VOLUME XXXVIII?NUMBER 46 . Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 7, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1899
TENANTS RIGHTS
ARE PLAINLY SET
OUT IN CONTRACT
Some Farmers Said To Be
* Violating Terms of
? Agreement
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The old problem of tenant farming
becomes more puzzling and compli
cated as the seasons pass, and while
the tenant has fared better at times
than the land owner for no fault of
the landowner, he continues to hold
about the same status as an unwanted
hound dog. Reports from this and
other counties indicate that landown
ers, in some instances, are attempt
ing to work new wrinkles this year.
Realizing that they must maintain the
same number of tenants, some farm
ers are scaling down the acreage al
lotment for their tenants and adding
to their own acreage. Contract rul
ings definitely specify that the tenant
is to receive his proportional acreage
allotment, that in cases nf reduction
or incrtase he is to share only his
equal part.
Some other farmers are cancelling
their' tenant agreements and those
who have farmed on halves or a simi
lar agreement are now working by
the day at fixed wages. 4n this way
the land owner does not reduce the
number of workers, but at the same
time he violates his contract, the
farm agent said. Each sharecropper in
the past must be granted a sufficient
amount of tobacco acreage so that
he continues to be a "tobacco tenant"
in fact.
Following are a few rulings that
landowners will find advisable to
observe, for violation will mean the
forfeiting of contracts.
"Under the tobacco contract and
administrative rulings, *tl^e landlord
and the cash tenant may make such
agreement as they wish with respect
to division of the rental payment. The
rental payment may be delivered to
the landlord as payment of part,, of
the rent. (See Administrative Ruling
No, 19 in Fqrm T-77).
"An owner whose farm was operat
ed with share-tenants in~ 1934, will
hot violate the terms of his contract
by renting the farm for cash rent for
1935, provided the person to whom
the farm is rented docs nut teduic the
number of share-tenants on the farm
below the number in 1933 because of
provisions of the tobacco contract.
"An owner who produces tobacco
with hired labor instead of share
tenants or share-croppers will violate
the terms of his co'iltract if he reduces
the number of tobaeco share-tenants
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Program Here Last
Tuesday Afternoon
Drew Large Crowd
Nearly 2,000 People Attend
, Opening of Baseball
Season Here
The opening of the baseball season
in the Coastal Plain league here last
Tuesday afternoon was described a9
v*ry, very successful by club offi
cials. Between 1,800 and 2,000 people
were here for the game, the largest
number to ever attend a sporting event
in this section. Gate receipts amount
to about $340, more than 300 people
gaining admittance from tickets sold
last year when a Ford was given
away.
A parade formed promptly at 3
o'clock with the High School band
leading. Others in the parade were
club officials, Mayors .J. L. Hassell,
of Williamston, and C. M. Hurst, of
Robersonville, and the two teams in
their private conveyances. Making a
few brief remarks welcoming the vis
itors, Mayor Hassell explained that
the Martins had conquered the prov
inces. across the Roanoke and had
turned to conquer new territory.
Pitching the first ball. Mayor Hassell
showed too much vigor and the ball
went sailing over Mayor Hnrst's head,
but he caught it on the rebound. The
game was started immediately there
after.
Yesterday approximately 1,100 lais
saw the game, the gate proceeds
amounting to around $245.
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Sanitary Grocery Holding
Its First Anniversary Sale
Completing its first year in the gro
cery business. Meiers. Dallas Frank
and "Frosty" Martin are observing
their first business anniversary at the
Sanitary Grocery with a big sale be
ginning tomorrow and continuing one
week.
Unusual bargains are being offered
by the grocery, and special invitations
are extended the public to visit the
store. Numerous items are listed in
page advertisement carried in this pa
-im. r?
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Local Band Gets Invitation To Take Part
In Festival at Rocky Mount on June 20th
Williamson's High School band
was signally honored this week when
it received an invitation to present a
30-mitiute prttgram at the Gallopade
Association festival in Rocky Mount
the 20th of this month. Rocky Mount's
air port will be dedicated that day and
thousands are expected to take part in
the event of the day, including a big
parade and concert. /
In extending the invitation, C. L.
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HAIL STORM
Considerable damage was done
to crops in general and tobacco
particularly in this county last
Wednesday afternoon by hail. The
damage, however, was limited to
small centers, it is understood.
