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VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 67 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 23,1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
Record Tobacco Market Opening Expected
Noon Recess Will
Be Eliminated In
School Schedule
Greater Safety for Children
Is Motive for School
Board's Action
For the first time in more than a
quarter of a century, the noon-day
recess will be dropped from the
daily schedule in the local schools.
Principal D. N. Hix in announcing
the change proposed by the local
committee explaining that the mo
tive behind the action was to afford
greater safety for children. The
board also passed a resolution urg
ing the police department to direct
traffic during certain hours on
Church and Smithwick and Main
and Watts streets.
In connection with the schedule
change, the following announcement
was made public today:
"With the hope that a continuous
daily school session will make pos
sible more efficient operation of the
local schools, the Williamst n school
board in session last Thursday after
noon adopted a regulation eliminat
ing the noon recess period during
which cnildren and teachers have
been free to leave the school
grounds. The new regulation which
becomes effective at the opening of
the 19)8-39 school term has as its
purpose the safeguarding of the lives
of the children by keeping them
from the streets during the busy
noon hour and the improvement of
attendance by eliminating half-day
absences. It is expected, too, that the
plan will make possible more order
ly class organization and reduce dis
ciplinary problems to a minimum.
"Students will be interested in the
continuous session since the new
regulation provides for reducing the
school day by the amount of time
saved in the brief lunch period. A
dismissal hour slightly earlier than
under the old plan will be possible.
In adopting the new regulation, the
board considered the fact that some
adjustment will be necessitated in
the homes of the community but ar
rived at the conclusion that the vast
majority of parents and students
will favor the new schedule once
they become accustomed to It. It
was pointed out that in many com
munities the size of Williamstor
students pursue their studies
throughout the school day without
interruption.
It is hoped that all patrons of the
school will consider the benefits
and advantages of the plan and give
it their cooperation and support.
"A resolution requesting the au
thorities of the town of Williamston
to require the peace officers to safe
guard the lives of school children by
directing traffic at the intersections
of Church and Smithwick and Watts
and Main during the hours when
children are passing to and from
school was adopted by the board."
Present for the meeting were R.
L. Coburn, C. B. Clark and Ray
Goodmon.
On Committee To
Set Ferry Damage
?Mr. O. II.
ed by Governor Clyde R. Hoey
a member of a special commission
to investigate and determine any
damage, if any, to the Edenton
Mackeys Ferry Company resulting
from the construction of the Albe
marle Sound bridge. H. G. Connor,
of Wilson, and Frank Spruill, of
Rocky Mount, are the other mem
bers of the commission.
A meeting of the group was ten
tatively set for next Thursday, but
a postponement was ordered today
on account of the date falling on the
same day the tobacco markets open
the 1M8 season.
Noted Teacher To Appear
At Rose oi Sharon Church
Beginning next Sunday evening
?t 8 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Edwards, of
Mount Olive, will conduct a series
of revival services in the Rose of
Sharon Free Will Baptist Church
in Bear Orass Township.
Dr. Leonard Earl Harris, profes
sor in the Chicago School of Music
who is in eastern North Carolina
on his vacation, will have charge of
the song services Mr. Harris, a na
tive of Smithfield, is a noted artist,
and he will have charge of the mu
sical program each evening at eight
o'clock during the week.
The series of services will last for
at least one weak, it was announc
Check for New Post Office Site
Here Now Ready for Delivery
The sale of the old Bag ley or
Simpson property on Main Street
here for a new post office building
will likely be consummated within
the next ten days or two weeks,
Postmaster Leslie T Fowden said
yesterday following a conference
with Attorney Wheeler Martin and
Congressman Lindsay Warren. "A
check for $6,000 has already been
drawn on the United States treasury
and it is now in the hands of the
district attorney's office in Wilming
ton," Mr. Fowden explained.
A few minor details are to be;
handled before the deed is passed,
it was pointed out, but they are
mere formalities that can be handl
ed within a short time.
September 1 was set as the dead
line for getting construction work
underway, but Postmaster Fowden
has been assured that the appropri
ation for the site and building will
be held intact, that it will pot re
vert back to the treasury's general
building fund.
