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Peanut Farmers To
Meet In Windsor
On July Twentieth
I fiBfrMMiia Exported to l)i?
CUSS Price Schedule fur
Coming Season
Called by the North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation, a meeting
of peanut growers will be held in
Windsor on Thursday. July 2U for a
discussion of a price schedule for the
current crop, it was announced this
week by E. F Arnold, secretary of
the organization. The meeting call
was issued jointly by the Farm Bur
eau organization and the North Car
olina Peanut Stabilization Coopera
live, and farmers and other interest
ed persons are invited and urged to
attend.
Representatives Lindsay C. War
ivn, Harold Cooley and John Kerr,
? ill of whom are vitally interested 111
a square deal Tor the towty peanut
have been invited to attend the
meeting. It is expected that State
tarm leaders will also be present and
urge for a favorable peanut price
schedule According to Secretary Ar
nold, the meeting will ask that pea
nut farmers get at least the same
price schedule as was in effect for
the 1938 crop.
Last season, the North Carolina
Peanut Stabilization Cooperative
maintained a fairly stable market
throughout the belt although deliv
eries were unusually light in_thjs
county as compared with the pur
chases made during the 1937 market
ing season.
The stabilization organization peg
ged the prices last year at three and 1
one-half rents for the U. S No ]
grades 3315 for the No. 2 grades and
3 25 for No. 3S Prices for Class B
peanuts ranged from 3.3 to 3 05 and
in Class C they ranged from 3 05
down to 2.8 cents per pound.
General market prices averaged
slightly higher than the government
schedule, and it wasn't necessary for
the cooperative to make large pur
chases in this county to stabilize the I
price level.
Most of the purchases made by
the cooperative last season have j
been or are now being converted into
oil.
It is expected that the meeting in
Windsor next month will be largely
attended and that a strong pi. a will
be advanced for a raise in the AAA
price schedule
VEP Forces Take
Drivers'' Exams
Continuing concerted efforts to
advance the rules of safety, Virginia
Electric and Power Company safety
engineers subjected the forty-two
employees in the Williamston dis- !
trict to rigid automobile driving tests
here this week Commenting unof
ficially on the outcome of the tests
one of the examiners stated that the
local group had scored the highest
average of any examined to date in
cluding the Richmond, Petersburg
and Williamsburg districts Out of
a possible 4,200 points, the combined
group scored 3,719 to rate an average
grade of 88 1-2.
The dnvel S underwent reaction
tests to Jeleimille time liiqlJU'ed for
them to respond to various road sig
nals, and were required to take writ
-tcii. luatl and I q. Lt.bls fcflcf,i^ttn
drivers had his eyes examined.
Completing their work yestgrday
Examiners E C Bookman and Ken
neth Jones, of the company's safety
department, reported not a single
failure and Highly complimented the
entire group for their expert driving
ability.
Charted tt ith Violation
Of Liquor Control Loir*
Operating in Cross Roads Town
ship yesterday on another case, Offi
cers J. H Roebuck and Bill Haislip
accidentally created a second case
alleging the violation of the liquor
laws by J. R Harrison and W T
Taylor, of Stokes.
While inquiring after William
Jones, wanted for an alleged assault
upon LeRoy Roberson, the officer
saw Taylor leave the Harrison home
and pull a pint of liquor from his
shirt and place it into his car Har
rison. just recently a defendant in
the county court, stands charged with
illegal possession for the purpose of
sale, and Taylor is charged with pos
session and transportation.
Relative Of Ia*coI I'eople
Diet At Baltimore Homi
William Asa Biggs, grandson of
the late Judge Asa Biggs, of this
county, died in Baltimore last Sun
day night, and was buried in Norfolk
on Wednesday. Soon after the Civil
War his grandfather moved from this
county to Norfolk.
A cousin of Mrs Chloe Lanier, Miss
Anna Crawford and Mr K. B. Craw
ford, Mr Biggs was cable editor for
the Baltimore Sun.
Mr L. T. Weeks, state tobacco
specialist, of Raleigh, was here to
day.
