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Watch The Label On Your Paper, Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 68 Williamtlon, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetday, Aufiunt 26, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899 Market Opens With Prices Highest Since First War Child Is Seriously Hurt When Struck By Truek in County Two Other Accidents of Mi nor Nature Reported Dur ing Past Week-end James Wesley Perkins, seven years old, was critically hurt when he dashed into the highway about one-quarter of a mile north of Gold Point last Friday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock and,into the path of a high way truck driven by Edgar Hyman Harrell, of Oak City. Suffering frac tures of each thigh and a possible skull injury, the lad was removed to a Greenville hospital where late re ports described his condition as be ing critical. ~ Investigating the accident, Ser geant L. L. Jackson, of the State Highway Patrol, stated that the child was watching a highway truck pull ing a mowing machine down the road and did not see the other truck driven by Mr. Harrell. As far as it coudl be learned, no hearing has as yet been scheduled in the case Living with his parents over in La Grange, the lad was in this coun ty visiting his grandparents, Mr and Mrs. John Perkins. The accident was one of a series reported in the county during the week-end. The other two accidents, according to Patrolman Whit Saun ders who investigated them, were of a minor nature ,no one being hurt and little damage resulting to prop erty. Dennis Roosevelt Barber was mak ing a left-hand turn into his home in Williams Township about nine o'clock last Saturday night when his car was struck by a pick-up truck driven by A P. Coltrain. Col train almost avoided the crash, but the back end of the truck swerved and tore into the car. The damage to the car was estimated at $50, the pa trolman stating that about $25 would repair the damage to the truck. .About 11:30 o'clock, Robert B. Nelson, of Robersonville, hit a light pick-up truck owned by the Rober son Slaughter House and driven by of Hamilton on Highway 125. Davis' was slowing down to stop his truck, and Nelson, his vision impaired by rain and fog on the road, did not see it until too late to avoid the crash. Mr. Nelson was accompanied by Mrs. Nelson, their baby and a nurse. No one was hurt. Damage to the car was estimated at about $75. Very little damage was done to the truck. This morning about 4 30 o'clock Sergeant Ben F. Thomas of the Ma rtne Air Corps-with headquarters trr Quantico, was painfully but believed not seriously hurt when his car crashed through a barricade on the Washington highway near the old Sylvester Webb home. Thomas, who had been flying planes south and traveling back in his car, was found Patrolman Whit Saunders. Removed to the local hospital, Thomas re gained consciousness and was able to .continue to Quantico with Ser geant Frank Foster who was also making a return trip over land. Thomas was badly cut in the face and on the top of his head. Damage to his car was estimated at $100. ? Start Paving the Fill Saturday Afternoon Scheduled to have been completed weeks ago, work oh the Roanoke River fill paving project was final ly started last Saturday afternoon when the first batch of concrete was poured. Approximately 200 feet of the concrete mixture was laid that afternoon. Work, halted at that time, was not resumed until about noon yesterday and except for one or two brief interruptions the pavers made considerable progress. Engineers estimate that approxi mately 1,500 feet of the concrete ma terial can be laid during the 12-hour work day, one report stating that 530 feet of concrete were poured during four hours yesterday afternoon and that with fair weather the pavers should reach Conine Creek by the latter part of this week. Traffic has been unusually heavy over the route during the past few days with the number of tourists increasing and with farmers in Ber tie and other counties across the riv er and sound moving their tobacco in large quantities. l-arge Passenger Bus Runs Off River Fill A large passenger bus ran off the river fill near the eastern end last Saturday, but did not turn over. Running close to the edge of the road, the wheels struck some soft dirt, making it impossible for the driver to steer it back into the road The passengers were discharged, and the driver carried the bus to the bot tom of the fill and continued to a ramp used by the State Highway Commission and drove it out .with out very much delay and without damage to the machine. Federal Graders Start Work On Market Here ThisMorning Growing out of an