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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 26 tt'illiamston, Martin County, ISorth Carolina, Tuesday, April I, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899
Local High School
Pupils Gain First
Ratings In Contest
Youthful Sinner* Get Rerun
nition at Diutrirt Meet
In Greenville
Outstanding success was achieved
by the sixty students who represent
ed the Williamston High School in
the District Music Contest held in
Greenville last Friday under the
auspices of the North Carolina Chor- \
al Association and the Woman's Col
lege of the University of North Car
olina. Singing in competition with
29 other schools of eastern Carolina,
local students were awarded first
honor ratings in three of the six
events entered. Particularly gratify
ing to the youthful singers and their
friends were the first place ratings
given the large groups by the judges.
Events entered and ratings award
ed the local high schools follow
Mixed chorus of 42 voices singing
"Water Boy" by Robinson-Treharne
?first rating, girls' glee club of 24
voices singing "Down in the For
est," by Ronald-Krone?first rating;
boys' quartet composed of Roosevelt
Coltrain, Irvin Gurganus. James
Ward, and Gerald James singing
"Drink To Me Only with Thine Eyes"
by Pitcher?first rating; soprano solo
"Brown Bird Singing," by Wood,
sung by Mary O'Neal Pope?second
rating, girls' trio composed of Mar
jorie Gray Dunn, Elizabeth Parker
and Mary Trulah Peele, singing.
"How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps
Upon This Bank." by Calcott?sec
ond rating, mixed quartet compos-v
ed of Hewett Andrews, Lenora Mel
son, Albert Swain and Billie Peele
singing. "Lo, How a Rose E'er Bloom
ing." by Praetorius?third rating
This year's contest marked the
third district competition for local
students, who have shown marked
improvement from year to year as
evidenced by ratings awarded by
the judges. Last year the local school
qualified in three events with I and
II ratings, and sent a boys' quartet,
a girls' trio, a soprano soloist and a
baritone soloist to the state finals
in Greensboro. There the girls' trio
compost of Marjorie Gray Dunn,
Katherine Manning and Elizabeth
Parker rated first.
While the Greenville meet is the
finals of the music competition un
der the new arrangement, the I rat
ings achieved by local students qual
ify them to participate in the two
500-voice festival choruses which
"are~tcT"be assembled and trained at
the Woman's College the last of this
month; however, the pressure of
classroom work and limited school
time will not permit the large groups
to participate in this event.
The marked progress being evi
denced in the music department of
the local school is a fine tribute to
the able instruction and training giv
en the students by Miss Kathryn
Mewborn, director of public school
music. In both the elementary arid
high schools students are express
ing a lively interest in all music ac
tivities. In judging the large chor
uses. W P Twaddell, supervisor of
music in the Durham City Schools
and president of the North Carolina
Choral Association, commented high
ly on the quality of work being done
by Miss Mewborn.
Miss Grace Talton, first grade
teacher, was piano accompanist for
the soloists and choruses, and re
ceived much favorable comment for
her work. Miss Talton's loyal coop
eration and the quality of her play
ing have been important factors in
the showing made by local students
in competitive events.
Many favorable reports have come
out of Greenville with respect not
only to the fine singing of local stu
dents but also their appearance and
general conduct. The Williamston
community has every reason to be
proud of its youthful singers
Badly Carved By
His Sweetheart
Octavius Daniel, young local Ne
gro, was carved dangerously by his
sweetheart. Alice Hinton, at the
home of Martha Brown on White
Street here last Sunday evening.
Said to have been drinking and an
gered because he would not take
her to a beer garden, the Hinton
woman, using a razor, started carv
ing on top of Daniel's head and con
tinued to his stomach. After plow
ing a parting furrow on his head,
the carver whacked him on the face
in several places and bore down
when she got to his trunk. Starting
just under his left arm, Alice cut
a streak to his stomach through his
coat, sweater, vest and underclothes
but the skin furrow was not very
deep and when he reported to po
lice headquarters he was apparently
in little pain and was not planning
on seeing a doctor.