Mr W. T. Leggett, of Rocky Mount,
visited his brother, Mr. Curtis Leg
gett, and Mrs. Leggett, here Thurs
day night.
Killer Sentenced To
Prison For 15 Years
ADVANCE PLANS
It's very unusual, bul plans
are being advanced this after
noon in Raleigh by the North
Carolina farm Bureau Federa
tion and the North Carolina
Stale Tobacco Advisory commit
tee to have tobacco fanners, real
dirt farmers, represented at a
meeting of the Cnited States
Tobacco Association which con
venes in White Sulphur Springs.
W. Va., next week.
While there is some doubt as
to how much weight the farm
ers will have in their represen
tatives. it is apparent that the
fellow on the production rnd Is
at last being recognised. In
years gone b>, the farmers have
pleaded indirectly for early
openings, but seldom have early
openings followed their pleav
They will enter a direct plea this
year.
Predicting Pulp
Plant May Reopen
Early Next Month
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lt<*|ir?'M'iiluli\i?m of Com puny
Anil Cnion .Settle Sever,
?il Issue*
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The re-opening nf the plant of the
North Carolina Pulp Company in the
lower part of this county possibly
next week or early in July was un
officially predicted following a ser
ies of conferences between represen
tatives of the company and unions
this week
Now in its seventh week, the strike
at the company's plant in Delair, N
J., effected the close of the plant in
this county
In a special dispatch from New
Jersey, the status of the strike was
reviewed as follows;
Conferences this week are said
to have settled all differences lie
tween employer and strikers, ex
cepting the demand for a closed
shop. The Kieckhefer company op
poses tins because it would force the
discharge of valued employees, who
might be dropped for non-payment
of dues, as well as for other risks.
Tiie company points to a recent
memorandum by the New Jersey
court declaring that employers
should have the right to decide the
question of open and c losed shops
Another conference is scheduled
for this afternoon If an agreemenTf
is reached'Alie mills should resume
operations hex! week
"The strikers in Delair are being
fed with supplies purchased by un
ion funds."
The general opinion prevailed
among employees of the company in
this county today that the pulp plan!
here would resume operations early
in July, altliuugli there was no offi
cial confirmation?or denial, for that
matter?of this generally accepted
-idea.
There are 25 or 30 working at the
plant now, including painters, pipe
intern 'Ilift millwright.: mhir nf
whom were called hack to work in
the past few days, giving rise to the
belief that preparations are under
way for reopening the plant, al
though officials decline to make anv
?statement as tu piuspects fui lesump
tion of operations.
United States Gets
80c On The $10,000
When tiie government closed its
war debt books recently at the end
of the semi-annual installment day,
it found it had received 80 cents for
each $10,000 due
Only one nation, Finland, paid in
full?a payment oi $160,693
One other of the 13 debtors, Hun
gary, paid something on account
$9,828
One nation, Rumania, said it was
ready to offer a settlement, but did
not state its terms
Fight nations sent their regrets,
together with promises to discuss set
tlement at some time in the future.
They were Estonia. Great Britain,
Latvia, Lithuania, Yugoslavia Bel
gium, Poland and Italy.
One nation France, had not re
plied to the usual hill sent out ev
ery May, but her reply (of regrets)
was expected momentarily
f'roirlert Reported On
Rati Main Street Here
East Main Street residents were
not greatly alarmed last Wednesday
night when prowlers visited the
back porches of their homes and
wandered on the house tops and in
the yards.
Reliable reports from neighbors
state that the prowlers actually!
climbed to the root of Sheriff C B
Roebuck's home and were not
caught Painters had left a ladder
against the house there. Next door
the prowlers went into the back
porch of the Harris home, but noth
ing was missed.
Booker T. Williams
Tried For Killing
Alfred Pettiford
Jury Keturiis Vertliel After
Deliherutin^ Only u
Fen Minutes
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Booked for first degree murder,
trie^ in the second degree and ad
judged guilty of manslaughter by a
Martin County Superior Court jury,
Booker T. Williams, colored man,
was sentenced Tuesday afternoon by
Judgr C. Everett Thompson to serve
not less than fifteen and not more
than eighteen yearsTrrSraTr*^ prison.
