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VOLUME XXXIX?NUMBER 78 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday. September 29.1936 ESTABLISHED 1899
MAN INJURED AS
FREIGHT ENGINE
HITS AUTO HERE
[any Reed. Removed To
Rocky Mount Hospital,
Expected To Recover
Harry Reed, young local white
man. was badly but not serious hurt
yesterday afternoon, when an A. C.
L freight engine struck his car at
the Harrell Street Crossing here,
just back of the G. P. Hall home,
and dragged it 80 yards up the track.
Reed, a nephew of Missouri's former
Senator Jim Reed, suffered a brok
en arm. near the shoulder, and deep
cuts in his back, on his face and
on his right leg. He was moved to
a Rocky Mount hospital after receiv
ing first aid in the offices of Drs.
Rhodes, Eason & Winn.
Reed stated that he did not hear
or see the train until he was on the
track at the little-used crossing. The
engine "cow-catcher" knocked in
the right side of the car, scooped it
Up and carried ifabout 60 yards up
the track, tearing the wheels out of
line and smashing in the frame and
running gear. Reed stated he
thought the car was turned over
twice, but it is believed he was
bounced and knocked around so
badly he did not know whether the
machine turned over. Apparently
it did not, for if it had the man
would hardly have come out alive.
The train, running light, was com
ing from the river, and Reed, riding
alone, was traveling toward Main
Street.
Witnesses stated they thought
they heard the train whistle blow,
and others stated they did not hear
any whistle.
Reed, formerly employed with the
county in its school garage, is now
with the Plymouth-Chrysler agency
Leavisters $65,000.00
Suit Against Corey
Continued By Court
Demurrer Sustained in Case
Of Davenport Against
Ewell and Others
After coinf into the second day
in the trial of the $65,000 damage
suits by Leavister and Andrews, ad
ministrators, against J. Lloyd Corey,
Pitt County farmer, Judge Henry A.
Grady, presiding, continued the
case at the request of the plaintiffs'
counsel in the Martin County Su
perior Court this morning. Com
munications, ordered by the judge
and signed by J. EPope, chairman
of the Martin Board of Commis
sioners, were directed to the gover
nor asking a special term of court
be held the first week in December
for the case trial
Calling the case Monday morning
at 10 o'clock, the court spent a i
greater part of the time that morn
ing selecting a jury, the plaintiff
and defense counsel using only
three of the men summoned for
service. A special call for 15 men
was issued, and the remaining nine
was selected to haar the case.
The case is the result of a truck
automobile accident near Rohereon
ville in September, 1034. John Lea
vister, young Raleigh man, and Mar
shall Andrews, local young boy,
were killed. Ollice Page, driver of
the truck owned by Corey, and sev
In continuing the case. Judge H.
A Grady ordered that an accurate
drawing of the road where the
arrack occurred be made. The post
ponement asked by the plaintiffs
was supported when it was ex
plained that material witnesses
. could not be in court this week.
Galling the John Davenport ca
i Ewell and nineteen other de
nts immediately after the Lea
Aster-JCorey case was continued,
Grady heard the complaint
by Coburn and Cobum a;
damiiiiis by Peel and Horton
ad threw the i
tion out of court. Judge Grady
the petitioners had the
to appeal to the chairman
will follow either late this
PROGRAM at FAIR
Wednesday, September 30?All Farmers' Day
igate.
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10 AO A. M?Cetlln * Wilson i
1? P.l
1? P.
1? P.M.?Complete schedule of i
4M P.M.?Midwsj running fall
IM P.M.?Grsnditsnd opens with csumt by Smith's Band.
7A0 P. M?Grandstand attractions, followed by Brewerks display
12 A* Midnight?Gates close.
Thursday, October 1?Everybody's Day
?AO A. M.?Gates open. Floral Ball. Livestock. Ponltry. and other
departments open to the public
10:30 A. M.?Cetlln A Wilson Shows open.
12AO M.?Grandstand opens.
2.-00 P. M?Horse racing. Grandstand attractions presented be
tween heats.
7.-00 P. M.?Grandstand opens with concert by Smith's Band. Free
acts program. Including four daring acts and the Win
ter Garden Revue.
?AO P. M.?elaborate fireworks prog rasa.
12 AO Midnight?Gates elooe.
?? ? ?? Friday, October 2
?AO A- M.?Gates open. AU exhibits on display
10:30 A. M?Cetlln A Wilson Shows and midway open.