Daniel, calling for a warrant, de
clared he refused to run and did not
offer to fight back. It is understood
that the woman has attacked Daniel
before. He said Sunday night that he
was getting tired of being cut and
beaten up.
Investigating the case, officers
learned that the man had attacked
the woman. Daniel, learning that she
was about to indict him, withdrew
the warrant and paid the costs.
Initial Check-Up Shows That
Many Haven I Listed Property
A preliminary cjieck of the records
shows that a large number of Martin
County people have not listed their
properties or poll for the year 1941
No official figures are yet available,
and the authorities are not yet re
leasing a personal estimate, but it
is fairly apparent that a startling sit
uation in the tax foundation of this
county will be found when the check
is completed.
The survey of alleged tax dodgers
is proceeding sloytdy. and it isn't
likely that an official report will be
made available within the next sev
eral weeks. While it is subject to
correction, a preliminary check of
the books for the Town of James
ville shows that the names of 28 per
sons whose ages range from 21 to 36 1
years of age are not on the tax books.
It must be remembered that this
check is a preliminary one, and the
number will be reduced It was re
liably learned, however, that a few
persons had escaped taxation there
in one way or another during the
past year or two. at least, and did
not list for 1941. A former school
teacher in the county listed his prop
erty a year ago, did not pay his taxes
and did not list in 1941 although he
was a resident as of January 1. It is
1 fairly certain that non-listings in
1 other districts will equal and pos
i sibly surpass those in Jamesville. In
Williamston Township there are
j those property owners whs did not
j list their personal properties after
they were notified in person.
The recent action of the Martin
County grand jury ordering a check
of the tax list is already bringing a'
response, the authorities declaring
that qutie a few are coming in to
list before warrants are issued
County Farmers Will
Support Soil Program
NEW lUilMMINr.
No detailed announcement has
been released, but according to
reliable information gained here
yesterday the Branch Banking
and Trust Company is rapidly
completing plans for the con
struction of a new building on
the main street lot between the
Watts Theatre and Woolard
Hardware Company store A
deed for the property was rec
orded in the register of deeds
office here yesterday.
When questioned today bank
officials explained that plans
for the building had not been
completed, but that blueprints
would be prepared immediately
and actual work on the struc
ture started on or about May 1.
William H. Raw Is
Dies At His Home
In County Monday j
Funeral Held Tills Afternoon
For Well-known Farmer
In Poplar Point
William Henry Rawls, well-known
Martin County farmer, died at his
home in Poplar Point Township, near
Spring Green, yestefday morning at
11 o'clock following a long illness
He had been in declining health for
three years and spent the last three
months in bed, the end coming grad
ually and peacefully Heart trouble
was given as the immediate cause of
his death
The son of the late William and
Mary?Leggetl- Rawls, he was born
70 years ago last January in Cross
Roads Township where he spent a
greater part of his life as a success
ful farmer. About 1918 he moved to
Poplar Point, hear Spring Green,
where he had since made his home
He first married Miss Lucy Rawls
and from this union he leaves one
son, Claude Rawls, of Hamilton. Fol
lowinfftthe death of his first wife he
was married to Miss Christine Mob
ley who survives with six children,
Mrs. Lula Wynne, of Everetts; Mrs
Sallie Taylor, of Jamesville; Mrs
Ollie Gurganus, of Bear Grass; Jesse
Ben Rawls and Kader Rawls, of Ev
eretts ,and William Albert Rawls, of
Poplar Point.
Earning a livelihood by the sweat
of his brow, Mr. Rawls was held in
high regard by those who knew him.
Neighborly in his dealings with his
feBowman, he was a friend to all.
He had long been a member of the
Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist
Church, and his pastor, Rev. Marsh
all Joyner. of Greenville, is con
ducting the last rites at the home
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Inter
ment will follow in the Roberson
ville Cemetery.
Mrs. Nancy Clark
Dies Near Everetts
Mrs. Nancy Clark, one of the
county's oldest residents, died at the
home of her son, Fred Clark, near
Everetts yesterday morning at 3
o'clock following a long period of
intense suffering from cancer. She
had been confined to her bed sever
al months.
