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?a Tm VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 5 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Tuesday. January 18,1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Names 135 Pupils Appear On Honor Roll Local School! List of Honor Students Is Largest Reported This Term The first the local school < large number of names of honor pu pils. Principal D. N Hut announcing this week that 111 pupils met the scholastic requirements to have their names included m the list, as fol Pirst Grade: Jack Booker. Zach Piephoff. Bob Tayfar, Sallie Bet Hardison. I .ouiac Cherry. Dolly Har dison. Edith Harris. Sallie Robrr um. Do rot ha Rogers. Shirley Tay lor, Shelton Bailey. John Cherry. Herbert Coltrame. Francis Howard. Wayne Mannmg. Harmon Roberaon. Bennie Williams. Billy Wobbleton. Second Grade: Mary Lou Coltram. Betty Sue Clark. Carnhne Dixon. Barbara Margolin. Gertrude Mr Laarhorn. Laura Frances Peeie. Lu cy Robertson. John Gurkins. Mac Manning, nianrhr Bosren. Nellie Faye Bunch. Mary Louise Pate Third Grade: Dan Bow en. Hugh Horton. Jr., Lucy Andrews. Suzzanne Griffin. Elizabeth Hopkins. Lda Har ris, Ksthrine Moseley. Jeanette My era, Elizabeth Manning. Meiba Rev els. Elizabeth Taylor. Glona Hay man. Elizabeth Parker. Cathnne Lil ley, Letitia Maxwell. Herbert Hardi son, Clarence Moore Fourth Grade Dolly Bos en. Sylvia Green. Frances Griffin. Dora Twiddy. John Daniel. Jessie Gur ganus. Wliber Jackson. Billy Myen Erwood Old. Ida Grey Cherry. Jo seph Coltrsine. 1 zither Nicholson. Leila Wynne. Shirley Co wen Fifth Grade: Curtis Hopkins. Zack Mohley. David Roberaon. Lee Thomas. Fred Wheeler, Violet Plielpa. Betty D. Bugui 1 whelir An derson, Frances Booth. Jane Goff. Alberts Knox. Anne Mendor. Alber ta Swain, l illisn Maxwell, Estelle Corey, Mildred Lassiler. Susie Rev els, Annie Cheseon. Sam Whichard, J. D. Lalley. Sixth Grade Susie Wobbleton. Julia Clyde Waters. Nancy Mercer. Lenora Melson. Fred Hardmon, J D. Woo lard. Jr. Jerry Raynor, Bill Peele. Richard Margolis. John L Gaff, Conrad Gcuingcr. Wendell Gardner. James Harden. Nina Bunch, Marie Hardison. Seventh Grade: Joseph Gurganus, Theron Gurganus. Millie Biggs. Shir ley Booth. Madelyn Taylor. Patsy King, Emma Belle Ward Eighth Grade BUI Bowen. S. C. Griffm. Billy Mercer. Susie Gnffin, Mary Charles Godwin Elizabeth Parker. Daisy Peaks, Garland Wynne Ninth Grade J. E Boy kin* Nancy Biggs, Marjone Dunn. Carolyn Land sley, Kathenne Manning Tenth Grade Dams Moore. Mary Revels. Martha Rhodes Ward. Reid White, Virgil Ward. Susie Whitley. Bill Ballard. Jerry Clarke. Dorothy Manning. Louise Melson. Doleta Gardner. Delsie Godard. Sallie Grey GuriC Eleventh Grade Wilbur Culpep per, Reg Manning Grace Bamhill. Thelma Gnffin. Kathleen Mob icy Newspaper Group In Meeting Here The regular monthly meeting of the Roanoke-Chowan Newspaper as sociation was held bene last Satur day evening with Miss Addie Mae Cooke, of the Gates County Index, in charge of the laniiu ? program Dinner was Xliul the group in the Hotel George Reynolds dining room, and the I held in the 1 Out-of-town Cooke, of Galesvilie Mrs Coven and Mr. Jas Hatrwian of the Hert ford County Herald. Ahoskie. J. Ed win Bufflap. editor. Chowan Herald, Eden ton. and C. C. Greer. Bertie Ledger-Advance editor, of Windsor The next muling of the group will be held in Windsor on February 12 Divide Double-header In Aulander Friday Might Plans Now Being Considered To Promote Baseball Here While they have no assurance Wil liamitnn will want and support a baseball club this comma season, several interested followers of the sports are feeling out the public pulse in an effort to decide whether to make plans for continuing m the Coastal Plain loop or foi felting the club franchise. A meeting of local fans has been called, and some deci sion is expected tomorrow evening, according to a reliable report heard here this morning. Tonight. Messrs. R. H. Goodmon, L T. Fowden. G. H Harrison and N. C. Green are planning to attend a league meeting in Snow Hill Plans for operating the league during the coming season will be discussed at that tunc, and it is likely that each club will be required to pledge a $500 guarantee or surrender its Iran, ehise within the next few days. Very little has been said about hasrball locally during the past few months. It is generally believed, however, that the public wants the sport continued, but the question is, will the public support a club? No working agreement has been effected with any of the major league teams, and while there is very little likelihood that one will be ef forts are still being made to estab lish a connection If no agreement ran be effected, it is believed that a weekly supplement of about $200 to the gate receipts will be neces sary to operate the club. Parmele V acant House Wrecked by Dynamite