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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 15 William si on. Martin County, Morth Carolina, Friday. February 21. 1VH. ESTABLISHED 1899
Committee Favors
Three-Year Control
Program for Peanuts
Amendment To Give Old Belt
Grower* Equal Allotment*
I* Rejected By Group
The movement to make the lowly
peanut a basic crop and provide for
a three-year marketing quota or
control program gained momentum
in Washington yesterday "when ihe
House Agriculture Committee gave
the measure its stamp of approval
Action was taken only after an
amendment proposed to eliminate
discrimination against old growers
had been rejected.
Complaints had been raised that
T the marketing quotas provided in
the bill discriminated against older
producing states. To remove this
discrimination. Cooley proposed that
the national acreage allotment be
increased by 45,000 acres which
would be distributed among those
states having allotments less than
their five-year average acreage This
would have given North Carolina a
16,000-acre increased allotment.
This amendment was voted down
after Representative Pace, sponsor
of the legislation, served notice that
he was unalterably opposed to it
and would request the committee
not to report the bill favorably if
it were included.
Several changes aimed at pro
tecting regular peanut producers
were approved, however. One pre
vents any state having its acreage
cut hereafter to less than 95 per cent
of its 1941 allotment. Another struck
out the compulsory peanut diver
sion provision and provided instead
that peanuts should be placed on the
same basis as other crops so far as
loans are concerned. Laians will be
made available for peanut growers
when prices reach from 52 to 75 per
cent of parity.
Pointing out that the entire bill
might be jeopardized if any further
efforts were made to include his
amendment, Cooley expressed the
belief that ther ewould be no cam
paigning to include it during House
consideration of the measure
"While I am of course disappoint
ed, the situation is not so bad as it
might be since North Carolina's acre
age allotment already js slightly
higher than it has been in any pri
or years," Cooley declared. "1 shall
support the bill, because even with
out my amendment, it protects old
peanut growers in North Carolina
and other states from further rapid
expansion of production on new
farms."
Virtually certain that no addition
al allotment will be made available
to North Carolina and Martin Coun
ty growqrs, the county agriculture
committee this week prepared the
1941 quotas. They are being submit
ted to Raleigh for approval and will
be released to the growers within
the next few days.
The county is allotted 18,375 acres
this year or about the same quota
assigned in 1940. Martin farmers last
year planted approximately 2,000
acres in excess of their allotment.
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Escaped Convicts
Remain At Large
Escaping from a Pitt County pris
on road gang yesterday morning, two
long-term convicts, Everett Leo
Selvie, IB, and John O'Neal, 22, were
reported still at large this morn
ing.
Catching a truck driver off his
guard, the two convicts jumped in
to the truck and drove away from
their work along the Martin-Pitt
boundary. The truck was found
abandoned on the road leading from
Coreys' Cross Roads to Bear Grass,
about 20u yams from the Washing
ton Highway. Prison officials, guards
and officers from this and surround
ing counties and police from Wil
liamston and Robersonville joined
a search for the men in the woods
along the highway. The search was
until day light this morning with
out success.
Selvie was sentenced in Gaston
County to prison for a term of four
to ten years on a breaking and en
tering charge. O'Neal, sentenced in
Durham County, was serving a 30
year term for second degree mur
der.
Grant Will Address
Farm Bureau Group
?
Drr~B. g. Qrant, Bertie County
farm agent and authority on le
gumes, will address the second Mar
tin County Farm Bureau forum in
the agricultural building here next
Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. His
topic will center on winter legumes,
and he is expected to explain their
value as a soil builder and also as a
source of income. The farm leader's
talk is certain to prove of valtte, and
all farmers whether they'are mem
bers of the Farm Bureau or not are
invited and urged to hear him.
No special entertainment feature
has been planned for the meeting, the
program committee explaining that
the address by Dr. Grant would
prove entertaining as well as in
formative.