Tobacco crops just to the edge
of Williamston on the south were
damaged considerably. Parmer
Herbert Cowen reports his tobac
co was damaged to the extent of
about 50 per cent, and the crop
on the Wilson place on the James
ville road was damaged even
worse, it was reported. Some dam
age was done to crops in Bear
Grass and other parts of Williams
ton township, but the tobacco was
not far enough advanced for the
small stones to ruin it.
2 MEN ARRESTED
FOR ROBBERY IN
R0BERS0NVILLE
Officers Roebuck and Gray
Recover Part of Goods
Stolen Last Week
Robberies handled on a large scale
in'Robersonville last week when ( ar
son's five-cent store and D. A. James'
mercantile establishment were enter
ed and several liundrd dollars worth
of goods were carried away were re
ported partially solved by Sheriff C.
B. Roebuck and Chief of Police Wm.
Gray today, the officers stating that at
least one more and. probably tw<> ar
rests could be expected in connection
with the case within the next few
hours.
-Clinton' Aycrs, 20 years old, and J.
F. Jackson, 18 years of age, were ar
rested this week and they are said to
have admitted entering -the . James
itore. Only a part of the goods have
been recovered however.
Searching, for the remainder of the
goods stolen from the Carson and
lames stores, the officer# yesterday
found goods in a woods back of
Raleigh Terry's home, near Roberson
ville, that are believed to have been
itoltn from some other merchant. The
officers learned that the goods be
longed neither to Carson or James.
The goods found in an old worn-out
heater back of the Terry home in
:luded a clock, two pairs of shoes,
two caps, a pair of trousers and two
boxes of gun shells.
One Case Infantile
Paralysis Reported
In County In Mav
Few Cases of Measles and
Whooping Cough Are
Reported
The county health report for May
ihows that whooping cough and mea
lies continue to hang on here and
there, but in a small way only. Dur
ng the period there were three cases
>f whooping cough, one each in Rob
ersonville, Williamston and James
yille. The four measles cases were
tmong the colored population in Wil
iamston.
Probably the most startling fea
ture to the report was a lone case of
nfantile paralysis in the Hassell sec
tion of this county. One or two rum*
)T? indicating that there was another
:ase of the paralysis were declared un
founded by pacticing doctors this
week.
Ford Sales Largest In This
State for FirlCFtve Months
Having taken the lead in February;
Fords remained at the head of the
procession of 1935-model automobiles
purchased in North Carolina during
May, according to the new car regis
trations at the State Motor Vehicle
!>ureau.
The total number of new passenger
cars registered in May was 4,447, as
compared to 6,482 in April and 3,835
in May of 1934. For the year today,!
22,989 new private cars have been reg
istered, as compared with 15,389 for
kfee firat live moiitha of 1924.
McCullers, chairman of the program
committee, said: "We wish to arrange
for the \\ illiainston Band to render
a thirty-minute program of varied mu
sic as we consider yours one of the
State's finest young bands."
Wilks E. Bobbitt, the able director
who has taken a great personal in
terest in the advancement of the local
boys and one girl, Miss Cooke, in the
band, says they plan to take part in
the Rocky Mount program.
LOCALS WIN FIRST
START BY RALLY
IN FINAL INNING
, Game Considered One of
Best Seen Here In
Many Seasons
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Before one of Hie largest Crowds to
ever attend a sports event in this
section, ithf- Martins defeated T*
horo's baseball team here last Tues
day afternoon in one of the most
thrilling and spectacular diamond
contents seen here in seasons. Man
ager Bill Spivey's boys, playing to
gether for the first time, staged hair
rising rallies Jn the fifth, sixth and
ninth innjngs to tie the score and fin
ally win 6 to 5 after a grand style that
was well worth every cent the specta
tors paid to enter the gates.
Slim Gardner started on the mound
for the locals and went well until the
fourth when the visitors got next to
him for four hits. He returned the
side after three runs were marked
against the Martins. Gardner, after
starting the fifth inning yielded to
Tommy Morris, University of Rich
mond star, who took charge ami mas
terly handled the situation from then
on.
| In the-frrst inning, Goodnioif made
the first out, and Corbjtt made a swift
pickup and throw to first for the sec
ond out, and (ioodiuon retired the side
when he caught a finer near second
I he locals got two men on base in
their half of the first, hut (iaytord was
ou* a* lirst. and Corhitt was out on a
tnrow from third to first. Houaa re
tired the side when he hit a high fly
to deep left field.