Williams fatally stabbed Alfred
"Preacher" Pettiford in a little store
dance hall on Williamston's East
Main Street on April 30, the man dy
ing in a Washington hospital seven
teen days later
Silence gripped the fairly sizeable
numbers of colored spectators
Judge Thompson offered a few brief
comments and casually added, "Mr.
?lerkt let the defendant be sentenc
ed to hard labor in State's Prison for
a term of not less than 15 years and
not more than 18 years."
"There was absolutely no justifi
cation for the fatal attack in my
opinion," Judge Thompson said, add
mg that this business of slipping up
on a man and killing him should be
stopped. ?
One or two defendants drew terms
vaiying frotn three to five years cm
the mads, but the number sentenced
to prison camps and to the central
prison was smaller by far than the
number taken out of circulation by
Judge Thompson when he was in
the county last March.
Starting the trial of Williams
Tuesday morning, the court sanc
tioned the action of Solicitor Don
Gilliam when he asked for a verdict
of guilty of second degree murder.
The proceedings dragged during an
hour or more at the beginning, but
the State speeded up the trial ma
chinery and virtually completed its
case by noon.
The defense, centering its efforts
around a self-defense plea, apparent
ly failed to tear down the State's evi
dence and the speeches to the jury
added little color to the trial Judge
Thompson briefly addressed the jury
men and turned the case over to them
at 4 45 Fifteen minutes later the
jury returned its verdtci of guilty
of manslaughter.
Busy hearing motions when the
jury returned its verdict, the court
waited forty-five minutes before
pronouncing sentence. But when
Judge Thompson spoke he was heard
by the audience and the defendant
who received the judgment without
any sign of emotion. He is now serv
ing his sentence, the trial marking
the close of the first murder case to
find its way to the docket in the su
perior court of this county in sever
al terms.
Th*c two ease^ehttrgtng rnanstangh
tei were continued.
Luml Ritv Scurfs
llit In (]alifornitt
Tom Crocke tt, Williamston boy on
a lour 1\> ii ill._n.vin-.
at of his University of North Caro
lina track teammates reported an ,
extremely amusing incident to this'
paper through his parents. Mr and
Mrs. C G. Crockett, of this city
The youth, who is of a musical
turn of mind, was sitting with his
friends in one of the larger Los An
geles restaurants, enjoying the sing
ing of the waitresses, when to his
amazement he was called upon to
give his rendition of one of the more
popular tunes It seems that his com
panions had made arrangements
with the organist to this end. hut
Tom. not to he daunt'ed, immediate
ly burst forth into song and was
greeted with applause and appeals
for encores by the entire audience.
Several other arrangements were
given to the approval of the diners
When the festivities were over
and more serious things came into
being, the acceptance of the check
for example, Tom was overjoyed to
find that his meal had been enjoy
ed as a guest of the house. In a let
ter to his parents Tom wrote. "That's
what I call singing for your supper."
In several days after a quick pe
rusal of the San Francisco Exposi
tion, the boys will return to their re
spective homes, stopping off at Lin
coln, Neb., for a few days to partici
pate in a track meet there. July 10
is set as the date of Tom's arrival in
Williamston.
Sine Ca?et Scheduled For
Trial In The County Court
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Nine cases had been docketed up
until this morning for trial in the
county recorder's court here next
Tuesday. Several others are pending
trial, Clerk of Court L. B Wynne
said.
Three of the nine cases were con
tinued at previous terms.
Routine Re|>ort Is
Filed This Week
By The Grand Jury
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l!rge More Efficient ami Alert
Personnel For Highway
Prison tump
Completing their work Tuesday i
afternoon, the Martin County grand
jury pointed out in its report ' that |
a closer observation should be made
of the superintendent of this t North '
Carolina State Highway and Public
Works Commission) camp by the au-1
thoritie* in charge in regards main- j
taming a more efficient and alert |
personnel in the future ." The re-1
port, carrying the signature of D R.