Moving Peanuts from Storage
Warehouses To The Oil Mills
Peanuts stored in this county un
der the government stabilization pro
gram are beginning to move to the
oil mills, Mr. E G. Anderson, oper
ator of several houses in Roberson
ville, stating yesterday that a crush
ing plant in Farmville had purchas
ed around 700 tons or approximate
ly 15,000 bags for immediate deliv
ery. Starting this week, truckers are
moving round 2.000 hags of thi'
goobers daily to the Farmville mill
No purchases have been made for
government-stored peanuts at this
point, and it could not be learned to
day when the more than 135,000
bags stored locally would be moved
to the oil mills. While it is possible
that a portion of the stored stock
will be sold to the cleaners, it is
understood that nearly all of the
; peanuts stored under the stabiliza
tion program will be converted into
oil and taken out of the edible trade. !
It is generally agreed that by di- !
verting most if not all of that part ,
, of the crop stored under the stabili
zation program, the 1941 markets |
' will not be threatened with a big
carry-over surplus
Strange as it may seem, the open
market continues unusually active
.at this point. Several thousand bags j
of the goobers are being handled
daily by the local plant of the Wil
liamston Peanut Company with
prices holding firm and in some
cases slightly higher than they were
last fall. Deliveries are being made
by farmers from over a wide area, a !
fairly large number of bags being ,
brought to the local plant from
points beyond Rocky Mount.
UNUSUAL
The recent blitzkrieg directed
against liquor manufacturing
plants in the Free Union section
of Jamesville Township appar
ently had its results. Raiding in
that territory yesterday ABC
Officer J. H. Roebuck and his
assistant, Roy Peel, were unable
to find a plant. It was the first
time in a number of years that
Officer Roebuck had raided there
and returned without destroying
a quantity of beer or bringing
out a still.
The officers did not come back
empty handed, however. They
found two kegs and two small
jugs hidden along the roadside
the property offering mute evi
dence that the once flourishing
business is on the wane in that
section.
Gigantic Submarine
Attack On Shipping
Is Now Anticipated
Turkey Muy Art If (it-riiiuny
Offers To Attack
Greece
Even while uncertainty reigns jn
the Balkans and in the Ear East an
other menace of major proportions
is looming for Great Britain in her
fight for life. Talk of a possible gi
gantic submarine attack against
British shipping is being heard in
semi-official quarters The Ger
mans are believed to have BOO sub
marines manned and about ready
for an attack in the early spring,
some observers pointing out the
possibility that invasion attempts
will await the outcome of the sub
marine attack on British shipping
It is also pointing out that the out
come of the war will depend large
ly upon Britain's power to with
stand such an attack. Hitler has said
that American aid to Britain would
be nullified, and it is believed that
he plans to use his submarine fleet
to support that declaration.
An apparent turn in the war is
centered around the predicted sub
marine warfare. It is the belief of
observers that Hitler is offering
Italy just enough aid to keep her in
the war, and that he is anxious to
maintain the status quo in the Bal
kans.
The action of Turkey looking tow
ard repudiation of its pact with
Bulgaria should Hitler attack Greece
bears out the submarine policy just
recently mentioned in the public
press While England is forced to
hold large sections of its ships and
forces in the Mediterranean and Afri
can campaign, Hitler calculates that
his submarine fleet will be better
prepared to deal with British ship
ping in the North Atlantic.
Hitler added to the war tension
today when he Sent five detachments
into Spain today presumably to aid
in restoring damage following a hur
ricane that swept certain areas there
a few days ago. The soldiers were
recognized us specialists in the prac
tice of preparing for a march by
Hitler's troops. It was immediately
suggested that Hitler was still mak
ing plans for a drive on Gibraltar
through Spain.
Despite her non-aggression pact
with Turkey, Bulgaria today called
out more troops. Many Bulgars were
said to have started riots along the
Danube where Hitler's troops are
conducting maneuvers, including
practice crossings with pontoon
(Continued on page six)
Problems Saturday
Martin County citizens, interested
in a better road and highway pro
gram within the county and what
is now known as the first highway
district, will meet in the courthouse
here tomorrow evening at 7:30
o'clock for a discussion of road prob
lems.
No definite plans have been ad
vanced for the meeting, but it is
generally understood that the coun
ty will advance a candidate for
.membership on the highway commis
sion, and formulate plans for a bet
ter secondary road system.
