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VOLUME XXIX?VOLUME 46 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 9, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1899
MARTINS BREAK
EVEN IN FIRST 6
LEAGUE GAMES
Brother of Wes and Rick
Ferrell To Succeed
Patton at First
Rounding out their first week of
the 1936 season in the Coastal Plain
League yesterday with Snow Hill
at Snow Hill, the Martins registered
a 50 50 standing. During that time
the Martins have met some of the
strongest opposition in the league,
and had to struggle for everything
they earned.
The high spot in the season's play
so far was the pitching duel of Dick
Cherry, for the locals, and Jacobs,
for Hew Bern, on the diamond here
Sunday afternoon, when William -
ston won, 3 to 1 Cherry held the
visitors to 4 hits, and Jacobs yield
ed only 3, but those 3 came in one
frame to account for the Martin's
two round trips.
The day before, the old jinx still
held forth against the Martins, and
they dropped another to New Bern
at New Bern, the record of %11 de
feats for Williamston still standing
there. Kennel was probably the lat
est of the jinxes riding the Mar
tins on the Bruin's grounds. The
contest went 11 innings, with New
Bern on the long end of a 5-4 count.
The Martins also dropped two
contests to Snow .Hill, the first one
here Friday, 7 to 1; and the second
ih Snow Hill yesterday, 6 to 2. The
Monday game was a rained-out con
test scheduled originally for last
Thursday.
The game here Sunday attracted
a record gate, the treasurer report
ing $251 general admission and a
Manager Walker stated this morn
ing that Marvin Ferrell, young
brother to Rick and Wes Ferrell,
^of the major leagues, would sup
plant Patton at first base. The mem
ber of the famous baseball family
is to report today, hut hardly in
time for the game this afternoon.
The Guilford College resident is a
heavy hitter, they say. Henry House
is to report tomorrow and will like
ly be in the line-up Thursday.
Manager Walker, despite the two
losses to his old home team, Snow
Hill, during the past few days, is
not worrying over the future, stat
ing this morning "we are going to
have a good club."
Republicans Hold
National Meeting
The Republicans are opening their
national convention in CleveUnd
today, where tfyey will select their
party standard bearers in tha No
vember election. . Governor Lan
don, of Kansas, enters the conven
tion apparently with sufficient
strength to get the nomination. Re
ports indicate that Tie Ts so" power
ful that the North Carolina delega
tion will probably pass the oppor
tunity to mention Judge Isaac M.
Meekins' name for whatever honor
can be bad in such procedure.
As far as it could be learned no
representatives are attending the
convention from this county, Attor
ney Wheeler Martin missing his
party's national pow-wow for the
first time in years.
Small Charge to be Made for
Cardsof Thanks, Obtiuaries
This newspaper la called upo.i sa often to print obituaries, reso
lutions of respect, and cards of thanks that It has reached the place
where It taxes our spaeo. Far this reason, we are compelled to make
a small charts far all such Insertions In the future.
This publication fladly fires of its spaee far prtntlnf news of
dlis the sad famish?Wssssisi nam an account of a death or fu
neral has been published in our news columns. Its naws value ceases
insofar as this newspaper and its readers are concerned. Thas a
lengthy obituary, written by a member of the bereaved family or
by a friend of the deceased after an account of the death and fa
aaral has already been published, is not considered as news matter.
And It Is das to the fregneney with which we receive such nutter
for publication that ws arc forced to either charge for the spaee or
else refnsa to print It
Far dm liar reasons wa are making a small charge far cards of
These notices, while taking comparatively little spaeo, have
no naws value whatsoever' and are of Interest to only a very small
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I at thanks, now effective, arc as
af re
did#. All obit
In exeam af four setnneu inches will be
for at regular spaee rates. Pllsaa cover Insertion la ana
only, and are payable in advance.
Anti-Typhoid Campaign Is
Being Planned for County
Arrangements tor an extensive
anti-typhoid fever campaign will
likely be completed by the middle
or latter part of this week, County
Health Officer Joseph H. Saunders
said today. The oampaign will be
carried into every ..nook and corner
of the>county and will be free to all
people, white and colored, young
and old.
It is possible thai the drive will
get underway the latter part of this
or early next month.
