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VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 47 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 14, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
Sixteen Cases On
Calendar For Trial
In Superior Court
First Civil Case Is Slated
To Be Called Next &
Wednesday I
Sixteen civil cases have been
scheduled tor trial in the mixed term
of Martin County Superior Courtj
convening next week, the sue of
the calendar being unusually long)
(or a one-week term of court in
which both criminal and civil cases
are heard. Most of the cases, how
ever, are hardly nothing more than
applications for judgments, and they
are expected to occupy very little of.
the court's time. 1
Judge "R. Hunt Parker, of Roa""
oke Rapids, will preside over the
term, the first two days of which
wiU be given if necessary to the
trial of criminal actions.
Only one sizeable suit is before
the court. John Gurganus. WilUam
ston police office, is suing Barber
for $3,000 damages alleged to have
followed when he attempted to ar
rest the defendant in a Williamston
hotel on the night of March 3, this
year. The officer, suffering one or
more broken ribs, is asking $1,000
actual and $2,000 punitive dam
ages. I
The next biggest suit outside the j
cases brought by the Standard Fer
tilizer Company, is an action insti l
?toted-by-GohHe-Hymamgamst-T*^
ra Williams. The plaintiff is suing
for possession of about eight acres
of land and alleges damage in the
sum of $225 has resulted from the
cutting of timber and wood from
the property in question. !
Two divorce suits are pending
trial, the plaintiffs in each case ask !
ing freedom on the grounds of tw0)
years' separation. Malrose Williams,
is suing Willie Buck Williams, white |
of Griffins Townshp Clarence,
Lloyd, Williamston colored man, is
suing Dora_ Lloyd for absolute di
vorce. " !
The calendar carries the follow
ing cases:
Wednesday, June 22: Gurganus v.
Barbour, Standard Fertilizer Co. vs.
Ay cock; Hyman against Williams,
Harrison Oil Co. v. Roberson. ,
Thursday, June 23: Standard Fer
tilizer Co. vs. Theresa Anderson;
Standard Fertilizer Co. v. J A. Bri
ley; Standard Fertilizer Co. versus
L R Gladstone; Standard Fertiliz
erCbTtpihsTX C Cox et al; Stan
dard Fertilizer Co. v. Rufus Galla
way; Standard Fertilizer Cm vs
Doc Baker et al; Standard Tmpz
er Co. v. J R Gladson; Stanaarc
Fertilizer Co. vs. C. L Morris
Motions: Williams vs. Williams;
Standard Fertilizer Co. v C F
Aycock et als; Lloyd vs Lloyd.
vs.
Uz
[ard
J. E. Boy kin Again To
Head American Legion
Joe Boykin, Williamston man, was
again chosen to head the John Wal
ton Hassell post of the American
Legion by the membership in regu
lar meeting here last evening. Oth
er officers elected are:
Mack Wynne, first vice command
er; P. M. Holliday, second vice com
mander; J. H. Ayers, third vice com
mander; W. E. Dunn, adjutant and
finance officer; Bob Taylor, service
officer, assisted by all attorney
members of the Post; H. U. Peel,
guardianship officer; W. H. Gray,
sergeant-at-arms; J. B. Taylor, child
welfare and athletic officer; J. R.
Winslow, Americanism; J. S. Get
singer, graves registration officer;
W. E. Dudley, employment officer;
J. R. Leggett, publicity; J. A. Ward,
sons of Legion; J. D. Woolard, trus
tee for three-year term.
In addition to the annual election
various committee heads, the Post
of officers and the naming of the
chose W. H. Gray, John Ward, Mack
Wynn and J. R. Winslow as dele
gates to the State convention, the
meeting ruling that all other mem
bers who desire to attend be recog
nized as alternates.
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Child Suiters Broken Arm
At Playground Sunday
Jeannette Andrews, nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben An
drews fell and broke her right arm
while playing on the school ground
atdk grammar grade building here
last Jlunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Tpeated by Drs. Winn, Eaaon and
'McAllister, the patient is now get
ting along very well and is able to
be up. J '
Playing on a slide, the child fell
when she reached the bottom and
caught her right arm on her body,
breaking both tJones between the
wrist and elbow.
