VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 24 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. March 25. 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
iecond District Building and
Loan Group Holds Interesting
Meeting in Woman'siClub Here
Organization Plans
Greater Service To
Battle Competition
Local Association Host to
Seventy-five Officials
Last Evening
cp abreast of the
to progress." O K_
at the Federal
nty
; at the North Carolina
held in the ?o
hts opti
tbe building fman
actrvity. ex
Flamed to the croup there would
be no need tor the Federal Housing
"if we would devote
in hmldmc up the imti
i at thrift." Mr. LaHoque's talk
waa one at several heard at the*
meeting. mastery in bringing
out the finer pr ints with well ex
jefcer adding much to the
that vn desnibed as one
at the most interesting of its kind
ever held in the State.
by Wheeler Martin.
at the meeting and presi
dent at the second district building
and loan (ns*. Mayor John L Has
sell warmly welcomed the visitors.
receiving favorable
the evening. Din
by the Baptist Mis
and every phase of
proved unusually in
ndmg the three Ktes
ter Manorial essays. Evan Griffin,
representing the local association,
wan the first prize, (30, in the con
leal, the second. $20. gouig to Mm
Gold Swindell, niece at
Gold, at Wilson Mm
Gelling, of Rocky Mount,
vn an aided thud prize. $10. The
talks were features in the program,
juimg Griffin winning a unaru
by the out-of-town
talks and introductions
were added features on the program
addresses by George W.
Crone, deputy insurance comnus
snoer m charge at building and
km saancistmni. Raleigh N. Mitch
ell. pre anient at the North Carolina
Loan league, of Wins
ad Henry Gregory of
the First Federal Savmgs and Loan
Rocky Mount
plan m the coun
othing to worry
Mr. Mitchell pointed out.
competition with
Henry Gregory, the Rocky
the FHA has
had profited by the
i of the
by
hut he explained
he looked upon the FHA only
Are Local People Interested
In A Recreational Center?
The Woman's Club ts end
pound for the use of the children at Wi
mer months. If plans no* in the
Ijr. the youth of the town will have
present the only available site is the
School so this or ill be used until sot
Civic organizations, other than the Woman's Club, will be ask
ed to lend then cooperation Application has been made to the W.
P. A for actual supervision and assistance in construction. The au
thorities have promised this aid providing the cdiaens of Williams
ton really rrant the playground Are the people m Wilhamston in
terested to the extent that they will give their cooperation'*
A wonderful opportunity is pet willing itself to the people of
Williamston and community for the psopei development of ds fu
ture citizens It is an opportunity that cannot be ignored if we will
have the time and attention of our children diverted from the streets
and questionable gathering places to a place of clean an
Hit-Run Driver Given
Three Years in Prison
( CANDIDATE
W ill Move Peanuts
From Countv Soon
Bids for IJM tons of peanuts will
be iwtiiwl by the North Carolina
IViaul Stabilization cooperative
next Monday, it was learned here
last evening from R C. Holland,
president of the organization. The
be moved out of storage at Rober
sonville. Mr. Holland explained U{
present plans materialize, the pen-.
nuts will start
week is i _
iambs
adjoining counties this week to a
Hardison Youth*
Draw Eighteen
Months On Roads
Trial of Criminal Docket
Completed at Noon
Wednesday
Three to five yean in pnsuu was,
tbe penalty exacted by the State or.
James Moore, young Poplar Point
colored man. for the hit and run
killing of Robert Colt rain, young
son of Mr and Mrs. Char Irs Col
tram, on Wilbamston's West Main
street the 19lh of last month Ar
raigned for hit-and-run driving, the
murder of the youth and injuring
Mrs Charles Bullock and her young
son. Robert, the defendant pleaded
guilty of hit-and-run driving and
threw hwnself on the merry of the
court Only a fe
called m the case
ed from the docket
The sentence B the i
der the law
James Wallace. Carrie Bell Ward
and Almeta Edwards, companions
of Moore a the death car and charg
ed with aiding and abetting the
crane, were gum their freedom A
not pros was taken by Solicitor Don
The case was one of two invohr
mg deaths on the highways of this
county, and slated for trial this
week, the court continuing the sec
ond until a civil action s i situd
through the courts.
