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VOLUME XL-Ill?NUMBER 29 Williamiton, Martin County, North Carolinm, Tuetdoy, April 9, 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899
Several Are Hurt In
Two Auto Accidents
Sunday And Monday
Alleged Drunken Driver jail
ed By Sergeant Jackson
Here Sundav
Si* person* were injured, one? of
them seriously, in two automobi e
accidents in this county over the
past week-end Late reports from a
Tarboro hospital where five of the
victims were carried for treatment
aoon after the accident near Parmele
Sunday morning stated that they
were getting along as well as could
be expected, that the outcome of one
of the victim's injuria could not be
determined Farmer Will T^'orV?'
near Williamston. is recovering from
two painful bruises received when
his cw crashed into a fertiliser truck
parked on the highway not far from
his home yesterday afternoon at 3 30
o'clock. , . ,
The county's most serious accident
of the year was the one near Parmele
early Sunday morning, unofficial
report, indicating that at least one
of the five persons in the accident
will be permanently injured if she
survives Mr and Mrs Luther Pitt
man. their son, Ruick Pittman. hus
wife and their small son were travel
ing toward Williamston when Har
ry A. Robinson, 30-year-old Bethel
man. traveling toward the P>? Coun
ty town, on highway 64 crashed into
them about three and one-half miles
this side of Bethel. The Pittman car
was said to have almost left the road
to avoid a collision, but Robinson,
alleged to have been driving while
intoxicated, ran his car head on into
it. The elder Mrs. Pittman was said
to have had the meat on her legs
partly torn from the bones, and suf
fered severe bruises and cuts on her
face. Her husband was-badly eut m-|
the face and on the head The y?u"6"
er Mr. Pittman and his wife, while
painfully bruised and cut. were not
so badly hurt. The Pittman child, just
recently out of a hospital, was also
cut and bruised.
Reaching the scene right after the
accident, Dixie Parker, manager of
the Williamston Baseball club, stated
that it was about the bloodies1 sig
he had seen in qu.teawh.le^ Robnv
son, -who?eaeaped-wtth only minor
bruises, attempted to leave the scene
of the accident without offering aid
ToTTte" suffering or making knuwi.
his identity Having aerved as an oL
ficer for a number of years, Parker
overtook Robinson and returned him
to the wreck to await a P*1? ?am
Tucker Jones, the young Albany
man who is making a try for the util
ity position on the Williamston ball
clubwas with Manager Parker and
when Robinson attempted to leave
thi scene of the wreck he placedla
hand in the man's shirt collar and
persuaded him to return.
Placed under arrest and later jail
ed here, Robinson was formally
charged yesterday with driving
drunk, leaving the scene of an acci
dent without offering aid and with
out making known his identity. Bond
was denied him Sergeant Jackson
U continuing his investigation of the
accident, but a. far a. It could be
learned here today no hearing has
b*The Pittmans are residents of the
Pinetops section of Edgecombe
County and were on their way for
? one-day outing on the Roanoke
R No estimate on the car damage was
immediately available.
In Farmer Taylor s wreck yester
day afternoon, damage estimated at
about $175 was done to h^a^ Truck
damage will hardly exceed $10, ?c
cording to Patrolman Wh'*
Who investigated the accident DHv
ins toward his home about four miles
from here on U. S. No. 17, Mr Taylor
said he was right at the truck before
hi saw it, thathe applied his brake,
and skidded into the heavily loaded
vehicle. He was painfully cut onhu
neck and on his chin, several stitches
having been taken in the local doc
tor's office to close the wounds Re
oorls state that the truck, driven by
Morgan, of Washington, was
parked on the highway,
driver had gotten out to ask where a
certain farmer lived.
To Complete Work
On Tank Thursday
Workmen, skilled in high steel
construction, are scheduled to com
plete extensive repairs to the town's
water tank about day after tomor
row or Friday, Shelby Jackson, en
gineer for the United States Elevated
Tank Maintenance and Construction
Company, of Memphis, aaid today.