It was the first accident reported
since' the playground was opened
several weeks ago and came when
supervisors were off duty.
Open Books Next Week for
Bond Election Registration
Registration for a special bond
election will get underway here
next week, the town commissioners
in special meeting last night order
ing the books be opened next Mon
day in the office of Justice of the
Peace J. L. Hassell on Main street.
The registration will continue
through Saturday, July 9. leaving
Saturday, July 16 ,for a challenge
of any names on the list prior to the
voting on Tuesday, July 19.
Learning that J. E. Pope would
not be able to serve as registrar, the
board last night named Mr. C. B.
Hassell to open the registration
books. Messrs. S. S. Brown and.H.
Id. Burras were named judges of
election.
Resolutions, calling for the spec
ial bond election, were passed on
their second reading by the authori
ties last evening, Commissioner Lu
ther Peel making the motion that
the election be called. Commission
er V. D Godwin seconded the mo
tion which received unanimous .ap
proval of the board members pres-j
ent.
The town is proposing to issue
$73,00 improvement bonds to ad
vance the construction of an $8,
000 recreational center, $35,000 in
streets and sidewalks, an addition
to the water system at $15,000 and
a $15,000 addition to the sewer sys
tem.
According to unofficial informa
tion, construction work on the rec
reation project is to get underway
the latter part of next week, pres
ent plans calling for the temporary
linancing of the work through the
floating of notes which the authori
ties plan to take up by the subse
quent sale of bonds.
Seek Earlier Opening
Date for Leaf Markets
RE-ELECTED
Joe E. Boykin, Wllllamston
man, was re-elected command
er of the John Walton Hassell
poot of the American Legion
last evening.
Work Sheets Must
*Be Filed by June 18
All farm work sheets showing in
formation as a basis for participa
tion in the conservation phase of the
1938 Triple-A farm program in the
East Central Region should be com
pleted and submitted to the local
county office not later than June
18, W. G. Finn, director of the East
Central Division, announced.
Farmers who expect to take part
in this phase of the 1938 program,
who have not submitted informa
tion for their farms, should submit
work sheets by this-date in order
that the records of the county of
ficemay be completed and the
checking of performance started as
soon as possible after June 18.
Mr. Finn pointed out that the fil
ing of a work sheet in no way ob
ligates the owner or operator of the
farm. It merely supplies informa
tion about the farm which serves as
a basis for participation in the con
| servation program. However, the
I filing of a work sheet for each- sep
! arate tract of land owned or operat
ed by a producer is a necessary
prerequisite to the filing of an appli
cation for payment.
Mr Finn also explained that all
requests for Changes in the land to
1 be regarded as a farm in accordance
| with the definition of a farm under
I the 1938 program must be filed by
| June 18. "Only those tracts of land
operated as a unit may be included
under a single application for pay
! ment," he said, "and in order for a
?trad of )and to be considered a unit
information must be filed by the
above dale showing that it Is being
operated as a unit." '
In reviewing performance under
previous Agricultural Conservation
?Programs in the East Central Re
gion, Mi. Finn said: "In 1936, 383,
000 applications for payment were
received, lepresenting approximate
ly 628,00 farmers. In 1937, more
than 400,000 applications were filed.
Approximately three-fourths of the
1937 payments have been made to
date, and it is expected that the re
maining payments will be made at
an early date."
Second Degree Tonight
A regular meeting of Skewarkey
Lodge Masons will be held here thil
evening at ? o'clock, work in the
second degree having been schedul
ed, is wss announced.
