Anderson - Bondurant
Wins Tennis Finals
Anderson Scores
Victory in Singles
Over Bondurant
Spivey and Bunting Go Bomd
In Defeal in Firnt
Tournament
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By JACK SAI'VDERS
C'scar Anderson, Jr., and Rush;
Bondurant proved themselves the i
community's two best tennis players (
by winning all honors in the First
Annual City Tennis Tournament
completed here Sunday. .AndersOn '
won the singles title with a clean- |
cut 7-5. 6-3 win over Bondurant, and :
then the two teamed together to i
disiiose of a Bill Spivev-Jess< Bunt '
ing duo, 5-7, 6-3. 6-4. to add the dou- I
bles diadem to their sweep.
With a fair-sized gallery present
at the river courts for the final dou
bles matches, the champions came
from behind to win in a spirited af
fair. After dropping the first sel in
overtime, the eventual winners came
back to win handily. With games at
three-all in the match set. Anderson
rifled a game-winning placement to
the baseline "to take a lead that end
ed only when Bunting was forced
into a net-error for match-point.
Spivey and Bunting gained the final
with a morning victory over Jack
Manning-Hardy Rose by 6-2. 6-1
The finalists downed Leman Barn
hill and James Manning in a quar
ter-final contest, 6*0,-6-5}:
Anderson's singles triumph over
his doubles partner was not a gruel
ing one. He was extended only in
the opening set, when Bondurant
sent the verse into 12 games. Some,
of Bondurant's booming drives were
untouchable, but Anderson s stead
iness eventually drove the older man
into defeat. Spivey bowed to the
titlist. 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
Anderson defeated all five of his
tourney opponents in straight sets,
and his first set in the Bondurant
match was the only one that went
overtime. The doubles champs had
comparitively easy sailing in their
quest for the cup. They encountered
serious opposition on only one occa
sion?Peel-Cone nearly tripped them
in one of the meet's best-played
matches before yielding. 8-6, 6-8 and
6-4
The tournament, first of its kind
ever held in Williamston, was a
pronounced success and plans call
for a revival next summer
hornier (Ion pressman
Addresses (*rotifj Here
John Small, former congressman
from this district, addressed a small
crowd during the noon hour in the
courthouse here yesterday, his talk
being of a patriotic nature.
Despite his advanced age. the for
mcr congressman who returned to
New Organization
To Meet Tomorrow
Instead of the regular prayer
service Wednesday night, the ladies
will present a program in connec
tion with the new organization of
the "Woman\s Society of Christian*1
Service." Every woman of the
church is invited and urged to be
present at that service. A good pro
gram will be presented and more i
will be learned about this new or- j
ganization of the women's work,
which takes the place of the former
missionary society "
All members of the former mis-1
sionary society, the two circles and I
the new "Wesleyan Guild", as well I
as all other women of the church,'
are expected. This is your service
Come and make; the moat of it
The officers of .the woman's so
ciety of Christians will have the
program in charge. After the meet
ing at the church at 7:30, there will
be a social for the ladies, held at the
parsonage. It is requested that the
men come with their wives to the
program at the church and also for
the social at the parsonage. Every
body is invited to this important
service Wednesday night at 7:30.
Invasion Threat Is
Lessened By Bad
Channel Weather
(Continued tTom page one)
its offensive in Egypt, and the out
look there is more encouraging for
the RntiOi
ChurchilL in ins speech today
stated that 2,000 Britons had been
killed and 8,000 injured. It is esti
mated that 1,000 London homes have
been destroyed and 4.000 others dam
aged, but that number is small
since there are over a million homes
there
Uninjured In Accident
!\ear Here Lust \ in lit
Hoy Avant Jlinson, local young
man. and a companion, escaped un
injured when their ear skidded and
turned over on the Hamilton Hoad
near here early last night. Consid
erable damage was done to the ear.
Investigating the accident. Patrol
man Saunders stated that the car
skidded, struck tin soft shoulders,
turned over and landed with all four
wheels in the air.
his old home town in Washington
not so long ago, is apparently en
joying good health.
Mr and Mrs. Albert Coltrain h?ve
move to a Williams Street apart- ,
ment. ?
Trial Of Criminal
Cases In Superior
Court Ends At Noon
(Contrnu V from page one)
colored youth who shot and killed
his playmate, Thomas Little, on
June 23 entered a plea of nolo con
I tendre. Short's story in which hwj
maintained that the gun accidental
I ly fell, fired and killed Little, was
hardly acceptable to the court, but
Judge Burney continued prayer for
judgment for three years, the de
fendant to pay the cost and remain
on probation for three years.
