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VOLUME XL?NUMBER 67 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. August 27. 1937 ESTABLISHED ltW
Martins End Coastal
Plain Season Today;
Ready for Play-Off
Ayden's Chance To Play la
Semi-Final* Blasted by
Martins Yeslerdav
The close of the regular :
the Coastal Plain baseball 1
day finds Williamston just five I
out.of first place, the Martins hav
ing clung to that position <
10 with only a slight
Good baseball has feature the past
few games in the tail-end of the i
son. and the team is in great
to start the semi-finals with Tar
boro here tomorrow. The Martins
have their batting eye fund inning a
little better, and Skipper Hauger
states he is ready for all comers.
New Bern's Bear and the Martins
battle to a 7-run tie here Tuesday
afternoon, the umps calling the |
at the end of the ninth on account
of darkness Strunk started for the
Martins, but turned the pitching
work over to Wade in the fourth
ning, and errors let in two runs
the ninth and knotted the score.
Over in New Bern Wednesday , the
Martins really played ball Strunk
held the Bears to ? welt-scattered
hits and Pappy Deim added color
to the contest with some
third-baseing. the combined farces
doing s good job to hold the Brians
scoreless. Timely hitting netted 1
runs for the Martins, one each in
first, seventh and eighth mnmg?
Ayden, holding on to a clan i
for entering the semi-finals, Inst that
chance here yesterday afternoon,
when Fields and Wade held the visi
tors to 9 hits and 4 runs, while the
Martins were making their 10 safe
ties count for 5 runs. The Aces took
the lead in the fifth inning, but the
Martins got together in the eighth
to score three runs and win the |
by a 5-4 count. Wade getting credit
for the win.
Tomorrow. Skipper Haugers plans I
to start Big Jim Rollins against!
Snake Henry's Serpents, and a strong]
bid wiH be made to take the first!
contest ????
Several Are Slightly
Injured When Cars
Crash Here Tuesday
Garland Woo lard Painfully
Brained Wlien Slrurk by
Auto Wednesday
No one was badly hurt but con
siderable property damage followed
when two ears driven by W & Cop
persmith of Elizabeth City, and An
drew W. Faulkner formerly of V*
guua but now of Plymouth, crashed
at the Main and Haughton Street in
tersection here last Tuesday night
about 10 o'clock. Coppersmith driv
ing his Dodge coupe down Mam St
suffered a minor cut on his forehand
and others in his car and in that of
Faulkner's were slightly bruised
The two drivers entered the in
tersection apparently without cnre
ful watch, and the Coppersmith ma
chine plowed into the side of the
Ford driven by Faulkner who was
accompanied by his wife Neither
car was traveling fast, and witness
es to the crash were of the opnuon
that both drivers could have stop
lied after entering the intersection
and avoided the accident had they
been more careful
A second main street accident fol
lowed Wednesday afternoon
Garland Woolard, local
man, stepped from between two cars
into the path of another driven fay
D. C. Butner, representative mi
Swift and Company with headquar
ters in Greenville. Mr. Woolard was
thrown on top of the hood, but suf
fered no broken bones. He
ly bruised, however,
state that he will be "??~i to I
home for a few days.
Teachers Offer
Their Resignations
One or two teachers in the i
schools this week offered their
ignitions, the board of <
lice stating today
quests entered at this
subject not to be
tion after resignation
captad and the
have filled the positions
cant up until
tendered this
authorities are now said to be in an
mood to continue the
Estimated 9,000 People Here
For Opening Sales Yesterday
Ion. numbering well over
by conservative estimates,
Williamston streets mam
districts all day y ester
claiming it was the
to attend a tobacco
n several yean. Ov
the warehouse and bus
districts, the crowds wearing
very happy smiles for the most part,
into the residential areas, their
solid rows that extend
ad actual btpda away tram the
at things. Parking lots were
crowded and Washington Street,
the main artery leading from the to
bacco area, was crowded to capacity
dunng a greater part of the day.
A large attendance upon Dovrrue
Brothers at the fair (rounds failed
to thin the croods on the streets to
any (rent extent, for as fast as sales
were inwmtru<1 on the market farm
en would (Other an the i isle ? ?!> i
and shops to discuss the price bend.
from early moraine until late last
night, and quite a number saw the
The day was marked by the ab
sence of arcirtrats of any kind, and
no reports of any "skin" (ames were
received by police. Traffic was coo
tested at periods, but some how and
in some way it iintanclcd itself, and
the business and entertainment
srhedule moved off smoothly.