A Date Not Later
Than August 23rd
Wanted B^Marte
Jimmie Taylor, Local Man,
Director Warehouse
? Association
Meeting in Kinston last week, the
Eastern Carolina Tobacco Ware
house Association passed a resolu
tion recommending the opening of
eastern Carolina tobacco markets
earlier than last year. The organi
zation asks that the opening in this
section be set not later than two
weeks following the opening on the
Border, provided the opening hero
will not be later than August 23 The
1938 season opening dates will be
determined by the United States
Tobacco Association in its annual
meeting to be held in White Sulphus
Springs, West Virginia, June 30
July 2
Last year this and other markets
j in Eastern Carolina opened on
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?ojjenco
Thursday, August 28 While the|
,, *? wniie the
United States Tobacco Association
may not fully recognize the petition
of the Eastern Carolina Warehouse
group, it is very likely that opening
will fall some time during the last
week in August.
It is possible that farmers in this
belt Will be further advanced with
their harvesting activities the mid
dle of August than they were a year
ago, that they will be ready to start
marketing from one week to two
weeks ahead of the time the markets
were opened last season
Tobacco curing got'underway on
a small scale in this section of the
State this week a year ago. Martin
County farmers, experiencing much
difficulty in getting plants, started
curing activities laterT most oT them'
making their first cures the first
week in July. Current reports indi
cate that a few farmers plan to start,
I harvesting some time next week,
that the work will likely get under-1
j way on a large scale about week al
ter next and the week following i
this county.
The meeting -oi the Eastern Car
olina Warehouse Association wa
well attended last week Jimmi<
Taylor,' co-proprietor of the Roan
oke-Dixie warehouse here, wai
named a director in the organizatioi
for the coming year.
, They elected J. J. Gibbons, oi
Wilson as president of the associa
tion for the next year, to succeed E
V Webb, of Kinston. Gibbons was
vice president of the organization
last year H. P Foxhall, of Rocky
Mount, was named vice president.
The association also elected its
first full-time secretary since its
organization in 1919?George L.
Wainwright, supervisor of sales of
tho W ibnn 1 *
the Wjfaon market.
A^fesolu
_ .esolution providing an averag
selling rate for baskets of tobacc
on the warehouse floor not to excee
330 baskets per hour, or 2,860 basket
for the regulation sales day of sev
en hours, was adopted.
Object To Discontinuance
Of Passenger Trains Here
Local people, ligning a peition
yesterday and today, are joining
others in nearby towns in voicing a
stiung ulijeiUun to tlie piupoied dte-~
continuance of the passenger trains
now operating between Tarboro and
Plymouth.
Circulating the petition, Mayor J.
L. Hasaell said today that it had
received a unanimous support of
business people here. ??
Headliners Feature
Entertainment Bill
At Lions Big Event
Merchants Exposition and
Indoor Circus Opens
Next Week
A sizeable group of artists, head
liners behind the stage lights in two
continents, will feature the enter
tainment program at the Lions Ex
position and indoor circus opening
in the Planters warehouse here
next Monday.
The entertainment program of the
Exposition which has been com
pleted after long deliberation, will
be one of the greatest arrays of tal
ent ever to be assembled for the
entertainment of Williamston's
show going public. Amid a setting
of splendor and beauty there witt
be offered in the program that out
standing troupe of acrobats and tee
lei board artists, the Crew troupe.
who have just completed an engage
ment in New York's" leading thea
tre, the Radio City Music Hall. This,
troupe of six people will perform
their acrobatic antics each and ev
ery night. There will also be the
Flying Howards, who have been
featured on the largest traveling
caravans in this country, and will
keep yuu in state of laughter with
their hilarious comedy on the
bounding trampoline. The great
Lippincott will hold you spellbound
when hn Ht'ltvart: K.,f..... yni.i. very
eyes, hundreds of living objects
from nowhere. Those three favorites
of the air, the Sparklers, will en
tertain you throughout the evening
with their syncopated harmony.