Judge W .11. ( .oImhii
(alls Eiglu Cases
In Recorders Clourl
?>< ri??i iir (W
Charging: \ i?|aiioll ?f
I.iquor Ijiuh
_ Ca"ing fight cast's, Judge w j(
? u iivifjr VV (J
Coburn held u snappy session of the ?
county recorder s court last Monday
with Solicitor Don E. Johnson pros'
ecutmg the docket. The court clear
??d its calendar and adjourned he
ipllo the session at
.racting hardly an average-.,^
Judge Churn, meting ?ut justice
for an allegedly old-time violator
of the liquor laws, bore down on the
{Uicit business and fined Verm,,,
NMroS<i7s !Greenville
N gro. $75 III the case charging ille
gal manufacture Roberson arrest
Hassell8 W "L b;'7',,, n lJarniele and
ai.ihl r P^'ded
guilty of possessing materials for
manufacturing dlegal liquor Th,
. --o "?'IS'" lUUtll
plea Was accepted. Judge Churn
sentenced the defendant lo the roads
foi u term of four months, tin
i . . * """una, the sen
tencc being suspended upon pay
ment of a $75 fine and the case cosis
tj i ""ll 11" t'H?e CONIS.
Robe-son was allowed until March
mobile seized by officers
31 to pay the fine Roberson's auto- I
The film "Geometry in Action," I
, W,'h be was ordered re
it asc d by the court.
Martha Brown pleaded guilty in
the ease charging her with violating
1</ liquor laws, the court granting
ment "'pruy,r f"r Jl|dg
Pleading guilty j? t|?. t.ast, ,.j
wig him with non-support, Charli
d. I, "i'i'". i. v- luirjjc
Slit"?*. WoS ^rec,ed. ?? Pay "!
M I"-'J fl.ilU (|
week into the court during the next
SIX months and ordered lo reappear I
. a ., . t" it iiupeai
at the end of that time for further
judgment. Bond in the sum of $50
was required as a guarantee for judg
ment compliance.
ooTh a C"T *'hiir?lnK C. I. Blount
with drunken driving was continued
until March 3.
Charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon. Jodie Jenkins plead '
ed guilty of simple assault. He was!
sentenced to the roads for thirty
days.
Howard Cherry wus sentenced to
the roads for a term of thirty days
in the case charging him with public 1
drunkenness. The road sentence was
suspended upon condition that the
defendant remain in good behavior
for one year. No costs were taxed
against Cherry by the court
(Continued on page six)
Railroad Installing
Safety Signal Here
Work on a safety block signal was
started this week by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company at the
vufn '."" P/'nct crossing neai thci
Wilhamston Peanut Company plant
I HP ? Del'i I I4 .. .11 i
?? v-umpdny plant.
The installation will be completed
within 1 wo weeks, an employee said
yesterday.
An approaching train will flash
the danger signal when it reaches
a point about 1,200 feet from the
crossing, giving highway traffic am
pie time to check its speed and stop
be vera I acicdents, two resulting
in death, have been reported at the
crossing. Noah Brown, colored, lost
his life there a number of years ago
and Joe Henry Lilley, young white
farmer, was killed there last Novem
The Coast Line has three other
electric safety signals in operation
in uperauoi
at crossings in this county, A warn
ing signal was placed at a crossing
in Parmele several years ago and
one was installed at the crossing be
ween Everetts and Rohcrsonvllle
ifi ?ne haS bet" in operation
at a grade crossing between James
vtlje and Plymouth.
Ceo. Harris Purchases
tf illiamslon Hardwire
-+~
H?rJr\ "ocal young man,
has purchased the business of the
Wilhamston Hardware Company
here on Washington Street. The new
owner t^nlr ms.. i . w
Binii uuwi. i ne new
owner took over the business yes
terday. '
Cowens Pack inj;
Plant Is Destro\ed
Bv Fire \\ edncsday
Firemen llel|>le** To Combat
S.'I.IHNI Fire On Wath
14iin* Near Here
Its origin not definitely known, fire
destroyed Co wen's meat packing
plant just outside the town limits 011
Watts Lane 1 ust Wednesday morn
uig at 2:30 o'clock, an official esti
mate placing the loss at $2,900, ac
cording to a report released yester
day by Fire Chief G. P. Hall. ,
Housed in a cheaply constructed
shack, the plant was in full blaze be
fore an alarm was sounded, and then
a neighbor hurriedly dressed and re
ported to the fire station in person
before .1 general alarm was heard.