Clark and wife, she was born in
Cross Roads Township about 83
years ago. She was the last mem
ber of her immediate family, and
leaves only one son, three other chil
dren having preceded her to the
grave. She was a member of the
Everetts Christian Church where the
last rites are being conducted this
afternoon at two o'clock by her pas
tor, Rev. J. M Perry. Interment will
fillow in the family burial ground
on the old home farm in Cross
Roads. ' ^
Plaits Arc Advanced
For Holding Peanut
Referendum Shortly
Iti'licM'il *18 IVrc?'iil of Mur
lin Furnierw ^ ill Support
Soil IVopirinii
That approximately 98 per cent of
the farmers in this county will par
ticipate in the 1941 soil conservation
program was almost untnistakenly
indicated last Friday and Saturday
when they reported to their respect
ive committeemen in the several
townships and signed the new farm
plans. The sign-up was the largest
ever reported in the county in a two
day field canvass Farmers were said
to have shown more interest in the
program and its every detail, includ
ing the new cotton stamp plan There
was a greater willingness on the part j
of the farmers to sign up and coop
erate with the program One com
mitteeman stated that while the soil
conservation payments continue to
he recognized as the power behind
the program, it is quite apparent that
The soil conservation feature is gain
ing greater recognition, that the con
sol vation of the soil is a basic prob
lem and not a passing fancy.
In some districts hardly 75 per
cent of the farmers found it conven
ient to sign up last Friday and Sat
urday. Those who did not sign are ,
now reporting to the county agent's
office where they will have until the
15th of this month to express their
intention of cooperating with the
government in promoting the 1941
program.
According to early reports coining
from the sign-up. at least 250 Martin
County farmers will participate in
the cotton stamp progr^Wi?that is
they plan to take certain cotton acre
age out of production^ in exchange ]
for cotton stamps.
No date has been definitely fixed,
but plans are being advanced for
holding a referendum on peanut pro
duction control. The office of the
county agent has been instructed to
prepare a register of eligible voters
and be ready to hold the referendum
upon short notice. It is possible that
the question will be placed before
the farmers during the week of April
20 and certainly before the last of
this month. President Roosevelt is
expected to sign the bill today pro
viding peanut production control.
Complete details of the bill will be
placed before the growers between
now and the referendum date. It
has been reliably learned that the
production schedule under the pro
posed program will not be changed
from the allblrnents released in con
nection with the soil conservation
program for 1941 and that it will not
call for a decrease of more than five
per cent in any one of the following
two years. It is possible that no re
duction will be ordered. The pro
gram is for a three-year period.
The bill also specifically states that
without production control, no di
version program or a stabilized price
will be made available by the gov
ernment in the future. Despite this
warning, there is a reported opposi
tion to the proposed peanut program
in some section of the country es
pecially in those areas where the
crop is replacing cotton and tobac
co It is now apparent that growers
| in the old established belts will have
to give the program a support ap
proximating 100 per cent if it is to
be made effective.
Liberalised Ity (Government
Effective immediately the Emer
gency Crop and Feed Loan Office
this week announced a new table
of allowances per acre for loans ad
vanced during the remainder of this
season The seed-feed loan office in
the Martin County agricultural
building will receive loan applica
tions each Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday until further notice, Ap
plication Taker W. B. Watts said to
day. ? ^ ?
Draft Call Will Co
Out Tomorrow for
10 Viliite Trainees
Ten i^oloretl Men ( oimlv
Tlii* Morning For (lamp
At Fori lirag^
A call will go out from tlie-Mar-1
tin County Draft Board tomorrow j
for ton w hite trainees, the board!
chairman, R H Goodmon stating |
that the men are t?? leave for Fort
Bragg on Tuesday. April 8. Ten col
ored volunteers left here shortly be
fore noon for service at Fort Bragg
The names of the ten colored vol
unteers leaving this morning Thom
as Lee Hawkins. Wesley Moore.