Started week before last the re
pair work progressed rapidly until
interrupted by rains yesterday and
today. Hundreds of nasty rivets have
been removed and replaced, and
work is now being centered on the
"saucer," the engineer stating that
he could not understand how the
weakened tank held the tons of wa
ter that were poured into it. The bot
tom of the tank is being cut out and
will be replaced.
The work has not been without
accident, the engineer stating that
Gale Black, a young worker, fell ten
feet inside the tank and badly sprain
ed an ankle. The worker is recover
ing at hia home in Dunn.
No estimate on the cost is avail
able, but it is thought that it will
?1,000.
Peanut Allotment Is
Increased in the State
DENTISTS RECORD
i
Dr. M. R. Evans, dentist with
the State Board of Health, has
completed his IS weeks in the
county. Durinc this period he ex
amined 2506 children; treated 936
in 1575 operations and referred
820 to local dentists. He extract
ed one six-year molar and fill
ed 400. Amalfam fillincs, 701;
cement. 202; silver nitrate treat
ments, 1575; teeth extracted, 519;
cleaned, 936; miscellaneous treat
ments, 233; cave 67 lectures to
which 2476 attended; 386 of the
number worked for were trade
repeaters.
He worked in all schools of
the county except Bear Grass,
which will be first on the pro
tram for next fail.
Romulus C. Griffin
Died Early Sunday
After Long Illness
La?t Rites Are Coiulueleil in
Griffin* Township
Yesterday
Romulus C. Griffin, well-known
and highly respected Griffins Town
ship farmer, died in a local hospital
Sunday morning at 6;45 o'clock, his
death marking the end of a long ill
ness and untold suffering. Stricken
with arthritis more than three years
ago, Mr. Griffin had experienced de
clining health gradually. During the
past two years he retired from .ac
tive work as a leading fanner of
Griffins Township and spent much of
the time in bed. About two weeks
ago his condition became worse and
he was removed to the hospital here
where he was able to be Up for short
intervals until a week before his
death which was attributable to a
The son of Mrs. Laura Roberson
Griffin Hadlev and the late Stinnette
Griffin, ne was born in Griffins
Township 51 years ago the 28th of
last December. He grew up on the
farm and lived in the community
of his birth all his life. During the
World War he was drafted for army
service, but was unable to pass the
physical examination and he con
tinued his work on the farm.
About twelve years ago he was
married to Miss Lizzie Lilley, of
Griffins Township. Their married
life was marked for its unfailing de
votion expressed in a tender care
shown him until the end. No children
survive the union and besides his
wife and mother, he leaves one half
sister, Mrs. Marina Harris, of Grif
fins Township.
Mr. Griffin was a member of the
church at Macedonia. He was re
garded as one of the most successful
farmers in his community where he
was held in high esteem as a good
neighbor and a thoughtful and ac
commodating friend
Funeral services were conducted
at the home yesterday afternoon at
3 o'clock by Rev. D E. Davis, his
pastor, of Washington, assisted by
Rev. W. B. Harrington, county Bap
tist minister. Interment was in the
new Lilley Cemetery in Griffins
Township. The last rites were large
ly attended by neighbors and hosts
of other friends from over the coun
ty
Eyelet! Chicken l)itplayed
Herr By Mrt. W. S. While
?e
Mrs. W. S. White, of Poplar Point
Township, had on display here Sat
urday a living biddie with absolute
ly no eyes. The chicken was normal
in every other respect Mrs. White
said that the biddie was hatched
from an egg laid by one of her hens
Annual Drive Now
Underway Against
Rabies In County
The annual drive against ra
bies in the eounty was off to a
good start yesterday when own
ers gathered ninety dogs at the
stations in Dardens and Ange
town for vaccination. It is
thought that the count included
M per sent of the dogs in those
sections, the eounty enforce
ment office stating that the rec
ords will be checked and owners
made subject to indictment in
those cases where their dogs
were not vaccinated. Dr. A. J.
