Superior Court Has
Small Number Cases
On Criminal Docket
(Continued from page one)
Charged with stealing an automo
bile from Ben Griffin nearly^? year
ago. Roosevelt Fagan is booked for
trial. He continues on the roads
where he is serving a term for high
way robbery, and it is not expected
that the case will be called next
week.
Henry Ellison, adjudged guilty in
the recorder's court for alleged
drunken driving, is appealing to the
higher tribunal.
Lester Whitehurst is also appeal
ing from a judgment in the lower
court in a similar case
Ausbon Rogerson. charged with
trespassing and stealing, appealed to
the higher court from a judgment
in the lower one.
Ed Williams, charged with assault
mg Rosetta Wiggins, and O. R. |
Boyd, charged with assaulting Z. T.
Sawyer, are both appealing from j
judgments handed down in the re
corder's court.
Tom Pelt, charged with stealing,
$104 from the Central Cafe here in |
May of last year, is awaiting trial
following a hearing in Justice J. L. 1
Hassel! court here earlier in the
v eek.
Booker Brooks, charged with as- 1
suiting Jethro James with a dead-1
Jy weapon with intent to kill him on I
August 4th. is in jail in default of1
I < nd in the sum of $500
The case charging Leonard Mob
lev. colored, with bastardy is to be
reviewed on an appeal from the 1
county court.
Johnnie Powell is booked for 1
trial in the case charging him with
assaulting Bennie Reeves with a!
deadly weapon and robbing him of
$60.
Alleging new evidence has been
found, the ease charging Noah Stan
di with murdering George Andrews
rs to be placed before the grand jury
01 on. Tin March grand jury found
1 true bill against Standi, charged
v. ih the killing, and against Bryant
Moore, charged with aiding and abet
tii.g the killing. Andrews, a colored :
1, . n wa killed near Robersonvilk
t ? 0th ? ' last March.
Branch Bank Will
Move To New Home
Over The Week-end
(Continued from page one) I
in readiness for the opening M011- '
day morning promptly at 0 o'clock."
Mi Bow? n announced.
More than 200 safety deposit lx?x?'s
will be made ready immediately, and I
a night depository will be made ay- !
ailuble upon request of the bank's j
patrons.
Purchasing the building new occu
pied by pr (\
anty Bank and Trust Company plans j
to renovate and modernate the struc- i
ture before*ir.?jvmg from its present j
location on or about the first of Oc
tober, the exact moving date to be '
determined later
Commander and Mrs W H. liar- I
rell. of Norfolk, are visiting rela-j
tives here for a few days.
FIVE TIMES
Working in close cooperation
with the administration, a con
gressman in Washington this
week declared that the war sit
uation is five times more ser
ious than many people believe it
to be. "It is not a matter of in
vasion just now, but we are
about to be penned up and iso
lated with the prospects of an
immediate lowering of our stan
dard of living." the congress
man explained.
Hearing broken conversations
from the lips of some of the big
wigs, and doing their own think
ing. more than one taxi driver
declared he would rather go to
war and be killed than be sub
jected to Hitler's rule.
All Questionnaires
Placed in Hands of
County Registrants
(Continued from page one)
ing the county a reserve of about
800 men to fill its quotas from dur
ing the next few months. The Octo- j
her call for seventeen men will ex 1
haust order numbers up to about 1.- '
53o for the white registrants. In fill - i
ing the current colored quota, the ,
draft board went up to Order No
1.(186.
Jack Dixon Hurt
In Ah to Accident
Jack Dixon, operator of Mickey's
Inn, was painfully cut and bruised
when his car turned over several
tiriM s on a curve about one mile
we t of Williamston on Highway 64
about 8:30 o'clock last night. Dixon,
dm ing the car and accompanied by
Herman Moore, was cut on the fore
head and bruised about the body.
H? was treated in the Brown Com
munity Hospital, the attending doc
toi fating that no bones were brok
? iid that the young man would
able to be about shortly. Moore1
escaped unhurt.
Driving about 45 miles an hour.