When the deed is finally passed
within the next ten days or two
weeks, F. W. Hoyt, the present own
er, will be given thirty days to clear
the lot on East Main Street. Con
struction work is almost certain to
be placed underway at the expira
tion of that time or soon thereafter.
The government has appropriated
$76,000 for the purchase of a site and
the construction of the building.
Marketing Cards Are
Ready for Distribution
LOOK OUT
On the eve of the tobacco
marketing opening in this coun
ty, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck today
issued a warning against film
been fleecing the unsuspecting
down south already this season,
and with big crowds expected
on the two markets in this coun
ty on Thursday the old pocket
book game is likely to be 'pull
ed\" the officer said.
Citlxens of the county can be
of great help in eliminating the
racket if they will report any
attempt to "pull" the pocket
book scheme.
Accident Reported
On Sound Bridge
Edenton, Aug 22?The new Albe
marle Sound bridge near here
chronicled its first motor apcident
Saturday afternoon, and one of the
victims was Julien Wood, local bank
er and former State highway com
missioner, who was crossing the
span, which he began to prornote in
1933
Mr. Wood had a small party of
feminine relatives with him, and
was taking them on his initial ride
to see the great crossway which he
will formally accept for his side of
the sound at Thursday's dedicatoryj
the south shore, a large truck side
swiped the Wood vehicle, jamming I
it against the west side supporting!
concrete railing The car was badly
damaged, but no one was severely j
hurt.
Alleged Cow Thief Is
Returned Here For Trial
William Melton, 19-year-old color'
ed boy, was returned here yesterday!
from a Stokes County road gang for
trial in the superior court next
month for the alleged theft of a cow.
Melton, said to have stolen a cow
from M. D. Wilson and a steer from
Oscar Jones in December. 1936, ran
away from here soon after the ani
mals ware missed by their owners.
He went to Winston-Salem where he
broke into a home and stole sever
al suits of clothes. He was arrested
tried in the Forsyth courts and sen
tenced to the roads for eighteen
months. Completing his sentence onj
Sunday, he was turned over to the.
sheriff of this county.
WANTED
A borne for Jerry.
Jerry is s nice-looking, ap
pealing boy with light hair, bine
eyes and a pleasant smile. When
he was a small tot he lost his fa
ther. Two years ago his mother
died. Be has no brothers or sis
ters. Since the death of his mo
ther, Jerry has made his home
with an aged naele. Now, the
relative is ill and unable to care
for him. He wants the child to
have a heme whore he can have
adeqaate subsistence, recreation,
with other chll
to continue
and the love and
security of a substitute mother
and father. Jerry wants to "be
long" to same ana.
Anyone interested in giving
Jerry a heme is ashed to con
tact the Marrin County Welfare
Department.
Distribution Will
Be Effected Here
StartingT omorro w
Office Closed While Force
Works Night and Day
Preparing Cards
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The 1938 tobacco allotment jnar
keting cards are ready for Martin
County farmers, the task of distri
buting 1,500 of the slips to get un
derway in the farm agent's office
tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock.
"We are working night and day
in an effort to have the marketing
quotas typed on the marketing
cards and made ready for distribu
tion tomorrow," T B. Slade, assist
ant to the agent, said this morning
following an ail-night's work. This
morning at 4 o'clock the first card
was typed ,and as the day progress
ed three typists were turning out
the valuable slips at the rate of
about 75 an hour while others were
checking for mistakes the quotas es
tablished in the Raleigh and Wash
ington offices.
Quotas for 90 per cent of the far
mers in the county have been re
leased by the Washington office, lo
cal representatives stating that in
those cases where the permanent
cards have not been prepared, the
farmers ufill be issued temporary
cards. The complete distribution of
permanent cards will be effected
within a week or ten days, it is be
lieved.
It will not be necessary for ten
ants to call for marketing cards as
the landlord or farm owner can sign
for them. Farmers, calling for their
cards, will be asked to give their
names, addresses, names of tenants
growing tobacco this year, and esti
mate the current yield per acre. He
signs the card, and the procedure is
repeated for the next man In line.
The distribution as well as the prep
aration of the cards will constitute
a big task, and farmers are asked to
be as patient as possible when call
ing for their cards. The office of the
agent is closed today as the work
or preparing the cards goes rapidly
on.