Martin County's last campaign
against typhoid was recognized as
one of the most successful ever con
ducted. Since then there have been
no typhoid deaths and very, very
few rases of the fever in this coun
ty. It is certain that the fever is
now almost perfectly under control,
but the practice of prevention can
not be ignored when the clinics are
scheduled, health authorities warn
Approximately one-half the county's
entire population took the vaccine
three years ago, and the new cam
paign will not be considered suc
cessful unless equally that many or
even more take advantage of the
free immunization again this year.
Small Tobacco Crops
Indicated by Reports
HOUSE NOMINEE
Polling 1,774 votes, to get a
S17 majority over his two op
potpnts, Hugh G. (lorton, was
r on outlasted in the primary last
Saturday for a seat In the Gen
oral Assembly from this county.
School Committee
In Meeting Here
Meeting yesterday, Williamston's
school committee reelected the local
faculty and made arrangements to
replace at least two and posibly
three teachers who have already or
who are considering resigning, ac
cording to unofficial -information
coming from the board today. Only
one position, made vacant by the
resignation of Mrs. Frances Parker,
was filled at the meeting^ yesterday,
but applicants for other positions
are being considered and election is
expected shortly. Miss Emma Lee
Wilkinson,, of Pine Hall, N. C., a
teacher in the Bethel school for the
past three terms, has been named
to teach the sixth grade here "next
term. *
Skewarkee Masons Hold
Meet Tonight at 8 O'clock
There will be a regular meeting
of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A. F.
It A. M, at the lodge hall tonight
at 8 o'clock. There will also be
work in the second degree.
Recent Rains Hd|>,
But Outlook Is for
De crease of Third
Some Farmers Reporting
Damage To Crop By
Grasshoppers
? Recent rains have added color to
the farm situation in this section,
but the old grapevine reports still
indicate the tobacco crop will not be
over 70 per cent of normal, with the
possibility that it will be consider
ably less than that. Transplanting
operations are still underway, but
this week will probably see an end
to mat activity, and li ts nut ex
pected that many farmers will con
sider resetting to any great extent
after the early part of next week.
Some few crops are now large
enough for cultivation, but as a
whole the crop is progressing very
slowly in this county. The grass
hoppers presented another problem
for growers when they hopped on
the crop in various sections of the
county in large numbers. Some
farmers, finding the lower leaves of
their tobacco eaten to the stalk by
the grasshoppers, are using molasses
bran and paris green to check the
insects. However, the pests are not
generally reported, and their pres
ence is not considered alarming.
The late season has already start
ed farmers talking about August or
horn worms, many believing that
the worms will get a large portion
of the crop now being transplanted.
Other crops are improving as a
result of the recent rains in this
section. {
?According to reports from South
Carolina, the tobacco crop there is
not as good as it is in this section.
Down in Georgia the crop is spot
ted, reports from the three states
-indicating a smull yield this scasuu
Heated but Orderly
Primary in County
Heated but orderly was the pri
mary election in this county last
Saturday, nearly every one of the
12 precincts reporting much inter
est but no trouble. One or two
drunks were arrested at the polls,
but officers soon removed them and
the voting continued unmolested.
Reports received here Saturday
night from Bear G^rass stated there
was a fight of a free-for-all nature
in progress there, but Sheriff Roe
| buck, after making an investiga
| tion, said there was little or noth
ing to it. The disturbance, how
ever, was separate and apart from
the voting and tabulating, it was
said. Some rather heated discus
sions figured at some of the other
preeineta, but the arguments nrver
threatened to reach a serious point,
it is understood.
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Record Number Graduate
In High Schools of County
The six white and two colored
high schools in this county gradu
ated 153 boys and girls last week
and the week before, establishing
what is believed to be a new high
record in a single crop. One hun
dred and twenty-one of the gradu
ates finished at th^following high
schools: Jmmesville 20, Farm Life 0,
Bear Grass 10, Williamston 32, Rob
ersonvtlle 20, and Oak City 22.
The Williamston colored school
had 10 graduates and Parmele 14.
COBURN SECOND;
RODMAN HIGH IN
SENATE CONTEST
Attmore in Third Position
With Returns Missing
From Two Districts
A rime vote hetween four q{ the
five candidates marked the race (or
State Senate in this the second sen
atorial district, unofficial but nearly
complete returns from the last Sat
urday primary indicate. It is cer
tain that Rodman got a majority
and that R L. Coburn is second.
Attmore is third with 5,080 votes
and Bailey fourth with 4,056 votes.