Chandler, foreman, directed that the
observation should be closely follow
Other than the one recommenda
tion; the report fell into the routine
class with the possible exception that
the county s'chool garage forces were
directed hrt'lcan up the place m an
effort to lessen fire hazards.
The report
First All bills coming into our
hands have been passed upon and de
livered to the Court, as directed by
the Court
Second We have received written
reports from the following Justices
of Peace 11. R Raw Is, J A Daven
port, C. I. Nelson, C M Hurst, C B
HiHHirk, J L. Haasell. 11. M. Burraa,
I. .1 Hardison and J S Ayers, but
have not received any kind of re
port from A Corey and J T Wild
man.
Third: We have inspected the
County Home and found it to be in
very good condition.
Fourth: Wo have inspected the
Clerk of Court s office, the County
Superintendent's Office, the Shci
iff's Office and the Treasurer's Of
fice and found all of these to be in
good condition, and we also found
that all guardians had filed their re
ports.
Fifth: Upon inspection of the Reg
ister of Deeds office, we found that
all records, etc, w ere in excellent
shape, one of the walls in said of
fice was found to be in bad condi
lion, the paint and plastering being
partly off It was recommended thai
this wall he repaired and also that
a door be cut in the wall connecting
tin- Register's Office and the Grand
Jury Room to give the personnel of
the register's office some mfire need
ed space.
Sixth The prison camp was in
spected and the buildings were found
to In' in good condition, with the ex
ceplion of the wash-pit, which was
zn need of repair and a recommen
dation was made that it be repuired
at once, as it was termed dangerous
The two piules on the county farm
were found to be In good condition.
Due to the unfavorable impression
made upon the members of the
Grand Jury by the Superintendent
of the Prison Camp, It was agreed
by this body that a closer observa
tion be made of the Superintendent
of this camp, by the authorities In
charge, in regards to maintaining a
more efficient and alert personnel
in the future and that tins observa
tion be closely followed
Seventh We Inspected the County
School trucks, Garage and although
the work being done there seemed to
be efficient. It was recommended that
mine line U txen laid in urranglng
the tools, fixtures, etc., to help pre
vent a possible fire hazard.
?Eight! We Inspect!d B'c County
Jail and found same to be In good
condition.
JVfmi Is Arrested
-Tor Knife Attack
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William Jones, Cross Roads color
ed man, was arrested there yester
day noon by Officers J H Roebuck,
and Bill Haislip for an alleged knife
assault upon LeRoy Roberson
Jones is alleged to have broken In
to the Roberson home last Monday
night and stabbed the man with a
knife The wound was not serious and
Roberson was able to appear before
Justice J. L Hassell here yesterday
and swear out a warrant for Jones
arrest.
Boasting that no officer could ar
rest him. Jones fell into the hands of
the law following a run across a corn
field which wAs spirited despite the
weather. Reaching the Jones' home,
Deputy J H. Roebuck saw the man
start running The officer gave chase
and seeing that the chase was mak
ing little progress, he whipped out
his postol and fired, calling to thtj
man to halt The report of the gun
paralyzed Jones with fear, and he
fell flat to the ground
A hearing is pending in Justice
J L,. Hassell's court
SIJMMKR
By the calendar, summer offi
cially got underway yesterday
morning at 2:4# o'clock, but by
the thermometer the hot season
got underway a few days before.
The day was the longest of the
year.
From now until September 23
at exactly 5:M p. m., no perma
nent relief from the heat can be
assured.
Beginning Wednesday of this
week, the days will be of about
the same length until next Mon
day when they will start losing
a minute or two each day.
County Leaf Markets
Have Splendid Record!