Osteon is handling the work with
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck In charge
of enforcement
The drive against rabies will
be carried into every section of
the eounty during the course of
the neat few weeks.
Since the movement was start
ed in the eounty several years
ago. only two mad dogs have
one of them wandered in from
another eounty. The number tak
ing the Pastaur treatment has
been materially i
Allotment Has Not
Been Broken Down
For The Counties
1 Most of Additional Acreage |
Will Be lined To Adjust
Inequalities
Pointing out an apparent inequali
ty in the allotment of peanut acre
ages for 1940, farmer representatives,
headed by R C Holland, president
of the North Carolina Peanut Sta
bilization Cooperative, were advised
by Congressman Lindsay C- Warren
last week-end that an additional 9,
850 acres would be given the State.
It is estimated that the additional
acreage will be worth right at $425,
000 to North Carolina farmers, the
head of the Peanut Cooperative
pointing out that the action of the
U. S. Agriculture Department places
this State on an even footing with
other states when it comes to shar
ing in the national peanut allotment.
The main effect of the allotment
[increase will hardly be felt in what
is known as tTie old peanut produc
' ing counties other than for ironing
1 out inequalities in base allotments.
! fbe tncreuse wtR have a marked ef
1 feet in those counties where the
crop is grown on what is called a
non-commercial basis. By giving
those counties a definite allotment
this year, they will not be able to
expand in 1941 without running in
to the penalty provisions of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration
Act. It is possible that next year,
"part of the aUoTmenl caiTBe shifted"
to the regular peanut belt from those
centers where the comparatively new
growers will abandon part of their
acreages
Commenting on the action of the
department, President Holland de
clared that it would mean hundreds
of thousands of dollars in addition
al income for North Carolina peanut
farmers. He also praised the work
of Mr Warren in getting the depart
ment to review the figures and cor
rect the apparent inequalities in the
disiiitiuluiii among stater'
No break down of the allotments
by counties has been determined, but
it was pointed out that the addition
al acreage when divided among the
commercial units would hardly be
more than enough for smoothing out
inequalities.
In explaining the upward adjust
ment. the Agriculture Department's
peanut experts outlined the situation
to Warren as follows:
"The national peanut acreage al
lotment under the 1940 agricultural
conservation program has been re
viewed carefully and revised upward
slightly to correct inequities between
states resulting from incomplete
data for non-commercial counties.
"As a result of this revision, the
total allotment for North Carolina is
now 222,500 acres. Of this acreage
8,000 acres is set aside for growers
in counties which are not in 1940
(j i g n a ted as commercial peanut
counties This reserve would pro
vide an allotment for growers in
these counties which is comparable
to the allotments for similar grow
ers in commercial counties. The re
maining 214,500 acres is available for
allotment to growers in "the commer
cial counties. All of this acreage has
been previously allotted to growers,
with the exception of about 1,400
acres, which will be used for the cor
rection of errors and for farms which
were omitted from the original tab
ulations.
"The entire amount of the increase
-is necessary Jor non-commercial
counties, for farms omitted from the
original tabulations and for the cor
rection of errors, therefore, it will
not be possible to increase the allot
ment to other growers."
War lakes A More
Serious Outlook
The European war is taking on a
more serious outlook, late reports
stating that Germany has invaded the
little neutral country of Denmark.
The action of Hitler gives founda
tion to the predictions advanced by
observers months ago that he would
continue to expand until he either
dominated Europe or was defeated.
No sudden outbursts have been
reported along the old war fronts as
they touch sea, land and air. but re
verberations are possibly following
1 he movements of the Allies to tight
en the blocade around Germany.
q, Noon reports stated that German
were invading Norway, that England
was moving to help check the invad
ers. A 2A000-ton German ship was
reported sunk off the Norwegian
roast where a navel battle is raging.
Increased fighting was predicted in
the war on all fronts.
?