Dix ii lost control of the car when
tin dick tires skidded on the wet |
pavement and turned over, one re*
port tatinff that it turned qvi i three
11111* before coming to a stop in an
upright position. Damage to the car
wa estimated at $35(1
Mesdames Paul Jones and J E.
Griffin visited in Richmond yester
day Miss Susie Whitley accompan
ied them to have the cast removed
from her ankle.
FARM FOR SALE: 385 ACRES IN
Aract, 200 cleared. Allotments are
as follows 46 acres in peanuts, 24
acres in cotton, and 12 5 10 in tobac-,
co 4 miles from Hamilton. See or
call W. J Beach.
SMALL FARM FOR SALE? SEE
Jim Jenkins. Parmele. N. C.
WANTED ?50 CiOOI) FSED SUITS
in trade on new ones We offer-ex
tra good allowance if traded at once.
Pittman Cleaners, phone 159.
FOR SALE ?(iOOD FSED SHITS
in all colors, single and double
breasted styles, 34 44 $4 95 to $12 50
Pittman Cleaners, phone 159.
SeeH{ur Attractive Week-end
SPECIALS!
Men'* Sanforised
KHAKI WORK
SHIRTS
97 c
MEN'S HEAVY
Winter Suede
WORK
SHIRTS
97 c
Men*' Covert
WORK
SHIRTS
69c
4H-INCH
OUTING
Yard?
10c
HANKS'
SHIRTS
and
SHORTS
29c Each
CHILDREN'S
AlWool
SWEATERS
97c
llo\V Heavy Wt-i|ilii
CHILDREN'S
SHOES
Si*ei H.I-2 to 2
9 7c
MEN'S HEAVY
COAT
SWEATERS
97c
9 x 12 MANITEX RUG<
SPECIAL FOfLQNLY _
$2.98
ROMPER CLOTH, yard 10c
Darden's Dept. Store
Peanut Coojierative
Squabble Is Aired In
^ ash i ngtonTuesday
(Continued from page one)
t.ited tn the shelters of North Car
ol,no and to the public generally
that this would be the policy of the
association in the sales of peanuts
owned by the association for the edi
ble trade
That in pursuance of said policy
W T Parker, manager of the associ
at ion begun selling peanuts to the
shell, rs of North Carolina and Vir
ginia early in March. 1941, and con
tinued to do so until some tune dur
ing the we ek of May 5, 1941 when he,
without consultation with the di
rectors representing North Carolina
on tin hoard of said association
granted to Planters Nut and Choco
late Company an option on 195,764
hags of peanuts owned by the asso
ciation in North Carolina and Vir
giniu stored in 37 warehouses, hav
ing a value of aproximately $600,009, |
which option ran, so we are inform
ed and believe, for a period of one
week This option was exercised by
Planters Nut and Chocolate Com
pany on May 14 1941. It is our un
derstanding at the time that infor- ]
mat ion was received by us from K.
C Holland, assistant manager in
charge "f the North Carolina office
,,f the association, that the option of
Planters Nut and Chocolate Com
pany referred to herein covered, ac
cording information furnished him
by W T. Parker, manager, all of the
peanuts owned by the association in |
North Carolina and Virginia. Dur
ing the period from May 14 to June
2 1941. the cleaned and shelled pea
nut market advanced rapidly The
farmers' stock market kept pace?
and this advance on farmers' stock
peanuts represented about $1 00 per
hag by June 2, 1941
Strange as it may seem, there was
, meeting of the board of directors
,f Growers Peanut Cooperative, Inc.,
,11 May 12. 1941. at which meeting
he undersigned were in attendance
ind W T. Parker, manager, made a
..port at that meeting covering the
iIterations of the association, hut did
not mention the existence of the op
1011 referred to herein and the un
fersigned did not know of the ex
stt iicc of the option until after it
was exercised and the purchaser bc
I.m til receive delivery of the pea
iuts coveted by the option.
