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Watch The Label On Your Paper. Aa it Curm The Date Your Subscription Expiree Advertiser* Will Find Our Col umn* A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of If a r t i n County. \OLlMt XLI1I?NUMBER 84 ffilliamglon, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October lit. ItUf. EST ABU.SHED 1899 Judge H. 0. Peele Calls Ten Cases in The County Court Short Session Lant Monday la Attended by Small Num ber of Spectator* Comparatively few spectator! were in the auditorium last Monday morn ing when Judge H. O. Peele conven ed the weekly session of the Martin County Recorder's Court, and Solici tor D. E. Johnson started work on the ten cases docketed for trial. Very little public attention was given the proceedings, and the court complet ed its work and adjourned before the lunch hour. Proceedings: In an agreement between counsel for the defendant, private prosecut ing counsel and solicitor, Jack Smith, charged with bastardy, pleaded guilty and by further agreement, de fendant is to pay the sum of $10 a month for the use of his illegitimate child until he has paid a total of $206 and costs of action. The case was continued under the same bond for the defendant. The first pay ment is due and payable on or be fore the first Monday in November and each first Monday thereafter until total amount has been paid. Of the $10 monthly payment one half is to be paid for support of the illegitimate child and one-half to hospital and attending doctor until their bills are paid. Charged with drunken driving, Albert Crandell was fined $50, tax ed with the costs and had his li cense revoked for a period of one year Charged with careless and reck less driving, William H Roebuck pleaded not guilty. The defense counsel tendered a plea of guilty of violating the rules of the road, but the plea was not acceptable to the solicitor. At the conclusion of the state's evidence, the defense made a motion for judgment as of non-suit. The motion was denied, and the de fense offered the testimony of its witnesses. At the conclusion of this evidence, a similar motion was of-1 fered and denied. The court ad judged thedefendant_guilty^_Judg ' menl was suspended upon payment of the costs. The defendant's driver's license was revoked for a period of three months. Continued from a previous return I under prayer for judgment, the case charging Gilbert Rogerson with | violating the barber law was re moved, from the docket when the court suspended judgment upon condition that the defendant refrain from operating a barbering business in locality mentioned in warrant un til he procures approval and writ ten permission to do so from the| county sanitarian. Walter Jones was sentenced to the I roads for a period of six months in I the case' charging him with an . as-1 sault. Ernest Phillips drew a six months' term on the roads in the case charg ing him with drunken driving. His license to operate a car was revok ed for a period of one year. Buck White pleaded guilty in the case charging him with bastardy, and a continuance was granted un der prayer for judgment. Enos Dolberry was sentenced to the roads for six months for alleged violation of the liquor laws Execu tion of sentence was suspended and defendant placed on probation for two years. Williamston Church Association Formed Expressing a willingness to work | for an increased attendance upon lo cal religious services, 25 persons met in the Baptist Church here Tuesday evening and perfected a Williams ton Greater Church Association. Mr. N. K Harrison was elected to head the new organization as chairman. Attorney Hugh G. Horton was nam ed vice chairman, and Mrs John D. Biggs was unanimously chosen to serve the association as its secretary. A steering committee of three mem bers from each of the six white churches here will be named by the respective pastors Sunday, and the next meeting of the asssociation is subject to immediate call of the chairman. Several layment addressed the Tuesday evening session. It was pointed out that interest in the ma terial things is being advanced at the expense of the church and its teachings. Others pointed out that the church is not getting the real advertising it should receive through its membership, and one laypian de clared the church is sleeping. The association in starting a loy alty campaign will work for an in creased attendance upon religious meetings. Membership in the newly formed association is open to any one interested in restoring the church and its program in their rightful places in the scheme of things. Bennie Daniel And Elbert Harriton Enliti In ArmyI Bennie Daniel, young son of Chief W. B. Daniel, and Eloert Harrison, of Bear Grass, enlisted in the army here this afternoon. Recruiting Of ficer Floyd signed the young men, and took them along with him to Wilson where they will spend to night before reporting for three yean of service at Fort Bragg. DRAFT BOARD PERFECTS ITS ORGANIZATION Although their official appointment has been de- official session here yesterday afternoon and per Draft Board, Mown. Jmsf Word, left; R. H. Good- man an<j Marlon Cobb, local young man, was named mon. renter, and Joe H. Ayers, right, met in an un- secretary. Health Clinics the County Are