Carrying the fire-fighting equip
ment to the scene, firemen, more
than a quarter of a mile from a wa
fer mam. stood help loss as the fire
ate its way into a costly refrigerat
ing plant and devonied hams, saus
age and other meats in large quan
tities Making certain that the fire
would not spread to nearby build
ings. the firemen hesitating a minute
or two longer to warm their hands
and faces by the glowing fire in the
freezing weather returned the ap
paratus to the station.
Joe Henry Purvis, trusted colored
employee, was sleeping in the build
ing with his dog. "I felt the heat and
woke up to see the fire burning one
of the walls of the 10pm I was in."
Purvis said that morning, adding
that he grabbed bis dog and got out
of the building in record time. Noth
ing was 1 eniov<kf.from the building,
a 1 id when the fire struck the rich
pork it spurted out in long blue
green streaks throwing out heat that
[lie 1 ted iron sheeting 011 the side of
lh< house.
The building was valued at only
S>800, but costly refrigerating units
iind meat stocks boosted Hie total
loss to almost $3,000. the owner. Mr.
Herbert H Coweii, stating that in
surance was carried 111 the sum of
M.000 on building and all contents.
Purvis, 111 a statement to Fire
Chief Hall, explained that a fire
was burning 111 the heater in the
room where he slept, .that a supply
>f wood had been placed near the
stove It is possible that the fire
started in the pile of wood.
No definite plans have been an
nounced, but it is understood that
Mr. Cowen. is planning to rebuild
and continue the business.
Seventh (traders
Visited Raleigh
Mrs I lass. It's sevenili grade room
returned from tin- sU.tr capital last
night after spending an enjoyable
day visiting points of interest there.
Arriving at the capitol yesterday as
both houses were convening, the
local students were greeted by Rep
re tentative Clarence Griffin and
S. nator Hugh Horton who asked
that the courtesies of the galleries be
extended to them by both the House
and the Senate. Proceedings as the
law making bodies were called to
order were observed with great in
terest by the youthful visitors.
Points of interest visited by the
indents included the State School
for the Blind, Andrew Johnson's
house, Supreme Court building. State
Museum, State Hospital, peniten
tiary, a broadcasting station, North
Carolina State College, and the News
and Observer office.
hat ill Accident lie/nut
hili'il Here tly Coroner
fn a formal report drawn by Cor
oner S. R. Biggs this week, the acci
dent which cost little Marion.- f.as
iter her life on the Hamilton High
way near here on January 31 was
declared Unavoidable of thc^car driv
er, ft. G McAllister, local medical
doctor. The verdict, returned fol
lowing an informal investigation,
exonerated the car driver.
Coroner S. R Biggs stated that he
had examined the witnesses, and
deemed an inquest unnecessary. The
re port was filed after the* father of
the child stated that the car driver
did afl he could to avoid the acci
dent, and that no court action was
considered. .
hin WKATHKR
No ?nr Is doing any appreci
able amount of complaining, but
many arr talking about how dry
the wrathrr is. I.ittlr rain has
?alien so lar this month and
winds, reminding one of the
month of March, have dried out
the land and roads. "During
more than ten years on the ru
ral roads of the county, I have
never sren during the month of
February more dust on Ihem
than in the past few days," Ar
thur White, postal rmployre,
said this week.
I'p until today less than two
inches of rain had been record
ed during the currrnt month on
Koanoke River here. The river
itself has held to an unusually
low point for the season of the
year, the average ranging be
tween 7 and II feet which is sev
eral feet within the banks.