experimental system in effect on the local market some years ago, federal tobacco grad ers went into action here this morn ing, offering the farmers a fairly ac curate picture of the price situation and trends in grades. The new serv ice, offered by the government with out direct expense to the farmer, car ries certain possibilities that may be come realities in the years to come. Already there is well-founded talk about effecting a stabilization co operative for tobacco similar to the one in operation for peanut farmers during recent years. The government grader will fit well into that picture in addition to the service he will of fer from day to day Four graders, Messrs. J A Ter rell, of Chapel Hill; Cecil Gossett, of Tennessee; Ashley H. Kennedy, of LaGrange. and Mr. Covington, of Nashville, Term., have been assign ed to the local market. Mr. Terrell is well remembered heft as an ac commodating and thoughtful buyer for the Export Tobacco Company. The men started their work an hour ahead of sales this morning. Mr Kennedy .will fill in the prices be hind the buyers and the grades and prices will be tabulated and posted early tomorrow morning. The grading referendum was held late in the year, and after floor tags had been printed. The old tags can be used, but the graders will be slightly handicapped by having to use the back of the sheet instead of a regularly designated spot on the front The "break" was described as fair by tlu' graders late yesterday fol lowing an hurried inspection of the first sale. Stabilization Program For Tobacco Possible INCREASE An increased activity was re ported on the crime front in the county over the week-end, but the alleged violations were of no serious consequence, a report from the office of the sheriff stated. Si* persons were arrest ed and jailed during the period as compared with two arrests reported the previous week-end. Regrettable though it may be, the marketing season ushers in a crime wave of varying propor tions, and Jailer Roy Peel is ti dying up the old jail house and making ready for the rush. No arrests had been reported early today as the marketing season got underway. Officers Destroy Three Distilleries Staging a feeble comeback after [being virtually eliminated during tbe past few months, the illicit liquur business continues to meet with a determined opposition at the hands of ABC Officer J H. Roebuck. Yesterday, the olticer and his as sistont. Jailer Roy Peel, wrecked a plant on Reedy Swamp in Williams ton Township and |aiured out two barrels of beer. The plant, a rather crude outfit, had a gasoline barrel for a kettle, a ten-gallon keg for a cap and pump pipe for connections. Last week, the officers, raiding along the Martin Washington boun dary, wrecked a large plant includ ing 10 barrels of beer, five gallons of liquor and the 150-gallon capacity copper kettle. Tbe plant was in op eration when the raid wasjnade, but the operator, hearing gun signals, beat an hasty retreat to safety Pitt and Beaufort officers assisted in the raid. The officer also visited the Stingy Point section of Robersonville Town ship and wrecked a steam plant and poured out three barrels of beer. While the ABC officer was work ing the wholesalers, local Officer J. H. Allsbrooks was rounding up the retailers. A small quantity of liquor was found yesterday on the town outskirts. Mrs. J. Levy Dies At Home In Tarlwro ?*? Mrs. J. Levy, mother of Mrs. Irv ing Margolts. of .Williamston, died at her home in Tarboro .yesterday fol lowing an illness of long duration. Mrs. Levy, well known in this sec tion of North Carolina, had spent much of the summer here with her daughter. She was 58 years old and a member of the Tarboro Temple. Funeral services were held at 12 o'clock today at the home by Rabbi Wemick. Interment was in the Pine view Cemetery, Rocky Mount. Besides her daughter here, Mrs. Levy is survived by Mr Levy, a daughter, Miss Jennie Levy, of Tar boro; a son, Theodore Levy, also of Tarboro, and a brother, Eli Atkins, of Manchester, England. > Missionaries Expected Here In The Early Fall Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Leonard, Sr., have been instructed to leave Honolulu for the United States, rel atives here were notified today. Mis sionaries in China until driven out by the Japanese, Dr. and Mrs. Leon ard are expected here early in the fall for a visit with their children, Mr. Leonard, Jr., and Mrs. James H. Smith, who is just home from a visit in western Carolina. Proposed Program Is Similar To Plan For Storing Peanut Crop Farm leader* Said To Have DiM-usMt'd Plan at Meeting In County Keeenllv Taking action to head-oft a possi ble drop III tobacco prices, farm load ers last week met