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VOLUME XL?NUMBER 87 WUluunstoa, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday, October 29.1937. ' " - ESTABLISHED 1W9
Officers Explain
Stabilization Plan
For Peanut Crop
Farmers Urged to Support
Bureau in Urging
Crop Control
here bat night at the di
rection at the Farm Bureau Federa
tion, more than 100 representative
far men were urged to lend their
support to the movement to protect
the peanut gurnet after the peanut
period. It is quite apparent that toe
stabilization plan will serve to the
advantage of the fanner this year,
but the drive behind the meeting
last night was to rally support be
hind the Farm Bureau which in turn
anil rally behind the movement to
have peanuts mduded as a basic
commodity m the federal agricultur
al program
Tobacco farmers are almost cer
tain at a control program because
they are fighting for it There is
doubt if the peanut crop will be in
cluded in the program simply be
in any grant
are not fighting for controL
But the fight is not over. Mr. Sam
Everett, president of the Martin
County Bureau. said last night If are
fight, are nil arm: if we fail to work
we will fail. Mr Everett explained.
E F Arnold, secretary of the
State Federation, plrnded for the
support at the farmers in pushing
the peanut control plan through. He
pointed out that the Bureau was try
ing to get the House Agnculura
Committee to hold hearings in this
State, and get the sentiment of North
Carolina gioaeis as to whether they
w ant or need control for peanut pro
duction.
Messrs. R & Everett, director in
the Peanut Stabilization Corpora
tive, and J. & Fearing, secretary
and treasury of the organization, ex
lizing the peanut market They re
viewed the legislation that had help
rd the peanut gioaer in past years,
and pointed out the trials and tribu
lations. Mr. Fearing went on to say
that the Farm Bureau has given val
uable aid toward saving the peanut
The stabilization cooperative ia m
position to take care at the farmers
this year. Director Everett said, and
it will go the lanit in protecting the
market. He ads sard the fanners to
deliver to the stabilization ware
houses if the cleaners do not offer
more than the price established by
the cooperative The plan is mere
ly to stabilize the market, and if the
fanner can get more on the pom
market, then he is not asked to de
liver to the cooperative warehouses."
Mr. Everett addad.
Mr. Fearing explained that the
only cost to the fanner was a fl
membership fee arhiefa entitled him
to deliver as many or as few pea
nuts and without further obligation
as he choae to the cooperative The
peanuts are stored, and if they are
later sold to the edible trade, the
fanner shares m any premium price
his peanuts might command How
ever. when he deliieii his crop to
the warehouse, the fanner is paid
the stipulated price, and the sale is
completed iiiihm the cooperative
sells at a figure that will entitle him
to a dividend.
Applications have been filed for
the operation of two warehouses m
W111 lamstun. and it is understood
they will start recerving the crop
within a few <
Tobacco Hefts Are
Reported In County
S I
that tnhnrro thieves have recently
are active in this
of the thefts banc limited to anall
a barn of
% it could
both cot
of a i
theft, it in
State, County and Towns Cut
Pie at Liquor Profits Table
The State of North <
tin County, Williemstoo, Boberaon
ville, Oak City and Jamesville p
ihered around tbr liquor profits
table this week for the third quarter
e cutting. the State getting the
Martin County sets tUMtl as its
share of the profits made during the
third quarter. North Carolina gets
>2,115.97. the Unm sharing, as fol
lows' WUliamslon. HSI50; Hit 1
sonville. S229.IM. Oak City. MS 14.
and Jamesville. 529.00
Participating to the extent of 7
per cent on gross sales, the State
came in for the lion's share Deduct
ed before cumins are paid, the
seven per cent i
?. leaving the local govern
o share in any profits that
after expenses and sales are
Profits to the county were
nearly $2,000 leas last quarter than
they were in April. May and June.
Wilbamston's share was smaller by
.nearly $200. and Jamesville with its
sales drastically reduced hardly par
11 icipated at all the profits dropping
' from $29246 in the second quarter
to $2900 last quarter. Oak City's li
?nwr itvi u dropped aouut $10.