Occupying fifteen hours of the
court's time, the eaoe ibulging Bri
be and C & Hardison with eiolat
the liquor laws, was fmaUy
brought to a cloor at 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, the jury returning a
verdict of guilty after
the issues for about 45 i
case turned out to be the i
on the docket, the spectators crowd
Authorities Fixing Schedule
For Listing County Property
A find value num. ac
. w. from SIM to S1S0 The i
of tobacco oil burners was placed at
n SM to SM All new buildincs
win be listed at two-thirds of their
when Officm J. H. Roebuck ai
BUI Haulip intercepted a load of
liquor in the Sfinng Green action
A poll at the jury was asked by
trnrcd the defendants to cightee-i]
on the roads a short lac
? y
aa Me n)
Oil Men Planning
Big Drive Against
Gas Tax Diversion
Organization Is Effected at
Special Dinner Here
Yesterday
Meeting at an informal
the Geocge Reynolds hotel hete yes
terday. Martin County oil men af
fected an organization and mapped
* drive againtt the diversion of gas
oline taxes, the group ratifying a
tour-point program of the North
Carolina Petroleum Industries com
mittee as setting forth fair princi
ples of taxation for oil men and
motorists of North Carolina
N. C- Green eras named chairman
and A J. Manning and J. Eaton Lai
ley were elected rice chairmen of
the organization unit J. H Ed
wards. W B. Rogerson and H L
House constitute the organization's
hgislsliii committee, and H S
and C A Harrison were
on the local affairs commit
M Baker heading the publa:
The pcogiam adopted by the or
ganization while not directed neces
sartly against the high tax. is beiAg
advanced in an effort to check the
unfair practne of diverting to some
other department taxes paid by the
motorist for the mauitenanre and
construction of roads This practice
was pointed out by Chairman Green
as a dangerous and unjust financial
policy on the part of the State
Addressing the meeting. Mr By
en. head of the Standard Oil Com
pany m this state, pointed out that
the N. C Petroleum Industries coen
mttee was interested in fair legis
ation and taxation for the ml man
aid motorist S. Gihner Sparger,
secretary of the committee, stated
that efforts are being made for the
adoption of a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the transfer of rev
nue from gas taxes to another de
partment Sparger also pointed out
that the automobile tax. first intro
duced about 19X7. had risen to Hf
per car annually in 1937. that it wg
lane the people became tax con
sctous. "The money raised from gas
taxes should be used to build up the
Slate's road system." Sparger said,
adding that there are many roads
in Martin County that need surfac
ing and conditioning
The committee is working on a
slate-wide organization, and a de
termined stand against gas tax di
version can be expected in the fu
tare
?
Senior Class Play
Is Decided Success
The smloi class of Williamston
high school presented their annual
play to a large and appreciative au
dience here last evening Hiss Em
ma Gay Stephenson, assisted by Miss
Rebecca Harrison. directed the
presentation which was entitled ~A
Million Dollar Joke" Especially
capable in their roles were Wilbur
Culpepper, a young lawyer who ran
out-stutter "Chick" Manning. John
Ward, an Englishman on the "loose".
