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VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 69 Williamston. Martin County. North CmtoUma. Friday. August 28, 1938 EST A BT.TRHien 1899
MARKET TO OPEN TUESDAY
Warehousemen, Merchants Ready for Initial Sales
SMALL DOCKET IS
TRIED IN COUNTY
COURT TUESDAY
Defendant Freed, Prosecut
ing Witness Fined Costs
In One Case
The Martin County Recorder's
Court had one of the smallest dock,
ets at its Tuesday session in recent
months, Judge H. O. Peel handling
only a half dozen cases during the
short session Very little interest
w** entered in the cases, there
were few spectators, and the pro
ceedings were marked for the ab
sence of fines and road sentences.
One of the few cases was dis
posed of in an unusual way, the
court learning that the defendant
had already been tried in one case
and that the prosecuting witness
was trying to prosecute her again,
assessed the costs against the wit.
teas, Lizzie Lynch. Florence Wig
gins was charged with assaulting
Lynch with a deadly weapon.
Two warrants were procured by dif
ferent justices of the ptarf
Kelly Salsbury, charged with dis
orderly conduct and assault, was
found not guilty.
The case charging Harvey Bryant
w"h reckless driving was nol
Mary Small, charged with aiding
and abetting an assault with a dead
ly weapon, was found not guilty.
Charged with abandonment and
non-support, Mack Lewis, jr.. was
directed to pay to the court the sum
of $10 each month for six months
and reappear at the end of that
time for further judgment. Bond
was required in the sum of $100.
Prayer for judgment was contin
ued in the case charging James
Wilson with operating a motor ve
hicle without a driver's license.
Judgment was suspended upon
Payment of the cost in the ?????
charging Frank Brown with reck
less driving.
Need No Allotment
Cards To Sell Crop
While they proved their value
during the past two seasons, there |
will he no allotment cards to bother
with in marketing tobacco this sea
son. The Supreme Court apparent
ly believed that the old Bicycle
type of cards was enough for de
pressed tobacco farmers to play with
anyway, and the jurists threw out
the New Deal deck.
Other than a little trouble caused
When a few cards were lost by tha
farmers, the allotment selling proved
very satisfactory in this county gen
erally. Many farmers exceeded their
allotment, but they found surplus
cards available and were able to dis
pose of their surplus crop at no
great cost.
Had the allotment system been
continued this season, it is believed
that few farmers would have found
R necessary to use their card pound
age in its entirety.
The elimination of the cards ren
ders unnecessary much red tape,
and tobacco marketing and paying
be speeded up to an
Land Donated American
Legion Post tor Hut Here
Given a lot with a 100-foot front
?nd III feel deep by the town this
week, the John Walton Usees II Post
of the American Legion is planning
the construction of a hut on Watts
I. Build
Street, next to the railroad. m.iM
tag details have not been an
nounced. '
The Mad grant was made free at
PVtag assessments and taxas, it is
understood.
Clark's Drug Store Has
Been Greatly Enlarged
The Clark's drug store here has
recently been enlarged, making it
one of the largest in this section.
Extra booths arc being
ia being materially j*.
MASTER FARMER AND COMMISSIONER
Pictured with his wife and daughter at their home near Rober.
sonville, Mr. C. Abram Roberson is recogniaed aa ewe of Martin I'M!
ty's leading farmers and business men. He recently received the nom
ination for county commissioner and enters upon the duties of the of.
?ce in December.
Building-Loan Stock
Sale Opens Sept. 5th
REPRESENT COUNTY I
Martin County was represent
ed for the first time recently at
the state-wide 4-H club meeting
in Raleigh by Garland Warren,
of the Bobereonvllle Club, and
Charlie Harrison, of Boar Grass,
and Assistant County Agent M.
L.