?- h. -? Rot r :unille wuh greatly in-|
iic&aed ssiu gained nearly a $100
m profits over those for the previous
quarter
After spilling the "spoils" six
ways $401 50 was placed in the re
serve fund far law enforcement
Postal Receipts Here
Reach New High Peak
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Three Face Trial
In County Court
For Driving Drunk
Judge Peel Continues Six
Cases for Trial Next
Monday
Sandwiched Ul?m. the trial of
? nnbtr of alleged violator* of the
liquor laws, six cases constituting a
part of the regular docket were
tried in the county recorder's court
last Monday. A half dozen other
cases were continued. Judge H. O
Peel realizing that it would be im
possible to clear the docket of the
large number of actions in a single
day.
Among the cases continued was
the one charging Geo Beck. James
villc police chief and JamesvtUe
and entering and larceny. This case
is expected to attract much atten
tion when it comes up for trial along
with a number of other ones next
Monday
The proceedings, other than the
ses charging violation of the State
Alcoholic beverages control laws,
are:
Charged with drunken driving.
Lorenzo Bryant was frwd (SO and
taxed with the trial costs. His lirrnn
to operate a motor vehicle was re
voked for one year.
Harvey Mordecai. charged with
being drunk and disorderly and re
sisting arrest was sentenced to the
roads for a term of three months
Judgment was supended upon
lyroent of the cost in the case
charging E. R Holloman. Rocky
Mount man. with reckless driving
Charged with an insult with a
deadly weapon. Isaac Wollis was
adjudged not guilty.
Wm. Satterthwaite. charged with
drunken driving, was fined *50 and
taxed with the cost. His license to
operate a motor vehicle eras revok
ed for one year
Charged with drunken driving.
Geo. W. Mull ins was fined $50. tax
ed with the cost and had his license
Masquerade Dance in
H. S. Gym Tonight
A masquerade dance will be given
might m the high school IJ iaaa
mm ban eight thirty until tkiui
o'clock Prizes far
Record Number Arrests
Expected In This Month
Business Expected
To Double That of
Lean Year of 1932
Receipts Througr the Third
Receipts Through the Third
By $2,890.80
e
Postal tempts at the WilUamston
office continue to show a healthy
ocrease over those of corresponding
1 periods in recent years. Postmaster
Leslie T. Fowden stating today that
business here during the first three
quarters of this year had establish,
ed a new high record. So far this
i > ear or during the first three quar
| lets, the business handled by the
? heal vllni- amounted tn J 14.859 18
compared with a total of $12,388 38
' handled during the first nine months
of 1936
The current year opened with a
; hang, the local office reporting re
ceipts in the amount of $5,197 34
| dm rng January. February and
' Mart h In the rama months last year
the total was $3,970 90 During the
, entire year. 1936. total receipts
amounted to $17,935 26 11 the cur
i rent quarter receipts even equal
those of the fourth quarter a year
ago. the the 1937. business will ex
ceed $20,000 Postmaster Fowden ex
plains that amount represents a lot
of one- and three-cent stamps.
The mounting postal receipts, Mr
Fowden says offer a clear indication
that business in this section is in
aaag, that it is better than it was
a year ago. More business letters and
re messages, too, have been handl
ed by the local office so far this
year than ever before With an as
sured financial stability this season,
the office should continue to show
A slight increase in the money
order business was reported during
the first nine months of this year ov
er the same period in 1936. The
money order business in the first
three quarters of 1936 amounted to
$80.91023 In the same months this
year the business increased to $61..
06721. Briefly stated, the money or
der tusiness lias not kept step with
the postal receipts increase.
In addition to handling an increas
ing business that commanded reve
nue. the local offices has handled
large volumes of free mail for the
federal agencies, making for a busy
Unr all the > ear through for work,
cl i in the local poctoffice
E. F. Thomas, Local
Man, Driver of Death Car
E P. Thomas, employee of Rob
em'* Slaughter House here, was
badly injured about the head and
J H. HowerUn. Farmville man. was
killed when the truck Thomas was
dmnng struck a telephone pole
near Saratoga in Wilson county last
formerly of New Bern
employee at one time for
Frank's Sanitary Grocery here, stat
ed that he parked up Thomas as a
hitchhiker along the highway, that
at the car locked
the accident.