No official figures are available,
but it is estimated the average al
lotment in this county will be slight
ly above 850 pounds, a poundage
slightly above the estimate released
by the federal crop reporting ser
vice.
"We have beeq so busy trying to
get the cards ready for distribution
that little time has been available
for a composite study of the allot
ments," a representative In the
county agent's office said this morn
ing. "However, we believe the quo
tas are more uniform this year than
they were in 1935," the representa
tive said. There are no extremely
low or unusually high poundage al
lotments.
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Three-Day Meeting At
Smithwick Creek Soon
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The memben and friend! of the
Smithwick Creek Primitive Bap tilt
Church will open their three-day Au
gust meeting on Friday of this
week. The event attracts large
crowds from a wide area, and a cor
dial invitation is extended by the
members to the general public to
attend the meeting.
Several visiting ministers, promi
nent in the larger associations, are
expected to be present for the meet
ing which opens Friday and closes
Sunday.
Joseph B. Lanier
Dies In Hospital
Sunday Morning
Joseph B. Lanier, well-known cit
izen of Williams Township, died in
a Washington hospital Sunday
morning at 11:15 o'clock following
a long illness. He had suffered
greatly during recent months'with
cancer Mr. Lanier had received
treatment in a hospital about a year
ago, but during the past several
months he was confined to his home
near the old Daniel and Staton mill.
Last week he was returned to the
hospital for treatment.
The son of the late James B. and
Katherine Ricks Lanier, he was
born in Williams Township 51 years
ago last February, and lived there
all his life. Quiet and unassuming,
Mr. Lanier was a great hunter and
fisherman, spending most of his life
in the stillness and quietness of the
Daniel and Staton mill pond. He
found contentment during long'
hours spent with hook and line in'
the fishing grounds near his home.1
and the accumulation of worldly
goods was secondary in his life.
He was the only son, and is sur
vived by an aged sister, Miss Ma
Funeral services were conducted
at the home yesterday afternoon at
four o'clock by Elders B. S. Cowin
and A. B. Ayers, of the Primitive
Baptist church in this county. Bur
ial was in the family plot in Wil
liams Township.
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Funeral Held at Home in |
Williams Township
Monday
Preparations For
1938 Williamston
Fair Go Forward
Harvey Walker Will Be Di
rector for Fourt Con
secutive Year
?
Plans are rapidly going forward
for the 1938 Williamston Fair, with
the local management pushing prep
arations for providing the people of
Martin and adjoining counties with
one of the greatest expositions ever
to be held here. The 1938 exposition
will be held for five big days and
nights, beginning Tuesday, Septem
ber 27th, and continuing through
Saturday, October 1.
Under the direction of Harvey
Walker, who this season in his
fourth consecutive year as resident
manager of the local exposition,
plans for the 1938 fair call for the
largest and most complete exposi
tion of any heretofore in reflecting
the progress of Martin and adjoin
ing counties. Mr. Walker and his
staff are putting special emphasis
on the exhibition phase of the fair
this year, with the agricultural de
partments, and cattle and swine be
ing worked up for major features.
Since the opening of the local office
August 1, Mr. Walker has conferred
at length with the agricultural in
terests of Martin and adjoining
counties, and final preparations are
turn heing completed for the-various
exhibits.
Mr. Walker stated that the 1938
premium books have already gone
to the printer and will be complet
ed within a short while. The books
will be ready for the mailing list
shortly, and may be obtained from
the fair offices here by September
1.
In announcing the preliminary
plans for this season, Resident Man
ager Walker stated yesterday: "If
the people of Martin and adjoining
counties will exhibit with us at our
fair this year, as I am sure they will,
success is assured. I will make fur
ther announcements later as to oth
er phases of our Fair to be held Sep
tember 27 to October 1 inclusive.
More Than 200 Seek
Cotton Price Payments
?
More than 200 Martin County
farmer* have applied for the cotton
price adjustment payments, it was
leaned yesterday from the office of
the county agent. Approximately 1,
200 cotton fanners in this county are
eligible for the adjustment pay
ments, it is believed
The task of receiving applica
tions for the payments was side
tracked today as the entire force in
the county agent's office went to
work preparing tobacco marketing
cards for distribution among Martin
farmers tomorrow.