Tin sale to Planters Nut and Choc
date Company created an abnormal
narkct condition, resulting in, we
nelieve. general dissatisfaction in the
radc. as well as much criticism of
h. sales policy of the association
Th. undersigned strongly disap
iruvc of these sales for that, they]
.institute, in the opinion of the un
lersigncd, a breaeli of faith with the
iiillers yy itli respect to the declar
.1 sal. s policy of the Association as |
i.Mc in before pointed out; and ^'*
icve at the time of the sale and at |
lie present lime that no single mill-1
?r, or group of millers should he al
inved pM"'l""i' more than one
hud of the holdings of peanuts of
lhe Association at the time of the
,ales referred to above.
II might be pointed out that North
Carolina has consistently over the
past decade produced more than 60
per cent of the peanuts grown in
Virginia and North Carolina for
omniinial purposes; and that ap
proximately 50.000 farmers in North
Carolina have planted to peanuts
252.000 acres of land this year, which
should yield on a basis of the August
Top report about 150,000 tons that
would have a money value, based on
in average ^,f, ^HS OO per "
mg the past marketing season the
association handling the govern
n> lit peanut program for North Car
alma and Virginia received in North
Carolina 52.391 tons of peanuts and
in Virginia 29.830 tons, 6.244 mem
bers delivered peanuts to the asso
ciation in North Carolina while 3,
494 members delivered peanuts to
the association in Virginia.
That the undersigned are advis
ed that Peanut Stabilization Cooper
ative. Inc., an association organized
under tin- laws of North Carolina,
which administered the government
peanut programs during the years
1937, 1938 and 1939 has filed appli
cation with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture to be designated as the
agency to handle the peanuts pro
duced in North Carolina during the
year 1941. and the undersigned be
lieve that the interests of the peanut
growers of North Carolina, as well
as the interest of the millers of North
Carolina will be better served and
protected if said association is des
ignated as the agency of the Secre
tary of Agriculture for cash pur
posqf than if Growers Peanut Coop
iTHiTvr. Inc.. were designated. This
belief springs from the experience
of the undersigned in serving on the
Board of Directors of Growers Pea
nut Cooperative, Inc., during the past
peanut marketing season.
Wants
SALESMAN WANTED
By old established fertilizer con
pany ,to travel several Eastern Non
Carolina Counties. Write, giving e
information possible, such as ag
sales experience, present emplo;
ment. .'duration, reference.
I?. O. BOX 900,
Norfolk, Vs.
CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
or money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. mtt-tf
'WASHED FERTILIZER BAGS
wanted. Will pay 6c for each bag
in good condition. Abbitt's Kill, on
Hamilton road, WlUihmston s2-4t
LIBRARIAN
Miss Elizabeth Houae left this
week for Washington. N. C..
where she has accepted a posi
tion as regional librarian for
Beaufort, Martin and Hyde
Counties.
The recently purchased book
mobile will begin to operate
very soon under the direction
of Miss House in this district.
She will have her headquarters
in the Washington Public Li
brary.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom House, of Roberson
ville.
Nazi Boats Coming
Into Defense Area
Subject To Attack
?t?
(Continued from page one)
ly in the eye until it actually hud
them by the throat. The United
States will not make that fatal mis
take.
No matter what it takes, no mat
ter what it costs, we will keep open
the line of legitimate commerce in
these defensive waters.
In th waters which we deem nec
essary for our defense, American
naval vessels and American planes
will no longer wait until Axis sub
marines lurking under water, or
Axis raiders on the surface of the
sea. strike their deadly blow first
From now on if German or Italian
vessels of war enter the waters, the
protection of which, is necessary for
American defense, they do so at
their own peril.
The sole responsibility rests upon
Germany. There will be no shooting
unless Germany continues to seek
The American people have faced
other grave crises in their history?
with American courage and Ameri
can resolution. They will do no less
today. ,
Berlin and Rome were defiant ov
er the President's speech and de
dared that they would shoot back
They also boasted that they were
already shooting, that at the time the
address was being made U-boats
were attacking a convoy of forty
ships and that 22 had been sunk in
the Atlantic. Early today a report
was received telling of the sinking
uf a Dutch ship off the , const of
South America
Isolationists were quoted this
morning as saying that the President
had over-stepped his bounds. Admin
istration Senators declared that he
hail taken the only course that could
lie taken, that it was lime to run the
rattlesnakes out of our front yard.