These are only a few of the features
which will be presented each eve
ning at the Lions Exposition in the
Planters warehouse commencing on
Monday, June 20
The Williamston Lions Club gen
eral committees on the exposition
held their regular meeting in the
Planters warehouse last Thursday
evening with an attendance of prac
tically 100 per cent. The honorable
J L Hassell, mayor of Williamston,
Mr. J. D Wollard, president of the
Riwanis club, and J. E. Boykin, the
commander of the American Le
gion, were present for the delicious
supper that was served. The mayor
made a very inspiring talk on the
value of cooperation which indeed
blended very well In consideration
of the jrntiring support which has
been afforded the Lions club In
their endeavor, inasmuch as the var
ious civic and patriotic organizations
have given eveijf possible help in
making this exposition a huge suc
cess. But not to be forgotten are
the many merchants who have come
forward in their help by taking the
various rjisplav gpaesat- iiihieh were
offered. So all in all, it is indeed
grutifying to all concerned to know
that the entire community is be
hind the project of progress in the
exposition and there is no doubt that
there will be one of the finest dis
plays of advertising ever to be
?a en in this locality.
You fig People Meet At
Local Methodist Churchl
'Ihcie will be an important meet-j
ing ot all the young people of the
local Methodist chur.ch and the Hoi-,
ly Spi iugs Methodist church to be
held at the Williamston Methodist
iliureli on Wednesday evening at
eight o'clock, June 15th.
Rev. R. E. Walston, who is head
of the Young People's work of the
Elizabeth City district will be pres
ent to speak and delegates to the
Louisburg and Chowan assemblies
will be elected. The work of the
Young People Division will be dis
eusaed. AH the workers with the
young people are requested to be
present.
All other young people and work
ers with young people are invited to|
be present. The public is invited.
Music for this meeting will be fur
nished by the junior choir of the1
Williamston Melhodist church un
der the direction of Mrs. J M.
Ward.
50 PER CENT
Additional rains over the
week-end aggravated .the crop
situation in this community, and
today observers estimated that
a damage of approximately 50
per cent had resulted to the to
bacco crop. A never fading hope
was expressed, however, as fol
lows: "The crops may come out
if the season is favorable from
now on."
a small section of the county
Sunday evening, doing some
damage to crops in the Wllllam
ston and Bear Gram area. The
hail lees was etimated to rua as
high as 20 per cent In
North Carolina Pulp Company
Property Is Valued at $500,000
By Equalization Board Monday
Enforcement Officers Report
Record Activity During May
Enforcement officers working un
der the Alcoholic Beverages Control
Board reported record activities in
this county during the past month. A
review of the report shows that the
officers headed hv .1 H Rnrhllil
wrecked eleven liquor stills, and
poured out 10,850 gallons of beer and
264 and one-half gallons of liquor.
In addition to the raids in nearly
every one of the ten townships in"
the county, officers gathered evi
dence to convict three defendants in
the county court, the court fines for
the period amounting to $160 and
the road sentences aggregating 21
months. The officers traveled 891
miles in carrying on their work,
much of which was centered 011 in
vestigations.
During the first few months, the
special enforcement service was
created" by the Martin County Alco
holic Beverages Control board, the'
officers captured a still every two
days on an average. While the catch
last month was slightly below that
average, the report shows that the
amounj of beer poured out and the
quantity of liquor confiscated es
Uhlinhod now iwoi'du |
The officers will hardly approach
the May record, bul already this
month they are reporting consider
able progress in the apparently nev
erending drive against the illicit li
quor trade. Since last Thursday. Of
ficers Roebuck and Bill Haislip have
wrecked three liquor plants, one!
each in Bear Grass, Robersonville.
and Williamston Townships, and
poured out 2.700 gallons of beer. The
plant in Robersonville was the first
captured in that district in about
two years.
Yesterday, the officers captured
100-gallon capacity liquor still and
poured out 1.000 gallons of beer
Beast Grass Township.
Coni|>eiisation for
The Unemployed
Meets Great Need
System Is Proving Valuable
In Handling Needs
By Agencies
Distribution of Unemployment
Compensation checks over the five
county area served by the WlllianTl^
ton employment office in the past
few weeks, amounts to "manna in
the wilderness" for many of the
claimants who are out of work, ac
cording to their own statements.