Crowded by Registrants Health clinics established in the county in cooperation with the gov ernment for handling preliminary health tests for those men register ing for selective service, were bad ly crowded Wednesday when the .registration machinery developed full speed ahead. The offices were crowded and long waiting lines form ed. By noon, most of the equipment for making the tests was exhausted, and the work was brought to an abrupt stop at the main office of the county health department. In creased calls for the special equip ment soon exhausted the supply in Raleigh, and in some instances the go forward in this county on sched ule next week with one exception. There is some doubt now if the clinic here will go forward with the work next Monday, but others are expect ed to be ready to carry on accord ing to schedule. Last Wednesday, 609 preliminary health tests were made, 116 at James ville, 212 at Williamston, 165 at Rob ersonville, and 116 at Oak City. Yes terday afternoon, 175 tests were made in the office here When the last of the clinics are held about three weeks from now, County Health Officer J. W. Wil liams believed that between 80 and 90 per cent of the registrants will work will be delayed. However, it | have had the preliminary examina is possible that the examinations will j tions County's Draft Board Holds Its First Meeting LATE While it Is generally believed that registrations were almost complete in this county last Wednesday, those who failed to comply with the law at that time may register with the draft board during one of its announc ed meetings in the near future. The fellow falling in the 21-35 age group and who did not reg ister may offer a meritorious ex cuse and get his name in the pot without penalty. Those who fail ed to register are subject to be called upon to show their regis tration certificates, and when a man in the specified age group cannot produce sufficient evi dence showing he has registered drastic action is to be expected in his ease. Report Decrease In Delinquent Tax List For the second successive time, Williamston's delinquent tax ac counts have dwindled in amount as compared with the previo.us year records. Appearing today for the first time, the list for the tax year 1639 carries 148 delinquent acounts and shows an unpaid amount of $3, 860.07. While the number of delinquents was decreased only by one, the un paid amount shrunk from $4,345 44 to $3,860.07, a decrease of $485 37 These figures represent the unpaid taxes on real estate and do not throw any light on unpaid personal property tax accounts. A comparison of the number of accounts unpaid and the amount due for the tax years of 1938 and 1939, respectively, follows by races: White 52 $3,312.70 Colored 97 1,033.74 Tot. for 1938 149 $4.345 44 White 47 $2,753.81 Colored 101 1,10626 Tot. for 1636 148 $3,860.07 WARREN DAY Thousands are expected to at tend the Lindsay C. Warren Day celebration in Washington next Friday, reports stating that the special committee comprising the First Congressional District, are meeting with success in advanc ing plans for the event which will honor Mr. Warren and pay tribute to Us long period of serv ice in the National House of Rep I planning to attend the celebration are urged to pre pare and carry picnic lunches. The program is stated to get un derway at 11 o'clock. Han. Jesse r, will be Make Preparations For Handling Call In Martin County a> It. II. Goodmon To Head Or ganizalion; Morion Cohh l? Named Seeretary f Their official appointment* tern porarily delayed by the big rush in Washington, members of the Martin County Selective Service board met in unofficial session in R H Good mon's office here yesterday after noon in a one-hour session to make preparations for handling the enor mOUS task that will he theirs riur ing the months to come. Attended by Messrs. J. E. Ward, of Roberson ville; J. H. Ayers, of Oak City, and R. H. Goodmon, the meeting elected Mr. Goodmon to head the organiza tion as chairman and named Marion Cobb, local man, as secretary to the board. Well realizing that no official ac tion can be taken until their appoint ments are received from Washing ton ,the board members yesterday were anxious to get their organiza tion perfected and make ready to handle the tremendous task. "We are already behind the schedule pre pared in handling the draft, and if we delay preliminary arrangements any longer there'll be a big rush and much night work to be done to catch up," one of the board members said. The board is now looking for suit able quarters and necessary furni ture and equipment. For the pres ent, the board is locating its reg istration list in the county vaults, and the secretary is expected to start checking the cards at once. The out of-county cards will be taken out of the files and forwarded to their proper destinations. Those left be hind will be numbered, and four lists will be prepared, one to be sent to the Governor and then to Wash ington, a second to be posted, a third to the press and a fourth to remain in the board files. During (C ntinued on page fix) Bear Grass Group ? ?p?y ??? hmgs lo Kiwanis Members of the Kiwanis Club were entertained here last night with a men's quartet from Bear Grass. The quartet, composed of Kneezer Har