Advertiser* Will riad Oil Col umn* a Latchkey U ever 1AM Watch the Label ea Tew Fiper, as It Carries the Date Yeur Subaerfptiea Kxsfres. 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. " ? 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 ?? ?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 ???? 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 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 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.