SCOUTS I mi Harare la; as Start ia ky yoatks ia Tke keys are ylaa I yaar, ? far a Aa applicallea (ana appears ia Ikis issar. aad ail kays twelve yean aid ar alder are arped la fill ia Ike fana aad farward I la Sraaiaii iter Bay. After Fefc iag 12 years af ape will ke ad autted far ?raakersfcip kefare is eertaim la develap a real traap." Scaalauater Bay Spend $12,000,000,000 For Liquor In Nation During the past four j ears more than twelve billion dollars have been spent in this country for intoxicants, according to Senator Lynn J. Fraz ler The nation's drink bill last year was estimated at three and three quarter billions of dollars According to the renator. the traf fic paid the Federal government in taxes leas than 16 cents and to state and local governments on an aver age leas than nine cent additional, out of every dollar gne; intake of the drink trade. A startling feature in Senator Fra zier'i report was that several hun dred million dollars were paid out for intoxicants by depression vic tims while on government state and local relief rolls Officers Capture Two Distilleries The tow enforcement group of the Martin County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has just about wiped out the illicit liquor manufacturing business in this county, according to reliable reports casing from over the county and from the officers themselves. Manufacturing units are certain to spring up again, no doub* but just now there aren't more than one or two plants running, and offi cers are continuing their plans to wipe them out. So far this month. Special Enforce ment Officer J. H Roebuck and his assistants have wrecked seven or eight plants in the county. Last Friday, the enforcement offi cer with Deputy Bill flaislip and Warren Roebuck d?sl roved two steam plants m Bear Grass Town ship Both of the plants were cold The officers turned out 1.000 gallons of beer at one plant and six hundred gallons at the second plant. A num ber of tuba, buckets, kegs and an axe were found at the plants Federal Agents Arrest Two Bertie County Men Edgar Hynun and John T. Gil bam, Bertie colored men. were jail here a few day* ago following their capture by Federal afents at a liquor Mill across the river They were given a preliminary hearing before U S. "-mi Walter Haibentadt and ordered placed m the Martin jail in default of bond in the aim at *230 each. Officer* No ble. Smith and Hanhaw made the Youths On Rani|>a?e In the (bounty Park Part Of This Vieek Hundreds of People Were Awakened in Three Communitis A vacant house in Parmele was wrecked, windows were broken and clocks were stopped w hen two young men came into this county from Pitt early last Sunday morning and went on a rampage with dynamite that chased hundreds from their homes in the upper part of the county, and in Robersonville and Pear Grass communities Warranty were-ifljucd yesterday by the sheriff's office here for the arrest of Francis Carson. 21. and Roy Bowers. Jr., 16 The youths, following their dangerous escapade in this county, are said to have pack ed their clothes and left their homes some time early Monday morning, presumably for a trip to Florida They had not been heard from at noon today A motive for their wrecking ex pedition unknown, the two boys are alleged to have started blasting shortly after midnight yesterday morning. Two charges of dynamite were fired near Partnele and with a third charge they wrecked the va cant house belonging to Pemna Nel son, colored woman, in Parmele. Re ports were heard as far away as Robersonville. but residents there paid little attention tn them A few minutes later, however, the entire town was awakened by a blast on Roberson Street in the town of Rob ersonvtlle A second blast was heard on the town's south main street At least one window was broken in the Mullen home and the works in a big clock in the John Whichard home were jarred to a stop. A final blast was heard just east of the town From Robersonville. the boys, rid ing in a Ford car with silver-painted wheels, invaded Bear Grass between four and five o'clock Attaching a charge of dynamite to sign posts in the heart of the little town, the boys blew to splinters the wooden posts and disturbed the peace of the entire community Two other charges were set off there, and it is thought that an attempt was made to blow up a saw mill in the little town. Reports reaching here stated that the blasts were even louder than the report ac companying the explosion of a saw mill boiler in Bear Grass several months ago. Other than the damage done to the house m Parmele and the breaking of a few windows, the property Iocs from Uie blasts was negligible. The invaders caused much excitement in the three communities, however, re ports stating that some believed the Japs were bringing war to their very doors Resort To Criminal Action To Collect Back Dog Taxes Warrants are being drawn here today by Justice A. Corey at the direction of Special Tax Collector S H. Grimes against 38 owners who have not paid dog taxes in James ville Township The warrants a returnable before Justice Corey, but no date has been set for the hear Craninal action will be brought soon against others who have not paid their dog taxes, it was under. Mr A II?rll is getting along un usually well fallowing a major a nation in a Washington hospital laft First Checks Will Be Delivered by State Commission Jan. 31 Raleigh. Jan. 18.