Liveilock Field Day
At Wenona Tomorrow
Livestock Field Day will be ob
served at the Wenona test tar in
Washington County tomorrow after
noon, it was announced last weak-]
end. There'll be no long speeches,
Agent Hayes states and all farmers
interested in livestock are invited to
attend.
Thirty-Nine Years
Ago As Recorded
In The Enterprise
THl'RSDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1901.
Hazel Kirke tonight.
Saturday was ground hog day
Read the new ads in this issue
Court 3rd Monday, March 18th.
Subscribe to The Enterprise.
County Commissioners met Mon
day.
Everybody is looking for bargains
are finding them at Gurganus'
Messrs. H. M Burras and A A
Coburn spent Sunday in Washing
ton, N. C
Mr. D. S. Biggs, who was confined
to his room several days lately with
the grippe, is out again
Read the new "ads" in this issue
of Messrs. J. L. Woolard, Criterion
Pub. Co.. and Jas. H Bell.
A fine stock of goods, low prices
and accommodating clerks can al
wuys be found at Eli Gurganus'.
Owing, to the heavy rain on Sun-!
day evening the services at the dif- I
ferent churches were dispensed with.
There are bargains and bargains
at Gurganus' looking for purchasers.
We know you won't let them pass.
Mr. John D. Ward, we are sorry
to chronicle, is very ill, but his physi
cian states he thinks him improving
Warren A. and Eugene Mizell, left
last Thursday for Berkley where
they spent a few days. They left
Berkley this week for Roanoke Rap
ids
We call attention to the "acT of
Mr. Jas. H. Bell, of Tarboro. As you
will see from his "ad" he is ever
ready to supply the wants of the
public in his line.
Mr. James Nicholson, the father of
our townsman, M, L. Nicholson, we
are sorry to hear, is quite sick with
grippe and bronchitis. We hope to
ye hi m o u t emaw
Tne ladies of th<
the Methodist church
will (jive another supper during
court week. Anyone wishing to con
tribute can leave their contributions
with Mrs. J. L. Ewell or Mrs M E.
Carstarphcn
On Thursday, the last day of Jan
uary. Mrs Ashley Cromwell, color
ed, living near Everetts, gave birth
of triplets. Two girls and one boy.
One of the girls has since died, but
the others bid fair to do well.
Ur. underwood, presiding elder of
this district for the M. E. Church,
pr.'in-hj.rl?ill?tin-?Mnihoihst?church
last night and administered the sac
rament, assisted by Rev Mr. Betts.
Quarterly conference this morning
Predict Increases
In Most Crops In
State This Season
Rcdiicliunit Arc Likely In
Acreages T<? Tobacco
And I'olalftes
*
North Carolina farmers have ex
pressed their intentions of increasing
their acreage of most spring planted
crops in 1940 with the exception of
tobacco and sweet potatoes, accord
ing to a report released by the Crop
Reporting Service of the State and
Federal Departments of Agriculture.
Reports from farmers as of March
1, on intended plantings of all crops
this year (cotton excepted) indicate
that the large acreage to be taken
out of tobacco will be somewhat
evenly distributed among the other
crops.
Farmers are now considerably be
hind with their spring work because
of the continued wet weather which
has been unfavorable in all sections
of the state. However, at the present
time, farm work is progressing nice
ly with plenty of moisture and warm
er weather.
Tobacco: Farmers in North Caro
lina expect to decrease their tobac
co acreage 31 per cent from the rec
ord acreage of last year, which, if
carried out, will be 564,000 acres.
This is 11 per cent below the aver
age acreage planted from 1929-38
and would be the smallest acreage
since 1934 A yield per acre in 1940
equal to the ten-year average (1929
38) would produce a crop of 440,480,
000 jx?unds which would be the
shortest in 5 years.
The New Bright Belt, all of which
is in North Carolina, reports an in
tended decrease of 35 per cent which
would result in the smallest acreage
since 1934. The estimated 1940 acre
age is now indicated at 263,000 as
compared with 405,000 in 1939, and a
ten-year average of 326,100 acres
from 1929-38. The ten-year average
yield was 799 pounds per acre as
compared with 990 pounds per acre
_ j ,ast - year's crop, howcvor,
set new records in acreage, yield and
production.