Ben Hopkins, a member of the
Down and Chiters club, and Nora
Cranes, a sweet, young girl home
from college. These were ably sup
ported by Dernier Ward. Carlyle
Hall. Ray Goodmon. Geneva Rob
ertson. Thelma Griffin and Frances
Humble Thelma Griffin^ and Mas
Rebecca Harrison collaborated in a
Bergen and McCarthy act rather ef
fectively. Miss Griffin, who suffer
ed laryngitis, yesterday pantonuned
and Miss Harrison was
The entertainment netted
itely sixty dollars which
ed to purchase a gift to be
to the school at the ckwr
of the term
Net Tel. But Any Mtouto
No. Art Hauger. baseball man. has
not arrived, but he is expected 'any
BLUE MOLD I
v ;
Clarence W. Griffin, Attorney,
Announces His Candidacy for a
Seat in the State Legislature
Site for Veterans Hospital
Inspected Here This Week
Preliminary plans for locating aitd that no action mould be taken
ne and one-half million dollar vet- ! for some tune in connection mrith k>
erans' hospital in this state were eating the hospital
continued here Wednesday morning While here. Mr Stratton gathered
when C W Stratton. representative data on the mater supply, housing
of. the Veterans' Bureau. Washing and other conditions
ton. D C. inspected proposed sites The hospital mill have a person
for locating the institution here nel of about 300 people, and the site
Traveling alone, the bureau rep is to consist of about 100 acres
resrntative was met by Mayor John Nearly 30 acres mill be covered by
L Hassell and George H Harrison buildings, it mas explained
shortly after 11 o'clock and carried- Mr. Stratton or utliet irpieseiita
to several locations including the lives of the Bureau are expected to
Biggs and Godwin farms on the make a further study of available
Washington road, the Martin farm sites in this community mithin the
the fair grounds and the Rhodes next tmro or three meeks he said be
property. north of the high school | fore leaving for Windsor The pres
bmldmg The representative asked ent survey schedule mill be cotn
that sketches be made of the Rhodes pleted in Raleigh in about eight
and Martin properties, but explain days
Damage Suits Filed in
Martin Superior Court
Patrolmen Hunt and
Rothroek Are Made
Defendants In Case
Policeman John Gurganus
Asks $3,000 Damages
In Second Case
Two lawsuits. alleging a combin
ed damage of *4.000. were filed in
the Martin County Superior court
recently by Per lie Lilley. Griffins
Township fanner, and John Gur
ganusw member of Williamston's po
lice force No answer in either case
has been filed, and it could not be
learned when the actions would be
placed on the calendar for trial.
Alleging assault and battery and
| false arrest. Mr Lilley is asking $1.
jliOO damages of Patrolmen W S.
? Hunt and H. W. Rothroek. the ac
tion having been started following
the plaintiffs arrest a week before.
The plaintiff says he was return
ing to his home in Griffins Town
ship in the Kate afternoon of March
12. that he was approached by de
fendants and signaled to stop which
he did Defendant Rothroek. the
-complain pomts out. inquired why
he had driven across the railroad
crossing without stopping and ask
ed if he realized how close the train
came to running over him.
"The officers then ordered him
cut of the car and plaintiff asked
'What he had done' for them to de
tain him and order him to get out
of his car." the complaint reads
Plaintiff further alleges that Pa
, trolman Hunt caught him by thi
[ collar and began putting him fron
his car and at the same tune strucl
him in the face with his fist. Ac
cording to the complaint, the pa
I tiohnen said to the plaintiff "Yoi
are drunk, consider yourself un
der arrest-" The plaintiff was ar
rested, and maintains that as a re
suit of the assault and battery, hi
experienced humiliation and men
tal anguish. and suffered actua
In a second cause of action. Ptair
tiff Lolley alleges ite was arreste
without legal cause or excuse, thi
he suffered mental anguish and wi
rt imaged to the extent of $500
Officer Gurganus. claiming $1.0C
actual and $2,000 punitive damage
b suing H R Barber, alleging thi
on March 3 he was attacked by Ui
defendant while trying to make a
arrest in the George Reynolds hi
let. that he was kicked, suffenn
chest injures and two broken nb
Attorneys Clarence Griffin and I
A Cntrber are representing Plan
tiff Lilley. and Cobum and Cobur
filed the complaint for Officer Gui
Young County Democrats
To Organize Here Tuesday
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Raid Made (hi Hen
And Smoke Houses
Rogue*, traveling in the Cruss
1 Roads section of this county late
last Tuesday night, almost depleted
.the hen and smoke housrs of four
farmers, the intruders completely
cleaning out the smokehouse of
John Howard Taylor
Officers, working on the case
night and day since the wholesale
thefts were made, reported little
progress today "But we haven't
given op yet." Sheriff Roebuck said
this morning after making investi
gations in several counties
Twelve hams and four shoulders
were stolen from the smoke house
| of Ttigir Br well, between Cross
Roads and Everett* A mile away,
the robbers stole four hams from
the Taylor smokehouse Changing
i from the meat department to the
poultry house, the robbers stole 50
chickens from Eh Everett and for
ty from Reuben Everett, a short dis
' lance array.