Large Crowds Looked for Here as
Leaf Auction Sales Get Underway
Thursday Morning at 9:00 O'clock
Struck By An Auto,
Colored Child Is In
Critical Condition
No Charge Brought Against
Tom Ward, Driver of
Machine
Charles Purvis, six years old, was
critically hurt when ho ran into an
automobile driven by Thomas Hen
ry Ward, young Robersonville man,
on Williamston's West Main Street
at 4:45 last Sunday afternoon. Re
ported to have suffered a severe
fracture of the skull, the boy was
removed to a Washington hospital,
late reports from the institution
stating that he was holding his own
and that recovery was expected if
not complications resulted.
Running into the street fifty
yards from the spot where his grand
father, Henry Purvis, was run down
and killed hy a hit-and-run driver
during the early part of 1935, the
boy struck the side of the left front
fender of the Ward car, a Pontlac
coupe. He suffered a second head
injury when he was knocked out of
the car's path and onto the pave
ment.
Ward, according to evidence of
fered by colored witnesses to the
accident, was driving into William
ston and was running about 25 or 30
miles an hour, some explaining that
he had almost brought the ear to
a stop before the boy, dashing from
one side of the road, bumped into
the fender.
Ward carried the boy to Dr. R. O.
McAllister for treatment and later
made arrangements to have him re
moved to the hospital.
Patrolman W. S. Hunt, investigat
ing the accident, explained that he
found the car driver not at fault,
but that a hearing will likely be held
as a routine matter later on.
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Manslaughter Case
In Superior Court
The case charging Charles J. Grif
fin, Jamesville merchant, with man
slaughter was scheduled for trial in
the September term of Martin
County Superior court by Justice J.
L. Hassell here last Saturday when
TKe deTendant pleaded self defense.
The defendant was recognized by
the court to appear for trial.
When the defendant entered the
self-defense plea, the case was auto-1
matically thrown into the high
court. .
Shot twice while trying to break
into the Griffin store in Jamesville
on the morning of August 7, Arthur
Harrisbn, young colored man, died
nine days later in a Washington hos
pital. His true identity was never
established and his body was buried I
in Potter's field nmr the nlH Mar.j
tin County home last Friday.
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Plays Role of Nurse,
Embalmer, Preacher
Jack Everett, local colored handy
man, haa expanded his services, au
thentic reports stating that he re
cently played the role of nurse, un
dertaker and preacher.
When Arthur Harrison, colored
man, was fatally shot in JamesviUe
a little over two weeks ago and be
came delirious a few days later in a
hospital, Everett was called in k)
help hold the man on the bed. He re
mained with the stranger until the
end, and then he brought the body
here and embalmed it. No confirm
ed preacher was available and Bv
erett, donning his long-tail coet,
conducted the last rites.
Eight Persons In County _]
Jail During Week-end
Eight persons, charged with var
ious alleged infractions of the law,
were placed in the Martin County
Jail last week-end, the number of ar
rests being the same number record
ed the week-end before.
Charges of manufacturing, posses
sion, assault, thievery, aiding and
abetting and (alee pretense were
brought against the eight persons.
SUPERVISOR
Henry Johnson, supervisor, is
predicting a very successful sea
son for the local tobacco market.
"After going into Martin and
adjoining counties, 1 believe
Williamston will have the great
est opening in the history of the
market," Mr. Johnson said to
day.
Pupils To Register
Here This Week
Students planning to attend the
Williamston High School during the
term which begins September 1 are
requested to register and arrange
their courses of study according to
the following schedule:
Eighth and ninth grade students:
Thursday morning, August 25 from
8:30 to 11:30.
Tenth and eleventh grade stu
dents: Friday morning, August 26,
from 8:30 to 11:30.
A special registration will be held
Monday morning, August 29 be
tween the hours of 8:30 and 11:30 for
those graduates interested in twelfth
grade and commercial worlc.
Parents are aslced to cooperate
with school authorities by remind
ing their children to observe the
above schedule.
Local Young Men
Fly To Charleston
?Tom -Crawford and Tennyson Ay-1
ers, young local men, have started
branching out in the air with their j
small plane. Leaving here Friday ?
morning they winged their way to!
