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VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 84 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 21, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899
Judge H. 0. Peel
Handles 12 Cases
- In County Court
Several Defendants Charg-|
ed With Failure to Sup
port Families
Judge H. O. Peel held the county
recorder's court in session during a
greater part of last Monday handling
? dozen cases. The docket carried no
cases of any great importance, but
large crowds were present for the
proceedings. Their failure to support
wife and children carried several
defendants into court.
The proceedings:
Charged with non-support. Char
he Bellamy was directed to pay $10
a month for the support of his five
children. The order is effective for
six months and Bellamy is to reap
pear at the end of that time for fur
Jhec judgment,
Henry Godard, charged with vio
lating the motor vehicle laws, was
sentenced to the roads for three
monthsa.
The case charging George, Ells
worth and Henry Andrews and Dink
Ward, alias William Staton, with
assault and interfering with an offi
cer, was continued under prayer for
judgment until next Monday.
Charged with non-support, Les
ter McKeel was ordered to pay $4 a
week for the upkeep of his wife and
two children. The cost of the case
was taxed against McKeel, and he
was directed to reappear in court
at the end of six months for further
judgment. Bond in the sum of $150
was required by Judge Peel.
Th* case cntfgihg Dawsdn Gfif
fin with an assault and disorderly
conduct was continued under pray,
er for judgment until the first Mon
day in December.
The case charging Doc Whitfield
with non-support was continued un
til the second Monday in next Jan
uary.
Charged with larceny and receiv
ing, Ed Goss was sentenced to the
roads for three months.
Judgment was suspended upon
payment of the cost in the case
charging John A. Marshall with
reckless driving.
Am?e Jones was sentenced to the
roads for sixty days for alleged lar
ceny and receiving.
Charged with drunken driving,
H?yt Lilley pleaded guilty, the court
continuing the case under prayer
for judgment until the first Monday
in December.
Abraham McNeil, charged with
being drunk and disorderly and
carrying a concealed weapon, was
fined $50 and taxed with the case
cost.
Probable cause appearing, Judge
Peel bound Lucy Mae DieU^.
young colored girl, over to the su
perior court for trial in the case
charging her with larceny. The girl
is alleged to have entered the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stubbs Peel
in Oak City and stole clothing.
A Brief Review Of
County Postoffices
Running across several old Postal
Guides a few days ago, Mr. Warren
H. Biggs offers a brief sketch of
United States postoffices in Martin
County.
A little over a hundred years ago,
thws w%r& five postoffices in the
county, three of them having gone
out of existence years ago. Little is
known about the postoffices, the
names of the communities having
been changed and their identity
loet. A few of the old postmasters
have descendants living in the coun
ty today, but little is known of the
kiofnev a# ii I li II ? ? ?
niswrj ui utficio,
The five postoffices in the county
in 1831 and the names of the post
-a?tare teere;
Clark's Store, William M. Clark;
Davis' Store, Jesse J. Davis; Gard
ner's Bridge, Maurice Gardner;
Hamilton, William R. Bennett; Wil
liamston, Joseph D. Biggs.
In 1840 there were only four, as
follows; Gardner's Bridge, Maurice
S. Moore; Hamilton, Bryant Bennett;
Roanoke, Thomas Jones; Williams
ton, William Watts.
In 1851 the number had been de
creased to three: Gardner's Bridge,
George W. Ward; Hamilton, T. W.
Ward; Williamston, Gilbert L. Ward.
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Bookmobile Takes Up
Books In The County
Effecting a distribution week be
fore last, a "Bookmobile" operated
by the Works Progress Administra
tion is gathering nearly 1,200 books
in all parts of the county this week.
The traveling library received a
liberal patronage in the county, and
the patrons are anxious for it to
operate on a regular schedule in the
future.
