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VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 12
r t i n County.
Freedom Rings For
Defendants In The
Recorders Court
Judgment SiiH(x>nded Wilh
out Any Cost After De
fendant I'lrudx Guilty
Freedom to beat up, abuse and
stab rang out in clear tones in the
Martin County Recorder's court last
Monday when Judge H. O. Peel call
ed six cases and adjourned the ses
sion within two hours. The State
failed of prosecution in one case,
judgment was suspended without
cost or condition in another where
the defendant had previously plead
ed guilty of assaulting and abusing
his wife, and in still another a $100
bond was reduced to $50. the court
directing the surety to pay the lat
ter amount.
The old Homer Glosson case, one
that has had a peculiar course in the
Martin Superior court, was brought
to a final close in the lower tribun
al this week when the defendant
pleaded guilty of drunken automo
bile driving. Glosson was arrested
in the Farm Life community of
Griffins Township on September 15.
1938 by Sheriff C B Roebuck and
Patrolman W S. Hunt for alleged
drunken driving. He was later charg
ed with running down and killing
Isaiah Hardison. colored man, near
Dardens on the evening of Septem
ber 14. Action was taken in the su
perior court to recover damages for
Hardison's widow, but in some way
the plaintiffs never succeeded in de
termining ownership of the truck
Olussun m allcgid' to have been
court settled its criminal claim
against Glosson when the solicitor
nolprossed the case upon condition
that the defendant plead guilty in
the county court of drunken driv
ing. Glosson pleaded guilty in the
court this week. Judge Peel impos
ing a $50 fine and revoking his li
cense to operate a car for one year
Costs in the case were also taxed
against the defendant Unofficial re
ports from Hardison's widow indi
cate that she and her brood are liv
ing from hand to mouth.
Pleading guilty in early January
of assaulting and abusing his wife,
jasper icoeuucs mu wrrn ?
en his . unconditional freedom last
Monday when the court suspended
judgment in the case. The payment
of the case coats was not stipulated
in the judgment.
Charged with violating the liquor
laws, Irvin Latham failed to appear
when called for trial. Judgment ab
soluted was ordered declared on his
tlOO bond to be discharged by the
surety upon payment of $50.
Brii Reeves, charged with stabbing
Johnnie Powell, was found not
guilty. "Hie defendant maintained
that Powell threw a bottle at him,
but the State maintained that the st
ack victim was unarmed when the
actual attack was made.
plea of innocence, Preston Clyde
Durant was fined $50, taxed with the
cost and had his license revoked for
a period of one year in the case
charging him with drunken driving.
He appealed to the higher court and
bond was required in the sum of
$100.
Esther Woolard failed to answer
when called in the case charging
her with an assault. Papers were
issued for her arrest.
In a civil action brought by J T
Daniels against G. II. Manning, Col
umbian Peanut Company, Gus
Forbes and Will Morton, trading as
Forbes and Morton, Judge Peel ruled
the defendant was not indebted to
the plaintiff, that the plaintiff take
nothing and be taxed with the cost
An appeal to the higher court was
noted.
County Resident
Dies In Hospital
Mrs Melrose Bonds Williams died
in a Washington hospital yesterday
morning at 12:30 o'clock after a long
illness. She had been in declining
health for almost two years and was
a patient in the hospital for two
weeks.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs John
Bonds, she was born near Williams
ton 22 years ago, and had lived in
this vicinity all her life.
She was married at an early age
and is survived by her husband and
two children, Geraldine, 4, and
Frankie Ann, 18 months old. She al
so leaves her parents and the follow
ing brothers and sisters. Mervin.
John Fenner, Earl, Cecil, U. A., and
Conrad Bonds and Mrs Eleanor
Moore and Miss Virginia Dare Bonds,
all of near Williamston, and Mrs.
William Clark, of Cross Roads.
Funeral services are being con
ducted at Skewarkey this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock by Elder B. S. Cow
in. Interment will follow' in the fam
ily plot in the churchyard.