Corbitt made the first out in the
second with a fast throw from short to
first. Gardner struck out the second
man up, and Gaylortl made the spec
tacular play of the game when he ef
fected a shoe-string catch over in left
fiel(J. Hallhoro, visiting pitcher,
struck out Leary and laylor and
Goodmon was out on a fly.
In the third, Leary handled a hard
chance for the first out, and Goodmon
made a remarkable catch when he took
a fast fly hall near second. Slim field
ed the next one for a third out. Slim
was out on a grounder to short. Gay
lord was safe at first when the visit
ing second baseman made the first
error of tlie game, hut Hank was for
ced out at second when Corhitt made
first. Gillespie struck out to retire
the side.
I he first inan Up for Tarboro in the
fourth made a hit tu left field for the
first safety in the game. The next
man up was safe on a bunt. A second
hunt was made, the two men advanc
ing to third and second, but the first
out was made at first. A two-bag
ger followed and the two men scored.
Gaylord fumbled the next hall and a
third man scored. The game took on
a dark appearance for the local at that
point, hut no more scoring was made
that frame. Going to bat for the lo
cals in their half Brake was out on a
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Observe Communion at
Baptist Church Sunday
Communion will be observed at th<
Baptist church Sunday morning. Ot
these occasional days when the Lord'
Supper is observed, the church mem
bership should be present in largi
numbers. The pastor will preach Sun
day evening at the 8 o'clock hour.
Farmers Must Apply for
Tax Warrants by June 2C
Allotments for marketing cotton tax
free this fall are being made fairly
r,pid'r infills county, Assisitant in
tTntoa T.~Br Sla?< said today. Those
farmers who have not applied for their
tax free allotments should do so im
mediately, Mr. Slade explaining that
no applications for the tax free war
rants could be accepted after the 20th
of this month.
Digging of Irish Potatoes
Began in Beaufort 27th
frigging of the early irish potato
crop of Beaufort County began on
May 27. The crop is advanced two
weeks but hat suffered from lick of
MARTINS HAVE
W0N2 0UT0F
FIRST 3 STARTS
Activities Clearly Indicate
Martins Is Ranking
Team in League
With the first week of play drawing
to a close, the Williamston Martins
are holding their own among the ranks
in the Coastal Plain League. The Mar
tins dropped one of those hard-luck
games yesterday when the boys bub
bled over with errors, and the Green
ville nine directed an attack totaling
12 hits, several of which were for
extra bases, to win 9 to 3. The first
loss came after Tarboro had been de
feated here in the opening game 6 to
5, and a second drubbing in Tarboro
Wednesday by an 11 to 2 score. The
Tarboro team fell before the heavy
batting attacks of the locals, and the
Kdgecinbe players were helpless be
fore John (iaddy who pitched 4-hit
ball, the best record so far mentioned
in the league this season. Tarboro
used three pitchers, the Martins" find
ing them all easy.
House led with the -tick for the
day, making three hits, one of which
counted for four bases. Taylor and
Gaylord were tiext with two each, one
of Taylor's g?>in,g for four bases.
Yesterday the Martins did not do
as bad as the 9 to 3 count would indi
cate. They got eight hits, one a home
run by Goodmon, four two-baggers,
Leary making two of them. The vis- j
itors made 12 hits for a total of 19 I
bases, Williamston's 8 hits counting
for 16 bases. Sullivan, Greenville's |
right fielder, robbed the show in the
' field and held down the number of
what ordinarily could be recognized
as hits. Cherry started on the mound
for the locals but turned the heavy
duty over to Gardner in the 7th after
five runs had. been scored. Slim rc
iured the side and struck out three
men in tlu- eighth hut in tin- ninth
he allowed -three hits w.ln;h coupled
with with three errors grossed the vis
itors, four additional runs.
The Martins are at Snow llill t<?
day, and will play a return game here
tomorrow. Next Monday the Martins
meet Ayden^here for the first time.