Martin Farmers Sell Million
Pounds of Surplus Leaf Cards
No official figures are yet avail
able, but reliable estimates gained
from several sources indicate that
Martin County farmers have sold
approximately a million pounds in
suiplus tobacco marketing quotas so
far this season. It is believed that
considerably more poundage will be
sold after farmers complete the
marketing of their own crops and
determine the surplus.
Soon after the Georgia markets
opened, calls were received for sur
plus marketing cards, but few sales
were made by Martin farmers to
the growers in that State. When, the
faimers completed the harvesting of
their crops and saw their yields were
going to be small, many of them ot
tered poundage for sale. Most of the
poundage was bought by farmers
outside this county, several hundred
thousand pounds going to farmers in |
Lenoir and Wilson Counties. More
recently agents representing Vir
ginia growers have been coming
here for the purchase of surplus
pounds. However, the sale is begin
ning to slow down, and it is likely
that fairly large poundages will re
main on many cards.
Very few sales have been report
ed in this county for less than five
cents, and it is estimated that the
farmers have received approximate
ly $50,000 for their surplus pounds.
To hinder card speculation, the gov
ernment recently limited the trans
fer of pounds to 10 per cent of the
total quotas, A farmer can sell all
his surplus pounds, but the specula
tor cannot buy the surplus and then
sell it to someone else, it was ex
plained.
Plans Go Forward For
Democratic Meet Here
APPROVED
Plans (or the construction of
two gymnasiums in the county
?one at Oak City and one at
Jamesville ? have, after hang
ing in the air for many months,
at last been approved by WPA
authorities in Washington. Ap
proval by the Comptroller Gen
eral is necessary, but action on
his part is recognised as a rou
tine matter, and construction
should get underway on the two
projects shortly.
The WPA allotted *3,488 for
each of the buildings.
Firms Preparing
Set-Up Complying
Wage-Hour Ruling
Affects Several Small In
dustries in This
Section
With the deadline in the impend
ing wage-hour law set for October
24, Martin County business and in
dustrial heads have been setting
about the business of getting their
houses in order for compliance with
the measure. ,
However, admittedly little is
known of the provisions of the bill
in this county, although copies of the
measure as passed have been re
ceived. Interpretation yf the measure
has been left to attorneys! -
In part, the bill provides for a
maximum work week of 44 hours
and a minimum wage scale of 24
cents for all classes of industrial and
buslneaitabor: ?
An administration group has been
busy in Washington setting the ma
chinery in motion.
In this section several small in
dustries will be affected, principal
ly in the lumber industry which em
ploys the largest number. Mean
yvhile relief agencies are wondering
if the lists of unemployed worker!
probably thrown out of employ
ment because of the provisions of the
law, will grow, and if the relief bur
den during the winter months in thii
area will be helped or hindered at
a result of the measure.
At the same time, houses are being
set In order for compliance with the
provisions of the measure as requir
ed by the law itself.
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Tobacco Marketing
Season Nears Close
No definite date for closing the
season has been set, but reports from
farmers over this section indicate
there will be little tobacco sold b>
the end of the next ten days or twe
weeks. Fair-sized sales are antici
pated for next Monday when num
bers of farmers plan to completi
their marketing. Quite a few offer
ed the last of their crop for sale to
day.
The closing expected in early No
vember will set a new record for i
short season in this section of thi
belt In years past sales have beei
operated well into January, an<
seldom have the markets closed be
fore Thanksgiving.
There is little demand evidence*
in the buying by the big companie
today, the burden of holding up thi
sales resting on the warehouse op
era tors. Prices, however, ranged ui
to forty cents this morning, but moa
of the sales fell into the 20-30 cen
Prominent Member
Of Party To Atteiu
Meet Here Tuesday
Will Formulate Plans For
The General Election
Next Month
Congressman Lindsay C. Warren
will address the First District Dem
ocrats in the courthouse here next
Tuesday, October 25. at 10:30 a. m.
This is one of a series of district ral
lies being held throughout the state!
to formulate campaign plans for the
general election next month, and a,
full attendance of all local leaders |
in the district is being urged.