Occupants Escape Injury
In Car-Truck Accident
at the truck started to
large truck on the
right into the CoL
the front
Columbian Peanut
Company Factory
Begins Operations
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Plant Had Twice as Many
Willing Workers as
It Could Use
?
Alter a kmc period of inactivity,
the Columbia Peanut Company re
sumed operations at its local plant
this week, the regular schedule call
ing for normal operations possibly
? ell into nexl lfarch. Announcing
the reopening of its plant with long
blasts from its bass whistle at 5:30
o'clock Wednesday morning, the
plant had twice as many willing
workers as it could use when the
first wheel started turning at eight
o'clock, opening time Most of the
workers, idle for the past several
months, were old hands of the com
pany
Operations were resumed without
mishap. Manager W. S. Pritchard
stating that it was unnecessary to
stop the machines even for minor
adjustments.
At the present lime, the com
pany is employing 125 workers in
its local plant Wages range from
51.25 for women up to $2 a day for
men The company operates only
nine hours a day and remains idle
on Saturdays. At the present time
the plant starts operations at 8 a m.,
closes for a half hour at noon and
ends the days at 5:30. Beginning
neat week, the plant will likely
start operating at 7:30 and close for
the day at 5 p m.
All of its old stock milled and
shipped, the company is now handl
ing the new crop, deliveries coming
?n fairly rapidly for this tune of
the season Stocks from farms as far
away as New Bern was delivered to
the plant here this week. Rains on
Wednesday delayed picking activi
ties. and light deliveries were re
ported yesterday Prices this week
are ranging from slightly over three
<wili If three and thrae.eifhlhs
market observers believing that
best quality offerings will sell for
three and one-half or possibly more
Reports iksilj indicate that white
there is a large production of shell
ing stock to the south, the produc
tion in this section of the country
is little larger if as large as it was
last year ir these lepoiLs are accu
ate. and there is reason to believe
they are. then prices for the fancy
types should move upward
Commissioners To
Hold Meet Monday
The regular meeting of the Mar
tin County Board of Commission
en will be held here next Monday
morning. Chairman J E Pope stat
ing today that little special business
had been placed on the calendar for
consideration at that time. Listed
among the ionline duties is the se
lection of a jury -for the one-week
term of superior court convening the
second Monday in December
Made aware of increases in their |
assessed property valustmns by no
tices of taxes due rdrently distrib
uted by the collector, several own
ers are expected to appear before
the board and file protests. Meet
ings for hearing complaints have
been held, and it is understood that
the commissioners will be unable to
recognize the protests except in
those cases where errors were made
Legion Post To Sponsor
Anto Show And Circus
s
Meeting in brief session here last
Tuesday evening, members of the
John W. Hassell Post of the Ameri
can Legmn made plans to sponsor
sn sutomobile show and indoor cir
cus in an effort to raise funds for
completing the construction of the
legion hut an Watts Street Messrs.
J R Window. H H Peel. J. R Leg
gett and H G Morton were named
on the committee to make arrange
ments for holding the event.
Dates for holding the auto show
and cirrus will be determined later,
reports stating arrangements for the
event could hardly be completed
within the next few weeks.
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Non-Suit Is Likely In Action
To Condemn Land for Street
That the town will take a volun
tary non-suit in the case brought u>
condemn the Cherry property for
extending Smithwsck Street was ex-!
pressed as a possibility by Attorney,
R. L. Coburn yesterday following'
the filing of a commissioners' report
earlier this week. However, no ac
lion in the case will be taken until
the report is placed before the
town commissioners at their regular
meeting next Monday evening, it
w as said.
The commission. Messrs W. H
Biggs. P H Brown and C- O. Moore,
appointed to appraise the damage,
if any. that would result from the
opening of the street, mentioned
$700 in the report filed last Tues
day The commissioners, considering
the improvement, were of the op
inion that the street extension would
enhance the value of the Cherry
property The price was recognized
as by others close to the de
fendant u> the action
The owner of the property. Mr
Joe Cherry, stales that he will fight
condemnation unless the town of
fers him the amount he has in it He
is said to have paid $5,000 for the
entire property.