rison, T. O. Hickman, LeRoy Harri son and Junior Harrison, sang two numbers which were well received by the club. They were introduced by Kiwanian Jimmie Taylor. Jack Butler, band instructor in the local schools, spoke briefly on what the school is attempting to do in the way of organizing a Williamston band. Thomas S. Had ley Died Yesterday At Home Near Here La*t KilCH To Br (loiulurlnl At Higgn Funeral llonic Tomorrow Morning Thomas S. Hadley. well-known Martin County farmer and timber man, died at his country home on the Williamston-Bear Grass Road yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Pneumonia was given as the immed iate cause of his death Unusually ac tive up until just a short time ago, the aged citizen was taken ill about a week ago. Pneumonia developed and his condition was considered critical early this week. However, there was some improvement in his condition Tuesday, but he suffered a relapse a short time later, the end coming gradually. The son of the late \$illiatn Grain ger Blount Hadley, ; direct rescend ant of the late Governor Blount of North Carolina, and Harriett Louisa Smithwick Hadley, he was born in Williams Township 80 years ago next January When a young man he served the Dennis Simmons Lum ber Company as its superintendent of timber operations. About 1890 he married Mrs. Willie Ray Taylor, of this county, and located on a farm, near Williamston, where he lived for a long number of years. Some time ago he turned his farm over to his son and moved to Williamston where he lived until his wife died last Au gust Moving back to his old farm, Mr Hadley continued to show a keen in-, terest in its operations and was un usually active until his last illness J He was a hard-working man and one who recognized the value of honest toil. He also recognized the; value of education and supported ; the schools of his district and county He was a member of the local Chris- | tiao church for u long number?of-i years, und was regular in his at tendance upon the services. Mr Hadley is the last member of his immediate family. He leaves two daughters, Mrs H Craig Chapman, of Chesterfield, S. C., and Mrs George Steele, of Goldsboro, and one son, John Hadley, of the old home Funeral services will be conduct ed tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Biggs Funeral Home on West Main Street by his pastor, Rev John L. Goff. Interment will follow in the family plot in the cemetery here. Martin County Is Rack In (UtHtm Production List Dropping out ot the list of cot ton-producing counties last vear. Martin County is staging a big comeback this season to claim a place In the production column, last year, cotton ginnings in Martin County, estimated at less that MM bales, were grouped with those reported by small - producing counties. In a single year, Martin Coun ty climbed back in the list and as of the first of this month was holding a rank of 29 in the group of tS main cotton-producing counties. (Jp until the first of this month was holding a rank of 20 in the group of 4S main cotton-producing counties. Hp until the first of October, gins in this county had turned out 1,059 bales of cotton as compar ed with leas than 500 ginned dur ing the entire season of 1939. With a few exceptions, there was a marked increase in the crop production In the eastern counties but this increase was more than offset by a reduction in the western counties. On Oc tober 1, this year, 191,310 bales of cotton had been ginned in the State as compared with 220,101 ginned up until the tame time a year aco. Invasion Attempt Is Foiled By Roval Airmen Wednesday (?I'rmaiiy I'lmhiiiji I'lauo For Apparent Drive Deeper Into tlie Itulkan* Germany, itili clawing to get a foothold on the British Isles, has again been balked, unofficial but re liable reports released today stating that an invasion attempt Wednes day was foiled by members of the Royal Air force. Several troop bouts, loaded with German soldiers, were either destroyed or turned back. A small sea battle was also reported that day. supporting the claim that an invasion attempt had been halt ed. Reports, received last night and stating that Germany was sending over 3,000 airplanes to bomb London, were apparently unfounded, the Brit ish press stating today that unfavor | ible weather had lessened warfare in the air. but that the raids were increasing in intensity today. Two bombshelters were struck, burying j several hundred persons. Early this afternoon 170 persons had been tak en out alive, their escapes being de scribed as miraculous. Several bod les and a number of injured were taken from under the twisted and I broken timbers j A dreaded fever is breaking out j in London as a result of crowded i conditions in the underground shel j ters. One report states that the fever | is rapidly reaching epidemic propor tions. England has been doing some ef fective bombing all over Germany, and it is said that 200,000 women and children are being moved out of Ber lin into Rumania. No serious reaction has followed the reopening of the Burma Road in to China. Military supplies, loaded on 1,600 motor trucks are traveling over the 700-mile long road without incident. Japan, however, continues to receive oil from England and the United States, and the Far East