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THE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 59 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. July 23. 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 Rollins Fans 1J in 3-2 ^ in Over Greenies; New League Record Fans Have Big Day Hcre| Tuesday as Martins Win Over Snow Hill 10-6 ( l?fi played ball for the I this week, offering the| that was parked with enjoy misery for the visitors. ' gave the Martins a rest KMo-C chib Snow Hill Tuesday a H win over Greenville here yes terday. The two days activities left the Martins just two games out of first place in the league standings the boys allowing that they mould have been only on e game out of first poailiun had the contest not been rained out with Snow Hill there wiiiiii any. The feature of the play yesterday I strike-out record estab-| by Big Jim Rollins. The Ar i right-hander fanned IS Green I running his count for | I 146. : IVahead Walker's ace hurl the Martins werp i* *? ?| start here last Tuesday after the contest with Snow Hill i scored in the first frame and the Martins tied the count at 1-aO in their half of the same i rung The srrimd inning was score less but Mr. Walker threw out hu cheat n the third when his players made four hits count for four runs after a questionable decision by the nmp at wroul base. Adding their second run in the fourth, the Mar fan prepared an attack against Zafc in the fifth when they converted 5 hits and a walk into 5 runs Ville peque started the rally that sent Zak to the shoaers and charged the Snow Hill pitcher with ha second lorn of the waasi VUlepique's single was by another off Stanley's Stevens then sent a triple to the school building, scoring two runs a pass and two more I on Victoria's triple after La had fanned Victoria then what proved to be the win Field's long single to Villepsque built up a luuie i with a four-base drive of the game accidentally hurt and hurt in the first and retire, and Wall was or dered out of the game for a verbal directed at Umpire Rhine-" i started the game for the but was relieved by fields in the third alter yielding 5 hits There was a bit of ragged playing, but the team aettled down and sup ported Fields as be pitched k-hit ball the remainder of the route. 1 arenl to Victoria with 3 for 3 and to Ace Villepique. with 2 for 4. one of them counting for the 3-2 win over Greenville lerday afternoon, the Mar si hits off Moser. half that number to Victoria hatted m the other run BnOma took the spotlight early in the gams and hekf it to the end. He fasauri the first two men to face km In the wccsal two more went strikes Bag Jim loosened in the third and fanned but he came back m the fourth out two. duplicating the feat in each of the next two flames And thai m the seventh he I out count to 13 as he fanned two in each at the remaining innings It was a fanning day for Jan on both dta. for. incidentally, he m his three turns at bat. Rollins m. Williams, each and No Road Meeting Scheduled So Far the petitions (or ra in Griffins Township Jamesville to the Wash Mr. J. E Pope, chair County Doul of . D. C. Tlaiia i. highway i ?a- The iihiiii*? will batumte is held. Mr. it aarii lay Dr. Sykes Declines Offer To Become Health Officer Here Or Ralph Sjkn, tendered the po Martin County today refused ac that at the ur at the people of Sur ry County, where he has been lo ll months, he at the present- Or. Sykes i the pnenmri in th board of health m held last Friday He asked that he be allowed to fienrtrr the offer un til today In his letter of refusal hy J C Dr Sykes SNOW HILL HERE Says Social Security U ork To Be Handled Slowly. Cautiously Welfare Representative Has Praise for Manner Work Handled in County Wilium J. Tnplc. Arid repre sentative at the State Board at Pub lic Welfare, with headquarters in the Martin County Welfare Depart ment has done a commendable piece at work in verify in* approximately IS public assistance application forms. ~Soaa] Security is not an emergency program.- Mr. Wingate stated, "and those persons eligible apply in* tar aid under the act have no fear at being too late to uunt assistance, "the local de partment should go slowly and cau tiously. avoiding mistakes resulting from hasty action and inadequate in All statements regarding eligibil ity at applicants for old age assist ance and aid to dependent children died by the local welfare < This jws down the operations, but the North Carolina social security law states "... the county welfare board and the county welfare officer shall the information application.* of public assist' through the local are not the sole duties at the welfare officer, but only a Rev. MoseJey Announces Episcopal Church Services Her. t F Muu h j. radar. St James. Ninth Sunday Alter Trinity Holy rmwmwi. 