Jametville Intruder fa
Subjected To Gunfire
Apparently making an attempt to
break into the Martin home at
Jamesville last weekend, an intrud
er was greeted by fire from a gun in
the hands of Harry Martin. No hit
was scored and the identity of the
intruder was not determined, the
sheriffs office reported.
Martin Farmers Giving More
Attention to Timber Lands
Showing a greater interest in their
forest resources and the preserva
tion of their woodlands, Martin
County farmers are planning a series
of forestry demonstrations next
week, it was announced yesterday by
Assistant County Agent John I Ea
gle*. W J. Barker, assistant state
forester, is planning four timber
thinning demonstrations in Goose
Nest and Bear Grass Townships next
Wednesday The first of the demon
strations will be held at 10 o'clock
that morning on the farm of Jesse
F Crisp, near Oak City. That after
noon at 1 o'clock the forestry expert
11 .. 11. ? 1* J - , i.ou. mil r j I i. in iiii tii**
wi u nuiu II Uviiitriitrii cititiii oil it it
farm of Elder A. B. Ayers in Bear
Grass. Other demonstrations will
follow on the farm of C. U. Rogers
at 2:30 o'clock and t>n the farm of
Calvin Ayers at 4 o'clock in the same
township.
All farmers are urged to attend
the demonstration nearest them
That Martin farmers and others
are learning to appreciate the value
of their timber and wood resources
is evidenced in recent reports releas
ed by the forest fire warden. Marvin
Leggett Fewer fires were reported in
this county during the last six
months of 1939 than in any period
in recent years. The loss by fire was
negligible and the cost of maintain
ing the protection was small.
The farmers are not only conser
ving their forest lands, but they are
beginning to look u(*m their wood
land-' a source additional - in
come. They are transplanting seed
lings, taking more interest in the
program in general and expressing
a greater appreciation of the value
to be derived from proper forestry
practices.
KAINFAI.l.
v
Snow and rain combined did
nut pull the January rainfall up
to normal for thr month in this
section. Hugh Spruill at the Ro
anoke River station reporting a
precipitation of only 2.80 inches
during th<* period. It compares
with a fall of 4.03 inches In Jan
uary last year and 7.22 inches in
January. 1937. The fall was the
smallest since January, 1934,
when only 2.51 Inches of rain
were recorded.
Two traces of snow and two
??annum. a 2-inch one _*nd a 1.5
inch one, were included in the
precipitation.
Reviews History Of
Scouting Movement
In Seventeen Years.
First Troop OrRuuizt'il By a
Small Group of Bovh
Rack In l<)2:{
Receiving little attention at times
and none at others, the Boy Scout
movement in Williamston has grad
[jiiilly come intQrAte=awn-ami a gootU
ly number of bovg by their own
right are joining in with millions of
other youths in observing National
Boy Scput Week. Already the boys
have attended a religious service in
a body, and last evening they at
tended a Scout party in Everetts.
On Wednesday, February 21. they
will join with all other Boy Scouts
in the county at a father-son ban
quet to be held in Everetts. The pub
lie is being reminded of the special
celebration by a display of Boy
Scout handiwork in the show win
dow of the Woolard Hardware com
puny and by special messages ap
pearing over the names of a number
of local firms in this paper
While there may have been some
scouting activities advanced here
prior to that time, the first definite
movement to organize a Boy Scout
troop in Williamston was advanced
in the early twenties when Simon
Lilley and W H. Booker rounded up
a few lads and placed them in uni
forms. A definite schedule was fol
lowed, but there were intervals when
the movement attracted very little
interest. But all the while the foun
daion for an active council was be
ing laid, and today scouting in Wil
liamston is recognized as being equal
to that anywhere in the eastern area.
Following Simon Lilley as Scout
master was Harper Holliday He was
Wheeler Martin picked up the work
where Hallman left off, and a mark
ed growth was experienced in the
activity. He was assisted by Horace
Ray. Rev. James H. Smith was the
next Scoutmaster, and in 1937 he was
followed by Horace Ray. the- prea
?ont-youth leader.?