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Eleven Trainees Will
Enter Service Mondav
Increased Mont lily
Quotas Are Likely
After This Month
VI inning VraiusI OrinWiitR
Given Kejiort
ing for Army Scniri
Answering the third draft rail in
tins county, eleven young white men
will leave here next Monday morn
ing for service in the United States
Army at Fort Bragg They will be
followed on the 28th by five colored
U unices. the current quota boosting
the number of young men to leave
the county for army service to 41,
29 white and 11 colored
The names of the eleven white
voting men leaving here next Mon
day are. Jesse Edmondson, of W U
liamston Route 3; Aaron Brown, of
Oak City Route I. Geofgra Ben
Manning, of -Robersonville; Richard
Randolph Davis, of Oak City Route
I; Russell Warren Corey, of James
villi- Route 1. Vernon Gray Wcath
erbee, of Robersonville Route 2; V ir
gil Edmondson. of Oak City Route 1.
Bert Toler. formerly of this county
hut now of Vanceboro Route 3; Ed
gar Monroe Taylor. Mack C.ilbert
Wynne and Joseph Edward Roger
so'n. all of Williainston Route 3. All
eleven of the young men are volun
teers. hilt four of them. Wcatherboe,
Taylor, Wynne and Virgil Edmond
son were not subject to the draft ,
registration. Nolle of the young nu n .
was subject to immediate call under
the selective service act, and one of
them had legitimate exemptions if
he had cared to exercise those rights
llis wife stated that it was perfectly
all right for him to volunteer and
enter the service.
I.anee Button llardy, Joseph Carl j
Williams. Julius Melvin Warren.
Roy Avant Hinson und Douglas Al
hert Currie have been notified to be
ready to replace any of the eleven
trainees w ho may be rejected
Holding Order No 39. Douglas Al
bel t Currie has volunteered'lus serv
ices, and It IS quite likely he will
he called next month. He is the
only white volunteer now m reserve
in this county, but there are 37 col
ored hoys anxiously awaiting ordeis
to report.
Troubled by an unusually huge
number of trainees reporting at holt
Bragg in various stages of inloxica
Hon. the authorities have issued or
ders against the practice. Group lead
ers will direst bus drivers to drive
to police headquarters in any town
iliu| have the officers to take neces
sary action to insure the sober ur
rival of the future soldiers at camp.
Printed forms from Adjutant Gen
,-ral J. Van B Mcttx were received
by the Martin County Draft Board
recently warning against the. use of
alcohol by trainees reporting for
service. , (
I I Vlll .
Deploring tin- large nunibei
draftees intoxicated at the time of
their arrival at the army post. Gen
eral Melts wrote that many need
drugs and hospital care hefvre physi
cal examinations can be made I his
fact may be responsible for some of
I ill I mujr I" ?' * I Ill A
the rejections because of high blood
III' ' J *"?? I V 4
pressure and false pulse beats,
While admitting that the imbibing
of intoxicants on the way to the fort
was the gesture of "high spirited
young nu n having their last cele
bration." General Melts advised the
111 Cl I I* 'I 1| V1 | . -
local hoards to have care in selecting
men as group leaders who refrain
from alcoholic indulgence themselves
and who will have influence over
h<Ii?'??inTtctecfl
University Band
Coming Wednesday
The University of North Carolina
hand will appear in concert in the
Williamston High School auditorium
next Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock. Coming here by bus after
an overnight stop in Kdenton, the
college group will render its con
cert and move on to Hoanoke Hap
ids. The talented musical organiza
tion of 65 pieces will play under the
direction of Earl Slocum, who is re
garded as one of the ablest band di
rectors in the Country.'Next Wed
nesday's concert will mark the first
appearance of the University's con
cert band in Williamston.
The public is invited to join the
students at the concert. An admission
fee will be charged to defray the cost
of bringing the organization here.
One or more Williamston boys are
expected to appear on the program.
0/H*ninf(M In CCAl ( amp*
For Martin (.ounty Hoy*
Openings were announced today
for three Martin County white
youths in the Civilian Conservation
Corps. The group will leave here
next Monday for New Holland where
they will be stationed. Any young
white youth wishing to enter the
service is directed to contact the wel
fare office in the courthouse immed
iately.
I.AM) \ykru;k
The avrrdgf value placed on
cleared land in Hamilton Town
ship by the board of assessors
recently was $31,911 an acre. Tax
Supervisor S. II <; rimes an
nounced yesterday. The town
ship listed 10.511 acres for a to
tal of $336,170
This value compares with list
ings in two other townships as
follows: Williams. $28.62 per
acre, and (i riff ins, $36.00 an acre.