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State Chairman R. Gregg Cherry
will attend the rally and will pre
side over the meeting, after being
introduced by Herbert Bonner of
tative Warren and chairman of the
executive committee of the First
Congressional district.
State leaders who will be present
to make short talks will be Mrs. W
B. Murphy of Snow Hill, vice chair
man; D. L. (Libby) Ward of New
Bern, secretary; and Gordon Gray of
Winston-Salem, president of the
State Young Democrats. All of these
have been attending the rallies
throughout the state and otherwise
devoting their time and energies to
the success of campaign.
Extensive pirns for entertaining
the meeting were advanced last eve
ning at a meeting of the County
Democratic Committee. "We are
looking for 400 strong party repre
resentatives," County Chairman E
S. Peel told the group in urging ev
ery Democrat in the county to sup
port and participate in the meeting
The program committee, compos
of H. G. Horton, Mayor Hassell and
C. A. Harrison, is extending an in
vitation to the Robersonville High
School band to play during the
meeting. Plans have been virtually
completed for entertaining the visi
tors with a free dinner to be serv
ed at the Sunny Side Inn or in a lo
cal tobacco warehouse, depending
upon, weather conditions.
? The entertainment committee is
! composed of J. Sam Getsinger, V.
J. Spiveyy L. B. Wynne, Mrs E S.
Peel, Mrs. J. S. Rhodes, Mrs. Wil
liam Gray, Mrs. R. H. Goodmon,
Mrs. H. G. Horton and Mrs Dewey
Leggett.
Names of the ways and means
committee, by districts, are: Rober
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Slight Increase In
Unpaid Town Taxes
Williamston's town delinquent tax
accounta are appearing today for
scheduled sale at 12 o'clock noon on
the second Monday in November, a
review of the list shows slight in
creases in the number of delinquents
and the unpaid amounts.
Compared with the records a year
ago, the uncollected taxes this year
i are only *164.96 greater, the amount
s due and unpaid by the colored prop
i erty owners actually being smaller
than it was when the list was first
advertised a year ago.
There is a total of 148 accounts,
1 representing an unpaid balance for
s the year 1937 of *4,545.90. The 42
white accounts show an unpaid bal
ance of *3,243.53, and the 106 color
p ed accounts represent *1,302.37 In
it unpaid taxes.
There are over 1,000 property
owners in the town.
County Coroners,
Sheriffs To Meet
Sunday Morning
Group Interested in Passing
Amendment to the
Constitution
Approximately loo county coro
ners and sheriffs from all over east
ern North Carolina are slated to
meet in the courthouse here Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock to formulate
plans for support of a proposed
amendment to The State Constitu
tion. The adoption of the proposed
amendment will lengthen the terms
of sheriffs and coroners from two
to four years, the officers maintain
ing that they can render a better
service if they do not have to go in
to a political primary and election
every two years.
Sheriff Robinson, or Iredell Coun
ty. president of the North Carolina
sheriffs association, is ^
preside over the meeting. Other as
sociation officials including Secre
tary Jones, of New Hanover County
will also be present for the meeting!
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said today
No special dinner has been prepared
for the meeting, but the visitors will
be invited to the cafes and hotels for
the meal, it was learned.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution is being offered at an
inopportune time, and while no
strong opposition has been advanc
ed, no sizeable vote in this section
of the state is assured the measure.
There are no interesting contests in
the political line-up to attract the
attention of voters, and one of the
smallest votes in years is exuected
in llus county on Tuesday, Novem
ber 8
It is likely the sheriffs and coro
ners at their meeting Sunday will
offer plans for getting out a fairly
representative vote, believing that
if the people will study the propos
ed amendment they will vote for it
Big Sweet Potato
Frop Is Forecasted
For Martin County
Yields as High as 300 Bush
els Per Acre Are
Reported
Weather conditions that curtailed
production of major crops in Mar
tin County this year apparently
were favorable for sweet potatoes
and this week the growers are har
vesting what has been described as
the county's record potato crop.
