^Directors Adopt Baseball Schedule In Meeting Last Night
Williamston To Open Season In
Tarboro Providing Williamston
And Tarboro Are in the League
Season To Open ()n
April 25 And Close
On HOth Of August
Tarboro Hatt Chance To Sell
Franchise To Wilmington.
Marrow Says
a
Coastal Plain Baseball League di
rectors adopted a playing schedule
and wound up all arrangements for
the next season at a call meeting of
the group held in New Bern last
night, the officials holding forth un
til almost midnight in straightening
out the kinks and settling disputes
before the disputes presented them
selves.
The 1940 baseball curtain will be
hoisted in the circuit on Thursday,
April 25. and lowered on August 30.
allowing 128 games with only one
day of rest from start to finish Wil
liamston is slated to open against
Tarboro provided Williamston and
Tarboro are still keeping company
with Golds bo ro. New Bern. Kinston.
Wilson, Greenville and Snow Hill.
The clubs have not been called as
yet to post $600 bonds, and the exact
color of the league will hardly be
determined before the call is made
and the cash is placed in Judge
But despite the uncertainty of
the personnel of the league roster,
the directors at the meeting last
night generally assumed that Wil
liamston and Tarboro would string
along this coming season, and the
erything was definitely establish
ed. There was a little argument ov
er the schedule, but the directors
finally agreed that it was an im
provement over the one last year
and it was unanimously adopted.
Buck Marrow, owner of the Tar
hnrn franchise, tn)d meeting that
Wilmington was greatly interestedjn^
taking over the club. The directors,
withholding drfiM'fe ?as to
how they would vote if Wilmington
should apply for a berth, frankly
stated that they wanted to see Tar
boro continue in the circuit, and that
they would do all they could to help
Tarboro retain its berth in the cir
cuit.
While it was more or less believ
ed at the last-night meeting that
Mr. J. Eason Lilley would continue
the operation of the local club, the
fate of baseball here rests upon ac
tion of sports and fans.
The meeting, attended by repre
sentatives of all clubs, was the last
scheduled before the season opens,
and the directors talked about var
ious matters falling more or less in- i
to the detailed group.
Headed by President R. H. Good - .
man, the meeting was entertained at
New Bern's famous sea food place. I
Things To Watch
I For In The Future
Noiseless adding machines, to
match noiseless typewriters ....
Shaving soap containing soya bean
extract, to stop bleeding from razor
nicks . . . Auto mudguard with sand
box, operated by driver, to sprinkle
sand over wheels in slippery spots
. . . Steering wheel that can be rais
ed or lowered to suit girth of the
driver.
B \SKB \l.l.
Admittedly worried over the
new player classification and
hesitant about "firing" or re
leasing nearly all of his faithful
old players. Club President J.
Eason Lilley is still undecided
in his plans for operating the
local Coastal Plain entry this
coming season. Independent ob
servers now see the turning ~
point in the action local sports
and fans will take. If local peo
ple come across and pledge their
cooperation it is possible Mr.
Lilley will rontinur to operate
the club.
l/ocal fans have arranged no
mreting. but it is possible that
some action will he taken by
early next week.
League Clul>s Slow
In Signing- Players
Just now hardly a single club in
the Coastal circuit has enough eligi
ble ball players to round out a sand
lot team, league officials in a meet
ing held last night in New Bern de
claring they were combing the woods
and shaking the bushes for new ma
-tenJl. 'l'he Search is being advanc
ed on a nation-wide scale and com*
pared with a man-hunt conducted
by the F B I
Several clubs are still without
managers, late reports indicating
that Kube Wilson will return to
Greenville and that Bill Herring will
pilot-. Hie Golds bom Bugs. "Mule"
Shirley is definitely out, according
to the* reports, and possibly String
fellow will succeed Herring at Kins
ton.
Although there is one chance out
of a big thousand that the new
classification will be altered, several
lllll'S in the league _ hnv?> already
sold some of their players. Most of
the sales were conditional ones.
Taxes Causing Much
Concern In Congress
P
The big question here is: "Will ?
Congress increase taxes in an elec
tion year? President Roosevelt looks
with favor on a 10 per cent "super
tax" on the income tax?primarily
to help pay increased national de
fense costs- A man or woman who
ordinarily pays an income tax of say
$40 each year, would find himself
owing $44 on March 15. 1941, Under
this proposal. The only alternatives !
to raising taxes are for Congress to
get really serious about economizing ,
or to follow the course of the last :
few years of letting the deficit mount
by three billion dollars or more an-1
nually. The latter "out" isn't as easy !
as it looks either, because the na-j
tional debt is restricted by law to I
$45,000,000,000. Without new taxes I
or economy, the debt surely would '
go beyond this mark in the 1941 fis-1
cal year. Therefore, Congress would I
have to amend the debt limitation
law, which in an election year might,
be embarrassing politically. So any- |
way you look at it, the tax prob-1
lem is really a political dilemma this
year.