Jesse Walston, William Louis Rid
dick. Herbert Louis Poole, Samuel
David Slade. John Dee Gainer. Gran
dy Pemberton, Benson Swarner, Or
dele Little
The following young \\ hite men
will receive their orders tomorrow
directing them to report for service
on April 8: Steve Elias Stevenson.
Thomas Ix>Roy Taylor, Robert Bail
ey. Willias Robert Crandall, Dallas
Gay lord Waters. Eddie Gurley Leg
gett, John Thomas Mobley. Ben Ol
lie Cohurn. William Daniel Peel.
Jimmy Lindsey Dickens. The first
three men are volunteers. A report
from the draft board clerk today
states that the volunteer reserve list
has been depleted in its entirety with
'the current call, and that it looks
j now as if future quotas will haVe to
be filled from the regular registra
'tion list.
Draftees, as a rule, are taking
their call to service good naturedly.
' When asked what division of the
service he wanted to enter, Dan Peel,
popular local drug store employee,
I declared that it made no difference.
'You don't want to get into the mule
division, do you?" was the rather
pointed but friendly question. "What
do you have to do in the mule di
vision?" he asked "Why. you have
j to lead a mule fifteen miles a day,"
was .the reply "Oh shoh. that will
be a promotion for me Why, I have
followed a mule as much as 23 miles
for long seasons, arid now 1 can go
I to the front." lie said, and that was
that.
It won't be long before tin- train
ees who left today and those who
| are leaving next week will be soe
j ing more recruits from home A call
for fifteen colored men to leave on
April 17 has already been received.
They will be followed by four white
headquarters is to the effect that ad
ditional calls are to "bo expected ev
ery ten days until further notice
Willis Robert Crandall, missing
the first order to report for service
on March 21 because of a change of
address, reported to the draft board
two hours before the deadline last
week and just as the draft board
clerk was preparing a notice of de
linquency to the United States pros
ecuting attorney. The young man,
giving up his job in Norfolk, is now
I visiting near Robei sonvilie after as
suring the draft board he will be
jfeady to report on April 8
WPA Will Widen
Washington Road
Williams ton's street improvement
program will likely be interrupted
about the middle of this month when
WPA forces are switched to an as
signment under the defense program,
according to unofficial information
received here this week. The WPA
ers are slated to take a small cement
mixer and their wheelbarrows and
start widning the Washington Road
to the Beaufort County line.
Few details have "been released
in connection with the road project,
and the immediate effect the trans
fer of forces will have on the town
improvement program could not be
determined immediately. Ixical offi
cials are making efforts to have the
program continued under private
contract, it is understood.
The improvement program has ex
perienced one delay after another for
several years. Finances interrupted
the program and now that the mon
ey has been made available it ap
pears that other obstacles are pre
senting themselves.
According to one report received
here all WPA men in Martin County
will be assigned to the road-widen
ing project, and it is possible that
men will be taken from the Bertie
County WPA rolls.
FERTILIZER TESTS
The North Carolina Slate De
partment of Agrelulture la mak
ln( plana for testing 1941 fertilis
er-, in Martin and adjoining coun
tie* this spring, it ?M announc
ed this week by a department
spokesman. C. Grant, Ahoakie,
will handlr the teata in thia coun
ty. Farmers having a ton or
more of fertilizer that they de
sire checked to determine if
plant food guarantees are met
by the manufacturer should
write Inspector Grant at Ahoa
kie or to the State Department
of Agriculture. Raleigh, between
now and May 1st.
The teata are made without
charge, but are not made when
purchaaea run leas than a ton.
River Boat Service Resumed
Following Flood Interruption
Loaded with 150 tons of fertilizer
and captained by Captain Owens,
the Eldora Nye restored freight serv
ice on the Roanoke at this point last
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock The
restoration was about 18 hours be
hind announced schedule, but Cap
tain Owens explained that he had
not been on the Roanoke in fifteen
years and that he delayed the trip
until early Saturday morning after
remaining tied up near Jamesvill *
over night
Operating under special charter
of the Norfolk. Baltimore and Car
olina Line, the Eldora Nye will main
tain two schedules between here and
Norfolk each week until new equip
ment can be installed in one of the
line's regular boats.