It was a (real day all rt(ht.
Plans Go Forward for
Big Fair Here This Fall
\ REGISTER pupils 1
V '
I of
m the local ki|k achat Principal
D N. Hii statiag that the 7# ar
IS
Change in Set-llp of
W.P.A. Organization
Effective Next ^ eek
\oi kno?n How Nny Ai*
To Br Tronoferrrd from
Williamson CMfirr
The elimination of the five Works
Aoptu Administration district of
fires in this SUte will be effected
next Wednesday in accordance with
pi?? announced socne time ago by
State Administrator Coan Com
plete plans for the purported econ
omy move have not been made pub
lie and it could not be learned today
bow many employees would be re
moved or dropped from the admin
istrataon rolls here.
At the same time the district head
quarters are abolished. Federal WPA
?,p?.will have established IS
area offices, including one here foe
the counties of Martin. Nash. Pitt,
Beaufort. Washington, Hyde, TJit
reU and Edgecombe Under the
newly proposed set up. Williamston
will serve as headquarters for Area
Two ?~t will be responsible direct
ly to the state office in Raleigh.
Although the names of those who
wiU be iliimmad from the pay rolls
will not be made public before to
morrow or Sunday. Administrator
r^?. said that among those to be
ropped are a number receiving sal
Knes "in the higher brackets"
The district offices were opened
here a year ago next Wednesday at
a cost of several thousand dollars to
the town and county. It is believed
that many of the workers now em
ployed in the district office here will
ntinue their work under the area
l ip it is also understood that
Use State Employment service will
several of the offices now oc
by the WPA group for Us
of 10 to 1* workers.
Several Fire Calls;
Small Damage Done
Very bttle damage resulted
fire, starting from a spark, burned a
i?into the roof of the Cen
tral cafe in the C. O Moore build
i Washington Street here MM
afternoon at 1* trtlock
around a skylight and
the ire ^reading to
Return of "Lucky
Tcter" Assured by
Operators of Event
(MliMlal Rrvar Booker!
As a Fnlurr \tlrarlion
For 1937 Kxhibilion
Amofmals for holding the
?II.. ? falr on October 5. S.
i 7. I. and ? are going forward rapid -
' If. Manager Harvey- Walker said to
day Contracts hare been virtually
completed with some of the best
grandstand attractions ever seen in
the South. Mr Walker stating tha~.
Norman Y. Cham bliss general man
ager. had made arrangements to
center his attention on the William -
ston exhibition this year and that
he was going to book the leading
Lucky Deter and his daredevil
drivers will make their return ap
pearance here on Friday of fair
?ek, the management explaining
it the contracts for Teters return
d been signed One of the main
features on the grandstand program
each evening will be the Continent
al revue, an elaborate production
with 30 girls in the cast. The revue
was produced by Geo. A. Ham id, of
New York, internationally known
will be clanaxed by a spectacular
display of fireworks Manager Walk
er stating that the budget carries an
appropriation of several thousand
dollars for the fireworks program a
Frank West's World
shorn, one of the largest
travels^ in the South this comini
will be on the midway
There are IS modern rides and >
novelty shows. General
this week
would be allowed on the midway
Offeni^ a total at $2,500 in cas
trig more than ever the agricultui
jside of the fair, and greater exhib
displays are promised by agrtcultui
al li aitrn in Uus and adjouun
counties A feature that has rt
reived little attention in reeert yeai
at the fair will be a livestock shot
of some sue Increased premium
are being idhied in the livestor
drpartmentx. and more interest i
the exhibits M expected.
Free-for-All Fight
Here Early Today
Not at all particular in selecting
the-r grounds, several young while
a shipped near the home of Sher
iff C B Roebuck on East Maui
Street here Urn morning about l :3g
o'clock nad set out to settle an ar
ipons they could i
ry The Mi
the
cleared two Oak ley boys from Cross
jailed One
at the boys eras painfuly beaten on
the bead, tl
Call Three Criminal
Cases In Recorder s
Court Last Monday
Oar Car To Oak
CHy Mavor for Trial
Kmd "
Judfe H O Peel disposed of the
docket in the county court
on Monday in a brief tune but spent
considerable tune hearing a civil
boa. There were only three
criminal cases scheduled for trial
and one of those eras remanded to
the mayor of Oak City for trial and
In the case charging Lonnte Whit
field and Booker T. Teei with an as
sault with a deadly weapon. Whit
field pleaded guilty and was fined
$10 .the court taxing him with the
St. Teel pleaded not guilty, but
the evidence was against him and
the court imposed a $25 fine and
added one-half the case costs
-Charged with violating Die liquor
laws. Edward Coffield was fined
$15 and taxed with the cost. Cof
field was also sentenced to the
roads for sixty days, the sentence to
begin at the direction of the court.