-^ First checks for unemployment benefits in North Carolina will be delivered on Mon cay, January 31. just four weeks from the first Monday in Januars when claims were filed by unem piojed workers, according to the present schedule These four weeks include the two weeks of waiting re quired by the law. the third week for the benefits t oaccrue. and anoth er week for reports to be examined, checks to be written and returned, and delivered to the worker The unemployment compensation division will deliver every check due workers during the week beginning January 31 Three machines have been installed in the office in Ral eigh for writing checks Approxi mately 30.000 workers filed claims the first week, but there js no way to tell how many of these are eligi ble for benefits, or how many will be back at work before the waiting per lod and third week have expired One half, two-thirds, three-fourths, or any other part of the 30.000 may be eligible finally The state unemployment fund col lected in contributions of employers for 1936 and 1937 reached almost $9.400 000 by the end of last week, and E W Price, director of the di vision. estimates that the fund will be $10,000,000 before the first check is delivered to the unemployed worker. Hie December contributions are due January 25. and fully $500, 000 is expected to be paid by em ployers before the end of this month Also the commission has secured $300,000 from its fund in the U. S treasury and deposited it in Raleigh to meei ihe firsi benefit payments. Other amounts as needed will be drawn from the fund The citmmission has been advised that $123.392.82 has been placed to the credit of the North Carolina fund in interest earned during the fou' quarters of 1937 The amount for the fourth quarter, notice of which has just been received, was $51.068 91. ?"We mm liaw uui funvs in?bottr divisions of tlie commission filled and will not be able to add any oth ers, except in case of vacancies that have to be filled, until the next bud get is approved in Washington for the second quarter, beginning April 1." saidJChairman Charles G Pow - ell. The unemployment compensation uivision has about 450 workers, near ly 300 in the Raleigh office and about 150 in the field, and the employment service division has about 380 work cr in the Raleigh and field offices Information Sought On Irish Potato Crop * In an affort to establish state, county and individual production goals for this year, department of agriculture authorities are asking for information on Irish potato plantings and production for the years 1936 and 1937 to approximately 200 potato growers in this county this week, and the county agent's office is anxious that the Questions be answered and re turned at the earliest possible mo ment The questionnaire is being ad dressed to those farmers growing po tatoes on a commercial scale, and if any commercial grower does not re ceive one of the cards, he is earnest ly asked to get in touch with the agent's office. This information will not be used in making individual allotments, but the facts will prove helpful in c tablishing state and county goals, it was pointed out Revoke 14JSS3 Drivers' Licenses In This State Since the automobile drivers' li cense law went into effect back in 1935. the licenses of 14.853 drivers have been revoked in this State Most of the licenses were revoked on the grounds of alleged drunken driving. Suffers Brakes Arm Mr John Enrighl suffered a brok en arm vshiTe skating near hit home J last Sunday BANK HOLIDAY I The heal Inks Schedule Is Announced for Poultry Loadings in County Arrangements were completed to day for moving the first cooperative shipment of puulli > mil of tlie muii ty next week. County Agent T B. Brandon stating that other ship ments would depend upon the suc cess of the undertaking next week First loadings will be made at J am rsv :ite on Wednesday. January 26. The car will be moved into Wit. liamston for loadings on Thursday and at Robersonvtlle on Friday A last stop will be made at Oak City on Saturday. January 29 Prices this year are slightly high, er than they were last season. Agent Brandon stating that colored hens are quoted at IT cents against 16 a year ago. that the prior of Leghorn hens is three cents above quotations last season Complete reports are) not available, but the price quota tion* for the cooperative shipments ar" tri ?l?ghtfjr hi|t?