with agricultural authorities in Washington and pro posed what has been described as a parallel to the North Carolina Pea nut Stabilization Cooperative for handling tobacco The work of the proposed cooperative wuld be de pendent upn tobacco price trends ruer t'> a point above a certain level no action will he taken, it is under stood. Holding an executive session in this county week before last, farm leaders from several counties pro posed the organization of u tobacco cooperative Going to Washington with their plan, the farm group was assured of support in that quarter The following story was released over the week-end by a committee oposed organization; At the request of some of tile to bacco farmers in Northeastern North Carolina the Peanut Stabili zation Cooperative, Inc. Edenton, N C., arranged for a conference with Mr J 8. Hutson. President of Com modify Credit Corporation, Wasli ington, I) C,, to diiicui.il tin manner > ? ? < iiiumiii and method that could be used by tobacco growers m obtaining 85 per cent of parity^loans on tobacco, if such loans should prove to be nec essary to protect the tobacco grow crs' interest during the current to bacco marketing season. A commit tee consisting of three members of the Board of Directors of Peanut Sta bilization Cooperative, Inc. and the following tobacco growers attended the conference with Mr. Hutson in Washingotn, D C, last Wednesday morning T. R Whitehead, Halifax County; R L. Corbitt, Edgecomlie County; R V Knight, Edgecombe County; Claude I, Green, Martin County Hugh Roberson, Martin County; J B. Fearing, Bertie County; L. K lias sell, Washington County, and R C. Holland, Chowan County. Also pres ent at the conference were Mr. H. T. Westcott, marketing specialist, N. C. Department of Agriculture, Ral eigh, N. C., and Mr E F Arnold Raleigh, N C. Mr Hutson assured those attend ing the meeting that if the level of prices on tobacco should decline be low the parity leC-eFand it should appear that it would work to the ad vantage of the tobacco growers to obtain loans from Commodity Credit Corporation?that Commodity Cred it Corporation would take immed iate and effective steps to protect the interest of the tobacco growers un der the authority of law for granting (Continued on page six) Be Careful With the AAA Cotton Stamps Following the unfortunate burn ing of a farm home in North Caro lina and the loss in the fire of AAA cotton stamps worth $50, E. Y. Floyd, State AAA executive assistant at State College, urged farmers to ob serve every precaution against the possible loss, theft, or destruction of the stamps. Stamps which are lost, stolen, or defaced beyond identification will not be replaced, Mr. Floyd said. De faced stamps which can be identified as legal stickers, will be replaced it was added. This Week In Defense In a radio address to the Army on the reasons for extension of select ive sue vice, War Secretary Stimson said the Government realized the personal sacrifice of additional serv ice but was also conscious of the dan ger to the U. S. He said "some of the most significant symptoms . . . which invariably forecast the coming of a new Axis attack . are occurring in South America . . . the most danger ous avenue of attack against us." The War Department announced that unless the international situa tion becomes more serious it intends to release by December 10 approx imately 150,000 National Guardsmen inducted~brst?fall.?20.000 - selectres inducted last November and De cember. and 10.000 Reserve officers The releases will be made upon ap plication in accordance with the fol lowing priorities: dependency and hardship, age of more than 28 on July I. 1941. and marriage for those who have served 12 months. Men i completing enlistments will also he j released on request. Aid to Hritain. Russia. China The President announced aircraft | ferry and air transport services to I West Africa and the Middle-Eastern war zone to pfovide direct and j speedy delivery to "a critical point in the front against aggression The | route will be so arranged that it will' not pass through the zone of actual i [warfare, said Mr. Roosevelt The President told his press con- I fercnce Russian needs fall into two categories: (1) materials immediate-; ly available to help them in their, summer campaign, (2) materials which will be available for the spring campaign next year. Russia will not get lend-lease aid, the President said, because the Soviets have the neces sary cash for materials The Public Health Service an nounced a Hi member lb S medi cal commission will go to China to direct health measures for 250,000 Chinese building the 1,700 mile rail road along the Burma road Production President Roosevelt