Excepting South Carolina, other
flue-cured states are contemplating
greater reductions than North Caro
lina. For instance. Virginia is de
creasing 32 per cent; South Carolina
30 per cent; Georgia, 38 per cent; and
Florida, 45 per cent, compared with
North Carolina's intended decrease
of 31 per cent.
Corn: The corn acreage in 1940 is
expected to be one per cent more
than the 1939 acreage and the larg
est for North Carolina since 1917.
Last year. 48.087.000 bushels were
harvested from 2,488,000 acres. For
the United States, a decrease of
about 4 per ceitt Is expected in total
(Continued on page stx)
Machinery Set Up For Holding
Primary Election on May 25th by
? J J
Board In Meeting Here Saturday
Thirteenth Voting, Precinct Is
Created by Board of Elections
The thirteenth voting precinct, i
Martin County was created last Sat
urday when the County Board of
Elections divided the over-grown
Williams ton district into two, the
officials stating that the big task of
tallying votes all night long was
making it difficult to hire and keep
registrars and pollholders in the big
precinct. Chairman Sylvester IVel
pointed out that precincts had been
divided in years past for the conven
ience of the voters in tho large dis
tricts. but it was the lirst time in
the county's election history thai two
precincts were established -within
a few blocks of one anotkei
A loud cry for a division if the
I precinct w^s hoard several years
ago when the pollholders, tackling
a yard-long ballot, counted all night
I long and fell asleep about Sunday
school time while sitting at the
counting tables. Williamston in the
last primary cast more thandwicc as
I many votes as any other precinct
and more than one-fourth of the en- j
tire vote recorded in the county in
June, 1938. Nearly 900 votes wore ]
cast here at that tune while the total
for the county was only 3362 Six
years ago the total county vote was
right at 4.000 .and the old pollholders
in Williamston remember the count
very well.
Possibly the division of the pre
cinct could have been delayed de
spite the resulting inconvenience, but
since a new registration had been
ordered, the board reasoned that
now was the time to make the
change
Williamston's main street from the
river bridge to the town limits and
from the latter point to Beaver Dam
bridge on U S. Highway No. 64 will
be the dividing line. The precinct
on the south side of Main Street will
be known as No. 1. and the north side
ofUhe district will be known as No
2 precinct. Oscar Anderson is regis
trar for No 1 and S. Harrttm Grimes
is registrar for No. 2.
Churches Had Gain
In Attendance For
Service ()n Sunday
IVntccostuI Holiness Uiureli
llan Lir^cnt IVrccnlwKc
Attendance
Jly REV. JOHN HARDY
Rector, Church of the Advent
The attendance at church and
church school on Sunday was prob
ably greater than any Sunday this
year with the exception of Easter
Day. One great contributing factor
was the beautiful day. The glee club
from Louisburg College was at the
Method tot Chureh and was heard by
the largest congregation of the day.
The church attendance in WiUiam
ston ?is far from what it should be.
In the table below an attempt is
made to show the percentage of mt
tendance in relation to the total
membership of each church. Several
problems arise here which keep the
percentage from being exactly cor
rect. There are on, our church rolls
quite a few people who do not now
live in Williamston, but who wish,
for one reason or another, their mem
bership to remain here. The Baptist,
with 46 non-resident members, is an
example of this. There are quite a
few in each church who are inactive.
There is, too, the attendance of vis
itors which prevents an accurate tab
ulation. In face of these obstac les the
percentage indicates a general aver
age that is very nearly correct.
There are in Williamston between
2,000 and 2,500 white people, as 60
pgr cent of our population of 4,000
-gre--white; The totttf -trUcndttttet- -at
all church activity seldom shows that
over half of that number have at
tended a service on Sunday. This is
a disgrace to our town. It should be
improved, and we can improve it,
if we will all work toward that end.