In Greenville Yesterday
Mr. D. V. Cla>ton was a business I
visitor in Greenville yesterday.
A NEW SHIPMENT OF FINE YOUNG
MULES
It Now On Hand. I ran mrrt your requirement)*
for Millet* for all typei* of work?and at reai*onahle
prim. See me before yon buy and I guarantee von
will be natisfied with my utoek of fine milieu.
HOLT EVANS
STABLES AT ENFIELD AND WILLIAMSTON
Jamesville Offers
Undefeated Record
The Jamesville High School bas
ketball teams are out to set a new
record on the courts this season as
they have taken eleven straight vic
tories without a setback.
The boys have defeated: Roper.
50 13; Oak City. 43-16; JHohgiKML
27-9; Oak City. 31-1; Mars Hill. 36
12; Bear Grass 25-17; Mars Hill. 43
21 Bath. 35-7; Roper. 38-14; Farm
Life, 37-10 and Plymouth 34-15.
The girls have defeated Roper 45
9; Oak City. 62-2; Hobgood. 72-6;
Oak City 30-13; Mars Hill 38-2; Boar
Grass. 2T-7: Mars Hill, 25-14; Hath
32-13; Roper, 22-19 and Plymouth*
37-9
"Lanky Spit" Martin, with 202
points for 11 games, is the leading of
fensive star' with the help of "Zero"
Holliday. "Snooks" Brown, and
"Crimp" Holliday and "Pop" Ange
as the defensive leaders.
Margie Martin is the leader among
the girls with 221 points on offense
and Shirley B<>wen is the defensive
star
More Than Quarter
Of Billion Dollars Is
Spent By U. S. H. A.
Krducc I'nwul Slum* And
Aid Lou-Knit llon-iim
I Yo^rum
Washington, I) C. Mure than a
quarter of a billion dollars are be
ing put into circulation through
building trades materials industries
by the present slum-clearance and
low-rent housing program of the
United States Housing Authority.
These materials, which an- item
ized in an analysis issued by the
US1IA today, are ihe products of
more than n ncore of Aineiiian in
dustries.
The items, according to estimated
expenditures per industry for the
entire $770,000,000 program, range
from $1,300,000 for glass and putty
to $30,700,000 for plumbing equip
ment and materials,
Thousands of tons of .steel, iron,
other metals and alloys, bricks, ce
ment and stone and millions of feet
of lumber are included in these esti
mates, together with huge purchases
of concrete products, electrical ma
terials, fixtures and machinery, heat
ing and ventilating equipment and
materials! flooring and roofing, and
movable dwelling equipment.
The estimated total cost of con
struction materials for the entire pro
gram of 160,000 dwelling units is.
$280,000,000
This total cost approximates the
respective expenditures oi France
and Germany in constructing their
famed Moginot and Siegfried lines
and the materials are much the same
in kinds and quantities.
The Maginot line in France is
about 125 miles long and its estimat
ed cost was approximately $2,000,000
a mile. No, data are available con
cerning the Siegfried line in Ger
many, but the cost of construction is
estimated at somewhat more than
that of the Maginot line. Materials
used to construct these miles of I
steel and concrete forts and trenches
?and much of their equipment oth
er than armament?were the same
as arc being used in the USHA pro
Kium mlhuiTir^yaff urnr^saniifliv
homes for low income American
families. "
Commenting on, the economic ben
efits of this large use of the products"
of American industries, Nathan
Strau, administrator of the United
States Housing Authority, asserted:
"These millions of dollars injected
into the bloodstream of American
business flow through virtually ev
ery artery of commercial and pro
fessional, as well as industrial enter
prise in our country. They arc a vi
talking influence on the entire body
"The wages paid to the workers in
the more than a score of industries
from which these construction ma
terials are being purchased, for ex
ample, stimulate local business in
the hundreds of communities in
which the mills and other plants are
located. These millions of dollars
going into pay envelopes are trans
lated into more sales for local shops,
garages and theatres and fees for
doctors, dentists and other profes
sional practitioners."
Tin pi'i.wnt US1IA slum iliuiuni'i
and low-rent housing program pro
vides for construction in 168 com
munities of 160,(100 safe and sanitary
homes to rehouse that nufnber of
few-income families, or ulxlpl 640,
000 persons, now living in sub-stan
dard structures and squalid environ
ment.