The late W C Manning served as
the first troop committeeman, and
(Continued on page six)
Cotton Payments
Amount to $31,561
In Martin County
Cotton price adjustment pay
ment*, delayed in this county by
a shortage of funds in Washing
ton, are beinf resumed, reports
from the office of the county
agent stating that checks
amounting to I2.466.M are be
ing distributed to Martin farm
er* this week. So far 1,751 farm
ers in this county have received
cotton price adjustment pay
ments amounting to 111361-57.
Checks received this week '
were held up pending the pas
sage of a deficiency bill In Con
There are approsimately M
farmers In this county who are
entitled to the cotton price ad
justment payments, but their
cheeks have been delayed, It
was learned.
Numbers of applications have
been filed in this county for soft
conservation payments, but none
of those cheeks has been receiv
ed for distribution an far.
Everetts Citizens
Mueh Interested in
Water-Sewer Lines
Authoriw Town Board To:
j \?k Cranl from ^ orkc
I'ronri'iu llnil
Showing a keen interest in a pro-,
nosed water and sewer system fori
Everetts. about forty representativej
citizens in a special meefnK
last Tuesday aulhon/.l'd Ihr j
tS^T^I-ssAdministration fori
its cooperation in advancing
project and to investigate thc pos
Sibility of floating a loan thrown
the Reconstruction Vnanu P?
""while th" action Haken at Ug.
"meetnig does not mean that .the
town will get a waUT-stwer systtm,
the citizens did express much inter
est in the project, and that possibly
every effort will be made to have th
system installed. No actual vote was
85kper^Vnl^dT-..zcns attending
a future mass_meeling- - ? ,
lie John W Williams, head of the
sksss^ses
airAsv-rS
were directly to the point when
came to public health.
State Health Department tngmee^
Abel discussed the project at lengtn
and pointed out the advantages of a
modern water and .ewer system He
listed such advantages "improved
... t itlx renter convenience?.
usted such advantages ? -
property
property values
^MTthcuscr
at the rate of 10 c nts a ton. the e -
ttincer said Material savings can be
I effected in insurance premium and
I property values will be increased,
the engineer added
ne engine ? - - .
Delving into the cost of such, a
I project, the engineer exp'ained that
P ]V...??. have recently installed
projecv, .... installed
te", r.nd sewer^ systems without
increasing their tax rates that oth
projects! but that the average rate
,n[rrou,real few tdow2n.Xut the
?!ze^of Everetts and a number with
a smaller population that had
1 stalled systems.
Town Engineer Rivers explained
to the group, that a survey had a
ready been made and that no addi
Honal cost would result in applying
to the WPA for its cooperation.
County Sanitarian CharlesJf1
ard pointed out that it is P?ss ,.
WPA will acceptaO^ercenttf^
cost,
415 000 tu be financed by the town
through the RFC or some other fi
nanced agency The sanitarian ex
plained that the approximately 30
sanitary privies ?"staUed here in
recent months could be sold as sec
ond-hand units in other parts of the
"t was pointed out that the propos
ed project is a good business propo
sition and that if the people are in
terested they ahouWjcnw?thout_d__
lay.
Board Of Education
In Meeting Monday
Meeting In regular session here
this week, the members of the Mar
tin County Board of Education dis
cussed several topics, but postponed
taking action in every case
The sale of an abandoned school
building was considered, but no def
inite action was taken to transfer ti
tle to the property, it was learned
Supported by the signatures of
34 colored citizens, a petition was
placed before the board members
asking them to name the proposed
school in Parmele the "W. C. Chariee
High School." Filed with the Works
Progress Administration, the appli
cation for the school building has
f>ot yet been approved, the board
members apparently considering it
advisable to wait and see if they get
a building before selecting a name
for it.