This money, received by workers
who have been laid off and unem
ployed for several weeks or more,
is mainly used for urgent necessi
ties of life. Welfare workers report
that it is proving of great benefit to
many families, the unemployed
worker usually being the head of
the family or the chief breadwin
ner. ?
The simple condition of being un
employed is in itself no qualifies-!
tion for being eligible to receive un I
employment compehsation, explain
ed the workerv of the local employ"
merit staff here today. A person
must have worked with a "covered"
employer who worked eight or more
people on his payroll regularly dur
ing the past year, and he must have
complied with the terms of the act
covering his employees under the
Social Security plan. The worker
must have his Social Security num
ber and meet certain other QOndi
tions. such as being ahV ynH_ai/uil,.
able for work when it is found for
him, report regularly to the Em
ployment office once a week, etc.
One ex-factory worker in Beau
fort County walked and caught rides
fifteen miles from his home each
week to serve his waiting period,
and when his checks tfegan coming
each week, he said he was "as hap
py as a jay-bird in a can of worms,"
it had been so long since he had
seen a dollar of his own. One color
ed woman in Washington, getting
her first weekly check, said it was
surely "sent-from the I.ord for sal
vation ."
The workers themselves do not
pay the tax for this compensation
The employer pays a special payroll
tax into the fund, which later is dis
tributed to unemployed workers at
such times as they are laid off or
lose their jobs.
Any person will be supplied with
information concerning the act, or
their own eligibility, upon applica
tion at the local employment office.
Name Teacher For Local
Home Economics Dept.
Miss Irene Mizelle, of Snow Mill,
was named this week to fill the po
sition made vacant in the local home
economics department by the resig
nation of Miss Josephine Grant who
has headed the department for the
past three years. Miss Mizelle, a
graduate of East Carolina Teachers
College, Greenville, has had several
years experience in Home economics
work apd recently completed a auc
cessful year at Scotland Neck..
Miss Grant, who has ably headed
the department here, plans to con
tinue teaching, but she has not def
initely decided which one of sever
al offers extended her she will, ac
cept.
LAST CALL
K. Y. Floyd, of State College,
has announced that June IK will
be the last day North Carolina
farmers can submit work sheets
for participation in the censer- 1
vation phase of the 193K farm
program.
Floyd pointed out that filing
a work sheet with the founty
office obligates a farmef in no
way. It merely supplies inform*
tion about the farm which serves
as a basis for participation in
the program.
Twenty-five Enroll
In W. P. A. Classes
The WPA Adult Education Pro
gram of Martin County started i
classes June 1 in the adult education
office over barden/s Department]
store, with Mrs.. Alice P. Edwards
as teacher.
Prior to the organization of classes
Mrs. Edwards contacted-.oyer a hun
I di ed persons who might be interest
ed in acquiring new skills or im-_
"'proving tTieTr old skills. At present]
there are twenty-Jive enrolled with
an average daily^dtendance of ten.
Courses are bei; g offered in allj
fields of academic work through
Lfifiventh grade level The policy of
the school is to give persons those
courses which they desire. There is
no formalized curriculum. To any
one cnn lling in the classes instruc
tions in homorna'king, parent educa
tuhi. health, aits and ct.dls a7Td~genr
oral adult education are available,
liee of cost.
Mi J G. Manning, superintendent!
oj Martin County. Sell on?, has been,
cooperative in furnishing*^ instruc
tional material and equipment.
The highway patrol is also-coop
erating with the program by furn
ishing transportation one day a'
week so that the teacher may go out
into rural sections and teach those
persons who hold driver's 'licenses
something of .highway safety and
any other subjects in which they
rr Ed wards will begladlo talk
anyone about enrolling in the
classes and arrange hours satisfac-l
toiy to the person. She will be very
grateful for the assistance of all civ
??ipHIBH t
ic organizations and interested per
sons The matter of transportation
lor students and teachers presents a
problem. Many persons would like'
? to enroll who live too far from the
center to walk and too far for Mrs.
Edwards to contact them.