USHA loan contracts, totaling 581,
776,000 representing 00 per cent of
$646,569,000 total estimated cost
of 346 projects, have been approved
for 147 communities. Commitments,
including loan contracts and ear
markings for additional loans, total
ed $666,808,000 as of December 31,
183$.
Children In Jail
Show Slight Drop
During November
Division Director Fiell Re
ports Drop From H I To
62 4'liililrrii
?
A -ili'-up Irum- to 62 children ??
cter Iti years of age held in 2Ji North |
Carolina County jails was shown in
jail reports received by the division
of institution and eorreetioe.s of Ihsl
Stale Board of Charities and Public i
Welfare. W. C. Ezell, director, said j
this week
One 45-ycttr-old ' While bo# was
held on a charge of disturbing ie
liginns worship; a white gii'l. 13. for "
adultery; two Negro boys aged 15.1
one for rape and one for public)
drunkenness; a Negro boy. 14. for!
selling whiskey and a white boy of J
the same age for "hack costs"; 15
year-old white hoys for forgery and
breaking and entering
aged 14 on the latter count, wer
listed among the number held dur
ing the month.
Two counties. Carteret and Hali
fax. jailed one child twice during the !
month, Ezell said, but added that lie j
was considerably gratified that the)
number held the jails reporting was
"so much lower, than the previous rec
ord.
The number reported held m each j
county was as follows: Nine in Hali
fax, Alleghany. (>; Anson and Kobe
son, 5. Cumberland. Greene. Samp
son, Stanly and Wayne. 3; two in
Brunswick. Cleveland. Nash, Rowan.
Scotland; one in Bladen, Cabarrus,
Carteret. Catawb.i r^ivm, f^teo
LoiiiUi . Maitm. Pitt, Itullu'i fniU.
Wake. Wilkes and Wilson.
November reports showed 1 lit in
sane" persons being eared.for m the
county jails while county homes
were ca
no other place to stay
1
Chevrolet Sales
Showing Bi"(rain
r r
Del roil In spite of unfavorabh
weather conditions prevailing over
much of tli?* country. retail r-.alt s of
new cms a net i rueks by Chev rolet
dealers in flw first 10 d.ivs of the
new year totaled 21,998 units,
against 15.018 in the same period in
1939. W K Holler, general sales
manager, announced here today. This
represents a gain of 48.5 per cent, I
one <>f the largest registered in 'any ;
ten day period since announcement I
of the 1940 models.
Sales of trucks. Mr. Holler said,!
'totaled 4,282, as compared with 3,
.323 in the first l6 days of last year. '
Used car sales in the first 10 days
also shewed gains over 1939. the fig j
ores indicate. In the first 10 days of [
January, 32.919 used cars were sold. (
as against 29,539 in the same period I
last year. . ? ..
DR. V. II. MEWBORN
()l? TOM E TRIST
?Plymouth office, Liverman Drug
Co., every Fri., 2 to 5 p. m.
Hpbersonvillc Office, Scott's Jew
elry Store, Tuesday, Jan 23.
Bethel office. Hives Drug Store,
Monday, Feb. 5, 1) a. rn. to 12 in.
Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted
At Tarboro Every Saturday
Williarnston office, Peele Jly Co.,
85*
FULL
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Senate Subway
Is Made Mode Til
Hail modernization is one of the
11vest industrial topics of the times,
fram cross-country trams to street
irs . . . but the first subway line to
go 100 per cent modern with the
1 new rubber-sandwich wheels devel
oped by a cooperative rapid transit
research program is. oddly enough.
ilie "vrTd's ? sh'Th'st famous
Senate Subway which shuttles sol
ons and their aids along the 750-foot
tunnel between the Capitol and Sen
aU- office building in Washington.
Xokc-.cqiixpmt nl on many i line.,its.
-two monorail Cars had served for 20
years with only routine attention.
Recently, however, their noisiness
drt?W nod,out senatorial ennserv.-itinn
and Akron experts were called on to
develop special rubbe r- sand wicl i
wheels, htrre a yming^TVT with a now
red wagon. Senator Wheeler, of.