Mr Eli Everett stated that late in
I the night, he heard a commotion in
his hen house, that he started to in
vestigate but returned to his
I after falling over a chair.
Young Local Man
Is First To File
In Martin County
Must File Candidacies Not
Later Than April
T wenty-third
Clarence W Cnffm. promising
young local atuwney (,pened The
political season in M?r
,n Martin County
y when he formally announced
W candidacy lor . sem m North
CaroUnas H.w Representative
unofficial reports statin* that his
announcement a .11 be foUowed by
others within the next few days. To
<???? little attention has been given
politics in this county, but it is pos
sible that developments during the
next few days will create consider
able interest
Aspirants to offices have been
watchmg the announcement slat
these many weeks, and now that
young Grxffui has broken the ice
It ?s quite likely that developments
?n the political arena will follow
thick and fast Reports state that
many of the present off.ee holders
|WII1 be candidates to succeed them
selves, that they w ill watch the clos
ing date for filing with care Satur
day. April ? at 4 p m . is the clos
ing date for filing candidacies
Attorney Gnffm offering his
announcement today, stated
My announcement for the posi
?*>n of Representative from Martin
C.winty in the next General Assem
; b,y 14 a consummation of several
*eeks of consideration In makin
Uus announcement I am not un
mindful .4 the duues and response
'?ilit.es which attach to thus job For
- number of years, as an ofamrrrr
??t the functioning of the various de
partments of our government. I have
cherished the ambition of being a
representative in our stale legisla
, live body Since the nex. primary
t-s rapidly approaching. I feel dis
posed to make my wishes known to
<?e people a, Martm County Any
i onsideration whA may be pRn
to my candidacy w,u be greatly ap
, predated ~
Griffui. a nauve of Gnffms Town
slup. entered the University of
North Carolina in the summer of
?Ml. earning Ins bachelors degree
there in 1935 He entered the law
school that fall and completed his
work for the degree of bachelor of
, m"n,h opening an office
for the practice of law here a few
days later He maintained a high
scholastic record during his entire
coHege career, and is recognued as
an able speaker.
While candidates are slow to file
foe offices in this county, state ?~i
?unly authorities are going
with their preparations for holding
the primary election next June 4.
The Martin County Democratic Ex
ecutive committee and Republican
party leaders in a meeting here last
Tuesday mgi.i named Messrs. Syl
vester IVeL j K Winslow- and A1
t*Tl T Perry for appointment as
members of the board of election,
for this county Their appointments
are expected at the hands of the
state committee in meeting at Ral
eigh tomorrow.
Political positions to be filled m
thus county subject to the Democra
tic primary on June 4 and the ac
""" ?* "w voters ui the next No
fContmued
Young Democrats of District
Plan Organization Meet Here
i Young Duwutli of the First
Cungii mki>I distract will meet m
' convention here next Friday after
noon in the courthouse at 5 30
o'clock. Carter Studdert. local at
i toruey and chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements.
youthful Democrats of
?rt into the fold of the or
that has ventured into
' party of North Carolina, who haa
encouraged and m?und their ef
forts.
North Carolina the young
crats have exhibited keen inl
public affairs, and their
clubs are highly organized. It w left
lor the eastern part of the stale to