*r lhan the local market, the prices ranpnf from one to three cents higher than those quoted locally today Adfeimte aa to hours could not be had today, but it is hoped that arrangements can be made to provide for full-day load ings at Williamston and Roberson tflk Considerable poultry has been moved out of this county coopera tively during the past ten years more, and prices have been fairly well stabilized, it was pointed out No report on the amount of poul try in the county is available at this time, but it is believed that produc tion is little greater, if any. than it was a year ago Outlines Objectives of County Health Office To Inaugurate New Health Service In (louiitv Next Month / Offices for the Department Have Not Yet Been Found Plans for inaugurating a full-time health service in this county the early part of next month are now lapidly taking shape, a report from l)r E W Furguson. recently ap pointed to hea dthe newly created department, staling thai he mak mg every effort to open the offices as early in February as possible Appointed a committee to locate the department. Messrs J L llas sell and J. E. Pope staled today tfial arrangements had not been effected for borrowing three rwwis from the Works Progress. Administration in Williamston's town hall Such ar langements are believed possible, and it* is almost certain that the new department will be located there In the county this week for a short visit before taking up his new duties. Or Furguson outlined the ?*bjective of the new health service, as follow * The primary objective of the new program to be inaugurated February 1st by the Martin County Health department will be to prevent ill ness and untimely deaths. The ty health department will be to sup ply to the citizens of the county the essential services listed below 1. Immunization ser\ ice w ill be of fered by the county health depart ment, providing for the control of smallpox, diphtheria and typhoid fever 2. School health supervision. children for defects. .. 3 The perfection of an organiza tion for the correction of physical defects, such physical defects to be corrected by competent physicians of the county. 4 The department will conduct an organized program to reduce mater nal and infant deaths 5. An adequate tuberculosis and venereal disease program will be carried out w ith the cooperation of the local medical profression 6. The health department w ill con duct an educational and supervisory program toward the correction of sanitation, with particular empha sis on safe excreta disposal, malaria control, providing pure and whole some water supplies, a pure milk supply, and pure food within the county 7 The department will conduct epidemiological investigations and institute measures for the prevention of the spread of communicable dis eases. 8 The public health nurses will visit homes of school children who are absent because of communicable diseases and in whom physical de as may he necessary to present the spread of disease, and encourage the oiievtion of physical defects The nurses will also visit homes in the interest of expectant mothers in pre natal care, encouraging physical ex aminations. and securing the serv ices of regular licensed physicans for the period of confinement 9. The health department will su per vise midwives, instructing then* in elementary hygience. and enjoin them from engaging in such prac tices for which they are not quail fied. and which, in turn, are danger on past tx) GOING SOUTH TV VUai X?rtVnwn air T"" Irriur to IV till) walk to creator aia be rv As tour to to ran hare traveled lkraa(k here to a creep. IV dull aarakcr onto toe IM silk a Vaito flee ee ?eear dajv stattoe attradreli Mere toertsls are Irav rath ever the Urcee Hickmat roate tkis tier tkaa ever Mere. Bark to Ike carta (tortus eel ?f Ike rars drives tkreack km were to Ike espceere Hi* Tkix year tkerr are toerr i to epr l ears tkaa usual, aad Jesl as aaai et Ike kicker pnred aaiCs. Bicycle Thefts Are (.(implicated The theft of two bicycles and sub sequent trading offered Judge Feel a complicated problem in the cuun tv court Mo day Last reports stat ing that th: owners of the stolen Wheel* were giadually determining ownership Willis Nh ht<Lson. young white boy. was art*-stej h re last Saturday for the all gcd theft of a bicycle from "Toot? e** i: ?benun and one from C T Rubers*-- T>ie wheels were stol en from the school gymnasium week frtnm them until last Saturday Dur ing the meantime. Nicholson is said to have torn the bicycles apart and traded some oi^ihe part* to another boy, apparently thinking the change would make identification difficult. As an added precaution against iden tification the boy is said t^ have painted the bicycles wheels failed, and the owners spot ted one of