Three People Lose
Lives In Car Wreck
After Visiting Here
Local Young Men Receives
Skull Fracture In Wreck
In Johnston County
Returning to their home in Fay-,
etteville late Wednesday evening
after a visit here with their brother,1
Jack L. Horner, Charles Horner,
and Misses Mamie and Julia Horner (
were fatally injured in a car-theatre
bus wreck near Smithfleld Horner, j
young farmer, and his sister, Miss
Mamie Horner, prominent teacher
in the Cumberland County schools,
were killed almost Instantly, the
other sister dying in a Smithfleld
hospital Another sister, Miss An
nie Horner, at one time a teacher
in the Jamesville school and who
had attended the funeral of Dr. J.
E. Smithwick In Jamesville that
afternoon, was badly hurt. She was
removed to a Fayetteville hospital
and there is some hope for her re
covery, according to reports reach
ing here.
Donnic Hardison, young local
boy and employee of the B S
Courtney furniture store here, was
driving the party to Fayetteville
and he is in a Smithfleld hospital
with a skull fracture, but his con
dition is not believed serious.
The theatre bus was said to have
been parked ofl the highway. Hardi
son, blinded by lights an another
oar meeting him, did not see the
bus until he was right on it He
attempted to turn out but failed,
the car knocking the bus across the
road and then turned tfver.
Hardison and the bus driver are
being held under $900 bonds pend
ing an investigation ef the wrack.
Mrs. Grace Swain and Miss Annie
funeral from hare this afternoon In
Fayetteville.
Is Expected To Be
Largest Series for
Past Several Years
Several Hundred Shares of
Stock Already Spoken
For, Officer States
Opening tomorrow week, Septem
ber 5, the 38th series of Martin
County Building and Loan stock is
suance promises to break all recent
records, officers of the association
stating yesterday that several hun
dred shares had already been spok
en for, and that many other people
have said they plan to participate in
the series.
Recognized as one of the cheap
est ways to flnanre home construc
tion, the Building and Loan is now
Supporting a fairly large building
program in this community at the
present time. Other prospective
home builders will purchase stock
in the 38th series with plans to be
gin construction work on new homes
later on The building and loan way
of financing home construction is
proving probably a greet deal more
popular than the government's fed
eral housing financial program At
any rate home owners are very well
pleased with the building and loan
method of financing.
In addition to the construction
program made possible, the Martin
County Building and Loan Associa
tion has made available and con
tinues to make available one of the
most advantageous saving bethods
to be found. And it pays profits
that are seldom equalled by any
other organisation, including both
private and public institutions.
Officers of the organizations will
be glad to explain the workings of
the association, and give exerting
details - in connection with building
Robersonville Man
Killed by Lightning
Gray Rawls, young white farmer
of Robersonville Township, was
struck and instantly killed by light
ning on the C. M Hurst farm there
Wednesday afternoon. Others near
the young man felt the shock, but
were not badly hurt. According to
reports reaching here, Rawls was
standing near a window in a pack
house when the bolt struck him
His father-in-law, standing nearby
was not hurt, and very little dam
age was done to the barn
Young Rawls was the son of
Henry Rawls and wife, and was
born and reared in the Spring
Green section of this county. He
leaves his wife, a Miss Wynn be
fore marriage, and two children
" Funeral ssnltss ware conducted
yesterday afternoon and burial was
in th? new cemetery at
KINSTON NEEDS
BET ONE GAME
TOOESTI.OG4I.S
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Poor Umpiring and Errors
Mar Game Played Here
Yesterday Afternoon
After knotting the game count in
the Coastal Plain semi finals at Kin
ft ton last Tuesday, the Martins were
turned back here yesterday. 13-IS.
in one of those games of a lifetime,
giving the Kinston Eagles the ad
vantage, temporarily, at least, in
the struggle for a place in the little
world series.
Behind the #-hit pitching of Cher
ry. the Martins turned the Eagles
back Tuesday by a count of 7 to 3.
home runs by Walters and Earp fee
luring the bat work and figuring
prominently in the victory. Wednes
day. all four teams in the semi-finals
were idle on account of ram and
wet grounds Today Avdon is lead
ing Greenville two games to one in
a 3-out-of-S schedule, the Martins
sharing a like position with Green
ville.