7* a m ?45 a. m Compliance Work Moving Along Rapidly in County added that he had hoped to return to Eastern Carolina and be near his home in Northampton County, but. -ftrr much consideration, he thought | it best to continue his work in Sur ! ry County, with headquarters m Mount Airy. Plans are being advanced today (or considering other applications for the position, but it could not be learned when the county health board mould meet (or that purpose Members at the county board are conferring here today with Dr. Fox of the State Health Department, and ii is poawhlr that other applications m ill be considered at once. Gawk Ain't What It Used To Be; Raiders Unable To Find Still Dry Times Reported in the] Free Union Section Following Raids Special Enforcement Officer J. H Roebuck reported dry tunes down j ?n the lower part of the county, fol lowing a visit into Free Union, or Gawk, this week. For the first tune in 10 years the officer explained he raided in that section and failed to : farturmg plant It is possible that there are one or two plants in op . eratiori there now-, but the operators arc apparently working on a small ? scale and making little progress in their business. The officer is hop , ing to put a dry seal on the territory shortly, but. in the meantime, he is eyeing two or three other sections in the county, where increased man ufacturing activities are alleged to be underway. The drive against illegal liquor traffic earned on in the Free Union section is not without high spots Officer Roebuck pointed out that he had never had any trouble with the residents there, that when trapped the operators never offered to their voices or talk back. Continu ing. he said that the owners of li quor plants had actually helped of ficers tear down the equipment and carry the kettles from the woods On his first raid there about 10 years ago. the officer and one assist ant captured 10 copper stills The plants were grouped, and while it was no big task to find them it was quite a job to carry the kettles and equipment from the woods On an other trip into the one-time wring - mgwet territory, the officers found and poured out 110 barrels of beer. As many as four men have been caught in a single day. and at one tune about as many men tended the | fires ynaer nettles and handled oth er duties connected with the manu | fact ure of liquor as there were men tending the crops in the fields in that Considered in economic terms, the illicit liquor business there has caused the downfall of a large num ber. a few. by sheer luck, getting ahead. And it is the unfavorable turn that has tended to check the business and not so much the sentences meted out and the During the past 10 years. Officer Roebuck estimated that he has con ducted around 130 raids into the Free Union section of Jamesville Township, that approximately 200 copper kettles were captured along with hundreds of bags of sugar and other ingredients -~y Left alone, a few of the once pros perous manufacturers finding a dull period in farm activities and money scarce can be expected to go back into the business, but it will take the daring blood of a new genera ban to attempt production on as large a scale as was in effect during the peak days. Reduction Possible In Town Tax Rate A reduction in Williamstan's town tax rate wax seen as a possibility today as auditors continued their re view of the town books and set up propci tj values for the cur rent local year. Town off iris Is ex that the budget needs bad been considered in detail Just at this tune, and that it wi Nine Cases Disposed Of at Monday Term Of Recorder's Court Solicitor W. H. Cobum Re turns To Work After Lengthy Absence Judge H O. Peel called nine cases I the county court Monday, the docket attracting little attentsoo. Solicitor W. H Cobum. after an ab sence from the court since last Janu ary. was back in his prosecuted the docket, the lasting only a short time. Use case charging K. D. Spruill with violating the liquor la' continued until next Monday under prayer for judgment. Robert Dul. Charlie pl 1 and Henry Golf, charged with larceny and receiving, wese sentenced to the to begin at the direction of the court, at any time within the next two years. Jack Golf, fourth defendant in the case, w as earned before Clerk of Court L B. Wynne, juvenile judge, who released him m the cus tody of the boy's father. Judgment was. suspended upor payment of the cost and on condi tion that the defendant. Willie G CarToll. young white man charged with reckless dnvmg and an assault with a deadly weapon, pay (7121 to Earl Tetterton. prosecuting wit The case chargu? Oscar Council with violating the liquor laws continued until August 2 for the de fendant. Judgment was suspended payment of the cost m the cast charging Bcitha Colras with violat ing the liquor laws The case charging Barney Wynne w ith non-support was not prossed. Charged with disorderly conduct and asauh on a female. Jeff White hurst pleaded guilty of simple as sault. Solicitor Cobum accepted the plea, and the court suspended judgment upon payment of the cost. J. D. Wiggins, the colored man who damaged public property in an attempt to break out of the county jail, was sentenced to the roads for 60 days. Parmele News of General Interest Last Wednesday night Paul Wild man took his wile on a hurried trip to the Greenville hospital. Thurs-, day morning the doctors got busy with their little butcher knives and removed her appendix Last reports! were that she is smiling and expect ed home pretty soul The main topic of conversation here ts the weather. Sometimes it is hot and dry. When it is not hot and dry it is dry and hot. We leteived a long letter a fe days ago from Joannie Wood burn