Charleston, West Virginia, in fivei
hours not counting the several times i
they came to earth to make sure of!
their course. Stops were made at
Danville, Roanoke and White Sul
phur Springs on both trips. After a
visit with Mr. Crawford's brother,
Mr. Roland C. Crawford, and Mrs.
Crawford, the fliers started the re-i
turn trip Sunday morning, reaching
here that afternoon shortly after
five o'clock.
Skewarkey Masons To
Hear Orphanage Review
At their regular meeting here thia
evening at eight o'clock, Skewarkey
Lodge Masons will hear an interest
ing review of the history surround
ing the Oxford Orphanage. A spec
ial study of the institution has been
made by Attorney Carter Studdert
APPLICATIONS
Up until this moraine, the
Farm Security Administration
office In the county courthouse
had received more than 200 ap
plications from Martin tenants
desiring to borrow money for
the purchase and operation of
their own farms.
It is out of the question Just
now to make that many farm
purchase loans, but Supervisor
Modlln explains that It is not
too late for a tenant to enter an
application, that It is possible
' that a loan will be made to one
among the last (roup to apply.
Applications will be received
through Wednesday of next
A committee, named to I
the applications, will start work
within the next few days.
Tobacco Moving To
Market Here Today
In Large Quantities
Average Ranging Between
23 and 28 Cents Is
Predicted
?
The Williamston Tobacco Market
is expected to shatter all records
when the 1938 season gets under
way here Thursday morning prompt
ly at nine o'clock, indications point
ing to a large tobacco "break" and
one of the biggest crowds ever to at
tend an opening.
On the eve of what is the great
est annual event in this section, mar
ket operators said today that every
thing was in readiness to start the
season. Experienced men are in ev
ery department, and although thous
ands are expected to crowd into the
marketing area during the day, the
warehousemen have made every ar
rangement possible to guarantee
smooth running sales.
L. C. Alligood, well known Beau
fort County farmer, formally open
ed the season when he placed a large
load of tobacco at the starting point
in the first row Unloading activities
are going forward rapidly, but en
larged marketing facilities will care
for the offerings.
Big Crowds
Nearly 10,000 visitors are expect
ed here for the initial sales Thurs
day, reports from a number of coun
ties maintaining that entire com
munmes win load up all members
of the family and travel here for
the day to gain first-hand informa
tion on price averages and to enjoy
a day of rest following a long sea
son of hard work back home. If the
expectations hold to the preliminary
estimates, Williamston can look for
around 2,000 more visitors than were
here for the opening a year ago.
Special entertainment in local thea
tres and a ball game have been ar
ranged for the day.
f Price Outlook
No one is certain about the prico,
but there is strong hope the aver
age will exceed by several cents the
opening-day figure of 22 tents a yeor
ago. Most of the reports coming
from warehousemen and others con
nected with the market predict an
average ranging from 24 to 28 cants,
many of them guessing a quarter.
Realizing that the crop Is short, far
mers figure that an average of 80
cents or one even higher will be
necessary to maintain an economic
balance in this section during anoth
er year. There has been very little
pessimism over the outlook.
Buyers Here
All the buyers, representing ev
ery known company, have reported
and are ready for work when the
curtain is raised Thursday morning.
-Ti? buying personnel and
ing forces are recognized as the
strongest ever to come to the Wil
liamston market, and it is sincerely
believed that old friendships will
be continued and many new ones
built up during the season at hand.
The people of Williamston are ex
tending a cordial welcome to the
thousands of farmers and their fam
ilies, trusting that, they will find
their visits here pleasant and en
joyable.
Hearing Postponed
In Fake Doctor Case
A hearing in th* caae charging
George Barnea, Tarboro colored
man, with the practice of medicine
without license and the administer
ing of drugs that caused the death
of Chaney Wiggins near Hamilton en
August IS, was postponed today un
til next Tuesday morning. Unable
to get the State laboratory to make
an analysis of the "medicine'' alleg
edly prepared and prescribed by
Barrjes for the Wiggins woman, of
ficers made arrangements to have
an analysis made in a private lab
oratory.
No report on the findings has
been received here, and no further
action in the caae will bo taken be
fore next Tuesday, Sheriff C. ft
Roebuck said today.