The case charging Roy Earner
w ith breaking and entering and lar
ceny was remanded to Oak City's
mayor for trial and judgment. La
nier. said to have been drinking at
the tune, is the man charged with
wandering into the Chesson home at
Oak City about two weeks ago and
who started helping himself to food
Some Large Peppers
Crown Near Here
The: 1! U' a hoi tune in this sec
tion this year if all the farmers
fro* peppei the sue of the two
pUrni on dbplajr here yesterday by
Faro Alexander Lalley Measur
ing 15 inches around, one of the pep
der a pound- Both a-r? ahamt ihi?!
ihc sire. Mr Lalley stating that
there were five oilier peppers pulled
from the same stalk but none was
quite ;o large as the two ^ hmngM
from hts home near the fair grounds.
CJiange In Farm Life
Faculty Amiotinml
Wilton Kilpxr young man of
Kewbeii) S C. yesterday wa> ip
pointed to fill the pusitiun nude va
cant tn the Farm Ijfe School facul
ty by the resignation of tail Uv
. ing>t.-!i -i Prosja-i ny, S C Sclwol
auth- titles explained that laving
ston Had been uffrrrd the principal
ship of the school in his home com
munity and that tlx > releai ,sl hun
from bis contract
1 rick KiJrr Brrmkt Leg Im
i.lrcun Yrtlrrtimy 4/lrraooa
J Charles Ptplin. tuck nder auth
Reb Russell in the Uownie Brothers
cirrus, broke his leg while perform
ing before 3.000 pcrgile under the
"tug top- here yesterday aftcrmaai
After receiving first-aid treatment in
the offices of Drs Rhodes. Eaaun and
Winn. Poplin was removed to a
Rocky Mount hospital, where it will
he aecaasary for Kan to remain sev-1
eral weeks. The large bun.> in his
leg was broken, spectators hearing
it crack from the other side of the
LmrmI Boy Rrrorrriaf Im
Hoapitmt from* Im jmrin
John Fleming Thigpen. young Wil
hamston buy who was badly cut in
automobile accident near Tappa
Va last Saturday after
improving in a Richmond
ft is nut known just when
he will be able to leave the hospital,
late reports indicating that his dis
charge a not expected within sev
eral days
More than 100 stitches were neces
sary to clone the cuts an his face,
was on the operating table
for three hours, it was learned here
today
Veor Tmtrm DmftmU OU Birafa
13 TmOlm
Local Tobacco Market Has One
Of Most Satisfactory Opening
Day Sales in History Yesterday
Martins Start Play-Off Here
Saturday With Henry'sClub
*aa Mit over in Aedca. Ike
Marti*, will co into the *?i
against Tarbonj km la
aiirraaM at 4 irlorL
Hill lad New Kara will
battle far a place in the hnaW
bat it has not been derided
?here thev will start the series
at three ait at Ire tame*.
Haas Stanley, keeper at the left
tardea, will desert thai paxtaa
?adaj a; id take the mart
against Ay den. giving the Mar
lias' pitr'tiag stall a rest in prey
?nlm for a hot Umr with Tar
horo in thr five-game *nrv
Inn Mrt'ay and Ace Ville
ptrque. the other two outer gar
deners. have also requested Ship
per Hauger to let them take a
turn in th- box. and it is pos
sible they may get a chance this
Manager tloodraon explained
that the receipts from the semi
finals would be pooled and di
vided. and for that reason all
passes honored during the regu
lar season would be withdrawn
for the series.
Many Farmers Are
I Noi Participating
In Soil Program
of Kami. Reported.
122 Forfeit Claim. To
l)iipr?ion Payment*
Thai Martin County farmers are
rot participating m the soil conser
vation program to as great an ex
tent as they did a year ago is indi
cated in a report released by County
Agent T B Brandon yesterday A
complete report on the program par
ticipation is not available just at this
time, the agent explaining that ac
tivities of 526 farm operators had
l.-eti reported, giving a fairly good
Kiea of what may be expected in the
*"*y~of benefits-am fau.
farms reporting. 122 or
a fraction over 23 per cent have
failed to qualify for any diversion
payments under the soil consenm
Jtion progr.ui Tlii- operators of the
I ~ farms planted their bases and in
?""f cases are thought to have ex
iceded them, the action eliminating
their hopes for sharing in the soil
conservation diversion of benefit
payments.