sit uation is still confusing and baffling. Germany is doing everything in its power to force Japan into war against the United States, and pos sibly it is to.di lay the possibility of such a step that oil shipments ; v being continued to Japan. While Russia may not be ready to j join Britain in the fight against Ger many, it is now quite apparent that the Stalin government will not join Germany or even render the Nazis any aid It is possible that Russia will act against Germany when Hit ler starts to attack Turkey in his drive for an oil supply in Iraq. High Spots And Low Registration Spots Unable to sleep for thinking about the draft, Banker Clyde Griffin was I up before the sun to be the first one I to register for selective ^services at | the local precinct Wednesday morn I ing. Angelo Gus Mandos, young Greek employed with George Sfetsos at I the Central Cafe, was the last to j register that evening. Mandos, still a subject of Greece, is from Lixour iou, Greece, and was il?** ohly <?n?j that far away from home to regis | ter in this county. There were sov I eral from out of the State to regis ter here,?including several?from Kentucky, New York, Tennessee and Virginia. A lone Indian from Harriman, Tenn., registered to break the race monotony. He, as well as hundreds of others, was ready to do something about that guy Adolf Hitler. There was a great deal of guess ing done about ages and names, t>ut as far as it could be learned no one tried to out-guess the draft. Several men, fifty years or older, reported at the precinct here and would have willingly registered. One man, 36 years old last August, was not satisfied when one precinct re | fused to register him. He went to a second and finally to a third one be fore being convinced that he did not have to register and that he is not subject to a $10,000 fine and five years in prison. According to one report a man by the name of "Thunderbolt" was reg I istered in one of the precincts. No details on such a registration could be learned immediately, but if there is a registrant by that name it has been suggested that he be sent ahead to greet Hitler and Company. Remodeling Work Started On Hotel Receiving the contract last Tues day. Contractor F B Birmingham and hif forces started work remod eling the old Atlantic Hotel build ing, corner Main and Washington Streets, here the following day foundations for enlarging the build ing have already been laid and much of the building interior bus been torn out. Plans call for the comple tion of the lower floor work by the middle of December Ocupancy of si* modern, steam-heated apart ments on the second floor, is sched uled early in January The Eagle stores, with headquar ters in Charlotte, has rented the store for ten years. Over 3,200 Register In Countv Wednesday ? ? For Seleetive Serviee Peanuts Are /Voir Moving Ttt Mart On .4 SiiuiII Scale The first of the 1940 peanut crop in this section started to move to the local market yester day, but sales were unusually light with no definite price rec orded. According to reports the first deliveries, coming from Pitt County, sold for three and a quarter cents plus a small prcm ium. While the market is hardly expected to receive many goob ers during the next week or ten days, reports from the buyers and millers point to fairly heavy sales in early November with the expectation that prices will range around three and a quar ter cents or about in line with the stabilization cooperative quota tions. Harvesting work was started in the Robersonville area this week, and half a dozen pickers are running there at this time, it was reported. Harvesting work will hardly get underway on any appreciable scale before week after next. Special appeals are going out to the farmers urg ing them not to pick their crops before the goobers are thorough ly dry and not to operate their pickers too rapidly. List Kites Tor Four Members ol FainiIn In Parmele Today I ho Oilier IVrnoiis (irilicnlK Ir'nreil in KitciiI ViiIo I'ruek Vcciilctil Last rites ait; being held this af ternoon in the Parmele colored Bap list church for Leo Sherrod, his wife and two of their children, the quad ruple funeral being one of the few if not the only one of its kind ever held in thus county. Large crowds are expected to attend the last rites making the end id one of the great est tragedies ever to befall a Martin County family Sherrod. about 28 years old. his wife, Rosalie Humphrey Sherrod, 2(i, and two of their children, ages three and seven years, were killed instant ly in an automobile-truck crash near Lmporia early last Sunday evening. Sherrod's mother, Anna Ellison, and a friend, Irving Simmons, about 18 years old, were critically injured in the crash. Simmons is said to have improved slightly during yester day and today in a Roanoke Rapids hospital where he was entered fol lowing the accident. Sherrod's moth is receiving?treatment?m?Rich nond. Employed in Richmond during the >ast two or three years, Sherrod and ed to their old home in Parmele t spend the week-end and attend the annual session of the Middleground Primitive Baptist Association. Sim mons, young farmer Jiving between Parmele and Robersonville. was re turning home with them that eve ning when a big freight truck plow ed into their car just