While future action rests with the
commissioners, it is likely another
commission will be appointed if a
voluntary non-suit is accepted The
new commission will then make its
report, from which the defendant is
almost certain to appeal and the case
will then go to the courts, pros ided.
of course, the town considers the
damage allowance reasonable
The proposed extension of Smith
wick Street is part of an improve
ment program planned by the town
authorities The program calls (or
opening to traffic Railroad Street
[from Smithwick to Washington
Streets
Pulp Plant Operation
Is Started This Week
Initial Shipments
Of Pulp Will Start
Moving Next Vi eek
Will Turn Out About 250
Tons of Pulp a Day at
Full Time Operation
The new pulp plant of the North
Carolina Pulp Co.. in the lower pari
of this county began operating Wed
nesday night, following nearly two
weeks of tuning up and adjustment
Ifkfr firsl cars loaded with pulp are
expected to start on their way north
to the Kieckhefet's finishing plant
at JJelair. N A. early next week
Some pulp was produced last
Monday and Tuesday, but much of it
was torn and mangled as it came off
the rollers of the machine supposed
-'run out thr ?ham it
into sheets
Most of this was turned back in
to the vats to be softened and rolled
out again after the machinery had
been adjusted as required Some,
however, was salvaged and this was
enough to - make about half a box
car full ,
When the mill is operating at full
rapacity it Will turn out about 2S0
tons of pulp a day. according to L.
J Meunir. vice president of the com
pany. lie figures on 40 tons of pulp
to each box car. so it is estimated
that about six cars a day will be
loaded at the mill as soon as every
thing is operating smoothly
Company officials expect that it
will take a while to train the neces
sary crews of from ISO to 300 work
ers in the operation of the compli
cated machinery of the mill
The crew of experienced men who
have come fro mother mills to form
a nucleus for the new organization
has been working almost day and
night for weeks ?getting things
started And Vg* President Meunir
as the man who designed the mill
and is responsible for its successful
operation, has hardly left the plant
for more than a few minutes at a
time during the tunuig-up process
Because of the nature of the chem
ical process involved, once the wood
chips are started through the long
series of tanks, ovens and digesters,
they must be kept going For this
reason the mill will oprrate on a 14
hour a day schedule, and for the
same reason, once the tuning-up pro
cess began, it had to be completed
as rapidly as possible to p? event loss
of pulp.
The last machines used in trie pro
cess are the ones which convert the
liquid pulp into half-finished paper,
and it is these that have been caus
ing trouble They were imported
from Norway, and for a time it was
thought that the company might
have to get someone from Norway
to come here and run them How
ever. Vice President Meunir declar
ed this was unnecessary, and after
trouble.
Town Commissioners
To Meet Monday Night
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will meet in regular wssinti next
Monday night at 7 4J o'clock. Mayor
J. L. Hasaell stating that very BtUe
calendar so far for
that time.
The street
which ran into a
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though a majority at thr lamm
katt mid all ar mad al thrir
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pert to toll alar i
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thr latter part at Brit i
There lu?
?a prim for the pad week The
price* ruaaiag from Mr to Me
The better grade* are vrllmg
(ram 51c to Sic aad the daily
average* are riarhia; ap fa ear
ably With the bed aalea at the
retire year.
A large break ?, ripet tod here
Monday although no M. eh ri an
Complete Plans for
Annual Keil Cross
Membership Drive
Canvassers Are Named
This Week by Harry
Biggs. Chairman
Flans were \ irtually completed
this week for hbldin? the annual
Red Cross membership drive lir th?s
county. Chairman llarry A. Biggs
arirMHini ing today that canva
had been named throughout the
county to handle the humane work.
The campaign is due to get under
way on November 11, Armistice
Day. and continue to Thanksgiving
In announcing the annual mem
bership drive. Chairman Biggs said
"Once again the tune has come for
our town and county to demonstrate
their concern for maintaining a very
necessary part of our civic welfare
prog rant the work sponsored by the
American Red Cross It is not neces
ry for our people to be reminded
that the Red Cro&s is a vital contri
bution to our community welfare
During the past year every one ha>
heard of the wonderful work of this
organization, and the accomplish
menu have been more than could
be expected both from the stand
point of the year around program as
well as tliat during the disaster
which befell our country during the
floods of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers Not only did the society work j
most efficiently during these times
but the local chapter has done a
most remarkable work towards al
leviating the sufferings of our peo
ple in Martui County One-half of
the contributions is kept in the1
treasury of the county chapter and
not many days or weeks have pass
ed but that the chapter has been
called upon to assist the unfortunate.