A study uf the preliminary reports
A,w ,hat the tot farmers included
in the list of 526 whose farms have
tacen surveyed will receive approx
imately $31,975 75 in diversions pay
mcnts. Uie amount be.ng 62 per cenc
or the fofil possible fo be received
??cfi payments under the soil pro
gram
As to individual crops, the t04
farm operators arc- diverting 2K per
?nt ,.f their cotton liasr- t? other
ciups falling in the soil building
group Farmers liad the opportunity
to receive benefits for diverting 35
j per cent of Ih-tr cotton base acres
j to oilier ciops. but the early esti
I mates show that they will fall short
by 7 per cent of gaining the maxi
mum payments. The tot farm oper
ators had a cotton base of !.5t3 acres
the i.-port showing that t32 had been
diverted.
. Having the opportunity to divert
-4 per cent of their tobacco base ac
jteage and draw diversion payments,.
[Uie tot farm operators, as a whole,
c-lcxted to participate only to the
extend of 16 3 per cent In other
A..rds the 526 farms covi red by the
report had a base of 3 549 acres and
Hie group planted all but 579 6 acres'
U> Ihe crop.
IVanuti hardly found their way
into Uie program, the farm operators
participating only to the extent of
SI per cent out of a possible max
?mum of 15 per cent of their bases.
There are 4.569 base peanut acres,
Ihe farm operators electing to re
duce Uie crop by only 242 acres,
j Complete reports are expected to
cause a variation in these percent,
ages, but it is quite evident from
the preliminary figures that Martin
farmers are deserting the soil con
servation program.
These figures do not necessarily
mean fiat Ihete is going to be a
great big mrplui of cotton, tobacco
and peanuts but they do indicate
that at was the combined wall of the
farmers to produce bag maps Be
fore any definite idea can be gained
ss to the size of Uie crops, the boll
?*"1 damage as to be recognized
,Kr fate tobacco now an the
^ ? subject to rum and never
"a* h? market, thereby af
feeling a reduction. Despite the
' peanut acreage there is much
if the nop will be as large
" *** a year ago There are good
"?**?? fac a greet hay crop on
> and a world of pops on the hot
Reb Russell, C ,oyvIm)\
Movie Star, Lets Bijr
r
kiek Out Leaf Sales
^tftulh* (IroHtleil Vromid thr
C.owhoy l?\ tlie IliimlrnU
Here Ye?ilenlav
Heb Russett. moVT^sTai "Tr? in uu'
P)vhus!ia way in Oklahoma, had a
Ing tine * c c luj w hen he came
here w * T>. \vnie Brothers cir
cus and a ? ed in <>n his first tobac
co aucl i sa And the kids
some g -a i-ups. too?had a big
time cro o ng around the screen idol
who winiii^iy si tared his autographs
with every youngster who could find
a scrap of paper
Describing himself as just a plain
ordinary countryman, Russell, one
tune all-American football star,
jammed the activities on the local
tobacco maiket for a few minutes
yesterday morning-when he attract
> of youtii^th
ed hundreds of youtlY^there Police
had to help him break through his
admuc2> and scatter the crowds that
activities on the market could be
carried on.
Asked what he thought.about the
tobacco sales. Rmsell said he got a
big kick out of it and added that the
Indians with him did, .too. "But I
didn't get the meaning of it all. The
man (auctioneerI would cry 'yunme'
or gimme' and, gee, 1 just' couldn't
evei all v* '>;?! the score was," Hus
sell, one of the real lanih-hom cow
t .ys. said
Kusxdl > la ted that he certainly
liked Williar.ton even though it
took him nearly an hour to find a
place to sleep a,.ei ai living here
from Kli ab. l. Cay The kids were
not long in forming a friendship
with the man, and his visit added to
thy ening of the tobacco market
here
Ac? cmpatued by his 11-year-old
daug* u. 1' s La ttie. Russell left
here for R<* ky Mount. His daugh
ter wJ leave him there and return
to her home in Oklahoma to start
school soon.
Mattress Factory
Starts Next \\ eek
Will.amston's new est enterprise, a \
maltres* factory, is scheduled to
start operations next week under the;
direction of Guthrie Strawbndge,
manager of the Good and Bad Fur-'
niture Company. W. H Summerrell j
experienced mattress maker, will be
in charge of the plant which will be |
located in the building formerly oc
cupied by the Clark Candy Com
pany on the railroad just off Smith
wk k Street
__ Operating details are being ar
ranged this week, the management
stating that the new enterprise will
employ about six people at the start
Circus PI ax a Ttt Croud of
7j000 People Yesterday I
Downie Brothers Circus played to
approximately 7.000 people here yes
terday. 3.O00 tn the afternoon and
about 4.000 last evening, the man
agement stating it was well pleasedI
with the short stay her% and plann^xi |
to return in the fulure.