Two precincts in Hyde are still un
reported presenting the possibility
of Bailey forging ahead of Att
more. As it- stands now, nn si'cnud
primary is expected, Candidate Att
more calling Coburn Monday night
and congratulating him. However.
Mr. Attmore did not officially say
that he would not ask for a second
primary, and then there is the pos
sibility that Bailey will forge ahead
of Attomer when the complete re
turns are filed, giving him a right to
ask for a second primary.
Unofficial and incomplete returns
give Rodman 6,418 votes or a 521
majority. Coburn is second with
5,435 votes, placing him just 459
votes short of a majority. Attmore
is third with 5,080 votes; Bailey i;
third with 4,956 and Dees a poor
fifth with only 1,689 voles. ,
Complete figures will probably
be available the latter part of this
week and will be offered by coun
ties as early as possible.
Returns are complete from Mar
tin, the only one to have its-official
vote in just now, -and Beaufort,
Tyrrell, Washington, Dare, Pamlico
and Dare. Two precincts arc ntiss
iug ill Hyde. - _
Two Auto Crashes
During Week-End
Thurman Beach, yoUpg white
man, was badly cut on his forehead
but not seriously hurt last Saturday
evening when his car plunged down
an embankment just out of William
ston on the Jamesville road. He
was taken into custody by patrol
men and charged with drunken driv
ing and driving without a license.
The young man maintains he was
not driving the car, that Roy Beach
was driving.
Yesterday morning at 1 o'clock,
and almost at the same spot, Park
Hardison, young Williams Town
ship boy, crashed into a car driven
by Lee Purton, .colored, of Poplar
Point. Henry Lee Hardison and
Misses Sallie and Mae Roberson
were tn the Hardiaon car but escap
ed serious iniurv. liene Henry
Speight, accompanying Purton, was
badly cut on the forehead, ftve
stitches being required to close the
wound. Both cars were badly dam
Aged
J. B. Cherry Again
Injured by Auto
Mr. Jos. B. Cherry, badly injured
when struck by an automobile near
his hqme on the Hamilton road sev
eral weeks ago, was again a victim
of an automobile accident last Sat
urday afternoon, wherf he was
struck and knocked down by a car
driven by Ernest "Snorter" Cox He
suffered a cut on his head, but he
was not badly hurt. Mr. W. H. Ed
wards, farmer living near here, was
also run dun and he was rut under
the chin, but not badljh?
The two men were standing back
of an automobile on Washington
Street when Cox happened along
and was forced to dart in toward
the curb to avoid striking another
car, it was said.
High School Band Will
Continue Practices Here
The Williamston High School
band will continue activities during
a part of the summer, according to
Director W. S. Bobbin Several
concerts and trips for the boys are
being planned, the director stating
that a definite program will- be
determined at the regular rehearsal
Thursday evening of this week.
Much Interest Shown In
Vacation Bible School
Much interest is being reported
already in the daily vacation Bible
school opening here next Monday.
Present indications point to a large
enrollment
Second Primary Almost Certain;
Graham and McRae Eliminated;
Over 500,000 Votes Cast in State
LEADERS IN SATURDAY S PRIMARY
Clyde R. Hoey and Ralph W. McDonald, leading the ticket for the
gubernatorial nomination in the primary last Saturday, eliminated
Sandy (iraham and John A. IMcRae and are now preparing for the
second primary, to be held on Jtily 4th.
Several Arrested
For Violation of
Hum Law Lately
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Officers Catch Two Liquor
Law Violators While
Looking Chickens
County and local officers have
had another busy period enforcing
the liquor laws, recent activities in
cluding the arri'st of several persons
and the destruction of two manu
facturing plants. Last week two
plants were destroyed, one just till
the McGaskey road in Willianiston
Township, where Ira Edmondson
was arrested. The other plant was
destroyed in Bear Grass, the oper
ators leaving the plant running full
blast arid making their escape be
fore the officers could close in on
them. Both stills, 100-gallon capac
ity each, were taken by Sheriff C
B. Roebuck and Roy Peel.
Last Saturday morning, the offi
cers raided an old store in James-!
ville and found 7 pints of liquor.
Watts Rhodes was arrested and is
now facing trial in the county court.