tltem in front of a local theatre Saturday afternoon The oth cr one was fiKind in the hark lot The Koberson boys aided by the Ander son twins. Boog" Williams and one or two others waited for some one to claim the bicycles and when Nich olson showed up. they marched him to the police station KichoL.on maintained in court that he bought the w heels in Washington Judge Feel gave him a six months suspended road sentence Eight Pet sons Arrested In County During Week-end Eight person^ were arrested and jailed in this county last week end by county officers Seven of those arrested were charged with being drunk and disorderly and coe with larceny All of the eight were released yev terday after answering to the courts Eight Reportable Disease Cases Reported la County ; I ' ft f? i Ufl I' were reported in tnts county las: month by the off ire of Dr J H Saunders, part time health office* There were two cases at scarlet fever, five of diphtheria and one chirk en pox All at the cases were reported in Williamstoo Townsfui except one diphtheria and the duck en pox case which were m Crow Roads rnwhi Quite a few Martin County tar. O'Neal, president at the Farm Bureau Federation. File Suits Result Of Series Of Auto Wrecks In County Plaintitts Ask A Total of $4,950 in Five Suits Recently Filed LFive damage suits have been filed the Martin County Superior court | recently as a result of a series of au tomobile wrecks in the county last I month. The five plaintiffs are asking a total of $4,950 from the three de | fendants. The accidents were not ser ! ious. and the amounts asked in the suits are not considered Large Tom Alexander. Wiliiamston col ored man. is suing Bennie Griffin, young Martin county white man. for $1,600 as a result of injuries receiv ed in an automobile wreck on High way 17. near Wiliiamston. early tn the evening of December 5 J D. Gray, colored man. also of Wiliiamston. is suing Griffin for $150 car damages. $200 hospital bill and $2,000 personal, for injuries alleged to have been sustained in the same wreck in which Alexander was al leged to have been hurt. J O. Bland, young white man liv ing in Poplar Point Township. ?s suing Jas. Roy Moore, colored, for $300 damages alleged to have been sustained in a wreck near the Ever ett farm on the Hamilton road on December 24 J D Ridda k. young colored man who was knocked unconscious.when the car he was riding in was struck by a bakery truck on the Washing ton highway, near Wiliiamston. on December 27. is asking $500 damages of the Day lite Bakery, of Rocky Mount, and the truck driver. Geo. Jarkstttn .1 D RifiHirk r>f ?h? car struck by the bakery truck, is asking $200 damages It is possible some of the. suits w ill be placed on the calendar for trial i the 5upciiui mmt next MaiUi There were several other wrecks during the same pendd. but reports maintain that damages were award ed in most of them without suits having been brought in the county Farmers Vttemling Meeting In County Farmers in fairly large numbers are attending a series of meetings that are being held in the county this week to acquaint growers with the 1938 soil conservation program The schedule of meetings was in terrupted last week when the farm agents were called to Ralefghv One meeting was held m Farm Life, an I last evening thirty-five or more far the county agricultural building The facts explained by the agents are proving very interesting and valu able and large crowds are urged to attend other meetings to be held in the county. Tonight, a meeting is being held at Godard Brothers* filling station in Williams Township. Wednesday evening at 7 o'ctocfcvameetmg will be held in the Robersonville gram mar school building The program will be explained at Bear Grass oa and Friday a meeting will be held in Oak City The schedule for other meetings next week will be annouwc ed later Parents-Teachers To Meet Here Tomorrow Afternoon The regular monthly meeting of the Williamston Parents-Teachers as sociation will be held in the gram mar school building tomorrow after noon at 3 30 o'clock Superintendent of Instruction Clyde A Erwin who was scheduled to address the meeting will not be able to attend on account of ill health but the committee is plan ning an interesting program. Mr. Er win is expected here for the llarch or April meeting, it was stated Fire Destroys Car Near Farm Life Last Saturday The Ford sedan belonging to Coy 1 amni and driven by Carl Mnhliy oat destroyed by fire a few miles Jus side of Farm Life last Saturday night The loss was only partially over ed by insurance. A short tune before the car was burned. Russell Jones was driving it and turned the machine over, near Farm Life. Mob ley went to get Use car. and it is believed the gas and oU caught fire as the ?aust pipe got hot Mm Eva Peel who HMd to her home i ?
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