told his press |confelenee that on .the average <le 1 ft use production " ? up to estimates and in some eases aetually exceeds estimates. He said, however, he still is not satisfied with armament pro duction. He said several hundred tanks manufactured this year have gone to the British; the quota of 61 anti aircraft guns monthly is be ing more than met; 167 .'17 nun, anti tank guns will be delivered in Aug ust, 260 in September and 320 in made in August. OPM Director Knudsen told a press conference the rate of defense progress is sufficient to provide ade quate equipment for the Army with in six or seven months. He predict ed again the II S can out produce any othor?rial ion?hut said?fbu-t?the nation is still not showing the cor rect spirit Production rather than shipping, he said, is the greatest hot tleneek in U S aid to Britain. War Under Secretary Patterson, speaking at Syracuse, said the Army will not have to resort to brouux sticks instead of weapons for train ing because "America is at last pushing toward peak production . . Tooling up will soon be over. Guns, tanks and plain s are coming in daily increasing numbers." He cited pro duction increases in the past six months tanks, 800 per cent; other vehicles, 600 per cent; machine guns, 225 per cent; anti aircraft guns, 400 per cent; smokeless powder, 400 per cent. Civilian Supply OPM and the Office of Price Ad ministration ordered auto produc tion for the 1942 model year cut to 817,000 cars during the four months beginning August 1, compared with 1,560,000 during the four months ended July 31. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler were asked to make a 27.6 per cent cut frorhTlast year's lev els; Studebaker, Hudson, Nash, Pack ard, Willys and Crosley, 20.2. OPM Associate Director Hillman said unemployment in the industry would be headed off by transfer of workers to defense plants and other (Continued on page six) r REACTIONS Instituting the rationing sys tem here yesterday afternoon, filling station operators report ed varied reactions by gasoline patrons. Centering the rationing system on motorists traveling strictly for pleasure, the filling station operators were censored by several motorists. Limited to a five-gallon purchase,' a Vir ginia motorist wanted to know what was wrong with us folks down in Carolina. Another mo torist blamed.the gasoline short age on the man at the pump. And that's the way it goes. The filling station operator la being forced to ration gasoline, and some individuals are going ahead and calling for individual Early Sales Here This Morning Average $30.61 With Farmers Jubilant Over Priees Received Fanners Will Start Planning For rlhe New Crop Year Soon Hardly before the 1940 marketing season gets underway. Martin Coun ty farmers are being asked to start making plans for another crop year The basic plans for the new crop sea son are to be considered when indi vidual farmers meet with their re spective committeemen on Septem ber 11 and 12 at places to be desig nated later. The early approach to the farm problem will enable farm ers to handle certain tasks before this year is spent and which will build tip credits for payments next year, it was pointed out by the office of the county agent Farmers will be asked to study the new contracts covering the 1-942 pro gram which, for the most parti will he the same as it was for the cur rent year. Soil building practices and methods for carrying out those prac tices will be explained by the com . . , . _ w mittoemen. giving the participating! farmer an opportunity to earn max-1 inniiu 111 mnsicrv'Mtiim n.ivments imum soil conservation payments under tin* 1942 program. It was point i'.< out Ui.it th.- 1942 Mill conservation payments will bo based on required soil building practices, meaning that certain conditions must be met by the fanner before lie is eligible for the benefit or soil conservation checks The office of the county agent has ordered a carload of winter rye which can he seeded and counted for credit in the 1942 program ,s n?l likely that grants of aid will be made in connection with the 1942 program because of a reported seed shortage. It is possible for farmers to meet the soil building requirements, however, and the methods arid other plans for the 1942 program will be reviewed when farmers and committeemen meet on September 11 and 12 Allies Beat Nazis To Little Country Of Iran This Week ltii**Kiu> Slill < >f f?? i 1 iii Strong ItlNjnllllll'l' to (.ITIIiallH in I I'liiiipniit March Taking a leaf nut ??f Germany's hook, Great Britain ntul Russia stole the mareh on Hitler yesterday when their Corel's moved into the little country of Iran, the action l>eing lie scribed as amove