Tin- classes are open from six p.
rh. until ten p. m.. every week night
except Saturdays
Action Pending In Assault
Case Upon Local Lawyer
Action is pending in .the courts
of this county ogainst Woodrow W
Hland us a result of a brutal attack
upon H I,. Swain, Williamston at
torney, here Jast Saturday after
noon. Using a check writing ma
china, Bland li said to have struck
the attorney over the head and in
flicted a woupd that required the
attention of a doctor
A misunderstanding over the price
to be paid Bland for screening tha
attorney's home was said to have
prompted the attack.
Equalization Board
Is In Session All Dav
Hearing Complaints
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Addition of Pulp Plant to
Lists Sends Values
Over $10,000,000
, . as a board of equalization
?'"U review, the Martin County com
missioners yesterday heard a few
complamu directed by individual
W"?rs against <a" assessments b?,
,'^m ,l ?'cater pa, I of the day ,et-^
ting up an assessed value of the
North Carol,na Pulp Company prop
er.,es ,n the lower part of the coun
The commissioners, meeting ,n ac
ttvtties to tax matters, those prop
irty owners failing to go before the
board yesterday forfeiting their
right to appeal from assessed valu
ations the future Changes made
? ,r,d'vidual listings were negligi
b e and were more ,n the foJfT',
"sts- 'T^TpSmT
Anxious to determine a fair val
uation for the pulp mill properties,
the commissioners made a thorough
??7 ,h" ma,Ur' ""ally order,
"g $78 000. 00 increase in the com
pany s listings. Submitting a list
$mZ aTSed ValUat"'"
' P"'P company authori
$7? oSoe S d"'? ""Ve 8CC"PU'd the
$78,000 increase, the added figure
placing the total taxable value of
Property on the books at ap
proximately $457,ogo _
It was'ponded out that the" land
owned by the company is listed at
the nmmat schedule-exist,,^ jn the
r'7; '"at ,he property
was listed a, the rate of 40 cenU on
were "? ,hat th" ""whine.
?,ve" a tax value of ten. ner
cent of the actual coat These fig.
"res. ? was pointed out, are not def
inite and aro not official, the au
v ' " .of company and coon
t> t? determine the accurate
amounts from a bas|c s,udy ( f ?*
values earned on the company
book* Very little variation ,s ex
PC'led. however, the final values
?? compared with those mentioned
the minutes of the board meet
"iK yesterday.
?addiUoiL^lC_tll-c nnlp mi|.
properties to the ccwmTtax^k,
?ton m the county outside of those
values certified by a state commis
' to un amount in excess of ten
mi log?ollars. This represents a
gam of approximately one-half mil
' 'lollars which comes after the
approximately $4(81,00U l,ste<t last
year the form of solvent credits
fr0n> book.
Individual accounts called to the
board were, as fol
The value of $]0,300 charged
.aKainst Harry Waldo on 490 acres ?f
Martin and Mitchell land was re
duced to $9,800.
An "investigation was ordered in
be value Of $750 charged aga'inst a
house and lot owned by Mrs lassie
Barnhili in Evcretts.
A reduction Qf |200 wag Qrdered
n the $1,200 values listed against
ham!;?,.!""" Thrower home in Wil
I be $350 assessment on the auto
i (i| ?' J T PrKe Was unc'bang
The $6,000 value placed on the
"lock of the Standard Oil Company
was reduced to $4,451. *
Youth Su/fers Injury
By Steping On An Axe
Stepping on an axe while playing
near his home in Williams Township
last Sunday afternoon, David Perry
twelve year, old, cut a considerable
portion of meat from the bone in his
right foot The youth was brought
here by his father, Mr. Simon Per
ry, for treatment and is getting
along very well.
Unusual Furniture Sale
Underway At VanDyke's
e
Some real barfains in furniture
are being offered each evening from
7 to 10 p. m. at the unuiual auction
sales in the VanDyke Furniture
Store here. Started last week, the
sales have attracted sizeable crowds
and furnitute has been bought at
the customer's own price.
The-unusual selling events are to
last only a few days longer.