Box score of yesterday's game:
GREBNVILB AB R H PO A~E~
Sullivan, rf 0 I 3 4 0 0'
Ambler, 2b 5 115 1 0
Johnson, lb ~ 4 0 \ 2 0 0
Wagner, c 2 2 1 5*"~0~ 0
Farmer, c 1 0 0 2 0
Parker. If 5 11 2 0 0
Huiskatnp, cf 4 112 0 0
Farley, 3b 5 112 10
Cheek, ss 5 0 2 2 1 1
Wade, p 5 2 1 L I t
Totals 38 9 12 27 4 1
WILLIAMSTON AB R H PO A E
Gaylord, If 4 0 0 0 0 0
Corbitt, ss-?, i'- 4?0?4? 2 -1 3
Gillespie, c 2 0 0 2 0 0
Morris cf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brake, rf
House, cf-c
Leary, 3b
Goodmon, 2b
Taylor, lb
Cherry, p
Gardner, p 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 27 H 7
Score by innings: R.
Greenville 011 001 204?9
Williamston 000 000 30(4?3
Summary: Runs batted in: Cheek 2,
Parker, Huiskamp, Ambler, Wade,
Farley 2; Sullivan. Williamston:
Leary, Goodmon, 2. Two-base hits
Wagner, Farley, Corbitt, Brake 2,
Leary 2. Three-base hit: Sullivan
Home runs: Wade, Goodmon. Sacri
fice hit: Johnson. Stolen bases: Sulli
van 2. Hits: off Cherry, 7 in 6 in
riings (0 out in 7th); off Gardner, 5 in
3 innings. Struck out: by Wade 7, by
Cherry 2, by Gardner 4 Bases on
balls: off Wade 1, off Cherry 1, off
Gardner 1. Hit by pitcher: Farmer
(by Gardner). Losing {Sitchcr, Cher
ry.
Rev. A. C. Lee To Preach
at Methodist Church Here
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Church school 9:45 a.m.
Morning service, II a.m.
Rev. A. C. Lee, Fairfield, N.
will preach at 8 p.m.
Mr. Lee is especially interested in
the work of "'the young people and
will have a message for them. Come.
Control Cabbage Worms
By Dusting with Roteone
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Cabhage and collard worms can be
easily controlled by dusting with
roteone. The material may also be
used as a spray but dusting gives bet
ter results. Apply from 15 to 20 pounds
qfthc chemical lo m im, depending
upon the size of the plant and the
rate of infestation. Rotenone is non
poisonous and may be used at any
time during the growing season. Sec
ond and third applications are some
times necessary for complete control
of the worms.
Regular Services at the
Christian Church Sunday
Services Sunday:
Preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
' Sunday school at 9:45. Let's make
it x full attendance and on time.
School Building Projects Considered
For Number of County Communities
Making a study of the building pro-,
ject proposed to the Martin County!
Board of Education by patrons of sev
cral county schools. Architect K. G.
Flannagan said that the several prt%j
jects were as badly needed as any he
had investigated in this section of the
State, and he had studied quite a
number of proposed programs similar
to the one asked in this county.
With the possibility that the public
works program now being advanced
SPECIAL TERM OF
SUPERIOR COURT
STARTS MONDAY
Regular One Week Term
Convenes Monday of
Week Following
Jtrdgc Clayton Moore convenes
special term of the Martin County
Superior court here next Monday for
the trial of civil cases only. Judge R
Hunt Parker, of Roanoke Rapids will
convene the regular one-week term
of the superior court beginning Mon
day week for the trial of both crim
inal .and civil cases.
Interest in the civil docket next
week centers around the case of Frank
Pittman against Jack Downing. The
plaintiff is*asking $25,(KM) damages as a
result of injuries received in an auto
mobile wreck near Edenton a year
ago. Mr. Pittman was critically in
jured, hut he has partially recovered.
The case is scheduled for next Wed
nesday.
There are a goodly number of cases
on the calendar for trial next week
before Judge Moore but none of them
is of any great importance outside the
Pittman-Dovwiny case.
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CODE IS ADOPTED
FOR 1935 SEASON
BY WAREHOUSES
Clan Is Virtually the Same
As One Presented by
Recovery Act
A voluntary code was adopted by
the Faster Carolina Warehouse Asso
ciation at the body's regular annual
meeting held hi Wilson Wednesday.
The warehousemen also went on rec
ord as favoring the policies of Presi
dent Franklin IT Roosevelt, in con
nection with the tobacco and farming
in general.