^ m. Henry Rogers
Dies At His Home
Near Here Tuesday
Last Kiten For Prominent
Farmer-! iitizen lleW
Yesterday
William Henry Rogers, well
known citizen-farmer, died at his
home near here on the old Wil
liamston-Everettf road last Tues
day evening at 7:40 o'clock, the end
coming after a long period of declin
ing health. About four years ago,
Mr. Rogers suffered a stroke of para
lysis. A strong constitution enabled
him to recover sufficiently to partial
ly regain the use of his faculties and
lie was able to be up and about after
receiving treatment for a short time.
About two years later, he suffered a
second stroke but was able to be up
for short intervals since that time.
Last Sunday and Monday he appear
ed weaker, but he did not complain
of feeling bad. Early Tuesday morn
ing Ins condition became rapidly
worse, death following from pneu
monia that evening.
The son of the late John Robert
and Henrietta Hassell. Mr. Rogers
was born on January 20. 1872. on the
farm where he spent all his life.
When a youth he attended the old
Slade school on the Hamilton Road
and later studied in the schools here.
When a young man he was married
to Miss Minnie Virginia Askew, who
died in late 1937. Three children,
Messrs. Haywood, Lester and Minga
Rogers, survive the union.
A nephew of the late Sylvester
Hassell. Mr. Rogers' forebearers were
prominent the religious -hfr?of
this seetion of the Slate. He heard
his uncle preach regularly for many
years while the distinguished church
man held the pastorate of the Ske
warkey Primitive Baptist church,
and he often attended services at
Vernon, a small Methodist church in
the community.
Mr. Rogers, unpretentious in his
daily life, walked humbly before tin
Creator. and Valued friendship of his
fellowman. He valued an obligation,
and found peace and comfort in his
daily tasks on the farm Appreciative
of the care tendered him during his
last years of life, he never complain
ed about his infirmities, but it was
quite ev ident that he missed the daily
schedule he had followed so long on
the farm, first as a youth and later
as a man. He was a devoted husband
and thoughtful tatner wTlo showed
an interest in his household. For a
long number of years he was a mem
ber of the Burroughs School district
committee, and he was a loyal sup
porter of the institution that was
housed in a small one-room structure
just across the yard from his home.
While he ably provided for his fam
ily, and worked untiringly for their
material advancement, he equally
valued tlfi- finer traits of character
and citizenship.
Funeral services were conducted
from the late home yesterday after
noon by Elder B. S. Cowin. and
terment was in the old Askew family
nwetery, not far from the home.
Man Is Stabbed By
Prisoner In Jail
A near murder was reported in the
Martin County jail here late last
Wednesday night when Willie Mc
Kenly Williams, colored man, drove
a Knife blade into the bark of Joe
Savage, a companion prisoner Tear
ing through a muscle, the knife
blade reached a depth of about three
inches.
Treated by Dr. John Williams,
county health officer, the victim is
expected to recover, hearing compli
cations
Arrested for alleged drunkenness
by Officer John Roebuck, Williams
was searched but the officer did not
find the small "home-made knife that
the prisoner had concealed on his
person. T*hc blade was taken from a
knife and the handle was made from
a small piece of copper.?
The attack was said to have been
made without cause, Jailer Roy Peel
stating that Williams made a plunge
for Savage and stabbed him from
the hack. v
Commenting on the attack yester
day, Officer Edmond Early, who ar
rested Savage in Oak City last Fri
day night, stated that he (Savage)
got about what was coming to him.
Savage wna nnid tn havp atnhh?H ft
colored man, Herbert Cherry, in the
back with a knife in the up-county
town that night.? Cherry, stabbed
near his backbone, is in a Tarboro
hospital, reports reaching here stat
ing that his condition is serious.
Williams is being held in the
county jail for the alleged assault
with a deadly weapon, but no hear
ing had been scheduled in the case
lati*
To Open Unite*' Shop
Here At An Early Date
Arrangements are fast being com
pleted by Mrs. Anna Harrison for
opening a ladies' ready-to-wear and
hat shop In the building until recent
ly occupied by Dr C. J. Sawyer nest
to the postoffice on East Main Street.
The opening date will be announced
within the next few days.