12 AO M.?Grandstand opens.
2AO P. M.;?Harness horse racing. Grandstand attractions between
bents of races.
7AO P. M.?Grandstand opens.
7 AO P.M.?Winter Garden Revue, and other attractions.
?AO P. M.?Fireworks program.
12 AO Midnight?Gates close.
Saturday, October 3
?AO A. M.?Gates open. Exhibits on display.
10:20 A. M.?Cetlln A Wilson Shows and midway open.
12AO M.?Grandstand opens.
2AO P. M.?Professional automobile races Grandstand attractions
will be presented beta son beats.
7 AO P. M.?Grandstand opens.
7 AO P. M?Grandstand attractions.
?AO P. M.?Brilliant fireworks display.
12 AO Midnight?193C Williams ton Pair i
William A. Coltrain Is
Fatally Hurt in Wreck
AUTO RACES WILL
BE FAIR FEATURE
HERE SATURDAY
Large Number Professional
Drivers Have Already
Filed Entries
Professional sanctioned auto races,
under rules and permits of the At
lantic States Racing Association, will
feature the Williamston Fair on Sat
urday, October 3, when over a dozen
knights of the hot-speed trail will
compete in wliat promises to be a
sizzling speed program of six events.
Noted drivers from coast to coast
and Canada to the Gulf will be on
hand to battle the Carolina and
Southern drivers and for points in
the ISM championship ratings.
The fair management is fortunate
this year in securing the services of
C. C. Gray, veteran promoter of this
state, to be in charge
Rodgers comes direct from the
Suffolk Fair, where the sunny state
veteran swept the boards last Sat
urday. Speed Rambeau won at
Quarkertown, Pa., Sunday and is
now in town to make a repeat on
Saturday, if possible.
The full roster of entries for Sat
urday's races, together with home
address and make of car, follows:
Bill Rogers, Lexington, Ky., Win
Held; Ernie Rushing, Winston Sail
Riley: Pat Cranford, High Point,
Winfleld: Chuck Gray, Dayton, O.,
Cragar; Bank Lopp, Savannah, Ga,
Miller; Buddy Bledsoe, Greensboro,
Cragar; Perry Acton, Winston
Salem. Frontenact Bill Getty, De
Land, Fla., Hal Special; Art Flem
ing, Richmond, Rajo Special; Lew
Wallace, Indianoplls, Riley; Ned
Quist, Reading, Pa.; Winfleld; Speed
Rambeau, Los Angeles, McDowell;
George Ferguson, Charlotte, Mc
Dowell; Pritchard Ferguson, Char
lotte, Riley; Tony Montana, Brook
lyn, Corona-Da.
Schedule of events will be:
1:M p. m.?Time trials.
3:90 p. m.?Dixie heat race, six
starters. .
~ 2:40 p. m.?Match challenge race
four starters.
2:10 p. m.?Carolina heat race, sir
135 p m -Semi feature handicap
4 p. m.?Southern Sweepstakes,
feature Anal, 10 starters.
The match challenge race will in
reality be a "Battle of Champs" as
Rodgers is Florida champion; Wal
lace is Indiana titlaholder; Rambr
Southern California speedway
C; and Cranford the North Car.
of dirt tracks.
Dies in Washington
Hospital Saturday
Two Others Injured
Funeral Services Are Held
Sunday in Macedonia
Church Near Here
Injured in an automobile-trucl
wreck near Washington last Friday
afternoon. William A. Coltrain. pron
?nent Martin County farmer, died ii
a Washington hospital Saturday
morning at 3 o'clock from a frac
turn of the skull Mn Contain
driver of the car. suffered a brokei
arm and a bad injury to her knee
She is in a Washington hospital, ant
although her condition is not con
sidered critical it is not expected shi
will be be able to walk any more
Miss Reba Revels, riding with thi
Coltrains. was painfully injured, bu
she was able to leave the hospita
Sunday.