The code adopted was almost word
for word the same as that presented by
the N1RA last year. Its difference
was the fact that all warehousemen
were bound by the NRA code while
the new presented is, only mandatory
to those wbo^sign it, and requires 90
per cent of the members of the asso
ciation before it can become legal
Twenty-six out of the 52 warehouses
of this section who are members of
the association signed the aode and
it is expected that the remaining 26
will follow in the next week. Most of
the non-signers were absent from
the meeting.
Auto Licenses Have
Increased In State
There have hcen 39,837 more auto
mobiles on the roads of North (Caro
lina during the past five months than
there were during the first five months
r?f 1934.
Auto license sales at the State Mo
tor Vehicle Bureau through Wednes
day totaled 426,157, as compared with
186,320 pairs of plates sold from Jan
nary 1 to June 5, 1934.
Regular Services Will Be
Held By Presbyterians
The regular services will be held
it all points this Sunday at the usual
liours. The monthly preaching service
will be held at Robei son's Chapel
in the afternoon. The Bible School at
Roberson's Chapel will continue
through June 14th and the School at
Bear Grass will begin on Monday
m i/tli. J he fcervn*f? wi" he f?n
jcted by the pastor and Mr. Whit
Prowler Enters Home In
New Town Wednesday
Prowlers entered the home of Mra,
Erah Cobb in New Town last Wednes
day evening while the family was
iway ind stole a small amount of
money and some food, from the din
ing room. It is believed the prowler
was the same person who entered the
Coburn and Corey homes in the same
neighborhood several nights before
by the government will smile with
favor on the proposed school projects,
county authorities are making every
effort to have the accessary building
done in the near future and share TrT
the federal funds to the extent of 45
per sent of the costs.
Building projects are being consid
ered for the Bear (Irass, Farm Lite,
Janiesville and Oak City white schools
and the colored school at Roberson
ville.
SHIP POTATOESI
Shipment* of iri?h potetoe* from
the Aurora mention of Beaufort
County are now underway on a
large scale, report* from that sec
tion indicating that the crop yield
is below the average. Prices were
reported slightly stronger th*n
they were a few days ago, the
farmers receiving now around t?
a barrel as compsred with 1170
a barrel a few days ago.
Farmers in this section are
planning to start digging their
irish potatoes neat week. The
crop inx this vicinity is only half
the siie it was last year, and a
comparatively poor yield is ex
pected, reports from several grow
ers indicate.
7 CASES TRIED
BY RECORDER
LAST TUESDAY
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Court Will Be Closed Next
Week Account Superior
Court Session
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Seven cases were called in t lie coun
ty recorder's court: Ja -l I lu sdajq
fjiiftge Peel announcing lli.it his trilnin
al would suspend operations next week
and the week following while it lie j
special and regulai terms >f t.u- su
perior court were in~p?Vigrf>;;; r,1,r
standing cases were schetded last
Tuesday, hut several substantial fines
were collected.
Judgment was suspended upon |?.?\ ^
men) of coat in the caae charging Ov-.
car Manning and F.lmrr White hurst in j
the case in which they were found
guilty of simple assault.
The case charging Norman Jones
with violating the liquor laws was
nol prosaed
Judgment was suspended upon tin
condition that the defendant pay the
berry with violating the liquor laws
Holherrv appealed atuLlhc court re
quired bond in the sum of $50.
Jesse Williams was fined $50 and
taxed with the cost in the case charg
ing hint with operating an automo
bile wTiile intoxicated.
Carl Walker was sentenced to the
roads for a period of four months ??
a larceny and receiving charge, lie ap
pealed ami bond in the sum of $50 was
required.
In the case charging Henry Price
and Haleigh Daniel with receiving sto
kn ymsh, Price was rrnuircd- to pay
a $25 fine ami one half the cost or go
to the roads for three months. Dan
lei was required to pay $25 fine ami
one half the cost or go to the roads
for six months.
Noah Standi! was found guilty of
reckless driving and was sentenced to
the roads for 90 days. He appealed
?nd bond was required in the sum of
MOO.
Little Rainfall Here
During Past Month
The rainfall in this section last
nonth was the smallest for any May
n several years; in fact, it was less
han half the amount ordinarily ta 11 -
11k in the particularly period during
he past five years. Only a fraction
over two ami one-half inches fell
icre during last mouth, the lowest
to far this year with the exception of
lie 2.35 inches falling last February.
\s compared with the first five inon
lis of last year, the rainfall so far
his year is about one inch less.