Rhodes' stock was inventoried, the
officers finding only 8 bottles of
(Continued on back page)
CLEAR MAJORITY
FOR HORTON IN
RACE FOR HOUSE
Fleming Wins in Race For
Commissioner Over
Joshua Coltrain
Falling short by nearly 1,000 votes
of what the observers predictedv
the Martin Courtly vote m the last
Saturday primary favored the ex
pected, hut in smaller proportions
than wsa first predicted in some
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No great strength was" shown by
any one of the thirty-three candi
dates, but K L Coburn, candidate
for the State Senate, led the ticket
with 2,2115 votes or about 000 below
the total'vote 11 G. Morton was
second with 1,774 Votes. Fountain
claimed third position with 1,H7'1
votes. Mr. McKao, candidate for
governor, with just 14 votes, trail
ed the entire' ticket. Morton was
given a clear maj<jj"ity oyer Hamil
ton and Bailey and gets the -ndmi
nation for a seat in the North Car
olina General Assembly for the
second term.
The other only contest with a to
(Continued on back page)
Fountain Is Trailino;
Bailey But Claims
2nd Race Necessary
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McDonald Leads In Martin
County with Over 42
Percent of Vote
?
Political dopesters failed miser
ably in their predictions of last Sat
urday's primary voting, when Clyde
K. Huey, Shelby man. annexed a
lead, a very smalt one, however,
over Ralph W McDonald, the
Winston Salem college professor.
With all but 47 precincts heard
trom, Hoey was leading this morn
ing by 4,432 votes.?The count at
that time gave Iloey 189,784; Me
Donald 185.352; Graham 125. 13a;
and McRae. 6.487.
A second primary has not been
officially set, but all indications
point to a second battle on July 4
between Hoey and McDonald, with
Graham and McRae out of the pic
ture. And then there, are other
contests to be definitely decided,
certainly for lieutenant governor,
and possibly secretary "of state and
auditor. Fountain was claiming this
morning a chance for a second pri
mary in his race against Josiah W.
HaiIcy for the United States Sen
ate It will be some time next v^eek
before the?line-up?for the?second -
primary is definitely determined
The observers were all wet in
nicking the lCtoriers in the primary
last Saturday, but they were mighty
nigh correct in predicting a vote of
500,000 or more. With the complete
-vide yet to t>e-learned,?the count
this morning stood at 506.758, the 47
precincts still out likely to add a
round 10,000 votes to the total.
With about 300 precincts still un
reported, Hailey was leading Foun
tain today, 207,256 to 147,769 While
Fountain still clings to a hope, there
is not much to base his hope on.
The figures for 1.560 precincts gave
Bailey a clear majority of around
27,256 votes over Fountain's 147,
769, Griffin's 19,744, and Strain's
11,802.
Hoey led in 47 of the KM) coun
ties, according to unofficial figures
McDonald was second with 28 coun
ties in his column, and Graham fol
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Official Returns?Vote Saturday
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Coburn 254 87 141 156 669 149 240 72 101 114 90 162 2 235
Bailey 81 25 60 62 206 64 193 55 34 34 20 83 917
Rodman 126 42 111 106 331 112 173 22 91 48 38 86 1 '89
Attmore 28 3 33 17 58 34 109 9 6 34 20 27 *378
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HOUSE REPS * **
Morton 66 50 80 124 583 86 298 72 103 76 45 191 1 774
Bailey 10 3 11 15 133 73 79 9 19 36 26 20 434
Hamilton 284 53 135 83 79 57 39 6 9 39 35 10 829
U. 8. SENATE:
Fountain '202 64 93 107 436 151 125 59 71 107 92 M>6 1 673
Bailey 72 19 67 U 252 27 245 20 39 19 8 52 868
Griffin 21 4 11 20 35 12 17 U _U 5 2 ? 156
8 train 620 13 27 3832202 68
GOVERNOR:
McDonald 192 43 131 119 303 111 139 18 29 67 87 73 1 312
Graham 58 33 62 40 209 90 223 67 26 52 19 91 970
Hoey 102 30 44 76 296 20 65 3 77 30 3 65 811
McRae 40101 1020101 14
? LT. OOVERNOR:
Grady 243 50 92 103 373 100 139 40 50 37 52 131 1 412
Horton 17 II 13 18 157 2S 14.1 36 33 < 38 24 34 M9
McNeill' ? 37 13 U IS ISS 37 66 6 23 27 15 20 440
SEC. OF STATE:
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AUDITOR:
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TREASURER:
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