Reports from various sections
maintain that the county will pro
?uc.e e*cess of a quarter million
trasheis of potatoes this season In
dividual yields have been reported
as high as 300 bushels per acre, but
it is not likely that the average will
exceed 130-150 bushels. The acreage
this season is about the same in this
county as it was a year ago.
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been constructed this year, and in
90 per cent of the cases, farmers
will cure their potatoes, some plan
ning to use tobacco barns for the
curing process. Up until just a few
years ago there were no sweet po
tato curing houses in the county, but
the special house is now recognized
as necessary equipment on a large
number of farms.
The price outlook for the current
wp is considered fairly favorable
some predicting the cured potato
will sell for around $1 per bushel.
Martin farmers are showing con
siderably more interest in certified
potato seed after experimenting dur
ing the past two seasons with spec
ial types grown and imported from
Louisiana. "Production in my field
where certified seed were usecT is
far in excess of that where old stock
was used," Frank Weaver said. The
value of good feed having been
firmly established, Martin farmers
are now working to build up their
stocks.
Reports from over the State point
to a large crop. Weather conditions
generally have been very favorable.
The 8,600,000 bushel crop is 6 per
cent more than last year.
MORE CHECKS I
More cotton price adjustment
payments are being made to
Martin County farmer* today,
the office of the county agent
announcing yesterday that 221
additional checks representing
117 applications and amounting
to had Jnst been receiv
ed for fanners in this county.
To date, 1,M4 checks repre
senting 497 applications and
amounting to 923,129.42, have
been received in this county.
The total payments received
and expected will approximate
949,999.
Fa? Meetings Will
tie Held in Countv Next Wppk
Committeemen for handling the
AAA program in Martin County for
the coming year will be elected at
a series of community meetings to
be held next week. County Farm
Agent T B. Brandon announced to
day.
Each one of the meetings will be
held at 7:30 o'clock p. m , arrange
ments having been made by the
county agricultural force to hold
two meetings at the same time in
two or three districts. Farmers are
being notified direct and urged to
attend the meetings and participate
in the elections.
Many of the present committee
men will not be candidates to suc
ceed themselves, Messrs. J. R Wins
low and Jesse Crisp stating yester
duy they were anxious to turn their
tasks ovei lu ulheis.?
The meetings will elect commun
v committeemen alternates- and
delegates to the county meeting,
from this group the county commit
tee will be selected The selection of
the personnel for handling the AAA
program rests entirely with the far
mers, and they are expected to
show more interest in the elections
than they did last year.
The schedule of meetings
Monday, October 24, Bear Grass
school.
Tuesday. October 25, Everetts
school in Cross Roads Township.
Wednesday,- October 26, James
ville and Farm Life schools.
Thursday, October 27. Oak City
school and Hassell school
Friday, October 28. Robersonville
high school, and County Agricultur
al building. Farmers of both Wil
jinmsitnn and Poplar Point art' to
participate in the agricultural build
ing at Williamston.
Monday. October 31. Williamston
Township nouse.
These meetings will be held at
7 si m nw Hutpu cnppi f irvl n n rl -
? pi tit. vtl UU tt-J opvvllltut CllIU
Messrs. T. B. Brandon, T. B. Slade
and J. P. Woodard will assist in
holding them.
Chas. H. Jenkins Lets
Contraet For Garage
Construction Work
To Get Underway
Here Next Monday
Building Located on Pearl
And Washington
Streets
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A contract for the construction of
a new garage was let this week by
Charles H. Jenkins and Company to I
E. W Ifaucette, general contractor, I
of Littleton. The contract price was
not disclosed, unofficial reports stat
ing that the structure which is to
be modern in every detail will cost
in the neighborhood of $12,000.
?The building will be located?on
Washington and Pear Streets about
one block out from the New 'Caro
lina Tobacco Sales warehouse. The
structure will be of brick and steel
construction with a frontage of
eighty feet and a depth of approxi
mately 125 feet.