About three-quarters of inch fell last
Wednesday afternoon, making a total
>f .81 of an inch so far in June.
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Regular Services at the
Church of the Advent
Rev. E. F. Moseley, Rector.
Whitsunday.
Church School 9:45 a.m.
Morning prayer and sermon II a.in.
Evening prayer and sermon 8 p.m.
The members of this congregation
ire reminded that this is the Sunday
to bring in the pence cans. But of
nost importance is the fact that this
is one of the great Sundays of the
~hurch year.
SPECI AL MEETING
OF TOWN BOARD
HELD LAST NIGHT
Officials Order Opening of
Avenue and Paving
Of Sidewalk
Meeting i" special session here last
evening, the town board of commis
sioners parsed several new ordinances
land ordered the opening of Marshall
I Avenue through the Godard proper
Ity from Ha ugh ton, Extended. to
I Watts street, ami the paving of the
Isidewalk on the west side of Bigg*
[street from Ray to Beech.
| A new ordiana-e was passed mak
ing it unlawful for one to trespass on
[property adjacent to the baseball park
[at the high -school building. A maxi
mum fine of $50 is provided or 30
days in jail The ordinance was de
singed to stop the practice of a few
people who would sec the game from
trucks and car tops without paying
;in\- ?n|nii--i-'n 'I'll 1.1 >oiimnsstoners.
sympathizing with the etui) officials in
financing the activities, readily passed
the ordinance. Already it is reported
that some truck owners are placing
their-machines* close to the fence ami
charging outsiders ;i small sum to
stand on it and see the game over the
fence. I'n'Mentions are likely, hut it
is hoped that the new ordinance will
he generally observed.
The new avenue, the hoard ruled,
is to be 40 feet wide. Engineer Henry
Rivers js to make a survey of the
street as soon as possible and grading
work will be ^started some time next
week.
The owners of the street, who are
giving the property to the town, state
that the development will be limited
to white owners, that at least eight
^koines would he built immediately
ami none will cost less than $2,(HH)
John A. Manning is to build two of
the tfpirtes with Messrs. Marshall \\ il
SOli; Jesse -Whitley and Albeit I.
"?Perry btlibling tfic others. *
A contract for paving the Biggs
street sidewalk, the distance of one
block, was let to J W I lark and
i, onipany for $255.78
Inspection of all plumbing was or
dered, the board providing a fee of
$2 to cover costs of tli< service.
County Native Dies
At Home Daughter
In North Henderson
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Funeral Services Are Held
at Gurganus Home Here
Wednesday Afternoon
Mrs. Elizabeth Nicholson, ??7, wi
dow of James- \\ Nicholson, died
Tuesday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Itessie Sessoms at North Hen
deistin. with wTiuiii she made licit
home. She suffered a stroke of paral
ysis several days ago.
Surviving are two children, AVilliani
Nicholson and Mrs. Sessoins, both of.
north Henderson. Kf-rs. Nicholson had
been a member t?i North Henderson
Baptist church f??i the pa*t 12 years.
Add Nicholson Death
Mrs. Nicholson, a native of C ross
Roads Township, was Miss Elizabeth
( ongh ton before her marriage. She
lived near here following her marriage
loi a number <d years, and about 15
years ago the family unwed to-Hen
derson. Mr. Ni holson died about
nine years ago
The body* was brought here Wed
nesday afternoon and funeral serv
ers were conducted from the home of
her neice, Mrs Robert Gurganus, on
Haugliton Street, at 2:30 o'clock, the
Rev. Mr. Edwards, of llendeison, and
Rev. ( H. Dickey, of the local Bap
tist church, conducting the last rites.
Interment was in the local cemetery
lie side the body of her husband.
Exports of Lumber
Show Big Increase
Lumber exports registered an ap
preciable improvement in the first
juarter of the current year, compared
with the corresponding period of
1034, according to figures compiled in
he Commerce Department's forest
TFodu.fs division!
Shipments abroad of lumber, sawed
timber, and logs in the period January
March 1935 totaled 47o.817,000 board
ect, as against 357,508,000 in the cor
'esponding period of 1934, an increase
pf 33 per cent.
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Catawba Farmers Receive
Repeat Orders lor Potatoes
The first car of cured sweet pota
toes shipped to eastern markets thia
ipring from Catawba County gave
rise to an immediate order for an
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