Mayor J L. Hassell went down to
meet hte boat Friday afternoon and
inspect the warehouse repairs made
necessary by the high flood waters
last August He waited only a short
time however, and while there was
no official program marking the
resumption of the service, shippers
started making arrangements for
moving added volumes of freight ov?
or the river line
Captain Owens, telling about ills
j delay, stated that the last time he
' navigated the lioa^oke he brought
a load of-Ford automobiles here for
distribution throughout eastern
Carolina. "We unloaded as far as I
can recall, more than 100 automo
biles." Until recently Captain Owens
had been moving sugar by the boat
load from Jacksonville, Fla . to Nor
folk
More Registrants Are
Classified In County
123 Out Of 42.1 Men
(Grouped in ("lass I
Bv Board Monday
( Purifications Arc Snh jrrl To
Appeals mill Physical
Examinations
Meeting in a special session and
in anticipation of increased quotas
during the latter part of this month
and May, the Martin County Draft
Hoard last nightylassified 425 reg
istrants. Out of the number, 123
were placed in Class 1. Of the 123
men falling into the No. 1 classifi
cation 43 were white and HO were
colored. While the reserve of col
ored selectees continues to grow, it
is fairly apparent that the white
list after being built up by the draft
board is hardly large enough to fill
the quotas expected during the re
mainder of this month and May. It
is expected that the board will meet
again shortly for the classification
of those registrants who are now
preparing and returning their ques
tionnaires. The draft board office
has been instructed to continue svnd
ing out questionnaires at the rate of
50 each day until further orders
The No. 1 classifications are sub
ject to change, draft officials ex
plaining that the status of tin- reg
istrants may have been altered by
certain events and that re-classifi
cation will be considered upon ap
peal by tin* registrant, ft is appar
ent that some of the registrants have
married since last October and fail
ed to advise the draft board of their
status change. The names of those
men appear in the No. 1 class, and
if they arc to la? re-classified they
must appeal to the draft board be
fore induction orders are issued. The
No I classifications are also subject
tn physical cxaminaliunrtfrT. t class
ifnations follows,' in order of call
Class l?White 4
James Edward Warren, Roberson
ville, Route 2, Willard Wrayvaughn
Carson, Parmele; Herbert Klvernon
Hogerson, Robersonville; William
Henry Gurkin, Williamston Route 1;
George Wilson Moore, Jamcsville
Route 1; James Gussie Rogerson, Oak
City Route 1; Lester Bryan Kdmond
son, Robersonville; George Washing
ton Farmer, Robersonville Route 1,
Ben Cross, Oak City Route 1; Kelly
Warren, Robersonville Route 2; Rob
ert Lee Diekerson, Williamston Route
1 . Charlie Rogers, Robersonville
Route 1; Thomas Whittington Crock
ett. Williamston; Dixie Da we Rober
son, Ahoskie; Joseph Alexander Mar
tin, Jamcsville Route 1; Luther Hugh
Hardison, Jamcsville; Robert Taylor,
Williamston Route 2; Euris Mayo
Vanderford, Williamston; Elevex
Smith Roberson, Robersonville;
Charlie Gilbert Mobley, Williamston
Route 1; Simon Stalls, Roberson
vifle; Hugh Burras Bailey, William
ston Route 2, William At wood Qui
ganus, Williamston Route 1; Nathan
iel Coltrain, Williamston Route 1;
John Robert Whitehurst, Oak City
Route 1; John Ivey Eagles, William
ston; Carl Jordan Martin, James
villi;; Thomas Gordon Roberson, Rob
ersonville; Exum Louis Ward, Jr.,
Williamston Route 3, Ellis Hugh B
Moore, Williamston; Paul Mayo
Barber, Jamesville Route 1; Dalton
Rogerson, Williamston Route 2; Den
xm Robus Coltrain, Williamston;
William Henry Bland, Palmyra Route
1; Wesley Williams, Jamesville; Gar
(Continued on page six)
H. H. Spruill Arrentwl
_ Following A WiUi Rid*>
R. B. Spruill, colored man, was
arrested by Chief W B. Daniel here
last Sunday afternoon following a
week-end of wild riding. Spruill,
driving a large truck and trailer be
longing to Elton Andrews, endan
gered the lives of several people as
he drove the machine at a rapid
speed on Washington Street.