Details of the accident have no
been determined, but reports stat
that Mrs. Coltrain started to pass .
truck and crashed head-on into an
other one meeting her, wrecking he
car. Ford V-8. The truck driver, J
C. Haighwood, was arrested follow
ing Mr. Coltrain's death, but wa
later released under 31,000 bond
pending a hearing in Washington
No hearing will be arranged unti
Mrs. Coltrain recovers, it is under
stood
Mr. Coltrain, son of the late Johi
W. and Millie Woo lard Coltrain, wa:
born in the Macedonia community
this county, 48 years ago, and farmec
all hia life. In early manhood hi
was married to Miss Lizzie Coltrain
who survives with three children
Dorothy. Ottts and Audrey Coltrain
He also leaves Ave brothers, Messrs
Oliver and Charles Coltrain, of Wil
liamston; Daney and Joe Coltrain
of Streator, 111; and R. A. Coltrain
of Charleston. S. C.; and two sisters
Mrs. Slade Peel and Mrs Mamii
Corey, both of this county.
Funeral services were conductec
Sunday afternoon in the Macedonia
church, of which he was a member
Revs. Warren Davis and Guy Salifi
ders held the last rites. Intermen
followed in the family plot near thi
old family home in Bear Grass Towi
Tonsil Clinic Arranged
In Bear Grass for Friday
Dr. C. J. Sawyer will conduct
tonwl dime in tile Bear Grass ache
on Friday of this week. Fourte
children are expected to report I
it was learned
ROLAND C. BIGGS
KILLED BY TRAIN
NEAR PLYMOUTH
Son Attempts Suicide After
Learning of His Father's
Death Late Saturday
Roland C. Biggs, former resident
of this county, was struck and in
stantly killed by an Atlantic Coast
Line passenger train between Dar
dens and Plymouth last Saturday
evening. Death was instantaneous,
his head. legs, and arms being torn
off. Parts of the body, strewn a
long the tracks over a long distance,
were picked up and placed in a
sheet ?
Few details of the tragedy could
be learned here, one report stating
that probably it was suicide. Ap.
parently the man's head rested on
one rail and his legs on the other.
The killing was not discovered un
til the train reached the shed in
Plymouth, the engineer finding the
man'i hat and blood spots on the
front part of the engine The train
was run back to the scene where the
man was struck.
Biggs, 39 years old, and the son of
Sam and Jane Bateman Biggs, was a
native of Washington County. He
lived in this county several years,
farming in Williamston. He mar
ried Miss Lucy Robbins, of this
county, and she. with several chil
dren, survives.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. N. A. Taylor Sunday after
noon at the grave in Dardens.
Reports reaching here today stat
ed that Biggs' 25-year-old sou, Ron
ald, attempted to end his own life
twice that day, friends pulling him
from the Roanoke and later turning
him over to the sheriff.
ICHECK MADE ON
SCHOOL BUSSES
BY GRAND JURY
No Recommendations for
Changes Made; Inspect
County Home
Following instructions of the court
? the September Martin County grand
I jury made extensive investigations
into the crowded and mechanical
conditions of the 34 school busses in
this county. Inspection trips were
(I made into the jail, prison, camp,
j I county home and public offices, the
11 jury reporting all in excellent con
, Idition. Incidentally, the Martin
, I County home for the aged and in
'firm is said to be one of the best
kept in this?section ?tf not tft the
whole state.
The unusual feature of.the report
11 is the issuance of a presentment
. I against Van Wilson for carrying a
e [concealed weapon. The alleged law
i Iviolation was called to the attention
s of the solicitor. It is the first time
tlin years that an alleged law viola
11 tion was cited to the courts by one
lor more members of the grand jury.
t Judge Henry A. Grady did not
I have to bother himself with calling
in any of the county's justices of the
peace, all the trial officers having
r their reports properly filled and
I (fines accounted for.
I Although the jury members in
g spected every one of the 34 school
, i busses and found some in good con
'? ? i
dition and others in fair mechanical
j shape, no recommendations were
embodied in the report filed with
the mutt.?Nu seiiiius defects wertr
pointed out, but most of the trucks
were without stop signals, while onei
' or two did not have proper emer
' gency brakes Crowded conditions
' that have caused much complaint by
some parents were not mentioned in
the report.
C. B. Riddick, foreman of the
?grand jury, signed the report.
936 Tax Receipts
Being Filled Out
The 1936 tax books will be turned j
over to the collector by J. Sam Get
singer's auditing office the first Mori I
day in next month, or before the col j
lector completes his work on the;
1936 books. Approximately 8,000
tax receipts are being prepared b>
the auditor this week, and all the
property owner has to do to get one
of the 8,000 receipts is pay his 1936
taxes, but to keep order some will
have to pay their 1935 tax accounts!
flfst. , . |
Settlement for 1936 taxes has been
1 effected by quite a few property
owners already. Mr. John A Ward,
Williamston man, placing the ob
ligation behind him some time ago.
