uiiTlerstood that ,the con struction < of business houses is being considered. The main building |Togiam is cen tering around the construction of a modern saw mill near the n\cr here hy Messrs Saunders and l ox. Mr. Hen Hausher, of Florida, who is building the mill said that operations could probably he started some time in early August. Work on a spur track to the Alill W'i(! started this wcekaTout 50 days being required to omplete the projett * Two shifts of about 4(1 men each are employed in widening Washington St. Contractor Mhert Lurking started construction on six duplex houses for Mr. I). <i Matthews, near the river, this week Several nioiC houses will was learned R. A ( ritclier and Itro. is working on the third of a group of six duplex houses on Railroad and F.lm streets. Construction is Hearing completion t the lw?me of Mr. and Mrs. 14. K. Davis and that of Mrs. W H. liuble, {and work is progressing rapidly on two new homes in New Town and an addition to the 1'lanters Warehouse. County employees will he in the new courthouse addition within the next day or two. "There's more going on here than in any other town hi the South," a visitor was heard to remark yester day. Well Known Boat Captain Is Dead Hen Newberry, foi nearly 40 yean a tug boat captain on the Roanoke Riv er and inland WAterwaya, died in-the Marine hospital, Norfolk, last Thurs day afternoon from pneumonia. The captain, well known almiK the river front here, was taken from his boat ill just a day or two before he died. Funeral services were held in Norfolk and burial followed in a cemetery tberF. Captain Newberry was formerly of Plymouth and started working on boats plying the Roanoke when a mere lad.
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