Contractor Faucette arrived here
this week to complete plans for
starting construction work next
Monday. An old building until re
cently occupied by Booth's garage,
is being cleared from the lot and
will be located on South Pearl
Street.?Materials are being?placed
on the lot ready for the builders next
I Monday, Mr. Faucette stating that
the contract called for the comple
tion of the building in two months.
Agents for the Oldsmobiles, Pon
tiacs and Buicks, the Chas H. Jen
kins?Gompanyi?since?-locating a
branch in Williamston has been
carrying on its operations at the Col
onial Oil Station on South Haugh
ton Street. The company is render
ing splendid service in this com
munity, and it will be able to bet
ter serve the .trade after getting in
the new building. Mr. James Bailey
Peel is local manager for the com
pany.
Officers Capture
Eight Liquor Stills
After losing much time attending
court in this and Beaufort Counties,
Special Enforcement Officer J. H.
Roebuck and his assistant, Roy hele,
are now making continued progress
in the drive against illicit liquor
manufacturing. During the past eight
days the officers have wrecked eight
liquor plants in the county, the raids
taking place in Jamesville, Griffins,
Bear Grass and Hamilton Town
ships. More than 2,000 gallons Of
beer and seven gallons of liquor
were poured out during the eight
day period.
No arrests were made, but some
heated races took place, the officers
stating that at ?n? still the operator
plunged into a stream of water and
escaped.
Most of the plans were small and
cheaply constructed, Mr Roebuck
explained.
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Bowlers Lose Second
Contest to Washington
?
Meeting a four-man team from
Washington here last Wednesday
evening, local bowlers lost their sec
ond contest to the alley boys from
the Beaufort capital. The locals, led
by Bullock with a score of 141 points
In a single game, made the contest
interesting, however.
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EARLY PICKING
Before some farmers complet
ed the digging of their peanuts,
others in this county have al
ready started picking the goob
ers. Farmer Lester House, of
Robersonville, picked 100 bags
yesterday. A report on the qual
ity and quantity was not avail
able here today.
The market is not active at
this time, and marketing activi
ties will hardly get underway
before the first or second week
in next month.
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l>er Harvesting
Of Peanuts Urged
By the( Cooperative
Must Be Thoroughly Dry
And Free From Foreign
Material
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The assistant manager of the Pea
nut Stabilization Cooperative, Inc.,
Edenton, recently notified county
agents of a price schedule under the
1938 peanut program The import
ance of properiy harvesting the pea
nut crop was emphasized. He says:
"It now looks as# though the gracT^
ing wiH be a little more rigid this
year than it was last year and, of
course, in handling the large bulk
of peanuts that we were called on to
handle last ^ear and will be called
on to handle this year, it is absolute
ly necessary that the peanuts we
buy* be thoroughly dry and as free
from foreign material as possible.'
The warehouses, it was stated,
will open early in November and
ample space will be provided.
Plans have been virtually com
pleted for opening government re
ceiving stations in . the Planters and
Farmers Warehouses and in the New
Carolina house, if necessary, for
handling the c rop in this" section.
The houses will be opened for pea
nut deliveries on or about Novem
ber 10, Mr. John Gurkin said, ex
plaining that ample space is avail
able for handling the crop this year
Last season, more than 100,000
bags of peanuts were stored TfTThis
county.
Farmers were urged to guard
against placing damp, improperly
cured peanuts on the market. De
liveries in such condition will not
be accepted by the Stabilization Co
operative, according to the manage
ment.
Plane Pilot Killed In
Bertie Crash Yesterday
Joe Musloh, the Armenian air
plane pilot who operated his big
tri-motored phme from Williams
ton's airport during several week
ends in recent mo.tths, was killed
near Powcllsville, Bertie County,
yesterday morning when the big
ship crashed just after taking off.
He was alone and was said to have
started a test flight before taking
a party to Windsor.