Williamston Fair Gets Off
To Good Start Last Night
Additional Teachers Denied
To County Schools by Board
Certain that the increased attend
ance in the local elementary school
justified an additional teacher, local
school authorities had their claim
denied by the State School Commis
sion. Raleigh, last Saturday. The
commission heads explained that an
average daily attendance of 40 chil
dren for each of the 15 teachers in
the elementary school would be nec
essary before an additional teacher
would be granted. With an average
daily attendance of 563 in the lower
grades, the school is short 37 pupils
necessary for an increase in the fac
ulty, the state school officials point
ed out.
Robersonville, with an average
daily attendance of 38 pupils for
each teacher in its high school, was
granted an additional instructor, the
rnminissiiin ruling that additional
teachers are allowed when the at
tendance averages above 36 pupils
for each instructional unit. Later
the commissioned denied the school
there an additional teacher, explain
ing that the elementary depart
ment was small and that a teacher
should be transferred from there to
the high school. Such action is
hardly possible. Apparently Martin
County did not vote quite right in
gome of its Dust uiimaiies
Agricultural Exhibits
Draw More Attention
Interest Is Centered
Around Work of 4-H
And Home Clubs
Five Live-at-Home Booths
Are Added Feature To
Farm Exhibits
Centering around the work of
4-H club boys and members of home
demonstration clubs, the agricultur
al exhibits at the Williamston Fair
this season, while not the most ex
tensive, are attracting more than
usual attention. In addition to the
club work, individuals are compet
ing on a lurge scale for the* prizes,
and the show is marked by the ab
sence of large-scale or commercial
exhibitors. Competition is limited
to this and adjoining counties, and
while the exhibits may not be a?
large as they have been in the past,
they reflect farm and home progress
locally and bring to home people a
recognition of their efforts.
There are five live-at-home ex
hibits, two by Mr and Mrs. Brake;
one each by Mrs. J. S. Ayers, Mrs.
C. G. Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. W.
W Roberson. The county's two vo
caiional agriculture schools are well
represented with a display each. The
4 H boys of this and Bertie County
are well represented with their
work in an extensive corn exhibit.
The young club boys also have en
tries in the swine, calf and poultry
departments and appear much in
terested in the showings. Earl Rob
erson and Bernice Rogerson have
pigs entered, and Leslie Taylor, of
the Robersonville club, and Leo
Smith, Everetts, have calves enter
ed. About 12 are going after the
prizes in the poultry department,
Club Leader Barnes said.
The home demonstration clubs of
Jamesville, Holly Springs, and Ev
eretts have booths, and clubs from
Washington County are in the com
petition. Fancy work and food
canned at home occupy two booths.
Individual exhibits are displayed
on a larger scale than in some time.
Judging work will hardly be com
pleted today, reports stating that
farm and home products are being
offered for exhibition.
The WPA has an attractive booth,
the exhibit advancing a definite
proof of~the vatustste work being
done by that organization. The dis
play was arranged by Mrs. I. P.
Hodges, supervisor of women's and
professional projects.
e
County Officers A nest Six
Men During the Week-end
Six men were arrested and placed
[ in the county Jflll over the week-end |
each facing a different charge. The
charges were drunkenness, viola
tions of the liquor laws, larceny,
crazy assault.
Gus Jones, apparently mentally
unbalanced, was arrested in Hamil
ton Saturday morning, and that
night he started wrecking the tail.
Before officers could reach him,
Jones had torn a radiator from the
wall and nearly battered it to pieces
on the concrete floor and brick wall.
He explained that he was building
bridges.
TOBACCO MARKET I
l '
With (ewer black tips on the
Boor*, the local tobacco market
reported Its best sales of the sea
son yesterday and today. The
better types of tobacco are com
mandlng price increases, and (en
eral satisfaction was reported
throughout the market The in.
ferlor trades offered, however,
are still without any strong
friends, apparently.
Yesterday, the market sold
129,368 pounds of tobacco, and
farmers were well pleased with
the prices. Individual plies sold
for more than 8100 in a number
of instances, and averages for
several farmers having food to
bacco were as high as 848.
FIRST DONATION
CAMPAIGN FUND
MADE SATURDAY
Drive Expected To Raise
Between $500 and $1,000
For Roosevelt in County
The drive for funds with which to
finance President Franklin I). Roose
velt's campaign for reelection was
started in this county last Saturday,
Mr. Henry Griffin contributing $5
to the fund that day to start the
ball rolling.