[Robersonvillc And
Vi illiamston Sales
Exceed Production
Fen Fariucr;* Haul Tolwcro
Loii^! Miles Apparently
At (?reat Loss
That Martin County has two live
tobacco markets is proved beyond
doubt in official figures recently
gained here, the cold facts showing
that the two markets?Hobersonville
and Williamston?actually sold more
tobacco than was produced in the
county last season. If the sales had
been limited to county production
the two markets combined could
have sold only 9,057,618 as compar
ed with sales in excess of six mil
lion pounds for each of the two mar
kets
Last season the county produced
9,057.618 pounds and the two mar
kets combined sold 12,335.610 pounds
of the golden leaf.
While the two markets were sell i
ing 5,664.316 pounds for farmers in)
oilier counties, farmers in this coun
ty hauled 22.460.696 pounds to for
eign markets. But even after losing
nearly one third of the crop grown
in this county, the two markets, ap
parently rating high in the est una
tion of farmers in other counties, off
set that loss and went ahead to show
a net gain of 3.2277,992 pounds. The
percentage of sales handled for far
mrrs from other counties is hardly
To be equalled by any other market
in the State.
Martin County farmers really did;
some riding in the marketing of to
bacco, awo.J.ng to the records of
sales. Some traveled even into for- i
eign states, other stopping just this,
side of tic.1 state boundary. Few mar
kcts e.uapcd without a trial, and it'
is rea!>onably believed that those I
farmers i iding all over the country |
to market their tobacco lost money
in the end. To deliver the most severe
blow to the markets in this county,
quite a few farmers patronized the
Greenville market, selling 1,375,589
pounds with the houses there. Kocky
Mount picked out quite a few pets in
the county and sold 857,502 pounds
of tobacco raised in Martin. Wilson,
coming third in the list, did not
make such a hit with Martin County
farmers and sold only 74,988 pounds
from the 1938 crop. Washington was
next in line, Martin farmers selling
6U.U06 pounds- on the market there
last year Farmville sold 31,400
pounds of Martin County tobacco.
Tarboro handled 26,328 pound*. Out
side of the markets mentioned, Mar-1
tin County farmers entered into u i
long-distance race, one or two farm
ers traveling all the way to Danville
to sell 312 pounds of the golden leaf
Closing in on South Carolina, Martin
farmers sold 348 pounds at White
ville and 3,052 pound* In Lumber
ton Henderson handled 1,224 pounds
and Keldsvillc sold 1,478 pounds of
Martin County leaf Oxford, in the
same territory and more than 125
miles fi oniTiere, sold 4,178 pounds. ~
?The best boon the two markets in
this county can po**ibly get is found
in those figures. While Martin farm
ers weie hauling away a little over
two million pounds, farmers in oth
er counties were hauling into Mar
tin nearly twice that amount.
Studying the figures from another
angle, one will notice that the Martin
County farmers selling on foreign
markets lost $3,690.90 when consid
ered in the light of the average paid
on the two markets in this county as
compared with the average price
paid for the State as a whole These
figures do not take into consideration
the cost of transportation, time lost
by the farmer and the added danger
in gallavantlng over two states to
sp 11 tobacco. The farmers in other
counties who sold on the two markets
make a cash profit, according to the
average* paid in this county and
tho?e for the state of more than $20,
000
The business of taking tobacco foi
long jaunts over the county is com
mon and is not limited to any one
section. Over in Wayne County, re
ports show that the farmers there
hauled away five-sixths of their last
year's crop Wilson County farmers,
right around "one of the largest mar
kets in the world," hauled to mar
kets in other counties several million
pounds.
Th*?fe was a great deal of hauling
last season, but if prices are low this
fall there'll be more hauling done
thia year.
Scattered Hainn Reported
Over The County Today
The dry season that has gripped
most of this county during the past
several V'eeks was not broken but it
was badly bent today when scatter,
ed rains were reported in various
sections. Jamesville Township,
known as the wet belt last season and
recognized as the dry belt of the
county so far this season, reported
a rain approximating one inch this
morning.
One-third of an inch of rain fell
here this morning bringing the total
for the first 23 days in June up to
1.81 inches at thia point.
STRIKE v
s.