She sent her love and best wishes to everybody, so We are taking this means of broadcasting, since noc everybody in Martin County is her friend They have bought a home in Trilby. Fla, and repaired it a bit and so now. with plenty of electric ?ty and running water they are set tling down to a quiet and peaceful old age. Trilby is about as big as Parmele and seven miles from Dad. City. about the sue of Roberson ville. Lots of nice folks there. The big item in her letter was about the rooster she was cooking They were having a big field day ptugiam f the benefit of the cemetery and Jo anna's part was to cook the birds One rooster was a rooster wis Hoover was president Took an axe to separate the parts. Oversize Tough. But when she got him minced up a bit and bogged down in ri her pressure cooker you can bet some folks could not tell the differ ence in a hundred years. Another interesting feature of the day was a fat woman's race. I bet Joanna won ?t So now all of her fi Minis in Martin County, remember that J Captain J. H Wil ily are home for a few days 1 CCC Camp m Kelt cm. S C We are looking far Rev. A C from Boonrville. Ky. Wed stay about ten days. Former Slave Has Large Family in This County Tobacco Curing Under Way On Majority County Farms the <uUlf W r uip is Bate Ob ifUM Uua laaC. an a few Iiibiii ?lw ?a Geartu arit Thar ad ay art Mac awaited by lacal lawn with iateml. bat it b liwabui that the prices ten vary to a mark New Books Received For Schoolsin County All Books in First Seven Grades To Be Furnished by Slate Books Received So Far Are New: Only 2 Exceptions In Entire List More than 11,000 textbooks were delivered to the Martin County Board of Education this week for' (ree use in the elementary depart ments of the several schools thu ccir.ir.g term Nearly 7.000 addition al copies are expected within the next few weeks, or before the term Bets underway on September 2. All books in the first seven grades of the schools of this county will l> furnished free with two exceptions, the educational authorities explain ir.g that new English books for rhc fo.rth. fifth, sixth and seventh grades and a new North Carolina history for the sixth grade would he adopted for the 1938-39 term, ami that the fri -? distribution of the okl bm-ks would be limited. Pupils us-1 ing these books fur the first time this , coming term will probably find it! advisable to pick up second-hand copies of these texts where possible The sale of second-hand books for u?e in the elementary departments of the schools is now almost a thing of the past. The State, showing its great liberality, will furnish them free with few exceptions. Supple mentary or books for collateral read ing will not be furnished by the state, but it is certain that some of the supplementary books required in the reading program can be found in the school libraries. All of the books delivered to the county board of education this week are right from the publishing houses, but it is understood that many sec i(jwl-lund texts will be used in the schools. The distribution of the books to the individual schools will be effect ed just before the term is opened in early September. In the high schools, pupils will buy books for their own use. the free texts being made available only to the youngsters in the lower grades. Ortho|)edic Clinic In Tarboro Monda\ The Tarboro Rotary Club will roorfuct its regular orthopedic clinic Monday. July 26. Iran 9 a m. to 1 p m. at the Presbyterian Sunday school building in Tarboro. Private cases may see orthopedist at 2 p. m The club is anxious to reach all unfortunate cripples who are unable to pay for treatment. Local Firemen Get First Call Today In Weeks The local volunteer firemen were called out at 11 o'clock this morn ing to check a small grass fire just off South 1 laugh ton Street near the W. B Watts home. No damage is done by the fire, which was brought under control without the use of the fire-fighting equipment. It was the first call since George Hams succeeded Henry D. Harrison aa chief of the department several Farm Tour in the County Yesterday Very Success!ul Although only a few fanners par npated. the farm tour conducted in this county yesterday was eon ?e trip declaring they found it instructive as well as enter Vanous farm tests, includ thinning projects, were m various parts of the LIGHT EATER Cm < l ? Chit K. Hwjr iltf Ant ?hilr tnMajr tatisn mi -Tfcr Int CatMi * TV Stair's AM rimlivr was IV Arac statr Vy\ sV served Ha a aVsiA and a milk Aakr. TV Naankrr I car rhaaf Irar J?rd vita tar ttrrrsn, tar tmmmi i 1y Local Club Has Six Hitters Around .300 Figure for Season Wade and Rollins Holding Spotlight Among Coastal League Pitchers Contrary U> the belief entertained I by some'fear. Williamston has a bit tine baseball team, statistics re cently released slum1 that 6 of the 18 regular players on the local team are holding ranking positions with \ the leading league hitters The bat ! ting records were based on games 1 played through last Sunday, and if the statistics had been based on cur rent play, the Martins would have eight players in the group of lead mg hitters. Monk Joyner. Ayden manager, is leading the league at bat with an average of -394. but Ayden has only one other man in the ranking