The man was thought to have par
taken freely of fortified wines, but
officers could not tell whether he
was drunk or sober at the time the
arrest was madfc.
r~
ON I K *100,000
Soil conservation payments to
.Martin County farmers passed
the $100,000 mark the early part
of this week, and are pushing to
an all-time high figure. It is now
estimated that the soil con.ser
vation program will release ap
proximately $130,000 to farmers
in this county during the cur
rent season.
Last week-end. 252 checks
representing 147 applications
and amounting to $13,100.65 were
received by the office of the
county agent. Total payments to
2.004 farmers to date amount to
$107,211.00. Approximately 300
applications for payments are
stilf (lending.
Man s Body Taken
From the Roanoke
After Two Months
| l .l.lir Moore. Nejjro, Orown
??<! ill Jiiiih'i4\ llle On
Jmnihirv 2'Jtli
?The body of Eddie Mobiv, young
Jumesville colored man who lost his
life in tlie Roanoke River at James
ville on last January 2!). was found
in the stream lour miles below' tlx
town last Sunday afternoon by
Charlie Ellis Moore fell from a log
barge, at the plant-of the Foreman
Blades Lumber Company in James
ville Feeble efforts to recover the
body at that tune failed, and it was
believed by some that the man mere
ly deserted his job and went away
to unannounced points
The body, just beginning to do
compose, was found?with?an?arm
hooked around a stump near the
Bertie County bank of the river
When discovered by Ellis and a
companion, the body could not be
identified, Kllis reporting at James
ville that whatever it was it had wi
ovc rails A party from J0frie.tvi.llc
recovered the body and officers were
notified. The man's ppcketbook con
taining a $10 bill, a dime and a nick
el and his automobile driver's li
cense and social security card, was
found on the body. The printing and
writing on the card were discerni
ble.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow 111 the JamesVille church
Moore, employed by the Foreman
Blades Lumber Company, was work
ing with Eugene Singleton and Dav
id Standi I unloading an old log
barge at the company's mill. Single
tun was working on top of the pile
of logs, StaneiU on the shore side and
Moore was stationed on the rivei
side. Moon- and StaneiU would fast
en cables around the ends of the logs
and Singleton ? connected"'the cable
into a crane hook. Neither worker
could hardly see the other and one's
absence could not be easily detected.
A batch of logs was lifted from the
(Continued on page six)
Man Injured In Car
Wreck l^ast Sunday
Fred Lindsay Blackman, young
white man of Jacksonville and En
field, was painfully but not serious
ly cut and bruised on his head in
an automobile accident between
Hamilton and Oak City last Sunday
fteinuun. Said to have been forced
off the road by another motorist on
a curve about two miles out of Ham
ilton, Blackman lost control of his
car which plowed down a ditch a
long distance and across several
stumps before cutting in two a tele
phone pole and coming' to a stop.
Blackman, driving an old model
car, was thrown purtly through the
windshield bpt despite his injuries
he was able to walk away from the
wreck.
Damage to his car was estimated
at $100 by Patrolman Whit Saunders
who investigated the accident.
Tough Sledding For
The \xis Powers In
The Past Few Davs
? >?wl?,jn Yugoilav.
<'<Tinan Siiualion Believ
<?<1 Near \i Hand
f-xpericnring une set-back after
^ntt'thci from one end ?f ih,. war
'?"III to til., other during the past
!? w ?l.iy- the Axis lower- are now
?""iK .1 grave situation in the Bal
kans. indicating that a turning uoint
I in the struggle may oj e hern reach
!h "r Wll'^iav'' been,-cached before
the month is spent
One of the most telling blow- ot
he war was dealt the Italian navy
h'l'lay night when Mussolini's
sea power was all but destroyed The
I I !n aU,Vy SUDk fuv warships and
| damaged several others includine
I the llfi.tHHI ton battleship Littorio
( o?"nr. through without a los
with the exception ,,r planef ,h(.