Muses Smallwood. crane oper
ator for the Standard Fertilizer
Company, was stunned and
Hrinklry Barnes, operator of the
company's laudplaster mill, was
shocked this morning when
lightning struck the plant.
Small w ood, completely unnerv
ed. was unable to return to his
post for. almost two hours.
The bolt, sending fire over
most of the company's wiring
system, did no material damage
to the building or other proper
ties. Employees. scattered over
the large plant, saw the fire as
it flashed over the electrical
wlrea.
Rural Newspapers
Show Steady Gain
I In Number Readers
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Ksliniuietl That More Than
Six (hit of IVu Farmers
Keuil I.oeui I'apers
I hat North Carolina farmers are
on their toes and more than keeping
pace with the news of a swiftly mov
ing world in their own communities
as well as in national and world af
fairs, is disclosed today by a survey
made by the National Fertilizer As
sociation of the reading habits of
nioTe tharr 32,000 farmers The sur
vey reports that 6 out of 10 of the
State's farmers take a weekly news
paper.
This represents a gain of 10 per
cent in North Carolina farmer-read
I *',s (,f weekly papers over the re
suits of a similar survey made by
the National Fertilizer Association
10 years ago
The State is m line with the na
tional results of the National Ferti
lizer association's poll, which re
vealed that III 35 States over half of
the farmers take a weekly paper
The National Fertilizer Associa
tion survey was conducted to deter
mine farming practices In the use
of fertilizer and to learn the sources
of information which farmers use
and rely upon Six hundred and fit
ty men asked 33,000 farmers in 35
states 25 questions of vital import
ance to agriculture.
| According to a recent study of con
tents of papers farmers read, gener
al news although demanded, does not
take the place of neighborhood and
personal news which is of prime in
lerest to farmer readers -Weekly
newspapers, with their facilities fur
gathering and printing intimate lo
cal news, fill this requirement and
therefore hold an increasing ixipular
dy among rural readers
A supplementary survey shows
that eight out of ten farmers in Mar
tin County read either The Enter
prise or the Hobersonville Herald
Since l?33, these two papers have en
joyed a gradual but steady gain in
numbers <|f renders iiiiH they
constitute the main source nf news
fur the rural population
Tests Show Value
Of Peanut Dusting
Dr Luther Shaw, plant pathologist
of tne Mate'college Kxu iisiun Sei
vile, reports that demonstrations in
11)37 and 1938 to control h afspot of
peanuts with sulphur dust showed
that treated plots yielded an aver
age of 259 pounds more peanuts per
acre than untreated plots The in
crease in hay yield m seven of the
1938 demonstrations was 588 pounds
per acre, or nearly enough to pay for
the cost of treatment.
The approximate average profit
per acre from the practice was $7.29
in 1937. based on increased peanut
yields only ; and $5 38 in 1938, based
on increased peanut yields and par
tial records on increased hay yields
Growers who wish to try this ex
periment on their farms tins year
are advised by the extension special
ist to use a 325 mash, or finer, sul
phur conditioned for dusting pur
poses If three applications are to
he made, the first should be applied
between July 35 and 30, and the rej
u,.lining two at three-week inter
vals If four applications are to be
made, they should follow at two
week intervals, beginning July 25
to 30
The sulphur should he applied at
the rate of 16 pounds per acre at
each application, preferably in the
early mornings or late afternoons
when it is calm and dew is on the
plants. Dusting equipment that will
insure good overage of the plants
should be used
- Dr. Shaw suggests a 4-4-50 Bor
deaux mixture for those farmers
who prefer spraying to dusting. The
Bordeaux mixture calls for four
pounds of copper sulphate (blue
stone), and four pounds of chemi
cally hydrated lime, to 50 gallons of
water. Three to four applications
should be made, following the same
schedule as for dusting. About 75
gallons of the spray will be requir
ed per acre for each application.
Compliance Work
Well Underway In
County This Week
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Ten Surveyor** Are Plaeed in
Field* to Cheek
Compliance
The annual and extensive task of
cheeking compliance under the soil
conservation program is now well
underway in this county, Assistant
Agent T B. Slade stating that ten
men are now in the field and that
plans call for the addition of ten
more early next week to the list of
surveyors.