The building is being remodeled
and orders for the wearing apparel
will be placed shortly.
Dr. Sawyer is centering hia prac
tlce in Windsor in the future, after a
successful stay here for several
years.
Several County Schools Are
Closed for Indefinite Time
Closed on Wednesday of this week,
several Martin County schools face
an uncertain operating schedule dur
inj the next few days. tnt\ county
superintendent stating this morning
that the reopening of five schools
was quite indefinite, and that pos
sibly the entire system would be
closed down on account of bad road,
conditions
"If the weather is favorable and
the roads dry out. it is possible all
the schools will reopen Monday. If a
slow rain falls during the week-end.
it is possible the five schools now
closed will -not rJopen and that some j
if not all the others wilt suspend op |
eration." Superintendent J C Man
ning said. j
Reports from the five schools now 1
operating in the county stated to
day that all the trucks made their
trips, but it is understood that the
equipment is being subjected to
mn<-h damage
Farm Ufp, Without any hard .^ur
la< - ?nd with "nly ??n- impmv<-(1
road, suspended operation last Tues
day. I'i iin ipal Martin stating that
not one of the several trucks could
travel Wednesday morning
Dak City, closing down Wednes
day with the intention of reopening
next Monday, announces that the
reopening date is not definite A re
turn to a normal operating schedule
at Bear Grass. Jamesvdle a nil-Has
st II is alstr dependent upon Weather
ahd road conditions
Fair attendance was reported
the schools at Williamston. Hamilton.
Robersonville, Gold Point and Ever
etts.
Enforcement Bureau
Active in Bast Year
Illicit Manufacture
Of Liquor In Countv
Is Sizable Business
Officer* Wreck INeurl> 2<M>
Much Beer
The illicit liquor manufacturing |
business experienced an unusually
heavy operating and plant mainten
ante cost in this County last year
when officers, led by Special. En
forcement Officer T. 11-?Koebuck j
wrecked 192 H. F. D. plants and pout
ed out tens of thousands of gallons
of beer. Filed a few days ago, the
annual report of the special officer
shows that the business, continues to
rank as a major industry in the com
mercial field in this county. The
number of plants wrecked by the
officers jumped from 195 in 1938 tu
1H2 last year, indicating tha?the
business continues to hold a firm
footing alter more than four years
No accurate estimate of tidal pro
duction handled by the illegal in
dustry is available, but the special
enforcement officer is of the opin
ion thaj. there was a slight reduction
in the output last year as compared
with the amount manufactured in
1938. < x
The officers point out that~there
are good reasons to believe that the
cost of operation was increased last
year over the cost figures in 1938.
Wrecking parties are estimated to
have inflicted a loss upon the oper
ators in the amount of approximate
ly $80,duo, the figure including plants
and equipment wrecked and beer and
liquor destroyed.
As far as it could be learned from
a comparison of incomplete reports,
the drive against the illicit business
reached a climax last year, the anti
liquor campaign equalling if not
surpassing the activities carried on
in the old prohibition days.
Commenting on the enforcement
work as if centers around the man
ufacture of tin- illicit spirits, Officer
J. II. Koebuck is certain that the
operators experienced economic re
verses during,the past year. The rec
ords show that the economic lesson
was well taught in 1938, but the op
erators apparently come back again
for more teaching. It is possible that
some few have learned the business
is economically unsound if not mor
ally wrong, but others are stepping |
up to take their places about as rap
idly as others step out.
Last year 71 persons were arrest
ed for alleged violation of the liquor |
laws, the courts recording 44 prose
cutions. A few are ^Waiting trial. In
1938, the officers arrested 59 alleged
violators, the courts scoring 35 con
victions.
Reports from the enforcement
bureau indicate /hat the illicit man
ufacturing business is fairly well un
der control, but it is apparent that
the distribution system and the re
tail business continue to function
fairly smoothly. It is a bit puzzling
(Continued on page six)
Native Of County
Killed In Accident
N. P Williams, a native of Rober
sonville, was killed in an automo
bile accident in Florida last Sunday
Details of the accident have not
been learned as he has few relatives
in this county and for the past sev
eral years no one knew just where
he was living. He was identified at
the scene of the accident by a card
asking that David Grimes, Rober
sonville. be notified in cuae of death
or an accident.