III it isli estimate thai I nun Italian
seamen lust their lives in the two
hour encounter Trapped by the
Mulish and routed during the dark
hours let wee,, lo and midnight Fr,
day the Italians are believed to
on !"'(> "" ,h' "' Ships
While the Itrilisb navy was deal
ping "telling blow to the Italians in
the Mediterranean, the Royal Air
force was scoring successes on the
invasion ports along the channel
?i a., ''"'ders operating
the Atlantic not so far from Am
I I n an shores were said to have been
"I line of the air attaek, but no di
reel lilts were report,-d Ia.ndon has
'"hick by German air
men during the past eleven nights
I"" several northeast coast towns
I ? "re bombed, one destroying a news
paper office and pissibly alleviating
some poor editor's worry
' Vosuke Mats"oka. Japan's foreign
minister, bad bis visit to Berlin and
Rome perfectly timed by the Allie
b leached Berlin just in time to
b arn about Yugoslavia's about face
mid ui Home just ? time to hear '
about Mussolini's distressing trou
Me m (In- Mediterranean.
While some believe Germany has
not recovered fro,,, the slap the
fare administered hy Yugoslavia. ,1
Is llioiight III other quarters 'hat Hit
1 i" rapidly preparing lor an inva
| siim .ate reports stale that there is
[ bill,- likelihood of peaceful settle
i men! even will, Rome offering to
serve as mediator, and that Yugo
slavni is far,- b. fare with invasion
bat ran lie exported at any time
Germany is massing troops, includ
mg parucliulisls, strategie pis,
lions, and Yugoslavia is showing ev
'''y Ign of a planned resistance One
fi|>iirt stales thai Britain's Foreign
In"," Kd"fi General
""I. chief ol tile imperial staft. are
"ifei I ing Willi Yugoslavia leaders
He grade biday with i|?. |K)SS1
hihty thai British aid will be sent to
help Yugoslavia against German at
tuck.
Willi! w a d, senile,I as ., m.w type
?" bomb was Introduced last ?ig|,|
>y the British over Bremen where
they started fires II,al could be seen
120 miles away
j 1 be seizure of Italian and German
inerrlianl ships are this n.untry may ?
have far-reaching effect m the fu
line but the practice is gaining pop
?I.'iirity, a late nport stating that
I"'". I nil and Venezuela bad sciz
Id several ships President House
veil is expelled to make some an
nouncement today in connection with
the disposition Of the slops seized in
American pirhs
Mexico and the United States to
, 'V "grci'il to the joint use of air
bases in this country and in Mex
President Roosevelt is expected to
take a band u, the coal strike called
this morning and also ,he old
Albs Chalmers strike. Disturbances
were reputed ,,, the coal m,ne strike
bis morning when a miner in Bar
"" County. Kentucky, was shot
Racketeering t|?. |abor ranks j(t
faring tnugli sledding, and it has
been pointed out that unless labor
cleans ,|S own house, the entire
movement is headed for more trou
Meekitis Continues
Five Fountv Fases
The prosecution was hot quite ripe
and five of the ton new rases dock
eted from this county were contin
ued in federal court at \yashington
yesterday by Judge I M Meekins.
The trial of one or two Martin Coun
ty cases continued from a previous
term was started this morning.
Cases charging J. H. Cherry, Jas.
H Taylor, Toby Bowen, James and
Cecil Pippen with violating the In
ternal Revenue Act in one way or
another, were continued in the court
Y^t?>rriAy
Walter Pierce and Will "Red"
Rogers were sentenced to the roads
for eighteen-months terms*, and Rob
ert Bailey drew a year and a day in
Atlanta, the sentence U> begin next
October.
l,? Roy Hopkins was found not
guilty, and Thomas Gibion was sen
tenced to Atlanta for a tgar and a
day
Early this afternoon the court jeas
still working on the case charging
W I. Beddard with conspiracy, and
at that time there was some doubt
if his trial would be completed to
day.