Complete valuations for other
townships are not yet available,
late reports from the supervisor
stating that unexpected delays
had been experienced in several
districts, includinx Jamesville
and tioose Nest Townships. The
revaluation work is virtually
complete in those townships, hut
in only three cases have the
books been turned over to the
supervisor.
Town's Fire Loss
In 1940 Is I ?ir?fest
In Several Wars
l'ro|M?rt> NuIikmI V I More
Than I.IKIII
lit Fire I .ii,| 1 car
Placed at $34,600. Wilhamston's
1940 fire loss was the largest rejiovt
ed in recent years. As far as official
l eports show, it was the largest an
nual loss on record Not since 1030
when the old Brick Warehouse was
horned has tin- fire loss exceeded
$25,000, a hurried review of the rec
ords shows The fire dumatfe in 1040
was almost five times greater than
it was the year before
A greater portion of the damage
is traceable to the Saunders and Cox
lumber mill fire the early part of
last summer. The loss there was es
timated at approximately $20,000,
including the mill, a filling station
and three small homes. The fire
loss was considerably increased
when the Anderson home, corner of
Simmons Avenue and Ilaughton
Street, was burned the early'part' of.
the year. The loss there was esti
mated at about $7,000. hossrs rang
ecf from $25 to $10,000 on individual
| buildings
While the town reported over
,000 gains m new construction
jand a remodeling program, more
\ than one-sixth of the gam was off
set by fire losses
The past year was just a had one
ftu fires. The volunteer lire depart
ment received thirty four calls lo
rally and three out of town during
the year as compared with 27 calls
m 1039 Property losses were record
ed m sixteen eases, the damage be
ing limited to a dollar or two in
mi^st of the other cases. The loss on
buildings, including homes and com
menial, was placed at $30,250 by
Fire Chief (J. P. Hall Damage to
household goods and stocks was os
timuted at $4,350, this amount boost
| ing the total for the yeai to $34,600
In 1939, the loss on buildings was
placed at $3,200 and on contents at
$4,300.
Fire Chief Hall offered little com
ment in releasing the report, hut he
did point out that quite a few of the
fires were caused by defective flues
arid that at least one-third of the
fires were started by sparks falling
from chimneys or flues on shingle
roofs.
It is estimated ttiat the property
threatened or destroyed by fire was
worth well over $100.000. that while
the loss was nearly $35,000 it could
easily have been in excess'of $100,
000
The average number of firemen
answering the calls last year was
slightly under the count in 1939, but
even with a limited force,the com*
pany handled nearly a mile of hose
in fighting the fires. The work of
the company was without serious
accident.
Volunteer firemen are paid at the
late of $2.50 a month for their serv
ices, but they are subject to a fine
of 50 cents when absent at a regular
meeting.
W 11
I $200.(
New Books Added
By Local Library
Although handicapped by limit
od funds or no funds at all, the lo
cal public library this week manag
ed by hook or crook to add a num
ber of ne w volumes to its shelves.
Every effort possible is being mude
by the library forces to add new
books, and they are apparently do
ing very well with the limited in
come derived principally from fines
and individual donations.
The following books were pluced
on the shelves this week: "l^and Be
low the Wind," "Europe in Spring,"
"The Belove dReturned," "For Whom
the Bell Tolls," "Oliver Wiswell."
"Chad Hanna," "Fame Is the Spur,"
"Sapphire and the Slave Girl," "The
Voyage," "Invitation to Liva,"
"World's End," "You Can't Go Home
Again," "I Wanted To Murder," and
"Fielding's Folly."