The following tabulation shows the
attendance figures upon the several
white Sunday schools, young peo
ple's and church services, as desig
nated
flhurch
S.S.
Y.P.
A.M.
PM
Baptist
147
33
125
57
Christian
11X1
15
176
65
Christian
142
1)
130
33
Presbyterian
27
37
Holiness
113
125
85
Episcopal
15
HI
Totals
544
57
654
240
Percentage Attendance
The tabulation below shows the
total membership of the Sunday
Schools and percentage of attendance
in the first and second columns re
spectively, and the total church
memberships and percentage of at
tendance for the morning and eve
ning services in columns three, four
and five respectively
Sunday School Church
Baptist 200 74 308 41 10
Methodist 166 60 260 68 25
Christian 175 81 250 5L 13
Holiness 154 77 58 216 146
Presbyter'n 31 87 44 84
Episcopal 25 60 143 43
Believe* Loral Man lla*
Strong Support In llyde
Looking over the political field in
thin section last Saturday P. G. Gal
lop, candidate for the State Senate
from this district, stated that he be
lieved H. G. Horton, Williamston man
who is also running for one of the
two seats in the Senate, will receive
a strong support down In Hyde
County.
Mr. Gallop while here Saturday
expressed his appreciation for the in
terest shown in his candidacy by
Martin County people. . y
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Stockholders of the Martin
County Warehouse Company. In
county courthouse on Friday.
April 12, at 3 o'clock, according
to a notice released by the sec
retary. W. II. Carstarphen, over
the week-end. While the nature
of the meeting was not disclos
ed, it is understood that the own
ers will elect officers, review the
company's financial report and
name committees.
Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain. Wil
liams Township farmer and a
leading citizen of the county,
has served the company as pres
ident since tlir ?f Mr v. ::
O. Moore.
Rural Pro|HTty Is
Destroyed By Fire
Over the Week-end
?
Two IIoiim'm, Store ami Hear
Grass Jail Burn Down
In Goiuily
Two country homes, a small fill
ing station-store and the deserted
jail house at Bear Grass were de
stroyed hy fire during the past few
jays, resulting in a loss estimated
at $8,000 or more.
?Purson - Vinson,?of-the Bear Grass
Presbyterian Church, was burning
gratis there a few days ago and the
Fire went out of control and destroy
ed the old jail house. The structure
was of little oj no value, hut the par
son is on the -spot, figuratively S|>ettk
ing. "He'll have To 'hour down' with
tils preaching and make tin- use of
the jail unnecessary." one of the par
son's flock said.
Believed to have started from a
trash fire that was lighted in the
yard late Friday afternoon, fire de
stroyed the small filling station
store and car shed and the home of
Claudius Hardison in Griffins Town
ship about?3 o'clock?last?Saturday
morning. Awakened by bursting dy
namite caps in the store, Mr Hardi
son looked out his bedroom window i
.o see the fire breaking through the
top and side of the store building, j
He succeeded in getting his team
from the stable and his old model i
Chevrolet from the shed and a good- |
(Continued on page six)
Farmers Receive
$51,296.00 In Soil
Payments To Date
Martin County farmer* have
received a total of $51,296.84 in
soil conservation payments to
date, the office of County Farm
Agent T. B. Brandon announced
this week. The payments repre
sent 678 of the approximately 800
applications filed by Martin
County farmers who participated
in the conservation program last
year. In addition to the approxi
mately 851,000 received In soil
conservation payments, county
farmers have been paid more
than 820.000 In cotton price ad
justment payments due under
the 1939 contracts.
Present indications are thai
Martin County farmers will par
ticipate nearly 100 per cent In
(he prof ram for 1949 and make
themselves ellflble to receive
mere than 1209,999 in special
payments for the current erap
year as if ainst about 899,999 for
tha 1939 crop.
No Women Named
To Precinct Posts
In Martin County
Vol Kiiini^h Kt'iHihlu'uii* in
l?o 'KoiiikI; Kill Place*
Willi Democrat*
?