to head of I the German barbarians. Throwing up their lust joint but tlefront of the war to link the Soviet Union with the British Umpire, the British and Russian forces were re ported to he encountering steadily increasing resistance from Iran's army o| ahout Ifitl.OOO men Fears mounted that Adolf Hit ler. heaten to the gun in Iran as he was in nearby Iraq and Syria, might launch a tounti i tliinsl?across Tui? key, and from Istanbul came an un confirmed report that Germany al ready has promised to send aid to Iran if the desert kingdom's army holds out for a month Striking without warning at daWn Monday, British and Russian armies ?d Iran at five points stretching from the Caspian Sea down to the Per stun Gulf, where British warships waited ready to aid the attack after landing Brilish Imperial Forces. British spokesmen said that "re sistanco" had been encountered and the German radio said that Russian planes early Monday had bombed "without warning" the railroad cen ter of Tabriz, second city of Iran, ly ing 7f> miles south of Russia's Cau asian border. The Russian aerial attack on the key point of the railroad line to Russia was said to have killed or wounded Iranian civilians, British authorities said that the attack launched simultaneously from the Persian Gulf, from Iraq, and from Russian Cacasia had given the Anglo-Soviet three vital advantages !; Wiped out Germany's plottings to make Iran a base and springboard for an assault on Russia's Baku oil district and perhaps on Turkey find British India. 2. Thrown up u joint battlefront aiid procuicd a route for the flow of war materials which the United States ?Britain?have?promised Russia. 3 Assured menaced Turkey of the "solid support" of the armed forces of Russia and Britain. The British were reported to have thrown six or seven divisions into the invasion, including 3,000 troops from India, while the Russians strik (Continued on page six) * Swimming Pool To Close Next Sunday Experiencing a season of limited patronage, Williamston's municipal swimming poo) will close next Sun day, August 31, Mayor John L. Has hed announced this morning. No estimate on the operation losses could be had immediately, but it was pointed out that the patronage this season had been considerably less than it was last year, and the 1940 business was. under that for 1939, the first season the pool was opened. The town's annual budget estimate carried a $600 appropria tion for maintaining and operating the pooL N\ \m\<; There are a few. persons in Martin County who still don't believe the ta\ authorities are really determined to round up allecrd violators of the tax laws. As a result the officers are still rounding up defendants, requir i*ig them to list their |>ro|>ertiest pay all taxes, or furnish bond for their appearance in a subsequent session of the county eourt. In the event the taxes are not paid and bond is not arranged, the defendant is placed in jail. Ar thur l.fe Brown was arrested and jailed last week-end for having refused or otherwise rail ed to have listed for taxation. Markets I nilorm In Eastern Hell ~ A marked uniformity m pruts .1. ? ||<>|| ti Ml til,, f.n Iv K f.<r>>[ in? from ut? ai Is all <?f t|?. , i n Carolina tohaeeo markets On. morn ||?K'. Mie news releases showing ;ui av eia?e lannm^ from 21 to .slightly above HO rents No record delivei ie" ??r In - aks" were n pbited m |h,. early news. reIeast > TRe I'epoi ltd aveiiiKe of 27 30 cents compared Willi an opening day figure of $17 HO, a year ago Greenville n ported ,i priee avei ago ranging from 20 I 2 rents to'.29 In Wilson, the first row sold aver agi*<| $27 !it), tin price trend climbing later to $29 45 there Kinston report ed sales tanging from 4 to 39 cents, the warehouses buying a few piles at 40. Smithfield reported an aver age of 30 cents for its early sales. Quality, as a whole, was only fair on all the markets, and farmers were said to he greatly pleased with then des Few tags were leported turn I (Gasoline Shortage May He A Reality J ^ J Wiulc the situation surrounding the gasoline supply njay still he con fusing, II is fairly certain thai some one is going to find his gas tank emp ly ami imne In go into if one of in. sr. days. The pinch has not hecn felt in this immediate territory .hut reports state thai rationing is heing prac ticed in other areas Deliveries are lieing i educed to 90 per cent of the actual July re quirements. and during the next few days the distributors in accordance with instructions are going to rcduci their deliveries to filling stations to 45 per cent of the amount used in the corresponding period of last month. Sortie stations are going to sell out before others, but it is indeed appar ent that the movement of oil for use in regular channels has been check ed and that sooner or later the short age is going to strike home Repoits telling ulmul hoarding have been heard, but such action will only ag gravate a serious situation Good Farmer Get* Goo<l Money For Hit Tohaeeo ? ? ? Aside from his wife and two sons, tobacco is the next thing to get his attention, and as a good tobacco far mer John ilurdisun gets good money fr his tobacco. Selling 368 punds of lugs here today. Farmer Hardison averaged $37.29 for the lot. And they were "just common quality," to quote the farmer. KuSO Pounds Sold In First Mall'Hour For Gross l'.