The circus was well received herel
yesterday by people from over a|
targe territory, almost everyone |
gifli int very highly of the program
Today the circus is in Rocky |
Mount and from there it goes to Wil
son and then on to Raleigh, Char
lotte and several large towns in|
Carolina
Average Price About
22 Cents; Exj>eet To
(.lt*ar Block Today
Nearly MNMMN> P?,.n,ls Of
t.oltlrn la-uf Placed On
Fluor? for Initial Sale*
? Satisfactory sales marked the
opening of the Williamston Tobacco
Market yesterday, prices, while not
high, being considered fair by the
,?r"'rrsi 11,0 "Pining here was one
of the biggest in the history of the
-ggrfcet^and attracted a record.
breaking crowd, estimated by some
to number between 8,000 and 9 000
people There were fewer com
plaints heard here yesterday than
en any other opening, including the
?,U' ln. J919- when prices averaged
[-"tin...J 50-renhea pound.^The piker?
-re not high, but they are fair, and
have no ri?ht to complain." one
j prominent farmer from around
uamesv.lle said, and he expressed
Ihe opinion of possibly a big major
Official figures are not available
for the opening sales in their entir
Uhlrt " WaS reI'ably ""mated
?hat the price average was around
? cents or about 2 cents below the
Ofcning day average a year ago.
icre was no high-priced tobacco
?n the floors One pile brought 44
cents a pound, but the top ,igures
seldom went above 25 cents. Pos
sibly the pi.ee- f,?. the medlum
grades were stronger than they were
a year ago There was a consider
able amount of inferior quality to
(baceo offered for sale, and one farm
p-r aveiaged less Thai, Z v.-nts and
1 utany sold their offerings for an ,v.
ci age of I, ss than 15 cents. Their to
bacco was harvested during that dry
l-aso,, Jul) ,(le lai(nerj ^
? U> keep the sun from burmng it
>'P A number of averages ranged
around .10 cents and a few were re
ported excess of 32 cents . pound
The sue of the break yesterday
j' *ceeded-*l| expectations, and ev
eryone was surprised late Wednes
, day when ,t became evident that
Work ?!? W(nlld miinw ,he next
??> High prices down on the bor
T M'"rcd the marketing activities
I-Od < lose n. 1.000 farmers placed ap
11'ioximately 375.000 pounds on the
Sales were
^0.000 pounds were sold during the
ay The bliak is being cleared to
? ay reports Iron, .he market staling
1 pr'ces wee holding their own
-?Ware,.Mis, n and buyers settled
town to ano, .r day hard work
?" ilea, the Ho ,, f.,r bl(, sales nex(
, """day Fanners are working !Jng
lour- to get their crops ready for
sale and ,t ,s generally behoved
L 7 jbcV-W II make every effort pos
| ,blt" market the leaf whhh7iT^~
i??rci time
J Judging repoi ts reaching
bcri Williamston had. p.-, portion
'? '?- Mre the higges, blL.ak of
Wco in the belt yes.erday. Ob
-.vcrs visiting on the big markets
one that prices h,re compared
?c.y faio.ably wiffi th.se through
ou t u- udi There was some keen
j Cofupotilii.il lt|e buyi;i< on the lo
|cal market, and the buyers proved
(the claim that they are .he best set
I Ml the belt by sticking close ,0 their
Jobs during the long ho; hours.
Without a doubt. Williamston has
the strongest market in all its his
mry. and a great season ls assured
Ihe warehouse personnel is recog
nised far and wide as being the most
progressive and among the most ex
perienced in the belt.
(iar Damaged But
Driver Is Not Hurt
George Harrison, jr., escaped in
jury yesterday morning about 2:30
o'clock when a tire on his car blew
oul and the machine jumped the
sidewalk and skidded inte the front
yard of H. M Burras on West Main
Street. The rear end of the car was
smashed in. but it was not damaged
beyond repair.
Let Contract for Mem Home
On Simmont Avenue Hera
A contract for the construction at
a new seven-room biick home for
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Spivey haa boon
let. and the builders will start
on the two-story structure
tune next week. The new
will be located on Simmon* Ave