Machinery for holding the May 25
primary in this county was tenta
tively set up by the Martin County
Board .of Elections in session here
last Saturday, the officials. Messrs.
Sylvester Peel, chairman; J. R. Wins
low. secretary, and Wade Vick, Re
publican member, spending more
than two hours in making the ap
pointments to the 39 precinct posts.
Quite a few changes in the personnel
of the precinct officials were made
as a result of. deaths in one or two
districts or resignations tendered
since the last elections. However, the
new precinct boards cui^y the names
of a majority of the old officials, but
there is nothing .feminme about -the
personnel this year. The board ap
pointed no women registrars or
judges of election this year, the cus
tom of having members of the fan
er sex in the precinct posts having
been short -1 i ved ? 'Sovera I women
were named members of the precinct
boards two years ago for the first
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While the County Board centered
its attention on the appointment of
precinct officials, the new registra
tion was discussed at length in the
meeting last Saturday. Plans tenta
tively advanced at that time will be
laid before a joint meeting of the
thirteen precinct registrars, in Wil
Tiamston oh April 25 A complete'
registration has been ordered in this
county, and the hoard points out that
every citizen, no matter how long
he has been voting, must register
again if he is to participate in the
Minn i on Mj.l nr,
Republican Member Wade Vick
did a good job in filling the Republi
can posts in the thirteen precincts,
but in two in- three districts no Re
publicans were to be found and the
Democrats willingly opened their
ranks, making the lists solid Demo
cratic ones in at least three -precincts-.
The appointments were approved by
the titular heads of both the Demo
crutie and Republican parties.
The names of the precinct officials
are as follows with the name of the
registrar listed first, Democratic
member second, and Republican
member third with exceptions;
Jamesville; R. L. Stallings, J. L.
Knowles and Charles Davenport.
Williams; Lee D. Hardison, Lloyd
Moore and Charles Daniel (Demo
crat).
Griffins S. Oscar Peel, W. Tom
Roberson, J C. Gurk-in (Democrat).
Bear Grass J. Rosso II Rogers, W.
M. Harrison and W A. Brown.
Williamston. No. 1 precinct: Oscar
Anderson, Luther M Peel and Char
lie Cowen.
Williamston, No. 2 precinct: S. Har
mm Grimes, RegTnaTtJ Simpson and
Cross Roads: J. S Ayers, J B.
Barnhill and J Marion Griffin.
Rohersonville: Alvin M. Hasty, I.
Mayo Little and L. N Vick
Gold Point: Harry Roberson, J L.
Croom and H. L. Keel.
Poplar Point: W. Slade White, Lu
ther Loggett and Herman Harrison
(Democrat).
Ham 11 ton"Charles D. Perkins, W.
A Beach and John S. Ayers.
Ilassell: E. C. Edmondson, D. R.
Edpiondson and George Ayers.
Goose Nest: R. R. Rawls, Francis
Worsley and Ernest Bunting.
?
Construction Work
Is Moving Forward
After showing a marked decline
last year, building construction is off
to a fairly rapid start here this spring
with contracts already let for several
new homes and with plans nearing
completion for the construction of a
number of other buildings. Present
indications point to a larger build
ing program here this year than last.
Construction work has just been
started on a new home for Mr. and
Mrs Kenner Wallace on East Acad
emy Street. Mr. Roy T Griffin is
placing material on a lot in New
Town preparatory to starting con
struction ?n a duplex house. Work
op the home for Mr. and Mrs. Gar
'and Coltrain on South Haughton
Street is advancing rapidly. Con
struction work on the new home for
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Biggs is vir
tually completed. Mr. and Mrs. Biggs
having already moved to their at
tracive residence on East Academy
Street. With the remodeling work
nearing completion, Mr. and Mr*,
^oel Muse are planning to move to
their home on Church Street within
the ne?t tew myi.
Building plans are being advanced
for the construction of several more
homes, but contracts have not been,
let