The cast charging Raymond Pow
1111 with the murder of Willie Mitch
ell in Oak City on August 24, was
continued until the December term
Bond in t?" sum of $500 was requir
ed by tht court
Invite Farmers To
Attend Field Meet
A special invitation is being ex
tended .Martin County farmers to
attend the field day meeting at the
Upper Coastal Plain Experiment
Station near Rocky Mount tomor
row.
Experiments in the cultivation and
fertilization of peanuts will be ex
plained. and the program will be
of especial interest to peanut grow
ers. Dr. E R. Collins will discuss
fertilizer and rotations. Dr. Z P
Metealf will talk about insect con
trol methods. Dr. G. K. Middleton
will review breeding and varieties,
and Dr Luther Shaw will tell about
research in disease control.
Inspection trips will be made to
experimental plots that afternoon,
and on Thursday a tour of several
counties will be planned for an in
spection of demonstrations under
way in scattered areas. One demon
stration will be visited on the Rob
ert Everett farm in the upper part
of this county. ?
/.??('? Urtftrr In Itaxkel
Factory Accident llcrc
Able Smallwood, colored man, lost
a portion of his index and middle
fingers on his left hand in an acci
dent at the plant of the Goldman
lockage Manufacturing Company
here yesterday morning The work
er Caught his hand in one of the bas
ket machines. It was the first acci
dent reported in the new plant.
County ) ounf( Man In
Admitted To The liar
Clifton White Everett, young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Everett, of
this county, was admitted to the bar
here yesterday when he was sworn
in by Judge J. J. Burney. He was
presented to the court by Attorney
J. C. Smith.
Young Everett, an honor graduate
of Wake Forest, has not definitely
determined his plans for the future.
He is said to be considering several
attractive offers.
Delivers Stirring
Patriotie Address
To Grand Jurymen
(Continued from pajfe one)
to educate them Some say we spend
too much for education, but educa
tion is the surest way to eliminate
crime and when we properly edu
cate our youth we have traveled a
long way towards checking crime
Ignorance and poverty lead to
crime We can abolish ignorance and
that will lessen poverty," the judge
declared and he offered an interest
ing comparison of crime and educa
tional costs.
"Last year it cost $17.1 IS a minute
to operate the United States govern
ment Some business men said that
the end of time was near, and I was
-a--bH upset and started a study ol'
cost figures Taking the report ofi
the American Bar Association, I
learned that the cost of crime in this I
country last year was fifteen billion
dollars Breaking that big figure
down. I learned that crime was cost
ing one billion and two hundred and
VliK, million dollars a month, or
$28, (34 a minute and almost twice
what the government was costing.
Education cost about three billion
and crime just five times that
amount. And yet there are those who
go around hollering about govern
mental costs."
Turning to the appalling crime
conditions, the jurist said:
A felony was committed in this
country each second on an average
last year. "Twelve thousand people
were -murdered, and less than one
per cent of that number paid the
supreme penalty. In England there
were 24 murders and 23 were hang
ed. There are 200,000 murderers
walking the streets of this country
today. The crime count runs into the
millions. Every ten minutes some
one is held at the end of a pistol.
Every three minutes someone's home
IS broken into. The World War did
not mark the end of the sound iifl
machine guns. Gangsters shoot down I
little children for the almighty dol- J
lar Gangsters kidnap and destroy
for the almighty dollar.
loo many people are living fori
themselves alone and for the al
mighty dollar.
Too many people are living with f
no respect for the flag
1 oo many people are living with
no respect for law and order."
Touching on one main cause fori
crime. Judge Burney said, "A few
years ago 65 per cent of tiio.se in pris-1
on and in road camps were colored,
loday 65 per cent of them are white |
youths. We have allowed temptations
to come before them. If they have
no automobiles, muny youths will
steal them. If the gas runs out, somcJ
Of them will steal gas The moving
picture is warping the minds and
molding the characters of our youths. I
I lie gangster has been glorified in
Ins haunt where luxury and pretty
women are enjoyed. In my youth
there wasn't a punch board in the
drug store where we went to get a
nickel glass of milk. We found most |
of our pleasures in the woods and
along the streams where we made
the flying jennie and enjoyed the
ole swimming hole We have allow
ed present-day conditions, and the
victims are deserving of our sym
pathy. They are worth saving.
"Up until a few yt ars ago. clean
magazines came into our homes. To-1
day, trashy and degrading maga
zines and books are brought into
our homes by children, and shame
ful as it may be. the parents share
in the common reading.