group Tarboro and Kinston each have five and Snow Hill and New Bern have 3 apiece. Greenville and Gcldsboru have one each in the list. ill ston's hitters are batting around .300 Individually the percentages are as follows. Stanley 306. McCay 302 Stevens 29?. Earp -296. and Deim and I abator 295 each. In the pitching department of the game. Wade and Rollins rank at the top. Wade has 11 wins to his credit against 4 losses Rollins, fanning 12S (not including yesterday's 18> leads the league pitchers in ntimbei of striekouts. Boll Weevils Attack States Cotton Crop Reports of heavy boll weevil in testations in the cotton fields ol Piedmont and Eastern North Caro Una are reactor-* J. O Roweii. ex tension mtconiopii at Slate Col I eye. Recent warm, damp weather has been highly favorable to the propa gation of this insect, he said, and tl the weather continues thus, serious losses will be suffered. According In the reports, the de gree of infestation ranges from Hi to Ml per cent of the squares and bolls in different counties, while a few counties report but little infes tation so far. The best method of control, Row eil stated, is to keep a close watch and start dusting as soon ss 10 per cent of the squares on the stalks show signs of weevils. liquates an tne ground are not a reliable indicator, be added, as they show the digits of infestation sev eral days before, but not on. the day the examination is made The dusting may be done with incnllc Or "a "HOT with an of base. The latter to the soaL sbould be repeated o as long as 10 per cent of the squares appear to be in fested. In years of heavy infests Margin of Profit on Liquor Sales Larger In Second Quarter Audit Expected To Shaw Net Profit In Excess Of S5.60.00 The second quarter audit for the Martin County Alcoholic Beverages Control Board is expected to show a profit of $5,605 St from the sale of liquors during the period, according to advanced information iretired today from V J. Spivey. board chair within the next fear days, it was learned. In the second quarter of 1936. the board cleared a profit of S3.t25.TB. the net income for the recent quar ter exceeding that amount by $2. 180 24 The advance audit release did not show- the distribution of sales, profits and expenses by stores. In the sec ond quarter of last year, total sales in the four stores amounted to $21. 584 05 and were divided as follows: William.ton. $11.76275. Robersoo ville. $4,674: Oak City. $1,761X5; Jamcj 1 tile. $5,583 45 Second quar ter profits for 1937 increased over those for a like period last year by about 61 per cent. While the increase in profits rang ed around 60 per cent, the increase in sales is not believed to have ex ceeded those of the second quarter fast year by more than 35 per cent The expense for handling the small er sales was about as great as that for tiwndling the larger sales The only added expense was an increase of 4 per cent in the State sales tax cn May 1. IV-pile the opening of liquor stores in near-by counties last quar ter. sales in this county continued to gain. Chairman V. J. Spivey stating that he attributed the increase to 'he strict enforcement of the liquor laws. The control board is planning to turn over to the county treasurer $5.605 94 turn. rrvw. and the several store towns are expected to enter their claims to one-fifth of the profit allowed tin in U> an act passed by the recent state legislature. Tbe distribution of profits by stores has not been determined at this tune, but the four towns will receive joint ly $1,121 18. The claim of the towns to share in the first-quarter u as denied as the law was not | until late in that period. There is no doubt but that the profit divis ion will be made by the county with in the next few days. Slate's ^ age Seale Far Below Average ant director ? f Use state employment service, said in the department of labor's monthly - ]T nmf to day. that employees in North Caro lina "receive less wages by S3 per cent than the national average vafe eamerji pay** "The average annual earnings of the nation's workers are $1,171 71. as compared to S7S5 for the North Car olina worker." Campbell wrote. "this disparity in wages ts all the more striking when you consider the fact that the federal tax on North Carolina production is equivalent to an annual assessment of $296 upon every* gainful worker an the state;*" continued Campbell, who Is in charge of employment service sta tistics Thus it appears." he said, "that through lower wages or longer hours the worker in North Carolina carries one-seventh of the nation's tax har den on production. In not a activity is the pay envelope of the North Carolina worker shown to be as heavy as that of his neighbor** in other states, and this disparity reaches into every industry in the state." Past Masters' Night At Skewarkey Lodge Tuesday The awarding of )>illi to three past masters will br a feature of the regular meeting of Skexrarkee Lodgt of Masons here next Tuesday tit ing at S o'clock, it today by lodge officers. ter's emblems will be auattlul to Messrs. W. C Ttennug & & Brows and Dr James & Rhodes. Rex. Rich ard Lucas, blind minuter of Plym outh. and Mr. John W. Haulm, tkn of Plymouth, and Dtetnct Deputy S
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