Mr. Williams was 74 years old and
was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Williams. He is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Griffin Coburn, and six
children, none of whom live here.
The body was brought to Rober
sonville for burntl Wednesday, the
funeral being conducted by Rev. E.
C. Shoe, of the Baptist church. In
terment followed in the Roberson
villa cemetery.
N
BENEFIT BRIIK;K
(.really in need of fund.s to fi
nance the purchase of lunches
for needy children in the local
schools, the VVilliamston Parent
Teacher association is sponsor
ing a bridge party in the Wo
nesday evening, February 14.
There are some pathetic re
ports coming from the lunch
rooms, and few, if any, causes
deserve a more whole-hearted
support than the movement to
raise funds to feed the numerous
hungry little tots.
Jurymen For March!
Court Term Drawn
EyJ^uauissionoF*
Juil^r {). K. MmorlvH, Jr., To
PpgiHwIe (her TwrnWcckK
Mixnl Court
Arrangements for holding the first j
term of Martin County Superior
Court m the new calendar year were
made this week when the "Board of
commissioners drew fifty four citi
/ens Nto serve as jurymen during the
two weeks term convening on Mon
day, March 1H. Scheduled to hear
| both criminal and civil cases, the
regular term will he presided over
I by Judge Q. K Nitnocks,, of Fay-|
ctteville. The visit will be Judge]
[ Nimock's first to this county as a
mber nf the silpei h>r court bet
Names of the citizens drawn for
jury service during the first week
follow, by townships:
Jamesville Township: Pete War
ungton, K. II Uaylotd. R I.. Stall
i ings.
Williams Township: N. S. Cher-j
I Py'
I Griffins Township: Thomas Man
ning, Oscar B Roberson, Chas. M
Peel. Jr.
Bear Grass Township: Joseph
Sheppard Holliday, W A. Drown, J.
' Alton Harris, Mancy Roberson, II I)
j Harrison, Arthur Peel
Williamston Township: W M My
| ers, E. G. Wynne, Joel Muse, J Paul!
Simpson, Carl Mobley, S. C. Ray, J
I). Leggett, N S. Riddick and Joe
1 Henrv l.illey 1
Cross Roads Township: J F. Al
len and J. C'. Bullock.
Robersonville Township: A S.
Perkins, A. R Ausbon, J. V. Moye,
B. A. Rogers, L. A Croom, Thomas
L. Johnson and Leslie Riddick.
Hamilton Township: W. B. Weav
?? ?: ?
Goose Nest Township: J. F. Coun
cil, Jack Smith, W W. Casper and
(Continued on page fix)
(]om rn ittcrni r// 7'o
llrtir ( tunplaints
Ilrrc ISt'xt Work
Farmers, dissatisfied with
their 1940 tobacco allotmrnta
and who have filed complaint*,
will be heard in this county on
Wednesday and Thursday of
next week, it was announced
yesterday by the office of the
county a rent. A special commit
tee from Beaufort County will
hear the complaints and act ac
cordinf ly separately from the ac
tion of the Martin committee.
Each farmer will be allowed
fifteen minutes to present *hls
rase, but it isn't required that
each farmer appear in person.
Written complaints will be ffv
en careful attention.
Approximately 34 complaints
have been filed in this county,
but many of them will not he
carried before the special com
mittee next week, It Is under
The Martin County committee
will hear complaints In Bertie
and Chowan Counties In the
near future.
Interesting Forum
Held By The Farm
* - ? ? ?
Bureau I^ast Night
?