Liquor Referendum
Pro|M)sed In House
Rill I his Morning
S|al<- K\|?cnililur?'n \ irliially
Fix.-,I ill S lf?.'t.(?IHMMM)
hor \?*xt Two Years
News jpproaclimK ll" xnsaliuii
al come <>ut <>( North Carolina's oth
riwtse pbi'id jitil eut a ltd-dried leg
islatun this morning when Pender
County' representative. C D Me
llow an. dropped . bill into the leg
islative h??pp? i calling for a state
w ide ft ft i t iiduni on the liquor ques
tion. Predicted from the beginning of
the session, the proposed bill would
all for a vote next November and
Iry up the State ninety days later
rhe bill came as a bombshell and
luring a full hour it was a topic of
tisrussion in the House
The legislature was m session
liM'dW'?iin hour U.ulav,-and little was
ict ompTished A propo ed law re
tuning marrying ministers to issue
iddittonal marriage certificates to
lu ii victim* was defeated. A change
n the bill regulating the sale nf for
died wines in dry counties was pro
H?scd. the sponsors asking that wine
*1 illilpiaLl?nlv to liconsi-rf. dealers.?
\nothcr bill would permit employ
e's of tdwns, cities and counties to
larticipate in the retirement fund at
heir own expense and at the expense
?I the political subdivisions. Still an
other bill would promote sanitation
it bus and filling stations
Passing without opposition and in
? cord tune a new revenue bill, the
Morth Carolina State Senate yester
la\ paved the way for record ex
tenditun s during the next two
*ais. The bill, now awaiting rat if i -
at ion to become a law, provides for
mi expenditure of $t 03,600.000 dur
fig the next bicmuum. Kffofts to
?ave the sales tax applied to all
mrchascs at the rate of two per cent
net with defeat in the Senate All
ood for the home table will be ex
?mp'ted at a cost to the State treas
ir\ o! three million dollars. The
evenue anticipated by the budget
?ers was also reduced by about
*300,000 whei.i the Senate voted to
{ivo the towns and counties 75 per
.?eiit instead of a proposWl till per
?out of the intangible taxi's
The passage of the revenue bill
yesterday paves the was for ad
inurnment within the next two or
hree weeks, observers say. llowev
i . there is much yet to he done, but
here is I lie possibility that the law
nakers, following the cut and ?dried
lattern, will leave much undone
The scliotd^Tk'ublem lias been dis
.'ussetl at length but little or nothing
Wis been done ahold it other than to
Te.ile .i retirement fund for teach
?is and other State ? mployecs. The
ninth month and the twelfth grade
lang in the balance, and there c.
wane doubt about the pa.-.sage of a
Lull providing tenure for teachers.
In addition to gallavantmg over
die country t<? Fort Bragg yester
lay afternoon ibe Legislature pass
?d a w in. bill virtually prohibiting
the sale of fortified wines m dry
?ounties and confining sales in wet
?ounties to i stabhshed ABC stores.
The $100,000 library aid bill has
been given approval, arid minor lo
al bills have been running through
the legislative mill without delay.
A proposal calling for the reor
4.mi/atiou of the North Carolina
State Highway and Public Works
Commission is causing much guess
ing throughout the State. Unoffi
?lal reports state that there is much
ict i v 11> underway in connection
with the proposed program Several
?ounties in-this highway district are
Aoi kmg to get into other districts,
he reports stating that this district
ias used up its allotment for years
o come m the construction of sound
jridges ami lake-bottom roads. Ac
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People Disgusted
\\ it li Boh Reynolds
Thai the people in this section and
possibly in. other sections, too, are
iisgustrd with Hot) Reynolds, so
[?alled United States Senator from
North Carolina, was voiced freely by
them at- every turn after they had
learned about his spoken opposition
to the lease-lend bill yesterday in
the Senate. Called everything from
J yellow dog on down, Reynolds
merely is playing lhe same role he
played back yonder when he alight
ed from his black charging horse in
his home town of Asheville and re
signed from further service in the
army reserve when it appeared ht>
would have to fight for his country.
The yellow streak in North Caro
lina's-big.... disappointment in the
United States Senate apparently was
offered in bold relief yesterday when
he represented himself in a three
hour virtuperation against the lend
lease bill.
His talk was in direct opposition
to one delivered by Senator Josiah
W Bailey, who the day before ap
parently read the Gallup poll in
North Carolina and championed the
bill without reservation. It is frank
ly admitted by those who have not
admired Mr. Bailey in the past that
he went to the aid of the bill with
all the power at his command.
While local people were praising
Mr. Bailey's stand, they wish
ing Bob Reynolds could be recalled
and the stench cast by him on North
Carolina could be removed.