Musleh suffered fractures of both
legs and arms and death was sud
den. The big ship was wrecked.
The flier made many friendships
while operating his plane here. His
body was sent to his home in South
Carolina for burial.
Little Interest Is
Being Shown In
Nov. 8th Election
Reports State That Not a
Single Person Has
Registered
Little interest in the coming elec
tion was predicted in this county to
day as officials continued arrange
ments for holding the event on
Tuesday, November 8. Incomplete
reports from the various precincts
state that not a single person has
registered since the books were
opened a week ago tomorrow, and
it is highly probable that less than
a dozen or two will meet the re
quirements for participation in the
election.
_ The election this year offers only
three contests, one for United States
Senator and two for associate jus
ttces of the North Carolina Supreme
Court. There is no opposition to the
democratic ticket in this county.
Proposed amendments to the State
Constitution will attract some atten
tion, no doubt, but with little or no
opposition on the regular ticket the
vote m the "proposed amendments
will be small in this county.
" The democratic ticket in tiu?
county carries the names of the par
ty nominees, as follows:
For clerk superior court: L. Bruce
Wynne
Km- sln i iff: C. B Roebuck.
For treasurer: C. A. Harrison.
For judge recorder's court: H. O
Peel
Fr? coroner. S R Biggs.
For county commissioners: C- A.
Roberson, R. A Haislip, R. L. Perry,
C C. Fleming and J. E. Pope
For solicitor, second district: Don
nell Gilliam.
For member house of representa
tives H. G. Horton.
For State senator, second district:
W. B. Rodman, Jr., and D. Bradford
Fearing.
The State ticket carries the fol
lowing names:
For associate justice of Supreme
Court: M V. Barnhill, (D), Herbert
F. Sea well. Sr., (R).
For Associate Justice of Supreme?
CouTt'J. Wallace Winborne, (D);
jjrvin B. Tucker (R).
For Associate Justice of Supreme
| Court: A. A F. Seawell.
For attorney general Harry Mc
Mullan.
For commissioner of labor: Forrest
H Shuford,
For utilities commissioner: Stan
ley Winborne.
Bor judge superior court, 1st dis
| trict: C. Everett Thompson.
For judge superior court, 2nd dis
trict: Walter J. Bone.
Fim judge superior court, 5th dis
triet J. Paul Frizzelle.
For judge superior court, 6th dis
trict: Henry L. Stevens, Jr.
For judge superior court, 8th dis
trict John J Burney.
For judge superior court, 9th dis
trict: Q. K. Nimucks, Jr.
For judge superior court, 10th dis
trict: Leo Carr.
For jildge superior court. 12th dis
trict: H. Hoyle Sink.
For judge superior court, 14th dis
trict William H. Bobbitt.
For judge superior court, 16th dis
trict: Wilson Warlick.
For judge superior court, 19th dis
trict Zeb V. Nettles.
For judge superior court, 21st dis
For United States senator: Robert
R Reynold (D); Charles A. Jon
as (R).
For House of Representatives, 1st
district: Lindsay Warren.
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County Board Holds
Special Meet Here
Mrctini; in special session here
yesterday afternoon, the Martin
County commissioners approved a
$4,000 loan for the construction of
additional rooms to the Williamston
colored school building, and consid
ed a small increase in the budget fig
ures for agricultural extension work
in the county.
The $4,000 loan is to come from
the State literary funcl School au
thorities, appearing before the board,
stated that nearly 700 colored chil
dren are crowded into eleven rooms
and that additional space was vi
tally necessary.
Action on granting an increase in
the budget for agricultural exten
sion activities in the county was de
ferred until the regular meeting to
be held on the first Monday of next
month.
Messrs C. C. Fleming, of Jamas
ville; R L. Perry, of Bear Grass; J.
E. Pope, of Williamston; C. Abram
Roberson, of Robersonvtlle, and R.
A. Haislip, of Hassell, were presant ?
for the meeting.