Latin- America, working in close co
operation with the warning, today
intensified its action against tire
Nazis who are alleged to have es
tablished buses near the Panama
Canal.
While this nation through its chief
executive was defining its piihey in
certain terms, ltussia was reporting
progress in her fight against Rattle
snake Hitler and his invaders. Rus
siu's counter-attacks are gaining as
much as ten miles a day along its
central front, and the Germans ad
mitted that Smolensk, the important
Russian city captured a few weeks
ago, was now being shelled by the
Red Army This action is recogniz
ed as part of a plan to relieve pres
sure on besieged Leningrad. German
reports, claiming that Leningrad had
been cut off and surrounded, were
apparently premature. Late Russian
dispatches state that the Nazis had
suffered reverses in counter-attacks
and that Leningrad nad decided to
fight on despite the threat of a prom
ised fate similar to that suffered by
Warsaw.
There has been some talk about
the Germans amassing troops in
other areas for attacks. It is the opin
ion of many military observers that
Germany has her hands full in
handling the problem on the im
mediate Russian front. The report
mentioned activities around bases in
Bulgaria, and a triple alliance be
tween Germany, France and Spain
formed for activities in Africa. It
was also said today that Germany
had promised England that an inva
sion of the Island could be expect
ed before American aid could reach
her.
BEDROOM FOR RENT?ADJOIN
ing bath. Mrs. B W. Nash. Back of
high school.
FARMS FOR SALE: IF YOU WANT
to buy or sell, contact me. D. L.
Turnage, phone 2715. Greenville, N.
C. S5-9-12
HATS? HATS ?SEND THEM TO
us for -a first class cleaning job.
Two day service on hats. 50c. Pitt
man Cleaners. Phone 159.
HOMES FOR CHILDREN WANT
ed Colored, ages 7 and 9. Both
boys. If interested, kindly get in
touch with the Martin County Wel
fare Department. sl2-3t
V^-666
RADIO
REPAIRING
Bring u? your Radio
for Repaint. A11 work
guaranteed. Reason
able Charges.
Western Auto Store
W. J. Miller, Owner
Fall Specials
JUST ARRIVED
1(H) LADIES NEW
Dresses
Fall Drrosrs in the newest colors and styles.
Beautifully tailored. Complete run of sizes
$1.98 to $6.95
LADIES** SILK HOSE
59c to $1.39
Just Arrived?2(H) Ladies'
NEW FALL HATS
1.98 to 3.98
Jii?t Received?The l.iitext
J line Preston DRESSES
For GHlLDKKN
Only 98c
LADIES'
FALL COATS
Also for Children
Si'lccl your Full (lout from iin .
Luti'sl fulirii-H ;iinl fashion*.
MAKE YOUR CHOICE NOW!
All Prices
LA I) I E S !
DON'T IlirY YOUR NEW
FALL SHOES
UNTIL YOU PERMIT
MR. PARKER
TO SHOW YOU OUR BEAUTI
FUL NEW LINK OF SHOES . . .
ALL SIZES AM) WIDTHS.
$2.00 to $5.00
Men and Young Men's Suits
EXPERTLY TAILORED. Made and Sclcclcil from Kiiwul Mali-rial*
and Faltrio. REAL QUALITY SUITS Al REASONABLE PRICES!
cool) QUALITY
LL Sheeting
Special For,
Yard?
10c
BEST IN
PRINTS
15c
To
23c
Oil Cloth
Small Quantity
Remnant* Oil ('loth.
A Real Sarin#!
Yard?
19c
Tommy Tucker
BOYS" SUITS
SIZES 3 TO 10
98c to $4.95
MEN'S Alias SHIRTS
$1.65
MEN'S Block SHIRTS
98c
Cotton Sheets
and
Peanut Bags
for
Pieking Cotton
Channeldrain
ROOFING
LOWEST
PRICE
WE ARE NOW
Rooking
PEANUT
BAGS
Metropolitan & America's
Best SIJN-GOLI) FLOUR
Bent in Town Al The
-LOWEST PRICES
BATKS and Other Good Quality
BEI) SPREADS
98c to $5.95
Martin Supply Co.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.