There never has been one and
probably there will never be anoth
er game that will be anything like
the battle here yesterday afternoon
when Umpire Flowers, behind the
bat, and Allen, on the bases, bubbled
ever with questionable decisions
from beginning to end The game
was hardly more than a sidelight
compared to the umpiring, both
teams kicking about the decision
The old comedy into the situation
before the game was over, and if
the umpire would call a "ball" the
pitcher would run in to the home
plate, shake his fist and bombard the
arbiters with a cursing deluge that
made fans think they were in the
navy. A call strike would cause the
batter to turn around with a threat
backed by the big stick.
The sidelight entertainment open
ed in the fimt when ihe
made two runs, the Martins going
the Eagles one better in the last
half of the same frame! The second
inning saw the fireworks get under
way, the Eagles making five runs
after one was out and a chance for
a double-play was lost by an error
Dean was relieved in that inning by
Wade, who held on until the fifth,
when Douglass took over and did a
good job until Livengood took over
in the eighth. Fatheree, pitching
for the Eagles, was ordered out of
the game by Umpire Flowers, and
Smith took over in the 6th.
After the visitors made 5 more
runs in the fourth to run their
count to 12, there was little hope
for the locals With, only three runs
to their credit, the Martins started
a rally in the fUth and scored three
runs, Sudduth hitting a homer with
two one. Two more were added by
the locals in the sixth and the score
was tied at 12-all in the seventh.
Kinston scoring the 13th and win.
ning run in the eighth.
Earp, with a home run and three
single, and Corbitt, with 2 doubles
and 2 single, accounted for 6 of the
Martin's 14 hits. The two teams are
scheduled to meet in Kinaton this
afternoon. If the Martins win to
day, the two clubs are scheduled to
meet here tomorrow If Kinston
wins, local baseball will be over.
Williamston Sends Warm
Welcome To All Visitors
A sincere weir we. IsftM by friendliness mad understanding,
awaits the thousands ad (and pearls in this great lard en spot of the
a ens men extending a
edition to The Kater
in this, a tending
ia local
eaality and prices will
ufcetiag can be dasw to
great advantage in Willie mat en. abese all facilities are available.
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swallowed op by the 1
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lace that the brsaa repraaa
ng year visits to WUIiajs
ad to the a
herein with the asaan
to cooperate la aaahi
pleasant at all tiaaee.
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Higher Prices Than Last Season
Looked for by Farmers; Record
Crowd Anticipated at Opening
NO HARVESTING OR MARKETING HERE
Located near Parmele. the above Held was one of many struck a
few weeks ago by one of the uorst hail storms ever experienced in
the section. The hail damage ?xs estimated as high as S.IIHI.000. While
others are maktaf ready for marketing their crops next week, those
farmers in the hail territory face a poor and disheartening fall.
J. H. Roberson, Jr.
Dies At His Home
In Robersonville
Funeral Services Are Being
Conducted In Church
This Afternoon
James H. Roberson, jr., prominent
county man, died at his home in
Robersonville yesterday aftei noon
at 1:30 o'clock foUowingan illness'
of several years' duration. Winle
he had suffered ill health for a ion
siderable time, Mr. Roberson wait
able to be-up until a few days ago
when he suffeied a stroke of parol
ysis.
Mr. Roberson was born in Gold
Point 83 yearsa go When a young
man he entered the mercantile busi
ness there, moving to Robei soil
ville a short while later to corn inue
a career that gained for him a
place among the leading citizen^ of
the county and section. A few
years ago he sold his mercantile
business and devoted his time to ex
tensive farming operations. In ad
dition to his individual duties, he
served as president of the Bank of
Robersonville for more than a quar
ter of a century, holding thai posi
Uon when he died. He was also
active in the civic and religious life
of the town and community.
He leaves three children, Mrs.
Geo. L. Mardry. jr., of Windsor;
Miss Delia Roberson and Mr. Vance
L. Roberson. both of Robersonville.
Mrs. Roberson died a few months
ago.
Funeral services are being ion
ducted this afternoon at J o clock
in the Robersonville Baptist church
by Rev E. C. Shoe, pastor. Burial
will follow in the new cemetery
there.