I . <?? AilrlrMMi 4
sjnall (iroup of Repre
M'litutivr Farmer
CentiTi'd around several timely
and extremely important topics, the
second weekly farmers' forum held
in the aKiuultural building here
last evening proved of much inter
est to the small group of 25 or 30 rep
resentative fanners
C G Crockett, local fertilizer man;
K P. t-indstey, local r??p resent at ive
of the Garrett Company, and Robert
Everett, leading farmer of Goose
Nest, had parts on the impromptu
program in addition to the county
agents Few lectures offered by the
most learned in college or conven
tion could have been of more im
portance to those groups than the
forum here lust night was to the
group of Martin farmers. Offering
to stop at the end of an hour, the
agents were advised to continue the
prugFAtfi, and it was almost 9 o'clock
before the meeting was adjourned.
Facts are not complete for general
publication, but it was intimated at
the forum that the application of
certain rock plaster on peanuts not
only proves costly but that it also
lowers ihe actual yield. Sulphur
dusting was an interesting topic, in
complete tests showing that sizable
gains had been attained by its ap
plication While these facts were re
vealed at the meeting, recommenda
tions will be withheld until addition
al tests .ne made
Mr. Lindsley explained a coopera
tive contract for farmers wishing to
grow grapes for the commercial mar
ket lie has an inviting contract, and
interested farmers are urged to see
him at once ? ?
With a return to cotton predicted
as a u'suli of curtailed tobacco acre
ages, Martin farmers are much in
terested m the crop that has been
kicked around in recent years,
i Speaking interestingly on the cotton
i topic, Mr. Crockett said that Martin
farmers planted 3,107 acres of cotton
last year, that they had been allotted
t?,7t>2 acres this year "I believe that
Martin farmers can plant tneir cot
1,1,111111 1U1III, veil
ton allotment and make a good crop
>f a hale or more to the acre by fol
lowing the simple method of using
spiff.?-treating -mid, (ntiluing
properly, cultivating well and poi*
iinmg carefully Mr Crockett also
offered some helpful information in
the advantageous handling of Irish
potatoes for market.
In connection with the cultivatioir
>f cotton and boll weevil control.
Ml Crockett had the following to
say
"Many North Carolina farmers al
low the boll weevil to destroy the
greater part of their cotton crop. A
few farmers in the State are mak
ing good crops of cotton by the mop
ping method of boll weevil control.
We tire 111n viiiectl that the boll '
vil can he controlled and that good
crops of cotton can be grown.
Mix one gallon of black-strap mo
lasses and one gallon of water, then
gradually pour in one pound of Cal
cium Arsenate being careful to con
tinuously stir the mixture so that
the Calcium Arsenate will complete
ly dissolve. This quantity is suffi
cient to go over one acre of cotton
when the cotton is small, or for the
first and second applications, when
the cotton is larggr and the fourth
or fifth applications are made it will
require slightly more per acre.
The mopping should start when
the very first squares begin forming
at which time the cotton is usually
about six or seven inches tall, re
peat the mopping every fifth to sixth
dav until you have mopped flVC tlttltS
(if it rains within twenty-four hours
thi' mopping must be repeated but
after twenty-four hours it will have
served its purpose of killing the
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Hoanoke Will Not
Overflow Its Banks
No unusually high water is looked
for in the Roanoke River at this point
(Iutin# the next few days, according
to information received here today
from the state weather hiirean In
Raleigh.
Reaching a :t(l foot stage in Weldon
this morning, the river was rising
then* slowly, the weather men eg-?
plaining that there was apparently
no indication the stream would ov
erflow its banks at this point to any
great extent within the near future.
The old-timen maintain that when
the spring cumes and the snpw be
gins to melt up in the mountains
there'll be plenty of water in and out
of the river at thia point.
Considerable amounts of ice and
trash are floating down the.stream
daily, but it is not believed that the
watershed up in Virginia has start
ed spilling its melting snow and ice
into the river as yet.
College Glee Club If ill
Apfwar in Stokr? Church
?
The A. C. College glee club will
render a program in the Stokes
Christian church nest Sunday nam
ing at llo'clock. The ajagirs were
to appear there that afterngon at >
o'clock, but a change in the hour
was necessary. It was announced this
morning.