Reporting this week, District Su
pervisor A. R. Munn is checking test
measurements made by applicants
for the surveyors' positions, and his
findings will determine f4tial ap
pointments.
Slated to be completed the latter
part of August, the compliance sur
veys are proving successful at the
start, Mr. Slade pointing out that
most of the farmers are showing a
strong spirit of cooperation and as
sisting the surveyors in making the
surveys and determining the extent
of compliance
Under a new ruling advanced by
the department requests for re-meas
urements must be accompanied by
a deposit according to the following
schedule: $3 for ten acres or less; $5
for 10.1 to 30 acres; $8 for 30.10 Id
60 acres; 15 cents an acre for 60 or
more acres. If the first measurement
is correct, the farmer forfeits the
deposit. If the first measurement is
found wrong, allowing for slight
variations, the farmer gets his depos
it back
While it ls generally believed that
plantings in this county exceed the
base allotments generally, no com
pansons are yet available. Prelimi
nary comparisons on a limited scale
will possibly be available in early
July.
That the compliance check might
be advanced as advantageously as
possible, the surveyors have been in
structed to make every effort to
work for the convenience of the far
mer. and in return the farmer is cor
dially urged to cooperate with the
surveyors in every way possible.
Injured In Wrecks,
Victims Imprtpving
The several persons injured1 in- a
series of automobile wrecks in this
county during recent days continue
to show improvement, late reports
received, here state.
Mrs. Lola Copeland, suffering
slight internal injuries and .'.hock in
an accident near the Farmville
Woodward Lumber Company plant
be getting along very well, at her
home m Gates County After remain
ing "in the care of physk ians the
greater part of last Tuesday after
noon she was removed to hi home.
Ih T G Charles, of Heardstown,
Illinois, who was in the same acci
dent, is improving in a Washington
hospital where he was removed for
treatment for a crushed knee and a
back injury. He will he in the hos
pital several weeks. The doctor's
young son, Tom, who suffi'ivd a etrt
Charles escaped unhurt. Other par
ties in the Copeland ear were not
badly hull
George Harrison, Jr . and W K.
Parker, who were injured in an acci
dent near Everetts a week ago to
day. continue to show improvement
but they will be confined to the hos
pital for two or three weeks more.
Mr Parker suffered a broken right
arm and a severe injury to his left
knee ?
4
Itear C.rtun Group In
I'rogrum At l.ut.range
?
Representatives of the Hear Grass
Presbyterian church appeared in a
young people's program in 1-aGrange
last Tuesday evening at the invita
tion of Rev John Whitley, former
minister of this county, lite names
of those making the trip are
Mr and Mrs Sidney Beacham, Mr
and Mrs Kncezer Harrison, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Terry, Rev. Jack Vinson,
James D. Taylor, Marie Harrison,
Annie Mae Bailey, Carrie Dell Ter
ry. Libert Harrison, Elizah. Ih Bail
ey, Huth Evelyn Terry, Velma Bail
ey, Amanda Wynne, Leamon Keel,
Mfarjorie Terry, W A Bailev Char
lie Harrison, Willis Mandy Cowin,
Grace Rogers, Leroy Harrison, Doris
Rogers, G. T Bailey, Ruth Evelyn
Terry, Walter Wallace Bailey and
Mary E Keel _ ~
Tiro Tried In Mayor J. /..
Ilamell'i Court Here
Charged with assaulting Sophia
Stokes, Herman Slade was released
by Justice J L. Haasell at a hearing ?
here last night, the court suspending
judgment upon payment of the case
costs. _ '.
Ernest Jones, charged with oper
ating a truck with improper license,
was fined $10 and taxed with the
cost.
With added competition offered by
Justice Hugh M Hurras, Justice Has
set 1 is doing a bit of advertising by
hanging a "shingle" in front of his
office. Justice Bunas has establish
ed an office in the Atlantic Hotel