REPRESENTATIVE
Congressman Lindsay Warren,
who recently announred he
would continue his service as
Representative of the First Ills
trie! after he was mentioned fur
the post of Comptroller (ieneraL
SUES LOCAL FIRM
FOR $.r)0,(MHI AFTER
HIGHWAY W RECK
Howard Stone Sues Walter
Fisher, Truck Driver, and
Tobacco Company Here
ooiiuh
Suit for $50,000 damages was filed
in the I'asquotank County Superior
Court this week by Howard Stone,
young Charlotte white, against Wal
ter fishqr, Williamston colured man
and the W. I Skinner Tobacco Com
pany, Inc., as a result of alleged in
furies received in an automobile
truck accident between here and
Windsor early last Marehr Just
when the suit wit be heard could
not , bn. lea mod "
Fisher, driving a truck of the to
bacco company without permission,
was arrested soon after the accident
and is now serving a two-year road
sentence for hit-and-run driving
He was sentenced in Bertie County
Riding in a car witli M L Letn
mond and other friends. Stone was
struck by a board ripped from the
side of the truck, the board tearing
ius right eye from its socket. . Lei
mond was slightly cut on the ei
but the passengers other than Stone
were not injured.
Stone, employed in the Ford plant
at Norfolk at that time, was entered
in a Washington hospital, where h?
remained several weeks. He is now
at hit home in Charlotte, it is. un.
derstood.
Brightest Prosj>ects
For IxH'al Market in
History of Industry
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Tobacconists Are Arriving
Daily for Opening-Day
Sales on Local Market
A ik? I her tobacco marketing sea
?on is at hand fur Williainston and
much nf Eastern North Carolina, the
openuig next Tuesday bringing a
renewed hope to thousands of peo
ple who have toiled long and hard
these past inonihs in the prepara
tion. harvesting and selling of their
...Udell leaf All other events in
this section will be relegated into
the background, when the market
'II inirhiniir?starts"rhoVmtj and
anxious eyes turn to price-tag mark
nigs.
This year there is a greater hope
for higher prices, but no exorbitant
increax- is expected, the observers
predicting an average of from 3 to
4 cents a p??und above openitig-day
| r gurcs a year ago. But whatever
Liho-bett averages, tobacco farmers
ikho sell "ii tin* Williantston market
. re assured prices e<iual to those to ?'
l-e found on any market anywhere.
A (fcicrat and sincere welcome is
bong broadcast by the town's
saidsuw operators and employees,
the merchants and all other citizens
of the town joining together to make
tobacco marketing and trading prof- I I
^alf- -ill 11 a 1111 irrtt TiTFa?iint~ in
Wrlliamston. Increased vigor and
leiK-wcd interest are already being
expressed in the interest of the to
tal tobacco market, and with the
cooperation of farmers in this and
sui rounding counties the market is
now facing what has thejiromismof
being the best year in its history.
The opening next Tuesday will
find the local market better preparer!
than ever before to handle the gold
en leaf to a greater advantage of
the farmer. Every arrangement for
The successful operation of the mar
ket and to the decided advantage of
the tobacco grower has been han
dled Tobacco has already started
moving, many farmers getting in on
the first sale to feel out" the nriee
trend
One of the largest crowds to ev
er attend a tobacco season opening
is expected here next Tuesday and
(Continued en page tlx)
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Several From Here
|To Attend Tax Meet
llii Tarlwro Monday
General Discussions on Tax
Problems Will Be Held
By Chapel Hill Men
Sponsored by the Institute of
Government, a meeting for the dis
cussion of tax problems by county
and town attorneys and other of
ficial.. will be held in Tarboro next
Monday after noon XI 3 o'clock, if
was announced yesterday by Henry
Brandts, jr. associate director of
tiie Institute Several Martin Coun
ty and local town officials are plan
ning to attend the meeting.
During the recwot depression, the
?ax situation became entangled by
foreclosure proceedings in numer
ous cases, and as a result many prob
lems were created Here is much
doubt if two of more counties have
the same system of handling the
tax questions with the strong poa
ssbslity that their methods are
wrong in part, at least The Insti
tute of Government with headquar
ters in Chapel HiU. is given this
of govern
_ thought
are trying to solve