a few miles beyond the state line. Direct reports of the tragedy reaching here stated that some of the bodies were strewn along the highway for quite a dis tance, that others were wedged in the crushed car and had to be prized out. The arms of some were said to have been torn from the bodies, and that the head of one of the victims was crushed, the brains running into a sunken spot in the^ear seat of the car. Andrew Matthew Holloway, of Delma, Delaware, was driving the truck that crashed into the car af ter forcing it almost off the Toad. The (Continued on page six) AWARIIKI) Contracts for repairing and improving the Roanoke River fill, damaged by high water in August, were awarded yenterday hy the highway commission and work on the project is slated to get underway Immediately. Bids on the project were received last week. The contractors are already moving in some of their equip ment and actual repair work will get underway the early part of nest week, llivislon Engineer J. C. tiardner said today. The contract for repairing and building up the dirt fill calls for the completion of the work in 75 working days. The bridge eon tractor will have 115 working days to construct the four bridges which will have a total length of MM feet. Task Handled Vi ith Little Difficulty bv Volunteer Croup Ijilr Kefti,trillion, Will Be llaiiillcd B> County Draft Itoanl It was a bleak, dreary day Wed nesday when more than sixteen million men in the 2135 age group marched in an almost unbroken line to their respective precincts over the nation and placed their names in a common pot for selective aery ice in one branch or another Nation s armed forces. An actual count of the names placed on the selective service list is not to be had immediately, but preliminary re ports indicate that the registrations will not come up to first expecta tions Larly reports on the registration state that America's manpower while not at all anxious to tight expressed a certain willingness to serve its country in the dark crisis now fac ing the world-. There were a few conscientious objectors and publicity seekers in certain parts of the coun try. but in this country the lirst call to service was accepted as a matter of routine and as an obligation to tin' government and to the country itself. One or two men grumbled with the volunteer registrars in this county but a.s far as it could be learned no one refused to register, and it is estimated that loss than two dozen dodged or did not heed the legislation call. A general rush was reported in nearly all the precincts during the early part of the morning, but after 11 o'clock, the work was handled without delay and long before night full the task was virtually cumplet od, two or three lute stragglers re-? porting during the last hour in some of the p ecinets Studying the registration forms last Monday, several registrars doubted the claim that on an aver age hardly more than one registra tion could be effected in less than 20 minutes The average time for registering eae.i person in this coun ty ranged unusually close to the figure, several legi trars reporting four an hour for what was eonsid ered i high rate, Estimates pointing to a legistru tion ratio of 5 white to 4 colored per sons were proved incorrect by a preliminary check of the registration cards yesterday morning when the registrars met in the courthouse and made ready to turn the forms and cards over to the county draft board. A total of 3.228 men were registered in tins county. tl>e white registra tions leading those for the colored by only 216. Seven of the twelve precincts reported larger white reg istrations than colored. An eighth precinct reported an equal division Bear Grass reported the largest per milage iif yjiiii u gi .ti aiiU oili the colored. In the county there were 1.722 white and 1.502 colored regis tr.mts whose names were placed in the box. A tabulation of the county regis tration showing the number of white mid colored registrants and total registrations, by precincts, follows White Col. Tot. Janiesvillc 178 148 327 Williams 87 38 106 tiffins ill 68 179 Hear Grass 186 60 226 Willianiston ?536 445 981 Cross Kouds 118 62 181 Ftobersonvillc 235 279 514 Gold Point 35 35 70 Poplar Point 55 45 10O lassell 3U 70 109 Hamilton 65 83 148 Goose Nest 116 171 287 1722 1506 3228 * -One Indian included. Sales Are Nearly 5,000,000 Pounds Selling approximately 100,000 pounds today, tin* local tobacco mar. tot is Hearing the five million pound nark. Supervisor of Sales K B Crawford stating that 4,700,000 bounds had heen sold through yes erday. Following a holiday Wednesday 'or registrations, the market reop ?ned yesterday with a strong sale, inferior types of tobacco were re jected in the general average, but 'armors with good quality offerings were well pleased with their sales So far this season the market has <11 average of $18 51. Late estimates indicate that at east 75 per cent of the crop has been ?>ld in this territory. / ay I or hlwtric I'.ompany More* To Nine Location The Taylor Electric Company, aoused in the Atlantic Hotel build ng during recent weeks, is now lo cated on Washington Street near the Fellow Front Grocery, corner of Washington and Sycamore Streets.
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