Not long ago while I was on a
visit in this district, I saw a father
give his son twenty nickels to play
the slot machine while he got a
shave
"Just a short time ago 1 heard a
father boasting to his son and tett
ing how he had 'beat the law.
Appealing to the jurymen and
earnestly soliciting their aid in solv
ing the big crime problem. Judge
Burney said, "Gentlemen, the kind
of law you will have in Martin
County will be determined in part
by you It is your duty to make pre
sentments, to cite infractions of the
law The sheriff and his assistants
form only one spoke in the wheel.
You will have to accept part of the
responsibility in checking the alarm
ing growth of crime."
The jurist briefly and clearly out
lined the duties of grand jurymen,
instructing then to pass 011 bills of
indictment, make presentments, In
spect county properties, visit the
schools and check up on the condi
tion of school busses and see that
ell drivers have been examined and
properly licenced by the highway pa
trol. "Take time to see that the
school busses are in shape. North
Carolina is able to provide safe
transportation for school children.
It hauls prisoners in good trucks,
and it can do the same for the youth
of our State," the jurist pointed out
with emphasis.
Judge Burney called attention to
the road house evil, and instructed
the jurymen to see that they are
properly licensed, that they keep a
registry for guests and records of
their guests' automobile license num
bers and name of cars. "See that this
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank each and every
one who was so kind to us during the
illness and subsequent death of our
mother and wife We also appre
ciate the lovely floral offerings.
Fernanda Bowen and Family.
Wants
FOR RENT ? STORAGE WARE
house, apartments, garage. Apply
to Mrs. Jim Staton. 813-17-20-24
WANTED?TWO OR THREE ROOM
apartment with private bath. Call
218-W.
law ia brine complied with, far there
an unc who are trying to render
aii acceptable service and they will
welcome an investigation."
He called (or the registration of
all aliens, and urged the jurymen to
report suspicious characters to the
sheriff "We are determined that we
are not going to be dictated to by
any dictator Any one who enjoys
the freedom of this country and who
is not willing to salute the flag
should be sent over the ocean or
placed under the (round, and if
they are placed under the (round
they can't come back across the
The jurist, in directin( the jury to
check the registration of aliens, said
that he could not see why people
come here and enjoy our freedom
and fail to take out citizenship pa
pers which can be had in the super
ior courts.
In conclusion, Jud(e Burney told
the_jurymei^^cal^iponhiniat
any time be could help them. "I am
here to work with you in helping to
maintain law and order."
Mt-mbera of the jury:
N. C Everett, foreman; S. J. Tet
terton. James David Moore, Oscar
Davenport, W H Williams. Jr.,
Vance Price, Ben Lih^y. Conner
Taylor, Grover B Lilley. K. G
Strawbridge, M. P. Mobiey, Joe Per
ry, Gaston James, Leo Gardner,
Raymond Lee, J. S. Ayers, Jr. James
F. Wynne and Lewis G. Modlin.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO SELL
Your Good Tobacco
We are clear of all bloeks and ran jjel you
a jjood wale every day
WE HAVE
FIRST SALE
At The CENTRAL WAREHOUSE
Friday September 20th
SECOND SALE at the HEP FRONT. FRIDAY. Sept. 20
A BIG FIRST SALE
At the NEW RED FRONT WAREHOUSE
Monday, September 23rd
JIM AND CHARLEY CRAY AND E. G. ANDERSON
Proprietor* Robersonville, IV-. C.
A
Central & Red Front Warehouses
FIRST SALE
FRIDAY
At The
New Carolina
WAREHOUSE ~ WILLIAMSTON
We have hud larger sales but our Monday's sale watt the iiiottl satis
fuetory and the niottl ttueeettitful one of the entire tteutton. Farinertt
were here from a number of eounlieit. They were more thun sat
isfied with their sales-and they eongrutulated us on the way we run
our sales. ?
We'll have another first sale Friday, September
20th at the New Carolina. Make your plans now
to sell with tts on that day. We don't like to make
hroad statements hut we do know that we are
selling tobacco just as high as any market in the
State. If you don't believe it, pack up a load and
come to see us F riday. We'll send you home a
convinced and a satisfied man.
JIMMY TAYLOR, CLAUDE GRIFFIN, S. B. LILLEY
And JOHNNY GURKIN At The
Roanoke - Dixie and New
Carolina Warehouses
IN WILLI AMSTON
FIRST
SALE
Thursday, Sep'
tember 19th
Farmers Warehouse
NO BLOCK?All FLOORS
ARE CLEARED
FIRST SALE
Planters Warehouse
Monday, September 23rd
LEMAN BARNHILL, JOE MOYE AND HOLT EVANS
Proprietors Williamston, JV. C.