Directing the^drive for funds from
his sick bed, Editor W C. Manning,
chairman of the Roosevelt Electors
in this county, who are assigned the
task of conducting the canvass, said
that efforts are being made to raise
at least $500 over the county. No
large contributions are being solicit
ed, the campaign directors calling
upon everyone for a donation, rather
than urging a few to raise the coun
ty's quota to finance Mr. Roosevelt's
reelection. Present indications are
that Marttn County will meet its
quota willingly and gladly to show
its appreciation for the efforts ad
vanced by the President in restor
ing the country to the people.
Renewed Interest in
Religious Aetivities
Conducting a series of meetings
during the past few weeks, religious
leaders over the county report a re
newed interest in church activities
No complete record of the activities
is available, but several churches
reported many new aaallluliS lu till'
church rolls and unusually large
crowds in attendance upon the
meetings.
eral new memberi were added lo
the church rolls, including Mr. Sim
on D. Griffin, one of the county's
oldest and well-known citizens.
Rev. Guy Saunders completed
week's meet at Macedonia Sunday
evening. Eight new members were
added to the lilt there, and the bap
tismal service was held in the local)
Christian church Sunday afternoon
Picnic dinners have been served
at one or more churchee on a large
scale each Sunday during the peat
several weeks.
Midway Marked by
Absence Usual Run
Of Gambling Joints
Grandstand Attractions Are
Rated Best Ever Seen
In This Section
The Williamston Fair formally got
underway here last evening with a
record-breaking attendance for a
first night, the large crowd appar
ently extending, without reservation
its general approval of the midway
attractions and highly praising the
spleqfdid grandstand program, de
icribed by many as the best staged
in this section. No formal plans
Acre advanced fur the opening nf
he six-day and six-night event, but
the 1936 show mechanism started
operations smoothly about on sched
ule time and was running full blast
oy early evening.
Marked by the almost total ab
sence of pin wheels and other rank
{ambling devices, the midway, with
the shows and rides of Cetlin &
Wilson, is possibly one of the best
ever brought to a fair here. Much
if the equipment owned by the or
ganization is hardly more than two
weeks out of the factory About
one dozen rides occupy the center
of the midway with shows lining
both sides from one end to the oth
er.
Grandstand Program
The grandstand program is expect
I'd to prove the main center of at
traction this week, with the famous
Winter Garden Revue, the Jacksons,
lloneys. Nixes, and extensive fire
works displays on the program. The
Winter Garden Revue, ranking con
siderably above the Gertrude Avery
production a year ago, was crowd
ed with features, including a num
ber of original dunces anct stunts by
stars of the show profession. The
revue is staged in an elaborate set
ting, and there are brilliant cos
tumes for the two dozen or more
members of the revue cast. Coming
South for the first time, the produc
tion is assured a successful season
Completing its contract with the lo
cal fair this week, the revue goes to
Winston-Salem for a one-week en
gagement.
Several changes were effected in
the other features on the grandstand
program, the management explain
ing that superior acts were available
at The last minutes. The Jean Jack
sons were unusually entertaining
with their bicycle acts. They han
dled stunts that years of practice
were required to perfect. Ease and
precision featured the Jacksons'
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Age Limit for First
Grade Extended by
School Authorities
Pitt County Man Gets In
junction to Permit Child
To Attend School
With the age ruling of the State
St-hnnl Pnmmimiftn requiring
children who attend school this term
to be 6 years or older on October
1 subject to meet with defeat in a
court battle now pending in the Pitt
County courts, school officials are
altering the ruling, it is understood.
Unofficial information states that a
child who becomes 6 years old the
first of November this year is eli
gible to enter the schools of this
county now.
The change in the age ruling is
not expected to effect a great in
crease in the first-grade enrollments
in any of the schoolf I" this county
Over in Pitt County last week a
parent of a child becoming 6 years
old the 22nd of next month got an
injunction against the school author
lties there enjoining them from atop
ping his daughter from attending
school. The preliminary injunction
was sustained, and a hearing in the
case is scheduled for next week.
Since the State Constitution says
that every child 6 years or older is
entitled to free schooling in this
sUte, there is some doubt as to the
right the commission sxerrises in
establishing arbitrary age entrance
requirements. However, it is logi
cal that some such requirement be
made in the interest of the ]
of the school.