*l iitinli-il Half Million I'oiiiiiI- of l eaf on Kloor? Hi ii I'ihIik Pric* .1 l ining lip to lovels un heard of ? i'? t! . first World's War brought ilnvry smiles to farmers' fares and brightened the financial outlook for this agricultural section as the new tobacco marketing season g?>t underway here this morning at promptly 9 30 o'clock With pnees < \en exceeding, their fondest expec tations. farmers were really jubilant and every one out of an even hun dred hurriedly interviewed was greatly pleased with the prices re ceived 0tiring tlie first thirty minutes this morning. (Tie market sold 16.580 Pounds lot $5,07148 or a resulting averag?' of $30.61 The average was determined by actual sales and is? iu?t based on estimates The quality ol tobacco on tlu' first* few rows was "iily of fail t,, medium quality, and tln-re was a (airly definite upward trend I'll** tirst average "struck" ranged right around 20 cents The second row went "over 30. the re mainder of the sales "covered" in the early morning market review plac ing the average lor the first 30 min uU > of selling at $30 61 lolm I'?1.11uI. an expert tobacco far mer declared that prices today are iIn highest since the fust World \\ ai ()tber farmers were agreed with III.iihI. and still others were agreed that tobacco is selling good Pleasing comment was .heard from every far nier questioned, and as-a whole, the group of tanners and spectators I crowding-.- into the first sale was about as bappv as any ever seen. Top prices, apparently "fixed" at i 39 cents are not as high as some rec joideil in past years. but so much of the leaf is . Ibog in the 30 to-39 j cent range One oi two piles sold for ji11 ,cents and one, sold for- 4H ppnl? I The lowest price pile was b.or cents. ! but those saleswere comparatively 1 l' " v dl' the Yang,e taking a strong j bold in tin- middje-tw enties; and con tinuing up to 39 cents < hie lag vx?i tinned iii the early ale but the farmer was said to have n eon, idered the action and af '? i comparing Ins .ale with others, j he apparently realized he had receiv? ? V?l a good pure. ?? ? - ? Able judges of tobacco comparing sab s on the bolder belt with those lu re today were of the opinion that ll'e prices being paid here for the poorer quality grades are higher tlran those paid on the border a week ."g<? They pointed out, however, that the better quality grades were com manding about the same prices as those .received on the border. Individual averages were reported | in the high thirties this morning, i'armei Simon A Perry sold 608 pound lor $218.04, an average of nearly 30 cents Farmer Elbert Heath sold live piles with prices ranging from 23 to 39 cents. His was nearly an average sale. There were a few small lots of less than a hundred pounds t bat sold considerably below the general average, but t,he tobac co was recognized as scalded plant leaves or suckers which bad possi bly been ^picked up by the children. Sales Supervisor Henry S. Johnson estimated Wiat there were between 400,000 and 475,000 pounds of the (Continued on page six) Tobacco Hoard Of Trade In Meeting ??? W lv.-r--.on .Skinner, co-owner and operator of the W. I Skinner Tobac co Co., was named to head the Wil liannslon Tobacco Board of Trade at a meeting of warehousemen, buyers and other representatives of the in dustry last evening. H. Leman Barn hill. warehouseman, was elected vice president, and N. K. Harrison con tinues as secretary and treasurer of the organization "Various matters of business were discussed, including the election of committees to assure smooth opera tions for the market. It was agreed to start sales at 9:30 o'clock, daylight saving time, and continue until 4 30 with an hour out for lunch bcginuidf at 1 o'clock. Messrs S. C. Griffin. H. L. Barn lull and Dale Harper were named on the membership committee, and Messrs Jesse Moye, Imperial buyer; A. C. McClure, buyer for the Rey nolds CoAipan'y. and Arthur Baals, of the Washington Tobacco Com pany, were named on the sale* com mittee.
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