Montana, rode baek and forth tor an'
hour with hts old high schmd pal,;
Goodrich vice president J. 11 Con
nors, who has charge of the new
rubber development, when the job
was ready. And Senator Wil? v nf
W isetu'lsin. demonst rated the smooth
tass of the ride by balancing a glass
of his home state's milk enroute to
tlie Capitok
"NOTICE OE SALE OE HEAL
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Under and by virtue) of .the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
Trf-tTnKt^xrriiTed to tTTe ii ndersfg n -
i t! by W. CI. Cowan. Mary Jane Cow
an and John if.. Cowan, dated Febru
ary 15, 1938. apd being of ror.mt in.
the Kegister of Deeds office in Mar
tin County in Book at page 469;
default having been made in the pay
ment thereof in the manner therein
stipulated, and due demands having
been made upon me by the holder
of the obligation thereby secured, I
.w ill on \\ bni.u y TT. iTJ40, To I1 c.ish
ttI'Iit I'hl kille tne following personal
property, at the establishment of J
II Avers in Oak City. N. C. at 11
o'clock A. M. the following describ
ed personal property:
1 lliant fertilizer sower
- 1 Chattanooga Turning Flow
I Avers Peanut Planter
1 section harrow
1 cart wheels and axle
1 Climax cotton plow
2 horse collars
t black horse
1 black mare
The foregoing personal property
may be inspected at the above nam
ed establishment.
On February tf?. 1940. at 12 o'clock
hams ton , -Nr-C^Tnrn
for for t?alc the frrHrtwtnK Tral estate:
Adjoining the lands of G. H Har
rison, Matt u- Harrison, Sidney
Beachanv etals and further describ
ed as follows: Beginning at Jasper
Rogers and Mary Jane Cowan's cor
net m H. G. Harrison's line running
a West court with II. G Harrison's
line to the run of Leggott's Mill Pond.
1 henre :> North cniir.i. up him of **iH
pond to Sidney Beacham's corner,
therice an East course with Sidney
Beae ham's line to Mattie Harrison's
corner; thence with Mattie Hani
son's line to the beginning and "being
same tract of land deeded to ]
Maiv Jane Harrison; recorded Th
1 and Uivi i'?n Book No 1. .it page
13, Martin County Public Registry,
oentaming 42 1 2 acres, more or
less.
Sato Will mvtdo r?r?t t?K"c j
and a deposit of ten per cent (10%) !
w ill be required to bo deposited with '
the clerk by the bidder buying the
real estate. _____ .
KARL WARD.
Trustee
Paul R. WilttM'v* : j!0-4t
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Eastern Bond and Mortgage Co.
C. J1. Godwin and Julius S. Peel,
trading in partnership as Eastern
Bond & Mortgage Co., have this day
| dissolved partnership. The assets and
I liabilities-of this company have been }
rtaken over by Eastern Bonder Mort- ;
j gage Co.. Incorporated
{ January 8. 1940
C 11 GODWIN.
U?-3L JULIUS S. I'EF.I.
NOTICE OF SALE
1 North Carolina; Martin County.
| Under and by virtue of the power
" rrf satr rnriTaTned in a certain deed oF
trust to the undersigned Trustee bv
iT W Uo 11 id ay and wife. Nona Hoi
i lidav. ?on- the 21st day of 1 Veemher,
1927. and of record in the public reg
istry of Martin County in Book Y-l
P k.< 366 Said deed of trust having
been given for the purpose of secur
ing a certain note of even date and
tenor therewith, default having been
made in the payment of said note,
the stipulations contained in said
deed of trust not having been com
plied u. nil and at the request of the
holder of said note, the undersigned
trustee will, on Thursday. February
1st. 1940. at 12 o'clock noon, in front
of the courthouse door in the town of
Williamston. offer for sale, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for
the following described real
estate"
1st Tract; Tlu- B. N Holliday tract
of. land, containing 57 acres more or
less and being the second tract of
described tn a deed of trust
from T W Holliday and R. B Hollh
day and their wives to Wheeler Mar
tin. Trustee, dated November 5, 1921
and of reet?rd tn the public registry
of Martin County in Book H-2, page
437.
2nd Tract: liegmmng at the South
western corner of the Geo. W. Holli
day tract of land on the Poplar Cha
pel Road, thence S 13 E 35 poles, S
oft E 7 poles. N 53 E 19 poles to the
said road, thence along the said road
to the beginning and being 3 acres of
land and a part of the T. H. Davis
tract of land.
?;U4 Tract; Hounded on the North
by the lands of K B. and T. J. Hol
liday, on the East by the lands of R.
B. and T. W. Holliday, on the South
b\ the road leading from Jordan
Thick Road to Washington Road and
on the West by the same road, con
taining 57 1-2 acres more or less and
being the Geo W. Holliday home
! place.
This the 30th day of December.
1939
ELBERT S. PEEL.
l2-4t Trustee.
Mr. Farmer
NOW l> I III I nil TO III N YOUR
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GEORGE GRIFFIN
FROSTY MARTIN