"Our county. 1 am happy to say.
shouldered ?!> rt^ponsibiiity mas.
sp lend idly last year and 1 trust
shall do equally as well this ye
The quota for Martin County I
been raised from $300 to $390 t
year. The Red Cross asks but little
from any one county, yet it contrib
utes much to the general welfare of
our people I trust that our people
will contribute as liberally as |
ble when they are visited or .
by the canvassers*"" Mr Bigg con
The county chapter do
brace the Robersoonlle
where a separate unit is i
Wilson Court Has
Liquor Cases Like
Those Tried Here
Fines of Thousands of Dol
lars and Costs Imposed
by the Judge
The last of forty-seven lugmc
cases rounded up in s noleale raids
by detectives of the Branch agency
mere cleared from the docket in a
Wilson court yesterday, lepusta
reaching here staling that 43 of the
47 defendants mere found guilty.
Only one of the 47 mas found not
guilty, the court nonprossing the re
rrvairung three While the one defen
dant mas found not guilty of ?ei'"?g
uor. the court found him guilty
of illegal possession
Reporting the campaign againet
the illegal liquor traffic, the Wilson
Times in its today's edition says:
"For three meeks the attorneys
have battled the courts m an at
tempt to get their clients free and
Three weeks the evidence has
been so overwhelming agsintt the
violators that they have been found
guilty
""Thousands of dollars in fines and
costs have been imposed by Record
er Charles B McLean -n the cases,
duui although, a few have paid these
fines and costs the majority of the
defendants have appealed to the
Superior Court and were placed un
der bond pending trial in the high
court
"Though 47 warrants were issued
for individuals at first during the
trial of the cases some 147 warrants
I were issued When a man appealed
1 :se was served with another warrant
| to bolster the state case against him
i in Superior Court
, The warrants were issued by E.
P Renner. of the Norfolk detective
-igency. who obtained the evidence
ifyy.v.flH .-^wnmnr -? pIi l,mwf jjj
! September for the Wilson County
jABC board
""Officers and the ABC board
; seemed pleased w ith the work done
I on the cases today as Charlie Lost,
negro, mas found guilty and the last
| of the cases disposed of "
Deadly Drug Not
Distributed Here
Local druggists and local doctors
| >tated thi> week that none of the
[elixir of sulfanilamide had been dis
tributed here A sample of the drag
*hat has caused at least 5? deaths
< ver. the nation in recent days, was
|trevived here, but it had not been
? unpacked It- sat ml et-nsahr -
ed. and the diug has been leturned.
The ehxtr and sulfam!
lannkss wlien separate, develops
into a poison when mured, first tests
apparently failing to show any trace
-f
According to ur rfficial reports,
the drug claimed a victim in Rocky
Mount, the nearest death reported.
| official statements rrlrased yes
terday maintained that all of the
ielixir of sulfanilamide had been re
itrie- ed by the manufacturers or
[turned wer to government aulhori
[ties
Sidelights On Trial
Cases
Tbr trial of Imrnty two illi(td
it- Ukjcs of the liquor laws in the
courts of this county recently
brought forth some interesting i nut
?oerit from people all over the coun
ty. some stating that the judge was
sensible and reasonable in meting
out justice, others maintaining that,
in Uietr opinion, the sentences were
light very light.
That the methods followed in oh
;aining evidence did not meet with
general approval was evident in
possibly a majority of cases. In the
opinion of others, for one to com
pete with the lowly bootleg busi
he must stoop to the same lev
el to do battle.
That the business was dealt a
death blow, is seriously doubted in
the minds of many. The maid ia
nan marked the end of the buss
but for others it ap
thr irsninre at free Is
le to sell
ed
1 wish the
mount of my fine ao 1 can pay it
as I must fa
livery of five |